Aug 31, 2026 Board Meeting

[1. Call to Order]

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EVERYONE. WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED AS SOON AS THE SERGEANT IS READY. MAY I PLEASE HAVE EVERYONE'S ATTENTION BEFORE THE MEETING BEGINS? WE ASK THAT EVERYONE, PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES. THE FORT BEND ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING IS AN OPEN MEETING FOR THE PUBLIC TO OBSERVE THE BOARD CONDUCTING DISTRICT BUSINESS. THEREFORE, PATRONS MAY ONLY ADDRESS THE BOARD DURING THE DESIGNATED AUDIENCE ITEM SECTION ON THE AGENDA. IF YOU HAVE PRINTED MATERIAL YOU MAY WANT TO GIVE TO THE BOARD MEMBERS, YOU MUST PROVIDE THEM TO ME OR ANY OTHER OFFICER PRESENT AND WE WILL PROVIDE THEM TO THE BOARD. WE ALSO ASK THAT MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE BE RESPECTFUL OF OTHERS BY REMAINING QUIET, SO THAT EVERYONE IS ABLE TO HEAR THE PROCEEDINGS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SERGEANT. THE TIME IS 6:01 P.M. AND THIS MEETING IS HEREBY 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 NATIONAL ANTHEM THAT IS BEING PERFORMED THIS EVENING BY TRAVIS HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA ENSEMBLE. AND PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

THANK YOU. IF YOU WILL, PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE. YOU MAY BE SEATED. BEFORE WE GET STARTED THIS EVENING, I WANT TO FIRST OF ALL, APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO BE THERE IN PERSON THIS EVENING. I HAD A LAST MINUTE THING COME UP WITH THAT DIDN'T ALLOW ME TO GET BACK IN TOWN, TO BE THERE IN PERSON WITH YOU. SO I THANK EVERYONE FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND FLEXIBILITY THIS EVENING. JUST FOR THE FOR THE AUDIENCE, FOR THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND FOR THE BOARD. WE'LL BE USING OUR GREEN CARDS. IF YOU CAN JUST PUT THEM RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU WHERE THEY WERE WHEN YOU WALKED IN. THEN I CAN SEE THEM, AND I CAN KNOW WHEN TO CALL ON YOU. WHEN YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. AND WE'LL DO VOTING THIS EVENING JUST BY SHOW OF HANDS FOR ALL OF US. AND THAT WAY I CAN CALL THE VOTE AND MAKE SURE THAT

[4. Recognitions]

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GOOD EVENING. BOARD PRESIDENT AND TRUSTEES AND DOCTOR SMITH. FIRST, WE WANT TO GIVE A THANK YOU TO THIS EVENING'S NATIONAL ANTHEM ORCHESTRA ENSEMBLE PERFORMERS FROM TRAVIS HIGH SCHOOL, DIRECTED BY. SABRINA BEHRENS AND JOHN MILLER HERE PERFORMING WITH US TONIGHT WE HAVE DYLAN NGUYEN, CADEN LEE, JACK MILLER AND JEFFREY ULANDAY.

123, ONE MORE 123. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. FOR OUR FIRST ROUND OF RECOGNITIONS. I'M GOING TO ASK SOMEONE TO JOIN ME TONIGHT.

AND THAT'S MISS LADONNA GREEN, OUR COORDINATOR OF ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES. SHE'S GOING TO COME UP TO HELP ANNOUNCE SOME OF OUR RECOGNITIONS. AND DUE TO THE LARGE GROUPS, WE'RE GOING TO SPLIT THESE UP INTO SMALLER CHUNKS FOR THE PHOTOS. LADONNA. GOOD EVENING. SEVERAL FORT BEND ISD STUDENT TEAMS PARTICIPATED IN TEXAS HISTORY DAY. COMPETITION. HISTORY DAY ENCOURAGES PARTICIPANTS TO DIVE INTO PRIMARY AND SECONDARY RESEARCH AND CREATIVELY PRESENT THEIR FINDINGS IN ONE OF FIVE FORMATS A DOCUMENTARY EXHIBIT, PAPER, PERFORMANCE, AND WEBSITE.

WE WILL BEGIN WITH HIGH SCHOOL HERE. TONIGHT WE HAVE ARIANA HUSSAIN FROM CLEMENS HIGH SCHOOL, THIRD PLACE SENIOR PAPER, THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND ONGOING REVOLUTION PROVOKING REACTION AND INSPIRING REFORM. HIS SPONSORS MEREDITH MEESE, CHARLOTTE YOUNG, MAGGIE GALLAHER, COY HARDING, ZECHARIAH CERVANTES AND ALEXIS NAVARRO OF DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOL. FIRST PLACE SENIOR GROUP PERFORMANCE FOR MIND OF A NATION, SPONSORS CASEY JOHNSTON AND NICOLE DUGA. GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. ONE. TWO.

THREE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS. YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. OKAY. NEXT WE HAVE OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY. AND WE ASK THAT THE AUDIENCE PLEASE HOLD YOUR APPLAUSE UNTIL WE HAVE CALLED ALL THE NAMES. FIRST WE HAVE SHANNON YANG, FORT SETTLEMENT MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR SECOND PLACE JUNIOR INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENTARY, THE ODYSSEY. HOW AI IS RESHAPING AND REWRITING THE RULES OF LEARNING. ALSO FROM FORT SETTLEMENT, WE HAVE SHREYA KHEMKA AND NEERJA KEMPKA, THIRD PLACE JUNIOR GROUP EXHIBIT UNIMAGINABLE. UNSTOPPABLE, UNFORGETTABLE, REDEFINING POWER AT SEA. AND HER SPONSOR IS JENNIFER MISS JENNIFER. PITTMAN. ALEXANDER ALEKHINE, CAMBODIA SAVI SHARMA AND NISHA FROM SATARTIA MIDDLE SCHOOL, THIRD PLACE JUNIOR GROUP DOCUMENTARY THE PINK MIRROR AND ALSO FROM SATARTIA, AARON AND PRATHAM POLA FROM SATARTIA MIDDLE SCHOOL. SECOND PLACE JUNIOR GROUP WEBSITE. THE PINK REVOLUTION REVOLUTION SPONSORS BRIANNA REISS, PETER GARCIA AND CHRISTINE CHRISTINE MARTINSON, MUGDHA KHOURY, SIENNA PATHANIA, KERRY BARDALES AND LANDON BALDWIN. THEA SAMUELSON FROM QUAIL VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, THIRD PLACE JUNIOR GROUP PERFORMANCE THE HISTORY OF SUGAR LAND, TEXAS, THAT SPONSORS LAWRENCE DUVERNAY. CYNTHIA THACKER AND IRA PATEL, MADDEN ELEMENTARY, FIRST PLACE

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EVERYBODY LOOKING RIGHT HERE. ONE. TWO THREE. ONE MORE. ONE TWO. THREE.

THANK YOU.

CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. VERY GOOD WORD. THANK YOU. WANT TO WAIT UNTIL I. SEVERAL ISD DESTINATION IMAGINATION STUDENT TEAMS PARTICIPATED IN DESTINATION IMAGINATION STATE TOURNAMENT. THE COMPETITION OFFERS OPEN ENDED ACADEMIC CHALLENGES THAT SPARK STUDENTS CREATIVITY IN STEM FINE ARTS AND SERVICE LEARNING. WE WILL NOW ANNOUNCE THESE GROUPS BY TEAM. OUR HONOREES TONIGHT ARE SIX DIMENSIONS FROM CLEMENTS, DULLES AND AUSTIN HIGH SCHOOL. FIRST PLACE IN THE SENIOR LEVEL ENGINEERING CHALLENGE. THE TEAM MEMBERS ARE RISHABH AGARWAL, AGARWAL, RITHIK AGARWAL, ANSHUL JAVERI, SUHANI SAWANT, RR SHAH AND SHIVANI MOORTHY. TEAM MANAGERS ARE MISS JIGISHA DOSHI AND MISS LINDA CHRISTIANSON.

1231 MORE 123. THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT TEAM IS THE TRAILBLAZERS FROM DULLES HIGH SCHOOL. THEY EARNED FIRST PLACE IN THE SENIOR LEVEL TECHNICAL CHALLENGE. TEAM MEMBERS INCLUDE RASHAWN TANANA, VIVIAN JOSHI, AYUSHI KAWEDIA, SO. MCCULLOUGH, ROHAN PANDURANGI, NICOLE PINTO AND SIOBHAN SHUKLA, AND THE TEAM MANAGERS, MISS BEENA HEMKER. 1234123. THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT TEAM IS A SMART SHARKS FROM CLEMENTS HIGH SCHOOL, DULLES HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL. THIRD PLACE IN THE TEXAS TEXAS EXTREME CHALLENGE AT THE STATE COMPETITION. TEAM MEMBERS INCLUDE ROSHNI KRISHNAN CHEN, PAMELA PATTY VIDARI BOYAPATI AND TEAM TEAM MANAGERS ARE MISS VENKATA RAMAN UJAM. ONE MORE 123.

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ENGINEERING. CONGRATULATIONS. VERY GOOD. OUR NEXT TEAM IS TEAM OCEAN OF FORT SETTLEMENT MIDDLE SCHOOL, SECOND PLACE IN THE FINE ARTS CHALLENGE AT STATE COMPETITION. THE TEAM MEMBERS INCLUDE YASMEEN AKHTAR, SOPHIA GURJI AND MARIAH RAYMOND. THEIR TEAM MANAGER IS MISS MALIA AKHTAR. 123123. THANK YOU.

VERY GOOD WORK. CONGRATULATIONS. VERY GOOD WORK. OUR NEXT TEAM ARE THE DYNAMIC THINKERS FROM SETTLERS WAY ELEMENTARY. FIRST PLACE IN ELEMENTARY LEVEL ENGINEERING CHALLENGE. THE TEAM MEMBERS INCLUDE KYLE HARTFIELD, SAMUEL LAU, TARA PANDURANGI, ARUSH SAMANT, ISHA SAMANT.

PRECISE AMOUNT, AND SANGRAM. THE TEAM MANAGERS ARE RASHMI PANDURANGI AND ROOPA SAMANT.

123. THANK YOU.

NEXT WE HAVE THE SQUAD OF HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY. THEY PLACED THIRD IN THE ELEMENTARY FINE ARTS CHALLENGE AT THE STATE COMPETITION IN THIRD PLACE OVERALL IN THE ELEMENTARY FINE ARTS CHALLENGE AT DE GLOBAL COMPETITION. THE TEAM INCLUDES MISS VIVIAN BRINK, MILA DIXON, RIYA DIXIT, EMMY SIMMONS, LIBBY WOMACK AND CHARLOTTE WRIGHT.

AND THE TEAM MANAGER IS MISS ELIZABETH BRINK. 133. ONE MORE. ONE. TWO. THREE. THANK YOU.

OKAY. SEVERAL FOR BEING. I'M SORRY.

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AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO ASK OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DOCTOR SMITH TO COME DOWN FROM THE DAIS.

IN FORT BEND ISD. WE COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD OF OUR FINE ARTS. FORT BEND ISD FINE ARTS MUSIC PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN HONORED WITH THE BEST COMMUNITY FOR MUSIC EDUCATION. THEY'VE BEEN DESIGNATED BY NAMM FOUNDATION FOR THEIR 20TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR FOR ITS OUTSTANDING COMMITMENT TO MUSIC EDUCATION. HERE WITH US TONIGHT TO RECEIVE THEIR RECOGNITION IS NONE OTHER THAN JIM DREW, DIRECTOR OF FINE ARTS. JEAN HULCUP, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF FINE ARTS. JULIE BETTINGER, FINE ARTS COORDINATOR, BAND FACILITATORS. PAUL BREAUX FROM KEMPNER HIGH SCHOOL, LESLIE FLYNN FROM CLEMENTS HIGH SCHOOL, CHRISTOPHER DIAL ELKINS HIGH SCHOOL, ALONG WITH CHOIR FACILITATORS JOHN RICHARDSON FROM ELKINS, JARED DEESE OF CRAWFORD, HOLLY HENSKE OF DULLES AND MUSIC FACILITATOR GABBY FORREST FROM LIONETTI ELEMENTARY. SO FINE ARTS FOLKS, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN WHEN I SAY FIND YOUR WINDOWS.

ON THREE. AND RIGHT HERE, PLEASE. ONE, TWO, THREE, 11123. THANK YOU.

FORT BEND ISD'S PROCUREMENT SERVICES TEAM HAS TAKEN HOME AN AWARD THE FOR FOUR YEARS IN A ROW AND BEING AWARDED WITH ACHIEVEMENT OF EXCELLENCE IN PROCUREMENT FROM THE NATIONAL PURCHASING INSTITUTE FOR ISD, IS ONE OF ONLY 23 SCHOOL DISTRICTS NATIONWIDE. TO

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HERE TONIGHT FROM THE PROCUREMENT TEAM IS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS SERVICES.

RICK GAY, DIRECTOR OF MATERIALS MANAGEMENT. MISS DORIS AND ON APRIL MITCHELL COOPER, ANTOINETTE LEWIS, KATHLEEN BOOKER, CLAIRE TAYLOR, AMBER REESE, KIRAN. SHEKHAR, REGGIE.

UNBROKEN, ZIJLAARD. BAUTISTA, AMY PHAM AND CHRIS ARMIJO. CONGRATULATIONS.

CONGRATULATIONS. THANK. CRUZ. CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. HERE WE GO. IF EVERYBODY COULD GIVE THEM A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE. ONE. 23123. THANK YOU.

WE HAVE A SPECIAL STUDENT RECOGNITION STUDENT FROM SUGAR LAND MIDDLE SCHOOL.

CHRISTIAN HOUSTON WAS SELECTED TO ATTEND THE OXFORD ROYAL SUMMER ACADEMY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. CHRISTIAN WAS ONE OF 125 STUDENTS FROM OVER 40 COUNTRIES WHO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THIS PRESTIGIOUS PROGRAM.

CHRISTIAN'S FIELD OF STUDY AT THE ACADEMY WAS MEDICINE. GIVE CHRISTIAN A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

ONE, TWO. THREE. ONE. TWO. THREE. THANK YOU. HERE WE HAVE WITH US TONIGHT MANASA PADMANABHAN, A FORMER MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT AND CURRENT NINTH GRADER AT CLEMENTS HIGH SCHOOL WHO BECAME THE TWO TIME WORLD CHAMPION AND FIVE TIME WORLD MEDALIST AT THE WORLD KARATE AND KICKBOXING UNION WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP. MANASA EARNED GOLD AND KOREAN FARMS AND CREATIVE FARMS, ALONG WITH SILVER AND WEAPONS, NO MUSIC, WEAPONS WITH MUSIC AND SOFT STYLE FARMS. SATARTIA MIDDLE SCHOOL KICKSTART TEACHER MASTER MORGAN SMITH ALSO REPRESENTED TEAM USA ON THE WORLD STAGE, EARNING SIX WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MEDALS. SILVER AND KOREAN FARMS AND FREESTYLE TEAM FARMS, ALONG WITH BRONZE AND SOFT STYLE FARMS, WEAPONS WITH NO MUSIC, WEAPONS WITH MUSIC AND TRADITIONAL KARATE FARMS. PLEASE GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. AND TO ANNOUNCE OUR LAST RECOGNITION OF THE NIGHT, I'D LIKE TO ASK MISS MOLLY THOMPSON, DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL ENGAGEMENT FROM THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, TO COME TO THE PODIUM. HELLO, EVERYONE. TODAY I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE SOMEONE VERY SPECIAL. AND THIS IS DALLAS, WHO HAS BEEN SELECTED AS ONE OF ONLY SEVEN NATIONAL YOUTH HEART AMBASSADORS FOR THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION. DALLAS, WHO IS A HEART SURVIVOR, IS A POWERFUL REMINDER OF THE WORK WE DO BECAUSE OF THE COMMITMENT AND PARTNERSHIP OF SCHOOLS ACROSS THE FORT BEND ISD AREA, WE'RE ABLE TO EDUCATE STUDENTS, SUPPORT HEART HEALTH, AND HELP CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. JUST

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OH, I'M SORRY, I WAS LOOKING AT THIS. BIG SMILES. DALLAS. 1234123. THANK YOU.

CONGRATULATIONS. BOARD OF TRUSTEES. THIS CONCLUDES TONIGHT'S RECOGNITIONS.

