Jul 22, 2024 Regular Board Meetings

[I. CALL TO ORDER]

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>> TIME IS SIC O'CLOCK, AND I'M GOING TO CALL THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE COPPELL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT INTO SESSION.

FIRST THING WE NEED TO DO IS JUST ESTABLISH A QUORUM. I'LL START FROM MY RIGHT.

WE GOT TRUSTEE RANNA RAVAL, TRUSTEE ANTHONY HILL, TRUSTEE JOBBY MATHEW, TRUSTEE NICOLE BENTLEY, TRUSTEE MANISH SETHI, AND MYSELF, DAVID KAMIS, SO WE DO HAVE A QUORUM.

FIRST ORDER BUSINESS IS JUST GO INTO CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE,

[III. CLOSED SESSION]

TIME IS 6:01.

TIME IS 6:40, AND I'M GOING TO CALL US BACK IN TO OPEN SESSION.

[IV. RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION ]

[V. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON ITEMS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION]

>> THANK YOU, DR. HUNT, [INAUDIBLE] AND BOARD MEMBERS.

WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY FIRST IN CLOSED SESSION TO GIVE YOU A FEW MOMENTS TO MEET OUR PRINCIPALS THAT WE'RE ANNOUNCING TONIGHT, AND NOW WE'RE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THESE ANNOUNCEMENTS TO OUR GENERAL PUBLIC.

THE FIRST PERSON I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU IS A FAMILIAR FACE, CHRIS GOLDNER, WHO HAS SERVED AS THE PRINCIPAL OF DENTON CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SINCE 2022, AND HAS BEEN NAMED AS THE NEW PRINCIPAL OF COPPELL MIDDLE SCHOOL NORTH.

WHEN WE CREATED THE PROFILE OF THE INDIVIDUAL THAT THE STAFF, THE FAMILIES, AND THE COMMUNITY WANTED IN THEIR NEXT PRINCIPAL AT NORTH, THEY WANTED SOMEONE THAT HAD A LOVE FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS AND FAMILIES AND ALL THE WONDERFULNESS AND ALL THE AWKWARDNESS AND ALL JUST THE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUFF THAT COMES WITH THAT, BUT ALSO, SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTOOD WHERE STUDENTS WERE COMING FROM AS THEY ENTERED MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND WHERE THEY WERE GOING TO AS THEY WERE LEAVING FOR HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE THOSE ARE VERY DIFFERENT ENTRY AND EXIT POINTS.

AS CHRIS GOLDNER CAME BEFORE THE INTERVIEW COMMITTEE, ALL OF THOSE EXPERIENCES CAME TO BE ABLE TO BE DISCUSSED, AND HE WAS VERY COMFORTABLE TALKING ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE AS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT [INAUDIBLE] CREEK, HIS PRINCIPAL EXPERIENCE AT DENTON CREEK, AND HIS AP EXPERIENCE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, BUT WHAT HE WAS ABLE TO MOST TALK ABOUT ARE THE 11 YEARS HE SPENT AT MIDDLE SCHOOL, 10 OF THOSE AT MIDDLE SCHOOL EAST, TEACHING SCIENCE, INTERACTING WITH STUDENTS, HELPING THEM JUST FIGURE OUT WHO THEY ARE INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY IN THE WORLD, WORKING WITH PARENTS TO SAY, EVEN THOUGH YOUR KIDDOS SAY THEY DON'T WANT YOU INVOLVED ANYMORE, THEY NEED YOU MORE THAN EVER HERE, AND WE NEED YOU INVOLVED.

IT'S FOR ALL OF THOSE REASONS AND MORE, WE'RE EXCITED THAT MR. GOLDNER WILL BE WALKING ACROSS THE PARKING LOT FROM DENTON CREEK ELEMENTARY OVER TO CMS NORTH, AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT, NOT ONLY THE FAMILIES HE SUPPORTED THE LAST TWO, BUT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY OF SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES THAT COME TOGETHER AT NORTH.

AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS, CHRIS GOLDNER, NEW PRINCIPAL.

>> PERFECT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANKS FOR THE ROUND OF APPLAUSE, I TRULY APPRECIATE IT.

I DO WANT TO START OFF JUST BY SAYING THANK YOU TO MY WIFE.

KRISTEN HAD TO REMIND ME LAST TIME TO THANK HER.

I JUST WANT TO START OUT BY SAYING THANK YOU SO MUCH. I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR ALL THE SUPPORT AND TAKING CARE OF AND MAKING SURE I STAY OUT TROUBLE, SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE FRIENDS AND FAMILIES WHO ARE OUT HERE FOR ME TO SUPPORT ME, TO SUPPORT OUR DISTRICT.

IT TRULY IS AMAZING TO SEE YOU GUYS OUT HERE.

YOU-ALL INSPIRE ME.

I HAVE GROWN WITH YOU, I'VE TAUGHT WITH YOU, AND I COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU, SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU.

ALL OF OUR NEW FRIENDS THAT ARE OUT HERE, OUR NORTH [INAUDIBLE] I SEE OVER HERE, THANK YOU FOR COMING, THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING ME, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO LEARNING AND GROWING WITH YOU AS WE CONTINUE TO MAKE NORTH THE MOST AMAZING PLACE THAT IT IS.

I CAN'T WAIT TO GET BACK INTO MIDDLE SCHOOL.

I AM EXCITED ABOUT THE AWKWARDNESS AND THE WILDNESS AND THE CRAZINESS.

I'VE BEEN GETTING READY FOR THE [INAUDIBLE] AND ALL THOSE THINGS, WATCHING ALL THE SOCIAL MEDIA, SO I'M READY FOR IT, BUT I CAN'T WAIT.

I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING BACK IN ACTION WITH OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL KIDS.

I LOOK FORWARD TO LAUGHTER, I LOOK FORWARD TO SARCASM.

IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT TIME, AND I CANNOT WAIT TO BE AT NORTH.

I AM ALSO GOING TO REMEMBER, JUST MY LAST LITTLE THING, IS USED TO SAYING EAST IS BEAST, BUT NOW I GOT IT THAT EAST IS LEAST AND NORTH IS THE BEAST IS WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO BE SAYING.

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IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT YEAR, AND THANK YOU-ALL SO MUCH.

>> AS THAT MOVEMENT WAS MADE, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK FOR JUST THE RIGHT CHOICE FOR THE NEXT PRINCIPAL AT DENTON CREEK ELEMENTARY.

IN [INAUDIBLE] CLOSED SESSION, HE SAID, THIS INDIVIDUAL WILL HAVE BIG SHOES TO FILL.

THAT WAS SUCH A GREAT INDIVIDUAL, AND YES, HE WAS SO MUCH SO THAT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE HIM ON TO MIDDLE SCHOOL IN ADVANCE AND WE PROMOTE HIM IN THAT WAY, BUT ARE VERY EXCITED THAT AS WE WENT THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS AND LOOKING FOR JUST THE RIGHT INDIVIDUAL FOR DENTON CREEK ELEMENTARY.

THE PARENTS, THE STAFF, THE COMMUNITY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY THROUGH THE INPUT EMAIL TO PROVIDE THE CHARACTERISTICS, EXPERIENCE, AND ATTRIBUTES THEY WANTED IN THEIR NEXT PRINCIPAL.

AS I WAS ABLE TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD IN CLOSED SESSION, WE HAD QUITE A BIT OF INPUT CONSIDERING IT WAS SUMMER AND THAT HAD TO BE DONE ON INDIVIDUAL'S OWN TIME IN A WRITTEN FORMAT, BUT WHAT WE CONSISTENTLY HEARD INDIVIDUALS WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS SOMEONE THAT HAS PRINCIPAL EXPERIENCE, THAT HAS THE EXPERIENCE TO BRING FAMILIES IN THE COMMUNITY WITH DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, ETHNICITY, SOCIOECONOMIC STATUSES, EXPERIENCES TOGETHER IN ONE PLACE TO CREATE A FAMILY.

SOMEONE WHO HAD EXPERIENCES WITH ALL TYPES OF PROGRAMS, SUPPORTING STUDENTS WHO HAVE STRUGGLES, ENCOURAGING AND ENRICHING STUDENTS WHO HAVE ADVANCED SKILLS AND ARE IN THE GIFTED AND TALENTED PROGRAM, BUT MOST SPECIFICALLY, BECAUSE WE HAVE THE DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM AT DENTON CREEK, SOMEONE WHO HAD EXPERIENCE WITH THE EDUCATION OF EB LEARNERS, AND PARTICULARLY BILINGUAL PROGRAMS. AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND PAPER SCREENING AND THE COMMITTEE BROUGHT IN EIGHT INDIVIDUALS TO TALK TO A COMMITTEE COMPRISED OF STAFF MEMBERS FROM BOTH THE CAMPUS AND THE DISTRICT LEVEL.

THE NEW PRINCIPAL OF DENTON CREEK ELEMENTARY, DR. GENET CARDOZA ROSE TO THE TOP.

SHE BRINGS WITH HER 20 PLUS YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN EDUCATION.

SHE HAS BEEN A BILINGUAL TEACHER.

SHE HAS BEEN A PRINCIPAL ON A BILINGUAL CAMPUS.

SHE HAS LED DISTRICT STRATEGIC INITIATIVES AND HAS SERVED AS AN ADMINISTRATOR AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL.

AFTER TAKING A STEP BACK AND DOING SOME CONSULTING WORK, SHE, WITH HER OWN FAMILY, WAS READY TO STEP BACK INTO THE PUBLIC SCHOOL ARENA AND CHOSE TO COME TO COPPELL BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE HER FAMILY LIVES AND WHERE HER OWN CHILDREN DO GO TO SCHOOL OR WILL GO TO SCHOOL.

WHEN THIS OPPORTUNITY CAME UP, WE SAW IT AS A PERFECT FIT FOR HER.

AFTER THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT WITH HER A LITTLE MORE IN CLOSED SESSION, SHE TOO FELT LIKE THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WAS A GREAT MATCH OF HER BACKGROUND EXPERIENCES AND SKILLS.

IT'S FOR ALL THOSE REASONS AND MORE, I'D LOVE FOR YOU TO HELP ME RECOGNIZE DR. GENET CARDOZA, OUR PRINCIPAL AT DENTON CREEK ELEMENTARY.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

I DID NOT PREPARE A SPEECH.

CHRIS FORGOT TO TELL ME, BUT I'LL SORT BY THANKING MY HUSBAND.

THANK YOU. THIS IS MY SON, JACK AND I ALSO HAVE A THREE-YEAR-OLD ELLIE, WHO'S AT HOME.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT LATE, SO WE DIDN'T BRING HER TODAY, BUT SHE'S HERE IN SPIRIT.

I TOLD YOU GUYS SHE'S EXCITED TO BE HOME WITH MY PARENTS, SO SHE'S HAVING A SUPER EXCITING TIME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

[FOREIGN] AND COPPELL ISD [FOREIGN].

THIS A GREAT HONOR TO BE ABLE TO SERVE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE LIVE IN.

WE MOVED HERE ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, AND JACK JUST STARTED KINDERGARTEN THIS PAST SCHOOL YEAR GOING INTO FIRST, AND MY DAUGHTER ALSO WILL BE GOING TO COPPELL ISD.

IT'S BEEN A GREAT DISTRICT SO FAR.

I STARTED OUT AT LEE THIS YEAR, AND IT'S A WONDERFUL SCHOOL THERE.

I'M A BIG COMPONENT OF MULTILINGUAL PROGRAMS, SO I THINK BEING MULTILINGUAL IS A SUPERPOWER.

I THINK THE MORE LANGUAGES THAT WE SPEAK, IT JUST OPENS TO CONNECT WITH OTHERS IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND BEYOND.

I AM JUST THRILLED TO ENGAGE FAMILIES.

WORKING WITH FAMILIES IS ACTUALLY ONE OF MY PASSIONS.

I THINK THAT WORKING TOGETHER WE CAN REALLY CREATE SOME COOL LEARNING EXPERIENCES FROM THEIR OWN BACKGROUND EXPERIENCE, FROM THEIR WORK EXPERIENCE, AND CREATE SOME LEADERSHIP AND MENTORING PROGRAMS. I'M SUPER EXCITED AND THANKFUL FOR THE STAFF THAT I ALREADY GOT TO MEET TONIGHT AND FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

MR. GOLDNER SAID NOTHING BUT AMAZING THINGS ABOUT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.

THEN I LOST FRIENDS WHO WE'RE HERE TONIGHT.

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I'M HAPPY TO GET TO KNOW YOU AND THEN FAMILIES AT DENTON CREEK AND PARTNER AND GET TO REALLY GET TO KNOW THE LEARNERS BECAUSE THAT'S THE MOST EXCITING PART. THANK YOU.

>> WELL, THANK YOU, GUYS.

>> WE HAVE A WELCOME RECEPTION IN THE FRONT PART OF THE LIBRARY.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO STEP OUT THERE AND GET SOMETHING TO EAT AND SOME WATER AND CONGRATULATE OUR TWO NEW PRINCIPALS.

I KNOW THAT THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM WANTS TO TAKE SOME PICTURES, BUT AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO OFFICIALLY SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU BOTH AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT AND THANK YOU FOR INTRODUCING YOUR FAMILIES, AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE GREAT THINGS YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING AT DENTON CREEK AND MIDDLE SCHOOL NORTH.

>> AS THEY MAKE THEIR WAY OUT, WE'LL JUST KEEP ROLLING RIGHT ALONG.

WHEN YOU'RE READY, TAKE OVER ON DISTRICT COMMENTS.

>> LEVIN [PHONETIC], IS THE SOUND OKAY?

>> I THINK SO. [BACKGROUND]

>> WELL, CONTINUING ON WITH THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS OUR DISTRICT HIGHLIGHTS AND UPDATES.

[VI. DISTRICT HIGHLIGHTS AND UPDATES]

THEY RECEIVED SEVEN NATIONAL AWARDS FROM THE NATIONAL SCHOOL PUBLIC RELATIONS ASSOCIATION.

CISD COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT RECEIVED THESE AWARDS OUT OF THOUSANDS OF ENTRIES SUBMITTED FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

AMONG THOSE AWARDS ACHIEVED ARE THE AWARD OF EXCELLENCE FOR THE OUR STORY MAGAZINE, THE CISD WEBSITE REDESIGN, AND ALSO FOR WRITING.

YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN AND GO ONLINE TO SEE THE FULL LIST OF ALL OF OUR AWARDS, BUT LET'S GIVE OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

OUR COPPELL COMPETITIVE SHOOTING TEAM HIT A BULL'S EYE RECENTLY GETTING 10TH PLACE AT THE STATE COMPETITION.

MEMBERS OF THE TEAM ALSO PLACED FIRST IN [INAUDIBLE] DOUBLES AND SECOND IN SEVERAL OTHER CATEGORIES.

I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE OUR COPPELL SHOOTING TEAM, AS WELL AS ITS ADVISOR, STEVEN SEELEY.

I ALSO WANT TO TAKE SOME TIME TO SHARE SOME AMAZING NATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS FROM OUR CAREER IN TECHNICAL EDUCATION OR CTE STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS.

COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL HAD 20 TECHNOLOGY STUDENT ASSOCIATION, TSA, MEMBERS THAT ATTENDED THE TSA NATIONAL CONFERENCE IN JUNE.

THEN WE HAD SEVERAL TOP FINISHES, INCLUDING FIRST PLACE WINNER IN THE CODING CATEGORY AND FIRST PLACE WINNER IN THE TRANSPORTATION MODELING CATEGORY.

WE ALSO HAD TWO TOP NATIONAL FINISHERS AT THE NATIONAL EDUCATOR RISING CONFERENCE FOR FUTURE EDUCATORS THAT WAS HELD IN WASHINGTON, DC, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SUMMER.

ONE OF OUR CHS STUDENTS PLACED THIRD IN THE NATION IN LESSON PLANNING AND DELIVERY, AND ANOTHER STUDENT PLACED THIRD NATIONALLY IN INTERACTIVE BULLETIN BOARD CONTEST.

I HOPE THOSE TWO REMEMBER US IN A FEW YEARS WHENEVER THEY WANT TO COME BACK TO TEACH.

WE ALSO HAD SEVERAL FUTURE HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS FROM CHS COMPETE AT THE HOSA INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION IN JUNE IN HOUSTON, AS WELL AS MANY TOP FINISHERS, INCLUDING THIRD PLACE FINISHER IN MEDICAL LAW AND ETHICS AND A FOURTH PLACE FINISHER IN DENTAL SCIENCE.

I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A STRONG PROGRAM, NOT ONLY AT CHS, BUT ALSO, NEW TECH HIGH AT COPPELL AND CHS 9.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR ADVISORS WHO PARTICIPATED IN CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS COMPETITION THIS SUMMER.

THEN EVERYBODY'S FAVORITE TOPIC, BACK TO SCHOOL.

I KNOW IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE, BUT BACK TO SCHOOL REALLY IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER WITH A LITTLE MORE THAN THREE WEEKS AWAY.

WE'LL BE STARTING ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14TH.

WE LIVE IN A COMMUNITY OF PLANNERS, AND I KNOW OUR COPPELL ISD COMMUNITY LIKES TO PLAN AHEAD.

IF YOU GO TO THE CISD WEBSITE, WE HAVE A BACK TO SCHOOL PARENT HUB.

WE'VE CREATED A CHECKLIST TO HELP OUR PARENTS.

WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT INFORMATION THERE THAT WILL HELP PEOPLE PLAN FOR A SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL YEAR, AS WELL AS IMPORTANT DATES.

EVERYBODY WANTS TO KNOW MEET THE TEACHER, HOW TO GET INVOLVED IN PTO, WHICH IS PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATIONS,

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OUR PRINCIPALS AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF HAVE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB OF PLANNING FOR BACK TO SCHOOL.

MANY ARE ALREADY BACK ON THEIR CAMPUSES, AND SO YOU CAN CERTAINLY STOP BY OR CALL OR EMAIL, AND ANY ONE OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS WILL BE HAPPY TO HELP PEOPLE WITH BACK TO SCHOOL INFORMATION.

WE HAVE OUR ANNUAL NEW HIRE EXPO AND WELCOME WITH THE PARTNERSHIP THROUGH THE COPPELL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

THAT WILL BE ON THURSDAY, AUGUST THE 1ST, AND THEN OUR ADDITIONAL ANNUAL CONVOCATION, WHICH IS ALWAYS A BIG HIT FOR OUR STAFF, WHICH IS AUGUST THE 9TH.

OUR THEME THIS YEAR IS MY HOME IS COPPELL ISD OR MY HOME IS CISD.

