THANK YOU. THANK YOU SERGEANT. THE TIME IS 6:02 P.M.
[1.Call to order]
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AND THIS MEETING IS HEREBY CALLED TO ORDER. WE HAVE THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM ATTENDING IN PERSON.AND REMAIN STANDING FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
OH, SAY, CAN YOU SEE. BY THE DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT.
WHAT SO PROUDLY WE HAILED AT THE TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING.
WHOSE BROAD STRIPES AND BRIGHT STARS THROUGH THE PERILOUS FIGHT O'ER THE RAMPARTS WE WATCHED WERE SO GALLANTLY STREAMING. AND THE ROCKETS RED GLARE, THE BOMBS BURSTING IN AIR. GAVE PROOF THROUGH THE NIGHT THAT OUR FLAG WAS STILL THERE.
O SAY, DOES THAT STAR SPANGLED BANNER YET WAVE.
O'ER THE LAND OF THE FREE. AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE. PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
YOU MAY BE SEATED. FIRST UP THIS EVENING,
[4.Recognitions ]
OUR RECOGNITIONS, DOCTOR SMITH. YES. YES, MA'AM.THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.
I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO CHASITY TO SAY A FEW WORDS.
GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. MISS JONES, IF YOU WOULD STEP IN FRONT OF THE DAIS FOR US THIS AFTERNOON.
ON BEHALF OF FORT BEND ISD, WE WANT TO THANK YOU, FORMER TRUSTEE SONIA JONES, FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO FORT BEND ISD AS A BOARD MEMBER FROM THE YEAR 2023 TO 2025. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU.
AND AT THIS TIME, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DOCTOR SMITH AND OUR BOARD PRESIDENT TO SHARE THEIR REMARKS.
AND SO MISS JONES GAVE HER TIME, HER ENERGY AND HER HEART.
AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE ON BEHALF OF THE SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM AND ALL OF THE CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS AND THE ENTIRE DISTRICT, WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, YOUR CARE, AND THE IMPACT THAT YOU MADE DURING THE TIME THAT YOU SERVED.
WE WISH YOU THE BEST IN YOUR NEXT CHAPTER. AND ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, I WANT TO THANK YOU, MISS JONES, FOR YOUR SERVICE ON THE BOARD.
ON THE BOARD, THE TWO YEARS THAT YOU DID SERVE.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, YOUR PASSION.
I WANT TO THANK YOUR FAMILY. AS THOSE OF US WHO SERVE, WE KNOW IT IS A SACRIFICE NOT JUST FOR OURSELVES, BUT FOR OUR FAMILY MEMBERS. IT DEFINITELY TAKES AWAY FROM THE OTHER THINGS WE COULD BE DOING OR TIME WE COULD BE SPENDING WITH THEM.
SO I WANT TO BE SURE AND RECOGNIZE THEM AS WELL.
SO WE'LL COME DOWN FOR A SMALL PRESENTATION AND A PHOTO OPPORTUNITY.
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THANK YOU AGAIN, MISS JONES. IN ADDITION TO THAT SPECIAL RECOGNITION, I WANT TO THANK TONIGHT'S NATIONAL ANTHEM.PERFORMERS FROM CLEMENTS HIGH SCHOOL, THE CHOIR LED BY CHOIR DIRECTOR JADE BLAKEY.
WE ALSO HAVE MADELINE WESTFORD COLES, SARAH GENTLE, ETHAN LACAR CALLAN, AND KAITLYN KALON WHEATLEY.
PLEASE GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR PERFORMANCE TONIGHT.
YOU. PERFECT, A LITTLE BIT. THANK YOU. ONE. TWO.
THREE. 12311211123. AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. AND THIS CONCLUDES THIS EVENING'S RECOGNITIONS.
[6.Public Comment]
NEXT UP ON OUR AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMENT. WE HAVE FOUR SPEAKERS THIS EVENING.I WILL CALL YOUR NAME AND WHEN I DO, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM TO SPEAK.
YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. OUR BOARD SECRETARY, DOCTOR GILLIAM, WILL KEEP TIME.
AND WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN YOU HAVE 30S REMAINING.
OKAY. CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY. GOOD EVENING, SUPERINTENDENT SMITH AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
I ADDRESSED YOU ON JUNE 9TH ON THE REASONS WHY SONIA JONES'S RESIGNATION NEEDED TO BE UPHELD.
OTHER CONSTITUENTS ALSO SPOKE THAT EVENING. NONE WERE IN SUPPORT OF MRS. JONES. YET HERE WE ARE, ALMOST FIVE MONTHS LATER, RECOGNIZING A PERSON WHO SPENT HER TENURE BELITTLING HER CONSTITUENTS AND EVEN THE DISTRICT WITH BEHAVIOR AND DIVISION THAT HARMED THE DISTRICT'S CULTURE.
ALTHOUGH YOU COULD HAVE LET HER GO AWAY QUIETLY, YOU INSTEAD DECIDED SHE NEEDED SPECIAL RECOGNITION, WHICH SENDS A CONCERNING MESSAGE TO OUR STUDENTS, OUR STAFF, AND OUR COMMUNITY.
NONETHELESS, YOU DID IT. YOU RECOGNIZED HER, SO I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE HER TOO.
THANK YOU, SONIA JONES, FOR THREATENING TO DOG WALK YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
THANK YOU, SONIA JONES, FOR POSTING. QUOTE, WAIT UNTIL I SEE HER IN PERSON.
I AM DONE WITH TALKING. THANK YOU, SONIA JONES, FOR LETTING YOUR CONSTITUENTS KNOW THAT THEY SHOULDN'T BE ON FACEBOOK READING WITHOUT SUPPORTS FROM THEIR IEPS. HE'S. THANK YOU. SONIA JONES FOR TELLING CONSTITUENTS WHO DIDN'T VOTE FOR YOU THAT IT ABSOLVED YOU OF HAVING TO SERVE THEM, ESPECIALLY SINCE YOU'RE NOW RUNNING FOR A TAXPAYER FUNDED POSITION.
THANK YOU, SONIA JONES, FOR NOT PUTTING HANDS ON YOUR FELLOW TRUSTEES, EVEN THOUGH YOU WROTE IN A FACEBOOK COMMENT THAT IT WAS THE ONE THING YOU REGRETTED NOT HAVING DONE. THANK YOU, SONIA JONES, FOR MOVING ON TO BIGGER AND BETTER.
YOU ONCE POSTED I CAN'T WAIT TILL MAY OF 2026 TO LEAVE THE CIRCUS.
AND WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING GONE. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME RECOGNIZE THE WAYS THAT WE WILL REMEMBER SONIA JONES'S SERVICE TO THE DISTRICT, OUR STUDENTS, OUR STAFF, AND OUR COMMUNITY. NEXT UP IS SUMITA GHOSH.
SO. HI, MY NAME IS SUMITA GHOSH AND I AM A PARENT OF STUDENTS IN FORT BEND ISD.
FORT BEND ISD HAS A POLICY OF ZERO TOLERANCE FOR BULLYING.
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AND YET THIS EVENING, FORMER TRUSTEE SONIA JONES WAS RECOGNIZED FOR WHAT? AS A CONCERNED PARENT AND COMMUNITY MEMBER, I AM SPEAKING OUT NOT TO BULLY, BUT FOR ACCOUNTABILITY THAT BULLIES SHOULD BE HELD TO ACCOUNT AND NOT ENABLED AND RECOGNIZED WITH DISTINCTION. SHE WAS WRONG AND A HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE PERSON.I'M JUST NOT VERY HAPPY WITH WHAT HAPPENED FIVE MINUTES AGO, AND I NOTICED THAT SHE'S NOT COURAGEOUS ENOUGH TO TAKE THE HEAT WHEN SHE WAS WILLING TO BULLY AND DEMEAN AND PUT DOWN PARENTS AND QUOTE PEOPLE SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT.
UNFORTUNATELY, FORMER TRUSTEE SONIA JONES HAS EXHIBITED A PATTERN OF HUMILIATION, HARASSMENT, AND EVEN THREATS OF PHYSICAL VIOLENCE TO MYSELF PERSONALLY.
AND I'M VERY ANGRY. AND OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE FORT BEND ISD PARENTS.
INSTEAD, YOU BETRAYED HER TRUST IN SUPERINTENDENT AND CALL AND RELEASED THE INFORMATION.
MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE CAN BEST BE SUMMARIZED BY.
BY THE PHYSICAL THREATS OF VIOLENCE ENCOURAGING MY ASSAULT NOT ONCE OR TWICE, BUT THREE TIMES.
SHARON LEAL, GET YOUR GIRL. SHE DOESN'T WANT NONE OF THIS.
THERE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A FIT. JUST HANDS FROM THE NORTH SIDE.
THOSE ARE FACTS, I SAY. STEADY. READY? BECAUSE I KNOW THE TYPE OF PEOPLE I AM DEALING WITH.
AS AN ATTORNEY. I ASSUME MISS TYSON KNOWS THE TORT OF ASSAULT.
WELL, AND I DID REPORT IT IMMEDIATELY TO OUR DA'S OFFICE.
SO WHILE FORT BEND ISD DECIDES TO HONOR BULLIES IN VIOLATION OF THEIR ZERO TOLERANCE BULLYING POLICY, US AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS WANT TO BE AN EXAMPLE OF ACCOUNTABILITY FOR OUR CHILDREN AND SAY, SHAME ON YOU, SONIA JONES. AND TO SOME OF THE PEOPLE ON THE DIAS BECAUSE YOU CONDONE IT BY DOING THIS.
