Sep 09, 2024 Board Workshop

GOOD EVENING. IT'S 5:30 P.M AND I'M GOING TO CALL TO ORDER THE BOARD WORKSHOP OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE COPPELL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

[I. CALL TO ORDER]

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SO TO MY LEFT, WE HAVE TRUSTEE WALKER, TRUSTEE SETHI, MYSELF, TRUSTEE JOBY MATHEW, SORRY, TRUSTEE RAVAL AND TRUSTEE HILL.

SO WE HAVE A QUORUM WITH SIX IN ATTENDANCE.

AND WE ARE GOING TO BEGIN WITH OPEN FORUM, WHICH I KNOW IS WHAT MOST OF YOU ARE HERE FOR.

[III. OPEN FORUM]

AND THEN I ALSO JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THE AV SYSTEM HAS BEEN REDONE IN THIS ROOM.

IT IS INCREDIBLY SENSITIVE.

SO IF YOU WHISPER, PEOPLE WILL PICK IT UP AT HOME.

SO IF WE CAN JUST BE MINDFUL SO THAT PEOPLE WHO AREN'T HERE AND IN ATTENDANCE CAN STILL HEAR WHAT HAPPENS IN THE MEETING, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

AND I ALSO JUST NEED TO REMIND EVERYBODY, THIS IS A BUSINESS MEETING.

SO IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO ONE OF THE SCHOOL BOARD WORKSHOPS OR MEETINGS BEFORE, THERE'S NOT INTERACTION WITH THE AUDIENCE BESIDES OPEN FORUM, WE DON'T TAKE QUESTIONS.

THERE'S NOT APPLAUSE LIKE WE TREAT IT LIKE A TRADITIONAL BUSINESS MEETING.

SO SO THE BOARD ENCOURAGES COMMENT ABOUT THE COPPELL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FROM CITIZENS OF THE DISTRICT, ITS EMPLOYEES, OR FROM OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

ANYONE WHO HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH BOARD POLICY AND PROCEDURES, MAY DO SO AS SOON AS WE GET STARTED.

THE BOARD ASKS THAT EACH PARTICIPANT'S COMMENTS PERTAIN TO PUBLIC EDUCATION AND BE NO LONGER THAN 90 SECONDS.

AND I DID COME OUT AND LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT A FEW MINUTES AFTER FIVE.

REMEMBER THAT PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, DURING REGULAR BOARD MEETINGS, THE PUBLIC CAN SPEAK ON ANY TOPIC RELATED TO PUBLIC EDUCATION.

DURING SPECIAL MEETINGS OR BOARD WORKSHOPS LIKE TONIGHT PUBLIC COMMENT IS LIMITED TO AGENDA ITEMS ONLY.

THE BOARD MAY NOT DISCUSS OR ACT UPON ANY ISSUES THAT ARE NOT POSTED ON OUR AGENDA.

IN ADDITION, THE BOARD HAS ADOPTED COMPLAINT POLICIES THAT ARE DESIGNED TO SECURE, AT THE LOWEST ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL, A PROMPT AND EQUITABLE RESOLUTION OF COMPLAINTS AND CONCERNS.

COMPLAINTS BROUGHT BY EMPLOYEES MAY BE HEARD IN ACCORDANCE WITH POLICIES DGBA LEGAL AND DGBA LOCAL BY STUDENTS OR THEIR PARENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH POLICIES FMG LEGAL AND FMG LOCAL AND BY CITIZENS IN ACCORDANCE WITH POLICIES GF LEGAL AND GF LOCAL.

EACH OF THESE PROCESSES PROVIDES THAT IF A RESOLUTION CANNOT BE ACHIEVED ADMINISTRATIVELY, THE PERSON MAY APPEAL THE ADMINISTRATIVE DECISION TO THE BOARD AS A PROPERLY POSTED AGENDA ITEM.

COPIES OF OUR DISTRICT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ON PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN MEETINGS AND FILING COMPLAINTS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT THE COPPELL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT WEBSITE.

SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TELL EVERYBODY HOW THIS WORKS, AND THEN WE WILL BEGIN BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY OF YOU.

WE WANT TO KEEP IT EFFICIENT, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO HEAR EVERYBODY.

SO IF YOU WEREN'T HERE WHEN I ANNOUNCED IT BEFORE, YOU HAVE MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR INPUT.

YOU CAN SPEAK TONIGHT IF YOU ALREADY WERE SIGNED UP, YOU COULD COME AND SPEAK AT OUR WORKSHOP NEXT MONDAY NIGHT.

IT IS THE SAME FORMAT AS TONIGHT.

YOU COULD COME TO OUR COMMUNITY INPUT, WHICH IS GOING TO BE ON THE 18TH AT CH9 IN THE DOME.

THAT IS MORE LIKE OUR TAX HEARING.

SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO SIGN UP BUT THERE WILL BE A TIME LIMIT.

AND THERE'S LIVE MICS FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND ADDRESS THE BOARD ABOUT THESE TOPICS.

AND THEN OF COURSE, YOU CAN ALWAYS EMAIL ALL OF US AT OUR SCHOOL BOARD, PLACE EMAILS OR AT INPUT AT COPPELLISD.COM.

SO WE WANT TO HEAR WHAT EVERYBODY HAS TO SAY.

WITH THAT, HERE'S HOW THIS IS GOING TO WORK.

I AM GOING TO CALL ONE NAME.

YOU'LL COME UP TO THE MIC, YOU'LL SAY YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.

AND AFTER YOU'VE SAID YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, SECRETARY MATHEW WILL START THE 90 SECOND TIMER.

HE'LL HOLD UP A PANEL, A PADDLE WHEN YOU'RE HALFWAY.

DO YOU WANT TO DO A MINUTE OR HALF? OKAY, SO WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN YOU'RE IN A MINUTE.

AND THEN WHEN YOU'RE DONE, HE'LL HOLD UP ANOTHER PADDLE, LETTING YOU KNOW THAT YOUR TIME IS UP.

AND WE ASK THAT YOU PROMPTLY WRAP UP YOUR COMMENTS SO WE CAN HEAR EVERYBODY.

BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE PERSON AT THE MIC, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOMEBODY ON DECK AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOMEBODY IN THE HOLE.

SO EVERY TIME I'LL LET YOU GUYS KNOW WHO IS IN THE HOLE SO THAT WE CAN KEEP THINGS MOVING AND RESPECT ALL OF YOUR TIME.

OKAY. AND AGAIN, I'LL JUST REMIND YOU, WE CANNOT COMMENT, WE CANNOT RESPOND.

SO YOU WILL JUST SAY YOUR REMARKS, WE WILL RECEIVE YOUR REMARKS AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER.

SO WITH THAT WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH ALFREDO CASTILLO.

SO IF YOU'LL COME UP AND THEN I'M GOING TO PUT EVERYBODY ELSE ON DECK AND IN THE HOLE.

SO YOU'LL START WITH YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.

THE SECOND SPEAKER IS JULIE WATERS, SHE'S ON DECK.

AND LITERALLY IF WE CAN LINE UP THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

AND THEN IN THE HOLE IS BENJAMIN WATERS.

AND IF YOU KNOW WHO YOU SIGNED UP NEXT TO, YOU MIGHT KNOW KIND OF WHERE YOU'RE YOU ARE IN THE SEQUENCE.

BUT ALFREDO, IF YOU WANT TO BEGIN AND GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND THEN WE'LL BEGIN THE PROCESS.

MY NAME IS ALFREDO CASTILLO.

I LIVE IN 564 ROCKY BRANCH COPPELL, TEXAS, AND HAVE SEEN OUR COMMUNITY, OUR COPPELL COMMUNITY AND OUR NEIGHBORS HAVING DISCUSSIONS AND BEING DIVIDED FOR THIS SCHOOL CLOSINGS, WHICH IS PRETTY SAD.

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I MEAN, THERE'S LITERALLY DISCUSSIONS OF NO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD DESERVES IT, THIS SCHOOL NEEDS TO BE CLOSED.

CLOSING A SCHOOL FEELS LIKE A DIFFICULT DECISION.

BUT IT DOESN'T FIX THE BUDGET DEFICIT OR THE CHALLENGES THAT YOU GUYS HAVE.

REALLY CLOSING A SCHOOL IS A REALLY EASY BUTTON OUT THERE SAYING, HEY, WE NEED $2 MILLION OUT THERE'S A BUTTON FIXED, BUT IT REALLY HAS A REPERCUSSION FOR THE FUTURE.

SO PLEASE ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSE THAT WE'RE FACING.

FIND CREATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR THEM.

AND THEN GIVE YOURSELVES TIME TO EVALUATE THOSE SOLUTIONS TO SEE IF THEY'RE EFFECTIVE.

DON'T RUSH TO A DECISION AND PLEASE LEAVE OUR SCHOOLS OPEN.

I BELIEVE THE BOARD OWES US THAT BENEFIT.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

IN THE HOLE IS JOSHUA WATERS.

JULIE, IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND BEGIN.

MY NAME IS JULIE WATERS.

I LIVE AT 252 EAST BETHEL ROAD.

SO TODAY I AM NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT ONE SCHOOL, BUT IN FACT, ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS.

WE HAVE $70 MILLION IN SURPLUS IN OUR RAINY DAY RAINY DAY FUND.

SO WHY ARE WE CLOSING A SCHOOL? EVERY YEAR WE ARE TOLD THAT WE HAVE THESE HUGE DEFICITS, YET WE END UP WITH A SURPLUS.

IN FACT, IN 2022, THERE WAS GOING TO BE A DEFICIT OF $10 MILLION.

BUT BY THE END OF THAT YEAR, WE ACTUALLY HAD $85,000 LEFT OVER.

AND SO THIS KEEPS HAPPENING EVERY SINGLE YEAR, SO MUCH SO THAT WE HAVE NOW ACCUMULATED $70 MILLION IN THAT FUND.

AND IN THE HISTORY OF THE DISTRICT, WE HAVE NEVER ACTUALLY TAKEN ANYTHING OUT OF THAT FUND.

SO BEFORE WE RUSH TO CLOSE A SCHOOL, SHOULDN'T WE USE THAT RAINY DAY FUND AT LEAST ONCE? WHAT ELSE IS IT THERE FOR? SCHOOL BOARDS ARE ABOUT PROVIDING EDUCATION, NOT CLOSING SCHOOLS AND MAKING CLASSROOM SIZES LARGER.

AS SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, I'M SURE THAT YOU DON'T WANT YOUR LEGACY TO BE KNOWN AS CLOSING A SCHOOL.

AND PARENTS, IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS TONIGHT, THAT WHICHEVER SCHOOL IS PICKED TO BE CLOSED, ALL OF US WILL BE IMPACTED.

CLASSROOM SIZES WILL INCREASE, REZONING WILL OCCUR.

SO EVEN IF YOUR SCHOOL DOESN'T CLOSE, YOUR CHILD COULD STILL BE GOING TO A NEW SCHOOL.

SO I THINK THE BIGGEST, MOST IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO REMEMBER TODAY IS THAT WE ASK THE BOARD TO KEEP ALL SCHOOLS OPEN.

TIME. THANK YOU.

SORRY. I JUST WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO REMIND EVERYBODY YOUR COMMENTS ARE TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND NEED TO BE DIRECTED SO YOUR COMMENTS ARE NOT DIRECTED TOWARDS THE AUDIENCE, PLEASE.

IN THE HOLE IS DANIEL WATERS.

SO WE HAVE BENJAMIN, THEN JOSHUA, THEN DANIEL.

MY NAME IS BENJAMIN WATERS.

I LIVE AT 52 EAST BETHEL ROAD IN COPPELL, TEXAS.

AND SO TODAY I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT SCHOOL CLOSING.

AND LOOK, IF THE CASE IS BEING MADE, WE HAVE A POLICY OF NOT RUNNING BUDGET DEFICITS.

WE HAVE ASSESSED THE IMPACT OF REZONING AND CLASS SIZES, FIND THE CHANGES ACCEPTABLE, AND WE'VE REVIEWED ALL OF OUR COSTS AND FIND, YOU KNOW, THAT THIS SOLUTION IS CONSISTENT AND OPTIMAL WITHIN THE REST OF THE BUDGET.

THAT SEEMS PRETTY REASONABLE.

BUT IF THE FACT PATTERN IS CLOSING, A SCHOOL ONLY COVERS A SMALL PART OF THE BUDGET DEFICIT, WHY AREN'T THE OTHER WHY ISN'T THE REST OF THE DEFICIT UNDER THE SAME LEVEL OF SCRUTINY, AND NOT REQUIRING THE SAME LEVEL OF INTENSE ACTIONS TO CLOSE ALL THE WAY? IF WE HAVEN'T LOOKED AT REZONING YET, WHY NOT? YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD KNOW WHAT THE AVERAGE CHANGE IN CLASS SIZE, THE AVERAGE DISTANCE FOR EVERY CHILD, THE MAXIMUM DISTANCE OF WHO WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE IS GOING TO BE.

IF WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE CONSEQUENCES OF THESE DECISIONS BEFORE WE MAKE A PATTERN OF MAKING DECISIONS AND DEALING WITH THE CONSEQUENCES LATER.

SHOWS REALLY A LACK OF PLANNING AND A LACK OF LEADERSHIP, AND THAT'S NOT REALLY WHERE WE NEED TO BE.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT BUDGETS HAVE DIFFERENT BUCKETS, BUT I KNOW AT OUR SCHOOL, WE SPENT $1 MILLION OVER THE SUMMER TO PUT IN A NEW PLAYGROUND.

OKAY, OKAY.

THAT'S GOOD. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

AND IF I COULD JUST INTERRUPT FOR A SECOND.

I KNOW IT DOESN'T REALLY HELP BECAUSE THE ISSUE IS AT HOME, BUT WE HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED THAT OUR STREAMING SERVICE FOR AUDIO HAS BEEN A LITTLE DICEY.

AND SO THE TECHNOLOGY TEAM IS WORKING ON GETTING THAT FIXED RIGHT NOW.

OKAY. AND THEN WE HAVE IN THE HALL JULIET WATERS.

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HELLO. MY NAME IS JOSHUA AND I LIVE AT 252 BETHEL ROAD.

I DON'T WANT YOU TO CLOSE MY SCHOOL BECAUSE THEN I WON'T GET TO FINISH SCHOOL.

AND AND I DON'T WANT TO NOT GO TO SCHOOL AND THEN GO TO A BRAND NEW SCHOOL FOR ONE GRADE.

I ALSO DON'T WANT YOU TO CLOSE MY SCHOOL, BECAUSE I WANT MY BROTHER AND SISTER TO HAVE THE SAME EXPERIENCE THAT I HAVE.

I ALSO LOVE MY SCHOOL AND MY TEACHERS, AND I WANT TO SEE MY KEEP SEEING MY ALL MY FRIENDS EVERY SINGLE DAY.

GOODBYE. THANK YOU.

GOOD JOB. ALL RIGHT, DANIEL, YOU'LL SAY YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS, AND THEN YOU CAN START.

OKAY. MY NAME IS DANIEL WATERS, AND I LIVE AT 252 EAST BETHEL ROAD.

AND I WANT YOU TO KEEP PINKERTON OPEN, BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE IT THE FIFTH GRADE, AND I WILL, AND I WANT TO DO HARDER MATH ONE DAY AND PINKERTON PEOPLE DON'T LIKE TO PLAYGROUND AND YEAH.

THANK YOU DANIEL, YOU DID A GREAT JOB.

GOOD JOB. ALL RIGHT.

SO I'M GOING TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW.

SO WE HAVE JULIET, THEN ON DECK WE HAVE JILL HILL, AND THEN IN THE HOLE WE HAVE NATHANIEL RUBY.

ALL RIGHT, JULIET, WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.

OKAY. MY NAME IS JULIET 252 EAST, AND I LIVE IN 252 EAST BETHEL. I LOVE MY SCHOOL.

I LOVE MY TEACHER, AND I WANT TO LEARN WITH MY BROTHER [INAUDIBLE].

THANK YOU. YOU DID A GREAT JOB.

OKAY. WE HAVE JILL HILL, NATHANIEL, AND THEN KAYLIE MEDINA.

HI MY NAME IS JILL HILL, AND I LIVE AT 736 PARKWAY BOULEVARD.

I'M THE PTO CO-PRESIDENT AT PINKERTON, BUT I'M SPEAKING TODAY AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN AND NOT ON BEHALF OF ANY GROUP OR ORGANIZATION.

I KNOW YOU HAVE SOME HARD DISCUSSIONS AHEAD OF YOU.

FIRST, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BEING UNPAID VOLUNTEERS WHO CARE ENOUGH TO BE DIALED INTO THE ISSUES FACING OUR DISTRICT ALL OF THE TIME, NOT JUST SOME OF THE TIME.

AND EVEN WHILE KNOWING TENSION AND STRIFE ARE PART OF THE PACKAGE SOMETIMES.

BUT EVEN WITH TENSIONS FLARING, TWO THINGS CAN BE TRUE AT ONCE.

WE CAN FEEL UPSET BY THE CHANGES THAT MAY BE COMING, AND WE CAN CHOOSE TO MOVE FORWARD PRODUCTIVELY AND WITHOUT DIVISIVENESS.

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU KEEP THE VALUES OF CISD AS YOUR DRIVING FORCE, IT WILL HELP YOU TO REACH AN OUTCOME THAT KEEPS THE DISTRICT ON A POSITIVE, LONG TERM TRAJECTORY.

SPEAKING TO VALUES.

WE KNOW FROM COMMUNITY SURVEYS THAT WE VALUE THE MOST, OUR WONDERFUL TEACHERS AND OUR WONDERFUL PROGRAMS. WE STAND OUT BECAUSE WE HAVE A HIGH QUALITY, CONSISTENT AND COMMITTED POOL OF TEACHERS.

WE ALSO STAND OUT BECAUSE EVEN AS A RELATIVELY SMALL DISTRICT, WE OFFER IMPRESSIVE PROGRAM CHOICES LIKE IB, DLI AND NEW TECH.

AS YOU LOOK TO MAKE CUTS, PLEASE REMEMBER HOW REDUCING THE RICHNESS OF THESE AREAS COULD HURT OUR STATUS AS A DESTINATION DISTRICT.

AND HONESTLY, IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S WHAT THE STATE WANTS FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION TO BECOME SO DILUTED, SO HOMOGENOUS THAT PEOPLE VIEW IT AS A FAILURE AND LOOK TO THE GOVERNMENT TO FIX IT. BUT WE DON'T NEED FIXING.

WE HAVE AN AMAZING DISTRICT WITH QUALITY EDUCATORS DELIVERING A DIVERSITY OF PROGRAMING, WHICH SHOULD BE THE GOAL OF PUBLIC EDUCATION EVERYWHERE.

SO AS YOU MAKE YOUR DECISIONS, PLEASE DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO SAFEGUARD OUR TEACHERS AND OUR PROGRAMS AND DO NOT LET THESE OUTSIDE FORCES WIN BY MAKING US REDUCE WHO WE ARE AS A DISTRICT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

NATHANIEL, KAYLIE, AND THEN EVELYN MEDINA.

I'M NATHANIEL RUBY. I LIVE AT 722 MIDLAND CIRCLE IN COPPELL.

FIRST OFF, THANK YOU ALL FOR FOR BEING HERE, FOR BEING ATTENTIVE TO US AND ALLOWING US TO PROVIDE YOU ALL FEEDBACK.

I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY AS A CONCERNED PARENT OF TWO WONDERFUL KIDS AT PINKERTON ELEMENTARY.

MY CHILDREN HAVE THRIVED AT THE SCHOOL.

THEY LOVE THEIR TEACHERS, AND THEY ENJOY GOING TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY.

I'M HERE TONIGHT TO ASK YOU TO RECONSIDER CLOSING ANY OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

PINKERTON IN PARTICULAR, SHOULD BE MAINTAINED TO ENSURE THAT THE IB PROGRAM AND HAVE A WONDERFUL, THAT WONDERFUL COMMUNITY THAT THEY BUILT.

BUT I'M SURE THAT ALL THE OTHER PARENTS FROM OTHER SCHOOLS COULD SAY THE SAME THING ABOUT THEIRS AS WELL.

AND THAT'S WHY I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, NEED TO CONSIDER NOT CLOSING ANY OF THE SCHOOLS.

I UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE FACING BUDGET CONSTRAINTS.

YOU KNOW, MOST OF THIS IS CAUSED BY OUTSIDE SOURCES.

AT THE STATE LEVEL, HOWEVER, IT APPEARS THE CURRENT BUDGET DEFICIT ISN'T GOING TO GO BELOW THE STATED RESERVE MARGIN FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER THREE YEARS ACCORDING TO THE

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EVEN THEN, THAT RESERVE MARGIN OF $40 MILLION THAT IS GOING TO DIP UNDER SEEMS LIKE A VERY LARGE, RAINY DAY FUND WHEN WE'RE SITTING HERE TODAY TALKING ABOUT CLOSING SCHOOLS, DISPLACING CHILDREN AND GETTING RID OF ALL THEIR FANTASTIC TEACHERS.

WITH THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION COMING IN 2025, ENOUGH STATE FUNDS COULD BE RELEASED TO TURN OUR CURRENT PROJECTED DEFICIT INTO A SURPLUS.

SO I ENCOURAGE THE BOARD TO CONSIDER REMAINING PATIENT IN THIS REGARD, PUSHING OUT ANY DECISIONS TO CLOSE SCHOOLS OR THOSE TYPE OF DRASTIC MEASURES UNTIL AFTER THAT LEGISLATIVE SESSION WHEN WE SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE FUNDING.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

AND JUST PAUSING TO SEE IF WE HAVE ANY UPDATES FROM TECHNOLOGY.

THAT'S GREAT.

MAY NOT BE AN ISSUE IF WE CAN'T GET IT RESOLVED.

SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET IT RESOLVED BECAUSE WE DO HAVE TO HAVE A COPY OF THIS MEETING TONIGHT.

SO I'M SORRY FOR INTERRUPTING.

SO WE HAVE KAYLIE, EVELYN, AND THEN LEO.

HI. MY NAME IS KAYLIE MEDINA AND I LIVE AT 750 EAST MAIN STREET.

I AM THE MOTHER OF TWO CHILDREN WHO ATTEND PINKERTON ELEMENTARY, AND I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE I AM DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROPOSAL TO CLOSE OUR SCHOOL.

WE MOVED TO COPPELL BECAUSE WE WANTED A STABLE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR CHILDREN, AND WE BELIEVED THAT THIS DISTRICT WOULD PROVIDE THAT.

HOWEVER, THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN TWO YEARS THAT I AM HERE BEFORE YOU PLEADING TO KEEP MY CHILDREN'S SCHOOL OPEN.

THE CONSTANT INSTABILITY IS NOT JUST FRUSTRATING AS PARENTS, BUT IT IS DEEPLY UNSETTLING FOR OUR CHILDREN.

AS A PEDIATRIC SLEEP SPECIALIST, I SEE EVERY DAY HOW CRUCIAL STABILITY AND ROUTINE IS FOR OUR CHILDREN'S MENTAL AND PHYSICAL WELL-BEING.

CLOSING PINKERTON OR ANY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISRUPTS THE STABILITY AND HAS A DIRECT IMPACT ON OUR CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH.

WHEN CHILDREN ARE UPROOTED FROM A FAMILIAR ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY FEEL SEEN, HEARD AND SAFE, IT CREATES ANXIETY AND STRESS.

PINKERTON IS NOT JUST A BUILDING, IT'S THEIR HOME AWAY FROM HOME.

THEY TRUST THEIR TEACHERS, AND LOSING THAT CONNECTION CAN AFFECT THEIR SENSE OF SECURITY AND BELONGING.

ADDITIONALLY, IF YOU CLOSE ONE OR EVEN TWO SCHOOLS, THE REMAINING SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO BE VERY CROWDED.

DROP OFF LINES ARE GOING TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY LONGER AND MORE STRESSFUL.

ADDING AT LEAST ANOTHER 10 TO 15 MINUTES TO OUR CHILDREN'S COMMUTE.

THAT'S TIME THAT THEY LOSE OUT ON PRECIOUS SLEEP.

10 TO 15 MINUTES A DAY OVER A WEEK OF LOST SLEEP ADDS UP.

ADEQUATE SLEEP IS CRUCIAL FOR A CHILD'S CONCENTRATION, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

AND WE ARE IF YOU GUYS WANT TO HOLD ON ONE SECOND, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A 15 MINUTE RECESS AND TRY AND RESOLVE THE TECHNOLOGY ISSUE FOR THE STREAMING.

AND THEN WE'LL WE'LL RESUME.

SO TIME IS 5:48.

WE'LL WE'LL PICK BACK UP AT 6:03.

ALL RIGHT. TIME IS 5:58.

WE HAVE THE STREAMING ISSUE RESOLVED.

SO I'M GOING TO CALL US BACK INTO OPEN SESSION, CALL US OUT OF RECESS.

AND JUST SO THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING AT HOME KNOW THE BACKUP RECORDING, WHAT WILL BE POSTED ONLINE DOES HAVE AUDIO.

AND FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.

SO NOTHING NOTHING HAS BEEN MISSED IN TERMS OF WHAT IS BEING RECORDED.

AND SO WE WILL PICK BACK UP.

WE'VE GOT EVELYN MEDINA, WHO IS SET TO SPEAK NEXT, FOLLOWED BY LEO MEDINA, AND THEN ON DECK AND THIRD IS HEATHER WOODARD.

HELLO, I'M EVELYN MEDINA AND I LIVE AT 750 EAST MAIN STREET.

I AM A FOURTH GRADER AT PINKERTON ELEMENTARY.

MY MOM AND DAD MOVED TO COPPELL, SO MY BROTHER AND I COULD GO TO PINKERTON BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A SPECIAL SCHOOL.

IT IS THE ONLY IB SCHOOL IN THE WHOLE DISTRICT, AND IT IS NOT JUST A PLACE WHERE WE LEARN READING, WRITING AND MATH.

PINKERTON TEACHES US HOW TO THINK ABOUT THE WORLD AND HOW TO BE CARING AND KIND, AND HOW TO WORK TOGETHER.

MY TEACHERS ARE THE BEST.

THEY DON'T JUST TEACH US, THEY MAKE US FEEL LIKE WE BELONG.

IF YOU CLOSE, MY SCHOOL TEACHERS WOULDN'T HAVE A JOB.

IF YOU CLOSE MY SCHOOL, I WOULD LOSE A LOT OF MY FRIENDS BECAUSE WE WOULD GET SPLIT UP.

THINKING ABOUT IT JUST MAKES ME FEEL SAD.

PINKERTON IS LIKE A BIG FAMILY.

WE ALL KNOW EACH OTHER, AND IT TEACHES US AND OUR TEACHERS KNOW OUR NAMES AND WHAT WE NEED.

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I CAN WALK TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY, AND I LOVE SEEING MY TEACHERS AND FRIENDS IN THE HALLWAYS.

IF YOU CLOSE PINKERTON, IT WON'T JUST BE CLOSING A BUILDING.

IT WOULD BE TAKING AWAY OUR HOME AND OUR FAMILY.

PLEASE DON'T CLOSE OUR SCHOOL OR ANY OTHER SCHOOL IN THE DISTRICT.

OUR SCHOOLS ARE WHERE WE LEARN, GROW, AND MAKE MEMORIES.

THEY ARE THE HEART OF OUR COMMUNITY AND CLOSING THEM WOULD HURT SO MANY PEOPLE AND KIDS LIKE ME.

OUR TEACHERS AND PARENTS, I WANT YOU TO FIND ANOTHER WAY TO FIX THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE MY SCHOOL MEANS EVERYTHING TO ME.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

THANK YOU EVELYN.

NEXT UP WE HAVE LEO MEDINA AND THEN FOLLOWED BY HEATHER.

AND THEN AND PRONOUNCE.

FORGIVE ME IF I MISPRONOUNCE NAMES TONIGHT, BUT [INAUDIBLE] HUSSEIN WILL BE THIRD.

HI, I AM LEO MEDINA.

I LIVE AT 715 EAST MAIN STREET.

I REALLY DON'T WANT YOU TO CLOSE MY SCHOOLS.

IT'S NOT JUST HURTING ME, IT'S ALSO HURTING OUR FRIENDS REALLY, BECAUSE WE WON'T GET TO SEE A LOT OF OUR FRIENDS.

AND IT JUST MAKES ME SO SAD EVEN THINK ABOUT THINKING ABOUT LOSING OUR SCHOOLS.

THANK YOU.

YEAH. SO, HEATHER, YOU ARE UP, FOLLOWED BY MARINA AND THEN MUHAMMAD ZAHID.

MY NAME IS HEATHER WOODARD.

I LIVE AT 722 MEADOW GLEN CIRCLE, AND I'M HERE TODAY AS A CONCERNED PARENT.

MY DAUGHTER TRANSFERRED TO PINKERTON LAST YEAR, AND SHE WAS TRANSFERRED FROM A SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT TOLD US, WE BELIEVE YOUR DAUGHTER HAS AUTISM, THERE IS NOTHING WE WILL DO FOR HER. WITHIN A MONTH OF HER BEING AT PINKERTON, I MENTIONED TO THE SCHOOL NURSE WHAT THE OTHER SCHOOL HAD TOLD ME. AND THIS NURSE TOLD ME THAT PINKERTON WOULD TAKE CARE OF ALL OF IT.

THEY WOULD TEST HER.

THEY WOULD MONITOR HER.

THEY WOULD SEE WHATEVER THEY COULD DO TO HELP HER.

AFTER DOING ALL OF THAT AND PLACING HER, PLACING ACCOMMODATIONS ON HER FOR HER CLASS AND ACTUALLY HELPING HER, MY DAUGHTER NO LONGER WAKES UP TERRIFIED TO GO TO SCHOOL.

MY DAUGHTER ACTUALLY ENJOYS GOING TO SCHOOL.

MY DAUGHTER HAS ACTUALLY STARTED MAKING FRIENDS AT SCHOOL.

SORRY. FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, MY DAUGHTER HAS STARTED OPENING UP ABOUT HER DAYS AT SCHOOL AND SHARING WITH US WHAT SHE DOES DURING THE DAY.

CLOSING PINKERTON, I FEEL, WOULD BE A DISSERVICE TO HER AND HER EDUCATION.

PINKERTON HAS MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR MY DAUGHTER TO HAVE AN EDUCATION, AND TO BE A PART OF A COMMUNITY THAT HELPS OTHER STUDENTS UNDERSTAND THAT SHE'S NOT AN OUTCAST, THAT SHE'S NOT DIFFERENT.

SHE'S JUST ANOTHER LITTLE GIRL WHO DESERVES THE SAME EDUCATION AS EVERYBODY ELSE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU HEATHER.

NEXT UP WE HAVE AMARINA HUSSAIN, FOLLOWED BY MUHAMMAD.

AND THEN THIRD, IT WILL BE HIRO MATA.

HI, MY NAME IS HIRO MATA AND I LIVE AT 10114 SANDBAR IRVING.

I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT SCHOOL CLOSURES AS WELL.

AND I AM A PARENT OF TWO KIDS GOING TO MOCKINGBIRD, AND WE MOVED FROM CHICAGO JUST TO STAY CLOSE TO FAMILY AND BE A PART OF CISD.

WE ARE FIRST GENERATION IMMIGRANTS AND WE HAVE PUT LOTS AT STAKE JUST TO HAVE A BETTER FUTURE FOR OUR KIDS.

WE HAVE LEFT BEHIND OUR FAMILIES JUST TO BE HERE AND HAVE A BETTER FUTURE FOR OUR KIDS AND THEIR EDUCATION, AND THIS IS THE LAST THING WE WANT TO WORRY ABOUT, ABOUT THE SCHOOL CLOSURES.

SO I SINCERELY URGE YOU TO RECONSIDER AND THINK THAT WE HAVE EXHAUSTED ALL THE OTHER OPTIONS BEFORE WE TAKE SUCH SUCH A BIG DECISION AND HAVE NEGATIVE IMPACT ON OUR YOUNG MINDS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

NEXT UP IS MOHAMMAD ZAHID, FOLLOWED BY HIRO MATA.

