Q THANK YOU, SERGEANT. THE TIME IS 5:02 P.M., AND THIS MEETING IS HEREBY CALLED TO ORDER.
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WE HAVE THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM ATTENDING IN PERSON.[2. Public Hearing 2024 Texas Academic Report]
THIS IS THE HEARING FOR OUR OR THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR OUR 2024 TEXAS ACADEMIC REPORT, AND I WILL NOW TURN IT OVER TO DOCTOR SMITH.YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. GOOD EVENING. BOARD MEMBERS, THOSE THAT ARE IN ATTENDANCE TONIGHT, DOCTOR ADAM STEPHENS, OUR CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER, AND DOCTOR JORDAN WILL PARTNER IN PRESENTING THE TAPER REPORT.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DOCTOR JORDAN, FOLLOWED BY DOCTOR STEPHENS.
GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT. BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DOCTOR SMITH.
BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO DOCTOR STEPHENS, I WANT TO FIRST SHARE THAT THIS DATA IS LAG DATA, MEANING THAT THE INFORMATION THAT YOU WILL HEAR TONIGHT IS BASED ON OUR 2324 ACADEMIC SCHOOL YEAR.
AS DOCTOR STEVENS TALKS ABOUT CMR, REMEMBER THAT IS WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER LAG LAG DATA.
MEANING WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TWO YEARS WORTH OF OLD DATA.
IT IS IMPORTANT FOR ME TO ALSO REMIND THE BOARD THAT THIS INFORMATION THAT IS BEING SHARED WITH YOU THIS EVENING, WE'VE DISCUSSED WHETHER IT'S IN MR. GWEN'S FINANCIAL RATING PRESENTATION TO YOU ALL, WHETHER IT'S IN A DISCIPLINE UPDATE, A STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT UPDATE. THIS INFORMATION IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING ONGOING.
AND SO AS WE'RE WALKING THROUGH THE DATA, SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT DOCTOR STEVENS WILL SHARE WILL ALMOST SOUND REPETITIVE BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO IDENTIFY CHALLENGES, BUT WE'RE ALSO GOING TO ADDRESS SOME ACTION STEPS THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.
IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE FOR US TO SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING ABOUT 23.
AND SO I WANTED TO STATE THAT BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO DOCTOR STEPHENS.
AND THEN I WILL COME BACK AT THE END TO CLOSE THIS OUT.
THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. SO AS AS DOCTOR JORDAN SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'RE EXCITED TO BE HERE WITH YOU. NOT A LOT OF WHAT WE HAVE TO SAY IS NEW.
BUT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE STATE DOES LIKE US TO DO IS THEY GIVE US 90 DAYS FROM THE TIME THE DATA IS RELEASED TO, TO GET IN FRONT OF YOU ALL AND GET IN FRONT OF THE PUBLIC. SO BASICALLY WHAT THIS IS, IS THIS IS ALL THE IMPORTANT DATA THAT WE HAVE DISTILLED DOWN INTO A REALLY EASY TO DIGEST PRESENTATION FOR THE PUBLIC. SO THIS IS STATUTORILY REQUIRED TO BE ON OUR WEBSITE.
OUR PAPER PRESENTATION WILL BE ON OUR WEBSITE.
AND SO THEY JUST WANT TO KEEP THIS NICE AND EASY FOR THE PUBLIC.
AND SO THESE ARE THE AREAS THAT WE'RE GOING TO WALK THROUGH. HIGH LEVEL THIS EVENING.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT SOME TIME BUILT IN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND FOR QUESTIONS, AND SO THE TAPER WAS RELEASED ON DECEMBER 12TH, 2024. SO WE ARE WELL WITHIN OUR 90 DAYS. SO PROBABLY THE BIGGEST AREA THAT THE TAPER FOCUSES ON IS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.
AS DOCTOR GORDON SAID, THIS DATA IS OUR 2023 2024 STAR DATA.
SO THAT DATA CAME OUT TO YOU ALL. IT WAS PRESENTED SEVERAL TIMES.
AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS DATA BECAUSE THIS IS PRESENTED IN A WAY THAT, YOU KNOW, PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN SAY, WELL, HOW WELL IS MY SCHOOL DISTRICT DOING COMPARED TO MAYBE THE DISTRICTS DOWN THE STREET OR THE STATE IN GENERAL? SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS DATA, WE SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, FORT BEND ISD, WE ARE OUTPERFORMING BOTH THE STATE AND THE REGION ACROSS THE BOARD.
IN FACT, OF THE 15 STAR ASSESSMENTS THAT ARE GIVEN TO STUDENTS IN GRADES THIRD THROUGH EIGHTH, WE ARE OUTPERFORMING THE STATE IN THE REGION ON ALL OF THOSE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE.
