Jul 28, 2025 Board Meeting

MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE PLEASE BE RESPECTFUL OF OTHERS BY REMAINING QUIET SO EVERYONE IS

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[1.Call to order]

[4.Recognitions]

VERY GOOD. GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT. DOCTOR SMITH AND TRUSTEES. FIRST, FOR OUR RECOGNITIONS, WE WANT TO GIVE A LOUD ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THIS EVENING'S NATIONAL ANTHEM.

PERFORMER FROM MADDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MISS MUSIC TEACHER BETH EL GOMEZ.

PLAYED A PART. IN YOU. FOR OUR FIRST RECOGNITION, WE HAVE KEMPNER HIGH SCHOOL'S UIL ONE ACT PLAY PRODUCTION OF SCENES FROM RABBIT HOLE BY DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE.

THEY PLACED THIRD AT THE 2020 FIVE FIVE, A STATE ONE ACT PLAY CONTEST. THIS IS KEMPNER'S THIRD

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JULIANA HERNANDEZ. ZACHARY DAVIS, MARISSA MONTGOMERY. JONAH NEGRON. LORELEI. HOUSTON.

LEILANI. MEYER, ISABELLA. FISH. MILES TANNER, AND SAMARA MUHAMMAD. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN.

KEMPNER.

GOOD. EVERYONE HERE. PLEASE KEEP SMILING. ONE. TWO. THREE. ONE MORE. ONE. TWO. THREE. THANK YOU. FOR OUR SECOND RECOGNITION, THE FORT BEND ISD COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT EARNED FIVE NATIONAL AWARDS FROM THE NATIONAL SCHOOL PUBLIC RELATIONS ASSOCIATION, ALSO KNOWN AS NSPA. AMONG THE HONORS IS AN NSPA GOLD ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR THE DISTRICT'S CAMPAIGN, CALLED FORT BEND ISD MAKE YOUR IMPACT. JOIN OUR TEAM AND FOR PUBLICATION AND DIGITAL MEDIA AWARDS, INCLUDING A MERIT AWARD FOR OUR SUPERINTENDENT PODCAST. THESE ACCOLADES REFLECT THE DISTRICT'S ONGOING COMMITMENT TO TRANSPARENT, ENGAGING, AND EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION THAT SUPPORTS ALL STAKEHOLDERS IN FORT BEND ISD. HERE TONIGHT, WE HAVE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM MARIA DE PATA, MICHAEL LAMB, NATALIE RIVERA, TANYA THOMAS, VIVIANA TORRES, AND JENNIFER WILLIS.

ALRIGHT, Y'ALL SHOULD BE. ALRIGHT. COMMS TEAM. OKAY. HERE WE GO. BIG SMILES.

HERE WE GO. ONE. TWO. THREE. ONE MORE. ONE TWO. ONE. THREE. THREE. AND THIS CONCLUDES THIS EVENING'S RECOGNITIONS.

830. I'M CALLING MY SHOT. THANK YOU. AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THOSE STUDENTS AND STAFF

[5.Superintendent Update]

THE FIRST ITEM IS TO RECOGNIZE THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS OF OUR 2025 NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS. SO THERE WERE 828 TOTAL WINNERS FROM TEXAS. IN OUR DISTRICT. WE HAD 37 INDIVIDUALS RECEIVED THE NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLAR. THEY ACTUALLY DID INDEED RECEIVE A $2,500

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THE NEXT ITEM I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IS IN OUR FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT. OF COURSE, WANT TO RECOGNIZE MR. DREW. I DON'T SEE HIM HERE THIS EVENING. HE WANTED TO SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HIM, LEARNED HE HAD A BIRTHDAY OVER THE WEEKEND, BUT JUST APPRECIATE HIS LEADERSHIP IN THE FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT. THEY CONTINUE TO RECEIVE RECOGNITION FROM ACROSS THE STATE. THEY RECEIVED TWO DESIGNATIONS HERE RECENTLY. THE FIRST, THE FORT BEND ISD, IS AMONG AN ELITE GROUP OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT RECEIVED THE 2025 DISTRICT OF DISTINCTION AWARD FROM THE TEXAS ART EDUCATION ASSOCIATION. THIS AWARD HONORS DISTRICTS THAT ARE INTENTIONAL WITH INTEGRATING VISUAL ARTS INTO THEIR CURRICULUM. SO THERE ARE MORE THAN 1200 SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN TEXAS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY. ONLY 109 OF THE 1200 MET THE HIGH STANDARDS. AND SO THIS PLACE IS OUR DISTRICT IN THE TOP 8% STATEWIDE FOR EXCELLENCE IN ART EDUCATION. SO WE'RE REALLY, REALLY PROUD OF THEIR ONGOING SUCCESS. IN ADDITION, THE FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT EARNED NATIONAL RECOGNITION AS A PREMIER COMMUNITY FOR THEATER EDUCATION. THIS WAS GIVEN TO US FROM THE EDUCATIONAL THEATER ASSOCIATION. AGAIN, THESE HONORS CELEBRATE THE DISTRICT'S STRONG COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING ALL OF OUR STUDENTS WITH ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY FINE ARTS PROGRAMS. SO, MR. DREW AND YOUR TEAM OF EXCELLENT LEADERS, WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL FOR CONTINUING THE LEGACY THAT YOU'VE ESTABLISHED, NOT JUST STATEWIDE, BUT NATIONALLY, KEEPING FORT BEND ISD ON THE MAP. THE NEXT ITEM IS CONTINUING TO JUST HIGHLIGHT THE EXCELLENCE IN OUR DISTRICT. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE DOCTOR JENNIFER ROBERTS. WE'RE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SECONDARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS NAMED WILLOWRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL DOCTOR JENNIFER ROBERTS. THE 25, THE 20 2526 HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR. IN REGION FOUR, THERE ARE OVER 54 PLUS DISTRICTS IN REGION FOUR. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT HER AND THE WORK THAT SHE'S DOING TO BE RECOGNIZED AT THE STATE LEVEL. SHE WAS NOMINATED BY ONE OF HER PEER PRINCIPALS, DOCTOR DANIEL JACKSON. AND IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT DOCTOR ROBERTS UNDER HER LEADERSHIP AT WILLOWRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL, SHE'S REALLY MADE GREAT STRIDES ACADEMICALLY. SHE'S CLOSED THE ACADEMIC GAPS AND SHE'S CONTINUING TO BUILD A CULTURE OF EXCELLENCE AT WILLOWRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL, AND WE APPRECIATE HER AND HER LEADERSHIP. LAST SCHOOL YEAR, WE CELEBRATED THE SCHOOL'S EXIT FROM THE CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT LIST, AND SO THAT WAS REALLY A HIGHLIGHT OF HER LEADERSHIP LAST YEAR. AND SHE'S CONTINUING TO PROVIDE GREAT LEADERSHIP. AND SO WE WISH HER THE BEST AS SHE MOVES ON NOW TO THE STATE STATE COMPETITION, COMPETITION. SO WE'RE EXCITED FOR HER THERE AND THEN THE NEXT LEADERSHIP MATTERS. YOU ALL KNOW THAT'S ONE OF OUR SAYINGS IN OUR DISTRICT, AND WE HAD A GREAT OPPORTUNITY LAST WEEK TO KICK OFF OUR LEADERSHIP SUMMIT. AND THEN TODAY, OUR NEW TEACHER ORIENTATION. AND SO OUR LEADERSHIP SUMMIT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL THE LEADERS TO REALLY COME TOGETHER AND TO REALLY BUILD THE LEADERSHIP, FOCUS AND MOMENTUM FOR THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR. AND SO THERE WAS A LOT OF HIGH ENERGY, A LOT OF ENTHUSIASM, A LOT OF LEARNING. AND OUR LEADERS HAVE EMBRACED THE CHALLENGE TO LEVEL UP THIS YEAR AND CONTINUE BUILDING ON THEIR SUCCESSES FROM LAST SCHOOL YEAR. AND THEN THIS MORNING EARLIER TODAY, WE WELCOMED 550 NEW TEACHERS WHO ARE JOINING FORT BEND ISD. AND AT OUR NEW TEACHER ORIENTATION, THEY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM OUR BOARD PRESIDENT, MEET SEVERAL OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS THAT WERE IN ATTENDANCE. AND SO IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO BRING EDUCATORS THAT ARE GOING TO HELP US LEVEL UP FOR THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR. NTO IS ALWAYS AN EXCITING EVENT, AND AS WE WELCOME OUR NEW TEACHERS AND OUR STAFF AS THEY HELP JOIN US, CARRY ON THE PACK. AND THEN LASTLY TONIGHT, THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. WHERE HAS THE SUMMER GONE? AND SO WE ARE. WE'RE FINALLY HERE TO ABOUT READY TO WELCOME OUR STUDENTS BACK ON AUGUST 12TH. SO JUST A COUPLE WEEKS FROM NOW. LAST

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[6.Board Activity Report]

YES, IT WAS. IT WAS A GREAT EVENT. IT WAS A GREAT EVENT. THANK YOU, MISS HANNON. NEXT UP

[7.President's Update]

[8.Public Comment]

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THANK YOU, SIR. IF YOU WILL HANG OUT, DOCTOR SMITH IS GOING TO COME TALK TO YOU AFTER BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S SOME MISINFORMATION OR MAYBE SOME MISTAKES. OKAY. THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS STEPHANIE BROWN. I'M JUST GOING TO TEST OKAY. NOW MY MICROPHONE IS WORKING. THANK YOU. HI. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS STEPHANIE BROWN. AND FIRST I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE BOARD. I WAS ONE OF THOSE APPLICANTS. AND I'LL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHO WILL BE PUTTING THEIR NAME ON THE BALLOT FOR THE UPCOMING ELECTION. I ALSO WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU, ASHLEY. SHARONA CHARANIA I HOPE I'M SAYING THAT RIGHT FOR COMING TO OUR EVENT AT MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL ON SATURDAY. WE HAD A REALLY GREAT TIME AND I KNOW EVERYBODY COULDN'T MAKE IT, BUT IT WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL EVENT. THANK YOU FOR COMING. I ALSO WANTED TO SPEAK ON EXTENDED LEARNING ON THE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL. I KIND OF HAPPENED UPON THIS AND THERE'S CURRENTLY BEING SERVED AT FORT SETTLEMENT MIDDLE SCHOOL, GARCIA MIDDLE SCHOOL, FIRST COLONY MIDDLE SCHOOL, JAMES BOWIE MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND SARTARTIA MIDDLE SCHOOL. SO I WANTED TO SEE WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO GET SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS OVER ON THE EAST SIDE, TO THE EAST SIDE SCHOOL.

