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          >> [LAUGHTER] 
          >> TIME IS 5:30, AND I'M GOING TO CALL THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE COPPELL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. INTO SESSION. 
          FIRST THING WE NEED TO DO IS JUST ESTABLISH A QUORUM, WE HAVE ALL MEMBERS PRESENT TONIGHT, SO WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. 
          AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS THE PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS THE 2025/2026 BUDGET THAT WILL DETERMINE THE TAX RATE THAT WILL BE ADOPTED, AND WE ARE INVITING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THIS MEETING, BUT BEFORE WE GET TO THAT POINT, OUR CFO, MISS DIANA SIRKAR IS GOING TO GO OVER THE 2025/2026 BUDGET AND TAX RATE. 
          >> THANK YOU, MR. [INAUDIBLE] GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. 
          I AM GOING TO START THE MEETING HERE, GOING OVER JUST THE BUDGET CALENDAR AND SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT CISD HAS BEEN FACING, AS WELL AS RESPONSES TO THOSE, AND THEN TALK ABOUT THE MULTI-YEAR BALANCED BUDGET PLAN, AND THEN OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, MISS ERICA DEVOULD WILL COME UP AND TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE BUDGET NUMBERS. 
          THIS IS THE BUDGET CALENDAR, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE BUDGET STARTS REALLY BACK IN THE FALL, AND THEN IT GETS INTO FULL FORCE STARTING IN JANUARY. 
          WE ARE ALREADY DOWN HERE AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS LIST IN AUGUST 25 AT THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND THEN WE WILL MOVE INTO THE BOARD MEETING WHERE WE WILL ASK THE BOARD TO CONSIDER ADOPTION OF THE BUDGETS AND TAX RATE. 
          THIS SLIDE SHOWS SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT THE DISTRICT IS FACING. 
          THE IMPACT OF INFLATION ON DISTRICT COSTS HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANT. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, STARTING TEACHER SALARIES HAVE INCREASED 21% SINCE 2020. 
          THERE'S BEEN 142% INCREASE IN PROPERTY INSURANCE, A 34% INCREASE IN FUEL COSTS, AND OVER 8% INCREASE IN UTILITY COSTS. 
          THE INCREASE IN SCHOOL FUNDING THROUGH THE BASIC ALLOTMENT IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS IS LESS THAN A 1% INCREASE. 
          THE BASIC ALLOTMENT ALLOWS DISTRICTS TO SPEND FUNDS WHERE THE LOCAL NEEDS ARE. 
          THIS SUMMER, THE LEGISLATURE PROVIDED ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO DISTRICTS, BUT THESE FUNDS ARE REQUIRED TO BE SPENT ON SPECIFIC ITEMS, WHICH WE'LL COVER A LITTLE BIT LATER. 
          BUT RECRUITING TEACHERS AND RETAINING THEM IS A PRIORITY FOR COPPELL ISD. 
          IT REQUIRES THAT WE PROVIDE TEACHERS WITH A LIVING WAGE AND COMPETITIVE PAY INCREASES. 
          STATEWIDE, THERE'S A SLOWING INCREASE IN STUDENT ENROLLMENT. 
          THERE'S AN INCREASE IN CHARTER SCHOOL ENROLLMENT AND IN HOME SCHOOLING. 
          WITH IN COPPELL ISD, THE REGENERATION OF NEIGHBORHOODS THAT TYPICALLY BRINGS IN NEW STUDENTS HAS BEEN REDUCED DUE TO THE INCREASED PRICE POINT OF HOMES AS WELL AS HIGHER INTEREST RATES. 
          SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE FUNDED BASED ON A FORMULA WHICH USES A STUDENT'S ATTENDANCE RATE TO DETERMINE THE BASIC AMOUNT ALLOTTED. 
          ON TOP OF THE BASIC ALLOTMENT, ADDITIONAL FUNDING IS PROVIDED FOR STUDENTS THAT NEED ADDITIONAL SERVICES. 
          FUNDING IS NOT DETERMINED BY THE AMOUNT OF TAX REVENUE THE DISTRICT COLLECTS, BUT BY THE ATTENDANCE RATE OF ITS STUDENTS. 
          AS THE DISTRICT WAS GROWING AND HOUSES WERE BEING BUILT, AND AS WELL, INTEREST RATES WERE LOW, THE DISTRICT WAS PROJECTED TO REACH 14,000 STUDENTS. 
          HOUSING STARTS HAVE DIMINISHED AS THE MAJORITY OF THE DISTRICT HAS REACHED A BUILDOUT. 
          REGENERATION OF HOMES HAS SLOWED AS EVIDENCED BY THE AGING POPULATION WITHIN THE DISTRICT. 
          THE DISTRICT APPEARS TO HAVE REACHED A PEAK ENROLLMENT OF OVER 13,400 STUDENTS, AND ENROLLMENT IS NOW DECLINING. 
          THE PROJECTED DECLINE OF STUDENTS AS LARGER 12TH GRADE COHORTS GRADUATE AND ARE REPLACED BY SMALLER KINDERGARTEN COHORTS IS ABOUT 200 STUDENTS PER YEAR. 
          THIS EQUATES TO ABOUT $1.2 MILLION IN LOWER FUNDING EACH YEAR. 
          IT MEANS THAT THE DISTRICT NEEDS TO ADJUST EXPENDITURES TO MATCH $1.2 MILLION LESS IN REVENUE. 
          WE JUST LOOKED AT A CHART THAT SHOWED DISTRICT ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS AND HOW THEY WILL IMPACT THE BUDGET. 
          WHILE THE IMPACT IS BEING SEEN MOSTLY IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW, THE IMPACT IS STARTING TO BE SEEN IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS. 
          WE CAN SEE THIS ON THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          THIS CHART SHOWS PROJECTED ENROLLMENT AS OF LAST FALL AND THE UTILIZATION OF THE DISTRICT'S FACILITIES BASED ON PROJECTED ENROLLMENT. 
          BASICALLY, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL SEATS IN OUR SCHOOLS ARE BEING FILLED? AS YOU CAN SEE, THE TOP PART OF THE CHART SHOWS THE PROJECTED ENROLLMENT IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, AND THE UTILIZATION OF THE AVAILABLE ELEMENTARY SEATS AS A WHOLE IN THE DISTRICT. 
          UTILIZATION WITHOUT ADDITIONAL CHANGES WILL FALL TO ABOUT 75%. 
          UTILIZATION SHOULD BE MUCH HIGHER TO EFFICIENTLY USE DISTRICT RESOURCES. 
          MIDDLE SCHOOL UTILIZATION IN THE CENTER OF THE CHART STARTS TO DROP SIGNIFICANTLY IN 2029/30 AS LOWER COHORTS FROM THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS INTER MIDDLE SCHOOL. 
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HIGH SCHOOL UTILIZATION FALLS AROUND 2032/33. 
          THE DISTRICT NEEDS TO RESPOND TO THIS PROJECTED DROP IN ENROLLMENT BY ADJUSTING STAFFING LEVELS AS ENROLLMENT DECLINES. 
          THIS DOES NOT MEAN LARGER CLASS SIZES. 
          IT MEANS STAYING TRUE TO CURRENT STAFFING RATIOS AND BEING SURE TO REDUCE POSITIONS AS ENROLLMENT DECLINES AND FEWER STAFF IS NEEDED, BOTH TEACHERS AND SUPPORT STAFF, AND ADJUST THE USAGE OF FACILITIES TO BEST SERVE STUDENTS WHILE REMAINING COST EFFECTIVE AND GOOD STEWARDS OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS. 
          THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CHANGES IN THE PAST FEW YEARS THAT HAVE IMPACTED SCHOOL DISTRICT OPERATIONS AND FINANCES. 
          PRE-K IS REQUIRED TO BE FULL DAY. 
          THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS REQUIRING SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES HAS INCREASED OVER 37% IN TEXAS AND OVER A 100% IN COPPELL ISD. 
          ARMED SECURITY OFFICERS ARE REQUIRED ON EVERY CAMPUS, AND THE STATE RECOGNIZES THE NEED TO RECRUIT MORE PEOPLE INTO THE TEACHING PROFESSION, AS WELL AS HIGH INFLATION. 
          THESE CHANGES HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED IN PREVIOUS LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS, BUT WERE FINALLY ADDRESSED IN PART DURING THE 89TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION. 
          ON THE NEXT SLIDE, WE WILL SEE HOW SCHOOL FUNDING HAS CHANGED TO ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS. 
          THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE IN SCHOOL FUNDING, BUT IT DOES NOT ADDRESS SOME OF THE CHALLENGES FACED BY SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 
          MUCH OF THE FUNDING MAY ONLY BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE IT WAS PROVIDED. 
          FUNDING FOR PRE-K WILL INCREASE, BUT BY REDIRECTING FUNDING THAT WAS ALREADY PROVIDED. 
          FUNDING TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION WILL CHANGE FOR THE 26/27 SCHOOL YEAR, AND WE DO NOT KNOW THE IMPACT OF THOSE CHANGES YET. 
          FUNDING FOR SECURITY HAS INCREASED, BUT COPPELL ISD STILL HAS A FUNDING GAP OVER $700,000 FOR SECURITY. 
          THE LEGISLATURE PROVIDED FUNDS SPECIFICALLY FOR TEACH RAISES, AND THAT FUNDING MUST ONLY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. 
          FUNDING TO ADDRESS INFLATION WAS ADDED, BUT IT MAY ONLY USED FOR SPECIFIC EXPENDITURES. 
          FROM THESE FUNDING CHANGES, THE DISTRICT WILL HAVE APPROXIMATELY $2.9 MILLION IN NEW UNDIRECTED FUNDING TO ADDRESS RISING COSTS, BUT IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO REDUCE THE DISTRICT'S DEFICIT SPENDING. 
          COPPELL ISD IS WORKING TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN THE BEST TEACHERS. 
          THE CHART ON THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE SALARY FOR TEACHERS IN INCREMENTS OF FIVE YEARS, DEPENDING ON HOW MANY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE A TEACHER HAS. 
          COPPELL ISD TEACHER SALARIES ARE IN THE TOP SIX IN THE DFW METROPLEX FOR EACH FIVE YEAR INCREMENT IN EXPERIENCE. 
          HOWEVER, TEACHERS ARE ALSO FACING RISING COSTS. 
          THE COST OF LIVING INCREASE PROVIDED TO TEACHERS WITH FOUR OR LESS YEARS OF EXPERIENCE FOR THE 25/26 SCHOOL YEAR DOES NOT COVER THE 10% INCREASE IN HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS FOR AN EMPLOYEE AND THEIR FAMILY. 
          WHILE THE LEGISLATURE PROVIDED FUNDS FOR TEACHER RAISES THIS YEAR, THE DISTRICT WILL NEED A STRATEGY TO PROVIDE FOR A COST OF LIVING INCREASE FOR TEACHERS FOR THE 26/27 SCHOOL YEAR. 
          IN SUMMARY, THE LEGISLATURE HAS HELPED TO PROVIDE TEACHER PAY RAISES FOR THE 25/26 SCHOOL YEAR, WHICH RELIEVES THAT PRESSURE FROM THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, BUT BEGS THE QUESTION OF HOW THE DISTRICT WILL PROVIDE THAT COST OF LIVING INCREASE FOR TEACHERS NEXT YEAR AND EACH YEAR IN THE FUTURE. 
          PROJECTED ENROLLMENT TRENDS CONTINUE DOWNWARD INDICATING ABOUT A 200 STUDENT LOSS EACH YEAR FOR THE NEXT SEVEN YEARS, WHICH REDUCES FUNDING ANNUALLY BY $1.2 MILLION. 
          A $1.2 MILLION REDUCTION IN FUNDING AND THE NEED TO PROVIDE TEACHER PAY RAISES, WHICH TYPICALLY COST $2-3 MILLION, MEANS THAT THE DISTRICT NEEDS TO MAKE UP A $3-4.2 MILLION HOLE EACH YEAR. 
          FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MANY YEARS, THE DISTRICT REALIZED A DEFICIT IN 23/24. 
          WE ARE ESTIMATING A FINAL DEFICIT AROUND $8,000,000 FOR THE 24/25 SCHOOL YEAR PRIOR TO PROCESSING CLOSING ENTRIES FOR THE YEAR. 
          FOR THE 25/26 YEARS AND BEYOND, THE DISTRICT MUST MAKE LONG TERM SUSTAINABLE CHANGES TO ITS BUDGET IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE MAGNITUDE OF THE CURRENT DEFICIT. 
          THOSE DECISIONS NEED TO BE DONE THOUGHTFULLY, KEEPING ALL STUDENTS IN THE CENTER OF DECISIONS WHILE BEING INNOVATIVE SO THAT THE DISTRICT RETAINS ITS REPUTATION FOR HIGH ACADEMIC STANDARDS AND RESULTS. 
          MANY DISTRICTS THAT ARE STRUGGLING WITH SIMILAR ENROLLMENT ISSUES OR FACE SIMILAR FINANCIAL DEFICITS ARE HAVING TO TAKE ACTION TO BALANCE THEIR BUDGETS. 
          SOME ARE DOING SO IN ONE FISCAL YEAR BY REDUCING 
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SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF POSITIONS AND MAKING CHANGES IN SCHOOL SCHEDULES AND OPERATIONS. 
          SOME DISTRICTS ARE KEEPING EXPENDITURES FROM RISING BY NOT PROVIDING RAISES FOR TEACHERS AND STAFF. 
          COPPELL ISD IS TAKING A MORE MEASURED APPROACH BY IMPLEMENTING A MULTI YEAR BALANCED BUDGET PLAN TO REDUCE THE DEFICIT YEAR BY YEAR. 
          THESE ARE THE DISTRICT PRIORITIES REGARDING THE BUDGET. 
          MAINTAINING COMPETITIVE TEACHER SALARIES IS KEY. 
          THE BUDGET SHOULD ALIGN WITH ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS AND THE STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          BUDGET SHOULD SUPPORT THE DISTRICT'S MISSION, VALUES, AND STRATEGIC PLAN, SO COPPELL ISD CAN CONTINUE TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE AND MAINTAIN EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE. 
          WHILE SHORT TERM BUDGET CUTS CAN PROVIDE SAVINGS, LONG-TERM SUSTAINABLE STRATEGY OR PROGRAM CHANGES WILL BE NECESSARY TO PROVIDE LONG TERM SUSTAINABLE BUDGET REDUCTIONS. 
          HOW HAS CISD RESPONDED TO THESE CHALLENGES? THE DISTRICT IS ENGAGING STUDENTS EARLY AT PRE-K OR KINDERGARTEN LEVELS WITH MARKETING EFFORTS, INCLUDING POPSICLE PARTIES AND TOURS TO HELP WITH KINDERGARTEN ENROLLMENT. 
          THE DISTRICT EXPANDED ITS LIMITED OPEN ENROLLMENT POLICY THAT ALLOWS STUDENTS FROM OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT TO FILL EMPTY SEATS IN CLASSROOMS. OPEN ENROLLMENT IS DESIGNED NOT TO INCREASE EXPENSE BY ADDING NEW CLASSROOMS THAT REQUIRE NEW TEACHERS. 
          THE DISTRICT IS EXAMINING ALL FACILITIES AND THE UTILIZATION OF THOSE FACILITIES AND IS RECOMMENDING CHANGES. 
          IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT 82% OF THE DISTRICT'S BUDGET IS FOR PERSONNEL. 
          POSITIONS HAVE BEEN REDUCED OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS THROUGH ATTRITION. 
          DEPARTMENT AND CAMPUS BUDGETS HAVE BEEN REDUCED. 
          ONE ELEMENTARY CAMPUS HAS BEEN CLOSED AND DISCUSSIONS ARE BEING HELD REGARDING ADDITIONAL CLOSURES. 
          THE DISTRICT HAS IDENTIFIED AND IMPLEMENTED WAYS TO REDUCE DAILY OPERATING COSTS WITH APPROXIMATELY $7.8 MILLION IN COST AVOIDANCE ACHIEVED. 
          AT THE BOARD WORKSHOP ON MAY 12, THE MULTI-YEAR BALANCED BUDGET PLAN WAS PRESENTED TO ADDRESS THE DISTRICT'S DEFICIT AND BRING THE DISTRICT BACK TO A BALANCED BUDGET BY 2028/29. 
          THE PLAN THAT WAS DETAILED DURING THE WORKSHOP PROVIDES A ROADMAP TO GET THE DISTRICT'S BUDGET BACK INTO ALIGNMENT WHILE KEEPING CHANGES AS FAR FROM THE CLASSROOM AS POSSIBLE. 
          REDUCTIONS ARE PLANNED THAT WILL ALLOW THE DISTRICT TO USE ITS LIMITED RESOURCES TO BEST SERVE ALL 13,000 STUDENTS THAT ATTEND. 
          THESE CHANGES ARE NECESSARY TO ENSURE THE FINANCIAL STABILITY OF THE DISTRICT, AND IT IS OUR INTENTION THAT PROGRAMS DO NOT SUFFER. 
          THE PLANS INCLUDE SCHOOL CONSOLIDATIONS, WHICH WILL MAKE SUSTAINABLE REDUCTIONS IN THE BUDGET WHILE STILL ALLOWING STUDENTS TO BE SERVED AT THE DISTRICT'S STANDARD STUDENT TEACHER RATIOS. 
          THE PLAN INCLUDES MAKING PROGRAMS MORE EFFICIENT SO THAT THEY ARE SUSTAINABLE. 
          THE PLAN INCLUDES REDUCTIONS IN STAFFING FOR SUPPORT POSITIONS THAT ARE NOT CLASSROOM TEACHERS. 
          AS ENROLLMENT DECLINE EACH YEAR, THE PLAN INCLUDES REDUCTIONS IN TEACHERS IN PROPORTION TO THE DECLINING ENROLLMENT. 
          AGAIN, KEEPING THE DISTRICT STANDARD STUDENT TEACHER RATIOS. 
          THE PLAN INCLUDES REDUCTIONS IN OPERATIONAL EXPENSES, SUCH AS SHUTTLES BETWEEN BUILDINGS AND POSSIBLY AN IMPLEMENTATION OF A FEE TO RIDE THE SHUTTLES. 
          THE PLAN INCLUDES EXPANDING STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR WORK RELEASES AND FOR VIRTUAL LEARNING. 
          THE PLAN INCLUDES CHANGES TO SECONDARY SCHOOL SCHEDULING, INCLUDING FINDING WAYS TO SUPPORT STAFF IN A MORE EFFECTIVE STRUCTURE. 
          WHILE THE PLAN INCLUDES REDUCTIONS IN COURSES THAT HAVE LOW ENROLLMENT, ALL OF THE PLANS THAT THE DISTRICT HAS IMPLEMENTED SO FAR AND LOOK TO IMPLEMENT IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS ARE DONE WITH THE GOAL OF KEEPING THE CHANGES AS FAR FROM IMPACTING STUDENTS AS POSSIBLE. 
          THAT IS WHY ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY PROGRAM IS SCHEDULED FOR THE LAST YEAR OF THE PLAN, WITH THE HOPE THAT THERE WILL BE MINIMAL CHANGES NECESSARY. 
          WITH THE HOPE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO SUSTAINABLY RESTRUCTURE THE DISTRICT'S BUDGET IN SUCH A WAY THAT WE DO NOT HAVE TO IMPACT STUDENT PROGRAMMING. 
          ALL OF THE CHANGES ARE NECESSARY IN ORDER TO TAKE CARE OF THE DISTRICT'S TEACHERS AND STAFF AND PROVIDE THEM WITH A LIVING WAGE. 
          IN ORDER TO FOCUS OUR FINANCIAL RESOURCES ON REMAINING A TOP TIER DESTINATION DISTRICT, KNOWN FOR HIGH ACADEMIC STANDARDS, AND THAT PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL STUDENTS TO THRIVE IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY BELONG. 
          I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD MAY HAVE AT THIS TIME OR THE PUBLIC, AND THEN I WILL INTRODUCE MISS ERICA DEVOULD TO GO OVER THE BUDGET. 
          >> IT WAS THOROUGH. THANK YOU. 
          I KNOW WE ASK THIS MOST TIMES WE TALKED ABOUT THE BUDGET, 
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BUT CAN YOU JUST BRIEFLY EXPLAIN HOW IT IS THAT WE ARE PAYING $17 MILLION TO RECAPTURE, AND YET WE ARE IN A BUDGET DEFICIT OURSELVES. 
          >> AS I SAID, THE DISTRICT IS FUNDED BASED ON THE AVERAGE ATTENDANCE OF ITS STUDENTS, AND IT IS NOT FUNDED ON TAX REVENUE. 
          THE DISTRICTS FUNDING ENTITLEMENT IS CALCULATED BASED ON THAT ATTENDANCE OF ITS STUDENTS AND A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA FUNDING FOR SPECIFIC PROGRAMS, AND ANY TAX REVENUE THAT IS GENERATED ABOVE THAT AMOUNT GOES BACK TO THE STATE. 
          THEY RECAPTURE ALL THOSE FUNDS AND THE DISTRICT IS ONLY ALLOWED TO KEEP A CERTAIN PORTION OF THAT. 
          SOMETIMES PEOPLE WILL ASK, WHY CAN'T WE JUST LOWER OUR TAX RATE SO WE'RE NOT COLLECTING MORE THAN WE NEED. 
          THE STATE HAS WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS THE STATE WILL REDUCE THE SIZE OF OUR ENTITLEMENT IF WE WERE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          THEY SET THE TAX RATE, THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS TAX RATE, AND EXPECT THAT THAT'S THE LEVEL THAT THE DISTRICT TAX AT. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> I ASK ERICA TO COME UP AND TALK ABOUT THE SPECIFIC BUDGETS NOW. 
          >> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I WILL PRESENT THE BUDGET FOR THE 25/26 SCHOOL YEAR. 
          LET'S START WITH GENERAL FUND. 
          >> THIS IS A COMPARISON OF REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE '24 '25 AND '23 '24 FISCAL YEAR. 
          THE REVENUE BUDGET FOR '24 '25 INCLUDED TAX REVENUE THAT REQUIRED THE VOTERS TO APPROVE AN INCREASED TAX RATE FOR COPPELL ISD, WHICH DID NOT OCCUR. 
          THE '25, '26 PROPOSED REVENUE BUDGET INCLUDES TAX REVENUE ASSUMING THE PASSAGE OF THE INCREASED EXEMPTIONS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE APPROVED BY THE VOTERS ON NOVEMBER 2025. 
          EIGHTY FIVE POINT EIGHT NINE PERCENT OF COPPELL ISD REVENUE CONSIST OF PROPERTY TAXES, 9.51% IS PROVIDED BY THE STATE, 0.17% IS FEDERAL FUNDS, AND 4.4% IS LOCAL REVENUE. 
          THIS GRAPH IS A COMPARISON OF THE '24, '25 AND '25, '26 GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET, BROKEN DOWN BY FUNCTIONAL AREA. 
          THE BUDGET FOR INSTRUCTION IS INCREASING WHILE THE BUDGET FOR ADMINISTRATIVE AREAS SUCH AS INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP AND ADMINISTRATION ARE DECREASING. 
          HERE IS A BREAKDOWN OF THE EXPENDITURES BY THE TYPE OF FUNCTION. 
          PAY ROLL IS 72.87% OF ALL BUDGET FOLLOWED BY PROFESSIONAL AND CONTRACTED SERVICES, WHICH 10.7% OF THE TOTAL EXPENDITURE IS RECAPTURE. 
          IF WE REMOVE RECAPTURE, PAYROLL MAKES UP 82% OF THE TOTAL DISTRICTS EXPENDITURE. 
          NOW LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FOOD SERVICE. 
          FOOD SERVICE BUDGET, THE FOOD SERVICE BUDGET CONSISTS OF TWO FUNDS,240 IS THE NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM, WHICH SERVES OUR ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES, AND 482 IS USED FOR SECONDARY CAMP. 
          THE COMBINED FOOD SERVICE BUDGET IS PLANNED TO NET RIGHT AT 149,483 WHICH IS AROUND THE SAME FOR THE '24, '25 SCHOOL YEAR [LAUGHTER]. 
          WE'LL MOVE TO DEBT SERVICE. 
          I'LL MOVE THE SLIDES WITH THIS TIME. 
          THE DISTRICT DEFEASED AROUND $3 MILLION IN DEBT IN AUGUST 2024 AND EVALUATED THE FEES AND ADDITIONAL DEBT IN EARLY 2025. 
          DUE TO PROPOSED BILLS IN THE 89TH LEGISLATIVE SECTION, THE DISTRICT DID NOT DEFEASE ADDITIONAL DEBT. 
          THE FEES AND DEBTS THE DISTRICT MANAGE FUTURE INS RATES. 
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THE PROPOSED TAX RATE FOR FISCAL YEAR '25, '26 IS 0.57552 FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION AND 0.2267 FOR INTEREST AND SINKING, FOR A TOTAL RATE OF 0.9819. 
          THE PROPOSED '25 '26 RATE FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION REMAINS THE SAME AS LAST YEAR. 
          WHILE THE '25 '26 TAX RATE FOR INTEREST AND SYNC IS REDUCED BY 2.07 PENNIES. 
          IF PASSED IN NOVEMBER 2025, THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION WILL INCREASE FROM 100K-140K. 
          THE EXEMPTIONS FOR OVER 65 AND DISABLE WILL GO FROM 10K-60K. 
          CISD TAXPAYERS WILL SAVE $303 AND THE ADDITIONAL TAX SAVING FOR OVER 65 AND THIS IS $401. 
          THIS WILL CONCLUDE THE '25 '26 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET. 
          HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? 
          >> DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUICK QUESTIONS FOR ERICA? IF NOT, I'LL OPEN THE FLOOR JUST SINCE WE ARE IN A PUBLIC HEARING TO ALLOW THE PUBLIC HERE TIME TO TALK. 
          >> A QUICK QUESTION I WOULD HAVE WOULD JUST BE TO DEFINE DEFEASANCE FOR PEOPLE BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S NOT A WORD. 
          LAY PEOPLE ARE TYPICALLY USING ALL KNOW UP HERE, BUT I THINK FOR THE PUBLIC, THAT WOULD BE NICE. 
          >> DEFEASANCE DEBT MEANS THAT YOU'RE BASICALLY REFINANCING IT, AND SO YOU'RE PAYING DOWN SOME OF THE PRINCIPLES SO THAT THE DISTRICT WILL OWE LESS IN INTEREST LATER. 
          >> IT IS COMMON PRACTICE FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO KEEP THEIR TAX RATE RELATIVELY STAGNANT TO BE ABLE TO GENERATE SOME ADDITIONAL REVENUE SO THAT THEY CAN DO DEFEASANCE THAT ALLOWS SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO PAY DOWN ON PRINCIPAL, AND IT REDUCES THE LONG-TERM RAMIFICATIONS OF INTEREST PAYMENTS. 
          HOWEVER, THE STATE LEGISLATURE HAS MADE THAT MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT TO ENTER INTO DEFEASANCE PROGRAMS. IF YOU'LL NOTICE THE CALCULATION, WOULD YOU MIND GOING BACK TO THAT SLIDE BECAUSE IT'S AN INTERESTING PIECE. 
          GO JUST THREE OR FOUR BACK, IF YOU DON'T MIND, MS. SARKAR, RIGHT THERE. 
          WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS YOU'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT THERE'S VERY LITTLE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE AMOUNT THAT IS ANTICIPATED IN COLLECTIONS AND THE AMOUNT ANTICIPATED IN THE EXPENDITURE, AND SO THERE WON'T BE THAT CAPACITY TO DO THAT. 
          BUT I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT EARLY ON, MS. SARKAR AND I HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT UTILIZATION OF THAT, BUT IT'S NOW PRETTY MUCH OUT THE WINDOW WITH SOME LEGISLATIVE ACTION. 
          THE 178,000 DOES ALLOW FOR A LITTLE BIT OF CUSHION IF THE TAX COLLECTION PERCENTAGES MAYBE COME IN LOWER THAN WHAT WE ANTICIPATE. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD. 
          IF NOT, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE 2025/2026 BUDGET AND TAX RATE, SO IF THERE'S ANYONE HERE TONIGHT, YOU DID NOT HAVE TO SIGN UP AHEAD OF TIME FOR THIS ONE. 
          IF ANYONE OVER THE MATERIAL YOU'VE HEARD, WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD OR HAVE ANY COMMENTS. 
          NOW IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY. 
          THERE ARE NO ONE THAT IS WANTING TO SPEAK ON THE 2025/2026 BUDGET. 
          THEN THAT WILL CONCLUDE OUR PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS EVENING. 
