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NO NO, NO. MAY I PLEASE HAVE EVERYONE'S ATTENTION BEFORE THE MEETING BEGINS?
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WE ASK THAT. EVERYONE, PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES.THANK YOU. THANK YOU SERGEANT. WE HAVE THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM ATTENDING IN PERSON THIS EVENING, THIS EVENING. AND NOTICE OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED ONLINE AND AT THE FORT BEND ISD ADMINISTRATION BUILDING FOR AT LEAST 72 HOURS.
THE TIME IS 6:01 P.M., AND THIS MEETING IS HEREBY CALL TO ORDER.
IF EVERYONE WILL PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, FOLLOWED BY A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
MR. GARCIA. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
HONOR THE FLAG. PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE. TEXAS.
ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
AND THIS EVENING, LET'S REMEMBER ALL OF THOSE IN LOS ANGELES AND OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS.
YOU MAY BE FIRST UP THIS EVENING IS OUR INFORMATION ITEM ON THE BOND 2023 UPDATE.
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DOCTOR SMITH. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.AND WE HAVE THREE MEMBERS OF OUR TEAM THAT WILL BE LEADING THE PRESENTATION.
WE'LL START OFF WITH MISS KATHLEEN BROWN. AND THEN DOCTOR BILLS AND BRIAN GWINN WILL ALSO HAVE A ROLE IN TODAY'S PRESENTATION. SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MISS KATHLEEN BROWN.
LET'S SEE. GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT. BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DOCTOR SMITH.
WELCOME BACK TO YOU ALL. HAPPY NEW YEAR. THIS EVENING FOR OUR UPDATE FOR BOND 2023 WE WILL DO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT TONIGHT.
WE WILL BE UPDATING YOU ON OUR CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PAUSE AND TALK ABOUT OUR CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS AND WHAT YOU CAN ANTICIPATE SEEING AS WE GO OUT TO THE, TO THE VARIOUS CAMPUSES FOR THE START OF SCHOOL.
AND SO THIS EVENING WE HAVE TWO GOALS, ONE TO REVIEW THAT INFORMATION AND THEN TWO AFTER THAT, MR. GWEN WILL COME FORWARD AND HE WILL BE PROVIDING AN UPDATE ON THE FINANCIALS RELATED TO THE BOND, INCLUDING OUR CONTINGENCY FUNDS AND AN UPDATE ON THOSE.
AND SO AS DOCTOR SMITH NOTED, YOU DO HAVE A HANDOUT WITH YOU IN FRONT OF YOU.
LABELED JANUARY 2025 UPDATE. IT STARTS WITH A LEGAL STATUTE, AND SO THAT'S JUST A NOTE TAKING GUIDE FOR YOU TO CAPTURE SOME NOTES AS WE SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH YOU ON THIS EVENING. OKAY. LET'S SEE.
IS SOMEONE ADVANCING OR SHOULD WE ADVANCE THE SLIDE? I CAN JUST DO IT HERE. OKAY, I CAN DO IT. OKAY.
AND SO FIRST JUST LOOKING AT THE BACKGROUND AS IT RELATES TO OUR SCHOOL FACILITY STANDARDS.
WE KNOW THAT IN NOVEMBER OF 2021 THAT TO REVISE THE STANDARDS.
AND SO AT THAT TIME A COUPLE OF THINGS HAPPENED.
ONE BEING THAT THERE WAS NO LONGER A MINIMUM AS IT RELATED TO THE CLASSROOM SIZE.
AND SO SINCE THAT CLASSROOM SIZE WENT AWAY. THE LOGIC BEHIND THAT SHIFTED TO THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF A BUILDING HAVING TO DO WITH THE OVERALL FOOTPRINT OF A BUILDING. AND SO THE NOTION OF THAT IS THAT STUDENTS CAN LEARN ANYTIME, ANYWHERE.
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HOW THEIR SCHOOL DISTRICT OPERATES AS IT RELATES TO CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS, AND THEN VOTING ON SOME ITEMS THAT WOULD BECOME THE GUIDELINES FOR HOW WE BUILD AND NEW CONSTRUCTION OR RENOVATED BUILDINGS IN OUR BUILDING.AND SO THESE ARE A FEW ITEMS THAT REQUIRE BOARD APPROVAL.
AFTER THAT AFTER NOVEMBER OF 2021 SCHOOL BOARDS WILL APPROVE A FEW THINGS.
THOSE THINGS LISTED HERE, ONE OF THEM BEING A LONG TERM LONG RANGE FACILITY MASTER PLAN.
A METHOD OF COMPLIANCE, THE LEVEL OF FLEXIBILITY AND ALSO THE EDUCATIONAL SPECIFICATIONS.
AND I KNOW WE'VE SAID THAT ENOUGH TO YOUR EDUCATIONAL SPECIFICATION.
AND SPECIFICATION. AND SO WE'LL LOOK AT THAT A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TONIGHT.
AND SO IN 2022 THAT'S WHEN THE BOARD THAT WAS IN PLACE AT THAT TIME IN 2022 APPROVED THESE FOUR ITEMS AS IT RELATES TO FORT BEND ISD. AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE METHOD OF COMPLIANCE, THE METHOD OF COMPLIANCE, THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT METHODS IN WHICH WE CAN COMPLY AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT.
ONE OF THOSE BEING QUANTITATIVE, THE OTHER BEING QUALITATIVE.
CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY. QUALITATIVE. AND SO HERE WE GO.
AND SO WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THESE STANDARDS AS IT RELATES TO CONSTRUCTION, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE REMEMBER THAT ALL OF THIS HAS TO DO WITH OUR INSTRUCTIONAL DELIVERY, OUR INSTRUCTIONAL DELIVERY AS IT RELATES TO OUR STUDENTS.
SO WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THE QUALITATIVE METHOD, IT HAS TO DO WITH NUMBERS.
JUST JUST THE SHEER NUMBERS. IT'S HOW MANY STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE AND HOW MUCH SQUARE FEET ARE NEEDED IN ORDER TO EDUCATE THOSE STUDENTS IN THAT PARTICULAR SPACE. AND SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE QUALITATIVE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE MAXIMUM STUDENT ENROLLMENT.
AND WE MAY EXCEED THAT MAXIMUM INSTRUCTIONAL CAPACITY.
AND SO WHEN WE'RE IF YOU LOOK AT THE CHART HERE, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT UNDER THE QUANTITATIVE COLUMN THE TWO AREAS THAT ARE NOT CHECKED ARE THE CAFETERIA AND THE LIBRARY. AND THEN UNDER THE QUALITATIVE COLUMN YOU'LL SEE THAT THE LIBRARY AND THE CAFETERIA ARE CHECKED.
AND SO IF YOU CHOOSE AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT TO LOOK AT THE QUALITATIVE METHOD, THEN YOU ARE ABLE TO INCLUDE THOSE TWO SPACES AS YOU LOOK AT THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE BUILDING. AND SO WE ARE ABLE TO INCLUDE THOSE TWO PIECES AS INSTRUCTIONAL SPACES IN OUR SQUARE FOOTAGE OF OUR BUILDINGS.
IF WE WERE TO USE QUANTITATIVE, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO USE THOSE TWO THOSE TWO AREAS.
FLEXIBILITY LEVELS ONE AND TWO. THOSE ARE MORE RESTRICTIVE.
FLEXIBILITY LEVELS ONE AND TWO BEING MORE RESTRICTIVE.
AND SO IF WE THINK ABOUT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN A CLASSROOM, IN A CLASSROOM, IF YOU GO BACK TO WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL, WE'LL USE THAT AS AN EXAMPLE. WHEN OUR TEACHER STOOD IN ONE PLACE, MY TEACHER SPENT A LOT OF TIME AT THE OVERHEAD PROJECTOR.
RIGHT. AND SO SHE SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN THAT PLACE.
WE ALL STAYED IN OUR SEATS AND WE DID NOT MOVE RIGHT.
AND SO THE EXPECTATION IS THAT THAT TEACHER IS MOVING AROUND AROUND THE ROOM.
INSTRUCTION IS HAPPENING IN VARIOUS PLACES ALL AROUND THAT CLASSROOM.
AND THAT STUDENTS ARE DOING THE SAME, THAT THEY ARE ALSO MOVING AROUND THE ROOM AND LEARNING IN MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE WAYS ACROSS THE CLASSROOM. SO IF YOU LOOK AT FLEXIBILITY LEVELS ONE AND TWO, WE SEE AT AN ELEMENTARY LEVEL, FOR EXAMPLE, THE SQUARE FOOTAGE PER STUDENT WOULD BE FOR INSTRUCTIONAL SPACE WOULD BE 36FT².
BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT FLEXIBILITY LEVELS THREE AND FOUR, THAT NUMBER INCREASES TO 42FT².
RIGHT. SO IN 2022, AS WE SAID IN NOVEMBER OF 2021 OR WHEN THESE CHANGES OCCURRED IN JULY, ON JULY 25TH OF 2022, THE BOARD AT THAT TIME APPROVED TWO THINGS. RIGHT.
WE SAID THERE WAS A LIST OF FOUR ITEMS. THESE TWO THINGS WERE APPROVED IN JULY.
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WE APPROVED A QUALITATIVE METHOD OF COMPLIANCE.RIGHT. SO IN THE QUALITATIVE METHOD THAT ALLOWS US TO LOOK AT USING THAT CAFETERIA AND THAT LIBRARY, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE OVERALL INSTRUCTIONAL SPACE.
AND WE ALSO AS THE BOARD ALSO APPROVED FLEXIBILITY LEVEL THREE.
AND SO LET'S LOOK AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FLEXIBILITY LEVELS THREE AND FOUR.
BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES THAT WOULD BRING UP A QUESTION WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE THERE.
SAFETY ALSO WAS A HUGE PART OF WHAT WAS APPROVED AS IT RELATES TO TO GUIDELINES.
SO THAT'S A CLASSROOM. THEY CAN OPEN THE DOOR AND THEY ARE OUTSIDE, RIGHT.
AND SO THAT IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FLEXIBILITY LEVEL THREE AND FOUR.
AND SO AS A DISTRICT AT THAT TIME OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES CHOSE TO GO WITH FLEXIBILITY LEVEL THREE.
AND SO THAT IS ON YOUR HANDOUT IN ON PAGE TWO OF YOUR HANDOUT.
AND SO THE FIRST ONE IS THE EDUCATIONAL SPECIFICATIONS.
WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THIS, WE THINK ABOUT THAT BIRD'S EYE VIEW? I WOULD PUT IT IN RELATIONSHIP TO LEGAL POLICY.
SO WE HAVE LEGAL POLICY, AND THEN WE HAVE LOCAL POLICY THAT FALLS UNDER THAT.
AND LOCAL POLICY BECOMES MORE SPECIFIC AND TELLS US WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE HERE IN FORT BEND ISD.
AND SO THESE EDUCATIONAL SPECIFICATIONS DO THE SAME.
THEY ARE THAT BIRD'S EYE VIEW THAT OUTLINE THE CONCEPT OF THE FACILITIES IN OUR SCHOOLS.
AND SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE, WE'RE CONSIDERING FACTORS SUCH AS WHAT IS OUR COMMUNITY VALUE, WHAT ARE OUR INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES, HOW DO WE USE TECHNOLOGY HERE IN FORT BEND ISD? ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE THE EDUCATIONAL ARE RELATED TO THE EDUCATIONAL SPECIFICATIONS.
AND SO THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE TALK ABOUT MOST OFTEN WHEN WE ARE PROVIDING AN UPDATE TO THE BOARD, BECAUSE THOSE THEN EXPAND ON THOSE EDUCATIONAL SPECIFICATIONS.
RIGHT. AND SO HOW MANY ARE IN OUR IN OUR PHASE, OUR FACILITY EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE WHETHER WE'RE SPEAKING ABOUT EDUCATIONAL SPECIFICATIONS OR THOSE FACILITY EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS, THAT THOSE GUIDELINES ARE FLEXIBLE. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO BRING AND HIGHLIGHT FOR YOU THIS EVENING, BECAUSE THEY ARE TO ALLOW FOR EFFECTIVE, EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE DESIGN OF SCHOOL FACILITIES.
SO IF THERE IS A NEED IN OUR DISTRICT AS A BOARD, YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TO TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE AND DECIDE WHAT OUR PATH FORWARD WOULD BE. AND THEN THE FINAL SECTION ARE THE TECHNICAL DESIGN GUIDELINES.
AND IT'S RELATED TO PREFERENCE PREFERENCES. AND SO THAT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THE MATERIALS THAT WE'RE USING, THE SYSTEMS THAT WE WOULD USE, THE COST BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR BUILDINGS ARE DURABLE, THAT THEY ARE ATTRACTIVE. YOU'LL REMEMBER PROBABLY ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO, WE HAD INDIVIDUALS WHO CAME TO CAMPUSES THAT CAME TO THE BOARD MEETING, AND THEY RECEIVED A LEED AWARD. THAT FALLS HERE IN THIS SECTION OF THE TECHNICAL DESIGN GUIDELINES.
AND SO WE WANTED TO JUST PROVIDE THIS BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THOSE PIECES AS WE GET READY TO, LIKE I SAID, OPEN UP THOSE THREE NEW CAMPUSES IN THE FALL OF 2025.
AND SO THAT AS WE'RE SPEAKING ABOUT THESE IN IN SUBSEQUENT UPDATES THAT WILL ALL HAVE THAT SAME LANGUAGE, THAT COMMON KNOWLEDGE, AND THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL HAVE.
SO I'M HAPPY TO PAUSE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PIECE BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO MR. GWEN FOR THE FINANCIAL UPDATE, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
OKAY, MR. GARCIA. THANK YOU. SO I HAD SOME QUESTIONS.
SO WHERE ARE THE FLEXIBLE FLEXIBILITY LEVEL THREE QUALITATIVE METHOD? CORRECT. YES, SIR. AND THEN I REMEMBER GOING THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, I THINK IT WAS WHEN I FIRST GOT ON THE BOARD. SO IT WAS LIKE DRINKING FROM A FIRE HOSE AT THE TIME.
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AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S NO MINIMUM CLASSROOM SIZE.WE'RE GOING BASED OFF OF SQUARE FOOTAGE. DO YOU KNOW IF IF WE WERE TO GO TO QUALITATIVE OVER QUANTITATIVE THE DIFFERENCES WITH THAT, HOW MUCH WOULD THAT IMPACT IF WE WERE TO BUILD NEW SCHOOLS THE SIZE OF AN ACTUAL SCHOOL? BECAUSE I CAN REMEMBER AND I'LL GO BACK YEARS AGO, AND THIS WAS BEFORE I WAS REALLY DEEPLY INVOLVED AND PROBABLY EVEN LIVING HERE.
SO THEY WOULD PUT SCHOOLS IN PECAN GROVE. PECAN GROVE ELEMENTARY, YOU KNOW, SCHOOLS AND YOU KNOW, THE MISSION SCHOOLS, SMALLER SCHOOLS, SMALLER FOOTPRINTS.
AND I GUESS OVER TIME, THAT SEEMED TO BE MORE COST PROHIBITIVE BECAUSE EVERY SCHOOL, REGARDLESS OF THE SIZE, THE AMOUNT TO RUN THE SCHOOL IS EXACTLY THE SAME.
SO IF YOU'VE GOT A SCHOOL THAT'S A 500 STUDENT CAPACITY VERSUS A SCHOOL THAT'S 1000, IT'S STILL 1.5, ROUGHLY $1 MILLION TO OPERATE. IS THAT CORRECT? CAN YOU SAY THE LAST PART AGAIN? IT'S ROUGHLY 1.5 MILLION TO OPERATE REGARDLESS OF THE SIZE.
AND SO OVER TIME WE STARTED BUILDING SCHOOLS BIGGER AND GOING UP.
BUT THE SCHOOLS ARE PRETTY HUGE NOW, I KNOW WITH THE WITH THE SITUATION WE HAVE WHEN IN HARVEST GREEN, WHERE WE WANT TO BUILD A SCHOOL FOR, YOU KNOW, 1000 CAPACITY AND JUST TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT GROWTH.
AND IT MAKES SENSE BECAUSE IF AS THE COMMUNITY GROWS, YOU HAVE CAPACITY THERE.
I KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT MAYBE BUILDING A SMALLER FOOTPRINT SCHOOL AND THEN ADDING ON DOWN THE ROAD AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S 1.5 MILLION.
AND I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS THAT I'M GOING TO EMAIL IN, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS NOW OR IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN YOU CAN GET TO ME. BUT IF IF WE WENT TO QUALITATIVE QUANTITATIVE OVER QUALITATIVE, WOULD THAT AFFECT FUTURE SCHOOLS FROM BEING SIZE THAT THE 42 SQUARE FOOT PER STUDENT AND 36 FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL.
DO YOU KNOW HOW THAT WOULD AFFECT THE OVERALL FOOTPRINT OF THE SCHOOL? NO. AND I'LL LET MR. DOCTOR TAKE THAT ONE. GO AHEAD.
SO IF YOU'RE ASKING SPECIFICALLY ON THE TWO COMPLIANCE METHODS, THE QUANTITATIVE METHOD DOES NOT ALLOW FOR US TO ACCOUNT FOR THE CAFETERIA AND THE LIBRARY, RIGHT. SO IF WE WERE MOVING FROM A QUALITATIVE TO A QUANTITATIVE, WE WANTED TO ACCOMMODATE THE SAME NUMBER OF STUDENTS.
WE WOULD ACTUALLY NEED A BIGGER BUILDING. AND I THINK ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO IS IF WE'RE SAYING 42FT² PER STUDENT, BUT WE'RE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT CAFETERIA AND LIBRARY SPACE, DOES THAT MEAN WE'RE SQUEEZING BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT HAVING INSTRUCTION IN THE CAFETERIA, MOST LIKELY, AND NOT ALWAYS HAVING INSTRUCTION IN THE LIBRARY? MAYBE A COUPLE OF CLASSES HERE AND THERE GO DURING CERTAIN PERIODS.
ARE WE SQUEEZING MORE KIDS IN AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS? BECAUSE WE'VE GOT MORE SINCE WE DON'T HAVE A MINIMUM CLASSROOM SIZE AND THE BUT YOU CAN.
YOU'RE HAVING MORE SQUARE FOOT AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL.
FLEXIBILITY LEVEL THREE. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WAS WONDERING.
CORRECT. OKAY. OKAY. AND THEN AND I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, BUT THESE ARE FOR DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT AGENDA ITEMS. BUT I THINK I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND DEFER THE REST OF MY TIME.
AND I'LL GO BACK AND SEE MY OTHER NOTES HERE.
THANK YOU, MR. GARCIA. MR. HAMILTON. YES, THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU, MRS. BROWN, FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
SO THE THE SQUARE FOOT PER PUPIL IS DETERMINED BY THE LEVEL THAT WE ADOPTED BASED ON THE ADMINISTRATION'S RECOMMENDATION IN 2022.
SO I KNOW WE WE HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE THE TWO CONSOLIDATIONS.
BUT THEN WE ENDED UP BUILDING, I THINK, BOTH ABOVE ONE 126 126,000.
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OF TOTAL STUDENTS LATER. IS THAT HOW THAT THAT DEFINITELY LED TO CONTRIBUTED TO THE DEFICIT? BUT IF YOU LOOK BACK AT THE THE DATES WHEN ALL OF OUR BOARD ITEMS WERE APPROVED AND PREPPED FOR THE BOND AND ALSO THE TIME WHEN THE THE WORKSHEETS WERE PREPARED FOR THE BOND WHICH LED TO THE BUDGET.THE THE THE WORKSHEETS AND THE BUDGET WAS PREPARED BEFORE THESE NEW STANDARDS WERE IN PLACE.
OKAY. SO I KNOW AS WE LOOK AT THE THE MISSIONS SCHOOL ON THE WEST SIDE IT'S PROJECTING TO BE WELL UNDER UTILIZATION FOR SEVERAL YEARS AFTER IT OPENS.
IN HINDSIGHT, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A BETTER DECISION POSSIBLY TO NOT TO TO GO WITH A SMALLER SCHOOL FOR THE MISSIONS AND THEN RATHER THAN DEVOTE CONTINGENCY FUNDS TO THAT CAMPUS AND THEN LATER HAVE TO CUT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
SO I'M JUST KIND OF WHAT WAS THAT CONSIDERED, I GUESS, AT THE TIME RATHER THAN.
BUT THE YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THE PROBLEMS THAT THAT LED TO THE DEFICIT WERE RELATED TO THIS.
BUT SO I AGREE WITH YOU THERE. BUT BUT JUST THE, THE TWO DECISIONS OF GOING INTO BOND CONTINGENCY WHILE ALSO BUILDING A SCHOOL THAT'S WELL OVER CAPACITY FOR WELL OVER THE NEEDED CAPACITY IN THAT AREA FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
OBVIOUSLY LOOKS LIKE A MISTAKE IN HINDSIGHT. SO, SO HOW DID HOW DID WE GET TO THE TO THAT NUMBER THAT THAT CAPACITY FOR THE MISSION SCHOOL? I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN ANSWER THAT OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD, BUT I CAN TELL YOU WHAT I THINK LED TO THAT DECISION.
SO I THINK ONCE, ONCE THE DECISION WAS MADE TO CONSOLIDATE THE TWO CAMPUSES.
THE DECISION WAS MADE TO HAVE THE LARGER FOOTPRINT.
OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. HAMILTON.
MISS JONES. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT THOMPSON. I JUST ONLY HAVE ONE QUESTION.
AND THANK YOU FOR THAT WONDERFUL PRESENTATION.
THE FIRST HALF OF IT. BUT WE HAVE EVERYONE HERE.
SO MY QUESTION IS, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE KEY TAKEAWAYS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW ABOUT CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS MOVING FORWARD? WHAT IT IS, JUST SUM IT UP FOR EVERYBODY IN PLAIN LANGUAGE TO UNDERSTAND.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? SO THE PAST FEW MONTHS WE'VE RECEIVED SEVERAL QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY, SOME THROUGH THE BOARD, SOME AT BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
THERE IS A NARRATIVE OR A BELIEF THAT THERE ARE STANDARDS, THAT THERE ARE FORT BEND ISD STANDARDS.
SO WHAT WE OUR AIM TODAY WAS TO COMMUNICATE THAT OUR STANDARDS ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE STANDARDS AS VOTED ON BY THE AS APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS JONES.
OKAY. WHO'S NEXT? ALL RIGHT. WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO MR. GWIN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS BROWN. AND GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND DOCTOR SMITH. I'LL WALK YOU NOW THROUGH THE FINANCIAL COMPONENTS OF THE 2023 BOND, AS WELL AS GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR CONTINGENCY.
TO START OUT WITH, THE BUDGET FOR THE 23 BOND REMAINS AT 100 AND OR $1.256 BILLION.
WE HAVE $473.3 MILLION THAT IS ENCUMBERED. AND SO THIS IS FOR CONTRACTS THAT THE BOARD HAS APPROVED, BUT FOR WHICH WE HAVE NOT WRITTEN THE CHECKS. AND SO THE FUNDS ARE ENCUMBERED BUT NOT YET SPENT.
AND THAT LEAVES $626.6 MILLION REMAINING ON THE BUDGET FOR THE 23 BOND.
I'M GOING TO SPEND THE NEXT FEW MINUTES WALKING YOU THROUGH THE CONTINGENCY, BECAUSE SINCE THE LAST TIME WE REVIEWED THIS IN FULL WITH YOU ALL BACK IN OCTOBER, WE'VE TAKEN SOME ACTIONS THAT HAVE ADDED TO AND TAKEN AWAY CONTINGENCY.
SO THE BOARD HAS A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING AS WE MOVE FORWARD FOR THE 2014 BOND CONTINGENCY.
WHEN WE LAST SHARED THAT NUMBER WITH YOU IN NOVEMBER, IT WAS $10.6 MILLION.
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AND SO THAT NUMBER IS STILL $10.6 MILLION, BUT SLIGHTLY HIGHER.JUST BECAUSE WE'RE STARTING TO WIND THAT DOWN.
HOWEVER, IN BETWEEN NOVEMBER AND JANUARY, WE HAD A NUMBER OF PROJECTS CLOSED OUT.
THAT WAS ABOUT $894,000. THAT WAS ADDED TO CONTINGENCY.
AND SO THE BOARD IS PROBABLY FAMILIAR THAT WHEN WE PURCHASE CERTAIN TECHNOLOGY ITEMS, THERE IS A REBATE PROGRAM THROUGH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHERE WE RECEIVE REBATES BACK ON THAT EQUIPMENT. AND SO WE HAVE RECEIVED THOSE REBATES AND THAT HAS BEEN DEPOSITED BACK INTO BOND CONTINGENCY.
HISTORICALLY, IN THE PAST, AS WE HAVE USED THOSE FUNDS, THEY HAVE BEEN REDIRECTED BACK INTO TECHNOLOGY TYPE PROGRAMS. THAT WILL LIKELY BE OUR RECOMMENDATION GOING FORWARD.
AND THEN LASTLY, WE HAVE RECEIVED OUR FUNDING BACK FROM SALES.
THE BOARD MAY RECALL YOU WERE APPROVED A RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION FOR OUR NEAR TRAVIS HIGH SCHOOL.
THAT WAS ABOUT $60,000 THAT WAS PAID TO THE DISTRICT.
AND THAT WAS ABOUT $16,000. THAT WAS ADDED TO BOND CONTINGENCY AS WELL.
AND JUST AS A REMINDER, THIS IS THE LEAST RESTRICTED CONTINGENCY THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE.
AND SO THE BOARD HAS MUCH MORE LATITUDE IN TERMS OF APPROPRIATING IT THAN IT DOES WITH THE 23 BOND BECAUSE OF THE NEW RESTRICTIONS THAT WERE THAT WERE PUT IN PLACE BY THE LEGISLATURE TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE 2023 BOND CONTINGENCY.
AND SO THAT LEFT US WITH $50.7 MILLION IN CONTINGENCY AFTER THOSE ACTIONS WERE TAKEN IN NOVEMBER.
THE THERE WERE A COUPLE OF ACTIONS THAT TOOK PLACE.
THE MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL RENOVATION PROJECT. THAT PROJECT WAS FULLY SCOPED OUT, AND THE ESTIMATES FOR THAT PROJECT WERE SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN WHAT THE ACTUAL COST TURNED OUT TO BE. AND SO THERE WAS $2.5 MILLION THAT WAS RETURNED TO BOND CONTINGENCY.
WE HAVE THE INTEREST EARNINGS FROM THE PROPOSITION.
AND SO ALL OF THOSE ACTIONS NETTED OUT TO A TOTAL CONTINGENCY OF $50.7 MILLION.
SO IT DIDN'T CHANGE SIGNIFICANTLY WITH THOSE ACTIONS.
