Sep 30, 2024 Regular Board Meetings

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ALL RIGHT. TIME IS 6:00, AND I'M GOING TO CALL THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES INTO OF THE COPPELL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT INTO SESSION.

FIRST THING WE NEED TO DO IS ESTABLISH A QUORUM.

SO WE DO HAVE A QUORUM AND ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.

FIRST THING WE WILL DO TONIGHT IS START OFF WITH OUR INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, LED TONIGHT BY TRUSTEE RANNA RAVAL.

DEAR GOD, AS WE GATHER TODAY, LET US CENTER OUR THOUGHTS AND INTENTIONS ON THE MISSION THAT GUIDES US.

THAT IS WORKING TOGETHER.

WE ARE COMMITTED TO CREATING PROFOUND LEARNING EXPERIENCES FOR EACH CHILD WHILE NURTURING MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS TO POSITIVELY IMPACT OUR WORLD.

MAY OUR ACTIONS REFLECT OUR CORE VALUES, ENSURING THAT WE PRIORITIZE THE WELL-BEING OF THOSE WE SERVE.

MAY WE BE GUIDED BY A VISION THAT ALIGNS WITH OUR PURPOSE, EMBRACING THE RESPONSIBILITY WE HAVE TO CREATE A POSITIVE IMPACT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

LET US LISTEN DEEPLY TO ONE ANOTHER, VALUING DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES AND RECOGNIZING THE STRENGTH FOUND IN UNITY. TOGETHER, LET US COMMIT TO MAKING CHOICES THAT NOT ONLY ADVANCE OUR GOALS, BUT ALSO NURTURE OUR COMMUNITY. MAY OUR ACTIONS RESONATE WITH INTEGRITY AND CARE, PAVING THE WAY FOR A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR ALL.

AMEN. IF YOU ALL PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEE RAVAL AND THIS WILL TAKE US TO OUR OPEN FORUM.

SO WE'VE HAD ABOUT 58 SIGN UP TONIGHT.

AND I KNOW I DON'T HAVE TO SAY THIS, YOU GUYS HAVE, OVER THE LAST MONTH, BEEN VERY GRACIOUS AND KIND AND RESPECTFUL TO ONE ANOTHER.

JUST A REMINDER TONIGHT, YOU KNOW, AS WE GO THROUGH THE OPEN FORUM SPEAKERS, YOU'LL EACH HAVE ONE MINUTE SECRETARY MATTHEW WILL BE OUR TIMEKEEPER AND HE'S GOT, YOU KNOW, HIS TIMER AND AS WELL AS A PADDLE THAT WILL THAT WILL GUIDE US AND LET YOU KNOW WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP.

AND THEN JUST, YOU KNOW, ONE REMINDER TO EVERYBODY IF YOU'LL HOLD YOUR APPLAUSE UNTIL THE END, JUST TO MINIMIZE DISRUPTIONS SO THAT WE CAN HEAR EVERYBODY AND THOSE IN THE, IN THE AUDIENCE BE ABLE TO HEAR EVERYONE, WE DO HAVE A FULL HOUSE.

SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE HAVE BEEN I'LL CALL ABOUT FIVE AT A TIME.

SO WE'LL HAVE THE FIRST SPEAKER AT THE PODIUM AND THEN THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN CALLED CAN JUST LINE UP BEHIND THEM AGAINST THE HALF WALL THERE.

JUST SINCE WE ARE FULL AND IT IS, PRETTY PACKED IN HERE JUST FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY, IF YOU GUYS WOULDN'T MIND STAYING SEATED UNTIL YOUR NAME HAS BEEN CALLED, THAT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

SO IF YOU GUYS WILL BEAR WITH ME ONE SECOND, I'LL READ OUR STATEMENT AND THEN WE WILL GET STARTED.

THE BOARD ENCOURAGES COMMENTS 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 AT THIS TIME.

THE BOARD ASKS ASKED THAT EACH PARTICIPANT'S COMMENTS PERTAIN TO PUBLIC EDUCATION AND BE NO LONGER THAN ONE MINUTE.

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

HOWEVER, 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 F AND G, LEGAL AND F AND G 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, WHICH IS COPPELLISD.COM.

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AND THEN JUST A REMINDER FOR EVERYONE YOU KNOW, YOUR TIME WILL START AFTER YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

BUT IF YOU ARE A STUDENT AND YOU'RE SPEAKING, PLEASE JUST SAY YOUR FIRST NAME AND THE SCHOOL YOU ATTEND.

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO GIVE YOUR ADDRESS.

VICKI WOLF 617 GUILFORD COURT.

I'D LIKE TO FOCUS ON THIS.

IF TODAY'S VOTE MEANS THAT WE MOVE IB OR CONSOLIDATE DLI, PLEASE ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY ON WHERE THESE PROGRAMS SHOULD LAND.

WHAT'S BEFORE YOU IS NOT BEST FOR BOTH PROGRAMS, AND I KNOW THE COMMITTEE WORKED HARD ON THE OPTIONS, BUT NOW YOU HAVE NEW DATA INPUT FROM YOUR DIVERSE COMMUNITY, AND IT'S NEEDED BECAUSE THE PRO CON LIST FOR EVERY OPTION WAS ONLY FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE CLOSING SCHOOL.

THE IMPACT TO DLI WILSON COMMUNITY LOSING THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL.

THE BURDEN ON VULNERABLE FAMILIES.

THEY WERE NOT LISTED ANYWHERE IN ANY CONS LIST AND IT MATTERS.

I AGREE THAT WE ARE BETTER TOGETHER.

SO LET'S ACTION THAT AND SHOW OUR KIDS THAT THE WAY WE DO HARD THINGS IS TO BE INTENTIONALLY INCLUSIVE.

WE ACTIVELY LISTEN AND SOMETIMES WE DO CHANGE COURSE BECAUSE TOGETHER WE FIND A BETTER WAY.

THANK YOU. GABRIEL ROLON, 303 FAIRVIEW COURT. DEAR BOARD MEMBERS AND DOCTOR HUNT, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO OUR THOUGHTS AND SUGGESTIONS AS WE FOCUS ON MOVING IV OR CONSOLIDATING DLI.

WE THINK ADDITIONAL TIME IS NEEDED TO ENSURE THE PROPER DECISION IS MADE FOR BOTH PROGRAMS. PLEASE ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY TO ENSURE DUE DILIGENCE IS DONE BEFORE ANY DECISION IS MADE.

LET'S WORK TOGETHER. AS DOCTOR HUNT MENTIONED IN HIS VIDEO ADDRESS TO DETERMINE THE BEST OUTCOME FOR BOTH PROGRAMS, ONE THAT WILL MAKE CISD STRONGER FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR CHILDREN AND OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. I ALSO CALLED JENNIFER DAWSON MARTINEZ AND DEBBIE SCHAFER.

HOWDY, I'M SHANE POPE.

I'M AT 313 MEADOW CREEK.

I HAVE A PINKERTON FIRST GRADER, TWO LITTLE ONES, AND MY WIFE WENT TO PINKERTON.

D'ARCY ABBOTT ENDORSED JOHN JUNE.

THEY'RE GOING TO FIGHT TO PROVIDE SCHOOL CHOICE VOUCHERS.

COOL. I'M GUESSING JOHN'S NOT HERE TONIGHT.

OKAY. ON PAPER, THE PLAN LOOKED GREAT.

CLOSE PINKERTON, CONSOLIDATE DLI, PINKERTON MOVES TO THE CLOSEST SCHOOL.

TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE.

BUT THESE WORKSHOPS HAVE SHOWN THAT WILSON PARENTS FEEL LIKE THE IB PROGRAM IS COMING IN AND STOMPING THEIR PROGRAM.

HOW ARE IB STAFF EXPECTED TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING IN THAT ENVIRONMENT? LET'S TAKE A STEP BACK AND SEPARATE THE DLI CONSOLIDATION FROM THE PINKERTON CLOSURE.

DLI SHOULD BE A SEPARATE ISSUE.

MOVE THE IB PROGRAM TO TOWN CENTER.

TOWN CENTER HAS 150 OPEN SEATS AND IS TIED FOR SECOND HIGHEST ON THE RUBRIC.

IT HAS A GOOD TRAFFIC LOGISTICS.

ALSO, I WAS TALKING TO A PARENT YESTERDAY FROM COPPELL WHO SENDS THEIR KID TO A CHARTER.

THE REASON THEY WANT A NO TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL, WE NEED TO CREATE A NO TECHNOLOGY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

WE ALSO NEED A REAL PLAN FOR NEW TECH HIGH SCHOOL WITH TARGETS AND DEADLINES BIGGER, MORE FORWARD THINKING PLANS, GIVEN THE DEMOGRAPHIC NUMBERS.

THANK YOU. BYE. THANK YOU SHANE.

WELL, I'VE NEVER SAID ANYTHING IN ONE MINUTE, BUT MY NAME IS KIERAN NICKS.

MY ADDRESS IS 338 GREEN TREE DRIVE.

I'M SPEAKING AS A FORMER TEACHER AND A PRINCIPAL IN THIS DISTRICT, AND AN EMPTY NESTER AND A GRANDPARENT, I URGE YOU TO GO WITH THE MOST TAX EFFICIENT PLAN THAT YOU HAVE AT YOUR DISPOSAL. I ASK THAT YOU DECISION MAKE WITH THE LONG TERM IN MIND.

THE LONG TERM VIEW IS WHAT THIS DISTRICT HAS BEEN BUILT UPON.

IT IS WHY WE HAVE THE CHOICES THAT WE HAVE NOW.

IT IS WHY WE HAVE THE GREAT CHILD CENTERED DISTRICT THAT WE NOW HAVE.

MAKE THE HARD, LONG TERM DECISION NOW AND WE WILL HAVE GOOD CHOICES DOWN THE ROAD.

IF YOU MAKE THE HARD, LONG TERM DECISION, YOU WILL BE PRESERVING CISD FOR FUTURE GROUPS, ALL GROUPS AND GENERATIONS, AND PRESERVING HIGH QUALITY PUBLIC EDUCATION, WHICH WE ALL KNOW IS AN ENDANGERED SPECIES IN TEXAS.

AND LASTLY, MY TAXES, WHICH I GLADLY GIVE EVEN THOUGH I DON'T HAVE A DOG IN THIS HUNT, I DON'T HAVE A CHILD IN THIS DISTRICT.

LASTLY, THE TAXES THAT I PAY IN THIS COMMUNITY, WHICH PROVIDE QUITE FRANKLY, PRIVATE EDUCATION AT PUBLIC PRICES, WILL

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I APPRECIATE YOU LISTENING.

LISTENING. MAKE THE HARD DECISION.

THANK YOU, MISS NIX.

I WILL ALSO CALL CAROLINA VILLARREAL AND CHRISTINA WIENS.

HI, I'M NIA AND LET'S SAVE PINKERTON.

I'VE BEEN SKIPPING ALL OF MY MONDAY ACTIVITIES, AND INSTEAD I'VE BEEN MAKING SO MANY SPEECHES ABOUT SAVING PINKERTON THIS MONTH.

I TOLD YOU ALL ABOUT MY FOREVER FRIENDS AND MY WONDERFUL TEACHERS.

MISS BAKER, MISS MICHAELS, MISS GRAVES, MR. UPCHURCH, MISS LAMB.

MISS KIMBALL AND MISS COAKLEY, AND A FAVORITE MEMORY IN SCHOOL ABOUT A SUPERHERO NAMED DOCTOR HUNT I ALSO MET IN KINDERGARTEN.

ALSO, I GAVE YOU SOME PROBLEMS TO SOLUTION, LIKE I CAN GIVE YOU ALL MY PIGGY BANK MONEY.

OR YOU CAN TAKE MY MOM'S.

TODAY YOU WILL DECIDE TO CLOSE PINKERTON.

YOU WILL MAKE ME THE SADDEST I EVER FELT AND IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF MONEY.

YOU ALL SAY WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY FOR THE SCHOOL, BUT WE WILL ALL HAVE SO MUCH MONEY TO BUY CANDY FOR HALLOWEEN AND PINKY PALOOZA.

I KNOW IT'S A TOUGH AND NERVE WRACKING DECISION TO CLOSE DOWN PINKERTON.

I HOPE YOU CAN FIGURE OUT THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

THANK YOU. JENNIFER D'ARCY MARTINEZ.

MY ADDRESS IS 765 SOUTH COPPELL ROAD, COPPELL, TEXAS.

AS A PARENT OF TWO ESL STUDENTS, I'M DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROPOSAL TO CONSOLIDATE ALL EMERGENT ENGLISH LEARNERS, THE BOARD SHOULD TAKE A STEP BACK, ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY MORE COLLABORATIVELY AND GATHER ALL NECESSARY DATA.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE PARENTS AND CITIZENS HAVE VOTED YOU GUYS IN.

YOU WORK FOR OUR KIDS, NOT FOR YOURSELVES.

WE FEEL THAT AFTER THESE COMMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE BY PARENTS WEEK AFTER WEEK, THE BOARD THROUGH THEIR COMMENTS ARE VERY HAS MISCONSTRUED THE COMMENTS.

THEY DON'T HAVE A FULL UNDERSTANDING OF ESL STUDENTS, AND THAT WAS MADE MORE CLEAR BY THE LIST OF FILTER VOICES THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THIS DECISION MAKING PROCESS, WHICH DID INCLUDE DID NOT INCLUDE ANY ESL STUDENT.

FAMILY MEMBERS DID NOT INCLUDE ANY LATINO FAMILIES IN THIS DISTRICT, SO THEIR VOICE HAS NOT BEEN CONSIDERED.

LATINO FAMILIES URGE YOU TO DELAY THE VOTE, ENGAGE THIS VIBRANT COMMUNITY.

FIND OUT WHAT IS DRIVING THEM.

THERE ARE TOO MANY MISCONCEPTIONS, ASSUMPTIONS, AND SIMPLY INCORRECT INFORMATION AROUND ESL STUDENTS, NOT JUST DLI.

THE BOARD'S COMMENTS AFTER THESE MEETINGS AGAIN HAS MADE THAT CLEAR.

REMOVING OPTIONS WITHOUT FULLY INVESTIGATING THEIR MERITS WILL ONLY DEEPEN A SENSE OF DISCRIMINATION.

SORRY TIME.

THANK YOU. I'LL ALSO CALL MCKEE SMITH AND ASIFF HIRJI.

I'M DEBBIE SCHAEFER, 611 MEADOW VIEW.

WE'VE BEEN IN THE DISTRICT SINCE 1986.

OUR THREE DAUGHTERS AND EIGHT OF 11 GRANDCHILDREN HAVE ATTENDED AUSTIN, MOCKINGBIRD, LAKESIDE, WILSON, PINKERTON, AND DENTON CREEK.

COPPELL. EAST, WEST AND NORTH MIDDLES, COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL AND TURNING POINT.

ALL OF THESE SCHOOLS ARE EXCELLENT.

TWO OF OUR DAUGHTERS TEACH AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL.

I CAN RELATE TO THE UNCERTAINTY OF CHANGING SCHOOLS.

ONE OF OUR DAUGHTERS ATTENDED FOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND WE ONLY MOVED ONCE.

IT WAS THE BOARD HAD HARD DECISIONS TO MAKE THEN TO ACCOMMODATE FOR ENROLLMENT.

I LEARNED A LOT.

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO APPROACH THE CHANGES AS OPPORTUNITIES.

I BELIEVE WE PARENTS CAN SET OUR CHILDREN UP FOR SUCCESS BY LETTING THEM EXPERIENCE CHANGES.

THERE WILL BE A LOT OF TEACHING MOMENTS.

TEACH THEM TO LOOK FOR POSSIBILITIES AND NEW OPPORTUNITIES.

THANK YOU DOCTOR HUNT AND THE BOARD, TEACHERS, STAFF AND PARENTS FOR YOUR LOVE AND PASSION FOR OUR CHILDREN AND FOR THEIR EDUCATION.

PLEASE TAKE THIS TO AUSTIN SO WE CAN GET MORE MONEY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU DEBBIE.

ZIA, YOU MAY ALSO JOIN AS WELL.

HI, MY NAME IS CAROLINA VILLARREAL.

I LIVE AT 412 WOOD HILL, COPPELL, TEXAS.

I FULLY UNDERSTAND AND SUPPORT THE CONCERNS EXPRESSED BY OTHER LATINO PARENTS.

AS A PARENT AT WILSON, I'M STRUGGLING WITH HOW TO EXPLAIN TO MY CHILDREN THAT THEY MUST CHANGE SCHOOLS BECAUSE THEY ARE SPANISH SPEAKERS.

I'M SURE MY KIDS WILL CHOOSE TO STAY AT WILSON BECAUSE IT IS THEIR HOME SCHOOL, EVEN THOUGH WE MOVED HERE FOR DLI BECAUSE WE BELIEVE IN THE PROGRAM.

BOTH OF MY KIDS ARE ESL STUDENTS AND THEY AND THE EXPERIENCE THEY'VE HAD IN THEIR TIME AT WILSON HAS BEEN EXCEPTIONAL TO FEELING INCLUDED IN THIS COMMUNITY OF COPPELL. THE LATINO COMMUNITY IS URGING YOU TO TAKE TIME AND ENGAGE US IN A MEANINGFUL WAY.

WE DO NOT NEED TO RUSH A DECISION.

THIS AFFECTS REAL CHILDREN, NOT JUST STATISTICS ON A PAGE.

THANK YOU. HI.

CHRISTINA WIENS 328 RAIN TREE DRIVE.

IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS.

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THIS IS TRUE AND IT IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF AS A DISTRICT.

I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT ALL COPPELL SCHOOLS ARE UNIQUE, AND NO SCHOOL IS MORE UNIQUE OR MORE COMPETITIVE IN TODAY'S SCHOOL CHOICE ENVIRONMENT THAN PINKERTON.

PINKERTON OFFERS MORE DIRECT PHONICS INSTRUCTION, MORE LIMITED TECHNOLOGY USE, AND A SMALLER SCHOOL SIZE THAN ANY CISD ELEMENTARY.

THESE ARE THINGS MANY PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR IN CHARTER OR PRIVATE SCHOOLS.

PINKERTON IS SUCCESSFUL BY EVERY MEASURE OF SCHOOL SUCCESS READING SCORES, DAILY ATTENDANCE, K TO FIVE, ENROLLMENT NUMBERS AND UTILIZATION OUTPERFORMING SEVERAL FOOTPRINT ELEMENTARIES. PINKERTON IS NOT EVEN THE MOST EXPENSIVE ELEMENTARY TO OPERATE.

PINKERTON IS DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

THE DISTRICT OFFERS TO FAMILIES IN TODAY'S WORLD OF SCHOOL CHOICE, AND AS OUR DISTRICT FACES EVER GROWING CONCERNS ABOUT ENROLLMENT, PLEASE DON'T CLOSE A SUCCESSFUL ELEMENTARY THAT BRINGS AND KEEPS MANY, MANY FAMILIES IN OUR DISTRICT.

IT IS TOO BIG OF A RISK TO TAKE.

THANK YOU. SO CARL ROSEMAN AND PATRICIA ZABALA.

MCKEE SMITH, 342 GREEN TREE DRIVE.

I'M HERE TO EXPRESS MY DEEP APPRECIATION AND SUPPORT TO YOU, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DURING THIS INCREDIBLY CHALLENGING TIME.

THE PROCESS OF CAMPUS AND PROGRAM CONSOLIDATION HAS BEEN PAINFUL FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED.

I COMMEND YOU FOR WORKING TIRELESSLY TO ENSURE FAIRNESS AND TRANSPARENCY THROUGHOUT.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE SCHOOL DISTRICT STAFF FOR THEIR DEDICATION IN COMPILING ALL THE OPTIONS AND PRESENTING THE FACTS NEEDED TO GUIDE THIS DECISION.

A SPECIAL THANKS TO THE MANY VOLUNTEERS, PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO SERVED ON THE VARIOUS RUBRIC COMMITTEES.

YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS ENSURED THAT THE PROCESS REMAINED OPEN AND FAIR.

PLEASE KNOW THAT THOUSANDS IN COPPELL SUPPORT WHATEVER DECISION EMERGES FROM THIS PROCESS.

WE MAY NOT ALL BE POSTING ONLINE NOR SPEAKING AT MEETINGS, BUT WE SEE HOW HARD YOU'VE WORKED AND HOW DEEPLY YOU FELT THE WEIGHT OF THIS DECISION.

THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU CONTINUE TO DO FOR COPPELL.

SO CALL ROBERT HILL AND VANCE HILL AND SHERRY.

OSSOFF HERE.

3729 SOUTH COPPELL ROAD.

DEAR SCHOOL BOARD, TONIGHT YOU FACE A PIVOTAL DECISION AFFECTING HUNDREDS, IF NOT UP TO 1000 OF OUR YOUNGEST MEMBERS.

AS YOU CONSIDER SCHOOL CLOSURES, I URGE YOU TO REFLECT ON WHAT SETS CISD APART.

WE ARE NOT JUST ANY AVERAGE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

WE ARE EXEMPLARY.

YEARS AND YEARS OF COMMITMENT HAVE ENABLED US TO BE EXEMPLARY.

FOLLOWING THE DECISIONS OF OTHER AVERAGE SCHOOL DISTRICTS MAY SEEM CONVENIENT, BUT I IMPLORE YOU TO CONSIDER THE LONG TERM CONSEQUENCES.

OUR EXEMPLARY STATUS IS ROOTED IN PRIORITIZING EDUCATION OVER FINANCES.

WE MUST NOT COMPROMISE OUR VALUES.

WE ARE EXEMPLARY, NOT AVERAGE.

WE ARE SO FAR FROM AVERAGE WE CAN'T EVEN SEE THE LINE OF AVERAGE.

THE LINE OF AVERAGE IS LIKE A DOT TO US.

CLOSING SCHOOLS AND CONSOLIDATING IS A SHORT TERM SOLUTION AND A SLIPPERY SLOPE THAT CANNOT BE REVERSED.

I URGE YOU TO THINK CRITICALLY ABOUT THE FUTURE OF OUR DISTRICT.

LET US EXPLORE AND UPHOLD OUR EXEMPLARY STANDARDS AS OUR SCHOOLS, STUDENTS, PARENTS AND TEACHERS AND FAMILIES DEPEND ON IT.

THANK YOU.

HI, MY NAME IS ZIA HIRJI AND I AM IN FIRST GRADE.

I AM ASKING YOU TO KEEP PINKERTON OPEN FOR THREE REASONS.

FIRST, I LOVE THAT MY SCHOOL IS SMALL.

MOVING TO WILSON WILL MAKE CLASS MUCH BIGGER.

SECOND, I LOVE THAT I CAN WALK TO SCHOOL WITH MY MOM AND DAD AND IT IS MY FAVORITE PART OF THE DAY.

THIRD, I AM WORRIED THAT ALL OF MY FRIENDS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MOVE TO.

MOVE WITH ME.

PLEASE KEEP MY SCHOOL OPEN.

THANK YOU. MY NAME IS ROSEMARY LATTA AND I LIVE AT 729 SOUTH COPPELL ROAD.

THANK YOU FOR RELEASING THE RUBRIC FOR SCHOOL SCORING, AS REQUESTED BY ME AND SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.

I HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE SCORING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION.

DENTON CREEK AND WILSON ARE TWO OF THE TOP RATED SCHOOLS, HAVING SCORES OF 30 AND 31, RESPECTIVELY.

THEY SHOULD NOT BE INCLUDED IN THIS DISCUSSION, AND I DO NOT BELIEVE CONSOLIDATION OF THE DLI PROGRAM IS NECESSARY OR REQUIRED.

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FOR PINKERTON, I THINK THIS RUBRIC NEEDS TO BE UPDATED AND REFRESHED.

I MYSELF HAVE SEEN AREAS WHERE THE SCORING IS BEING COUNTED AGAINST PINKERTON, BUT IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE WHY? I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT PINKERTON HAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST CAPACITIES, SITTING AT 90.3%.

I KNOW YOU WANT TO MOVE IB TO POTENTIALLY EXPAND IT, BUT THE SMALL SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT THAT WAS CULTIVATED AT PINKERTON IS WHAT MAKES THE PROGRAM SPECIAL.

IT WILL TAKE IT WILL TAKE YEARS TO DUPLICATE THAT AT WILSON, AND OUR CHILDREN WILL SUFFER IN THE PROCESS.

RIGHT NOW, I FEEL AS THOUGH THE RESULTS OF THE RUBRIC AND THE PAST SORRY TIME ARE NOT THE SAME.

THANK YOU. MY NAME IS PATRICIA ZAVALA, 550 RUBY ROAD.

GOOD AFTERNOON. I LIVE A I LIVE ACROSS FROM THE STREET FROM COPPELL WILSON.

PLEASE KEEP OUR PROGRAM.

DLI WILSON ELEMENTARY.

PLEASE DON'T SEPARATE OUR LEARNERS FROM EACH OTHER, FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL.

DLI AT WILSON ELEMENTARY.

IT'S THE BEST.

I HAVE A THIRD GRADE DAUGHTER AT SCHOOL, AND SHE WILL BE SO SAD IF YOU KEEP ANOTHER DECISION.

THANK YOU. ALSO CALL ADITI AND ANSH SHAHEED.

ROBERT HILL, 724 POST OAK.

I'M HERE TO SINCERELY APOLOGIZE TO MY SON AND EVERY OTHER STUDENT THIS IS GOING TO AFFECT IN COPPELL I TOLD MY SON HE WAS THE PRIORITY, I HAVE FAILED HIM.

I SAID HE WAS NOT PAYING CLOSE ENOUGH ATTENTION TO THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I SHOULD HAVE THE CISD SCHOOL BOARD.

I GLANCED OVER DOCTOR HILL OR DOCTOR HUNT'S EMAILS AND MOVED ON.

I SHOULD NOT HAVE LET THIS HAPPEN, BUT I PROMISE HIM IT WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN.

HOWEVER, THE SCHOOL BOARD ALSO SHARES IN THIS BLAME.

THIS SITUATION SHOULD NOT HAVE ESCALATED TO THIS POINT AS IT HAS.

THEY'VE PROVIDED US WITH ALL THESE NUMBERS AND STATS AND ASK THEM TO TRUST US.

THEY SHOULD HAVE IMPLEMENTED A MULTI YEAR PLAN A LONG TIME AGO.

PINKERTON HAS BEEN ON AND OFF CHOPPING BLOCK MANY TIMES, ONLY TO GET A REPRIEVE AND A GRANT.

NOW THEY'RE THREATENED WITH CLOSURE AGAIN, THE CISD SCHOOL BOARD HAS FAILED THE CITY OF COPPELL.

AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU THAT IF ANY OF YOU HAVE ANY DIGNITY, YOU SHOULD RESIGN, IF YOU VOTE TO CLOSE PINKERTON AND THE DLI PROGRAM AND IF YOU DON'T, WE WILL REMEMBER WHEN IT COMES TIME TO VOTE.

HI, MY NAME IS VANCE.

HI. MY NAME IS VANCE, AND I AND I GO TO WILSON DLI.

OUR SCHOOL IS IN DANGER OF MOVING.

I LOVE MY SCHOOL AND ALL MY FRIENDS.

WE LEARN SO MUCH TOGETHER AND WE HAVE SO MUCH FUN.

I KNOW IT'S HARD TO MAKE DECISIONS, BUT PLEASE DON'T MOVE OUR SCHOOL.

I WANT TO KEEP LEARNING HERE.

WE WANT TO KEEP PLAYING WITH OUR FRIENDS.

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE DO NOT CLOSE OUR SCHOOL.

THANK YOU.

ALSO CALL MELINDA MELNICK AND VICKY LIANG.

CHERRY HILL, 724 POST OAK DRIVE.

I'M A WILSON DLI MOM, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR COMING TO SEE WILSON THIS WEEK.

I URGE THE BOARD TO VOTE ONLY ON THE ISSUE OF CLOSING A SCHOOL TONIGHT AND NOT ON THE DLI PROGRAM.

AFTER CAREFULLY REVIEWING THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICT, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.

FIRSTLY, IF IB PROGRAM IS SO IMPORTANT TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THEN WHY ISN'T IT BEING OFFERED IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL? I BELIEVE THAT THE IB PROGRAM SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

I WOULD RECOMMEND MOVING THE IB PROGRAM TO AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT FEEDS INTO A MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT CAN HAVE IT.

THIS WILL HELP THE MIDDLE SCHOOL ENROLLMENT IN THE NEXT COMING YEARS.

SECONDLY, I CHOOSE THE DLI PROGRAM FOR MY SON BECAUSE I WANTED HIM TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE PROGRAM IN BOTH MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL.

I WAS VERY UPSET TO SEE THAT THERE WAS SOME HIGH SCHOOL WALKERS FOR THE IB AND THE HOMECOMING PARADE, KNOWING THAT THEY TOOK A THREE YEAR GAP BEFORE ENTERING INTO HIGH SCHOOL IB PROGRAM.

I QUESTIONED THE.

SORRY TIME.

THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS ANJALI.

I'M IN FIRST GRADE AT PINKERTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

I AM REQUESTING AGAIN, PLEASE DON'T CLOSE MY SCHOOL.

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I LOVE MY SCHOOL.

PLEASE DON'T CLOSE MY SCHOOL.

THANK YOU. I AM [INAUDIBLE] AND I SPOKE IN THE TWO PREVIOUS MEETINGS AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THAT EVEN IF YOU DO CLOSE PINKERTON, I THANK YOU THAT FOR KEEPING PINKERTON OPEN FOR SO LONG THAT I HOPE YOU DON'T CLOSE PINKERTON, BECAUSE IT'S MY HOME.

AND THAT'S WHERE I, THAT'S WHERE I MADE SO MANY FRIENDS, AND I HAVE A BIG FAMILY OVER THERE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

I'M ALSO GOING TO CALL MOHAMMED ZAHID, KARISHMA, KARISHMA, HUSSEIN AND ANDEVO.

I ALWAYS HAVE TO FOLLOW THE CUTE KIDS.

IT'S HARD. I'M MELINDA MELNICK, 914 EAST BETHEL SCHOOL ROAD.

WE KNOW YOU HAVE TO MAKE HARD DECISIONS, AND HARD DECISIONS FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE SHOULD HAVE THE MOST DUE DILIGENCE AND THE MOST SOLID SUPPORT.

IF YOU DECIDE TO CLOSE PINKERTON, STOP AND MEASURE TWICE.

TAKE THE TIME TO FIND WHERE THE IB AND DLI WOULD TRULY BE BEST SERVED TO SUPPORT FUTURE GROWTH.

LAST WEEK, SOME OF YOU VISITED WILSON, AND I HOPE THAT YOU FELT THE INTANGIBLE QUALITIES THAT DON'T COME ACROSS IN DATA.

