Nov 07, 2023 School Board Special Meeting

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TIME IS NOW 5:30, AND I CALL THE NOVEMBER 7TH, 2023 MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO ORDER.

MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE A QUORUM?

[2. ESTABLISH A QUORUM]

WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071 AND 551.074.

[3. CLOSED SESSION]

THANK YOU FOR COMING TO YOU IN A BIT.

[4. RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION (Approximately 7:00 p.m.)]

JUST WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE TO THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT.

APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU BEING HERE TONIGHT.

I SEE A LOT OF STUDENTS IN THE ROOM, AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS COMING OUT TONIGHT.

I AM.

PEOPLE AND HAPPY TO WELCOME YOU ON BEHALF OF OUR BOARD.

REAL QUICK. THE PURPOSE OF TONIGHT'S MEETING IS FOR THE BOARD TO DELIBERATE AND VOTE ON MATTERS LISTED ON ITS AGENDA.

DISTRICT IS COMMITTED TO TREATING EVERYONE HERE WITH RESPECT, AND WE EXPECT THE SAME IN RETURN.

PLEASE REFRAIN FROM OUTBURSTS OR ANY OTHER FORM OF DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR.

THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT LATER IN THE MEETING.

BELIEVE 13 PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, AND EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR SCHOOLS.

WE WILL NOW BEGIN OUR AGENDA.

WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH START WITH THE.

A PURSUANT TO OUR OUR CLOSED ITEM.

DO WE HAVE AN ACTION FROM CLOSED FROM THE BOARD?

[6. ACTION FROM CLOSED SESSION]

HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FROM.

OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? HE OPPOSED. THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.

WE'LL NOW HAVE OUR SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT.

[7. SUPERINTENDENT REPORT]

WELCOME, EVERYBODY. IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU THIS EVENING.

WE HAVE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT GROUPS TO RECOGNIZE TONIGHT, AND I WANT TO BEGIN BY HONORING OUR WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, 35 OF THEM WHO HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED AS NATIONAL MERIT SEMIFINALISTS FOR 2023.

THEY ARE NOT WITH US TONIGHT.

THOSE RECOGNITIONS WILL COME LATER.

BUT I DID WANT TO NOTE THAT THE NATIONAL MERIT SEMIFINALISTS REPRESENT LESS THAN 1% OF US HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS WHO WILL CONTINUE IN COMPETITION FOR SCHOLARSHIPS WORTH MORE THAN $28 MILLION THAT WILL BE OFFERED NEXT SPRING.

NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM RECOGNIZED 103 WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FOR 2023.

35 OF THOSE ARE SEMIFINALISTS, 46 ARE COMMENDED STUDENTS, 18 ARE HISPANIC SCHOLARS, TWO INDIGENOUS SCHOLARS, AND TWO AFRICAN AMERICAN SCHOLARS.

THE NATIONAL MERIT SEMIFINALISTS REPRESENT LESS THAN 1% OF ALL US HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS, SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE STUDENTS.

THEY'LL BE RECOGNIZED AT ANOTHER TIME, BUT WE DID WANT TO HONOR THEM AND ACKNOWLEDGE THEM TONIGHT.

BUT WITH US THIS EVENING ARE THE STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF WHO WERE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE ANNE FRANK HISTORY EXHIBIT.

THIS WAS A VERY SPECIAL MONTH FOR WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL.

I WANT TO THANK FLORENCIO GONZALEZ, KATHY CLUCK AND ALL OF THE STUDENT DOCENTS.

AND WITH US TONIGHT IS MRS. MOLLY MAY. AND SHE'S GOING TO RECOGNIZE THE STUDENTS FOR.

EVENING. EANES HOSTED THE ANNE FRANK EXHIBIT IN OCTOBER, WHICH WAS PROVIDED BY THE ANNE FRANK CENTER, USA AND THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA IN CONJUNCTION WITH ANNE FRANK CENTER IN AMSTERDAM.

YOU WERE THE FIRST SCHOOL DISTRICT IN TEXAS TO HOST THE EXHIBIT AND HAD AROUND 3000 VISITORS.

THIS INCLUDED MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THEIR CLASSES.

ELEMENTARY STUDENTS WITH THEIR FAMILIES, ALUMNI, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

WE HAD GUIDED TOURS FOR OUR STUDENTS DURING THE SCHOOL DAY, OPEN WALKTHROUGH, HOURS BEFORE SCHOOL AND DURING LUNCH, AND WE HAD FIVE COMMUNITY NIGHTS WITH TOURS.

BEFORE WE BEGIN THE OFFICIAL RECOGNITION OF OUR STUDENTS, I WANTED TO THANK SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO MADE THIS SUCH A SUCCESS IN OUR DISTRICT.

SUZANNE SLOANE, ONE OF OUR PARENTS, BROUGHT THIS IDEA TO US AND SECURED A LOAN OF ANNE FRANK ARTIFACTS THAT TRULY ENHANCED OUR EXHIBIT EANES FOR EQUITY, WHO UNDERWROTE PART OF THE EXHIBIT AND PROVIDED A MEANINGFUL NIGHT WITH A PANEL DISCUSSION AND A MOVIE SCREENING IN CONJUNCTION WITH ONE OF OUR TOUR NIGHTS.

HEATHER MEEK FOR HELPING WHATEVER, WHENEVER AND WHATEVER WAS NECESSARY.

SHE WAS MY RIGHT HAND.

CLAUDIA AND HER TEAM.

FOR ALL THE ADVERTISING AND SOCIAL MEDIA, AND STAFF MEMBERS, FLO GONZALEZ AND KATHY CLUCK, WHO WERE LOGISTICAL GENIUSES IN GETTING THE VISIT SCHEDULED AND ALIGNING DOCENTS

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THEY WERE TRULY INSTRUMENTAL IN MAKING THIS WORK AMAZING.

THE MAIN REASON WE ARE HERE TONIGHT IS TO RECOGNIZE OUR AMAZING DOCENTS.

WE HAD 14 STUDENTS COMPLETE AN APPLICATION TO BECOME DOCENTS.

THEY HAD TO EXPLAIN WHY THEY WANTED TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS PROGRAM, AND THEIR ANSWERS WERE SO IMPRESSIVE.

THE STUDENTS SPENT TWO FULL DAYS IN TRAINING WITH STAFF FROM THE ANNE FRANK CENTER.

THEY ALL CAME IN WITH GREAT BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST, BUT THEY DEEPENED THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND THEY ALSO LEARNED HOW TO BE A DOCENT.

THEY WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR FIGURING OUT THE LAYOUT OF THE EXHIBIT AND PERSONALIZING THE TOUR.

EACH STUDENT SELECTED PICTURES AND IMAGES THAT RESONATED FOR THEM AND CREATED THEIR OWN TOUR.

SO IF YOU PICKED ANY ONE OF THE DOCENTS, YOU WOULD GET A DIFFERENT TOUR ANY TIME THAT YOU WENT THROUGH THE EXHIBIT.

ANYONE WHO WENT ON A TOUR SAW THE DEDICATION AND PASSION OF THESE STUDENTS.

SEVERAL DOCENTS CONDUCTED CLOSE TO 20 TOURS.

IT WAS AMAZING TO SEE THEM GROW IN THEIR CONFIDENCE AS THE WEEKS WENT ON.

THE COMPLIMENTS I RECEIVED ABOUT THESE DOCENTS WERE GLOWING AND WAY TOO MANY TO COUNT.

ONE COMMENT I REMEMBER WELL WAS A PARENT SAYING, I'M PROUD OF THESE KIDS AND THIS GIVES ME HOPE FOR OUR FUTURE.

TONIGHT WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR DOCENTS WITH WITH A CERTIFICATE IN THEIR VERY OWN NEW DIARY.

I HAVE NO DOUBT THESE STUDENTS WILL GO ON TO ACHIEVE GREAT THINGS AND SPREAD THE MESSAGE OF ACCEPTANCE AND EQUALITY.

THIS WAY THEY CAN CAPTURE THEIR THOUGHTS AND EXPERIENCES AND ONE DAY MAYBE PUBLISHED THEIR OWN BOOK.

NOT EVERYONE COULD BE HERE TONIGHT, BUT WE ARE GRATEFUL THOSE WHO COULD MAKE IT.

AND SO I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE WHO ARE HERE TONIGHT.

SO WE HAVE ZOE FINLEY.

AND IF YOU'LL COME ON UP.

SARAH. LOWERY.

SORRY, SARAH, I TRIED.

RIVER PACK.

ARIA SHARMA.

NATALIE SYLVESTER.

AND ANNA ZEICHNER.

THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR ALL YOUR TIME AND DEDICATION, AND TO MAKING THIS SUCH A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE FOR THE ENTIRE WEST LAKE COMMUNITY.

AND WE'RE GETTING WE'RE GETTING TO GET A PICTURE WITH YOU GUYS IF YOU'LL KIND OF MOVE BEHIND THE BOARD THERE.

BY DR. ARNETT. WHAT'S YOUR SLOGAN? YOU GUYS. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. STUDENTS AND FAMILIES, YOU'RE WELCOME TO SLIP OUT ANY TIME YOU WOULD LIKE.

SO DID WANT TO CONTINUE, THOUGH WITH RECOGNITIONS OF SEVERAL STUDENT GROUPS TONIGHT, INCLUDING THE CHAPIN.

THE MARCHING BAND WAS 12TH OUT OF 68 BANDS THAT COMPETED IN THE BANDS OF AMERICA STATE MARCHING CONTEST LAST WEEK.

THEY ALSO MADE THE BANDS OF AMERICA FINALS THIS YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2018, SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THE MARCHING BAND.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM.

AND CONTINUING ON TO ATHLETICS, VOLLEYBALL ADVANCES TO THE REGIONAL QUARTERFINALS, WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL VERSUS DRIPPING SPRINGS.

THAT WILL BE NOVEMBER THE 7TH.

THAT'S TONIGHT AT 6:30 P.M.

SO WE'RE WAITING FOR UPDATES.

BUT THEY'RE PLAYING THIS EVENING.

SO OUR THOUGHTS ARE CERTAINLY WITH THE WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL TEAM.

THEY'RE PLAYING TONIGHT AT THE BURGER CENTER.

AND IN THE PLAYOFFS FOOTBALL ADVANCES TO THE BI-DISTRICT PLAYOFFS AGAINST ROUND ROCK THIS FRIDAY NIGHT, 7:30 P.M.

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SO GO CHAPS.

AND THAT CONCLUDES THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT FOR THIS EVENING.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? GO. CHEFS, FEAR THE BIRD.

OKAY, IT IS NOW TIME FOR THE OPEN FORUM PORTION OF OUR MEETING, AND I'VE GOT A NICE LONG LEGALESE SCRIPT TO READ, SO BEAR WITH ME FOR A MINUTE HERE.

[8. OPEN FORUM]

OF 13 SPEAKERS SIGNED UP THIS EVENING, AND EACH SPEAKER WILL BE AFFORDED THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

I'LL CALL YOU FORWARD WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN AND LET YOU KNOW WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP.

IN FACT, I'M GOING TO PROBABLY CALL THE SPEAKER AND THEN THE NEXT ONE TOO.

SO PLEASE COME AND LINE UP AND BE READY.

ONCE YOU'RE NOTIFIED THAT YOUR TIME IS UP AND WE'LL HAVE A TIMER RUNNING, PLEASE FINISH YOUR SENTENCE AND THEN STOP.

AS A GENERAL RULE, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551 PROHIBITS DISRUPTION OF BOARD MEETINGS BY THE PUBLIC.

THIS SECTION ALSO ALLOWS.

FOR ANY PUBLIC COMPLAINT OF SPECIFIC EMPLOYEES TO BE HEARD BY THE BOARD IN CLOSED SESSION.

SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO MENTION ANY EMPLOYEE BY NAME, WE WOULD NEED TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION.

IF ANY SPEAKER WISHES TO NAME A DISTRICT EMPLOYEE BUY IN A COMPLAINT, THE DISTRICT WILL HEAR THE COMPLAINT AND CLOSE A SPECIFIC FACTUAL INFORMATION AND RECITATION OF EXISTING POLICY MAY BE FURNISHED IN RESPONSE TO INQUIRIES, BUT THE BOARD CANNOT DELIBERATE REGARDING ANY SUBJECT THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA.

PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THE AUDIO OF THIS OPEN FORUM PORTION.

OF THE BOARD MEETING IS RECORDED AS PART OF THE RECORDING OF THE ENTIRE MEETING, AND IS PUBLISHED ON THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE WITHOUT ALTERATION.

PERSONS WHO CHOOSE TO SPEAK IN OPEN FORUM ARE CONSENTING TO THE ONLINE PUBLICATION OF THEIR COMMENTS.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR TAKING THE TIME AND MAKING THE EFFORT TO SHARE YOUR COMMENTS.

WE ARE READY FOR OUR FIRST SPEAKER, AND I WOULD LIKE TO PRIORITIZE STUDENTS WHO ARE GOING TO SPEAK TONIGHT.

AND I'M AWARE OF OF ONE.

BUT IF THERE ARE TWO, BUT IF THERE ARE OTHERS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW AS SOON AS WE AS SOON AS YOU CAN.

SO I'VE GOT KATE AND OLIVIA LEE SPEAKING AND ACCOMPANIED BY, I BELIEVE, THE MOTHER, CYNTHIA.

AND THAT WILL BE A TOTAL OF THREE MINUTES FOR ALL OF YOU.

SO. THREE MINUTES FOR THEM AND THEN THREE MINUTES FOR YOU.

OKAY? PLEASE LINE UP AND GET READY.

CYNTHIA. THANK YOU, KATE AND OLIVIA, THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT.

WE'RE HAPPY TO HEAR FROM YOU. DO YOU WANT TO PULL THAT MICROPHONE DOWN A LITTLE BIT SO WE CAN.

THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YOU MAY BEGIN. MY NAME IS KATE LEE AND I AM IN THE FIFTH GRADE SPANISH IMMERSION CLASS AT EANES ELEMENTARY.

MY NAME IS OLIVIA LEE. I'M IN THE THIRD GRADE.

OUR YOUNGER BROTHER BRUCE IS IN KINDERGARTEN.

THE LAST TIME I SPOKE TO THE BOARD, I SAID, HOW MUCH OF A GIFT IT IS BE LEARNING SPANISH IN SCHOOL, AND THAT MY CLASSMATES AND I DID NOT WANT YOU TO HAVE REDUCED THE AMOUNT OF SPANISH EACH DAY. BUT IN THE FIFTH GRADE, WE BARELY HAVE ANY SPANISH, AND I AM LOSING MY ABILITY TO SPEAK THE LANGUAGE.

SEEMS LIKE THE MOST SPANISH I SPEAK IS WHEN I'M MENTORING THE KINDERGARTEN CLASS.

MY AMAZING SPANISH TEACHER LOVES DOING LOTS OF COOL STUFF WITH US.

IT'S ASKED ONLY TO TEACH SPANISH FOR SCIENCE CLASS.

CAN YOU PLEASE GET HER SPANISH SOCIAL STUDIES MATERIALS TO.

IT'S THE SAME GROUP OF STUDENTS, AND THAT WAY WE CAN HAVE MORE SPANISH TIME EACH DAY.

WE CAN DO HARD. I STARTED A SITE.

IT WAS A ZOOM. IT WAS REALLY HARD TO LEARN AS MUCH AS MY SISTER DID WHEN SHE WAS IN KINDERGARTEN BEFORE.

AND I STUCK WITH IT.

MY SECOND AND THIRD GRADE HAVE BEEN AWESOME, HELPING ME AND MY CLASSMATES TO UNDERSTAND AND SPEAK SO MUCH BETTER.

THIS HEART IS AS IT IS.

I BELIEVE YOU CAN MAKE CHANGES THAT WILL HELP AS I AND OUR SCHOOLS BE STRONGER AND BETTER.

THE CHANGES YOU ARE MAKING ARE GOING TO HAVE A RIPPLE EFFECT.

JUST LIKE A STONE IN THE WATER.

OF THE CHANGES YOU HAVE MADE AND PLAN TO MAKE LOVE A BAD RIPPLE EFFECT.

ACTUALLY MAKE THE PROGRAM WORK FOR THE KIDS THAT JOIN AFTER.

ONLY HAVING ONE CLASS TOGETHER FOR ALL SIX YEARS OF ELEMENTARY.

STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND PARENTS WHO ARE DEDICATED TO THIS PROGRAM.

TOGETHER WE CAN DO HARD THINGS AND CREATE EXCELLENCE FOR EANES.

THANK YOU, KATE AND OLIVIA.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER STUDENTS WHO WILL BE SPEAKING TONIGHT? OKAY. ARE YOU. WHAT IS. ARE YOU SIGNED UP? WHAT IS? WHAT'S FINE.

OKAY. YOU'RE GOING TO SPLIT IT WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR TURN.

AND WHAT IS YOUR NAME? AND I'LL HAVE YOU GO NEXT.

OKAY, LAURA. THANK YOU.

AND YOU CAN YOU CAN LINE UP.

NO, YOU'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GO CYNTHIA.

AND THEN WE'LL HAVE LAURA AND HE CAN INTRODUCE HIMSELF WHEN HE COMES UP.

SO YEAH. GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU. JUST OVER A YEAR AGO.

EANES ISD PRESENTED A PLAN TO REDUCE THE CIP PROGRAM TO ONE CLASS PER GRADE AND SHIFT TO A NINE OVER TEN MODEL.

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DESPITE THAT PAUSE, AND DESPITE THE GOOD FAITH ENGAGEMENT OF MANY PARENTS OVER THE LAST YEAR, THE DISTRICT HAS AGAIN COME BACK WITH ESSENTIALLY THE SAME PLAN.

PLAN IS NO BETTER THIS YEAR THAN IT WAS LAST YEAR.

BOARD AND ADMINISTRATION HAD A YEAR, BUT IT IS STILL LACKING A COHESIVE STRATEGY AND PLAN, BACKED BY DATA THAT WORKS TOWARDS ACHIEVING THE VISION FOR THIS PROGRAM AND FOR OUR DISTRICT. GETTING THE PROGRAM TO ONE SECTION OF SPANISH IMMERSION STUDENTS PER GRADE ON THE CAMPUSES IS FLAT OUT AN ILL CONCEIVED ATTEMPT AT A SOLUTION.

WHILE SATISFYING SOME VOCAL DETRACTORS OF SEE, YOU WILL SACRIFICE THE LONG TERM VIABILITY OF THE PROGRAM AND GIVE RISE TO DETRIMENTAL EXPERIENCE FOR A SINGLE COHORT OF STUDENTS THAT WILL BE TOGETHER FOR THE TENURE OF THEIR ELEMENTARY YEARS.

THE EFFICIENT SPANISH CURRICULUM MATERIALS ARE STILL NOT BEING PROVIDED FOR.

TEACHERS ARE FAR TOO MANY CASES OF TEACHERS HAVING TO TRANSLATE MATERIALS THEMSELVES ACROSS ALL GRADES AND CAMPUS.

IT SEEMS TO BE THE NORM RATHER THAN THE EXCEPTION, AND RESULTS IN THIS RESULTS IN HIGH LEVELS OF VARIABILITY IN CURRICULUM ACROSS THE DISTRICT AS WELL AS OVERWORKED TEACHERS.

I'VE CALLED OUT THAT THE C PROGRAM HAS CONTRIBUTED TO CHALLENGES WITH SUFFICIENTLY SUPPORTING SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS AND OTHERS IN THE TRADITIONAL CLASSROOM.

OR SEE. PARENT COMMUNITY WHOLEHEARTEDLY UNDERSTANDS AND SUPPORTS EFFORTS TO SOLVE CHALLENGES.

THIS IS A COMPLEX ISSUE, AND REDUCING CI TO ONE SECTION PER CAMPUS IS SIMPLY NOT A COMPLETE SOLUTION SOLUTION FOR THOSE PARENTS AND FAMILIES.

IT'S NOT. IT SEEMS THAT EANES ISD HAS LOST ITS WAY WHEN IT COMES TO THE FUTURO PROGRAM.

WHILE IT IS SUFFERING FROM A LACK OF VISION AND LEADERSHIP, IT IS THE STRENGTH OF AMAZING TEACHERS, DEDICATED FAMILIES AND ENTHUSIASTIC, HARD WORKING STUDENTS THAT CONTINUE TO MAKE IT SUCCESSFUL. EANES BOARD AND ADMINISTRATION NEED TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND COME UP WITH A VIABLE SOLUTION THAT ADDRESSES THE CONCERNS AND CHALLENGES THAT WERE RAISED LAST YEAR. AS I HAVE MENTIONED ON A FEW OCCASIONS, A SOLID PLAN MUST TAKE INTO ACCOUNT MANY VARIABLES ACROSS THE SCHOOL OPERATIONS, INCLUDING.

SPECIAL EDUCATION.

AVAILABLE EDUCATIONAL MINUTES.

TEACHER RECRUITMENT AND COMPENSATION.

BUDGETS. FACILITY MANAGEMENT, JUST TO NAME A FEW.

COMMUNITY REMAINS STRONG AND DEDICATED, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT ITERATION OF THE PLAN.

I WILL TRY TO STAY OPTIMISTIC THAT THE THIRD TIME WILL BE THE CHARM.

THANK YOU. CYNTHIA.

THANKS. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO OUR STUDENTS.

I AM REQUESTING THE ADMINISTRATION TRANSITION THE CURRENT SY PROGRAM FOR THE KINDERGARTEN CLASS TO THE 9010 CURRICULUM MODEL BEGINNING NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. THESE YOUNG LEARNERS ARE ONLY 12 WEEKS INTO THEIR 216 WEEK ELEMENTARY EDUCATION JOURNEY.

AND PARENTS ARE UNITED, IN OUR OPINION, THAT IT'S UNACCEPTABLE TO SUBJECT THESE STUDENTS TO FIVE MORE YEARS IN THE 50 OVER 50 MODEL.

UM. WE WE BELIEVE THE 9010 MODEL IS SUPERIOR TO THE 50 OVER 50 AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE KINDERGARTNERS THIS YEAR JOIN THAT MODEL.

UM, AND THIS IS.

HE'S INSIDE RIGHT NOW.

BARTON. BARTON.

CREEK. MY NAME IS BRETT WHITBECK.

I'M IN MS.. ISAAC'S CLASS IN FOURTH GRADE, AND I THINK I HAVE A BROTHER NAMED VO IN PRESCHOOL RIGHT NOW.

