Sep 08, 2025 Called Meeting & Agenda Review

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ATTENTION BEFORE THE MEETING BEGIN? WE ASK THAT EVERYONE, PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES.

THE FORT BEND ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEE MEETING IS AN OPEN MEETING FOR THE PUBLIC TO OBSERVE. THE BOARD CONDUCTING DISTRICT BUSINESS. THEREFORE, PATRONS MAY ONLY ADDRESS THE BOARD DURING A DESIGNATED AUDIENCE ITEM SECTION ON THE AGENDA. IF YOU HAVE PRINTED MATERIALS YOU WANT TO GIVE TO BOARD MEMBERS, YOU MUST PROVIDE THEM TO ME OR ANY OFFICER PRESENT, AND WE WILL PROVIDE THEM TO THE BOARD. WE ALSO ASK MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE BE RESPECTFUL OF OTHERS BY REMAINING QUIET, SO THAT EVERYONE IS ABLE TO HEAR THE PROCEEDINGS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SERGEANT. THE TIME IS 6:01 P.M. AND THIS MEETING IS HEREBY

[1. Call to order]

[3. Public Comment]

[4.A. Bond 2023 Overview]

GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT. BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DOCTOR SMITH, WE ARE PRIVILEGED THIS EVENING TO HAVE WITH US FROM THE DLR GROUP, MR. KIRK MADISON. HE'S A PRINCIPAL WITH DLR, AND HE WILL BE SPENDING SOME TIME THIS AFTERNOON WALKING US THROUGH THE CLEMENTS REBUILD.

AND SO WE KNOW THAT THAT IS ONE OF OUR LARGEST PROJECTS. AND SO WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TODAY TO LOOK AT THE WORK THAT IS CURRENTLY GOING ON AT CLEMENTS HIGH SCHOOL, AND THEN WHAT THE FUTURE WILL LOOK LIKE ONCE THE BUILDING IS COMPLETE, AFTER WHICH MR. GWEN WILL COME UP AND GIVE US A REPORT ON THE BOND FINANCIALS. SO AT THIS TIME, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MR. MADISON, MISSISSIPPI. I APOLOGIZE, I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A RED FACE. I WAS AT THE GOLF OUTING THIS MORNING, SO THANK YOU, DOCTOR SMITH. PRESIDENT TO THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I WOULD LOVE TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE ON CLEMENTS HIGH SCHOOL. THIS IS THE RENDERING OF THE FRONT ENTRANCE, AND I'M GOING TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME HERE TO GET YOU REORIENTED

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WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO CLOSING IN THE BUILDING, GET OUR AIR HANDLING UNITS FIRED UP, AND THEN PERMANENT POWER AS WE MARCH TOWARDS OUR SUMMER OF 2027 OPENING. ALL THOSE KEY MILESTONES WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO HITTING. AS WE'RE MOVING THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION. SO THIS IS A PIECE, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, ON THE TOP LEFT IS GOING TO BE FULLY, ALMOST FULLY CLOSED IN. BESIDES THE WINDOWS, YOU'LL SEE IT. IT LOOKS GRAY ON SITE RIGHT NOW. SO THEY'VE THE GRAY WATERPROOFING ON THE BOTTOM. YOU'LL SEE THIS DIFFERENT PHASES OF CONSTRUCTION AS WE'RE MOVING THROUGH IT CURRENTLY ON SITE RIGHT NOW. IF YOU'RE ABLE TO GO OUT THERE, YOU'D BE ABLE TO SEE ALMOST ALL PHASES OF CONSTRUCTION. YOU'D BE ABLE TO SEE THE WATERPROOFING ON EXTERIOR WALLS, YOU'D BE ABLE TO SEE HVAC DUCTS, ELECTRICAL THINGS HANGING, AND THEN YOU'D ALSO GO ON THE FAR RIGHT AND WATCH THEM DRILL PIERS. SO THEY'RE GOING THROUGH ALL PHASES OF CONSTRUCTION ON SITE RIGHT NOW. SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THAT, I'M SURE THEY WOULD GIVE YOU A LITTLE TOUR OF THAT. SOME MORE PHOTOS.

YOU HAVE STRUCTURAL SLAB IN THIS AREA. SMART THING TO DO. SO THAT'S WHY THE TOP LEFT PHOTO HAS A TON OF REBAR AND A TON OF THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THERE. SO IT'S A VERY INTRICATE PIECE OF CONCRETE AND JUST KIND OF WORKING YOUR WAY AROUND. YOU'LL SEE ON THE VERY FAR RIGHT SIDE THE ROUGH ENDS FOR ALL YOUR RESTROOMS, SHOWERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT COMING OUT OF THE SLAB. JUST SOME REAL GOOD DEEP CONSTRUCTION MOMENTS. AND THAT'S THE UPDATE. THANK YOU, MR. MADISON. DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS? WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE QUESTIONS ABOUT CLEMENTS RIGHT NOW. MISS HANNAH, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE THROUGH.