THERE IS A POEM BY NIEMÖLLER AND THERE WERE CHILDREN HERE WHO WERE DISREGARDED.
I STILL REMEMBER THAT YOUNG BOY WHO WAS AFRAID TO GO OUT IN THE PARKING LOT BECAUSE OF HIS LGBTQ BELIEFS, AND SONIA JONES HAS BEEN RANTING AND RAILING AGAINST KIDS WHO ARE OTHERS? FOR THE LONGEST TIME. AND YOU CONDONE IT BY HONORING HER.
AND I CONDONE YOUR HORRIBLE BEHAVIOR. I DO NOT CONDONE YOUR HORRIBLE BEHAVIOR IN HONORING SUCH A HORRIBLE, VILE, DISGUSTING. NEXT UP, DERRICK DAWSON.
THIS COLLABORATIVE, SAFE SPACE IS ONLY AS STRONG AS THE POSITIVE AND PURPOSEFUL PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN ADMINISTRATION, FACULTY AND STAFF. WHEN ADMINISTRATORS INTENTIONALLY MODEL THE EXPECTATIONS THEY SET FOR OTHERS AND LEAD THE PACK, THEY ESTABLISH A POWERFUL EXAMPLE OF INTEGRITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
LEADERSHIP IS NOT ABOUT DIRECTION. IT'S ABOUT DEMONSTRATION AND INSPIRATION.
WHEN FACULTY AND STAFF WITNESSED ADMINISTRATORS EMBODYING PROFESSIONALISM, EMPATHY, AND CONSISTENCY.
IT REINFORCES A CULTURE OF TRUST AND RESPECT.
MOREOVER, WHEN ADMINISTRATORS INTENTIONALLY BUILD GENUINE RELATIONSHIPS, IT CULTIVATES A SENSE OF BELONGING AND MUTUAL INVESTMENT IN THE SUCCESS OF SCHOOL COMMUNITY. SUCH RELATIONAL LEADERSHIP STRENGTHENS CAMPUS MORALE, INCREASES TEACHER WILLINGNESS TO COLLABORATE WITH ADMINISTRATION, AND REDUCES FEELINGS OF ISOLATION OR DISCONNECT.
ULTIMATELY, THIS POSITIVE MODELING HAS A DIRECT AND LASTING IMPACT ON A STUDENT'S SUCCESS.
STUDENTS BENEFIT FROM A STABLE, NURTURING, AND COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT WHERE LEARNING THRIVES, MOTIVATION INCREASES AND ENGAGEMENT DEEPENS. WHEN ADMINISTRATORS, FACULTY, AND STAFF WORK IN UNITY AND MODEL MUTUAL RESPECT.
STUDENTS NOT ONLY ACHIEVE ACADEMICALLY, BUT ALSO DEVELOP SOCIALLY AND EMOTIONALLY.
I LOOK FORWARD TO PARTNERING WITH ALL OF YOU TO FURTHER ENGAGE IN INSIGHTFUL CONVERSATION THAT STRENGTHENS OUR SHARED COMMITMENT TO FOSTERING A POSITIVE, PRODUCTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR ADMINISTRATORS, FACULTY, STAFF, AND STUDENTS AS ALL OF US CONTINUE TO LEAD THE PACK.
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THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS MISS PRINCE.I WANT TO THANK ANY, FORT BEND ISD, BART LEADERSHIP, TECH DEPARTMENT OR STAKEHOLDER WHO HELPED ADVOCATE FOR RETURNING TO BASIC FEATURES WITHIN THE NEW LET'S TALK CONNECT PORTAL. THE NEW LET'S CONNECT PORTAL.
Q IS NOT A NEW SYSTEM WITH TWO KNOWN SCHOOLS IN ILLINOIS USING IT SINCE 2014.
SO WHY WOULD THE DISTRICT HAVE TO SOLVE A PROBLEM THAT SKYWARD RESOLVED ALMOST A DECADE AGO? OUR NOTIFICATION SETTINGS FROM SMS SHOULD HAVE TRANSFERRED TO SKYWARD Q AS PART OF THE FINAL STEP OF THE MIGRATION, AT A MINIMUM. WHY DID I NOT RECEIVE THE REPORT? THE REPORT CARD FIRST PROGRESS REPORT EMAIL ON SEPTEMBER 3RD, AS THE DISTRICT PUBLISHED FOR MY ENROLLED STUDENT WHO IS NOT AN ATHLETE, THE DISTRICT HAS ELECTED TO REMOVE THE DISTRICT HAS ELECTED TO REMOVE THE ABILITY OF PARENTS AND STUDENTS TO RECEIVE TIMELY GRADING NOTIFICATIONS AND PROGRESS REPORTS VIA EMAIL, AND REMOVE THE ABILITY FOR STUDENTS AND PARENTS TO SEE GRADING STATISTICS LIKE MEAN, MEDIAN, HIGH, AND LOW VALUES FOR GRADES. AS IT STANDS, FORT BEND ISD TOLD PARENTS TO LOG INTO THEIR COMPUTERS COMPUTERS, COMPUTERS MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY TO CHECK SKYWARD FOR GRADES BECAUSE SOMEONE ON STAFF REPORTEDLY WANTED TO PROTECT PARENTS FROM RECEIVING TOO MANY EMAILS.
THE GRAND TOTAL WAS TWO PER DAY. BY ELIMINATING ALL SKYWARD DAILY NOTIFICATIONS FOR US, NEVER MIND THAT THE PARENTS HAVE TO OPT IN FOR THOSE NOTIFICATIONS, ACCORDING TO BOTH SKYWARD SMS AND SKYWARD HEALTH GUIDES, SO NO ISSUE FROM WHAT THE PLATFORM CLAIMS IS THEIR STANDARD FOR OTHER DISTRICTS.
WHY SPEND TIME DEVELOPING WAYS TO LIMIT PARENT AND STUDENT TIMELY AND EFFECTIVE PROGRESS MONITORING? WHY ARE WE LEVELING DOWN ON STUDENT PROGRESS TRACKING, STAKEHOLDER COMMUNICATIONS AND RECORDS ACCURACY ONLY IN FORT BEND ISD? DOES A SO-CALLED UPGRADE TO SKYWARD Q RESULT IN A DOWNGRADE FOR ALL STUDENTS AND PARENTS? WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR THIS DISTRICT TO REALIZE THAT ACCURATE GRADES AND ASSESSMENTS, TIMELY GRADING, AND SECURE RECORDS ARE ESSENTIAL TO EDUCATION.
I WANT TO THANK ALL THE PREVIOUS SPEAKERS. I THINK IT TAKES A LOT TO COME AND SPEAK YOUR MIND.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK FORMER BOSS JIM RICE, DONNETTA WILLIAMS, JUDY DAY, KRISTEN MALONE, DAVID HAMILTON AND SONIA JONES FOR YOUR SERVICE. I AM, AT A MINIMUM, GRATEFUL FOR THE TIME YOU SPENT IN SPITE OF OUR TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS IN THE DISTRICT.
I THINK IT TAKES A LOT TO SIT ON THAT DESK, BECAUSE WHEN SOMETHING GOES WRONG, MOST TIMES WHEN I COME HERE, IT'S BECAUSE I'VE LET TEN THINGS GO BY. SO I KNOW IT SEEMS LIKE I YOU SEE ME A LOT, BUT WHEN I COME, IT'S BECAUSE I LET THINGS GO. AND I KNOW IT'S HARD SITTING UP THERE AND TAKING OUR CRITIQUES.
APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS OUR SUPERINTENDENT UPDATE, DOCTOR SMITH.
[7.Superintendent Update]
YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I HAVE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS THAT I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL TONIGHT DURING THE SUPERINTENDENT'S UPDATE.TEST. TEST. HELLO? HELLO. ALL RIGHT. I THINK YOU GOT US BACK GOING.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT. SO THE FIRST SLIDE IS ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
SO EARLIER THIS MONTH, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES HOSTED AN ANNUAL LISTENING TOUR AT BUSH HIGH SCHOOL.
ALSO THIS MONTH, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING AS THE GRAND MARSHALL AND THE MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL HOMECOMING PARADE, WHERE SEVERAL OF OUR TRUSTEES DISPLAYED THEIR SPIRIT AND THEY JOINED IN ON THE FUN AS WELL.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK OUR TRUSTEES FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
THE NEXT ITEM IS ON DISTRICT MILESTONES AND CAMPUS DEDICATIONS.
THIS OCTOBER, WE OFFICIALLY DEDICATED THREE OF OUR NEWEST CAMPUSES IN THE DISTRICT ALDRIDGE ELEMENTARY HENRY ELEMENTARY, AND MISSION ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. OPENING NEW SCHOOLS IS ALWAYS VERY FUN AND EXCITING.
EACH OF THESE EVENTS BROUGHT STUDENTS TOGETHER.
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THEY BROUGHT THE STAFF TOGETHER. THEY BROUGHT THE FAMILY MEMBERS TOGETHER AND THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO CELEBRATE A HISTORIC MILESTONE.AND SO IT WAS GREAT TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE TURN OUT FOR THESE EVENTS, INCLUDING, OF COURSE, THE FAMILIES AND THE CAMPUS NAMESAKES. WE LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING MORE MILESTONES FOR THESE NEW SCHOOLS AS THEY CREATE A LEGACY FOR THEIR COMMUNITY.