AND OF COURSE, I AM REALLY WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT MISSOURI CITY AND CHRISTA MCAULIFFE, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE ARE PARENTS THERE THAT NEED THAT IN THEIR IN THEIR MIDDLE SCHOOLS. THERE IS A FEE FOR THAT. BUT AT LEAST LET THE PARENTS KNOW WHAT'S AVAILABLE. AND MAYBE IT COULD BE MIGRATED INTO THOSE SCHOOLS AND NOT JUST THOSE SCHOOLS, BUT THE OTHER SCHOOLS ON THE EAST SIDE, SINCE THEY'RE BEING OFFERED ON THE WEST SIDE. AND LIKE I SAID, I JUST KIND OF HAPPENED UPON THAT ON THE WEBSITE AS I WAS HELPING SOMEONE REGISTER THEIR CHILD. AND I SAID, WELL, GOLLY, I KNOW THEY HAVE THOSE THINGS AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, BUT DID NOT KNOW THAT THEY OFFERED IT AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. SO IF SOMEONE WOULD PLEASE GET WITH ME AND LET ME KNOW WHAT WE HAVE TO DO AS A COMMUNITY TO GET THAT STARTED OVER IN OUR AREA. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS OUR

[9.A.Student Achievement Update]

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WE OUTPERFORMED BOTH THE STATE AND THE REGION. AND SO WE ARE JUST CONTINUING TO FOCUS ON BUILDING THAT CONNECTION TO LITERACY AND WRITING. WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE THE LITTLE THINGS, BECAUSE WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT AS OUR LITERACY INSTRUCTION GETS BETTER, AS OUR READING INSTRUCTION GETS BETTER, OUR WRITING IS GOING TO GET BETTER. BUT AS OUR READING INSTRUCTION GETS BETTER, OUR SCIENCE INSTRUCTION IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO GET BETTER. SO WE ARE JUST REALLY FOCUSED ON THIS. WE SELL AGAIN AT SIX AND SEVENTH GRADE AND WE LOOKED AT OUR DATA. WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT GROWTH. WE WERE DOWN A POINT AND TWO POINTS. WHAT WE SAW IS THAT FOR THE STATE, THEY WERE ACTUALLY DOWN IN THESE SAME AREAS. SO OUR TRENDS MIRROR KIND OF WHAT WE SAW AT THE STATE AND THE REGION LEVEL IN THIS. AND THEN WE GET INTO. AND SO THEN WE GET INTO MATH. SO MATH IS ONE OF THOSE AREAS WHERE WE KNOW THAT IT TAKES TIME. WE ALSO KNOW THAT MATH ALSO MIRRORED THE RESULTS THAT WE SAW ON THE MAP ASSESSMENTS. WE SAW THAT NOT ONLY WERE OUR SCORES UP, WE HAD A 2% GROWTH WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR MATH TOTAL, BUT WE WERE UP ACROSS THE BOARD. AND AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THIRD GRADE. THIRD GRADE IS THAT REAL BIG AREA. THAT'S THAT FIRST OPPORTUNITY THAT THE STUDENTS HAVE TO ENGAGE WITH THE STANDARDIZED TEST. THERE'S ALWAYS SOME NERVES. SO NOT ONLY DID OUR THIRD GRADE COHORT OUTPERFORM THEIR PEERS LAST YEAR, WE ACTUALLY HAD A SEVEN PERCENTAGE POINT GROWTH IN OUR NUMBER OF THIRD GRADE STUDENTS WHO WERE SCORING AT THE MASTER'S LEVEL. SO THAT'S JUST A TESTAMENT TO THE WORK THAT'S TAKING PLACE IN THE CLASSROOMS. AND WE KNOW THAT ACROSS THE BOARD, WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR MATH FOR THE APPROACHES MEETS AND THE MASTER'S LEVEL, WE EITHER MAINTAINED OR WE GREW. AND SO THAT'S JUST SOME WORK THAT THE MATH TEAM IS DOING. THE CURRICULUM TEAM IS DOING, THE CAMPUS LEADERSHIP TEAM IS DOING, AND STILL KIND OF GETTING IN THERE. THE ONE AREA THAT JUMPS OUT AS YOU LOOK AT THIS DATA IS YOU SAID, WELL, TELL US WHAT'S HAPPENING IN EIGHTH GRADE ENGLISH, SORRY, EIGHTH GRADE MATH. SO REMEMBER THAT WHEN WE TALK TO YOU ABOUT OUR MATH DATA, WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE A SUBSECTION OF OUR STUDENTS. WE ACTUALLY HAVE 2137 EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS THAT ARE ACTUALLY TAKING ALGEBRA ONE AS EIGHTH GRADERS. RIGHT. AND SO WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR MAP DATA, OUR STAR DATA, THESE ARE JUST THE STUDENTS THAT TOOK EIGHTH GRADE MATH. SO WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT WHEN WE PUT OUR EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS THAT TAKE ALGEBRA ONE, 99% OF THEM PASSED THE ASSESSMENT, 92% OF THEM SCORED AT THE MEETS LEVEL AND 81% OF THEM SCORED AT THE MASTER'S LEVEL. SO OUR EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS THAT ARE CHALLENGING THAT ALGEBRA ONE ASSESSMENT ARE HAVING SUCCESS. SO THIS THIS DATA DOESN'T NECESSARILY TELL THE WHOLE STORY. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT NEXT YEAR AS WELL IS THAT FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM FAMILIES IN THE COMMUNITY, WE'VE HEARD FROM TEACHERS ON CAMPUS THAT WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT ARE READY FOR THE RIGOR AND CHALLENGE OF ALGEBRA ONE CLASS, BUT THEY'RE MAYBE NOT READY TO TAKE IT AT THAT HONORS LEVEL OR THAT ARC LEVEL. SO WE'VE OFFERED WE'VE HAD STUDENTS TAKE US UP. SO NOW WE'LL OFFER ON LEVEL ALGEBRA ONE ACROSS OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL. SO WE'LL HAVE MORE STUDENTS IN THE EIGHTH GRADE LEVEL TAKING ALGEBRA ONE. SO WE THINK IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO EXPOSE OUR STUDENTS TO ANOTHER LEVEL OF RIGOR AND CHALLENGE AS THEY PREPARE TO ENTER HIGH SCHOOL.