HE WILL BE MOVING TO BARTON CREEK NEXT YEAR.

AND, UM, I THINK THAT DOING THE, UH, DOING THE 9010 WILL GIVE HIM MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN SPANISH AND THAT, UM.

IT TEACHERS WERE ALSO.

THE CLASSMATES WOULD ALSO GET TO SPEND MORE TIME TO EACH WITH THEIR TEACHERS.

NOT THE OTHER HALF.

THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH.

OKAY. WE'LL HAVE CHRISTINE CURRY AND THEN.

AND THEN JORDAN.

YOUR EANES ADMINISTRATION AND BOARD.

WE ARE A UNITED GROUP OF KINDERGARTEN PARENTS SPEAKING TO EXPRESS OUR URGENT PLEA FOR THE TRANSITION OF THE CURRENT KINDERGARTEN CLASS TO THE NEW 9010 SPANISH IMMERSION CURRICULUM NEXT YEAR.

WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE EXPANSION OF THE PROGRAM TO INCLUDE SIX ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

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FOR OVER A YEAR FROM CONCERNED PARENTS, MANY WHO HAVE SINCE PULLED THEIR CHILDREN FROM EANES THAT THE CURRICULUM IS THE CORE PROBLEM.

AT THE SEPTEMBER 6TH SCHOOL BOARD STUDY SESSION.

IT WAS CLEARLY ARTICULATED BY THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT THE WHY, THE WHY FOR THE NEED TO UPDATE THE CURRENT CURRICULUM.

SHE MENTIONED THE HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE THAT EANES ISD TRIED TO PULL A DUAL LANGUAGE, NOT A SPANISH IMMERSION UTAH PROGRAM, INTO OUR DISTRICT, SHE STATED.

NO OTHER DISTRICT IN TEXAS HAS THIS 50 OVER 50 MODEL.

HE ALSO WALKED THROUGH THE REASONS WHY THIS MODEL WAS NOT WORKING.

LET ME REFRESH YOUR MEMORY.

SHE STATED THAT THE CURRENT 5050 MODEL DOES NOT ALLOW TIME FOR THE ADEQUATE SPANISH LITERACY INSTRUCTION TO ACHIEVE BY LITERACY SKILLS.

ISN'T THIS THE GOAL OF OUR ENTIRE PROGRAM? AND WE HAVE THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT STATING THAT THIS 5050 PROGRAM DOES NOT MEET THAT REQUIREMENT.

SHE THEN STATED THAT STUDENTS ARE BEING TAUGHT CONTENT IN SPANISH WITHOUT FOUNDATIONAL SPANISH LANGUAGE LITERACY SKILLS.

WHAT WE HAVE FOUND IS THE STUDENTS DON'T HAVE THE ACADEMIC SPANISH VOCABULARY THAT IS EXPECTED OF THEM TO DO THE WORK.

LACK OF TIME FOR REINFORCEMENT OR ENRICHMENT DUE TO RETEACHING CONTINENT.

ENGLISH WAS HER THIRD POINT AND THE FOURTH WAS LOSS OF CO-CURRICULAR CONNECTIONS AND LESS CURRICULUM BRIDGING.

SHE THEN SUMMARIZED HER PERSPECTIVE OF THE PROGRAM BY STATING AND I QUOTE INSTRUCTIONALLY WE DON'T HAVE THE MODEL THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE FOR SPANISH IMMERSION, FOR OUR STUDENTS TO REACH THOSE BILITERACY SKILLS THAT WE THINK ARE VERY VALUABLE.

I'M THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF CURRICULUM, INSTRUCTION AND ASSESSMENT, AND I HAVE A PROGRAM THAT RESEARCH DOESN'T SUPPORT THIS 50 OVER 50 MODEL.

AND KNOWING THERE ARE BETTER MODELS OUT THERE.

WHY ARE WE ONLY FIXING THE CURRICULUM FOR THE KIDS NOT YET EVEN ENROLLED IN OUR DISTRICT? I HAVE TWO FIVE YEAR OLD GIRLS IN THIS KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM.

THEY WERE ONLY EIGHT WEEKS INTO THEIR 216 WEEKS OF THEIR ELEMENTARY EDUCATION EXPERIENCE WHEN THIS DECISION WAS MADE.

HOW CAN WE LEAVE THESE 140 KINDERGARTEN CHILDREN IN THIS MODEL THAT WE'VE HEARD IS FLAWED AND IS BROKEN.

THEY ARE NOW 12 WEEKS INTO 216 WEEKS OF THEIR FUTURE, AND WE'RE SETTING THEM UP TO FAIL.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHEN WE'RE LANDLOCKED AND WE DON'T HAVE A TON OF NEW STUDENTS COMING TO PLAY.

WHY WE'RE NOMINATING ANOTHER CLASS.

THANK YOU. CHRISTINE.

WE'LL HEAR FROM JORDAN AND THEN MONICA FOGARTY.

IT IS CLEAR THAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THE SUPERIORITY OF THE 90 OVER TEN CURRICULUM.

SO THE QUESTION BECOMES, WHY ARE THOSE 140 STUDENTS BEING EXCLUDED FROM ITS BENEFITS WHEN YOU ARE ALREADY DOING THE WORK TO SWITCH CURRICULUMS FOR FUTURE YEARS? THE STATUS QUO. MANY OF OUR STUDENTS ARE NOT RECEIVING INSTRUCTION WITH A TRUE 5050 SPLIT OF TEACHING.

FROM MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE FROM MY KINDERGARTNER IN THE FIRST 12 WEEKS, KINDERGARTEN, OTHER PARENTS AND I WITNESSED THAT THE SPANISH PORTION WAS BEING TAUGHT MUCH LESS THAN 50% OF THE TIME.

SO OUR TEACHER WAS SPEAKING IN SPANISH, 25% OF HER FOUR HOURS SHE HAD THEM.

SO WE'RE AT 25, 75 OR 2575 JUST YESTERDAY.

SO THEN WE ADDRESSED IT.

WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO GET THAT FIXED.

BUT YESTERDAY THEY'RE WATCHING AN ENGLISH MOVIE ON THE SPANISH SIDE OF CLASS ABOUT ZOMBIES.

UM. LET'S SEE.

IS THAT WHAT WE HAVE TO LOOK FORWARD TO BY BEING GRANDFATHERED INTO THE STATUS QUO FOR FIVE MORE YEARS? WE HAVE HEARD WONDERFUL NEWS FROM BRIDGEPOINT KINDERGARTEN PARENTS WHO SAY THAT THEIR STUDENTS ARE THRIVING, AND THEY BELIEVE THE BIGGEST REASON IS THAT THIS CLASS HAS THE SAME TEACHER ALL DAY, AND THAT TEACHER HAS ADMITTED THAT SHE'S ABLE TO SPEAK MORE THAN 50% SPANISH TO HER STUDENTS.

THIS EXAMPLE REINFORCES THE NEED TO UPDATE OUR CURRICULUM TO 9010 FOR THIS GRADE.

OUR KIDS WILL BE BETTER FOR IT.

ANOTHER REASON TO IMPLEMENT THE STRONGER CURRICULUM FOR THIS GRADE IS TO BRING UNITY ACROSS ALL FOUR OF OUR SCHOOLS, 6 OR 5 NEXT YEAR, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'VE BEEN TOLD BY PARENTS THAT TEACHERS ARE USING GOOGLE TRANSLATE TO CREATE THEIR SPANISH MATH HOMEWORK BECAUSE IT'S NOT PROVIDED TO THEM IN SPANISH IN THE CURRENT CURRICULUM.

WHY ARE WE MAKING THEIR JOBS HARDER THAN IT HAS TO BE? WE CAN FIX THAT WITH THE BETTER CURRICULUM.

HAVING TWO BILINGUAL TEACHERS IN THE GRADE AND IMPLEMENTING THE TRUE SPANISH IMMERSION CURRICULUM.

OUR TEACHERS WILL THEN BE ABLE TO COLLABORATE AND TEACH MORE EFFECTIVELY.

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UM, THIS WILL ALSO GIVE YOU TWO GRADE LEVELS OF DATA, BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE VALLEYVIEW WITH TWO KINDERGARTEN CLASSES NEXT TO EACH OTHER.

SO THOSE TWO TEACHERS ARE TEACHING TOGETHER, AND YOU'D HAVE FIRST GRADE AT SEVERAL SCHOOLS WATCHING TWO TEACHERS TEACH TOGETHER AT 9010.

AND THIS IS GOING TO GIVE YOU TO SEE IF YOUR PROGRAM IS WORKING, IF IT'S THRIVING, IT'S GOING TO THRIVE.

WE SEE IT IN OTHER DISTRICTS.

IT'S GOING TO WORK.

OUR KIDS CAN HANDLE IT.

OUR TEACHERS CAN HANDLE IT.

YOU HAVE OUR SUPPORT IN IT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU JORDAN.

WE'LL HEAR FROM MONICA AND THEN SHANNON RUSSELL.

HI, I'M MONICA FOGARTY.

I'M THE PARENT OF A KINDERGARTNER AT BARTON CREEK ELEMENTARY AND THE SPANISH IMMERSION PROGRAM.

MY FAMILY RECENTLY MOVED TO EANES FROM AN SD ZONED AREA TO BE HERE FOR KINDERGARTEN.

FROM HAVING FAMILY THAT'S BEEN THROUGH THE DISTRICT AND FROM LIVING IN AUSTIN, I HAVE ALWAYS KNOWN OF THE STRONG REPUTATION OF EANES ISD.

MY ONLY RESERVATION IN MOVING TO EANES WAS MY CONCERN FOR A LACK OF DIVERSITY IN THE DISTRICT.

IN SPEAKING WITH OTHER FAMILIES, WITH YOUNG CHILDREN ALSO CONSIDERING MAKING THE MOVE, I UNDERSTOOD I WAS NOT ALONE IN THAT FEELING.

I WAS REASSURED WHEN I FIRST LEARNED OF THE PSI PROGRAM.

HOWEVER, SINCE STARTING THE PROGRAM IN AUGUST, I'M DEVELOPING CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT I'VE LEARNED HAS BEEN A HISTORICAL LACK OF SUPPORT FOR THE PROGRAM BY THE DISTRICT.

GROWING UP IN A CUBAN-AMERICAN FAMILY, SPANISH WAS OFTEN SPOKEN IN MY HOUSEHOLD.

I ONCE I STARTED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN A PREDOMINANTLY CAUCASIAN COMMUNITY.

I NEVER WANTED TO SPEAK SPANISH IN MY HOME.

I DISTINCTLY REMEMBER MY LAST CONVERSATION WITH MY MOM IN SPANISH.

THE LAST ONE. IT WAS THE FINAL OF A LONG LIST OF ARGUMENTS ABOUT SPEAKING SPANISH THAT WE TYPICALLY HAD AT SCHOOL.

PICKUP. I HAD GROWN ACCUSTOMED TO SPEAKING SOLELY ENGLISH IN SCHOOL, AND I'M ASHAMED TO ADMIT I REMEMBER FEELING A BIT EMBARRASSED AS A KID ABOUT SPEAKING SPANISH AT HOME, SINCE MOST OF MY FRIENDS DID NOT.

GIVEN THIS EXPERIENCE, IT HAS BEEN CHALLENGING FOR ME TO PUSH BEYOND ANY RESISTANCE MY OWN CHILDREN HAVE SHOWN ME WHEN I'VE TRIED TO SPEAK SPANISH WITH THEM, FEARING IT WILL AFFECT OUR RELATIONSHIP.

BEING A HOSPITAL PEDIATRICIAN, WHICH BRINGS ME INTO CLOSE CONTACT WITH MANY FAMILIES OF DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, I KNOW THAT THIS DYNAMIC PLAYS OUT OFTEN IN HISPANIC FAMILIES.

SINCE STARTING IN THE SI PROGRAM, I HAVE NOTED LESS RESISTANCE IN MY SON LEARNING TO SPEAK SPANISH AT HOME.

I KNOW THAT THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN BENEFICIAL.

NORMALIZATION OF SPEAKING SPANISH AMONGST PEERS IS HUGE.

I ALSO KNOW THAT 9010 IMMERSION WOULD BE OF SIGNIFICANTLY GREATER BENEFIT TO HIM.

IMMERSION FOR OUR FAMILY GIVES OUR SON, AND HOPEFULLY OUR NEARLY FOUR YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, NOT ONLY THE BENEFIT OF LEARNING THE INTRICACIES OF ANOTHER LANGUAGE, IT WOULD ALSO ALLOW THEM TO BETTER UNDERSTAND AND HAVE MORE PRIDE IN THEIR FAMILY'S OWN CULTURE.

IT IS WELL KNOWN THAT THERE IS GREAT EVIDENCE BEHIND LEARNING LANGUAGE AT A YOUNG AGE FOR BOTH THE ABILITY TO LEARN A LANGUAGE FLUENTLY, AS WELL AS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GROW ONE'S EMPATHY AND UNDERSTANDING.

THERE IS GREAT EVIDENCE BEHIND THAT AS WELL.

GIVEN THE NEED TO STRENGTHEN DEI WITHIN EANES, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE DISTRICT FORTIFYING THIS PROGRAM, TRANSITIONING TO A 9010 MODEL, AS WELL AS GROWING THE PROGRAM SUCH THAT IT IS AVAILABLE TO MORE CHILDREN.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

SHANNON, I'VE GOT ANOTHER STUDENT THAT WAS GOING TO SPEAK THAT I MISSED.

WOULD YOU MIND? YEAH.

SO I'VE GOT NICOLE.

NICOLE, CAN YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF AT THE MICROPHONE? THANK YOU. WHAT'S YOUR NAME AND WHERE YOU'RE AT SCHOOL AND ANY OTHER.

ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO? HI, MY NAME IS NICOLE MASSE.

UM, I'M IN MRS. MATTHEWS'S FIFTH GRADE CLASS, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ME TO LEARN SPANISH.

A LOT OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS ONLY SPEAK SPANISH.

KNOWING ANOTHER LANGUAGE DOESN'T ONLY HELP ME COMMUNICATE WITH MY FAMILY, IT HELPS ALL KIDS COMMUNICATE WITH MORE PEOPLE.

IT WILL ALSO HELP US HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITIES WHEN WE GROW UP.

SINCE I'VE BEEN AT CEDAR CREEK ELEMENTARY UNTIL LAST YEAR, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY AT MY SCHOOL TO LEARN AND SPEAK SPANISH BECAUSE HALF OF THE CLASSES IN MY SCHOOL WERE IN SPANISH, AND BECAUSE THE TEACHERS WERE REALLY GOOD ABOUT MAKING SURE ALL THE KIDS SPOKE SPANISH DURING SPANISH TIME.

THIS YEAR I'M IN FIFTH GRADE AND I ONLY HAVE ONE HOUR OF THE WHOLE DAY TO SPEAK AND LEARN IN SPANISH, AND EVEN DURING THAT HOUR, WE DON'T ALWAYS SPEAK SPANISH.

IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE ENOUGH TIME.

I WENT TO MY GRANDFATHER'S 80TH BIRTHDAY THREE WEEKS AGO, AND I FOUND THAT IT WAS HARDER FOR ME TO SPEAK IN FULL SENTENCES IN SPANISH.

I DON'T THINK ONE HOUR A DAY IN SPANISH IN SCHOOL IS ENOUGH.

IT MIGHT BE TOO LATE TO CHANGE THE CLASSES THIS YEAR, BUT I HAVE A LITTLE SISTER IN THIRD GRADE AND I HOPE SHE CAN HAVE MORE SPANISH TIME IN FIFTH GRADE.

I ALSO THINK IT WOULD HELP IF WE LEARNED APPS LIKE DUOLINGO, OR OTHER APPS THAT COULD HELP US MORE IN SPANISH TIME, NOT JUST FIFTH GRADE, BUT WHEN I GO TO MIDDLE SCHOOL.

I HOPE YOU CONSIDER WHAT I'M ASKING FOR FOR THE FIFTH GRADERS IN SPANISH IMMERSION.

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THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, NICOLE.

WE'LL HEAR FROM SHANNON RUSSELL.

AND THEN I HAVE KELLY GERRISH ON MY LIST.

ARE YOU HERE? OKAY.

I'M THE ENTERTAINMENT SAID YES.

DEMONSTRATOR. UM, OKAY.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONCERNS OF GOING TO NINE AND TEN FOR THE KINDERGARTNERS IS THAT THE ENGLISH TEACHERS COULD LOSE THEIR JOB.

HOWEVER, THIS TRANSITION WILL ONLY RESULT IN REASSIGNMENT OF THREE CURRENT FIRST GRADE TEACHERS ACROSS THE FOUR SCHOOLS.

WE KNOW THAT THERE IS AT LEAST ONE TEACHING POSITION AT EACH SCHOOL THAT BECOMES AVAILABLE DUE TO ATTRITION EACH YEAR, SO LET ME KIND OF SHOW YOU WHAT I'M SAYING BECAUSE IT'S A LOT OF FANCY CIRCUS STUFF.

THE EXAMPLE HERE IS FOR NEXT YEAR.

SO 2024 2025 SCHOOL YEAR FOR THE EXISTING SPANISH IMMERSION SCHOOLS WITH TWO KINDERGARTEN CLASSES, WHICH IS BARTON CREEK, CEDAR CREEK AND EANES.

THE GREEN BOXES REPRESENT THE SPANISH SPEAKING TEACHERS AND THE PINK BOXES REPRESENT THE ENGLISH SPEAKING TEACHERS.

SO WE HAVE JUST TRADITIONAL OR TRADITIONAL ENGLISH SPEAKING AND THEN SPANISH IMMERSION SPEAKING.

FOOLISH SIDE.

SO, AS WAS ANNOUNCED IN THE INCOMING KINDER YEAR, IT HAS BEEN UNFORTUNATELY REDUCED TO ONE COHORT OF SPANISH IMMERSION KIDS PER SCHOOL.

SO THIS IS KINDERGARTEN.

KINDERGARTEN DOWN HERE WITH JUST ONE SPANISH IMMERSION CLASS.

THESE ARE THE OTHER SCHOOLS WITH THE THREE.

SORRY, BARTON CREEK, CEDAR CREEK, AND EANES.

NEXT YEAR, OUR FIRST GRADE CLASS WOULD NEED TO BRING ON ONE ADDITIONAL BILINGUAL TEACHER AT EACH OF THESE THREE SCHOOLS.

WE HAVE BEEN MADE AWARE THAT 2 OR 3 OF THE EXISTING ENGLISH SPEAKING TEACHERS ARE ACTUALLY BILINGUAL.

THEY JUST NEED TO GET CERTIFIED, WHICH IS NOT A COMPLICATED PROCESS, JUST COSTS MONEY AND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, WHICH WE ARE HAPPY TO HELP AND SUPPORT WITH.

SO THAT WOULD ALREADY CONTRIBUTE TO MORE SPANISH SPEAKING TEACHERS THAT ARE ALREADY WITH OUR DISTRICT.

SO AS THE GREAT ADVANCES EACH YEAR, THE ENGLISH SPEAKING TEACHER WOULD SIMPLY MOVE UP TO ANOTHER OPEN POSITION SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THE RETENTION OF OUR VALUED TEACHERS.

SO THIS PERSON WOULD GO SOMEWHERE WITH AND BECAUSE THEY SPEAK ENGLISH, THEY COULD GO TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT PLACES.

AND THEN WE WOULD REPLACE WITH JUST ONE SPANISH SPEAKING TEACHER.

THEN THE SPANISH SPEAKING TEACHER COULD JUST MOVE UP EACH YEAR WITH THE CLASS, AND THEN THE ENGLISH SPEAKING PERSON COULD COME BACK DOWN, BECAUSE WE'VE NOW ONLY NEED ONE SPANISH SPEAKER FOR THIS YEAR LEVEL.

I HOPE THIS MAKES SENSE.

SORRY, IT'S KIND OF ALL OVER THE PLACE, BUT WHEN YOU SIT DOWN AND LOOK AT IT, IT COMES TOGETHER.

WE WOULD ADDITIONALLY LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THE TRANSITION WOULD BE COST NEUTRAL, SINCE Y'ALL HAVE ALREADY DROPPED DOWN THE SPANISH SPEAKING TEACHERS NEEDED FOR NEXT YEAR, SINCE YOU'RE JUST DOING ONE LEVEL.

SO THAT STIPEND DIFFERENCE COULD BE OFFSET.

SO IT'S REALLY NOT A BIG ASK OR ANY ASK FOR MONEY.

AS A MATTER OF FACT.

SO PLEASE SWITCH THE KINDERGARTNERS TO 9010.

Y'ALL HAVE ALREADY SAID IT'S THE BEST MODEL.

LET'S GIVE IT TO THEM TOO, BECAUSE WE CAN TOTALLY DO THAT.

AND THEY WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

AND IT'S ALL ABOUT THE KIDS AND STUDENTS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SHANNON, AND THANK YOU FOR THE GRAPHIC THERE.

WE'LL HEAR FROM KELLY AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TANYA GORDEEV.

HI EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS KELLY GERRISH.

I'M A PARENT OF TWO CURRENT KIDS AT CEDAR CREEK ELEMENTARY.

I HAVE A SECOND GRADER, AND THIS IS SEAGER, WHO'S IN KINDERGARTEN, AND WE WILL HAVE AN INCOMING, HOPEFULLY C STUDENT IN TWO YEARS.

THE NINE OVER TEN CURRICULUM CHANGE IS LONG OVERDUE, AND WE FEEL IT'S IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT MAINTAINING THE STATUS QUO OF 50 OVER 50 SPANISH EXPOSURE WILL PERPETUATE THE CURRENT ISSUES STUDENTS AND TEACHERS ARE FACING IN THE PROGRAM, BOTH ON THE CI SIDE AND THE TRADITIONAL SIDE.

YOU HAVE SEEN AND HEARD ABOUT THE STRUGGLES THESE CLASSES HAVE HAD FOR FIVE PLUS YEARS.

JUST TONIGHT, WE'VE HEARD ABOUT OLDER GRADE KIDS WHO THEMSELVES HAVE TESTIFIED WHAT THEY'RE FACING IN TERMS OF LOSING THEIR SPANISH OR CONCERNS ABOUT SIBLINGS.

WHY WOULD THE DISTRICT INTENTIONALLY PUT AN ADDITIONAL 140 KIDS THROUGH THESE CHALLENGES? WHEN WE HAVE A SOLUTION AND WE HAVE A NEW CURRICULUM COMING FOR THE INCOMING KINDER NEXT YEAR, THAT WE CAN HELP COORDINATE A NEW CURRICULUM WITH.