AT WILSON, WE DON'T CARE ABOUT SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS.

WE CARE ABOUT EVERY CHILD'S POTENTIAL.

AT WILSON, WE DON'T FEAR TEST SCORES.

WE WORK HARD AND TRY OUR BEST.

AT WILSON, WE DON'T TOLERATE DISCRIMINATION.

WE LEARN FROM EACH OTHER BECAUSE OF OUR DIFFERENCES.

IF WE HAVE RAISED ANY QUESTION IN YOUR HEART REGARDING THE DISPARATE IMPACT OF THESE UNVETTED OPTIONS, BEFORE YOU SEND A MESSAGE TONIGHT THAT IN CISD EVERYONE DOES MATTER AND TAKE THE TIME TO MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS.

HI. I'M VICKI LANG, 422 CLEAR CREEK.

I WOULD LIKE TO URGE THE BOARD NOT TO CLOSE PINKERTON.

THE MAIN REASON IS THAT PINKERTON IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR MY FAMILY.

AND WE STAY IN PUBLIC SCHOOL.

BECAUSE OF PINKERTON.

WE WERE ORIGINALLY HOMESCHOOLED OUR KIDS.

SO WE FEEL THAT THE PINKERTON SMALL SCHOOL SIZE WORKED FOR US, AND WE LIKE THE PROGRAM OVER THERE.

IF YOU DECIDED TO MOVE THE SCHOOL TO WILSON, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL CHANGE.

AND ALSO BASED ON THE PLAN, NOT EVERYONE GETS TO GO DUE TO THE SPACE OF THE WILSON.

AND I THINK THAT PROGRAM WILL EVENTUALLY FALL APART BECAUSE YOU'RE CUTTING OFF PEOPLE THAT WANT TO GO.

SO I REALLY I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU DO HAVE FINANCIAL CONCERN AND LONG TERM IMPACT ON THE CLOSING SCHOOL.

IT'S I JUST DON'T THINK IT CUT IT.

AND WE ALSO, AS A COMMUNITY, SEND A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT LISTS OF WAYS TO SAVE THE SCHOOL, CUTTING ALL THE COSTS.

SO I REALLY WILL URGE YOU TO RECONSIDER THAT.

FIND ANOTHER WAY TO DO IT.

ALL RIGHT. TIME. THANK YOU.

ALSO CALL RANJITA DAY AND MAHESH SHARMA.

HELLO. SCHOOL BOARD. MY NAME IS MOHAMMAD ZAHID, 1107 COWBOYS PARKWAY.

IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS, WE'VE HAD ELABORATE POWERPOINTS ON OPTIONS, PROS AND CONS, BUT NO ONE HAS SPOKEN TO WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE SPECIAL ED PROGRAM OR THE KIDS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.

I HAVE A FIVE YEAR OLD WITH AUTISM WHO ATTENDS PINKERTON, AND I SEE MANY KIDS SPEAK HOW HEARTBROKEN THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABOUT LOSING THEIR SCHOOL AND THEIR KIDS.

NO ONE IN THIS ROOM OTHER THAN SPECIAL NEEDS PARENTS, CAN FATHOM HOW THIS IS GOING TO SHATTER THE LIVES OF THESE FAMILIES AND THEIR KIDS.

IN A SOCIETY WHERE IT'S DIFFICULT TO FIND A PLACE, THEY FINALLY HAVE SOME GLIMMER OF LIGHT THAT THEY FINALLY BELONG IN A PLACE.

AND WHAT'S GOING ON IN THESE MEETINGS AND THESE DECISIONS TO CLOSE PINKERTON ON ANY SCHOOL IS JUST GOING TO RIP THAT AWAY FROM THEM WITH THE SAME DARKNESS TO FOLLOW THAT HAUNTS THE LIFE BEFORE.

CALL IT DRAMATIC, BUT THOSE ARE MY RAW SENTIMENTS, BECAUSE I DON'T FEEL LIKE MY CHILD IS BEING ADVOCATED FOR, AND I DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT.

THE OATH THAT WAS TAKEN IN THE START TIME, SIR.

THANKS. THANK YOU.

KARISHMA HUSSAIN, 817 HOWELL DRIVE.

DEAR SCHOOL BOARD, WE CANNOT IMAGINE THE FIRE YOU HAVE BEEN UNDER FOR THE PAST THREE WEEKS.

CLOSING A SCHOOL IS GOING TO BE HARD.

WE ARE HERE BECAUSE THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE HAS BEEN HOLDING SCHOOL FUNDING HOSTAGE FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

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[I. CALL TO ORDER]

FROM THERE, THINGS WENT AWRY.

RUBRIC SCORING WAS INCONSISTENT AND IN SOME CASES, UNFAIR TO CHOICE.

PROGRAM SCHOOLS. CERTAIN SCHOOLS, LIKE PINKERTON, WERE RATED POORLY IN SOME CATEGORIES WHERE PEER SCHOOLS WITH SIMILAR METRICS WERE SCORED BETTER.

[III. INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - Ranna Raval - Place 4]

SOME OF THE MOST LOGICAL OPTIONS, ACCORDING TO THE RUBRIC, NEVER MADE IT TO WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMUNITY. ANY VO 217, EAST BETHEL ROAD THE DECISION TO CLOSE THE SCHOOL IS IRREVERSIBLE.

SO BEFORE VOTING, PLEASE ASK YOURSELVES THESE HARD QUESTIONS.

WILL CONSOLIDATING DLR CAMPUSES HARM THE PROGRAM? TRUSTEE CAVINESS, YOU SAID THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE DLR PROGRAM GAVE YOU PAUSE SHOULD GIVE YOU PAUSE BECAUSE IT'S NOT IT'S THE WRONG THING TO DO. THIS IS NOT A GOOD PLAN.

WHY WERE THE OTHER OPTIONS UNLIMITED ELIMINATED? TRUSTEE SETHI I URGE YOU TO PUSH THE ADMINISTRATION FURTHER WITH THE QUESTIONS YOU STARTED.

ASK THEM TO SHOW.

SHOW THE MATH ON WHY THE OTHER OPTIONS WERE ELIMINATED AND NEVER MADE IT TO THE TABLE.

AS YOU MENTIONED ON THE BOARD WORKSHOP ON JUNE 10TH.

WE NEED TIME TO REVIEW AND THINK OVER THE DATE, ESPECIALLY SOMETHING THAT WILL PERMANENTLY AND IRREVERSIBLY AFFECT THE HISTORY OF THE CITY.

TRUSTEE WALKER AT THE BOARD MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 16TH, YOU ASKED FOR THE SPECIFIC NUMBER OF DLI STUDENTS WHO WALKED TO WILSON TODAY, BUT WHO WOULD NEED TO TAKE A BUS NEXT YEAR? DID YOU GET THESE STORIES TIME OR ARE THEY SATISFACTORY? I'LL ALSO CALL SIRISHA BHANDARI, JEN CAO AND CHRISTINA JIZNICH RANJITA DAY, 6748 PALO DURO.

TRUSTEE SETHI, AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING, YOU ASKED, HOW IS THIS MOVE GOING TO BE A POSITIVE FOR EACH CHOICE PROGRAM? ARE YOU CONVINCED THE MOVE WILL BE POSITIVE FOR EITHER? YOU WILL BE MOVING THE DLI PROGRAM AWAY FROM WILSON, THE SOURCE OF 24% OF THE PROGRAMS EMERGENT BILINGUAL STUDENTS, AND MANY HAVE SAID THEY WILL GIVE UP THE

[IV. OPEN FORUM]

OR WILL THIS LEAD TO DESTRUCTION OF VIBRANT, THRIVING, SELF-SUSTAINING CHOICE PROGRAM? LOSS OF THE I'VE STUDENTS, LOSS OF THE CURRENT IB CERTIFICATE, AND REBUILDING THE PROGRAM IN THE WHOLE NEW BUILDING WITH A DIFFERENT, LARGER SET OF STUDENTS.

IS THIS ACTUALLY GROWTH OR IS THIS DISMANTLING AND REBUILDING? THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR SHAHEEN.

6748 PALO DURO DRIVE.

ULTIMATELY, TODAY IS THE DAY YOU MAY MAKE A DECISION.

KINDLY REMEMBER THE FOLLOWING FEW THINGS.

THE NEED TO MAKE THIS DECISION TODAY IS SELF-IMPOSED.

YES, TODAY IS THE DAY THE DISTRICT'S SCHOOL BUDGET IS DUE TO THE STATE.

HOWEVER, WE WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT THE PROPOSED BUDGET DOES NOT MEAN THE FINAL OUTCOME.

BUDGET. WE GOT THE WHOLE YEAR TO CHANGE THAT.

AND YOU HAVE $12 MILLION IN ALTERNATIVE COST CUTTING THAT YOU HAVEN'T FULLY EXPLORED.

MANY OF THOSE OPTIONS ARE BEING PREPARED RIGHT NOW AND WILL BE PRESENTED TO YOU IN DECEMBER 2024.

DECIDING TO CLOSE A SCHOOL TODAY WILL NOT TURN THAT DEFICIT BUDGET INTO A SURPLUS, OR ELIMINATE THE DISTRICT'S EXCESS CAPACITY.

BEFORE YOU MAKE THIS DECISION, PLEASE ASK YOURSELF DOES A DECISION REALLY NEED TO HAPPEN TODAY? CAN YOU ASK FOR MORE OPTIONS FROM THE ADMIN? IS CLOSING PINKERTON AND MAKING ROOM BY DISPLACING WILSON DLI STUDENTS TO DENTON CREEK ELEMENTARY? JUST AND RIGHT.

THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER OPTIONS THAT NEED FURTHER EXPLORATION? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SIRISHA BHANDARI 315 GARDEN GROVE.

IF YOU MUST MAKE THE DECISION TO CLOSE PINKERTON, ASK YOURSELF, OUT OF ALL THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WE COULD POTENTIALLY RELOCATE TO, IS BUILT ON THE RIGHT CHOICE.

IF YOU CONSOLIDATE DLI IS DENTON CREEK THE BEST LOCATION TO RECRUIT THE MOST NUMBER OF FUTURE STUDENTS AND ALLOW IT TO GROW AND THRIVE, OR VICE VERSA.

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WILL THIS GAP CAUSE MORE PROBLEMS AS PROJECTIONS OF 1400 NEW STUDENTS ENROLLED FROM THE SOUTH.

IN THE COMING YEARS, SCHOOLS LOCATED IN THE CENTER, SUCH AS PINKERTON, WILSON, AUSTIN AND MOCKINGBIRD MAY NEED TO SERVE AS BUFFERS FOR SOUTHERN OVERFLOWS.

PLEASE SAVE PINKERTON.

THANK YOU. WELL.

OKAY. JEN, BEFORE YOU START, I'LL CALL THE WATERS FAMILY, YOU GUYS CAN JOIN.

YOU GOOD? OKAY, GOOD.

THANK YOU.

JEN TAO 44 LEGACY COURT.

SCHOOL BOARD, PLEASE ONLY VOTE YES IF YOU BELIEVE 100% THAT IT IS THE RIGHT PLAN, THE RIGHT WAY.

OTHERWISE, WE PLEAD WITH YOU TO BE THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY.

BE BRAVE ENOUGH TO DEFY THE GROUP OF EIGHT MENTALITY.

BE BRAVE ENOUGH TO ASK THE TOUGH BUT NEEDED QUESTIONS.

BE BRAVE ENOUGH TO STAND UP AND SAY, LET'S PAUSE FOR A MINUTE AND REFLECT.

IS THIS THE BEST PLAN, THE BEST WAY? BE BRAVE ENOUGH TO ASK THE DISTRICT TO GO BACK INTO THE DRAWING BOARD.

CHECK THE MATH. SHOW US ALL THE MATH OF EVERY SINGLE STEP.

TRUST BUT VERIFY BECAUSE CLOSING A SCHOOL IS IRREVERSIBLE.

PLEASE DON'T VOTE BEFORE BEING 100% CONFIDENT ON ALL THE WHYS AND ALL THE HOWS ON HOW THIS IS AN IRREVERSIBLE DECISION.

OUR KIDS ARE WATCHING US.

PARENTS HAVE SHOWN THEM THAT WE PARENTS HAVE SHOWN THEM THAT WE CAN BE KNOWLEDGEABLE AND INQUIRERS OF THE PLAN.

OPEN MINDED TO OTHER, MORE BALANCED AND PRINCIPLED SOLUTIONS.

NOT YET PRESENTED BY THE DISTRICT.

CARING COMMUNICATORS TO BE THE VOICE OF THE MOST VULNERABLE WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE ONE.

RISK TAKERS TO BE BRAVE ENOUGH TO STAND BEFORE THE DISTRICT WEEK AFTER WEEK WHILE BALANCING JOBS AND FAMILIES AT HOME.

NOW WE ARE WATCHING YOU.

WILL YOU SHOW THEM TO TRUSTEES? WE ASK FOR YOUR BRAVERY AND YOUR VOICE TO.

SORRY TIME.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS CHRISTINA JESNICK AND I LIVE AT 500 WALES COURT.

MY OLDEST IS A KINDERGARTNER AT PINKERTON ELEMENTARY, AND IN THE PAST ONE AND A HALF MONTHS, I'VE COME TO UNDERSTAND THE HYPE OF THIS SCHOOL THAT I'VE HEARD ABOUT SINCE WE'VE MOVED INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SIX YEARS AGO.

WHAT MAKES PINKERTON SPECIAL ISN'T JUST THE IB PROGRAM OR THE SMALL CLASS SIZE.

IT'S THE LOYAL COMMUNITY OF TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, AND PARENTS WHO HAVE SPENT DECADES INVESTING IN IT AND BUILDING IT, FACTORS WHICH WON'T SHOW UP ON A BALANCE SHEET. THE PINKERTON EXPERIENCE WILL NOT BE EASILY REPLACED OR REPLICATED AT ANOTHER LOCATION.

WE WANT PINKERTON TO REMAIN A STAPLE OF THE COMMUNITY AND TO KEEP THAT BOND, THAT PROGRAM, THAT LOYALTY TOGETHER.

I KNOW YOU ALL ARE ALL FACED WITH AN INCREDIBLE TASK, AND I KNOW HOW MUCH YOU ALL CARE IF THERE IS ANYTHING YOU CAN DO THAT CAN KEEP 100% OF OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER.

PLEASE DO THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALSO CALL AND EMERGING MANICKAM TO JOIN EVERYONE.

THANK YOU. MY NAME IS JULIE WATTERS.

I LIVE AT 252 EAST BETHEL ROAD.

I AM SO TIRED OF FIGHTING FOR PINKERTON.

MISS WATERS, PLEASE ADDRESS THE BOARD.

FOR OUR TEACHERS.

AND I DO IT FOR MY KIDS.

SO THAT WHEN I GET UP TOMORROW MORNING, I CAN LOOK THEM IN THE EYE AND SAID THAT I DID EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO FIGHT FOR THEM AND FOR THEIR SCHOOL.

AND SO MANY PARENTS HAVE GIVEN UP ON THIS FIGHT BECAUSE THEY FEEL LIKE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN HEARD.

HAVE YOU HEARD THEM? DID YOU LISTEN TO THE PARENTS AT THE TOWN HALL WHO IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH, PLEADED WITH YOU TO NOT MOVE THEIR KIDS FROM ACROSS THE STREET? IT IS NOT FAIR TO ASK THEM TO TO LEAVE, TO HAVE TO GET ON A BUS TO ADD 35 45 MINUTES TO THEIR DAY JUST SO PINKERTON KIDS CAN STAY TOGETHER AND GO TO WILSON LIKE THAT. IS THAT IS NOT RIGHT.

IF YOU HAVE ANY, PAUSE.

ANY. IF THAT OPTION GIVES YOU ANY PAUSE, I WOULD PLEAD WITH YOU TONIGHT TO VOTE YOUR CONSCIENCE.

SORRY. TIME. ALSO CALLED JAMES, KATIE AND EMMY CAL.

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IF YOU CLOSE PINKERTON, YOU WILL STILL NEED TO CLOSE TWO OTHER SCHOOLS.

AND THEN PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE TO MOVE IF THEY WANT TO BE CLOSE TO THEIR SCHOOL.

OR THEY MIGHT DO HOMESCHOOL OR SOMETHING, WHICH.

AND THEN YOU MIGHT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN NEXT YEAR.

ALSO, EVERYBODY WON'T BE VERY HAPPY IF YOU CLOSE PINKERTON.

ANOTHER REASON YOU SHOULD NOT CLOSE PINKERTON IS I WILL IS THEN MY FRIENDS AND I WILL HAVE TO GO TO DIFFERENT SCHOOLS.

I MIGHT NOT SEE THEM. ALSO, I WANT MY SIBLINGS HAVE THE SAME EXPERIENCE.

THANK YOU. HI, MY NAME IS JULIET AND I LIVE IN 252 EAST BETHEL ROAD.

DON'T CLOSE MY SCHOOL.

I LOVE MY SCHOOL SO MUCH THAT MY TEACHERS HAVE TO GET A NEW JOB, AND I DON'T WANT MY TEACHER TO GET A NEW JOB.

I LOVE MY SCHOOL SO MUCH.

HI, MY NAME IS DANIEL AND I'M IN SECOND GRADE AT FRANKLIN.

PLEASE KEEP AN OPEN.

IF YOU DO CLOSE YOUR HAND, YOU'LL STILL NEED CLOSE TWO MORE SCHOOLS.

I WANT TO KEEP PINKERTON OPEN BECAUSE I LIKE MY FRIENDS.

AND IF I GO TO A DIFFERENT SCHOOL, THEY MIGHT NOT BE THERE.

THANK YOU. MY NAME IS BENJAMIN WATERS.

I LIVE AT 252 EAST BETHEL ROAD.

LOOK, AS A COMMUNITY, WE JUST HAVE ONE REQUEST.

MAKE IT MAKE SENSE, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT JUST DOESN'T ADD UP.

WHY ARE WE SO FOCUSED ON CLOSING 20% OF THE BUDGET BY CLOSING A SCHOOL? WHY DO WE HAVE TO MOVE THE STEELEYE PROGRAM? THAT DOESN'T REALLY SAVE ANY MONEY.

YOU KNOW, GOING TO ALL THESE MEETINGS, WE SEE ALL THIS.

WE'RE FOLLOWING IT AND WE CAN'T MAKE ANY SENSE OUT OF THIS PLAN.

PLEASE AT LEAST PRESENT A PLAN TOGETHER.

BECAUSE WHEN YOU DON'T, IF WE FEEL LIKE THE.

WE'RE DEALING WITH THE ATHENIANS AT MELOS, WHERE THEY SAY WE'RE DOING THIS BECAUSE WE CAN AND BECAUSE NO ONE CAN STOP US.

AND THAT'S VERY FRUSTRATING FOR THE COMMUNITY.

SO MAKE UP SOME DIFFERENT NUMBERS, AT LEAST PUT A WHOLE PLAN TOGETHER.

BUT MAKE IT MAKE SENSE.

PLEASE, PLEASE HOLD YOUR APPLAUSE.

MY NAME IS MURUGAN.

MANICKAM. I'M A PINKERTON PARENT.

YEAH. I'D ALREADY FOUND WAYS TO SAVE 12 MILLION BUT STILL INSIST ON CLOSING A SCHOOL.

CHANGING THE HIGH SCHOOL SCHEDULE PROBABLY SAVED LIVES.

AS MENTIONED IN THE BUDGET, LIKE 1.4 TO 4.4 BILLION.

WE ARE ASKING ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS TO BEAR ALL THE COSTS OF THE DEFICIT WHEN THEIR MOST VULNERABLE OF OUR STUDENTS.

REDUCING SUPPORT PERSONNEL ALSO SAVES LIKE 2.4 MILLION.

IT'S ALSO MENTIONED LIKE BUS TRANSPORTATION COST SAVES US LIKE 2.6 MILLION.

FOYE. THE BOARD HAS NOT FULLY CONSIDERED ANY OF THESE OPTIONS WHEN DISCUSSING THE PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING, WHERE WE ARE TAKING THE MOST HARMFUL AND DESTRUCTIVE WAY OF SO MANY FAMILIES. THAT'S ONE OF THE TRUSTEES RIGHTLY MENTIONED THAT ALL OF THE ABOVE OPTIONS ARE REVERSIBLE.

THE ONLY THING THAT IS NOT REVERSIBLE IS LIKE CLOSING A SCHOOL.

IT'S NOT REVERSIBLE. SO I URGE BOARD MEMBERS NOT TO TAKE THIS OPTION.

THANKS. THANK YOU.

I WILL ALSO CALL KYUNG BOK AND JOSH MCCRARY.

HI. JAMESTOWN 44 LEGACY COURT.

SO LET'S PAUSE AND REFLECT TOGETHER IF YOU NEED TO FIX A DECLINING ENROLLMENT IN THE NORTHERN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

IS PINKERTON THE RIGHT SCHOOL? ARE YOU MOVING PINKERTON TO THE RIGHT PLACE? ARE YOU CONSIDERING CONSOLIDATING DLI TO THE RIGHT SCHOOL? WILSON'S EMERGENT BILINGUAL STUDENTS ARE THE MOST UNDERSERVED AND MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT, AND THEY RELY ON DLI NUMBERS, IS DISPLACING THEM FROM THEIR SCHOOL ACROSS THEIR HOME THE RIGHT THING TO DO? IS IT THE RIGHT DECISION TO IRREVERSIBLY CLOSE A SCHOOL WHEN THERE ARE ADDITIONAL $12 MILLION POTENTIAL SAVINGS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN EXPLORED? THE BUDGET YOU HAVE SUBMITTED TO THE STATE TONIGHT WILL BE NEGATIVE, REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU DECIDE.

MAYBE WE CAN FIND A WAY BY THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

IS RIGHT NOW THE RIGHT TIME OR IS THIS PREMATURE? IF YOU'RE UNSURE, PLEASE ASK THE DISTRICT TO BRING YOU MORE ANSWERS TO SHOW YOU THE MATH EVERY SINGLE STEP IN THE DECISION PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NO STONE LEFT UNTURNED.

THANK YOU. WE HAVE KATIE AND EMMY THERE, THERE.

HI, MY NAME IS KATIE AND I'M IN SECOND GRADE AT PINKERTON.

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PINKERTON TELLS US TO PRACTICE RESPONSIBILITY, REMAIN SAFE, INCLUDE OTHERS.

DISPERSED BUT INTELLIGENT LEARNING.

I WILL BE SAD IF LOTS OF KIDS CAN'T STAY IN THEIR SCHOOL NEXT YEAR. SHE'S REALLY SORRY.

I'M SORRY. OKAY.

OH. HI.

HI. MY NAME IS AMY.

I AM A KINDERGARTNER.

I LOVE MY PEOPLE, BUT I LOVE MY SCHOOL.

I'LL BE SAD IF.

EVEN IF I DIDN'T WALK ONTO PINKERTON.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. I WILL ALSO CALL SIERRA FORD AND DANIEL BARFIELD.

KYUNG. YEAH.

HELLO KYUNG BECK, 9514 VALLEY LAKE LANE, IRVING, TEXAS.

WE LIVE IN IRVING AND CHOSE TO SEND OUR KIDS TO PINKERTON BECAUSE OF THE IB PROGRAM THAT WE'RE CONSISTENT WITH OUR PHILOSOPHY AND EDUCATION.

NOW, BEING FACED WITH THIS POTENTIAL SCHOOL CLOSURE AND CONSOLIDATION CHALLENGES, I'M EXPERIENCING MANY DIFFICULTIES TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE NEED TO FACE THIS CHALLENGE TO BEGIN WITH. I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO CONVINCE MYSELF, MY CHILDREN, MY FAMILY, AND MY NEIGHBORS OR ANYONE WHY SO MANY CHILDREN NEED TO FACE SUCH CATASTROPHIC SITUATION. STUDYING THE RUBRICS AND LISTENING TO THE PLEAS OF CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES.

I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW I CAN EXPLAIN THIS TO MY CHILDREN WITHOUT TRAUMATIZING THEM AND FORCING THEM TO LOSE TRUST IN ADULTS.

IS THIS THE CLOSURE CONSOLIDATION REALLY THE BEST OPTION WE HAVE FOR OUR CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY? IS THIS THE LEGACY OF EDUCATION THAT WE DEMONSTRATE TO OUR KIDS? PLEASE HELP ME UNDERSTAND.

THANK YOU.

JOSH MCCRARY, 9514 VALLEY LAKE LANE, IRVING, TEXAS.

AS A SOCIETY, THE MOST IMPORTANT POLICIES WE WRITE AND DECISIONS WE MAKE ARE THE ONES ON EDUCATION.

THE RIPPLES FROM THE VOTES YOU CAST TONIGHT WILL BE LARGER AND LAST LONGER THAN THOSE FROM ANY OTHER CHOICE THAT YOU MAKE.

THE IMPACT OF ANY SCHOOL CLOSURE AND CONSOLIDATION WILL EMANATE THROUGHOUT OUR CHILDREN, AND STAY WITH THEM FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.

GREAT EDUCATION IS SOMETHING THAT COPPELL ISD CLAIMS TO HAVE.

IT'S A PERSONAL AND INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE, SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES RESOURCES, MONEY, PERSONNEL, SPACE, SUPPORT AND UNFORTUNATELY, A GREAT DEAL OF ADVOCACY IN THIS AGE.

OF COURSE, WE MUST BE RESPONSIBLE WITH AND NOT WASTE PRECIOUS TAX DOLLARS, BUT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE MORE POLICIES, ACTIVITY AND EFFORT AT INCREASING THE RESOURCES FOR EDUCATION AND COPPELL RATHER THAN CUTTING THEM.

I'LL ALSO CALL LENNOX ORMAYBOR, KALISA FARRAND AND ZAMIR BHIMJI.

HI, MY NAME IS SIERRA FORD AND I LIVE AT 800 HOWELL DRIVE.

COMMUNITIES AREN'T BUILT ON LOGIC.

THEY'RE BUILT ON SOCIAL COHESION.

AND WE'VE RALLIED OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE'VE BROUGHT A LOT OF OPINIONS AND A LOT OF SKILLS AND A LOT OF EXPERIENCE TO THIS CONVERSATION.

YOU'VE GOTTEN OUR ATTENTION, AND THAT'S AMAZING.

WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF OUTRAGE THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

TO SAY THE SITUATION WAS MISHANDLED WOULD BE AN UNDERSTATEMENT.

THANK YOU FOR GETTING OUR ATTENTION ON A MUCH LARGER PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING PROBLEM AT THE STATE LEGISLATURE.

THIS FIGHT FOR FUNDING AND OUR ACTIVISM IS NOT OVER.

EACH OF YOU HAS SEEN THE WORK WE CAN BE DOING, SO LET'S DO IT TOGETHER AND RECONSIDER AN EFFECTIVE AND LONG TERM CONSOLIDATION PLAN.

TO EVERYONE WITNESSING OUR STRUGGLE HERE TODAY TO ENSURE AN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITY HAS A VOICE AND INFLUENCE ON THEIR DLI PROGRAM.

CONSOLIDATING, I ASK YOU TO REMEMBER IT IS YOUR WORD AS MUCH AS YOUR ACTIONS AND HOW THEY ALIGN WITH WHAT THE PUBLIC RECEIVES.

I DO NOT WANT TO MODEL INACTION AND DISENGAGEMENT WITH DUE PROCESS IN A CITY OF AFFAIRS OR THE PUBLIC EDUCATION MY CHILD PARTICIPATES IN.

MY DAUGHTER HAS EVERY RIGHT TO INFLUENCE THE DIRECTION HER LIFE GOES AT ANY AGE.

YOU CAN SPEAK UP AND SPEAK OUT.

EXCELLENT EDUCATION GIVES US SORRY TIME.

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WE DO NOT AGREE WITH THE OPTION TO CONSOLIDATE ANY SCHOOL TO SAVE OUR BUDGET DEFICIT.

FOR THESE REASONS, THE STANDARD MEASURE FOR WALKABILITY FOR K THROUGH FIVE CHILDREN IS UNREASONABLE.

IT CUTS INTO CHILDREN'S SLEEP HYGIENE AND NUTRITION TIME ALL OVER COPPELL TARDINESS WILL GO UP, AFFECTING ENROLLMENT FUNDING.

MOVING AN IB PROGRAM SHOULD HAVE A CLEAR PROCEDURE IN ANY SCENARIO YOU PLUG IT INTO.

WHY IS THAT PLAN NOT BEEN DISCLOSED? IF YOU CANNOT GUARANTEE MOVING THE PROGRAM, YOU MAKE OUR DISTRICT LESS OF A DESTINATION.

IF YOU HAD WANTED TO EXPAND THIS PROGRAM, WHY HAVEN'T YOU BROUGHT IT TO ANOTHER SCHOOL? ENJOYING STABLE ENROLLMENT AT ONE SCHOOL AND CREATING ENROLLMENT ATTRACTOR AT ANOTHER? WHY OR EXCUSE ME, HOW DOES THIS CREATE SAVING IN OUR BUDGET FOR THE LONG TERM? IF THIS PLAN ISN'T SHARED OR REALIZED, THESE OPTIONS ACCOMPLISH ONLY HARDSHIPS.

WILL YOU KEEP BEING FACED WITH CLOSING SCHOOLS WHILE ENROLLMENT IS LOW AND BUILDING NEW ONES WHEN IT IS HIGH, LIKE IT WAS A DECADE AGO? IS CLOSING THE OLDEST SCHOOL WITH AN EXCEPTIONAL CHOICE PROGRAM MODEL? A RESPONSIBLE HANDLING OF TAXPAYER INVESTMENT? COPPELL FAMILIES.

ALSO CALL SHELLEY ACKERLEY, VALERIA ARROYO AND CICI DAVILA.

HI, MY NAME IS LENNOX.

I'M IN THIRD GRADE AT PINKERTON AND I LOVE EVERY MINUTE THERE.

IT'S LESS LIKE A SCHOOL AND MORE LIKE A HOME AWAY FROM HOME.

I WOULD BE SAD IF MY SCHOOL WERE TO CLOSE.

THANK YOU.

ZAMIR BHIMJI.

305 BROOKS LANE.

I REALLY COULDN'T HAVE PUT IT BETTER THAN THAT.

SO I WILL SAY, THOUGH, THAT CLOSING THE SCHOOL, IT'S NOT JUST GOING TO BE ABOUT BUDGET CUTS.

IT WILL BE ABOUT ERASING A LEGACY AND, YOU KNOW, THIS SCHOOL HAS STOOD AS A BEACON OF LEARNING FOR DECADES.

