REMAINING QUIET, SO THAT EVERYONE IS ABLE TO HEAR THE PROCEEDINGS. THANK YOU. THANK 
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YOU SERGEANT. THE TIME IS 6:39 P.M. AND THIS MEETING IS HEREBY CALLED TO ORDER. WE HAVE THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM ATTENDING IN PERSON. AND NOTICE OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED ONLINE AND AT THE FORT BEND ISD ADMINISTRATION BUILDING FOR AT LEAST THREE BUSINESS DAYS. IF EVERYONE WILL PLEASE RISE FOR THE SINGING OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM BY THE RIDGE POINT HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR AND REMAIN STANDING FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE. ALL. 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 FOR THE ROUND. WE WERE SO GALLANTLY STREAMING. AND THE ROCKETS RED. CLASS. IN THE 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, PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE. YOU MAY BE SEATED. IF THE TRUSTEES AND DOCTOR SMITH WILL PLEASE JOIN ME IN FRONT OF THE DAIS FOR RECOGNITIONS. 
          GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT. DOCTOR SMITH AND TRUSTEES. FIRST, WE ARE GOING TO START BY GIVING A HUGE THANKS TO THIS EVENING'S NATIONAL ANTHEM. PERFORMERS FROM RIDGE POINT HIGH SCHOOL, THEIR CHOIR ENSEMBLE LED BY DIRECTOR CHELSEA BERNER. 
          EVERYBODY GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. 
          IT'S GREAT. THAT SOUTHWEST AREA AND ALBUQUERQUE. AND THANK. 
          MARIA. MARIA. THERE'S MORE ON THIS SIDE THAN THERE IS ON. MAYBE SENT A COUPLE TO THE RIGHT. EVERYBODY, HERE WE GO. ONE, TWO. THREE. ONE MORE, ONE MORE FOR BACKUP. 
          ONE. TWO THREE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU AGAIN. TONIGHT WE HAVE FOUR SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS 
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FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER. FIRST WE HAVE THE TEXAS ART EDUCATION ASSOCIATION TO 
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ANNOUNCE FORT BEND ISD AS ONE OF THE 2025 DISTRICT OF DISTINCTION AWARD HONOREES. THE DISTRICT RECEIVED THIS HONOR FOR PROVIDING A WELL-ROUNDED EDUCATION THAT ADVOCATES AND INTEGRATES VISUAL ARTS CURRICULUM TO INSPIRE CREATIVITY AND BUILD SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING THAT CONNECTS LEARNERS TO THEIR COMMUNITY AND BEYOND. HERE TONIGHT, WE HAVE JIM DREW, FINE ARTS DIRECTOR FAHMY KHAN, VISUAL ARTS COORDINATOR AND ARTS FACILITATORS MISS AMANDA LIVERMAN, MICHELLE ROSE, AND OLIVIA HOOPER. CONGRATULATIONS. 
          BIG SMILES. HERE WE GO. ONE. TWO. THREE. ONE. TWO. THREE. ONE MORE FOR BACKUP. ONE. TWO. 
          THREE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE DULLES MIDDLE SCHOOL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, WHO FINISHED THIRD AT THE TEXAS MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION'S HONOR FULL ORCHESTRA COMPETITION HERE TONIGHT. WE HAVE CONDUCTORS MARISOL LUNA, EDWARD O'DEA, AND ADAM BLAKEY, ALONG WITH STUDENT LEADERS RYAN RAHIMI AND ZOE RIVERA. 
          IF WE COULD HAVE THE GENTLEMAN STEP BEHIND MISS JARAMILLO, THERE WE GO. PERFECT. BIG SMILES. ONE. TWO. THREE. ONE MORE, ONE MORE FOR BACKUP. ONE. TWO. THREE. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. FROM SATARTIA MIDDLE SCHOOL. THE VARSITY TREBLE CHOIR WAS SELECTED TO PERFORM AT THE SOUTHERN DIVISION CONFERENCE OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN EDUCATORS. HERE TONIGHT IS DIRECTOR ALLISON GRIDER AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR JACOB PADRON, ALONG WITH STUDENT LEADERS CELINA HSU AND EDU ZHAO. 
          HERE WE GO. ONE, TWO THREE. BIG SMILES. 123. ONE MORE FOR BACKUP. 123. THANK YOU. AND LAST BUT DEFINITELY NOT LEAST, EIGHT. FORT BEND ISD STUDENT ARTWORKS WERE SELECTED TO BE A PART OF THE TEXAS ART EDUCATION ASSOCIATION'S 2025 TEXAS EDCON EXHIBITION. THE EXHIBITION SHOWCASED ARTWORK FROM ACROSS THE STATE. HERE TONIGHT WE HAVE MIRZA FROM GARCIA MIDDLE SCHOOL WITH TEACHER RICHARD BATTENFIELD. EMMA JETER FROM RIDGE POINT HIGH SCHOOL WITH TEACHER JENNY NGUYEN. MAY LEE FROM CLEMENTS HIGH SCHOOL WITH TEACHER OLIVIA HOOPER. HANNAH LIU, FROM COMMONWEALTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITH TEACHER TAMANNA PATEL. PRIYA PATEL, FROM SATARTIA MIDDLE SCHOOL WITH TEACHER TALIA TRAPP SAMANTHA WESTON OF SCHIFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITH TEACHER KEEN FAIRCHILD. MORIAH WILLIAMS OF DULLES HIGH SCHOOL WITH TEACHER MEREDITH DONAHOE AND MENA SHOUYU FROM BUTCHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITH TEACHER FAYE TSAI. GIVE THEM A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE. IF I CAN HAVE EVERYONE TO STEP IN FOR YOUR PHOTO. 
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I KNOW WE'RE STILL GETTING, YOU KNOW. ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY, SHOW YOUR CERTIFICATES. BIG SMILES ON THREE. 123123. ONE MORE FOR BACKUP. ONE. TWO THREE. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. AND THIS CONCLUDES THIS EVENING'S RECOGNITIONS. 
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WELL, NEXT UP IS OUR PUBLIC COMMENT. WE HAVE 17 SPEAKERS THIS EVENING. THE BOARD ENCOURAGES AND WELCOMES COMMENTS AND INPUT FROM THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES AND REFRAIN FROM MENTIONING A STUDENT OR EMPLOYEES NAME OR OTHER INFORMATION THAT ALLOWS A SPECIFIC STUDENT OR EMPLOYEE TO BE IDENTIFIED. OUR BOARD SECRETARY, DOCTOR GILLIAM, WILL KEEP TIME, AND WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN YOU HAVE 30S REMAINING. FIRST UP IS ANTONIA MILLIGAN. ANTONIA MILLIGAN. YES. NO. OKAY. NEXT UP IS TESSIE GARCIA. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS TRACY GARCIA. I'M A MOM TO FIVE PTO MEMBER AND FORT BEND ISD ALUMNI. I WILL HAVE THREE STUDENTS ATTENDING ELKINS HIGH SCHOOL NEXT FALL, WHICH IS WHY I'M HERE TONIGHT. ELKINS HIGH SCHOOL IS FACING A SERIOUS AND URGENT ISSUE TODAY. 
          OVERCROWDING. OUR SCHOOL HOLDS OVER 2800 STUDENTS, AND IN A BUILDING DESIGNED FOR 2500 THAT WAS BUILT BACK IN 1992, WE ARE CURRENTLY SITTING AT 112% CAPACITY, WHICH MAKES IT THE MOST CROWDED HIGH SCHOOL IN ALL OF FORT BEND ISD. OVERCROWDING ALONE IS CHALLENGING, BUT THE REALITY IS EVEN MORE CONCERNING. TO MANAGE THE OVERFLOW, THE CAMPUS NOW RELIES ON 13 PORTABLE BUILDINGS OUTSIDE. THESE PORTABLES WERE MEANT TO BE TEMPORARY SOLUTIONS, BUT THEY'VE BECOME LONG TERM CLASSROOMS. UNFORTUNATELY, THEY'RE NOT SAFE, SECURE OR SUITABLE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS FOR ANY CHILD. EVERY DAY, HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS WALK IN AND OUT OF THESE PORTABLES, EXPOSED TO WEATHER, SECURITY RISKS AND CONDITIONS THAT FALL SHORT OF WHAT WE CONSIDER ACCEPTABLE FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOLERS. INSIDE THE MAIN BUILDING, HALLWAYS ARE CROWDED TO THE POINT WHERE STUDENTS CAN BARELY MOVE BETWEEN CLASSES. IN FACT, TO REMEDY HABITUAL TARDIES CAUSED BY ALL THIS OVERCROWDING, WE HAD TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL MINUTE TO OUR PASSING PERIODS THIS YEAR, TAKING AWAY FROM INSTRUCTIONAL TIME FOR OUR STUDENTS IS NOT A SOLUTION TO OVERCROWDING OUR COMMON SPACES, SUCH AS THE CAFETERIA, BATHROOMS, GYMS, AND LIBRARY ALL OVERFLOW. THESE CONDITIONS DON'T JUST INCONVENIENCE STUDENTS, THEY AFFECT ATTENDANCE, ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, MENTAL HEALTH, AND OVERALL SAFETY. IT IS FORBIDDEN ISD'S COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS ALWAYS HAVE ACCESS TO A SAFE, SECURE AND EFFECTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. SO WE NEED CLEAR ACTIONS ON SOLUTIONS FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. WE'RE NOT WAITING 2 OR 3 YEARS TO IMPLEMENT THOSE SOLUTIONS. OUR KIDS DESERVE CLASSROOMS THAT SUPPORT THEIR LEARNING, NOT STRUCTURES THAT PUT THEM AT RISK. THEY DESERVE HALLWAYS THAT THEY CAN MOVE THROUGH FREELY, NOT BOTTLENECKS. THEY DESERVE A SCHOOL THAT'S DESIGNED FOR THEIR SUCCESS, AND NOT ONE THAT STRAINED FAR BEYOND CAPACITY WITH VERY LITTLE RESOURCES. TONIGHT, I'M ASKING YOU TO TREAT THIS ISSUE AS A PRIORITY, AS IT MAY MAKE OUR STUDENTS MORE IMPORTANT 
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THAN THE FEAR OF MAKING CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS ANGRY AND MORE IMPORTANT THAN PROMISED POLITICAL FAVORS. THE DISTRICT HAS NOW DEFERRED THE LONG RANGE BOUNDARY PLANNING OF HIGH SCHOOLS FOR ANOTHER 2 OR 3 YEARS. OUR STUDENTS CANNOT WAIT. THEIR SAFETY, THEIR MENTAL HEALTH AND THEIR EDUCATION CANNOT WAIT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS DHRUVA AMBADI. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DHRUVA AMBATI AND I'M A SOPHOMORE FROM KEMPNER HIGH SCHOOL. PREVIOUSLY, I COVERED THE PRIVACY CONCERNS REGARDING THE APPLICATION OF GOGUARDIAN. 
          THIS TIME I WANT TO FOCUS ON WHAT HAPPENS IF WE SIMPLY ACCEPT THIS IMPLEMENTATION AS NORMAL. IF WE GET USED TO BEING MONITORED NOW, THEN IT MAY BECOME EASIER FOR EVEN MORE INTRUSIVE SYSTEMS TO BE INTRODUCED LATER. AND THAT'S HOW RIGHTS SLOWLY FADE, NOT ALL AT ONCE, BUT THROUGH SMALL STEPS. FOR EXAMPLE, IN MY SEMINAR CLASS, MY CANVA TAB KEPT GETTING LOCKED OUT, EVEN THOUGH MY TEACHER DOESN'T EVEN USE GOGUARDIAN. THAT MEANS TEACHERS FROM OTHER CLASSES CAN INTERFERE WITH MY WORK WITHOUT MY KNOWLEDGE AFFECTING DAILY LEARNING. THIS DISRUPTS LEARNING AND CROSSES BOUNDARIES BETWEEN CLASSROOMS. ADDITIONALLY, I HAVE TO RECONNECT TO GOGUARDIAN EVERY TIME I GET HOME BECAUSE OF THE DIFFERENT WI-FI, AND THE PROCESS TAKES WAY TOO LONG AND DEFINITELY INTERFERES WITH MY WORK. FROM THE PETITION I CO MONITOR WITH HECTOR FAM, A 100% OF THE 80 PLUS RESPONSES, ALONG WITH 1000 PLUS RESPONSES FROM A CHANGE.ORG PETITION. BOTH SUPPORTED REMOVING GOGUARDIAN. 
          IN OUR DISTRICT, STUDENTS AND PARENTS WERE NEVER MEANINGFULLY INFORMED OR CONSULTED BEFORE THIS IMPLEMENTATION. THIS IS THUS A TRANSPARENCY ISSUE. THERE ARE ALREADY NATIONAL CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS, INCLUDING PROPOSALS LIKE THE PARENTAL OVERSIGHT AND EDUCATIONAL TRANSPARENCY ACT, WHICH ARGUES THAT PARENTS AND FAMILIES DESERVE A SAY IN HOW STUDENT DATA IS COLLECTED AND USED, EVEN THOUGH IT HASN'T PASSED. THE FACT THAT IT EXISTS SHOWS HOW SERIOUS THESE CONCERNS ARE. WE ARE SIMPLY ASKING FOR REASONABLE LIMITS. 
          IF WE DON'T SPEAK UP NOW, WE RISK NORMALIZING A FUTURE WHERE STUDENT PRIVACY SIMPLY DOES NOT EXIST. THANK YOU, DOCTOR MARK SMITH AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR YOUR TIME AND EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR OUR DISTRICT. AND WE HOPE YOU LOOK INTO THIS. THANK YOU. NEXT IS ADNAN SIDDIQUI. GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS ADNAN SIDDIQUI AND I'M HERE AS A PARENT FROM NEIL ELEMENTARY AND AS A HARVEST GREEN RESIDENT. I WANT TO START BY THANKING THE BOARD FOR GIVING US THE TIME TO SPEAK TO YOU. I WANT TO RESPECTFULLY URGE FBISD TO PRIORITIZE LONG TERM STABILITY IN THE BOUNDARY PLANNING PROCESS. MY WIFE AND I BOTH COMPLETED 13 YEARS OF EDUCATION IN THIS VERY DISTRICT, AND WE CHOSE TO COME HOME TO FBISD WHEN THE ELDEST OF OUR THREE CHILDREN WAS READY FOR FIRST GRADE. MOVING FORWARD, WE WOULD LOVE FOR ALL THREE OF THEM TO ENJOY OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS OVER THE NEXT 10 TO 15 YEARS. BUT I THINK A SITUATION IN WHICH WE ARE REVISITING THE BOUNDARIES EVERY FEW YEARS WOULD BE INCREDIBLY IMPACTFUL ON OUR SCHOOLS, OUR COMMUNITIES, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, OUR CHILDREN. I ASK THE DISTRICT TO USE THE MOST ACCURATE HOUSING AND POPULATION PROJECTIONS AVAILABLE DATA. DATA THAT TRULY REFLECTS WHAT'S BEING BUILT AND WHO IS MOVING INTO THE AREA. GETTING THIS RIGHT NOW IS CRITICAL. AS WE JUST HEARD, THE LAST PROJECTIONS DIDN'T QUITE PAN OUT. WHEN BOUNDARIES ARE BASED ON OUTDATED OR INCOMPLETE DATA, IT LEADS TO CONSTANT ADJUSTMENTS, WHICH CREATES INSTABILITY FOR CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND CAMPUSES. BEYOND THAT, MULTIPLE DISRUPTIONS OVER A SHORT PERIOD CAN PUSH FAMILIES TO LOOK FOR ALTERNATIVES OUTSIDE FBISD. 
          NONE OF US WANT THAT. WE SIMPLY WANT CONSISTENT, CONSISTENT, THOUGHTFUL PLANNING SO OUR KIDS CAN GROW IN THE SAME SCHOOLS, BUILD LONG TERM RELATIONSHIPS, AND FEEL ROOTED IN THEIR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERING THE LONG TERM IMPACT OF THIS DECISION ON NOT JUST FAMILIES, BUT THE ENTIRE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE. THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS DEREK DAWSON. GOOD EVENING. DURING MY LAST ADDRESS, I EMPHASIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF A POSITIVE AND COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ADMINISTRATION AND TEACHERS TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS CONTINUE TO RECEIVE THE HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION FOR WHICH OUR DISTRICT IS KNOWN. 
          SUCH A RELATIONSHIP REQUIRES MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING, COMPASSION, AND INTENTIONAL RELATIONSHIP BUILDING. OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, THERE HAS BEEN AN INFLUX OF TEACHER CONCERNS, MANY OF WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED HAD THESE PRINCIPALS BEEN CONSISTENTLY APPLIED. THE VAST MAJORITY OF TEACHERS FULLY UNDERSTAND THE WEIGHT AND RESPONSIBILITY OF THIS PROFESSION AND WHAT IT ENTAILS. THEY ARE NOT REQUESTING ANYTHING BEYOND WHAT IS EQUITABLE AND FAIR. I URGE YOU TO TAKE A DELIBERATE AND REFLECTIVE LOOK AT THE INTERPERSONAL INTERACTIONS BETWEEN ADMINISTRATION AND TEACHERS TO ENSURE THAT DIGNITY, RESPECT AND COMMON DECENCY ARE CONSISTENTLY UPHELD. LET ME BE CLEAR PERFECTION IS NOT THE 
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EXPECTATION. HOWEVER, EXCELLENCE MUST REMAIN THE STANDARD AND NOT MERELY THE GOAL. EXCELLENCE DIMINISHES WHEN IT IS NOT MODELED, WHEN EXPECTATIONS ARE APPLIED INCONSISTENTLY, OR WHEN ACCOUNTABILITY APPEARS SELECTIVE. MANY TEACHERS HAVE EXPRESSED THAT THEY FEEL THAT THEY HAVE NO MEANINGFUL RECOURSE BUT TO REMAIN SILENT OUT OF CONCERN OF POTENTIAL RETALIATION. THIS RETALIATION MAY MANIFEST THROUGH APPRAISALS, UNFAIR TARGETING, OR AN EXCESSIVE FOCUS ON MINOR DETAILS THAT SERVES TO DISCOURAGE RATHER THAN DEVELOP. SUCH PRACTICES DO NOT REFLECT EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP, NOR DO THEY FOSTER A HEALTHY SCHOOL CULTURE. I LOOK FORWARD TO ENGAGING IN A MEANINGFUL AND CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOG TO ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS AND TO RESTORE TRUST, PROFESSIONALISM, AND COLLABORATIVE COLLABORATION ACROSS OUR CAMPUSES. LEADING THE PACK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          NEXT UP IS TERESA NOYOLA. GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS TERESA NOYOLA AND I AM THE PARENT OF A STUDENT AT VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL. I HAVE LIVED IN MY CURRENT RESIDENCE FOR 20 YEARS, AND ONE OF THE PRIMARY REASONS I MOVED TO VALLEY WAS BECAUSE OF THE STRENGTH OF OUR ZONE SCHOOLS, SPECIFICALLY HIS ZONE HIGH SCHOOL. I'M VERY CONCERNED WITH TALKS REGARDING REZONING OUR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS. MY SON IS AN A B STUDENT AND A WELL-BEHAVED YOUNG MAN. LIKE ALL PARENTS, I WANT TO CREATE THE BEST ENVIRONMENT POSSIBLE SO HE CAN CONTINUE ON THIS POSITIVE PATH. THROUGHOUT HIS FORMATIVE YEARS. CHILDREN THRIVE WHEN THEIR LEARNING ENVIRONMENT MATCHES THEIR ACADEMIC GOALS AND INDIVIDUAL NEEDS. A SUDDEN CHANGE, ESPECIALLY TO A SCHOOL FACING DOCUMENTED CHALLENGES, CAN DISRUPT PROGRESS AND AFFECT MOTIVATION. STATISTICS CONSISTENTLY SHOW THAT MOVING A CHILD FROM A HIGHER PERFORMING CAMPUS TO LOWER PERFORMING CAMPUS CAN NEGATIVELY IMPACT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, ESPECIALLY TO HIGH ACHIEVING STUDENTS LIKE MY SON. IF THIS REZONING PLACES MY CHILD IN A SCHOOL THAT CANNOT OFFER THE SAME LEVEL OF ACADEMIC QUALITY, I WILL HAVE DIFFICULT DECISIONS TO MAKE. I WILL HAVE TO CONSIDER PLACING HIM IN A PRIVATE SCHOOL, A CHARTER SCHOOL, OR EVEN MOVING FROM THE COMMUNITY I HAVE CALLED HOME FOR TWO DECADES. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LISTEN TO OUR CONCERNS, AND PLEASE CONSIDER THE PERSONAL IMPACT THAT THESE DECISIONS HAVE ON OUR FAMILIES. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT IS JUANITA FRANCO. 
          GOOD EVENING, TRUSTEES AND FORT BEND ISD LEADERS. MY NAME IS JUANITA FRANCO, AND I'M THE PARENT OF A SEVENTH GRADER AT VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL AND A CAMPUS THAT HAS HELPED MY CHILD THRIVE. TONIGHT, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT TRANSPARENCY, LONG TERM PLANNING, AND THE STRATEGIC OUTLOOK. TRANSPARENCY MEANS SHARING THE NUMBERS, DRIVING THESE DECISIONS. BY 2029 2030, MIDDLE SCHOOLS ARE PROJECTED TO OPERATE AT ABOUT 73% UTILIZATION. ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WILL BE AT 76% AND HIGH SCHOOLS AT 85. YET TODAY, SOME CAMPUSES IN HIGH GROWTH AREAS ARE OVER 120% CAPACITY, WHILE OTHERS SIT AT ABOUT 38%. FAMILIES DESERVE TO SEE THESE FIGURES. THE CRITERIA BEHIND BOUNDARY CHANGES AND THE TRADE OFFS IN PLAIN LANGUAGE. BUT HERE'S WHERE THE COMMUNITY DISAGREES. REZONING CHILDREN FROM AN A RATED SCHOOL TO A SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER, LOWER RATED CAMPUS UNDERMINES CONFIDENCE IN THE PROCESS. PARENTS CHOOSE NEIGHBORHOODS AND INVEST IN SCHOOLS BASED ON PERFORMANCE. WHEN THOSE CHOICES ARE DISREGARDED, IT FEELS ARBITRARY AND IT ERODES TRUST. LONG TERM PLANNING SHOULD PRIORITIZE STABILITY PHASE ADJUSTMENTS, GRANDFATHERING CURRENT STUDENTS, AND PROGRAM PLACEMENT THAT PROTECTS FEEDER PATTERNS AND ACADEMIC CONTINUITY. AND THE STRATEGIC OUTLOOK IS TRUST. 
