[IX.B. Discuss and consider the approval of Lea Park & Play, Inc. for the replacement of playground equipment and shade structures at ten elementary schools]

PRESIDENT CAVINESS BOARD OF TRUSTEES, IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU ONCE AGAIN.

AND, THE OUR OUR FIRST AGENDA ITEM IS, PROBABLY LITERALLY AND FIGURATIVELY, THE MOST FUN PROJECT YOU WILL GET TO CONSIDER THROUGHOUT THE BOND PROGRAM.

AND THAT IS, THAT IS PLAYGROUNDS.

LET'S SEE FOR.

AND AND ALSO INCLUDING THE PLAYGROUNDS.

PART OF THE BOND PROGRAM ALSO INCLUDED SHADE STRUCTURES.

AND THIS IS FOR TEN OF OUR ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES, WITH THE ONLY EXCLUSION BEING OUR NEWEST CAMPUS, CANYON CANYON RANCH.

BEFORE I GET INTO IT, THIS THIS IS KIND OF A BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF WHAT THE PLAYGROUNDS FOR MOST OF THE CAMPUSES WILL LOOK LIKE, GIVEN THE SHAPE AND SPACE OF, WHERE THE WHERE THE PLAYGROUNDS WILL GO ON EACH CAMPUS.

THIS COULD THIS COULD VARY SLIGHTLY, BUT THE, THE MOST, TOP ONE IS ACTUALLY THE, PRE-K THROUGH FIRST GRADE, SHADE STRUCTURE.

AND THE TWO BELOW IT ARE THE SECOND GRADE THROUGH FIFTH GRADE SHADE STRUCTURES, WITH TO THE LEFT BEING EIGHT SWING SETS PLUS ONE ADA COMPLIANT, SWING SET. LOOKING AT THE PLAYGROUND SETS, I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU WE WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE.

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WE WORKED WITH, SEVERAL DIFFERENT COMPANIES AND TALKED TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT COMPANIES TO TRY TO DETERMINE WHO WAS GOING TO BE THE BEST FIT FOR COPPELL ISD AND WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR AND WHAT WAS DISCUSSED WITH THE WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THE VOTERS AND THE BOND STEERING COMMITTEE.

AND WE FOUND A COMPANY CALLED LEE PARK AND PLAY.

THEY ARE TASBIH BY BOARD.

THEY HAD RECENTLY, OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS HAVE HAVE REPLACED THE MAJORITY OF PLAYGROUNDS IN IRVING ISD AND ARLINGTON ISD.

WE REALLY LIKE THEIR PRODUCT.

IT'S LITTLE TYKE IS THE TYPE OF PRODUCT AND IT'S VERY DURABLE.

GREAT WARRANTY.

AND SO WE STARTED WORKING WITH THEM TO ONE GET THE ABSOLUTELY BEST PRICE WE, WE POSSIBLY COULD, BUT TO DESIGN PLAY SETS THAT ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE A LOT OF FUN FOR OUR STUDENTS TO ENJOY, AND IT WON'T BE LIKE THEY GO ON THEM ONE TIME AND THEN THEY'RE BORED AND MOVE ON TO SOMETHING ELSE.

SO, YOU KNOW, I KIND OF LOOK AT IT IF IF I WOULD LIKE TO PLAY ON IT, IT'S GOT TO BE A GREAT IT'S GOT TO BE A GREAT SET.

WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS OH.

AND WE ALSO, HAD A, A GROUP OF ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES THAT LOOKED AT THESE.

AND THEY ALSO MADE SOME CHOICES AS TO THE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT, THE COLORS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

SO THIS IS THE FINAL RENDITION OF THE PLAYGROUND.

AND THIS IS THE, PRE PRE-K THROUGH FIRST GRADE.

ONE VIEW OF IT AND EVERYTHING YOU SEE IS IS ADA COMPLIANT.

AND THIS IS THE THE OPPOSITE VIEW.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE VIEWS THAT KIND OF GO ALL THE WAY AROUND IT.

BUT THESE ARE KIND OF THE TWO BEST, BEST VIEWS OF, OF THE PRE-K THROUGH FIRST EQUIPMENT.

THIS IS A KIND OF A DISTANT SHOT OF THE SECOND GRADE THROUGH FIFTH GRADE.

AND YOU CAN SEE THERE'S ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT SLIDES, THINGS TO CLIMB ON, THINGS TO CLIMB THROUGH, THINGS THAT HELP DEVELOP THE CORE.

AND SO FORTH.

SO IT'S IT'S A REALLY IT'S A REALLY EXCITING SET.

AND IF YOU NOTICE THE SURFACE, THIS IS THE I THINK MOST OF YOU HAVE SEEN THIS, THIS IS IT'S CALLED DURA PLAY.

IT'S A RUBBERIZED SURFACE THAT'S POURED AND LEVELED.

AND BENEATH IT A THERE IS A CUSHION.

SURFACE THAT GOES UNDERNEATH THIS SO THAT AS THE FALL ZONE AND WHERE THE FALL ZONES ARE, IT'S ACTUALLY THICKER.

SO THAT IF IF A LEARNER FALLS OFF A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, IT'S THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE CUSHIONED.

AND IF YOU THINK NOW WHAT WE HAVE THE WOOD CHIPS THAT ARE THEY'RE SUPPOSEDLY ADA COMPLIANT UNTIL YOU'VE TRIED TO PUSH A WHEELCHAIR ACROSS ONE, IT'S NOT. BUT THIS IS THIS IS VERY, VERY ADA COMPLIANT AS WELL AS EXTREMELY AS SAFE OF A PRODUCT AS THERE IS.

AS FAR AS FOR THE FOR THE FALL ZONES.

SO WITH, I'LL JUST.

I'LL LEAVE THAT UP.

WE DID WORK CLOSELY WITH OUR ARCHITECT AND WITH OUR CIVIL ENGINEER, BECAUSE RE REMOVING OUR EXISTING PLAYGROUNDS AND REPLACING IT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE DRAINAGE ISSUES, YOU HAVE SOIL ISSUES.

AND SO WE'VE WORKED CLOSELY TO DEVELOP A MODEL THAT IS GOING TO WORK FOR EACH OF OUR CAMPUSES, WITH EACH ONE BEING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN, THAN THE OTHER.

AND LIKE I SAY, THE PROPOSAL FROM LEE PARK AND PLAY, IS WHAT WE TRULY BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE THEY ARE THE BEST, THE MOST FOREMOST PLAYGROUND COMPANY RIGHT NOW, COMMERCIAL MAKING, COMMERCIAL PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, IN THE METROPLEX.

AND THE OTHER THING IS ALL THE ALL THIS EQUIPMENT IS MADE IN THE UNITED STATES.

SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT SHIPPING ISSUES.

THERE IS A PRETTY LONG WAIT TIME.

BUT IF WE WITH THE REASON WE'RE BRINGING THIS TO YOU TONIGHT, IF WE APPROVE THIS TONIGHT AND WE, ORDER THIS EQUIPMENT, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO START THESE PROJECTS, IN APRIL.

AND SO THAT BY WORKING A COUPLE OF CAMPUSES AT A TIME, WORKING, WORKING THROUGH THIS, THE THE PLAN AND THE TIMELINE THAT'S BEEN DEVELOPED WILL HAVE US FINISHED BY THE FALL OF, OF 2024.

SO BEST CASE SCENARIO, WHEN SCHOOL STARTS, NINE OF THESE TEN CAMPUSES WILL BE COMPLETE.

LAKESIDE WILL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE FOLLOWING SUMMER BECAUSE OF THEIR CONSTRUCTION.

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BUT THE OTHER NINE WE HOPE TO BE COMPLETE.

OF COURSE WEATHER, RAIN, ETC.

CAN CAN CHANGE THAT, BUT FOR NOW, THAT'S THAT IS THE PLAN.

THERE WILL BE A SECOND COMPONENT.

THIS KIND OF SOUNDS LIKE IT'S PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE, THE THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT TONIGHT, BUT NEXT MONTH WE WILL BRING YOU THE CIVIL, PORTION OF THIS AND THAT'S, DEMOING AND REMOVING THE EXISTING PLAYGROUNDS.

NOW, SOME WILL STAY UNTIL AFTER THE NEW PLAYGROUNDS ARE FINISHED, SO THAT DURING THE YEAR THE, THE, LEARNERS WILL HAVE A PLACE TO, TO PLAY WHILE THESE ARE BEING CONSTRUCTED. BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, THE GETTING THE DRAINAGE RIGHT, THE SOIL RIGHT, POURING THE CONCRETE PADS.

SO THAT'S GOING TO BE A ANOTHER COMPONENT TO THIS THAT WE WILL BE BRINGING YOU.

BUT AS I MENTIONED, WE WE NEED TO DO THIS PORTION AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE IN ORDER TO GET THE EQUIPMENT ORDERED SO THAT WE CAN HOPEFULLY START THESE PROJECTS IN IN APRIL.

ANY QUESTIONS? TALK ANYTHING ABOUT THE HEAT TOLERANCE OR HOW HOT THESE THINGS GET, HOW HOT THE THE PADDING GETS, OR LIKE THE, THE PLASTIC, I'M SORRY, THE PROCESS OR HOW HOT IT GETS.

DO THEY? OH, HOT.

YEAH. THEY THEY CLAIM THAT AS FAR AS THE WOOD CHIPS OR WHETHER YOU USE LIKE A TURF, IF YOU'VE EVER WALKED ON THE THE TURF AT ONE OF OUR ATHLETIC FIELDS, HOW HOT THAT GETS.