WE KNOW THAT WE ARE A DESTINATION SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR MANY OF OUR FAMILIES WHO CHOOSE THIS AS THEIR HOME, AS WELL AS TO MANY OF OUR EXCEPTIONAL EMPLOYEES BECAUSE OF THE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE THAT WE PROVIDE AND THE WORK CLIMATE THAT WE PROVIDE TO OUR STAFF.

THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR, YOU'LL SEE MORE STORIES AND TESTIMONIALS ABOUT WHY OUR TEACHERS, STAFF, AND STUDENTS CALL CISD HOME.

WE'RE ALSO HARD AT WORK ON GETTING OUR FACILITIES READY FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS, WHICH INCLUDE SEVERAL RENOVATIONS TO OUR BOND PROJECTS.

YOU CAN SEE ONE OF THE PICTURES ON THE SCREEN IS OUR NEW PLAYGROUNDS AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

IF YOU GO TO THE WEBSITE, YOU CAN SEE MORE INFORMATION.

I THINK I SENT OUT A COMMUNICATION TODAY THAT HIT THAT TOPIC, AS WELL AS SEVERAL OTHERS.

WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO AN AMAZING SCHOOL YEAR.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR HIGHLIGHTS AND UPDATES.

>> THANK YOU, DR. HUNT.

NEXT UP IS OUR INVOCATION AND PLEDGE. [INAUDIBLE].

[VII. INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - Manish Sethi - Place 2]

>> LET'S STAND FOR AN INVOCATION.

DEAR, GOD, AS WE ARE GATHERED HERE, WE SEEK YOUR BLESSINGS TO HELP MAKE DECISIONS THAT HELP OUR KIDS, FACULTY, AND STAFFS WHILE PROVIDING AN EXCEPTIONAL ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE FOR THEM TO GROW AND ACHIEVE THEIR BEST POTENTIAL.

AS WE TRAVERSE THROUGH THE FINANCIAL CHALLENGES OUR DISTRICT IS FACING, WE PRAY THAT YOU GIVE US WISDOM TO MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS THAT WILL SERVE OUR COMMUNITY WELL FOR YEARS TO COME.

WE SEEK THAT THE CHOICES WE MAKE WILL HELP DISTRICT GROW STRONGER AND CONTINUE TO IMPROVE IN SERVING OUR STAFF, LEARNERS, AND COMMUNITY.

FINALLY, WE SINCERELY THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE YOU THROUGH SERVING OUR COPPELL ISD COMMUNITY AND HELPING US REMEMBER THAT ALL OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE ONLY POSSIBLE WITH YOUR BLESSING.

AMEN. PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

>>

>> THANK YOU MANISH. WE DID NOT HAVE ANYBODY SIGN UP TONIGHT FOR OPEN FORUM, SO THAT'LL TAKE US RIGHT INTO OUR DISCUSSION ON REPORT ITEMS.

[IX. DISCUSSION AND REPORT ITEMS - SUPERINTENDENT]

>> WE HAVE SEVERAL THINGS THAT WE ARE GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU-ALL TONIGHT.

WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH OUR BUDGET PLANNING PROCESS, AS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT FOR THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS.

THAT INCLUDES THE EFFICIENCY, AUDIT RESULTS, AS WELL AS INFORMATION ABOUT THE VOTER APPROVED TAX RATIFICATION ELECTION SURVEY.

DIANE SIRCAR, OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, WILL KICK US OFF.

>> GOOD EVENING, BOARD. TODAY WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BUDGET PLANNING PROCESS.

THE BUDGET PLANNING ALIGNS WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT PRIORITY GOAL 1 AND WITH THE [INAUDIBLE] FISCAL OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS. AS YOU MAY REMEMBER AT THE APRIL 8TH BOARD WORKSHOP, WE DISCUSSED THE OPTION THAT THE BOARD HAS TO CALL A VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATIFICATION ELECTION OR VATRE.

THE BOARD REQUESTED THAT THE DISTRICT TAKE THE NECESSARY STEPS TO ALLOW THE OPTION TO CALL THIS VATRE.

ONE OF THOSE STEPS IS TO HIRE A FIRM TO CONDUCT AN EFFICIENCY AUDIT.

TODAY, THE AUDITORS ARE PREPARED TO SHARE THEIR FINDINGS.

AS A REMINDER, THE BOARD WILL NEED TO FORMALLY CALL FOR THE ELECTION BY AUGUST 19TH AT THE LATEST.

THE POTENTIAL TAX INCREASE THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED BY CALLING THE VATRE WOULD BE 3.17 PENNIES, WHICH WOULD PROVIDE APPROXIMATELY $2.4 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL REVENUE FOR COPPELL ISD.

THIS INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE COULD BE OFFSET BY THE ADDITIONAL COMPRESSION OF THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS TAX RATE IF CERTIFIED PROPERTY VALUES RISE BY AT LEAST EIGHT PERCENT.

CERTIFIED VALUES WILL BE RELEASED ON THURSDAY, JULY 25TH, PRIOR TO THE NEXT WORD WORKSHOP.

ON THAT EVENING WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO REPORT THE MAXIMUM COMPRESSED RATE THAT IS CALCULATED BY THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY THAT IS THE BASIS FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS TAX RATE.

AFTER THE BOARD HEARS THE RESULTS OF THE EFFICIENCY AUDIT TONIGHT, AND THE VOTER SURVEY RESULTS FROM MS. BROWN, WE WILL NEED TO KNOW TONIGHT IF THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO STOP CONSIDERING THE VATRE,

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BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT NEED TO BE PREPARED.

FIRST, WE NEED TO NOTIFY THE DALLAS COUNTY TAX OFFICE SO THAT THEY CAN APPROPRIATELY CALCULATE THE TAX RATE SO THAT IT IS PRINTED IN THE NOTICE THAT GOES IN THE NEWSPAPER.

THAT ALL HAPPENS AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF AUGUST.

IT WILL ALSO REQUIRE THE ENGAGEMENT OF OUR ATTORNEYS TO PREPARE THE APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTATION TO CALL THE ELECTION AND THE BALLOT LANGUAGE.

BOTH OF THESE ITEMS CAN BE ROLLED BACK IF THE BOARD CHOOSES NOT TO CALL THE VATRE, BUT WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE THAT DIRECTION.

OUR EFFICIENCY AUDIT WAS PERFORMED BY RUTHERFORD, TAYLOR AND COMPANY.

TONIGHT WE HAVE MR. ROBERT LAKE AND MR. BEAU SHELBY WITH US.

I WILL HAVE MR. LAKE COME UP AND START THE PRESENTATION.

>> THANK YOU-ALL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TONIGHT.

I'M NOT THE GUY THAT DOES THIS.

BEAU IS THE GUY THAT DOES THIS.

[LAUGHTER] YOU CAN TELL THAT JUST BECAUSE HE'S ABOUT 20 YEARS, 30 YEARS YOUNGER THAN ME.

ANYWAY, WHAT WE'VE DONE, WE'VE COMPLETED WHAT'S REQUIRED UNDER THE GUIDELINES THAT HAD BEEN ASSIGNED BY TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY BASED ON INFORMATION FROM THE LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD WHERE ALL OF THIS DATA COMES FROM.

BUT I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO HIM BECAUSE, I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THAT'S ALL I KNOW, BECAUSE I KNOW MORE ABOUT IT, BUT I THINK HE'LL GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION.

MR. BEAU SHELBY, HE'S BEEN WITH THE FIRM NOW FOR ABOUT SIX YEARS.

VERY WELL SCHOOLED, AND HE'S PARTICIPATED IN YOU-ALL'S AUDIT FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS AS WELL, SO HE'S VERY FAMILIAR WITH WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE DISTRICT.

>> AGAIN, THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING US TONIGHT.

I'LL JUST JUMP STRAIGHT INTO IT.

ON THE FIRST SLIDE HERE, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT OF THE BACKGROUND ASSOCIATED WITH THE EFFICIENCY AUDIT.

AGAIN, THIS WAS BASED ON HOUSE BILL 3 ESTABLISHED BY THE LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS EFFICIENCY AUDIT IS TO PROVIDE THE INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC AND VOTERS IN REGARDS TO ITS SCHOOL'S DISTRICT'S FISCAL MANAGEMENT AND EFFICIENCY AND UTILIZATION OF RESOURCES IN COMPARISON TO PEER GROUPS ALIKE.

OF COURSE, THE VAST MAJORITY OF THIS INFORMATION IN COMPARISON IS BASED ON YOUR '22-'23 FISCAL YEAR.

THERE WILL BE SOME DATA THAT, JUST FOR COMPARISON PURPOSES, WILL BE OLDER, WHICH IS ALL RELYING ON TEAS POSTING FOR THE COMPARISON, SUCH AS ATTENDANCE, AND AND ALSO YOUR [INAUDIBLE] ON THIS SLIDE RIGHT HERE, YOU'LL SEE THE SELECTION OF YOUR PEER DISTRICTS.

THERE WERE 10 PEER DISTRICTS SELECTED FOR ANALYSIS.

OF THAT, THE DISTRICT SELECTED EIGHT OF THEM, OR THEY SELECTED TWO OF THEM.

SIX OF THE EIGHT THAT WERE SELECTED WERE BASED ON POPULATION SIZE.

AGAIN, IN ADDITION TO THE PROPERTY WEALTH ASSOCIATED WITH, AND THE SOCIOECONOMIC LEVELS OF THE STUDENT BASE, IN ADDITION TO THE RELATIVE TAX RATES ESTABLISHED.

YOU'LL SEE THAT BOERNE ISD, BURLESON ISD, CARROLL ISD, GRAPEVINE-COLLEYVILLE ISD, HIGHLAND PARK ISD, LAKE TRAVIS ISD, ROCKWALL ISD, AND WILEY ISD WERE SELECTED FOR YOUR PEER GROUP.

ON THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU HAVE THE PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS, WHICH IS YOUR FIRST RATING.

IN ACCOUNTABILITY RATINGS YOU'LL SEE THAT THE DISTRICT [INAUDIBLE] AN A FOR SUPERIOR RATINGS, AND THE DISTRICT'S TOTAL AVERAGE WAS 97 OUT OF 100.

YOUR PEER DISTRICTS AVERAGE WAS SUPERIOR AS WELL, AND YOUR PEER DISTRICTS BALANCE WERE 93 AS WELL.

THIS, OF COURSE, IS BASED ON YOUR '21-'22 FIRST RATING.

OF COURSE, THE '22-'23 FIRST RATING WAS ORIGINALLY RELEASED, AND THEN THERE WAS A CHANGE IN THE GRADING SYSTEM THAT HAS YET TO THEN ESTABLISH A [INAUDIBLE] AT THIS POINT.

SO THAT IS BASED ON YOUR '21-'22, OR 2021 FINANCIAL DATA.

THIS IS THE COMPARISON OF YOUR STUDENT COUNTS ALONG WITH THE CHARACTERISTICS OF STUDENT GROUPS.

YOU'LL SEE THAT THE PEER DISTRICT'S TOTAL STUDENT BASE WAS 12,500 STUDENTS, WHILE OUR COPPELL WAS 13,343 STUDENTS.

YOU'LL ALSO SEE OUR COMPARISON, THE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED.

YOU'LL SEE THAT OUR DISTRICT HAD 1,300 STUDENTS IN THE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED,

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OUR ENGLISH LEARNERS, AGAIN, WERE LARGER THAN OUR PEER DISTRICT HERE.

AGAIN, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT OUR BILINGUAL PROGRAM AT THIS DISTRICT [INAUDIBLE] THAT [INAUDIBLE] TAKEN IN THAT.

IT IS RELEVANT ON OUR COMPARISON OF THESE NUMBERS.

WE CAN SEE THAT OUR ENGLISH LEARNERS ARE A LOT LARGER THAN OUR PEER DISTRICTS IN COMPARISON.

YOU'LL SEE THAT OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION IS RELATIVELY THE SAME AS OUR PEER DISTRICTS.

AGAIN, YOU'LL SEE THAT BILINGUAL AND ESL EDUCATION IS HIGHER THAN OUR PEER DISTRICTS IN COMPARISON.

THEN OUR CAREER AND TECH ARE RELATIVELY SAME FIGURES AS OUR PEER DISTRICTS.

THE NEXT SLIDE IS THE PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL STUDENT BODY IN COMPARISON TO OUR PEERS ALONG WITH THE STATE AVERAGES.

YOU'LL SEE THAT THE ORANGE GRAPH, ON THE FAR RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THIS TABLE, IS THE STATE AVERAGES.

THE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED IS AROUND RELATIVELY 62% WHILE OUR DISTRICT IS 9.9% BASED ON OUR '21-'22 CHARACTERISTICS.

YOU'LL SEE THAT OUR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMPARISON AS WELL AS OUR PEER DISTRICTS, THAT 19.3% IS ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED FOR OUR PEER DISTRICTS, WHICH IS A LARGER PORTION, WHICH WILL BE REFLECTED IN OUR, OF COURSE, STATE AID IN THE FOLLOWING SLIDE.

AGAIN, OUR ENGLISH LEARNERS ARE A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF OUR STUDENT BODY LIKE WE PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED BY TOTALS, AND THEN AGAIN, OUR BILINGUAL, AND THEN OUR CAREER AND TECH IS RELATIVELY IN COMPARISON TO THE STATE AVERAGES [INAUDIBLE] REVENUE PER STUDENT TOTALS.

YOU'LL SEE THAT OUR TOTAL REVENUE IS $10,251 PER STUDENT.

OF THAT, THE VAST MAJORITY OF IT IS OUR LOCAL M&O TAX RATE.

OUR MIDDLE COLUMN HERE IS OUR PEER DISTRICTS.

YOU'LL SEE RELATIVELY THAT OUR PEER DISTRICTS HAD A TOTAL $11,000 IN TOTAL REVENUE PER STUDENT, WHICH IS LARGER THAN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

YOU'LL ALSO SEE THAT OUR STATE AVERAGE IS LOWER THAN OUR PEER DISTRICTS AS WELL.

THAT IS DUE TO A FEW OF OUR PEER DISTRICTS HAVE LARGER ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS, WHICH IS REFLECTED IN THAT ALLOCATION.

ALONG WITH, YOU'LL SEE THAT THEY HAVE A LARGER FEDERAL REVENUE PER STUDENT AS WELL.

QUALIFYING FOR THOSE PROGRAMS IS CONTINGENT ON A FEW OF THE STATISTICS IN THE STUDENT BODY, SO WE HAVE LESS PER STUDENT.

THEN YOU'LL ALSO SEE IN COMPARISON TO STATE AVERAGE, OUR DISTRICT IS, OF COURSE, AT $10,251 WHILE THE STATE AVERAGE IS $12,823.

AS YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE LESS PER STUDENT THAN THE STATE AVERAGE.

OF COURSE, THAT'S INCLUDING ALL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS FROM STUDENT POPULATIONS OF 200 ALL THE WAY UP TO 196,000.

>> QUESTION.

>> YES.

>> THE REVENUE YOU'RE SHOWING, THIS IS THE GROSS REVENUE BEFORE THE [INAUDIBLE]

>> THIS IS NOT INCLUDING [INAUDIBLE] THE NEXT SLIDE HERE IS OUR EXPENDITURES PER STUDENT WHICH IS ALLOCATED, WHICH IS JUST THE GRAPH BASED ON FIGURE 9.

YOU'LL ALSO SEE THAT OUR TOTAL EXPENDITURES ARE $10,585.

YOU'LL SEE THAT THAT IS LARGER THAN OUR REVENUES FROM THE PREVIOUS SLIDE.

WHILE OUR PEER DISTRICT IT'S $10,748, YOU'LL SEE THAT, IN COMPARISON TO OUR PEER GROUPS WHO ARE RELATIVELY [INAUDIBLE] IN COMPARISON.

WHILE THE STATE AVERAGE, OF COURSE, IN AROUND THAT $12,382 MARK.

AGAIN, YOU'LL SEE THE VAST MAJORITY OF EVERYBODY'S EXPENDITURES IS THIS INSTRUCTION AND INSTRUCTIONAL RELATED SERVICES POSTING.

THERE WERE NO BIG HIGHLIGHT COMPARISON OTHER THAN THE PLANT AND MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION COST.

VERSUS OUR STATE, IN OUR PEER DISTRICTS, YOU'LL SEE THAT THEY ARE SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN, OF COURSE, THE DISTRICT.

FOLLOWING THAT PAGE, ON THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE THE PERCENTAGE COMPARISONS BETWEEN THESE CATEGORIES.

AGAIN, OUR INSTRUCTION AND INSTRUCTIONAL RELATED SERVICES IS LARGER THAN, OF COURSE, OUR PEER IN THE STATE AVERAGE, AT 64.5%, WHICH IS A GOOD THING TO SEE.

BUT IN ADDITION YOU'LL SEE OUR STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES IS SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN OUR PEER AND THE STATE AVERAGE AT 15.3%, WHILE OUR PEER DISTRICT IS 16.4, AND OUR STATE AVERAGE IS 16.7.

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ON THE NEXT SLIDE IS THE PAYROLL AND STAFFING DATA.

YOU'LL SEE THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF ALL FUNDS SPENT IN ALL DISTRICTS, DISTRICT WIDE, IS PAYROLL.

80.7% OF OUR FUNDS ARE UTILIZED AND USED FOR PAYROLL COSTS AND ASSOCIATED, WHILE OUR PEER DISTRICTS ARE 79.3, AND THE STATE AVERAGE IS AT 77.8%.

YOU'LL SEE, OF COURSE, THAT OUR PEER DISTRICT SALARIES FOR OUR AVERAGE TEACHER'S SALARY IS 61,000 WHILE OUR DISTRICT IS AT $64,686, AND THE STATE AVERAGE IS AT $60,716.

OUR TOTAL TEACHING PER STAFF TOTAL IS AT 60.4%, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER THAN THE STATE AVERAGE, OF COURSE, AND LARGER THAN OUR PEER DISTRICT.

AGAIN, YOU'LL SEE THAT OUR STUDENTS PER TEACHING STAFF IS RELATIVELY THE SAME AS THE STATE AVERAGE OF 14.9 TEACHERS PER STUDENT.

THEN YOU'LL SEE THAT OUR STUDENTS PER TOTAL STAFF IS NINE PER STUDENT, WHICH MEANS THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR PAYROLL SPENDING AND INDIVIDUALS THAT WE ARE PAYING SALARY IN THE DISTRICT IS TEACHING STAFF.

YOU'LL SEE THAT OUR TEACHING TURNOVER RATE IS LESS THAN THE STATE AVERAGE, BUT IT IS MORE THAN OUR PEER DISTRICT.

ON THE NEXT SLIDE YOU'LL SEE OUR GENERAL UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE ACROSS THE FISCAL YEARS.