AND THAT ONE IS KIND OF INTERESTING BECAUSE IT'S THE EIGHTH GRADE STAR MATH ASSESSMENT.
HOWEVER, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER ABOUT OUR EIGHTH GRADE STAR MATH ASSESSMENT IS WE HAVE A GOOD PORTION OF OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE ALREADY TAKING ALGEBRA ONE SO THEY'RE NOT ACTUALLY FACTORED INTO THAT. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO LOOK AT WHEN WE LOOK AT ALL STUDENTS, ALL GRADES, ALL TESTS FOR EOCS, OUR STUDENTS ARE REALLY HITTING THE BALL OUT OF THE PARK. SO WE ARE REALLY, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. SO THIS IS JUST OUR APPROACHES, GRADE LEVEL. THIS IS WHERE WE LOOK COMPARED TO ALL FOUR SUBJECTS. WHEN WE GET TO ALL GRADES, ALL SUBJECTS BY STUDENTS GROUPS.
AGAIN, YOU SEE THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO OUTPERFORM BOTH THE REGION AND THE STATE.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S REALLY EXCITING IS ESPECIALLY AS YOU LOOK AT OUR EOC DATA, YOU KNOW, OUR ENGLISH ONE DATA, WE'RE OUTPERFORMING THE STATE.
WHAT IS REALLY INTERESTING IS THAT OUR ALGEBRA ONE, WE'RE ONE POINT BELOW THE STATE.
SO IT'S JUST A TESTAMENT TO THE LEVEL OF RIGOR AND CHALLENGE THAT IS PRESENT IN OUR SECONDARY CLASSROOMS, AND IT'S A TESTAMENT TO THE WORK THAT OUR TEACHERS AND CAMPUS LEADERS ARE DOING. SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
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IN TERMS OF OVERALL MEETS, GRADE LEVEL PERFORMANCE, AGAIN, WE CONTINUE TO OUTPERFORM THE STATE.AND I DO APOLOGIZE BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE SOMEWHAT REPETITIVE.
OUR CAMPUSES ARE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB. YOU KNOW, WE WE CONTINUE, LIKE I SAY, THE REGION, WE OUTPERFORM THE REGION. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING IS WE ARE NOT RESTING ON OUR LAURELS.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE EXCITED BECAUSE WHEN WE CAN OVERLAY THIS DATA WITH OUR BEGINNING, MIDDLE, END OF THE YEAR MAP DATA, IT'S GOING TO ALLOW US TO IDENTIFY AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SET AN INTERNAL GOAL OF ONE AND A HALF YEARS GROWTH FOR ALL STUDENTS.
SO WE'RE THEN GOING TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE END OF THE YEAR AND SAY, WHERE ARE THOSE EASY AREAS FOR US? AND WE HAVE HIGH ACHIEVEMENT, BUT MAYBE THERE'S MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR MORE GROWTH FOR STUDENTS.
AND SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED. SO WHEN WE DO COME BACK NEXT YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO OUTPERFORM THE STATE AND WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN TO SEE THOSE GAPS WIDEN. SO AGAIN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR MEETS PERFORMANCE ACROSS ALL SUBJECT AREAS.
WE CONTINUE TO OUTPERFORM THE STATE. THERE'S JUST NOT A LOT TO SAY THERE.
AND THEN WHEN YOU GET TO OUR MASTER'S GRADE LEVEL AGAIN, FORT BEND ISD IS OUTPERFORMING THE STATE IN EVERY SINGLE SUBJECT AREA IN TERMS OF APPROACHES, MEETS OR MASTERS FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENT GROUPS. SO WE ARE WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
AGAIN, THIS IS A TESTAMENT TO THE WORK THAT TAKES PLACE DAY IN AND DAY OUT IN OUR CLASSROOMS. IT'S A TESTAMENT TO THE WORK THAT THE CURRICULUM TEAM HAS DONE, AND THIS WORK IS ACTUALLY GOING TO DOVETAIL REALLY NICELY, BECAUSE WE DO KNOW THAT WE HAVE AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY WITH OUR CURRICULUM.
AND SO TODAY WAS DAY ONE. THE CURRICULUM AUDITORS ARE HERE.
THEY ARE IN FORT BEND ISD. I KNOW DOCTOR JORDAN SPENT A GOOD PORTION OF HER WEEKEND WITH THEM.