THIS IS REALLY NO DIFFERENT NOW IN 100 DEGREES OUT SUN DIRECTLY ON IT.

IT WILL GET HOT, BUT THE SHADE STRUCTURES WILL WILL HELP MITIGATE THAT TREMENDOUSLY.

AND THAT'S ONE ONE REASON.

AND ALSO THE SHADE STRUCTURES WILL HELP EXTEND THE LIFE OF THIS.

OH, ANOTHER REALLY COOL COMPONENT OF THIS IS THAT, YOU WOULD THINK OF SWING SETS IS WHERE IT'S GOING TO WEAR THE MOST QUICKLY. WELL, THE REPAIR IS EASY.

THEY SIMPLY CUT OUT A, YOU KNOW, UNDER EACH OF THE 8 OR 9 SWING SETS, A UNIFORM SQUARE, AND THEY'LL POUR IN A COMPLIMENTARY COLOR TO TO REPLACE IT.

SO IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MADE.

THAT WAY YOU CAN TRY TO MATCH IT OR YOU CAN POUR COMPLIMENTARY COLOR.

SO REPAIR OF THIS IS IS EXTREMELY ECONOMICAL AND FAIRLY SIMPLE TO DO.

OTHER QUESTIONS. I WAS JUST SAYING I'M VERY HAPPY THAT, WE'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO USE THAT, MATERIAL BECAUSE I'M TIRED OF WASHING LIKE, WOOD CHIPS RIGHT OUT OF MY OUT OF CLOTHES.

SO IT'S FANTASTIC.

BEEN TO THE PEDIATRICIAN AND HAD ONE FISH OUT OF A CHILD'S CURIOUS NOSE.

NICE TO SAY.

THERE'S A LOT OF REASONS WHY WE'RE MOVING AWAY FROM THE, AND THAT, AS MR. GRANT SAID, WAS A LOT OF INPUT FROM NOT ONLY THE BOND STEERING COMMITTEE, WHO WAS GREAT LAST YEAR, BUT, AS HE SAID, WE GOT ADDITIONAL INPUT FROM PRINCIPALS, TEACHERS, CERTAINLY THE, VENDOR THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH HAD SOME GREAT, RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND I THINK HE TOLD US IT WAS I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS TEN DEGREES OR 15 DEGREES, YOU KNOW, AT BEST LOWER UNDERNEATH THAT SHADE.

OR IT COULD, YOU KNOW, AN ESTIMATION, BUT THAT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT TO HAVING THAT SHADE STRUCTURE IN PLACE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE PROPOSAL FROM LEE PARK AND PLAY INCORPORATED FOR THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENTS, INCLUDING THE ADDITION OF SHADE STRUCTURES AT TEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AT A TOTAL COST OF $3,119,118.

SECOND. YOU BEAT HIM ON THAT ONE.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE JOEY MATTHEWS, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE LEE WALKER.

ANY DISCUSSION? I JUST HAVE ONE COMMENT TO MAKE.

AND THAT'S JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS.

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, OVER THE YEARS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT CHANGING OUT AND MAINTAINING AND HOPEFULLY THE EXTENDED LIFE ON HERE WOULD BE MUCH LONGER THAN THE TRADITIONAL LIFE THAT WE'VE HAD WITH SOME OF THE OTHER, MATERIALS THAT WE'VE USED IN THE PAST.

SO IT HOPEFULLY YOU GET GREAT FEEDBACK WITH THE EARLY INSTALLATION OF THOSE CAMPUSES TO TO FIGURE OUT WHETHER OR NOT WHAT YOU WERE TOLD AND WHAT YOU'VE HEARD, IS JUST, IN ALIGNMENT WITH THAT USABILITY.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION.

ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE. WE'LL TAKE A VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR? AND MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

[IX.C. Discuss and consider the approval of Spectrum Resource Roofing for the roof replacement at Pinkerton Elementary]

THANK YOU. THE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA ISN'T IT'S IT'S, A LITTLE BIT MORE ELEVATED THAN THE PLAYGROUNDS, BUT IT'S NOT QUITE AS AS MUCH FUN.

THIS IS PART OF PART OF THE 2020.

THAT WAS BAD. I'M SORRY.

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PART OF THE 2023 BOND ELECTION INCLUDES THE REPLACEMENT OF THE ROOF, THE FLAT ROOF AT PINKERTON ELEMENTARY.

THAT ROOF HAS ACTUALLY BUILT UP WITH TWO ROOFS WITH ONE ROOF AND THEN ANOTHER ROOF ON TOP OF IT.

SO THIS THIS PRICE FOR REPLACING THIS ROOF IS WILL INCLUDE REMOVING ALL THE EXISTING ROOFING MATERIAL DOWN TO THE DECK, INCLUDING THE INSULATION THAT'S UNDERNEATH.

SO IT'S IT WILL BE COMPLETELY REPLACING THE INSULATION AND THEN PUTTING WHAT WE USE AS A, A A HALF INCH COVER BOARD THAT GOES ON TOP OF THE INSULATION.

AND THIS IS, IT'S VERY, HELL RESISTANT.

WE'VE BEEN USING THIS, THIS MODEL FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW.

IN FACT, CANYON RANCH, COPPELL MIDDLE SCHOOL WEST AND EVEN LEE ELEMENTARY AND SOME OF THE NEW STRUCTURES THAT COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL HAVE THIS SAME THIS, THE SAME FORMULA FOR A ROOF ON THEM.

AND WE FOUND THAT IT'S, IT'S VERY HELL RESISTANT ON, ON TOP OF THAT BOARD.

IT'S CALLED TPO OR THERMOPLASTIC POLYOLEFIN.

THAT'S IT'S A, IT'S A VERY THICK, RUBBER MEMBRANE THAT GOES ON TOP.

THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE TOP PORTION OF THE ROOF.

AND SO IT HAS 20 YEAR, 20 YEAR MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTY.

SO A VERY GOOD WARRANTY FOR A COMMERCIAL ROOF.

AND OUR ROOFER, HE'S ACTUALLY DONE ALMOST SINCE I CAN REMEMBER FOR THE LAST TEN, 12, 15 YEARS.

HE'S DONE ALL OF OUR, ALL OF OUR ROOFING.

THEY'VE BEEN EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT ON ALL THE WARRANTY WORK.

IN FACT, WHEN WE HAVE A, WHEN A, IF A HAILSTORM COMES THROUGH BEFORE WE CAN CALL HIM, HE ALREADY HAS SOME OF HIS, SOME OF HIS EMPLOYEES UP ON OUR ROOFS CHECKING THEM OUT FOR, FOR DAMAGE.

BUT HE, HE DOES A LOT OF THE WORK, LIKE FOR KELLER ISD.

AND, SO THERE WAS SOME THERE WAS A COUPLE OF OTHERS, LEWISVILLE, ICE-T AND AND HE'S HE'S BEEN GREAT WITH US AND WE'RE WE ARE PROCURING THIS THROUGH THE EDUCATIONAL PURCHASING COOPERATIVE OF NORTH TEXAS.

IT'S A CONSORTIUM OF OF ALL THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT WHEN ONE OF US BID A PROJECT, THE OTHERS CAN CAN UTILIZE THAT, PRICING. THE TOTAL COST IS JUST UNDER $1 MILLION.

WELL, WITH THE WITH THE PAYMENT PERFORMANCE BOND, IT'S JUST OVER $1 MILLION.

BUT IT IS SIGNIFICANTLY ABOUT 30% LESS THAN WHAT WAS ESTIMATED FOR THIS PROJECT.

SO SO WE ARE SAVING SOME MONEY HERE.

I KNOW YOU LIKE TO HEAR THAT.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. GRANT ON THIS ISSUE? I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO, FOR THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO APPROVE SPECTRUM RESOURCE ROOFING FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE FLAT ROOF SYSTEM AT PINKERTON ELEMENTARY AT A TOTAL COST OF $1,019,699. A MOTION BY TRUSTEE ANTHONY HILL, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE NICOLE BENTLEY, TO APPROVE SPECTRUM RESOURCE ROOFING FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE FLAT ROOF SYSTEM AT PINKERTON ELEMENTARY AT A COST OF $1,019,699. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. WE'LL TAKE A VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR? THAT MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

THANK YOU, MR. GRANT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. THE NEXT FEW ITEMS ARE, GOING TO BE BROUGHT BY OUR ASSISTANT FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, KRISTEN EYKEL, INCLUDING OUR CALENDAR ADOPTIONS, THE, WAIVERS FOR OUR CALENDAR.

EXCUSE ME. AND THEN WE HAVE SEVERAL BOARD POLICIES AND THE REQUIRED, SENATE BILL SEVEN, 63.

OKAY. THANK YOU AGAIN.

SO THE FIRST ITEM THAT I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS IS THE CALENDAR ADOPTION.

[IX.D. Discuss and consider the adoption of calendars for the 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 school years]

WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH A PROCESS THAT WE'VE PUT IN PLACE A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, WHERE WE LOOK TO RECOMMEND A CALENDAR TO YOU AS THE BOARD TO CONSIDER ADOPTING ON A TWO YEAR CYCLE.

WE KNOW THAT ALL OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS, OUR FAMILIES, OUR EDUCATORS, OUR EMPLOYEES, ALL OUR PLANNERS AND LIKE TO KNOW WELL IN ADVANCE ON WHEN SCHOOL IS GOING TO START AND END AND WHEN THE HOLIDAYS ARE GOING TO HIT.