[5. Public Comment]

TEMPEST ROBBINS HERE. KENISHA OLIVER. ARE YOU READY? OKAY, OKAY. YES. SO IS TEMPEST ROBBINS. GO AHEAD. WE HAVE HERE TONIGHT MISS CANDICE RAMOS COMING, GOING FIRST. OKAY, CANDICE. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION FROM WILLOWRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL THAT THEIR CONSIDERATIONS OF TURNING IT INTO A VANGUARD SCHOOL, AND THAT THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT BAND AND ATHLETICS WILL BE REMOVED AND OR CONSOLIDATED TO ANOTHER TITLE ONE SCHOOL. SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE IS THAT TRANSPORTATION IS AN ISSUE FOR SOME OF OUR CHILDREN. IF IT IS CONSOLIDATED, AND I HAVE A COLLEGE STUDENT WHO WAS A DRUM MAJOR AT WILLOWRIDGE, AND MY DAUGHTER NOW IS A DRUM MAJOR AT WILLOWRIDGE, AND THERE'S A LEGACY THAT WE HAVE THERE. AND TO ■KEEP THAT FOR STUDENTS WHO OTHERWISE WOULD NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO GO TO COLLEGE, GET SCHOLARSHIPS, AND OR PARTICIPATE IN AND EXPERIENCE A CULTURE OF TRAVELING, OF HAVING ONENESS WITH OTHER BAND MEMBERS AND JUST THE EXPERIENCE OF THE LEGACY THAT WILLOWRIDGE HAS. IT'S VITAL TO KEEP THESE PROGRAMS IN ALL TITLE ONE SCHOOLS SO THAT THEY CAN EXPERIENCE EVERYTHING. JUST SPEAKING, MY CHILDREN WILL NOT BE WHERE THEY ARE. MY DAUGHTER IS GOING TO LANGSTON UNIVERSITY ON A SCHOLARSHIP FROM WILLOWRIDGE AND PEOPLE COMING TO TALK TO THEM AND EXPERIENCE WHAT THEY HAVE TO OFFER. SO I

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HELLO, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS. I'M HERE WITH TWO REQUESTS TO THE FBISD BOARD. FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST PUT AN ADMINISTRATIVE HOLD ON THE CELL TOWER PROJECTS IN THE 18 FBISD CAMPUSES. THE REASON BEING IS THAT IF WE TAKE A. IF A BOARD TAKES A PAUSE AND EVALUATES COMMUNITY FEEDBACK. THAT WOULD REALLY HELP ASSESS THE IMPACT OF THESE CELL TOWERS ON SCHOOL KIDS. SO THE IMPACT IS MANIFOLD. FIRST IS THAT FOR KIDS, THERE'S HUGE CONCERNS FROM PARENTS ABOUT THE BIOLOGICAL SAFETY, THE PHYSICAL SAFETY, AND THE EXPOSURE TO HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL MATERIALS WITH INDUSTRIES, CELL TOWERS ON CAMPUS. AND FOR RESIDENTS, THEY HAVE CONCERNS AROUND PROPERTY VALUE, DEPRECIATION AND INDUSTRY NOISE AND TRAFFIC AROUND THE CELL TOWERS. AND ALSO IT'S A PERMANENT ESTHETIC IMPACT FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND FOR FBISD. THE LOSSES ARE MORE THAN THE GAIN, WITH $15,000 PER HOUR PER YEAR REVENUE. AND COMPARING THAT TO THE DEPRECIATION OF THE PROPERTY VALUES AND THE IMPACT ON THE PROPERTY TAXES DROP, IT'S LIKE WHATEVER LEAST REVENUE WE'RE GETTING FROM THE CELL TOWERS, IT WILL BE LOST IN THE THE PROPERTY TAXES, FUNDING FOR THE SCHOOLS. AND ALSO THERE IS A CHANCE OF THE FBISD REPUTATION GETTING DAMAGED AND STUDENT ENROLLMENT DECREASING. SO WITH THAT, ALSO THERE'S AN IMPACT ON FBISD. AND IT ALSO BLOCKS THE CAMPUS EXPANSION AND THEIR HIGH LEGAL LIABILITY RISK, SECURITY RISK. AND IN FUTURE ELECTIONS, IF THE FRUSTRATED RESIDENTS VOTE NO FOR ANY OF THE BOND ELECTIONS, THAT ALSO IS GOING TO AFFECT FBISD. SO OVERALL, WITH IMPACT ON KIDS, RESIDENTS AND FBISD, I REQUEST AGAIN TO PUT AN HOLD TO JUST ANALYZE THE IMPACT BASED ON COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, AND THEN TAKE A DECISION BASED ON THAT. AND THE SECOND REASON WHY I'M HERE IS TO PROPOSE A POLICY CHANGE IN THE FBISD VOTING THRESHOLD. SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE A FOUR THREE MAJORITY CONSIDERED TO APPROVE ANY ANYTHING, ANY NEW INITIATIVE TO GO AHEAD WITH IMPLEMENTATION. SO WITH FOUR THREE, WHAT'S HAPPENING IS EVEN IF A ONE SWING VOTES VOTE GOES 30S TO A COMMUNITY PUSHBACK SCENARIO, THEN IT'S LIKE WE'RE LOSING A A GOOD DECISION FOR FBISD. SO I'M REQUESTING FOR A TRUSTEE TO PUT A, PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA IN THE NEXT WORKSHOP TO HAVE THE FIVE THREE SUPERMAJORITY GOVERNANCE RULE.

YEAH. THANKS ALL FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS GRACE CHIN. GOOD EVENING. I REPRESENT A GROWING GROUP OF PARENTS AND TEACHERS IN FORT BEND ISD WHO ARE REQUESTING THOUGHTFUL, EVIDENCE BASED CHANGES TO STUDENTS, IPAD AND LAPTOP USE.

OVER 700 OF US HAVE SIGNED A PETITION ASKING FOR CHANGES, SUCH AS REMOVING DEVICES FOR THE YOUNGEST STUDENTS, REDUCING THE USE OF 1 TO 1 LAPTOPS AND SETTING GRADE LEVEL TIME LIMITS ON LAPTOP USE. MANY DISTRICTS NATIONWIDE ARE ALREADY MAKING THESE SAME CHANGES AT A TIME WHEN THE DISTRICT IS STRUGGLING WITH ENROLLMENT AND THE BUDGET SHORTFALL. THE CHANGES REQUESTING WILL ACTUALLY SAVE THE DISTRICT MONEY, IMPROVE LEARNING OUTCOMES, AND BOOST FORT BEND ISD'S DESIRABILITY, REPUTATION AND ENROLLMENT NUMBERS. LOCAL FAMILIES ARE UNDERSTANDABLY CONCERNED ABOUT SCHOOL TECH. A FRIEND OF MINE WANTS TO PULL HER NINTH GRADER

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RATHER THAN DELIBERATELY WORKING THROUGH EACH PROBLEM WITH PENCIL AND PAPER, HE'S OFTEN GUILTY OF TAPPING AND TRYING, TAPPING AN ANSWER QUICKLY TO TRY AND SEE IF IT'S CORRECT. AND MOVING ON TO THE NEXT QUESTION. IT'S SOMETHING HE AND I TALK ABOUT, BUT SCREENS MAKE THIS SO MUCH EASIER. AND ANY OF US WHO HAVE EVER TAKEN A MANDATORY ONLINE TRAINING COURSE CAN EMPATHIZE. HE'S ALSO TOLD ME ABOUT KIDS IN CLASS WHO GET IN TROUBLE FOR BEING ON APPS AND SITES THEY SHOULDN'T BE ON DURING SCREEN TIME. AGAIN, WHO AMONG US HASN'T OPENED UP OUR IPAD OR LAPTOP TO DO SOMETHING PRODUCTIVE? AND LOOKED UP AN HOUR LATER, WONDERING HOW MANY DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY VIDEOS HAVE YOU JUST WATCHED? THERE ARE SHELVES AND BOOKS AND HOURS OF PODCASTS DEDICATED TO HELPING ADULTS UNPLUG FROM THEIR DEVICES, YET WE'RE ASKING TEACHERS AND SCHOOL STAFF TO TRY AND MANAGE RESPONSIBLE TECH USAGE ON TOP OF THE ALREADY CHALLENGING JOBS THAT THEY HAVE. I WORK IN TECHNOLOGY, SPECIFICALLY DIGITAL MARKETING, AND I'M VERY CONFIDENT THAT NONE OF MY PROFESSIONAL SUCCESS WAS IMPACTED BY AN EARLIER INTRODUCTION TO TECHNOLOGY. CARS ARE AMAZING. THEY'VE MADE TRANSPORTATION SO MUCH BETTER. BUT WE DON'T GIVE KIDS TO CARS. WE DON'T GIVE KIDS CARS WHEN THEY'RE FIVE BECAUSE IT'LL MAKE THEM BETTER DRIVERS WHEN THEY'RE ADULTS. CALCULATORS ARE AMAZING, BUT WE DON'T GIVE KIDS CALCULATORS UNTIL THEY'VE LEARNED THE FUNDAMENTALS OF MATH. MAY I ASK FOR THE DISTRICT IS TO RECONSIDER SCREEN USAGE IN OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, WHERE OUR CHILDREN'S BRAINS ARE STILL DEVELOPING, AND WHERE THERE'S PROVEN RESEARCH ON PRINTED MATERIALS EQUATING TO HIGHER READING COMPREHENSION AND RETENTION.

CONSIDER REMOVING IPADS AND LAPTOPS UNTIL AFTER SECOND GRADE AND FROM GRADES 3 TO 5, CONSIDER MOVING TO SHARED LAPTOP CARDS OR THE COMPUTER LABS WE ALL REMEMBER. I'M VERY GRATEFUL THAT BOTH ALEX AND LUCY HAVE HAD TEACHERS THAT ARE INCREDIBLY SUPPORTIVE OF A MORE SCREEN FREE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT, BUT IT'S ALSO SHOWN ME THAT TEACHERS NEED MORE SUPPORT FROM ADMINISTRATORS AND ULTIMATELY THE DISTRICT IN THESE EFFORTS.

THE STATE PHONE BAN IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW GOOD POLICY CAN REALLY HELP OUR TEACHERS IN SCHOOLS, AND I'M OPTIMISTIC THAT FORT BEND ISD CAN ADOPT POLICIES LIKE MANY OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE THAT WILL HAVE A POSITIVE LONG TERM IMPACT ON OUR STUDENTS. THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. MY KIDS DID NOT THINK I COULD. MY KIDS DIDN'T THINK I COULD EVER TALK FOR ANYTHING ABOUT THAN LESS THAN THREE MINUTES. AND SO THANKS FOR LETTING ME PROVE THEM WRONG. THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS DOLORES COLLINS. GOOD EVENING TO THE BOARD AND THE SUPERINTENDENT. I'M HERE AGAIN ADVOCATING FOR WILLOW RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL. ONE OF THE GENTLEMEN FROM CLEMENTS ASKED ME HOW LONG I HAD BEEN COMING TO SPEAK AT THE SCHOOL BOARD

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ALSO. THE FINGERS DON'T ACT AS GOOD WHEN YOU'RE MY AGE. I WILL TELL YOU THIS WHEN I. THIS YEAR I WILL BE 80 YEARS OLD AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, AND INSTEAD OF PRESENTS FOR ME, I'M ASKING PEOPLE TO DONATE $20 TO THE WILLOW RIDGE WALL SO WE COULD DO EVEN MORE. IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN TO WILLOW RIDGE, AND IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE WALL OF HONOR, I CHALLENGE YOU TO GO AND SEE IT. LOOK AT THE NAMES ON THE WALL, SEE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE PEOPLE WHO WALK THROUGH THOSE DOORS, AND YOU WILL KNOW THE VALUE OF WILLOW RIDGE, AS SHE WAS SAYING.

SO IF YOU WANT TO GIVE A BIRTHDAY PRESENT TO ME THIS YEAR, GIVE IT TO THE WALL OF HONOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS MAAHIR SHAH. I THINK SO. GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS AND FELLOW COMMUNITY MEMBERS. I AM A SOPHOMORE AT CLEMENTS HIGH SCHOOL AND A PART OF THE ROBOTICS TEAM POWER BREAKERS. I'M SPEAKING ON THE SUBJECT OF REBALANCING. SO MOST FBISD SCHOOLS GIVE IMPORTANCE TO FUNDING SPORTS AND FINE ARTS ACTIVITIES, LEAVING STEM AND ROBOTICS OUT OF THE PICTURE. ROBOTICS ISN'T JUST A FUN EXTRACURRICULAR. IT'S ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAYS WE HAVE FOR BUILDING THE NEXT GENERATION OF ENGINEERS AND PROBLEM SOLVERS. NATIONAL RESEARCH FROM MIT SUGGESTS. THE NEXT BACKS THIS UP AS WELL, WITH 83% OF ROBOTICS PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS GOING ON TO PURSUE STEM MAJORS IN COLLEGE AND THREE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO PURSUE A. PURSUE REAL INTEREST IN STEM REGARDLESS OF AGE, RACE, GENDER, OR INCOME. I WANTED TO JOIN THE ROBOTICS CLUB IN MY SCHOOL LIKE MANY OTHER STUDENTS, BUT THOSE TEAMS LACK THE SPACE, RESOURCES AND TIME TO PROSPER AS TEACHERS ARE NOT INCENTIVIZED NOR HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY IN ORDER, IN ORDER IN ORDER TO MANAGE TEAM AND TEAM GET LIMITED TIME TO WORK DURING SCHOOL HOURS. SO MY FRIENDS AND I STARTED A COMMUNITY ROBOTICS TEAM. HOWEVER, JUST THE SPACE ALONE REQUIRES A 12 BY 12 FEE, AND A LOT OF TIMES MY TEAMMATES FAMILIES HAVE TO GIVE UP LIVING ROOMS AND GAME ROOMS JUST SO WE COULD PRACTICE. SO NOT EVERY FAMILY CAN AFFORD TO DO THAT. RECENTLY, FBISD HAS CLOSED DOWN SEVEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, WHICH IS WHY. WHICH IS WHY MY TEAM AND I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE THE IDEA OF REPURPOSING ONE OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS FOR STEM CENTER OPEN TO STUDENTS. SO YOU MUST WONDER, WHY DON'T WE USE THE JAMES REESE CTE CENTER? WELL, THE CENTER LETS STUDENTS EXPLORE DURING SCHOOL HOURS. HOWEVER, THERE'S NOTHING FOR THE CURIOSITY ONCE THE BELL RINGS, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE IT FALLS SHORT. BUT BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT OUR FUTURE FACILITY, LET ME TALK ABOUT HOW OUR HOW OUR NEIGHBORING DISTRICT, KATY, HAS FOUND SUCCESS WITH SUCH CENTER FOR 11 YEARS ALREADY. EVERY YEAR, KATY HAS 16,000 STUDENTS THAT VISIT AND USE THE ROBERT SHAW CENTER DAILY AFTER SCHOOL. THE ROBERT SHAW CENTER FIRST STARTED WITH A $5 MILLION BUDGET, AND NOW THROUGHOUT THE 11 YEARS IT HAS BEEN OPEN, HAS YIELDED MULTIPLE ROBOTICS TEAMS WITH GLOBAL SUCCESS. KATY ISD'S ROBERT SHAW, CENTER, SERVES AS A BLUEPRINT FOR WHAT FBIS CAN DO. REPURPOSING AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS THE GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY. FBI'S NEEDS TO

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THE NEXT THREE SPEAKERS WILL BE ANNE PANG, KEN PANG, AND CHRISTINA LUNDY. NEXT UP IS DAVID KOTHAPALLI. GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS AND FELLOW COMMUNITY MEMBERS. I AM A JUNIOR IN CLEMMONS HIGH SCHOOL, PART OF THE FTC POWER BROKERS TEAM, AND THIS IS MY TEAM RIGHT HERE. I'M SPEAKING ON THE SUBJECT OF REBALANCING, ADDING ON TO WHAT MAHER SAID, IN ORDER TO REPURPOSE THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS FOR A STEM CENTER, FUNDING NEEDS TO COME FROM SOMEWHERE. THE ESTIMATED. THE ESTIMATED COST PER ANNUM IS 100 K TO 120 K. THE OBVIOUS QUESTION IS HOW DOES FBI'S TO GET THE FUNDING? WELL, IT COMES FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES SUCH AS FBISD, STATE AND FEDERAL GRANTS, FORT BEND COUNTY, THE CITY AND MULTIPLE CORPORATIONS. KATY GOT MAJORITY OF ITS FUNDING FROM BONDS, AND FUNDING FOR THE EQUIPMENT CAME FROM DONATIONS.

THIS CENTER CAN BE USED FOR TEAMS TO COLLABORATE AND USE A COMMUNAL SPACE TO THRIVE IN STEM AND ROBOTICS, WHILE TEAMS ALSO HAVE A PRIVATE 2000 SQUARE FOOT ROOM TO WORK IN. THE CENTER WILL BE USED AFTER SCHOOL HOURS AND WEEKENDS, AND CAN ALSO GIVE TEACHERS A STIPEND IN ADDITION TO FULL. IN ADDITION TO TWO FULL TIME EMPLOYEES. IN ADDITION, FBISD CAN USE THE CENTER FOR FIELD TRIPS FOR EARLY EXPOSURE TO STEM, AND THEY CAN HOST FAMILY NIGHTS, SUMMER CAMPS, AND COMPETITIONS. THIS STEM CENTER CAN IMPACT NUMEROUS STUDENTS AND CAN BRING ATTRACTION TO FBI STATE. AS STUDENTS ARE EXPOSED TO STEM AT AN EARLY AGE, THE YOUNGER GENERATION CAN BENEFIT FROM LEARNING ABOUT STEM AND ROBOTICS AS IT IS BECOMING THE FUTURE OF OUR WORLD. WE HAVE A PETITION, MEDIA AND PRESENTATION. IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED. REMEMBER THIS WILL NOT IMPACT US AS ALL OF US ARE IN HIGH SCHOOL, BUT WE ARE FIGHTING FOR THE NEXT GENERATIONS SO THEY CAN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITIES WE NEVER HAD.