HOWEVER, AS WE GO FORWARD, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THIS EVENING.
THAT'S ON. THE CONSIDERATION IS FOR AN ADDITIONAL $2.3 MILLION OF CONTINGENCY FOR FERNDALE.
AND SO IF YOU ALL RECALL, PART OF THE REASON FOR CLOSING OUT 55 AND THE TRANSPORTATION FACILITY WAS TO ENSURE WE HAD THE CAPACITY TO MEET THESE ONGOING ITEMS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. AND SO THIS IS SHOWING THAT WE HAVE A HEALTHY CONTINGENCY IN PROPOSITION A AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD.
THERE'S ONE OTHER CONTINGENCY ITEM THAT HAS BEEN ADDED.
WE HAVE ISSUED BONDS FOR PROPOSITION B, AND AS A RESULT THOSE BOND PROCEEDS ARE EARNING INTEREST.
BUT KEEP IN MIND THIS IS RESTRICTED. WE CAN ONLY USE THIS CONTINGENCY FOR PROP B, WHICH ARE THE TECHNOLOGY RELATED ITEMS THAT ARE LAPTOPS AND PORTABLE ITEMS THAT ARE USED BY STUDENTS AND STAFF. AND SO TO PULL ALL OF THIS TOGETHER, IF YOU TAKE EACH ITEM THAT WE'VE JUST DISCUSSED, INCLUDING THAT PROPOSED USE OF CONTINGENCY, OUR TOTAL CONTINGENCY STANDS AT 67.9 MILLION AT THE END OF JANUARY OR ANTICIPATED TO BE AT THE END OF JANUARY. AGAIN, JUST AS A REMINDER, PROP A AND PROP B IS VERY RESTRICTED.
WE CAN'T USE THAT BETWEEN THOSE PROPOSITIONS.
HOWEVER, THE 14 AND 18 BOND PROP PROPOSITIONS, WE DO HAVE FLEXIBILITY IN HOW WE USE THAT FUNDING.
ABOUT 24% OF OUR PROJECTS STILL DON'T HAVE INDEPENDENT, INDEPENDENT COST ESTIMATES.
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SINCE WE LAST UPDATED YOU ALL, WE HAVE RECEIVED 11 OF THOSE.AND SO AGAIN, AS YOU SEE TONIGHT, WITH THE USE OF THE FERNDALE CONTINGENCY, AS THOSE ITEMS CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD, WILL BE BRINGING FORWARD THOSE ITEMS. IF THERE IS A NEED FOR CONTINGENCY, IN SOME CASES, THEY MAY COME IN UNDER AND WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT.
AND YOU'LL SEE THAT REFLECTED IN THE ADDITIONS TO CONTINGENCY AS WE SHARED WITH YOU THIS EVENING.
THANK YOU, MR. GWEN. MISS HANNON. THANK YOU, MR. GWEN, FOR THE INFORMATION. AND ON SLIDE 11, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE THE 3.9 MILLION ON THE 2018 BOND. I THINK YOU SAID 60,000 FOR THE RIGHT OF WAY AT TRAVIS, 16,000 FOR PLAYGROUND.
AND THEN WHAT WAS THE BIGGER CHUNK? THE LARGEST WAS THE.
THE LARGEST COMPONENT IS THE E-RATE REBATES, WHICH IS AT 2.9 MILLION.
OKAY. OKAY. AND I DID READ THAT, BUT WANTED TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD.
OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. GWEN. APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU, MISS HANNON. OKAY. NEXT UP. THANK YOU.
IT. IS THAT IT? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MISS BROWN.
DOCTOR VISITS AND MR. GWEN. WE APPRECIATE THAT PRESENTATION.
ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP ON THE AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMENT.
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WE HAVE TWO SPEAKERS THIS EVENING. I'M GOING TO CALL THE NAMES OUT, AND IF YOU WILL, PLEASE COME UP TO THE PODIUM HERE AND SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE. OUR BOARD SECRETARY, MR. HAMILTON, WILL KEEP TIME. YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK, AND HE WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN YOU HAVE 30S REMAINING.FIRST UP IS ELIZABETH ARSENAULT. HELLO, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU GUYS TODAY.
LET'S MAKE SURE YOUR MIC IS ON. YEAH. THANK YOU.
HELLO, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU GUYS TODAY.
SO WHILE I UNDERSTAND THE APPROVAL TO REMOVE S 55 FROM THE 2023 BOND WAS TO MEET A BUDGET SHORTFALL, I STAND HERE TO EXPLAIN AGAIN WHY THIS DECISION COULD HINDER THE VERY PROGRESS THAT WE SEEK TO ACHIEVE TODAY, AND WHY BUILDING THIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MUST REMAIN A PRIORITY.
ELIMINATING THIS NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PROJECT WILL COMPOUND ON AN ALREADY CRITICAL ISSUE.
INSTEAD OF REALLOCATING THESE FUNDS, WE NEED TO ADDRESS OVERCROWDING WITH URGENCY AND ACTION.
SOME MAY ARGUE THAT REZONING IS THE ANSWER. SO LET ME BE CLEAR.
REZONING IS A TEMPORARY FIX THAT FAILS TO ADDRESS THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM.
SO ELIMINATING THE PLANNED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TODAY ONLY GUARANTEES THAT WE WILL FACE THE SAME ISSUES TODAY AND THE SAME OVERCROWDING CHALLENGES TOMORROW, ONLY AT A LARGER SCALE. I URGE THE BOARD TO CAREFULLY WEIGH THE LONG TERM IMPLICATIONS OF THIS DECISION, AND A CALL TO ACTION TO PROPOSE CONTINGENCY FUNDS FOR THE NEW 55 BUILD OR SOME OTHER AVENUE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS MANDY BOWIE.
HELLO. HAPPY NEW YEAR AND HAPPY SCHOOL BOARD RECOGNITION MONTH.
SO I'M GOING TO TRY TO ELIMINATE REDUNDANCY, ESPECIALLY ELIZABETH ALREADY HIT ON SOME OF MY FAVORITE THINGS TO TALK ABOUT WITH THE PRESENTATION ABOUT THE EDUCATION SPECIFICATIONS AND FACILITY STANDARDS FOR CONSTRUCTION.
I DO STILL QUESTION WHY SCHOOLS LIKE MISSION AND FERNDALE ARE BEING BUILT.
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TWO SCHOOLS, KNOWING WHAT WE KNOW NOW. FROM WHAT I CAN TELL WITH AVAILABLE INFORMATION, DEMOGRAPHIC DATA, THESE SCHOOLS DON'T REQUIRE 1000 STUDENT CAMPUSES.SO THAT WOULD BE MY BIGGEST QUESTION IS, WHAT CAN WE DO NOW TO REDUCE THE ERRORS THAT HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED? IT'S OBVIOUS THAT THERE'S PLENTY OF CONTINGENCY FUNDS TO BUILD ES 55 IF THAT IS A PRIORITY FOR THE DISTRICT.
SO WOULD BE NICE TO UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR FERNDALE TO BE BUILT AT THE CAPACITY AT WHICH IT'S BEING BUILT BEFORE THE BOARD APPROVES SPENDING MORE MONEY OUT OF CONTINGENCY. I DON'T NEED TO DRONE ON ABOUT THAT.
I THINK EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THE POINTS. I DID ALSO WANT TO ASK OR TALK ABOUT THE PROPOSED PRIORITIES, GOALS, AND STRATEGIES THAT YOU GUYS ARE GUYS ARE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT. PRIORITY TWO MENTIONS CREATING A CULTURE OF PROFESSIONALISM, ACCOUNTABILITY AND COMMUNICATION WHERE STAKEHOLDERS WHICH INCLUDES STUDENTS, PARENTS AND STAFF ARE VALUED, INSPIRED AND ENGAGED. GOAL ONE FOCUSES ON STAFF SATISFACTION.
I'VE TALKED ABOUT IT PREVIOUSLY. I REALLY THINK BIDIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATION IS APPROVE THESE GOALS.
IT MIGHT BE NICE TO ADD A MEASURABLE GOAL THAT INVOLVES COMMUNICATION WITH THE COMMUNITY.
[5. 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]
THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, CHAPTER 551, THOSE SECTIONS LISTED IN THE AGENDA AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF A PRIVATE CONSULTATION WITH THE BOARD'S ATTORNEY ON ANY OR ALL SUBJECTS OR MATTERS AUTHORIZED BY BY LAW. THE TIME IS 6:37 P.M.AND WE ARE NOW CONVENED IN CLOSED SESSION. YEAH.
HELLO? OKAY. THE TIME IS 7:27 P.M., AND WE ARE NOW RECONVENED IN OPEN SESSION.
[6. Reconvene in Open Session]
WE HAVE NO ACTION ON CLOSED SESSION ITEMS, SO WE WILL JUMP RIGHT INTO OUR REVIEW ITEMS.[7. Consider Action on Closed Session Items]
[8.A. Order of Election for Trustees]
FIRST UP IS OUR ORDER OF ELECTION FOR TRUSTEES.MISS HANNON, YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I DO, THANK YOU.
THE QUESTION ISN'T ABOUT THE DATE, AND I KNOW I'VE DONE THIS MULTIPLE TIMES THAT I'M STILL GOING TO ASK ARE THE EARLY VOTING SITES ON THIS ORDER OF ELECTION DOCUMENT? ARE THOSE CONFIRMED BY MR. OLDHAM? MR. ARE THEY ARE THE SITES HERE THE ONES THAT WILL. ARE THESE THE ONLY SITES THAT WILL HAPPEN? YES. OKAY. SO I THEN I HAVE A QUESTION. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE THESE ON A MAP OF, OF FORT BEND TO SHOW WHICH ONES ARE WITHIN THE FORT BEND ISD BOUNDARY. I'M SORRY, NOT FORT BEND, FORT BEND ISD.
AND THEN I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO POSE THE QUESTION, BECAUSE WHEN I LOOK THROUGH HERE AND I'VE ASKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE AND THEY ADDED IT AND, AND SO I'M NOT SURE IF WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE ELECTIONS OFFICE, BUT THEY ADDED AT ONE TIME I CAN'T REMEMBER THE MUSTANG COMMUNITY CENTER. I CAN'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS AN ELECTION DAY SITE.
OR EARLY VOTING SITE. BUT WHEN WE WHEN I LOOK AT THESE LOCATIONS, I DON'T REALLY SEE A LOCATION FOR, FOR FRESNO RESIDENTS. OTHER THAN HAVING TO GO SORT OF DOWN ALL THE WAY.
521 WHICH DOES NOT SOUND VERY PLEASANT TO ME IN IN THE CONGESTED SITUATION.
THAT'S ON 521. SO I WOULD ASK IF WE COULD PLEASE ASK ABOUT THE MUSTANG COMMUNITY CENTER AS AN EARLY VOTING LOCATION FOR THOSE RESIDENTS OVER IN THAT AREA. AND THEN THE OTHER ONE WOULD BE, I'VE ALSO ASKED ABOUT THIS IN THE PAST.
BUT I WONDER IF THERE COULD BE A CONVERSATION ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE BUSH HIGH SCHOOL.
OR THE MISSION BEND LIBRARY. ANYWAY, I THINK BEFORE WE VOTE ON THIS, IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE THOSE LOCATIONS MAPPED OUT ON OUR BOUNDARY SO THAT WE CAN BE YOU KNOW, I KNOW THIS IS UP TO THE ELECTIONS OFFICE, BUT I THINK THAT BECAUSE WE DO SUPPORT IT THROUGH FINANCES AND PAYING FOR THIS, I THINK WE JUST NEED TO THINK ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY AND BEING RESPONSIVE TO THEM.
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THANK YOU, MISS HANNON. WE'LL FOLLOW UP. OKAY.COULD WE ALSO GET A LIST OF THE ACTUAL VOTING DAY BEFORE WE VOTE THE VOTING DATE? THE THE THERE WILL PROBABLY BE SIMILAR, BUT IF WE COULD HAVE THOSE BEFORE WE VOTE.
OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, MISS HANNAH.
MISS JONES. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT THOMPSON. SO I'M LOOKING HERE, AND TRUSTEE HANNON IS SAYING THAT THERE ARE NO VOTING SITES FOR FRESNO AREA.
AND AT THE TOP OF THE LIST IS HIGHTOWER HIGH SCHOOL.
SO MUSTANG COMMUNITY CENTER I KNOW WAS USED FOR THAT AREA BEFORE CRAWFORD WAS OPEN AS AN ELECTION SITE, BUT IT HAS NOT REALLY BEEN A STANDARD PRACTICE FOR USING MUSTANG COMMUNITY CENTER FOR THAT. SO I SEE THAT HIGHTOWER HIGH SCHOOL IS SUFFICIENT AND FOR THAT PARTICULAR AREA AS WELL. SO PRETTY MUCH. AND THEN THERE'S SIENNA THAT'S ON THERE THAT COULD ALSO SERVICE THAT AS WELL.
BUT THEY ALSO HAVE FACILITY IF THEY WANTED TO USE THAT.
BUT I WOULD THINK HIGHTOWER AND SIENNA WOULD BE SUFFICIENT.
[8.B. District Priorities, Goals, and Strategies]
I'M GOING. I THINK DOCTOR SMITH, WE HAVE MISS MARTINEZ WHO'S GOING TO DO A PRESENTATION.AND THEN MISS HANNON AS THE VISION PLANNING COMMITTEE CHAIR.
SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. NOT SO MUCH A PRESENTATION, BUT JUST KIND OF TALK ABOUT THE FRAMEWORK THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON AND HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE KEY COMMENTS. THANK YOU.
GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU, DOCTOR SMITH. AND SO TRUSTEES I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU DOWN MEMORY LANE.
TEAM BUILDING SESSION. THEY WE SOLIDIFIED THOSE IN A DRAFT FORMAT FOR OUR SECOND TEAM BUILDING WITH THE BOARD AND THE EXECUTIVE TEAM TO DEVELOP DRAFT GOALS. WENT BACK TO THE VISION AND PLANNING COMMITTEE, WHICH IS MADE UP OF THREE OF OUR TRUSTEES.
MISS ANGIE HANNON LEADS THAT AS THE CHAIR, AND THEN KRISTEN TYSON AND DOCTOR SHIRLEY GILLIAM, AND WE WORKED THROUGH THE FEEDBACK OF THE TEAM BUILDING SESSION, THE SECOND ONE, AND THEN THOSE THREE TRUSTEES ASKED FOR STAFF TO GO BACK AND WORK ON SOME OF THE GOALS, THE DRAFT GOALS, AND DO SOME WORDSMITHING AND TO DEVELOP SOME ACTIONS OR STRATEGIES UNDER A FEW, IF NOT ALL, OF THOSE GOALS. AND SO WE WORKED ON A VERY COMPRESSED TIMELINE, NOT ONLY THE FULL BOARD, BUT ALSO THE VISION AND PLANNING COMMITTEE, AND ARE COMING BACK TO YOU TODAY WITH DRAFT VERSIONS OF THE VISION AND PLANNING COMMITTEE HAS NOT MET TO REVIEW THE FULL GOALS AND STRATEGIES THAT ARE HERE FOR YOU TO REVIEW AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK TO STAFF, AND TO THE VISION AND PLANNING COMMITTEE, SO THAT WE CAN MAKE ANY CHANGES THAT MAY BE NECESSARY, AND TAKE YOUR FEEDBACK TO DEVELOP FINAL GOALS THAT WILL COME BACK.
THE PLAN IS TO BRING THEM BACK TO THE FULL BOARD FOR REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION AT THE JANUARY 29TH MEETING, SO IT'S JUST AN IDEA OF KIND OF THE WORK THAT HAS HAPPENED IN A VERY SHORT TIME, VERY IMPORTANT WORK, AND OF COURSE, WILL DRIVE THE ALIGNMENT OF OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND OUR CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.
AND THE FIRST GOAL IS RELATED TO OUR THIRD, FIFTH, EIGHTH AND 10TH GRADE STUDENTS READING LEVEL.
I'LL TAKE YOU TO GOAL TWO, WHICH IS ALSO UNDER PRIORITY ONE.
AND THIS IS A CMR GOAL. AND THIS IS FOR THE CLASS OF 2026.
THE PERCENTAGE OF GRADUATES THAT MEET THE CRITERIA FOR CMR WILL INCREASE FROM 65% TO 90%.
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WHERE STAKEHOLDERS, STUDENTS, PARENTS AND STAFF ARE VALUED, INSPIRED AND ENGAGED, WITH THE DRAFT GOAL BEING THAT BY 2027, FORT BEND ISD WILL INCREASE OVERALL STAFF SATISFACTION WITH THE DISTRICT FROM 73% TO 85% THROUGH AN ORGANIZATIONAL FOCUS ON THE PRINCIPLES OF THE PACK, AS MEASURED BY THE DISTRICT CULTURE AND CLIMATE SURVEY AND THEN GOAL TWO.BY 2027, FORT BEND ISD WILL INCREASE OVERALL SECONDARY STUDENT ENGAGEMENT IN SCHOOLS FROM 78% TO 85%, WHICH WOULD BE EVIDENCED BY STUDENTS INDICATING THEY FEEL GOOD ABOUT BEING IN SCHOOL.
ON THE DISTRICT STUDENT ENGAGEMENT SURVEY, THE THIRD PRIORITY IS TO EXHIBIT FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY THROUGH TRANSPARENT BUDGETING PROCESSES AND EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF RESOURCES ALIGNED TO THE DISTRICT'S STRATEGIC PLAN.
WITH THE FIRST GOAL BEING. BY JUNE 2025, FORT BEND ISD WILL REVIEW 100% OF THE KEY REVENUE DRIVERS WITH THE BOARD AND ALIGN, EXCUSE ME, AND ALIGN ALL FUNDING WITH THE DISTRICT'S STRATEGIC PLAN.
GOAL TWO BY 2027, ENSURE EFFICIENT STAFFING IN ALL AREAS OF THE ORGANIZATION, INCLUDING CAMPUSES AND DEPARTMENTS, WITH THREE STRATEGIES SUPPORTING THAT GOAL RELATED TO A COMPREHENSIVE STAFFING STUDY AND IMPLEMENTING THOSE FINDINGS.
AND I WOULD OPEN IT UP TO ANY QUESTIONS. WE HAVE A TEAM HERE READY TO PROVIDE RESPONSES AND TO TAKE YOUR FEEDBACK SO THAT WE CAN WORK FURTHER ON REFINING AND FINALIZING THOSE GOALS. MISS MARTINEZ, I'M GOING TO FIRST ASK MISS HANNON, JUST TO KIND OF TAKE US THROUGH A SHORT STATEMENT ON HOW WE GOT HERE.
OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS MARTINEZ. I THINK SHE COVERED A LOT OF WHAT IT WAS.
IT WAS A VERY SHORT TIMELINE AND I APPRECIATE YOU TOUCHING ON THAT.
I ALSO APPRECIATE THAT MISS MARTINEZ WAS THE VISION AND PLANNING COMMITTEE POINT PERSON.
SHE DID A LOT OF LEGWORK HELPING US GATHER STAFF INPUT.
ONE THING I DO WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN ON THIS BOARD FOR OVER FOUR YEARS, AND I REALLY FEEL LIKE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THE BOARD HAS REALLY WORKED TOGETHER TO PRODUCE NEW PRIORITIES AND NEW GOALS THAT IT FELT LIKE WE WERE REALLY CONTRIBUTING.
SO ANOTHER REMINDER FOR THE PUBLIC IS IN OUR FIRST TEAM BUILDING IN BUILDING IN NOVEMBER.
WE WE REQUESTED ALONG WITH DOCTOR SMITH'S SORT OF TOP TEN PRIORITIES.
WE ASK FOR INPUT FROM ALL OF THE BOARD TO SAY, IF, YOU KNOW, IF YOU KNOW YOUR TOP TEN WISH LIST FOR THINGS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE OUTCOME TO SEE, YOU KNOW, OUTCOMES IN THE DISTRICT. AND DOCTOR SMITH HAD HIS EXECUTIVE TEAM JOIN US.
AND THAT TEAM BUILDING THAT WAS ALSO SOMETHING I HADN'T REALLY EXPERIENCED IN THE PAST.
AND I FELT THAT THAT WAS VERY FRUITFUL AND CREATING THE PRIORITIES.
WE DID A SIMILAR ACTIVITY WITH WITH IDENTIFYING THE GOALS WITH TRUSTEES IN ATTENDANCE AND EXECUTIVE TEAM. AND SO LIKE MISS MARTINEZ SAID, THIS COMMITTEE HAS WORKED HARD.
WE'VE TRIED TO, YOU KNOW, TRIED TO MEET IN THIS SHORT TIMELINE, BUT WE HAVE NOT LOOKED AT THE, THE I WOULD SAY THAT WE HAVE SOLIDIFIED THE PRIORITIES.
I WOULD SAY THE GOALS ARE PROBABLY PRETTY CLOSE.
AND I WOULD LIKE THE CONSIDERATION OF THE BOARD, WHICH YOU CAN LOVE IT OR LOSE IT.
AND I THINK WITH THAT SAID, WE CAN OPEN IT UP TO OTHERS, BUT I DO.
CAN I ASK? I SAY WE HAD SOME GOALS. THE GOALS PRETTY SOLIDIFIED THE PRIORITIES.
ABSOLUTELY. BUT THE GOALS. DO YOU WANT ME TO LET OTHER PEOPLE OPEN UP TO THEIR QUESTIONS BEFORE I ASK MINE? IT'S SPECIFIC TO ONE OF THE GOALS. YEAH. THE ONLY THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD TO THAT IS THAT WE DID I DID WANT TO POINT OUT SO THAT THE COMMUNITY KNOWS THAT AT OUR SECOND TEAM BUILDING, IT WAS TO DISCUSS GOALS AND WE DID DISCUSS GOALS.
I WOULD I WOULD DISAGREE. I DO THINK WE DISCUSSED STRATEGIES, BUT WE DID PUNT IT BACK TO STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE WERE STRATEGIES THAT THE ADMINISTRATION AGREED WITH AND THOUGHT THAT THEY COULD, THAT WERE GOING TO HELP TO INFORM THE THE GOALS THAT WE PUT DOWN HERE.
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I FELT LIKE WE HAD COMMITTED TO THE BOARD THAT WE WERE GOING TO GET THIS BACK TO YOU FOR REVIEW THIS MONTH.I FELT LIKE IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT THE ENTIRE BOARD KIND OF WEIGH IN BEFORE WE GOT TO JANUARY 29TH, AND THEN STAFF IS SORT OF WAITING ON US TO GET THEIR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLANS.
AND THEN OF COURSE, CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS BASED ON THIS.
SO I DO HAVE A QUESTION AND AND MISS TOWSON IS RIGHT.
WE DID LOOK AT SOME INITIAL STRATEGIES. AND BETH, MISS MARTINEZ DID TAKE THAT BACK TO STAFF AND THEN BROUGHT BROUGHT THOSE DRAFTS TO US THAT MAYBE WE SAW A DAY AHEAD OF YOU GUYS. AND SO ONE OF MY QUESTIONS, BECAUSE I WOULD REALLY LIKE FEEDBACK ON THE STRATEGIES TONIGHT OR OR CALLING IT SOMETHING ELSE.
AND AS I LOOKED BACK, I WAS TRYING TO DIGEST PRIORITY ONE.
AND I'M ON PAGE 21 IN HERE. PRIORITY ONE. GOAL TWO.
ABOUT CMR AND I THINK IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN MY ERROR NOT DIGESTING THAT IT WAS BY 2026.
BUT THE THE THE MEASURE IS GETTING FROM 65 TO 90.
AND WHILE I THINK, YOU KNOW WILDLY AMAZING GOALS TO STRETCH AND CHALLENGE OUR STAFF ARE WONDERFUL.
SO THAT'S MY THAT'S MY ONLY GOAL. AND THEN I HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION.
SO WHEN WE ORIGINALLY HAD OUR GOAL FOR PRIORITY ONE, GOAL TWO, IT WAS BY 2028.
WE MADE AN ADJUSTMENT TO FOCUS ONLY ON THE CLASS OF 2026.
ONE, WE MET WITH THE COMMISSIONER RECENTLY, AND WE KNOW THAT ACCOUNTABILITY WILL BE CHANGING, WHICH WILL AFFECT OUR OUR RATINGS POTENTIALLY, AND HOW THINGS ARE WEIGHTED.
SO THE ONE THING THAT WE KNOW IS STAYING THE SAME IS FOR THE CLASS OF 2026.
AND SO IT'S THIS ONE JUNIOR GROUP THAT WILL BE WITH US FOR ALMOST A YEAR AND A HALF.
AND WE FEEL HIGHLY CONFIDENT FOR THIS ONE CLASS THAT WE CAN MOVE THEM FROM 65% TO 90%, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN VERY INTENTIONAL AND FOCUSED ON THIS GROUP, WHICH WILL NOT SHOW UP IN OUR ACCOUNTABILITY UNTIL 2027.
BUT IT'S JUST OUR JUNIOR CLASS. SO WE MOVED FROM FRESHMEN THROUGH SENIORS TO ONE CLASS.
OKAY. SO FOR THAT ONE CLASS. THAT YOU BELIEVE THAT THAT IS ATTAINABLE TO JUMP FROM 65 TO 90%. WE DO BELIEVE THAT THAT IS ATTAINABLE FOR MANY DIFFERENT REASONS.
SO DIFFERENT PATHWAYS AND CERTIFICATIONS ARE GOING AWAY.
BUT WE ALSO HAVE OTHER WAYS OF PARTNERING CERTIFICATIONS AND COURSEWORK TOGETHER TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MAJORITY OF OUR STUDENTS ARE MET. IT'S THE MAIN CLASS THAT WE ARE THIS CONFIDENT WITH.
OKAY. OKAY. THAT WAS THE GOAL QUESTION. THE OTHER QUESTION, ACTUALLY I'M PASSING THESE AROUND AND THEN SERGEANT WALTON, WOULD YOU JUST MIND MAYBE GIVING GIVE ONE OF THESE TO DOCTOR SHER AND ADAM AND MAYBE THE INSTRUCTIONAL PIECE. OH, ADAM.
OVER THERE. NO. I'M SORRY. WILL YOU PASS THOSE AROUND? OKAY. SO I'M GOING TO PRESENT AND AGAIN LOVE IT OR LOSE IT.
AND SO I KNOW THAT THAT MR. TRUSTEE SHOAF AND TRUSTEE JONES MAY NOT KNOW AND MAYBE MISS TOLSON, BUT MR. GARCIA, MR. HAMILTON, DOCTOR GILLIAM AND MYSELF, WE ALL LOOKED AT A BOOK CALLED GREAT ON THEIR BEHALF. LAST YEAR. AND ONE OF THE THINGS IT TALKED ABOUT WAS WHEN YOU SET GOALS THAT BOARDS.
