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>> TIME IS 6:43. I WILL CALL US BACK IN TO OPEN FROM CLOSED.
[IV. RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION]
NO ACTION THAT WE NEED TO TAKE AS A BOARD, BUT I BELIEVE MS. AIKO HAS A FEW THINGS THAT SHE WOULD LIKE TO SAY.>> ONE OF THE BEST PARTS OF MY JOB IS BEING ABLE TO INTRODUCE NEW PRINCIPLES TO YOU.
IT'S EVEN BETTER WHEN THAT NEW PRINCIPLE IS NOT NEW TO THE DISTRICT.
MAYBE BITTER SWEET IN THE ROOM, BUT LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE HERE TO CELEBRATE THAT THE NEW PRINCIPAL FOR CHS9 WILL BE DR. GREG AXELSON.
BEFORE I TURN OVER THE PODIUM TO DR. AXELSON TO SAY A FEW WORDS, I WANT TO EXPRESS TO THE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM AND ALSO PEOPLE LISTENING WHY DR. AXELSON WAS THE RIGHT PERSON OR IS THE RIGHT PERSON FOR THE JOB.
WHAT MANY OF YOU MAY NOT KNOW IS AFTER STARTING A CAREER IN ANOTHER FIELD, DR. AXELSON FELT THE CALLING TO EDUCATION AND HAS SPENT THE LAST 16 YEARS WORKING AS A TEACHER, A COACH, AND AN ADMINISTRATOR.
MANY OF THOSE YEARS HAVE BEEN ON A NINTH GRADE CAMPUS.
HE WAS A TEACHER AND A SOCCER COACH ON A NINTH GRADE CAMPUS THAT STOOD ALONE AND SEPARATE FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS, MUCH LIKE OUR CAMPUS DOES.
HE THEN MOVED INTO AN ADMINISTRATIVE ROLE AT A NINTH GRADE CAMPUS IN LEWISVILLE AT MARCUS HIGH SCHOOL WITH A NINTH GRADE CAMPUS THAT WAS ATTACHED.
HE'S SEEN AND WORKED UNDER DIFFERENT NINTH GRADE SENIOR HIGH CAPACITIES AND ARRANGEMENTS, AND SO HE KNOWS THE PROS AND CONS, HE KNOWS THE STRUGGLES.
BUT HE IS REALLY DEDICATED TO THAT NINTH GRADE YEAR AND MAKING SURE THAT IT IS A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE FOR THE STUDENTS, FOR THE PARENTS, AND FOR THE STAFF.
WE'RE EXCITED THAT NOT ONLY DOES DR. AXELSON BRING THOSE EXPERIENCES, BUT BECAUSE OF HIS TIME AS A PRINCIPAL IN COPPELL, HE KNOWS AND LIVES OUR CORE VALUES AND OUR MISSION AND OUR VISION.
HE AND HIS FAMILY, WHO HE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE TONIGHT, ARE ALSO COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
NOT ONLY DO THEY WORK IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT THEY LIVE HERE AND ARE VERY INVOLVED, AND SO THEY HAVE RELATIONSHIPS BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL SETTING.
FOR THOSE REASONS AND MANY MORE, ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE EXCITED THAT DR. GREG AXELSON IS THE PRINCIPAL OF CHS9.
>> WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MS. AIKO.
GOOD EVENING, DR. HUNT, PRESIDENT CAVINESS, TRUSTEES.
FIRST, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
I AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE SIX YEARS THAT I'VE HAD AS THE PRINCIPAL AT CMS NORTH.
I LEARNED SO MUCH FROM THE TEACHERS AND STAFF THERE.
I'M VERY EXCITED AND VERY HONORED TO BE JOINING THE CHS9 FAMILY AND TO CONTINUE THE GREAT WORK THAT'S ALREADY BEING DONE THERE.
LIKE MS. AIKO SAID, MY FAMILY IS WITH ME HERE TONIGHT. LOOK AROUND.
WE'RE SURROUNDED BY MANY FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES FROM BOTH NORTH AND CHS9.
I'M REMINDED OF WHAT A PRIVILEGE IT IS TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY IN THESE INCREDIBLE SCHOOLS WITH THESE EXTRAORDINARY EDUCATORS.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR TRUST AND SUPPORT.
I APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, AND GO COWBOYS.
>> ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD?
>> IT'S EXCITING. IT'S GOOD STEP UP AND EXCITED TO SEE WHAT YOU DO NOW.
>> I WOULD ECHO THAT. AS SOMEONE WHO HAS A RISING NINTH GRADER, I CAN'T WAIT TO START THIS JOURNEY WITH YOU AS A PARENT.
I THINK YOU'RE PERFECT FOR THIS JOB, AND THAT'S NOT JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE AN AGGIE.
IT'S BECAUSE THE WAY THAT YOU COMMAND A CAMPUS AND ARE ABLE TO INSPIRE AND DO AMAZING THINGS.
I HAVE SEEN THAT AT NORTH AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT YOU DO NEXT AT 9.
I'M EXCITED TO GET TO BE A PART OF THAT AS A PARENT AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT.
>> NO PRESSURE THERE. WE'RE EXCITED, DR. AXELSON. YOU'RE GOING TO BE GREAT.
I THINK IT JUST SPEAKS TO YOUR ABILITY TO BUILD THOSE STRONG RELATIONSHIPS, SEEING SO MANY OF THE CHS9 FAMILY MEMBERS HERE, WHICH IS GREAT, BUT SO MANY NORTH FAMILY MEMBERS THAT CAME TO CONGRATULATE YOU AS WELL.
EXCITED FOR YOU. I THINK IT'S JUST A FULL CIRCLE MOMENT THAT DR. KOONTZ IS GOING TO MARCUS, AND THAT'S WHERE YOU STARTED, AND YOU'RE GOING OVER TO 9.
IT'S ALL OF THE PIECES ARE COMING TOGETHER LIKE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO.
HE WAS GREAT, BUT EXCITED ABOUT YOU IN THIS NEW ROLE.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE OUTSTANDING.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE, WE DO HAVE A RECEPTION IN FRONT OF THE LIBRARY THAT WE WOULD LOVE TO INVITE YOU TO SO YOU CAN CONGRATULATE DR. AXELSON A LITTLE BIT MORE, TAKE SOME PICTURES.
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HIS FAMILY IS ALL THERE AS WELL.THEY'VE JOINED HIM HERE TONIGHT.
WITH THAT, WE'LL TAKE A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO TRANSITION FOR A SECOND.
BUT AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO DR. AXELSON
>> AS THEY ARE MAKING THEIR WAY OVER TO THE RECEPTION,
[VI. DISTRICT HIGHLIGHTS AND UPDATES]
WE'LL GET GOING ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.NEXT UP IS OUR DISTRICT HIGHLIGHTS AND UPDATES. DR. HUNT.
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CAVINESS.
GOOD EVENING AGAIN TO EVERYONE.
THANKS TO YOU ALL FOR BEING FLEXIBLE AS WE ARE IN THIS SPACE TEMPORARILY.
WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE THOSE DOORS OPEN.
WE HAVE TO LEAVE THOSE DOORS OPEN.
>> BYRON, YOU LEAVE THEM OPEN.
>> WE HAVE TO LEAVE THEM PROPPED OPEN.
THANKS. BUT AGAIN, WE WILL BE HERE FOR THE REST OF THIS MONTH AND ALSO THE MONTH OF JULY, AND HOPEFULLY BE BACK IN THE BOARDROOM FOR OUR AUGUST MEETINGS.
BUT THERE ARE LOTS OF GREAT HIGHLIGHTS THAT I'D LIKE TO BRIEFLY SHARE, BEGINNING WITH OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD PRE-K FAIR THAT WE HAD AT THE END OF MAY.
OVER 160 PRE-K EARLY CHILDHOOD FAMILIES THAT PARTICIPATED.
IT'S THE THIRD TIME THAT WE'VE OFFERED THAT.
I'D LIKE TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO THE CITY OF COPPELL.
THEY ARE GREAT PARTNERS WITH US.
WE WERE ABLE TO USE LIFE SAFETY PARK.
WE HAD A NINE DIFFERENT COMMUNITY SPONSORS THAT HELPED US WITH THE FAIR, WHICH WAS GREAT, THAT HELPED US OFFSET THE COST.
THOSE FAIR PARTICIPANTS WORKED WITH OUR DISTRICT GUIDE AND TACTICIANS FOR ASSESSMENTS.
THEY ALSO RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM OUR CHILD NUTRITION SERVICES, AS WELL AS OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT HAVE PRE-K HOUSE THERE.
THEY WERE ALL IN ATTENDANCE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
THEY HEARD MORE ABOUT THE CURRICULUM.
THEY GOT TO PRACTICE GETTING ON AND OFF THE SCHOOL BUS.
WE LOVE HAVING ALL OF THOSE PRE-K AND EARLY CHILDHOOD FAMILIES JOIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
REALLY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT HAPPEN.
JUST THRILLED THAT IT'S BECOME A VERY BELOVED TRADITION IN CISD, AS WE FOCUS ON OUR CORE VALUE OF ENGAGEMENT.
IT WAS A GREAT EVENT FOR EVERYONE.
SUMMER SCHOOL IS ROCKING AND ROLLING.
WE'VE HAD TWO PROGRAMS GOING ON BOTH FOR ELEMENTARY, WHICH IS AT DENTON CREEK, AND THEN ALSO SECONDARIES AT CHS9.
I APPRECIATE ALL OF THOSE EDUCATORS, FAMILIES, STUDENTS, EVERYONE THAT'S HELPING TO MAKE OUR SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM SO SUCCESSFUL.
THESE PROGRAMS HELP ENSURE CONTINUED LEARNING AND ENGAGEMENT THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER MONTHS FOR OUR STUDENTS WHO QUALIFY FOR EXTENDED SCHOOL SERVICES OR SECONDARY STUDENTS THAT NEEDED SOME REMEDIATION.
OUR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE ON-SITE FIELD TRIPS TO ENRICH THEIR LEARNING.
WITH A VISIT FROM THE COUNTRY CRITTERS PETTING ZOO, WHICH WAS A BIG HIT, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, CHAMPIONSHIP MARTIAL ARTS, BAILA IRVING PERFORMING ARTS ACADEMY, AND THEY ALSO HAVE THEIR OWN FIELD TRIP TO LIFE SAFETY PARK.
AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK ALL THE EDUCATORS, THE ADMINISTRATORS, ALL THE STAFF MEMBERS, FAMILIES WHO HAVE HELPED OUR SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAMS BE SO SUCCESSFUL.
WE BEGAN OUR SUMMER WITH OUR PRINCIPAL INSTITUTE.
WE HADN'T DONE ONE LIKE THIS IN A WHILE, AND SO IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR PRINCIPALS TO REALLY FOCUS ON THE '24, '25 SCHOOL YEAR.
YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT IT WHEN NANCY GARVEY DOES HER PRESENTATION, BUT I WANT TO THANK HER AND DR.
ANGIE BROOKS AND THE ENTIRE CURRICULUM TEAM FOR HELPING TO GET IT ALL ORGANIZED.
OUR PRINCIPALS WERE ABLE TO WORK ON THEIR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN, LOOK AT SOME OF THEIR AWARE DATA, ALSO LOOK AT MTSS, MULTI-TIERED SUPPORT SYSTEMS, AND A PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY IMPLEMENTATION, UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR LEARNING, OR CVAS, OR COMMUNITY-BASED ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM, AS WELL AS TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT.
THERE WAS A LOT OF LEARNING OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS, BUT IT REALLY DID HELP US AS WE PREPARE FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR.
APPRECIATE AGAIN EVERYBODY THAT WAS INVOLVED IN IT.
YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT WHEN NANCY DOES HER PART, BUT YOU CAN SEE A FEW OF THE PICTURES THERE.
THEN EVERYONE'S GET EXCITED ABOUT THE OLYMPICS JUST AROUND THE CORNER.
WE'RE THRILLED TO HAVE A COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE THAT'S GOING TO BE PARTICIPATING.
IF YOU REMEMBER CHIAKA OGBOGU, SHE HAS BEEN A PART OF CISD FOR SEVERAL YEARS, AND THEN SHE GRADUATED.
SHE ALREADY HAS ONE OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL.
HOPEFULLY SHE'LL GET ANOTHER ONE, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE HER COME BACK IN THE SPRING OR
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THE SUMMER OF 2020 TO SHOW OFF HER MEDAL, BIG PARADE.SHE'S GOING TO BE COMPETING AGAIN WITH THE US OLYMPIC VOLLEYBALL TEAM.
SHE WAS A PART OF OUR GIRLS VOLLEYBALL PROGRAM BACK IN THE DAY WHEN WE WON OUR TWO BACK-TO-BACK STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN 2011 AND 2012 AND SHE WAS NAMED TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR.
SHE WENT ON TO PLAY AT UT, AND THEN ALSO WAS THE 2017 BIG 12 PLAYER OF THE YEAR.
AGAIN, LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING HER REPRESENT OUR COUNTRY TO WIN HOPEFULLY ANOTHER GOLD MEDAL.
THEN FINALLY, WE HAVE SEVERAL INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON THIS SUMMER.
IT'S OUR SECOND YEAR TO HAVE A STUDENT LED SUMMER SCHOOL INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.
WE BUILT ON LAST YEAR'S PROGRAM.
WE HAD 10 SUMMER SCHOOL INTERNS.
THEY ARE SPENDING TWO WEEKS DOING INTERNSHIPS.
THEY'RE PRIMARILY JUNIORS AND SENIORS.
WE HAD 51 SPOTS ORIGINALLY SECURED.
WE HAD AN IT COMPANY HAD SOME STORM DAMAGE, THOUGH, SO THEY HAD TO PULL OUT, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO FIND SPOTS FOR THE REST OF THEM.
I WANT TO THANK OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM, ESPECIALLY MS. ANGELA BROWN AND AMANDA SIMPSON FOR HELPING TO PUT ALL THIS TOGETHER.
WE HAVE KIDS INTERNING AT ALL KINDS OF COMPANIES AND ORGANIZATIONS, SUCH AS AMAZON, VERI, MK, INFOTECH, MOBILITY CREDIT UNION, SAM PACK FORD, AND MUCH MORE.
THEN THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM, THEY DO HAVE ONE SUMMER INTERN, ARIA CHOWDHURY, AND SHE IS THE PERSON THAT PUT ALL THESE PHOTOS TOGETHER FOR OUR DISTRICT HIGHLIGHTS.
GOOD FOR ARIA TO BE RIGHT THERE ON THE JOB DOING HER INTERNSHIP.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR DISTRICT HIGHLIGHTS.
THAT WILL LEAD US TO OUR INVOCATION AND PLEDGE TONIGHT BY MS. LEIGH WALKER.
[VII. INVOCATION AND PLEDGE of ALLEGIANCE - Leigh Walker - Place 1]
>> IF YOU WANT TO JOIN ME. DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME TO YOU WITH GRATITUDE.
GRATITUDE FOR A WONDERFUL SCHOOL YEAR THAT'S BEHIND US, AND FOR THIS SEASON, THE SUMMER SEASON OF REST AND RENEWAL.
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF OUR FAMILIES, OUR EDUCATORS, OUR STAFF, AND OUR KIDS.
I WOULD ASK THAT THIS SUMMER BE A TIME OF GROWTH, OF CALMNESS.
IF YOU WOULD PROTECT AND LOOK AFTER EVERYONE WHO IS TRAVELING ON VACATION OR IN ANY CAPACITY.
IF YOU COULD JUST EXTEND YOUR HEAVENLY GRACE ON THEM AS THEY COME BACK TO START SCHOOL IN AUGUST.
THEN LASTLY, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU BE WITH US AS A BOARD, KEEP OUR EYES ON THE VALUES THAT WE HOLD DEAR AND HELP US TO MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON THOSE VALUES IN THE SPIRIT OF COLLABORATION AND COOPERATION.
THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY AND ALL YOUR BLESSINGS.
JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE.OF ALLEGIANCE]
>> THANK YOU, LEIGH. WE DID NOT HAVE ANYONE TONIGHT SIGN UP FOR OPEN FORUM, SO THAT WILL TAKE US BACK TO YOU DR. HUNT FOR DISCUSSION REPORTS.
[IX. DISCUSSION AND REPORT ITEMS - SUPERINTENDENT]
>> WE HAVE THREE STAFF REPORTS.
THE FIRST ONE IS RELATED TO GOAL 2, WHICH IS QUALITY INSTRUCTION AND PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES.
THEN WE ALSO WILL HAVE OUR COMMUNITY-BASED ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM UPDATE.
THEN FINALLY, OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, DIANE SARKAR, WILL UPDATE US WITH OUR BUDGET.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DR. BROOKS AND MS. HARVEY.
>> GOOD EVENING, DR. HUNT, PRESIDENT CAVINESS, AND OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL THIS EVENING.
NOT EVERYONE. GLAD YOU'RE HERE, EVERYBODY.
THIS EVENING, YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING PIECES THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING AS A DISTRICT.
IT'S VERY MUCH TIED TO PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES.
YOU HEAR ME SEE SAY THE WORD PLC A LOT WITHIN THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.
BUT IT'S NOT JUST CANVAS-BASED.
THIS IS ALSO THINKING ABOUT THE HOLISTIC PIECE WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION FOR LEARNING FOR ALL.
HOW WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR CAMPUS EDUCATORS AND ALSO TWO OTHER DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
MS. HARVEY IS GOING TO TALK THROUGH SOME OF THE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE.
THINKING ABOUT THIS TOO, HER TEAM WORKS VERY CLOSELY TOGETHER TO BE ABLE TO HELP THIS, BUT ALSO TO A LOT OF SUPPORT PERSONNEL.
WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT CURRICULUM TEAM, WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT SOME OF OUR INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES, OUR LANGUAGE ACQUISITION SPECIALISTS.
A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE ARE HELPING TO DELIVER THE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING THAT HAPPENS THROUGHOUT NOT ONLY THE SUMMER AND DURING OUR PL DAYS, BUT ALSO TO JUST THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE ENTIRE YEAR.
I'M GOING TO LET HER TAKE IT AWAY TO TALK SOME MORE ABOUT SOME OF THE DETAILS.
I'M EXCITED TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT.
ACTUALLY, AS I WAS BUILDING THIS PRESENTATION, IT WAS A GREAT REFLECTION FOR ME.
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I WAS AT SLIDE 17. I'M JUST KIDDING.SLIDE 7. I WAS LIKE, THERE'S JUST BEEN SO MUCH.
I'M EXCITED TO SHARE WITH YOU.
>> AS WE BEGAN THE SCHOOL YEAR, WE WERE ALSO WORKING ON THINGS THAT WE HAD STARTED THE YEAR BEFORE.
ONE OF OUR BIG PUSHES LAST YEAR WAS CRUCIAL CONVERSATIONS FOR OUR DISTRICT LEADERS.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE ABOUT 10-12 TRAINERS THAT ARE ALREADY IN OUR DISTRICT THAT CAN TRAIN CRUCIAL CONVERSATIONS WHICH IS WONDERFUL FOR US, AND IT ALLOWS US THE FLEXIBILITY TO BUILD DESIGN WHEN THAT HAPPENS.
WE HAVE MOVED INTO WORKING WITH OUR TEACHERS AND FINDING STAFF AND OUR PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR IS TO CONTINUE BUILDING THIS TRAINING AND POINTING IT OUT TO CAMPUSES AND ALLOWING THEM TO START MOVING A LOT.
IT'S BEEN REALLY GREAT TO SEE THE TEACHERS BECAUSE IT'S A TWO DAY TRAINING, IT'S A LOT.
FIRST WALK IN AND LIKE, THIS IS GOING TO BE A LOT, AND THEN BY THE END OF IT, THEY ARE SO EXCITED.
I PUT A COUPLE OF QUOTES UP THERE I'M NOT GOING TO READ THEM TO YOU.
BUT THEY JUST FOUND THAT THIS TRAINING IS GREAT, NOT ONLY FOR THEMSELVES AT WORK, BUT PERSONALLY AS WELL AND ARE ABLE TO BUILD IN, IT'S REALLY GREAT THINGS.
I'M GOING TO CIRCLE BACK TO THAT WHEN WE GET TO SOME LEADERSHIP TRAINING TOO.
WE ALSO CONTINUED FROM THE DISTRICT ROOT PLAN POVERTY STIMULATION, WHICH IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN THROUGH THIS TRAINING, IT IS ONE OF THOSE ONES THAT YOU LEAVE WITH GOOSE BUMPS, AND YOU REALLY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DIVE INTO WHAT IT MIGHT FEEL LIKE TO BE IN POVERTY.
THIS WAS ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE THERE SOMEBODY IS REALLY ENGAGING, BUT ALSO BY THE END OF IT, THERE'S LOTS OF REFLECTION AROUND HOW WE CAN DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY IN ORDER TO SUPPORT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS IN CISC.
AGAIN, A COUPLE OF QUOTES, I'M NOT GOING TO READ THEM TO YOU, BUT NEVER EXPERIENCING PROPERTY AND THEN TRYING TO BE ABLE TO BE APATHETIC.
THIS WAS A SPACE OF WAY TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT IT FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE AND FIGURE OUT WAYS THAT OUR DISTRICT CAN CONTINUE TO HELP. IT'S A GREAT TRAIN.
WE ACTUALLY PURCHASED THE KIT SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE DOING THAT AGAIN FLEXIBLY AS NEEDED ON CAMPUSES, OUR PRINCIPALS WITH SOME OF THE FIRST THAT THROUGH IT I WANT TO DO THIS WITH MY STAFF.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD TO THIS NEXT SCHOOL YEAR AND BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT TRAINING IN HOUSE WHICH IS REALLY GREAT.
DISTRICT FL DAYS. AG MENTIONED IT A LITTLE BIT.
I'VE BEEN DOING LOTS OF FEEDBACK OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
IT'S LIKE, HOW CAN WE MAKE THESE BETTER AND WE'RE ENGAGING AND SO THIS YEAR, BASED OFF FEEDBACK FROM OUR TEACHERS, THEY WERE LIKE CHOICE.
I REALLY WANT TO BE ABLE TO CHOOSE WHAT I'M LEARNING.
I REALLY WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO THESE DIFFERENT THINGS.
WE TOOK THAT AND WENT AND BUILT A COUPLE OF BIG DISTRICT DAYS.
THIS ONE IN FEBRUARY IS WHERE THIS DATA IS COMING FROM BUT WE HAD SESSIONS THAT WERE ALL THE WAY FROM LEARNING ABOUT PLCS AND LEARNING ABOUT MTSS OR DATA OR SMALL GROUP TO OUR LAST SESSION OF THE DAY, WHICH WAS AN SEL SESSION.
BASED OFF OF YOU BEEN HERE WHILE IN 2020, WE DID A FULL DAY.
OTHER SEAL, WE DID IN THE AFTERNOON, THEY WERE ABLE TO JOB, THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE CHEESE, THEY WERE ABLE TO BUILD RICH AND BRACELETS BECAUSE THEY'RE IN THEIR TAILOR SWIFT ERA AND IT JUST PROVIDED A SPACE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER AND TO COLLABORATE AND JUST TO END THE DAY ON A FIVE NOTE, AND IT WENT REALLY WELL.
WE HAD AND I DON'T KNOW MY CLASSES ON I THINK IT WAS 87% SAID THAT THEY FELT THE CONTENT FROM THAT PLD WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS USEFUL FOR THEM IN THEIR CLASSROOM, AND I FELT LIKE THAT WAS REALLY GREAT.
DISTRICT LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, DOCTOR HUNT AND I WORKED TOGETHER TO BUILD A LEADERSHIP ACADEMY THAT WAS FOCUSING ON OUR CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION, AND WE SPENT SIX DIFFERENT SESSIONS WORKING TOGETHER AND BUILDING COLLABORATIVE TIME FOR THEM TO WORK TOGETHER AND TO SHARE THEIR OWN KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE.
ALSO FOCUS IN ON DIFFERENT TOPICS LIKE BUILDING AND DEVELOPING AND LEADING TEAMS. WE TALKED ABOUT LEADING WITH CLARITY AND COMMUNICATION, AND JUST SPENT SOME TIME, WHICH MY FAVORITE PART WAS HEARING FROM THEM AND HEARING WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY ABOUT WHATEVER THEY'RE WORKING ON BECAUSE THEY ARE CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION LEADERS.
THEY MIGHT BE NEW TO THEIR ROLE IN THE PAST FEW YEARS.
BUT THEY ALSO HAVE BEEN LEADING BEFORE, AND IT WAS JUST REALLY GREAT FOR THEM TO ALL BE ABLE TO TALK TOGETHER, I ENJOYED DOING THAT.
BUT PUTTING IT TOGETHER AND DESIGNING IT WAS GREAT, BUT THE TIME TOGETHER AND HEARING THEM AND TALKING TO THEM WAS REALLY GREAT.
IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WERE LIKE IT'S WHAT FILLS YOUR BUCKET, YOU DO YOUR JOB, BUT THEN THESE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT YOU'RE LIKE, I FEEL LIKE MAYBE THIS IS WORKING FOR ME.
SPEAKING UP, EMPOWERING LEADERS, I WORKED WITH DR. BROOKS AND THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WE PUT TOGETHER FOR TEACHERS.
TEACHERS WERE ABLE TO SIGN UP AND APPLY TO BECOME PART OF THE EMPOWERING LEADERS GROUP.
WE HAD 70 TEACHERS FROM ACROSS THE DISTRICT WHO WANT TO GROW THEIR LEADERSHIP AND SO WE WORKED TOGETHER AND BULLS OUT SIX DAY, A LITTLE LONGER WHERE SOMETIMES IT WAS AFTER SCHOOL, SOMETIMES WE PULLED THEM OUT.
WE'RE CIRCLING BACK TO CRUCIAL CONVERSATIONS. WE GAVE THEM THAT TRAINING.
AS THEY WERE LEAVING THAT TRAINING,
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I JUST LOVE HEARING THAT THEY'RE LIKE, OH, MY GOSH, THIS IS AMAZING I CAN'T WAIT TO USE THIS WITH MY TEAM.A LOT OF THEM ARE ALREADY TEAM LEADERS, AND THEY WERE JUST LIKE, THIS IS LIKE THE STUFF THAT I NEED.
I WANT TO BE ABLE TO HELP THEM AND NOT BE THE PROBLEM SOLVER, BUT HELP THEM SOLVE PROBLEMS TOGETHER.
IT WAS JUST ASPIRING TO HEAR THEM TALK AND THOSE DIFFERENT MEETINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE WENT THROUGH A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS FROM FIGURING OUT WHO THEY ARE AS A LEADER TO BUILDING THEIR OWN PORTFOLIO TO BE READY TO SHARE AND MOVE AND CHANGE.
MY FAVORITE DAY WAS YOUR FAVORITE DAY WAS THE CAREER EXPLORATION DAY.
WE HAD DIFFERENT PEOPLE FROM THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT THAT ARE IN DIFFERENT LEADERSHIP POSITIONS COME IN, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO CHOOSE TABLES AND BASED OFF D RAM DESCRIPTIONS AND THEIR INTEREST LEVEL, HEAR FROM THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND A WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, HOW THEY GOT THERE.
THAT WAS THE MOST TALKING, THE MOST JOY THAT WE HAD THAT DAY I S WALKING AROUND LISTENING TO THEM AND IT WAS JUST REALLY GREAT AND BUILDING THEM UP TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THEIR NEXT STEPS ARE, AND WE LEFT THEM WITH THEM WRITING THEMSELVES AND EMAIL THAT WAS GOING TO SHOW UP EITHER SIX MONTHS OR A YEAR LATER AND JUST CHECK IN ON THEM AND BE LIKE, HEY, THESE ARE THE PLANS I WAS DOING, WHERE ARE YOU AND HELPING THEM MAKE A PLAN FOR THEIR NEXT STEPS IN LEADERSHIP.
IT WAS GREAT. THEME, I'M ALSO WORKING ON BEAM.
EVERYONE'S WHAT IS BEAM MEAN IT'S BEGINNING EDUCATORS AND MENTORS.
THESE ARE THE GROUPS OF TEACHERS THAT HAVE ZERO OR ONE YEAR EXPERIENCE.
BASED OFF THE FEEDBACK, OR PRINCIPALS FOR LIKE, WE NEED SOME FLEXIBILITY IN WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE BECAUSE EACH CAMPUS IS SO DIFFERENT.
WHETHER THEY'RE AN ELEMENTARY CAMPUS OR NOT, THEY MAY HAVE ONE PERSON AND THEN ANOTHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIGHT HAVE 10-12 PEOPLE ND SO THAT PROGRAM WAS REALLY DIFFERENT.
THE FIRST YEAR AS HERE, IT WAS MORE STRUCTURED EVERYONE WAS DOING THE SAME THING EACH MONTH.
IT JUST DIDN'T WORK OUT BASED OF HOW THINGS WERE WORKING.
WE BUILT A WHOLE CURRICULUM AND CREATED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EACH CAMPUS TO BUILD THEIR OWN PLAN.
ALL OF THE STANDARDS ARE THE SAME, EVERY TEACHER IS GETTING THE SAME SUPPORT WITH CALIBRATED RESOURCES.
BUT WHAT THE PRINCIPALS ARE ABLE TO DO IS CORRELATE HOW THAT WILL WORK ON THEIR CAMPUS, WHETHER IT'S DELIVERED IN PERSON, WHETHER THEY'RE DOING LIKE SMALL GROUPS, WHETHER THEY'RE DOING ONE ON ONE, HOW THINGS WORK EACH MONTH, WHAT THEY'RE FOCUSING ON EACH MONTH.
IT HAS BEEN REALLY SUCCESSFUL, I'VE BEEN DOING A BEGINNING OF THE YEAR ASSESSMENT AND END OF THE YEAR ASSESSMENT AND WORKING ON BEING ABLE TO TAKE THAT DATA AND THEN WORK INTO THE NEXT YEAR.
THE RESOURCES ARE PHENOMENAL, I HAD TWO INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES, ONE FORMER KAREN MC WILLIAMS AND CLARA CASEY WE'RE BUILDING IT OUT AND THEY WERE ABLE TO TAKE THAT FLEXIBILITY AND BUILD OUT EITHER A PL PACKAGE WHERE THEY CAN JUST TAKE IT AND GO, OR THEY HAVE EACH LITTLE PIECE BROKEN OUT AND THEY CAN DECIDE HOW THEY'RE USING IT.
IT HAS BEEN WONDERFUL. NEW HIRE.
THIS IS JUST JUST TO LET YOU KNOW.
NEW HIRE IS COMING UP, IT'S ON AUGUST 1 AND AUGUST 2.
WE'LL START WITH WITH A NEW HIRED BREAKFAST IN THE MORNING ON THE FIRST, AND THEN THEY'LL GO INTO SOME OVERVIEW AND SOME TRAINING.
THEN AS YOU MAY ALREADY KNOW OR NOT KNOW, THEY ALSO GET AN ONLINE COURSE AND ASYNCHRONOUS COURSE.
AS SOON AS THEY'RE HIRED, THEY GET AN E MAIL THAT WELCOMES THEM TO THE DISTRICT AND THEN THEY GET IN AND THEY GET CID 101, WHAT OUR CORE VALUES ARE, WHAT ARE WE DOING? HOW DOES THAT WORK? THEN IT GOES INTO INFORMATION ABOUT HOW DO YOU GET YOUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING? WHAT DID THE PLATFORMS LOOK LIKE? JUST GIVING THEM A TASTE OF WHAT IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE SO THAT WHEN THEY COME INTO THAT NEW HIRE MEETING IN PERSON, THEY HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THEY'RE GETTING INTO AND WHAT THEY MIGHT NEED MORE INFORMATION ON.
THEN YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW THE SUMMER CONFERENCE UNFORTUNATELY WAS CANCELED BECAUSE OF WEATHER.