AND THEN THIRD WILL BE [INAUDIBLE].

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MOHAMMAD ZAHID I LIVE AT 1107 COWBOYS PARKWAY AND I AM COMING IN TODAY AS A FATHER OF A FIVE YEAR OLD

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WE MOVED MOVE TO THE COPPELL ISD SPECIFICALLY TO FIND A PLACE WHERE OUR SON WILL BE ABLE TO GROW UP AND NOT HAVE HIS HEART BROKEN EVERY SINGLE TIME HE GOES TO A NEW PLACE.

HE HAS FINALLY STARTED DEVELOPING.

HE HAS FINALLY STARTED ENJOYING.

HE HAS FINALLY STARTED TELLING US ABOUT HOW HE FEELS.

AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FIVE YEARS, MY WIFE AND I HAVE FELT LIKE TYPICAL PARENTS, SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE NOT HAD HAD FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS. I WOULDN'T WISH THIS ON MY WORST ENEMY.

ANYWAYS, I URGE YOU TODAY TO RECONSIDER THIS DECISION BECAUSE IT IS NOT THE ANSWER.

IF YOU CAN CONFIDENTLY SAY THAT CLOSING PINKERTON OR ANY SCHOOL FOR THAT MATTER IS GOING TO SOLVE THIS BUDGET ISSUE, AND THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A PROBLEM IN THE FUTURE, THEN WE CAN TALK.

BUT WHAT HAPPENS YEARS DOWN THE LINE WHEN YOU HAVE TO MAKE THIS SAME DIFFICULT DECISION THAT YOU ARE MAKING RIGHT NOW, AND ANOTHER SCHOOL OR X NUMBER OF SCHOOLS IS UP FOR CLOSURE? THAT IS NOT THE ANSWER.

WE NEED TO EXHAUST ALL OTHER AVENUES TO FIX THIS.

THIS OPTION DOES NOT BELONG ON THE LAST POINT OF THE LIST.

IT DOES NOT BELONG ON THE LIST AT ALL PERIOD. THIS.

OH THANK YOU.

NEXT UP IS HIRO MATA, FOLLOWED BY [INAUDIBLE] AND THEN ANITA GOWER.

SORRY. ALL RIGHT, SO NEXT UP WE HAVE HIRO MATA.

IS SHE. OH, YOU'RE RIGHT, I GOT MY LIST BACKWARDS.

SO RAHUL MOHAN LAL.

MY NAME IS RAHUL MOHAN LAL AND I'M A PROUD STUDENT OF PINKERTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

TODAY I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHY I BELIEVE PINKERTON SHOULD NOT BE SHUT DOWN.

COPPELL IS ONE OF THE BEST SUBURBS TO LIVE IN.

ONE BIG REASON IS BECAUSE WE HAVE AMAZING SCHOOLS.

PEOPLE MOVE TO COPPELL BUYING EXPENSIVE HOMES, HIGH PROPERTY TAXES BECAUSE IT'S A GREAT BECAUSE OF A GREAT SCHOOLS.

PINKERTON. GREAT SCHOOLS LIKE PINKERTON.

THE VALUE OF HOMES WILL EVEN GO DOWN IF PEOPLE STOP SEEING IT AS A PLACE WITH WONDERFUL SCHOOLS.

WE ALL KNOW THAT PINKERTON IS SPECIAL BECAUSE IT'S AN IB SCHOOL.

THE IB PROGRAM HELPS KIDS LIKE ME LEARN HOW TO THINK DEEPLY AND ASK BIG QUESTIONS ABOUT THE WORLD.

IT HELPS US.

IT ALSO HELPS US.

IT ALSO TEACHES US TO UNDERSTAND DIFFERENT CULTURES AND BE KIND.

PINKERTON HAS THE BEST TEACHERS, OUR TEACHERS ARE CARING, KNOWLEDGEABLE AND ALWAYS THERE TO HELP US DO OUR BEST.

PINKERTON ELEMENTARY OFFERS A VARIETY OF FUN AND INTERESTING CLUBS LIKE ROBOTICS AND COMPETITIONS LIKE UIL.

SHUTTING DOWN PINKERTON WILL NOT JUST HURT OUR EDUCATION, BUT IT COULD HURT OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

PLEASE HELP US KEEP PINKERTON OPEN SO WE CAN CONTINUE GROWING, LEARNING, AND PREPARING TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, SO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO, I'LL CALL THE NEXT THREE UP.

WE'LL HAVE THE FIRST ONE GO AND THEN IF THE THE FOLLOWING TWO WOULD JUST LINE UP KIND OF LONG BEHIND THE PODIUM, THAT WOULD HELP US KIND OF KEEP THINGS IN ORDER AND GOING. SO THE FIRST ONE UP IS AND FORGIVE ME BECAUSE I CAN'T TELL IF THIS IS AN H OR TS.

IT'S EITHER [INAUDIBLE] OR IS IT ANITA GOWER.

ANITA THERE WE GO.

THANK YOU. AND THEN FOLLOWED BY COURT NEWTON AND THEN THIRD WILL BE JEN CAO.

HELLO. MY NAME IS ANITA GOWER, AND I LIVE AT 843 MEADOW GLEN CIRCLE.

AND I HAVE TWO KIDS CURRENTLY AT LAKESIDE.

AND WELL, ACTUALLY ONE OF THEM JUST WENT TO EAST AND I HAVE ONE AT LAKESIDE IN THIRD GRADE.

WE'VE HAD A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE THERE, AS WE HAVE WITH ALL OF CISD, AND WE KNOW THAT EVERYBODY MOVES HERE FOR THE SCHOOLS AND FOR SPECIFIC SCHOOLS IN PARTICULAR, AND WE CAN

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BUT WE KNOW AT THE END OF THE DAY, IN AN IDEAL SITUATION, WE WOULDN'T WANT TO CLOSE ANY OF THEM.

BUT THAT'S NOT WHERE WE ARE AND THAT'S NOT REALITY.

ALL THANKS TO SOME SELFISHNESS GOING ON AT OUR GOVERNMENT'S LEVEL.

SO WHAT WE ARE HERE TO DO TODAY IS JUST TO PLEAD FOR LAKESIDE.

AND IN ADDITION TO IT JUST BEING A WONDERFUL SCHOOL, WE KNOW THAT IT IS THE ONLY SCHOOL ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE COPPELL CITY.

AND WITH THAT COMES INCREDIBLY INCREASED BUS COSTS THAT WOULD COME WITH HAVING TO TRANSPORT ALL THESE STUDENTS TO ANOTHER SCHOOL.

NONE OF THEM WOULD BE ABLE TO WALK, BIKE OR WALK TO THEIR SCHOOLS ANYMORE.

AND SO THAT'S A DAILY RECURRING ASTRONOMICAL COST THAT THE DISTRICT WOULD HAVE TO ABSORB TO BE ABLE TO CLOSE LAKESIDE.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE LAKESIDE IS IN THE MIDDLE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD, AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF THOUGHT THERE.

THERE'S HOUSES DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF IT LOOKING AT IT.

AND SO OBVIOUSLY NOBODY WANTS TO LOOK AT A WAREHOUSE OR LOOK AT A BUSINESS OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT MIGHT HAPPEN IF THAT SCHOOL WERE TO CLOSE.

AND SO AGAIN PROGRAMS CAN BE MOVED, TEACHERS CAN BE MOVED.

NOBODY WANTS TO MOVE.

NOBODY WANTS INCREASED CLASS SIZES.

AND WE KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE AN INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT DECISION TO MAKE GIVEN OUR CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES.

SO WE THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL YOU DO AND WE JUST APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU ANITA.

NEXT UP WE HAVE COURT NEWTON FOLLOWED BY JEN CAL AND THEN MARY LOU YOU ARE THIRD.

MY NAME IS COURT NEWTON 134 CLOVER MEADOW LANE, COPPELL, TEXAS 75019.

DR. HUNT AND TRUSTEES, MY FAMILY AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR COPPELL ISD.

WE KNOW THAT THIS IS A HARD TIME IN PUBLIC EDUCATION ACROSS TEXAS.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING MONTHS OF MEETINGS LEADING UP TO TONIGHT.

WE KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ASKED FOR COMMUNITY INPUT AND HAVE TAKEN THAT INTO THAT INPUT, INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN MAKING DIFFICULT DECISIONS.

THANK YOU FOR THINKING OF OUR TEACHERS AND HOW TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN THE BEST OF THEM.

WE KNOW THAT WE ATTRACT AND RETAIN STRONG EDUCATORS, AS EVIDENCED BY OUR 99% GRADUATION RATE LAST YEAR.

THANK YOU FOR DOING WHAT'S BEST FOR THE MAJORITY IN THE DISTRICT, NOT A SMALL GROUP.

WE KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE PERSONAL EXPERIENCES IN THE DISTRICT ACROSS ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES THAT MAKE SPECIFIC AREAS SPECIAL TO YOU, BUT WE APPRECIATE THAT YOU DON'T LET THAT GUIDE YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING AWARE OF ENROLLMENT TRENDS IN THE DISTRICT.

WE KNOW THAT ENROLLMENT IS BELOW WHAT WAS PREDICTED THIS YEAR, AND WE KNOW THAT HOUSING PRICES AND COPPELL AND HIGH INTEREST RATES ARE IMPACTING ELEMENTARY ENROLLMENT, AND THAT YOU ARE FACTORING THAT INTO DECISIONS.

THANK YOU ALSO FOR TRACKING THE LEGISLATIVE TRENDS IN THE STATE, ESPECIALLY REGARDING FUNDING.

WE KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A LONG TERM PERSPECTIVE WHEN IT COMES TO MAKING DECISIONS FOR THE DISTRICT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSERVATIVE APPROACH TO THE BUDGET SO THAT WE ARE, AS WE ARE, STILL A DESTINATION DISTRICT, EVEN WITHOUT PROMISED MONEY FROM THE STATE.

WE KNOW THAT YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING ON A SOLUTION FOR THE CURRENT BUDGET CRISIS FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

WE KNOW THAT THE EASY THING TO DO WOULD BE TO COUNT ON STATE FUNDING AND DO NOTHING.

THANK YOU FOR CUTTING EXPENSES FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

WE KNOW THAT WITH THE PROPOSED VADER AND COST CUTTING MEASURES, THAT WE ARE ONLY LOOKING AT A $7.5 MILLION DEFICIT INSTEAD OF A $13.5 MILLION DEFICIT FOR 2024-25. AND A HUGE THANK YOU FOR NOT SPENDING DOWN THE FUND BALANCE.

WE KNOW THAT THIS MONEY HAS A PURPOSE AND ISN'T SIMPLY SAVINGS.

WE KNOW THAT FOR ANY GIVEN SCHOOL YEAR, YOU WON'T RECEIVE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE UNTIL JANUARY OF THAT SCHOOL YEAR.

AND SO NEXT UP WE'LL HAVE JEN CAO AND THEN MARY LOU IF YOU AND BOBBY FINKEN WILL BE OUR THIRD, GO AHEAD AND START LINING UP AS OUR NEXT THREE SPEAKERS.

JEN JENNIFER TOWLE, 484 LEGACY COURT.

THANK YOU. JENNIFER TOWLE 484 LEGACY COURT.

HI. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE.

MY NAME IS JENNIFER TAO, MAIDEN NAME JENNIFER HSU.

I'M HERE REPRESENTING MY FAMILY, WHICH INCLUDES MY TWO SISTERS AND I.

I GREW UP AND WE ALL GREW UP IN PINKERTON.

BORN AND RAISED, ATTENDED PINKERTON, COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL, WEST HIGH COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL.

WE ALWAYS AND I WAS A COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE, CLASS OF 2002, VALEDICTORIAN.

WE OBVIOUSLY HAD A GREAT EXPERIENCE AS ALL THREE OF US ENDED UP BACK HERE TO RAISE OUR FAMILIES.

AND BETWEEN ME AND MY SISTERS, WE HAVE SEVEN COUSINS AGED ONE THROUGH SEVEN.

WE NOW HAVE A KINDERGARTEN FIRST GRADER AND SECOND GRADER AT PINKERTON.

WITH THE CONTINUAL BUDGET CUTS, I KNOW IT'S TEMPTING TO CLOSE ONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, BUT I WARN YOU THAT CLOSING A SCHOOL DOESN'T MEAN A LATERAL MOVE IN TERMS OF ENROLLMENT.

WITH INCREASING AVERAGE CLASS SIZES, INCREASED INCREASED TEACHER LOAD, WE WILL LOSE MORE FAMILIES WHO WILL CHOOSE ALTERNATIVES SUCH AS PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND CHARTER SCHOOLS. I SEE THIS HAPPENING IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE OUT OF THE 18 KIDS, ONLY THE EIGHT YOUNGEST REMAIN IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL AND OTHERS HAVE MOVED ON.

AND I FEAR THAT COPPELL WILL NO LONGER BE KNOWN AS A CITY WITH A VIBRANT, HEALTHY, DOMINANT SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHERE KIDS FAMILIES MOVE IN WITH THEIR KIDS WITH THE INTENTION OF ENROLLING K THROUGH 12.

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PLEASE KEEP OUR SCHOOLS OPEN.

THANK YOU. SO MARY AND THEN FOLLOWED BY BOBBY AND THEN OUR THIRD WILL BE PHILLIP ISSA.

HELLO EVERYONE. I'M MARY LOU I LIVE IN 1060 VILLAGE PARKWAY RIGHT ACROSS LAKESIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND WE PLEAD THE BOARD NOT TO CLOSE OUR SCHOOL. NOT BASED ON SHORT TERM GAPS, BUT BASED ON LONG TERM GOAL.

CLOSING THE SCHOOL COULD BE AN EASY DECISION, BUT IT WILL TAKE DECADES TO BRING IT BACK, ESPECIALLY LIKE THE GOOD ONE AS LAKESIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS, TEACHERS, ADMINS AND ALL THE STUDENTS.

LAKESIDE IS OUR SECOND HOME, SO WE HOPE THAT GOING FORWARD THERE IS MORE TRANSPARENCY AND MORE EDUCATION ON THE ENTIRE COPPELL COMMUNITY REGARDING WHAT THE DISTRICT NEEDS AND WE ALL WANT TO HELP.

THIS SHOULD INCLUDE A DECISION MAKING PROCESS FOR CHANGES IN SCHOOLS.

THIS ALSO INCLUDES THE EDUCATION OF KEY DRIVERS SUCH AS ATTENDANCE, HOW IT TIES TO STATE FUNDING.

SO CLOSING OUR SCHOOLS AFFECTS EVERYONE, NOT JUST THE FAMILIES WITHOUT KIDS.

SO HOW A DECISION OF CLOSING THE SCHOOL WILL HELP MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE CISD REPUTATION AS TOP, TOP TIER DISTRICT IN DFW AREA.

SO LAST THING I LIKE, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS THAT IN TERMS OF SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM SOLUTIONS, I HOPE THE BOARD HAS ALREADY EXPLORED EVERYTHING AVAILABLE, SUCH AS GRANTS, REBATES AND ALSO FUNDRAISING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. NEXT UP WE HAVE BOBBY FINKEN, FOLLOWED BY PHILIP, AND THEN NAVEEN YOU ARE THIRD IN LINE.

HELLO. I LIVE 1032 BASIL WOOD.

I'M ALSO ON THE LAKES OF COPPELL HOA.

WE ARE THE LARGEST HOA IN THE CITY OF COPPELL.

EVERY ONE OF THOSE HOUSES FEEDS TO LAKESIDE.

I'M NOT EVEN SURE IF LAKESIDE IS ON THE LIST OF POTENTIAL SCHOOL CLOSINGS, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT IT IS WE RECENTLY RECEIVED A NEW ROOF, AND TWO MONTHS AGO WE RECEIVED A PLAYGROUND. SO WE HAD 300 PEOPLE JOIN THE MESSAGE BOARD ASKING ABOUT WHY IS OUR SCHOOL ON THERE? ONE OF THE THINGS TO LOOK AT AT LAKESIDE IS IT'S ONE OF THE SCHOOLS WHERE OVER 250 KIDS CAN WALK TO.

IF I'VE DONE MY RESEARCH CORRECTLY, THERE'S THREE OTHER SCHOOLS THAT REALLY AREN'T VERY WALKABLE SCHOOLS, SO I'M NOT SURE WHY THAT SCHOOL WOULD EVEN BE ON THERE.

IN ADDITION, ONE OF THE SCHOOLS I HEARD NEEDS ABOUT $2 MILLION IN FOUNDATION WORK.

ANOTHER SCHOOL I HEARD NEEDS A TOTAL REMODEL, SO I'M NOT SURE PICKING THIS SCHOOL WOULD BE THE ONE TO TO TO HAVE. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ALL KNOW THAT REZONING DISTRICTS IS WHAT REALLY MAKES THE NUMBERS EITHER LOOK GOOD OR BAD FOR A SCHOOL.

ALL OF THE HOUSES SOUTH OF KROGER FEED TO MOCKINGBIRD, BUT THOSE HOUSES ARE CLOSER TO LAKESIDE.

THE ONLY DISADVANTAGE IS SANDY LAKE AND MACARTHUR ARE THERE.

ANOTHER THING IS, IF LAKESIDE WERE TO BE CHOSEN TO BE CLOSED, IT'S ONE OF THE MOST VISIBLE SCHOOLS IN THE CITY OF COPPELL.

IT'S NEXT TO THE KROGER.

I'M NOT SURE YOU WANT ALL OUR RESIDENTS DRIVING BY GOING WHAT IS THAT? WELL, THAT'S AN OLD SCHOOL THAT WAS THERE YEARS AGO.

I THINK IT MIGHT BE TIME TO READDRESS THAT DECISION THAT WAS MADE WITH CYPRESS WATERS.

WHAT I WAS SAYING THERE REAL QUICKLY IS CYPRESS WATERS COULD HAVE SOME HOUSING IN THERE, AND THEN WE COULD HAVE THANK YOU BOBBY.

ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP WE HAVE PHILIP ISSA, FOLLOWED BY NAVEEN SHAKIR AND THEN SEAN HESTER YOU ARE THIRD.

HI MY NAME IS PHILIP ISSA I LIVE AT 906 OAKWOOD LANE.

I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT IN COPPELL FOR ABOUT THE LAST 19 YEARS, AND LIVED DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM LAKESIDE ELEMENTARY.

I HAVE TWO CHILDREN THAT ARE BOTH PROUD LAKESIDE LONGHORNS.

I WANT TO VOICE MY CONCERN ABOUT THE POTENTIAL CLOSURE OF ANY OF OUR EXCELLENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

I'M CONCERNED ABOUT MY KIDS WHO CURRENTLY CAN WALK TO SCHOOL NOW HAVING TO TAKE A BUS BECAUSE THEY CAN'T SAFELY CROSS EITHER MACARTHUR OR SANDY LAKE. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE IMPACT OF OUR OF OUR HOME VALUES.

IF LAKESIDE, WHICH IS NESTLED IN THE MIDDLE OF OF OUR OF OF HOMES, IS SHUTTERED.

I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE IMPACT TO OUR AMAZING TEACHERS WHO WOULD EITHER NEED TO ABSORB LARGER CLASS SIZES OR LOSE THEIR JOBS ENTIRELY, AND THAT WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO ATTRACT OR RETAIN OUR EXCELLENT TEACHERS FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT IN GENERAL.

I MOVED TO COPPELL SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE OF THE GREAT PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM AND BECAUSE OF LAKESIDE.

SO PLEASE DO NOT TAKE ANY ACTION TO SHUT DOWN LAKESIDE OR ANY OF OUR SCHOOLS.

I WAS NOT AWARE OF THE RAINY DAY FUND OR ANY OF THE OTHER ALTERNATIVES THAT WERE MENTIONED TODAY, AND IF ANY OF THOSE ARE POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVES, I URGE YOU TO TAKE THOSE

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NAVEEN, YOU ARE UP.

FOLLOWED BY SEAN. AND THEN SIERRA FORD WILL BE THIRD.

MY NAME IS NAVEEN SUKUMARAN.

I AM LIVING AT 570 CHESHIRE DRIVE, COPPELL.

I FELT BETRAYED.

MY KID LEARNED TO SPEAK IN SECOND GRADE.

SO CLEARLY, I HAVE A LOT OF EMOTIONS ATTACHED TO THIS.

I HAD A FIRE I HAD FIRE AND BRIMSTONE SPEECH WITH CLEAR ACTION PLAN HOW I'M GOING TO ATTACK THE DISTRICT ON SOCIAL MEDIA THERE, RIGHT? HOW? IF IF PUBLIC EDUCATION IS GOING TO BETRAY KIDS, THAT'S NOT GOING TO GO EASY BY ME.

SO I FELT REALLY BAD.

BUT I KNOW A LOT OF YOU.

I MEAN, I HAVE PERSONALLY WORKED WITH A LOT OF YOU HERE, SO I HAD TO I HAD TO BASICALLY REWRITE WHAT I WROTE.

SO HERE IS THE THING, NOBODY KNOWS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

THERE IS NO ECONOMIC DATA.

THERE IS NO DEMOGRAPHIC DATA OUT THERE THAT IS GOING TO GUIDE US AT THIS POINT.

SO I WOULD SAY, DO NOT GET INTO A FIXED FIXED PLAN THAT WE EXECUTE.

NO PLAN IS GOING TO WORK BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO COME AT US.

I WOULD SAY TAKE TIME, USE THE RESOURCES, LET'S JUST SURVIVE THIS, THIS STORM.

IN THREE YEARS TIME, WE CAN REEVALUATE.

WE HAVE ENOUGH TO SURVIVE THREE YEARS THEN WE CAN TAKE A DECISION WHAT TO DO.

WE DON'T HAVE TO CLOSE SCHOOLS AT THIS POINT.

THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU NAVEEN.

SEAN, YOU ARE SEAN HESTER.

YOU ARE UP, FOLLOWED BY CIARA AND THEN KEVIN CHAKA YOU'LL BE THIRD.

I'D LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT THE SKY IS NOT FALLING.

ALTHOUGH WE MUST DEAL WITH A LEGISLATURE IN AUSTIN THAT IS EXTREMELY HOSTILE TOWARDS PUBLIC EDUCATION.

SEAN WOULD YOU JUST START WITH YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE? CAN I GET TIME OVER? YES. I PLANNED IT THIS WAY.

I THOUGHT EVERYBODY KNEW ME SORRY.

SEAN HESTER, 437 TRAVIS STREET.

THANK YOU. I AM A PINKERTON PARENT, BUT I'M NOT HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR PINKERTON.

THIS IS FOR ALL SCHOOLS.

I'D LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE THE SKY IS NOT FALLING.

ALTHOUGH WE MUST DEAL WITH THE LEGISLATURE IN AUSTIN THAT'S EXTREMELY HOSTILE TOWARDS OUR PUBLIC EDUCATION.

WE'RE NOT ANYWHERE NEAR DIRE STRAITS.

WE DON'T KNOW YET WHAT FUNDING LOOKS LIKE WHEN THE VOUCHERS PASS, AND WE HAVEN'T HAD THE RESULTS OF THE UPCOMING VADER TO UNDERSTAND THAT IMPACT AS WELL.

SO CLOSING ANY SCHOOL NOW IS PREMATURE IN MY OPINION.

AN OPINION BASED ON THE FACT THAT CISD HAS NEVER REALIZED A DEFICIT IN RECORDED HISTORY.

IN FACT, FROM 2013 TO 2023, THE DISTRICT HAS RECORDED SURPLUSES YEAR OVER YEAR TO THE TUNE OF $35 MILLION.

TODAY, THE DISTRICT IS IN AN ENVIABLE, ENVIABLE POSITION OF SITTING ON A FUND BALANCE OF OVER $70 MILLION.

AND ISN'T THE POINT OF THE FUND BALANCE TO HELP A SCHOOL DISTRICT GET THROUGH HARD TIMES? ADDITIONALLY, IT'S HARD FOR ME TO COMPREHEND HOW ONLY FIVE YEARS AGO, WE SPENT $40 MILLION ON A NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND LAST YEAR, VOTERS APPROVED MILLIONS MORE IN BOND FUNDING TO EXPAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUILDINGS.

YET HERE WE ARE NOW, TALKING ABOUT HAVING TOO MUCH CAPACITY AND THE NEED TO POTENTIALLY CLOSE AN ENTIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OR TWO.

THE NUMBERS JUST AREN'T ADDING UP.

THE ISSUE AT HAND SEEMS TO BE DISTRIBUTION OF STUDENTS, NOT THE NUMBER OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

SO WOULDN'T REDISTRICTING AND REBALANCING THE SCHOOLS MAKE MORE SENSE THAN GOING THROUGH THE PAIN OF DIVIDING NEIGHBORHOODS, AS WE SEE HERE TONIGHT WHEN WE'RE TALKING LAKESIDE VERSUS PINKERTON OR WHOEVER.

AND CLOSING SCHOOLS AND REALIZING THAT WE'LL REALIZE LESS THAN A MILLION IN SAVINGS ANNUALLY FROM FACILITIES COSTS.

AND BECAUSE I HAVE EXTRA TIME, I MADE THIS ONE MINUTE.

I DO WANT TO THANK THE BOARD, THE ADMINISTRATION AND COPPELL AS A COMMUNITY, GIVE OURSELVES A PAT ON THE BACK BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE THANK YOU SEAN.

ALL RIGHT, SIERRA, YOU ARE NEXT, FOLLOWED BY KEVIN CHEIKA AND THEN NICOLE PANDY.

HELLO. THANK YOU FOR THE FLOOR MY NAME IS SIERRA I LIVE OVER AT 800 HOWELL DRIVE.

THANKS BE TO EACH OF YOU FOR YOUR TIME, SKILL AND SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.

I UNDERSTAND THE CONSIDERATION TO CLOSE A SCHOOL IS NEVER IDEAL.

INDEED IT'S A STARK REMINDER OF THE WORK REMAINING AND GUARANTEEING FUNDING AND FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY FROM OUR STATE LEGISLATIVE BODY.

WHILE IT HASN'T BEEN IDEAL, I APPRECIATE THE CONSERVATIVE APPROACH YOU AND THE ADMINISTRATION HAVE TAKEN, PREDICTING DEFICITS AND YET PROVIDING SURPLUS TO OUR EMERGENCY FUND. IT IS AN IMPRESSIVE ACCOMPLISHMENT.

BUT WHAT IS THE POINT OF SUCH AN ACCOMPLISHMENT? I WOULD ARGUE IT IS TO PROVIDE STABILITY AND SECURITY IN TIMES OF UNCERTAINTY.

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CLOSING A SCHOOL TO CUT COSTS IS AN IRREVERSIBLE DECISION, ONE THAT DOESN'T GUARANTEE A LONG TERM IMPACT.

PLEASE CONSIDER EVALUATING AND GATHERING MORE INFORMATION, ESPECIALLY WITH THE CHANGES POSSIBLE GOING INTO THE NEXT STATE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

IT WOULD BE CONSERVATIVELY IRRESPONSIBLE TO MAKE A DECISION BASED ON PREDICTIONS, RATHER THAN OBSERVING WHAT UNFOLDS AND ACTING ACCORDINGLY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIERRA.

KEVIN, YOU ARE UP AND THEN FOLLOWED BY NIKHIL PANDY.

HELLO? OH, KEVIN SHAKA, 830 GREENWAY DRIVE.

I'M GOING TO GO QUICK BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME, BUT I'M PRO LAKESIDE BUT I'M MORE PRO COPPELL ISD ALTHOUGH LAKESIDE, I DON'T THINK THERE COULD BE A BETTER NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL. SO ONE POINT DEFICIT, ABOUT 13.5 NEVER HAPPENED.

FIVE. IT'S A LOT DIFFERENT.

13.5. LET'S LET'S CALL A SPADE A SPADE ON THAT FRONT.

NEXT YEAR WE'VE PROJECTED A SEVEN AND A HALF.

WE KNOW IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THAT BECAUSE WE NEVER ACTUALLY REALIZE THE DEFICITS THAT WE SAY.

ARE THOSE UNSUSTAINABLE, MAYBE IN 10-12 YEAR STRETCHES, BUT OVER A COUPLE OF YEARS THEY ARE NOT.

I THINK ONE PERSON SAID IT REALLY WELL, IT'S REVISIT MAYBE IN A COUPLE OF YEARS AND FIGURE THIS OUT, BUT THE DEFICIT AND THE 13.5 IS NOT THE POINT.

THAT SHOULD DRIVE DECISIONS THAT ARE GOING TO IMPACT SO MANY PEOPLE.

TEACHER STUDENT RATIO? YES. LET'S TALK ABOUT ONE THING.

TO SAVE MONEY, OKAY? TO SAVE MONEY, WE YOU DON'T CUT BUILDINGS, YOU CUT TEACHERS, YOU CUT STAFF, THAT'S WHO YOU CUT.

THAT'S HOW YOU SAVE MONEY.

WHEN YOU DO THAT, CLASS SIZES INCREASE.

AND WHEN YOU GO FROM 18 TO 22 KIDS, PEOPLE LOSE THE ATTENTION, THE FOCUS FROM THEIR TEACHERS.

PEOPLE WON'T HAVE THE THING THAT MIGHT CHANGE THE TRAJECTORY OF THEIR LIFE.

SO AND WE ALSO DON'T HAVE AS MANY TEACHERS THAT WILL BE PART OF COPPELL ISD IN THE FUTURE.

THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE AND THE AWARENESS.

I MEAN, I CAN TELL YOU 300 SOME ODD PEOPLE FROM LAKESIDE JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT SOME OF THIS STUFF.

SO IF YOU THINK THE CITIZENS KNOW, THEY DO NOT KNOW.

SO PEOPLE YOU KNOW, SPOILER ALERT PEOPLE DON'T WATCH BOARD MEETINGS EVERY TIME AND THEY ALSO DON'T NECESSARILY READ ALL THE NEWSLETTERS.

BUT IF WE NEED TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING, SEND EMAILS, SAY, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE YOUR SCHOOL, COME VISIT.

SO AND OKAY.

AND THE TIMELINE IS ARBITRARY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU KEVIN.

AND LAST NIGHT WE HAVE NIKHIL PANDIAN.

FORGIVE ME IF I PRONOUNCED YOUR NAME WRONG ON THE SPOT.

THANK YOU EVERYONE. MY NAME IS NIKHIL PANDY.

I LIVE AT 951 VILLAGE PARKWAY, COPPELL, TEXAS.

I'M HERE TO PLEAD TO THE BOARD TO NOT CLOSE DOWN LAKESIDE ELEMENTARY IN PARTICULAR, BUT MOST OF MY POINTS ARE GOING TO APPLY TO MOST OF THE ELEMENTARIES ACROSS CISD.

SO, YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE MAKE A DECISION THAT'S IRREVERSIBLE AND SOMETHING THAT YOU PROBABLY DON'T WANT TO BE REMEMBERED FOR WE SHOULD CONSIDER ALTERNATIVES TO DOING WHAT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, LOOKING TO DO RIGHT NOW.

IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, OUR SCHOOLS AREN'T JUST BUILDINGS, SCHOOLS AREN'T JUST A COLLECTION OF CLASSES.

THESE ARE PLACES WHERE THE COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER TO ENGAGE, TO BOND, TO, TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS.

AND THAT INCLUDES OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR KIDS OVERALL ACADEMIC AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT.

IF YOU IF YOU TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE DATA POINTS I WOULD LIKE TO URGE THE BOARD TO CONSIDER THINGS SUCH AS YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE DEVELOPMENT YOU KNOW, THE DEVELOPMENT COMING UP IN THE NEAR FUTURE, CLOSE TO THE LAKESIDE ELEMENTARY MIGHT ACTUALLY INCREASE THE ENROLLMENT NUMBERS.