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AND SO THE BOOK WHICH I LIKED THE NOTION BUT NOT HOW IT IS EXECUTED BECAUSE THE GUARDRAILS ARE WRITTEN IN THE NEGATIVE.YOU WILL NOT DO XYZ. Z. SO WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU, I WANT YOU TO KNOW WHAT I DID SO FOR, BECAUSE ONE OF OUR SPEAKERS TONIGHT EVEN MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT PRIORITY TWO.
SO MAYBE WE COULD LOOK AT THAT ONE AS AN EXAMPLE.
SO FLIP TO THE SECOND PAGE. IT'S THE HIGHLIGHTS IN BLUE AND THEN I'LL GO BACK.
SO PRIORITY TWO AND AND GOAL ONE I DID NOT CHANGE THERE.
YOU SEE THE STAFF STRATEGY THAT THEY GAVE US.
THEIR STRATEGY FOR STAFF SATISFACTION WAS TO LEVERAGE A VARIETY OF DATA.
AND I WON'T READ IT TO YOU, BUT THERE IT SAID.
AND SO I AM PROPOSING TO YOU TONIGHT, JUST FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND TO THINK ABOUT BEFORE WE VOTE AT THE END OF THE MONTH, INSTEAD OF HAVING THE STAFF, THE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY HERE, HAVING MORE OF A BOARD GUIDEPOST AND THIS IS AN EXAMPLE DEVELOP DISTRICT DEPARTMENT AND CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS THAT INCLUDE AN INTENTIONAL, FOCUSED, AND MEASURABLE ACTION TO IMPROVE STAFF ENGAGEMENT AND SATISFACTION, WHICH I'M SURE THAT DOCTOR SMITH IS GOING TO DO THAT ANYWAY.
AND I'M SORRY, I SHOULD NOT HAVE TAKEN YOU TO TWO.
I SHOULD HAVE KEPT YOU ON ONE. SO THOSE ARE SORT OF JUST GUIDEPOSTS THAT SAYS TO TO DOCTOR SMITH THAT IF WE ARE GOING TO THE I CAN SEE THE STRATEGY THAT YOUR STAFF IS GOING TO DO, BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO CREATE THIS JUMP, THESE GAINS FROM 73 TO 85%, THEN AS A BOARD, WHEN I APPROVE THE CIP, WHEN THOSE ARE BROUGHT TO ME, I WOULD CERTAINLY EXPECT TO SEE I WOULD EXPECT TO SEE A PIECE IN THE DOCUMENT THAT IS THERE.
AND SO BEING ON HERE FOR FOUR YEARS, AND I LOOK AT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM.
I KNOW THAT'S SHOCKING TO EVERYONE. ONE, AND I DON'T SEE SOME OF THE I DON'T SEE EVIDENCE IN SOME OF THE SIPS THAT MATCHED THE GOAL, THE GOALS PREVIOUSLY. SO LET ME TAKE YOU BACK TO PRIORITY ONE BECAUSE THIS WILL ADDRESS SOMETHING ACTUALLY A PUBLIC SPEAKER SAID TONIGHT.
SO PRIORITY GOAL ONE HERE ARE THE THREE BULLETS THAT ARE NOT HIGHLIGHTED THAT CAME FROM THE STAFF.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SEE THE SUBTLE DIFFERENCE, BUT THE BOARD'S EXPECTATION IN MY MIND WOULD BE, NOT ONLY ARE YOU DOING THIS BECAUSE I HAVE AN EXPECTATION THAT IF YOU'RE DOING MATH, YOU'RE CERTAINLY USING THAT TO IMPROVE INSTRUCTION.
AND SO AS I WALKED THROUGH THIS, I THOUGHT ABOUT THE PACK, YOU KNOW, AND IF WE'RE ABOUT PROFESSIONALISM, ACCOUNTABILITY AND COMMUNICATION, WHERE, WHERE, WHERE ARE OUR EXPECTATIONS AS A BOARD? THE ONLY OTHER ONE THAT I TWEAKED. I DID REMOVE, AND I WANT TO POINT THIS OUT TO THE BOARD.
THE THIRD BULLET. I HAVE SOME PROBLEMS ON THE STRATEGY BECAUSE IT SAYS TO MODIFY THE CURRICULUM.
IT'S TO CHANGE THE TEXT. IT'S TO. SO MAYBE THAT VERBIAGE IS IS I'M ON STRATEGY.
THE THIRD BULLET UNDER GOAL ONE THAT IS NOT HIGHLIGHTED.
SO I JUST REWROTE THAT ONE AND SAID DOWN ON THE HIGHLIGHTED THIRD BULLET.
SOME OF OUR STUDENTS ARE FAR EXCEEDING THE REQUIRED CURRICULUM.
THEN THE FINAL ONE ADDRESSES WHAT THE PARENT WAS ASKING ABOUT.
IT SAYS THIS IS AN ADDITION. I PUT A GUIDEPOST THAT SAYS UTILIZE A CLEAR AND EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION CYCLE WITH STUDENTS AND PARENTS REGARDING ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, INTERVENTIONS AND RESULTS OF LOCAL, STATE AND NATIONAL ASSESSMENTS.
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AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT ASKING YOU NECESSARILY TO RESPOND TO IT TONIGHT, BUT I AM ASKING IF YOU WILL LOOK AT LOOK AT HOW I'VE WRITTEN THE GUIDE POSTS COMPARED TO THE STRATEGY.BECAUSE I DO THINK THEY'RE MORE. FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, IT'S WHAT I, AS A BOARD MEMBER, HOPE IT'S THE SIGN IN THE ROAD HERE. HERE IS WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
BUT HERE IS HOW I EXPECT IT TO AND TO TO READ AND AND LIKEWISE AT THE BOTTOM GUIDEPOST FOR THE FIRST BULLET PROVIDE CLEAR AND TIMELY COMMUNICATION TO STUDENTS AND PARENTS REGARDING THE RANGE OF POST GRADUATION OPTIONS.
I KNOW THAT'S NOT THE GOAL, BUT IT'S IT IS VERY MEASURABLE.
IT'S I CAN TELL IF IT GOT DONE OR NOT, AND THEN PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH PERSONALIZED GUIDANCE TO SUPPORT DECISION MAKING FOR POST GRADUATION, COLLEGE, CAREER OR MILITARY PATHWAYS. SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT LESS ASPIRATIONAL AND AND MORE.
SO THAT'S THAT'S ALL. MAYBE I REALLY WANT TO OPEN YOUR TO, TO FEEDBACK, BUT MAYBE MAYBE MISS MARTINEZ, IF WE HAVE ANY FEEDBACK.
I MEAN, WE CAN CAPTURE WHAT WE HAVE HERE, BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE TIME TO GIVE ENOUGH FEEDBACK, MAYBE. WOULD THAT BE OKAY? DOCTOR SMITH? IF THEY SHARE, IF THEY HAVE ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK, YES. WHAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US? BECAUSE I THINK ABOUT OUR TIMELINE.
WE HAVE THREE WEEKS, TWO WEEKS, ALMOST THREE WEEKS BEFORE THE 29TH.
AND SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO EXECUTE APPROPRIATELY SO WE CAN BE PREPARED FOR THE 29TH.
SO ANY FEEDBACK FROM THE COLLECTIVE WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TONIGHT.
SO WE CAN MOVE AT WARP SPEED TO GET THINGS. AND I WANTED TO POSE ONE MORE QUESTION.
TO MISS TYSON AND TO DOCTOR SMITH IS THAT IF WE DON'T SOLIDIFY EITHER THE STRATEGIES BECAUSE THAT'S THE LOOSE END TO ME OR THE GUIDEPOSTS OR WHATEVER YOU WANTED TO CALL THEM, IF YOU WANTED TO PUT THEM, CALL THEM GUARDRAILS AND PUT THEM IN THE NEGATIVE. BUT COULD IT BE A POSSIBILITY IF WE DON'T GET TO THAT POINT, THAT WE COULD APPROVE THE PRIORITIES AND THE GOALS SO THAT WE DON'T HOLD UP THE THE DIP AND THE SIP PROCESS? SO WHAT I'M GOING TO ASK FOR, AND THIS IS WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO WHEN YOU WERE DONE SPEAKING WE CAN PROVIDE FEEDBACK TO THE EXTENT YOU HAVE IT THIS EVENING.
WHAT I REALLY WANT TO HEAR FROM IS STAFF BECAUSE IT CHANGES SORT OF THE STRATEGIES THAT WE DISCUSSED IN OUR IN OUR COMMITTEE MEETING. SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO GET FEEDBACK FROM YOU GUYS.
AND YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THESE CHANGES? IS IT HELPFUL? IS IT, YOU KNOW, HOW DOES IT HELP YOU DO YOUR JOB OR HOW DOES IT GIVE YOU BETTER DIRECTION OR DOES IT NOT? SO IF WE COULD GET THAT FROM YOU GUYS, IF Y'ALL COULD TAKE A COUPLE DAYS AND PROCESS IT, MAYBE DO A MIDWEEK BOARD UPDATE.
AND THEN FOR YOU GUYS TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE TRUSTEES HAVE.
DOES THAT WORK? OKAY. SO LET'S DO IT THAT WAY.
THANK YOU. OKAY. DOCTOR GILLIAM. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THAT IN A DIFFERENT WAY. THE ONE THING THAT I JUST REALLY WANT TO SAY IS ABOUT CMR, AND I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE TIME THAT WE HAVE. WE ARE IN 2025.
WE SAID THAT WE'RE WE'RE IN 2026. WE'RE GOING TO COME RIGHT BACK AND WE ARE GOING ALL OF THIS IS GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE 25% MORE. SO I GUESS I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW MANY SENIORS DO WE HAVE RIGHT NOW THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE A PART OF.
THIS GROUP. CAN WE COME TO YOU? I JUST WANT TO KNOW HOW MANY STUDENTS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SO WE HAVE ABOUT 5000 SENIORS. BUT FOR THIS GOAL, IT WOULD BE OUR JUNIORS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
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NOT OUR SENIOR CLASS. SO MY CONCERN AND I WON'T I HAD A LOT MORE TO SAY, BUT SINCE WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THIS AGAIN, I CAN WAIT. BUT I'M WONDERING, DO WE HAVE THE PERSONNEL IN ORDER TO DO THESE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO WITH CMR? SO WE DID AN INFORMAL AUDIT. WE AS IN DOCTOR SHAW, DOCTOR STEVENS, THE TEACHING AND LEARNING TEAM AND MYSELF.AND IT'S NOT INCREASING OUR PERSONNEL. I BELIEVE IN DOCTOR STEVENS PRESENTATION LAST MONTH HE TALKED ABOUT HIGHTOWER OFFERING THE PSIA FOR ADDITIONAL STUDENTS TO SIT FOR ADDITIONAL ROUNDS.
AND SO IT'S NOT CHANGING WHAT WE NEED IN PERSONNEL.
IT'S GIVING OUR STUDENTS MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN THINGS THAT ARE EASILY AVAILABLE.
WE JUST HAVEN'T TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THEM. AND WHO WOULD BE MONITORING THIS? A VARIETY OF PEOPLE. SO IT COULD BE THE PRINCIPAL, THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL.
IT COULD BE THE ASSESSMENT TEAM. IT DEPENDS ON WHICH PART OF THE EMR THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SO LIKE FOR THE TSI, A THAT COULD BE THE PRINCIPAL AT HIGHTOWER.
IT WAS ANDRE WORKING ON THAT IN REGARDS TO A PATHWAY.
IT COULD BE OUR DIRECTOR OF CTE WHO IS LOOKING TO SEE WHO'S SITTING IN THE PATHWAY AND THE IBC'S OVERALL, WHO'S MONITORING IS DOCTOR SHAW. WITH THOSE COMMITMENT TO SUCCESS PLANS, WE SHARED THAT WITH YOU ALL IN THE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.
SHE'S MEETING WITH THOSE PRINCIPALS EVERY 6 TO 9 WEEKS, ASSESSING TO SEE WHERE THEY ARE WITH THEIR CMR DATA IN REGARDS TO CERTIFICATIONS BEING UPLOADED. AND THEN WE'RE PUSHING THROUGH. SO EVERY CAMPUS HAS A GOAL.
WE ARE PULLING DATA EVERY 6 TO 9 WEEKS. AND THEN WE'RE MEETING WITH THE PRINCIPALS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE EITHER HAVE STUDENTS SITTING IN THE RIGHT CLASS SITTING FOR THEIR COMPLETERS. ALL OF THE DIFFERENT WAYS FOR US TO MEET CMR. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND I SAW DOCTOR SHAW COME TO THE PODIUM, SO SHE MIGHT WANT TO SHARE SOMETHING ELSE.
I THINK DOCTOR JORDAN CAPTURED IT. THEY'RE ALSO LOOKING AT EVERY EVERY AVENUE.
LIKE WHEN WE HAVE AP TESTING AND DIFFERENT PIECES.
WHEN WE JUST HAD THE DECEMBER RE TESTERS, THEY WERE PULLING GROUPS AT THAT TIME.
SO THEY ARE BEING VERY STRATEGIC. THEY HAVE A ROSTER OF EVERY SINGLE KID.
BUT NOW WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE A MORE IN-DEPTH PLAN THAT STARTS FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR FOR OUR JUNIORS AND MOVING THROUGHOUT THIS FALL, THROUGHOUT THE SPRING SEMESTER FOR OUR JUNIORS.
AND THEN ALSO LOOKING AT COLLEGE BRIDGE AND UTILIZING SOME OF THOSE COMPONENTS AS WELL.
THANK YOU, DOCTOR GILLIAM, MISS JONES. YOU GOT IT.
THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS. I'M READY. OKAY. I WANT TO THANK THE VISION AND PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND JUST THEIR COMMITMENT TO GETTING THIS DONE. THOSE THREE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.
THEY'RE HUNGRY. SERIOUSLY HUNGRY. AND THEY'RE HERE TO RAISE THE STANDARD AND NOT ACCEPT THE MEDIOCRITY THAT'S BEEN GOING ON IN THIS DISTRICT.
AND SO I SAY THAT I APPRECIATE DOCTOR SMITH AND HIS TEAM FOR COMING IN AND RAISING THE STANDARD OF EXPECTATIONS FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR TEACHERS. IT'S NOT ARE YOU SURE? CAN WE DO IT? IT'S WHEN WE WILL DO IT. AND THAT'S WHAT THAT'S THE LANGUAGE AND THAT'S THE NARRATIVE WE NEED TO HAVE.
AS FAR AS EXPECTATIONS FOR DISTRICT PRIORITIES.
AND THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS TO THAT. AND SO BEFORE WE GO AND SAY, WELL, CAN WE DO OUR LAST MEETING. DOCTOR SMITH GAVE A WHOLE PRESENTATION ABOUT HOW HE WOULD HOW THE DISTRICT STRIVES TO MEET THIS STANDARD AS FAR AS CMR. AND I'M NOT SURE IF YOU GUYS REMEMBER THAT, BUT IT WAS VERY DETAILED AND WHAT THEIR PLAN WAS. SO YOU HAVE HE GAVE YOU THE YOU THE EVIDENCE HE GAVE.
HE GAVE US THE GOALS. AND NOW IT'S JUST RIGHT HERE IN THE PRIORITIES.
MISS JONES. TONIGHT IS MY WORKSHOP NIGHT. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO ASK FOR CLARIFICATION.
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WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT. OKAY. WE'RE WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT.GO. GO AHEAD. YEAH. BECAUSE HE GAVE US LAST MONTH, HE GAVE US HIS PLAYBOOK OF HOW THE DISTRICT IS GOING TO ACHIEVE THAT. AND SO LET'S SUPPORT THEM AND BELIEVE IN DOCTOR SMITH AND HIS ADMINISTRATION THAT THEY WILL MEET THE GOALS AND PRIORITIES.
I THINK EVERYTHING HERE IS PRETTY MUCH FINE AND VERY SELF-EXPLANATORY.
SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS JONES, MR. GARCIA.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK STAFF FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT Y'ALL PUT IN.
WHEN I HEAR WORDS LIKE METHODICAL AND INTENTIONAL AND STRATEGIC.
AND THEN THIS PAST WEEKEND, WHEN I WHEN I WAS AT FIRST COLONY MIDDLE SCHOOL AT THE CTE.
EVEN THINGS THAT ARE COMING UP THAT ARE NEW, THAT ARE LIKE THE CYBER SECURITY AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND HE LEFT AND WENT TO COMPUTER SCIENCE TO DO THIS. AND, YOU KNOW, SO BEING VERY INTENTIONAL AND VERY, VERY METHODICAL WITH THE SHOWCASE LIKE THAT, KNOWING THAT COURSE SELECTION IS GOING TO BE COMING UP IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
PERFECT TIMING, VERY WELL THOUGHT OUT, VERY WELL PLANNED.
WE HADN'T DONE THAT BEFORE. FOR. WE'VE HAD SHOWCASES IN THE PAST, BUT THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE DONE THIS SINCE COVID, SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT. IN REGARDS TO ALL THE WORK THAT TRUSTEE HANNON DID IN REGARDS TO THE DIFFERENT GUIDEPOSTS, I APPRECIATE THE WORK. I WILL PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THAT, BUT I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE WE'RE WORKING VERY HARD TO RAISE THOSE STANDARDS BEYOND BECAUSE CMR MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, AND TRUSTEE JONES AND TRUSTEE HAMILTON ARE ON THE CMR COMMITTEE AND HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK BEHIND THE SCENES WITH STAFF INDIVIDUALLY.
AND THEN WE'VE, WE'VE VISITED HCC TOURS OF THEIR CAMPUS AND, AND TRYING TO REALLY PARTNER WITH, WITH FINDING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. CMR IS A VERY LARGE COMPONENT OF OUR ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE STATE.
AND SO FOCUSING ON THAT, WHERE I FELT LIKE IN THE PAST WE'VE SORT OF LOST FOCUS ON THAT.
TO ME, THAT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT EVERYBODY HAS PUT IN. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. GARCIA. THE ONLY THING I HAVE TO ADD, AND I KNOW THAT THE COMMUNITY MAYBE GETS TIRED OF HEARING US SAY THANK YOU, BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT EVERYONE REALLY UNDERSTANDS THE MAGNITUDE OF THE WORK THAT WAS DONE IN, LIKE, LESS THAN THREE MONTHS. AND SO I DO WANT TO THANK MISS HANNON AND DOCTOR GILLIAM AND MISS MARTINEZ AND DOCTOR SMITH, BECAUSE THAT'S OUR VISION AND PLANNING COMMITTEE.
AND I THINK THAT COMMITTEE IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO DRIVING YOU KNOW, THE GOVERNING PART OF THE OF THESE GOALS AND PRIORITIES, WHICH REALLY DRIVES THE WORK. I MEAN, IT REALLY DRIVES THE FOCUS OF THE WORK.
SO I DEFINITELY WANT TO SAY THAT THAT THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF WORK THAT'S GONE ON BEHIND THE SCENES.
I'M NOT SURE IF EVERYONE APPRECIATES THAT. THE TEAM BUILDING THAT WE DID IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER WERE NOT JUST THE TEAM OF EIGHT, WHICH IS DOCTOR SMITH AND THE TRUSTEES, BUT IT INCLUDED THE EXECUTIVE TEAM, WHICH MEANS THEY CAME IN A COUPLE OF NIGHTS EXTRA AND SAT DOWN AND DID TEAM BUILDING EXERCISES WITH US. AND IT WAS VERY HELPFUL.
SO I WANT TO THANK DOCTOR SMITH AND HIS EXECUTIVE TEAM FOR MAKING THE TIME TO COME AND DO THAT.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, ALL THE WORK BEHIND THE SCENES. I KNOW IT WAS A HEAVY LIFT TO GET IT TO US TONIGHT, AND AND I WAS REALLY PUSHING FOR THAT. SO I APOLOGIZE AND THANK YOU ALL AT THE SAME TIME, BECAUSE I KNOW IT WAS A LOT OF HARD WORK.
THE STRATEGIES THAT ARE ON HERE DID COME. I MEAN, WE DISCUSSED IT AS A COMMITTEE, BUT IT DID COME, BY AND LARGE FROM THE STAFF. AND WHAT YOU GUYS THOUGHT WAS WAS DOABLE.
AND SO I'M GOING TO TRUST THAT. AND I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS WORKING ON IT.
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DOABLE, AND SO THAT YOU COULD WEIGH IN FROM THAT SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT.YOU KNOW, POINT OF VIEW. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND SO I AM GOING TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO READ AND CONSIDER THAT.
AND IF YOU GUYS COULD TELL, YOU KNOW, TELL US WHAT WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE ON THAT, THEN I THINK IT WILL HELP US WHEN WE COME BACK AND HAVE THE CONVERSATION AGAIN ON THE 29TH. SO SO I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THAT. I AM VERY EXCITED TO HAVE SOME PRIORITIES AND GOALS COMING IN PLACE.
AND SO I APPRECIATE THE EVERYONE'S EFFORTS ON THAT.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE ON THAT. NEXT UP IS ITEM EIGHT C, WHICH IS THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING FOR
[8.C. Memorandum of Understanding for Willowridge High School Feeder Pattern]
WILLOW RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL. FEEDER PATTERN. DOCTOR SMITH.THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION AS DOCTOR JORDAN MAKES HER WAY TO THE PODIUM.
DOCTOR JORDAN WILL USE THIS TO HIGHLIGHT THIS AGENDA ITEM.
DOCTOR JORDAN. YES, SIR. GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT.
I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN WITH THOSE CONSIDERATIONS.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, THE WILLOW RIDGE FEEDER PATTERN, WHICH CONSISTS OF FIVE SCHOOLS, IS THE ONLY FEEDER PATTERN WHERE ALL FIVE CAMPUSES HAVE AN ACCOUNTABILITY SCORE OF 69 OR BELOW.
SO WHEN WE ASK WHY WILLOW RIDGE VERY SPECIFICALLY, IT'S BECAUSE WE CAN IDENTIFY THAT THERE IS A NEED FROM THE ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES ALL THE WAY UP TO THE HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS.
THE WILLOW RIDGE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN WORKING AT BLUE RIDGE BRIARGATE, HELPING US SECURE QUALIFIED TUTORS GOING INTO THE CAMPUS, TUTORING OUR MOST CRITICAL NEEDS STUDENTS. THEY ALSO HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR ADDITIONAL PARENTAL SUPPORT AND REALLY SHOUTING THE GOOD THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING FROM FORT BEND ISD FROM THE ROOFTOPS WHEN THEY CAN.
AND SO WE WANT TO FORMALIZE THIS PROCESS. WHAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT IS WE ARE IN THE EARLY, EARLY STAGES OF DEVELOPING AN MOU. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN YOU REVIEW THE DOCUMENT THAT WAS PROVIDED TO YOU, THAT IS NOWHERE NEAR WHAT WE WOULD SAY IS A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.
REALLY WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM YOU THIS EVENING.
THE RESPONSIBILITIES ARE A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF OUR INITIAL PLANNING AND COLLABORATION.
IT IS NO WAY TO SERVE AS ACTION STEPS FOR US OR GOALS FOR US.
IT'S REALLY JUST TO TAKE THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 41, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE.
IDEAS OF WHAT THEY SEE AS A NEED. PLUS FORT BEND ISD IDEAS AND COME TOGETHER.
SO AGAIN, THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES ARE NOT COMPONENTS THAT WE WOULD SEE MIMICKED IN AN MOU.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LAUNCH INTO THE SPRING SEMESTER WITH THE PLAN.
I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 41.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 41.
SO IT'S SPECIFIC TO HOUSTON CITY PROPER WHICH IS THEN CALLED A SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO IT'S MULTIPLE COMMUNITIES COMING TOGETHER.
WHAT I WANT TO POINT OUT ON YOUR ONE PAGER IS NUMBER FOUR.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DISCUSS TONIGHT INSTEAD OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 41.
WHAT I DO KNOW IS THE WILLOW RIDGE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN SHOWING UP.
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UTILIZE THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 41. AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, YOU MIGHT ASK YOURSELF, WELL, AREN'T WE DOING THIS ALL OVER? AREN'T THERE MULTIPLE PARTNERS? WE TALKED ABOUT SECOND BAPTIST, WHO'S BEEN PARTNERING WITH THE WILLOW RIDGE FEEDER, PROVIDING AND MEETING ALL THE NEEDS.YES, THIS PARTNERSHIP IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT BECAUSE THIS PARTNERSHIP HAS AN ACADEMIC FOCUS.
WE COME TOGETHER TO COLLABORATE AND IDENTIFY THOSE NEEDS.
AND WHETHER IT'S SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 41 OR THE WILLOW RIDGE COMMUNITY WILL RAISE THEIR HAND AND SAY, PUT ME IN, COACH. WE'VE GOT SOME CERTIFIED TUTORS THAT WE CAN HELP FILL THAT NEED.
AND SO IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN OUR NORMAL PARTNERS. SO WE HAVE SOME NEXT STEPS.
HERE'S WHERE WE'RE GOING AND WANTED TO GET SOME FEEDBACK.
THANK YOU, DOCTOR JORDAN. DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS, MR. HAMILTON? I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THIS.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS. IN ADDITION TO EVERYTHING THAT YOU JUST SAID, THE SAME GROUP HAS ALSO STARTED A PTA AT BLUE RIDGE BRIARGATE. AND SO SOME OF THEM ARE NOT HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE I THINK TONIGHT IS THEIR FIRST PTA MEETING.
SO THEY'RE THEY'RE ENGAGING PARENTS IN ADDITION TO TO ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING.
THEY'VE JUMPED IN AND THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF GREAT WORK WITH THAT. AND SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
AND I AND I SUPPORT GOING GOING FORWARD WITH THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP AS WELL.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. HAMILTON.
I MET WITH MEMBERS OF THAT COMMUNITY LAST YEAR.
VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT DOING A LOT OF WORK TO TO BUILD THOSE COMMUNITIES.
BUILD THOSE SCHOOLS UP. BROUGHT TO THE TABLE A PLAN OF ACTION.
I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS, YOU KNOW, WITH DOCTOR SMITH AND STAFF, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS. AND, AND ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO COME OUT AND VOLUNTEER AND WORK AND HELP FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN GROW THOSE GROW THOSE RELATIONSHIPS. HELP INCREASE THE ACADEMIC OUTCOMES AT THOSE SCHOOLS.
AND DO SO IN A MANNER THAT THE COMMUNITY ITSELF IS RISING UP.
AS A WHOLE, I THINK IT'S IT'S VERY INSPIRING.
AND I'M VERY PLEASED THAT WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE THIS TURNAROUND IN SUCH A QUICK AMOUNT OF TIME.