THE NEXT ITEM IS STAFF EXCELLENCE AND THE RED APPLE AWARD.
AND SO THIS WEDNESDAY WE WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS FIRST TO COLONY BAND TEACHER JASON BIJAK FOR BEING AWARDED THE KHOU CHANNEL 11 NEWS RED APPLE AWARD. AND SO HE'LL BE FEATURED ON GREAT DAY HOUSTON WITH DEBORAH DUNCAN THIS WEDNESDAY.
AND SO THE RED APPLE AWARD, IT CELEBRATES HOUSTON AREA TEACHERS WHO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND TO SERVE STUDENTS, SERVE COLLEAGUES AND THEIR DISTRICT. AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS HONOR FOR MR. BIJAK. HE EXEMPLIFIES THE BEST OF FORT BEND ISD, AND WE'RE VERY PROUD TO HAVE HIM FEATURED IN THE LOCAL NEWS PRODUCTION THAT'S DEDICATED TO HIGHLIGHT EXCEPTIONAL TEACHERS. IF YOU WANT TO SEE IT AGAIN, YOU CAN WATCH IT, CATCH IT ON THIS WEDNESDAY ON GREAT DAY HOUSTON, THAT'S THE DEBRA DUNCAN SHOW. AND THEN WE HAVE THE NEXT ITEM, OUR DISTRICT PARTNERSHIPS AND THE SUGAR SHINDIG.
WE HAD A GREAT TIME THIS PAST FRIDAY. WANT TO THANK THE FORT BEND EDUCATION FOUNDATION.
THIS EVENT RAISES MONEY FOR TEACHER GRANTS AND STUDENT ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS. EVERYONE HAD A GREAT TIME AND ENJOYED SOME REALLY DELICIOUS CAKES.
I PERSONALLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE A CAKE ANNOUNCER AND SO IT WAS A LOT OF FUN.
I ASK HILLARY, COULD SHE ESTIMATE THE AMOUNT THAT WAS RAISED? AND SHE SAID IT WAS NEAR $34,000 THAT WAS RAISED FOR TEACHERS AND FOR STUDENTS.
WE KNOW OUR PRINCIPALS ARE KEY LEADERS IN THE DISTRICT.
THEY'RE KEY LEADERS IN THEIR COMMUNITY. THEY SET THE TONE FOR EXCELLENCE.
THEY CREATE WELCOMING ENVIRONMENTS, AND THEY BOTH INSPIRE THEIR STUDENTS AND THEIR STAFF TO LEAD THE PACK AND TO DO THE WORK TO SERVE THE STUDENTS WITH A STUDENT HEART AND A SERVANT HEART. AND SO WE KNOW THAT THEIR WORK IS VERY HARD AND CHALLENGING.
THIS IS ONE MONTH OF REALLY IT COULD BE PRINCIPAL APPRECIATION MONTH EVERY MONTH OF THE YEAR, BUT THIS IS THE MONTH THAT WE TAKE TIME TO REALLY DEDICATE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES ALL THROUGHOUT THE MONTH TO REALLY HIGHLIGHT OUR PRINCIPLES, TO TELL THEM THANK YOU AND THAT WE APPRECIATE THEM FOR THEIR EFFORT.
SO, PRINCIPALS, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE WATCHING AND LISTENING FROM MYSELF AND FROM THE BOARD.
I KNOW THEY WOULD LOVE TO SHARE THEIR APPRECIATION AS WELL.
FOR ALL THE HARD WORK YOU DO TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS AND TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.
THE LAST ITEM THAT I WANT TO SHARE IS JUST A TOPIC ON OUR LONG RANGE BOUNDARY PLANNING.
THE PROCESS CONTINUES TO MOVE FORWARD. WE HAVE STRONG COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
WE ARE GATHERING LOTS OF FEEDBACK FROM OUR COMMUNITY.
IN CASE ANYONE MISSED IT, WE DO HAVE ONE MORE INFORMATIONAL SESSIONS COMING UP ON THE 28TH OF THIS WEEK, AND IT WILL BE A PROGRESSIVE HIGH SCHOOL, AND WE WANT TO INVITE THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROM ALL ACROSS THE DISTRICT TO ATTEND WILL BE CONTINUING TO SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT THE LONG RANGE BOUNDARY PLAN, AND THE PROCESS AFTER THAT MEETING WILL GO THROUGH ANOTHER PROCESS OF RECEIVING FEEDBACK.
MYSELF, THE STAFF, THE BOARD WILL BE RECEIVING FEEDBACK, AND WE WILL BE USING THAT INFORMATION TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR VOICE IS HEARD AS A COMMUNITY, AS WE MAKE DECISIONS MOVING FORWARD.
SO JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH THE COMMUNITY.
MADAM PRESIDENT, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT THIS EVENING.
THANK YOU, DOCTOR SMITH. NEXT UP IS OUR BOARD ACTIVITY REPORT.
[8.Board Activity Report]
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DOCTOR GILLIAM. THANK YOU. AND GOOD EVENING. IT IS MY PLEASURE TO SHARE.BOARD MEMBERS, DISTRICT ACTIVITIES REPORT. STUDENT LEADERSHIP 101 CAMPUS ANNOUNCEMENTS.
CALENDAR. COMMITTEE. AUDIT COMMITTEE. POLICY COMMITTEE.
BOUNDARY PLANNING. STUDENT LEADERSHIP 102 COMMONWEALTH ELEMENTARY PTA MEETING.
MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL HOMECOMING PARADE. WE HAD FUN TOO.
ALDRICH ELEMENTARY NEW CAMPUS DEDICATION. FERNDALE HENRY ELEMENTARY.
NEW CAMPUS REDEDICATION DEDICATION ELKINS BAND AND GUARD COMMUNITY.
OH MY GOODNESS. COMMUNITY. I'M SORRY. ELKINS BAND AND GUARD COMMUNITY.
BASH DISHES USA GRAND DIWALI GALA. SUGAR SHINDIG AND MISSION ELEMENTARY.
NEW SCHOOL DEDICATION. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, DOCTOR GILLIAM.
[9.A 2025 BOY Student Achievement Update]
DOCTOR SMITH. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.WE'LL BE TURNING THIS PRESENTATION OVER TO DOCTOR ADAM STEVENS, OUR CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER.
GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. SO I AM GOING TO LET MY COLLEAGUE MELISSA HUBBARD BEGIN THE PRESENTATION, AND THEN I'LL COME IN IN THE BACK END AND TELL YOU SOME MORE ABOUT THE WONDERFUL THINGS OUR STUDENTS HAVE BEEN UP TO. MISS HUBBARD.
GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT DAWSON. DOCTOR SMITH AND BOARD OF TRUSTEE MEMBERS.
THIS EVENING WE ARE GOING TO PROVIDE OUR BEGINNING OF THE YEAR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT UPDATE.
THIS INFORMATION IS GOING TO COVER OUR INITIAL DATA POINTS FROM OUR BEGINNING OF THE YEAR ASSESSMENTS FOR PRE K CIRCLE, AS WELL AS OUR BEGINNING OF THE YEAR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT PERCENTILES FOR OUR NWA MAP GROWTH ASSESSMENTS FOR MULTIPLE GRADE LEVELS, AS WELL AS MULTIPLE CONTENT AREAS. DOCTOR STEVENS IS ALSO GOING TO GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MAP AND STAR, SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF LEVEL SET ON THE DATA THAT YOU'LL BE VIEWING TODAY.
SO I'M GOING TO START OFF WITH OUR PRE-K FOR DATA THIS YEAR AT OUR BEGINNING OF THE YEAR DATA POINT FOR MATH EARLY NUMERACY. WE ARE SITTING ON ABOUT 84% OF OUR STUDENTS ON TRACK FOR THEIR MATH COMPOSITE SCORES.
THAT IS VERY COMPARABLE TO WHERE WE'VE BEEN THE LAST TWO YEARS.
SO THAT IS OUR PRE-K CIRCLE DATA FOR MATH. IN TERMS OF OUR EARLY LITERACY CIRCLE DATA, WE ARE BEGINNING THIS SCHOOL YEAR AT 60% OF OUR STUDENTS ON TRACK WITH THAT PHONOLOGICAL ECOLOGICAL AWARENESS PIECE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN WHERE WE STARTED LAST YEAR, BY TWO PERCENTAGE POINTS AND SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN WE WERE IN 2023.
AND SO THIS IS WHERE WE ARE STARTING WITH PRE-K FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR.
AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO DOCTOR STEVENS.
AND HE'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT MAP. THANK YOU MISS HUBBARD.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE ALWAYS WANT TO DO IS WE WANT TO LEVEL SET.
SO WE KNOW THAT WITH THE TERM ASSESSMENT GETS THROWN AROUND A LOT AND BANDIED AROUND A LOT. SO WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S JUST A COMMON UNDERSTANDING OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ASSESSMENT THAT WE USE. AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MAP ASSESSMENT, MAP IS REALLY JUST ONE LEG OF A THREE LEGGED STOOL THAT WE USE IN THE DISTRICT.
SO WE HAVE OUR MAP ASSESSMENT. AND THE THING ABOUT MAP IS THAT WE ADMINISTER THAT THREE TIMES A YEAR, AND OUR STUDENTS PERFORMANCE IS COMPARED TO A NORMATIVE SAMPLE.
SO IT'S STUDENTS IN TEXAS, STUDENTS IN OKLAHOMA, OHIO.