MANY PARENTS IN THIS GRADE HAVE FUTURE ELEMENTARY STUDENTS LIKE ME, WHO THEY HOPE TO ENROLL IN THE C PROGRAM.

WE FEEL IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE CUT OF THE PROGRAM SIZE AT THE EXISTING FOUR SCHOOLS, AND THE PROPOSED LOTTERY SYSTEM IS FAR FROM WHAT THE SPANISH IMMERSION PARENTS HAVE CONTINUALLY ADVOCATED FOR.

IT IS OUR HOPE THAT THE 90 OVER TEN MODEL PROVES TO STRENGTHEN THE ACADEMIC FOUNDATION OF STUDENTS.

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HOPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE, WE UNDERSTAND THAT CHANGE IS DAUNTING.

HOWEVER, THE POTENTIAL BENEFITS FAR OUTWEIGH ANY CHALLENGES WE WILL FACE.

FURTHERMORE, THE 910 MODEL PROVIDES 140 KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS WITH THE INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY OF ACHIEVING BILITERACY AT THE END OF FIFTH GRADE. THIS IS A REMARKABLE GIFT WE CAN OFFER TO OUR STUDENTS, GIVING THEM A COMPETITIVE EDGE IN TODAY'S GLOBALIZED WORLD AND CONTINUING TO KEEP EANES EXEMPLARY REPUTATION THAT IT HAS TODAY.

WE KINDLY REQUEST THAT THE BOARD AND THE ADMINISTRATION GIVE THIS MATTER A SERIOUS CONSIDERATION.

WE HAVE LISTENED TO OTHER PARENTS, OR YOU RATHER HAVE LISTENED TO OTHER PARENTS, AND YOU'VE MET THEIR REQUEST FOR MORE TRADITIONAL CLASSES PER GRADE.

AND NOW WE ARE ASKING YOU TO MEET US IN OUR REQUEST.

GIVE THE 2036 CLASS THE SAME OPPORTUNITY TO REACH BILITERACY WITH MOVING THEM TO THE 9010 MORE SUPERIOR CURRICULUM NEXT YEAR.

AND I HAVE SEAGER WHO WOULD LIKE TO SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS.

MY NAME IS SEAGER AND I'M A MIRACLE.

DO YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT SPANISH? I LOVE SPANISH A AND I MISS AND I MISS GARZA'S CLASS.

MISS PEREZ'S MISS.

AWESOME. THANK YOU KELLY, AND THANK YOU, SEEGER.

WE'LL HAVE TANYA GORDEEV AND THEN COREY HERE.

GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TONIGHT.

I HAVE A DAUGHTER AT BARTON CREEK ELEMENTARY, KATYA GORDEEV.

SHE'S IN MISS 3DS CLASS.

I'M VERY EXCITED AND HAPPY THAT SHE'S IN SPANISH IMMERSION.

WE'RE FAIRLY NEW TO THE DISTRICT ON THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, BUT I WAS CONCERNED WHEN I HEARD FROM MY FELLOW NEIGHBORS THAT WE WOULD BE MOVING TO A 50 OVER 50 MODEL WHEN THERE IS A 90 OVER TEN CURRICULUM MODEL THAT WILL START NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

SO I STAND UNITED WITH MY FELLOW PARENTS TONIGHT IN REQUESTING THAT THE ADMINISTRATION CHANGE THEIR DECISION AND ALLOW FOR A 9010 CURRICULUM MODEL, AS WE'VE ALREADY HEARD TONIGHT.

WE KNOW THAT THIS 50 OVER 50 MODEL IS FLAWED.

I'M SURE EANES ADMINISTRATION AND TEACHERS HAVE DONE AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF RESEARCH TO COME TO THAT CONCLUSION, AND I URGE YOU TO CHANGE YOUR DECISION.

AND I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT I MYSELF ALSO KNOW FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE HOW IMPORTANT IMMERSION IS.

SO I HAVE A PHD IN RUSSIAN LITERATURE FROM PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, AND I FEEL VERY BLESSED TO HAVE HAD THAT EXPERIENCE.

BUT I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET INTO THE SLAVIC DEPARTMENT AT PRINCETON UNIVERSITY IF I HAD NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN MY UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES WITH A TOTAL IMMERSION IN RUSSIAN. I WAS ABLE TO GO ABROAD AND LIVE IN THE CRIMEA FOR OVER A YEAR, AND BEING IN THE CLASSROOM WAS VERY IMPORTANT IN MY COLLEGE YEARS.

BUT WHEN I WAS ABLE TO GO ABROAD AND BE COMPLETELY IMMERSED IN THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE, THAT'S WHEN I TRULY WAS ABLE TO LEARN HOW TO SPEAK, WRITE AND READ AT AN INCREDIBLY HIGH LEVEL.

WITHOUT THAT OPPORTUNITY, WHICH, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, 90 TEN INCHES THE CLASSROOM IS NOT TOTAL IMMERSION, BUT IT'S GETTING US MUCH CLOSER TO TOTAL IMMERSION THAN 5050 WOULD EVER GET US THERE.

WE WOULD ALLOW OUR STUDENTS GREATER OPPORTUNITIES, LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY THAT I WAS ABLE TO HAVE, AND IT WOULD LEAD TO IN THE FUTURE.

WE WOULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, DOCTORS WHO COULD GIVE CARE TO THEIR PATIENTS UTILIZING SPANISH IF THEY WERE ONLY SPANISH SPEAKERS.

OR IT LEADS TO HAVING SPANISH ACADEMICS WHO ARE FURTHERING STUDIES IN SPANISH LITERATURE OR SOCIAL OR CULTURAL STUDIES.

IT LEADS TO FUTURE BUSINESS LEADERS WHO CAN GO AND DO BUSINESS ABROAD IN SPANISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES.

SO I SEE IT FROM THE END RESULT WHEN WE ALLOW OUR STUDENTS TO HAVE MORE INTERACTION WITH A 910 CURRICULUM PROGRAM, IT WILL LEAD OUR STUDENTS TO HAVE AMAZING, AMAZING OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FUTURE.

WITH THAT SAID, I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE THAT THE BOARD RECONSIDERS THEIR DECISION ON THIS AND THAT WE MOVE TO A 9 TO 10 PROGRAM FOR OUR STUDENTS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, TANYA.

WE'LL HEAR FROM COREY AND THEN WE'LL HAVE DYLAN.

I WANT TO THANK EACH OF YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR STUDENTS.

TONIGHT, I REPEAT THE REQUEST THAT THE ADMINISTRATION TRANSITION THE CURRENT SPANISH IMMERSION KINDERGARTEN CLASS TO THE 90 OVER TEN CURRICULUM MODEL BEGINNING FALL OF

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I WANT HIM AND HIS CLASSMATES TO REACH THE PROGRAM'S GOAL OF BILITERACY BY FIFTH GRADE.

BUT I KNOW THAT GOAL IS VERY HARD FOR STUDENTS TO REACH IN THE CURRENT 5050 MODEL.

BY SWITCHING TO THE IMPROVED 90 OVER TEN CURRICULUM, WE ARE ENSURING OUR STUDENTS ARE TAUGHT THE SPANISH LANGUAGE FOUNDATION NEEDED TO SUCCEED AND OUR BILINGUAL WORLD.

THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO RECONSIDER YOUR PROPOSED PLAN, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WITNESSING THE POSITIVE IMPACT THE TRANSITION TO THE 9010 WILL HAVE ON THE CLASS OF 2036.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

COREY. WE'LL HEAR FROM DYLAN TRAKAS.

AND THEN OUR LAST SPEAKER WILL BE KIM AGUILAR.

THE TALL. THE TALL ONE.

ALSO NOT WEARING THE SHIRT, BUT HAPPY TO SPORT IT AS A BIB.

THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TONIGHT.

I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE. MY.

MY MOTHER WAS A SPANISH TEACHER IN HIGH SCHOOL, AND MY WIFE IS A HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER, AND MY MOTHER IN LAW WAS A HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER.

AND MY FATHER IS A TEACHER.

SO I FULLY UNDERSTAND AND HAVE THE RESPECT FOR THE WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO THESE PROPOSALS.

THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE TEACHERS, ESPECIALLY THE RESEARCH THAT WAS PRESENTED AT THE BARTON OR THE BARTON CREEK ELEMENTARY YEARS AGO, WAS REALLY INFORMATIVE.

AND AS YOU'VE ALL HEARD AND KNOW, THAT DATA WAS REALLY, AGAIN, JUST INFORMATIVE.

I DON'T NEED TO REPEAT MOST OF WHAT PEOPLE HAVE SAID HERE.

I DO WANT TO SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT ARE IN SUPPORT OF BOTH THE 9010 MOVE FOR THE KINDERGARTNERS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN, AS WELL AS ADVOCATING FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF TWO CLASSES PER GRADE LEVEL MOVING FORWARD.

I HAVE A SECOND GRADER AT BARTON CREEK IN THE SPANISH IMMERSION PROGRAM, A KINDERGARTNER IN THE SPANISH IMMERSION PROGRAM AT BARTON CREEK, AND A YOUNG DAUGHTER AT THE CDC AT BARTON CREEK. BUT WE'RE ZONED TO VALLEY VIEW.

AND SO ONE OF THE NICE THINGS ABOUT THE DISTRICT IS, HAS BEEN OUR ABILITY TO ENROLL OUR CHILDREN IN THE SPANISH IMMERSION PROGRAM BASED ON THE VALUES OF OUR FAMILY.

AND WE ARE SOMEWHAT JUST CONCERNED ABOUT HOW THAT WILL IMPACT OUR FAMILY MOVING DOWN THE LINE WITH THE LOTTERY SYSTEM.

AND EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE GOING TO BE PREFERENCES GIVEN TO FAMILIES WITH SIBLINGS IN CERTAIN SCHOOLS, WE'RE JUST A LITTLE UNCLEAR ABOUT HOW THAT WILL GO, OF COURSE, AND WE UNDERSTAND SOME OF THAT HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED.

BUT TO SOME OF THE POINTS ABOUT THE THE PROGRAM AND ITS AND THE TWO COURSES, I THINK SOME OF THE SOCIAL BENEFITS OF HAVING A BROADER NETWORK OF KIDS AND THE NORMALIZATION OF SPANISH AND BEING ABLE TO SPEAK IN SOCIAL SITUATIONS AND IN BUSINESS SETTINGS, IS SOMETHING THAT I BELIEVE THE PROGRAM REALLY OFFERS. WHEN I GET TO SEE MY SON IN HIS TWO CLASSES, WORTH OF STUDENTS COME TOGETHER FOR BIRTHDAY PARTIES, IT'S REALLY POWERFUL.

AND TO IMAGINE THAT BEING SHRUNKEN DOWN TO HALF THAT SIZE IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL AND DELETERIOUS TO THE RELATIONSHIP BUILDING OF THESE STUDENTS.

ALSO, I THINK WE LIVE IN A REALLY INTERESTING TIME WITH THE ADVANCEMENTS OF TECHNOLOGY, AND THIS IS NOT A FORMAL POSITION.

I HAVE SEEN SOMETHING OF COURSE, ONLINE.

TICK TOCK. THANK YOU. TICK TOCK.

BUT IT'S A POINT OF VIEW THAT SIMPLY SAYS HUMANS DOING THE HARD JOBS ON MINIMUM WAGE WHILE THE ROBOTS WRITE POETRY AND PAINT IS NOT THE FUTURE I WANTED.

AND AGAIN, NOT A THAT'S NOT LIKE A QUOTE FROM SOME FAMOUS PERSON, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT STUCK WITH ME BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN THE CULTURAL VALUE OF WHAT WE'RE PROVIDING FOR OUR KIDS. AND I THINK THE BENEFIT OF MOVING TO A 9 TO 10 PROGRAM AND MAINTAINING THOSE TWO CLASSES PER GRADE LEVEL WILL FURTHER THAT GOAL.

YOU'RE LETTING ME. THANK YOU.

DYLAN. WE'LL HEAR FROM KIM AGUILAR.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS KIM AGUILAR, AND I HAVE A SECOND AND FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS IN THE SPANISH IMMERSION PROGRAM AT BARTON CREEK ELEMENTARY.

I'M ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN SHARING THE DUOLINGO LOGIN CREDENTIALS, A SPANISH REINFORCEMENT APPLICATION.

WE ALSO NEED TO ENSURE THIS APPLICATION IS ON A RESOURCE LIST FOR OUR EDUCATORS TO USE BECAUSE THEY ARE CURRENTLY NOT AWARE, AT LEAST NOT ALL OF THEM ARE AWARE.

THIS IS A FREE APP PROVIDED BY EANES AND CAN BE DOWNLOADED ON SCHOOL IPADS.

CHILDREN CAN PRACTICE GRAMMAR, SPELLING, SPEECH AND LISTENING SKILLS VIA FIVE MINUTE.

INTERACTIVE LESSONS AT HOME.

THE APP REINFORCES CONCEPTS AT EACH CHILD'S CURRENT LEVEL.

TEACHERS CAN CHOOSE TO CREATE A CLASSROOM CODE SO THEY CAN MONITOR THEIR STUDENTS ABILITIES.

ALTHOUGH THIS IS NOT REQUIRED, WE RECEIVE APPS TO REINFORCE CONCEPTS AT HOME ALL THE TIME.

I'M ASKING FOR THE SAME TO BE DONE FOR DUOLINGO ACROSS ALL SPANISH IMMERSION CLASSROOMS. ONE OF THE RESPONSES TO MY MANY INQUIRIES IS THAT PARENTS CAN DOWNLOAD THE APPLICATION ON THEIR OWN, USING THEIR CHILD'S EANES CREDENTIALS.

HOWEVER, I ASK YOU, HOW ARE PARENTS SUPPOSED TO KNOW THIS?

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SO HOW ARE WE GOING TO DEPEND ON OUR SEVEN YEAR OLDS TO INFORM US? IT SHOULD BE AN OPTIONAL AT HOME ACTIVITY THAT IS ENCOURAGED BUT NOT REQUIRED.

JUST LIKE WE HAVE BEEN ASKED TO HAVE OUR STUDENTS READ DAILY OR PRACTICE MATH USING THE PRODIGY APP.

PARENTS ARE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO HELP OUR CHILDREN ON THEIR SEA JOURNEY.

FINDING AND HIRING TUTORS IS NOT ALWAYS PRACTICAL.

HOWEVER, HAVING THE ABILITY TO SUPPORT OUR CHILDREN BY HANDING THEM DUOLINGO ON OUR PHONE ON THE RIDE TO AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES IS MANAGEABLE.

OUR FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS ARE SUFFERING AS A RESULT OF A POOR DECISION TO REDUCE THE C PROGRAM TO BARELY ANYTHING.

HAVING DUOLINGO TO REINFORCE VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR MAY HELP TO BRIDGE THE GAP, SO WHY NOT GIVE THAT A TRY? PLEASE ENCOURAGE THE FUTURA ADMIN TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS.

THIS CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED WITH MESSAGING IN OUR WEEKLY PARENT NEWSLETTERS TO MAKE THIS PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE.

IT WILL BE ADVANTAGEOUS IF IT'S DONE BEFORE THANKSGIVING AND WINTER BREAK.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

KIM. I JUST WANTED TO SAY GENERALLY, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO SPOKE, WHO CAME TONIGHT.

YOU RESPECTED OUR RULES.

IT HELPS US STAY ON TIME.

AND WE REALLY WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF THE WORDS THAT WERE SAID HERE TONIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO OUR REPORTS.

SO WE HAVE A STRATEGIC SUMMIT FACILITATOR PLANNING.

[9.1 Strategic Summit Facilitator Planning]

MR. SPRADLEY, IF I COULD INTRODUCE DR.

GIBSON. HE'S WITH US TONIGHT AS THE BOARD LOOKS TO ITS ANNUAL STRATEGIC SUMMIT, WHICH THIS COMING YEAR IN FEBRUARY OF 2024, WILL BE ON THE FIRST AND SECOND OF THAT MONTH.

EVERY YEAR, WE LOOK AT THE RANGE OF FACILITATORS THAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE TO HELP THE BOARD AND THE ADMINISTRATION DISCUSS BOARD PRIORITIES, AS WELL AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE TACTICS AND OBJECTIVES.

AND SO MANY OF THE TRUSTEES, ALONG WITH I ATTENDED A SESSION AT THE SUMMER LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE THAT WAS PRESENTED BY DR.

GIBSON'S COLLEAGUES FROM MOXIE, AND WE THOUGHT THAT IT HAD MERIT.

AND BRINGING IN DR.

GIBSON TO DISCUSS THE POSSIBILITIES OF FACILITATING OUR STRATEGIC SUMMIT ON FEBRUARY 1ST AND SECOND.

SO DR.

GIBSON IS HERE WITH US THIS EVENING TO KIND OF WALK THROUGH THEIR PROCESS SO THAT YOU CAN CONSIDER THAT POSSIBILITY.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE ADMINISTRATION WILL FOLLOW THE BOARD'S DIRECTION.

SO, DR. GIBSON, I'LL LET YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF.

THANK YOU. I PANICKED FOR JUST A LITTLE BIT THE WAY YOU WERE INTRODUCING.

I THOUGHT MAYBE IT WAS TONIGHT.

I MEAN, I READ THE EMAIL, IT'S IN FEBRUARY.

AND I THOUGHT, WAIT A MINUTE, IT'S TONIGHT.

OKAY, I CAN DO THAT.

WELL, I AM JUST GREG NOW.

DR. GIBSON RETIRED A FEW YEARS AGO AND.

I RETIRED AFTER THREE YEARS OF SUPERINTENDENCY, AND GRAHAM AND SEVEN YEARS OF SUPERINTENDENCY AT CROWLEY, AND 12 OR 11.5 YEARS SUPERINTENDENCY AT SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-UNIVERSAL CITY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

WE HAD LETTERS ON THE BUS FROM THE FRONT WINDOW TO THE BACK WINDOW AND A COUPLE OF OTHER, I GUESS PROBABLY QUICK ITEMS ABOUT MY BIO THAT ARE PROBABLY GERMANE TO THIS TOPIC OF STRATEGIC THOUGHT AND DESIGN OR STRATEGIC DESIGN. AND I REALLY DID NOT INTEND TO GET INTO THIS, BUT I THE I WAS RETIRING COINCIDING WITH THE PANDEMIC AND.

ALWAYS QUICK TO POINT OUT THAT I HAD ANNOUNCED MY RETIREMENT A YEAR PRIOR TO THE DAY THAT IT ALL CAME DOWN.

IT JUST LOOKED IT WAS VERY BAD.

IT JUST LOOKED LIKE I LITERALLY RETIRED ON THE DAY OF THE FIRST COMMISSIONER PHONE CALL THAT YOU ALL DEALT WITH, WHICH IS TRUE, BUT TECHNICALLY I'D ANNOUNCED IT A YEAR BEFORE, BUT I'D ALWAYS PROBABLY SINCE MY TIME IN CROWLEY.

AND I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT IN A LITTLE BIT.

I HAVE BEEN REALLY FASCINATED WITH JUST STRATEGIC DIRECTION AND AND REALLY I GUESS MORE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT.

STRATEGIC ACTION AND STRATEGIC EXECUTION.

YOU KNOW, LIKE HOW DO YOU TAKE A POSTER? YOU KNOW, AND MAKE A POSTER, YOU KNOW, PENETRATE ALL THE WAY TO THE FRONT LINE, YOU KNOW, AND LIKE, PEOPLE CAN RESONATE ON THE FRONT LINE.

I KNOW IT'S LIKE A SILLY CLICHÉ STORY, BUT, YOU KNOW, LIKE I HEARD THIS PROBABLY 20 YEARS AGO AT I BECAME A NATIONAL BALDRIGE EXAMINERS. I GOT KIND OF FASCINATED WITH IT.

AND I HEARD SOMEONE TELL A STORY ABOUT THREE ASTRONAUTS AT NASA.

ONE OF THEM, THEY WERE ALL INTERVIEWED.

IT WAS AT THE TIME THAT THEY WERE TRYING TO LAND A MAN ON THE MOON, AND THEY INTERVIEWED ALL THREE OF THEM, THE CUSTODIANS, YOU KNOW, AND TIME MAGAZINE.

AND THEY SAID, WHAT'S YOUR JOB HERE? AND, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST ONE SAID, I'M CLEANING UP AFTER ALL THESE SLOBS.

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AND THE THIRD ONE SAID, I'M PUTTING A MAN ON THE MOON.

OUR MEASURES. ARE THAT DYING ON ME? DID I BREAK SOMETHING? YOU DIDN'T BREAK ANYTHING? YEAH. THE.

BUT. SO IT'S EXTERNAL MOTIVATION IS SO HARDWIRED INTO THE SYSTEM THAT I THINK IT'S REFRESHING FOR US TO TRY TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO US.

HOW DO WE MEASURE SUCCESS? AND YES, ARE THERE SOME STATE MEASURES AND SOME FEDERAL MEASURES THAT CAN AGGREGATE INTO THAT? CERTAINLY. BUT, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY.

YOU KNOW, I WAS VERY PROUD IN ESSER 60 THAT, YOU KNOW, THE STATE STANDARDIZED ASSESSMENT BECAME A MEASURE THAT WE LOOKED AT, NOT THE MEASURE, YOU KNOW, THAT WE FELT LIKE WE WERE EVALUATED BY.

AND IT TAKES WORK TO DO THAT.

AND I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF.

IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME, YOU KNOW, TO WORK ON IT.

SO I KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE A LONG MEETING TONIGHT, AND I KNOW YOU HAVE A LENGTHY AGENDA, SO I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO DO MY BEST TO LIKE, REALLY TRY TO GIVE YOU ENOUGH AND THEN JUST SEE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.

BUT MY GENERAL PREMISE HERE IS TO BE BRIEF, BE BRIGHT AND BE GONE AND LET Y'ALL GET ON WITH YOUR MEETING.

WHEN I WHEN I ARRIVED AT CROWLEY ISD, I WAS THE SECOND SUPERINTENDENT THAT HAD EVER BEEN THERE.

MY PREDECESSOR WAS THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR 51 YEARS.

YEP. AND YEAH.

AND AS SUPERINTENDENT FOR 51 YEARS.

SO THEY HAD GROWN FROM ABOUT 800 STUDENTS TO ABOUT 18,000 STUDENTS AND NOT REALLY CHANGED ANYTHING, YOU KNOW.