AND AGAIN, WHAT WE SEE IS ACROSS THE BOARD, NOT ONLY DID WE HAVE SUCCESS IN THE READING LEVEL, WE ALSO CONTINUED TO HAVE SUCCESS AND OUTPERFORM THE STATE IN THE REGION. AGAIN, WE LOOK AT THAT EIGHTH GRADE MATH. THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF NOT AS SUCCESSFUL AS WE WANTED TO BE, BUT AGAIN, IF WE FACTORED OUR EIGHTH GRADE ALGEBRA ONE STUDENTS IN THAT DATA WOULD LOOK REALLY ROBUST. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT REALLY TWO AREAS. SO IF WE LOOK AT FIFTH GRADE FOR THE STATE AND SEVENTH GRADE, WE ACTUALLY CONTINUE TO HAVE GROWTH THERE OR MAINTAINED. AND THE STATE ACTUALLY REGRESSED IN BOTH OF THOSE AREAS. SO AGAIN, IT'S JUST A TESTAMENT TO THE WORK THAT OUR TEACHERS ARE DOING, THE WORK THAT OUR CAMPUS LEADERS ARE DOING, THE WORK THAT OUR CURRICULUM TEAMS DOING, TRANSITIONING TO SCIENCE. AND SO SCIENCE HAS BEEN GREAT FOR US. WE'VE GOT IT. WE'VE WORKED WITH OUR NEW SCIENCE CURRICULUM. WE'VE HAD THE NEW SCIENCE TEAM. THE TEAM HAS REALLY WORKED FOR THE PAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS, DURING THE YEAR, THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, TO REALLY ENSURE AND BUILD CAPACITY IN OUR SCIENCE TEACHERS, TO HAVE THEM FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT THEY'RE TEACHING. AND AS A RESULT, WHAT WE SAW IS THAT ACROSS THE BOARD, OUR TOTAL GROWTH IN SCIENCE WAS ABOUT FOUR POINTS. WE WERE REALLY EXCITED FOR FIFTH GRADE. WE SAW FIVE POINT GROWTH AT MEETS, BUT ALL SEVEN PERCENTAGE POINT GROWTH THAT APPROACHES. SO WE KNOW THAT THAT WORK IS HAPPENING. AND SO WE ALSO SAW A THREE POINT GROWTH IN IN THE EIGHTH GRADE LEVEL AS WELL. AND THEN IF WE LOOKED AT APPROACHES MEETS AND MASTERS, WE HAD GROWTH AT ALL THREE AREAS FOR BOTH FIFTH AND EIGHTH GRADE. SO AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A TESTAMENT TO THE WORK THAT'S HAPPENING. SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. ONE OF THE AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY FOR NOT ONLY FORT BEND ISD, BUT ALSO THE STATE IS JUST CONTINUING TO DIG IN TO SOCIAL STUDIES. SO WE KNOW THAT IN 2023, THEY ANNOUNCED THE REDESIGN TO SOME OF THE TEAKS. AND SO FOR US, IT'S JUST REALLY MAKING SURE THAT OUR CURRICULUM IS ALIGNED TO THE SCOPE AND SEQUENCE, TO THE BLUEPRINTS THAT THE STATE PUTS OUT WHERE THERE WERE THREE KIND OF BIG AREAS. WHAT WE SAW IS THAT THIS YEAR ALONE, THERE WERE FOUR AREAS THAT THE STATE HADN'T TESTED IN THE LAST SCHOOL YEAR OR THE LAST FEW SCHOOL YEARS THAT MAGICALLY SHOWED UP ON THE ASSESSMENT. AND THERE WERE EIGHT AREAS THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN ASSESSED IN

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FIFTH GRADE SCIENCE IS, AGAIN, SOMETHING THAT WE'RE SUPER PROUD OF. WE WERE AT 34%. THAT'S FIVE POINTS GROWTH. AND THEN EIGHTH GRADE SCIENCE AS WELL. WE'RE STILL GOING STRONG. AND SO WE CONTINUE TO SURPASS THE REGION AND THE STATE IN ALL OF OUR FIFTH AND EIGHTH GRADE SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES. THE LAST THING THAT WE WANT TO CIRCLE BACK AND FOCUS ON IS OUR EOC SCORES. SO WE SEE ACROSS THE BOARD THAT ALGEBRA ONE WE HAD TWO POINTS. GROWTH BIOLOGY. WE HAD EIGHT POINTS, GROWTH US HISTORY. WE HAD ONE POINTS GROWTH. WHAT WE SAW THOUGH IS THAT IN ENGLISH ONE AND ENGLISH TWO, OUR PERFORMANCE ON THE END OF COURSE EXAM ALSO MIRRORED WHAT WE SAW AT THE STATE. SO AT THE STATE LEVEL, THEY SAW A THREE PERCENTAGE POINT DECLINE IN ENGLISH ONE AND A FOUR PERCENTAGE POINT DECLINE IN ENGLISH TWO. AND SO AS WE GET INTO THE BACK END, I'LL TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WE'RE MAKING TO REALLY ENSURE THAT WE'RE BUILDING CAPACITY IN OUR TEACHERS AND MAKING SURE OUR STUDENTS ARE REALLY COMFORTABLE WITH ASSESSMENT. THEY HAVE THAT ASSESSMENT LITERACY SO THEY CAN REALLY BE SUCCESSFUL IN THAT. EVEN WITH THAT SAID, WHAT WE SEE IS THAT ACROSS THE BOARD, WHEN WE LOOK AT HOW WE DID COMPARED TO THE REGION AND THE STATE, OUR STUDENTS CONTINUE TO OUTPERFORM THEIR NEIGHBORING SCHOOL DISTRICTS. AND SO IT'S JUST KUDOS TO OUR TEAMS. KUDOS TO THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE THIS SUMMER, THE LAST SUMMER, THE SUMMER BEFORE THAT. I REALLY WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE BIOLOGY. SO WE HAD, YOU KNOW, EIGHT POINTS GROWTH AND WE STILL OUTPACED THE STATE WHO HAD FIVE POINTS GROWTH. AND SO THERE'S JUST CONTINUED WORK. AND THAT'S JUST AGAIN, THAT HIGHLIGHTS THE WORK THAT THIS DISTRICT HAS DONE IN BUILDING CAPACITY AND LEVERAGING THAT THAT NEW SCIENCE CURRICULUM AND MAKING SURE OUR TEACHERS ARE REALLY COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE, WE WERE CHALLENGED AT THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR TO REALLY FOCUS IN ON THOSE SCHOOLS THAT HADN'T MADE THE PROGRESS THAT TRADITIONALLY WE WOULD EXPECT. WE WERE EXCITED BECAUSE WE HAD 19 OF THE 20 SCHOOLS SAW GAINS IN AT LEAST ONE CONTENT AREA. AND SO THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO THE WORK OF OUR INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES, TO THE WORK OF OUR CURRICULUM TEAMS, THE WORK OF OUR OD TEAMS, THE WORK OF OUR DSL TEAMS WHO ENGAGED IN CONSISTENT LEARNING WALKS AND PROVIDED FEEDBACK. AND SO, AGAIN, THAT'S JUST A TESTAMENT TO THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE IN THE SCHOOLS ACROSS FORT BEND.

AND OUR RESULTS HAVE HAVE BEEN NOTICED. WE HAD WRITE UPS IN NOT JUST THE COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER. WE WERE HIGHLIGHTED THE DAY THE RESULTS CAME OUT. WE WERE KINDLY SURPRISED BY A NICE ARTICLE IN THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE WHICH BASICALLY SAID, THERE ARE TWO DISTRICTS IN THIS AREA THAT ARE HAVING SOME SUCCESS. IT'S US AND ANOTHER DISTRICT THAT SHALL NOT BE NAMED. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST OUR RESULTS ARE SPEAKING FOR THEMSELVES. OUR TEACHERS ARE WORKING HARD, OUR LEADERS ARE WORKING HARD, AND THE RESULTS ARE REALLY STARTING TO SHOW. SO THAT GETS US TO SO YOU'VE HAD SOME SUCCESS. SO WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO. SO WE CONTINUE TO NOT WANT TO REST ON OUR LAURELS. WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY THAT ENGLISH ONE, THAT SIXTH GRADE, THAT SEVENTH GRADE AND EVEN THAT SOCIAL STUDIES. SO WE CONTINUE TO JUST UNPACK OUR DATA AND LOOK AT IT AND SEE WHAT DO WE SEE. SO WE KNOW THAT AN AREA OF OPPORTUNITY FOR US IS CONTINUING TO LEVERAGE THAT WRITING. SO WE KNOW THAT WE HAD A PORTION OF OUR KIDS WHO RECEIVED ZEROS FROM THE COMPUTER ON THAT EXTENDED CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ASSESSMENT LITERACY, IT'S ENSURING THAT THE STUDENTS UNDERSTAND WHEN I'M GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO WRITE ON THE STAR EXAM, I NEED TO WRITE. YOU KNOW, IN THE PAST, WE LEVERAGED ALL THESE DEVICES AND WE'D HAVE DIFFERENT KIND OF STRATEGIES THAT WOULD WORK. AND THAT WOULD BE OKAY WHEN YOU'RE WRITING WAS GRADED BY A HUMAN RIGHT, BUT NOW YOU'RE WRITING IS BEING GRADED BY A COMPUTER, AND IT'S BEEN GIVEN REALLY SPECIFIC PARAMETERS. AND SO YOU REALLY HAVE TO STAY WITHIN THOSE PARAMETERS AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU ANSWER THE STATEMENT, ANSWER THE PROMPT AND GIVE IT EXACTLY WHAT IT WANTS. AND SO WE'RE JUST CONTINUING TO BUILD UP THAT LITERACY, THAT ASSESSMENT LITERACY IN OUR KIDS PROVIDING PD NOT JUST FOR OUR TEACHERS BUT FOR OUR TEACHER LEADERS. WE SPENT SOME TIME THIS LAST FEW WEEKS JUST RESPONDING TO DATA. WE KNOW THAT A GREAT AREA OF OPPORTUNITY, ESPECIALLY IN OUR SECONDARY CAMPUSES, IS SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION, BUT NOT JUST SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION IN LITERACY, BUT ALSO SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION IN MATH. AND SO IT WAS ABOUT RESPONDING TO DATA, BECAUSE IT'S ONE THING TO BE IN A SECOND GRADE CLASSROOM AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT READING LEVELS. BUT IT'S ANOTHER THING TO BE IN A SECONDARY CLASSROOM AND YOU CAN HAVE A WIDE VARIETY OF READING LEVELS. AND SO HOW ARE YOU GOING TO RESPOND ON THAT VERY FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, WHE AE STUDENTS WITH SUCH VARIED LEARNING LEVELS? SO WE REALLY FOCUS IN ON THAT. WE FOCUSED IN THIS SUMMER WITH PLCS FOR OUR CAMPUS AND DISTRICT LEADERS. AND SO PLCS ARE REALLY SIMPLE FOR US. IT'S WHAT DO WE WANT OUR KIDS TO KNOW? HOW ARE WE GOING TO KNOW THEY LEARNED IT? WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WHEN THEY