I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THE SLIGHT INCLINE TO THE PEER DISTRICT UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE PER STUDENT.

IT'S SLIGHTLY GROWING OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, WHILE YOU CAN SEE THERE IS A SLIGHT DECLINE FOR THE DISTRICT OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.

ON THE NEXT SLIDE WE'LL HAVE A COMPARISON OF THE UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE THREE MONTH AVERAGE, OR AVERAGE OPERATING EXPENSES.

YOU'LL SEE IN THE BEGINNING, AT THE FAR RIGHT COLUMN, OUR PEER DISTRICTS HAVE BEEN RELATIVELY AROUND 149% WHILE OURS WERE AT 251%.

BUT FOLLOWING THE FISCAL YEARS GOING FORWARD, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE IS A SLIGHT DECREASE IN OUR PERCENTAGE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.

AT THE CURRENT RATE, YOU'LL SEE THAT IT WILL DECLINE FURTHER. YOU HAVE QUESTIONS?

>> MS. WALKER.

>> I HAVE TWO.

>> YES.

>> MY FIRST IS CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DIFFERENCES IN FUND BALANCE AND WHY THAT IS WITH OUR COMPARATIVE DISTRICT, OR PEER DISTRICT. ANY THOUGHTS?

>> THERE ARE A LOT OF FACTORS TO THE FUND BALANCE IN OUR COMPARISON, COMPARATIVE DISTRICTS.

IT CAN BE DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE UTILIZATION OF THE OTHER PEER DISTRICTS FOR THEIR FEDERAL FUNDS THAT WE HAVE TO, OF COURSE, USE OUT OF OUR GENERAL OPERATING FUNDS IN ADDITION TO OUR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED PERCENTAGES, 10% LOWER THAN OUR PEER DISTRICTS ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANTLY ALMOST 50% LESS THAN THE STATE AVERAGE.

FOR PEER-TO-PEER DISTRICT-WISE, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE HAVE LESS COMING FROM THE STATE, WHICH MEANS WE HAVE TO RELY MOSTLY ON OUR FUND BALANCE THAT WE'VE BUILT OVER THE YEARS.

AGAIN, WITH INFLATION OUTWEIGHING THE COLLECTION OF PROPERTY TAXES, YOU'LL SEE THAT [INAUDIBLE]

>> THANK YOU. THAT'S HELPFUL.

THEN MY SECOND QUESTION IS, SO BEING THE EXPERT AND LOOKING AT THIS, WHAT IS YOUR TAKEAWAY FROM THIS PRESENTATION?

>> WELL, THE TAKEAWAY FROM DIRECT COMPARISON, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE HAVE AN IMPORTANCE ON OUR TEACHING STAFF.

YOU'LL SEE THAT WE ARE PAYING MORE THAN OUR PEER DISTRICTS, AND WITH THAT COMES WITH A HIGHER QUALITY OF TEACHERS.

AGAIN, 80% OF OUR TOTAL FUNDS ARE SPENT ON SALARIES AND SALARY RELATED ITEMS.

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OTHER THAN THAT NEGLIGIBLE DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN SPENDING THERE.

>> IN YOUR EXPERT OPINION, IS COPPELL ISD USING OUR RESOURCES EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY, ESPECIALLY COMPARED TO OUR PEER DISTRICT?

>> BASED ON THIS EFFICIENCY AUDIT AND THE LIMITS TO THOSE CONSTRAINTS ON GAUGING BETWEEN THEM, YES, THE DISTRICT IS UTILIZING AND EFFICIENTLY USING THE SOURCES AND RESOURCES THEY HAVE AS THEY'RE SUPPOSED.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANKS FOR THIS GREAT SUMMARY OF THE BIGGER REPORT THAT WE GOT.

I AM WONDERING, WITH THE PEER DISTRICTS THAT WERE SELECTED, OR THAT WE KEPT, AND THE COMPARISONS THAT YOU PRESENTED TONIGHT AND THAT ARE IN THE REPORT, ARE THERE ANY OF THE COMPARISONS THAT WERE DONE WHERE THERE WAS A DISTRICT THAT REALLY SKEWED THE RESULTS OR WERE THERE CATEGORIES WHERE THERE WAS A SKEWING OF THE RESULTS?

>> IN THE ALLOCATION OF REVENUE FOR STUDENTS, HIGHLAND PARK ISD, FOR EXAMPLE, THEIR OTHER AND INTERMEDIATE SOURCES OF REVENUE WERE ESPECIALLY HIGHER THAN ALL OF OUR PEER DISTRICTS RELATED TO THAT.

IN ADDITION TO OUR WILEY ISD, THEIR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENT POPULATION WAS HIGHER THAN COPPELL ISD, SO THEY RECEIVED MORE STATE AID THAN THE OTHER COMPARISON SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

FOR THE MOST PART THOUGH, OTHER THAN THOSE COMPARISONS THERE FOR REVENUES, EXPENDITURE WISE, THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS, THEIR PERCENTAGE OF COURSE, PER STUDENT, IS HIGHER THAN OURS, WHICH EQUATES TO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE ONE CURRENTLY GOING ON, WHICH IS NEGATING THOSE COSTS AND COMPARISONS AND WE'RE USING THE '22, '23 FISCAL YEAR, FISCAL DATA.

OTHER THAN THAT, NOT A NAUGHT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> QUESTION DOWN HERE?

>> I THINK MY QUESTION WAS GOING TO BE, YOU MAY HAVE ANSWERED THIS ALREADY, BUT THE PERCENT OF EXPENDITURES ON 28, WHERE WE HAVE CONSTRUCTION AND RELATED SERVICES A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN OUR PEER DISTRICT AVERAGE OR STATE AVERAGE, I THINK IT'S LIKE 64.5% VERSUS 60.1%.

IS THAT JUST BECAUSE OF THE HIGHER SALARY THAT WE PAY?

>> SORRY, REPEAT AGAIN.

>> I THINK ON OUR PRESENTATION IS 28, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S LIKE 20.

>> IT'S ABOUT FOUR SLIDES BACK.

>> PERCENTAGE OF EXPENDITURES.

>> YEAH.

>> THIS INCLUDES, OF COURSE, YOUR INSTRUCTION AND INSTRUCTION RESOURCES AND MEDIA ALONG WITH OUR CURRICULUM STAFF IN THE DEVELOPMENT.

ACROSS THE BOARD, AGAIN, THIS PERCENTAGE, THE 4% OF IT IS MADE UP SINCE WE AREN'T UTILIZING OUR TOTAL EXPENDITURES PER THAT FISCAL YEAR PER STUDENT IS UTILIZED ON OF COURSE, OUR PLANT MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION, WHICH WOULD EQUATE TO THE INCREASE IN THAT PERCENTAGE MORE THAN LIKELY.

AGAIN, WE DO SPEND MORE PER TEACHER THAN OUR COMPARATIVE DISTRICTS, SO AGAIN, THAT'S WHERE THOSE DISCREPANCY OR INCREASES ARE IN COMPARISON.

>> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

>> ON THIS SLIDE, THE INSTRUCTION RELATED SERVICES, THIS MAY BE A QUESTION FOR MR. CARR.

BUT DOES THAT INCLUDE OUR CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE COST OR IS THAT DIRECTLY OUR CLASSROOM TEACHERS AS EXPENDITURES?

>> IT DOES NOT INCLUDE OUR ADMINISTRATION AT ALL.

>> OKAY.

>> IT INCLUDES FUNCTIONS 11, 12, AND 13, WHICH IS INSTRUCTION OF THE CLASSROOM LIBRARY AND THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR THE TEACHING STAFF.

>> GOT YOU. WHEN WE SAY DIRECT CLASSROOM EXPENDITURES, THIS IS [INAUDIBLE]?

>> YES.

>> COULD YOU REPEAT THOSE CATEGORIES FROM THE MICROPHONE IN CASE ANYBODY AT HOME.

>> CATEGORIES THAT INCLUDE IN THIS INSTRUCTION RELATED SERVICES IS THE FUNCTION 11, 12, AND 13.

>> OKAY.

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>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. SHELBY, OR ROBERT, OR DIANE?

>> I DON'T HAVE ANY.

>> I'M THINKING OF THAT. YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT ROBIN HOOD WASN'T TAKEN OUT OF THE SLIDES THAT YOU SHOWED US BEFORE.

IF YOU WOULD JUST REDUCE THOSE NUMBERS TO EQUATE TO ROBIN HOOD, IT WOULD BE THE SAME PERCENTAGES WISE IN CONTRIBUTIONS.

BECAUSE THE SLIDES OF TOTAL REVENUE DIDN'T INCLUDE RECAPTURE.

HOW WOULD THAT AFFECT OR IT WOULDN'T CHANGE ANY THING, IT WOULD JUST BRING EVERYTHING DOWN?

>> I THINK OVERALL IT WOULD CHANGE PERCENTAGE WISE.

>> OKAY.

>> IT SHOULD CHANGE QUITE A BIT, ACTUALLY, PERCENTAGE WISE BECAUSE EVERY DISTRICT PAYS DIFFERENT PERCENTAGE OF RECAPTURE.

>> I THOUGHT YOU SAID IT WAS ALL NOT INCLUDED.

>> IT'S NOT IN THE PEER DISTRICTS OR EXPENDITURES.

YOU'RE TALKING EXPENDITURE BASES?

>> IF YOU GO BACK, I THINK IT WAS THE REVENUE ONE. THAT'S THE ONE.

I THINK MANISH HAD A QUESTION ON THAT ONE, WHICH IS TOTAL REVENUE PER STUDENT?

>> YES, THIS ONE.

>> YES. IF YOU TAKE THAT AND RECAPTURE IS NOT INCLUDED HERE, EITHER SIDE.

BUT NOT USING THAT DATA DOESN'T CHANGE THE OUTCOME OF THE [INAUDIBLE]?

>> IF YOU PUT THE RECAPTURE IN, IT COULD HAVE ITS OWN LINE ITEM.

IT'S GOING TO CHANGE THE DENOMINATOR, SO IT'S GOING TO BE THERE.

I DON'T THINK THAT IF YOU REALLY LOOK AT IT INDIVIDUALLY, IT'S GOING TO CHANGE EACH OF THE INDIVIDUAL CATEGORIES AND HOW THEY RELATE TO EACH OTHER AS IT'S PRESENTED HERE. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?

>> YEAH.

>> I THINK OVERALL, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, YOU CAN SEE THAT BY TAKING THE RECAPTURE OUT, OF COURSE, IT'S NOT MONEY THAT THE TAXPAYER HAVE TO PAY THIS, YOU'RE NOT GETTING ANY BENEFIT FROM IT, OF COURSE.

I THINK THAT WHEN YOU COMPARE Y'ALL WITH THE PEER DISTRICTS, THERE ARE PEER DISTRICTS IN THERE THAT ARE CHAPTER 42, I THINK YOU CALL THAT, AND THEN THERE ARE OTHERS THAT ARE NOT, BUT I THINK IT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE THE OVERALL PAY OF WHERE YOU ARE ACROSS THAT SCALE WITH REGARD TO THE STATE AND YOUR PEER GROUP.

IT'S GOING TO BE VERY MINIMAL CHANGE.

NOW, I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS LAST YEAR, 49 [INAUDIBLE].

>> [INAUDIBLE].

>> A COUPLE OF THINGS, WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR FUND BALANCE AND OUR FUND BALANCE GOING DOWN, BUT WE'RE BASICALLY JUST SPENDING MORE MONEY THAT WE'RE BRINGING IN THE FRONT DOOR.

THAT'S WHY THE FUND BALANCE HAS GONE DOWN.

NOW, CAN YOU SAY THAT THE ONLY THING THAT STICKS OUT IS YOUR SALARIES, YOUR TEACHERS SALARIES ARE HIGHER THAN YOUR PEER GROUPS IN THE STATE AVERAGE.

IT'S CERTAINLY GOING TO BE FOR THE STATE AVERAGE.

THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT THAT WOULD BE THE CASE.

THE PEER DISTRICTS AGAIN, IF YOU LOOK AT THE COST OF LIVING IN COPPELL, AND I'M SURE THAT NOT ALL OF YOUR TEACHERS LIVE IN COPPELL, BUT THERE ARE A SIGNIFICANT PORTION THAT LIVE HERE, IT JUST COSTS MORE TO LIVE HERE THAN IT DOES TO SAY LIVE IN WYLIE, FOR EXAMPLE.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN'T CAPTURE IN THIS PRESENTATION, BUT WHEN I LOOK AT THE SALARIES BEING HIGHER, YOU'RE REWARDING YOUR TEACHERS FOR THE JOBS THAT THEY'RE DOING.

YOU CAN SEE THAT JUST BASED ON THE TYPES OF STUDENTS, AND THE AWARDS AND THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE RECEIVED, AND THEN ALSO COST OF LIVING HERE AND WHATNOT, SO COMBINATION OF THOSE.

IF WE WENT BACK AND WE SELECTED A DIFFERENT PEER GROUP, FOR EXAMPLE, BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE OVER 1,000 DISTRICTS IN THE STATE, WE'RE TRYING TO GET THOSE THAT ARE SOMEWHAT SIZE WISE.

IT'S DIFFICULT TO FIND A JUST RIGHT ON DISTRICT IF YOU START LOOKING AT PROPERTY WEALTH, AND WHATNOT.

HIGHLAND PARKS, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG,

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IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE COULD GO OUT THERE AND PICK 60 SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ALL HAD WITHIN 2% OF EACH CATEGORY.

BUT YOU JUST STOP [INAUDIBLE].

>> YEAH, IT'S NOT EVER APPLES TO APPLES.

WE DO THE BEST WE CAN.

AS FAR AS THE ROBIN HOOD MONEY, IT'S NOT, WE DON'T BENEFIT FROM IT.

AS ROBERT SAID, WE ALL HAVE TO PAY IT IF WE LIVE HERE, BUT THE MONEY DOESN'T GO TO US, SO TO FACTOR IT IN, IT'S NOT REALLY A FACTOR IN THIS CASE.

BUT YOU KNOW THAT THE EFFICIENCY AUDIT IS A COMPONENT OF A BOARD CONSIDERING EVADER OR A VOTER APPROVED TAX RATE.

ELECTION, SO THAT'S WHY WE WANTED TO HAVE THAT PART DONE.

EVEN IF THE BOARD DECIDED NOT TO GO THAT ROUTE OR IF THEY DO, IT'S BEEN HELPFUL TO GIVE THIS INFORMATION.

IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO WORK WITH THESE TWO AUDITORS IN THIS FIRM BECAUSE THEY DO COME IN OBJECTIVELY AND GIVE US SOME GREAT INFORMATION.

IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS FOR BEAU OR ROBERT, WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PART.

>> ONE COMMENT. I THINK THAT AFTER LOOKING AT IT, I THINK Y'ALL ARE RIGHT IN LINE WITH EVERYBODY ELSE.

I DON'T THINK YOU'RE ABOVE OR BELOW.

I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT IN THERE WHERE EVERYBODY IS.

THERE'S NOTHING THAT STANDS OUT TO MAKE YOU SKEW FROM BASICALLY DOING THE BEST JOB THAT YOU CAN DO WITH THE FINANCIAL THAT YOU HAVE.

>> THANK YOU.

>> GREAT. THAT'S HELPFUL. THANK YOU BOTH.

>> THANK YOU GUYS.

>> WELL, THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THE SECOND PIECE OF THAT UNLESS MS. SIRCAR HAS MORE TO SHARE IS FROM OUR CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER, MS. ANGELA BROWN, AS SHE DID WORK WITH AN OUTSIDE GROUP TO DO A COMMUNITY SURVEY TO GET FEEDBACK ON A POSSIBLE THING.

>> GOOD EVENING, BOARD AND DR. KHAN.

I'M HERE TO SHARE THE INFORMATION FOR OUR VOTER APPROVAL TAX REPUTATION ELECTION SURVEY THAT WE CONDUCTED.

THIS DOES ALIGN TO OUR GOAL 1 AND OUR FISCAL OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS FOR CBAS.

COPPELL ISD WORKED WITH BASELICE TO CONDUCT A VOTER SURVEY REGARDING A POSSIBLE LATER ELECTION.

VOTERS AND PARENTS WERE RANDOMLY CHOSEN TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SURVEY THROUGH CELL PHONE, LANDLINE, AND TEXT TO WEB.

THE SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED BETWEEN JUNE 18 AND JUNE 23RD, WITH 300 RESPONDENTS.

THIS IS A STATISTICALLY ACCURATE SURVEY WITH A 5.7% MARGIN OF ERROR.

EACH TIME THAT WE HAVE USED BASELICE AND WE'VE ONLY EVER USED THIS TERM TWICE DURING THE BOND ELECTION AND THEN THIS TIME.

BUT EACH TIME WE HAVE ASKED THE SAME QUESTION, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND THE COMMUNITY'S PERCEPTION OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I WANTED TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION.

THE QUESTION WAS ASKED, DO YOU HAVE A POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE IMPRESSION OF THE COPPELL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT? YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE 82% OF THE RESPONDENTS WERE POSITIVE WITH 28% OF THOSE SOMEWHAT AND 50% STRONG, 8% WERE UNSURE, AND 10% MORE NEGATIVE WITH 7% SOMEWHAT AND 3% STRONG.

I WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT THE RESULTS FROM THE BOND SURVEY.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE.

REMEMBER, THAT WAS CONDUCTED IN 2022.

IN THAT TIME WHEN WE ASKED THE SAME QUESTION WITH 300 RESPONDENTS WITH THE SAME PERCENTAGE.

THE POSITIVE RATE WAS 82% WITH 40% SOMEWHAT POSITIVE, AND 42% STRONGLY POSITIVE.

WE HAVE INCREASED THEIR STRONGLY POSITIVE.

THEN THERE WERE 5% THAT WERE UNSURE.

THEN 12% WERE NEGATIVE WITH 7% SOMEWHAT NEGATIVE AND 5% STRONGLY NEGATIVE.

WE HAVE MOVED THE NEGATIVE TO EITHER THE UNSURE OR TO THE POSITIVE, BUT WE WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION WITH OUR PERCEPTION, AND SO I'M PROUD OF THAT WORK THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS DOING TO MAKE THAT DIFFERENCE.

I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU. I THINK THAT'S JUST A SIDE NOTE OF SOME POSITIVE INFORMATION.

THERE WE GO. WE ASKED THE QUESTION THREE DIFFERENT TIMES.

SORRY, I'M GOING TO GET IT ALL THE WAY IN FOR YOU.

>> MS. BROWN, MAY I INTERRUPT, SO I CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M LOOKING AT.

THIS IS RANDOM.