THAT BIG STORM THAT CAME THROUGH AND HIT US THE DAY BEFORE, AND IT CUT OUT THE POWER AT CMS LINE AND WE WEREN'T ABLE TO ACTUALLY HAVE THE CONFERENCE.
I WAS SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS CONFERENCE.
ONE, BECAUSE IT WAS FRIENDS THEM, AND WE WERE READY TO GO AND SO EXCITED.
TWO, WE HAD SO MANY FANTASTIC TEACHERS THAT WERE READY TO SHARE THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE.
BUT DON'T WORRY, ALL THOSE EXPERTISE, ALL THOSE PLANS ARE GOING TO BE COMING FORWARD IN OUR NOVEMBER PROFESSIONAL LEARNING DAY.
BUT I HAVE REACHED OUT TO THEM TO SEE IF ANYBODY IS WILLING TO MAKE THEIR COURSE ASYNCHRONOUS.
WE ARE IN THE PLANNING PROCESS OF GETTING THAT OUT TO STAFF BECAUSE THERE ARE THREE FLUX DAYS NEXT YEAR THAT ARE BUILT INTO THE CALENDAR THAT OUR STAFF NEEDS PROFESSIONAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, AND SO I'VE ALREADY HAD TEACHERS GO ANTIQUE WHEN ARE WE GETTING OUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING, WHICH IS SO EXCITING THAT PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY REACHING OUT FOR PROFESIONAL LEARNING.
BUT ANYWAY, SO WE ARE DOING SOME AID SAFEST LEARNING, AND THEN AMANDA MASK AND THE DIGITAL LEARNING COACHES ARE PUTTING TOGETHER A TWO WEEK ON AND OFF WEBINAR TIME.
THAT WILL BE ABLE TO SIGN UP FOR AND KIND OF GO TO CANVA OR SCHOOL AG OR WORKING ON SOME DIGITAL LEARNING THROUGHOUT THERE AND WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT OUT TO THE STAFF AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
BUT JUST LIKE WORKING WITH OUR STAFFS ON SUMMER VACATION AND MAKING SURE WE GET IT ALL PLANNED.
WE'RE SUPER EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO STILL OFFER SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DISAPPOINTED THAT WE DIDN'T GET TO HAVE IT, BUT I'M EXCITED BECAUSE NOW ALL THOSE TEACHERS ARE READY TO
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PRESENT IN NOVEMBER AND ALREADY HAVE THEIR PRESENTATION READY, WHICH IS EXCITING.>> PIVOT EXACTLY. [LAUGHTER] THAT WAS AWESOME.
NOT AS EXCITING, BUT ALSO AS IMPORTANT AS COMPLIANCE COURSES.
EVERYTHING IS DIGITAL EXCEPT FOR OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION, WHICH WILL HAPPEN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
BUT I WORKED HARD WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT LEADERS THAT HAVE COMPLIANCE THAT'S IMPORTANT BASED OFF OF STATE OR FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS.
WE HAVE EVERYTHING BUILT IN SO THAT STAFF CAN START NOW, LEARNING ALL THE COMPLIANCE THAT THEY NEED SO THAT THEY'RE READY FOR THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.
THIS INCLUDES CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE.
THIS INCLUDES BLOOD MORE PATHOGENS, ALL THOSE THINGS THAT WE NEED SAFETY AND SECURITY, ALL THOSE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE SAFE AND OUR STAFF ARE SAFE WHEN WE START SCHOOL, AND THAT EVERYONE FEELS PREPARED TO DO THAT SCHOOL YEAR.
THAT IS OUT AND READY FOR PEOPLE TO LEARN.
THEN, DOCTOR HOLIVE ALREADY TOUCHED A LITTLE BIT ON PRINCIPALS INSTITUTE, BUT WHAT I LOVE ABOUT PRINCIPALS INSTITUTE WAS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE STAFF TO GET TOGETHER AND SHARE THINGS THAT THEY'VE ALREADY DONE AND THINGS THAT THEY HAVEN'T OR THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON SO THAT THEY CAN WORK TOGETHER AND BECOME THEIR OWN PLC, LIKE DOCTOR MOS WAS SAYING, THAT GROUP GETTING TOGETHER AND BEING ABLE TO SHARE AND TALK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING.
I'M PRETTY STRATEGIC IS HOW I PLACE THEM AT THEIR TABLE SO THAT THEY'RE WORKING WITH MINDED FOLKS THAT ARE WORKING ON THE SAME CONTENT.
FOR EXAMPLE, OUR DLI CAMPUSES WERE STATIONED TOGETHER, SO THEY COULD TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING, TITLE CAMPUSES, THAT STUFF.
BUT IT'S JUST FUN TO ONE MEET SOME OF THE NEW FOLKS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN HIRED.
AS SECTOR HUNT SAID, WE WENT THROUGH A LOT OF CONTENT.
THE BIG PIECE OF FEEDBACK FROM THE PRINCIPALS WERE, WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT OUR BIG FOCUSES ARE FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY PLANNING THE SUMMER.
WE'RE ALREADY TRYING TO GET OUR WEEK READY TO GO AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING.
MY JOB WAS TO HELP COLLECT THAT AND GET IT ALL TOGETHER AND THEN GET INTO A SPACE WHERE THEY HAD IT READY SO THAT THEY FEEL PREPARED FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
I FEEL LIKE THAT ALL HAPPENED IN PRINCIPALS INSTITUTE.
COMING SOON, I THINK IS THE ADMINISTRATOR ACADEMY.
NOW WE'RE COMING TOGETHER IN THE END OF JULY AS A WHOLE CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON OUR DISTRICT GOALS, STRATEGIC PLANNING.
WE'RE GOING THROUGH, EMPLOYEE DIFFERENT, LIKE THE HANDBOOK, THE STUDENT HANDBOOK, JUST GETTING EVERYBODY READY TO GO.
WE'RE ALSO COMING TOGETHER AS A GROUP FOR THE FIRST TIME.
WE'LL DO SOME TEAM BUILDING AND DO SOME FUN THINGS SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF JUST KICK OFF THE YEAR.
OUR BIG THEME FOR THE YEAR IS CICS HOME BUT OUR THEME FOR ADMINISTRATORS ACADEMY AND WELCOME WEAK IS THIS PLACE IS RIGHT INSTEAD OF THE PRICES RIGHT.
I'M EXCITED TO USE THAT THEME THROUGHOUT THAT TRAINING TO KIND OF KEEP EVERYBODY GOING AND MOVING FORWARD.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST WELCOME WEEK IS COMING UP.
ONE OF THE BIG PIECES OF FEEDBACK AGAIN FROM OUR STAFF WAS, WE NEED TIME.
WE NEED TIME TOGETHER AS A CAMPUS TO BUILD OUR PLC, TO BUILD OUR CULTURE, AND DO THOSE THINGS.
WE'RE DOING IT A LITTLE DIFFERENT THIS YEAR AND GIVING A LOT OF CAMPUS DAYS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND TAKING AND NOT TAKING, BUT AND THEN USING OUR DISTRICT DAYS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR.
WHAT OUR TEACHERS ARE TRYING TO GET COMPARED, THEY NEED THE THINGS THAT THEY NEED FOR THAT FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.
THEY WANT TO MEET THEIR TEAM, THEY WANT TO GET THEIR TEAM GOING AND GET THAT FIRST WEEK PLAN, ALL THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
THE PRINCIPALS WERE LIKE, WE JUST NEED THE TIME SO WE BUILT OUT A WHOLE PROCESS WHERE THE DISTRICT FOLKS THAT HAD THINGS THAT NEEDED TO BE TRAINED, ALREADY GAVE THEM WHAT NEEDED TO BE TRAINED AT THE PRINCIPALS INSTITUTE AND THEN THOSE THINGS WILL HAPPEN BASED OFF OF EACH CAMPUSES NEED FOR THEIR SCHEDULE.
AGAIN, TALKING ABOUT THAT FLEXIBILITY, ALLOWING THEM TO DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.
BUT STILL HAVING A DISTRICT DAY, BUT THAT DISTRICT DAY WILL ACTUALLY HAPPEN ON CAMPUS AND WILL BE FACILITATED BY THE CAMPUS OR THE CAMPUS PERSONNEL.
BUT THAT'S THE DAY THAT WE SAY, OH, WE HAVE TO PULL THIS GROUP OFF, WE HAVE TO DO THAT, BUT EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE REALLY CAMPUS FOCUSED.
THEN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR THAT NOVEMBER 5TH DATE, THAT'S THE DAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO DISTRICT BIG PROFESSIONAL LEARNING IN THAT SENSE OF LIKE, HEY, YOU HAD A COUPLE OF MONTHS IN YOUR CLASSROOM NOW, WHERE YOUR DATA IS LAYING.
NOW IT'S TIME TO DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT TO LEARN, INSTEAD OF TRYING TO DO THAT WHILE THEIR FOCUS IS ON A DIFFERENT SPACE.
WE'RE A TEST OF THE NEW, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE CHANGE.
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF STAFF WORK DAYS, MOSTLY CAMPUS DAYS AND THEN THAT DISTRICT DAY ON THE EIGHTH AND I WISH I HAD MY GLASSES BECAUSE THAT IS A LOT FARTHER AWAY THAN.
THAT IS JUST A LITTLE GLIMPSE INTO PROFESSIONAL LEARNING.
>> GOING. THAT'S A LOT THANK YOU. DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY?
>> I DO. ACTUALLY. I HAD SOME THINGS THAT I NOTICED AND WOULD REALLY LIKE TO CELEBRATE.
FIRST OF ALL, WHEN I THINK ABOUT HOW YOU HAVE THIS FEEDBACK LOOP, AND YOU'RE ACTUALLY MAKING CHOICE AND INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTION, SO MUCH OF WHAT WE TALK ABOUT FOR OUR STUDENTS, ARE IMPLEMENTING FOR OUR TEACHERS.
SO I JUST WANT TO CELEBRATE THAT.
CELEBRATE THAT YOU'RE LIVING THE MATTER.
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IF YOU GIVE FEEDBACK, YOU'RE ASKING AT THE END OF THESE THINGS, WAS THIS RELEVANT? DID THIS WORK FOR YOU AND HOW COULD WE MAKE IT BETTER.THAT IS SOMETHING TO SUPER CELEBRATE.
I LOVE THE CHOICE. I SEE THIS IS A BIG PART OF OUR RETENTION OF STAFF.
EDUCATORS AND WANT TO CONTINUE TO LEARN AND GROW AND HAVE THOSE PATHWAYS TO LEADERSHIP.
I JUST WANT TO CELEBRATE THAT.
THAT IS AMAZING AND THEN I ALMOST JUMPED UP AND SHOUTED WHEN YOU SAID THAT BEAM BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN SO WORRIED ABOUT OUR ZERO ONBOARDING WORRY IS NOT THE RIGHT WORD, BUT I KNOW THAT THAT ONBOARDING TIME IS CRITICAL.
TO SEE THAT IT LOOKS LIKE THAT IS GOING TO BE ROCKING AND ROLLING.
I JUST WANTED TO CALL THOSE THINGS OUT A IS AMAZING.
>> YOU'VE DONE YOU HAVE SUCH A GREAT FOUNDATION HERE.
WHAT IS NEXT AND WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BUILD ON?
>> THANK YOU. THE ONE BIG THING FOR ME I THINK IS NEXT IS CAPACITY BUILDING.
ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT WE RUN INTO A LOT IN PROFESSIONAL LEARNING IS YOU WORK WITH A GROUP AND THAT WHOLE GROUP GETS LEARNING.
BUT THEN WHAT HAPPENS WHEN NEW TEACHERS COME ON? NOWADAYS, WE HAVE NEW TEACHERS COMING IN IN OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH.
JUST DEPENDS ON HOW IT'S GOING AND MY BIG THING IS, LIKE, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT THOSE PEOPLE THAT MAY HAVE MISSED THAT DAY OR MISSED THAT LEARNING CAN STILL DO ALL THAT LEARNING? WE'RE WORKING REALLY HARD TO BUILD THOSE ASYNCHRONOUS COURSES AND BUILD OUT OUR LIBRARY AND OUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING SYSTEM. THE SYSTEM IS GREAT.
IT ALLOWS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND BUILD OUT AN ONLINE COURSE AND THEN ALLOW THEM TO SIGN UP GET IN THERE, DO THEIR LEARNING AND THEN GET THEIR CREDIT.
AS YOU KNOW, OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STAFF NEED TO HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF HOURS PER EVERY FIVE YEARS TO GET THEIR CERTIFICATE.
THIS SYSTEM HOUSES THAT FOR THEM AND ALLOWS THEM TO KEEP THAT GOING.
WHAT I'M WORKING ON IS MAKING SURE THAT AS WE BUILD OUT THIS PROFESSIONAL LEARNING IN PERSON, THAT THERE'S SOME ANSWER TO THAT THAT CAN MOVE US FORWARD.
FOR EXAMPLE, TIA AND T TEST IS COMING UP, WE'RE REALLY TALKING A LOT ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE TOGETHER.
MARY CAMPER IS GOING TO BE DOING A BIG TRAINING TO OUR NEW HIRES ON NEW HIRE DATE.
BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE HIRE A NEW TEACHER IN OCTOBER? WORKING WITH MARY, SHE'S ALREADY BUILT OUT A WHOLE ASYNCHRONOUS COURSE THAT ONCE THAT SOMEONE'S HIRED, THEY'RE ABLE TO COME IN.
I THINK MY GOAL IS TO CONTINUE BUILDING THAT OUT SO THAT WE HAVE LESS OF A GAP WHEN WE HAVE NEW FOLKS COMING IN, NO MATTER WHEN THEY COME IN, WHETHER IT'S THROUGHOUT THE YEAR OR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.
>> THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. THANK YOU.
>> ANYTHING ELSE, FOR MS. GARVEY? GREAT JOB. THANK YOU.
>> LIKE SHE SAID AT THE BEGINNING, AND I FORGOT TO MENTION, THIS IS OUR FIRST NIGHT USING OUR NEW AGENDA WITH OUR THREE GOAL FOCUS AS OPPOSED TO WHAT WE HAD LAST YEAR.
SO THAT FOCUSED ON GOAL NUMBER 2, WHICH IS PLCS AND QUALITY STAFF AND THE THREE CBAS PILLARS WERE SEVERAL REALLY, BUT STUDENT READINESS WAS A PRIMARY ONE, STUDENT LEARNING IN PROGRESS AS WELL AS QUALITY STAFF AND PROFESSIONAL LEARNING.
SPEAKING OF CBAS, OUR CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER, ANGELA BROWN, IS GOING TO UPDATE THE BOARD AND COMMUNITY ON WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR COMMUNITY BASED ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM.
>> GOOD EVENING. BOARD AND DR. HUNT, I'M HERE TO TALK YOU ABOUT COMMUNITY BASED ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM AND THIS DOES ALIGN WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT PRIORITY GOAL NUMBER 1.
JUST AS A REMINDER, THE CBAS OR COMMUNITY BASED ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM, IS A SYSTEM THAT WE USE TO REALLY LOOK AT THE WHOLE PICTURE OF COHERITY AND IT'S BASED ON SEVEN PILLARS.
WE HAVE THOSE SEVEN PILLARS UP HERE FOR YOU TONIGHT.
THESE PILLARS ARE STUDENT LEARNING AND PROGRESS, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OF PARTNERSHIPS, STUDENT READINESS, SAFETY AND WELL-BEING, PHYSICAL AND OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS, ENGAGED WELL-ROUNDED STUDENTS, PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AND QUALITY STAFF LIKE WE JUST HEARD ABOUT.
CBAS IS MORE THAN JUST A LOOK AT STUDENT'S SCORE ON ONE DAY, ONE TEST.
IT REALLY PROVIDES A WHOLE LOOK AT OUR WHOLE SYSTEM, AND IT LOOKS AT EACH CHILD AS A WHOLE, AND SO ALL THE ASPECTS OF THE STUDENTS.
WE BELIEVE THAT THIS GIVES A FULL PICTURE OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND WE'VE WORKED REALLY HARD TO REALIGNMENT WITH OUR CBAS WORK.