AND I DO SUPPORT IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. GARCIA. DOCTOR GILLIAM. MY QUESTION ON THIS. HOW ARE HAVE THE PRINCIPALS BEEN NOTIFIED? HAVE CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THAT COMMUNICATION HAS GONE AND WHAT ACTUALLY HAS TRANSPIRED? MAY I ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION? NOTIFIED OF A POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIP OR NOTIFIED IN THE CURRENT SUPPORT THAT'S BEEN GIVEN? WHAT INFORMATION HAVE THE PRINCIPLES. WHAT DO THEY KNOW? AS OF TODAY. SO THEY DO KNOW THAT THERE IS A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS THERE TO SUPPORT AND HELP THEM, BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN THIS PROCESS.
THEY DO NOT KNOW THE RESPONSIBILITIES AND THE KEY COMPONENTS OF THE AGREEMENT, AS WE WANTED TO FINALIZE SOME OF THOSE DETAILS BEFORE WE SHARED THAT WITH THE PRINCIPAL. AND SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD BETWEEN NOW AND JANUARY 29TH, A PART OF THE MEETING WITH THE COMMUNITY OR THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, 41 PRINCIPALS WILL BE AT THE TABLE AS WELL.
WE JUST NEED IT TO COME AND KIND OF HAVE A CONSENSUS.
SO THEY ARE NOT AWARE OF A POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT.
HOWEVER, THEY HAVE BEEN BENEFITING FROM THE SUPPORT OF THIS GROUP.
I BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO PULL IN THE PRINCIPALS SO THEY ARE AWARE.
YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DOCTOR GILLIAM.
MISS JONES, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? I WANT TO SAY THAT I APPRECIATE.
SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 41. FOR THEIR INTEREST AND INVESTMENT IN THE EDUCATION AND THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN IN THEIR COMMUNITY. OKAY. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS SAY IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO RAISE A
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CHILD. WELL, THE VILLAGE IS HERE, AND THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE DOING.AND I FULLY SUPPORT SUPER, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 41 AND ITS MOU BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING WHAT IT TAKES.
IF THEY HAVE TUTORS THEY GO FIND THEM IF THEY ARE OLD.
A FORMER PRINCIPAL, I MEAN FORMER TEACHERS, GRANDMAS, WHOEVER.
AND I JUST CAN'T SEE FOR THE LIFE OF ME HOW ANYONE COULD BE OPPOSED TO EDUCATING OUR KIDS, DOING WHATEVER IT TAKES TO GET THEM WHAT THEY NEED.
SO I APPLAUD FOR BEING THE ADMINISTRATION, FOR DOING JUST THAT, BY JUST TAKING THE BULL BY THE HORN AND JUST DOING IT, AND BY PARTNERING WITH SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 41.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS JONES. SO I WANT TO READ FROM SOMETHING THAT I STATED THE NIGHT I WAS ELECTED. ONE OF MY GOALS WAS TARGETED IMPROVEMENT WITH APPLIED RESOURCES AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS FOR ALL SCHOOLS WITHIN THE WITHIN THE MARSHALL AND WILLOW RIDGE FEEDER PATTERNS. SO THIS IN MY MIND, IS WE'RE WORKING. THAT'S THAT'S A CULMINATION OF THAT GOAL.
WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS THAT GOAL. DOCTOR JORDAN, YOU STARTED BY SAYING EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL IN THE WILLOW RIDGE FEEDER PATTERN HAS AN ACCOUNTABILITY SCORE OF 69 OR BELOW.
YES, MA'AM. AND I HAVE THOSE SCORES ON THE BACK FOR YOU TO SEE.
SO IF THAT DOESN'T TELL US THAT WE NEED A DIFFERENT APPROACH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT DOES.
SO I ALSO APPRECIATE THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP, BUT MOSTLY BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T GIVEN UP. THEY KEEP COMING. AND THEY CAME WITH LIKE, A PLAN SOLUTIONS PARTNER WITH US. SO OBVIOUSLY WE ARE RESPONSIBLE AS A DISTRICT FOR THE ACADEMIC SUCCESS AND EDUCATION OF ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. BUT WHEN WE HAVE A COMMUNITY, MEMBERS OF A COMMUNITY, A COMMUNITY AT LARGE THAT SAYS WE'RE WILLING TO ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES AND DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO HELP OUR KIDS, PLEASE LET US HELP. PLEASE USE OUR EXPERTISE, PLEASE WHATEVER.
THEN THAT'S WHAT COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITIES WAS ALL ABOUT.
THAT'S THIS. THAT WAS STARTED SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND THAT WAS THE ENTIRE PURPOSE.
WE CANNOT DO EVERYTHING. WE CERTAINLY KNOW. WE CERTAINLY HAVE THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS.
WE CERTAINLY HAVE THE CURRICULUM. WE CERTAINLY HAVE ALL THE TOOLS, BUT SOMETIMES WE DON'T HAVE SOME OF THE OF THE INTANGIBLES. THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN WHO NEED A LITTLE EXTRA, FOR CHILDREN WHO DON'T HAVE THE SUPPORT AT HOME, FOR CHILDREN WHO DON'T, WHO NEED THE EXTRA TUTORING.
WHEN I MOVED OUT TO THE SIENNA AREA, IT WAS THE YEAR THAT HERITAGE ROSE ELEMENTARY OPENED AND I HAD THE HONOR OF BEING THE PTO PRESIDENT AT THAT TIME, AND WE JUST DID WHATEVER WAS NECESSARY FOR OUR KIDDOS.
WE WE JUST WENT IN THE SCHOOLS AND WE PROVIDED.
SO I WANT TO AGAIN EXTEND THANKS TO THE STAFF FOR THINKING OUTSIDE OF THE BOX.
AND I CAN'T IMAGINE WHY WE WOULD SAY NO TO THAT.
TO ME, AN MOU. OF COURSE. THIS IS MY LAWYER CAP, RIGHT? I JUST FEEL LIKE IT. IT SOLIDIFIES THE RELATIONSHIP.
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE RELINQUISH CONTROL. FOR WHAT WE'RE WHAT OUR RESPONSIBILITIES ARE, BUT IT JUST SOLIDIFIES THE RELATIONSHIP. AND IT IT, TO ME, SIGNALS TO THE COMMUNITY THAT THE BOARD AND THE DISTRICT WE'RE IN, WE'RE THIS IS IMPORTANT TO US.
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AND THIS IS NOT JUST ANOTHER THING THAT'S GOING TO GO BY THE WAYSIDE.THIS IS A THING THAT WE WANT TO THAT WE WANT TO EXTEND INTO THE FUTURE.
AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE MIGHT NOT HAVE TO TWEAK IT ALONG THE WAY.
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE NOT LEARNING AS WE GO, BUT I THINK IT CAN'T JUST BE BUSINESS AS USUAL.
SO. SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US THE THE BEGINNINGS OF THIS.
AND AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT YOU GUYS CAN WORK OUT IN THE FUTURE.
I SEE A COUPLE MORE. MISS HANNAN, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? I DO, I DO, THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR FOR CLARIFYING THE INFORMATION BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, WHERE'S THE MOU? SO I WANT TO SAY THAT I TRULY THINK VOLUNTEERISM MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND.
AND ANYBODY WHO'S WILLING TO PUT IN SWEAT EQUITY.
FOR OUR KIDS, I SUPPORT THAT. AND WE KNOW THAT YOU KNOW, THOSE OF US THAT HAVE DONE IT, WE KNOW THAT VOLUNTEERING IS HARD AND TO AND TO VOLUNTEER IN AN EDUCATIONAL CAPACITY IS EVEN HARDER.
AND SO I DON'T WANT MY QUESTIONS MISCONSTRUED BY ANY TRUSTEE OR ANYBODY HERE LISTENING TONIGHT, LIVE OR OR VIRTUALLY. SO WHEN I LOOKED THROUGH SOME OF THE BULLETS, MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS THERE WAS A TYPO, BUT I'M HERE. BUT WHEN I HEARD YOU AND I THOUGHT RESPONSIBILITIES OF SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 41, WHERE IT SAYS PROVIDE SKILLED PERSONNEL, MATERIALS, TOOLS NEEDED TO IMPLEMENT TUTORIALS.
SO THIS IS ME WITH MY EDUCATOR HAT. AND AS AN EDUCATOR ON CAMPUS WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF OF, YOU KNOW, COORDINATING AND TRAINING OUR VOLUNTEERS TO PROVIDE LITERACY TUTORIALS.
SO I JUST I WANT TO I GUESS I'M ASKING WHEN WHEN THE MOU GETS FLUSHED OUT.
THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE I SEE THINGS LIKE SHARED DATA.
I WANT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS, THAT THAT THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD IS GOING TO PROVIDE US WITH QUALIFIED TUTORS, AND THEY'RE CALLING THEM PERSONNEL AS A NONPROFIT.
ARE THEY PAYING TUTORS? I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT THAT I REALLY DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE I READ THE SUPER, I READ THE NEIGHBORHOODS BYLAWS TOP TO BOTTOM YESTERDAY BECAUSE I WANTED TO CLEARLY UNDERSTAND WHAT WHO WAS INVOLVED IN THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD AND WHAT THEIR, THEIR THEIR MISSION AND THEIR WHAT WHAT THEY CAN DO WITHIN THE PARAMETERS OF THEIR NONPROFIT.
SO SOME THINGS I WOULD REALLY, REALLY LIKE FLESHED OUT ARE.
HELP ME TRULY UNDERSTAND THE TWO THE TUTORING SITUATION.
THE TRAINING, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO VET WHAT THE TUTORIALS ARE DOING BECAUSE WE WANT IT. WE WANT IT TO WORK IN CONCERT WITH THE INTERVENTIONS THAT THE SAME CHILDREN MAY BE GETTING, AND TO NOT UNDO THE STRATEGIES THAT THAT WE ARE EXPECTING THROUGH OUR, OUR CURRICULUM BASED TUTORIALS OR INTERVENTIONS PROVIDED BY ACTUAL STAFF. THE OTHER THING I WOULD WANT TO MAKE SURE IS THAT WE THAT THAT THAT THEY ARE ALIGNED WITH THE TEXAS ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO BE TEACHING OUR KIDS.
IS THERE A TIME PARAMETER FOR THIS MOU? DO WE SAY THAT IT'S INITIALLY LIKE A PILOT? IT'S A ONE YEAR PARAMETER OR IT'S A TWO YEAR PARAMETER? THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KNOW WHO WITH, YOU KNOW WHO WHO WITHIN THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD IS VETTING IT.
IS IT THEIR FULL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL? YOU KNOW, DO DO THE OTHER HOA PRESIDENTS GIVE THEM AUTHORITY TO TO VET THAT? I THINK DOCTOR GILLIAM BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT, MAKING SURE THAT OUR OUR PRINCIPALS ARE FULLY AWARE AND THAT IT'S ARTICULATED FULLY TO THEM AND THAT THEY HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE VOLUNTEERS THAT THEY THEY GET SOME SAY IN THE EXPECTATION OF HOW DO WE COLLABORATE? RIGHT. AND SO I THINK THAT THEY THAT OUR PRINCIPALS AND OR WHOEVER THE STAFF IS THAT LEADS SUPPORTING VOLUNTEERS IN AN
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EDUCATIONAL SENSE. THEY GET THEY GET STAKE IN THAT GAME.I'M GLAD TO SEE ON THIS PAGE THAT THERE'S RIDGEGATE, BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE RIDGEGATE ON OUR INFORMATION ITEM, AND I WAS WONDERING WHY THEY WEREN'T THERE. ONE OTHER THING.
IT TALKS ABOUT IMPLEMENTING A PRE PRE-K3 IMPLEMENT IMPLEMENT EARLY CHILDHOOD SUPPORT.
OKAY. SUPPORTS I'M SORRY I READ THAT DIFFERENTLY.
I THOUGHT IT MEANT PROGRAMING AND I THOUGHT WE HAVE PROGRAMING AT ALL OF THOSE SCHOOLS.
SO MY APOLOGIES ON THAT. AND THEN LET ME JUST CHECK.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
DOCTOR JORDAN, YOU MENTIONED THERE COULD BE AN AFFILIATE AGREEMENT.
IT COULD BE IT COULD BE WITH SOMEONE ELSE. JUST BECAUSE THIS IS NEW TO ME, IN THE FOUR YEARS I'VE BEEN HERE, THIS IS A VERY DIFFERENT KIND OF MOU FOR VOLUNTEERS, WHICH THAT'S.
THIS ONE'S JUST A LITTLE BIT NEW TO ME. AND SO YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I REALLY YOU KNOW, I SUPPORT ANYONE WHO HAS THE SWEAT EQUITY THAT WANTS TO SHOW UP ON A CONSISTENT BASIS TO HELP.
ONE LAST THING I DO WANT I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE.
AND IT GOES BACK TO WORKING WITH THE PRINCIPALS.
THE RESPONSIBILITY OF FORT BEND ISD HOSTS REGULAR MEETINGS.
LIKE, I WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW ALL THE I'S ARE CROSSED, ALL THE T'S ARE OR THE I'S ARE CROSSED.
AND I'M SORRY I PILED A LOT OF QUESTIONS ON YOU.
TO ANSWER A FEW MORE QUESTIONS. AND I WANT TO APOLOGIZE BECAUSE I JUST JUMPED IN.
I'M A LITTLE MORE FAMILIAR WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
AND SO I SKIPPED A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
MISS HANNON, I WILL PUT IT IN WRITING, BUT ALSO WANT TO WALK THROUGH A COUPLE OF THINGS.
SO THE TUTORS THAT ARE CURRENTLY WORKING AT BLUE RIDGE BRIARGATE, IT WAS A COLLABORATION.
WE WENT THROUGH OUR INTERVENTION PROCESS BECAUSE WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF FRUSTRATION FROM WHAT THEY WERE ANTICIPATING INTERVENTION TO LOOK LIKE AND WHAT INTERVENTION LOOKED LIKE FOR US. AND I WILL SAY, I'LL ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF OUR BOARD PRESIDENT.
THEY HAVE BEEN VERY PATIENT WITH US, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN COLLABORATING WITH US.
NOT ONCE HAVE I HAD AN INCIDENT AT BLUE RIDGE, BRIARGATE, WHERE A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS SHOWED UP AND WE WERE NOT AWARE OF WHO WAS COMING, IF THEY COULD BE THERE AND WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO WITH OUR STUDENTS. AND SO I WANT TO APOLOGIZE BECAUSE I ASSUMED EVERYBODY WAS AWARE AND DID NOT SHARE THAT WITH YOU.
AND SO THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING. SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WILL BE NEW.
WE WILL PUT PARAMETERS IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT MOVING FORWARD THAT WE CAN REPLICATE THIS SYSTEM.
SO IF WE HAVE AT BLUE RIDGE. BRIARGATE ARE NOW ALDRICH.
WE HAVE A SET OF HIGHLY SKILLED EDUCATORS THAT ARE WORKING WITH A GROUP OF STUDENTS.
WE'LL DO THAT WITH THE PARTNER WHERE WE'RE MASKING STUDENT INFORMATION.
BUT JUST AS THE PUBLIC COULD RECEIVE CAMPUS INFORMATION, WE WOULD GIVE THAT.
AND SO I DO NOT WANT YOU TO WALK AWAY THINKING WE'RE GIVING INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS ANYTHING.
IT IS CAMPUS AND DISTRICT LEVEL WITH, OF COURSE, WHAT WE WOULD NEED TO MASK WOULD BE MASKED.
AND THEN ALL OF THE OTHER THINGS. I WILL FOLLOW UP IN AN UPDATE FOR YOU.
I HAVE ONE MORE AND THIS IS REALLY FOR WELL, DOCTOR JORDAN OR DOCTOR SMITH IS THAT IF YOU COULD MAYBE IN A FRIDAY UPDATE, MAYBE JUST OUTLINE WHAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO THROUGH SCHOOLS THAT ARE RECEIVING TITLE ONE AND TITLE THREE FUNDING, WHICH ALL OF THESE DO IN RELATION TO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND PARENT ENGAGEMENT.
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BECAUSE I THINK AS WE CRAFT THIS MOU, IT WOULD BE REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE BOARD TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO BE DOING BECAUSE WE TAKE FEDERAL FUNDS AS WE AS WE DRAFT THIS, BECAUSE I THINK SOME OF THE THINGS THAT MAY THAT WE MAY BE DOING AND SUPPORTING AND WORKING WITH THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE FEEDER PATTERN ARE WE'RE MEETING SOME REQUIREMENTS THERE.THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS HANNON. MR. HAMILTON.
YEAH. JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE MR. RAINWATER, WHO IS IS WITH THE HOUSTON NEIGHBORHOOD OF HOUSTON.
SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 41. SORRY. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO RECOGNIZE SO I MENTIONED THE THREE LADIES.
I MENTIONED THAT THEY'RE LADIES AT THE PTA MEETING.
AND AS DOCTOR JORDAN SAID, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY HAPPENING THERE.
AND IN ADDITION TO EXPANDING IT TO THE OTHERS IN THE FEEDER PATTERN.
SO ANOTHER THING I WANTED TO ADD, IN ADDITION TO WHAT DOCTOR JORDAN JUST SAID, SO FROM FROM THE FEEDBACK I'VE GOTTEN SO THEY THEY DO HAVE RETIRED TEACHERS WHO ARE PART OF THE VOLUNTEER NETWORK. BUT A LOT OF, A LOT OF THE VALUE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IS THAT THE VOLUNTEERS ARE NOT NECESSARILY TAKING THE MOST DIFFICULT OR CHALLENGING KID WHO'S THE FARTHEST BEHIND.
SO THEY'RE TAKING, YOU KNOW, A GROUP OF OTHER STUDENTS AND KIND OF READING TO A SMALL GROUP.
SO I KNOW THAT'S ONE OF THE WAYS THAT THAT THAT THEY ARE SUPPORTING THE CLASSROOM.
NOW, THERE'S ALSO A BIG SHIFT IN THE WRONG DIRECTION COMPARED TO WHERE THEY WERE LAST YEAR.
SO MAYBE YOU WANT TO EXPLAIN WHY THAT IS, BUT THANK YOU.
WE CAN LET THE LAWYERS TALK ABOUT THAT, MISS JONES.
OKAY, SO BEAR WITH ME BECAUSE I'M ALL OVER THE PLACE WITH ALL OF ALL OF THE QUESTIONS.
SO I'M GOING TO ADDRESS BECAUSE I, I TEXTED MY FORMER TITLE, ONE PERSON WHO'S WATCHING.
AND BASICALLY SHE SAID THAT THIS IS A PART OF ESSA.
SO WE'RE ALREADY FULFILLING OUR OBLIGATION IN TITLE ONE AS FAR AS WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.
WE'RE ACTUALLY IT FALLS RIGHT INTO PLACE WITH THE MOU, SO THERE'S NO ISSUE THERE.
THE SECOND PART IS TRUSTEE HANNAN. YOU SAID THAT VOLUNTEERING IS A LOT.
WELL, BEFORE I BECAME A TEACHER, I WAS A VOLUNTEER FOR JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT.
SO OUTSIDE FAIR. SO I MEAN YOU PUT WHATEVER THE VOLUNTEERS WANT TO PUT INTO IT, THEY'LL PUT INTO IT.
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S FREE. OKAY. WE'RE GETTING FREE PEOPLE TO WORK.
ALL RIGHT. SO SHOULDN'T BE A COMPLAINT THERE.
AND WE'RE GETTING QUALIFIED. WE'RE GETTING QUALIFIED FREE PEOPLE TO COME IN AND HELP STUDENTS VIA THIS MOU. CAN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THAT.
PART YOU ALSO SAID ABOUT DATA SHARING AND I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE I'M LOOKING AT A DIFFERENT BOARD BOOK, BUT THE BOARD BOOK ACTUALLY SAID SHARE RELEVANT, RELEVANT NON-SENSITIVE SENSITIVE CAMPUS DATA TO ASSESS PARTNERSHIP EFFECTIVENESS. OKAY, SO THERE IS NOT AN ISSUE OF WE'RE SHARING SENSITIVE OR CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.
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JUST FLAGRANT EXCUSE ME FLAGRANTLY. AND ALSO IT SAYS THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 41 IS TO ENSURE CONFIDENTIALITY AND PRIVACY STANDARDS THAT ARE MET, ESPECIALLY REGARDING SENSITIVE CAMPUS DATA.WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH PROFESSIONALS AND WE'RE STILL DEALING WITH PROFESSIONALS, AND THERE'S NO WAY THAT I WOULD SEE OUR DISTRICT BEING IRRESPONSIBLE IN HOW WE APPROACH THIS AND WITHOUT BEING IN COMPLIANCE WITH BOTH STATE LAW AND THE FEDERAL STANDARDS AS WELL. AND I KNOW THAT DOCTOR JORDAN AND DOCTOR SMITH AND I HAVE ALSO TALKED ABOUT TUTORIALS AND INTERVENTIONS BEFORE THEY ARE ALIGNED WITH THE TEXT. AND I'M SURE THERE IS SOME VOLUNTEER TRAINING.
THEY PROBABLY KNOW WHAT THE TAKES ARE PROBABLY BETTER THAN SOME OF THE TEACHERS DO.
AT LEAST WE ARE STARTING SOMETHING AND OVER TIME WE TAKE THE GOOD FROM IT.
BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, HOW DOES THIS HELP OUR KIDS? WE HAVE ALL THESE CONVERSATIONS, BUT I HAVE YET TO YET TO HEAR THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION.
HOW DOES THIS HELP OUR KIDS? THIS HELPS OUR KIDS PRIORITY OUR KIDS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS JONES. DOCTOR GILLIAM.
MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL IS NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART.
THE EAST SIDE IS NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART. AND I'M GOING TO BE I'M MAMA BEAR.
THE THINGS THAT ARE COMING OUT OF ME RIGHT NOW WHEN I'M ASKING BECAUSE WE DON'T.
WE DON'T NEED THIS TO FAIL. OKAY. AND I'M SORRY.
I'M ON THAT SIDE OF IT. I'M ON THE SIDE. WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS, AND WE'RE GOING TO DO IT RIGHT.
AND I'M SPEAKING TO MY FOLKS OVER THERE. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE FORT BEND ISD, AND I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE SCHOOLS THAT I HAVE BEEN THAT I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING. AND MANY TIMES WHEN IT'S A MATTER OF IT'S A MATTER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE WE ARE HITTING EVERYTHING. AND I'M GOING TO PULL MISS HANNON IN THERE BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THERE WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING. I BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO WORK.
I BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO WORK. IT'S GOING TO WORK.
BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN SAID. IT IS ON.
IT'S IT'S ON RECORD AND I AM 100% WITH IT. AND THE THING IS THAT WE STILL HAVE TO MAKE SURE ALL OF THOSE LITTLE DENTS THAT COME THROUGH. WE DON'T NEED A THOUSAND LITTLE DENTS, AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN FROM WHAT I HEAR.
WE HAVE A NEW SUPER. WE OUR SUPERINTENDENT, NOT NEW ANYMORE.
DOCTOR SMITH IS MAKING THINGS HAPPEN AND HIS HIS STAFF IS MAKING THINGS HAPPEN.
SO I AM VERY PROUD OF IT. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT.
AND Y'ALL LET ME KNOW IF SOMETHING GOES ON THAT NEEDS SOMETHING'S GOING ON THAT DOES NOT NEED TO BE GOING ON, BECAUSE I WILL DEFINITELY FIGHT. IT IS TIME FOR THIS TO HAPPEN.
THANK YOU. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, DOCTOR GILLIAM.
THE LAST THING I'LL SAY IS THAT IT'S. WE'LL LET LEGAL.
PROBABLY NEEDS TO WEIGH IN ON THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN AN MOU AND AN AFFILIATE AGREEMENT.
I'M NOT THE DISTRICT'S LAWYER, SO I'M NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT.
BUT THERE ARE REASONS WHY I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE AN MOU AND NOT AN AFFILIATE AGREEMENT.
SO IF YOU GUYS WILL PUT THAT IN A BOARD UPDATE SO THAT THE BOARD GETS THE LEGAL ADVICE ON THAT.
YOU KNOW, THE LAST THING I'LL SAY IS I AGREE WITH DOCTOR GILLIAM AND MISS JONES AND JUST, JUST THE WHOLE YOU KNOW, THIS WHOLE CONCEPT THAT THAT WE HAVE GOT TO DO SOMETHING THAT WORKS FOR THE WILLOW RIDGE COMMUNITY AND THE MARSHALL COMMUNITY, BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO BE UP NEXT.
BUT WE MET MONTHS AGO, ALMOST A YEAR AGO NOW, I GUESS.
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NOT QUITE THAT. MAYBE MORE LIKE NINE MONTHS AGO.AND SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW LONG IT'S, IT'S BEEN IN THE WORKS.
BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, IS THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE STEPS, AND THERE ARE THINGS IN THE PAST THAT HAVE FAILED, AND NONE OF US WANT THIS TO FAIL. NONE OF US WANT THIS TO FAIL.
BUT WE HAVE GOT TO TAKE STEPS AND MOVE FORWARD AND DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
AND SO I AGREE THAT WE HAVE DOCTOR SMITH AND WE HAVE IN MY OPINION, THE BEST TEAM IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND REALLY IN THE COUNTRY, IN MY OPINION. AND YOU GUYS ARE MOVING THE NEEDLE AND YOU'RE MOVING THINGS FORWARD.
AND I HAVE THE UTMOST CONFIDENCE THAT EVERY EYE WILL BE DOTTED AND EVERY T WILL BE CROSSED.
AND THERE ARE QUESTIONS THAT THAT HAVE TO BE ASKED.
BUT BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE HAVE YOU GUYS ARE THE EXPERTS, AND WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO WORK WITH THE LAWYERS AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS IN THE AGREEMENT THAT NEEDS TO BE IN THE AGREEMENT. SO I JUST WANT TO PUT OUT THERE NOT ONLY MY SUPPORT FOR THE MOU AND MY SUPPORT FOR THE GROUPS WHO ARE WORKING ON THIS IN BOTH COMMUNITIES, BUT MY UTMOST CONFIDENCE IN YOU GUYS AND TO GET THE JOB DONE.
SO THANK YOU. OKAY. MOVING ON. WE ARE NOW AT EIGHT.
[8.D. Fort Bend ISD 2025-26 Instructional Calendar]
ITEM EIGHT D. THE INSTRUCTIONAL CALENDAR. AND I THINK STEPHANIE WILLIAMS HAS SOMETHING FOR US.YES, MA'AM. DOCTOR SMITH, YOU'RE GOOD, YOU'RE GOOD.
PERFECT. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, DOCTOR SMITH, PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME BACK TO SHARE OUR PROGRESS ON THE SCHOOL CALENDAR.