IF YOU THINK ABOUT MOST OF THE KIDS WHO ATTEND THE SCHOOL, WALK TO THE TO THE SCHOOL AND CLOSING IT DOWN AND HAVING THOSE KIDS GO TO SOME OTHER SCHOOLS IS ALSO GOING TO CAUSE EITHER TRAFFIC ISSUES OR SECURITY ISSUES, DEPENDING ON WHETHER, YOU KNOW THE THE SCHOOL IS LEFT EMPTY OR BROUGHT DOWN.

IN TERMS OF IN TERMS OF THE SAVINGS, ACTUAL SAVINGS, I THINK THE COST OF RUNNING THE FACILITIES ARE NOT GOING TO SAVE A WHOLE LOT, NOT GOING TO MAKE A BIG DENT IN THE OVERALL DEFICIT.

SO I URGE YOU GUYS TO PLEASE RECONSIDER ALL OPTIONS BEFORE YOU MAKE THAT DECISION OF CLOSING THE SCHOOL DOWN.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU NIKHIL AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I DIDN'T MISS ANYONE THAT SIGNED UP.

I'VE GOT ONE. I THINK WE GOT OUT OF ORDER A SECOND AGO.

IS IT OMER HUSSAIN? SHE LEFT. OKAY.

THANK YOU. THAT MAKES SENSE.

SO THAT WILL CONCLUDE OUR OPEN FORUM.

AND AS I SAID EARLIER, THE BACKUP RECORDING IS CAPTURING OR DID CAPTURE SOUND.

SO WHAT IS POSTED ONLINE WE'LL CAPTURE THOSE FIRST FEW MINUTES OF THE MEETING THAT THAT WERE MISSED ON THE LIVE STREAM FOR THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING.

AND THAT'S USUALLY POSTED PRETTY QUICKLY AFTER AFTER OUR MEETING.

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[IV.A. 7.1.1 Strategic Plan Implementation Team Presentation (SPG1) (FOS) (CEP)]

THIS IS KIND OF PART THREE OF A PROCESS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH THAT STARTED BACK IN THE SPRING WITH THE ADOPTION OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH WAS COMMUNITY DRIVEN.

AND THEN THE CREATION OF THE FACILITIES EVALUATION TOOL BACK AT THE END OF MAY 1ST PART OF JUNE.

AND THEN FROM THAT POINT TO NOW, STAFF HAS BEEN GOING THROUGH THAT TOOL.

AND THEY ARE TONIGHT HERE TO PRESENT TO US THE FINDINGS FROM THAT AND ANY RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THAT.

SO THIS STARTS PART THREE OF THIS PROCESS.

AND WITH THAT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU DR.

HUNT. ALL RIGHT. WELL GOOD EVENING EVERYONE I'M SUPERINTENDENT DR.

BRAD HUNT. EXCUSE ME.

AND I THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.

I THINK EVERY PARENT AND COMMUNITY MEMBER THAT SPOKE AND I GIVE A SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO OUR STUDENTS.

IT'S NEVER EASY TO GET UP IN FRONT OF A GROUP AND SPEAK AND, BOY, OUR KIDS DO AN AMAZING JOB.

THEY NEVER CEASE TO IMPRESS ME EVERY SINGLE DAY.

SO THANK YOU PARENTS FOR GIVING US SUCH WONDERFUL KIDS TO WORK WITH EACH DAY.

WE ARE DOING WHAT WE WERE TASKED BY THE BOARD, AND THAT IS LOOKING AT WAYS TO CUT OUR EXPENDITURES AS WELL AS INCREASE REVENUE WHILE MAINTAINING THE BUDGET PRIORITIES THAT THE BOARD ESTABLISHED IN 2022-2023, AND THEY REAFFIRMED THIS PAST SCHOOL YEAR.

OUR FOCUS IS BUILDING TOMORROW TOGETHER, AND I DO BELIEVE THAT BY WORKING TOGETHER, WE CAN RESOLVE AND SOLVE ANY ISSUE THAT IS BROUGHT TO US.

I ECHO WHAT WAS SAID BY ONE OF OUR PARENTS THAT WE ARE A VERY SPECIAL COMMUNITY.

I KNOW THAT OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH THIS EXACT SAME THING, AND I APPLAUD OUR PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR THE DECORUM THAT THEY POSSESS AS WE BEGIN TO REALLY GET INTO THE HEART OF WHAT THIS EVENING IS ALL ABOUT.

THESE ARE DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS.

THEY'RE NEVER EASY TO HAVE.

THEY'RE NOT EASY FOR OUR BOARD, FOR OUR PARENTS, FOR OUR STUDENTS AND FOR OUR STAFF.

AND I THANK OUR STAFF FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO CISD AS WELL.

THESE ARE CHALLENGING TIMES, AND WE WANT TO BE AGAIN ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER AS WE WORK THROUGH THE PLAN OF STRATEGIC OUR STRATEGIC PLAN WORK ON 7.1.1 AND GO OVER WHAT WAS WHAT WILL BE RECOMMENDED TONIGHT.

OUR PRIORITY FOCUS IS TO TAKE CARE OF OUR STUDENTS, OUR STAFF AND ALL OF OUR FAMILIES.

THAT IS OUR NUMBER ONE FOCUS.

WE KNOW THESE ARE DIFFICULT DECISIONS.

THEY'RE DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS.

REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE DECISION IS MADE JUST BY HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS, THEY CAN BE VERY HARD AND VERY CHALLENGING.

AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO TAKING CARE OF OUR STUDENTS, OUR STAFF AND OUR FAMILIES.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR FAMILIES ARE BEING TAKEN CARE OF.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ENGAGING WITH ALL OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS, AND THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY FOR US.

WITH ALL OF OUR WORK, WE ALWAYS FOCUS ON OUR FOUR CORE VALUES OF REDEFINING SUCCESS, RELATIONSHIPS, A GREAT TEACHING AND ENGAGEMENT.

WE ARE ABOUT ENGAGING WITH OUR COMMUNITIES, SO WE WANT TO HEAR FROM OUR COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE HEARD FROM OUR COMMUNITY NOT JUST TONIGHT, BUT THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE PROCESS.

WE FOCUS ON OUR VISION OF YOU MATTER.

YOU MATTER AS A STUDENT, AS A STAFF MEMBER, AS A FAMILY.

AND AGAIN, WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR MISSION STATEMENT IN THE FIRST TWO WORDS ESPECIALLY, IT'S BY WORKING TOGETHER, WE'LL BE ABLE TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THESE TOUGH CONVERSATIONS AND STAY SOLUTION FOCUSED.

WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING OVER QUITE A BIT OF INFORMATION TONIGHT.

WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE BACKGROUND BECAUSE JUST AS ANOTHER GREAT PARENT SAID, NOT EVERYBODY ATTENDS BOARD MEETINGS.

NOT EVERYBODY WATCHES THEM ONLINE.

NOT EVERYBODY READS ALL THE EMAILS THAT WE SEND OUT.

AND WE'VE BEEN SENDING OUT EMAILS, WE'VE BEEN HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

BUT I RECOGNIZE SOME PEOPLE MIGHT FIRST BE PLUGGING IN TONIGHT FOR THE FIRST TIME.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BACKGROUND IS THERE AND ALSO GIVE CONTEXT TO HELP OUR BOARD MEMBERS AS THEY WORK THROUGH SOME OF THESE DIFFICULT DECISIONS.

SO THERE IS AN ALIGNMENT BETWEEN OUR CORE VALUES, OUR MISSION, OUR STRATEGIC PLAN WORK, OUR [INAUDIBLE], WHICH IS OUR COMMUNITY BASED ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM.

THE SEVEN PILLARS.

WE HAVE WORKED HARD TO ALIGN ALL OF THIS WORK SO THAT PEOPLE DO SEE THE THROUGH LINES.

THEY DO SEE THE CONNECTIONS.

THEY DO REALIZE THAT WE'RE NOT MAKING DECISIONS IN ISOLATION.

I'LL BE PRESENTING SOME OF THIS CONTENT TONIGHT, AS WELL AS SEVERAL OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS.

THE FIRST PERSON THAT'S COMING UP IS OUR CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER, ANGELA BROWN.

SHE'LL BE GUIDING US THROUGH WHERE WE HAVE BEEN, WHERE WE'RE GOING, AND THEN WE DO HAVE SEVERAL OTHER TEAM MEMBERS THAT WILL BE SHARING INFORMATION TONIGHT.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ANGELA BROWN.

I'M THE DISTRICT'S CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER.

OUR WORK ON THE BUDGET PROCESS BEGAN WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR CORE VALUES AND VISION THROUGH THE STRATEGIC DESIGN PROCESS.

OUR LONG RANGE FACILITIES PLANNING COMMITTEE AND OUR VISIONING WORK HAVE PLAYED A ROLE IN OUR BUDGET PROCESS.

THESE SET THE FOUNDATION FOR OUR WORK ON THE BUDGET AND BUDGET PRIORITIES IN 2022 THROUGH 20 IN 2020 THROUGH 2022, WITH THE BOARD BUDGET

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THIS WORK LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR THE BOND AND THE STRATEGIC PLAN STRATEGIC DESIGN PROCESS, WHICH HAS A PIVOTAL ROLE IN OUR BUDGET DISCUSSIONS AND OUR DECISION.

IN FEBRUARY 2024 YOU AS A BOARD, REAFFIRMED THE BOARD'S BUDGET PRIORITIES AND ALSO GAVE THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION A CHARGE TO REDUCE EXPENDITURES AND TO INCREASE REVENUE.

WE ARE HERE TODAY BECAUSE OF THAT CHARGE.

AS THE DISTRICT BEGAN THIS WORK, YOU THE BOARD ESTABLISHED THESE PRIORITIES IN 22-23 AND REAFFIRMED THEM IN FEBRUARY 2024.

AS WE WORK THROUGH DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS TONIGHT, LET'S KEEP OUR CORE VALUES, OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND THE BUDGET PRIORITIES AT THE FOREFRONT OF OUR MINDS.

OVER THE NEXT FEW SLIDES, WE WILL SHARE DATA ABOUT THE DISTRICT AND OUR BUDGET SITUATION.

BUT FIRST, LET'S EXAMINE OUR CURRENT BUDGET SITUATION AND OUR CHALLENGES.

OUR BUDGET CHALLENGES INCLUDE CUMULATIVE INFLATION OVER 20% SINCE 2019, 60 FUTURE ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS ARE DECLINING, WITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS BEING THE MOST IMPACTED, AND A DECLINE IN ATTENDANCE RATES.

AND SCHOOL FUNDING IS BASED ON OUR AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE OF OUR STUDENTS.

DUE TO THESE BUDGET CHALLENGES, YOU ASKED US TO REDUCE EXPENDITURES AND TO INCREASE REVENUE.

FOR EXAMPLE, AT THE AUGUST BOARD MEETING, YOU CALLED FOR A VADER ELECTION TO BE ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT, WHICH WILL INCREASE OUR M&O TAX RATE BY 3.17 PENNIES, PROVIDING $2.4 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING.

AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT, NOT UNLIKE OUR OWN PERSONAL FAMILY BUDGETS, WE HAVE BOTH FIXED FIXED AND VARIED EXPENDITURES.

IN ORDER TO REDUCE SOME OF OUR FIXED COSTS, WE HAVE TO BRING EVEN MORE EFFICIENCY TO OUR FACILITIES THROUGH UTILIZATION, CAPACITY AND STAFFING.

WHEN THE ENROLLMENT IN CISD WAS INCREASING, WE INCREASED THE NUMBER OF BUILDINGS AND STAFF.

NOW THAT OUR ENROLLMENT IS DECLINING, WE NEED TO EXAMINE OUR FACILITIES AND STAFFING TO BECOME MORE EFFICIENT.

THIS PRESENTATION TONIGHT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED WITH THAT IN MIND.

OUR BUDGET CHALLENGES ARE DIRECTLY TIED TO OUR EFFICIENCY AS A SYSTEM AND OUR FACILITIES.

AND THAT IS WHY PARENTS, STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS DEVELOPED OBJECTIVE SEVEN AS A PART OF THE COPPELL ISD 2030 STRATEGIC PLAN.

THEY UNDERSTOOD THE DISTRICT THAT THE DIRECT LINK TO OUR FACILITIES, OUR CAPACITY AND OUR EFFICIENCY.

7.1.1 FOCUSES ON LONG TERM, SUSTAINABLE STRATEGIES THAT ADDRESS THE DECLINING ENROLLMENT, ESPECIALLY AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, AND BRINGING MORE EFFICIENCY TO OUR SYSTEM. GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS KRISTIN EICHEL, AND I'M THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT OUR DISTRICT ENROLLMENT OVERALL FOR A MOMENT.

IN 23-24 LAST SCHOOL YEAR, OUR ENROLLMENT WAS 13,414 STUDENTS.

OUR DEMOGRAPHERS PROJECTED OUR ENROLLMENT FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR 24-25 TO BE 13,312 STUDENTS.

CURRENTLY TODAY WE HAVE 13,209 STUDENTS ENROLLED, WHICH IS 103 FEWER STUDENTS THAN PROJECTED.

THE ASSOCIATED REVENUE OF THIS DECLINE IS APPROXIMATELY $7,500 PER STUDENT, TOTALING $772,000.

LET'S LOOK A LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO OUR ELEMENTARY ENROLLMENT.

OUR TOTAL ELEMENTARY ENROLLMENT AT OUR 11 CAMPUSES WAS 5,716 STUDENTS IN 23-24, OR LAST YEAR.

AGAIN PROJECTED BY OUR DEMOGRAPHERS FOR THIS YEAR, 24-25, WE THOUGHT OUR ENROLLMENT WOULD BE [INAUDIBLE] STUDENTS. CURRENTLY, TODAY, WE HAVE 5,450 ELEMENTARY STUDENTS, WHICH IS 98 FEWER THAN EXPECTED.

THE ASSOCIATED REVENUE OF THIS DECLINE IS APPROXIMATELY $7,500 PER STUDENT, TOTALING $735,000.

OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS OUR ELEMENTARY ENROLLMENT IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DECREASE.

I'M GOING TO PAUSE AGAIN FOR A SECOND.

WE KEEP GETTING NOTIFICATION THAT THE AUDIO IS NOT WORKING FOR THE STREAMING.

IT IS WORKING FOR THE RECORDING, SO WE DO HAVE A RECORDING OF IT.

AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE, I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE ISSUE IS, BUT IF YOU WOULD JUST GIVE US ONE QUICK MINUTE.

THIS IS A SLIDE WITH A LOT OF CONTENT.

WE'LL GIVE YOU A FEW MINUTES TO REVIEW THAT AND LET ME CHECK ON THE PROGRESS.

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ONE, TWO.

THREE. FOUR.

FIVE.

WE CAN RESUME WHEN YOU'RE READY.

THANK YOU. THE CHART THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU TAKES A LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT RESIDE OR LIVE IN AN ATTENDANCE BOUNDARY VERSUS THOSE THAT ATTEND THE SCHOOL, BUT DO NOT RESIDE IN THAT ATTENDANCE BOUNDARY.

THE RED ARROW SHOWS THE RESIDE PERCENTAGE COLUMN.

OUR ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES RANGE BETWEEN 55 AND 93% RESIDE.

STUDENTS ATTEND OTHER CAMPUSES FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS, INCLUDING SPECIAL PROGRAMS, CHOICE PROGRAMS, AND SCHOOL TRANSFERS.

THIS DATA ALLOWS THE DISTRICT TO EXAMINE EFFICIENCY AND THE CAPACITY OF A SCHOOL OR AN ATTENDANCE ZONE.

THIS CHART IS A LOOK AT THE ELEMENTARY ENROLLMENT AND THE NUMBER OF AVAILABLE SEATS IN ELEMENTARY.

AS OUR ENROLLMENT DECREASES AND IF OUR CAPACITY REMAINS THE SAME, THEN WE INCREASE OUR NUMBER OF AVAILABLE SEATS AND BECOME LESS EFFICIENT OVERALL. OUR ENROLLMENT IS EXPECTED TO DECLINE OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, WHICH DOES INCREASE THE NUMBER OF AVAILABLE SEATS AND DECREASES OUR UTILIZATION.

THIS CHART IS A CLOSER LOOK AT THE ELEMENTARY ENROLLMENT AND THE NUMBER OF AVAILABLE SEATS.

AS YOU CAN SEE IN FUTURE YEARS, AS ELEMENTARY ENROLLMENT DECLINES, THE NUMBER OF AVAILABLE SEATS INCREASES.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE 24-25 ELEMENTARY ENROLLMENT IS ONLY 5,450 STUDENTS, WHICH IS 98 FEWER THAN PROJECTED.

THE ELEMENTARY ENROLLMENT ONCE AGAIN, IS FROM THE NUMBERS THAT ZONDA OUR DEMOGRAPHERS PROJECTED FOR EACH YEAR.

WITH THE ANTICIPATED OR THE CURRENT RENOVATIONS AT VALLEY RANCH ELEMENTARY AND THE OTHER TWO PLANNED RESERVATION RENOVATIONS.

EXCUSE ME. IF THEY WERE TO MOVE FORWARD, OUR CAPACITY WILL INCREASE BY 90 SEATS FOR EACH CAMPUS RENOVATION, FOR A TOTAL OF 270 SEATS IF ALL THREE RENOVATIONS ARE COMPLETED.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS HOW THROUGHOUT THE BUDGET PROCESS, THE GOAL HAS BEEN TO ENGAGE THE STAFF AND COMMUNITY BEYOND JUST KEEPING STAKEHOLDERS INFORMED.

THE DISTRICT VISITED EVERY CAMPUS AND OFFERED MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL STAKEHOLDERS TO PROVIDE INPUT AND FEEDBACK.

IN THE SPRING, THE DISTRICT HELD 49 ENGAGEMENT EVENTS, REACHING NEARLY 4,000 PARTICIPANTS.

WE RECEIVED 244 SURVEY RESPONSES AND 54 EMAILS TO THE INPUT EMAIL ACCOUNT, AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO RECEIVE AND TRACK EMAILS TODAY.

THE WORK ON THE 7.1.1 RUBRIC AND DECISION FILTER INCLUDED PARENTS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND STAFF.

THE 7.1.1 IMPLEMENTATION TEAM MET FROM JUNE, FROM MAY TO JUNE OF 2024 TO DEVELOP THE RUBRIC AND THE DECISION FILTER, AND THE EVALUATION TEAM MET IN JUNE TO BEGIN THE EVALUATION PROCESS.

WE WILL DIVE FURTHER INTO THIS ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

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40 NEWSLETTER MESSAGES FROM FEBRUARY TO AUGUST, 9 VIDEOS WITH 1,200 VIEWS AND A FACEBOOK LIVE WITH 3,600 VIEWS.

ADDITIONALLY, THERE WERE 13 BOARD MEETINGS AND WORKSHOPS HELD FROM FEBRUARY TO AUGUST TALKING ABOUT OUR BUDGET.

THE GOAL FOR THESE ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES WAS TO KEEP STAKEHOLDERS INFORMED BUT ALSO ENGAGED, SEEKING THEIR FEEDBACK AND THEIR INPUT.

ONE OF THE KEY QUESTIONS THAT YOU, THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS ASKED US WAS WHAT PROCESS WAS USED TO DEVELOP THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT? HERE IS A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE PROCESS THAT THE DISTRICT USED FOR IMPLEMENTING 7.1.1.

THERE WAS A COMMITTEE OF PARENTS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND STAFF THAT MET TO DEVELOP THE RUBRIC AND THE DECISION FILTER.

SOME OF THE MEMBERS WERE FROM THE STRATEGIC PLAN TEAM AND SOME RAISED THEIR HAND AND ASKED TO BE ON THE COMMITTEE.

THE COMMITTEE MET IN MAY AND JUNE.

ONCE THE RUBRIC AND DECISION FILTER WERE DEVELOPED, THE NEW THE SCHOOL BOARD SET THE TIMELINE FOR DECISIONS ON MAY 13TH, AND THEN YOU APPROVED THE RUBRIC ON JUNE THE 10TH.

THE DISTRICT THEN SET TO COMPILE THE LARGE AMOUNTS OF DATA THAT THE IMPLEMENTATION TEAM REQUESTED IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THE RUBRIC.

NEXT, IN JUNE, AN EVALUATION TEAM WAS ESTABLISHED TO OBJECTIVELY EXAMINE THE VOLUMES OF DATA AND SCORE THE RUBRIC.

ONCE THE RUBRIC WAS SCORED, THE DATA AND THE RUBRIC WERE THEN GIVEN TO THE CISD CABINET TO USE THE DECISION FILTER AND EXAMINE THE RUBRIC RESULTS DATA AND DEVELOP RECOMMENDATION RECOMMENDATIONS. BETWEEN JUNE AND AUGUST, THE CABINET POURED OVER THE DATA AND THE DECISION FILTER, EXAMINING THE DATA AND THE CONSIDERATIONS THAT AROSE FROM THE DECISION FILTER. THE DISTRICT USED THE 7.1.1 RUBRIC AND THE DECISION FILTER TO OBJECTIVELY AND STRATEGICALLY EXAMINE THE FACILITIES IN COPPELL ISD AND BRING YOU THESE RECOMMENDATIONS. AS A REMINDER, THE RUBRIC AND THE DECISION FILTER LOOKED AT THESE FACTORS DIVIDED INTO OPERATIONAL, LEARNING ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMMATIC, AND IMPACT DECISION FILTER.

THE OPERATIONAL FACTORS INCLUDE BUILDING AGE AND CONDITION, BUILDING CAPACITY AND UTILIZATION, UTILITY AND OPERATIONAL COSTS, BUS ROUTES AND TRANSPORTATION COSTS.

LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AND PROGRAMMATIC FACTORS INCLUDE CURRENT ENROLLMENT TRENDS AND PROJECTED ENROLLMENT, NATURAL COMBINATIONS OF ATTENDANCE ZONES, NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS, AND GEOGRAPHIC PROXIMITY TO OTHER BUILDINGS.

THE IMPACT DECISION FILTER INCLUDED LOOKING AT THE IMPACT ON STUDENTS, THE IMPACT ON STAFF, OUR CORE VALUES ALIGNMENT, SPECIAL PROGRAMS, THE DISRUPTIVE NATURE OF THE CHANGE, THE VALUE OF OUR FACILITIES AND PROPERTIES, FUTURE PLANNING, SOLUTION FOCUSED DECISIONS, RETENTION AND RECRUITMENT OF STAFF AND STUDENTS, AND OPERATIONAL IMPLICATIONS.

THESE TWO TOOLS WERE EXTENSIVE AND PROVIDED THE ABILITY TO LOOK DEEP INTO EACH INTO OUR FACILITY NEEDS AND THE LONG RANGE PLANNING OF OUR FACILITIES IN COPPELL ISD.

IN CISD WE ARE A COMMUNITY OF PLANNERS.

CISD HAS TAKEN THE TIME TO DEVELOP THESE PLANS IN ADVANCE, WHICH ALLOWS FOR TIME TO PLAN AND IMPLEMENT THE DECISIONS WITH FIDELITY.

CISD IS TAKING THIS YEAR TO PREPARE FOR ANY CHANGES SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE OUR STAFF AND OUR FAMILIES WITH THE INFORMATION THEY NEED IN A TIMELY MANNER.

HERE IS A PROJECTED TIMELINE OF HOW THE INFORMATION, PLANS AND DECISIONS WILL BE SHARED.

THESE TIMELINES REPRESENT THE START OF THE PROCESS AND NOT THE COMPLETION.

FOR EXAMPLE, HUMAN RESOURCES WILL BEGIN THEIR PROCESS IN THE FALL, BUT IT WILL EXTEND ALL YEAR.

IN SEPTEMBER, THE BOARD WILL MAKE THEIR FACILITY DECISIONS.

IN THE FALL IMPACTED CAMPUSES WILL BEGIN TO PLAN CAMPUS LEGACY EVENTS.

THESE ALLOW THE STAFF, STUDENTS, AND COMMUNITY TO HONOR THE CAMPUS BEING CONSOLIDATED.

IN THE FALL AND WINTER, HUMAN RESOURCES, STUDENT AND FAMILY PLANS, STUDENT AND FAMILY SERVICES PLANS, AND ATTENDANCE BOUNDARY INFORMATION WILL BE SHARED.

IN THE SPRING CAMPUS DESTINATION EVENTS, WHICH ALLOW THE RECEIVING CAMPUSES TO WELCOME STUDENTS TO THEIR NEW CAMPUS WILL OCCUR.

ADDITIONALLY, SPECIAL PROGRAM INFORMATION WILL BE RELEASED ALONG WITH THE ENROLLMENT INFORMATION AND OPERATIONAL TRANSITION PLANS.

ALL OF THIS BEFORE SCHOOL BEGINS FOR THE 25-26 SCHOOL YEAR IN AUGUST.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS KAREN DUKE I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HR.

AS WE STATED BEFORE, NO MATTER THE DECISION THAT'S MADE, THERE ARE SOME ASPECTS OF THE PLANNING THAT WILL REMAIN THE SAME AND WE WANTED TO SHARE THOSE ITEMS UP FRONT.

WE WILL BEGIN WITH HR.

THE HR TEAM WILL PROVIDE DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE TRANSITION PROCESS TO STAFF THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR.

IF A CAMPUS IS CONSOLIDATED, THE HR TEAM WILL SHARE PLANS WITH THOSE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE IMPACTED IN THE FALL.

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AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE STILL HAVING AUDIO ISSUES, AND WE ARE WORKING WITH THE OUTSIDE COMPANY THAT SUPPORTS THIS WORK.

I KNOW PEOPLE FROM HOME CAN READ THE SLIDES, BUT NOT HEARING THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS NOT GREAT.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF BOARD MEMBERS YOU WANT TO CONTINUE OR PAUSE FOR A MINUTE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TIMELINE WOULD BE TO GET IT RESOLVED.

GUYS, WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY THOUGHTS? IT CAN BE RESOLVED.

I'M OKAY WITH STOPPING, BUT PAUSING FOR A MINUTE, BUT IF IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT YOU THINK IS NOT GOING TO BE RESOLVED, I DON'T KNOW IF STOPPING IS GOING TO GIVE US THE NECESSARY TIME TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO.

THEY CAN REBOOT IT, SO TO SPEAK, BUT THEN IT DOESN'T LAST.

IT JUST GOES SHORT.

MY HEART IS BEATING VERY QUICKLY I CAN IMAGINE WHAT EVERYONE IS SENSING THAT IS HERE.

I FEEL LIKE IF WE HAVE IT RECORDED AND IT CAN BE VIEWED IN ITS ENTIRETY WITH ALL THE THINGS THAT I THINK WE SHOULD PROCEED.

IT SEEMS AGONIZING TO TO DRAW IT OUT MINUTES AT A TIME, BUT THAT'S JUST MY THOUGHT.

I AGREE THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING.

SINCE THERE WILL BE COMPLETE RECORDING AND WE HAVE PAUSED A COUPLE OF TIMES ALREADY, WE NEED TO CONTINUE.

WE HAVE A LARGE AUDIENCE.

IF IT WAS A SMALL GROUP THAT WAS HERE WAITING TONIGHT TO BE HERE IN PERSON, BUT SINCE IT'S A LARGER GROUP, I THINK WE NEED TO BE RESPECTFUL OF THAT TOO.

AND I CAN APOLOGIZE TO THE BOARD AND COMMUNITY.

IT WAS TESTED 4 OR 5 TIMES A DAY AND IT WORKED FINE.

AS A REMINDER, IT WAS THE BOARD ROOM WAS CLOSED ALL SUMMER.

THIS IS ONLY OUR THIRD MEETING SINCE WE'VE BEEN BACK IN THE NEW SPACE, BUT WE HAVE HAD NO ISSUES UNTIL TODAY.

AMANDA, HOW QUICKLY POST MEETING DO WE GENERALLY HAVE THE BACKUP READY TO POST ONLINE IN THE MORNING? WE CAN INCLUDE THAT IN OUR WRAP UP THAT GOES OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, WITH THAT, LET'S KEEP GOING.

OKAY. IN SIMILAR FASHION TO HUMAN RESOURCES, STUDENT AND FAMILY SUPPORT PLANS WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN THE FALL AND IN THE WINTER. THIS WILL INCLUDE ATTENDANCE ZONE INFORMATION, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSFER INFORMATION, SPECIALIZED PROGRAM DETAILS, AND ENROLLMENT DETAILS.

COPPELL ISD WILL ABSOLUTELY PROVIDE INFORMATION TO FAMILIES IMPACTED BY ANY DECISIONS AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLANNING PROCESS.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS STEPHANIE FLORES, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR INTERVENTION SERVICES.

THROUGHOUT THE BUDGET PLANNING PROCESS.

CISD WILL CONSIDER THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS IN ALL SPECIAL PROGRAMS. THE DISTRICT WILL WORK WITH CAMPUSES AND FAMILIES TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS IN SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS. PLANS FOR THESE PROGRAMS WILL BE SHARED WITH STAFF AND FAMILIES FROM BOTH THE DISTRICT AND CAMPUS, AS APPROPRIATE.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS DR. ANGIE BROOKS, AND I'M THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF CURRICULUM, INSTRUCTION IN COPPELL.

I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT TRANSITION PLANS.

SO IN ADDITION TO HR THINKING ABOUT HUMAN RESOURCES, ALSO OUR STUDENT AND FAMILY SUPPORT AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS. WE ARE ALSO DEVELOPING PLANS TO ADDRESS THE OPERATIONAL NEEDS LIKE TECHNOLOGY, TRANSPORTATION AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT.

AS A PART OF OUR WORK, WE ARE ALSO GOING TO HAVE AN EVALUATION PROCESS.

SO AS PART OF THE 7.11 PROCESS, WHICH IS ONGOING, WE WILL USE FEEDBACK FROM OUR STAFF, STUDENTS AND PARENTS, ACADEMIC, OPERATIONAL, AND BUDGET DATA TO EVALUATE RESULTS.

THIS INCLUDES OUR FALL AND SPRING PANORAMA SURVEYS WITH SPECIFIC QUESTIONS RELATED TO BUDGET AND PROGRAMS FOR STAFF, STUDENTS AND PARENTS AND FAMILIES.

WE WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO MONITOR DATA THROUGH OUR COMMON FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS, NWEA MAP AND OTHER DISTRICT STANDARD ASSESSMENTS THAT WE GIVE, AND WE ALSO WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR OPERATIONAL AND FINANCIAL DATA FOR EFFICIENCY.

WHAT WE ARE SHARING TONIGHT IS ONE PHASE.

IN THE UPCOMING BOARD WORKSHOPS AND MEETINGS WE WILL BRING UPDATED ENROLLMENT NUMBERS.

WE EXPECT TO SEE CHANGES IN ENROLLMENT THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF SEPTEMBER.

SO WE WILL BRING THOSE UPDATED ENROLLMENTS INFORMATION FOR YOU AT THAT TIME.

ADDITIONALLY, WE WILL BRING ATTENDANCE BOUNDARY OPTIONS TO YOU BASED ON ANY DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE.

AND AS DECISIONS ARE FINALIZED, WE WILL SHARE ANY HUMAN RESOURCES, STUDENT SERVICES, SPECIAL PROGRAM AND OPERATIONAL TRANSITION PLANS AS WELL.

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YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS UP TO THIS POINT? AND WE'LL HAVE THESE PAUSES BUILT IN LIKE WE HAVE BEEN IN, IN OUR WORKSHOPS.

SO WE'LL CONTINUE THAT THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE EVENING.

AND HOPEFULLY YOU HEARD FROM PART ONE THAT WE ARE OBVIOUSLY GOING TO BE VERY COGNIZANT OF THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF, AS WELL AS OUR FAMILIES, TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO TRY TO MAKE A PAINFUL PROCESS AS PAINLESS AS POSSIBLE.

EVEN THOUGH I KNOW THAT IT CAN BE VERY PAINFUL AND CHALLENGING, AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF COMMUNITY INPUT AND INVOLVEMENT THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, AND WE CONTINUE TO ASK FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO STAY ENGAGED WITH US.