AND, YOU KNOW, AS SOMEBODY WHO WENT THERE, I CAN TELL YOU FOR A FACT, LIKE THAT CLOSE KNIT COMMUNITY, THAT SMALL SCHOOL HAVING A MISS CLEM AND THEN A MRS. CLEM BACK TO BACK YEARS.

THAT'S WHAT MADE IT GOOD, YOU KNOW.

SO I ASK YOU TO CONSIDER THE EXPERIENCE FOR COPPELLIANS, YOU KNOW, SAVE OUR SCHOOLS SO OTHERS CAN HAVE THE EXPERIENCE THAT I HAD.

AND YEAH.

AND LIKE OUR TEACHERS ALWAYS SAID, SHOW YOUR WORK.

SO THANKS.

GOOD EVENING, I'M ELISA FERRANDI.

MY ADDRESS IS 904 RED CEDAR DRIVE.

MY STORY ECHOES SO MANY THAT YOU'VE HEARD ALREADY IN THIS ROOM.

I ACTUALLY HAVE A EIGHTH GRADER AT EAST.

HOWEVER, WE ATTENDED PINKERTON, AND I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW WHAT I WOULD HAVE DONE WITHOUT THAT PLACE.

MY DAUGHTER WAS BORN PREMATURE.

1 POUND BABY.

I EXPECTED DEVELOPMENTAL DELAYS WITH HER.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY WOULD BE.

HOWEVER, THEY WERE CAUGHT EARLY ENOUGH AT PINKERTON FOR US TO MAKE INTERVENTIONS, AND THAT WAS DONE IN FIRST GRADE.

SO SHE'S BEEN THRIVING EVER SINCE.

AND THE SMALL ENVIRONMENT IS WHAT I CHOSE FOR HER.

IT'S WHAT I PRAYED FOR WHEN I FOUND OUT WE WERE NEW TO TEXAS, I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ISD'S OR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, BUT WHEN I FOUND OUT ABOUT COPPELL ISD AND I FOUND OUT ABOUT PINKERTON, I TARGETED THAT SCHOOL FOR MY DAUGHTER, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE WOULD HAVE DONE.

I DON'T THINK THAT SHE WOULD BE WHERE SHE IS HAD WE NOT GONE THERE AND EXPERIENCED THE TEACHERS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

HELLO. I'M SHELLY ACKERLY.

I LIVE AT 811 MALLARD DRIVE IN COPPELL.

I'VE LIVED IN COPPELL FOR OVER 20 YEARS.

MY CHILDREN LEARNED HERE.

MY GRANDCHILDREN ARE LEARNING HERE.

CISD IS A WONDERFUL DISTRICT.

WE MUST REMAIN FINANCIALLY STRONG IF WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE A WONDERFUL DISTRICT.

I'VE BEEN ENGAGED ACROSS DALLAS COUNTY WITH LOTS OF GOVERNMENTS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND I'VE SEEN FAR TOO MANY DISTRICTS AND GOVERNMENTS REFUSE TO MAKE DIFFICULT DECISIONS WHEN THEY'RE NEEDED, RESULTING IN COMPOUNDING ERRORS.

POSTPONING A HARD DECISION DOESN'T MAKE IT ANY EASIER.

COPPELL IS FACING A HARD CHOICE, BUT FOR THE GOOD OF THE ENTIRE DISTRICT.

PLEASE BE STRONG AND COURAGEOUS AND NOT AFRAID.

THE DISTRICT IS LARGE AND YOUR JOB IS TO PROTECT ALL STUDENTS AND ALL FAMILIES IN THE DISTRICT.

AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, I SUPPORT YOUR DECISION.

THANK YOU. I'M ALSO GOING TO CALL KATHY UGARTE, SAUGUS AND PRONOUNCE.

THIS IS WHERE I ASK FOR YOUR FORGIVENESS FOR MY PRONUNCIATIONS.

MANNEQUIN. AND THEN CHRISTINA.

HELLO. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS VALERIA ARROYO, AND I'M A FORMER WILSON RANGER.

I BELIEVE THE KIDS ARE THE FUTURE OF THE SOCIETY, AND HAVING THE DAILY PROGRAM ONLY IN ONE SCHOOL WOULDN'T HELP.

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I BELIEVE WE DESERVE THE BEST EDUCATION IN ORDER TO BE BETTER ADULTS.

I ALSO BELIEVE THAT IF YOU TAKE THE DLI PROGRAM FROM WILSON, YOU ARE ALSO TAKING THE CHANCES FOR PEOPLE WHOSE FIRST LANGUAGE IS NOT ENGLISH.

PLEASE DON'T TAKE WILSON'S COLLEGE PROGRAM AWAY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND PLEASE CONSIDER.

GOOD AFTERNOON. I AM CECI DAVILA.

THERE HAS BEEN SO MUCH DEBATE ABOUT CLOSING SCHOOLS AND THE DLI PROGRAM AT WILSON.

THE DISTRICT NEEDS TO GIVE ALL THE POSSIBLE TOOLS TO EDUCATE OUR KIDS IN TWO SCHOOLS AND TWO LANGUAGES.

WILSON HAS CREATED A GREAT ATMOSPHERE FOR ALL FAMILIES WITH GREAT EXPECTATIONS.

WITHOUT THIS PROGRAM, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT, WILSON AND THE COMMUNITY WILL NEVER BE THE SAME.

WE ARE IN A WORLD WHERE BEING BILINGUAL IS KEY.

IF YOU THINK BILINGUAL EDUCATION IS EXPENSIVE.

TRY ONLY MONOLINGUAL.

MANY FAMILIES WANT TO HAVE THEIR KIDS IN AN EDUCATION PROGRAM LIKE THE DLI PROGRAM.

PLEASE DON'T CLOSE THE DOORS OF WILSON LANGUAGE.

FIND OTHER ALTERNATIVES.

FERGUS MANOUKIAN.

201 CARRIAGE COURT.

SO I HAVE A LEFT WITH AN UNANSWERED QUESTION, MOSTLY ABOUT THE BUDGET DEFICIT.

I'VE SEEN YOUR REVENUES AND I WANTED TO STATE THEM QUICKLY THAT THEY ARE GROWING, AND I WANT TO START WITH 2019 AND 20.

STARTING WITH 193 MILLION.

FOLLOWING YEAR TO 3 MILLION, THEN TO 6 MILLION.

2022-2023 220 MILLION.

AND THIS YEAR IT'S PROJECTED TO 221 MILLION, WHICH SAYS THE REVENUE IS GROWING AND YOUR ENROLLMENT NUMBER ALSO SEEMS TO BE GROWING.

STARTING FROM 13,050 UP TO 13,400 FOR THE LAST 2 OR 3 YEARS.

SO I COULDN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHERE IS THIS BUDGET DEFICIT? LIKE? THE REVENUE IS GROWING.

ENROLLMENT IS STABLE.

KIND OF. AND MAYBE LAST YEAR YOUR EXPENSES WERE A LITTLE HIGH, AND THAT'S WHY IT WENT NEGATIVE.

BUT ALL OTHER YEARS THEY WERE POSITIVE.

AND YOU HAVE A BIG FUND OF 70 TO $80 MILLION.

AND CLOSING PINKERTON WILL SAVE ONLY 2 MILLION.

IT'S A LESS THAN A PERCENT FROM YOUR REVENUE.

SORRY. PLEASE CONSIDER SORRY TIME.

THANK YOU. ONE. ONE SECOND.

I'M GOING TO CALL WING FU.

RANDY PEARSON AND ANITA PEDRO.

HI, I'M CHRISTINA, A FIFTH GRADER AND MISS BAKER'S CLASS AT PINKERTON ELEMENTARY.

I THINK IT'S WRONG TO CLOSE PINKERTON BECAUSE IT HAS THIS CULTURE IN THE SCHOOL THAT'S REALLY SPECIAL.

AND IT'S LIKE IT FEELS REALLY SPECIAL AND LOVED.

AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I DON'T WANT YOU TO CLOSE PINKERTON ELEMENTARY.

ANOTHER REASON THAT I DON'T WANT YOU TO CLOSE PINKERTON ELEMENTARY.

THAT EVEN THOUGH I'M A FIFTH GRADER AND ABOUT TO GRADUATE FROM PINKERTON, I STILL WANT MY SISTER TO EXPERIENCE THE JOY AND EDUCATION AND FUN.

AND PINKERTON ELEMENTARY.

THANK YOU. MY NAME IS ANNE WINGFIELD.

I LIVE THE 144 GLEN DRIVE.

I'M A PROUD PARENT AT PINKERTON, AND TODAY I STAND FLIRTING WITH PINKERTON.

WHAT MADE COPPELL THE TRUE DESTINATION DISTRICT IS THE CHOICE PROGRAM.

LIKE THE IB AND THE I THAT SET US APART.

AND AT THE HEART OF IT IS ALL IS PINKERTON A SYMBOL OF EXCELLENCE, A LEGACY OF QUALITY EDUCATION, AND THE PROUD FACE OF

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PINKERTON ISN'T JUST ANOTHER SCHOOL.

IT'S A CORNERSTONE OF OUR DISTRICT'S HISTORY AND IDENTITY.

SO WHY DISMANTLE SOMETHING THAT WORKS? THE ISSUE IS OF DECLINING ENROLLMENT IS A CHALLENGE FOR OTHER SCHOOLS.

THE PROPOSED COST SAVINGS FROM CLOSING PINKERTON ARE OVERESTIMATED AND REPRESENTED ONLY A SMALL FRACTION OF THE PROJECT DEFICIT.

SELLING THIS ICONIC PROPERTY IS A TEMPORARY FIX, NOT A LONG TERM SOLUTION.

I STAND WITH PINKERTON TODAY BECAUSE THE CLOSING IS NOT THE ANSWER.

WE NEED A SUSTAINABLE, FORWARD THINKING SOLUTION AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU.

RANDY, CAN YOU GIVE ME ONE SECOND? I WANT TO MAKE SURE I DIDN'T MISS SOMEONE.

I WANT TO GO. IS THERE A CATHY OGATA? IN THE ROOM. OKAY.

I'LL ALSO CALL SHAWN HESTER.

YOU CAN JOIN UP FRONT AS WELL.

RANDY PIERSON, 427 HALIFAX DRIVE.

I'M HERE TODAY TO URGE YOU TO RECONSIDER ANY DECISIONS ABOUT CLOSING PINKERTON OR CONSOLIDATING THE WILSON DLI PROGRAM WITHOUT A FULL EVALUATION OF THE POTENTIAL WORST CASE SCENARIOS. TO DATE, ALL PROJECTED NUMBERS BEING CONSIDERED HAVE REFLECTED IDEAL SITUATIONS WHERE MOST FAMILIES ACQUIESCE TO THESE POTENTIAL CHANGES AND FOLLOW THEIR CHOICE PROGRAM TO ANOTHER SCHOOL.

HOWEVER, THE REALITY MAY BE FAR DIFFERENT.

YOU NEED TO CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE MAJORITY OF WILSON DLI FAMILIES WILL OPT TO STAY AT WILSON AS MONOLINGUAL STUDENTS.

THIS COULD SIGNIFICANTLY ALTER YOUR PROJECTIONS.

ADDITIONALLY, THE FINANCIAL SAVINGS FROM THESE CHANGES COULD BE MUST BE OUTWEIGHED, MUST BE WEIGHED AGAINST THE POTENTIAL DECLINE IN DLI ENROLLMENT.

THIS COULD IMPACT NOT ONLY STATE SUPPLIED FUNDING, BUT COULD ALSO RESULT IN THE NEED TO HIRE MORE ESL TEACHERS FOR THOSE WHO CHOOSE TO REMAIN AT THEIR HOME SCHOOLS.

LASTLY, WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT HOW THIS DECISION COULD OVERALL DRIVE FAMILIES OUT OF THE DISTRICT ALTOGETHER.

THE COST OF LOST ENROLLMENT COULD OUTWEIGH ANY ANTICIPATED SAVINGS BEFORE MAKING ANY DECISIONS THAT COULD AFFECT WELL OVER A THOUSAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, I PAUSE YOU TO ASK. I ASK YOU TO PAUSE AND ENSURE THE BOARD HAS FULLY CONSIDERED.

HELLO EVERYONE. ANY DE PEDRO, 241 MAGNOLIA DRIVE.

FIRST, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND HONOR THE HEAVINESS IN THE HEARTS ACROSS THIS ROOM.

I WANT TO ECHO THE ASK OF OUR WILSON COMMUNITY.

IF TODAY YOUR VOTE MEANS THAT WE MUST CLOSE OR MOVE IB AND OR CONSOLIDATE DLI, PLEASE ENGAGE WITH US TO COLLECTIVELY IDENTIFY WHERE THOSE PROGRAMS SHOULD LAND. AS PARENTS, PROFESSIONALS AND ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS OF THE IB AND DLI COMMUNITIES, WE CAN OFFER UNIQUE AND NEEDED PERSPECTIVES.

WE UNDERSTAND THE FUNDING CONSTRAINTS AND WE WANT A FINANCIAL SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FOR OUR DISTRICT JUST AS MUCH AS YOU DO.

STANDING UP HERE AND ADDRESSING ALL OF YOU IS HARD.

AS A LATINA, I HAVE BEEN INSPIRED BY THE INCREASED PRESENCE OF LATINO VOICES THIS PAST THREE WEEKS.

MY HOPE FOR TONIGHT'S OUTCOMES IS THAT YOUR DECISION SHOWS OUR LATINO COMMUNITY THAT YOU WANT TO CONTINUE HEARING FROM US BECAUSE WE MATTER AND WE ALSO COUNT.

THIS CAN ONLY BE ACHIEVED THROUGH A SENSIBLE WIN- WIN SITUATION, WHERE WE LEVERAGE THE INCREDIBLE UNITY FROM THESE PAST WEEKS TO PUSH US INTO THE FUTURE, AND WE DO REPRESENT 14% OF OUR STUDENT BODY.

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO.

I ALSO WANT TO CALL CARLY BRENNER, THOMAS BURROWS AND SASHA ALEC LINDSTROM. SEAN HESTER, PINKERTON PARENT, 437 TRAVIS STREET.

THIS IS A TWO PARTER.

CARLY AND I ARE TOGETHER AFTER PRESENTING THE OPTIONS ON SEPTEMBER 9TH.

THE PROCESS WAS MADE EVEN HARDER.

FIRST, YOU QUICKLY ELIMINATED NEW TECH, THE LOWEST SCORING AND LEAST STUDENT IMPACT OPTION PRESENTED, AND INTERESTINGLY, MANY OF THE REASONS TO KEEP NEW TECH OPEN, SUCH AS UNIQUE CULTURE, SMALL SCHOOL AND CHOICE PROGRAM, ARE THE VERY SAME REASONS THAT APPLY TO KEEPING PINKERTON STABLE.

THEN YOU REMOVE BOTH OPTIONS OF CONSOLIDATING AUSTIN ELEMENTARY WITHOUT SERIOUS CONSIDERATION.

THIS LEFT JUST ONE BAD OPTION REMAINING ON THE TABLE.

CLOSING PINKERTON AND THE SURPRISE.

CONSOLIDATION OF DLI TO DCE.

MANY OF US IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE SPENT THREE LONG WEEKS EXPLAINING WHY THE FINAL OPTION IS NOT A GOOD IDEA FOR THREE MAJOR REASONS.

FIRST, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THIS IS MORALLY QUESTIONABLE.

YOU WILL BE DISPLACING THE MOST VULNERABLE FAMILIES IN OUR DISTRICT FROM THEIR SCHOOL, LITERALLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE SCHOOL, AND THEY MUST BE BUSSED TO A NEW SCHOOL IF THEY WANT TO STAY IN THEIR DLI PROGRAM WITH THEIR COHORT.

THESE ARE THE VERY STUDENTS THAT SUPPLY 24% OF THE ENTIRE DLI PROGRAMS EMERGING.

SORRY TIME.

I'M CARLI BRENNER, WILSON, PARENT RESIDING AT 748 LEXINGTON AVENUE.

SECOND, THE METHOD BY WHICH YOU WANT TO CARRY OUT THE PLAN BEFORE US TONIGHT IS LACKING CRUCIAL LOGISTICAL CONSIDERATIONS.

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WE HAVE NOT ACCOUNTED FOR ALL OF OUR FAMILIES AND THE CHOICES THEY HAVE AND COULD MAKE.

AND FINALLY, THE PLAN LACKS CONTINUITY AND COHESION.

IT KICKS THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD AND DOES NOT ADDRESS THE LONG TERM EFFICIENCY NEEDS OF CISD AND OUR COMMUNITY TRUSTEES, PLEASE LISTEN TO US.

AT BEST, THIS PLAN WILL DESTABILIZE BOTH CHOICE PROGRAMS, SETTING THEM BACK YEARS.

AT WORST, WE LOSE THE INTEGRITY AND SPIRIT OF OUR ENTIRE DISTRICT.

WE LOSE ONE OR EVEN BOTH OF THE CHOICE PROGRAMS, AND GOVERNOR ABBOTT WINS.

I'M NOT SAYING NOT TO MAKE THESE OR SIMILAR CHANGES.

WE ASK THAT YOU WORK WITH THE ADMIN TO LOOK AT ADDITIONAL DATA AND CRAFT A MORE THOROUGH, MULTIYEAR PHASE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THESE CHANGES THAT MAINTAINS EQUITY AND EXCELLENCE IN CISD.

CAN YOU PLEASE HOLD YOUR APPLAUSE? HI, SASHA.

ALEC LINDSTROM, 118 OLYMPIA LANE.

I'M KIND OF STRUGGLING. WE JUST MOVED THERE TO BE CLOSER TO PINKERTON.

WE PICKED PINKERTON BECAUSE OF THE IB PROGRAM AND BECAUSE IT'S A BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY SCHOOL.

MY KIDS HAVE THRIVED WITH THE INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION, AND I FINALLY CONVINCED MY HUSBAND TO MOVE CLOSER SO THEY CAN BIKE TO SCHOOL, WHICH THEY DO NOW.

WE HAVE MANY OPTIONS WHEN, YOU KNOW, WE CHOOSE WHERE TO SEND OUR SCHOOL OR OUR KIDS TO SCHOOL, AND INSTEAD OF PRIVATE OR CHARTER OR WHATEVER, WE PICK PINKERTON BECAUSE IT'S THE BEST FOR OUR FAMILY AND FOR OUR KIDS.

AND I AM TIRED OF HAVING TO TELL THEM OR EXPLAIN TO THEM HOW IT'S ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK AGAIN, AND IT'S UNFAIR TO THEM, AND IT'S UNFAIR TO ALL THE COMMUNITY.

IT'S THEIR SAFE SPACE.

AND THESE ARE KIDS THAT WENT THROUGH A PANDEMIC.

THEY'RE RESILIENT, THEY'RE STRONG, BUT THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH THEY CAN TAKE.

AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT IS THEIR SAFE PLACE AND WHERE THEIR KIDS WHERE THEIR FRIENDS ARE.

AND I JUST HAD TO STAND UP TODAY AND TALK TO YOU AND ADDRESS YOU SO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH IT MEANS TO US.

ALL RIGHT. TIME. THANK YOU.

I JUST WANT TO DOUBLE CHECK THOMAS BURROWS.

ARE YOU ARE YOU STILL HERE WITH US? IF NOT, I, KATHY ANN OUGARTA.

DID I MISS ANYONE THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? JUST WANT TO DOUBLE CHECK.

I'M SORRY. ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. WELL.

OH, SOMEBODY WAS OUT THERE.

ALL RIGHT. WE'LL TAKE ONE SECOND.

ALL RIGHT. SO AGAIN JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

FOR MODELING YOURSELVES AND YOUR KINDNESS FOR EVERYONE.

SO GIVE YOURSELF AND OUR STUDENTS THAT SPOKE TONIGHT A GOOD ROUND OF APPLAUSE, PLEASE.

AND THAT WILL CONCLUDE OUR OPEN FORUM.

AND WE'LL MOVE NOW INTO OUR ACTION ITEMS FOR TONIGHT.

FIRST THING WE HAVE IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

DOES ANYBODY WISH TO PULL AN ITEM FROM THAT? OR IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

MOVE THAT WE APPROVE CONSENT AS PRESENTED.

SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE NICOLE BENTLEY, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE ANTHONY HILL, TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

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

ALL IN FAVOR? THAT MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

AND IF YOU GUYS DON'T MIND, I KNOW OUR NEXT ITEM IS OUR 711 FACILITIES EVALUATION TOOL.

WE HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF OTHER BUSINESS ITEMS THAT WE CAN KNOCK OUT REALLY QUICK.

AND THEN WE'LL DEVOTE THE REST OF OUR TIME TO ITEM B.

BUT MISS SIRCAR, IF YOU WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND COME FORWARD, WE'LL GO JUST A LITTLE BIT OUT OF ORDER.

WE'RE GOING TO DO ITEM C AND ITEM AFTER ITEM C, D AND E.

AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO ITEM B.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT CAVINESS BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

DOCTOR HUNT.

MR. SID GRANT WAS UNABLE TO BE WITH US THIS EVENING, SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS. HE IS OUR BOND PROJECT MANAGER, BUT A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT HE WANTED TO BRING TO YOU.

AND I BELIEVE THAT YOU'VE GOTTEN THIS INFORMATION.

THE FIRST ITEM IS ACCORDING TO THE BOND ELECTION IN 2023, IT INCLUDED THE FULL REPLACEMENT OF THE LARGE GYM AT COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL.

NOT THE ARENA, BUT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

THE WOODEN FLOOR.

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THE REPLACEMENT WILL TAKE THE PLACE DURING THE SUMMER OF 2025, BUT WE HAVE RECEIVED SOME EXCELLENT PRICING FROM PONDER COMPANY, INC.

IF WE AGREE TO AWARD THAT PROJECT NOW.

THE PROPOSAL FROM PONDER WAS PROCURED IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS EDUCATION CODE 44.031 THROUGH THE DISTRICT'S MEMBERSHIP WITH THE TASB BY BOARD PURCHASING COOPERATIVE.

THE TOTAL IS $301,649.

THIS QUOTE IS WITHIN THE AMOUNT THAT WAS ALLOCATED BY THE 2023 BOND FOR THAT GYM FLOOR REPLACEMENT.

PLACEMENT AT YOUR CONSIDERATION.

COULD YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS SIRCAR ON THIS ITEM? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE PROPOSAL FROM PONDER COMPANY, INC.

FOR THE FULL REPLACEMENT OF THE LARGE MAPLE WOOD GRAIN FLOOR AT COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL, AT A TOTAL COST NOT TO EXCEED $301,649. SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE SETHI, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE JOBY MATHEW, TO APPROVE THE PROPOSAL FROM PONDER COMPANY, INC.

FOR THE FULL REPLACEMENT OF THE LARGE MAPLE WOOD FLOOR WOOD GYM FLOOR AT COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL, AT A TOTAL COST NOT TO EXCEED $301,649.

ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? HEARING NONE, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

THE NEXT ITEM THAT WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER HAS TO DO WITH THE FURNITURE FOR VALLEY RANCH ELEMENTARY LIBRARIAN OFFICE AREA.

THESE AREAS ARE SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETE OVER WINTER BREAK THIS DECEMBER 2024.

AS YOU KNOW, VALLEY RANCH IS UNDERGOING A RENOVATION.

THE FURNITURE FOR THESE AREAS IS ESSENTIALLY THE SAME AS WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD FOR MOCKINGBIRD ELEMENTARY AND WILSON ELEMENTARY EARLIER THIS YEAR.

THE PRICING IS FROM SCHOOL SPECIALTY AND IS THE SAME AS IT WAS FOR THOSE TWO SCHOOLS.

A TOTAL COST OF $132,529.57.

AGAIN, THIS WAS PROCURED IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS EDUCATION CODE 44.031 THROUGH THE MEMBERSHIP WITH TASB BY BOARD.

SO THAT IS THE CONSIDERATION AT THIS TIME.

HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS SIRCAR ON THIS ITEM? MOVE TO APPROVE SCHOOL SPECIALTY AS THE VENDOR TO SUPPLY THE OFFICE AND LIBRARY FURNITURE REPLACEMENTS AT VALLEY RANCH ELEMENTARY, AT A TOTAL COST OF 132,529 AND $0.57.

SECOND. GO AHEAD.

ANTHONY. HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE SETHI.

SECONDED BY TRUSTEE ANTHONY HILL.

TO APPROVE SCHOOL SPECIALTY AS THE VENDOR TO SUPPLY THE OFFICE AND LIBRARY FURNITURE REPLACEMENTS AT VALLEY RANCH ELEMENTARY AT A TOTAL COST OF $132,529.57. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? HEARING NONE, WE'LL TAKE. OH, YES.

JUST TO CLARIFY, THESE LAST TWO ITEMS ARE FROM THE INN'S BUDGET, NOT FROM THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATING BUDGET.

SO IT'S FROM A DIFFERENT BUCKET THAN WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.

OTHER TOPICS TONIGHT.

THESE ARE FROM THE BOND FUNDS.

YES. WHICH IS A DIFFERENT BUCKET THAN THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS BUCKET THAT IS BEING DISCUSSED THIS EVENING.

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

THAT MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

THANK YOU. DO WHAT? YOU DIDN'T ASK. IN FAVOR OR NOT IN FAVOR? OH, YEAH. THAT'S MY ONE FOR THE NIGHT.

SO ALL IN FAVOR? WE'LL TAKE A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? SORRY. THAT MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

AND THAT WILL TAKE US TO ITEM E, WHICH IS DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ADOPTION, ADOPTING A RESOLUTION NOMINATING CANDIDATES FOR ELECTION TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DALLAS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT.

SO I WILL OPEN THE FLOOR IF THERE'S ANY DISCUSSION OR ANY DESIRED ACTION.

ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE, THEN WE WILL CLOSE THAT ITEM AND THAT WILL TAKE US BACK UP TO ITEM B.

DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING THE 7.11 FACILITIES EDUCATION TOOL RECOMMENDATIONS.

DOCTOR HUNT. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

AS YOU ALL KNOW, CICS HAS FACED SOME BUDGET CHALLENGES FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS AND AS A DISTRICT WE HAVE CONSISTENTLY WORKED TO ADDRESS THEM.

YOU, AS THE SCHOOL BOARD, HAVE TASKED US WITH FINDING WAYS TO REDUCE OUR EXPENDITURES BUT ALSO INCREASE REVENUE ALL BY WHILE MAINTAINING THE BUDGET PRIORITIES YOU ESTABLISHED IN 20 2223 AND THEN REAFFIRMED LAST SCHOOL YEAR.

SO I DO HAVE SEVERAL OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING TONIGHT TO JUST ASSIST YOU ALL WITH SETTING THE STAGE, AS THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT DECISION.

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AS WE KNOW THESE ARE DIFFICULT DECISIONS.

IT'S HARD ON EVERYBODY AND FOR ANYONE TO THINK THAT IT'S NOT IS JUST NOT REALLY UNDERSTANDING HOW DIFFICULT IT TRULY IS.

BUT I DO THANK OUR AMAZING PRINCIPALS AND STAFF WHO HAVE WEATHERED SOME OF THE STORM FOR A LITTLE BIT LONGER EVEN THAN THESE PAST FEW WEEKS, AND THEY HAVE BEEN JUST OUTSTANDING THROUGH ALL OF THIS BECAUSE AS YOU ALL KNOW, REGARDLESS OF WHAT DECISIONS ARE MADE THE VERY NEXT DAY OF SCHOOL, UNLESS IT'S A WEEKEND, YOU KNOW, THE KIDS ARE THERE.

AND SO THEY'VE ALWAYS REALLY WORKED HARD TO PUT ON A BRAVE FACE IN FRONT OF OUR KIDS AND ALSO OUR PARENTS.

AND I THANK OUR PARENTS, TOO, FOR THEIR INVOLVEMENT, SHARING THEIR OPINIONS, AND ALSO WORKING WITH US AS WE DO OUR BEST TO BE RESPECTFUL FOR ONE ANOTHER, BUT ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT WE DO HAVE SOME BIG ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS AS A DISTRICT, ISSUES THAT ARE NOT GOING AWAY.

AND SO THOSE BUDGET PRIORITIES ARE REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK AT OUR STAFF AND WE LOOK AT THE SALARIES AND BENEFITS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE OUR EMPLOYEES, AND WE LOOK AT EMPLOYEE RETENTION.

THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US.

EDUCATOR SUPPORT TRAINING PROGRAMS THAT WE OFTEN HEAR ARE SO IMPORTANT TO KEEP CISD A DESTINATION SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THOSE PROGRAMS THAT ARE ONES THAT PEOPLE FEEL VERY NEAR AND DEAR ABOUT.

AND YOU HEARD SOME PARENTS TONIGHT AND STUDENTS WE'VE HEARD FROM MANY THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE PROCESS, BUT ALSO BEING MORE EFFICIENT WITH OUR OPERATING COSTS.

WE HAVE EXPANDED OPEN ENROLLMENT.

WE CAN CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THAT AS WELL.

AND WE'VE BEEN USING OUR FUND BALANCE, AND WE'LL USE OUR FUND BALANCE TO GET US THROUGH SOME OF THESE DIFFICULT TIMES.

BUT I DO JUST THANK THE BOARD FOR YOUR WORK.

I DO THANK OUR COMMUNITY FOR GIVING US INPUT AND SHARING YOUR THOUGHTS AND IDEAS.

AS I SAID, THESE ARE TOUGH DECISIONS FOR ALL OF US, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR BOARD TO KNOW WHERE WE ARE IN THIS PROCESS AND THAT WE'RE UPDATING THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.

AND SO PART OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE RUBRIC AND THAT WHOLE 711 PROCESS THAT OUR CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER, ANGELA BROWN, WILL GO OVER IN GREATER DETAIL. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ANGELA BROWN ON THE DISTRICT'S CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER.

THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, WE HAVE HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RUBRIC AND THE DECISION FILTER.

SO LET'S CLEAR UP SOME MISUNDERSTANDINGS TONIGHT.

EVERY CAMPUS AND EVERY FACILITY WAS EVALUATED THROUGH THE RUBRIC AND DISCUSSED IN THE DECISION FILTER PROCESS.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT THE RUBRIC PROVIDED HALF OF THE DECISION FOR THE RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THE DECISION FILTER WAS THE OTHER PORTION, AND SERVED AS A LENS TO VIEW ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES, FACILITIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS THROUGH THE RUBRIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE WAS MADE UP OF PARENTS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND STAFF MEMBERS.

THEY DEVELOPED THE RUBRIC, AND THAT RUBRIC WAS APPROVED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD ON JUNE THE 10TH.

THE EVALUATION TEAM THEN TOOK REAMS OF DATA AND ANALYZED IT FOR EVERY SINGLE CAMPUS AND FACILITY.