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AND THEN WE WILL ADD IN ANOTHER SET. OUR GOAL IS FOR ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES TO BE BETTER BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT WE DO. AND THEN I WANTED TO GO BACK TO THIS SLIDE AND REALLY TALK ABOUT SO WHAT NOW WHAT? THIS IS A HIGH LEVEL. WE COULD CELEBRATE SO MANY GREAT THINGS. WE ARE SO EXCITED THAT WE ARE SURPASSING THE STATE AND REGION THIS PAST YEAR. BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO DIG DEEPER. WE ALSO KNOW THAT IT IS EVERY CHILD, EVERY DAY, EVERY LEADER, EVERY DAY. AND SO AS WE TALK TO YOU ABOUT ESTABLISHING PRIORITIES, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO SEE ALL KIDS AND FOR US TO GROW ALL KIDS. AND SO AS WE COME TO YOU THROUGHOUT THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, YOU WILL SEE HIGH LEVEL DATA, BUT YOU WILL SEE ALSO MORE SPECIFIC STUDENT ACCOUNTABILITY GROUP DATA. AND THEN I WANTED TO JUST SHARE THE MAGIC OF EXPECTATIONS. AND SO THIS YEAR, THE CAMPUS LEADERS WERE ALL CHARGED WITH GROWING THEIR STUDENTS A YEAR AND A HALF. I KNOW THAT EVERYONE PROBABLY REMEMBERS THAT CHARGE BECAUSE WE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS. WITH MATT BEING NEW, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WE'RE MISSING RAN 360 THIS YEAR. WE HAVE A VERY PRESCRIPTIVE RESOURCE THAT TELLS US WHEN OUR STUDENTS NEED US TO DIG DEEPER AND REALLY ENRICH THEIR LEARNING, AND OUR CAMPUSES ROSE TO THAT LEVEL OF EXPECTATION, ESPECIALLY FOR A FIRST YEAR ROLLOUT. SO AS WE TALK ABOUT SETTING GOALS, THE SKY'S THE LIMIT. AND IN THOSE GOALS, WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT OUR CAMPUSES ARE COMMITTED TO EVERY STUDENT EVERY DAY SO THAT AS WE'RE SHARING DATA WITH YOU IN THE FUTURE, IT'S NOT JUST HIGH LEVEL, IT IS SHOWING WHERE OUR KIDS ARE GROWING AT THAT STUDENT LEVEL, AND WE HAVE CAMPUSES THAT WILL BE HIGHER AND WE'LL HAVE CAMPUSES THAT WILL BE LOWER. BUT OUR GOAL IS TO TELL OUR STORY THAT ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES ARE GROWING. SORRY, DOCTOR STEVENS. THANK YOU, DOCTOR JORDAN AND DOCTOR STEVENS, BEFORE I COMMENT, I'M GOING TO SEE IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS FROM THE TRUSTEES, MISS HANNON, THANK YOU, DOCTOR STEVENS AND DOCTOR JORDAN FOR SHARING THAT INFORMATION. I REALLY APPRECIATED THAT YOU SAID THIS DATA DOES NOT TELL THE WHOLE STORY BECAUSE THAT IS VERY TRUE.

NO DATE, NO DATA CAN. BUT WHAT I DID APPRECIATE IS WHEN YOU SHARED OUT SPECIFICALLY ABOUT

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AND I DO THINK THAT THE REST OF THE BOARD WOULD FIND THAT REALLY INTERESTING, NOT JUST BIOLOGY, BUT SOME OF THE OTHER, BECAUSE WE DID SOME REALLY SPECIAL THINGS TOO, I THINK. I MEAN, THIS IS ALL SPECIAL, BUT IN MATH, THE GROWTH WHERE, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE STATE DIPPED AND AT A CERTAIN GRADE LEVEL. BUT BUT WE GAINED THREE LIKE THAT IS THE, THE PART OF THE STORY THAT ISN'T EVEN HERE BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ME TO SEE THE TREND BECAUSE I WANTED TO KNOW, OKAY, WE DID GREAT, BUT DID THE STATE MAKE THE SAME GAINS BECAUSE THAT YOU DON'T SEE THAT HERE? AND SO I DO THINK THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR MY COLLEAGUES TO UNDERSTAND THAT IN SOME WE SORT OF THE TREND WAS SIMILAR. IN SOME WE WERE WE WERE THREE IN POINTS DOING DOING MUCH BETTER. SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. AND THEN I HAVE A QUESTION. BUT I KNOW THAT DOCTOR JORDAN SAID IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE SEE ALL KIDS AND GROW ALL KIDS, AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEND US THE DATA BY SUB POPS, BUT I DO THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. AND MAYBE TWO OF THE ALMOST FIVE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE, WE HAVE SEEN IN A, IN A VERY PUBLIC WAY OUR SUBPOPULATIONS. AND I KNOW THAT MAYBE THAT'S UNCOMFORTABLE TO DO THAT. BUT I DO THINK IN THE NAME OF TRANSPARENCY, IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THAT THAT SOME OF OUR POPULATIONS BRING UP THE AVERAGE OF THE ENTIRE DISTRICT. AND I THINK WHEN WE GET TO SEE THAT, EVERYBODY GETS THE GETS THE UNDERSTANDING OF, OF JUST REALLY HOW HARD WE'RE WORKING TO BRING THAT PARITY AND BRING GROWTH FOR ALL KIDS. SO THAT WOULD BE MY ONLY KIND OF ASK WITH WITH FUTURE DATA COMING TO US. I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION, DOCTOR STEVENS, BECAUSE THIS CAME UP IN IN A CONVERSATION, I WAS AROUND LOTS OF OTHER BOARD MEMBERS FROM OTHER DISTRICTS THIS WEEKEND, AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE GRADING WITH THE I. AND SO I'M SEEING SOME I'M SEEING SOME VERY CAUTIOUS SMILES OUT THERE OF YOUR YOU'RE THINKING THROUGH WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SAY. CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SETTLE DOWN THERE, DOCTOR STEVENS ABOUT ABOUT THE GRADING, BECAUSE THERE'S JUST SOME INTERESTING COMMENTARY GOING ON FROM OTHER BOARD MEMBERS ACROSS THE DISTRICT DISTRICTS IN THE WHOLE STATE ABOUT THAT. SURE. SO AS I ALLUDED TO, THE STUDENTS ARE GIVEN THE ASSESSMENT. THEY ARE GRADED ON A SCALE OF 1 TO 3. SO IT IS 1 TO 3 FOR THEIR BASICALLY THEIR BASIC OVERALL WRITING FORMULATION. RIGHT. DID YOU RESPOND TO THE THING AND THEN THEY'RE GRADED ON A 0 TO 2 FOR THEIR CONVENTION THEIR MECHANICAL THEIR SPELLING, THEIR GRAMMAR. SO THEY GET ONE SCORE OF A ZERO TO A FIVE. AND THEN THEY GET A SECOND SCORE SCORED AT THE SAME WAY, 0 TO 5. THOSE ARE GRADED BY A COMPUTER, WE'LL CALL IT I WRITE THE STATE I THINK CALLS IT AUTOMATED SYSTEM ASSESSMENT, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. RIGHT. AND SO THEN WHAT WE'VE BEEN TOLD IS WHAT'S PUBLICLY AVAILABLE IS THAT 25% OF THOSE AGE GRADES ARE THEN FACT CHECKED BY A HUMAN GRADER, JUST TO MAKE SURE THINGS ARE CALIBRATED. THERE WAS A RUMOR GOING AROUND THAT TWO YEARS AGO, THE FIRST YEAR OF THE STAR REDESIGN, YOU GOT AN EMAIL BASICALLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON, AND IT SAID YOU COULD REQUEST TO HAVE SOME TEST REGRADED. SO NOT EVERYBODY SAW IT AS SMALL SUBJECT. AND IF THE TESTS WERE REGRADED AND THE GRADE WENT UP, YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO PAY. BUT IF THE GRADE WENT DOWN, YOU WERE ON THE HOOK FOR 50 BUCKS A KID. SO SOME DISTRICTS WERE LIKE, THAT'S THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY. SO WHEN YOU ASSESS THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT WE ASSESSED, THAT WOULD BE COST PROHIBITIVE. THEY HAVEN'T ANNOUNCED THAT YET. I CAN TELL YOU THAT IN A PREVIOUS ROLE IN A PREVIOUS DISTRICT, WE DID TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT. I BELIEVE WE SENT ABOUT 300 STUDENTS TO BE REASSESSED, AND TWO OF THEM CAME BACK WITH A BETTER SCORE. SO THEY WERE REALLY DISCOURAGED. YOU FROM QUESTIONING THEIR THEIR AUTOMATED GRADING SYSTEM. OKAY, OKAY, I DON'T HAVE WELL, I'M GOING TO KEEP MY OPINION TO MYSELF THERE FOR A MINUTE. I AND SO THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE'VE SHIFTED TO UNLESS YOU HAVE SOME SORT OF MODIFICATION OR REQUEST, YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE TESTS ONLINE. IS THE WRITING PORTION. ALSO EVERYTHING IS ONLINE. THEY ARE TYPING. SO OUR FOURTH GRADE, IS IT STILL FOURTH AND WHAT ARE OUR WRITING GRADES. SO THERE IS NO MORE WRITING ASSESSMENTS. SO NO MORE SPECIFIC. IT'S WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THERE'S EXTENDED CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE IS WHAT