THIS DEMONSTRATES TO YOU THAT THE SEVEN PILLARS OF OUR CBAS WORK ARE STRATEGICALLY ALIGNED TO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
WE BUILT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN ON COPPELL ISD 2030 OFF OF THE SEVEN PILLARS AND IT ALIGNS TO OUR SUPERINTENDENT PRIORITY GOALS THAT WE'VE JUST TALKED ABOUT.
IT ALIGNS TO OUR BOARD REPORTS.
YOU CAN SEE THAT EVERY TIME THAT WE START A BOARD REPORT, WE TALK ABOUT IT AND WE TALK ABOUT THE ALIGNMENT WITH OUR CBAS PILLARS AND WITH OUR SUPERINTENDENT GOALS.
THEN IT ALIGNS WITH OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS.
WE'RE BRINGING OUR WHOLE SYSTEM TOGETHER SO THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SAME THREADS ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
I THINK THIS ALIGNMENT IS IMPORTANT AND IS REALLY WHAT IS GOING TO HELP US PUSH A LOT OF PIECES FORWARD.
WE WILL BE PROVIDING OUR ANNUAL REPORT LIKE WE HAVE DONE.
WE WILL BE REPORTING ON ALL SEVEN PILLARS THIS YEAR, AND THAT WILL BE RELEASED IN SEPTEMBER.
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I'M GOING TO TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN JUST A LITTLE BIT.IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE A CBAS ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT HELPS US TO GUIDE THE WORK REALLY.
TALKING ABOUT AS WE JUST TALKED ABOUT FEEDBACK LOOPS, THERE'S A LOT OF FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE TAKEN FOR OUR CBAS WORK.
THE NAMES ON THE SCREEN ARE THE COMMITTEE THAT SERVED THIS PAST YEAR AS OUR CBAS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
WE HAVE PRESENTED OUR CBAS WORK TO LOTS OF GROUPS FOR THEIR FEEDBACK, INCLUDING DEIC, THE SUPERINTENDENTS LEADERSHIP GROUP, THE SUPERINTENDENT'S TEACHER LEADERSHIP GROUP, OUR PTO PRESIDENTS.
WE'VE HAD STUDENTS COME AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT LETTING STUDENTS SHARE THEIR VOICE ABOUT ALL OF THE THINGS HAPPENING IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
SO THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE PRESENTATIONS THAT WE'VE DONE, REALLY WHERE WE'RE GETTING FEEDBACK FROM OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR STAKEHOLDERS TO REALLY TELL US ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THESE GROUPS HAVE PROVIDED INPUT ON OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND ON CBAS AS A WHOLE.
>> I WANTED TO THANK LEE WALKER.
SHE BECAME OUR CBAS BOARD MEMBER LIAISON AFTER WE STARTED THE PROCESS, BUT SHE'S BEEN A GREAT VALUE ADD TO THE TEAM. THANK YOU.
>> AS A REMINDER, A COUPLE OF ICS ARE PART OF THE TEXAS PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY CONSORTIUM OR TPAC, WHICH IS REALLY THE GROUP THAT HELPS TO LEAD THE CBAS MOVEMENT ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS.
THERE IS A NORTH TEXAS COHORT THAT WORKS TOGETHER BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ONLY DISTRICTS THAT ARE IN NORTH TEXAS, SOME OF THEM ARE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER OUT, BUT THEY ARE LIKE US.
THOSE ARE BURKBURNETT, COPPELL, FRISCO, PROSPER, ROYSE CITY, AND SUNNYVALE.
THERE HAVE BEEN DISTRICTS THAT HAVE BEEN ON THAT AND DISTRICTS THAT HAVE BEEN OFF THAT, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE DISTRICTS COME IN AND OUT.
BUT THIS IS A GROUP THAT ALLOWS US TO LEARN AND GROW IN OUR CBAS INITIATIVES AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE WORK TOGETHER AS WE LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW CAN WE BETTER ASSESS, HOW CAN WE BETTER TAKE FEEDBACK, AND MOVE THAT WORK FORWARD.
THIS YEAR WE'VE COLLABORATED, TRAINED, AND PLANNED TOGETHER THROUGH A VARIETY OF SESSIONS, THAT INCLUDED AN OCTOBER TPAC MEETING IN CARLETON COMMERCE BRANCH, ISD, WHERE DR. HUNT LED A STUDENT VOICE PANEL WITH STUDENTS FROM COPPELL ISD AND CARLETON COMMERCE BRANCH ISD.
THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC AND WE LEARNED A LOT FROM THAT STUDENT VOICE PANEL.
IN MARCH, THE NORTH TEXAS COHORT HAD A MEETING FOCUSING ON HOW DO WE BRING THE WORK FROM THE DISTRICT LEVEL TO THE CAMPUS LEVEL.
HOW DO WE MOVE THAT WORK DOWN, PUSH THAT TO ALL LEVELS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS? WE HAD SOME PRINCIPALS THAT JOINED US DURING THAT COHORT DAY, MR. GOLDNER, DR. KOONTZ, MS. MARTIN, MR. HILTON, AND DR. AXELSON WERE ALL ATTENDED THAT DAY, WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO TALK.
THEY WERE ABLE TO TALK WITH OTHER PRINCIPALS FROM ALL OF THESE DISTRICTS AND REALLY SHARE THEIR LEARNING TOGETHER.
IT WAS A GREAT DAY OF TRAINING.
THEN IN MARCH, DR. HUNT, DR. AXELSON AND MYSELF, WE WENT TO THE STATEWIDE TPAC TRAINING, AND WE SPENT A COUPLE OF DAYS REALLY DEVELOPING A SPECIFIC PLAN TO BRING THE WORK FROM THE DISTRICT LEVEL DOWN TO THE CAMPUS LEVEL, AND SO FROM LEADER TO TEAM.
SO WE'RE GOING TO SHARE MORE ABOUT THAT IN JUST A MINUTE.
YOU CAN SEE SOME OF OUR WORK THAT WE DID THERE.
THE THREE OF US DUG AND DID QUITE A BIT OF WORK THERE.
AS YOU REMEMBER, THE COPPELL ISD STRATEGIC PLAN IS BASED ON THE SEVEN PILLARS, AND SO THAT'S THOSE CODE ON THE SIDE.
THIS IS A TIMELINE THAT SHOWS HOW WE'RE GOING TO IMPLEMENT THE STRATEGIES THAT CAME OUT OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
I WANTED TO SHARE THIS BECAUSE IT'S THE FOUNDATION OF OUR CBAS WORK.
YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE PILLARS OVER THE FIVE YEARS. THIS IS ONE OF THE SIDES.
THERE'S TWO SIDES HERE AND YOU CAN SEE THE SECOND BIT OF THE WORK OVER THE FIVE YEARS.
WE'RE SPREADING IT OUT SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK AND PUSHING IT FORWARD.
ONE OF THE PIECES THAT WE DID AS YOU CAN SEE ON HERE, IS THAT WE ALIGNED THE PIECES TOGETHER.
THERE ARE PIECES THAT NATURALLY FIT TOGETHER.
AS THE WORK WAS COMING UP AND OUR STAKEHOLDERS WERE BUILDING THIS PLAN, WE SAW THAT THERE'S SOME PIECES THAT REALLY GO TOGETHER NATURALLY, AND SO WE LIKED THOSE.
MAYBE WE'RE WORKING ON A PIECE IN SAFETY, BUT IT MATCHES A PIECE IN PL.
SO WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THOSE AT THE SAME TIME AND THAT WORK IS HAPPENING IN BEAUTIFUL ALIGNMENT.
THAT'S WHAT THIS SHARES WITH YOU.
I WANTED TO SPECIFICALLY SHARE WITH YOU A COUPLE OF THESE THAT ARE GOING TO BE HAPPENING IN LAUNCHING NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.
THERE WE HAVE SIX THAT WE'LL LAUNCH NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.
I HAVE SOME ON THE FIRST GRAND AND SOME ON THE SECOND.
THE ONES IN YELLOW ARE THE ONES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LAUNCHING NEXT YEAR FOR '24, '25. THERE ARE 1.1.1.
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THAT SPECIFIC RESULT IS TO ENSURE A CONTINUOUS CYCLE OF IMPROVEMENT OF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES, PLCS.AS A HIGHLY FUNCTIONAL PLC IS THE VEHICLE BY WHICH EDUCATOR CAPACITY IS MAXIMIZED TO SUPPORT STUDENT OUTCOMES WITHIN THE MULTI-TIERED SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT IN TSS.
YOU HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT FROM WHAT MS. GARVEY JUST SHARED A FEW MINUTES AGO.
THAT IS GOING TO BE STARTING IN THE FALL.
5.1.1 SAYS TEACHER AND STUDENT TRAINING TO IMPLEMENT A COMPREHENSIVE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN TO ENSURE EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS ARE WELL PREPARED, TO CREATE A SENSE OF BELONGING, EMPHASIZING EMPATHY, AND PERSPECTIVE TAKING.
PARED WITH THAT BECAUSE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ALIGNMENT.
THERE'S A MATCH TO THAT ONE, 5.1.2, TO PILOT FLEXIBLE COMMON AREAS, AS WELL AS EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES TO ENSURE THAT ALL STUDENTS HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE WITH PEERS IN ORDER TO CREATE A SENSE OF BELONGING.
THAT ONLY REALLY IS TALKING ABOUT THE ACTUAL SPACE, BUT ALSO THE SPACE, NOT JUST THE PHYSICAL SPACE, BUT THE SPACE AND THE ACTIVITIES.
THOSE ARE THREE THAT WE'LL BE DOING AND THERE'S THREE MORE THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON IN NEXT YEAR.
ONE OF THOSE WE'VE ALREADY STARTED 7.1.1.
YOU'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT 7.1.1 OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS.
THAT REALLY WAS TO DEVELOP AN EVALUATION PROCESS FOR OUR FACILITIES AND WE'VE BEEN DEEP IN THE WORK OF THAT.
THAT LAUNCHED SINCE THE SPRING.
8.1.1 IS FOCUSING ON DEVELOPING STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE ACTIVE AND TIMELY COMMUNICATION, TECHNOLOGY, PERIMETER SECURITY, AND TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT AT EACH CAMPUS ENSURING CONSISTENT AND PROACTIVE STANDARDS FOR THE PHYSICAL SAFETY OF OUR LEARNERS AND STAFF.
THAT WAS TRULY IN THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING.
THEN A PARTNER STRATEGY THAT'S ALIGNED TO THAT ONE IS TO CREATE AND COMMUNICATE A PLAN AND PROCESS TO ENSURE THE PHYSICAL SAFETY OF ALL CISD STAKEHOLDERS.
THOSE TWO ARE LINKED TOGETHER AND ALIGNED UNDER SAFETY AND WELL-BEING.
WHERE ARE WE HEADED WITH OUR CBAS WORK? REALLY, THAT'S THE BIG PIECE FOR US AND WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THAT.
THIS HAS BEEN A JOURNEY FOR US, AND WE KNOW THAT WE'RE STILL IN THAT JOURNEY, AND WE'RE HEADED TOWARDS EVEN BETTER DAYS, GREATNESS WITH OUR CBAS WORK.
THAT REALLY IS ABOUT TAKING IT FROM JUST THE DISTRICT WORK FROM THE CORE TEAM AND REALLY HAVING IT BE WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL.
ONE OF THE PIECES OF THAT IS THAT WE'RE NO LONGER GOING TO HAVE A CBAS SUPERINTENDENT GOALS.
THAT WAS ONE OF OUR FOUR GOALS, AND WE'VE REMOVED THAT BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT THE CBAS WORK IS EMBEDDED IN WHAT WE DO EVERY DAY.
GOING BACK TO THAT ALIGNMENT, WE'VE ALIGNED EVERYTHING AS WHAT WE DO EVERY DAY.
WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THAT INTENTIONAL GOAL.
IT IS ALIGNED WITH OUR CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS, AND WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IN OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN, AND ALL OF THAT INCLUDES OUR WORK ON BEING A DESTINATION SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THE CORE TEAM IN THE CABINET WILL WORK TO ACCOMPLISH A SPECIFIC GOAL.
WHEN DR. HUNT AND DR. AXELSON AND MYSELF WERE AT THE TPAC TRAINING IN MARCH, WE STUDIED THE BOOK THE FOUR DISCIPLINES OF EXECUTION, AND THEY TOOK US THROUGH THAT BOOK, EACH STEP OF THAT BOOK, AND WE DEVELOPED A PLAN.
THAT WAS THAT WE AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE GOING TO GO FROM DISTRICT TO CAMPUS, AND THAT WE'RE SHIFTING FROM LEADER TO TEAM.
IN THAT WORK, WE DEVELOPED A GOAL, AND I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT IN JUST ONE SECOND ABOUT THAT SPECIFIC GOAL AND READ IT TO YOU.
BUT I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TRACKING OUR WORK IN THAT AREA.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR TPAC IN NORTH TEXAS COHORT, AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BUILD OUR CBAS CORE TEAM AND THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ADDING NEW MEMBERS TO SHARE IN OUR WORK.
SO AS WE DID THE BOOK STUDY AND AS A CABINET TEAM, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE STUDYING THIS BOOK.
WE'RE DEDICATED TO EFFECTIVELY IMPLEMENTING THE COPPELL ISD 2030 STRATEGIC PLAN BY ACTIVELY INVOLVING ALL STAKEHOLDERS, WHICH WILL SERVE AS THE CORNERSTONE THAT DEFINES AND GUIDES THE DISTRICT FORWARD AS THE LEADING DESTINATION SCHOOL DISTRICT.
YOU MIGHT SAY, WELL, WHAT DOES THAT REALLY MEAN? THAT MEANS THAT OUR CBAS WORK IS WHAT'S GO TO GUIDE US OUR ULTIMATE GOAL DOWN THAT JOURNEY IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO BE A DESTINATION SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WHAT ARE THE STEPS WE'RE GOING TO TAKE TO GET US THERE SO THAT EVERYBODY IS TALKING THE SAME LANGUAGE, UNDERSTANDS WHAT CBAS IS AND UNDERSTANDS THE SEVEN PILLARS? ONE OF THE PIECES OF THAT GOAL TO MEASURE IT IS THAT WE ARE ASKING ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS AND CAMPUSES TO INCLUDE CBAS, OUR STRATEGIC PLAN OR DESTINATION SCHOOL DISTRICT IN 80% OF THEIR MEETING.
ANYTIME THEY'RE MEETING, WHETHER IT'S A PLC, A STAFF MEETING, THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT ONE OF THOSE THREE THINGS, AT LEAST 80% OF THE TIME AND THAT YOU'RE TRACKING THAT.
THAT'S GOING TO BE PART OF ONE OF THE GOALS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE
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DOING AS ALL LEVELS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.WE'VE TALKED TO OUR PRINCIPALS ABOUT THAT ALREADY AT PRINCIPALS INSTITUTE, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING TO ALL OF OUR ADMINISTRATORS ABOUT THAT AT ADMIN ACADEMY. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE GOING TO DO AND THAT WE'VE JUST LAUNCHED IS TO GIVE THEM A TOOL THAT MIGHT HELP FACILITATE THAT.
DO YOU REMEMBER OUR ADVOCACY DECK THAT WE HAD FOR OUR CORE VALUES? WELL, WE'VE TAKEN THE ADVOCACY DECK AND REDEFINED IT AND MADE IT STRATEGICALLY PLAN ADVOCACY DECK.
YOU COULD SEE SOME CARDS UP THERE.
FOR ME, THIS IS WHAT BROUGHT THE CORE VALUES.
EVERYONE KNEW CORE VALUES BECAUSE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT SO FREQUENTLY.
WELL, WE'VE DEVELOPED A DECK OF CARDS AND THIS REALLY DOES HELP.
IT HAS EACH OF OUR SET OF PILLARS, SO YOU WOULD CHOOSE A PILLAR, AND YOU WOULD ASK SOME VERY HONEST QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW WE'RE IMPLEMENTING THESE PILLARS ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
SO I THINK AS WE BEGIN TO USE THESE WORDS TO TALK AND HAVE A COMMON LANGUAGE WITH OUR STAFF MEMBERS, THIS WILL REALLY INFILTRATE EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING.