WE ALSO HAVE THE STAR ASSESSMENT. SO THE STAR ASSESSMENT IS AN ASSESSMENT THAT YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH. AND SO THAT'S AN ASSESSMENT THAT WE TAKE CURRENTLY ONCE A YEAR AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. AND IT REALLY MEASURES OUR STUDENTS PERFORMANCE ON HOW WELL THEY SHOULD HAVE LEARNED CONCEPTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. AND THAT THIRD LEG OF THE STOOL THAT WE USE IS THE LOCAL DISTRICT ASSESSMENT. SO WE TAKE ALL THREE OF THOSE ASSESSMENTS.
AND THOSE ASSESSMENTS ARE GIVEN ON A WEEKLY OR BI WEEKLY BASIS.
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OR HOWEVER OFTEN THE CAMPUS DETERMINES, AND WE USE ALL THREE OF THOSE DATA POINTS TO REALLY TRIANGULATE AND GIVE US A SENSE OF HOW WELL A STUDENT IS PROGRESSING THROUGH HIS OR HER SCHOOL YEAR. SO WE LOOK AT MAP. AND AGAIN, THE BIG DIFFERENCE IS MAP IS AN ADAPTIVE ASSESSMENT.SO AS THE KID IS MORE SUCCESSFUL, THEY'RE GOING TO GET QUESTIONS THAT ARE TAILORED TO HIM OR HER.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE THAT YOU'LL SEE ON STAAR TEST IS THAT THERE ARE SOME FIELD QUESTIONS THAT ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT FOR SPECIFIC STUDENTS, BUT REALLY, MAP IS FOCUSED ON MEASURING INDIVIDUAL GROWTH AND CURRENT ACHIEVEMENT ACROSS A WIDE RANGE OF SKILL.
BY STAR LOOKS AT HOW WELL THE STUDENTS DID AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
AND THEN MAP LET US KNOW HALFWAY THROUGH THE YEAR LAST YEAR THAT THEY WERE WORKING ON A BIG SURPRISE. AND THAT BIG SURPRISE WAS THAT THEY WERE UPDATING THEIR NORMS. AND SO GENERALLY, EVERY 3 TO 5 YEARS, MAPS LIKE MAP LIKES TO COME OUT AND HAVE UPDATED NORMS. SO THEY SPENT THE LAST FEW YEARS REALLY ENSURING THAT THE NORMS THAT THEY USE FOR THE NEXT 3 TO 5 YEARS CAPTURE THE CURRENT EDUCATIONAL CLIMATE.
AND SO WHAT THEY SAW WAS THAT THEY HAD 116 MILLION SCORES TO PULL FROM, FROM ALMOST 14 MILLION STUDENTS ACROSS 30,000 SCHOOLS, SPANNING SIX TESTING TERMS FROM FALL 2022 TO FALL 2024.
AND SO THESE DATA POINTS NOW ENCOMPASS THE NEW MAP.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT MAKES KIND OF DIFFICULT IS AS THEY FACTOR IN NEW MAP DATA, IT MAKES COMPARING OUR SCORES FROM THE 2025 FALL TO THE 2024 FALL A LITTLE BIT TRICKY. SO AS AN EXAMPLE, WHAT WE KNOW, WHAT MAP SHARED WITH US IS THAT MAYBE IN 2024, THAT SCORE OF 175, THAT EQUATED TO A SCORE OF 50%. WHAT WE KNOW NOW IS THAT WITH THE UPDATED NORMS, THAT SCORE OF A 125, THAT COULD BE A SCORE OF 54%. SO IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO LOOK AT THAT CAMPUS ACHIEVEMENT NUMBER AND SAY, WELL, IT'S BETTER THAN LAST YEAR. IT'S A LITTLE DOWN COMPARED TO LAST YEAR BECAUSE THEY'VE ADJUSTED THOSE NORMS. AND SO WHAT WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE CAMPUSES WITH IS GETTING A REALLY HOLISTIC PICTURE OF THE INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS PERFORMANCE.
THAT'S THE ONE THING THAT'S REALLY POWERFUL ABOUT MAP IS THAT WHEN WE GIVE THE ASSESSMENT, IT LETS US KNOW THAT THESE ARE THE SKILLS THAT THAT THE STUDENT IS READY TO DISPLAY RIGHT NOW.
THESE ARE THE SKILLS THAT WITH A LITTLE BIT OF INSTRUCTION, THE STUDENT IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO PERFORM REALLY WELL AT. AND THERE'S SOME SKILLS BACK HERE THAT THE STUDENT NEEDS MORE INDIVIDUALIZED SUPPORT.
AND SO THE NEW NORMS JUST GIVE US MORE DATA THAT WE CAN USE TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS.
OVERALL, WE WERE REALLY PLEASED WHEN WE GOT THE DATA.
IT WAS NICE FOR US TO SEE THAT OUR STUDENTS CONTINUED TO PERFORM.
SO EVERYTHING ABOVE 50 PERCENTILE MEANS THAT YOU'RE IN A REALLY GOOD SPACE.
SO WE SEE THAT ACROSS THE BOARD. OUR DISTRICT AVERAGE FOR READING WAS 65.
WE WERE IN THE 65TH PERCENTILE KINDERGARTEN. WE WERE IN THE 58TH PERCENTILE.
BUT YOU SEE ACROSS THE BOARD FROM FIRST GRADE TO 10TH GRADE, WE ARE AT OR ABOVE THE 61ST PERCENTILE.
SO THAT INDICATES REALLY STRONG READING AND LANGUAGE PERFORMANCE FOR OUR STUDENTS.
AND THEN WHAT THAT DOES FOR KINDERGARTEN IS IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF REALLY DIG IN AND REALLY UNPACK AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ENSURING THAT THAT THOSE PHONICS LESSONS ARE TAKING ROOT, AND THEN ALSO WORK WITH OUR PRE-K TEACHERS TO ENSURE THAT WHEN OUR STUDENTS COME TO US FOR KINDERGARTEN, THAT THEY'RE READY FOR THAT RIGOR AND CHALLENGE. SO ACROSS THE BOARD, READING ACHIEVEMENT CONTINUES TO LOOK STRONG.
AND THAT'S A PRACTICE THAT WE SEE AS WELL WHEN WE LOOK AT MATH ACHIEVEMENT. AND SO THE FIRST THING THAT JUMPS OUT IS WELL WHAT HAPPENED WITH EIGHTH GRADE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER WITH EIGHTH GRADE IS THIS MEASURES ON GRADE LEVEL ACHIEVEMENT.
SO THIS IS OUR EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS THAT ARE TAKING EIGHTH GRADE MATH.
SO THIS IS JUST 41% OF OUR ON GRADE LEVEL EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS THAT ARE TAKING THIS ASSESSMENT.
WHEN WE MOVE THAT FORWARD TO ALGEBRA ONE, WE SEE THAT JUMPS UP TO 62%.
SO IF WE'RE ABLE TO FACTOR IN WHAT THOSE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS TOOK THAT WERE TAKING ON GRADE LEVEL TESTS AND WHAT OUR EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS TOOK THAT WERE TAKING THE ABOVE GRADE LEVEL TEST, THAT GIVE US A BETTER PICTURE OF THE PERFORMANCE OF OUR EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS. SO OVERALL, ACROSS THE BOARD, WE ARE WELL POSITIONED TO CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE THE LEVEL OF SUCCESS THAT WE HAD. WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH INDIVIDUAL CAMPUSES.
WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO USE THIS DATA BOTH TO GUIDE THEIR PLTS TO GUIDE THEIR PLCS.
THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE KNOW FOR OUR THREE CAMPUSES THAT WE ARE HIGHLY FOCUSED ON IS THEY'RE USING THIS DATA TO HELP THEM INFORM WHICH GROUPS OF STUDENTS ARE GETTING INTERVENTIONS, WHICH GROUPS OF STUDENTS ARE GETTING ADDITIONAL TOUCHES. AND SO WE THINK THAT THIS DATA PAINTS A REALLY GOOD PICTURE OF THE WORK THAT OUR TEACHERS ARE DOING IN FORT BEND ISD. AND SO WE CONTINUE TO REMAIN PLEASED WITH WITH THE DATA.
IT ALSO GIVES US SOME REALLY GOOD ACTION POINTS AND LETS US KNOW THAT WE DEFINITELY HAVE AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY. SO ONE OF THE DATA PIECES THAT WE PROVIDED YOU WAS A BREAKDOWN OF THE INDIVIDUAL CAMPUSES BY STUDENT SUPPORT. WE'VE GONE AHEAD AND UPDATED THAT TO INCLUDE SOME ADDITIONAL REQUESTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED.
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OUR STUDENT SUBPOPULATIONS DON'T FALL BEHIND AND WE DON'T SEE GROWTH IN THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP.SO WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH PRINCIPALS. I KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THIS WEEK IS WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO TO WORK WITH PRINCIPALS DURING OUR FOCUS ON LEADING SESSION. WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE THEM MORE INFORMATION AND OPPORTUNITIES TO REALLY DIG IN AND UNPACK NOT JUST THEIR MAP DATA, BUT DATA IN GENERAL, BECAUSE WE REALLY FEEL LIKE HAVING A REALLY GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF YOUR DATA IS JUST GOING TO MAKE YOU THAT MUCH MORE OF AN EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTIONAL LEADER.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DOCTOR STEPHENS AND MISS HUBBARD, DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE TRUSTEES? OKAY, MISS SHANNON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS HUBBARD AND DOCTOR STEPHENS.
