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>> [BACKGROUND] IT IS 06:00 O'CLOCK.
[I. CALL TO ORDER]
I AM GOING TO CALL THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE COPPELL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT INTO SESSION.FIRST THING WE NEED TO DO IS ESTABLISH A QUORUM.
TO MY LEFT, WE HAVE TRUSTEE ANTHONY HILL, TRUSTEE DR. NEENA BISWAS, TRUSTEE JOBBY MATTHEW, TRUSTEE MANISH SETHI, TRUSTEE LEIGH WALKER, TRUSTEE NICOLE BENTLEY, AND MYSELF, DAVID CAVINESS.
[III. DISTRICT HIGHLIGHTS AND UPDATES]
NEXT UP ON THE AGENDA IS OUR DISTRICT HIGHLIGHTS AND UPDATES, DR. HAHN.>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CAVINESS AND GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.
I WOULD LIKE TO FIRST CONGRATULATE COPPELL MIDDLE-SCHOOL NORTH 7TH GRADER.
SHE IS HEADING TO THE NATIONAL SPELLING BEE.
WE ARE P-R-O-U-D. [LAUGHTER] PROUD OF S-R-I-Y-A [LAUGHTER] WE'RE VERY PROUD OF SRIYA GOMATAM WHO, AS I SAID, IS HEADED TO THE SCRIPPS NATIONAL SPELLING BEE.
SHE HAD ALREADY COMPETED LOCALLY AND THEN WENT ON TO DALLAS AND NOW SHE'S GOING TO NATIONALS, WHICH WILL BE TELEVISED SOMETIME BETWEEN MAY 28TH AND JUNE THE 2ND.
THAT'S GOING TO BE REALLY COOL.
ONCE WE KNOW WHEN SHE WILL BE PARTICIPATING AND COMPETING, WE'LL LET EVERYBODY KNOW SO WE CAN ROUTE HER ON.
WE HAD OUR OPEN HOUSES PRIOR TO SPRING BREAK AT BOTH OUR ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL AND SO THANK YOU FOR PARENTS THAT WERE ABLE TO COME OUT AND SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AND SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN THE CLASSROOM EVERY DAY AND SUPPORT OUR WONDERFUL TEACHERS AS WELL.
WE HAD MOST OF OUR OPEN HOUSES, WE USED TO HAVE THEM ALL DURING TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS WEEK, BUT BECAUSE PEOPLE CELEBRATE SPRING BREAK AT DIFFERENT TIMES, WE JUST CELEBRATED TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS FROM MARCH 1ST THROUGH THE 9TH.
REALLY ALL SCHOOL YEAR LONG, WE'VE BEEN CELEBRATING TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
THANK YOU TO OUR FAMILIES THAT CAME OUT TO SEE GREAT TEACHING AND ACTION IN COPPELL ISD.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CULTURAL CELEBRATIONS THAT WE HAVE RECENTLY BEEN CELEBRATING.
CISD IS VERY PROUD OF OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITY AND OUR RICH CULTURE AND MANY OF OUR CAMPUSES HAD SOME REALLY COOL THINGS PLANNED OVER THESE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AND MONTHS.
ONE THAT I WAS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN, I THINK THERE'S SOME PICTURES ON THE SCREEN.
IT WAS A JOINT EFFORT BETWEEN COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL AND COTTONWOOD CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
THEY HAD THE STUDENTS THAT ARE TAKING MANDARIN CHINESE HELP CELEBRATE THE LUNAR NEW YEAR, WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS CHINESE NEW YEAR.
IT WAS A REALLY COOL THING TO HAVE OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS OUT THERE WORKING WITH OUR ELEMENTARY KIDS. IT WAS A LOT OF FUN.
FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT KNOW DR. PENNY, SHE WAS ALL OVER IT AND WE HAD ALL FUN THINGS GOING ON THAT DAY.
ALSO, LAST WEEK, LAKESIDE ELEMENTARY CELEBRATED THE PERSIAN NEW YEAR.
PERSIAN NEW YEAR IS KNOWN AS NOWRUZ, WHICH MEANS NEW DAY MARKS THE CELEBRATION OF THE SPRING EQUINOX AND THE NEW YEAR IN SEVERAL MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRIES.
THE MONTH OF RAMADAN BEGAN LAST WEEK, WHICH IS CELEBRATED BY MANY OF OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES AND SEVERAL OF OUR EMPLOYEES AS WELL.
OUR SCHOOLS ARE CELEBRATING AND SHARING INFORMATION ABOUT THIS HOLIDAY AS WELL AS WORKING WITH THEIR FAMILIES TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE WHO MIGHT BE FASTING DURING RAMADAN.
WE HAD ANOTHER REALLY COOL THING THAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK.
IT WAS SHADOWING DAY IN CISD ON MARCH THE 23RD.
JOB SHADOWING DAY WAS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN CAPITALIZED IN THE COPPELL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
IT WAS ACTUALLY LAST WEEK AND WE HAD SEVERAL STUDENTS AT CHS THAT HAD BEEN ABLE TO PAIR UP WITH DIFFERENT PROFESSIONALS IN THE LOCAL AREA.
THESE WERE MAINLY OUR JUNIORS AND SENIORS.
THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO REALLY STEP OUT AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE WORKFORCE.
NEW TECH HIGH AT COPPELL HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
IT WAS NICE TO SEE COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL PARTICIPATE AS WELL.
WE HAD A TOTAL OF 13 DIFFERENT SITES THAT OPENED UP THEIR DOORS TO ABOUT 30 KIDS THAT WERE ABLE TO COME AND VIEW DIFFERENT COMPANIES AND SEE DIFFERENT JOBS IN ACTION.
IT WAS A REALLY COOL EXPERIENCE I THINK, NOT ONLY FOR OUR KIDS BUT ALSO FOR THE ADULTS THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO SHADOW.
CISD IS COMMITTED TO EXPANDING THESE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS AND PLANS TO MAKE THIS AN ANNUAL EVENT AND HAVE THAT PROGRAM GROW.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE OUR JOB FAIR.
IT'S COMING UP THIS SATURDAY, APRIL THE 1ST. NO, FOOLING.
THAT'S REALLY WHEN WE'RE HAVING OUR DATE AND IF YOU KNOW OF ANYBODY THAT'S LOOKING FOR A JOB, WE HAVE WONDERFUL POSITIONS IN ALL AREAS, NOT ONLY IN THE CLASSROOM BUT ALSO ADMINISTRATIVE, CUSTODIAL, CAFETERIA, AND MUCH MORE.
SOME OF THESE ARE CURRENT POSITIONS, BUT MOST ARE FOR THE 23/24 SCHOOL YEAR.
WE WANT TO GET A JUMP START ON OUR HIRING.
WE'RE HELPING TO BUY IN FOR NEXT YEAR.
WE HAVE ABOUT 150 PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALREADY SIGNED UP.
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YOU DON'T HAVE TO SIGN UP IN ADVANCE, BUT IT JUST HELPS US FOR PLANNING.BUT IT WILL BE AT COPPELL MIDDLE SCHOOL WEST THIS SATURDAY FROM 8:30-11:30.
IT'S ENROLLMENT SEASON ALSO IN COPPELL ISD.
WE HAVE ALREADY STARTED GETTING INFORMATION OUT ABOUT NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.
IN ADDITION TO OUR HIRING, WE ARE ALSO ENROLLING ALL OF OUR NEW STUDENTS.
KINDERGARTEN ROUNDUP IS HAPPENING TOO, WHICH IS CRAZY TO THINK THAT THE CLASS OF 2037 IS WHO WE ARE ENROLLING.
SOME OF YOU SENIORS I KNOW OUT IN THE AUDIENCE ARE 2023 THINK ABOUT 2037.
I'M NOT SURE WHO WILL BE HERE AT THAT TIME, [LAUGHTER] BUT I WILL TELL THEM CONGRATULATIONS NOW ON THAT WONDERFUL ACCOMPLISHMENT THAT'S SO EXCITING.
WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF MARKETING FROM OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM.
THANK YOU TO OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM FOR HELPING US GET THAT INFORMATION OUT ABOUT ENROLLING NEW STUDENTS.
THEN FINALLY, WE ARE CONTINUING WITH OUR I HEART CISD CAMPAIGN AND USING THIS IN OUR ENROLLMENT PURPOSES AS WELL FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF.
I THINK WE HAVE AN EXAMPLE. [MUSIC]
I'M A SENIOR AT COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL, AND I AM I HEART CHS BECAUSE OF SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES GIVEN BY OUR TEACHERS AND WONDERFUL STAFF THAT HELPS ME SUCCEED [INAUDIBLE]
>> I HEART CISD BECAUSE OF THE AMAZING IB PROGRAM AND THE AWESOME TEACHERS WHO WORK HERE AND MAKE EVERYTHING GREAT.
>> HI, MY NAME IS AVA GILLIS AND I'M A VICTORY PLACE GRADUATE, AND I HEART CISD BECAUSE OF THE STAFF AND HOW HARD THEY WORK TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO COMPLETE OUR DREAMS AFTER GRADUATION.
>> WOW, FOR THOSE OF US THAT HAVE SENIORS, THAT'S GETTING VERY REAL [LAUGHTER] THAT WAS LEIGH WALKER'S DAUGHTER, THE SECOND ONE, JEFFERY WANG, THAT YOUNG MAN IS SO TALENTED, AND AVA'S ALREADY GRADUATED.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR HIGHLIGHTS, I THINK THAT'S ENOUGH FOR NOW. [LAUGHTER]
>> WE'LL SAVE THE TEARS FOR LATER. THANK YOU, DR. HAHN.
[IV. AWARDS]
TONIGHT WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE AS A BOARD TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF OUR AMAZING FINE ARTS STUDENTS AND SOME OF OUR STUDENT-ATHLETES FOR ACHIEVEMENTS AT THE STATE LEVEL.TRUSTEES, WILL YOU JOIN ME AT THE FRONT OF THE DAIS FOR PHOTOS WITH OUR HONOREES, AND THEN YOU'LL STEP TO THE PODIUM FOR YOUR PORTION.
DR. BISWAS, I BELIEVE YOU'RE KICKING US OFF.
>> DR. BISWAS CAN RELATE TOO, SHE ALSO HAS A SENIOR.
WE WILL BEGIN TONIGHT BY RECOGNIZING ALL OUR SEVEN ALL-STATE CHOIR STUDENTS.
WE WILL DIVIDE THEM INTO TWO PARTS TO RECOGNIZE THIS EVENING.
I WILL BEGIN BY RECOGNIZING FOUR OF THESE TALENTED STUDENTS.
WOULD CHS SENIORS, SUMITA BUTACHARYA AND ANAGHA TUMAVROME ALONG WITH NEW TECH HIGH COPPELL SOPHOMORE, BEN HALL AND NEW TECH JUNIOR PRESTON JOHNSON JOIN THE TRUSTEES IN FRONT OF THE PODIUM.
THIS RECOGNITION IS MUSIC TO OUR EARS AS THE HIGH SCHOOL COPPELL CHOIR HAD SEVEN SINGERS PARTICIPATE IN THE TEXAS MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION ALL-STATE CHOIR AUDITIONS HELD AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON IN JANUARY.
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE SINGERS MADE STATE.
THIS IS A TESTAMENT TO THE IMMENSELY TALENTED STUDENTS IN COPPELL ISD, AND OUR CHOIR TEACHERS LED BY MS. BONO GOOGLE AND MR. AARON CORONADO.
CONGRATULATIONS TO SUMITA, ALSO MY DAUGHTER [LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE] WHO MADE STATE AS SECOND CHAIR ALTO 1 IN THE ALL-STATE MIXED CHOIR.
ANAGHA WHO MADE STATE AS SECOND CHAIR TENOR 1 IN THE ALL-STATE MIXED CHOIR.
BEN WHO MADE STATE AS THIRD CHAIR BASS IN THE ALL-STATE TENOR BASS CHOIR, AND PRESTON WHO MADE STATE AS FOUR CHAIR BASS 2 IN THE ALL-STATE TENOR BASS CHOIR.
AUDIENCE AND TRUSTEES, PLEASE JOIN ME IN A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THESE STUDENTS. [APPLAUSE]
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>> GOOD JOB GUYS, CONGRATULATIONS. [BACKGROUND]
>> HELLO EVERYONE. I'M TRUSTEE JOE B MATTHEW.
I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF RECOGNIZING THREE ADDITIONAL CHOIR, ALL-STATE SINGERS.
WOULD CHS JUNIORS, ROMA, JOHNNY, AND NICOLE MIKEALIEN, PIPER BARNOSKY, JOIN US IN FRONT OF THE DAY BUT PIPER COULD NOT BE HERE TONIGHT.
ARIA ALSO PROUD OF THESE THREE SINGERS FOR THEIR STATE ACHIEVEMENTS [LAUGHTER] COPPELL ISD HAS HAD THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF SINGERS WHO MADE THE 2023 ALL-STATE CHOIR FROM OUR AREA.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ROMA, WHO MADE STATE AS THIRD SHARES SOPRANO 1 IN THE ALL-STATE TREBLE CHOIR.
NIKKI, WHO MADE STATE AS A FIFTH SHARE SOPRANO 1 IN THE ALL-STATE TREBLE CHOIR, AND PIPER, WHO MADE STATE AS THIRD CHAIR ALTO 1 IN THE ALL-STATE TREBLE CHOIR.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THESE SINGERS [APPLAUSE]
>> GOOD EVENING. I'M TRUSTEE MANISITI AND SWITCHING TO A NEW BEAT, WE WILL NOW RECOGNIZE OUR BAND AND INSTRUMENTALISTS, ALL-STATE STUDENTS.
UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF BAND DIRECTOR KIM SHUTTLEWORTH, A TOTAL OF 10 STUDENTS MADE STATE FOR BAND OR INSTRUMENTALS THIS YEAR.
WE WILL BE RECOGNIZING THESE PERFORMANCE IN TWO GROUPS.
WOULD THE FOLLOWING COPPELL HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENTS, PLEASE JOIN TRUSTEES IN FRONT OF THE DAIS.
SHRESTHA, NEHA BHARADWAJ, GAVIN HOFFMANN, AND JUNIOR AKSHAT GHUGE.
CONGRATULATIONS TO NIHO, WHO MADE STATE AS FIRST CHAIR HORN IN THE ALLSTATE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA.
GAVIN, WHO MADE STATE AS FOR CHAIR PERCUSSION IN THE ALL-STATE SYMPHONIC BAND AND AKSHAT WHO MADE STATE AS FOURTH CLARINET BASS, BUT BEDNET IN ALL STATE SYMPHONIC BAND.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THESE STUDENTS [APPLAUSE]
>> GOODNESS [LAUGHTER] I'VE GOT ANOTHER GOOD ONE TOO.
HELLO EVERYONE. I AM TRUSTEE LEE WALKER.
AS WE CONTINUE TO TOOT OUR OWN HORN FOR OUR BAND, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF RECOGNIZING OUR REMAINING BAND AND INSTRUMENTAL ALL STATES STUDENTS.
I ALSO WANT TO SHARE THAT THREE OF OUR PERFORMERS COULDN'T BE WITH US THIS EVENING BECAUSE THEY ARE CURRENTLY COMPETING IN PRIOR SCHEDULED NATIONAL COMPETITIONS.
WITH THE FOLLOWING CHS STUDENTS, PLEASE JOIN THE TRUSTEES AND FROM OTHER DIAS, SENIORS DYLAN NEWSOM AND AKSHARA SANKAR, SOPHOMORE, DEEPALI KANCHANAVALLY [BACKGROUND] DYLAN, I SEE YOU.
DYLAN, YES. AKSHARA, SOPHOMORE DEEPALI, KANCHANAVALLY, AND JUNIOR AKSHAJ RAVI [APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS TO DYLAN, WHO MADE STATE AS FIRST CHAIR ALTO, SAXOPHONE IN THE ALL-STATE CONCERT BAND.
YOU MIGHT REMEMBER DURING MARCHING SEASON, HE WAS THE SOLOIST DURING THE HALFTIME SHOW AS WELL.
AKSHARA, WHO MADE STATE AS FIRST CHAIR FLUTE IN THE ALL-STATE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA.
DEEPALI, WHO MADE STATE AS 10TH CHAIR CELLO AND THE EIGHTH ALL-STATES SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.
AKSHAD, WHO MADE STATE AS 18TH CHAIR TRUMPET IN THE ALL-STATE SYMPHONIC BAND.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN A ROUND OF APPLAUSE, FOR THESE AMAZING STUDENT PERFORMANCE [APPLAUSE]
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WHILE WE TALK A LOT ABOUT WHY WE HEART CISD, THE STUDENTS WE ARE ABOUT TO RECOGNIZE, SHOW WHY WE ARE AT CISD TO THEIR TALENT IN THE VISUAL ARTS.
WITH CHS NINE STUDENT SAFIYA AZAM.
PAUSE. A CHS SOPHOMORE LARRY LIU, PLEASE JOIN TRUSTEES IN FRONT OF THE DIAS [APPLAUSE]
>> SAFIYA ARE STATE WINNERS AS PART OF THE TEXAS ART EDUCATION ASSOCIATIONS CELEBRATION OF MARCH AS YOUTH ART MONTH.
AS WINNERS IN THE CELEBRATION, THEIR ARTWORK IS ON EXHIBIT AT THE BOB BULLOCK TEXAS STATE HISTORY MUSEUM IN AUSTIN.
THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF MARCH, YOU CAN SEE THEIR ART WORK ON OUR SCREENS.
AUDIENCE, PLEASE JOIN ME IN A THUNDEROUS ROUND OF APPLAUSE AND RECOGNITION OF THESE TALENTED STUDENTS [APPLAUSE]
>> GOOD EVENING. I'M NICOLE BENTLEY.
I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF RECOGNIZING OUR HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLERS WHO PINNED DOWN TOP THREE FINISHES AT THE RECENT STATE WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS.
AS A WRESTLING MOM, I TOTALLY GET THAT.
WITH THE FOLLOWING CHS SENIORS JOIN THE TRUSTEES IN FRONT OF THE DIAS, SCOUT CARRELL AND JESS MENDEZ GIL.
ABSENT TONIGHT UNFORTUNATELY IS ALSO THIRD PLACE WINNER ISAIAH FRANCIS.
HES HERE. ISAIAH PERFECT TIMING, SECOND PLACE.
WRESTLING HAD AN AMAZING SEASON AS THE COW GIRLS WRESTLING TEAM TOOK FIRST PLACE AT THE REGION TOURNAMENT AND SEVEN HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLERS QUALIFIED FOR THE STATE COMPETITION.
AT THE CLASSICS, A STATE WRESTLING MEET IN CYPRUS LAST MONTH, SCOUT CARRELL AND ISAIAH FRANCIS FINISHED IN SECOND PLACE IN THEIR WEIGHT CLASS DIVISIONS, AND SENIOR JESS MENDEZ GILL EARNED THIRD PLACE IN HER DIVISION.
AUDIENCE, WOULD YOU PLEASE JOIN ME IN A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THESE STUDENT ATHLETES [APPLAUSE]
>> HELLO EVERYONE. I AM A TRUSTEE, DAVID CANVINAS.
I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF RECOGNIZING OUR STATE SWIMMING ACHIEVERS.
OUR SWIM TEAM CERTAINLY MADE A SPLASH THIS SEASON WITH THE SCHOOL RECORDS BEING BROKEN, AND SEVERAL SWIMMERS ADVANCING TO THE REGIONAL COMPETITION, AND NINE SWIMMERS QUALIFYING FOR STATE COMPETITIONS.
WITH THE FOLLOWING CHS STUDENTS PLEASE JOINED THE TRUSTEES AT THE FRONT OF THE DIERS JUNIORS, KATY JOST AND SEAN LI. THERE WE GO.
SOPHOMORE, ANNIE CHANG AND CHS NINE STUDENT, GABRIEL CAMPOS [APPLAUSE] I JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO KATY WHO PLACED FOURTH IN THE STATE IN THE 500 METER FREESTYLE EVENT AND SET A CHS SCHOOL RECORD.
SEAN, WHO PLACED 12TH THAT STATE AND BROKE THE SCHOOL RECORD FOR THE 100 YARD BREASTSTROKE.
ANNIE WHO FINISHED 18TH AND STATE, AND ANDY, 50 METER FREESTYLE, AND GABRIEL WHO PLACED 22ND AND STATE IN THE 200 METER INDIVIDUAL MEDALING.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THESE STUDENTS [APPLAUSE]
>> THEN OUR FINAL RECOGNITION TONIGHT IS FOR OUR GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM FOR THEIR AMAZING RECORD BREAKING 2022 2023 SEASON.
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WOULD OUR COW GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM AND THEIR COACHES, PLEASE JOIN THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AT THE DIAS [BACKGROUND] [APPLAUSE] [BACKGROUND] [APPLAUSE] JUST ONE SECOND. IF OUR SENIORS AND COACH MURPHY WOULD PLEASE STAY AND THEN EVERYBODY ELSE WOULD HEAD ON BACK TO THE SEATS BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S GETTING A LITTLE CROWDED.THERE ARE A LOT OF ACCOLADES THAT I WANT TO READ ABOUT THIS AMAZING TEAM IN THIS INCREDIBLE SEASON.
AS THEY'RE HEADING BACK TO THEIR SEATS, WOULD YOU GIVE EVERYBODY A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE? [APPLAUSE] LIKE I SAID, OUR COWGIRLS HAD A STELLAR SEASON, A RECORD-BREAKING SEASON, WE ARE TRULY PROUD OF THEM.
WE ARE PROUD OF THEM AND THEIR HEAD COACH RYAN MURPHY.
THIS TEAM AND THEIR COACHES HAD AN AMAZING SEASON.
THEY TRULY SHOWED ALL SEASON LONG THAT COWGIRL FIGHT NEVER DIES.
THEY ADVANCED IN THE PLAYOFFS AND WENT FARTHER THAN WE HAVE EVER HAD IN ANY OF OUR YEARS WITH GIRL'S BASKETBALL.
[LAUGHTER] THEY FINISHED THE YEAR AS STATE SEMIFINALIST WHICH IS THE FINAL FOUR OF THE STATE TOURNAMENT AND THE FARTHEST AGAIN THAT WE HAVE EVER HAD IN OUR HISTORY.
THEY WERE ALSO RANKED NUMBER 1 IN THE STATE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE PROGRAM HISTORY EARLIER IN THE SEASON.
THEY HAVE A LOT OF ACCOLADES, BUT I'M GOING TO READ JUST A FEW.
THAT BACK-TO-BACK 30 GAME WINNING SEASON FOR THE TEAM WHICH WENT FROM 13 AND 13 JUST TWO YEARS AGO TO THIS SCHOOL RECORD.
COACH MURPHY ACHIEVED HIS 100TH WIN THIS SEASON.
[APPLAUSE] SENIOR JOULES LAMENDOLA WHO IS COMMITTED TO ATTEND INDIANA UNIVERSITY WAS NAMED THE GATORADE TEXAS PLAYER OF THE YEAR, THE MAXPREPS TEXAS PLAYER OF THE YEAR, AND THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS GIRLS BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR AND WAS NAMED TO THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF BASKETBALL COACHES ALL STAR TEAM.
[LAUGHTER] JOULES ALSO IS THE DISTRICT CO-MVP AND AN AMAZING YOUNG WOMAN.
[APPLAUSE] ELLA IS NOT A SENIOR, BUT ELLA SPILLER AND WAVERLY HASTERMAN MADE A FIRST TEAM ALL DISTRICT.
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OF COURSE THERE'S WAVERLY [LAUGHTER] AND ELLA.LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
[APPLAUSE] ALYSSA POTTER AND MACY MERCER MADE SECOND TEAM ALL DISTRICT.
[APPLAUSE] I BELIEVE THEY ARE COMMITTED TO PLAYING AT THE COLLEGIATE LEVEL 2, SO BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THEM.
[APPLAUSE] WAVERLY COMMITTED BUT ITS TRACK, YES.
[LAUGHTER] LONDON HARPER WAS NAMED HONORABLE MENTION FOR ALL DISTRICT, LET'S GIVE HER A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
[APPLAUSE] THESE STUDENTS ARE ACCOMPLISHED, AGAIN BOTH ON AND OFF THE COURT, SO A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO LANDRY, BERLIN, ATHEA, ISABELLA, MIA, WAVERLY, JOULES, SIA, ALYSSA MACY.
ALL OF THEM ALSO MADE ACADEMIC ALL DISTRICT.
[APPLAUSE] THEY'RE JUST GREAT.
ALL OF THESE LADIES ARE GREAT AND THE PARENTS ARE GREAT AND OTHER COACHES ARE GREAT, AND WE JUST THANK THEM FOR MAKING THIS SEASON SO MUCH FUN AND FOR YOU COMING OUT AND SUPPORTING OUR COWGIRLS.
IT REALLY WAS A REMARKABLE SEASON AND I COULD NOT BE MORE PROUD OF THEM.
LET'S GIVE THEM ALL A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
>> I GUESS, THAT'S IT. WE'RE GOING TO TRANSITION INTO OUR REGULAR MEETING AND SO I WOULD NOW ASK ANY FAMILY MEMBERS, GUEST COACHES, AND TEACHERS OF THESE FINE ARTS STUDENTS AND STUDENT ATHLETES IF YOU WOULD STAND SO THAT WE COULD RECOGNIZE YOU BECAUSE NONE OF THIS HAPPENS WITHOUT YOU GUYS SPENDING ALL THE LONG HOURS GETTING ON THAT.
[APPLAUSE] NOW THIS CONCLUDES OUR AWARDS AUDIENCE.
I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU GUYS TO HANG OUT WITH US TONIGHT, BUT IF YOU ARE WANTING TO GO YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO DO SO AT THIS TIME.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE.
[BACKGROUND] AS EVERYBODY MAKES HER WAY OUT.
OUR NEXT UP IS OUR INVOCATION AND PLEDGE LED BY TRUSTEE JOB MATTHEW.
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PLEASE OBSERVE A FEW MOMENTS OF SILENT REFLECTION OR PRAY WITH ME, DEAR GOD, FIRST, THANK YOU FOR THE GIFTS THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US OF TIME, THOUGHT, FREEWILL, AND A DESIRE TO DO GOOD IN THIS WORLD.IT IS WITH THAT GRATITUDE THAT WE COME BEFORE YOU TONIGHT TO ASK THAT YOU ALLOW THIS BOARD AND COMMUNITY TO CHOOSE TO USE THESE GIFTS IN A WAY THAT HELPS ALL THE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES THAT DEPEND ON THIS DISTRICT.
PROVIDE US WITH THE STRENGTH TO COMBAT AND HE'S SELFISH THOUGHTS.
ASSUME POSITIVE INTENT IN EACH OTHER, AND ALLOW US TO APPLY OUR COLLECTIVE WISDOM WITH A CLARITY OF PURPOSE THAT MOVES US ALL FORWARD TOGETHER.
>> WITH THAT, WE DO HAVE TWO SPEAKERS THAT HAD SIGNED UP FOR OPEN FORUM.
[VI. OPEN FORUM]
IF YOU'LL GIVE ME JUST ONE SECOND.BEAR WITH ME AS I READ OUR LITTLE STATEMENT AND THEN WE WILL GO INTO THAT.
THE BOARD ENCOURAGES COMMENTS ABOUT THE COPPELL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, FROM CITIZENS OF THE DISTRICT, ITS EMPLOYEES, OR FROM OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
ANYONE WHO HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BOARD POLICY AND PROCEDURES MAY DO SO AT THIS TIME.
THE BOARD ASKED THAT EACH PARTICIPANT'S COMMENTS PERTAINED TO PUBLIC EDUCATION AND BE NO LONGER THAN THREE MINUTES.
REMEMBER THAT PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, DURING REGULAR BOARD MEETINGS, THE PUBLIC CAN SPEAK ON ANY TOPIC RELATED TO PUBLIC EDUCATION.
THE BOARD MAY NOT DISCUSS OR ACT UPON ANY ISSUES THAT ARE NOT POSTED ON OUR AGENDA.
IN ADDITION, THE BOARD HAS ADOPTED COMPLAINT POLICIES THAT ARE DESIGNED TO SECURE AT THE LOWEST ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL, A PROMPT AND EQUITABLE RESOLUTION OF COMPLAINTS AND CONCERNS.