WE APPRECIATE THE WORK OF BOTH OF THESE COMMITTEES.

THEY WORK DILIGENTLY AND HARD TO BRING YOU, TO BRING US AND TO BRING RECOMMENDATIONS.

THEY EACH USE THEIR EXPERTISE AND KNOWLEDGE TO EXAMINE OUR FACILITIES.

THE RUBRIC PROVIDED A STARTING POINT FOR THE DISCUSSIONS REGARDING OUR CONSOLIDATION OPTIONS.

THEN THE CABINET TOOK THE COMPLETED DATA AND THE EXTENSIVE CONVERSATIONS AND ANALYZED THE DATA.

THEY LOOKED AT WE LOOKED AT SUBJECTIVE DATA, OBJECTIVE DATA, ANECDOTAL DATA, QUANTITATIVE DATA AND QUALITATIVE DATA.

WE USE THE DECISION FILTER AND WE AND WE USED OUR OWN EXPERT KNOWLEDGE TO BRING YOU THESE RECOMMENDATIONS.

FROM THESE DISCUSSIONS THE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE DEVELOPED.

SOME WILL ARGUE ABOUT PIECES AND PARTS OF THE RUBRIC.

BUT IT WAS DEVELOPED BY OUR CISD COMMUNITY AND IT ALIGNS WITH OUR CORE VALUES OF AND COLLECTIVE ENGAGEMENT.

SOME HAVE ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TIMELINE, SO LET'S CLEAR UP MISUNDERSTANDINGS WITH THE TIMELINE ALSO.

THE SCHOOL BOARD APPROVED THE TIMELINE OF MAY 13TH.

YOU SET THIS TIMELINE AS YOU STATED BEFORE.

LET'S REITERATE IT.

NOW IS THE TIME TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS SO THAT PLANNING CAN TAKE PLACE TO IMPLEMENT THE CHANGES FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

WAITING IS NOT A VIABLE OPTION.

IF DECISIONS ARE POSTPONED, THEN ANY CHANGES WOULD HAVE TO WAIT ANOTHER SCHOOL YEAR FOR IMPLEMENTATION AND THAT WOULD JUST COMPOUND OUR FINANCIAL ISSUES.

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

ON THIS SLIDE WE HAD SHARED PREVIOUSLY.

THIS DATA ON SEPTEMBER 16TH AT THE BOARD WORKSHOP, BUT IT ALIGNS WITH DATA AND INFORMATION THAT THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY AND OUR OWN DEMOGRAPHER SHARED IN RECENT DAYS. THIS INFORMATION WAS REPORTED IN EDUCATION WEEK IN JUNE 2024, USING DATA FROM THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS.

DECLINING ENROLLMENT IS OCCURRING ACROSS THE NATION.

AMERICA IS PROJECTED TO HAVE 3 MILLION FEWER K THROUGH 12 STUDENTS ATTENDING PUBLIC SCHOOL BY 2031.

K THROUGH 12 PUBLIC SCHOOL ENROLLMENT IN TEXAS IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE 9% BY 2031.

THE ARTICLE MENTIONED DECLINING BIRTH RATES AND SCHOOL CHOICE AS REASONS FOR THE DECLINE IN K THROUGH 12 PUBLIC SCHOOL ENROLLMENT ACROSS THE NATION.

LOOKING AT STATEWIDE ENROLLMENT, THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY COMMISSIONER MIKE MORATH, SHARED DATA ON ENROLLMENT IN TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS WITH THE TEXAS SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE ON SEPTEMBER 18TH.

COMMISSIONER MORATH SHARED THIS GRAPH SHOWING THAT IN TEXAS, PUBLIC SCHOOL ENROLLMENT WILL PEAK IN 2025 DUE TO LOWER BIRTH RATES, THE IMPACT OF FEWER BIRTHS IMPACTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS FIRST AND THEN MAKES ITS WAY THROUGH SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

GOOD EVENING. I'M KRISTEN EICHEL.

I'M THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES.

WE HAVE SEEN THE DATA PROJECTED NATIONWIDE AND STATEWIDE WITH DROPS IN ENROLLMENT.

LET'S ONCE AGAIN LOOK AT THE ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS FOR COPPELL ISD.

OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, DIANA SIRCAR, SHARED THIS GRAPH LAST MONDAY NIGHT, WHICH IS REFLECTIVE OF OUR MOST CURRENT ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS PROVIDED BY OUR DEMOGRAPHER.

OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS, THIS INITIAL PROJECTION SHOWS A DECLINE IN ELEMENTARY ENROLLMENT OF 556 STUDENTS IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS, AND 667 STUDENTS IN FOUR YEARS.

IT ALSO INDICATES THAT THE NUMBER OF MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS ENROLLS BEGINS TO DROP NEXT YEAR, WHICH WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE HIGH SCHOOL ENROLLMENT IN 4 TO 5 YEARS AS WELL. THIS SLIDE INDICATES THAT THE PERCENTAGE OF SEATS THAT ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL IS HIGHER THAN PROJECTED EVEN JUST LAST SPRING, AND WILL CONTINUE TO GROW IF ALL 11 ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES REMAIN OPEN IN FUTURE YEARS.

WHILE WE DO STAFF TEACHERS, BASED ON THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PROJECTED TO BE ENROLLED EACH YEAR AT EACH CAMPUS AND NOT ON THE NUMBER OF SEATS AVAILABLE BASED ON THE CAPACITY OF EACH CAMPUS, WE DO STAFF ADMINISTRATOR SPECIALS, TEACHERS SUPPORT STAFF BASED ON EACH BUILDING.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, EVERY BUILDING HAS ONE PRINCIPAL, AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, A COUNSELOR, AN ART TEACHER, ETC., ETC.

AND THAT'S WHERE SOME DUPLICATE COSTS COME INTO PLAY.

I'M DIANA SIRCAR.

I'M THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.

WE KNOW THAT SCHOOL FUNDING IS CURRENTLY BASED MAINLY ON THE AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE OF ENROLLED STUDENTS.

THE IMPACT OF THE ENROLLMENT INFORMATION THAT MISS EICHEL JUST SHARED ON THE DISTRICT'S FUNDING IS ESTIMATED TO BE A $4.4 MILLION LOSS IN NET FUNDING BY 20 2829, BUT THAT LOSS STARTS AS SOON AS ENROLLMENT STARTS TO DROP.

WE CAN CONTROL SOME OF THE VARIABLE COSTS AS ENROLLMENT DECLINES BY MANAGING THE NUMBERS OF TEACHERS AND STAFF APPROPRIATELY, REDUCING THE NUMBERS OF CLASSROOMS AND, FOR EXAMPLE, KEEPING ELEMENTARY STUDENT TO TEACHER RATIOS AT 22 TO 1.

HOWEVER, WE ALSO HAVE TO MANAGE THE FIXED COSTS.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE FIXED COSTS OF RUNNING AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS CURRENTLY AROUND $2 MILLION.

AS ENROLLMENT DECLINES, WE NEED TO EXAMINE OPPORTUNITIES TO REDUCE FIXED COSTS, WHICH WILL FREE UP BUDGET DOLLARS TO BE SPENT IN OTHER AREAS AS WELL AS ADDRESSING OUR DEFICIT.

SOME OF THOSE AREAS MIGHT BE PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS, MAINTAINING LIVABLE WAGES FOR OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN THE BEST TEACHERS, AND PROVIDING FLEXIBILITY FOR FUTURE INITIATIVES THAT WILL BENEFIT OUR STUDENTS.

LET'S TALK A BIT ABOUT THE DISTRICT'S FUND BALANCE.

I PRESENTED THIS SLIDE ON SEPTEMBER 16TH, AND IT SHOWS FUND BALANCE AS A PERCENT OF THE DISTRICT'S TOTAL EXPENDITURES.

YOU CAN SEE THAT PRIOR TO 2011, THE DISTRICT DID NOT HAVE A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE.

THIS MADE IT CHALLENGING TO MANAGE CASH FLOW TO ENSURE THAT ALL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES WERE PAID AND EXPENSES COVERED.

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IN SOME YEARS THERE WAS MINIMAL OR NO COST OF LIVING INCREASES FOR TEACHERS AND STAFF.

IT TOOK A NUMBER OF YEARS TO BUILD UP THE FUND BALANCE OVER 40%, DESPITE THE ACTUAL DOLLARS INCREASING IN THE FUND BALANCE.

THE FUND BALANCE AS A PERCENT OF TOTAL EXPENDITURES HAS REMAINED RELATIVELY IN THE SAME RANGE SINCE 2012.

BESIDES PROVIDING CASH FOR THE DISTRICT TO PAY FOR THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF ITS EXPENDITURES, FUND BALANCE IS ALSO USED TO ADDRESS EMERGENCIES AND TO PAY FOR EXPENSES UNDER FEDERAL PROGRAMS THAT ARE LATER REIMBURSED BY THE GOVERNMENT.

THIS SLIDE WAS ALSO PRESENTED ON SEPTEMBER 16TH.

IT SHOWS THE DISTRICT'S FUND BALANCE IN FOUR CATEGORIES.

I'LL REVIEW THEM QUICKLY.

THE BLUE SECTION OF THE BAR REPRESENTS THE AMOUNT OF CASH THAT THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY RECOMMENDS THAT DISTRICTS HAVE ON HAND, WHICH WOULD ALLOW THE DISTRICT TO COVER AT LEAST TWO AND A HALF MONTHS OF EXPENDITURES.

THE RED SECTION OF THE BAR INDICATES THE FUND BALANCE NEEDED ON TOP OF THE RECOMMENDED MINIMUM.

THAT PROVIDES FOUR MONTHS OF OPERATING EXPENDITURES.

THIS IS THE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF CASH NEEDED BETWEEN SEPTEMBER AND DECEMBER TO PAY EMPLOYEES AND PAY OPERATING COSTS.

THE YELLOW SECTION ON THE BAR ON TOP OF THE RED AND BLUE BARS, IS THE MINIMUM AMOUNT THAT OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR INDICATES IS NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN THE DISTRICT'S CREDIT RATING OF A+.

IT'S ABOUT FOUR AND A HALF MONTHS OF TOTAL EXPENDITURES.

THE INTEREST IN SINKING TAX RATE IS SET BASED UPON THE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST DUE ON BONDS THAT THE DISTRICT ISSUES.

A HIGHER CREDIT RATING REDUCES THE INTEREST RATE ON BONDS.

SINCE BONDS ARE ISSUED FOR UP TO 30 YEARS, THE IMPACT OF LOWER INTEREST RATES IS SIGNIFICANT FOR TAXPAYERS FOR A LONG TIME.

THINK OF A 30 YEAR BOND.

IF THE INTEREST RATES ARE HIGHER, THAT INCREASES THE COST FOR TAXPAYERS.

SO THE REDUCTION IN THE CREDIT RATING ENDS UP COSTING TAXPAYERS MORE IN INTEREST PAYMENTS FOR THE LIFE OF THE BOND.

FINALLY, THE GREEN SECTION OF THE BAR INDICATES THE AMOUNT OF FUND BALANCE THAT THE DISTRICT HAS OVER THAT MINIMUM 40%.

BOTH THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY AND CREDIT RATING AGENCIES MONITOR THE DISTRICT'S FUND BALANCE AND WATCH FOR DECLINING BALANCES.

TIA CONSIDERS A 25% REDUCTION OF FUND BALANCE WITHIN A THREE YEAR PERIOD AS INDICATING FINANCIAL INSTABILITY.

CREDIT RATING AGENCIES QUESTION THE USE OF FUND BALANCE TO PAY FOR EVERYDAY EXPENDITURES OR TO OFFSET A DEFICIT.

THEY RECOGNIZE THAT A STRONG FUND BALANCE PROVIDES MORE FINANCIAL STABILITY, AND THE CREDIT RATING THAT THEY ISSUE REFLECTS THAT.

AS THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, IT IS MY DUTY TO ENSURE THAT THE FINANCIAL STABILITY OF THE DISTRICT AND TO ENSURE THAT THE DISTRICT IS BEING A GOOD STEWARD OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS.

MY RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE PROVIDING INFORMATION AND MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT WHEN COSTS NEED TO BE CONTAINED, WHEN THE DISTRICT CAN USE ITS ASSETS MORE EFFICIENTLY, OR ALTERNATIVELY, WHEN THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADDITIONAL REVENUE.

THE DISTRICT'S ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN TOTAL COULD SERVE OUR CURRENT STUDENTS MUCH MORE EFFICIENTLY.

BASED UPON OUR CURRENT ENROLLMENT, WE HAVE OVER 1200 AVAILABLE SEATS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS BASED UPON COMFORTABLE CAPACITY, NOT EVEN TOTAL CAPACITY BASED UPON OUR PROJECTED ENROLLMENT.

THE INEFFICIENCIES WILL BE EXACERBATED IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, AS WE COULD HAVE OVER 2100 AVAILABLE SEATS BY 20 2829. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE FINANCIAL RESULTS OF THE DISTRICT FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

THE DISTRICT HAS ADDED TO ITS FUND BALANCE IN EACH YEAR, EXCEPT FOR THE MOST RECENT YEAR, 20 2324, WHEN THE DISTRICT SPENT NEARLY $6.9 MILLION MORE THAN ITS REVENUES.

THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF TEMPORARY OR ONE TIME REVENUES THAT HAVE SUPPORTED THE DISTRICT OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS.

SOME FUNDING WAS RELATED TO THE PANDEMIC, SUCH AS THE ESSER FEDERAL FUNDING.

OTHER TEMPORARY FUNDING, SUCH AS THE FAST GROWTH ALLOTMENT AND THE FORMULA TRANSITION GRANT, ARE ALSO LISTED IN THIS CHART.

ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS THAT IN 2020 2021, THE STATE PROVIDED HOLD HARMLESS FUNDING TO DISTRICTS TO OFFSET THE ENROLLMENT FLUCTUATIONS DUE TO THE PANDEMIC.

IN ADDITION TO THE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF REVENUE PROVIDED, THE DISTRICT ALSO SAVED FUNDS DUE TO RESTRICTIONS ON GROUP TRAVEL.

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FOR YEARS, THE DISTRICT HAS RECOGNIZED THE NEED TO CUT COSTS AND CONTINUED IMPLEMENTING MEASURES IN 20 2122 TO CONTROL OVERALL EXPENDITURES. ADDITIONAL REVENUE EARNED FROM HIGH INTEREST RATES OF OVER $5 MILLION HELPED TO SUPPORT THE DISTRICT'S BUDGET IN 20 2223. WITHOUT THIS ADDITIONAL INTEREST REVENUE, THE DISTRICT WOULD HAVE REALIZED A DEFICIT OF ABOUT $5 MILLION.

AND FINALLY, DURING THE 20 2324 SCHOOL YEAR, THE DISTRICT WILL REALIZE A DEFICIT ABOUT $6.8 MILLION.

PLEASE RECOGNIZE THAT THE DISTRICT AGAIN HAD HIGH INCREMENTAL INTEREST EARNINGS OF OVER $5 MILLION.

THE FEDERAL RESERVE RECENTLY REDUCED RATES TO BRING THEM DOWN FROM OVER 5% TO THE FOUR AND THREE QUARTER TO 5% RANGE.

THERE IS ANTICIPATION FROM SOME ECONOMISTS THAT THE FED WILL REDUCE RATES AGAIN IN NOVEMBER AND IN DECEMBER AND IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2025, SETTLING AROUND THREE AND A QUARTER TO 3.5%.

THAT WOULD LIKELY REDUCE INTEREST EARNINGS BY 2 TO $2.5 MILLION.

THE DISTRICT CAN'T RELY ON INTEREST EARNINGS TO SUPPORT ITS BUDGET.

AS DISCUSSED IN THE PAST FEW SLIDES, THE DISTRICT MUST MAKE DECISIONS TO PROVIDE SUSTAINABLE COST REDUCTIONS TO ADDRESS NOT ONLY THE LACK OF ADDITIONAL STATE FUNDING, BUT ALSO TO ADDRESS THE DISTRICT'S DEFICIT, BUDGET AND ENROLLMENT CHALLENGES.

THE BOARD NOW HAS A HEAVY DECISION TO MAKE, ONE THAT IMPACTS STUDENTS, FAMILIES AND STAFF.

CHOOSING TO CONSOLIDATE AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE INEFFICIENCIES IN THE DISTRICT'S ELEMENTARY PROGRAM.

THIS DECISION CAN SUSTAINABLY REDUCE FIXED COSTS BY APPROXIMATELY $2 MILLION.

IT WILL ADDRESS A PORTION OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE, AND WE WILL NEED TO CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR ADDITIONAL WAYS TO MAKE SUSTAINABLE CHANGES.

THE DISTRICT IS FACING NOT ONLY THE CURRENT BUDGET CHALLENGES, BUT ALSO THE LOSS OF HIGH INTEREST EARNINGS OF 1 TO $2.5 MILLION.

THE LOSS OF REVENUE OF APPROXIMATELY A HALF $1 MILLION DUE TO CHANGES IN THAT PROGRAM.

THE LOSS OF ONE TIME FUNDING FROM THE INDIRECT COSTS OF THE ESSER GRANTS THAT TOTALED $700,000 LAST YEAR, AND ALSO THE PROJECTED LOSS OF UP TO $4.4 MILLION IN NET FUNDING BY 20 2829, DUE TO LOWER ENROLLMENT.

WE CANNOT RELY UPON THE STATE DURING THE UPCOMING LEGISLATIVE SESSION TO PROVIDE THE TYPE OF ADDITIONAL REVENUE THAT IS NEEDED TO MAKE UP FOR ALL OF THIS REDUCED FUNDING.

WE MUST TAKE ACTION AND CONTINUE TO TAKE ACTION TO ADDRESS THE DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL FUTURE.

THIS DUTY IS INCUMBENT UPON US TO REMAIN GOOD STEWARDS OF TAXPAYER MONEY AND UTILIZE OUR RESOURCES WISELY AND EFFICIENTLY, WHILE PROVIDING THE STUDENTS OF OUR DISTRICT WITH THE BEST OPPORTUNITIES AND THE TYPE OF EDUCATION THAT IS INDICATIVE OF COPPELL ISD.

WE PREVIOUSLY SHARED PROS, CONS, AND CONSIDERATIONS FOR NOT CONSOLIDATING A CAMPUS.

THERE WILL BE AN IMPACT IF NO ACTION IS TAKEN.

EXPENDITURES ARE NOT REDUCED AND EFFICIENCY ARE NOT ADDRESSED.

AS WE HAVE SHARED. OUR FUND BALANCE IS A CHECKING ACCOUNT AND IT'S NOT A RAINY DAY FUND.

WE WILL HAVE TO MAKE EVEN MORE DIFFICULT DECISIONS THAT COULD INCLUDE NO COST OF LIVING, INCREASE OR RAISE FOR OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF, FORCED REDUCTIONS OR A REDUCTION IN FORCE.

THE ELIMINATION OF NON-REQUIRED PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS AT THE ELEMENTARY AND THE SECONDARY LEVEL.

INCREASING CLASS SIZES AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL OVER THE STATE RATIO AND AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL.

SECONDARY SCHEDULE CHANGES.

REDUCTION OF BUS TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.

ADDED RESPONSIBILITIES TO CURRENT STAFF MEMBERS AS WE AS WE REDUCE POSITIONS ACROSS THE DISTRICT AND THE REDUCTION OF THE CIC CREDIT RATING, INCREASING OUR TAX RATES AND INTEREST ON BONDS, POSSIBLY IMPACTING OUR FINANCIALS FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS.

AS WE'VE SEEN OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS AND THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, THERE HAS BEEN INPUT PROVIDED AND DIFFERING OPINIONS SHARED ABOUT ALL OF OUR OPTIONS.

THERE HAS, HOWEVER, BEEN ONE TOPIC THAT MOST, IF NOT ALL, INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS HAVE AGREED UPON, AND THAT IS THE OUTSTANDING STAFF THAT MAKES UP ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES HERE IN CISD. YOU AS A BOARD, HAVE AS YOUR TOP TWO PRIORITIES, REMAIN A LEADER IN SALARY AND BENEFITS AND EMPLOYEE RETENTION, AND CONTINUE TO

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MOST COMMENTS PROVIDED IN THE OPEN FORUM PROCESS AND THE TOWN HALL INCLUDED STATEMENTS ABOUT THE OUTSTANDING TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATION AT EACH OF OUR SCHOOLS.

WE, AS A DISTRICT AND AS ADMINISTRATORS, RECOGNIZE THE HIGH CALIBER EMPLOYEES WE HAVE DISTRICT WIDE.

THIS IS AN AREA OF ALIGNMENT AND AGREEMENT.

WE, AS DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS, HAVE COMMITTED TO PLACING ALL STAFF INTO LIKE OR COMPARABLE POSITIONS AS PART OF ANY CONSOLIDATION APPROVED.

I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO STATE ONCE AGAIN, THAT INDIVIDUALS WILL NOT BE LOSING A JOB IN COPPELL ISD BASED ON CONSOLIDATION.

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS AND CONTRACTS ARE WITH THE DISTRICT AND ARE NOT SPECIFIC TO A CAMPUS OR A PROGRAM.

AS THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT THAT OVERSEES THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT REMIND EVERYONE THAT IT IS BECAUSE OF OUR EMPLOYEES THAT WE ARE HAVING THESE HARD CONVERSATIONS.

IT'S BECAUSE OF OUR TEACHERS WHO HAVE THE BIGGEST IMPACT ON OUR STUDENTS AND ON OUR FAMILIES.

AND IT IS OUR ADMINISTRATORS WHO SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS AND FAMILIES WHO PROVIDE WHAT IS NEEDED TO SUPPORT THEM THROUGHOUT EACH AND EVERY DAY.

IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO RECRUIT AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, RETAIN THESE EXCEPTIONAL TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS AND STAFF MEMBERS, WE MUST HAVE THE FUNDS TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THEM RAISES AND COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS EACH YEAR.

WHILE NONE OF THE OPTIONS PRESENTED THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS COMPLETELY SOLVE OUR OVERALL BUDGET ISSUES, THESE OPTIONS THAT REDUCE COSTS AND IMPROVE EFFICIENCIES, GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT AND RAISES THAT OUR STAFF DESERVE AND NEED JUST TO KEEP UP WITH THE RISING COSTS OF INSURANCE, FOOD, GAS AND QUITE HONESTLY, EVERYTHING.

DISTRICTS SURROUNDING COPPELL ISD WHO HAVE WAITED TO MAKE HARD DECISIONS UNTIL THEIR FUND BALANCE WAS COMPLETELY DEPLETED IN THE MOST RECENT YEARS, DID NOT PROVIDE RAISES, AND HAVE EMPLOYEES WHO ARE TAKING HOME PAYCHECKS WITH LESS NET INCOME THAN LAST YEAR DUE TO RISING HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS. WE DO NOT WANT TO FIND OURSELVES.

WE CANNOT FIND OURSELVES IN CISD IN THAT SAME PLACE WITH OUR EMPLOYEES.

WHILE ANY DECISION MADE INVOLVES THE MOVEMENT OF STAFF, THE MOVEMENT WILL TAKE PLACE WITH THE STUDENTS.

THESE STAFF MEMBERS HAVE SERVED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, WHILE CONSOLIDATION DECISIONS WILL BE HARD AND WILL REQUIRE SUPPORT TO APPROPRIATELY HONOR THE PAST WHILE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE FUTURE.

NOT MAKING DECISIONS THAT BEGIN TO TACKLE THE BUDGET ISSUES WILL HAVE MORE LONG TERM NEGATIVE IMPACTS, AS MISS BROWN JUST SHARED, NOT BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE RAISES AND COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS WILL CAUSE US TO LOSE EDUCATORS TO OTHER DISTRICTS.

AND QUITE HONESTLY, A NEW TREND WE'RE SEEING WE'RE LOSING EDUCATORS TO JOBS OUTSIDE OF EDUCATION WHO AREN'T BATTLING THESE SAME BATTLES THAT WE ARE BATTLING THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

NOT BEING ABLE TO REPLACE PEOPLE AND TO FILL POSITIONS WHEN VACATED BY PEOPLE RESIGNING AND RETIRING, HAS ALREADY AND WILL CONTINUE TO PUT MORE WORK ON THE INDIVIDUALS WHO REMAIN. AND WHILE THAT CAN BE SUSTAINED FOR A YEAR OR TWO, IT IS NOT A LONG TERM SOLUTION.

TEACHER BURNOUT UNDER THE BEST CIRCUMSTANCES IS REAL.

WE HAVE TO MAKE THE HARD DECISIONS NOW TO TAKE CARE OF OUR EMPLOYEES, WHO IN TURN TAKE CARE OF OUR STUDENTS AND OUR FAMILIES.

[V.A. CONSENT]

THESE ARE VERY HARD DECISIONS AS YOU HAVE HEARD FROM EVERYONE.

WE WOULD NOT BE COMING FORWARD TO YOU IF WE DIDN'T FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN A COMPETITIVE SALARY AND RETAIN OUR HIGH QUALITY STAFF.

YOU KNOW THE OPTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN SHARED.

WE'VE SHARED THEM NUMEROUS TIMES, BUT YOU CAN SEE THEM AGAIN ON THE SCREEN.

JUST A REMINDER THAT THE DECISION MAKING AUTHORITY LIES WITH THE BOARD.

WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT CONSOLIDATING A SCHOOL OR CLOSING A CAMPUS, BUT PROGRAMMATIC CHANGES ARE ADMINISTRATIVE IN NATURE.

[V.C. Discuss and consider approval of Ponder Company, Inc. for the large gym wood floor replacement at Coppell High School]

VALLEY RANCH, AS YOU KNOW, IS UNDER MAJOR CONSTRUCTION.

WE'VE EXPANDED.

WE CONSTANTLY HEAR FEEDBACK FROM THE SOUTHERN PART OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT THE OPTION FOR THE YOUNGEST OF OUR CHILDREN TO PARTICIPATE IN PRE-K, THEY'RE TRAVELING SIGNIFICANTLY FROM THE SOUTHERN PART OF OUR DISTRICT TO THE NORTHERN PART TO FIND TO GO TO THEIR SCHOOL THAT HAS PRE-K, HAVING PRE-K

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AND THEN WITH VALLEY RANCH, WE'LL JUST HELP OUR YOUNG, VULNERABLE CHILDREN THAT ARE ALREADY HAVING TO TRAVEL.

WE ALSO MAKE PROGRAMMATIC CHANGES, AS YOU KNOW, WITH INTERVENTION SERVICES AND SPECIAL EDUCATION BASED ON PROGRAM AND NEED.

THAT'S ANOTHER VERY VULNERABLE GROUP, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE BEING TAKEN CARE OF AS WELL.

AGAIN, THESE ARE ARE VERY TOUGH DECISIONS, HARD DECISIONS.

BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE AT A POINT WHERE WE'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD.

AND NOW IT'S TIME TO TAKE ACTION.

THE TRUSTEES, YOU KNOW, OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE WORKED VERY HARD, YOU KNOW, TO REDUCE OUR EXPENDITURES WITHIN THE DISTRICT.

WE WE'VE SEEN THE PROJECTIONS.

WE'VE BEEN VERY METHODICAL.

WE'VE BEEN VERY MEANINGFUL IN OUR PROCESS.

ALONG THE WAY, WE VALUED THE REASONS OUR DISTRICT IS THE DESTINATION DISTRICT THAT IT IS.

IT'S OUR TEACHERS.

IT'S OUR STUDENT OFFERINGS.

IT'S THE PROGRAMS THAT WE OFFER OUR STUDENTS.

SO WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN IS THE CULMINATION OF A THOROUGH PROCESS THAT WE STARTED ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO.

WE'VE GATHERED FEEDBACK, EXPLORED OPTIONS, WE'VE REVIEWED THE DATA AND THE DATA THAT GOES BACK EVEN FOUR YEARS LONGER THAN THIS PROCESS.

OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE OR WAS OUR GOAL WAS TO GET US TO A POINT TO WHERE WE CAN MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION THAT WILL BEST SERVE OUR STUDENTS, STAFF AND COMMUNITY.

AND I THINK WE FOLLOWED A CLEAR TIMELINE TO REACH THAT POINT.

SO TONIGHT, YOU KNOW, SHOULD BE ABOUT MOVING FORWARD.

IT SHOULD BE ABOUT A DECISION MAKING PHASE AND ENSURING THAT WE CONTINUE BUILDING A STRONG FUTURE FOR OUR DISTRICT.

[V.D. Discuss and consider approval of School Specialty as the vendor for the library and office furniture replacement at Valley Ranch Elementary]

I MEAN, I THINK I JUST WOULD LIKE TO START A LITTLE BIT WITH THE BUDGET PRIORITIES THAT WERE ON THE SCREEN A LITTLE WHILE AGO.

YOU KNOW, THIS PAST WEEKEND, HAVING KIND OF A CHANCE TO STEP AWAY.

IT'S HAD ME REFLECTING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT NOT JUST WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW, BUT THE JOURNEY THAT WE'VE BEEN ON AS A BOARD IN THE SIX PLUS YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN ON.

AND THE REALITY IS WE SET THOSE BUDGET PRIORITIES BEFORE THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, AND IT HAS NOT ALWAYS BEEN EASY TO GIVE THOSE PAY RAISES. AND THERE'S HAD TO BE TRADE OFFS.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO START OFF THE CONVERSATION BY SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN DOING WE'VE BEEN PUTTING OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS, WHERE THESE PRIORITIES ARE CONCERNED. AND THESE HAVE BEEN BOARD PRIORITIES.

AND SO I GUESS I JUST WANT TO START WITH SOME OF THE HEART OF THESE CONVERSATIONS BEING.

MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN KEEP GOOD PEOPLE, WHICH IS WHO MAKES OUR PROGRAMS GREAT, WHICH IS WHO MAKES ALL OF US FEEL THE WAY WE DO ABOUT OUR CAMPUSES AND OUR CLASSROOMS AND OUR SCHOOLS. SO FOR ME, THAT REMAINS A TOP PRIORITY.

I DON'T WANT TO BE IN THE SITUATION THAT OUR NEIGHBORS ARE.

AND FRANKLY, A LOT OF TRUSTEES THAT I SAW AND TALKED TO THIS WEEKEND WHO ARE IN THE VERY SITUATION OF NOT KNOWING HOW THEIR PROGRAMS AND CAMPUSES ARE GOING TO SURVIVE BECAUSE THEY CAN'T KEEP THEIR PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY THEM ANYMORE.

SO I JUST THINK THAT LENS IS AN IMPORTANT KIND OF KICKOFF TO OUR CONVERSATION.

BECAUSE TO ME, THAT'S STAFF AND PROGRAMS ARE NUMBER ONE.

THAT'S WHAT MAKES US WHO WE ARE.