THESE COULD BE PEOPLE WHO HAVE STUDENTS.

THEY LIVE WITHIN COPPELL ISD, BUT THEY MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE STUDENTS.

>> CORRECT. IT WAS EXTREMELY RANDOM.

>> BUT THEY ARE TAXPAYERS.

IT'S NOT ANYBODY LOWER THAN 18?

>> CORRECT.

>> REGISTER VOTERS?

>> THEY ARE REGISTERED VOTERS.

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>> THEY WERE REGISTERED VOTERS.

>> THEY TOOK OUR REGISTERED VOTER LIST, AND THEY TOOK OUR PARENT LIST TOO BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY WERE GETTING A BLEND OF BOTH, AND SO THEY HAVE A FORMULA FOR HOW THEY DO THAT.

THEY TAKE BOT LIST, THEY MATCH THEM, AND THEN THAT'S WHERE THEY BEGIN SEEKING OUT THE RESPONDENTS.

>> THAT'S SIMILAR TO WHAT THEY DID WITH THE BOND?

>> SAME PROCESS.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THEY DID. THE ONE DIFFERENCE.

REMEMBER THE LAST TIME WAS THE FIRST TIME WE'D USED THIS FIRM AND THEY WERE NOT FAMILIAR WITH OUR COMMUNITY, AND SO THEY ASKED US TO DO THE POSTCARD LAST TIME. DO YOU REMEMBER THAT? WE MAILED OUT THOSE RANDOM POSTCARDS.

WELL, THEY LEARNED THAT WE ARE A HIGHLY ENGAGED COMMUNITY AND THEY DID NOT NEED TO SEND OUT THE POSTCARDS.

THEY SAID, OH, NO, WE DO NOT NEED POSTCARDS. YOU WILL BE FINE.

WE WILL GET YOU VERY QUICKLY.

DON'T WORRY, AND SO THEY DID.

THEY HAD NO PROBLEM GETTING RESPONDENTS.

IN COPPELL ISD, THEY SAID WE WERE A VERY ENGAGED COMMUNITY WITH EVERYONE.

THAT WAS THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS WE DID NOT MAIL POSTCARDS THIS TIME.

IT SAVED US A LOT OF MONEY.

THEY WERE ABLE TO USE CELL PHONES AND LANDLINES TO CONTACT RESPONDENTS.

>> THANK YOU.

>> WE ASKED THE QUESTION THREE DIFFERENT WAYS IN THREE DIFFERENT TIMES ABOUT WOULD THEY VOTE FOR AN INCREASE IN OUR TAX RATE? WE ASKED THE QUESTION INITIALLY, IT WAS THE SECOND QUESTION THAT WE ASKED ON THE SURVEY.

YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT 42% WOULD VOTE, YES, WITH 18% STRONGLY, 12% WERE UNSURE AND 46% WERE AGAINST A TAX INCREASE.

THEN WE ASKED THIS QUESTION, AGAIN, THE VERY NEXT QUESTION, QUESTION 2 AND THE QUESTION 3, WE ASKED IT FIRST IN USING THE BALLOT LANGUAGE BECAUSE WE WANTED TO TEST THE BALLOT LANGUAGE.

THAT'S QUESTION 2.

THEN WE SIMPLIFIED THAT QUESTION AND WE ASKED IT ON QUESTION 3 IN A SIMPLIFIED TERM, BECAUSE WE KNEW THE BALLOT LANGUAGE CAN BE CONFUSING.

WE WANTED TO NARROW IT DOWN AND SEE, DO THEY REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE ASKING? QUESTION 3 WAS A SIMPLIFIED QUESTION.

IT SAYS, IN MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD TERMS, WOULD YOU VOTE FOR OR AGAINST INCREASING THE PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR COPPELL ISD FOR 0.03?

>> YOU CAN SEE THAT IT DID CHANGE OUR NUMBERS.

IT'S INTERESTING THAT WHEN WE GAVE A LOT MORE DETAIL, WE HAD A HIGHER PERCENTAGE VOTING FOR IT, THEN WE SIMPLIFIED IT.

NOW, BETWEEN QUESTION 3 AND QUESTION 28, WE GAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION.

WE ASKED A LOT OF QUESTIONS, AND EACH QUESTION GAVE AN INTRODUCTION LIKE INFORMATION.

WE WOULD GIVE INFORMATION AND ASK A QUESTION, GIVE INFORMATION AND ASK A QUESTION ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO 28.

THAT IS WHAT WE DID DURING THE BOND, SAME PROCESS WE DID WITH THE BOND.

HERE'S THE DIFFERENCE. WHEN WE GET TO ASKING THE QUESTION, THE THIRD TIME, WHICH IS WHAT WE CALL THE INFORMED VOTE, 61% WOULD VOTE FOR A TAX INCREASE WITH 25% BEING SOMEWHAT 36% STRONGLY, 3% MORE UNSURE, AND 36% OF THOSE WOULD VOTE NO WITH 12% SOMEWHAT AND 24 STRONGLY.

YOU CAN SEE THAT WITH EDUCATION AND INFORMATION, WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE THE VOTE.

NOW IF YOU REMEMBER, BACK TO THE BOND, WE NEVER GOT OVER THE 50% MARK. IF YOU REMEMBER THAT.

WHEN I BROUGHT THIS TO YOU, BOTH BASELICE AND MYSELF SAID TO YOU, WE NEVER GOT OVER THE 50% MARK.

JUST KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO IF YOU REMEMBER WHAT WHAT HE SAID, HE SAID, THIS IS GOING TO BE A TOUGH BATTLE.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO EDUCATE AND INFORM.

WELL, THE GOOD NEWS IS WE GOT OVER THE 50% MARK HERE WITH EDUCATION AND INFORMATION.

I THINK THAT'S A KEY PIECE HERE IS THAT WE KNOW THAT GIVING THE PROPER TRANSPARENT AND GIVING THE PROPER INFORMATION, WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE THAT VOTE.

THIS IS THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF WHAT WE WANT TO PRESENT TONIGHT AND BASED OFF OF THE EFFICIENCY AUDIT AND THEN THIS VATRE SURVEY, WE WANTED TO ASK THE QUESTION.

HOW WOULD YOU THE BOARD LIKE US THE ADMINISTRATION TO PROCEED? DO YOU WANT US TO CONTINUE GOING DOWN THIS ROAD? KNOWING THAT YOU HAVE TO MAKE A VOTE ON OR BEFORE AUGUST 19TH TO CALL A VATRE ELECTION FOR THE BALLOT.

>> LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION.

>> PLEASE DO.

>> NOT HAVING BEEN ON THE BOARD ACTUALLY SINCE THE LAST VATRE THAT WE DID HERE IN CISD,

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ONE, IS IT TYPICAL THAT A PACK IS FORMED? TWO, DO WE KNOW ON A VATRE ELECTION AS OPPOSED TO A BOND ELECTION, THIS TYPE OF SURVEY WORK, HOW DOES IT TRANSLATE TYPICALLY IN ELECTION RESULTS?

>> GREAT QUESTIONS. ONE, YES, TYPICALLY A PACK IS FORMED.

LET ME JUST SAY IN MY EXPERIENCE, I HAVE IN A PREVIOUS DISTRICT WORKED ON A WE CALLED TRE?

>> YEAH.

>> WORKED ON A TRE, AND THERE WAS A GROUP OF A COMMUNITY THAT FORMED A, THERE WERE MULTIPLE PACKS FORMED.

I DO THINK THAT'S COMMONPLACE IN A LOT OF DISTRICTS.

I THINK IN SOME DISTRICTS, THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAPPEN, BUT I DO THINK IN A LOT OF DISTRICTS, IT DOES.

>> BECAUSE ALL THE RULES APPLY JUST LIKE THEY WOULD FOR A BOND ELECTION.

>> YES. VERY SIMILAR TO THE TWEAKS.

WE ACTUALLY CAN'T TALK.

WHAT WE CAN SAY IS A LITTLE MORE FREE NOW.

WE CAN NEVER ADVOCATE.

WE CAN EDUCATE AND SO THERE'S A LITTLE MORE FREEDOM IN OUR EDUCATION AND INFORMATION THAT WE CAN SHARE WITH SELF DEFINED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL, BUT WE CAN EDUCATE THEM, SO YES.

THE SECOND QUESTION IS, DO THESE SURVEY RESULTS TEND TO GIVE INFORMATION.

TALKING TO MY PEER, COUNTERPARTS IN OTHER DISTRICTS.

YES. SOME OF THEM DON'T ALWAYS DO A SURVEY.

I FEEL LIKE IT'S IMPORTANT.

I THINK IT GAVE US A STARTING POINT.

IT WAS SO CRITICAL FOR US IN THE BOND ELECTION TO KNOW WHERE WE WERE AND TO UNDERSTAND THAT.

I FELT LIKE WE HAD TO DO THAT AGAIN.

JUST TO KNOW WHERE PEOPLE ARE, I DO BELIEVE DATA AND INFORMATION IS IMPORTANT IF YOU'RE GOING TO SPEND THE TIME AND THE MONEY TO GO THROUGH THIS KIND OF PUTTING THIS MEASURE ON THE BALLOT.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE KNEW WHERE OUR COMMUNITIES STOOD.

THEY WERE COMPLETELY AGAINST IT.

I THINK WE NEED TO RESPECT THAT.

I DO THINK THAT THIS TENDS TO, WE KNOW WITH THE BOND, IT DID FALL IN LINE WITH WHAT THEY EXPECTED FOR US.

THE DISTRICTS THAT HAVE USED THE SURVEY HAVE FOUND THAT IT HAS BEEN HELPFUL.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THE BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BOND AND VATRE WILL BE THE COMPRESSED TIMELINE AND ANOTHER NOVEMBER ELECTIONS.

>> EXACTLY.

>> TWO VERY BIG THINGS.

>> EXACTLY.

>> I KNOW I'VE ASKED THIS QUESTION BEFORE I'LL ASK IT AGAIN BECAUSE TIME TO CHANGE, YOU HAD A LOT MORE INFORMATION.

HOW DOES YOUR TEAM FEEL ABOUT THIS COMPRESSED TIMELINE AND CONSTRAINT THAT THIS ELECTION WILL BE A LOT MORE POLITICALLY CHARGED.

THERE WILL BE A WHOLE LOT MORE VOTERS COMING UP AND GETTING THIS CHOICE BECAUSE HE SAW THAT EDUCATING THE VOTERS IS EXTREMELY ESSENTIAL FOR CHANGING THE OPINION BECAUSE A SIMPLE QUESTION PRODUCES NEGATIVE RESPONSE.

>> EXACTLY. THERE'S A LOT OF UNKNOWNS.

WE KNOW THAT THIS IS A HIGHLY ENERGIZED POLITICAL SEASON BECAUSE THIS AGAIN, HAS TO BE IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION.

WE KNOW THAT COMING UP FOR THIS, THERE WILL BE SOME UNKNOWNS.

KNOW THAT IN A PREVIOUS DISTRICT, I HAVE DONE A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN. IT IS DIFFERENT.

WE'RE GOING TO SEE 10 TIMES THE NUMBER OF VOTERS OR MORE THAN WE'VE EVER SEEN.

IT'S VERY DIFFERENT.

BUT WHAT WE KNOW IS IF YOU EDUCATE AND INFORM WE CAN GET OURSELVES THERE.

THAT REALLY IS WHAT THIS PROVES.

THIS DATA SHOWED ME THAT THAT CAN WORK.

EVEN THOUGH IT'S GOING TO BE ON A MASS SCALE AND WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING TO TALK TO ALL OF OUR VOTERS.

[OVERLAPPING]

>> [INAUDIBLE]

>> THAT JUST MEANS OUR TACTICS LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

OUR TACTICS ARE A LOT MORE MAILINGS TO EVERYBODY.

THE TACTICS CHANGE A LITTLE BIT, BUT THE EDUCATION AND THE INFORMATION.

WHAT WE DID IN THE BOND, WE JUST HAVE TO TWEAK IT A LITTLE BIT AND DO THAT.

WE KNOW IT'S JUST A LOT MORE PEOPLE VOTING, BUT IN THE END, IF YOU EDUCATE AND INFORM AND YOU DO IT WELL, YOU HAVE YOUR MESSAGES CLEAR.

THAT'S THE GOOD THING IS THAT.

REMEMBER, WE CAN NOW JUST SAY THAT THIS MONEY WILL BE USED FOR SALARIES, THIS MONEY WILL BE USED FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY.

THIS MONEY WILL BE USED FOR CLASSROOM.

WE CAN IDENTIFY WHAT THOSE REASONS ARE.

EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT REQUIRED TO ANYMORE,

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THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE BOND AND THIS IS THAT.

WE CAN SAY THAT NOW.

>> GOT IT.

>> WE CAN DO IT DURING OUR, [OVERLAPPING]

>> YES, WE'RE GOING TO EVERY MAILING THAT WE CAN, WE WILL TALK ABOUT IT.

I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE CRITICAL PIECES, WHAT WE FOUND THROUGH SOME OF THIS DATA IS THAT OUR COMMUNITY CARES ABOUT OUR TEACHERS.

THAT WAS CLEAR AND EVIDENT THROUGH THE SURVEY CARE ABOUT OUR TEACHERS.

>> THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PIECE.

>> WE APPRECIATE THE ENGAGEMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY.

WE WANT PEOPLE TO GET OUT AND VOTE.

WE NEVER TELL PEOPLE HOW TO VOTE, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE EXERCISING THEIR RIGHT.

MORE VOTERS IS NOT NECESSARILY A NEGATIVE THING.

IT'S PEOPLE ARE ENGAGED, THEY'RE CONCERNED, THEY WANT TO BE PLUGGED IN, THEY WANT TO HAVE A VOICE. THAT'S IMPORTANT.

>> CAN I TAG ON TO I THINK YOUR QUESTION, TRUSTEE 72, I THINK MY BIGGEST CONCERN REALLY IS SOMEWHAT THE TIMING OF IT? NOT NECESSARILY PHYSICAL TIMING, BUT I'M THINKING MORE VOTER FATIGUE IN TERMS OF JUST OVER A YEAR AGO, WE WENT THROUGH THE BOND ELECTION WENT TO THE COMMUNITY FOR THAT.

WE DO HERE TAXES AND THE PROPERTY TAX BEING SUCH A BIG CONCERN FROM THE COMMUNITY TOO.

ANY CONCERNS COMING OUT OF THE SURVEY OR THOUGHTS IN RELATION TO THE TIMING BETWEEN BOND AND THIS. [OVERLAPPING]

>> THAT REALLY DIDN'T RISE AS AN ISSUE PER SE TO THIS AND WE ASKED A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AROUND THAT TO GET THAT SENSE, BUT THAT DIDN'T REALLY ARISE.

THE PEOPLE WHO ARE AGAINST IT ARE NOT GOING TO MOVE AND THAT'S FINE.

THEY HAVE A VOICE AND HAVE A RIGHT TO HAVE THAT VOICE.

BUT LIKE I SAID, WHAT CAME OUT IS THAT OUR COMMUNITY CARES DEEPLY, WHETHER THEY HAVE CHILDREN OR NOT IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THEY CARE DEEPLY ABOUT OUR TEACHERS.

THAT PIECE WAS VERY STRONG.

THEY DO BELIEVE THAT THE SCHOOLS PROVIDE GREAT VALUE TO THEIR HOME AND TO THEIR PROPERTY TAXES, THOSE PIECES WERE STRONG.

>> DID I SEE?

>> YEAH. I DIDN'T HAVE MY HAND.

>> SINCE I WAS HERE WHEN THE LAST WAS A TRE.

I'M GOING BACK TO MS. BROWN AND THAT ONE, IT WAS RESONATING THE SAME WAY, REALLY.

IT WAS ABOUT THEY CARE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY, THEY CARE ABOUT THE VALUE, THEY CARE ABOUT THE TEACHERS.

YOU SEE THIS ONCE AGAIN.

SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO WERE HERE DURING THAT TIME BACK IN 2010, ARE STILL HERE, BUT THIS NEW GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS, AND THAT'S WHY THEY MOVE HERE, FOR THE EDUCATORS.

I THINK THAT GENUINE CARE, AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN HERE AND THE INFORMATION THAT'S BEEN SHARED WITH US IS THE FACT THAT WE ARE MANAGING THE MUDDIES AS ANTICIPATED AND EXPECTED THROUGH THE EFFICIENCY AUDIT.

BUT WE ALSO SEE IS THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A HISTORY OF SUCCESS.

I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT WHEN YOU LOOK AT INDIVIDUALS COMING THROUGH HERE, GETTING DEGREES, GETTING EDUCATED, BEING CARED ABOUT, LOOKING AT THE WHOLE CHILD AND THE WHOLE FAMILY, AND THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, I THINK THESE RESULTS RESONATE ONCE AGAIN, SAYING THAT THERE IS A VALUE HERE.

OTHERWISE, WE WOULD GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.

TO YOUR POINT MS. BROWN, THERE WILL ALWAYS BE PEOPLE THAT SAY, NO, WE'RE TAXES.

I GET THAT. I UNDERSTAND.

BUT FROM OUR ROLE, WE HAVE TO DO THE BEST THING FOR THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE, AND THE STAFF AS A WHOLE, AND ALSO LONGEVITY, REALLY, WE'RE TRYING TO ENSURE THE LONGEVITY, NOT JUST GETTING THROUGH THE NEXT YEAR, BUT THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS.

HOPEFULLY SOME OTHER THINGS WILL CHANGE TO DISSIPATE SOME OF THOSE NEEDS, BUT RIGHT NOW, THERE IS THAT NEED AND THEY BELIEVE THAT THERE'S A NEED THERE, AND THERE'S A VALUE THERE.

>> TRUSTEE, I HAVE SO MUCH ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR IN THIS IS TO SEE, ARE WE ON THE SAME PAGE WITH OUR COMMUNITY? YOU SAID AT THE VERY BEGINNING, IF THEY HAD COME BACK AND SAID, NO, THIS IS NOT WHERE WE WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING I WOULD WANT TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT.

BUT WITH THE AUDIT AND WITH THIS, I'M HEARING THE SAME MESSAGE OVER AND OVER.

WE ALL VALUE OUR TEACHERS AND WANT TO PAY THEM WELL.

WE'RE DOING THAT, WITH OUR BUDGET PRIORITIES, WE'RE WALKING THE WALK AND TALKING TO TALK.

WHEN I SEE THIS, IT'S ALMOST THE FLIP SIDE ON THE OTHER HAND OF THE TIMING.

I FEEL LIKE THIS IS JUST ANOTHER STEP IN THE EDUCATION AND INFORMING PROCESS THAT WE HAVE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN DOING.