          BOARD, WE WILL BE ADJOURNED UNTIL 6:00 WHEN WE START OUR REGULAR MEETING. 
          TIME IS SIX O'CLOCK. 
          I'M GOING TO CALL THE REGULAR MEETING OF 
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THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE COPPELL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THIS SESSION. 
          FIRST THING WE NEED TO DO IS JUST ESTABLISH A QUORUM. 
          WE HAVE TONIGHT, TRUSTEE ANTHONY HILL, SECRETARY JOE MATTHEW, VICE PRESIDENT, NICOLE BENTLEY, TRUSTEE JONATHAN POWERS, MYSELF, TRUSTEES, RAVAL AND WALKER ARE HERE, SO THEY'LL BE JOINING US IN JUST A SECOND. 
          WE DO HAVE EVERYONE PRESENT AND WE DO HAVE A QUORUM TONIGHT. 
          FIRST THING WE DO NOT NEED TO DO. 
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FIRST THING WE ARE GOING TO DO. 
          IS RECOGNIZE SOME OUTSTANDING STUDENT LEADERS FROM OUR COWBOY CULTIVATE GROUP. 
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TRUSTEES, IF YOU AND MR. WILLIAMS WILL ALL GATHER DOWN IN FRONT OF THE DIAS, AND I'LL TURN THINGS OVER TO OUR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS, MS. AMANDA SIMPSON. 
          >> THANK YOU. AS THEY COME DOWN, I JUST WANT TO LET OUR COWBOY CULTIVATE STUDENTS KNOW THAT I'M GOING TO CALL YOUR NAME UP. 
          WE'RE GOING TO SAY SOME NICE THINGS ABOUT YOU. 
          WHEN YOU COME UP, YOU WILL GET A CERTIFICATE FROM A TRUSTEE. 
          PLEASE SHAKE THE HANDS OF ALL OF THE TRUSTEES, AND THEN STAND THERE AND THEN WAIT TILL YOUR ENTIRE GROUP IS CALLED UP AND THEN YOU'LL POSE FOR PHOTOS. 
          I KNOW WE HAVE COPPELL STUDENT MEDIA HERE TONIGHT. 
          THEY'LL TAKE SOME PICTURES AS WELL AS MIKE OUT FROM OUR DEPARTMENT AS WELL. 
          I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW. 
          NOW WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT COWBOY CULTIVATE, WHICH IS A 4-H CLUB HERE IN COPPELL ISD. 
          COWBOY CULTIVATE HAS AN EXTRAORDINARY RECORD OF SUCCESS, REPRESENTING COPPELL ISD THROUGH FOOD AND NUTRITION PROJECTS, AMBASSADOR LEADERSHIP ROLES IN STATEWIDE COMPETITIONS. 
          THIS GROUP ALSO RUNS THE FOOD PANTRY AT COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL. 
          THROUGH THEIR WORK, THEY ARE MAKING OUR COMMUNITY A BETTER PLACE ONE BITE AT A TIME. 
          THEY TRULY GIVE US FOOD FOR THOUGHT, FOOD FOR SERVICE, AND FOOD FOR SUCCESS. 
          THE ICING ON THE CAKE, AS MANY OF US CAN ATTEST, AS THEY REALLY KNOW HOW TO WHISK UP COMMUNITY SPIRIT, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY SERVED DELICIOUS GRAPES TO CIST STAFF AT THE CONVOCATION BREAKFAST EARLIER THIS MONTH. 
          [LAUGHTER] THERE WAS NUTELLA, THERE WAS STRAWBERRY, IT WAS YUMMY. 
          THIS EVENING, WE PROUDLY RECOGNIZE THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS. 
          AS I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE COME FORWARD. 
          ANNABELLA AB PERK. 
          SHE IS THE PRESIDENT OF 4-H COWBOY CULTIVATE AND THE COPPELL CULINARY CLUB. 
          SHE IS ALSO A USDA MY PLATE AMBASSADOR, A HEALTHY TEXAS YOUTH AMBASSADOR, AND HAS THE FOLLOWING ACCOLADES. 
          SECOND IN THE STATE IN THE 2025 FOOD CHALLENGE, WHERE 100,000 PLUS YOUTH COMPETE AND THIRD PLACE AT THE TEXAS STATE FAIR. 
          SHE IS ALSO CURRENTLY FIRST IN THE COUNTY AND FIRST IN THE DISTRICT IN THE FOOD SHOW AND IS CURRENTLY COMPETING FOR STATE. 
          LET'S GIVE HER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. 
          [APPLAUSE] NEXT, WE HAVE ISHIDA PAJERI. 
          YES. SAY UP THERE. ISHITA IS A HEALTHY TEXAS YOUTH AMBASSADOR AND PART OF THE FOOD CHALLENGE TEAM THAT PLAYS SECOND IN THE STATE AND THIRD AT THE TEXAS STATE FAIR. 
          SHE ALSO COMPETES IN PHOTOGRAPHY AND HAS WON BLUE RIBBONS FOR HER WORK. 
          LET'S GIVE HER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. 
          [APPLAUSE] NEXT UP IS LINCOLN GARDNER. 
          LINCOLN IS A HEALTHY TEXAS YOUTH AMBASSADOR AND HAS PLACED FIRST IN THE COUNTY FOR THE FOOD SHOW. 
          CONGRATULATIONS, LINCOLN. 
          [APPLAUSE] NEXT, WE HAVE JACOB JOHNSON. 
          JACOB IS ALSO A HEALTHY TEXAS YOUTH AMBASSADOR AND A MEMBER OF THE COWBOY CULTIVATE CLUB. 
          LET'S GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. 
          [APPLAUSE] NEXT, WE HAVE NATALIE PET. 
          SHE IS A HEALTHY TEXAS YOUTH AMBASSADOR. 
          LET'S GIVE HER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. 
          [APPLAUSE] NEXT, WE HAVE LIAM GATLIN. 
          LIAM IS THE WATER AMBASSADOR FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS. PLEASE COME FORWARD. 
          [APPLAUSE] NEXT, WE HAVE MARIA CALVILLO. 
          SHE IS THE FOOD PANTRY OUTREACH LEADER IN COPPELL CULTIVATE. LET'S GIVE HER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [APPLAUSE] NEXT, WE HAVE MATEO MORALS MIRANDA. 
          HE IS THE FOOD PANTRY AND CULINARY OUTREACH SUPPORTER, AND HE PROVIDES SPANISH TRANSLATIONS FOR THE SPANISH SPEAKING STUDENTS. 
          LET'S GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. 
          [APPLAUSE] THERE'S QUITE A BUZZ AROUND THAT. 
          [APPLAUSE] THEN THERE'S QUITE A BUZZ AROUND OUR FINAL STUDENT, INS KADRI. 
          HE CONTRIBUTES TO THE FOOD SUSTAINABILITY AND POLLINATOR PROJECTS. 
          [APPLAUSE] CLEARLY, THIS GROUP HAS MASTERED THE RECIPE FOR SUCCESS, 
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CONSISTENTLY SERVING A FULL PLATE OF EXCELLENCE FOR COPPELL ISD. 
          [APPLAUSE] AT THIS TIME, I INVITE EVERYBODY TO POSE FOR A PHOTO WITH THE TRUSTEES AND THE SUPERINTENDENT. 
          COME THE WAY IN THE CENTER. [BACKGROUND] 
          >> I'LL JUST SET 1, 2, 3, ON THE COUNT OF THREE COWBOYS 1, 2, 3. 
          >> COWBOYS. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> ONE MORE FOR ME. HOLD ON, EVERYBODY. [LAUGHTER] 
          >> PERFECT. THANKS. 
          >> SAY UP FOR ONE SECOND, BECAUSE MR. WILLIAMS SAYS A COUPLE OF WORDS HE'D LIKE TO SAY. 
          >>> ONE OF THE JOYS THAT I HAVE AS SUPERINTENDENT, SCHOOL LEADERS ALL THESE YEARS, IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO JUST TO WORK WITH OUTSTANDING STUDENTS. 
          I HAD A CHANCE TO MEET THIS GROUP ON CONVOCATION DAY, AND YES, I WAS ONE THAT THEY FED. 
          [LAUGHTER] MULTIPLE TIMES, IF I REMEMBER. 
          [LAUGHTER] BUT THE THING THAT I BELIEVE REALLY JUST TAKES THIS GROUP TO THE NEXT LEVEL IS THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE A SERVANT'S HEART. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT SO MUCH, HOW MUCH YOU GIVE BACK TO OTHERS, HOW MUCH YOU GIVE BACK TO YOUR COMMUNITY. 
          THE WORK THAT YOU DO WITH FOOD PANTRY, YOU'RE TO BE COMMENDED, AND I JUST CHALLENGE YOU TO ALWAYS WORK AND LEAD WITH THAT SERVANT'S HEART. 
          CONGRATULATIONS, GROUP. 
          THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. [APPLAUSE] 
          >> NOW, BEFORE YOU GO, ONE LAST THING, IF YOU ARE A PARENT, FAMILY MEMBER, OR SUPPORTER OF THIS GROUP, PLEASE STAND SO WE CAN RECOGNIZE YOU. [APPLAUSE] 
          >> CONCLUDE OUR AWARDS NOW. 
          YOU CAN BE SEATED. I TEND THE MEETING BACK OVER TO YOU, MR. CABAN. 
          >> THANK YOU, MISS SIMPSON. BOARD, YOU GUYS, IF YOU WANT TO JUST STAND THERE FOR JUST A SECOND. 
          OUR NEXT THING UP IS OUR CLOSED SESSION. 
          [IV. CLOSED SESSION]
WHILE YOU GUYS, PARENTS AND COWBOY CULTIVATE, YOU GUYS ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO HANG OUT AND FINISH THE EVENING WITH US, BUT YOU GUYS ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO HEAD OUT IF YOU WANT. 
          WITH THAT, I'LL CALL US IN A CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 551 SPOT 071, CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY AND SECTION 551 SPOT 074 PERSONNEL TIME IS 6:09. 
          TIME IS 6:37, AND I WILL CALL US BACK INTO OPEN SESSION. 
          [V. RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION]
NEXT UP ON OUR AGENDA IS OUR INVOCATION AND PLEDGE LED TONIGHT BY TRUSTEE ANTHONY HALL. 
          [VI. INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - Anthony Hill - Place 3]
          >> YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN ME, PLEASE, STAND. 
          OUR DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO COME TOGETHER AS TO FELLOWSHIP AND TO DO YOUR WORK. 
          MY YOU BE WITH THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT, ADMINISTRATORS TO GUIDE THEM, GIVE THEM EYES TO SEE AND EARS TO HEAR THE CALLS THAT THEY HAVE UPON THEM TO MAKE THE DECISIONS NECESSARY. 
          MAY YOU LOOK OVER OUR STAFF AND TEACHERS, ENCOURAGE THEM AND SUPPORT THEM, AND MAY THEY UNDERSTAND AND ENGAGE AND HAVE BUILD STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEIR STUDENTS AND PEERS? YOU CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR STUDENTS, MAY THEY ENJOY THE OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK COLLECTIVELY TOGETHER, TO ENGAGE, TO LEARN, AND TO EXPLORE, AND TO DO ALL THAT YOU HAVE PUT BEFORE THEM, YOU LOOK OVER THEIR FAMILIES AND GUIDE THEM. 
          ALSO, MAY YOU LOOK OVER THE COMMUNITY TO COME TOGETHER, TO SUPPORT THIS LEARNING EXPERIENCE AND UNDERSTAND THAT THEIR NEEDS AND THEIR TALENTS WILL BE ABLE TO SUPPORT AND UPLIFT THE STUDENTS AND THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE IN THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT. AMEN. 
          >> THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. [INAUDIBLE] 
          >> THANK YOU TRUSTEE HILL. 
          THAT WILL TAKE US INTO OUR OPEN FORUM TONIGHT. 
          [VII. OPEN FORUM]
WE DID HAVE TWO SPEAKERS WHO SIGNED UP TO PARTICIPATE. 
          YOU GUYS WILL GIVE ME JUST A QUICK SECOND. 
          WE'LL READ OUR THING AND THEN WE'LL GET THAT UNDERWAY. 
          THE BOARD ENCOURAGES COMMENTS ABOUT 
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THE COPPELL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FROM THE 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 THE BOARD POLICY AND PROCEDURES MAY DO SO. 
          AT THIS TIME, THE BOARD ASKED THAT EACH PARTICIPANT'S COMMENTS PERTAIN TO PUBLIC EDUCATION AND BE NO LONGER THAN THREE MINUTES. 
          I JUST REMEMBER THAT PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, DURING REGULAR BOARD MEETINGS SUCH AS THIS, 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&G LEGAL AND F&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, AS WELL AS ALL BOARD POLICIES ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT THE COPPELL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT WEBSITE, WHICH IS EXCUSE ME, PELASD.COM. 
          WITH THAT, SECRETARY MATTHEW IS OUR OFFICIAL SCOREKEEPER. 
          WHEN YOU GET DOWN TO ONE MINUTE LEFT, HE'LL WAIVE THE 1 MINUTE PADDLE, AND THEN AT TIME WHEN YOU HEAR THE BUZZER, HE'LL WAIVE THE TIME. 
          AT THAT MOMENT, OUR FIRST SPEAKER TONIGHT IS SHANE POPE. 
          YOUR TIME WILL START ONCE YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. 
          >> HELLO. MY NAME IS SHANE POPE. 
          I LIVE AT 313 MEADOW CREEK ROAD. 
          ALRIGHT, I WAS EXPECTING A LOT MORE PEOPLE. 
          I WAS HOPING TO FADE INTO THE NOISE, BUT OKAY. 
          I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT TECHNOLOGY AT CISD, SPECIFICALLY BITCOIN IPADS. 
          I TALKED TO FIVE OR SO CHARTER SCHOOL PARENTS IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS. 
          EVERY ONE OF THEM MENTIONED IPADS AS THE NUMBER ONE REASON THEY ARE GOING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS AND WANT A CLASSICAL EDUCATION. 
          SOME ADDITIONALLY MENTIONED WANTING HOMEWORK. 
          I TALKED TO THEM A LOT, AND IT SEEMS LIKE IPADS ARE A BOOGIE MAN. 
          THEY DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW HOW THEY'RE USED IN CLASS, AND SO THEY ASSUME THE WORST. 
          I THINK THE DISTRICT SHOULD STRENGTHEN THE GUIDELINES, SLASH RULES ON IPADS, VERY SIMILAR TO HOW WE DID LAST YEAR WITH NO MORE TAKING THEM HOME. 
          THIS IS JUST RANDOM THINGS, BUT LIKE IPADS IN KINDERGARTEN TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO BE, I'M SENDING MY KID TO KINDERGARTEN AND SAME AS A CHARTER SCHOOL. THEY DON'T GET IPADS. 
          ALSO, SHARED IPADS IN A CART SOMEWHERE RATHER THAN AN IPAD FOR A KID. 
          PADS ONLY USED IN STEAM. 
          PADS ONLY USED FOR SPECIFIC PROJECTS, AND NO FREE FREE TIME ON IPADS. 
          I PERSONALLY DON'T CARE ABOUT IPADS, BUT IN SCHOOL BECAUSE I KNOW HOW THEY'RE USED, BUT FIVE OH FOUR STUDENTS SHOULDN'T BE AFFECTED LIKE STUDENTS WITH DYSLEXIA, ETC, THAT NEED IPADS. 
          THEN THE DISTRICT NEEDS TO FOLLOW UP WITH FAMILIES WITH THIS POLICY THAT SEE IF IT WOULD CHANGE THEIR MIND ABOUT COMING TO CISD. 
          THERE'S A SECOND BIGGER OPPORTUNITY ABOUT HAVING A CHOICE SCHOOL WITH A CLASSICAL EDUCATION WITH EVEN MORE LOCKDOWN RULES. 
          WE SAW HOW EFFECTIVE THE NO PHONE LAW WAS, NO IPADS GOING HOME WAS A START, BUT WE SHOULD PROBABLY DO MORE, AND WE SHOULD NOT DRAG OUR FEET WHILE WE LOSE MORE STUDENTS BECAUSE OF THE IPAD BOOGIE MAN. 
          THE DISTRICT SHOULD GET STARTED THIS YEAR AND HAVE GUIDELINES AND MARKETING IN PLACE FOR 2026. 
          THANKS FOR VOLUNTEERING. BYE. 
          >> HI BOARD. MY NAME IS BERTIE COLA LUNSFORD. 
          I LIVE AT 221 SIMMONS STRIVE. 
          I EMAILED ALL OF YOU. 
          HOPEFULLY, MAYBE YOU LOOKED AT MY CHARTS AND GRAPHS. 
          I'M A 2007 GRADUATE OF COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL. 
          MY HUSBAND IS A 2008 GRADUATE OF COPE HIGH SCHOOL WE'RE BOTH ENGINEERS NOW, SO WE LIKE TO DIG THROUGH DATA, GIVE US A CHANCE, AND WE WILL GLADLY HELP YOU. 
          OUR OLDEST DAUGHTER TO STARTED KINDERGARTEN AT ASTON ELEMENTARY, WHICH IS THE SAME SCHOOL THAT I STARTED KINDERGARTEN AT 31 YEARS AGO. 
          WE ALSO HAVE TWO FUTURE AUSTIN MUSTANGS, A 3-YEAR-OLD, AND A SIX MONTH OLD. 
          WE'RE HERE FOR THE LONG HAUL. 
          I'D LIKE TO FOCUS ON THREE THINGS. 
          A CLEAR VISION FOR THE PATH FORWARD TO A BALANCED BUDGET. 
          I'D LOVE TO SEE A BURN DOWN. 
          I KNOW WE'RE DIGGING THROUGH THE [INAUDIBLE] WRECK. 
          I KNOW THAT'S WHAT YOU GUYS ARE ACTIVELY WORKING ON. 
          I THINK AS AN INCOMING KINDER PARENT, IT WOULD DEFINITELY EASE SOME OF THE UNKNOWNS OF WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH OUR DISTRICT. 
          IN ADDITION, I WOULD IF WE COULD USE CITY OF 
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OPALS GOAL AND VISION OF A FAMILY COMMUNITY FOR A LIFETIME TO OUR ADVANTAGE. 
          THERE'S WAYS THAT WE CAN DO THAT. 
          YOUNG FAMILIES DO WANT TO BE HERE. 
          I KNOW SEVERAL PEOPLE, MY PEERS WHO WANT TO LIVE IN C COPPELL, BUT COULD NOT BUY A HOUSE. 
          THEY HAVE THREE YEAR OLDS. 
          THAT'S OUR [INAUDIBLE] THEY WOULD LOVE TO SEND THEIR KIDS HERE IF THEY COULD. 
          I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S WAYS THAT WE CAN GAIN ENROLLMENT USING OUR GRANDPARENT CLAUSE. 
          THERE IS A GRANDPARENT CLAUSE FOR LIMITED OP ENROLLMENT. 
          MAYBE WE ADVERTISE THAT, IT COULD HELP. 
          MAYBE WE OPEN IT UP A LITTLE BIT FROM WHERE IT'S AT WITH THE AFTER SCHOOL. 
          I DON'T KNOW. JUST OPTIONS. 
          I WILL SAY THERE'S SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT GOING TO A COMMUNITY MEETING AND SEEING AT LEAST FOUR MOMS IMMEDIATELY A FELLOW KINDERGARTNERS WHO STARTED 31 YEARS AGO. 
          THAT IS SOMETHING DOESN'T HAPPEN EVERYWHERE, BUT IT HAPPENS HERE, AT LEAST IN THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY, WHICH IS WHERE I'M FROM. 
          THE LAST THING I WANT TO FOCUS ON IS PROXIMITY TO CHARTER SCHOOLS AND WALKING DISTANCE TO AFFORDABLE HOUSES. 
          WE DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO CREATE ANY HOLES, ANY PUBLIC EDUCATION HOLES WHERE IT MIGHT BE EASIER TO WALK TO A CHARTER SCHOOL THEN GET TO A PUBLIC SCHOOL. 
          I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE THINKING ABOUT ALL THIS. 
          WITH THAT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR, YOUR CANDID CONVERSATIONS. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS COMMUNITY AND THAT I CAN COME UP TO YOU IN A MEETING AND YOU'LL TAKE TIME TO TALK TO ME AND LISTEN TO ME. 
          IN ADDITION, WE WOULD LOVE TO PUT A HEAT MAP OVER OUR WALKING MAP IF THAT EVER HAPPENS, IF WE GET ONE. 
          WE CAN DO SOME OF THAT DATA FOR YOU. WE'RE HAPPY TO HELP. 
          WHATEVER DATA IS THERE, I WILL DIG THROUGH IT AND CAN SEND YOU MORE CHARTS.THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          >> WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE INTO OUR DISCUSSION AND REPORT ITEMS. 
          [VIII. DISCUSSION AND REPORT ITEMS - SUPERINTENDENT]
MR. WILLIAMS, I TURN IT OVER TO YOU. 
          THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CAVINESS. 
          WE'RE GOING TO START TONIGHT WITH A PRESENTATION FROM THE SCHOOL HEALTH ADVISORY COUNCIL. 
          MISS JOYCE ALCORN WILL LEAD THAT PRESENTATION. 
          >> GOOD EVENING, BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 
          I AM JOYCE ALCORN. I'M THE COORDINATOR OF HEALTH SERVICES HERE. 
          I SUPPORT ALL OF THE NURSES, BUT I'M ALSO THE DISTRICT LAISON OR ONE OF THEM FOR THE SCHOOL HEALTH ADVISORY. 
          COUNSEL BETTER KNOWN AS SHACK. 
          MY COLLEAGUES THAT HELPED SUPPORT THE SHACK DURING THE 202-02-4205 SCHOOL YEAR INCLUDED AVAN WHITFIELD, FROM CURRICULUM, ALIS FORD, AND THE STAFF AND STUDENTS SERVICES, TANYA BARN FROM COUNSELING. 
          ALISHA BRON AND HALEY TOBIAS, FROM CHILD NUTRITION AND COLEN MICHAELS, ARE FORMER DEDICATED PE TEACHER. 
          THE FORMATION OF THE DISTRICT SHACK IS MANDATED BY THE STATE, AND OUR PRIMARY ROLE IS TO ACT AS AN ADVISORY GROUP FOR THE BOARD OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 
          THE COUNCIL CONSISTS MOSTLY OF PARENTS, BUT IT ALSO INCLUDES COMMUNITY MEMBERS, STUDENTS AND BOARD MEMBERS. 
          MANY OF US HAVE BACKGROUNDS IN HEALTH. 
          ALL OF OUR MEMBERS ARE DEEPLY COMMITTED TO THE HEALTH AND WELL BEING OF OUR STUDENTS AND OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AT THIS TIME, I HAVE THE PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE REBECCA ZANZI. 
          SHE IS OUR PARENT CHAIR, WHO IS JUST COMPLETING HER FIRST YEAR FULL YEAR. 
          SHE'S GOING TO SHARE MORE ABOUT OUR ACTIVITIES DURING THE 24, 25 YEAR SCHOOL YEAR. 
          >> GOOD EVENING BOARD. 
          AS JOY MENTIONED, MY NAME IS REBECCA ZANZI, AND I'M THE CURRENT PARENT CHAIR FOR THE SHACK COMMITTEE. 
          I WANTED TO FIRST SAY THANK YOU FOR GIVING US A FEW MINUTES DURING THE BUSY IMPORTANT BOARD MEETING TO GO OVER WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED LAST YEAR, AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS YEAR. 
          AS A PARENT IN THE DISTRICT, I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO TO CONTINUE TO MAKE OUR DISTRICT A DESTINATION ONE, AND CONTINUE TO PROVIDE OUR CHILDREN WITH AN INCREDIBLE EDUCATION EXPERIENCE. 
          THANK YOU. FOR THE SAC UPDATES. 
          AS JOYCE SAID, SHAC EXISTS BASED ON TEXAS LAW. 
          SHE GAVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THAT INCLUDES, WE HAVE A VARIETY OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON OUR BOARD, INCLUDING STUDENTS, ONE OF WHICH RECEIVED THE AWARD EARLIER TONIGHT, SO SHE'S AWESOME. 
          THIS IS A QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHAT OUR VISION AND MISSION ARE. 
          THIS IS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE OR THE PAGE ON THE CISD WEBSITE. 
          BUT A FUTURE WHERE EVERY CISD STUDENT CAN LIVE A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE, PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY SAFE AND REACH THEIR FULL PERSONAL HEALTH AND ACADEMIC POTENTIAL, WHICH ARE OBVIOUSLY CONNECTED. 
          THEN OUR MISSION IS TO PROMOTE SOUND SCHOOL POLICIES AND PRACTICES WITHIN CISD THAT WILL IMPROVE AND MAINTAIN THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS OF ITS STUDENTS AND FACULTY AND COMMUNITY, SO IT ENCOMPASSES EVERYONE THAT'S A PART OF CISD. 
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OUR 2024-2025 GOALS WERE TO FACILITATE INCREASED PARTICIPATION IN HEALTH AND WELLNESS LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS THE DISTRICT. 
          WE KNOW THE DIFFICULTIES THAT WE ARE FACING AND WE ARE TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO CONTINUE TO PURSUE THIS HEALTH AND WELLNESS LEARNING OPPORTUNITY IN A WAY THAT'S NOT COSTING ANYBODY ANY MONEY. 
          WE ADDED A NEW HEALTH EXPO DAY AT LEE ELEMENTARY FOR FIFTH GRADE, WHICH WENT OVER GREAT. 
          EVERYBODY LOVED IT. 
          WE PLAN TO DO IT AGAIN THIS YEAR. 
          WE ALSO HAVE THEM AT TOWN CENTER AND AUSTIN ANNUALLY. 
          IT WAS OUR SECOND YEAR FOR OUR MENTAL HEALTH EXPO AT CHS. 
          IT HAD INCREASED ATTENDANCE AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND WAS REALLY EVENT, AND WE HAVE THE AMAZING TEACHER OVER THERE TO THANK FOR WORKING WITH STUDENTS. 
          WE DID A VICTORY PLACE HEALTH AND WELLNESS CAREER DAY EXPLORATION FOR ALL THOSE STUDENTS AND THEN WELLNESS EDUCATION SESSIONS OCCURRED DURING THE SUMMER, BOTH LAST SUMMER AND THIS SUMMER. 
          TRAINING FOR CHS BAND AND ATHLETICS. 
          THAT WAS AWESOME. ANOTHER GOAL WAS TO INCREASE THE CONNECTION FOR THE DISTRICT AND COMMUNITY HEALTH RESOURCES. 
          WE HAVE A TON OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT LOVE HEALTH AND WELLNESS. 
          WE WANTED TO GET A LIST OF PEOPLE TOGETHER TO PROVIDE AS A RESOURCE AND ACT AS PARTNERS FOR CISD. 
          WE HAVE WORKED ON THAT. 
          THERE ARE ABOUT 30 ON THERE, RANGING FROM UT SOUTHWESTERN AND DALLAS ALL THE WAY TO PEOPLE HERE, AND EVERYBODY SEEMS VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT HELPING. 
          WE USE THOSE RESOURCES FOR HEALTH EXPOS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THIS PAST YEAR. IT'S BEEN GREAT. 
          THESE ARE SOME OF THE FUN PHOTOS OF THE EXPERIENCES THAT WE HAD. 
          I THOUGHT YOU GUYS LIKE TO SEE THOSE. 
          BUT BASICALLY, THE KIDS HAVE A GREAT TIME AND IT'S AN ENJOYABLE EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYBODY. 
          IT IS HELPFUL. 
          OUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS ARE CONTINUED TO GROW OUR COMMUNITY PARTNER RESOURCE LIST. 
          THAT'S OUR PLAN THIS YEAR FOR SURE. 
          WE ALSO WANT TO EXPAND THE HEALTH EXPOSE TO SERVE STUDENTS AT ALL CAMPUSES. 
          MIDDLE SCHOOL IS ONE OF THOSE ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T REALLY FOUND A WAY TO HIT THOSE SPECIFICALLY, SO THAT'S ON OUR LIST OF PRIORITIES. 
          THEN TO CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION SURROUNDING A HEALTH COURSE IMPLEMENTATION AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL. 
          WHICH ALSO LEADS ME TO THE FACT THAT ONE OF OUR OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES IS A REVIEW OF CURRICULUM. 
          WE DID DO THAT THIS YEAR WITH SOME OF THE COUNSELOR RESOURCES THAT THEY WANTED TO BRING BACK IN TO HELP SUPPORT SOME OF THE TEAKS THAT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO MEET AS WELL WITH THE RESOURCES THAT THEY'D ALREADY HAD. 