AS MUCH AS I LOVE A LOT OF OUR BUILDINGS.

SO I'D LIKE TO START THE CONVERSATION WITH DUAL LANGUAGE IF NOBODY ELSE IS OPPOSED.

I KIND OF TAKING A STEP BACK.

I'VE BEEN TRYING TO TEASE ALL OF OUR OPTIONS APART, AND EVEN THOUGH WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT ALL OF OUR OPTIONS, AND I KNOW A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITY FEELS LIKE OUR OPTIONS ARE YES OR NO.

I MEAN, THE REALITY IS TALKING ABOUT DUAL LANGUAGE SPECIFICALLY, WE REALLY HAVE FOUR OPTIONS AS TRUSTEES.

SO ONE WOULD BE TO CONSOLIDATE.

[V.E. Discuss and consider adopting a resolution nominating candidates for election to the Board of Directors of the Dallas Central Appraisal District]

I'M NOT IN SUPPORT OF US DISCONTINUING THE DUAL LANGUAGE, SO I DON'T WANT TO CAUSE ANY ALARM OR MISQUOTES OUT THERE, BUT I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND WE HAVE MORE CHOICES THAN WHAT'S JUST IN FRONT OF US ON A PIECE OF PAPER.

[V.B. Discuss and consider action regarding the 7.1.1 Facilities Evaluation Tool recommendations]

I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT STAFF HAS DONE, AND WE DID WHEN WE ASKED THEM TO DO FACILITY EVALUATIONS, ASK THEM TO CONSIDER LIKE TELL US ANYTHING ELSE THAT BUBBLES UP.

YOU MIGHT COME ACROSS THINGS WE WON'T THINK OF UNTIL WE START LOOKING AT FACILITIES.

AND AFTER DIGGING INTO THE DATA AND ASKING SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE AND BEING ON ONE OF THE CAMPUSES AND

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PLEASE DON'T. PLEASE DON'T.

THIS IS A BUSINESS MEETING.

BUT I REALLY FEEL LIKE THERE'S MORE WORK THAT WE NEED TO DO IN THIS SPACE.

AND WHAT I'VE BEEN WONDERING IS, IS THERE A WAY TO BRING IN ADDITIONAL REVENUE AND MAYBE NOT HAVE TO CUT ALL OF THESE COSTS THAT CAN SUPPORT ALL OF THESE KIDS? DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA, SINCE YOU'RE GIVING THE OPTION, HOW DO WE BRING EXTRA REVENUE WITH DLI AND CUT COSTS? COULD YOU ELABORATE ON THAT, PLEASE? YES, BECAUSE INITIALLY I WAS LIKE, I DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW YOU GROW THAT.

LIKE, I'VE BEEN STUCK A LITTLE BIT ON HOW DO YOU GROW THIS PROGRAM? AND I'M NOT GOING TO PRETEND THAT I AM THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT OR HAVE ALL OF THE ANSWERS.

I DON'T, BUT THE LIMITING FACTOR IS OUR NATIVE SPANISH SPEAKING STUDENTS ON HOW LARGE THE PROGRAM CAN BE.

AND LIKE I'VE RECENTLY LEARNED, A COUPLE OF NEIGHBORING SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE CANCELED THEIR DLI PROGRAMS. SO I'D WONDERED, IS IT POSSIBLE TO RECRUIT SOME OF THOSE KIDS? AND WE WOULD GET THE FEDERAL FUNDING THAT COMES WITH THAT.

WE ALSO HAVE A NEW DIRECTOR IN THIS AREA, AND I JUST CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER IF WE SAID, CUT THIS MANY DOLLARS, HOW WOULD YOU CUT THEM AND MAKE UP SOME REVENUE? I JUST IT SEEMS LIKE THERE MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY HERE, AND I WASN'T SURE THERE WAS FIVE DAYS AGO.

BUT I FEEL REALLY CONVINCED THAT PART OF WHAT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO MAKE US A DESTINATION DISTRICT IS OFFERING AMAZING CHOICES THAT WE'RE DOING REALLY WELL.

AND I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THE FULL GAMUT OF WHAT THOSE THINGS COULD BE.

YET. I'D LOVE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO BE INVOLVED IN WHAT SOME OF THOSE THINGS MIGHT BE GOING FORWARD, BUT I FEEL LIKE IF WE GO BACK, IF WE GO TO THE BASICS, THEN WE BECOME POTENTIALLY BECOME QUICKLY LIKE OTHER DISTRICTS AND WE LOSE ON BECOMING A DESTINATION.

SO I DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS, BUT I DO THINK SOME STRATEGIC OPEN ENROLLMENT AND IN SOME STRATEGIC RECRUITMENT COULD BE A WAY, AND MAYBE THERE'S SOME COST CUTTING THAT COULD HAPPEN THAT DOESN'T INVOLVE THE CONSOLIDATION.

I KNOW THAT'S VERY HIGH LEVEL, BUT I'D LIKE TO PICK UP ON THAT CONVERSATION WITH DLI BECAUSE I'VE SEEN THE EVOLUTION OF IT GOING TO DIFFERENT MODELS AND THEN COMING TO THE MODEL THAT YOU SEE TODAY, AND IT'S TAKEN A LOT OF WORK, RIGHT, TO BRING THAT UP, BUT ALSO IT PROVIDES A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY, RIGHT? I'M A BIG PROPONENT OF HAVING THOSE CHOICES BECAUSE I THINK IT DOES MAKE COPPELL ISD A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO BE AND WANT TO STAY.

AND WHEN YOU SEE THE STUDENTS OVER THE YEARS, MOVE THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND GRADUATE OUT AND SEE WHAT THEY DO, YOU SEE THAT VALUE, RIGHT? AND THAT'S THAT UNIQUE VALUE THAT I THINK THAT WE BRING TO THE TABLE AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT IN ADDITION TO THAT, I WANT TO ECHO YOUR SENTIMENTS IN TERMS OF HAVING A NEW LEADERSHIP IN THAT POSITION. I THINK THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES THERE TO LEVERAGE THE KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM, THE LEADERSHIP IN THAT PROGRAM, NOT ONLY THE DIRECTOR, BUT ALSO THE LEADERSHIP TEAM AROUND THAT DIRECTOR THAT COULD COME INTO PLAY AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THAT SPACE.

I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS, TOO, HAVING GONE TO THE TACITUS CONFERENCE, AS WELL AS HOPE, RIGHT.

I MEAN, WHEN WE LOOK AT SOME OF THE DISTRICTS THAT SPOKE DURING THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE, AND THE THINGS THAT THEY DO TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, TO HOLD ON TO ENROLLMENT, BUT ALSO GROW ENROLLMENT, POTENTIALLY GIVES ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? I THINK WE CAN DO IT HERE.

IF THEY CAN DO IT THERE, WE CAN DO IT HERE.

AND WITH A STRATEGIC PLAN AND THE PROPER INVOLVEMENT OF GETTING THE RIGHT PEOPLE AROUND THE TABLE I THINK THERE MAY BE SOME OPPORTUNITIES THERE THAT HAVE NOT BEEN SEEN TO DATE.

AND I GUESS I FEEL LIKE I SHOULD ADD, AFTER WHAT YOU SAID, ANTHONY.

I DON'T I DON'T KNOW THAT I ENVISION THIS PROGRAM'S EVER GOING TO TAKE UP AN ENTIRE ELEMENTARY, BUT I WOULD LIKE THE I WOULD LIKE THE BOARD TO CONSIDER AND STAFF OBVIOUSLY WOULD DO THE WORK.

YOU KNOW, HAVING THE SPRING TO KIND OF VET THIS OUT AND SEE WHAT AND SEE WHAT IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.

SO I'M NOT SURE THAT I REALLY MADE THAT CLEAR.

I'M NOT SAYING TAKE IT OFF PERMANENTLY.

I'M SAYING LET'S DIVE DEEPER AND LET'S MAYBE FIGURE OUT A MORE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OR SEE WHAT'S POSSIBLE.

AND IF IT'S NOT POSSIBLE, THEN LET'S HAVE THIS CONVERSATION AGAIN.

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THEY HAVE DONE ALL THE RESEARCH AND THEY'RE VERY SATISFIED WITH THE RESEARCH.

THEY HAVE EXPLORED ALL THE POSSIBILITIES OF REVENUE GENERATION IN GENERAL.

AND ALSO SPECIFIC TO ANY CHOICE PROGRAMS WE HAVE A CHOICE PROGRAM IS WHAT MAKES COPPELL ISD A DESTINATION DISTRICT.

OUR COMMITMENT ALWAYS HAS BEEN FOR PROGRAMS OVER FACILITIES OR PROGRAMS WITH AND CHOICE PROGRAMS ARE A BIG PART OF ALL THE PROGRAMS WHICH WE OFFER.

SOME OF THEM ARE STATE MANDATED, BUT THESE SPECIFIC CHOICE PROGRAMS WHICH GIVE WE GIVE CHOICE TO OUR LEARNERS AND COMMUNITY, GO A LONG WAY, MAKING US A DESTINATION DISTRICT, SO WE HAVE TO PRESERVE THEM.

THAT BEING SAID MY QUESTION WOULD BE TO THE STAFF AND DOCTOR HUNT.

DO YOU AGREE WITH THESE STATEMENTS? OR DO YOU FEEL VERY CONFIDENT ON THE RESEARCH YOU HAVE DONE BEFORE BRINGING THIS PROPOSAL TO US, THAT YOU HAVE LOOKED INTO ALL THE REVENUE BASES YOU HAVE LOOKED INTO? WHAT IN THE LONG TERM WILL MAKE THESE CHOICE PROGRAMS MORE SUSTAINABLE.

WE HAVE HEARD FROM A THIRD PARTY.

GIBSON REPORT THAT WHICH HAVE TOLD US WE HAVE TO CONSOLIDATE THE PROGRAM.

YOU WE SOME PARENTS MAY HAVE ABILITY TO LOOK AT THE SCHOOLS, BUT YOU GUYS GET TO LOOK AT ALL THE CHOICE PROGRAM, NOT JUST ONE.

AND FOR ALL THE SCHOOLS, CONSIDERING THAT COMPLEX TETRIS KIND OF GAME.

DO YOU FEEL CONFIDENT WITH THE PROPOSALS YOU HAVE, OR DO YOU THINK ANYTHING WAS LEFT ON THE TABLE LIKE BEING SUGGESTED RIGHT NOW? WELL, TO BE CLEAR, THAT GIBSON REPORT WAS ABOUT THE IB PROGRAM AND ABOUT THE DYSLEXIA PROGRAM.

WE DID A RISK ASSESSMENT AUDIT WHERE BILINGUAL EDUCATION WAS A SUBSET OF THAT, WITH AN UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU COULD TAKE THAT A LITTLE BIT DEEPER AND DO A THOROUGH VETTING OF THE DLI PROGRAM.

SO IT WASN'T A GIBSON REPORT, I THINK WHAT MISS WALKER WAS REFERENCING A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO WAS WHEN DOCTOR DAWSON WAS STILL HERE, AND SHE HAD THE PARENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT TALKED ABOUT VARIOUS OPTIONS.

SO I THINK SOME OF THOSE GOT MERGED TOGETHER AND I WAS PART OF THAT COMMITTEE.

YES. SO WAS TRUSTEE BENTLEY.

AND THOSE WERE DISCUSSED IN DETAIL WITH THE DLI PARENTS IN THAT COMMITTEE.

AND IT WAS CLEARLY DISCUSSED HAVING CONSOLIDATION WOULD BE A BETTER WAY TO STRENGTHEN THE PROGRAM.

I THINK THE DECISION IS ALWAYS OR THE, THE FACTOR THAT IS KIND OF UP FOR DEBATE FOR SOME WOULD BE WHERE IS THE CONSOLIDATION? IS IT AT WILSON OR IS IT AT DENTON CREEK.

AND SO WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT WITH THE CONSOLIDATION OF PINKERTON TO WILSON AND AUSTIN, BECAUSE OF THE CLOSE PROXIMITY OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS TO THOSE OTHER CAMPUSES TO TRY TO MAINTAIN SOME TYPE OF NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL.

BUT THE UNDERSTANDING WITH PINKERTON, WE HAVE CHILDREN THAT COME FROM ALL OVER THE DISTRICT, THE MOST SOUTHERN PART OF THE DISTRICT, AS WELL AS MID AND NORTHERN.

AND THE PARENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR TRANSPORTATION IF THEY HAVE ELECTED TO GO THERE AS A CHOICE SCHOOL.

AND SO YOU KNOW, WE FEEL LIKE WE CAN MAKE THAT WORK WITH WHAT WE HAVE, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW HOW THINGS ARE 100% GOING TO BE.

BUT WE'RE FULLY COMMITTED TO MAKING CERTAIN THAT IT IS AS SMOOTH AS IT CAN BE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S OBVIOUSLY A VERY TOUGH SITUATION.

BUT WE WANT TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO MAKE SURE, AGAIN, IT GOES AS SMOOTH AS POSSIBLE.

CAN YOU MAKE MY QUESTION A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFIC? SO THE IDEA WE ARE DISCUSSING RIGHT NOW, PROPOSED BY TRUSTEE BENTLEY, IS THAT WE CAN INCREASE REVENUE BY APPROACHING SPECIFICALLY TARGETING THE LEARNERS OF OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHO JUST CLOSED THEIR DLI PROGRAM.

THAT'S ONE OF THE IDEAS.

THERE COULD BE OTHER IDEAS THAT, FOR INSTANCE.

RIGHT. I DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS.

CORRECT. NOBODY HAS ALL THE ANSWERS.

AND BUT NOT HAVING THE COST SAVINGS.

AND I DO BELIEVE IF YOU ARE SAYING YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE CERTAIN COST SAVINGS, I'M NOT GOING TO GO OUT ON THE LIMB SAYING, I DON'T BELIEVE YOU WILL HAVE THAT COST SAVINGS.

I'LL TAKE YOUR WORD. NOTHING IS EXACT.

IT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT LESS.

IT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT MORE.

LESS. RIGHT. BUT THAT'S THE AVERAGE PROJECTION.

SO I'M NOT GOING TO CHALLENGE THAT.

I'M GOING TO ACCEPT THAT BECAUSE THAT'S BEING VETTED BY THE EXPERTS.

OUR CFOS AND THE ENTIRE TEAM.

SO KEEPING THAT NUMBER IN PLACE, NOT CONSOLIDATING RIGHT NOW, THAT'S EXACT IN REVENUE REDUCTION

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DO YOU BELIEVE THAT TARGETING THOSE LEARNED FROM OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND THEY WILL HAVE TO DRIVE BECAUSE WE DON'T GIVE TRANSPORTATION TO THOSE LEARNERS.

AND AGAIN, WE TALK ABOUT MOST OF THESE LEARNERS WHO CHOOSE THE DLI PROGRAM, OR AT LEAST A SPANISH SPEAKING.

MANY OF THEM COME FROM SOCIAL ECONOMIC CHALLENGE THINGS.

THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY.

CONSIDERING ALL THOSE FACTORS, DO YOU THINK THOSE NUMBERS WOULD EVEN COME CLOSE TO OFFSETTING THIS 280,000 OR $288,000 SAVINGS YOU GUYS ARE PROPOSING? TO ME, THAT LOOKS VERY FAR FETCHED, I'LL SAY THAT.

TO ME, THAT'S LIKE A PIE IN THE SKY.

WE ARE JUST BRINGING SOME HYPOTHETICAL AT THE LAST SECOND AFTER WEEKS.

AND THAT'S THE LAST OF MY INTENTION, IS AFTER HAVING WEEKS AND WEEKS OF DISCUSSION, BRING LAST MINUTE THOUGHTS AND PUT WRINKLE ON ALL THE PLANNING WE HAVE DONE. LET ME FINISH.

I WILL LET YOU FINISH. PLEASE BE POLITE.

AND SO FOR ME, I WANT TO, I WANT TO DISCUSS THINGS IN THE REALMS AND IN THE GUARDRAILS WHICH WE ALL HAVE WORKED TOGETHER.

TRUSTEES, DISTRICT AND COMMUNITY INPUT AND NOT CREATE HYPOTHETICALS.

WHICH, BECAUSE THERE IS NO END TO HYPOTHETICALS, ANYONE CAN COME UP WITH ANY HYPOTHETICAL AND PUT A WRINKLE ON A DECISION, WHICHEVER WAY THE DECISION GOES. THIS DISCUSSION HAS TO CONTINUE BECAUSE THAT'S JUST ABOUT 25%, AND THAT'S A WEIGHTED PASSES. OF THE SAVINGS OF OUR ENTIRE GOAL.

SO THIS DISCUSSIONS HAVE TO CONTINUE WHICHEVER WAY THE VOTE GOES TODAY.

THESE DISCUSSIONS HAVE TO CONTINUE.

AND I SEE SO MUCH PASSION IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I HOPE THAT PASSION CONTINUES.

WHEN THE LEGISLATURE SESSION OPENS, IT GOES TO THE LEGISLATORS TO SO THEY CAN START FUNDING PUBLIC ED WITHOUT PUTTING STRINGS OF ESAS, VOUCHERS OR CHARTER SCHOOLS AND TRULY FUND OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS THE WAY THEY NEED TO BE.

SO THAT PUTTING ASIDE, I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION BASED ON WHAT WE HAVE PROPOSED, THE RUBRICS OBJECTIVE AND THE SUBJECTIVE PART WHICH HAVE BEEN PROPOSED, AND NOT COME UP WITH A NEW IDEAS WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN VETTED BY ANYBODY.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY YOU ASKED ME FOR EXAMPLES, SO I PROVIDED THEM.

MY BOTTOM LINE IS WHAT I'M SAYING IS, I AM NOT CERTAIN THAT WE'RE GOING TO SAVE $288,000 OR IN THAT BALLPARK WHEN WE HAVE THREE SECTIONS, THERE ARE COMPLICATING FACTORS WITH THREE SECTIONS COMPARED TO FOUR.

AND I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT IF WE CAN'T SAVE AT LEAST THAT MUCH MONEY, THAT THERE IS NOT MORE HARM THAN GOOD BEING DONE WITHOUT DOING MORE WORK.

SO MY OTHER THOUGHTS ABOUT WHAT MIGHT WORK TO HELP COVER THIS IS ANCILLARY.

I'M NOT ASKING ANYBODY TO CONSIDER IT BASED UPON THAT, BUT YOU ASKED FOR EXAMPLES, SO I PROVIDED THEM LIKE THAT.

SO I'M NOT SAYING THE IDEA CAME UP.

I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S THE ANSWER.

BUT I'M TELLING YOU GUYS I'M NOT IN BOTTOM LINE.

THIS IS NOT A NEW WRINKLE FOR ME TO SAY.

I'M TELLING YOU GUYS, I DON'T SUPPORT THIS THE WAY IT IS RIGHT NOW.

AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT THE BOTTOM LINE IS.

THAT IS PERFECTLY FINE.

I JUST DIDN'T WANT THE NEW IDEAS BEING THROWN HYPOTHETICALLY OF CREATING REVENUES.

SO IF YOU TAKE THAT BACK, I'M PERFECTLY FINE WITH YOUR THOUGHT.

I'M WITH YOU DON'T BELIEVE THAT COST SAVINGS IS WORTH IT BECAUSE IT MAY NOT HAPPEN.

I'M NOT SURE THAT I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THE TRADE OFF.

ABSOLUTELY. YOU'RE FINE WITH THAT? ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? NO. I THINK FOR ME, I'D LIKE TO TAKE MAYBE ONE STEP BACK AND KIND OF TALK ABOUT THE GOALS OF HOW WE KIND OF GOT HERE A LITTLE BIT AND KIND OF WHAT I'M LOOKING AT OR KIND OF OVERALL.

RIGHT. I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS, EVEN GOING BACK TO ALL OF THE ITEMS THAT WE HAD AS A PRIORITY, IS OUR CHOICE PROGRAMS. THAT'S KIND OF WHAT MAKES US.

WHAT MAKES US A DESTINATION DISTRICT TO TRY TO OPTIMIZE THOSE THE BEST WE CAN.

AND THAT'S WHY THE OPTIONS ARE BEING CONSIDERED, ARE HERE NOW, ARE FOCUSED ON THOSE PROGRAMS AND HOW DO WE BUILD THEM UP.

AND I THINK CONSOLIDATION HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP.

MAYBE IF IT WAS ANCILLARY IN THE GIBSON REPORT.

AND THEN I THINK THROUGH THE COMMUNITY, GENERALLY SPEAKING, PEOPLE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT ALSO ABOUT HOW TO COMBINE YOU KNOW, I WAS ABLE TO GO TO DENTON CREEK AND, AND STEP THROUGH AND TALK TO THOSE INVOLVED IN, IN THE DLI PROGRAM.

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SO IF I'M OFF, DON'T, LIKE, SKEWER ME FOR AND THEN THEN IT WAS SPANISH, BUT YOU KNOW, HAVING CONVERSATIONS, KIND OF CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING AND AWARENESS.

RIGHT? LIKE ON AVERAGE, THOSE TELUGU SPEAKERS MAY BE AT A HIGHER ENGLISH LEVEL THAN SOME OF THOSE SPANISH SPEAKERS.

SO IT'S MAYBE THEY DON'T NEED THE DLI PROGRAM.

I THINK IT'S VERY IT'S A GREAT SERVICE.

AND BEING IN THE CLASSROOM, SEEING HOW THE KIDS ARE OPERATING BOTH, IT SEEMS TREMENDOUS.

BUT ALSO THE OTHER PIECE OF THE CULTURAL ITEM IS WHETHER OR NOT OUR SPANISH SPEAKING FAMILIES WILL PARTICIPATE.

AND IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A GEOGRAPHICAL COMPONENT TO WILSON THAT DOESN'T EXIST AT DENTON CREEK THAT MAKES THAT CHALLENGING.

AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT ANYBODY PICKED.

THIS IS JUST KIND OF THE GEOGRAPHY OF WHERE THINGS ARE RIGHT.

AND JUST HOW IT SHOOK OUT.

MUCH LIKE THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT HAS A HIGHER CONCENTRATION OF ASIAN INVESTORS WHERE THAT'S HOW THAT'S HOW PEOPLE MOVED THAT I CAN DO ABOUT THAT.

AND WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT AND THINKING, OKAY, WHICH WAY SHOULD YOU GO WITH THE CONSOLIDATION? WHEN I LOOK AT THAT, I'M THINKING PERHAPS WE KICKED THE TIRES ON IT, GOING BACK THE OTHER DIRECTION AND SEEING IF IT MAKES MORE SENSE TO CONSOLIDATE DOWN TO WILSON OF THESE OPTIONS.

RIGHT. TO SAY, OKAY, IS THAT GOING TO SAVE MONEY? I KNOW THAT DRAWS SOME OTHER CHALLENGES, BUT IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD LOOK AT TO SEE IF THAT WAS BECAUSE I THINK THE DOLLAR SAVINGS AND FINDING THE EFFICIENCIES IN THAT IS, IS A I MEAN, IT'S AN ITEM THAT YOU HAVE TO IT'S A BUCKET BIG ENOUGH THAT YOU GOT TO LOOK AT IT.

BUT WHETHER OR NOT THAT MAKES SENSE.

THE OTHER DIRECTION, I THINK, IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD LOOK AT.

I HAVE TWO THOUGHTS ON THIS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CHOICE.

I AGREE. RIGHT.

THAT CHOICE IS A SLICE OF THE PIE THAT I AM VERY PROUD OF.

BUT IT'S NOT THE PIE.

AND I WILL TELL YOU, PEOPLE CHOOSE EVERY DAY WHEN THEY CHOOSE TO BUY A HOME IN A PARTICULAR PLACE AND BE A PART OF RSD.

RIGHT. I MEAN, PEOPLE ARE MAKING THAT CHOICE, AND I, I AGREE WITH OUR WHAT WE'VE SAID THAT WE I THINK YOU'VE SEEN THAT LOUD AND CLEAR THAT WE WANT TO SUPPORT OUR CHOICE PROGRAMS. AND YET WE ALSO MUST SUPPORT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT NECESSARILY INVOLVED IN THOSE CHOICE PROGRAMS, BUT CHOOSE EVERY DAY TO BE A PART OF RSD. AND SO I WANT TO KIND OF BECAUSE I THINK WE KIND OF ZOOM IN AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO TO ZOOM OUT A LITTLE BIT ON THAT AS WELL.

IT IS. SECONDLY, I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE SO INTERCONNECTED.

IT IS VERY.

I THINK THAT IS PART OF OUR PAIN.

RIGHT? THAT'S PART OF OUR PAIN POINT.

BUT I HAVE ALWAYS COME INTO THE DLI PART OF WHAT IS THE BEST FOR THE DLI PROGRAM, PERIOD.

THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING FOR, FOR THIS.

AND TO YOUR POINT.

TRUSTEE BENTLEY, I DON'T HAVE IT ANSWERED NECESSARILY IN MY MIND OF THAT CONSOLIDATION IS THE BEST.

NOW, LET ME BACKTRACK A LITTLE BIT ON THAT.

I ACTUALLY BELIEVE THAT 200 THAT 2018, THAT 2019 TEACHER STAFF SMALL GROUP, THAT TASK FORCE THAT DID RECOMMEND THAT TO IMPROVE THE PROGRAM, TO LEAN INTO THE PROGRAM, THAT CONSOLIDATION WAS THE BEST OPTION.

RIGHT? SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS A FUNDAMENTAL ASSUMPTION THAT I'M COMING INTO THIS WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

I MAY STILL HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ON, BUT FOR ME, THE ANSWER OF SHOULD WE CONSOLIDATE IS PRETTY STRONG.

IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THAT ACTUALLY IMPROVES THE PROGRAM.

I WILL TELL YOU THAT IF I'M KIND OF OUT OF ORDER HERE, BECAUSE THE I HOPE YOU GUYS KNOW THAT THIS IS ALL VERY AUTHENTIC AND REAL TIME THAT'S HAPPENING, RIGHT? LIKE, WE ALL COME IN WITH WHAT WE'RE THINKING AND THEN TO NAVIGATE THAT ALL TOGETHER IS ALWAYS AN INTERESTING EXPERIENCE.

SO THIS IS A LITTLE OUT OF ORDER.

I WOULD TELL YOU THAT ONE OF MY TENANTS IS WE DO NEED TO MEASURE TWICE AND CUT ONCE.

RIGHT. AND SO AND ALSO ANOTHER THING THAT I WOULD SAY THAT I IS THAT WE MOVE, WE HAVE TO MOVE AT THE LEVEL OF TRUST THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

SO IF WE THINK THAT WE NEED A LITTLE MORE TIME TO LOOK AT SPECIFIC ISSUES, I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE THAT TIME.

THAT BEING SAID, I'M TALKING LIKE A COUPLE OF WEEKS.

I AM NOT TALKING SPRING, FOR EXAMPLE, OR NEXT YEAR.

I'M JUST SAYING THAT IF WE FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO TAKE MORE TIME IN THIS SPACE, WE SHOULD GIVE OURSELVES MORE TIME.

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SO THIS IS NOT NEARLY AS WELL ORGANIZED AS I HAD INITIALLY THOUGHT.

IF YOU CLOSE PINKERTON, YOU HAVE 200 KIDS THAT ARE ZONED TO PINKERTON THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GO TO A NEW SCHOOL, PERIOD.

WHETHER THERE'S CHOICE OR NO CHOICE, THOSE KIDS HAVE TO BE ZONED TO A NEW SCHOOL.

WE KNOW THAT 50 OF THOSE MIGHT GO TO AUSTIN, AND THE OTHER 150 ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GO TO WILSON.

I MEAN, THEY'RE GOING TO THAT IS WHERE YOU HAVE TO.

SO EVERYTHING IS GOING TO PUSH.

THAT'S WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE DOMINO EFFECT OF ALL THIS.

EVEN IF WE DID NOTHING WITH THE IB PROGRAM, YOU'RE STILL GOING TO ZONE 150 KIDS TO WILSON.

THAT'S JUST AS WE'RE LOOKING.

SO THESE THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN PROGRAMMATIC, WHETHER WE DO THINGS PROGRAMMATICALLY OR NOT.

YOU KNOW, WE WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF OUR KIDS THAT ARE IF WE ARE GOING TO CLOSE A SCHOOL, WE HAVE TO PUT THEM IN A PLACE THAT MAKES SENSE.

AND I WOULD OFFER THAT UP TO YOU GUYS AND SEE WHERE THAT SPACE IS.

SO IT'S I LOVE THAT EVERYONE WANTS TO BE AT WILSON.

THIS IS AMAZING RIGHT.

BUT IT'S LIKE WE ONLY HAVE SO MANY OPTIONS TO CONSIDER AND THE PEOPLE.

SO I'LL STOP TALKING NOW BECAUSE I'M JUST TALKING.

WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK ABOUT THAT? YOU'VE USED THREE OF MY WORDS ALREADY BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO SAY IT'S A DOMINO EFFECT.

IF YOU IF WE DON'T CONSOLIDATE DLI PROGRAM THEN WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT WHERE THE IB PROGRAM GOES.

THEN WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IF WE DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THAT, HOW CAN WE CONSOLIDATE OUR SCHOOL WHEN WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE WE CAN PLACE THOSE KIDS AND OTHER WHILE PRESERVING THE CHOICE PROGRAMS? AND THAT'S WHY I SAID IT'S A VERY COMPLEX TETRIS GAME.

AND IN MY MIND, YOU CANNOT.

AGAIN, THIS IS JUST ME TALKING.

YOU CANNOT TAKE ONE AND NOT DO THE OTHER.

IF WE HAVE TO DO ANY FORM OF CONSOLIDATION, WE HAVE TO RELY ON THE RESEARCH OF YEARS OF DATA.

OUR DISTRICT HAS COLLECTED THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF HOURS OF EFFORT.

THEY HAVE PUT IN AND COME UP WITH THIS ONE UNIQUE PLAN, BECAUSE THEY HAVE CONSIDERED MOVING.

AND OUR PREVIOUS WORKSHOPS ALL BEEN RECORDED.

THEY HAVE MENTIONED IT MANY TIMES.

THEY HAVE CONSIDERED I'VE PROGRAM IN OTHER SCHOOLS.

THERE HAVE BEEN VALID REASONS WHY IT DIDN'T FIT.

THEY HAVE CONSIDERED AND DLI PROGRAM IN EITHER OF THE SCHOOLS THEY HAD TO CONSIDER.

AND AGAIN, I'M RECAPPING THIS FROM OUR PREVIOUS WORKSHOPS, AND THEY HAVE CONSIDERED ALL THESE SCENARIOS AND BROUGHT THIS AS A BEST CASE SCENARIO FOR ALL THE TETRIS PIECES TO FIT FOR THIS TIME AROUND.

