[I. CALL TO ORDER]
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FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS A ROLL CALL.
TRUSTEE MR. MANISH SETHI. TRUSTEE NICOLE BENTLEY, AND TO MY RIGHT, YOUR LEFT IS TRUSTEE LEE WALKER, MYSELF, ANTHONY HILL.
TRUSTEE JOBBY MATHEW WILL NOT BE WITH US THIS EVENING, AND OUR PRESIDENT, TRUSTEE DAVID CAVINESS WILL BE JOINING US IN PROGRESS, AND I WILL PREDICT HE WILL BE HERE IN TIME FOR THE PICTURES FOR THE AWARDS, [CHUCKLING] BUT BEFORE WE GET TO THAT, I'D LIKE TO TURN OVER THE DISTRICT HIGHLIGHTS AND UPDATES TO OUR
[III. DISTRICT HIGHLIGHTS AND UPDATES ]
SUPERINTENDENT, DR. BRAD HUNT.ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. HILL. AS YOU'RE MAKING YOUR PREDICTIONS, DO YOU HAVE ANY PREDICTIONS ON THE RANGERS ASTROS GAME THAT WE'RE ALL MISSING? SO HOPEFULLY SOMEBODY WILL LET US KNOW THE SCORE OR WHOEVER IS WATCHING FROM HOME? YES. OH, GOOD.
WELL, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. IT'S MY HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO GIVE SOME HIGHLIGHTS ON SOME OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IN COPPELL ISD, OR HAVE BEEN HAPPENING IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS. IT'S BEEN A GREAT COUPLE OF WEEKS IN OUR DISTRICT, SO VERY, VERY PROUD OF OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF.
WANT TO BEGIN WITH THE SPECIAL RECOGNITION AT A NEW TECH HIGH AT COPPELL.
THEY BOTH ACHIEVED AP HONOR ROLL DISTINCTION AT BOTH CHS AND NEW TECH HIGH COPPELL WERE AWARDED THIS ADVANCED PLACEMENT AP HONORABLE DISTINCTION BECAUSE OF THEIR OUTSTANDING WORKS OF THE STUDENTS AND STAFF.
CHS HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED WITH THIS PRESTIGIOUS PLATINUM LEVEL DISTINCTION ON THE AP HONOR ROLL, AND IT'S A TESTAMENT AGAIN TO THE UNWAVERING COMMITMENT OF THE ACADEMIC RIGOR AND STUDENT SUCCESS, THE HARD WORK OF ALL OF OUR EDUCATORS AS WELL AS COUNSELORS, AND CERTAINLY MOST IMPORTANTLY, OUR AMAZING STUDENTS AND THEIR WONDERFUL PARENTS, BUT I DO NOT WANT TO DISCOUNT CHS NINE.
THEY PLAYED A HUGE ROLE IN THAT TOO.
COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL'S ACHIEVEMENT REALLY STARTS AT THE CHS NINE LEVEL WITH THE AP HONOR ROLL PLATINUM DISTINCTION, AS MORE THAN 40% OF CHS NINE'S GRADUATING COHORT TAKES AT LEAST ONE AP EXAM, OR MORE THAN 25% OF THE CHS NINE.
STUDENTS WHO SCORE A THREE OR HIGHER ON AT LEAST ONE AP EXAM.
SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU TO CHS NINE, THEIR LEADERSHIP AND THEIR OUTSTANDING STUDENTS, STAFF AND THE SUPPORT OF THEIR PARENTS AS WELL, AND THEN A BIG, BIG SHOUT OUT TO NEW TECH HIGH AT COPPELL.
THEY RECEIVED THE SILVER LEVEL DISTINCTION ON THE AP HONOR ROLL AND THE 2023 AP ACCESS AWARD FOR ENSURING THAT AP COURSEWORK IS EQUALLY AVAILABLE AND EQUITABLE TO ALL STUDENTS, NO MATTER WHAT THEIR BACKGROUND IS, AND THAT'S A NEW ACHIEVEMENT FOR NEW TECH, AND SO WE'RE VERY, VERY PROUD OF THEM.
OUR HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR RECENTLY PARTICIPATED IN THE REGION 31 TEXAS MUSIC ASSOCIATION'S OR, I'M SORRY, TEXAS MUSIC EDUCATION EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION OR TMEA ALL-STATE CHOIR AUDITIONS.
AS 43 SINGERS SECURED THEIR SPOTS IN THE NEXT ROUND OF AUDITIONS.
THIS REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT NOT ONLY STRIKES A CHORD, BUT ALSO MARKS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF PERFORMERS ADVANCING TO THE NEXT ROUND OF AUDITIONS FROM PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS, WHICH IS A HIGH NOTE FOR SURE.
ANOTHER HIGH NOTE OF OUR CHOIR SINGERS.
THANK YOU FOR THAT, I APPRECIATE THAT.
ANOTHER HIGH NOTE OF OUR CHOIR SINGERS IS THE REGION 31 HONOR CHOIR, WHERE WE HAD 31, I'M SORRY, 33 COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR SINGERS WHO HAVE EARNED A CHAIR IN THIS ENSEMBLE, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF SINGERS AGAIN FOR OUR SCHOOL AND SPECIFICALLY FROM ANY ONE SCHOOL WHO AUDITIONED FOR THIS CHOIR.
SO BRAVO AND BRAVO TO THESE OUTSTANDING SINGERS.
NOW NOT TO ONLY TOOT OUR HORN IN ONE AREA, LET'S TOOT OUR HORN IN BAND AS WELL.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE COPPELL VARSITY MARCHING BAND ON BEING RECENTLY NAMED THE 2023 AREA B CHAMPIONS AND ADVANCING TO UIL STATE MARCHING BAND CONTEST.
THEY PARTICIPATED THIS PAST WEEKEND.
I WENT AND SAW THEM LAST WEEK.
THIS IS THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE AREA CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE COPPELL BAND.
COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR VARSITY AND VARSITY MARCHING BAND BOTH RECEIVED A SUPERIOR RATING AT THE UIL REGION 31 MARCHING EVALUATION LAST WEEK, AND THAT, AGAIN IS A TESTAMENT TO THEIR HARD WORK, BUT REALLY, THE STRENGTH OF OUR PROGRAM, JUST LIKE IN SO MANY OTHERS, STARTS AT A YOUNG LEVEL.
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THE COPPELL VARSITY BAND COLOR GUARDS SOARED TO A VERY TRIUMPHANT FOURTH PLACE FINISH AT THE PRESTIGIOUS BAND OF AMERICA BEDFORD REGIONAL COMPETITION THE WEEKEND OF OCTOBER THE 7TH AGAIN LET THE TRUMPETS RING OUT AS WE CONTINUE TO BLAIR AS ASSOCIATE BAND DIRECTOR ROZ MOHAMMED AND THE COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL SYMPHONIC BAND RECENTLY EARNED THE PRESTIGIOUS MEDAL OF DISTINCTION NON-VARSITY NATIONAL WINNER AWARD FROM PERFORM AMERICA, AND IN THE GRAND FINALE, OR SHALL I SAY, THE BAND FINALE. THE 2023 CMS EAST SYMPHONIC BAND RECENTLY RECEIVED A PRESTIGIOUS COMMENDED WINNER RECOGNITION FROM THE TEXAS FOUNDATION OF MUSIC EDUCATION.THIS SATURDAY, OCTOBER THE 28TH, THE COPPELL BAND, ALONG WITH THE FLOWER MOUND, HEBRON AND KELLER BANDS, WILL BE PERFORMING IN A SHOW OF SHOWS AT BUDDY ECHOLS FIELD STARTING AT 5:30. THIS IS A FREE EVENT FOR ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME, AND IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SEE SOME WORLD CLASS PERFORMANCES.
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR SOCKS, TOILETRIES.
ANYTHING THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO GIVE WOULD BE A GREAT WAY TO HELP SUPPORT THIS GROUP.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU TO OUR OUTSTANDING CHOIR AND BAND PERFORMERS, BUT I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THEATER BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE RECOGNIZING SOMEBODY TONIGHT. OUR THEATER STUDENTS ALSO PERFORMED AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS.
THEIR MOST RECENT PERFORMANCE WAS HARVEY, AND THEY REALLY STOLE THE SPOTLIGHT AT CHS.
I'M SURE OUR TRUSTEES WERE HAPPY AS MUCH AS I WAS TO SEE THIS PLAY.
I SAT RIGHT NEXT TO MR. HILL. IT WAS GREAT.
LIKE I SAID, MR. HILL WAS WITH ME WHEN WE SAW IT.
I KNOW OTHER OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS SAW IT TOO.
IF YOU SEE ANY OF THE ADS FOR ANY UPCOMING THEATER PERFORMANCES, BOTH MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL AND OUR ELEMENTARY TOO, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO PARTICIPATE AND WATCH BECAUSE THEY'RE GREAT.
ANOTHER WHIRLWIND OF DRAMA UNFOLDS AT CHS NINE WITH TOO MUCH LIGHT MAKES THE BABY GO BLIND.
I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT TITLE, BUT I'M VERY INTRIGUED, SO I MAY GO AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS THERE.
IT'S ALSO, LIKE I SAID AT CHS NINE.
GRAB YOUR TICKETS TODAY AT THE COPPELL THEATER WEBSITE.
HOW ABOUT THOSE COWBOY AND COWGIRLS? THEY ARE DOING OUTSTANDING.
WINNING CHAMPIONSHIPS RIGHT AND LEFT ON WINNING STREAKS IN SO MANY LEVELS.
OUR VARSITY TENNIS TEAM DESERVES A LOT OF LOVE AS THEY ARE AREA CHAMPIONS.
THE TEAM COMPETED IN THE REGIONAL ROUND OF STATE CHAMPIONSHIP PLAYOFFS LAST WEEK AND WON THEIR QUARTERFINAL MATCH BEFORE FALLING TO SOUTHLAKE CARROLL IN THE REGIONAL SEMIFINALS ON OCTOBER THE 19TH.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR TENNIS TEAM FOR AN INCREDIBLE SEASON.
HENRY [INAUDIBLE] FINISHED FIRST OVERALL AND IS THE DISTRICT 6 6A BOYS CHAMPION.
NOT TO BE OUTDONE BY OUR VOLLEYBALL TEAM IS IN THE PLAYOFF HUNT AS WELL.
THEY FINISHED UP DISTRICT PLAY THIS WEEK WITH A BIG HOPE FOR A PLAYOFF BERTH, AND FINALLY, WHAT A COACH, THE DALLAS COWBOYS RECENTLY SELECTED COACH ANTONIO WILEY AS THE WHATABURGER WHAT-A-COACH COACH OF THE WEEK.
THIS IS AN HONOR THAT IS GIVEN BY THE GENE AND JERRY JONES FOUNDATION.
ALL OF THESE ACHIEVEMENTS SHOW THAT COWBOY AND COWGIRL FIGHT NEVER DIES.
IT'S A SPECIAL EVENT THAT WE'RE HAVING FOR THE FALL.
WE TYPICALLY DO SOMETHING IN THE SPRING AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE COMMUNITY KNEW ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN CISD, AND SO IT WILL BE TOMORROW NIGHT AT COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL IN THE COMMONS FROM 6:30 TO 7:30.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY WAS AWARE OF THINGS GOING ON IN THE DISTRICT, SPECIFICALLY WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BOND AND SOME OF OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING WORK, WHICH WE'RE VERY, VERY EXCITED ABOUT, BUT ALSO, AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF A SPECIAL SESSION, AND WE FEEL LIKE IT WAS AN IMPORTANT TIME FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO BE AWARE OF THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON NOT ONLY IN CISD BUT DOWN IN AUSTIN.
SO JOKING ABOUT THE BUSYNESS OF THIS WEEK, BUT SERIOUSLY HOPE EVERYBODY CAN COME.
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POSSIBLE. I WOULD LOVE TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT FOR A SPECIAL EVENT THAT OCCURRED AT COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL THAT ALSO INVOLVED NEW TECH HIGH IN VICTORY PLACE SENIORS. ON OCTOBER THE 4TH, WE HAD ADULTING DAY BACK IN THE PICTURE.LIKE I SAID AT NEW TECH AND VICTORY PLACE, THIS IS A REAL INSIGHTFUL DAY THAT'S BROUGHT TOGETHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO GENEROUSLY SHARE THEIR EXPERTISE IN VARIOUS ESSENTIAL TOPICS INCLUDING COOKING, CAR MAINTENANCE, PERSONAL FINANCE, NAVIGATING THE INTRICACIES OF RENTING AN APARTMENT, PURCHASING YOUR FIRST CAR, UNDERSTANDING THE IMPORTANCE OF HEALTH CARE CHECKUPS, SO ON AND SO FORTH.
IT'S A REALLY, REALLY GREAT THING FOR OUR KIDS.
IT'S ORGANIZED BY FORMER CHS TEACHER MEGAN [INAUDIBLE], AND THE EVENT WAS A RESOUNDING SUCCESS, HELPING TO EQUIP CISD GRADUATING SENIORS WITH VALUABLE TOOLS TO NAVIGATE THE CHALLENGES OF ADULTHOOD AS THEY EMBARK ON THEIR JOURNEY.
WE HAD A SPECIAL RECOGNITION ON CBS 11.
THEY HELPED COVER THE EVENT, AND I THINK WE WANT TO SHOW THE VIDEO.
IS THAT CORRECT? OH, THE JOYOUS MEMORIES OF THE FIRST TIME YOU HAD TO FILE TAXES OR CHANGE A CAR TIRE.
YOU PROBABLY THOUGHT, I WISH I HAD LEARNED THIS IN SCHOOL.
IT'S QUITE THE LEARNING CURVE, ISN'T IT? IT IS FOR ALL OF US WHEN WE'RE GROWING UP.
CBS NEWS, TEXAS ON YOUR CORNER, AND WE'RE IN YOUR CORNER, AS ALWAYS.
JUST BECAUSE YOU ACED CHEMISTRY OR ENGLISH, OF COURSE, MY HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES ARE VERY IMPORTANT.
DOESN'T MEAN YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO IF YOUR CAR BATTERY DIES.
SAY IT TOGETHER, FOLKS: RED TO RED.
TODAY'S CLASS IS CAR MAINTENANCE, ROADSIDE EMERGENCIES, AND HOW TO BUY A CAR, ALL PUT ON BY MORE THAN 40 BUSINESS PARTNERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS EAGER TO IMPART SOME WISDOM.
WE ARE GOING TO BE TEACHING THEM HOW TO MEAL PLAN, HOW TO GO SHOPPING FOR GROCERIES, AND HOW TO MAKE EASY AND HEALTHY MEALS WITHOUT A FANCY KITCHEN. THEY'RE VERY SURPRISED WHENEVER THEY CAN LEARN TO MICROWAVE EGGS, AND THEY MAY BE JUST AS SURPRISED TO LEARN ALL ABOUT PERSONAL FINANCE, LOOKING HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE TAXES THAT WE HAVE TO PAY FOR.
WE NEED TO KNOW HOW TO DO IT. WE NEED TO BUDGET, WE NEED TO PLAN, AND I THINK IT'S JUST KIND OF A LOT TO TAKE IN THAT WE SHOULD KIND OF APPLY FOR A FUTURE, A FUTURE THAT FEELS LIKE IT'S ONLY A FEW MONTHS AWAY FROM BEGINNING.
IN COPPELL I'M CAROLINE VANDERGRIFF, CBS NEWS, TEXAS.
THANK YOU TO OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM FOR HELPING TO PUT THAT ON, AND THEN FINALLY, I THINK WE HAVE ANOTHER CISD VIDEO THAT WE ARE GOING TO SHOW. I HEART CISD BECAUSE WE'VE HAD FIVE KIDS NOW IN THE DISTRICT, AND OUR EXPERIENCE UNIVERSALLY HAS BEEN THAT THE PARENTS, THE TEACHERS ARE COMMITTED TO EDUCATING THE KIDS, FOCUSING ON THEIR EDUCATION, BUT DOING IT IN A WAY THAT IS FOCUSED ON THE INDIVIDUAL KIDS AND MAKING SURE THEY HAVE WHAT THEY NEED TO SUCCEED, AND THAT'S BEEN A BLESSING IN OUR LIVES.
I HEART CISD BECAUSE OF THE AMAZING SUPPORTIVE TEACHERS.
I HEART CISD BECAUSE OF THE CONNECTED, LOVING ENVIRONMENT HERE.
I HEART CISD BECAUSE OF ALL THE PUNS I GET TO READ IN OUR DISTRICT HIGHLIGHTS. [CHUCKLING] SO THANK YOU TO AMANDA SIMPSON AND THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM.
WE WILL END OUR DISTRICT HIGHLIGHTS ON A HIGH NOTE WITH NO MORE TALKING ABOUT ANY PUNS.
THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, MR. HILL. ALL RIGHT, AND THANK YOU, DR.
[IV. AWARDS]
RECIPIENTS THIS EVENING.[00:15:02]
TONIGHT, WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF RECOGNIZING ONE OF OUR PHENOMENAL MIDDLE SCHOOL THEATER TEACHERS FOR RECEIVING A STATE AWARD FOR HER TEACHING.FINALLY, WE'LL RECOGNIZE TWO OF OUR AMAZING STUDENT SCIENTISTS WHO RECEIVED NATIONAL RECOGNITION FOR A SCIENCE FAIR EXPERIMENT THEY COMPLETED WHILE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. TRUSTEES, AS YOU ALREADY HAVE, WILL GATHER IN FRONT OF THE DAIS AND LISTEN FOR DR.
HUNT TO GIVE US STAGE DIRECTIONS.
ALL RIGHT. HERE ARE YOURS, STARTING WITH THEATER.
SO HERE ARE THE STAGE DIRECTIONS.
I'M GOING TO CALL YOU BY NAME AND I'M GOING TO READ SOME NICE THINGS ABOUT YOU.