SO AS FAR, BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO MAKE THAT PUSH TO INCREASE AVAILABILITY OF PRE-K BECAUSE THAT'S JUST REALLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR KIDS ESPECIALLY THOSE KIDS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE, THAT WE NEED.
DO WE HAVE THE DATA? I'M NOT ASKING FOR AN ANSWER, BUT DO WE HAVE THE DATA TO SHOW HOW MANY OF OUR PRE-K KIDS MATRICULATE UP TO KINDERGARTEN? AND DO WE DO WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER IT, BUT DO WE HAVE ANY DATA THAT SHOWS ARE THEY PERFORMING BETTER THAN THE KIDS WHO ARE COMING IN WITHOUT PRE-K EXPERIENCE? SO ON AVERAGE, THIS IS AN EXACT NUMBER. BUT WHAT WE'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS IS IT'S ABOUT 50% OF OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE IN KINDERGARTEN NOW WERE ALSO IN OUR PRE-K FOUR PROGRAM. OKAY. NOW THAT'S NOT BY CAMPUS, RIGHT? THERE MIGHT BE MORE STUDENTS AT ROSA PARKS, LET'S SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT WERE IN PRE-K FOUR AND ARE AT KINDERGARTEN AT ROSA PARKS.
RIGHT. AND IT MIGHT BE A LESS PERCENTAGE AT ANOTHER CAMPUS, BUT OVERALL IT'S ABOUT 50% OF OUR PRE-K.
FOUR STUDENTS ARE ALSO MATRICULATING UP TO KINDER.
IN TERMS OF THE PROGRESS OR HOW DOES PRE-K FOUR IMPACT KINDERGARTEN SUCCESS? WE DO AN ANNUAL PROGRAM EVALUATION ON PRE-K, AND WE HAD ONE LAST YEAR THAT LOOKED AT SOME OF THAT DATA THAT WE COULD PROVIDE TO YOU.
HOPEFULLY THE DATA PROVES THAT, THAT THE IMPACT OF PRE-K IS HELPFUL TO OUR KIDS.
THE OTHER QUESTION THAT AS YOU WERE TELLING DOCTOR STEVENS ABOUT THE MATH AND AGAIN, I DON'T WANT AN ANSWER NOW, BUT CAN YOU SHOW THE BOARD THE NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE TAKING ON LEVEL EIGHTH GRADE MATH VERSUS ALGEBRA ONE VERSUS MAYBE GEOMETRY? I'M ASSUMING THAT'S A MUCH SMALLER PERCENTAGE.
YES, MA'AM. WE CAN PROVIDE THAT THIS WEEK IN A BOARD UPDATE. OKAY. THE OTHER THING THAT I'M KIND OF INTERESTED IN, BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS TWO YEARS AGO THAT THEY SAID ANYONE WHO SCORES AT A WAS IT THE SIX, WAS IT A 60 ON THE THE MATH TEST IN FIFTH GRADE OR WAS IT FIFTH GRADE.
THEN THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO TAKE REQUIRED TO HAVE ACCESS.
SENATE BILL 13. DO WE HAVE ANY DATA ON HOW MANY OF THOSE STUDENTS ARE DOING THAT? DO WE KNOW HOW MANY ARE GOING THAT PATH VERSUS STAYING IN THE ON LEVEL? WE CAN ALSO PROVIDE THAT IN A BOARD UPDATE AS WELL. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. I JUST THINK THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE TO SEE HOW THEY'RE DOING. BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE DATA. AND I THINK THAT'S ALL.
THANK YOU, MISS DAWSON. THANK YOU, MISS HANNAN.
I THINK OUR REQUEST TO SPEAK BUTTON IS WORKING AGAIN.
ANY OTHER TRUSTEES? OKAY, SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I'M.
I'M PLEASED TO SEE WHERE WE ARE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR GIVING US THIS UPDATE. I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO END UP MIDDLE OF THE YEAR, ESPECIALLY COMPARATIVELY. I KNOW IT'S VERY HARD, AS YOU SAID, DOCTOR STEVENS, TO COMPARE TO LAST YEAR.
MY ONLY AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING US SOME INFORMATION AS WELL.
BECAUSE THERE ARE SUBPOPULATIONS, MANY OF THEM NEED EXTRA SUPPORT AND EXTRA ATTENTION.
SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT THEY'RE NOT FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS.
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BUT I WOULD LIKE TO DIG INTO THAT A LITTLE MORE AND MAYBE GET A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION FROM YOU GUYS, BECAUSE AND IT DOES NOT NOW, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE, BECAUSE THAT THAT IS SO REPRESENTATIVE OF THE EIGHTH GRADERS WHO ARE TAKING EIGHTH GRADE MATH. AND SO THESE ARE PRESUMABLY STUDENTS WHO AREN'T STRONG IN MATH TO BEGIN WITH, AND THAT THEREFORE THEY AREN'T TAKING ALGEBRA ONE.SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE AREN'T MISSING SOME OPPORTUNITIES THERE.
I KNOW MY KIDS NEEDED EXTRA SUPPORT IN MATH, AND MY KIDS WERE THE ONES WHO WERE IN SEVENTH GRADE, THE YEAR THAT THEY CHANGED ALL THE MATH AND EVERYTHING.
AND I JUST THINK IT HAS IT HAS SORT OF SNOWBALLED.
AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TAKING CARE OF THOSE THOSE GUYS.
THAT'S THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY. SO. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU. OKAY. NEXT UP IS OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION UPDATE, DOCTOR
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SMITH. YES, MA'AM. THAT WILL ALSO BE DOCTOR STEVENS, AND HE'LL BE SUPPORTED BY MISS DRISCOLL.ALL RIGHT, SO GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. I'M EXCITED TO BE WITH YOU AGAIN TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING INSIDE OF SPECIAL ED IN FORT BEND ISD. JOINING ME TONIGHT IS MR. DRISCOLL, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL EDUCATION.
SO WE'LL GET STARTED. SO AGAIN ONE OF THE TRENDS THAT WE'VE SEEN IN FORT BEND ISD YEAR OVER YEAR FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS IS THAT WHILE OUR ENROLLMENT MAYBE HAS STAGNATED OR DECLINED A LITTLE, THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT WE'RE SERVING ACROSS OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT CONTINUES TO GROW.
LAST YEAR, WE ENDED ABOUT 15.5% OF OUR STUDENTS RECEIVING SOME FORM OF SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES.
AND SO THAT'S THAT SOUNDS MAYBE NOT LIKE A LOT, OR MAYBE IT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT.
AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF WORK BEHIND EACH OF THOSE THINGS.
AND WE HAVE CURRENTLY 301 REFERRALS AND PROCESS ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
WE'VE ALREADY THIS YEAR COMPLETED 389 REMOVALS WITH 2500 DUE THIS YEAR.
AND WE KNOW THAT EACH REMOVAL COULD TAKE ANYWHERE FROM 4 TO 10 UP TO TO 30 HOURS TO COMPLETE.
SO THIS CONTINUES TO BE A TESTAMENT TO OUR STAFF.
AND WE ARE WE ARE INDEBTED TO THEM GREATLY. SO WE HAVE 29 REFERRALS THAT HAVE COME FROM OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER SINCE AUGUST, AND WE'VE ALREADY COMPLETED 2546 ANNUAL AUDITS.
AND SO THE CAMPUSES ARE WORKING, THE SPECIAL ED STAFF IS WORKING AND THE TEACHERS ARE WORKING.
WE'VE HAD SOME GREAT FUN THIS YEAR ALREADY. WE TALKED TO YOU LAST YEAR ABOUT PILOTING PARTNER PE.
AND OUR GENERAL EDUCATION STUDENTS SERVE BASICALLY AS AN INDIVIDUAL OR A TEAM COACH.
SO SATARTIA WAS GREAT ENOUGH AND COURAGEOUS ENOUGH THAT THEY SAID, WE'LL PILOT THIS FOR YOU.
SO WE PARTNERED WITH REGION 13 OUT OF DALLAS.
THEY CAME OUT THIS SUMMER, TRAINED UP, TRAINED UP THE SATARTIA STAFF.
AND IT HAS BEEN JUST A GREAT PARTNERSHIP. I'VE GOTTEN TO SPEND SOME TIME IN THE CLASSROOM. AND SO WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF THE GENERAL EDUCATION STUDENTS SUPPORTING THE SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS. AND SO WE'RE EXCITED.
OUR GOAL NEXT YEAR IS WE REALLY WANT TO SCALE THIS TO ALL OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS. AND WE ARE CURRENTLY IN CONVERSATIONS RIGHT NOW WITH SATARTIA ABOUT PILOTING THEIR PARTNER THEATER PROGRAM. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT IS WHEN WE DO A PROGRAM, WE WANT IT TO BE SIMPLE, SCALABLE AND SUSTAINABLE.
WE WANT PEOPLE TO LOOK AT IT AND WE WANT IT TO BE ASPIRATIONAL.
SO AS SOON AS THE THEATER TEACHERS SAW THAT THIS WAS HAPPENING IN PE, THEY ACTUALLY APPROACHED THE PRINCIPAL AND SAID, HEY, WE'RE REALLY INTERESTED IN THIS. AND SO IT'S ALREADY BEEN A GREAT CONVERSATION BETWEEN MYSELF, THE SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, CAMPUS LEADERSHIP, AND OUR FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT ABOUT PARTNER THEATER. SO THAT WILL AGAIN TAKE SOME OF OUR EXCEPTIONAL STUDENTS AND PARTNER THEM WITH THE GENERAL EDUCATION STUDENT, AND THEY WILL PUT ON SPECIFIC PLAYS, OR THEY'LL GIVE THEM SPECIFIC ROLES WITHIN THE THEATER TO DO SO.
WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE THE POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIP OF THIS WORK.
WE'VE REALLY GOTTEN TO SPEND SOME TIME THIS YEAR VISITING OUR ARTS MR. SCHOOL. AND I SPENT, I DON'T KNOW, A GOOD DAY DRIVING AROUND AND JUST SEEING OUR STUDENTS IN ACTION.
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SO WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS SOME OF OUR STUDENTS WORK AS SUPPORTING OUR CAFETERIAS ACROSS FORT BEND.THEY RESTOCK THE SHELVES, THEY STOCK THE MILKS. AND WHAT'S SO AMAZING IS THEY WALK IN.
THEY NEED NO DIRECTIONS. THEY HAVE THEIR JOBS, THEY HAVE THEIR TASKS.
AND THE OLDER STUDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE WORK, THEY TEACH THE YOUNGER STUDENTS HOW TO DO IT. AND THEN WHAT'S EVEN MORE IMPRESSIVE IS WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT ARE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. SO I GOT TO SEE STUDENTS. THE BOTTOM PICTURE IS OUR STUDENTS ARE AT MARSHALLS GETTING THOSE LIFE SKILLS, GETTING READY TO GET HIRED. WE SPENT SOME TIME AT BURLINGTON BURLINGTON COAT FACTORY SEEING STUDENTS THERE, WORKING, STOCKING THE SHELVES, GETTING READY TO GET HIRED AND ONBOARDED.
WE HAVE STUDENTS AT WALGREENS AND AT DOUBLEDAY, SO IT'S JUST SO REFRESHING TO SEE THE WORK THAT OUR CAMPUS TEACHERS ARE DOING IN PREPARING THOSE STUDENTS THAT ARE IN THAT ATS PROGRAM TO TRANSITION OUT INTO THE INTO THE REAL WORLD.
AND SO IT'S JUST A TESTAMENT AND KUDOS AGAIN, TO NOT ONLY JUST OUR FAMILIES IN FORT BEND FOR THEIR TRUST IN US, BUT ALSO THE CAMPUSES FOR THEIR WORK. AND THIS THE TEACHERS IN GENERAL.
SO THAT WAS REALLY, REALLY REFRESHING. AND SO I ALSO GOT TO PICK UP A COOL BRACELET BECAUSE OVER AT ELKINS, THEY RUN KIND OF A STUDENT STORE WHERE THEY SELL THINGS AND DURING HOMECOMING THEY MAKE MUMS. SO IF YOU NEED A MUMS, SURE. IF YOU NEED A MUMS SWING BY ELKINS, THEY GOT YOU COVERED.
SO THERE WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY EARLIER THIS YEAR AT CLEMENTS, WHERE THEIR NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY PARTNERED WITH THE ARC OF FORT BEND COUNTY TO JUST RUN A PARENT RESOURCE FAIR. SO IT WAS JUST AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PARENTS TO SEE KIND OF WHAT ARE THOSE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE THAT ARE OUT THERE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'RE NOT IN THIS ALONE, THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS HERE, THEIR OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE HERE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT. AND THEN WE CONTINUE TO TRY TO LOOK AND JUST PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR PARENTS TO LEARN AND GROW AND KNOW.
SO WE HAVE THESE NEW TO KNOW SESSIONS WHERE PARENTS CAN LOG ON AND JUST HANG OUT AND LEARN MORE THINGS ABOUT THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY HAVE AVAILABLE TO THEM AS THEIR STUDENTS ARE IN IN OUR CARE IN FORT BEND ISD AND OUR SPECIAL ED PROGRAM.
AND THE LAST THING THAT WE WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IS THAT WE WERE ONE OF THE LUCKY DAY, LUCKY DISTRICTS THAT WERE CHOSEN TO PARTICIPATE IN A CYCLICAL AUDIT.
SO THIS IS A FIVE YEAR PROCESS. SO EVERY FIVE YEARS THEY COME OUT AND THEY SELECT DISTRICTS.
AND WE WERE ONE OF THOSE DISTRICTS. AND SO THEY'LL SEND US A LIST OF 16 FOLDERS.
AND WE GOT TO SEND THOSE 16 FOLDERS OFF TO AUSTIN.
AND NOW THOSE FOLDERS WILL BE SPOT CHECKED FOR QUALITY AND AND COMPLIANCE AND OTHER ISSUES.
AND THEN I BELIEVE, MR. DRISCOLL, YOU SAID MID-DECEMBER, MID-DECEMBER, WE'LL GET THE RESULTS OF THOSE AUDITS AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO KIND OF JUST ENSURE THAT WE'VE GOT THE RIGHT SYSTEMS, STRUCTURES AND SUPPORTS IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT OUR PROGRAMS AND PROCESSES ARE WORKING THE WAY THAT THEY SHOULD BE.
SO THAT IS AN UPDATE ON SPECIAL ED. THANK YOU, DOCTOR STEVENS AND MR. SKAL DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE TRUSTEES, MISS GALLAGHER? CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY. VERY GOOD. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR REPORT THIS EVENING.
AND SO INTERESTING. AS I WAS LISTENING TO YOU PROVIDE AN UPDATE WHICH YOU'RE WORKING WITH THE SCHOOLS, I THINK, IN THE DALLAS AREA TO DO THE PROGRAM.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE DID OVER 30 YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL WHERE I ACTUALLY BECAME WHO I AM TODAY AS A COMPUTER SCIENTIST BECAUSE OF A PROGRAM VERY SPECIFIC TO THAT WHERE I TAUGHT THE YOUNGER STUDENTS COMPUTER SCIENCE. AND THAT WAS A WAY FOR ME TO GROW AND DEVELOP.
SO I'M REALLY, REALLY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PROGRAM.
AND I CAN SEE IT ACTUALLY GROWING TO OTHER DIFFERENT AREAS.
BUT I THINK IT CAN BE EVEN, YOU KNOW, UTILIZED ON A BROADER SCALE.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU. AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE ADULT TRANSITION SERVICES SO WE UNDERSTAND THAT SPECIAL EDUCATION. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE TALKING THE SAME THING.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, ARE OUR COUNSELORS WORKING WITH ESPECIALLY OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL COUNSELORS, WORKING WITH OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS TO IDENTIFY AREAS IN OUR PROGRAMS, FOR THEM TO TO ENROLL IN AS PART OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT SO THAT WHEN THEY ACTUALLY GRADUATE, THEY MAY HAVE SOME TYPE OF SKILL SET.
OH EXCUSE ME. IT'S PART OF THE ART PROCESS TO CONSIDER THEIR 18 PLUS OR THEIR GOALS AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, THEIR POST-SECONDARY GOALS, AND A COUNSELOR AND OR THE TRANSITION SPECIALIST ON THE CAMPUS OR THAT'S ASSOCIATED TO THAT STUDENT WOULD WORK THROUGH THAT PROCESS WITH THEM,
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GATHER INTEREST, THINGS LIKE THAT. YEAH. SO IT'S MORE THAN JUST TO ME.AND THIS IS JUST A PASSION OF MINE. I'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE, AND THIS IS KIND OF SOME OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE YOU, YOU UNDERSTAND MY LOVE AND AND MY, MY CHALLENGES HERE IS BECAUSE I KNOW FOR ME, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS, BUT REALLY SHARING THE, THE, THE FULL OUTCOME KIND OF LOOKING BROADER THAN JUST THE NINTH GRADE.
YOU'RE LOOKING FULL SPECTRUM OF HOW TO GRADUATE.
AND I JUST I'M JUST ASKING SINCE I'M NEW SO JUST NEW AGAIN.
BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S HAPPENING IN MORE OF A SPECIFIC MANNER, NOT JUST A CASUAL MANNER IN A SENSE OF HOW YOU CAN DO THIS OR, OR THAT, BUT IT'S MORE OF A QUESTION OF, HEY, THIS IS BASED ON YOUR SKILL SET.
YOU KNOW, THESE ARE WHERE WE THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN ACTUALLY BE SUCCESSFUL IN.
OKAY. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. SO MY MAIN THING IS JUST TO MAKING SURE THAT AS YOU ARE TOO, IS THAT ALL OF OUR KIDS ARE SUCCESSFUL AND WHEN THEY GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL THAT'S A VERY, VERY CHALLENGING TIME FOR ALL OF OUR FAMILIES IS NOT JUST THE COLLEGE PREP.
AND I LOVE THE ABILITY FOR THEM TO GO AND WORK AND GET THAT FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE OF WORKING, BUT IT'S REALLY MAKING SURE THAT THEY ALSO HAVE THOSE THOSE OTHER SKILLS TRADES IN ORDER FOR THEM TO TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES.
SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS MISS VICKI. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THE INFORMATION TONIGHT.
SO WE WILL BE I WILL BE FILLING THAT OUT. I JUST WONDERED REAL QUICK WITH THE CONNECTING WITH FAMILIES, THE PARENT LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES. IS THAT AN ACTUAL THE NOONE KNOW.