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YOU'RE NOT YOU'RE NOT TESTING THE MASTERY OF THE CONTENT. YOU YOU'RE ALSO TESTING THE MASTERY OF YOUR KEYBOARDING SKILLS AND YOUR YOUR ABILITY TO DO THAT. SO THANK YOU, MISS TOWSON. THANK YOU, DOCTOR STEPHENS AND DOCTOR JORDAN. THANK YOU, MISS HANNAH. MISS TANIA. SO FIRST OF ALL, DOCTOR STEPHENS, CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOUR ALMOST ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY IN THE DISTRICT. SO VERY MUCH. THIS IS GOOD. LIKE GOOD WORK. OBVIOUSLY, I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU NOT ONLY HIGHLIGHTED AREAS WHERE WE DID WELL BETWEEN 2425 OR ABOVE REGION, ABOVE STATE, BUT ALSO AREAS WHERE WE DIDN'T. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. AND ALSO THE FOCUS ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING NEXT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO GET THERE NEXT YEAR. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

REALLY APPRECIATE IT. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS CHARANIA. SO I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO DOCTOR JORDAN. DOCTOR STEPHENS, MISS HUBBARD I DON'T KNOW WHERE SHE IS. THE ENTIRE TEAM. YEAH I, I MEAN IT I JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS. BECAUSE THIS THESE NUMBERS REFLECT THE HARD WORK OF EVERY TEACHER IN OUR DISTRICT, EVERY PARAPROFESSIONAL IN OUR DISTRICT, EVERY PRINCIPAL IN OUR DISTRICT, AND THEN THE LEADERSHIP TEAM FROM THIS BUILDING AND OUT INTO OUR CAMPUS LEVEL. SO THIS IS WHAT WE TALK ABOUT IN THIS BOARDROOM, BUT WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT. AND THAT'S VERY DIFFERENT FROM EXECUTING IT. AND YOU GUYS ARE EXECUTING IT. SO I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. MY ONLY COMMENTS ARE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CURRICULUM AUDIT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE AND I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE, BUT I'M GOING TO SAY IT ANYWAY THAT WE'RE CAPTURING SORT OF THAT SOCIAL STUDIES PIECE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT WHERE I KNOW THE TEAMS HAVE CHANGED AND MAYBE THE WAY THEY'RE TESTING CHANGED. SO AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH OUR CURRICULUM AUDIT, I'M SURE YOU GUYS ARE ON IT. BUT FROM A TRUSTEE PERSPECTIVE, A GOVERNANCE PERSPECTIVE. AND WHEN YOU GUYS COME TO US AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS THE CURRICULUM WE WANT YOU TO ADOPT, MY QUESTIONS ARE GOING TO BE AROUND, ARE WE ADDRESSING THE POTENTIAL GAPS IN SOCIAL STUDIES, AND ARE WE ADDRESSING SOME OF OUR MATH CHALLENGES. AND I APPRECIATED YOU SAYING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE OFFERING ALGEBRA ONE ON LEVEL. AND I THINK THAT'S GREAT. BUT ARE WE ADDRESSING, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE SEE THAT ARE STILL THOSE, YOU KNOW, THOSE HURDLES THAT WE'RE THAT WE'RE HAVING TO OVERCOME? SO I GUESS THAT'S MORE OF A COMMENT UNLESS UNLESS YOU HAVE SOMETHING SPECIFIC RELATED TO CURRICULUM AUDIT. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT. I ALSO HAD THE QUESTION ABOUT THE SUB-POP DATA, WHICH I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO GET US, AND I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT DATA THAT MIGHT BE UNCOMFORTABLE. AND I KNOW Y'ALL DON'T EITHER, BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY WAY THAT WE DIG IN AND MAKE IT FOR ALL. AS AS YOU ARE SO GOOD ABOUT POINTING OUT DOCTOR JORDAN. SO I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT AND SEEING, PARTICULARLY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CURRICULUM AUDIT, WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO HELP US REALLY DIG IN, RIGHT? SO WHERE ARE OUR GAPS AND WHAT CAN WHAT SUPPORTS DO WE NEED AND THAT TYPE OF THING. AND THEN I WROTE A QUESTION DOWN HERE THAT I CAN'T READ. THAT'S LIKE A FIRST FOR ME. LIKE WHAT DOES

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ALSO, I'D LIKE TO SEE IT IN THE CONTEXT OF OUR DISTRICT PRIORITY NUMBER ONE. AND THAT GOAL THAT WE SET. SO FROM A GOVERNANCE PERSPECTIVE, I WANT TO SEE WHERE WE FALLING IN THAT 80% OF ALL STUDENTS WILL MEET. AND SO AT AT THOSE GRADE LEVELS, JUST LET US KNOW HOW WE'RE DOING. HELP US TO TRACK THAT A LITTLE BIT. I THINK IT'S GOING TO HELP THE VISION AND PLANNING COMMITTEE AND THEN THE BOARD, AS WE DO SOME OF OUR TEAM BUILDING STUFF. SO IF WE COULD LOOK AT IT IN THAT CONTEXT, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I JUST WANTED TO SAY KUDOS TO YOU GUYS. AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS I'M THINKING ABOUT FROM A GOVERNANCE PERSPECTIVE. THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP IS OUR SECOND INFORMATION ITEM WHICH IS

[9.B.Safety and Security Audit]

WE APPRECIATE THE UPDATE AND THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION TO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP IS OUR

[10.Consent Agenda]

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AND HOW DO I GET THE VOTES OF THOSE VIA ZOOM? SHOW OF HANDS. DO YOU GUYS APPROVE, MISS VICKY? DOCTOR GILLIAM, JUST BY SHOW OF HANDS. OKAY. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. MAY I

[10.F.Interlocal Agreement Expose Excellence Youth Program: Consideration and approval of a renewal Interlocal Agreement between Fort Bend ISD, Fort Bend County and Fort Bend County Juvenile Board for the 2025-2026 school year regarding the Expose Excellence Youth Program.]

THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH THE WITH FORT BEND COUNTY AND OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND WE'VE HAD IN PLACE SINCE 2022. OKAY. WHAT WHAT ENTITY OF FORT BEND COUNTY, FORT BEND COUNTY JUVENILE BOARD OKAY. THE JUVENILE LIKE THROUGH THE JUVENILE JUSTICE CENTER. YES.

OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. SHOAF. PLEASE VOTE. AND MISS WURZBACH AND DOCTOR GILLIAM, IF YOU APPROVE, YOU CAN RAISE YOUR HANDS. MOTION PASSES

[10.H.Consideration and approval of proposed expenses that exceed $50,000: Specifically for: Frozen and Chilled Beverages (COOP): Consideration and approval for the purchase of Frozen and Chilled Beverages from Freezing Point, LLC under a cooperative contract with Choice Partners in an amount not to exceed $2,000,000 over a five-year period, and authorization for the Superintendent to negotiate and execute the agreement through July 2030.]

AND THEN WE WILL MOVE HAVE A DIFFERENT VOTE TO APPROVE A CONTRACT OR IS THIS BOTH? NO MA'AM. YOU WILL HAVE BOTH. SO THIS EVENING YOU ARE VOTING TO SET THE BUDGET FOR THE PROJECT.

WE WILL COME BACK TO THE BOARD WITH THE PLANS FOR THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT. BUT WE CAN'T BEGIN THAT WORK UNTIL THE BOARD APPROVES THE BUDGET. OKAY? CORRECT. OKAY, SO THIS IS SUCH A BIG TICKET ITEM, I'M GOING TO WHOOPS. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ASK THIS QUESTION. EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY VOTING ON THE CONTRACT, WE'RE JUST APPROVING THE FUNDS TO SO WE CAN GET THE CONTRACT. SO I WANT WITH 100% CERTAINTY BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO REQUIRE JUST A REALLY HUGE MANEUVERING FROM THAT CAMPUS TO SHIFT CHILDREN AND ALL OF THIS. WHEN THE CONTRACT COMES TO US, I WANT ASSURANCES THAT THERE IS LIKE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THE WORK THAT THEY DO, SO THAT WE DO NOT EVER HAVE TO COME BACK TO APPROVE 21 MILLION TO REPLACE

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TRUSTEE. WE WILL HAVE THE ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING TEAM FOLLOW ALL THE BEST STRUCTURAL PRACTICES AND FOLLOW ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE GET FROM THE PROFESSIONALS, AND THAT WILL GIVE US A GOOD BUILDING WITH A LONG LIFE. OKAY, BUT NO, BUT BUT NO ASSURANCES IS WHAT I'M I MEAN, WE'RE JUST HOPING THAT THEY I KNOW, I KNOW THAT'S TOUGH, BUT BECAUSE WE BUILT A BUILDING BUT DIDN'T HAVE A SET OF ASSURANCES. AND SO WHEN WE HAVE THE MULLIGAN, SO TO SPEAK.