AND SO THEY WERE RUNNING ABOUT 23 INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS, CAMPUSES AKA CAMPUSES.

BUT, YOU KNOW, FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, THEY WERE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

AND SO I'M 35 YEARS OLD AND GOT THE SUPERINTENDENTS JOB FOLLOWING THE GUY THAT HAD BEEN THERE 51 YEARS.

AND I HAVE, YOU KNOW, 30 INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS NOW UNDER MY CARE, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S WHEN I GOT REAL INTERESTED IN SYSTEMS THINKING THAT BOARD, I THINK, HAD HAD ENOUGH VISION TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I SAID, I KNOW HOW TO RUN A SCHOOL.

I DON'T KNOW IF I'M NOT RUNNING THIS SCHOOL.

YOU KNOW, LIKE, THIS IS A LOT OF VARIANCE BETWEEN SUBUNITS, A LOT OF AREAS.

SO THEY INVESTED IN ME AND SENT ME THROUGH.

THEY ASKED ME TO LOOK UP WHAT I THOUGHT I NEEDED TO LEARN.

AND SO I BECAME A NATIONAL BALDRIGE EXAMINER.

AND SO THE WHOLE TIME I WAS A SUPERINTENDENT IN CROWLEY AND THE SUPERINTENDENT CAC, I WAS A NATIONAL BALDRIGE EXAMINER.

NOW, IF YOU HAVE INSOMNIA AND YOU GET HOME FROM THE BOARD MEETING TONIGHT, LOOK UP THE NATIONAL BALDRIGE PROGRAM AND YOU WILL BE FALLING ASLEEP, YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT.

BUT I'M STILL A PART OF THAT PROGRAM.

AND IT'S REALLY ABOUT THE WORKING ON BEING SYSTEMATIC AND NOT JUST HAVING STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT, BUT HAVING STRATEGIC IMPLEMENTATION.

SO IF I BRING A SKILL SET, PERHAPS TO THE MEETING, THAT MAY BE PART OF IT.

I WAS A SUPERINTENDENT FOR 23 YEARS.

AND THEN MAYBE MOST IMPORTANTLY TO YOU ALL THE I SERVED ON THE TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM BOARD OF TRUSTEES WHILE I WAS A SUPERINTENDENT AND CAC. AND THAT EXPERIENCE OF KIND OF BEING IN THE TACTICAL ROLE ALL DAY LONG AND LIKE THE LEAD TACTICIAN.

AND THEN I WALKED INTO THE BUILDING AND I HAD TO BECOME A STRATEGIC.

I HAD TO BECOME A BOARD MEMBER, LIKE INSTANTLY, JUST LIKE Y'ALL KIND OF DID TONIGHT.

YOU HAVE TO WALK IN AND YOU'RE A BOARD MEMBER.

AND YOU KNOW, I WENT INTO TRS.

I'M NOT AFRAID TO SAY THIS OUT LOUD.

LIKE, WELL, ONE OTHER TRUSTEE SAID I ROLLED IN HOT IS THE WAY HE WORD IT, WORDED IT, AND I PROBABLY DID BECAUSE I FELT LIKE I HAD A MANDATE AND I FELT LIKE I KNEW SOME THINGS THAT NEEDED TO CHANGE.

AND I HAD SOME PEOPLE THAT HAD HELPED ME GET TO THE POSITION TO, YOU KNOW, BE APPOINTED EVENTUALLY.

AND BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, I QUICKLY REALIZED, LIKE, THIS IS GOING TO TAKE STRATEGY, YOU KNOW, LIKE IT'S.

AND SO I THE SEVENTH LARGEST PENSION FUND IN THE WORLD, YOU KNOW, DIDN'T HAVE A VERY ROBUST STRATEGIC PLAN.

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COMMON COMMUNICATION METHOD IS MY THREE MINUTES UP.

YEAH. COMMON COMMUNICATION METHODOLOGY BETWEEN THE STRATEGIC AND THE TACTICAL TEAM.

AND SO ONE OF THE HANDOUTS THAT I INCLUDED IN YOUR BOARD PACKET IS KIND OF JUST A BASELINE DOCUMENT IS THIS CONCEPT OF, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A STRATEGIC TEAM IN EVERY ORGANIZATION, WHETHER YOU CHOOSE TO IDENTIFY IT OR NOT.

IT EXISTS. YOU KNOW, THERE'S THERE'S A TEAM THAT'S PRIMARY PURPOSE SHOULD BE TO FOCUS ON STRATEGY AND STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT.

AND THEN THERE'S A TACTICAL TEAM THAT I'M ASSUMING I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE.

BUT LIKE THESE TABLES AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE ROOM IS PROBABLY YOUR TACTICAL TEAM.

AND SO WHAT THE WORK IS TO GET HARMONY BETWEEN THAT STRATEGIC TEAM AND THAT TACTICAL TEAM TOWARDS CLEAR OUTCOMES AND HOW WE MEASURE IT ALONG THE WAY AND HOW WE MEASURE IT AT THE END.

AND RIGHT ABOUT THE TIME I WAS RETIRING AND REALLY FASCINATED WITH STRATEGY, THE PANDEMIC HAPPENED, AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER.

ANY. WELL, MANY ORGANIZATIONS, I BELIEVE THAT WERE REALLY GOOD AT STRATEGY AND STRATEGY EXECUTION.

IT JUST FELL APART.

AND IT'S BECAUSE ALL OF THAT GOT SO SQUISHY.

LIKE, WHOSE ROLE IS IT TO DO WHAT? AND BOARD MEMBERS HAD TO ALMOST LIKE SHIFT BECAUSE, HEY, COME BACK.

I KNOW LAST MONTH WE TOLD YOU IT WAS THIS WAY, BUT NOW WE'RE DOING IT THIS WAY.

AND AND SO THIS CONCEPT BETWEEN WHAT'S STRATEGIC AND WHAT'S TACTICAL GOT REALLY MUSHY FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM.

AND I JUST THINK A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS KIND OF JUST STAYED THERE.

LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT HAPPENED FOR AWFUL REASONS.

AND WE WOUND UP WITH THESE BLURRED LINES BETWEEN THE TACTICAL TEAM AND THE STRATEGIC TEAM.

BUT WE'VE NEVER REALLY COME BACK OUT OF THAT.

AND LIKE LEVEL SET OR, YOU KNOW, RESET.

WHAT'S THE STRATEGIC ROLE? WHAT'S THE TACTICAL ROLE.

A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS DESIGNING WORK THAT LINES UP TO.

HAVE THE STRATEGIC TEAM DEVELOP THE STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES.

I'M ASSUMING THAT'S WHAT THE SUMMIT IS ABOUT, HAVING THE TACTICAL TEAM PARTICIPATE ON THEIR.

PROFESSIONAL BELIEF OF WHAT ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT KEY STRATEGIC ACTIONS TO LINE UP TO THOSE KEY STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES.

AND THEN. VALUE ADD.

BACK AND FORTH, FRANK.

TWO WAY CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE STRATEGIC TEAM AND THE TACTICAL TEAM ON HOW ARE WE GOING TO MEASURE THAT ALONG THE WAY, AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO MEASURE THAT AT THE END? AND PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT COMPONENT, I THINK, THAT WE'VE DESIGNED IN THAT WE CALL A CADENCE OF ACCOUNTABILITY, IS A REGULAR, SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO COMMUNICATE LEADING MEASURES, NOT JUST LAGGING MEASURES ONCE A YEAR.

LIKE, WHAT ARE THE LEADING MEASURES? MY DAD WAS A SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT WHEN I BECAME A SUPERINTENDENT.

I SAID, DAD, JUST TELL ME TWO THINGS.

AND HE SAID ALL THE WORDS YOU JUST LEARNED IN YOUR DOCTORAL PROGRAM.

DO NOT SAY THEM IN BOARD MEETINGS LIKE IN GRAHAM, TEXAS ESPECIALLY.

NO ONE'S GOING TO BE IMPRESSED.

AND THEN HE SAID, DO NOT WAIT UNTIL AUGUST EVER TO ANNOUNCE BAD NEWS.

FUNERAL IN FEBRUARY.

THE BOARD SHOULD KNOW IT LATER IN FEBRUARY.

YOU KNEW IT IN NOVEMBER.

THE BOARD SHOULD KNOW IT LATER, YOU KNOW, AND SAID LIKE THAT JUST ANCHORED, YOU KNOW, FROM A BOARD PRESIDENT WHO'S ALSO MY DAD HELPING ME WHEN I'M A BRAND NEW SUPERINTENDENT.

SO THIS SYSTEM IS KIND OF DESIGNED AROUND THAT.

UM, SO LET ME WHEN WE PART OF OUR PROTOCOL, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, IS TO ASSESS.

HERE THE TACTICAL.

WELL LET ME BACK UP.

SO STRATEGIC TEAM BOARD.

TACTICAL TEAM.

THAT MAKES SENSE.

OKAY, THEN I FAILED TO MENTION THAT THERE'S AN OPERATIONAL ROLE WHERE 90% OR 95% OF EVERYONE THAT WORKS IN THE ORGANIZATION DOES THEIR WORK.

AND THERE'S, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, AROUND 10% OF US THAT ARE IN THE STRATEGIC OR THE TACTICAL TEAM, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO GET 90% OF THE WORKFORCE TO REALLY SEE A CLEAR LINE OF SIGHT FOR THEIR WORK TO THIS OVERARCHING VISION.

LIKE THAT'S THAT'S THE TASK AT HAND.

SO. WE WIN THE TACTICAL ROLE AND THE STRATEGIC ROLE WHEN WE START A PROCESS LIKE THIS THAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING IN FEBRUARY.

WE ASK THEM TO ASSESS.

WE'VE OUTLINED FOUR STAGES OF STRATEGIC DIRECTION IS WHAT WE CALL IT OR STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT.

SO IT'S NOT JUST THE POSTER ON THE WALL, BUT ON A ON A SCALE OF ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR WITH WRITTEN OUT OPERATIONAL DEFINITIONS FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE.

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AND SO IT'S ON A ZERO.

LIKE WE HAVE NO STRATEGY, LIKE NONE LIKE YOU COULDN'T FIND STRATEGY IF YOU TRIED TO FOR IT.

IS THAT NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE STRATEGY, BUT WE HAVE HARMONY AND INTEGRATION ACROSS SUBUNITS, ALMOST LIKE THE CUSTODIAN, YOU KNOW, LIKE I'M PUTTING A MAN ON THE MOON LIKE THAT'S OUT HERE FOR.

SO STATEWIDE RIGHT NOW WITH ABOUT 125 DISTRICTS WORKING ON THIS, I'VE GOT TO DO AN OFFICIAL CALCULATION.

BUT THE BACK OF THE NAPKIN CALCULATION I'VE BEEN DOING IS IT'S SETTLING OUT ON ABOUT A 2.2, YOU KNOW, LIKE, AND THESE ARE ALL ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE SAYING WE HAVE STRATEGIC PLANS. WE JUST WANT TO GO A LITTLE DEEPER.

SO THEY'RE SELF-EVALUATING.

I HAD A 2.2, WHICH IS INTERESTING TO ME BECAUSE THEY'RE SAYING WE HAVE STRATEGIES, BUT ON A 0 TO 4 SCALE, WE'RE AT A 2.2.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, I WAS THINKING OR I WAS I JOTTED SOME THINGS DOWN IN THE BACK.

AND I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS BECAUSE THE HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL GIVES SIX REASONS WHY THAT MEAN MIGHT BE LOWER. SO THEY CALL IT CHALLENGES OF SETTING AND SUSTAINING STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS.

LIKE THESE ARE THE CHALLENGES THAT ARE INHERENT.

BUT NOT ONLY SETTING BUT ALSO SUSTAINING STRATEGY.

SO THERE'S TOO LITTLE OR THERE'S TOO MUCH STRATEGY.

YOU EITHER HAVE TOO MUCH OR YOU HAVE TOO LITTLE.

VERY RARELY DO YOU HAVE JUST THE RIGHT AMOUNT.

THE SECOND ONE, STRATEGY, ADDRESSES THE MISSION, BUT IT DOES NOT ADDRESS MISSION CRITICAL SUPPORT SYSTEMS. IT'S ALL ABOUT JUST LOOKING AT THE OBJECTIVE, NOT LOOKING AT THE ACTIONS.

THE THIRD ONE REALLY RESONATES WITH ME, AND IT'S KIND OF WHAT I WAS JUST TOUCHING ON.

THERE'S NOT CLARITY BETWEEN STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGIC ACTIONS.

A LOT OF TIMES WHEN SCHOOLS ESPECIALLY, ARE DOING STRATEGIC PLANNING, THEY BRING A BIG GROUP OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN, AND I ENCOURAGE THAT, AND I THINK THAT THAT'S A GOOD THING.

BUT IF YOU JUST SAY, WHAT DO YOU ALL WANT US TO DO? AND YOU THROW UP A BUNCH OF WHITE CHART PAPER, YOU'RE GOING TO GET JUST LIKE A BIG PILE IN OF MOSTLY ACTIONS AND VERY FEW OBJECTIVES, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

IT'S JUST LIKE A BUNCH OF ACTIONS AND, YOU KNOW, ANYWHERE, YOU KNOW, PAST 50.

YOU KNOW THE TACTICAL TEAMS JUST BOBBLE HEADING LIKE YES YES THANK YOU THANK YOU.

YOU KNOW AND LIKE WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SOMETHING PRETTY AND WE'RE GOING TO STICK IT UP ON THE WEBSITE AND JUST OKAY LET'S GO BACK TO.

SO WE'RE LIKE HOW DO YOU NARROW THE FOCUS.

HOW DO YOU GET MORE.

THERE'S A BALDRIGE TERM KEY.

I KNOW THAT SOUNDS SILLY, BUT YOU KNOW, WE SAY KEY MEANS THREE.

SO IF SOMEONE SAYS WHAT ARE THE KEY STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES THAT MEANS THREE.

UNLESS YOU SAY THAT YOU NEED MORE THAN THAT, WHAT ARE THE KEY STRATEGIC ACTIONS THAT JUST THREE.

IF WE HAVE ONE KEY STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE THAT THE BOARD HAS ADOPTED, NOW WE'RE ASKING THE TACTICAL TEAM TO WORK WITH US HARMONIOUSLY TO HELP OUTLINE WHAT ARE THE THREE KEY STRATEGIC ACTIONS THAT LINE UP TO THAT OBJECTIVE.

DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE OTHER STUFF THAT'S GOING ON BESIDES THE THREE DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT IMPORTANT, WHICH IS NOT AS IMPORTANT AS THOSE THREE, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

IT'S A SIMPLE FORMULA.

THESE ARE OUR THREE KEY STRATEGIC ACTIONS.

HOW ARE WE GOING TO MEASURE IT ALONG THE WAY AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO MEASURE IT AT THE END.

THAT'S THAT'S OUR FORMULA FOR STRATEGY.

WE INCLUDED A SAMPLE DOCUMENT OF A DISTRICT.

AND I TRIED TO FIND ONE THAT.

I'M GOING TO USE NAMES, BUT YOU ALL HAVE PROBABLY A VERY EVERY DISTRICT I GO TO SAYS WHERE ARE UNIQUE.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE JUST AS UNIQUE AS THE ONE I LEFT THE NIGHT BEFORE.

YOU ARE KIND OF UNIQUE, I'M JUST GOING TO SAY, BUT I AM WORKING WITH A COUPLE THAT YOU MIGHT PERCEIVE TO BE SIMILAR AROUND THE STATE. AND SO I'M WORKING WITH ONE RIGHT NOW ACTUALLY.

SO I JUST PULLED THEIR SAMPLE, I TOOK THEIR NAME OFF OF IT BECAUSE I, BUT I PULLED THEIR SAMPLE TO LET YOU ALL LOOK AT HOW WE'RE AND IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS, BY THE WAY, BUT WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET CLARITY AROUND WHAT ARE THE OBJECTIVES AND WHAT ARE THE ACTIONS.

THEN WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON HOW ARE WE GOING TO MEASURE THEM ALONG THE WAY, AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO MEASURE THEM AT THE END? SO I DO I DO BELIEVE THAT OUR PROCESS.

DRESS IS. AND BY THE WAY, LET ME READ THIS A LITTLE BIT FASTER.

SO LACK OF OBJECTIVE CLARITY AROUND STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES VERSUS STRATEGIC ACTIONS, AND THEN A LACK OF CLARITY AROUND LEAD VERSUS LAGGING MEASURES, LEADING VERSUS LAGGING MEASURES, AND THEN A LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY, A CADENCE OF ACCOUNTABILITY.

IT'S HARMONIOUS BETWEEN THE STRATEGIC TEAM AND THE TACTICAL TEAM, NOT JUST ONE TIME OF YEAR.

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AND I THINK TO COME TOGETHER AND REALLY CALIBRATE IS FANTASTIC.

THERE NEEDS TO BE TIGHTER TIME TIMELINES OF CHECKING IN MONTHLY.

QUARTERLY SOMETHING.

LIKE SHORTER HORIZONS, TIME HORIZONS FOR HOW ARE WE DOING? AND I DON'T KNOW MUCH, IF ANYTHING, ABOUT YOUR SUMMIT, SO DON'T LIKE.

BUT IF IT IS JUST A ONCE A YEAR THING, WE WOULD ENCOURAGE STRONGLY TO DESIGN IN LEAD MEASURE, EVEN CHECKPOINTS EVEN ONCE A MONTH LIKE THAT WOULD BE PART OF IT.

THEN THE OTHER THING, AND IT'S THE LAST ONE THAT HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL THAT WE TRIED TO BACKWARDS DESIGN THIS PROCESS TO ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS IS YOU YOU NEED TO HAVE TIGHTER THAN ONE YEAR TIMELINES OR HORIZONS THAT YOU'RE CHECKING IN.

BUT THEN YOU GENERALLY GET AN OUTCOME MEASURE AT THE END OF ONE YEAR.

BUT THAT OUTCOME MEASURE AT THE END OF ONE YEAR SHOULD LINE UP TO AN OVERARCHING OUTCOME MEASURE OF USUALLY A FOUR OR A FIVE YEAR HORIZON.

NOW SOME ARE SAYING IT NEEDS TO BE THREE THESE DAYS BECAUSE THINGS ARE CHANGING.

I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T, I DON'T I'M THINKING FOUR MIGHT BE THE SWEET SPOT RIGHT NOW.

SO IT'S LIKE WE HAVE AN OBJECTIVE OR MULTIPLE OBJECTIVES THAT LINE UP TO THIS ONE YEAR HORIZON.

WE'RE GOING TO BUILD LESS THAN ONE YEAR CHECKPOINTS.

BUT THAT OUTCOME, TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN CONTROL IT, SHOULD STAY CONSTANT FOR A FOUR YEAR WINDOW.

SO WE CAN SEE HOW THIS THING DOES OVER FOUR YEARS.

AND THEN AT THE END OF FOUR YEARS, WE DO A FULL BLOWN SUMMIT AGAIN, AND WE RECALIBRATE TO ANOTHER FOUR YEAR HORIZON, AND THEN WE RECALIBRATE TO ANOTHER FOUR YEAR HORIZON.

AND NOW EVERYTHING. THAT'S OUR STANDARD OPERATING PROTOCOL.

BUT IT CAN BE ANY DERIVATION OF THAT.

IF A GOOD CASE CAN BE MADE, I PROMISE YOU THAT IF WE'RE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO WORK WITH YOU, I'LL SHARE WHAT HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL THINKS.

I'LL SHARE WHAT THE BALDRIGE FRAMEWORK THINKS.

I'LL SHARE WHAT ROBERT KAPLAN, THE ORIGINAL DESIGNER OF THE SCORECARD, THINKS.

AND THEN IF YOU ALL COLLECTIVELY AGREE AS A TEAM OF EIGHT THAT WE'RE NOT DOING IT THAT WAY, THEN THEN WE'LL TWEAK AND WE'LL PIVOT AND WE'LL GO.

BUT I WILL TELL YOU WHAT I BELIEVE THE EXPERT OPINION TO BE BEFORE WE MAKE A DECISION.

THANK YOU. I GUESS I WANT TO OPEN IT UP TO THE BOARD TO ASK QUESTIONS, BECAUSE YOU'VE SHARED A LOT OF INFORMATION WITH US, BUT I DO WANT TO.

KIND OF EXPLAIN BECAUSE I MET WITH WITH JODY A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.

A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, JEFF AND I DID AND AND SORT OF.

GOT THIS INFORMATION THEN, AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE BOARD HEARD IT COLLECTIVELY BECAUSE NOT EVERYONE WAS AT THAT MEETING.

RIGHT. BUT I THINK THAT THE DIFFERENCE I THINK THAT IT'S WORTH NOTING THE BOARD NEEDS TO KNOW.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'VE HISTORICALLY DONE HERE.

HISTORICALLY, WE MEET IN JANUARY.

IT'S A COUPLE OF DAYS MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW, IT'S TWO DAYS, BUT IS IT LIKE TEN HOURS? EIGHT HOURS? YEAH.

OKAY. AND.

IT'S NOT A IT'S NOT A PROCESS THAT WE, WE, WE SO MUCH HATE OR ANYTHING.

I MEAN, WE I THINK A LOT OF US LOVED THAT PROCESS FOR YEARS.

WHAT YOU SAID DURING COVID.

WE MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN A LITTLE OFF TRACK.

SOME SOME THINGS.

YOU KNOW, WE WE BECAME A, I THINK A VERY CLOSE TEAM OF 8 OR 9.

OUR JEFF WAS WITH US IN A LOT OF THAT THAT WE WERE GOING THROUGH WHEN WE HAD A DIFFERENT SUPERINTENDENT AND.

WE WORKED REALLY WELL, REALLY CLOSELY AS A TEAM THEN, BUT COMING OUT OF THAT.

WE'VE LOST SOME OF OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE STRATEGIC VERSUS TACTICAL.

IT'S VERY COMMON.

IT HAPPENED ALL OVER.

YEAH. AND AND SO HISTORICALLY, WE'VE BROUGHT IN A MAYBE A MODERATOR INTO THAT TWO DAY SUMMIT WHO HELPS KEEP US ON TRACK, HELPS GUIDE US THROUGH THE AGENDA AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

THE REALITY IS NO ONE CAN NO ONE CAN EFFECTIVELY FILL THAT ROLE.