FBISD NEEDS THIS CENTER. WE DIDN'T HAVE A FIELD. LET'S GIVE THE NEXT GENERATION ONE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS AN PAYING. GOOD EVENING. I AM A RESIDENT OF WALKER STATION. I AM WRITING TO RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU TO REJECT THE CELL TOWERS AT WALKER STATION AND SATARTIA MIDDLE SCHOOL. VERIZON WIRELESS IS 2024 ANNUAL REPORT STATES QUOTE.

OUR WIRELESS BUSINESS FACES PERSONAL INJURY AND WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUITS RELATED TO ALLEGED HEALTH EFFECTS OF RADIO FREQUENCY TRANSMITTERS. CROWN CASTLE. A WIRELESS INFRASTRUCTURE PROVIDER STATES IN THEIR 2020 ANNUAL REPORT. QUOTE. WE CANNOT GUARANTEE THAT CLAIMS RELATING TO RADIO FREQUENCY EMISSIONS WILL NOT ARISE IN THE FUTURE. WIRELESS COMPANIES LIKE VERIZON AND CROWN WARN THEIR PUBLIC SHAREHOLDERS OF THE RISK OF CELL TOWERS. DIAMOND, A PRIVATE COMPANY, TOLD US ON AUGUST 24TH THAT OUR EFFORTS FROM CELL PHONE TOWERS WERE, QUOTE, HARMLESS. AND WITHIN 2029 FCC GUIDELINES. UNFORTUNATELY, WE ARE NOT DIAMOND SHAREHOLDERS. THERE WAS NO RISK DISCLOSURE FROM DIAMOND. THIS IS A SEVERE CONFLICT OF INTEREST SINCE THEY GAINED MILLIONS FROM THIS CELL TOWER. THE 2020. THE 2019 FCC GUIDELINES. DIAMOND REFERRED TO AFFIRM'S 1996 GUIDELINES. DO YOU HAVE A 1996 CELL PHONE? DO YOU RELY ON 1996 TECHNOLOGY? HERE IS A RECENT 2026 STUDY FROM SCIENTIFIC REPORTS TITLED ENVIRONMENTAL RADIO FREQUENCY EXPOSURE FINDING THAT HIGHER RF EXPOSURE IN CHILDREN CAUSED HIGHER GENOTOXIC BIOMARKERS. A BOARD MEMBER ON JULY 27TH STATED. THE STAFF WEIGHED THE RISKS AND BENEFITS. I RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE. YOU ARE IMPOSING YOUR LEVEL OF RISK ON OUR CHILDREN AND NO RISK IS WORTH IT. THERE IS NO TRANSPARENCY. ON JULY 27TH, BOARD MEMBERS STATED, QUOTE, LET'S BE MORE PROACTIVE. LET'S MAKE SURE WE ANSWER THE QUESTIONS. IF THAT IS SO, PLEASE ANSWER WHY. DERRICK WARD, FBISD GENERAL COUNSEL, APPEALED TO THE OFFICE OF KEN PAXTON ON AUGUST 4TH, DENYING OUR RIGHT TO A FULL DISCLOSURE OF CELL TOWER LEASE AND RELATED RECORDS FROM 2025. QUOTE. FBISD BELIEVES THIS INFORMATION IS EXCEPTED FROM DISCLOSURE. DIAMOND STATES THEY SENT LETTERS TO HOMEOWNERS WITHIN 200FT. THAT IS NOT TRUE. I CAN PROVIDE NAMES OF RESIDENTS WHO LIVE WITHIN 200FT. DIAMOND PUBLISHED A NOTICE IN THE ROSENBERG FORT BEND HERALD, WHICH WALKER STATION DOES NOT

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BUT I WILL CONTINUE TO SPEAK WHETHER YOU AGREE OR NOT. THE SAME APPLIES FOR HIGH SCHOOL.

YOU WANT TO MOVE OUR CHILDREN TO BUSCH HIGH SCHOOL WHILE SURROUNDING HIGH SCHOOL, ARE SITTING AT 50 TO 60% CAPACITY. PARENTS HAVE CHOICES NOW. KATY ISD IS VERY NEAR TO OUR AREA.

THEY ACCEPT INTERDISTRICT LIMITED ENROLLMENT. SEVERAL CHARTER ARE NEAR OUR AREA.

THERE IS VOUCHER ONLINE SCHOOLS 30S. SO I ASK YOU, ARE YOU REALLY TRYING TO REBALANCE ENROLLMENT OR ARE YOU PREPARING FOR SOMETHING ELSE? PLEASE STOP TREATING ALIANA LIKE THE EASIEST PLACE TO DRAW ANOTHER LINE. LOOK AT OUR CHILDREN. LOOK AT THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS OUR SUPERINTENDENT'S UPDATE, DOCTOR SMITH. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU,

[6. Superintendent Update]

DURING THE FIRST FEW WEEKS OF SCHOOL, MYSELF AND MANY TRUSTEES HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT SCHOOLS WITH ME. AND SO I THANK YOU FOR THAT. ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, WE WERE ABLE TO VISIT AMY COLEMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL. AMY COLEMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL IS OUR NEW STATE OF THE ART CAMPUS. IT'S OUR 15TH MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND IT'S CURRENTLY HOME TO ONE OF OUR NEW PROGRAMS. IT'S OUR AVIATION AND AEROSPACE PROGRAM. AND SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO VISITING THAT SCHOOL AGAIN. WE HAD AN AWESOME DAY ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. LOTS OF EXCITEMENT AND LOTS OF ENERGY CENTERED AROUND THE OPENING OF SCHOOL, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THE PROGRAM AND HOW IT DEVELOPS AND HOW IT SERVES OUR COMMUNITY AND THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE WITH THE VARIOUS VENDORS WHO WILL SUPPORT THAT PROGRAM. WE ALSO HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT MALALA ELEMENTARY, TRAVIS HIGH SCHOOL, BUSH HIGH SCHOOL.

WE ALSO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT THORNTON MIDDLE SCHOOL, LIONETTI ELEMENTARY, ALYSSA FERGUSON ELEMENTARY AND KEMPNER HIGH SCHOOL. AND THAT'S ALL JUST WITHIN THE FIRST FEW WEEKS OF SCHOOL. AND EACH WEEK WE ARE ON A CAMPUS CELEBRATING OUR LEADERS AND OUR PRINCIPALS AND OUR PARENTS AND ALL THOSE WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO A GREAT, GREAT START TO THE SCHOOL YEAR.

THE NEXT ITEM THAT I'D LIKE TO SHARE IS OUR TRANSPORTATION ITEM. IT'S CALLED THE START TRAINING PROGRAM. AND SO I WANT TO DEFINE AND DESCRIBE WHAT THAT IS. AS YOU ALL KNOW, SAFETY AND SECURITY IS ALWAYS A TOP PRIORITY FOR US AND OUR DISTRICT. AND SO EARLIER THIS MONTH, OUR TRANSPORTATION EMPLOYEES COMPLETED SOME ANNUAL TRAINING. THIS YEAR, THEY PARTICIPATED IN WHAT IS CALLED A START. START STANDS FOR SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION, ACTIVE THREAT RESPONSE TRAINING. THIS IS A SCENARIO BASED PROGRAM, AND IT'S DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION EMPLOYEES. AND IT FOCUSES ON ACTIVE THREAT RESPONSES. AND A LOT OF THE TRAINING ALSO EMPHASIZES PREVENTION WORK. AND SO OUR DRIVERS, OUR MONITORS, THEY LEARN HOW TO RECOGNIZE WARNING SIGNS THEY COMMUNICATE, AND HOW TO DEESCALATE DIFFICULT SITUATIONS AND HOW TO TRUST THEIR INSTINCTS. WHEN SOMETHING DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT ON A BUS OR

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[7. Board Activity Report]

SUMMER GRADUATION CEREMONY. FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. AMY COLEMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL, MALALA ELEMENTARY AND BUSH HIGH SCHOOL, FORT BEND BUSINESS COALITION BUSINESS IN THE BIN CLEMENS HIGH SCHOOL AND AUSTIN HIGH SCHOOL. BOYS WATER POLO MATCH AND TOP 30 MOST INFLUENTIAL WOMEN OF TEXAS AWARD CEREMONY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DOCTOR GILLIAM. NEXT UP, OUR

[8.a. 2026 Accountability Ratings]

MY GOAL THIS EVENING IS TO ESTABLISH A FOUNDATION TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE KEY BENCHMARK DATA POINTS THAT WE HAVE FOR YOU. AND REALLY, JUST TO PROVIDE SOME CLEAR CONTEXT ON WHERE WE STAND ON EACH OF THESE ITEMS. OF COURSE, MY TEAM AND I ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY IMMEDIATE QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MAY HAVE THIS EVENING. AND IF THERE ARE DEEPER QUESTIONS OR ANY OTHER DATA POINTS OR SPECIFIC CAMPUS LEVEL DETAILS, OF COURSE WE WILL BE PULLING THAT INFORMATION. WE'LL CAPTURE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOUR QUESTIONS, AND OF COURSE, WE'LL BE PROVIDING THAT TO THE BOARD IN OUR REGULAR COMMUNICATION PROCESS. LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING THIS INFORMATION. LOTS OF GREAT, EXCITING INFORMATION TO SHARE. APPRECIATE YOUR

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THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DOCTOR SMITH. IT IS MY HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO PRESENT TO YOU TONIGHT OUR A THROUGH F ACCOUNTABILITY RATINGS. SO THIS EVENING I WILL PROVIDE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF STAR VERSUS ACCOUNTABILITY SO THAT WE CAN ALIGN ON SOME SHARED TERMINOLOGY. THEN I WILL MOVE INTO THE WHAT OUR 2026 ACCOUNTABILITY OUTCOMES, FOLLOWED BY THE. SO WHAT KEY FINDINGS AND IMPLICATIONS. AND I WILL CONCLUDE WITH THAT. NOW WHAT OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES AND ACTIONS. AND SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT STAR VERSUS ACCOUNTABILITY, LAST MONTH, I PROVIDED A PRESENTATION UPDATE REGARDING OUR STAR RESULTS. WE FOCUSED IN ON MANY DIFFERENT THINGS, WHETHER IT WAS OUR EOC, OUR END OF COURSE EXAMS, OUR THREE THROUGH EIGHT. BUT TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO MARRY THE TWO TOGETHER. SO I WANTED TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO BREAK THIS APART. SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT STAR, STAR IS REALLY A SNAPSHOT. IT IS ONE PIECE OF THE PUZZLE. STUDENTS TAKE THE TEST ON ONE DAY. IT MEASURES STUDENTS PERFORMANCE. AND USUALLY YOU WILL SEE THE RESULTS BY SUBJECT, BY GRADE AND BY PERFORMANCE LEVEL. WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STAR RESULTS, YOU WILL HEAR US REFERENCE APPROACHES, MEETS OR MASTERS. STAR IS ONE PIECE TO THE THOUSAND PIECE PUZZLE THAT WE CALL ACCOUNTABILITY. SO THIS EVENING I WILL BE SHARING WITH YOU ACCOUNTABILITY RATINGS. BUT OUR ACCOUNTABILITY RATINGS EVALUATES OVERALL PERFORMANCE.

IT LOOKS AT HOW WE PERFORM ACROSS MULTIPLE MEASURES, INCLUDING STAR, BUT ALSO LOOKS AT OUR GRADUATION RATE, CMR STUDENT ACCOUNTABILITY GROUPS. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY RATINGS, YOU WILL HEAR US REFERENCE AN OVERALL RATING, USUALLY SOMETHING ALONG A THROUGH AN F, AND THEN WE WILL TALK ABOUT DOMAIN SCORES. REALLY WHEN WE THINK ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY RATINGS I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THE ENTIRE PUZZLE. SO IT'S PUTTING ALL OF THE PIECES TOGETHER. SO LAST MONTH I SHARED WITH YOU DISTRICT NEWS, SOME EXCITING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT THAT WE ACCOMPLISHED FOR STAR. WE CELEBRATED THAT WE GREW AND MEATS AND MASTERS IN BIOLOGY IN ALGEBRA ONE THAT WE EXCEEDED THE STATE. AND WE EVEN CELEBRATED OUR U.S. HISTORY SCORES. THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS IS ONE PIECE OF THE PUZZLE. AND SO AS WE TALK ABOUT THE GAINS THAT WE HAD, I DO NOT WANT US TO LOSE SIGHT OF THESE GAINS. THEY ARE SO IMPORTANT. THEY REALLY SHOW US WHERE WE ARE HEADED. THEY SHOW US THE STABILITY AND THE FOUNDATION OF OUR STUDENT LEARNING, AND THEY ALSO BEGIN TO TELL US THE STORY. SO AS WE MOVE INTO THE THOUSAND PIECE PUZZLE THAT WE CALL ACCOUNTABILITY, TEXAS DOES NOT JUST USE PASSING STAR SCORES.

THAT WOULD BE A LOT EASIER TO EXPLAIN AND TO WEED THROUGH, BUT INSTEAD THEY USE THREE MAJOR AREAS TO RATE A CAMPUS OR DISTRICT. WE CALL THESE DOMAINS. THE FIRST DOMAIN IS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. REALLY FOCUS IN ON STAR FOR OUR ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS, 100% OF DOMAIN ONE IS A CAMPUS STAR. RESULTS FOR ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE AND THEN FOR HIGH SCHOOL. IT INCLUDES OUR CMR AND GRADUATION RATES. THEN THERE'S DOMAIN TWO. THAT IS SCHOOL PROGRESS. AND TO MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED THAN A THOUSAND PIECE PUZZLE, DOMAIN TWO IS DIVIDED IN HALF. WE LOOK AT PART A, WHICH IS ACADEMIC GROWTH, HOW OUR STUDENTS ARE GROWING OVER TIME. AND PART B IS RELATIVE PERFORMANCE. HOW OUR CAMPUS AND DISTRICT PERFORMS COMPARED TO ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED POPULATIONS. AND LAST DOMAIN THREE IS FOCUSED IN ON CLOSING THE GAPS. SO AS WE DIG INTO OUR ACCOUNTABILITY RATING TONIGHT, I WANT TO GO A LITTLE DEEPER WITH OUR DOMAINS. SO OUR OVERALL ACCOUNTABILITY SCORE IS BASED ON THE BEST OF DOMAIN 1 OR 2. DOMAIN ONE IS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT FOR ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL. THAT IS 100% STAR FOR HIGH SCHOOL. DOMAIN ONE IS FOCUSED IN NOT ONLY ON STAR BUT OUR CMR. SO THANK YOU BOARD FOR ADOPTING THE CMR GOAL OF 90%. YOU WILL SEE THE RESULTS OF THAT GOAL SHOW UP HERE AND THEN OUR GRADUATION RATES. SO WE WILL RECEIVE A

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AND ALTHOUGH WE'VE HAD PROGRESS, WE'VE BEEN FOCUSED ON THE GAINS AND FOCUSED ON MAKING SURE THAT WE EXECUTE AT OR ABOVE THE STANDARD. IN 2023, WE HAD A C RATING, A 79 AND 2024. WHEN DOCTOR SMITH JOINED THE DISTRICT, WE WERE STILL AT A 79. IN 2025, WE MOVED UP TO A B AND IN 2026 AN 82. SO WE'VE HAD THREE POINT GAINS SINCE 2023 AND TWO YEARS CONSECUTIVELY OF A B RATING. IT TOOK INTENTIONAL, LEADERSHIP, FOCUSED EXECUTION AND MEASURABLE PROGRESS. WE ARE BREAKING THE THOUSAND PIECE PUZZLE DOWN TO SEE WHERE DO WE START AND WHAT DOES THE STORY TELL US? SO LAST MONTH I TOOK YOU ON A JOURNEY. I THINK WE HAD AN ADMINISTRATOR, MRS. STAR OR DOCTOR STAR, AND WE TALKED ABOUT WHERE DID WE BEGIN? AND SO THIS IS JUST A QUICK JOURNEY MAP FOR US. IT'S BEEN THREE YEARS. WE'VE HAD ONE PURPOSE AND IT'S TO MAKE A LASTING IMPACT. WE BEGAN OUR THREE YEAR JOURNEY REALLY FOCUSED ON GROWTH. WE WERE CHARGED NOT ONLY TO GROW OURSELVES, TO GROW OUR LEADERS AROUND US, TO GROW TEACHERS, AND TO GROW OUR STUDENTS. BECAUSE GROWTH WAS BUILDING THE FOUNDATION. REMEMBER PART OF THAT A THROUGH F SCORE IS ACADEMIC GROWTH. AND THAT IS SO IMPORTANT. THEN OUR SECOND YEAR WE WERE CHARGED WITH LEVELING UP. IT'S NO LONGER ABOUT THE FOUNDATION. IT IS ABOUT TAKING IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL, RAISING THE STANDARD, MAKING SURE THAT WE EXPAND CAMPUS CAPACITY, AND WE HAVE

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I'M EXCITED TO SHARE THAT FORT BEND ISD HAS ZERO F CAMPUSES, AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2019. I'M EQUALLY EXCITED TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT 83% OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS EARNED AN A OR A B RATING. THAT IS TEN OUT OF OUR 12 HIGH SCHOOLS. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE RATING SINCE 2019. BUT WHAT'S A MILESTONE? RESULTS WITHOUT A HISTORIC RESULT.