I WANT TO START BY OVERVIEWING THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, REMINDING YOU OF OUR TIMELINE AND THE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENTS THAT WE'VE PARTICIPATED IN, ALONG WITH HOW THE FEEDBACK FROM THOSE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENTS, INCLUDING THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED FROM THE BOARD IN OCTOBER, IMPACTED THE FINAL CALENDAR GUIDELINES. WE'LL BE PROVIDING THE PUBLIC COMMENT RESULTS ON THE SCHOOL CALENDAR TONIGHT AND PROVIDING AN OVERVIEW OF THE RECOMMENDED CALENDAR. SO YOU MAY REMEMBER THIS SLIDE FROM OCTOBER.
THIS PROVIDES A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF THE PROCESS THAT WE USED.
BEGINNING IN SEPTEMBER, WE OUTLINED THE PROCESS FOR AN ANNUAL CALENDAR DEVELOPMENT.
IN OCTOBER, WE LAUNCHED FEEDBACK AND LEARNING.
IF YOU REMEMBER A CALENDAR MATH, WE WENT THROUGH FOCUS GROUPS, ADDING OUR STUDENTS TO OUR FOCUS GROUPS THIS YEAR PARENTS, CAMPUS AND DISTRICT STAFF. WE MOVED ON TO CORE TEAMS WITH PRINCIPALS, TEACHERS AND CENTRAL OFFICE STAFF TO GET FEEDBACK, AND WE MET WITH THE DISTRICT PLANNING AND ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
AND TONIGHT, WE'RE HAPPY TO BRING FORWARD THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR 2526.
THERE WERE A LOT OF EVENING MEETINGS, I THINK FIVE, THAT WE ALL GOT TOGETHER.
WE HAVE MEMBERS OF OUR CENTRAL OFFICE STAFF, CAMPUS PRINCIPALS, PARENTS, TEACHERS AND STUDENTS, INCLUDING SETH FROM ELKINS AND KENDALL FROM HIGHTOWER.
SO NOT JUST THE STUDENTS, EVERYONE. THANK YOU.
I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT THIS GROUP IS PASSIONATE ABOUT THE DESIGN OF THE CALENDAR THEY WANT, BUT THEY SET ASIDE THEIR PERSONAL FEELINGS AND LISTEN TO STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK IN ORDER TO RECOMMEND THE CALENDAR TO YOU HERE TONIGHT.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT EACH ONE OF THEM DEVOTED.
THAT TIME ALSO ALLOCATES 187 DAYS FOR OUR TEACHER CONTRACT.
OUR EARLY RELEASE DAYS COUNTING FOR 240 MINUTES.
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SO YOU'VE SEEN THIS SLIDE BEFORE JUST TAKING YOU BACK TO THE FEEDBACK WITH FOCUS GROUPS.WE MET WITH PARENTS, CAMPUS STAFF AND DISTRICT STAFF PRIOR TO DESIGN OF CALENDARS.
AND WE ASKED THEM ABOUT THE FOUR MOST COMMON ADD ON COMPONENTS OF THE DISTRICT CALENDAR.
WE STARTED WITH THE START AND END OF SCHOOL, AND WE ASKED THEM TO THINK ABOUT IF THEY HAD TO CHOOSE A LATER START OR ENDING BEFORE MEMORIAL DAY, WHAT WOULD THEY PRIORITIZE? AND ACROSS THE BOARD, ALL THREE GROUPS PRIORITIZED A LATER START TO THE SCHOOL YEAR.
WE ASKED THEM IF THEY PREFERRED TO OBSERVE HOLIDAYS TIED TO A WEEKEND OR TO INCLUDE ALL HOLIDAYS, INCLUDING MID-WEEK. AND AS YOU CAN SEE IN GREEN, THESE GROUPS ALL BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD LOOK AT OBSERVING HOLIDAYS TIED TO A WEEKEND SO AS NOT TO DISRUPT INSTRUCTION ON THE ALIGNMENT OF SPRING BREAK WITH OTHER DISTRICTS.
THE GROUPS WERE SPLIT, SO HALF OF OUR FOCUS GROUPS, OUR PARENTS AND DISTRICT STAFF WERE WILLING TO CONSIDER A LATER SPRING BREAK IF IT ALLOWED US TO BALANCE SEMESTERS AND GRADING PERIODS. AND THEN OUR CAMPUS STAFF AND THE OTHER HALF OF OUR DISTRICT STAFF WANTED US TO ALIGN TO LOCAL DISTRICTS, SO WE KNEW THAT WAS A DESIGN ELEMENT THAT WE WOULD NEED TO SHOW BOTH OPTIONS IN.
AND THEN FINALLY, WE ASK ALL OF THESE GROUPS AROUND HOW THE CALENDAR SUPPORTS TEACHERS WITH PROFESSIONAL LEARNING, PLANNING, AND WORK DAYS. WE ASK THEM IF WE SHOULD ADD TIME, IF THE TIME ALLOCATED IN THE CURRENT CALENDAR WERE SUFFICIENT, OR IF WE SHOULD REDUCE TIME. AND ACROSS ALL STAKEHOLDER GROUPS, THEY FELT THAT THE TIME WAS SUFFICIENT.
WE DID A REVIEW OF OUR FOCUS GROUP DATA, INCLUDING THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAD WITH FOCUS GROUPS.
AND WE ASKED CORE TEAMS TO PRIORITIZE GUIDELINES THAT WOULD HELP US TO DESIGN CALENDARS.
WE SHOULD END THE SEMESTER BEFORE WINTER BREAK IN AN EFFORT TO BALANCE SEMESTERS.
THESE WERE OTHER DESIGN ELEMENTS WHERE THE CORE TEAM SUGGESTED THAT WE DESIGN CALENDARS THAT HAD VARIED VERSIONS, DIFFERENT DESIGN COMPONENTS. FOR EXAMPLE, THEY WANTED TO SEE DRAFT CALENDARS THAT PLACE SPRING BREAK ALIGNED TO OTHER DISTRICTS, AND MAYBE A LITTLE LATER IN THE YEAR TO BREAK UP THAT KIND OF TREK FROM SPRING BREAK TO THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
THEY ALSO WANTED US TO THINK ABOUT HOLIDAYS. THEY WERE INSISTENT WITH A SMALL BREAK, A FALL BREAK LOOKING ONE PER MONTH, BUT THEY WANTED US TO SPREAD THOSE OUT AND NOT CHOP UP THE SCHOOL YEAR SO MUCH AS WE WERE DESIGNING CALENDARS.
AS IT RELATES TO THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, IT WAS REALLY ABOUT KIND OF WHERE THAT WAS.
DO WE START WITH THE WORK DAY? DO WE START MID-WEEK, OR DO WE START WITH A FULL WEEK AND THEN ON THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, YOU ALREADY KNOW THIS. THEY WANTED TO EITHER END IN MAY, END THE FIRST WEEK OF JUNE OR END BEFORE MEMORIAL DAY.
THOSE ARE THREE CONSISTENT THINGS THAT WE HEAR.
AND THEN THE CORE TEAMS WERE OPEN TO FURTHER EXTENDING THE LENGTH OF THE SCHOOL DAY.
HOWEVER, WE DID NOT DRAFT A CALENDAR THAT EXTENDED THE LENGTH OF THE SCHOOL DAY.
THOSE THREE DRAFT CALENDARS MET ALL OF THE GUIDELINES THAT STAKEHOLDERS REQUESTED BE A COMPONENT OF DESIGN, AND THEY ALSO ADDRESS THE FEEDBACK THAT WE HEARD FROM YOU IN OCTOBER.
SPECIFICALLY, YOU ASKED US TO LOOK AT THE TIME THAT WAS FOCUSED ON INSTRUCTION.
SO THIS YEAR'S CALENDAR HAS 171 DAYS ACROSS ALL THREE CALENDARS THAT WERE POSTED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
THAT'S HOW WE ADDRESSED INSTRUCTIONAL TIME RELATED TO HOLIDAYS.
AND SO WE ADDRESSED THAT BY POSTING CALENDARS THAT HAD TWO DIFFERENT VERSIONS FOR THE HOLIDAYS, AND BY NOT HAVING CONSECUTIVE WEEKS WITH HOLIDAYS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
AND THEN ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS, WELL, THERE WERE TWO OTHER THINGS THAT YOU SAID.
ONE WAS RELATED TO THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. COULD WE TRY TO GET OUR TEACHERS BACK AFTER JULY? AND WE WE ALMOST MADE IT. WE'RE. JULY 31ST WOULD BE THE REPORT DATE.
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IF THEY DON'T DO THEIR PD EARLIER IN THE SUMMER.AND THEN YOU WANTED US TO CONTINUE TO BALANCE THE SEMESTERS AND PROVIDE TEACHER SUPPORT.
SO AFTER A PUBLIC COMMENT IN NOVEMBER, WE WERE ABLE TO PRODUCE THIS CHART.
AND I WANT TO POINT OUT A COUPLE OF THINGS ON THE DATA THAT YOU'RE SEEING.
FIRST OF ALL, WE'VE NEVER HAD THIS DATA IN A BOARD MEETING, AND THAT WAS A FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED FROM THE BOARD LAST YEAR AND OUR STAKEHOLDERS THAT WE NEEDED TO PUBLICLY SHOW THE PERCENTAGES AND HOW STAKEHOLDERS WEIGHED IN.
SO THIS IS OUR ATTEMPT TO DO THAT. WE ALSO HAVE RECEIVED FEEDBACK FROM YOU AS A BOARD THAT WE WANTED TO GO TO A SINGLE SELECTION AROUND WHO WAS REPRESENTED. SO IN PREVIOUS YEARS, IF I WERE A PARENT, I COULD ALSO BE A TEACHER AND I COULD MULTI-SELECT THE DIFFERENT ROLES THAT I REPRESENT.
YOU'LL SEE HERE THAT WE TOOK TIME TO BREAK THOSE OUT THIS YEAR. SO WE HAD IF I'M JUST A PARENT, WHICH IS A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE, IF I'M AN ELEMENTARY TEACHER OR IF I'M AN ELEMENTARY TEACHER AND A PARENT.
AND SO THESE PERCENTAGES REPRESENT THOSE SINGLE SELECT GROUPS ON THE DATA.
AND JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU SEE THAT IN GREEN, WE HAVE HIGHLIGHTED THE HIGH THE CALENDAR THAT IS, THAT HAS THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF FAVOR OR STRONGLY FAVOR IN EACH OF THE STAKEHOLDER GROUPS.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT GREEN FALLS UNDER C, THE C VERSION OF THE CALENDAR.
WE HAD A TOTAL OF 7697 PARTICIPANTS. AND WHEN YOU LOOK OVERALL, 70% OF THOSE RATED CALENDAR C AS FAVOR OR STRONGLY FAVOR. THE OTHER THING THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT TO YOU HERE ON THE SCREEN IS THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES THAT I REMEMBER COMMENTS AROUND OUR PROCESS IN OUR WRITE IN.
SO THEY DID HAVE SOME FEEDBACK AROUND THE PROCESS, FEELING POSITIVE ABOUT BEING INVOLVED IN THAT.
I ALSO WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT CALENDAR C HAD OVER 1800 POSITIVE COMMENTS.
THAT WAS THE LARGEST NUMBER OF POSITIVE COMMENTS, AND THE TOP TWO POSITIVE ATTRIBUTES OF THE CALENDAR WERE THE FULL WEEK OF FALL BREAK AND THE PLACEMENT OF SPRING BREAK. THE THIRD MOST POSITIVE WAS THAT THIS CALENDAR WAS THE MOST BALANCED RELATED TO SEMESTERS AND ACROSS THE OTHER COMPONENTS.
AND SO LET'S GET TO THE CALENDAR. AND SO THE PROPOSED CALENDAR, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN DENOTED C IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT IT DOES START THE SCHOOL YEAR ALLOCATING FOR TEACHERS, PROFESSIONAL LEARNING, WORKDAY AND TEACHER PLANNING IN ADVANCE OF THE FIRST GRADING PERIOD.
THE FIRST DAY FOR STUDENTS IS AUGUST THE 12TH, AND THE LAST DAY FOR STUDENTS IS MAY 28TH.
IT ALLOCATES ORANGE. IF YOU LOOK AT THE ORANGE DAYS HERE IN SEPTEMBER, JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, THOSE ARE JOB EMBEDDED PROFESSIONAL LEARNING DAYS TO CONTINUE THE IMPORTANT WORK OF TEACHING AND LEARNING.
WE ALSO HAVE IN RED TEACHER PLANNING DAYS PRIOR TO EACH GRADING PERIOD.
SO YOU SEE AN OCTOBER DAY HERE ON THE 20TH. YOU SEE A JANUARY DAY THERE ON THE SEVENTH IN ADVANCE OF THE THIRD GRADING PERIOD, AND A MARCH DAY IN ADVANCE OF THE FOURTH GRADING PERIOD.
SO CONTINUING THE WORK TO ALLOCATE TIME FOR TEACHER PLANNING.
THIS CALENDAR DOES HAVE A WEEK LONG FALL BREAK IN OCTOBER, FALLING AFTER THE FIRST GRADING PERIOD.
THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION. WE CAN TAKE QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU, MISS WILLIAMS. DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS FROM THE TRUSTEES? MISS JONES? THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION. SO I ACTUALLY WHILE YOU WERE GIVING THE PRESENTATION, I STARTED TO CALCULATE HOW MUCH INSTRUCTION TIME FROM FIRST SEMESTER TO SECOND SEMESTER.
AND I WOULD SAY THE END OF SEPTEMBER. THERE ARE SIX WEEKS OF INSTRUCTION TIME BEFORE THE FIRST BREAK. AND THEN IN OCTOBER, AFTER THAT BREAK BETWEEN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER, BEFORE THE WEEK LONG FALL, THERE'S ONLY TWO WEEKS OF INSTRUCTIONAL TIME.
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AND THEN AFTER THAT, BETWEEN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER, THERE ARE FIVE WEEKS RIGHT BEFORE THE THANKSGIVING BREAK OF INSTRUCTIONAL TIME.AND THEN AFTER THANKSGIVING, THERE'S ONLY THREE WEEKS OF INSTRUCTIONAL TIME.
OKAY. AND SO AFTER WE COME BACK FROM JANUARY, BETWEEN JANUARY AND MARCH, THERE ARE ONLY NINE WEEKS OF INSTRUCTIONAL TIME. AND I'M WONDERING, WHY DO WE NOT HAVE MORE INSTRUCTIONAL TIME IN SEMESTER ONE THAN IN SEMESTER TWO? WHEREAS STUDENTS ARE PREPPING FOR STAR OR GETTING READY FOR STAR AROUND THAT TIME.
AND SO I HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT IS CELEBRATED OR WHY THE WEEK LONG FALL BREAK IN OCTOBER.
THAT'S MY FIRST QUESTION BECAUSE I'M STRUGGLING WITH THIS, THAT I REMEMBER WE WENT FROM 2 OR 3 DAYS TO NOW, FIVE DAYS OF FALL BREAK. SO WHAT? WHAT? WHAT CHANGED? PLEASE TELL ME THAT. SO THE STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK CHANGED.
IT WAS OVERWHELMING FROM ALL STAKEHOLDER GROUPS THAT IF A FALL BREAK WERE GIVEN, THEY WANTED A FALL BREAK AND THAT A FALL BREAK WAS NECESSARY IN THE PUBLIC COMMENTS. THERE WERE 500 WRITE INS JUST ON CALENDAR C RELATED TO LIKING THAT FALL BREAK.
AND SO I'M ASKING BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT STOP, START, STOP START IN FALL.
AND I'M LIKE, IS THIS INSTRUCTIONAL? IS THIS SOUND PLANNING FOR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.
OKAY. BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT IT LIKE, WELL, THEN YOU GOT TWO WEEKS OF TEACHING AND WE GOT TO RESET AND REGROUP AGAIN, ESPECIALLY AS A TEACHER. THEY'VE BEEN AT HOME ALL WEEK AND NOW THEY COME BACK.
WE HAVE TO RESET, REGROUP FOR ANOTHER 2 OR 3 WEEKS AND THEN SEND THEM BACK OUT AGAIN.
AND SO I'M LOOKING AT OKAY STUDENT LEARNING. I'M LOOKING AT THE ADJUSTMENT OF CERTAIN STUDENTS.
AND THERE'S I'M GOING TO JUST BE HONEST. THERE'S NO WAY I CAN VOTE FOR THIS.
ABSOLUTELY NOT. AND I'M JUST BEING HONEST BECAUSE NUMBER ONE, JUST THE BREAKS IN THE CALENDAR AND I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT AS A TEACHER AND WHAT'S BEST FOR MY STUDENTS, I'M GOING TO SAY THIS WOULD NOT BE BEST FOR STUDENTS INSTRUCTIONALLY AT ALL.
OKAY. THE STOPPING AND THE STARTING INSTRUCTIONALLY.
THAT'S JUST WHERE I'M AT. THE OTHER THING IS THE HOLIDAY.
AND EVERY MONTH I'VE BEEN HAVING AND I REMEMBER GOING TO TASB AND COMMISSIONER MORATH IS TALKING ABOUT REVISING AND LOOKING AT THE MASTER CALENDAR. I MEAN, THE MASTER SCHEDULE.
OKAY. AND I KNOW PRESIDENT TYSON HAD BEEN TALKING ABOUT MORE PLANNING TIME, AND I'M JUST I'M JUST FOR ME, IT'S I WOULD RATHER TEACHERS HAVE MORE PLANNING TIME THAN DAYS OFF.
KIDS BEING AT HOME IS NOT HELPING THEM. AND SO I WOULD SEE I WOULD PREFER TO SEE MORE PLANNING TIME AT SOME POINT BECAUSE COMMISSIONER MORATH, WITH THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION, IT'S COMING ABOUT THAT MASTER SCHEDULE.
AND I'M SAYING THAT TO SAY THAT. ABSOLUTELY NOT.
WE GOT TO DO BETTER HERE. AND THAT'S WHERE I'M AT.
MISS JONES, I JUST WANTED TO CIRCLE BACK. INSTRUCTION IS SO IMPORTANT.
AND SO I APPRECIATE YOU SAYING THAT WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT HAVING THAT ONE WEEK FALL BREAK.
I WANT TO POINT OUT THIS WEEK OR THIS YEAR, WE HAD OCTOBER 4TH, THEN WE HAD ANOTHER WEEK WHERE WE HAD THE 10TH AND THE 11TH, AND THEN WE HAD THE THIRD WEEK WHERE WE HAD THE 14TH.
IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I'VE BEEN IN THE CLASSROOM, BUT I BELIEVE THAT MOST TEACHERS WOULD PREFER TO HAVE A FULL WEEK, SO THEN THEY COULD JUST PICK BACK UP. AND SO WE HAD FOUR DAYS ALREADY OFF FOR STUDENTS IN OUR CURRENT CALENDAR WERE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, AND THEN THEY HAD SATURDAY, SUNDAY, AND THEN THEY HAD MONDAY, TUESDAY.
AND SO WE'RE GOING FOR A WHOLE AND I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT HOW SOME OF THE PARENTS ARE GOING TO LOOK AT THIS AS FAR AS ARRANGING DAYCARE CARE AS FAR AS ARRANGING CHILD CARE. DUE TO THE NUMBER OF DAYS THAT WE ARE GIVING KIDS OFF.
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I DO AGREE WITH YOU IN REGARDS TO JUST LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN PROVIDE FOR STUDENTS.I JUST WANTED TO COME UP AND POINT OUT AND I APOLOGIZE.
IT'S HAPPENING OVER A WEEK'S TIME. AND THAT WILL BE A BENEFIT TO SOME FAMILIES.
AND THAT WILL BE A DISSERVICE TO OTHERS. BUT I DO BELIEVE IT'S EASIER TO STOP INSTRUCTION FOR ONE CONSECUTIVE WEEK THAN TO HAVE MULTIPLE THREE AND FOUR DAY INSTRUCTIONAL WEEKS, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ATTENDANCE.
AND IF KIDS ATTEND THREE DAYS BECAUSE THEY FEEL LIKE, OH, YOU KNOW WHAT? I DON'T HAVE TO GO. OR I COULD DO AN EARLY RELEASE VERSUS HAVING ONE WEEK.
AND SO AGAIN, NO MATTER WHAT IS CHOSEN, I THINK THERE WILL BE BENEFITS TO BOTH.
BUT I DID WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE HAD THOSE FIVE DAYS.
THIS CALENDAR IS CALENDAR IS JUST PUTTING THEM IN ONE WEEK. AND I DO BELIEVE FROM AN INSTRUCTIONAL PURPOSE, IT WILL BE A SMOOTHER TRANSITION TO HAVE ONE WEEK OFF THAN HAVING START STOP, START STOP. SO THANK YOU STEPHANIE.
SO MY NEXT QUESTION IS BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT SEPTEMBER, WOULDN'T IT HAVE BEEN BETTER TO PUT IT IN SEPTEMBER SINCE THEY ALREADY HAD THE 25TH AND THE 26TH? YOU MIGHT AS WELL JUST GO AHEAD ON AND DO MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THAT WEEK INSTEAD OF THAT ENTIRE WEEK IN OCTOBER.
THE DECISION ON PLACEMENT OF THE FALL BREAK WAS TO FOLLOW THE STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK AROUND ALIGNMENT TO THE END OF THE GRADING PERIOD, AND ALSO NOT TO LEAVE NINE WEEKS WITHOUT A HOLIDAY, WHICH IS WHAT THAT WOULD HAVE DONE BY PUTTING IT IN SEPTEMBER.
OKAY. THANK YOU, MISS JONES. MR. HAMILTON? YES.
THANK YOU. SO, PERSONALLY, I AM WITH MISS JONES AND A LITTLE BIT OLD SCHOOL.
I'M OF THE OPINION THAT WE WE'VE ALWAYS HAD A FALL BREAK AND WE ALSO CALL IT THANKSGIVING BREAK.
THANK YOU. SO I'M A LITTLE I'M A LITTLE PERSONALLY.
AND THAT'S NOT ALL THERE ON THE CONCEPT OF THE ADDITIONAL FALL BREAK.
HOWEVER, I'M ALSO WILLING TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT YOU SAID, WHICH IS THAT THE FEEDBACK WAS OVERWHELMING.
AND THAT'S FROM PARENTS AS WELL AS TEACHERS AND STAFF.
SO I'M WILLING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I'M IN THE MINORITY ON THAT ONE.
AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. SO THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GAVE YOU SO, SO COMING INTO THIS LAST YEAR THEIR TEACHERS WANTED A THREE DAY WEEKEND EVERY MONTH AND A FALL BREAK. AND WE DID THAT IN OCTOBER, AS DOCTOR JORDAN JUST POINTED OUT.
AND IT WAS, I THINK, IN MY OPINION, IT WAS VERY CLUNKY TO DO THE THREE DAY WEEKEND AND THEN ALSO A SIX DAY WEEKEND FALL BREAK WITH THURSDAY, FRIDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY. AND THEN WE ALSO RIGHT AFTER THAT, WE HAD ANOTHER THREE DAY WEEKEND, THE IN THE BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER AND THEN ALSO THANKSGIVING BREAK.
AND SO I THINK WE WE CLEANED IT UP A LOT THIS TIME.
SO WE HAVE THE THREE DAY WEEKEND IN THE OTHER MONTHS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE THREE DAY WEEKEND IN ADDITION TO THE FALL BREAK IN OCTOBER AND THE THANKSGIVING BREAK. SO I LIKE THAT BETTER. AS FAR AS CONTINUITY AND NOT HAVING SO MANY INTERRUPTIONS IN THE REGULAR INSTRUCTIONAL WEEK. SO I LIKE THAT PART OF IT.
AND THEN, AS YOU POINTED OUT, THE OVERWHELMING SUPPORT AMONG ALL OF THE DIFFERENT GROUPS FOR, FOR CALENDAR. SEE, THAT KIND OF MAKES THINGS A LOT EASIER FOR US.
AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, SHOULD PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE STARTED WITH THIS.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU PUT INTO DOING THIS.
YOU DO A GREAT JOB SOLICITING FEEDBACK AND ALSO JUST GENUINELY ENGAGING THAT FEEDBACK AS YOU GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE EVERYONE. AND IT'S A LOT OF HARD WORK AND A LOT OF HOURS.
SO THANK YOU FOR FOR BEING GREAT AT THIS. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MR. HAMILTON. MISS HANNON. YES. WOULD YOU MIND PUTTING IT BACK ON THE SLIDE WHERE YOU SHOW THE STAKEHOLDER GROUP FEEDBACK? OKAY. SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THIS AND I SEE, LIKE ON THE SECOND ONE SAYS TEACHER, ELEMENTARY AND PARENT. THEY ARE A CERTIFIED FULL TIME EQUIVALENT HERE.
AND THEY HAVE A STUDENT IN FORT BEND ISD. WE DO NOT VERIFY THAT THAT IS A SELF-SELECT.
SO IF I'M THE TEACHER OF RECORD, I'M LIKELY CALLING MYSELF THE TEACHER, EVEN IF I MIGHT BE AN INSTRUCTIONAL APPRENTICE BECAUSE I'M TEACHING PROBABLY PRINCIPAL AND PARENT. SO WE HAD 26 PRINCIPALS WHO ALSO HAVE STUDENTS.
OKAY. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I WAS WAS CLEAR.
I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THIS SUMMARY OF THE FEEDBACK.
I KNOW IT'S A COMMITMENT AND I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO.
I DID IT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AND I APPRECIATE DOCTOR GILLIAM DOING THAT.
WHAT'S THAT? ANYWAY, SO I WANT TO SAY THAT YOU KNOW, I, I RESPECT THAT MISS JONES SHARED HER OPINION
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THAT SHE DOES NOT SUPPORT THIS. AND WHEN I COUNTER HER, I AM NOT DISPARAGING YOU, BUT I DO SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE WHEN I HEAR SEVEN THAT WE HAD 7000 PEOPLE TAKE THE TIME TO GIVE FEEDBACK THIS YEAR, THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY SITTING, AND THEY ARE REALLY IT TAKES SOME TIME TO LOOK AT THREE DIFFERENT CALENDARS.AND SO THIS IS YOU KNOW, WHILE I, I, I ONE, WHAT I DO AGREE WITH MISS JONES IS THAT THIS IS A HARDSHIP AND AND IT'S NOT YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST FOR FOR PEOPLE WHO STRUGGLE INCOME WISE, IT'S PEOPLE WHO WORK IN THE MEDICAL. YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT GROUPS, RIGHT? IT'S A STRUGGLE TO FIND CHILDCARE. AND THEY CANNOT THEY CANNOT TAKE OFF.
THAT'S NOT A VIABLE TIME FOR THEM TO TAKE OFF.
SO I DO RESPECT THAT COMMENT THAT MISS JONES MADE.
BUT I OVERWHELMINGLY WILL SUPPORT THIS CALENDAR BECAUSE I CAN SEE THAT THAT THAT STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK, REALLY IT'S IT'S VERY CLEAR TO ME THAT CALENDAR C WAS OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORTED.