          REZONING ISN'T JUST LINES ON A MAP, IT IMPACTS ACADEMIC SUCCESS, PROPERTY VALUES, AND COMMUNITY STABILITY. THEREFORE, MY CALL TO ACTION IS SIMPLE AND SPECIFIC. PUBLISH ALL BOUNDARY SCENARIOS, CAPACITY UTILIZATION TABLES, AND RATING IMPACTS BEFORE ANY VOTE. GRANDFATHER CURRENT STUDENTS AT HIGH PERFORMING SCHOOLS AND PROTECT FEEDER PATTERNS. SET A ZONING MORATORIUM. NO BOUNDARY CHANGES MORE THAN ONCE PER FEEDER PATTERN WITHIN A FIVE YEAR WINDOW. COMMIT TO POST-IMPLEMENTATION METRICS, UTILIZATION TARGETS, TRAVEL TIMES, ACHIEVEMENT AND RETENTION WITH PUBLIC DASHBOARDS AND QUARTERLY UPDATES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS HECTOR PHAM. GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS HECTOR PHAM AND I RETURN TODAY WITH A STRONGER MANDATE FOR OUR STUDENT BODY. ALONGSIDE, I COAUTHORED A POLL THAT GATHERED OVER 80 RESPONSES FROM STUDENTS ACROSS MULTIPLE CAMPUSES. A DIVERSE, REPRESENTATIVE VOICE OF OUR DISTRICT. WE ASKED THREE DIRECT QUESTIONS. FIRST, DO YOU VIEW GOGUARDIAN AS AN INVASION OF STUDENT PRIVACY? EVERY 
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SINGLE STUDENT 100% SAID YES. SECOND, DO YOU BELIEVE STUDENTS HAVE A BETTER LEARNING ENVIRONMENT WITHOUT GOGUARDIAN? AGAIN, 100% SAID YES. FINALLY, HOW HAS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF GOGUARDIAN AFFECTED YOU PERSONALLY? HERE WE RECEIVED MULTIPLE RESPONSES TONIGHT. I HAVE SUBMITTED SOME OF THOSE RESPONSES FOR YOU TO REVIEW. ALL RESPONSES ARE ANONYMOUS ON OUR END SO STUDENTS COULD SPEAK FREELY WITHOUT FEAR OF RETALIATION. GOGUARDIAN INTERFERES WITH MY LEARNING, BLOCKING EDUCATIONAL WEBSITES THAT ARE IMPORTANT FOR MY RESEARCH. SECOND QUOTE. IT MAKES ME FEEL LIKE I'M BEING WATCHED EVEN FROM HOME. THIRD, I WAS SEARCHING SOMETHING PERSONAL ON MY LAPTOP AND MY TEACHER LOCKED MY SCREEN AND PREVENTED ME FROM DOING SO. IT EMBARRASSED THE STUDENT AND HUMILIATED THE STUDENT. AS THE BOARD, YOU ARE ENTRUSTED WITH LISTENING TO STUDENTS AND ENSURING POLICIES REFLECTED THEIR BEST INTERESTS. IGNORING THIS POLL WOULD MEAN DISREGARDING THE VERY PEOPLE THESE TOOLS ARE SUPPOSED TO SERVE. WE URGE YOU TO REMOVE GOGUARDIAN. NOT TOMORROW, NOT AFTER MORE DELAYS, BUT NOW. THE LONGER IT REMAINS, THE MORE TRUST ERODES BETWEEN STUDENTS AND ADMINISTRATION. I STAND HERE AS ONE STUDENT, BUT AS THE VOICE OF MANY ALONGSIDE YOU IN THE 80 PLUS STUDENTS WHO RESPONDED, WE DEMAND CHANGE. THE TIME FOR LISTENING HAS PASSED. THE TIME FOR ACTION IS HERE. REMOVE GOGUARDIAN AND SHOW US OUR VOICES MATTER. 
          FINALLY, I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THIS ISSUE BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA FOR THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS BATOOL. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS BATOOL. I'M A PARENT AND A RESIDENT OF HARVEST GREEN. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY. I PREVIOUSLY SPOKE ABOUT CONCERNS REGARDING REZONING THE PORTION OF HARVEST GREEN THAT'S EAST OF HARLEM ROAD. THAT'S WHERE I'M FROM. MY PRIMARY CONCERN IS WHETHER THE MOST CURRENT GROWTH DATA IS REFLECTED IN THE MAPS THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE TODAY. I WAS HOPING TO LOOK AT THE MAPS BEFORE I SPOKE TODAY, BUT IN THE ABSENCE OF THAT, THE 2024 TO 25 DEMOGRAPHIC STUDY SHOWS SIGNIFICANTLY FEWER OCCUPIED HOMES IN OUR AREA THAN EXIST TODAY. IT'S ACTUALLY HALF THE NUMBER, WHICH RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT WHETHER FUTURE ENROLLMENT HAS BEEN FULLY ACCOUNTED FOR. I RESPECTFULLY ASK THE DISTRICT TO CLARIFY WHAT DATA WAS USED BY THESE SCENARIOS WERE SELECTED, AND HOW THE DISTRICT PLANS TO AVOID REPEATED REZONING. AS OUR COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO GROW. CLEAR ANSWERS WILL GO A LONG WAY IN EASING THE ANXIETY MANY FAMILIES ARE FEELING, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE HAVE YET TO FIND OUT WHAT THE TIMELINE IS FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL BOUNDARIES SELECTIONS. I KNOW YOU SAID THAT THAT THAT'S LIKE AN INTENSIVE PROCESS, BUT IT WOULD BE NICE TO AT LEAST KNOW WHAT THE TIMELINE IS, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT HAVE STUDENTS GOING TO MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL THAT ARE ANXIOUS RIGHT NOW, SO AT LEAST JUST HAVING A TIMELINE WOULD REALLY EASE A LOT OF OUR CONCERNS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS MARILYN MOORE. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT HASSAN, DOCTOR SMITH AND THE BOARD. MY NAME IS MARILYN MOORE, FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF FRIENDS OF THE SUGAR LAND 95. FIRST, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNANIMOUS APPROVAL AND FINALLY, SECURING APPROVAL OF THE $1.5 MILLION INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH COMMISSIONER ANDY MEYERS AND COMMISSIONERS COURT. IT TOOK ABOUT THREE YEARS TO GET TO THIS POINT, BUT WE MADE IT. DURING THE PAST THREE YEARS, WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF CHANGE AT THE DISTRICT, THE BOARD, THE SUPERINTENDENT, STAFF AND POSITIVE CHANGE AND THOUGHTS AND ACTIONS ABOUT THE SUGAR LAND 95 PROJECT. AMID ALL THE CHANGES, FRIENDS HAS BEEN PRESENT AND CONSISTENT. WE HAVE BEEN ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS IN THIS PROCESS, MEETING WITH LEADERS. ORGANIZATIONS COMMUNICATE. COMMUNICATING WITH COMMISSIONER MYERS. WE HAVE SPOKEN AT BOARD MEETINGS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND SCHOOLS, AND CONDUCTED TOURS OF THE EXHIBIT AND CEMETERY. AT REESE, WE HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT AND PRESENT BECAUSE PRESENCE IS IMPORTANT AND THIS PROJECT IS IMPORTANT TO US. IN 2022, WE LEARNED THAT A COMMUNITY PARTNER WAS NEEDED FOR THE SUGAR LAND 95 MEMORIAL PROJECT. A TASK FORCE WAS FORMED AND IN JUNE 2023, WE BECAME FRIENDS OF THE SUGAR LAND 95, A NONPROFIT WITH THE PURPOSE OF SUPPORTING THIS PROJECT AS YOUR OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PARTNER. WE HAVE BEEN, WE ARE, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE YOUR OFFICIAL, OFFICIAL, OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PARTNER. AND OUR DESIRE IS TO BE INCLUDED AND ENGAGED FROM THE PLANNING TO THE COMPLETION OF THIS HISTORICAL EDUCATIONAL PROJECT. 
          IN FEBRUARY 2025, I STOPPED, SPOKE BEFORE THE BOARD AND STATED, QUOTE, WE PRAY AND LOOK 
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FORWARD TO THE DAY WHEN FORT BEND COMMISSIONER ANDY MEYER SIGNED THE MOU, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, WITH FORT BEND ISD, TO MOVE THE PROJECT FORWARD. AS YOU KNOW, THE AGREEMENT WAS APPROVED ON DECEMBER 4TH, 2025. LASTLY, WE ARE HERE TO CONTINUE THE WORK AND LEGACY OF MY LATE HUSBAND, REGINALD MOORE, THE FIRST FRIEND OF THE SUGAR LAND 95. 
          AND TO ENSURE THAT THIS PART OF HISTORY IS NOT FORGOTTEN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS JENNIFER OBI. GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THE OPPORTUNITY OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. I AM THE PARENT OF A SEVENTH GRADER AT QUAIL VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, A FRESHMAN AT ELKINS HIGH SCHOOL, AND I AM ALSO A PROUD PRODUCT OF FORT BEND ISD MYSELF. WHEN WE DECIDED WHERE TO RAISE OUR CHILDREN, THE QUALITY OF SCHOOLS WAS AT THE VERY TOP OF THE LIST. FORT BEND ISD WAS HOME TO ME AND IT WAS A DISTRICT THAT WAS THRIVING FOR OUR FAMILY. CHOOSING THIS COMMUNITY FELT LIKE A NATURAL AND CONFIDENT DECISION. MY CONCERN THIS EVENING IS THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE SHARING THE FULL PICTURE WITH FAMILIES AND STAKEHOLDERS. FROM THE OUTSIDE, IT FEELS AS THOUGH DECISIONS MAY ALREADY BE IN MOTION. YET RATIONALE AND LONG TERM PLANS HAVE NOT BEEN CLEARLY COMMUNICATED. WHILE THE FOCUS THIS YEAR IS BEING PLACED ON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS ARE INTEGRAL PARTS OF THE FEEDER PATTERN THAT ULTIMATELY IMPACT OUR HIGH SCHOOLS AS WELL. DECISIONS MADE IN ISOLATION AT ONE LEVEL INEVITABLY HAVE LONG TERM CONSEQUENCES ACROSS THE ENTIRE SYSTEM. MY REQUEST IS THAT THE BOARD CONSIDER AND COMMUNICATE A COMPREHENSIVE, DISTRICT WIDE VISION, RATHER THAN EVALUATING ONE LEVEL OF SCHOOLS AT A TIME WITHOUT TRANSPARENCY AROUND THE BROADER PLAN, IT CAN CREATE PERCEPTION THAT DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE BEHIND CLOSED DOORS AND INTRODUCED INCREMENTAL INCREMENTALLY UNDER THE PREMISE OF ONLY LOOKING AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. FOR NOW, I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT THE BOARD SHARE THE END GOALS WITH STAKEHOLDERS, WHETHER RELATED TO SCHOOL CLOSURES, CONSOLIDATIONS, OR REZONING, SO FAMILIES CAN UNDERSTAND HOW TODAY'S DECISIONS ALIGN WITH THE LONG TERM HEALTH OF OUR DISTRICT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND LISTENING TO THE CONCERNS OF A PARENT WHO CARES DEEPLY ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY AND ITS STUDENTS. THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS WILLIE RAINWATER. GOOD EVENING, DOCTOR SMITH AND PRESIDENT TYSON, REST OF THE TRUSTEES. MY NAME IS WILLIE RAINWATER. I'M PRESIDENT OF SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 41. ALSO QUAIL RUN ON THE EAST SIDE. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO SAY THAT I HOPE THAT THE ACTIONS THAT YOU TAKE TO REBALANCE THE DISTRICT REPRESENTS THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE, BECAUSE IN THE PAST, THE DISTRICT HAS SUFFERED AND IT SUFFERED UNDER ALL TYPES OF ADMINISTRATORS. IT SUFFERED UNDER ALL TYPES OF PRESIDENTS AND ALL TYPES OF TRUSTEES. AND IT ALSO HAS SUFFERED UNDER ALL TYPES OF PARENTS AND FAMILIES. BECAUSE THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, IS THAT THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE IN THE DISTRICT, WE GOT TO LOOK AT OURSELVES SOME ALSO, AND I MEAN ALL OF US, BECAUSE THE ISSUES ARE, IS THAT WE DON'T LOOK AT EACH OTHER IN THE WAY THAT WE SHOULD. WE DON'T TAKE CARE TO LOOK AT THINGS, TO SAY THAT IF MY CHILD GOES TO A SCHOOL THAT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OF SOMETHING, THAT IS GOING TO JUST BE DEVASTATING FOR MY CHILD, AND THAT'S NOT TRUE. THE THING IS THAT FORT BEND ISD AS A WHOLE SHOULD BE EXCELLENT FOR FORT ISD. THERE SHOULD NOT BE A BAD SCHOOL IN FORT BEND ISD. BUT YOU KNOW WHY? THERE ARE. 
          THERE ARE BECAUSE THE RESOURCES HAVE NOT BEEN GIVEN TO THOSE OTHER SIDES THAT NEED THE RESOURCES. THE ATTENTION HAS NOT BEEN PAID. AND THAT'S NOT JUST YOU GUYS. THAT'S ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE, YOU GUYS. AND I'M HOPING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE THE COURAGE AND THE STRENGTH TO MAKE THAT CEASE RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE WE CAN TALK ALL DAY LONG. Y'ALL CAN SAY ALL THE NICETIES AND EVERYTHING ELSE. BUT THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS, IS THAT YOU'RE EITHER HERE TO SERVE THE PUBLIC AND DO THE RIGHT THING, OR YOU'RE HERE TO SERVE THE MASTER THAT PUT YOU HERE, WHETHER THAT BE CORPORATE, WHETHER THAT BE AN INDIVIDUAL, WHATEVER THAT IS. THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE. SO IF WHAT WE'RE DOING IS TRYING TO MAKE OUR 
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CHILDREN THE BEST PREPARED CHILDREN THAT THEY CAN BE TO FACE THE FUTURE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FACE, THEN SOME TOUGH DECISIONS DO WILL HAVE TO BE MADE. AND WE'LL ALL HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT. BECAUSE IF I JUST WANT THINGS RIGHT FOR ME OR THE WAY I LOOK, THEN THAT'S NOT GOING TO HELP ANYONE ELSE. AND IN SOCIETY, WE HAVE TO BE A SOCIETY THAT HELPS ALL, NOT JUST SOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS ADEEL AKHTAR. GOOD EVENING, DOCTOR SMITH. MADAM PRESIDENT TO THE BOARD. AS YOU ALL KNOW I'M A MEMBER OF THE SCHOOL BOUNDARY ADVISORY COMMITTEE. AND I WANT TO TAKE THESE FEW MINUTES TO SHARE MY EXPERIENCE BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT MAY BE HELPFUL IN PROVIDING A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT FOR THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING, THOSE WHO ARE IN THE ROOM. SO LET ME RUN BACK TO AUGUST. AND I STOOD HERE AND I SPOKE ABOUT THE FORT BEND ISD VOLUNTEER COMMITTEES, AND I BELIEVED AT THE TIME THAT THEY WERE LARGELY BROKEN. I ASKED YOU ALL AS LEADERS TO HELP FIX THEM, AND YOU CAN DO THAT BY GIVING US AS MEMBERS, AS VOLUNTEERS, MORE POWER, MORE ENGAGEMENT, AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE. AND SO TODAY, I MEAN, I CAN HONESTLY SAY STANDING HERE THAT AFTER FOUR MONTHS AND COUNTLESS HOURS, I FEEL QUITE COMFORTABLE SAYING THAT WHEN IT COMES TO THE SBAC, THAT FEEDBACK WAS DEFINITELY DELIVERED UPON. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SHARE THIS EXPERIENCE, NOT ONLY HOPEFULLY TO GIVE THE COMMUNITY SOME CONFIDENCE IN THE PROCESS, BUT ALSO TO ENGAGE OTHERS TO STEP FORWARD AND SERVE ON COMMITTEES. 
          SIMILAR TO THE SBAC. IN SHORT, I CAN SAY THAT AT LEAST YOU KNOW I CAN SPEAK FOR MYSELF WHEN I SAY. AS PART OF SBAC WE WERE CONSISTENTLY ENGAGED. OUR FEEDBACK WAS WELCOMED AND ENCOURAGED. WHENEVER WE ASKED FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR RESOURCES. IT WAS. IT WAS ALWAYS PROVIDED. THE TEAM WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. AND SO WHILE NO PROCESS IS PERFECT AND NO PROCESS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN BE PERFECT, I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT THIS ONE WAS APPROACHED WITH HONEST INTENT BY ALL THAT WERE INVOLVED. SO, AND I DO WANT TO THANK ESPECIALLY THE MEMBERS OF THE STAFF WHO WERE PART OF THIS PROCESS WITH US, AND THAT INCLUDES KYLE, JODY, THE REST OF THE COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITIES TEAM. SO THANK YOU ALL. AND ALL THAT SAID, WE ARE JUST GETTING STARTED. AND OF COURSE THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM TO IMPROVE. SO I DO HAVE ANOTHER REQUEST MOVING FORWARD, JUST LIKE I HAD A REQUEST WAY BACK IN AUGUST, BUT I'LL BE MAKING THAT AT ANOTHER TIME. JUST IN THE INTEREST OF TIME. I'LL SAVE THAT FOR THE NEXT MEETING, BUT I AM CONFIDENT THAT JUST AS YOU ALL, AS LEADERS SHOWED UP THIS TIME, THAT YOU WILL SHOW UP AGAIN, AND THAT THE SBAC MEMBERS WHO ARE SITTING IN THE JURY BOX OVER THERE, THOSE MEMBERS WILL BE GLAD TO BE PART OF THAT WORK. SO THANK YOU ALL. 
          THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS STEPHANIE BROWN. I WANT TO GIVE AN HONOR TO DOCTOR SMITH AND THE BOARD AND SAY THANK YOU AGAIN FOR TOLERATING ME THE SECOND TIME. MY SPEECH. IT'LL BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT. AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BORROW YOUR PHONE. I JUST WANT TO SAY, REGARDING THE NEW WAY THAT YOU'RE DECIDING TO GO TO RE THE REZONING AND THE REBALANCING OF THE DISTRICT. AND FIRST, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I SERVED ON ABOUT THREE DIFFERENT BOUNDARY COMMITTEES WHERE WE HAD NO SAY SO. AND NOW THAT OUR AREAS ARE BEING INCLUDED, I'M NOT ALLOWED TO BE ON THE BOARD. SO I SEE THAT YOU'RE ADDING MORE PEOPLE AS YOU GO. AND SO I'M REQUESTING OR ASKING PUBLICLY THAT I WOULD LOVE TO SERVE. CAN YOU PUT ME BACK ON? AND I JUST WANT TO SAY JUST SOME SCENARIO, A SCENARIO OF OF THE WAY THIS MAY GO REGARDING THE WAY THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT. NOW, IF A STUDENT IS IN SEVENTH GRADE IN 2025 AND ACCORDING TO YOUR CURRENT PROPOSAL, YOU WON'T LOOK AT THE HIGH SCHOOL BOUNDARIES UNTIL THIS STUDENT IS IN NINTH GRADE 2028. THE SAID STUDENT THEN WILL NEED TO STAY IN HIGH SCHOOL THAT IS 
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EITHER OVERCROWDED OR UNDERUTILIZED ALL THROUGH THE HIGH SCHOOL. DUE TO THE CURRENT REZONING POLICY, EITHER UNDER THE GRANDFATHERED RULE OR BECAUSE OF THE LIMITED NUMBER OF STUDENTS, A LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIMES THAT A STUDENT CAN BE MOVED. BASICALLY, THAT SAYS STUDENT WILL NOT BENEFIT FROM A BALANCED HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION, AND EVEN HE OR SHE WILL GRADUATE IN 2031. YOU ALL DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S KIND OF RIDICULOUS, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE THE OPTION WHICH WILL ALLOW THESE STUDENTS TO BE EDUCATED IN A WELL BALANCED HIGH SCHOOL DURING THEIR ENTIRE HIGH SCHOOL YEARS. WHY NOT JUST DO THE RIGHT THING FOR THE KIDS? AND AS I SAT HERE AND I LISTENED TO THE DIFFERENT CONCERNS OF THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY, ONE, HOW DO Y'ALL KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO BE? I ATTENDED A COUPLE OF THOSE COMMUNITY MEETINGS, AND WE WEREN'T TOLD WHERE WE WERE GOING TO BE ZONED OR WHETHER WE WERE GOING TO BE CONSOLIDATED OR, I MEAN, HOW DID Y'ALL GET IN FRONT OF THE EIGHT BALL AND JUST DECIDE, OH MY GOD, I DON'T WANT TO BE ZONED TO MARSHALL. Y'ALL MADE US OUT OF OUR COMMUNITY FOR NO REASON. WE REALLY DON'T KNOW OUR I DON'T KNOW. I WASN'T PRIVILEGED TO THAT INFORMATION, AND WE'VE BEEN ON THE NEWS FOR ABOUT A WEEK OR SO WITH PEOPLE GOING, OH MY GOD, I WONDER WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT AREA. IT'S NOT FAIR. I SAID IT IN THE LAST MEETING THAT IT JUST LOOKS I'M SORRY, BUT IT LOOKS RACIST. WE'RE LIVING IN A WORLD TODAY WHERE WE NEED TO BE TELLING OUR KIDS THAT EVERYBODY CAN GO AND AND AND ESCALATE AND BE GREAT IN THE SAME ROOM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS JOHN FLETCHER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, FOR EVERYONE HERE. I'M SPEAKING AGAIN, AND THIS IS AS I WAS LISTENING TO EVERYONE SPEAK. AND IT SEEMS THAT WE ALL THE COMMUNITY HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON. WE LOOKED AT THE CLOSING OF CONSIDERATION OF CLOSING A COUPLE OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND ONE BEING GLOVER. AND I REMEMBER WHEN GLOVER WAS FIRST BUILT, GLOVER WAS BUILT FOR THE MIDDLE CREEK AREA TO KIND OF HELP RELIEVE THAT. BUT WHEN THE SCHOOL GOT BUILT, THE PARENTS DIDN'T WANT THEIR KIDS GOING TO THE SCHOOL BECAUSE OF DEMOGRAPHICS. AND LO AND BEHOLD, BY THE FIFTH GRADE YEAR OF MY DAUGHTER, THEY GOT THE EXEMPLARY STATUS FROM GEORGE W BUSH. AND TEXAS HAS BEEN EXEMPLARY SCHOOL. AND TO SAY THAT AND NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT ELKINS HIGH SCHOOL AND MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL. THE LADY JUST SAID, ELKINS HIGH SCHOOL IS OVERCROWDED. THEY'RE HAVING PROBLEMS. YET THEIR KIDS GOING TO ELKINS, WHO LIVE CLOSER TO MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL. YET THEY'RE OVERCROWDING ELKINS HIGH SCHOOL. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE FIXED RIGHT AWAY WITH THAT OVERCROWDING SITUATION, BECAUSE THEIR KIDS RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM MARSHALL, SOME KIDS ARE EQUAL DISTANCE FROM MARSHALL AND ELKINS. THAT CAN OVER TO CAN TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM OF GOING TO THAT SCHOOL. 
          AND THAT WOULD ANSWER THE PROBLEM OF A LOT OF PARENTS THAT WERE HAVING CONCERN RIGHT NOW. SO LIKE WE JUST SAID EARLIER, WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER FOR BEING ISD IS A GREAT DISTRICT. THAT'S WHY WE MOVED HERE. EVERY SCHOOL. THERE'S NO BAD SCHOOL. THEY ALL NEED RESOURCES AND WE CAN DO THAT. WE HAVE THE WE HAVE THE ADMINISTRATION THAT IS EAGER TO WORK ON THESE PROBLEMS AND TO FIX THESE PROBLEMS AND HAVE GREAT IDEAS. AND IF WE JUST TURN THEM LOOSE AND LET THEM GO AND GIVE THEM OUR SUPPORT, WE CAN HAVE THAT DONE. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. NEXT UP, JACKIE PIPKINS. OKAY. AND FINALLY, NINJA LASER. HELLO. I AM COMING TO YOU GUYS REGARDING HOW CHILDREN AND POLICE HANDLE ASSAULTS OF CHILDREN AND HOW THE ADMINISTRATION SHOWS BIASNESS TOWARDS CHILDREN THAT ARE STAFF MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL. 