AND SO WE ARE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD IN THAT SAME FASHION THIS EVENING.

BUT BACKING UP IN THIS PROCESS, OUR DISTRICT EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE, OR DEQ, WAS UTILIZED AS THE GROUP TO GATHER INPUT AND DEVELOP CALENDAR OPTIONS FOR 24, 25 AND 2526 SCHOOL YEARS.

THIS GROUP IS COMPRISED OF OVER 85 MEMBERS, INCLUDING REPRESENTATIVES FROM ALL CAMPUSES, PARENTS, BUSINESS LEADERS, COMMUNITY LEADERS, BOARD

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MEMBERS, AND CENTRAL OFFICE STAFF.

FOR THIS ADOPTION, THE ENTIRE DEQ, AS OPPOSED TO JUST A SMALL SUBCOMMITTEE, HANDLED THE DETAIL WORK OF CREATING CALENDAR OPTIONS WITHIN LEGAL REQUIREMENTS AND CONSIDERING INPUT RECEIVED FROM ALL STAKEHOLDERS.

WE FELT LIKE THIS WAS EXTREMELY VALUABLE TIME, AND WE APPRECIATE DOCTOR BROOKS FOR ALLOWING US TO TAKE UP THAT MUCH AGENDA TIME WITH THIS GROUP, BUT IT ENSURED THAT ALL CAMPUSES, DEPARTMENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS WERE CONSIDERED THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS AND HAD A VOICE.

THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE CULMINATED WITH THREE CALENDAR OPTIONS BEING SHARED ON THE CISD WEBSITE FOR RANKING AND INPUT FROM ALL RSD STAKEHOLDERS.

THE WORK OF THE DEQ, AS WELL AS INPUT RECEIVED, HAS RESULTED IN ONE CALENDAR OPTION BEING RECOMMENDED FOR 24, 25 AND 2526 SCHOOL YEARS.

SO THE CALENDAR ADOPTION IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS DONE IN ONE MEETING OR ONE SITTING.

IT'S ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT WE STARTED BACK IN OCTOBER, WITH THE CABINET, CONSIDERING JUST DIFFERENT DISCUSSIONS AND INPUT, QUITE HONESTLY, THAT WE GET EACH YEAR WHEN WE MOVE THROUGH A SCHOOL CALENDAR FROM ALL STAKEHOLDERS.

WHAT WORKS? WHAT DO WE WISH WE HAD DONE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY? THEN WE STARTED THE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE DEQ, AS I ALREADY EXPLAINED, AND BETWEEN SEVERAL MEETINGS OF THAT COMMITTEE, HAD OPPORTUNITY TO GET IN FRONT, FACE TO FACE WITH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDER GROUPS, FROM PTO PRESIDENTS TO STUDENT GROUPS.

THAT DOCTOR HUNT LEADS TO OTHER PARENT AND COMMUNITY GROUPS, TO TEACHER GROUPS IN FRONT OF OUR CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS, AND GATHERED INPUT THROUGH CONVERSATIONS AND QUESTIONING, AS WELL AS THROUGH THE EIC, AND WOULD TAKE THAT INFORMATION BACK.

ALL OF OUR DEQ MEMBERS WERE ASKED TO GO BACK TO THE VARIOUS GROUPS THEY REPRESENTED, AND MANY OF THEM WEAR SEVERAL HATS.

THEY'RE AN EMPLOYEE IN THE DISTRICT, BUT THEY'RE A PARENT WITH THEIR OWN STUDENTS AND IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, AND THEY OWN A BUSINESS IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND SO THERE WAS GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR JUST GENERAL FEEDBACK THROUGH CONVERSATION AND DISCUSSION.

THEN, AS WE SAID, ONCE WE HAD ALL OF THAT INFORMATION, IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO SEE THE VARIOUS, TABLE GROUPS WITHIN DCC GETTING TOGETHER AND LOOKING AT OPTIONS.

ONE, THERE WAS GREAT THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX RELATED TO INPUT, BUT TWO, THERE WAS ALSO A REALIZATION THAT WITHIN THE CONSTRAINTS FROM THE STATE THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN A MINUTE AND REQUIREMENTS FROM THE STATE, BUT ALSO INPUT FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT THEY LIKE FIRST SEMESTER ENDING BEFORE WINTER BREAK, AND THEY LIKE SECOND SEMESTER ENDING BEFORE, THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.

YOU KNOW, THERE ARE JUST CERTAIN CONSTRAINTS THAT YOU HAVE TO WORK WITHIN WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT THOSE DIFFERENT PARAMETERS.

SO I THINK IT WAS EYE OPENING FOR THE GROUP.

BUT AGAIN, WE CAME OUT WITH THREE PRETTY DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO CONSIDER.

ALSO, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS, I'M REALLY EXCITED BECAUSE AGAIN, THANKS TO THOSE INFORMAL CONVERSATIONS AS WELL AS OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, WE GOT WORD OUT AND WE HAD 3148 RESPONSES WHEN WE ASKED TO RANK THE THREE OPTIONS AS WELL AS FOR OPEN ENDED INPUT. NOW, WHEN YOU ADD UP THE NUMBERS ON THE CHART, IT'S A HIGHER NUMBER THAN THAT.

IT'S 3400 AND SOME ODD RESPONSES.

BUT THAT'S BECAUSE ONCE AGAIN, SOME INDIVIDUALS WHERE MORE THAN ONE HAT BUT OVER 3000 RESPONSES MADE MYSELF AND MEMBERS OF DICK AND CABINET WHO ULTIMATELY BLESSED THE RECOMMENDATION WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD TODAY, FEEL REALLY GOOD THAT PEOPLE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF PROVIDING VOICE AND INPUT ABOUT WHAT THEY LIKED, AND MAYBE AREAS THAT THEY WANTED TO SEE TWEAKED, OR TO LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

I'LL INTERJECT THAT THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM DID A REALLY NICE JOB OF CREATING A VIDEO THIS YEAR.

THAT, AGAIN, HELPED GET THE WORD OUT TO PEOPLE AND REALLY HELPED EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCES, BECAUSE I KNOW SOMETIMES THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT COME UP IF YOU'RE NOT A PART OF THESE KIND OF CONVERSATIONS FROM THE INCEPTION.

AND SO I THINK THAT WAS REALLY HELPFUL, TOO.

ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU, DOCTOR HUNT, FOR REMEMBERING THAT.

SO ALL THREE OF THE CALENDAR OPTIONS, WHILE THERE WERE DIFFERENCES IN THEM AND SOME REAL SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES WHEN YOU LOOKED BETWEEN A AND B HAD SOME SIMILARITIES. A AND C WERE REALLY DIFFERENT, WHICH WAS GREAT FOR US TO GATHER THAT INPUT, BUT ALL OF THEM HAD THE 187 DAYS, FOR TEACHERS TO WORK, WHICH IS A REQUIREMENT BASED ON THEIR CONTRACTS.

ALL OF THE CALENDAR OPTIONS MET THE SEVEN, THE 5600 MINUTES REQUIRED.

IN FACT, ALL OF THEM THE WAY THEY STAND WITHOUT ANY KIND OF STAFF DEVELOPMENT WAIVER THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT LATER IN OUR AGENDA, HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 495 MINUTES.

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AND SOME PEOPLE MIGHT BE ASKING, WHY WOULD YOU ASK FOR ADDITIONAL MINUTES OR BUILD ADDITIONAL MINUTES IN? BECAUSE THE SCHOOL YEAR NEVER GOES EXACTLY AS PLANNED.

IT GIVES US SOME OPTIONS.

IF THERE IS BAD WEATHER AND WE NEED TO CLOSE.

WHILE WE DO HAVE BAD WEATHER DAYS BUILT INTO THE CALENDAR, IF WE HAVE ADDITIONAL MINUTES, IT ALLOWS US TO HAVE AN OPTION OF DO WE USE A BAD WEATHER DAY OR WE DO.

WE USE MINUTES AND THERE CAN BE A DIFFERENCE IN WHY WE MIGHT PICK ONE OR THE OTHER, DEPENDING UPON THE TIME OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, THE NUMBER OF BAD WEATHER DAYS WE'VE BEEN OUT, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

SO IT JUST GIVES THEM, GIVES US SOME FLEXIBILITY.

IN ADDITION, WE HAVE INSTANCES WHERE ONE OR SEVERAL CAMPUSES ARE IMPACTED, BUT NOT EVERYBODY.

A COUPLE YEARS BACK, THERE WERE SOME ISSUES THAT LEE ELEMENTARY THAT CAUSED US TO HAVE TO CLOSE THAT CAMPUS DOWN, AND THOSE STUDENTS WERE OUT OF SCHOOL FOR SEVERAL DAYS BEFORE WE COULD MAKE ALTERNATIVE ARRANGEMENTS.

AND SO THAT WAS LOST MINUTES.

WE'VE HAD SITUATIONS WHERE AT COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL, IT'S BEEN IN THE BEST INTEREST TO MAYBE NOT HAVE A CERTAIN GRADE LEVEL COME IN UNTIL LATER IN A DAY BECAUSE THERE'S SOME SORT OF TESTING TAKING PLACE.

AND SO AGAIN, THOSE EXTRA MINUTES JUST GIVE US FLEXIBILITY.