COMPLAINTS BROUGHT BY EMPLOYEES MAY BE HEARD IN ACCORDANCE WITH POLICIES DGBA LEGAL, AND DGBA LOCAL BY STUDENTS OR THEIR PARENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH POLICIES F AND G LEGAL AND F AND G LOCAL AND BY CITIZENS IN ACCORDANCE WITH POLICIES GF LEGAL AND GF LOCAL.
EACH OF THESE PROCESSES PROVIDES THAT IF A RESOLUTION CANNOT BE ACHIEVED ADMINISTRATIVELY, THE PERSON MAY APPEAL THE ADMINISTRATIVE DECISION TO THE BOARD AS A PROPERLY POSTED AGENDA ITEM.
COPIES OF OUR DISTRICT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ON PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN MEETINGS AND FILING COMPLAINTS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE COPPELL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT WEBSITE.
WITH THAT, OUR FIRST SPEAKER TONIGHT WILL BE MICHELLE LYNN FOX.
IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND APPROACHING THE PODIUM, STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.
OUR TRUSTEE NICOLE BENTLEY OR SECRETARY.
NICOLE BENTLEY WILL BE OUR TIME KEEPER.
SHE'LL WAVE. ONE PADDLE AT YOU AND THERE'S ONE MINUTE LEFT AND ANOTHER WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP AND YOUR TIME WILL START AFTER YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
>> HELLO. MY NAME IS MICHELLE LYNN FOX.
I LIVE AT 266 SUZANNE WAY, COPPELL, TEXAS 75019.
I HAD BEEN A COPPELL RESIDENT FOR 25 YEARS.
MY DAUGHTER IS A NINTH GRADE THEATER STUDENT AT NEW TECH.
SHE PERFORMED LAST FALL IN THE MOCK UIL COMPETITION AND THE CHS 9 DOME COMPETED AT THE TEXAS THAT'S ME AND FESTIVAL WHERE SHE ADVANCED TO NATIONALS.
SHE WAS ALSO IN MAMMA MIA LAST JANUARY.
I HOPE YOU WILL ALL COME TO SEE YOUR IMPUTER AND THE STAR CATCHER AND CHS NINE DOME ON APRIL 28TH, 29TH, AND 30TH.
MY DAUGHTER IS SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING A PROFESSIONAL CAREER IN MUSICAL THEATER.
I AM HERE BECAUSE APPARENTLY THERE'S A LACK OF INFORMATION IN THE COMMUNITY AND ON THIS BOARD REGARDING THE INADEQUATE THEATER FACILITIES IN OUR DISTRICT MADE EVIDENT BY THE NEAR COMPLETE DISMISSAL OF CHS THEATER DEPARTMENT NEEDS DURING THE BOND PROCESS.
I REALIZED THAT SHIP HAS SAILED FOR THIS ELECTION, BUT SOMEBODY NEEDS TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE THEATER SITUATION.
OUR CHS AUDITORIUM SEATS ONLY 624 PEOPLE DURING A SHOW LIKE MAMMA MIA.
SURROUNDING 68 DISTRICTS HAVE THEATERS THAT SEAT OVER 1,000 WITH MODERN SOUND, LIGHTING, ACOUSTIC AND FOLLY SYSTEMS. OUR SOUND SYSTEM IS PATCHED TOGETHER AND ADEQUATE IN SCOPE AND BARELY WORKS.
WE'VE BENEFITED IN MAMMA MIA THIS YEAR FROM A LOAN OF TECHNICAL SUPPLIES FROM PARENTS HAVE A GRADUATING SENIOR IN THE SHOW, AND THOSE LOANED ITEMS WILL NO LONGER BE IN PLACE.
THE FLIGHT SYSTEM IS A SYSTEM ABOVE THE STAGE THAT HOLDS ROBES, POLICE LIGHTS, CURTAINS, ETC.
THIS BROKEN SYSTEM HAS A DIRECT EFFECT ON THE EDUCATION OF TECHNICAL THEATER STUDENTS AND THE PRODUCTION QUALITIES OF SHOWS.
WHILE OUR FIELD HOUSE IS OF EQUALITY THAT PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL TEAMS HAVE USED IT, THE CHS THEATER DEPARTMENT CANNOT EVEN HOST THEIR PEERS, MUCH LESS PROFESSIONAL THEATER TROUPES.
THEY CANNOT HAVE A HOME GAME IN VARSITY UIL CLINICS, WORKSHOPS, OR COMPETITIONS BECAUSE OUR COCKTAIL HIGH SCHOOL FACILITIES ARE SO LIMITED AND OUTDATED.
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IMAGINE IF ANY OF OUR CHS ATHLETIC TEAMS COULD NOT EVER HOST A HOME GAME, OUR VARSITY THEATER TEAM CANNOT.OUR FACILITIES ARE UNACCEPTABLE FOR COMPETITION.
OUR THEATER STUDENTS, SOME OF WHOM ARE PREPARING PROFESSIONAL THEATER CAREERS ON AND OFF STAGE, REGULARLY COMPETE AGAINST OTHER 68 STUDENTS WHO BENEFIT FROM BETTER FACILITIES, MORE DISTRICT SUPPORT, AND MORE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.
IN LIVE THEATER, THE AUDIENCE SHOULD NEVER KNOW WHEN SOMETHING GOES WRONG.
IT IS A CREDIT TO OUR PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PUT UP A GOOD FRONT WHEN THINGS HAVE BEEN FAR LESS THAN IDEAL.
HOWEVER, THAT SEEMS TO RESULT IN A LACK OF COMMUNICATION REGARDING OUR NEEDS.
WE HAVE A GROWING PROGRAM OF AROUND 5-600 TALENTED THEATER STUDENTS WITH THE POTENTIAL TO TAKE OUR THEATER DEPARTMENT TO NEW LEVELS IF WE JUST STOP HAMSTRINGING THEM WITH INADEQUATE FACILITIES.
PLEASE CONSIDER ARE ACTIVELY IMPROVING CONDITIONS FOR OUR THEATER KIDS.
>> THANK YOU, SHARON. OUR SECOND SPEAKER WILL BE MR. JONATHAN POWERS.
JONATHAN POWERS, 500 ROCKY BRANCH LANE HERE AND COP PULLED TEXAS.
I'M HERE TONIGHT TO VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR AN ITEM ON YOUR AGENDA RELATED TO SAFETY BILL FOR THE WINDOWS ON CARPEL SCHOOLS.
THERE'S NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT THAN PROVIDING A SAFE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.
FOR EVERY ONE OF OUR STUDENTS AND OUR TEACHERS, I KNOW YOU ALL FEEL THE EXACT SAME WAY.
THANK YOU FOR DOING EVERYTHING YOU NEEDED TO DO TO RECEIVE A GRANT ON THAT ISSUE.
ONE OTHER THING THAT IT ASKED YOU ALL TO CONSIDER MOVING FORWARD WOULD BE TO HOLD TALKS ABOUT SAFETY RELATED ITEMS AND CLOSED SESSIONS.
IT'S COUNTERED JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING I BELIEVE ABOUT WHAT YOU-ALL SHOULD BE DOING.
I THINK PRACTICALLY EVERYTHING SHOULD BE IN A PUBLIC SESSION.
BUT WHEN IT COMES TO SCHOOL SAFETY, I THINK WE'RE BETTER OFF NOT MAKING PUBLIC EVERY SINGLE MEASURE THAT WE'RE TAKING TO KEEP OUR KIDS SAFE.
MAYBE YOU'VE ALREADY ASKED THE DISTRICT ATTORNEYS AND RUN IT BY HIM.
THOUGHT THAT I HAD AND WANTED YOU ALL TO HEAR IT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. APPRECIATE IT.
>> GOOD, JONATHAN. WITH THAT, I WILL CONCLUDE OUR OPEN FORUM.
NEXT UP IS OUR DISCUSSION REPORT ITEMS, DR. HUNT.
[VII. DISCUSSION AND REPORT ITEMS - SUPERINTENDENT]
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CALVINISTS.
AGAIN, GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
WE HAVE SEVERAL STAFF REPORTS TONIGHT, AND MANY OF THESE ARE RELATED TO OUR SUPERINTENDENT GOALS.
OUR FIRST, IS ORGANIZATIONAL IMPROVEMENT AND ACTION PLANNING SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE AREA OF TECHNOLOGY.
I'M ASKING OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY, STEPHEN MCGILL FREE TO COME TO THE PODIUM TO GIVE US AND THE COMMUNITY AN UPDATE.
GOOD EVENING, DR. HUNT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
I'M HERE THIS EVENING TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON SOME OF THE MAJOR TECHNOLOGY CHANGES AND PROJECTS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE PAST YEAR OR SO.
I'VE GROUPED THE REPORT TONIGHT INTO THREE MAJOR THEMES.
TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT, TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS AND CYBERSECURITY.
THE BIGGEST CHANGES HAVE INVOLVED CYBERSECURITY, BUT WE'LL HIT A FEW HIGHLIGHTS ON THE SUPPORT AND PROJECTS TO START US OFF.
WITH THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, WE TRANSITIONED OUR TECH SUPPORT FROM THE CENTRAL DISTRICT BASE ZONE MODEL THAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY BACK TO CAMPUS ASSIGNED TECHNICIANS.
THE CAMPUSES WELCOMED OUR TECHS BACK WITH OPEN ARMS, PROVIDED A SPACE FOR THEM TO WORK AND INCLUDE THEM IN THEIR DAY-TO-DAY CAMPUS EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES AND JUST MADE THEM ONE OF THEIR OWN.
HAVING THAT GO-TO PERSON A CALL OR GO TO TO ASK QUESTIONS AND THE CASE THERE'S EMERGENCIES HAVE REALLY EASE THE FRUSTRATIONS FROM PREVIOUS YEARS THAT WE'VE HAD IN FEEDBACK FROM OUR CAMPUSES.
SO FAR THIS YEAR, FROM BOTH THE CAMPUS SIDE AND THE TECH SIDE, HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY POSITIVE AND I KNOW THAT THE RELATIONSHIPS WILL CONTINUE TO GROW.
THIS FALL, WE HAD TWO TECHS ACTUALLY BE NOMINATED AND WIN THE DISTRICT'S JIM AWARD FROM THEIR CAMPUSES, AS WELL AS ONE RECEIVED A SUPER SUPERSTAR AWARD FROM THE CSD EDUCATION FOUNDATION.
IT'S GREAT TO SEE THE CAMPUSES RECOGNIZE THE OUTSTANDING WORK THAT THESE FOLKS DO ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS TO SUPPORT THE STUDENTS AND STAFF ON CAMPUSES.
ANOTHER CHANGE WAS REALLY MORE OF THE DEPARTMENT STRUCTURE THAT WE HAD.
PREVIOUSLY, WE HAD A DIRECTOR OF TECHNICAL SERVICES THAT OVERSAW THE TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS AND INFRASTRUCTURE AS WELL AS THE TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT.
WE SPLIT THAT ROLE IN PROVIDING A DEDICATED DIRECTOR NETWORK OPERATIONS TO OVERSEE THE ENGINEERS, AND THE TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE, AND A COORDINATOR OF TECH SUPPORT THAT OVERSEES THE TECHNICIANS AND THE TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT.
IN ADDITION, THE TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT MANAGER,
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WE RE-TITLED AND REDID THE JOB DESCRIPTION TO A SENIOR TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT SPECIALIST.THAT ROLE PROVIDES THAT ESCALATION POINT BETWEEN THE TECHS AND THE ENGINEERS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WE CAN BE VETTED AND TESTED PRIOR TO GETTING TO THAT ENGINEER LEVEL.
AS A TOTAL, OUTSIDE OF THE ENGINEERS AND THE SENIOR SPECIALIST, WE HAVE 14 OTHER TECHS.
ONE THAT'S CENTRALLY BASED AT THE SERVICE CENTER THAT OVERSEES OUR DISTRICT REPAIRS, AND HARDWARE INVENTORY, AND PARTS.
THE OTHER 13 ARE ASSIGNED TO SPECIFIC CAMPUSES.
WITH THAT, THAT LEAVES A TECH FOR EVERY 1071 USERS IN THE DISTRICT.
ANOTHER MAJOR CHANGE THAT WE DID AT THE START OF SCHOOL YEAR, WE TRANSITIONED OUR HELPDESK TICKETING SYSTEM FROM ZENDESK TO FRESHSERVICE.
FRESHSERVICE IS MORE THAN JUST A INCIDENT TICKETING SYSTEM.
IT'S A FULL IT SERVICE MANAGEMENT SOLUTION THAT INCLUDES SERVICE REQUEST, ASSET, PROJECT, AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT CAPABILITIES, AS WELL AS WORKFLOW AND PROCESS AUTOMATION THROUGH SOME INTEGRATED ORCHESTRATION.
WE DON'T FULLY HAVE ALL OF THESE EXTRA BELLS AND WHISTLES THAT FRESHSERVICE PROVIDES, JUST IMPLEMENTED YET, BUT WE CONTINUE TO GROW AND ENHANCE THE SYSTEM TO PROVIDE A SIMPLER AND MORE EFFICIENT SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR OUR DISTRICT.
WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO POTENTIALLY BRING SOME OTHER DEPARTMENTS ON TO FRESHSERVICE TO PROVIDE THAT ONE-STOP SHOP FROM ANY SUPPORT NEEDS THAT A DISTRICT HAS.
ONE OF MY GOALS THIS YEAR FROM A TECH DEPARTMENT WAS INTRODUCING WHAT I'VE COINED A TECH TALKS, WHICH BROUGHT TOGETHER CAMPUS AND TECHNOLOGY ADMINISTRATION, USUALLY THE DLC AND/OR INSTRUCTIONAL COACH, ALONG WITH THE CAMPUS TECH AND ONE OF OUR ENGINEERS.
THIS PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SEE AND HEAR THE GOOD AND MAYBE THE TECHNOLOGY-RELATED THINGS THAT WERE HAPPENING ON CAMPUS, AS WELL AS INFORM THE CAMPUS OF SOME OF THE UPCOMING THINGS THAT WE HAD ON OUR TECHNOLOGY ROADMAP THAT MAKE THEM AWARE OF.
THROUGH THESE TALKS, THERE WERE SOME COMMON THEMES FOR IMPROVEMENT THAT WE NEEDED TO MAKE, AS WELL AS SOME UNKNOWN ISSUES THAT WERE BROUGHT TO LIGHT.
SOMETIMES USERS DEAL WITH SOME RECURRING ISSUES THAT THEY THINK, "WELL, THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO WORK." AND NOT REALIZE, NO, THERE'S A DIFFERENT WAY IT SHOULD WORK.
YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT EVERY TIME AND WHATNOT.
THERE WERE SOME REALLY GREAT CONVERSATIONS AND ISSUES THAT WERE ADDRESSED THAT WE MAY HAVE NOT KNOWN OTHERWISE.
THOSE ARE FEW OF THE FOUR RELATED TECHNOLOGY THINGS.
THERE WAS A FEW QUESTIONS THAT I COUPLED WITH THAT THAT I WAS GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ADDRESS.
IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS SPECIFIC TO THE TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT PIECE, WE CAN GO THROUGH THOSE NOW AND THEN I'LL CONTINUE ON.
ONE OF THE FIRST QUESTIONS WAS REALLY THE RATIO FOR CAMPUS TECHS TO USERS SEEMED HIGH.
ON THE SURFACE, IT IS HIGH TO WHAT YOU'D NORMALLY SEE, AND ESPECIALLY FROM A FOR PROFIT CORPORATION.
BUT FROM OUR RESEARCH AND SIMILAR SIZED DISTRICTS, IT'S ON PAR WITH SOME OF THE OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE IN THE AREA.
SOME DISTRICTS HAD PREVIOUSLY CAMPUS TECH ASSIGNED AT EVERY CAMPUS, AND WE HAVE THAT AT THE SECONDARY CAMPUSES, BUT OUR ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES ARE SPLIT RIGHT NOW WITH THE NUMBER OF TECHS THAT WE HAVE.
MOST THAT WERE AT THAT MODEL OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FIVE TO TEN YEARS MOVED AWAY JUST FROM THE BUDGET CRUNCHES AND WHATNOT THAT VARIOUS DISTRICTS HAVE HAD.
LAST WEEK, I WAS AT A NATIONAL CONFERENCE WHICH IS A CONSORTIUM OF SCHOOL NETWORKING, AND THERE WAS THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE STATE OF VIRGINIA HAD A PRESENTATION AND THEY'RE TARGETING THEIR SCHOOL SYSTEMS TO PROVIDE A TECH FOR EVERY 800 USERS.
I MENTIONED EARLIER FOR PROFIT CORPORATIONS, THOSE USUALLY TARGET A TECH FOR EVERY 250 USERS, BUT IT'S JUST FINDING THAT BALANCE THAT FITS THE BUDGET AND REASONABLE RESOLUTION TIME THAT EVERYBODY IS COMFORTABLE WITH.
DOES THE STAFFING RATIO ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS GET THEIR TECH ISSUES RESOLVED SWIFTLY WITH MINIMAL DISRUPTION AND INSTRUCTIONAL TIME? THAT VARIES DEPENDING ON THE TIME OF THE YEAR.
AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER, WE'RE DRINKING TICKETS LIKE FROM A FIRE HOSE.
MOST OF THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR STUFF IS SMALLER, PASSWORD RESETS, WHETHER IT'S SPECIFIC APPLICATIONS OR HOME ACCESS CENTER THAT PARENTS MAY BE TRYING TO GET INTO AND WHATNOT.
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BUT THERE'S JUST A HUGE VOLUME OF TICKETS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.THEN USUALLY AROUND THE FIRST PART OF OCTOBER, THINGS START SETTLING DOWN WHERE THE NUMBER OF INCOMING TICKETS SLOWS TO WHERE WE'RE CLOSING MORE TICKETS THAN OUR INCOMING.
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, WE'RE STILL FIGURING OUT SOME OF THE REPORTING AND CAPABILITIES WITHIN FRESHSERVICE, BUT WE'RE AVERAGING 133 RESOLVED SUPPORT TICKETS A DAY.
IT'S INCLUDING ALL TICKETS, NOT THAT THEY'RE ASSIGNED TO TECHNICIANS.
IT COULD BE THOSE THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO ENGINEERS AS WELL.
CURRENTLY, OUR SLA FOR RESOLVING TICKETS DEPENDS ON THE PRIORITY.
THERE'S FOUR PRIORITY LEVELS, LOW, MEDIUM, HIGH, AND URGENT.
OUR FIRST RESPONSE SLA IS 1-8 HOURS, AND OUR RESOLUTION SLA IS CURRENTLY 8-40 HOURS.
THAT WAS THE LAST QUESTION REGARDING THAT TECH SUPPORT PIECE.
IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM ANYBODY REGARDING THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER.
>> JUST HAD ONE. I KNOW WHEN YOU CAME TOWARDS THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AND GAVE US AN UPDATE, WE WERE TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SWITCHOVER TO FRESHSERVICE, ESPECIALLY AROUND OUR PABA FOR LEARNERS, THOSE THAT NEEDED THEIR DEVICES AS PART OF THEIR ACCOMMODATIONS.
DO THIS INCORPORATE A WAY MAYBE TO GIVE THEM A HIGHER PRIORITY SO THAT THEY DON'T GO LONG PERIODS WHEN THEY NEED THE KEYBOARD OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEY HAVE AS PART OF THEIR ACCOMMODATIONS?
>> THE SYSTEM DOES HAVE THAT ABILITY.
WE DID NOT ADD THAT ELEMENT INTO THE FIRST INTEGRATION WITH FRESHSERVICE.
WE DO HAVE THAT PIECE IN OUR RAPIDIDENTITY ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT SOLUTION WHERE WE ADDED THAT ELEMENT TO IDENTIFY THOSE KIDDOS.
WE NEED TO BRING THAT DATA POINT INTO FRESHSERVICE AND ADD IT TO THE PROFILE ON THE USER.
YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE USER TO SEE THAT PIECE AND WOULDN'T BE READILY THERE ON THE TICKET TO SEE THAT, BUT THERE'S SOME OTHER THINGS WITH SOME OF THE ORCHESTRATION CAPABILITIES, I THINK WE CAN ENHANCE THAT, TO REALLY BRING THAT TO LIGHT AND ESCALATE THE PRIORITY OF THOSE TICKETS TO NOT START OUT AT LOW, BUT START OUT AT THAT HIGHER URGENT SETTING.
>> I'D HAVE A STAFFING QUESTION IN THIS AREA.
I KNOW WE ALL KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CLASSROOM.
OBVIOUSLY, TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT IS INTEGRAL TO WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CLASSROOMS. HOW IS YOUR AREA DOING WITH TURNOVER AND HOW ARE WE DOING RETAINING PEOPLE? ARE WE PAYING COMPETITIVELY? LIKE, WHAT'S YOUR OVERALL SENSE OF THE STAFFING SITUATION? THE LAST FEW MONTHS HAS BEEN A CHORE.
THE LAST TWO WEEKS OF ONBOARDED FOR NEW TEXTS.
SOME OF THAT WAS THROUGH SOME PROMOTIONS THAT WERE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR THAT WAS JUST LONGER IN THE TOOTH TO GET INTO THOSE POSITIONS FILLED.
BUT WE HAVE HAD GOOD CANDIDATES THAT WENT THROUGH THE INTERVIEW PROCESS AND MADE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND FOR VARIOUS REASONS, WHETHER IT BE SALARY OR ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY WAS MORE LUCRATIVE THAT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO HIRE, AND SO THAT PROCESS IS DRAWN OUT A LITTLE BIT LONGER WITH THE HEADLIGHT.
WE STILL HAVE ONE TECH POSITION OPEN AT THE MOMENT THAT WE'VE GOT SOME INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED NEXT WEEK TO TRY TO FEEL.
ONE IS ABOUT THE REPLACEMENT DEVICES.
PREVIOUSLY GIVEN US AN UPDATE THAT THERE WAS A MAINTENANCE FEES WHICH WAS CHANGED, I THINK COUPLE OF YEARS AGO TO HELP KIDS RESOLVE BY IF YOU COULD GIVE AN UPDATE REGARDING THAT PROGRAM.
MY SECOND QUESTION WAS, IS THERE ANY CORRELATION REPORT YOU HAVE REGARDING THE AGE OF THE DEVICES AND THE TICKETS ASSOCIATED? THE LENGTH OF THE TICKET MIGHT BE LONGER OR THE NUMBER OF TICKETS COMING FROM THAT AND OBESITY.
THE SECOND QUESTION IS IN CONTEXT OF THE BOND THAT WE REALLY NEED TO UPDATE, WHICH WE NEED TO UPDATE OUR DEVICES.
ON THE FIRST PART, ASSUME YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DEVICE PROTECTION PLAN.
THAT PRICE DID INCREASE WITH THIS SCHOOL YEAR.
WE COME CLOSE LAST SCHOOL YEAR AND REALLY PROBABLY HAD SOME THINGS NOT ADDRESSED THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED BECAUSE THAT BUCKET RAN DRY.
BUT WITH THAT INCREASE AND THERE WAS A BIGGER MARKETING CAMPAIGN REALLY FROM THE CAMPUS TO GET OUT TO FAMILIES, TO REALLY ENCOURAGE THEM TO SIGN UP FOR THE DEVICE PROTECTION PLAN.
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AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE'RE IN A GOOD SPOT, MUCH BETTER THAN WE WERE LAST YEAR WITH THAT PRICE INCREASE ON THAT DEVICE PROTECTION PLAN.I DON'T HAVE ANY CONCRETE NUMBERS TO BACK UP THE FACT THAT THE CARS ARE DEVICES ARE FIVE AND SIX YEARS OLD AT THIS POINT, WE'RE SEEING MORE TICKETS.
THE ONE PIECE OF THE TICKETS AND REALLY THE NUMBER OF TEXTS PER USERS IT'S MUCH HIGHER WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT FROM A DEVICE PERSPECTIVE.
THE NUMBER OF THE ADDITION OR MOVE INTO ONE-TO-ONE INCREASED TICKETS.
BUT REALLY THE ADDITION OF THE KEYBOARD AND THE APPLE PENCIL HAS PROBABLY GENERATED MORE TICKETS ON THE ACCESSORIES THAN IT HAS THE DEVICE ITSELF.
THEY COME OFF THERE. THEY'RE EASY TO LOSE OR LEAVE.
JUST HAVING TO DEAL WITH THAT HAS REALLY EXPONENTIALLY INCREASE THE NUMBER OF TICKETS THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH COMPARED TO WHAT WE WERE FIVE OR SIX YEARS AGO BEFORE THE KEYBOARD AND PENCIL WERE INTRODUCED.
IT IS WHAT IT IS. WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT WHAT IS NEEDED IN THE CLASSROOM.
WE'VE TRIED DIFFERENT THINGS AND WHATNOT TO BE AS EFFICIENT AS WE CAN.
HAVING A DEDICATED PERSON AT SERVICE CENTER LOOKING AT OUR PARTS WE HAVE ON HAND AND WHEN WE NEED TO ORDER AND WHATNOT AND GATHERING SOME INITIAL DETAILS WHEN THOSE REPAIR TICKETS ARE PUT IN.
IT'S BEEN HELPFUL HAVING SOMEBODY FOCUSED ON THAT AND WITH THE UPCOMING BOND.
AS WE REPLACE DEVICES WE'LL BUNDLE IN THE HARDWARE WARRANTY, WHICH WILL GET US SO FAR.
BUT AT THIS POINT, MOST OF OUR DEVICES ARE ALL OUT OF WARRANTY OUTSIDE OF SOMEONE'S E TO THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN PURCHASED.
WE'RE HAVING TO RELY ON THAT DEVICE PROTECTION PLAN TO GET THOSE DEVICES FIX THAT HAVE FALLEN OUT OF WARRANTY.
THE ONE FOLLOW-UP QUESTION ABOUT STAFFING THAT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE FOR US AS YOU ALL KNOW, AND VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AND ADDITION TO CLASSROOM EDUCATORS.
ONE THING THAT WE WILL BE BRINGING TO YOU AT MONDAY'S WORKSHOP ON APRIL THE 3RD IS THAT SALARY STUDY WHERE WE HAVE HAD SOME COMPARISONS TO SEE WHERE WE FALL.
THAT'S CHALLENGING OBVIOUSLY TO COMPETE WITH INDUSTRY AND OFTENTIMES WE CAN'T IN THESE TYPES OF POSITIONS.
BUT WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO OFFER IN SOME OF OUR NON-MONETARY, WE'RE CONTINUING TO EXPLORE THERE.
ONE OF THAT IS THAT REMOTE WORKING OPTION.
THAT'S OBVIOUSLY NOT SOMETHING EVERY POSITION CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WITH OUR EDUCATORS.
WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THERE IS MORE ALONG THOSE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING DAYS, BUT IN SOME OF THE STAFF MEMBERS AND MR. MIGUEL REYES DEPARTMENT, THAT REMOTE WORK OPTION HAS BEEN A PLUS.
AGAIN, WE'LL BRING THAT TO THE BOARD APRIL 3RD AT THE WORKSHOP.
REGARDING THIS BOOT, HAVE THERE BEEN ANY EFFORTS TOWARDS KNOWLEDGE BASE DATABASE TO PROVIDE TO STUDENTS AND USERS TO USING SOME SIMPLE TECHNOLOGY LIKE CHATBOX, WHICH WOULD GO TO THE KNOWLEDGE BASE AND PEOPLE COULD HELP RESOLVE SOME OF THE BASIC STEPS, OR EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO RESOLVE, CERTAIN STEPS HAVE ALREADY BEEN DONE, REDUCING THE LOAD ON THE SERVER AS A PROFESSIONAL? YES. ZENDESK HAD THIS AND WE EXPANDED IT WITH FIRST SERVICE.
THERE'S PROBABLY 150 YEARS KNOWLEDGE-BASE ARTICLES TODAY IN FOREST SERVICE.