          WE APPROVE THOSE AND I KNOW WE'RE LIKELY GOING TO BE WORKING ON SOME OF THAT NUTRITION IMPLEMENTATION FROM THE NEW SENATE BILL 25 AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL. 
          THAT'S ALL I GOT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          >> I WANT TO MAKE JUST A QUICK COMMENT AND JUST ABSOLUTELY SEE THE PRAISE OF THAT GROUP FOR BEING SO PROACTIVE IN YOUR APPROACH. 
          I HAVE SEEN SHACKS THAT ARE MORE REACTIONARY, BUT YOUR PROACTIVE APPROACH TO PROMOTE STUDENT HEALTH AND WELLNESS IS VERY WELCOMED. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          >> SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS, I WOULD JUST ECHO THAT. 
          I REMEMBER AS A KINDERGARTEN PARENT WITH MY FIRST CHILD WHO WAS ABOUT TO TURN 24. 
          I WENT TO THE PRINCIPAL TO TALK ABOUT LUNCHES, AND THEN I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BETTER IF WE HAD WILDCOT SALMON, INSTEAD OF FARM RAISED SALMON AS AN OPTION, AND SHE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? I THINK OF A GOOD COMMITTEE YOU MIGHT WANT TO BE ON SHAC. 
          BUT FROM THAT WORK, I KNOW THAT WE HAD OUR SCHOOL GARDENS. 
          WE HAD OUR SALAD BARS FOR A VERY LONG TIME. 
          I KNOW SHAC LOOKED AT RECESS TIME AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. 
          I ACTUALLY DO HAVE A QUESTION AS YOU DECIDE MOVING FORWARD. 
          HOW DO YOU GUYS DECIDE? BECAUSE TO YOUR POINT, MR. WILLIAMS, THIS IS A VERY ENGAGED. 
          THIS ISN'T A CHECK THE BOX COMMITTEE. 
          THIS IS A COMMITTEE THAT REALLY FEELS THE PASSION OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          HOW DO YOU GUYS DECIDE? WE JUST HEARD ABOUT TECHNOLOGY FOR INSTANCE AND HOW THAT COULD IMPACT OUR KIDS? I KNOW YOU HAVE DIFFERENT PILLARS, BUT COULD YOU SPEAK TO HOW YOU DECIDE WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON? 
          >> SOME OF THAT IS GUIDED BY WHAT REQUIREMENTS ARE FOR CURRICULUM, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE ASSESSMENTS THAT WE DO THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, AND OUR GOAL INITIATIVES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND LOOKING AT THE SURVEYS THAT WE DO. 
          BUT REALLY, IT'S A DISCUSSION WITH THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 
          I THINK THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE A VARIETY OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS, INCLUDING STUDENTS, INCLUDING PARENTS, INCLUDING OTHER PARTNERS THAT ARE NOT PARENTS, TO JUST SAY WHAT IS THE FEEL FOR WHAT EVERYONE IS GETTING WITH REGARDS TO HEALTH AND WELLNESS. 
          I KNOW IT'S A HOT TOPIC. 
          EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT IT, AND IT REALLY IS IMPORTANT. 
          YOU'RE 100% RIGHT THAT IT'S A COMMITTEE OF PEOPLE WHO 
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JUST WANT TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING AND SUPPORT HOWEVER WE CAN. 
          IF ANYBODY HAS SUGGESTIONS, WE'D LOVE TO TAKE THEM. 
          I THINK WE'RE HAPPY TO DISCUSS ANY OF THOSE, BUT I THINK IT'S WHAT WE THINK IS IMPACTING OWN KIDS OR OUR OWN COMMUNITY MEMBERS TOUCH POINTS THAT WE DECIDE. 
          >> THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. 
          AND ALSO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU IN THE COMMITTEE DO. APPRECIATE IT. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT REPORT ITEM, WHICH IS HOUSE BILL 3 UPDATE. 
          YES, HOUSE BILL 3 UPDATE, MARY KENNINGTON, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION, AND HER WONDERFUL TEAM, WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT FOR US. 
          >> GOOD EVENING, MR. WILLIAMS, PRESIDENT CAVINESS, BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON OUR HOUSE BILL THREE GOALS. 
          AS A REVIEW OF OUR THREE OVERARCHING GOALS, THAT YOU CAN VIEW AT THE DIRECT LINK SEEN ON THE SCREEN. 
          WE TOOK BASELINE DATA FROM SPRING 2024 AND CREATED GRADE-DATED TARGETS OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. 
          YOU CAN SEE THAT FOR LITERACY AS A REVIEW? THE PERCENTAGE OF THIRD-GRADE STUDENTS AND COPPELL ISD EARNING MEETS GRADE LEVEL AND ABOVE ON THE STAR READING TEST WILL INCREASE FROM 72% IN JUNE OF 2024 TO 82% IN JUNE OF 29. 
          FOR MATH, THE PERCENTAGE OF THIRD-GRADE STUDENTS IN COPPELL ISD EARNING MEETS GRADE LEVEL AND ABOVE ON THE STAR MATH WILL INCREASE FROM 65% IN JUNE 2024 TO 75% IN JUNE OF 2029. 
          THEN, FOR CCMR, WHICH WE KNOW IS COLLEGE CAREER AND MILITARY READINESS. 
          THE PERCENTAGE OF CISD ANNUAL GRADUATES EARNING THE CCMR READINESS CREDIT WILL INCREASE FROM 83% FROM OUR 2023 ANNUAL GRADUATES TO 93% FOR 2028 ANNUAL GRADUATES, WHICH IS, OF COURSE, FOR OUR 2029 ACCOUNTABILITY YEAR BECAUSE CCMR DATA LAGS A YEAR. 
          THE DATA WE WILL REVIEW TONIGHT, WE'LL FOCUS ON THE ACTION STEPS AND PROGRESS MEASURES THAT SUPPORT ADVANCEMENT FOR THESE GOALS IN 2025 BECAUSE WE ARE NOW ONE YEAR END. 
          WE WILL REVIEW OUR PREVIOUS SPRING DATA FOR THE STAR READING TEST. 
          WE'LL BEGIN WITH LITERACY. 
          I'VE CREATED THIS TABLE TO SHOW YOU OUR BASELINE DATA. 
          FROM THE SPRING OF 2024, OUR 2025 GOALS, AND THEN OUR 2025 ACTUALS. 
          I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE SURPASSED OUR 2025 GOAL OF 74% WITH 77% OF OUR THIRD-GRADE STUDENTS AT THE PERFORMANCE LEVEL OF MEETS GRADE LEVEL AND ABOVE ON THE THIRD-GRADE STAR READING. 
          AS A REMINDER, REWRITE THE ACTUAL HOSEPAL THREE GOALS FOR THE ALL STUDENTS GROUP, BUT WE ALWAYS MONITOR OUR VARIOUS SUB-POPULATIONS FOR GOOD MEASURE. 
          IN ADDITION, YOU WILL SEE THAT WE EXCEEDED OUR GOAL IN ALL OF THOSE VARIOUS SUB-POPULATIONS, AND WE JUST BARELY MISSED THAT SPECIAL EDUCATION SUB-POPULATION GOAL, BUT WE DID GROW FROM OUR BASELINE. 
          AS A REMINDER, ALTHOUGH WE ARE JUST FOCUSING ON THIRD-GRADE STAR PERFORMANCE RESULTS TONIGHT, FOR YOUR AWARENESS, COMPREHENSIVE SPRING 2025 ASSESSMENT RESULTS ALREADY SHARED WITH THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ARE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC VIEWING AT THE DIRECT LINK SEEN ON THE SCREEN AND A HELPFUL SCREENSHOT OF THAT WEB PAGE. 
          SWITCHING GEARS TO EARLY CHILDHOOD MATH. 
          AGAIN, YOU WILL SEE OUR BASELINE DATA FROM SPRING 2024, OUR 2025 GOALS, AND THEN OUR 2025 ACTUALS. 
          WE SURPASSED OUR 2025 GOAL WITH 74% OF THIRD-GRADE STUDENTS AT THE PERFORMANCE LEVEL OF MEETS GRADE LEVEL ABOVE ON THAT THIRD-GRADE TEST. 
          A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE THERE AS WELL. 
          YOU WILL SEE IN ADDITION, WE EXCEEDED OUR GOAL IN ALL OF OUR VARIOUS SUB-POPULATIONS, SO A LOT OF FACTORS TO BE CELEBRATED HERE FOR SURE. 
          BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO OUR ELEMENTARY CORE CONTENT DIRECTORS FOR UPDATES ON ACTION STEPS AND PROFESSIONAL LEARNING, ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS REGARDING THESE DATA ELEMENTS. 
          >> MISS KENNY, I HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR YOU. 
          CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF WHY THIRD GRADE IS HIGHLIGHTED FOR BOTH EARLY CHILDHOOD READING AND MATH? 
          >> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S THE FIRST YEAR OF OUR STAR ASSESSMENT RESULTS, AND THEY DON'T JUST WAKE UP AS THIRD GRADERS. 
          IT'S THAT VERTICAL ALIGNMENT, THAT IMPORTANCE OF THAT PRE K, K-1, AND 2 IS REALLY SEEN IN THAT THIRD-GRADE YEAR. VERY IMPORTANT. 
          >> THIS IS JUST FANTASTIC NUMBERS, OBVIOUSLY. 
          COULD YOU TALK TO US ABOUT SOME OF WHAT YOU THINK LED TO THE IMPROVEMENT? 
          >> SOLID TIER 1 INSTRUCTION. 
          GOOD TEACHING IS GOOD TEACHING. 
          THE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES LOOKING AT THAT THROUGH A LENS OF MULTI-TIERED SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT IS WHERE THE MAGIC HAPPENS EVERY SINGLE DAY IN THE CLASSROOM. 
          OUR SUPPORT PERSONNEL, WITH OUR LEARNING COACHES, OUR LEARNING ACQUISITION SPECIALISTS, ALL OF THOSE ROLES THAT COME TOGETHER TO SUPPORT THE TEACHER IN THE CLASSROOM, REVIEW OF OUR CURRICULUM DOCUMENTS, CONTINUING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MEET THOSE TEAKS WITH RIGOR IN ALL SUBJECT AREAS. 
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IT'S A THOROUGH PROCESS, AND IT TAKES A GREAT TEAM. 
          >> QUESTIONS, FORMERS KENNINGTON AT THIS POINT. 
          >> THE ONLY THING I'M GOING TO ASK. I THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION. 
          BUT IF WE CONTINUE TO TREND AHEAD OF THE FIVE-YEAR GOALS, WHICH ARE NOT MODIFIABLE WITH TEA, THEY ARE WHAT THEY ARE THROUGH 2029, I'M ASSUMING, ARE WE GOING TO TRY TO KEEP ON THIS TRAJECTORY ABOVE WHERE WE ARE, SO THAT WE CAN MAYBE? 
          >> A GOOD TRAJECTORY IS ALWAYS THE GOAL IN COPPELL ISD. 
          WE NEVER SETTLE ON OUR LEAVES. 
          WE ALWAYS CONTINUE TO PUSH. 
          WE START WITH OUR BASELINE TARGETS. 
          WE DON'T HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL, UNFORTUNATELY. 
          WE GRADE DATE THOSE OUT AS BEST WE CAN BASED ON OUR PERFORMANCE LEVEL. 
          >> NO ONE SHOULD BE FEARFUL IN READING, SINCE WE HIT 77, WE'RE ONLY GOING TO SHOOT FOR 78 NEXT YEAR? 
          >> ABSOLUTELY NOT. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> GREAT QUESTION. 
          >> GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT CAVINESS. 
          MR. WILLIAMS, BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 
          MY NAME IS SABRINA CONNOR, I'M THE DIRECTOR OF ELEMENTARY LITERACY AND SOCIAL STUDIES. 
          I'M REALLY EXCITED TO COME BEFORE YOU ONCE AGAIN, THIS TIME SHARING SOME ACTION STEPS WE'VE TAKEN SINCE THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE AND THINGS THAT WE PLAN ON DOING THIS FALL TO JUST CONTINUE WORKING ON THOSE HOUSE B REGALS. 
          FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT JUST ABOUT OUR PRIORITIES WITH OUR ELEMENTARY LITERACY TIER 1 CURRICULUM. 
          ONE PRIORITY IS JUST TO CONTINUE THAT WORKSHOP MODEL AND STRUCTURE THAT ALLOWS FOR SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION, SO OUR TEACHERS CAN MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS. 
          THE SECOND TENON IS EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION OF SKILLS WHERE EDUCATORS BUILD UPON PREVIOUS LEARNING. 
          THEY MODEL THOSE SKILLS FOR STUDENTS AND ALLOW THEM TO PRACTICE THAT. 
          THEN THE LAST TENANT IS JUST LARGE AMOUNTS OF TIME FOR STUDENTS TO PRACTICE THOSE READING AND WRITING SKILLS INDEPENDENTLY IN PARTNERSHIPS AND IN SMALL GROUPS. 
          THE REASON WHY I WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND MENTION THESE THINGS IS BECAUSE, AS I CONTINUE, YOU'LL START TO SEE WHERE THOSE PIECES FALL AMONGST THESE THREE IMPORTANT TENETS FOR LITERACY. 
          ONE THING THAT WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE IN COPPELL ISD, BUT ALSO BE MORE INTENTIONAL ABOUT, IS OUR USE OF RAZ-PLUS. 
          RAZ-PLUS IS A PROGRAM FROM LEARNING ADS THAT WE PROVIDE TO ALL OF OUR EDUCATORS, PRE-K THROUGH FIFTH GRADE. 
          WE HAVE PURCHASED IT FOR ALL TEACHERS AND ALL STUDENTS. 
          IT DOES HAVE AN APP WHERE STUDENTS CAN PRACTICE THOSE SKILLS BASED ON DATA. 
          TEACHERS CAN ASSIGN SKILLS FOR STUDENTS TO WORK ON INDEPENDENTLY. 
          BUT THAT IS NOT THE MAIN REASON WHY WE HAVE READING ADC. 
          FOR EDUCATORS, IT'S MUCH MORE. 
          JUST FROM THIS SNAPSHOT, YOU CAN SEE THAT TEACHERS CAN ACCESS DIFFERENT BOOKS THAT ARE GRADE LEVEL APPROPRIATE, AGE APPROPRIATE, FOR STUDENTS, HIGH INTEREST. 
          THEY CAN SEARCH FOR THOSE BOOKS BY SKILL, BY TOPIC, SO THAT IT'S NOT JUST SOMETHING FUN TO READ, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO FOCUS ON THAT COMPREHENSION SKILL OR EARLY READING SKILL THAT THEY NEED TO WORK ON. 
          THIS IS JUST A DATABASE AND A BANK FOR OUR EDUCATORS TO CONTINUE TO PULL RESOURCES FOR TEACHING. 
          IN ADDITION, AS WE ARE SEEING STUDENTS COMING TO US, EITHER FROM OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT WITH GAPS AND JUST NEEDS THAT ARE BEYOND THAT TYPICAL GRADE RANGE? THIS IS A GREAT BANK THAT OUR EDUCATORS CAN ACCESS ALL GRADE LEVELS FOR THEM TO ALSO INFORM THEMSELVES ON HOW TO TEACH SKILLS, POSSIBLY. 
          IF YOU'RE A FIFTH-GRADE TEACHER AND YOU ARE TEACHING A STUDENT AT A READING LEVEL MUCH FURTHER BEHIND, WHERE CAN I GATHER THOSE SKILLS AND THOSE RESOURCES THAT ARE OUTSIDE MY TIER 1 CURRICULUM? IT'S REALLY A USEFUL TOOL FOR OUR EDUCATORS. 
          WHAT WE'RE DOING THIS YEAR IS REALLY TARGETING OUR PRE-K STUDENTS AND TEACHERS WITH OUR PRE-K PROGRAM, THERE'S A LARGE GAMBIT OF STUDENTS, CORRECT. 
          WE REALLY WANT TO EMPOWER EDUCATORS TO MEET THOSE STUDENTS WHERE THEY ARE AND TO CONTINUE TO GROW THEM BEYOND WHAT THEY MIGHT HAVE COME TO PRE-K KNOWING. 
          OBVIOUSLY, THAT FIRST PRIORITY IS THAT VOCABULARY, LANGUAGE, SOCIAL SKILLS, ALL OF THOSE GREAT THINGS, BUT REALLY TARGETING OUR LEARNERS WHERE THEY ARE AND HELPING THEM GROW PAST WHAT MIGHT BE JUST CONSIDERED TYPICAL. 
          IN ADDITION TO RAZ-PLUS, THERE IS A RAZ-PLUS ESPAÑOL ADDITION, AND THAT IS GIVEN TO ALL OF OUR TEACHERS IN THE DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM. 
          THAT'S JUST HELPING US ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS IN THE DLI PROGRAM HAVE ACCESS TO THE SAME RESOURCES, SAME MATERIALS, OUR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS IN THE DLI PROGRAM. 
          RECENTLY, THAT PROGRAM ADDED A SECTION CALLED FOUNDATIONS. 
          IT WAS A SEPARATE PURCHASE. 
          LAST YEAR, THE COMPANY REACHED OUT TO US AND ASKED US IF WE WANTED TO DO A PILOT. 
          HAVE SOME TEACHERS TEST IT OUT, SEE WHAT THEY THINK. 
          VERY POSITIVE REVIEWS FROM OUR EDUCATORS. 
          THIS YEAR, THEY HAVE MERGED IT WITH READING A-Z, 
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WHICH MEANS OUR EDUCATORS HAVE ACCESS TO THIS SIDE. 
          LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, KNOWING THAT WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT COME TO US WITH NEEDS OUTSIDE THEIR GRADE LEVEL. 
          OUR TEACHERS NOW HAVE ACCESS TO THE EARLY FOUNDATION; ALL OF OUR PRE-K5 TEACHERS HAVE ACCESS TO THE FOUNDATIONAL READING AND WRITING SKILLS PORTION OF THIS PROGRAM. 
          IT INCLUDES ALPHABETIC PRINCIPLE, FLUENCY, HANDWRITING, HIGH FREQUENCY WORDS, PHONIC PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS, ALL OF THE THINGS. 
          THIS CAME TO US AS WELL. 
          WE ARE GOING TO THIS YEAR, WORK ON TARGETING THIS PORTION OF THE PROGRAM AND REALLY EMPOWERING OUR EDUCATORS TO USE THIS AS A WAY TO PROFESSIONALLY DEVELOP THEMSELVES AS THEY TEACH THEIR STUDENTS. 
          ANOTHER THING THAT WE HAVE BEGUN THIS YEAR, AND WE WILL CONTINUE WORKING IS PROVIDING OUR EDUCATORS WITH A TOOL CALLED SUPPORTING ALL READERS. 
          THIS IS A K THROUGH TWO RESOURCE THAT OUR K THROUGH TWO TEACHERS WILL HAVE, AND IT'S A COLLECTION OF READY-TO-TEACH CONFERRING SUPPORTS AND SMALL GROUP LESSONS THAT HELP TEACHERS MEET THE NEEDS OF THE WIDE RANGE OF LEARNERS IN THEIR CLASSROOM. 
          IT IS WRITTEN IN THE GRADUAL RELEASE MODEL, WHICH IS THE EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION. 
          I'M THE EDUCATOR, I TEACH, I SHOW, I MODEL, I PRACTICE WITH THE STUDENT, AND I GRADUALLY RELEASE THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEM TO PRACTICE INDEPENDENTLY. 
          IT IS ALIGNED TO THE SCIENCE OF READING, AND ALL OF THOSE SKILLS THAT OUR EDUCATORS EITHER LEARN IN COLLEGE OR LEARN THROUGH THE TEXAS READING ACADEMIES. 
          BESIDES PROVIDING THIS RESOURCE PHYSICALLY, WE HAVE ALIGNED SEVERAL OF THE LESSONS TO DIFFERENT UNITS IN OUR CURRICULUM SO THAT REALLY SMALL PRINT OVER THERE IS JUST A SNAPSHOT OF ONE UNIT AND HOW WE HAVE GONE THROUGH AND SELECTED LESSONS THAT ARE ALIGNED TO THOSE TOPICS. 
          SO THAT INSTEAD OF 300-SOMETHING LESSONS, WHAT ARE THE TOP 20 THAT WILL MEET THOSE NEEDS? THIS IS AN ONGOING EFFORT THAT WILL TAKE PROBABLY THE FULL SEMESTER. 
          I'M GOING TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME ALIGNMENT WITHIN GRAMMAR AND THEN WITHIN OUR WORD STUDY. 
          AS A PART OF THE STAR REDESIGN THREE YEARS AGO, THE EDITING AND REVISING QUESTIONS WERE EMBEDDED IN EACH GRADE LEVEL EXAM. 
          IN THE PAST, THE EDITING AND REVISING SKILLS WERE ONLY TESTED AT THE FOURTH-GRADE LEVEL. 
          THE TABLE THERE SHOWS JUST THE AVERAGE PROFICIENCY FOR LAST YEAR FOR 2025, OF OUR STUDENTS IN THOSE QUESTIONS. 
          EACH YEAR FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, THEY'VE THROWN 16 QUESTIONS IN. 
          THAT'S JUST THE NUMBER THAT THEY LIKE. 
          BUT LAST YEAR, THE AVERAGE PROFICIENCY IN EACH GRADE LEVEL WAS IN THE 72 TO 79TH RANGE. 
          OUR STUDENTS ANSWER BETTER AND BETTER EACH YEAR. 
          THAT WAS AN AREA OF OPPORTUNITY FOR US. 
          THE WAY WE ALIGNED OUR GRAMMAR THIS YEAR, FIRST, WE JUST ALIGNED PHYSICAL RESOURCES. 
          WE WANTED TO ENSURE THAT DAILY GRAMMAR INSTRUCTION IS PRIORITIZED, IT'S COMMUNICATED AS A PART OF OUR CISD LITERACY BLOCK. 
          WE ENSURE THAT OUR RESOURCES ARE ALIGNED TO BEST PRACTICES AND THAT THEY MEET THE TAKES FOR TEXAS. 
          WE'VE ALSO PROVIDED AN EXPLICIT AND SYSTEMATIC SCOPE AND SEQUENCE AND PACING FOR ALL GRADE LEVELS. 
          THEN, AS A FINAL POINT, WE PROVIDED TRAINING AND GUIDANCE WITH EDUCATORS THIS AUGUST, LETTING THEM KNOW THE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE, EVERYTHING IS MORE TASK-ALIGNED AND MORE SPECIFIC. 
          THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT NOT JUST TO ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE LEARNING AND GROWING IN THIS AREA, BUT ALSO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT SUPPORTING OUR OTHER PROGRAMS, SUCH AS IB AND DLI, THE MORE SPECIFICITY WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE TO THOSE EDUCATORS TO ALL OF OUR EDUCATORS, THE MORE WE CAN ENSURE THAT THINGS ARE ALIGNED ACROSS THE DISTRICT. 
          IT WAS A SIMILAR PROCESS FOR OUR WORD STUDY PROGRAM THAT STARTED FROM SECOND GRADE THROUGH FIFTH, REALLY FOCUSING ON PHONICS IN KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE, BUT LOOKING AT WORD STUDY FOR SECOND AND UP. 
          WE DID THE SAME THING ABOUT ENSURING THAT IT WAS PRIORITIZED WITHIN OUR CISC LITERACY BLOCK, ENSURING THAT THOSE RESOURCES WERE ALIGNED TO THE TS. 
          IT WAS A FULL WALL WHITEBOARD AT CMS WEST, AND LOTS OF WHITEBOARD MARKERS AND ENSURING THAT EVERY STANDARD WAS MET FOR THAT GRADE LEVEL. 
          WE'VE ALSO PROVIDED EXPLICIT AND SYSTEMATIC SCOPE AND SEQUENCE FOR EACH GRADE LEVEL. 
          THEN WE PROVIDED A BANK OF IDEAS AND ACTIVITIES ALIGNED TO THE SCIENCE OF READING, AUTHENTIC WORD STUDY ACTIVITIES, NOT WRITING WORDS FIVE TIMES IN A ROW, NOT SPELLING TESTS ON FRIDAYS, BUT WORD STUDY ACTIVITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS THAT HELP THEM LEARN THE WORD PARTS, HELP THEM ACQUIRE THE VOCABULARY, AND JUST CEMENT THAT UNDERSTANDING. 
          >> THE LAST TIME I SPOKE TO YOU, I DID TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT PHONEMIC AWARENESS, JUST AS A REMINDER THAT TERM, IT'S THE ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND THAT SPOKEN WORDS ARE MADE UP OF INDIVIDUAL SOUNDS CALLED PHONEMES, AND PHONEMIC AWARENESS IS ONE OF THE BEST EARLY PREDICTORS OF READING SUCCESS. 
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IN COPPELL ISD, OUR PHONEMIC AWARENESS INSTRUCTION USES A BLEND OF AUDITORY VERBAL AND KINESTHETIC APPROACHES THAT HELP STUDENTS BUILD THE FOUNDATION FOR EARLY LITERACY. 
          THE GRAPHIC THERE IS THE PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS UMBRELLA, PHONEMIC AWARENESS BEING ONE OF THOSE COMPONENTS UNDER THE UMBRELLA. 
          THE REASON WHY I WANTED TO REMIND YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS IS BECAUSE THERE IS A RESOURCE FROM THE SAME CURRICULUM CALLED BRIDGE THE GAP THAT HAS BEEN AVAILABLE TO OUR SECOND THROUGH FIFTH GRADE TEACHERS. 
          LIKE I MENTIONED, WE HAVE A LOT OF SECOND GRADE TEACHERS THAT ARE ENCOUNTERING STUDENTS THAT HAVE EDUCATIONAL ACADEMIC NEEDS IN THE AREAS OF YOUNGER GRADES. 
          WE'VE TRAINED OUR SECOND GRADE TEACHERS IN THIS BRIDGE THE GAP RESOURCE THIS AUGUST, LETTING THEM KNOW THAT IT'S THERE ON THEIR CAMPUS AND HOW TO USE IT FOR THEIR STUDENTS WHO NEED A LITTLE BIT OF SUPPORT IN THIS AREA. 
          I MYSELF, WHEN I WAS AN INSTRUCTIONAL COACH HERE IN COPPELL ISD WORKED WITH A SECOND GRADE EDUCATOR WHO HAD A GROUP OF THREE OR FOUR STUDENTS WHO STRUGGLED WITH PHONEMIC AWARENESS. 
          SHE IMPLEMENTED THIS RESOURCE EVERY MORNING FOR 10 MINUTES, THAT TIME BETWEEN THE BELL AND ANNOUNCEMENTS AND SAW TREMENDOUS GROWTH WITH THOSE LEARNERS IN SECOND GRADE. 
          SOMETIMES THEY JUST NEED EXPOSURE AND OPPORTUNITY. 
          WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR SECOND GRADE TEACHERS CAN HELP FILL THAT GAP IF IT COMES TO THAT IN THEIR CLASSROOMS. IN PRE-K KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE, ALL TEACHERS AND ALL STUDENTS RECEIVE THIS INSTRUCTION DAILY AS A PART OF THEIR TIER ONE CURRICULUM. 
          THE LAST THING I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU IS OUR CONTENT ACADEMIES FOR LITERACY THIS YEAR. 
          PAIRED WITH OUR LITERACY CURRICULUM PREVIEWS THAT WE WILL BE DOING WITH TEACHERS ARE ALL GOING TO BE FOCUSED ON SOME OF THE SAME TENETS, WHICH IS USING DATA TO INFORM INSTRUCTION, THE READING AND WRITING PROGRESSIONS, MOVING STUDENTS THROUGH THOSE PROGRESSIONS, AND THEN USING SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION TO TARGET THOSE NEEDS. 
          THAT IS IT FOR ME. 
          ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? 
          >> QUESTIONS FOR MS. ANTHONY. 
          >> YOU GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS, YOU'VE GIVEN US A LOT OF INFORMATION. 
          HOW DO YOU GO BACK AND CHECK FOR UNDERSTANDING TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE ARE UNDERSTANDING ALL THESE RESOURCES, HOW TO USE THEM EFFECTIVELY. 
          WHAT IS THAT METHOD OR PROCESS THAT YOU UTILIZE? 
          >> OUR EDUCATORS ARE REALLY OPEN TO GIVING THAT FEEDBACK AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          THAT IS PART OF IT. THEY'RE NOT SHY. 
          I FEEL VERY BLESSED TO HAVE BEEN IN THIS DISTRICT LONG ENOUGH TO HAVE SOME GREAT RELATIONSHIPS WITH EDUCATORS. 