YOU'RE GOING TO STAND ON THAT X, WHICH IS A VERY THEATER THING TO HAVE A SPOT, YOUR MARK.
YOU'RE GOING TO STAND ON YOUR MARK. YOU'RE GOING TO FACE THE AUDIENCE.
YOU'RE GOING TO LET PEOPLE TAKE PICTURES OF YOU AND I'M GOING TO SAY NICE THINGS ABOUT YOU.
ALL RIGHT. SO I'M GOING TO READ A LITTLE BIT, AND THEN I'M GOING TO CALL YOU.
WHEN I CALL YOU BY NAME YOU'LL COME TO THE FRONT.
SO GOOD EVENING EVERYONE, AND AS TRUSTEE WALKER SHARED TONIGHT, WE ARE HONORING A WONDERFUL MIDDLE SCHOOL EDUCATOR WHO AS WELL AS TWO OF OUR EXCEPTIONAL DEBATE STUDENTS, THEIR COACH FOR MAKING STATE TEAM, AND ALSO TWO OF OUR EXTRAORDINARY STUDENT SCIENTISTS.
LIKE I SAID, WE'RE GOING TO SAY A FEW NICE THINGS ABOUT YOU.
I CAN'T THINK OF ANYBODY MORE DESERVING TO BE RECOGNIZED THAN THE AMAZING MISS FRANCI HAZLETON.
MISS HAZLETON, IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE COME TO YOUR MARK.
OUR FIRST RECOGNITION AGAIN IS FRANCI HAZLETON.
SHE TEACHES THEATER AT COPPELL MIDDLE SCHOOL WEST.
SHE RECEIVED THIS AWARD AT THE ORGANIZATION'S THEATER FEST IN 2023.
THE EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR AWARD RECOGNIZES AND CELEBRATES THEATER EDUCATORS WHOSE INNOVATIVE APPROACHES, EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS, AND MEANINGFUL CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE INFORMED AND INSPIRED FELLOW COLLEAGUES AND STUDENTS, RESULTING IN THE CULTIVATION OF THE NEXT GENERATION OF OUTSTANDING THEATER ARTISTS AND EDUCATORS.
YOU'VE BEEN PART OF THE DISTRICT.
21 YEARS AND PROBABLY EVERY YEAR HAS DONE 3 OR 4 PERFORMANCES, IF NOT MORE.
SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
LET'S GIVE MISS HAZELTON A BIG, BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
I WOULD ALSO ASK THAT YOUR PRINCIPAL, DR.
SARA BALARIN, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
MR. JERRY MILLER, DIRECTOR OF FINE ARTS, WAS NOT ABLE TO BE HERE TONIGHT, BUT HE ALSO EXTENDS HIS CONGRATULATIONS, AND SO, AGAIN, WE'D LIKE TO TAKE A FEW MORE PICTURES WITH OUR PRINCIPAL HERE AS WELL.
SO AGAIN, WHILE WE'RE TAKING OUR PHOTOS, LET'S GIVE FRANCI A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
OUR NEXT GENERATION IS I'M SORRY OUR NEXT RECOGNITION IS FOR OUR NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED DEBATE PROGRAM, SPECIFICALLY FOR TWO OF OUR STUDENTS AND ONE OF OUR DEBATE COACHES MAKING THE STATE TEAM CHS SENIORS ANUSHREE DE AND VIKRAM MOHAN HAVE BEEN SELECTED TO PROUDLY REPRESENT TEXAS AS PART OF THE TEAM TEXAS DEBATE TEAM, SPONSORED BY THE TEXAS FORENSIC ASSOCIATION.
IN ADDITION, DEBATE TEACHER AND COACH SUNHEE SIMON IS THE NEWEST ADDITION TO THE COACHING STAFF FOR THE TEAM TEXAS DEBATE TEAM.
HER EXPERTISE AND GUIDANCE WILL UNDOUBTEDLY CONTRIBUTE TO THE CONTINUED SUCCESS OF OUR STATE TEAM.
WE CANNOT ARGUE WITH THESE DEBATERS SUCCESS.
[CHUCKLING] I WASN'T SURE IF IT WOULD, BUT IT SURE DID.
ANUSHREE DE, VIKRAM AND SUNHEE ARE AMONG THE DEBATE STAFF EXTRAORDINAIRE.
PLEASE GIVE THEM A BIG, BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
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BEFORE WE TRANSITION TO THE REGULAR MEETING.SO OUR FORMER CMS NORTH EIGHTH GRADERS CHARVI VOHRA AND HAO WEI ARE BOTH NOW ATTENDING CHS NINE, AND BOTH OF THEIR PRINCIPLES, PAST AND PRESENT, ARE HERE.
THEY ARE THE 2022-2023 SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT.
NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED STUDENTS.
THEIR PROJECT SONUS ENERGY, THE [INAUDIBLE], WAS THAT RIGHT? NO [LAUGHTER].
LET ME JUST SAY MY LAST SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT I DID A TERRARIUM, [LAUGHTER] SO I DON'T KNOW.
WHEN I ASKED YOU BEFORE, I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID.
ANYWAY, IT WAS VERY, VERY GOOD.
IT HAS TO DO WITH MOVING THAT NOISE TO ELECTRICITY CONVERTER.
IT WAS ONE OF THE TOP 300 IN THE NATION FOR THE THERMO FISHER JUNIOR INNOVATORS CHALLENGE, FOLLOWING THEIR FIRST PLACE WIN AT THE DALLAS REGIONAL SCIENCE FAIR AND THEIR WONDERFUL SCIENCE TEACHER, MISS JENNY POITIER IS ALSO HERE AS WELL.
SO CHARVI, AND HAO, WOULD YOU ALL PLEASE COME TO THE X? ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, WE CONGRATULATE YOU ON RECEIVING THIS NATIONAL RECOGNITION, AND WE WOULD ALSO FOR YOUR MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT.
WE WOULD ALSO LIKE MS. POITIER TO PLEASE COME TO THE FRONT, AS WELL AS DR.
KOONTZ, THEIR FORMER AND CURRENT PRINCIPALS FOR SOME PHOTOS.
BEFORE WE TRANSITION TO THE REGULAR MEETING, I WOULD NOW LIKE TO ASK THE FAMILY MEMBERS AND COLLEAGUES OF OUR HONOREES TO PLEASE STAND SO WE CAN RECOGNIZE YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS.
AUDIENCE, YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO STAY.
AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE OUTSTANDING HONOREES.
[V. INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
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ALL RIGHT, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND THAT WILL BE GIVEN BY MISS TRUSTEE LEE WALKER.DEAR LORD, WE COME TO YOU HEARTBREAKING, HEARTBROKEN FOR THE SADNESS AND SENSELESS VIOLENCE THAT'S OCCURRING ALL OVER THE WORLD, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT AFFECT THE INNOCENT.
WE PRAY FOR YOUR PEACE AROUND THE WORLD.
THANK YOU, LORD, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
HELP US TO STAY FOCUSED AND MAKE WISE DECISIONS AS WE LISTEN TO THE INFORMATION TONIGHT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, TRUSTEE WALKER.
NEXT ITEM IS OPEN FORUM AND MISS SNOW, DO WE HAVE ANYONE TO SPEAK IN OPEN FORUM? WE DO NOT HAVE ANYONE THIS EVENING TO SPEAK IN OPEN FORUM.
[VII.A. Public meeting to discuss the Coppell Independent School District's state financial accountability rating, FIRST (FOS)]
HUNT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. HILL.THIS IS ONE OF OUR RELATED TO ONE OF OUR IT'S A REQUIREMENT BUT IT'S ALSO RELATED TO ONE OF OUR CBAS GOALS, AND SO WE DO HAVE OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER DIANA SIRCAR AT THE PODIUM, AND I THINK WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF SLIDES TO SHOW.
THIS IS A REQUIREMENT THAT WE PRESENT THIS INFORMATION IN THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
SO THIS IS THE 2022-23 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT REPORT, BUT IT IS BASED ON THE 2021-2022 FINANCIAL DATA.
THE FIRST OR FINANCIAL INTEGRITY RATING SYSTEM OF TEXAS WAS PUT IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE QUALITY OF THEIR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, AS WELL AS MAKING SURE THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS MANAGE THEIR FINANCIAL RESOURCES.
FIRST CHANGES WERE PUT IN PLACE A FEW YEARS AGO, AND NOW THE DISTRICT MUST PASS FIVE CRITICAL INDICATORS IN ORDER TO RECEIVE A PASSING RATING, AND THOSE ARE LISTED HERE.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE ARE SOME SOLVENCY AND OTHER RATINGS THAT THE DISTRICT IS RATED ON.
FIRST, DID THE DISTRICT PASS ALL FIVE CRITICAL INDICATORS FOR THE 21-22 SCHOOL YEAR? YES IT DID.
AS I SAID, THE DISTRICT PASSED ALL OF THESE.
A LOT OF THIS HAS TO DO WITH MAKING SURE THAT THE DISTRICT IS MAKING TIMELY PAYMENTS FOR ANYTHING THAT WE OWE, AS WELL AS MAKING SURE THAT OUR FINANCIAL AUDIT IS HAS HAS AN UNMODIFIED OPINION.
THE INDICATOR NUMBER SIX LOOKS AT THE THREE YEAR CHANGE IN FUND BALANCES, AND MAKES SURE THAT THE AVERAGE CHANGE IN THE FUND BALANCE WAS LESS THAN A 25% DECREASE, OR THAT THE DISTRICT HAD AT LEAST 75 DAYS OF OPERATING EXPENDITURES, AND YES, THE DISTRICT PASSED THAT SOLVENCY INDICATOR IN ADDITION.
SOLVENCY INDICATOR NUMBER SEVEN LOOKS AT THE NUMBER OF DAYS OF CASH ON HAND, AND WAS THAT SUFFICIENT TO COVER OPERATING EXPENDITURES? AND YES, THE DISTRICT HAD 205 DAYS OF CASH ON HAND.
NUMBER EIGHT IS CURRENT ASSETS TO CURRENT LIABILITIES.
SO WERE THE ASSETS OF THE DISTRICT THE CURRENT ASSETS ENOUGH TO COVER THE SHORT TERM DEBT? AND YES, THE RATIO WAS 4.1.
SO THE DISTRICT PASSED THIS INDICATOR.
NUMBER NINE LOOKS AT GENERAL FUND REVENUES, AND DID THEY EXCEED EXPENDITURES OR IF THE DISTRICT ADOPTED A DEFICIT BUDGET, WAS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S NUMBER OF DAYS OF CASH ON HAND GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO 60 DAYS? AND YES, THE DISTRICT HAD A CASH ON HAND OF GREATER THAN 60 DAYS.
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SOLVENCY INDICATOR TEN LOOKS AT THE AVERAGE, THE BUDGETED, ACTUAL REVENUES, AND THE DISTRICT DID PASS THIS, BUT IT IS NOT BEING SCORED THIS YEAR DUE TO SOME OF THE ISSUES WITH COVID.TEA HAS MADE THE DETERMINATION THAT SOME OF THESE INDICATORS WOULD NOT BE SCORED.
SOLVENCY INDICATOR NUMBER 11 LOOKS AT THE DISTRICT'S LONG TERM LIABILITIES TO TOTAL ASSETS.
SO LONG TERM LIABILITIES, INCLUDING THINGS SUCH AS BOND PAYMENTS, AND THEN LOOKS AT TOTAL ASSETS SUCH AS CASH AND CAPITAL ASSETS AS WELL, AND THE DISTRICT EARNED FOUR POINTS FOR THIS.
THE DISTRICT HAD IN THE PAST ALWAYS EARNED THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF POINTS BECAUSE THE DISTRICT'S ENROLLMENT WAS INCREASING SO RAPIDLY, BUT NOW THE DISTRICT IS HELD TO THIS STANDARD.
THE DISTRICT DID IMPROVE FROM THE 2021 IN THE 2021 SCHOOL YEAR ON THIS SPECIFIC INDICATOR.
NUMBER 12 LOOKS AT THE DEBT PER $100 OF ASSESSED PROPERTY VALUE, AND CAN THE DISTRICT MEET ITS FUTURE DEBT PAYMENTS? AND YES, THE RATIO IS IS HIGH ENOUGH AND THE DISTRICT WILL BE ABLE TO MEET FUTURE DEBT PAYMENTS.
THE DISTRICT IS ALSO ASSESSED ON ITS ADMINISTRATIVE COST RATIO, AND TEA ASSIGNS A ACCEPTABLE ADMINISTRATIVE COST RATIO BASED UPON THE ENROLLMENT WITHIN THE DISTRICT, AND CISD EXCEEDED THAT RATIO, SO THE DISTRICT RECEIVED TEN POINTS FOR THIS SOLVENCY INDICATOR AS WELL.
NUMBER 14 LOOKS AT STUDENT TO STAFF RATIO AND ENSURES THAT THE DISTRICT DIDN'T HAVE A 15% DECLINE.
AGAIN, THIS IS ONE THAT'S NOT BEING SCORED THIS YEAR.
THESE GO INTO THE FINANCIAL COMPETENCY INDICATORS.
SO LOOKING AT ENROLLMENT VARIANCE THE DISTRICT IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT ESTIMATES OF AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE TO TEA EVERY BIENNIUM, AND SO THIS LOOKS AT WHETHER THE DISTRICT DID A GOOD JOB OF ESTIMATING THE ADA OR NOT.
THE DISTRICT DID PASS THIS, THOUGH IT IS NOT BEING SCORED THIS YEAR.
WE SEND DATA TO TEA ON ALL OF OUR FINANCIALS AND LOOKS AT THE ACTUAL FINANCIAL REPORT WITH OUR AUDIT, AND MAKE SURE THERE'S LESS THAN A 3% VARIANCE. THE DISTRICT HAD A 0% DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE TWO REPORTS.
INTERNAL CONTROLS, AND DID THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR THAT ASSESSED THE DISTRICT REPORT THAT THE FINANCIALS WERE FREE OF ANY INSTANCE OF MATERIAL WEAKNESS IN INTERNAL CONTROL? AND YES, THAT IS THE CASE.
THE DISTRICT PASSED THIS INDICATOR NON COMPLIANCE.
AGAIN, THE AUDITOR THAT'S AN INDEPENDENT AUDITOR LOOKS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FINANCIAL REPORT WAS FREE OF ANY INSTANCE OF MATERIAL NONCOMPLIANCE WHEN LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE FEDERAL GRANTS, CONTRACTS AND LAWS RELATED TO STATE, LOCAL AND FEDERAL FUNDS, AND THE DISTRICT PASSED THIS INDICATOR ALSO LOOKING AT REQUIRED FINANCIAL PUBLICATIONS, THE DISTRICT IS REQUIRED TO PUBLISH CERTAIN INFORMATION.
NUMBER 20 LOOKS AT THE BOARD DISCUSSION OF PROPERTY VALUES.
IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT THAT THE BOARD UNDERSTOOD ANY CHANGE IN FEDERAL FUNDING.
SO THE DISTRICT HAD BEEN AWARDED MONEY WITHIN THE ESSER FUNDS FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AND AS THAT WINDS DOWN, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE BOARD UNDERSTANDS THAT CHANGE IN REVENUE.
SO THAT IS THE FINANCIAL INTEGRITY RATING SYSTEM.
ALL OF THIS INFORMATION, INCLUDING THE REPORT THAT HAS BEEN PRODUCED, THAT SUMMARIZES ALL OF THIS, AS WELL AS THE EXPLANATIONS OF ALL OF THESE SPECIFIC INDICATORS, ARE ON THE FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY LINK ON THE HOME PAGE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I JUST HAD ONE QUESTION.
I MEAN, FIRST OF ALL, THANKS FOR GETTING THIS TO US AND FOR DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB.
AS USUAL, WE ARE REALLY, REALLY FORTUNATE THAT THIS IS NOT AN AREA WHERE WE STRUGGLE.
MY QUESTION WOULD BE, WHAT DO YOU FEEL LIKE IS THE SINGLE GREATEST RISK TO US KEEPING AN A RATING GOING FORWARD? I THINK THAT ONE OF THE GREATEST RISKS THAT WE HAVE IS OUR DAYS OF CASH ON HAND, AND OUR ABILITY TO MEET OUR
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OBLIGATIONS. SO SHOULD THE DISTRICT NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS IN A ROW, THE DISTRICT'S FUND BALANCE WILL DROP.IF WE'RE HAVING TO FUND EXPENDITURES FROM FUND BALANCE BY REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF CASH THAT WE HAVE ON HAND, THE DISTRICT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO MEET CERTAINLY, THE REQUIREMENTS THAT THE STATE IS ASKING US TO KEEP, BUT WOULD ALSO STRUGGLE TO MEET PAYROLL EXPENDITURES FROM SEPTEMBER THROUGH DECEMBER IF WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH CASH ON HAND.
MS. SIRCAR DID HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
ONE IS YOU HAD THERE WERE SEVERAL INDICATORS NOT BEING SCORED THIS YEAR.
AT WHAT POINT IN THE FUTURE WILL THEY BE INCLUDED IN THE SCORE? I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT TODAY.
I KNOW THAT WILL BE SHARED WITH US IN NOVEMBER.
I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT MORE OF THOSE WOULD COME ONLINE.
SO I WOULD ANTICIPATE WE WOULD SEE SOME OF THOSE COME BACK INTO THE SCORING.
THANK YOU, AND THEN THE SECOND QUESTION IS ANY FUTURE CHANGES TO THE FIRST REPORT THAT ARE BEING PROMULGATED OR TALKED ABOUT AT THIS PARTICULAR POINT IN TIME? I DO NOT KNOW OF ANY RIGHT NOW.
I WILL HEAR MORE IN NOVEMBER ABOUT THE FIRST REPORT AND ANY CHANGES THAT THEY'LL MAKE BUT THEY DID SUCH A COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF REVIEW AND SORT OF CHANGE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, SO I DON'T ANTICIPATE ANYTHING SIGNIFICANT.