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY OUT LOUD,

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STRAIGHT OUT OF THE GATE. THAT IS SOMETHING TO BE CELEBRATED, AND I THINK MEANS THAT WE'RE AGAIN ALL ON THE SAME PAGE ABOUT PRIORITIZING EDUCATION AND TEACHERS.

WHEN I SEE THIS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE FACT THAT WE'RE USING OUR RESOURCES EFFECTIVELY, AND LIKE WE SAID WE WOULD, WHICH IS TO SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS AS THE TOP PRIORITY.

TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION, I WOULD SAY, I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS ABOUT THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION JUST BECAUSE TO YOUR POINT, THIS JUST FEELS VERY CHARGED.

YET, I THINK WE HAVE A COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THAT THE STAFF IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH.

I THINK WE SHOULD CONTINUE ON MOVING FORWARD AND PROCEED WITH THIS. THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS.

>> I THINK WE NEED TO PROCEED.

ON THE FLIP SIDE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAKING SOME MAJOR CUTS.

WE TALKED ABOUT PROGRAMS WE TALKED ABOUT FACILITIES.

BUT BEFORE ANYTHING, WE HAVE TO INCREASE OUR REVENUE WITH EVERY POSSIBILITY OUT THERE.

THIS IS ONE OF THE BIG REVENUE GENERATING.

YEAH, I'M NERVOUS ABOUT THIS NOVEMBER ELECTION.

I'M NERVOUS FOR YOUR STAFF THAT THEY HAD TO DO AN OUTREACH IN A MUCH COMPRESSED TIME TO TEN TIMES MORE BIGGER AUDIENCE.

I HOPE WE SUCCEED, BUT EVEN IF NOT, THIS WILL BE JUST A STEPPING STONE FOR US TO TRY THIS NEXT YEAR.

I DON'T SEE OUR EFFORTS GOING TO WASTE.

IT'S JUST HOPEFULLY OUR FIRST ATTEMPT WILL BE SUCCESSFUL.

IF NOT, WE HAVE TO CONTINUE BECAUSE THIS WILL GIVE US A BETTER PLATFORM FOR NEXT YEAR. I THINK WE SHOULD CONTINUE.

>> YEAH. THERE WAS A SESSION AT SLI THAT I THOUGHT WAS REALLY INTERESTING WHERE THERE WAS A LITTLE DATA ABOUT HOW VATRE'S HAD BEEN PERFORMING ACROSS THE STATE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.

I THINK IN ADDITION TO WHAT TRUSTEE WALKER SAID ABOUT US AS A DISTRICT BEING ALIGNED WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR COMMUNITIES VALUES, THE OTHER REALITY IS, IT'S APPARENT THAT CITIZENS ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS ARE UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S NOT MISMANAGEMENT AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL.

THIS IS A STATE WIDE ISSUE.

THE VATRE PASSAGE RATE HAS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY AND WITH REALLY MUCH LARGER PERCENTAGES THAN WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING IN FRONT OF OUR COMMUNITY.

SEEING THAT TO HELP CONTEXTUALIZE IT AND RAISE MY HEAD OUT OF JUST WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH ON THE LOCAL LEVEL, NOT JUST, BUT WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH ON THE LOCAL LEVEL TO ME IS JUST ANOTHER COMPELLING CASE FOR MOVING FORWARD AND THE TIMELINESS OF US MOVING FORWARD, I TOO HOPE WE DON'T HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN IN A YEAR, BUT THE REALITY IS ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE URGENT AND IMPORTANT.

IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO TO PUT ONE OF THE PIECES IN PLACE SOONER RATHER THAN LATER, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO DO THAT.

I THINK WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROCESS.

>> I AGREE WITH WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN SAID SO FAR TOO.

MY CONCERN OBVIOUSLY IS I SHARED WITH YOU GUYS AND THE PROXIMITY TO OUR LAST ASK OF THE COMMUNITY, BUT I SEE THE RESULTS OF THE COMMUNITY THE SURVEY THAT WAS DONE.

I SEE THE RESULTS OF THE EFFICIENCY AUDIT, AND THAT SAYS THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING AT THIS POINT HAS PUT US IN A GOOD SPOT.

I GO BACK TO WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT.

A WHOLE BUNCH OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

THAT IS, WE'VE GOT TO START PULLING EVERY LEVER WE HAVE AND TURNING EVERY STONE OVER.

WE'VE DONE THAT ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE.

WE'RE STILL DOING THAT.

WE'VE GOT A PACK SECOND HALF OF THIS YEAR AS WE CONTINUE THAT WORK, BUT I VIEW THIS AS MUCH AS I DO THE BOND, AND IT'S NOT US SAYING, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO RAISE YOUR TAXES, IT'S US GOING TO THE COMMUNITY, SAYING, HERE'S THE CASE.

HERE'S THE REASON WHY WE THINK WE NEED TO DO THIS, BUT IT'S ULTIMATELY THEIR DECISION AND AND I THINK ANYTIME YOU GO FOR AN ELECTION, IT'S THE ULTIMATE END COMMUNITY INPUT.

TIMING IS PROBABLY NEVER OPTIMAL IN THAT REGARD.

THE OTHER THING, I'LL GO BACK TO THE SECOND SLIDE THAT YOU SHOWED, MS. SIRCAR AND MAYBE A CLARIFYING QUESTION TOO, JUST AS WRAP UP MY COMMENTS.

WE CAN DO THE 3.17 PENNIES, BUT BY YOUR ESTIMATES, WHAT WE KNOW AS A GOOD GUESS THE COMPRESSION WILL BRING US DOWN MORE THAN THAT.

EVEN AT THAT WE'RE BRINGING THE RATE DOWN AND IN A TOTAL COMPARISON.

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FOR ME, IF I READ THAT RIGHT AND TELL ME IF I'M WRONG ON THAT PIECE OF WHAT WE'RE PROJECTING, I THINK ALL THREE THINGS TONIGHT THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT JUST LEAD US TO THIS CONCLUSION OR LEADS ME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT WE DO NEED TO MOVE FORWARD.

>> NO, I THINK YOU ASSESSED THAT CORRECTLY.

IF PROPERTY VALUES IN THE DISTRICT RAISE OR INCREASE AT LEAST 8%, THEN IT WOULD OFFSET MORE THAN OFFSET THE 3.17 INCREASE IN THAT.

>> MY FINAL COMMENT I'LL MAKE ON THIS IS JUST OFF.

I HATE THAT WE'RE IN THIS POSITION, TOO.

THE STATE OF SCHOOL FINANCE IN TEXAS HAS FLUSHED US INTO THE LAST FEW YEARS OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, BUT THAT'S OUT OF OUR CONTROL, AND WE HAD TO FOCUS ON WHAT WE CAN. THAT'S WHERE I'M AT.

>> I THINK WHEN WE STARTED THIS BUDGET PROCESS OF IDENTIFYING WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO, THE ONE OF THE PROMISES WE MADE THE COMMUNITY WAS WE WOULD EXPLORE EVERY REVENUE GENERATING OPPORTUNITY THERE WAS.

THIS IS OUR LARGEST LEVER.

AS PART OF THAT, I THINK THIS SURVEY HELPS ME OUT A LOT OF HOW MUCH OUR COMMUNITY APPRECIATES COPPELL ISD AND KNOWS IT, AND I THINK THE EFFICIENCY AUDIT, AS WELL AS OUR CORE VALUE OF GREAT TEACHING, LINE UP PERFECTLY TO SHOW THE COMMUNITY, WE DO WHAT WE SAY, WE'RE SHARD OF OUR VALUES THAT WE APPRECIATE OUR TEACHERS.

WE'RE TRYING TO ATTRACT THEM, THE BEST TEACHING HERE TO MAKE OURSELVES COMPETITIVE AND TO BE THE BEST.

A LOT OF THAT FUNDING COMPLETELY OUT OF OUR CONTROL IN TERMS OF OVERALL HOW MUCH MONEY WE GET.

BUT THIS PIECE IS IN THE COMMUNITY'S CONTROL.

THE COMMUNITY THAT SHOWS AND LOVES, COPPELL ISD TEACHERS, AND THEY'RE MOVING OUR STUDENTS IN TO BE THE FUTURE LEADERS OF THE WORLD.

I THINK THAT THIS IS A GOOD THING TO CONTINUE TO GO DOWN A PATH OF.

I WILL BE OPTIMISTIC RATHER THAN PESSIMISTIC ABOUT THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

BECAUSE I THINK AT THIS POINT, WITH THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE WE ARE, WE HAVE TONS OF PEOPLE OUT THERE ARE GOING TO BE CRAVING INFORMATION AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST PATH FORWARD.

WITH THE SURVEY RESULTS THAT I SO WE SAW HERE THAT WHEN YOU EDUCATE AND INFORM THE PUBLIC, THEN THE POSITIVE NUMBERS GO WAY.

I THINK YOUR TEAM IS WELL POSITIONED AND KNOWS HOW TO GO DO THAT ROUTE.

I AM CONCERNED ALSO ABOUT A COMPRESSED TIMELINE.

FOR I HAVE FAITH THAT YOU GUYS EXECUTE IT, ESPECIALLY WITH HOW ENGAGED OUR COMMUNITY IS AND HOW MUCH WE ALL APPRECIATE COPPELL ISD.

I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN JUST PUT IT OUT THERE TO THE COMMUNITY, GIVE THEM MUCH INFORMATION THAT THEY CAN AND SEE WHAT IT SHIFTS.

I WANT TO GO BACK TO 2010.

WE WERE IN THE SIMILAR CONVERSATIONS.

WE'RE HERE IN 2024, THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL DOLLARS.

BOTH CASES, THEY WERE NOT GENERATED BY THE ACTIONS OF THE LOCAL CONTROL OF THE LOCAL BOARD, LOCAL ADMINISTRATION.

WE'RE HERE AT THIS DOORSTEP AGAIN.

THIS THING REPEATS ITSELF. THIS IS A CYCLE.

THIS CYCLE DOESN'T GO AWAY.

DIFFERENT PEOPLE AT THE DAYS, DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN THE ADMINISTRATION.

BUT ONE THING THAT'S FUNDAMENTAL IS THAT WE BELIEVE THAT PUBLIC EDUCATION, THE EDUCATORS, ADMINISTRATORS, COMMUNITY AS A COLLECTIVE BODY GETS A VALUE FROM THIS.

THAT VALUE IS FAR GREATER THAN THE EXPENSE THAT WE WILL INCUR AND THE EFFORT THAT WILL TAKE TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

ONCE AGAIN, THE COMMUNICATION TEAM.

MS. BROWN, YOU ALL DO A FABULOUS JOB OF GETTING THAT MESSAGE OUT. YOU'VE DONE IT.

YOU KNOW WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS ALL ABOUT, HOW TO APPROACH THE COMMUNITY, AND TO ADJUST ACCORDING TO THE SITUATION.

OBVIOUSLY, WE CAN'T PREDICT WHAT THE FUTURE MAY HOLD.

BUT WHAT WE CAN PREDICT IS THE FACT THAT WE WILL DO EVERYTHING AND Y'ALL COLLECTIVELY DO EVERYTHING NECESSARY TO PRESENT THE MESSAGE THAT REFLECTS THE STORY THAT HAS BEEN TOLD THE OUTCOMES THAT HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED AND WHAT WE CAN DO AS A COLLECTIVE BODY THIS YEAR GOING FORWARD, AND I THINK ALL THOSE THINGS MAKE THIS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ONCE AGAIN TO PRESENT THAT CASE AND STATE THAT WE ARE A DESTINATION SCHOOL DISTRICT BECAUSE OF THE THINGS WE DO.

THIS YEAR IS A DESTINATION CONVERSATION THAT WE NEED TO HAVE.

YOU ARE PART OF THAT SUCCESS, COME JOIN US AND ALLOW US TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT WORK TO SUPPORT THOSE EDUCATORS, STAFF MEMBERS, ADMINISTRATORS, AND STUDENTS, MOST IMPORTANTLY, TO MAKE THIS THING A REALITY.

I BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD CONTINUE AND PROCEED AS MENTIONED BY MY PEERS AROUND THE DANCE.

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>> THANK YOU FOR BEING ONE OF THE DISTRICTS WHO USES THESE SURVEY.

I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

IT SHOWS OUR TRANSPARENCY.

IT SHOWS OUR CLEAR COMMUNICATIONS.

TO ME, IT SHOWS THAT WE ARE IN THIS TOGETHER WITH THE COMMUNITY, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THIS RESULTS ARE JUST OUTSTANDING.

IT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE LOOKING AT THE.

THEN YES, WE ARE IN ONE OF THOSE HIGH TEXAS DISTRICT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THERE ARE MANY FACTORS CONTRIBUTE CONTRIBUTING TO THAT HIGH TAX RATE, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING WE AND THIS IS IN OUR CIRCLE OF CONTROL.

I THINK THAT AGAIN, LIKE THIS IS WE ARE GIVING OUR COMMUNITY THE CHOICE.

OF COURSE, WITH EDUCATION AND INFORMATION, THEY GET A SAY IN THIS.

I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING WE CAN DO TO KEEP UP THE QUALITY AND KEEP BEING THE DESTINATION DISTRICT AS WE ARE.

YES, I WOULD AGREE WITH GOING FORWARD WITH THIS.

>> WELL, WE DID LIST IT ON THE AGENDA FOR THURSDAY TOO.

IF THERE'S A FOLLOW UP CONVERSATION BUT THIS HAS PROVIDED US AS A STAFF WITH GREAT CLARITY, WHICH IS WHAT WE NEEDED.

I KNOW AND APPRECIATE YOUR CONCERN ABOUT THE COMPRESSED TIMELINE, BUT WE SPENT THE LAST SPRING.

DIANE AND ANGELA AND I TALKED TO ALMOST 2,000 PEOPLE, AND SO WE ALREADY HAVE THIS AS A CONTINUATION OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING, LIKE JOVI SAID.

WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO LOOK AT EVERY ONE OF OUR OPTIONS, AND THIS IS CERTAINLY AN OPTION TO CONSIDER.

IT'S A SIGNIFICANT ONE AND I WILL RELY ON OUR COMMUNITY TO GET INVOLVED AND EITHER SUPPORT IT OR NOT, AND IF THEY DO, GREAT, IF THEY DON'T, WE'LL JUST PICK IT UP AND MOVE FORWARD, BUT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THESE OPTIONS.

WE CAN'T JUST KEEP CUTTING BACK ON STAFF BECAUSE GREAT TEACHING IS ONE OF OUR CORE VALUES, AND EVENTUALLY IT WILL START IMPACTING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.

IT MIGHT EVEN SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.

WE HAVE TO START LOOKING AT SOME BIG DECISIONS, THIS BEING ONE OF THEM TO GET US IN A BETTER PLACE BUDGET WISE.

WE'LL TAKE ALL OF THIS.

AGAIN, IT'S PROVIDED US WITH CLARITY.

I DON'T KNOW. AS ANF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS.

>> THE ONLY OTHER COMMENT I WANTED TO MAKE WAS IN 2010, UNDER THAT TRA, THESE 3.17 PENNIES WERE VOTED TO INCREASE THE TAX RATE BY THE PUBLIC.

IT WAS IN 2019 WHEN HOUSE BILL 3 CAME IN THAT THE LEGISLATURE COMPRESSED THE TAX RATE.

THEY TOOK AWAY THOSE 3.17 PENNIES FROM WHAT THE VOTERS HAD ALREADY APPROVED IN THIS COMMUNITY.

>> THAT'S IMPORTANT TO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

>> ALSO, AS WE PLAN FOR THURSDAY'S WORKSHOP, EXPECTATIONS FROM Y'ALL AS FAR AS YOUR NEEDS FOR THURSDAY?

>> THURSDAY PART OF THAT WAS, I REMEMBER THAT GENDER RIGHT, IT WAS BAER WE HAVE WE TALKED ABOUT IT I FEEL WE ALREADY HAD TO POST IT BECAUSE IT'S THURSDAY.

I FEEL LIKE EVERYBODY WAS HERE.

WE GOT A GOOD SENSE, BUT IT'S STILL THERE IF THERE NEEDS TO BE ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION.

IT'S A TYPICAL BUDGET WORKSHOP AND SO MISS SIRCAR WILL BRING HER NORMAL UPDATES, BUT AGAIN, WANTED TO KNOW IF THERE WERE OTHER EXPECTATIONS FROM YOU ALL AS A STAFF THAT WE NEEDED TO PREPARE FOR OR AGAIN, JUST PROVIDE US WITH CLARITY.

>> I UNDERSTAND MS. SIRCAR THAT WE WOULD KNOW.

ON THURSDAY, PROPERTY VALUE, THAT PERCENTAGE INCREASE?

>> YES. WE SHOULD KNOW THE PERCENTAGE INCREASE, AND I SHOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU A GOOD ESTIMATE OF WHAT THE TAX RATE WILL BECOME.

>> I VIEW IT FOR ME AS JUST A CONTINUATION OF OUR BUDGET PROCESS, AND THIS IS ONE OF OUR FINAL LOOKS AT THE BUDGET AS WE GET GET CLOSE TO OUR DEADLINE, SO YOU GUYS THE SAME ADDITIONAL ANTHONY RONA.

>> OKAY.

>> YES.

>> THAT'S RIGHT. THANK YOU, WENDY. THAT CONCLUDES OUR SUPERINTENDENT REPORTS.

>> THANK YOU, DR. HUNT I'LL TAKE THIS INTO OUR ACTION ITEMS.

[X.A. CONSENT]

IF YOU GUYS OR IF ANYBODY WISHES TO HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION ON ANY ONE OF THOSE ITEMS WE CAN OR I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

>> I'LL TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

>> SECOND.

>> MOTION BY TRUSTEE ANTHONY HILL, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE WALKER.

YOU SAY LEE WALKER.

I'M TRYING TO BRING YOU TOGETHER.

TO APPROVE CONSENT AS PRESENTED.

ANY DISCUSSION? HERE AND THEN WE'LL TAKE A VOTE ALL IN FAVOR.

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OUR ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION,

[X.B. Discuss and consider adoption of the 2024-2025 District Improvement Plan (SPG1, SPG2, SPG3)]

I KNOW THAT SHE HAS SHARED WITH THE BOARD PREVIOUSLY OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR '24/25, SHE AND HER TEAM WITH THE DISTRICT EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT COUNCIL HAS WORKED VERY HARD TO ALL THIS TOGETHER AND MAKE IT ALIGN WITH ALL OF OUR CVAS AND SUPERINTENDENT GOALS.

I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DOCTOR BROOKS.

>> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING SCHOOL BOARD AND DR. HUNT.