DEPENDING ON HOW THE USER GOES IN, THEY'RE PRESENTED WITH A DIALOG BOX TO ASK A QUESTION OR WHAT THEY'RE SEEING AND THE NET WILL PROVIDE HOPEFULLY SOME MEANINGFUL RESULTS BASED ON THAT QUESTION.
THAT'S AN AREA WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO GROW AND ADD THE METADATA POINTS FOR THE VARIOUS ARTICLES THAT WHEN THEY'RE ASKING THAT QUESTION, THAT THEY'RE GETTING MEANINGFUL RESULTS TO HELP THEMSELVES POTENTIALLY WITHOUT HAVING A NEED TO ACTUALLY HAVE A TECH LOOK AT IT.
I HOPE YOU'LL CONTINUE TO GROW THAT BECAUSE 150 LEAVES LOT TO DESIRE [LAUGHTER].
I HAVE A QUESTION. DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY TEXTS WE HAVE IN TOTAL? THERE'S 14.
FOURTEEN TEXTS, AND ARE THEY ALL REMOTE? NO. ALL 14 OF THE TEXTS, THEY ARE IN-HOUSE AND SHOW UP EVERY DAY.
THE REMOTE WORK OPTION THAT DR. HUNT HAD MENTIONED.
WE WERE ONE OF THE PILOT DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE ENGINEERS ONE DAY A WEEK, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AND WORK REMOTELY IN BETWEEN THE NETWORKING TEAM,
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THE SYSTEMS TEAM, AND THE INTEGRATION TEAM.BETWEEN THE TWO THAT ARE ON EACH OF THOSE TEAMS. THEY CAN'T BE OFF OR REMOTELY WORKING OR TELECOMMUTING IS THE PROPER TERM ON THE SAME DAY.
WE WORKED OUT THAT SCHEDULE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
THEM HAVING THAT ABILITY, REALLY PROBABLY SOME OF THE TIME AWAY FROM THE OFFICE AND NOT HAVING THE DISRUPTIONS HAS PROVIDED THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A DEEPER DIVE AND FOCUS ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT MAY BE MORE DIFFICULT TO DO IN THE OFFICE WHEN THERE'S SOME CONSTANT INTERRUPTIONS AND ALERTS POPPING UP AND PEOPLE STICKING THEIR HEAD IN THE DOOR ASKING QUESTIONS.
MOVING ON. SOME OF THE TECHNOLOGY PROJECT IS PRETTY QUICK.
LITTLE PIECE HERE, BUT LASERFICHE WAS FIRST INSTALLED A FEW YEARS AGO.
THEY WENT INTEGRATOR THAT HANDLED OUR DIGITIZATION OF THE EMPLOYEE RECORDS, EMPLOYEE CONTRACTS, AND A FEW HR FORMS LAST SCHOOL YEAR OR LAST SPRING FOR THE ENROLLMENT FOR THE 22, 23 SCHOOL YEAR WAS ALSO MOVED INTO LASERFICHE AND REALLY WAS A REPLICA OF WHAT WE PREVIOUSLY HAD DONE WITHIN POWER SCHOOL ENROLLMENT.
THIS SCHOOL YEAR, WE HIRED COORDINATOR OF ENTERPRISE CONTENT MANAGEMENT.
SHE OVERSEES AND MANAGES OUR LASERFICHE IMPLEMENTATION AND THE EXPANSION THAT THAT IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN HERE.
NOW THAT THE 23, 24 ENROLLMENT THAT WAS JUST RELEASED, SHE WORKED OVER THE COURSE OF THE FALL WITH THE CAMPUS FOLKS, REGISTRARS, STUDENT HEALTH, AND MANY OTHER FOLKS TO BASICALLY COMPLETELY OVERHAUL THE 23, 24 ENROLLMENT IN THE WORKFLOW PROCESS AND HOW THAT WORKS.
PREVIOUSLY THE PRE-ENROLLMENT ASPECT OF WHAT THE CAMPUS IS USED TO COLLECT INFORMATION TO KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THE KID WAS ELIGIBLE TO BE IN CISD OR NOT.
EVERY CAMPUS WAS DOING THEIR OWN THING.
MOVING FORWARD, WE STANDARDIZE THAT PRE-ENROLLMENT PROCESS TO COLLECT THE MINIMUM INFORMATION WE NEED.
THE REGISTERS SEE THAT INFORMATION FROM THAT FORM, THEN THEY'RE ABLE TO SEND OUT, PROVE, AND SEND OUT THE ACTUAL APPLICATION FOR ENROLLMENT.
THAT PIECE JUST PROVIDES A COMMON FAMILIARITY FOR OUR FAMILIES REGARDLESS OF WHAT CAMPUS THEY'RE WORKING WITH IN REGARDS TO ENROLLMENT.
ALSO THIS YEAR WE MOVED OUR COPIERS TO CANON AND THERE'S AN INTEGRATION WITH LASERFICHE THAT WE'RE THIS CLOSE TO COMPLETING IN PROVIDING WIDGET ON THE COPIERS.
DEPENDING ON YOUR ACCESS AND ROLE, WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE SCANNING SOMETHING FROM A STAFF RECORD OR A STUDENT RECORD WILL BE ABLE TO ADD WHATEVER METADATA AND SCAN DIRECTLY INTO THE LASERFICHE REPOSITORY FROM THE CANON COPIERS.
THEN ALSO, WE'RE BUILDING OUT A DEV ENVIRONMENT AS LASERFICHE GROWS, AS NEW FORMS AND WORKFLOWS AND PROCESSES, THE REPOSITORY, ALL OF THAT TIES IN TOGETHER, AND AS IT GROWS AND WE INTRODUCE NEW THINGS.
WE DON'T NEED IT TO BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE PRODUCTION SERVERS, SO WE'RE BUILDING OUT A DEV ENVIRONMENT.
THERE'S GOING BE A MIRROR SETUP OF WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN PRODUCTION.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO TEST WORKFLOWS PROCESSES LIKE WHEN ENROLLMENT KICKS OFF, BEING ABLE TO SCALE THAT ACCORDINGLY TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ABLE TO HANDLE THE LOAD.
THE NEW FIBER AND NETWORK SWITCHES WERE INSTALLED AT THE BASEBALL SOFTBALL FIELD COMPLEX IN ADDITION TO THE NEW LOCKER ROOM, LESLIE FIELD AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
CURRENTLY, SECURITY CAMERAS ARE BEING ADDED IN THESE AREAS AT THE CONCESSION STANDS OR THE PRESS BOXES AND JUST PROVIDE A LITTLE MORE VISIBILITY AROUND THOSE ATHLETIC AREAS.
BUT WITH THE NETWORK NOW BEING THERE, WE CAN ADD ADDITIONAL WIRELESS PHONES, ANYTHING ELSE, DOOR ACCESS CONTROL THAT'S NEEDED NOW THAT WE'VE GOT NETWORKING FIBER RAN TO THOSE LOCATIONS.
THEN LASTLY, WE INTRODUCED SCREENCLOUD, WHICH IS A NEW DIGITAL SIGNAGE SOLUTION TO THE DISTRICT.
OUR PREVIOUS SOLUTION WAS NO LONGER BEING SUPPORTED AND IT WAS LIMITING AND IT WAS ESSENTIALLY JUST A GOOGLE SLIDE DECK.
SCREENCLOUD PROVIDES AN EASY SOLUTION FOR THE CAMPUSES TO CREATE THEIR OWN CONTENT THAT INCLUDES STREAMING VIDEOS, BRINGING DIGITAL MENUS, WEATHER APPS, AND THERE'S PROBABLY 100 OR SO DIFFERENT APPS THAT THEY BRING IN VARIOUS CONTENT,
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SOCIAL MEDIA FEEDS AND MORE.IN ADDITION, HAVING THE ZONE ELEMENTS WHERE YOU CAN HAVE TICKER SCROLLING ACROSS THE BOTTOM AND SOMETHING OVER HERE, AND ANOTHER PIECE OF CONTENT OVER HERE, REALLY PROVIDES A MORE ENGAGING EXPERIENCE THAT THE CAMPUSES CAN BUILD OUT IN REGARDS TO OUR DIGITAL SIGNAGE SOLUTION.
THOSE ARE A FEW TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS THAT JUST MOST RECENT THIS PAST SCHOOL YEAR THAT WE'VE IMPLEMENTED.
IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING ANY OF THOSE ITEMS?
>> MR. [INAUDIBLE], I HAD TWO QUICK QUESTIONS.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE COMPLEXITY, I SEE THESE TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS BEING ADDED, OBVIOUSLY ADDS COMPLEXITY TO THE ENVIRONMENT THAT YOU'RE SUPPORTING.
HOW DO YOU MANAGE THAT EFFECTIVELY TO ENSURE THAT YOU DON'T CREATE EXPOSURES BY ADDING NEW TECHNOLOGIES TO YOUR ECOSYSTEM?
>> DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE PROJECT, REALLY, THE LARGER THE PROJECT, WE'LL HAVE OUR INTEGRATOR COME IN AND COMPLETE THAT WORK.
THEN WE'RE THERE AND RIGHT ALONG WITH THE PROJECT MANAGER AND WHATNOT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT PROJECT IS A SUCCESS.
THESE HAVE BEEN ON THE SMALLER SIDE OF THINGS AND SO WE JUST HANDLED THEM IN-HOUSE TO GET THEM IMPLEMENTED.
THE NETWORKING PIECE, AS THAT'S EXPANDED, JUST MIRRORING WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN SET UP, JUST USING DIFFERENT IP ADDRESSES AND WHATNOT FOR THOSE ADDITIONAL CLOSETS AND SWITCHES THAT WERE BEING ADDED.
BUT AS A LOT OF WHAT PROJECT WISE THAT IS PLANNED IN THE BOND, WE WANT TO INCORPORATE THE SERVICES AND IMPLEMENTATION ALONG WITH THAT INITIAL PROJECT.
THAT WAY OUR TEAM CAN STAY FOCUSED ON TICKETS AND WE'RE JUST HAVING A PERSON OR TWO ALONGSIDE THAT PROJECT MANAGING IT FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE TO ENSURE THAT IT'S DONE EFFICIENTLY AND CORRECTLY AS MUCH AS IT CAN BE.
>> [INAUDIBLE] I HAVE ONE QUESTION. FIRST OF ALL, I APPLAUD YOU FOR LOOKING INTO PRODUCTS LIKE LASERFICHE, WHICH CAN HELP AUTOMATE.
THIS IS MORE SPECIFIC TO DOCUMENT AND CONTENT STUFF.
I UNDERSTAND YOUR VISION AS OUR IMPLEMENTATION GROWS, YOU WILL HAVE BOTS AND YOU WILL HAVE OTHER AUTOMATIONS TO GET ALL THIS DOCUMENT, IT'S SORTED OUT, IF THEY HAVE TO BE COPIED, MAY DELIVERED.
BUT HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT SUCH PROCESS AUTOMATION FOR OTHER FUNCTIONALITY, MAYBE FOR FINANCE OR MAYBE FOR CURRICULUM? THERE'S SO MANY REPORTS, SO MANY ACTIONS WHICH ARE REPEATED.
TODAY'S WORLD MEANS IF I STOP SITTING AND DOING THE SAME WORK EVERY DAY, DOWNLOADING THE SAME THING, IT MAKES NO SENSE.
IT MEANS ALL THIS COULD BE AUTOMATED AND JUST PROVIDED TO THEM WHEN THEY COME TO THE OFFICE IN THE MORNING.
REPORTS CAN BE AUTOMATICALLY RUN, THEY CAN BE AVAILABLE AND THESE ARE VERY EASY TO IMPLEMENT.
NO-CODE, LOW-CODE SOLUTIONS, JUST LIKE HOW LASERFICHE PROVIDES FOR THE DOCUMENTS, HAVE YOU LOOKED AT THOSE WAYS? THE REASON I'M ASKING IS WHEN WE SIT AND TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE, WE ARE ASKING FOR FURTHER REPORT.
THE AMOUNT OF REPORTS, THE AMOUNT OF INSIGHT THAT WILL HAVE TO BE GATHERED.
SINCE WE ARE NOT A BIG DISTRICT, WE CANNOT AFFORD THOSE BIG PLATFORMS LIKE ORACLE AND OTHERS.
WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO CREATE AUTOMATIONS IN A CHEAPER, SIMPLER MANNER WITHOUT INVOLVING HEAVY CODING AND THOSE STUFF FOR OUR STAFF.
HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THOSE SOLUTIONS?
>> YES. OBVIOUSLY, LASERFICHE IS ONE ENGINE TO DO THAT.
EVEN OUR IDENTITY AND ACCESS MANAGEMENT SOLUTION HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED OVER A DECADE NOW.
WE TRY TO AUTOMATE SOME OF THOSE SIMPLE, MUNDANE TASKS FROM USER ACCOUNTS AND REALLY RELY ON GROUPS AND ROLES TO ASSIGN PERMISSIONS WITHIN APPLICATIONS.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THE TOOLS IN PLACE.
IT REALLY JUST NEED TO EXPAND AND HAVE SOME PEOPLE DEDICATE SOME TIME TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND WORK ON SOME OF THAT EVEN FROM ORACLE AND SOME REPORTING CAPABILITIES.
WE HAVE POWER BI, THAT'S PART OF OUR OFFICE SOLUTION SUITE THAT WE'VE TINKERED WITH AND GOT SOME REPORTS WITHIN THERE, BUT THAT'S JUST ANOTHER ELEMENT WHERE WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT, THAT WE ALREADY OWN.
IT'S REALLY JUST THE TIME AND DEVELOPMENT OF SOMEBODY TO DEDICATE TO DO THAT.
>> [INAUDIBLE], IT'S POWER AUTOMATE, I'M TALKING ABOUT POWER AUTOMATE.
YOU CAN USE THOSE TECHNOLOGY IF YOU ALREADY HAVE A LICENSE FOR IT.
THAT'S NOT EVEN A PENNY EXTRA FROM LICENSING COST.
IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO MAKING A PROJECT, MAKING IT A PRIORITY.
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BUT A PROJECT LIKE THIS MIGHT TAKE FEW PEOPLE, TECHNICAL PEOPLE'S INITIAL SETUP, BUT SAVES EVERYDAY WORK FOR TENS AND HUNDREDS OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS DOING REPUTATION WORK, SO THE SAVINGS IS EXPONENTIAL.>> FOR SURE. SAVE THE BIGGEST FOR LAST AND HOPEFULLY CAN GET THROUGH THIS QUICKLY.
AS I MENTIONED, THE BIGGEST CHANGES OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS HAVE BEEN IN THE CYBERSECURITY REALM.
I'M GOING TO PRESENT A HIGH-LEVEL OVERVIEW AND NOT PROVIDE TOO MUCH DETAIL.
THAT WAY WE DON'T GIVE AWAY THE KEYS TO THE CASTLE.
BUT AS WE GO THROUGH, THERE'S EIGHT THINGS I'M GOING TO TOUCH ON THAT WE'VE IMPLEMENTED OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO TO HELP STRENGTHEN OUR CYBERSECURITY POSTURE.
AS WE KNOW, K12 SCHOOLS ARE BEING TARGETED ACROSS THE COUNTRY BY MALICIOUS CYBER ACTORS.
IT'S NO LONGER A MATTER OF THE IF, BUT A MATTER OF WHEN WE'RE HIT.
FROM 2016-2022, K12 SIX IS A ORGANIZATION THAT HAS A CYBER THREAT INCIDENT MAP SPECIFIC TO K12, AND SO THERE HAS BEEN OVER 1,600 REPORTED INCIDENTS ARE INVOLVING K12 SCHOOLS SINCE 2016 UP UNTIL LATTICE DATA WAS RIGHT AT THE END OF 2022.
LIKE I MENTIONED, WE'VE GOT NUMEROUS SOLUTIONS THAT WE'VE IMPLEMENTED AND GOING TO TOUCH ON THEM AT HIGH LEVEL HERE JUST TO PROVIDE YOU AN UPDATE.
THE FIRST BEING AN E-MAIL SECURITY.
WE'VE LONG HAD AN E-MAIL SECURITY GATEWAY, BUT THE ATTACKS ARE BECOMING MORE AND MORE SOPHISTICATED.
IT NECESSITATES THE NEED FOR AN ENHANCED CYBERSECURITY GATEWAY SOLUTION.
ONE OF THE DOWNSIDES FROM BEING A SCHOOL DISTRICT IS THE NEED TO BE OPEN AND TRANSPARENT.
WE GIVE THE BAD GUYS A LOT OF INFORMATION IN BEING OPEN AND TRANSPARENT THAT'S ON OUR WEBSITE IN REGARDS TO OUR ORGANIZATION OR DEPARTMENT STRUCTURE, SOME OF THE FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT'S AVAILABLE, AND SO IT HELPS THEM CRAFT A TARGETED RELEVANT E-MAIL TO WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR DISTRICT RIGHT NOW.
TO BE ABLE TO ACQUIRE CREDENTIALS, TRY TO CHANGE BANKING INFORMATION, DROP A MALICIOUS PAYLOAD FOR RANSOMWARE OR WHATNOT.
ONE OF THE ENHANCEMENTS THAT WE'VE DONE ON OUR E-MAIL SECURITY USES AI AND MACHINE LEARNING TO KNOW WHAT IS NORMAL.
WHO ARE WE NORMALLY CONVERSING WITH AND WHATNOT? THEN IF WE SEE ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY, IT'S ABLE TO DETECT THOSE ANOMALIES AND THROUGH THE USE OF CONTEXTUAL, DYNAMIC WARNING BANNERS, 10 PEOPLE MAY GET AN E-MAIL FROM SOME, AND IT MAY BE MALICIOUS.
IF IT MADE IT THROUGH THE SYSTEM, BUT THEN SOMEONE'S LIKE, THAT DIDN'T REALLY LOOK RIGHT.
I'M GOING TO MARK THAT AS UNSAFE.
THEN THAT BANNER WILL CHANGE COLORS FOR ALL THE OTHER 10 PEOPLE THAT RECEIVED IT, OR NINE PEOPLE THAT RECEIVED IT, AND SAY, HEY, THIS MAY BE MALICIOUS, YOU DON'T WANT TO CLICK ON ANYTHING HERE.
USING AI, MACHINE LEARNING, THAT CAPABILITY HAS ADDED, EMPOWERED OUR USERS TO BE MORE SELF-AWARE VERSUS JUST, HEY, THIS COME FROM AN EXTERNAL USER, A STATIC MESSAGE.
IF IT'S POTENTIALLY UNSAFE, THERE'S THREE OR FOUR DIFFERENT COLOR CODES THAT COME IN TO REALLY STAND OUT AND MAKE OUR USERS AWARE.
AGAIN, BACKUPS AREN'T ANYTHING NEW, BUT WE HAVE MADE SOME RECENT CHANGES TO INCREASE OUR RESILIENCY WITHIN OUR BACKUP STRUCTURE IN BACKING UP TO MULTIPLE DATA CENTERS, MULTIPLE BEING MORE THAN TWO.
IN ADDITION TO HAVING MULTIPLE BACKUPS, THEY ARE AIR GAPPED AND ARE MUTABLE.
WHICH MEANS ONCE THAT BACKUP'S DONE, IT ESSENTIALLY IS OFFLINE AND CAN'T BE TOUCHED, AND SO THAT'S ABLE.
EVEN THOSE COPIES ARE DONE THROUGH DIFFERENT CONNECTORS AS WELL.
IT REALLY HAS ENHANCED OUR BACKUP AND TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF OUR BACKUPS IN THE EVENT WE HAVE A SERVER OR WHATNOT THAT MAY BE HIT WITH RANSOMWARE, WE'RE ABLE TO RELY ON THOSE BACKUPS AND KNOW THAT THEY'RE PROTECTED WITH THAT IMMUTABLE COPY.
BAD ACTORS, THEY NOT ONLY GET INTO THE SERVER AND TRY TO ENCRYPT THAT INFORMATION,
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BUT THEY ALSO TRY TO ENCRYPT THE BACKUP SO YOU CAN'T RELY ON THE BACKUPS THAT WAY YOU HAVE TO GO TO PAY THE RANSOM TO GET YOUR DATA BACK.ADDING THOSE CAPABILITIES TO OUR BACKUPS JUST PROVIDES ANOTHER LAYER OF PROTECTION FOR US.
MULTI-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION WAS ADDED FOR STAFF LAST SCHOOL YEAR.
OUR SINGLE SIGN-ON SOLUTION WHERE ALL OF OUR WEB LINKS AND WHATNOT WE'VE TAKEN THOSE OFF THE WEBSITE AND REALLY POINT EVERYBODY TO OUR SSO SINGLE SIGN-ON SOLUTION THAT'S PROTECTED WITH THE MFA, OUR EMAIL AND THERE'S SOME OTHER MORE OTHER CRITICAL APPLICATIONS THAT SUPPORT MFA, LIKE OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEM THAT IS FRONTED WITH MFA AS WELL.
IT'S REQUIRED FOR STAFF FOR THOSE APPLICATIONS AND THEN AS MORE AND MORE APPLICATIONS BEGAN TO SUPPORT MFA, WE WILL CONTINUE TO ADD THOSE AND ADD THAT CAPABILITY.
STUDENTS TODAY DO NOT HAVE MFA FOR ANY OTHER SYSTEMS THAT ARE REQUIRED.
BUT WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF STUDENT APPLICATIONS WITHIN GOOGLE AND MICROSOFT AND OFFICE 365 THAT DO SUPPORT MFA.
BUT IT'S NOT REQUIRED THAT THEY USE IT, BUT IT IS AVAILABLE TO THEM IF THEY CHOOSE TO DO SO.
THIS YEAR WE ARE NETWORK WIRELESS.
THE WIRELESS SIDE OF THE NETWORK WAS REVAMPED WITH NETWORK ACCESS CONTROL AND SO ALL OF OUR CISD DEVICES AUTOMATICALLY CONNECT TO ONE OF TWO DIFFERENT SSIDS, DEPENDING ON THE DEVICE TYPE AND AUTHENTICATION METHOD USED TO IDENTIFY THAT DEVICE, ANY PERSONAL OR GUESTS DEVICES ARE REDIRECTED TO A CAPTIVE PORTAL, SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU'D SEE AT AN AIRPORT OR A RESTAURANT OR WHATNOT TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES OR CAN LOGIN WITH CISD CREDENTIALS IF YOU'RE A CISD USER, AND SO THAT WAS IMPLEMENTED ON THE WIRELESS SIDE THIS SUMMER.
WE'RE CURRENTLY PLANNING THE WIRED SIDE AND HOPE TO BEGIN THAT WORK THIS SUMMER TO IMPLEMENT ON THE WIRED SIDE, THERE'S JUST MANY, MANY MORE VARIOUS DEVICES WITH PHONES AND COPIERS AND HVAC SYSTEMS, DOOR ACCESS CONTROLS TO PROPERLY IDENTIFY THOSE DEVICES AND KNOW THEM.
IT'S A LITTLE MORE TEDIOUS ENDEAVOR THAN THE WIRELESS IDEAS.
BUT WE HOPE TO HAVE THAT START THAT THIS SUMMER AND FINISH THAT UP OVER THE COURSE OF NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.
THE NETWORK DETECTION AND RESPONSE, ALL OF OUR NETWORK TRAFFIC IS AGGREGATED THROUGH A NETWORK PACKET BROKER AND IT FILTERS OUT ANY DUPLICATE TRAFFIC AND WHATNOT AND THEN SENDS IT TO OUR NETWORK DETECTION AND RESPONSE SYSTEM AND OTHER SECURITY TOOLS, SO IT SITS ON THE NETWORK, MONITORS ALL OF OUR TRAFFIC, AND RESPONDS AND MITIGATES ANY MALICIOUS ACTIVITY.
IT USES AI AND SOME BEHAVIORAL ANALYTICS, MACHINE LEARNING TO UNDERSTAND, AGAIN, SIMILAR TO THE EMAIL OF WHAT'S NORMAL.
THEN AS THINGS CHANGE AND ANOMALIES LIKE, HEY, THIS SERVER DON'T NORMALLY TALK TO THIS SERVER.
BUT IT ESSENTIALLY KEEPS TRACK OF WHO'S TALKING TO WHO AND IN THE EVENT SOMETHING HAPPENS, WE CAN LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE. WHERE DID THIS COME IN? WHAT ATTACK VECTOR, WHAT HAPPENED, WHAT CHANGED AFTER THE FACT? THEN WE'RE ABLE TO MITIGATE BY KNOWING WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE AND AFTER THE TACT AND ENSURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO REMEDIATE THAT RISK.
THE NEXT TWO THINGS ARE COUPLED TOGETHER, ALTHOUGH THEY BEHAVE DIFFERENTLY.
BUT OUR VULNERABILITY MANAGEMENT TOOL, IT PERFORMS WEEKLY SCANS AND ON OUR SERVERS OR NETWORK SYSTEMS AND PRIORITIZES RISK BASED ON THE COMMON VULNERABILITY SCORING SYSTEM.
THERE'S COMMON VULNERABILITIES AND EXPOSURES THAT THOSE ARE KNOWN PUBLIC PROBLEMS, VULNERABILITIES THAT YOUR APPLES, MICROSOFTS, AND ALL YOUR COMPANIES REPORT TO AND THERE'LL BE A CVE NUMBER ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
THE BOWL OF MILL, THE MANAGER USES THOSE CVES TO DETERMINE A SCORE AND HEY, THESE ARE THINGS YOU NEED TO LOOK AT.
SIMILAR TO THAT, BUT BEHAVES A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.
WE HAVE AN AUTOMATED PENETRATION TESTING SOLUTION THAT NOT ONLY TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE CVES AND THE CVSS SCORES, BUT IT ACTUALLY SAFELY EMULATES REAL EXPLOITS ON OUR SYSTEMS AND SEES WHAT IT CAN DO, WHETHER IT'S CRACKING THE PASSWORD OR IF IT CAN TALK TO THIS SERVER AND TRY TO DO SOMETHING TO THAT SERVER AND JUST IT SAFELY EXPLOITS KNOWN VULNERABILITIES AND PROVIDES A RISK SCORE BASED ON IMPACT.
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EVEN THOUGH A CVSS SCORE MAY BE LOW, IF IT'S ACTUALLY ABLE TO EXPLOIT IT, IT MAY HAVE A HIGH IMPACT THAT HEY, WE NEED TO GET THIS FIXED, AND SO THOSE TWO THINGS COUPLED TOGETHER REALLY COMPLIMENT EACH OTHER AND PROVIDE A SPECIFIC RECIPE TO REMEDIATE THE HIGH RISK THAT OUR SYSTEMS MAY HAVE.LASTLY, I'D MENTIONED THIS NUMEROUS TIMES, BUT I THINK IT'S WORTH BRINGING UP AGAIN THAT WE DO HAVE A MANAGED SERVICE SECURITY PROVIDER THAT IS MONITORING OUR ENVIRONMENT 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, 365 DAYS A YEAR.
WHEN OUR TEAM IS SLEEPING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, OR ARE THEY'RE WITH THEIR FAMILIES ON THE WEEKENDS OR DURING THE HOLIDAYS.
THAT'S WHEN BAD ACTORS TARGET SYSTEMS, WHETHER IT'S SCHOOLS OR CORPORATIONS OR WHATNOT.
WE HAVE MSSP THAT'S MONITORING OUR ENVIRONMENT AND IS ABLE TO FLAG MALICIOUS ACTIVITY, REACH OUT TO US THROUGH MESSAGE OR A PHONE CALL IF IT'S A HIGH THREAT WHEN ANY ANOMALIES ARE DETECTED.
WE'VE GOT A DEPTH DEFENSE IN DEPTH APPROACH TO OUR SECURITY AND WE'VE GOT MULTIPLE LAYERS.
CONTINUED TO EXPAND AND ENHANCE WHAT WE'VE GOT TO PROVIDE THE BEST SECURE POSTURE THAT WE CAN FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT.
THE TEXAS DIR HAS DEVELOPED THE TEXAS CYBERSECURITY FRAMEWORK AND THAT HELPS ORGANIZATIONS BETTER UNDERSTAND, MANAGE, AND REDUCE CYBERSECURITY RISKS.
THAT FRAMEWORKS ALIGNED WITH THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY, WHICH IS THE NIST FRAMEWORK, WHICH YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH.