THANK YOU, MISS SIRCAR. APPRECIATE IT.
[VIII. DISCUSSION AND REPORT ITEMS - SUPERINTENDENT]
WE HAVE THREE BOARD REPORTS FROM THE DISTRICT.THE FIRST ONE WILL BE OUR DEMOGRAPHERS UPDATE.
THEN WE HAVE OUR EMERGENT BILINGUAL SUPPORT AND ENGAGEMENT REPORT, AND THEN FINALLY A STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE AND SO ON THE NEXT SLIDE, AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE YOU'LL SEE WE HAVE NOTED TONIGHT THE INCORPORATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP TO OUR BOARD SUPERINTENDENT GOALS, AS WELL AS OUR CBAS OR COMMUNITY BASED ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM GOALS.
SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT TO YOU ALL AS BOARD MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE ALIGNMENT IS ON THE AGENDA AS WELL, BUT FIRST WE HAVE BOB TEMPLETON FROM ZONDA EDUCATION.
WELL, GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR.
HUNT, IT IS MY PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU THIS EVENING.
SO WE ARE STILL SEEING GOOD JOB GROWTH IN THE DFW REGION.
WE ARE SEEING POPULATION GROWTH CONTINUE TO COME INTO THE DFW REGION.
THE CLOUDINESS AROUND THE ECONOMY CONTINUES TO BE IN HIGH INFLATION.
SO INFLATION IS STILL A HUGE CONCERN.
THE COST OF HOUSING CONTINUES TO GO UP.
IT'S LIKELY WE COULD SEE ANOTHER INTEREST RATE HIKE IN DECEMBER, WHICH WOULD MEAN THAT 30 YEAR FIXED RATE MORTGAGE RATE COULD MOVE UP EVEN HIGHER OVER 7%, WHICH DOES MAKE IT CHALLENGING IN THE HOUSING MARKET.
SO IT'S SOMETHING WE'LL WATCH VERY CLOSELY.
YOU CAN SEE HOW IT'S SHOT UP DURING THE PANDEMIC.
ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO IT PEAKED, AND THEN IT STARTED ITS DECLINED.
THAT WAS IN RESPONSE TO THE RISING INTEREST RATES.
THE FED TOOK A VERY GRADUAL INCREASE APPROACH.
THEY LIFTED IT JUST A POINT AND A HALF POINTS AT A TIME TO NOW WE'RE AT OVER 7%.
YOU'LL SEE THE IMPACT ON THE STARTS.
YOU'LL NOTICE THE CLOSINGS KIND OF HELD FLAT BECAUSE THERE WAS SO MUCH IN THE PIPELINE, SO MUCH UNDER CONSTRUCTION, THE INCREASED TIME IT TOOK TO GET HOMES FINISHED, AND SO THAT'S LED TO THAT KIND OF PLATEAU.
AT ABOUT 42,000 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES PER YEAR.
SO IT'S ALMOST LIKE WE'VE GOTTEN BACK DOWN TO A MORE NORMALIZED AMOUNT VOLUME.
THE CHALLENGE CONTINUES TO BE THE HIGH COST, THE HIGH COST OF HOUSING.
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LEFT. SO WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF PROJECTS WHERE THERE IS SOME SINGLE FAMILY HOMES BEING BUILT.I WILL SAY THOUGH, IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE.
THE COPPELL MARKET IS ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE MARKETS IN THE DFW REGION.
THAT'S GOT SOME CHALLENGES IN THAT IT CREATES A THE FAMILY MAKEUP TENDS TO BE OLDER, IT TENDS TO HAVE FEWER YOUNGER KIDS.
SO WE DON'T SEE THAT REGENERATION AT THE YOUNGER GRADE LEVELS.
SO WE DO SEE SOME KIDS FROM THE HOUSES, BUT THEY TEND TO BE OLDER AND NOT AS MANY.
WE STILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MULTIFAMILY TO BUILD IN THE CYPRESS WATERS PROJECT.
PLUS WE'VE GOT THE A LITTLE BIT LARGER ONE THAT'S GOING ON IN LAKESIDE.
THIS IS BLACKBERRY FARMS WHICH IS ABOUT 63 TOTAL LOTS, 54 VACANT DEVELOPED LOTS.
SO WE'LL SEE A FEW NUMBER PER YEAR.
YOU KNOW IT MAY TAKE THEM SEVEN EIGHT YEARS TO BUILD THROUGH THAT 54 LOTS.
BECAUSE OF THE PRICE POINT AND THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT TAKES TO BUILD THOSE TYPES OF HOMES.
THIS IS THE MULTIFAMILY THAT'S IN THE CYPRESS WATERS.
IT'S THERE ON THE EDGE, ON THE WATER FEATURE THERE.
HASTINGS END AT CYPRESS WATERS, ABOUT 499 TOTAL UNITS.
WE'VE ALSO GOT THE AUGUST HILLS AT CYPRESS WATERS, WHICH IS JUST BREAKING GROUND, SO IT'LL BE WELL OVER A YEAR BEFORE WE SEE THOSE REALLY KIND OF TAKING SHAPE, BUT IT'S ABOUT 300 UNITS AND IT'S JUST KIND OF DIAGONALLY NORTH EAST OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THERE.
I'VE GOT A LOT OF CLIENTS THAT DON'T SEE THAT THEY'RE SEEING THE LEAVERS OUTNUMBER THE NEWCOMERS.
YOU CAN ALSO SPOT THE PANDEMIC YEAR IN 20-21, WHEN WE DID HAVE A FEW MORE LEAVERS THAN NEW TO THE DISTRICT, BUT OVERALL THE NUMBERS ARE STAYING RELATIVELY CONSTANT AT THAT PLUS 250 RANGE, AND WHEN YOU LOOK BACK OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, THAT'S BEEN PRETTY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'VE SEEN.
THE CHALLENGE IS BECOMING WHAT'S ENTERING IN THOSE YOUNGER GRADE LEVELS.
THE KINDERGARTEN NUMBERS ARE LOWER, AND SO THE SENIOR CLASS, THOSE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATING CLASSES, OUTNUMBER THAT KINDERGARTEN BY SEVERAL HUNDRED. SO THIS IS THE SAME PHENOMENON THAT WE SEE IN LEWISVILLE AND PLANO, AND IT'S GOING TO LEAD TO DECLINING ENROLLMENT, BUT IT'S MOSTLY THE FACT THAT YOU'RE GRADUATING LARGER NUMBERS BECAUSE THE NEWCOMERS ARE OUTNUMBERING THE LEAVERS.
SO IT FEELS NOT GOOD, BUT IT'S REALLY NOT A FUNCTION OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITHIN COPPELL ISD.
IT'S JUST THE HOUSING PROBLEM WITH THE HIGH COST OF HOUSING THAT WHEN WE DO GENERATE, WE'RE NOT REGENERATING AT THE LEVELS THAT YOU MIGHT SEE WITH HOMES THAT MIGHT BE PRICED IN THE 350 TO $400,000 RANGE; STILL FEELS EXPENSIVE, BUT THAT HAS BECOME THE PRICE POINT FOR YOUNG FAMILIES WITH YOUNGER KIDS.
BACK TO THAT PREVIOUS SLIDE, BOB.
SO AS AGAIN, FOR A POINT OF CLARITY, THE LEAVERS INCLUDES STUDENTS THAT HAVE GRADUATED.
IT DOES. WE DO NOT COUNT GRADUATING SENIORS AS LEAVERS.
NO, IT'S ONLY LOOKING AT THE FIRST THROUGH 11TH GRADE LOSS.
SO GRADUATING SENIORS, WE DON'T COUNT THAT.
WE ALSO DON'T COUNT KINDERGARTNERS AS NEWCOMERS BECAUSE THEY WOULD ALL BE NEWCOMERS.
SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO IDENTIFY THOSE THAT ARE NEW INTO THE DISTRICT, AND FOR NEWCOMERS, IT'S LOOKING AT FIRST THROUGH 12TH AGAINST THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
ON THE LEAVERS, IT'S KIND OF THE OPPOSITE.
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WE'RE LOOKING AT FIRST THROUGH 11TH, SO IT'S NOT QUITE APPLES TO APPLES BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A LITTLE DIFFERENT YEAR COMPARISON THERE, BUT WHEN WE DO IT OVER TIME YOU CAN SEE THE GENERAL TREND, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ILLUSTRATE, IS THAT IN YOUR CASE, YOUR NEWCOMERS NEW TO THE DISTRICT, ARE MORE THAN YOUR LEFT, THE DISTRICT.NOW, TEN YEARS AGO, THAT WAS THE PRIMARY FUNCTION OF THE LEFT, THE DISTRICT.
THEY'RE JUST ATTENDING CHARTERS OR TRANSFERRING TO SURROUNDING DISTRICTS.
THAT'S NOT A HUGE ISSUE HERE, BUT IT IS A GROWING ISSUE THAT IS HAPPENING ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS.
HOMESCHOOL HAS BECOME, IN MY OPINION, THE BIGGEST CAUSE OF ENROLLMENT REMOVAL OR LEFT PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS HOMESCHOOL.
I DID AN EXTENSIVE STUDY ON HOMESCHOOL OVER THE SUMMER AND WENT TO THE HOMESCHOOL CONFERENCE.
THE STATE CONFERENCE IN TEXAS.
I INTERVIEWED PROBABLY 50 FAMILIES, 50 COUPLES THAT WERE IN THE SESSIONS THAT I ATTENDED.
TO MY SURPRISE, THERE WAS A CERTAIN ELEMENT THAT I THAT I SUSPECTED WAS THERE, THAT WAS THERE, WHICH WAS THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT IDEOLOGY. IT WAS MORE OF AN IDEOLOGY ISSUE, BUT THE BIGGEST NUMBER THAT I INTERVIEWED WAS THE MILLENNIALS, THAT WERE ALL ABOUT THE FLEXIBILITY OF CONTROLLING THE SCHOOL DAY, THE SCHOOL WEEK, WHEN TO HAVE HOLIDAYS OR WHEN TO TAKE BREAKS, AND THEY WANTED THAT ABILITY TO HAVE MORE CONTROL AND MORE FLEXIBILITY, BECAUSE IN MANY CASES, ONE OF THEM WAS EITHER WORKING REMOTELY AND THERE WAS SOME FLEXIBILITY IN WHERE THEY WORKED, AND SO THEY WANTED THAT FLEXIBILITY.
THAT SURPRISED ME THAT WAS SUCH A BIG FACTOR.
NO, IT WAS ALL ABOUT REMOTE LEARNING.
THE HOMESCHOOL ARE CREATING MICRO COMMUNITIES OF LEARNERS THAT CO-OP AND KIND OF COOPERATE TOGETHER AND THEY WORK TOGETHER AND IT'S HIGHLY FUNDED.
I APOLOGIZE, I'VE GOTTEN ON A LITTLE SIDETRACKED.
150 VENDORS WERE AT THIS CONFERENCE, AND THEY WERE SELLING THEIR PRODUCT RIGHT AND LEFT, AND IT WAS PROBABLY 6000 IN ATTENDANCE AT THIS CONFERENCE.
IT WAS PACKED. IT WAS AT THE KALAHARI RESORT IN ROUND ROCK, AND THEY OVERRAN THAT FACILITY, AND I WAS AND THE PRESENTERS WERE SOME HIGH PROFILE AUTHORS AND SOME EDUCATION FOLKS, AND IT'S A GROWING THING THAT I THINK HAS SOME STICKINESS TO IT BECAUSE OF THIS REMOTE OPTION AND AROUND THE FLEXIBILITY.
NOW, THIS HAS TAKEN A LITTLE DEEPER DIVE AT THIS YEAR'S ENROLLMENT.
MR. TEMPLETON, I'M SO SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU BACK ON THIS SLIDE WHERE YOU TALKED ABOUT THE LEAVERS ARE YOU ABLE TO GIVE US AN ANALYSIS OF WHO'S STILL IN THE DISTRICT, AND THEN WHO HAS MOVED AWAY? DO YOU HAVE THAT? WELL, WE DEFINITELY KNOW WHO THE LEAVERS ARE.
ARE THERE ANY POCKETS? I WILL TELL YOU FROM WHAT I REMEMBER FROM LOOKING AT THIS IN OTHER AREAS, THE MOBILITY TENDS TO BE HIGHEST IN THE MULTIFAMILY.
SO THE MULTIFAMILY IS WHERE WE WILL SEE BOTH OF THESE.
THE HIGHEST DOTS FOR THE NEW AND THE LEAVERS WILL BE PREDOMINANTLY IN THE MULTIFAMILY.
DO YOU HAVE THAT? I DON'T HAVE THAT, SO THOSE THAT LEFT, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE ATTENDING A CHARTER OR TRANSFERRING TO A NEIGHBORING OR HOMESCHOOLING. I JUST KNOW THAT THEY WERE HERE AND THEY HAVE LEFT.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY'VE HEADED TO.
THE KINDERGARTEN NUMBER WAS DOWN ABOUT 3%.
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SO I HAD ANTICIPATED THAT IT WOULD BE HIGHER THAN THAT.SO WHEN THIS YEAR'S KINDERGARTEN NUMBER IS LOW, THEN IT MEANS NEXT YEAR'S FIRST GRADE NUMBER HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE LOWER, AND IT JUST IT JUST CARRIES ON, AND SO THE LARGEST GRADE RIGHT NOW IS IN THE SEVENTH GRADE.
ONE OF THE OTHER PHENOMENONS THAT WE'RE SEEING IS WITH MANY OF OUR CLIENTS, WE'RE SEEING A SOFTENING IN THE YOUNGER GRADE LEVELS, AND IT COULD BE PARTIALLY DUE TO HOME SCHOOL AND TRANSFER AND CHARTER, BUT WE ARE SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF A COHORT UPTICK IN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
SO WE'RE SEEING THE POTENTIAL FOR A NEW EMERGING TREND OF THE RETURN FROM THE HOME SCHOOL AND THE CHARTER AND THE THOSE ALTERNATE CHOICES RETURNING IN MIDDLE SCHOOL BECAUSE OF THE LOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT'S STRENGTH IN EXTRACURRICULAR FINE ARTS, ATHLETICS AND THEY CANNOT REPLICATE THAT IN HOME SCHOOL AND THEY REALLY CAN'T REPLICATE IT IN THE CHARTER SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT EITHER YOUR FINE ARTS AND YOUR ATHLETICS ARE SO STRONG THAT IS GOING TO CAUSE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT RETURN.
WE SEE THE SAME THING WITH MANY, MANY OF OUR DISTRICTS.
THAT TABLE IN THE MIDDLE IS THE COHORT TABLE, AND YOU CAN SEE THE COHORT CHANGES NINTH THE FIRST GRADE VERY STRONG 9% GROWTH AT FIRST GRADE.
THE ALL OF THE ELEMENTARY GRADE LEVELS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF KINDERGARTEN WERE POSITIVE.
SO YOU'RE GROWING AT EVERY ELEMENTARY GRADE LEVEL, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT KINDERGARTEN NUMBER OF 700 COMPARED TO THE FIFTH GRADE NUMBER OF 1000, THAT IS ALMOST 300 STUDENTS DIFFERENT.
SO JUST BY ROLLING THAT FORWARD, THOSE ELEMENTARY NUMBERS ARE GOING TO DROP ABOUT 300 STUDENTS NEXT YEAR, AND IT'S GOING TO DO THAT FOR THE NEXT 2 TO 3 YEARS SIMPLY BY THOSE LARGER GRADES EXITING OUT.
NOW, IT'S GOING TO TAKE A WHILE BEFORE IT HITS THE MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR IT STARTS TO SEE ITS DROP.
SO I THINK WE MAY BE AT PEAK TOTAL ENROLLMENT RIGHT NOW.
I THOUGHT LAST YEAR I THOUGHT IT WAS TWO YEARS AWAY.
NOW IT COULD BE THAT IT'S HERE RIGHT NOW.
NOW, WHEN I SAY THAT, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO BE AT PEAK ENROLLMENT.
THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS STILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME BEFORE THEY'RE GOING TO SEE THEIR PEAK.
HIGH SCHOOLS GOT EVEN LONGER BEFORE THEY HIT THEIR PEAK.
THIS IS WHAT THE FIVE YEAR FORECAST LOOKS LIKE FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
IT IS MEASURED AGAINST ITSELF.
SO I AM MEASURING THIS YEAR'S KINDERGARTEN CLASS AGAINST THE PREVIOUS KINDERGARTEN CLASS.
IT DOESN'T I DON'T LIKE TO MEASURE IT AGAINST THE PRE-K BECAUSE IT'S REALLY NOT A GOOD CORRELATION, BUT THEN THE FIRST GRADE CLASS, I AM MEASURING IT AGAINST THE PREVIOUS KINDERGARTEN CLASS.
GOTCHA, AND THEN FOR EACH GRADE GOING FORWARD, IT'S MEASURED AGAINST THE THAT TRUE COHORT.
THIS FIRST GRADE CLASS TRULY WERE CLASSMATES AS KINDERGARTNERS, AND SO THEN YOU CAN SEE THE FIRST THROUGH FIFTH, SIXTH, SEVENTH, EIGHTH, NINTH ALL POSITIVE.
IT'S JUST THE 11TH AND 12TH, WHICH THAT HAPPENS AT ALL HIGH SCHOOLS.
ALL HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE A DIP IN 11TH AND AT 12TH.
SOME OF IT IS EARLY GRADUATIONS, SO THEY GRADUATE EARLY.
THAT CAUSES THAT SOME OF THAT TO SHIFT DOWN.
I DON'T SEE THAT AS MUCH IN LIKE SOME OF THE MORE URBAN DISTRICTS.