HOPEFULLY, YOU HAD A CHANCE TO PREVIEW THE VIDEO THAT I SENT IT WAS A LITTLE LEAKY.

I REALIZED I KNOW IT'S ABOUT 25, 30 MINUTES.

BUT IT REALLY TRIED TO CAPTURE ALL THE DIFFERENT PIECES OF THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

ALSO, TO YOU, I TRIED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE PROBLEM STATEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED OR ADDED THIS YEAR WITHIN THAT, AS WELL AS THE PIECES OF THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

AT THIS TIME, I WOULD TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE FOR ME OR ANYONE HERE ON OUR TEAM FOR THAT FOR THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN, AND THEN YOU WILL GO FOR APPROVAL.

>> CAN YOU REMIND ME HOW THE COMMUNITY CAN ACCESS THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN?

>> NO PROBLEM. THANK YOU. IT IS ON OUR DISTRICT WEBSITE ON OUR AS AREA AS WELL AS ITS TAG FOR THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN ALONG WITH THE EIC.

ONCE THIS IS APPROVED, WE WILL UPDATE THAT AND WE CONTINUALLY TRY TO UPDATE IT THROUGH THE YEAR TWO BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, IT'S A FLUID DOCUMENT THAT CAN CHANGE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, SO WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE UPDATES ARE DONE AND MOVING PARTNERS WITH ME TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE UPDATED NOT ONLY WITH OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT, ALSO OUR CAMPUS IMPROVEMENTS.

>> I BELIEVE IT WAS ALSO LINKED WITH THE AGENDA ITEM 2. I REMEMBER.

>> YEAH.

>> IT IS VERY HELPFUL AS DR. BROOKS SAID TO HAVE THE BOARD CONSIDER THE APPROVAL IN JULY SO THAT OUR CAMPUSES, IF THERE ARE ANY THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO TWEAK OR ADJUST, HAVE AMPLE TIME TO DO THAT BEFORE THE SCHOOL YEAR BEGINS. ANTHONY G.

>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT.

I THOROUGHLY ENJOY THE DOCUMENT BECAUSE IT DOES SET THE STAGE FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR AND THE THINGS THAT GO ON THE CAMPUS, AND THE ALIGNMENT.

I THINK THAT'S THE TERM YOU USE PERIODICALLY THROUGHOUT OUR CONVERSATIONS AT DIC, AND I THINK IT IS VERY HELPFUL TO SEE THAT BECAUSE THE MACRO LEVEL GOING DOWN TO THE MICRO LEVEL AT THE CAMPUS LEVELS AND HOW THOSE TWO THINGS INTERSECT.

THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAVE DONE WITH THAT DOCUMENT AND ALSO THE LOOM VIDEOS.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THOSE BECAUSE I'M AN AUDITORY AND VISUAL PERSON, SO I NEED BOTH, AND YOU DO A GREAT JOB WITH THAT. THANK YOU.

>> YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS COMING IN.

I'LL JUST SAY AGAIN, I'LL ECHO TRUSTEE ELON THAT ONE BECAUSE THE LOOM IS GREAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

WASN'T TOO LENGTHY ABOUT YOUR STANDARDS.

ONE THING I DID HAVE A QUESTION ON, YOU KNOW, AND I ALSO, TRUSTEE, I APPRECIATE YOUR QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAD SUBMITTED BACK BECAUSE THEY HAD SOME OF THOSE MYSELF, BUT THEY'RE ALWAYS THOROUGH AND THOUGHTFUL.

WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THE DATA THAT WAS LINKED LIKE THE M CLASS.

ONE OF THE THINGS I NOTICED, IT STUCK OUT NOT NECESSARILY IN THE EARLY, THE KINDERGARTEN, FIRST, MAYBE SECOND, BUT THEN AS WE GOT OLDER, LIKE BEGINNING OF YEAR, MIDDLE OF YEAR, END OF YEAR.

FROM BEGINNING OF YEAR TO MIDDLE OF YEAR, LOOKS LIKE WE SAW IMPROVEMENT.

BUT THEN WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT A DATA, IT LOOKED LIKE WE WERE STILL BELOW BENCHMARK.

WE WERE GOING BACK THE OTHER WAY BY END OF YEAR.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT THAT MAY BE A FURTHER COMMENT FOR OUR DATA DISCUSSION ON SORRY, GOT A CRACK.

OUR DATA DISCUSSION ON THURSDAY, I THINK THAT'S ON THE AGENDA OR FURTHER.

BUT JUST HOW DO WE MEASURE I THINK IMPROVEMENT.

HOW ARE WE GAUGING OURSELF IS ONE QUESTION.

THEN THE SECOND, I THINK IS PIGGYBACKING OFF OF ONE QUESTION YOU ASKED. I THINK IT DOES.

OVER THE YEARS OF GOING THROUGH THE IMPROVEMENT PLAN, IT HAS BEEN A LINGERING KIND OF AN AREA OF I'LL SAY WEAKNESS MAY NOT BE THE RIGHT TERM, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOME OF OUR SUB POPS AND ESPECIALLY, MINORITY AND OUR LOWER SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE, AND I'LL SAY FEEL LIKE MAYBE THERE IS IMPROVEMENT, BUT IN THE PERCENTAGES, AS IT TENDS TO BE THAT THAT STILL LAGS FOR US.

HOW ARE WE WORKING TOWARDS IMPROVING THAT PART YOU KNOW OF OUR POPULATION IN THE WHOLE PICTURE OF OUR STUDENT POPULATION?

>> THAT'S GREAT. I'LL IT ON THE M CLASS FIRST.

WITH OUR CLASS ONCE AGAIN, THAT'S OUR LITERACY SCREENER THAT IS UTILIZED IN OUR KINDERGARTEN THROUGH SECOND GRADE.

IT ALSO HAS A DYSLEXIA SCREENER AS A PORTION OF THAT.

YOU WILL TYPICALLY SEE WITHIN YOUR CLASS DATA ACTUALLY A PRETTY BIG BUMP RIGHT THERE FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR TO THE MIDDLE DUE TO THE ASSESSMENT AND HOW IT'S THE RANGE THAT FALLS WITHIN THERE.

I THINK ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT IS REALLY LOOKING AT NOT AS MUCH MIDDLE OF THE YEAR TO THE END OF THE YEAR AS YOU

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IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT HOLISTIC GROWTH.

SAME THING WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT YOUR MAP SCORES AT TIMES, YOU ALMOST WANT TO HAVE THAT YEAR PIECE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT WITHIN THE TIME SPAN.

SOMETIMES THAT WILL HELP A LITTLE BIT, AND WE'LL DIG INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE DURING OUR DATA DISCUSSION AS WELL.

THAT'S THE ONE PIECE THERE.

WE DO HAVE SPECIFIC MATTER GROUPS THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO NEED TO REALLY FOCUS ON AS A DISTRICT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE HAVING THAT GROWTH AS WELL AS THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE THERE.

YOU'LL NOTICE WITHIN THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS, A LOT OF THE TRAININGS THAT WE TARGETED, ONE OF WHICH CALLED OUR POVERTY SIMULATION TRAIN.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ROLLED OUT THIS LAST SCHOOL YEAR FOR ALL OF OUR CAMPUS LEADERSHIP, AS WELL AS DISTRICT LEADERSHIP, AND A LOT OF OUR SUPPORT PERSONNEL.

THIS YEAR, WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE ROLLING IT NOW TO CAMPUS EDUCATORS.

WE MAY HAVE THEM GOING THROUGH THE SIMULATIONS AND EXPERIENCES TO ALSO THINK, YOU HAVE TO THINK IN A DIFFERENT MINDSET, SOMETIMES WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT HOW AM I SERVING ALL OF MY LEARNERS? WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WHILE SOME OF OUR EDUCATORS, OUR STAFF MAY NEVER HAVE EXPERIENCED THINGS FOR THEMSELVES WITHIN THAT, HOW ARE WE REALLY PARTNERING AND HOW ARE WE UNDERSTANDING THAT AND HAVING EMPATHY, NOT SYMPATHY, WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT HOW ARE WE REALLY TARGETING AND HELPING TO WORK ON SPECIFIC SKILLS OR POSSIBLE BARRIERS THAT MAY EXIST WITHIN THAT.

YOU MAY SEE THAT EVEN WITH YOUR EMERGENT BILINGUAL LEARNERS, AND YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT BARRIERS WITHIN LANGUAGE.

IT'S SIMILAR TO FINDING THE BEST TRAININGS, THE BEST OPPORTUNITIES FOR STAFF TO REALLY DIG INTO AND ANALYZE DATA.

IT'S ALSO ONCE AGAIN, YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THAT HOLISTIC GROWTH AND YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THAT YEARS WORTH OF GROWTH FOR ALL.

THAT ALSO TOO, WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT YOUR LEARNERS WHO MAY BE VERY SUCCESSFUL AT THE START OF THE YEAR WITHIN SOME OF THE SKILLS, I WANT THEM TO ALSO HAVE THAT YEARS WORTH OF GROWTH, AND THAT'S WHERE SOME OF THE STANDARDIZED TESTING COMES FROM THE STATE NOW, THAT YOU'RE HAVING TO LOOK AT THAT HOLISTIC PIECE, AND IT'S NO LONGER JUST LOOKING AT DID WE PERFORM WELL WITHIN THE AREAS?

>> YEAH.

>> THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE?

>> I DO.

>> YOU HAVE A FOLLOW UP.

>> DR. BROOKS, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MTSS, BECAUSE THAT PIGGYBACKS WHAT PRESIDENT CAVIS [PHONETIC] TALKS ABOUT AND HOW DO YOU DO THAT? CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR YOU FOR THIS YEAR AND GOING FORWARD?

>> THAT'S GREAT. THIS IS ALSO SOMETHING SOME OF YOU WILL HEAR MORE ABOUT, SO I APOLOGIZE.

SOME OF YOU HAVE ALREADY HEARD THIS.

WE'RE THINKING ABOUT MULTI TIERED SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT.

WE'RE REALLY LOOKING TO SEE WHERE OUR LEARNERS ARE WHEN THEY'RE COMING TO US.

HOW ARE YOU THEN GOING TO DIFFERENTIATE YOUR INSTRUCTION BASED ON THOSE LEARNERS YOU'RE NOT JUST HAVING A ROTE SKILL THAT MAYBE THAT LEARNER EITHER ALREADY HAS OR DO THEY NEED THE SPECIFIC THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING? IT'S ALSO LOOKING AT DOCUMENTATION FOR LEARNERS.

WE'RE THINKING ABOUT OUR KIDDOS THAT ARE COMING TO US AT THE START OF THE YEAR.

HOW ARE WE UTILIZING, NOT ONLY PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT DATA THAT WE HAVE, HOW ARE WE USING OUR BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, MIDDLE OF THE YEAR? ALL OF OUR FORMATIVE CHECKS AND DIFFERENT PIECES, GRADES, ANOTHER PART OF THAT, ATTENDANCE, ANOTHER PART OF THAT, DISCIPLINE DATA, ALL OF THOSE PIECES COMING TOGETHER TO TELL THE STORY ABOUT WHERE WE'RE NEEDING TO FOCUS THE MOST TO MAKE THAT SUCCESSFUL? WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THAT, YOU'RE ALSO THINKING ABOUT HOW HAVE YOU CREATED SPECIFIC EITHER INTERVENTION PLANS OR ENRICHMENT PLANS FOR YOUR KIDS? YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT YOUR DIFFERENT LEVELS, TIER 1, HERE, EVERYBODY DESERVES TIER 1 AND ALL THE DIFFERENT PIECES.

SOMETIMES YOU MAY NEED TO HAVE A TIER 2 OR TIER 3, BUT THAT COULD BE MAYBE I HAVE A LEARNER THAT'S STRUGGLING WITH SOMETHING AND THEY NEED AN INTERVENTION, BUT IT ALSO COULD BE THAT I HAVE A LEARNER THAT IS EXCELLING AT SOMETHING AND NEEDS TO ALSO HAVE AN EXTENSION WITHIN THEIR LEARNING.

WE HAVE SYSTEMS THAT WE UTILIZE AS CAMPUSES, PANORAMA STUDENT SUCCESS PLATFORM IS ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE USE FOR DOCUMENTING OUR MTSS PROCESS.

IT'S ALSO GOING TO HAVE AN ATTENDANCE PIECE WITHIN THERE.

YOU PROBABLY NOTICED THAT WAS HIGHLIGHT WITHIN SOME OF THE PARTS OF THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN, BUT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT HOW ARE WE REALLY MONITORING TO OUR ATTENDANCE? HOW ARE WE ALSO TOO FOLLOWING UP WITH LEARNERS AND FAMILIES TO ENSURE THAT THERE ARE INTERVENTION PLANS? IF WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO, NOT ONLY DUE TO THINKING ABOUT ATTENDANCE, IF YOU'RE NOT THERE FOR THE LEARNING, YOU'RE NOT GETTING THE INSTRUCTION OR YOU'RE NOT GETTING THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE NEEDING.

ALSO TOO, IF YOU'RE NOT THERE FOR ATTENDANCE AND WE TALK ABOUT ALL THE [INAUDIBLE] CONCERNS THAT WE ARE HAVING, WE'RE ALSO TOO THINKING ABOUT THE [INAUDIBLE] CONCERNS THAT THAT COULD BRING AS WELL.

IT'S THE COUNTERBALANCE OF ALL THOSE PIECES COMING TOGETHER, BUT MTSS IS REALLY ABOUT MEASURING THE WHOLE CHILD AND HOW WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE INTERVENING FOR THEIR ACADEMIC, THEIR BEHAVIOR, THEIR SOCIAL RELATION, AS WELL AS POSSIBLE ATTENDANCE OR OTHER CONCERNS THAT MAY APPEASE US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS?

>> I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN AS PRESENTED.

>> SECOND.

>> I HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE LEE WALKER, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE NICOLE BENTLEY TO APPROVE THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN AS PRESENTED.

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ALL IN FAVOR. MOTION PASSES 7-0.

>> THANK YOU, DOCTOR.

>> THANK YOU, DR. BROOKS.

>> EARLIER THIS MONTH,

[X.C. Discuss and consider modifications to the 2024-2025 Academic Calendar]

>> THANK YOU, DR. HUNT.

AS WE BEGIN THE DISCUSSION TONIGHT, I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT AND GET EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM AS WELL AS LISTENING ONLINE UP TO SPEED WITH OUR CALENDAR ADOPTION TIMELINE.

AS THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN A PART OF THIS OR IT'S BEEN PRESENTED TO YOU BEFORE REALIZE THAT MAKING A RECOMMENDATION AND BRINGING FORWARD CALENDAR OPTIONS TO YOU AS THE BOARD TO CONSIDER EVERY TWO YEARS, WHICH IS THE CURRENT ADOPTION ROTATION THAT WE HAVE IS SOMETHING THAT WE TAKE A LOT OF TIME TO REALLY RESEARCH THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS.

TO CONSIDER THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE NUMBER OF MINUTES STUDENTS NEED TO BE IN SCHOOL, THE NUMBER OF DAYS, TEACHERS ARE REQUIRED TO BE WORKING FOR THEIR CONTRACTS, WORKING AROUND HOLIDAYS, SPECIAL EVENTS, AND TRADITIONAL TIMES WHERE WE HAVE HAD OFF IN THE FALL AND THE SPRING SEMESTER.

IN PLANNING AND PREPARING FOR THE '24/'25 AND '25/'26 SCHOOL YEAR, WE ACTUALLY STARTED BACK IN OCTOBER DISCUSSING THOSE VARIOUS TOPICS, BRINGING TOGETHER, USUALLY AS A SUBCOMMITTEE, THIS PAST TIME WE USED THE ENTIRETY OF DEIC COMMITTEE TO REALLY LOOK AT CALENDAR OPTION.

WE ALSO, AS YOU'LL SEE IN THIS TIMELINE, HAD A NUMBER OF OPPORTUNITIES TO SOLICIT STAKEHOLDER INPUT ALONG THE WAY.

BEING COMPLETELY UPFRONT AND TRANSPARENT, WHEN WE BROUGHT THREE OPTIONS TO THE COMMUNITY TO GATHER INPUT, ALL THREE OF THOSE OPTIONS HAD SPRING BREAK LISTED AS WHAT WAS ADOPTED THE WEEK OF 17TH OF MARCH.

THE CONSIDERATIONS THAT WENT INTO THAT BRINGING THAT FORWARD, YES, ALIGNING WITH DALLAS COLLEGE WAS ONE BIG CONSIDERATION FOR OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE IN DUAL CREDIT COURSES TO BE ABLE TO ALIGN OUR BREAK WITH DALLAS COLLEGE, BUT THERE WERE ALSO SEVERAL OTHER CONSIDERATIONS THAT WERE BROUGHT FORWARD AND DISCUSSED THROUGH DEIC AND ULTIMATELY BROUGHT TO THE BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION.

ANOTHER BIG CONSIDERATION IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT SECOND SEMESTER, THE ABILITY TO HAVE EQUAL GRADING PERIODS FOR THE THIRD AND FOURTH NINE WEEKS.

HAVING SPRING BREAK THE WEEK OF THE 17TH ALLOWED FOR THAT.

IN FACT, IT MAY BE ONE OF THE ONLY TIMES WHERE GRADING PERIODS HAVE BEEN EXACTLY EQUAL WITH 44 DAYS IN EACH OF THEM.

ONE OF THE REASONS THAT MOVING SPRING BREAK TO A WEEK LATER THAN IT'S BEEN IN MOST RECENT YEARS IS THAT THE WAY WINTER BREAK FALLS, WE GO INTO WINTER BREAK A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO SOME OF THE WINTER HOLIDAYS THAT FALL IN WINTER BREAK, AND WE EXTEND LONGER INTO JANUARY BEFORE WE COME BACK TO BEGIN THAT SECOND SEMESTER, SO THOSE WERE SOME CONSIDERATIONS.

AT THE TIME THAT WE BROUGHT FORWARD A RECOMMENDATION TO YOU AS THE BOARD, THE MAJORITY OF THE DISTRICTS SURROUNDING US HAD ADOPTED THEIR CALENDARS FOR THIS YEAR THAT WE'RE HEADED INTO '24/'25 OR WE'RE IN THE PROCESS.

AT THAT TIME, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF DISTRICTS, A FEW THAT WE BORDER, THAT EITHER HAD ADOPTED A SPRING BREAK THAT WAS NOT IN ALIGNMENT WITH US THE WEEK PRIOR TO OURS, WHICH STARTS MARCH 10TH OF 2025, BUT AGAIN, THAT WAS CONSIDERED AND BALANCED AGAINST THE NUMBER OF DISTRICTS THAT HAD APPROVED OR WERE IN THE PROCESS OF APPROVING A CALENDAR THAT HAS SPRING BREAK AS MARCH 17TH.