TO US SOMETIMES, BUT MEANING THAT WE'RE WE'RE SOMETIMES OUT OF CONTROL.

BUT AND IT'S AN OPEN MEETING AND PEOPLE CAN COME SEE US OUT OF CONTROL TO.

BUT NOW. I THINK THAT THERE'S A FEELING AMONG SOME TRUSTEES, AND I PROBABLY SHARE THIS FEELING THAT IT'S A TIME MAYBE GO A LITTLE BIT DEEPER AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A BIGGER ENGAGEMENT THAN, THAN, THAN A TWO DAY SHOW UP HERE AND FIX EVERYTHING AND LEAVE, WHICH WE'D LOVE, BY THE WAY.

BUT BUT THE REALITY IS THERE'S A THERE'S A MORE IN DEPTH ENGAGEMENT THAT HELPS US GET BACK ON THAT TRACK AND HELPS US SET.

A PATH HELPS US TO UNDERSTAND THE FREQUENCY FOR WHEN WE NEED TO BE.

REVIEWING THESE THINGS.

HELPS US AS A BOARD TO SEE WHERE OUR STRATEGIC FOCUS LIES AND HOW THAT RELATES TO THE TACTICAL, ETCETERA, ETCETERA.

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UM, AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT BOARD AS WE GET STARTED, BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE EVERYBODY WAS UP TO SPEED ON THAT, BUT I DO WANT TO OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD IF THERE'S ANYTHING OR THOUGHTS OR IF IF YOU HAVE THOUGHTS ABOUT WHAT I'VE SAID AND SAY, THAT'S NOT REALLY WHAT WE LET'S GO BACK TO THE OLD PROCESS.

THAT MAY BE WHAT WE NEED TO DO, BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT IT AS A BOARD.

BUT. THANKS FOR COMING.

THANK YOU FOR THE INTRODUCTION.

I WASN'T AT THE PRESENTATION, SO I DIDN'T SEE THAT.

WHAT I DO HAVE AN EXPERIENCE IN, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR YEARS NOW.

THREE AND A HALF YEARS.

THREE YEARS. WAS THERE WAS A PROCESS AND IT IT FELT LIKE THE PRESENTATION THAT YOU HAD, YOU SENT US SO IT LOOKED LIKE THAT THERE WERE STRATEGIES AND THEN TACTICAL OBJECTIVES UNDERNEATH IT.

SO IT HAD THE LOOK AND FEEL WHAT WHAT I SAW IN SOME MATERIALS THAT YOU SENT US WAS A LOOK AND FEEL.

I GUESS WHAT I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND TWO THINGS ARE HOW THAT PROCESS WORKS.

BECAUSE IN THE MATERIALS I COULDN'T GATHER HOW.

THIS PRESENTATION.

THIS STRATEGIC PLANNING MIGHT DIFFER FROM WHAT I WAS USED TO MY FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS ON THE BOARD, WHICH WAS, AGAIN THE TEN HOUR SUMMIT OF COMING UP WITH SOME STRATEGIC, SOME STRATEGY AND THEN ALLOWING ADMINISTRATION TO FILL OUT THE MORE TACTIC POINTS.

THAT'S NUMBER ONE.

AND THEN JUST IN LOOKING AT.

THE SUSTAINABILITY OF A PROGRAM, OF CHANGING A PROGRAM OR GOING TO A NEW PROGRAM.

ARE THERE DISTRICTS THAT YOU WORK WITH? YOU PUT THIS IN PROCESS, AND THEN YOU HAVE A CONTINUING RELATIONSHIP OF SOME SORT FOR A LONG 5 OR 10 YEAR PERIOD? YEAH. SO ON THE REAL BROAD QUESTION, NO, IT'S GOOD.

ON THE FIRST PART OF IT, THE.

UM, SO I DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY.

BECAUSE OF THE SUMMIT, I DIDN'T WANT TO SEND OUR TYPICAL PROTOCOL AND IT FEEL INCONSISTENT WITH THE WAY YOU'VE DONE THE SUMMIT, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

OKAY, SO BUT JUST GENERALLY SPEAKING AND THIS CAN THIS IS MALLEABLE.

SO IT CAN IT CAN GO IN A TWO DAY SUMMIT IF THAT'S WHAT YOU GUYS DECIDE.

UM, DEPENDING ON IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU NEED TO CAST A NET OUT A LITTLE BIT INTO THE COMMUNITY.

AND BY THAT I JUST MEAN WE BRING THE COMMUNITY IN TYPICALLY AND WE RUN A SWOT ANALYSIS BASICALLY.

SO WHAT ARE THE STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES OPPORTUNITIES THREATS.

AND THEN WE CRUNCH ALL THAT DOWN AND TIGHTEN IT UP INTO A REAL TIGHT PACKAGE.

AND YOU KNOW WE WE DON'T TAKE THAT WORD FOR WORD INTO STRATEGIC ACTIONS.

BUT IN TOTALITY WE LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, THAT COMMUNITY PERCEPTION.

SO THAT'S ONE PIECE OF IT.

BUT IF I WAS WALKING INTO YOUR DISTRICT THAT YOU, YOU KNOW, WERE NOT HERE BUT SOMEWHERE ELSE, WE WOULD DO SIX, TWO HOUR MEETINGS BASICALLY.

SO THE FIRST BOARD MEETING, I MEAN, THE FIRST MEETING WOULD BE A BOARD MEETING.

WE WOULD START WITH THE BOARD, THEN WE WOULD GO TO THE COMMUNITY, TO OUR BOARD MEETING, TO OUR COMMUNITY MEETING, TO OUR TACTICAL TEAM MEETING.

AND WE WOULD COME BACK. THEN WE WOULD HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL TACTICAL TEAM MEETINGS WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO WE'VE LISTENED TO THE BOARD, WE'VE LISTENED TO THE COMMUNITY, AND WE'RE TRYING TO DESIGN SOME THINGS.

AND THEN WE WOULD COME BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND ROUND OUT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, AND THEN WE WOULD GO BACK TO THE TACTICAL TEAM, AND THEN WE WOULD FINISH UP WITH THE BOARD. LIKE IF WE IF WE JUST KIND OF DID IT, LIKE YOU ALL SAID, WE DON'T CARE HOW YOU DO IT.

THAT WOULD BE KIND OF OUR BEST APPROACH.

BUT. BODIES IN THE DISTRICT TONIGHT WHERE THEY COULD NOT MEET OVER A TWO DAY PERIOD.

AND SHE DID FOUR OF THOSE TWO HOUR MEETINGS ALL DAY TO DAY.

SHE'S LETTING ME KNOW IT'S BUZZING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE SHE'S BEEN AT IT FOR A WHILE TODAY.

SO I COULD BE HERE.

AND IF YOU ALL KNOW JODIE, SHE SPEAKS.

YEAH. WHAT'S ON HER MIND IS ON HER MOUTH AND I LOVE HER FOR IT.

BUT ANYWAY. BUT WE MODIFIED IT AS MY POINT WITH THAT.

THEN THE SUSTAINABILITY PART OF IT, YOU KNOW, I, I MAKE MYSELF AVAILABLE TO WHATEVER THE NEEDS THAT YOU HAVE.

SO IT'S ALL IT'S ALL CUSTOMIZED.

WE THIS IS MY GENERAL OBSERVATION IS THAT WHEN WE VERY FIRST FINISH, THERE'S A LITTLE MORE TACTICAL TEAM HARDWIRING SOME THINGS.

AND I'M PART OF THAT.

AND THEN IT MOVES TO MAYBE A ZOOM ONCE A MONTH.

AND THEN LIKE WE HAVE WHAT NOW WE CALL CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT CONSORTIUM MAINTENANCE, WHERE IT'S JUST A PHONE CALL ONCE A MONTH, WHERE WE'RE JUST CALIBRATING AND I'M

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SO IT TAPERS OFF.

WELL. SO THERE IS A PROCESS AND IT'S A IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS.

AND THEN THERE'S A MAINTENANCE PROCESS.

AND THEN I'M ASSUMING AT SOME POINT.

BOARDS COME UP WITH NEW STRATEGIES AND OR NEW STRATEGIC GOALS.

AND SO THAT WOULD BE THE PROCESS AGAIN.

OR WOULD WE WOULD WE TEACH OURSELVES HOW TO WELL I, I SO I IF YOU USE THAT FOUR YEAR HORIZON THAT WOULD YOU YOU WOULD TRY TO STAY TRUE TO IT FOR FOUR YEARS AND THEN YOU WOULD REGROUP.

I LOVE WHEN PEOPLE TEACH THEMSELVES I THE MORE I CAN ZOOM AND THE MORE I CAN BE ON MY RANCH AND GRAHAM, TEXAS, THE HAPPIER I AM.

SO I'M ALSO HAPPY TO BE IN PLACES, YOU KNOW, 2 OR 3 DAYS A WEEK RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, AND DIGGING IN FACE TO FACE AS WE PEEL.

YOU KNOW, I WAS IN GEORGETOWN YESTERDAY.

I DON'T THINK THEY WOULD MINE NEW SUPERINTENDENT.

THEY HAVE A STRATEGIC PLAN.

THEY JUST THEIR WORK.

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S MEASURABLE IN HERE, YOU KNOW, LIKE.

AND IS IT THE RIGHT STUFF.

SO I'M WORKING WITH THEM JUST ON THE MEASURES PLAN ALREADY EXISTS.

SO I'M GOING TO I'M JUST GOING TO PULL ON THEM.

I'M JUST GOING TO PULL ON THE MEASURES IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

SO. YEAH.

JEN. THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

I WAS ONE OF THE TRUSTEES THAT ATTENDED THE SESSION, AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH YOU.

UM, AND I JUST, I GUESS I JUST WANTED TO SHARE FOR THE REST OF THE BOARD SOME OF THE THINGS THAT RESONATE WITH ME.

I'VE. THIS IS MY NINTH YEAR ON THE BOARD.

I WAS ON THE BOARD THE VERY FIRST YEAR WE IMPLEMENTED THE STRATEGIC SUMMIT.

I THINK ELLEN AND I WERE THE ONLY ONES AT THE TIME.

AND I GUESS TO YOUR POINT THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE USED TO IT BEING THE WAY IT.

HAS BEEN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

IT HAS EVOLVED OVER NINE YEARS.

100% HAS EVOLVED IN LOTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS.

I MEAN, FOR INSTANCE, OUR THE EDUCATION PIECE OF OF THE OUR ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM COMING IN, SHARING WHAT THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON USED TO HAPPEN DURING THE TWO DAYS OF THE SUMMIT.

AND NOW WE'VE PULLED THAT OUT TO GIVE US MORE TIME.

SO I MEAN, THAT'S JUST ONE SMALL PIECE.

AND I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT SINCE WE'VE DONE THAT, WE'VE ACTUALLY USED THAT 8 TO 10 HOUR, TWO DAY TIME FRAME TO BUILD IN THINGS THAT WEREN'T TRULY PART OF STRATEGIC PLANNING.

SO, I MEAN, IT'S.

WE'RE DOING MORE IN THERE THAN TRULY FOCUSING ON STRATEGIC PLANNING AND THAT SPECIFIC EIGHT HOURS.

SO I DON'T WANT US TO GET CAUGHT UP ON THE THOUGHT THAT.

MAYBE IT HAS TO BE THAT LONG.

WE THINK THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WERE CLOSED SESSION TOPICS.

WE'VE ALSO DONE.

WE'VE DONE. REVIEW OF BOARD.

PRIORITIES BOARD.

I'M SORRY, BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURE.

SO THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES IN YEARS WHERE WE HAVE INCORPORATED A 2 TO 4 HOUR CHUNK OF SOMETHING ELSE THAT THAT CHUNK OF TIME AFFORDED US THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO, SIMPLY BECAUSE IT WAS CONVENIENT, BECAUSE WE WERE MEETING AND HAD THE TIME AND IT GAVE US TIME TO DO THOSE THAT TYPE OF WORK.

YEAH. SO WE DID INCORPORATE SOME THINGS THAT WERE TRADITIONALLY TEAM BUILDING INTO THAT.

SO. THAT'S KIND OF A SIDE EYE.

WHAT APPEALS TO ME HERE IS THE THOUGHT THAT THIS IS TRULY LOOKING AT STRATEGIC PLANNING IN A WAY THAT WE HAVE.

UM, VEERED AWAY FROM, IF YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT IT, EVEN SLIGHTLY PRE-COVID, WHEN WE WERE DOING OUR DOTS AND DOING OUR STICKERS AND THROWING SPAGHETTI ON THE WALL, I MEAN, HOW MANY OF THOSE THINGS THAT YOU PUT UP WERE STRATEGIC VERSUS I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US DO X WITH THE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, I'M MAKING SOMETHING UP WITH THE, THE BAND PROGRAM OR Y WITH THE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER PROGRAM.

I MEAN SO MANY OF THOSE STICKERS WERE TACTICAL, NOT STRATEGIC.

AND I THINK WHILE WE'VE TRIED TO YOUR POINT OF, YOU KNOW, HAVING THOSE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES AND HAVING THEM STAY, I THINK WE'VE DONE A. SLIGHTLY DECENT JOB AT THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, OUR PREVIOUS SUPERINTENDENT, YOU KNOW, HAD HIS MOTTO OF OF WE CAN'T DO WE CAN. CAN'T DO IT ALL AT THE SAME TIME.

AND THE IDEA OF CONSISTENCY, THAT WE CAN'T JUST THROW OUT THE BABY WITH THE BATHWATER AND START OVER EVERY YEAR.

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BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE GET TO THE SUMMIT IS WE START THROWING IN, YOU KNOW, UNDER THOSE MAYBE.

UH, WHAT'S ONE THAT I'M THINKING OF? WELL, HAVE WE DONE THIS? AND HAVE YOU DONE THIS? AND LET'S TRY THIS. AND LET'S THROW MORE SPAGHETTI AT THE WALL UNDER DIE, DIE.

WHICH MAKES US FEEL GOOD THAT WE'RE NOT CHANGING THOSE PRIORITIES.

RIGHT. BUT WE'RE ADDING.

THINGS THAT ARE TACTICAL AND THAT'S NOT OUR PURVIEW.

SO I LIKE THAT THIS COULD HELP US STAY FOCUSED.

I LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING SOME CONSISTENCY FOR AT LEAST A COUPLE OF YEARS, WORKING WITH THE SAME FACILITATOR WHO COULD HELP HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE AND KEEP US ON TRACK. WHAT I TRULY LOVE AND SOMETHING THAT.

HAS BEEN SORELY LACKING FROM THIS DISTRICT THAT PREDATES MY TIME ON THE BOARD.

IS HAVING A WAY TO MEASURE OUTCOMES.

AND WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, AND WE'LL SAY THIS ALL THE TIME, WE'RE A HIGH PERFORMING DISTRICT.

AND HOW DO YOU GET FROM A 97% TO A 99%? AND I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK THAT THAT SHOULD BE OUR FOCUS, YOU KNOW, A TEST SCORE PER SE.

BUT I DO THINK THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME WAYS TO MEASURE PERFORMANCE AND MEASURE IMPROVEMENT, BECAUSE WE SAY IT ALL THE TIME.

WE'RE WE'RE GREAT, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT.

SO I LIKE THAT THIS GIVES US A FRAMEWORK TO FOCUS ON THAT.

AND I REALLY LOVE WHAT YOU SAID TONIGHT ABOUT THE COMMUNICATION AND THE FEEDBACK, BECAUSE I DO THINK WHILE WE WALK OUT OF THE SUMMIT WITH REALLY GOOD INTENTIONS OF THE ADMINISTRATION GIVING US FEEDBACK, THERE'S NOT REALLY AN OVERARCHING PLAN FOR THAT MAY BE LAID OUT ON THE CALENDAR.

SO THEN WE GET BUSY WITH SOMETHING ELSE AND WE MISS IT.

AND I ALSO THINK THAT'S A FUNCTION OF PUTTING ON THIS EIGHT HOUR EVENT.

THAT IS IT'S IT'S EXHILARATING.

I LOVE THE TIME THAT I HAVE WITH THESE FOLKS IN THE ROOM TO PICK THEIR BRAIN AND HEAR THEIR PASSION FOR OUR KIDS AND FOR OUR DISTRICT AND FOR EDUCATION.

BUT IT'S A LOT OF WORK FOR THEM, AND IT'S EXHAUSTING.

SO I KIND OF THINK THAT MAYBE THAT'S A FUNCTION OF NOT REPORTING BACK, BECAUSE THERE'S A FEAR THAT IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO TURN INTO THAT AGAIN.

SO I JUST I WOULD REALLY ENCOURAGE US TO GIVE THIS A SHOT.

WORK WITH YOU GUYS TO TAKE YOUR MODEL AND FIT IT IN WITH THE MODEL THAT WE'RE USED TO AND CUSTOMIZE IT LIKE YOU SAID.

THAT'S COMPLETELY DOABLE AND I NEED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT YOUR MODEL, BUT IT'S DOABLE.

YEAH. AND WE CERTAINLY HAVE NO AGENDAS FROM YEARS PREVIOUS THAT WE COULD PULL OUT.

IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A LOOK AT ALL OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE IN ADDITION.

BUT AND IF I MAY, ON THAT POINT, I DIDN'T ASK FOR ANY OF THAT BECAUSE I DID NOT WANT TO COME IN HERE AND FEEL LIKE I WAS TRYING TO MODIFY WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE AN APPROPRIATE APPROACH.

AND YOU ALL. WE JUST GOT OUR OLD DOCUMENTS AND JUST TOLD US EXACTLY WHAT WE WANTED TO HEAR, SO I DON'T I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT ANYTHING.

YOU TOLD ME YOU ALL HAVE A SUMMIT.

AND I JUST SAID, INTERESTING, AND HERE I AM.

AND ULTIMATELY, I THINK, I THINK THIS IS A METHOD FOR POTENTIALLY US TO HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE.

AND I LIKE THAT. SO DO, IF I MAY, MR. PRESIDENT. SO ON.

SO SOME DISTRICTS I'M JUST GOING TO KEEP THIS REAL.

SOME DISTRICTS WILL DO A 30 MINUTE UPDATE ONCE A MONTH ON THE SCORECARD.

SOME WANT TO DO 15 MINUTES ONCE A MONTH AS PART OF THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING.

BUT THEY WANT TO HAVE ONE WORKSHOP IN THE FALL AND ONE WORKSHOP IN THE SPRING THAT THE SCORECARD UPDATE.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE LEAD MEASURES.

SOME WANT TO NOT HAVE IT PART OF THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING, BUT THEY WANT TO HAVE A BOARD WORKSHOP IN THE FALL, AND THEY WANT TO HAVE A BOARD WORKSHOP IN THE SPRING.

SO THAT CADENCE, YOU KNOW, JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT YOUR NEEDS ARE.

I JUST WANTED TO ADD ONE OTHER THOUGHT AND MAYBE A QUESTION FOR YOU ABOUT TIMELINE, BECAUSE PART OF THIS WHOLE SUMMIT PROCESS THAT CAME ABOUT WAY BACK WHEN HAD TO DO WITH SOME QUESTIONS A FEW OF US WERE ASKING ABOUT, WAIT A MINUTE, IT IS OCTOBER AND WE ARE JUST NOW APPROVING A DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN. AND THAT FELT WRONG, RIGHT? I MEAN, HOW DO WE IMPROVE A DISTRICT AND APPROVE THAT AS A BOARD AND TWO MONTHS INTO THE SCHOOL YEAR? AND THEN NOW WE'RE DOING A CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLAN, AND NOW OUR TEACHERS ARE GETTING OH, AND I KNEW THEY GOT A LITTLE BIT OF LEEWAY, BUT THAT WAS PART OF THE REASON WE BACKED THIS WHOLE PROCESS UP TO JANUARY, FEBRUARY, SO THAT WE COULD THEN WORK ON DISTRICT AND CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS IN TIME FOR THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, SO THAT BY SUMMER, OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WAS FOCUSED AROUND THOSE PRIORITIES.

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WE COULD STICK WITH THAT KIND OF CADENCE AND TIMELINE.

YEAH. THE THE I WOULD HOPE THAT WE WOULD PROVIDE A LITTLE STABILITY TO THE STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES FOR SURE, OVER A FOUR YEAR HORIZON.

SO YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO LIKE PANIC ABOUT THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN EXCEPT EVERY FOUR YEARS.

AND EVERYBODY KNOWS IT'S COMING.

LIKE THAT'S THAT'S WHEN WE'RE GOING TO REALLY DO A RE-UP.

BUT KEY STRATEGIC ACTIONS I THINK THE.

YOU SEE WITH 12 YEARS.

SO WE DID THREE FOUR YEAR CYCLES.

BASICALLY, THAT'S WHY I WAS THERE 12 YEARS.

AND BY THE WAY, I WANTED TO LEAVE AT THE END OF EIGHT AND THEY TALKED ME INTO ONE MORE.

JUST START IT AND THEN WE'LL HIRE SOMEONE.

IT WAS JUST TAKE IT TO THE MIDPOINT, JUST FINISH IT.

SO I WENT THROUGH THREE FOUR YEAR CYCLES.

ONCE WE GOT THOSE KEY STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGIC ACTIONS ALIGNED TO OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN OR AND THE INITIAL, YOU KNOW, GETTING IT DONE WAS A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, A HEAVIER LIFT, BUT IT NEVER WAS AFTER THAT WE WERE MODIFYING IT.

OKAY. SO YOU'RE NOT REDOING THE DIP EVERY YEAR.

IT'S JUST ONLY THE PORTIONS OF THE STRATEGIC ACTIONS WERE PREVIOUSLY THIS.

AND NOW THEY'RE THIS.

AND JUST ONE OUT ONE IN OR WORDING IS JUST SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT.

WE WERE TRYING TO KEEP CONTINUITY ON THE STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES, THE BIG ROCKS FOR ALL FOUR YEARS TO THE EXTENT WE COULD.

I APPRECIATE IT. YOU'RE WELCOME.

I DO REMEMBER WE HAD SPEED DATING IN OUR SUMMIT, RIGHT? SO YEAH, THAT WAS KIND OF FUN.

YEAH. WE'LL GO TO WE'LL GO TO DIANE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THIS IS VERY INTERESTING.

I THINK WE MET RIGHT BEFORE THE MEETING AND I SHARED THAT I'M THE NEWEST BOARD MEMBER, SO I HAVE NEVER GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS BEFORE.

