[I. CALL TO ORDER]
          [00:00:04]
          ALL RIGHT. TIME IS 5:30, AND I'M GOING TO CALL TONIGHT'S SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF
TRUSTEES OF THE COPPELL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT INTO SESSION. 
          FIRST THING WE NEED TO DO IS ESTABLISH A QUORUM FOR MY RIGHT. 
          WE HAVE TRUSTEE ANTHONY HILL, TRUSTEE RANNA RAVAL,
BOARD SECRETARY JOBBY MATHEW, BOARD VICE PRESIDENT NICOLE BENTLEY, TRUSTEE SETHI AND TRUSTEE LEE WALKER, AND MYSELF. 
          EVERYONE IS PRESENT. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. WE DID NOT HAVE ANYBODY SPEAK IN OPEN FORUM. 
          BEFORE WE GO INTO CLOSED, I'LL JUST SAY TONIGHT'S TONIGHT'S MEETING REALLY IS THE FIRST
TIME, YOU KNOW, COLLECTIVELY AS A GROUP THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SIT DOWN SINCE DOCTOR HUNT HAS
ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT. 
          SO WE'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE MEETING WE'RE OUR JOB IS REALLY TO KIND OF START
NARROWING DOWN AND AND FOCUSING IN ON WHAT OUR PROCESS IS GOING TO BE. 
          I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND EVERYBODY'S ASKING,
BUT GIVEN THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO TO TALK COLLECTIVELY AS A GROUP THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. SO, YOU KNOW, OUR GOAL TONIGHT REALLY IS TO TO REALLY TO BEGIN FORMULATING THAT THE
DIRECTION THAT WE WANT TO GO HIRING THE SUPERINTENDENT IS ONE OF OUR TOP TWO JOBS, THE OTHER BEING THE BUDGET. AND REALLY THE ONLY EMPLOYEE THAT WE AS A BOARD
HAVE CONTROL OVER. 
          SO I SAY THAT TO SAY THAT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS LISTED ON OR SEVERAL THINGS
LISTED ON THE AGENDA. 
          WE MAY OR MAY NOT BE AT A SPOT TO MAKE DECISIONS TONIGHT,
AND THAT'S GOING TO BE OKAY. 
          WE JUST TOGETHER ARE HERE TO START MAKING THESE. 
          THE PROCESSES LETTING IT COME TOGETHER AND THEN YOU KNOW,
MOVING THAT PATH FORWARD AS WE BEGIN THE SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH. 
          SO IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANYTHING, JUST CHIME IN OR SAY,
THEN WE'LL. 
          OH, I THOUGHT YOU WERE STARTING THAT GOES BEHIND YOU. 
          OH, I THOUGHT I HEARD A PEEP. SORRY. WITH THAT,
THEN YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO CALL US INTO CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE 
          [IV. CLOSED SESSION]
SECTION 551.071 PERSONNEL AND 551.074 PERSONNEL MATTERS. 
          TIME IS 5:32. THEN I DON'T HAVE TO. 
          [V. RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION]
ALL RIGHT. TIME IS 8:42, AND I WILL CALL US ALL BACK INTO OPEN SESSION. 
          THANK YOU ALL FOR HANGING IN THERE WITH US. SHERRY. 
          APPRECIATE IT. ANY DISCUSSION OR ACTION THAT WE NEED TO TAKE OUT OF OUR CLOSED DISCUSSION. 
          [VI. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON ITEMS DISCUSSED DURING CLOSED SESSION]
NO ACTION. NO ACTION. BUT ONE OF US COULD SUMMARIZE OUR MEETING. 
          I NOMINATE YOU. I THINK WE DIDN'T HAVE A GREAT DISCUSSION. 
          TRYING TO FIGURE OUT NEXT STEPS F OR THE DISTRICT. 
          WE KNOW IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TIME, AND THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS TO CONSIDER. 
          I THINK ONE OF THE CONSENSUS ITEMS OUT OF CLOSED WAS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE EXPLORING
HIRING AN EXTERNAL SEARCH FIRM TO HELP US IN OUR SEARCH FOR OUR SUPERINTENDENT. 
          AND NEXT WE ARE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH DOCTOR HUNT TO FINALIZE HIS END DATE,
YOU KNOW, AS HIS AS HIS ANNOUNCEMENT WAS THAT IT WILL BE THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. AND WE KNOW THAT'S KIND OF FLEXIBLE. 
          SO WE'RE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE NEEDS ARE OF HIM AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT. 
          AND VERY IMPORTANTLY, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT WE ALL WE AGREE THAT THERE'S SO MUCH GREAT AND
IMPORTANT WORK GOING ON IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT RIGHT NOW, SO MANY INITIATIVES AS WELL AS OUR PRIMARY GOAL,
WHICH IS EDUCATING OUR KIDS AND GETTING THEM OFF TO THE SUCCESS THEY NEED. 
          AND WE AS A BOARD, AS WELL AS I KNOW, DOCTOR HUNT AND THE REST OF THE STAFF ARE COMMITTED
TO MAKING SURE THAT BUSINESS CONTINUES AND CONTINUES THE EXCELLENCE THAT WE HAVE BEEN HAVING THIS ENTIRE TIME. AND SO WE ARE COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT THAT
THAT WORK CONTINUES. 
          ANY ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OR POINTS YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO MAKE. 
          ALL RIGHT. YEAH. THANK YOU. IF NOT, I WILL TAKE ONE,
ONE MOTION TONIGHT. 
          MOVE. WE ADJOURN. SECOND. MOTION BY TRUSTEE SETHI. 
          SECONDED BY TRUSTEE NICOLE BENTLEY TO ADJOURN. 
          ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. WE'LL TAKE A VOTE. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? THAT MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO. WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 8:44.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.