YEAH. SO YOU KNOW, I, I JUST IF IT, IF IT'S WRONG, I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS AGAIN BECAUSE THEN IT'D BE TWO TIMES THAT TO FIX. YES I AGREE. SO HERE'S WHAT I'M COMFORTABLE IN ASSURING THAT AS WE BEGIN THE DISCUSSIONS WITH POTENTIAL VENDORS, WE WILL TELL OUR STORY OF HOW WE GOT HERE, AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT IF THERE'S ANY LANGUAGE THAT WE CAN INCORPORATE THAT CAN CLOSE THE TRUST GAP, THEN WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THAT A PRIORITY. AND, YOU KNOW, I'M CONFIDENT AS WE GO THROUGH THAT WORK, VENDORS THAT WANT TO WORK WITH US, THEY WILL UNDERSTAND OUR STORY. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL BE MORE WILLING TO COLLABORATE WITH US ON THAT. SO THE ASSURANCE IS MAKING IT A PRIORITY. AND THEN WE'LL SEE. WE'LL SEE WHERE WE GO FROM THERE. OKAY. THANK YOU, DOCTOR SMITH. THANK YOU, DOCTOR BANKHEAD. THANK YOU, MR. QUINN. THANK YOU, MISS HANNON. MR. SHOAFF. OKAY, HOW MANY YARDS OF CONCRETE IS PROJECTED TO BE USED IN THIS PROJECT? WE DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION NOW. AGAIN, THE PROJECT HAS NOT BEEN FULLY DESIGNED YET. WE USED INFORMATION TO DO ESTIMATES TO DEVELOP OUR NUMBERS. BUT THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF YARDS OF CONCRETE. WE WON'T KNOW THAT UNTIL THE DESIGN IS COMPLETED. OH, OKAY. AND HOW MUCH PER YARD ARE YOU GUYS ANTICIPATING PAYING AGAIN? WE DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION AT THIS POINT. THIS PROJECT WILL PROBABLY BE BID IN JANUARY OR FEBRUARY OR LATER IN THE SPRING. AND SO WE'D HAVE TO SEE WHAT THE PRICES ARE AT THAT TIME. OKAY. WELL, CONSIDERING THAT LIKE THE MAJORITY OF THE MATERIALS FOR THIS PROJECT ARE GOING TO FALL INTO CONCRETE, HOW CAN WE SET OR ESTABLISH A BUDGET IF WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH CONCRETE WE'RE GOING TO NEED AND HOW MUCH WE'RE PLANNING ON SPENDING ON CONCRETE? AND THIS IS I MEAN, IT'S KIND OF A THAT'S THE BIG CHUNK OF MATERIAL THAT WE NEED TO BUY. THE ARCHITECT PREPARED AN ESTIMATE FOR US. THE ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING ENGINEERING TEAM PREPARED AN ESTIMATE FOR US BASED ON THE SQUARE FOOTAGE AND COST PLUS ESCALATION. AT THIS POINT, THIS IS THEIR BEST EDUCATED GUESS ESTIMATE OF THE WORK, AND HISTORICALLY, THOSE ESTIMATES HAVE BEEN PRETTY GOOD AND PRETTY ON POINT. SO WE FEEL THAT CONFIDENT IN THAT BUDGET. OKAY. BUT I MEAN THIS IS THE PATTERN THAT I'M SEEING HERE. I ASK THESE QUESTIONS AND I DON'T GET THE ANSWERS. TRIED THE EMAIL TRAINS TRIED. I MEAN, JUST WITH OTHER PROJECTS AND THIS AND AT THIS POINT, I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR THIS UNTIL I CAN HAVE THOSE NUMBERS. YEAH. AND IF I MAY, JUST AS A AS A REMINDER, TRUSTEE SHOAF, THIS EVENING, WHAT YOU'RE VOTING ON IS TO ESTABLISH THE BUDGET FOR THE PROJECT, NOT THE ACTUAL CONTRACT. AS MR. BACON MENTIONED, WHEN WE COME FORWARD WITH THAT, WE WOULD HAVE TIGHTER INFORMATION ON WHAT THOSE COSTS MAY BE. BUT AT THIS POINT, YOU'RE ESTABLISHING A BUDGET THAT WILL ALLOW STAFF TO GO FORWARD WITH THE BIDS THAT WOULD ESTABLISH THOSE COSTS. BUT SEE, HOW DO WE ESTABLISH A BUDGET WITHOUT DISCUSSING HOW MUCH ALL THIS STUFF COSTS? TRUSTEE. WE DID HAVE SOME INFORMATION FOR YOU. I BELIEVE IT WAS LAST WEEK. WE WERE TRYING TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION, AND I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION WITH ME RIGHT THIS MINUTE. I COULD, IF I GO BACK TO MY COMPUTER AND GO INTO THE DETAIL. BUT AGAIN, OUR ARCHITECTS WENT THROUGH QUANTITIES AND COUNTED AND USED ESTABLISHED INDUSTRY NUMBERS TO DEVELOP THEIR ESTIMATE. AND THIS BUDGET AND THIS PROJECTED COST. SO ARE WE PAYING FOR AN ESTIMATE ON THIS WORK? YES. AS PART OF THE SERVICES THAT THE ARCHITECT ENGINEERS PERFORMING FOR US. OKAY, I THINK I THINK THIS NEEDS

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FROM WHAT I UNDERSTOOD, I THINK THE FIRST FLOOR WAS ABOUT 70 TO 80,000. SOME SQUARE FEET IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT PULLING AND PUTTING CONCRETE ON. MAYBE IT'S AS SIMPLE AS MAYBE GETTING THAT ANSWER AND SAYING, WHAT IS THE COST OF THE CONCRETE GOING TO BE TO MAYBE FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD.

AND I THINK IF OTHER TRUSTEES CAN MAKE IT TO THE NEXT MEETING, MAYBE WE ZOOM IT TO MAKE IT, YOU KNOW, EASY FOR THEM TO ATTEND. MAYBE THAT MAY BE HELPFUL. I'M PERSONALLY OKAY WITH IT. I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION IN THIS 21 MILLION THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. DOES THAT INCLUDE AND I THINK I WAS ASKED AND ANSWERED AND I I'M SORRY I CAN'T REMEMBER. BUT DOES THAT INCLUDE THE COST OF THE MOVEMENT OF THE KIDS FROM ONE SCHOOL TO THE OTHER SCHOOL? IT DOES NOT. THIS IS JUST PURELY JUST ONLY CONSTRUCTION. CORRECT? CORRECT. DO WE DO WE DO WE NOT NEED TO ALSO HAVE THAT ESTIMATION OF WHAT THAT COST IS GOING TO BE FOR THE MOVEMENT BACK AND FORTH? WE HAVE STARTED TO DO THE INITIAL ESTIMATES OF THAT. RIGHT NOW THE NUMBER IS ABOUT 2.5 MILLION IS WHAT WE'RE EXPECTING AS WE GO FORWARD AND BRING THAT FINAL CONTRACT TO YOU THAT WOULD BE INCORPORATED INTO THE BUDGET, SO THAT WHEN WE BEGIN EXECUTING, THOSE COSTS ARE ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE BOND AS WELL. OKAY. GOT IT. I DO REMEMBER YOU YOU STATING THIS AT LAST WEEK'S MEETING. I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER. THANK YOU. MR. SO THE ONLY THING I'LL SAY IS THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO REMEMBER AS TRUSTEES THAT WE GOVERN A GOVERNMENT ENTITY, AND THE RULES AND LAWS FOR US ARE DIFFERENT. SO YOU GUYS CANNOT EVEN GO OUT TO BID UNLESS AND UNTIL WE VOTE. AT THIS POINT ON THE AMOUNT OF MONEY. SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO REMEMBER HOW PROCUREMENT WORKS, HOW BIDS WORK, AND HOW THE LEGAL PROCESS WORKS. SO I AND YOU AND I, DOCTOR SMITH, HAVE HAVE HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS, PARTICULARLY IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS. AND I'M GOING TO ASK AGAIN THAT YOU GUYS OFFER TO SIT DOWN WITH TRUSTEES AND EXPLAIN THE PROCESS AND EXPLAIN THE LAWS, AND WE CAN HAVE LEGAL THERE AND WE CAN HAVE, YOU KNOW, WHO AT WHICHEVER MEMBERS OF THE TEAM, WHO ARE THE EXPERTS TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS BECAUSE IT'S NOT STRAIGHTFORWARD, IT'S NOT INTUITIVE. SO I HEAR THE QUESTIONS MR. SHOAFF IS ASKING, BUT IT'S NOT IT'S NOT LIKE WE WOULD GO OUT AND BUDGET AS A CONSUMER, AND IT'S NOT HOW THE PRIVATE SECTOR MIGHT WOULD DO IT, BUT IT IS HOW WE ARE REQUIRED AS THE GOVERNING BODY OF A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY ARE REQUIRED TO DO IT. AND WHEN MR. RICE SAID ON THIS BOARD, I RELIED ON HIM HEAVILY TO TEACH ME THE PROCESS AND HELP ME TO

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WE ARE ENTRUSTING THE SUPERINTENDENT AND LEGAL TO NEGOTIATE THIS CONTRACT, NOT ONLY IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE FOR US, FORT BEND ISD, GIVEN OUR STORY, OUR HISTORY, OUR BACKGROUND, BUT PURSUANT TO INDUSTRY STANDARD. AND SO A LOT OF WHAT I DID WHEN I SERVED PREVIOUSLY AND DO NOW, AS I LOOK THROUGH THOSE CONTRACTS AND MR. BRUSH MAY REMEMBER MR. MORRIS, BUT I CHALLENGED THOSE CONTRACTS A LOT, PARTICULARLY PREVIOUSLY, AND WE CHANGED SOME OF THAT STANDARD BOILERPLATE BECAUSE OF THAT. AND SO I WOULD CHALLENGE THIS BOARD TO DO THAT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, GOING FORWARD, WE CAN LOOK AT THOSE CONTRACTS, READ THOSE CONTRACTS AND ASK THOSE QUESTIONS, AND WE SHOULD DO THAT. BUT I DEFINITELY THINK IT'S GOOD FOR US TO GET AHEAD AND SAY WHAT OUR EXPECTATIONS ARE AND HOW WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS CONTRACT COME ABOUT, AND IT'S GOING TO HELP YOU GUYS. WHEN YOU PUT OUT YOUR YOU GO OUT FOR YOUR REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. I GUESS AT THIS POINT IT'S A PROPOSAL OR QUALIFICATIONS I DON'T REMEMBER. SO SEE, MR. RICE USED TO ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, REMIND ME WHAT THOSE ARE. SO I APPRECIATE THAT AND I APPRECIATE THAT WE HAVE TO DO IT THIS WAY, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT COMFORTABLE FOR ALL OF US ALL THE TIME. THAT BEING SAID, I'M GOING TO ASK THE BOARD TO PLEASE VOTE AND OUR TWO REMOTE. IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR, JUST RAISE YOUR HAND.