THAT NIST FRAMEWORK HAS FIVE FUNCTIONS TO IDENTIFY, PROTECT, DETECT, RESPOND, AND RECOVER.
THERE'S 42 SECURITY CONTROL OBJECTIVES AT THE TEXAS CYBERSECURITY FRAMEWORK HAS A FEW YEARS AGO, WE HAD TRUE NORTH CONSULTING COME IN AND DO A MAJOR TECH ASSESSMENT.
THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE RAN THE ASSESSMENT ON THE TEXAS CYBERSECURITY FRAMEWORK.
AT THAT TIME, WE WERE HAD A MATURITY RATING OF A 1.17 AND IT'S BASED ON A SCALE 0-5.
OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE'VE INCREASED THAT TO 1.4.
WE'VE GOT A FEW THINGS THAT WERE IN THE PIPE RIGHT NOW THAT PROBABLY WILL GET US UP TO A 1.6 BY THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
THE TA HAS SET A GOAL FOR DISTRICTS TO GET TO A THREE. YES, IT'S IN THE MIDDLE, BUT YOUR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND SIEGES AND SOME OF THE OTHER MORE SECURE ENVIRONMENTS, FINANCIAL COMPANIES, THEY'RE THE ONES TARGETING A FOUR OR GET TOO CLOSE TO FIVE IF ANYBODY EVEN ACCOMPLISHED A FIVE.
BUT THEY'VE SET THE THREE AS THAT GOAL FOR DISTRICTS.
THE TA THEMSELVES GOT TWO OR THREE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, AND THEY HAD A BIG LONG JOURNEY TO GET THERE.
WE'RE STILL EARLY ON, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO IN THAT REGARD.
BUT OUR GOAL IS TO GET TO THAT THREE AND PROVIDE CONSISTENT REPEATABLE PROCESS.
THAT'S REALLY OUR NEXT STEP, WE'RE OPERATING DAY TO DAY.
WE JUST DON'T HAVE IT DOCUMENTED THAT I CAN HAND SOMEBODY A DOCUMENT, SAY THIS IS HOW WE DO THIS, THIS IS HOW WE DO THAT.
THAT PIECE IS GOING TO GET US A MAJOR JUMP TOWARDS THAT THREE AND JUST GETTING EVERYTHING DOCUMENTED OF HOW WE OPERATE DAY-TO-DAY TODAY.
WE'RE GOING TO DEDICATE TIME AS MUCH AS WE CAN AMONGST THE TEAMS INVOLVED TO GET US THOSE THINGS DOCUMENTED.
THERE'S A TEMPLATE LIBRARY FOR VARIOUS THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO WORK FROM TO HELP US GET TO THAT POINT AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.
IN CLOSING, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK AROUND STUDENT DATA PRIVACY, WHETHER IT'S LEGISLATURE.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S REALLY ABOUT STUDENT AND STAFF DATA PRIVACY.
WE TODAY UTILIZE A TEXAS STANDARD STUDENT DATA PRIVACY AGREEMENT AND ITS VERSION 1 RELEASE SIX IS WHAT'S CURRENTLY THE LATEST RELEASE.
THAT WAS DEVELOPED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE TEXAS STUDENT PRIVACY ALLIANCE, ALONG WITH THE STUDENT DATA PRIVACY CONSORTIUM.
THE STUDENT DATA PRIVACY CONSORTIUM RELEASE, THEY HAVE A NATIONAL DATA TO DATA PRIVACY AGREEMENT.
BUT LIKE I SAID EARLIER, IT'S WRITTEN SPECIFIC TO STUDENT DATA.
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TEXAS TOOK THE NATIONAL DATA PRIVACY AGREEMENT AND THEY ADDED AN EXHIBIT THAT BASICALLY SAYS, WE'RE NOT ONLY CONCERNED ABOUT STUDENT DATA, WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT STAFF DATA AS WELL.THE TEXAS VERSION OF THE NATIONAL DATA PRIVACY AGREEMENT GENERICALLY JUST SAYS LEA DATA.
THAT'S THE LOCAL EDUCATION AGENCY DATA THAT WAY IT ENCOMPASSES ANY DATA WE HAVE, WHETHER IT BE STAFF DATA OR STUDENT DATA.
AT THE CONFERENCE THAT I WAS AT LAST WEEK, COSN IS PART OF THE STUDENT DATA PRIVACY CONSORTIUM.
THEY'RE SET TO RELEASE VERSION 2,0 OF THE NEW NATIONAL DATA PRIVACY AGREEMENT.
AT SOME POINT THIS SUMMER, I WAS TOLD THAT VERSION 2,0 AGREEMENT IS GOING TO ENCOMPASS JUST THAT LEA DATA AND NOT FOCUS IT JUST TO STUDENT THAT WE NEED TO PROTECT ALL STAFF AND STUDENT DATA.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE DATA AGREEMENT, IT COVERS DATA OWNERSHIP, AUTHORIZED ACCESS, AND OUTLINES COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAWS.
IT DELINEATES EXPECTATIONS FOR REASONABLE SECURITY PRECAUTIONS, DATA HANDLING PRACTICES, NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS IN THE EVENT OF A DATA BREACH.
THE AGREEMENT ALSO PROHIBITS PROVIDERS FROM USING, DISCLOSING, OR SELLING DATA FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADVERTISING, OR DEVELOPING PROFILES OF STUDENTS OR FAMILIES FOR ANY PURPOSE OTHER THAN PROVIDING THE SERVICE CONTRACTED BY THE DISTRICT.
AS NEW SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS ARE PURCHASED AS WELL AS RENEWED, WE'RE STARTING TO WORK WITH OUR VENDORS AND OUR APPLICATIONS TO GET THIS AGREEMENT IN PLACE THAT WAY, MANY OF THE BIG MAJOR PLAYERS HAVE ALREADY WORKED WITH OTHER TEXAS SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND WORK WITH OTHER DISTRICTS IN OTHER STATES IN REGARDS TO THIS NATIONAL DATA PRIVACY AGREEMENT.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A FOCUSED EFFORT AS WE COORDINATE WITH THE BUSINESS OFFICE AND SEEING RENEWALS AND WHATNOT TO GET THAT IN PLACE SO WE CAN HAVE THAT AGREEMENT AND EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH OUR DATA AND WHAT HAPPENS IN THE EVENT OF A BREACH AND OR IF WE TERMINATE A CONTRACT WITH A VENDOR, WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT DATA AND HOW LONG THEY'RE HOLDING ON TO IT. THAT WRAPS IT UP.
>> QUESTIONS FOR MR. MCGELFRY.
>> I WOULD ACTUALLY JUST LIKE TO START BY SAYING, THANK YOU.
YOU ARE OFTEN SOMEBODY THAT WE GRILL.
I THINK THE COMPLEXITY OF THE NUMBER OF DEVICES AND WHAT OUR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS REQUIRE IS MUCH MORE COMPLICATED THAN IT USED TO BE, IAN JUST WHEN YOU JOINED THE DISTRICT.
I THINK THE CLIMATE AND CULTURE AROUND TECHNOLOGY IS MUCH MORE COMPLEX AND COMPLICATED THAN IT WAS.
DO I THINK WITH THAT WE'RE PERFECT? NO. DO I THINK THAT EVERYTHING IS MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND YOU GUYS ARE GENERALLY ON TOP OF EVERYTHING? ABSOLUTELY, AND SO I JUST DON'T THINK WE THANK YOU VERY OFTEN AND YOU HAVE A REALLY IMPORTANT BUT VERY HIDDEN JOBS SOMETIMES. THANKS.
>> APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. IT TAKES A TEAM.
I'M UP HERE SPEAKING TO YOU ALL, BUT IT'S THE 28 GUYS AND GIRLS IN THE BACK THAT MAKE IT ALL WORK.
I'VE GOT A GREAT TEAM PUT TOGETHER. [OVERLAPPING].
THE WEAKEST LINK IS, OF COURSE, THE BREACH WHEN IT HAPPENS.
THIS LOOKS LIKE SINCE WE HAVE THAT LAST MEETING WITH NORTH EXALTING FORM, I THINK THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CHANGES MADE JUST BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT THE SLIDES.
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAVE IS HOW ARE WE TRAINING OUR STAFF ON ALL THE PHISHING, SMISHING, AND ALL OF THAT BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE BREACH HAPPENS?
>> CORRECT. WE HAVE A CYBER SECURITY AWARENESS TRAINING SOLUTION THAT DOES MONTHLY PHISHING CAMPAIGNS TO ANYBODY THAT HAS AN EMAIL ACCOUNT.
THE STATE A FEW YEARS AGO HAD A, I FORGET THE HOUSE BILL OR SENATE BILL NUMBER THAT IT WAS, BUT IT REQUIRED ANYBODY THAT I'D LIKE 25% TECHNOLOGY USE TO TAKE ANNUAL CYBER SECURITY TRAINING.
THAT CHANGED A LITTLE BIT WITH THE PREVIOUS LEGISLATION AND IT WAS RELAXED TO TRY TO HELP TEACHERS NOT HAVE SO MUCH TRAINING, BUT WE STILL ENFORCE THAT LOCALLY TO DO THAT ANNUAL TRAINING.
NOW THAT IS INCORPORATED, THERE'S MANDATORY ANNUAL TRAINING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR WITH ALL OF OUR NORMAL COMPLIANCE STUFF THAT HAPPENS.
BUT THEN MONTHLY, THERE'S SIMULATED PHISHING ATTEMPTS THAT HAPPENS AND THEY'RE RANDOM AS TO WHO GETS SOMEWHAT DAYS AND WHICH ONES THEY'RE GETTING.
BUT THEY ALWAYS SEEM TO BE RELEVANT THAT OUR CURRENT SOLUTION, WE'RE ON OUR SECOND ONE PREVIOUS THAN THE FIRST ONE, BUT IT SEEMS TO KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING AND WHETHER IT'S TARGETING CHRISTMAS OR THANKSGIVING OR WHATNOT,
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THAT THEY'RE SOPHISTICATED AND EVEN THE FAKE ATTEMPTS THAT MIMIC THE REAL ONES THAT HAPPEN.>> WE DON'T ALWAYS GET POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM OUR STAFF REGARDING COMPLIANCE TRAINING BECAUSE IT'S COMPLIANCE, YOU DON'T GET TO PICK AND CHOOSE, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO DO IT.
BUT THAT CYBER SECURITY ONE IS ONE RULE THAT I OFTENTIMES WILL GET FEEDBACK FROM PEOPLE AND THEY UPDATE IT.
EVERY TIME I TAKE IT, IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING NEW AND SO IT'S REALLY TIMELY AND I DO APPRECIATE THE SELECTION PROCESS THAT OUR DEPARTMENT OF TECHNOLOGY WENT THROUGH TO GET ONE THAT IS ENGAGING BUT ALSO VERY MEANINGFUL.
>> IT IS NOT JUST FOR THE DISTRICT LIKE THE INFORMATION IN THOSE MODULES.
PERSONALLY WITH YOUR OWN BANKING AND YOUR OWN DATA AT HOME, IT'S ALL MEANINGFUL, AND THE MORE YOU KNOW THE MORE IT CAN HELP PROTECT YOUR PERSONAL DATA OR IF IT'S DISTRICT DATA.
>> MY OTHER TWO QUESTIONS IS BECAUSE THE USERS THAT USE THIS TECHNOLOGY ARE MORE STUDENTS, WHAT TRAINING DO WE GIVE THEM?
>> THE STUDENTS TODAY, THEY'RE NOT PART OF OUR CYBERSECURITY AWARENESS TRAINING THAT THE STAFF RECEIVE.
I'M NOT COMPLETELY UP TO SPEED ON THE NORMAL DAY-TO-DAY INTEGRATION THAT OUR CNI TEAM MAY HAVE IN REGARDS TO SOME OF THE TRAINING.
>> [OVERLAPPING] DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP.
>> PROBABLY I NEED TO GET FAMILIAR WITH THAT AND KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH PIECES OF THAT, BUT THAT IS AN AREA CERTAINLY THAT WE CAN GROW AND IMPROVE UPON.
IT'S A BRIDGE BETWEEN MR. MIGUEL RUIZ'S DEPARTMENT AND DR. BROOKS WITH CNI CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION.
BUT IT'S OUR DIGITAL LEARNING COACHES THAT ARE OFTEN THE KEY PLAYERS THERE.
THE PIECE THAT OUR EDUCATORS GET WHEN WE DO THAT SAME TRAINING IS A PART WHERE THEY CAN ALSO STEP IN AND HELP WITH THE KIDS.
BUT AGAIN, THAT'S PROBABLY A PIECE THAT WE COULD EXPAND AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE OUR STAFF WAS STRONG FIRST BEFORE WE STARTED BRANCHING IT OUT.
BUT IT'S LIKE MR. MIGUEL RUIZ SAID, AND I HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH FOR MY FAMILY PERSONALLY AND I'M CONSTANTLY TELLING MY MOTHER, QUIT TELLING EVERYBODY EVERYTHING ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
WHEN PEOPLE CALL YOU OFTENTIMES OR YOU GET AN EMAIL THAT SAYS YOUR GRANDCHILDREN NEED MONEY OR WHATEVER, I WILL LET YOU KNOW IF THEY EVER [LAUGHTER] DO AND THEY DON'T.
BUT THOSE ARE THE THINGS WHERE THERE'S VULNERABLE GROUPS AND WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR MOST VULNERABLE ARE GETTING THE TRAINING THEY NEED.
>> THIS IS THE SAME TRAINING WE HAD TO TAKE TOO.
>> YES. IF YOU'VE GOT A CISD EMAIL ACCOUNT, YOU'RE GETTING THE TRAINING, YOU'RE PART OF THE MONTHLY SIMULATED PHISHING ATTACKS.
>> ONE KEY THING TOO, AND JUST LIKE WITH OUR OTHER ELEMENTS OF SAFETY AND SECURITY, WE ARE REQUIRED BY LAW TO SHARE SO MUCH AND OF COURSE, WE ALSO WANT TO BE COMMITTED TO TRANSPARENCY AS A DISTRICT.
BUT THERE ARE PIECES OF THIS, AS MR. MCGOVERN SAID, WE DON'T WANT TO GIVE THE KEYS AWAY TO THE CASTLE.
SAME THING WITH OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF'S SAFETY AND OTHER ELEMENTS.
IF YOU'VE SERVED ON THAT COMMITTEE YOU KNOW THAT'S ONE PIECE WHERE WE CAN GO INTO CLOTHES AND WE HAVE BEFORE AND WE CAN TELL YOU ALL THINGS.
WE HAVE SAFETY PLANS AND YOU CAN REST ASSURE THAT THESE PLANS ARE IN PLACE AND WE DO TRAINING.
BUT WE ALSO DON'T SHARE EVERY LITTLE THING BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO DO HARM TO HAVE ALL OF OUR INFORMATION.
>> THEN I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION TOO.
THE KIDS SAY GO ON INSTAGRAM, THEY GO ON TIKTOK AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEIR SCHOOL DEVICE ACTUALLY ALLOWS THEM TO DO THAT OR IF THEY TRANSFER INFORMATION FROM THAT.
DO WE HAVE ENOUGH PROTECTION BUILT-IN SO THAT THEY DON'T GO INTO A SITE WHICH CAN CAUSE A BREACH.
>> SOCIAL MEDIA FOR THE MOST PART.
AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL STUDENTS, FACEBOOK AND TWITTER ARE ALLOWED BECAUSE THAT'S A LOT OF OUR ATHLETIC AND DISTRICT ACCOUNTS AND WHATNOT UTILIZE THOSE.
BUT INSTAGRAM, TIKTOK, AND ANY OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA, THAT CATEGORY IS BLOCKED WITHIN OUR INTERNET FILTER AND FIREWALLS TO NOT ALLOW THAT TRAFFIC.
>> IT WAS A GOOD REALIZATION THAT YOU ARE THE NIGERIAN PRINCE WHO SENT ME MONTHLY EMAILS [LAUGHTER] BESIDE JOKES I REALLY THANK YOU, MR. RAY, I KNOW THAT THIS IS ONE FIELD WE ALWAYS NEED MORE
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OF IN THE WORLD WE LIVE IN AND JUST KUDOS TO YOUR TEAM BECAUSE I WAS TALKING WITH SOMEBODY JUST BEFORE TODAY'S MEETING REGARDING ONE TECH PERSON FOR ALMOST 1,100 USERS.I KNOW WE HAVE TICKETS AND SOMETIMES IT MAY TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER, BUT BARRING NORMAL WE DO GET ON THE AVERAGE RESPONSE TIME YOU HOLD ONTO YOUR SLAS AND LITERALLY THE MOUTH DROPPED.
THEY DO THE SAME THING IN A PROFESSIONAL WORLD AND WHEN THEY FIND OUT THE QUALITY OF SERVICE YOU GUYS ARE GIVING WITH THAT SUPPORT YOU HAVE, IT'S REALLY RECOMMENDABLE; SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
>> THERE WAS ONE OTHER PRE-QUESTION I HAD THAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I ADDRESSED. I FORGOT.
I HAD IT HERE AT THE BOTTOM, BUT IT WAS WELL, THE TECHNOLOGY PROPOSITION IN THE BOND DOING ANYTHING TO STRENGTHEN OUR CYBERSECURITY.
WE DO HAVE SOME CYBERSECURITY SOLUTIONS THAT ARE HARDENED APPLIANCES THAT ARE ON-PREM AND NOT RUNNING IN THE CLOUD THAT WE PURCHASED WITH THE PREVIOUS BOND AND WE'LL REFRESH WITH THE POTENTIAL UPCOMING BOND.
HOWEVER, THE MAJORITY OF THE CYBERSECURITY SOLUTIONS ARE ONE, EITHER SERVICES OR THE CLOUD-BASED SUBSCRIPTION THAT WE CAN'T USE BOND FUNDS FOR AND SO WE HAVE TO USE OUR M&O BUDGET TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT.
OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS OR SO, WE'VE TWEAKED SOME THINGS WITH THE TECHNOLOGY BUDGET AND DONE SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING REQUEST TO ENHANCE AND ADD THESE CAPABILITIES THAT I'VE DISCUSSED IN HEIGHT.
>> JUST ONE COMMENT I'D PROBABLY ECHO SOME OF THE KUDOS THAT YOU'VE GOTTEN BEFORE.
THANK YOU FOR PREPARING THE INFORMATION.
THIS IS MY WHEELHOUSE, SO I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE THE DPA GETTING NEGOTIATED INTO CONTRACTS AND ALL AND JUST THANKS FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.
IT'S GOING TO BE A HEAVY LIFT TO BRING THAT SCORE UP TO WHERE THE TA WANTS US TO BE.
BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU GUYS ARE BEING VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT HOW TO GET US THERE AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT.
>> I WOULD JUST ADD TOO, AS I LISTEN TO THIS WHOLE PRESENTATION, I ECHO WHAT EVERYONE ELSE SAYS.
BUT ALSO I LOVE THAT OUR TEXTS ARE BACK ON THE CAMPUSES.
I THINK OUR CORE VALUE OF AUTHENTIC RELATIONSHIPS AND I LOVE HOW I SEE TECHIE TREVOR, OR YOU SEE HASHTAGS AND THEY'RE A PART OF OUR EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY IN A WAY, WE USED TO HAVE COMPUTER LABS BACK IN THE DAY AND YOU WOULD GO AWAY TO DO TECHNOLOGY.
THAT'S NOT REALLY HOW WE EXIST NOW.
TO HAVE THAT SUPPORT EMBEDDED WITHIN THE SCHOOLS, I THINK I'M SO GLAD THAT THAT'S BEEN ABLE TO WORK OUT AND YOU'RE FINDING THAT THAT'S SATISFACTORY BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE A REALLY GREAT MOVE TO CONNECT THOSE TWO.
>> YOU KNOW THAT I WAS TALKING TO YOU ABOUT THE RISK MANAGEMENT FUND IN THAT REGARDS AND THE ONLY THING THAT'S BEEN SAID BY THE OTHER TRUSTEES, I ECHO THOSE COMMENTS.
WHEN YOU GO FOR IT AND YOU'RE LOOKING OUT THREE OR FIVE YEARS, WHAT IS THE THING THAT KEEPS YOU UP AT NIGHT ABOUT THIS PROCESS? BECAUSE WE GO BACK 10 YEARS AGO, 15 YEARS AGO, IT DIDN'T LOOK ANYTHING LIKE IT DOES TODAY.
FAST FORWARD WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? YOU CAN USE AUTOMATION WITH BOTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO SOLUTION SOME THINGS.
BUT THIS ENTIRE ECOSYSTEM HAS GROWN EXPONENTIALLY IN TERMS OF THE DEPENDENCY ON TECHNOLOGY, NOT ONLY THE INFRASTRUCTURE BUT THE END-USERS AS WELL.
WHAT ARE THOSE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT AS A COLLECTIVE GROUP ABOVE BEYOND TALKING ABOUT THE BOMB, BUT JUST TO SUPPORT EDUCATION PERIOD?
>> KEEPS ME UP THE MOST AT NIGHT IS JUST KNOWING WHEN THAT BREACH HAPPENS, REGARDLESS OF HOW BIG OR SMALL IT IS, IT'S GOING TO BE A MAJOR UNDERTAKING TO TACKLE THAT FROM START TO FINISH.
IF IT'S RANSOMWARE VERSUS THAT OF ITS LEAKED, THAT STILL IS A FRIGHTENING THOUGHT.
BUT WE'VE GOT THINGS IN PLACE TO HELP IDENTIFY, YOU'VE GOT INTO THAT RESPONSE PLAN AND PLACE THAT WE CAN FOLLOW AND REACH OUT TO THE FBI AND SOME OF OUR OTHER PARTNERS THAT ARE IN TOE WITH US TO HANDLE THAT EASES THAT CONCERN A LITTLE BIT, BUT I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE A BEAR AND HEARING STORIES FROM OTHER DISTRICTS THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS AND THEY'RE BASICALLY OFFLINE FOR TWO OR THREE MONTHS.
I PRAY THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO ENDURE THAT.
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BUT WE'VE GOT TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO PUT OURSELVES IN THE BEST SITUATION TO DEAL WITH IT IF IT DOES HAPPEN, WHEN IT HAPPENS.>> FOR OUR NEXT STAFF REPORT, I HAVE ASKED FOR DR. BROOKS, OUR ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF CNI, AND MS. ANNE LEHEW, OUR COORDINATOR OF COUNSELING AND SEL, TO COME AND UPDATE THE BOARD AND COMMUNITY ON WHERE WE ARE WITH GOAL 2 RELATED TO STUDENTS, STAFF; THE EMOTIONAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING.
GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT CAVINESS AND SCHOOL BOARD.
GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL AS ALWAYS.
WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH AND LEHEW YOU AND I ARE GOING TO SHARE SOME DIFFERENT PIECES THAT WE ACTUALLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT SERVE ON OUR DEIC, DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE.
YOU'VE HEARD SOME OF THIS INFORMATION, BUT WE FELT IT WAS VERY POWERFUL TO NOT ONLY BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE ALL OF THE SCHOOL BOARD HEARD BUT ALSO ALL OF THE COPPELL ISD COMMUNITY.
WE WILL BE GOING THROUGH SOME OF THE PIECES AND I'M GOING TO LET ANNE COME UP AND SHARE FOR THE FIRST FEW SLIDES THAT WE HAVE.
>> DR. HUNT AND SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU THIS EVENING.
I'M PROUD TO SHARE THE HARD WORK OF THE COPPELL ISD COUNSELING TEAM.
THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF REALLY EXCITING CHANGES AND THINGS IMPLEMENTED THIS YEAR.
AT THE ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL, WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED THE SECOND-STEP PROGRAM.
AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED CHARACTER STRONG.
THESE TWO CURRICULUM SUPPORT THE POSITIVE CHARACTER TRAIT TICKS THAT WERE IMPLEMENTED BY THE STATE IN 2021.
AS WELL AS THEY SUPPORT SOME OF THE TICKS THROUGH OUR NEW HEALTH CURRICULUM UPDATES.
WE ARE DOING THAT THROUGH A PORTION OF THAT.
JUST AS A REFRESHER, TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT KIND OF THINGS OUR LEARNERS ARE TALKING ABOUT.
THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT COURAGE, TRUSTWORTHINESS; THAT INCLUDES HONESTY, RELIABILITY, PUNCTUALITY, LOYALTY, INTEGRITY, RESPECT, AND COURTESY, RESPONSIBILITY INCLUDING ACCOUNTABILITY, DILIGENCE, PERSEVERANCE, SELF-MANAGEMENT SKILLS, SELF-CONTROL, FAIRNESS, CARING INCLUDING KINDNESS, GOOD CITIZENSHIP INCLUDING PATRIOTISM, CONCERN FOR THE COMMON GOOD OF THE COMMUNITY, RESPONSIBLE DECISION-MAKING SKILLS, SCHOOL PRIDE AND GRATITUDE.
I'M GOING TO MAKE A QUICK CONNECTION BACK TO MR. MIGUEL RUIZ'S QUESTION WHEN YOU GUYS ASKED ABOUT DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP.
THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE DISCUSSED IN THESE CURRICULUMS TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT OUR LEARNERS UNDERSTAND THE POWER OF THE DIGITAL TOOLS. YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
THERE WE GO. I'VE GOT THE POWER. THERE WE GO.
[LAUGHTER] ADDITIONALLY, WE ARE CONTINUING OUR WORK ON IMPLEMENTING THE TEXAS COMPREHENSIVE MODEL FOR SCHOOL COUNSELING.
YOU CAN SEE THAT WE SERVE OUR LEARNERS IN THESE FOUR AREAS, GUIDANCE CURRICULUM SO AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, THAT MIGHT BE A LESSON ON KINDNESS.
AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, WE ARE RIGHT SMACK DAB IN TESTING SEASON AP AND IP TESTING IS COMING FAST AND FURIOUS.
YOU MIGHT SEE A HOUSE, A HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELOR TALKING WITH THE KIDS ABOUT STRESS MANAGEMENT SKILLS FOR A POSITIVE TEST TAKING OUTCOMES.
RESPONSIVE SERVICES, THAT'S WHEN WE NEED TO JUMP IN AND INTERVENE.
FOR OUR STUDENT IT MIGHT BE PREVENTATIVE SITUATION.
IT MIGHT BE A CRISIS SITUATION THAT WE'RE SUPPORTING OUR LEARNERS IN.
THE INDIVIDUAL PLANNING IS TO GUIDE ALL STUDENTS AS THEY ARE EMBARKING ON THEIR JOURNEY FOR WHEN THEY LAUNCHED FROM HIGH-SCHOOL FROM US.
YES, THAT DOES START IN KINDERGARTEN WHEN WE START TALKING WITH OUR LEARNERS ABOUT CAREERS AND EXPOSING THEM TO THOSE DIFFERENT KINDS OF EXCITING THINGS.
ALL THE WAY TO GETTING THEM ACROSS THE STAGE INTO THEIR NEXT PART OF LIFE.
THAT IS THE BACKGROUND WORK THAT WE DO AS SCHOOL COUNSELORS.
WE ARE BEHIND THE SCENES LOOKING AT DATA, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN JUST A MINUTE TO IMPROVE OUR PROGRAM.
SOMETIMES WITHIN THE OLD DAYS WHEN I STARTED SCHOOL COUNSELING 27 YEARS AGO, I WOULD DO A GUIDANCE LESSON BECAUSE I LIKED IT AND IT WAS FUN AND IT WAS GREAT.
BUT THAT MAY NOT HAVE NECESSARILY BEEN THE GUIDANCE LESSON MY LEARNERS NEEDED.
NOW WE ARE REALLY LOOKING AT OUR DATA TO TARGET OUR INTERVENTIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE MOST POSITIVE OUTCOMES THAT WE CAN.
WE LOOK AT THAT DATA THROUGH OUR PANORAMA SURVEYS.
PANORAMA HAS REALLY EXPANDED OUR SUITE SO WE ARE ABLE TO DIVE INTO THAT DATA A LITTLE BIT DEEPER SO THAT WE CAN HIT THOSE FIVE AREAS THAT YOU SEE IN THE CIRCLE AT YOUR TOP OF YOUR SCREEN, THE SELF-MANAGEMENT.