BECAUSE WHILE WE RECOGNIZE A NUMBER OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS DO LIVE AND WORK AND HAVE THEIR OWN STUDENTS ATTEND SCHOOL HERE IN COPPELL, WE ALSO HAVE STAFF MEMBERS WHO LIVE IN OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND THEIR STUDENTS THE BEST CHOICE OR THE CHOICE THAT THEIR FAMILIES HAVE MADE FOR THEM IS TO PARTICIPATE IN THEIR SCHOOL DISTRICT IN WHICH THEY LIVE.

WHILE WE WISH WE COULD ALIGN WITH EVERYBODY, THAT HAS NOT ALWAYS BEEN THE CASE, PROBABLY WILL NEVER BE THE CASE WITH THE NUMBER OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS WE HAVE IN THE DFW AREA.

AGAIN, JUST WANTED EVERYBODY, FOR REFERENCE TONIGHT AND AS A PART OF THIS PRESENTATION, TO HAVE THE ADOPTION TIMELINE THAT WE WENT THROUGH.

BACK WHEN WE BROUGHT A RECOMMENDATION AND IT WAS APPROVED, AND THAT WAS BACK IN JANUARY, TO HAVE DALLAS COLLEGE MAKE THE DECISION THAT THEY DID,

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NOTIFICATION TO US WAS DEFINITELY QUICK AFTER THAT DECISION WAS MADE.

WE WANTED TO, AGAIN, HAVE THESE PIECES AS PART OF THE DISCUSSION.

I ALSO INCLUDED A COPY OF THE CALENDAR THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD BARRING ANY CHANGES MADE TONIGHT WE ARE PLANNING FOR AND HAVE IN THE WORKS AND HAVE MADE DECISIONS AROUND THIS CALENDAR.

WE HAVE SHARED WITH THE STAFF MEMBERS, IF THEIR FAMILY SPRING BREAK IS NOT ALIGNED WITH OURS, SOME DIFFERENT CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE CAN GIVE TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND TIME OFF WITH THEIR OWN CHILDREN WHEN THEY'RE OFF AS WELL AS TO OBVIOUSLY BE OFF DURING OUR SPRING BREAK, BUT PLANS HAVE BEEN MADE AROUND THIS CALENDAR, FIELD TRIPS HAVE BEEN SCHEDULED, ALLASO RANCH TRIPS HAVE BEEN SCHEDULED, MEETING, DATES, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING HAS ALL BEEN SCHEDULED WITHIN THE DISTRICT.

WHAT WE KNOW FROM OUR COMMUNITY, THEM BEING PLANNERS AS WELL, OUR ASSUMPTION WOULD BE, AND MS. BROWN WILL GET TO SPEAK TO INPUT HERE IN A MINUTE, THAT MANY OF OUR FAMILIES HAVE ALREADY MADE PLANS AROUND THIS CALENDAR.

>> BECAUSE IF YOU'LL REMEMBER THE NIGHT THAT YOU-ALL APPROVED IT, WE SENT THAT OUT IMMEDIATELY.

THE SAME NIGHT IT WAS APPROVED, IMMEDIATELY IT WENT OUT TO EVERYBODY AND THE PLANNING BEGAN.

>> IT BEGAN BEFORE.

>> SURE. THE GENERAL IDEA OF THAT IS TRUE.

>> IT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT ONE OF THE REASONS DALLAS COLLEGE MADE THE DECISION TO CHANGE THEIR SPRING BREAK WAS THEIR ALIGNMENT WITH SOME OF THE DISTRICTS THEY SERVED SUCH AS DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHO HAD ADOPTED THEIR CALENDAR EARLIER AS WELL, BUT FOR WHATEVER BROUGHT THOSE CONVERSATIONS FORWARD, THEY HAVE MANY STUDENTS THAT ACTUALLY PARTICIPATE IN THOSE CLASSES IN PERSON ON THE CAMPUSES OF DALLAS COLLEGE.

WHILE WE DO HAVE SOME STUDENTS THAT PARTICIPATE IN PERSON, THE MAJORITY OF OUR STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN ONLINE LEARNING FOR THOSE DUAL CREDIT COURSES THAT THEY TAKE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL.

REGARDLESS OF THE DIRECTION THAT YOU, AS THE BOARD, DECIDE TO GO TONIGHT, WE HAVE ASSURANCES FROM DALLAS COLLEGE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR STUDENTS REGARDLESS OF WHEN THEIR SPRING BREAK IS TO ENSURE THAT THEY CAN TAKE A BREAK, THAT THEY CAN GET THE NEEDED REST AND TIME TO VACATION OR RELAX WITH THEIR FAMILY, AS WELL AS BE ABLE TO APPROPRIATELY CONTINUE THEIR COURSE WORK.

THERE'S MORE FLEXIBILITY FOR THE MAJORITY OF OUR STUDENTS AGAIN BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING THAT WORK ONLINE AT THEIR OWN PACE ANYWAY REGARDLESS OF WHEN SPRING BREAK FALLS.

I ALSO THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE TONIGHT AND IN THE COMMUNITY.

WE WENT BACK OUT AND LOOKED AT THE APPROVED CALENDARS FOR THE VARIOUS SURROUNDING DISTRICTS AROUND US.

YOU'LL SEE THERE IS SOME VARIATION BETWEEN MARCH 10TH THROUGH 14TH AND MARCH 17TH THROUGH 21ST, BUT YOU'LL STILL SEE THAT THE MAJORITY OF DISTRICTS THAT WE TYPICALLY COMPARE OURSELVES TO BOTH IN REGION 10 AND REGION 11 HAVE THEIR SPRING BREAK ALIGNMENT WITH MARCH 17TH THROUGH 21ST.

THESE ARE THE SPRING BREAKS THAT WERE IN PLACE OR IN THE PROCESS OF BEING APPROVED AT THE TIME IN JANUARY WHEN YOU AS A BOARD APPROVED OURS, ALL EXCEPT FOR RICHARDSON ISD, WHO VERY QUICKLY MADE A CHANGE TO THEIR SPRING BREAK ONCE DALLAS COLLEGE ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WERE CHANGING THEIRS, AND THEY HAVE ALIGNED THAT.

AGAIN, I DON'T HAVE PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE, BUT IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IN RICHARDSON ISD, AGAIN, MANY OF THEIR STUDENTS ATTEND DALLAS COLLEGE IN PERSON, AND SO THEY HAD SOME DIFFERENT NEEDS THAT THEY FELT LIKE NEEDED TO BE MET, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S A VERY HIGH LEVEL OF UNDERSTANDING.

I HAVE NOT HAD ANY DIRECT PERSONAL CONVERSATIONS WITH ANY DECISION MAKERS IN RICHARDSON ISD.

WITH ALL THAT CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION IN MIND, I WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO MS. BROWN TO SHARE THE SURVEY PIECES THAT WERE PROVIDED.

>> WE DID SEEK INPUT FROM OUR COMMUNITY REGARDING THIS PARTICULAR CHANGE.

WE SOUGHT THAT INPUT FROM JULY 11TH THROUGH THE 18TH.

WE RECEIVED 100 EMAILS IN RESPONSE BECAUSE WE ASKED OUR COMMUNITY TO SHARE THEIR INPUT THROUGH INPUT@COPPELLISD.COM.

FIFTY-EIGHT OF THOSE THAT SHARED THEIR INPUT THROUGH EMAILS ASKED THAT WE KEEP SPRING BREAK AS IS, 38 ASKED THAT WE CHANGED TO ALIGN WITH DALLAS COLLEGE.

THE VARYING REASONS FOR THAT WERE THE MAJORITY OF THEM WE'RE ASKING US TO ALIGN WITH OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS, SO MAYBE LOUISVILLE ISD OR OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

FOUR OF THEM WERE NEUTRAL AND JUST SAID THANK YOU FOR ASKING FOR INPUT.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE JUST LIKE MS. EICHEL SHARED THAT SEVERAL OF THE PEOPLE WHO RESPONDED SHARED THAT SCHOOL TRIPS HAD ALREADY BEEN PLANNED.

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THEN WE DO KNOW THAT SOME OF OUR CAMPUSES HAVE ALREADY SCHEDULED TRIPS LIKE ALLASO RANCH FOR THE WEEK OF THE 10TH.

THERE WILL BE A LOT OF CHANGES THAT COULD HAPPEN IF WE DO MAKE A CHANGE. SORRY, I APOLOGIZE.

A FEW OF THE PEOPLE WHO RESPONDED SAID THAT THEY WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO CHANGE BECAUSE IT WOULD ALIGN WITH DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME.

THAT WAS A UNIQUE ONE THAT POPPED UP SEVERAL TIMES, BUT THAT'S REALLY THE INFORMATION THAT WE RECEIVED, SO 100 EMAILS, AND YOU CAN SEE THE BREAK UP DOWN THERE.

ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS CHANGE OF INPUT?

>> IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THERE'S JUST A OVERWHELMING CLAMORING OF PEOPLE TO MAKE A CHANGE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

>> YOU GUYS ADDRESSED MY BIGGEST CONCERN, WHICH WAS STUDENTS THAT WOULD BE ENROLLED IN DALLAS COLLEGE THAT ARE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT, IN FACT, GET A LOT OF THAT TIMELINE I DID NOT REALIZE, AND THAT DALLAS COLLEGE IS GOING TO PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY REALLY ADDRESSES THE TWO BIGGEST CONCERNS I HAD COMING IN TO TONIGHT'S MEETING.

>> AS WE PREVIOUSLY SHARED, THEY DID ASSURE US THAT THEY WOULD ACCOMMODATE OUR STUDENTS' NEEDS.

THE MAJORITY OF OUR STUDENTS ARE ONLINE.

WE DO HAVE SOME STUDENTS WHO ARE IN PERSON AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT DALLAS COLLEGE CAMPUSES, BUT THEY ASSURED US THAT THEY WOULD MEET OUR STUDENTS' NEEDS NO MATTER WHAT

>> I ASSUME IF OUR STUDENTS HAVE ANY PROBLEMS, WE WOULD STEP IN AND ADVOCATE ON THEIR BEHALF, HAVING BEEN GIVEN THOSE ASSURANCES.

>> WE'LL CERTAINLY.

>> TO PIGGYBACK ON THAT, HOW MANY STUDENTS APPROXIMATELY DO WE HAVE ENROLLED? HOW MANY KIDS ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?

>> IT'S A COUPLE OF 100.

IT'S MAINLY CHS AND NEW TECH.

WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY FROM CHS, AND THERE MIGHT BE A FEW [INAUDIBLE], BUT OBVIOUSLY, NONE OF THE 11 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS OR THE THREE MIDDLE SCHOOLS OR EVEN OUR NINTH GRADE CAMPUS ARE REALLY IMPACTED.

AS MS. BROWN SAID, IT WAS MORE STAFF MEMBERS AND [INAUDIBLE] STAFF MEMBERS WHO HAVE KIDS THAT ARE IN ONE OF THOSE DISTRICTS THAT HAVE A DIFFERENT SPRING BREAK THAT SAID, PLEASE CONSIDER THIS.

>> YOU GUYS HIT ON MY OTHER CONCERN, WHICH WAS OUR INTERNAL CHESS PIECES THAT WE MOVE, LIKE [INAUDIBLE], FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN WE WERE THERE, ALWAYS ALIGNED THE FIFTH GRADE SKY RANCH TRIP TO TO BOOK IN GOING INTO SPRING BREAK.

KNOWING LOGISTICALLY INSIDE THE DISTRICT, WE'D HAVE TO BE MAKING OTHER MOVES AS WELL.

AGAIN, THOSE THINGS HAVE TO BE BOOKED AND DEPOSITS PAID, AND THAT SORT OF THING WELL IN ADVANCE.

>> ALLASO RANCH, SKY RANCH, THOSE OVERNIGHT FIELD TRIPS, ANY ATHLETIC EVENT THAT WE HAVE WORKED WITH THOSE OTHER DISTRICTS ON THAT ARE IN OUR REGION, JUST MAKING SURE THAT OUR DISTRICT EVENTS COINCIDE.

IT'S NOT UNUSUAL, FOR SOCCER AND BASEBALL SOFTBALL, HAVE TO GIVE UP SOME OF THEIR SPRING BREAK ANYWAY, BUT WE BASED ALL OF OUR INFORMATION, OUR FIELD USE, OUR FACILITY USE ON THE CALENDAR THAT WAS ADOPTED ON JANUARY THE 22ND.

>> I'M NOT IN FAVOR, I THINK, OF DOING IT FOR THIS YEAR.

WOULD THIS BE SOMETHING WE NEED TO MAYBE REVISIT INTO THE FIRST PART OF THE NEXT YEAR WITH THEIR CALENDAR AT DALLAS COLLEGE, OR WHAT IS Y'ALL SENSE ON THAT?

>> MS. EICHEL'S GOT A COMMENT ON THAT, BUT I DID WANT TO SAY WE LEFT IT BROAD AT THE INFORMATION THAT MS. BROWN SENT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT IT TO JUST BE ABOUT SPRING BREAK BECAUSE I'D ALSO HEARD SOME FEEDBACK FROM OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT '25/'26.

MS. EICHEL, SHE'LL BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN WHAT WE COULD DO IF THE BOARD HAD AN INTEREST IN, NOT JUST '24/'25, BUT EVEN '25/'26.

>> I DO THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO PUT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY TONIGHT THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE SOME TIME EARLY IN FIRST SEMESTER TO LOOK AT THE '25/'26 CALENDAR.

DALLAS COLLEGE HAS NOT PUBLICIZED WHAT THEIR DATES ARE GOING TO BE FOR THAT FOLLOWING SPRING.

>> MANY DISTRICTS ADOPT A CALENDAR ON A YEAR BY YEAR BASIS.

AGAIN, COMPARING WITH SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS, WE DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION BEYOND NEXT YEAR TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT.

ALSO, THIS NEXT YEAR WILL BE OUR FIRST YEAR WHERE WE DON'T HAVE ANY TYPE OF EARLY RELEASES.

IT WILL BE OUR FIRST YEAR TO HAVE A PD DAY ON ELECTION DAY.

THIS PAST YEAR THAT WE JUST FINISHED WAS THE FIRST YEAR IN A NUMBER OF YEARS WHERE OUR BREAK IN APRIL DID NOT ALIGN WITH GOOD FRIDAY.

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IN THE PAST THROUGH THE CALENDAR ADOPTION, WE HAVE USED THAT ATTENDANCE DATA, WHICH IS WHAT WE ARE LEGALLY ABLE TO LOOK AT.

IS BOTH OUR STUDENT AND STAFF ATTENDANCE DATA ON ANY GIVEN DAY IS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER, THEN WE CAN CONSIDER THAT DATE AND ATTENDANCE INFORMATION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT.

FOR '24-'25, JUST THE NATURE OF WHEN GOOD FRIDAY FALLS AND OUR BREAK IN APRIL FALLS, THEY DO ALIGN FOR THIS UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR.

BUT FOR '25-'26, THE WAY THE CALENDAR HAS BEEN ADOPTED, THEY DO NOT ALIGN, AND WE HAVE RECEIVED SOME INPUT OFFICIALLY THROUGH SOME CASUAL CONVERSATIONS THAT STAFF MEMBERS AND FAMILIES WOULD LIKE US TO RECONSIDER THAT FOR '25-'26.

FOR ALL OF THOSE REASONS AND MORE, I DO THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT ONCE WE GET THIS NEXT SCHOOL YEAR STARTED TO COME BACK AND REVISIT THOSE PIECES AS WELL AS SPRING GRADE ONCE WE HAVE THE DALLAS COLLEGE INFORMATION.

BUT AGAIN, WE HAVE A COMMUNITY OF PLANNERS, SO I DO THINK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO COMMUNICATE THAT OUT SO PEOPLE CAN KNOW IN ADVANCE THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME UPCOMING CHANGES FOR THE YEAR AFTER NEXT.

>> I APPRECIATE THAT COMMENT TO YOU ON GOOD FRIDAY.

I'VE HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE ASK ABOUT THAT FOR NOT THIS SCHOOL YEAR, BUT THE FOLLOWING.

I WAS CURIOUS TO WHAT THE ATTENDANCE RATE LOOKED LIKE THIS YEAR.

I'VE HEARD MIXED BAG, I THINK THERE WAS SOME INITIAL.

WE DON'T HAVE THAT WEEKEND OFF, BUT THEN THEY ENJOYED THAT RANDOM FOUR-DAY WEEKEND.

THAT WAS A LITTLE LATER INTO THE YEAR FOR THAT FINAL PUSH.

AGAIN, WE TALK ABOUT ATTENDANCE IN THE BUDGET, AND I THINK THOSE ARE VERY IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT FOR '25-'26.

I GOT A LOT OF [OVERLAPPING] AND I GO TO FIGURE OUT '25-'26.

>> WHEN I FIRST HEARD THE NEWS, THAT DALLAS COLLEGE WAS MOVING, I WAS, IS THAT SOMETHING WE SHOULD DO OR THINK ABOUT WHATEVER BUT NOW.

THANK YOU FOR THE DETAILED INFORMATION NOT ONLY ON THE PROCESS THAT IT TOOK TO COME UP WITH THE CALENDAR IN THE FIRST PLACE, BUT ALSO WHAT HAS BEEN DONE BECAUSE THE CALENDAR HAS ALREADY BEEN SET.

THINGS HAVE BEEN SCHEDULED, ALL THAT STUFF.

I THINK I'M A LINE THERE, IT'S PERFECTLY REASONABLE TO LEAVE IT AS IT IS NOW.

I'M SURE WE'RE GOING TO TALK ON IT SHORTLY, BUT THEN I WOULD AGREE ABOUT TAKING A LOOK AT '25-'26. IS THAT THE YEAR?

>> YES [OVERLAPPING]

>> JUST IN THAT SAME BIN OF PLANNING, NOW LET'S THINK ABOUT IT AND SEE IF THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.

>> I WOULD ECHO WHAT YOU JUST SAID, TRUSTEE, MATTHEW.

AT THIS TIME, WE DON'T HAVE ANY DESIRE TO CHANGE THIS '24-'25, BUT I WANT PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO RELY AND TRUST THE INFORMATION THAT'S OUT THERE.

THERE IS GOING TO BE CHANGES IN '25-'26.

I WOULD LIKE THAT COMMUNICATED THAT IT WILL BE RE-EVALUATED.

I DON'T KNOW WHATEVER. HOWEVER YOU WANT DO THAT LANGUAGE.

>> I'M GOING TO DEFER. [LAUGHTER]

>> I DON'T KNOW. DID YOU SEE ALL THOSE AWARDS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE THING.