WHAT YOU'VE OUTLINED HERE TO ME SOUNDS FANTASTIC.

I LOVE THE FOUR YEAR CYCLE.

I LOVE THE LEADING AND LAGGING METRICS, ALL OF THAT.

AND WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS CYCLING THROUGH WITH THE SIX TWO HOUR MEETINGS, YOU MENTIONED THE COMMUNITY INPUT.

I'M JUST CURIOUS, CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE? AND WE WE GENERALLY CUSTOMIZE THAT.

BUT IF A DISTRICT JUST SAYS, HEY, JUST DO YOUR BASE VERSION AND I DON'T KNOW THE STATUS OF YOUR MISSION, VISION OR VALUES RIGHT NOW.

AND SO ANYWAY, I'M JUST SAYING THIS WITH AN ASSUMPTION THAT THEY DON'T EXIST.

YOU KNOW, LIKE THERE'S NO MISSION, VISION OR VALUES OR THE DISTRICT'S AT A POINT WHERE THEY WANT A COMPLETE REWRITE OF IT.

BUT THAT INITIAL CONTACT WITH THE COMMUNITY IS TO GATHER SOME KEY WORDS AND PHRASES AROUND A REFRESH OF MISSION VISION VALUE, AND THEN WE RUN A SWOT ANALYSIS.

QUITE SIMPLY, IT'S A STRENGTH WEAKNESS, OPPORTUNITY THREAT.

AND FROM THOSE DOCUMENTS AND FROM THAT WORK, WE'RE GETTING A REAL WE FEEL LIKE A KIND OF A GOOD LINE OF SIGHT.

I MEAN, THERE'S THIS IS A DOUBLE EDGED SWORD.

SO THE COMMUNITY ELECTED YOU ALL TO REPRESENT THEM.

SO ONE COULD ARGUE, WHY DO WE NEED TO DO THAT MEETING? I'M JUST SAYING. I MEAN, BECAUSE THEY ELECTED YOU TO PUT YOU HERE TO SPEAK FOR THEM.

I THINK THIS IS MAYBE A MIDDLE GROUND THAT THAT WHEREAS THAT CAN BE TRUE, IT CAN ALSO BE TRUE TO GO ASK THEM FOR SOME FEEDBACK TO JUST HELP, YOU KNOW, KIND OF CHECK THE PULSE.

YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE START THINKING ABOUT STRATEGY, WE'RE JUST GOING TO CHECK THE PULSE WITH THE COMMUNITY.

HOW DO YOU DO THAT? DO YOU USE ONLINE TOOLS? WE'RE PRETTY OLD SCHOOL.

SOME DISTRICTS WANT TO DO STUFF ONLINE.

WE ROLL IN WITH CHART PAPER AND BLACK MARKERS AND DIVIDE INTO GROUPS, AND WE JUST HAVE A LOT OF CHART PAPER ALL OVER THE WALL.

WE JUST INVITE THE WHOLE DISTRICT.

OH NO. WE HAVE A VERY WE HAVE A TARGETED APPROACH FOR WHO YOU MIGHT CONSIDER INVITING.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE THEM WITH 20 UP TO 120 MEMBERS AND SOMEWHERE AROUND 120, IT STARTS TO GET LIKE, MAYBE WE SHOULD SPLIT IT INTO TWO MEETINGS.

BUT TYPICALLY IN MOST DISTRICTS, WE HAVE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 40 TO 60 COMMUNITY MEMBERS, OKAY? AND WE DIVIDE INTO SIX GROUPS.

WE ASKED TRUSTEES TO JUST JOIN GROUPS AND NOT NECESSARILY LEAD GROUPS, BUT JUST GRAB A YELLOW NOTEPAD.

LISTEN, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BOARD TO REALLY, YOU KNOW, HEAR DIRECTLY FROM THE COMMUNITY.

AND I'LL SAY THAT AT THE TEEING UP THE MEETING, TRUSTEES ARE HERE TO JUST LISTEN, YOU KNOW, INTENTLY BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO START WORKING ON STRATEGY AND WE WANT TO HEAR FROM OUR COMMUNITY. AND THAT WOULD BE A TWO HOUR EXPERIENCE IS HOW YOU DESCRIBE IT.

OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YOU'RE WELCOME. THAT WAS GREAT.

THANK YOU. WE'LL GO TO.

DR. GIBSON, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

I SOME OF MY OTHER FELLOW TRUSTEES OF ASK SOME GREAT QUESTIONS, AND I KNOW THAT THE OTHER TWO PROBABLY HAVE SOME GREAT QUESTIONS LINED UP FOR YOU.

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I THINK THIS IS A GOOD TIME.

THIS THIS FEELS LIKE A RESET, AND IT FEELS LIKE A GOOD TIME TO DO A RESET.

WE ARE GETTING READY TO EMBARK ON THE LONG RANGE FACILITY PLAN.

AND I THINK THAT LOOKING AT THIS FOUR YEAR CYCLE, WHICH IS, IS WORKS AND SORT OF DOVETAILS, THE TWO DOVETAIL TOGETHER.

UM, I APPRECIATE THAT.

IT'S BUILDING A PROCESS.

I THINK WE NEED SORT OF A MULTI YEAR PROCESS, SOMETHING THAT WE CAN.

BECOME COMFORTABLE WITH OR SOMETHING THAT WE CAN BUILD INTO OUR ROUTINE.

I THINK IT NEEDS TO BECOME A ROUTINE.

AND JEN, YOU SAID THAT WE'RE OUR STUDENTS ARE REALLY GOOD AND THAT THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT.

AND I THINK THAT HOLDS TRUE FOR THE TRUSTEES AS WELL.

I MEAN, I THINK AS A BOARD THAT WE FUNCTION VERY WELL TOGETHER, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT.

AND I THINK THIS ALLOWS US THAT OPPORTUNITY TO, TO JUST TAKE OUR, OUR WORK TO A DIFFERENT LEVEL.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

THANK YOU I LIKE THIS.

THANK YOU LAURA. DO YOU WANT TO? THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT YOU'VE PRESENTED.

IT'S VERY EXCITING.

I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR QUITE A LONG TIME, NOT 51 YEARS YET.

YEAH, BUT I'VE I'VE BEEN THROUGH MANY, MANY ITERATIONS OF HOW EANES DOES PLANNING.

UM, AND I WAS WITH JEN AT THE LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE LAST SUMMER AND SAW THIS PRESENTATION WHICH PULLED TOGETHER, I THINK THE BEST PIECES IN MY EXPERIENCE, OF WHAT HAS HELPED US MOVE FORWARD AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SO I'M VERY EXCITED THAT YOU'VE BEEN HERE TONIGHT AND PRESENTED THIS, AND I THINK IT GIVES US A REAL OPPORTUNITY, THE ALIGNMENT AND THE CONSISTENCY OF LOOKING AT OUR BOARD AGENDAS, AS WELL AS OUR WORK WITH CONSISTENCY AND PURPOSE IS VERY, VERY EXCITING. AND THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT.

I DIDN'T MENTION EARLIER LIKE I DIDN'T I WAS NOT AT SLA BECAUSE I WAS IN A DISTRICT WORKING ON STRATEGIC PLANNING.

SO IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE'S GOT TO GO WORK IN THE DISTRICT.

SOMEONE'S GOING TO BE AT SLA.

SO I HATE THAT I MISSED YOU ALL, BUT I WAS WORKING IN A DISTRICT THAT.

HI, GREG. HELLO.

OKAY, SO, UM, I HAVE I KNOW A LOT OF FRIENDS ON DIFFERENT BOARDS WHO HAVE USED YOU GUYS, AND I'VE TALKED TO A LOT OF THEM ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON IN THEIR DISTRICTS.

AND I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE A LOT OF THE ASPECTS THAT YOU GUYS ARE BRINGING TO THE TABLE, I LOVE THE MORE, UM, I LOVE THAT YOU GUYS ARE REALLY ASKING FOR MORE ACCOUNTABILITY AND MORE UPDATES TO THE BOARD.

I THINK THAT THAT'S GREAT, BECAUSE I THINK PART OF THE REASON THAT WE'VE ALL LOVED THE SUMMIT IS GETTING TO DO THAT SPEED DATING AND GETTING REALLY TO HEAR AND TALK TO OUR ADMIN TEAM MORE IN DEPTH ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WE'VE WANTED TO WORK ON OR THE THINGS THAT THEY'VE WANTED TO WORK ON AND HOW THOSE THINGS ARE GOING.

UM, I WILL SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE I KNOW YOU SAY THAT EVERYBODY SAYS THEY'RE UNIQUE, BUT REALLY WE KIND OF ARE.

AND I KNOW THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE BOARDS THAT YOU WORK WITH EITHER HAVE A NEW SUPERINTENDENT OR AND, OR A NEW ADMIN TEAM AND ALSO LESS EXPERIENCED TRUSTEES.

AND SO. AND IS OUR NEWBIE.

EVERYBODY ELSE HAS BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE AND HAS DONE HAS DONE THESE THINGS.

WE ALSO JUST DID OUR MISSION AND VISION A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

WAS IT LIKE THREE? TWO THREE. YEAH.

AND THAT WAS ACTUALLY VERY DIVISIVE.

AND I LOST A FRIEND OVER THAT.

I LIKE THE CURRENT ONE.

I IF I'M GOING TO BE REALLY HONEST, I'M NOT A HUGE MISSION AND VISION.

LIKE THAT'S NOT I THINK WE DO A LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT WHATEVER.

SO I'M NOT GOING TO SAY I LIKE IT OR I DON'T LIKE IT.

I THINK THAT'S UP TO THE BOARD TO DECIDE IF WE NEED A NEW ONE.

THAT'S WHAT I MEAN. LIKE, YEAH, LIKE IT OR NOT LIKE IT.

WE APPROVED IT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, RIGHT AFTER NOT APPROVING IT FOR A WHILE BEFORE THAT.

GOTCHA. SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THAT'S THE FIRST THING THAT I'M QUESTIONING AND LIKE, LIKE JEN AND OTHER PEOPLE HAVE SAID, WE GENERALLY DO THINGS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

AND SO WE'VE HAD AND I'M NOT I CHANGE IS GREAT.

I'M NOT AFRAID OF CHANGE.

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AND SO I'M WONDERING HOW THAT TIES IN.

AND SO BECAUSE I KNOW LIKE ON YOUR YOUR THIS GUY, IT SPECIFICALLY MENTIONS THE TEAM OF EIGHT.

I JUST TO GIVE YOU A FEEL FOR WHAT THE TEAM BUILDING TRAINING LOOKS LIKE.

I MEAN AND IT'S A MARKETING BROCHURE.

I MEAN, LET'S FACE IT, I'M MARKETING TONIGHT.

SO, YOU KNOW, HERE'S THE BROCHURE.

RIGHT? IT'S A GOOD BROCHURE.

YEAH. BUT AND I THINK THE ALIGNED ARROWS THAT ARE IN IT, THE SWAT, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I'M DESCRIBING ARE, ARE BUILT INTO THAT.

OKAY. AND SO I THINK I MEAN I MAY OR MAY, I MAY BE READING TOO MUCH INTO YOUR QUESTION.

SO STRATEGIC ACTIONS ARE INPUTS.

WORK IS AN INPUT, OKAY.

AN OUTPUT IS A MEASURE OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THAT INPUT AND THEN AN OUTCOME.

IS THE BIG MEASURE OF SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE DECIDED IS A STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE.

NOT. SO THE FORMULA IS OBJECTIVE.

SO IT'S ALMOST LIKE A BOOKEND.

THE OBJECTIVE IS HERE.

WHAT'S THE BIG NUMBER WAY OVER HERE.

AND IT IT MAY BE SAT.

IT MAY BE ACT.

IT MAY BE A PERCEPTION SURVEY ON THE STUDENT SATISFACTION AND ENGAGEMENT SURVEY.

WE'RE NOT. NO ONE'S GOING TO PRESCRIBE TO YOU ALL WHAT GOES OUT THERE IN THAT OUTCOME COLUMN.

TO ME THAT IS THE THAT'S THE ROLE OF THE STRATEGIC ROLE AND THE TACTICAL TEAM TOGETHER DECIDING WHAT THAT OUTCOME IS.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO ROLL IN HERE.

I'M NOT GOING TO ROLL IN HERE TO TELL YOU WHAT GOES IN THAT OUTCOME COLUMN.

IN FACT, I WILL SIT FOR HOURS AND BE VERY QUIET WITH A BOARD THAT'S TRYING TO GET ME TO SET THEIR OUTCOMES FOR THEM.

SO I GUESS WHAT I'M ASKING MORE SO IS LIKE.

I GUESS THIS IS CUSTOMIZABLE DEPENDING ON WHAT WE WANT TO DO.

BECAUSE AGAIN, LIKE WE'VE NORMALLY HAD OUR TEAM OF A TRAINING.

SO LIKE WE'VE ALREADY DONE THAT, YOU KNOW THIS CURRENT YEAR.

SO WE WOULD KIND OF REALIGN THAT.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING TO HAVE A DIFFERENT TEAM? I MEAN I'M TIA CERTIFIED ME TO GIVE TEAM OF A AND ISO CREDIT FOR THE TRAINING RELATED TO STRATEGIC PLANNING BECAUSE IT'S ALL INTEGRATED.

GOT IT. OKAY. SO ALL RIGHT.

GOT IT. SO IT WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL THREE HOURS.

POTENTIALLY OR JUST WHATEVER WE WANT.

NO. WHEN I WHEN WE DO THE PRE-WORK FOR THE SCORE CARD, IF YOU ALL SAY WE NEED CREDIT, I'LL JUST SEND YOU AN EMAIL AND YOU HAVE CREDIT.

OKAY. GOT IT. SO THE OTHER THING IS THAT WE ALSO LOOK AT OUR BOPS PRETTY OFTEN.

WE LOOKED AT THOSE WHAT LIKE A YEAR AGO AND WE UPDATE IT.

RIGHT. YEAH.

SO THOSE ARE PRETTY TIGHT.

UM, AND I GUESS WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR YOU TO HELP ME WITH IS, LIKE, OUR BOARD PRIORITIES ARE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO US AND OUR COMMUNITY.

AND, UM, THEY ARE DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE ARE DIFFERENT.

AND LIKE JEN SAID, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE A 98 ON THE STAR, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE LIKE, WE HAVE TO HAVE 100.

THAT'S. SO HOW WOULD YOU TAKE OUR.

AND YOU SAID YOU DIDN'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, ASSUME ANYTHING.

SO I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU'VE LOOKED AT OUR BOARD PRIORITIES.

NO I HAVEN'T. OKAY. SO I'M NOT KIDDING WHEN I SAID THAT, LIKE, I LOOKED AT NOTHING BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO BE.

DIDN'T WANT TO TRY TO TWEAK IT TOO.

PEOPLE ARE SMART.

THEY SMELL A RAT.

SO ANYWAY, I CAME IN HERE PRETTY OPEN MINDED WITH JUST TELLING YOU WHAT OUR PROCESS IS.

AND SO I'M JUST CURIOUS, LIKE, SO, YOU KNOW, ONE OF OUR, OUR PRIORITIES IS UNDER FOSTER SAFE AND INCLUSIVE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTS.

PRIORITIZE AN INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT OF BELONGINGNESS, SOCIAL EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING, AND PHYSICAL SAFETY AS A FOUNDATION FOR ACADEMIC AND CO-CURRICULAR EXCELLENCE.

OKAY, HOW DO WE MAKE THAT? SO WHERE'S THE OBJECTIVE? WHAT ARE THE THREE KEY STRATEGIC ACTIONS ALIGNING TO IT? HOW DO YOU MEASURE ALONG THE WAY AND HOW DO YOU MEASURE AT THE END? THAT'S THE QUESTION I'M GOING TO ASK OVER.

LIKE THAT'S THE FORMULA.

AND THEN THE CLARITY ABOUT THE BIG WHAT THE WORDS ARE AT THE BEGINNING AND THE WORDS AND THEN THE NUMBERS ARE AT THE END.

THAT'S CRITICAL TO HARMONY BETWEEN THE TEAM THAT'S AROUND.

I'M ASSUMING THEY'RE STILL THERE.

YEAH. BUT THEY, THEY'RE IF THIS TEAM IS LIKE MOST TEAMS RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE.

TRYING TO FIGURE OUT COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC.

WHEN IS THIS IN? AND IS THIS LIKE WE'RE JUST SHOOTING IN EVERY DIRECTION IN.

THAT'S MY OPINION. I DON'T KNOW THEM.

I TALKED TO ONE OF THEM AT THE BACK BECAUSE HE WAS JUST BEING NICE TO ME, TRYING TO SQUEEZE ME INTO THE TABLE.

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AND THEN LET'S JUST HOLD EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE TO IT OVER TIME.

OKAY. SO I'M GOING TO USE ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT HAS COME TO FRUITION LATELY.

AND THIS WAS, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WERE ALL PUTTING UP OUR STICKY DOTS AND THINGS THAT KIND OF CAME UP, YOU KNOW, WE ALL KIND OF HIGHLIGHTED THAT.

IT CAME, YOU KNOW, I'LL GIVE TWO EXAMPLES.

ONE WAS, YOU KNOW, WE DECIDED AS A TEAM OF EIGHT THAT WE WANTED TO EXPAND OUR, OUR TLC.

SO HOW WOULD THAT.

YOU KNOW, OR ELLEN, YOU WANTED THE 150 150TH YEAR TO BE HIGHLIGHTED.

SO CAN YOU HELP ME WITH.

AND SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT LIKE OUR VALUES AND THAT WE WANT TO BECOME MORE PROMINENT.

SO HOW WE AND AGAIN BECAUSE OUR DISTRICT IS DIFFERENT HOW WOULD YOU.

YEAH. SO I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TLC THE LEARNING CENTER IT'S KIND OF AN ALTERNATIVE CAMPUS.

OKAY. AND HOW I'D HAVE TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION.

SO LIKE, HOW DID THAT TIE IN TO THE 150TH? IT DID IT. THAT WAS JUST ANOTHER PRIORITY.

OKAY. RIGHT.

WELL. GOTCHA.

YES. BUT THEY ARE IMPORTANT STILL.

YES. AND I DON'T I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THAT.

I'M JUST TRYING TO SEE AS A BOARD BECAUSE THIS IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST.

HOW DO WE GO FROM THAT TO SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT.

AND WOULD WE STILL HAVE THE INPUT.

SO SOME THIS IS JUST KIND OF OFF THE CUFF.

BUT I THINK NOW I'M GOING TO GET TO YOUR QUESTION.

SO, YOU KNOW, ONE DISTRICT MIGHT ASK THE TACTICAL TEAM TO WRITE THE STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES AND THE STRATEGIC ACTIONS AND BRING IT BACK TO THEM AND LET THEM PROOF IT AND JUST DO A VALUE ADD AND THEN ADOPT IT, YOU KNOW, WITH JUST A LITTLE BIT OF INPUT.

IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.

AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT'S WRONG.

I'M NOT SAYING IT'S RIGHT EITHER.

I'M JUST SAYING IT HAPPENS.

OTHERS WANT TO SPEND A LITTLE MORE TIME ON THE OBJECTIVES, BUT THEY'RE VERY CURIOUS ABOUT THE KEY STRATEGIC ACTIONS THAT CORRESPOND WITH THAT.

GENERALLY WITH DISTRICTS, WHEN BOARDS ARE ADOPTING THE STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES.

I'VE TOLD THE TACTICAL TEAM, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE'RE GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME TO WORK ON THE STRATEGIC ACTIONS THAT ALIGN TO THOSE.

AND THEN THEY KIND OF RELAX.

AND THEN I'M LIKE, HURRY UP. WE GOT TO GET SOME OF THEM DONE BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE OBJECTIVES TO THE BOARD.

AND THEY NEED TO SEE FIRST DRAFT OF THE ACTIONS AND THE TACTICAL TEAM SAYING, WAIT A MINUTE, I THOUGHT WE HAD TIME.

AND IT'S LIKE, IF I WAS A BOARD MEMBER, THERE'S NO WAY I WOULD ADOPT A STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE IF I WASN'T, EVEN IF I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE ON THE ACTIONS.

OFFICIALLY. I WANT TO SEE THEM.

I WANT TO HAVE MY EYES ON THEM.

AND WE DO ENCOURAGE, AND YOU CAN BE THE EXCEPTION TO THIS FOR THE BOARD TO ADOPT THE STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES, BUT NOT THE STRATEGIC ACTIONS, BECAUSE TECHNICALLY, IF THEY NEED TO PIVOT, AND I HATE TO USE THAT WORD BECAUSE IT'S THE MOST OVERUSED WORD OF THE THIS LAST FIVE YEARS, BUT IF THEY NEED TO PIVOT, IT'S TOO.

IT TAKES TOO LONG FOR THE BOARD TO HAVE TO ADOPT AN ACTION, BUT THEN DO WHAT IN THE WORLD JUST IS JUST MOVING FASTER.

SO WE'RE BASICALLY SAYING YOU GOT TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TRUST BOARD, THAT THE TACTICAL TEAM IS BUILDING OUT ROBUST STRATEGIC ACTIONS.

BUT WE'RE GOING TO GO RONALD REAGAN HERE.

TRUST BUT VERIFY.

SO THE OUTPUT MEASURES ARE THE VERIFY PART OF THE TRUST.

BUT VERIFY WE TRUST THAT THE TACTICAL TEAM HAS DEVELOPED IT.

THEN WE'RE GOING TO SET THIS CADENCE OF MONTHLY QUARTERLY WHATEVER.

AND WE'RE GOING TO HEAR THESE KEY OUTPUT MEASURES NOT OUTCOME MEASURES.

THAT'S THE END OF THE YEAR OR THE END OF FOUR YEARS.

WE'RE GOING TO HEAR HOW IT'S DOING.

AND I JOKE A LITTLE BIT, BUT I'M KIND OF SERIOUS.

IT'S NOT A POWERPOINT WITH 98 SLIDES OF KIDS WITH SCIENCE MASK EATING BIRTHDAY CAKE, YOU KNOW, TO SHOW I LOVE KIDS AND I LOVE SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS, AND I LOVE BIRTHDAY CAKE, YOU KNOW? BUT WE NEED TO GET IT QUANTIFIED.

WE NEED THERE IS A TIME AND A PLACE FOR PUBLIC RELATIONS AND PITCHERS.