NOW WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE RECOMMENDATION.

HOLD ON ONE SECOND. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR THE TIME AND EFFORT.

I KNOW IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT.

YOU SPENT A LOT OF TIME PUTTING ALL THESE THINGS TOGETHER.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY I APPRECIATE YOU FOR THE WORK YOU DID.

AND AGAIN, APOLOGIZE FOR THE AUDIO.

IT'S IN AND OUT, BUT WE DO.

WE WILL HAVE A RECORDING.

AND LIKE MISS SIMPSON SAID, IT USUALLY IS UPLOADED PRETTY EARLY IN THE MORNING.

I'LL JUST MAKE A COMMENT THAT IN THIS FIRST PART OF THE WORKSHOP, WE, YOUR STAFF HAS COVERED A LOT OF MATERIAL AND THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR MORE THAN A YEAR, IN FACT, MORE THAN A COUPLE OF YEARS.

AND DURING THESE MULTIPLE STEP PROCESS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE AS A BOARD HAVE ASKED YOU GUYS LOT OF DATA POINTS, A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROCESSES AND MAKE A VERY OBJECTIVE APPROACH.

I KNOW WE HAVEN'T BEEN PRESENTED WITH THE OPTIONS YET, BUT I THINK WHATEVER YOU COVERED, WHATEVER I CAN REMEMBER WE ASKED YOU FROM LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, YOU HAVE PUT THAT IN THE THOUGHT PROCESS AND IN THE RUBRIC.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THAT'S THAT'S A BIG ACHIEVEMENT.

THAT WASN'T SMALL BECAUSE WE KNOW WE ARE ALL DATA DRIVEN TRUSTEES, MOST OF US OVER HERE.

AND I'M JUST IMPRESSED WITH THE AMOUNT OF WORK AND EFFORT THAT'S BEEN PUT UP.

PUT IN TILL NOW FOR THE OPTIONS THAT YOU WILL BE PRESENTING TO US.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

WELL, WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU ALL REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY.

AND SO WHETHER THESE ARE YOUR QUESTIONS OR QUESTIONS THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE ASKED YOU ABOUT, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE QUESTIONS GET ANSWERED.

SO WITH THAT WE'LL MOVE INTO RECOMMENDATIONS.

THANK YOU DR. HUNT.

AND NOW WE ARE GOING TO BEGIN OUR OPTIONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS.

OUR FIRST RECOMMENDATION IS TO CONSOLIDATE AUSTIN ELEMENTARY WITH TOWN CENTER ELEMENTARY, DENTON CREEK ELEMENTARY, PINKERTON, LAKESIDE, AND WILSON ELEMENTARY.

THE MAJOR ASPECTS OF THIS PLAN INCLUDE LEVELING OUR PRE-K AND EARLY CHILDHOOD ENROLLMENT NUMBERS ACROSS CAMPUSES DISTRICT WIDE, AS WELL AS MOVING THE DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION AND BILINGUAL PRE-K PROGRAM TO DENTON CREEK ELEMENTARY.

WE WILL LOOK AT THIS PLAN ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

THE CONSOLIDATION OF AUSTIN WILL IMPACT ALMOST EVERY ELEMENTARY CAMPUS.

EITHER THROUGH CONSOLIDATION, THE LEVELING OF ENROLLMENT NUMBERS, OR THE ADJUSTMENTS TO PRE-K STUDENTS.

THE RED ARROWS SHOW THE CONSOLIDATION OF AUSTIN AND THE DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION PROGRAM AND BILINGUAL PRE-K PROGRAM.

THE BLACK ARROWS NOW SHOW THE OTHER MOVEMENT NECESSARY FOR EFFICIENCY AND LEVELING ENROLLMENT NUMBERS ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

GOOD EVENING. I'M DIANA SIRCAR.

I SERVE AS THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.

WE HAVE PULLED DATA FROM THE 7.11 RUBRIC TO SHARE KEY LEVERS AND CONSIDERATIONS THAT AROSE DURING THIS PROCESS.

LIKE THE OTHER FOOTPRINT PRINT CAMPUSES, THE COMFORTABLE CAPACITY OF AUSTIN IS 600 STUDENTS.

THE UTILIZATION AT THE CAMPUS IS CURRENTLY 90% BASED ON THE 23-24 ENROLLMENT NUMBERS.

ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS SHOW THAT THE UTILIZATION WILL DECREASE.

THE NEXT FACTOR IS THE AGE AND CONDITION OF THE BUILDING.

A FACILITY ASSESSMENT WAS CONDUCTED IN 2020 TO EVALUATE ALL CISD FACILITIES ON MEASURES SUCH AS INTERIOR CONDITIONS, EXTERIOR CONDITIONS, AND THE MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, AND PLUMBING CONDITIONS.

AUSTIN ELEMENTARY IS THE OLDEST FOOTPRINT CAMPUS AND WAS BUILT IN 87.

IT RECEIVED A SCORE OF 1.8 OUT OF THREE ON THE FACILITY ASSESSMENT, WHICH FALLS IN THE BELOW STANDARD CATEGORY.

EFFICIENCY IS ANOTHER LEVER EXAMINED ON THE RUBRIC.

THE HISTORICAL FIVE YEAR AVERAGE COST PER STUDENT AT AUSTIN IS $6,947, AND IS HIGHER THAN THE AVERAGE FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

WE WILL LOOK FURTHER AT THIS ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

WITH THE 74,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING, THE UTILITY COST PER SQUARE FOOT IS $0.79 AT AUSTIN, WHICH IS LOW FOR AN ELEMENTARY CAMPUS.

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PROXIMITY WAS A KEY LEVER FOR THE RUBRIC AND THE DECISION FILTER.

THIS CHART SHOWS THE FIVE YEAR AVERAGE COST PER STUDENT BY ELEMENTARY CAMPUS.

THE AVERAGE ELEMENTARY COST PER STUDENT OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD IS $6,440.

AUSTIN'S COST PER STUDENT IN THAT FIVE YEAR PERIOD IS $6,947.

WITH THIS RECOMMENDATION, THE ADJUSTMENTS WOULD REDUCE THE ELEMENTARY COST PER STUDENT DISTRICT WIDE AND BRING EFFICIENCY TO THE FACILITIES.

WE WILL LOOK DEEPER INTO THESE NUMBERS ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

HERE ARE PROS TO CONSOLIDATING AUSTIN INTO TOWN CENTER ELEMENTARY, PINKERTON, LAKESIDE, AND WILSON.

AND CONSOLIDATING THE DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION PROGRAM INTO DENTON CREEK ELEMENTARY.

THE AGE OF THE BUILDING AND CURRENT CONDITIONS, THE MAINTENANCE COSTS, THE PROXIMITY TO OTHER CAMPUSES, THE EASE OF ALLOCATING ENROLLMENT AND CHANGING BOUNDARIES THAT STILL PROVIDE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS, THE INCREASED UTILIZATION OF DISTRICT AND CAMPUS BUILDINGS, AND THE LEVELING AND LEVELING THE ELEMENTARY ENROLLMENT NUMBERS AT MORE CAMPUSES ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

HERE ARE CONS TO TO CONSOLIDATING AUSTIN INTO TOWN CENTER, PINKERTON, LAKESIDE, AND WILSON AND CONSOLIDATING THE DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION PROGRAM INTO DENTON CREEK.

THE IMPACT TO STAFF AND STUDENTS, THE CHANGE OF MIDDLE SCHOOL FEEDER PATTERNS OF STUDENTS ARE ZONED TO TOWN CENTER AND WILSON, THE RENOVATION AND PRE-K EXPANSION THAT IS PLANNED IN THE 2023 BOND PROGRAM WOULD NEED TO BE ADDRESSED, THE UTILITY COST IS ONLY $0.79 PER SQUARE FOOT.

ONLY CANYON RANCH AND LEE ARE LOWER THAN THAN AUSTIN'S.

THIS PLAN WOULD REDUCE 600 SEATS OVERALL FOR THE ELEMENTARY CAPACITY.

THIS OPTION DOES NOT MAINTAIN COHORTS OF STUDENTS BECAUSE THEY ARE SPLIT INTO SEVERAL CAMPUSES IN ORDER TO LEVEL ENROLLMENT.

THE PLAN INCLUDES BOUNDARIES AND MOVEMENT THAT CROSSED IT, AND TAP SANDY LAKE AND MAJOR ROADWAYS.

HERE ARE IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS TO CONSOLIDATING AUSTIN INTO TOWN CENTER, PINKERTON, LAKESIDE, AND WILSON, AND TO CONSOLIDATING THE DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION PROGRAM INTO DENTON CREEK ELEMENTARY.

36% OF THE STUDENTS AT AUSTIN RIDE THE BUS.

WE WOULD NEED TO CAREFULLY PLAN TO NOT ADD ADDITIONAL TRANSPORTATION COSTS.

SOME BUS RIDERS ARE PRE-K STUDENTS.

THEY CURRENT AUSTIN CURRENTLY HAS EIGHT BUS ROUTES, INCLUDING THREE SPECIAL EDUCATION BUS ROUTES.

THIS PLAN ALLOWS FOR THE LEVELING OF THE PRE-K PROGRAM NUMBERS ACROSS THE DISTRICT WHEN MAKING BOUNDARY CHANGES.

WE NEED TO CONSIDER THE IMPACT TO OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE ZONES.

THE FIRE STATION CAN BE SEEN AS BOTH A PRO AND A CON, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED WITH THIS OPTION AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS WILL NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.

SIDE BY SIDE WE SEE PROS AND CONS AND CONSIDERATIONS.

THESE ARE THE DISCUSSIONS THAT CAME OUT OF THE 7.1.1 WORK.

THESE ARE COMPLICATED, HARD DECISIONS, AND WE WANT TO PROVIDE YOU THE BOARD WITH THE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO MAKE ANY ACTION.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE UTILIZATION OF FACILITIES, EFFICIENCY AND PROXIMITY TO CAMPUSES, AND COMPARES CURRENT NUMBERS TO THE PROJECTED NUMBERS WITH OR WITHOUT CONSOLIDATION.

UTILIZATION IS THE PERCENT OF SEATS FILLED AT A SCHOOL BASED UPON COMFORTABLE CAPACITY.

THE FIRST BOX SHOWS UTILIZATION AS OF THE END OF THE 23-24 SCHOOL YEAR.

THE NEXT TWO BOXES ARE ESTIMATED UTILIZATION FOR THE 25-26 SCHOOL YEAR BASED UPON ROLLING UP THE 23-24 NUMBERS TO 25-26. THESE NUMBERS WILL BE REVISED ONCE THE DEMOGRAPHER IS ABLE TO TAKE OUR 24-25 ACTUAL ENROLLMENT DATA AND RUN ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS.

BUT EXAMINING UTILIZATION, YOU CAN SEE THAT WITHOUT ANY CHANGES, THE UTILIZATION OF ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES WILL DECREASE BECAUSE OF THE DROP IN PROJECTION FOR 25-26.

WITH CONSOLIDATION, THE UTILIZATION INCREASES AND EVENS OUT AMONGST CAMPUSES.

THE OPTIMUM UTILIZATION OF A CAMPUS IS BETWEEN 90 AND 95%.

LOOKING AT EFFICIENCY, WE ARE COMPARING THE OVERALL EFFICIENCY OF THE ELEMENTARY PROGRAM.

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WITH THE CONSOLIDATION, THE EFFICIENCY WILL INCREASE BY 5%.

THE LAST IS PROXIMITY.

PROXIMITY MEASURES THE TRAVEL TIME WITHIN THE ATTENDANCE ZONE TO THE CAMPUS.

THE AVERAGE TRAVEL TIME DURING MORNING DROP OFF DOES NOT CHANGE WITH THE CONSOLIDATION AT ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES.

THE AVERAGE TRAVEL TIME FOR CURRENT AUSTIN STUDENTS WOULD REMAIN THE SAME.

AT THE SEPTEMBER 16TH BOARD WORKSHOP, WE WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL CURRENT DATA TO SHARE RELATED TO ENROLLMENT AND ATTENDANCE ZONES.

THIS IS A LOOK AT THE PROPERTY AND THE IMPACT TO THE 2023 BOND.

TO EVALUATE THE POTENTIAL MARKET PRICE OF THE PROPERTY.

WE OBTAINED A FORMAL BROKER'S OPINION OF VALUE.

AUSTIN SITS ON A 437,000 SQUARE FOOT LOT, AND THE BUILDING IS NEARLY 74,000FT².

THE BROKER'S OPINION OF VALUE IS $5.7 MILLION.

THE PROPERTY COULD BE SOLD, OR ALTERNATIVELY, THE PROPERTY COULD BE REPURPOSED FOR ANOTHER COPPELL ISD USE.

$31.4 MILLION IS SET ASIDE IN THE 2023 PROGRAM, THE BOND PROGRAM FOR THE RENOVATION OF AUSTIN ELEMENTARY.

TO DATE, THE PLAYGROUND HAS BEEN REPLACED AND THE ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM HAS BEEN UPDATED.

THE BOARD COULD CHOOSE TO NOT SPEND THE MONEY THAT HAS BEEN SET ASIDE FOR RENOVATIONS, OR IT COULD CHOOSE TO ALLOCATE THE BOND TO ALLOCATE THAT MONEY TO A BOND PROJECT WITH A SIMILAR SCOPE.

THE PLAYGROUND COULD BE REPURPOSED.

STOP AGAIN FOR QUESTIONS.

AS WE SAID PREVIOUSLY, THE BOARD ASKED FOR A MENU OF OPTIONS, AND THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE OPTIONS WE WENT WITH.

THE PHILOSOPHY OF EVERYTHING IS STILL ON THE TABLE AND USE THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAD TO BRING YOU THIS FIRST OPTION.

THANK YOU, DR.

HUNT. JUST AS PART OF WHAT WHAT YOU WERE SAYING TOO, I THINK AS WE WORK THROUGH TONIGHT, YOU KNOW, OUR GOAL SHOULD BE TO PROVIDE MORE CLARITY TO STAFF AS THEY WORK TOWARDS OUR NEXT MEETING. SO AS WE HAVE THESE PAUSES AFTER EACH OPTION, JUST KIND OF KEEP THAT IN MIND TOO, AS WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD, LOOKING TOWARDS THE NEXT, NEXT MEETING. I'M SORRY, SOMEBODY WAS ABOUT TO START.

YEAH, I HAVE A QUESTION AND I KNOW THIS IS OPTION NUMBER ONE.

THERE ARE A FEW OTHER OPTIONS THAT WILL BE PRESENTED TO US AND THIS QUESTION WOULD APPLY TO OTHER OPTIONS TOO.

THIS WAS REGARDING AUSTIN, WHICH IS A NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL, FOOTPRINT SCHOOL, VERY SIMILAR TO OTHER TOWN CENTER, WILSON, MOCKINGBIRD, DENTON CREEK.

I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE CONSIDERED A LOT OF DATA POINTS.

SO JUST FOR THE CLARITY OF THE BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY, COULD YOU SPECIFICALLY SAY THAT AMONG ALL THE OTHER SCHOOLS, WHY LAKESIDE WAS CHOSEN AS ONE OF THE OPTIONS? SORRY, AUSTIN. YEAH.

AUSTIN. I SEE SO MANY WHY AUSTIN WAS CHOSEN? AS I SAID, THIS QUESTION WOULD BE FOR WHATEVER COMES AS AN OPTION NUMBER TWO, OPTION NUMBER THREE.

IF YOU COULD SPECIFICALLY HONE INTO WHY WE ARE CONSIDERING THE SCHOOL AS AN OPTION.

THERE WERE ALL OF THE FACTORS THAT WERE SHARED IN THOSE PREVIOUS SLIDES THE RUBRIC, THE EVALUATION SYSTEM, THE AGE OF THE BUILDING.

THE ATTENDANCE ZONE AS YOU LOOK AT THE MAPS, YOU CAN SEE THAT IT HAS A VERY LONG, SKINNY ATTENDANCE ZONE.

AND SO AS MUCH AS WE CAN TRY TO KEEP A NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL, IT IS HARD WHEN MOST, IF NOT ALL OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ARE A NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL.

AND SO IF WE WANT TO STILL MAINTAIN THAT, IT'S HARD TO PICK ONE OF THOSE.

I MEAN, ANY ONE OF THE FOOTPRINTS COULD GO IN PLACE OF AUSTIN, BUT THAT ONE WAS SELECTED AGAIN BECAUSE OF THE AGE OF THE BUILDING.

IT'S ATTENDANCE HAVE BEEN KIND OF LONG AND SKINNY WHERE YOU CAN GO TO ANY ONE OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS THAT WERE ON THAT ONE MAP WITH THE ARROWS.

IT'S REALLY LEAST DISRUPTIVE AND OLD AGE.

OR ONE OF THE OLDEST FOOTPRINT.

IT IS THE OLDEST FOOTPRINT.

IT IS, YOU KNOW, AND THE DISRUPTIVE PART IS RELATIVE.

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SO IT'S HARD TO SAY THAT WITH A DEFINITIVE STATEMENT.

THE PROS, CONS AND CONSIDERATIONS ARE ALSO A SNAPSHOT PEOPLE COULD ADD MORE TO PROS AND CONS AND CONSIDERATIONS, BUT THOSE WERE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT, UNLESS THERE ARE OTHERS TO ADD.

WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT AFTER WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE OPTIONS.

ALL OF THE OPTIONS THAT WE CONSIDERED BUT WERE ELIMINATED SO THAT THAT WILL KIND OF BRING, I THINK, MORE CLARITY AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION AS WE GET THERE.

SURE. I CAN WAIT TILL THE END OF THE PRESENTATION FOR ALL THE QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED.

THANK YOU, MISS SIRCAR, WHILE YOU'RE STILL UP THERE, ONE QUESTION.

IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO WITH THIS BEING ONE OF OUR FOOTPRINT SCHOOLS ASIDE FROM WILSON, WHICH, YOU KNOW, HAS SOME SPECIAL PROGRAMS, I KNOW THAT DRIVES ADDITIONAL COST TO THAT, TO THAT CAMPUS PER STUDENT.

COULD YOU SPEAK TO THE ADDITIONAL COST AT AUSTIN? WHAT IS KIND OF INCREASING THE COST THERE? SURE. SO PRE-K AS A PROGRAM IS A MORE EXPENSIVE PROGRAM.

AND SO ANY CAMPUS THAT HOSTS PRE-K HAS AN INCREASE IN COST.

AND A LOT OF THAT IS BECAUSE THERE IS NOT ONLY AN EDUCATOR IN THAT CLASSROOM, BUT ALSO AN AIDE IN THAT CLASSROOM.

THANK YOU, NICOLE. THANK YOU.

AND AS A REMINDER TO ON PRE-K, AND WE'VE SAID THIS A LOT IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS THAT THE STATE FUNDS PRE-K AT 50%.

I HAVE A PRE-K QUESTION ALSO.

I THINK THE TERM THAT WAS USED WAS LEVELING PRE-K.

SO I GUESS I HAVE TWO CLARIFYING QUESTIONS.

ONE IS DO WE MEAN HAVE PRE-K ON MORE ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES? WOULD BE THE FIRST PART OF MY QUESTION.

THE SECOND PART OF THAT QUESTION OF LEVELING PRE-K, HAVE WE DECIDED THAT THAT REALLY IS MORE EFFICIENT? BECAUSE I THINK LEADING INTO THE BOND, WE HAD DECIDED IT WASN'T EFFICIENT TO HAVE PRE-K SPREAD OUT ON TOO MANY CAMPUSES.

SO DO WE KNOW HOW MANY CAMPUSES WE'D BE TALKING ABOUT HAVING PRE-K IN THIS SCENARIO? AND WHAT'S THE PHILOSOPHY WITH THE LEVELING PRE-K? SURE. SO AND JUST AS A REMINDER, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PRE-K, WE'RE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT ALL OF EARLY CHILDHOOD.

SO IT WOULD INCLUDE EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSES AS WELL.

YOU'RE RIGHT, IT'S NOT EFFICIENT TO PUT IT ON EVERY CAMPUS.

SO LEVELING EARLY CHILDHOOD WOULD REALLY BE FOCUSED ON.

RIGHT NOW WE HAVE FIVE CAMPUSES.

WE HAD FOUR LAST YEAR.

WE HAVE FIVE THIS YEAR.

WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT 5 TO 6 CAMPUSES.

SO WITH THE SAME NUMBER OF CLASSROOMS BUT POTENTIALLY DIFFERENT CAMPUSES THAN WHERE THEY ARE NOW, ARE THERE COSTS THAT COME WITH DOING THAT? LIKE I THINK ONE OF OUR CAMPUSES, PRE-K CAMPUSES, BOUGHT LIKE SMALLER LUNCH TABLES FOR THE SMALLER BODIES THAT ARE SMALLER EVEN THAN OUR ELEMENTARY KIDS.

SO ARE THERE COSTS THAT WE WOULD INCUR WITH THIS LEVELING, OR WOULD WE BE ABLE TO MOVE AROUND EQUIPMENT AND THINGS THAT WE ALREADY WE WOULD BE ABLE TO MOVE AND SHARE WHAT WE HAVE WITH SOME OF THE REFRESH, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, THE REFRESH AT WILSON, THEY WERE ABLE TO GET NEW SMALL EARLY CHILDHOOD FURNITURE.

SO SOME FURNITURE WAS INSTEAD OF GOING TO SALVAGE WAS USED AT OTHER CAMPUSES.

SO WE'VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF JUST USING THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE AND BEING REALLY EFFICIENT.

ANYTHING ELSE? ANTHONY? YEAH, I DO HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.

SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE EARLY CHILDHOOD GOING TO SIX CAMPUSES VERSUS, YOU KNOW, FIVE IN THE COMMENTS JUST MADE, ARE WE LOOKING AT THE INCREASE IN ENROLLMENT OF THOSE OVER TIME, OR ARE WE LOOKING AT ABOUT THE SAME SIZE ENROLLMENT FOR THOSE? YOU KNOW, THE LEGISLATURE CHANGED THE REQUIREMENT TO FULL DAY PRE-KINDERGARTEN OR EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS FOR HALF DAY RIGHT ABOUT THE TIME WE WERE ENTERING THE PANDEMIC.

AND AS DOCTOR HUNT ALLUDED TO, THEY FUND US AT HALF.

AND WE ARE STARTING TO SEE, BASED ON OUR DEMOGRAPHERS' PROJECTIONS, SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS EACH YEAR STARTING TO LEVEL OUT.

SO WE ARE UNCLEAR.

WE THINK WE'VE KIND OF SETTLED INTO WHAT OUR NORMAL NUMBER WILL BE, BUT WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT.

ONE OF THE OTHER ASPECTS WE'VE CONSIDERED IN BEING ABLE TO LEVEL TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE WORDING IS WE HAVE A LOT OF FAMILIES ACROSS THE DISTRICT. IT IS A PROGRAM YOU HAVE TO QUALIFY FOR THAT DO QUALIFY, BUT A LARGER PERCENTAGE IS IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF OUR DISTRICT.

WE HAVE NOT HAD ROOM ON THOSE CAMPUSES TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE EARLY CHILDHOOD AND PRE-K SERVICES IN THE MOST RECENT YEARS, BECAUSE WE'RE ALSO SEEING ELEMENTARY ENROLLMENT DECLINE IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF OUR DISTRICT.

THE CAMPUS THAT WE ADDED THIS YEAR IS CANYON RANCH ELEMENTARY.

THEY DO HAVE SEVERAL EARLY CHILDHOOD AND PRE-K CLASSES, AND WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT TRENDS ON WHERE THOSE FAMILIES THAT QUALIFY ARE LIVING, BECAUSE ONE THING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ATTENDANCE, DRIVING FUNDING AND STUDENTS BEING ENROLLED IN THE SEATS.

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THEY'VE NOT HAD MAYBE THE CONNECTION THAT THEY'VE NEEDED TO.

THEN WHEN THEIR CHILD GOES INTO KINDERGARTEN, REMAIN IN COPPELL AND GO BACK TO THAT HOME CAMPUS.

AND SO WE ARE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO RETAIN OUR STUDENTS HERE BECAUSE AS OUR FAMILIES HAVE SHARED TODAY, IT'S A GREAT EDUCATION REGARDLESS OF WHAT CAMPUS YOU'RE ON.

AND SO THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WE'RE LOOKING TO LEVEL TO GET AS CLOSE TO THOSE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS AS POSSIBLE, STARTING AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS OPTION BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT? ALL RIGHT. I GUESS WE CAN CONTINUE ON.

ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT CONSIDERATION THAT AROSE FROM THE RUBRIC IS CONSOLIDATING PINKERTON ELEMENTARY INTO AUSTIN AND WILSON, AND CONSOLIDATING THE DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION PROGRAM AND BILINGUAL EARLY CHILDHOOD AND PRE-K PROGRAMS TO DENTON CREEK ELEMENTARY.

THIS INCLUDES MOVING THE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM TO WILSON, WITH 75% OF THE STUDENTS THAT ATTEND.

CURRENTLY AT PINKERTON WOULD CONSOLIDATE TO WILSON.

25% OF THE PINKERTON STUDENTS CURRENTLY WOULD BE REZONED TO AUSTIN ELEMENTARY.

IT WOULD INCLUDE MOVING THE DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION AND BILINGUAL EARLY CHILDHOOD AND PRE-K PROGRAMS TO DENTON CREEK ELEMENTARY.

IT WOULD INCLUDE LEVELING PRE-K AND EARLY CHILDHOOD ENROLLMENTS DISTRICT WIDE, AS WE JUST DISCUSSED.

AND IT WOULD INVOLVE ADJUSTING DENTON CREEK ATTENDANCE ZONES TO TOWN CENTER ELEMENTARY.

COTTONWOOD CREEK ELEMENTARY AND LAKESIDE ELEMENTARY.

BASED ON ENROLLMENT, HERE IS A GRAPHIC TO SHOW THIS CONSOLIDATION.

THE RED ARROWS SHOW THE CONSOLIDATION OF PINKERTON AND THE DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION PROGRAM AND EARLY CHILDHOOD BILINGUAL PRE-K PROGRAMS. 75% OF PINKERTON WOULD BE ZONED TO WILSON, AND THE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM WOULD BE MOVED TO WILSON, ALLOWING IT TO SERVE MORE STUDENTS.

25% OF THE PINKERTON STUDENTS WOULD ATTEND AUSTIN, WITH THE OPTION TO TRANSFER TO WILSON FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM.

THE DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION PROGRAM WOULD BE CONSOLIDATED TO DENTON CREEK, ALONG WITH EARLY CHILDHOOD BILINGUAL PRE-K PROGRAMS. THE BLACK ARROWS SHOW THE OTHER MOVEMENT NECESSARY FOR EFFICIENCY AND LEVELING ENROLLMENT NUMBERS ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

THIS PLAN INCLUDES LEVELING OUT THE ENROLLMENT NUMBERS TO MORE CAMPUSES FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD AND PRE-K.

AS DISCUSSED IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THE DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION PROGRAM, AND EARLY CHILDHOOD AND BILINGUAL PRE-K PORTIONS OF ATTENDANCE ZONES AT DENTON CREEK WOULD NEED TO BE SHIFTED TO COTTONWOOD CREEK, TOWN CENTER, AND LAKESIDE.

HERE WE PRESENT THE DATA FROM THE RUBRIC TO HIGHLIGHT AGAIN THE KEY LEVERS THAT AROSE WITH THIS RECOMMENDATION.

THE FACTORS IN THE RUBRIC THAT LED TO THIS RECOMMENDATION ARE.

CAPACITY. THE PINKERTON BUILDING HAS A COMFORTABLE STUDENT CAPACITY OF 400 STUDENTS AND 91% UTILIZATION.

THE AGE AND THE CONDITION OF THE BUILDING.

AS EXPLAINED EARLIER, ALL CISD FACILITIES WERE ASSESSED IN 2020 ON THE FACTORS SUCH AS INTERIOR CONDITIONS, EXTERIOR CONDITIONS, AND THE MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING CONDITIONS.

THIS BUILDING RECEIVED A FACILITY ASSESSMENT SCORE OF 1.6 OUT OF THREE AND IS RELEASED AND IS RATED BELOW STANDARD.

IT RECEIVED THE LOWEST SCORE OF ALL SCHOOL BUILDINGS IN THE DISTRICT.

AS FAR AS EFFICIENCY, THE FIVE YEAR AVERAGE COST PER STUDENT AT THIS CAMPUS IS HIGHER THAN THE AVERAGE FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

WE WILL SHARE MORE DETAIL ABOUT THIS IN A MINUTE.

AND WITH 55,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING, THE UTILITY COST PER SQUARE FOOT IS $1, WHICH IS ABOUT AVERAGE FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

PINKERTON IS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO OTHER CAMPUSES, WITH TRAVEL TIME BETWEEN THE FURTHEST ATTENDANCE BOUNDARY AND THE CLOSEST OTHER CAMPUS BEING 8.7 MINUTES IN MORNING TRAFFIC.

THIS CHART SHOWS THE FIVE YEAR AVERAGE COST PER STUDENT BY ELEMENTARY CAMPUS.

THE OVERALL ELEMENTARY FIVE YEAR AVERAGE COST PER STUDENT IS $6,440.

PINKERTON IS 7119 AND WILSON IS 7132.

32. NOTE THAT WILSON HOSTS BOTH THE DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION PROGRAM AND THE PRE-K PROGRAM, WHICH ADD COSTS ON A PER STUDENT BASIS TO

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HERE ARE PROS TO CONSOLIDATING PINKERTON INTO WILSON AND AUSTIN.

THE AGE OF THE BUILDING AND CURRENT CONDITIONS.

THE MAINTENANCE COSTS, THE SIZE OF THE BUILDING LIMITS ENROLLMENT AND IT IS 33% LESS EFFICIENT.

THIS OPTION WOULD EXPAND THE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM TO MORE STUDENTS.

THIS OPTION WOULD REZONE STUDENTS TO REFRESH SCHOOL IN CLOSE PROXIMITY AND KEEP THE COHORT TOGETHER AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

THIS OPTION ALLOWS FOR THE ABILITY TO USE THE SALE OF THE PROPERTY.

THE FULL PROPERTY OWNED BY CISD.

PINKERTON HAS SMALLER PHYSICAL CLASSROOM SIZES THAN ANY OF OUR OTHER ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES.

THIS PLAN ALLOWS FOR AN INCREASED UTILIZATION OF DISTRICT AND CAMPUS BUILDINGS.

WITH THIS OPTION, STUDENTS CAN STILL ATTEND A NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL.

THIS OPTION ALLOWS FOR MAINTAINING A SCHOOL CHOICE OPTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM.

HERE ARE CONS TO CONSOLIDATING PINKERTON INTO WILSON AND AUSTIN.

THEY INCLUDE THE IMPACT TO STUDENTS AND STAFF, A CHANGE TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL FEEDER PATTERN IF STUDENTS ARE REZONED TO WILSON.

WITH THIS PLAN, THE TRANSITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM WILL NEED TO BE ADDRESSED ALONG WITH THE ADDITIONAL STAFF.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR STAFF.

ONLY 5% OF THE STUDENTS PINKERTON STUDENTS RIDE A BUS CURRENTLY TO SCHOOL.

PINKERTON HAS THREE BUSSES, INCLUDING TWO SPECIAL EDUCATION BUSSES.

WE WILL NEED TO BE CAREFUL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO NOT ADD ADDITIONAL TRANSPORTATION COSTS.

THE REPORT LOOKED AT THE FLOOR AREA RATIO RATING.

THIS SHOWS THE LAND SIZE COMPARED TO THE BUILDING SQUARE FOOT BEING USED ON THE LAND.

PINKERTON SCORED A 1.3, ONE OF THE LOWEST AND BEST SCORES BECAUSE OF THE LAND AT BROCK AND THE OLD SERVICE CENTER.

THERE IS LAND THAT CAN BE USED FOR MANY DIFFERENT PURPOSES.