WE GOT TO HAVE OUR AUDITS TODAY. THEY'VE BEEN ON CAMPUSES. SO THEY'RE ON CAMPUSES, THEY'RE WALKING CLASSROOMS, AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE US A REALLY COMPREHENSIVE OPPORTUNITY REALLY COMPREHENSIVE AUDIT THAT TELLS US, EVEN WITH THE SUCCESS THAT WE'RE HAVING ON STANDARDIZED TESTS, WHAT CAN WE DO TO ENSURE THAT OUR CURRICULUM IS CHALLENGING AND IT MEETS THE NEEDS OF ALL OF OUR STUDENTS? SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND THEN WHEN YOU GET INTO KIND OF WHERE THE RUBBER BEGINS TO MEET THE ROAD, WE LOOK AT GROWTH, RIGHT? SO REMEMBER, WHEN WE LOOK AT GROWTH FOR STARTS, THE STUDENT MEET OR EXCEED THE SAME PERFORMANCE STANDARD THAT HE OR SHE WAS AT LAST YEAR.
SO I'M ON SLIDE NINE. SO WE SEE AGAIN THAT WE CONTINUE TO OUTPERFORM THE STATE.
WE HAD GROWTH IN TERMS OF OVERALL, BOTH SUBJECTS.
WE HAD TREMENDOUS GROWTH IN TERMS OF READING.
BUT WE KNOW IN MATH WE CONTINUE TO HAVE AREAS OF OPPORTUNITIES.
AND SO AS WE GET THE RESULTS OF THAT CURRICULUM AUDIT BACK.
WE ALSO CONTINUE TO LOOK DAY IN AND DAY OUT. WHAT CAN WE DO TO PROVIDE MORE RIGOROUS SUPPORT FOR OUR STUDENTS WHO MAYBE HAVE NOT BEEN AS SUCCESSFUL ON THAT STAAR EXAM, OR HAVE NOT BEEN AS SUCCESSFUL ON THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR MATH EXAM.
SO WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE TEAM. WE'RE SPENDING TIME IN IN CLASSROOMS. WE'RE SPENDING TIME ON CAMPUSES TO ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS THAT DO NEED THOSE EXTRA INTERVENTIONS AND SUPPORTS ARE BEING AFFORDED THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO CONTINUE TO DO THIS WORK.
AND AGAIN, AS WE LOOK AT ACCELERATED GROWTH ALL GRADES.
AND SO THIS SLIDE IS REALLY KIND OF ON THE SURFACE.
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THOSE STUDENTS WERE WE ABLE TO HELP GET SOME SUCCESS? AND SO YOU SEE THAT WE HAVE 32% OF OUR STUDENTS THAT WEREN'T SUCCESSFUL ON BOTH SUBJECTS WERE ABLE TO GET THOSE PASSING. WE HAD 31% OF OUR STUDENTS WHO WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL IN THE READING EXAM.
WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE THOSE STUDENTS TO PASSING IN 32%.
SO WE KNOW THAT PART OF THE WORK THAT WE NOW HAVE TO DO STATUTORILY IS THAT ANYTIME A STUDENT IS NOT SUCCESSFUL ON THE STAR EXAM, WE ARE NOW REQUIRED TO GIVE THEM SPECIFIC STATE PRESCRIBED INTERVENTIONS.
AND SO WE DO SEE SOME OF THOSE INTERVENTIONS ARE WORKING.
BUT WE KNOW WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO WORK AT THE INDIVIDUALIZED STUDENT LEVEL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MEETING THOSE STUDENTS NEEDS, BECAUSE WE WON'T BE SATISFIED UNTIL THIS GRAPH SHOWS 100%.
AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I KNOW THE TEAM IS CONTINUING TO TO WORK HARD ON.
ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE EXCITED TO, TO REPORT TO YOU ALL IS THAT WE CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS IN TERMS OF A NOT ONLY GETTING OUR STUDENTS TO SCHOOL, BUT KEEPING OUR STUDENTS IN SCHOOL.
SO YOU SEE THAT OUR ATTENDANCE RATE HAS INCREASED. I KNOW DOCTOR SHAW AND HER TEAM WILL TELL YOU THAT THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH THE CAMPUSES TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE GETTING OUR KIDS TO SCHOOL EVERY TIME THEY ARE PUTTING SYSTEMS IN PLACE TO SUPPORT THOSE STUDENTS, AND THAT WE CONTINUE TO SEE A DECREASE IN OUR DROPOUT AND OUR DROPOUT RATE.
SO I CAN TELL YOU THAT THEY HAVE DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB IN SITTING DOWN WITH THOSE STUDENTS THAT ARE AT RISK AND LEVERAGING THOSE COLLEGE CAREER READY ADVISORS AND READY, READY IN RALLYING THE DROPOUT TEAMS TO ENSURE THAT THOSE STUDENTS THAT DO NEED THAT DIFFERENTIATED SUPPORT, NOT EVEN THAT CLASSROOM SUPPORT, BUT JUST THAT SUPPORT AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL, THEY ARE PROVIDED THAT SUPPORT.