IF WE'RE SAYING WE THINK WE'RE MOVING THE NEEDLE OR WE'RE NOT MOVING THE NEEDLE AS A TACTICAL TEAM, WE NEED TO QUANTIFY THAT, IN MY OPINION.

SO BASICALLY, LIKE IN THE CASE OF THE TLC, IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, MEASURABLE BY WE ARE GOING TO SERVE X AMOUNT OF STUDENTS OR OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.

IS THAT MORE OF A POTENTIALLY.

AND THE WAY I SEE THIS MAYBE JUST THROUGH OUR TALKING AS WE DESIGN IT, IS THIS IT'S FOR THIS DISTRICT.

IT MAY BE MORE OF THE SUMMIT IS WHAT'S THE OBJECTIVE, WHAT'S THE ACTION.

AND JUST LIKE FACE TO FACE, WE DID THIS RECENTLY IN GRAPEVINE COLLEYVILLE AND IT WENT VERY WELL.

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HERE'S THE OBJECTIVE.

EVERYTHING WAS A DRAFT.

THE TACTICAL TEAM WERE, THE BOARD SAID PROPOSED THE THE INITIAL DRAFT.

AND WE WERE JUST TACTICAL TEAM.

IT'S ON PAPER, BUT DON'T OWN IT.

EVERYBODY JUST GET ALL YOUR FEELING, BECAUSE WE'RE ABOUT TO HAVE A FORUM BETWEEN THE TACTICAL TEAM AND THE STRATEGIC TEAM, AND THEY THE BOARD OWNS THE OBJECTIVES.

BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK THAT WE HAVE LOVED IS GETTING TO TALK TO THE TACTICAL TEAM AND SEEING, GETTING THEIR INPUT AND HEARING WHAT THEY THINK.

WE NEED TO CONTINUE WORKING ON WHAT WE DON'T NEED TO CONTINUE WORKING ON.

BUT THEN THAT KIND OF LEADS ME TO OUR CURRENT PRIORITIES THAT WE JUST CAME UP WITH LAST YEAR.

ARE WE SUGGESTING THAT WE TOTALLY SCRAP THAT, ALONG WITH OUR MISSION AND VISION, AND START THIS PROCESS ALL OVER AGAIN? OR WHAT ARE WE WHAT ARE WE SUGGESTING? WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I THINK IT'S A BOARD DECISION.

OKAY, BUT I DON'T I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY APPETITE FROM THE BOARD TO SCRAP OUR MISSION AND VISION STATEMENT.

WHAT ABOUT OUR PRIORITIES? THAT'S AN EASY ONE. I THINK THAT WE'RE BRINGING IN PROFESSIONALS TO HELP US LOOK AT THOSE AND EVALUATE THOSE, AND DECIDE IF THOSE ARE ACTUALLY STRATEGIC PRIORITIES AND AND TO MAYBE WHITTLE THOSE DOWN, MAYBE EXPAND THEM, WHATEVER THAT IS.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ENGAGING A TEAM TO DO.

AND. TO ANSWER THAT FROM MY PERSPECTIVE.

OKAY. AND THEN JUST MY LAST TWO THOUGHTS.

WELL, I AM CURIOUS ON THE COST, JUST BECAUSE I THINK THIS SOUNDS LIKE A MUCH LARGER ENGAGEMENT THAN WHAT WE'VE USUALLY DONE AND WE DIDN'T APPROVE IN OUR CURRENT BUDGET.

SO I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THAT.

I'VE BEEN DOING NOTHING BUT NUMBERS IN MY HEAD AS IT'S KIND OF CHANGED FROM MOMENT TO MOMENT.

BUT YEAH, BUT IT'S COST EFFECTIVE IN THIS SENSE THAT WE DON'T BRING IN A BIG TEAM AND WE DON'T TRY TO WASTE ANYBODY'S TIME.

OKAY, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

AND I THINK WE COULD I THINK THAT WE PROBABLY ARE GOING TO WANT TO PERSONALIZE IT TO OUR DISTRICT.

AND I THINK THAT THROUGH THAT YOU WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT WE WANT TO DO YET, BUT WE AS A BOARD, THAT WOULD BE A CONTRACT AND WE WOULD DISCUSS THAT AS A GROUP BEFORE WE WOULD PASS THAT. WHEN I LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE.

AND THE OTHER THING THAT, YOU KNOW, AND THIS IS MY LAST COMMENT.

IT DOES GIVE ME A LITTLE BIT OF HEARTBURN TO LOCK IN A FOUR YEAR ENGAGEMENT BEFORE WE'VE HAD OUR FIRST SESSION, AND THAT'S NOTHING AGAINST YOU.

YOUR LOVELY. IT'S MORE THAT OUR.

WE'VE NOT BROUGHT ANYONE BACK.

YEAH, RIGHT. WE GONE THROUGH SO MANY DIFFERENT MODERATORS.

PARTLY BECAUSE. WEREN'T LETTING THEM DO ANYTHING FOR US.

I MEAN, WE WERE, AND THAT'S FAIR.

THAT'S FAIR. I MEAN, HONESTLY, THAT'S PART OF OUR PROBLEM IS THAT WE'VE HAD SO LITTLE CONSISTENCY.

WE HAVE HAD. MODERATORS WHO SAT IN A CORNER AND DIDN'T SAY TWO WORDS.

AND WE'VE HAD STAFF MEMBERS TAKE OVER AS MODERATORS BECAUSE IT WASN'T WORKING, LIKE LITERALLY, LITERALLY.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WEREN'T THERE FOR THAT, FOR THAT ONE I'M THINKING OF.

YEAH. SO AND I AGREE.

AND WHEN WE'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, HAVING SOMEONE THAT UNDERSTANDS OR COMES TO UNDERSTAND OUR DISTRICT AND OUR UNIQUENESS, I THINK IS GOING TO BE AN ADVANTAGE.

AND, YOU KNOW, CONTRACTS TALK FOR ANOTHER DAY.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE MONEY IN OUR BUDGET FOR THESE TYPES OF THINGS THAT WE'VE ALREADY BUDGETED FOR, FOR THIS, FOR TEAM BUILDING, FOR OTHER, OTHER THINGS.

SO I'M HOPING YOU'RE RIGHT AND Y'ALL WILL BE COST EFFECTIVE, BUT I'M A LITTLE LESS CONCERNED.

WE'RE FINE, IF I MAY.

WE'RE WE'RE FINDING OURSELVES.

AND I WAS TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, WHY ARE WE UNDER PRETTY CONSISTENTLY ON BIDS THAT WERE SUBMITTING.

AND IT IS IT'S JUST Y'ALL DON'T HAVE IT NEEDS TO BE ENOUGH TIME FOR YOU ALL TO HAVE OWNERSHIP.

BUT THIS IS A VOLUNTEER GIG.

I MEAN, Y'ALL HAVE OTHER THINGS, SO WE JUST CANNOT JUST BE UP HERE CHARGING YOU BY THE WORD AND SCHEDULING EXTRA DAYS TO JUST SAY A BUNCH OF EXTRA WORDS.

IT'S WE'VE GOT TO LEAN IT OUT.

OKAY, I APPRECIATE THAT.

I DO STILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF HEARTBURN, THOUGH, LOCKING INTO A FOUR YEAR UNTIL WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD AT LEAST ONE SESSION.

SO WE WOULDN'T WE WOULDN'T EXPECT YOU TO DO THAT.

THE FOUR YEAR IS JUST THE FOUR YEAR HORIZON THAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND ON THE SCORECARD.

YOU. WE NEVER PUT MORE THAN A 30 DAY.

IF YOU'RE NOT HAPPY IN 30 DAYS, YOU SAY BYE.

YOU PAY YOUR LAST 30 DAY INSTALLMENT GOING FOR FOUR YEARS.

NO. SURE, I APPRECIATE THAT.

ALL OF.

AND THAT'S WHY I THINK GOOD THINGS THAT I JUST DON'T WANT THE AUDIENCE TO HEAR THEM, THAT'S ALL.

AND THAT'S AGAIN WHY I ASKED ABOUT OUR PRIORITIES AND HOW WE WOULD FIT WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR.

AND BECAUSE WE AREN'T GIVING THEM.

THE YEAR. SO CAN I JUST SAY, I'M NOT SURE THAT THE PRIORITIES WE HAD ACTUALLY ARE VERY, VERY HIGH LEVEL AND WOULD TRACK PRETTY MUCH WHAT I'M SEEING IN THE EXAMPLE IN THE PRIORITIES.

I THINK OUR OPPORTUNITY IS TO REALLY SORT THROUGH THE OBJECTIVES AND HOW THAT PLAYS OUT, WHICH IS THE WHICH IS WHERE WE GOT THE HARDER

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IN. THEY WERE SO HIGH LEVEL, WE DIDN'T FEEL LIKE WE HAD MUCH OPPORTUNITY TO SHAPE WHAT THAT MEANT. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I REALLY LIKE ABOUT THIS PROCESS AND AGAIN, HAVING NOT LOOKED AT THEM, BUT JUST LISTENING.

SO I KEEP SAYING STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE AS THE HIGHEST LEVEL, ELLEN'S DOING A BETTER JOB.

THERE'S A PRIORITY THAT THEN HAS A SUBSET OF OBJECTIVES THAT THEN HAVE, IF YOU WANT TO THINK ABOUT IT THIS WAY, IN THAT EXAMPLE, I THINK THERE ARE FOUR, FOUR PRIORITIES.

THE ONE THAT I GAVE TO YOU ALL, I THINK.

AND THEN FOR THE SAKE OF ARGUMENT.

SO THERE'S FOUR PRIORITIES IN THAT PARTICULAR CASE IT'S STUDENT STAFF COMMUNITY AND FINANCE.

SO EACH OF THOSE FOUR PRIORITIES HAVE THREE OR APPROXIMATELY KEY STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES.

SO IF YOU HAVE FOUR TIMES THREE NOW YOU HAVE 12 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES WHICH IS A LOT.

BUT IT'S IT'S SPLIT OUT INTO STUDENT STAFF COMMUNITY FINANCE.

SO IT'S MANAGEABLE. IT'S DIFFERENT TEAMS. IT'S THE SAME TEAM THAT LOOKS AT IT OVERALL ALWAYS.

BUT IT'S DIFFERENT TEAMS MANAGING DIFFERENT PIECES OF IT.

THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE THEY'RE REALIZING.

THEY HAVE DIFFERENT EXPERTS ON THE TACTICAL TEAM THAT CAN MONITOR THOSE THINGS AND THEN KEEP THE BOARD INFORMED ON THOSE.

IF I MAKE ONE MORE THING, MR. PRESIDENT, I APOLOGIZE.

A LITTLE BUTTON JUST KIND OF GOT PUNCHED.

SO LET ME FINISH IT.

BUT THEN IF WE HAVE THREE KEY STRATEGIC ACTIONS FOR EACH OF THOSE 12 OBJECTIVES, THEN WE HAVE 36 KEY STRATEGIC ACTIONS.

THAT IS WHAT THE TACTICAL TEAM AND THE STRATEGIC TEAM ARE SAYING.

THAT'S THE STUFF.

WE GOT TO GET THAT STUFF RIGHT.

AND IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT OTHER STUFF'S NOT IMPORTANT.

BUT LIKE, THAT'S THE GAME.

AND THAT'S NEVER UP FOR GRABS AGAIN.

WHEN THE TEAM OR THE TEAM OF EIGHT AND THE TACTICAL TEAM COMBINE THOSE 36 THINGS, THAT'S THE STUFF WE GOT TO DELIVER ON.

SO ANYWAY. YEAH.

THANK YOU. AND IT'S POSSIBLE THAT WE'RE ON A FOUR YEAR CYCLE THAT THE OFF YEARS FOR A STRATEGIC SUMMIT WERE DOING SOME DEEPER DIVES OR MAYBE MORE SLOW DATING INSTEAD OF SPEED DATING OR YOU KNOW, WE CAN FIGURE THAT OUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

BUT CERTAINLY MAYBE A DEEPER DIVE ON THE HOW ARE WE TRACKING KIND OF THING.

I DON'T KNOW, I'M JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE.

BUT. WELL, WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS.

SO HOW DOES THAT ALLOW FOR PIVOTING IF SOMETHING BUBBLES UP AND THEN ALSO NEW BOARD MEMBERS AND THEIR.

ON THE PIVOTING.

OKAY. AND THERE ARE MANY DISTRICTS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH RIGHT NOW, AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE EXACTLY THEIR CURRICULUM PEOPLE.

THIS IS TRUE FOR NOT JUST CURRICULUM, BUT.

THERE'S A LOT OF MID MIDDLE OF YEAR ME YOU'LL PROBABLY SEE THERE'S A LOT OF SO A LOT OF DISTRICTS ARE DOING THEY DON'T MAYBE NECESSARILY CALL IT A SUMMIT, BUT THEY'RE DOING A HALF DAY BOARD WORKSHOP ON MY DATA IN JANUARY EVERY YEAR OR EARLY FEBRUARY.

JUST BECAUSE IT'S IT'S IN WE JUST HAVE ALL THE DATA IN.

SO THE BOARD'S COMING UP AND IT'S IT'S ALMOST LIKE A BUDGET, THE SAME KIND OF CONCEPT THAT YOU MIGHT THINK ABOUT A BUDGET WORKSHOP MONTHS LATER, LIKE WE'RE DOING OUR MIDDLE OF THE YEAR PROGRESS REPORT ON ALL OF THESE OUTPUT MEASURES.

ARE YOU DONE? OKAY.

ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT THE WAY OUR PROCESS HAS WORKED THAT I THINK WAS VERY INNOVATIVE WHEN WE MOVED TO IT, AND IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALL ENJOY, IS THAT IT IS JOINT BETWEEN THE BOARD AND THE ADMINISTRATION.

SO IN THAT SPIRIT, BEFORE WE MAKE A FINAL DECISION.

DR. ARNETT, I'D LOVE IT IF WE COULD GET FROM YOU OR FROM YOUR TEAM WHAT YOUR REACTION IS TO THIS PROCESS.

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THIS PAST YEAR, WE HAD A HARD TIME KIND OF CALIBRATING HOW TO CHANGE OUR THINKING.

BUT WE HAD A PROCESS AND WE HAD CATEGORIES AND, AND, I MEAN, WE WE MUDDLED THROUGH IT.

IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU THINK WILL HELP US DO THAT BETTER AND AND ACCELERATE THAT, OR ARE THERE POINTS OF HEARTBURN? I'D JUST LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE ADMINISTRATION BEFORE WE MAKE A FINAL DECISION.

WELL, LET ME SAY WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO ADD LAYERS OF ADDITIONAL COMPLEXITY TO AN ALREADY SOPHISTICATED AND SUCCESSFUL ORGANIZATION.

I THINK WHAT WE ARE LOOKING TO DO, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE VALUE AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM, IS STRUCTURE AND SYSTEMS AND SIMPLICITY.

AND TO ACHIEVE THAT, IT REQUIRES VERY HIGH DEGREE OF CONSISTENCY AND STRATEGY.

AND SO WE BELIEVE OUR RESPONSIBILITY EVERY YEAR IS TO HELP THE BOARD FIND A FACILITATOR WHO CAN GUIDE US THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

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THIS IS A PROCESS THAT IS BASED ON STRUCTURE AND SIMPLICITY, AND WE BELIEVE THAT IT TRANSLATES WELL TO THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND THEREFORE TO THE CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS.

SO WE SEE A LOT OF CONNECTIONS THERE.

AND WE'VE NOT FOUND A BETTER EXAMPLE THAT WE COULD BRING TO YOU FOR CONSIDERATION THIS YEAR.

SO THAT'S WHY WE ASKED DR.

GIBSON TO JOIN US TONIGHT.

THIS IS NOT AN ACTION ITEM, BUT WE ARE LOOKING FOR ULTIMATELY DIRECTION FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THAT DECISION IN TIME FOR THE SUMMIT IN FEBRUARY.

AND I WOULD JUST ADD THAT DR.

ARNETT AND I DID MEET WITH ANOTHER COMPANY THAT SOUNDED LIKE THEY OFFERED A PRODUCT LIKE THIS, AND WE WERE BOTH JUST IMMEDIATELY DISAPPOINTED.

SO, I MEAN, WE HAVE WE HAVE LOOKED AND WE MET WITH JODY A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND.

FELT LIKE THIS WAS WORTH BRINGING TO THE BOARD.

SO WHAT I'M SEEKING TONIGHT IS AND IT FEELS LIKE I'VE GOT IT'S NOT A VOTE, BUT.

ANYONE STRONGLY OBJECTED TO OR STRONGLY OBJECT TO MOVING.

FORWARD WITH CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW TO MAKE THIS WORK FOR OUR TEAM AND AND START LOOKING AT COSTS AND STUFF LIKE WHAT THIS ENGAGEMENT WOULD LOOK LIKE.

AND THAT'S WHAT I'M SEEKING. AND IF ANYONE IS STRONGLY OBJECT, STRONGLY OBJECTS TO THAT, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

BUT OTHERWISE.

WITH ADMINS COOPERATION, I THINK WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.

THANK YOU AND THANK YOU.

SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE A SECOND DAY.

YEAH. YOU MENTIONED SPEED DATING.

THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I SAID THAT.

THANK YOU ALL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE.

GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL. THANKS, GREG.

APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. OKAY.

SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO OUR DISCUSSION ITEMS. AND. THE WAY THAT THE WAY THESE ARE WORDED, EXCEPT FOR THE FIRST READING, I DON'T THINK I NEED A MOTION TO START THEM, BUT TO START THE APPROVE THE LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING COMMITTEE, I NEED A MOTION AND THEN WE CAN TALK.

RIGHT? BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY THE AGENDA IS LAID OUT.

NOW THEY'RE UNDER ACTION ITEMS. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

[10.1 Request to Approve Long-Range Facility Planning Committee Members]

WITHIN THE APPROVED CHARTER.

SO I HAVE A MOTION BY KIM AND A SECOND BY JENN.

WE HAVE DISCUSSION. HEATHER.

SO I THINK YOU ALL KNOW I'VE BEEN SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THE LONG RANGE FACILITIES PLANNING COMMITTEE AND ABOUT THIS WORK THAT WE ARE ABOUT TO EMBARK ON FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND REALLY LOOKING AT OUR FACILITIES IN NEW AND EXCITING WAYS, AND MAKING IT THE DISTRICT THAT IS INNOVATIVE AND GOOD FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

AFTER REVIEWING SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED, I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS AND I JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THOSE REAL FAST.

SO WITH THE SELECTION BREAKDOWN, I WAS A LITTLE BIT SAD OR A LOT SAD TO NOT SEE MORE FAMILIES WITH YOUNG STUDENTS OR A LOT OF YOUNGER STUDENTS.

I DO THINK THAT WE NEED MORE REPRESENTATION FROM FAMILIES WHO HAVE YOUNGER KIDS, EITHER IN OUR SYSTEM OR NOT IN OUR SYSTEM YET, BECAUSE THIS IS THEIR BOND THAT WILL BE COMING.

IT WILL BE THEIR SCHOOLS.

UM, I ALSO THINK THAT WE NEED A REPRESENTATIVE FROM ETS, AND I DO PREFER THAT THEY APPLY RATHER THAN BE APPOINTED. AND SO I HAVE SOME CONCERNS AROUND THAT ALSO.

I MEAN, THAT'S NOT A HUGE DEAL TO ME, BUT THE FACT THAT WE DON'T HAVE AN APPLICANT FROM ETS SHOWS ME THAT MAYBE WE DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, TARGET ETS OR CERTAIN SEGMENTS OF OUR POPULATION TO APPLY STRONG ENOUGH.

UM, I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE FACT THAT SO FEW OF OUR APPLICANTS RECEIVED SO FEW VOTES FROM ALL OF US, AND THAT THAT DOESN'T REALLY SHOW CONSENSUS ON ON THE COMMITTEE.

AND I'M NOT SURE THAT PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN 3 OR 4 VOTES SHOULD GET ONTO THE COMMITTEE.

AND AGAIN, THE OTHER THING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE PART ABOUT THIS BEING.

[02:00:03]

MIDDLE SCHOOL. HIGH SCHOOL IS VERY IMPORTANT.

AND AND PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE CHILDREN.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WE ONLY HAVE 19 SPOTS.

AND I'M NOT SURE THAT HAVING I THINK EIGHT OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE EITHER OLDER CHILDREN OR NO CHILDREN AT HOME IS REALLY IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE FUTURE OF THE COMMUNITY.

SO THOSE ARE JUST SOME THINGS THAT I.

I'VE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF HEARTBURN ABOUT WITH THIS PROCESS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS ALL OF THE THE APPLICANTS, AND I KNOW IT'S ALREADY BEEN LATE AND I'VE ALREADY HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS, SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.

BUT SORRY NOT SORRY. THIS IS TOO IMPORTANT NOT TO DO IT IN MY OPINION.

SO. YOU KNOW, I'M OPEN TO HEARING SUGGESTIONS.

I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO THINK ABOUT REOPENING JUST TO YOUNG FAMILIES AND ARTS, IF THAT IS THE WILL OF THE BOARD, AND THEN JUST DISCUSS THE OTHER PEOPLE WHO'VE APPLIED. BUT I'M OPEN TO COMMENTS.

JEREMY, DO YOU HAVE DATA ON.

THAT WE HAVE YOUNG FAMILY OR FAMILIES WITH YOUNG CHILDREN.

OR DID THAT COME THROUGH? I KNOW WE WERE ASKING FOR WHERE DO YOU HAVE CHILDREN? IN SCHOOL? NOT.

THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M SAYING.

I'M NOT SAYING WE NEED REPRESENTATION FROM EVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT'S IMPORTANT.

BUT I THINK THAT WE ALSO NEED TO HAVE FAMILIES WITH YOUNGER CHILDREN WHO AREN'T IN SCHOOL OR MAYBE YOUNG IN KINDERGARTEN.

AND I'VE SAID THIS ABOUT 14 TIMES, I THINK, AT PREVIOUS BOARD MEETINGS.

SO MAYBE I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT FEELS THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT.

BUT I DO THINK THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE REPRESENTATION FOR PEOPLE WHO WILL BE HERE IN OUR SCHOOLS LONG AFTER ALL OF OUR.

FAMILIES ARE OUT OF HERE.

I WANT TO THROW IN REAL QUICK.

AND I FORGOT TO MENTION THIS.

WHEN WE START, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INDIVIDUALS, WHEN WE GET TO THE POINT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INDIVIDUALS, WE WILL USE NUMBERS AND TALKING ABOUT INDIVIDUALS HERE.