          LAST YEAR, MY FIRST YEAR BEING IN THE ROLE. 
          I DID RECEIVE A LOT OF FEEDBACK, EITHER THROUGH OUR ACADEMIES, THROUGH OTHER PROFESSIONAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, AND THEN JUST MYSELF BEING AN EDUCATOR AND THIS DISTRICT KNOWING WHERE SOME OF OUR CONSISTENT AREAS OF NEEDS WERE, IS REALLY HOW I JUST CAME UP WITH THOSE IDEAS. 
          THEN I BELIEVE YOU HAVE ASKED, HOW AM I GOING TO KNOW MAYBE IN A YEAR OR IN SIX MONTHS OR SO, IF THIS IF IT WAS EFFECTIVE TO DO THIS, WE'LL USE DATA IN THOSE AREAS TO SHOW IF IT WAS EFFECTIVE, AND THEN AGAIN TO JUST SURVEY EDUCATORS. THANK YOU. 
          >> I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR GREAT PRESENTATION BECAUSE THE LEVEL OF INTRICACY AND COORDINATION THAT WAS DISPLAYED HERE IS RUNNING THROUGH ALL LEVELS OF CPSD PROVES THE NUMBERS THAT WE SAW IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDES AND HOW MUCH WORK WENT INTO IT. 
          I WANT TO THANK YOU AND EVERYBODY ELSE WHO WAS INVOLVED IN THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          >> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT, AND I WILL ECHO MS. KENNINGTON AND JUST THAT OUR EDUCATORS PROVIDE REALLY GREAT TIER ONE INSTRUCTION. 
          >> I HAVE ONE WONDER QUESTION. 
          I MEAN, THIS IS AMAZING THE PRESENTATION AND THE NUMBERS, THE PROGRESS. 
          I'M JUST THINKING, HOW DOES OUR EARLY LITERACY PROGRESS COMPARED TO THE STATE EXPECTATIONS OR JUST THE NEARBY DISTRICTS? I MEAN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THAT NUMBERS, BUT I'M JUST WONDERING THAT. 
          >> I DON'T HAVE THEM WITH ME, BUT I HAVE LOOKED AT THEM RECENTLY. 
          IN GENERAL, OUR DISTRICT DOES, WHEN YOU COMPARE TO THE STATE, WE DO OUTPERFORM THE STATE PRETTY CONSISTENTLY IN A LOT OF AREAS, ESPECIALLY USING OUR CLASS DATA THAT WE USE TO FOR EARLY LITERACY SKILLS. 
          I DO GO OVER THAT QUARTERLY WITH OUR REPRESENTATIVE, AND WE ARE CONSISTENTLY IN ALL GRADE LEVELS OUTPERFORMING OUR PEERS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THEN ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS WELL IN CISD WITH THOSE EARLY LITERACY SKILLS. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT CAVINESS, AND ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS AND MR. WILLIAMS. MY NAME IS SAMIA KHAN, AND I AM THE DIRECTOR OF ELEMENTARY MATH AND SCIENCE. 
          I KNOW LAST TIME WHEN I WAS HERE, I SPOKE ABOUT SOME OF OUR ACTION STEPS THAT LED US TO ALL THE PROGRESS THAT WE'VE SEEN WITH HOUSE BILL 3 MATH GOALS. 
          TODAY, I WILL BE UPDATING YOU ON SOME OF THOSE ACTION STEPS THAT WE TOOK AND THEN WHAT ARE OUR NEXT STEPS? 
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THE BIGGEST PROJECT THAT WE STARTED WAY BACK IN DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR WAS TO UPDATE OUR CURRICULUM DOCUMENTS, AND MY PROJECT TEAM THAT CONSISTED OF OUR FABULOUS LEARNING COACHES AND MYSELF, WE COMPLETED OUR FIVE MATH AND SCIENCE CURRICULUM TOWARDS THE JULY 4 WEEKEND. 
          THE MOST IMPORTANT CHARACTERISTICS OF THESE NEW UPDATED CURRICULUM WAS THE EMPHASIS ON MATH MANIPULATIVES BECAUSE WE FELT THAT THE HANDS ON EXPERIENCE TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF A BACKS AFTER COVID, AND IT WAS JUST HARD FOR TEACHERS TO PLAN AND HAVE THOSE MATERIALS PULLED WHEN THEY WERE PLANNING THEIR LESSONS. 
          WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CURRICULUM DOCUMENTS SUPPORT THAT. 
          YOU SEE A LITTLE PICTURE OF JUST THE FIRST PART OF OUR CURRICULUM DOCUMENTS, WHERE NOT ONLY THE NAMES OF THE MANIPULATIVES ARE MENTIONED, BUT THE VISUALS AS WELL, SO IT'S EASIER FOR OUR EDUCATORS AND NOT AS TIME CONSUMING TO PLAN, BUT THEN ALSO EMPHASIZING SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION AND THE WORKSHOP MODEL WHEN IT COMES TO MATH INSTRUCTION. 
          WE HOSTED OUR CURRICULUM UPDATE BECAUSE, OF COURSE, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR TEACHERS TO SEE THESE NEW DOCUMENTS. 
          HOW TO UTILIZE THEM. 
          WE HAD OUR CURRICULUM UPDATE ON AUGUST 6 TO GET ALL THE EDUCATORS AND INSTRUCTION LEADERS ON THE SAME PAGE WHEN IT CAME TO OUR NEW DOCUMENTS. 
          MY TEAM AND I, WE FEEL THAT THESE CHANGES WILL HELP OUR EDUCATORS PLAN MATH INSTRUCTION MORE INTENTIONALLY SO THAT THEY CAN MEET THE NEEDS OF ALL THE LEARNERS. 
          LAST YEAR, WE ALSO INTRODUCED STEMSCOPES, ACCELERATE LEARNING IS THE PARENT COMPANY AND STEMSCOPES IS ONE OF THEIR PRODUCTS THAT WE USE. 
          WE INTRODUCED THAT AS OUR PRIMARY MATH RESOURCE FOR EDUCATORS. 
          THERE WAS SELECTIVE, MAYBE WE CAN REFER TO IT AS SMALL GROUP WHERE WE TRAINED OUR EDUCATORS LEARNING COACHES AND THEN ALSO THROUGH OUR ACADEMIES. 
          BUT BECAUSE THIS IS A PRIMARY RESOURCE, IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT WE HAD ALL K5 EDUCATORS TRAINED ON IT. 
          ON AUGUST 7, WE HAD OUR TEACHERS MEET IN THEIR GRADE LEVEL GROUPS, AND THERE WERE TRAINERS THAT CAME FROM STEMSCOPES AND THEY TRAINED ALL OF OUR EDUCATORS TO USE THIS RESOURCE. 
          EVEN THOUGH I WANT TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS RESOURCE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A DIGITAL PLATFORM, AND THERE ARE OPTIONS WHERE EDUCATORS CAN ASSIGN SOME TASKS. 
          BUT I WOULD SAY ABOUT 80-85% OF THE CONTENT IS PAPER BASED BECAUSE AGAIN, LIKE US, OUR PHILOSOPHIES ALIGNED WHERE WE WANT TO EMPHASIZE THE USE OF HANDS ON MATERIALS AND THEN ALSO PROCESSING THE QUESTIONS ON PAPER AND PENCIL AND TALKING ABOUT IT. 
          MATH DISCOURSE IS IMPORTANT, COLLABORATIVE WORK AND INDIVIDUAL WORK AS WELL. 
          OF COURSE, OUR ASSESSMENTS ARE ON TECHNOLOGY. 
          WE DO WANT OUR LEARNERS TO HAVE THAT EXPOSURE. 
          THERE ARE SOME GAMES THAT KIDS CAN PLAY, BUT LIKE YOU CAN SEE THIS EXAMPLE, IT'S A FLUENCY BUILDER, THOSE THREE PICTURES ON TOP. 
          BUT IT'S LIKE A GO FISH GAME THAT KIDS WOULD PLAY WITH EACH OTHER WITH THEIR PEERS. 
          JUST TODAY, I WAS TALKING TO ONE OF OUR EDUCATORS AND WE TALKED ABOUT HOW THESE ARE GAME PIECES THAT TEACHERS MIGHT HAVE TO CUT, BUT YOU CAN INVOLVE PARENTS. 
          ROOM PARENTS COULD BE ASKED TO COME AND CREATE THESE GAME CARDS, MAYBE LAMINATE THEM. 
          SO THAT THE TEACHERS CAN USE THEM IN THE CLASSROOM. 
          THERE WAS THAT ENGAGEMENT, AND THEY WILL GET TO SEE THE RESOURCE AS WELL. THAT WAY. 
          FOR THIS YEAR, WE ALSO LOOKING AT OUR DATA AND LOOKING AT HOW OUR KIDS PERFORMED, NOT JUST MATH OVERALL, BUT MS. DAPHNE PRESENTS OR SHARES THESE SPREADSHEETS THAT BREAK DOWN TEAK BY TEAK, HOW OUR KIDS PERFORMED. 
          BUT FOR THIS YEAR, I WANTED US TO FOCUS ON PROBLEM SOLVING AND THINKING SKILLS. 
          OUR MATH ACADEMIES THAT WE DO IN FALL AND SPRING WILL BE FOCUSED AROUND BUILDING THINKING CLASSROOMS, SPECIFICALLY FOR KINDER THROUGH FIFTH GRADE LEARNERS. 
          IN FALL, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THIRD THROUGH FIFTH GRADE EDUCATORS, TWO EDUCATORS COME FROM EACH CAMPUS, AND WE ATTEND THIS TRAINING AND THEN IN SPRING, BECAUSE IN SPRING OUR KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE, SECOND GRADE TEACHERS ARE WILLING TO LEAVE THEIR KIDS BEHIND WITH A SUBSTITUTE. 
          WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THOSE HABITS BUILT. 
          BUT IN SPRING WE'LL TRAIN AND KINDER THROUGH SECOND GRADE TEACHERS IN BUILDING THINKING CLASSROOMS AND JUST DEVELOPING THOSE SKILLS, PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS IN OUR LEARNERS. 
          THEN HOPEFULLY, ONCE WE GET THOSE TEACHERS TRAINED, WE WILL ADD THIS RESOURCE INTO OUR CURRICULUM DOCUMENTS, JUST BECAUSE I'M SAYING THAT THE DOCUMENT WAS DONE DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S DONE.IT'S A LIVING DOCUMENT. 
          WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO ADD RESOURCES TO IT. 
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THEN LET'S TALK ABOUT MATH ACADEMIES. 
          WELL, IN GETTING IN CONTACT WITH REGION TEN TO GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS. 
          HERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A HISTORY LESSON. 
          IF YOU WERE TO GO TO REGION 10'S WEBSITE, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THEY DO HAVE MATH ACHIEVEMENT ACADEMIES. 
          THAT'S WHY I HAD IT UNDERLINED. 
          THIS WAS PART OF SENATE BILL 934 THAT CAME OUT IN 2015, AND OUR REGION AND THE STATE OF TEXAS WANTED US TO HAVE THOSE MATH ACHIEVEMENT ACADEMIES. 
          NOW, THESE ACADEMIES ARE GRADE SPECIFIC. 
          THERE'S A KINDER AND FIRST GRADE SESSION, THREE DAY SESSIONS, TRAINING, SECOND GRADE, THIRD GRADE, FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE. 
          BUT THIS CURRENT READING ACADEMY IS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED OR IS SUPPOSED TO BE DESIGNED FOR KINDER THROUGH THIRD GRADE COLLECTIVELY. 
          SO IT'S NOT READY YET. 
          THE CONTENT IS NOT YET READY YET. 
          IN MY CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR REPRESENTATIVE FROM REGION 10, THEY FEEL LIKE IT WOULD BE VERY SIMILAR TO THE MATH ACHIEVEMENT ACADEMIES. 
          BUT AGAIN, IT'S NOT READY. 
          THEY ARE PLANNING TO PILOT THE PROGRAM IN '26, '27 AND THEN OFFICIALLY LAUNCH IT IN '27, '28. 
          THEY FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT THE PATTERN OR THE WAY IT'S CONDUCTED IS GOING TO BE CLOSELY ALIGNED TO READING ACADEMIES. 
          THEY ALSO FEEL THE CONTENT MAY BE SIMILAR TO THE ACHIEVEMENT ACADEMIES, BUT WE DON'T KNOW UNTIL IT'S READY. 
          THESE ACHIEVEMENT ACADEMIES ARE CURRENTLY OFFERED ONLY IN THE SUMMER, AND FOR TEACHERS WHO CHOOSE TO ATTEND THEM, THEY DO GET A LITTLE STIPEND FOR THAT. 
          BUT I'M EXCITED TO SEE ONCE THIS PROGRAM IS LAUNCHED BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE SEEN GREAT THINGS COMING OUT OF THE READING ACADEMIES. 
          NEXT, I WANT TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE THIS YEAR AND MOST OF IT IS THE SAME. 
          THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BEING TWO EXEMPLARS, WHICH YOU SEE A LITTLE ICON FOR IT, AND WHAT IT IS IS BASICALLY WORD PROBLEMS. LIKE I SAID, LOOKING AT OUR LEARNERS SPECIFICALLY IN THIRD GRADE AND FOURTH AND A LITTLE BIT IN FIFTH. 
          THEY STRUGGLED WITH THOSE MULTIPLE STEP PROBLEMS OR WORD PROBLEMS. I FELT LIKE IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR EDUCATORS TO HAVE THIS RESOURCE. 
          WE USED TO HAVE IT. 
          THEN WE DIDN'T FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AND I FELT LIKE IT WAS VERY NEEDED. 
          THE PROBLEM THAT YOU SEE EXTRA SNACK BARS IS WELL, IT'S AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE LEARNERS GET. 
          IT'S NOT TECHNOLOGY, ONLY TEACHERS HAVE ACCESS TO THE RESOURCE AND THEY CAN USE THE WORD PROBLEMS ALIGNED WITH THE TEAS. 
          THE PRODUCT GIVES THEM THREE LEVELS OF WORD PROBLEMS, SO THEY MAY LOOK THE SAME. 
          THE NUMBERS MIGHT BE DIFFERENT OR ONE OR TWO STEPS MIGHT BE REDUCED. 
          IT ADDRESSES THE NEEDS OF OUR HIGH ACHIEVING LEARNERS, OUR ON LEVEL LEARNERS, AND THOSE THAT STRUGGLE A LITTLE BIT AS WELL. 
          I FEEL LIKE THAT'S A WONDERFUL RESOURCE THAT OUR TEACHERS WOULD BENEFIT FROM AND OUR LEARNERS WOULD BENEFIT FROM. 
          THE SECOND RESOURCE THAT WE ACQUIRED IS FRAX. 
          IT'S THE SAME PARENT COMPANY THAT DOES REFLEX. 
          THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT REFLEX ADDRESSES OUR FACT FLUENCY AND ADDITION SUBTRACTION, MULTIPLICATION DIVISION FOR OUR YOUNGER LEARNERS, AND FRAX FOCUSES ON FRACTION FLUENCY. 
          FOR OUR THIRD, FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE LEARNERS. 
          WE PILOTED THE PROGRAM LAST YEAR, AND WITH ALL OF OUR ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES AND THE KIDS LOVED IT. 
          ANYTIME THAT I WOULD WALK, THE TEACHERS WOULD EXPRESS EXCITEMENT THAT THEIR KIDS ARE EXCITED ABOUT IT. 
          WE FELT THAT WE CAN INTRODUCE THAT, AND IT WOULD HELP WITH THE FRACTION FLUENCY AND UNDERSTANDING WITH OUR LEARNERS. 
          I MEAN, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THE GROWTH IN BOTH OF THOSE AREAS WITH OUR LEARNERS. 
          THE LAST THING I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IS WE CAN LOOK AT DATA ALL DAY LONG, BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE USING THAT DATA TO DRIVE OUR INSTRUCTION. 
          AFTER OUR BEGINNING OF THE YEAR MAP WINDOW CLOSES, AND ALSO AFTER MIDDLE OF THE YEAR MAP WINDOW CLOSES, I PLAN TO MEET WITH OUR PRINCIPALS AND POSSIBLY THE TEAM LEADS FOR THE GRADE LEVELS, BECAUSE WE CAN TALK TO OUR ADMINISTRATION, BUT REALLY IT'S THE CLASSROOM TEACHERS THAT ARE LOOKING AT THAT DATA AND ARE VISITING WITH THE LEARNERS. 
          MAYBE JUST THE TEAM LEADS FOR THAT GRADE LEVEL AND THEN THEY CAN HAVE THE CONVERSATION, I'LL LEAVE IT UP TO THE PRINCIPALS, BECAUSE SOMETIMES THAT SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION IS BENEFICIAL. 
          JUST MEETING WITH THOSE TEACHERS AND THOSE ADS OR INSTRUCTION LEADERS TO GO OVER THAT DATA. 
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I KNOW OUR EDUCATORS AND CAMPUSES LOOK VERY CLOSELY AT THOSE LEARNERS THAT FALL IN THE 0-20TH PERCENTILE OR THE 20-40TH. 
          BUT WE ALSO NEED TO TALK ABOUT HOW CAN WE HAVE THOSE KIDS AND ALSO THE THIRD QUINTILE, THE 40-60TH AND HAVE THEM GROW INTO THE LAST TWO ABOVE SIX ALL THE WAY UP TO 100. 
          JUST LOOKING AT THAT, AND THEN ALSO LOOKING AT OUR SUB-POPULATION, BECAUSE SOMETIMES, YES, OUR GOAL IS TO LOOK AT THAT OVERALL, BUT THEN ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF ALL LEARNERS AND NOT JUST OVERALL. 
          BASED ON THESE ACTION STEPS, AND I KNOW THE HARD WORK OF OUR PHENOMENAL EDUCATORS, I FEEL CONFIDENT THAT OUR LEARNERS WILL CONTINUE TO MEET AND EXCEED GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATIONS. 
          I'LL TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS NOW. 
          >> GO AHEAD. MS. KHAN, I KNOW THAT YOU WE WITH YOUR PARTNER, MS. SABRINA KHAN AS WELL, BECAUSE YOU TALKED ABOUT THE EXEMPLARS AND WORD PROBLEMS. WE KNOW OVER THE YEARS IT'S ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF THOSE CHALLENGING THINGS. 
          >> YES. 
          >> HOW DO YOU PARTNER AND WORK TOGETHER IN THIS PROCESS? BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY YOU DON'T WORK IN A VACUUM AND A LOT OF COLLABORATION. 
          >> YES. 
          >> CAN YOU SPEAK TO? 
          >> AS YOU CAN SEE ON THAT SLIDE, IT'S LIKE A READING PASSAGE. 
          THESE ARE NOT JUST MATH WORD PROBLEMS, A LOT OF READING COMPREHENSION TOO, SO ALL OF IT GOES TOGETHER AND NOT ONLY COLLABORATING WITH THE OTHER MS. KHAN, BUT ALSO THE LEARNING COACHES. 
          I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A SYSTEM WHERE WE PARTNER WITH THEM AS WELL AND SOMETIMES IT'S NICE FOR US TO DIRECTLY INTERACT WITH THE TEACHERS AND HAVE THAT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, BUT ALSO GO THROUGH OUR LEARNING COACHES BECAUSE THEY'RE ON THE CAMPUS AS WELL. 
          WORKING WITH THEM, TRAINING THEM SO THAT THEY CAN SUPPORT THEIR TEACHERS AS WELL. 
          I THINK ESPECIALLY COMING BACK TO THOSE WORD PROBLEMS, READING COMPREHENSION AND WORD PROBLEMS. I FEEL LIKE OUR KIDS ARE VERY COMPETENT WHEN IT COMES TO SOLVING THE MATH PROBLEM. 
          IT'S JUST COMPREHENSION AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE PROBLEM IS ASKING. 
          WHAT'S GOOD ABOUT THESE OR ANY WORD PROBLEM IS THAT WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE OUR TEACHERS THAT YOU'RE NOT JUST ASKING KIDS TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM, BUT ASKING THEM TO SHOW HOW THEY CAN SOLVE THAT PROBLEM IN MULTIPLE WAYS. 
          THERE'S NOT JUST ONE WAY TO SOLVE A PROBLEM, BUT MULTIPLE WAYS. 
          JUST KEEPING AT IT. 
          >> I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. I THINK IN THE PRESENTATION, HIGHLIGHTING THE MANIPULATIVES, THE WORKSHEETS, THE NON-TECH THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING, ESPECIALLY AT OUR LOWER GRADE LEVELS BECAUSE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HEAR A LOT OF, AND WE TALK A LOT ABOUT IN TERMS OF THE TECHNOLOGY USAGE, BUT IT'S NOT ALL TECH ALL THE TIME. 
          I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT AT THOSE YOUNGER AGES. 
          THEN WHILE WE'RE ON THIS SLIDE, THE ANSWER IS 350 [LAUGHTER] 
          >> THAT MAY HELP YOURSELF. 
          BUT SEE, THE KIDS WOULD BE ASKED TO SHOW IT IN MULTIPLE WAYS, BUT THEN ALSO VISUALLY SHOW IT AND THEN MAKE CONNECTIONS TO THEIR PREVIOUS LEARNING. 
          IT SHOULDN'T BE AS EASY AS JUST SOLVING IT. 
          WE WANT TO GET THERE EVENTUALLY. YES. 
          >> WE'LL GET YOU UP TO GRADE LEVEL. 
          >> I'M GETTING THERE. 
          >> I HAVE A QUESTION. 
          >> YES, MA'AM. 
          >> ON THE READING ACADEMIES, YOU KNOW WHAT? SOME DISTRICTS TREATED AS A CHECK THE BOX. 
          I WOULD SAY WE MADE INTO AN ORGANIC HAND SQUEEZED LEMONADE. 
          HOW DO YOU ANTICIPATE US DOING THAT WITH MATH ACADEMIES? 
          >> I AM GOING TO LEAN INTO MY PARTNER HERE, SABRINA AND DR. DE LEZLA, BECAUSE I KNOW ONCE WE STARTED, THAT WAS THE CASE. 
          I KNOW THAT DEPENDING ON WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. 
          I KNOW THE WAY THEY HAVE SET IT UP, INTERNALLY, WE TRAIN OUR EDUCATORS TO BECOME THOSE FACILITATORS AND THEN WE DO IT IN HOUSE. 
          I FEEL LIKE WE MIGHT BE FOLLOWING THAT SAME PATTERN, NOT KNOWING BECAUSE OUR CURRENT MATH ACHIEVEMENT ACADEMIES ARE THREE DAYS. 
          I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S GOING TO BE THREE DAYS OR 10 DAYS LIKE THE READING ACADEMY. 
          ALL OF THOSE PIECES, AS SOON AS THEY DEVELOP THEIR SYSTEM OR THEIR METHOD OR WHATEVER IT IS, WE WILL FOLLOW THAT AND GO THE SAME ROUTE THAT WE DID. 
          I WAS EVEN THINKING ON OUR WAY HERE THAT I REMEMBER DR. DE LEZLA TALKING ABOUT HOW WE PILOTED THE PROGRAM. 
          IF THERE'S A WAY FOR US TO PILOT THE PROGRAM, I DEFINITELY WANT US TO BE ONE OF THOSE DISTRICTS THAT DO THAT. 
          YOU'LL WELCOME. 
          >> THE ONLY COMMENT IS I'LL PIGGY BACK ON TRUSTEE HILL'S COMMENT ABOUT WORKING TOGETHER, 
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AND ALSO PROBABLY REITERATE SOMETHING YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD OR SEEN FROM THE STUDENTS IS TO THANK YOU. 
          WE'VE BEEN IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND SEEN SOMETIMES WHERE THESE WORD PROBLEMS CAN GET REALLY STIFLING FOR KIDS AND IT IS A SENSE OF FRUSTRATION. 
          BUT THEN TO SEE THEM ACHIEVE AFTER THEY FIGURED IT OUT AND THAT LIGHT ON THEIR FACE AND THE PRIDE THAT THEY HAVE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO EVERYONE TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. APPRECIATE IT. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. 
          >> I'LL HAND IT BACK TO MS. KENNINGTON. 
          >> NOW WE WILL SHIFT GEARS TO OUR CCMR GOAL OF INCREASING THE PERCENTAGE OF ANNUAL GRADUATES EARNING CCMR CREDIT FROM 83% IN 2024 ACCOUNTABILITY YEAR TO 93% OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. 
          AGAIN, WE WERE VERY STRATEGIC IN WHAT WE CHOSE TO FOCUS ON. 
          IT WAS IMPORTANT TO US TO HAVE A BALANCE OF BOTH COLLEGE AND CAREER THAT COMPLEMENTED EACH OTHER IN EFFORTS. 
          THIS MEANS WE ANALYZED OUR CCMR DATA FROM THE LAST EIGHT YEARS. 
          WE IDENTIFIED TRENDS AND AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT. 
          WE ASKED OURSELVES, HOW COULD WE GROW OUR CCMR PERCENTAGES IN BOTH COLLEGE AND CAREER INDICATORS, WHILE ALSO MAXIMIZING OUTCOME BONUS FUNDING WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THAT TEXAS SUCCESS INITIATIVE ASSESSMENT, AS SEEN IN GOAL PROGRESS MEASURE ONE, AND ON CTE COMPLETERS AND IBCS INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATIONS, AS SEEN IN GAL PROGRESS MEASURE TWO. 
          BEFORE WE HOP INTO THE DATA THOUGH, I ALWAYS LIKE TO PROVIDE A FRAME OF REFERENCE OF THE Y BEHIND OUR CCMR GOALS, JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE. 
          THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION I HAVE SHARED WITH YOU NUMEROUS TIMES BECAUSE CCMR IS COMPLEX, SO REPETITION IS KEY. 
          THAT'S AN INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY. 
          THE VARIOUS WAYS TO MEET CCMR FOR ACCOUNTABILITY PURPOSES IS ON THE LEFT, ALL THOSE VARIOUS INDICATORS. 
          ON THE RIGHT THOUGH, THERE ARE VERY SPECIFIC OF THOSE CCMR INDICATORS THAT OR QUALIFY FOR OUTCOME BONUS FUNDING. 
          WHEN THINKING ABOUT HOSPITAL THREE GOALS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY, WE FULLY IMPLEMENTED THE COLLEGE PREP COURSES, SO CHECK THAT COLLEGE READY BOX AND OFFERED THE TSIA2 ASSESSMENT. 
          NOT ONLY DO OUR STUDENTS HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITIES AT POST SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS, BUT WE ALSO CHECKED THE COLLEGE READY POX AND OUTCOME BONUS. 
          AGAIN, VERY INTENTIONAL AND STRATEGIC. 
          FOR CAREER READY, WE HAVE WORKED TO INCREASE THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS AND GRADUATES WHO ARE CTE COMPLETERS AND HAVE EARNED AN ALIGNED INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATION. 
          CHECK THAT ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE OUTCOME BONUS BOX. 
          MS. CHAMPAGNE WILL TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT IN JUST A MOMENT. EXCUSE ME. 
          YOU WILL SEE HERE WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT OUTCOME BONUS CRITERIA, JUST REALLY HOW POWERFUL IT IS. 
          WE EARN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY OUTSIDE OF THE THRESHOLD. 
          WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT CISD EXAMPLE ON THE BOTTOM. 
          IF WE HAVE 21 STUDENTS OVER THAT THRESHOLD, WE GET THAT $5,000 PER STUDENTS IF THEY'RE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED. 
          460 STUDENTS ABOVE THAT STATE MANDATED THRESHOLD IS TIMES 3,000. 
          FOR OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS, ANY AMOUNT OVER THAT STATE MANDATED THRESHOLD, WHICH IS ZERO, BY THE WAY, WE WOULD USED TO GET JUST 2000, BUT WE WON'T HEAR WE SAY MANY THINGS POSITIVE FROM THE 89TH LEGISLATION SESSION, BUT THAT WAS RAISED TO $4,000 PER SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENT. 
          AGAIN, THIS IS ALL CONNECTING PLC, MTSS, LOOKING AT THE DATA, DATA DRIVEN DECISIONS. 
          IT ALL COMES TO FRUITION, ESPECIALLY RIGHT HERE. 
          YOU CAN SEE IT IN INSTRUCTION AS WELL AS FINANCIAL. 
          NOW THAT WE ARE ONE YEAR IN, HOW ARE WE DOING? AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR GOAL FOR ACCOUNTABILITY YEAR 2025, WHICH AGAIN, ARE THOSE SPRING 2024 GRADUATES BECAUSE IT LAGS A YEAR WAS FOR 85% OF OUR STUDENTS TO MEET CCMR CRITERIA. 