AND SO YOU KNOW, WE SEE THAT 2122 WAS INTERESTING YEAR.
IT WAS THE FIRST YEAR BACK FROM COVID. SO WE CONTINUE TO MAKE MAKE PROGRESS AS A DISTRICT.
SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR FOUR YEAR LONGITUDINAL GRADUATION RATE, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW IS INTERESTING. YOU KNOW, WHAT WE SEE IS THAT WE DID NOT WE DID NOT MEET WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR.
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AND SO THEY'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THOSE STUDENTS. THEY'VE BEEN MEETING WITH THOSE FAMILIES TO DO TWO THINGS. ONE, ENSURE THAT EVERYONE KNOWS THAT THOSE STUDENTS ARE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO NOT WALK ACROSS THAT STAGE, BUT THEN COMMUNICATE TO MOMS, DADS AND THOSE STUDENTS WHAT THEY NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO BE SUCCESSFUL.SO WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR COLLEGE CAREER, MILITARY READY DATA, THIS DATA IS FROM 2023, RIGHT? AND SO EVEN IF DOCTOR SHER AND HER TEAM DO WHAT THEY'VE SET OUT TO DO AND GET EVERY STUDENT A COLLEGE CAREER READINESS INDICATOR.
WE WON'T SEE THE BENEFITS OF THAT DATA FOR ANOTHER TWO YEARS.
SO WE KNOW THAT 65% WAS IS TRENDING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
WE SEE TWO YEARS AGO WE WERE AT 62%. BUT I CAN TELL YOU THE TEAM HAS WORKED DILIGENTLY.
SO WE ARE WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THIS. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO CONTINUE TO OFFER OUR STUDENTS MORE OPPORTUNITIES, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO TALK MORE ABOUT THOSE IN THE COMING MONTHS. WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR OVERALL STUDENT PROFILE, WE SEE THAT WE ARE IN A REALLY JUST WE'RE STATIC AS A DISTRICT, WE DON'T SEE MUCH GROWTH. OUR POPULATION GROUPS LOOK THE SAME.
LAST YEAR AS AN EXAMPLE, WE WERE 53% ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED, WHERE THIS YEAR WE ARE 49 POINT SORRY, WE WERE 50.3% ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED. THIS YEAR WERE 49% 49.6%, SO THERE'S NOT MUCH CHANGE.
OUR STUDENT GROUPS, LIKE I SAID, REMAIN, REMAIN FAIRLY STATIC.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS, AGAIN, THAT WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES THERE TO CONTINUE TO MEET OUR STUDENTS, CONTINUE TO KNOW OUR STUDENTS, AND CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR INDIVIDUAL STUDENT GROUPS.
SAME THING WITH OUR STAFF. OUR OUR STAFF GROUPS ARE RELATIVELY STATIC.
WE SEE THAT A LOT OF THEM DON'T CHANGE. WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT.
WE FIND TEACHERS AS TEACHERS, OUR TEACHERS, OUR SPECIAL DUTY TEACHERS, AND OUR SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS.
OUR PROFESSIONAL STAFF ARE ASSIGNED OR SORRY.
THOSE ARE OUR THERAPISTS, OUR NURSES, OUR LIBRARIANS, OUR COUNSELORS, AND OUR OTHER CAMPUS PROFESSIONALS. OUR CAMPUS ADMINS ARE OUR PRINCIPALS, OUR APS AND OUR OTHER ADMINISTRATORS. AND OUR CENTRAL ADMINISTRATORS ARE OUR SUPERINTENDENTS.
CHIEF. CHIEF. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS, BUSINESS MANAGERS, ATHLETIC DIRECTORS AND OTHER ADMINISTRATORS THAT HAVE A CENTRAL OFFICE ID.
EDUCATIONAL AIDES ARE OUR PARAS, OUR EDUCATIONAL AIDES, AND OUR CERTIFIED INTERPRETERS AND OUR AUXILIARY STAFF, OUR CUSTODIAN MAINTENANCE, TRANSPORTATION, OUR CHILD NUTRITION STAFF. SO YOU CAN SEE AND MANY OF THOSE WE ARE WELL BELOW THE STATE AVERAGE IN TERMS OF THE PERCENTAGE BREAKDOWN OF OUR STAFF. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DOCTOR JORDAN ALLUDED TO IS THAT WE'RE STATUTORILY REQUIRED TO BRING TO YOU SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR THE RESULT OF MR. NGUYEN AND HIS TEAM'S HARD WORK. AND SO WE'RE ABLE TO CARRY FORWARD AN A, A SUPERIOR RATING FOR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.