HOW IS THAT AN ACTUAL CURRENT SCHEDULE FOR THIS YEAR OR IS THAT OKAY? ARE YOU OFFERING ANYTHING AFTER HOURS TO LIKE AFTER FIVE? OR FOR THOSE WHO I CAN GET THE SCHEDULE FOR YOU AND SHARE THAT IN AN UPDATE.
OKAY, JUST IN GENERAL THOUGH, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE PARENTS WHO CAN'T COME AT NOON ARE ACTUALLY ABLE TO DO SOMETHING, EVEN IF IT'S NOT AS FREQUENT AFTER HOURS. THANK YOU, MISS DOCTOR GILLIAM.
I'M EXCITED. I'M LIKE, WOW. THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN SHARED TODAY AND OR THIS EVENING, AND THE WORD THAT I WROTE WAS REFRESHED. AND IT'S THIS.
WE GOT NEW. WE HAVE NEW THINGS HAPPENING NOW AND IT FEELS GOOD.
AND WHAT THE NUMBER ONE THING WAS, DO TEACHERS KNOW ALL OF WHAT IS GOING ON AND ARE THEY REFRESHED, AND WILL THEY BE ABLE TO SHARE AND UNDERSTAND AND POSSIBLY MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE GETTING TO PLACES WHERE THEY NEED TO GET INTO? SO I'M GOING TO STOP AND KIND OF LISTEN TO THAT BECAUSE IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION.
IT'S GREAT INFORMATION. AND I'M LIKE, OKAY, HOW HOW ARE THE SCHOOLS GOING TO DO IT? HOW ARE THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS GOING TO DO IT? AND YOU KNOW, IT'S OKAY, I'M LISTENING.
IN TERMS OF THE PARTNER WORK. THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S BEEN SO GREAT. IT'S A COLLABORATION BETWEEN OURSELVES, THE DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND THE INDIVIDUAL CAMPUS PRINCIPALS. AND SO MIDDLE SCHOOL'S BEEN EASIER TO TO BEGIN WITH BECAUSE IT'S LESS OF A RIGID THERE'S LESS CREDIT REQUIREMENTS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M EXCITED TO SHARE IS THAT WE ARE PARTNERING WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM. THEY'RE GOING TO HELP US PUT TOGETHER SOME MARKETING AND SOME VIDEOS TO ENSURE THAT THIS BECOMES AN ASPIRATIONAL THING THAT ALL CAMPUSES WANT.
SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED AS WE GET READY TO LAUNCH COURSE SELECTION IN JANUARY. THESE WILL BE OPTIONS FOR STUDENTS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S BEEN GREAT ABOUT A PILOT IS IT LETS YOU KIND OF SMOOTH OUT THOSE ROUGH EDGES. AND SO WE WE INITIALLY LAUNCHED IT THIS YEAR AS A AS OF JUST HARD PE CREDIT.
SO OUR PARTNERS GET PE CREDIT, OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS GET PE CREDIT.
AND WHAT WE HEARD IS THAT THERE'S ATHLETES THAT WANT TO TAKE THIS COURSE.
THAT JUST SOUNDS FANTASTIC. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DOCTOR GILLIAM.
SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE UPDATE. I HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
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AND I WANT TO START BY THANKING THE AMAZING, HARD WORKING DIAGNOSTICIANS EVALUATORS AND EVERYBODY WHO DOES THE HEAVY LIFTING AND GETTING ALL OF OUR KIDS INITIALLY EVALUATED AND THEN REEVALUATED.AND I ALSO APPRECIATE YOU SHARING THE NUMBER OF HOURS THAT IT TAKES SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN HEAR THAT.
AND IT IS A LOT OF HOURS, AND IT'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF TESTS AND THAT TYPE OF THING.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT. I HEARD THAT WE HAVE 389 REMOVALS COMPLETED SO FAR, AND WE HAVE OVER 2500.
SO ARE WE ON TRACK TO GET THOSE ALL FINISHED THIS YEAR IN A TIMELY MANNER? YES, MA'AM. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S EXCITING IS NOW WE ARE LEGISLATIVELY REQUIRED TO BRING YOU AN ANNUAL SPECIAL ED PUBLIC HEARING AND UPDATE, AND I BELIEVE THAT'S ON THE CALENDAR FOR DECEMBER. SO WHEN WE COME BACK IN DECEMBER, WE'LL SHARE WITH YOU. BUT OUR OUR GOAL REMAINS THE SAME.
WE WILL COME BACK TO YOU IN DECEMBER, AND WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU IN JULY.
AND WE WILL HAVE ZERO OVERDUE EVALS. AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE MESSAGE THAT I KNOW MR. DRISCOLL AND HER STAFF CARRY FORWARD TODAY. YES, MA'AM.
THANK YOU FOR THAT. SO THAT CULTURE OF COMPLIANCE I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE TRUSTEES.
AND WE KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU GUYS AND DOCTOR JORDAN AND DOCTOR SMITH.
AND SO THANK YOU ALL FOR MAKING SURE THAT THAT HAPPENS.
BECAUSE OUR KIDS CAN'T GET TAUGHT IF THEY'RE NOT EVALUATED AND WE DON'T KNOW WHERE TO PLACE THEM OR, OR HOW TO TEACH THEM. SO I LOVE THE PART. I THINK I SAID THIS THE LAST TIME YOU SHARED IT WITH US, THAT I DO LOVE THE PARTNERSHIPS AND THE PARTNERING PROGRAM.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO MAKE SURE AND CHALLENGE US TO DO, THOUGH, IS TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE DOING THIS IN AN INCLUSIVE SETTING.
AND SHE WAS VERY ACTIVE IN THEATER FROM THE TIME SHE WAS IN THE SIXTH GRADE.
AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT TO HAVE SOME GENERAL EDITOR SUPPORT.
AND IN FACT, IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS, AS A PARENT, I ADVOCATED FOR, FOR HER FOR MANY YEARS.
AND THERE WAS A LOT THERE WERE A LOT OF BARRIERS TO IT.
AND A LOT OF PUSHBACK. SO IT IS VERY REFRESHING TO STEAL A WORD FROM DOCTOR GILLIAM TO SEE THAT WE'RE SHIFTING OUR MINDSET AND CHANGING THE CULTURE A BIT AND UNDERSTANDING THAT PEER TO PEER SUPPORT IS IMPORTANT.
AND AND ALL THE DATA AND STUDY SHOWS THAT IT'S VERY SUCCESSFUL.
SO I APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE OFFERING THESE THINGS IN AN INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT, BECAUSE THAT'S TRANSITIONING NOW INTO THE ADULT TRANSITION SERVICES.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING FOR RIGHT. SO AS OUR STUDENTS GRADUATE AND GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY, THAT'S WHAT ADULT TRANSITION SERVICES IS, IS IT'S IN OUR VERY INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY.
SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE PREPARED TO TO GO OUT INTO THAT.
I WANT TO PIGGYBACK A LITTLE BIT ON MISS HELENA'S COMMENT.
TRANSITION SERVICES. DO WE GET EXIT DATA FROM FAMILIES? NOT ONLY SO, I GUESS IT WOULD BE TWOFOLD BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER DIDN'T DO ARTS, SHE GRADUATED AND THEN MOVED ON INTO ANOTHER PROGRAM. SO I GUESS, ARE WE GETTING EXIT DATA FROM OUR SPECIAL ED FAMILIES WHOSE STUDENTS GRADUATE AND MOVE ON, OR ARE WE GETTING EXIT DATA FROM THE ADULT TRANSITION SERVICES PROGRAM? WE DO EXIT DATA AND REPORT IT TO THE STATE AS INDICATOR 14.
AND THAT COMES EVERY YEAR. SO WE CAN SHARE THAT WITH YOU IF YOU'D LIKE TO REVIEW IT.
YEAH. AND AND I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE, THAT WE GET THAT AND, AND PERHAPS IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO SHARE THAT WITH THE, WITH THE TRUSTEES. I AM WITH DOCTOR GILLIAM. THIS FEELS LIKE A REFRESH.
I HAVE SHARED WITH DOCTOR SMITH THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME FEEDBACK FROM FAMILIES WHO HAVE STRUGGLED, PARTICULARLY IN THE ADULT TRANSITION SERVICES PROGRAM.
AND SO MY ASK OF YOU GUYS, DOCTOR SMITH AND YOUR TEAM IS, IF YOU CAN MAYBE GET FACE TO FACE WITH SOME PARENTS AND RECEIVE SOME OF THAT FEEDBACK, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF FAMILIES WHO REALLY JUST WANT TO SHARE IN ORDER TO MAKE IT BETTER FOR EVERY STUDENT THAT GOES THROUGH THESE PROGRAMS. IT'S IT'S CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM AND EVEN EVEN CONSTRUCTIVE PRAISE.
AND SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE THAT BECAUSE I, I DO HEAR A LOT FROM FAMILIES, AND I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF GOOD THINGS HAPPENING AND STILL SOME AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT, AS ALWAYS. SO I'M GOING TO MAKE, MAKE THAT SUGGESTION TO YOU GUYS ALSO IN THE ADULT TRANSITION SERVICES PROGRAM. DO WE EVER THINK ABOUT PARTNERING? AND I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT PROGRAM BECAUSE IT'S NOT LIKE WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH THE PARTNERING PROGRAM, BUT HAVE WE THOUGHT ABOUT OR DONE ANY PARTNERING WITH MAYBE GENERAL ED STUDENTS IN OUR
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CTE CENTER OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? AND I'LL EXPLAIN WHY I'M ASKING THAT QUESTION, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE STUDENTS WHO GO TO THE ADULT TRANSITION PROGRAM WHO STILL MAY NEED SOME EXTRA SUPPORT OR EXTRA REDIRECTION OR LIKE MISS HELLINGER SAID, WE HAVE STUDENTS WHO NEED A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.THEY'RE SAYING, WELL, THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO BE DOING RIGHT NOW.