AND I KNOW SOMETIMES THERE'S QUESTIONS SURROUNDING, WHY WOULD WE DO THAT? ONE THING THAT ALL THREE CALENDAR OPTIONS DIDN'T HAVE, WHICH WAS UNIQUE TO COPPELL, BUT WE'RE SEEING THIS TREND ACROSS DISTRICTS IS NO EARLY RELEASE DAYS.

WHEN WE STARTED LOOKING AT ATTENDANCE RATES ON THOSE HALF DAYS OR EARLY RELEASE DAYS, THOSE WERE SOME OF OUR HIGHEST, ATTENDANCE OR LOW ATTENDANCE RATE DAYS FOR US.

ALSO IN THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION, THE REQUIREMENTS FOR CTE MINUTES HAVE TO BE FOR EACH AND EVERY SCHOOL DAY.

THEY CAN'T BE AVERAGED OVER THE COURSE OF THE WEEK.

AND THAT IS REALLY HARD TO HAVE EVERY CTE CLASS FOR AT LEAST 45 MINUTES WHEN YOU'RE ONLY IN SCHOOL HALF OF A DAY.

ALSO, WHEN WE STARTED TALKING TO PARENTS ON THE DIFFICULTY OF MAKING ARRANGEMENTS WHEN YOUR CHILD WAS NOT IN SCHOOL ALL DAY, ESPECIALLY THE YOUNGER STUDENTS, WAS A BURDEN FOR SOME FAMILIES.

AND THEN FINALLY, THE THE MAIN REASON WE'D HAD EARLY RELEASE DAYS AT THE END OF GRADING PERIODS WAS TO GIVE EDUCATORS TIME TO DO THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE WORK TO GET THE GRADES ENTERED. AND IN ALL HONESTY, MOST EDUCATORS WEREN'T CONDUCTING THOSE ACTIVITIES DURING THOSE TIMES ANYWAY.

AND SO FOR ALL OF THOSE REASONS, THERE ARE NOT ANY EARLY RELEASE DAYS MOVING FORWARD.

FALL BREAK ON ALL OF THE OPTIONS WAS CONSISTENT.

WHAT WE HAD IN RECENT YEARS AT THE END OF THE FIRST NINE WEEKS GRADING PERIOD, AND IT ALIGNS WITH FAIR DAY IN OCTOBER.

SOMETHING NEW, THOUGH, THAT WE HAD ON ALL THREE CALENDAR OPTIONS IN SOME FORM OR FASHION WAS NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS ON ELECTION DAY.

BECAUSE 5 OR 6 OF OUR CAMPUSES ARE UTILIZED AS POLLING PLACES EACH TIME THERE IS AN ELECTION, WE HAD RECEIVED INPUT FROM FAMILIES THAT DIDN'T FEEL IT WAS SAFE TO SEND THEIR STUDENTS TO SCHOOL.

WE'VE HAD SOME STAFF HAVE HAD THOSE CONSIDERATIONS, AND WHILE WE FEEL LIKE WE'VE CREATED A VERY SAFE ENVIRONMENT WITH SROS AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT ON THE CAMPUSES, WITH HAVING A SEPARATE ENTRANCE FOR PEOPLE ENTERING AND EXITING FOR VOTING, AGAIN, IT WAS A CONSIDERATION.

AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ON ALL OF THE, CALENDAR OPTIONS, IS THAT STUDENTS WOULD NOT BE IN SCHOOL ON NOVEMBER 5TH, ESPECIALLY AS WE HAVE A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION COMING UP THIS NOVEMBER.

I ALSO JUST WANT TO REMIND OUR BOARD AND COMMUNITY IT'S USUALLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, IF NOT ALWAYS, AND IT'S USUALLY IN THE GYM, IF NOT ALWAYS.

AND THAT DOES GIVE A SECURE IN AND OUT.

BUT THAT MEANS THAT THE PE FOR THAT DAY HAS TO BE RELOCATED.

IF IT'S RAINING, IT'S A BIG PROBLEM.

SO THERE WERE LOTS OF REASONS WHY I THINK MANY PEOPLE WERE REACHING OUT ABOUT USING THAT AS A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY OR A HOLIDAY.

AND WE SAW SOME OTHER DISTRICTS HAD GOOD SUCCESS WITH IT, AND I THINK MAYBE THEIR KIDS WENT TO THOSE SCHOOLS, MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW.

BUT WE WE GOT THAT KIND OF AS AN OVERWHELMING FEEDBACK TOO.

HUM. OH, YOU'RE ON THAT SUBJECT.

JUST TO POINT OUT IT'S WE DON'T HAVE AN OPTION WHEN THE COUNTY COMES TO US AND SAYS THEY WANT TO USE YOUR FACILITY.

WE'VE TRIED EVEN WHEN SCHOOLS WERE UNDER, RENOVATION, WE THOUGHT, THIS IS THERE'S NO GOOD PLACE TO.

AND THEY'RE BASICALLY LIKE, NO, SORRY, YOU'RE REQUIRED TO DO THIS.

SO WE'RE, YOU KNOW, ALWAYS GOING TO ADVOCATE FOR PEOPLE EXERCISING THEIR RIGHT TO VOTE.

BUT IT'S ALSO A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE WHEN YOU TRY TO EDUCATE, YOU KNOW, 500 KIDS THAT DAY, THANKSGIVING BREAK ON ALL THE OPTIONS ALIGNED WITH THE WEEK OF THANKSGIVING, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT LATER IN UPCOMING YEARS.

WE DID BUILD IN, AS WE TRADITIONALLY HAD A BAD WEATHER DAY AGAIN, AS WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED WHY OPTIONS FOR BAD WEATHER DAY VERSUS MINUTES.

THERE IS A STAFF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY AND A STUDENT HOLIDAY ON FEBRUARY 17TH.

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SO IF WE DON'T COME TO SCHOOL ON THAT BAD WEATHER DAY, IT PROVIDES A LONG WEEKEND, A FOUR DAY WEEKEND IF WE ARE NOT HERE ON THE BAD WEATHER DAY, A THREE DAY WEEKEND, IF WE DO NEED TO UTILIZE THAT DAY.

SPRING BREAK WAS AN AN ITEM THAT ON ALL THREE OF OUR OPTIONS, WE, INDICATED SPRING BREAK WOULD BE MARCH 17TH THROUGH 21ST. AND THE REASON WE DID THAT WAS TO ALIGN WITH DALLAS COUNTY COLLEGE FOR OUR DUAL CREDIT HIGH SCHOOL COURSES.

THEY HAD ALREADY PUBLICIZED THEIR, CALENDAR FOR THE NEXT YEAR, AND THAT'S WHEN THEIR SPRING BREAK WOULD BE, SOME OF THE INPUT THAT WE DID RECEIVE, PARTICULARLY FROM SOME OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS, WAS CONCERNED THAT AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS, A COUPLE OF OUR NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS ADOPTED THEIR CALENDAR, AND IT DOES NOT ALIGN WITH THIS. THEIR SPRING BREAK IS THE WEEK BEFORE, STARTING WITH MARCH 10TH.

THE BIGGEST AREA OF CONCERN WAS LEWISVILLE ISD, WHICH OBVIOUSLY IS A DISTRICT WE BORDER WITH, ADOPTED A CALENDAR.

WE SINCE FOUND OUT THAT THEIR ALIGNMENT WAS WITH UNT, WHERE THEY HAVE SOME PARTNERSHIPS, AND THEIR SPRING BREAK.

AND THAT WAS ALSO THE CASE FOR DENTON ISD.

BUT AGAIN, THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, WE WERE ABLE TO EITHER SEE WHAT CALENDARS WERE ADOPTED OR TALK TO SOME OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE IN OUR LIKE POSITIONS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

AND WE DID FIND THAT THE MAJORITY OF DISTRICTS HAVE ADOPTED OR ARE IN THE PROCESS OF ADOPTING A CALENDAR.

WITH THE MARCH 17TH THROUGH 21ST SPRING BREAK, FRISCO ISD, MCKINNEY ISD, GRAPEVINE-COLLEYVILLE ISD, SOUTHLAKE CARROLL OR CARROLL ISD, NORTHWEST ISD, AND THE LIST GOES ON.

SO REALLY THE OUTLIERS AND FOR GOOD REASON.

AND THEY HAVE TO LOOK AT THEIR OWN CALENDAR, THE OUTLIERS OR THE EXCEPTIONS SEEM TO BE SPRING BREAK THE WEEK OF MARCH 10TH AND MORE INCLUSIVE.

AND THEN AGAIN, LOOKING AT WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR STUDENTS AND THE PROGRAMS WE PARTNER WITH.

THAT IS THE SPRING BREAK OPTION FOR ALL OF THESE.

OF COURSE, WE WOULD WORK WITH OUR STAFF MEMBERS IF THEY HAVE STUDENTS THAT ATTEND OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT HAVE SCHOOL, THEIR BREAKS AT A DIFFERENT TIME.

WE'VE RUN INTO THAT, YOU KNOW, QUITE HONESTLY, EACH AND EVERY YEAR, AND WE'RE ABLE TO HANDLE INDIVIDUAL SITUATIONS TO TO PROVIDE THAT BALANCE BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, WORK OBLIGATIONS AND TIME WITH FAMILY.

AND THEN MOVING QUICKLY THROUGH THE REST OF THIS.

THERE'S A BAD WEATHER DAY ON ALL OF THE OPTIONS.