WE'RE NOT SEEING REGENERATION AT THE YOUNGER GRADE LEVELS, AND THEN THE CHARTERS AND THE TRANSFER POOL, EVEN THOUGH IT'S SMALL, IF WE LOSE 50 TO 100 KIDS, PERCENTAGE WISE IT'S A SMALL PERCENTAGE, BUT THEN OVER TIME IT COMPOUNDS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO HERE'S A LOOK AT THE PROJECTIONS, AND YOU CAN SEE IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS WE COULD BE DROPPING JUST BELOW 13,000 KIDS.
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ELEMENTARY ENROLLMENT WILL CONTINUE TO DECLINE FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, AS LONG AS THOSE KINDERGARTEN NUMBERS STAY IN THAT 700 RANGE, THEN IT COULD BE THAT WE'LL SEE FIVE YEARS OF DECLINE THERE.SECONDARY WILL START TO DECLINE IN ABOUT 2 TO 3 YEARS.
THE HIGH SCHOOL DECLINE COULD REVEAL ITSELF IN ABOUT 5 TO 7 YEARS.
HERE'S A LOOK AT THE CAMPUS PROJECTIONS.
YOU CAN SEE LEE ELEMENTARY HAS THE HIGHEST ENROLLMENT.
SO IT'S GOING TO FEEL REALLY FULL FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS BUT YOU'LL NOTICE SOME OF THE OTHERS ARE STARTING TO DROP.
JUST ABOUT EVERY CAMPUS HAD A LOWER KINDERGARTEN CLASS THAN THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY.
AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL, YOU CAN SEE IT'S NEXT YEAR'S MIDDLE SCHOOL NUMBERS WILL PEAK AT ABOUT 3330, AND THEN IT'LL START TO TRAIL OFF, AND THEN AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, IT'LL PEAK IN ABOUT FIVE YEARS, AND WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE CAPACITY, IS THIS OUR BUILDING CAPACITY OR OUR COMFORTABLE CAPACITY AS WE TEND TO REFER TO IT? YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THE CAPACITY WE'VE BEEN USING FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.
I THINK THESE WERE WHAT WE WOULD CALL THE FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY.
I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S AND THAT'S A DIFFERENT ISSUE FOR ELEMENTARIES THAN IT IS FOR SECONDARY.
IT'S SECTIONS PER GRADE LEVEL.
CAN THE BUILDING HANDLE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOOL? IT'S A FUNCTION OF THE SCHEDULE, THE PROGRAMING.
THANK YOU. YOU'LL REMEMBER FROM OUR FACILITIES WORK, AND THEN CERTAINLY DURING LAST YEAR'S BOND PLANNING COMMITTEE, THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT ALL OF THESE TOPICS. THESE ARE NOT NEW INFORMATION FOR US THE CAPACITY AT ELEMENTARY IS OFTEN CHALLENGED A LITTLE BIT BY THE SPECIAL PROGRAMS, AND SO YOU MIGHT HAVE A CAMPUS THAT HAS FOUR CHILDREN AND A SPECIAL NEEDS CLASSROOM, BUT THEY NEED THAT LARGER AMOUNT OF SPACE BECAUSE THEY MIGHT HAVE A LIFT, OR THEY MAY NEED TO HAVE A QUIET DECOMPRESSION TIME AND SO IT'S NOT QUITE ACTUALLY APPLES TO APPLES AS FAR AS CLASSROOMS ARE CONCERNED, AND THEN ALSO WHEN YOU LOOK AT ELEMENTARY PROGRAMING, EVEN WITH THE ADDITIONAL PROGRAM CHANGES THAT WE'VE MADE, LIKE WITH STEAM AND THEN ALSO WITH OUR BROADCAST JOURNALISM AT OUR ELEMENTARY LEVELS, THOSE ARE PROGRAMS THAT NEED SOME SPACE TOO.
COPPELL ISD'S ENROLLMENT WAS FLAT THIS YEAR AT 13,371.
THAT NUMBER LITERALLY CHANGES EVERY WEEK.
COULD GO UP A LITTLE BIT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.
IT TYPICALLY WILL PEAK BY MID-YEAR, AND WE WON'T SEE IT REALLY GROW MUCH IN THE SPRING.
MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE ARE SEEING YOUNGER GRADE LEVEL DECLINES.
THIS IS NOT SPECIFIC TO COPPELL.
I WILL SAY. WHAT'S A LITTLE SPECIFIC TO COPPELL IS THE HIGH COST OF HOUSING, BUT THIS EBB OUT TO HOMESCHOOL AND THE TRANSFER OUT ISSUE IS A GROWING ISSUE THAT'S HAPPENING.
I DO FEEL LIKE THE HOME SCHOOL GROUP REALLY TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE PANDEMIC THROUGH HYBRID REMOTE OPPORTUNITIES, AND THERE'S A GROUP OF FAMILIES THAT THEY WANT THAT OR AT LEAST THEY WANT IT IN THE YOUNGER YEARS.
WE DO THINK YOUR MIDDLE SCHOOL ENROLLMENT IS LIKELY GOING TO PEAK IN THE NEXT 1 TO 2 YEARS.
YOUR HIGH SCHOOL ENROLLMENT DECLINES ARE LIKELY 6 TO 7 YEARS OUT.
SO WE'RE WATCHING IT VERY CLOSELY TO SEE HOW IT'S GOING TO PLAY OUT.
I WILL SAY IF THEY DO ADVANCE CHOICE, IT WILL LIKELY BE 3 TO 5 YEARS BEFORE WE REALLY CAN FEEL THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF THAT. DISTRICTS THAT ARE DESTINATION DISTRICTS WILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF IT WON'T BE AS BIG OF A HIT ON DESTINATION DISTRICTS AS IT WILL FOR THOSE THAT ARE NOT.
I DO THINK OF COPPELL AS A DESTINATION DISTRICT, AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE OF WHAT I SEE WITH NEWCOMER LEAVERS, THE NEWCOMER LEAVERS, THAT'S WHAT I SEE WITH DESTINATION DISTRICTS.
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BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.WELL, IF YOU THINK OF QUESTIONS, DON'T HESITATE TO SEND THEM TO DR.
HUNT WOULD BE HAPPY TO RESPOND AT ANY TIME.
WE'RE EAGERLY WATCHING AND EAGERLY INVOLVED WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
WELL, THE GOOD THING IS, WE'VE BEEN SHARING THIS WITH THE BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS AND AS BOB HAS INDICATED, THE BIG THING TO ME THAT REALLY IS THE ONLY REAL SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IS THE, LIKE YOU SAID, THE FLAT, NOT FLAT LINING OF OUR NOT FLAT LINING, BUT YOU HAD SAID WE HAD LIKE THREE YEARS BEFORE AT CAPACITY, AND THEN WE START TO SEE THE DECLINE.
YOU SAID THAT IS A LITTLE BIT FASTER THAN WHAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT, AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE BEING YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T SAY WITH UNCERTAINTY THAT THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION WOULD, BUT I THINK YOU SAID COULD I THINK IT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT.
I MEAN, I THINK EVEN DESTINATION DISTRICTS, I THINK WE'RE FORTUNATE THAT WE MIGHT NOT BE IN AS DIFFICULT OF A CHALLENGING SITUATION AS SOME NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS, BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO BE REALISTIC TO THAT AND OPEN TO THAT, NOT PANIC, NOT FREAK OUT.
SOMETIMES WE HAVE A WE SOME PEOPLE COMMUNITY, WHOMEVER HEARS DIFFERENT THINGS AND THEN IT BECOMES A BIGGER THING, BUT I THINK WE JUST HAVE TO REALLY BE THOUGHTFUL AND LOOK AT THIS AND BE STRATEGIC AND BE AWARE, AND AGAIN, THIS IS NOT ANYTHING NEW.
WE HAVE HAD THIS INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO THE BOARD FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS.
I THINK THAT'S A GREAT POINT, DR.
HUNT. I WOULD SAY WHAT I'M ENCOURAGING OUR CLIENTS TO DO IS WE HAVE TO BE READY TO BE NIMBLE.
WHEN I SAY NIMBLE TO ADJUST EITHER WITH PROGRAMS OF CHOICE OR SOME CREATIVITY OR HOW WE USE THE FACILITIES, BECAUSE IN THE END, IT'S GOING TO COME DOWN TO AN EFFICIENT USE OF THE BUILDINGS AND THAT IS UNFORTUNATE, BUT IT IS THE REALITY THAT WE LIVE IN WITH HOW WE'RE FUNDED AND HOW WE OPERATE.
I WAS GOING TO JUMP IN THIS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS REPORT, AND I REALLY HAVE MORE OF AN I WONDER AS IT RELATES TO STRATEGIC DESIGNYOU MIGHT TAKE AWAY FROM LOOKING AT THIS IS DO WE HAVE SOME SORT OF LOOKING FORWARD, FLEXIBLE OPTION FOR PEOPLE WHO DO WANT TO HOMESCHOOL, AND IT'S KIND OF A WEIRD STORY.
TEN YEARS AGO I HOMESCHOOLED MY KIDS FOR ONE YEAR FOR EXACTLY THAT SAME REASON AS WE WANTED TO TRAVEL, AND WE HAD THE ABILITY TO DO THAT FOR ONE YEAR, BUT WHEN I WAS AT MY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, I SAID, THE ONLY REASON I CAN DO THIS IS BECAUSE THEY'VE HAD SUCH A STRONG FOUNDATION AND THEY'RE GOING TO COME BACK IN FIFTH GRADE.
SO I WONDER AS WE LOOK AT STRATEGIC DESIGN, AND ONE OF THOSE QUESTIONS IS THERE A WAY AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL TO OFFER SOME FLEXIBILITY? SO SOMEONE LIKE IN MY CASE, COULD HAVE KEPT THEIR KIDS VIRTUALLY AND STILL TRAVELED OR SOMETHING? THAT'S MY I WONDER FROM THIS REPORT, HOW DO WE CAPTURE PEOPLE IN THAT K-5 WHO MIGHT WANT MORE FLEXIBILITY? YOU KNOW, ALONG THOSE LINES, I THINK TAKING KIND OF YOUR COMMENTS IN TERMS OF WHERE WE ARE WITH THE, I THINK, SPEEDING UP PER SE, THE PEAK AND DECLINE FROM WHAT WE'VE LOOKED AT OVER RECENT YEARS, AS LONG AS WELL AS MS. SIRCAR YOUR COMMENTS EARLIER TOO, REGARDING THE FIRST NUMBERS AND OUR CASH BURN AND THAT SORT OF THING.
I THINK MAYBE GOING FORWARD AS WE START THE BUDGET PROCESS, JUST HAVING A GOOD IMPACT ON OR A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT THAT IMPACT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE FOR US AND THE PLANS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE AS WE BUILD UPON WHAT WE STARTED LAST YEAR IN TERMS OF OUR PRIORITIES AND FORECASTING OUR BUDGET OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS AS WELL.
THANK YOU. BOB. YOU'RE WELCOME.
OUR NEXT REPORT IS FROM OUR DIRECTOR OF ESL AND BILINGUAL PROGRAMS, DR.
SHE IS GOING TO UPDATE THE BOARD AND COMMUNITY ON WHERE WE ARE WITH EMERGENT BILINGUAL AND SUPPORT ENGAGEMENT AND SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO PRIORITY NUMBER ONE FOR OUR GOALS AND THEN LEARNING PROGRESS.
STUDENT LEARNING AND PROGRESS FOR CBAS.
MY REPORT TO YOU THIS EVENING WILL TAKE A LOOK AT THE SCOPE OF LANGUAGES IN THE DISTRICT, THE GROWING EB POPULATION, ACADEMIC PROGRESS IN ESL AND BILINGUAL OR DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAMING, AND A LOOK AT OUR NEWCOMER AND PARENT SERVICES.
DIFFERENT DEFINITION OF NEWCOMER.
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IN THIS PRESENTATION LAST WEEK YOU RECEIVED THE REQUIRED BOARD EMERGENT BILINGUAL PROGRAM EVALUATION WITH MORE IN-DEPTH INFORMATION AND DATA. A FIVE YEAR VIEW OF THE STUDENT POPULATION AND LANGUAGES THAT OUR FAMILIES REPORT UPON ENROLLMENT ARE SEEN HERE.OUR LANGUAGE ACQUISITION SPECIALISTS PROVIDE LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY ASSESSMENTS TO ALL OF THESE LEARNERS IN ORDER TO DETERMINE IF LANGUAGE PROGRAMING OF ESL OR BILINGUAL PROGRAMING IS RECOMMENDED.
THE DATA SHOWS THAT WHILE THERE WERE 60 LANGUAGES REPRESENTED IN COPPELL ISD LAST YEAR, THE TOP FIVE LANGUAGES CONTINUED TO BE TELUGU, SPANISH, HINDI, TAMIL AND KOREAN.
OF THOSE, MORE THAN 4000 LEARNERS WITH A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH IN THEIR HOMES.
FOR THESE LEARNERS, WE PROVIDE BILINGUAL EDUCATION IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH THROUGH OUR DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION IN PRE K-5 AT DENTON CREEK AND WILSON, AND ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE OR ESL IN PRE K THROUGH 12 AT EVERY CAMPUS ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
THE BLUE IS THE STATE DATA AND THE RED IS COPPELL ISD DATA.
OUR DLI STUDENTS SIGNIFICANTLY OUTPERFORM STUDENTS ACROSS THE STATE AT EACH OF THE THREE PASSING LEVELS OF STAAR READING IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH.
AS A REMINDER, STUDENTS IN DLI DUAL LANGUAGE RECEIVE ALL OF THEIR ACADEMIC INSTRUCTION IN SPANISH 50% OF THE TIME AND ENGLISH 50% OF THE TIME.
THIS NEXT SLIDE SHOWS THE MATH STAAR DATA OF OUR STUDENTS IN DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION BILINGUAL PROGRAMING, AS COMPARED TO THE STUDENTS ACROSS THE STATE IN BILINGUAL PROGRAMING. AGAIN, THE LEFT SIDE IS TESTING IN ENGLISH, THE RIGHT SIDE IS TESTING IN SPANISH, AND THE BLUE IS THE STATE DATA.
IN ADDITION, ALL EDUCATORS ACROSS THE DISTRICT ARE TRAINED, COACHED, AND SUPPORTED BY LANGUAGE ACQUISITION SPECIALISTS ON EACH CAMPUS TO DESIGN INSTRUCTION WITH LINGUISTIC DEVELOPMENT IN MIND.
THE DATA SHOWS THAT OUR EMERGENT BILINGUAL STUDENTS HAVE REBOUNDED VERY NICELY FROM COVID, AND THE READING DATA IS FAIRLY CONSISTENT ACROSS THE GRADE LEVELS IN ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, AND HIGH SCHOOL.
EACH YEAR, THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN ENROLLING AN INCREASED NUMBER OF LEARNERS WHO ARE NEW TO THE COUNTRY AND AT THE VERY BEGINNING STAGES OF ADDING ENGLISH TO THEIR LANGUAGE REPERTOIRE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WE CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO QUALIFY FOR AND RECEIVE OUR COMPREHENSIVE NEWCOMER SERVICES. THESE NUMBERS REFLECT LEARNERS IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 12TH.
PRE-K IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS.
THE LIGHT BLUE IS THE 22-23 SCHOOL YEAR, AND THE DARK BLUE ARE THE NUMBERS FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR AS
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OF LAST WEEK.THIS MAKES OUR STAAR SCORES EVEN MORE IMPRESSIVE, BECAUSE STUDENTS WHO ARE BRAND NEW TO THE COUNTRY AT THE VERY BEGINNING STAGES OF ADDING ENGLISH ARE PERFORMING VERY WELL.
TAKING A LOOK AT THE GROWTH, THE NEWCOMER LEARNERS AND RELATED SERVICES.
565 LEARNERS IN GRADES PRE-K THROUGH FIVE RECEIVE SUPPLEMENTAL ENGLISH ACQUISITION SERVICES.
THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE REGULAR CURRICULUM.
IT'S A TECHNOLOGY BASED SUPPORT FROM THE LANGUAGE ACQUISITION SPECIALIST ON EACH CAMPUS, 97 LEARNERS IN GRADES TWO THROUGH 12 RECEIVE SUPPLEMENTAL ENGLISH ACQUISITION SERVICES UTILIZING SYSTEM 44 SPECIALLY DESIGNED CURRICULUM.
UTILIZING A MIX OF TECHNOLOGY AND SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION PROVIDED BY THE CAMPUS LANGUAGE ACQUISITION SPECIALIST FOUR DAYS A WEEK, AND THIS IS ALSO IN ADDITION TO THEIR GRADE LEVEL CONTENT CURRICULUM.
WE HAVE 27 LANGUAGE ACQUISITION SPECIALISTS ACROSS ALL CAMPUSES THAT MAY PUSH INTO CLASSES, CO-TEACH, AND SUPPORT EDUCATORS WITH SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION DURING CONTENT AREA INSTRUCTION.
809 EB LEARNERS IN GRADES PRE-K THROUGH 12 WERE OFFERED SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAMING LAST SUMMER.
THIS WAS KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 12TH GRADE.
PROGRAM AND RESOURCES ARE PROVIDED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AND OUR LANGUAGE ACQUISITION SPECIALIST PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COACHING RESOURCES TO ALL EDUCATORS RELATED TO TIER ONE INSTRUCTION OF ALL EBS, INCLUDING NEWCOMERS, WITH A FOCUS ON SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION, ACADEMIC VOCABULARY, AND LINGUISTIC INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN.
IN ADDITION TO THE CLASSROOM AND INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES PROVIDED TO NEWCOMERS, THE DISTRICT PROVIDES PARENT, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES TO ASSIST LEARNERS IN THEIR LINGUISTIC AND ACADEMIC SUCCESS.
LAST YEAR, WE SERVED 370 PARENT AND FAMILY MEMBERS IN OUR ESL ENGLISH CLASSES FOR ADULTS.