          I AM SO HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE EXCEEDED THAT GOAL AT 86% GROWING THREE PERCENTAGE POINTS FROM OUR BASELINE. 
          AGAIN, THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE FOR A HIGH PERFORMING DISTRICT LIKE COPPELL. 
          WE ARE REALLY PROUD OF THESE NUMBERS, DUE TO THE VAST COLLABORATION, IT TAKES DISTRICT WIDE WITH A VARIETY OF GROUPS WITH A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO OUR SECONDARY COUNSELORS WHO ARE INSTRUMENTAL IN THE DAY TO DAY AND SPEAKING WITH THEIR STUDENTS AND HITTING THOSE PROGRESS MEASURES WITHIN THEIR GOALS FOR GRADUATION, AND WITH OUR STUDENT SYSTEMS DEPARTMENT, LIKE KATHY CREEK, THEY'RE INSTRUMENTAL IN THE CODING OF SO MANY OF THESE INDICATORS BECAUSE WE CAN DO THE WORK ALL DAY LONG. 
          BUT IF IT'S NOT CODED CORRECTLY, AND IT'S NOT AS EASY AS PEOPLE MAY THINK. 
          IT'S A BIG COLLABORATION AMONGST A LOT OF DIFFERENT GROUPS. 
          WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THAT. 
          BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO MS. CHAMPAGNE TO FURTHER DISCUSS CCMR ACTION STEPS AND PROFESSIONAL LEARNINGS, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT DATA? 
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          >> THE WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE PUT IN OVER THE PAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS IN THIS AREA HAS BEEN EXTRAORDINARY. 
          CAN YOU JUST TALK ABOUT THE BONES OF THIS, THE NUTS AND BOLTS BEHIND THAT BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE THE DATA HERE, BUT THE WORK THAT GOES ON BEHIND THIS TO ALIGN EVERYTHING TO GET PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT PLACE HAS BEEN VERY INTENTIONAL. 
          CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? 
          >> I CALL IT AN AUTOPSY OF THE DATA. 
          WHEN I CAME INTO THIS ROLE, I WANTED TO KNOW THE INS AND OUTS ALONG WITH DOCTOR BROOKS VISIONARY LEADERSHIP OF EVERY LITTLE BIT OF THOSE CCMR INDICATORS BECAUSE IT'S VERY COMPLEX, EVERY INDICATOR. 
          A STUDENT HAS TO MEET, LET'S SAY A SPECIFIC POINT ON AN ASSESSMENT ONLY IN A CERTAIN TIME OF YEAR FOR THAT INDICATOR. 
          THEN IT CHANGES FOR THE NEXT INDICATOR. 
          WE HAD TO HAVE AN AUTOPSY OF THE DATA TO SEE WHERE OUR KIDS ARE AT? WE COULD MAKE THOSE GRADATED GOALS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR FOR THOSE VARIOUS SUB POPULATIONS. 
          WHAT PLATFORMS DO WE HAVE ESTABLISHED TO EVEN DO THAT? BECAUSE I CAN'T CRUNCH THESE NUMBERS, ON THE WEEKENDS. 
          WHAT I'M BIG ON BUILDING CAPACITY. 
          WHO AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS? OBVIOUSLY, OUR ADMINISTRATORS, BUT LOOKING AT OUR CAMPUS COUNSELORS, HAVE THEY HAD TRAINING ON MEETING WITH THEIR STUDENTS HOW TO IDENTIFY AT WHAT SPECIFIC GRADE LEVELS ARE THEY MEETING THAT CRITERIA? HOW CAN WE LOOK AT THAT VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL ALIGNMENT DOWN AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL? WAKE UP HIGH SCHOOL ONE DAY, JUST LIKE WE WERE SPEAKING WITH OUR THIRD GRADE STUDENTS ON STAR. 
          IT'S A VERY INTENTIONAL LOOKING AT THE DATA, LOOKING BACKWARDS, LOOKING AT THE CURRENT, AND THEN LOOKING FORWARD. 
          >> OTHER QUESTIONS FROM MS. KENNINGTON ON THIS? 
          >> I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR FABULOUS [INAUDIBLE] 
          >> GOOD EVENING, MR. WILLIAMS, PRESIDENT AVIANS, AND THE REST OF THE BOARD. 
          I AM MONICA CHAMPAGNE, AND I AM THE NEW DIRECTOR OF ADVANCED ACADEMICS IN CTE. 
          TONIGHT, I AM PROVIDING AN UPDATE ON OUR DISTRICT'S PROGRESS TOWARDS HOUSE BILL THREE COLLEGE CAREER MILITARY READINESS INDICATORS, ALSO KNOWN AS CCMR. AS MARY OUTLINED, THESE INDICATORS NOT ONLY REFLECT HOW WELL WE ARE PREPARING STUDENTS FOR LIFE AFTER GRADUATION, BUT THEY ALSO DIRECTLY IMPACT OUR STATE ACCOUNTABILITY AND GENERATE OUTCOME BONUS FUNDINGS FOR THE DISTRICT. 
          ONE OF OUR TOOLS FOR BOOSTING COLLEGE READINESS IS THE TEXAS COLLEGE BRIDGE PROGRAM. 
          THIS IS A COLLEGE PREP COURSE IN ENGLISH AND IN MATH. 
          WHEN STUDENTS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE AND APPROVED COLLEGE PREP COURSE, THEY AUTOMATICALLY MEET THAT COLLEGE READY REQUIREMENT FOR CCMR ACCOUNTABILITY. 
          IT ALSO PREPARES THEM TO PASS THE TSIA2 EXAM AND SUCCESS ON THAT EXAM TRANSLATES TO OUTCOME BONUS FUND. 
          THIS CHART SHOWS YOU OUR ENROLLMENT IN TEXAS COLLEGE BRIDGE OVER TIME, 23/24, 24/25. 
          THEN THE ESTIMATED NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT WE PLAN TO BE ENGAGING IN TEXAS COLLEGE BRIDGE, THIS CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR. 
          YOU CAN SEE AS THE GROWTH HERE THAT YOU SEE THAT GROWTH THAT TRANSLATES TO MORE STUDENTS GAINING THAT COLLEGE READY STATUS THROUGH THIS PARTICULAR PATH. 
          ON THE CAREER READINESS SIDE, INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATIONS OR IBCS WILL PLAY A BIG ROLE. 
          TEA RECOGNIZES SPECIFIC CERTIFICATIONS THAT SIGNAL CAREER READINESS. 
          THEY COUNT TOWARDS CCMR ACCOUNTABILITY, AND THEY ALSO GENERATE THAT OUTCOME BONUS FUND. 
          AS YOU KNOW, STUDENTS NOW HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EARN INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATION EVERY SINGLE PATHWAY PROGRAM OF STUDY THAT WE OFFER IN THE DISTRICT, AS OPPOSED TO JUST FOUR PROGRAMS OF STUDY TWO YEARS AGO. 
          I AM EXCITED TO SHARE THAT CISD STUDENTS EARNED 631 TEA RECOGNIZED IBCS FOR THE 24/25 SCHOOL YEAR. 
          THAT'S OUR HIGHEST NUMBER EVER. 
          IN 2023, WE SET A RECORD WITH 579. 
          HOWEVER, THAT NUMBER ALSO INCLUDED THE MICROSOFT ASSOCIATE CERTIFICATE, WHICH IS NOW SUNSET AT THE END OF LAST SCHOOL YEAR. 
          AND TO GIVE YOU EVEN MORE OF A PERSPECTIVE IN 202-20-2203, WE HAD 194 CERTIFICATIONS, AND THOSE ALSO INCLUDED THE MICROSOFT ASSOCIATE CERTIFICATION. 
          BUT THIS DATA FOR 24/25, IT ONLY INCLUDES THE EXPERT LEVEL CERTIFICATIONS. 
          THAT MEANS IN JUST TWO YEARS, THE NUMBER OF ANNUAL IBCS EARNED BY OUR STUDENTS HAS MORE THAN TRIPLED. 
          THOSE NUMBERS THAT I SHOWED YOU, THEY REPRESENT MORE THAN JUST POINTS ON AN ACCOUNTABILITY CHART. 
          THEY REPRESENT REAL STUDENTS LEAVING OUR DISTRICT WITH TANGIBLE SKILLS, CREDENTIALS, AND OPPORTUNITIES. 
          I'M GOING TO LEAVE YOU WITH A FEW OF OUR SUMMER CTE CELEBRATIONS. 
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THE PHOTO ON THE LEFT SHOWS A FEW OF OUR CHS TECHNOLOGY STUDENT ASSOCIATION MEMBERS. 
          THEY SENT A GROUP OF 58 NATIONAL QUALIFIERS TO THE TSA NATIONAL CONFERENCE IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE. 
          WE PLACED IN THE TOP 10 IN 10 OF THOSE COMPETITIONS. 
          THAT'S THEM CELEBRATING AT THE CITY OF COPPELL FOURTH OF JULY FOR EIGHT, WHAT THAT PHOTO IS. 
          THE PHOTO ON THE FAR RIGHT, THAT SHOWS NATALIE FROM CHS. 
          SHE WAS RECOGNIZED EARLIER WITH THE CULINARY GROUP THIS EARLIER TONIGHT, AND THEN ESA FROM CHS NINE, AND THEY ARE PART OF OUR TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF FUTURE EDUCATORS CHAPTER. 
          THEY REPRESENTED COPPELL ISD IN THE NATIONAL EDUCATOR RISING CONFERENCE IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA, AND SHA EARNED A THIRD PLACE FINISH NATIONAL FINISH FOR JUNIOR VARSITY INTERACTIVE BULLETIN BOARD CONTEST, AND NATALIE EARNED A SECOND PLACE FINISH IN VARSITY IN THE VARSITY INTERACTIVE. 
          BULLETIN BOARD CONTEST. THE CENTER PHOTO IS FROM WELCOME WEEK. 
          THAT IS THE FIRST TIME WE WERE ABLE TO GET TOGETHER THIS YEAR AS A CTE DEPARTMENT. 
          ON THIS DAY, WE INVITED REGION 10 TO COME OUT AND DO A TRAINING FOR US ON A SESSION ON ASSESSING MASTERY SPECIFICALLY FOR THE CTE CLASSROOM. 
          WE'LL CONTINUE THIS TYPE OF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FOR CT EDUCATORS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WITH OUR CTE CONTENT ACADEMIES. 
          WE'LL ALSO BE LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE SUPPORTING VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL ALIGNMENT IN THOSE PROGRAMS OF STUDY, STRENGTHENING THEIR PLC WORK, AND PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLABORATION WITH INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS. 
          THESE TYPE OF EXPERIENCES, THEY STRENGTHEN OUR CTE PROGRAM, WHICH MAKES IT MORE ENJOYABLE FOR OUR STUDENTS AND THEN ENCOURAGES THEM ALSO TO BE CTE COMPLETERS, WHICH THEN RESULTS IN MORE BONUS FUNDING. 
          WE'RE PROUD OF THE GROWTH WE HAVE SEEN. 
          BUT WE DO KNOW THERE'S MORE WORK AHEAD TO ENSURE THAT EVERY STUDENT HAS A PATH FOR COLLEGE CAREER AND MILITARY READINESS. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT, AND I'M EXCITED TO BE A PART OF CONTINUING THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE IN COPPELL ISD. 
          >> FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU. 
          I THINK THIS WORK IN PARTICULAR REALLY ALIGNS WITH OUR CORE VALUE OF REDEFINING SUCCESS, IT'S REALLY GREAT TO SEE AND HERE SOME OF THESE PROGRESS REPORTS. 
          COULD YOU TALK TO US ABOUT SOME OF THE WORK THAT GOES INTO INCREASING THE CERTIFICATION NUMBERS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT YEAR OVER YEAR, AND HOW WE'RE ENCOURAGING OUR STUDENTS TO SIGN UP FOR THOSE CERTIFICATIONS OR THE WORK BEHIND IT. 
          >> WELL, I CAN TELL YOU WHAT I KNOW AS OF BEING IN SIX WEEKS HERE IN THIS POSITION. 
          BUT WHAT I'M SEEING IS THAT I THINK THE DIFFERENCE FROM WHAT WE HAD SEVERAL YEARS AGO TO NOW IS MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THOSE CERTIFICATIONS AVAILABLE IN EVERY SINGLE PROGRAM OF STUDY THAT WE OFFER VERSUS JUST TWO OR I THINK WE SAID FOUR AT ONE POINT. 
          THEN WE ROLL THOSE OUT THROUGH THE CLASSES. 
          OUR TEACHERS WILL HAVE A PREP MATERIAL FOR THOSE CERTIFICATIONS, AND THEN THEY'LL GIVE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR KIDS TO TAKE THE EXAM. 
          >> OTHER QUESTIONS? 
          >> I JUST HAVE A COMMENT, PARTICULARLY TO THIS SPACE, BUT TO THIS WHOLE PRESENTATION, IT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WANT TO SEE, IT EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS, FRANKLY, TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ARE DATA, BUT THEN THE WHY OF HOW, HOW WE GO HOW, HOW WE GOT THERE, AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE AND GROW. 
          JUST HUGE I'M VERY IMPRESSED. THANK YOU. 
          IN THIS SPACE, IN PARTICULAR, I ALSO WANT TO GIVE ANOTHER COMPLIMENT AND THAT WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT BUILDING CAPACITY, YOU BUILD CAPACITY WITH THE BOARD AS WELL WHEN WE MET IN SOME ROOM AND YOU WALKED THROUGH ALL THESE THINGS AND WHERE YOU SAID, HOW CAN WE USE THE SYSTEM NUMBER ONE TO BE AWESOME FOR OUR KIDS. 
          THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT, BUT ALSO TO GET SOME MONEY. 
          I LOVE THAT WE'RE BEING INTENTIONAL ABOUT GETTING THOSE OUTCOME BONUSES AND TRULY TRIPLING BY BEING INTENTIONAL WITH THAT. 
          THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME UNDERSTAND A YEAR AGO OR WHENEVER THAT WAS TIME. 
          NOW UNDERSTANDING WHERE WE ARE NOW, IT CONNECTS THE DOTS FOR ME, SO THANK YOU. 
          MISS CHAMPAIGN, I'M SO GLAD TO SEE YOU THERE. 
          I APOLOGIZE FOR MY SEVENTH GRADER IN YOUR CLASS BACK IN THE DAY OR WHATEVER THAT PROJECT WAS. 
          BUT IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE YOU GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE. IT'S GOOD. 
          BUT IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU AT THE PARTY. 
          IF YOU WERE HERE, HE WOULD APOLOGIZE AS WELL. 
          >> MS. CHAMPAGNE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS INFORMATION. 
          SINCE JOINING THE BOARD, CT HAS BEEN ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT I'VE ENJOYED TIME AND TIME AGAIN. 
          CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT TO DO THIS YEAR? HOW CAN WE AS A COLLECTIVE BODY, 
          [01:40:02]
HELP SUPPORT THAT WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING? 
          >> I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT OUR DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTNER WITH INDUSTRY-BASED PROFESSIONALS. 
          WE HAVE A FEW DIFFERENT THINGS COMING UP. 
          WE HAVE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, THERE WILL BE A POST-HIGH SCHOOL FAIR WHERE WE CAN HAVE DIFFERENT COLLEGES. 
          WE ALSO WILL HAVE MILITARY, AND WE WILL HAVE CAREER INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS THERE THAT CAN TALK TO KIDS ABOUT WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BEGIN THAT ENTRY PROCESS INTO THAT FIELD IF THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN. 
          I'VE ALSO JUST RECENTLY REGISTERED FOR THE CAREER INSPIRE EVENT. 
          THAT'S FOR ALL OF OUR SEVENTH GRADERS THAT WILL ATTEND AT THE IRVIN CONVENTION CENTER. 
          IRVIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HOST THAT FOR US. 
          THEY WILL GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO THROUGH THIS IS OUR COLLEGE AND CAREER EXPLORATION KIDS, ALL OF OUR SEVENTH GRADERS, AND THEY'LL GET TO GO THROUGH THE DIFFERENT BOOTHS LIKE IF THEY WERE GOING THROUGH A CAREER FAIR AND LEARN THAT WAY. 
          I'M EXCITED ABOUT CONTINUING THE ADVISORY BOARD THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON IN THE DISTRICT THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. 
          I WAS A MEMBER OF THE CTE ADVISORY BOARD AND NOW I'M EXCITED TO CONTINUE THAT WORK AND GROWING THAT. 
          I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE AND MORE OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE CAN HAVE OUR EDUCATORS GET TOGETHER AND WORK DIRECTLY WITH PROFESSIONALS IN THAT PROGRAM OF STUDY THAT THEY TEACH. THANK YOU. 
          >> ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. CHAMPAGNE? WELL, AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR NEW ROLE AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> LOOKING AHEAD FOR THE REST OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR. 
          WE WILL BE BACK TO YOU IN PERSON AT THE MARCH BOARD MEETING, AND YOU WILL RECEIVE PROGRESS UPDATES WITHIN BOARD UPDATES IN OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, AND JUNE. 
          AS TRUSTEE WALKER ALWAYS SAYS, WE WANT TO PLAN WITH BENCHMARKS AND ACTIONABLES. 
          THIS GOAL PROGRESS MONITORING CALENDAR HOLDS US TO THAT STANDARD. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT. 
          >> THANK YOU, MS. KENNINGTON. THAT WILL TAKE US TO OUR NEXT REPORT, WHICH IS THE MULTI YEAR BALANCED BUDGET. 
          MS. SARKAR, YOU'RE BACK ON. 
          >> MS. SARKAR IS GOING TO LEAD US OFF WITH THIS. 
          >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE WANTED TO START AND JUST GO OVER SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR AND WHAT THE MULTI YEAR BALANCED BUDGET PLAN ENTAILS, AS A REMINDED TO THE BOARD AND COMMUNITY AS TO WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON. 
          MR. WILLIAMS, DID YOU WANT TO DISCUSS SOME OF THIS WORK? 
          >> YES, MA'AM. I THINK ONE OF THE KEYS HERE AND WE TALK A LOT ABOUT THE PERSONNEL POSITIONS, REDUCTION OF 86 FULL TIME POSITIONS THROUGH ATTRITION. 
          I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE IS THIS IS NOT DIRECTLY IMPACTED CLASSROOMS, AND I THINK THAT IS THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT DISTINCTION. 
          SOMETHING ELSE THAT I BELIEVE IS ABSOLUTELY THE KEY WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT. 
          WE OPEN THIS SCHOOL YEAR WITHOUT HAVING TO FILE ONE CLASSROOM SIZE WAIVER, AND THAT'S REFLECTIVE OF GREAT PLANNING, HARD WORK BY MS. ICHAEL AND MS. DUKE AND THEIR STAFF AS THEY'VE LOOKED AT BALANCING AND WE'VE HAD TO BE ADAPTIVE, BUT I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. 
          SOMETHING ELSE I THINK THAT I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE PARTNERSHIP WITH COPPELL, THE CITY OF COPPELL FOR OUR STATE REQUIRED SROS. 
          THE CITY STEPPED UP AND THEY ARE PROVIDING ALL OF THE SALARIES FOR THE SROS FOR THE CITY, AND THAT IS A COST AVOIDANCE OF AROUND $770,000 FOR THE DISTRICT. 
          TO ME, THAT'S GREAT PARTNERSHIP. WE APPRECIATE. 
          COUNCILMAN NEVELS IS HERE, BUT WE APPRECIATE ALL OF CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR FOR THAT. 
          THE OTHER THING I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO BE FORWARD THINKING, IS REALLY THAT'S ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE. 
          ON THE REVENUE SIDE, I THINK WE HAVE TO BE FORWARD THINKING IN ONE OF THE BULLET POINTS IT SAYS EXPANDING LIMITED OPEN ENROLLMENT. 
          HOWEVER, I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO ANALYZE DIFFERENT WAYS OF MAKING SURE THAT THE STUDENTS IN COPPELL ISD IN ATTENDANCE ZONE ACTUALLY ATTEND SCHOOL HERE. 
          THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE DISCUSSED AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT. 
          >> ON THIS SLIDE, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF NUMBERS, 
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AND I'D LIKE TO DIVERT YOUR ATTENTION NECESSARILY FROM THE NUMBERS RIGHT NOW AND REALLY LOOK AT THE WORDS ON THESE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES. 
          WE'LL COME BACK TO ALL THESE NUMBERS. 
          I'VE GOT A SUMMARY SLIDE AT THE END THAT PULLS THEM ALL TOGETHER. 
          BUT FOR THE 25/26 BUDGET, THE DISTRICT WILL REALIZE THE SAVINGS FROM CLOSING PINKERTON AND CONSOLIDATING THE DLI PROGRAM. 
          THE DISTRICT IS ALSO ABOUT $885,000 AHEAD OF THE PLAN AS WE WERE ABLE TO ELIMINATE MORE SUPPORT AND ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS THROUGH ATTRITION, AND WHEN THOSE OPPORTUNITIES CAME, WE TOOK THEM. 
          THIS IS SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON REALLY THOSE FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES. 
          MR. WILLIAMS, DID YOU WANT TO TAKE THIS SLIDE? 
          >> YES, MA'AM. LET ME AGAIN, LOOKING AT FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES FOR UPCOMING YEARS. 
          OF COURSE, FIRST, WE HAVE RELOCATED NEW TECH, AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN A FEW MINUTES, SOME ONGOING PLANNING. 
          I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REALIZE THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE A COST AVOIDANCE FOR 26/27 TO THE TUNE OF 1.4 MILLION. 
          REIMAGING ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND PROGRAM OFFERINGS. 
          AGAIN, WHAT ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO US? I'LL TALK ABOUT THIS MORE UPCOMING WHEN WE REALLY FOCUS ON THAT. 
          BUT WHEN WE BEGAN TO LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE WITH THE 10 CAMPUSES, AS WE AS WE CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT OPTIONS. 
          AGAIN, YOU CAN SAY CLOSING ELEMENTARIES WILL PROVIDE SOME COST AVOIDANCE THERE. 
          BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AT THE BENEFIT THAT WE COULD REALIZE AGAIN WHEN WE DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING OUR KIDS. 
          I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THINGS ON THE OTHER SIDE IN RELATION TO COST AVOIDANCE AS WELL, AND OF COURSE, CONSOLIDATING NEW TECH IS DEFINITE. 
          BUT I THINK SOMETHING THAT WE DO NEED TO CONSIDER AND I KNOW TRUSTEE MATTHEW, YOU BROUGHT THIS UP THE OTHER DAY IN REGARD TO PLC PERIOD AND SCHEDULING. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I KNOW THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR TEST PERFORMANCE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THERE ARE CERTAIN ADVANTAGES TO THE PLC MODEL AND DATA ANALYSIS. 
          I THINK THAT AS WE BEGAN TO LOOK AT MEASURES LIKE THAT, IT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT WHAT THE COST OF IT IS AND WHAT THE BENEFIT. 
          I THINK THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE GREAT CONVERSATION ALONG THOSE LINES. 
          >> THIS SLIDE SHOWS WHAT WILL IMPACT THE 26/27 BUDGET. 
          THIS IS THE WORK THAT'S GOING TO BE EXPLORED THIS YEAR. 
          AS YOU KNOW, THE DECISIONS ALREADY BEEN MADE TO MOVE NEW TECH, THAT WILL BE A LOT OF WORK THAT HAS TO HAPPEN. 
          SOME OF THE SUPPORT POSITIONS THAT WERE SCHEDULED FOR THIS YEAR HAVE ALREADY BEEN ELIMINATED DUE TO ATTRITION. 
          THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AHEAD. 
          A MAJOR PIECE OF THIS YEAR'S PLAN INCLUDES THE RECONFIGURATION OF THE ELEMENTARY PROGRAM AND IT REALLY WILL BE DETERMINED WHETHER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ONE SCHOOL OR TWO. 
          IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT AGAIN, THE ESTIMATED STATE FUNDING THAT WILL BE REDUCED IS ABOUT $1.2 MILLION PER YEAR, JUST FROM THE 200 LOWER STUDENTS THAT WE ANTICIPATE WILL BE ENROLLED IN THE DISTRICT. 
          IN ADDITION, ONE OF THE BOARD'S PRIORITIES HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO GIVE A COST OF LIVING INCREASE TO TEACHERS, AND SO WHEN YOU THINK OF THAT AS BEING A TWO TO THREE MILLION HIT. 
          THOSE TWO FACTORS ARE REALLY ALREADY PUTTING A HOLE IN OUR 26/27 BUDGET. 
          THIS IS THE WORK THAT WOULD BE DONE THEN IN 26/27 SO THAT IT IMPACTS THE 27/28 SCHOOL YEAR. 
          CONTINUING THAT ADJUSTMENT OF STAFFING BASED ON DECLINING ENROLLMENT AND MAKING SURE THAT NOT ONLY AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, BUT ALSO AT THE SECONDARY SCHOOL THAT WE ARE DOING THAT. 
          IN ADDITION, SECONDARY SCHEDULING WOULD BE EXAMINED TO DETERMINE IF MODIFICATIONS CAN BE MADE TO EITHER THE BLOCK SCHEDULE OR TO THE PLC, THOSE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY PERIODS, AND HOW DO WE PROVIDE THAT PERHAPS IN A DIFFERENT MODEL? THE PLAN INCLUDES EXAMINING STUDENT BUS TRANSPORTATION AND POSSIBLY CHARGING FOR TRANSPORTATION. 
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THE STATE LEGISLATURE SET TO MEET PRIOR TO THE 27/28 SCHOOL YEAR, SO WE COULD OR WE COULD NOT SEE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM THAT. WE NEVER KNOW. 
          >> IT'S PRETTY ACCURATE, IN MY OPINION, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE CURRENTLY. 
          >> [LAUGHTER] YES. THEN DURING 27/28, ADDITIONAL WORK MIGHT BE REQUIRED TO CONTINUE TO ADJUST STAFFING FOR ENROLLMENT, AS WELL AS LOOKING THEN AT ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY PROGRAMMING. 
          IT'S OUR HOPE THAT PROGRAMMING WILL NOT NEED TO GET TOUCHED, BUT THE DISTRICTS GOT TO GET EXPENDITURES IN LINE WITH REVENUES SO THAT FUNDING CAN BE SPENT ON NEW INITIATIVES THAT WE HAVE THAT FUNDING AVAILABLE. 
          THEN THE LAST SLIDE HERE IS REALLY A SUMMARY. 
          I'VE SUMMARIZED ALL OF THOSE PLANNED REDUCTIONS AND EXPENSES AND IT TOTALS $18.5 MILLION, AND THAT IS A HUGE NUMBER AND IT SOUNDS LIKE HOW CAN WE POSSIBLY NEED TO REDUCE THAT MUCH WHEN WE ONLY HAVE AN EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS DEFICIT. 
          BUT WE'LL BE CHIPPING AWAY AT THAT DEFICIT EVERY YEAR. 
          WE KNOW THAT COSTS ARE GOING TO RISE. 
          WE KNOW THAT THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO GIVE COST OF LIVING INCREASES FOR TEACHERS AND STAFF. 
          IF WE ADD UP ALL THE PLANNED INCREASES IN THE BUDGET, THAT'S ABOUT $11.1 MILLION. 
          I'M SORRY, THAT'S ABOUT $9.6 MILLION. 
          THE DIFFERENCE REALLY OF ALMOST NINE MILLION DOLLARS BETWEEN THOSE COST REDUCTIONS AND THE CHANGE IN FUNDING IS REALLY THE NET BUDGET IMPACT, AND THAT IS HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET TO ELIMINATING THAT EIGHT MILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT THAT WE HAVE. 
          IT REALLY REQUIRES THAT WE HAVE ACTION, THAT WE EVALUATE THE RESULTS AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH IT, THAT WE HAVE CAREFUL PLANNING TO KEEP THE PLAN ON TRACK AND YET MAKE THE ADJUSTMENTS THAT ARE NECESSARY AS WE GO THROUGH IT. 
          AS WE LOOK AT STUDENT OUTCOMES, AS WE LOOK AT STATE FUNDING, AS WE LOOK AT STATE MANDATES, AS WE LOOK AT ACTUAL ENROLLMENT, ACTUAL EXPENSE REDUCTIONS AND ACTUAL REVENUES. 
          AS IMPLEMENTATION OCCURS, ITEMS MAY BE ADDED OR SUBTRACTED FROM THE PLAN. 
          WE KNOW THAT NOT EVERYTHING IN THE PLAN MAY BE IMPLEMENTED TO PROVIDE THE SAVINGS THAT'S NOTED, BUT WE WILL BE ABLE TO TRACK THE PROGRESS THROUGH THE BUDGET AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CHIPPING AWAY AT THAT DEFICIT TO BRING THE BUDGET BACK INTO BALANCE. 