APRIL 18TH, A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY STUDENT HOLIDAY ON APRIL 21ST.

BUT ONE UNIQUE, OPTION THAT WE OFFERED UP HONESTLY ON ALL THREE OPTIONS WAS THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL, FOR STUDENTS BEING ON THAT THURSDAY BEFORE MEMORIAL DAY AND THEN THE FRIDAY ACTUALLY BEING GRADUATION FOR NEW TECH AND CHS AND A WORKDAY FOR ALL STAFF MEMBERS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.

AND THERE WAS A LOT OF POSITIVE INPUT ABOUT THAT.

WHETHER YOU'RE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO, YOU KNOW, ONLY WORK GRADUATION AND CONCENTRATE ON THAT.

BUT IF YOU'RE AT ANOTHER SCHOOL AND YOU HAVE STUDENTS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN GRADUATION, IT JUST ALLOWS FOR, YOU KNOW, SEPARATION OF WORK RESPONSIBILITIES.

AND YOU'RE NOT BALANCING THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL WITH GETTING READY TO EITHER PUT ON GRADUATION OR ATTEND GRADUATION.

SO THOSE PIECES WERE CONSISTENT IN ALL THREE OPTIONS.

CALENDAR. OPTION A HAD THE FOLLOWING UNIQUE PIECES TO IT.

THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14TH.

NO SCHOOL ON ELECTION DAY FOR STUDENTS IT WOULD BE A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT STAFF WORK DAY.

IF THE CALENDAR IS ADOPTED WITH THIS AS THE CASE, THEN WE WOULD LOOK AT THOSE CAMPUSES.

EVEN THOUGH STUDENTS AREN'T THERE, WOULD WE HAVE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ON THOSE CAMPUSES, OR WOULD WE DO SOMETHING AT A DISTRICT LEVEL AND MOVE EVEN THOSE STAFF OFF THOSE CAMPUSES ON THAT DAY AS WELL? WINTER BREAK WOULD BE DECEMBER 20TH THROUGH JANUARY 6TH.

WINTER BREAK STARTS ON A FRIDAY.

FOR STUDENTS, THE IT IS A WORK DAY, AS YOU WILL SEE IN A MINUTE FOR STAFF.

THE STAFF WOULD COME BACK FOR A WORK DAY ON JANUARY 6TH, AND THE STUDENTS WOULD RETURN ON THE SEVENTH.

FIRST SEMESTER WOULD BE 83 DAYS AND SECOND SEMESTER 88 DAYS.

WHEN WE ASKED ABOUT THIS CALENDAR OPTION ON A SCALE OF 1 TO 5, ONE BEING STRONGLY OPPOSED AND FIVE BEING STRONGLY IN FAVOR.

YOU CAN SEE THAT CALENDAR OPTION A HAD A LOT OF, MOMENTUM AND FAVOR, EITHER IN FAVOR OR STRONGLY FAVOR WITH 65.5%, AND EVEN IN THE NEUTRAL CATEGORY WAS 21%.

CALENDAR. OPTION B HAD SOME SIMILARITIES TO A.

THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE WAS THAT WE WOULD START SCHOOL ONE DAY EARLIER ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 13TH, BUT THEN AROUND THAT ELECTION DAY, WE WOULD HAVE NO SCHOOL THE DAY BEFORE AND THE DAY OF ELECTION.

WITH THAT MONDAY BEING A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY AND STUDENT HOLIDAY, AND THEN THE FIFTH BEING A FLEX PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY AND A STUDENT HOLIDAY, THERE WAS SOME

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CONVERSATION. IF STUDENTS WERE OUT OF SCHOOL ON A TUESDAY BUT HAD TO COME ON MONDAY, YOU KNOW, WOULD FAMILIES OPT TO JUST TAKE A LONG WEEKEND AND NOT COME TO SCHOOL ON MONDAY? WE SURVEYED SOME OF THE DISTRICTS THAT HAVE HAD JUST ELECTION DAY CLOSED, AND THEY DID NOT SEE A SIGNIFICANT DROP IN ATTENDANCE THE MONDAY BEFORE.

AND SO IN A MINUTE, YOU'LL SEE WHY I THINK THERE WAS FAVORITISM.

AND WE'RE BRINGING A RECOMMENDATION TO YOU THAT.

WELL, HONESTLY, IT'S NOT CALENDAR OPTION B, WINTER BREAK LOOKS SIMILAR, AND WITH THAT SMALL ADJUSTMENT, FIRST SEMESTER WOULD BE 84 DAYS AND SECOND SEMESTER 87 DAYS.

WHEN YOU LOOK AGAIN AT JUST HOW ALL OF THOSE OVER 3000 INDIVIDUALS FELT ABOUT CALENDAR OPTION B, THEY WERE KIND OF NEUTRAL ABOUT IT.

IT REALLY WASN'T THE FIRST CHOICE OF MANY OR THE LAST CHOICE.

YOU KNOW, THERE WERE THINGS THEY COULD LIVE WITH, NOT ANYTHING THAT THEY REALLY LOVED.

CALENDAR. OPTION C WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

IT HAD SCHOOL STARTING EARLIER ON AUGUST 8TH.

AGAIN, IT HAD NO SCHOOL THE DAY BEFORE AND THE DAY OF THE ELECTION.

IT ALSO HAD A SIMILAR WINTER BREAK, WHERE THERE WAS A BIGGER DIFFERENCE WAS THE ABILITY TO EMBED SOME PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAYS IN MARCH PRIOR TO SPRING BREAK. SO FOR STUDENTS, IT WOULD HAVE CREATED A SPRING BREAK.

THAT WAS ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF LONG, BUT AGAIN, GIVING STAFF AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, PROBABLY HAVE SOME INDEPENDENT WORK TIME.

AS WE WERE HITTING THE MIDDLE OF SECOND SEMESTER AND MOVING TOWARDS THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, BUT THE OTHER PIECE THAT THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN DISCUSSION ON IS, IS THERE AN APPETITE FOR A MORE EVEN DISTRIBUTION OF DAYS BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND SEMESTER? SO THIS CALENDAR OPTION ALLOWED FOR THAT WITH 85 DAYS FIRST SEMESTER AND 86 DAYS SECOND SEMESTER.

AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS, PEOPLE EITHER REALLY LIKED IT OR THEY REALLY DIDN'T.

THERE WAS NOT A LOT OF MIDDLE GROUND.

BUT AGAIN, THE PEOPLE THAT REALLY LIKED THIS OPTION, DID NOT OUTWEIGH THE PEOPLE THAT THAT REALLY, REALLY LIKED.

ONE OF THE OTHER TWO OPTIONS.

AND SO WHEN YOU TAKE THOSE RANK ORDERS AND TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND YOU DON'T LOOK AT IT INDIVIDUALLY, BUT YOU LOOK AT IT SIDE BY SIDE, YOU CAN SEE THAT CALENDAR OPTION A, HAD THE MOST VOTES OR RANKING AT FIRST AND SECOND CHOICE.

AS I'VE ALREADY SAID, CALENDAR OPTION B WAS KIND OF EVERYBODY'S SECOND CHOICE, AND CALENDAR OPTION C REALLY WAS, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS MORE, DISLIKE OF THAT OPTION AND HAVING TO START EARLY.

THERE WAS A LOT OF COMMENTS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TAKING SUMMER AWAY, STARTING THAT MUCH EARLIER THAT INDIVIDUALS REALLY PREFERRED, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE MORE SUMMER TIME.

THERE WERE ALSO, HONESTLY, SOME HUGE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS FOR THE DISTRICT TO START EARLIER LIKE THAT.

AND SO FOR ALL OF THOSE REASONS.

WE ARE BRINGING FORTH A RECOMMENDATION TO YOU AS A SCHOOL BOARD TODAY THAT YOU ADOPT OPTION A AS THE RECOMMENDED CALENDAR FOR THE 2425 SCHOOL YEAR.

AND THEN WE HAVE ESSENTIALLY ROLLED ALL THAT INFORMATION OVER TO THE 25, 26 SCHOOL YEAR AND REPLICATED IT FOR THAT SCHOOL YEAR.

AND SO THAT WOULD BE OUR RECOMMENDATION FOR 2526 AS WELL.

I ALSO WANT TO MENTION, TOO, THAT EVEN THOUGH THE MAJORITY OF OUR FAMILIES, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SUMMER SCHOOL, ARE NOT GOING TO BE REALLY THAT CONCERNED ABOUT JUNE AND JULY CALENDAR MONTH, I'M SURE.

BUT WE DID WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT FEDERAL HOLIDAYS WERE ADDRESSED FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, AND THAT'S JUNE 19TH FOR JUNE AND THEN JULY 4TH FOR JULY.

SO ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY OTHER INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED TO FEEL COMFORTABLE DECIDING ONE WAY OR ANOTHER ABOUT THIS CALENDAR RECOMMENDATION.

WALKER. LOVE CALENDAR ADOPTION DAY I LOVE THIS, IT'S SO AWESOME.

I LOVE THE PROCESS.

I LOVE THE OPTIONS, I LOVE EVERYTHING, I JUST MY FAVORITE AND IT'S EVERY TWO YEARS.

I MEAN, I LOVE IT, SO, I, I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD PUT THIS SHOW ON THE ROAD.

LIKE THE CALENDAR CAN GET CRAZY, BUT FOR THE PAST, HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN HERE? THIS IS THE END OF MY NINTH YEAR.