AND IF IF ANYBODY HAS ANYTHING, I'M SURE MR. MADISON WILL COME BACK UP. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND DOCTOR SMITH FOR THE FINANCE UPDATE ON THE 2023 BOND. THE APPROVED BUDGET IS $1.26 BILLION. OF THAT AMOUNT, WE HAVE $411 MILLION THAT IS ENCUMBERED, AND THAT IS FOR CONTRACTS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE BOARD, BUT FOR WHICH WE HAVE NOT WRITTEN THE CHECKS. WE HAVE EXPENDED $356.4 MILLION, AND THAT IS ON

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AND SO OBVIOUSLY WITH HENRY ALDRIDGE AND MISSION, THOSE PROJECTS ARE ALMOST COMPLETELY FINALIZED. AND SO THOSE BUDGET, THE FUNDS THAT WERE ALLOCATED BY THE BOARD MET THOSE PROJECTS BUDGETS, AND WE DIDN'T NEED ANY ADDITIONAL. WE EXPECT THE SAME THING WITH CLEMENTS AND COLEMAN, ALTHOUGH OF COURSE SOME UNFORESEEN THING COULD HAPPEN. BUT BASED ON THE CONTRACTS BEING ESTABLISHED, EVERYTHING IS MOVING FORWARD AS PLANNED AND WE DON'T ANTICIPATE ADDITIONAL CONTINGENCY ON THOSE PROJECTS. THIS TIMELINE REPRESENTS THE ANTICIPATED NEEDS FOR CONTINGENCY THAT WILL HAVE OVER THE NEXT NINE MONTHS OR SO. AND WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE AQUATICS PRACTICE FACILITY, THESE ARE LIFE CYCLE DEFICIENCIES. AND SO THESE ARE REPAIRS TO HVAC SYSTEMS, RENOVATIONS, AS WELL AS SITE WORK THAT WOULD OCCUR AS PART OF THE 23 BOND. THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION TEAM DID ESTIMATE THESE PROJECTS, AND WE ANTICIPATE THAT THE 20.7 MILLION IS WHAT WE WOULD NEED FOR COMPLETING THOSE PROJECTS.

THIS AMOUNT HAS NOT CHANGED SINCE WE LAST UPDATED YOU ALL IN IN AUGUST, AND SO BASED ON THE PROJECT TIMELINE, WE ANTICIPATE WE WOULD BE COMING FORWARD WITH A NEXT REQUEST FOR CONTINGENCY IN NOVEMBER. AND THAT WOULD BE $1.6 MILLION. SO FOR THE ANTICIPATED USE OF CONTINGENCY, AGAIN, WE HAVE $44.1 MILLION AVAILABLE, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THAT $20.7 MILLION FOR THE LIFE CYCLE DEFICIENCIES, AS WELL AS THE $6.2 MILLION THAT WOULD BE NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE AQUATICS PRACTICE FACILITY, THAT WOULD LEAVE US WITH $17.2 MILLION IN CONTINGENCY. AND THEN, AS WE SHARED PREVIOUSLY, THERE'S THREE NOTES THAT I WOULD MAKE ON THAT $17.2 MILLION. FIRST, AS WE PREVIOUSLY SHARED WITH MADDEN ELEMENTARY, WE DO EXPECT ABOUT $2.5 MILLION TO MOVE THE STUDENTS AS THAT SLAB REPAIR GETS UNDERWAY. AND THAT WOULD COME FROM THIS AMOUNT. SECOND, THIS INCLUDES THIS AMOUNT INCLUDES $3.8 MILLION IN E-RATE REBATES. THE REBATES WERE DEPOSITED INTO PROGRAM CONTINGENCY, BUT WERE ALSO IDENTIFIED TO FUND SOME TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS THAT WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE 23 BOND, AND THE I.T. DEPARTMENT WILL BE SHARING INFORMATION ON THE EXPECTED PROJECTS IN THE COMING WEEKS THAT WOULD UTILIZE THOSE REBATE FUNDS, AND BOARD APPROVAL WILL BE REQUIRED TO ALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS FROM CONTINGENCY. AND THEN THE LAST THING THAT I'LL MENTION IS THAT WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF CLOSING OUT PROJECTS IN THE 2018 BOND, AND EXPECT THERE TO BE SOME ADDITIONS TO PROGRAM CONTINGENCY BY CALENDAR YEAR END THAT WILL ALSO ADJUST THAT AMOUNT. AND THAT CONCLUDES THIS COMPONENT OF THE PRESENTATION, AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. MR. GWEN. DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS FROM THE TRUSTEES, MISS HANNON? SO THANK YOU, MR. GWEN, FOR THE UPDATE. SO IF I NEED TO WAIT ON THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE ANOTHER ITEM ASKING FOR SOME ADDITIONAL MONEY FOR IT, AND IT SAYS SOME OF IT WOULD COME FROM GENERAL FUND, AND SOME OF IT WOULD BE WE WOULD BE COMING FROM BOND WITH THE PUSHING OUT OF THE THE SECONDARY COMPUTERS. IS ANY OF THAT COMING FROM CONTINGENCY? NO, MA'AM. SO THAT'S A QUESTION THAT IS FOR THE SECOND ITEM. BUT I THINK SINCE IT RELATES TO BOND, I'LL GO AHEAD AND PROVIDE THE CONTEXT FOR THAT. SO THAT IS FOR THE STAFF AUGMENTATION FOR IT SERVICES. AND WE BUDGETED FUNDS BOTH IN THE BOND AND IN IT TO UTILIZE THOSE THOSE SERVICES. HOWEVER, BECAUSE WE INITIATED THE 1 TO 1 PROJECT, WE USED ALMOST ALL OF THE FUNDING AVAILABLE IN THE CONTRACT. AND REMEMBER, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE IN THE CONTRACT AMOUNTS THE BOARD APPROVES AND THE BUDGET. IN THIS CASE, WE'VE UTILIZED ALL THE FUNDS IN THE CONTRACT, BUT THEY'RE STILL BUDGETED FUNDS AVAILABLE OUTSIDE OF CONTINGENCY FOR THOSE THOSE SERVICES AND WITHIN THE BOND WITHIN THE BOND. YES, MA'AM. SO IT IS COMING BACK TO REQUEST AN INCREASE IN THE CONTRACT SO THAT THEY CAN UTILIZE THOSE BUDGETED FUNDS IN THE BOND. OKAY. I JUST AND I DON'T KNOW WHY I DIDN'T FLIP BACK WHEN I GOT TO THE END OF