          IN 2024, AND ALSO HOW LEGAL RELEASES INFORMATION REDACTS INFORMATION, HOW POLICE REPORTS ARE DONE AS WELL. AND. JANUARY 9TH AT 2024. MY SON CAME FROM BUSH HIGH SCHOOL INTO MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL. ON THE SECOND DAY OF ATTENDANCE, HE WAS ASSAULTED BY TWO OF YOUR FOOTBALL PLAYERS, AND THEIR MOTHER HAPPENED TO BE THE NURSE AT THE SCHOOL. NOW DURING THE MA'AM. SO I'M JUST GOING TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE REFRAIN FROM GIVING ANY INFORMATION THAT WOULD LEAD TO THE IDENTIFICATION OF A STUDENT OR AN EMPLOYEE. AS FAR AS NAMES, I'M NOT GOING TO NAMES OR 
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POSITIONS OR POSITIONS. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO ANYWHO, IN RESPONSE TO THE ACTUAL ASSAULT, THERE WERE PHOTOS TAKEN OF MY SON BY THE THE MEDICAL, THE MEDICAL PERSONNEL, AND IT WAS NOT PUT IN THE POLICE REPORT. THE POLICE REPORT WAS NOT WRITTEN CORRECTLY. IT DID NOT INVOLVE THE FULL INVESTIGATION OF THE POLICE REPORT. IT WAS WRITTEN UP AS A DISORDERLY CONDUCT. WHEN MY SON WAS ASSAULTED BY TWO, HE WAS THREATENED BY ONE INDIVIDUAL AT ONE PERIOD AND THEN BY LUNCHTIME HE WAS ASSAULTED BY TWO BROTHERS WHO WERE CHILDREN OF THE STAFF MEMBER. AND BY THE TIME I TRIED TO COLLECT, WHICH I'M STILL TRYING TO COLLECT EVIDENCE ON THE INCIDENT AS OF TODAY'S DATE, WHICH IS DECEMBER THE 15TH, 2025, IT HAS NOT BEEN COLLECTED. I HAVE REACHED OUT TO STUDENT AFFAIRS, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. I'VE EMAILED DOCTOR SMITH PERSONALLY, AND I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THE STUDENTS HAVE GRADUATED. THERE'S NOTHING TO BE WORRIED ABOUT ANYMORE. IT'S NOT A BIG ISSUE. BASICALLY. DISMISSED. YOU HAVE A POLICE OFFICER THAT WROTE THERE WAS BODY CAM FOOTAGE IN HIS REPORT, BUT YET IT'S BEEN CONFIRMED THROUGH THE LIEUTENANT'S. THERE'S NO BODY CAM FOOTAGE. THERE ARE A LOT OF CONCERNS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH HOW ADMINISTRATION SHOWS BIASNESS TOWARDS PARENTS. I MEAN, STUDENTS OF I MEAN PARENTS OF ADMINISTRATION VERSUS NON NON-STUDENTS OF ADMINISTRATION, AND ALSO HOW THE PROTOCOL IS DONE WHEN IT COMES TO POLICE HANDLING SITUATIONS, WHEN IT COMES TO CHILDREN BEING ASSAULTED IN THE REDACTION OF INFORMATION, I DO HAVE ONE THING THAT I WANT TO READ THAT HAS TO DO WITH REDACTION. THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS THE 
          [6. Superintendent Update]
SUPERINTENDENT'S UPDATE, DOCTOR SMITH. YES MA'AM. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I HAVE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS THAT I WANT TO SHARE IN THE SUPERINTENDENT SUPERINTENDENT'S UPDATE THIS EVENING. THE FIRST ITEM IS TO RECOGNIZE FORT SETTLEMENT MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT ONCE AGAIN HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS A SCHOOL TO WATCH BY THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SECONDARY PRINCIPALS AND THE NATIONAL FORUM TO ACCELERATE MIDDLE SCHOOL GRADES REFORM. THIS RECOGNITION WAS AWARDED TO ONLY ABOUT 70 SCHOOLS STATEWIDE, AND SO FORT SETTLEMENT CONTINUES TO STAND OUT FOR ITS OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC PROGRAMING, ITS STRONG CAMPUS CULTURE, AND ITS COMMITMENT TO LEVELING UP. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE PRINCIPAL DOCTOR JENNIFER WILLIAMS, ALONG WITH HER STAFF, HER STUDENTS AND HER PARENTS, ON EARNING THIS HONOR AND CONTINUING TO LEAD THE PACK. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. THE NEXT ITEM IS TO RECOGNIZE MISSOURI CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY. IT'S A GREAT DISTRICT MILESTONE. MISSOURI CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL RECENTLY CELEBRATED 50 YEARS OF EDUCATING STUDENTS AND SERVING THE MISSOURI CITY COMMUNITY. 
          PRINCIPAL DOCTOR TASHA HAMILTON. SHE WELCOMED A CROWD OF STUDENTS, ALUMNI, CURRENT AND FORMER FACULTY AND STAFF, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND CITY AND STATE LEADERS TO HONOR THE SCHOOL'S PAST, THE SCHOOL'S PRESENT, AND THE SCHOOL'S FUTURE. IT'S A VERY WELL ATTENDED EVENT. THE CELEBRATION FEATURED INCREDIBLE STUDENT PERFORMANCES AND HISTORICAL DISPLAYS CURATED BY OUR STUDENTS. FORT BEND ISD IS PROUD OF THE SCHOOL'S 50 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE AND THE STRONG LEGACY OF COUGAR PRIDE. THANK YOU. THE NEXT ITEM IS DISTRICT PARTNERSHIP TO HIGHLIGHT DISTRICT PARTNERSHIP SUGAR LAND 95 MEMORIAL PROJECT. SO FORT BEND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT AGREED TO INVEST 1.5 MILLION TOWARD THE SUGAR LAND 95 MEMORIAL PROJECT. COMMISSIONER ANDY MEYERS ADVOCATED FOR THIS AGREEMENT THAT WILL PROVIDE IMPORTANT PARKS ON THE CEMETERY GROUNDS, AND TO CREATE AN OUTDOOR LEARNING AREA AT THE JAMES REESE CENTER THAT STUDENTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT WILL BE ABLE TO ENJOY. FORT BEND ISD IS DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR THIS PARTNERSHIP. I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE COMMISSIONER'S COMMITMENT TO HELP US CROSSING THE FINISH LINE ON THIS HISTORIC PROJECT. 
          ALSO, FORT BEND ISD WILL CONTINUE WORKING ALONGSIDE THE FRIENDS OF SUGAR LAND 95, THE NONPROFIT, TO RAISE ADDITIONAL FUNDS AND TO ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY AS WE MOVE TOWARD 
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CREATING A MEANINGFUL MEMORIAL AND AN OUTDOOR LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT EXPERIENCE ONCE WE GET THIS COMPLETED. SO VERY EXCITED THAT WE ARE IN THIS PLACE WITH THE SUGAR LAND 95 PROJECT. AND THEN YES, THANK YOU. AND THEN FINALLY, WE HAD THE CLEMENS HIGH SCHOOL TOPPING OUT CEREMONY LAST WEEK. IT MARKED A MAJOR MILESTONE IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW CLEMENS HIGH SCHOOL. WE HAD STUDENTS AND STAFF. WE HAD MEMBERS FROM THE CITY OF SUGAR LAND, WE HAD CONSTRUCTION PARTNERS, WE HAD COMMUNITY MEMBERS. EVERYONE CAME TOGETHER TO SIGN THE FINAL STEEL BEAM BEFORE IT WAS PLACED. IT REALLY WAS A GREAT EVENT. IT SYMBOLIZED THE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS THAT'S BEEN MADE. LONG AWAITED PROJECT IS MAKING SIGNIFICANT PACING. THE TEMPO IS REALLY GOOD AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK AND THE PROGRESS THAT'S BEEN MADE. THIS REBUILD WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE 2023 BOND, AND IT'S SET TO OPEN FOR THE 2728 SCHOOL YEAR. AND AGAIN, JUST WANT TO THANK OUR COMMUNITY. WE KNOW THAT THIS WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THEIR VOTE AND WITHOUT THEIR SUPPORT AND THEIR INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC EDUCATION AND THE CLEMENS COMMUNITY. AND THEN AT THIS TIME, THE LAST UPDATE, THIS IS OUR LAST UPDATE FOR THE FALL SEMESTER. SO I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON. WE DO APPRECIATE ALL THE FEEDBACK. WE DO MEAN ALL. WE APPRECIATE ALL THE FEEDBACK AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE 2026 AND SCHOOL YEAR. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO ALL THE WORK THAT WE KNOW YOU EXPECT US TO DO AND MAKE OUR DISTRICT A GREAT DISTRICT THAT IT IS. SO THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT, MADAM PRESIDENT. 
          [7. Board Activity Report]
THANK YOU, DOCTOR SMITH. NEXT UP IS THE BOARD ACTIVITY REPORT. DOCTOR GILLIAM, HELLO. YOUR FORT BEND ISD SCHOOL BOARD AT WORK, BOARD MEMBERS, DISTRICT ACTIVITIES REPORT INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING. STUDENT LEADERSHIP 101 HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL CAUCUS MEETING CALENDAR COMMITTEE MEETING MISSOURI CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION SHACK MEETING. TASB BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING. COMMISSIONERS COURT MEETING. CLEMENTS HIGH SCHOOL TOPPING OUT CEREMONY. GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE MEETING. POLICY COMMITTEE MEETING. BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEETING. ELECTED OFFICIALS. RECEPTION. HIGHTOWER HIGH SCHOOL THEATER PRODUCTION. A LESSON BEFORE DYING MISSOURI CITY SNOW FEST CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING. RIDGE POINT HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA AT SUGAR LAND TOWN SQUARE SUPPORTING GIVING MACHINES ELKINS HIGH SCHOOL PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE. AND THAT IS A WRAP. THANK YOU, DOCTOR GILLIAM. NEXT 
          [8.A. Discussion about the Draft Attendance Boundary Plans for elementary schools and Amy Coleman Middle School.]
UP, OUR INFORMATION ITEMS. AND WE ARE GOING TO JUMP BACK IN TO OUR DRAFT ATTENDANCE BOUNDARY PLANS. SO I'LL ASK MR. TEMPLETON TO COME BACK UP. OH, I'LL ASK BETH TO COME BACK UP. 
          MISS MARTINEZ. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU SO MUCH. BEFORE WE BEGIN SHARING THE DETAILS OF THE PLAN, WE HAVE BY POLICY, THE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR CHAIRPERSON, MONICA WILLIS, FROM THE SBAC TO SHARE A SHORT PRESENTATION. AND SHE IS UP NEXT. SO IF YOU'LL PLEASE JOIN US UP HERE, MISS WILLIS, SHE HAS SERVED THE COMMITTEE AS THE CHAIRPERSON SINCE THE ONSET OF THE LONG RANGE BOUNDARY PLANNING PROCESS, AND HAS A FEW SLIDES TO SHARE WITH YOU THIS EVENING. IF YOU'RE USING THE SLIDE DECK THAT WAS SHARED WITH YOU ON FRIDAY, YOU WON'T HAVE THESE SLIDES, BUT THEY ARE IN THE SLIDE DECK THAT ARE AT YOUR SEAT THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. 
          AND CHRIS. YES OKAY. PERFECT. JUST WON'T BE HERE. THIS WILL WORK. FROM HERE. OKAY. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. FIRST OF ALL, CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, DOCTOR SMITH, PRESIDENT TYSON TRUSTEES, FORT BEND ISD ADMINISTRATION AND STAFF, MY FELLOW MEMBERS OF THE FORT BEND ISD COMMUNITY. MY NAME IS MONICA WILLIS. I'M CHAIRPERSON OF SBAC. I'M HONORED TO TO SPEAK TO YOU TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF THE SCHOOL BOUNDARY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, OR BETTER KNOWN AS SBAC. SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE UNFAMILIAR WITH THE SBAC, OUR COMMITTEE IS COMPRISED OF 36 MEMBERS, THREE REPRESENTATIVES FROM EACH OF THE DISTRICT'S 12 HIGH SCHOOL PATTERNS. WHILE THE BOUNDARY COMMITTEE HAS BEEN UTILIZED IN FORT BEND ISD SEVERAL TIMES OVER, THIS GROUP OF COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS CAME TOGETHER FOR THIS SPECIFIC TASK. BEGINNING 
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IN MAY OF 2025. WE STARTED BY RECEIVING SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE DISTRICT AND WHERE THE CURRENT NUMBERS WERE. WE MET AGAIN STARTING IN AUGUST OF 2025, AND WAS GIVEN A CLEAR AND SERIOUS CHARGE TO REVIEW THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WITHIN EACH FEEDER PATTERN AND HELP DEVELOP A RECOMMENDATION ON HOW THE DISTRICT CAN CONSOLIDATE CAMPUSES IN A WAY THAT BEST SUPPORTS LONG TERM HEALTH. FOR FORT BEND ISD. FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, OUR FOCUS WAS UNWAVERING. WE LOOKED AT, AND WE'RE STRIVING TO MAINTAIN THE SUCCESS, STABILITY, AND WELL-BEING OF OUR STUDENTS, OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR DISTRICT, AND THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR MANY TIMES OVER. AS I SPEAK, WE ASK OURSELVES AGAIN AND AGAIN, HOW CAN WE MAKE THE NECESSARY CHANGES WITH THE LEAST AMOUNT OF IMPACT ON CHILDREN, ALL OF OUR CHILDREN? HOW CAN WE PROTECT THEIR DAILY EXPERIENCES, THEIR RELATIONSHIPS IN THE SCHOOLS, THEIR SAFETY AND THEIR OPPORTUNITIES IN SCHOOL AND OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL, WHILE STILL HELPING THE DISTRICT OPERATE EFFICIENTLY AND SUSTAINABLY? WITH THAT BEING SAID, OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, AS YOU HEARD FROM ONE OF MY PEER COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WE COLLECTIVELY DEDICATED WELL OVER 500 HOURS TO THIS WORK. WE REVIEWED MULTIPLE SCENARIOS THAT YOU'LL SEE SOMETIMES MANY TIMES OVER, AND WE WERE GUIDED BY SYNERGY AND MAINTAINING AN UNBIASED EYE THROUGHOUT. WITH EACH SCENARIO, WE WERE CANDID. WE DISCUSSED WHAT WORKED, WHAT DIDN'T, AND WHAT DECISION COULD POSSIBLY CREATE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES WHEN A SCENARIO DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO US, OR IF IT FAILED TO GAIN OVERWHELMING SUPPORT OF THE ROOM, WE DIDN'T SIMPLY SETTLE. WE ASKED FOR ALTERNATIVES. WE PUSHED FOR CLARITY, AND EACH TIME ZONDA WOULD RETURN TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND START ALL OVER, NONE OF THE DECISIONS WERE MADE OR THE FEEDBACK WE PROVIDED. OR THE FEEDBACK THAT WE ACTUALLY PROVIDED. CAME LIGHTLY. EVERY CONVERSATION WAS ROOTED IN RESPONSIBILITY TO OUR STUDENTS, OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, AND THE LONG TERM FUTURE OF THE DISTRICT. 
          THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, WE ASK QUESTIONS OF EVERYONE WHO COULD HELP US BETTER UNDERSTAND THE FULL PICTURE THAT INCLUDED FROM THE FORT BEND ISD STAFF TO ZONDA TO FELLOW COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN AREAS IN WHICH WE WERE NOT FAMILIAR, EVEN STUDENTS CAME TO OUR MEETINGS AND TALKED TO US ABOUT THE IMPACT IT WOULD HAVE ON THEM AND WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR AS REPRESENTATIVES FROM DIFFERENT FEEDER PATTERNS WITH LIMITED LINE OF SIGHT, WE MADE SURE THAT WE TOOK THE TIME TO UNDERSTAND THE UNIQUE HISTORY, MAKEUP AND NEEDS OF EVERY COMMUNITY ACROSS THE DISTRICT. SO I DO WANT TO GO INTO THE RESOURCES THAT WERE AVAILABLE TO US. SOME WERE READILY AVAILABLE WHEN WE STARTED IN AUGUST. OTHERS CAME BECAUSE WE ASKED FOR THEM TO DO THIS WORK WELL. WE USE AN EXTENSIVE SET OF RESOURCES, INCLUDING DEFINITELY NOT LIMITED TO FROM THE LOCAL AND THE DECISION PRINCIPLES. THEY GUIDED OUR EFFORTS THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE PROCESS. FBISD SUPPORT, WE THANK YOU. IN SO MANY WAYS. IT CAME FROM THE CFO, THE CEO, THE CHIEF OF ACADEMICS, THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, THE PROGRAM STAFF, AND SEVERAL OTHERS THAT WERE THERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL DATA WHENEVER WE NEEDED IT. IF WE DID NOT HAVE RESOURCES AVAILABLE, WE ASKED. 
          WE ASKED FOR THEM THE USES OF MAPS. AS AN EXAMPLE, IN OUR FIRST MEETING, WE BEGAN WITH A SMALL MAP THAT WAS ON THE EASEL AND IT TALKED. IT SHOWED US THE THE SCHOOLS WITHIN THE DISTRICT SO WE COULD SEE WHERE THE BREAKDOWNS WERE. WE ASKED FOR MUCH LARGER MAPS AND THEY HELPED US TO IDENTIFY. WE WERE LOOKING FOR THE MAJOR ROADS IN THE AREAS, THE NEIGHBORHOODS, ANY OF THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS OR THE INDUSTRIAL AREAS THAT WEREN'T GOING TO BE BUILT. THEY PROVIDED US WITH PAPER MAPS. THEY GAVE US SLIDES, THEY ENLARGED THE MAPS AND THE IMAGES FOR US, PUT EVERYTHING ON CARDBOARD POSTERS WE HAD EVERYTHING WE WERE ASKED FOR. 
          THESE MAPS HELPED US VISUALIZE WHERE THE SCHOOL BOUNDARIES WERE, THE DISTANCES BETWEEN EACH OF THE CAMPUSES. IF THERE WERE ANY MASTER PLAN COMMUNITIES OUT THERE IN THE NATURAL BOUNDARIES WITHIN THE DISTRICT, WE UTILIZE THE CURRENT POPULATION COUNTS. SOME OF THE NUMBERS THAT YOU SAW EARLIER AT EACH SCHOOL TO UNDERSTAND THE CAPACITY AND ENROLLMENT PROCESSES, AND IF THERE WERE ANY CONSTRAINTS AND PRESSURES OF OVERCROWDING, WE WERE ABLE TO SEE ALL OF THAT. WE LOOKED AT THE PAST DATA TO LOOK AT THE FUTURE STATE OF THE DISTRICT AND ANTICIPATE ANY OF THE DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFTS. WE HAD THE CI REPORTS IN FRONT OF US THAT DETAILED THE PHYSICAL CONDITIONS OF THE SCHOOL BUILDINGS IN YEARS BUILT. WE 
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LOOKED AT SCHOOL REPORT CARDS SHOWING ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AND TRANSPORTATION DATA OUTLINING THE BUS USAGE, WHERE THE WALKERS WERE SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS ALONG MAJOR ROADS. WE LOOKED AT A LOT OF DIFFERENT ITEMS AND RESOURCES TO HELP US MAKE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS. WE LOOKED AT WHAT SCHOOLS HAVE SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS AND IF THEY WERE EASILY ABLE TO BE LIFTED AND SHIFTED TO BE MOVED AND UPROOTED. WE LOOKED AT SO MUCH DATA, AND EVEN IN THERE ARE OTHER RESOURCES THAT CAME AND OTHER FACTORS THAT ALLOWED US TO EXAMINE EACH OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM EVERY ANGLE. THROUGH IT ALL, WE STAY GROUNDED IN OUR SHARED PURPOSE. AS I SAID BEFORE, HOW WILL THIS IMPACT OUR STUDENTS, OUR COMMUNITY, AND OUR DISTRICT? SO WE KNOW THE DECISIONS BEFORE YOU TODAY ARE NOT EASY. AND BETWEEN NOW AND MARCH, WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO. WE UNDERSTAND THAT CHANGE, ESPECIALLY IN OUR SCHOOLS. IT'S EMOTIONAL AND IT'S DEEPLY PERSONAL. WE FEEL THAT TO ALL OF THAT, AS A AS A COMMITTEE, WE APPROACHED THE WORK WITH EMPATHY, TRANSPARENCY AND APPRECIATION FOR THE TRUST THAT WAS PLACED IN US TO DO THIS WORK. AS WE STAND HERE TODAY, MY FELLOW COMMITTEE MEMBERS OVER THERE, AS WE STAND HERE, WE DON'T DO SO JUST AS COMMITTEE MEMBERS, BUT AS PARENTS, AS NEIGHBORS, FORMER STUDENTS AND PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT THIS DISTRICT. WE KNOW THAT BEHIND EVERY DATA POINT IS A CHILD. BEHIND EVERY CAMPUS IS A COMMUNITY. BEHIND EVERY RECOMMENDATION IS A FAMILY WONDERING HOW THEIR LIVES MAY CHANGE. SO THROUGHOUT THIS JOURNEY, WE CARRIED THOSE FAMILIES WITH US. WE CARRIED YOUR STUDENTS WITH US. WE CARRIED THE WEIGHT OF KNOWING THAT WHAT WE SAY AND DO HERE AFFECTS REAL CHILDREN WHO WALK THROUGH OUR SCHOOLS EVERY DAY WITH HOPE, CURIOSITY, AND TRUST. 
          OUR WORK WASN'T ABOUT THE LINES ON THE MAP AND CHANGING BOUNDARIES. IT WAS ABOUT PROTECTING THAT HOPE AND HONORING THAT TRUST. WE BELIEVE THAT TOGETHER, AS A DISTRICT AND AS A COMMUNITY, WE CAN CONTINUE TO NAVIGATE THE UPCOMING DECISIONS WITH COMPASSION, TRANSPARENCY AND COURAGE. THE VERY VALUES THAT MAKE FORT BEND ISD WHAT IT IS TODAY. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE IN THIS CAPACITY, AND FOR THE CHANCE TO CONTRIBUTE TO SOLUTIONS THAT SUPPORT BOTH IMMEDIATE NEEDS AND LONG TERM STABILITY OF THE DISTRICT. ON BEHALF OF THE SBAC, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THANK YOU FOR KEEPING OUR STUDENTS AT THE CENTER OF EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOUR DECISIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS WILLIS. SO I'D I'D LIKE TO ASK THE MEMBERS OF THE SBAC TO STAND FOR A MOMENT AND BE RECOGNIZED. WILL YOU GUYS STAND UP FOR US? ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE HUNDREDS OF HOURS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE PUT IN TO TO THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AND GOING THROUGH ALL THE DATA AND ALL THE THINGS THAT MISS WILLIS LISTED, THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE HERE, THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NOT HERE, ANYONE WHO HAS PARTICIPATED IN ANY CAPACITY, I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO ANY OF THE TRUSTEES. HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF HER AT THIS TIME? OKAY. AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING TO GIVE GIVE US THAT PRESENTATION. OKAY. NOW WE GO BACK TO MR. TEMPLETON. 
          OKAY. WELL, PICKING UP WHERE WE LEFT OFF IN THE WORK SESSION, I'LL DO JUST A QUICK RECAP OF WHERE WE ARE WITH THE OVERALL PLANS. WE DO HAVE 14 CAMPUSES THAT HAVE NO NO CHANGE TO THEIR BOUNDARIES, NO IMPACT TO STUDENTS. WE'VE GOT ABOUT 18 CAMPUSES THAT DO HAVE SOME CHANGES WHERE THERE ARE AREAS THAT ARE MOVING INTO THESE SCHOOLS, 18 AREAS RECEIVING NEW STUDENTS, RECEIVING AREAS. WE'VE GOT FIVE CAMPUSES THAT ARE REDUCTION IN THEIR ZONES AND A REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS. THESE ARE PRIMARILY THE GROWTH AREAS. 
          I'VE GOT WALKER STATION HERE AS AN AREA THAT IS SEEING A DECREASE, AND IT IS SOLELY OUT OF PROXIMITY OF THAT WAS CLOSER TO WALKER STATION. WE'VE GOT EIGHT CAMPUSES THAT ARE WHAT I'M CALLING KIND OF CASCADING CAMPUSES, WHERE THERE ARE KIDS THAT ARE MOVING INTO THE AREA ZONES, MOVING IN. THERE'S ALSO SOME STUDENTS IN ZONES THAT ARE MOVING OUT OF THIS AREA. THESE ARE PRIMARILY IN EITHER AREAS CLOSE TO GROWTH OR CLOSE TO AREAS WHERE THERE ARE UNDERUTILIZED CAMPUSES. AND THEN HERE'S THE LIST OF THE CAMPUSES FOR CONSIDERATION FOR 
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CLOSURES. WE'VE GOT SEVEN CAMPUSES AUSTIN PARKWAY, DULLES ELEMENTARY, FLEMING, GLOVER, MISSION, WEST RIDGE GATE, SUGAR MILL. SOME OF THE CONSIDERATIONS IN THE AREAS WHERE THERE ARE CHANGES. THIS TABLE IS FOCUSING ON THOSE SEVEN CAMPUSES THAT ARE CLOSING. 