MANAGING YOUR EMOTIONS TO MAKE SURE YOUR BEHAVIORS ARE ACHIEVING YOUR GOALS, THAT YOU WANT TO HAVE.
YOUR SELF-AWARENESS, RECOGNIZING YOUR EMOTIONS AND
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VALUES AS WELL AS YOUR STRENGTHS AND WHAT ARE MAYBE SOME CHALLENGES THAT YOU MIGHT NEED TO FACE.SHOWING AN UNDERSTANDING EMPATHY FOR OTHERS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE THANKFULLY ARE A VERY DIVERSE COMMUNITY AND THERE ARE LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN AND GROW FROM EACH OTHER.
RESPONSIBLE DECISION-MAKING, MAKING ETHICAL, CONSTRUCTIVE CHOICES.
WHAT YOU MIGHT SEE A SCHOOL COUNSELOR TALKING ABOUT AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL IS, SWEETIE, WE REALLY DO NEED TO COME WITH OUR IPAD CHARGED EVERY DAY TO CLASS.
YOU MIGHT EVEN SEE THAT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, THAT CONVERSATION AS WELL OR, HEY, INSTEAD OF GOING TO THE MOVIES TONIGHT, DO YOU NEED TO DO YOUR HOMEWORK? DO YOU NEED TO DO SOMETHING IN SCHOOLOGY AND HELPING THEM LEARN HOW TO MAKE THOSE CHOICES AND RELATIONSHIP SKILLS.
I THINK PERSONALLY THAT IS ONE OF THE SUPER ESSENTIAL QUALITIES THAT OUR KIDS AND LEARNERS NEED TO HAVE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A JOB IN EXISTENCE WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR COWORKERS AND WORK TOGETHER ON A TEAM IN SOME FORM OR FASHION.
WE DID OUR SIGNS OF SUICIDE SCREENING AND EDUCATION MUCH EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE WERE TRYING TO TIE IT TO SUICIDE PREVENTION MONTH IN SEPTEMBER.
WE LAUNCHED A LOT OF OUR EDUCATION IN THAT PART OF THE YEAR.
THIS YEAR WE DID DO AN OPT-IN.
IT WAS NOT REQUIRED, BUT WE DID AN OPT-IN FOR FAMILIES ON THE SCREEN OR RATHER IF THEY WANTED TO DO THE SCREEN OR NOT, EVERYONE RECEIVED THE EDUCATION.
BUT THEN FAMILIES WERE GIVEN THE OPTION OF IF THEY WANTED TO COMPLETE THE SCREENER OR NOT.
THIS YEAR WE'RE VERY INTENTIONALLY LOOKING AT OUR THREAT ASSESSMENT DATA.
IT IS REVIEWED BY OUR CAMPUS SAFETY AND SUPPORT TEAM.
WE IDENTIFY LEVELS OF SUPPORT.
WE CONSULT AND COLLABORATE ON IDEAS TO HELP OUR LEARNERS BECOME SUCCESSFUL IN THE CLASSROOM.
BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW IF THE AMYGDALA IS FIRING IN THE BACK OF YOUR BRAIN, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ATTENDING TO YOUR MATH LESSON, YOUR HISTORY LESSON OR WHATEVER MAY BE GOING ON.
FOR OUR NEXT PIECE, WE'RE VERY EXCITED.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING FOR ABOUT A YEAR-AND-A-HALF NOW ON OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH SHATTERPROOF.
SHATTERPROOF IS ACTUALLY A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT WORKS WITH CORPORATIONS ACROSS THE NATION TO HELP PROVIDE TRAINING FOR STAFF AS WELL AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A VIDEO THAT WE'RE GOING TO WATCH RIGHT-CLICK JUST SO THAT WAY WE CAN HAVE THAT.
WE'RE VERY PROUD, COLLEEN MICHAELIS WHO IS PE EDUCATOR AT PINKERTON ELEMENTARY.
SHE GOES THROUGH WITHIN THIS VIDEO AND SO DOES A POWERFUL VIDEO.
I'D LIKE TO TELL THAT TOO FOR THE AUDIENCE THAT'S WATCHING, YOU MAY HAVE SOME EMOTION FROM THIS AS WELL.
BECAUSE ANYTIME THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMEONE'S PERSONAL STORY OR CONNECTIONS THAT THEY MAY HAVE, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ADDICTION OR A POSSIBLE LOSS OF AN INDIVIDUAL, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE AND LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT AS WELL.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO WATCH THIS, I'M GOING TO QUICK SHOUT OUT FOR NOT ONLY COLLEEN BUT OUR KCBY STUDENTS HELPED WITH THE PRODUCTION OF THIS VIDEO AS WELL AS OUR TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT.
>> IT IS A LITTLE INTENSE, SO THANK YOU ABOUT THE [INAUDIBLE] [MUSIC]
MY NAME IS COLLEEN MICHAELIS AND I AM THE PE TEACHER AT PINKERTON ELEMENTARY.
TOMMY GRADUATED FROM COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL IN 2013.
HE WAS A STANDOUT LACROSSE PLAYER, HELPING TO LEAD THE LACROSSE TEAM TO THREE-STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS.
HE LOVED THE PEER TUTORING PROGRAM AT COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL AND HE OFTEN CAME HOME SAYING IF HE COULD BE A PEER TUTOR ALL DAY, HIGH SCHOOL WOULD BE PERFECT.
HE GOT GREAT GRADES AND HE WAS POPULAR.
I'VE ASKED MYSELF A MILLION TIMES, HOW DOES A KID THAT BECOME ADDICTED TO DRUGS? I'VE LEARNED A COUPLE OF THINGS ALONG THE WAY.
FIRST OF ALL, ADDICTION DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE IN ANY WAY.
NO ONE ASPIRES TO BE ADDICTED TO DRUGS.
I KNOW THIS FOR SURE, ADDICTION DOES NOT HAVE A ZIP CODE.
AFTER HIGH-SCHOOL, TOMMY ATTENDED OLE MISS AND DURING THE SPRING OF HIS SOPHOMORE YEAR, HE WAS IN A WAKE BOARDING ACCIDENT AT THE LAKE.
HE WAS RUSHED TO AN URGENT CARE OFF CAMPUS BY HIS FRIENDS WHERE HE WAS PRESCRIBED THREE REFILLS OF HYDROCODONE 90 PILLS.
JUST LIKE FOR SO MANY PEOPLE, FOR TOMMY, THAT WAS THE GATEWAY TO OXYCONTIN AND HEROIN.
WE SPENT ABOUT TWO YEARS WALKING ON EGGSHELLS WITH TOMMY.
I'VE NEVER FELT SO ALONE BECAUSE OF THE STIGMA SURROUNDING DRUG ADDICTION.
LUCKILY FOR US, TOMMY CHOSE TO GET HELP.
HE WENT TO AUSTIN, TEXAS AND ATTENDED RECOVERY UNPLUGGED.
AT RECOVERY UNPLUGGED, HE WAS SUPER SUCCESSFUL IN HIS TREATMENT AND HE HAD ACTUALLY WORKED INTO HAVING A HOUSE WITH A ROOMMATE AND HE WAS WORKING AT VANS AND HE WAS ACTUALLY DOING A LITTLE BIT OF MODELING.
IN JULY OF 2018 HE TOLD ME, "MOM, I FEEL SO GREAT." I WAS NAIVE AND I DID NOT REALIZE THAT ADDICTION IS A LIFE LONG PROCESS,
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ILLNESS, A DISEASE OF THE BRAIN.ON AUGUST 10TH, 2018, TOMMY MADE THE FIVE-SECOND DECISION AND RELAPSED AND HE DIED OF A DRUG OVERDOSE LACED WITH FENTANYL.
WHEN TOMMY DIED, IT WAS SO HEARTBREAKING AND EXCRUCIATING FOR OUR FAMILY.
WHAT WAS EVEN SADDER WAS THAT TOMMY WAS THE EIGHTH COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE THAT YEAR TO DIE A DRUG-RELATED DEATH.
THERE'S BEEN MORE THAN A HANDFUL SINCE THEN.
I MADE IT MY MISSION TO TALK ABOUT IT.
OUR COMMUNITY HAD TO BE EDUCATED, OUR FAMILIES HAD TO BE EDUCATED AND EVEN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT HAD TO BE EDUCATED ON SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER AND WHAT IT WAS DOING TO OUR COMMUNITY.
I QUICKLY FORMED TEAM TOMMY AND WE VERY QUICKLY AFTER THAT, WENT UNDER THE SHATTERPROOF UMBRELLA.
I FORMED TEAM TOMMY TO EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY BUT SHATTERPROOF IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT WORKS BOTH NATIONALLY ON THE STATE LEVEL AND ON THE LOCAL LEVEL TO NOT ONLY CHANGE LAWS, BUT TO CHANGE THE CONVERSATION SURROUNDING ADDICTION SO THAT PEOPLE CAN GET THE RESEARCH-BASED, SCIENCE-BASED HELP THAT THEY NEED.
I AM SO VERY PROUD OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR ALSO PARTNERING WITH SHATTERPROOF IN THEIR JUST BY PROGRAM.
THEIR JUST FIVE PROGRAM IS AIMED AT EDUCATING CORPORATIONS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS ON THE DANGERS OF SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER AND HOW WE CAN ACTUALLY HELP AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR OWN COMMUNITIES.
I AM THANKING YOU ALL IN ADVANCE FOR PARTICIPATING IN ADJUST FIVE PROGRAM BECAUSE TOGETHER WE ARE SHATTERPROOF.
>> THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN WATCHING.
SORRY. COLLEEN IS A VERY DEAR FRIEND OF MINE AND SO I'M SO PROUD OF HER FOR SHARING HER STORY AS WELL AS WE HAVE HAD OTHER INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE COME FORWARD IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT HAD BEEN SHARING THEIR POWERFUL STORIES.
SOME ENDED NOT AS WELL AND THEN SOME ALSO TOO WE'VE SEEN TWO WHERE KIDS WERE ALSO ABLE TO WORK THROUGH THE ADDICTION OR WHETHER THEIR FAMILIES OR EVEN STAFF MEMBERS WITHIN THAT.
WE'RE SO PROUD OF THIS PARTNERSHIP.
WE ARE ACTUALLY THE FIRST SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE NATION TO PARTNER WITH SHATTERPROOF AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THE STEPS THAT WE'RE TAKING, NOT ONLY FOR OUR STAFF, BUT ALSO [MUSIC] THERE WE GO, TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH OUR NEXT STEPS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE MANY.
I'M GOING TO GET IT TOGETHER. HERE WE ARE.
[OVERLAPPING] COLLEENS THEY COME WATCHING AND SO SHE'S SITTING THERE GOING, COME ON ANGIE, GET IT TOGETHER. [LAUGHTER] THERE WE ARE.
I WAS PRINCIPAL AT COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL WHEN TOMMY WAS THERE.
THERE'S NOT A BETTER KID THAN HIM AND WE'RE SO LUCKY TO HAVE HER AS A RESOURCE AND I'M SO GRATEFUL THAT SHE IS SO CANDID WITH HER STRUGGLES BECAUSE IT REALLY IS THERE.
BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD GO I ANY ONE OF US COULD BE THERE AND CAN STILL BE THERE.
I REALLY WAS GLAD THAT DR. BROOKS AND MS. LAY YOU INCORPORATED THIS INTO THE UPDATE TONIGHT BECAUSE I DO GET FEEDBACK FROM OUR PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS ESPECIALLY WHEN SURROUNDING DISTRICTS HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THEIR STRUGGLES TOO, AND SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO KNOW WHAT WE ARE DOING AND WAYS THAT WE CAN STILL DO MORE, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE DR. BROOKS BRINGING THAT TONIGHT.
>>THANK YOU. THE SHATTERPROOF TRAINING IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE FOR ALL OF OUR STAFF.
WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED THAT AS A PART OF OUR COMPLIANCE TRAINING AS WELL, AND THEN WE'RE ALSO LAUNCHING IT ON THE WEBSITE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THIS EMAIL COME OUT WITHIN THERE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THOSE COMPONENTS TOO, AS WELL AS AN AWARENESS FACTOR, AS WELL AS THE RESOURCES FOR OTHERS TO BE ABLE TO SAY, WHAT DO I DO IF I'M GOING THROUGH SOMETHING? WHAT DO I DO IF I HAVE A SPECIFIC NEED WITHIN MY FAMILY AND WHO ARE THE RESOURCES, NOT ONLY HERE IN THE DISTRICT, BUT ALSO TO THOSE OUTSIDE RESOURCES THAT WE CAN HELP TO HELP FUNNEL FOR ANYONE THAT WOULD HAVE THAT SPECIFIC NEED? A COUPLE OF OTHER PIECES HERE FOR THE END THAT ARE JUST TYING TO THAT AS WELL.
YOU'LL NOTICE THAT COLLEEN MENTIONED THE WORD FENTANYL.
FENTANYL IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE'RE HEARING MORE AND MORE TRAGIC STORIES SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THAT DRUG AND HOW IT'S IMPACTING NOT ONLY THE COMMUNITY AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES, BUT ALSO THE NATION AND THE WORLD AS A WHOLE.
WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING AS A DISTRICT, WE'RE PARTNERING CLOSELY WITH OUR COPPELL POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR SROS, OF COURSE OUR SRDS, AND OTHER LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THAT TO BE ABLE TO COME TOGETHER AND TALK ABOUT HOW CAN WE SEE THAT WE ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE NOT ONLY IN THE TRAINING AND THE UNDERSTANDING OF THAT, BUT ALSO TO HOW CAN WE HELP THOSE THAT MAY BE IN NEED.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO PREVIOUSLY LAST YEAR AND THEN WE HAD ANOTHER UPDATE IS TALL COP.
IF YOU'VE NEVER HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM JERMAINE GALLOWAY,
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HE IS ACTUALLY AN INDIVIDUAL THAT WAS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT GOES AROUND THE NATION AND DOES PRESENTATION SPECIFICALLY ABOUT LOCAL TRENDS WITHIN THE WORLD THAT ARE HAPPENING THAT ARE RELATED TO DRUGS.HE HAS A NEW FOCUS TOO THAT HE WENT AND TRAINED OUR ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM ABOUT TIED TO FENTANYL, TALKING ABOUT WHAT ARE THE IMPACTS RIGHT NOW, WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING IN THE SURROUNDING AREAS TO WITHIN THE DFW AREA.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE PARTNERING WITH HIM AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE SUMMER AND INTO THIS NEXT YEAR, AND WE'RE HOPING TO BE ABLE TO HOST SOME THINGS NOT ONLY FOR OUR FAMILIES THAT ARE OUT THERE, BUT ALSO TO OUR CAMPUS EDUCATORS AND INDIVIDUALS.
THAT WAY WE CAN ONCE AGAIN HAVE THAT AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPACTS OF THESE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE WORLD.
AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD A RECENT UPDATE TO POLICY AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE AND TIE THAT BACK IN THERE WHERE YOU ALL DID APPROVE FOR US TO HAVE THE RESPONSE TO THE EVENT OF A DRUG-RELATED EMERGENCY BY MAKING AVAILABLE AND ASSIGN NARCAN TO DESIGNATED AND TRAINED PERSONNEL WITHIN CISD.
I WANTED YOU TO KNOW ABOUT OUR CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP WITH SHAC, WHICH IS OUR SCHOOL HEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
THERE IS A PIECE WITHIN TEXAS LEGISLATION AS WELL TIED TO OPIOID ADDICTION AND ABUSE, AS WELL AS THE METHODS OF ADMINISTERING, ONCE AGAIN, THE OPIOID ANTAGONISTS THERE, WHICH WE'VE TIED TO WITH OUR POLICY.
BUT WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO HAVE A FOCUS ON FENTANYL AT OUR NEXT SHAC MEETING AND TALK ABOUT WHAT ARE WE CURRENTLY DOING FOR THAT TRAINING FOR LEARNERS? WHAT IS THAT GOING TO LOOK LIKE? AND HOW ARE WE SELECTING SOME SPECIFIC CURRICULUM PIECES AS WELL AS SOME OUTSIDE PRESENTATIONS TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT SPECIFICALLY FOR OUR SECONDARY LEARNERS AND THEN ALSO TALKING ABOUT FOR OUR ELEMENTARY LEARNERS, HOW THOSE CHEEKS WITHIN SOME OF THE HEALTH CHEEKS ARE TIED TO THAT, BUT ALSO WITH OUR CURRENT PROGRAM THAT WE PURCHASED THAT WENT ALL THROUGH SHAC AS WELL.
Y'ALL APPROVE THAT. THIS FALL, THAT QUAVER HAS SOME SPECIFIC LESSONS TIED TO DRUG AND ALCOHOL AWARENESS FOR OUR YOUNG LEARNERS AND SO BEING ABLE TO WORK AND PARTNER WITH THEM SO THAT WAY WE CAN HAVE THOSE PIECES AS WELL.
BUT WE'RE PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.
WE KNOW THAT IT IS A TOUGH ROAD TO THINK ABOUT THAT, BUT WE ARE SO PROUD ONCE AGAIN, JUST TO PARTNER WITH OUR FAMILIES WHO HAVE REACHED OUT OF COURSE WITH COLLEEN, MARTHA, AND CHRIS THOMAS AS YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAD OUR DIFFERENT PIECES ON SUICIDE AWARENESS AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING THROUGH THEIR ORGANIZATION, THE DEFENSIVE LINE.
BUT I THINK THAT IT IS VERY POWERFUL WHEN WE HAVE THOSE THAT ARE HERE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE WILLING TO SHARE THEIR STORIES IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT HOW IT CAN HAPPEN AND HOW WE DON'T WANT IT TO HAPPEN, BUT WHEN IT DOES, HOW ARE WE ALSO GOING TO COME TOGETHER TO HELP TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS AND MAKE THINGS BETTER FOR OUR KIDS.
>> QUESTIONS FOR DR. BROOKS OR MS. LEE HILL?
>> YEAH. I'VE GOT. WELL ONE, ECHO WHAT YOU SAID.
DR. BROOKS, I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE PARTNERING WITH SOME OF OUR INTERNAL PARTNERS WITH COLLEEN, CHRIS, AND MARTHA AND THE OTHERS BECAUSE IT MAKES IT REAL AND I THINK WE ALL HEAR THE CRITICISM THAT TRAGIC EVENTS HAPPEN AND WE SWEEP IT UNDER THE RUG BUT BRINGING THIS TO OUR KIDS I THINK SO IMPORTANT IN THIS DAY AND AGE AND I HAVE TO THROW MY TEENAGER ON THE BACK OF MY BOAT AND GO OUT AND MOVE THE LAKE FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS TO GET SOME ALONE TIME.
SO KNOWING THAT THEY'RE GETTING THAT SOURCE WHILE THEY'RE HERE ON OUR CAMPUSES I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT.
WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE OPT-IN ON THE SIGNS OF SUICIDE.
>> HOW IS THAT GOING UP? MAYBE JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT IN TERMS OF THE OPT-IN VERSUS OPT-OUT AND I GUESS OUR PARTICIPATION RATE.
HOW WAS THAT THIS YEAR VERSUS WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST?
>> IN PREVIOUS YEARS, WE HAVE NOT.
WE'VE JUST MADE PARENTS AWARE OF THE LESSON, AND SO IT WAS AN OPT-OUT.
EVERYONE'S STILL RECEIVE THE EDUCATION THIS YEAR.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE WAS THE TOOL THAT WE USE WHICH IS CALLED SIGNS OF SUICIDE, HAS A BRIEF DEPRESSION SCREENER AT THE END IT'S A SEVEN-QUESTION SCREENER, AND OUR PARTICIPATION RATE THIS YEAR WAS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN WHEN WE HAVE HAD THE OPT-OUT MODEL.
WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT AND THE DATA COLLECTED THERE TO BE ABLE TO SEE.
IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE AN OPT-IN PER THE STATE, LIKE WE HAVE SOME OF THE OTHER OPT-IN CRITERIA, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TO LOOK AT THAT DATA AND SEE IF WE NEED TO CHANGE THAT MOVING AHEAD.
AS WE KNOW, SOMETIMES PARENTS MAY SEE SOMETHING, SIGN IT, SOMETIMES THEY MAY NOT, AS WELL AS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE TOO THAT WE ARE NOT MISSING ANY OF OUR LEARNERS WHO MAY HAVE SOME SPECIFIC NEEDS.
OUR FAMILIES DO HAVE ACCESS TO THAT ENTIRE CURRICULUM AS WELL AS THE SCREENER, IT'S LOCATED ON OUR SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING WEBSITE AND SO THEY ARE ABLE TO GO SEE EVERY VIDEO, EVERY WORKSHEET, SEE EVERY QUESTION THAT THEIR LEARNERS WILL BE ASKED.
I'M NOT QUIZZING Y'ALL, BUT IF YOU HAVE TO SAY ONE THING TO ANY STUDENT TODAY OR TOMORROW, WHAT WOULD BE THE ONE ADVICE THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THAT STUDENT SO THAT THEY ARE NOT A VICTIM OF FENTANYL?
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>> WELL, IT'S REALLY, I THINK CREATING THE AWARENESS FOR THAT.
>> ONE THING THAT YOU WOULD TELL THE STUDENTS.
>> THE ONE THING I WOULD TELL THE STUDENT IS YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW.
COLLEEN HAD A VERY POWERFUL IMAGE THAT SHE TOLD ME.
THE PROBLEM WITH FENTANYL IS, IT IS ABOUT THE SIZE OF A SUGAR CRYSTAL THAT CAN KILL ABOUT TWO PEOPLE.
WHEN YOU THINK OF A CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE RECIPE, YOU PUT IN YOUR CHOCOLATE CHIPS, YOU BAKE YOUR COOKIES, THEY COME OUT, BUT YOU CAN'T LOOK AT THE COOKIE AND SAY THAT COOKIE HAS 10 CHOCOLATE CHIPS, AND THAT COOKIE HAS ONE CHOCOLATE CHIP.
I THINK THAT'S A VERY POWERFUL IMAGE TO SHARE WITH OUR LEARNERS, IS MOST OF THE DEATHS THAT WE'RE SEEING FROM FENTANYL, THEY BELIEVE THEY'RE PURCHASING SOMETHING ELSE.
THEY BELIEVE THEY'RE PURCHASING AN ADDERALL, PERCOCET, SOME OTHER FORM OF MEDICATION THAT HAS BEEN PILL PRESSED BY A DRUG DEALER.
THE DRUG DEALER IS TRYING TO PUT IN ENOUGH FENTANYL TO CREATE A CUSTOMER, TO CREATE THE ADDICTION BECAUSE THE ADDICTION TO FENTANYL IS SO QUICK.
>> LET ME SEE WHAT ANGIE WANTS TO SAY.
>> NO, THAT'S OKAY. I THINK THAT THE ONE THING WOULD BE IS YOU CAN'T TRUST ANYTHING WHEN IT COMES FROM THAT UNLESS IT IS FROM YOUR DOCTOR OR FROM YOUR PARENTS OR YOUR FAMILY MEMBER THAT IS SAYING THAT BECAUSE ONCE AGAIN GOES BACK TO THAT BECAUSE YOU CAN'T PREDICT EVEN IF SOMEBODY SAYS, OH, HERE'S A TYLENOL AND I HAVE THIS FOR YOU.
YOU CAN'T PREDICT IN TODAY'S WORLD WHAT THAT IS NOR WHAT IT WILL DO.
>> ALL THIS IS REALLY GOOD, BUT THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A LONG TIME.
I WOULD REQUEST AT LEAST EVEN MAYBE TOMORROW LIKE WHEN THE TEACHERS GET INTO THE CLASS, I THINK THE FIRST THING THAT WE REALLY WANT TO DO IS WHEN SOMEONE OFFERS YOU SOMETHING, DO NOT TAKE IT.
BECAUSE MOST OF THESE KIDS AND THE DEATHS WE SEE ARE OH, MY FRIEND GAVE ME SOMETHING.
IT WAS A HEADACHE. I JUST TOOK IT.
I THINK THAT MESSAGE SHOULD GO OUT LOUD AND CLEAR BEFORE WE GET INTO ALL THE OTHER DEEP TRAINING.
BECAUSE THAT ONE PILL GETS IN THAT SYSTEM, IT'S DONE.
IN MEDICAL PRACTICE WE USE LITTLE PATCHES OF MICRO GRAMS. THAT IS SUCH A GREAT PAINKILLER.
BUT THAT MESSAGE, BEFORE WE GO INTO ALL THE DETAILS AND SAY, OH, YOU NEED AWARENESS, YOU NEED THIS.
I THINK KIDS NEED JUST ONE STATEMENT TO SAY YOU SEE SOMETHING, REFUSE TO TAKE IT BECAUSE YOU TAKE THAT PILL AND SOMETHING HAPPENS.
THERE HAS TO BE ONE OTHER PERSON THAT KNOWS THAT YOU'RE TAKING SOMETHING.
IF YOU TAKE SOMETHING, YOU HAVE TO EITHER MAKE A PHONE CALL OR TELL SOMEBODY.
THIS IS WHOSE, BUT THE PARENTS NEED TO KNOW IT TOO.
>> AS WE PARTNER WITH OUR SHOT COMMITTEE THIS WEEK WITH THE MEETING, THERE'S A VIDEO CONNECTION THAT WE ARE HOPING THAT SHAC WILL ALSO SAY THAT THIS IS GOOD TO APPROVE TO MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE WE HAVE ONE THAT WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT TO THEM.
IT IS SPECIFICALLY ON JUST THAT.
IT'S A VIDEO CONNECTION THAT TALKS ABOUT ALL IT TAKES IS JUST THAT LITTLE BIT RIGHT THERE.
WE'RE BRINGING THAT TO THEM AND THEN WE'RE PLANNING ON IF THEY APPROVE TO ROLL THAT OUT AS WELL.
>> I JUST ALSO WANT TO SAY DR. HUTTON HAS GRACIOUSLY AGREED TO SHARE SOME TIME WITH HIS LEADERSHIP COMMITTEES WITH ME, AND SO WE'RE FORTUNATE THAT THERE'S SO MANY FENTANYL TOOLKITS OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, THERE'S A LOT OF MESSAGING THAT WE CAN USE TO TRY AND GET THE KIDS.
THE STUDENT LEADERSHIP TEAMS ARE GOING TO LOOK AT ALL THE DIFFERENT TOOLKITS AND LET ME KNOW WHAT MESSAGING SPEAKS TO THEM.
WHAT DO THEY THINK THAT THE COPPELL ISD COMMUNITY KIDS WILL LISTEN TO AND HOPEFULLY REMEMBER.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THEM?
>> WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT KNOWLEDGE IS POWER, RIGHT, STEP 1 AND ALSO ISOLATION, SHAME AND STIGMA BREEDS ISOLATION AND ALONENESS.
WE KNOW WHEN PEOPLE ARE ISOLATED, THEY CAN'T LEARN.
THEY CAN'T THRIVE AND THEY CAN'T SURVIVE SOMETIMES.
STEP 1 OF WE'RE A VILLAGE, AND PART OF THE VILLAGE IS NAMING WHAT'S GOING ON AND PUTTING WORDS TO SOMETHING THAT'S VERY SCARY.
JUST LIKE YOU GUYS SAID SO WELL AT THE BEGINNING, NONE OF US WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS.
NONE OF US WANT TO DEAL WITH THIS, HONESTLY.
BUT I GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE THAT OUR DISTRICT HAS SAID WE'RE GOING TO FACE THIS AND WE'RE GOING TO FACE IT WITH KNOWLEDGE.
WE'RE GOING TO FACE IT TOGETHER WITH THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN OUR VILLAGE.
I'M JUST REALLY THANKFUL FOR THAT STEP FORWARD.
WHEN IT COMES TO SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL LEARNING WE KNOW THAT OUR KIDS, LIKE YOU SAID, WHEN THE CORTISOL FLUSHES AND THE ADRENALINE GOES, THAT PUTS THEM IN A STATE TO NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE THE STUDENT OUTCOMES THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
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I ALWAYS SAY IT SO TO GO BACK, SO THAT CLOSES UP THE THE DRUG AWARENESS.I THINK THAT'S TOTALLY ON THE RIGHT STEP.