EQUALLY EXCITED TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT THE THURGOOD MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL RECEIVED THE FIRST B, THEIR FIRST B IN THE A THROUGH F ERA. SO 2019 IS WHEN DISTRICTS AND SCHOOLS STARTED TO RECEIVE AN A THROUGH F RATING. MARSHALL HAS ITS FIRST B SINCE THAT ACCOUNTABILITY BEGAN. BUT LET ME NOT STOP THERE. WE HAVE MILESTONES AT WILLOW RIDGE AS WELL. WILLOW RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL RETURNS TO A C RATING. THAT'S THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2019. AND BOARD. IT'S THE WORK OF THE LEADERS. IT'S ALSO THE WORK OF THE GOAL THAT YOU SET. WE GO BACK TO THAT 90% GOAL. IT IS LAYING THE FOUNDATION FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL SUCCESS FOR THIS YEAR AND FOR FUTURE YEARS. WE'LL CONTINUE WITH CELEBRATIONS WITH GEORGE BUSH AT A 80AB. THIS YEAR, THEY'RE BACK TO A B SINCE THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2019. KEMPNER HIGH SCHOOL EARNED AN 89. SO CLOSE TO A 90. SUPER EXCITED TO CELEBRATE. KEMPNER HIGH SCHOOL IS THEIR HIGHEST RATING, BUT THEY ALSO MADE A LARGE GAIN FROM. LAST YEAR. THEY CAME UP FROM A 76 TO A 89, AND AGAIN, A MILESTONE RESULT AS KEMPNER IS SEEING THEIR HIGHEST SCORE SINCE 2019. AND FOR THE FIRST TIME, CRAWFORD OPENED IN 2024. THEY ARE EXCITED TO HANG THEIR B UP FOR THE FIRST TIME IN CAMPUS HISTORY. THEY HAVE THEIR SENIOR CLASS. THEY'RE MAKING SOME REALLY GREAT MILESTONES.

WE'RE SUPER EXCITED TO CELEBRATE CRAWFORD. AND THEN THERE'S OUR FERGUSON AGAIN.

SIMILAR TO CRAWFORD OPEN IN 2024, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING HARD, CLIMBING TOWARDS AN A, AND I KNOW THAT THEY ARE SUPER EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THIS YEAR THEY EARNED THEIR A. AND LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, WE HAVE COLONY BEND, WHO'S BEEN ON THE TRAJECTORY OF WORKING TOWARDS AN A SINCE THEY HAD THEIR A IN 2019 AND THEY'RE BACK TO AN A, SO SUPER EXCITED FOR THAT CAMPUS AND THAT LEADERSHIP AS WELL. SO I KNOW WE'VE CELEBRATED INDIVIDUAL CAMPUSES, BUT I ALSO WANT TO SPEND SOME TIME CELEBRATING THE 15 CAMPUSES WHO INCREASED AT LEAST ONE LETTER GRADE FOR THE. 26 ACCOUNTABILITY YEAR. I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT MCCULLOCH MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHO'S ONE OF OUR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT CAMPUSES. SO THEY WENT FROM AN F TO A D, AND YOU WILL ALSO SEE THAT MISSOURI CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL MOVED UP FROM AN F TO A D. IN ADDITION TO THE INDIVIDUAL CAMPUSES. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO CELEBRATE THE FOUR CAMPUSES WHO EARNED EVERY DISTINCTION POSSIBLE. SO FOR OUR ELEMENTARY GROUP, ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES CAN EARN SIX DISTINCTIONS. THEY CAN EARN A DISTINCTION IN READING, A DISTINCTION IN MATH, A DISTINCTION IN SCIENCE. THEY CAN ALSO EARN A DISTINCTION OF BEING THE TOP 25 COMPARATIVE GROWTH. THEY CAN EARN A DISTINCTION IN POST-SECONDARY READINESS. OUR YOUNGEST OF STUDENTS ARE GETTING PREPARED FOR POST-SECONDARY, AND THEN A DISTINCTION IN CLOSING THE GAPS.

SO WE HAVE COLONY, BEND AND COMMONWEALTH WHO HAVE EARNED ALL SIX DISTINCTIONS, AND OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS ARE RIGHT BEHIND THEM. THEY CAN EARN SEVEN. SO IN ADDITION TO THE ONES THAT I NAMED, WE WILL ADD SOCIAL STUDIES, AND GARCIA AND FORT SETTLEMENT EARNED ALL SEVEN DISTINCTIONS. SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT WHERE WE ARE AS A DISTRICT, LEADERSHIP MATTERS AND SUSTAINABILITY MATTERS. AND SO AS WE LOOK AT OUR PEER DISTRICTS, I'D LIKE TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS. SO AS DISCUSSED AND SHARED EARLIER, WE BEGAN THIS JOURNEY. DOCTOR SMITH BEGAN THIS JOURNEY WITH A 79. AND AS WE LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE COMPARED TO OTHER DISTRICTS, IN 2024, OUR GAPS WERE A LITTLE LARGER. BUT IF YOU GET TO 2026,

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HOWEVER, WE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO HAVE FASTER GAINS TO ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE AT AND WHERE THEY NEED TO BE. AND NUMBER FOUR, PROVIDE CONSISTENT RESEARCH BASED INTERVENTIONS AND ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES. WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE OUR MEETS AND MASTERS. WE CELEBRATED THAT WITH OUR STAR SCORES. WHEN OUR MEETS AND MASTERS GO UP, WE KNOW THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE LEAVING US AT OR ABOVE GRADE LEVEL. AND ONE OF THE WAYS TO DO THAT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE STRETCHING THOSE HIGH ACHIEVERS, AND WE ARE PULLING UP THE STUDENTS WITH GAPS. SO I'LL START WITH OUR ELEMENTARY CAMPUS DECLINES. AND I HAVE ON THIS CHART ON THIS SLIDE FOR YOU, THE ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES WHO DECLINED A LETTER GRADE. AND THEN I HAVE, IN ADDITION TO THE CAMPUSES, SOME HIGH LEVEL RATIONALE, SOME HIGH LEVEL DEEP DATA DIVES THAT THE TEAM DID TO EXPLAIN SOME OF THE DECREASES. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THE CAMPUSES WHERE YOU SEE THE BURGUNDY BAR ON THE LEFT. THAT WOULD BE ARMSTRONG, MISSION WEST AND SUGAR MILL. THOSE CAMPUSES ARE WHERE WE SEE A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE. WHEN WE HAVE AN ACCOUNTABILITY RATING. THAT ALLOWS US TO PUT MULTIPLE PIECES OF THE PUZZLE TOGETHER, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CAMPUSES TO FOCUS ON REALLY GETTING THEIR STUDENTS TO GROW.

DOMAIN TWO, AND WE SAW THOSE CAMPUSES JUMP UP REALLY QUICKLY, WHICH MEANT THEY WERE WORKING IN THE INTERVENTION AREA, CLOSING THE GAPS. HOWEVER, THEY COULD STRENGTHEN, FOCUSING IN ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, MAKING SURE THAT ALL STUDENTS MEET OR EXCEED THE STAR STANDARDS. SO FOR ARMSTRONG, MISSION WEST AND SUGAR MILL THE PREVIOUS YEAR, THEY WORKED REALLY HARD ON GETTING KIDS TO GROW. BUT STUDENTS CAN GROW AND HAVE A LARGE GROWTH NUMBER AND STILL NOT MEET THE STANDARD BECAUSE OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. I CAN START BELOW GRADE LEVEL AND GROW AND STILL BE BELOW GRADE LEVEL DOES NOT IMPACT MY DOMAIN ONE. SO THAT GIVES US A FOCUS ON SHIFTING FOR OUR ELEMENTARIES FROM FOCUSING IN SOLELY ON INTERVENTIONS OR MAJORITY ON INTERVENTION, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE TEACHING AT THE RIGOR AND DEPTH THAT WE NEED TO. IN ADDITION, YOU WILL SEE A GRAY BAR BESIDE SOME OF OUR CAMPUSES. ARMSTRONG MISSION, WEST BARRINGTON PLACE, GOODMAN. THOSE REPRESENT WHERE WE'VE HAD LEADERSHIP TRANSITION THIS PAST YEAR. SO WE HAVE A NEWER PRINCIPAL ON CAMPUS, OR WE HAVE A NEW ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM BUILDING THEIR LEADERSHIP CAPACITY. THE YELLOW BAR SHOWS WHERE CAMPUSES HAVE MISALIGNED INSTRUCTION, AND THIRD AND FOURTH GRADE READING AND MATH. THAT'S TRENDING OVER TIME. SO

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MIDDLE SCHOOL WAS OUR SECOND AREA OF FOCUS. WE HAD FIVE MIDDLE SCHOOLS DECREASE BY ONE LETTER GRADE. AND SO AS YOU CAN SEE, BAINES, CROCKETT, DULLES, QUAIL VALLEY AND THORNTON DECREASED BY ONE LETTER GRADE. QUAIL VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, BAINES AND DULLES MIDDLE SCHOOL HAD NEW LEADERSHIP. THIS YEAR, NEW LEADERSHIP DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY EQUATE TO ACCOUNTABILITY GOING DOWN, BUT IT DOES TAKE NEW LEADERS TIME TO TRANSITION ON CAMPUS, LEARN THE SYSTEMS, LEARN THE PROCESSES, AND DIG INTO THE WORK. SOME OF OUR CAMPUSES LISTED HAVE SOME INSTRUCTIONAL MISALIGNMENT THAT IS SHOWING UP DISTRICT WIDE IN OUR DATA, BUT ALSO SHOWING UP CAMPUS BASED, AGAIN, TEACHING ON GRADE LEVEL AND STRETCHING OUR HIGH LEARNERS AS WELL. WE ALSO HAVE SOME TOP PERFORMANCE GAPS WHERE, WHERE CAMPUSES DID NOT MAXIMIZE ON THE POINTS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN EARNED. SO WE ARE DIGGING DEEPER INTO THE SUPPORTS, DIGGING DEEPER INTO ENSURING THAT THE CAMPUSES NOT ONLY HAVE WHAT THEY NEED TO MEET THE STUDENTS NEEDS, BUT UNDERSTAND THE SUPPORTS THAT SHOULD BE PROVIDED TO STUDENTS. AND THEN WE HAVE CAMPUS LEADERSHIP CAPACITY AT OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL, WHETHER THROUGH TRANSITION OR BUILDING LEADERSHIP TEAMS. THE THIRD AREA THAT I HIGHLIGHTED FOR US AS AN AREA OF IMPROVEMENT WAS OUR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT CAMPUSES. AND SO THIS SLIDE FOR ME, I WANT TO CELEBRATE, BUT I ALSO WANT TO CALL ATTENTION TO. SO FOR MCAULIFFE, THIS YEAR, WE SAW A NINE POINT INCREASE. MCAULIFFE MOVED FROM A 59 F TO A 68 D. HOWEVER, THIS IS THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE UNACCEPTABLE RATING FOR MCAULIFFE MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND SO MCAULIFFE MIDDLE SCHOOL, THE ELIGIBLE FOR A TURNAROUND PLAN, A CONTINUED TURNAROUND PLAN. AND BECAUSE IT HAS ENTERED INTO THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE RATING, WE ARE NOW FORT BEND ELIGIBLE FOR ESCALATED INTERVENTIONS FROM TEA, WHICH COULD RESULT IN A CONSERVATOR BEING ASSIGNED. WE HAVE MISSOURI CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL WHO ALSO INCREASED THIS YEAR. THEY CAME UP TO A 68. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THEIR SCHOOL PROGRESS DOMAIN. TWO, THAT'S THE TWO DOMAIN, THE ONE DOMAIN WITH TWO PARTS. THEY HAD AN INCREASE OF SCHOOL PROGRESS FROM A 57 TO A 70. SO WE KNOW THAT THE LEADERS IN MCAULIFFE AND MISSOURI CITY AND THE TEACHERS ARE WORKING HARD. WE CAN SEE THE GAINS THAT THEY ARE MAKING, AND WE FEEL VERY CONFIDENT WE'RE GOING TO STAY THE COURSE THIS YEAR. SUPPORT, AND WE WILL SEE THEM MOVE UP TO THE NEXT LEVEL. LAKE OLYMPIA HAS HAD STAGNANT ACHIEVEMENT. THEY HAD A 64 THIS PAST YEAR AND THEY'VE EARNED A 64 THIS YEAR. AND SO AS WE LOOK AT THE DATA, THEY'VE MOVED INTO THEIR SECOND CONSECUTIVE UNACCEPTABLE RATING. WE'RE DIGGING DEEPER. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE PROVIDING LAKE OLYMPIA THIS YEAR IS THEY HAVE AN ACADEMIC DEAN TO ASSIST IN THE WORK, BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE AN ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM THAT'S FOCUSED NOT ONLY ON THE DAY TO DAY, BUT REALLY FOCUSED IN ON INSTRUCTION. AND LAKE OLYMPIA FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR HAS BECOME A TITLE ONE CAMPUS, SO THEY WILL HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS ALONG THE WAY. AND LAST, HIGHTOWER HIGH SCHOOL, HIGHTOWER HIGH SCHOOL IS A 69. AND YOU SEE THE LITTLE ASTERISK BESIDE IT. SO HIGHTOWER HIGH SCHOOL DOMAIN TWO SCORE WAS A 77. SO IN THE PERFECT WORLD, NON TEA HIGHTOWER HIGH SCHOOL WOULD HAVE EARNED A 77. BUT TEA HAS SOMETHING CALLED A THREE D RULE. REMEMBER FOUR DOMAINS.

YOU GET FOUR LETTER GRADES. IF YOU EARN THREE D'S THEN THE MAXIMUM SCORE YOU CAN EARN IS A 69. SO ALTHOUGH THEIR HIGHEST DOMAIN WAS A 77 BECAUSE THEY HAD A D IN DOMAIN ONE, THEY DID

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WE'RE FOCUSED ON LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT. WE ARE GROWING AND LEARNING TOGETHER AS A TEAM, REALLY INTENTIONAL ABOUT THE LEARNING THAT OUR LEADERS HAVE, AND WE ARE COLLABORATING, PLANNING AND IMPROVING. IN ADDITION TO THAT, BECAUSE THAT SOUNDS GREAT. HOW CAN WE ENSURE THAT OUR CAMPUSES ARE GROWING? HOW CAN WE ENSURE THAT WE ARE NOT IN THIS PLACE NEXT YEAR? AND THE TEACHING AND LEARNING TEAM, ALONG WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL LEADERSHIP, HAS DEVELOPED OUR FOCUS AND MEASURE CAMPUSES AND BOARD. IN YOUR BOARD UPDATE THIS WEEK, YOU WILL GET THE LIST OF THE FOCUS AND MEASURE CAMPUSES. SO SIMILAR TO STUDENTS, WE'VE TIERED OUR CAMPUSES. OUR TIER ONE CAMPUSES ARE THE CAMPUSES THAT ARE TRENDING EITHER UPWARDS OR THEY ARE MAINTAINING TOWARDS ENSURING THAT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IS THEIR TOP PRIORITY. AND THEIR DATA SHOWS THAT OUR TIER TWO CAMPUSES EITHER ARE TRENDING IN A WAY IN WHICH THEY THEY DATA SHOWING THAT THEY MAY DECLINE IF WE DO NOT INTERVENE, OR MAYBE THEY'VE HAD A DECLINE AND WE NEED TO BRING THEM BACK UP. SO THEY ARE TARGETED CAMPUSES. THERE ARE 14 OF THEM, AND THEY HAVE A TOUCH POINT AND SUPPORT FROM A CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TEAM. SO TEACHING AND LEARNING, ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL LEADERSHIP IS AT THE CAMPUS. IT SAYS EVERY OTHER WEEK. BUT THOSE ARE LARGE TEAMS. SO THEY'RE REALLY AT THE CAMPUS ALMOST DAILY, SUPPORTING THROUGH COACHING, SUPPORTING THROUGH MODELING, SUPPORTING THROUGH ANALYZING DATA AND EVIDENCE. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR TIER THREE CAMPUSES. THOSE ARE THOSE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT CAMPUSES THAT I SHARED WITH YOU.

AND THEN OUR CAMPUSES WHO ARE NOT PERFORMING WHERE WE WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO BE MAINLY OUR CAMPUSES. THOSE CAMPUSES HAVE A SUPPORT TEAM FOR THEM. THEY HAVE SUPPORT AT LEAST WEEKLY.