SO THANK YOU, MISS WILLIAMS. APPRECIATE IT. YES, MA'AM.
THANK YOU, MISS HANNAH. MR. GARCIA. THANK YOU.
YEAH. I WAS SITTING HERE STARING AT THE STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK.
AND YOU LOOK AT THE OTHER OPTIONS, AND THERE'S THERE'S NOTHING THAT HAS ANY ANYWHERE NEAR AT OR ABOVE 50% OF THE STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PRINCIPAL AND PARENT AND PRINCIPAL, AND FOR CALENDAR A AT 55 AND 59%. AND THEN YOU GO FROM OVERALL PARTICIPATION OR APPROVAL, 37% FOR A 34%, AND THEN YOU JUMP TO 70% VERY OVERWHELMING.
THE FALL BREAK. I MEAN, IT WAS AN INTERESTING CONCEPT.
I THINK IT SNUCK UP ON ME THIS YEAR. WE, YOU KNOW, WE JOKE ABOUT.
WELL, IF I WOULD HAVE KNOWN AND MY WIFE GOT MAD AT ME, SHE WAS LIKE, WERE YOU THE ONE THAT APPROVED THE CALENDAR? YOU KNOW, WE COULD HAVE GONE SOMEWHERE, BUT THE THE BUT CHANGING IT, LIKE, LIKE TRUSTEE HAMILTON WAS SAYING IT WAS, IT WAS PRETTY, PRETTY CLUNKY. DOING THIS IN A IN A MANNER WHERE WE'RE AT LEAST NOT CHOPPING UP BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, GRADING PERIODS, STARTING A NEW A NEW NINE WEEKS.
SO IT'S, IT'S YOU'RE DOWN TO THE GRIND DOWN, YOU KNOW, DOWN TO THE, THE END OF THE YEAR.
I MEAN, I'LL SUPPORT THE CALENDAR. I CAN'T I CAN'T ARGUE WITH THE 70% APPROVAL ON THE FEEDBACK.
DO WE KNOW HAVE HAVE THERE BEEN ANY. AND I KNOW IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S I HAVEN'T HAD MUCH TIME AFTER OCTOBER FROM THIS LAST FALL BREAK, BUT HAVE WE SEEN HOW STUDENTS HAVE WE HAD LOOKED AT ANY OF THE DATA AS FAR AS HOW STUDENTS ARE PERFORMED AFTER THE FALL BREAK FROM THIS SCHOOL YEAR? THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT TO GO ON, BUT THAT'S ONE QUESTION I HAVE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER THAT NOW. AND ANOTHER THOUGHT, AND YOU BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT ABOUT HAVING MULTIPLE THREE DAY WEEKENDS OR FOUR DAY WEEKENDS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LOOK AT VERY CLOSELY IS WHEN WE GET THE DAILY REPORTS OF THE ATTENDANCE IS THE ATTENDANCE RATE.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I NOTICED WHEN WE GOT BACK FROM THE THE WINTER BREAK THE FIRST TWO DAYS BACK, THURSDAY, FRIDAY WAS 91% ATTENDED, 91% ATTENDED, AND THEN MONDAY WE JUMPED RIGHT UP TO 95, 96%. AND THEN I LOOKED AT THE THE ATTENDANCE WAS OVERALL ENROLLMENT WAS DOWN.
AND THEN MONDAY WE SHOT UP WAY BEFORE WE WERE BEFORE WE ENDED THE SEMESTER.
AND SO WHEN I'M THINKING THE THREE DAY WEEKENDS, I'M ALSO THINKING ABOUT HOW DOES THAT AFFECT THE ATTENDANCE RATES FOR THE MONDAY WHEN THEY COME BACK. SO IF WE'RE AT A 95% ON THE THURSDAY, THEY HAVE THE FRIDAY OFF AND THEN THEY COME BACK, WHAT IS THE TYPICAL ATTENDANCE RATE ON THE MONDAY WHEN THEY COME BACK IS IT'S 91%, WHICH WE'RE LOSING MONEY.
OR CAN WE GET THEM BACK TO A, YOU KNOW, 95%? SO IT'LL FALL BREAK ONE FALL BREAK.
IF WE DO HAVE A LOWER ATTENDANCE RATE ON THE 21ST OF OCTOBER.
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BACK. WE'VE GOT AN EXTRA ONE IN FEBRUARY, AN EXTRA ONE IN APRIL, AN EXTRA ONE IN EARLY MAY.AND SO EVERY ONE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR WHEN THEY COME BACK.
91% ATTENDANCE RATE COST PROHIBITIVE TO THE DISTRICT.
WE'RE LOSING MONEY BECAUSE ATTENDANCE, OUR FUNDING IS TIED TO ATTENDANCE.
AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK OF, YOU KNOW, WELL, YOU KNOW, I'M STILL I THINK THE OBVIOUSLY THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF THE, THE FOLKS LIKE THE FALL BREAK. I MEAN I, I, I GUESS INDIFFERENT IN IT MYSELF.
BUT IF WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE THE NEEDLE LIKE I'VE SEEN US MOVE THE NEEDLE, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INCREASING FROM 65 TO 90% WITH FULL CONFIDENCE, AND, YOU KNOW, YOU THINK Y'ALL CAN DO THAT AND AND MANAGE THE EXPECTATIONS OF A FALL BREAK, BUT ALSO KEEP THE EYE ON THE PRIZE. I YOU KNOW, I HAVE I HAVE NO REASON TO ARGUE BECAUSE YOU HAVE SHOWN ME NOTHING THAT TO THE CONTRARY THAT WE CAN'T WE CAN'T DO IT AND STILL PERFORM.
AND SO AND I DO APPRECIATE THE KIDS BEING IN THE, IN THE CLASSROOM AS MUCH AS THEY CAN.
I KNOW TEACHERS FROM THEM TEXTING ME, WE LOVE THIS FALL BREAK.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, DON'T WANT TO ARGUE WITH THE TEACHERS IN THE STAFF BECAUSE I THINK FROM FROM EVERYTHING THAT I'VE KNOWN FROM EVEN FROM MY, MY EARLY YEARS, MANY, MANY MOONS AGO IN TEACHING.
AND OCTOBER IS A VERY, VERY ROUGH AND DIFFICULT MONTH FOR MONTH FOR EDUCATORS, AS IS.
I THINK TYPICALLY IT'S FEBRUARY WHEN WE COME RIGHT BACK FROM THE BREAK.
SO YOU KNOW, IN THAT SENSE, I THINK IT'S PROBABLY A GOOD THING JUST TO RESET, REWIND AND THEN START OFF BRAND NEW, NEW NINE WEEKS COMING BACK ON THE 21ST, YOU KNOW.
SO BUT I WILL SUPPORT THE CALENDAR. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MR. GARCIA. MISS DOCTOR GILLIAM, MISS STEPHANIE WILLIAMS, YOU DID AN AWESOME JOB.
WE APPRECIATE YOU. I APPRECIATE YOU BECAUSE EVEN WHEN I IF I WAS LATE, SHE CALLED ME.
MAKE SURE I WAS ON THERE EVEN THOUGH I WAS THERE.
BUT ANYWAY, SHE MADE ME FEEL BAD. SHE IS THOROUGH.
SHE. I MEAN, SHE USES TIME WISELY. I MEAN, THEY HAVE, LIKE, EVERY TIME, THERE'S ALWAYS THIS THREE, THREE MINUTES GOING THROUGH. AND WHERE ARE MY STUDENTS? OVER THERE. I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER Y'ALL STAND UP.
Y'ALL STAND UP. THEY HAVE DONE SO MUCH. THEY WERE THERE.
AND I WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH Y'ALL BECAUSE YOU I MEAN, LIKE, WHAT'S YOUR YOUR NAME, SIR? SETH. SETH GREEN IS LIKE, I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE A TEACHER.
EVERYONE HAD STAND WHO STAND UP. AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, STEPHANIE, Y'ALL CAN SIT DOWN.
SO I'M GOING TO I KNOW THAT WE'RE WE'RE RUNNING KIND OF LATE HERE, LONG HERE.
SO I'M GOING TO STOP. BUT I DO WANT YOU TO KNOW.
AND I'VE SAID IT BEFORE, BUT I WANT TO SAY IT AGAIN.
THE THE WAY THAT IT IS HANDLED, HOW YOU DO IT, HOW EVERY HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE ACTUALLY ON A ZOOM CALL AT ONE TIME, 55 ISH. IS THAT RIGHT, JOSEPH? YES. AND Y'ALL STAND UP AGAIN BECAUSE YOU SEE ALL STAND UP AGAIN.
ALL Y'ALL STAND UP. STAND UP. BECAUSE Y'ALL REALLY THAT'S A LOT.
AND THEY WOULD DO LIKE TWO HOURS. IT'S TWO HOURS LIKE TWICE A WEEK.
WE HAD A COUPLE OF WEEKS WITH TWO TIMES. YEAH.
NO IT WAS MORE THAN A COUPLE BECAUSE I WAS LIKE OH MY GOODNESS.
I JUST DID THIS THE OTHER DAY. YOU AND I HAD A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
YEAH OKAY. SO THANK Y'ALL. WE WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL AND WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL FOR BEING HERE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, DOCTOR GILLIAM MR. SHOAF. YEAH. GREAT JOB EVERYBODY.
I'M I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED ON A COUPLE OF THINGS.
THE THE NUMBER IN PARENTHESES ON ON THE CHART IF WE GO BACK OVER THERE, THAT'S HOW MANY PEOPLE PARTICIPATED OF EACH SECTION, RIGHT? YES, SIR. OKAY. AND THEN SO, YOU KNOW, USING COMMUNITY MEMBER SO 75 COMMUNITY MEMBER NON PARENTS PARTICIPATE IN THIS SECTION. AND SO 19% OF THEM WERE FOR A RIGHT.
YES SIR. OKAY. BUT AND 23% OF THEM WERE FOR B.
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DISAGREE TO STRONGLY FAVOR. SO WE DON'T PUT THE COMMUNITY TO A VOTE.WE ASK THEM TO RATE EACH CALENDAR THEIR LEVEL OF AGREEMENT WITH OR FAVOR FOR THE CALENDAR.
THAT'S WHY YOU DON'T SEE 100% ADDING UP ACROSS.
OKAY. SO OKAY, THAT MAKES SENSE. ALL RIGHT I APPRECIATE IT.
YES, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MR. SHOAF. SO THE ONLY THE ONLY COMMENTS I'LL MAKE, I WANT TO TAKE US BACK TO WHEN WE FIRST PASSED DISTRICT OF INNOVATION, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WILL TAKE US BACK TO THE ORIGIN OF THE FALL BREAK.
SO WHEN THE STATE OF TEXAS REQUIRES US TO START THE FOURTH WEEK OF AUGUST, IT CREATES AN IMBALANCE IN THE TWO SEMESTERS. SO THE FALL SEMESTER IS IS WEIGHTED LESS THAN THE SPRING SEMESTER.
SO WE WOULD START THE FOURTH WEEK OF AUGUST AND WE WOULD CRAM, CRAM, CRAM UNTIL THANKSGIVING BREAK.
AND THEN WE'D HAVE WHATEVER THE THREE WEEKS ARE.
AND THEN WE WERE OFF FOR THE TWO, TWO AND A HALF WEEKS FOR WINTER BREAK.
AND THEN WE WOULD GET BACK AND AND WE WOULD HAVE A LOT MORE TIME IN SPRING WHEN WE PASS DISTRICT OF INNOVATION SO THAT WE COULD START SOONER THAN THE FOURTH WEEK IN AUGUST. IT BALANCED THE TWO SEMESTERS, AND WHEN THE TWO SEMESTERS WERE BALANCED, THEN WE HAD A LOT MORE INSTRUCTIONAL TIME HAPPENING IN THE FALL SEMESTER.
SO THAT'S WAS THE ORIGIN OF THE FALL BREAK. SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF TAKE US BACK THERE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I GREW UP OLD SCHOOL TO WHERE WE WENT TO SCHOOL, AND THEN WE HAD OUR THANKSGIVING BREAK AND THEN AND ALL OF THAT.
SO IT WAS NOT ONLY HARDER ON THE STUDENT IN THE FALL, IT WAS HARDER ON THE TEACHERS IN THE FALL BECAUSE THEY WERE CRAMMING ALL THE WEEKS AND CRAMMING ALL THE THINGS. SO THE POINT OF DISTRICT OF INNOVATION WAS FOR US TO BALANCE, AND THEN THAT SORT OF REQUIRED.
I'LL USE THAT IN QUOTES, SORT OF A BREAK IN THERE, BECAUSE WHAT WE WERE FINDING WAS BURNOUT WITH KIDS AND BURNOUT WITH TEACHERS AND THAT KIND OF THING. SO I JUST WANTED TO SORT OF REFRESH OUR RECOLLECTION ABOUT HOW WE GOT TO THE FALL BREAK.
AND THAT I HAVE PERSONALLY GOTTEN FEEDBACK. AND I KNOW AS A PARENT OF THREE STUDENTS WHO WENT THROUGH THE DISTRICT I LIKED THE FALL BREAK. THE FALL BREAK WAS GOOD FOR MY KIDS, PARTICULARLY FOR MY DAUGHTER WITH A DISABILITY BECAUSE SHE WAS ABLE TO HAVE A MENTAL BREAK. AND BUT I, I DID GET FEEDBACK FROM TEACHERS THAT THAT YOU KNOW, IF IT, IF IT COINCIDED WITH A GRADING PERIOD, THEN THAT WAS MUCH BETTER BECAUSE YOU COULD FINISH EVERYTHING UP.
THEY COULD TAKE THEIR FALL BREAK AND THEN THEY COULD COME BACK FRESH AND START AGAIN.
SO SO THAT THIS DOES, YOU KNOW, COINCIDE WITH THE FEEDBACK I'VE GOTTEN.
IT CERTAINLY COINCIDES WITH WHAT I'VE SEEN IN MY OWN HOUSEHOLD WITH MY KIDS.
SO IT DOESN'T SURPRISE ME. I DON'T HAVE KIDS IN THIS DISTRICT ANYMORE. SO I DIDN'T FILL OUT THE I THINK IT'S THE FIRST TIME I DIDN'T REALLY FILL OUT A CALENDAR SURVEY. SO. BUT IT DOESN'T SURPRISE ME THAT SHE CAME IN OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORTED BY BY ALL THE GROUPS BECAUSE IT IT KIND OF MAKES SENSE BASED ON THE FEEDBACK I'VE GOTTEN. SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF REFRESH OUR RECOLLECTION ABOUT THAT.
AND I, AND I ALSO SAY THAT I AM GOING TO SUPPORT THIS.
MOSTLY BECAUSE IT WAS OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORTED BY ALL THE STAKEHOLDER GROUPS.
AND WE'VE HAD FALL BREAKS FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW.
SO THIS WOULD BE MUCH BETTER. AND I ASSUME IF THIS DOESN'T WORK, THEN WE'RE GOING TO HEAR BACK FROM TEACHERS WHO SAY, NO, IT WAS CHAOS, AND DON'T PLEASE DON'T EVER DO THAT AGAIN.
SO I'M DEFINITELY WILLING TO SUPPORT WHAT EVERYONE HAS AGREED TO.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU, MISS WILLIAMS AND DOCTOR GILLIAM AND THE ENTIRE CALENDAR COMMITTEE, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IT IT IS A BIG TIME COMMITMENT, AND YOU HAVE TO WEIGH AND BALANCE A LOT OF FACTORS.
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SO I PERSONALLY, AS A TRUSTEE AND AS A, I GUESS, A FORMER PARENT IN THE DISTRICT NOW REALLY APPRECIATE THAT WE GET OPTIONS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT, BUT WE DO DO THAT. AND IT'S BECAUSE YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW, DO ALL THE HARD WORK.SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. SO I DON'T REALLY HAVE A QUESTION. I JUST WANTED TO WEIGH IN ON THAT.
THANK YOU FOR THE FEEDBACK. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
OKAY. NEXT UP IS ITEM 80 WHICH ARE MEETING MINUTES.
[8.E. Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes]
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE MEETING MINUTES.THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING THIS EVENING TO. NEXT UP IS EIGHT F, WHICH IS WHICH ARE SEVERAL POLICIES.
[8.F. Deletion, Adoption and Revision of Policies: FNCE (Local), CPC (Local), CQB (Local), BBD (Local), CKC (Local), BBFA (Local), CKE/CKEA (Local), DCE (Local), and DGBA (Local). ]
MR. HAMILTON? YES. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.SO THANK YOU, EVERYONE FOR GETTING FEEDBACK OR IN THE CONVERSATION THERE, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
I DO WANT TO POINT OUT. SO, WE ADDED A SECTION.
LET ME GET THERE IN MY BOOK REAL QUICK. SO WE ADDED A KIND OF A SECTION AT THE END OF IT.
IN RESPONSE, I THINK, TO WHAT TRUSTEE TASSIN REQUESTED.
BUT THEN I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY WORDING IN THE ACTUAL POLICY.
SO I THINK WE. FOR THE MEDICAL EXEMPTION. SO LOOKING AT PAGE 59 IN THE BOOK.
SO WE HAVE INSTRUCTIONAL AND OR MEDICAL USE AS THE SECTION HEADING.
BUT THEN THERE'S NOTHING IN THERE THAT MENTIONS A MEDICAL USE EXEMPTION.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE LAWYERS. HE'S TALKING TO Y'ALL OR MISS MARTINEZ.
YEAH, WE'LL GET THAT ADDED. YEAH. SO I KNOW WE HAD A HAD A PARENT COME TALK ABOUT AN ISSUE WHERE THERE'S A HEALTH ISSUE DIABETES, I BELIEVE. YEP. AND SO SHE CAN GET A NOTIFICATION IF THERE'S A BLOOD SUGAR DROP, WHICH COULD BE AN EMERGENCY TYPE SITUATION.
AND SO I DEFINITELY WANT THE CAMPUSES TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO WORK WITH PARENTS ON, ON THAT TYPE OF EXEMPTION OR ANY KIND OF MAYBE LEARNING DISABILITY TYPE ISSUE THAT MIGHT WARRANT AN EXEMPTION. SO OTHER THAN THAT, I'M VERY HAPPY WITH THIS POLICY.
SO TRUSTEE SHOAF BROUGHT SOMETHING TO MY ATTENTION THAT I'M GLAD HE DID.
ON THE E A I THINK THAT I THINK IT'S GOING FROM CJ E A AND IT'S NOW E OR THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
SO PAGE 69 IN THE BOOK. SO THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS CHANGING.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS ALREADY IN THE POLICY, BUT I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY WORTH CHANGING THIS.
I THINK TRUSTEE SHOAF WANTS TO SPEAK TO THIS, BUT THE SECOND PARAGRAPH OF THE PHILOSOPHY STATEMENT STATEMENT, THIS IS PAGE 72. IT SAYS DISTRICT POLICE OFFICERS ARE EDUCATORS FIRST, AS THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO POSITIVELY INTERACT WITH STUDENTS AND STAFF ON A DAILY BASIS. SO WE DEFINITELY WANT OUR OFFICERS TO BE HAVING POSITIVE INTERACTIONS WITH STUDENTS AND STAFF ON A DAILY BASIS.
THAT'S MY PERSONAL OPINION. SO CHIEF IS COMING TO ADDRESS IT.
WELCOME, CHIEF. WELCOME, DAVID WAYNE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS WE HAVE THE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EDUCATE KIDS EVERY SINGLE DAY, EVEN IF WE'RE NOT A TEACHER IN THE CLASSROOM, BY THE WAY WE INTERACT WITH THEM, BY THE WAY WE TALK TO THEM, BY THE WAY WE DRESS, BY THE WAY, WE JUST JUST ENGAGE THEM ON THE CAMPUS.
WHAT I MEAN BY EDUCATOR, IT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE TEACHING THEM MATH OR SCIENCE OR SOCIAL STUDIES OR ALL THOSE THINGS WE'RE TEACHING THEM THAT THEY CAN TRUST US AT A VERY YOUNG AGE AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL. THEY'RE GOING TO SEE US FOR THE REST OF THEIR EDUCATIONAL CAREER.
AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE BUILDING THEIR PHILOSOPHY AROUND POLICE.
THAT THEIR IDEALS OF POLICE, THAT THEY'RE GETTING THAT FROM THEIR INTERACTION WITH US, NOT FROM WHAT A PARENT TELLS THEM, NOT FROM WHAT THEY SEE ON THE NEWS OR WHAT THEY SEE ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
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WHAT I'M SAYING IS WE WORK FOR AN EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT.AND SO WE WANT TO HAVE THAT EDUCATION MINDSET.
WE WANT PEOPLE WHO WANT TO COME IN AND MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT IN KIDS LIVES.
AND THAT'S WHAT I MEAN BY EDUCATORS. AND SO WE ENGAGE IN THINGS LIKE MENTORING PROGRAMS AND SHOP WITH A COP AND ALL THOSE KIND OF THINGS THAT WE DO ON A REGULAR BASIS, BECAUSE THAT'S THE TYPE OF MENTALITY THAT WE WANT.
THAT'S YOUR FOCUS. SO BUT I JUST THINK THE AVERAGE PERSON IS GOING TO PICK THAT THIS POLICY UP AND ASSUME THAT THE BOARD IS SAYING THAT WE WANT OUR OFFICERS TO BE EDUCATORS RATHER THAN SAFETY OFFICERS. SO I THINK IT'S WORTH HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHETHER WE WANT TO CLEAR THAT LANGUAGE UP AND THEN LET YOU.
SO THIS IS THE BOARD POLICY. AND THEN WITHIN THAT, AS FAR AS FAR AS HOW YOU OPERATE.
I WOULDN'T CHANGE ANYTHING ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I DEFINITELY JUST WITH THE THE INTERACTIONS THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE WITH YOUR OUR OFFICERS, YOUR OFFICERS, WE DEFINITELY WANT THEM TO HAVE THOSE POSITIVE INTERACTIONS.
AND WE WANT OUR OFFICERS TO SEE THEMSELVES THAT WAY.
AND IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE SOME THINGS HAPPEN AT SCHOOLS THAT HAVE HAPPENED AT SCHOOLS, THERE'S THERE'S THE ESSENTIAL DUTY THAT OUR EDUCATORS, OUR EDUCATORS AND OUR POLICE OFFICERS ARE THE ONES WHO ARE GOING TO STEP UP IN A IN AN EVENT WHERE WE NEED SAFETY OFFICERS.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I'M COMING FROM. MR. SHOAF, IF YOU WANT TO.
BECAUSE SO BACK WHEN I WAS ON THE BOARD PREVIOUSLY, WE VOTED FOR THIS AND IT WAS THAT MINDSET.
BUT LET ME OFFER FOR YOU GUYS TO CONSIDER. DISTRICT POLICE OFFICERS SHOULD HAVE AN EDUCATOR'S MINDSET, AS THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO POSITIVELY INTERACT WITH STUDENTS AND STAFF ON A DAILY BASIS.
SO IT JUST CHANGES THAT EDUCATORS FIRST LANGUAGE.
SO MAYBE CONSIDER THAT AND YOU GUYS CAN WEIGH IN AS WELL.
SO THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO GO IN ORDER AND GET TO MR. SHOAFF IN JUST ONE SECOND. GO SHOW FIRST. OKAY.
OKAY. SO MR. SHOW, GO AHEAD. WELL, I'M OBVIOUSLY FOR HAVING THE COMMUNITY POLICING MINDSET AS PART OF THE BECAUSE I'M KIND OF LOOKING AT THIS AS A MISSION STATEMENT.
AND I BELIEVE BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS IS A NECESSITY FOR EFFECTIVE MODERN POLICE WORK.
IT CAN'T EFFECTIVELY POLICE A COMMUNITY WITHOUT BUILDING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS.
HOWEVER, AT THE SAME TIME, CHIEF, WHAT IS THE WORST POSSIBLE REACTIVE SCENARIO THAT ONE OF YOUR OFFICERS CAN RESPOND TO? WELL, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THEM, BUT WE TRAIN FOR THE ABSOLUTE WORST.
BUT WE BUT WE KNOW THAT THAT'S A LOW PROBABILITY, HIGH RISK.
AND SO WE WANT TO EMPHASIZE AND FOCUS AND TRAIN OUR OFFICERS TO BE THAT COMMUNITY RESOURCE FOR THEM.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE THAT EDUCATOR FIRST MENTALITY COMES FROM.
WELL, MY PEOPLE THAT HAVE SPOKEN TO ME ABOUT THIS AND, AND, YOU KNOW, MY PHILOSOPHIES AS WELL IS FIRST, FIRST AND FOREMOST PROTECTING LIFE IS NUMBER ONE.
I BELIEVE THAT THAT IS THE FIRST ROLE AS A PEACE OFFICER IN THE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND ANY STATE IN THE COUNTRY, AND YOU CAN STILL HAVE THAT HYPERVIGILANCE AND ALWAYS PREPARED FOR THE WORST CASE SCENARIO.
BUT THE WORST CASE SCENARIO NEEDS TO BE FRONT LOADED AND EVERY OFFICER'S MIND IN ORDER TO SURVIVE AND HAVE THAT MENTALITY FOR, YOU KNOW, THE THOUGHT SHOULDN'T BE THE PROBABILITY IS LOW.
THE THOUGHT REALLY OUGHT TO BE NOT IF, BUT WHEN.
YOU KNOW, ACT LIKE THIS COULD HAPPEN. WE ARE.
I MEAN, I WOULD SUSPECT THAT JUST OUR SHEER SIZE, OUR PROBABILITY OF SOMETHING CATASTROPHIC HAPPENING ON ONE OF OUR CAMPUSES SHOULD BE THOUGHT OF AS A VERY AS A POTENTIAL. AND I'D LIKE TO FIND A WAY TO GET THAT POLICY TO REFLECT,
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YOU KNOW, OR THIS PART OF THE POLICY, WHICH KIND OF LOOKS LIKE A MISSION STATEMENT TO INCLUDE TRAINING READINESS AS NUMBER ONE, BUILDING COMMUNITY RELATIONS OR STUDENT RELATIONS, PARENTAL RELATIONS, MORE AS IN NUMBER TWO.AND THEN OBVIOUSLY CRIMINAL ENFORCEMENT IS NUMBER THREE.
BUT I HAVE SOME CONCERNS OF ANY, ANY SITUATION OTHER THAN FRONT LOADING THE WORST CASE SCENARIO.
WELL, WHAT I CAN SAY TO THAT IS THAT WE TRAIN FOR THAT WORST CASE SCENARIO.
WE DO ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
SO WHATEVER TCOLE REQUIRES IS 40 HOURS IN A TWO YEAR PERIOD.