AND SO STATE OF TEXAS GENERALLY ASSIGNS ONE OF FOUR CATEGORIES ACCREDITED, ACCREDITED WARRANT, ACCREDITED PROBATION, AND NON-ACCREDITED REVOKED.
AND SO TO CONSIDERS OUR ACCOUNTABILITY RATINGS, OUR FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY RATINGS, OUR DATA INTEGRITY, AND OUR PROGRAM DEFICIENCIES THROUGH RDA. BUT OVERALL, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO CONTINUE TO STAND IN FRONT OF YOU AND BE GOOD STEWARDS OF YOUR TRUST. AND SO CAMPUS PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO IS JUST SHARE WITH YOU HOW WE ARE DOING IN TERMS OF MEETING OUR CAMPUS PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES. SO LAST YEAR THESE WERE OUR OVERALL PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES.
WE KNOW THAT EACH CAMPUS IS STATUTORILY REQUIRED TO DEVELOP A CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
SO ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT IN IS SPECIAL EDUCATION.
AND SO YOU CAN GET RATED FROM 0 TO 4 WITH ZERO BEING THE BEST, FOUR BEING THE WORST.
ONE IS BECAUSE OUR DISPROPORTIONALITY OF STUDENT DISCIPLINE FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN MALES.
WE HAVE CONFERENCE CALLS QUARTERLY WITH TI. WE'RE WORKING WITH DOCTOR LANGSTON AND HER TEAM.
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SCORES. SO THAT'S AN AREA OF OPPORTUNITY FOR US. SO WE'RE WORKING WITH DOCTOR HUBBARD'S TEAM. WE'RE WORKING WITH THE SPECIAL ED DEPARTMENT TEAM AND WORKING WITH THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS TO ENSURE THAT OUR SPECIAL ED STUDENTS ARE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE TO FIND MORE SUCCESS IN TERMS OF THEIR EIGHTH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM.SO THERE WAS A QUESTION THAT CAME UP, IS THIS RELATED TO OUR EVALS? SO THIS IS NOTHING RELATED TO EVALS. THIS IS RELATED TO STUDENT DISCIPLINE AND OUR STUDENT SOCIAL STUDIES SCORES.
SO WE'RE ABLE TO CLEAR THOSE TWO THINGS UP. WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE THAT 1 TO 0.
AND THEN WE WILL NOT HAVE THAT NEEDS ASSISTANCE RATING IN THE FUTURE.
SO VIOLENT OR CRIMINAL INCIDENTS, YOU SEE THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY ON A POSITIVE TRAJECTORY.
FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, WE HAD 27 INCIDENTS REPORTED LAST YEAR.
I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE DROPPED THAT DOWN TO 24 INCIDENTS.
I KNOW DOCTOR SHAW AND HER TEAM CONTINUE TO WORK WITH CAMPUSES.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I REALLY LOVE, THIS IS SUCH AN INTERESTING PART OF DATA. SO THIS DATA IS ACTUALLY CAPTURED NOT BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT BY THE TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD.
SO ANY STUDENT THAT ENROLLS IN A TEXAS PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION ENTITY, THE STATE OF TEXAS, ACTUALLY TRACKS HIM OR HER, AND THEY TRACK THEIR EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES.
SO THAT'S SUPER IMPRESSIVE. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT WE HAD 1134 STUDENTS WHO WENT TO EITHER A 2 OR 4 YEAR SCHOOL, AND THAT THEIR FIRST YEAR COLLEGE GPA WAS ABOVE 3.5.
SO WE THINK THAT'S REALLY A TESTAMENT TO NOT ONLY THE EDUCATION THAT THEY GET HERE, BUT JUST TO THE TENACITY AND THE TYPE OF STUDENTS THAT WE'RE WE'RE PREPARING FOR THE RIGORS AND CHALLENGE OF COLLEGE. SO WE CONTINUE TO WANT TO DO MORE.
THIS IS WHY WORKING WITH OUR CAMPUSES TO EXPAND AP OPPORTUNITIES IS IMPORTANT.
THIS IS WHY ON RAMP IS IMPORTANT, BECAUSE WE DO BELIEVE THAT IF OUR KIDS DO UNDERSTAND THAT, THEY ARE READY FOR THE RIGOR AND CHALLENGE OF A COLLEGE CLASS, THAT WHEN THEY DO GET THERE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE MORE SUCCESSFUL. SO WE'RE EXCITED TO WATCH THIS DATA CONTINUE TO GROW AND CHANGE AND GET BETTER FOR OUR STUDENTS.