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BUT I NOTICE IN OUR IN OUR TIMELINE OF ANTICIPATED CONTINGENCY IN NOVEMBER, YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE ASKING US FOR 1.6 MILLION FOR HVAC REPAIRS. WE'VE GOTTEN, YOU KNOW, EMAILS LATELY FROM CAMPUSES THAT ARE HAVING A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH HVAC. AND OF COURSE, THIS IS ALWAYS THE TIME OF YEAR WHEN IT'S MOST CHALLENGING BECAUSE IT'S OUR HOTTEST TIME OF THE YEAR. SO I'D LIKE TO SEE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE THIS NOW, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE THE LIST OF SCHOOLS THAT ARE GOING TO BE ADDRESSED FROM THIS 1.6 MILLION SO THAT THE TRUSTEES CAN SEE AND MAKE SURE THAT SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION ARE, IN FACT, GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE ADDRESSED THROUGH THIS. AND IF NOT, THEN WE CAN TROUBLESHOOT THAT. AND I'LL JUST ADD TO THERE ARE IF YOU NOTICE ALSO IN DECEMBER AND IN APRIL, THERE'S ADDITIONAL HVAC PACKAGES THAT WOULD BE COMING FORWARD AS WELL. AND SO IF IT'S NOT IN THE NOVEMBER IT'S IT VERY WELL COULD BE IN ONE OF THE DECEMBER OR APRIL, MAYBE JUST A COMPREHENSIVE LIST. AND I DON'T KNOW I'M SURE YOU GUYS ARE PRIORITIZING, YOU KNOW, WHICH WHICH ONES NEED TO BE REPAIRED SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. BUT OKAY, MISS BROWN, YES, WE CAN PREPARE A LIST, A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE FORTHCOMING IN THAT TIMELINE. OKAY, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. AND THEN WE CAN SEE, AND I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE PROBABLY ADDRESSING SOME OF THOSE EMAILS THAT THE TRUSTEES HAVE FORWARDED ON, BUT IT WOULD HELP US HAVE SOME CONTEXT. SO. MR. DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD TO THAT? YEAH. SO SOME OF THIS WORK THAT I KNOW IS ON THAT LIST THAT WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING. ARE WE NOT ABLE TO JUST KIND OF EXPEDITE IT BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY EXPECTING TO DO THIS? RIGHT. AND IT'S ALREADY AS PART OF THIS 20.7 MILLION THAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING TO TAKE FROM THE CONTINGENCY. SO WHY WAIT? SO AS IT RELATES TO THE THE THINGS THAT ARE ON THE TIMELINE, THEY ARE SET UP THAT WAY FOR MINIMUM IMPACT, MINIMAL IMPACT AT THE CAMPUS, WE CAN ALWAYS LOOK AT OPTIONS. BUT THE WAY THEY ARE SET NOW, THEY ARE SET TO HAVE MINIMAL IMPACT ON THE CAMPUSES THAT ARE ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE THIS. THESE THINGS HAPPEN, BUT WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT WHEN WE BRING YOU THE COMPREHENSIVE LIST TO LET YOU KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY ADJUSTMENTS THAT COULD BE MADE TO THE TIMELINE AS WELL. AND I'M SORRY. ONE THING I WOULD ALSO ADD TO WHAT MISS BROWN SAID IS THAT THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS IS THIS IS BASED ON THE PRELIMINARY NUMBERS THAT DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION HAS DONE. ONCE WE COME FORWARD, WE'LL ACTUALLY BRING A FINAL NUMBER THAT COULD BE LESS THAN THIS. AND YOU'LL NOTICE ON THIS CHART IN JUNE OR IN JUNE AND AUGUST, THE HIGH TOWER AND THE RENOVATIONS PREVIOUSLY HAD DOLLAR AMOUNTS ASSOCIATED WITH THEM. AS IT TURNED OUT, WE DIDN'T NEED TO USE THAT CONTINGENCY AMOUNT.

AND SO WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO IS BRING FORWARD A RECOMMENDATION ON THE BUDGET WHERE WE OBLIGATE THE FUNDS AND THEN END UP NOT USING IT. AND SO THAT'S PART OF THAT TIMING, AS WELL AS GETTING IN THE FINAL CONTRACT AMOUNTS THROUGH THE SOLICITATION PROCESS. YEAH. SO I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK YOU TO MAKE THAT POINT. SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF SOME OF IT'S PHYSICAL AND IMPACT, BUT SOME OF IT'S BUDGET. AND WHEN CAN WE GET THE BIDS IN AND WHEN CAN WE GET THE CONTRACTS DONE AND THAT TYPE OF THING. SO YEAH, IF YOU GUYS WILL PROVIDE US THE LIST AND THEN WE CAN YOU AND THEN YOU GUYS CAN ASSESS AS BEST YOU CAN BECAUSE I MEAN, YOU'RE, YOU'RE GETTING THE SAME INFORMATION FROM THE CAMPUSES. WE ARE. AND IF I MAY, I WILL ADD, WE ARE AWARE OF THE HVAC ISSUES THAT WE'RE HAVING AT AT OUR CAMPUSES.