AWESOME. BACK TO OUR SOCIAL EMOTIONAL PIECE AT THE BEGINNING.
I GRAPPLE WITH HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WORKING? THIS SEEMS LIKE A VERY SQUISHY SPACE AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO THAT BECAUSE I ALSO DON'T WANT TO HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY FORT THE PROCESS OR WHAT IT NEEDS TO DO, BUT I WANTED TO KNOW IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO HOW DO WE KNOW IF OUR CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS ARE WORKING OR SO YES THEY'RE GOOD.
>> WELL, ACTUALLY, YOU ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION.
WE'RE LOOKING WHEN WE LOOK IN OUR PANORAMA DATA AND I'M TRYING TO BREAK IT DOWN.
WE LOOK FOR THE KIDDOS WHO MAYBE ARE STRUGGLING WITH SCHOOL ATTENDANCE.
IF YOU'RE NOT THERE, YOU'RE NOT LEARNING ANYTHING.
WE LOOK AT OUR LEARNERS WHO MAYBE ARE HAVING DISCIPLINE ISSUES IN EXCESS OF THEIR OTHER LEARNERS IN THEIR SCHOOLS.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK AT.
THERE'S A PLETHORA OF REASONS A STUDENT MIGHT NOT BE STRUGGLING ACADEMICALLY, BUT A LOT OF THOSE REASONS CAN BE RELATED BACK TO TRAUMA AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'VE GOT ALL THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE CLASSROOM.
THAT'S HOW WE MEASURE THAT PIECE.
>> WONDERFUL. I WOULD FOLLOW UP WITH THE QUESTION THAT I THINK MR. HILL ASKED SO OFTEN, WHAT RESOURCES DO YOU NEED AS A COUNSELOR TO BE ABLE TO DO YOUR JOB? WHAT DO YOU NEED?
>> THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY, HERE WE GO.
RIGHT NOW CASE LOADS IN COPPELL ARE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN I WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO BE IN A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN THE STATE AVERAGE. IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL.
I PERSONALLY HAVE BEEN A COUNSELOR TO CAMPUS WHERE I SERVED 1,300 CHILDREN AND THEN A COUNSELOR AT A CAMPUS WHERE I SERVE 250 CHILDREN.
THE IMPACT I WAS ABLE TO MAKE ON BOTH CAMPUSES WAS VERY DIFFERENT BECAUSE OF MY CASELOAD.
SPEAKING FOR THEM, THAT'S WHAT THEY WOULD LOVE.
>> [INAUDIBLE]. ONCE AGAIN, IT DOES HAVE TO DO WITH MONEY BECAUSE SOMETIMES THAT DOES HELP.
BUT JUST CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THE RESOURCES THAT ARE NEEDED WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT NOT ONLY THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE STATE, FOR CHARACTER EDUCATION, WHERE WE'RE THINKING ABOUT HEALTH EDUCATION.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THOSE DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS WELL, WITH THAT COMES A COST WITH SPECIFIC RESOURCES AND SPECIFICALLY ONES THAT HAD BEEN IDENTIFIED THROUGH OUR SHAC COMMITTEE AND APPROVED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD.
WE HAVE A LOT OF FREE PRESENTATION OPPORTUNITIES, AND SO WE ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THOSE AND WORKING WITH THOSE COMPANIES THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
BUT THERE IS SOMETHING TO CONSIDER BECAUSE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PIECES, INCLUDING SHATTER PROOF, ALL OF THOSE THINGS DO HAVE A COST WHEN YOU ARE WORKING WITH THE SPECIFICS FOR THAT.
JUST SOMETHING TO ALWAYS THINK ABOUT THERE.
>> I THINK ALSO TO THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE FOCUS ON THE WHOLE CHILD AND CISD.
OBVIOUSLY ACADEMICS IS IMPORTANT.
BUT IF WE DON'T MAKE SURE THAT KIDS FEEL SAFE AND WELCOMED AND THOSE AFFECTIVE AREAS ARE ADDRESSED AND THE COGNITIVE PART ISN'T GOING TO COME AS [INAUDIBLE] SAID AND JUST GOES BACK TO THAT OLD MASLOW'S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS AND YOUR BASIC LEVEL BEING ADDRESSED FIRST, I WILL RECOGNIZE THAT THIS TOPIC CAN BE A PAIN POINT FOR SOME OF OUR MEMBERS OF A COMMUNITY EITHER HITS TOO CLOSE TO HOME OR MAYBE THEY ARE ASSUMING THINGS ARE HAPPENING THAT REALLY ARE NOT OUR INTENTION.
I THINK JUST HAVING THE SUPPORT OF THE BOARD AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE BOARD THAT WE BRING THINGS TO THE SHAC COMMITTEE.
WE BRING THINGS TO OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT COUNCIL THAT ARE MADE UP NOT ONLY OF EDUCATORS BUT OF PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TOO TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE ARE PROVIDING THOSE WRAPAROUND SERVICES, THOSE WELL-ROUNDED EXPERIENCES FOR OUR KIDS.
THAT WE ARE DOING ALL WE CAN EVEN THOUGH THERE'S ALWAYS MORE THAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR KIDS ARE BEING TAKEN CARE OF.
>> THIS IS A REALLY HEAVY TOPIC.
I WONDER IN THIS. THE TOOLS YOU MENTIONED, YOU SEE ABOUT THE PROGRESS, AND SOMETIMES WE DO USE THOSE TOOLS TO EVEN FIND OUT IF THAT KID MIGHT BE GOING THROUGH SOMETHING.
BUT THOSE ARE REACTIVE TOOLS, THOSE ARE NOT PROACTIVE TOOLS.
I'M MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE SECOND SCENARIO WHEN WE USE THOSE TOOLS TO FIND OUT, "HEY, COULD THIS KID BE HAVING SOME ISSUES?" WHAT ARE DIFFERENT WAYS YOU TEACH THE LEARNERS TO SUPPORT THEMSELVES? BECAUSE PEER GROUP MAKES SUCH A BIG DIFFERENCE AT THIS AGE.
WHAT ARE ALL THE INITIATIVE THOSE ARE GOING ON, SO THERE COULD BE MORE PROACTIVE TOOLS THAT WHEN THE KIDS ARE FEELING LONELY, LIKE YOU DESCRIBED WITH CORTISOL WEARS OFF AND THEY'RE FEELING DOWN THAT THEY FEEL THERE'S A SPORTS MANY TIMES IS THEY'RE FROM THE FAMILY,
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FROM THE PARENT, BUT SOMETIMES THEY FEEL THEY NEED SOMEBODY FROM THEIR OWN AGE GROUP.WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE INITIATIVES THAT WOULD BE MORE PROACTIVE THAN REACTIVE?
>> GREAT QUESTION. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT LEARNING AS A WHOLE, WHETHER IT'S ON THE SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL SIDE OR MENTAL HEALTH, ALL OF THOSE PIECES AS WELL AS ACADEMICS, HOW ARE YOU DOING FORMATIVE CHECKS ALONG THE WAY? A LOT OF THAT TOO IS ENSURING THAT OUR EDUCATORS FROM THE GET-GO OR BEING PROACTIVE WITH RELATIONSHIPS THAT THEY HAVE WITH STUDENTS.
KNOWING STUDENT'S NAME WHEN THEY'RE COMING IN, CHECKING THAT PULSE TO SAY, "HEY, HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY?" BECAUSE YOU CAN TELL A LOT BY FACIAL EXPRESSION, BY BODY DEMEANOR, JUST ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS WITHIN THE CLASS, AS WELL AS THOSE THINGS LIKE YOUR ATTENDANCE, THINKING ABOUT YOUR SURVEY DATA THAT YOU MAY HAVE WITHIN THAT, AND THAT'S ONE THING THINKING ABOUT THE FORMATIVE CHECKS.
ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK THAT WE DO VERY WELL IN COPPELL IS BEING ABLE TO FIND THAT NICHE.
THINKING ABOUT CLUBS OR ORGANIZATIONS, AND SO THINKING ABOUT THAT SOMETIMES WE HAVE LEARNERS WHO ARE GOING THROUGH, MAYBE THEY FEEL CONNECTED AND ELEMENTARY, BUT AS THEY GET TO MIDDLE SCHOOL, MAYBE THEY'RE NOT INVOLVED IN ATHLETICS, MAYBE THEY'RE NOT REALLY PRONE TO GO TO THE FINE ARTS WITHIN THAT, HOW ARE WE MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH THEM TO FIND OUT WHAT ARE YOU INTERESTED IN? HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE ENJOYING YOUR SCHOOL AND YOUR LEARNING AND THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING? A LOT OF THAT RIGHT NOW HAS BEEN WORKING AND HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH CAMPUS EDUCATORS, WITH OUR CAMPUS PRINCIPALS AND ADMINISTRATORS TO BE ABLE TO TALK THROUGH THAT AS WELL AS WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL PERSPECTIVE, EVEN MORE SO, OPENING UP THOSE CLUBS, OPPORTUNITIES, ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT ALSO TOO IT'S A SPOT CHECK ON OUR END TO WHERE IF WE SEE THAT WE HAVE A LIST OF STUDENTS IN MY CLASSROOM, LET'S SAY THAT I'M A GEOMETRY TEACHER.
WHAT DO I KNOW ABOUT MY KIDS THAT ARE COMING IN HERE? HOW HAVE I MADE SOME CONNECTION, BUT ALSO TO HOW ARE THEY HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WHAT THEY THINK, WHAT THEY BELIEVE? ARE THEY HAVING THAT OPPORTUNITY WITHIN OUR CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT? I THINK THAT'S A BIG PIECE RIGHT NOW ON THAT FORMATIVE PULSE THAT WE'RE HAVING WITH KIDS.
BUT IT IS UP TO US AS WELL TOO.
IF WE SEE SOMEONE THAT IS SLIPPING THROUGH THE CRACKS WITHIN THAT, WHETHER IT'S ACADEMIC, WHETHER IT'S HAVING SOME ISSUES WITH TRUANCY, WHATEVER IT MAY BE, HOW ARE WE USING THAT DATA TO THEN COME BACK AND SAY, HOW CAN WE CONNECT THEM WITH OTHERS? BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU MAY HAVE A CHILD THAT IF THEY ARE FEELING ISOLATED ALL ROUND IN, THEY MAY NOT KNOW HOW TO CONNECT WITH OTHERS.
THAT MIGHT BE A PART OF THE PROBLEM, SO HOW HAVE WE ENSURED THAT WORKING TOGETHER WITH THEM, WE HAVE SOME SUPPORTS IN PLACE, WHETHER THAT'S WORKING WITH OUR CANVAS COUNSELOR OR CONNECTING TO A MENTOR.
I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY WHERE WE CAN DO MORE OF, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE PANDEMIC, IS HOW ARE WE OFFERING THOSE MENTORING OPPORTUNITIES AND HAVING THAT, WHO'S GOING TO CHECK ON WHO.
I KNOW THAT ANN ALSO TO IS WORKING WITH SOME PIECES FOR HOPE SQUAD IF YOU WANTED TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
>> CERTAINLY. JUST TO ADD WHAT DR. BROOKS SAID, SO OUR SECOND STEP CURRICULUM, OUR CHARACTER STRONG CURRICULUM, OUR SIGNS OF SUICIDE CURRICULUM, THE OPIOID EDUCATION.
ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT COME OUT OF OUR OFFICE ARE ALL PREVENTATIVE AWARENESS PIECES TO GIVE EVERYONE THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY NEED.
A NEW PROGRAM THAT WE WILL BE BRINGING TO COPPELL ISD THAT I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT IS HOPE SQUAD.
HOPE SQUAD WAS FORMED IN UTAH, A SPECIFIC COUNTY THAT I CAN'T TELL YOU THE NAME OF OFF THE TOP MY HEAD.
BUT THEY HAD A RASH OF LEARNER SUICIDES IN THAT COUNTY.
THE SUPERINTENDENT AND PRINCIPAL REALLY DOVE INTO THAT AND SAID WE GOT TO DO BETTER, AND DID A LOT OF RESEARCH AND HAVE HAD FANTASTIC OUTCOMES.
THEY HAVE CREATED A STUDENT GROUP, SO WE WILL HAVE IT AT NEW TECH AND NINE FOR SURE NEXT YEAR.
I'M TALKING WITH ANOTHER CAMPUS ABOUT MAYBE BRINGING IT IN SOME OTHER CAPACITY TO THEIR CAMPUS.
WE TEACH THESE LEARNERS AND THE LEARNERS ARE OUR AMBASSADORS FOR, "IS EVERYBODY OKAY?" THEY PROVIDE AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS AND CONNECT WITH KIDS, AND WHEN THEY HEAR OF A LEARNER WHO MAY BE MAKING OUTCRY ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
MAYBE THEY'VE SAID SOMETHING TO SOMEONE IN THE HALLWAY, SAID SOMETHING IN THE CLASSROOM.
THOSE KIDS CONNECT WITH US BECAUSE YOU GUYS KNOW, ESPECIALLY AT THE TEENAGE LEVEL, THEY'LL TELL THEIR BEST FRIENDS EVERYTHING AND THEN THEY WON'T TELL US ANYTHING.
IT'S REALLY TEACHING THOSE LEARNERS THE APPROPRIATE WAYS.
WE KNOW THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE ALREADY HAPPENING.
HOW ARE YOU GOING TO GET THOSE LEARNERS WHO ARE HEARING IT, SEEING IT TO CONNECT WITH A TRUSTED ADULT ON THE SCHOOL CAMPUS AND THEIR FAMILIES TO MAKE THE INTERVENTION NECESSARY?
>> I'LL END WITH PARENTS ARE PARTNERS BECAUSE IT'S OUR PARENTS THAT PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN ALL OF THIS.
THE HOPE SQUAD WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT BECAUSE THAT'S THAT PEER TO PEER, AND I THINK THAT SPEAKS TO WHAT YOU WERE SAYING THIS ARE SET AS FAR AS KIDS RELATING TO EACH OTHER.
BUT SO OFTEN APPARENT WILL COME TO US AND SAY, "I NEED SOME ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.
WHAT CAN I DO?" OR "I'M SEEING SOMETHING AT HOME.
ARE YOU SEEING THIS AT SCHOOL? " OR A TEACHER REACHING OUT TO THE PARENT AND SAYING, "WE'RE SEEING THIS AT SCHOOL, ARE YOU SEEING THIS AT HOME?" I THINK JUST KEEPING PARENTS AND KEEPING THAT PARTNERSHIP STRONG IS CRITICAL.
>> THANK YOU FOR SUCH GOLDEN NUGGETS, AND I AGREE, FINDING YOUR OWN TRIBE. THAT'S THE KEY.
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>> THANK YOU, LADIES. APPRECIATE YOU Y'ALL BOTH.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR STAFF REPORTS.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR THAT PRESENTATION, AND OBVIOUSLY THANK COLLIN FOR SHARING HER STORY WITH US.
THAT WILL MOVE US INTO OUR ACTION ITEMS.
[VIII.A. CONSENT]
FIRST UP IS CONSENT, AND I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THAT.>> APPROVE THE CONSENT AS PRESENTED.
>> HOLD ON ONE SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE MANNY SATHY TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED SECONDED BY TRUSTEE ANTHONY HILL, AND NOW WE'LL MOVE INTO DISCUSSION TRUSTEE BUSINESS.
>> WHICH OF THESE MEETINGS AND, THIS MAY BE A QUESTION FOR CAROL.
WHICH ONE OF THESE BOARD MEETINGS WAS THE ONE THAT RELATED TO THE ELECTIONS, WHEN WE APPROVED THE APPROVAL OF THE ELECTION DATE AND THE APPROVAL OF THE ELECTIONS?
I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER THAT DATE. A SECOND, I'LL TELL YOU. THAT WAS JANUARY 23RD WAS THAT REGULAR BOARD MEETING AND THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN APPROVED ON OUR [INAUDIBLE] AT OUR FEBRUARY REGULAR BOARD MEETING.
THE MINUTES FOR THAT WOULD'VE BEEN APPROVED.
>> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE ALL IN FAVOR.
[VIII.B. Discuss and consider approval of NTH@C LOTE trip to Madrid and Barcelona, Spain]
FACILITATOR AT NEW TECH COPPELL, ONE OF OUR AMAZING SPANISH TEACHERS.SHE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH DR. WOMACK, OUR CHIEF OF OPERATIONS, ON GETTING APPROVAL FOR A TRIP.
LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH IS LOOKING AT SPONSORING A TRIP TO MADRID AND BARCELONA, SPAIN FOR A GROUP OF OUR LEARNERS. SO MS. DANIEL.
>> [SPANISH] DANIEL. [LAUGHTER]
DID WE CONSENT TO ALL ITEMS FROM ONE TILL, WHAT ITEMS DID WE CONSENT TO?
>> OR IS THIS JUST ONE? CONSENT ON NUMBER 1.
>> IT WAS CONSENT AS ITEMS 1-5, BUT THAT ITEM HAS BEEN APPROVED AND WE'VE MOVED ON TO ITEM B ON OUR AGENDA NOW.
YOU ALL HAVE THE MEMO IN FRONT OF YOU.
HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK OVER IT.
>> DID YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR ME OR DID YOU WANT ME TO SUMMARIZE FOR YOU AND THEN YOU ASK ME QUESTIONS? IS THAT HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO IT?
>> IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE'VE DONE THESE TRIPS.
I THINK IT'S IN YOUR LEAGUE YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE LAST ONE WITH COVID AND OTHER THINGS.
IT MIGHT BE NICE JUST FOR THE COMMUNITY IN GENERAL PUBLIC'S SINCE THEY DON'T HAVE THE BOARD'S MEMO IN FRONT OF THEM IF YOU DON'T MIND JUST A BRIEF DESCRIPTION.
THE LAST TIME I TRAVELED WITH A GROUP OF NEW TECH LEARNERS WAS IN 2016.
I'VE DONE TWO IMMERSION TRIPS WITH LEARNERS ON OUR CAMPUS, BOTH DURING SPRING BREAK.
WE ARE ASKING FOR YOU TO PROVE A TRIP FOR SPRING BREAK OF 2024.
THE LEARNERS WILL NOT MISS ANY CLASS TIME.
THEY'LL LEAVE THE WEEKEND STARTING SPRING BREAK AND COME BACK THE WEEKEND ENDING SPRING BREAK SO THEY WON'T LOSE ANY INSTRUCTIONAL TIME.
THE PROGRAM THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW IS THROUGH EDUCATIONAL TOURS.
I REALLY LIKED THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE IT'S AN IMMERSION PROGRAM.
IT'S NOT ONE WHERE THEY'RE JUST GOING TO GO FROM PLACE TO PLACE AND STILL HEAR ENGLISH THE WHOLE TIME.
I'VE REQUESTED A SPANISH-SPEAKING GUIDE.
OF COURSE, ALL THE HOTELS WERE STAYING IN WILL BE IN SPAIN.
THERE'LL BE INTERACTING WITH PEOPLE IN SPANISH.
WHEN WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO THE FAMILIES.
WE HAVE TOLD THE PARENTS AND THE KIDS THAT THAT IS THE EXPECTATION THAT NOT ONLY THEY'RE GOING TO BE HEARING SPANISH ALL THE TIME, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO BE EXPECTED TO USE IT BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY THE WHOLE POINT IS TO GO INTO IMMERSE THEMSELVES IN LANGUAGE AND THE CULTURE.
THE TRIP THAT WE'VE CHOSEN TO ASK FOR PERMISSION FOR IS IT ACTUALLY HAS TWO DESTINATIONS.
WE WOULD LEAVE FROM DFW, ARRIVE IN MADRID AND WE WOULD SPEND FIVE DAYS THERE.
WHILE WE'RE THERE, WE WOULD GO TO VARIOUS POINTS OF INTERESTS, MUSEUMS, THE ROYAL PALACE, PLACES LIKE THAT WHEN WE'RE IN ONE OF THE DAYS, WHILE WE'RE THERE, WE DO A DAY EXCURSION LIKE A DAY TRIP TO TOLEDO, WHICH IS A REALLY COOL LITTLE CITY.
IT HAS LIKE THOUSANDS OF YEARS OF VISIBLE HISTORY.
YOU HAVE TO CROSS A BRIDGE TO GET INTO IT.
IT'S JUST REALLY COOL AND THEY WOULD GET TO VISIT VARIOUS LOCATIONS THERE.
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THEN ON THE FIFTH DAY, WE WOULD TAKE THE HIGH-SPEED TRAIN TO BARCELONA AND WE WOULD SPEND SEVERAL DAYS THERE AND THEY WOULD GET TO SEE SOME OF THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARES, THE [SPANISH] AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT PLACES WHERE AGAIN, THEY'LL GET TO HAVE REAL CULTURAL EXPERIENCES, VISIT MUSEUMS, CATHEDRALS LOOK AT TO INTERACT LOCALS, HAVE A COOKING CLASS, A SCAVENGER HUNT, THINGS LIKE THAT.>> THEN JUST A LITTLE POINT OF CLARITY AS YOU MIGHT NOTE.
THEN ALSO FOR COMMUNITY, WE HAVE HAD PREVIOUS TRIPS THAT ARE ALL WITHIN THE UNITED STATES BECAUSE THIS IS AN INTERNATIONAL TRIP, IT REQUIRES BOARD APPROVAL.
YOU MIGHT SAY, OH, WELL, MY KID JUST GOT BACK FROM WASHINGTON DC OR NEW YORK LAST SPRING BREAK BECAUSE I KNOW A COUPLE OF KIDDOS AT NEW TECH WENT TO NEW YORK AND I KNOW SOME AT MY [INAUDIBLE] NORTH WENT TO WASHINGTON DC.
THE COMMUNITY KNOWS THAT'S DIFFERENT BECAUSE THESE ARE INTERNATIONAL TRIPS OR THIS IS AN INTERNATIONAL TRIP.
>> WHEN I SPOKE TO THE MY CONTACT AT EF TOURS, SHE'S WONDERFUL AND OF COURSE, I ASKED A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT COVID AND WHAT THE PROTOCOLS ARE NOW, HEALTH AND SAFETY PROTOCOLS AND THEY HAVE VERY EXTENSIVE PROTOCOLS IN PLACE.
THEY HAVE PROTECTION PLANS IN PLACE.
THEY HAVE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF HEALTH AND SAFETY PROTOCOLS IN PLACE.
ANY OF THAT INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED.
I ASKED HIM LOTS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S FIRST AND FOREMOST ON EVERYBODY'S MIND REGARDING THAT THING. WHAT HAPPENS NOW? NOW THAT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH IT, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE NOW WHEN OUR KIDS ARE TRAVELING? THEY DO HAVE EXTENSIVE PROTOCOLS IN PLACE.
IF YOU WANT TO ASK ME ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE, I HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
SHE SENT ME A BUNCH OF ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS AND I HAVE LINKS [LAUGHTER]
>> AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE IMMERSION EXPERIENCE IS WHAT REALLY SOLIDIFIES THIS AS AN EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY BEYOND MEASURE.
>> IN THE BOARD MEMO, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE DISTRICT DOESN'T INCUR ANY EXPENSE IT'S PAID FOR BY THE FAMILIES.
ONE OF THE REASONS I WANTED TO GET IT APPROVED SO QUICKLY IS THAT THEY DO HAVE A PAYMENT PLAN FOR PARENTS.
THE SOONER WE KNOW ABOUT THE TRIP, THE MORE DOABLE IT WOULD BE FOR MORE FAMILIES BECAUSE THEY COULD PAY IT OUT FURTHER IN ADVANCE.
BUT THE PROGRAM PRICE INCLUDES AIRFARE, TRANSPORTATION, HOTELS, MEALS, GUIDED SIGHTSEEING, ENTRANCE FEES, EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING, FULL-TIME LANGUAGE IMMERSION, PROGRAM DIRECTOR AND 24-HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICE.
IT MIGHT BE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT JUST DEPENDING ON WHEN WE SOLIDIFY AND ACTUALLY GET THE CONTRACT.
BUT IT'S HOVERING RIGHT AT THAT PRICE RIGHT THERE.
>> I THINK THESE EXPERIENCES ARE GREAT FOR THE LEARNERS WHO COULD AFFORD IT.
IT'S NOT CHEAP, BUT IF THEY CAN, THIS IS A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR THEM.
[INAUDIBLE] I KNOW SIMON MY DAUGHTER, SHE WENT TO THE SIMILAR TRIP IN EF TOURS FOR SOCIAL STUDY PROGRAM TO SCOTLAND BUT I DON'T REMEMBER BOARD APPROVING A TRIP LIKE THE THIS, IS THAT SOMETHING NEW OR?
>> SOMETIMES THINGS DON'T GO LIKE THEY SHOULD AND THAT'S WHY WE COURSE-CORRECT AND DO WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE DONE.
>> I THINK THAT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE AT THAT TIME.
>> MY SON WAS DURING COVID [INAUDIBLE], SO THERE WERE NO TRIPS HAPPENING, BUT I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND TO THE PARENTS OF TAKING [INAUDIBLE] AMAZING LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR KIDS.
>> IT IS A LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCE AND I HAVE KIDS EVEN NOW THAT GRADUATED AND CONTACT ME AND THEY'RE TRAVELING AND THEY TELL ME HOW WONDERFUL IT WAS AND ALL OF THAT.
IT'S ALWAYS EXCITING TO GO WITH THEM AND SEE THEM, SEE THESE THINGS FOR THE FIRST TIME AND EXPERIENCE THE CULTURE AND USE THE LANGUAGE.
THEY COME BACK WITH SUCH CONFIDENCE TO GO SOMEWHERE DIFFERENT AND SPEAK A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE AND LISTEN TO IT AND SEE ALL OF THESE THINGS.
>> TO HANDLE THEMSELVES IN INTERNATIONAL ELEMENTS.
EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE AMONG A GROUP, IT TESTS THEIR INDEPENDENCE A LOT AND LEARN A LOT.
>> OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MS. DANIEL?
>> QUICK QUESTION. THERE IT GOES.
BUT HOW CAN YOUR STUDENTS LEARNERS WOULD PARTICIPATE AND WHAT'S THE MAXIMUM YOU COULD HAVE? [NOISE]
>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE MAXIMUM IS.
HOPEFULLY WE HAVE THAT PROBLEM AND WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT, WHOA, TOO MANY KIDS KNOW.
WE DID AN INTEREST GAUGING MEETING IN FEBRUARY.
WE HAD 18 FAMILIES EXPRESS INTEREST AT THAT POINT AND THAT'S WITHOUT HAVING A SOLID DATE AND THAT
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WAS JUST A MEETING THAT WE JUST HAD ON CAMPUS ONE EVENING.I'M HOPING THAT IT GETS UP MORE INTO THE 20S AND THE 30S. WE'LL SEE.
>> WHAT IS THE DEADLINE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FAMILIES?
>> THAT I DON'T KNOW IF THEY GET DEPENDS ON WHEN WE ACTUALLY ESTABLISH THE CONTRACT AND WHEN THE ACTUAL DEPARTURE IS.
I KNOW THAT CHANGES CAN BE MADE UP TO I THINK IT'S 45 DAYS BEFORE THE DEPARTURE DAY BECAUSE THAT'S THE LAST TIME YOU CAN BUY THE PROTECTION PACKAGE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
>> THEN FOR FAMILIES THAT COULDN'T AFFORD IT, BUT WOULD HAVE INTERESTS, IS THERE ANY OPTIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT FOR THEM?
>> WE'VE BEEN ASKED ABOUT THAT.
WE'VE BEEN ASKED ABOUT FUNDRAISING.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE [OVERLAPPING]
>> KIND OF TRICKY BECAUSE IT'S PSEUDO SCHOOL-SPONSORED BUT SEPARATE BECAUSE THE FAMILIES DO HAVE TO PAY THEIR OWN WAY.
REALLY, THE FIRST STEP IS EVEN BEFORE TO SEE IF THERE'S AN INTEREST AS A MOTION TO APPROVE IT AND THEN LET HER DO SOME MARKETING AND SEE BECAUSE APPROVING IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
IT'S JUST SHE NOW HAS APPROVAL FOR HER TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE TRIP.
>> I'VE SEEN KIDS RAISE THEIR OWN FUNDS.