DID SO WE. YEAH. AND SO OKAY. THE MOTION PASSES FIVE ONE. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP IS OUR CLOSED

[11.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]

[12.Reconvene in Open Session]

[13.Consider Action on Closed Session Items]

[14.A.Lawn Maintenance, Landscaping Services and Related Items (RFP): Consideration and approval for the purchase of lawn maintenance, landscaping services and related items from multiple vendors in an amount not to exceed $18,500,000 over a five-year period and authorization for the Superintendent to negotiate and execute the agreements through July 2030.]

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[14.B.Districtwide Security Guard Services (RFP): Consideration and approval for the purchase of District-wide security guard services from multiple vendors in an amount not to exceed $13,750,000 over a five-year period and authorization for the Superintendent to negotiate and execute the agreements through July 2030. ]

THANK YOU, MISS TORSEN. SO REGARDING THE SECURITY GUARDS, I HAD TO GO BACK A LITTLE BIT IN TIME BECAUSE THIS ONE CONFUSED ME A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE OF THE MINIMALLY FUNDED MANDATE WHERE WE RESOLVE THAT WE WOULD HAVE SECURITY GUARDS AT THE ELEMENTARY INSTEAD OF POLICE OFFICERS. AND SO I JUST. SO THEN I DID SOME CALCULATIONS. AND, YOU KNOW, THE FINANCIAL PIECE LOOKS FINE. YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS IT IT LOOKS REASONABLE BASED ON ON WHAT WE APPROVED. BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE. I WOULD AT LEAST LIKE THE BOARD TO KNOW THIS, BUT I WOULD LIKE THE CONSTITUENTS TO ALSO REALIZE. SO WHEN WE WERE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE THOSE SECURITY GUARDS AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL, RIGHT. THAT WAS PART OF THE TREE. WE COULD NOT AFFORD THAT WITHOUT THE TREE. AND I THINK THAT WAS LIKE 2.5 MILLION OF THE VA TIER THAT WE USED. IS THAT BALLPARK ISH? I MEAN, YES, MA'AM. THAT IS CORRECT. AND I JUST TO TAG ON TO PART OF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, THE 13 MILLION THAT WE ARE REQUESTING AS PART OF THIS IS TO MEET THAT EXPENDITURE THAT WAS APPROVED AS PART OF THE VA. RIGHT. AND THE MAJORITY OF IT IS ACTUALLY TO MEET THAT. IF I'M LOOKING AT THIS RIGHT, AND THEN THE LITTLE OVER 1 MILLION IS STILL THOSE AFTER HOURS SECURITY GUARDS THAT WE EMPLOY AT LIKE SPORTING EVENTS AND THOSE TYPES. THAT IS CORRECT. BUT ALSO FOR THE ADDITION OF ALDRIDGE I'M SORRY NOT ALDRIDGE FERNDALE HENRY THAT WILL BE COMING ONLINE AS WELL.

SO YES IT ALLOWS FOR SOME ADDITIONAL CAPACITY IN THERE FOR ANY ADDITIONAL EVENTS THAT THE DISTRICT HAS WHERE EXTRA SECURITY MAY BE NEEDED. OKAY. SO MY ASK HERE IS NOW THAT I CAN'T RECALL I DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS IT, WAS IT, WAS IT HOUSE BILL 2 OR 11 OR. I CAN'T EVEN KEEP THEM.

ALL RIGHT. SO WE GOT MORE FUNDING FOR SECURITY. RIGHT. IT WENT FROM $10 TO $20 PLUS LIKE 33,000 A CAMPUS SOMETHING. AND IN THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW THAT HELPED THE DISTRICT IN, IN THE TOTAL. LIKE HERE'S THE 13,000. RIGHT. BUT HOW IS THE HOW HOW IS THE STATE FUNDING A LITTLE BIT MORE? HOW IS THAT IMPACTING OUR BUDGET, THAT THE STATE HELPED US WITH THAT. AND.

I'M NOT SURE THAT I'M ARTICULATING WHAT I WANT TO KNOW. LIKE I KNOW THAT WE HAD TO HAVE THAT 2.5 MILLION OUT OF THE TREE. I'M ASSUMING WHAT WE REALIZED FROM THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION, THAT'S NO LONGER THE CASE. SO WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT, YES, IT IS STILL THE CASE THAT WE NEED THAT BECAUSE THERE ARE PROGRAMS OR SERVICES, I GUESS IS A BETTER WAY TO SAY IT, THAT WE'RE PROVIDING TO OUR STUDENTS THAT PROVIDE THAT SAFETY AND SECURITY. AND SO THIS IS ALLOWING US TO MAINTAIN THE NORMAL CADENCE OF SAFETY AND SECURITY THAT WE OFFER STUDENTS WITHOUT HAVING TO MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS. THE VA IS ALLOWING US TO MAINTAIN THOSE ARMED OFFICERS. THE ADDITIONAL STATE FUNDING IS ALLOWING US TO KEEP OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY PROTOCOLS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN PLACE, AT THE SAME STANDARD THAT THEY'VE BEEN IN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. OKAY, SO LET ME ASK THIS. SO FOR INSTANCE, YOU KNOW, I KNOW UNTIL THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WE WERE MAKING UP SORT OF A $36 MILLION DEFICIT WITH SPED, RIGHT, WITH THE RIGHT BETWEEN THE AMOUNT WE GOT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE STATE, WE STILL HAD TO MAKE UP 36 MILLION. SO I GUESS MY QUESTION REALLY IS THIS AFTER THE STATE GIVES US ALL OF THE

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[14.C.Local On-System Improvement Agreement with TxDOT - Henry ES: Consideration and approval of Local On-System Improvement Agreement (LOSA) with TxDOT for design and construction of a temporary traffic signal for the intersection of FM 521 at the Henry ES Driveway and authorization for the FBISD Board President and/or designee to negotiate and execute this agreement, as well as the future permanent traffic signal agreement to be provided once the FM 521 road expansion is completed.]

SO MY FIRST QUESTION IS BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S THAT STOPLIGHT RIGHT BEFORE IT, BUT WILL IT BE BECAUSE THE ITEM HERE SAYS IT WILL BE ELECTRIFIED AT THE END OF JULY, WHICH WE ARE SITTING ON RIGHT NOW? IS IT GOING TO BE FULLY FUNCTIONAL BY THE TIME WE HAVE CHILDREN AT THAT CAMPUS? SO IF THIS AGREEMENT IS APPROVED BY THE BOARD, THE ANSWER IS YES, THERE WILL BE. THOSE SERVICES WILL BE. YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED WHEN WE WENT FOR THE LEADERSHIP LAUNCH, THE LIGHT IS THERE. YES.

AWAITING THE APPROVAL OF THIS AGREEMENT IN ORDER TO ACTIVATE IT. OKAY. VERY GOOD. MY SECOND QUESTION IS THE 218,000 FOR THE THAT THE DISTRICT IS INCURRING FOR THE COST, IS THAT A ONE TIME COST? SO IF THAT TEMPORARY LIGHT IS THERE FOR THREE YEARS, IS THAT A ONE TIME COST OR IS THAT AN ANNUAL COST? THAT IS A ONE TIME COST. AND THEN IF WHEN THEY REPLACE IT WITH THE PERMANENT ONE. SO WHEN IT SAYS TEMPORARY, THAT'S PROBABLY A HORRIBLE NAME FOR IT. IT'S CALLED TEMPORARY BECAUSE IT'S ON THE LINES AS OPPOSED TO ON THE ARM. WE WILL ALSO PAY FOR THE COST OF INSTALLING THE PERMANENT LIGHT THERE AS WELL. BUT IT IS A ONE TIME COST IN BOTH CASES. OKAY, SO THAT IS MY THIRD QUESTION BECAUSE I WANT TO I, I KNOW WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD, YOU KNOW, RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COUNTY BECAUSE THAT WAS MY AND I PUT IT IN QUOTES. THE DISTRICT WILL BE FUNDING A PERMANENT LIGHT. I MEAN, IS THAT TYPICAL FOR BUSINESSES THAT THAT TEXDOT APPROVES A LIGHT? THAT'S NOT BECAUSE I'M ASSUMING THEY HAVE TO DEEM IT. AN IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, SAFETY FEATURE ON THAT ROAD. I, YOU KNOW, I JUST I KNOW, I KNOW THAT'S DOWN THE ROAD. RIGHT. BUT SO WHEN WE GET THERE, I JUST WONDER IF WE CAN PARTNER WITH THE COUNTY OR WHERE WE DON'T HAVE TO FULLY FUND THE PERMANENT LIGHT ALSO, BECAUSE I'M ASSUMING IT WOULD BE ABOUT THE SAME, OR MAYBE EVEN MORE BECAUSE IT'S ON THE, YOU KNOW, HEAVY, HEAVY DUTY. AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE HAD INITIAL CONVERSATIONS WITH COMMISSIONER PRESTAGE, WHO OVERSEES THAT PARTICULAR AREA. WE CAN CERTAINLY GO DOWN THAT ROUTE. THE WAY THAT IT TYPICALLY WORKS WITH TXDOT IS THE ENTITY THAT IS, AND USUALLY IT'S EITHER A DEVELOPER OR IN THIS CASE, A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY THAT IS PUTTING THE DEMAND THERE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING IT.