          >> IN LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS SIDE, WHAT REALLY RESONATED WITH US WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS WORK, WHEN YOU HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE. 
          LET'S TALK ABOUT WHEN YOU HAVE A PLAN TO BUILD A HOUSE, AND YOU HAVE THOSE BLUEPRINTS. 
          THE PLAN LOOKS GREAT. 
          WE HAVE EVERYTHING IN ORDER. 
          BUT IF YOU DON'T FOLLOW THE PLAN IF YOU DON'T EXECUTE THE PLAN. 
          I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE THE KEY FOR THIS COLLECTIVE TEAM GOING FORWARD. 
          IT'S REMEMBERING THAT NOT ONLY ARE WE ADDRESSING THIS YEAR'S DEFICIT, BECAUSE OF DECLINING ENROLLMENT, THAT IS THAT'S ONLY GOING TO GROW. 
          THE STATE DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB IN PROVIDING FOR TEACHER PAY RAISES THIS TIME. 
          BUT RAISES GOING FORWARD WILL REALLY BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO PROVIDE. 
          AGAIN, MANY TOUGH DECISIONS AHEAD. 
          I HAVE BEEN IMPRESSED WITH THE PLAN FROM THE FIRST TIME I SAW IT. 
          IT REALLY CIRCULATED OUT ON MAY THE 12TH. 
          BUT IT'S GOING TO JUST REQUIRE THAT CONTINUED ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND HONESTLY, SOME TOUGH DECISIONS DOWN THE LINE. 
          NOW, I DO THINK THAT WE AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT, MUST BE FORWARD THINKING AS WELL. 
          WE CAN CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT EXPENSE REDUCTION, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO BE VERY FOCUSED ON THAT FORWARD THINKING. 
          YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS WITH MS. SARKAR, THEN WE'RE GOING TO TRANSITION A LITTLE BIT. 
          WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE ELEMENTARY CAMPUS COMPONENT, THE PLANNING COMPONENT THERE. 
          >> I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BRINGING THIS MULTI YEAR SUMMARY PAGE. 
          DO YOU REMEMBER WHICH MONTH WE HAD A WORKSHOP WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT THAT IN DETAIL FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST JOINING. 
          >> YES. IT WAS ON MAY THE 12TH. 
          >> THAT'S WHERE WE HAD A VERY ROBUST CONVERSATION ABOUT ALL THE ELEMENTS. 
          IF PEOPLE ARE CURIOUS, THAT WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE FOR THEM TO GO BACK TO. THANK YOU. 
          [01:55:05]
          >> WE'RE GOING TO TRANSITION NOW. 
          I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ELEMENTARY CAMPUS PLANNING. 
          SHOWN ON THE SCREEN, IS THE MEETING SCHEDULE. 
          WE HAVE NOW COMPLETED FOUR OF THE FIVE MEETINGS. 
          WE HAVE TOWN CENTER SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE FACULTY AT 3:30 AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AT 5:30. 
          TO DATE, I ESTIMATE THAT IN THE FIRST FOUR SESSIONS, WE PROBABLY HAVE HAD BE HUNDRED AND MAYBE HUNDRED AND 40 PEOPLE THERE. 
          THEY'VE BEEN VERY WELL ATTENDED. 
          I THINK WE'VE GOTTEN GREAT INFORMATION FROM THAT. 
          EXPECT A REPORT FROM OUR COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE FOLLOWING TOWN CENTER. 
          WE HAVE WAITED TO DO ANY REPORT OUT UNTIL WE WANTED TO FINISH THE PROCESS WITH ALL FIVE. 
          WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IS YOU'LL SEE SPECIFICS FROM EACH OF THE FIVE NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT YOU'LL ALSO SEE A COMPOSITE REPORT. 
          >> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO RIGHT NOW IS WE HAVE PRODUCED SOME FAQS, AND THE FAQS HAVE COME FROM QUESTIONS THE LAST SLIDE THAT WE ASK, AND I THINK EACH OF YOU NOW HAVE BEEN TO AT LEAST ONE OF THE SESSIONS, BUT THE LAST QUESTION WE HAVE IS, WHAT QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS DO YOU HAVE? THE FAQ HAS REALLY BEEN DRIVEN FROM THAT WORK. 
          Y'ALL, WHEN I CAME IN, STARTED HERE JUNE THE SECOND, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I STARTED WITH A CLEAN SLATE. 
          AT THE TIME, I DID NOT BELIEVE THAT YOU WERE BRINGING ME IN TO TAKE PRECONCEIVED NOTIONS AND MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. 
          I GO BACK TO THE NEW TECH WORK. 
          THE WORK THAT WE WENT THROUGH WAS PROBABLY DISSIMILAR TO OTHER WORKS THAT YOU HAD DONE, THE COMMITTEE WORK AND ALL OF THE TEAM ASSOCIATED WITH THAT DESIGN PIECE. 
          I THINK IT LED TO A GOOD OUTCOME. 
          NOW, WE HAVE WORK THAT WE'LL CONTINUE AND ANGELA IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT WORK IN A FEW MINUTES. 
          BUT IT REALLY APPLIES TO THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING HERE. 
          I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A MATRIX THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE, AND WE WILL BE USING THAT MATRIX GOING FORWARD, BUT THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAVE HAD ON FOUR CAMPUSES AND WE'RE ABOUT TO HAVE IT ON THE FIFTH WILL REALLY HELP US AS WE MAKE SURE THAT THAT MATRIX, IS WHAT I CALL IT, THOSE FACTORS EMBEDDED IN THERE WILL HELP US IN THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS. 
          YOU BROUGHT ME IN TO HAVE THAT OUTSIDE PERSPECTIVE, AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE OUTSIDE PERSPECTIVE WASN'T CLOUDED WITH PAST CONCEPTS, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. 
          I WILL TELL YOU, I HAVE LEARNED A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT ABOUT THOSE FOUR NEIGHBORHOODS IN THAT MEETING. 
          THE FIRST THING THAT I HAVE LEARNED IS THESE PEOPLE ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT THEIR SCHOOL. 
          BY THE WAY, I WOULD NOT WORK IN ANY DISTRICT THAT WAS NOT PASSIONATE ABOUT THEIR SCHOOL. 
          I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT DISTINCTION. 
          THE THING THAT I HAVE MOST APPRECIATED IS THOSE COMMENTS, WE ASKED ONE QUESTION ABOUT INNOVATION, AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WE'VE HAD SOME GREAT CONVERSATION THERE THAT I BELIEVE IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO SHAPE THE WORK THAT WE HAVE GOING FORWARD. 
          WHEN WE STARTED, I WENT IN WITH THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE ENTIRE DISCUSSION WOULD BE WHICH ONE OR TWO SCHOOLS DO WE CLOSE? THE MORE I HAVE BEEN THERE, I AM COMPELLED TO ASSIST IN LEADING WORK THAT WILL CREATE SOMETHING THAT WILL NOT JUST ADDRESS A DEFICIT, BUT PUT PK-5 EDUCATION ON A GREAT TRAJECTORY FORWARD FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          ONE OF THE WORDS THAT WE USE A LOT IS OPPORTUNITY. 
          WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME RESHAPING NOW. 
          I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT WORK. 
          IT'S DAUNTING. IT REALLY IS. 
          I DO NOT ANTICIPATE BRINGING THE FINAL PLAN ON SEPTEMBER 22 WITH A TURN BY TURN, 
          [02:00:02]
THIS IS WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE, BUT I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CREATE SOME FRAMEWORK TO BE ABLE TO BRING THAT TO YOU ON THE 22ND. 
          SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO CREATE THAT VISION FOR WHAT EDUCATION WILL LOOK LIKE IN COPPELL GOING FORWARD. 
          WE TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF KEY DATES. 
          SEPTEMBER 4TH WILL BE THE DAY THAT WE SUBMIT ENROLLMENT FIGURES TO THE DEMOGRAPHER. 
          MS. EICHEL IS GOING TO COVER A LITTLE BIT OF THAT IN A MINUTE. 
          SEPTEMBER THE 15TH, WE WILL BE GOING TO WORK ON THE PLAN ITSELF. 
          WE ANTICIPATE HAVING NUMBERS BACK FROM THE DEMOGRAPHER. 
          THEN SEPTEMBER THE 22ND WILL BE THE WORKSHOP WITH YOU. 
          THAT WILL BE A WORKSHOP THAT NIGHT. 
          WE WILL HAVE SOME OPTIONS AVAILABLE FOR YOUR VIEW, BUT THE WORKSHOP ITSELF WILL BE JUST OUR OPPORTUNITY TO COLLECTIVELY WORK THE EIGHT OF US AND ELT, ALONG WITH CABINET. 
          I'M GOING TO ASK CABINET TO BE HERE THAT NIGHT TO REALLY TALK ABOUT WHERE PK-5 EDUCATION IS AND HOW CAN WE CONTINUE TO MOVE THAT FORWARD? THAT'S ON THE 22ND. 
          AT THE END OF THAT WORKSHOP, THERE WILL BE A RECOMMENDATION AS TO WHAT THE PATH GOING FORWARD IS, INCLUDING THE POSSIBILITY OF DO WE CLOSE ONE OR DO WE CLOSE TWO CAMPUSES, AND THOSE CAMPUSES THAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING TO CLOSE. 
          WE WILL GO BACK OUT IN THE COMMUNITIES AT THAT POINT. 
          IF IT IS ONE, WE'RE GOING TO GO OUT TO THAT CAMPUS AND HAVE CONTINUED DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM, IF IT'S TWO, WE'LL GO TO BOTH. 
          I ANTICIPATE OCTOBER THE 6TH WOULD BE THE NIGHT THAT WE WOULD BE BACK IN HERE IN A CALLED MEETING TO TO PRESENT THE PLAN, AND THEN YOU WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS IT, PROBABLY ASK A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. 
          THAT'S A JOKE, [LAUGHTER] I KNOW Y'ALL WELL ENOUGH THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE THAN A COUPLE. 
          THEN ON OCTOBER THE 6TH, THERE WOULD ACTUALLY BE A VOTE THAT WOULD BE TAKEN. 
          THAT'S THE FORMAT. I WILL TELL YOU THAT HAVING STARTED THIS PROCESS AND REALLY BEING OUT IN THOSE FOUR NEIGHBORHOODS, IT'S CHANGED MY, MAYBE EVEN SOME PRECONCEIVED NOTIONS OF WHAT THE PATH FOR IT IS. 
          QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT BEFORE WE GO FORWARD. 
          >> MR. WILLIAMS I HAVE ONE OVERRIDING QUESTION AND YOU BROUGHT THAT UP IN YOUR COMMENTS EARLIER. 
          YOU TALKED ABOUT THE CAPACITY WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF ELEMENTARY AGE STUDENTS THAT ARE LEAVING, AND HOW TO RETAIN THEM. 
          I LOOK BACK AT ORIGINAL DATA WHEN GOING BACK TO THE LEE WHERE NEW TECH IS AND WHEN THAT CLOSE, THERE WAS A PIECE OF DATA THAT I FOUND QUITE INTERESTING, AND THAT WAS ZERO TO FOUR YEARS OF AGE. 
          BECAUSE WE TALK ABOUT THE ELEMENTARY AGE STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE. 
          IN THAT WORK OR THOUGHT PROCESS THAT YOU HAVE, WILL YOU HAVE IDEAS AROUND THAT ON HOW TO RETAIN THOSE FAMILIES IN AN ACTIVE WAY AS A PART OF THE SOLUTION? BECAUSE I SEE THE ZONDA NUMBERS COME OUT, YOU'LL HAVE A BASELINE SET OF NUMBERS. 
          HOWEVER THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL DATA THERE THAT WE DON'T NORMALLY SEE IN THE TRANSFER REPORT. 
          BECAUSE I WENT LOOKED AT IT FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS AND I SAW THOSE NUMBERS, AND WHEN I LOOKED AT THE NUMBERS THAT WE'RE LOSING BASED ON THE COMMENTS THAT MS. [INAUDIBLE] SHARED TO NIGHT, THERE WOULD BE SOME GIVE AND TAKE THERE POTENTIALLY. 
          I'M JUST CURIOUS IN THIS GRAND SCHEME OF THIS RECOMMENDATION. 
          >> WE'VE GOT TO BE VERY INTENTIONAL IN OUTREACH. 
          WE HAVE TO BE INTENTIONAL IN OUTREACH, BUT YET I DON'T KNOW IF THE MESSAGE THAT WE SEND TO FAMILIES IN RELATION TO OUTREACH IS OUR PLAN IS CONTRACTION ONLY. 
          AGAIN, IF IT IS CONTRACTION ONLY, THEN WHY WILL THEY CHOOSE TO COME HERE? THE SCHOOL DISTRICT I WORKED FOR, THE SUPERINTENDENT THERE IS A FRIEND, MATT KIMBLE. 
          MATT SPENT THE EARLY PART OF HIS CAREER HERE, AND SO MATT UNDERSTANDS THIS PLACE A LITTLE BIT, BUT THAT WASN'T THE CONVERSATION WE HAD. 
          I SENT HIM A TEXT, I SAID, ''WHAT'S YOUR K NUMBERS LIKE?'' HE INDICATED, WE'RE DOWN 6% IN KINDERGARTEN, WE'RE DOWN 14% IN KINDERGARTEN HERE. 
          TWO VERY SIMILAR SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 
          ONE OF THE MAIN DIFFERENCES, IN MY OPINION, IS SUNNYVALE HAS NO REAL CHARTER OPTION. 
          THEY HAVE A SMALL CHARTER SCHOOL IN THE DISTRICT, BUT IT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OF BELT LINE ROAD. 
          I'VE JOKINGLY SAID THIS AND DAVID LAUGHED AT ME. 
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BUT FOLKS IN SUNNYVALE REALLY DON'T LIKE TO CROSS BELT LINE ROAD THAT MUCH. 
          THEIR BUBBLES MAYBE EVEN TIGHTER THAN THIS ONE. 
          THAT'S A FACTOR THAT I DON'T BELIEVE THEY'RE LOSING THE SAME NUMBER OF STUDENTS TO CHARTERS. 
          WE HAVE FOUR PRETTY ACTIVE CHARTERS IN THIS DISTRICT, INCLUDING TWO ON ONE ON THE FAR SOUTH AND ONE ON THE NORTH THAT I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BEING COMPETITIVE IN OUR KIDS PICKING TO GO TO SCHOOL HERE. 
          A LOT OF THE CONVERSATION WITH OUR TEAM HAS BEEN WHAT'S COMPETITIVE LOOK LIKE. 
          I HAVE A REALLY INTERESTING MEETING SET UP FOR IN THE MORNING. 
          WE'VE GOT OUR ADMINISTRATOR MEETING, BUT I'M KEEPING THE TEN ELEMENTARY PRINCIPALS AFTER. 
          BECAUSE I WANT TO KNOW THEIR PERSPECTIVE, AND THEY'RE THE EXPERTS IN THE FIELD, SO I WANT KNOW WHAT THEIR THOUGHTS ARE. 
          THAT'S A CONVERSATION THAT I THINK IS GOING TO BE INCREDIBLY ENLIGHTENED. 
          >> I'D BE CURIOUS, WHEN YOU VISIT WITH THEM, I WAS AT A COUPLE OF MEETINGS LAST WEEK AND ONE OF THEM, I WAS OUTSIDE FOR QUITE A WHILE WITH A NUMBER OF PARENTS WITH YOUNG ELEMENTARY KIDS. 
          IT'S MADE ME WONDER SINCE THEN, SHOULD WE BE DOING TOURS WITH THE DIRECTORS OF THE DAYCARE CENTERS THAT MOST OF OUR KIDS ARE GOING TO FOR AFTER SCHOOL CARE TO HELP DISPEL SOME OF THE MYTHS OR SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING AT THE PRE K LEVEL? BECAUSE WHAT I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT IS, HOW DO WE REACH THEM IF THEY AREN'T ALREADY IN OUR ROLES, AND WHEN WE WOULD BE, DO WE GO AFTER THE DAYCARES THAT ARE IN OUR DISTRICT WHERE WE HAVE PRE K KIDS AND TRY TO ENTER THE CONVERSATION? 
          >> I THINK THAT'S GOT TO BE A PART OF THE PLAN. 
          NOW, I THINK THAT THERE ARE SOME PK PROGRAMS THAT ALSO HAVE KINDERGARTEN EDUCATION, AND SO THEY PROBABLY ARE NOT GOING TO LET US IN, BUT I DO THINK THAT THAT HAS TO BE A PART OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN IN RELATION TO MAKING SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO RETAIN. 
          IF WE SOMEHOW BROUGHT 200 ADDITIONAL STUDENTS BACK INTO THE DISTRICT FROM OUR ELEMENTARY GRADES, BASED ON FORMULA, THAT'S OVER 1,000,002, AND THAT'S REAL REVENUE. 
          WE CAN APPROACH THERE'S TWO WAYS TO APPROACH THE DEFICIT. 
          BY THE WAY, STUDENT COUNT IS A DEFINITE WAY TO RAISE THAT REVENUE, AND THAT'S 1,000,002 ANNUALLY. 
          >> I KNOW WHAT THESE COMMUNITY DIALOGUE MEETINGS YOU'RE GOING AROUND AND ASKING ABOUT REIMAGINING ELEMENTARY EDUCATION, AND YOU TALKED ABOUT MAYBE LEAVING A FRAMEWORK AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER AND END OF OCTOBER. 
          CAN YOU TALK TO US ABOUT WHAT YOU ENVISION THAT TRANSITION LOOKING LIKE WITH YOU AND THE FULL TIME SUPERINTENDENT? WHAT'S YOUR GOAL? 
          >> I DON'T KNOW IF I'M READY TO ANSWER THAT ONE YET. 
          >> [LAUGHTER] 
          >> WE'RE CLOSE. I THINK WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IS THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT, ALONG WITH THIS TEAM AND CABINET, HAVE GOT TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK TO THE HOUSE ANALOGY. 
          THE HOUSE IS BUILT, IT'S FRAMED, THEY'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO PICK THE WALL COLOR AND THE CARPET AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS TO PERSONALIZE IT. 
          BUT I THINK WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO CAST THAT VISION FOR WHAT IT CAN LOOK LIKE. 
          I THINK WE'VE GOT TO HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD CONVERSATIONS BEFORE I CAN DEFINITIVELY BRING THAT TO YOU. 
          I'VE GOT AN IDEA OR TWO. 
          ANYWAY, THE PLANNING, AND THE DEEPER WE HAVE BEEN IN THESE CONVERSATIONS, I THINK THE MORE CONVINCED I AM THAT WE MUST BE NOT ONLY DEFICIT CONSCIOUS, BUT ALSO WE HAVE TO BE FORWARD THINKING AS WELL. 
          IT'S TWOFOLD, AND IT'S AN INTERESTING DYNAMIC RIGHT NOW. 
          MS. [INAUDIBLE] HAS SOME NUMBERS FOR US. 
          >> CAN DO THAT. GOOD EVENING. 
          THE MAIN REASON WE'RE HERE HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS IS BECAUSE AS YOU'VE HEARD NOT ONLY TONIGHT, BUT IN PAST CONVERSATIONS, AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET ENROLLMENT AND ATTENDANCE DRIVE FUNDING. 
          WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT HERE AS A DISTRICT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR DEMOGRAPHER. 
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AS MR. WILLIAMS HAS ALREADY ALLUDED, AFTER LABOR DAY, SO SEPTEMBER 4TH, WE WILL BE PROVIDING UPDATED AND CURRENT NUMBERS TO OUR DEMOGRAPHER. 
          BUT FOR A SNAPSHOT TONIGHT AND JUST A REMINDER AS TO WHY WE'RE HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO INCLUDE TONIGHT FOR THE BOARD FOR INDIVIDUALS IN THE ROOM AND FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT LISTEN ONLINE OR GO BACK AND LOOK AT THIS POWERPOINT ABOUT WHAT PROJECTED ENROLLMENT AND UTILIZATION NUMBERS LOOKED LIKE A YEAR AGO. 
          THIS CAME OUT ABOUT A YEAR AGO FROM ZONDA OUR DEMOGRAPHER. 
          THE COMFORTABLE CAPACITY AT ELEMENTARY HAS BEEN ADJUSTED AFTER THE VALLEY RANCH ELEMENTARY RENOVATION, WHICH INCREASED THAT CAMPUS BY 90-100 SEATS AND THE CLOSURE OF PINKERTON ELEMENTARY. 
          WHEN WE TALK TO OUR DEMOGRAPHER, THEY REALLY LIKE AND FEEL GOOD ABOUT UTILIZATION PERCENTAGES AT 90% AND FEEL LIKE IDEALLY, SCHOOL AND BUILDING UTILIZATIONS SHOULD BE SITTING SOMEWHERE 92-95%. 
          WHILE OUR CONVERSATIONS RIGHT NOW ARE TALKING AND FOCUSING ON ELEMENTARY, YOU CAN SEE EVEN IN OUR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS, WHERE OUR NUMBERS HAVE BEEN GROWING AND ARE A LITTLE BIT LARGER, WE'RE NOT ANYWHERE CLOSE TO THOSE PERCENTAGES. 
          WHILE OUR FOCUS IS TALKING ABOUT HOW TO REIMAGINE ELEMENTARY SO THAT WE CAN GET STUDENTS AT A YOUNGER AGE AND KEEP THEM, THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO CONTINUE AROUND OUR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS, JUST LIKE THEY'VE DONE WITH NEW TECH AND OTHER AREAS. 
          WE WANTED YOU TO HAVE THESE NUMBERS TONIGHT. 
          I DO WANT TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW AS OF THE CLOSE OF SCHOOL TODAY, WE HAVE 12,993 STUDENTS IN OUR DISTRICT. 
          LAST YEAR, AT THIS TIME, WE HAD 13,208, THAT'S 215 LESS THAN WE HAD THIS TIME LAST YEAR. 
          THE DEMOGRAPHER DID PROJECT THAT WE WOULD DECLINE THIS YEAR, BUT THAT COMPANY FELT LIKE AT THIS POINT WE'D HAVE 13,074 STUDENTS. 
          RIGHT NOW WE'RE SITTING AT ABOUT 81 TOTAL STUDENTS LESS THAN WHAT WAS PROJECTED BY OUR DEMOGRAPHER. 
          TODAY, AT OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, WE HAD 5,169 STUDENTS IN ATTENDANCE AND ENROLLED. 
          THAT'S 279 LESS THAN LAST YEAR. 
          >> WHERE WE'RE REALLY SEEING THAT SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IS A LITTLE BIT IN PRE K, BUT IN THE KINDERGARTEN CLASSROOMS, AND IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE'RE SITTING AT ABOUT 40, LESS THAN WE HAD LAST YEAR, AND 23 LESS THAN PROJECTED. 
          TODAY, WE HAD 3,314 MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS. 
          TODAY, WE HAD 4,510 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT IS ACTUALLY 104 MORE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAN WE HAD THIS TIME LAST YEAR, IT'S FOUR LESS THAN PROJECTED. 
          HIGH SCHOOL, WE'RE SITTING IN THAT SWEET SPOT, AND REALLY IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AS WELL. 
          BUT AGAIN, IF WE DON'T BEGIN TO LOOK AT THIS COLLECTIVELY AND GET INNOVATED AS MR. WILLIAMS SAID, IT'S NOT JUST GOING TO BE AN ELEMENTARY CAPACITY PROBLEM, IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO MOVE UP INTO OUR MID AND HIGH SCHOOLS. 
          IN FACT, INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, TODAY, WE HAVE 604 KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS. 
          WE HAVE 955 FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS. 
          IF WE DID NOTHING AND NEXT YEAR, WE LOOKED EXACTLY THE SAME. 
          WE WOULD BE MOVING 955 ELEMENTARY STUDENTS OFF TO MIDDLE SCHOOL. 
          IF WE HAD THE EXACT SAME NUMBER OF KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS, 604, THAT WOULD BE 351 LESS STUDENTS AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL. 
          THAT'S WHY WE'RE HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS AND GETTING AROUND THE TABLE WITH YOU, THE BOARD, WITH OUR STAFF, AND WITH OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 
          >> IN LOOKING AT THE PROJECTIONS BEING 87 UNDER PROJECTION IN THE DISTRICT, THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS REALLY JUST KINDERGARTEN. 
          I BELIEVE KINDERGARTEN PROJECTIONS WERE LIKE AROUND 680. 
          >> CORRECT. 
          >> CURRENTLY SITTING AT 604, AND SO THE DEMOGRAPHER IS INCREDIBLY ACCURATE OTHER THAN THOUGHT WE MIGHT HAVE MORE FIVE YEAR OLDS WALK WALK THROUGH HERE AND IT JUST HAS NOT HAPPENED. 
          AGAIN, WHAT IS THE CAUSATION OF THAT? I THINK THAT HAS TO BE A CONVERSATION. 
          GO BACK IF YOU DON'T MIND. 
          REALLY QUICK. I WANTED TO GO BACK AND SHOW YOU ONE. 
          NOTICE THE NUMBER IN YELLOW, THE NUMBER IN YELLOW OR YOUR ELEMENTARY IS THE ELEMENTARY PROJECTION FOR '28, '29. 
          THAT IS CONSIDERED THE LOW MARK OR THE TROUGH IS THE WAY THAT WE HAVE DESCRIBED IT, AND SO A LOT OF THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE CAMPUS UTILIZATION, 
          [02:15:07]
THINGS LIKE THAT, WILL BE DRIVEN OFF OF THAT NUMBER. 
          WE ANTICIPATE THAT TO BE THE LOW WATER MARK. 
          >> THE NEXT SLIDE IS ONE THAT WE HAVE SHOWN BOTH TO STAFF AND PARENTS AS WE'VE DONE THE COMMUNITY AND STAFF MEETINGS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO SHOW IT AT TOWN CENTER. 
          I THINK THIS IS REALLY TELLING OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. 
          IN THE SPRING OF 2023, WE GRADUATED 1,070 SENIORS AND THE KINDERGARTEN CLASS THAT FOLLOWED THEM THAT NEXT FALL WAS 700 AND THEN, 357 STUDENTS BEGINNING THEIR EDUCATION IN COPPELL AS. 
          THE FOLLOWING YEAR, WE GRADUATED 01,061 WITH A KINDERGARTEN CLASS OF 709 FOR A DIFFERENCE OF 352. 
          THIS YEAR, LAST MAY, WE GRADUATED 1,043, AND AS OF TODAY, WE HAVE 604 KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS. 
          THAT'S A DIFFERENCE OF 439. 
          THEN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN, YOU'LL SEE WE'RE PROJECTED TO HAVE A GRADUATION CLASS OF 1,092. 
          AGAIN, IF WE HELD OUR KINDERGARTEN NUMBERS CONSTANT, WE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING AND WE HAD 604 COME IN NEXT FALL, IT'S A DIFFERENCE OF 488 STUDENTS. 
          AGAIN, THESE ARE REMINDERS AS TO THE WHY BEHIND WHY WE'RE HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS. 
          >> I JUST WANT TO KNOW, HOW DO WE GET TO THE BOTTOM OF A DROP LIKE THAT, 100 KINDERGARTENERS FEWER THAN WE HAD THE YEAR BEFORE, WE'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED ANYTHING LIKE THAT. 
          MAYBE THE ANSWER IS COVID, I DON'T KNOW. 
          THESE ARE THE COVID BABIES STARTING KINDERGARTEN. 
          BUT WHAT DO WE DO TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE? IT'S SCARY FOR ME. 
          >> IT IS. AGAIN, I THINK SOME OF IT COULD BE ATTRIBUTED TO COVID BABIES, BUT IF IT WERE 6%. 
          BUT AGAIN, THE NUMBERS ARE REFLECTIVE OF A MUCH LARGER PERCENTAGE DROP, AND SO I THINK THAT THERE HAS TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF SOME SYSTEMIC ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER. 
          >> IT'S CURIOUS WHAT WAYS OR METHODS WE HAVE TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT. 
          I KNOW WE CAN TRACK THE TRANSFERS IN AND TRANSFERS OUT, BUT I'M CURIOUS ABOUT HOW WE UNCOVER THE KIDS WHO NEVER ENROLL IN CISD BECAUSE WE WANT THEM HERE, AND I THINK WE OFFER THE BEST SERVICE IN TOWN. 
          HOW DO WE GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT? IT DOESN'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY BE YOU, MR. WILLIAMS. I'M OPEN TO IDEAS AND GUIDANCE FROM MY MORE EXPERIENCED TRUSTEES, BUT IT'S CONCERNING TO ME. 