I DO WANT TO REMIND YOU, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THAT ALL OF THE CAMPUSES THAT ARE HAVING THOSE ISSUES ARE NOT A PART OF THE 2023 BOND. RIGHT. AND SO SOME OF THE CAMPUSES THAT ARE HAVING ISSUES, ALTHOUGH THOSE MAY HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED, CONCERNS, THEY WERE NOT A PART OF THE BOND.

AND SO IF WE WERE TO BRING THOSE CAMPUSES TO YOU, IT WOULD REQUIRE ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE NEEDS. RIGHT? SO SOME OF THE ONGOING MAINTENANCE, LIKE WE NORMALLY WILL USE CONTINGENCY FOR SOME OF THAT. SO WHEN YOU WHEN YOU MAKE THAT LIST AND IF THERE ARE CAMPUSES THAT WE KNOW ARE HAVING ISSUES THAT ARE NOT ON THAT LIST, THEN WE CAN ADDRESS THAT. OKAY OKAY. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. NEXT UP IS OUR CLIMATE, CULTURE AND STUDENT

[4.B. Climate, Culture and Student Engagement Survey Data]

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THE WAY YOU GET YOUR SCORE IS YOU SUBTRACT THE PERCENTAGE OF PROMOTERS FROM DETRACTORS, AND YOU EITHER GET A POSITIVE OR A NEGATIVE SCORE. WITH OUR PARENTS, WE'RE AT AN 11. I WANT TO PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE TO YOU. BAIN AND COMPANY SAYS ANYTHING POSITIVE IS GOOD, OKAY.

WE WANT MORE PROMOTERS THAN WE HAVE DETRACTORS. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE NATIONAL DATA FROM 2023, ALL STAFF WAS A NEGATIVE FOUR. SO THAT GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT OF PERSPECTIVE. AND PARENTS WERE AT A 24. SO IT GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT OF PERSPECTIVE AROUND FORT BEND ISD AS

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I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE RED, BLUE AND GREEN THAT YOU SEE IN THE MIDDLE, HOW WE MEASURE ENGAGEMENT. SO BEHAVIORAL ENGAGEMENT IS MEASURED THROUGH PARTICIPATION.

SO STUDENTS ARE ASKED A SERIES OF QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THEY PARTICIPATE IN THEIR SCHOOL.

EMOTIONAL ENGAGEMENT IS QUESTIONS RELATED TO THEIR INTERACTIONS WITH THEIR PEERS AND WITH SCHOOL STAFF LIKE TEACHERS OR LEADERS. AND THEN THE COGNITIVE ENGAGEMENT IS THE DEGREE TO WHICH STUDENTS ARE INVESTING IN THEIR LEARNING. OKAY, SO THOSE ARE THE THREE AREAS WHERE WE ASK QUESTIONS. THE THE LITTLE CHART AT THE BELOW WHERE IT SAYS STUDENT ENGAGEMENT SCALE MEAN SCORE RANGE. SO AGAIN ON THIS SURVEY STUDENTS ARE ASKED QUESTIONS AND THEY RATE BETWEEN STRONGLY DISAGREE AND STRONGLY AGREE. EACH QUESTION ANSWER IS GIVEN A ONE TO A FOUR SCALE SO THAT A MEAN SCORE RANGE CAN BE CALCULATED. NOW THAT'S A HIGHLY TECHNICAL FORMULA. BUT THE GOOD NEWS THAT I WANT TO TELL YOU IS THAT ACROSS THE FIVE YEARS, I BELIEVE THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN THE SECONDARY SURVEY. OUR SECONDARY STUDENTS HAVE SCORED IN THE MODERATE ENGAGEMENT RANGE EACH YEAR, AND OUR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS WAVER AMONG THE DIMENSIONS BETWEEN MODERATE AND HIGH ENGAGEMENT. YOU MAY BE THINKING MODERATE ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH. SO THE THE SURVEY DEVELOPERS DEFINE MODERATE ENGAGEMENT IS STUDENTS ENGAGED AND ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING IN THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. SO THEY SAY MODERATE IS WHAT IT TAKES FOR STUDENTS TO LEARN AND GROW. WHEN YOU GET TO HIGH ENGAGEMENT, THAT MEANS THAT STUDENTS HAVE OWNERSHIP ON THEIR LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AND WITHIN THEIR LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. SO THAT'S THE DIFFERENTIAL. SO I'LL GO THROUGH EACH DIMENSION. WHAT YOU'LL SEE AT THE TOP WITH THE BEHAVIORAL ENGAGEMENT IS OUR MEAN SCORES. AND WHAT I WANT YOU TO KNOW IS THAT AT ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY WE FALL WITHIN THE MODERATE ENGAGEMENT RANGE, MEANING THAT STUDENTS ARE PARTICIPATING IN WITHIN THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT.