THIS PLAN HAS SPLIT ATTENDANCE BOUNDARIES WITH STUDENTS FOR A SMALL GROUP OF STUDENTS ZONED TO AUSTIN, WITH THE ABILITY TO TRANSFER TO WILSON.

SOME STUDENTS COULD CHOOSE TO STAY AT WILSON IF IT WAS THEIR HOME CAMPUS.

IN THIS PLAN. HERE ARE CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE CONSOLIDATION OF PINKERTON INTO WILSON AND AUSTIN.

DISCUSSIONS THROUGH THE DECISION FILTER INCLUDED KEEPING STUDENTS TOGETHER IN A COHORT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, DEVELOPING PLANS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE TRANSITION.

CONSIDERING THE TRANSPORTATION IMPLICATIONS IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THIS CONSOLIDATION, THE DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION PROGRAM AT WILSON WILL NEED TO BE MOVED TO DENTON CREEK.

THIS ADDS EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS TO THE DLI PROGRAM.

ADDRESSING THE PRE-K AND EARLY CHILDHOOD NEEDS FOR WILSON AND DENTON CREEK AND DISTRICT WIDE, THERE WILL BE AN IMPACT TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE ZONES.

SPECIAL PROGRAMS AT PINKERTON WILL NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.

THE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM WILL STILL BE OFFERED AS A SCHOOL CHOICE OPTION TO MORE STUDENTS, AND CAN CONTINUE TO HELP ATTRACT FAMILIES TO COPPELL ISD.

SIDE BY SIDE, WE SEE PROS AND CONS AND CONSIDERATIONS.

THESE ARE DISCUSSIONS THAT CAME OUT OF THE 7.1.1 WORK.

THESE ARE COMPLICATED, HARD DECISIONS.

AND AGAIN, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE YOU WITH THE INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED TO CONSIDER ANY ACTION THAT YOU WANT TO TAKE.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE UTILIZATION EFFICIENCY AND PROXIMITY AND COMPARES THE CURRENT NUMBERS TO THE 2526 PROJECTED NUMBERS, WITH OR WITHOUT THE CONSOLIDATION. AGAIN, THE UTILIZATION NUMBERS ARE CURRENTLY ESTIMATED UNTIL THE DEMOGRAPHER IS ABLE TO PROVIDE UPDATED PROJECTIONS BASED UPON THE CURRENT 2425 ENROLLMENT DATA.

UNDER UTILIZATION, YOU CAN SEE THAT WITHOUT ANY CHANGES, THE UTILIZATION OF THE THREE CAMPUSES IN TOTAL WILL DECREASE BECAUSE OF THE PROJECTED DROP IN ENROLLMENT.

WITH CONSOLIDATION, THE UTILIZATION INCREASES AND EVENS OUT AMONG CAMPUSES.

THE OPTIMUM UTILIZATION IS BETWEEN 90 AND 95%.

AS FAR AS EFFICIENCY, AGAIN, WE ARE COMPARING THE OVERALL EFFICIENCY OF THE ELEMENTARY PROGRAM ON A FIXED COST PER STUDENT BASIS.

WITHOUT THE CONSOLIDATION, THE EFFICIENCY WOULD DECREASE BY 2.9%, AND WITH THE CONSOLIDATION, THE EFFICIENCY WILL INCREASE BY 4.1%.

PROXIMITY. MEASURING THE TRAVEL TIME WITHIN THE ATTENDANCE ZONE TO THE CAMPUS.

THE AVERAGE TIME TO TRAVEL DURING MORNING DROP OFF FOR PINKERTON STUDENTS DECREASES WITH THE CONSOLIDATION AT THE ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES.

THE AVERAGE TRAVEL TIME IS SEVEN MINUTES.

AGAIN AT THE SEPTEMBER 16TH BOARD WORKSHOP, WE WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL CURRENT DATA TO SHARE RELATED TO ENROLLMENT AND ATTENDANCE ZONES.

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THE PINKERTON BUILDING SITS ON NEARLY 10.82 ACRES, AND THE BROKER'S OPINION OF VALUE IS BETWEEN 3.8 MILLION AND 8.4 MILLION, DEPENDING UPON THE ZONING.

PINKERTON IS SLATED FOR $8.7 MILLION IN BOND PROJECTS.

THE ROOF, THE PLAYGROUND AND THE ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM HAVE ALREADY BEEN UPDATED.

THE BOARD COULD CHOOSE TO NOT SPEND THE REMAINING BOND FUNDS, OR COULD CHOOSE TO REALLOCATE THE BOND PROJECTS TO PROJECTS WITH SIMILAR SCOPE.

THE PLAYGROUND COULD BE REPURPOSED.

AGAIN FOR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD.

JUST HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR DR.

HUNT OR STAFF ON THIS ONE.

WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT TRANSFERRING THE IB PROGRAM DOES THAT CHANGE SIGNIFICANTLY FROM YEAR ONE TO YEAR TWO? HAVE YOU ALL LOOKED INTO HOW THAT ACTUALLY.

IS IT ABLE TO TRANSFER IN ONE YEAR, FOR INSTANCE, OR DO YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE FIVE TO BUILD UP THE PROGRAM, FOR INSTANCE? YEAH. DR. BROOKS AND I HAVE BEEN IN CLOSE CONVERSATION WITH THE IBO, WHICH IS THE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE ORGANIZATION, AND SHE CAN RESPOND TO THOSE QUESTIONS.

PERFECT. NO.

AT THIS TIME, WE'D BE ABLE TO KEEP OUR ACCREDITATION.

IT WOULD BE A TRANSFER TO A CAMPUS, AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE STAFF THERE ARE CONTINUING TO HAVE THE IB TRAINING THAT WOULD NEED TO BE IN PLACE, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAD ALL THE RESOURCES NECESSARY AS WELL BUT PIGGYBACKING ON THAT, WHILE YOU'RE WHILE YOU'RE UP THERE IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, GOING BACK TO THINKING, YOU KNOW, AT THE VERY BEGINNING, SOME OF THE AIR COMMENTS AND, AND THE STAFF AND THE TRANSITION PLAN, I MEAN, THIS ONE SPECIFICALLY YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THE IB PROGRAM AND THE TRAINING HAS BEEN PRETTY EXTENSIVE UP TO THIS PART WITH OUR STAFF AT PINKERTON.

COULD YOU SPEAK TO WHAT? AND MAYBE IT'S EARLY FOR THIS.

MAYBE IT'S NEXT WEEK. BUT, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO KNOW IS MORE OF WHAT THAT PLAN WOULD LOOK LIKE.

YOU KNOW, AS WE AS WE TALK ABOUT CONSOLIDATING CAMPUS AND MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE STAFF THAT ARE TRAINED FOR THIS PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY IF THEY WANT TO CONTINUE ON OR YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT STAFF ALREADY AT WILSON TO JUST HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET THEM UP TO SPEED AND TRAINED ON THE INS AND OUTS OF THE PROGRAM. I CAN DO A LITTLE BIT AND THEN I'LL HAVE MISS EICHEL COME UP AS WELL.

THANK YOU. I THINK WITH THE TRANSITION, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT ONCE AGAIN, THE DLI PROGRAM AS WELL AS THE BILINGUAL PRE-K PROGRAM, SOME OF THE STAFF WOULD THEN TRANSITION TO DENTON CREEK ELEMENTARY. SO THAT WOULD HAVE SOME OPENINGS THERE AT WILSON NECESSARILY FOR PINKERTON STAFF TO COME INTO THAT PLACEMENT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE CAMPUS AS A WHOLE, AND I'LL LET MISS EICHEL ANY, ANY OTHER THING.

WELL, AND DR.

BROOKS REALLY ADDRESSED THAT WITH THIS PLAN THAT WE'RE OFFERING UP FOR CONSIDERATION, AS SHE SAID, BY CONSOLIDATING THE DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION PROGRAM, THAT IS APPROXIMATELY HALF OF THE STAFF THAT IS CURRENTLY AT WILSON ELEMENTARY.

MOVING THEM TO DENTON CREEK.

ALSO, OUR DEMOGRAPHER HAS GIVEN US SOME PROJECTIONS BASED ON LAST YEAR'S NUMBER ABOUT WHAT REZONING WOULD LOOK LIKE.

AND SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF CLASSES THAT WOULD BE NEEDED, OR THE NUMBER OF SECTIONS OF CLASSES AT EACH GRADE LEVEL IT WOULDN'T BE JUST MOVING STUDENTS INTO THE CURRENT SECTIONS.

WE WOULD HAVE MORE SECTIONS AT EACH GRADE LEVEL.

SO THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE ENTIRETY OF THE STAFF FROM PINKERTON ELEMENTARY TO BE ABLE TO MOVE INTO WILSON ELEMENTARY BASED ON THESE PRELIMINARY NUMBERS.

AGAIN, AS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED THIS EVENING, AS WE GET UPDATED NUMBERS BASED ON THIS YEAR, I DON'T THINK IT WILL SHIFT SIGNIFICANTLY ENOUGH TO NOT ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN. AND WE DO SEE THE GREAT VALUE OF, YOU KNOW, THE STAFF MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE PROGRAM, THAT HAVE BEEN TRAINED, COMING IN AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE STUDENTS THAT HAVE OR EXCUSE ME, THE STAFF THAT HAS BEEN GENERAL EDUCATION AT WILSON TO HELP TRAIN THEM, PREPARE THEM, COME ALONGSIDE THEM AND HAVE EXPERIENCE AT EACH GRADE LEVEL IN THOSE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES AND THOSE STAFF MEMBERS WORKING TOGETHER.

THANK YOU. NICOLE.

THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE FOR THE PLAN PURPLE AND PLAN ORANGE THAT WE'VE SEEN SO FAR, I DON'T REALLY WANT TO NAME THEM ANYTHING.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CONSOLIDATING DLI PROGRAMS WHEN WE MEET NEXT WEEK, COULD YOU GUYS HAVE WHAT THE ATTRITION RATES ARE OF OUR DLI INSTRUCTORS SO THAT WE JUST HAVE SOME SENSE OF.

I KNOW THAT'S SOMETIMES BEEN A VERY DIFFICULT POSITION TO FILL.

AND SO I JUST WOULD LIKE A SENSE OF WHAT, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR US FROM A STAFFING PERSPECTIVE.

THANK YOU. EARLIER YOU HAD I THINK IT WAS A NUMBER.

IS IT LIKE 45% OF PINKERTON DOES NOT RESIDE IN THAT BOUNDARY? IS THAT RIGHT? IT'S PRETTY CLOSE.

I WAS MAKING SURE AND THEN.

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LIKE I SAID, THE PRIORITY AND WE WOULD ABSOLUTELY PLACE STUDENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THE IB PROGRAM WHETHER THEY WERE ZONED TO WILSON OR HAD THE OPPORTUNITY.

THEY WERE ZONED TO AUSTIN BUT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRANSFER BACK IN.

THOSE WOULD BE AUTOMATIC APPROVALS.

WE HAVE A PROCESS THAT WOULD BE IN PLACE FOR PARENTS TO INDICATE WHAT THEIR CHOICE IS.

SO WE'D WANT TO SETTLE ALL THAT FIRST AND THEN HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE HOW MANY SPACES WERE AVAILABLE FOR LOTTERY.

THE POSITIVE WITH ANY OF THESE DECISIONS THAT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT IS MAKING A DECISION THIS EARLY GIVES US A LOT OF TIME THIS YEAR TO BE VERY METHODICAL AND TAKE THE TIME NEEDED TO TAKE THOSE STEPS TO TAKE CARE OF THE FAMILIES AND THE STUDENTS THAT ARE PART OF THE PROGRAM NOW, AND THEN OPEN IT UP TO NEW FAMILIES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR NORMAL TIME FRAME IN THE SPRING.

AND SO, JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON THAT, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR OPTION, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO GROW, RIGHT.

AND SO WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE FROM A BRANDING MARKETING STANDPOINT.

JUST AT A HIGH LEVEL.

THAT WILL BE A NEXT WEEK KIND OF THING.

I'M NOT TRYING TO ASK YOU FOR TONIGHT, BUT JUST LOOKING AT THAT BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ELEMENTARY DECLINING IN THE OUT YEARS.

BUT NOW WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS OPTION, IT LOOKS LIKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GROW NOT ONLY JUST A FEW STUDENTS BUT SEVERAL HUNDRED POTENTIALLY.

SO MY QUESTION IS, SINCE WILSON WILL BE IN THIS OPTION, WILSON WILL BE AN IB SCHOOL. WHAT HAPPENS TO THE EXISTING LEARNERS IN THAT SCHOOL WHO ARE GOING THROUGH THE REGULAR PROGRAM, NOT AN IB PROGRAM? WILL THEY BE ALLOWED TO JUMP ON AN IB PROGRAM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE THIRD GRADE OR FIFTH GRADE? FOURTH GRADE? AND SECOND PART OF THE SAME QUESTION AS WELL.

WHAT OPTION DO PARENTS HAVE WHO DON'T WANT THAT CHANGE FOR THEIR LEARNER? DO THEY HAVE AN OPTION TO OPT TO SOME OTHER SCHOOL, NOT AN IB SCHOOL? EVEN THOUGH I'M A HUGE FAN OF IB PROGRAM? I THINK ANYONE WHO WATCHES THESE SESSIONS, THEY KNOW I LOVE IB PROGRAM, BUT WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL OF EVERY PARENT'S CHOICE WHO DON'T WANT TO BE THE LEARNERS TO BE PART OF THE PROGRAM.

YES, ABSOLUTELY.

EVERY SPRING WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT TRANSFER WINDOW OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR FAMILIES IN COPPELL ISD.

WE HAVE ONE THAT'S MID SPRING AND THEN WE HAVE ONE AGAIN.

AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SUMMER.

WE WOULD HAVE THOSE SAME TRANSFER OPPORTUNITIES AND FAMILIES FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS, CHOOSE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT.

IN FACT, THAT'S SPOKE TO THE CHART THAT WE SHOWED EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT ATTEND A SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY LIVE IN THAT ATTENDANCE ZONE.

AND FOR EVERY CAMPUS, THERE'S A PERCENTAGE THAT ATTEND A SCHOOL AND THEY DON'T LIVE IN THAT ATTENDANCE ZONE.

AND THAT, YOU KNOW, IS FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.

SO THAT WOULD BE PART OF OUR NORMAL PROCESS THAT WOULD TAKE PLACE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS HANDLED BY A TEAM UNDER MY UMBRELLA.

AND IN RECENT YEARS, THE LAST FIVE, SIX YEARS, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HONOR ANY AND ALL TRANSFER REQUESTS.

IT'S INTERESTING.

A LOT OF TIMES IT'S KIND OF A WASH.

EVEN THOUGH IT DOESN'T, YOU WOULDN'T THINK IT WOULD WORK OUT THAT WAY.

YOU KNOW, THREE STUDENTS IN HER AND THREE STUDENTS EXIT AND IT ALL KIND OF WORKS OUT.

AND SO WE WOULD BE VERY METHODICAL WITH THAT AS WELL.

SO THAT AUTOMATICALLY ANSWERS THE FIRST PART OF THE QUESTION THAT EXISTING STUDENTS WOULD MOVE TO IB PROGRAM IF THEY DON'T CHOOSE THE OPTION TO TRANSFER.

CORRECT. AND WE DO CURRENTLY HAVE STUDENTS THAT ENTER THE IB PROGRAM AT DIFFERENT GRADE LEVELS FOR DIFFERENT REASONS.

THEY MOVE INTO THE ATTENDANCE ZONE, AND THEY HAVE NOT BEEN A PART OF THE IB PROGRAM IN THE PAST.

AND WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT MOVE INTO OUR DISTRICT THAT HAVE BEEN PART OF AN INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM IN ANOTHER DISTRICT, AND AS THEY COME IN, YOU KNOW, HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY EITHER AS THEY MOVE IN OR THE NEXT YEAR DURING THE LOTTERY TO BE ABLE TO BECOME A PART OF THAT PROGRAM.

AND SO, AGAIN, HAVING THE PROGRAM ON A CAMPUS THAT HAS THE CAPACITY FOR MORE STUDENTS WOULD ALLOW US TO SERVE MORE STUDENTS WHETHER IT'S BY CHOICE OR BY LIVING IN THAT ATTENDANCE ZONE.

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YES. RANNA.

YEAH. DO OF LIKE A PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS WHO ARE IN THE IB PROGRAM AT PINKERTON CURRENTLY.

SO THAT ONE AGAIN, LIKE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT ARE NUMBER OF STUDENTS OR PERCENTAGE ATTENDING THE IB PROGRAM AT PINKERTON CURRENTLY.

AND THEN THERE IS A THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF EXPANSION OF THE IB PROGRAM WITH THIS PARTICULAR OPTION.

HOW MUCH MORE CAPACITY ARE WE THINKING ABOUT? SAY MOVING THE IB PROGRAM FROM THE SMALLER CAMPUS, WHICH IS PINKERTON, TO A FOOTPRINT WHICH HAS MORE SPACE, HAS THE POTENTIAL TO GROW THE PROGRAM.

AND THEN THE ENROLLMENT, I THINK IS 348.

IS THAT RIGHT? RIGHT.

44% OF THE STUDENTS THAT CURRENTLY ATTEND PINKERTON ELEMENTARY ATTEND THERE AS A CHOICE PROGRAM.

THEY DO NOT LIVE IN THE ATTENDANCE ZONE.

AND WE WILL WORK ON MORE NUMBERS ABOUT HOW MANY ADDITIONAL SPOTS THERE WOULD BE NEXT WEEK WHEN WE GET BETTER ENROLLMENT INFORMATION.

BUT AS I SAID EARLIER, THE PRIORITY WOULD BE MAKING SURE THAT STUDENTS CURRENTLY IN THE PROGRAM ARE PLACED.

AND THEN LOOK AT THE OPPORTUNITY.

WE WOULD STAFF THE CAMPUS SO THAT THERE ARE SEATS AVAILABLE AT EVERY GRADE LEVEL FOR THE CHOICE PROGRAM THROUGH.

SO STUDENTS AND FAMILIES THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT CAN HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY IF THAT'S A CHOICE THAT THEY WANT TO MAKE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS COMMENTS, THOUGHTS ON THIS OPTION BEFORE WE MOVE ON? ANOTHER OPTION TO CONSIDER IS BOTH PINKERTON AND AUSTIN INTO THE REMAINING NINE ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES.

THIS WOULD IMPACT THE ATTENDANCE BOUNDARIES FOR ALMOST EVERY CAMPUS.

THIS PLAN INCLUDES MOVING THE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM TO WILSON, MOVE, DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION AND BILINGUAL PRE-K PROGRAMS TO DENTON CREEK LEVEL PRE-K AND EARLY CHILDHOOD DISTRICT WIDE AND LEVEL ELEMENTARY ENROLLMENTS.

HERE IS A GRAPHIC TO SHOW THE CONSOLIDATION.

THE RED ARROWS SHOW THE CONSOLIDATION OF AUSTIN AND PINKERTON INTO THE CAMPUSES IN CLOSE PROXIMITY.

THEY ALSO SHOW THE MOVEMENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM TO WILSON AND THE MOVEMENT OF DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION PROGRAM AND PRE-K BILINGUAL TO DENTON CREEK.

HERE'S A GRAPHIC TO SHOW THE CONSOLIDATION, WITH THE BLACK ARROWS SHOWING THE OTHER MOVEMENT NECESSARY FOR EFFICIENCY AND LEVELING ENROLLMENT NUMBERS ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

THE CONSOLIDATION OF AUSTIN AND PINKERTON WILL IMPACT EVERY ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUS, EITHER THROUGH CONSOLIDATION.

THE LEVELING OF ENROLLMENT NUMBERS OR THE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE EARLY CHILDHOOD AND PRE-K PROGRAMS. THAT WE LOOKED AT THESE SLIDES EARLIER, BUT LET'S LOOK AGAIN AT THE NUMBER OF AVAILABLE SEATS.

THIS OPTION WOULD REMOVE APPROXIMATELY 1000 SEATS FROM OUR ELEMENTARY CAPACITY, WHICH WOULD MAKE IT TIGHT FOR ANY CHANGES IN ENROLLMENT.

AS ENROLLMENT DECLINES AND THEN SETTLES, THERE WILL BE MORE ROOM OR FLEXIBILITY IN THE SYSTEM, BUT IT WOULD BE TIGHT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.

HERE ARE PROS TO CONSOLIDATING BOTH PINKERTON AND AUSTIN.

THE AGE OF THE BUILDINGS AND THEIR CURRENT CONDITIONS.

THE MAINTENANCE COSTS FOR BOTH CAMPUSES INCREASED UTILIZATION OF DISTRICT, CAMPUS AND BUILDINGS.

THIS PLAN DOES ALLOW FOR LEVELING THE ELEMENTARY ENROLLMENT NUMBERS AT ALL ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

THIS PLAN ALLOWS FOR THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION PROGRAM TO ONE CAMPUS, DENTON CREEK.

THIS OPTION WOULD EXPAND THE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM TO MORE STUDENTS AT WILSON, AND THIS PLAN WOULD ALLOW FOR MAINTAINING A SCHOOL CHOICE TO MAINTAINING SCHOOL CHOICE OPTIONS LIKE THE DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION PROGRAM AND THE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM FOR PARENTS.

HERE ARE CONS TO CONSOLIDATING BOTH PINKERTON AND AUSTIN.

THE IMPACT TO STAFF AND STUDENTS.

THIS PLAN WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON MORE STAFF AND MORE STUDENTS BECAUSE IT IS CONSOLIDATING TWO CAMPUSES.

EVERY MIDDLE SCHOOL FEEDER PATTERN WOULD NEED TO BE ADJUSTED.

THE RENOVATION AND PRE-K EXPANSION AND REFRESH IN THE 2023 BOND PROGRAM WOULD NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.

THIS PLAN WOULD REDUCE 1000 SEATS OVERALL FROM THE ELEMENTARY CAPACITY.

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THIS PLAN CROSSES BOUNDARIES LIKE DENTON TAP, SANDY LAKE, AND MAJOR ROADWAYS WITH MOVEMENTS OF STUDENTS.

IN THIS PLAN, EVERY ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUS ATTENDANCE BOUNDARY WILL BE IMPACTED.

YOUR CONSIDERATIONS FOR CLOSING BOTH PINKERTON AND AUSTIN.

THIS PLAN REQUIRES CAREFUL PLANNING TO NOT ADD TRANSPORTATION COSTS.

THIS PLAN LEVELS THE PRE-K PROGRAM MEMBERS ACROSS THE DISTRICT WHEN MAKING THESE BOUNDARY CHANGES.

THIS PLAN WILL IMPACT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT TO ALL ELEMENTARY MIDDLE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE ZONES AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS WILL HAVE TO BE CAREFULLY ADDRESSED.

SIDE BY SIDE WE SEE PROS, CONS AND CONSIDERATIONS.

AGAIN, THESE ARE DISCUSSIONS THAT CAME OUT OF THE 7.1.1 WORK.

THESE ARE COMPLICATED HARD DECISIONS AND WE WANT TO GIVE YOU ALL THE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO MAKE ANY ACTION.

THIS CHART SHOWS THE UTILIZATION AND EFFICIENCY AND COMPARES THE CURRENT NUMBERS TO THE 2526 PROJECTED NUMBERS, WITH OR WITHOUT CONSOLIDATION.

LOOKING AT UTILIZATION AGAIN THESE ARE ESTIMATED NUMBERS THAT WILL BE REVISED.

YOU CAN SEE THAT WITHOUT ANY CHANGES, THE UTILIZATION OF THE SIX CAMPUSES IN TOTAL WILL DECREASE DUE TO THE PROJECTED DROP IN ENROLLMENT.

WITH CONSOLIDATION, THE UTILIZATION INCREASES AND EVENS OUT AMONGST CAMPUSES.

THE OPTIMUM UTILIZATION BEING BETWEEN 90 AND 95% WITH EFFICIENCY.

WE ARE COMPARING THE OVERALL EFFICIENCY OF THE ELEMENTARY PROGRAM ON A FIXED COST PER STUDENT BASIS.

WITHOUT THE CONSOLIDATION, THE EFFICIENCY WOULD DECREASE BY 2.9%, AND WITH THE CONSOLIDATION, THE EFFICIENCY WOULD INCREASE BY 11.9%.

AT THE SEPTEMBER 16TH BOARD WORKSHOP, WE WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL CURRENT DATA ON ENROLLMENT TO SHARE WITH ENROLLMENT AND ATTENDANCE ZONES.

AND THEN AGAIN, THE AUSTIN BUILDING SITS ON OVER 400,000 SQUARE FOOT LOT THAT WAS VALUED AT 5.7 MILLION, AND THE PINKERTON BUILDING SITS ON OVER 470,000FT² AND IS VALUED BETWEEN 3.8 AND 8.4 MILLION.

DEPENDING ON ZONING, THE PROPERTIES COULD BE SOLD OR THEY COULD BE REPURPOSED FOR ANOTHER COPPELL ISD USE.

OVER $40 MILLION IS SET ASIDE IN THE 2023 BOND PROGRAM FOR AUSTIN AND PINKERTON.

THE BOARD COULD CHOOSE TO NOT SPEND THE RENOVATION AND REFRESH MONEY FROM THE BOND, OR COULD ALLOCATE IT TO OTHER PROJECTS WITH SIMILAR SCOPE.

THE PLAYGROUNDS COULD BE REPURPOSED.

ANTHONY. SO WHEN I LOOK AT THE ELEMENTARY OPTION HERE CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CYPRESS WATERS AND WHAT WAS THERE FACTORED INTO THIS DISCUSSION OR EVALUATION OR ASSESSMENT, AND WHAT IMPACT IS THAT OR ANY VACANT DEVELOPMENT LOTS THAT ARE GOING TO OCCUR IN THE TIME FRAME THAT'S BEING DISCUSSED HERE.

ARE THEY CONSIDERED IN THIS OPTION? YOU WORK WITH ZONDA DEMOGRAPHICS AS OUR DEMOGRAPHER, AND THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE DISTRICT FOR MANY YEARS AND ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE CYPRESS WATERS RESTRICTIONS THAT WE HAVE WITH THAT DEVELOPER.

AND SO WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING AT CYPRESS WATERS WHEN WE'RE MAKING ANY KIND OF ADJUSTMENTS, NOT AT ELEMENTARY EXCLUSIVELY, BUT ALSO MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE IT AFFECTS PRE-K THROUGH 12TH GRADE.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD A YES.

YES, BECAUSE OF THE AGREEMENT WITH CYPRESS WATERS, THE YIELD OF STUDENTS OUT OF CYPRESS WATERS IS SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN THE YIELD OF STUDENTS OUT OF OUR OTHER AREAS THAT HAVE MULTI-FAMILY UNITS, WE JUST DON'T SEE THE SAME TYPE OF ENROLLMENT COMING OUT OF CYPRESS WATERS AS WE DO OUT OF SOME OF OUR OTHER AREAS WITH APARTMENT COMPLEXES, AND THAT IS BECAUSE 80% OF THE APARTMENT CONDOS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE SINGLE BEDROOM.

ONE BEDROOM. YES, I BELIEVE 75% OF THE UNITS MUST BE ONE BEDROOM.

AND MOST OF A LOT.

NOT MOST, BUT A LOT OF TWO AND THREE BEDROOM APARTMENTS WERE BUILT EARLIER.

A LOT OF THEM HAVE BEEN ALREADY BUILT.

YES. A NUMBER OF THE FACILITIES WITHIN CYPRESS WATERS ARE.

THEY ARE MAINTAINING THE RATIO THAT THEY'RE REQUIRED TO.

WE HAVE A PRETTY DECENT.

AGAIN, NOBODY HAS A CRYSTAL BALL.

BUT AS MUCH AS OUR PROFESSIONAL DEMOGRAPHER CAN ESTIMATE, WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD ESTIMATE OF THE YIELD.

YES. AND IT HAS BEEN CONSISTENT OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS.

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THE YIELD OUT OF THOSE APARTMENT COMPLEXES IN CYPRESS WATERS.

YES. ESPECIALLY WITH CURRENT AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF LAND DOWN IN CYPRUS WATERS.

SOME IS ZONED FOR COMMERCIAL, SOME RESIDENTIAL.

AND SO WE ALWAYS WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING CLOSELY AT CYPRUS WATERS.

AGAIN, IT'S NOT ONLY AN ELEMENTARY ISSUE, IT'S PRE-K THROUGH 12TH GRADE ISSUE BECAUSE FAMILIES COULD MOVE IN WITH ANY AGE CHILDREN.

AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT THE SPACE TO EDUCATE THEM.

THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE ON THIS ENROLLMENT AND AVAILABLE SEATS CHART THAT YOU REVISITED ON THIS OPTION.

SO BASICALLY WE'RE SAYING IT WOULD BE A TIGHT SQUEEZE UNTIL VALLEY RANCH'S RENOVATION IS DONE.

AND THEN IT WOULD BE A TIGHT SQUEEZE UNTIL THE NEXT RENOVATION.

IS THAT ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'RE SAYING WHEN WE WERE IN RENOVATION ADDS ABOUT 90 SEATS.

SO WITH THE THREE PLANNED RENOVATIONS, IF YOU DO ONE, 2 OR 3, THAT WOULD ADD 90 SEATS.

AND THAT GIVES US THE LEEWAY WITH OUR ENROLLMENT DECLINING, PLUS THE ADDITION OF THOSE SEATS.

THAT GIVES US SOME BUFFER.

THE BUFFER FOR CONSOLIDATING TWO CAMPUSES.

ARE WE SAYING WE FEEL LIKE WE HAVE THAT ONCE VALLEY RANCH IS REMODELED, OR WE REALLY DON'T HAVE THAT UNTIL THE SECOND RENOVATION? THE SECOND RENOVATION IS GOING TO FEEL BETTER FOR ALL OF US.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

I WILL SAY, I THINK BASED ON THE THREE COMMENTS, YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THIS AND THINKING BACK LIKE WE WERE IN THE THICK OF THE ELEMENTARY AT THE POINT, YOU KNOW, LAST TIME WE WERE AT NEAR FULL UTILIZATION AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL.

AND FROM A FLEXIBILITY STANDPOINT, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS TIGHT.

WE HAD KIDS FROM THE VERY SOUTHERN PART OF OUR DISTRICT BEING BUSED ALL THE WAY TO THE VERY NORTHERN PART.

I'M NOT SURE THAT I HAVE A REALLY A QUESTION MORE THAN MY COMMENTS OR THOUGHTS, BUT LOOKING AT THIS ONE, YOU KNOW, BACK TO THOSE DISRUPTIVE YOU KNOW, COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE EARLIER, THIS SEEMS OF THE THREE THAT WE'VE SEEN TO BE THE MOST EXTREMELY DISRUPTIVE, IF NOT ALMOST A NUCLEAR OPTION IN TERMS OF EFFICIENCY.

DEFINITELY DOES THAT, BUT IT DOESN'T GIVE US THAT FLEXIBILITY.

SHOULD OUR TRENDS CHANGE? OR TO YOUR POINT, ANTHONY, SHOULD YOU KNOW ANY OF THE VACANT LAND OR BLACKBERRY FARMS OR ANY OF THE OTHER DEVELOPMENTS, YOU KNOW, OR COMMUNITIES IN OUR IN OUR, IN OUR DISTRICT TURNOVER? SO FOR ME, AS I'M LOOKING AT THIS ONE, THIS GIVES ME A LITTLE PAUSE TO WANT TO FOCUS ON GOING FORWARD AND SEEING THE REST OF THE STUFF YET.

BUT I'D BE INTERESTED IN Y'ALL'S THOUGHTS ON THIS ONE.

AT THIS POINT IN THE CONVERSATION, I JUST SIMPLY LOOK AT THE EFFICIENCY NUMBERS MEANS, I THINK FROM AN EFFICIENCY PERSPECTIVE ONLY.

THERE IS A CAPACITY TO CONSOLIDATE TWO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, BUT THAT'S WHY WE DIDN'T TAKE 1 OR 2 FACTORS. WE CREATED A WHOLE RUBRIC, WHICH TAKES A LOT OF DATA POINTS.