          >> THINK TRUSTEE POWERS, IT IS A COMPLICATED DYNAMIC. 
          IT'S NOT A SINGULAR DYNAMIC. 
          THESE THINGS HAVE PLAYED OVER TIME. 
          IF YOU ASK ANY OF THE TRUSTEES AROUND THE DAYS THAT HAVE BEEN HERE A LITTLE WHILE, IT HASN'T BEEN ONE THING. 
          IT'S THE ACCUMULATION OF MULTIPLE THINGS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE. 
          WE CAN TALK ABOUT HOUSING COSTS. 
          AT THE EARLY AT THE YOUNGER STAGES, WHERE PEOPLE COMING IN, THAT HAS BEEN ONE THAT YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT WE TALK ABOUT THE PROGRAMS THAT EXISTS. 
          BUT ALSO HAS BEEN COMPETITION. 
          THE THING THAT HAS TRANSPIRED SINCE I'VE BEEN ON HERE IS THE FACT THAT HOME SCHOOL HAS INCREASED EXCEPTIONALLY WE'VE SEEN THAT CHARTER SCHOOLS HAVE GROWN EXPONENTIALLY AS WELL, SO YOU HAVE THIS EXPANDED LEVEL OF COMPETITION. 
          NOW, HOW DO WE GO OUT AND MARKET OURSELVES AS THE BEST THING IN TOWN AND THE BEST OPTION? I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE MORE INTENTIONAL AND IN THE PAST, IT USED TO BE THE PHYSICAL PRESENCE OF COPPELL ISD WAS ENOUGH TO ATTRACT PEOPLE. 
          THAT IS NO LONGER ENOUGH. 
          YOU HAVE TO DO MORE TO BRING THEM IN AND TO KEEP THEM IN. 
          ONCE YOU GET THEM IN, THEN YOU HAVE TO RETAIN THINK COPPELL ISD HAS THAT MEAN JUST BY THE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD TONIGHT, THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION, THE QUALITY OF OUR EDUCATORS, AND THE PRODUCT THAT WE PRODUCE. 
          THE OTHER THING IS THE MISPERCEPTIONS HAVE BEEN A BIGGER PROBLEM AS WELL. 
          PEOPLE PERCEIVE THAT YOU COME IN AND THAT YOU'RE GOING TO JUST HAVE TECHNOLOGY ALONE DRIVING YOUR EDUCATION. 
          THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY THE CASE. 
          WE GO ON THE BOARDWALKS YEAR IN A YEAR OUT, AND YOU SEE PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTUALLY ENGAGING, WALKING, TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENTIATION, TALKING ABOUT MTSS, TALKING ABOUT ALL THOSE THINGS THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO GET PEOPLE TO THE GRADUATION. 
          THAT'S WHY THE GRADUATION NUMBERS ARE SO HIGH. 
          BECAUSE ONCE YOU GET HERE, AND I'VE TALKED TO PEOPLE OVER THE YEARS, EVEN THIS PAST GRADUATING YEAR, SAID, MAN, THIS IS LIKE YOU GETTING A PRIVATE EDUCATION ON A PUBLIC SCHOOL DIME. 
          THAT'S HUGE, BUT ONCE AGAIN, PEOPLE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE TO JUST BE MORE INTENTIONAL ABOUT HOW TO IDENTIFY, ASSESS AND VALIDATE THAT. 
          BUT YOU ALSO HAVE PEERS AROUND. 
          I'M GOING TO SAY REGION 10 AND 11 THAT WE CAN LEARN FROM AS WELL THAT WE CAN LEAN INTO, 
          [02:20:04]
WE TALK ABOUT MONOSA, WE TALK ABOUT MAGNETS. 
          WE TALK ABOUT ALL THESE OTHER THINGS THAT POTENTIALLY MAY BE OUT THERE. 
          I THINK THAT THE ANSWERS WITHIN US TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS AND JUST LET THINGS PLAY OUT, BUT IT WON'T BE OVERNIGHT. 
          IT DIDN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT ON THE SLIDE, BUT ALSO BUILDING BACK AND GETTING BACK, THOSE NUMBERS ARE AVAILABLE TO US. 
          I THINK IT CAN BE DONE. 
          THE KNOWLEDGE IS HERE, THE RESULTS ARE HERE, AND THE OUTCOMES ARE HERE IT CAN BE DONE. 
          >> WELL SAID WELL SAID. 
          >> WELL SAID TRUSTEE HILL. 
          I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING THAT IT IS WHAT REIMAGINATION WHEN WE TALK ABOUT REIMAGINATION, THAT'S HOW IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE THAT THINGS WE DID NOT NEED TO DO A FEW YEARS AGO. 
          NOW WE NEED TO LOOK INTO THOSE THINGS ALONG WITH MARKETING. 
          WE NEVER NEEDED TO DO MARKETING PUBLIC SCHOOLS, BUT I GUESS NOW WITH COMPETITIONS AND OTHER THINGS GOING AROUND. 
          I ALSO THINK THE PERCEPTION NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. 
          I HAD A OUT IN MY MIND, BUT I THINK I NEVER MIND. 
          IT WILL COME AGAIN. THAT WAS VERY WELL SAID. 
          >> THESE ARE SOME DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAVE HAD AS A TEAM. 
          AGAIN, WHEN WE BRING A PLAN TO YOU, IT'S GOING TO BE COMPREHENSIVE, EVERYTHING FROM CAMPUS DESIGN TO MARKETING TO RECRUITMENT BECAUSE AGAIN IT CAN'T JUST BE AS SIMPLE AS WELL, WE'RE GOING TO ELIMINATE TWO CAMPUSES AND MOVE ON. 
          I THINK THAT WE'VE GOT TO BE INNOVATIVE IN OUR DESIGN WORK EVEN. 
          AGAIN, BUT IT'S GOOD WORK. IT'S EXCITING. 
          IF WE DO IT WELL, THEN WE SET A COURSE FOR CISDS FUTURE. 
          RELATING TO THAT, I WANTED TO ASK ANGELA IF SHE WOULD TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT WITH THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING WITH OUR NEW TECH PROJECT TEAMS. 
          >> GOOD EVENING BOARD. 
          MR. WILLIAMS, I'M EXCITED TO SHARE SOME OF THE UPDATES RELATED TO OUR NEW TECH PROJECT TEAMS. I THINK WE'VE SHARED PREVIOUSLY THAT WE HAVE FOUR PROJECT TEAMS THAT ARE CURRENTLY WORKING. 
          WE HAVE THE PROGRAMS AND OFFERINGS TEAM, THE GROWTH AND EXPANSION TEAM, THE FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS TEAM, AND THE CULTURE AND CONNECTION TEAM. 
          AND EACH OF THESE TEAMS ARE MADE UP OF PARENTS, THEY'RE MADE UP OF STUDENTS, THEY'RE MADE UP OF STAFF MEMBERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND STAFF MEMBERS. 
          I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT EACH OF THESE GROUPS IS GOING TO REALLY DIG IN THE LAST THIS ENTIRE YEAR AND EVEN PROBABLY INTO NEXT YEAR AS WE TRANSITION. 
          THE PROGRAM AND OFFERINGS TEAM HAS ALREADY MET ON 8/19 AND THEY'RE GOING TO MEET AGAIN ON 8/26. 
          THE GROWTH AND EXPANSION TEAM IS GOING TO MEET 8/26. 
          AMANDA SIMPSON IS LEADING THAT HAS A GREAT PLAN FOR THAT ONE TOMORROW. 
          I GOT TO SEE A PREVIEW OF THAT TODAY AND IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT WORK AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF FOCUS ON MARKETING. 
          THE FACILITY AND OPERATIONS TEAM MET ON 8/19 FOR A DESIGN CHARETTE. 
          THEY REALLY GOT TO DIG IN DEEP INTO WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND WE APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT WAS DONE ON THAT DESIGN CHARETTE. 
          THEN THE CULTURE AND CONNECTION TEAM IS GOING TO MEET ON 828 THIS WEEK AND REALLY BEGIN TO DIG IN I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN DOING SOME BEHIND THE SCENES WORK. 
          THEY'RE GOING TO START TO PUT IT ALL TOGETHER AS THEY LOOK AT HOW DO THEY CONTINUE THE TRADITIONS AND THE CULTURE OF NEW TECH, BUT BRING THAT ALSO SO THEY CAN KEEP THEIR IDENTITY AND WHO THEY ARE, BUT HOW DO WE ALSO MERGE THOSE TWO AS THEY CO EXIST IN THE SAME BUILDING? I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIG PIECE. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF EXCITEMENT AND WORK THAT'S ALREADY BEEN HAPPENING IN THAT GROUP. 
          HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR NEW TECH PROJECT TEAMS. I'M EXCITED TO HELP BE A PART OF ALL FOUR OF THESE TEAMS. 
          >> MS. BROWN, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU. 
          >> SURE. 
          >> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS WORK, ARE YOU LOOKING AT OTHER MODELS THAT HAVE HAD SUCCESS IN TURNING AROUND? ARE YOU LOOKING AT THE NEW TECH NETWORK AS A WHOLE? WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT IS YOUR GUIDING PRINCIPLE AND SOURCE OF INFORMATION TO ALIGN THIS WORK AND MOVE IT FORWARD? 
          >> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE AT THE NEW TECH NETWORK. 
          I'M REALLY TALKING ABOUT WHAT COULD THIS LOOK LIKE? HOW COULD WE REIMAGINE IT? IF YOU REMEMBER, I CAME PREVIOUSLY FROM A DISTRICT. 
          MY BACKGROUND IS WITH A DISTRICT THAT HAD A SCHOOL WITHIN A SCHOOL MODEL FOR NEWTECH NETWORK. 
          I LIVED THAT FOR 19 YEARS. 
          I HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE FOR A SCHOOL WITHIN A SCHOOL OF NEW TECH NETWORK AND WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE. 
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I'VE LEANED ON SOME OF MY PAST FRIENDS WHO HELPED TO LEAD THAT WORK AND HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM AS WELL. 
          I THINK WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. 
          HERE'S WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT THIS IS THAT YES, WE CAN LOOK TO PAST SUCCESSES, BUT THE ONLY THING THAT'S GOING TO MAKE THIS SUCCESSFUL IS TO DIG IN DEEP WITH OUR OWN PEOPLE HERE BECAUSE WE'RE COPPELL. 
          WE'RE NOT GOING TO LOOK LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, LET'S MAKE THIS WORK. 
          I THINK THAT'S THE SUCCESS OF THESE FOUR TEAMS IS THAT THEY EACH HAVE THEIR GOAL, THEIR VISION, THEIR PATH, AND THEY'RE GOING TO DO THEIR WORK AND THEN BRING IT TO FRUITION. 
          THE TRUTH IS THAT IN THE END, WE'RE GOING TO BE THE LIGHTHOUSE, AND EVERYONE'S GOING TO BE LOOKING TO US FOR HOW YOU DO IT. 
          >> GOT IT? 
          >> GOT IT. THANK YOU. 
          >> WHAT'S THE NEXT STEPS? WHEN DO WE EXPECT TO BRING REPORT BACK ON THE [INAUDIBLE]. 
          >> WHAT WE HAVE ASKED THE TEAMS TO DO IS WE'VE ASKED THEM TO HAVE A REPORT READY BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER 1 PART OF OCTOBER. 
          I'M A LITTLE SELFISH FROM THAT STANDPOINT. 
          I WANT TO BE HERE TO BE A PART OF THAT BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING I'VE SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME ON. 
          INSTEAD OF SAYING, MY RECOMMENDATION GOING FORWARD WOULD BE YOU WOULD HAVE AN ANNUAL REPORT PROBABLY AT THE OCTOBER BOARD MEETING. 
          WE'RE GOING TO DIAL THIS ONE UP JUST A LITTLE BIT TO MAKE SURE THAT I GET TO BE A PART OF IT, SO I'M TAKING A LITTLE BIT OF LIBERTY WITH THAT. 
          >> WE'LL BRING THAT BACK TO YOU AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND I THINK WE'LL HAVE EACH OF THE TEAMS PRESENT AND REALLY GIVE YOU A DEEP DIVE INTO THE WORK THEY'VE BEEN DOING. 
          >> THE LAST ITEM THAT I HAVE RELATING TO SUPERINTENDENT REPORT ITSELF IS, I WANTED TO BRIEF YOU JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES ON THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT THAT WE HAD WITH THE CITY. 
          WE APPROVED THE AGREEMENT. 
          THERE WERE REALLY NO SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES FROM LAST YEAR. 
          WE DID HAVE THE ATTORNEY REVIEW THAT FOR US, AND I'VE ALREADY MADE THE STATEMENT, BUT I DO APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY IN FUNDING THOSE POSITIONS. 
          BUT REALLY THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE IN THE IMPLEMENTATION AS WELL. 
          I KNOW MARK IS HERE TONIGHT, BUT OUR DIRECTOR OF SAFETY AND SECURITY, MARK BRADFORD WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE SROS AND WITH THE CITY POLICE. 
          JUST THE NUMBER OF TIMES THAT WE GET ALERTS FROM MARK, AND HE REALLY JUST KEEPS US ABREAST WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON. 
          GREAT PARTNERSHIP. 
          OUR KIDS OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF ARE BETTER PROTECTED AND BETTER SERVED BECAUSE OF THAT PARTNERSHIP, AND I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE IT. 
          SO PRESIDENT CAVINESS THAT'S ALL I HAVE. 
          >> THANK YOU, MR. WILLIAMS, AND APPRECIATE EVERYBODY THAT WAS PART OF THE REPORTS TONIGHT IN THE TIME AND EFFORT YOU GUYS PUT INTO THAT WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE. 
          THAT WILL TAKE US INTO OR THIS WILL TAKE US INTO OUR ACTION ITEMS FOR TONIGHT. 
          [IX.A. CONSENT]
FIRST THING IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA. 
          IF ANYONE, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING THEY WISH TO DISCUSS FURTHER, IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. 
          >> I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE CONSENT AS PRESENTED. 
          >> SECOND. 
          >> BY TRUSTEE CO BENTLEY, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE RONA ROVAL IN THE DISCUSSION. 
          >> JUST WANTED TO SAY, THANK YOU. 
          DOCTOR BROOKS, FOR THE VIDEO ABOUT THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLANS, I ALWAYS FIND THAT IS HELPFUL. 
          I ENJOY READING, BUT THE VIDEO IS VERY HELPFUL, I KNOW THIS IS THE FIRST TIME. 
          WE PUT THE DIPS ON CONSENT, BUT JUST FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A REALLY STRONG UNDERSTANDING. 
          I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A SHOUT OUT FOR THAT BECAUSE APPRECIATED THAT. 
          WE GOT THAT VERY TIMELY AND THEN THE VIDEO COMPONENT. 
          >> FURTHER DISCUSSION? HERE, NONE, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE ALL IN FAVOR. 
          THE MOTION PASSES 7-0. 
          NEXT UP, WE HAVE A TRIO OF HOUSE BILL 3372 EXEMPTION REQUEST. YES. MICHAEL. 
          [IX.B. Discuss and consider House Bill 3372 Exemption Request for Dr. Anita de la Isla]
          >> WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO MOVE THROUGH THESE RELATIVELY QUICKLY. 
          I'LL GIVE ONE EXPLANATION AS TO WHY WE'RE BRINGING THESE FORWARD AND THEN BECAUSE THERE ARE THREE INDIVIDUAL REQUESTS, IT WILL BE NECESSARY FOR YOU TO CONSIDER INDIVIDUAL ACTION. 
          BUT WITH THE RECENT PASSING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF HOUSE BILL 3372, THAT BILL RESTRICTS CERTAIN FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS BY ESTABLISHING NEW RULES FOR THEIR COMPENSATED WORK WITH OUTSIDE ENTITIES. 
          SPECIFICALLY, ADMINISTRATORS ARE PROHIBITED FROM RECEIVING PAYMENT FOR PERSONAL SERVICES FROM BUSINESSES THAT CONTRACT WITH THEIR SCHOOL DISTRICT, EDUCATIONAL SERVICE PROVIDERS, OR OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND CHARTERS. 
          HOWEVER, THERE IS AN EXEMPTION. 
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ADMINISTRATORS, OTHER THAN SUPERINTENDENT AND ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENTS, CAN RECEIVE COMPENSATION IF THE SCHOOL BOARD APPROVES IT IN A PUBLIC VOTE, CONFIRMING IT DOESN'T HARM THE DISTRICT, PRESENT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, AND IS DONE ON THE INDIVIDUAL'S PERSONAL TIME. 
          THIS EVENING, WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD THREE REQUESTS OF INDIVIDUALS WHO QUITE HONESTLY, ALL THREE HAVE WORKED IN THE CAPACITIES THAT WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD TONIGHT FOR SEVERAL YEARS, IF NOT LONGER THAN THAT. 
          BUT BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO BE FORWARD FACING FOR YOU AS A BOARD AND TRANSPARENT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND THESE, ARE THEIR DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS OUTSIDE THEIR WORK? TONIGHT, WE'D LIKE TO DO THAT. 
          BOARD MEMBERS, YOU RECEIVED MEMOS ABOUT ALL THREE OF THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT INCLUDED SPECIFICS OF THEIR WORK, BUT HIGH LEVEL, THE FIRST INDIVIDUAL THAT WE'VE ASKED THAT YOU CONSIDER IS DOCTOR ANITA DE LA ISLA. 
          SHE'S OUR DIRECTOR OF ESL BILINGUAL AND LT. 
          DOCTOR DE LA ISLA HAS WORKED AS AN ADJUNCT PROFESSOR WITH DALLAS BAPTIST UNIVERSITY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, TEACHING MASTER LEVEL COURSES IN THE AREAS OF ESL AND BILINGUAL EDUCATION. 
          SHE IS ASKING FOR THE APPROVAL FOR HER TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THIS WORK, WHICH DOES HAPPEN OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL DAY, THEIR EVENING AND WEEKEND AND SOMETIMES SUMMER CLASSES. 
          AGAIN, SHE'S DONE THIS FOR SEVERAL YEARS, WE HAVE EXPERIENCE THAT IT HASN'T CAUSED ANY CONFLICT OR INTERFERENCE WITH HER NORMAL JOB DUTIES. 
          THAT IS THE FIRST EXEMPTION WE'RE ASKING YOU TO CONSIDER THIS EVENING. 
          >> I LIKE TO MAKE THAT MAKE A MOTION. 
          I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE EXEMPTION TO HOUSE BILL 3372 FOR DOCTOR ANITA DEASLA, DIRECTOR ESL AND BILINGUAL PROGRAMS, ALLOWING HER TO SERVE AS AN ADJUNCT PROFESSOR IN THE READING AND ESL MASTER EDUCATION PROGRAM AT DALLAS BAPTIST UNIVERSITY. 
          >> A TRUSTEE BY TRUSTEE. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION MADE BY A TRUSTEE HILL, SECONDED BY SECRETARY MATTHEW. 
          ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? HEARING NONE, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE ALL IN FAVOR. 
          THE MOTION PASSES 7-0. 
          >> THANK YOU. THE SECOND EXEMPTION WE'RE BRINGING 
          [IX.C. Discuss and consider House Bill 3372 Exemption Request for Dan McCready]
FORWARD TONIGHT IS FOR MR. DAN MCCREADY. 
          HE'S AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL. 
          PRIOR TO BECOMING AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, MR. MCCREADY WAS A TEACHER AND A WRESTLING COACH, A VERY SUCCESSFUL ONE HERE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. 
          HIS EXEMPTION THAT HE'S REQUESTING IS HE HAS SERVED AS A WRESTLING OFFICIAL THROUGH UIL FOR A NUMBER OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN AND AROUND THE STATE. 
          ONE OF THE REASONS HE DOES THIS IS IT'S VERY HARD TO FIND EXPERIENCED WRESTLING COACHES THAT ARE EFFECTIVE. 
          AGAIN, THIS JOB DOES NOT PREVENT ANY KIND OF CONFLICT. 
          HE DOES NOT ACCEPT POSITIONS THAT WOULD PUT HIM IN A REFEREE POSITION IN ANY OF CAP ISD'S TOURNAMENTS OR WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ACTUALLY COMPETE WITH US IN OUR DISTRICT. 
          AGAIN, MR. MCCREADY SERVED IN THIS CAPACITY LAST YEAR WITHOUT ANY CONFLICT OR HARDSHIP TO HIS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL POSITION. 
          >> I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE EXEMPTION TO HB 3372 FOR MR. DAN MCCREADY, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT CHS, TO SERVE AS AN OFFICIAL IN THE TEXAS WRESTLING OFFICIALS ASSOCIATION. 
          >> SECOND. 
          >> YOU HAVE A MOTION BY VICE PRESIDENT BENTLEY, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE HILL. 
          ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? HEARING NONE, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE ALL IN FAVOR. 
          THE MOTION PASSES 7-0. 
          >> THANK YOU. THE LAST INDIVIDUAL WE'D LIKE TO 
          [IX.D. Discuss and consider House Bill 3372 Exemption Request for Gerry Miller]
BRING FOR CONSIDERATION IS MR. GERRY MILLER, OUR DIRECTOR OF FINE ARTS. 
          FOR MANY YEARS, MR. MILLER HAS SERVED AS A FINE ARTS CLINICIAN AND BAND ADJUCATOR THROUGHOUT TEXAS AND THE UNITED STATES. 
          HE CURRENTLY SERVES AS THE PRESIDENT ELECT OF THE TEXAS MUSIC ADJUDICATORS ASSOCIATION, AN ORGANIZATION WHICH OVERSEES THE TRAINING AND PLACEMENT OF JUDGES FOR CHOIR, CONCERT BAND, MARIACHI MARCHING BAND, AND ORCHESTRA FOR ONCE AGAIN, THE UIL. 
          AGAIN, MR. MILLER HAS SERVED IN THIS CAPACITY VERY SUCCESSFULLY FOR MANY YEARS. 
          IT ALLOWS HIM TO NETWORK AND BUILD RELATIONSHIPS ACROSS THE STATE THAT ACTUALLY ARE OF A GREAT BENEFIT TO THE DISTRICT. 
          AGAIN, OUR EXPERIENCE IS THIS HAS NOT PROVIDED ANY CONFLICT OR INTERFERENCE WITH HIS JOB DUTIES AS DIRECTOR OF FINE ARTS. 
          >> STANDS FROM A CYCLE ON THIS ONE, IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. 
          >> I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE EXEMPTION TO HB 3372 FOR MR. GERRY MILLER, DIRECTOR OF FINE ARTS TO SERVE AS A FINE ARTS CLINICIAN AND BAND ADJUDICATOR. 
          >> I HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE WALKER, SECONDED BY VICE PRESIDENT BENTLEY. 
          ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? 
          >> THE ONLY THING I'D LIKE TO SAY IS THAT THE WORK THAT HE DOES, BECAUSE I'VE TALKED TO HIM IN THE PAST ABOUT IT IS TREMENDOUS, AND IT'S A MAJOR BENEFIT FOR US FOR THE WORK THAT HE DOES, AND IT JUST HELPS EXEMPLIFY THE QUALITY OF EDUCATORS HERE IN THE DISTRICT. 
          [02:35:02]
          >> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY ALL THREE OF THESE INDIVIDUALS SHOULD BE DOING THESE OTHER THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING. 
          THANK GOODNESS THAT THEY WANT TO. 
          IT'S FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL OF TEXAS AND ALL KIDS AND JS FOR JUST NOT EVEN GIVING IT A SECOND THOUGHT. 
          THIS IS A BIT RIDICULOUS. 
          >> THE ONLY THING I'D ADD IS THIS IS NOT VERY MUCH DIFFERENT THAN IN THE CORPORATE WORLD, IF YOU'RE SERVING ON A BOARD, OR IF YOU'RE DOING ANY KIND OF EXTRA WORK, TEACHING AS A PROFESSOR. 
          WE HAVE MANY LAWYERS THAT I KNOW WHO ALSO ARE ADJUNCT PROFESSORS AT LAW SCHOOLS, ADDITIONAL DUTIES. 
          THIS IS JUST A PUBLIC, JUST LIKE A BOARD OR A MANAGER WOULD IN A CORPORATE SETTING. 
          >> CORRECT. 
          >> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? HERE NONE, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE. 
          ALL IN FAVOR. MOTION PASSES 7-0. 
          >> I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THESE THREE INDIVIDUALS. 
          AS YOU SAID, THEY DO GREAT WORK IN OUR DISTRICT AND THROUGHOUT THE STATE, AND ALSO PART OF THIS HOUSE BILL, WHILE IT PROTECTS THE DISTRICT WITH THE TRANSPARENCY, THE PASSING OF THESE EXEMPTION PROTECTS THESE INDIVIDUALS. 
          IT'S A PERSONAL FINE OF $10,000 IF THEY MOVED FORWARD IN THESE CAPACITIES WITHOUT YOUR APPROVAL. 
          SO AGAIN, THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF EACH ONE OF THEM. 
          >> $10,000 PER OFFENSE. 
          >> CORRECT. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU. THAT'LL MOVE US ON TO ITEM E, 
          [IX.E. Discuss and consider approval of the Resolution approving and adopting the budgets for 2025-2026 fiscal year; (General, Food Service, and Debt Service Funds) appropriating funds for each department, project, and account; and authorizing other matters related to the subject]
WHICH IS NOW BUDGET AND TAX RELATED ITEMS FROM MS. SARKAR,. 
          >>OVER THE PAST FIVE MONTHS, THE DISTRICT'S ADMINISTRATION AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES HAS DISCUSSED THE BUDGET FOR THE 25-26 SCHOOL YEAR DURING MULTIPLE BUDGET WORKSHOPS AND BOARD MEETINGS. 
          AS PRESENTED IN THE PUBLIC HEARING PRIOR TO THIS MEETING, THIS IS A SUMMARY OF THE PROPOSED REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES FOR EACH FUND. 
          IT'S THE ADMINISTRATION'S RECOMMENDATION THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE BUDGETS FOR 2025 - 2026. 
          THOUGH I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. 
          >> AT OUR PUBLIC HEARING ON ON THIS IN THE NEXT FEW ITEMS EARLIER THIS EVENING AT 5:30. 
          VERY EXTENSIVE PRESENTATION, MS. SARKAR, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT WE DIDN'T GET ANSWERED AT THAT TIME OR IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION? 
          >> MY ONLY QUESTION IS, DOES THE RESOLUTION NEED TO BE READ ON THIS ONE? I ALWAYS FORGET YOU'RE NOT FOR THE BUDGET. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> THEN, I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE OFFICIAL BUDGETS AT THE FUND AND FUNCTION LEVEL FOR THE GENERAL FOOD SERVICE AND DEBT SERVICE FUNDS FOR FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 1, 2025 AND ENDING AUGUST 31, 2026, AS PRESENTED AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE 44.002 THROUGH 44.006. 
          >> SECOND. 
          >> MOTION BY TRUSTEE BENTLEY SECONDED BY TRUSTEE HILL. 
          ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE, ALL IN FAVOR. 
          THE MOTION PASSES 7-0. 
          >> THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE TAX RATE. 
          [IX.F. Discuss and consider adoption of the 2025-2026 Maintenance and Operations and Debt Service Tax rates]
AS PART OF THE PRIOR MEETINGS, THE DISTRICTS PRESENTED THE INFORMATION ON THE TAX RATES TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 
          THE PROPOSED TAX RATE WILL SUPPORT THE 25' - '26 BUDGETS. 
          THE PROPOSED 25' - '26 TAX RATE FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS REMAINS THE SAME AS LAST YEAR, AND WHILE THE 25' - '26 TAX RATE FOR INTEREST IN SINKING IS GOING DOWN BY 2.07 PENNIES. 
          ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE DISTRICT'S TAX RATE HISTORY IS AVAILABLE ON THE FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY PAGE OF THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE. 
          IT'S THE ADMINISTRATION'S RECOMMENDATION THAT THE TAX RATES BE APPROVED AS PRESENTED. 
          >> THE TAX RATE IS GOING DOWN, BUT WE STILL HAVE TO DECLARE THAT IT IS A 7.38% INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE. 
          CAN YOU ENLIGHTEN US ON THAT ONE? 
          >> YES. WHAT THAT IS IS THAT THE MOTION THAT YOU WILL MAKE, WE'LL HAVE TO SAY THAT IT'S A 7.38% INCREASE IN TAXES. 