          UNDER THIS PLAN. WE'VE GOT THE CURRENT ENROLLMENT AS OF AUGUST THE 29TH. WE'VE GOT THE UTILIZATION RATE FOR THOSE CAMPUSES. AS OF THAT ENROLLMENT DATE. WE'VE GOT THE MOST RECENT FACILITY CONDITION SCORE, AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE AREAS WHERE THE AREAS THAT ARE BEING REZONED TO. NOW, AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, WE BROKE THIS PROJECT INTO TWO GEOGRAPHIES SO THAT WE COULD REALLY HAVE SOME AREAS TO WORK WITHIN. THERE WERE SOME OVERLAP AREAS, BUT IN THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE DISTRICT. AND SO THIS TABLE IS SHOWING YOU THAT NORTH CENTRAL FOCUS ON THE ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES. I'LL POINT OUT SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS HERE. 
          AGAIN, THE AREAS TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO ARE THOSE YELLOW SHADED CELLS THAT HAVE UTILIZATION LESS THAN 80% AND THOSE THAT HAVE A RED PERCENTAGE. THOSE CAMPUSES HAVE UTILIZATION RATES LOWER THAN 60%. AND THEN WE'VE GOT THOSE RED SHADED AREAS ARE THE AREAS THAT ARE OVERUTILIZED WHERE WE ARE SEEING ENROLLMENT GROWTH. AND SO YOU CAN EASILY SPOT THOSE AREAS LIKE BARRINGTON PLACE, FLEMING JORDAN MISSION, MISSION WEST, AND TOWN WEST. 
          THOSE ARE THE CAMPUSES IN THE NORTHEAST THAT HAVE THE LOWEST UTILIZATION RATES. AND SO WE STARTED OUR WORK BACK IN THE SUMMER, WHERE WE BEGAN TO DEVELOP THOSE SCENARIOS ABOUT HOW WE COULD IMPROVE THE UTILIZATION FOR THOSE CAMPUSES AND HOW WE COULD REDUCE THE OVERUTILIZATION AT NEIL AND SEGUIN. THIS IS THE BIG PICTURE OVERVIEW OF THE PLAN. I'M GOING TO JUST TALK BRIEFLY FROM THE BIG PICTURE, BECAUSE I DO HAVE DETAILED SLIDES WHERE I ZOOM IN AND WE'LL GO INTO THE SPECIFICS HERE. BUT THE TO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT ON THE MAP, THE BLACK OUTLINES REPRESENT THE CURRENT ELEMENTARY ATTENDANCE ZONES. THE COLOR SHADED AREAS REPRESENT THE PROPOSED ATTENDANCE ZONE AREAS, AND WHERE YOU SEE A RED OUTLINE AND A RED TEXT. THOSE ARE THE CAMPUSES THAT ARE BEING CONSIDERED FOR CLOSURE. SO MISSION WEST IS A DIRECT CONSOLIDATION INTO THE MISSION ELEMENTARY ZONE. FLEMING IS CONSOLIDATING MOSTLY INTO TOWN WEST, BUT THERE IS A PORTION OF THE FLEMING ZONE THAT IS CONSOLIDATED INTO DRABEK. AND THEN SUGAR MILL IS BEING CONSOLIDATED INTO DRABEK, LAKEVIEW AND BARRINGTON PLACE. NOW ZOOMING INTO THAT NORTH AREA OF THE DISTRICT. THIS IS FOCUSED PRIMARILY ON SEGUIN. AS YOU RECALL, SEGUIN IS OVER UTILIZED SLIGHTLY, AND WE'VE PROPOSED IN THIS PLAN TWO CHANGES. WE'VE GOT THE AREA THAT'S OUTLINED IN YELLOW. THAT AREA IS MOVING FROM SEGUIN TO JORDAN. YOU'LL NOTICE THAT JORDAN IS CURRENTLY AT ABOUT 54% UTILIZATION. AND WITH THIS MOVE, IT WOULD MOVE IT TO ABOUT 84% UTILIZATION. IT DOES HAVE A STABLE ENROLLMENT TREND, AND IT IS RECEIVING THOSE STUDENTS FROM SEGUIN. WE ARE MOVING A PORTION OF THE HOLLY AREA OR EXCUSE ME PATTERSON IN THIS PLAN IS MOVING FROM PATTERSON TO HOLLY. THAT AREA REPRESENTS 172 STUDENTS. AND THEN WE'VE GOT A PORTION OF THE PATTERSON ZONE THAT'S OUTLINED IN RED THAT IS MOVING TO SEGUIN. THIS WILL BE AN AREA WE WILL BE STUDYING WITH THE LATEST INFORMATION. AND SO WHEN WE STUDY OVER THE CHRISTMAS BREAK, THIS WILL BE AN AREA WHERE WE WILL TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT PATTERSON PLAN. NOW LOOKING AT THE CHANGES TO THE MADDEN MALALA NEIL PECAN GROVE. THIS IS GOT A LOT OF ACTIVITY GOING ON HERE. IT STARTS WITH THE NEIL ADDRESSING THE NEIL OVER CAPACITY NUMBER. YOU CAN SEE THE AREA OUTLINED IN GREEN. THAT AREA IS PROPOSED TO MOVE FROM NEIL TO MALALA. THIS IS AN AREA WHERE WE ARE CASCADING. SO WE ARE CASCADING THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE MALALA ZONE OUTLINED IN RED. THAT AREA WOULD BE MOVED TO MADDEN. AND THEN WE'RE TAKING THE NORTH PART OF THE MADDEN ZONE OUTLINED IN PURPLE. THAT WOULD MOVE FROM MADDEN TO HOLLY. THE NUMBERS THAT YOU SEE IN BLACK, IN BOLD BLACK, THAT REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT LIVE IN THE ZONE. SO THIS TOTAL PLAN, THIS MOVEMENT, ACCOUNT FOR ABOUT 824 POTENTIAL STUDENTS THAT COULD BE IMPACTED. THERE'S ALSO THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE NEIL ZONE AND 
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THE VERY BOTTOM OF THIS SLIDE THAT IS MOVING FROM NEIL TO PECAN GROVE, THAT IS AN AREA THAT DOES ALSO HAVE FUTURE HOUSING. SO THERE IS SOME NEW HOUSING ACTIVITY IN THAT AREA. 
          RIGHT NOW THERE'S JUST THREE STUDENTS THAT UNDER THIS PLAN WOULD MOVE FROM NEIL TO PECAN GROVE. I'VE GOT A TABLE THAT OUTLINES THOSE NEW NUMBERS. WITH THIS PLAN, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT HOLLY IS ABOUT 85%. MADDEN WOULD BE AT ABOUT 96%, MALALA AT 84%, NEIL AT 88%. AND PECAN GROVE WOULD BE AT 82%. NEXT, I'M LOOKING AT THE MISSION WEST CLOSURE. THIS IS A DIRECT CONSOLIDATION. THE OUTLINED RED AREA REPRESENTS THE MISSION WEST ATTENDANCE ZONE. SO IT WOULD MOVE IN ITS ENTIRETY TO THE MISSION ZONE. THAT'S REPRESENTS THE POTENTIAL OF ABOUT 352 STUDENTS THAT RESIDE IN THE MISSION WEST ATTENDANCE ZONE. NEXT, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE FLEMING CLOSURE. WE'VE GOT SEVERAL ACTIVITIES HERE. WE'RE ALSO COVERING THAT HOLLY MOVEMENT AS IT AFFECTS THE PATTERSON. SO JUST MAKING SURE WE'RE COVERING THE FULL HOLLY ZONES IMPACT. SO THE AREA OUTLINED IN RED THAT 309 STUDENTS THAT RESIDE IN THAT ZONE WOULD BE MOVED FROM FLEMING TO TOWN. WEST FLEMING IS CLOSING. THERE IS ALSO AN AREA THAT'S OUTLINED IN BROWN THAT WOULD MOVE. IT WOULD MOVE THE MOVEMENT OF HOLLY TO TOWN WEST. AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE AREA OUTLINED IN YELLOW, WHICH IS MOVING FROM TOWN WEST TO MEADOWS. SO WE'RE IMPROVING THE UTILIZATION AT MEADOWS. WE'RE IMPROVING THE UTILIZATION FOR TOWN WEST. IT IS ALSO IMPROVING THE UTILIZATION FOR HOLLY AND DRABEK. THE TABLES THAT I'LL POINT OUT HERE, DRABEK WOULD BE AT 98% UTILIZATION. HOLLY WOULD BE AT 85% UTILIZATION, MADDEN AT 96%, MEADOWS AT 79%, TOWN WEST AT 96%. THIS PLAN HAS THE POTENTIAL TO IMPACT APPROXIMATELY 910 STUDENTS. NEXT, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SUGAR MILL CLOSURE, AND SUGAR MILL UNDER THIS PLAN WOULD BE CONSOLIDATED OR MOVED INTO THREE DIFFERENT ELEMENTARY ZONES. THERE IS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE SUGAR MILL ZONE THAT'S OUTLINED IN RED. THAT AREA WOULD MOVE INTO BARRINGTON PLACE. IT REPRESENTS THE POTENTIAL OF 103 STUDENTS. 
          WE'VE GOT ANOTHER AREA OUTLINED IN RED, THAT IS THE 126 STUDENTS. THAT AREA WOULD BE ZONED TO BARRINGTON PLACE. THE BLUE OUTLINE OF 135 STUDENTS WOULD BE REZONED TO LAKEVIEW. 
          AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE AREA OUTLINED IN YELLOW OF 149 POTENTIAL STUDENTS REZONED TO DRABEK. SO UNDER THIS PLAN, BARRINGTON PLACE WOULD IMPROVE TO 72% UTILIZATION. DRABEK WOULD BE AT 98% UTILIZATION, LAKEVIEW AT 89% UTILIZATION. THESE AREAS, IN TERMS OF THEIR ENROLLMENT TREND BASED ON THE PREVIOUS POSTA REPORT, WOULD BE STABLE FOR BOTH BARRINGTON PLACE AND LAKEVIEW, AND DRABEK HAS A ENROLLMENT TREND THAT IS DECREASING. NEXT, WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT AREA THAT IS A OUTLINED IN RED. THIS IS CHANGES TO CORNERSTONE AND WALKER STATION. 
          THE AREA OUTLINED IN RED IS CURRENTLY ASSIGNED TO WALKER STATION. UNDER THIS PLAN THEY WOULD BE REZONED TO CORNERSTONE. AND IT'S PURELY OUT OF PROXIMITY. AND THAT'S ABOUT 43 STUDENTS. IT WOULD IMPROVE THE CORNERSTONE UTILIZATION TO 74%, AND WALKER STATION UTILIZATION WOULD BE AT ABOUT 84%. BOTH OF THESE AREAS, THE ENROLLMENT TREND IS DECREASING. NOW. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS IN ITS ENTIRETY, THIS TABLE IS SHOWING YOU ALL OF THE MOVES THAT WE'VE MADE, ALL OF THE CONSOLIDATIONS FOR FLEMING, MISSION WEST AND SUGAR MILL. AND YOU CAN SEE THE CHANGE FROM THE ORIGINAL UTILIZATION BACK FROM AUGUST. WITH THIS PLAN, YOU CAN SEE THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE UTILIZATIONS, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE AREAS THAT WERE UNDERUTILIZED. BARRINGTON PLACE GOES FROM 47 TO 72. YOU'VE GOT JORDAN THAT GOES FROM 54 TO 84, MISSION TO 98%, AND YOU'VE GOT THE SEGUIN DROPPING TO 96 AND NEAL DROPPING TO ABOUT 88%. NOW, 
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THE THE COMMITTEE THEN TOOK WHAT WE PRESENTED. THEY WENT THROUGH A SERIES OF EXPLORATION AROUND THE DECISION PRINCIPLES. AND THEN THEY USED SURVEY TOOLS TO GATHER THEIR INPUT, WHEREAS ONE DID NOT MEET THE DECISION PRINCIPLES AND FIVE WAS MET THE DECISION PRINCIPLES. YOU CAN SEE IN SURVEYING THE, YOU KNOW, FIVE MAIN COMPONENTS OF THE DECISION PRINCIPLES THAT THE COST EFFECTIVENESS WAS AT 4.47 AND THEN FREQUENCY OF CHANGES, GROWTH PROJECTIONS AT 4.4, AND THEN PROGRAM ACCOMMODATIONS FOR STUDENT NEEDS AT 4.07, COMMUNITY INTEGRITY AT 4.27. 
          AND THIS PLAN DID PRESENT DID GET 100% OF THE MEMBERS SUPPORT TO BRING FORWARD. NOW LOOKING AT THE SOUTH CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCENARIO AGAIN, WE STARTED WITH LOOKING AT THE UTILIZATION TABLE AS OF AUGUST THE 29TH. AND I'LL POINT OUT SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS HERE. AGAIN, IT'S THE SAME FOCUS ON THOSE RED TEXT AREAS THAT HAVE UTILIZATION BELOW 60%. THE YELLOW HAVE UTILIZATION BELOW 80%, AND THEN THE RED SHADED AREAS HAVE UTILIZATION ABOVE 100%. AGAIN, WE'VE GOT SEVERAL CAMPUSES THAT ARE IN RED. IT'S ARMSTRONG, GLOVER, HUNTER'S GLEN FIFTH, THE LANTERN LANE, LEXINGTON CREEK, AND RIDGEGATE. THIS IS THE OVERVIEW SLIDE FOR THIS PLAN. AGAIN, IT'S THE SAME CONCEPT ON THE MAP. BLACK OUTLINES ARE CURRENT ELEMENTARY ATTENDANCE ZONES. THE SHADED AREAS ARE THE PROPOSED. THE RED OUTLINE AND THE RED TEXT ARE THE CAMPUSES UNDER THIS PLAN FOR CONSOLIDATION OR CLOSURE, WHICH IS DULLES, GLOVER RIDGEGATE AUSTIN PARKWAY? I'LL GO INTO THE DETAILS ON THIS. SO WE LOOKED AT THE RIDGEGATE RIDGEMONT ALDRIDGE AREA, THAT CLUSTER OF THREE SCHOOLS. AND YOU'LL NOTICE THAT IN THIS PLAN, THE AREA OUTLINED IN RED, WHICH IS THE RIDGEGATE ATTENDANCE ZONE, WOULD BE REZONED IN ITS ENTIRETY TO ALDRIDGE. THAT REPRESENTS ABOUT 303 STUDENTS THAT LIVE IN THAT ZONE. AND THEN WE'VE GOT A PORTION THAT IS OUTLINED IN BLUE, WHICH IS A RESULT OF THE CLOSING OF RIDGEGATE THAT WOULD MOVE INTO RIDGEMONT. THAT'S 53 STUDENTS. AND THEN THE AREA OUTLINED IN GREEN, THAT'S 229 STUDENTS THAT WOULD BE REZONED FROM ALDRIDGE TO RIDGEGATE. THAT WAS DONE PRIMARILY OUT OF PROXIMITY. AND BECAUSE OF THE SWITCH OR MOVING FROM RIDGEGATE TO ALDRIDGE ALLOWED FOR THIS TO CREATE A KIND OF A GEOGRAPHIC NORTH TO SOUTH BREAK BETWEEN ALDRIDGE AND RIDGEMONT. AND WITH THESE CHANGES, OH, I SKIPPED ONE. WE ALSO HAVE THIS AREA OUTLINED IN TEAL THAT IS CURRENTLY IN THE ALDRIDGE ZONE. AND SO IT WOULD BE REZONED FROM ALDRIDGE TO LANTERN LANE. AND THAT REPRESENTS ABOUT 61 STUDENTS. SO WITH THESE CHANGES ALDRIDGE WOULD BE AT ABOUT 88% UTILIZATION. LANTERN LANE 88% UTILIZATION RIDGEMONT AT ABOUT 70% UTILIZATION. NOW THERE WERE CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE PROGRAMS AROUND THE EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM THAT IS LOCATED AT RIDGEMONT. AND THAT SAME ALSO HOLDS FOR THE HUNTERS GLEN, WHERE WE HAD AN EARLY LEARNING CENTER THERE. AND THAT THEN CAME INTO PLAY FOR THAT ZONE AS WELL. WHEN WE GOT TO WORKING ON THOSE PLANS NEXT, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE CHANGES TO THE LANTERN LANE AND THE PALMER ZONES. PALMER WAS ONE OF THOSE THAT WERE HIGHLY UTILIZED. AND SO WE HAVE MADE SOME CHANGES HERE WHERE THE RED OUTLINED AREA WOULD BE REZONED FROM PALMER TO LANTERN LANE, SO WE CAN IMPROVE THE UTILIZATION AT LANTERN LANE. AGAIN, WE'VE GOT THAT AREA OUTLINED IN YELLOW THAT'S MOVING FROM ALDRIDGE TO LANTERN LANE. SO WITH THESE TWO CHANGES, LANTERN LANE GOES FROM 57% UTILIZATION TO 88% UTILIZATION. ALDRIDGE AGAIN IS AT 88% UTILIZATION. AND PALMER IMPROVES FROM 101% UTILIZATION DOWN TO 83% UTILIZATION. NEXT, WE'RE LOOKING IN THE SOUTH EASTERN PORTION OF THE DISTRICT, AND THESE AREAS IMPACTED FROM 
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THE CHANGES TO HERITAGE ROADS LIONETTI AND SCANLON OAKS, THE AREA OUTLINED IN LIGHT GREEN. 
          THAT IS A HEAVY FUTURE GROWTH AREA. SO TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF GROWTH WILL TAKE PLACE IN THAT AREA AS WE HAVE NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND THE FUTURE GROWTH FROM SIENNA CROSSING REPRESENTS MORE THAN 3000 FUTURE HOMES. BUT UNDER THIS SCENARIO, THAT AREA IS MOVED FROM THE HERITAGE ROSE INTO LIONETTI AND THERE'S CURRENTLY ABOUT THREE STUDENTS THERE, BUT IT WILL GROW OVER TIME. THE AREA OUTLINED IN BROWN REPRESENTS AN AREA THAT WOULD BE REZONED FROM LIONETTI TO SCANLON OAKS. SO THERE'S THE KIND OF A CASCADING EFFECT THAT WOULD GO FROM HERITAGE ROSE, LIONETTI, AND THEN THE NORTH PORTION INTO SCANLON OAKS. THAT REPRESENTS 189 STUDENTS. SO THE POTENTIAL IMPACT HERE IS ABOUT 192 STUDENTS. AND THE HERITAGE ROADS WOULD BE AT 70%, 74% UTILIZATION LIONETTI AT 82%, AND SCANLON OAKS AT 87. SO WE'VE IMPROVED THE UTILIZATION FOR SCANLON OAKS. WE'VE IMPROVED THE UTILIZATION FOR LIONETTI AND HERITAGE ROSE AS WELL. NEXT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE GLOVER CLOSURE AND THE AREA OUTLINED IN YELLOW OF THE GLOVER. THE CURRENT GLOVER ZONE REPRESENTS A POTENTIAL OF 193 STUDENTS. THAT AREA WOULD BE REZONED FROM GLOVER TO ARMSTRONG, AND THE AREA OUTLINED IN PURPLE REPRESENTS 212 POTENTIAL STUDENTS THAT WOULD BE REZONED INTO HUNTER'S GLEN. WITH THESE CHANGES, ARMSTRONG WOULD GO FROM 57% UTILIZATION TO 76% UTILIZATION. 
          HUNTER'S GLEN WOULD GO FROM 50% UTILIZATION TO 65% UTILIZATION. THIS WAS ONE OF THOSE AREAS OF DISCUSSION BECAUSE OF THE HUNTER'S GLEN EARLY LEARNING CENTER, ITS PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY FOR THOSE PRE-K KIDS. THAT'S WHY WE KEPT THAT CAMPUS INTO OPERATION. BECAUSE OF THAT SPECIAL PROGRAMING. THE OTHER THING THAT WE CONSIDERED, AND THIS IS WHERE THE ARMSTRONG UTILIZE THE FCI SCORE, WAS A MUCH LOWER SCORE, WHICH IS A GOOD SCORE. SO IT HAD A A BETTER FACILITY CONDITION SCORE. AND THAT'S WHAT PROMPTED US TO CONSIDER KEEP ARMSTRONG IN PLAY. 
          BUT WE HAD SEVERAL ROUNDS OF DISCUSSION WITH THE COMMITTEE AROUND SEVERAL OF THESE OPTIONS. 
          WE LOOKED AT HUNTER'S GLEN, WE LOOKED AT ARMSTRONG, WE LOOKED AT MULTIPLE WAYS TO ADDRESS THIS CHALLENGE. NEXT, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE DULLES CLOSURE. THE AREA OUTLINED IN LIME GREEN REPRESENTS THE AREA OF THE DULLES ZONE THAT IS BEING REZONED TO HIGHLANDS. THAT REPRESENTS ABOUT 309 STUDENTS. THE AREA OUTLINED IN BLACK REPRESENTS 286 STUDENTS THAT WOULD BE REZONED FROM DULLES TO LEXINGTON CREEK. THE DULLES, OF COURSE, IS CLOSING. HIGHLANDS GOES FROM 62% UTILIZATION TO 98% UTILIZATION. THE LEXINGTON CREEK GOES FROM 53% TO 85%. AND SO THESE ARE THE CHANGES RELATED TO THE DULLES CLOSURE AS IT RELATES TO HIGHLANDS AND LEXINGTON CREEK. NEXT, WE'RE LOOKING AT AUSTIN PARKWAY. AND THIS WAS AN AREA WHERE WE DID MAKE A CHANGE BECAUSE OF THE MOST RECENT FACILITY CONDITION SCORE. SO ORIGINALLY WE HAD COLONY BEND AS A CAMPUS FOR CLOSURE, BUT BECAUSE OF THE STATE OF THE CONDITION, SCORES FOR COLONY BEND AND FOR AUSTIN PARKWAY, AUSTIN PARKWAY HAD THE LOWER CONDITION SCORE. I'M MAYBE GETTING THAT BACKWARDS. I STRUGGLE WITH THAT. BUT HIGHER A HIGHER SCORE. AND SO THE HIGHER SCORE IS NOT AS GOOD. SO THAT'S WHAT PROMPTED US TO SWITCH TO AUSTIN PARKWAY WAS BECAUSE OF THE CONDITION OF THAT BUILDING. WITH THESE CHANGES, THE AREA OUTLINED IN BLACK REPRESENTS 218 STUDENTS THAT WOULD BE REZONED FROM SETTLERS WAY TO COLONY BEND. 
          THAT'S HOW WE IMPROVE THE UTILIZATION AT COLONY BEND FROM 60% TO 86%. THE AREA OUTLINED IN RED WOULD BE REZONED FROM AUSTIN PARKWAY TO SETTLERS WAY. THAT REPRESENTS ABOUT 325 STUDENTS. THE AREA OUTLINED IN GREEN IS REZONED INTO BUTCHER. THAT REPRESENTS 165 STUDENTS. 
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AND THEN WE HAVE AN AREA OUTLINED IN YELLOW OF 64 STUDENTS THAT WOULD MOVE FROM SETTLERS WAY TO COMMONWEALTH. THAT MOVE WAS PRIMARILY ABOUT PROXIMITY AND TO IMPROVE THE UTILIZATION OF COMMONWEALTH. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE OVERALL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE UTILIZATION SCORE. BUTCHER GOES FROM 68 TO 85, COLONY BEND FROM 60 TO 86, COMMONWEALTH FROM 84 TO 91%. AND THEN SETTLERS WAY IMPROVES FROM 79% TO 85%. AS REPEAT ON THIS MOVE FOR THE WALKER STATION TO CORNERSTONE. AND IT REPRESENTS 43 STUDENTS THAT ARE BEING REZONED TO CORNERSTONE. NOW WITH ALL THESE CHANGES, THIS IS THE NEW OVER THE NEW UTILIZATION TABLE WITH THIS PLAN. AND I'LL HIGHLIGHT JUST SOME OF THOSE AREAS. ARMSTRONG GOES FROM 57% TO 76%. 