OKAY, SO WHENEVER YOU KIND OF CAME IN AND DID THIS WHOLE PROCESS, IT'S BEEN BEAUTIFUL.

AND I JUST FEEL REALLY, REALLY CONFIDENT THAT THIS IS WHAT OUR COMMUNITY WANTS.

THIS IS WHAT OUR STAFF WANTS.

LIKE, IT JUST IT'S ONE OF MY MY MOST FAVORITE VOTES.

SO THANK YOU. YEAH.

WELL, I THAT REMINDED ME TO SAY ONE THING AS I'M LOOKING AT YOU AND LISTENING AND GETTING EXCITED.

ONE THING, THOUGH, THAT I REALLY WANTED TO POINT OUT AND TIE BACK TO THE PRESENTATION EARLIER ABOUT, RETENTION, QUITE HONESTLY, IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OUR EDUCATORS TALK TO

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US ALL ABOUT IS THEY JUST NEED TIME.

THEY NEED TIME.

THEY WANT TO BE LEARNERS, BUT THEY DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO LEARN ALL THE TIME.

SOMETIMES THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO GO IN THEIR OWN CLASSROOM AND DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO, OR HONESTLY, THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, MAYBE FROM THE COMFORT OF THEIR OWN HOME.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT EARLIER THAT I SHOULD HAVE, AND I'LL REMEMBER NEXT TIME, IS WE HAVE STEPPED OUT A LITTLE BIT INTO SOME REMOTE WORK OPTIONS, WITH OUR TECHNOLOGY TEAM, WITH SOME OF OUR INTERVENTION SERVICES TEAM, ESPECIALLY WITH REPORT WRITING AND, AND PAPERWORK THAT THEY NEED TO GET DONE.

AND THAT'S BEEN A HUGE SUCCESS.

SOME OF OUR BUSINESS OFFICE AND EVEN SOME OF OUR CURRICULUM TEAM HAVE HAD SOME OPPORTUNITIES WITH THAT.

A DAY HERE, A DAY THERE.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY JOBS THAT ARE TOTALLY REMOTE WITH TEACHERS.

YOU DON'T HAVE THAT SAME OPPORTUNITY.

BUT ONE THING THAT WE'VE DONE THE LAST TWO YEARS IS ON THE TRUE TEACHER WORK DAY.

SO TRADITIONALLY, THAT'S BEEN THE DAY BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS AND THE DAY BEFORE SECOND SEMESTER AND AND POTENTIALLY THE LAST SCHOOL DAY OF THE YEAR.

THAT'S A TRUE WORK DAY WHERE NO NEW LEARNING TAKES PLACE.

PRINCIPALS AND DEPARTMENT LEADERS CAN'T CALL MEETINGS.

THAT IS TIME FOR EDUCATORS.

WELL, WE'VE GIVEN THEM A REMOTE OPPORTUNITY IF THEY CAN BE READY FOR SCHOOL TO START THE NEXT DAY, AND THEY CAN DO EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO DO FROM HOME BECAUSE THEY'VE ALREADY SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS IN THEIR ROOM SETTING IT UP.

WE'VE ALLOWED THEM TO DO THAT.

IF THEY CAN COME BACK FROM WINTER BREAK AND BE READY FOR SECOND SEMESTER TO START, AND EITHER DO THAT FROM HOME, OR DO THAT IN A BLENDED ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY CAN COME UP TO THEIR ROOM FOR AN HOUR OR TWO TO FINISH THINGS UP AND THEN GO BACK HOME.

THEY CAN DO THAT.

AND THAT HAS BEEN RECEIVED FABULOUSLY WELL.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID WITH THIS CALENDAR, IF YOU LOOK AT IT, THERE ARE MORE WORKDAYS.

WE'VE PUT TWO AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

THE WAY THIS WOULD WORK FOR TEACHERS, THEY WOULD COME BACK ON THE FIFTH AND THEIR PRINCIPALS WOULD LEAD WHATEVER THEY NEEDED TO LEAVE TO WELCOME THEM BACK, TO GIVE THEM THEIR T SHIRTS, TO HAVE THE FUN BREAKFAST AND LUNCH, YOU KNOW, TO TO BUILD THE CLIMATE AND CULTURE.

BUT THEN THAT SECOND DAY WOULD BE A WORK DAY SO THAT ELEMENTARY TEACHERS CAN GET THEIR CLASSROOM SET UP WELL BEFORE MEET THE TEACHER NIGHT.

THAT'LL COME, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK, THE SECONDARY TEACHERS CAN DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO IN THEIR OWN TIME FRAME TO GET THINGS DONE.

AND AGAIN, IF THEY CAN DO THAT FROM HOME THE ENTIRE DAY OR IN A BLENDED FORMAT, THEY CAN DO THAT.

AND THEN THE MORE TRADITIONAL WORK DAY, THE DAY BEFORE SCHOOL, AS YOU'LL SEE, IS ALSO IN PLACE.

THEN WHEN WE ENDED THE FIRST SEMESTER IN DECEMBER, INSTEAD OF AN EARLY RELEASE DAY, THE KIDS ARE GOING TO BE DONE ON THURSDAY.

IT'S A FULL DAY, BUT THEY'RE DONE ON THURSDAY.

FRIDAY IS THEN A WORK DAY AS WE'RE ENDING THAT SEMESTER WHERE TEACHERS REALLY CAN ENTER THEIR GRADES, THEY CAN DO EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO DO TO CLOSE OUT THAT SEMESTER AND GO INTO THAT WINTER BREAK AND MAKE IT A COMPLETE BREAK.

AND AGAIN, THEY CAN DO IT AT SCHOOL, AT HOME, OR A COMBINATION.

SAME THING FOR COMING BACK FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE SECOND SEMESTER ON JANUARY 6TH.

AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST THAT LAST FRIDAY AGAIN, THE KIDS LAST DAY PRE-K THROUGH 12TH GRADE, THURSDAY THE 22ND, FRIDAY THE 23RD, A WORKDAY. SO AGAIN FOR HIGH SCHOOL IF GRADUATION AND WE HAVEN'T SET THE TIMES YET.

SO DON'T WRITE THIS DOWN.

HAPPEN TO BE, YOU KNOW, AT 5 P.M.

FOR CHS.

WELL, THEN THOSE TEACHERS AND STAFF CAN STAY AT HOME UNTIL 3:00 WHEN THEY NEED TO SHOW UP TO HELP LINE THE KIDS UP FOR FOR CAMPUSES THAT AREN'T INVOLVED IN GRADUATION AGAIN, THEY CAN FINISH UP, THEY CAN DO ALL THE END OF THE YEAR TASKS AND THEN, YOU KNOW, DO EVERYTHING ELSE FROM HOME TO CLOSE OUT THE YEAR.

SO I'M I KNOW THAT'S TAKEN A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, BUT I REALLY WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT FOR YOU GUYS AS WELL AS FOR OUR TEACHERS TO HEAR.

WE'VE LISTENED.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT OTHER WAYS TO GIVE YOU GUYS TIME BACK.

BUT THERE ARE MORE WORK DAYS AND MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO FROM HOME OR FROM SCHOOL ON THIS CALENDAR THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING.

I LOVE THAT.

AND YOU KIND OF BLEW MY MIND WHEN YOU SAID NO EARLY RELEASE DAYS, BECAUSE THAT'S BEEN WE'VE HAD IT FOR FOREVER.

BUT AS SOMEONE WHO AT ONE TIME HAD A, YOU KNOW, AN ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE AND A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT THAT COULDN'T DRIVE, I COULDN'T I DIDN'T KNOW WHEN TO PICK ANYBODY UP.

RIGHT. LIKE YOU'RE ALL OVER THE PLACE AND AND TO YOUR POINT, YOU THEY COME IN AND IT'S KIND OF A MENTALLY THEY'RE A CRAZY DAY.

SO WHEN YOU SAID THAT, I WAS LIKE, OH, THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.

SO I'M REALLY GLAD WITH WHERE Y'ALL LANDED.

I'M JUST WONDERING ONE THING, WHO'S MORE EXCITED TRUSTEE WALKER OR MYSELF? I KNOW, WELL, YOU KNOW, JUST AGAIN, WITHIN THE PARAMETERS WE'RE GIVEN, SOMETIMES WE CAN'T ALWAYS DO THE THINGS WE WANT TO DO.

AND SO WHEN WE CAN, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'VE STEPPED INTO THIS WITH THE WORKDAYS WE'VE HAD THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AND WE CAN ADD MORE, AND AND EDUCATORS CAN REALLY KNOW THAT THEY'VE BEEN HEARD.

THAT'S THE PART, YOU KNOW, THAT EXCITES ME BECAUSE WE DON'T ALWAYS GET TO SAY YES.

SO. I WAS PART OF THIS PROCESS FOR THE FIRST TIME AND I SHARE YOUR EXCITEMENT AND I HOW NOW I CAN FEEL.

WHY? BECAUSE IT WAS SO, JUST LIKE YOU SAID, EYE OPENING TO SEE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES COMING FROM EDUCATORS, PARENTS, COMMUNITY

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MEMBERS, AND STUDENTS.

SO AND THE STATE MANDATES.

SO CONSIDERING ALL THAT AND I REMEMBER THE DISCUSSION ABOUT EARLY RELEASE DAY.

AND THAT WAS SOMETHING REALLY NEW.

TEACHERS FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUSES.

HAD DIFFERENT IDEAS.