SOME AREAS TO HIGHLIGHT IS THAT OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS REPORT 85 TO 85, 85 TO 88% OF STUDENTS BEING PREPARED FOR LEARNING. AND AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT, THEIR LEVEL OF PARTICIPATION INCREASES AS THEY ADVANCE THROUGH GRADE LEVELS. WITH OUR FIFTH GRADERS HAVING THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF PARTICIPATION IN ACTIVITIES. AND THEN WE THINK ABOUT OUR SECONDARY PARENTS AND FRIENDS REMAIN THE LARGEST MOTIVATOR FOR GOING TO SCHOOL. OKAY, SO EITHER MY PARENTS ARE SAYING YOU BETTER GET THERE OR I WANT TO GO AND SEE MY FRIENDS. THOSE ARE THE LARGEST MOTIVATORS. AN INTERESTING FACTOR FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL IS THAT TEACHERS HAVE INCREASED A 51%, AND I BELIEVE THAT'S UP 6% FROM THREE YEARS AGO AS A MOTIVATOR FOR ATTENDING HIGH SCHOOL. SO THAT'S THAT'S A REALLY GOOD NOTE TO BRING OUT. AND THEN ALL AREAS IN DEVELOPING SKILLS TO WORK WITH OTHERS HAVE GONE UP AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL BETWEEN 5 AND 7%. SO THAT TELLS YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT, THE COLLABORATION

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REMEMBER, THIS IS THE INTERACTIONS THAT STUDENTS HAVE WITH THEIR PEERS AND THEIR TEACHERS. YOU SEE THAT BOTH THE ELEMENTARY AND THE SECONDARY ARE IN THE MODERATE ENGAGEMENT LEVEL. SOME OF THE INDICATORS THAT ELEMENTARY IS THAT THERE ARE DEFINITELY POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH SUPPORT BETWEEN STAFF AND PEERS. ALL OF THOSE INDICATORS ARE GREATER THAN 80% FROM OUR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS, ELEMENTARY STUDENTS EVIDENCE. STRONG FAMILY SUPPORT FOR LEARNING EVERYTHING WAS ABOVE 93%, AND STUDENTS CONTINUE TO REPORT FEELING SAFE AT SCHOOL. 85% OF OUR STUDENTS ARE AGREE STRONGLY AGREE. AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL, STUDENTS REMAIN HIGHLY MOTIVATED TO LEARN BY THE DESIRE TO GET GOOD GRADES AND SUCCEED IN THE OUTSIDE WORLD. SO THEY'RE MOTIVATED TO LEARN. THEY HAVE REPORTED GAINS IN FEELINGS OF SAFETY, UP 9% FROM 2023. THEY ALSO HAVE REPORTED GAINS AROUND FAIRNESS OF RULES, DISCIPLINE AND FEELING THEY ARE A PART OF THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY. MORE STUDENTS REPORT THAT AT LEAST ONE ADULT KNOWS THEM WELL, WITH TEACHERS BEING ATTRIBUTED TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF SUPPORT.

85% OF STUDENTS SAY IT'S OUR TEACHERS THAT ARE THE ONE ADULT THAT KNOWS THEM VERY WELL, AND THEN MOVING INTO COGNITIVE ENGAGEMENT, WHICH IS THIS IS NOW SHIFTING FROM PARTICIPATION AND HOW I INTERACT WITH PEOPLE TO THE INVESTMENT THAT A STUDENT MAKES IN LEARNING. YOU NOTICE THAT OUR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS HAVE A HIGH LEVEL ENGAGEMENT, SO THEY TRULY HAVE OWNERSHIP ON THAT INVESTMENT. AND OUR SECONDARY STUDENTS ARE ACTIVELY ENGAGED COGNITIVELY.

IT WOULD MAKE SENSE THEN BECAUSE OUR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS ARE AT HIGH ENGAGEMENT, EVERYTHING IS ABOVE 90% IN THE QUESTIONS THAT THEY SAID. THEY CONTINUE TO HAVE A STRONG SENSE OF INTRINSIC MOTIVATION FOR LEARNING AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND SOMETHING THAT I KNOW OUR SHACK WILL LIKE TO HEAR IS THAT USING MOVEMENT AND MINDFULNESS WITHIN LEARNING HAS INCREASED BETWEEN 5 AND 12% ACROSS THE THREE YEARS. OUR SECONDARY STUDENTS COGNITIVE AND PERSONAL SKILL DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS ARE TRENDING UP BETWEEN 4 AND 9%. STUDENTS ARE REPORTING THAT THEY HAVE MORE CONFIDENCE IN THEIR WORK. THEY'RE PUTTING IN THEY'RE PUTTING IN MORE EFFORT. ALTHOUGH THEY WILL ADMIT THAT NOT ALL COURSES CHALLENGE THEM TO THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. AND THEN THIS LAST INDICATOR, WHEN WE STARTED GIVING THE CLIMATE AND CULTURE SURVEY, STUDENTS WERE SAYING THAT NO ONE WAS TALKING TO THEM ABOUT THEIR FUTURE OR VERY FEW PEOPLE WERE. AND SO I WANT YOU TO SEE THIS. THE INDICATORS TIED TO FUTURE GOALS ASPIRATIONS ARE TRENDING UP 88%. REPORTING ASPIRATIONS FOR WORK, AND 93% OF OUR STUDENTS REPORTING ASPIRATIONS FOR COLLEGE. AND SO WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? THIS MEANS THAT OVERALL, OUR STUDENTS ARE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN THEIR LEARNING, AND IN SOME AREAS THEY ARE OWNING THEIR OWN LEARNING. SOME OF THE AREAS TO LEVERAGE WHEN LOOKING AT THIS DATA IS TO ACTIVATE FAMILIES TO SUPPORT LEARNING ACROSS K-12. OUR FAMILIES COME IN VERY HIGH IN STUDENT BELIEF IN WHAT THEY CAN DO TO SUPPORT THEIR LEARNING RELATIONSHIPS. ANY AREAS WHERE YOU SAW LOWER DEGREES OF AGREEMENT RELATED TO PEER RELATIONSHIPS. AND SO WE NEED TO CONTINUE IN THE CLASSROOM TO FACILITATE POSITIVE PEER INTERACTIONS. AND THEN WITH OUR LEARNING EXPERIENCES, PROMOTING CRITICAL THINKING AND CONNECTING LEARNING TO REAL LIFE WOULD BE AN AREA TO LEVERAGE. SO THAT CONCLUDES THE UPDATE ON THE ANNUAL SURVEYS. I COULD TAKE QUESTIONS IF NEEDED. THANK YOU, MISS WILLIAMS. DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS FROM THE TRUSTEES, MISS HANNON? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MISS WILLIAMS, AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE STAFF WHO WORKED TO TO PUT THE THE SURVEYS TOGETHER. I KNOW THAT WE USE K12 INSIGHT, BUT FOR OUR STUDENT ENGAGEMENT SURVEY, ARE WE MOSTLY FACILITATING THAT WITH OUR OWN STAFF? WE FACILITATE BOTH SURVEYS WITH OUR OWN STAFF. WE USE THE QUESTIONS WHICH ARE NATIONALLY NORMED FROM THOSE TWO PLACES THAT I REFERENCED. BUT OUR STAFF FACILITATES ALL THROUGH QUALTRICS AT THIS POINT. AND I'M THIS ISN'T A QUESTION, BUT I'M JUST I'M SORT OF GUESSING THAT WE'RE ONE OF THE FEW DISTRICTS THAT ACTUALLY DO THIS LEVEL OF STUDENT ENGAGEMENT SURVEYS. I THINK THAT WOULD BE A REALLY GREAT THING TO KNOW.