          ALDRIDGE GOES FROM 61% TO 88%. AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE HUNTERS. GLENN GOES FROM 50% TO 65%, AND YOU'VE GOT THE SETTLERS WAY GOES FROM 79% TO 85%. SIENNA CROSSING IS AT ABOUT 100% UTILIZATION. AND OVERALL, THIS IS THE PLAN AND THIS IS THE IMPACT ON THE UTILIZATION FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. THIS IS THE REVIEW OF THE DECISION PRINCIPLES FOR THIS PLAN. YOU'LL NOTICE THAT A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THE PREVIOUS PLAN ON THE NORTH, BUT COMMUNITY INTEGRITY WAS AT ABOUT 4.1% COST EFFECTIVENESS. FREQUENCY OF CHANGES AT 3.95, GROWTH PROJECTIONS AT 4.05. AND WITH THIS SCENARIO, WE HAD 60% OF THE SPEC MEMBERS SUPPORTED BRINGING THIS PLAN FORWARD. NOW, LOOKING AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE BOUNDARIES ARE CHARGE WAS FOR THE OPENING OF MIDDLE SCHOOL 16. THIS MAP IS SHOWING THE CURRENT MIDDLE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE ZONES AND THEY ARE COLOR CODED. THE OUTLINES MATCH THE ATTENDANCE ZONES. SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A REFERENCE, MIDDLE SCHOOL 16 IS LOCATED ABOUT RIGHT HERE. I DO HAVE ZOOMED IN PLANS FOR THIS PROPOSAL. THIS IS THE UTILIZATION TABLE FOR YOUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS. AGAIN, YOU'LL NOTICE WE'VE GOT SOME MIDDLE SCHOOLS THAT ARE UNDERUTILIZED. 
          HODGES BEEN MCAULIFFE MISSOURI CITY. BUT THE FOCUS OF THIS PLAN IS WITH MIDDLE SCHOOL 16 AND ADDRESSING THE THORNTON OVER UTILIZATION AT 115%. THIS IS A ZOOMED IN LOOK AT YOUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE DISTRICT. BAINES AND THORNTON MIDDLE SCHOOL 16 IS LOCATED ABOUT RIGHT IN THIS AREA. THIS PROPOSAL TAKES THE FERNDALE HENRY OR THE HENRY ELEMENTARY AND THE HERITAGE ROSE. THESE TWO ELEMENTARIES WOULD FEED INTO MIDDLE SCHOOL 16 AND THAT WOULD RESULT IN ABOUT 48 STUDENTS BEING REZONED FROM COLEMAN TO MIDDLE SCHOOL, 16 AND THEN ABOUT 728 STUDENTS POTENTIALLY IMPACTED FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL 16. THE BAINES WOULD THEN DROP ABOUT TWO PERCENTAGE POINTS, DOWN TO ABOUT 83%. COLEMAN IS AT ABOUT 46%. BUT KEEP IN MIND THIS IS A STRONG GROWTH AREA, SO THIS AREA WILL GROW PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY. 
          THORNTON DROPS FROM ABOUT 115% UTILIZATION, DOWN TO 69% UTILIZATION, AND THERE IS STILL SOME GROWTH IN THE THORNTON ZONE. THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL 16 BOUNDARY WITH THE ELEMENTARY PROPOSAL ON THE BACKDROP. SO YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE LIONETTI ZONE WOULD BE SPLIT UNDER THIS SCENARIO. THIS AREA THAT'S IN YELLOW WOULD BE UNDER THE PROPOSAL ZONE TO LIONETTI. BUT THIS AREA WOULD BE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL 16 OR COLEMAN'S MIDDLE SCHOOL. SO THIS AREA, AS I MENTIONED, IS A HIGHLY HIGH GROWTH AREA. THIS WOULD BE THE UTILIZATION TABLE. 
          YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THORNTON DROPS DOWN TO 69%, AND COLEMAN IS AT ABOUT 46%. THIS IS THE 
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DECISION PRINCIPLES ON THE MIDDLE SCHOOL PLAN. AND YOU'LL NOTICE THE COST EFFECTIVENESS IS AT THE LOWEST AT ABOUT 3.45. YOU'VE GOT THE COMMUNITY INTEGRITY AT 4.05. THE PROGRAM ACCOMMODATES STUDENT NEEDS AT 4%. AND THEN STUDENT GROWTH. GROWTH PROJECTION 3.95. 75% OF THE SPEC MEMBERS SUPPORTED BRINGING THIS SCENARIO FORWARD. OKAY, THAT WAS THE OVERVIEW AND THAT'S THE DETAILS. NOW WE WILL BE PROVIDING A ONLINE MAP OF THE ZONES SO THAT PARENTS, THE COMMUNITY WILL BE ABLE TO INPUT THEIR ADDRESS, ZOOM TO AN AREA AND TO BE ABLE TO TO IDENTIFY THEIR NEW ZONES BASED ON THIS PARTICULAR PLAN OR THE PLAN THAT WE PRESENT FORWARD IN JANUARY. THANK YOU. MR. TEMPLETON. DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS FROM THE TRUSTEES? HIT YOUR BUTTON. BUT MISS YOU. OH, WE'RE NOT ON LONG. GO AHEAD, MISS GALLAGHER. JUST. THANK YOU. USE YOUR GREEN. SO, BEFORE I GET STARTED, MY QUESTION, I'M GOING TO. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS. I WANT TO JUST DO ONE, 1 OR 2 QUESTIONS. BUT I WANTED TO DO ALSO PIGGYBACK ON PRESIDENT TYSON'S COMMENTS TO THE SPEC. YOU KNOW, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE. AND I ALSO WANTED TO SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT THE SAME THOUGHT PROCESS THAT YOU ALL HAD, WE HAD, AS WELL AS PART OF OUR SMALL GROUP DISCUSSIONS. AND SO IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE HAS TO SAY TONIGHT. BUT SOME OF THOSE SAME CHALLENGES, MAKING SURE THE KIDS ARE ABLE TO WALK THE VICINITY, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. 
          SO I WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION ABOUT AROUND SOME OF THE DECISION PRINCIPLES, ESPECIALLY AROUND ON PAGE 61, JUST IF YOU COULD PROVIDE ME A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON WHY WE FEEL LIKE THIS ONE WAS A LITTLE LOWER AND WHY THE SPEC, WE ONLY HAD ABOUT 60% OF THE MEMBERSHIP THERE THAT WERE IN FAVOR OF THIS PARTICULAR RECOMMENDATION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION. 
          I'M GOING TO ASK PILE PANDIT TALATI TO APPROACH AND EXPLAIN ABOUT YOUR QUESTION. AND IT LOOKS LIKE OUR TECHNOLOGY IS BACK UP. GUYS, IF Y'ALL WANT TO HIT YOUR BUTTONS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION. SO ON THIS PARTICULAR AREA OF THE DISTRICT, THE SOUTHEAST, CENTRAL, THE SBC WAS REALLY GRAPPLING WITH THIS. THEY WERE PRESENTED WITH MANY SCENARIOS FROM ZONDA, AND IN ONE OF OUR MEETINGS, DECIDED WE NEEDED TO JUST GO BACK AND START OVER. AND SO AS THIS THROUGH A SERIES OF MEETINGS, THEY WERE PRESENTED WITH SCENARIOS AND THERE WERE THREE. 
          SO THE REASON WHY YOU'RE SEEING 60% IS THAT THEY WERE RATING THREE SCENARIOS ALMOST AGAINST EACH OTHER, WHEREAS IN THE NORTHWEST, THE WAY IT'S SHAPED OUT IS THAT THEY LANDED ON ONE SCENARIO AND WE ASKED THEM TO RATE DECISION PRINCIPLES ON THAT. SO FOR THIS PARTICULAR ONE, THE REASON WHY YOU'RE SEEING THE 60% IS BECAUSE IT'S THREE SCENARIOS THAT WERE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION TO RATE THESE DECISION PRINCIPLES AND THEIR LEVEL OF AGREEMENT TO BRING IT FORWARD FOR REVIEW. SO IT'S BACK TO A WEIGHTED VOTE IN A SENSE, BASED ON THE THREE. 
          CORRECT? OKAY. BECAUSE I'M GETTING DIFFERENT VIBES OKAY. FROM OVER THERE. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL SAYING THE SAME THING. YES, MA'AM OKAY. THANK YOU THANK YOU MISS. MISS WAS VICKI. I HAVE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS, SO I'LL JUST ASK THEM IN A ROW OKAY. FIRST AGAIN, THANK YOU TO THE SBAC REALLY APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HOURS. AND THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY FOR BEING SO PATIENT IN LIKE TRUSTEE HEYLIGER SAID, WE'VE ALSO BEEN LEARNING IN SMALL GROUPS. MOST OF US HAVE ATTENDED SESSIONS TO ALSO KIND OF START TO LEARN WHAT WAS HAPPENING WITH THIS. BUT WITH THAT, I DID HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS, AND MAYBE I JUST EITHER DON'T REMEMBER FROM THOSE SESSIONS OR JUST DIDN'T CATCH IT THE FIRST TIME. WITH FLEMING AND SUGAR MILL CLOSURES AND POSSIBLY A COUPLE OTHERS. BUT THESE CAUGHT MY EYE. IT PUSHES THE OTHER SCHOOLS TO HIGHER CAPACITY. ARE WE WORRIED ABOUT WHAT THAT'S GOING TO DO IN THE FUTURE? WELL, THOSE ARE AREAS IN THE NORTH THAT ARE SEEING DECLINING ENROLLMENT PATTERNS, SO THOSE UTILIZATIONS WILL LIKELY GO DOWN OVER TIME. AND THEN AND SUGAR MILL AS WELL, THAT AREA. YES. AND THEN FOR RIDGEGATE, IS THERE ANY MORE THAT CAN BE REZONED TO 
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RIDGEMONT? IT LOOKED LIKE THERE WAS. LET ME GO BACK TO THAT PAGE AND WE LOOK AT THE SLIDE WHILE SHE'S ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE SLIDES. THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. THANK YOU. 53. 
          BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE RIDGEMONT IS AT 70%, WHICH IS IT DID INCREASE. SO THAT'S GOOD. 
          BUT IT DOES I MEAN MAYBE IT'S FALLING ALONG MAJOR ROADS, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS ANY MORE THAT COULD BE REZONED TO RIDGEMONT SHIFTED THAT WAY. THE CHALLENGE WOULD BE BREAKING UP. 
          THAT 303 GROUP. CERTAINLY. YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE CHALLENGE WAS BREAKING THAT UP BECAUSE IT IS SO TIGHTLY KNIT TOGETHER. OKAY. AND. AND ONE MORE QUESTION, PRESIDENT HASSAN. SORRY. OH, ACTUALLY, TWO MORE QUESTIONS. WHY ARE AND JUST TO REFRESH MY MEMORY, WHY ARE WE NOT PUTTING INSTEAD OF BREAKING UP GLOVER. SO GOING TO 56 GLOVER INTO ARMSTRONG AND HUNTER'S GLEN THAT WERE NOT BREAKING THAT WERE JUST PUSHING. AND I, I SEE THAT IT PROBABLY WOULD PUSH ARMSTRONG TO VERY HIGH UTILIZATION. BUT JUST PUTTING GLOVER ALL TO ARMSTRONG INSTEAD OF BREAKING IT UP INTO HUNTER'S GLEN, IS THAT BECAUSE OF THE LOW UTILIZATION SCORE FOR HUNTER'S GLEN, OR IS THERE OTHER CONSIDERATIONS? AND WE WANTED TO IMPROVE THE UTILIZATION FOR HUNTER'S GLEN. SO WE WERE TRYING TO ADDRESS BOTH CHALLENGES, HOW HUNTER'S GLEN WAS UNDERUTILIZED. AND SO THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, PART OF TRYING TO SOLVE. WE DID LOOK AT ASSIGNING ALL OF HUNTER'S GLEN TO ARMSTRONG, AND THEN IT JUST PUT IT REALLY, REALLY HIGH ON UTILIZATION. OKAY. THAT'S AND THAT'S FINE. I JUST I FELT LIKE THAT WAS A CONVERSATION POINT. 
          SO WE JUST WENT THERE AND THEN FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL WE'RE WAS THAT WHAT WAS THAT A SPEC PERCENTAGE RATING. WAS THAT THE 75% 75% OKAY. AND THERE'S NO. CONSIDERATION OF SO ON. THAT'S LIKE I'M DRAWING A MAP ON PAGE 65. I'M DRAWING A LINE FROM ON THORNTON AND PUSHING UP THE BOUNDARIES A LITTLE BIT NORTH WAYS BECAUSE OF THE GROWTH THAT'S STILL GOING TO HAPPEN IN THAT AREA. AS FAR AS IS YOUR QUESTION AROUND THE COLEMAN BOUNDARY, NOT PUSHING IT FURTHER NORTH? WELL, KIND OF TWOFOLD. IF IT'S SO THAT WHAT ROAD IS THAT YOU PROBABLY KNOW? 521 NO, I KNOW THAT ONE. BUT THOSE SIX. WHICH ONE? OH THAT'S MILLER. MILLER OKAY, SO I DON'T KNOW THAT AREA AS WELL, BUT IF WE WERE TO TO KIND OF AND YOU GOT, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GOING TO REDO THE WORK OF THE SBAC. BUT SO I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A WHOLE BUNCH OF THIS, BUT I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF WE WERE ABLE TO SHIFT THAT AT ALL NORTHWARD. SO BUT I'VE SAID IT AND Y'ALL CAN MARINATE IT ON YOUR NEXT SESSION. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS WURZBACH. DOCTOR GILLIAM. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL OF THIS WORK. IT IS IT'S I UNDERSTAND IT, EXCEPT FOR ONE THING. LOOKING AT THE 60% AND THE 75%. I KNOW THAT THERE WAS CONVERSATION, BUT I'D LIKE TO. I'M. I'M NOT CLEAR ABOUT IT. CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN THAT IN A DIFFERENT WAY? HOW DID A 60% GET THERE? WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR FROM OUR SBC CHAIR ON THAT? SOUNDS GREAT. 
          OKAY, STARTING WITH THE 60% AND I'M NOT SURE WHERE YOUR SLIDE IS FOR THIS. OH, 75% IS UP. SO I CAN START HERE ON THIS ONE. WE TALKED ABOUT IT. THE ISSUE THAT WE HAD, WHICH WE WERE TOLD WOULD BE SOMETHING WE'D BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT AS WE START APPROACHING MIDDLE SCHOOL TO HIGH SCHOOL, IS THAT NORTHERN PARTS? I THINK YOU WERE JUST MENTIONING BEFORE THAT TELL. 
          THAT WAS WHERE WE HAD A LOT OF DISAGREEMENT ON WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT PIECE OF IT THAT SEPARATE IT. AND YOU HAVE COLEMAN AND THEN YOU HAVE BAYNES AND BAYNES. IT WAS A TAIL. SO 60% ONE. POWELL MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS A SPLIT. IT WAS BECAUSE WE KEPT GOING BACK AND FORTH WHICH WHERE THE BOUNDARY SHOULD BE BETWEEN HIGHLANDS DULLES AND LEXINGTON CREEK. THAT WAS IT. WE COULDN'T GET TO A POINT WHERE EVERYBODY WAS LIKE, OKAY, THIS IS GOOD. AND EVEN AT THE END, 60% WAS THE BEST WE COULD DO FROM THOSE ELEMENTARIES. AND IT WAS BETWEEN HIGHLANDS AND DULLES. WHERE SHOULD THAT BE AND HOW DOES THAT AFFECT THE 
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OTHER ELEMENTARY? THAT'S WHERE WE LANDED. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DOCTOR GILLIAM, MISS HANNAN. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO MISS WILLIS FOR. CHAIRING THE SBAC. AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO SITS ON THAT COMMITTEE, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT NOBODY'S TAKING THIS LIGHTLY. AND I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, AND I LOVE THAT IT WAS ON THE SLIDE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CHILDREN. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FAMILIES. RIGHT? AND WE'RE WE'RE IMPACTING, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE'RE GOING TO BE IMPACTING THEIR POCKETBOOK AND THE TIME AND HOW THEY'RE GOING TO SHIFT THEIR LIVES. SO IT'S IT'S A BIG DEAL. I WANT TO THANK MR. TEMPLETON FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK ON THIS. BUT TONIGHT I ACTUALLY REALLY I, I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF BECAUSE THE STAFF KNOWS I ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS, AND I THINK I MAY HAVE REACHED A NEW LEVEL OF QUESTION ASKING OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE ANSWERS THAT YOU'VE GOTTEN ME. AND THANK YOU TO THE OTHER TWO MEMBERS WHO ARE IN MY SMALL GROUP FOR THEIR PATIENCE WITH ME AS WELL AS FAR AS THE BOARD MEMBERS. SO I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS THAT I WANT, I WANT TO ASK OUT LOUD. AND THE FIRST OF THOSE ARE. I WANT TO MAKE SURE, DOCTOR SMITH, THAT WE POST LIKE THE FCI REPORT ONLINE FOR PARENTS. I WANT THIS, YOU KNOW, NOT NOT. SO PEOPLE HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK THROUGH AND WATCH THIS VIDEO, BUT THAT THAT ANY COMMUNITY MEMBER CAN FIND THIS AND OPEN IT UP AND SEE THIS FULL THIS FULL REPORT. SO THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME. THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE OR IT'S MORE OF AN ASK, IT'S NOT A QUESTION SO THAT WE CAN HAVE CLARITY. I KNOW I'VE SEEN A TIMELINE OF THE LONG RANGE BOUNDARY PLANNING, BUT SOMEHOW THAT IS NOT BEING CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD. SO IT HASN'T BEEN CLEARLY COMMUNICATED TO SOMEONE. SO IF WE CAN CLEAR. BE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT THE SBC WILL BE DOING WITH SECONDARY AND UNDERSCORING THAT TIMELINE AS WELL. BECAUSE I KNOW YOU KNOW, THIS THIS IS YOU KNOW, PEOPLE'S HOMES ARE THEIR BIGGEST INVESTMENT IN THEIR LIVES. YOU KNOW, THE RENT THEY PAY IS THE MOST THAT COMES OUT OF THEIR INCOME. RIGHT? THIS IS A BIG DEAL TO PEOPLE. AND SO I WANT EVERYBODY TO REALLY, REALLY UNDERSTAND. AND I KNOW PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO FORECAST WHERE AM I GOING TO HAVE MY KID. AND THEY WANT ANSWERS NOW. AND SO I'M I'M ALSO I WANT TO SHARE ON THAT NOTE, BECAUSE I HAVE HAD PEOPLE REACH OUT TO ME AND SAY, WHY AREN'T YOU DOING IT ALL AT ONCE? AND MY ANSWER TO A COMMUNITY MEMBER LAST WEEK WAS, WELL, I DON'T HAVE THE BANDWIDTH TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS. IF YOU THREW ALL 83 CAMPUSES AT ME AT ONCE, AND I KIND OF FEEL LIKE PROBABLY THE SBC WOULD NOT HAVE THE BANDWIDTH, NOR WOULD ZONDA, NOR WOULD OUR ADMINISTRATION. SO FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, I WANT TO KNOW AS A I WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW AS A SINGLE BOARD MEMBER, I SUPPORT THE SORT OF CHUNK AND CHEW METHOD. AND I KNOW IT'S HARD FOR THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE YOU WANT TO KNOW AND YOU WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE GOING. SO THOSE ARE SOME, ASKS MR. TEMPLETON. YOU ALREADY ANSWERED, BECAUSE MY ASK WAS GOING TO BE, I NEED EVERYBODY TO LOOK AT THE PATTERSON AGAIN, BECAUSE WHEN I HEARD THE TRILLIUM, IT ISN'T MAKING WHAT WHAT WE THOUGHT WOULD COME OUT OF THERE AS FAR AS STUDENTS THAT. SO THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE, THE SBC AND THE BOARD UNDERSTANDS UNDER FC LOCAL, EVERYTHING THAT WE LOOK AT WITHIN DESIGN CAPACITY OF A BUILDING, THE UTILIZATION FACTOR AND THE EFFICIENT UTILIZATION THAT'S UNDER FC LOCAL. AND THE REASON I'M ASKING THAT IS BECAUSE I DIVE DEEP IN THIS, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ALL UNDERSTAND THE ACTUAL ADEQUATE DESIGN CAPACITY OF THESE OLDER BUILDINGS. AND SO ONE OF MY QUESTIONS THAT I KNOW THAT THE STAFF IS GOING TO GET TO ME IS THAT LIKE OUR EXTENDED DAY COUNTED IN THESE DESIGN CAPACITY FOR THESE BUILDINGS BECAUSE THOSE ARE INTENDED TO USE BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL. WE'RE NOT USING THOSE AS A CLASSROOM. SO MAYBE THE SBAC KNOWS THAT, BUT I DON'T. AND SO I THINK AND THE REASON I WANT TO KNOW THIS GOES 
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ALONG WITH SOME OF MY OTHER QUESTIONS, IS I HAVE A CONCERN. AND TO I THINK IT WAS TRUSTEE WIERZBICKA ASKED ABOUT SOME OF THE VERY HIGH WE'RE MOVING FROM IN THE 60S TO SOME CAMPUSES TO ALMOST 100%. SO AT 96, 98%, SO DO CAMPUSES LIKE MADDEN OR HIGHLANDS OR TOWN WEST, WHO ARE SHIFTING TO ALMOST A 90%. ARE THERE ADEQUATE SPACES IN THOSE BUILDINGS FOR THINGS LIKE INTERVENTION? OKAY. THOSE AREN'T BUILT LIKE NEW BUILDINGS WHERE THERE ARE SPECIFIC POD AREAS. SO I DON'T WANT KIDS SITTING OUT IN THE HALL. SO ALONG THAT SAME LINE IS, DO WE EXPECT TO HAVE TO HAVE PORTABLE BUILDINGS AT ANY OF THESE CAMPUSES? BECAUSE TO ME, THAT WOULD REALLY EAT INTO THE COST EFFICIENCY OF THAT. AND AND I DO I, I DO REMEMBER THAT HIGHLANDS, MANY YEARS AGO WHEN IT WAS AT CAPACITY, HAD TO HAVE SOME PORTABLE BUILDINGS. THE OTHER ONE I HAVE IS MADDEN AT 96%. DOCTOR SMITH, IS THIS INTENDED TO BE FOR NEXT YEAR? IS THIS ROLLOUT FOR NEXT YEAR? CAN YOU CLARIFY THAT PLEASE. CAN YOU PULL UP THE THE SCHOOL CLOSURES AND CONSOLIDATED EFFORTS? WOULD THESE HAPPEN FOR THE FALL OF 2026? I BELIEVE SO, YES. OKAY. SO MADDEN ELEMENTARY IS GOING TO BE AT 96%. AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE CHANGES. 
          AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE MOVING TO MISSION GLEN ELEMENTARY. NO. IS THAT HAS THAT ALL CHANGED. 