AGAIN, TAKING OPPORTUNITY TO MENTION THERE WILL BE A NEXT ROUND COMING, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO CONTINUE WORKING ON OUR COST SAVINGS AND INCREASING REVENUE BECAUSE WE HAVE. THIS IS THE FIRST AND HONESTLY A KIND OF A SMALLER STEP TOWARDS THE TOTAL COST SAVINGS WE NEED TO ACHIEVE AND TO PICK ONE APART.

TO ME, THAT'S PICKING THE ENTIRE PLAN APART.

THAT MEANS GOING BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD, COMING UP WITH A WHOLE NEW PLAN.

AND I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO OUR STAFF.

AFTER HOURS AND THOUSANDS OF HOURS, THEY'VE WORKED THE KIND OF DAY AND NIGHT AND WEEKEND WORK THEY'VE BEEN PULLING TO COME UP WITH A WHOLE NEW PLAN, WHAT THEY HAVE TAKEN MONTHS TO DO IN 2 OR 3 WEEKS.

THAT'S JUST NOT FAIR TO OUR STAFF.

WE WILL BE LOOKING AT PUSHING THIS BY ANOTHER YEAR.

THAT MEANS OUR FINANCE WILL BE IN MESS.

WE CAN'T JUST SAVE WHAT YOU GUYS DID IN THOUSANDS OF YEARS WITH WHOLE COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

WE HAVE SOME REALLY TOUGH DECISIONS TO MAKE IN WHICH WE WILL NOT MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY, BUT WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD.

AND THE WAY THIS PLAN IS PRESENTED, IF YOU TAKE ONE PIECE APART, YOU TAKE THE ENTIRE PLAN APART.

AND IT'S HARD.

IT'S REALLY, REALLY HARD.

BUT I RESPECT ALL THE WORK OUR DISTRICT HAS DONE.

NONE OF US HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL, BUT WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS ONE OF A SMALLER STEP IN COST SAVINGS AS COMPARED TO WHAT WE WILL HAVE TO TAKE IN COMING YEARS.

NOW I HAVE TO TRUSTEE SETHI AGREE WITH YOU HERE BECAUSE I THINK, WELL, IT'S EASY TO START TRYING TO LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT LEVELS THAT ARE PRESENTED HERE INDIVIDUALLY.

YOU KNOW IT IS.

I WOULDN'T EVEN SAY IT'S A PUZZLE PIECE.

I THINK IT'S A SPIDER WEB OF MOVES THAT HAVE TO MAKE IN ORDER FOR THE CHANGES TO WORK AND TO WORK WITHIN THE DISTRICT AND TO

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AND WE'VE BEEN VERY, I SAID EARLIER, VERY METHODICAL.

WE'VE CHOSEN AS A BOARD TO USE A SURGICAL BLADE, NOT A MACHETE TO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE TERM A MEETING OR TWO AGO WAS WE'VE GOT TO LIVE TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY, AND WE'VE BEEN ALL PUT IN THIS BAD SPOT TO NO CHOOSING OF OUR OWN.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE CAN TALK BLAME AND THAT WORK LATER.

BUT WE'VE PUT OFF THIS DISCUSSION, YOU KNOW, FOR ALMOST FOUR YEARS NOW.

AND, YOU KNOW WE'VE GIVEN STAFF CLEAR DIRECTION AND THEY HAVE PUT INTO YOUR TO WHAT YOU SAID TRUSTEE SETHI.

I MEAN I WOULD SAY THOUSANDS IF NOT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF HOURS COMBINED JUST OVER THE SUMMER MONTHS TO GET US TO THIS POINT.

AND, YOU KNOW, OUR JOB IN THIS IS, YOU KNOW, PROGRAMS ARE NOT OUR JOB.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN DELEGATED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HIS TEAM.

CONSOLIDATING A SCHOOL.

ABSOLUTELY IS OUR JOB.

AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT THAT THE OTHER PIECES WERE PUT INTO THE CONVERSATION FOR THE TRANSPARENCY ASPECT.

BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY ONE MOVE THAT WE MAKE IS GOING TO TRIGGER A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER MOVES.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I AND I'M LOOKING BEYOND AS I THINK THROUGH THIS, YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING BEYOND WHAT'S RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF US.

WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT TO START THINKING ABOUT THE FLEXIBILITY FOR THE FUTURE.

WE'RE TRYING TO REALLY THREAD A NEEDLE WITH ONE EYE CLOSED AND TWO HANDS BEHIND HER BACK.

GIVEN THE SITUATION WE'RE IN AND IT'S TOUGH, IT'S REALLY TOUGH.

IT'S REALLY TOUGH TO EVEN THINK THROUGH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING.

BUT. YOU KNOW, TO YOUR POINT AGAIN IT WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY.

AND WE YOU KNOW, WE'RE SEARCHING I BELIEVE WE'RE SEARCHING FOR A PERFECT ANSWER WHERE THERE IS NO PERFECT ANSWER.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE SOME TOUGH DECISIONS.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOME THINGS THAT ARE UNPOPULAR.

BUT I THINK WE ALSO HAVE TO LOOK BEYOND THIS YEAR, BEYOND NEXT YEAR.

WHAT SETS THE DISTRICT UP FOR THE BEST LONG TERM SUCCESS? AND IF WE RUN THE DISTRICT BANKRUPT, WE FAIL EVERYBODY, AND THAT'S THE POSITION WE'RE IN.

IF WE'RE NOT MAKING SOME MOVES TODAY, PUTTING THINGS OFF FOR ANOTHER YEAR, I THINK IS IS THE WRONG CHOICE.

I AGREE WITH YOU, DAVID LIKE, I JUST WANT TO BE CRYSTAL CLEAR.

I MEAN, I GUESS I'LL JUST TELL YOU GUYS WHAT I'M THINKING SINCE WE'RE KIND OF DANCING AROUND THIS AND I GET NONE OF US GETS TO DECIDE IF ANY OF US WAS DOING ALL OF THIS ON OUR OWN, WE PROBABLY WOULD COME UP WITH THOUSANDS OF DIFFERENT PERMUTATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT THE THE RIGHT THING IS FOR RIGHT NOW.

BUT BECAUSE I AM READY TO DO HARD THINGS TONIGHT, I DON'T THINK THAT WE CAN WAIT TO DO SOME HARD THINGS.

I DO THINK, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD.

WE ALREADY PLAYED FROM THE PLAYBOOK THREE YEARS AGO OF HOPING THE LEGISLATURE WAS GOING TO DO THE RIGHT THING, CONTINUING THE ADVOCACY WORK THAT WE'VE DONE.

FROM THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD, FROM THE CONVERSATIONS SUPERINTENDENTS HAD WITH SOME EDUCATION COMMITTEE CHAIRS, WE SHOULD NOT BE TERRIBLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THIS NEXT BIENNIUM.

SO I DON'T WANT IT TO COME ACROSS THAT I'M LIKE NAMBY PAMBY AND TRYING TO PLACATE A GROUP OF PEOPLE OR NOT WILLING TO DO HARD THINGS.

IF INDIVIDUAL CITIZEN NICOLE BENTLEY WAS DECIDING WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO TONIGHT, WE WOULD TAKE A BEAD ON CONSOLIDATION OF DLI AND AT LEAST FIGURE OUT WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE. I WOULD CONSOLIDATE PINKERTON, I WOULD CLOSE PINKERTON.

I WOULD LOOK AT THREE OTHER CAMPUSES SO WE COULD AT LEAST SEE THE PROS AND CONS THAT WERE GONE THROUGH TO NOT CHOOSE THOSE OTHER CAMPUSES.

AND I WOULD IMMEDIATELY FORM A COMMUNITY TASK FORCE TO START LOOKING AT WHAT WE NEED TO DO NEXT.

BECAUSE WITH THE ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS THAT WE'VE SEEN, I DON'T THINK WE CAN WAIT TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION AGAIN IN TWO YEARS.

I DON'T THINK LIKE I THINK WHAT IS GOING TO COME IS STARING US IN THE FACE.

AND I THINK THE PROCESS HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD, AND THERE'S A COMMUNITY PIECE OF IT I THINK WE COULD POTENTIALLY ADD AND MAKE IT BETTER.

AND I WAS ALSO THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE MOVED HERE, WE MOVED HERE BEFORE CYPRESS WATERS HAPPENED, AND I REMEMBER THINKING, WE MOVED TO THIS GREAT DISTRICT.

IT'S GOING TO BE SO GREAT.

AND NOW THE CITY OF DALLAS HAS REZONED THESE THINGS, AND THE DISTRICT'S NOT GOING TO STAY GREAT.

AND HERE I AM 20 YEARS LATER, AND MY KIDS HAD A GREAT EXPERIENCE DESPITE EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED.

I THINK CISD LIVES TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY AND WE LOOK GREAT AND WE DO HARD THINGS.

DAVID. BUT I THINK WE ALSO, WHEN WE WERE GROWING PART OF PINKERTON, HAD ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF IN IT THAT WENT OUT TO CAMPUSES DURING THE DAY.

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AND SO ANYWAY, I SO BASICALLY YOU GUYS KIND OF KNOW WHERE I STAND WITH THINGS RIGHT NOW, BUT I'M READY TO SAY YES.

WE NEED TO CLOSE PINKERTON.

I WANT TO KEEP THE THE PROGRAM AS A PACKAGE WITH STAFF AND CULTURE AND, AND ALL THE STUDENTS THAT WANT TO MOVE.

AND I HOPE IT'S MOST, IF NOT ALL.

BUT I'M NOT CONVINCED ABOUT THE BUILDINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT.

AND AND I DO FEEL LIKE THAT IS WITHIN OUR PURVIEW.

AND THAT IS ZERO DISRESPECT TO THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE AMAZING WORK THAT THE STAFF HAS DONE.

I, I CAN RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE, EVEN THOUGH PEOPLE HAVE DONE HARD WORK.

I WILL SAY THAT THIS LITTLE SNIPPET OF WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING WAS EXACTLY WHAT WE DID ALL SUMMER LONG.

WE, AS MISS BROWN SAID, WE REVIEWED EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE FACILITIES, EVERY SINGLE ONE.

THE SCORES WERE THE JUMPING OFF POINT.

THEN WE LOOKED AT EVERYTHING ELSE.

AND SO IT WAS THROUGH THIS ROBUST CONVERSATION THAT WE LANDED ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE BRING FORWARD TO YOU TONIGHT, KNOWING THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY, BUT DOING OUR BEST TO FOLLOW THE PRIORITIES THAT YOU ALL HAD ESTABLISHED FOR US.

AND AGAIN, GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE WE ARE BEING AS CONSERVATIVE AND FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AS WE CAN AND STILL TAKE CARE OF OUR KIDS.

THE GREAT THING ABOUT COPPELL ISD IS EVERY ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS IS GREAT.

YOU HEARD THAT FROM SEVERAL OF OUR PARENTS TONIGHT THAT FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT THEIR CHILD'S SCHOOL.

AND YOU HEARD FROM SOME OF OUR KIDS, BUT I THINK YOU COULD HEAR FROM THE REST OF THE SCHOOLS THAT WOULD SAY THE SAME KINDS OF THINGS ARE PEOPLE ARE COMMITTED TO TAKING CARE OF OUR KIDS. AND REGARDLESS OF WHERE THE DOMINOES FALL IN THE DUST LANDS, WE WILL TAKE CARE OF WHOEVER COMES THROUGH THE DOORS, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE A HOME WITH WHATEVER CAMPUS THEY ARE ASSIGNED.

I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, I KNOW YOU HAD MENTIONED BEFORE, I THINK WE ARE BACK TO SHARING SOME OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS, CORRECT? MAYBE NOT TO THE LEVEL THAT WE DID IN THE PAST, BUT JUST WANTED.

YES, YES, THAT WAS PART OF OUR REDUCTION AND YOU KNOW, THROUGH ATTRITION, REDUCING STAFF POSITIONS, JUST NOT REPLACING THOSE FOLKS THAT HAD VACATED, BUT ALSO LOOKING AT WHERE WE COULD SHARE ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS BETWEEN CAMPUSES, SHARE DIAGNOSTICIANS SPEECH LANGUAGE THERAPISTS.

ALL OF THOSE KINDS OF POSITIONS ARE SUPPORT STAFF THROUGH OUR LEARNING COACHES.

THOSE WERE THINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING AND THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO.

I HAVE A QUESTION, DOCTOR HUNT, MAYBE YOU OR SOMEONE FROM YOUR TEAM.

SO THERE IS THAT BASIC ESL MODEL.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE DLI PROGRAM.

WOULD YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW WHAT EXACTLY IS THAT? WHAT DO WE MEAN WHEN WE SAY THE BASIC ESL PROGRAM? HOW DOES IT HOW ARE WE PROVIDING THAT SERVICES, WHICH IS LIKE STATE MANDATE AT THE OTHER SCHOOL CAMPUSES? AND WHAT IS DLI WHICH IS OFFERED AT WILSON AND DENTON CREEK? RIGHT. LIKE JOBBY MENTIONED, OUR LANGUAGES.

TELUGU. WE HAVE OTHER LANGUAGES BESIDES ENGLISH AND SPANISH THAT OUR LEARNERS COME TO US WITH OUR CHILDREN THAT HAVE THAT DON'T HAVE ENGLISH AS THEIR FIRST LANGUAGE. AND SO WE HAVE OUR LANGUAGE ACQUISITION SPECIALISTS, WHICH USED TO BE CALLED ESL ENGLISH.

AS A SECOND LANGUAGE INSTRUCTORS, THEY ARE SUPPORTING KIDS BOTH IN A PULLOUT AS WELL AS A PUSH IN MODEL.

IT'S NOT TO THE LEVEL OF DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION, WHICH IS, AS YOU KNOW TAUGHT BOTH IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH.

AND SO THAT'S A MORE, YOU KNOW, IMMERSIVE AND, AND ONLY REALLY FOCUSES ON THE SPANISH AND ENGLISH.

OUR LANGUAGE ACQUISITION SPECIALISTS ARE DEALING WITH OUR CHILDREN THAT MIGHT HAVE JAPANESE AS THEIR FIRST LANGUAGE, TELUGU.

I FORGET DOCTOR BROOKS.

AND THEN HINDI. PARDON? HINDI. YES.

AND TAMIL. YEAH.

OKAY. I, I REALLY THINK THAT THIS IS AT THIS TIME, IT FEELS LIKE WE ARE BEING FORCED INTO THIS AND IT'S CENTERED AROUND, YOU KNOW, BUDGET AND SAVING.

I REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON AND THAT IS TRUE.

WE HAVE TO DO THAT. BUT I, I'M, I'M TRYING TO KEEP MY FOCUS ON EFFICIENCY.

AND I THINK THAT HAS TO BE THERE REGARDLESS, YOU KNOW, BUDGET OR MONEY, EVEN IF WE HAVE A LOT OF MONEY, LET'S SAY WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PROGRAMS ARE EFFICIENT AND SERVING THE NEED OF OUR CHILDREN.

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I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT AT LEAST ARE WE GOING TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, MAKING A ROBUST DLI PROGRAM THAT IS DEFINITELY A VALUE IN THAT PROGRAM.

AND OUR LEARNERS SEE THAT OUR LEARNERS BENEFIT FROM THAT PROGRAM ALSO IN THEIR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL.

I UNDERSTAND THAT BUT WITH THIS ACTION OF COURSE, THERE IS A NET COST SAVINGS, BUT THE INTEGRITY OF THE PROGRAM, I'M STILL TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THAT.

AND I THERE WAS A SLIDE THAT SAYS IMPACT FROM TAKING NO ACTIONS.

I PERSONALLY AM NOT OKAY WITH ANY OF THOSE IMPACTS.

THAT THAT IS WHAT MAKES OUR DISTRICT DESTINATION DISTRICT THAT IS WHAT GIVES US CHOICES IN SCHOOLS, OUR PEOPLE, OUR PEOPLE.

YOU KNOW, THEY MAKE OUR SCHOOLS GREAT.

PERSONALLY GOING, YOU KNOW, I, WE WE HAD THIS PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.

ONE OF OUR CHILDREN WENT TO MIDDLE SCHOOL EAST.

THE SECOND ONE, BY THE TIME SHE WAS GETTING READY FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE WERE REZONED.

SO SHE WAS ZONED TO WEST.

AND I WAS ONE OF THOSE PARENTS WHO WAS TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF THIS CHANGE.

AND IT DIDN'T IT DIDN'T SIT RIGHT WITH ME TO BEGIN WITH.

BUT WE FOUND OUR NEW HOME AT WEST.

AND SHE I MEAN, ALL I, I AGREE, ALL OUR SCHOOLS ARE GREAT, GREAT PROGRAMS. AND I'M TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTAND THE SAME THING WITH THIS CHANGE, WITH CONSOLIDATION.

IF WE ARE GOING TO KEEP THE INTEGRITY OF OUR DLI PROGRAM, I'LL DEFER TO DOCTOR BROOKS.

I KNOW THAT SHE AND HER TEAM HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THAT PIECE TOO, AND IF I MISSED ANYTHING WITH THE LOSS AND ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE.

YEAH, NO, JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK THINGS.

JUST A REMINDER ABOUT OUR DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM IS SOMETHING WE CHOOSE TO DO AS A DISTRICT TO SUPPORT OUR EMERGENT BILINGUAL LEARNERS IN THE AREA OF SPANISH.

THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS THAT YOU CAN DO AS A DISTRICT, BUT ONCE AGAIN, YOU DO HAVE TO LOOK AT YOUR PERCENTAGES AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING THE SUPPORTS THAT ARE STATE MANDATED AND FEDERALLY MANDATED WHEN IT COMES TO SUPPORTING EMERGENT BILINGUAL LEARNERS.

SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING I NEED TO CLARIFY.

I GET A LITTLE HESITANT WHEN WE USE THE WORD CHOICE PROGRAM FOR DLI BECAUSE IT IS A REQUIRED PROGRAM, BUT WE CHOOSE DLI AS THE MODEL THAT WE'RE GOING TO USE FOR THIS, YOU KNOW, FOR THE STATE. OKAY.

SO THAT WAY, JUST TO KIND OF CLARIFY A BIT THERE WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR NUMBERS HERE AND TALKING ABOUT CONSOLIDATION, ANOTHER THING THAT I'M KIND OF HEARING IS IS IT GOING TO BENEFIT THE PROGRAM? PART OF WHAT WE WERE CHARGED TO LOOK AT IS EFFICIENCY WITHIN THE MODEL THAT WE HAVE WITHIN INSTRUCTION.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE KIND OF DOVE INTO WITHIN THE LAST FEW WEEKS, WE'RE LOOKING AT NUMBERS AND SPECIFICALLY CLASS SIZES OF LEARNERS.

WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT CONSOLIDATION, YOU ARE LOOKING AT HAVING MORE LEARNERS PER CLASS, WHICH WOULD BE MORE OF A MODEL THAT WE HAVE ACROSS THE DISTRICT OF YOUR 22 TO 1.

WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT YOUR CLASS SIZE WITHIN THERE, WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT EMERGENT BILINGUAL LEARNERS ACROSS THE DISTRICT, WE ARE SUPPORTING EMERGENT BILINGUAL LEARNERS AT OTHER CAMPUSES WHERE WE HAVE 21 TO 1.

WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THE RATIO OF THE PROGRAM, DLI HAS BEEN DIFFERENT.

WE'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, HAD THE SMALLER CLASS SIZES.

IT'S A WONDERFUL PIECE TO.

BUT WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT EFFICIENCY AND THINKING ABOUT, HOW ARE WE ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING THE SERVICES NEEDED FOR EMERGENT BILINGUAL LEARNERS? WE ARE ALSO PROVIDING SERVICES FOR EMERGENT BILINGUAL LEARNERS ACROSS THE DISTRICT IN CLASS SIZES THAT ARE LARGER.

SO I JUST KIND OF STATE THAT WHEN YOU'RE THINKING KIND OF THE EFFICIENCY PIECE OF LOOKING AT THE PROGRAM, WE WILL CONTINUE AS A DISTRICT, JUST LIKE DOCTOR HUNT AND SEVERAL OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS HAD SHARED EARLIER.

WE WILL SUPPORT ALL OF OUR KIDS.

THAT IS WHAT WE DO AS A DISTRICT.

SO REGARDLESS OF WHATEVER DECISIONS ARE MADE TONIGHT, WE WILL CONTINUE SUPPORTING.

WE WILL CONTINUE DOING THE BEST TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PROGRAMS ARE THE ABSOLUTE BEST IN THE STATE, THE NATION AND THE WORLD.

AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED ON THAT END.

BUT WE WILL TAKE CARE OF OUR KIDS.

WE WILL TAKE CARE OF OUR STAFF.

WE WILL TAKE CARE OF OUR FAMILIES.

SO BUT WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THAT, IT IS TRULY LOOKING AT EFFICIENCY.

IT IS NOT NECESSARILY IS IT GOING TO BE BETTER FOR THE PROGRAM STATED IN THAT WAY, WE WILL CONTINUE SERVING TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY TO MAKE THE PROGRAM THE BEST THAT IT ALWAYS IS AND CAN BE. DOCTOR BROOKS.

DOCTOR BROOKS, BEFORE YOU GO BACK, SORRY, SOMETHING YOU SAID AND I JUST WANTED TO, I GUESS MAYBE CLARIFY BECAUSE.

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AND IT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT OF AN EXAGGERATED TERM, BUT DISPLACING STUDENTS IF, IF AND IT'S A BIG IF.

WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE OPTION ON THE TABLE AND A FAMILY CHOOSES TO REMAIN AT WILSON, WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAY IS THEY WILL STILL RECEIVE THEIR SERVICES.

AN EMERGENT BILINGUAL, I SHOULD SAY THAT THEY WILL STILL RECEIVE THEIR SERVICES.

THEY WILL STILL HAVE A SPECIALIST.

THEY WILL STILL BE TAKEN CARE OF.

IS THAT CORRECT? OUR CHILDREN WILL ALWAYS BE TAKEN CARE OF.

THE BEST MODEL FOR OUR CHILDREN THAT I BELIEVE WITHIN THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE CHOSEN.

WE HAVE CHOSEN DLI FOR A REASON AND DUAL LANGUAGE AND THINKING ABOUT BILINGUAL EDUCATION.

I THINK THAT THAT IS CRUCIAL AND THAT IS ESSENTIAL THAT WHEN WE HAVE PUT THE EFFORTS, THE RESOURCES AND OUR, YOU KNOW, HAVE OUR STAFF AND SUPPORTS IN PLACE FOR DLI, I WOULD WANT EVERY FAMILY TO PARTICIPATE IN DLI THAT COULD TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

I DO THINK THAT ONCE AGAIN, THAT'S KIND OF, YOU KNOW, A BOARD DISCUSSION THAT YOU'VE BEEN HAVING TO AS WELL ON PLACEMENT OF THE PROGRAM.

REGARDLESS IF IT DID MOVE ONCE AGAIN TO DENTON CREEK, WE HAD TALKED, YOU KNOW, PREVIOUS MEETINGS TO WE WOULD PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION THE SAME THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY PROVIDING TO ANY OF OUR EMERGENT BILINGUAL LEARNERS WHO QUALIFY TO MEET THE SPANISH PROGRAM FOR DLI.

WE DO THAT WITH OTHER LEARNERS ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

PART OF IT TOO, IS JUST A DECISION THAT YOU AS A BOARD, WHEN YOU ALL ARE HAVING THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS TO THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT PLACEMENT AND THINGS WITHIN THERE. BUT ONCE AGAIN, WE WILL TAKE CARE OF OUR KIDS AND OUR FAMILIES.

THANK YOU. FURTHER COMMENTS, DISCUSSION OR ACTION? YOU KNOW WHAT? OH GO AHEAD.

NO OKAY.

SO JUST TO OFFER UP SOME CONTEXT, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S HELPFUL TO KNOW WHERE OUR HEADS ARE AND WHERE WHAT WE'RE THINKING, YOU KNOW, I KIND OF HAVE THREE BIG IDEAS.

THE FIRST ONE IS THAT CHANGE IS COMING.

CHANGE IS CONSTANT.

PERIOD. IT'S HOW WE DEAL WITH THAT CHANGE THAT DEFINES US, RIGHT? AND I WHAT I HEAR SO MANY STORIES I WOULD OFFER UP MY OWN BECAUSE I THINK IT'S DIRECTLY RELEVANT AND GUIDES MY DECISION MAKING.

YOU KNOW, 22 YEARS AGO, RAY AND I HAD A ONE YEAR OLD, AND WE HAD A CHOICE.

WHERE ARE WE GOING TO PUT WHERE ARE WE GOING TO PLANT AND RAISE OUR FAMILY? HE WORKED DOWNTOWN.

HE ALWAYS WOULD WORK DOWNTOWN.

WE ASSUMED WE'D LIVE IN DALLAS AND SEND OUR KID TO THE FRENCH IMMERSION SCHOOL THERE, BUT WE MET SOME OLDER PARENTS WHO HAD BEEN THROUGH IT AND THEY SAID, LISTEN, IF YOU CAN GO TO A PUBLIC SCHOOL, IT IS A GAME CHANGER.

THERE IS NOTHING BETTER THAN A PUBLIC SCHOOL COMMUNITY FOR RAISING YOUR KIDS AND SO WE CHOSE COPPELL.

FRANKLY, WE CAME HERE BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS OUR HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET FROM MY IN-LAWS CAME UP FOR SALE.

BUT AT THAT TIME, I THOUGHT WE WOULD SEND JACKSON TO DLI AT AUSTIN.

RIGHT? THAT WAS THE SCHOOL.

WE MOVE HERE, YOU KNOW, HE'S ENTERING KINDERGARTEN, AND AS YOU GUYS KNOW, THEY SHUT THE PROGRAM DOWN FOR TWO YEARS, WHICH MEANS HE WAS INELIGIBLE TO DO THAT.

SO WE SHIFTED, RIGHT? AND WE SAID, OKAY, LET'S DO PINKERTON.

WE LIVE HERE. PINKERTON IS GOING TO BE AMAZING.

HE GOES THROUGH HIS KINDERGARTEN YEAR.

IT'S INCREDIBLE. AMAZING.

THAT'S THE YEAR THEY DECIDED SHOULD WE CLOSE PINKERTON OR LEE? I WAS SITTING RIGHT HERE AND THIS GROUP WITH MY RED SHIRT ON.

RIGHT. DECIDED TO CLOSE LEE, REZONED OUR SCHOOL LOOKED COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.

THEN IN FIFTH GRADE, WHEN HE'S GOING INTO FIFTH GRADE, YOU KNOW, THEY SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS IB PROGRAM, WE'RE GOING TO SPLIT THE SCHOOL, HAVE HALF OF IT BE ZONED AND HALF OF IT BE PINKERTON WHERE ANYONE CAN COME, WHICH WAS RADICALLY DIFFERENT THAN ANYTHING WE HAD EVER CONSIDERED.

RIGHT? AND SO AT THAT POINT, WE HAD SOME DECISIONS TO MAKE.

HALF THE PTO OF PINKERTON ENDED UP BEING GONE BECAUSE WE WERE HALF THE SCHOOL WENT SOMEPLACE ELSE, KIND OF IN THAT POWER VACUUM.

I BECAME PINKERTON PTO PRESIDENT.

AND WHAT WE DID IS WE SOLVED SOME PROBLEMS. PEOPLE CAME AND SAID, HEY, WE NEED TO BUILD COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE ALL THESE DIFFERENT PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER.

WHAT DO WE DO? SOMEONE SAID, I THINK WE SHOULD DO SOMETHING CALLED PINKY PALOOZA.

I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE THIS MASSIVE CULTURAL AND MUSIC FESTIVAL THAT BRINGS EVERYONE TOGETHER.

I SAID, OKAY, LET'S GO.

WE HAD TO PAY FOR THE SPANISH PROGRAM BECAUSE THERE WASN'T A SPANISH TEACHER.

THE PTO HAD TO COVER THE COST OF HAVING AN OUTSIDE SPANISH COMPANY COME IN AND PROVIDE THAT INSTRUCTION FOR THE IB.

WE WERE PAYING A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY FOR THE RUN TO FUND SOMEONE FOR THE, FOR A COMPANY TO DO THE RUN.

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I THINK WE CAN DO IT.

WE'LL CALL IT THE PINKIE HUSTLE.

I SAID, OKAY, LET'S GO.

I HAD A PARENT, A TEACHER COME AND SAY, OUR VOLUNTEERS JUST SHRUNK.

WE NEED DADS.

WE NEED A DADS CLUB.

WE NEED A DAD OF THE DAY.

AND WE ALSO NEED SOME HELP WITH OUR PINKIE RUNNING CLUB SAID, OKAY, LET'S GO.

WE HAD A SALAD BAR THAT NO ONE EVER WANTED TO VOLUNTEER AT.

DO YOU REMEMBER THOSE DAYS? NO ONE WOULD WANT TO VOLUNTEER AT THE SALAD BAR, SO WE'VE GOT SOME GRANDPARENTS.

LET'S START A GRANDPARENT CLUB.

THAT WAS MY IDEA BECAUSE I LOVE GRANDPARENTS.

ANYWAY, I SAY ALL OF THIS BECAUSE TO SIT UP HERE 13 YEARS LATER AND HEAR PEOPLE TALK ABOUT PINKY PALOOZA AND PINKY HUSTLE AND THE DADS CLUB AND THE GRANDPARENTS CLUB LIKE IT WAS, IT DIDN'T EXIST IN THAT WAY 13 YEARS AGO, WE MADE THAT HAPPEN, AND I WOULD TELL I HAD NO IDEA.

AND THIS IS WHAT I WOULD TELL MYSELF.

I HAD NO IDEA THAT WHEN I WAS SO WORRIED THAT JACKSON WOULDN'T FIND HIS PLACE OR HIS PASSION THAT HE WOULD TRADE THAT PINKERTON BULLETS JERSEY FOR A DUKE BLUE DEVIL TRACK JERSEY.

AND AT HIS SIGNING DAY, THERE WOULD BE FOUR PINKERTON PEOPLE, TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS THAT TOOK THE DAY OFF TO COME STAND BY HIM WHEN HE SIGNED HIS LETTER OF INTENT.

WHEN I WAS KIND OF MEH ABOUT IB, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, AND HOW IT WAS CHANGING MY NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL, I HAD NO IDEA THAT MY GIRL WOULD HAVE THE HAVE THE SEEDS PLANTED HER FIFTH GRADE YEAR.

WHEN THOSE IB SENIORS CAME AND WORKED WITH HER THAT SHE WOULD WANT TO BE IN IB, AND THAT SHE WOULD CALL ME WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS AND SHE'S LIKE, MOM, YOU GUYS WILL BE OKAY IF YOU'RE JUST OPEN MINDED AND PRINCIPLED.