SO THIS IS ONE OF THE TOOLS WE'RE GIVING OUR PRINCIPALS, OUR STAFF MEMBERS SO THAT THEY CAN ACCOMPLISH THE TASK THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT OF IMPLEMENTING CBAS ACROSS THE BOARD.
>> I JUST WANT TO THANK THE ADVISORY GROUP.
THEY REALLY HELPED US A LOT WITH LANDING ON THESE THIS ADVOCACY DECK ACTIVITY.
ANGELA WORKED REALLY HARD, THEN GOT ALL OF THAT FEEDBACK, AND THAT WAS REALLY INVALUABLE.
THAT WHOLE ADVISORY GROUP HAS REALLY BEEN IMPACTFUL, SO I'M GLAD THAT WE'VE GOT IT GOING.
>> THEY BRING GREAT FEEDBACK TO OUR QUESTIONS, AND WE CHANGE THE QUESTIONS AND SOME OF THE LOOK OF IT BECAUSE BASED OFF THEIR SPECIFIC FEEDBACK IS FANTASTIC.
I'M EXCITED FOR THE YEAR AHEAD.
I KNOW THAT PIVOTAL FOR OUR CBAS WORK AS WE REALLY BRING ALIGNMENT TO EVERYTHING WE DO, AND I'M CONFIDENT IN WHAT WE HAVE ESTABLISHED, AND I'M EXCITED THAT WE'LL BE LAUNCHING OUR NEXT GENERAL REPORT IN SEPTEMBER. ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME?
>> IS THERE ANY QUESTION? YOU DO?
>> YOU KNOW WHAT POPS TO ME IS THE WORD ALIGNMENT AND I WANT TO JUST CALL THAT OUT, AND I'M ALL ABOUT CELEBRATING TODAY BECAUSE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WHEN I THINK BACK.
THAT HOW MANY YEARS AGO? WHEN I WAS FIRST ON THE BOARD.
THIS WAS AN IDEA AND NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
IT IS EMBEDDED IN EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING AND THAT COMMON LANGUAGE.
I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT IT WENT FROM THIS NEBULOUS THING TO SOMETHING THAT WE'RE TRACKING, WATCHING, AND MAKING SURE IT GOES FROM INFILTRATES THE WHOLE SYSTEM AND THAT'S REALLY EXCITING.
YES, IT WAS A JOY TO SIT ON THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND TO YOUR POINT, DR. HUNT, WHEN YOU ASK, GIVE EXCELLENT FEEDBACK, REAL FEEDBACK, AND YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT CHANGES THE OUTCOME.
I JUST WANT TO CELEBRATE THAT. THANK YOU.
YOU GUYS PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO THIS, SO IT'S EXCITING HOW TO SEE IT COME TO FRUITION AND BE IN THE IMPLEMENTATION STAGE FULLY.
WE'VE PHASED IT IN OVER TIME. THANK YOU.
>> TO THAT WHOLE CORRELATION TO DESTINATION SCHOOL DISTRICT.
OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE DEALING WITH SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT BUDGET CHALLENGES, AND THAT'S BEEN A BIG FOCAL POINT OF OUR WORK, BUT WE ALSO DIDN'T WANT THE BORDER COMMUNITY TO THINK THAT THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON, EVEN THOUGH THAT'S A VERY HIGH PRIORITY.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALIGN ALL OF THAT, THAT THERE IS CORRELATION WITH WHAT MS. GARVEY HAD SHARED ABOUT PRINCIPAL INSTITUTES.
MUCH OF WHAT WE DID, AT LEAST A BIG HALF A DAY OF THAT WAS LOOKING AT OUR CBAS WORK AND TALKING ABOUT THOSE WILDLY IMPORTANT GOALS AND THE ALIGNMENT TO THEIR CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS AS WELL AS OUR DISTRICT PLANS.
SO IT'S GREAT. THANK YOU, MS. BROWN.
>> THEN FINALLY, WE HAVE OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, DIANE SARKAR, WHO'S COMING FORWARD TO CONTINUE OUR WORK WITH OUR BUDGET DISCUSSION.
AS I SAID, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME, AND I KNOW THAT OUR BOARD IS AWARE AND COMMUNITY.
WE'RE TRYING TO CONTINUE TO MAKE THEM AWARE JUST WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR CHALLENGES.
MS. SARKAR WILL BRING US UP TO DATE.
>> GOOD EVENING DR. HUNT, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
I THOUGHT TODAY WE WOULD LOOK REALLY AT A REVIEW OF WHERE WE ARE WITH YOUR BUDGET AND THEN A SUMMARY OF WHAT WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED.
WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF WORKSHOPS AND BOARD MEETINGS TALKING ABOUT THE '24,'25 AND '25, '26 BUDGETS ABOUT HOW DISTRICTS, NOT JUST COPPELL ISD, BUT HOW DISTRICTS IN TEXAS HAVE GOTTEN INTO THIS SITUATION, WHAT COPPELL ISD IS DOING TO ADDRESS IT AND WHY DO WE NEED
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TO CONTINUE TO PUT PLANS IN PLACE TO ENSURE THE FINANCIAL STABILITY OF THE DISTRICT.>> THIS WORK ALIGNS WITH SUPERINTENDENT PRIORITY GOAL 2, FISCAL AND OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS. THIS IS PERFORMANCE TO DATE AS OF MAY.
YOU'LL SEE THAT, AGAIN, I HAVE PUT IN THAT ESTIMATED HIGH, ESTIMATED LOW RESULTS FOR THE YEAR.
AGAIN, THE LOW RESULT WHICH IS ABOUT 4.8 MILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT.
THAT INCLUDES THE CURRENT ACTUALS AND THE PROJECTED PAYROLL AND WHAT IS CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED, MEANING THERE'S A PL OUTSTANDING FOR THAT EXPENSE.
THE ESTIMATED HIGH INCLUDES ALL OF THAT PLUS THE REMAINING BUDGET THAT IS AVAILABLE FOR DEPARTMENTS TO SPEND THROUGH THE MONTH OF AUGUST.
WE DO HAVE NEARLY $2 MILLION IN ONE TIME REVENUE THAT WE BOOKED FOR '23-'24.
THAT WAS THE 1.1 MILLION THAT WE'RE EXPECTING.
WE DON'T HAVE IT ALL YET FOR THE SALE OF THE USED DEVICES, AS WELL AS 750,000 IN INDIRECT COSTS FOR THE ESSER GRANT, SO WE WILL NOT SEE THAT REPEATED.
IN ADDITION, WE HAD SOME UNDER BUDGETED REVENUE.
WE ESTIMATE THAT WE'LL GET ABOUT $2.3 MILLION IN INTEREST EARNING OVER WHAT WE BUDGETED.
AND WE ALSO HAVE A NET $540,000 INCREASE IN STATE FUNDING THAT WAS BUDGETED BASED UPON OUR AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE.
WE'RE GOING TO REFINE THIS AND REVISE THIS, WHICH WE DO EVERY MONTH AS WE GO TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR.
WE'LL BE SENDING MORE INFORMATION TO YOU ON THAT.
PLEASE, DO YOU REMEMBER THAT TPA REQUIRES THAT THE DISTRICT NOT EXCEED THE BUDGET BY FUNCTIONAL AREA? THAT MEANS WE ALWAYS HAVE TO BUDGET A LITTLE BIT HIGHER IN EACH FUNCTION SO THAT WE DON'T EXCEED THAT.
THESE AGAIN, A REMINDER OF THE BOARD PRIORITIES FOR LAST YEAR, AND THEN AGAIN, REAFFIRMED FOR THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING FOR THIS YEAR AND '25-'26.
WHAT IS DRIVING THE BUDGET CHALLENGES THAT TEXAS SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE FACING AND THEN SOME SPECIFICS ABOUT CISD IN PARTICULAR.
INFLATION IS IMPACTING THE DISTRICT IN BOTH PAYROLL AND NON-PAYROLL EXPENSES.
FOR EXAMPLE, SINCE 2019, FUEL COSTS HAVE RISEN 220%.
PROPERTY INSURANCE HAS RISEN 20%, SAFETY AND SECURITY, WE'RE SPENDING 55% MORE ON THAT.
HEALTH INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE GONE UP 7.7%.
APPRAISAL COST S HAVE GONE UP 7.7%.
FORTUNATELY, THE DISTRICT HAS A LONG-TERM ELECTRICITY CONTENT CONTRACT, WHICH HAS KEPT THOSE RATES IN CHECK, BUT SALARY AND BENEFITS COSTS HAVE RISEN 23% FOR CISD SINCE 2019.
DUE TO THAT, IT WOULD TAKE 1,000-1,200 DOLLAR INCREASE IN THE BASIC ALLOTMENT TO PROVIDE THAT SAME SPENDING POWER THAT THE DISTRICT HAD IN 2019.
THE STATE ALSO REQUIRES MANDATED SPENDING AND DOES NOT ALWAYS PROVIDE THE FUNDS FOR WHAT THOSE MANDATES COST.
FOR EXAMPLE, AND I'VE SAID THIS MANY TIMES, SECURITY GUARDS ON CAMPUSES TO HAVE THAT ON EACH CAMPUS, THE DISTRICT IS GOING TO ABSORB ABOUT 75% OF THAT COST.
EDUCATORS CONTINUE TO LEAVE THE PROFESSION.
LAST TIME WE MET MISS DUKE REPORTED THAT STATE ATTRITION RATES WERE OVER 20% IN THE '22-'23 SCHOOL YEAR.
ACCORDING TO THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS IN MAY OF 2023, TEXAS EMPLOYS MORE SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS THAN ANY OTHER STATE AND MORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS THAN ANY OTHER STATE EXCEPT FOR CALIFORNIA.
THE DFW AREA IS THE FOURTH HIGHEST METROPOLITAN AREA THAT EMPLOYS BOTH SECONDARY AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS.
THERE'S A LOT OF COMPETITION FOR SCHOOL TEACHERS.
THIS REQUIRES THAT THE DISTRICT MAINTAIN HIGHLY COMPETITIVE WAGES AND BENEFITS.
THE STAFFING REQUIRES COMPETITIVE WAGES AND BENEFITS AND ALTERNATIVES INCLUDE THE NEED TO SOMETIMES USE CONTRACTED SERVICES, WHICH OFFER SERVICE, BUT SOME OF THOSE SERVICE PROVIDERS OFFER THEIR EMPLOYEES REMOTE WORK OPPORTUNITIES AND THE ABILITY TO CONTROL ONE SCHEDULE.
SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT WE NEED HERE IN THE DISTRICT HAVE CHOSEN TO GO THAT ROUTE INSTEAD.
BUT THEY ARE MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE THAN IF WE HAD THOSE FOLKS IN-HOUSE.
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ANOTHER CHANGE IN OUR FUNDING IS THE REDUCTION OF OUR SHARES WITH IS OUR MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT FUNDING BY ABOUT $700,000.INTEREST RATES ON THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE HAVE, AND THOSE ARE THE FUNDS THAT WE'VE COLLECTED IN TAXES THAT HAVE NOT YET BEEN PAID OUT FOR RECAPTURED.
THE INTEREST RATES ARE OVER 5% IN ALL OF OUR INVESTMENT POOLS AND IT'S GENERATING REVENUE FOR OVER $6 MILLION.
WE CAN'T RELY ON THAT STREAM OF REVENUE YEAR AFTER YEAR.
WE HAVE HEARD THAT THE FED HAS CONSIDERED LOWERING RATES, MAYBE NEXT YEAR.
WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THERE.
WE HAVE BUDGETED FOR STILL THIS FIVE-ISH PERCENT FOR NEXT YEAR, BUT WE CAN'T RELY ON THAT AS A CONSISTENT STREAM OF CREDIT.
>> CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION ON THAT LAST ONE.
THE M&O MONEY, ARE WE LIMITED IN THE INTEREST WE CAN COLLECT ON THAT? IS IT DIFFERENT FOR THE M&O VERSUS BOND FUNDS THAT WE HAVE?
>> IT IS. WE ARE NOT LIMITED IN M&O FUNDS.
WE CAN INVEST, BUT WE DO HAVE A LIMITED GROUP OF INVESTMENTS THAT WE CAN WITH THAT.
>> ONE OF THE OTHER BUDGET CHALLENGES THAT SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE FACING IS DECLINING ENROLLMENT.
CISD HAS PROJECTED DECLINING ENROLLMENT.
WE'VE SEEN THE LOSS IN ELEMENTARY ENROLLMENT.
COHORTS OF 700 IS KINDERGARTNERS ARE COMING IN AND COHORTS OF OVER 1,000 12TH GRADERS ARE GRADUATING.
IF WE WERE TO LOSE ALL 300 OF THOSE STUDENTS, THAT WOULD BE $2.3 MILLION LOSS.
WITH THAT DECLINING ENROLLMENT, WE'VE GOT TO MANAGE OUR STAFFING LEVELS TO FIT WITHIN OUR BUDGET AND WITHIN THE AMOUNT OF TEACHING AND STAFF THAT WE NEED.
OUR SPRING DEMOGRAPHIC PROJECTION ESTIMATED THAT ELEMENTARY PRE-K TO 5TH GRADE ENROLLMENT WILL BE ABOUT 5,600 STUDENTS.
IT ACTUALLY ENDED UP IN ABOUT 5,700 THIS YEAR, AND SO THIS PROJECTIONS ON THE SCREEN SHOWS A 190 MORE ELEMENTARY STUDENTS THAN WERE ORIGINALLY PROJECTED.
WHERE WE START PROJECTING NUMBER, IT STILL IS SHOWING DECLINING ENROLLMENT.
I'VE ADDED THAT 190 TO EACH ONE OF THE PROJECTED NUMBERS FOR SCHOOL YEARS 2025-2029.
WE'RE STILL SEEING THAT WE'RE AT EXCESS CAPACITY OF OVER 1,000 IN '23-'24 WITH THE PROJECTION OF IT BEING OVER 1,400 IN '28-'29.
HOW IS CISD ADDRESSING THE BUDGET CHALLENGES? THIS SHOWS A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE DOING, WE'RE LOOKING TO REDUCTION OF POSITIONS THROUGH ATTRITION.
WE'VE REDUCED $2.6 MILLION WORTH OF POSITIONS TO DATE.
1.4 OF THOSE ARE NON-CLASSROOM POSITIONS AND 1.2 MILLION ARE CLASSROOM POSITIONS.
THAT REDUCTION IS BASED UPON ESTIMATED ENROLLMENT.
THE DISTRICT'S REDUCED DISTRICT EXPENDITURES 1.1 MILLION, AND HAS SHIFTED SOME EXPENDITURES TO GRANT FUNDS, ABOUT 300,000 TO DATE.
WE ARE LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF REVENUE.
SOME OF THAT IS FACILITY RENTALS AND OTHER FEES, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE COVERING THE COST OF ALL THAT AND WE'VE BUILT IN $200,000 INTO NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET FOR INCREASE IN THAT.
MAINTAINING AND INCREASING OUR BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS, A LOT OF OUR BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS PROVIDE A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR OUR CURRICULAR PROGRAMS AND IN-KIND SUPPORT FOR THINGS LIKE CTE COURSES, THE INTERNSHIPS THAT YOU HEARD ABOUT A LITTLE BIT EARLIER.
OUR FUND BALANCE IS 75 MILLION AND NEEDS TO REMAIN ABOVE THAT, AT $42 MILLION.
THE '24-'25 BUDGET HAS ENOUGH REDUCTIONS IN IT TO COVER THE 3% PROPOSED COST OF LIVING INCREASE THAT THE BOARD WILL CONSIDER LATER TODAY.
HOWEVER, WE'RE NOT MAKING MUCH UPWARD PROGRESS ON REDUCING THE OVERALL OPERATING COSTS, AND SO THE MUCH MORE WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE TO IMPROVE THE BUDGET.