WE OFFER GENERAL INFORMATION SESSIONS FOR OUR PARENTS NEW TO THE US EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM VIA ZOOM, AND OFFER INTERPRETERS IN ANY LANGUAGE REQUESTED. LAST YEAR, WE SERVED 383 PARENTS THROUGH OUR MONTHLY MEETINGS.
THESE GO TO EVERY FAMILY FOR WHICH THIS IS THEIR FIRST ENROLLMENT IN US SCHOOLS.
THESE PACKETS ARE AVAILABLE IN OUR TOP TEN DISTRICT LANGUAGES.
OUR FAMILY BACKPACKS ARE PROVIDED TO OUR FAMILIES IN K THROUGH FIVE, WHO ARE NEW TO THE US EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM AND AT THE VERY BEGINNING STAGES OF ADDING ENGLISH. THE BACKPACKS, HAVE BOOKS, SUPPLIES, ACTIVITIES, AND INFORMATION REGARDING CLASSES AND RESOURCES.
WE PROVIDED 113 BACKPACKS LAST YEAR.
ALL OF THESE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED THROUGH FUNDING THROUGH THE FEDERAL GRANTS THAT WE RECEIVE SPECIFICALLY FOR ENGLISH EMERGENT BILINGUAL STUDENTS AND STUDENTS WHO ARE CLASSIFIED AS NEWCOMERS OR IMMIGRANTS.
SO THAT FUNDING GOES DIRECTLY TO THESE SERVICES.
IN ADDITION TO THESE NEWCOMER SERVICES WE OFFER, WE OFFER A COMMUNITY BUS TOUR TO GET TO KNOW THE STAFF, DISTRICT, TOWN LAW ENFORCEMENT, SAFETY AGENCIES. LAST YEAR WE HAD ONE TOUR SERVING 90 PEOPLE, AND THIS YEAR WE HAVE FOUND IT NECESSARY TO EXPAND TO TWO TOURS. IN ADDITION TO THE MONTHLY PARENT CLASSES PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, WE ALSO HAVE MONTHLY PARENT COLLABORATIVE MEETINGS FOR PARENTS OF STUDENTS IN DLI OR DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION.
WE UTILIZE A COMBINATION OF ZOOM AND IN-PERSON.
ALL OF THESE SESSIONS ARE PROVIDED IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH, AND TOPICS ARE BASED ON PARENT AND EDUCATOR INPUT, AND EVERYTHING AGAIN IS PRESENTED IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH.
WE HAVE 20 TO 50 PARENTS PER MONTH.
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FINALLY, WE PROVIDE SCHOOLOGY COURSES FOR ALL OF OUR PARENTS OF EMERGENT BILINGUAL STUDENTS IN ORDER TO SHARE RESOURCES, INFORMATION, CAMPUS CONTACTS, SERVICE DESCRIPTIONS, LEGAL OPPORTUNITIES, OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTERACTION BETWEEN STAFF AND BETWEEN PARENTS THROUGH CONVERSATION BOARDS. THE CLASSES, SERVICES, AND RESOURCES FOR PARENT, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ARE ORGANIZED BY OUR NEW TITLE, THREE FUNDED PARENT FAMILY LIAISON AND SUPPORTED BY OUR LANGUAGE ACQUISITION SPECIALISTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT.I DON'T REALLY HAVE A QUESTION, BUT JUST THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR THE WORK YOU DO.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR EMERGENT BILINGUAL AND FAMILIES THAT ARE NOT ONLY NEW TO OUR COMMUNITY BUT BRAND NEW TO TO THE STATES AND TO THE AREA SOME OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE KIDS AND CHILDREN AND THE WORK YOU GUYS ARE DOING TO MAKE THEM FEEL COMFORTABLE, AND A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY, I THINK IS TREMENDOUS. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE LAST SPRING FOR ONE OF THE TOURS YOU GUYS WERE DOING AND IT'S JUST AMAZING AND IT WAS A PACKED HOUSE, I THINK WE HAD YOU GUYS HAD TO SHUFFLE TWO GROUPS THROUGH BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY THAT OVERFLOWED THE BOARDROOM, BUT THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING FOR THESE THESE CHILDREN.
DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I'LL GO AFTER HIM. WHO'S GOT IT? GO.
I'D JUST LIKE TO PIGGYBACK TRUSTEE CAVINESS BECAUSE LOOKING AT THE VAST AMOUNT OF WORK YOU DO WITH THE STAFF YOU HAVE AND TO JUST TO BLANKET THAT SUPPORT ACROSS ALL OF THE FAMILIES AS WELL AS THE LEARNERS AS WELL, SIMULTANEOUSLY.
BECAUSE, I MEAN, THE WORK IS HARD.
SO CONTINUED SUCCESS IN DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND BEING ADAPTABLE TOO I THINK MR. TEMPLE WAS TALKING ABOUT BEING FLEXIBLE AND ADAPTABLE, AND I THINK YOUR PROGRAM EXHIBITS THAT IN WHAT YOU DO.
THANK YOU. I WANTED JUST TO THANK YOU FOR THE DETAILED REPORT THAT WE GOT.
I LOVED THE DATA AND THE CONTEXT THAT IT PROVIDED AND HOW IT SUPPORTED THE NARRATIVE.
I THINK IT'S LIKE THIS NOT SO VISIBLE THING THAT OUR COMMUNITY MAYBE DOESN'T REALIZE HOW HARD YOU GUYS ARE WORKING ON THAT, BUT ON THE CLOSING THE GAPS, I THINK THE RESULTS LOOKED GREAT, TO WHAT TRUSTEE HILL SAID BUT WHAT'S WORKING AND WHAT ELSE WHAT ELSE DO YOU GUYS NEED TO HELP CLOSE THOSE GAPS IS MY FIRST QUESTION.
SO THE SUCCESS THAT WE ARE SEEING IS CLEARLY DUE TO OUR LANGUAGE ACQUISITION SPECIALISTS ON EVERY CAMPUS AND THE DISTRICT'S WILLINGNESS TO ALLOW US TO MATCH STAFFING WITH INCREASED ENROLLMENT THEY PROVIDE. THEY ARE SPECIALISTS AND THEY PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING IN THE CLASSROOM, MODELING OF BEST PRACTICE STRATEGIES.
THEY'RE IN LESSON DESIGN DAYS.
THEY'RE IN MTSS MEETINGS, ARDS, 504S.
GIFTED AND TALENTED DECISION MEETINGS.
OUR LANGUAGE ACQUISITION SPECIALISTS ARE THERE AND THEN THEY ALSO PARTNER WITH THE DLCS, THE ICS.
THEY ARE DISTRIBUTED AMONG THE CORE CONTENT CURRICULUM DIRECTORS SO THAT THEY ARE INVOLVED IN THE CURRICULUM WRITING, ENSURING THAT EB STRATEGIES ARE NOT ONLY IN THE CURRICULUM, DOCUMENTS AND RESOURCES, BUT IDENTIFIED AS SUCH SO THAT EDUCATORS CAN EASILY SEE OKAY, THIS ACTIVITY IS GOING TO BUILD MY EB THINK SPEAKING OR LISTENING, READING OR WRITING.
THEY PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING NOT ONLY ON THEIR CAMPUS BUT AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL AS WELL.
OUR DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN CONDUCTING LEARNING WALKS NOW FOR FOUR YEARS AND PROVIDING REAL TIME FEEDBACK TO EDUCATORS, PRINCIPALS AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AND ICS ON WHAT OUR DEPARTMENT IS SEEING CELEBRATIONS, AREAS OF GROWTH, AND THEN THE LANGUAGE ACQUISITION SPECIALISTS USE THAT DATA TO TURN AROUND AND DETERMINE WHAT OTHER COACHING RESOURCES OR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING IS NEEDED.
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SO IT'S JUST A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH.IT MAKES THEIR JOB VERY LARGE, BUT THE BENEFIT OF HAVING THE FULL PICTURE OF EVERY LEARNER AND EVERY CONVERSATION AND THE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AND THE COACHING OF THE EDUCATORS AND BUILDING CAPACITY, THE BENEFITS FAR OUTWEIGH THE WORKLOAD WITH THIS GROUP WE TALK ABOUT LIKE STUDENT TO CLASSROOM, STUDENT TO TEACHER RATIOS IN THE CLASSROOM, BUT THIS IS LIKE SOMETHING KIND OF BEHIND THE SCENES, RIGHT? SO IS THERE A RATIO THAT WE USE FOR STUDENTS TO LACK OR HOW DOES THAT WORK.
SO I'VE WORKED CLOSELY WITH HUMAN RESOURCES BECAUSE AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, EVERY STUDENT DOESN'T NEED THE SAME LEVEL OF SUPPORT. NOT ALL EBS ARE JUST A NUMBER AND THEY NEED THE SAME SUPPORT.
A STUDENT WHO IS AT ADVANCED, HIGH OR ADVANCED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY HAS VERY DIFFERENT LEVEL OF SUPPORT THAN A STUDENT WHO IS BRAND NEW TO THE COUNTRY AND BRAND NEW TO THE LANGUAGE.
SO WE HAVE A GENERAL STAFFING IDEA, NOT ONLY THE NUMBERS, BUT THEN WE ALSO DISAGGREGATE IT BY LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY LEVELS, AND THEN I PROVIDE THAT TO HR, AND IT'S THE LANGUAGE ACQUISITION SPECIALIST AS WELL AS THE PARAPROFESSIONALS THAT SUPPORT THEM.
OKAY, AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION.
SO IN THE REPORT YOU TALKED ABOUT THE STUDENTS THAT ARE TWO YEARS.
TWO YEARS AFTER BEING CONSIDERED EMERGENT BILINGUAL ANY LONGER.
THEY'RE IN THE REGULAR CLASSROOM.
WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR STUDENTS THAT WHEN WE DO THE CHECK ON THEM TWO YEARS POST GRADUATING AS AN EMERGENT BILINGUAL WHO MIGHT STILL BE STRUGGLING OR ARE KIND OF IN THE RED ZONE ON SOME OF THE CHARTS THAT YOU SENT US.
WHAT ARE WE DOING? ANYTHING TO PUSH BACK INTO THOSE KIDS WHO CLEARLY HAVEN'T COME OVER THAT HUMP OF BEING AS SUCCESSFUL AS MAYBE THEY'RE CAPABLE OF BEING.
PERFECT SO IN ORDER TO RECLASSIFY AS A NON EMERGENT BILINGUAL AND EXIT OUT OF ESL OR BILINGUAL, YOU HAVE TO MEET THAT STATE CRITERIA OF ADVANCED HIGHER ACROSS THE BOARD ON TELPAS, WHICH MEANS YOU ARE ENGLISH PROFICIENT AS WELL AS MEETING STANDARDS ON STAAR AS WELL AS EDUCATOR INPUT.
SO AND THEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT WE MONITOR THEM FOR TWO YEARS.
THE STATE MONITORS THEM FOR TWO MORE YEARS, AND THEN THE FEDERAL MONITORS THEM UNTIL THEY GRADUATE.
WE COLLECT GRADES ON EVERY STUDENT WHO HAS BEEN RECLASSIFIED FOR THOSE FIRST TWO YEARS, AND IF FOR SOME REASON THEY ARE NOT BEING SUCCESSFUL, WE WORK WITH THE CAMPUS TEAM, THE MTSS TEAM, TO TAKE A LOOK AT LANGUAGE VERSUS ACADEMICS AND MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE INTERVENTIONS HAPPENING.
WE CAN DO A QUICK LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY ASSESSMENT, MAKE SURE WHERE THEY ARE AS FAR AS LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY, IF IT HAPPENS TO BE LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY, FOR SOME REASON, WE CAN ALWAYS RE OFFER SERVICES AND SUPPORT THEM THAT WAY BUT MOST OF THE TIME WE HAVE FOUND THAT IT IS AN ACADEMIC OR BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION THAT'S NEEDED OUTSIDE OF LANGUAGE ACQUISITION.
BEING IN A SESSION WITH YOU, IT WAS VERY ENLIGHTENING, AND THANK YOU FOR SETTING THAT UP.
YOU AND YOUR TEAM DO A TERRIFIC JOB, AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, ONE OF OUR CORE VALUES IS ENGAGEMENT, AND SO HAVING ALL THOSE WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE WITH ALL OF OUR PARENTS AND OUR AMAZING KIDS, IT'S BEEN GREAT.
DAWSON, AND THEN OUR FINAL REPORT TONIGHT FROM THE DISTRICT IS OUR STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE.
WE HAVE BEEN IN THE MIDST OF THAT THIS PAST WEEK, AND SO MISS ANGELA BROWN, OUR CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER, WILL UPDATE THE BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY, AND AS A REMINDER, THIS ALIGNS WITH PRIORITY GOAL NUMBER FOUR AND OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND PARTNERSHIP CBAS.
HUNT SHARED, HAS TAKEN A BIG KICKOFF THIS PAST WEEK.
JUST TO REMIND YOU, HERE'S THE TIMELINE OF OUR PROCESS THROUGH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
SO WE REALLY BEGAN THIS PROCESS.
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THE LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING COMMITTEE, THE VISIONING COMMITTEE, THE BOND STEERING COMMITTEE, AND NOW THE STRATEGIC PLANNING.WE MET WITH THE BOARD SEPTEMBER THE 6TH AND DID A BOARD WORKSHOP, AND THEN THIS PAST WEEK, WE HAD A DAY AND A HALF WHERE WE DID A STRATEGIC PLANNING RETREAT, AND I'LL SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT IN JUST A MINUTE.
THEN WE WILL HAVE A FOLLOW UP MEETING ON NOVEMBER THE 2ND WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT'S CABINET, AND THEN OUR ACTION TEAMS WILL GET TO WORK AND OUR ACTION TEAMS. I'LL SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT IN JUST A SECOND TOO, BUT OUR ACTION TEAMS ARE GOING TO REALLY DIG IN DEEP INTO WHAT THE WORK THAT THE STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE HAS BUILT ON. WE WILL HAVE OUR FINAL STRATEGIC PLANNING RETREAT ON FEBRUARY THE 1ST, SO THAT ORIGINAL STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE WILL COME BACK TOGETHER ON FEBRUARY THE 1ST.
THEY WILL REVIEW THE ACTION TEAM COMMITTEE WORK, AND THEN WE WILL BRING THAT THE PLAN BACK TO YOU, DEPENDING ON HOW LONG IT TAKES US TO FINALIZE THAT AFTER THE FEBRUARY 1ST STRATEGIC PLANNING RETREAT, IT WILL EITHER BE IN FEBRUARY OR MARCH, AND WE WILL BRING IT BACK TO YOU AND WE'RE EXCITED TO SHARE IT WITH YOU.
SO WE DID HAVE OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING RETREAT ON OCTOBER 19TH AND 20TH.
WE HAD 65 MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
I THINK A COUPLE OF YOU WERE WERE MEMBERS OF THAT TEAM.
WE DID TAKE AND PROVIDE TO THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS A LOT OF FEEDBACK, FEEDBACK FROM YOU FROM YOUR BOARD WORKSHOP, BUT ALSO FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS THAT WE HAD GATHERED, AND SO WE GAVE THAT FEEDBACK TO THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS AS THEY KIND OF DUG IN DEEP INTO THEIR AREAS.
THE RETREAT WAS FACILITATED BY SHERRY SIDES AND DR.
KEN HELVEY OF N2LEARNING, AND HOW THIS WORKED IS THAT WE REALLY WORKED THROUGH A LOT OF THINGS ABOUT COPPELL ISD IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE DAY, AND THEN, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR STRATEGIC PLAN WILL BE BUILT ON OUR SEVEN PILLARS, AND SO THEN COMMITTEE MEMBERS SELF-SELECTED INTO THOSE SEVEN AREAS, AND THEY DUG IN DEEP AND REALLY STARTED BUILDING OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGIES, AND SO IT WAS A LOT OF WORK AND A LOT THERE'S SOME GREAT PROCESSES THAT GOT THEM TO THE FINAL PRODUCT.
WHAT THEY DID END UP WITH IS THEY THERE ARE.
SO I DON'T GET THE NUMBERS WRONG.
TWO OF THE PILLARS HAVE TWO OBJECTIVES.
SO SAFETY AND WELL-BEING, AND FISCAL OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS HAVE TWO OBJECTIVES EACH.
SO THERE ARE NINE OBJECTIVES AND 16 STRATEGIES.
SO MOST OF THE OBJECTIVES HAVE TWO STRATEGIES, AND SO THAT MEANS THERE WILL BE 16 ACTION TEAMS THAT NOW WILL BE FORMED AND WILL BEGIN TO BUILD THE TACTICS AROUND THOSE OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGIES, AND SO THAT WORK IS WILL BE BEGINNING IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS, AND WE WILL BE HEAVILY WORKING ON THAT.
SO WE WILL HAVE 16 TEAMS. THE TEAMS WILL BE MADE UP OF 8 TO 10 MEMBERS, AND THOSE WILL AGAIN BE MADE UP OF STAFF MEMBERS, PARENTS, STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. SO WE WILL HAVE 16 TEAMS, PROBABLY ABOUT 160 PEOPLE THAT WILL BE WORKING ON DIFFERENT PARTS OF THIS PLAN.
WE WILL BE ASKING PEOPLE TO JOIN OUR ACTION TEAMS IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO, AND SO BE LOOKING FOR THAT INFORMATION IN OUR NEXT EDITION OF INFORMED, AND THAT IS THE BIGGEST PART OF OUR UPDATE.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT STRATEGIC PLANNING? I'LL JUST ADD ONE PIECE TO THAT BEFORE WE GET TO THE COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS.
WE'VE DONE SO MUCH WORK BEFORE.
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2020-21 ISH.I KNOW THAT DR. BROOKS DID OUR BOND COMMITTEE WORK FROM LAST YEAR, AND SO WE DON'T WANT TO REMOVE ALL THAT, BUT WE WANT TO ARCHIVE IT IN A WAY THAT IF PEOPLE WANT TO DRILL DOWN DEEPER, IT'S AVAILABLE, BUT LIKE MISS BROWN SAID, WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW IF THEY WANT TO RAISE THEIR HAND HELP OUT WITH AN ACTION TEAM WE'RE LOOKING FOR FOR RECRUITS. SO FEEDBACK.