THEY HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT AVENUES TO RAISE FUNDS BEFORE.
>> THIS IS THE MOST REPUTABLE A COMPANY THAT YOU CAN USE, SO WELL DONE.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE LET'S SEE.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT THE COPPELL ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AS REQUIRED BY BOARD POLICY, FMD LOCAL APPROVE THE NEW TECH HIGH AT COPPELL TO TRIP TO MADRID AND BARCELONA, SPAIN FROM MARCH 9TH, 2024 THROUGH MARCH 17TH, 2024.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE NICOLE BENTLEY.
SORRY, I JUST MADE SURE I WAS ON.
I DIDN'T FORGET YOUR NAME. [LAUGHTER].
>> MOTION BY TRUSTEE NICOLE BENTLEY, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE ANTHONY HILL TO APPROVE. AS REQUIRED BY BOARD POLICY, FMG LOCAL APPROVED THE NEW TECH HIGH AT COPPELL, LOW TRIP TO MADRID AND BARCELONA, SPAIN FROM MARCH 9TH, 2024 THROUGH MARCH 17TH, 2024.
ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE WE'LL TAKE A VOTE, ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES 7:0.
>> THANK YOU, MS. DANIEL. THANK YOU FOR STAYING. [OVERLAPPING]
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, APPRECIATE IT.
[VIII.C. Discuss and consider authorizing the purchase of a Safety & Security Window Film]
>> DR. WOMACK IS COMING TO THE PODIUM TO TALK TO THE BOARD ABOUT SOME SAFETY AND SECURITY PREVENTATIVE MEASURES, BECAUSE YOU ALL KNOW THAT'S A TOP PRIORITY ON OUR DISTRICT AND THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SOME GRANTS.
>> YES. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING BOARD.
AS OUR SPEAKER MENTIONED EARLIER, DURING OPEN FORUM, THAT WE WOULD TYPICALLY DO THINGS IN CLOSED SESSION WHEN THAT'S NECESSARY.
HOWEVER, THE ITEMS THAT ARE GOING TO BE DISCUSSED THIS EVENING HAVE BEEN SO HIGHLY PUBLICIZED BY THE GOVERNOR AND TEA.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING AN OPEN SESSION TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THESE NEW STANDARDS.
YOU MIGHT RECALL BACK IN DECEMBER, I GAVE A REPORT TO THE BOARD ON THE NEW SCHOOL SAFETY STANDARDS AND GAVE YOU SEVERAL WRITTEN REPORT SINCE THEN ON THOSE STANDARDS TO KEEP YOU UP-TO-DATE AND TEA WAS CHARGED BY THE GOVERNOR TO COME UP WITH THESE STANDARDS, WHICH THEY DID.
THEY PUBLICIZED THOSE AND THE GOVERNOR AT THE TIME THIS WAS ALL FOLLOWING YOU VALIDATE AND THE ISSUES THAT THEY HAD.
THE GOVERNOR ALSO PUT MONEY INTO A FORMULA GRANT TO HELP WITH SOME OF THE STANDARDS THAT TEA HAS, NOW REQUIRED FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO PUT IN PLACE.
THOSE STANDARDS INCLUDE RE-LOOKING AT AND UPDATING YOUR EXTERIOR DOORS, YOUR WINDOWS, AS WELL AS OTHER ITEMS SUCH AS DOOR NUMBERING, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT.
ON THOSE STANDARDS THERE'S REALLY FIVE MAIN ONES THAT ARE IN THERE AND THE EXTERIOR DOORS AND THE DOOR HARDWARE IS OBVIOUSLY ONE OF THOSE.
WE DID INCLUDE IN THE PROPOSED BOND TO DO SOME RAKING AND DOOR HARDWARE FUNCTIONALITY TO MEET THAT STANDARD.
IT'S A RATHER LARGE TICKET ITEM IN CLOSE TO ABOUT $7 MILLION TO DO IT DISTRICT WIDE FOR ITEM NUMBER 1.
AS YOU CAN TELL FROM THE GRANT ITSELF, WE HAVE ABOUT 619,000 TO INVEST, THANK YOU, INTO THE PROGRAM.
THE EXTERIOR GLASS IS AN AREA THAT WE HAVE
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SOME CURRENT FILM ON IN AN AREA THAT I THINK THAT WE CAN EXPAND TO MEET THE STANDARDS.THE SILENT PANIC ALERT TECHNOLOGY WE ALREADY HAVE SOME SYSTEM IN PLACE FOR THAT.
WE ALREADY HAVE DOOR NUMBERING IN PLACE, BUT WE ARE GOING AROUND AND RE NUMBERING TO MEET THE NEW STANDARDS, FOR THE DOOR NUMBERING WHICH INCLUDE MEETING THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND THE LETTERING OR NUMBERING, THE REFLECTIVITY, THE SIZE, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
THEN LASTLY, THE MASTER KEY BOX.
A LOT OF US KNOW THOSE AS KNOX BOXES.
THOSE ARE TYPICALLY AT YOUR MAIN ENTRY OR SOMEWHERE NEAR YOUR FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM.
THAT'S WHAT THE FIRST RESPONDERS USE TO GET ACCESS TO OUR MASTER KEYS TO THAT FACILITY.
ALL OF THOSE WE ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE.
ONE OF THE COMPONENTS TO THE GRANT IS TO TAKE WHATEVER THE ITEMS ARE TO OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE THAT THE DISTRICT HAS IN PLACE.
WE DID HOLD THAT MEETING ON MARCH THE 2ND WE DID TAKE THIS ITEM TO THE COMMITTEE, OFFERED THEM TO DO THE FILM AS THE SOLUTION FOR THIS GRANT AND RECEIVED NO NEGATIVE FEEDBACK TOWARDS MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT PARTICULAR RECOMMENDATION.
TONIGHT, WE'RE BRINGING FORTH TO THE BOARD IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR POLICY CH(LEGAL), THE PRICING MODELS THAT WE RECEIVE FROM MULTIPLE VENDORS TO PROVIDE THIS SERVICE.
WE ARE RECOMMENDING THE SERVICES FROM NGS, FILM AND GRAPHICS TO DO THE WORK THROUGH THE INTERLOCAL PURCHASING SYSTEM CONTRACT, ALSO KNOWN AS TIPS FOR 619,949.
YOU ALL WOULD HAVE THOUGHT I MADE THAT NUMBER UP.
I GAVE THEM THE NUMBER BECAUSE IT FITS SO CLOSELY WITH WHAT THE GRANT AMOUNT IS AND I DID NOT.
IT WAS FAIR, OBJECTIVE IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER THAT THEY RESPONDED BACK WITH.
BUT I AM HAPPY AND EXCITED AS EVEN OUR SPEAKER DURING OPEN FORUM STATED, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT.
IF THE BOARD SO APPROVES TO GET THIS STARTED AND IN BEFORE WE START THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.
I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
>> ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
>> I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION.
THE FILM THAT WE HAVE ON THE FACILITIES ALREADY, WHAT DID WE LEARN FROM THAT EXPERIENCE IN? IS IT THE SAME COMPANY THAT DID THE INITIAL FILM THAT WE HAVE?
LET ME ANSWER THE LATTER FIRST.
THE NGS IS THE ONE THAT HAS DONE WORK IN THE DISTRICT PRIOR, I THINK BACK IN 2019, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
THEN SECONDLY, WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED THAT IT WORKS, THAT ACTUALLY IT DOES DO WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO DO.
I HATE TO POINT THIS OUT, BUT DURING THE TIME WHERE ACCESS TO RESOURCES THROUGH THE SUPPLY CHAIN WERE A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO GET GLASS WAS ONE OF THOSE.
WE HAD SOME SITUATIONS WHERE WE HAD GLASS THAT HAD BEEN TREATED THAT HAD BEEN SHATTERED.
YOU COULD SEE THE SHATTERING OR THE BREAKAGE WITHIN THE GLASS, BUT IT REMAINED IN PLACE FOR MONTHS UNTIL WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE PROPER GLASS TO REPLACE IT.
HOWEVER, HAD THAT FILM NOT BEEN ON THERE, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN PROBABLY DEALING WITH A PIECE OF PLYWOOD BOARDING UP THAT PARTICULAR FACILITY.
I THINK FROM THAT STANDPOINT, WHAT IT'S DESIGNED TO DO, IT DOES.
IS IT GOING TO STOP ANY BAD ACTOR? PROBABLY NOT, SOMEONE THAT'S DEDICATED AND WANTS TO GET IN.
WHAT IT'S MEANT TO DO IS BE RESISTANT AND TO DELAY SO THAT YOU CAN INTRODUCE YOUR RESPONSE AND WHATEVER THAT RESPONSE IS, WHETHER THERE IS A LOCKDOWN OR AN EVACUATION OR WHATNOT.
BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'VE LEARNED FROM THAT IT DOES WORK. THANK YOU.
I HAVE SEEN ONE OF THESE LESSONS WHEN, HOW IT LOOKS LIKE A TREE THAT WENT THROUGH.
BUT OF COURSE IT'S NOT BROKEN.
WHEN NGS DID THE WORK IN 2019, I'M NOT GOING TO ASK YOU IF IT WAS THE SAME PRICE.
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IF THEY HAVE ALREADY DONE THE WORK AT THAT TIME, WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO BE DOING DIFFERENT AT THIS TIME THAT WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THIS MONEY?THE WORK THAT WAS DONE PRIOR, WERE ONLY AT THE ENTRY POINTS OF THE FACILITY AND DID NOT DO ALL OF THE FACILITY.
WHAT THE NEW STANDARDS REQUIRE IS THAT WE LOOK AT THE GROUND LEVEL ENTRY POINT, GLASS ENTRY POINTS LIKE WINDOWS AND THINGS LIKE THAT AROUND THE FACILITY.
PRIOR AGAIN BACK IN 2019, FOCUS WAS ON THE ENTRY POINTS.
THIS WILL ONLY BE FOR THOSE OTHER AREAS THAT ARE DEFINED UNDER THE STANDARD AROUND EACH OF OUR FACILITIES.
>> I MOVE THE BOARD APPROVE THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF FORCED ENTRY RESISTANT FILM THROUGH THE INTERLOCAL PURCHASING SYSTEM CONTRACT NUMBER 220,101 FROM NGS FILMS AND GRAPHICS AND FUND THE PURCHASE WITH THE SCHOOL SAFETY STANDARDS FORMULA GRANT.
>> HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE ANTHONY NEAL'S SECONDED BY TRUSTEE LEE WALKER.
TRUSTEE LEE WALKER TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF FORCED ENTRY RESISTANT FILM THROUGH THE INTERLOCAL PURCHASING SYSTEM CONTRACT NUMBER 220,101 FROM NGS FILMS AND GRAPHICS AND FUND THE PURCHASE WITH THE SCHOOL SAFETY STANDARDS FORMULA GRANT ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE WE'LL TAKE A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES 7:0.
>> THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU, DR. WOMACK.
NEXT ITEM, ITEM D IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACCEPTANCE OF THE CERTIFICATION OF
[VIII.D. Discuss and consider acceptance of the Certification of Unopposed Candidates, and approve an Order Canceling the May 6, 2023 Board of Trustees Special Election and Declaring Unopposed Candidate Elected]
UNOPPOSED CANDIDATES AND APPROVE AN ORDER CANCELING THE MAY 6, 2020 THIRD BOARD OF TRUSTEES SPECIAL ELECTION.REPHRASE ON SPECIAL OR EMPHASIZE IT AND DECLARING UNOPPOSED CANDIDATE ELECTION.
AS YOU GUYS KNOW, I BELIEVE THIS IS NOW A REQUIREMENT BY STATE LAW THAT WHEN A CANDIDATE IS RUNNING UNOPPOSED, WE NO LONGER HOLD THAT ELECTION, ESSENTIALLY.
>> I MOVE THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ACCEPT THE CERTIFICATION OF UNOPPOSED CANDIDATES, ADOPT THE ORDER CANCELING THE MAY 6 2023 TRUSTEES SPECIAL ELECTION AND DECLARE THE UNOPPOSED CANDIDATE ELECTED BY LAW EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 2ND, 2021.
IF A PROPER CERTIFICATION OF UNOPPOSED STATUS IS PRESENTED BY THE FILLING AUTHORITY TO THE GOVERNING BODY THE GOVERNING BODY MUST CANCEL THE ELECTION.
SENATE BILL 1 SECOND CALLED SESSION 2021.
>> AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THIS.
>> GIVE ME ONE SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION MADE BY TRUSTEE MANISH SETHI SECONDED BY TRUSTEE NICOLE BENTLEY, THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ACCEPT THE CERTIFICATION OF UNOPPOSED CANDIDATES, ADOPT THE ORDER CANCELING THE MAY 6, 2023RD TRUSTEE SPECIAL ELECTION, AND DECLARED THE UNOPPOSED CANDIDATE ELECTED BY LAW EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 2, 2021 IF A PROPER CERTIFICATION OF UNOPPOSED STATUS IS PRESENTED BY THE FILING AUTHORITY TO THE GOVERNING BODY.
THE GOVERNING BODY MUST CANCEL THE ELECTION AND SENATE BILL 2ND CALLED SESSION 2021.
I'LL OPEN THAT UP FOR DISCUSSION ON TRUSTEE BISWAS.
>> YES I UNDERSTAND THIS IS ABOUT MR. MATTHEW THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING.
>> BECAUSE HE'S THE ONLY UNOPPOSED CANDIDATE.
>> CORRECT AND AS THE SPECIAL ELECTION, YES.
>> MY QUESTION IS, WHY WAS A SPECIAL ELECTION BROUGHT INTO THE AGENDA WHEN HE COULD HAVE BEEN PUT ON THE GENERAL BALLOT?
>> HE COULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SAY, BECAUSE IT WAS TO FILL THE ONE-YEAR UNEXPIRED TERM FOLLOWING TRUSTEE FISHERS RESIGNATION BACK IN OCTOBER.
>> ACCORDING TO THE LAW, I THINK HE COULD HAVE GONE ON THE GENERAL BALLOT OR ON A SPECIAL ELECTION.
>> MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY IS THAT IT WAS A SPECIAL ELECTION WAS REQUIRED BECAUSE THE GENERAL ELECTION WAS ONLY FOUR PLACES, 4 AND 5 DURING THIS ELECTION CYCLE.
>> THAT'S NOT WHAT I READ ACTUALLY TODAY.
MY SECOND QUESTION IS, A SPECIAL ELECTION COSTS MONEY, CORRECT?
>> NO, IT'S ALL AT THE SAME TIME, SO WE DON'T PAY ANY MORE OR LESS, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, WE SHARE THE COST WITH DALLAS COUNTY BASED ON WHETHER WE HAVE ONE OR THREE ITEMS ON THE BALLOT, CORRECT?
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>> FROM WHAT I HAVE READ, I THINK HE COULD HAVE GONE ON THE GENERAL BALLOT.
MY FIRST QUESTION WOULD HAVE BEEN, IS IF HE COULD HAVE GOTTEN THE GENERAL BALLOT, WHY DID WE MAKE A SPECIAL ELECTION FOR THIS PLACE 7.
IS THAT BECAUSE WE COULD HAVE JUST CANCELED IT IF YOU WENT UNOPPOSED.
I'M JUST CURIOUS TO KNOW BECAUSE FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, A SPECIAL ELECTION ALWAYS CAUSED THE COUNTY MONEY AND SINCE THERE WAS A GENERAL ELECTION COMING UP ALREADY AND SOMEONE WAS ALREADY SELECTED FOR PLACE 7, OF COURSE, AGAINST THE COMMUNITY WISHES, WHY DID WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS?
>> WELL, SO YOU'RE CONFUSING I THINK TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
THIS IS A GENERAL ELECTION, SO THE SPECIAL ELECTION IS OCCURRING AT THE SAME TIME AS THE GENERAL ELECTION SO THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL COST.
THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN AN INITIAL COST IF SAY WE HAD CALLED THE SPECIAL ELECTION AT A DIFFERENT DATE THAN THE MAY 6TH, I BELIEVE, UNIFORM ELECTION AS REQUIRED BY THE STATE.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT, I WILL CONTRADICT THIS POINT AND I WOULD SAY HE WOULD HAVE GONE ON THE GENERAL BALLOT.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO BRING UP SOMETHING ELSE.
IF YOU ALL SAID THAT HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ON THE RUBRIC AND THAT'S WHAT YOU ALL HAD AGREED TO, AT THE BOTTOM OF THE RUBRIC, IT SAID THERE WERE SOME OTHER CRITERIA THAT THE CANDIDATE WOULD NOT RUN.
THAT WOULD MEAN THAT THEY WOULD NOT RUN IN MAY AND TRUSTEE CAVINESS YOUR NEWS LETTER IS LETTER FOR THE AUDIENCE OR THE COMMUNITY IN QU'APPELLE IN NOVEMBER, I THINK IT WAS NOVEMBER 17TH, SAID BASICALLY THAT WHATEVER CANDIDATE WE HAVE IS JUST FILLING THE SPOT TILL MAY.
>> WELL, THAT IS A TRUE AND CORRECT STATEMENT AND I KNOW YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A SOUNDBITE TONIGHT, BUT WE'RE BEYOND THE ITEM D.
>> I'M NOT LOOKING FOR SOUNDBITE.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE COMMUNITY APPROVES THIS, LET'S MAKE IT THAT THE COMMUNITY COUNTS.
WE CAN'T JUST DO IT JUST BECAUSE THE BOARD DECIDED TO DO THIS BECAUSE WE WANT THIS CANDIDATE ON THE BOARD.
>> YES. THE WHOLE BASIS IS THAT THIS COULD BE A GENERAL ELECTION AS FALSE.
THIS COULD NEVER HAVE BEEN A GENERAL ELECTION BECAUSE IT'S A MIDTERM ELECTION.
AS PER OUR LOCAL POLICIES, WE HAVE GIVEN THREE YEARS FOR SEVEN POSITIONS.
THIS WAS NOT THE YEAR FOR PLACE 7, WHICH WILL BE NEXT YEAR.
BY OUR POLICIES, WHICH IS THE LAW, THIS COULDN'T BE IN A GENERAL ELECTION, IT HAD TO BE A SPECIAL ELECTION.
AGAIN, BY OUR POLICIES, IF IT IS GOES BEYOND SIX MONTHS AND THEN THE GENERAL ELECTION IS COMING, WE HAVE TO CALL THE SPECIAL ELECTION.
WE FOLLOWED THE LETTER OF THE LAW IN CALLING THIS SPECIAL ELECTION, AND IF ABOUT REGARDING THE CANCELING, EVEN IF THIS WAS A GENERAL ELECTION AND A CANDIDATE WAS UNOPPOSED, WE WOULD ALSO CALL FOR CANCELLATION OF THE GENERAL ELECTION.
NOTHING IS BEING DONE OUT OF ORDINARY.
EVERYTHING'S BEING FOLLOWED BY THE LETTER OF THE LAW.
>> I'D LIKE TO MAKE TWO POINTS.
ONE, BY HAVING A SPECIAL ELECTION FOR THIS PLACE.
NOT ONLY IS IT, ACCORDING TO OUR BYLAWS, BUT WE'VE ACTUALLY SET THIS PRECEDENT PREVIOUSLY WHEN WE'VE HAD OTHER TRUSTEES RESIGNED MIDTERM, WE'VE CALLED A SPECIAL ELECTION FOR THE REMAINDER OF THEIR TERM.
WE HAVE FOLLOWED PRECEDENT AND WHAT THE LAW IS RECOMMENDING AND OUR ATTORNEY IS RECOMMENDING SECONDARILY TO TRUSTEE SET THESE POINT.
LAST TIME WHEN I WAS UP FOR RE-ELECTION, SO WAS PLACE 7 AND I DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPONENT.
WE CANCELED THE PLACE SIX RACE, WE KEPT IN PLACE THE PLACE 7 RACE BECAUSE THERE WERE OPPONENTS TO THE INCUMBENT IN THE PLACE 7 RACE.
I FEEL LIKE WE ARE FOLLOWING THE LAW, WE'RE FOLLOWING PRECEDENT THAT WE'RE SETTING AND WE'RE BEING INCREDIBLY CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE HAVE HISTORICALLY DONE.
>> FIRST OF ALL, I DON T THINK YOU'RE FOLLOWING THE LAW AND YOU'LL NEVER FOLLOWED WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTED SO I'M NOT GOING TO GO THERE AND DON'T MAKE IT ABOUT ME NOT VOTING BECAUSE IT WAS JUST PRE-PLANNED.
I HAVE READ THE GUIDELINES BEFORE COMING TO THIS MEETING AND IT CLEARLY STATES THAT IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THE DISTRICTS THAT HAVE TWO OR THREE-YEAR TERMS, THEY CAN GO ON GENERAL BALLOT OR NOT.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION TO CALL THE QUESTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
>> YOUR CALLING THIS TO QUESTION.
THIS IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE.
>> I'M TORN BECAUSE I'VE HEARD THIS NARRATIVE A COUPLE OF TIMES OF DR. BISWAS THAT,
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THAT WAS AGAINST THE COMMUNITY INPUT AND THAT IT WAS A SHAME AND I'VE KEPT QUIET EVERY TIME I'VE HEARD THAT.I JUST WANT TO SAY RIGHT NOW THAT IS FUNDAMENTALLY AND CATEGORICALLY UNTRUE.
I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE POINT IS EITHER WAY.
PLACE 7 IS UNOPPOSED, WE DON'T NEED AN ELECTION.
>> TRUSTEE WALKER AS FAR AS I KNOW MR. JOBY MATTHEW WROTE HIS OWN RUBRIC TO GET ON THE BOARD.
>> HOLD ON. ONE SECOND PLEASE.
>> THE MOTION HAS TO FAIL FOR DISCUSSION TO CONTINUE.
>> IT DOES. ONE THING I WANT TO POINT OUT THIS ITEM; ITEM D, IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACCEPTANCE OF THE CERTIFICATION OF UNOPPOSED CANDIDATES AND APPROVE THE ORDER CANCELING THE MAY 6, 2023 BOARD OF TRUSTEES SPECIAL ELECTION IN DECLARING UNOPPOSED CANDIDATE ELECTED.
THAT IS REALLY THE ONLY THING WE CAN DISCUSS AND I KNOW WE'VE STRAYED FROM WHAT THIS AGENDA ITEM IS, BUT WE ARE NOW BEYOND WHAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT UNDER THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
>> I THINK HE WAS NOT EVEN OFFICIALLY CERTIFIED TRUSTEE CALVINISTS BECAUSE ON THE NOVEMBER 7TH MEETING, THE MINUTES WERE NEVER APPROVED.
I DON'T KNOW WHY HE WAS EVEN CERTIFIED. [OVERLAPPING] OTHERS HAVE TO DEFECT?
>> DR. BISWAS YOU ARE CONTINUING TO VIOLATE THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT BY GOING BEYOND.
>> I'M NOT, YOU ARE VIOLATING EVERYTHING, AND THEN YOU BRING THIS UP AND YOU SAY, LET'S DO IT THIS WAY.
THE MEETINGS FOR MINUTES WERE NOT APPROVED OF NOVEMBER 7TH, HOW IS THAT NOT VIOLATING TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS? THAT IS VIOLATING ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER.
>> DR. BISWAS THERE IS A MOTION AND I'D NEED TO SECOND ON THAT MOTION PLEASE.
>> WE'VE GOT A MOTION BY TRUSTEE MINISATH SECONDED BY TRUSTEE LEE WALKER TO CALL INTO QUESTION.
WE'LL TAKE A VOTE, ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED.
WE WILL NOW MOVE TO VOTE ON THE MOTION TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACCEPTANCE OF THE CERTIFICATION OF UNOPPOSED CANDIDATES AND APPROVE AN ORDER CANCELING IN THE MAY 6TH, 2023 BOARD OF TRUSTEES SPECIAL ELECTION IN DECLARING UNOPPOSED CANDIDATE ELECTED, THAT MOTION WAS MADE BY TRUSTEE MINISATH SECONDED BY TRUSTEE NICOLE BENTLEY.
WE'LL TAKE A VOTE, ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED. THAT MOTION PASSES 6-1.
NOW THAT WILL MOVE US TO OUR DISCUSSION AND REPORT ITEMS.
[IX.A. Team of 8 Training Debrief and Safety & Security Design Committee Meeting - David Caviness ]
I HAD THE FIRST ONE WHICH IS TEAM OF EIGHT TRAINING DEBRIEF AND THE SAFETY AND SECURITY DESIGN COMMITTEE MEETINGS.SORRY, I MEANT TO BUT I WAS READING THE WHOLE THING.
TEAM OF EIGHT WE HAD ON MARCH 20TH.
TEAM OF EIGHT IS JUST SO THE COMMUNITY KNOWS THAT IS A REQUIRED TRAINING BY THE STATE AND TEAM OF EIGHT REFERENCES THE SEVEN TRUSTEE MEMBERS AS WELL AS DR. HUNT.
WE EXPAND THAT TO OUR TEAM OF NINE WITH MR. SNOWDEN THERE AS WELL.
THAT MEETING WAS LED BY MS. KIM CASTON AND THAT WAS OFFERED THROUGH THE REGION 10, SO THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM AT NO COST TO THE DISTRICT BUT I THINK IT WAS A GREAT MEETING.
I KNOW WE'VE DISCUSSED THAT A LITTLE BIT AS IT WAS INCORPORATED INTO OUR MID-YEAR REVIEWS WE HAD THAT LAST WEEK, BUT I'M HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY THOUGHTS OR ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM YOU GUYS OR WHAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT IT IN THE FUTURE ON TEAM OF EIGHT.
>> IT WAS A GREAT MEETING TO HELP US REFOCUS AND BROUGHT US TOGETHER BY THE SAME MISSION WE HAVE TO SUPPORT OUR LEARNERS AND STAFF.
>> I WOULD SECOND THAT THE RE-FRAMING OF FOCUSING ON STUDENT OUTCOMES AND ACADEMICS AND WALKING THROUGH SPECIFIC STRATEGIES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP THAT FRONT AND TOP OF MIND.
I THINK IT WAS AN EXCELLENT REFRESH WITH SOME PRACTICAL STRATEGIES TO MOVE FORWARD.
>> I THINK THE STUDENT OUTCOMES PART WAS GOOD, BUT THE TEAM-BUILDING PART WAS REALLY BAD.
THE REASON I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE WHEN SHE MENTIONED ABOUT COMMUNITY INPUT AND HOW THE BOARD SHOULD WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY, I TOLD HER THAT WE FAILED ON THAT ASPECT AND SHE DID NOT WANT TO DISCUSS IT.
>> AS MY FIRST EVER TEAM OF A TRAINING, I REALLY ENJOYED IT.
I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD WAY TO HELP US FOCUS ON EVERY ISSUE THAT WE TALK ABOUT, EVERY QUESTION THAT WE ASK, ALL FOCUSED ON STUDENT OUTCOMES AND HOW TO HELP THE KIDS AND FAMILIES OF THIS DISTRICT MOVE FORWARD ENVIRONMENTS.
I THINK THAT WAS A GREAT WAY TO LEVEL SET US AND TO WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM TO ACCOMPLISH THAT.
>> I BELIEVE HAVING THE TRUSTEE-TO-TRUSTEE CONVERSATIONS AND FORTH AND HAVING A PERSON IS EXTERNAL, BUT IN THE NORTH TEXAS AREA FOR ME WITH THE DISTRICT WAS IMPORTANT AS WELL.
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BUT ALSO IT ALLOWS US TO REFRAIN FROM A COPPELL ISD PERSPECTIVE AS WELL, SO IT'S NOT JUST TAKING IT AND JUST OVERLAYING IT BUT IT'S JUST HAVING A REFLECTION AND UNDERSTANDING.I THINK WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE CONTINUOUS REFLECTIONS AND THOSE FEATURE TEAM OF EIGHTS WILL BUILD ON THIS ONE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT TEAM OF EIGHT, AND THOSE CONVERSATIONS CHANGE ESPECIALLY WITH THE LEGISLATURE IN SOME OF THE PRIORITIES THAT ARE TAKING PLACE THAT MIGHT CHANGE SOME OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD AND WHERE WE PRIORITIZE, BUT I THINK IT WAS A BENEFICIAL AND FRUITFUL CONVERSATION.