TEACHERS FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, THEY WERE COMING FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.

SO IT WAS A REALLY, INTERESTING AND THOROUGH PROCESS.

AND I THINK ENDING THAT WITH THE INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY WAS KIND OF EXCELLENT IDEA WITH THE OPTIONS.

AND YOU MADE IT REALLY SIMPLE BY, YOU KNOW, HIGHLIGHTING WHAT'S THE COMMON, YOU KNOW, COMMON THEMES ACROSS THE CALENDARS AND WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A, B, C.

THAT WAS REALLY HELPFUL GOING BACK IN THE MEMORY LANE.

I WAS IN THE CALENDAR COMMITTEE FOR THE WHEN YOU HELD FOR THE FIRST TIME EIGHT YEARS AGO, 8 OR 9 YEARS AGO.

I KNOW TIME FLIES, DOESN'T IT? AND I THINK WE'RE GETTING BETTER EVERY TIME, SO THAT'S GOOD.

LET'S SEE. THANKS FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE DICK COMMITTEE THAT SPENT SO MUCH TIME DOING IT, AND ALL THE COMMUNITY INPUT.

THAT'S AWESOME. I'M ON THE THE I'M IN THE LEWISVILLE CONFLICT ZONE PERSONALLY, BUT THAT'S YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST THAT'S HOW IT GOES.

BUT I UNDERSTAND WHY.

AND THANKS FOR THE EXPLANATION FOR THAT.

FOR SOME OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT MAY BE, IMPACTED BY THAT MAKES PERFECT SENSE.

AND ALSO THE EARLY STAGES ARE GREAT AS A ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PARENT AS WELL.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

YEAH, I WILL ADMIT THERE'S SOME DISAPPOINTED STUDENTS.

THAT'S THE INPUT THAT WE RECEIVED.

NO, DON'T DO AWAY WITH THEM.

BUT FOR THE MOST PART, THE PARENTS AND THE STAFF WERE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT DECISION.

THE COMMENT.

I'D LIKE TO ADD TO THAT THIS CONVERSATION IS THE FALL BREAK WAS A BIG DISCUSSION IN DC AS WELL.

AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT'S DEFINITELY WAS WELCOMED TO HAVE THAT BECAUSE THE EDUCATORS FELT LIKE, HEY, WE NEED THAT OPPORTUNITY TO REJUVENATE.

AND AND HAVING THAT FALL BREAK WAS WAS ONE OF THOSE BIG THINGS IN THERE.

SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

YES. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION.

IF NOT, I THINK THAT EXCITEMENT WARRANTS A.

I MOVED TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED CALENDARS FOR THE 20 2425 AND 2025 2026.

IT FEELS SO WEIRD SEEING THAT SCHOOL YEAR AS PRESENTED.

THAT'S OPTION A. A MOTION BY TRUSTEE MANEESH SETHI, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE LEE WALKER, ANY.

THEIR DISCUSSION.

HEARING NONE, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR? THANK YOU AND GREAT JOB.

I KNOW YOU'VE GOT A FEW MORE TO GO, BUT I JUST APPRECIATE YOUR THOROUGHNESS WITH THOSE CALENDARS, AND I KNOW OUR COMMUNITY WOULD LOVE IT IF WE WERE APPROVING THE 2627 CALENDAR.

TWO BECAUSE WE ARE A COMMUNITY OF PLANNERS.

BUT AT LEAST WE'LL GET THESE TWO POSTED AND LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD.

SO GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

[IX.E. Discuss & consider the approval of TEA Staff Development Waivers for 2024-2025 and 2025-2026]

THE NEXT ITEM FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION DOES TIE TO THE CALENDAR.

THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY, AS WE'VE ALREADY ESTABLISHED, REQUIRES THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE AN ANNUAL CALENDAR THAT INCLUDES A MINIMUM OF 75,600 MINUTES OF SCHOOL OPERATION AND INSTRUCTION FOR EACH SCHOOL YEAR.

BUT IN ADDITION, TIA PERMITS SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO APPLY FOR A WAIVER ALLOWING FOR 2100 MINUTES OF THE 75,600 TO BE USED FOR STAFF DEVELOPMENT OF EMPLOYEES WITHIN THE SCHOOL YEAR.

SO THE DAYS LEADING UP TO THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR ARE NOT COUNTED, BUT THOSE EMBEDDED IN THE SCHOOL YEAR ARE.

THE ISD ADMINISTRATION WOULD LIKE TO APPLY FOR THIS 2100 MINUTE WAIVER FOR BOTH THE 24, 25 AND 2526 SCHOOL YEARS TO PROVIDE A CUSHION AND FLEXIBILITY SHOULD CIRCUMSTANCES ARISE, THAT NECESSITATE A NEED FOR THESE MINUTES TO MEET THAT 75,600 REQUIRED EACH YEAR.

SO AGAIN, WE'VE DISCUSSED THE WHY BEHIND THAT ALREADY THIS EVENING.

BUT IN ORDER TO APPLY FOR THAT WAIVER, WE WOULD NEED YOU TO BE, GIVE APPROVAL FOR US TO DO THAT THROUGH TIA.

I WOULD LIKE TO JUST GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION THAT THE BOARD APPROVED THE CISD ADMINISTRATION'S APPLICATION FOR THE 2100 MINUTE STAFF DEVELOPMENT WAIVER FOR THE 2024, 2025 AND THE 2025 2026 SCHOOL YEARS AS PRESENTED.

SECOND, AND THANK YOU FOR, GIVING PEOPLE TIME BACK WHERE YOU CAN.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE NICOLE BENTLEY, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE ANTHONY HILL, TO APPROVE CISD ADMINISTRATION APPLYING FOR THE 2100 MINUTE STAFF DEVELOPMENT WAIVER FOR THE 2024, 2025 AND 2025 2026 SCHOOL YEARS AS PRESENTED.

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ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. WE'LL TAKE A VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR? THAT MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

MOVING RIGHT ALONG.

OKAY. OUR DIRECTOR OF STUDENT AND STAFF SERVICES, ANNALISE FORDE, SENT ALL OF YOU ON THE BOARD IN ADVANCE SOME PROPOSED REVISIONS AND

[IX.F. Discuss and consider approval of the following (LOCAL) Board Policy revisions]

ADDITIONS TO LOCAL POLICY.

THERE ARE FOR UP FOR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT.

THERE'S LOCAL POLICY, A LOCAL WHICH IS EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY.

IT IS ALWAYS LISTED OUR MISSION STATEMENT.

THE PROPOSED REVISION IS TO ADD BOTH OUR VISION AND OUR CORE VALUES, WHICH MAKES SENSE TO ME ANYWAY, BECAUSE WE HAVE THEM LISTED EVERYWHERE ELSE.

IT HAS ALSO BEEN RECOMMENDED THAT WE ADD A POLICY THAT REINFORCES THE SUPERINTENDENT ANNUALLY GIVING A REPORT TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE BOARD, ANY PROGRESS TOWARDS THE OBJECTIVES OF THE COMMUNITY BASED ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM, OR CBAS.

SO THAT WOULD BE A NEW POLICY TO DOCUMENT WHAT WE HAVE IN PRACTICE, BUT TO MAKE SURE LOCAL POLICY ALIGNS WITH THAT, LOCAL POLICY BBA WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL POLICY THAT SPELLS OUT VERY SPECIFICALLY ELECTIONS AND ELECTIONEERING.

AGAIN, AS WE HAVE SCHOOL SITES THAT ARE USED FOR A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT ELECTIONS.

AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, A PROPOSED UPDATE TO POLICY EIC LOCAL, WHICH DEALS WITH ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND CLASS RANKING.

THIS LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PARENT CHOICE OPPORTUNITIES WERE IMPLEMENTED, INCLUDING PARENTS BEING ABLE TO CHOOSE FOR STUDENTS TO RETAKE COURSES AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, EVEN IF THE STUDENTS HAVE ALREADY PASSED THAT COURSE.

AND SO IN LIGHT OF THAT, WE WOULD RECOMMEND ADDING TO OUR LOCAL POLICY.

THE CLASS RANK CALCULATION SHALL NOT INCLUDE SEMESTER GRADES FROM A COURSE THAT IS RETAKEN AFTER A PASSING GRADE HAS BEEN EARNED, AND THE NEW GRADE SHALL NOT BE RECORDED ON THE TRANSCRIPT.

SO IN OTHER WORDS, IF THE ONLY REASON SOMEONE IS RETAKING A COURSE THEY'VE PASSED TO BETTER THEIR GPA THAT, IN OUR OPINION, IS NOT AN EQUITABLE PLAYING FIELD.

IF SOMEONE IS RETAKING IT BECAUSE THE PARENTS THINK IT'S IN THEIR BEST INTEREST OTHER THAN FOR THE GPA, WE SUPPORT THAT.

BUT WE WANTED THAT TO BE VERY CLEAR IN POLICY.

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS ON THOSE POLICIES.

I'LL SAY THANK YOU TO YOU.

AND I KNOW MISS FORD'S NOT HERE TONIGHT.

I DON'T KNOW.

SHE WAS UNABLE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING.

I SAW HER, BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU ALWAYS GET THESE TO US.

PLENTY OF TIME TO REVIEW AND LOOK OVER THEM.

SO, THANK YOU FOR THAT AS WELL.