SO IT COULD SORT OF BE A BRAGGING POINT, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE I DO THINK THERE'S SUCH IMPORTANT, INSIGHTFUL STAKEHOLDERS. I THINK OUR STUDENTS REALLY GIVE US A LOT OF INFORMATION THROUGH THE SURVEY. SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAVE, I DO I REALLY APPRECIATE OUR STAFF. IT SEEMS LIKE THE STAFF ARE REALLY SHOWING US, YOU KNOW, SOME INCREASES IN THEIR THEIR ATTITUDES TOWARDS WORK. BUT AS FAR AS THE NATIONAL AVERAGE ON THE K12 INSIGHT, I DO SEE THAT THAT'S WORKING FROM SOME NORMS FROM 2223. AND SO I JUST WANTED

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I'M ASSUMING THAT YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE ACTUAL FULL REPORT OF THE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT. AND THAT'S IT'S REALLY SOPHISTICATED, BUT IT'S ALSO REALLY INTERESTING TO LOOK AT OR FROM MY PERSPECTIVE. OKAY. SO WHAT WAS THAT YOU SAID? I BELIEVE ON SLIDE SIX, I TALKED ABOUT PARENTS DROPPING BETWEEN 3 AND 8% ACROSS THE THREE YEARS THAT WE'VE GIVEN THE SURVEY.

OKAY, OKAY. BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT JUST LAST YEAR'S OKAY. YES, MA'AM. AND SO I AND I AND DO I DO APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION YOU GAVE IN THE BOARD UPDATE. THAT WAS CERTAINLY HELPFUL TO LOOK AT. OKAY. I DON'T WANT TO HOG ALL THE TIME, BUT I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT THE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT SURVEY. SO IF SOMEBODY ELSE HAS SOME QUESTIONS. MISS TORSEN, ABOUT THE GO AHEAD. YEAH, JUST GO AHEAD. OKAY. SO. LIKE I SAID, I WOULD REALLY I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THAT THE FULL REPORT ON THIS. SO SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT YOU GAVE HERE, FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO SAY WOOHOO TO OUR SECONDARY STUDENTS FOR INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF BECAUSE TO INCREASE BY 6%, THE PARTICIPATION RATE WAS REALLY GREAT. I AND SO I REALLY, YOU KNOW, IF ANY PARENTS ARE WATCHING YOU KNOW AND THEY HAVE PERMISSION ENCOURAGE YOUR STUDENTS TO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO TO LET YOU KNOW HOW THEY FEEL, BE HEARD. SO I REALLY APPRECIATED THAT. SO I HAD SOME QUESTIONS. I LOVE TO HEAR THAT THE PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT AND COGNITIVE SKILLS, THEIR PERCEPTIONS ARE GOING UP THERE, THAT THEIR ASPIRATIONS FOR COLLEGE AND WORK ARE ALSO INCREASING. BUT I DID WANT TO ASK BECAUSE IN THE THE SUMMARY, ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT I'VE BEEN REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT AND I CONTINUE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT, AND YOU ALLUDED TO IT BRIEFLY WHEN YOU WERE TALKING, BUT IT SAYS THAT OUR STUDENTS WHO FEEL THEIR CLASSES CHALLENGE THEM DECREASED AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL TO IT WAS 52% IN IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR, AND IT DROPPED TO 45%. AND SO THAT ONE WAS A BIT CHALLENGING. AND SO THAT'S WHY I WANT TO LOOK AT THE WHOLE THING, BECAUSE I WANT TO SEE WHERE THE WHERE THE UPWARD TRENDS ARE HAPPENING, BECAUSE THAT WAS A BIG DROP, 7% DROP IN KIDS FEELING CHALLENGED. AND LET'S SEE, THERE WAS A THERE WAS EVEN A LITTLE BIT OF A TINY DECREASE THAT YOU INCLUDED IN THE KIDS WHO IDENTIFIED THAT

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IT'S JUST I'M KIND OF THINKING OUT LOUD BECAUSE I DO KNOW THAT WE WE IMPLEMENT THINGS VERY DIFFERENTLY AT MIDDLE SCHOOL THAN HIGH SCHOOL. AND THEN THIS IS THIS IS MY LAST ONE THAT I WOULD LIKE ADDRESSED BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN A SOMETHING, AN INDICATOR WE'VE REALLY BEEN LOOKING AT OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. AND IT SAID THAT BULLYING INCREASED FROM 4 TO 5%.