THAT'S ALL I WAS GOING TO ADD WAS THE ACTION TEAM MEMBERS YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING FOR, YOU GUYS AREN'T.
THE INTENTION ISN'T JUST TO TAKE EVERYBODY WHO'S ALREADY ON THE COMMITTEE AND MOVE THEM INTO ACTION TEAMS. THE INTENT IS REALLY TO GET AS MANY UNIQUE VOICES PARTICIPATING IN THE PROCESS AS POSSIBLE.
WE NEED NEW PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT ON THE STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE TO SERVE ON ACTION TEAMS, SO THAT WE HAVE NEW VOICES TO HELP US BUILD THE ACTION PLANS AROUND OUR STRATEGIES AND OBJECTIVES.
IT'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF US AND THE WHOLE CABINET AND EVERYONE INVOLVED BUT IT'S GREAT WORK.
I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR RANNA.
I'LL SKIP THIS ON THE BOARD REPORTS, SINCE YOU'RE DOING SUCH A DEEP DIVE, BUT I WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH IN A DAY AND A HALF WAS REALLY QUITE REMARKABLE, AND THE MEANINGFULNESS OF WHAT CAME OUT OF IT.
I LEFT THURSDAY NIGHT MENTALLY EXHAUSTED, BUT IT WAS GOOD WORK, AND I REFLECTING ON IT OVER THE WEEKEND, I JUST FEEL INCREDIBLY LIKE WE EVERYBODY SHARED A WORD AT THE END OF HOW THEY FELT AND ABOUT THE WORK, AND I LEFT FEELING JUST INCREDIBLY OPTIMISTIC AND EXCITED, AND THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME REAL TEETH IN IT.
ACTION ITEMS THAT CAME OUT OF THE WORK THAT WAS DONE.
SO I'M OPTIMISTIC ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO COME FROM THIS.
MY WORD AT THE END OF THE DAY WAS PROUD.
THE FEELING OF ACCOMPLISHMENT, AND THAT WAS A LOT OF WORK.
THANK YOU FOR PLANNING ALL THAT, AND IT WAS REALLY ENRICHING.
IT WAS A LOT OF HEAVY LIFTING, BUT IT WAS JOYFUL HEAVY LIFTING, YES, I AGREE.
YES. YEAH, I WOULD ECHO WHAT EVERYONE SAID.
DITTO, AND I REALLY LIKE HOW THERE'S MULTI LAYERS HERE TO TRUSTEE BENTLEY WHAT YOU JUST SAID AND THE IDEA, IT REMINDS ME A LOT OF THE 2040, THE COPPELL 2040 PLAN AND AS MUCH ENGAGEMENT AS POSSIBLE.
SO I WONDER IS THERE A SURVEY COMPONENT AT ANY POINT IN THIS PROCESS TO REACH OUT TO A BROADER AUDIENCE AS WELL? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, AND WE WILL BE LOOKING AT THAT.
I THINK THERE COULD BE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR DIFFERENT ONES DEPENDING ON THE ACTION TEAMS, AND SO REALLY WHAT THE ACTION TEAM, AS THEY DIG IN AND THE INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED WILL DETERMINE KIND OF WHAT PIECES WE NEED.
YEAH, THAT WAS THE KEY PART TO ME.
WE DIDN'T SHARE THE DEMOGRAPHERS REPORT BECAUSE I KNOW YOU ALL DON'T LIKE ME TO SHARE THAT UNTIL YOU ALL SEE IT FIRST, AND SO WE'LL HAVE THAT INFORMATION AS WELL AS ANY OTHERS, AND THEN I THINK JUST BASED ON WHAT I HEARD FROM SOME SMALL GROUPS, AND AGAIN, WE HAD TO BE CAREFUL THAT THEY WEREN'T DOING THE ACTION TEAMING.
THEY WERE DOING THE BIG PICTURE, BUT PEOPLE WERE SAYING, HEY, CAN WE DO SOME FOCUS GROUPS? CAN WE DO SOME SURVEYS? SO, LIKE MISS BROWN SAID, I THINK SOME OF THESE WILL LEND ITSELF TO DOING SEPARATE SURVEYS.
SOME OF IT MIGHT BE A HOLISTIC PIECE.
IT WON'T BE QUITE AS BROAD OF A BRUSH WITH THE STRATEGIC DESIGN PROCESS, BECAUSE REMEMBER, THEIR REQUIREMENT WAS A MUCH SMALLER TEAM. SO WE DIDN'T HAVE 60 PLUS AROUND THE TABLE, AND THAT ONE, IT WAS A SMALLER PROCESS, AND SO THEIR BIG PIECE WAS GETTING ALL OF THAT FOCUS GROUP ONE ON ONE INTERVIEWS, SURVEYS, BUT WE DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING COMMUNITY INPUT THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, AND WE HAD THE STUDENT PANEL.
WE WANT STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO SERVE ON ACTION TEAMS AND STAFF AS WELL.
THANK YOU, AND I WOULD JUST WRAP UP WITH A BIG IDEA THAT I JUST THIS IS WE LIVE.
THE CORE VALUE OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND LISTENING TO THE CALENDAR AND THE YEARS.
I MEAN, IT'S NOT JUST ONE AND DONE.
THIS IS JUST HOW WE EXIST, RIGHT? AND SO THAT IS JUST SO AFFIRMING TO ME THAT THIS IS A CAPSTONE OF WORK THAT'S GONE ON FOR YEARS, BUT IT REALLY IS.
I FEEL LIKE JUST OUR MINDSET HERE IN COPPELL ISD, IT'S NOT JUST ONE TIME, ONE DAY, ONE INTERACTION.
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OKAY. THANK YOU.THANK YOU, MISS BROWN, AND THAT CONCLUDES SUPERINTENDENT REPORTS, DR.
HUNT AND TEAM THAT WILL TAKE US INTO OUR ACTION ITEMS FOR TONIGHT.
[IX.A. CONSENT]
FIRST UP IS OUR CONSENT.DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING THEY WANT TO PULL OR I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO FOR THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
HEARING NONE. WE'LL TAKE A VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR? THAT MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO.
[IX.B. Discuss and consider approval of Ideal Impact for Replacement of Energy Management Systems at campuses not covered in the initial Ideal Impact Agreement]
TAKES US UP TO ITEM B, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF IDEAL IMPACT FOR REPLACEMENT OF ENERGY.MR. TROTTER IS OUR CHIEF OF OPERATIONS, AND HE IS COMING TO THE PODIUM TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT.
THEY'VE HIT SEVERAL OF OUR CAMPUSES.
YOU'LL SEE THE WHITE NEW THERMOSTATS ON THE BACK OF THE ROOM.
THOSE ARE IN EVERY CLASSROOM WITH AN AIR HANDLER IN IT.
SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE'RE ENTERTAINING PHASE TWO, TO FINISH UP OUR PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE OTHER CAMPUSES, AND TO PUT US ON ONE SYSTEM SO THAT WE CAN HAVE COMMON DATA.
WE CAN SEE WHEN REPAIRS ARE NEEDED OR MAY NEED TO BE ADDRESSED, BUT ALSO THE QUALITY OF THE UNITS RUNNING EFFICIENTLY, BUT ALSO THE SAVINGS WE MAY HAVE ELECTRICITY WISE.
SO WITH THAT, WE BRING IT FORWARD FOR QUESTIONS AND OR APPROVAL FROM THE BOARD.
HOW'S IT GOING WITH PHASE ONE? HAVE WE HAD ENOUGH TIME IN HERE TO SEE ANY SAVINGS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? NO, SIR, BUT I CAN TELL YOU WITH THE ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE HAD TO MAKE JUST AT THE SERVICE CENTER, DIANA AND I CAN SIT HERE AND NOD AND SAY.
WE USED TO THINK THERE WAS ONE THERMOSTAT IN OUR AREA.
SO NOW I DON'T HAVE TO FREEZE HER OUT OR SHE DOESN'T I DON'T HAVE TO USE A FAN IN MY OFFICE.
SO I THINK YOU ALL WOULD BE PLEASANTLY IMPRESSED WITH THE FIRST PHASE.
YOU MENTIONED IN THE MEMO TO US THAT THIS WAS APPROVED.
THERE WAS A LINE ITEM IN THE 2023 BOND THAT APPROVED, BUT WE WOULD USE $2,016 THAT REMAIN.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE LINE ITEM AMOUNT WAS IN THE 2023 BOND? NO, MA'AM, I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT LINE ITEM, BUT IT WAS ABOUT EFFICIENCY AND REPAIRS WITHIN EQUIPMENT, SO IT WAS BROADER THAN JUST THIS ONE SYSTEM.
YES, IT WAS BROADER THAN THIS ONE.
OKAY, THANKS, AND FROM THE LAST PRESENTATION WHICH WE HAD, THE PHASE ONE DID NOT COST US ANYTHING, DID IT? NO, SIR. THEY DID A 15 YEAR AMORTIZATION, WITH A PORTION COMING BACK TO THE DISTRICT IN SAVINGS AND A PORTION GOING BACK TO THE COMPANY UNTIL THEIR COST WAS RECOUPED, PLUS A PERCENTAGE THOUGHT IT WAS FAIR, THOUGHT IT WAS APPROPRIATE, AND SO THEY'RE BRINGING FORTH JUST A STRAIGHT PRICE ON THIS PORTION FOR THERMOSTATS, REVIEWING WHAT THE EQUIPMENT CAN DO, AND THEN HOW WE'RE GOING TO EVALUATE THE SAVINGS LONG TERM.
THEN THIS ONE IS DIFFERENT TERMS THAN WHAT WE DID ON PHASE ONE.
SO WE'RE JUST PAYING UP FRONT AND THEN WE REAP THE BENEFIT FOR ALL THE SAVINGS ONGOING.
YES, SIR. THIS IS MORE OF JUST I WONDER, RIGHT? IT'S. SINCE THE PAYMENT TERMS ARE VERY DIFFERENT.
HOW DO WE COME TO KNOW WHAT SAVINGS COME FROM WHICH? IT JUST MUDDIES THE WATER.
NO, I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO CLEAR IT UP FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, IS THAT WE WILL SEE EACH BUILDING ON A SIMILAR SYSTEM WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS BEING TAKEN, SO WE MAY GET THE SAVINGS WE WANT IN THE FIRST GROUP, AND WE MAY BE AT 12% VERSUS 15% HERE, BUT WILL AT LEAST HAVE APPLES TO APPLES WITH SAME EQUIPMENT THERMOSTATS ANYWAY AND SAME DATA POINTS.
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SO THAT'S A PORTION OF WHY I BROUGHT IT FORWARD TO THE DISTRICT, IS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ACCRUING THE SAVINGS WE CAN. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU, MR. TROTTER? SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE EFFICIENCIES, WHAT'S THE TERM OR THE LENGTH OF TIME WILL WE BE LOOKING AT THIS TO SAY THAT THIS EQUIPMENT, THE INSTALLATIONS WOULD BE APPLICABLE? WOULD IT BE A FIVE YEAR, TEN YEAR? WHAT ARE WE--I THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT OBVIOUSLY A ONE YEAR JUST TO SEE IF WE ARE GETTING SOME SAVINGS, AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT BASICALLY ODD NUMBER OF YEARS THREE, FIVE, SEVEN, NINE THROUGH THAT IS WHAT I'M LOOKING AT.OKAY. DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? SO I'M GOING BACK TO TRUSTEE SETHI TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE MEASUREMENT, RIGHT.
SO FOR THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE, WE WOULD SAY THAT YES, THIS WOULD BE THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY ACROSS THE BOARD, BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE CONTRACT TERMS, ONLY THE FIRST PORTION WOULD BE APPLICABLE TO WHAT WE JUST DISCUSSED, AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE YOU WERE LOOKING AT AS WELL.
YES, SIR. OKAY, AND IS THERE HAVE YOU GUYS DONE A FORECAST ON KIND OF WHAT WE EXPECT PAYBACK WISE IN TERMS OF TIME? YES, SIR. SO THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT WAS 15 YEARS AND THAT SHOULD MAKE US BE IN THE PLUS ON THAT FIRST PART.
WE'RE LOOKING AT 15 YEARS ON THIS SECOND CONTRACT TO BREAK EVEN OR EVEN BE IN THE PLUS MUCH QUICKER THAN 15 YEARS, AND I ASSUME THERE WAS NO APPETITE ON THEIR END TO GO WITH THE SAME CONTRACT THAT WE HAD ON THE FIRST PHASE.
YOUR QUESTIONS WERE MY QUESTIONS WHEN WE VISITED.
WE REALLY WERE. THEY WERE SURE, AND THAT HELPS RIGHT.
YOU WERE ABLE TO ASK THE SAME QUESTIONS, AND IT JUST MAKES ME WONDER WHAT ANSWER THEY GAVE YOU, BECAUSE IF THEY WERE OKAY SPENDING A LOT MORE MONEY THAN ALMOST $1 MILLION IN THE PHASE ONE AND AMORTIZE IT WITH PROFIT SHARING, WHAT'S THE HESITATION TO DO THE SAME AND KEEP IT CONSISTENT IN PHASE TWO IF IT'S GOING TO BE EQUAL, OR FROM WHAT I UNDERSTOOD, WILL HELP MAKE THE WHOLE THING A LOT MORE EFFICIENT THAN BEFORE.
SO SO I'M JUST A LITTLE BIT LOST.
NO, I THINK THE ANSWER THAT I WAS GIVEN WAS THE FIRST INITIAL PHASE OF THE CONTRACT IN PHASE ONE WAS DIRECTED TOWARDS OLDER EQUIPMENT TO MAKE IT MORE EFFICIENT, AND KNEW THAT THERE WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME SAVINGS.
IN PHASE TWO, WE HAVE NEWER EQUIPMENT THAT MAY NOT GET THE SAME OPTIMIZATION OF SAVINGS BECAUSE IT'S NEWER, MORE EFFICIENT, BETTER TECHNOLOGY, BUT WE ARE GOING TO GET SAVINGS BY THE WAY WE ARE UTILIZING THE EQUIPMENT.
I'M NOT SURE I LIKE THE ANSWER EITHER.
I CAN SEE SEVERAL OF YOU SMILING, BUT I STILL THINK IT'S.
IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT TO BE ON ONE SYSTEM.
WELL, THE REAL POSITIVE IS NOT KNOWING THE OPERATIONS LIKE YOU DO FROM MY POINT OF VIEW I SEE IT AS WE ARE SPENDING BOND MONEY TO SAVE OUR M&O MONEY.
THAT'S THE REAL VALUE I SEE, BUT I DO SEE A LOT OF DIMINISHING RESULTS OVER HERE FOR THE MILLION DOLLARS YOU'RE SPENDING, BUT IF THIS MILLION DOLLARS HELP US SAVE OR A LITTLE BIT MORE ON OUR M&O FOR NEXT 15 YEARS, I CAN GET BEHIND THAT, AND I THINK THAT'S THE KEY COMPONENT.
IT'S NOT ABOUT JUST ELECTRICITY.
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ALONG. WOULD BE THAT THE CADENCE FOR KIND OF SEEING HOW THIS IS WORKING.WHAT WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE TIME FRAME TO BE ABLE TO MEASURE THAT? I THINK YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT YEAR ONE WHEN YOU HAVE A FULL CALENDAR YEAR.
SO THAT WOULD GIVE US EVERYTHING ONLINE POTENTIALLY WITH THE PHASE ONE GROUP, AND WE COULD SHOW YOU THOSE DATA POINTS, AND THEN MIDWAY THROUGH PROBABLY MAY OR JUNE OF 25, WE COULD SEE THE PHASE TWO AND GET A ONE YEAR BENCHMARK, AND THEN AFTER THAT IT WOULD BE IN THE ODD NUMBERED YEARS ONE, THREE, FIVE, SEVEN TO REALLY LOOK AT OPTIMIZATION, WE CAN DO EVERY SIX MONTHS, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN OTHER DEMOGRAPHIC REPORTS OR DATA TOUCHPOINT, EXCUSE ME, DATA TOUCHPOINT GROUPS.
IT'S WHATEVER THE BOARD'S WISHES ARE THAT WE COULD COME BACK TO.
MY FELLOW TRUSTEES, I MEAN, I JUST WOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW.
I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT. I THINK THE TAKEAWAY HERE IN WHAT YOU HAD SHARED WITH US PRIOR TO THE MEETING, IN THE MEETING PREP THIS IS COMING OUT OF ALREADY ALLOCATED BOND DOLLARS THAT WE HAD ANTICIPATED SPENDING IN THIS REALM, AND IT IF I REMEMBER RIGHT, IT WAS COMING IN CHEAPER THAN WHAT WE INITIALLY HAD ALLOCATED.
OKAY. I MOVE BOARD APPROVES IDEAL IMPACT TO REPLACE THE HVAC ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AT CHS NINTH GRADE CAMPUS CMS NORTH, CMS EAST, CMS WEST, CANYON RANCH ELEMENTARY, RICHARD J.
LEE ELEMENTARY, AND THE BASEBALL SOFTBALL COMPLEX AT A TOTAL COST OF $988,742 AND AUTHORIZE THE CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER TO FINALIZE AND SIGN THE AGREEMENT.
SECOND. SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE MANISH SETHI SECONDED BY TRUSTEE ANTHONY HILL TO APPROVE IDEAL IMPACT. REPLACE THE HVAC ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AT CHS NINTH GRADE CAMPUS CMS NORTH EAST WEST CANYON RANCH, RICHARD J. LEE ELEMENTARIES AND THE BASEBALL SOFTBALL COMPLEXES AT A TOTAL COST OF $988,742 AND AUTHORIZE THE CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER TO FINALIZE AND SIGN THE AGREEMENT.