BUT AGAIN, THE TEAM IS LARGE. SO REALLY, IF YOU ASK OUR LEADERS, THEY WILL TELL YOU THAT THEY HAVE SUPPORTED THEIR CAMPUS ALMOST DAILY, AND THE SUPPORT THAT IS THERE FOR THEM IS HELPING THEM THROUGH COACHING AND MODELING. WE'RE WALKING CLASSROOMS TO MONITOR INSTRUCTION. WE'RE SUPPORTING WITH INTERVENTIONS AND ENRICHMENT, AND THEN WE ARE LOOKING AT EVIDENCE AND DATA BASED ANALYSIS TO ENSURE THAT THE LEARNING THAT THE LEADERS ARE PARTICIPATING IN AND THE TEACHERS ARE TRANSFERRING TO THE CAMPUS. AND SO I KNOW I'VE

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AND THEN THE OTHER SCHOOLS THAT WERE LISTED ON THE SLIDE. SO MCAULIFFE, MISSOURI CITY AND POTENTIALLY. HIGHTOWER. I WOULD SAY THAT A PERCEPTION OF ANYONE HAVING A CONSERVATOR IS REALLY FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE PERSON RECEIVING THE CONSERVATOR, RIGHT? SO I CAN'T REALLY GIVE YOU A 100%. EVERYONE'S GOING TO SAY IT'S NEGATIVE. SOME PEOPLE MAY SAY IT'S POSITIVE, BUT WE WOULD HAVE SOMEONE ELSE PROVIDING GUIDANCE, AUDITING OUR PROCESSES, AND THEN GIVING US SOME STRATEGIES TO USE AT THOSE CAMPUSES. ALL RIGHT. I THOROUGHLY APPRECIATE IT. I'M NOT MEAN TO COME ACROSS AS CRITICAL. I JUST I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE BOARD, THE COMMUNITY, EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND WHERE MCAULIFFE STANDS AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE NEXT YEAR. I, I HAVE FULL FAITH THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERYWHERE ELSE ACROSS THE BOARD SINCE SINCE WE'VE IMPLEMENTED THE CHANGES, THERE'S BEEN INCREASES IN GRADE POINT AVERAGE. AND I, I, I, I FEEL THAT MCAULIFFE WON'T BE ANY DIFFERENT, BUT I ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND THE POTENTIAL ESCALATION OF THIS PROCESS AND THAT THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS THAT WE ARE WATCHING THIS CRITICALLY AND THAT WE'RE VERY PURPOSEFUL AND WHERE WE INTEND THIS TO GO. AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I THANK YOU

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AND IT DOES MY HEART WELL BECAUSE GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO MCAULIFFE AND LOOKING AT WOOLRIDGE AND WHAT HAVE YOU AND ALL OF THESE, IT'S JUST IT'S AMAZING. IT REALLY IS.

LEADERSHIP IS ESSENTIAL. I HEARD DIGGING DEEP RESTRUCTURING RESPONSES, STUDENT SUPPORT. INTENTIONAL. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DOCTOR GILLIAM, MISS HANNON.

THANK YOU, DOCTOR JORDAN FOR THE PRESENTATION. AND THANK YOU, MARK, FOR SUPPORTING YOUR STAFF TO HAVE THESE RESULTS. I KNOW IT TAKES A LOT OF PEOPLE, A LOT OF CAMPUS STAFF, THE PRINCIPAL, HIS TEAM, HER TEAM LOOKING AT THE DATA AND THAT THE TEACHERS AND ALL THE SUPPORT STAFF ON THE CAMPUS. AND I APPRECIATE THEIR HARD WORK. I, I'M GOING TO FOLLOW A LITTLE BIT WITH MISS HELLINGER AND MR. SHOAF. AND SO THE THE IMPROVEMENT, THE TURNAROUND PLANS OR THE TARGETED IMPROVEMENT PLANS, DID YOU SAY WHEN WHEN WILL THOSE COME TO THE BOARD? I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE ALREADY WORKING ON THOSE, BUT WHEN DO THOSE COME TO THE BOARD. BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE TO APPROVE THEM. CORRECT. THEY'RE COMING TO THE BOARD IN OCTOBER. OKAY. THEY'LL BE HERE.

YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND SO WE ONLY HAVE TO APPROVE THE STATE LEVEL ONES, NOT THE LOCAL. SO YOU WILL APPROVE THE TURNAROUND, THE TAP TURNAROUND PLAN, THE TIP. AND THERE'S A LIP. SO THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT ONES THAT YOU HAVE TO APPROVE. SO WE DO THE LOCAL ALSO. ARE THERE ANY IMPLICATIONS ON THE LOCAL PLANS AS FAR AS THE TEA LOOKING AT CAMPUSES THAT CONTINUE WITH A LOCAL PLAN? YES. SO ANY OF OUR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT CAMPUSES, THE ONES LISTED ARE THE ONES THAT ARE ESCALATED. JUST LIKE WE TIER T PROVIDES US AN ADDITIONAL

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SO WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE. I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE. I WANT TO ASK ON SLIDE 20, IS THE CAMPUSES THAT INCREASED ONE LETTER GRADE, IF YOU COULD CLARIFY THE FOR THE BOARD BECAUSE, WELL, I'M GOING TO JUST ASK YOU. AND IF YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, AND IF YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T. BECAUSE MOVING FROM A. A, A D TO A B IS AMAZING. I MEAN, JUST RIGHT. I'M LOOKING AT BUSH HIGH SCHOOL. I MEAN, THESE ARE ALL WONDERFUL IMPROVEMENT, BUT I WANT I WANT LIKE EVERY SCHOOL TO HAVE A LITTLE THING ON HERE OR MANY MORE SCHOOLS. ARE THERE SOME SCHOOLS THAT MAYBE DIDN'T MAKE A LETTER GRADE IMPROVEMENT, BUT THEY ACTUALLY MADE MAYBE MORE IMPROVEMENT THAN WHAT WE SEE HERE, BUT THEY JUST DIDN'T GET THE LETTER BUMP. YES, THERE ARE SCHOOLS THAT MADE IMPROVEMENT AND THEY DID NOT MOVE UP A LETTER GRADE. SO WE WILL RECYCLE THAT BACK THROUGH THE BOARD UPDATE SO THAT YOU GUYS CAN SEE ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES THAT MAKE GAINS. AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE COULD LOOP BACK TO THAT WHEN WE DO TELL PASS IN NOVEMBER OR WHATEVER.

BUT I JUST I LOOKED AT THAT AND I THOUGHT, I WONDER IF SOME PEOPLE ACTUALLY MADE MORE GROWTH, BUT THEY JUST SAID AT THE LETTER GRADE. ANYWAY. SO I, I'M GUESSING THERE ARE SOME OUT THERE AND I'M GOING TO JUST SAY COLONY BEND COMMONWEALTH, GARCIA AND FORT SETTLEMENT TO CAPTURE ALL OF THOSE DISTINCTIONS IS, IS, IS VERY AMAZING. AND SO WHILE WE'RE ON THIS PAGE, AND I KNOW DOCTOR SMITH MENTIONED THAT WE WILL BE HAVING SOME VISION AND PLANNING MEETINGS FOR THE THE FULL BOARD, THINKING ABOUT CREATING SOME MEASURABLE GOALS. I'M NOT PART OF THAT COMMITTEE, BUT I'M GOING TO JUST SAY TO MY COLLEAGUES ON HERE, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE DISTINCTIONS, YOU SEE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT ARE THE FIRST THREE ON ALL OF THESE.

SO I'M HOPING THAT WE'RE WE WERE FOCUSED ON GROWTH FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS. AND I'M HOPING THAT IN THE VISION AND PLANNING, WE'RE LOOKING AT ACHIEVEMENT. I DO REMEMBER IN 19 YOU USED 2019 AS SORT OF THE. THAT'S THE LAST TIME WE DIDN'T HAVE F'S. BUT THE CHALLENGE IS WE HAD SEVEN CAMPUSES WITH F'S IN ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, AND THEN WE HIT A PANDEMIC. AND SO IF YOUR CHILDREN ARE UNDERACHIEVING AND THEN YOU HAVE THAT GIANT HICCUP, I THINK I THINK THAT'S THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT COLUMN OF THE ACHIEVE THE, THE ACCOUNTABILITY IS REALLY IMPORTANT. SO. ON PAGE 23, IT SAYS ELEMENTARY DECLINE SIGNAL NEED FOR TIER ONE INSTRUCTION.

I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU, COULD YOU TELL A LITTLE BIT ABOUT. BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT WAS I, I CAN'T REMEMBER BECAUSE WE WE LOOKED AT IT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, BUT DID THE STATE AND THE REGION, BECAUSE WE OUTPERFORMED THEM AT ELEMENTARY. RIGHT. BUT DID THEY ALSO I MEAN, THEY ALSO HAD DECLINES OR DECLINES. CORRECT. ESPECIALLY IN THIRD GRADE. SO WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES WHO SAW DECLINES AT ELEMENTARY. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT AS A TEAM RECENTLY.

SO ACROSS THE STATE AND ACROSS THE REGION FOR ACHIEVEMENT, THERE WAS A DECLINE. IS THERE SOME THOUGHTS? I MEAN, ABOUT THE I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO SPEAK NEGATIVELY ABOUT THE TEST OR WHATEVER, BUT THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S NOT. YES. SO THIS IS JUST ME, BUT THIS WILL BE OUR LAST YEAR AND OUR STAR AS STAR IS. AND WE WILL BE GOING INTO A NEW ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM. BUT IF YOU GO BACK TO OUR PATTERN OF WHEN WE WENT FROM TOSS TO TAX, TAX TO STAR, THERE'S USUALLY A SHIFT IN THE CUT POINTS RIGHT BEFORE. AND SO AS WE ARE DIGGING DEEPER, WE'RE TRYING TO ANALYZE THAT AND SEE. BUT ACROSS THE STATE, ELEMENTARY SAW A DECLINE IN THIRD GRADE AND IN FOURTH GRADE IN SOME AREAS. OKAY. THANK YOU. IN I BELIEVE IN NOVEMBER, WE'LL HAVE EMERGENT BILINGUAL AND GT. AND I, I HOPE THAT WE WILL BE ABLE

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AND SO IN THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE WALK THRUS, THIS IS JUST ME. I'M, I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO TALK TO SOME. I'M GOING TO TALK TO DOCTOR SMITH ABOUT THIS, SOME THINKING BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE IT ALL TOGETHER. BUT LOOKING AT THIS PAGE, WHAT'S REAL IMPORTANT.

AND I WOULD LIKE YOU TO GIVE THE BOARD SOME ADDITIONAL DATA BECAUSE WHEN I'M LOOKING AT SOME OF THE CAMPUSES ON THE DECLINE, THEY'RE FEEDERS INTO CHRISTA MCAULIFFE. CORRECT. AND SO, YOU KNOW, CHRISTA MCAULIFFE, EVERYBODY, IT'S A DOMINO EFFECT, RIGHT. AND SO. I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND, WHEN WE GET THE PLAN THAT THE BOARD HAS TO APPROVE FOR CHRISTA MCAULIFFE, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE PLAN IS FOR THE DOMINOES THAT THAT HAPPEN BEFORE THEM. SO EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY NOT BE REQUIRED TO HAVE A PLAN, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? WHAT I'M ASKING DOCTOR SMITH I THINK SO MAYBE THEIR FOCUS AND MEASURE SCHOOLS OR WHATEVER. BUT I THINK YOU JUST CAN'T HAVE A PLAN FOR CHRISTA MCAULIFFE. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PLAN FOR THE FEEDERS THAT GO INTO THEM. YEP. I UNDERSTAND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS UNIQUE THAT I WOULD WANT TO SHARE JUST FOR CONTEXT, IS YOU SAW THE INCREASES AT MCAULIFFE AND NINE POINT SWING, AND THOSE INCREASES HAVE BEEN TRENDING THAT WAY THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT THERE'S BEEN A DECREASE IN SOME OF THE FEEDER SCHOOLS. THE REASON I WANT TO MAKE THAT DISTINCTION IS BECAUSE JUST TO, YOU KNOW, KEEP IT VERY DIRECT. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME LEADERSHIP GAPS AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL. AND SO WHILE THE THE VERTICAL ALIGNMENT THAT WE WOULD WANT TO SEE FROM THE ELEMENTARIES THAT FEED INTO THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS, WE WE HAVE SOME GAPS THERE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A SITUATION WHERE THE MIDDLE SCHOOL IS REALLY PERFORMING AND GETTING MUCH BETTER, BUT THAT DYNAMIC IS NOT THERE AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. AND THERE ARE SOME VERY SPECIFIC REASONS FROM LEADERSHIP STANDPOINT, FROM AN INSTRUCTIONAL STANDPOINT. AND THAT'S WHY WE'VE GOT THE INTENSIVE SUPPORT THAT WE'VE BUILT IN. OKAY. AND THEN AND THEN ON THE SAME PAGE, I KNOW BECAUSE OF SCHOOL CLOSURES. SO WE SEE, WE SEE CAMPUSES THAT MOVED BECAUSE OF A SCHOOL CLOSURE, AND THEY MOVED INTO A SCHOOL WHO ALSO EXPERIENCED A DECLINE. AND SO I JUST WOULD LIKE THE BOARD TO UNDERSTAND HOW ARE WE NOW SUPPORTING THOSE SCHOOLS THAT.

WELCOMED THE THE OTHER SCHOOLS, BUT THEY LAST YEAR HAD A DECLINE. SO IT'S IT'S A LITTLE BIT LIKE THEY'VE GOT A. THEY'VE GOT TO DO SOME DOUBLE TIME, I GUESS, IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY. SO I JUST REALLY WANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT SUPPORT FOR THOSE CAMPUSES. YOU SAW A DECLINE AND THEY INHERITED SCHOOL CLOSURES. WAS IT SLIDE 29 THAT SPOKE TO THAT? WAS IT.

THAT'S THE ONE WE DON'T HAVE IN THIS PACKET. I CAN'T YES, THE 29TH. SO THIS IS A PART OF THE INTENSIVE AND TARGETED SUPPORT, ALTHOUGH WE HAD A LARGE AMOUNT OF CLOSURES COMING INTO THIS YEAR, WE HAD MERGERS OF CAMPUSES ALREADY, WHETHER IT WAS MISSION BEND, MISSION GLEN, BLUE RIDGE, BRIARGATE SO WE'VE BEEN STUDYING THE DATA, BEEN LOOKING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU MERGE TWO CAMPUSES TOGETHER AND BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME WRAPAROUND SUPPORTS. AND SO PART OF WHEN YOU RECEIVE IN THE BOARD UPDATE THIS WEEK, THE FOCUS AND MEASURE CAMPUSES, PART OF SOME OF THEM BEING IDENTIFIED IS BECAUSE THEY ARE RECIPIENT OF STUDENTS. AND SO WE WILL DENOTE THAT SO THAT YOU CAN SEE IT. AND IT'S WRAPPED ALL UP IN THE TARGETED SUPPORT OR IN THE INTENSIVE SUPPORT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DOCTOR SMITH.

YEP. THANK YOU, MISS HANNON. I DON'T HAVE A LOT TO ADD EXCEPT TO THANK THE TEAM. THANK THE LEADERSHIP TEAM. THANKS TO DOCTOR SMITH FOR BEING SO. FORWARD THINKING AND BEING SO,

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RIGHTFULLY SO. BUT, YOU KNOW, I GET A FRONT ROW SEAT FROM THE TRUSTEES, AND I JUST WANT OUR COMMUNITY TO KNOW YOU SET THE BAR HIGH. IT WAS LAST YEAR WHEN WE HAD OUR TEAM BUILDING, AND YOU PRIORITIZE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND INSTRUCTIONAL GOALS. AND SO YOU SET THE BAR HIGH FOR US. AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, YOU ASK THE HARD QUESTIONS AND YOU PUSH US AND YOU CHALLENGE US IN THE RIGHT WAY. AND THAT THAT HELPS US TO BE MORE FOCUSED ON ACCOUNTABILITY AND BE RESPONSIVE. BUT YOU DO IT IN A VERY SUPPORTIVE WAY, WHICH ALLOWS ALL OF US TO REALLY ATTACK THE WORK IN THE WAY THAT WE NEED TO. AND SO I JUST APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. I APPRECIATE YOU CHALLENGING US AND I APPRECIATE YOU SETTING THE BAR HIGH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DOCTOR SMITH. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP IS OUR CLIMATE CULTURE

[8.b. Climate, Culture, and Engagement Survey Data]

AND THIS GUIDES DECISION MAKING AS WE MOVE FORWARD. SO JUST WANT TO PROVIDE THAT CONTEXT. I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MISS WILLIAMS AND SHE'LL GUIDE US THROUGH THE PRESENTATION. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, DOCTOR SMITH. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD.

DOCTOR JORDAN JUST DID AN EXCELLENT JOB OUTLINING THE WORK THAT WENT INTO THE POSITIVE OUTCOMES THAT WE'RE SEEING ACADEMICALLY IN THE DISTRICT. AND TONIGHT I'LL BE PRESENTING THE 2026 CLIMATE, CULTURE AND ENGAGEMENT SURVEY DATA, WHICH WILL HIGHLIGHT STAKEHOLDER PERCEPTIONS ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE ALONG THAT JOURNEY. SO THIS IS A BIG SLIDE.

SO I'M GOING TO TRY TO BREAK IT DOWN FOR YOU. IN 2526, WE FULLY TRANSITIONED TO A NEW SURVEY PLATFORM, QUALTRICS. AS PART OF THAT. ALONGSIDE THAT TRANSITION, WE MADE ADJUSTMENTS TO OUR CLIMATE, CULTURE AND ENGAGEMENT SURVEY. WE WE DID THIS TO ALLOW COMPARISONS CONSISTENTLY ACROSS STUDENTS, PARENTS, AND OUR STAFF. WE ALSO DID THIS TO REDUCE SURVEY FATIGUE. THAT STUDENT ENGAGEMENT SURVEY WAS HUNDREDS OF QUESTIONS. AND WE'VE REDUCED TO ONE SURVEY.