WE KNOW THAT. HB THREE YOU WERE REQUIRED TO SET A COUPLE GOALS.
ONE IS A READING GOAL, ONE IS A MATH. GOAL AND ONE IS A CMR GOAL.
I KNOW THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE AREA OF LITERACY.
SAME THING WITH MATH. AND SO WE CONTINUE, THOUGH, TO NOT WAIT FOR THE RESULTS OF THOSE AUDITS.
AND WE CONTINUE TO WALK CLASSROOMS ON TUESDAYS. WE CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR TEACHERS AND FOR OUR CAMPUS LEADERS TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE MEETING THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS. SO WE'RE EXCITED BECAUSE I KNOW THAT NEXT YEAR, WHEN WE COME BACK TO STAND IN FRONT OF YOU, THIS DATA IS ONLY GOING TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE. SO LASTLY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO IS HAVE HARD COPIES OF THIS.
SO AGAIN, THAT WAS FAST AND FURIOUS. I DO APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
BUT NOW I WANT TO OPEN IT UP FOR FOR QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU, DOCTOR STEVENS, DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS FROM THE TRUSTEES? MISS HANNON? THANK YOU, DOCTOR STEVENS. THANK YOU, DOCTOR JORDAN.
WOULD YOU MIND CAN YOU TAKE US BACK TO SLIDE TEN? OR. I'M SORRY. IT'S THE ONE THAT YOU EVEN SAID.
IT WAS HARD TO UNDERSTAND. IT'S OH, SHOOT. I PUT SLIDE TEN.
THAT'S NOT RIGHT. I'M SORRY. I'M ILL PREPARED.
WHERE DID THAT ONE GO? NO. IT'S IT'S IT'S THE ONE ABOUT INTERVENTIONS.
ACCELERATED GROWTH. I'M SORRY, 2023 TO 2024. SO I JUST I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THIS.
SO I'M GOING TO SAY IT. AND IF I'M WRONG. YES, MA'AM.
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I ALMOST HATE TO SAY IT OUT LOUD. SO IS THE. SO LET'S LOOK AT READING, FOR INSTANCE, FOR FORT BEND ISD.IS THAT SAYING IN 2023, WE HAD 37% OF STUDENTS THAT NEEDED THE ACCELERATED? WHAT THIS SAYS IS THAT IN 2023, 37% OF THE STUDENTS WHO FAILED STAR IN 2022 PASSED.
AND THEN IN 2024, 31% OF THE STUDENTS THAT FAILED.
THE READING STAR THEN WENT ON TO PASS IT. OKAY.
OUT OF HOWEVER MANY STUDENTS. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY.
THAT ONE WAS A LITTLE I STILL AFTER I HEARD YOU.
I'M SO SORRY. I STILL COULDN'T WRAP MY HEAD AROUND THAT ONE.
SO MY OTHER COMMENT WAS ABOUT THE ON PAGE SIX AND OR SLIDE SIX RATHER. I THINK THAT'S IT. SO FOR I'M GOING TO BACK UP JUST A MINUTE.
SO FIRST, WHILE WE HAVE NUMBERS IN READING, MATH, SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES THAT WE WOULD CLEARLY REALLY WANT TO SEE MORE OF OUR STUDENTS BEING SUCCESSFUL, I THINK IT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT TO REITERATE WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT ACROSS THE BOARD, BECAUSE I LOOKED THROUGH THIS CAREFULLY AND I EVEN PUT HOW MANY PERCENTAGE OR HOW, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY POINTS WE WERE ABOVE THE REGION, BECAUSE TO ME, THAT'S WHO WE'RE REALLY WE SHOULD BE COMPARING OURSELVES TO.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT PERCENTAGE POINTS THAT WERE AHEAD.
SO CLEARLY, WE, WE, WE WANT TO DO ESPECIALLY BETTER FOR OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN OR HISPANIC, OUR SPED, OUR ECO DIS AND OUR EBS. BUT I JUST I WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT EMERGENT BILINGUALS BECAUSE AND IS THIS RIGHT OR WRONG ONCE THEY MEET THE CERTAIN CRITERIA RIGHT ON TELEPASS AND STARR, THEN THEN THEY THEY GET PUSHED INTO THE REGULAR ED POOL. RIGHT? OR ARE THEY ARE THEY COUNTED IN THIS CATEGORY FOR AFTER THEY EXIT? THEY'RE MONITORED. THEY ARE. BUT IF THEY'RE EXIT, THEY'RE NOT. IF THEY'RE EXITED, THEY'RE NOT.
SO YOU SEE ON THIS CHART IT SAYS BUT YOU MONITOR FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.