AND I HOPE I DIDN'T WRITE THAT DOWN WRONG, BUT I'M REALLY GLAD BECAUSE BECAUSE SOME OF THE THERE'S THERE'S SOME CONTRADICTIONS, RIGHT? WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, NOT CONTRADICTIONS, BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THEM GLOBALLY, WE'RE WE'RE GOING IN AN UPWARD TREND. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MORE GRANULAR LEVEL, WE STILL HAVE SOME CONCERNS. AND SO DOCTOR SMITH, EVERYBODY'S STILL LOOKING AT THESE IN THEIR CAMPUS, THEIR THEIR CAMPUS TEAMS. THEY'RE LOOKING AT THIS DATA TO HELP THEM WITH THEIR SIPS. YES. EVERY CAMPUS HAS AN I'M SORRY DOCTOR SMITH. EVERY CAMPUS HAS AN INDIVIDUAL REPORT WHERE THEY CAN SEE THEIR DATA AND THE DISTRICT DATA. OKAY, OKAY. SO I'M NOT SURE THAT I REALLY HAD ANY QUESTIONS THERE.

THERE WERE MORE JUST LIKE OBSERVATIONS. AND I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE THE UPWARD TRENDS.

BUT A FEW OF THOSE THAT I MENTIONED, I STILL HAVE REALLY CONCERNS ABOUT WHERE KIDS DON'T FEEL CHALLENGED, WHERE MAYBE KIDS OR WE NEED TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF KIDS WHO SAY THEY REALLY ARE TALKING TO ADULTS ON THEIR CAMPUS ABOUT COLLEGE OR FUTURES BEYOND THEIR SENIOR YEAR, AND THEN THAT THE BULLYING NUMBER WAS OF SOME CONCERN TO ME. BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I REALLY DOCTOR SMITH, THIS IS SOMETHING I REALLY HOPE WE CONTINUE HEARING OUR STUDENT VOICES AND ALSO OUR PARENTS AND OUR STAFF. THANK YOU, MISS DAWSON. THANK YOU, MISS HANNAN. MISS CHARANIA, THANK YOU. SO ONE. THESE ARE GREAT RESULTS. SUPER INSIGHTFUL AT LEAST FOR FOR ME. HAVING SEEN THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME, I JUST HAD A CLARIFICATION SORT OF QUESTION. SO IS I MEAN, NOT LIKE 91% AND 66% ARE THE RESPONSE RATES. YES. FROM THE STUDENTS. YES, MA'AM OF ELIGIBLE STUDENTS. AND ARE WE FACILITATING OR ADMINISTERING THIS SURVEY ON CAMPUS? CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT YOU HOW YOU WOULD DEFINE THE DIFFERENCE? ARE WE KIND OF SETTING SOME TIME ASIDE AND SAYING, HEY, THIS IS SO WE'RE ADMINISTRATING OKAY, OKAY, GOOD. BECAUSE THESE ARE GREAT RESULTS. I JUST WONDER WHY, IF WE'RE ADMINISTRATING, WHY SECONDARY STUDENTS PARTICIPATION SO LOW? THERE'S A DEDICATED TIME THAT IT'S GIVEN.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT ALWAYS MEANS THAT A STUDENT FINISHES IT. SO WE HAVE MORE STARTS THAN FINISHES. GOT IT. OKAY. AND THEN I LIKE I WONDER IF I KNOW THE SECONDARY. IT'S SIX THROUGH 12. BUT I WONDER IF IT WAS. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO BREAK IT DOWN FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL AND SEE IF THESE RESULTS WOULD ACTUALLY BE DIFFERENT THAN IF, WHEN THEY'RE CLUBBED TOGETHER. YOU'D BE ABLE TO SEE THAT IN THE REPORT THAT MISS HANNAN HAS ASKED FOR. SO WHEN WE SEND THAT, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE SOME OF THOSE OKAY. OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU. JUST ONE SORT OF POINT OF OBSERVATION. DID SEE THAT ON PAGE FOUR WHERE THE NET PROMOTER SCORE, THE STAFF WENT FROM NEGATIVE FOUR TO PLUS SEVEN, WHICH IS GREAT. THE PARENTS, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY FELL, BUT IF IT WAS PLUS 24 IN THE PRIOR YEAR'S SURVEY IN 2023, IT'S NOW PLUS 11. DOES THAT MEAN THAT THERE'S A DECREASE? THE PLUS 24 WAS THE NATIONAL BENCHMARK OKAY I BELIEVE WE'RE RIGHT AT THE SAME AMOUNT. I THINK IT WAS LIKE A TEN AND NOW IT'S AN 11 OKAY I'M NOT I'LL SEND YOU THE EXACT DATA. BUT IT WAS VERY CLOSE OKAY. SO THEN I

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BUT I JUST WONDER FROM OUR DISTRICT PERCEPTION, FROM THE PARENTS PERSPECTIVE, HOW WE COULD BRIDGE THAT SOMETHING JUST TO SORT OF THINK ABOUT. THANK YOU. JUST ONE LAST COMMENT ON PAGE NINE WHERE IT SAYS THE DISTRICT LEADERSHIP. I KNOW WE'RE STILL HIGHER NATIONALLY, BUT YEAH, STILL A LITTLE BIT LOWER. BUT I GUESS THAT'S SOMETHING WE ALL NEED TO WORK ON AS A WHOLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THIS. REALLY APPRECIATE IT. YES, MA'AM.