THIS IS THE DRAFT BUDGET THAT WAS PRESENTED AT THE JUNE 10TH BUDGET WORKSHOP, ADJUSTED FOR THAT 3% COMPENSATION PLAN.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT $11 MILLION DEFICIT AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
I'VE ALSO PREPARED A MULTI-YEAR BUDGET PROJECTION, AND WE ALWAYS USE ASSUMPTIONS WHEN WE'RE BUILDING A BUDGET.
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AS WE TALK ABOUT THIS MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION, RECOGNIZE THAT SOME OF THESE ASSUMPTIONS COULD CERTAINLY CHANGE.BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT ADDING INTO THIS PROJECTION THE REDUCTIONS WE HAVE MADE TO DATE FOR THE '24-'25 SCHOOL YEAR.
A 3% COST OF LIVING COMPENSATION PLAN FOR THE '24-'25 SCHOOL YEAR, BUT ONLY A 1% PAYROLL INCREASE FOR THE REMAINING YEARS OF THE PROJECTION.
A 3% INCREASE IN CONTRACTED SERVICES AND 0% INCREASE FOR ANY OTHER COSTS ARE INCLUDED.
I'VE ESTIMATED A MIDDLE RANGE 6.5 MILLION DEFICIT FOR '23-'24, WHICH IS ABOUT A $5 MILLION SAVINGS.
I'VE PREPARED A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PROJECTIONS SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN IF WE REALLY HAD A $5 MILLION SAVINGS OR IF WE HAD MORE OF A $3 MILLION SAVINGS.
THEN USE THE ENROLLMENT ESTIMATES THAT THE DEMOGRAPHER PROJECTED IN THE SPRING AND AN 8% TAXABLE PROPERTY VALUE GROWTH EACH YEAR.
STATE FUNDING AND RECAPTURE ARE BASED ON THE CURRENT LAW AS IT STANDS TODAY.
THE REDUCTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE TO PAYROLL ALREADY HAVE HELPED THIS PROJECTION FROM THE LAST ONE THAT THE BOARD SAW.
THIS IS THE MULTI-YEAR BUDGET PROJECTION, PROJECTING $5 MILLION SAVINGS EACH YEAR.
I THINK WHERE YOU REALLY WANT TO LOOK IS WHERE IT SAYS BUDGET SURPLUS AND DEFICIT, WHICH IS ABOUT SIX LINES FROM THE BOTTOM.
THAT'S REALLY WHERE THE DEFICIT WOULD REMAIN.
I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU A CHART, WHICH MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO SEE.
HAVING REDUCED THAT PAYROLL FOR '24-'25, OVERALL PAYROLL EXPENDITURES WILL REMAIN CONSTANT FOR '24-'25 DESPITE THE PROPOSED 3% COST OF LIVING INCREASE.
AND ESTIMATING THAT MIDDLE OF THE ROAD BUDGET DEFICIT OF 6.5 MILLION FOR THIS YEAR AND PROVIDING FOR THAT 1% COST OF LIVING IN FUTURE YEARS.
THIS IS WHAT THE BUDGETED FUND BALANCE WILL LOOK LIKE; IN '26-'27 AROUND 26 MILLION, AND IN '27-'28 DIPPING DOWN BELOW INTO ABOUT 36 MILLION.
THAT'S A $5 MILLION SAVINGS EACH YEAR.
THE NEXT ONE SHOWS THE $5 MILLION SAVINGS EACH YEAR WITH A 3% COST OF INCREASE FOR '24-'25, AND THEN A 3% COST OF INCREASE FOR ALL FUTURE YEARS.
YOU CAN SEE THAT RAPIDLY GET DOWN TO ABOUT 41 MILLION IN '26-'27.
THEN FINALLY, THE LAST CHART SHOWS A $3 MILLION SAVINGS EACH YEAR WITH A 3% COST OF LIVING INCREASE AND A 1% COST OF LIVING INCREASE FOR FUTURE YEARS.
AGAIN, WE SEE SOME DECLINING IN BALANCE.
HOW DOES CISD CONTINUE TO ADDRESS THE BUDGET CHALLENGES, CONTINUING TO LOOK AT ATTRITION, CONTINUING TO LOOK AT REDUCING POSITIONS, CONTINUING TO LOOK AT WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN REDUCE DISTRICT NON-PAYABLE EXPENDITURE, BECOME MORE EFFICIENT, UTILIZING ALL OF THE AVAILABLE GRANTS THAT WE HAVE.
WE DO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL GRANTS THAT THE STATE HAS PROVIDED, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO SAFETY.
BUT FOR EXAMPLE, THE SAFE GRANT THAT THE DISTRICT WAS JUST AWARDED IS ONLY ABOUT $409,000.
IT'S NOT CONTINUAL. IT'S JUST A ONE TIME GRANT.
I'M INCREASING OUR REVENUE WHERE AVAILABLE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE BOARD IS GOING TO BE EXPLORING IS THE VATRE, OR VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATIFICATION ELECTION.
IN JULY, THE AUDITOR WILL COME WITH THAT EFFICIENCY AUDIT TO PRESENT THAT INFORMATION TO YOU.
THEN AN INCREASE IN THE UTILIZATION AND EFFICIENCY OF OUR DISTRICT FACILITIES.
THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE'VE BEEN.
THIS IS OUR BUDGET PLANNING CALENDAR.
YOU CAN SEE THE DATES WE'VE ALREADY MET.
THE HIGHLIGHTING ONE IS TODAY, WHERE WE ARE MEETING TODAY AND THEN GOING TO BE DISCUSSING THE COMPENSATION PLAN A LITTLE BIT LATER.
I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU GOT ANY.
>> GUYS HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS?
>> A REALLY ROBUST BUDGET WORKSHOP CYCLE. COVERED IT REALLY WELL.
>> I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT WE DO HAVE ANOTHER BUDGET WORKSHOP COMING UP IN JULY 25TH.
AS WE CONTINUE THAT WORK, WE'VE BEEN ALSO ON THE SLIDE THAT SAID INCREASE UTILIZATION EFFICIENCY OF DISTRICT FACILITIES.
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WE HAVE THE 711 GROUP THAT HAD BEEN WORKING AND THE DECISION FILTER AND MOVE FORWARD WITH SOME OF THAT WORK AS PART OF THAT DISCUSSION PLAN AS WELL.THEN OUR DESIRE TO BE VERY TRANSPARENT WITH OUR COMMUNITY, WE'LL CONTINUE TO SEND OUT UPDATES.
NOT ONLY WHAT'S HAPPENING AT BOARD MEETINGS AND WORKSHOPS, BUT EVEN LOOKING AT SOME OF THOSE VIDEOS THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST TOO BECAUSE WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WORD GETS OUT ABOUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING FOR THE FUTURE.
AGAIN, TRYING TO GET AS MUCH COMMITTEE INPUT AS WE CAN WHILE WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THESE BUDGET CHALLENGES TOGETHER.
>> THAT CONCLUDES OUR SECRETORY REPORTS.
>> THANK YOU DR. HUNT AND TEAM FOR ALL OF THAT INFORMATION.
THAT WILL TAKE US NOW INTO OUR ACTION ITEMS.
[X.A. CONSENT]
FIRST UP IS CONSENT.DOES ANYBODY WISH TO FORM ANYTHING OR FURTHER DISCUSS ANY OF THOSE ITEMS, IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
>> I MOVE WE APPROVE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE LEIGH WALKER, SECONDED BY THE TRUSTEE RANNA RAVAL TO APPROVE CONSENT AS PRESENTED.
ANY DISCUSSION? NONE, I'LL TAKE A VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR? FAVORED, I SHOULD SAY.
THAT'LL TAKE US NEXT UP TO STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT. ITEM B.
[X.B. Discuss and consider adoption of the Coppell ISD 2024-2025 Student Code of Conduct]
>> DIRECTOR OF STUDENT AND STAFF SERVICES, AND ANNELISE FORD IS COMING TO THE PODIUM, AND SHE WILL BE BRIEFING THE BOARD OF COMMUNITY ON WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT FOR THE '24-'25 SCHOOL YEAR.
>> WITH THE STUDENT CODE CONDUCT, IT WASN'T A BIG YEAR WITH A LOT OF CHANGES.
THEY HAD FIRST PREDICTED THERE WERE GOING TO BE SOME CHANGES, SO THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF PAUSE IN PUTTING THAT OUT EARLIER.
TURNED OUT TO BE VERY LIMITED.
THE ONLY ONE THAT TAB RECOMMENDED THAT WE PUT INTO OUR STUDENT CODE CONDUCT WAS THE NICOTINE PRODUCTS, INCLUDING NICOTINE COUCHES UNDER THE LIST OF PROHIBITED ITEMS. WE ALSO HAD A COMMITTEE THAT WORKED TOGETHER AND WANTED TO CLARIFY SOMETHING IN THAT CODE OF CONDUCT, AND THAT CLARIFICATION CAME UNDER ACADEMIC DISHONESTY, AND THEY WANTED IT TO BE SPECIFIC TO ADDRESS THAT THE PERSON SHARING THEIR WORK IS ALSO INVOLVED WITH ACADEMIC DISHONESTY, NOT JUST THE PERSON WHO TAKES THE WORK AS THEIR OWN.
THAT CLARIFICATION WAS ASKED FOR BY SOME ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS TO BE EMBEDDED IN THERE.
THEN WHEN I PUT IT OUT, I ALSO HAVE SOME FEEDBACK ON THE INCLUSION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND AI, AND SO WE INCLUDED THAT ALSO UNDER ACADEMIC DISHONESTY, AND IT TIED WELL WITH I'VE REACHED OUT TO TASB AGAIN TO SEE IF THEY HAD ANY NEW POLICY BECAUSE WHEN I HAD ASKED PRIOR THAT IT HAD BEEN NOT DEVELOPED, AND THEY DEVELOPED IT ON THAT DAY.
IT ENDED UP TO BE GOOD TIMING WITH THE QUESTION THAT CAME IN BECAUSE I WAS ABLE TO PULL THAT FOR LATER.
BUT THESE ARE THE ONLY VERY LIMITED CHANGES TO THE STUDENT CODE CONDUCT.
EVERYTHING ELSE REMAINS AS IT WAS IN THE PRIOR YEAR.
>> I KNOW YOU GAVE THAT TO US QUITE A BIT AHEAD OF TIME, TO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THIS ONE.
>> I MOVE WE ADOPT THE 2024, 2025 STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT AS RECOMMENDED.
>> ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE JOE MATHEWS SECOND BY TRUSTEE RUNNER TO APPROVE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT AS PRESENTED.
OR ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION. HEARING ON, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR? THE MOTION PASSES 4, 0. THANK YOU, MS. WOOD.
>> THANKS FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON THAT.
[X.C. Discuss and consider approval of a Resolution for the 2024-2025 Employee Compensation Plan]
>> GOOD EVENING AGAIN. RCF DIANA SIR CARM HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB OF SETTING ME UP TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE SPECIFICS OF THE COST OF LIVING INCREASES THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED IN PREVIOUS FOUR WORKSHOPS, AND WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD TO YOU TONIGHT WITH A RESOLUTION.
I DO WANT TO PAUSE AND TAKE A MOMENT AND JUST THANK YOU AS A BOARD FOR CONTINUING TO HAVE AS YOUR TOP PRIORITY, THE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS THAT ATTRACT AND RETAIN HIGH QUALITY EDUCATORS, BOTH IN THE CLASSROOM AND IN SUPPORTING ROLES IN OUR DISTRICT.
AS MS. SARKAR ALLUDED TO A FEW MOMENTS AGO, WE LIVE AND WORK IN A VERY COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT, NOT ONLY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, BUT SPECIFICALLY HERE IN DFW, AND TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THE TOP QUALITY PEOPLE IN OUR CLASSROOMS AND IN OUR BUILDINGS REQUIRES US TO PAY THEM ACCORDINGLY, SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION.
WHILE MS. SARKAR HAS ALSO BEEN VERY OPEN AND HONEST ABOUT THE CHALLENGES OF OUR OVERALL BUDGET, SHE ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING AND REALLY CLOSELY LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT JOBS THAT WE HAVE AS
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POSITIONS HAVE COME OPEN THROUGH RESIGNATION AND ATTRITION, LOOKING AT WAYS THAT WE CAN FILL THOSE ROLES WITH EXISTING PEOPLE OR CHANGING OF JOB DESCRIPTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES.BECAUSE AS LEADERS IN THE DISTRICT, WE TOO HAVE THE SAME COMMITMENT TO BE ABLE TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN THE BEST EDUCATORS AND BENEFITS AND COMPENSATION WHILE IS NOT THE REASON MOST PEOPLE GET INTO EDUCATION, IT IS ONE REASON THAT PEOPLE STAY IN EDUCATION.
THEREFORE, TODAY, A RESOLUTION IS BEFORE YOU TO CONSIDER A 3% OF MIDPOINT COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT OR RAISE FOR ALL EMPLOYEES.
SPECIFICALLY, FOR OUR TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOMS WHO WORK 187 DAYS, THIS WOULD EQUATE TO AN ANNUAL INCREASE OF $2,050 THAT THEY WOULD SEE STARTING IN THEIR FIRST PAYCHECK OF THE 24/25 SCHOOL YEAR, WHICH WOULD BE SEPTEMBER.
WE FEEL STRONGLY THAT THIS PERCENT INCREASE ACKNOWLEDGES THE MANY CHALLENGES WE'RE ALL FACING WITH OUR OWN BUDGETS, WITH DAILY EXPENSES RISING.
PART OF OUR BOARD WORKSHOPS, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE INCREASING OF HEALTH INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS, BASED AGAIN ON THE REGION THAT WE LIVE HERE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
WE'RE ALL EXPERIENCING OURSELVES, AND WHEN YOU TURN ON THE NEWS, THE COST OF INCREASED FUEL, THE COST OF FOOD, WHEN WE GO TO THE GROCERY STORE, JUST THE INCREASED COST OF EVERYTHING.
REALLY THIS IS AN INCREASE THAT WE FEEL LIKE ACKNOWLEDGES, ALL OF THOSE PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL CHALLENGES THAT OUR EMPLOYEES ARE FACING.
ALSO, AS WE SHARED AT THE MOST RECENT BOARD WORKSHOP, AS WE HAVE TOLD OUR SURROUNDING DISTRICTS THAT ONCE AGAIN, WE DO COMPETE WITH THAT MANY OF OUR EMPLOYEES DRIVE THROUGH TO COME TO WORK IN COPPELL.
MANY DISTRICTS HAVE ALREADY APPROVED A 3% COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT OR IN THE PROCESS OF CONSIDERING A 3% COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT.
AGAIN, THAT IS WHY TONIGHT, WE ASK THAT YOU SERIOUSLY CONSIDER THE 3% ADJUSTMENT THAT IS IN THE RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU.
AT THIS TIME, I WOULD WELCOME ANY THOUGHTS OR QUESTIONS OR ADDITIONAL DETAILS THAT YOU NEED TO CONSIDER THIS RESOLUTION.
>> YOU GUYS HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, NO.
YOU GUYS TALKED ABOUT IT IN THE WORKSHOP LAST WEEK HERE TWO WEEKS AGO, NO.
>> YEAH. I MOVED THAT THE FORT OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE RECOMMENDED COMPENSATION INCREASES AS PRESENTED.
>> I HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE ZE WALKER, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE ANTHONY HILL TO APPROVE THE COMPENSATION PLAN AS PRESENTED.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I'LL JUST SAY I I KNOW I MISSED THAT LAST WORKSHOP.
I WAS GLAD THAT WE'VE LANDED ON ON 3%, AND YOU SAY IT SO WELL ALL THE TIME, TAKING CARE OF OUR PEOPLE AND JUST HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS.
I'M GLAD THAT WE IN SPITE OF THE BUDGET CHALLENGES, AS YOU'VE MENTIONED, WE'RE STILL FOCUSING ON OUR EMPLOYEES.
WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE A VOTE ALL IN FAVOR.
>> THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF EVERY EMPLOYEE IN THE DISTRICT.
>> THANK YOU MS. IKLE. THANK YOU.