AND I THINK THAT LAST ONE YOU JUST MENTIONED IS SO IMPORTANT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, OUR MENTAL HEALTH OF OUR STUDENTS AND THE PRESSURE THAT THAT'S PUT ON THEM TO, JUST HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF THOSE STRAINS THAT THAT ARE OUT THERE IN THIS, AS WE CALL THE GPA RAT RACE.

SO. YOU GUYS HAVE ANY DISCUSSION OR NOT? WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT.

THE BOARD APPROVED THE LOCAL BOARD POLICY REVISIONS, ALONG WITH THE ELECTION HEARING AND SEA BASS ADDITIONS TO LOCAL BOARD POLICY AS RECOMMENDED.

SECOND. SEE YOU.

JEREMY. YEAH. YEAH. SORRY.

ALL RIGHT. MOTION BY TRUSTEE ANTHONY HILL, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE JOBY MATHEW TO APPROVE THE LOCAL BOARD POLICY REVISIONS, ALONG WITH THE ELECTIONEERING AND SEA BASS ADDITIONS TO LOCAL BOARD POLICY AS RECOMMENDED.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. WE'LL TAKE A VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR? THAT MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

I APPRECIATE YOU ALL TAKING THOSE IN CONSIDERATION TO AND FOR THE APPROVAL.

AND LIKE MISS EICHEL SAID, IT JUST MADE SENSE TO PUT OUR CORE VALUES AND VISION WITH THE MISSION.

THAT'S LIKE YOU SAID, IS ALL OVER OUR DISTRICT, AND I THINK THAT JUST MAKES A STRONG IMPACT AS WELL AS COMMUNITY BASED ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM TO BE REFLECTED IN BOARD POLICY.

I DON'T KNOW OF ANY OTHER DISTRICTS THAT ARE DOING THAT, AND I KNOW THAT MIGHT SEEM MINOR, BUT I THINK IT REALLY DOES ALIGN WITH WHO WE ARE.

AND I THINK THAT IS GREAT.

AND THEN, AS YOU KNOW, THE STATE REQUIRES THAT SCHOOL BOARDS CONSIDER SENATE BILL 763.

[IX.G. Discuss and consider adopting a Resolution regarding Chaplains (SB763)]

YOU HAVE UNTIL MARCH 1ST TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION ON THAT.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR FAITH BASED COMMUNITY FROM.

THE METHODIST CHURCH. BAPTIST CHURCH, SAINT ANNE'S ISLAMIC CENTER OF COPPELL IRVING.

BAHA'I, YOU KNOW, JEWISH SYNAGOGUES IN THE LOCAL AREA.

I MEAN, WE HAVE GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR FAITH BASED GROUP, AND WE ALSO HAVE FULL TIME COUNSELORS AT EVERY ELEMENTARY, MULTIPLE AT SECONDARY, MOST SECONDARIES, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF NEW TECH. THEY DO HAVE ONE FULL TIME.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ALWAYS HAVE VOLUNTEERS AS NEEDED, BUT WE'VE GOT SO MUCH OF THAT COVERED.

JUST GIVING YOU THAT KIND OF FOOD FOR THOUGHT, AS YOU CONSIDER, SENATE BILL 763.

SO WHAT I'M HEARING IS FOR US, YOU KNOW, THIS DOESN'T ADD ANYTHING TO WHAT?

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WHAT WE HAVE. WE'RE FULLY STAFFED.

IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE ABILITY FOR OUR, OUR LOCAL FAITH BASED GROUPS THAT, YOU KNOW, EVEN PARTICIPATE IN, IN SOME OF OUR CLUBS IN TERMS OF FCA AND THEIR ABILITY TO VOLUNTEER.

DISTRICT WIDE.

SO NOTHING AFFECTS.

IT'S PRETTY MUCH STATUS QUO, I GUESS, IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY, I THINK.

SO WE HAVE A VERY, STRONG, PROCESS FOR VOLUNTEERISM.

YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND BE VETTED AND, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD NOT CHANGE THAT AT ALL.

AS FAR AS THAT IS CONCERNED.

OUR VOLUNTEERS MUST GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

BUT AS FAR AS NEEDING ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IN THAT AREA, AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT, I BELIEVE WE'RE IN A GOOD PLACE.

YOU KNOW, IF WE EVER WERE, I THINK WE COULD REACH OUT TO THEM AT ANY TIME WITHOUT IT BEING AN OFFICIAL BOARD POLICY OR RESOLUTION.

BUT I KNOW THE STATE IS REQUIRING THAT BOARDS MUST CONSIDER THAT, FOR SENATE BILL 763, WE NEED TO READ THIS OUT LOUD.

CORRECT? CORRECT. ALL RIGHT.

YOU GUYS WANT. I WILL READ IT AND THEN WE CAN.

DISCUSS IT OR TAKE A MOTION ON IT.

A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD TO EMPLOY OR ACCEPT AS VOLUNTEERS CHAPLAINS.

WHEREAS SECTION 23.001 OF THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE PERMITS THE DISTRICT TO EMPLOY OR ACCEPT AS A VOLUNTEER A CHAPLAIN TO PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES AND PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS AS ASSIGNED BY THE BOARD.

WHEREAS SENATE BILL 763, PASSED BY THE 88TH TEXAS LEGISLATURE, REQUIRES EACH SCHOOL BOARD TO TAKE A RECORD VOTE BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2023 AND MARCH 1ST, 2024, ON WHETHER TO ADOPT A POLICY AUTHORIZING A CAMPUS OF THE DISTRICT TO EMPLOY OR ACCEPT AS A VOLUNTEER A CHAPLAIN UNDER EDUCATION CODE, CHAPTER 23.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF COPPELL SCHOOL DISTRICT HEREBY DOES NOT PERMIT A DISTRICT CAMPUS TO EMPLOY OR ACCEPT AS A VOLUNTARY CHAPLAIN TO PROVIDE SUPPORT, SERVICES AND PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS AT THIS TIME.

AND I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED.

SECOND. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND MOTION BY MYSELF, DAVID CAVINESS, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE ANTHONY HILL, TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED ANY DISCUSSION OR FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM.

WELL, I'M JUST GOING TO STICK MY NECK OUT THERE, I GUESS, AND SAY, I MEAN, MY ONLY ADDITIONAL COMMENT IS THIS FEELS A LITTLE.

THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT WE ARE NOT REQUIRED TO GO ON THE RECORD AS DOING AS OUR NORMAL, NORMAL OPERATION.

AND I THINK THERE MIGHT BE A PLACE, PERHAPS IN A REALLY RURAL AREA WHERE THERE AREN'T THE SERVICES, OR MAYBE THERE AREN'T THE RESOURCES FOR A DISTRICT.

BUT I THINK WE'VE BEEN SO COMMITTED TO SOCIAL EMOTIONAL WELLNESS AND TAKING CARE OF THE MENTAL HEALTH OF OUR STUDENTS.

THAT I, I IT JUST FEELS A LITTLE BIT LIKE A BIT OF CAT AND MOUSE, GOING ON.

SO I HAVE NO PROBLEM GOING ON THE RECORD SAYING THAT.

I AGREE. I MEAN AS A.

IS A SON OF A YOUTH MINISTER IN A SMALL TOWN.

I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THERE ARE DISTRICTS AND PLACES, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE STATE THAT THAT THIS IS A BIG BENEFIT FOR THEM.

BUT I THINK, AS YOU MENTIONED, DOCTOR HUNT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A SOLUTION FOR US AT THIS TIME BECAUSE WE, AS YOU JUST ALLUDED TO, WE WORKED SO HARD AND WE'VE EMPLOYED SO MANY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SHORED UP IN THAT AREA WITH TRAINED, LICENSED COUNSELORS, THAT I AGREE WITH YOU, THAT I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE APPROPRIATE THING FOR US AT THIS TIME.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? I MEAN, THE WEIRD PART OF THIS IS THE BILL REQUIRING THAT WE HAVE TO VOTE ON IT.

THAT IS SO UNUSUAL.

I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THAT, BUT I'LL BE HONEST, THAT SEEMS VERY POLITICAL THING TO DO RATHER THAN SOMETHING THAT WOULD HELP PUBLIC EDUCATION.

AGREED. OTHER DISCUSSION.

NOW WE'LL TAKE A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? A MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

THANK YOU, MISS COLE, AND THANK YOU FOR HOLDING THE FORK DOWN A BIT OR CARRYING AN EXTRA LOAD AS, WE WERE DOING WITHOUT ONE OF OUR POSITIONS, BUT EXCITED THAT WE HAVE KAREN JOINING US. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU.

AND THAT WILL TAKE US TO OUR LAST ACTION ITEM OF THE NIGHT.

[IX.H. Discuss, consider, and act upon all matters incident and related to the adoption of an Election Order calling a School Board Trustee General Election on May 4, 2024]

DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON ALL MATTERS INCIDENT RELATED TO THE ADOPTION OF AN ELECTION ORDER CALLING A SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE.

GENERAL ELECTION ON MAY THE 4TH.

2024, AND.

I WAS JUST. JUST TO WATCH YOU GUYS THIS GO AROUND.

YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN THIS? IT'S BEEN POSTED.

I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION, OR WE CAN HAVE SOME FURTHER DISCUSSION.

I LIKE TO MAKE THE MOST THAT YOU WOULD MAKE IT.

I LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION.

I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

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APPROVE THE ORDER, CALLING A SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE ELECTION ON MAY 4TH, 2024.

BE ADOPTED AS PRESENTED.