ANY DISCUSSION? I ONLY JUST HAVE ONE FOLLOW UP COMMENT.
I PIGGYBACK TRUSTEE SETHI IN TERMS OF THE OPERATIONAL EXPENSE BENEFIT, AND BUT ALSO I THINK TOO IS TO LOOK AT MAYBE WHAT THE EXTENSION OF THE USEFUL LIFE OF THE EQUIPMENT IS AS WELL, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE OTHER FACTORS TO SELL IT IN REGARDS TO THE CONVERSATION ON THIS PIECE OF THE CONVERSATION.
SO BUT OVERALL, I MEAN, ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO BE MORE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE AND REDUCE THE OPERATING EXPENSE IS A BENEFIT, EVEN THOUGH I WOULD PREFER LIKE TRUSTEE CAVINESS SAID, THE FIRST AGREEMENT TO BE WHAT WE WOULD HAVE THROUGHOUT JUST FOR THE EVENNESS OF WHAT WE'RE DOING, BUT I UNDERSTAND THE CONVERSATION THAT YOU SHARED WITH US.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? IF NOT, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? THE MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO, AND THAT TAKES US TO ITEM C, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE PURCHASE OF EIGHT STUDENT BUSSES FROM LONGHORN BUS SALES.
[IX.C. Discuss and consider approval of the purchase of eight student buses from Longhorn Bus Sales, LLC]
MR. TROTTER, YOU'RE BACK.YES, SIR. YEAH, IF YOU WANT TO STAY AT THE PODIUM, MR. TROTTER, THE NEXT TWO ITEMS ARE RELATED TO THE BOND, AND SO I KNOW YOU'VE ALL SEEN THE MEMO, BUT IF THERE ARE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT THIS ITEM, MR. TROTTER IS HERE TO ANSWER THEM.
WE WERE VERY BLESSED TO COME TOGETHER WITH JUST LOOKING AT THE BUY BOARD A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO CALLED LONGHORN SERVICES, THEY ARE HAVING A DELIVERY OF ABOUT 14 BUSSES TO THEIR DECATUR OFFICE TO JUST INSERT BASIC SCHOOL BUS NEEDS, AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE RIGHT PHONE CALL ON THE RIGHT DAY WITH THE RIGHT PERSON, AND THEY SAID, IF YOU'LL PURCHASE EIGHT, WE'LL PUT YOU AT THE FRONT OF THE LINE. SO DIANA AND I VISITED AND WE DID HAVE MONEY SET ASIDE AND PULLED THOSE FORWARD DURING THE [INAUDIBLE], AND WERE ABLE TO PROCURE THOSE AT A WHAT I DEEM A REALLY GOOD PRICE RIGHT NOW.
SO ONCE WE GET THESE NEW BUSSES, NOW WE HAVE THE CAMERAS IN THERE AND WE HAVE THE ID READER,
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CHIP READER, DO WE INSTALL THOSE THINGS WITH DURHAM AFTERWARDS OR HOW DOES THAT PROCESS WORK? SO WHEN WE PURCHASED THE CAMERAS, WE WROTE INTO THE CONTRACT FOR THEM TO SUPPLY US WITH ADDITIONAL CAMERAS, KNOWING WE HAD SIX ALREADY ON ORDER, PROBABLY ANOTHER SIX OR 7 OR 8. SO WE BOUGHT 50 MORE CAMERAS AND HARD DRIVES TO GO ON EACH BUS, SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE THEM SEND IN A TECH AND OVER 2 OR 3 DAYS HE CAN DO THOSE 14 BUSSES.WE ALSO ORDERED THREE EXTRA HARD DRIVES BECAUSE AS THEY COME UP AND DOWN THE ROADS THAT THE KIDS HAVE TO TRAVEL ON, WE KNEW THAT A HARD DRIVE WOULD FAIL HERE AND THERE. SO WE HAVE AN EXTRA FEW IN STOCK THAT OUR TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT COOPERATES WITH DURHAM AND CHECKS OUT FROM TIME TO TIME.
SO WE HAVE EXTRA EQUIPMENT TO INSTALL IN THESE BUSSES AS WELL.
WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF I KNOW WE'RE KIND OF PULLING SOME THINGS FORWARD BECAUSE OF THE OPPORTUNITY, BUT IN TERMS OF OUR SCHEDULED REPLACEMENT FOR BUSSES AND NEEDS FOR ANY ADDITIONAL AT THE TIME, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? SO WE HAD PULLED SIX AHEAD AND THEN THE REST OF THEM WERE ON THE SCHEDULE ACCORDINGLY.
WE JUST PURCHASED SIX MONTHS AHEAD, WHICH I DON'T CONSIDER THAT AHEAD.
THAT'S IN THE SAME CALENDAR YEAR, IF YOU WILL, BUT THESE WERE SIX THAT WE WOULD BE PURCHASING IN THE 24 BUDGET, AND WE PULLED THEM FORWARD DUE TO THE PRICE AND THE AVAILABILITY TO COME FORWARD AND NOT HAVE TO WAIT A FULL CALENDAR YEAR.
PIGGYBACKING ON THAT, DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY WE HAVE DUE OR BUDGETED OR ON TRACK FOR 2025? IF I RECALL, YOU AND I LOOKED AT THAT THE OTHER DAY, I THINK IT'S SIX MORE, 4 TO 6 MORE, AND DIANA, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHO WOULD REMEMBER.
I HOPE ALL THE DALLAS COUNTY STUFF IS LIKE IN OUR REAR VIEW MIRROR.
HAVE WE REPLACED EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED TO FROM WHAT WE BOUGHT FROM DALLAS COUNTY ORIGINALLY WHEN ALL OF THAT WENT DOWN? ARE WE ON OUR OWN? YOU KNOW? I THINK WE'RE PRETTY DARN CLOSE.
THAT WAS OVER SEVEN YEARS OR ALMOST SEVEN YEARS AGO, AND SO SOME OF THOSE BUSSES WERE KIND OF ON THEIR LAST LEG BUT YES I WOULDN'T SAY 100%, BUT I KNOW WE'VE MADE PROGRESS ABOUT THAT WITH SID WHEN HE WAS HERE GREG, IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A TRANSITION YEAR WITH COVID.
WE JUST DID NOT HAVE THAT MANY DRIVERS, AND YOU ALL KNOW THAT IT'S DELAYED NOW, BUT IT WAS SIGNIFICANTLY DELAYED JUST US TRYING TO REPLACE DURING THAT TIME PERIOD, AND THEN DR. WOMACK HAD THAT AS A FOCAL POINT, TOO.
SO WE'RE, I THINK, RIGHT WHERE WE NEED TO BE.
OKAY. THESE 14 WILL PUT US RIGHT WHERE WE NEED TO BE WITH ACTIVITY BUSSES, AND WHEN I SAY THAT SPECIAL GROUPS GOING OUT DON'T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL 3:30 TO COME GET A BUS.
SO ARE WE ADDING THOSE OR REPLACING.
WE ARE GOING TO START EVALUATING OUR WHOLE FLEET.
SO THERE COULD BE 3 TO 5 THAT WE WOULD PUT IN OR TAKE OUT OF SERVICE IN THE NEAR FUTURE, BUT WE NEED TO GET THESE IN AND GET THEM THE CAMERAS UP TO SPEED AND EVERYTHING UP TO SPEED, AND THEN WE'LL START.
WE'RE GOING TO START EVALUATING BEFORE THEN, BUT WE'LL BRING IT TO YOU ALL FOR A SURPLUS 1 OR 2.
QUESTIONS FOR MR. TROTTER. I MAKE A MOTION THAT THE COPPELL ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF 8, 77 PASSENGER STUDENT BUSSES FROM LONGHORN BUS SALES, LLC, AT A TOTAL COST OF $1,114,960.
MOTION BY TRUSTEE NICOLE BENTLEY, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE RANNA RAVAL, TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF 877 PASSENGER STUDENT BUSSES FROM LONGHORN BUS SALES, LLC AT A TOTAL COST OF $1,114,960.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? I JUST HAVE ONE OTHER COMMENT.
I THINK BASED ON THE DISCUSSION THAT WE'RE HAVING, COULD WE GET AN IDEA OF THE NUMBER OF BUSSES THAT WE HAVE IN THE AGE OF THEM IN THE FLEET, JUST FOR CONTEXT, FOR FUTURE DISCUSSIONS? YES, SIR. I WILL HAVE THAT TO YOU AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
ANY OTHER? HEARING NONE, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE.
[IX.D. Discuss and consider approval of the purchase of two crew cab landscaper trucks from Rush Truck Centers of Texas]
TRUCKS. YES, SIR.SO AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE EVALUATING OUR FLEET IN GENERAL.
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WE HAVE SOME OPPORTUNITIES AS WE HAVE NOT ADDED TO OUR STAFF, BUT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HIRE SOME STAFF.SO WE ARE RESHUFFLING THE WAY WE'RE DOING OUR CREWS WITHIN OPERATIONS, AND I HAVE TO SALUTE Y'ALL AND HR BECAUSE WE ARE AT A PAY RATE WHERE WE CAN NOW ATTRACTIVE ATTRACT CANDIDATES THAT ARE READY TO GO TO WORK.
SO WITH THAT, WE'RE NEEDING TO DO SOME AUTOMOBILE SHUFFLES, AND THIS IS WHAT OUR OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT BROUGHT FORWARD FOR OUR TWO MOWING CREWS, AND THEN WE'LL SHUFFLE THEIR TRUCKS AND TRAILERS TO OTHER GROUPS.
SO WE BRING THIS FORWARD FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. TROTTER? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF TWO ISUZU NPR-HD CREW CAB LANDSCAPER TRUCKS FROM RUSH TRUCK CENTERS OF TEXAS, L.P., AT A TOTAL COST OF $159,800.
SECOND. HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE ANTHONY HILL, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE MANISH SETHI, TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF TWO ISUZU NPR-HD CREW CAB LANDSCAPER TRUCKS FROM RUSH TRUCK CENTERS OF TEXAS, LP AT A TOTAL COST OF $159,800.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. WE'LL TAKE A VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO.
THANK YOU, MR. TROTTER. THAT TAKES US UP TO ITEM E, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A PROCLAMATION REGARDING THE SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
[IX.E. Discuss and consider approval of a Proclamation regarding the Special Legislative Session]
GOOD EVENING. I THINK YOU ALL HAVE BEEN PROVIDED A COPY OF THE PROCLAMATION, AND I JUST WANTED TO JUST FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC, THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU, AS BOARD MEMBERS BROUGHT FORTH AND THEN AND IT REALLY COVERS THREE MAIN PRIORITIES THAT YOU HAVE DEEMED AS YOUR PRIORITIES FOR THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, AND THAT'S THE OPPOSITION TO ANY FUNDS FOR THE DIVERSION OF ANY FUNDS THAT WOULD GO TO K-12 PUBLIC SCHOOLS, INCLUDING NEW FUNDS AWAY FROM PUBLIC EDUCATION, FOR THE USE OF SCHOOL VOUCHERS, TAX CREDITS OR CHARTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS. IT WOULD ALSO ONE OF YOUR PRIORITIES IS TO ADVOCATE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A FAIR, TRANSPARENT AND COMPREHENSIVE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM.AS WE KNOW, WE WHOLEHEARTEDLY BELIEVE IN THE COMMUNITY BASED ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM, AND THIS REALLY GETS TO THE HEART OF OF THAT, AND THE THIRD ONE IS THAT AN INCREASE IN THE BASIC ALLOTMENT TO ACCOUNT FOR THE INCREASE IN OVERALL EDUCATIONAL SERVICES TO STUDENTS, INCLUDING ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR SPECIAL ED STAFF PAY INCREASES, AND FULLY FUND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF STATE MANDATED SCHOOL SAFETY STANDARDS.
SO THOSE ARE THE THREE MAIN PRIORITIES THAT THIS PROCLAMATION INCLUDES.
THIS WAS GOING TO REMIND THE PUBLIC THAT IT'S TYPICAL THAT THE BOARD ADOPTS LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES DURING ANY SESSION, AND WITH THIS SPECIAL SESSION NUMBER THREE BEING SO IMPORTANT, THAT WAS, AGAIN, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THE BOARD ASKED MISS BROWN TO KIND OF PUT THIS TOGETHER BASED ON THE INPUT FROM BOARD MEMBERS.
COPPELL ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES PROCLAMATION REGARDING SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WHEREAS GOVERNOR OF STATE OF TEXAS GREG ABBOTT CALLED A THIRD SPECIAL SESSION OF THE 88TH LEGISLATURE TO CONVENE IN AUSTIN IN OCTOBER 2023 TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON MATTERS AFFECTING PUBLIC EDUCATION, INCLUDING SCHOOL CHOICE, AND WHEREAS, COPPELL ISD SERVES OVER 13,300 STUDENTS IN DALLAS COUNTY AND EMPLOYS OVER 1500 HUNDRED DEDICATED EDUCATION PROFESSIONALS, AND WHEREAS THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES DESIRE TO UNITE EFFORTS WITH OTHER LOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS, GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES, CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE, BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS FOR THE BENEFIT OF STUDENTS, PARENTS, STAFF, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND STUDENTS ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND WHEREAS, BELIEVING OUR STUDENTS ARE THE REASON FOR ALL THAT WE DO, AND IN THE MISSION OF COPPELL ISD, WHICH IS WORKING TOGETHER, WE ARE COMMITTED TO CREATING PROFOUND LEARNING EXPERIENCES FOR EACH CHILD WHILE NURTURING MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS TO POSITIVELY, POSITIVELY IMPACT OUR WORLD AND WHEREAS, COPPELL USES THE COMMUNITY BASED ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM, CBAS, TO ENGAGE AND INFORM ALL STAKEHOLDERS IN THE PROGRESS AND GROWTH AROUND ACCOUNTABILITY ON MORE THAN JUST ONE TEST ONE DAY.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE COPPELL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL WORK WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS TO SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT ALIGNS WITH THE FOLLOWING PRIORITIES.OPPOSES THE DIVERSION OF FUNDS FOR K-12 PUBLIC SCHOOLS, INCLUDING NEW FUNDS FOR SCHOOL VOUCHERS, TAX CREDIT OR CHARTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS. UNTIL THE STATE OF TEXAS FUNDS PUBLIC SCHOOLS ABOVE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.
ADVOCATES FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A FAIR, TRANSPARENT, AND COMPREHENSIVE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM THAT LOOKS BEYOND HIGH STAKES, MULTIPLE CHOICE EXAMS TO MEANINGFUL ASSESSMENTS THAT HAVE VALUE FOR STUDENTS, PARENTS, TEACHERS, AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS WITH ADVANCED NOTICE OF IMPLEMENTATION.
INCREASES THE BASIC ALLOTMENT TO ACCOUNT FOR THE INCREASE IN OVERALL EDUCATION SERVICES TO STUDENTS.
ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMING STAFF PAY INCREASES AND FULLY FUND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF STATE MANDATED SCHOOL SAFETY STANDARDS. YOU HAVE A MOTION? NO.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE MANEESH SETHI.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? WELL, I FEEL LIKE EVERY TIME THERE'S A SESSION, WE GET OUT A BIG OLD DRUM AND WE'RE GETTING OUT OUR DRUM AND WE'RE ALL BEATING IT, AND WE'RE ALL BEATING THE SAME BEAT ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING TO PULL OUT THE DRUM AGAIN AND BEAT IT AGAIN.
IT'S ALIGNED WITH OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS ACROSS THE STATE.
I THINK I REFLECT ALL OF US, WHERE IT'S FRUSTRATING WHEN THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE IS LOUD AND CLEAR, IS FEELS LIKE IS BEING IGNORED AND SUBVERTED, AND I THINK THAT THESE WORDS ARE EXCELLENT WORDS AND IT'S THE SAME.
IT'S THE SAME DRUM BEAT, Y'ALL.
SO I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE JUST GOING TO KEEP GOING.
THANK YOU FOR THAT. I AGREE WITH YOU 100%.
ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO.
THANK YOU, MISS BROWN. YEP THANK YOU, AND I SHOULD HAVE SAID THAT ONE.
SO THAT TAKES US TO DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING POLICY DC LOCAL EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES.
[IX.F. Discussion and possible action regarding DC (LOCAL) - Employment Practices]
THIS IS A CONTINUATION FROM AN ITEM WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT LAST MEETING.YOU GUYS HAD ASKED ME TO COME BACK WITH A PROPOSED WORDING, AND SO MISS [INAUDIBLE] HAD REACHED OUT TO OUR CONTACTS AT TASB THAT REVIEWS AND DRAFTS POLICIES FOR US AND THIS IS YOU GUYS HAVE IT AT YOUR PODIUM, BUT I KNOW MISS SNOWDEN SHARED IT TOO.
SO I OPEN THE FLOOR UP FOR ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM.
I LIKE THE SIMPLICITY, HOW IT WAS.
MUCH MORE SIMPLER THAN WHAT I WAS THINKING.
DISCUSSION OR COMMENTS OR THOUGHTS OR EMOTIONS.
MOVE TO ADOPT POLICY CHANGES TO DC LOCAL EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES AS PRESENTED.
SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE MANISH SETHI, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE RANNA RAVAL, TO APPROVE THE.
SAY IT AGAIN. APPROVE DC LOCAL AS PRESENTED.