[X.D. Discuss and consider approval of One Source Building Services for the repair and addition of irrigation systems at nine elementary schools affected by the construction of new playgrounds and the removal of existing playgrounds]
APPROVAL. ONE SOURCE BUILDING SERVICES REPAIR AND ADDITIONAL IRRIGATION SYSTEMS, MR. GRANT?>> YEAH. I SAID HE'S GOT THE NEXT FEW ITEMS AS OUR BOND PROJECT MANAGER, AND SO I'LL LET HIM TAKE THE FLOOR.
>> THANK YOU DR. HUNT. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
NOW THAT OUR PLAYGROUNDS ARE ALMOST ALL COMPLETE, WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING NINE AT THIS TIME AND THE TENTH ONE VALLEY RANCH WILL BE COMPLETED NEXT SUMMER.
WE ARE FINISHING UP, OUR CONCRETE COMPANY, READER CONCRETE IS COMING BACK.
FINISHING THE GRADING AND ADDING SOD TO THE DISTURBED AREAS.
IN SOME OF THE CAMPUSES, WE'RE ACTUALLY REMOVING OLD PLAYGROUNDS, AND SO THOSE AREAS WILL GET REGRADED AND SIDED AS WELL.
BUT BEFORE WE PUT DOWN THE FACAD, WE ACTUALLY NEED TO HAVE IRRIGATION EITHER ADDED TO THE AREAS THAT DID NOT HAVE IT BEFORE OR REPAIR IN THE AREAS AROUND THE NEW PLAYGROUND SO THAT WE CAN KEEP THE REST SIDE.
LOOKING FOR AN IRRIGATION COMPANY THAT COULD DO THIS.
WE MR. TROTTER ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO MCKINNEY IST AND CFP, AND THEY BOTH UTILIZE A COMPANY CALLED MEN SOURCE BUILDING SERVICES.
THEY'RE A JOB ORDER CONTRACTOR THAT THEY'RE USED FOR A VARIETY OF OF DIFFERENT TYPE WORK THAT IT'S ACTUALLY IT'S IT'S NOT LIKE A FULL SKILLED CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, BUT IT'S MORE THAN WHAT OUR MAINTENANCE AROUND CRUSE CAN HANDLE.
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WITH THAT, WE'VE RECEIVED A PROPOSAL FROM ONE SOURCE, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO UTILIZE THEM FOR THE REPAIR AND ADDITION OF OUR IRRIGATION SYSTEMS AT THE CAMPUSES THAT HAVE THE COMPLETED PLAYGROUNDS.THE COST FOR THIS WAS BUDGETED AND ALLOCATED AND ALL OF MY BOND ESTIMATES.
THIS ISN'T A NEW OR A SURPRISE COST.
THIS THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT IS PART OF THE OVERALL PACKAGE.
>> IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. GRANT?
I MOVED THAT THE COPPELL ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE HIRING OF ONE SOURCE BUILDING SERVICE FOR THE REPAIRING ADDITIONS OF IRRIGATION SYSTEMS AT NINE OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AT THE TOTAL COST NOT TO EXCEED $130,000.
>> I HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE ANTHONY HILL, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE JOVI MATTHEW.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? HEARING NONE, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES 5, 0. NEXT ONE.
[X.E. Discuss and consider approval of Terracon Consultants, Inc. as the construction materials observation, engineering, and testing services company for the construction of the Coppell High School fine arts building, the Coppell High School tennis center additions, and for the Valley Ranch Elementary additions]
>> AS PART OF NEW CONSTRUCTION, WE'RE REQUIRED TO INDEPENDENTLY HIRE A MATERIAL TESTING COMPANY THAT LET'S SAY YOU'RE WORKING ON THE FOUNDATION.
THEY COME OUT, THEY'LL INSPECT THE STEEL BEFORE THE CONCRETE IS POURED.
THEN WHEN THE CONCRETE IS POURED, THEY ACTUALLY TAKE CORE SAMPLES OF THAT CONCRETE AND THEY TEST IT TO ENSURE IT MEETS OR EXCEEDS THE MINIMUM STRENGTH REQUIREMENTS.
IT'S ALL PART OF IT'S INDEPENDENT OF WORK FROM THE ARCHITECT AND INDEPENDENT OF THE WORK FROM THE CONTRACTOR.
WE ARE ACTUALLY REQUIRED TO HIRE THEM DIRECTLY AS AN INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY TO ENSURE THAT THE MATERIALS GOING INTO OUR PEERS AND FOUNDATION ARE ACCEPTABLE.
WE'VE USED A COMPANY CALLED TERRACON CONSULTANTS IN THE LAST SEVERAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT WE'VE COMPLETED, INCLUDING THIS BUILDING AND CANYON RANCH ENTRY.
THEY'VE ALWAYS DONE A FINE JOB.
THEY'RE THERE WHEN THE CONCRETE PORES HAVE TAKING PLACE AND THEY GET THE REPORTS BACK TO US REALLY QUICKLY IF THERE IS ANY ISSUES.
WITH THAT, WE'D LIKE, THIS IS ASKING FOR APPROVAL TO USE TERRACON FOR THE VALLEY RANCH ADDITIONS, FOR THE COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL, FINE ARTS, NEW BUILDING, AND FOR THE TENNIS CENTER RENOVATIONS AND ADDITIONS.
>> DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM MR. RAN ON THIS ITEM. GREAT IDEA.
>> YEAH. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.
I MOVE THAT COPPELL ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE HIRING OF TERRACON CONSULTANTS, INC AS A PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANT AND ENGINEER FOR CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, OBSERVATION, ENGINEERING, AND TESTING SERVICES FOR THE COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL FIGHT ARTS BUILDING, COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS CENTER ADDITIONS AND THE VALLEY RANCH ELEMENTARY ADDITIONS AT A TOTAL COST NOT TO EXCEED $250.
>> I HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE ANTHONY GALE, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE RONA ROVAL.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM HERE, NON WE'LL TAKE A VOTE ALL IN FAVOR.
MOTION PASSES 5, 0. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[X.F. Discuss and consider approval of the proposal from Nitor for the installation of Integrated Camera Surveillance and Card Access Solution at 5 Elementary Campuses]
>> THANK YOU, DR. HUNT. PRESIDENT KEVINS, MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD.
WE'RE WRAPPING UP THE SECONDARY PHASE OF THE CAMERA DOOR ACCESS CONTROLLERS.
WE'RE MOVING INTO THE ELEMENTARY PHASE.
WE HAVE CONTRACTED OUT WITH NIGHT BOARD TO DO THIS.
WE'VE WORKED WITH THE PEOPLE OF NOR, BUT WE HAVE NOT WORKED WITH THE ACTUAL COMPANY.
WE'RE GOING TO START THE ELEMENTARY PHASE THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT WOULD BE VALLEY RANCH, MOCKINGBIRD, LEE, WILSON.
THAT WAS NOT TO EXCEED $2,000,000.
THIS ISN'T PART OF THE 2023 BOND FUNDS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN ALLOCATED.
WE'RE JUST MOVING ON WITH THE BOND PROJECTS THEMSELVES.
>> WELL, ONE THING MAYBE IS A SUMMARY FOR ALL THE COMMENTS.
BUT MOST OF EXPENDITURES VERSUS THE ACTIONS WERE TAKEN LAST TIME ARE DIFFERENT BECAUSE THESE ARE
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CONTINUING PROJECTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED AND WE WRAPPING UP THE FINISH.ESPECIALLY THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S SAFETY AND SECURITY PIECES WHERE ALL THE BUILDINGS WILL BE OCCUPIED NEXT YEAR ANYWAY.
WITH THE EMPHASIS ON SECURITY AND MAINTAINING A PERIMETER.
THIS IS LIKE NECESSARY WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE CONTINUED. IS THAT MY UNDERSTANDING.
>> I CAN GO AHEAD AND MAKE THAT MOTION BECAUSE I HAVE THE RIGHT ONE.
I CAN MOVE THAT THE COPLEY BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE PROPOSAL FROM [INAUDIBLE] FOR AN INSTALLATION OF CAMERA SURVEILLANCE AND DOOR ACCESS AND FIVE ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES, VALLEY RANCH, MOCKINGBIRD, LEE, WILSON, CANYON RANCH, FOR A TOTAL COST NOT TO EXCEED $2,000,000.
>> I HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE JOBBY MATHEW, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE ANTHONY HILL.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? HERE, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE ALL IN FAVOR.
MOTION PASSES 5, 0. ALL RIGHT. I G.
[X.G. Discuss and consider approval of Networking Equipment at Valley Ranch Elementary]
>> OUR NEXT ONE IS FOR NETWORK EQUIPMENT AT VALLEY RANCH ELEMENTARY.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE ADDING SQUARE FOOTAGE TO VALLEY RANCH, WHICH WHEN YOU ADD SQUARE FOOTAGE, YOU ADD MORE DROPS, MORE NETWORKING EQUIPMENT NEEDS TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE DROPS.
WE'RE ASKING FOR $350,000 TO ADD TWO AD WE'RE GOING TO ADD EQUIPMENT TO THE MDF, AND THEN WE'RE ADDING TWO ADDITIONAL IDF, SO WE'RE ADDING NETWORK EQUIPMENT FOR THOSE ALSO.
THIS IS WITH RED RIVER, WHICH WE'VE DONE BUSINESS WITH, THEY'RE GOING TO DO OUR WIRELESS REFRESH.
WE'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THEM.
WE GET ALONG VERY WELL, THEY DO EXCELLENT WORK.
>> ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM SORRY.
NONE, WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
>> I MOVED THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE PROPOSAL FROM RED RIVER FOR THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF NETWORK SWITCHING EQUIPMENT, NOT TO EXCEED $350,000.
>> THEN MOTION BY TRUSTEE LEE WALKER, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE RONA ROVAL.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES 5, 0.
THANK YOU. TAKE US TO OUR POLICY UPDATES. ITEM 8.
[X.H. Discuss and consider action regarding the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) Policy Update 123 affecting (LOCAL) policies:]
>> YES, MS. SPORTS, COMING BACK TO LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE WITH SEVERAL POLICY UPDATES.
>> PART OF TASB UPDATE 123, AND IT WAS SENT TO YOU AHEAD OF TIME SO THAT YOU COULD REVIEW THAT.
THERE WAS SOME DELETED POLICIES.
THERE WAS SOME REVISIONS, AND THEN THERE WAS ONE POLICY THAT WAS SPLIT INTO TWO DIFFERENT POLICIES THAT WAS MIGRATING MATERIALS AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS.
THESE HAVE ALL BEEN SENT TO THE DEPARTMENTS THAT THEY DIRECTLY PEOPLE ARE OVER, AND THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THOSE AND MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS THAT THEY WANTED.
MOST ALL DEPARTMENTS ADOPTED THEM AS IT IS.
THE LIBRARIAN DID CHANGE ONE WORD IN THE POLICY FROM IT COULD BE A LIBRARIAN ON THE COMMITTEE INSTEAD OF THE LIBRARIAN ON A COMMITTEE, MEANING ANY LIBRARIAN IN THE DISTRICT COULD SERVE ON A COMMITTEE WHEN REVIEWING MATERIALS.
THAT WAS THE ONE CHANGE THAT WAS MADE BY THEM AND THE TECHNOLOGY AND SAFE AND SECURITY CHANGE BECAUSE WE HAVE DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS, SO WE HAD TO ADDRESS THAT WE HAVE DALLAS DEPUTIES, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR SROS, AND SO THE LANGUAGE WAS JUST TWEAKED A LITTLE BIT SO THAT IT WASN'T LOOKING LIKE IT WAS JUST FROM ONE JURISDICTION.
THOSE WERE THE ONLY CHANGES THAT WERE MADE BY THE DEPARTMENTS.
>> JUST CLARIFICATION FOR THE COMMUNITY.
THESE ARE ROUTINE FOR US AND REALLY RESULT OF LEGISLATIVE, FEDERAL STATE, ANY JURISDICTIONAL BODY UPDATES THAT NECESSITATED.
>> THANK YOU FOR CLARIFICATION.
DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS I KNOW.
WE'VE HAD THIS NOW FOR FOR BIT OF TIME TO REVIEW TO.
>> I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD ADD REVISE OR DELETE LOCAL POLICY THAT'S OFFERED BY TASB POLICY SERVICE FOR CONSIDERATION ACCORDANCE AND ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTION SHEET FOR TASB LOCALIZED POLICY MANUAL DATE 123 IS RECOMMENDED.
MOTION BY TRUSTEE ANTHONY HILL, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE JOBBY MATHEW TO APPROVE UPDATES TO THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS POLICY UPDATE 123 AFFECTING OUR LOCAL POLICIES.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES 5, 0.
>> PERFECT. THERE WERE ALSO TWO ADDITIONAL POLICIES THAT WERE OUTSIDE OF THAT UPDATE,
[X.I. Discuss and consider approval of (LOCAL) Board Policy Revisions:]
AND THOSE BOTH HAVE TO DO WITH AI.[01:25:03]
ONE ADDRESSES THE USE OF IT WITH STUDENTS AND THE OTHER ONE WITH STUDENTS AND WITH EDUCATORS, BASICALLY SAYING THAT STUDENTS CAN USE IT WITH THE PERMISSION OF AN EDUCATOR AND ADDRESSING THAT IS ACADEMIC DISHONESTY WHEN USED OTHERWISE, AND THEN THE EDUCATORS TOO, SAYING THAT AI IS NOT TO REPLACE THE TEACHING AND GOOD TEACHING PRACTICES THAT CAN BE USED WITH PROPER CITING.THOSE ARE THE TWO POLICY ADDITIONS TO ADDRESS THE AI.
>> YOU GUYS, I KNOW YOU HAVE THIS ONE THROUGH, DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON THESE TWO POLICY ITEMS?
>> I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION.
>> CONSIDERING AI IS A NEW TECHNOLOGY AND EMERGING, PEOPLE ARE CONTINUALLY LEARNING ON IT AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
WHAT WOULD BE THE MECHANISM TO COME BACK AND MAKE CHANGES TO THIS POLICY IF THOSE THINGS WERE TO OCCUR AND YOU FIND THAT THERE WAS SOME GAPS OR HOLES IN THE CURRENT POLICY?
>> WE'RE GOING TO HAVE CLARIFICATION IN OUR STUDENT HANDBOOK THAT WILL BE ADDED FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, BUT ALSO NOT SO SPECIFIC THAT IT BECOMES OUTDATED EVEN IF THAT IT'S PRINTED, BUT JUST SOME PARAMETERS AND THAT LANGUAGE WILL BE COMING FROM A COMMITTEE THAT'S PUT TOGETHER TO DISCUSS THAT SPECIFICALLY.
WHEN YOU READ THE POLICY, IT IS PRETTY GENERAL IN A SENSE OF POLICY, BUT IF THAT WERE TO COME FORWARD, WE COULD ALWAYS BRING BACK POLICY TO YOU WITH A PROPOSED REVISION FOR YOUR APPROVAL.
>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE HILL, FOR MAINTAINING THAT BECAUSE I HAD VERY SIMILAR THOUGHTS.
I'M GLAD TO HEAR YOU SAY THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A COMMITTEE THAT'S GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THIS.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT?
>> DR. BROOKS HAS A COMMITTEE THAT SHE IS GOING TO BE PUTTING TOGETHER AND STILL INVITING A COUPLE OF OTHER PEOPLE TO BE A PART OF SO THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT OUR LANGUAGE IS ENOUGH TO ADDRESS THE CONCERN AND TO ADDRESS WITH STUDENTS AND WITH EDUCATORS, BUT NOT TOO SPECIFIC, AS SAID BEFORE, THAT THE MINUTE WE PUBLISH IT, IT BECOMES OUTDATED AND WE'RE HAVING TO GO BACK AND REVISE.
WITH THE HANDBOOK, WE DO HAVE THE BENEFIT OF ON-DEMAND BEING ABLE TO CHANGE IT BECAUSE THE HANDBOOK DOESN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH BOARD APPROVAL SO THAT IF WE DO HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO CHANGE, WE CAN LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE'VE MADE A CHANGE IN THAT.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR THOUGHTS ON THIS ITEM? NO? THEN I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
>> I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE REVISION TO LOCAL POLICY AS RECOMMENDED.