>> I'M ONLY GOING TO ADD ONE THING.
I THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT FOR US.
WE WERE IN SUCH AN EMERGENCY FIRE DRILL MODE FOR SO LONG IN COVID AND I THINK IT HAD US IN THE WEEDS A LITTLE BIT SOMETIMES, MAYBE IN THE ROLES THAT BEYOND WHAT IS IDEAL FOR A TRUSTEE OCCASIONALLY SOMETIMES BY NECESSITY, AND I THINK IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO JUST HAVE A RESET.
WE ARE GOING TO BE POST-COVID FOREVER NOW OR POST PANDEMIC RATHER FOREVER NOW.
I THINK JUST GETTING ALL OF US ON THE SAME PAGE, WE'VE HAD PEOPLE JOIN AT DIFFERENT TIMES IN THE MIDDLE OF SOME OF THESE CRISES AND CHALLENGES.
I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST EXCITING FOR US TO RE-FRAME AND RESET AND GET REFOCUSED.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT.
>> THIS WAS A TEAM OF EIGHT TRAINING.
IT BECAME YES STUDENT OUTCOMES, WHICH WE DO ALMOST EVERY WORKSHOP AND EVERY BOARD MEETING.
WE REALLY DRILL INTO THESE ASPECTS AND WE GET IT IN SLI AND SOME OF THE SLIDES LOOK THE SAME.
WHAT I THINK THAT THE PROGRAM REALLY LACKED IS IT'S A TEAM OF EIGHT, BUT ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO LEARN IS THAT THE SEVEN PEOPLE WHO ARE PUBLICLY ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS HAVE A GOVERNANCE ROLE WITH REGARD TO THE SUPERINTENDENT.
THEY CAN BE A TEAM BUT THERE IS A GOVERNANCE ROLE, AND THAT GOVERNANCE ROLE CANNOT BE BROKEN IF REGARDLESS OF HOW THE TEAM WORKS.
BUT WHEN THAT IS BROKEN AND IF THAT IS NOT REPAIRED, THEN I DON'T KNOW WHAT A TEAM OF EIGHT MEETING DOES BECAUSE IT DOESN'T TEACH YOU ANYTHING NEW.
INSTEAD OF TRYING TO PROMOTE WHAT IS GOVERNANCE WITHIN THE TEAM OF EIGHT AND HOW YOU CAN WORK IN THAT FRAMEWORK, I DON'T THINK THAT WAS THERE.
IF WE ARE BRINGING UP REAL-TIME STORIES OR REAL-TIME ISSUES THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE DISTRICT.
I BELIEVE IF THAT'S AN EFFECTIVE TEAM OF EIGHT, THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BECAUSE WHAT ELSE DO YOU GAIN? BECAUSE WE COME AND GIVE OUR VOLUNTEER TIME AND THAT'S A LOT OF PRESSURE.
IT'S TIME WE'RE GIVING WHERE WE'RE NOT BEING PAID AND IF YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO AN EVENT LIKE THIS AND SPEND UNTIL 10 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT AND IT'S STILL BE FROM YOUR FAMILY AND ANYTHING ELSE, I COULD BE SAVING LIVES AT THIS POINT.
YOU GO AND GIVE THAT TIME AND THIS IS WHAT YOU HERE.
I THINK IT'S A BIG DISAPPOINTMENT FOR ME BECAUSE I CAN READ A SLIDE ANYTIME AT HOME AND TEACH MYSELF, WHAT HAS IT TAUGHT ANYBODY ELSE? THAT'S MY PROBLEM WITH TEAM OF EIGHT.
I THINK PUSHING THIS TEAM OF EIGHT IT IN A WAY BREAKS DOWN THAT GOVERNANCE MODEL, IT BECOMES SO LIKE, WE'RE ALL FRIENDS BUT THERE IS GOVERNANCE.
THAT'S WHY WE ARE PUT IN PLACE.
WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO THE COMMUNITY, TO THE STAFF, TO THE STUDENTS AND WE CAN'T MAKE DECISIONS WHICH GO AGAINST STAFF, STUDENTS, AND COMMUNITY.
>> THANK YOU. WITH THAT, WE ALSO OR I ALSO HAVE TO REPORT ON THE SAFETY AND SECURITY DESIGN COMMITTEE MEETING WHICH IS REQUIRED BY AGAIN ANOTHER REQUIREMENT BY THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT THE DISTRICT CODE IN THAT MEETING AS DR. WOMACK JUST SAID A FEW MINUTES AGO THAT COMMITTEE IS COMPRISED OF MOSTLY STAFF, BUT ALSO HAS COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS WELL AS MYSELF AND THEN TRUSTEE.
SETHIAN AND BENTLEY SERVE ON THAT COMMITTEE THIS YEAR TOO.
THAT MEETING WAS HELD MARCH 2ND.
I'LL SPARE YOU GUYS ALL THE DETAILS THE SECOND TIME BECAUSE YOU JUST HEARD IT FROM DR. WOMACK AND HE DELIVERS THAT A LOT BETTER THAN I DO.
WITH THAT, I WILL CONCLUDE MY COMMENTS. TRUSTEE BENTLEY.
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CAVINESS. THE DEIC REPORT, I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF THAT WAS ALSO COVERED IN THE STAFF REPORT TONIGHT, BUT WE DID HAVE A VIRTUAL MEETING ON FEBRUARY 28TH THAT MYSELF AND TRUSTEE HILL ATTENDED.
IN THAT MEETING WE DID BEYOND WHAT MS. LEHEW AND DR. BROOKS DISCUSSED.
THERE WAS ALSO A 2023 BOND UPDATE FOR THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
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MARY KEMPER SHARED A DETAILED UPDATE ABOUT THE STAR REDESIGN, WHICH WE HEARD MORE ABOUT THAT AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING.THEN WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT THE STAFF IS WORKING ON AS WELL, MOST OF WHICH COVERED THIS EVENING DURING OUR REPORT.
WITH THAT, I'LL MOVE ON TO THE LEGISLATIVE REPORT.
[IX.B. Legislative Update and District Educational Improvement Committee (DEIC) - Nichole Bentley]
ON FEBRUARY 21ST, TASB HOSTED THE LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE AND TRAINING IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, AND IT WAS FOLLOWED BY VISITS TO OUR LEGISLATORS THAT REPRESENT COPPELL ISD, OF WHICH THERE ARE FOUR.TRUSTEE HILL, TRUSTEE MATTHEW, TRUSTEE SETHI, AND MYSELF WERE IN ATTENDANCE AT THAT TRAINING AND AT THE MEETINGS.
THAT WAS REALLY JUST GEARED TOWARDS SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEES.
THEN ON MARCH 1ST WAS IRVING CHAMBER DAY AND MARCH 2ND WAS COPPELL DAY WHERE THE COPPELL CHAMBER, THE CITY OF COPPELL, AND COPPELL ISD, ALL WE'RE MEETING WITH OUR REPRESENTATIVES AGAIN.
ATTENDING THOSE TWO DAYS WERE TRUSTEES, CAVINESS, HILL, AND SETHI AGAIN, AND THEN WE HAD STAFF JOINING ON THOSE DAYS AS WELL.
I FEEL LIKE WE'RE HAVING GOOD CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR REPRESENTATIVES.
LAST WEEK IF YOU DIDN'T SEE IT, THERE WERE HEARINGS ABOUT VOUCHERS AND SCHOOL FUNDING WHICH WOULD HAVE A SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION THAT WE CAN PROVIDE IN COPPELL ISD.
FOR THE COMMUNITY, IF YOU HAVEN'T LOOKED AT OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES, THEY ARE ON THE WEBSITE.
FOR BOARD AND STAFF, WE ARE GETTING TASB AND STAFF UPDATES.
I HOPE THAT YOU GUYS ARE READING THOSE FROM DOCS, AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS ON THE HOT THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON THAT MAY OR MAY NOT PERTAIN TO COPPELL ISD.
I'D ENCOURAGE THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO CONTINUE REACHING OUT ON THEIR OWN TO OUR REPRESENTATIVES.
GOING AND TESTIFYING IF YOU'D LIKE TO DO THAT, AND IF YOU ARE IN THE COMMUNITY AND YOU'RE INTERESTED IN LEGISLATIVE ISSUES, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO REACH OUT TO ANY OF US AND WE COULD HELP YOU NAVIGATE WHO AND HOW TO REACH OUT TO PEOPLE, BUT ALSO HOW THE ISSUES THAT ARE BEING DISCUSSED HAVE A DIRECT IMPACT ON THE KIDS OF COPPELL ISD. I CONCLUDE WITH THAT.
>> I'LL GO THROUGH THESE REALLY QUICK.
[IX.C. North Texas Area Association of School Boards (NTAASB), Coppell Chamber Education Committee, and the Quarterly TASB Risk Management Fund Board Meeting - Anthony Hill]
IN TASB, THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING WAS HELD ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15TH OVER AN HEB AT THE PAT MAY CENTER.THE TOPIC THERE WAS THE BOARD'S ROLE IN STRATEGIC PLANNING AND GOAL SETTING.
THE SPEAKER THERE WAS LYDIA MARTIN.
SHE WAS A FORMER CENTRAL ADMINISTRATOR IN HEB.
HER KEY POINTS, SHE SPOKE ABOUT THE FRAMEWORK FOR SCHOOL BOARD DEVELOPMENT, AND THE BASIS WAS THE FIRST MAJOR TOPIC AREA AND AS VISION AND GOALS.
THE OTHER FOUR AREAS ARE SYSTEM AND PROCESSES, PROGRESS AND ACCOUNTABILITY, ADVOCACY AND ENGAGEMENT, AND SYNERGY AND TEAMWORK.
BUT SHE'S FOCUSED GENERALLY ON THAT FIRST ONE, VISION AND GOALS.
SHE ALSO MERITED THAT OUT WITH THE TASK REGROUPING AND RESPONSIBILITIES, INTO FIVE CATEGORIES, WHICH IS THE THINGS THAT WE TALK ABOUT, ADOPT GOALS, PRIORITIES AND AMOUNT OF SUCCESS, ADOPT POLICIES TO REVIEW FOR EFFECTIVENESS, HIRE AND EVALUATE SUPERINTENDENT, ADOPT BUDGET AND SET TAX RATE AND COMMUNICATE WITH COMMUNITY.
THEN SHE CLOSED WITH STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS LOOKING AT THE MAJOR COMPONENTS, TALKING ABOUT THE DEVELOPING OF THE PLAN, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN AND MONITORING THE PLAN.
SHE WANT TO BRING ALL THIS BACK TO AN OVERARCHING PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN STRATEGIC PLANNING AND GOAL SETTING.
IN THAT CONCLUDED TO THAT MEETING.
NEXT, TALKS TO THE COPPELL CHAMBER EDUCATION COMMITTEE HAD TWO MEETINGS.
BOTH WERE ON THE 14TH, THE FIRST ON FEBRUARY 14TH, AND THE SECOND ONE ON MARCH 14TH. THAT'S VIA ZOOM.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE STUDENT OF THE MONTH AND TEACHER OF THE MONTH, THAT WAS AT NEW TECH IN FEBRUARY.
THE NEXT ONE IS THIS WEEK AT VICTORY PLACE OF THE STUDENT TEACHER OF THE MONTH.
THE COMMITTEE ALSO DISCUSS THE SCHOLARSHIPS, THE DUE DATE FOR THAT FOR APPLICATIONS BACK WE'RE MARCH 11TH, THERE WERE 26 APPLICATIONS RECEIVED BY THE CUT-OFF DATE.
IN ADDITION TO THAT UNDER JOB SADDLING THAT DR. HUNT TALKED THROUGH IN THE COMMENTS EARLIER IN THE MEETING.
THEN THE STATE OF EDUCATION WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THAT, THAT IS COMING UP ON THURSDAY, MAY 4TH FROM 8:30-10:00 AT THE COPPELL ARTS CENTER IN REGARDS TO THAT.
THE LAST PART OF MY COMMENTS WILL BE CENTERED AROUND THE TASK TO BE RISK-MANAGEMENT AND FUNDING BOARD.
WE MET ON FEBRUARY 16TH AND 17TH IN AUSTIN.
WE HAD A WORK SESSION REALLY TALKING ABOUT THE RISK POOL LANDSCAPE.
I KNOW THAT'S REALLY NEAR AND DEAR TO DR.
WOMACK BECAUSE I KNOW THAT TOUCHES ON HIM IN A LOT OF AREAS.
WE WENT THROUGH THAT ANN GORGON, WHO HAS THE A GRIP, WHICH IS RISK INSURANCE POOL, IS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND SHE TALKED ABOUT TRENDS IN PUBLIC ENTITY.
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WE HAD OUR ALLIANCE WHICH PROVIDES THE REINSURANCE SUPPORT.JEFF MUCH, HE TALKED ABOUT WHAT IS REINSURANCE AND WHAT ARE THE BROKERS ROLE IN THE RISK POOLS, AND THEN WE HAD ANOTHER SPEAKER FROM PWC TALKING ABOUT HOW MUCH MEMBERS EQUITY DO WE NEED TO SUPPORT THAT ORGANIZATION AND TO SUPPORT SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
THEN WE CONCLUDE IT WITH THE 2023, 2024 FUNDING PLAN REVIEW IN CHALLENGES OUT OF THAT.
FRIDAY, WE GET TOGETHER IN THE FUN BOARD APPROVE, AUTHORIZATION TO BIND AT 2023, 24 MAIN PROPERTY REINSURANCE PROGRAM, THAT RENEWED ON MARCH 1ST.
IT ALSO REVIEWED AND APPROVED THE FIRM POLICIES AND ASSOCIATED UPDATES.
WE ALSO RECEIVED A REPORT FROM OUR LEGISLATIVE CONSULTANT JUST FOR THAT FUND AND HOW TO NAVIGATE THE WATERS OF THE CURRENT LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
THEN WE JUST APPROVED THE MINUTES FROM THE MEETING FROM NOVEMBER.
WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT NOTABLE CLAIMS, THAT'S COMMITTEE I CHAIR.
WE TALKED ABOUT WINTER STORM OLIVER, THERE DOWN TO THE THREE CLAIMS. I MEAN, THINK ABOUT WINTER OCCURRED AND NOW THE LENGTH OF TIME IT TOOK TO CLOSE THOSE CLAIMS OUT.
ALSO TALKED ABOUT WINTER STORM ELLIOT, 46 CLAIMS THERE.
BUT THAT WAS REALLY DUE TO FROZEN PIPES.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE BUILDING MAINTENANCE, ALL THOSE THINGS ARE GERMANE TO US AND IMPORTANT TO US IN THAT REGARDS.
WE TALKED ABOUT CYBERSECURITY, WHICH IS HUGE AS WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER THIS EVENING, AND ALSO GENERAL LITIGATION.
REALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR LAST CLAIMS ACROSS THE STATE INTO THE FUND, IT IS PROPERTY BY FAR.
THE DOLLAR VALUE IS OVER $100 MILLION, AND MANY OF THOSE ARE HAIL CLAIMS. BEING IN THIS AREA IS THE SECOND WORST IN THE STATE FOR HAIL CLAIMS, AND SO EVERY TIME IT RAINS, A HAIL ALERT GOES OUT TO THE DISTRICTS AND TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE EXTENSION OF THE ROOF UPGRADE PILOT PROGRAM, WHICH IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT.
WE HAVE HAIL, AND YOU GET ROOF DAMAGE, AND SO ONCE AGAIN, THERE WAS A PILOT IN 2019, COVID DISRUPTED THAT AND SO WE AUTHORIZE THE RISK MANAGEMENT FUN TO GO OUT AND TO DO AN ADDITIONAL PILOT PROGRAM AND COME BACK TO US WITH THE RESULTS OF THAT.
ALSO TALKED ABOUT ATTORNEY PANEL REVIEW FOR LITIGATION ATTORNEYS, DID THAT AND RECEIVED AN UPDATE ON THAT.
WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE VISION OF WORKERS COMPENSATION DESIGNATE REPRESENTATIVE.
FAHIL ADEN AND LATIN IS A COMPANY THAT IS PUT IN PLACE TO HELP SUPPORT THE FUN IN THAT AREA, AND ALSO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE, DIVISION OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PERFORMANCE.
THEY HAVE A REPORT THERE AND THE FIRM WAS RECEIVED THE HIGH TIER PERFORMANCE DESIGNATION FOR THE NINTH CONSECUTIVE AUDIT.
I CONCLUDE MY REPORT SAYING THAT I GET TO DO IT ALL AGAIN IN APRIL ON THURSDAY, APRIL 27TH.
APRIL 28TH TO GO BACK TO AUSTIN TO REPRESENT AND SUPPORT THE FIRM, BUT ALSO REPRESENT AND SUPPORT THE DISTRICT AND ITS NEEDS.
THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT, MR. PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU TRUSTEE HILL. THEN THE LAST THING UP
[IX.D. Board Operating Procedure Annual Review - David Caviness ]
IS A DISCUSSION BUT ALSO REMINDED YOU GUYS, PER OUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, WE REVIEW AND MAKE UPDATES TO THAT ANNUALLY.IN OUR NEXT MEETING, WHICH IS APRIL 24TH, IS OUR ANNUAL TIME TO MAKE THAT REVIEW AND DISCUSSION.
WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW THE SAME PROCEDURES THAT WE HAVE ESTABLISHED IN YEARS PRIOR, WHICH IS YOU GUYS WILL GET A LINK TO THE FORM.
DO SUBMIT ANY BASE OR CHANGES THAT YOU WOULD LIKE FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER.
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU GUYS A DEADLINE OF FRIDAY, APRIL 14TH.
IF YOU GUYS COULD DO THAT BY THE END OF THE DAY, THAT WOULD MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO TURN THESE SUBMISSIONS AROUND TO YOU GUYS BY, THAT FOLLOWING MONDAY SO THAT YOU HAVE A FULL WEEK TO REVIEW THOSE UNLESS YOU FEEL LIKE YOU NEED A LONGER TIME PERIOD AND WE CAN MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT THERE.
IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU WANT TO DISCUSS REGARDING BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES TONIGHT OR BRING IT OUT FOR CONSIDERATION, THAT'S FINE.
WE'RE NOT TAKING ANY ACTION ON IT TONIGHT.
YOU GUYS HAVE ALL HAD COPIES OF THIS OVER THE YEARS.
IT WAS ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA AS WELL AS FOR THE COMMUNITY, IT'S AVAILABLE ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE.
>> PRESENT CABINETS, JUST A REFRESHER COMMENT.
LAST YEAR WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING THIS ITEM, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT FEW ADDITIONAL POINTS FOR THAT NEW BOARD MEMBER TRAINING.
SOME MORE OFFER RECOMMENDED TRAINING, IT WAS THREE POINTS.
THAT WHEN THE NEW BOARD MEMBER COMES THEY ARE HIGHLY ENCOURAGED TO VIEW THE PREVIOUS RECORDINGS.
MEET WITH THE BOARD PRESIDENT TO DISCUSS THE BOARD POLICIES BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE THEIR BOARD POLICIES TOO, SO THEY SHOULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH IT AND GIVE THEIR OPINIONS IF THEY HAVE ANY,
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AND HAVE A REGULAR MEETING WITH THE MENTOR TO UNDERSTAND THE ROLE OF GOVERNANCE AND RESPONSIBILITIES.WE HAD DISCUSSED THIS POINT, WE HAD FILLED UP THE FORM, BUT AGAIN, FOR MANY DIFFERENT REASONS, 100 THINGS GOING ON AND GOT DROPPED.
I WOULD REQUEST THAT THESE TOPICS PICKED UP FROM THE FORM THAT WAS FILLED UP LAST YEAR.
>> YOU HAD SENT THAT TO ME EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON AS WELL.
I'LL MAKE SURE THOSE ARE INCLUDED.
>> THEIR VERBIAGE INCLUDED WITH THAT MORE THAN JUST THE CONCEPT?
>> I'VE A VERBIAGE I'LL PASS IT TO MS. NODER AND SHE CAN FORWARD IT TO EVERYBODY.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, THOUGHTS, CONCERNS? WITH THAT, IT IS NINE O'CLOCK,
[X. CLOSED SESSION (Texas Government Code, Section 551.074 - Personnel Matters)]
I'M GOING TO CALL US INTO CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.074, PERSONNEL MATTERS.IT IS 9:26 AND I'M GOING TO CALL US OUT OF
[XII. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON ITEMS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION]
CLOSED SESSION AND I WILL ENTERTAIN ANY MOTIONS, DISCUSS.>> MAKE A MOTION. WE APPROVE THE ADMINISTRATIVE CONTRACTS AS PRESENTED.
>> I'M GOING TO ABSTAIN BECAUSE I WAS NOT PRESENT AT THE MEETING AND I DIDN'T GET ANY NOTES ON WHAT THE DISCUSSION IS.
>> THIS IS ABOUT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CONTRACTS, NOT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S CONTRACTS.
IT'S JUST THE LIST THAT WE REVIEWED.
>> HOLD ON ONE SECOND BEFORE WE GET BACK-AND-FORTH.
WE DO HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY TRUSTEE NICOLE BENTLEY TO APPROVE THE RENEWAL OF ADMINISTRATIVE CONTRACTS AS PRESENTED, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE ANTHONY HILL.
ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR?
>> I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE SUPERINTENDENT CONTRACT AS PRESENTED.
>> I'M GOING TO ABSTAIN FROM VOTING ON THIS ONE BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THIS.
>> I THINK WE HAVE THE END DATE ON THE MOTION, DON'T WE?
>> [OVERLAPPING] WHEN WE WENT TO US BEFORE WE DO THAT MOTION.
>> I MOVE THAT WE EXTEND TO PRETENDED CONTRACT THE END OF DECEMBER 2027.
>> YES, WE HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE MINISATELLITE, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE NICOLE BENTLEY.
TO APPROVE EXTENSION IN THE SUPERINTENDENT'S CONTRACT WITH AN EXPIRATION DATE OF DECEMBER 31, 2027.
LET ME JUST SAY I THINK WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME SINCE NOVEMBER AS WE START PRIORITIZING OUR BUDGET, GIVEN SOME DIRECTION TO STAFF, AND THE TOP TWO THINGS THAT WE HAVE ON OUR LIST IS TAKING CARE OF OUR TEACHERS AND OUR SUPPORT STAFF, BUT WE WOULDN'T TALK ABOUT OUR RETENTION AND HIRING GOOD AND KEEPING OUR GREAT TEACHERS.
I THINK THAT STARTS WITH OUR TOP LEADERSHIP, AND DR. HUNT, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
I KNOW THE LAST FEW YEARS HAVE NOT BEEN THE BEST OF TIMES.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT THAT YOU HAVE NAVIGATED THIS DISTRICT THROUGH, AND FOR THAT, I'M SO GRATEFUL AND I'M PLEASED THAT WE ARE ENTERTAINING THIS OPTION TONIGHT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION?
>> I JUST LIKE TO ADD ON TO THAT.
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU, DR. HAHN FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THIS GREAT DISTRICT.
WE HAVE GONE THROUGH A LOT AND DOING THIS EXTENSION WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN OUR STANDARD EXTENSION PREVIOUSLY, WHAT WE HAVE DONE, IT JUST VOTE OF CONFIDENCE FOR YOU AND TO THE COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE HERE TO PROMOTE STABILITY.
WE HAVE LOT OF CHALLENGES IN FRONT OF US AND WE HOPE YOU NAVIGATE THEM UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP, DR. HAHN.
>> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, WE WILL TAKE A VOTE.
>> I JUST HAD A QUICK COMMENT.
I THINK LONGEVITY IS IMPORTANT IN ENGLAND TO THE POINT THAT I MADE ABOUT STABILITY.
WE'VE SEEN NUMEROUS SUPERINTENDENTS THAT HAVE MOVED OVER JUST BECAUSE OF THE DIFFICULTY OF THE LANDSCAPE, AND THEN ALSO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE LONGEVITY AND ALSO THE POSITION OF A DISTRICT LIKE YOU DO NEED THAT STABILITY AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM HAS A BOARD OF A CENTRAL ADMINISTRATORS AS WELL AS CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS, THAT COMMUNITY, THAT TO UNDERSTAND THE FACT THAT YOU WILL HAVE THAT LONGEVITY AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
IT ISN'T MORE IMPORTANT TODAY THAN EVER BEFORE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DISTRICTS AND THE LONGEVITY,
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WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A DIRECT CORRELATION TO STUDENT OUTCOMES TO STABILITY AND STAFF AND DIRECTION.WHEN YOU HAVE LEADERSHIP THAT'S BEEN AROUND AND KNOWS THE DISTRICT, UNDERSTAND THE COMMUNITY.
IT DOES NOT MEAN AS ALWAYS, THE PERFECT AND EASY.
BUT WHEN YOU GET TO THE END OF THE DAY THAT YOU MOVE THE DISTRICT 4, AND PEOPLE WILL RALLY AROUND TO SUPPORT THAT VISION AND MISSION THAT EXISTS, AND ALSO WE KNOW THAT MOVING INTO THE FUTURE, THEY ARE DIFFICULT TIMES AHEAD AND YOU NEED TO HAVE THIS ABILITY.
>> I'D LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT.
WE'VE HAD A SEVERE CHOKE HOLD INCIDENT INCIDENTS IN 2021.
>> WE VERY MUCH TIED TO THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR, AND I THINK EVERY LITTLE MATTER AND EVERY LITTLE STUDENT OVER HERE IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT COMES, AND I THINK THE SENTIMENT IN THE COMMUNITY IS VERY IMPORTANT OF HOW AN ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN TO RECTIFY ANY BULLYING SITUATIONS THAT ARE [OVERLAPPING].
[OVERLAPPING] I'M TALKING ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT.
A LOT OF CASES THE PRINCIPALS AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS DO NOT HAVE A RIGHT TO DO WHAT MAY BE IN THE CODE OF CONDUCT THAT IS ONLY DONE BY THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF AUTHORITY.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT WHETHER YOU'LL GIVE AN INCREASE IN THE SALARY OR AN EXTENSION, PLEASE TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ALSO THE NEGATIVES THAT HAVE BEEN SOME BIG NEGATIVES OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, AND TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT FOR THE PERFORMANCE.
INSTEAD OF JUST PAINTING A ROSY PICTURE.
>> I THINK WE ALL ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU DON'T DO THIS ALONE.
YOU ARE THE HEAD OF A TEAM AND CREATE A WHOLE TEAM AND SO JUST AS WE LOOK AT THIS, THANKFUL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THE TEAM THAT YOU'VE COMPILED TO MOVE THE WORK OF THE DISTRICT FORWARD, AND I HOPE THAT THIS FEELS LIKE WHAT IT IS, WHICH IS A VOTE OF CONFIDENCE FOR YOU, YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THE TEAM THAT WE'VE ASSEMBLED TO MOVE US FORWARD.
>> I'D LIKE TO ADD A LITTLE SOMETHING.
DR. HUNT, AS THE CHIEF OFFICER OF COPPELL ISD THE I THINK IT IS VERY IMPORTANT AND VERY KEY AND AN ASPECT OF YOUR QUALITIES THAT YOU'VE BEEN IN THIS DISTRICT FOR A LONG TIME AND CAN TIE IT TOGETHER TO THE EXPERIENCE OF THE TEACHERS, THE ADMINISTRATION BELOW AND THAT CONNECTION, WILL HELP DRIVE US FORWARD AND AS WE ALL WORK COLLABORATIVELY TO ADDRESS ALL THE NEEDS OF THE DISTRICT AND THE STUDENTS.
I'M EXCITED TO HAVE YOU CONTINUE THAT JOURNEY AND THEN PROVIDE THAT STABILITY TO THE COMMUNITY.
>> THANK YOU. HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, WE WILL TAKE A VOTE ALL IN FAVOR.
>> ALL OPPOSED. YOU'RE STILL ABSTAINING.
>> SECOND MOTION BY TRUSTEE LEE WALKER THAT WE ADJOURNED, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE ANTHONY HILL.
ANY DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE. WE'LL TAKE A VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES 70.
NOW, I GET TO HIT IT AT 09:33.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.