SO HAVE WE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT? WE HAVEN'T NECESSARILY THOUGHT ABOUT THAT.
OKAY. THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. I WOULD OFFER THAT AS A SUGGESTION, BECAUSE I DO KNOW THAT SUCCESS SOMETIMES DEPENDS ON BEHAVIORS AND WHEN THEY'RE OUT IN THE REAL WORLD. AND SOMETIMES ALL IT TAKES IS SOMEONE WHO THEY TRUST OR HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH WHO CAN HELP THEM STAY ON TASK.
NEXT UP IS OUR INTRUDER DETECTION REPORT, DOCTOR SMITH.
[9.C Intruder Detection Report]
YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. CHIEF SANDERS.AND HE'LL BE ACCOMPANIED BY DENNIS IF NEEDED.
WE'LL BE PRESENTING THE INTRUDER DETECTION REPORT.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY. GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT.
DOCTOR SMITH, BOARD OF TRUSTEES. THIS IS OUR LAST INTRUDER DETECTION AUDIT REPORT ON JULY 21ST, 2025. WE'VE HAD NINE INTRUDER DETECTION AUDITS CONDUCTED BY REGION FOUR ON BEHALF OF TI.
OF THE NINE AUDITS PRODUCED, THERE WERE FOUR FINDINGS THAT WERE PRODUCED FROM THOSE.
AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.
IN A CLOSED SESSION. BUT YES, JUST A REMINDER, THE TRUSTEES, IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, WE CAN ANSWER THOSE CLOSED SESSION. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OTHERWISE? THANK YOU, CHIEF SANDERS. THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
[10.Consent Agenda]
DO WE HAVE ANYTHING TO REMOVE FROM CONSENT? OKAY.HEARING NONE. MAY I HAVE A MOTION? OKAY. YOU GOT IT.
YOU GOT HIT YOUR BUTTON AND THEN I CAN SEE YOU.
G7. YEAH, I GOT A QUICK DISCUSSION ON IT. ALL RIGHT.
ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY. MAY I HAVE A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA, EXCLUDING ITEM TEN G7, TEN G7? YES. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM TEN G7. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MISS HANNAN AND A SECOND BY MISS HELLINGER.
DO WE HAVE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. PLEASE VOTE.
MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. MAY I HAVE A MOTION FOR ITEM TEN G7?
[10.G.Consideration and approval of proposed expenses that exceed $50,000: Specifically for: Districtwide Pressure Washing Services: Consideration and approval for the purchase of District-wide pressure washing services from multiple vendors in an amount not to exceed $300,000 over a five-year period and authorization for the Superintendent to negotiate and execute the agreements through October 2030]
I MOVE TO APPROVE TEN G7 AS PRESENTED. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MISS HANNAN AND A SECOND BY MISS HELLINGER.DO WE HAVE DISCUSSION, MR. SHOAFF? GOOD AFTERNOON, CHIEF, AND WELCOME TO THE DISTRICT.
I HOPE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY MADE THE MOVE. OKAY.
AND I HOPE THAT YOU BRING YOUR PASSION FOR TRAINING TO OUR DISTRICT POLICE DEPARTMENT.
ONE OF THE REALLY THE ONLY QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS, CAN ANY OF THESE FUNDS BE USED TO PURCHASE TASERS? BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING, NONE OF THE NONE OF THE POLICE OFFICERS HAVE TASERS.
AND I THINK THAT THAT IS HAVING BEEN A ALMOST 16 YEAR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER MYSELF.
THAT IS A PRETTY GROSS NEGLIGENCE ON THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION.
SO TASERS ARE A LOT OF TIMES IT COMES DOWN TO PREFERENCE.
MY PREFERENCE, I, I JUST HAVE NOT BEEN A BIG BELIEVER IN TASERS.
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I THINK, FIRST OF ALL, A LOT OF TIMES TASERS, THEY A LOT OF TIMES THEY'RE FIRST OF ALL, THEY'RE VERY EXPENSIVE.AND THEN THEY END UP CAUSING MORE PROBLEMS DURING THE APPLICATION OF IT.
SOMETIMES A LOT OF TIMES YOU END UP TASING YOUR BUDDIES, ETC..
AND SO WE HAVE DISCUSSED TASERS INTERNALLY. BUT WE ALSO HAVE LOOKED AT OTHER ALTERNATIVES AS WELL.
THERE'S A PRODUCT THAT'S IT'S LIKE A BULLWHIP STYLE WHERE IT SHOOTS OUT AND IT WRAPS A PERSON UP.
WE DO CARRY PEPPER SPRAY AS WELL, BUT I'M NOT TOO SURE ABOUT THE TASER.
FOR FOR THE FOR THE DEPARTMENT. JUST. RIGHT. RIGHT.
BUT BUT AS FAR AS INTERMEDIATE WEAPONS FOR THE SECURITY PACKAGE, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THE ONLY THING THAT WAS APPROVED WAS THE FIREARMS. NOW, ANYTHING ELSE OUTSIDE OF THAT, IT CAN BE PRESENTED.
I DO BELIEVE WE HAVE SOME CONTINGENCY FUNDS FOR THAT, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE USING THIS FOR.
ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHIEF. YES, SIR. THANK YOU, MR. SHOAFF. PLEASE VOTE.
MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE WILL NOW CONVENE IN CLOSED SESSION UNDER THE TEXAS OPEN MEETING ACT.
[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 ]
TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, CHAPTER 551. ON THE SECTIONS LISTED IN THE AGENDA AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF A PRIVATE CONSULTATION WITH THE BOARD'S ATTORNEY ON ANY OR ALL SUBJECTS OR MATTERS AUTHORIZED BY LAW. THE TIME IS 7:09 P.M.AND WE ARE NOW CONVENED IN CLOSED SESSION. THE TIME IS 8:25 P.M.
AND WE ARE NOW RECONVENED IN OPEN SESSION. WE WILL NOW CONSIDER ACTION ON CLOSED SESSION ITEMS.
[12.Reconvene in Open Session]
[13.Consider Action on Closed Session Items]
MISS HILLIKER. OKAY.DO WE HAVE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. PLEASE VOTE.
MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE HAVE NO ACTION ITEMS, SO WE WILL NOW GO TO FUTURE MEETING DISCUSSIONS.
[14.Future Meeting Discussion]
YES, MA'AM. FIRST, I WANT TO THANK LONG AND HIS TEAM.IF YOU NOTICE, WE HAVE THE NEW BOARDS. I THINK THEY ARE MORE VISIBLE.
AND THEN ALSO FOR THE THE COMMUNITY WATCHING, IT'S A MUCH BETTER EXPERIENCE.
SO FOR NOVEMBER WHICH THIS IS THE LAST WEEK IN OCTOBER.
SO NOVEMBER IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. AS A MATTER OF FACT, I THINK MONDAY IS WHEN WE HAVE OUR BOARD MEETING, BUT HERE ARE THE INFORMATION ITEMS TO KIND OF LOOK FORWARD TO. WE HAVE OUR TOSA LITERACY AND CURRICULUM AUDIT THAT WILL BE PROVIDING WE WERE ABLE TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. LOOKING FORWARD TO PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION TO THE FULL BOARD.
WE ALSO HAVE OUR ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT.
WE HAVE BOND UPDATES. WE HAVE MORE INTRUDER DETECTION REPORTING TO PROVIDE TO THE BOARD, AND THEN WILL BE POSSIBLY TAKING ACTION ON THE COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT AND THE 2026 BOND PARAMETER ORDER THAT'S POSSIBLE FOR THE DECEMBER BOARD MEETING IN DECEMBER. WE'RE LOOKING TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON SPECIAL EDUCATION.
YOU HEARD THAT REFERENCED EARLIER TODAY. WE WILL ALSO HAVE INFORMATION ITEMS RELATED TO THE LONG RANGE BOUNDARY PLAN, POTENTIALLY A WORKSHOP. AND THERE ARE ALSO MAY BE A POTENTIAL WORKSHOP IN NOVEMBER, DEPENDING UPON GUIDANCE FROM OUR BOARD PRESIDENT AND THE BOARD, SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT OUR TRUSTEES HAVE THE INFORMATION AND OUR PUBLIC HAS THE INFORMATION THAT IS NECESSARY FOR THE LONG RANGE BOUNDARY PLANNING. WE ALSO SCHEDULED FOR A CTE UPDATE, CONTINUED BOND UPDATE, AND CONTINUED INTRUDER DIRECT INTRUDER DETECTION REPORTING.
OTHER UPCOMING REPORTS AND JUST MAJOR AGENDA ITEMS.
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BUDGET UPDATE, PSAT DATA AND OUR MIDDLE OF THE YEAR LITERACY, MATH, SCIENCE DATA AND OUR DECEMBER END, OF COURSE RETEST. SO THAT'S A LOOK INTO THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS AND WHERE OUR FOCUS IS.THANK YOU, DOCTOR SMITH. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE TRUSTEES? ALL RIGHT.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? I MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN.
THE TIME IS 8:28 P.M. AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.