>> MOTION BY TRUSTEE ANTHONY HILL, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE JOBBY MATHEW.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR? THAT MOTION PASSES 5, 0.
>> [OVERLAPPING] THANK YOU, MS. HORN. THAT WILL TAKE US TO ITEM J,
[XJ. Nominate and elect two Board members to serve as the District's official voting delegate and alternate to the 2024-2025 TASB Delegate Assembly]
WHICH IS NOMINATE AND ELECT TWO BOARD MEMBERS TO SERVE AS THE DISTRICT'S OFFICIAL VOTING DELEGATE AND ALTERNATE AT THE UPCOMING '24, '25 TASB DELEGATE ASSEMBLY.I KNOW NICHOLE CAN'T BE HERE TONIGHT, BUT SHE PASSED ALONG SOME INFORMATION THAT SHE WOULD LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THAT.
DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, THOUGHTS, OR ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO RAISE YOUR HAND FOR THAT ONE?
>> I THINK TRUSTEE BENTLEY WOULD BE GREAT.
I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW WHO MIGHT WANT TO BE THE ALTERNATE.
DO WE DO THAT AT THE SAME TIME?
>> AT TASB. [OVERLAPPING] IF YOU'RE NOT ATTENDING, THEN THAT WOULD PRECLUDE YOU FROM [INAUDIBLE]?
>> I'M PLANNING ON GOING. RANNA, ARE YOU GOING? BUT YOU WERE THE ALTERNATE LAST TIME.
>> I'LL BE THERE, SO I'LL PROBABLY BE IN THE ALTERNATE.
>> I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE ARGUING WITH YOU.
[LAUGHTER] WE'VE GOT NICHOLE AS OUR DELEGATE AND THEN JOBBY AS OUR, WHAT'S THE WORD? ALTERNATE. SORRY. I GUESS WE'LL JUST NEED TO MAKE A MOTION TO ELECT NICHOLE AS THE DELEGATE AND JOBBY AS THE ALTERNATE.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE STRICT LANGUAGE ON THAT.
>> WE DON'T HAVE ANY DIRECT LANGUAGE ON THAT, BUT I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO TAKE YOU AS THE ALTERNATE.
[LAUGHTER] I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE TRUSTEE NICHOLE BENTLEY AS THE DELEGATE, AND TRUSTEE JOBBY MATHEW AS ALTERNATE TO THE 2024-'25 TASB DELEGATE ASSEMBLY.
>> I HAD A MOTION BY TRUSTEE ANTHONY HILL, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE LEIGH WALKER TO APPROVE TRUSTEE NICHOLE BENTLEY AS
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THE DELEGATE AND TRUSTEE JOBBY MATHEW AS THE ALTERNATE TO THE '24, '25 TASB DELEGATE ASSEMBLY.ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR? A MOTION TO PASSES 5, 0.
>> THAT TAKES US TO OUR FINAL ACTION ITEM WHICH IS
[X.K. Discuss and consider a possible nomination for the Region 10, Position A, seat on the TASB Board]
DISCUSS AND CONSIDER A POSSIBLE NOMINATION FOR THE REGION 10 POSITION A SEAT ON THE TASB BOARD.I WAS TRYING TO BLANK ON THIS ONE.
ANTHONY, DO YOU REMEMBER WHO THE CURRENT?
>> I THINK THE CURRENT PERSON IS FROM MESQUITE.
>> I THINK HE IS RUNNING AGAIN.
>> TRUSTEE KEVIN CARBO FOR MESQUITE, I THINK, IS THE TRUSTEE FOR THIS NOMINATION.
>> ON THIS ONE, ARE WE REQUIRED?
>> WE'RE NOT REQUIRED TO DO ANYTHING?
>> THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING. ANYBODY WANTING TO RUN FOR THAT OR MAKE A NOMINATION? WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE ANY ACTION IF YOU GUYS SO CHOOSE NOT TO.
>> I DON'T FEEL PARTICULARLY COMPELLED TO TAKE ACTION.
>> I DON'T EITHER AND NOT KNOW ANYONE PERSONALLY.
>> I KNOW TRUSTEE CARBO PERSONALLY FOR YEARS, AND SO HE'S DONE A FINE JOB.
HE SHOWS UP, PARTICIPATES, AND ACTIVELY GETS INVOLVED IN THOSE DISCUSSIONS, SO I WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH HIM BEING NOMINATED AND VOTED BACK IN.
>> WELL, IF YOU GUYS DON'T FEEL TO TAKE ANY ACTION ON THAT, THEN WE WILL MOVE ON.
>> DO I HAVE TO DO ANYTHING HERE OR JUST SAY NO?
>> NO. WE CAN WE CAN LET THAT LAY ON THE TABLE, OR ACTUALLY JUST LAY ON THE TABLE. LET IT SIT.
THAT WILL CONCLUDE OUR ACTION ITEMS AND THEN TAKE US INTO OUR BOARD AND REPORT ITEMS.
[XI. DISCUSSION AND REPORT ITEMS - BOARD OF TRUSTEES]
I'VE GOT THE FIRST ONE WHICH IS JUST KICKING OFF A RECAP FOR OUR TASB SUMMER LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE OR SLI AS IT'S COMMONLY KNOWN.WE'RE HERE TO SAY THAT A LOT. THOSE HERE ARE WATCHING ONLINE.
THEY DO TWO SESSIONS EACH YEAR, AND WE WERE SPLIT THIS YEAR.
ANTHONY AND NICHOLE WERE IN SAN ANTONIO, AND THEN THE THREE OF US WERE IN FORT WORTH FOR THAT SESSION OR THAT WEEK OF IT LAST WEEK.
WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT AI TONIGHT, SOME OF OUR THINGS AND I KNOW WE ATTENDED A SESSION, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF SESSIONS ON AI.
I THINK THE THINGS WE DID TONIGHT WENT RIGHT AND ALIGNED WITH SOME OF THE THINGS I LEARNED, AND IT'S A GREAT TOOL TO USE AND CAN BE USED CORRECTLY.
THERE'S NEFARIOUS REASONS OUT THERE, TOO, AS WELL, SO JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE BEING THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THAT USE AND FOR THE DISHONESTY REASONS AND ALL OF THAT, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE BUTTONING THAT UP IN OUR GOOD CONDUCT.
BUT OVERALL, I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT FEW DAYS AND GOOD SESSION.
DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR FOLLOW-UP?
>> I PARTICULARLY ENJOYED THE KEYNOTE SPEAKERS.
WE HAD THREE REALLY STRONG KEYNOTE SPEAKERS, ONE ABOUT EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION.
THE OTHER TWO WERE ALWAYS ENJOYED, JAMIE, WITH THE SCHOOLS CAN'T DO IT ALONE.
I KNOW HE'S BEEN A CISD CONVOCATION SPEAKER BACK IN THE DAY, BUT AGAIN, JUST HITTING THAT MESSAGE HOME, THAT WAS INSPIRATIONAL.
THEN THE LAST GUY, ANTHONY, WAS THE WRESTLING CHAMPION, HE ALSO WAS VERY MOVING.
SO ALWAYS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH OTHER LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND BE INSPIRED AND GET SOME REALLY GOOD INFORMATION.
I ENJOYED. I THINK ONE OF MY FAVORITE SESSIONS WAS ON LISTENING CIRCLES AND ENJOYED HOW TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY THROUGH LISTENING CIRCLE.
BUT I THOUGHT OVERALL, ALL THE SESSIONS WERE PRETTY GOOD.
BEING DOWN IN SAN ANTONIO, OBVIOUSLY, YOU GET TO SEE PEOPLE FROM THE VALLEY, AND I HEAR THINGS GOING ON THAT WAY, BUT THE SESSION THEY HAD ON WEDNESDAY, TASBO PRESENTED, KRISTI CLARK AND KAREN WILSON DID AN EXCELLENT JOB IN FRAMING WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE AREA OF FINANCE, WHERE IT IS TODAY, WHEN IT'S GOING IN THE FUTURE IN THE PITFALLS AND THINGS PEOPLE NEED TO DO.
I ECHO YOUR COMMENTS, TRUSTEE WALKER, ABOUT THE GENERAL SESSION SPEAKER.
I LIKE ANTHONY ROBLES OVERCOMING ADVERSITY AND BEING PERSISTENT AND NOT EVER GIVING UP.
REALLY, THEY TALKED A LOT ABOUT SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES.
I LOVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS THEY HAD AND THEN SYNERGY AND TEAMWORK.
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BUT THE ONE SYSTEM PROCESS I REALLY LIKE WAS MOAK CASEY, STRATEGIC BUDGETING AND CRITICAL CLIMATES.THEY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB IN FRAMING THEIR COMMENTS AND ADVOCACY AND ENGAGEMENT.
MASBA DID A GREAT JOB UNDERSTANDING AND ENGAGING LATINO FAMILIES.
MY LAST ONE I WANT TO HIT ON REAL QUICK WAS THE PROGRESS AND ACCOUNTABILITY, ROUND ROCK ISD DID A GREAT SESSION THERE AS WELL. THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.
>> THIS WAS MY FIRST TIME ATTENDING THE SUMMER LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE, AND I REALLY ENJOYED ALL THE KEYNOTE SPEAKERS AS WELL AS I ATTENDED THE VERY FIRST BUDGET SESSION ON WEDNESDAY.
THAT WAS A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION AND I WAS ABLE TO COMPARE NOTES WITH WHAT WE HAVE DONE HERE IN OUR BUDGET WORKSHOPS AND WHAT ARE THE SOME OTHER POINTS.
THERE WERE A COUPLE OF SESSIONS ON GENERAL BUDGET AND STUDENT OUTCOMES TOPICS.
AT THE SAME TIME, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF REALLY NEW TOPICS LIKE AI AND JUST BRAINSTORMING REGARDING THE POLICIES AND HOW TO USE IT IN A EFFECTIVE WAY IN SCHOOLS.
ANOTHER SESSION I THOUGHT WAS VERY INTERESTING WAS CULTURAL BLIND SPOT.
OVERALL, IT WAS A GREAT ALL THREE DAYS, GREAT EXPERIENCE.
>> I WENT TO THAT [INAUDIBLE] ONE AS WELL AND FOUND IT INTERESTING AND THEN WE ALSO REALLY ENJOYED THE DEMOGRAPHICS.
THERE WAS ONE WHERE THE PERSON FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS CAME AND GAVE GENERAL DEMOGRAPHICS INFORMATION, AND THAT WAS ALSO VERY DATA-RICH AND FASCINATING.
>> PRESIDENT CAVINESS, I DO WANT TO MAKE ONE OF CLOSE OF THAT.
THE BIGGEST THING THAT I TOOK AWAY FROM THE WHOLE SLI WAS TELL YOUR STORY.
THEY CONSISTENTLY TOLD, TRUSTEES, WHETHER YOU CAME FROM THE VALLEY, WHETHER YOU COME FROM EAST TEXAS, WEST TEXAS, TELL YOUR STORY WITH FIDELITY AND CONSISTENTLY, AND DON'T BE SHY ABOUT TELLING THE GOOD THINGS THAT GO ON IN FIVE WAYS.
THAT'S WHAT JAMIE VOLLMER IN HIS, HE TALKED ABOUT RIGHT.
HE SAYS, USE YOUR BULLETIN BOARDS.
TELL THE FACTS ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN YOUR SCHOOLS BECAUSE EVERYBODY IN YOUR COMMUNITY DOESN'T KNOW, AND EVEN IF YOU JUST COMMUNICATE WITH PARENTS, YOU HAVE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY DON'T HAVE KIDS IN SCHOOL.
SO FIND WAYS TO GET THAT MESSAGE OUT WITH EFFICACY AND CONSISTENCY.
>> WE'VE HAD HIM IN A COMMUNICATION BEFORE, HE WAS GREAT.
LAST WEEK, I ENJOY GOING WITH YOU ALL TOO, BUT HE DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB.
>> IF NOTHING ELSE, TRUSTEE HILL, YOU CAN HAVE THE FLOOR ON THE NEXT ONE.
>> APPRECIATE THAT, PRESIDENT CAVINESS.
FIRST, I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE NORTH TEXAS AREA ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS.
WE MET ON SUNDAY, JUNE 9TH, AT THE PRESIDENT'S HOUSE IN TASB.
THREE NEW MEMBERS WERE APPROVED: CASSANDRA HATFIELD FROM CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD, GINGER COLLIER FROM LAKE DALLAS, AND SARAH MCMURROUGH OF ARLINGTON ISD.
THERE ARE FOUR SESSIONS THAT WILL TAKE PLACE OVER THE COURSE OF NEXT SCHOOL WHOLE YEAR.
SEPTEMBER 18TH, IN ARLINGTON ISD, FORECASTING SUCCESS, DEMOGRAPHICS, AND DOLLARS.
TRUSTEE WALKER, I CATCH YOU ON THAT ONE.
THERE WILL BE A DEMOGRAPHY UPDATE AND CFO PANEL.
NOVEMBER 11TH, IRVING ISD, MASTERING THE LEGISLATURE, ESSENTIAL TRAINING, AND PRECESSION BRIEFING.
FEBRUARY 19TH IN LOUISVILLE ISD, A VISIT FROM TASB LEADERSHIP, HOW TASB SERVICES ELEVATE YOUR BOARD'S WORK.
IN APRIL 16TH, EVENT AUSTIN ISD, WE'VE NEVER GONE THERE.
SINCE I'VE BEEN ON IN TASB, IT IS EMPOWERING FUTURES, UNLEASHING THE POWER OF CTE.
THEN FOR TASA AND TASB DOWN IN SAN ANTONIO, ON SEPTEMBER 28TH, WE'RE LOOKING AT HOSTING A BREAKFAST FOR THE TRUSTEES THAT ARE TRAVELING DOWN FOR THAT SESSION.
THEN THE SECOND THING IN MY LAST ITEM IS THE CAPEL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EDUCATION COMMITTEE.
WE MET ON TUESDAY, JUNE 11TH VIA ZOOM.
BUT NEXT MONTH, WE'LL BE GOING BACK TO FACE-TO-FACE.
WE'VE CONCLUDED TO WE OUT THE ZOOM WELCOME.
THERE WAS A BRIEF DISCUSSION ON STUDENT AND TEACHER OF THE MONTH PRESENTATIONS FOR '24, '25.
THEY'LL BE WORKING WITH MS. ANGELA BROWN AND CONCLUDING THAT AND GETTING THAT ALL BUTTONED UP.
THE JOB SHADOW DATE FOR 2025 WAS DISCUSSED.
THERE WILL BE A FEW CHANGES TO THE FORMAT.
THE BIGGEST IS THAT A JOB SHADOW COMMITTEE WILL BE FORMED, INSTEAD OF SOLO INDIVIDUALS RUNNING A POINT ON THAT AND MAKING ALL THAT HAPPEN AND SPREADING THE JOY.
IN ADDITION, THEY WANT TO TARGET ABOUT 50 COMPANIES AND CREATE A HIGH LEVEL TRAINING PACKET FOR THE COMPANIES TO ENHANCE
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EXPERIENCES AND PROVIDE A CONSISTENT SET OF EXPECTATIONS, AND THEN IDENTIFY INTERESTS OF STUDENTS SOONER TO LINE WITH PARTICIPATING COMPANIES.THE LAST ITEM IS A NEW TEACHER BREAKFAST AND SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 1ST, AND THEY ARE LOOKING FOR SPONSORSHIP PARTICIPATION.
THE MONEYS RAISED IN AUGUST WILL NOT GO TOWARD SCHOLARSHIPS AS IN THE PAST, BUT TOWARD AN AREA IN THE DISTRICT THAT HAS NOT YET BEEN IDENTIFIED.
PRESIDENT CAVINESS, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
THAT WILL CONCLUDE OUR BOARD REPORTS TONIGHT.
WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING WE NEEDED TO ENCLOSE, SO THERE'S NO NEED FOR US TO GO BACK INTO CLOSED SESSION.
THAT WILL CONCLUDE OUR AGENDA TONIGHT.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
>> WE GOT A MOTION AND SECOND TO ADJOURN.
ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES 5, 0.
WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.