THAT'S APPROXIMATELY 25 QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. THIS SLIDE OUTLINES THE KEY SURVEY FEATURES OF OUR NEW SURVEY. SO FIRST OF ALL WE HAD ONE SURVEY FOR PARENTS STUDENTS AND STAFF.

AND THAT WAS RUN IN PARALLEL. THE ONLY CHANGES TO THE QUESTIONS WERE TO GO FROM THE ROLE OF THE STAKEHOLDER OR TO ADJUST FOR THE THREE THROUGH FIVE READABILITY FOR THOSE STUDENTS. THIS SURVEY INCLUDES A NET PROMOTER SCORE, AND THAT IS STRATEGICALLY IN PURPLE, BECAUSE THAT IS THE ONLY COMPARATIVE DATA THAT WE HAVE YEAR OVER YEAR IN THIS NEW SURVEY. ALL RIGHT. WITH AFTER THE NET PROMOTER SCORE, WE HAVE FIVE CATEGORIES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. AND YOU SEE THOSE IN BLUE ON THE SCREEN LEARNING AND GROWTH, LEADERSHIP RECOGNITION AND WELL-BEING, BELONGING AND RESPECT, COMMUNICATION AND

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WE DON'T REALLY WANT TO BOMBARD STAKEHOLDERS AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, BUT WE ALSO HAD GIVEN SEVERAL SURVEYS IN THAT SPRING SEMESTER RELATED TO THE LONG RANGE BOUNDARY PLANNING PROCESS. AND WE DID WANT TO GIVE 3 OR 4 WEEKS BETWEEN THAT SURVEY BEFORE THEY TOOK THIS SURVEY. SO I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE TIMING OF THE YEAR AND WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR A TEACHER CLOSING OUT THE YEAR FOR A STUDENT TAKING AP EXAMS, AND OF COURSE, FOR PARENTS MANAGING THOSE THINGS. SO I'LL TAKE A MINUTE TO TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE IN THE QUALTRICS PLATFORM, WHAT IT DOES FOR US. AND SO IF YOU LOOK ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE HERE, WE ARE ACCUSTOMED TO LOOKING AT SURVEY DATA AT PERCENT STRONGLY AGREE, PLUS PERCENT AGREE. AND THAT SHOWS US THE LEVEL OF AGREEANCE FOR OUR STAKEHOLDERS. I'VE ALREADY TOLD YOU, WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT BAR OF 60% FOR FAVORABILITY ON A PARTICULAR ITEM. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT DATA POINT. WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR OVERARCHING SURVEY DATA, IT DOES LET US LET US THINK ABOUT WHAT QUESTIONS DO WE GET HIGH AGREEANCE AND WHERE WAS THERE LOWER DEGREES OF AGREEANCE. BUT IT DOESN'T ANSWER THE QUESTION YOU OFTEN ASK ME AS BOARD MEETINGS, AND THAT'S THAT. SO WHAT QUESTION? SO WE HAVE THE WHAT RIGHT. WHAT IS THE DATA. BUT THAT SO WHAT QUESTION IT IT ANSWERS LIKE WHAT IS DRIVING THIS PERCEPTION. AND SO THE KEY DRIVER ALLOWS US TO LOOK AT WAYS THAT WE CAN IMPROVE. IT'LL HELP US IDENTIFY OUR STRENGTHS. AND IT WILL HELP US IDENTIFY OUR OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT. SO AS I GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT IN EACH CATEGORY, I'LL TALK ABOUT THE WHAT THE LEVEL OF AGREEANCE. I'LL THEN TALK ABOUT THE. SO WHAT ARE OUR STRENGTHS? WHAT ARE OUR AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT? AND THEN I'LL GIVE SOME EXAMPLES THAT WE'RE DOING THEN. NOW WHAT, WHAT ARE WE DOING RIGHT NOW? SO I WANT TO START FIRST WITH THE PARTICIPATION DATA. AND YOU WOULD THINK THAT THIS IS EASY DATA TO COMPARE.

HOWEVER, IT IS NOT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LEARNED AFTER LAST YEAR IN THE IN THE QUALTRICS PLATFORM WAS THAT IT RECORDS ANY INITIATED RESPONSE. YOU'LL REMEMBER I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THIS ON THE LONG RANGE BOUNDARY SURVEY, IF THEY ANSWERED EVEN ONE QUESTION. AND SO THIS YEAR WE DID MOVE TO COMPLETED SURVEYS ON THE CLIMATE AND CULTURE SURVEY SO THAT WE HAVE A CONSISTENCY FROM A STAKEHOLDER ACROSS THE DIFFERENT QUESTIONS. AND SO WE HAD ABOUT 35000 PEOPLE. AND WE BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE YOU'RE GETTING A GOOD REPRESENTATION OF STAKEHOLDERS AT EVERY SINGLE GROUP, FROM PARENTS TO STUDENTS TO OUR STAFF. ONE BENCHMARK THAT WE'RE SETTING IS THE DEGREE OF SATISFACTION WITH THE EXPERIENCE IN FORT BEND ISD.

AND SO ACROSS ALL STAKEHOLDERS, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THEIR RESPONSES, WE'RE LOOKING AT 62% OF PARENTS, GUARDIANS AND STAFF ARE SATISFIED WITH THEIR EXPERIENCE IN FORT BEND ISD, INDICATING THEY'VE HAD A MORE STAKEHOLDERS THAN NOT HAVE HAD A FAVORABLE EXPERIENCE ACROSS THIS YEAR IN FORT BEND ISD. SO I'M GOING TO TALK THROUGH SOME HEADLINES OF THIS SURVEY. SO IF YOU JUST NEED A COUPLE OF TALKING POINTS, HERE ARE YOUR HEADLINES, STARTING WITH MORE STAKEHOLDERS THAN NOT HAVE A FAVORABLE EXPERIENCE AT 62%. AND THEN I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT ALL STAKEHOLDERS. SO IF WE LOOK AT ALL STAKEHOLDERS, THEY REPORTED GREATER THAN 60% WITHIN THE LEARNING AND GROWTH CATEGORY. AND THAT MAKES SENSE. WE'RE SEEING GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS, GREAT POSITIVE GAINS AROUND OUR ACADEMIC DATA. AND OUR STAKEHOLDERS ARE TELLING US WE SEE THAT EFFORT WHEN WE THINK ABOUT STAKEHOLDER GROUPS LIKE ELEMENTARY STUDENTS AND ALL STAFF. THEY REPORTED FAVORABLE EXPERIENCES GREATER AT OR GREATER THAN 60% FOR ALL FIVE SURVEY CATEGORIES. WHEN WE LOOK AT PARENTS, THEY REPORT FAVORABILITY AT OR BEYOND 60% IN THREE OF FIVE CATEGORIES LEARNING AND GROWTH, RESPECT AND BELONGING, RECOGNITION AND

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BUT IN SURVEY DATA, THAT LINE OF 60% SHOWS YOU THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT A FAVORABLE RESPONSE.

SO I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THE KEY DRIVERS IN JUST A MINUTE. BUT FIRST, I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THE ONE COMPARATIVE POINT ACROSS THE TWO YEARS. SO WE INTRODUCED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, I THINK IT'S BEEN THREE YEARS, A DISTRICT NET PROMOTER SCORE AND WHAT A NET PROMOTER SCORE DOES. AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE'RE ONE OF THE FEW EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT USES THIS. THIS IS DONE MOSTLY IN BUSINESSES, BUT IT IS AN EXCELLENT WAY TO LOOK OVERARCHINGLY AT HOW YOUR STAKEHOLDERS ARE SAYING HOW LIKELY THEY WOULD BE TO RECOMMEND A FRIEND OR COLLEAGUE TO FORT BEND ISD. AND SO WHAT YOU SEE IS THEY HAVE A RESPONSE OF 0 TO 10. AND IN THIS TYPE OF SURVEY DATA, 0 TO 6 IS CONSIDERED A DETRACTOR. SO WE DON'T WE DON'T HAVE MANY NEUTRALS. 0 TO 6 IS CONSIDERED SOMEONE WHO'S DETRACTING A 7 OR 8. IS THAT PASSIVE AND A 9 OR 10 ARE THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE OUT THERE ACTIVELY PROMOTING THE DISTRICT. TO GET A NET PROMOTER SCORE, YOU SUBTRACT YOUR PROMOTERS MINUS YOUR DETRACTORS.

AND WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO GET TO IS A POSITIVE SCORE. WHAT YOU SCORE IS BETWEEN -100 AND 100. SO THERE'S A BROAD RANGE OF WHAT THE SCORE COULD BE. AND ON THE SCREEN YOU SEE THAT THIS YEAR OUR PARENTS SCORED AT A NEGATIVE THREE. SO WE HAVE A FEW MORE DETRACTORS THAN PROMOTERS IN THAT PARENT SUBGROUP. AND I BET YOU'RE WONDERING WHAT WAS IT LAST YEAR.

IT WAS AN 11 LAST YEAR. TO GIVE YOU CONTEXT, OUR FORT BEND ISD ALL STAFF IS A FOUR THIS YEAR.

AND LAST YEAR IT WAS A SEVEN. EXCUSE ME. SO BECAUSE OF 100 POINT SCALE, WE'RE LOOKING FOR 20 POINT JUMPS TO BE ALARMING. HOWEVER, WE DO NOTICE THAT WHEN WE GO NEGATIVE THAT'S SOMETHING TO TAKE NOTE OF. SO OUR PARENTS RIGHT NOW AND YOU'LL YOU'LL FIND SOME INFORMATION AS WE GO THROUGH THAT MAY EXPLAIN THAT. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT KEY DRIVERS. SO WHAT A KEY DRIVER DOES IS IT LOOKS AT THE QUESTIONS FOR EACH OF THOSE OUTCOME STATEMENTS. AND IT HELPS US UNDERSTAND WHAT'S DRIVING THE PERCEPTION. AND SO WITH THE KEY DRIVER YOU CAN HAVE DOTS THAT FALL IN AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT OVER HERE WHERE THIS RED BOX IS. AND YOU CAN HAVE DOTS THAT FALL IN AREAS OF STRENGTH. AND WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IS TO DETERMINE IF YOU HAVE AN AREA OF IMPROVEMENT, SOMETHING THAT GOES IN RED, THAT IS URGENT, THAT IS AN URGENT NEED FOR AN IMMEDIATE PLAN TO TAKE ACTION. WHEN YOU HAVE AN AREA OF STRENGTH WITH WHAT YOU SEE IS THAT IS SOMETHING THAT STAKEHOLDERS HOLD IN HIGH REGARD AND THAT YOU'RE DOING WELL, BUT YOU CAN'T GET CONFUSED WITH AGREEANCE DATA. AND I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE ON THE NEXT SCREEN. THIS DOES NOT MEAN, BECAUSE EVERY ONE OF OUR DRIVERS FALLS IN AN AREA OF STRENGTH, IT DOESN'T MEAN EVERYTHING IS PERFECT. IN FORT BEND ISD, WHAT IT MEANS IS WE CAN USE THAT IN COMBINATION WITH OUR INGREDIENTS DATA TO IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES TO GET BETTER. AND THAT'S WHAT I'LL BE HIGHLIGHTING AS I GO THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION. SO STARTING WITH THE HIGHEST LEVEL OVERVIEW, WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS THE FIVE CATEGORIES IN THE SURVEY. AND YOU SEE THAT WE'VE PUT IN THAT 60% BAR. SO I'LL JUST CALL OUT A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS. OUR STRONGEST CATEGORIES. I'VE ALREADY RECOGNIZED LEARNING AND GROWTH WITH EVERY STAKEHOLDER AT 60 OR BETTER, EVERY STAKEHOLDER GROUP. THE NEXT STRONGEST CATEGORY IS BELONGING AND RESPECT. AND YOU NOTICE THAT EVERY STAKEHOLDER GROUP, EXCEPT FOR OUR SECONDARY STUDENTS, IS REPORTING PERCENTAGES OF FAVORABILITY BEYOND 60%. WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT OUR SECONDARY STUDENTS AS WE GO THROUGH AS A STAKEHOLDER GROUP. OUR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS AND CAMPUS STAFF ARE AT OR BEYOND 60% ACROSS ALL CATEGORIES, SO THEY'RE REPORTING A FAVORABLE EXPERIENCE. I'VE ALREADY TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THE PARENTS AND THE THREE CATEGORIES WHERE THEY ARE BEYOND 60%. YOU WILL SEE THAT LEADERSHIP, THE CATEGORY OF LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNICATION AND RESPONSIVENESS. OUR PARENTS FALL BELOW 60%. AND THEN ACROSS THE BOARD, OUR SECONDARY STUDENTS ARE REPORTING LOWER LEVELS IN ALL CATEGORIES EXCEPT FOR LEARNING AND GROWTH. SO THE NEXT FEW SLIDES I'LL BREAK DOWN EACH CATEGORY. SO THIS IS ANOTHER SLIDE THAT HAS A LOT OF INFORMATION. SO LET ME TELL YOU WHAT'S ON IT. AND THEN I WILL GO THROUGH THIS CATEGORY. SO AT THE TOP OF THE NEXT FIVE SLIDES YOU WILL SEE THE CATEGORY FOR EXAMPLE LEARNING AND GROWTH. AND JUST UNDER IT YOU'LL SEE

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SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS, FOR ALL STAKEHOLDERS COMES IN ABOVE 60%. AND THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT PREPARATION FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, YOU SEE THAT OUR SECONDARY STUDENTS ARE THE ONLY GROUP THAT IS BELOW 60. SO THAT'S THE WHAT. SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN. SO THE KEY STRENGTH HERE IS OUR STAKEHOLDERS SAY IF STUDENTS ARE PREPARED FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, THEN THEY'RE PREPARED FOR THEIR FUTURE. AND THEY'RE SAYING, WE SEE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE PREPARED FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR EXCEPT FOR SECONDARY STUDENTS. AND THIS IS THE POINT WHERE YOU AS A BOARD WOULD SOMETIMES ASK ME, SO, STEPHANIE, WHAT IS IT ABOUT OUR SECONDARY STUDENT EXPERIENCE THAT ISN'T MAKING THEM FEEL PREPARED? AND WHAT A KEY DRIVER ANALYSIS LETS US DO IS IT HELPS US LOOK AND WHAT WE KNOW OUR OPPORTUNITY. THE. SO THE. SO WHAT. OUR OPPORTUNITY IS TO IMPROVE THE ALIGNMENT OF SECONDARY STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES TO THEIR INTEREST. AND I DIDN'T SHOW THIS ON THE SCREEN, BUT IF I DIG DEEPER INTO THIS DATA, IT'S OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT HAVE 5% LOWER SCORES THAN OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. WHEN IT COMES TO THOSE OPPORTUNITIES ALIGNED TO THEIR INTEREST. SO THEN THE NOW WHAT WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT THIS? WELL, THE DISTRICT TOOK A VERY PROACTIVE APPROACH. WE LAUNCHED MIDDLE SCHOOL CHOICE PROGRAMING.

SO WE LOOKED AT THE INTEREST OF OUR STUDENTS AND LAUNCHED OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL CHOICE PROGRAMING, AND THEN ALLOWED INTERDISTRICT TRANSFERS FOR THOSE STUDENTS. THE OTHER THING THAT WE'RE DOING AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL IS WE'RE LOOKING AT ACCESS TO RESOURCES AND COURSES. SO THE TEACHING AND LEARNING TEAM IS MAKING SURE THAT STUDENTS FIRST HAVE ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND THEN SUPPORTS IN THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. AND IT LONGER TERM, THEY'RE LOOKING TO ALIGN THE HIGH SCHOOL COURSE OFFERINGS, LOOKING AT OUR AP ON RAMPS AND DUAL CREDIT TO MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS AT ALL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE ACCESS TO THAT. SO I'VE KIND OF USED THIS SLIDE TO TELL YOU WE'RE GOING TO DO THE WHAT OF THE AGREEMENTS NOW. NOW WHAT DO WE KNOW OUR STRENGTHS ARE AND OUR AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY. AND THEN HOW ARE WE ADDRESSING THAT? SO I'M GOING TO MOVE THROUGH TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SO LET'S LOOK AT LEADERSHIP. THE OUTCOME FOR LEADERSHIP IS THAT FORT BEND ISD IS A GREAT PLACE TO LEARN AND WORK. WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR LEVEL OF AGREEMENT LEVELS OF AGREEMENTS, YOU DO SEE THAT THE SECONDARY STUDENTS ARE WELL BELOW 60%. OUR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS CONTINUE TO REPORT HIGH LEVELS OF FAVORABILITY RELATED TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BEING HEADED IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION, THE CONFIDENCE IN DECISION MAKING AND THE TRUST IN LEADERS. SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WELL, OUR HIGHEST STRENGTH IS THAT OUR, OUR, OUR PEOPLE TRUST OUR SCHOOL LEADERS AND OUR DISTRICT LEADERS. THE HIGHEST CORRELATION IS IF SOMEONE HAS CONFIDENCE IN OUR DECISION MAKING, THEN THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, THIS IS A GREAT PLACE TO LEARN AND WORK. AND WE'VE HEARD FROM SOME OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS THAT MAY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY A CERTAIN DECISION WAS MADE. SO WHAT'S OUR OPPORTUNITY HERE? THAT'S TO LEVERAGE OUR SCHOOL AND DISTRICT LEADERS TO MESSAGE KEY DECISIONS. WE DIDN'T WAIT TO DO THIS REPORT TO YOU. TO START WORKING ON THAT, I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE PUT IN PLACE LAST YEAR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SPRING SEMESTER, WHEN WE WHEN WE NOTICED THAT OUR PARENTS NEEDED MORE INFORMATION ON LONG RANGE BOUNDARY, THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT ALIGNED THE IN FOCUS REPORT FROM OUR SUPERINTENDENT TO PROVIDE UPDATES ON WHAT WE WERE DOING, WHY WE WERE DOING IT, AND THE PROGRESS AROUND THAT. BEFORE A DECISION WAS MADE.