ANY OF OUR OFFICERS CAN TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE OUTFITTED THEM WITH EQUIPMENT TO GO IN AND SAVE LIVES.
WE HAVE OUTFITTED THEM WITH TRAINING MATERIALS, EQUIPMENT TO TO RESPOND AND TO BE READY TO GO.
SO WE DO FRONT LOAD THAT. WE JUST DON'T ADVERTISE ALL THAT.
THAT IS SOMETHING IN THE BACKGROUND THAT WE ARE READY TO MOVE AND READY TO GO.
WE JUST DON'T GO OUT AND TWEET ABOUT IT AND FACEBOOK AND ALL THAT.
AND SO BUT BUT WE DON'T SKIMP ON TRAINING OR PREPAREDNESS.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT. OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU, CHIEF.
THANK YOU, MR. SHOW, MISS JONES. WELL, I WASN'T REALLY FOCUSED ON CJ, SO YOU CAN HAVE A SEAT, BUT. I'M FOR THE FNC, AND I WANT TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF TRUSTEE HAMILTON BECAUSE I HAD TO GET SOME INFO ON WE NEED FOR THIS POLICY AS FAR AS LANGUAGE TO DEFINE AND CLARIFY MEDICAL USAGE OF THE CELL PHONE. AND WHEN I SAY MEDICAL USAGE AS DEFINED, THAT IS CONDITION SPECIFIC IN MANAGING A POSSIBLE CHRONIC DISEASE OR MANAGING A CHRONIC DISEASE.
OKAY, SO YOU CAN'T SAY, WELL, MY BABY HAD A CUT AND NOW HE HAD TO CALL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO BASICALLY THAT STUDENT AS FAR AS THE EXEMPTION, BASICALLY IT NEEDS TO SAY THAT THERE IS SOME TYPE OF CHRONIC DISEASE THAT IS PHYSICAL IN NATURE AND DEFINING IN DEFINING AND CLARIFYING THE CELL PHONE USAGE FOR MEDICAL USAGE.
NOW THERE ARE SEVERAL BECAUSE I GOT RESEARCH.
FLARES LIKE SICKLE CELL OR WHAT HAVE YOU THAT TRACKS AND ONSET OF A CRISIS.
THEN THERE'S HEALTH THAT TRACKS AND MANAGES AND AS WELL AS GIVE NOTIFICATIONS IF A SEIZURE IS ABOUT TO COME ON, I'M LIKE, WOW, TECHNOLOGY REALLY DID THAT.
BUT BASICALLY IT GIVES A NOTIFICATION, I GUESS, TO THE STUDENT AND MAYBE TO THE PARENT AS WELL, THAT A SEIZURE MAY BE COMING ON. IT'S AN APP OUT THERE.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK INTO THIS POLICY AND YOU CLARIFY, LET'S BE A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFIC SO PARENTS CAN GO AND SAY, HEY, MY CHILD HAS THIS EXEMPTION. HE'S USING THIS PARTICULAR APP.
WELL, HE HAD AN APP AND HE WAS TALKING ON IT.
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SO THAT'S MY ASK, IS TO LOOK AT IT AND DEFINE IT AND CLARIFY WHAT IS CONSIDERED CHRONIC CONDITION TO BE USING THE CELL PHONE. SO THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING.THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS JONES. MISS HANNON, THANK YOU.
AND I WANT I JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH TRUSTEE SHOAF.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY SUPPOSED TO BE BELIEF STATEMENTS FROM THE BOARD'S PERSPECTIVE.
AND SO I KNOW THAT THAT STAFF CRAFT THEM. BUT THE BOARD OWNS ALL OF THESE BELIEF STATEMENTS.
AND HERE'S WHERE I NEED CORRECTION. THE BELIEF STATEMENTS AREN'T A PIECE OF THE POLICY PER SE.
IT'S NOT A IT'S NOT NECESSARILY IT'S AN EXPECTATION OF THE BOARD, BUT IT'S NOT AN EXPECTATION EXPECTATION OF I'M NOT SURE HOW I'M SAYING THIS, BUT IT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME.
AND FOR THOSE THAT ARE LISTENING AND WATCHING, I JUST I DO WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT UNDER THE SECTION CALLED POLICE AUTHORITY AND DUTIES, NUMBER ONE SAYS PROTECT THE PROTECT THE SAFETY AND WELFARE OF ANY PERSON OF THE DISTRICT AND PROTECT THE PROPERTY OF THE DISTRICT.
SO TO ME, THAT'S IT'S A BIT SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
BUT TO ME, IT CLEARLY SAYS, EVEN THOUGH THESE ARE THE BELIEFS THAT THE BOARD APPROVED AND WE WE VOTED ON THESE LAST, FOR SOME REASON, THIS CAME TO US IN THE SUMMER.
I DON'T REMEMBER, BUT ANYWAY IT LOOKS LIKE WE WE VOTED ON IT AND IT GOT APPROVED IN JUNE.
SO THOSE WERE THERE, BUT I WAS I WAS JUST TRYING TO EXPLAIN BECAUSE THAT WAS CONFUSING TO ME TOO.
LIKE, LIKE SOME OF THEM, I'M LIKE, WHY IS THIS? WHY IS THIS EVEN HERE? TO ME, IT CREATED A BIT OF CONFUSION.
I UNDERSTAND WHY THE PREVIOUS BOARD DID IT, BUT IT STILL CREATED CONFUSION FOR ME AS A NEW TRUSTEE.
IT'S NOT THE PEACE OFFICERS HAVE TO BE CERTIFIED EDUCATORS.
IT'S IT'S PURELY ASPIRATIONAL. OKAY. THANK THANK YOU, MR. BUSH. AND THANK YOU, MISS. THANK YOU, MISS HANNAH.
MISS JONES, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE? NOW I'M ON C C K E.
CAN YOU GUYS JUST TAKE IT BACK? TAKE IT BACK TO THE POLICY COMMITTEE, MAYBE DISCUSS A LITTLE BIT MORE ON, I GUESS, WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE AS FAR AS DEFINING WHAT THE PHILOSOPHY IS.
BECAUSE I THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERING HERE ON ONE PERSON WANTS ONE THING, HAS ONE PHILOSOPHY, WHILE ANOTHER IS GIVING HISTORY, AND I'M LOOKING AT IT FROM A POINT OF VIEW OF ARE WE GOING TO BE SAFE? YOU KNOW. AND DOES OUR POLICY REFLECT THAT? WITH THAT IS STRICT. THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING. DOES OUR POLICY IS A STRICT ENOUGH POLICY THAT DETERS OTHERS FROM HAVING AN ACTIVE SCHOOL SHOOTING? I MEAN, I GET THE FRIENDLY LANGUAGE OR WHAT HAVE YOU, BUT WE DON'T LIVE IN FRIENDLY TIMES. AND SO I THINK THAT WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT IT AND HOW THE DISTRICT PRESENTS ITSELF IN REGARDS TO STUDENT SAFETY AND SECURITY AND EMPLOYEE SAFETY AND SECURITY AS WELL.
THANKS. SO MY RESPONSE WOULD BE THAT, YES, IT ABSOLUTELY IS, BECAUSE I ACTUALLY WROTE DOWN PHILOSOPHY AS ASPIRATIONAL BECAUSE WE ADDED PHILOSOPHY STATEMENTS TO ALL OF THE POLICIES. AND THEY THEY ARE ASPIRATIONAL.
THEY'RE NOT THEY'RE NOT MARCHING ORDERS. THE POINT WAS THAT DISTRICT POLICE OFFICERS, BECAUSE THEY HAVE CONTACT WITH OUR STUDENTS EVERY SINGLE DAY. THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS AND AND IMPACT THE MINDSET THAT STUDENTS HAVE WITH
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REGARD TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY. AND LIKE I SAID BACK, BACK THEN, THERE WERE A LOT OF NEGATIVE THINGS AND EXPERIENCES.AND IT WAS IT WAS THE BOARD SAYING LIKE CHIEF SAID, YOU KNOW, WE WANT PEOPLE WHO ARE YOU'RE COMING INTO AN EDUCATION ENVIRONMENT AND YES, YOU'RE A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, BUT HOW YOU MIGHT ACT ON THE STREET VERSUS IN OUR SCHOOLS IS IS GOING TO LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. SO THAT'S WHY I SUGGESTED THE LANGUAGE THAT I UNDERSTAND EDUCATORS 1ST MAY BE NOT SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS BOARD IN PARTICULAR WANTS THERE, BUT DISTRICT POLICE OFFICERS SHOULD HAVE AN EDUCATOR MINDSET.
THAT'S WHY I, YOU KNOW, KIND OF TWEAK THAT LANGUAGE A LITTLE BIT.
BUT IT'S PHILOSOPHY. BUT I ALSO WROTE DOWN POLICE AUTHORITY AND DUTIES.
I MEAN, IT IS ABSOLUTELY PROTECT THE SAFETY AND WELFARE OF ANY PERSON, ENFORCE ALL LAWS, ARREST SUSPECTS, COORDINATE AND COOPERATE WITH COMMISSIONED OFFICERS, ENFORCE DISTRICT POLICIES, RULES AND REGULATIONS.
SO IT'S PRETTY STRONGLY WORDED. THE PHILOSOPHY ASPECT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WHILE YOU'RE DOING YOUR JOB AND YOU'RE INTERACTING WITH STUDENTS ON OUR CAMPUSES, YOU GUYS ARE SORT OF THE FRONT LINES OF HELPING STUDENTS UNDERSTAND THE POSITIVE IMPACT THAT POLICE, YOU KNOW, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS CAN HAVE ON OUR COMMUNITIES. AND SO THAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THAT.
I WROTE THAT EXACT THING DOWN. SO SO THAT'S THAT'S MY POINT OF VIEW.
I FEEL LIKE I DON'T KNOW HOW THE REST OF THE BOARD FEELS, BUT I FEEL LIKE TWEAKING THAT LANGUAGE SORT OF ADDRESSES THAT, BECAUSE THE REAL MEAT AND POTATOES OF THE POLICY IS NOT THE PHILOSOPHY, IT'S IT'S THE ONE THROUGH EIGHT WHICH SAYS, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT, WE EXPECT LAW ENFORCEMENT TO DO HERE.
I MEAN, IT'S PRETTY I, I FEEL STRONGLY WORDED AND PRETTY CLEAR, BUT THAT'S MY $0.02.
WILL YOU GUYS GET WITH THE POLICY COMMITTEE AND GET WITH WITH MR. HAMILTON AND MAYBE COME UP WITH SOME LANGUAGE AND THEN BRING IT FOR THE THAT PHILOSOPHY.
AND YOU CAN START WITH WHAT I SUGGESTED OR COME UP WITH SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND THEN BRING IT.
WE'LL, WE'LL KEEP IT ON THE AGENDA. BUT YOU CAN BRING US BACK SOMETHING THAT'S UPDATED.
OKAY. THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS EIGHT G, WHICH IS THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT SUBRECIPIENT AGREEMENT.
[8.G. American Rescue Plan Act Subrecipient Agreement]
DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS AGREEMENT? H IS THE BOND 2023 PROGRAM CONTINGENCY? DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS?[8.H. Bond 2023 Program Contingency]
MR. GARCIA? WE'RE ON H. SO MY QUESTION AND THIS WAS ONE OF THE ONES THAT I'M WAS GOING TO EMAIL. BUT SINCE. SO WE'RE ASKING FOR MONEY ON A ITEM J ONE. SO IS THIS I OBVIOUSLY THIS IS IN RELATION TO ITEM J ONE.MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT WE DIDN'T NEED ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR FERNDALE HENRY.
IT WAS ALL READY TO GO IN THE BUDGET. WHEN I HEAR CONTINGENCY, MAKES ME THINK THAT WE'RE HAVING TO SPEND OUTSIDE OF WHAT WAS ALREADY ALLOCATED FOR THE PROJECT. SO I SAW THIS. AND THEN I'M THINKING, MAYBE IT'S JUST THE 2.3 MILLION OUT OF THE 5 MILLION IN CONTINGENCY, BUT THEN WHY ARE WE USING CONTINGENCY? SO JUST TO CLARIFY THAT FOR ME, PLEASE.
SO YOU ARE CORRECT. USE OF CONTINGENCY IS FOR AMOUNTS GREATER THAN THE APPROVED BUDGET.
AND WE ARE ASKING FOR A $2.3 MILLION TO COMPLETE THE FERNDALE HENRY PROJECT.
AND THIS THIS WAS FOR I CAN I GUESS I CAN ASK THIS QUESTION ON DAY ONE, BUT THIS IS FOR FOR FURNITURE OR WHAT IS THIS FOR SPECIFICALLY? YEAH. SO SO MOST OF IT IS FURNITURE.
THE CONSTRUCTION IS WITHIN THE BUDGET. THE FURNITURE THAT WAS AT THE BUILDING.
THE BUILDING IS FULLY OUTFITTED WITH FURNITURE.
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IT WAS A SECONDARY CAMPUS. NOW WE ARE CONVERTING THE BUILDING TO AN ELEMENTARY CAMPUS, RIGHT.FURNITURE WAS NOT ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE ORIGINAL BUDGET.
OKAY. THAT'S WHAT IT WAS. THE FURNITURE WAS NOT ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE ORIGINAL BUDGET.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. GARCIA.
MISS HANNON. OKAY, SO HERE IS AN ITEM I REALLY STRUGGLE WITH.
BECAUSE IT'S, YOU KNOW, I, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE CAN'T REHASH THE PAST, BUT HOW WE MISCALCULATE AND DON'T THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, KIDS AGES 4 TO 11 NEED DIFFERENT FURNITURE THAN AGES.
YOU KNOW, SECONDARY. AND SO. I, I AM NOT GOING TO ASK FOR A NECESSARILY A LINE ITEM LIST. BUT THIS IS THIS IS HARD FOR ME TO VOTE FOR.
THIS IS HARD FOR THIS. EVERY SINGLE DIME THAT IS ASKED FOR BEYOND THE BUDGET IS IS HARD FOR ME.
AND SO IF THERE IS ANY WAY LIKE I LIKE, HOW MUCH IS THE FURNITURE, HOW MUCH ARE THE FIXTURES, HOW I MEAN, HOW WAS IT EQUIPMENT NOT IN THE REGULAR BUDGET OR IS THAT IT EQUIPMENT THAT HAS ESCALATED IN PRICE? AND HOW DID WE NOT BUDGET, KNOWING THAT A SCHOOL FULL OF KIDS WERE GOING TO NEED SOME CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION MATERIALS? SO THAT IS ME BEING SUPER GROUCHY AT 946.
THANK YOU FOR FOR THAT. TRUSTEE HANNON. SO WE WE ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTAND AND SHARE THOSE SENTIMENTS AS THE TEAM WORKS THROUGH THESE VERY DIFFICULT ITEMS, AS WE HAVE THE 24% THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT'S OUTSTANDING OR OR AS WE'RE GETTING BIDS IN OR FINDING INFORMATION THAT WAS LEFT OUT ON THAT PLANNING PIECE.
I KNOW YOU ALL ARE TIRED OF HEARING ME TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT THE PLANNING PIECE OF BOND 2023, WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT. THAT'S HOW WE GOT HERE.
THIS IS A PRODUCT OF THAT YET AGAIN. AND WHERE WE GET TO THIS POINT WITH FERNDALE HENRY.
AND IT'S JUST A MATTER OF POOR PLANNING RIGHT NOW.
THE TEAM HERE WAS NOT A PART OF THAT PLANNING.
RIGHT. AND SO WE CAN'T GO BACK TO THAT, TO TO THE WHY? BUT WE DO HAVE A SOLUTION. AND SO I KNOW THAT THE TEAM HAS DONE THEIR DUE DILIGENCE AND FINDING OUT EXACTLY WHAT THE STUDENTS NEED IN ORDER FOR THAT TO BE AN ELEMENTARY CAMPUS THAT'S EQUIPPED WITH THOSE THINGS I TALKED ABOUT AT THE VERY BEGINNING THAT ARE IN OUR, OUR PHASE.
SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT, IT'S MAKING SURE THAT OUR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS HAVE WHAT THEY NEED.
THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE LISTED, AND WE CAN DEFINITELY PROVIDE THAT TO YOU ALL IN A BOND UPDATE AND EXACTLY WHAT THOSE THINGS ARE TO THE TUNE OF THAT $2.3 MILLION. OKAY. AND SO I'M GOING TO JUST SO I WOULD LIKE JUST A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THESE CATEGORIES THAT YOU SHOWED ME HERE AND HOW MUCH EACH OF THOSE CATEGORIES COST, BECAUSE THAT I'M SORRY, BUT THAT WILL TELL ME WHICH DEPARTMENT DROPPED THE BALL BIGGER THAN OTHERS, BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME FOLKS IN HERE THAT WERE HERE.
I KNOW IT WASN'T NECESSARILY YOU, BUT I'M ASSUMING THAT, YOU KNOW, OPERATIONS THAT'S DRIVING THE BUS FOR THE BOND IS SEEKING INFORMATION FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO SAY, HEY, DO WE HAVE EVERYTHING WE NEED HERE FOR.
SO I THINK, DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M ASKING FOR? I DON'T WANT LINE ITEM, BUT GIVE ME INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT.
IS THIS MUCH OF THIS 2.3 MILLION. AND SO AND I'M ASSUMING THAT WE YOU KNOW, WE WENT TO THE WAREHOUSE AND WE'VE LOOKED EVERYWHERE AND WE DON'T HAVE EXTRA SOME ROOMS THAT WE COULD EQUIP WITH FURNITURE WE ALREADY HAVE BECAUSE THE SCHOOL.
I KNOW, I'M ASSUMING THIS IS A NEW BUILDING. SO YOU'RE WANTING TO START WITH THE SPECS OF THE FURNITURE FOR A NEW BUILDING, BUT THIS CAMPUS IS TAKING CHILDREN OUT OF. IS IT HERITAGE ROSE? IS THAT WHERE THOSE KIDS ARE? SO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE FURNITURE THAT DOESN'T ISN'T GOING TO BE UTILIZED THERE.
I'M ASSUMING WE'RE TAKING A LOT OF KIDS OUT. AND SO I'M NOT TRYING TO SKIMP, BUT I AM TRYING TO SAY, MAN, YOU'RE KILLING ME. I UNDERSTAND THE LARGEST AMOUNT OF THAT IS HAS TO DO WITH FURNITURE AS IT RELATES TO TO THE 2.3.
IT DOES. OKAY. YES, MA'AM. THEY'RE KILLING DOCTOR SMITH, TOO.
ALL RIGHT, MISTER HAMILTON. YES. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT THOMPSON.
SO I TOO AM GROUCHY AT NOW. 9:50 P.M.. SO I WANT TO KIND OF ECHO SOME OF THE SAME SENTIMENTS.
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SO I WOULD LIKE TO JUST A LITTLE MORE SPECIFIC.I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THESE ITEMS AS THEY WERE BUDGETED IN A, IN A COMPARISON TO THIS ADDITIONAL COST.
AND SO MY I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY ASSUMED. SLASH IMPLIED.
AND I THINK IT'S WORTH STATING THAT WE JUST HIT THE BIG RED EMERGENCY BUTTON IN ONE PART OF THE DISTRICT BASED ON THE BOND BUDGET SITUATION, AND WE CANCELED AN ENTIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND WE SAID THAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO SOLVE THAT OVERCROWDING PROBLEM OVER THERE WITH REZONING AND OR AND OR CAP AND OVERFLOW ON THAT PART OF THE DISTRICT.
AND SO I THINK THAT WE PROBABLY CAN LOOK FOR COST SAVINGS.
SO WE DO HAVE SO IF YOU JUST LOOK AT HERITAGE ROSE, THERE'S DEFINITELY A NEED FOR FERNDALE HERITAGE.
ROSE IS AT 112% OF CAPACITY. 138 STUDENTS ABOVE DESIGN CAPACITY RIGHT NOW.
HOWEVER, I LOOKED INTO THE SIENNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAPACITY RIGHT NOW.
YES, SIENNA IS GROWING VERY RAPIDLY AND SIENNA HAS ALSO BEEN GROWING VERY RAPIDLY.
SO WE WE OPEN FERGUSON RECENTLY. AND SO BASED ON MY RECOLLECTION GOING THROUGH THE REZONING PROCESS, WHEN WE OPENED FERGUSON, I THOUGHT THE SIENNA ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES WERE WERE AT MUCH HIGHER UTILIZATION THAN THEY ARE COLLECTIVELY RIGHT NOW.
AND SO I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THE URGENCY TO NECESSARILY.
SO SO YES, I'M NOT SAYING STOP MOVING FORWARD WITH THE FERNDALE PLAN, BUT I DON'T THINK WE NECESSARILY NEED ALL OF THE CAPACITY THAT WAS INTENDED BASED ON THE CURRENT SITUATION, WITH THE CAPACITY IN SIENNA AND WITH HERITAGE ROSE TO THE POINT OF REZONING AND OR CAPPING.
CURRENTLY, WE HAVE 109 SEATS OF CAPACITY. IT IS AT 86% OF CAPACITY.
SO WE COULD REZONE THAT EDGE OF OF THE HERITAGE ROSE BOUNDARY ZONE TO BURTON.
AND SO WE HAVE THE BOND BUDGET SHORTAGE SITUATION.
AND I JUST THINK WE SHOULD WE SHOULD APPLY WE SHOULD YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T NOT.
AND WE'RE SAYING TO HARVEST GREEN, WE DON'T HAVE MONEY FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
THAT WAS PART THAT WAS PROMISED IN THE BOND. AND THEN PART OF THE SOLUTION THAT WE'RE BEING PROPOSED HERE IS TO TAKE SOME OF THAT CONTINGENCY THAT WE HAVE, BECAUSE WE CANCELED THE HARVEST GREEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 55 AND SPEND THAT MONEY ON THESE OTHER SCHOOLS.
AND SO I JUST THINK IT'S WORTH DOING YOUR DUE DILIGENCE.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, I THINK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER IF WE HAD DONE SOME MORE DUE DILIGENCE WITH THE TWO CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS THAT WERE THE INITIAL PROJECTIONS WERE BASED ON 100,000 SQUARE FOOT SCHOOLS, AND THEN WE SHIFTED THAT TO 127,000 SQUARE FOOT SCHOOLS, WHICH MEANT WE HAD TO DIP SIGNIFICANTLY INTO CONTINGENCY FOR BOTH OF THOSE SCHOOLS.
SO JUST I THINK YOU GOT IT. THANK YOU. YOU WANT ME TO THANK YOU FOR THAT? TRUSTEE HAMILTON, THE WE. I AGREE THAT THERE WE HAVE TO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT ADDRESSES THE THINGS THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED DISTRICT WIDE AT THE POINT THAT WE BROUGHT RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU ALL AS IT RELATES TO WHAT TO PROCEED WITH OR NOT HAD TO DO WITH WHERE WE WERE IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF BOND 2023 AT THAT TIME. WE ARE, HOWEVER, VERY AWARE THAT THERE THERE IS A HUGE NEED FOR A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
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SO ANYTHING THAT WE ARE BRINGING AS A RECOMMENDATION TO YOU ALL AT THIS TIME IS BASED ON WHERE WE ARE WITHIN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF BOND 2023 AND DOING WHAT WE DISCUSSED IN TRYING TO COMMIT TO CLOSING OUT THOSE PROJECTS THAT WERE ALREADY STARTED, AND THEN BEING VERY DILIGENT IN HOW WE UTILIZE THE PROJECTS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS DISTRICT WIDE.BUT WE WE DEFINITELY AGREE AND WE HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS JONES. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
SO I PASSED BY FERNDALE EVERY DAY AND I PASSED BY HERITAGE ROADS EVERY DAY.
AND THEN I LOOK AT THE UTILIZATION DATA AND I.
WHAT I DO UNDERSTAND IS THAT HERITAGE ROADS MISSED THEIR ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS.
SO SO I'M LOOKING I'M PASSING THEM LIKE OKAY, THEY'RE NOT EVEN TWO MINUTES APART FROM EACH OTHER.
OKAY. THESE TWO SCHOOLS, WHO'S GOING HERE? WHO'S GOING THERE.
I MEAN, NOT HERITAGE ROADS. WHAT GRADE LEVELS ARE GOING TO BE.
HOW IS FERNDALE GOING TO BE USED AS AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL? IS IT GOING TO BE FOCUSED ON EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, OR IS IT JUST GOING TO BE STANDARD ELEMENTARY? IT'S A STANDARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAMPUS. OKAY.
THAT'S WHY I'M STRUGGLING BECAUSE I'M LIKE, YOU'RE JUST TWO MINUTES AWAY FROM EACH OTHER.
OKAY. AND GIVEN THE DEMOGRAPHICS OUT THERE, I PROBABLY WOULD RECOMMEND THAT ONE.
STAY THE STANDARD ELEMENTARY IN MAYBE FERNDALE DO E DO MORE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD BECAUSE IT'S GROWING.
AND TO SAY THAT I'M JUST HAVING A HARD TIME. THEY PLAN TO BUILD AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, BUT THEY DID NOT BUDGET FOR THE FURNITURE.
THEY DID NOT BUDGET FOR FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT.
IT JUST WASN'T THERE. NO, MA'AM, IT WAS NOT THERE.
AND SO WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN REVIEW OF THE INFORMATION IS THAT WE LOOKED TO REBUILD, TO REBUILD THE CAMPUS AND TO BRING STUDENTS TO THAT CAMPUS WITH WHAT WAS ALREADY IN THAT CAMPUS.
AND THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE BECAUSE IT WAS NOT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAMPUS.
NO, BECAUSE IT WAS HIGH SCHOOL SECONDARY. RIGHT.
IT WAS SECONDARY. ALTERNATE. IT WAS AN ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL.
YEAH. BECAUSE DP YEAH, WHEN I FIRST CAME INTO THE DISTRICT, THEY WERE SCARED TO GO TO THAT SCHOOL.
I WAS LIKE, YOU WANT TO GO THERE? I WAS LIKE, OKAY, BUT I'M SAYING THAT TO SAY THAT.
THIS IS MY QUESTION BECAUSE I KNOW I ASKED THIS QUESTION NOVEMBER, MAYBE DECEMBER IN OCTOBER.
SO WE'RE TAKING 2,300,000 OUT OF BOND CONTINGENCIES.
SO I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO MY ORIGINAL QUESTION FROM OCTOBER.
BUT I'M GONNA SAY IT DIFFERENTLY. ARE THERE ANY REVISED BUDGETS FOR THE 2023 BOND THAT WE WILL NEED FUNDS FROM BOND CONTINGENCY THAT WE ARE NOT AWARE OF? THAT'S THE QUESTION BECAUSE I KEEP ASKING THE QUESTION.
YES. AND THAT IS THE REASON FOR THE CONTINGENCY.