SO ARE THE MONITOR KIDS IN THAT CATEGORY TOO.
YES MA'AM. SO YOU CAN'T SEE BECAUSE YOUR YOUR FACE IS THIS IS IN THE A WAY, BUT.
OH, I CAN SEE IT ON MY THING. YEAH. AND THEN THE ONES THAT ARE ALSO MONITORING.
OH. OH THAT'S WHAT THE. OH THAT'S WHAT THE MOM.
SO IT'S JUST NOT THAT'S JUST NOT A CONSISTENT CATEGORY.
AND THAT MIGHT BE TRUE OF SOME SPED KIDS WHO MAY BE THROUGH THEIR ART.
THEY EXIT OKAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON THOSE LITTLE BABIES.
OKAY. THE OTHER ONE THAT I WANTED TO LOOK AT WAS SLIDE 14.
THAT SHOWS OUR STUDENT PROFILE. AND I HEARD YOU SAY WE'RE WE'RE STAYING KIND OF, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE ANY STRANGE MOVEMENT UP OR DOWN IN A PARTICULAR CATEGORY.
BUT WHAT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT IS YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE SOMEHOW WE ARE LAGGING BEHIND THE STATE, AND I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO SEE THE REGION. YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO KNOW THAT NOW, BUT MAYBE YOU COULD SHARE.
OR IT'S PROBABLY IN THE BACK OF THIS, ISN'T IT? I CONFESS I DIDN'T LOOK THROUGH THE BACK NUMBERS HOW WE COMPARE TO THE REGION.
AND WHY IS IT THAT WE ARE LAGGING BY ALMOST TWO PERCENTAGE POINTS WITH GT? SO IT'S IT'S INTERESTING. SO MELISSA AND I HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS THIS MORNING.
I THINK THAT WE WE'RE GOING TO COME TO YOU IN JUNE. WE'RE GOING TO BRING YOU THE GT ANNUAL REPORT. SO I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO TOO FAR IN FRONT OF MY SKIS. BUT I CAN TELL YOU I THINK WE DO HAVE SOME OPPORTUNITIES. AND SO I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WE CAN TAKE BETTER ADVANTAGE OF IS SO WE'RE ABLE TO START GT SERVICES IN THE SPRING OF THE KINDERGARTEN YEAR.
SO RIGHT NOW WE ONLY DO THAT IF IT'S A PARENT REQUEST OR TEACHER REQUEST, WHICH MEANS THEORETICALLY, I HAVE A WHOLE FIRST GRADE GROUP THAT I MISS AND I DON'T REALLY START TIL I DO MY UNIVERSAL ASSESSMENT IN SECOND GRADE.
SO WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO POTENTIALLY DO A UNIVERSAL SCREENER IN KINDERGARTEN THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO CAPTURE MORE KIDS, AND SO WE COULD CAPTURE A WHOLE GROUP OF FIRST GRADE STUDENTS WHO COULD POTENTIALLY NOT GET TESTED UNTIL SECOND GRADE.
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YOU KNOW, THE, THE MEATS CATEGORY AND THE MASTERS CATEGORY IS IMPORTANT.AND IT MAY BE THAT, THAT SOME KIDS MAY NEED SOME ADDITIONAL ENRICHMENT THAT MAYBE THEY'RE, THEY'RE MISSING WITH WITH. YES, MA'AM. AND I CAN TELL YOU ON PAGE 29 OF THE PAPER WE DON'T HAVE THE REGION ENROLLMENT, BUT AS A DISTRICT WE ARE 6.6% GIFTED AND TALENTED.
AND THE STATE IS AT 8.5%. RIGHT. AND YOU'RE YOU'RE GOING TO GET ME LATER, OR IT'S ALL I'LL DO.
I'LL GET THE REGION FOR YOU. I'M SORRY TO TO LOOK AT WHAT WHAT THE REGION IS.
AND THEN I SAW SOME OF THE ANSWERS THAT THAT WERE GIVEN IN, IN THE PACKET.
SO THIS IS MY LAST QUESTION. SO THINKING ABOUT THE THE CMR, RIGHT.
WHERE AND I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE WORKING TO IMPROVE HOW WE'RE TRACKING THAT.
BUT WHAT IS THE LAG TIME, SO TO SPEAK, OF HOW WE TRACK THE SCORECARD.