          THEY ARE THAT IS TRUE WHAT YOU JUST SAID. BUT THE QUESTION YOU ASKED ABOUT, WOULD THAT BE IMPLEMENTED IN 26, 27? NO, WE WERE NOT GOING TO MOVE STUDENTS INTO MADDEN TO MOVE TO MISSION GLEN. THAT WOULD BE PAUSED UNTIL MISSION. EXCUSE ME, UNTIL MADDEN MOVES BACK TO THE MADDEN LOCATION, BECAUSE THAT ONE I KNEW THOSE KIDS WOULDN'T FIT IN. THAT'LL BE A PHASE. THANK YOU. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT CLARITY ON ON THAT PIECE OF INFORMATION. THE OTHER THING I ASK DOCTOR SMITH IS TO PLEASE MAKE SURE ALL OF THESE NUMBERS ARE ACCURATE. I KNOW STAFF IS LOOKING VERY HARD, BUT I'M LOOKING TO AND I'M SEEING DIFFERENT. LIKE I LOOKED BACK AT THE THE THE GIBSON COST SAVINGS AUDIT TODAY AND THEY QUOTE HUNTERS GLEN AS AN EXAMPLE AND STATE THAT THEY'RE AT 249 FOR ENROLLMENT. SO I WANT IT MADE ME WONDER BECAUSE WE'VE NEVER LOOKED AT ACTUAL ZONED NUMBERS. THE NUMBERS WE'VE LOOKED AT THROUGH THIS PROCESS ARE THE ATTENDANCE NUMBERS. IS THAT CORRECT? WE'RE LOOKING AT ENROLLMENT, NOT ZONED. SO WE HAVE KIDS THAT ARE BEING PUSHED INTO HUNTERS GLEN WHO ARE ACTUALLY ZONED TO GLOVER. RIGHT. BECAUSE WE OFFER NO TITLE ONE PROGRAM THERE. SO I, I WANT THE BOARD TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE ARE WE SHIFTING PEOPLE WHO DON'T REALLY LIVE IN HUNTERS GLEN? DO YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? I FEEL LIKE SOMETIMES I'M NOT I'M NOT 100%. IF THE NUMBERS ARE ACCURATE AND I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND THOSE KIND OF PROGRAMS. BUT TO ME, PRE-K IS IS, IT'S IT'S THE START OF OF A FAMILY'S COMMITMENT TO, YOU KNOW, GOING TO A SCHOOL. SO I, I REALLY WANT TO UNDERSTAND I WANT TO UNDERSTAND THOSE THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME. ALONG THE SAME LINE, WHEN I'M TALKING ABOUT ZONING VERSUS ENROLLMENT, AND YOU'RE GOING TO HELP US REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW THE SBAC GOT TO THOSE DESIGN CAPACITY, UTILIZATION FACTOR, EFFICIENT EFFICIENCY UTILIZATION. I WANT TO THE ONE OF THE NUMBERS THAT THEY HAVE IS THEY, YOU KNOW, SCORED FROM 1 TO 5, THAT IT WAS COST EFFECTIVE. SO I REALLY WANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE SBAC GOT TO COST EFFECTIVE. I WANT I WANT TO KNOW WHAT WHAT YOU LOOKED AT. AND I KNOW MARK, DOCTOR SMITH SAID AT THE BEGINNING, EFFICIENCIES AND SAVINGS WILL HAPPEN OVER TIME. 
          THE BOUNDARIES WE PRESENT TONIGHT ARE A DRAFT, SO WE'RE LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE AND COST SAVINGS. BUT BEFORE I VOTE, I STILL NEED TO UNDERSTAND A GENERAL IDEA WHAT A COST SAVINGS LOOK LIKE NEXT YEAR. AND THEN WHAT DO THEY LOOK LIKE OVER TIME? AND LET'S SEE, I'M ALMOST I'M ALMOST THROUGH. I KNOW THAT IN THE FCI PRESENTATION WE HEARD HOW SOME IMPROVEMENTS HAPPENED. I DON'T REMEMBER THE SCHOOL, BUT IT TALKED ABOUT THE GREAT LEAP BECAUSE THERE WAS AN INVESTMENT USING 2023 BOND MONEY. WE HAVE LOTS OF SCHOOLS THAT ARE SLATED 
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FOR BOND MONEY. SO I JUST WANT THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT. WE KNOW THAT AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT. AND THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE BOARD TO THINK ABOUT. SO THAT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, GOING BACK, PLEASE MAKE SURE CAPACITIES ARE CORRECT. MAKE SURE THE LAKE VIEW NUMBERS ARE CORRECT, BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME DISCREPANCY IN SOME NUMBERS THAT I'M SEEING. I THINK THAT IS. ALL WE HAVE. I, I DO HAVE I DO I DO REALLY HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT PUSHING SOME OF THE CAPACITY SO HIGH BECAUSE I DON'T REALLY I DON'T THINK MAYBE 96% IS THE SWEET SPOT, ESPECIALLY IN AN OLDER BUILDING WHO DOESN'T HAVE A CAPACITY TO OPEN UP A MAGICAL. YOU KNOW, MOVING BLIND WHERE THE CAFETERIA CAN TURN INTO THE GYM AND GIANT POPULATIONS CAN SIT THERE. OUR OLDER SCHOOLS ARE JUST BUILT DIFFERENTLY THAN OUR NEW SCHOOLS, BUT AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THE THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE. I UNDERSTAND THE ANGST THAT IS GOING TO BE ON THE MINDS OF OUR PARENTS. SO I WANT TO BE AS TRANSPARENT AS WE CAN AND PUT AS MUCH INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE THAT WE CAN. MY LAST ONE IS FOR FOR THESE TEENY TINY MOVEMENTS, WHICH MISS WIERZBICKA ASKED ALSO WHERE WE'RE ONLY MOVING LIKE 40 STUDENTS OR 50 STUDENTS. 
          SOMETIMES THOSE ARE THE STUDENTS I REALLY WORRY ABOUT, BECAUSE THEN THERE MIGHT ONLY BE, YOU KNOW, FOUR IN A GRADE AND THEY ALL LAND IN A DIFFERENT CLASS. SO THEY'RE ALL IN A NEW WORLD WITH NO FRIENDS OR, YOU KNOW, HAVING TO START ALL OVER AGAIN. SO SOME OF THOSE ARE ARE CONCERNING TO ME. AND THEN I WOULD REALLY ALSO LOVE WHEN I COME BACK IN JANUARY FOR SOMEBODY TO HAVE A DEEPER LOOK AT THE, THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, BECAUSE IN MY MIND, WHEN I THINK OF ALDRIDGE ELEMENTARY, GOSH, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE WERE JUST TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF A LITTLE BIT WHEN WE DID THAT. BUT I WANT TO REMIND THE COMMUNITY, WE'VE ALREADY CLOSED TWO SCHOOLS. WE CLOSED BLUE RIDGE AND WE CLOSED MISSION GLEN. BUT WHEN WE DID THOSE, YOU KNOW, NOW WE'RE AT A PLACE WHERE MISSION WEST IS ON THE DRAFT TABLE AND RIDGE GATE IS ON THE DRAFT TABLE. I WISH, I WISH THEY THEY HAD BEEN PART OF THE FIRST CLASS. I WISH THEY HAD STARTED WITH THEIR PEERS. AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET COLEMAN. RIGHT. LIKE, IS THERE SOME I WANT THE RIGHT KIDS TO START? I DON'T WANT THEM TO START NEXT YEAR OR THE NEXT YEAR AT THAT SCHOOL. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MISS TYSON. I KNOW I TOOK TOO MUCH TIME, BUT THOSE WERE MY QUESTIONS I APPRECIATE IT. YEAH. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO REASSURE YOU THAT YOUR QUESTIONS AND YOUR CONCERNS ARE DULY NOTED AND THE STAFF WILL WORK TO BRING CLARIFICATION IN EACH ONE OF THOSE AREAS. SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MISS HANNAN. MISS TANIA, THANK YOU. SO FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK BETH AND BILL AND MEMBERS OF THE TEAM AND YOUR EXTENDED TEAMS AND ALL OF YOU GUYS WHO SIT THROUGH THESE LONG MEETINGS, NOT JUST WITH THE BACK, BUT REALLY WITH ALL OF US AS WELL. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. REALLY APPRECIATE IT. AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE TRUSTEES, BECAUSE WE'VE OBVIOUSLY SAT THROUGH THESE MEETINGS AS WELL. I KNOW I'M A NEW TRUSTEE AND WE STARTED THIS PROCESS, AT LEAST FROM MY PERSPECTIVE REALLY IN AUGUST AND FROM AUGUST I THINK 15 UNTIL DECEMBER 15TH, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE NOW. IT'S ABOUT BEEN FOUR WEEKS, 16 WEEKS, AND WE'VE HAD A TOTAL OF TEN TRUSTEE MEETINGS, YOU KNOW, FIVE EACH. WE'VE HAD A TOTAL OF 16 SPAC, INCLUDING THE MAKEUP MEETINGS, THE EIGHT PLUS EIGHT. SO JUST IN THESE 16 WEEKS, I MEAN, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF MEETINGS HAPPENING, RIGHT? SO REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE THE ADMINISTRATION. DOCTOR SMITH, ALL OF THE TEAMS AND THE ADMIN FOLKS WHO'VE BEEN INVOLVED, US BACK, EVERYONE WHO'S BEEN INVOLVED TO PUT THEIR TIME INTO THIS, REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU GUYS. AGAIN, TO TO THE SPAC MEMBERS WHO'VE PUT IN ALL THESE NUMEROUS HOURS, 500 HOURS, AS WE HEARD. I HOPE YOU ALL FEEL HEARD IN THIS PROCESS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I HEARD FROM YOU GUYS, THAT YOU FELT THAT THIS PROCESS IS WHERE YOU FELT YOUR INPUT WAS, YOU KNOW, WAS WAS VALUED, WAS HEARD. AND AND IT IS PRESENTED AS WHAT YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW, TALKED IN YOUR MEETINGS IS PRESENTED NOW TO THE BOARD, LIKE WITH YOUR FEEDBACK THERE. RIGHT. I KNOW THAT AFTER THIS MEETING WE'RE GOING TO HEAR THE TRUSTEES INCLUDED, AND THE SPAC MEMBERS 
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INCLUDED ARE GOING TO HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY BASED ON WHAT THEY'VE SEEN TODAY. AND I KNOW THIS IS A DIFFICULT PROCESS FOR ALL OF US. AND I APPRECIATE THE SPAC MEMBERS, ESPECIALLY, WHO WERE IN THESE FEEDER PATTERNS. WITH THE SCHOOL CLOSURES BEING PROPOSED, THAT YOU THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO KEEP THEIR EMOTIONS ASIDE BECAUSE IT IS AN EMOTIONAL PROCESS FOR EVERYONE INCLUDED, AND THAT WE'RE DOING WHAT IS REALLY BEST FOR THE DISTRICT. AS BLACK MEMBERS, TRUSTEES, ALL OF US INCLUDED, ARE REALLY GOING TO THESE CLOSURES, IS THERE BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR THE DISTRICT AT THE END OF THE DAY. RIGHT. I DID HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, MR. TEMPLETON. I SAW WHERE BRAS HAS BEEN. ELEMENTARY WENT FROM 89% TO 91%. 
          BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT INCREASE THAT BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE ANYWHERE WE WERE. I KNOW IN ONE OF THE PREVIOUS PLANS, WE WERE CHANGING STUFF AROUND WHERE BRAZOS BEND WAS GOING TO GET SOME KIDS, BUT I THOUGHT I DIDN'T SEE THAT IN ANY OF THE OTHER. MAYBE I MISSED IT. I'M CURIOUS WHERE WHERE DID THAT INCREASE COME FROM? LIKELY FROM TRANSFER CHANGES BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE OTHER MOVEMENTS. SOME OF THE OTHER ZONES. BUT I YEAH, I WANT TO SEE THAT SLIDE BECAUSE I REMEMBER IN ONE OF THE PREVIOUS ONES THERE WAS SOMETHING PROPOSED AND WE HAD ASKED IT. SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS TO SEE WHICH PART OF WHAT IS GOING TO BRAZOS BEND NOW. 
          THERE'S NOTHING BEING ZONED INTO BRAZOS BEND. SO WHERE DID SO WHY DID IT GO UP IN? WELL, WITH THE CHANGES OF THE PLANS, THERE'S LIKELY SOME TRANSFER CHANGES BECAUSE OF THE CHANGES TO THE OTHER ZONES. OKAY. OKAY. SO IT'S A VERY SMALL CHANGE. BUT YEAH, BECAUSE WE'RE MOVING, MAKING SO MANY CHANGES TO THE ZONES, THERE WILL BE SOME STUDENTS THAT MAY BE ATTENDING SOME OF THE OTHER CAMPUSES THAT ARE CLOSING. THERE COULD BE SOME THAT LIVE IN THE BRAZOS BEND ZONE THAT WERE IN AN AREA THAT MAY HAVE CLOSED, COULD BE STAFF KIDS, COULD BE SOME OTHER KINDS OF TRANSFERS. AND BECAUSE THAT CAMPUS IS NO LONGER OPEN, THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK TO BRAZOS BEND. AND SO LET ME ADD, THEY THEY WOULDN'T KNOW BECAUSE WE'RE JUST SHARING THESE PLANS, BUT THEIR DATA SHOWS. SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF A STUDENT FROM BRAZOS BEND THAT RESIDES IN THE BRAZOS BEND ZONE IS ON A TRANSFER TO SUGAR MILL, OKAY, THEN THEY WOULD BE RECAPTURED BACK IN THE NUMBERS FOR BRAZOS BEND THROUGH THIS PROCESS. GOT IT. IT ALSO COULD BE SOME OUT OF DISTRICT TRANSFER KIDS, BECAUSE THESE UTILIZATION NUMBERS ARE LOOKING AT THE ATTENDING NUMBERS. SO THEN WHEN YOU HAVE A SCHOOL THAT CLOSES OR THE BOUNDARY CHANGES, THAT COULD CAUSE A SLIGHT CHANGE IN THAT UTILIZATION. OKAY. GOT I APPRECIATE YOU SHARING THAT BECAUSE I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN THE PREVIOUS ONES, WE HAD SOME PART OF FOLKS WHO WERE ZONED SOMEWHERE ELSE, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO BRAZOS. BUT WE HAD THAT. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I DIDN'T MISS IT, THAT IT WAS RE-INCLUDED BACK AGAIN. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. ANOTHER QUESTION FOR YOU, MR. TEMPLETON. SO WHAT IS THE WHAT WAS THE TOTAL DISTRICT CAPACITY PREVIOUSLY PREVIOUS TO THESE SEVEN PROPOSED CLOSURES? BECAUSE I KNOW IN OUR IN OUR SMALL BOUNDARY MEETINGS, WE DID HAVE A SLIDE WHICH SAID THE ENTIRE DISTRICT TODAY ELEMENTARY IS AT THIS CAPACITY. 
          AND THEN WITH THE CLOSURES IT'S GOING TO BE AT THIS CAPACITY ENROLLMENT. CAN YOU DO YOU HAVE THAT? I DON'T HAVE THAT. BUT I WILL CERTAINLY GET GET IT AND SEND IT. OKAY. DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT THAT NUMBER WAS? I MEAN I KIND OF DO REMEMBER. THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING. AND I WANT BUT I DON'T WANT TO SAY IT AND IT BEING CORRECT, THAT'S WHY. OKAY. DON'T SAY IT OKAY I WON'T SAY IT. AND THE REASON WHY I ASK IS BECAUSE I KNOW I HEARD TRUSTEE HANNAN SAY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ARE WE ARE WE AT, YOU KNOW, LIKE LIKE ARE WE TOO HIGH IN, IN IN THE PERCENTAGE OF, I GUESS ENROLLMENT CAPACITIES TOTAL AND NOT LEAVING ENOUGH ROOM FOR THE GROWTH? BECAUSE I ACTUALLY FELT LIKE LOOKING AT THE PAST DATA, I ALMOST FELT LIKE WAS SEVEN ENOUGH, BUT THAT WAS JUST ME AT THAT TIME. AND REALLY, EVEN HEARING PAST IT STILL GIVES ME A BIT OF PAUSE TO SAY, IS SEVEN ENOUGH? I HOPE IT IS BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO BE DOING THIS. I'M SURE NO ONE WANTS TO BE DOING THIS AGAIN. SO I WORRY ABOUT THAT. COMPRESSION IN IN ENROLLMENT IN FORT BEND ISD, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE'RE DOING ELEMENTARY RIGHT NOW. OKAY. DOCTOR SMITH, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THIS ON YOU AND YOUR TEAM BECAUSE IT IS A MONUMENTAL, MONUMENTAL TASK TO RELIEVE, REBALANCE 80 PLUS SCHOOLS ACROSS 170MI■!S OF THIS DISTRIC. I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN KIND OF COMING IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT PAST DATA THAT THEY'VE IDENTIFIED AREAS THAT WERE NOT GROWING AS WE HOPED THAT THEY WOULD EVENTUALLY GROW. BUT IN FACT, IF, YOU KNOW, NOT GROWN AND HAVE DECLINED FURTHER, AND I KNOW I WISH WE HAD TAKEN THIS ON A LOT SOONER BEFORE ES 55 HAD EVEN BEEN COMING IN THE CONVERSATION, BECAUSE THEN MAYBE, YOU KNOW, HARVEST COMMUNITY WOULD HAVE COME WITH A DIFFERENT ISSUE VERSUS THIS, 
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RIGHT? SO, SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FEEDER PATTERNS, IT IS STARTING AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEVEL THAT FEEDS INTO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. THEN THOSE GROUP OF MIDDLE SCHOOLS FEEDING INTO THE HIGH SCHOOLS. SO I APPRECIATE THE THOUGHTFUL MANNER THAT WE'VE SORT OF STARTED IN, WHICH IS REALLY THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THEN GOING NEXT LEVEL UP, OF COURSE, FROM MY COMMENTS FROM THE LAST MEETING, YOU KNOW, I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO SEE AT THE MINIMUM, ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL HAPPENING. I KNOW TRUSTEE HANNAN, I KNOW THAT YOU HAD A COMMENT ABOUT THAT, THAT YOU WERE FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I WISH WE COULD HAVE DONE IT ALL. 
          AND I STILL STAND BY THAT. AND I AT LEAST WISH WE COULD HAVE DONE THE MIDDLE SCHOOL SINCE WE WERE REDRAWING THESE BOUNDARIES FOR COLEMAN, IT WOULD HAVE JUST BEEN EASIER. SO WE'RE NOT REDOING WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY WITH ALDRIDGE AND WITH MISSION, WHETHER IT WAS, YOU KNOW, LIKE WITH THOSE, ESPECIALLY ALDRIDGE, WITH THOSE KIDS STARTED OFF THERE AND NOW ARE GOING TO BE GOING SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. RIGHT. SO THAT WAS MY HOPE. AND MY DESIRE HAD BEEN AT LEAST WE COULD HAVE AT LEAST ONE MIDDLE SCHOOL. BUT I UNDERSTAND WE'RE NOT. SO FOR NOW, AND OBVIOUSLY ALSO FOR PARENTS WHO WOULD WANT TO MOVE THEIR KIDS BACK INTO FORT BEND ISD, OR PARENTS WHO ARE MOVING INTO FORT BEND ISD. I THINK THAT PIECE OF ANXIETY AND UNCERTAINTY THAT WE COULD HAVE DONE IT IN ONE YEAR OR TWO YEARS VERSUS OVER THREE YEARS, BUT YEAH, OKAY. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT. I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE PUT IN. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU FOR THE FEEDBACK. BOB, CAN YOU PLEASE ADVANCE TO SLIDE 43? I WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR TEAM DOESN'T MISS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE SOME CLARITY HERE. CENTERED AROUND MADDEN, MALALA AND NEAL. SO I KNOW WE SPOKE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS. CAN YOU PROVIDE SOME CLARITY THERE? YES. SORRY OKAY I WILL PROVIDE CLARITY. 
          AND THEN YOU CAN TELL ME IF I WAS CLEAR ON THE POINT YOU WANTED ME TO BE CLEAR ABOUT. 
          THANK YOU. YOU CAN GIVE ME CLARITY. SO IN IN THIS IN THIS CHANGE HERE, LOOKING AT THE STUDENTS THAT WOULD BE MOVING OUT OF MALALA INTO MADDEN AGAIN, I'LL JUST REITERATE THAT THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN UNTIL MADDEN MOVES BACK TO MADDEN. BUT THAT ALSO THINKING ABOUT HOW ENROLLMENT CHANGES AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE REVIEWING THE ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS FROM OVER WINTER BREAK, BECAUSE THESE ARE BASED ON CURRENT STUDENT ENROLLMENT AS OF AUGUST THE 29TH OF THIS YEAR, WE KNOW THAT ENROLLMENT FLUCTUATES ON A DAILY BASIS, AND STUDENTS HAVE BEEN LOST AND GAINED ACROSS THE DISTRICT. SO KIND OF RUNNING THROUGH THAT FILTER OF WHAT IS THE CURRENT ENROLLMENT NOW AND HOW MR. TEMPLETON ALWAYS LOOKS AT THE TRENDS. SO EVEN THE TRENDS WITHIN THE SCHOOL YEAR TO DETERMINE WHAT IS THAT LOOK LIKE, AS WELL AS STUDENTS WHO ARE MOVING IN NEW TO THAT AREA WHO HAVE NOT BEEN. SO THINK ABOUT THE STUDENTS FROM MALALA TO MADDEN. THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE WOULD DO UNTIL MADDEN COMES BACK. BUT IF A NEW FAMILY MOVES INTO THAT AREA, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE NEW STUDENT TO ATTEND AT. I WANT TO SAY MISSION GLEN. I GET IT MESSED UP IN MY MIND ALL THE TIME. MISSION GLEN SO THERE ARE WAYS THAT WE CAN MANAGE THAT TRANSITION THAT WOULD NOT CREATE MOVEMENT OF STUDENTS FROM MALALA TO MADDEN. SLASH MISSION GLEN BACK TO MADDEN IN IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. BUT BUT MAKE THAT ALL HAPPEN AT ONE TIME. BUT THERE ARE WAYS THAT WE CAN APPROACH THAT. LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO MAY BE MOVING IN NEW TO THE AREA AND DETERMINING HOW WE CAN BEST, BEST UTILIZE THE SPACE AT MALALA, GET THOSE STUDENTS FROM NEIL TO RELIEVE NEIL AND INTO MALALA, AND STILL KEEP THE MALALA STUDENTS THERE THAT ARE CURRENT STUDENTS AT MALALA WITHOUT MOVING THEM TO MADDEN, OUT OF MADDEN AND BACK TO MADDEN. WAS THERE SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, DOCTOR SMITH? SO DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? MISS HANNAN IT WAS JUST AND THANK YOU, MR. SMITH, FOR ASKING. I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR. SO I UNDERSTAND AND PARENTS UNDERSTAND IN THIS DRAFT THAT NEIL, THAT 237 NUMBER, THOSE STUDENTS ARE BEING SHIFTED FROM NEIL. CORRECT. ON THE EAST SIDE OF 99. CORRECT. OKAY. AND THAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT YEAR. THE EAST SIDE OF SORRY, NOT 99 OF HEART OF HARLEM. YES. 
          OKAY. SO THAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT YEAR. BUT NOT NOT THE AREA WHERE IT HAS 338 STUDENTS THAT ARE MOVING OUT OF MALALA INTO MADDEN. OKAY. THAT WOULD HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE. BUT THE AREA SHIFTING THE 246 THAT WOULD MOVE FROM MADDEN TO HOLLY AND THAT WOULD HAPPEN NEXT YEAR, 
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YES. THIS COMING SCHOOL YEAR. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR ON WHAT WAS HAPPENING NEXT YEAR AND WHAT WAS BEING PAUSED FOR A YEAR. OKAY. AND I DO WANT TO ADD THE DISCLAIMER, PROVIDED THAT THIS IS THE BOUNDARY RECOMMENDATION THAT COMES TO THE BOARD AND IS APPROVED BY THE BOARD IN MARCH. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. THANK YOU, DOCTOR SMITH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS. MISS TANIA, I HAD ONE COMMENT. DOCTOR SMITH, I KNOW WE HEARD FROM PARENTS HERE WANTING MORE CERTAINTY OF WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL. COULD WE? I KNOW THE S BACK IN MARCH, WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THIS. 