I HAD NO IDEA THAT MY KID, WHEN I WAS MY YOUNGEST, THAT I WAS SO WORRIED ABOUT US NOT BEING A NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL AND HAVING HALF OF IT ZONED.

NOT PEOPLE PICKING IT THAT HIS THREE BEST FRIENDS WOULD COME FROM A DIFFERENT ZIP CODE.

I SAY ALL OF THIS IS BECAUSE THE ONE THING THAT WILL NOT CHANGE TONIGHT IS YOU GUYS.

THE ONE THING THAT WILL NOT CHANGE ARE THE PARENTS.

AND WHEN DOCTOR HUNT SAYS, LISTEN, IT'S OUR FAMILIES THAT MAKE US GREAT, IT IS THE PARENTS AND STAFF AND US WORKING TOGETHER.

IF YOU WANT IT, DO IT.

IF YOU WANT SCHOOL, COMMUNITY, BUILD IT.

IF YOU WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL INCLUDED, DO IT.

IF YOU WANT CHANGE IN AUSTIN, LET'S GO.

LET'S DO THIS BECAUSE I GUARANTEE YOU THIS ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL NEXT YEAR, YOUR KIDS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE, BUT I DO KNOW THERE IS GOING TO BE A TEACHER THERE THAT'S GOING TO OPEN THE DOOR, THAT'S GOING TO HUG YOUR KID AND WELCOME THEM TO A WONDERFUL CLASSROOM.

I KNOW THAT HANDS DOWN, WHEN I WAS DOING WHEN I WAS FREAKING OUT ABOUT PARENTING, WHICH I DO ALL THE TIME, SOMEONE SAID, IF YOU'RE ASKING YOURSELF IF YOU'RE A GOOD PARENT, YOU PROBABLY ARE.

YOU GUYS ARE ENGAGED.

YOU GUYS ARE WHAT MAKE THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORK.

SO NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS TONIGHT AND YOU GUYS KNOW WHERE I AM IN THIS PLACE, WE'VE GOT THIS TOGETHER, RIGHT? SO CHANGE IS COMING.

IT IS. WE WE CAN'T CHANGE THE FACTS, BUT WE CAN CHANGE HOW WE DEAL WITH IT.

AND THAT WOULD TAKE ME TO MY NEXT THING, WHICH IS NOTHING JUST HAPPENS.

EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE DONE AS PEOPLE HAVE BEEN BASED ON 20 YEARS, 30 YEARS OF SCHOOL BOARDS AND COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BUILT THAT RIGHT.

THAT IS WHY WE STAND WHERE WE ARE.

WE HAVE TO BE INTENTIONAL AT THIS MOMENT TO CREATE THE COMMUNITY THAT WE WANT, USING THOSE CORE VALUES AS OUR GUIDE.

AND THAT LEADS ME TO MY LAST POINT, WHICH IS MEASURE TWICE, CUT ONCE.

AND I HAVE A REALLY HARD TIME.

IF WE SAY IN JANUARY OR IN THE SPRING, WE'RE GOING TO START THIS PROCESS AGAIN.

WE TOOK THIS ON PEOPLE WE KNEW WHEN WE RAN TO BE SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEES THAT WE'D BE MAKING TOUGH DECISIONS.

OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STAFF AND OUR PARENTS DID NOT.

THEY TOOK ON EDUCATING OUR KIDS IN THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY.

WE HAVE GOT TO LET THEM BREATHE AND DO THAT.

I CAN DO THIS. WE CAN DO THIS FOR ABOUT 2 OR 3 MORE WEEKS, BUT I CANNOT IN JANUARY ALL OF A SUDDEN, SAY, AUSTIN'S BACK ON THE TABLE.

IF WE REALLY THINK THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SOME SORT OF MASSIVE CHANGE, WE HAVE GOT TO DO THAT NOW.

AND IN THIS SPACE WE'VE GOT ENGAGEMENT.

WE SAY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

WE DON'T SAY THAT. WE WANT IT TO ALIGN WITH WHAT WE THINK.

WE'VE GOT PEOPLE ENGAGED.

AND SO IF WE THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CUT DEEPER OR DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN THE SPRING, I SAY LET'S DO THAT NOW BECAUSE THIS IS NOT SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO. THIS IS THIS IS HEARTBREAKING, RIGHT? AND YET, I WISH THAT I HAD TOLD MYSELF THAT WHEN ALL THAT WAS HAPPENING WITH MY CHILDREN, I WAS SO FOCUSED ON THE THE WORST CASE SCENARIO.

I WAS SO FOCUSED ON WHAT I WAS LOSING AND I WAS SO FOCUSED ON WHAT MIGHT BE CLOSING IT.

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YOU SAID IT SO WELL.

RANNA WHEN WE WERE TALKING.

THE MIDDLE IS THE WORST.

THE OTHER SIDE IS GOING TO BE BEAUTIFUL.

I KNOW IT IS.

AND SO I KNOW WE TALK A LOT, AND I NEVER, EVER THOUGHT I WOULD BE THE ONE SAYING LET'S, YOU KNOW, LET'S FISH OR CUT BAIT.

RIGHT. BUT IF WE IF WE FEEL LIKE THIS IS THE RIGHT DECISION TO CONSOLIDATE PINKERTON, WHICH, BY THE WAY, DOES EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, IT HAS PINKERTON HAS PERFORMED FOR YEARS.

IT HAS DONE EVERYTHING THAT IT HAS BEEN ASKED TO DO.

YOU SAY CREATE AN AMAZING PLACE OF LEARNING.

DONE. YOU SAY BE AN IB PROGRAM THAT'S POWERFUL AND IS A MAGNET FOR PEOPLE.

IT HAS DONE THAT. AND SO IF WE ARE GOING TO CLOSE THIS MAGICAL, AMAZING PLACE.

WE HAVE GOT TO DO IT.

EYES WIDE OPEN AND INTENTIONALLY.

AND I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD BE THE ONE TO SAY THAT IT'S TIME.

BUT WE LOOK AT THE NUMBERS.

WE HAVE TO CLOSE A SCHOOL AND WE HAVE TO.

AND I COME DOWN TO THE FACT THAT I KNOW THAT AT THE END OF THIS, IF WE STAY FOCUSED, IT'S NOT ABOUT NECESSARILY MAKING THE RIGHT DECISION.

IT'S ABOUT MAKING THE DECISION.

RIGHT. AND THAT IS WHAT I'M HEARING FROM EVERYONE, THAT NO MATTER WHERE WE GET TO, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THESE KIDS.

SO I OFFER THAT UP TO YOU AS A AS A PARENT PERSPECTIVE, KNOWING AND SPEAKING TO THE SPACE THAT PINKERTON HAS BEEN, THAT IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN AND KNOWING THAT WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD FOR FUTURE FOR FUTURE KIDS.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT ANSWER IS WITH DUAL LANGUAGE.

I STILL THINK THAT CONSOLIDATION IS WHAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT.

AND SO IF WE NEED TO TAKE TWO WEEKS TO LOOK AT WHAT WE DO WITH IB OR WHAT WE DO WITH DIFFERENT THINGS, WE CAN TAP THE BRAKES. I JUST THINK WE HAVE TO BE WE HAVE TO DO THIS THING.

SO I OKAY, THAT'S FINE.

I WILL ALSO SAY THOUGH TOO, AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF THAT LEIGH, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, AND I THINK THAT SPEAKS TO WHAT WE'VE SAID BEFORE, THAT OUR CHILDREN TAKE OUR CUES FROM US AND THAT IF WE GO INTO IT, THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE OKAY, THAT WE WILL HELP YOU THROUGH IT, THEN THE END RESULT CAN BE SOMETHING SPECIAL.

BECAUSE YOUR EXAMPLE OF EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAID THAT MAKES PINKERTON GREAT, I KNOW THERE ARE TEN OTHER PARENTS OR TEN OTHER SCHOOLS THAT COULD SAY THOSE SAME KINDS OF THINGS BECAUSE ALL OF THE SCHOOLS DO AMAZING, WONDERFUL THINGS.

WE HAVE THE BEST PRINCIPALS, OUR 18 PRINCIPALS ARE THE BEST, AND I KNOW THAT WE CAN DO THINGS THAT WILL MAKE THE EXPERIENCE AS HARD AS IT'S GOING TO BE AS FOCUSED AND CHILD CENTERED AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.

AND I AGREE 100%.

AND I ALSO BELIEVE IF WE START REDOING EVERYTHING, WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE ALREADY DONE, YOU HAVE CREATED COMMITTEES, YOU HAVE CREATED TASK FORCE, YOU HAVE INVOLVED COMMUNITIES IN IN THOSE COMMUNITIES, IN THOSE COMMITTEES.

AND IF YOU HAVE TO REDO ALL THAT AGAIN, AND IF THE CHOICE HAS TO LOOK ANY DIFFERENT THAN THAT, AND I TRULY BELIEVE IT'S NOT HAPPENING IN TWO WEEKS BECAUSE IT'S A LOT OF WORK, IT WILL TAKE MUCH, MUCH LONGER.

IT WILL DELAY THE WHOLE PROCESS BY ALMOST A CALENDAR YEAR, BECAUSE THEN WE HAVE TO GIVE TIME TO THOSE COMMUNITY PARENTS TO ENGAGE, AND IT'S NOT GOING TO LOOK AN IOTA DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE EVERY SCHOOL COMMUNITY IS AS ENGAGED AND ARE READY TO ADVOCATE AS THE GREAT PARENTS OF WILSON AND PINKERTON ARE DOING.

BECAUSE EVERY SCHOOL IS GREAT, EVERY SCHOOL HAS THAT CULTURE, WHICH IS UNIQUE TO IT.

BUT IT'S OPENING TO EVERYBODY, AS YOU SO RIGHTLY SAID, MEANS COME MONDAY, WHENEVER THE KIDS GO TO A NEW SCHOOL, EVERYONE'S GOING TO FIND A NEW HOME THERE, BECAUSE THAT'S A UNIQUE CULTURE, WHICH IS TOP DOWN IN EVERY SCHOOL OF COPPELL.

AND IF YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS OF DISTRICT, GOING BACK AND COMING UP A WHOLE NEW DOMINO EFFECT PLAN, AND THEN GIVE THE NEW SET OF COMMUNITIES THE CHANCE TO VOICE THEIR OPINION.

WE'RE GOING TO BE IN THAT DEJA VU SITUATION OF MONTHS.

AND WE JUST AFTER KICKING THE CAN FOR THE LAST THREE PLUS YEARS, WE JUST DO NOT HAVE THAT TIME LEFT.

WE HAVE TO.

I KNOW IT'S LESS THAN PERFECT.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL BE THE OUTCOME OF THIS OTHER THAN THAT WE WILL TAKE CARE OF OUR KIDS, BUT WE JUST DO NOT HAVE THE LIBERTY TO KICK THE WHOLE DECISION TO NEXT CALENDAR YEAR.

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IF WE TAKE ONE PIECE OUT OF THIS, THEN THE ENTIRE THING FALLS APART.

IT'S GUT WRENCHING, GUYS, BUT WE HAVE PUSHED THIS AS FAR AS WE COULD.

WE WENT THROUGH, AS YOU SAID, TRUSTEE BENTLEY.

WE WENT THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS AND WE WERE SITTING HERE IN THE WORKSHOP.

I REMEMBER MY WORDS.

IT SAYS, LET'S SEE WHAT THE LEGISLATURE HAS TO DO.

AS I SAID, LET'S SEE HOW THE COOKIE CRUMBLES FROM ONE OF THE MOVIE.

THAT'S THE PHRASE I USED, AND WE HAVE SEEN IT DID NOT GO IN OUR FAVOR.

NOTHING TO NOTHING FROM THE STATE IS GOING IN OUR FAVOR, AND WE DO NOT EXPECT ANYTHING MAJOR TO CHANGE IN THE COMING LEGISLATURE YEAR.

SO COME BACK TO THE SAME THING.

IT'S IN MY MIND IT'S ALL OR NOTHING AND WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION.

SO I WANT TO WEIGH IN AT THIS POINT.

I'VE BEEN THROUGH THE PROCESS RIGHT, OF GOING THROUGH THAT AND SEEING THE OTHER END.

I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE KEEP GOING IN AND OUT, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT I'VE SEEN OVER THE TIME, I'M GOING TO GO BACK DOWN MEMORY LANE JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU ALL A CONTEXT ONCE AGAIN.

RIGHT. BECAUSE WHEN I JOINED THIS BOARD SHORTLY AFTER I JOINED THIS BOARD, THAT'S WHEN WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT LEE.

NO, I KEEP HITTING. IT KEEPS GOING DOWN THE ZONE.

THIS IS THE TECHNOLOGY FAILING.

BUT ANYHOW IN REGARDS TO THAT LIKE I SAID, IT'S BROKEN, SO I'M GOING TO PUT THAT TO THE SIDE.

BUT HERE'S THE THING, RIGHT? YES, YOU CAN MOVE FORWARD, YOU CAN MOVE FORWARD AND YOU CAN DO ALL THESE GOOD THINGS.

BUT IT HAS TO BE VERY INTENTIONAL FROM THIS POINT FORWARD.

THIS IS THE EASY PART.

THIS IS NOT THE HARD PART.

I MEAN, WHEN I LOOKED AT WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THE DECISION WAS MADE, THAT'S WHEN THINGS GOT REALLY TOUGH.

AND SO WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE WILL MEET YOU WHERE YOU ARE WHEN THEY FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE MET THEM WHERE THEY ARE.

RIGHT? AND THAT'S WHERE THAT CAME FROM WHEN IT CLOSED, WHEN LEE CLOSED, THAT DIDN'T GO AWAY.

THAT STAYED WITH THEM EVEN UNTIL TODAY, RIGHT? I MEAN, I TOOK A PARENT TO A CAMPUS AND THEY LOOKED AND SAID, I HADN'T BEEN TO THIS CAMPUS SINCE LEE CLOSED.

RIGHT. AND THAT'S THAT LONG AGO.

RIGHT. SO I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHEN YOU SEE THE IMPACT THAT THIS HAS, WE CAN CHANGE THAT TRAJECTORY.

AND YOU HAVE TO BE INTENTIONAL ABOUT PUTTING THE COMMITTEE TOGETHER BECAUSE I THINK YOU DO NEED ONE.

AFTERWARDS YOU MAKE A DECISION THIS YEAH, YOU CAN GO DO THAT PART.

THAT'S THE EASY PART.

BUT IS WHAT YOU GET AFTER IT.

DO PEOPLE FEEL VALUED? DO PEOPLE FEEL CONNECTED? DO PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REESTABLISH AND RECREATE? I TRULY BELIEVE WE'RE IN A STAGE OF REDEFINING AND RECREATING A NEW VISION FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION.

IN COPPELL. THAT DOCUMENT IN 2006 WAS THE IMPETUS TO DRIVE ALL THAT CHANGE THAT YOU SAW THAT TOOK PLACE IN 2007 EIGHT, WITH NEW TECH COMING ON BOARD WITH US ADDING IB AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND AT PINKERTON, WHICH I WAS IN FAVOR OF.

I LOVE THOSE PROGRAMS. I LOVE THE FACT THAT THE MODEL WAS RECREATED SO THAT YOU COULD HAVE A DLI GOING BOTH WAYS.

THAT TOOK YEARS TO GET TO THAT POINT.

WE I BELIEVE THAT THOSE THINGS CONTINUALLY ARE THAT THE HEARTBEAT OF WHAT MAKES THIS COMMUNITY GREAT.

RIGHT? BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, JUST MAKING THE DECISION ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH.

I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT WE KICKED THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD, WE HAVE KICKED THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD BECAUSE WE'RE VERY OPTIMISTIC PEOPLE, AND WE BELIEVE IN THIS DISTRICT AND WHAT THEY HAVE TO OFFER THE PEOPLE THAT DELIVER THE SERVICE.

THE PEOPLE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT THE SERVICE AND THE STUDENTS THAT ARE DO A FABULOUS JOB AT MAKING THIS THING WORK AND MAKING THIS THE DESTINATION THAT IT IS.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THINGS HAVE CHANGED, BECAUSE BACK THEN WE DIDN'T HAVE A STATE THAT WAS AGAINST PUBLIC EDUCATION.

BACK THEN, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE FUNDING ISSUES THAT WE HAVE.

I WAS A PART OF A RIFT.

I'VE SEEN THAT I HAD MY SON HAD TWO TEACHERS THAT WERE AFFECTED BY IT.

SO I KNOW HOW THAT FEELS TO LOSE OUT AND HAVE THAT THAT HAPPEN.

SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS FAST FORWARD THAT THINGS REPEAT IN CYCLES.

SO THIS CYCLE THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH, THE ONLY THING I ASK IN THIS THING, AND IT'S BEEN STATED OUT HERE, IS TO HAVE A MODEL THAT WORKS THAT THAT YOU CAN REPEAT THIS MODEL TIME AND TIME AGAIN, BECAUSE WHERE WE'RE AT AND WHERE THE FUNDING IS, BASED ON THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE PARTICIPATED IN DOWN IN SAN ANTONIO, IT'S GOING TO GET WORSE.

THIS IS JUST THIS IS THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG.

IT IS GOING TO GET WORSE.

AND YOU GET AND PEOPLE HAVE TO LEAN IN.

AND THAT LEGISLATIVE PIECE, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS IS NOT JUST GOING DOWN IN 2025.

LET ME TELL YOU, IT IS GETTING INVOLVED, STAYING INVOLVED AND STAYING CONNECTED BECAUSE EVERYTHING THAT WE VALUE COLLECTIVELY AND WE ALL DO AROUND THIS DAIS, THAT IT IS AT RISK. IT IS SEVERELY AT RISK.

IN THE NEW MODEL, WE'LL HAVE TO CREATE A NEW MODEL BECAUSE IT IS NOT JUST DOING THIS.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CREATE A NEW MODEL FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION IN COPPELL ISD, AND MAYBE THAT WILL BE THE MODEL FOR THE REST OF THE STATE TO FOLLOW BEHIND, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE

[02:45:09]

AND I THINK TRUSTEE HILL, WHAT YOU JUST SAID IS SO, SO IMPORTANT AND LEIGH TO PIGGYBACK ON THE STATEMENT YOU MADE.

IT'S NOT THE DECISION, IT'S THE ACTIONS AFTER THE DECISION.

AND THAT'S WHERE, YOU KNOW, DOCTOR HUNT, YOU AND YOUR TEAM SHINE SO WELL IS, YOU KNOW, THE ACTIONS THAT YOU TAKE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR KIDS ARE TAKEN CARE OF, THAT OUR STAFF IS TAKEN CARE OF, THAT, THAT THE DISTRICT IS WHAT IT IS BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS DO ON A DAY IN AND DAY OUT BASIS LEADING THIS DISTRICT. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S YOU KNOW, WHERE I HAVE TO TAKE TRUST IN, IN THE PROCESS AND IN THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD AS WELL IS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT.

YOU KNOW, THE TRANSITION PLAN HAS TO WORK.

IT HAS TO, YOU KNOW, BE SOLID.

IT HAS TO BE METHODICAL.

IT HAS TO, YOU KNOW, INCLUDE THE COMMUNITY AND EVERYONE.

AND THAT'S WHERE I HAVE THE FAITH IN OUR STAFF TO EXECUTE AND EXECUTE WELL.

THAT'S WHAT THEY NEED AS MUCH AS TIME WE CAN GIVE THEM TO MAKE THOSE MORE DETAILED PLANS MORE, WE KICKED THIS DOWN THE ROAD LESS TIME THEY HAVE TO MAKE THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.

SO EVEN IF THE DECISION MIGHT BE RIGHT, THEY MAY NOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO GET THE IMPLEMENTATION RIGHT.

NO, I THINK THE OTHER DAY DURING THIS PROCESS, WHEN WE WERE KIND OF WHITTLING THINGS DOWN TO FOCUS ON WHAT WE WANTED TO DO, I THINK WE WERE BEING VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT MOVING SLOWLY.

I THINK SOMEBODY SAID CUT SURGICALLY, RIGHT, TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT TO CHANGE TOO MUCH OF WHO WE ARE AS A DISTRICT.

AND NOT ONLY THAT, BECAUSE THE OPERATIONAL IMPACTS OF THAT BRINGS MASSIVE CHANGES WHICH WERE WARRANTED BASED ON DEFICIT.

RIGHT. ALSO LEADS TO TREMENDOUS OPERATIONAL PROBLEMS ABOUT FINDING HOMES FOR FOLKS, PEOPLE SWITCHING, CHANGING AROUND.

THERE'S A HISTORY IN THIS DISTRICT OF OPENING SCHOOLS AND REZONING, OPENING SCHOOLS AND REZONING.

I THINK SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN ON THE BOARD WHE THAT OCCURRED.

WE MAY BE PREPARING FOR SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.

NOW, DEPENDING ON THE LEGISLATIVE ACTION OR INACTION AND THINGS, THINGS THAT OCCUR.

I THINK WE ARE PLANNING AND SEEING OKAY, LET'S SEE, WE'RE TRYING TO OPTIMIZE RIGHT NOW AND SEE HOW THAT GOES.

THERE'S AN OPTION OUT THERE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO DECIDE OF THAT FUNDING PIECE, IF THERE'S OTHER CHANGES THAT WE'RE EVALUATING.

SO WE'RE ATTACKING THE BUDGET DEFICIT AS A COLLECTIVE.

RIGHT. AND WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE METHODICALLY, BUT THINGS MAY THERE'S A LOT OF VARIABLES THAT WE CANNOT PREDICT.

BUT YES, I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE HAVE TO MAKE THE TOUGH DECISION TONIGHT ABOUT WHAT TO DO, I THINK, AND I TRUST AND I SAID THIS BEFORE, I ASSUME POSITIVE INTENT IN EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.

AND I'VE SEEN NOTHING TO CHANGE MY OPINION OF THAT.

I THINK THE WORK AND THE EFFORT AND THE BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS, LET'S BE HONEST OF THE ADMINISTRATION STAFF OF WORKING THROUGH THIS, DOING THE THINGS WE'VE ASKED FOR.

IT HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY TREMENDOUS I'VE AND EVERY PROPOSAL THAT IS IN FRONT OF US IS REASONABLE.

I MEAN, THERE'S I DON'T THINK YOU COULD YOU COULD CHALLENGE THAT, THAT PIECE OF IT.

THERE IS RATIONAL THOUGHT AND DECISION MAKING IN ALL OF IT.

I WILL SAY, AND I DIDN'T MENTION THIS BEFORE, THIS IS PROBABLY BEEN THE HEAVIEST THING I'VE EVER HAD TO DEAL WITH IN MY ENTIRE LIFE.

AND MY I MEAN, FROM A PROLONGED STANDPOINT.

AND MY BROTHER DIED, RIGHT? SO I THIS HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY HORRENDOUS TO LIKE, REALLY STRUGGLE WITH AND FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO.

AND I'VE SEEN IT ON THE EMOTIONAL ON Y'ALL'S FACES AND ALL.

AND I THINK THE ONLY SOLACE THAT I HAVE IS TO GO BACK TO IS THINKING ABOUT OUR ROLE AS A GOVERNANCE MODEL AND TRUSTING OUR DISTRICT IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY SHOULD DO.

NOW, THERE'S THINGS THAT I THINK HAVE COME UP THROUGH THIS WHOLE THING THAT PERHAPS WARRANT SOME ADDITIONAL THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT THESE OPTIONS ARE OR HOW TO IMPLEMENT THE PLAN.

TO YOUR POINT. WE MAKE A DECISION, BUT THEN THE DISTRICT IS THE ONE WHO HAS TO EXECUTE AND FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO.

I THINK THERE'S AN OPTION THERE GOING FORWARD TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO, TO EMPOWER THE DISTRICT TO LOOK AT THE OPTIONS THEY PRESENTED TO US AGAIN AND SEE IN LIGHT OF EVERYTHING THEY KNOW, IN LIGHT OF THE CONCERNS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP.

IS ME JUST SPEAKING ABOUT IT NOW, LIKE THINKING ABOUT THE DIRECTION OF DLI AND DOES THAT STILL MAKE SENSE OR NOT?

[02:50:03]

I THINK THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE KIND OF MOVE FORWARD NOW.

I'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT DLI, BUT IN SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT PINKERTON.

I STILL THINK OPTIMIZING IT AND GETTING IT TO A PLACE WHERE WE CAN LET THE PROGRAM GROW, I THINK IS THE UNDERPINNING.

I THINK I MENTIONED IT A WHILE AGO.

RIGHT. THAT IT IS.

IT'S OUR SMALLEST SCHOOL BY NUMBER, RIGHT.

BUT GETTING THAT TO A PLACE THAT'S ATTRACTIVE FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO GO TO, THAT SEEING THE THINGS THAT MAKE SENSE.

I HEARD SOMEBODY SAY, YOU KNOW, WHY DON'T YOU PUT IT IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL? WELL, THAT STARTS WITH SEEING IF THE PROGRAM IS VIABLE IN A, IN A, IN A, IN AN EXPANDED SETTING.

AND THAT'S I THINK IT CAN BE BECAUSE ALL I'VE HEARD IS HOW GREAT IT IS.

AND AT THE SAME TIME, ONCE THEY SPLIT THE ENROLLMENT AND OPENED IT UP TO MORE, EVERYBODY WHO'S WHO HAS A SPOT WANTS ONE.

AND THERE'S CONSTANTLY PEOPLE INQUIRING TO GET IN, GET INTO IT.

SO IF WE HAVE AN ASSET LIKE THAT, TO ME MAKES LOGICAL SENSE TO EXPAND IT, EMPOWER IT TO OPEN IT UP TO MORE PEOPLE.

SO I MEAN, I'M IN A COMMENT.

I'M IN LINE WITH THAT.

I THINK THE HARD DECISION TONIGHT IS TO WOULD BE TO CONSOLIDATE PINKERTON AND THEN ASK THE DISTRICT TO EVALUATE THE OPTIONS AGAIN AND JUST EMPOWER THEM TO MAKE THOSE CHOICES.

DISTRICT HAS BEEN LISTENING TO ALL THE COMMENTS FROM THE LAST FOUR WEEKS ALONG WITH US, AND THEY HAVE HAD THAT TIME TO GO REEVALUATE WHATEVER NEEDED TO BE REEVALUATED, AND THEY STILL HAVE COME WITH THE SAME OPTIONS TO US.

ALL RIGHT.

THE ONLY THING THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT, TRULY RIGHT, IS JUST TO SAY, WILL THE WILL THE DLI PROGRAM CONTINUE TO THRIVE? BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE KIDS WHO WALK THERE AND HAVE A CULTURAL AFFILIATION TO WANT TO WALK TO SCHOOL.

WILL THEY STILL GET ON THE BUS AND GO? I HAVE NO, I HAVE NO IDEA.

I CAN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

I HAVE NO IDEA IF THAT'S TRUE OR NOT.

I HAVE NO IDEA IF THEY WOULD STILL DO IT.

LOOK, I CAN'T TAKE MY KIDS TO SCHOOL TO WALK, RIGHT? AND THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT COPPELL ISD GENERALLY NEEDS TO THINK ABOUT IS REDEFINING WHAT A NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL IS, BECAUSE I HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL IN THAT MY ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD GOES TO A SCHOOL.

NOT THAT I HAVE A SCHOOL IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU NEED TO CONSOLIDATE SCHOOLS AND THINK ABOUT HOW THAT'S GOING TO BE, BECAUSE WE HAVE A FINITE NUMBER OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND THERE'S A DECLINING ENROLLMENT.

AND WE MAY HAVE TO CREATE THINGS AND MOVE THINGS AROUND IN A WAY THAT MAKES IT HAPPEN.

SO THERE'S A LARGE UNKNOWN THAT, I'LL BE FRANK, I'M AFRAID OF BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO HURT ANYBODY.

I DON'T WANT TO HURT OR HURT A KID OR HURT A FAMILY BY CHANGING WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.

I MEAN, THAT'S HORRIFYING, BUT AND THAT'S THE KIND OF THING THAT'S IN FRONT OF US.

AND I'M, YOU KNOW, I WAS ON A TIRADE A FEW WEEKS AGO ABOUT WHY WE'RE IN THIS SPOT, RIGHT? BUT WE'RE IN THIS SPOT, AND THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO ABOUT IT.

RIGHT? WE HAVE TO MAKE THE CHOICE.

AND, I MEAN, I VOICED MY CONCERN, AND THAT'S WHAT I FEAR, AND I'M SURE I'M ABSOLUTELY SURE THAT EVERYBODY IN THE ADMINISTRATION FEELS THAT SAME FEAR.

EVERYBODY ON THIS, ON THIS DAIS HAS THE SAME FEAR.

LIKE, ARE WE GOING TO DO SOMETHING THAT'S WRONG AND THAT'S IT.

THAT'S ALL. I MEAN, I DON'T THINK AN OPTION EXISTS WITHOUT THAT FEAR WHERE SOMEBODY WON'T BE HURT.

QUESTION IS, ARE WE MAKING A DECISION WHERE WE PUT THE TRUST ON DISTRICTS, RESEARCH WHAT THEY'VE DONE AND MAKE THAT DECISION TODAY, OR WE AGAIN PUSH THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD, REDO EVERYTHING THEY HAVE DONE.

AS YOU SAID, BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS.

ASK THEM TO SHUT THAT ONCE MORE AND COME UP WITH MAYBE SAME, MAYBE DIFFERENT WHERE THERE WILL BE CERTAIN DIFFERENT GROUP WHICH WILL BE HURTING.

THERE DOESN'T EXIST AN OPTION WHERE SOMEBODY DOES NOT GET HURT.

THAT'S WHAT THE CONSOLIDATION DOES.

THAT'S WHAT THESE EFFICIENCIES WILL HAVE TO DO THAT AS A COMMUNITY.

WE WILL HAVE TO BEAR IT TOGETHER.

AND AGAIN, I SAY THE SAME THING.

IT'S NOT THAT I LIKE IT, BUT I PUT MY TRUST ON THE DISTRICT RESEARCH, BUT AND THE NUMBER OF HOURS THEY'VE DONE THE SPEND ON THIS AND I DO NOT TAKE THAT LIGHTLY. AND TO ME, ASKING THEM TO GO BACK AND ESPECIALLY COMING BACK IN 2 TO 4 WEEKS, THAT'S PLAIN DISRESPECT TO ALL THE EFFORT THEY HAVE DONE, NOT JUST DISTRICT, BUT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY WHICH HAS BEEN INVOLVED.

THAT'S A DISRESPECT TO THE ENTIRE PROCESS.