HOWEVER, BECAUSE THAT IS A COUNTY ROADWAY AND THE TRAFFIC IS ALREADY HIGH AS A RESULT, IT'S WE'RE NOT CREATING ADDITIONAL WE'RE CREATING ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC, BUT IT'S ALREADY HIGH VOLUME THERE. WE CAN HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS AS WELL TO SEE IF THERE COULD BE POTENTIAL FOR THEM. COST SHARING WITH US ON THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. GWIN. THANK YOU, MISS TOLSON. THANK YOU, MISS HANNAN. MISS CHARANIA, I HAD HAD THE SAME QUESTION THAT MISS HANNON HAD. AND, YOU KNOW, AND THAT QUESTION WAS ALSO THERE WHEN IT WAS A TEMPORARY LIGHT WHICH WAS EXPLAINED. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. YEAH. I HAD THE SAME THING WAS IF, IF WE COULD GET A COST

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I MEAN, THEY'RE GETTING REVENUE WITH, WITH THE INCREASED SORT OF RESIDENCES THAT ARE COMING AROUND THERE FOR THEIR SCHOOLS, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY PUTTING UP. RIGHT. SO IF THERE WAS SOMETHING WE COULD GET SOME COST SHARING, I THINK WE SHOULD DEFINITELY LOOK AT BEING ABLE TO PARTNER WITH THE COUNTY ON THAT. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MISS, MISS VICKI DID DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION. DO YOU WANT TO ASK A QUESTION OR DOCTOR GILLIAM? MISS WURZBACH, I THINK MINE WAS A MINOR TECHNICALITY AND JUST MORE ON THE RESOLUTION SIDE. JUST THAT THAT RESOLUTION WAS IN THE PACKET WASN'T ENOUGH. SO I THINK SHE'S ASKING ABOUT THE IN THE BOARD PACKET. THERE WAS SOME REFERENCE TO A RESOLUTION. I, I DIDN'T SEE THAT. OKAY. GO AHEAD. YES, MA'AM. THE RESOLUTION IS NOT ONE THAT REQUIRES BOARD SIGNATURE. IT'S ONE THAT FOLLOWING BOARD APPROVAL, IT WILL RECORD THE VOTE OF THE BOARD AND THEN BE FINALIZED WITH THE DATE OF APPROVAL AND SENT TO THE COUNTY AT THAT POINT. GREAT. THANK YOU, MISS MARTINEZ. SO THANK YOU, GUYS, AND THANKS FOR GETTING ADDITIONAL CLARIFICATION ON THIS LIGHT. YOU KNOW, I AGREE WITH THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE EARLIER, OBVIOUSLY, ABOUT FUNDING THIS AND ALL MY YEARS ON THE BOARD. I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER BEEN ASKED TO FUND A LIGHT. MY BIGGEST CONCERNS ARE JUST AROUND. SO I LIVE THERE. I EXIT AT ONE OF THE LIGHTS THAT'S GOING TO STACK UP. AND SO I KNOW DOCTOR SMITH AND I HAVE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT TRAFFIC IN THAT AREA AND MAKING SURE, AT LEAST FOR THE FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS, THAT WE HAVE A SECURITY GUARD, A SECURITY OFFICER THERE TO BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO STACK UP BETWEEN THE LIGHTS. IT STACKS UP RIGHT NOW BETWEEN THE LIGHTS. IN FACT, I WAS LATE THIS MORNING. PART OF IT WAS THE STACK UP BETWEEN THE LIGHTS. SO I KNOW THAT WE'RE COMMITTED TO DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO CONTROL TRAFFIC IN THAT AREA. AND I GOING TO DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO AVOID IT AT THE MORNING AND DISMISSAL HOURS.

BUT I JUST WANT US TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT BECAUSE WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A AN EXPANDED ROAD THERE, EXPANDED 521 AND WE DON'T AND WE'RE NOT LIKELY TO HAVE ONE FOR A WHILE. SO I EXPECT IT TO CAUSE US SOME PROBLEMS FOR OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR STUDENTS AND OF COURSE, OUR STAFF IN THAT AREA.

SO I JUST WANTED TO, I GUESS, LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT WE ARE AWARE IT'S ON OUR RADAR AND I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO NEED SOME PATIENCE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A SAFE TRANSITION IN THE MORNINGS AND AFTERNOONS. WE HAVE MADE IT AND WE HAVE MADE A REQUEST FOR TRAFFIC ASSISTANCE ALREADY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND FORT BEND ISD PD FOR THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF SCHOOL WILL BE ON SITE, PROVIDING A DIRECTION AT ARRIVAL AND DISMISSAL, AND WILL EVALUATE FURTHER AS WE GO INTO THE SCHOOL YEAR WHETHER OR NOT THAT NEEDS TO CONTINUE. YEAH, I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE IT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A CENTER LANE, BUT IT BACKS UP IN THE CENTER LANE AND THEN PEOPLE ARE THEY'RE VERY THEY VERY TYPICALLY GO AROUND TRAFFIC ON THE SHOULDER. THEY GO AROUND TRAFFIC IN THE CENTER. THEY IT'S REALLY KIND OF A VERY DANGEROUS ROAD. AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF OUR, OUR KIDDOS AND OUR, OUR PARENTS. SO, YEAH, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M SURE THAT THERE WILL BE A LOT OF COMPLAINTS WHEN SCHOOL STARTS FROM THE STAKEHOLDERS. YEAH, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE DIRECTING IT TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER AND LETTING THEM KNOW, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE NEED SUPPORT HERE. IT'S NOT JUST US, COMMISSIONER PRESTAGE, THAT'S THAT'S YOU. SO AND THIS IS ON TOP OF FUNDING A LIGHT. SO. YEAH. SO OKAY. THANK YOU GUYS. THANKS FOR YOUR RESPONSES. AND I'M GOING TO ASK THE TRUSTEES TO PLEASE VOTE. AND DOCTOR GILLIAM AND MISS ROZBICKI BY SHOW OF HANDS. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. DOCTOR SMITH, YOU HAVE YOU HAVE WHAT ONE MINUTE TO

[15.Future Meeting Discussion]

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WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT SWEARING IN THE POLICE CHIEF, THE NEW POLICE CHIEF IN AUGUST, TRANSITIONING TO SEPTEMBER. IT WILL BE HERE VERY, VERY QUICKLY. THE LONG RANGE BOUNDARY PLAN UPDATE IS GOING TO BE BROUGHT TO THE BOARD IN SEPTEMBER AS AN INFORMATION ITEM. WE PLAN BEFORE WE HAVE THAT PARTICULAR MEETING. WE PLAN TO HAVE A SERIES OF INFORMATIONAL MEETINGS WITH THE BOARD MEMBERS TO GET YOU ACCLIMATED ON THAT DATA, SO THAT YOU ARE INFORMED AND READY TO ENGAGE. WE ALSO WILL HAVE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR ASSESSMENTS. I HEARD EARLIER TODAY. OUR MAP DATA IS VERY, VERY ACCURATE IN PREDICTING WHAT OUR OUTCOMES ARE GOING TO BE. SO WE ARE STARTING THAT PROCESS AGAIN BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, MIDDLE OF THE YEAR AND END OF THE YEAR. WE ALSO HAVE THE 2627 CALENDAR DEVELOPMENT PROCESS IN SEPTEMBER. AND THEN WE HAVE THE COMPENSATION STUDY. THAT'S BEING REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SHARING THAT INFORMATION WITH YOU ALL AS WELL. THANK YOU, DOCTOR SMITH. AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE NOTE TO THE TRUSTEES TO WATCH YOUR EMAILS AND YOUR TEXTS FOR DATES, TO HAVE THOSE BOUNDARY PLANNING MEETINGS. AND WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO TRY TO ADD I KNOW Y'ALL ARE EXCITED. WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO ADD A WORKSHOP TO THE CALENDAR JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ALL THE TIME WE NEED TO ASK QUESTIONS AND LOOK AT EVERYTHING. SO JUST BE WATCHING FOR THAT. ALL RIGHT. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED. THE TIME IS 828

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.