          WHICHEVER PLAN THAT COMES FORWARD TO THE BOARD. COULD WE I MEAN, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PLAN IS, BUT I'M GOING TO ASK, COULD WE HAVE THE S BACK CONTINUE LOOKING AT MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS NOW. SO COME DECEMBER OR PRIOR TO DECEMBER, AROUND THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, WE ACTUALLY CAN BE VOTING ON A PLAN TO SAY, HEY, THIS IS WHERE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL IS GOING TO LAND, BECAUSE A LOT OF PARENTS WANT TO MAKE DECISIONS TO BRING THEIR KIDS BACK INTO FORT BEND ISD. I KNOW I GOT SOME EMAILS FROM PARENTS AND I WANT TO BRING THEM BACK, BUT HEY, WE HAVE TO COMMIT TO OUR OTHER PRIVATE SCHOOLS OR WHATEVER CHARTER SCHOOLS OR WHEREVER THEY'RE AT. SO IT'D BE NICE TO SORT OF I KNOW SOME OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS DO THAT ALREADY, THAT THEY HAVE IT DONE BY DECEMBER. SO THERE'S CERTAINTY FOR THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL YEAR. I KNOW THAT IT DOESN'T REALLY HELP THEM FOR THIS COMING ONE YEAR, BUT AT LEAST IF WE HAVE THE DECISION MADE IN 2026, IT JUST ALLEVIATES A LOT OF ANXIETY AND UNCERTAINTY. RIGHT? SO SBAC MEMBERS COVER YOUR EARS BECAUSE I DON'T WANT YOU RUNNING OUT WHEN I SAY THIS, BUT THE PLAN IS INDEED TO CONTINUE TO ENGAGE THE SBAC IN THE WORK FOR THE NEXT PHASE OF THE LONG RANGE BOUNDARY PLAN. BUT CAN WE AT LEAST TRY TO AT LEAST SOFT, SOFTLY TRY TO PUSH AND GET IT DECEMBER 15TH? MAYBE HAVE IT? YEAH. THANK YOU. IT'S PROBLEMATIC, BUT WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN MAKE THAT I APPRECIATE IT. WE DID TELL THEM THEY WOULD GET A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO BREATHE AFTER THE BOARD APPROVES. SO THANK YOU, MISS TANIA. SO JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT. DOCTOR SMITH AND I ARE WORKING TO PUSH THE SECONDARY BOUNDARY PLANS FORWARD QUICKER THAN WE ORIGINALLY SAID. I, I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK FOR THE ADMINISTRATION. DECEMBER SOUNDS REALLY FAST TO ME AND I SEE NODS FROM THE BACK OVER THERE. 
          BUT BUT I DO THINK IT'S IT'S PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA TO TO CONTINUE ON, PROVIDED THE SBAC IS WILLING IS WILLING TO CONTINUE THEIR WORK. AND I'LL THANK YOU AGAIN, NOT JUST FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE, BUT FOR WHAT YOU WILL DO MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU GUYS FOR THAT. SO I ONLY HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF BRIEF COMMENTS. FIRST OF ALL, WITH THE I'LL JUST PIGGYBACK ON WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT BEFORE, AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ASK THAT IN THE PRESENTATION THAT GOES FORWARD FOR PUBLIC AND, AND, AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT WE ARE GOING TO MAKE ALL OF THIS PUBLIC. EVERYBODY'S GOING TO GET THE PRESENTATIONS, THEY'RE GOING TO GET THE DATA, THEY'RE GOING TO GET THE INFORMATION. THEY'RE GOING TO GET THE SUPPORTING DATA. AND SO I MEAN, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT ALSO, I DON'T REMEMBER WHO SAID IT. MAYBE. MISS HANNON, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE COMMUNITY HAVE ALL THE DATA THAT WE'RE WORKING OFF OF AT THEIR FINGERTIPS. BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT IF YOU KNOW THIS, A COUPLE OF SLIDES IN THIS PRESENTATION ARE CONFUSING. IF YOU LOOK AT, I MEAN, ON SLIDE 33, WE'RE SAYING THESE ARE THE CAMPUSES WITH NO CHANGES AND IT'S LISTED. AND THEN IF YOU GO TO SLIDE 48 TO MISS TANIA'S POINT, BRAZOS BEAN IS SHOWING A CHANGE EVEN THOUGH IT'S ON SLIDE 33 WHERE IT'S SAYING NO CHANGE. SO I, I UNDERSTOOD THE EXPLANATION, BUT THESE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT GET CONFUSING NOT JUST FOR US, BUT FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, BECAUSE WE CAN'T SAY NO CHANGES AND THEN SHOW CHANGES. WE HAVE TO AT LEAST SHOW ON WHY. WHY THAT IS, I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A PRETTY CLEAR EXPLANATION OF THAT. SO JUST MY COMMENT THERE. ALSO, WHEN IT COMES TO CAPACITIES, I'VE, I KNOW, AND I HEARD YOU GUYS SAY EARLIER THAT T CHANGED HOW WE CALCULATE CAPACITIES. SO I THINK WE I DON'T NEED YOU TO ANSWER ME AS WE SIT HERE TODAY, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE THAT EXPLANATION FOR THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE THAT EXPLANATION, BECAUSE I DO KNOW WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT SOME OF THOSE AND OF COURSE, I SAT UP HERE BEFORE AND REVIEWED CAPACITIES AND UTILIZATION AND ALL OF THOSE NUMBERS, AND IT 
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HAS CHANGED. AND SO I THINK WE NEED TO BE CLEAR THAT WE UNDERSTAND MAYBE THE WHY BEHIND THAT, MAYBE JUST GIVING US THOSE THE PARAMETERS THAT CHANGED AND ARE ARE SHOWING SOME OF THOSE DESIGN CAPACITY CHANGES. AND I REALLY THE LAST THING I WANT TO SAY IS, YOU KNOW, I KNOW I KNOW ED SPECS HAVE HAVE BEEN UPDATED. SO ABOUT I DON'T KNOW, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT YEARS AGO, HOWEVER LONG IT WAS, I WAS, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE TEAM THAT CREATED SOME OF OUR INITIAL ED SPECS AND THOSE HAVE BEEN UPDATED AND BUT SO I AND I KNOW THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THE SBAC TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION AND THAT YOU GUYS, EVERYBODY'S TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT I KNOW I ADVOCATED FOR, OTHER TRUSTEES ADVOCATED FOR, AND I KNOW THESE TRUSTEES CARE ABOUT. AND MISS HANNON STATED IT OR ALLUDED TO, IT IS, YOU KNOW, WHEN SHE TALKS ABOUT INTERVENTION SPACE. BUT WE WE ALSO MADE SURE THAT WE HAD ENOUGH SPACE FOR INCLUSIVE EDUCATION FOR OUR STUDENTS AND SPECIAL ED. AND SO THOSE WERE IMPORTANT SPACES THAT WE PUT INTO OUR ED SPECS. AND WE MAKE SURE OUR IN ALL OF OUR NEW BUILDINGS AND AS WE'RE, AS YOU KNOW, SEVERAL TRUSTEES SAID, AS WE'RE PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES ON SOME OF OUR CAPACITY LIMITS, LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT SACRIFICING GOOD TEACHING AND LEARNING. YOU KNOW, ENVIRONMENTS THAT WE PUT IN OUR ED SPECS. SO I'M I ONLY SAY THAT BECAUSE I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING AT IT AND I'M, I'M NOT IN ANY WAY SUGGESTING THAT YOU'RE NOT. BUT I WOULD LIKE US TO MAKE SURE AS WE'RE FILLING UP THOSE SCHOOLS, THAT WE CONTINUE TO KEEP THAT AT THE FOREFRONT FOR CONSIDERATION. AND REALLY THAT THAT WAS ALL I HAD TO SAY. I ECHO A LOT OF THE THANKS THAT WENT AROUND. THIS HAS TAKEN A LOT OF HOURS FROM EVERYBODY INVOLVED. I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, THOSE NOT JUST THAT CAME TONIGHT, BUT WHO HAVE COME PREVIOUSLY. THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE SPEAKING, THANK YOU FOR YOUR FEEDBACK. THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO ADVOCATE. THANK YOU FOR GIVING US YOUR POINT OF VIEW. THANK YOU FOR YOUR EMAILS. EVEN IF YOU DON'T GET A RESPONSE TO EVERY SINGLE EMAIL, I'LL JUST SPEAK FOR MYSELF. I READ THEM ALL AND I KNOW A LOT OF TRUSTEES UP HERE DO THAT AS WELL. SO I JUST, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BEING ENGAGED BECAUSE YOU MAY THINK IT DOESN'T MATTER TO US, BUT IT DOES MATTER TO US. AND WE DO HEAR YOU AND WE DO LISTEN. 
          AND WE DO TAKE YOUR FEEDBACK INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE PLANS. SO THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS WELL. OKAY. WE'RE MOVING ON. NEXT UP IS OUR CTE 
          [8.B. CTE Update]
UPDATE, DOCTOR SMITH. YES, MA'AM. DOCTOR STEVENS, OUR CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER, WILL BE LEADING THE PRESENTATION. BY. ALL RIGHT. I CAN ALWAYS FIND IT ON. ALL RIGHT. CEO, CTE UPDATE. 
          ALL RIGHT, WELL, GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT. DOCTOR SMITH, MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD. SO I'M EXCITED TONIGHT TO COME TO YOU TO GIVE YOU A CTE UPDATE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID WANT TO START OUT WITH, WE JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE AMAZING THINGS THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE BEEN UP TO. SO ON THE DAIS IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU HAVE A ONE PAGER WHICH CAPTURES SOME ADDITIONAL NOTES AND SOME ADDITIONAL DATA POINTS. BUT I WANT TO BEGIN TODAY'S PRESENTATION WITH A VIDEO THAT WAS PRODUCED BY THE AUDIOVISUAL PRODUCTION STUDENTS AT JAMES REESE. COME GATHER ROUND, PEOPLE, WHEREVER YOU ROAM, AND ADMIT THAT THE WATERS AROUND YOU HAVE GROWN AND ACCEPT IT THAT SOON YOU'LL BE DRENCHED TO THE BONE. IF YOUR TIME TO YOU IS WORTH SAVING, THEN YOU BETTER START SWIMMING OR YOU'LL SINK LIKE A STONE. OR THE TIME THEY ARE CHANGING. 
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SO WE JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY COOL. AND AGAIN, THAT WAS PRODUCED ALL 100% STUDENT PRODUCED, STUDENT EDITED, STUDENT SHOT, STUDENT DIRECTED. SO THOSE ARE OUR AUDIO VISUAL PRODUCTION STUDENTS AT REESE, ALL OF WHOM ARE ON TRACK TO EARN THEIR ADOBE PREMIERE PRO CERTIFICATE. SO WE ACTUALLY HAD 100% OF THE STUDENTS WHO SAT FOR THAT TEST SO FAR THIS SCHOOL YEAR ACTUALLY PASSED AND EARNED THAT CERTIFICATE. SO WE FELT LIKE IT WAS A REALLY COOL WAY FOR US TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE AMAZING WORK THAT'S TAKING PLACE. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE TONIGHT. I LOVE CTE, I THINK IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO PREPARE OUR STUDENTS FOR THE RIGORS AND CHALLENGE OF THE REAL WORK, GIVING THEM A LEG UP, LETTING THEM EXPERIENCE THINGS THAT THEY MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO. SO. SO WE'RE GOING TO JUMP RIGHT IN. SO CTE HAS CHANGED A LOT OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. BACK IN THE DAY, YOU COULD TAKE A COURSE HERE AND TAKE A COURSE THERE. WHAT WE'VE REALLY BEEN PUSHED AT FROM BOTH THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL LEVEL IS TO HAVE MORE OF OUR STUDENTS BECOME COMPLETERS. SO A COMPLETER, AS YOU SEE IN THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU, IS A STUDENT THAT TAKES AT LEAST THREE COURSES AND EARNS AT LEAST FOUR CREDITS, INCLUDING AN ADVANCED COURSE. 
          SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE AND MORE COMPLETERS. YOU'LL LEARN LATER ON IN THE PRESENTATION THAT WE'RE EVEN MOVING PROGRAMS DOWN TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL TO ALLOW MORE OF THOSE STUDENTS TO BECOME COMPLETERS, WHICH DOES A FEW THINGS ONE. GIVE STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO EARN MULTIPLE STACKABLE IBCS. EARN MULTIPLE CREDENTIALS. 
          EXPERIENCE MULTIPLE PROGRAMS OF STUDY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME GENERATE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR US AS A DISTRICT. SO THE MORE CTE COURSES THAT STUDENTS COMPLETE, THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT WE CAN BRING TO BRING MORE EXPERIENCES TO THOSE STUDENTS. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. WE HAVE PROGRAMS OF STUDY. WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT THESE PROGRAMS OF STUDY, WE HAVE EIGHT OF THEM THAT ARE AVAILABLE AT EVERY CAMPUS ACROSS FORT BEND. AND THEN WE HAVE MORE SPECIALIZED AND MORE NUANCED ONES THAT ARE AVAILABLE AT THE JAMES REESE CENTER OR AT OUR CAREER OR AT OUR ACADEMIES. AND SO WHAT WE DO KNOW, WHAT WE SEE IS THAT OUR FAMILIES AND OUR STUDENTS TELL US THAT THEY THEY WANT CTE PROGRAMS. THEY WANT CAREER PROGRAMS. WE'VE SEEN A TREMENDOUS INCREASE ACROSS THE BOARD, NOT JUST IN OUR PROGRAMMATIC OFFERINGS, BUT ALSO OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE STUDYING FOR CERTIFICATES AND BEING SUCCESSFUL. SO WE FEEL LIKE THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO THE WORK OF DOCTOR COSBY AND HER TEAM IN CTE, BUT ALSO JENNIFER AND HER TEAM THAT GO OUT AND HELP MARKET THE ACADEMIES. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE KNOW THAT THIS YEAR ALONE, WE HAD TWO EVENTS. WE HAD A FAIR AND A WEBINAR IN OCTOBER. WE HAD OVER 300 INTERESTED FAMILIES ATTEND. WE HAD A CTE FAIR THAT WAS TARGETED TOWARD OUR RISING MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS, NOVEMBER 6TH, AND WE HAD OVER 500 FAMILIES ATTEND. SO WE TRIED TO BE AS THOUGHTFUL AS POSSIBLE TO REACH OUT, LET OUR STUDENTS KNOW ABOUT THE AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY. KNOW ABOUT THE INTEREST. AND THAT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT YOU'LL SEE, AS WELL AS OUR HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELORS COME BACK TO SPEAK TO OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS ABOUT COURSE OPTIONS. THEY'LL BE BRINGING SOME OF THOSE CTE EXPERIENCES WITH THEM, JUST TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS HAVE A REALLY RIGOROUS AND ROBUST UNDERSTANDING OF THE THINGS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. SO AND WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT WE LOVE JAMES REESE. AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE GET ALL THE TIME IS, HEY, HOW DID THAT PROGRAM END UP AT JAMES REESE? AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST WONDERINGS THAT I HAD, BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A SPECIAL AND UNIQUE PLACE. PROBABLY THE EASIEST ANSWER IS THAT WE LOOK FOR PROGRAMS THAT WERE ATTRACTIVE TO STUDENTS, BUT THEY WERE COST PROHIBITIVE TO SCALE. SO WELDING IS VERY COST PROHIBITIVE. COSMETOLOGY IS COST PROHIBITIVE. WE WOULD LOVE TO OFFER CULINARY ACROSS THE DISTRICT, BUT I'D HAVE TO TO BUILD 12 NEW COMMERCIAL KITCHENS. AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. RIGHT? NO, IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. SO WE TRIED TO LOOK AT PROGRAMS THAT ARE ATTRACTIVE, PROGRAMS THAT ARE COST PROHIBITIVE AND SCALING, BUT THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE GOING TO LEAD TO HIGH GROWTH, HIGH DEMAND CAREERS FOR OUR STUDENTS. AND SO THAT WAS REALLY WHERE WE GOT TO WHAT ARE THOSE PROGRAMS THAT ARE OFFERED AT REESE? ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT IN ADDITION TO JAMES REESE, WE ARE CONSTANTLY MEETING MULTIPLE TIMES A YEAR TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S NEXT FOR OUR STUDENTS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO KNOW RIGHT NOW IS TI HAS OPENED THE COMMENT WINDOW FOR THE 2028 ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM. SO WE'VE ALL JUST KIND OF GOT ACCUSTOMED TO THE NEW ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM. WE KNOW THAT THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE COMMISSIONER HAS SAID IS THAT THEY BELIEVE THAT CERTAIN CAREER 
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CERTIFICATES ARE MORE VALUABLE TO STUDENTS THAN OTHERS. SO WHAT THEY'VE ALREADY STARTED TO SIGNAL TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET MORE WEIGHT FOR STUDENTS THAT GET AN ENGINEERING CERT OR A HEALTH SCIENCE CERT. WHEN WE COMPARE THOSE TO STUDENTS THAT GET A FLORAL DESIGN, AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE DON'T BELIEVE FLORAL DESIGN IS IS VALUABLE. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE COMMISSIONER LIKES TO HARP ON IS THAT THERE'S NOT AN OVERABUNDANCE OF FLORAL DESIGN JOBS IN TEXAS. THEY REALLY WANT MORE STUDENTS TO BE PUSHED INTO ENGINEERING HEALTH SCIENCE PATHWAYS LIKE THAT. SO THEY'VE ALREADY SIGNALED THAT THEY'RE GOING TO RATE THOSE CERTIFICATES MORE. SO WE MAY HAVE A SITUATION WHERE WE'VE OFFERED A PATHWAY THAT HAS A GREAT HISTORY IN FORT BEND, BUT WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO THINK DIFFERENTLY ABOUT HOW WE PACKAGE THAT PATHWAY. SO STUDENTS CAN NOT ONLY GET A CERTIFICATE, BUT THEY CAN ALSO GET A HIGH GROWTH, HIGH DEMAND JOB. SO WE'RE EXCITED TO CONTINUE THOSE CONVERSATIONS. WE SHOULD HAVE ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE FROM THE STATE OVER THE NEXT YEAR AND A HALF. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT OUR ACADEMIES ARE GROWING. OUR APPLICATIONS FOR ACADEMIES ACTUALLY CLOSED ON FRIDAY THE 12TH. WE ACTUALLY HAVE MORE APPLICATIONS THIS YEAR ACROSS THE BOARD FOR OUR ACADEMIES, INCLUDING OUR EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOLS AND OUR P-TECH. SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR ACADEMIES PROGRAMS. WE'RE CONTINUING TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO INNOVATE, MAKE SURE THOSE ARE ON THE CUTTING EDGE. YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT AI. WE TALKED ABOUT THINGS LIKE THAT. I'M EXCITED. TOMORROW MORNING, A GROUP OF US IS ACTUALLY GOING TO ATTEND THE AI BREAKFAST AT THE HOUSTON CITY COLLEGE, WHERE THEY'VE REACHED OUT TO US FOR A LETTER OF SUPPORT. AND THE FIRST THING THAT WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH THEM ON IS OFFERING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO HELP TEACHERS BETTER UTILIZE AI IN THE CLASSROOM. SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THAT PARTNERSHIP LOOKS LIKE, TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO BETTER EQUIP OUR TEACHERS WHO ARE ULTIMATELY GOING TO HELP US BETTER EQUIP OUR STUDENTS. WHEN IT COMES TO USING AI IN THE CLASSROOM. AS I SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT ARE TAKING IN SELECTING CTE COURSES. WE'VE ALSO SEEN A REALLY DRAMATIC INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO ARE TAKING AND ATTAINING IBCS. YOU NOTICE A LITTLE DIP THERE IN 2023, 2024? YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I ASKED WAS, YOU KNOW, WHAT DID WE IDENTIFY THAT CHALLENGE TO BE? IT WAS REALLY SIMPLE. THAT WAS WHEN THE NEW PYTHON CERTIFICATE CAME OUT. 
          PYTHON IS A COMPUTER CODING LANGUAGE. AND SO OUR TEACHERS WERE STILL WRAPPING THEIR HANDS AROUND IT, REALLY WORKING TO SUPPORT THE STUDENTS. BUT THEN WHAT WE SEE NOW IS PYTHON IS ONE OF OUR MOST POPULAR CERTIFICATES THAT STUDENTS SIT FOR. AND THIS YEAR ALONE, I CAN TELL YOU THAT IF I WAS A BETTING MAN, WHICH I AM NOT, I WOULD SAY WE COULD EXPECT ABOUT A 5% INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF IBCS WE OFFERED LAST YEAR, BECAUSE THIS YEAR ALONE IN OUR OFFICE CERTIFICATE, LAST YEAR WE HAD 400 STUDENTS EARN A CERTIFICATE FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR. 
          THIS YEAR, AS OF TODAY, WE HAVE 322 STUDENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY EARNED THAT CERTIFICATE AND MORE ON THE WAY. SO WE'VE ALREADY AWARDED 55 IBCS THROUGH THIS MORNING. AND SO I'M EXCITED THAT NUMBER IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW. AND, YOU KNOW, WE CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR AREAS OF OPPORTUNITIES TO ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE PREPARED TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND TACKLE THE RIGORS AND CHALLENGES OF THINGS THAT COME AT THEM. AND SO, AGAIN, I ALREADY ALLUDED TO THE WORK THAT THE TEAM DOES, JUST HELPING STUDENTS AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENT COURSE OPTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM. WE'RE EXCITED BECAUSE WE SAW THE GROWTH IN THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN THE WEBINAR AND THE COLLEGE FAIR AND THE CAREER FAIR, PARDON ME, THAT WE OFFERED THIS YEAR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, THE TEAM IS REALLY WORKED HARD TO GET COLLEGE AND CAREER EXPLORATIONS, AND THAT IS A REALLY GREAT FOUNDATIONAL COURSE BECAUSE THAT'S A BUFFET. STUDENTS TAKE THAT COURSE AND THEY ARE EXPOSED TO ALL THE DIFFERENT CAREER AND CTE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY WOULD TAKE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. 
          SO THAT'S JUST AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, I HAD NEVER THOUGHT THAT I WAS INTERESTED IN CULINARY, BUT I DID THAT THAT LITTLE TOUR THROUGH THE CULINARY. AND NOW I'M REALLY EXCITED ON THAT. OR I NEVER THOUGHT THAT AUTO SHOP WAS FOR ME, BUT I DID IT AND I'M EXCITED. AND SO IT'S A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY THAT WE CAN GET OUR STUDENTS EXCITED. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT, I'M GOING TO SKIP AHEAD, IS THAT I'M STARTING THIS YEAR. WE'VE STARTED TO WORK WITH CAMPUSES TO LAY THE FOUNDATIONS TO OFFER TECH INNOVATIONS. AND SO THIS USED TO JUST KIND OF BE ROBOTICS. BUT NOW WE'VE GOT THESE GREAT NEW TEAMS THAT ARE A COMBINATION OF ROBOTICS, ENGINEERING, AI. AND SO STARTING IN SIXTH GRADE, STUDENTS CAN START TO EXPERIENCE THESE REAL WORLD CONCEPTS. AND SO THAT'S GOING TO GIVE THEM SUCH A FOUNDATION AND SUCH A SPRINGBOARD. THE THINGS THAT'S REALLY EXCITING IS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CAMPUSES RIGHT NOW TO ENSURE THAT THE STUDENT, THE TEACHERS, HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO EARN THE APPROPRIATE COMPUTER SCIENCE CERTIFICATE TO TEACH THESE COURSES. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT ANY TEACHER IN THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT IS NOT CURRENTLY CERTIFIED TO TEACH COMPUTER SCIENCE, THE STATE, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, WILL ACTUALLY OFFER THEM A $1,000 STIPEND TO BECOME COMPUTER SCIENCE CERTIFIED TO HELP SCALE THE NUMBER OF COMPUTER SCIENCE TEACHERS ACROSS THE STATE. SO DOCTOR COSBY AND HER TEAM ARE MARKETING TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEACHERS ACROSS THE BOARD TO BECOME COMPUTER SCIENCE CERTIFIED. 