WE HAVE PUT FORWARD AND SPENT ALMOST A YEAR RESEARCHING, GATHERING DATA POINTS AND GOING THROUGH ALL THE ITERATIONS.

[02:55:05]

WE'RE STARTING TO TALK A LITTLE IN CIRCLES AND BACK AND FORTH, I THINK, LEIGH, TO YOUR POINT, YOU KNOW, DO WE CUT OR SWIM? Y'ALL KNOW WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY? WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? DO YOU GUYS WANT TO MAKE A MOTION? DO WE WANT TO CONTINUE HAVING FURTHER DISCUSSION? WE'LL HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSSION ONCE THE MOTION COMES OUT.

SO THIS IS NOT THE END OF DISCUSSION.

I MOVED AT PINKERTON ELEMENTARY, BE CONSOLIDATED INTO WILSON AND AUSTIN ELEMENTARY WITH THE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM, MOVING TO WILSON ELEMENTARY, THE DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION PROGRAM, CONSOLIDATING TO DENTON CREEK ELEMENTARY AND THE PRE-K PROGRAMS WILL BE LEVELED ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

SECOND. SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE MANESH SETHI, SECONDED BY MYSELF, DAVID CAVINESS, TO CONSOLIDATE PINKERTON ELEMENTARY INTO WILSON AND AUSTIN ELEMENTARY, WITH THE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM MOVING TO WILSON ELEMENTARY.

THE DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION PROGRAM, CONSOLIDATING TO DENTON CREEK ELEMENTARY, AND THE PRE-K PROGRAMS WILL BE LEVELED ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

ANY DISCUSSION? THIS IS WHERE THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD, RIGHT? WE'RE ABOUT TO VOTE ON THIS THING.

SO I THINK WHAT I AM HEARING AS I'M TRYING TO LISTEN IS THAT THERE PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED WITH THE DUAL LANGUAGE PIECE OF THAT.

IS THAT WHAT YOU WOULD SAY TRUSTEE BENTLEY.

YES, THAT WOULD BE ACCURATE.

AND I REALIZE THE CHALLENGE IN THAT IS THERE'S THE RISK OF AN UNRAVELING.

RIGHT? LIKE, AS MUCH AS WE DON'T WANT THERE TO BE A CHAIN REACTION.

I DON'T DISAGREE THAT'S A POTENTIAL.

BUT YEAH DLI PROGRAM IS MY BIGGEST CONCERN IN ALL OF THAT.

I'M NOT I'M NOT HAPPY ABOUT PINKERTON.

I'M LOOKING AT THE AUDIENCE.

BECAUSE I HAVE A COWPOKE, AND SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE THIS COMMUNITY FOR ME ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE AT PINKERTON.

AND I ALSO KNOW MY COWPOKE TOLD ME THAT IT'S OKAY AND THAT WE NEED TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO FOR COPPELL NOW, AND THAT HE WAS HERE AT A DIFFERENT TIME. SO TO HEAR THAT FROM YOUR 23 YEAR OLD IS PRETTY HUMBLING.

BUT I THE DLI PART AND NOT FEELING SETTLED IN THAT IS REALLY WHERE MY BIGGEST HEARTBURN IS.

THE REST OF IT, I FEEL LIKE, IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO, AND I'M COUNTING ON OUR COMMUNITY TO RALLY AND DO THE RIGHT THING FOR KIDS AND BREAK DOWN THE WALLS THAT THEY'VE PUT UP BETWEEN PROGRAMS BECAUSE THAT IS ESSENTIAL FOR THIS TO WORK.

AND IT'S WHO WE ARE AND WE'VE BEEN DISTRACTED DURING SOME OF THIS, AND SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS TO GET BACK TO BEING WHO WE ARE.

SO THE DLA PART IS MY HEARTBURN.

SO WHAT WE'VE KIND OF DONE IS EVERY TIME WE HAVE A WORKSHOP, IT SEEMS LIKE WE ITERATE, RIGHT? OR WE NARROW DOWN.

SO FOR ME, MY BINARY THING IS DO WE APPROVE THIS, WHICH IS THE MOTION ON THE TABLE? OR DO WE SAY, OKAY, WE NEED TO REFINE AND CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION.

RIGHT. SO THAT'S THE DECISION.

RIGHT. BECAUSE IT'S NOT THAT WE NEED TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND CREATE ALL NEW THINGS.

IT IS SAYING, WHAT DO WE DO IS AND DON'T LET ME PUT WORDS IN YOUR MOUTH, NICOLE.

DO WE? WHAT DO WE DO WITH IB AND DLI? AND DO WE LOOK AT THAT MORE CLOSELY? SO I SEE THAT THAT IS KIND OF THE CHOICE.

WE VOTE ON THIS, THIS MOTION.

BUT THE ALTERNATIVE WOULD BE TO TAKE IT PIECEMEAL.

I'M TALKING OUT LOUD HERE AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT KIND OF WHAT OUR I MEAN, YEAH, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S TIME TO CALL THE CALL THE QUESTION IF THERE'S MORE VOTE ON IT AND SEE.

I THINK WHAT JOEY SAID, TRUSTEE MATTHEW SAID ABOUT JUST THAT CULTURE OVER THERE, THAT'S A UNIQUE CULTURE IN THAT COMMUNITY, ONE OF THE MOST UNIQUE IN TERMS OF THE CAMPUSES. RIGHT, BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE TWO SMALL COMMUNITIES OVER THERE THAT YOU KNOW, AND I'VE SEEN IT OVER THE YEARS.

[03:00:04]

SO, YOU KNOW, I HAVE AN AFFINITY FOR THAT CAMPUS.

SO, I MEAN, I'LL SAY THAT, BUT WE MAKE DECISIONS FOR ALL AND WE ALWAYS HAVE, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

BUT I DO THINK THERE IS A UNIQUENESS TO THAT THAT SETS IT APART IN MANY WAYS, IN THE WAY IT HAS BEEN SET UP IN A WAY, AS PEOPLE JUST RALLY AROUND THAT. FROM THAT STANDPOINT, I THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN BREAK A CULTURE WHEN CHANGE IS MADE.

I MEAN, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT WILL, BUT IT CAN.

AND IN THE POSSIBILITY THAT IT WILL LOOK A LOT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TODAY IS A HIGH POSSIBILITY.

SO I FEEL FOR TRUSTEE BENTLEY IN THE COMMENTS ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE SEEING THE PROGRAM EVOLVE OVER TIME AND SEEING HOW IT HAS EVOLVED AND WHAT IT'S TAKEN TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER, TO HAVE A COMMUNITY LIAISON, TO COME OUT AND BE A PART OF THAT'S ATTRACTED PEOPLE TO BRING THEM INTO THE SCHOOL AND BUILD THAT CONFIDENCE IS UNIQUE AND IT HAS BEEN UNIQUE.

RIGHT. BUT, YOU KNOW, TO YOUR POINT, DO YOU UNCOUPLE THAT? I MEAN, THERE WERE SOME OTHER OPTIONS AVAILABLE, BUT THAT ONE IS THE LARGEST OPTION ON THE TABLE THAT'S BEEN TAKEN.

SO THE QUESTION I ASK MYSELF, RIGHT IS DOES THERE EXIST AN OPTION WHERE A CULTURE IS NOT BROKEN? DOES THERE EXIST AN OPTION WHERE A COMMUNITY IS NOT BROKEN? IF WE HAVE TO REALLY GET TO THE EFFICIENCIES AND ACHIEVE THOSE EFFICIENCIES, SOME SCHOOL CULTURE HAS TO BE.

I HEAR EVERYTHING FROM PARENTS.

I HEAR EVERYTHING FROM PINKERTON PARENTS.

BUT I PUT MY FAITH ON THE INPUT WE HAVE GOT FROM THE COMMUNITIES.

WHEN ALL THE COMMITTEES WERE IN SESSION, AND FROM THAT CAME THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE DISTRICT, BECAUSE IN MY MIND THAT DOES NOT EXIST.

AN OPTION WHERE A CULTURE IS NOT BROKEN, WHERE A COMMUNITY IS NOT BROKEN, WHERE SOMEONE IS NOT HURT.

AND TO ME SAYING ONE CULTURE IS MORE THAN THE OTHER, AND THAT OBVIOUSLY WON'T BE THE FIRST CHOICE BECAUSE THE FIRST CHOICE FOR DISTRICT HAS IS RIGHT IN FRONT OF US.

AFTER ALL, THE WEEKS OF THING TO ME IS JUST DISRESPECTING ONE COMMUNITY OVER THE OTHER, AND THAT'S, TO ME CAN HAVE MORE DEEPER NEGATIVE EFFECT IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT BECAUSE AT THE END WE WILL MAKE A DECISION.

ABSOLUTELY. TRUSTEE SETHI.

AND WHEN WE MAKE THAT DECISION, THAT WILL BE SENDING A CLEAR MESSAGE THAT WE TRUST ONE, WE VALUE ONE COMMUNITY CULTURE OVER THE OTHER, IRRESPECTIVE OF THE DISTRICT RESEARCH AND RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND I THINK FOR US TRUSTEE SETHI, WE HAVE THE OPTION TO AGREE TO DISAGREE IN HOW WE APPROACH THAT.

AND I RESPECT YOUR OPINION IN REGARDS TO THAT.

AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT ONE CULTURE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANOTHER.

I JUST SAID THAT CULTURE IS UNIQUE IN THAT WAY, AND IT HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MORE UNIQUE CULTURES.

I DID NOT SAY IT WAS BETTER, BUT I JUST SAID IT WAS A UNIQUE CULTURE IN THAT REGARDS IN THE WAY IT'S BEEN ESTABLISHED AND GROWN OVER THE YEARS.

SO I TO YOUR POINT, YES, ALL OF THE CULTURES ARE IMPORTANT ACROSS THE DISTRICT RIGHT FROM K THROUGH 12, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY DON'T HAVE UNIQUENESSES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE RESIDE IN.

THAT'S ALL I WAS SAYING AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, MANAGE TO LIKE I MEAN, THE REALITY IS WHETHER AN ELEMENTARY CAMPUS IS THE HEADLINE CAMPUS ON AN AREA OR NOT.

LIKE I HOPE OUR COMMUNITY IS READY BECAUSE THERE'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE 4 OR 5, SIX CAMPUSES, DEPENDING UPON WHAT'S DECIDED, THAT NOTHING VERY FEW THINGS ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE THEY DID ONCE WE MAKE A DECISION.

RIGHT. THE RIPPLE EFFECT THING I DON'T KNOW THAT PEOPLE APPRECIATE YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE ONE ELEMENTARY CAMPUS THAT CAN COMPLETELY ABSORB ANOTHER ELEMENTARY CAMPUS.

ALL ALONG, ALL OF THESE PLANS IMPACT CAMPUSES WHERE PEOPLE HAVEN'T EVEN EVER COME AND SPOKEN LIKE I.

I'VE BEEN WORRIED.

I'M LIKE, I HOPE THEY'RE ALL PAYING ATTENTION BECAUSE I MEANT IT WHEN I SAID THIS AS A COMMUNITY ISSUE.

THIS IS NOT A CAMPUS ISSUE.

LIKE, WE'RE ALL GOING TO FEEL THIS, YOU KNOW, DISTRICT WIDE, WHATEVER WE DO.

I HEAR ALL THAT I JUST WORRY ABOUT.

AGAIN, I JUST WORRY ABOUT THE DOMINO EFFECT IT CREATES.

I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE.

UNDERSTOOD. BUT BREAKING THIS APART, MAKING ONE DECISION WITHOUT HAVING ANY PLAN ON HOW IT'S GOING TO WORK OUT.

AND I JUST FEAR WE MIGHT BE PITTING ONE COMMUNITY AGAINST THE OTHER, BECAUSE TO ME, EVERY COMMUNITY IS A UNIQUE CULTURE.

THEY TAKE PRIDE IN THAT.

NOW, EVERY COMMUNITY IS UNIQUE IN THEIR OWN WAYS.

[03:05:03]

WE WILL HAVE TO GIVE AT LEAST THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME, IF NOT MORE, TO THE NEXT SET OF COMMUNITIES.

IF YOU HAVE TO BE REALLY FAIR AND RESPECTFUL TO THE COMMUNITIES.

IT JUST PUSHES EVERYTHING TOO FAR.

AND WE MIGHT BE PITTING OUR BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL, PASSIONATE COPPELL COMMUNITIES, ONE SET OF COMMUNITY AGAINST THE OTHER.

AND TO ME, THAT'S A VERY REAL POSSIBILITIES, WHICH I HOPE DOESN'T HAPPEN.

COME BACK TO WHAT I SAID AT THE BEGINNING.

SOME OF MY GUIDING PRINCIPLES.

AND ONE IS MEASURE TWICE, CUT ONCE.

AND I THINK WE REALLY DO HAVE TO MOVE AT THE SPEED OF TRUST.

THAT'S OUR SPEED, RIGHT? OUR SEPTEMBER 30TH WAS A DEADLINE THAT WE IMPOSED UPON OURSELVES.

AND I THINK PART OF THOUGHTFUL DECISION MAKING IS KNOWING WHEN TO STOP AND GO A LITTLE DEEPER.

AND SO IN MY MIND, WE HAVE TO AS A BOARD, WE HAVE TO MOVE AT THE SPEED OF TRUST OF WHAT WE THINK.

IT SOUNDS TO ME.

I MEAN, I THINK WE'VE ALL DISCUSSED STUFF.

I WOULD SAY PRESIDENT CAVINESS CALL THE QUESTION AND WE NEED TO VOTE ON IT.

ALL RIGHT. HAVE A CALL TO QUESTION.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

HAVE A CALL TO QUESTION A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? CALL THE QUESTION. THAT'S THE CALL THE QUESTION.

SORRY. YES, YES.

IT'S SUPERMAJORITY.

ALL IN FAVOR OF.

CALL THE QUESTION. LET'S MAKE SURE WE GOT IT RIGHT.

CALL THE QUESTION.

SO, DISCUSSION AND DISCUSSION.

YEAH. SO CALL THE QUESTION.

AND DISCUSSION WILL END AND THEN WE'LL TAKE A VOTE.

SO ALL IN FAVOR.

LET'S GET THAT ONE RIGHT.

ONE TWO. SO IS THAT THAT'S A SUPERMAJORITY.

YES OR NO. ALL AGAINST.

ALL OPPOSED. OKAY.

SO THE CALL TO QUESTION PASSES THAT WAS SIX ONE.

SO NOW WE WILL TAKE A VOTE ON THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR, WHICH IS TO CONSOLIDATE PINKERTON ELEMENTARY INTO WILSON AND AUSTIN ELEMENTARY, WITH THE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM MOVING TO WILSON ELEMENTARY.

THE DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION PROGRAM CONSOLIDATING TO DENTON CREEK ELEMENTARY, AND THE PRE-K PROGRAMS WILL BE LEVELED ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED.

SO THAT MOTION, THAT MOTION FAILS 2 TO 5.

AND I'LL ASK YOU AGAIN TO REFRAIN FROM OUTBURST BEFORE WE MOVE ON.

IS THERE ANY OTHER MOTIONS TO BE MADE ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? IS THERE A SO WITH A CALL TO QUESTION? HELP ME WITH THE PROCEDURAL PIECE HERE.

RIGHT. IS THERE NO MORE DISCUSSION AT ALL? WE JUST KEEP GOING TO THE MAT.

IT WAS JUST ON THAT ONE.

THAT ONE MOTION. THAT ONE MOTION.

YES. OKAY. UNTIL A NEW MOTION COMES, THERE CANNOT BE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION.

YES. OKAY.

SO I.

OH. GO AHEAD. OH I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY WHAT WE HAVE YET AS TRUSTEE SETHI SAID, EITHER ANOTHER MOTION TO BE MADE OR THIS, THIS AGENDA ITEM WILL GO NOWHERE. OKAY.

SO I MOVE THAT PINKERTON ELEMENTARY BE CONSOLIDATED INTO OTHER CIC ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES, AND THE ADMINISTRATION EXPLORE OPTIONS RELATED TO THE MOVEMENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM TO ANOTHER ELEMENTARY CAMPUS, AS WELL AS OPTIONS RELATED TO THE DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION PROGRAM.

SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE JOBBY MATHEW, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE NICOLE BENTLEY, THAT PINKERTON ELEMENTARY BE CONSOLIDATED INTO THE OTHER CISD ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES, AND THAT ADMINISTRATION EXPLORE OPTIONS RELATED TO THE MOVEMENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM TO ANOTHER ELEMENTARY CAMPUS, AS WELL AS OPTIONS RELATED TO THE DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION PROGRAM.

ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS MOTION? AS I SAID BEFORE, I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION.

I WOULD RATHER HAVE NO MOTION.

BE TAKEN TODAY. I WOULD BE MORE COMFORTABLE WITH NO ACTION BECAUSE I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE.

SENDING BOARD OR SENDING STAFF BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD WITH THEIR HANDS TIED.

I MEAN, IF YOU HAVE TO SEND THEM BACK, THEN LET THEM REEVALUATE EVERYTHING.

MAY. I REALLY PUT MY TRUST ON WHAT THIS STAFF DOES BECAUSE THEY HAVE MADE US REALLY PROUD.

IF THEY HAVE TO COME UP WITH SOME OPTIONS, I WANT TO LEAD THEM BECAUSE WE CAN MAKE THAT DECISION.

NEXT TIME WHEN THEY COME, I WANT TO GIVE THEM FULL CLEAN SLATE DRAWING BOARD WHERE THEY CAN GO AND COME UP WITH.

THEY HAVE HEARD US. THEY HAVE HEARD THE COMMUNITY WHERE THEY FEEL MOST COMFORTABLE WITH COMING UP.

THEY CAN COME BACK AND COME BACK TO US WITH THE SAME PROPOSAL, IF THAT'S WHAT THEY FEEL.

BUT WHEN THEY GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD, THEY SHOULD HAVE THEIR HAND SHOULDN'T BE TIED.

OH, THIS IS ALREADY DONE.

NOW LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.

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[INAUDIBLE] IF I'M IN A WORKING GROUP, AS WE ALL ARE PROFESSIONALS, I'LL FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE IF I HAVE TO MAKE ANY DECISION.

I HAVE A FULL FREEDOM TO MAKE A WHOLE NEW PLAN.

WOULD YOU AMEND THE MOTION? THE WORDS OF THE MOTION? IT WOULD BE A DIFFERENT MOTION BECAUSE THIS CAN BE AMENDED ONE.

OH, IF YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING, YOU GO FIRST.

OKAY. BECAUSE I CAN TAKE YOUR MOTION BACK.

OH, YEAH. THAT'S TRUE.

BECAUSE MY, THE INTENTION OF THAT MOTION IS TO BE LIKE, OKAY, WELL, I KNOW LIKE THE ONE THING I THINK THAT'S SOLID AND BASED ON REASON IS THAT CONSOLIDATING PINKERTON, THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT I JUST KIND OF WANT TO HAVE THE KICK REEVALUATED THE OTHER PIECES.

NOW, IT COULD BE THAT ONCE YOU REEVALUATE WITH EVERYTHING, YOU COME BACK WITH THE SAME OPTIONS, BECAUSE AFTER YOU KICK THE TIRES AGAIN, OKAY? AND NOW WE'RE LIKE, WE, THIS IS WHERE THIS IS WHAT IT IS.

BUT THAT'S THAT WAS MY THOUGHT.

ABSOLUTELY I SEE THAT.

RIGHT. BUT AND I'LL SAY THE SAME THING I THINK IT WILL BE IF YOU HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION AND THEY HAVE TO COME BACK, WE CAN MAKE THIS SAME DECISION AGAIN ABOUT PINKERTON OR SOMETHING ELSE. BUT I DON'T WANT TO [INAUDIBLE] I REALLY VALUE AND I REALLY RESPECT THE EFFORT, THE RESEARCH OUR STAFF PUTS IN THIS. I DON'T TAKE IT TRIVIALLY AND I TRULY BELIEVE THEY LISTEN TO OUR COMMUNITIES VERY WELL.

AND IF YOU TRULY BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE LISTENED TO EVERYTHING WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THE LAST 4 TO 5 WEEKS, AND I WANT THEM WITH COMPLETE FREEDOM TO COME UP WITH.

THE NEXT BEST PLAN COULD BE AS PER THEM.

SO TRUSTEE SETHI, I AGREE WITH YOU IN PART ON THIS ONE.

YOU KNOW, I THINK NOTHING IN THE LANGUAGE PRECLUDES STAFF FROM COMING BACK TO US AND SAYING WE'VE EXPLORED IT AND THIS STILL IS THE BEST OPTION. YOU KNOW, AGAIN I WORRY AND I'LL JUST BE VERY BLUNT IN MY COMMENTS HERE AND VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD.

I WORRY WHAT'S HAPPENED OVER THE LAST MONTH, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY HAVE, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, EXPLOITED SOME OF OUR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, PITTED COMMUNITY MEMBER AGAINST COMMUNITY MEMBER SCHOOL AGAINST SCHOOL.

SO I WORRY THAT WE BY DOING NOTHING THAT WILL NOT ONLY CONTINUE BUT GET WORSE.

AND WE HAVE TO START MOVING FORWARD AS WE MAKE DECISIONS FOR NEXT YEAR.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE I THINK WE DIFFER.

I WOULD I WOULD BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS ONE.

BUT KNOWING THAT THERE'S NOTHING THAT PRECLUDES THAT, NOTHING THAT PRECLUDES STAFF FROM COMING BACK TO US AND SAYING, WE HAVE ALREADY DONE ALL OF THIS AND THIS IS WHERE WE ARE, AND THAT'S THEIR PURVIEW.

BECAUSE, AGAIN, PROGRAMMATIC DECISIONS AREN'T BOARD DECISIONS.

I WILL I WILL SAY THE REASON I SECONDED JOBBY'S MOTION IS BECAUSE I DO FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO DECIDE SOMETHING FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

I DON'T THINK WE CAN WAIT ANOTHER SCHOOL YEAR.

I DO RESPECT AND VALUE THE WORK THAT THE STAFF HAS DONE, AND I THINK FOR ME, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME OF THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE IN EVALUATING OTHER CAMPUSES. THAT MAY MAKE A LOT OF MY CONCERNS FALL AWAY.

IT MAY NOT, BUT PART OF MY THOUGHT PROCESS WAS PLAYING OUT STAFF HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO NOT GO BACK AND REINVENT AND REDO EVERYTHING THEY SPENT MONTHS AND MONTHS DOING, BECAUSE I THINK THE WORK IS VALID AND I THINK THE WORK IS GOOD.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT EVALUATION OR WHAT WAS WEIGHED AND WHAT WAS CONSIDERED IN OUR OTHER CAMPUSES THAT HAVE LOW ENROLLMENT AND IF AND MAYBE SOME IF THEN PACKAGES IF WE'RE TYING DLI TO, YOU KNOW, WHERE PINKERTON GOES AND A DISTRICT OUR SIZE AND THEIR CLOSE PROXIMITY TO EACH OTHER, IT'S HARD NOT TO DO THAT.

SO I, I UNDERSTAND THAT AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY MAY COME BACK AND SAY, WE'VE LOOKED AT EVERYTHING AND WE REALLY HAVE GIVEN YOU GUYS THE BEST.

WE'VE PLAYED OUT A FEW MORE SCENARIOS AND WE'VE GIVEN YOU GUYS WHAT WE THINK IS THE BEST OPTION.

I AM OPEN TO THAT, YOU KNOW, BEING THE ANSWER AS WELL.

BUT I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE EVALUATION THAT WAS DONE FOR OTHER CAMPUSES IS WHERE I WAS COMING FROM.

BUT I DO WANT TO DO SOMETHING FOR 25-26.

I WANT TO BE CRYSTAL CLEAR ABOUT THAT.

WE DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY OF WAITING ANYMORE.

AND AND THEN WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE NEED TO DO NEXT OR WHAT REALITY LOOKS LIKE AFTER THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION THAT'S ON THE FLOOR?

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I ALSO SHARE THAT I JUST HAVE A LINGERING CONCERN.

AND THAT'S WHY I'M LIKE, OKAY, LET'S JUST KICK THE TIRES ON.

AND NO DISRESPECT TO ANYBODY, BUT IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, THIS MONUMENTAL DECISION.

AND SO WHEN YOU'RE AND THAT'S PERFECTLY FINE.

I CANNOT HAVE INDEPENDENT THOUGHT.

I CANNOT, I CANNOT UNDERSCORE ENOUGH HOW MUCH I HAVE APPRECIATED THE STAFF AND MY ADMIN FOR ALL THE WORK.

MY COMMENTS WERE ABOUT WHERE MY THOUGHT PROCESS IS COMING FROM WAS IS NOT A JUDGMENT FROM ANYBODY ELSE.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYBODY OUT HERE WOULD NOT TRUST OUR STAFF, BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES WHO HAVE MADE THIS A DESTINATION DISTRICT. BUT WE ARE TELLING LIKE YOU DID, LIKE TRUSTEE BENTLEY DID.

WE'RE TELLING THE THOUGHT PROCESS WE HAVE AND WHY WE ARE PROPOSING SOMETHING, WHY WE ARE SUPPORTING SOMETHING, WHY WE ARE NOT SUPPORTING SOMETHING.

IT'S NOT THAT ONE TRUSTEE TRUST SOMETHING MORE THAN THE OTHER.

IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, ALLUDE TO THOSE KIND OF THOUGHTS.

IT'S MORE ABOUT WHERE OUR THOUGHT IS WHEN WE PROPOSE SOMETHING.

LET ME TELL YOU WHERE MY THOUGHT IS.

I DON'T WANT TO CLOSE PINKERTON.

I DON'T WANT TO CLOSE.

AND I KNOW.

I MEAN. AND SO HERE'S THE DEAL.

THIS IS A LEVEL ONE QUESTION.

YOU GOT TWO LEVELS, RIGHT? DAVID CAVINESS YOU REGRET SHARING THAT ARTICLE WITH ME? BUT YOU HAVE TWO LEVELS OF QUESTIONS.

YOU HAVE A LEVEL ONE, AND YOU HAVE A LEVEL TWO.

A LEVEL TWO CAN BE REVERSED.

A LEVEL ONE CAN NOT BE REVERSED WHEN YOU WALK THROUGH THE DOOR.

THE DOOR CLOSES. WE ARE WALKING THROUGH A DOOR WITH THIS VOTE, AND I LOVE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE NEED FOR THE NEXT STEPS.

BUT PART OF ME IS SAYING GIVE PINKERTON HER DUE.

SHE WAS OUR VERY FIRST AND SHE AND I SHOULDN'T PROBABLY HUMANIZE HER, BUT THAT'S THE WAY SHE, I WANT US TO UNDERSTAND THE GRAVITY OF THIS MOMENT, THAT IT IS THE FIRST SCHOOL IN COPPELL.

IT IS THE ONE THAT HAS SERVED US SO WELL AND SO LONG.

AND SO I JUST WANT US TO TAKE A MOMENT AND REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE.

AND I HAVE GONE BACK AND FORTH AND DOCTOR HUNT, YOU KNOW, I HAVE SAID, I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN RAISE MY HAND TO CLOSE SOMETHING THAT IS SERVED US SO WELL FOR SO LONG.

AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN AS A LEADER? AND FOR ME, I THINK IT COMES DOWN TO THE FACT THAT IF IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO, WE HAVE TO WE HAVE TO DO IT SEVEN ZERO.

RIGHT. EVEN THOUGH IT IS SOMETHING.

THAT HAS BEEN MY NIGHTMARE SINCE I RAN FOR THE BOARD.

RIGHT. AND BUT I THIS WHOLE DISCUSSION, I JUST WANT US TO TAKE THE MOMENT TO APPRECIATE THE MAGNITUDE, HONESTLY, OF WHAT WE ARE DOING.

I KNOW IT'S FELT LIKE WE'VE BEEN HEADED THIS DIRECTION FOR A REALLY LONG TIME, BUT AT THE END OF THIS VOTE, THERE'S THE DOOR AND. I JUST WANT TO I WANT TO APPRECIATE THAT MOMENT BECAUSE IT'S A BIG, A BIG DEAL.

SO I JUST AS WE TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING ELSE, JUST LOOK AT THE FACT THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING, THAT WE'RE CLOSING A SCHOOL.

AND WE AND WE'VE GOT TO BE WE'VE GOT TO LET THAT HIT US AND FEEL THAT COMPLETELY.

AND FRANKLY, I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN DO IT HONESTLY.

SO THAT'S A BIGGER DECISION THAN, YOU KNOW, BOTH ARE VERY IMPORTANT.

AND IF IT AFFECTS YOUR FAMILY, IT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT.

TOTALLY GET IT. BUT FROM A DISTRICT LEVEL, CLOSING A SCHOOL IS A MUCH BIGGER IMPACT DECISION THAN CONSOLIDATING A CHOICE OF DLI AS AND BROOK SAID, IT'S A MANDATED THING, BUT THE WAY WE GIVE IT, THAT'S A CHOICE.

SO. AND THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS.

I WANT TO GIVE FULL FREEDOM TO OUR STAFF ON HOW THEY WANT TO PROCEED.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR? SECONDED. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I JUST WANT TO PIGGYBACK ON TRUSTEE SETHI.

I'M WITH YOU IN THAT REGARD.

I THINK GIVING A COMPLETE AUTHORITY TO GO BACK AND DO IT AGAIN ON THEIR OWN MERIT, WITH NO STRINGS ATTACHED.

RIGHT. BECAUSE I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS, YOU ARE LOOKING AT IT COMPREHENSIVELY RIGHT.

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AND I THINK THAT'S IN THIS DAY AND TIME WE NEED SOMETHING THAT'S MORE BROAD AND COMPREHENSIVE VERSUS THE NARROW SET.

BUT PRESIDENT CAVINESS, I DEFINITELY HEAR WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM, RIGHT.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO BE MAKING SOME DECISIONS, I THINK BY TAKING THE FIRST ONE OFF THE TABLE IN TURN, DRIVES US TO.

TO WHAT TRUSTEE SETHI TALKED ABOUT AS WELL.

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

ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? THAT MOTION PASSES FOUR-THREE.

AND THAT WILL END THE MOTION.

MOTION WAS TO THAT PINKERTON ELEMENTARY BE CONSOLIDATED INTO OTHER CISD ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES, AND THAT THE ADMINISTRATION EXPLORE OPTIONS RELATED TO THE MOVEMENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM TO ANOTHER ELEMENTARY CAMPUS, AS WELL AS OPTIONS RELATED TO THE DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION PROGRAM THAT WILL END OUR ACTION ITEMS FOR TONIGHT.

AND WE DO HAVE A CLOSED SESSION FOR PERSONNEL PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.074.

TIMES 9:21.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.