I MEAN, WE DON'T I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE A SCORE SCORECARD OR SOMETHING, BUT LIKE HOW CLOSE TO REAL TIME CAN A PRINCIPAL SEE HOW MANY OF THEIR FRESHMEN OR HOW MANY OF THEIR SOPHOMORES OR JUNIORS OR SENIORS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TICK OFF ONE OF THE MANY BOXES THAT THEY CAN? IT IS IT IS PRETTY CLOSE. I WANT TO SAY IT'S INSTANTANEOUSLY, BUT AGAIN, IT'S ONLY AS GOOD, I CAN TELL YOU THAT RIGHT NOW. TODAY, AS WE SIT WITH TWO MONTHS LEFT OF SCHOOL AT OUR CMR FOR OUR GRADUATING SENIORS RIGHT NOW, IF TODAY WAS THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL, IT'D BE AT 54%.
SO LAST YEAR, I BELIEVE WE WERE AT WHAT'S IN THE DATA.
I DON'T WANT TO SAY INCORRECTLY. WE WERE AT 62%, I BELIEVE.
BUT THE CAMPUS PRINCIPALS DO HAVE A DASHBOARD IN REAL TIME THAT TELLS THEM WHERE MY FRESHMEN ARE, WHERE MY SOPHOMORES ARE, WHERE MY JUNIORS ARE, AND WHERE MY SENIORS. AND THEY CAN SEE IT.
BY STUDENT, I MEAN THEY THEY KNOW THAT JOE SMITH HAS OR HAS NOT TICKED THE BOX AND THEN IT SHOWS THEM A PERCENTAGE. OKAY. THAT'S GREAT. I THINK THAT'S VERY HELPFUL.
YES. AND SO JUST LIKE EVEN LIKE WITH SATS, SO THERE'S A LAG TIME FOR US TO GET THOSE SCORES BACK.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE ALL THE AP TESTING THAT HAPPENS IN MAY.
BUT WE CAN SEE THAT THEY'RE ALREADY ELIGIBLE.
THEY JUST GOT TO COMPLETE OUT THIS SEMESTER. SO THEY'RE ABLE TO SEE EVERY SINGLE STUDENT WHEN THEY'VE MET THOSE CRITERIA, AND THEY'RE TRACKING THEM BY GRADE. VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS HANNON.
SO A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD, I SENT IN AND YOU GUYS GAVE SOME VERY THOROUGH ANSWERS.
SO I APPRECIATE THOSE. THE ONLY THING THAT I'D LIKE TO, I GUESS, POINT OUT IS FIRST OF ALL, I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING THAT WE ARE FROM A CENTRAL ADMIN STANDPOINT, WE ARE AT HALF WHAT THE STATE IS WHICH IS GOOD BECAUSE WE DO GET A LOT OF CRITICISM FOR BEING TOP HEAVY.
SO I APPRECIATE SEEING THAT DATA. THE OTHER THE ONLY REAL QUESTION.
AND SO I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING.
I ASKED A LOT ABOUT INTERVENTIONS, AND YOU GUYS GAVE US GAVE ME GOOD ANSWERS ON THAT.
I THINK WE'RE ALL CONCERNED ABOUT ABOUT LITERACY.
I MEAN, OUR IF OUR KIDS CAN'T READ, THEY CAN'T LEARN.
AND SO TACKLING THAT IS CERTAINLY A PRIORITY.
AND IT'S CERTAINLY ONE OF THE BOARD'S PRIORITIES THAT WE WORKED ON AND PASSED IN JANUARY.
SO I APPRECIATE HEARING THE FOCUS ON THAT. CMR IS ANOTHER AREA WHERE WE'VE HAD COMPLIANCE ISSUES.
SO I APPRECIATE SEEING THE GROWTH THERE AND HAVING THAT CONVERSATION.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, I HAD THIS A SIMILAR QUESTION TO MISS HANNON ON GT.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE THE INFORMATION ITEM, THE REPORT THAT YOU GUYS GIVE US ON ON GT.
AND I TALK A LOT ABOUT MY DAUGHTER WITH DOWN SYNDROME WHO RECEIVED SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES, BUT MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER WAS IDENTIFIED, GIFTED AND TALENTED.
AND SO WE HAD SIMILAR STRUGGLES IN THAT PROGRAM.
SO I DO THINK THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT IN OUR, IN OUR GT PROGRAMING.
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AND I TALKED A LOT ABOUT THAT TODAY WITH THE, WITH THE INTERVIEWER.SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE PLANNED IN THE FUTURE.
AND WITH THAT, I THINK WE ARE WE ARE DONE. AND I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
I MOVE TO ADJOURN. OH, SORRY. I SKIPPED PUBLIC COMMENT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP.
BUT I HAVE TO SAY THAT OUT LOUD, OBVIOUSLY. SO WE HAD NO ONE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO NOW I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. I MOVE TO ADJOURN.
WE ARE ADJOURNED. AND WE'LL BE BACK AT 6:00.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.