THANK YOU, MR. CHARANIA. DOCTOR GILLIAM. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. AND THIS SEEMS DIFFERENT TO ME. IS THIS. IT SEEMS LIKE IT WAS EASIER TO UNDERSTAND FOR THE LAY PERSON.

SO ARE WE DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN WE HAVE THE THE CREATOR OF THE POWERPOINT TOOK 300 PAGES OF DATA AND COMPILED IT INTO NINE SLIDES, VERSUS GIVING YOU THAT 300 PAGE REPORT.

AND YOU HAVE DOCTOR SMITH TO THANK FOR THAT. HE SAW THAT REPORT AND WE WORKED ON, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE MAKE THIS CONTENT COMPREHENSIBLE? I MEAN, IT'S OBVIOUS IT WAS VERY IT WAS VERY EASY. AND. TO WHERE YOU CAN TAKE IT. AND PRINCIPALS AND PARENTS CAN LOOK AT THIS AND SAY, WOW. SO ANYWAY, I JUST I REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

RATHER THAN THIS. YES. AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT ALL THAT IS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YES MA'AM. YES. SO I'LL PIGGYBACK ON THAT. I HAD A THANK YOU FOR THAT AS WELL. SO I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THESE FOR A FEW YEARS AND THIS WAS VERY EASY TO READ. PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. AND I AGREE THAT I DO THINK WE NEED TO HAVE THE UNDERLYING DATA IN TOTAL SO THAT THOSE OF US WHO REALLY WANT TO DIG INTO IT AND MAYBE BE A LITTLE GEEKY ABOUT IT, CAN CAN GO DIG INTO IT AND SEE, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE GOOD THINGS ARE AND WHERE THE NUGGETS OF, YOU KNOW, OF THINGS WE CAN LEVERAGE. I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU THAT FOR POINTING OUT THE AREAS WHERE WE NEED TO IMPROVE, BECAUSE THAT'S THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THE SURVEYS, IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WE ARE IMPROVING. AND I MEAN, REALLY CUSTOMER SATISFACTION IS IMPORTANT AND IT'S IT'S IMPORTANT ON BOTH SIDES. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE STUDENT AND PARENT, BUT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. SO I LIKE SEEING THAT I PROBABLY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS, BUT I, I WANT TO MAKE A COUPLE OF OBSERVATIONS AND JUST SOME COMMENTS. SO I WANTED TO POINT OUT ON SLIDE SEVEN, WHEN YOU LIST THE AREAS TO LEVERAGE, TRANSPARENCY IS ALWAYS A BIG DEAL TO THE BOARD. WE TALK ABOUT IT A LOT. AND SO I DO THINK IT'S IT'S AN IMPORTANT PRIORITY FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BEING TRANSPARENT.

WE'VE GOTTEN SOME FEEDBACK RECENTLY. SORRY LONG. SO I DON'T MEAN TO THROW IT UNDER THE BUS OR ANYTHING, BUT WE'VE HAD SOME CHALLENGES TRANSITIONING WITH THE SKYWARD PROGRAM AND THAT TYPE OF THING. AND I KNOW THAT'S ON BOTH SIDES. THAT'S PARENTS AND YOU KNOW, AND THE THE STAFF. AND IT WASN'T THAT WE WEREN'T TRANSPARENT, BUT IT CAN BE PERCEIVED THAT WAY. SO THE REASON I GIVE THAT AS AN EXAMPLE IS BECAUSE I, I WANT TO CHALLENGE ALL OF US, YOU KNOW, ALL OF US, THE, THE BOARD INCLUDED, TO THINK ABOUT WHAT TRANSPARENCY MEANS TO PARENTS AND WHAT TRANSPARENCY MEANS TO STAFF, BECAUSE IT CAN IT CAN LOOK DIFFERENTLY DEPENDING ON WHICH SIDE YOU KNOW, WHICH SEAT YOU'RE SITTING IN. AND WE, YOU KNOW, WE MAY NOT BE TRYING TO NOT BE TRANSPARENT, BUT IT CAN APPEAR THAT WAY IF WE'RE NOT MEETING THE EXPECTATIONS OF OUR, OUR TARGET AUDIENCE. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT COMMENT.

THE OTHER THING IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT KIND OF STOOD OUT TO ME WAS THE CONSISTENCY AND DISCIPLINE. AND WE'VE WORKED A LOT. AND I KNOW EVEN BEFORE I WAS ELECTED LAST YEAR, THE TRUSTEES, YOU GUYS WORKED A LOT ON THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT AND, YOU KNOW, DISCIPLINE AND DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS AND THAT TYPE OF THING. AND SO I VIEW THIS AND I GUESS REALLY DIGGING INTO IT, YOU GUYS CAN REALLY FIGURE THAT OUT. I SORT OF VIEW IT AS, OKAY, NOW THIS IS IMPLEMENTATION ACROSS ALL CAMPUSES. RIGHT? AND THAT'S ALWAYS THE CHALLENGE WHEN YOU

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