          IT QUOTES THAT AS A TOTAL TAX RATE COMPARED TO THE NO NEW REVENUE TOTAL TAX RATE, IT IS NOT A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE ACTUAL ADOPTED TAX RATE FOR THIS YEAR COMPARED TO THE ACTUAL ADOPTED TAX RATE FOR LAST YEAR. 
          IT'S A COMPARISON OF REVENUE AND WHAT WOULD THE TAX RATE HAVE BEEN SO THAT IT GENERATED NO NEW REVENUE FOR THE DISTRICT. 
          RECOGNIZING THOUGH THAT THE EXPENDITURES CHANGE, ESPECIALLY IN THE INTEREST AND SINKING FUND, WE HAVE A DEBT SCHEDULE THAT SAYS, THIS IS THE DEBT WE OWE EACH YEAR AND WE HAVE TO TAX ENOUGH TO COVER THOSE DEBT PAYMENTS. 
          >> EVEN IF WE WANTED TO PASS A NO NEW TAX RATE, SPECIFICALLY WITH THE M&O THAT'S BEING HELD STEADY, THAT'S CALCULATED BY TA AND UNDER HOUSE BILL THREE. 
          [02:40:04]
AS WE HEARD EARLIER TONIGHT, WE'RE REQUIRED TO ADOPT THAT OR FACE THE STIFF FINANCIAL PENALTIES? 
          >> YES. EXACTLY. OUR ENTITLEMENT WOULD BE REDUCED. 
          >> DOES HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. 
          >> I'LL READ IT, I MOVED THAT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BE INCREASED BY THE ADOPTION OF A TAX RATE OF 0.981 $0.09, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY A 7.3% INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE. 
          >> SECOND. 
          >> I HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE MATTHEW SECONDED BY TRUSTEE POWERS. 
          ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM. 
          >> ONLY COMMENT I HAVE IS THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CAVINESS FOR THAT CLARIFICATION ON THE AMBIGUITY OF THIS INFORMATION BECAUSE IT'S JUST SO CONFUSING, BUT JUST COMING OUT OF THE SESSION EARLIER TONIGHT, THE SARKAR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOU AND YOUR TEAM AND ALL THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE ACROSS THE BOARD WITH THIS FROM THE INCEPTION TO TONIGHT. 
          BUT IT IS SO CONFUSING WHEN YOU READ THAT LANGUAGE BECAUSE IT DOES NOT REFLECT WHICH YOU'VE ACTUALLY DONE ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS. THANK YOU. 
          >> MY ONLY OTHER DISCUSSION ITEM, IT WOULD SEEM THAT IS ALL THREE LEVELS ARE MANDATED TO BE READ AND DONE. 
          THE LOCAL CONTROL ASPECT OF THAT IS OUT THE WINDOW AS WELL. 
          >> I WOULD SAY INTENTIONALLY CONFUSING. 
          I MEAN, NO WONDER PEOPLE THINK WE'RE INCREASING THE TAX RATE EVEN WHEN WE LOWER IT. 
          >> OTHER DISCUSSION? WELL, I'LL JUST ECHO THE COMMENTS, MS. SARKAR AND ERIC HAS ALREADY LEFT. 
          BUT TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM, YOU GUYS, NOT EVEN JUST THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS, BUT FOR THE LAST 12 MONTHS FOR THIS BUDGET CYCLE. 
          PUT A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT AND WORK AND NOT ONLY THAT WE'VE HAD ABOUT 103 MEETINGS, I THINK IN THE LAST YEAR ON BUDGET RELATED ITEMS THAT YOU HAVE BEEN AT EVERY SINGLE ONE AND A LOT OF PREP WORK ON YOUR END. 
          SINCERELY THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS, PICKING UP THE PHONE, AND BEING THERE FOR THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED. 
          THANK YOU. HERE NO OTHER DISCUSSION, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE, ALL IN FAVOR. MOTION PASSES 7-0. 
          >> JUST TO ADD TO THE CONFUSION, THERE WILL BE A STATEMENT ON THE BOTTOM OF OUR HOME PAGE ON THE WEBSITE. 
          IT SAYS THAT THE TAX RATE WILL EFFECTIVELY BE RAISED BY 16.47% AND WILL RAISE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS ON A $100,000 HOME BY $0. 
          >> REQUIRED BY LAW. 
          >> AS REQUIRED BY LAW IN EXTRA PRINT, THE FINAL THING THAT I HAVE TODAY IS TO CONSIDER 
          [IX.G. Discuss and consider approval of the Resolution of the 2025 Certified Appraisal Roll as required by the Texas Property Tax Code, Section 26.01]
APPROVAL OF THE CERTIFIED APPRAISAL TAX ROLL. 
          THE BOARD HAS BEEN SENT THE CERTIFIED VALUES THAT WAS SHARED ON JULY THE 24TH. 
          DUE TO THE IMPLIED INCREASE IN THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION 100000-140 THOUSAND, AND THEN THE ADDITIONAL INCREASE FOR TAXPAYERS OVER 65 AND DISABLED, CERTIFIED VALUES INCREASED BY 0.09% WITHIN THE DISTRICT. 
          COMMERCIAL AND BUSINESS PERSONAL PROPERTY ENCOMPASSES 60% NOW OF THE DISTRICT'S TAXABLE VALUES, AND RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY IS A LITTLE OVER 39%. 
          THE BOARD WAS PROVIDED WITH THE CERTIFICATION OF APPRAISAL ROLE AS CERTIFIED BY THE CHIEF APPRAISER AND THE CERTIFIED ESTIMATED VALUE REPORT DATED JULY 18 OF 2025. 
          IT IS OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD APPROVE THE CERTIFIED APPRAISAL TAX ROLE AND SUPPLEMENTAL ROLES AS THEY ARE PRESENTED. 
          >> I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVED THE 2025 APPRAISAL ROLE AS CERTIFIED IN ADDITION TO ALL SUPPLEMENTAL TAX ROLE CHANGES PRESENTED BY THE DALLAS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT, SLASH DALLAS COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR THROUGHOUT THE FISCAL YEAR. 
          >> SECOND. 
          >> BENTLEY SECONDED BY TRUSTEE HILL. 
          ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? 
          >> I JUST HAVE A CLARIFYING QUESTION. 
          IF THE DALLAS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT DOES NOT SET OUR TAX PROPERTIES AT A CERTAIN LEVEL, DOES THE STATE HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE THEM CHANGE THAT? 
          >> YES, THEY DO. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? HERE NONE, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE, ALL IN FAVOR. MOTION PASSES 7-0. 
          >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          >> YOU'RE WELCOME. MR. GRANT. YOUR TURN. 
          [IX.H. Discuss and consider approval of the quote from School Specialty for the purchase of new furniture and equipment for the new Coppell High School fine arts building]
          [02:45:04]
          >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CAVINESS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MR. WILLIAMS. MY FIRST ITEM IS REGARDING FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT FOR OUR NEW CHS FINE ARTS BUILDING. 
          MR. GERRY MILLER HAS BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH SCHOOL SPECIALTY IN COMING UP WITH THE NEEDED FURNITURE FOR THE STUDENT COLLABORATIVE AREAS, SOFT SEATING, OFFICE FURNITURE, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, TABLES, CHAIRS, ETC, FOR THE NEW BUILDING. 
          AS YOU'RE AWARE, OUR HOPEFUL AND I THINK PROBABLE SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION DATE IS ABOUT OCTOBER 24TH. 
          WE HAVE PLANS ONCE THE BUILDING IS RELEASED TO US AND WE HAVE THE TEMPORARY CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FROM THE CITY. 
          THE HOPE IS TO IMMEDIATELY MOVE INTO THAT FACILITY. 
          WE WILL BE BY ORDERING THIS FURNITURE NOW. 
          WE MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE IT QUITE IN TIME BUT WHAT THE PLAN IS IS TO IMMEDIATELY OCCUPY THAT BUILDING. 
          I ANTICIPATE THAT THERE WILL BE SOME ADDITIONAL FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT THAT MR. MILLER AND THE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WILL BE HOUSED IN THAT BUILDING WILL NEED. 
          BUT WE DID SET ASIDE PLENTY OF DOLLARS TO DO SO. 
          THIS NUMBER IS ACTUALLY LESS THAN HALF OF WHAT WAS SET ASIDE FOR ALL OF THE POTENTIAL NEEDS FOR THE CHS FINE FINE ARTS BUILDING. 
          >> THIS IS SUCH A TIKI TACKY QUESTION, BUT I'M GOING TO ASK IT ANYWAY. 
          DOES THE NEW FURNITURE THAT'S BEING PROPOSED TO BE ORDERED FIT WITH THE AESTHETICS OF THE FURNITURE AND THE OTHER BUILDINGS ON THE CAMPUS. 
          >> GREAT QUESTION. IT IS THE EXACT SAME FURNITURE, ESPECIALLY THE OFFICE FURNITURE. WE HAVE A STANDARD. 
          IN FACT, WHEN SCHOOL SPECIALTY DID THE ORIGINAL BID FOR OTHER CAMPUSES, THIS IS THE FURNITURE THAT THEY RESPONDED TO. 
          THEY'RE STILL HONORING THE SAME DEEPLY DISCOUNTED PRICING THAT WE'RE ENJOYING FOR VALLEY RANCH, FROM MOCKINGBIRD, WILSON, DENTON CREEK AND TOWN CENTER. 
          >> THANK YOU. THAT MAKES MY DESIGN HEART HAPPY. 
          [OVERLAPPING]I CAN'T HELP IT. 
          >> I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION PRESIDENT CAVINESS. 
          I MOVE THAT THE COPPELL ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE QUOTE FROM SCHOOL SPECIALTY FOR THE FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT FOR THE COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL FINE ARTS BUILDING AT A TOTAL COST NOT TO EXCEED $253,972.12. 
          >> SECOND. 
          >> MOTION AND SECOND BY TRUSTEE HILL, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE RAVAL. 
          ANY DISCUSSION OR ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM. 
          HERE NONE, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR. 
          MOTION PASSES 7-0. 
          >> MY FINAL ITEM, 
          [IX.I. Discuss and consider approval of the quote form School Specialty for the purchase of new furniture additions for Coppell Middle School West]
THERE WAS FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT DOLLARS SET ASIDE FOR COPPELL MIDDLE SCHOOL WEST AS WELL AS OUR OTHER MIDDLE SCHOOLS. 
          PRINCIPAL BALARIN HAS FOUND A NEED FOR SOME ADDITIONAL TABLES AND SOFT SEATING. 
          SOME OF THE SOFT SEATING THAT WAS PURCHASED. 
          WHEN THE BUILDING OPENED, HAS NOT HELD UP WELL, YET IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. 
          IT'S REPLACING SOME OF THAT AND SOME ADDITIONS AROUND THE CAMPUS. 
          THIS IS ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY FOR THOSE OPEN COLLABORATIVE AREAS THAT YOU'VE SEEN AROUND THE CAMPUS. 
          >> YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD? 
          >> KNEW THAT THE COPPELL ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE QUOTE FROM SCHOOL SPECIALTY FOR THE FERN TRADITIONS AT COPPELL MIDDLE SCHOOL WEST AT A TOTAL OF $115,716.75. 
          >> SECOND. 
          >> MOTION BY TRUSTEE WALKER SECOND BY TRUSTEE. 
          >> I ALMOST SAID MITCHELL, BUT I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE THAT ONE[LAUGHTER]. 
          >> SOMEONE NEW. 
          >> YEAH. 
          >> I'M HERE. 
          >> I KNOW. WELL, I'M USED TO SEEING BYRON IN HERE, SO I THINK THAT'S IT. 
          SECOND BY TRUSTEE, MATTHEW, ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? HEARING NONE, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE, ALL IN FAVOR. 
          MOTION PASSES 7-0. 
          >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          >> THAT WILL CONCLUDE OUR ACTION ITEMS FOR TONIGHT AND MOVE US INTO OUR BOARD REPORTS. 
          [X. DISCUSSION AND REPORT ITEMS - BOARD OF TRUSTEES]
I'LL JUST KICK IT OFF. I GET THE FIRST ONE. 
          OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY TEAM MET BACK ON JUST BEFORE THE START OF SCHOOL ON AUGUST 7TH. 
          MOST OF OUR COMMITTEE MEETINGS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. 
          [02:50:01]
THIS ONE BEING SAFETY AND SECURITY IS ALWAYS A CLOSED MEETING FOR ALL THE SENSITIVE REASONS THAT WE DON'T NEED TO GO INTO. 
          YOU GIVE ME SECONDS. I JUST CLICKED OFF WHILE I WAS TALKING. THERE WE GO. 
          I THINK THE MAIN THING, MARK CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG ON THIS, BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL OR MANY THINGS FROM THIS LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAT PASSED THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE IN PLACE BY SEPTEMBER 1. 
          WE ARE ON SCHEDULE, IF NOT ALREADY COMPLETED, WE'LL BE ON TRACK TO HAVE THOSE DONE BY 1ST OF SEPTEMBER, WHICH IS NEXT WEEK. 
          THEN, ONE OF THE BIG THINGS IS THE SONIC PANIC ALARMS ARE NOW DISTRICT WIDE IN EVERY CLASSROOM. 
          WE'VE MET THAT. THE BREACHING TOOLS, ONE THING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT. 
          MARK IS WORKING THROUGH, JUST AGAIN, NEW ISSUE IN HIS ROLE, BUT A NEW SET OF EYES COMING FROM OTHER DISTRICTS AND HAVING THAT EXPOSURE AND THAT EXPERIENCE. 
          BUT REVIEWING JUST OUR SAFETY PROCEDURES AND WE'RE HAVING THE CAMPUS MAPS RE-DONE AND UPDATED AND AS WELL AS ONE THING WE DID TALK ABOUT THAT HE'S WORKING ON NOW IS JUST THE REUNIFICATION PLAN IS BEING REVIEWED AND HE'S ALREADY FOUND SOME UPDATES TO THAT THAT WE'LL JUST AID. 
          WE HAVE NOT HAD TO USE IT TO DATE, BUT SHOULD WE EVER HAVE TO USE IT? THAT WILL ENHANCE I THINK THAT REUNIFICATION PROCESS. 
          IF WE DO HAVE TO EVACUATE A CAMPUS FOR WHATEVER REASON, HE'S WORKING ON SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT PLAN. 
          THEN I THINK THE OTHER BIG THING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, OBVIOUSLY IS ONE THING OUT OF THE LAST BOND WAS CHANGING THE DOOR LOCKS AND IMPROVING THOSE. 
          THAT WORK IS IN PROCESS. 
          OBVIOUSLY THERE'S THOUSANDS OF DOORS DISTRICT WIDE, SO THAT'S A MULTI-YEAR PROCESS, BUT THAT WORK IS WELL UNDERWAY AND THAT IS HAPPENING. 
          THAT'S THE UPDATES FROM SAFETY AND SECURITY. 
          THE OTHER COMMITTEE MEETING. 
          WE'VE HAD TWO MEETINGS TO REALLY TALK ABOUT AND JONATHAN JUMP IN ON THIS ONE, IF YOU WANT, THE FACILITIES PLANNING AND COMMITTEE HAS NOW MET. 
          WE MET FOR THE SECOND TIME THIS MORNING IN THIS ROOM HERE. 
          THAT COMMITTEE IS ACTUALLY DONE. 
          ALREADY AT THIS POINT HAD SOME REALLY GREAT IDEAS BEING BROUGHT FORTH. 
          IT'S REALLY AT A HIGH LEVEL IDEA GENERATION, BUT IT'S ALSO, I THINK SOME OF THE PEOPLE, NOT SOME, ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF THAT COMMITTEE. 
          MOST OF THEM ARE ALL EXPERTS, REAL ESTATE OR LONG TIME COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN HERE, AND JUST THE IDEAS THAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO BRING FORTH, ONE OF OUR MEMBERS ACTUALLY HAS TAKEN SOME OF THE OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE AND BROUGHT IN FULL DETAILED ANALYSIS. 
          JONATHAN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO CHIME IN. 
          >> I'LL JUST ECHO THAT AN IMPRESSIVE GROUP, AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE IDEAS THAT WE'VE HAD AND REFINING THAT AS WE LOOK TO THE FUTURE OF OUR FACILITIES OVER THE NEXT MONTH. 
          I THINK WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK WITH SOME GREAT RECOMMENDATIONS AND A PATH FORWARD FOR THE DISTRICT. I'M EXCITED FOR THAT. 
          >> COVER IT DOUG. 
          >> GREAT JOB COVERING IT PRODUCTIVE MEETING THIS MORNING AND I REALLY LIKE THE DIRECTION OF THE GROUP. 
          >> PERFECT. THEN OUR LAST AND PROBABLY MOST IMPORTANT THING. 
          I JUST GIVE EVERYBODY AN UPDATE ON THE SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH. 
          OBVIOUSLY LAST WEEK, WE MET AND WE HAD ENDED UP WITH 45 TOTAL APPLICANTS. 
          SOME NATIONWIDE, NOT SOME, BUT WE HAD A FEW OUTSIDE OF TEXAS, SO NATIONWIDE INTEREST IN OUR JOB OPENING HERE, OUT OF THAT 45, WE WENT THROUGH A PROCESS WITH OUR CONSULTANTS AND HAVE NARROWED THAT DOWN TO SIX INDIVIDUALS THAT WE WILL BE INTERVIEWING OVER THE NEXT TWO NIGHTS. 
          WE'LL GET TO SPEND 10-12 HOURS OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS TOGETHER AS WE GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND THEN THE GOAL FROM THE END OF THIS PROCESS AFTER WEDNESDAY WOULD BE FOR US TO HAVE THAT NARROWED DOWN TO OUR FINAL TOP 2 OR MAYBE THREE CANDIDATES THAT WE WILL THEN BRING BACK IN FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF INTERVIEWS NEXT WEEK. 
          NEXT TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, POSSIBLY THURSDAY IF WE NEEDED IT FOLLOWING LABOR DAY. 
          WE ARE, I THINK WELL UNDER WAY TO MEET OUR GOAL OF BEING ABLE TO NAME AND LOAN FINALIST ON SEPTEMBER 8TH. 
          EVERYBODY STAY TUNED. 
          IT WILL BE FOUR LONG NIGHTS FOR US, BUT WE WILL GET THAT DONE. 
          I THINK YOU GUYS WOULD AGREE. 
          [02:55:03]
WE HAD SOME REALLY GREAT CANDIDATES AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HOW THINGS SHAKE OUT OVER THE NEXT WEEK AND A HALF OR SO. 
          WITH THAT I WILL CONCLUDE MY REPORTS. VICE PRESIDENT BENTLEY. 
          >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CAVINESS. 
          IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW, THE LEGISLATURE IS STILL IN SESSION. 
          SEPTEMBER OR AUGUST 15TH, THE GOVERNOR ENDED THE FIRST SPECIAL SESSION AND STARTED THE SECOND SPECIAL SESSION. 
          IN THE 10 DAYS THAT EVERYTHING'S BEEN HAPPENING DOWN IN AUSTIN, 15 OF THE 19 ORIGINAL AGENDA ITEMS HAVE MOVED FORWARD, AND FIVE ADDITIONAL ITEMS HAVE BEEN ADDED, INCLUDING ITEMS TODAY, AND THE GOVERNOR IS SAYING TODAY THAT HIS GOAL IS FOR ALL THIS TO BE DONE BY LABOR DAY. 
          I GUESS WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES WHO ARE GOING TO BE BUSY AND WORKING REALLY HARD OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. 
          I WANTED TO GIVE A FEW UPDATES REALLY JUST ON THINGS PERTAINING TO SCHOOL BOARD. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON IN THE LEGISLATURE, BUT I'M ONLY GOING TO TALK ABOUT STUFF PERTAINING TO PV ED. 
          THE FIRST ONE THAT PEOPLE MAY BE HEARING ABOUT IS HB3, WHICH IS THE STAR OVERHAUL BILL. 
          IT WAS VOTED OUT OF HOUSE PUBLIC ED COMMITTEE THE FIRST DAY OF SPECIAL SESSION, ACTUALLY. 
          IT'S EXPECTED TO GO TO THE CALENDARS COMMITTEE AND FOR CONVERSATIONS TO BEGIN ON THAT TOMORROW. 
          THE SENATE ALREADY PASSED THEIR VERSION. 
          WHILE IT MAY SAY ELIMINATION OF STAR, I THINK PEOPLE SHOULDN'T JUST READ THE HEADLINES. 
          I THINK YOU SHOULD DIG INTO THE MEAT OF ANY ARTICLES THAT YOU MIGHT SEE. 
          THE REALITY IS, ONE PROPOSAL IS THREE TESTS PER YEAR, AND THERE REALLY ISN'T A LOT OF THOUGHT BEHIND WHAT WOULD BE REPLACING STAR IF IT WAS ELIMINATED OR HOW THIS WOULD ALL HAPPEN. 
          MY ENCOURAGEMENT WOULD BE THAT THEY FORM A COMMITTEE OF EDUCATORS AND ADMINISTRATORS AND GET A PLAN TOGETHER BEFORE THEY PASS LEGISLATION, BUT WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. 
          IF YOU WANT TO MAKE ANY PHONE CALLS, TOMORROW OR WEDNESDAY WOULD BE YOUR DAY TO DO THAT BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          HB 46. 
          REALLY, HOW THAT IMPACTS US? IS IT PUTS LIMITS ON HOW TAXING ENTITIES CAN SPEND MONEY, WHICH REALLY TASB IS WHAT'S BEEN SINGLED OUT AS THE ORGANIZATION THAT CAN NO LONGER LOBBY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT LOBBY ON BEHALF OF A GROUP OF PEOPLE OR PROFESSIONALS LIKE SHERIFFS ASSOCIATIONS OR PASTORS. 
          ALMOST EVERYBODY HAS BEEN EXEMPTED FROM THIS BILL EXCEPT FOR SCHOOL BOARDS, AND SOME OF THE COMMENTS IN AUSTIN HAVE BEEN THAT WE SHOULD HAVE THE TIME TO TRACK EVERY BILL AND ADVOCATE ON OUR OWN. 
          THAT WOULD BE ONE WORTH WATCHING AND WEIGHING IN ON. 
          AGAIN, THAT'S HB 46. 
          A COUPLE OF THINGS COMING UP WOULD BE THERE'S SOME PROPOSAL BURIED IN SOME BILLS ABOUT HOW VADERS OR TAX RATIFICATION ELECTIONS COULD HAPPEN IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND CITIES. 
          THIS ONE DOESN'T JUST APPLY TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS, BUT ESSENTIALLY SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS DURING THE REGULAR SESSION DURING ONE OF MY REPORTS, THAT THE CONVERSATIONS ARE SOMEWHERE IN THE BALLPARK IF A VADER DOESN'T PASS, THAT A SCHOOL DISTRICT OR A CITY COULD NOT CALL FOR A VADER AGAIN IN EITHER TWO YEARS, THREE YEARS, FIVE YEARS, IT VARIES, THAT THE LANGUAGE COULDN'T BE THE SAME, THE DOLLAR AMOUNT COULDN'T BE THE SAME. 
          THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER ONE TO KEEP AN EYE ON TO JOBY'S COMMENTS EARLIER DEFINITELY AFFECTS LOCAL CONTROL. 
          FRANKLY, VOTING CITIZENS HAVING THE RIGHT TO CAST THEIR VOTE AND SAY WHAT THEY DO OR DON'T WANT. 
          THEN THE LAST ONE, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CURIOSITY AROUND AND THIS IS SB10 OUT OF THE ORIGINAL LEGISLATIVE SESSION. 
          SOME PEOPLE KNOW IT AS THE 10 COMMANDMENT BILL. 
          BUT A FEDERAL JUDGE ISSUED A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER AGAINST THE IMPLEMENTATION, BUT IT'S ONLY FOR THE 11 SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THE LAWSUIT. 
          THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SAID TODAY THAT HE EXPECTS ALL DISTRICTS NOT INVOLVED IN THE LAWSUIT TO HAVE THIS IMPLEMENTED ON SEPTEMBER 1ST. 
          TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY THAT HE'S MADE A STATEMENT. 
          THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CURIOSITY AND A LITTLE BIT LACK OF CLARITY AROUND THAT, BUT IT GOT CLARIFIED TODAY FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. 
          STAY TUNED. HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY'S TUNING IN AND MAKING PHONE CALLS, AND IF YOU'RE A COMMUNITY MEMBER AND YOU WANT TO GET ENGAGED AND YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO, YOU ARE WELCOME TO REACH OUT TO ME AND I CAN HELP POINT YOU IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN, NOT AS A SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE. 
          THAT ENDS MY REPORT. 
          >> TRUSTEE HILL. 
          >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CAVINESS. I'M GOING TO JUMP IN. 
          FIRST, THE COPPELL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EDUCATION COMMITTEE MET ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, AT THEIR CHAMBERS. 
          [03:00:03]
THE ITEMS DISCUSSED WITH THE STUDENT AND TEACHER OF THE MONTH, PRESENTATIONS THAT WILL BE HELD, THE FIRST ONE ON THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH, STARTING SEPTEMBER 3RD AT CHS, FOLLOWED BY OCTOBER 1ST AT NEW TECH, NOVEMBER 5TH AT CHS 9, AND THEN WE'LL GO INTO THE NEW YEAR. 
          THE OTHER THING IS THE STATE OF EDUCATION BREAKFAST HAS ATTENDED DATE OF FEBRUARY 10TH. 
          NEXT UP IS THE JUNIOR BOARD MEMBERS. 
          THEY HAVE A JUNIOR CHAMBER BOARD OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, AND THAT WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT HOW A CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OPERATES, THE TARGET DATE TO WORK THROUGH THAT. 
          THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WILL BE WORKING WITH ANGELA BROWN ON THAT WITH THE APPLICATION, GETTING THAT INFORMATION OUT AND THE INTENT IS TO SELECT THE MEMBERS SOMETIME IN OCTOBER. 
          THEN, ROBYN AGUINAGA, THE CHAMBER PRESIDENT WILL BE WORKING ON REVISING THE BYLAWS AROUND THE CCDF, WHICH WILL REQUIRE THE EXECUTIVES COMMITTEE TO APPROVE THAT. 
          BUT THE LAST THING ON THAT AND LISTENING TO THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT ABOUT CTE, ONE OF THE THINGS, IF YOU ARE A MEMBER IN THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU ARE WORKING FOR A COMPANY, YOU ARE AN ENTREPRENEUR AND WANTING TO GET ENGAGED, THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO GET ENGAGED, THROUGH EITHER THE CHAMBER OR DIRECTLY WITH THE DISTRICT, WORKING WITH ANGELA BROWN OR THE CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER, AS WELL AS CHIEF BUSINESS OFFICER WITH THOSE ENTITIES IN THE COMMUNITY TO ENGAGE THEIR MORE STUDENTS THAT WOULD LOVE TO GET INVOLVED TO GAIN THAT KNOWLEDGE AND THROUGH THE CHAMBER AS WELL AS WITHIN THE DISTRICT. 
          PLEASE CONSIDER THAT AS AN IDEA, AND THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO GET INVOLVED AT THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. 
          NEXT UP IS THE NORTH TEXAS AIR ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS. 
          WE MET VIRTUALLY ON SUNDAY, AUGUST 10TH. 
          WE TALKED ABOUT THE TEXAS ECON, COME OUT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH US. 
          WE'LL BE AROUND ON THE SATURDAY MORNING AND THERE'S MORE INFORMATION TO COME ON THAT. 
          THE FIRST MEETING OF THE YEAR, SEPTEMBER 24TH. 
          THE PROGRAM WILL BE THE CONNECTED DISTRICTS, CONNECTED FUTURES, ROUND ROBIN DINNER, AND DISCUSSION PANEL. 
          IT WILL BE HELD IN NORTHWEST ISD. 
          HAS BEEN A LITTLE WHILE SINCE WE'VE BEEN OUT THERE, BUT WE DO HAVE A BOARD MEMBER ON THE BOARD FROM NORTHWEST, AND HE STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE TO DO THAT. 
          REALLY IT'S GOING TO BE JOINED WITH THE NOVEMBER 19TH MEETING. 
          THE PROGRAM WILL BE THE POWER OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS, STORY'S WORTH TELLING. 
          THAT WILL BE IN WILEY ISD. 
          WE HAVEN'T BEEN OUT THERE IN A WHILE AS WELL. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. 
          >> THANK YOU. TRUSTEE HILL, THAT WILL CONCLUDE OUR AGENDA FOR THE NIGHT. 
          I WILL ENTERTAIN ONE FINAL MOTION. 
          >> I MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN. 
          >> HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN AND SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE, ALL IN FAVOR. 
          THE MOTION PASSES 7-0. 
          WE ADJOURNED AT 9:07.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.