AND WHEN WE START LOOKING AT THE OTHER DATA POINTS OF HOW MANY FAMILIES, ALMOST EVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FAMILY WILL BE AFFECTED IN THIS THERE'S A HUGE PROBABILITY OF TRANSPORTATION COSTS GOING UP.

A LOT OF FAMILIES WILL LOSE THE OPTION OF WALKING DOWN TO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THIS.

CONSIDERING ALL THE OTHER FACTORS WHICH WE HAVE MADE PART OF OUR RUBRIC THIS DOES LOOK LIKE A VERY HEAVY COST TO PAY RIGHT NOW.

BUT AGAIN, IF YOU LOOK AT EFFICIENCY, JUST ONE NUMBER, IT KIND OF MAKES SENSE.

BUT WE HAVE TO TAKE A HOLISTIC VIEW FOR OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

AND I THINK IT'S A VERY HEAVY COST TO PAY.

I UNDERSTAND THE LOGIC OF IT FROM AN EFFICIENCY STANDPOINT AS WELL.

RIGHT? BUT I THINK IT TRIMS US DOWN TOO FAR.

IT DOESN'T PROVIDE LIKE A STRATEGIC VALUE IN THE FUTURE TO PACK US IN SO TIGHT BECAUSE THINGS DO CHANGE.

LIKE THE INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX IS A GREAT ADDITION.

BLACKBERRY FARMS, ANYTHING ELSE HAPPENING, INTEREST RATES FROM LIKE THAT LARGER LEVEL IF HOUSES START TURNING OVER, BECAUSE THEN WE'RE IN A SPACE WHERE WE'RE VERY TIGHT.

THAT'S WHAT I SEE HERE WITH THESE NUMBERS.

I HAVE A QUESTION FOR NEXT WEEK.

WHEN I LOOK AT PROXIMITY, I'M CURIOUS ABOUT WALKABILITY AND BIKE RIDING.

SO WITH EACH OF THESE OPTIONS I WOULD LIKE TO SEE DOES IT INCREASE OR DECREASE THE AMOUNT OF FAMILIES OR STUDENTS THAT COULD WALK OR BIKE TO WHATEVER SCHOOL THEY WOULD BE ZONED TO? I SAY THAT KNOWING THAT IT'S HARD TO KNOW HOW EXACTLY, BUT THAT WOULD HELP ME OUT THAT TO KNOW WOULD IT INCREASE OR DECREASE WALKABILITY.

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LIKE WHAT WE'VE HEARD SO FAR.

I WOULD BE COMFORTABLE NOT MOVING THIS IDEA FORWARD, IT SEEMS. YOU KNOW, I SAID TO MY HUSBAND EARLIER TONIGHT, I'M LIKE, IF WE FOCUS ONLY ON FINANCIAL EFFICIENCY OR WE FOCUS ONLY ON SEAT EFFICIENCY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO COME UP WITH THE BEST, MOST OPTIMAL OPTION.

AND I THINK WHILE THIS DOES, YOU GUYS DID EXACTLY WHAT WE CHARGED YOU WITH.

I DON'T THINK THE OUTCOME IS GOING TO BE WHAT WE WOULD DESIRE FOR OUR DISTRICT.

I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF MOVEMENT WITH THIS OPTION, AND IT'S JUST A CHANGE IN EVERY LEVEL AT ALL.

THE CAMPUSES WITH ALL THE PROGRAMS INCLUDING IB AND DLI AND PRE-K.

I'M ALSO THINKING ABOUT HOW THIS MUCH OF MOVEMENT WILL AFFECT US MOVING FORWARD AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL AND NUMBERS AND REZONING. THIS THIS IS A LOT TO CONSIDER.

I THINK WE HAD TALKED ABOUT WITH THOSE FIRST TWO OPTIONS, WE'D STILL HAVE SEATS AND AVAILABILITY TO HAVE A PRETTY ROBUST TRANSFER SITUATION RIGHT NOW BECAUSE YOU'D HAVE THE SEATS, THE ROOM AT VARIOUS CAMPUSES TO ACCOMMODATE THAT.

I THINK IF MY UNDERSTANDING IS CORRECT WITH THIS LAST OPTION, THERE WOULD BE VERY LITTLE WIGGLE ROOM.

THERE WOULDN'T BE NEARLY AS MUCH GRANDFATHERING OR COHORTING OR ALL THAT, BECAUSE YOU JUST WOULDN'T HAVE THE SPACE AT THOSE CAMPUSES NECESSARILY, BECAUSE IT'S TIGHTER.

IS THAT TRUE? ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ANTHONY? WELL, YOU KNOW, I THINK FLEXIBILITY IS IMPORTANT.

AND WE'VE SEEN THAT OVER THE YEARS.

WE'VE BEEN THROUGH COMPREHENSIVE REZONING AND WE'VE DONE IT AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL AND WE'VE SEEN WHAT THAT MEANS.

AND I THINK THIS OPTION DOESN'T GIVE YOU THAT FLEXIBILITY AND OPTION.

IT ALSO YOU LOOK AT CLASS SIZES TOO, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS I'M LOOKING TO THAT POTENTIALLY COULD BE IMPACTED AS WELL.

RIGHT. WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE THE WIGGLE ROOM, YOU'VE GOT TO TAKE AND ACCEPT STUDENTS AND MAKE THOSE CLASS SIZES A LITTLE BIT LARGER THAN YOU WOULD LIKE TO, BUT I THINK ALSO JUST A COMPREHENSIVE WATERFALL EFFECT RIGHT AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL AND PUTTING THE IMPACTS THERE AND MOVING, JUST HAVING TOO MANY MOVING PIECES.

AND I THINK THIS OPTION DEFINITELY ELIMINATES A LOT OF THAT FLEXIBILITY THAT WE LIKE TO HAVE.

AND SO I WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, IN FAVOR OF MOVING THIS ONE OFF THE TABLE AS ONE OF THOSE OPTIONS.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS THOUGHTS ON THIS ONE BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD? GOOD. WE HAVE ANOTHER OPTION FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER.

HI. THE NEXT OPTION IS THE CONSOLIDATION OF NEW TECH STUDENTS INTO CHS AND CHS NINE.

HERE WE PRESENT THE DATA FROM THE 7.1.1 RUBRIC TO HIGHLIGHT THE KEY LEVERS THAT AROSE WITH THIS RECOMMENDATION.

THE NEW TECH CAPACITY IS 500 STUDENTS AND THE CAMPUS UTILIZATION IS CURRENTLY 65%, WITH CURRENT ENROLLMENT AT 323 STUDENTS.

THE FACILITY WAS BUILT IN 1983 AND SCORED A 1.8 OUT OF THREE.

ONE OF THE LOWEST CAMPUS SCORES ON THE 2020 FACILITY.

ASSESSMENT. NEW TECH RECEIVED THE LOWEST SCORE FROM THE 7.1.1 RUBRIC OUT OF ANY CAMPUS.

THE CAMPUS UTILITY COST IS $0.78, ABOUT THE SAME AS COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL.

THERE ARE 14 SHUTTLES THAT RUN BETWEEN NEW TECH AND EITHER CHS OR CHS NINE.

THE SHUTTLES COST APPROXIMATELY $96 PER.

SHUTTLE PER DAY.

THERE ARE 43 STUDENTS THAT RIDE A BUS TO NEW TECH.

HERE'S A LOOK AT THE HIGH SCHOOL ENROLLMENT AS MISS SIRCAR JUST MENTIONED.

NEW TECH HAS 323 STUDENTS THIS YEAR.

HERE IS THE CURRENT BREAKDOWN BY GRADE LEVEL OF THE STUDENTS AT NEW TECH.

AS YOU CAN SEE, OF THE 323 STUDENTS, APPROXIMATELY ONE THIRD OF THOSE STUDENTS ARE CURRENTLY IN THEIR SENIOR YEAR AND WILL GRADUATE AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.

AND THE INCOMING FRESHMAN CLASS THAT STARTED THIS YEAR IS 76 STUDENTS.

ADDITIONALLY, THE CHART ON THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE NUMBER OF CLASSES AT EACH OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS AND THE NUMBER OF CLASSES WITH FEWER THAN 15 STUDENTS IN THOSE CLASSES.

WE HAVE SET THAT AS THE LIMIT FOR A CLASS TO MAKE, SO TO SPEAK.

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THESE CLASS SIZES FOR ALL OF THE HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUSES DO NOT COUNT SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS UNDER SOME SPECIAL PROGRAMS THAT STUDENTS QUALIFY FOR THAT THOSE PROGRAMS DO DICTATE SMALLER CLASS SIZES.

SO WE'VE REMOVED THOSE CLASSES FOR ALL THREE OF THE HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUSES.

AND ONCE AGAIN, THE LARGEST CURRENT GRADE LEVEL SENIORS WILL BE GRADUATING THIS YEAR AND WILL DECREASE THE OVERALL CAMPUS ENROLLMENT.

THIS CHART SHARES THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS AT NEW TECH THAT ARE TAKING CLASSES EITHER AT CHS, CHS NINE OR OFF CAMPUS IN A GIVEN PERIOD. FOR EXAMPLE, IN FIRST PERIOD OF THE 323 STUDENTS ENROLLED AT NEW TECH, 268 ARE TAKING CLASSES ON THE NEW TECH CAMPUS AND 55 ARE TAKING CLASSES AT CHS, CHS NINE OR OFF CAMPUS.

LOOKING AT EIGHTH PERIOD, 201 STUDENTS ARE TAKING CLASSES AT NEW TECH AND 122 ARE TAKING CLASSES OFF SITE ELSEWHERE.

THERE'S NOT A SINGLE PERIOD CURRENTLY WHERE ALL 323 STUDENTS ARE AT NEW TECH AT ONE TIME.

HERE ARE PROS TO CONSOLIDATING THE NEW TECH STUDENTS INTO CS AND CS NINE.

THE AGE OF THE BUILDING AND CURRENT CONDITIONS.

THE MAINTENANCE COSTS FOR THE BUILDING.

THE LOW ENROLLMENT NUMBERS.

STUDENTS WILL HAVE MORE OPTIONS FOR COURSE SELECTION, INCLUDING CAREER, TECHNICAL EDUCATION, INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE, ADVANCED PLACEMENT AND OTHER OPTIONS.

MANY STUDENTS ALREADY TAKE CLASSES AT CS AND CS NINE, AS WE'VE JUST DISCUSSED.

IT WILL ALLOW FOR INCREASED UTILIZATION OF DISTRICT AND CAMPUS BUILDINGS.

THE COSTS AND THE CLASS TIME SAVINGS THROUGH FEWER SHUTTLES AND THE ADDITIONAL PARKING COSTS WILL BE SAVED.

THE DISTRICT RENTS STUDENT PARKING FOR $30,000 A YEAR AT ST.

ANNE'S CHURCH. HERE ARE CONS TO CONSOLIDATING NEW TECH STUDENTS INTO CS AND CS NINE.

THIS PLAN IS A REDUCTION OF A CHOICE PROGRAM FOR FAMILIES.

THIS PLAN WOULD ADD MORE STUDENTS TO CS AND CS NINE.

NEW TECH OFFERS A SMALL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR STUDENTS.

NEW TECH HAS DEVELOPED STRONG COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS THAT WOULD BE IMPACTED.

NEW TECH HAS DEVELOPED DEEP TRADITIONS THAT WOULD ALSO BE IMPACTED.

HERE ARE CONSIDERATIONS TO CONSOLIDATING NEW TECH STUDENTS INTO CHS AND CHS NINE.

THE SHUTTLE'S COST APPROXIMATELY $230,000 A YEAR.

STUDENTS LOSE CLASS TIME WITH SHUTTLES, THEREFORE, THIS IS A FACTOR IN THE DECISION.

THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PLAN ADDRESSING GRADUATION NEEDS AND FOUR YEAR PLANS FOR STUDENTS FOLLOWING LEGAL GUIDELINES WOULD HAVE TO TAKE PLACE.

CISD HAS EVOLVED, HAS EVOLVED IN INSTRUCTION AND THE USE OF 1 TO 1 DEVICES SINCE THE INCEPTION OF NEW TECH.

NOW, ALL STUDENTS IN CISD HAVE DEVICES, AND CHS AND CHS NINE HAVE INTEGRATED PROJECT BASED LEARNING AS A PART OF THEIR INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICE.

SIDE BY SIDE, WE SEE PROS, CONS, AND CONSIDERATIONS.

AGAIN, THESE ARE DISCUSSIONS THAT CAME OUT OF THE 7.1.1 WORK SPECIFICALLY.

HERE'S A LOOK AT THE EFFICIENCIES THAT COULD COME FROM A CONSOLIDATION OF NEW TECH INTO CHS AND CHS NINE WITHOUT CONSOLIDATION, AND ASSUMING THAT THE CURRENT SENIOR CLASS OF 97 STUDENTS IS REPLACED BY A CLASS OF 100 FRESHMEN.

THE UTILIZATION WOULD INCREASE TO 69% WITH CONSOLIDATION AND THE SAME INCREASE IN STUDENTS.

CHS, AND CHS NINE WOULD BE AT 89% AND 95%, RESPECTIVELY.

LOOKING AT THE HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM EFFICIENCY, IF NEW TECH ADDED 100 STUDENTS AS FRESHMEN NEXT YEAR, THE EFFICIENCY WOULD INCREASE BY 0.9%.

ANY CLASS SIZE LOWER WOULD RESULT IN A LOSS OF EFFICIENCY.

WITH CONSOLIDATION, THE EFFICIENCY WOULD INCREASE BY 6.1%.

WITH THE CONSOLIDATION, THE NUMBER OF TOTAL SHUTTLES BETWEEN THE THREE SCHOOLS WOULD BE REDUCED FROM 28 TO 14, SAVING $230,000.

THE NEW TECH BUILDING SITS ON A 8224 SQUARE FOOT LOT.

THE BROKER'S OPINION OF VALUE IS 3 TO $5 MILLION.

DEPENDING UPON THE ZONING, THE PROPERTY COULD BE SOLD OR IT COULD BE REPURPOSED FOR OTHER COPPELL ISD USE.

$3 MILLION IS SET ASIDE IN THE 2023 BOND PROGRAM FOR THE NEW TECH REFRESH.

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THE BOARD COULD CHOOSE NOT TO SPEND THE REFRESH MONEY FROM THE BOND, OR COULD ALLOCATE IT TO ANOTHER PROJECT WITH SIMILAR SCOPE.

THE BOND ALSO INCLUDES MONEY FOR THE NEW FINE ARTS AND CTE SPACES AT COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL CAPACITY AT COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL.

QUESTIONS TO THIS POINT.

MY FIRST QUESTION IS NEW TECH A KIND OF A PROGRAM LIKE AN IB PROGRAM THAT CAN EXIST IN CS AND CS NINE CAMPUS, OR IT HAS TO HAVE ITS OWN BUILDING LIKE AN IB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PROGRAM.

IT NEEDS THE ENTIRE BUILDING NEEDS TO BE THERE.

COULD WE HAVE THE PROGRAM CHOICE WITHIN THE BIGGER FACILITY SO NOT GET RID OF THE PROGRAM? BUT IT COULD BE A SCHOOL WITHIN A SCHOOL CONCEPT.

THAT'S NOT OUR RECOMMENDATION RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT WOULD, I THINK, KIND OF DEVALUE THAT PROGRAM.

WHAT WE HEAR SO MUCH, WHAT I HEAR SO MUCH FROM FAMILIES IS THEY LIKE THE CHOICE.

THEY LIKE THE SMALL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.

PUTTING IT AT COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE TO BE AT ONE SCHOOL.

SO THE NINTH GRADERS, WHICH ARE CALLED ROOKIES AT NEW TECH, WOULD BE A PART OF THE CS CAMPUS.

YOU KNOW, WE DID LOOK AT THAT.

THAT HAS BEEN EXPLORED IN THE PAST, BUT WE'RE NOT BRINGING THAT FORWARD BECAUSE WE DON'T REALLY FEEL LIKE IT WOULD SPEAK TRUE TO THAT PROGRAM THAT MAYBE IN A YEAR OR TWO, IT WOULDN'T EVEN LOOK LIKE IT DID WHEN IT STARTED.

AND YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S NOT REALLY A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE'RE BRINGING.

YES. ANTHONY OR JOEY, YOU GO AHEAD, PLEASE.

PAPER. ROCK. SCISSORS.

YEAH. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT I KNOW.

WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER OPTIONS LATER, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF I'LL MAKE MY COMMENTS NOW JUST BECAUSE I'M THINKING ABOUT THEM.

I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THE LOGIC OF THIS.

THIS PRESENTATION.

BY THE NUMBERS.

IT MAKES ABSOLUTE SENSE, RIGHT? EFFICIENCY GAINS, COST FOR SHUTTLING AND ALL THAT IS MY OVERARCHING CONCERN WITH THIS OPTION IS THE LOSS OF THE CHOICE PROGRAM, AND I KNOW EVEN I'VE ONLY BEEN ON THE BOARD LIKE A YEAR AND A HALF OR TWO YEARS, IT SEEMS LIKE BUT IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN TALK OF LIKE, WHETHER OR NOT YOU WOULD HAVE LIKE AN ADDITIONAL HIGH SCHOOL HERE IN COPPELL.

BUT JUST EVEN FROM THESE NUMBERS, IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THAT'S KIND OF SUSTAINABLE OF WHAT YOU WOULD DO.

AND FROM A QUALITATIVE PERSPECTIVE, I'VE ALWAYS HEARD OF FAMILIES WHO'VE AT NEW TECH WHO'S LIKE MY KID'S LIFE WAS ABSOLUTELY CHANGED OR ALMOST SAVED BY BEING AT THAT PARTICULAR SCHOOL.

AND IN A SMALLER ENVIRONMENT, AS ADDED TO THE LARGER ONE.

BUT I AGAIN, I WILL SAY I UNDERSTAND BECAUSE FROM A DOLLARS AND CENTS PERSPECTIVE, IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT EVERY OPTION THAT THERE IS AVAILABLE, YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS OPTION.

MY ONLY THOUGHT HERE WHEN I SEE THIS FIRST IS SAY LIKE, HOW ELSE CAN WE LOOK AT THIS PROGRAM, THAT BUILDING, AND ESPECIALLY I BELIEVE IT WAS THREE PRINCIPALS IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS. AM I RIGHT? SO THREE PRINCIPALS IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

A LOT OF TURNOVER. HOW CAN WE TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT THAT PROGRAM AND SAY, WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO TO KEEP IT OR MAKE IT THRIVE? AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THEN REEVALUATE.

THAT'S WHEN I THAT'S JUST HOW I LOOK AT IT.

SO, I FIGURE I WOULD JUST SAY IT NOW, I KNOW IT'S LIKE ANOTHER SLIDE LATER.

BUT ANTHONY AND THAT WAS THE PATH I WAS GOING ON IS JUST CHOICE, RIGHT? I MEAN, TRUSTEE SETHI TALKED ABOUT THE IB PROGRAM.

I MEAN, A LOT OF THE PROGRAMS SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD HAVE COME INTO FRUITION, AND IB HAS BEEN ONE OF THEM.

AND I'VE BEEN AN ADVOCATE FOR THE CHOICE AND PROGRAMS AND THE VALUE THAT THEY PROVIDE.

AND I THINK I DEFINITELY LIKE TRUSTEE MATTHEW SAID, I BASED ON THE NUMBERS, IT MAKES ABSOLUTE SENSE TO HAVE THAT AS A DISCUSSION POINT.

BUT ALSO YOU LOOK AT OTHER INTRINSIC VALUES, QUALITATIVE VALUES THAT HAVE AN IMPACT.

AND WHEN I LOOK AT THAT AND TALK ABOUT THE GRADUATES THAT HAVE COME THROUGH THESE PROGRAMS, I'VE IS ANOTHER ONE, RIGHT? AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. YOU LOOK AT THEM THEY HAVE A VALUE, AND THESE KIDS HAVE A PLACE AND THEY EXPIRE.

I MEAN, THEIR ASPIRATIONS TO SEE THEMSELVES IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT IS ELEVATED BECAUSE OF THESE PROGRAMS. AND THAT'S THE THING THAT I ALWAYS GET CONCERNED WITH BECAUSE I KNOW PEOPLE SAY, HEY, YOU CAN GO TO THE HIGH SCHOOL.

WELL, A LOT OF PEOPLE GET LOST IN THE HIGH SCHOOL, AND THAT'S WHY THEY LIKE THE SMALLER ENVIRONMENTS.

AND SO THAT'S THAT BIG CONCERN WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE, THIS IS A POTENTIAL OPTION.

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RIGHT. AND CAN YOU LOSE KIDS.

AND PEOPLE SAY, WELL YOU CAN GRADUATE.

WELL SOME PEOPLE CAN GRADUATE BUT THEY DON'T FLOURISH.

AND DO YOU WANT PEOPLE TO FLOURISH? AND I THINK THAT'S THE WHOLE THING.

WHEN I LOOK AT THE SEA BASS PILLARS, WHEN I'M LOOKING AT YOU KNOW, CORE VALUES IS PEOPLE TO FLOURISH, NOT JUST TO SURVIVE AND GET THROUGH IT.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE I'M COMING FROM WHEN I LOOK AT THIS AND, AND I DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND IT BY THE NUMBERS AND THE CHALLENGES THAT IT'S FACED DURING THIS THERE'S EXCEPTIONS, BUT ALSO THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME OUT OF THE PROGRAM HAVE THRIVED AND DONE EXCEPTIONALLY WELL.

AND SO YOU BALANCE THAT IN TERMS OF WHO DO YOU LOSE BY NOT OFFERING THIS AS AN OPTION? OKAY. I MEAN, I THAT WAS MY EXACT THOUGHT AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH THIS.

I MEAN, YOU LOOK AT THE DATA AND YOU LOOK AT THE EFFICIENCY AND, AND WHERE WE'RE AT.

I MEAN, THE DATA IS PRETTY DAMNING IN TERMS OF THE DIRECTION I THINK WE NEED TO GO.

WITH NEW TECH. AND I WANT TO CHOOSE MY WORDS CAREFULLY BECAUSE I'VE BEEN ACCUSED WRONGFULLY A LOT OF TIMES, WE WANT TO SHUT NEW TECH DOWN, AND THAT'S NOT MY CASE AT ALL.

BUT I THINK WE DO NEED TO EVALUATE THE MODEL, TO YOUR POINT.

WHETHER IT'S NEW TECH OR WHETHER IT'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

CHOICE HIGH SCHOOL OR COPPELL, I DON'T KNOW.

WHEN WE LOOK AT, AT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT ARE CHOOSING IT AND THE COST TO OPERATE.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S A CONCERN.

WITH THAT SAID, I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE, I THINK, ALONG THE LINES OF WHERE YOU'RE GOING A NT-A I GUESS AS WE MOVE FORWARD, MAYBE AN ALTERNATIVE OF WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT COULD LOOK LIKE OR A PLAN.

I DON'T WANT TO USE THE WORD GROWTH PLAN.

WHAT ACTION PLAN? GROWTH PLAN IS NEGATIVE.

AND THE EDUCATION WORLD AN ACTION PLAN, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF A FRAMEWORK OF YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT A PLAN WOULD BE OR WHAT WE SHOULD DO TO IMPROVE THE NUMBERS TO, TO IMPROVE THE OPERATING COST.

AND WHAT THAT WOULD TAKE. AND I'M NOT PROPOSING WE DRAG YOU DOWN HERE IN FRONT OF US NEXT WEEK.

ZAYN. BUT YOU KNOW, IN A WEEK'S NOT A GOOD TURNAROUND TO GET A DETAILED PLAN, BUT MAYBE A FRAMEWORK.

WHAT'S AN APPROPRIATE TIMELINE FOR US TO EVALUATE? NEW TECH AND IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, GENERATING MORE INTEREST AND GENERATING MORE KIDS.

IS IT NEW TECH AS A AS A PROGRAM THAT THAT WE NEED TO CHANGE.

BUT I DO WANT TO KEEP THE OPTION.

I THINK HAVING THAT THAT OPTION BECAUSE TO YOUR POINT, I'VE TALKED TO SO MANY FAMILIES THAT HAVE BENEFITED FROM BEING THERE AND NOT BEING IN, YOU KNOW, A 3000 PLUS SCHOOL.

AND SO, SO I HAVE A LOT OF FAITH IN DR.

HUNT AND, AND THE TEAM YOU HAVE PUT THERE AT NEW TECH.

NOW THAT THAT WE OWE THEM A CHANCE TO SHOW US WHAT THEY CAN DO.

AND I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE AN OPEN CHECK, AT LEAST IN MY MIND, THAT WE NEED TO HAVE SOME KIND OF PLAN, WHETHER IT'S A 2 OR 3 YEAR PLAN TO EVALUATE AND SOME METRICS AND BENCHMARKS THAT WE LOOK AT, MAYBE WE MAKE THAT ONE OF OUR GOALS OR IT'S JUST AN ACTION PLAN.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, BUT THAT'S WHERE MY HEAD IS.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US COME UP WITH AN ALTERNATIVE HERE THAT WOULD KEEP THIS OPTION OR CHOICE FOR OUR FAMILIES.

AND THEN YOU KNOW, SOME MEASURABLES THAT WE CAN LOOK AT GOING FORWARD.

I HAVE THREE THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS PLAN.

MY FIRST THOUGHT IS, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY EVALUATING PROGRAMS IF KIDS WERE DISPLACED, DO WE WHAT ALTERNATIVES ARE WE OFFERING TO THEM? AND WHILE I APPRECIATE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WE HAVE SPACE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL I DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT OFFERS AN EQUITABLE ALTERNATIVE FOR THESE KIDS THAT BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM.

LISTENING TO THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT, I DON'T KNOW WHY I'VE NOT EVER HAD THIS BEFORE, BUT THE REALITY IS, IF THIS IF THIS PROGRAM DIDN'T HAVE ITS OWN BUILDING, WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT IT TONIGHT.

IT'S YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT IB AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT CTE.

WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT FINE ARTS.

THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT PARTIALLY BECAUSE OF THE SCALE, BUT PARTIALLY THIS PROGRAM IS GETS HIGHLIGHTED BECAUSE IT HAS ITS OWN BUILDING.

SO I LIKE WHAT DAVID'S SAYING ABOUT WHAT COULD BE A PLAN.

HOW COULD THIS POTENTIALLY THRIVE? MAYBE IT'S NOT THE NEW TECH NETWORK ANYMORE.

I KNOW THAT HEMS US IN SOME WAYS.

AND TO BE TOTALLY TRANSPARENT, I HAVE FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCES WITH NEW TECH IN ITS EARLY DAYS.

SO WE LIVED THROUGH SOME OF THOSE MACHINATIONS AND ITS GROWING PAINS, BUT I THINK IT'S EVOLVED AND CHANGED A LOT FROM WHAT IT WAS ORIGINALLY.

AND I'M NOT SURE THAT WE REALLY KNOW WHAT ITS IDENTITY IS.

I THINK WE'VE HELD ON TO IT BEING NEW TECH.

MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT STILL OFFERS WHAT THESE KIDS NEED AND HONORS WHAT SO MANY PEOPLE SAID TONIGHT THAT WE VALUE AS A COMMUNITY, WHICH IS

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AND I'M OPEN TO THAT LOOKING DIFFERENT, BUT I LIKE SOMETHING ON A SMALLER SCALE.

MY THIRD POINT ON THIS ONE IS GOD FORBID, VOUCHERS, EDUCATIONAL SAVINGS ACCOUNTS, WHATEVER WE WANT TO CALL THEM GO THROUGH.

THESE ARE SOME OF THE FAMILIES THAT WOULD TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING ELSE IF WE DON'T HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY.

AND SO I DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING FROM A PLACE OF FEAR.

BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IS HOW MANY KIDS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ARE THESE KIDS RELATED TO, WHERE WE MIGHT POTENTIALLY LOSE A WHOLE FAMILY AND NOT LOSE HOWEVER MANY KIDS JUST AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL? BECAUSE I DO THINK FOR A NUMBER OF FAMILIES, THERE'S A FAMILY TRAJECTORY THROUGH NEW TECH.

AND SO I THINK, I THINK WE CAN'T ONLY CONSIDER WHAT THE POTENTIAL COST WOULD BE WITH THE EXISTING STUDENTS.

SO THOSE ARE KIND OF MY THREE THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS ONE.

I TOTALLY GET WHY WE'RE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION.

I THINK, FRANKLY, IT'S A CONVERSATION WE NEED TO HAVE.

AND IF WE'RE GOING TO KEEP A CHOICE PROGRAM AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, I THINK WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT LIKE, WHAT'S A PLAN OR SOME BENCHMARKS OR SOME METRICS THAT WE CAN ALL LIVE WITH, AND WHEN ARE WE GOING TO COME BACK AND REVISIT IT AND NOT JUST LEAVE IT OPEN ENDED? I AGREE WITH ALL THE COMMENTS MADE BEFORE BUT I WANT TO LOOK AT IT FROM BOTH PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT WE ARE OVER HERE IS IN A NEAR FUTURE, HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE BALANCED BUDGET WHERE WE ARE NOT REALLY SEEING DEFICIT AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

SO I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THIS.

SCHOOL HAS A VERY SPECIFIC PURPOSE.

IT CATERS TO KIDS WHO REALLY FLOURISH IN THAT FACILITY.

THEY FLOURISH IN THAT PROGRAM.

AND I UNDERSTAND THE PROGRAM.

PROJECT BASED LEARNING CAN BE SIMULATED IN CHS, CHS NINE, BUT HAVING ITS OWN BUILDING HAS A TREMENDOUS VALUE TO THOSE LEARNERS, AND TAKING THE FACILITY AWAY DOES DILUTE THE PROGRAM A LOT.

AND THAT'S WHY PROBABLY DR.

HUNT'S TEAM IS NOT COMING UP WITH THAT OPTION IS EITHER OR.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I DON'T WANT TO LOSE FOCUS OF WHAT LEGISLATURE IS DOING TO OUR BUDGET.

AND THE REAL CHALLENGE BUDGET CHALLENGES WE HAVE.

REALITY IS, IN EARLIER PART OF THE WORKSHOP, WE TALKED ABOUT 20% MORE FUNDING NEEDED TO EQUATE TO THE INFLATION. THAT AMOUNTS TO ABOUT $100 ADDITIONAL ADA MONEY.

THE REALITY IS, THE BEST LEGISLATURE BILL PASSED TILL NOW WAS FOR $90.

I MEAN, IT'S SAD.

IT'S $90 IS THE BEST.

THERE HAVE BEEN BILLS FOR 45 AND $50 INCREMENT PER STUDENT.

SO I'M NOT HOLDING MY BREATH FOR SOME MAJOR FUNDING COMING FROM LEGISLATURE, AT LEAST IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

SO WHILE WE MAKE THE PLAN, AS I SAID, I AGREE WITH ALL THE COMMENTS WHICH WERE MADE.

WE NEED TO MAKE A PLAN OF HOW THIS WILL LOOK.

AND I HAVE FULL TRUST IN YOU.

PRINCIPAL EDMONDS WAS SO EXCITED WHEN YOU WERE ANNOUNCED.

BUT THE REALITY IS WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT INCREASING THE ENROLLMENT FROM LAST FIVE YEARS FROM THREE PRINCIPALS BEFORE.

NOBODY COMPARES TO YOU, MR. ZINS. SO, AGAIN, WE HAVE FULL TRUST IN YOU.

BUT ALONG WITH THAT PLAN, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE US.

AT WHAT POINT ARE FINANCES BECOME UNSUSTAINABLE? AND ONE OF OUR VALUES HAVE BEEN NOT TO TAKE AWAY CHOICE PROGRAMS, BUT THERE MIGHT BE A TIME WHERE WE HAVE TO MAKE SOME REALLY TOUGH CHOICES.