THIS YEAR IN OUR TOWN HALL MEETINGS WITH ALL OF OUR LEADERS, WE WILL BE PROVIDING LEADERSHIP TOOLS FOR MESSAGING AFTER A DECISION OR ALONG THE WAY FOR A DECISION, HELPING LEADERS UNDERSTAND KEY TALKING POINTS WITH DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS SO THAT THEY HAVE THE TOOL AND THAT MESSAGE CASCADES ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION. THEY DON'T HAVE

[02:25:04]

SO WHEN THEY ARE RECOGNIZING STUDENTS OR STAFF, THEY ARE TRACKING THAT AS PART OF THEIR DATA AND THEY HAVE SET A STRATEGY FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION WITH PARENTS SO THEY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE SCHOOL AND WHAT RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM AS PARENTS. SO THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE FROM ONE ONE CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLAN. BUT EVERY CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLAN HAS ADDRESSED THAT DATA, WITH STUDENTS MOVING ON TO BELONGING AND RESPECT. THE OUTCOME HERE IS I CAN BE MYSELF IN FORT BEND ISD. THIS WAS OUR HIGHEST PERFORMING CATEGORY OUTSIDE OF LEARNING AND GROWTH. AND SO YOU SEE THAT ALL STAKEHOLDER GROUPS EXCEPT SECONDARY STUDENTS REPORT FAVORABLE RESPONSES. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE. SO WHAT? THE FEELING OF BELONGING AT SCHOOL OR WORK IS DRIVING THEIR FEELING THAT THEY CAN BE COMFORTABLE AS THEIR SELF AT SCHOOL OR WORK. AND SO THIS TELLS US THAT WE REALLY HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR SECONDARY STUDENT EXPERIENCE. YOU CAN SEE CONSISTENTLY ACROSS THIS THAT THE SECONDARY STUDENTS ARE NOT HITTING THAT 60% MARK. AND SO WHERE THAT I GAVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF WHERE THAT'S HAPPENING AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL, WHERE EVERY CAMPUS HAS A GOAL TIED TO THEIR CLIMATE, CULTURE, DATA, AND THEN STRATEGIES THAT SUPPORT WHAT THEY SAW IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL KEY DRIVERS. THE LAST CATEGORY IS COMMUNICATION AND RESPONSIVENESS. FBISD PROVIDES THE INFORMATION THAT I NEED. AND THE FIRST QUESTION IS SCHOOL. WORKPLACE COMMUNICATION IS TIMELY AND ACCESSIBLE. AND THE SECOND ONE IS THE SCHOOL OR WORKPLACE LISTENS TO IDEAS AND FEEDBACK. AND SO OUR STRENGTH IS THAT WE ARE GETTING TIMELY AND ACCESSIBLE INFORMATION OUT TO OUR STAKEHOLDERS. THE OPPORTUNITY FOR IMPROVEMENT IS TO COMMUNICATE THE IMPACT OF STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK ON DECISION MAKING. NOW, THIS ONE IS ONE OF THE HARDER ONES TO DO BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES STAKEHOLDERS TIE THEIR BELIEF THAT YOU LISTEN TO THEIR FEEDBACK IN IF YOU DO WHAT THEY WANTED YOU TO DO. AND IN A DISTRICT THE SIZE OF FORT BEND ISD, WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE STRONG AGREEMENTS, SOME DISAGREEMENTS, AND SOME PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE. RIGHT? SO THE WAY THAT WE CAN GET BETTER AT THIS IS WE HAVE TO HELP OUR STAKEHOLDERS UNDERSTAND WHAT WE HEARD FROM THEM, WHAT PIECES OF THAT IMPACTED A CHANGE TO THE PLAN OR THE DECISION, AND THEN WHY WE ARE ACTING ON WHAT WE DO. AND THAT HAS TO BE A CONSISTENT RESPONSE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AND WE HAVE STARTED OUR WAY TOWARDS THAT WITH OUR SHOWING OUR DASHBOARDS, MAKING OUR DATA MORE IN THE FOREFRONT ABOUT WHY THE DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE.

SO GOING BACK TO THE HEADLINES, I'M NOT GOING TO READ THESE TO YOU AGAIN. WHAT I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER IS THAT WE HAVE AN OVERALL FAVORABLE FAVORABLE RESPONSE. WE HAVE A BENCHMARK FOR EACH ONE OF THESE CATEGORIES WHERE WE CAN SET SOME GOALS MOVING FORWARD. AND

[02:30:05]

OKAY, PERFECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THOSE IN THE PLANS. AND THEN ARE WE GOING TO BE POSTING THE SURVEY IN A CERTAIN FORM ON THE WEBSITE FOR STAKEHOLDERS TO REVIEW? WE HAVE NOT TRADITIONALLY POSTED THE SURVEY FOR STAKEHOLDERS TO REVIEW.

OKAY. THEY HAVE TO COME HERE IF THEY THEY WANT TO SEE THAT. OKAY. SO I DID ASK THIS KIND OF BEFORE BECAUSE I DID NOT REALIZE WE HAD COLLAPSED BOTH OF THE SURVEYS INTO ONE. SORT OF ONE PUBLICATION OR ONE SURVEY. AND SO I WILL ASK IT AGAIN. I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE. I APPRECIATED THE EXAMPLE THAT YOU GAVE TO REDUCE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE LEVEL OF READABILITY, THE SOPHISTICATION OF THE SENTENCE FOR THE YOUNGER KIDS. BUT I WOULD STILL LIKE TO SEE THE CATEGORIES AND WHICH QUESTIONS ARE ASKED PER THE MEASURE PER THE MEASUREMENT. SO WE COULD SEE THOSE. AND I WAS SURPRISED BECAUSE ON SAFETY IT WAS SO LOW AT THE SECONDARY.

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BUT THAT'S THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT. WHAT I SEE HERE IS YOU ARE LOOKING AT ACADEMICS AND STUDENTS ARE ANSWERING THAT. YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT SAFETY AND YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT BELONGING. OH, THE OTHER GROUP IS CAN THE IS THE SHACK, COULD THE SHACK BE GIVEN THIS THIS DATA OR, YOU KNOW, OUR STUDENT WELLNESS COALITION, I CAN JUST SEE OTHER PLACES WHERE THE, THE DATA SHOULD BE DISTRIBUTED SO THAT THEY CAN UTILIZE THAT IN A REALLY POSITIVE WAY. ABSOLUTELY. WE USUALLY SCHEDULE WITH THIS THE SHACK, AFTER THEIR FIRST COUPLE OF MEETINGS. WE BRING THIS DATA IN AND GO THROUGH IT WITH THEM. OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU, MISS WILLIAMS, AND I'M REALLY THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT THE CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS ARE GOING TO BE REALLY FOCUSING ON THAT BECAUSE SOME OF OUR HIGH THAT SECONDARY DATA WAS CONCERNING TO ME. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU, MISS HANNON MISS VICKI. THANK YOU. THIS IS REALLY INTERESTING. I THINK IT WAS OBVIOUSLY REALLY UNDERSTANDABLE. AND AND I THINK OVERALL IT WAS PRETTY GOOD REPORTS OUT. I DID WONDER THE COMMUNICATION AND RESPONSIVENESS. I KNOW YOU COULDN'T DIRECTLY COMPARE TO PREVIOUS YEARS, BUT I WOULD IMAGINE THERE WERE SIMILAR QUESTIONS THAT RELATED TO THAT. IS THERE A WAY FOR US TO FOR YOU TO PROVIDE AN ABORT UPDATE LATER ON IF THERE IS ANYTHING COMPARABLE, BECAUSE I, I JUST LIKE TO SEE IF WE'RE TRENDING UPWARDS AND TRYING TO ADDRESS THAT OPPORTUNITY. UNFORTUNATELY, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE A DIRECT COMPARISON. AND WE DID SIT DOWN WITH A CONSULTANT TO LOOK AT OUR SURVEY, AND THAT WAS ONE OF OUR KEY PIECES OF FEEDBACK. OUR FORMER SURVEY HAD MULTIPLE SCALES IN IT. AND SO WE KIND OF SAID, WE'RE GOING TO RESET HERE IN 2026 AND SET THAT SCALE. SO IT'S NOT COMPARABLE BECAUSE OF THE SCALE. OKAY. AND WHAT ON THIS ON THIS SURVEY, WERE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT COULD PROVIDE MORE CONTEXT TO THE SCHOOL WORKPLACE? LISTENS TO IDEAS AND FEEDBACK THAT SCORED RATHER LOW. YEAH. SO YOU DO SEE SOME, SOME INFORMATION AROUND SOME OF THE DECISIONS THAT WERE MADE. CELL PHONES GO GUARDIAN BOUNDARIES.

YOU DO SEE SOME OF THOSE WRITE IN SAMPLES AND I CAN PROVIDE A FULL SUMMARY. OKAY. THAT'S THAT'S GOOD. AND THEN AND I THINK BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAID, COMMUNICATE THE IMPACT OF STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK ON DECISION MAKING, I THINK THAT IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. I DIDN'T KNOW IF ALSO IF IT BROKE IT DOWN TO JUST KIND OF DAY TO DAY COMMUNICATION WITH PRINCIPALS, STAFF AND DISTRICT ADMIN, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS AS WELL, NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, SURVEYS AND OTHER INSTITUTIONAL FEEDBACK. YEAH. I'M NOT SURE IF I EXPLAINED THAT WELL, BUT WORKING THROUGH TOWN HALL AT OUR LEADERSHIP MEETING EACH MONTH, THEY WILL BE GIVEN TOOLS FOR COMMUNICATING KEY MESSAGES ACROSS THE DISTRICT, NOT JUST WITH THE SURVEY DATA. OKAY. AND THAT'S I JUST, I THINK THIS IS A, I THINK WE DID GREAT AS A AS A DISTRICT, BUT THIS IS A KEY OPPORTUNITY THAT I, I, I REALLY HOPE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO IMPROVE ON. THANK YOU, MISS MISS CHARANIA. SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY A COUPLE OF THINGS. I HEARD YOU SAY SO BECAUSE WE HAVE A NEW SCALE THIS YEAR. SURVEY DATA IS LIKE THE BENCHMARK FOR THE NEXT. OKAY.

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AND SO LET ME MAKE SURE I EXPLAIN THAT VERY CLEARLY. SO THERE ARE QUESTIONS THAT ARE REQUIRED AND THERE ARE QUESTIONS THAT ARE NOT REQUIRED. AND THAT'S BASED UPON LIKE AN INDUSTRY STANDARD. FOR EXAMPLE, SOMEBODY MIGHT NOT WANT TO SAY THEY'RE THERE ARE QUESTIONS THEY MAY NOT WANT TO ANSWER. AND SO THEY MAY HAVE CHOSEN TO LEAVE AN ANSWER BLANK AND SUBMITTED THEIR SURVEY IN THE PREVIOUS YEARS. IF YOU ANSWERED ONE QUESTION AND DID NOT SUBMIT, THAT ONE QUESTION WAS TAKEN IN AS IF YOU HAD GONE THROUGH ALL THE QUESTIONS. GOT IT. OKAY. SO AS LONG AS YOU HIT SUBMIT, YOUR WHATEVER YOUR RESPONSE IS YOU RECORDED. YES, MA'AM. LIKE YOU PUT IN WERE RECORDED. OKAY. YES, MA'AM. AND THEN I HEARD YOU SAY 60% IS LIKE, OKAY, WE'RE DOING GOOD. WHAT WOULD I MEAN? IS IT APPROPRIATE TO ASK LIKE, WHAT? LIKE, WHAT WAS THE LAST YEAR? OR IS THAT NOT A COMPARISON ANYMORE? WELL, IT'S ALWAYS 60% WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT A FIVE POINT LIKERT SCALE. SO THE LIKERT SCALE SETS WHERE THE POINT OF FAVORABILITY, WHERE YOU HAVE MORE FAVORABLE RESPONSES THAN BELOW. AND I'M SURE YOUR, YOUR NEXT QUESTION MAY BE. AND SO WHAT IS GOOD? AND I ASKED THAT MULTIPLE TIMES WHEN WE WERE DEVELOPING. AND THE ANSWER IS WE TAKE OUR BENCHMARK AND WE SET A GOAL FOR WHERE WE WANT TO BE AND WE BEGIN TO WORK TOWARDS THAT. SO THERE'S NOT LIKE AN INDUSTRY STANDARD FOR WE WANT TO GET TO 85% ON COMMUNICATION. GOT IT. SO SORRY. I'M GOING TO ASK THE QUESTION AGAIN. SO WHAT WAS THE SATISFACTION SCORE LAST LAST YEAR. SO LAST YEAR LET ME TRY TO ANSWER IT AGAIN. IT VARIED AMONG THE QUESTION BECAUSE SOME QUESTIONS HAD A FOUR POINT LIKERT SCALE. SOME PUT QUESTIONS HAD FIVE POINTS AND SOME QUESTIONS HAD TEN. OKAY. AND WE DIDN'T HAVE AN OVERALL SCALE OR PERCENTAGE THAT WE CAME UP WITH. NO, WE WERE JUST LOOKING QUESTION BY QUESTION COMPARED TO, AS MISS HANNON SAID, THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S DATA. GOT IT. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. AND AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE QUESTION THAT YOU JUST ANSWERED AND IF I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT, BUT IF MISS HANNON ALREADY ANSWERED, ASKED THIS QUESTION.

BUT ARE WE ABLE TO SEE WHAT IS THE RESPONSES FOR THE STUDENTS OR THE PARENTS BY FEEDER PATTERN? IS THAT BROKEN DOWN? YES, I BELIEVE WE DO HAVE WE HAVE THE CAPABILITY, I BELIEVE, BY FEEDER PATTERN. OKAY. IT WOULD TAKE SOME. WE. IT'S NOT CREATED OKAY, BUT IT WOULD TAKE IT WOULD TAKE SOME PUTTING TOGETHER, BUT WE COULD FIND THAT. OKAY. I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF THAT COULD BE MANIPULATED TO SEE WHAT IS THE SATISFACTION OR, OR THE HIGHEST SATISFACTION OR MID SORT OF LIKE BY THE FEEDER PATTERN. OKAY. AND IT WAS INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT WHEN YOU SHARED THAT THE PARENT PROMOTER SCORE FELL FROM AN 11 TO A NEGATIVE THREE, I HEARD YOU SAY, AND STAFF FROM 7 TO 3. AND DO WE HAVE ANY SORT OF. SO WITH STAFF, THE RESEARCH ON A NET PROMOTER SCORE WOULD TELL YOU THAT YOU ARE POSITIVE. AND SO THERE'S NOT REALLY SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD DIG INTO THERE BECAUSE YOU'RE LOOKING AT POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE. WITH PARENTS, WE DID GO FROM A POSITIVE TO A NEGATIVE. AND IF I'M IF I'M GUESSING THEY DIDN'T WRITE IN WHY THEY SAID THAT, BUT I DO KNOW THE BOUNDARY PROCESS HAD COME JUST BEFORE THAT. AND WE DID CLOSE SEVEN SCHOOLS. SO YEAH, NO, AND I WAS GOING TO KIND OF GO TO THAT BECAUSE ONE OF MY QUESTIONS HAD BEEN, WHEN WAS IT ADMINISTRATIVE? BUT YOU ANSWERED IT EARLIER ON THAT IT WAS RIGHT AFTER. SO. OKAY. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT WAS IT WAS VERY INSIGHTFUL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS PTERONIA. I DON'T REALLY HAVE MUCH TO ADD.

I JUST LOOK FORWARD TO DIGGING INTO THIS AS A TEAM, ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE SETTING OUR GOALS AND PRIORITIES, BECAUSE THIS WAS ONE OF OUR PRIORITIES LAST YEAR. NOW WE'RE SETTING A BENCHMARK.