YES. EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES AS PRESENTED.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. WE'LL TAKE A VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR? THAT MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO, AND THAT WILL CONCLUDE OUR
[X. DISCUSSION AND REPORT ITEMS - BOARD OF TRUSTEES]
ACTION ITEMS LEAD US INTO OUR DISCUSSION AND REPORT ITEMS. I'VE GOT THE FIRST COUPLE STARTING OFF WITH OUR ANNUAL TASA/TASB TXED CONFERENCE.[02:05:06]
THIS YEAR WAS HELD SEPTEMBER 29TH THROUGH OCTOBER 1ST AT THE KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON CONVENTION CENTER HERE IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS I THINK SEVERAL TAKEAWAYS FROM FROM THIS CONFERENCE IN PARTICULAR, BUT IT'S ALWAYS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH AND NETWORK WITH OTHER TRUSTEES AROUND THE STATE AS WELL AS SCHOOL OFFICIALS AND ADMINISTRATORS.YOU KNOW, I THINK JFK KIND OF BROUGHT THE RISING TIDES LIFT ALL BOATS PHRASE TO FOREFRONT BACK WAY BACK WHEN, BUT I THINK THAT'S TO ME, THE VALUE OF THIS CONFERENCE IS OUR ABILITY TO LEARN FROM OTHERS, BUT ALSO TO TEACH OTHERS THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE.
WE AS A DISTRICT WERE ABLE TO GIVE TWO PRESENTATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE CONFERENCE.
ONE, I BELIEVE, WAS [INAUDIBLE] THE STUDENT.
[INAUDIBLE] LEIGH, YOU AND BRAD AND TEAM WORKED ON.
I CAN'T REMEMBER WHO ELSE WAS THERE.
HUNT AND I GAVE A PRESENTATION ALONGSIDE.
I JUST WENT BLANK ON LEARNING COOPERATIVE STRATEGIES.
YES REGARDING OUR 2023 BOND THE COMMUNICATION PLAN, AND MISS BROWN WAS PART OF THAT AS WELL.
JUST BEING ABLE TO SHARE OUT TO OTHER DISTRICTS OUR PROCESS, OUR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND THE THINGS WE LEARNED FROM OUR 2016 BOND AND BROUGHT IT FORWARD, AND JUST COMBATING SOMETIMES THE AS ALL DISTRICTS GET JUST BUILDING TRUST WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND COMBATING MISINFORMATION CAMPAIGNS THAT ARE SPREAD OUT. SO I THINK THAT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SHOWCASE THE GREAT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING INSIDE COPPELL ISD, AND THEN ONE OTHER THING I WOULD JUST HIGHLIGHT FROM TASA/TASB, WHICH I THINK IS SO DESERVED BUT THERE WAS A RECOGNITION FOR FORMER TRUSTEE TRACY FISHER FOR HER LEGISLATIVE WORK.
SHE WAS A LONG-TIME MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE ADVISORY COMMITTEE WITH TASB, AND THE WORK THAT SHE DID IN AUSTIN AND ACTUALLY CONTINUES TO I SAW RECENTLY SHE WAS APPOINTED TO THE TEXAS PARENT PACK ALONGSIDE ANOTHER ONE OF OUR FORMER COPPELL ISD TRUSTEES.
SO BEING ABLE TO CONTINUE THAT WORK ON BEHALF OF ALL PUBLIC STUDENTS, I THINK IS TREMENDOUS.
SO I WAS GRATEFUL TO SEE HER RECOGNIZE FOR HER SERVICE FROM THAT COMMITTEE.
SO YEAH, VERY NICE, VERY NICE.
I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT CONFERENCE TOO.
GOOD TURNOUT. GOOD ATTENDANCE.
IT WAS GOOD. WE HAD THAT SLIDE THAT SAID 100% ATTENDANCE NOT EVERY DISTRICT DOES THAT, AND WITH ANY CORPORATE OR ANY ENTITY, CONTINUING EDUCATION IS ALWAYS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THAT, AND OBVIOUSLY ESPECIALLY IN EDUCATION.
SO AND THEN JUST SELFISHLY, I ENJOY THE TIME TO LEARN AND GET TO KNOW YOU GUYS AND ALSO MIX AND MINGLE WITH OTHER TRUSTEES AROUND THE DISTRICT, AND YES, A SHOUT OUT TO TRACY FISHER FOR HER ADVOCACY AND PASSION IN THE GOVERNMENTAL SPACE.
IT'S REALLY COOL TO SEE THAT RECOGNITION.
[MUMBLING]. MY OTHER REPORT ITEM IS JUST AN UPDATE ON THE TEA LAWSUIT THAT WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN, AND REALLY, I THINK MY UPDATE IS THERE'S NOT MUCH OF AN UPDATE TO GIVE YOU GUYS FROM OUR LAST UPDATE THAT YOU GAVE TRUSTEE BENTLEY THE TO MIKE MORATH HAS RESPONDED TO OUR INITIAL OR OUR SIDE'S INITIAL FILING, AND WE RECEIVED.
TRUSTEE BENTLEY. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CAVINESS.
I'M GOING TO SKIP THE STRATEGIC PLANNING UPDATE BECAUSE I THINK ANGELA DID A GREAT JOB.
UNLESS RANNA YOU HAVE ANYTHING ADDITIONAL? OKAY. YEAH, I THINK THOROUGHLY COVERED.
SO THANK YOU. SO I'LL MOVE ON TO THE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE.
SO IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN PAYING ATTENTION, THERE IS A BILL THAT HAS COME OUT OF THE SENATE.
THERE ARE STILL AROUND 24 KEY LEGISLATORS THAT ARE HOLDING FIRM THAT THE GOVERNOR IS TRYING TO FLIP.
HOUSE BILL ONE DID COME OUT LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND WAS KIND OF EVALUATED OVER THE WEEKEND.
THE EARLY ANALYSIS IS THAT IT'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO GO ANYWHERE.
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SO IF SOMEBODY EXERCISES A POINT OF ORDER, IT EFFECTIVELY KILLS THAT BILL MOVING FORWARD.SO THAT LEAVES US AS PUBLIC SCHOOLS WAITING TO FIND OUT WHAT PUBLIC FUNDING IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN A VERY PRECARIOUS SITUATION, AS WE'VE ALL ALREADY LEGALLY HAD TO PASS OUR BUDGETS FOR THIS YEAR.
WE'LL SEE IF THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS AND IF THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS.
THE GOVERNOR HAS PROMISED ANOTHER SPECIAL SESSION, SO STAY TUNED ON THAT.
I KNOW IT'S ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED, BUT JUST A REMINDER IF YOU CAN COME OUT TOMORROW NIGHT AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE TRUSTEES TO EMAIL IT OR SHARE IT WITH ANYBODY WHO ISN'T A PARENT THAT MAYBE WOULD HAVE RECEIVED IT THROUGH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I KEEP SAYING THIS, BUT IT IS TRUE.
THE SIX OF US AND STAFF ARE ADVOCATING AS INDIVIDUALS, AND WE CAN GET APPOINTMENTS BECAUSE WE'RE ELECTED OFFICIALS, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ARE EACH ONLY ONE VOTE OF THE CONSTITUENTS OF THE PEOPLE WHO REPRESENT US, AND IT IS REALLY, REALLY ESSENTIAL THAT THEY HEAR IN AUSTIN FROM OUR STAFF ON THEIR PERSONAL TIME, FROM OUR PARENTS, OUR GRANDPARENTS, OUR TAXPAYERS WHO DON'T HAVE STUDENTS CURRENTLY ENROLLED.
THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO MAKE THE DIFFERENCE.
IT'S GOT TO BE MORE THAN SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEES REACHING OUT IN AUSTIN.
SO IF YOU CARE ABOUT US BEING FUNDED AND YOU VALUE WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE IN COPPELL ISD, IT IS APPROPRIATE TO SHARE YOUR FEELINGS WITH YOUR ELECTED OFFICIAL AT THE STATE LEVEL.
SO TO THAT END, IF YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW TO REACH OUT TO SOMEBODY, IF YOU WANT INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO GO TESTIFY, SHOULD THAT OPPORTUNITY PRESENT ITSELF AGAIN, WE WILL.
I WILL BE OFF TO THE SIDE TOMORROW NIGHT READY TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH PEOPLE, BUT YOU ALSO ARE WELCOME TO EMAIL ME AT MY SCHOOL BOARD EMAIL BECAUSE WE JUST NEED PEOPLE TO EXERCISE THEIR VOICE.
IT MATTERS MORE THAN IT EVER HAS, SO OR AS MUCH AS IT EVER HAS, AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU MENTIONED TRACY, BECAUSE WE ALL STAND ON THE BACK OF A LOT OF LEGISLATIVE WORK THAT SHE'S DONE OVER THE PAST EIGHT YEARS, AND SO IT WAS A WELL DESERVED RECOGNITION, AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
THANK YOU. OKAY, SO THE PTO PRESIDENT'S MEETING WAS HELD ON SEPTEMBER 27TH AT 8:30 A.M.
CURRENTLY, THE GIVE FOR GRANTS PROGRAM IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW WHERE YOU CAN CLICK AND GET GIVE A FUND A SPECIFIC GRANT FOR SCHOOLS DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU ARE INTERESTED IN.
SO THAT COPPELL ISD FOUNDATION GIVE FOR GRANTS IS LIVE RIGHT NOW AND THEN ANGELA BROWN GAVE A REPORT ON CBAS AND THOSE WERE KIND OF THE TWO HIGHLIGHTS.
LET'S START WITH THE BILINGUAL ADVISORY COUNCIL UPDATE, SINCE THAT'S GOING TO BE A QUICK ONE, BECAUSE WE HEARD A GREAT DETAIL ABOUT THAT REPORT TODAY FROM DR. DAWSON.
SHE BROUGHT BACK THIS COUNCIL AFTER FOUR YEARS BREAK BECAUSE OF COVID.
IT CONSTITUTES OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS, STAFF MEMBERS AND OURSELVES.
TRUSTEE BENTLEY, AND IN THAT, WE GOT TO REALIZE HOW SHE IS IMPLEMENTING HER PROGRAMS ALONG WITH THE CORE VALUES.
I WAS THERE WITH TRUSTEE RAVAL.
THE BIGGEST OF IT WAS LAST YEAR.
THERE WERE SOME MAJOR CHANGES IN THE CURRICULUM, ESPECIALLY ON A VERY SENSITIVE TOPIC OF SEX ED FOR OUR LEARNERS. ANYWHERE FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO HIGH SCHOOL, AND THEY HAD WE HAD APPROVED THREE DIFFERENT COURSES LAST YEAR
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AND THOSE GOT IMPLEMENTED.SO WE GOT REPORTS ON THE OUTCOMES OF HOW THE FIRST YEAR WENT, WHICH WAS VERY ENCOURAGING, AND ALSO ANOTHER UPDATE WE GOT FROM ANNE LEHEW WAS THIS YEAR THEY IMPLEMENTED IT'S AN OPT IN, OPT OUT PROGRAM, IF YOU REMEMBER, FROM LAST YEAR FOR ANY OF THESE SENSITIVE TOPICS.
WE HAD MORE THAN 10,400 STUDENTS ENROLL IN BECAUSE THEY MADE IT MORE FORMAL, AND OF A STUDENT ENROLLMENT PROCESS IS A CHECKBOX OVER THERE.
SO WE KNOW IF THE PARENTS ALIGN THEIR VALUES, ALIGN WITH SCHOOLS GIVING THESE EDUCATION, IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC FOR THE KIDS TO GET FROM THE RIGHT RESOURCES, WHICH IS OUR DISTRICT, AND ALONG WITH THAT, THERE WERE REPORTS FROM ERIC LOZANO, OUR CHILD NUTRITION DIRECTOR, AND THE ALICIA BROWN FROM CHILD NUTRITION, AND AGAIN, THIS IS ONE OF THE REQUIRED COMMITTEE FROM STATE WHICH CONSTITUTES OF MOSTLY THE PARENTS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, SOME STUDENTS AND THE STAFF.
ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD FROM YOUR SIDE? THANK YOU. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, TRUSTEE HILL.
ALL RIGHT I'LL RUN THROUGH MY REPORTS REAL QUICK HERE.
FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO START WITH THE COPPELL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EDUCATION COMMITTEE.
THEY HAD THE RECOGNITION OF THE SEPTEMBER TEACHER AND STUDENT OF THE MONTH ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27TH AT COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL IN THE MAIN ENTRANCE, AND THE RECOGNIZED CHS TEACHER WAS MR. CHASE WOLFORD, PSYCHIC NEWSPAPER ADVISOR, AND THE STUDENT WAS COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR [INAUDIBLE] AJANI.
SHE WOULD LIKE TO EARN A DEGREE IN EDUCATION AND ASPIRES TO BE A CAMPUS PRINCIPAL.
I WONDER WHERE THAT INSPIRATION CAME FROM.
I'M THINKING MAYBE PRINCIPAL LAURA SPRINGER AND THEN THE OCTOBER CHAMBER EDUCATION COMMITTEE TEACHER AND STUDENT OF THE MONTH WILL BE RECOGNIZED THIS WEDNESDAY AT NEW TECH.
THERE HAVE BEEN TWO I LEAD SESSIONS IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER.
THE DISCUSSION WAS CENTERED AROUND ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITY OF THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT.
KEY TAKEAWAY WAS THERE WAS A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE RANGE OF RESPONSIBILITIES, HOW THE COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT OPERATES WITH SUCH A SMALL STAFF, AND HOW THEY BACK EACH OTHER UP IN CASE SOMEONE IS ABSENT.
SO IT WAS A COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW AND WELL RECEIVED.
THEY THOROUGHLY ENJOYED LEARNING ABOUT WHAT THEY DO AND HOW THEY DO IT.
SO KUDOS TO ANGELA BROWN AND HER TEAM FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO.
THIS SESSION WAS CENTERED AROUND CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION.
THERE WERE SIX DEPARTMENTS REPRESENTED AT THE SESSION INCLUDED DR.
PATRICIA DAWSON, WHO YOU HEARD THIS EVENING, DIRECTOR OF EB AND ESL.
MS. MARIA MCCOY, DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL STUDIES AND LOTE LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH.
DR. NITA DE LA ISLA, DIRECTOR OF LITERACY.
MR. JOSH HOWARD, DIRECTOR OF CTE, THE NEW DIRECTOR OF CTE FIRST YEAR, AND THEN MR. BRIAN TIMM, DIRECTOR OF MATH.
HE'S ALSO OVER GT AND THEN MISS STEPHANIE FLORES, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF INTERVENTION SERVICES.
IT WAS ANOTHER ROUND ROBIN TABLE EXERCISE FOR TABLES FOR 20 MINUTES AND EACH MEMBER WAS ALLOWED TO LISTEN, ALTHOUGH THERE WERE SIX TABLES FOR THOSE WHO WERE DOING THE MATH WITH ME, BUT THERE WERE FOUR TABLES TO GET EVERYBODY IN AND OUT OF THE SESSIONS.
ALSO I HAVE TO GIVE KUDOS OUT TO THE FOOD SERVICE ONCE AGAIN DID A GREAT JOB PROVIDING FOOD NOT ONLY FOR I LEAD SESSION TWO, BUT ALSO SESSION THREE, AND PROVIDING WHAT STUDENTS RECEIVE AND HOW THEY RECEIVE THE PRESENTATION OF FOOD, WHICH IS A GREAT, GREAT WAY TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THE GOOD WORK THAT THEY DO.
KEY TAKEAWAYS. EVERYONE APPEARED TO ENJOY THE FORMAT, AND DR.
LAST, AND NOT LEAST, I HAVE AN NTASB NOVEMBER MEETING UPDATE.
IT WILL BE ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18TH FROM 6 TO 8 P.M.
IN GARLAND ISD AT THE GILBREATH-REED CAREER AND TECHNICAL CENTER.
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TOPIC WILL BE SAFETY AND SECURITY AND THE ROLE OF THE BOARD.THERE WE GO. AS YOU ALL CAN TELL, IT'S BEEN VERY BUSY.
THINGS GOING ON, BUT TO YOUR POINT, TRUSTEE BENTLEY.
SO OUR UNDEFEATED COWBOYS WHO ARE, AND THE TAILGATE [INAUDIBLE] I'M SORRY? AND THE TAILGATE. YES, AND THE TAILGATE.
UNFORTUNATELY WE WILL NOT BE SELLING ANY AT THE DOOR SO PLEASE COME EARLY AND EXPECT SOME LINES, BUT WE'RE EXCITED.
SO WITH THAT CONCLUDES OUR DISCUSSION AND REPORT ITEMS. WE WILL GO INTO CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.074.
[XI. CLOSED SESSION (Texas Government Code, Section 551.074 - Personnel) ]
PERSONNEL. TIME IS 8:21.[XII. RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION]
[XIII. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON ITEMS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION]
I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION TO ISSUE A FINDING IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEC 21.210(C)(2) AND 19TAC249.14(J) THAT GOOD CAUSE DID NOT EXIST FOR CAROLYN HART TO ABANDON HER EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT AND REPORT THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL TO THE STATE BOARD FOR EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION.SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE NICOLE BENTLEY, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE ANTHONY HILL, TO APPROVE A RECOMMENDATION TO ISSUE A FINDING IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEC21.210(C)(2) AND 19TAC249.14(J) THAT GOOD CAUSE DID NOT EXIST FOR CAROLYN HART TO ABANDON HER EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT AND REPORT THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL TO THE STATE BOARD FOR EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION.
ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. WE'LL TAKE A VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR? THE MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO.
MOVE THAT WE APPROVE A RECOMMENDATION TO ISSUE A FINDING IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEC21.210(C)(2) AND 19TAC249.14(J).
SECOND. THE MOTION BY TRUSTEE NICOLE BENTLEY, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE ANTHONY HILL, TO APPROVE A RECOMMENDATION TO ISSUE A FINDING IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEC21.210(C)(2) AND 19TAC249.14(J) THAT GOOD CAUSE DID NOT EXIST FOR LUISA VALDEZ TO ABANDON HER EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT AND REPORT THE TEACHER TO THE STATE BOARD FOR EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION.
ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. WE'LL TAKE A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? THAT MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO.
WANT TO MAKE A HAPPY MOTION THAT WE ADJOURN AT 8:33? PRESIDENT CAVINESS.
OH EXCUSE ME, ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. WE'LL TAKE A VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR? THAT MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.