SO IN SO IN PUTTING IN MAKING THE REQUEST AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THAT ADMINISTRATIVE ADMINISTRATION MADE, IT'S BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT NEW TO US, THAT THERE CONTINUES TO BE ISSUES WITH THE PLANNING OF THE 2023 BOND, AND IN ORDER TO EXECUTE AT A HIGH LEVEL WITH THE PROJECTS THAT ARE REMAINING OR OCCURRING, THAT WE WOULD NEED TO USE CONTINGENCY FOR THOSE PROJECTS.
OKAY. SO INSTEAD OF YOU GUYS DROPPING IT IN EVERY BOARD BOOK AND EVERY BOARD MEETING, CAN YOU DO SOME ESTIMATES ON WHAT PROJECTS THAT COULD POSSIBLY WHERE BOND CONTINGENCY MAY BE NEEDED TO FUND THOSE PROJECTS? CAN YOU DO THAT? CAN YOU GIVE THE BOARD SOMETHING LIKE, HEY, THIS IS WHAT'S COMING INSTEAD OF EVERY MONTH 18 MILLION HERE, 2 MILLION THERE, 3 MILLION THERE. KIND OF GIVE US A PROJECTION SO THAT WE DON'T WANT TO BE AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY IN BOND CONTINGENCY.
AT LEAST GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHAT'S COMING. YES.
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AND GO AHEAD, DOCTOR. YOU CAN GO AHEAD. I'LL LET YOU DO THAT WHEN I'LL COME BACK.A WHOLE RUNDOWN LIKE THIS CAMPUS NEEDS THIS. WE MIGHT NEED THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY.
SO AS WE'RE MOVING THROUGH THE BOND PROJECT, THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING AS, AS WE, AS WE GET ESTIMATES FOR THIS MONTH AND WE GET HARD NUMBERS, WE SEE WHICH ONES COME IN UNDER, WE SEE WHICH ONES COME IN OVER, AND WE BRING THOSE TO YOU THAT MONTH.
I THINK WE ANTICIPATE OVER THE NEXT THREE MONTHS OR SO TO TO HAVE ALL, ALL OF OUR ESTIMATES.
YEAH. AND WE DO PROJECT THAT WITH THE, THE BOND CONTINGENCY THAT WE HAVE BASED OFF OF OUR BOARD DECISIONS, WE WILL BE ABLE TO EXECUTE BECAUSE HE SAID THERE WERE 11 THAT YOU GOT IN OUT OF THAT 24.
SO CAN YOU AT LEAST GIVE US SOME TYPE OF FIGURE FOR THOSE 11 PROJECTS BEFORE YOU GET TO THE 24? AT LEAST WE'LL KNOW WHAT KNOW WHAT WE'RE WORKING WITH AND WHAT WE CAN EXPECT.
INSTEAD OF EVERY BOARD MEETING, IT'S A DIFFERENT PROJECT NEEDING CONTINGENCY FUNDS.
SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO PUT ON OUR RADAR SO WE WON'T HAVE TO SAY AS WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR BOARD BOOKS, ANOTHER ANOTHER PROJECT USING BOND CONTINGENCY.
AT LEAST WE CAN SAY, OH YEAH, THEY DID SAY IT WAS COMING.
SO CAN YOU DO THAT? WE'LL WORK ON THAT. YES. THANK YOU.
OKAY. THANK YOU, MISS JONES. MR. SHOAFF. UNLIKE MY OTHER TRUSTEES, LATER GETS LESS GROUCHY, I GET. I JUST WISH THERE WAS A FIRE PIT IN THE MIDDLE.
BUT ANYWAY SO WITH THIS WITH THIS BOND SITUATION WELL, IT MAY BE NOBODY HEARS FAULT.
IT WAS SCREWED UP PRETTY BAD. AND THE COMMUNITY, MY NEIGHBORS.
EVERYBODY'S LOST FAITH IN US OVER THIS. AND THE ONLY WAY TO REESTABLISH THAT IS TO BE AS TRANSPARENT, BLATANTLY AND DISTURBINGLY TRANSPARENT WITH THIS AS POSSIBLE.
AND, YOU KNOW, ANYTIME THESE COME, COME UP, I PICK PRETTY HARD AT THESE.
BUT I'M AT THE POINT NOW THAT I THINK WITH ALL THESE WE NEED TO START DOING ITEMIZED EVERYTHING ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE HARDWARE ON ALL THESE PROJECTS, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE SCREWS. THE TAXPAYER NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT.
OTHERWISE WE'RE NEVER GOING TO GAIN THEIR FAITH.
AND, YOU KNOW, TEN YEARS, FIVE YEARS, HOW MANY HOWEVER MANY YEARS DOWN THE ROAD WHERE WE NEED TO DO ANOTHER BOND? I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IS EVER GOING TO VOTE FOR A BOND IN THIS DISTRICT, AT LEAST IN THE NEXT 10 OR 15 YEARS.
SO AND THAT IS A NECESSITY AT SOME POINT. BUT WITH WITHOUT THE TAXPAYERS AND, AND OUR PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO ABLE TO SEE ITEMIZED LISTS ON HOW MUCH WE'RE SPENDING ON THINGS, AND THEN BEING ABLE TO ACTUALLY GO DOWN TO HOME DEPOT AND GO, OH, WELL, WE'RE NOT OVERSPENDING ON THIS. IT'S NOT GOING TO RESTORE FAITH IN OUR ABILITIES, EVEN IF WE ARE A COMPLETELY NEW GROUP OF PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW, AVERAGE VOTER AND AVERAGE TAXPAYER DOESN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT.
THEY JUST UNDERSTAND, OH, MY PROPERTY TAXES WENT UP X AMOUNT.
SO I THINK THAT WE OWE IT TO THE COMMUNITY AT THIS POINT TO START PROVIDING US MORE INFORMATION ON THIS BOND STUFF WHEN IT COMES TO THE ACTUAL COST OF MATERIALS AND WHAT EACH WHAT EACH DIME OF THIS MONEY IS ACTUALLY GOING TO.
SO BUT BASICALLY THAT'S MY ASK IS IN ORDER FOR ME TO TO CONSIDER VOTING FOR THESE BOND PROJECTS FROM HERE ON OUT, I NEED I NEED TO SEE ITEMIZED, ITEMIZED ESTIMATES FOR EACH TYPE OF TYPE OF MATERIAL FROM, FROM AND LABOR AND EVERYTHING, NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, X AMOUNT OF MONEY ALLOTTED TO THIS FOR.
JUST THE BLANKET PROJECT. SO THANK YOU. OKAY.
WE ARE TURNING OVER EVERY LEAF AND LOOKING AT EVERYTHING THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO EXECUTE ON THESE PROJECTS, BUT ABSOLUTELY, WE WILL PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE OF INFORMATION.
OF COURSE, WHATEVER THE BOARD DECIDES, WE WILL WORK WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THAT.
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BUT WITH THIS ONE. FERNDALE HENRY IS A SCHOOL THAT IS SCHEDULED TO OPEN IN THE FALL OF 2025, AND THAT $2.3 MILLION REQUEST THAT WE'RE MAKING ON THIS EVENING HAS TO DO WITH US MEETING THAT THAT TIMELINE FOR THAT TO HAPPEN WITH THE ADDITION OF WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH PASTA AND THE LINES, THERE ARE A LOT OF MOVING PARTS AS IT RELATES TO FERNDALE.HENRY. SO ABSOLUTELY. YES, SIR. WE WILL. SO MY PERSPECTIVE IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
AND I HAVE A LOT OF FRUSTRATION AROUND THIS AND IT IS 0% AT ALL.
ZERO. SO I GET FRUSTRATED BECAUSE BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE THE TEAM IN PLACE. OKAY. SO WE EITHER THINK WE HAVE THE TEAM IN PLACE OR WE DON'T THINK WE HAVE THE TEAM IN PLACE, AND I THINK WE HAVE THE TEAM IN PLACE. SO IT WAS PRESENTED TO US THE WHOLE REASON THAT WE CHANGED BOND PROGRAMS WAS BECAUSE THEY TOLD US THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.
RIGHT. RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S CORRECT. SO THEY TOLD US THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.
THEY MAY NOT HAVE ITEMIZED IT OR SAID IT'S GOING TO BE 2.3 HERE OR WHATEVER.
AND I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND BECAUSE I WANT IT AS QUICKLY AS I CAN GET IT TOO.
BUT I THINK THE WHOLE REASON THAT WE CANCELED ELEMENTARY, NOT CANCELED, THAT WE PUT ON THE BACK BURNER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 55, IS BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT THAT THESE PROJECTS WERE NOT WERE NOT BUDGETED FOR APPROPRIATELY.
THAT'S THE WHOLE REASON WE'RE IN THE IN THE SITUATION WE'RE IN.
SO I GUESS MY PERSPECTIVE IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
I, I, YOU KNOW, ADAM AND I HAVE ONLY BEEN ELECTED SINCE MAY, SO WE WE CAN ONLY TAKE.
WE ARE WHERE WE ARE. SO WE'RE JUST LIKE YOU GUYS AND YOU, WE'RE WE'RE RECEIVING THIS AS IT WAS.
SO MY PERSPECTIVE IS THAT WE'VE TRIED TO DO EVERYTHING WE COULD AS A BOARD AND AS PEOPLE WHO ARE NOW IN THIS SITUATION TO TO MITIGATE AND TO DO THE BEST WE CAN WITH IT.
AND, AND THAT'S THE REASON YOU GUYS, WE HAD A BOND WORKSHOP, A 2023 BOND WORKSHOP, AND YOU TOLD US WE WERE GOING TO NEED CONTINGENCY AND THAT WE WEREN'T GOING TO HAVE ENOUGH TO FINISH THE PROJECTS THAT WERE STARTED.
SO THIS IS FINISHING A PROJECT THAT WAS STARTED.
I WE ALL ASKED FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE REZONING PLAN.
AND FERNDALE STARTED AND LIKE MR. HAMILTON SAID, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T PUT THE BRAKES ON THAT JUST YET.
I'M GOING TO ASK THAT YOU SHARPEN YOUR PENCILS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I HAVE FULL FAITH THAT YOU GUYS ARE BEEN PRETTY SHARP WITH YOUR PENCILS BECAUSE WE HAVE HAMMERED THIS WITH YOU.
I MEAN, WHEN WE WHEN WE CHANGED BOND 2023 AND THE PROJECTS THAT WERE GOING.
THIS WAS THE REASON THAT WE DID IT. SO THE OTHER THING I WANT TO SAY IS THAT AND DOCTOR SMITH CAN ATTEST TO THIS, YOU KNOW, AND WE SAID IT IN PUBLIC MEETINGS THAT WE, WE WANT IF THERE WAS ANY WAY THAT WE COULD GO BACK AND BUILD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 55 THIS THAT'S WHAT THIS I THINK THAT'S WHAT THIS BOARD WANTS TO DO. AND SO I HAVE ASKED DOCTOR SMITH AS THE BOARD PRESIDENT TO START THAT CONVERSATION.
LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE TO SELL. LET'S TALK ABOUT WHERE WE CAN GET OTHER MONIES AND SEE IF WE CAN'T MOVE FORWARD AND COME UP WITH A TIMELINE FOR THAT. SO JUST SO THE BOARD KNOWS, THAT'S WHAT I'VE ASKED DOCTOR SMITH TO DO, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE BROUGHT TO YOU GUYS. SO SO I, YOU KNOW, I GUESS I LOOK AT IT THROUGH THAT LENS AS WELL THAT I THINK PROMISES MADE SHOULD, WE SHOULD DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO, TO KEEP THOSE PROMISES. MRS. BUT I THINK THE FEEDBACK THAT YOU'VE GOTTEN IS THAT, I MEAN, WHAT YOU'RE HEARING ARE TRUSTEES WHO ARE UNCOMFORTABLE, NOT JUST BECAUSE BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY WASN'T THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO WERE BURNED.
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THERE ARE PEOPLE SITTING AROUND THIS DAIS WHO WERE BURNED.AND SO I'M GOING TO OFFER THAT PERSPECTIVE AS WELL.
I MEAN, THEY WERE NOT TOLD THE TRUTH, OR AT LEAST NOT GIVEN ALL THE INFORMATION OR WHATEVER.
WE'RE A LITTLE JUST WORRIED ABOUT IT. BUT I WANT TO SAY THAT I FEEL CONFIDENT THAT WE HAVE A TEAM IN PLACE WHO IS WORKING HARD TO DO YOUR BEST TO MITIGATE AND TO BE TRANSPARENT.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU SAY THAT, AND I'M GOING TO.
OKAY. YES. OKAY. QUICK, QUICK, QUICK, MR. HAMILTON, JUST REAL QUICK.
I THINK MR. JONES. AND THEN MR. SHOAFF. WHAT YOU JUST SAID MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
HOWEVER, I WOULD SAY THAT DOESN'T ALIGN WITH THE INFORMATION THAT'S IN OUR BOARD BOOK. AND SO WHAT'S IN OUR BOARD BOOK IS THAT THIS $2.3 MILLION IS BECAUSE WE NEEDED ADDITIONAL FUNDS SPECIFIC TO CLASSROOM FURNITURE, FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT, I.T.
EQUIPMENT AND CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL.
AND SO I THINK I WOULD HAVE RESPONDED A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY TO THIS IF WE IF IF THE EXPLANATION HAD BEEN WE'RE HERE BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU JUST SAID, WHICH IS THE FERNDALE PROJECT WAS NOT BUDGETED CORRECTLY AND THEREFORE WE HAVE TO ADJUST THE BUDGET.
AND SO I THAT SO SO THE, THE THE CONTINGENCY REQUEST IS LESS THAN 10% OF THE TOTAL PROJECT.
WE KNOW AS A KIND OF BLANKET STATEMENT WE'RE MORE THAN 10%.
AND SO WE'RE IN THAT BALLPARK. BUT I DON'T IT JUST THAT THAT EXPLANATION DOESN'T ALIGN WITH WITH POINTING SPECIFIC TO THESE THREE, THREE CATEGORIES IN MY OPINION. SO THAT'S I THINK IT DOES.
YES, SIR. MISS JONES, VERY QUICKLY. I AGREE WITH YOU 100%.
WE GOT TO FINISH THE PROJECT. OKAY. THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.
I GUESS MY STRUGGLE AND I'M GOING TO VOTE FOR IT.
OKAY. ONE OF THE SCHOOLS HAVE MISSED ITS ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS BY A LOT.
OKAY. AND YOU HAVE OTHER PEOPLE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DISTRICT LOOKING AT IT LIKE, WELL, HOW IS IT THAT WE DIDN'T GET OUR SCHOOL? BUT THEN YOU HAVE TWO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WHO ARE TWO MINUTES AWAY, AND THEY'RE NOT MEETING THEIR UTILIZATION NUMBERS.
AND I MEAN, IT IS WHAT IT IS. THIS IS NOT YOUR FAULT.
YOU JUST CAME IN IT. RIGHT. AND I CAME IN ON THE TAIL END OF THE BOND.
BUT I'M SAYING THAT TO SAY THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS.
BUT THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING THAT MAYBE WE NEED TO RELOOK AT THIS.
THERE ARE NO EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTERS ON THAT SIDE OF THE DISTRICT AT ALL.
AND WHAT I'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT EDISON LOFTS AND FUELING BRAINS, THAT WOULD BE THE PERFECT SPOT, BECAUSE THAT AREA IS GROWING AND IT'S MORE AND MORE DIVERSE.
AND I THINK WE COULD UTILIZE OUR FUNDS BEST, OUR FUNDS USE TO SUPPORTING A SPECIFIC GROUP OF STUDENTS, RATHER THAN SAYING, WE'RE GOING TO SPEND ALL THIS MONEY REZONING, SOME KIDS ARE GOING TO GO TO HERITAGE ROSE, SOME KIDS ARE GOING TO GO TO FERNDALE. EVERYBODY'S GOING TO BE CONFUSED BECAUSE I SEE IT ON SEE IT WITH MY NEIGHBORS ALL THE TIME.
LIKE, WELL, WE GOT HERITAGE ROSE. WHY DO WE NEED FERNDALE? I'VE ALREADY I'M ALREADY HEARING THAT. SO I WOULD RATHER THAT PROJECT TO BE MORE PURPOSEFUL AND SUPPORTIVE IN THOSE COMMUNITIES, BECAUSE I THINK HIS HERITAGE ROADS ARE TITLE ONE, AND SO THAT WOULD BE THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS SOME NEEDS AND SOME POTENTIAL GAPS IN STUDENT LEARNING BY WITH THAT USAGE OF THAT
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REPURPOSING THAT CAMPUS, GO HEAD ON AND BUILD IT.DO EVERYTHING YOU NEED, BUT LOOK AT IT A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
RATHER THAN JUST HAVING TWO SCHOOLS SIDE BY SIDE OR TWO MINUTES AWAY FROM EACH OTHER.
THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU.
SO DON'T WANT TO BE REDUNDANT, BUT I JUST WANT TO REASSURE THE BOARD THAT I HEAR YOUR FEEDBACK.
I CLEARLY UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT YOUR CHALLENGES ARE IN THIS SCENARIO.
NOT PLAYING THE BLAME GAME. AND SO WHEN WE PUT INFORMATION IN THE BOARD BOOK FOR YOU, YOU KNOW, WE ARE. IT'S A DELICATE DANCE BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO OWN PROBLEM SOLVE AND FIX AND NOT SAY, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING ABOUT WHERE THE BLAME IS. AND SO SOMETIMES IT MAY NOT BE AS MAYBE SPECIFIC OR DETAILED, BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW IT'S BECAUSE WE ARE, AGAIN, NOT TRYING TO REVISIT THE WHY.
WE KNOW WHY AND WE CAN INFER SOME OF THE CHALLENGES.
BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE FOCUSED ON MOVING FORWARD.
SO IF THINGS MAY NOT BE OUTLINED SPECIFICALLY AND WORDED A CERTAIN WAY AGAIN, IT'S JUST ATTRIBUTED TO TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD AND PROBLEM SOLVE AND FIX EFFECTS AND BALANCE IN THE PAST.
IF THAT MAKES SENSE. YEAH. THANK THANK YOU, DOCTOR SMITH.
APPRECIATE THAT. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP IS AITAI, WHICH IS AN EASEMENT AT THE FORT BEND ISD PFC BUILDING.
[8.I. Easement at FBISD PFC Building]
DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? GO AHEAD, MISS JONES. SO I WANT TO MAKE. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS NOT A TYPO. SO, PRESIDENT MADAM PRESIDENT, YOU ARE YOU GOING TO NEGOTIATE THAT EASEMENT? AND WHAT ROLE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF PLAYING IN THAT NEGOTIATION? I DO NOT NEGOTIATE EASEMENTS. I SIGN THE DOCUMENTS.MY DESIGNEE IS DOCTOR SMITH AND HIS LAWYERS. YEAH, I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT THREW ME OFF ALSO.
AND I WAS LIKE, WAIT. I THINK IT'S BECAUSE, WELL, I LET THE LAWYERS RESPOND, BUT I THINK IT'S BECAUSE I AS THE GO AHEAD AS. THAT KIND OF LANGUAGE IS USUALLY PUT IN THERE SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD JUST TO GET THE FINAL TWEAKS TO AN AGREEMENT OR GET THE FINAL SIGNATURE.
SO THAT'S WHY THAT'S IN THERE. AND BOARD OR PRESIDENT? THE BOARD PRESIDENT WILL EVENTUALLY SIGN IT BECAUSE I'M THE ONE WHO HAS TO SIGN IT. EXACTLY.
OKAY. I JUST NEED CLARIFICATION BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, MAYBE THAT'S A TYPO.
[8.J. Review of proposed expenses that exceed $50,000: Specifically for:]
AND ADDITIONS. DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? MISS JONES, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? OKAY. NEXT UP IS 8J2, WHICH IS CONSTRUCTION SERVICES FOR TRANSPORTATION RENOVATIONS.BID PACKAGE 25. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS ONE? 8J3 IS ELEVATOR SERVICES, MAINTENANCE, REPAIR AND RELATED ITEMS. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM. 8J4 IS FLOORING SERVICES, INSTALLATION AND RELATED SERVICES. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? 8J5 IS REORGANIZATION AND BUDGET TRANSFER, WHICH IS BID PACKAGES TEN AND 12.
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? 8J6 IS SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFITS FOR NON-EMERGENCY SURGERIES.
INCREASE. I HAVE A QUESTION. YES, MISS JONES.
GO AHEAD. GIVE ME A SECOND HERE. I GUESS THIS WOULD BE A GLENDA QUESTION.
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THAT YOU'RE ASKING $3.5 MILLION FOR. SO WHAT TYPE OF SURGERIES ARE COVERED IN THIS CONTRACT FOR THESE SURGERIES? THESE ARE THE ELECTIVE SURGERIES. THE ONES THAT ARE CURRENTLY NOT PLANNED THAT YOU CAN PLAN FOR.FOR EXAMPLE, ONE EXAMPLE WOULD BE LIKE A HYSTERECTOMY OR COLONOSCOPY.
THAT TIME. OKAY. AND I UNDERSTAND JUST FROM READING THE SUMMARY THAT THERE WAS A 71% INCREASE IN NON-EMERGENT SURGERIES. CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT WHAT WAS BEHIND THAT? YES. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT FOR 2022, WE HAD 185.
AND THEN FOR 2023 WE HAD 259. AND THIS YEAR WE'RE PROJECTING TO BE AT 215.
AND WITH THAT INFORMATION WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT INFLATION ALSO PLAYED A PART.
AND DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THE DISTRICT HAS PAID IN CLAIMS AS A RESULT IN THIS INCREASE? YES. I'LL LET LASHONDA WALLACE, OUR DIRECTOR OF BENEFITS AND WELLNESS, ANSWER THAT.
YES. SO WE WE INITIALLY APPROVED THE BOARD CONTRACT FOR THIS BENEFIT.
IT WAS APPROVED AT $5.3 MILLION. AND SO WE'VE ALREADY EXCEEDED THAT AS OF THE END OF 2024.
AND SO THE EXTENSION THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS THE ADDITIONAL 3 MILLION TO COVER THE REST OF 2025 OF THE CONTRACT PERIOD, AS GLENDA STATED. OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, WE'VE REALLY BEEN FOCUSED ON INCREASING EMPLOYEE AWARENESS AROUND THIS PROGRAM.
WE HAVE A SET ADMINISTRATIVE FEE THAT WE PAY FOR THIS BENEFIT.
AND SO OVER THE YEARS, WE REALLY HAVEN'T, I WOULD SAY, OPTIMIZED OUR RETURN ON INVESTMENT ON THE PROGRAM BECAUSE THE UTILIZATION HASN'T BEEN AS HIGH AS WE REALLY NEEDED IT TO BE. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'VE REALLY FOCUSED ON EMPLOYEE AWARENESS OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
WHILE IT DOES COST THE PLAN ADDITIONAL MONEY, IT IS DEFINITELY BENEFITING THE EMPLOYEES AND WE'RE SEEING A BIGGER RETURN ON OUR INVESTMENT BY DOING THAT. OKAY. AND SO BASICALLY I KNOW I ASKED THE TYPE OF SURGERY.
SO I'M GOING TO ASK SPECIFICALLY IS COSMETIC SURGERY INCLUDED IN THIS NON-EMERGENT.
CORRECT. YES IT IS. AND SO THEY'RE ALL ELECTIVE SURGERIES.
SO NONE OF THESE ARE MEDICAL EMERGENCY TYPE SURGERIES.
THEY REALLY ARE THINGS, AS MISS JOHNSON JUST STATED, LIKE CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME.
THEY HAVE SURGERIES FOR THAT. WE HAVE A LOT OF EMPLOYEES THAT ARE REALLY STARTING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS BENEFIT SPECIFICALLY FOR COLONOSCOPIES. WHILE WE DO ENCOURAGE THEM TO SEE THEIR PROVIDERS FOR COLONOSCOPIES. ONE BENEFIT THAT THIS PROGRAM DOES PROVIDE IS THE 100% COST BEING COVERED BY THE PLAN.
SO WE ARE SEEING A REALLY BIG UPTAKE IN COLONOSCOPIES BEING UTILIZED UNDER THIS BENEFIT.
OKAY. OKAY. AND MY FINAL QUESTION THAT JUST POPPED UP IS HOW LONG DUE TO THESE NON-EMERGENT.
WHAT'S THE AVERAGE OUT OF WORK TIME? IT REALLY DEPENDS ON WHAT THE SURGERY IS. LIKE I SAID, SOME OF THEM ARE AS SIMPLE AS BUNIONECTOMY OR TONSILLECTOMIES, BUT THEN YOU HAVE SOME THAT ARE AS EXTENSIVE AS SPINAL FUSIONS. AND I WILL TELL YOU, A LOT OF THE COST THAT WE ARE SEEING THROUGH THIS BENEFIT ARE RELATED TO MUSCULOSKELETAL TYPE SURGERIES, MORE SPECIFICALLY SPINAL FUSIONS, WHICH ARE EXTREMELY COSTLY.
SO JUST DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF SURGERY, IT COULD BE 2 TO 3 DAYS, OR IT COULD BE UPWARDS OF SEVERAL WEEKS, JUST DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF SURGERY THAT'S ADMINISTERED. OKAY.
THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS JONES.
MR. SHOAF. I'M QUICK. IS DOES CT IMAGING FALL UNDER THIS? SO ALL OF THE PRE SURGERY SERVICES AND POST SURGERY SERVICES ARE COVERED THROUGH THE HEALTH PLAN.
SO THEY'RE NOT COVERED UNDER THIS BENEFIT. THIS BENEFIT SPECIFICALLY COVERS THE SURGERY ITSELF.
THE PHYSICIAN FEES AND ANY ANESTHESIA THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
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OKAY. AND JUST BECAUSE I'M STILL PIECING THE WHOLE THING TOGETHER IN MY HEAD AND I WIRED A LITTLE DIFFERENT IS WOULD A WOOD IMAGING CT IMAGING BE COVERED FULLY OR HOW MUCH OUT OF POCKET? I'M TRYING TO GAUGE THE WHOLE ASPECT.NO I UNDERSTAND. AND SO THE IMAGING PIECE, OF COURSE, WOULD BE DONE BEFORE THE SURGERY.
AND SO THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED PART OF THE ACTUAL MEDICAL BENEFITS.
SO IT DEPENDS ON WHICH MEDICAL PLAN THE EMPLOYEE IS ON.
SO THE CO-INSURANCE COULD BE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 20 TO 30%.
IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHICH PLAN THE EMPLOYEE IS ON.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS 8J7, WHICH IS STAFF TRAINING PLATFORM.
WE HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM. AND FINALLY 8J8 IS TIMEKEEPING AND ATTENDANCE SYSTEM.
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? WE ARE ADJOURNED. 10:26 P.M.. WE ARE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.