AND SO I THINK WE NEED TO REVISIT, I THINK WE NEED TO REVISIT KIND OF THOSE GOALS AND WHEN WE'RE COMING UP. AND SO THAT'S THAT COMMENT IS MOSTLY FOR THE TRUSTEES TO BE THINKING ABOUT THAT AND FOR THE EXECUTIVE TEAM AS WE GET TOGETHER TO TO SET GOALS AND PRIORITIES FOR THE COMING YEAR. SO THANK YOU, MISS WILLIAMS, AND I APPRECIATE THE

[8.c. Secondary Boundary Survey Status Update]

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SO I HAVE SOME PRELIMINARY INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH YOU. JUST A REMINDER THAT WE DID OPEN THIS SURVEY ON AUGUST THE 18TH. SO IT RAN FROM AUGUST THE 18TH UNTIL LAST NIGHT. AND I'D LIKE TO START AS A REMINDER, JUST TO FOCUS THIS IN ON THE WORK. AND THE BOARD'S DIRECTION FOR THIS PROCESS WAS REALLY WITH INTENTIONALITY TO FOCUS ON TWO PRIMARY GOALS, ONE BEING TO ADDRESS OVERUTILIZATION AT THREE OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, AND THAT'S AUSTIN AND ELKINS AND TRAVIS, AND TO IMPROVE FEEDER PATTERN ALIGNMENT, TO HAVE STUDENTS PROGRESS WITH THEIR PEERS FROM ELEMENTARY TO MIDDLE AND FROM MIDDLE TO HIGH SCHOOL. AND IDEALLY, THE WHOLE K 12 PROGRESS UP THROUGH THE SYSTEM TO BE ALIGNED WHENEVER POSSIBLE, WHILE MAKING SURE THAT WE CREATED THE LEAST AMOUNT OF DISRUPTION POSSIBLE. IN THESE SCENARIOS, THE DRAFT SCENARIOS THAT THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT AND THAT WE SENT TO THE PUBLIC FOR FEEDBACK WERE NOT DESIGNED TO COMPREHENSIVELY REBALANCE THE DISTRICT, AS YOU ALL ARE, AS YOU ALL KNOW, AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL. IN FACT, THEY WERE TO ADDRESS THE CAPACITY CONCERNS THAT THESE THREE HIGH SCHOOLS AND TO BETTER ALIGN FEEDER PATTERNS, TO MAINTAIN ATTENDANCE BOUNDARIES FOR THE MAJORITY OF OUR STUDENTS. WHILE WE TOOK THIS WORK INTO CONSIDERATION, THERE IS NO PROPOSAL TO CLOSE ANY OF OUR SECONDARY HIGH SCHOOLS. THAT'S NOT ON THE TABLE AT THIS TIME, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF MONITORING TO DO AS WE MONITOR THE TRANSFER PROCESS IN THE DISTRICT AND FROM WITHOUT DS WE MONITOR PROGRAMING OVER THE NEXT NEXT LONG TERM PERIOD. AND SO THE PRELIMINARY SURVEY DATA IS ON THE SCREEN. AGAIN, IT CLOSED AT 1159 LAST NIGHT AT THE TIME. THIS MORNING WHEN WE LOOKED INTO THIS DATA, THERE WERE 2805 COMPLETED SURVEYS.

AND VERY SIMILAR TO THE DATA THAT MISS WILLIAMS SHARED WITH YOU, ONLY THE COMPLETED SURVEYS ARE THE ONES THAT WILL BE REPORTING ON. AND WE MADE THAT VERY CLEAR WHEN WE COMMUNICATED THAT TO THE PUBLIC IN THE VIDEOS AND IN THE SURVEY INFORMATION. AND THESE INCLUDED 1043 OPEN ENDED RESPONSES. AGAIN, I WANT TO STRESS PRELIMINARY DATA. THERE'S CLEANING OF THE DATA AND REVIEW OF THE DATA AND ANALYZING AND CONFIRMING BEFORE THIS DATA IS PRESENTED IN ITS FINAL FORM. AND I'LL TALK THROUGH THAT TIMELINE HERE IN A LITTLE BIT, BUT YOU WILL LIKELY SEE THOSE NUMBERS CHANGE AS WE GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND ENSURE THERE WERE NO BOT RESPONSES, MULTIPLE DUPLICATIVE RESPONSES FROM ONE IP ADDRESS. AS AN EXAMPLE OF JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WOULD CAUSE THOSE NUMBERS TO CHANGE AS THE TEAM GOES THROUGH THAT CONFIRMATION PROCESS AT THE PRELIMINARY LEVEL, AS WE LOOK AT THE FEEDBACK, IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THE REPRESENTATIVE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK THAT OUR SBAC MEMBERS PROVIDED. AND SO IF YOU'LL RECALL, WE WERE KIND OF SPLIT BETWEEN AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, THAT SCENARIO ONE AND SCENARIO TWO. AND THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'RE THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT THUS FAR REALLY MIRRORS THAT OF THE SBAC AND THAT IT IS IT IS SPLIT BETWEEN THOSE TWO SCENARIOS PRETTY, PRETTY EVENLY BECAUSE THESE RESULTS ARE PRELIMINARY. AS I SAID, THE NEXT STEP IS TO REALLY REVIEW DEEPLY AND CONFIRM THE DATA. WE WILL THEN REVIEW THE FINDINGS WITH THE BOARD AND REVIEW THE FINDINGS WITH THE SBAC. THE SBAC WILL SERVE IN THAT ADVISORY CAPACITY, AS WE THEN WORK TO FINALIZE A RECOMMENDATION TO BRING FORWARD TO YOU ALL, AS DOCTOR SMITH SHARED WITH YOU AT THE OCTOBER THE 5TH BOARD MEETING, SO THAT YOU CAN CONSIDER AT THAT POINT.

AND SO I WANT TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE TIMELINE HERE FOR YOU TO SEE WHAT WE HAVE PLANNED OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS TO GET US TO THAT OCTOBER 10TH BOARD DECISION. THIS. DID I SAY 10TH? I'M SO SORRY. OCTOBER 5TH FOR TEN THERE. OCTOBER 5TH. SO THIS SLIDE JUST OUTLINES THE REMAINING STEPS IN THIS PROCESS DURING THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 8TH, WHICH, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IS NEXT WEEK ALREADY. WE ARE GOING TO BE SCHEDULING SMALL GROUP BOARD MEETINGS TO GO THROUGH THAT DATA AND GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW AND ASK SOME QUESTIONS. AND THEN ON THE 16TH, WE HAVE THE SBAC MEETING WHERE THEY WILL BE REVIEWING THE DATA AND PROVIDING THAT ADVISEMENT WITH A MAKEUP SESSION ON THE 17TH. FOR THOSE THAT AREN'T ABLE TO MAKE THE 16TH MEETING. AND THEN WE WILL BE TAKING ALL OF THE FEEDBACK AND THE ADVISEMENT

[02:50:04]

THERE WE GO. I APPRECIATE YOU COMING TODAY AND GIVING US THAT UPDATE. WE'LL NOW TAKE QUESTIONS FROM THE TRUSTEES, MISS HANNON. THANK YOU, MISS MARTINEZ. AND THANK YOU FOR THAT DATE. SO OF OCTOBER 5TH, WHICH IS YOUR GOAL TO TAKE THE VOTE. SO WHEN WHEN WILL YOU HAVE. I SAW SEPTEMBER 8TH, WHICH I'M. IS THAT WHEN WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE SURVEY DATA.

SO WE'RE GOING TO BE SCHEDULING SMALL GROUP MEETINGS THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER THE 8TH. SO AT A TIME THEY'LL BE IN THE SAME FORMAT THAT WE'VE DONE PRIOR NEXT WEEK. YES, MA'AM. OKAY.

OKAY. SO I TOOK THE SURVEY BECAUSE I GOT THE SURVEY AND I WAS INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT IT WAS OR HOW, HOW THE INFORMATION WAS PRESENTED, BECAUSE I KNOW I HAD SOME ASKS AT THE LAST MEETING AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS TOO LATE TO, TO SHARE ANY OTHER DATA. SO I JUST WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR ON THE SBAC AND THE DATA THEY'RE LOOKING AT, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THE DATA ON THE SURVEY INCLUDED ALL OF THE DEMOGRAPHIC DATA OF STUDENTS WHO LIVE THERE, STUDENTS WHO GO TO CHARTER, STUDENTS WHO GO OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS. IT WAS ANYONE WITHIN THAT SCHOOL ZONE. IS THAT CORRECT? THE THE, THE NUMBERS AND THE PERCENTAGES THAT WERE REPRESENTED, THE NUMBERS OF THE STUDENTS IMPACTED BY THE CHANGE? NO, NOT JUST THE IMPACT THERE WERE WEREN'T THERE SOME NUMBERS ABOUT ON THE SURVEY THAT SHOWED UTILIZATION RATES AND STUFF? YES. YES. SO WAS THAT BASED ON ATTENDANCE? WAS THAT BASED ON ENROLLMENT? IT WAS BASED ON THE CURRENT ENROLLMENT THE CURRENT LIVE IN ENROLLMENT. AND THEN FOLLOWING THE BOARD MEETING, WE POSTED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT SHOWED THE NET TRANSFERS AND THE ASSUMPTIONS OF THOSE NET TRANSFERS AND WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. WAS IT WITHIN THE SURVEY OR IT WAS JUST AN ADDITIONAL YOU HAD TO GO FIND IT. IT WAS RIGHT UNDERNEATH WHERE THE LINKS WERE TO THE SURVEY AND TO THE VIDEOS AND TO THE MAPS. OKAY. SO MY APOLOGIES BECAUSE I'M, I'M, I DID NOT SEE THAT AND I MISSED THAT. OKAY. AND SO AS FAR AS THE SBAC, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT THOSE NET TRANSFERS AND THE, THE STUDENTS WHO ARE ATTENDING. ONE THING I WOULD APPRECIATE, THERE'S, THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME CONFUSION. AND IT'S NOT JUST 1 OR 2. I'VE HEARD FROM A HANDFUL. THERE ARE SOME CONCERN, KEMPNER PARENTS THAT THINK THAT WE'RE CLOSING SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND I, I KNOW THAT I HAVE HEARD YOU CORRECT ME, BUT I'VE HEARD YOU ON THE DAIS LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR SAYING THERE ARE NO CLOSURES AT SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. I'VE HEARD THAT AS WELL. OKAY. CORRECT. NO PLAN TO CLOSE ANY SECONDARY SCHOOLS. OKAY. AND THEN ALONG THIS LINES AND AND IF I LOOK AT OUR BOARD ATTORNEY AND HE TELLS ME NOT TO DO THAT, THIS QUESTION, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO THE SECONDARY MOVEMENT IS, IS THIS HAS THE TRAVIS ACADEMY FINALLY TRANSITIONED OUT OR IS THE SENIOR CLASS. THERE WERE SOME STUDENTS THAT COULD STAY AS IT TRANSITIONED TO KEMPNER. SO THIS IS THE LAST YEAR THOSE STUDENTS ARE SENIORS, WHETHER THEY'RE IN THE ACADEMY. THIS IS THE LAST YEAR OF TRANSITION OF THAT ACADEMY, THE BOTH OF THE ACADEMIES AT TRAVIS TO KEMPNER, AND THEN ANY OTHER STUDENTS INVOLVED IN A BOUNDARY CHANGE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL PREVIOUSLY. AND SO TRAVIS IS A SCHOOL THAT WAS IMPACTED BY THAT LAST ROUND, OUR SENIORS THIS YEAR. OKAY. SO THEY WILL MATRICULATE OUT. AND SO ALL OF THE PROGRAM THAT WAS BENEFITED IN THE GLOBAL STUDIES AND THE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS, THOUGH, LIKE JAPANESE, FOR INSTANCE, THAT WOULD BE TRANSFERRED NOW TO KEMPNER, OR DOES THAT GET TO REMAIN AT TRAVIS? BECAUSE THAT IMPACTS THE NUMBER OF KIDS WHO MAY BE INTERESTED IN KEMPNER NEXT YEAR OR SIGNING UP COME NOVEMBER. I THINK THE WINDOW STARTS PRETTY EARLY. SIGNING UP FOR ACADEMY. SO THE ACADEMY DID MOVE TO KEMPNER WHEN WHEN WE MOVED IT TWO YEARS AGO AND IT STARTED AT KEMPNER AND IT PHASED OUT. ALL OF THE PROGRAMING WENT WITH IT, AND I USED JAPANESE AS ONE OF THE

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THE ACADEMY WAS MOVED AND TRANSITIONED AS EXPECTED. WE WILL MAKE CONFIRMATION THAT ALL OF THE COURSEWORK WAS DUPLICATED AT KEMPNER AS IT WAS AT TRAVIS FOR BOTH ACADEMIES.

OKAY. BUT WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE NUMBER OF ENROLLMENT OR APPLICATIONS BEFORE OCTOBER 5TH, BECAUSE THE APPLICATIONS DON'T START UNTIL CLOSER TO THE END OF THE SEMESTER. CORRECT. WE OWE FOR NEXT YEAR ALREADY, CORRECT. FOR NEXT YEAR? NO, MA'AM, WE DO NOT HAVE THAT.

OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS HANNA. MISS HELEN, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? ACTUALLY, MISS HANNA ASKED SOME OF MY QUESTIONS JUST TO FOLLOW UP A LITTLE BIT. I THINK ONCE WE GO TO SBAC. I THINK ONE OF THE OTHER QUESTIONS I'VE HEARD FROM NUMEROUS PEOPLE IS AROUND PROXIMITY VERSUS FEEDER PATTERN. SO I THINK WHEN WE DO GET THE RECOMMENDATION, I ASK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE PROVIDE THAT GUIDANCE OR DECISION THAT MAYBE THE SBAC HAS MADE WHEN MAKING THE FINAL DECISION ON WHAT THEY WANT TO BRING TO US, THAT THEY PROVIDE THAT KIND OF DIRECTION FOR US, WHAT THEY HOW THEY DECIDED OR COME TO THAT CONCLUSION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS HELLINGER.

THANK YOU, MISS MARTINEZ. WE APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. ALL

[9. Consent Agenda]

SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MISS HANNON AND A SECOND BY MISS HELLINGER. DO WE HAVE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE BY SHOW OF HANDS. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES

[9.b. Donation – Budget Amendment: Consideration and approval of a donation and General Fund budget amendment for 2026-2027.]

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I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE PUBLIC UNDERSTAND THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN MONEY BEING ACCOUNTED FOR WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND AND MONEY SIMPLY BEING. ALLOCATED. AND, AND JUST A REASSURANCE THAT IT IS GOING TO WHAT IT WAS DONATED FOR IS ALL I WAS LOOKING FOR, AND I APPRECIATE IT. AND I APPRECIATE YOUR ANSWER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MR. SHOAFF.

MISS, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING OKAY, I THINK I HEARD MR. SHOOP AT THE END. I WAS CONCERNED WITH THE INITIAL QUESTION WHETHER OR NOT YOU WERE SAYING THAT, THAT PEOPLE WERE DONATING TO THIS, DONATING TO SOMETHING ELSE, AND THE MONEY WAS BEING TARGETED FOR THIS PARTICULAR EVENT. BUT YOU'RE SAYING THAT WASN'T THE CASE? NO. SO THERE'S BEEN I'VE HAD CONSTITUENTS APPROACHED ME ABOUT WHEN DONATIONS ARE MADE, IT GETS ALLOTTED BY THE BOARD INTO THE GENERAL FUND. AND THERE'S BEEN CONCERNS EXPRESSED TO ME OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS THAT WHEN THAT HAPPENS, THAT THOSE FUNDS AREN'T THEY'RE JUST ABSORBED INTO ALL OF OUR, OUR, OUR FUNDING AND NOT ACTUALLY USED FOR WHAT THE DONATION WAS FOR. AND IT WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT I WAS LOOKING TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION FOR, YOU KNOW, OUR CONSTITUENTS ON. BUT NO, I, I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH IT. AND I FULLY INTEND TO VOTE YES HERE IN A SECOND. OKAY. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I WAS CLEAR WITH WHAT YOU WERE ASKING. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. NOT A PROBLEM. THANK YOU. OKAY. I'M GOING TO ASK THE TRUSTEES TO PLEASE VOTE BY SHOW OF HANDS. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. MAY I HAVE A MOTION FOR ITEM NINE? D AS IN

[9.d. HB3372 Outside Work Application: Consideration and approval of the Personal Services Contract Exception Request and the attached contract, pursuant to Texas Education Code § 11.006 to permit K’Nara Coleman to perform personal services for the National Literacy Institute as stated in the written contract.]

I'M JUST WONDERING IF THE ADMINISTRATION COULD CLARIFY WHETHER THE NATIONAL LITERARY INSTITUTE OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATE ORGANIZATIONS HAS EVER DONE BUSINESS WITH FORT BEND ISD, INCLUDING CONTRACTS, PURCHASE ORDERS, CONSULTING AGREEMENTS, PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENTS, GRANT FUNDED ARRANGEMENT OR SUBCONTRACT. THANK YOU FOR THAT, MR. SCHIFF. I CAN SPEAK TO WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. CURRENTLY WE DO NOT. I WOULD HAVE TO GET YOU INFORMATION ABOUT IF WE'VE DONE IT IN THE PAST. THE STANDARD FOR THE APPLICATION IS THAT IF WE CAN'T CURRENTLY BE IN A CONTRACT WITH THEM. OKAY. YEAH. IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD SOME EXPRESSION TO ME THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THIS IS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT I WANT TO CLARIFY IS THAT THERE'S NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST HERE. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. SHOAFF. OKAY. BOARD, PLEASE VOTE BY SHOW OF HANDS. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE WILL NOW CONVENE IN CLOSED SESSION UNDER

[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]

[11. Reconvene in Open Session]

[12. Consider Action on Closed Session Items]

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT UP IS OUR FUTURE MEETING DISCUSSION,

[14. Future Meeting Discussion]