HEY, I'M NOT WORRIED, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD IF WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT CHANGING '25-'26, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S COMMUNICATED.

>> WE DON'T KNOW THAT YET BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE DALLAS COLLEGE.

BUT I THINK IT'S ALL JUST ANY GENERAL INFORMATION.

AS KRISTEN JUST MENTIONED, THIS WILL BE OUR FIRST TIME TO BE OFF STUDENTS FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN NOVEMBER.

IF WE HAD KNOWN THAT THERE WOULD BE SO MANY COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE ECLIPSE, WE MIGHT HAVE CHANGED OUR THOUGHT THERE.

WE HAD ALL THESE GREAT SCHOOL THINGS PLANNED, BUT THEN IT WAS HARD TO COMPETE WITH THE COMMUNITY, AND WE HAD VERY LOW ATTENDANCE THAT DAY TOO.

I THINK IT'S LOOKING AT HOLIDAYS WHEN A LOT OF OUR FAMILIES MIGHT BE MISSING THAT MAY NOT BE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS.

IT'S OTHER BIG EVENTS, THE ELECTIONS.

THERE'S NO SOLAR ECLIPSE ANYTIME SOON.

BUT IF THERE WERE THINGS LIKE THAT, WE WOULD WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE THOSE INTO CONSIDERATION BECAUSE WE ARE CONTINUING OUR ATTENDANCE INITIATIVE AND PUSH AND THINGS LIKE THIS DO HAVE AN IMPACT OR CAN HAVE AN IMPACT.

>> WE'LL BE SHARING OUT A SUMMARY OF TONIGHT'S BOARD MEETING, AND SO WE WILL MENTION IN THAT SUMMARY THAT WE WILL BE BRINGING BACK IN THE FALL A CLOSER LOOK AT OUR '25-'26 CALENDAR.

>> JUST SO WE'RE CLEAR, LIKE THE GENERAL CONSENSUS, DOCTOR FROM THE ADMINISTRATION IS STAY THE COURSE FOR THIS YEAR.

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>> YEAH. BECAUSE OF THE ASSURANCES WE'VE BEEN PROVIDED BY DALLAS COLLEGE, WE BELIEVE WE CAN ACCOMMODATE THE NEEDS OF OUR DUAL CREDIT STUDENTS.

AGAIN, THEY'RE IMPORTANT TO US, AND THAT PROGRAM IS IMPORTANT TO US.

BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR 13,400 KIDS, IT'S A RELATIVELY SMALL NUMBER THAT'S IMPACTED.

I DO APPRECIATE STAFF MEMBERS WHO HAVE THEIR CHILDREN IN OTHER DISTRICTS AND WANTING TO BE OFF AT THE SAME TIME, BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT COMING INTO AND MAKE THEIR DECISIONS BASED ON THAT.

SOMETIMES PEOPLE LIKE HAVING THE HOUSE OF THEMSELVES.

I DON'T [LAUGHTER] I JUST THINK IT WOULD BE AS MUCH AS OUR PEOPLE PLAN TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS NOW WOULD ROCK THEIR VOTES.

IF THE BOARD IS NOT WANTING TO MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS, THEN IT WOULD JUST STAY AS IS.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO VOTE ON IT AGAIN BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT MAKING ANY CHANGES, THAT CAN BE COMMUNICATED OUT IN TONIGHT'S BOARD UPDATE AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S ALL ON THE WEBSITE.

BUT FOR THE STAFF PERSPECTIVE, WE SAY CONTINUE WITH WHAT WAS APPROVED ON JANUARY 22.

>> DO YOU GUYS FEEL DIFFERENTLY FROM THAT?

>> NO.

>> I CONCUR WITH YOUR COMMENTS STATE OF COURSE AND LOOK AT '25-'26, WHERE THE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE FOR DALLAS COLLEGE.

>> IN ADDITION TO WHAT WILL GO OUT TONIGHT, WE DO HAVE BOTH NEXT YEAR AND THE FOLLOWING YEARS CALENDARS POSTED, BUT I'M GOING TO LOOK AT ANGELA AND LEVIN WHO HANDLES THAT FOR US.

WE'LL PUT A LITTLE DISCLAIMER IF SOMEONE WERE TO PULL THAT CALENDAR UP FROM THE CALENDARS LENGTH FOR '25-'26, SO IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT ALL IT HAS BEEN ADOPTED AT THIS TIME, FURTHER CONSIDERATION WILL BE GIVEN IN THE FALL OF '24.

>> WHICH IS OUR STANDARD COMMUNICATION ANYWAY, BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW IF DURING LEGISLATIVE SESSION, THERE MIGHT BE SOME, NO LONGER CAN USE DISTRICT NOVATION OR SOMETHING THAT WOULD REQUIRE US TO HAVE A DAY OFF OR NOT.

THAT GIVES US THAT FLEXIBILITY TOO THAT THAT ONE IS STILL SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

>> THANK YOU, LADIES.

>> THANK YOU GUYS. THAT WILL CONCLUDE OUR ACTION ITEMS FOR TONIGHT TO TAKE US INTO OUR DISCUSSION REPORT ITEMS.

[XI. DISCUSSION AND REPORT ITEMS - BOARD OF TRUSTEES]

>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT KABANS.

I WILL KEEP IT BRIEF.

THE FIRST ITEM THAT I HAVE TO REPORT TO THE BOARD ABOUT IS THE LEGISLATIVE ADVISORY COUNCIL, ALSO KNOWN AS LAC.

I WASN'T HERE LAST MONTH, SO I COULDN'T GIVE YOU AN UPDATE, BUT LAC HAD ITS SECOND SESSION DURING SLI IN SAN ANTONIO, WHICH WAS IN JUNE.

WE SPENT ABOUT HALF A DAY TOGETHER.

IT WAS THE SAME GROUP THAT HAD BEEN TOGETHER IN AUSTIN EARLIER IN THE SPRING.

VERY FEW RESOLUTIONS WERE RECEIVED FROM OTHER ISDS.

OURS WAS ONE OF THE FEW.

REALLY, WE SPENT OUR TIME WORDSMITHING AND TWEAKING WHAT WAS PRESENTED ONTO THE LAC GROUP.

THE OVERALL OVERWHELMING CONSENSUS WAS THAT WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO KEEP THE MESSAGING SIMPLE AND CONCISE, LIKE WHAT I HAD SHARED WITH YOU ALL IN THE SPRING AFTER WE FIRST MET.

TASA/TASB IS WHEN ALL OF THAT WILL BE REVIEWED BY THE DELEGATE ASSEMBLY, AND THAT'S IN SEPTEMBER, AS WE ALL KNOW, IN SAN ANTONIO.

THAT WILL BE THE LAST TIME THAT SCHOOL BOARDS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE INPUT THROUGH THEIR DELEGATES AND SHOULD THERE BE ANY CHANGES.

AFTER THAT, THEN IT WILL BE TASB'S LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES AND HOW THEY'LL MOVE FORWARD, AND THEN WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW OURS TIGHT INTO THAT WHEN WE SPEAK WITH OUR REPRESENTATIVES AND COMMUNICATE ALL OF THAT.

I JUST WANTED TO CLOSE THE LOOP ON THAT AND WE DID ELECT THE DELEGATES OUT OF TASB LAC THAT WILL BE THE LAC REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS.

THERE WERE PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE STATE WHO HAD EXPERIENCE AND WANTED TO SIGN UP AGAIN AND THEY WERE GREAT REPRESENTATIVES.

I WAS HAPPY TO VOTE FOR SOME REALLY CAPABLE PEOPLE THAT STEPPED FORWARD.

THANKS FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE THE DELEGATE AT TASA/TASB, I APPRECIATE IT.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO JUST GETTING TO CONTINUE AND FINISH THIS WORK.

THE OTHER ITEM TO REPORT ON IS EISO, ALSO KNOWN AS EVALUATING AND IMPROVING STUDENT OUTCOMES.

AS WE ALL KNOW, WE ARE REQUIRED TO BE RECERTIFIED IN EISO EVERY TWO YEARS.

TEA HAS MADE A FEW CHANGES TO IT THIS YEAR, BUT WE ARE ALL COVERED BECAUSE WE WERE AT OUR TEAM OF EIGHT ON THE EISO.

BUT THE ONE PART THAT DOESN'T PERTAIN TO US IS THE HB 3 GOALS, IS PART OF WHAT'S DISCUSSED DURING THE EISO TRAINING.

JUST AS THE COMMUNITY KNOWS,

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I'M WITH CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW, HOW THE DATA PROCESS WORKS, AND WE HAVE A COUPLE OF MEETINGS SCHEDULED TO DISCUSS OUR HB 3 GOALS SINCE WE ARE UP TO RENEW THOSE.

IF YOU DON'T KNOW IN THE COMMUNITY, THEY ARE FIVE YEAR GOALS, AND WE ARE DUE TO RENEW OURS OR APPROVE OURS BEFORE THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL BEGINS.

LIKE I SAID, A LITTLE BITS CHANGED WITH EISO, BUT NOTHING REALLY THAT PERTAINS TO US SINCE WE'RE ALL COVERED FOR TWO YEARS.

DOES ANYBODY WANTS TO DIVE FURTHER INTO EISO, JUST LET ME KNOW AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO SHARE ALL THAT WITH YOU SINCE I'M EISO CERTIFIED.

>> AS THE SR AND OTHER ASSESSMENT RESULTS COME IN, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS NOT ONLY SHARED WITH THE BOARD, BUT EVENTUALLY WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT'S USUALLY SOMETIME IN AUGUST AND I KNOW THAT IS WHAT YOU ALL BASE YOUR GOALS ONTO.

>> THAT CONCLUDES EVERYTHING I'D SAY.

>> THANK YOU. TRUSTEE HILL.

>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT AND THE CABINET. I'LL BE QUICK.

METROCREST SERVICES, I DO SERVE ON THEIR BOARD AND I JUST WANT TO PREFACE THAT UPFRONT.

BUT ALSO, THEY'VE BEEN A PARTNER WITH THE DISTRICT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE.

WE HAD OUR BOARD MEETING ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 17 AT THEIR MAIN OFFICE AT 7:30 IN THE MORNING.

A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT METROCREST.

ONE, THEY HAVE A STRATEGIC PLAN THAT'S CALLED THE 2030.

METROCREST 2030 HAVE FIVE MAJOR AREAS, NUTRITIOUS FOOD.

GOAL IS TO PROVIDE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD PROGRAMS AND NUTRITION, EDUCATION TO 100 PERCENT OF THOSE SEEKING FOOD ASSISTANCE.

HOUSING STABILITY, NUMBER 2, IS A GOAL TO PROVIDE PROGRAMS THAT LEAD TO FAMILIES SPENDING NO MORE THAN 30 PERCENT OF THEIR INCOME ON HOUSING, ADVOCATE FOR ACCESSIBLE HOUSING, AND ASSIST THE UNSHELTERED WITH HOUSING SOLUTIONS.

THE THIRD ONE IS ECONOMIC STABILITY.

THE GOAL IS TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY FINANCIAL EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE PROGRAMS. ENSURING 100 PERCENT OF OUR CLIENTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SECURE LIVABLE WAGE JOBS.

FOURTH ONE IS HEALTHCARE ACCESS, PROVIDE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO QUALITY AND AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE.

THE FIVE IS QUALITY SENIOR SERVICES, GOAL TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO SERVICES.

THAT SUPPORT THE SENIOR COMMUNITIES UNIQUE NEEDS, FOSTER INDEPENDENCE, AND ENHANCED QUALITY OF LIFE.

THE REASON I BRING THAT UP BECAUSE OF THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN THAT WE HAVE, WE MAY HAVE FAMILIES IN OUR DISTRICT AC INDIVIDUALS THAT MAY HAVE NEEDS IN THESE AREAS.

JUST WANTED TO MAKE AWARE THAT THEY ARE THERE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT IF THAT NEED IS THERE IN THE COMMUNITY.

THEY'RE DOING THAT THROUGH A WRAP AROUND SERVICE MODEL.

IT'S AN UPDATED SERVICE MODEL TO STREAMLINE THE PROCESS TO ENGAGE IN DIRECT CLIENTS TO THE NEEDED SERVICES IN A MORE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE MANNER.

THAT'S AVAILABLE AS WELL.

JUST TO LET YOU KNOW IF THERE'S A NEED OUT THERE, NO COUNSELORS MAY USE THEM OR STUDENT STAFF SERVICES MAY USE THEM, BUT IF OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE NEW TO THIS AREA SEE SOMEBODY, THAT THEY SHOULD JUST REACH OUT AND SPEAK TO THE APPLICABLE PEOPLE THAT THEY MAY KNOW OR THEY CAN REACH OUT TO METROCREST SERVICES AND THEY CAN GUIDE THEM ON THAT PROCESS IF THEY HAVE THAT SERVICE.

THEY JUST HAVE THEIR UPCOMING EVENTS.

THIS HAPPENS EVERY YEAR.

IT'S A TOILET PAPER CHALLENGE.

AUGUST 26 AND THIS ONE IS LET'S ROLL TOILET PAPER CHALLENGE.

THEY DO HAVE A GOAL OF 75,000 ROLLS OUT THERE.

THERE'S A COMMUNITY PICNIC ON SEPTEMBER 28 FROM 10:00 A.M-2:00 P.M.

THE EVENT HIGHLIGHTS WILL INCLUDE AN ENTERTAINMENT ZONE, CORTABLE FOOD, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ON THE SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED THERE.

IF YOU HAVEN'T COME OUT TO METROCREST SERVICES SINCE THEY OPENED A NEW BUILDING, THEY DO HAVE PARTNERS THERE THAT YOU CAN ENGAGE WITH, PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SERVICES THAT THEY DO NOT PROVIDE DIRECTLY.

HAYDEN ALSO WOULD LOVE YOU TO COME OUT IF YOU WANT TO MEET AND HEAR FROM HIM.

HE CAN TAKE YOU THROUGH THAT AND TALK THROUGH THOSE PARTICULARS.

THEN THEY HAVE THE LAST SIDE AT POWER GALA, WHICH WOULD BE ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16.

THEY'RE OUT THERE, JUST ONE RESOURCE AVAILABLE TO THE DISTRICT, AND THEY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT WE DO IS SUPPORTING THEM THROUGH OUR CAMPUSES, BUT RECIPROCATE BY PROVIDING SUPPORT BACK TO THE DISTRICT.

NEXT, THE CAPEL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EDUCATION COMMITTEE.

WE MET IN PERSON ON TUESDAY JULY 9 IN THEIR OFFICES AT 8:30 IN THE MORNING.

MS. AMANDA SIMPSON PROVIDED A CAPELA AS THE UPDATE TO THE ATTENDEE.

SHE DID A FABULOUS JOB.

THEY WERE OVERWHELMED WITH WHAT THEY HEARD, SO THEY WERE LEFT SPEECHLESS.

[LAUGHTER] YOUR TEACHER'S BREAKFAST WAS TALKED ABOUT.

ELLY SHARED AN DATE ON THE VENDORS THAT THEY WERE LOOK AT SOME DOOR PRIZES, BOOST AND A SPONSORSHIP PARTICIPATION, DISCUSSION AROUND HOW THE FUNDS WILL BE USED AS A SHIFT FROM THE PRIOR YEARS IN THE PRIOR YEARS.

IT WAS SCHOLARSHIPS GIVEN.

THEY WILL NO LONGER DO THAT.

THEY WANT TO FIND DIRECT WAYS TO PROVIDE THAT MONEY BACK INTO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SINCE ONCE AGAIN, CHINA THEY GAVE THEM SOME IDEAS AND THOUGHTS TO PONDER,

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THEN THE JOB SHADOW FOR 2025 WILL BE ON MARCH 27.

THERE'LL BE CHANGES TO THAT FORMAT, AND ALL COMPANIES WILL BE VET FOR FIT, BECAUSE THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL COMPANIES ARE APPROPRIATE FOR THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENT.

THERE'S A HIGH NEED IN THE HEALTH CARE SERVICES AREA.

IF ANYONE KNOWS PEOPLE IN THAT PARTICULAR PARAMETER, PLEASE LET THE CHAMBER KNOW.

THE TARGET IS ABOUT 50 COMPANIES, AND WE'LL CREATE A HIGH LEVEL TRAINING PACKET FOR THE COMPANIES TO ENHANCE THAT EXPERIENCE, AND PROVIDE A CONSISTENT SET OF EXPECTATIONS AND IDENTIFY INTERESTS OF STUDENTS SOONER TO LAY WITH PARTICIPATING COMPANIES.

THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

>> I HAVE A QUESTION, TRUSTEE HILL.

>> YES.

>> LET ME KNOW WHAT TIME THE NEW TEACHER BREAKFAST IS ON AUGUST 1.

>> I WILL DEFER TO THE COMMUNICATION TEAM ON THAT BREAKFAST, BUT [OVERLAPPING]

>> I THINK IT'S EIGHT O'CLOCK.

>> OKAY.

>> I THINK THE BOARD MEMBERS USUALLY GET THERE AROUND 7:45, PARKING IS PREMIUM, AND THAT IT'S OPEN TO THE NEW STAFF AT 8:00.

>> AT 7:30.

>> WHAT LOCATION?

>> CHS.

>> IS IT CHS? OKAY. IS FALL, IT SHIFTED SOME OVER TIME, SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I HAVE ALL THE DETAILS RIGHT. THANK YOU.

>> I DID WANT TO REMIND THE BOARD MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY THAT AFTER NEXT THURSDAY, WE WILL BE BACK AT THE BOARD ROOM IN THE VANITA WHITE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.

I THINK THANK WEST AND TECHNOLOGY AND MS. SNOWDEN AND EVERYBODY THAT HAS HELPED MAKE THIS SPACE HERE AT WEST OUR SUMMER HOME.

IT'S BEEN GREAT TO HAVE THE MEETINGS HERE, BUT LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING BACK INTO THE BOARD ROOM.

IT'S AS YOU RECALL, A COMMUNITY TO BE INFORMED, I RECEIVED A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPGRADE FROM THE PREVIOUS FOND FOR TECHNOLOGY.

IT LOOKS ESSENTIALLY THE SAME, BUT THE TECHNOLOGY PART IS VERY DIFFERENT.

>> NEW AND APPROVED.

>> VERY GOOD. WITH THAT WE'LL CONCLUDE OUR BOARD REPORTS.

WE'LL ENTERTAIN ONE FINAL MOTION FOR THE NIGHT.

>> I MOVE TO ADJOURN.

>> SECOND.

>> MOTION BY TRUSTEE SETH, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE ANTHONY HILL TO ADJOURN.

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

ALL IN FAVOR? THE MOTION PASSES 7-0.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.