AND IF IT HAS TO BE GOING AGAINST OUR REAL WANT OF KEEPING THE CHOICES, I WANT TO SEE A PLAN ALONG WITH THE GROWTH PLAN OF NEW TECH PLAN ON WHAT ARE THE CUT OFF DATES, AT WHAT POINT WE START MAKING SOME HARD DECISIONS.

SO I WANT TO SEE BOTH AT THE SAME TIME.

YEAH, I'M IN APPRECIATING THIS CONVERSATION.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AND GOOD TO HAVE.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL, I VIEW IT A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY JUST BECAUSE WHEN WE'VE LOOKED AT OUR DEMOGRAPHER AND WE LOOK AT OUR NUMBERS, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A SEAT CRISIS.

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SO THAT'S ALL IN MY HEAD AS WE LOOK AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL.

I THINK WE ALSO I DON'T KNOW IF WE I WANT TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO PUT THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE.

AND THIS IS KIND OF IN MY WRAP UP FOR EVERYTHING FROM TONIGHT.

STAFF HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB IN BRINGING US EXACTLY WHAT WE ASKED FOR, WHICH WAS CHOICES BACKED UP BY RESEARCH AND THOUGHT AND INTENTIONALITY. I AM LOATHE TO DO ANYTHING TO INTERFERE TOO MUCH AT THIS TIME BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE NOW IT'S COMMUNITY TIME.

LIKE WE HAVE TWO WEEKS.

WE MEET NEXT WEEK, AND THEN WE HAVE THE TOWN HALL, AND WE'LL GO THROUGH ALL THIS.

BUT I FEEL LIKE AT THIS POINT, IT'S OUT THERE.

WE CAN ALL TAKE A DEEP BREATH.

THIS IS IT. OKAY. AFTER THIS SLIDE, WE'RE GOING TO WRAP IT UP.

IT'S ON THE TABLE. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT.

SO IT'S TIME FOR THE COMMUNITY TO WEIGH IN, AND I'D REALLY LIKE TO HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY ABOUT ALL OF THESE OPTIONS.

THE STAFF HAVE DONE EXACTLY WHAT WE ASKED THEM TO DO.

THEY'VE PUT TOGETHER A WELL THOUGHT OUT RECOMMENDATIONS.

PEOPLE ARE ENGAGED.

PEOPLE ARE PAYING ATTENTION.

RIGHT? WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT I WANT.

YOU KNOW HOW WE ALL FEEL ABOUT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HOW THE COMMUNITY RESPONDS TO THIS.

I HONESTLY SO I SHARE A LOT OF THE THOUGHTS.

I WANT I WANT TO SEE I WANT TO SEE WHAT NEW TECH CAN DO IN THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.

I HAVE ALL SORTS OF THOUGHTS ABOUT WHAT COVID AND RECRUITMENT AND ALL THESE HAVE BEEN A CRAZY FOUR YEARS.

SO I THINK THERE'S ROOM, BUT WE HAVE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE TABLE, AND I, I AM REALLY INTERESTED IN SEEING WHAT THE COMMUNITY HAS TO SAY ABOUT THIS.

I MY LAST THOUGHT, AGAIN, KIND OF ENCOMPASSING EVERYTHING IS.

IF IT WERE JUST NUMBERS THAT WE DON'T NEED US, RIGHT? I MEAN, IF THIS WAS JUST A NUMBERS GAME OR WHY ARE WE UP HERE? YOU CAN MAKE THE DECISIONS BASED ON THE NUMBERS.

THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE HERE.

WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE HEART AND SOUL OF RSD.

WHAT IS IN FIVE YEARS, WHAT DO WE WANT RSD TO BE? AND THE DECISIONS THAT WE ARE MAKING RIGHT NOW DIRECTLY PLAY INTO THAT.

AND SO I THINK WE HAVE THE PRAGMATIC, THE PRACTICAL THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT AND WE KNOW EXACTLY, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO DECIDE WHAT IS THE HEART AND THE SOUL AND THE VISION OF THIS COMMUNITY THAT WE'VE CREATED.

SO I JUST OFFER THAT UP BECAUSE IF IT WERE JUST EFFICIENCIES AND BUDGET, WE WOULDN'T EVEN HAVE TO BE HERE.

AND SO I AS I AM MAKING THESE DECISIONS, I'M THINKING ABOUT THAT AS WELL.

BUT I DO JUST WANT TO END MY THOUGHTS OF A HUGE THANK YOU, DOCTOR, DOCTOR HUNT TO YOU AND YOUR STAFF.

I PERSONALLY FEEL LIKE YOU DELIVERED WHAT YOU WERE CHARGED WITH, AND I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK OUT OF TURN.

I KNOW WE HAVE MORE SLIDES AS I FLIP THROUGH, BUT I AM JUST SO PLEASED THAT ALL OF THAT INFORMATION AND ALL OF THIS WORK HAS COME TO THIS MOMENT INTO SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DIGEST AND PROCESS AND TALK ABOUT IN A MEANINGFUL WAY.

YOU HAVE DELIVERED EVERYTHING THAT I NEED TO BE ABLE TO.

YOU GUYS KNOW I WILL TEAR UP TO EVEN THINK ABOUT SOME OF THESE DECISIONS, RIGHT? AND SO I FEEL EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM, I KNOW LAKESIDE, YOU ALL ARE GOING TO GO AWAY AND BE LIKE, OH, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT'S DIFFERENT THAN WHEN YOU CAME IN TODAY.

BUT EVERY SINGLE FAMILY THAT IS WATCHING THIS AND LISTENING, THIS IS FEELING THAT.

AND SO I JUST APPRECIATE SO MUCH HAVING THE SCAFFOLDING TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY MOVE FORWARD AND DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO AS WE PLAN, NOT JUST FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, BUT FOR THE NEXT FIVE AND THE NEXT TEN.

THERE WERE A LOT OF IDEAS THAT WERE CONSIDERED BEFORE THESE WERE LANDED UPON.

THERE IS NOT ONE THAT'S BEING RECOMMENDED OVER THE OTHER.

YOU ASK FOR A MENU.

YOU ASK FOR CHOICES.

THAT'S WHAT WE WANTED TO PROVIDE.

IF THERE WAS SOMETHING MISSING, LET US KNOW AND WE'LL, YOU KNOW, GO BACK AND REVIEW THAT.

BUT WE DID LOOK AT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR FACILITIES THIS BROWN'S GOING TO GO OVER THAT NOW.

WE TOOK ALL THE INPUT THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE COMMUNITY.

AND THAT'S WHY SOME OF THESE WERE BROUGHT FORWARD.

BEFORE WE GET TO KIND OF OUR LAST TWO RECOMMENDATIONS, WE WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT SOME IDEAS THAT WERE CONSIDERED BUT WERE ELIMINATED.

EVERY CAMPUS AND FACILITY WAS EVALUATED THROUGH THE RUBRIC AND RATED IN THE RUBRIC.

AND HERE ARE SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS THROUGH THE DECISION FILTER THAT OCCURRED.

FACTORS THAT THAT WERE ELIMINATED THAT ELIMINATED OTHER CAMPUSES FROM CONSIDERATION WERE THE PROXIMITY TO THE BORDERS OF THE DISTRICT OR CHARTER SCHOOLS, CREATING A SCHOOL

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CAMPUSES THAT WERE COMBINED WITH MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND THE IMPACT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WALKABILITY AND NO BUSSES, AND THE ADDITIONAL COST OF BUSSING OUTWEIGHING THE SAVINGS.

NATURAL BOUNDARIES OR ROADWAYS AND THE PROXIMITY TO OTHER CAMPUSES.

NATURAL ZONED ENROLLMENT.

STUDENTS THAT WERE ZONED TO A CAMPUS VERSUS THOSE WHO ATTENDED CAMPUS FOR A SPECIAL PROGRAM OR OPEN ENROLLMENT.

EFFICIENCY, SIZE AND MODERN BUILDINGS LIKE CANYON, RANCH AND LEE.

WE CONSIDERED ALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN THE WEST SIDE OF DENTON TAP, BUT FOR THE REASONS THAT WE'VE STATED PREVIOUSLY, WE CAME TO THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE BROUGHT TO YOU TONIGHT. WE ALSO EXAMINED CONSOLIDATING THE DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION PROGRAM TO OTHER DISTRICT CAMPUSES, BUT BROUGHT TO YOU DENTON CREEK BECAUSE OF THE REASONS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT.

TWO OTHER OPTIONS HAVE RISEN TO THE TOP CONSOLIDATING DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION PROGRAM INTO ONE CAMPUS FOR EFFICIENCY, INCLUDING THE BILINGUAL PRE-K PROGRAM.

THE NET COST SAVINGS IS $288,000.

LEVELING EARLY CHILDHOOD AND PRE-K ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

THIS ALLOWS STUDENTS TO ATTEND CLOSER TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND IT WILL HELP WITH EFFICIENCIES AND STAFFING.

WHILE THIS IS NOT A COST SAVINGS PER SE, IT DOES HELP WITH EFFICIENCY.

SO HERE ARE ALL THE OPTIONS THAT WERE PRESENTED TONIGHT AND THE ASSOCIATED NET ANNUAL COST SAVINGS.

THESE SAVINGS, AGAIN WOULD BE REALIZED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS IF THE CONSOLIDATIONS ARE MADE.

FOR AUSTIN, THE NET COST SAVINGS WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 2.26 MILLION.

THE CONSOLIDATION OF PINKERTON.

THE NET COST SAVINGS OF ABOUT 2.1 MILLION.

THE CONSOLIDATION OF BOTH PINKERTON AND AUSTIN.

A NET COST SAVINGS OF ABOUT 4.05 MILLION.

THE CONSOLIDATION OF NEW TECH INTO COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL AND COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL NINTH GRADE CAMPUS.

THE NET COST SAVINGS OF ABOUT 2.1 MILLION.

CONSOLIDATION OF THE DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION PROGRAM WITH A NET COST SAVINGS OF ABOUT 288,000 AND THEN LEVELING PRE-K WITH NO SIGNIFICANT NET COST SAVINGS. IF THESE CONSOLIDATIONS ARE MADE, IF DECISIONS ARE MADE, THE DISTRICT COULD ACHIEVE CUMULATIVE COST SAVINGS OF BETWEEN 10.5 AND 61.5 MILLION OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS OR THROUGH 2030.

BEFORE WE LEAVE THIS SLIDE, I KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT ITEMS THAT YOU FEEL SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM CONSIDERATION.

I KNOW THAT IT WOULD NOT ONLY ALLEVIATE SOME ANGST IN THE COMMUNITY, IT WOULD ALSO HELP US AS STAFF MEMBERS FOCUS ON THE AREAS THAT WE DO NEED TO BRING FORTH FOR NEXT MONDAY.

AND SO I KNOW THERE WAS LOTS OF DISCUSSION ABOUT SEVERAL OF THEM, BUT WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT NOW TO SEE WHICH ONES MIGHT BE BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO IT.

I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING LEVELING PEAK.

IF WE WERE TO CONSOLIDATE ANY OF THE CAMPUSES AND WITH A FACILITY BEING AVAILABLE TO US, HAVE WE CONSIDERED HAVING ONE CENTRAL PRE-K PROGRAM? BECAUSE I'VE HEARD BOTH PROS AND CONS OF IT.

AND THE BIG PRO OF HAVING ONE CENTRAL PRE-K PROGRAM WAS IT REALLY AFFECTS THE QUALITY OF THE PROGRAM.

WE CAN GIVE A MUCH BETTER QUALITY AND THE TRAINING OF THE STAFF AND THE PLC THAT COMES ALONG ALL THOSE BENEFITS FROM MY MEMORY, THE CONS WERE BUSSING COSTS MIGHT GO UP A LITTLE BIT, BUT HAVE WE CONSIDERED THAT PROGRAM SINCE WE'LL HAVE ONE OF THE FACILITIES WE MIGHT HAVE ONE OF THE FACILITIES AVAILABLE TO US.

SO THE CONSIDERATION OF A PRE-K CENTER WAS CONSIDERED PRIOR TO THE BOND BEING CALLED.

AND ONE OF THE REASONS THAT IT WAS NOT ADDED TO THE BOND WAS THE SIGNIFICANT COST OF RUNNING A PRE-K CENTER.

SO IMAGINE THAT IF AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WERE CLOSED, WE THE SAVINGS COMES FROM THE FIXED COSTS OF RUNNING THAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

THAT INCLUDES EVERYTHING FROM STAFFING POSITIONS AND ADMINISTRATION ALL THE WAY DOWN TO, LET'S SAY, THE MAINTENANCE COSTS OF THAT FACILITY BY ADDING OR RE UTILIZING THAT FACILITY FOR A PRE-K CENTER, WE'RE BASICALLY ADDING THOSE SAME COSTS BACK INTO THE SYSTEM.

ALONG THOSE LINES, MISS SIRCAR, LIKE WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE NET COST SAVINGS, YOU KNOW, THAT DOES ASSUME THAT THERE IS, YOU KNOW, DECREASE IN STAFF OR EMPLOYMENT.

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IS THAT CORRECT IN LOOKING AT THIS.

THE MAJORITY OF THE COST SAVINGS ARE POSITIONS THAT WOULD BE ELIMINATED.

YES OR NO.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN THE STAFF WOULD BE ELIMINATED.

THE STAFF MAY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE TO ANOTHER POSITION THAT'S OPEN IN THE FACILITY, BUT IT'S REALLY ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.

YES. OKAY. AND THAT'S WHERE I WAS GOING WITH THAT, BECAUSE I'D FLIP BACK TO ONE OF THE EARLIER SLIDES THAT WAS PRESENTED WITH THE HR PLAN, YOU KNOW, WITH PLACING STAFF WITH INTERNAL TRANSFERS. BECAUSE PART OF THAT THIS EXCHANGE WAS REALLY WE TALK ABOUT THE LEVEL OF ANGST AND ANXIETY IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT IT GOES BEYOND THAT.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE'S JOBS AND LIVELIHOODS.

SO OUR GOAL HERE IS NOT TO IF WE LAND ON ONE OF THESE OPTIONS, CLOSE THE SCHOOL AND EVERYBODY GETS A PINK SLIP.

IT'S IT SOUNDS LIKE.

OUR GOAL IS TO USE OUR NATURAL ATTRITION THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO PLACE AS MUCH STAFF AS WE CAN, OR AS MANY AS ONE TO STAY HERE THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS ON OUR OTHER CAMPUSES. IS WHAT I'M GETTING FROM WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE PRESENTED TO US TONIGHT.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I'M HEARING THAT CORRECTLY AND THAT WE'RE PROJECTING THAT TO OUR CURRENT STAFF.

THAT'S THE PLAN.

THAT IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

YES. WE WOULD DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT EVERYBODY THAT WANTED TO BE HERE AND WAS ASKED TO COME BACK HERE HAD A POSITION.

SO BACK TO MY ORIGINAL STATEMENT ABOUT ELIMINATING SOME OF THESE OPTIONS.

ARE THERE ANY THAT COULD BE ELIMINATED TONIGHT? I WOULD SAY WE CAN ELIMINATE CONSOLIDATING TWO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS FROM MY SIDE.

I WOULD STILL AGREE WITH THAT.

DO YOU DO YOU GUYS STILL FEEL THAT WAY? YEAH, SEEM TO BE THE CONSENSUS TO THAT DISCUSSION, BUT I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY HEARD THAT.

I WOULD GO A STEP FURTHER.

I THINK JUST THE LAST OPTION OF LEVELING PRE-K DOESN'T SEEM TO BE, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING WE NEED TO CONSIDER JUST AS A STANDALONE OPTION.

IT'S INVOLVED SOMEWHAT AS WE GO THROUGH.

BUT TO ME, I DON'T I DON'T SEE A NEED.

WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK TO ME THAT WAS HAPPENING? JUST LIKE CONSOLIDATION OF DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAMS. IF OTHER OPTIONS HAVE TO HAPPEN, LEVELING PRE-K IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

SO IT CAN GO EITHER WAY.

THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD TO THE LEVELING PRE-K, IF WE DO THAT, I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO MEASURE WHAT THAT DOES FOR OUR RETENTION FROM PRE-K TO KINDERGARTEN.

LIKE DOES OUR IS OUR DOES OUR THEORY PROVE OUT? YEAH. AND IT'S A LOW COST WAY TO POTENTIALLY KEEP KIDS, SO THAT SEEMS LIKE A BIGGER WIN.

I THINK WE'VE BEEN FIGURING OUT WITH PRE-K, TOO, THAT WHEN YOU HAVE A SCHOOL THAT'S PREDOMINANTLY THAT'S HALF PRE-K, THAT DOESN'T THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY THAT HOMESCHOOL.

IT DOES PUT A DIFFERENT TYPE OF PRESSURE ON THE ZONED SCHOOL.

THE PTA PTO IS STILL FUNDRAISING FOR THE WHOLE SCHOOL.

THEY'RE STILL BUT YOU DON'T QUITE HAVE THAT SAME LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT.

AND I FROM PEOPLE WHO KNOW THE NEXT YEAR THEY'RE GOING TO A DIFFERENT SCHOOL.

SO I THINK THERE'S SOME INTANGIBLE THINGS THERE, TOO.

BENEFITS THAT DON'T LINE UP WITH THAT NET COST SAVINGS THAT HELP WITH LEVELING PRE-K.

SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS IF THE LEVELING PRE-K AND THE CONSOLIDATION IS IF WE OPTED NOT TO DO ANY OF THE OTHERS, THEY WOULD BE STANDALONE.

IF WE OPTED NOT TO CONSOLIDATE ANY, ANY SCHOOL, WE COULD STILL HAVE THESE OPTIONS.

RIGHT? OKAY.

ANYBODY ELSE HAVE A THOUGHT ON CHANGING, ELIMINATING OR PUTTING ON THE BACK BURNER OR ANY OTHER OPTION? I TAKE THE NEW TECH CONSOLIDATION OFF THE LIST FOR NOW, WHILE WE WORK ON THAT PLAN, AND FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO GOING FORWARD.

I WOULD WANT TO KEEP THAT ON THE OPTIONS.

I WANT TO SEE FINANCIAL DATA.

I WANT TO GO TO THE COMPLETE RIGOR OF HOW WE ARE GOING TO MEET OUR DEFICIT GOALS AND BUY IN HOW MANY YEARS.

SO TO ME, THAT'S NOT DECIDED YET.

NOW, IT MAY NOT HAPPEN IN COMING CALENDAR YEAR, BUT I DON'T WANT TO TAKE IT OFF.

THE OPTION I WANT REALLY MEANS IT'S A REALLY, REALLY AMONG ALL THE OTHER.

THIS IS BY FAR THE TOUGHEST DECISION, BUT I DON'T WANT TO SHY AWAY FROM THE GOING THROUGH THE ENTIRE EXERCISE OF WHAT DECISIONS WE NEED TO MAKE AND WHEN.

SO I WANT TO SEE MORE OPTIONS.

LIKE WE PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED.

I WANT TO SEE BOTH OPTIONS FOR NEW TECH, HOW THE GROWTH PLAN WILL WORK AND WHAT TIMELINE WILL GIVE TO THE GROWTH PLAN, AND WHAT ARE OUR KEY

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I THINK WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THAT CHOICE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, AND IT HAS BEEN A BELOVED PROGRAM FOR ALL THESE YEARS. I HAVE BEEN TO SOME OF THEIR PRESENTATIONS AND YOU KNOW, EVENTS OVER THERE.

AND THOSE KIDS ARE JUST BEYOND AND ABOVE IMPRESSIVE.

THAT'S ALL BEING SAID.

I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS AND THINKING THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A FRAMEWORK OR A STRATEGY TO HOW TO MAKE IT SUSTAINABLE, HOW TO EXPAND, HOW TO JUST MAKE IT WORK SO THAT FOR THAT REASON, I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THAT DISCUSSION GOING.

I WOULD AGREE WITH YOUR BOTH YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT TOO.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT READY TO TO SAY NO, IT'S OFF THE TABLE.

I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT COMPARISON.

BECAUSE TO YOUR POINT, RON, I THINK IT'S TRUE.

THERE'S WHEN WE LOOK AT ALMOST A QUARTER OF A MILLION BUCKS AND I WAS GOING TO SAY TRANSPORTATION, BUT SHUTTLE COST, YOU KNOW, AND WE EQUATE THAT BACK TO THREE AND A THIRD 3.4 ISH FULL TIME EMPLOYEES.

YOU KNOW I THINK THERE'S SOME THINGS WE NEED TO CONSIDER WITH THAT OPTION, WHETHER IT'S AN ALTERNATIVE OR SOMETHING.

SO I'D LIKE TO SEE THEM LIKE, LIKE YOU SAID SIDE BY SIDE TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A GOOD, INFORMED DECISION.

YEAH. I MEAN, I THINK HAVING CONTEXT IS IMPORTANT.

I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF FACTORS THAT PLAY INTO THAT.

AND IF YOU CAN ELIMINATE THOSE FACTORS OR CHANGE THE COURSE, I THINK YOU CAN GET THAT GROWTH.

BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE COMMENTS WERE MADE EARLIER TONIGHT EVEN IN PEOPLE COMING UP, TALKING ABOUT CHANGE HAS AN IMPACT.

AND WHEN YOU'RE ALWAYS CONSTANTLY TALKING ABOUT A PARTICULAR PROGRAM, ALWAYS BEING ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK, IT DOES HAVE AN IMPACT.

AND, YOU KNOW, IF I WAS A STUDENT, I WOULD BE SHYING AWAY POTENTIALLY FROM DOING THAT.

RIGHT. AND SO TO TRUSTEE MATTHEW'S POINT, IT'S LIKE, HOW CAN WE CREATE STABILITY HERE, WHETHER IT BE THIS OR SOMETHING ELSE? AND OVER THE HISTORY SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE ON THE BOARD, WE'VE HAD SITUATIONS IN PROGRAMS THAT WERE GOOD PROGRAMS BUT DIDN'T STAY FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER.

I'M THINKING LIKE COWBOY SCHOLAR INSTITUTE, I MEAN, THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND OTHER SMALL PROGRAMS THAT CAME THROUGH BUT DIDN'T MAKE.

BUT THEY WERE GOOD PROGRAMS FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS.

AND SO WE JUST HAD TO FIND THAT STEADY STATE.

AND I THINK WE'VE NEVER REALLY FOUND THAT WITH THIS.

AND HOPEFULLY WITH THE DISCUSSIONS THAT TAKE PLACE, WE CAN FIND THAT AND FIND A REALISTIC PLAN THAT MAKES SENSE TO TRUSTEE SETHI POINT.

I MEAN, FROM A BUSINESS STANDPOINT, WE'VE GOT TO LOOK AT IT AND FIGURE OUT WHAT MAKES SENSE, BUT I THINK WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT MAKES SENSE AND MAKE IT MOVE FORWARD.

IN MY OPINION, I THINK WE MAY HAVE SOME OTHER OPTIONS THAT WE COULD TALK ABOUT AS WELL IN THE FUTURE THAT IF THIS ISN'T IT, THEN WE CAN FIND SOMETHING ELSE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS, THEY LIKE THIS ONE.

THEY HAVE THEY HAVE IT OUT THERE, NEW TECH AND TECH.

THEY HAVE A COUPLE OTHERS AS WELL.

AND AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL IS REALLY ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT HOW DO YOU GET KIDS TO MATRICULATE FROM HERE AND BE A PART OF THIS AND THRIVE AND SAY, HEY, I WAS A PART OF COPPELL ISD AND THEY LOOKED AFTER ME.

AND WHEN I LOOK AT THE PILLARS AND I'M LOOKING HERE AT THE THE ONE OF ENGAGE WELL-ROUNDED STUDENTS, THEN THAT WOULD BE ONE THAT I WOULD LIKE.

OKAY, WE HAVE ENGAGED, WELL-ROUNDED STUDENTS BECAUSE THEY HAVE A PROGRAM THAT THEY FOUND AND LOVE AND THRIVE AND GROW IN, AND WE'LL BE WILLING TO COME BACK AND SHARE THAT MESSAGE WITH OTHERS. SO I THINK YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY LOOKING AT IT AS WHAT WE NEED TO DO, BUT HOPEFULLY AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE CAN COME UP WITH AN AGREEMENT THAT MAKES SENSE THAT WE CAN ALL GET BEHIND.

ANY OTHER THOUGHTS OR COMMENTS? JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON TRUSTEE HILL'S COMMENT, I AGREE.

AND TRUSTEE HILL, AND THAT'S WHY IF WE GET A SOLID GROWTH PLAN RIGHT, I WOULD BE VERY COMFORTABLE SAYING, HEY, IF WE CAN ACHIEVE THIS GROWTH PLAN THIS OPTION IS OFF THE TABLE.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IF WE CAN'T WE NEED TO HAVE REALISTIC FINANCIAL GOALS TOO.

YES, I CAN GO BOTH WAYS, BUT DEPENDING ON THE ACTUAL DATA, WHICH WILL COME IN COMING YEARS, RIGHT? SO I DON'T WANT TO JUMP ON ANY DECISION ON NEW TECH THIS YEAR, BUT I WANT TO KEEP THE CONVERSATION OPEN ABOUT IT.

WELL, THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO ASK FOR CLARITY ON, BECAUSE I FELT LIKE AFTER THE PRESENTATION, NEW TECH WAS COMING OFF THE TABLE.

BUT THEN AS YOU'RE HAVING DISCUSSION NOW, YOU'RE SAYING IT NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE 25, 26 SCHOOL YEAR.

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THAT'S WHAT I WAS JUST GOING TO COMMENT.

RIGHT. BECAUSE LIKE IN TWO WEEKS TIME OR A MONTH TIME, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO COME UP WITH A GROWTH PLAN WITH ALL THE NUMBERS THAT YOU NEED AND KNOW WHEN AND WHEN IT'S GOING TO BE TAKEN CARE OF. I THINK HERE IS A HIGH LEVEL DECISION OF WHETHER OR NOT IF I LOOK AT THIS PROGRAM, GENERALLY THE CHANGES THAT HAVE COME UP IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS WITH THE COVID PRINCIPALS, FACULTY TURNOVER, WHATEVER, HOW ELSE CAN YOU DEVISE A PLAN TO WHERE YOU CAN CREATE THIS ENVIRONMENT THAT STAYS AND IS SUSTAINABLE IN A WAY THAT'S IT LOOKS LIKE INVESTED IN THE PEOPLE CHOOSE IT AND FEEL COMFORTABLE STAYING THERE THE FOUR YEARS.

AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S POSSIBLE IN LIKE A MONTH.

RIGHT. AND SO THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING IN MY POINT OF VIEW.

I'M NOT LOOKING AT THE DETAILED PLAN OF HOW THE GROWTH WILL HAPPEN.

WHAT I'M LOOKING AT IS THE NUMBERS THAT THESE NUMBERS NEED TO BE MET FOR IT TO BE A SUSTAINABLE CHOICE PROGRAM, WHICH WHICH IS MORE OF A NUMERICAL CALCULATION, WE CAN COME UP MUCH QUICKER.

BUT I'M NOT LOOKING AT A DETAILED PLAN.

THAT DETAILED PLAN CAN COME AT A LATER DATE.

AND MORE SPECIFICALLY TO YOUR QUESTION, DOCTOR HAHN, IN MY POINT OF VIEW RIGHT NOW FOR NEXT WEEK, I'D LIKE TO HAVE THIS OPTION OVER THERE BECAUSE WHAT WE HAVE NOT DONE TODAY IS LOOKED AT THE TOTAL COST OF, OKAY, WHAT IS OUR GOAL? TO TO REDUCE OUR DEFICIT FOR 2526 YEARS, THEN IT COULD BE A MULTIPLE STEP APPROACH BY NEXT YEAR.

WE HAVE TO. NEXT YEAR IS LEGISLATIVE YEAR.

WE'LL KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE.

AGAIN, I'M NOT HOLDING MY BREATH FOR IT, FOR ANYTHING MAJOR POSITIVE TO COME OUT OF THAT SESSION.

BUT THEN WE CAN SAY, OKAY, WE HAVE REDUCED BUDGET DEFICIT BY A LITTLE BIT AND USE SOME OF OUR RAINY DAY FUNDS. BUT NEXT YEAR WE NEED TO CONTINUE REDUCING OUR DEFICIT.

AND THAT'S WHERE THESE DISCUSSIONS COME IN.

SO IF WE CAN GET TO THOSE NUMBERS, WHICH WE DISCUSSED BEFORE, WE'LL BE DISCUSSING NEXT WEEK WE COULD COME UP WITH THE DECISION. OKAY.

FOR 24, 25, I'M TALKING FROM MY POINT OF VIEW.

I MAY BE AT A COMFORTABLE POSITION THAT FOR FOUR 2425 NEWTECH IS OFF THE TABLE.

BUT WE HAVE TO KEEP THE CONVERSATION GOING UNTIL WE HAVE MET OUR FINANCIAL GOALS.

DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YES AND NO.

ONE, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE EVER LANDED ON WHAT A AMOUNT IS FOR US TO ELIMINATE IN THE DEFICIT.

I'VE NOT REALLY. I KNOW WE'VE KIND OF TALKED AROUND THAT, BUT I'VE NEVER BEEN GIVEN A NUMBER, SO I KNOW THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE.

IT IS VERY MUCH A CRYSTAL BALL.

THANKFULLY, FROM CONSERVATIVE SPENDING AND PLANNING, WE DON'T ALWAYS REALIZE OUR DEFICIT, WHICH IS A GOOD THING.

BUT I KNOW THAT WE TALK ABOUT LONG TERM, WHAT'S SUSTAINABLE AND HOW FAR CAN WE GO.

AND NOT KNOWING WHAT THE LEGISLATURE LEGISLATURE WILL DO FOR THIS NEXT SESSION.

WE HAVE HEARD IN PREVIOUS SESSIONS THAT THERE'LL BE AN EXPECTATION THAT YOU HAVE TO SPEND DOWN YOUR FUND BALANCE THAT HAS NOT PASSED, AND MAYBE IT WON'T.

I DON'T KNOW, BUT THAT'S ALWAYS KIND OF DANCED AROUND THERE TOO.

SO THERE'S THAT PIECE THAT I'M UNCLEAR ABOUT, BUT ALSO MORE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT NEW TECH.

WE HAVE THE BEST PRINCIPLES.

WE HAVE 18 OF THE BEST PRINCIPLES THAT I HAVE EVER WORKED WITH.

I'VE WORKED WITH GREAT PRINCIPLES IN THE PAST, BUT THIS GROUP IS THE BEST.

THEY'RE THE BEST BECAUSE THEY'RE MORE COHESIVE.

THEY ARE STRONGER AS A TEAM.

THEY'RE JUST OUTSTANDING.

AND I THINK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS, THEY'RE ALL GREAT.

BUT SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NEW TECH, I'LL JUST SAY THAT WE HAVE HAD SOME GREAT PRINCIPALS THERE IN THE PAST.

I THINK THAT WE HAVE ONE OF THE BEST PRINCIPALS THERE NOW WITH THE POTENTIAL TO DO SOME REALLY GREAT THINGS, BUT THAT'S HARD TO DO WHEN YOU'VE ONLY BEEN THERE A FEW MONTHS.

HE CAME IN KNOWING THAT THAT THIS DISCUSSION HAS BEEN ONE THAT HAS HAPPENED BEFORE AND WILL PROBABLY HAPPEN AGAIN.

AND HE CAME IN READY TO TAKE THE CHALLENGE.

AND SO I DO THINK THAT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.

AND I KNOW THAT WE CAN SIT DOWN AND WE CAN DEVELOP A PLAN.

WE CAN DO ALL THOSE THINGS THAT YOU WANT US TO DO.

BUT I JUST NEED SOME CLARITY ON SPECIFICALLY, WHAT IS IT THAT YOU'RE ASKING? ARE YOU WANTING US TO BRING THAT PLAN NEXT MONDAY? BECAUSE I'LL BE HONEST, THAT DOESN'T REALLY GIVE US MUCH TIME.