          JUST SO WE CONTINUE TO OFFER THIS COURSE. SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED. THE COURSE SELECTION GUIDES GO LIVE IN A FEW WEEKS. THIS IS GOING TO BE A COURSE THAT'S IN THERE FOR TEACHERS, 
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FOR STUDENTS TO SELECT. SO WE ARE CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC THAT TECHNOVATION IS GOING TO TAKE TAKE FLIGHT ACROSS FORT BEND ISD. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH PRINCIPALS AND THE DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL LEADERSHIP, SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE. AND REALLY, ONCE PEOPLE SAY, SO WHAT'S NEW IN CTE? WHAT'S HAPPENING? WELL, THERE'S A FEW THINGS. ONE OF THE BIG THINGS FOR US IS JROTC. AND YOU SAY, WELL, JROTC THAT'S NOT REALLY NEW, BUT WHAT'S NEW IS THAT IT'S NOW UNDER THE CTE LABEL AND CTE LENS. SO IN THE PAST WE WERE NOT ABLE TO GENERATE CTE FUNDING. BUT THANKS TO HB TWO, ARTICLE SIX, ALL THESE STUDENTS ARE NOW CONSIDERED CTE STUDENTS, WHICH MEANS THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EARN BRANCH SPECIFIC IBCS SO EVERY STUDENT WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EARN IBC. BUT OUR ARMY STUDENTS, THEY'LL HAVE A DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITY THAN OUR AIR FORCE STUDENTS WHO HAVE A DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITY THAN OUR NAVY STUDENTS. AND SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED BECAUSE AS THESE STUDENTS EARN MORE CERTIFICATES, IT'S GOING TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GENERATE ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO BRING ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS BACK INTO FORT BEND ISD. SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE SUPER EXCITED THIS YEAR IS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS ACROSS ACROSS THE DISTRICT. WE HAVE SOME WITH, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS. THIS IS ONE THAT WE ARE REALLY MOST PROUD OF BECAUSE WE LAUNCHED IT THIS YEAR. SO WE HAVE AN INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIP WITH DAKTRONICS. SO IF YOU'VE BEEN TO A FOOTBALL GAME, IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND A TRACK EVENT, ANYTHING AT ANY OF OUR OUTDOOR STADIUMS, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT ALL THE SCOREBOARDS, ALL THE SOUNDS, ALL THE LIGHTS, ALL THE MUSIC'S MUSIC, PARDON ME, THAT'S BEING RUN AND CONTROLLED BY FORT BEND ISD STUDENTS. SO NOT ONLY ARE THEY EARNING CREDIT, THEY'RE ALSO BEING PAID EACH GAME TO WORK THE SCOREBOARD AND GET THAT HANDS ON, REAL WORLD INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE. AND SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED. AND THESE ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE LOOK FOR, IS WHAT ARE THOSE EXPERIENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT ALLOW STUDENTS TO GO OUT TO THE WORLD OF WORK, EARN THE CREDIT, EARN THE EXPERIENCE, AND THEN THEY CAN COME BACK. AND THIS ACTUALLY BENEFITS THE DISTRICT BECAUSE NOW OUR STUDENTS ARE WORKING WITH US, ALONGSIDE US AND HELPING PRODUCE SOME AMAZING SPORTING EVENTS. ONE OF THE ONES THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, I STOOD IN FRONT OF YOU LAST YEAR ON THIS TIME AND TALKED TO YOU ABOUT AVIATION OVER AT KEMPNER. KEMPNER IS A NICE, NATURAL FIT BECAUSE OF OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH HCC. IT'S ALSO CLOSE TO THE AIRPORT. WHAT WE HAVE FOUND OUT IS THAT WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH AN ORGANIZATION LIKE THE FAA, THEY HAVE REALLY, REALLY, REALLY LONG LEAD TIMES. SO THERE'S REALLY METICULOUS THINGS THAT THE COLLEGE HAS TO DO TO GET APPROVED. AND SO WE DO KNOW THAT THE COLLEGE DID GET AN FAA GRANT. THEY'VE GOT SOME OF THE MATERIALS. AND SO NOW WE'RE JUST WORKING ALONGSIDE THE COLLEGE TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE EVERYTHING THAT THEY CAN DO TO BEGIN TO OFFER THESE TWO AIRFRAME AND POWERPLANT COURSES FOR AVIATION. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED. WE HOPE TO COME BACK TO YOU VERY SOON TO JUST SHARE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE AVIATION PATHWAY. AND PROBABLY THE ONE THAT WE ARE MOST EXCITED ABOUT IS SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, WE OFFERED OUR FIRST TRAINING TO 47 TEACHERS AND WHAT WE CALL OUR LAUNCH K-5 COMPUTER SCIENCE INITIATIVE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE KNOW IS THAT COMPUTER SCIENCE GENERALLY TENDS TO GET PIGEONHOLED. AND SO YOU SEE A LOT OF WOMEN IN STEM, AND SO YOU RARELY WOULD WALK INTO A SOCIAL STUDIES OR A HISTORY CLASS OR EVEN AN ENGLISH CLASS AND EXPERIENCE COMPUTER SCIENCE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT LAUNCHED K-5 DOES IS IT TAKES TEACHERS WHO HAVE NO BACKGROUND OR EXPERIENCE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE AND WORKS WITH THEM TO INTEGRATE COMPUTER SCIENCE IN A MULTIDISCIPLINARY FASHION. SO MAYBE YOU'RE DOING SOCIAL STUDIES AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CARDINAL DIRECTIONS. WELL, THOSE ARE THE SAME DIRECTIONS THAT YOU CAN USE AS YOU PROGRAM A ROBOT, RIGHT. AND SO THE TEACHERS GOT TRAINING, THEY CAME AND THEY DID MULTIPLE DAYS OF TRAINING. NOW WE'VE WORKED WITH THEM TO HELP THEM FIND AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY TO INTEGRATE ROBOTICS, STEM AND CODING INTO THEIR ELEMENTARY LESSONS. AND SO WE HAD A REALLY LONG, ARDUOUS PROCESS OF SELECTING TEACHERS AND SELECTING THE CAMPUSES. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS GREAT IS WE WERE LIMITED ON SELECTING THE NUMBER OF TEACHERS, BUT WE HAVE ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEACHERS TO EARN TO GAIN THE KITS AND DO THE TRAINING. AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING IN THE DEPARTMENT OF TEACHING AND LEARNING TO FIND OPPORTUNITIES TO INTEGRATE COMPUTER SCIENCE IN THE MATH LESSONS, IN THE SCIENCE LESSONS, BUT ALSO IN OUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS AS WELL. WE ARE REALLY EXCITED. THE TRAINING WAS WAS PHENOMENAL. TEACHERS ARE LIKING IT AND SO WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE SPRING TO INVITING YOU ALL TO AN ELEMENTARY CLASSROOM TO SEE THESE LESSONS IN EXISTENCE. SO I KNOW THAT WAS FAST AND FURIOUS, I DO APOLOGIZE. SO THANK YOU, DOCTOR STEVENS. QUESTIONS FROM THE TRUSTEES. 
          MISS HILLIKER, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS PRESENTATION. I FEEL LIKE I'M A LITTLE DEJA VU. TEN YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS ON THE BOARD, INITIALLY ON THE BOARD, WE HAD LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS AROUND CTE, HOW WE WERE MARKETING TO OUR DIFFERENT SCHOOLS, WHERE OUR KIDS AND PARENTS REALLY GETTING HAVING AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT CTE HAD TO OFFER WITH AT THE JAMES REESE CENTER. AND SO TO HEAR THE PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE, NOT ONLY IN THE LAST TEN YEARS, I MEAN, I WAS PART OF THAT ECONOMICS AND AND WOODWORKS BACK IN THE DAY. I THINK IT'S JUST GREAT FOR US TO HAVE THIS. THIS REALLY ALLOWS OUR KIDS TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY 
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TO REALLY LEAD TO THEIR GRADUATION, TO INCREASE GRADUATION RATES. I KNOW THERE IS A SEGMENT OF OUR POPULATION WHO ARE STRUGGLING JUST WITH JUST THE NORMAL ACADEMICS, SO CONTINUE TO MARKET TO WHOEVER THAT IS TO CONTINUE TO MARKET THAT TO OUR KIDS, I THINK IS PROBABLY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SAY, OKAY, IS THIS IS THIS A WAY FOR GET THOSE, ESPECIALLY THOSE KIDS THAT ARE STRUGGLING A LITTLE BIT, CAN WE GET THEM INTO A CTE PROGRAM TO HELP THEM? BECAUSE FOR ME, THE CTE PROGRAMS REALLY HELP TO SUPPORT THEIR FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT EVERY KID WANTS TO HAVE IS THE FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE. IT ALSO HELPS TO PROMOTE THEM INTO COLLEGE IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT, LEARNING THAT DISCIPLINE AS WELL, EARLY ON WITH WITH THAT, THAT THAT THINKING IN THAT MINDSET IS JUST BENEFICIAL TO TO THEM ALL THE WAY AROUND. SO AS A PARENT WHOSE CHILD HE'S AN ADULT NOW, BUT WHO RECENTLY WENT THROUGH A, A PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, I SAID THIS TEN YEARS AGO, I WISH HE KNEW THEN, YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAD CTE PROGRAM, BUT NOW HE IS NOW IN AN ELECTRICAL PROGRAM. HE'S AN APPRENTICE. 
          AND SO JUST GIVING OUR KIDS THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN BEING FINANCIAL INDEPENDENT, IT GOES A LONG WAY FOR ALL OF OUR KIDS IN THE DISTRICT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS MISS HANNAN. THANK YOU. ALONG WITH TRUSTEE HEYLIGER. I'M VERY EXCITED TO HEAR THIS AND THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION. DOCTOR STEVENS, I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT AVIATION BECAUSE I KNOW OUR PARTNER, OUR OUR DISTRICT JUST TO THE NORTH OF US. THEY THEY HAVE THIS PROGRAM AND I'VE SEEN SOME OF THE WORK THAT THE KIDS DO AND IT'S PRETTY AMAZING. 
          SO I'M GLAD THAT I'M GLAD TO HEAR ABOUT THE TECHNOVATION COURSES. I EVEN WROTE A NOTE IN HERE TO TELL A PERSON WHO'S INTERESTED IN A FORMER ENGINEER GOING INTO TEACHING THAT THEY MAY WANT TO CHECK OUT, ADDING COMPUTER SCIENCE TO THEIR CERTIFICATION. WILL THE. AS FAR AS THE K-5 INITIATIVE FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE, I THINK THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE FOR YEARS IT WAS KIND OF SPOTTY AT BEST, AND IT JUST DEPENDED ON PRETTY MUCH THE CAMPUS ADMINISTRATOR OR IF THERE WAS SOMEONE INTERESTED ENOUGH TO OFFER THAT AT AT THE CAMPUS. I KNOW WE YEARS AGO, WE HAD ALSO SOME PARTNERSHIP WITH SCHLUMBERGER ON DOING THAT. AND YOU MENTIONED THE TEACHERS WILL LOOK FOR PLACES THAT IT CAN BE INTEGRATED INTO THE, THE, THEIR, THEIR COURSE OF STUDY. BUT ARE WE GOING TO DO THAT IN A MORE EXPLICIT WAY WHERE IT'S INTEGRATED INTO THE CURRICULUM FOR THEM? SO THE TEACHERS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, BUT WE SIT DOWN WITH THE TEACHING AND LEARNING TEAM TO SAY, THIS IS A GREAT SPACE. IF YOU'RE A FIRST GRADE TEACHER, THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO INTEGRATE THAT THERE. SO WE'VE GIVEN THEM THOSE SPECIFIC TOUCH POINTS, KNOWING THAT THEN THEY HAVE THE ABILITY AS THEY'RE PLANNING LESSONS TO BRING THE BRING THE COMPONENTS BACK IN OKAY. SO THEY SORT OF ALSO MAYBE HAVE AN OVERVIEW SHEET AT A GLANCE WHERE THEY CAN SAY, OH YEAH, HE'S FORWARD THINKING WHEN I GET THERE, I'LL MAKE SURE TO DO THIS. AND THEN THE OTHER THING, THIS MAY HAVE BEEN IN AN UPDATE, A FRIDAY UPDATE, BUT I JUST I WAS TRYING TO I'M TRYING TO THINK DOCTOR SMITH AND I CAN'T RECALL. HAVE WE HAD A CTE AUDIT IN RECENT YEARS? I KNOW WE HAD SOME WE LOOKED AT OUR PROGRAMS. IS THAT IS THAT RINGING ANY BELLS? NOT DURING MY TENURE. OKAY. SO WE'D HAVE TO RESEARCH WHEN THE LAST ONE WAS DONE. AND SO I'M JUST REFLECTING BACK BECAUSE I BELIEVE DID WE GET IT? DID WE GET SOMETHING IN OUR BOARD UPDATE RECENTLY ABOUT CTE? I BELIEVE I'M BEING TOLD BY BY PEOPLE IN THE KNOW THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY IN THE THROES OF CTE AUDIT RIGHT NOW. OH WELL PERFECT. OKAY. SORRY. PROGRAM EVALUATION. NOT AN AUDIT EVALUATION OKAY. THAT'S SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT, BUT OKAY. GOOD TO KNOW BECAUSE I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENCE. 
          THERE WERE A COUPLE OF PROGRAMS THAT HAD REALLY, REALLY LOW NUMBERS. YES, MA'AM. AND YOU KNOW, JUST FOR WHETHER WE NEED TO, I DON'T KNOW, COMMUNICATE THAT BETTER OR LOOK AT HOW THAT THOSE PROGRAMS MIGHT BE DIFFERENT. AND THEN TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT MISS HELLICAR SAID ABOUT SELLING THIS TO KIDS AND REALLY COMMUNICATING THIS OUT, IT'S SO IMPORTANT. WE NEED PARENTS DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS LIKE WE NEED TO. EVERY WAY WE CAN FIND TO EDUCATE PARENTS ABOUT THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE OFFERED AT THE CTE AND AT THE CAMPUSES. I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT. I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, DOCTOR STEVENS. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MISS HANNAN. DOCTOR GILLIAM. THANK YOU. I CAN REMEMBER WHEN I HAD A CONVERSATION, NOT A CONVERSATION I HAD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING 
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TO HAPPEN WITH CTE AND WHAT HAVE YOU. AND A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS. THIS IS WONDERFUL. I JUST BRINGING UP AND JUST SEEING ALL OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THE STUDENTS ARE NOW DOING. THIS IS STUFF THAT IS IS GOING AND IT IS JUST THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I REMEMBER YOU HAVING THAT CONVERSATION. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER BACK IN THAT DAY AND I WAS JUST A LITTLE BIT SKEPTICAL, BUT THIS IS WONDERFUL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK. THE KIDS ARE THE STUDENTS. I CAN SEE THAT THEY ARE REALLY INVOLVED, AND I JUST CAN'T WAIT TO GO TO A GAME SO I CAN GO UP AND LISTEN TO SOME OF THE MUSIC AND SEE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING. I'M GOING TO GET THERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS IS THIS IS GOOD. YEAH. THE TEAM HAS DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB. WE'D BE LOST WITHOUT THEM. THANK YOU TEAM. THANK YOU, DOCTOR GILLIAM. MISS WIERZBICKA. I HATE GOING AFTER DOCTOR GILLIAM BECAUSE SHE JUST IS SO WONDERFUL AT SHOWERING PRAISE. I ECHO THAT, BUT I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION. I'M SORRY I DIDN'T ASK IT BEFORE. THE UP ON THE UPDATE ARE ARE THE NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL ELECTIVES? THE TECHNOVATION COURSES OFFERED GOING TO BE OFFERED AT EVERY MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND IS THAT AVAILABLE STARTING THE 25 TO 26 YEAR. THIS YEAR THEY WERE AVAILABLE TO BE OFFERED, BUT WE'RE STILL WORKING TO INTEGRATE THEM. AND SO WHEN THE UNIVERSAL COURSE GUIDES GO OUT, WE WILL WORK TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE OFFERED AT EVERY COURSE, KNOWING THAT THERE MAY BE OPPORTUNITY WHERE 1ST MAY NOT MAKE HERE OR THERE. BUT THAT IS OUR VISION GOING FORWARD, IS THAT EVERY STUDENT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE THOSE THOSE COMPONENTS. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU, MISS MISS TANIA. SO YOU KNOW, MY BACKGROUND IS IN ADULT EDUCATION. EDUCATION SO VERY SIMILAR TO THIS CREATING A ROADMAP FOR RELIEF FOR ADULTS, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'RE DOING IN FORT BEND ISD. WE WOULD CALL IT A ROADMAP INFORMANT. IT'S CALLED A PATHWAY. SO CTE AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION IS LIKE A NO BRAINER FOR ME BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING IN MY VOLUNTEER WORK FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS. SO AS YOU SAID, TO CREATE THAT FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE FOR THE LIKE, FOR THE STUDENT, IN MY CASE, IT WAS FOR THE INDIVIDUAL IN THE FAMILY COLLECTIVELY. RIGHT. SO THIS IS LIKE A NO BRAINER. OBVIOUSLY WE DIDN'T HAVE AVIATION AND ALL OF THESE GREAT ONES, BUT COSMETOLOGY AND WELDING WAS THERE. BUT LOOKING AT THESE COURSES THAT WE HAVE HERE IN FORT BEND ISD, I'M VERY IMPRESSED. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THIS IS FANTASTIC. SO IT'S GREAT. AND I WANTED TO JUST ASK A QUESTION AS A FOLLOW UP. I DID SEE THAT THE THE K THROUGH FIVE. IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN SORT OF MARKET THIS MORE SORT OF OUTWARDLY, YOU KNOW, EXTERNALLY? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO BRING IN MORE KIDDOS REALLY IN THE ELEMENTARY WORLD, RIGHT? SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER WE'RE DOING WITH THESE NEW PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN, I THINK WE NEED TO GIVE OURSELVES MORE ACCOLADES AND MORE PATS ON THE BACK, BECAUSE WE NEED TO MARKET OURSELVES AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING, JUST AND THAT'S GOING TO HELP US INCREASE OUR ENROLLMENT AND REALLY BE ABLE TO SHOW TO THE PARENTS, HEY, THAT WE MAY BE DOING THIS HERE, BUT WE'RE DOING THIS HERE TO BE ABLE TO INCREASE ENROLLMENT. SO I THINK THIS IS FANTASTIC WORK AND KUDOS TO YOUR TEAM. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. WE WILL DEFINITELY WORK ON SHARING THE GOOD THINGS FAR AND WIDE USING THEM AS A RECRUITMENT TOOL. THANK YOU MISTER MR. SHOAFF. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I'M A PRODUCT OF CTE, BOTH WELDING AND FIRE SERVICE. I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT YOUR PROGRAM. ARE THEY GOING TO BE FULLY LICENSED AND. AIRFRAME AND POWERPLANT? YES. 
          IF THEY COMPLETE THE WHOLE PROGRAM, THEY'LL BE FULLY LICENSED. YES, SIR. THAT'S INCREDIBLE. BECAUSE, I MEAN, THE AVERAGE PAY OF AN A&P IN THE UNITED STATES IS WELL INTO THE SIX FIGURES. AND I MEAN, HAVING HAVING OWNED AIRCRAFT MYSELF, I'VE ABOUT 50. MY LAST AIRPLANE, EVERY HOUR OF FLIGHT TIME WAS ABOUT $100 INTO A MECHANIC'S POCKET. SO I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR. I DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT TO ADD. I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO ESPECIALLY THE MARKETING PIECE OF IT, NOT JUST TO OUR OWN PARENTS, BUT AS WE'RE AS WE'RE ENTERING MORE OF THE AGE OF CHOICE, WE WANT TO BE OBVIOUSLY THE DESTINATION OF CHOICE FOR PARENTS, FOR THEIR STUDENTS. AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE WAYS THAT WE CAN DO THAT. 
          WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE THE ABILITY AND THE BANDWIDTH AND THE FOUNDATION TO OFFER THESE TYPES OF PROGRAMS. THAT MAY BE A LOT OF OTHER PLACES DON'T. AND PARTICULARLY AS THE PENDULUM HAS SWUNG BACK FROM US, I GUESS SOCIETY IN GENERAL, TELLING KIDS THAT EVERYBODY NEEDED TO GO TO COLLEGE. I'M A BELIEVER THAT COLLEGE IS NOT FOR EVERYONE, AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT KIDS HAVE UNDERSTAND THEIR OPPORTUNITIES AND UNDERSTAND THEIR CHOICES. AND 
          [02:40:03]
THESE CERTIFICATIONS ARE CERTAINLY THAT. AND LIKE MR. SHOAFF SAID, I MEAN, THESE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EARNING POTENTIAL. SO I WANT TO ECHO THAT THE ONLY THING I WANT TO REMIND US OF, AS I ALWAYS DO, IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES TO OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE RECEIVING SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES, BECAUSE THIS ALSO OFFERS THEM A PATHWAY INTO BEING PART OF WORKING IN OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR BROADER SOCIETY. SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS AND THAT WE ARE RECRUITING IN THAT THAT AREA AS WELL. WHEN I COME TO YOU, I THINK IN JANUARY, WE HAVE OUR PUBLIC MEETING FOR FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION. AND I CAN SHARE WITH YOU THEN THAT MR. DRISCOLL AND I AND SEVERAL MEMBERS OF OUR TEAM ACTUALLY HAD A OPEN HOUSE FOR ALL OF OUR ATS PARENTS LAST WEEK AT DULLES MIDDLE SCHOOL, JUST AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN AND HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH WITH THEM ABOUT THE PROGRAM AREAS OF OPPORTUNITIES. AND SO WE'LL BE HAPPY TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION 
          [8.C. Intruder Detection Report]
DURING THAT TIME. THAT'S GOOD. THAT'S GOOD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM. OKAY. NEXT UP IS OUR INTRUDER DETECTION REPORT, DOCTOR SMITH. YES. MR. DENNIS, WILL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR TO SHARE THE INFORMATION? GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT. DOCTOR SMITH, TRUSTEES, AS OF OUR LAST REPORT ON NOVEMBER 17TH, WE'VE HAD EIGHT AUDITS AND SIX OF THOSE WERE INCONCLUSIVE. NO FINDINGS AT ALL. AND THEN TWO DID HAVE FINDINGS. THAT CONCLUDES OUR REPORT. THANK YOU, MR. REAVIS. AND JUST A REMINDER TO THE TRUSTEES, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, WE CAN ASK THOSE IN CLOSED SESSION. THANK YOU. OKAY. NEXT UP IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA. DOES 
          [9. Consent Agenda]
ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING TO REMOVE FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? OKAY. HEARING NINE F, NINE F. OKAY. 
          MAY I HAVE A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA EXCLUDING NINE F? YES. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS WRITTEN, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM 9FI SECOND THAT WE HAVE A MOTION BY MISS HANNON AND A SECOND BY DOCTOR GILLIAM. DO WE HAVE DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. MAY I HAVE A MOTION FOR ITEM NINE F YES I MOVE, WE APPROVE. 
          [9.F. General Fund Budget Amendment: Consideration and approval of a General Fund budget amendment for 2025-2026.]
NINE F AS WRITTEN. MAY I HAVE A SECOND? WE HAVE A MOTION BY MISS HANNON AND A SECOND BY DOCTOR GILLIAM. DO WE HAVE DISCUSSION, MISS CHARANIA? I DON'T KNOW, THAT'S OKAY. I'LL CLEAR IT. OKAY. HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. ITEM PASSES SIX ONE. WE WILL NOW CONVENE IN 
          [10. 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]
CLOSED SESSION UNDER THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, CHAPTER 551 UNDER 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 9:23 P.M. AND WE
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