I WILL SAY THAT THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION THERE HAS ALREADY BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS.

THAT WAS PART OF THEIR INTERVIEW PROCESS.

THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY ON THEIR RADAR, JUST LIKE WITH OTHER SCHOOLS THAT HAVE REALLY WORKED HARD TO TRY TO BOLSTER THEIR ENROLLMENT TO THROUGH ALL OF OUR MARKETING AND TOURS AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

EVERY ONE OF OUR PRINCIPALS KNOWS WHAT'S ON THE LINE, AND THEY'VE WORKED REALLY HARD TO TRY TO DO EVERYTHING THAT THEY CAN TO KEEP THEIR SCHOOLS WHERE THEY ARE.

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I THINK YOU AND I ARE KIND OF ON THE SAME WAVELENGTH, AND I'M NOT.

I'M NOT SAYING WE NEED A PLAN BY NEXT WEEK.

I THINK MY COMMENTS EARLIER WAS MORE ALONG THE LINES OF A FRAMEWORK OF, YOU KNOW, THERE IS AN OPERATING COST THAT WE NEED TO GET IT DOWN TO TO MAKE IT VIABLE.

AND SO WHAT WHAT WOULD THAT OPERATING COST BE? HOW LONG DO WE THINK IT WOULD TAKE US TO GET THERE? I DON'T NEED YOU KNOW, IT IS TOO PREMATURE AND YOU GUYS COULD WORK SEVEN, SEVEN, SEVEN HOURS A WEEK, 24 OVER SEVEN BETWEEN NOW AND NEXT WEEK.

AND YOU KNOW, PROBABLY STILL NOT HAVE THAT PLAN TOGETHER.

SO I WAS THINKING MORE AT A HIGH LEVEL, A FRAMEWORK.

WHAT DO WE NEED TO GET THE OPERATING COSTS DOWN TO, TO MAKE TO MAKE IT AS A STANDALONE CAMPUS VIABLE? HOW LONG DO WE THINK IT WOULD TAKE TO GET THERE? AND THEN THE REST OF THAT COMES IN LATER.

IF WE IF WE FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT IT'S DOABLE IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS, THREE YEARS, A FIVE YEAR PLAN, I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S WHERE I GOT TO LEAN ON YOU GUYS AND YOUR EXPERTISE. THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING FOR EARLIER AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO SAYING IT'S, YOU KNOW, GOING TO BE CONSOLIDATED WITH CSS THIS YEAR.

I THINK IT'S PREMATURE TO NIGHT TO SAY, NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING.

AND THAT'S WHY I WAS SAYING I'D LIKE TO SEE LIKE A NT, A AN ALTERNATIVE TO THIS, THIS OPTION.

AND THEN THAT, THAT GIVES US SOMETHING NEXT WEEK THAT WE CAN MAKE A CHOICE BETWEEN FOR THE 25, 26 SCHOOL YEAR.

BECAUSE I KNOW SOMETIMES WHEN PEOPLE SAY THIS YEAR THEY THINK YOU'RE CORRECT.

CORRECT. CORRECT. CURRENT YEAR YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE 2526 SCHOOL YEAR.

CORRECT. THAT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? YEAH I KNOW, BUT SOMETIMES.

YES YES YES YES. SORRY SORRY SORRY YES YES YES I GET WHERE YOU'RE AT.

THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. AND I WANT TO BE REAL CLEAR.

NONE OF THESE CONSOLIDATIONS ARE FOR THE 2425 SCHOOL YEAR.

CORRECT? CORRECT. YES.

AND, DOCTOR, YOU SAID IF THIS WAS PART OF TO HAVE A GROWTH PLAN FOR NEW TECH WAS PART OF THE INTERVIEW PROCESS OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF, THEN I'M PRETTY SURE YOU GUYS ARE VERY OBJECTIVE AND NOT JUST MAKING A BLANKET STATEMENT OF LET'S GROW THE SCHOOL.

I'M SURE THERE'S SOME NUMBERS ATTACHED TO IT AND THAT'S ALL WE ARE ASKING FOR, SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING MORE OF A DETAILED PLAN THAT OKAY, NOW WE ARE GOING TO GO AND MEET IF SOMETHING LOOKS LIKE, OKAY, THIS THOSE NUMBERS HAVE NOT BEEN PRESENTED TO US IN ANY OF THE MEETINGS BEFORE, AND THAT'S ALL WE ARE ASKING.

AND IF THOSE NUMBERS LOOSELY ALIGN WITH OUR FUND BALANCE SUSTAINING US, THEN WE CAN TAKE THAT OPTION OFF.

IT. JUST DON'T WANT TO DO IT UNTIL WE HAVE SEEN THOSE NUMBERS.

AGAIN, I'M JUST ASKING FOR CLARITY.

I'M NOT ADVOCATING FOR ONE OR THE OTHER.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M ON THE SAME PAGE WITH YOU ALL SO THAT AGAIN, WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE EXPECTED TO DO BEFORE NEXT MONDAY AND ALSO THE 30TH AND OTHER, YOU KNOW, MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE THIS MONTH.

ONE ADDITIONAL THOUGHT I HAVE ABOUT THIS NEW TECH CONVERSATION, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A CAPACITY ISSUE AT OUR SECONDARY LEVELS AS THEY SIT RIGHT NOW.

AND SO IN ADDITION TO MAYBE SOME COST CUTTING OPTIONS OR SOME MAYBE SOME WAYS TO REIMAGINE LOOSELY NEW TECH, I MEAN, WHAT ARE SOME MARKETING IDEAS LIKE, WHY DO WE NOT GO AFTER THE CHARTER SCHOOL KIDS? WHY DO WE NOT LIKE OUTSIDE OF OUR OWN STUDENTS AND MARKETING TO OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL KIDS? WHAT ARE SOME OTHER IDEAS THAT WE HAVE TO FILL THOSE SEATS AND LET'S GET OUR MONEY BACK? ANY OTHER OPTIONS THAT NEED TO BE DISCUSSED OR POSSIBLY REMOVED OR ADJUSTED? I DON'T HAVE ANY FOR THAT.

I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS TO ASK FOR NEXT WEEK IF IT'S APPROPRIATE NOW OR OKAY.

BEFORE WE JUMP INTO THAT, I DID WANT TO DO ONE MORE TIME ON MY KUMBAYA SPEECH OF NO MATTER WHAT THE DECISION IS, WE ARE COMMITTED TO TAKING CARE OF OUR STUDENTS, OUR STAFF, AND OUR FAMILIES.

THESE ARE HARD CONVERSATIONS.

THESE ARE CONVERSATIONS THAT, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE OUTCOME IS, BRING A LOT OF ANGST AND UNCERTAINTY.

IT IS HARD FOR PEOPLE.

PEOPLE, I THINK, FOR THE MOST PART, DON'T REALLY LIKE CHANGE WHEN IT COMES TO THINGS ABOUT THEIR CHILDREN.

YOU KNOW, WE WANT THINGS TO BE THE SAME.

AND SO IT IS HARD FOR OUR FAMILIES THAT ARE DEALING WITH THIS.

IT'S HARD FOR OUR STAFF, STAFF THAT ARE WORKING AS A TEAM ON CERTAIN CAMPUSES, WORKING WITH CERTAIN PRINCIPALS, KNOWING THAT SOME OF THOSE CHANGES COULD BRING POSITIVE THINGS.

I MEAN, WE ALSO HAVE TO BE LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT COULD HAPPEN IN THE POSSIBILITIES THAT SOME OF THESE MIGHT BE ABLE TO BRING, BUT WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS IS TAKEN CARE OF.

OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES ARE TAKEN CARE OF.

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WE TALKED ABOUT ELIMINATION PROGRAMS AND THOSE CONSIDERATIONS.

THE NEXT STEPS THAT WE PLAN ON DOING IS BRINGING FORWARD, AGAIN, CURRENT ENROLLMENT DATA.

OUR ENROLLMENT CHANGES EVERY DAY.

YOU ALL KNOW THAT SOME FAMILIES DON'T START.

NO MATTER WHAT, THEY JUST DON'T START UNTIL AFTER LABOR DAY.

AND SO WE SAW A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPTICK IN THAT, BUT NOT AS SIGNIFICANT AS WE NORMALLY DO.

THE HIGH COST OF HOUSING, THE LOWER BIRTH RATES, ALL OF THE CHARTER, PRIVATE HOMESCHOOL OPTIONS, ALL THE CHOICES THAT PARENTS ALREADY HAVE FOR EDUCATION IMPACTS OUR ENROLLMENT AS WELL.

AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL OF THOSE THINGS, CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT WHAT SOME OF THOSE POTENTIAL ATTENDANCE BOUNDARY OPTIONS MIGHT LOOK LIKE.

AGAIN, ANY KIND OF CHANGE IS DISRUPTIVE.

WE WILL WORK HARD TO MAKE THAT AS LEAST DISRUPTIVE AS POSSIBLE, BUT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF AN OPPORTUNITY TO BETTER BALANCE SOME OF OUR CAMPUSES AS WELL.

AND SO REALLY LOOKING AT THAT HOLISTICALLY, WE'LL ALSO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE A GOOD PLAN FOR WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH STAFF, A GOOD PLAN FOR STUDENT SERVICES, ANY OF OUR SPECIAL PROGRAMS, OPERATIONAL TRANSITION PLANS, YOU KNOW, THOSE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON AS A STAFF, BUT NOT KNOWING EXACTLY WHAT DIRECTION THE BOARD IS GOING TO GO MAKES IT HARD TO DEVELOP SIX DIFFERENT OPTIONS OF THOSE, AS OPPOSED TO WHITTLING THAT DOWN TO, YOU KNOW, FEWER OPTIONS.

AGAIN, I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY, OUR NEXT TIME TOGETHER IS GOING TO BE A WORKSHOP ON SEPTEMBER 16TH.

THE START TIME, REMEMBER FOR WORKSHOPS IS AT 530.

WE'LL DO THIS SAME TYPE OF FORMAT.

AND SO PEOPLE THAT WANT TO SPEAK AT OPEN FORUM WILL FOLLOW THAT FORMAT.

THAT'S DONE BEFORE THAT WE DID TONIGHT.

IF THERE ARE MORE THAN 2015, WE USUALLY REDUCE FROM 3 TO 2.

IF THERE'S MORE THAN THAT IT WOULD GO DOWN TO ONE MINUTE.

BUT PEOPLE CAN ALWAYS EMAIL ALL OF US.

YOU CAN EMAIL INPUT AT COPPELL ISD.COM.

IF YOU DON'T WANT THINGS TO GO DIRECTLY TO ME OR TO THE BOARD, THE BOARD WILL SEE THE INFORMATION, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW WHO THE SENDER IS.

I DO KNOW SOMETIMES FOR STAFF THAT'S A COMFORT FOR THEM AND THEY LIKE TO HAVE THAT.

IT'S NOT FULLY ANONYMOUS BECAUSE THEIR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM DOES REVIEW THAT, BUT THEY DON'T SHARE WITH US WHO THE PEOPLE ARE THAT SEND THOSE EMAILS.

EVERY ONE OF OUR EMAILS IS ON THE WEBSITE.

BOARD MEMBERS AS WELL AS MYSELF.

PEOPLE CAN ALWAYS EMAIL.

THEY CAN EMAIL ANY INFORMATION THAT THEY WANT.

WE ASK FOR ENGAGEMENT, AS YOU MENTIONED, MISS WALKER, AND WE WELCOME THAT.

SEPTEMBER 30TH IS THE BOARD MEETING WHERE WE WILL BE ASKING THE BOARD TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS.

THAT STARTS AT SIX, THAT WILL BE BACK HERE IN THE BOARDROOM.

HOPEFULLY BOTH OF THOSE WILL NOT HAVE ANY TECHNICAL ISSUES.

WE'LL WORK THROUGH THOSE AND WORK THROUGH THE COMPANY.

THAT HELPS US WITH THAT. AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE TO ANYBODY THAT WAS WATCHING FROM HOME THAT HAD ISSUES WITH THE AUDIO.

WE DO HAVE A TOWN HALL INPUT SESSION SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER THE 18TH.

IT STARTS AT 630.

IT'S IN THE AUDITORIUM AT CHS NINE.

EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO BE A PART OF THAT.

WE WILL HAVE AN ACTUAL PROCESS FOR THAT SO THAT PEOPLE WILL KNOW HOW TO SPEAK IF THEY DO WANT TO SPEAK.

THERE WILL BE A PROCEDURE TO FOLLOW.

WE'RE VERY PROCEDURE DRIVEN DISTRICT, AND SO WE DON'T WANT IT TO NOT BE SOMETHING THAT'S ORGANIZED.

AND WE ALSO WANT IT TO BE PRODUCTIVE FOR NOT ONLY THOSE IN ATTENDANCE, BUT ALSO ALL OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS, BECAUSE I KNOW THEY WANT TO HEAR FROM COMMUNITY, AND THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITY TO SHARE THEIR VOICE.

I JUST WANT TO TAKE A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE FOR YOU, PRESIDENT CAVINESS.

I DON'T KNOW IF THE GENERAL AUDIENCE KNOWS THAT PART OF OUR OPERATING PROCEDURES IS THAT THE BOARD PRESIDENT RESPONDS TO ALL EMAILS THAT ARE SENT TO THE BOARD.

THAT IS A HUGE RESPONSIBILITY WHEN WE GET MANY OF THOSE TO CRAFT AND RESPOND AND BE THE VOICE OF THE BOARD.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO REALLY APPRECIATE THAT THAT APPRECIATE YOU FOR FOR DOING THAT, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN A HIGH VOLUME AND WE READ EVERY SINGLE RESPONSE AND WE READ EVERY SINGLE EMAIL, BUT IT IT FALLS ON YOU TO, TO ACTUALLY RESPOND FOR US.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE THE TIME AND EFFORT THAT YOU'VE PUT INTO THAT.

WE READ AND THEN WE THINK DAVID WILL RESPOND.

YEAH. THANK THANK YOU.

AND IT IS WHEN WHEN WE DO GET A HIGH VOLUME AT A TIME.

I MEAN, FOR YOU GUYS THAT ARE OUT THERE AND HAVE BEEN SENDING EMAILS, I DO TRY TO MAKE SURE WE GET ALL OF THEM.

SOME DO, ESPECIALLY IF THEY GO TO INPUT AS WELL.

SOMETIMES INPUT RESPONDS AND AND YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY IS READING THEM AND RESPONDING.

BUT IF YOU DIDN'T GET A RESPONSE, IT CERTAINLY WAS NOT INTENTIONAL.

SO I ALWAYS JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE WHEN, WHEN WHEN A HIGH VOLUME IS COMING IN, SOMETIMES THE WAY THEY GET STACKED IN YOUR INBOX, THEY INADVERTENTLY DO NOT.

BUT BUT I DO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE RESPONDING TO EVERYBODY AND MAKING SURE THE BOARD IS AWARE OF THOSE RESPONSES AS WELL.

AS THEY GO OUT.

I WILL SAY THE SAME THING FOR STAFF.

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I DO MY BEST IF I DON'T REPLY TO THEM.

I DO READ EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM.

SOMETIMES THEY ARE VERY SIMILAR IN NATURE, BUT I STILL READ THEM ALL.

AND SO I THANK OUR COMMUNITY FOR ALWAYS REACHING OUT.

ENGAGEMENT IS ONE OF OUR CORE VALUES AND WE STAND BEHIND THAT.

I HAVE A COMMENT.

I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THIS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EVENTS.

WE ALL KNOW THAT WE HAVE DONE SO MANY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EVENTS, BUT NOW I'M LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS AND IT'S JUST AMAZING THAT HOW MUCH DOCTOR HUNT, YOU AND YOUR TEAM, DISTRICT AS A WHOLE, YOU KNOW, PUT IN EFFORT, TIME, ENERGY AND JUST TO, YOU KNOW, BRING THE INFORMATION OUT THERE HOWEVER, LIKE WHATEVER WAY POSSIBLE THROUGH SURVEYS, THROUGH, YOU KNOW, WORKSHOPS, BOARD MEETINGS, RECORDINGS AND I MEAN, EVERYTHING IS HERE.

SO I'M THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR DOING THAT.

THAT ALSO MAKES ME REALLY PROUD ABOUT OUR, YOU KNOW, TRANSPARENCY AND OUR AUTHENTIC RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

AND ALSO WE HAVE RECEIVED SO MANY EMAILS FROM THE COMMUNITY.

AND, YOU KNOW, PAST WEEK ESPECIALLY JUST LIKE MY FELLOW TRUSTEES SAID, WE READ EACH AND EVERY EMAIL.

AND THANK YOU TO OUR PRESIDENT.

CAVINESS FOR REPLYING TO EACH AND EVERY EMAIL.

THAT WAS A LOT JUST, YOU KNOW, EMOTIONALLY AND OF COURSE TIME AND ENERGY.

BUT I FELT THAT PRESSURE.

YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD.

WE ARE ALL HERE.

FORMER PARENTS, CURRENT PARENTS ENGAGE COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

WE UNDERSTAND WE FEEL THAT AT THE SAME TIME, WE ARE NOT HERE THINKING ABOUT ONE SCHOOL, ONE CAMPUS.

WE ARE THINKING ABOUT OUR DISTRICT AS A WHOLE AND OUR LENS IS OUR CORE VALUES.

OUR LENS IS YOU MATTER.

AND I REALLY FELT THAT.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR ENGAGING WITH US.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS RAVAL.

I ALSO JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE TO COME TO OUR DISTRICT WEBSITE FOR INFORMATION.

I KNOW THERE'S ALWAYS A LOT OF INFORMATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

SOME OF THAT IS ACCURATE, SOME OF THAT IS NOT ACCURATE.

AND OUR WEBSITE IS GOING TO HAVE THE MOST UP TO DATE INFORMATION.

IF IT'S NOT ALREADY POSTED, THE PRESENTATION FROM TONIGHT WILL BE THERE.

I'LL SEND SOME INFORMATION OUT AFTER THE TONIGHT'S MEETING AS WELL.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CONTINUE TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY.

ANY OTHER THOUGHTS? COMMENTS FOR TONIGHT ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT MONDAY FOR STAFF.

I KNOW MINE MIGHT TAKE A WHILE.

SO YOU GOT IT. ALL RIGHT.

WELL, I'M GOING TO SAY YOU KNOW, THANK YOU TO DR.

HUNT. THANK YOU TO YOUR TEAM FOR THE WORK THAT Y'ALL HAVE DONE.

I'VE GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS AS A TRUSTEE OF HAVING THESE DISCUSSIONS, AND THE WAY YOU'VE LAID THIS OUT IN THE FORMAT HAS BEEN REALLY EASY TO FOLLOW, UNDERSTAND AND ALLOW FOR THE CONVERSATIONS TO TAKE PLACE.

AND SO I KNOW IN MANY OTHER PLACES IT'S BEEN A LITTLE ROUGH, BUT THIS HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY TO DO THIS, TO GET THE ENGAGEMENT AND GET THE COMMUNICATION GOING.

AND SO HOPEFULLY GOING FORWARD, WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK THIS PROCESS AND MOVE FORWARD TO GET TO THE END RESULT THAT WE ALL DESIRE TO HAVE.

SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT AND TO YOUR TEAM FOR DOING THAT.

I KNOW THESE ARE ADDITIONAL DUTIES ABOVE AND BEYOND THE HARD WORK THAT YOU DO EACH AND EVERY DAY.

SO I KNOW THAT THAT COMES INTO PLAY, AND I WANT TO THANK MY FELLOW TRUSTEES AS WELL FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO AROUND THIS PROCESS.

I MEAN, FOR MANY, THIS MAY BE YOUR FIRST TIME.

AND FOR SOME OF US, WE'VE BECOME VETERANS AT DEALING WITH DIFFICULT SITUATIONS AND HAVING TO KIND OF THINK THROUGH THIS ON ITS OWN MERITS.

AND SO I THINK WE WILL DEFINITELY GET TO WHERE WE WANT TO GO.

AND AS FAR AS NEXT WEEK, I LOOK FORWARD TO COMING BACK NEXT WEEK AND REFINING THIS DISCUSSION EVEN MORE AND GETTING DOWN TO SOMETHING THAT WE CAN WORK WITH.

BECAUSE ANYTIME YOU'RE DOING THINGS LIKE THIS, YOU DON'T WANT TO LEAVE EVERYTHING ON THE TABLE BECAUSE IT JUST TAKES SO MUCH WORK OUT OF STAFF.

AND SO, WE HAVE TO NARROW THINGS DOWN TO MAKE IT PALATABLE SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AS WELL, AND ALSO LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW SIMULTANEOUSLY THE THINGS, THE WORK THAT'S GOING ON.

BECAUSE TO YOUR POINT, PRESIDENT CAVINESS, THIS WORK HAS BEEN GOING ON IN SOME CASES FOR YEARS, IN OTHER CASES MONTHS, DEPENDING ON WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

BUT THIS IS NOT WORK.

THAT'S JUST BUBBLE UP.

AND WE'RE NOT JUST THINKING ABOUT THIS IN A VACUUM.

BUT FOR THOSE THAT MAY NOT BE AWARE OF THIS, THEY MAY THINK OF IT THAT WAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OKAY, SO I'VE HEARD COMMENTS AND EMAILS FROM FROM EVERYONE ALSO ABOUT LIKE NOT KNOWING YOU KNOW, LET'S WAIT AND

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LET'S SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.

AND ALSO NOT BEING INFORMED.

SO I WOULD KIND OF BE REMISS BY NOT TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY TO EVEN THOUGH IT'S KIND OF LATE TO AT LEAST GO OVER SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE HEARD OR RESEARCHED OVER TIME.

BUT BEFORE I KIND OF DIVE INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT, I WANTED TO THANK AGAIN KIND OF WHAT TRUSTEE WAS SAYING AS WELL.

DOCTOR HUNT AND EVERYONE WE'VE ASKED YOU FOR A HERCULEAN TASK TO APPLY THIS RUBRIC TO EVERY FACILITY IN THE DISTRICT AND TO DO THE WORK, WHICH WAS INCREDIBLY HARD BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WHATEVER DECISION HAPPENS HERE AFFECTS TEACHERS, IT AFFECTS KIDS, IT AFFECTS FAMILIES, AND THOSE ARE VERY DIFFICULT DECISIONS BECAUSE AS YOU'RE WRITING THEM DOWN ON PAPER, IT'S NOT JUST THAT YOU KNOW WHAT'S BEHIND THEM.

YOU KNOW THE RELATIONSHIPS YOU'VE HAD WITH EVERYONE WHO WOULD BE AFFECTED BY THEM AND THE PEOPLE YOU SEE EVERY DAY.

BUT WITH THAT REALITY, THE WAY I THINK ABOUT THESE KINDS OF THINGS IS LIKE FROM A MACRO PERSPECTIVE AND LIKE A MICRO PERSPECTIVE, RIGHT? SO MACRO PERSPECTIVE IS WHAT'S GOING ON FROM A TEXAS LEGISLATIVE STANDPOINT, LIKE BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT CONTROL ALL OF THE MONEY THAT THAT COMES TO US.

THEY EVEN CONTROL HOW MUCH WE CAN CHARGE FOR OUR TAX RATE.

RIGHT. AND THEY SAY WHAT THAT IS, AND I'M GOING TO SAY THIS STUFF.

AND I'M NOT LIKE TRYING TO BE LIKE THE SKY IS FALLING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

BECAUSE ACTIVATING THIS COMMUNITY AS WE ARE NOW AND EVERYBODY'S ENGAGED WILL HELP.

AND BECAUSE IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO TURN THE TIDE.

AND DURING THIS WHOLE PROCESS, IT WAS LIKE APRIL 8TH OF THIS YEAR WAS OUR WE HAD A BOARD BUDGET WORKSHOP.

RIGHT. AND DURING THAT WORKSHOP IT WAS, I GUESS REVEALED TO ME, I GUESS IT WAS SECTION 11, SPOT 1542 OF THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE THAT REQUIRES A SCHOOL DISTRICT TO OFFER FOR SALE A SCHOOL BUILDING TO A CHARTER SCHOOL THAT OFFERS OPERATES IN ITS AREA.

NOW, COULD YOU IMAGINE IF TARGET CLOSED DOWN A STORE? LIKE YOU KNOW WHAT? I HAVE TO SELL THIS TO WALMART, LIKE, RIGHT NOW.

LIKE, IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.

AND I WAS LIKE I WAS KEPT RACKING MY BRAIN AS WE WERE PREPARING FOR THIS AND HAVING ALL THESE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY IS GOING, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO THIS, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN? THE IMPACT.

AND I STARTED READING, AND THIS IS NOT LIGHT READING THE LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF THESE ACTS, LIKE WHO PUT THESE BILLS IN, WHEN DID THEY COME INTO FRUITION? AND I DID NOT REALIZE THAT THAT SECTION OF THE EDUCATION CODE WAS PUT IN IN 2013 BY THE 83RD LEGISLATURE, AND THE SPONSOR OF THAT BILL WAS DAN PATRICK.

SO FOR THE PAST 11 YEARS, THERE'S BEEN A PLAN LAID TO PUT CHARTER SCHOOLS OVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

I MEAN, THIS IS LIKE EYE OPENING THINGS TO ME AS I AS I'M LIKE TRYING TO RESEARCH, LIKE, HOW DO WE GET INTO THIS SITUATION? RIGHT. WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE.

AND TO BE HONEST AND TO BE FAIR, AS I LOOK AT THIS, YOU KNOW, THE GOAL IS TO PASS VOUCHERS, NOT BECAUSE, LIKE, IT'S GOOD FOR FAMILIES OR KIDS, BUT REALLY IT'S FOR THE BEST OF THEIR DONORS AND THE PEOPLE THAT GIVE THEM THE MONEY.

AND THIS IS NOT JUST ME SAYING THIS, RIGHT.

THE TEXAS MONTHLY ARTICLES I'VE SEEN THROUGH THIS HAS.

AND I'LL LIST OUT THE ARTICLES FOR YOU LIKE BILLIONAIRE INTEREST IN CHARTER SCHOOLS, MARCH OF 2024, THE CAMPAIGN TO SABOTAGE TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

MARCH 2023 DALLAS MORNING NEWS TIKTOK BILLIONAIRE SPENDS MILLIONS TO FUND TO PASS VOUCHERS.

THAT'S FEBRUARY 2024.

IF YOU'RE HERE AND YOU'RE LISTENING, YOU WANT TO EDUCATE YOURSELVES ON SOME INDEPENDENT REPORTING ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON.

READ THOSE ARTICLES AGAIN.

SO REALLY LIKE, YOU KNOW, FOR DECADES, LIKE THEY'VE RESISTED THE VOUCHER PROGRAMS BY THE LEGISLATURE GENERALLY.

RIGHT. BUT INSTEAD OF DOING THAT, WHAT'S HAPPENED IS YOU'VE UNDERFUNDED THEM ON PURPOSE.

LIKE IN MY ESTIMATION.

RIGHT? THIS IS MY OWN THOUGHTS.

RIGHT. AND THEY'RE NOT SUFFICIENTLY INCREASED THE BASIC ALLOTMENT TO KEEP PACE WITH INFLATION.

AND THEY'VE CONTINUED THE USE OF RECAPTURE, WHICH NOW I THINK WE TOOK NEARLY 30 BETWEEN 30 AND $40 MILLION AWAY FROM COPPELL.

COULD YOU IMAGINE WHAT WE WOULD DO WITH THAT KIND OF MONEY IN THIS BUDGET DEFICIT CRISIS? THEY'VE IMPOSED UNFUNDED MANDATES.

SO, YOU KNOW, FULL DAY PRE-K IS AT 50%, WHICH WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HERE IS A SIGNIFICANT DRAG ON COSTS, RIGHT.

WHY IS THAT NOT FUNDED 100%? DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.

AND WE'VE THEY'VE ASKED FOR SECURITY OFFICERS AT EVERY SCHOOL BY SAYING THEY'VE DONE THAT, BUT THEY DON'T FUND THEM 100%.

SO WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH THAT MONEY.

THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT TICK AWAY AT THE OVERALL BUDGET.

AND FRANKLY, WHEN THAT STUFF DIDN'T WORK AND THIS IS THE ONE THAT HITS HOME TO ME BECAUSE MY WIFE IS AEP, LIKE, THEY VILLAINIZE LIKE TEACHERS AND STAFF AND USE FRINGE THINGS TO HAPPEN AND FALSE NARRATIVES TO LIKE DENIGRATE LIKE TEACHERS AND WHAT THEY DO.

IT'S JUST IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO.

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BUT WE AS A COMMUNITY STAND UP.

WE CAN STOP THIS TIDE OF WHAT'S GOING ON.

AND FROM A MICRO PERSPECTIVE, I JUST WANT TO DRILL IN THAT, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE TO WORK AT SOME OF THE LARGEST COMPANIES IN THE WORLD IBM, EXXON, ORACLE, MICROSOFT.

AND WE. TO BE SUCCESSFUL, YOU NEED TO EXECUTE IN THE PRESENT, BUT LOOK TO THE FUTURE AND SEE WHAT TO DO THERE.

ARTIFICIALLY CREATING A AN ENVIRONMENT, A COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT.

AND THEY'RE MAKING IT HAPPEN BY DENIGRATING SCHOOLS.

BUT WE CAN COMPETE IN THAT ENVIRONMENT IF WE DO THINGS THE RIGHT WAY.

AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS A COMMUNITY, WE CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON OUR KIDS.

I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HELP US GET THROUGH THIS.

THESE ARE DIFFICULT TIMES FOR ALL OF US.

AND I KNOW THAT JUST EVEN HEARING WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT, EVEN THOUGH WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

ONCE YOU SEE IT IN WRITING, IT MAKES IT REAL AND THAT'S TOUGH.

AND SO WE'RE COMMITTED TO DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO TAKE CARE OF OUR STUDENTS, STAFF AND FAMILIES.

AND THAT'S THE KEY THING TO REMEMBER.

AND WE WANT YOU TO CONTINUE TO ENGAGE WITH US.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENDANCE TONIGHT, YOUR INVOLVEMENT, YOUR DECORUM.

I MEAN, THAT AGAIN SETS US APART FROM OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

THAT IS WHAT'S GOING TO HELP US FIGURE OUT WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS ARE AND THE BEST THINGS THAT WE CAN DO FOR OUR DISTRICT.

I'D LIKE TO SAY IT ONCE MORE.

THE AMOUNT OF DATA YOUR STAFF DOCTOR HUNT, YOU AND YOUR STAFF HAS COLLECTED OVER LAST FEW YEARS TO COME UP WITH.

THIS HAS BEEN A LOT OF WORK.

HERCULES. AMOUNT OF WORK.

BUT MORE IMPRESSIVE HAS BEEN HOW YOU'RE PRESENTED TO US, HOW YOU HAVE ABSTRACTED THAT DATA AND MADE IT IN A PRESENTABLE FORMAT THAT WAS EASY FOR US TO UNDERSTAND AND HOPEFULLY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND.

THIS IS ABOVE AND BEYOND OF WHAT WE HAVE ASKED FROM YOU.

AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK FOR THE ENTIRE STAFF HAS DONE.

THIS IS JUST AMAZING WORK.

VERY SCIENTIFIC, VERY OBJECTIVE WHILE KEEPING SOME OF THE SUBJECTIVE POINTS IN THE VIEW.

SO GREAT JOB AND THANK YOU.

IT IS VERY HARD WORK AND IT IS VERY EMOTIONAL.

IT'S EMOTIONAL FOR US, TOO.

I THINK THE BEST REWARD NOW IS TO LET EVERYBODY GO HOME, BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY AFTER 9:00.

AND I KNOW WE'RE KIND OF LOSING SOME OF OUR AUDIENCE.

BUT AGAIN, I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S ATTENDANCE TONIGHT AND THANK YOU FOR BEING ENGAGED.

I MOVE, WE ADJOURN.

SECOND. ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

AND SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR? THAT MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 9:02.

THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.

AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR ENGAGEMENT.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.