THAT'S THE STANDARD.

THE OTHER THING HEATHER MENTIONED THAT.

SOME OF THE PEOPLE.

ON LIST THAT WE'VE BEEN PROVIDED HAVE FEWER THAN A MAJORITY OF VOTES.

THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF THE PRODUCT OF THE PROCESS THAT WE WE INDIVIDUALLY, SEVEN DIFFERENT PEOPLE WENT ON TO THEIR, WENT ON THEIR OWN, READ THROUGH THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED AND INDIVIDUALLY SUBMITTED.

I BELIEVE IT WAS 14 NAMES OUT OF THE 19 THAT ARE ON THE LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING COMMITTEE.

I BELIEVE WE SUBMITTED SEVEN.

EACH OF THE I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY ARE ON THE ON THE BOX IS A DOZEN OR SO, BUT OKAY.

TWO AND THREE OKAY. OKAY.

SO. SO WHEN YOU'RE.

YOU AS AN INDIVIDUAL ARE PICKING FIVE OUT OF THE 12, RIGHT? YOU'RE GOING TO END UP WITH SOME WHO.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET. TAVERN ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE BOARD.

SO SO THAT AND THAT'S WORTH DISCUSSING.

AND IT MAY BE A LEGITIMATE CONCERN THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WITH FEWER VOTES THAN WE WOULD WANT.

AND THAT'S PART OF THIS PROCESS OF TALKING THIS THROUGH RIGHT NOW, I BELIEVE.

AND ULTIMATELY, WHEN THE BOARD VOTES THE BOARD, A MAJORITY OF PEOPLE ON THIS BOARD WILL VOTE TO APPROVE THE COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP.

SO IN EFFECT, IT'S A BLANKET.

THAT ULTIMATELY APPOINTS THIS COMMITTEE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO GET THOSE KIND OF HOUSEKEEPING THINGS OUT THERE TO.

JUST TO CLARIFY, I MEAN, THERE ARE SOME THAT WERE OBVIOUS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE BOARD AGREES ON, BUT IT'S JUST MAYBE UP FOR SOME CONSIDERATION ON THE OTHERS THAT HAD LIKE 1 OR 2 VOTES IS WHAT I'M SUGGESTING.

WE TALK ABOUT LONG RANGE PLANNING.

LONG RANGE PLANNING IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

BUT OUT OF I WOULD, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT OUT OF THE 67.

EVEN SOMEONE WHO GOT THE ATTENTION OF TWO BOARD MEMBERS.

ROSE ABOVE THOSE THAT GOT ONE OR NONE.

AND SO THERE WAS SOMETHING IN THAT APPLICATION THAT WAS SEEN BY AT LEAST TWO BOARD MEMBERS AS A VIABLE SKILL SET FOR THIS. SO I ACTUALLY THINK THE PROCESS WORKED PRETTY WELL WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT HOLISTICALLY IN TERMS OF THE DIVERSITY, BOTH GEOGRAPHICALLY AS WELL AS GENDER.

I MEAN, WE NEVER HAVE EQUAL MALE AND FEMALE, BUT THIS HAS MORE OF A MALE FEMALE BALANCE THAN SEVERAL OF THE COMMITTEES WE'VE DONE RECENTLY.

THERE'S PERSPECTIVE.

BALANCE. ALL THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ARE REPRESENTED.

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AND WHEN WE IN THE CHARTER WAS SPECIFIED BECAUSE WE WE WERE NOT ASKED TO.

TO NOMINATE. IT IS WITHIN THE CHARTER, BUT ONE REPRESENTATIVE.

BUT THROUGH THE PROCESS THERE WAS NO IDENTIFIED APPLICANT FROM THAT IDENTIFIED WITH ATF SPECIFICALLY.

YEAH. SO WE WEREN'T ASKED TO.

TALK TO KIM AND THEN LAURA.

SO I THINK. PUT MY THREW MY NAME OUT.

HEATHER, AS YOU WERE TALKING BECAUSE I HAD I HAD A.

PERSPECTIVE MORE LIKE ELLEN'S IN THAT IN LOOKING AT THE PROCESS AND UNDERSTANDING THE PROCESS AND AND SEEING.

THE RESULTS OF THE PROCESS.

I WAS VERY PLEASED WITH THE.

YOU KNOW. THE RESULTS THAT WE GOT, THAT WAS NUMBER ONE.

I THINK THAT, AND I GUESS I DIDN'T ALSO DIDN'T COME AWAY FROM THINKING THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL REPRESENTATION.

YES, I WOULD HATE TO REVISIT OR REOPEN UP ANY NEW APPLICANTS.

I MEAN, WE WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE APPLICANT POOL THAT CHOOSES TO APPLY.

AND IF PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW THAT ARE IN OUR COMMUNITY DON'T CHOOSE TO APPLY, UM, WE SHOULDN'T CONSIDER THEM.

SO I WAS SIMILAR TO ALAN.

I WAS VERY PLEASED WITH THE RESULTS OF THIS PROCESS AND AND THE NAMES THAT CAME UP.

SOME OF THEM I KNEW, SOME OF THEM I VOTED ON, SOME OF THEM I DIDN'T.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST A COMMUNITY OF SEVEN PEOPLE VOTING OR A GROUP OF SEVEN.

SO I UNDERSTAND AND I RESPECT YOUR YOUR OPINIONS.

I JUST CAME TO A DIFFERENT CONCLUSION AND WAS VERY HAPPY WITH OUR SELECTION.

THANK YOU. KIM. LAURA.

AND THEN JEN. YEAH.

I MEAN, JEREMY, YOU AND I MET BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I HAD SOME SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROCESS.

AND YOU ALL KNOW HOW I AM WITH THE COMMITTEES, AND I ALWAYS MAKE ME VERY ANXIOUS.

BACH IS STILL.

WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT BACH YET.

BUT BUT BUT LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING.

UM, I MEAN, I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS IT.

I THINK THAT MAYBE THERE'S SOME AREAS THAT MAYBE WE CAN MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS.

UM, BUT I WAS IMPRESSED WITH THE.

QUALITY OF CANDIDATES.

I THINK THAT WE HAD PHENOMENAL PEOPLE APPLY AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

AND WE IT'S, YOU KNOW, PERCEPTION IS AN INTERESTING THING BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE A SOLID REPRESENTATION OF PARENTS WITH YOUNGER CHILDREN, AS WELL AS PARENTS WHO BRING ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF EXPERIENCES AND KNOWLEDGE TO THE TO THE TEAM.

AND JEREMY, I HAD A QUESTION FOR YOU BECAUSE.

THERE WAS SOMEONE THAT I PUT DOWN FOR THIS.

WAS SELECTED FOR BACH AND THEREFORE ISN'T SHOWING UP ON.

ON THAT. SO HOW IS THAT DECISION MADE TO NOT INCLUDE THAT PERSON FOR LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING AND WAS SELECTED FOR BACH INSTEAD? RIGHT. SO APPLICANTS COULD CHOOSE ANY COMMITTEE, RIGHT.

WHEN THEY DID THIS WHOLE PROCESS.

THERE'S ADDITIONAL COMMITTEES OUTSIDE OF THESE TWO.

AND SO THEY APPLIED AND SHOWED INTEREST IN WHATEVER COMMITTEE IT MAY HAVE BEEN.

ONE, IT COULD HAVE BEEN BOTH OF THESE.

WE HAD SEVERAL MEMBERS APPLY SHOWING INTEREST FOR BOTH BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING AND LOOKING OVER BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE THERE. THERE WERE VOTES FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT APPLIED FOR BOTH.

AND SO LOOKING AT THE MAKEUP OF A 15 MEMBER COMMITTEE, THOSE INDIVIDUALS WERE CHOSEN OR GIVEN PRIORITY TO THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND NOT INCLUDED IN CONSIDERATION.

ULTIMATELY, FOR LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING, THERE'S A NUMBER OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHICH KIND OF MAKES SENSE THAT DID ACTUALLY RECEIVE VOTES.

SO THERE ARE SOME VOTES TIED UP IN THOSE MEMBERS THAT ARE IN YOUR BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE LIST.

IT RECEIVED VOTES ON THE LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING AS WELL, OBVIOUSLY SHOWING INTEREST THAT THE BOARD.

I SAW THEM AS QUALITY CANDIDATES FOR FOR EITHER ONE OF THOSE.

SO THAT'S THE JUSTIFICATION THERE IS.

THEY THEY LANDED ON THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE FIRST.

BUT AGAIN, THIS IS FOR THE BOARD TO TO TO CONSIDER.

BUT I GUESS MY BY DOING BY DOING THAT WE'VE PULLED THEM FROM CONSIDERATION FOR LONG

[02:10:10]

BUT YOU COULD AT THIS POINT SAY, WE COULD HAVE THIS.

I THINK WE OUGHT TO PUT 103 IN.

I KNOW. WELL, THAT'S JUST I MEAN, SO HERE'S MY ONE LITTLE CONCERN IS THAT I KNOW OF THAT ONE PERSON AND I DON'T KNOW, I MEAN, BUT I GUESS IF DIANE, YOU'RE NODDING, I GUESS IF YOU HAVE SOMEBODY YOU COULD BRING THAT UP.

AND HEATHER, WE COULD ALL BRING THAT UP NOW.

SO, UM, OKAY, SO OVERALL, LIKE I SAID, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS.

I'D LIKE TO HEAR OTHER ADJUSTMENTS THAT OTHER TRUSTEES MIGHT LIKE.

IT. THE OTHER TRUSTEES ARE COMFORTABLE WITH THIS, WITH SOME REVISIONS.

I WOULD BE AS WELL.

AND I THINK THAT MAYBE WE COULD MOVE FORWARD.

THANK YOU. JEN.

I'M WITH KIM.

I THINK THE OUTCOME OF THIS IS.

IT'S VERY WELL BALANCED.

THE PEOPLE THAT WERE SELECTED AND I'M HAPPY WITH THE OUTCOME.

COMFORTABLE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS GROUP, FRANKLY.

AND IF THERE ARE A COUPLE OF TRUSTEES WHO WANT TO MAKE CHANGES, I THINK YOU NEED TO BE SPECIFIC AND ASK FOR THOSE CHANGES.

BUT YOU WOULD FOR ME PERSONALLY TO BE OKAY WITH THAT, YOU WOULD NEED TO HAVE.

VERY SIGNIFICANT REASON, FRANKLY.

ALSO. WITH REGARD TO HEATHER'S CONCERNS ABOUT ATS.

I DO THINK MAYBE THERE'S A COMPROMISE THERE OF ASKING, GOING BACK TO THE ARTS COMMUNITY, ASKING FOR COMPROMISE BETWEEN WHAT HEATHER IS SAYING AND WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAS PROPOSED.

ASKING SPECIFICALLY THAT COMMUNITY FOR APPLICATIONS.

AND THEN I'M FINE LETTING THE ADMINISTRATION MAKE THAT DECISION FOR THE ONE PERSON.

PERSONALLY, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD COMPROMISE AND IT WOULD HELP US MOVE THIS PROCESS FORWARD.

I MEAN, WE'RE AT A POINT WHERE THIS PROCESS NEEDS TO MOVE FORWARD.

UM, AND THEN TO TO LAURA'S POINT ABOUT.

THE APPLICATION PROCESS OF TWO DIFFERENT COMMITTEES, I DON'T.

I AGREE THAT IT'S A BIT WONKY, BUT I SEE THE WONKINESS OR THE ISSUE IN THE FACT THAT WE WERE CHOOSING TO COMMITTEES AT THE SAME TIME.

SO I THINK THAT MAYBE, HOPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE WHEN WE DO THIS, WE CAN CHOOSE ONE COMMITTEE AT A TIME.

IT'LL HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF THESE, YOU KNOW, DO WE PUT PEOPLE ON BOTH COMMITTEES? DO WE NOT? YOU KNOW, AND JUST SIMPLIFY THAT.

SO THAT WOULD BE MY REQUEST TO THE ADMINISTRATION GOING FORWARD IS THAT MAYBE WE STAGGER THOSE DO ONE ONE MEETING AND DO THE OTHER THE NEXT MEETING.

SO MY $0.02.

THANK YOU. GO TO DIANE AND THEN HEATHER.

OKAY. THANK YOU. I HAVE A FEW THOUGHTS.

I'LL START WITH THE FACT THAT I DO FEEL COMFORTABLE GOING FORWARD WITH THE CONVERSATION TONIGHT.

I DO HAVE THOUGHTS ABOUT THE PROCESS.

I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO TALK THROUGH IT TONIGHT, BUT MAYBE AFTER THIS, AT SOME POINT WE CAN TALK ABOUT HOW THE NEXT TIME AROUND, WE MIGHT TWEAK THIS A LITTLE BIT TO, YOU KNOW, AND BOARD MEMBERS COULD BE A PART OF THAT CONVERSATION.

MY NEXT THOUGHT IS.

HEATHER, TO YOUR POINT, I DON'T NECESSARILY DISAGREE THAT IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, PARENTS OF YOUNGER.

YOU KNOW, STUDENTS, PEOPLE WHO MIGHT NOT ALREADY BE IN EISD.

BUT WHEN WE DID THIS CHARTER, WE DIDN'T SPECIFY THAT.

SO. BUT IT'S YOU KNOW, WE OUTLINED THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND WE HAVE, I THINK, A VERY GOOD POOL OF APPLICANTS.

YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE CAN TRY TO BROADCAST MORE WIDELY AND GET MORE PEOPLE NEXT TIME TO EVEN APPLY.

THAT'S AGAIN A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION.

BUT I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT CANDIDATES, AND I'M READY TO MOVE FORWARD AND AND DISCUSS.

WHO'S HERE ON THIS LIST TONIGHT? I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF, YOU KNOW, LIKE 1 OR 2 TWEAKS THAT I MIGHT SUGGEST, BUT MY LAST THOUGHT RIGHT NOW IS WHEN WE.

WE HAVE NAMES OF PEOPLE AS THE CAMPUS.

DESIGNEE, I GUESS.

BUT WE KNOW THAT MANY OF THESE PEOPLE ARE, YOU KNOW, HAVE STUDENTS AT MULTIPLE CAMPUSES, PERHAPS.

SO. IT'S CURIOUS HOW YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW IT WAS CHOSEN THAT ONE PERSON MIGHT END UP AT ONE CAMPUS WHEN THEY HAVE STUDENTS AT A DIFFERENT CAMPUS.

THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN JUST A MOVING OF PIECES AROUND THAT.

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BUT FOR EXAMPLE, AT ONE SCHOOL.

WE HAVE A CANDIDATE NUMBER FOUR AND A CANDIDATE NUMBER.

VOTES AND ONE.

WAS LISTED.

IN ONE PART OF OUR CHART, AND IN ONE WAS IN A DIFFERENT PART OF OUR CHART.

WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT PERSON BEING IDENTIFIED FOR A SCHOOL? DOES THAT MEAN THAT THIS PERSON'S ROLE IS TO GO BACK TO THE CAMP? ARE THEY PART OF THE CAMPUS COMMITTEE? ARE THEY THE VOICE OF THAT CAMPUS? WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE? BECAUSE DOES IT MATTER? IF NUMBER FOUR AND NUMBER 54 ARE LISTED, THE WAY THAT THEY ARE IS MY QUESTION.

AND DIANE, IT'S A GREAT OBSERVATION BECAUSE WE DO WHEN WE GO THROUGH A PROCESS, WE REALLY GET ATTACHED TO THE PROCESS AND IDENTIFIERS IN THERE.

SO THIS COMMITTEE IS A DISTRICT WIDE COMMITTEE.

THIS IS GIVEN A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO FUTURE FACILITY PLANNING FOR THE DISTRICT.

WHAT EVEN THE CHARTER SPELLS IT OUT THAT THESE ARE GOING TO THESE MEMBERS ARE GOING TO HAVE IMPARTIAL OPINIONS WHEN IT COMES TO THE FUTURE, WHEN THEY MAY BE IDENTIFIED WITH A CERTAIN CAMPUS.

THE HOPE IS THAT.

NOT SITTING WAITING FOR THAT ONE CAMPUS CONVERSATION TO.

TO START THEIR THEIR DIALOG AND THEIR INPUT.

SO THIS IS A HOLISTIC APPROACH.

WE'RE LOOKING AT THE ENTIRE DISTRICT UNDERSTANDING EACH CAMPUS IS DIFFERENT.

AND OUR CAMPUS COMMITTEES THAT WILL BE SEPARATE FROM THIS, THEY WILL DO THEIR WORK AND THAT WORK WILL BE PART OF CONSIDERATE, THE CONSIDERATION FOR THE DISTRICT WIDE COMMITTEE.

SO IT'S NOT NOT EVEN A LIAISON.

RIGHT. THEY'RE GOING TO DO SEPARATE WORK.

THIS IS JUST TRYING TO GET A BROAD SPECTRUM OF OUR COMMUNITY ON THIS DISTRICT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE REPRESENTATION IN THOSE DIFFERENT AREAS.

SO THERE'S ZERO SIGNIFICANCE HERE AS TO WHETHER NUMBER FOUR IS LISTED WITH THAT CAMPUS.

IT. IT MEANS NOTHING REALLY.

THE FACT, THE SIGNIFICANCE OF IT IS IT'S PROBABLY WOULD CHANGE WITH EACH PERSON AND WHAT THEY PERCEIVE THERE.

BUT I WOULD NOT SEE, IN MY OPINION, IN THE FUTURE OF THIS COMMITTEE, A SIGNIFICANT.

IMPLICATION THERE. YEAH.

I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU. TAKE THE CAMPUS DESIGNATION OFF OF THE NAMES FROM NOW ON.

CORRECT. AFTER THAT IS.

THIS IS TO SHOW US THAT OUR GOAL OF SELECTING SOMEONE WHO HAS A CHILD AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, OR SOMEONE WHO HAS A CHILD, HAS BEEN MET ONCE.

THIS COMMITTEE IS SELECTED, ALL THOSE SCHOOL ASSOCIATIONS GO AWAY.

OF COURSE, THEY COME FROM THOSE CAMPUSES AND HAVE EXPERIENCE ON THOSE CAMPUSES, BUT THEY'RE NOT REPRESENTATIVES FROM THOSE CAMPUSES.

THEY'RE REPRESENTING THE WHOLE DISTRICT ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD.

AND WERE YOU? I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAD TO SAY RIGHT NOW.

I'M GOING TO GO TO HEATHER.

I DO STILL FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT HAVING YOUNGER KIDS REPRESENTED OR FAMILIES WITH YOUNGER STUDENTS REPRESENTED.

I KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT WHAT THE MAJORITY FEELS, SO I WILL GET OVER IT AND GO WITH THE WILL OF THE BOARD.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK IF YOU KNOW.

WHO DOES HAVE YOUNGER KIDS, SO THAT THAT CAN BE PART OF OUR CONVERSATION.

AND I'M TALKING LIKE FIRST KINDER AND NOT IN SCHOOL BECAUSE THAT WAS NOT MENTIONED.

AND I DID ASK FOR THAT INFORMATION IN ADVANCE OF THIS MEETING SEVERAL WEEKS AGO.

AND I NEVER RECEIVED THAT.

SO THAT I THINK SHOULD BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION WHEN WE HAVE IT.

AND I AM INTERESTED, LIKE LAURA SAID, IN POTENTIALLY SWAPPING.

I CAN'T SPEAK ANYMORE. SWAPPING, SWITCHING.

SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED FOR THE BOC ONTO THE LONG RANGE FACILITIES PLANNING COMMITTEE.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN THE CONVERSATION TO BE.

OKAY. GREAT. SO ONE OF ARE WE READY FOR THAT TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION ON THE PEOPLE.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

OKAY. SO ONE OF THE PEOPLE ON THE BLOCK LET ME FIND THE PERSON'S NUMBER.

UH. BUCK NINE.

I WOULD LIKE TO BUCK NINE, AND I HAVEN'T LOOKED TO SEE IF THAT PERSON APPLIED FOR BOTH COMMITTEES OR JUST THE ONE, BUT I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN MAKING THAT SWAP FROM THE.

BIG. I DON'T I HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT THAT.

I'M OPEN TO A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT.

I JUST WOULD ADVOCATE FOR NINE BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT IN THE DISTRICT YET.

I WOULD I WOULD HOPE THAT WE'RE AND IT'S WE ALL HAVE OUR OWN OPINION, BUT I WOULD HOPE THAT IF YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION LIKE THAT, THAT YOU WOULD RECOMMEND WE MOVE THEM INTO THIS SPOT, BECAUSE I THINK THAT THAT SO I MOVE THAT PERSON INTO THE SPOT.

THAT WOULD BE I GUESS IT HAS TO BE OVER AT.

[02:20:04]

SO THAT WOULD BE.

YES. SO THAT WOULD BE.

I DON'T KNOW. THERE'S ONLY ONE OTHER PERSON FROM THAT, THAT CAMPUS THAT ALREADY HAS SEVEN.

SO MAYBE A COMMUNITY AT LARGE MEMBER WHO DOESN'T HAVE CHILDREN.

SO I WOULD SUGGEST WE REMOVE EITHER FP, C6 OR LR FP C45.

4 OR 5 HAS OLDER CHILDREN.

YES. ONE LEFT AND THEN I DON'T RECALL IF NUMBER 36 HAS CHILDREN IN THE DISTRICT OR NOT.

SO WHY DON'T. TWO TWO.

MIDDLE ONE. YOU ASK? I THINK WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THESE ONE AT A TIME AND AND EXPRESS THUMBS UP, THUMBS DOWN.

JUST ASK FOR CLARIFICATION THAT BECAUSE HEATHER SAID THAT SOMEONE SORRY THAT ONE OF THE MEMBERS DOES NOT.

LIVE IN THE DISTRICT.

JEREMY, I BELIEVE THAT WE PULLED THE INFORMATION FROM REV TRACK.

SKYWARD. REPTRAK ONE OF THOSE DATA SYSTEMS I KNOW.

SORRY. SO.

ABOUT. WHAT IS THE QUESTION, LAURA? I WANT I WANT CONFIRMATION THAT BAC NINH HAS A STUDENT.

WELL, ACTUALLY, THEY JUST NEED TO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT, SO.

OKAY, THEN. OKAY, THEN.

JEREMY, JUST TO CLARIFY.

ARNETT AT NINE FOR THE BARK.

DID THAT INDIVIDUAL APPLY FOR BOTH COMMITTEES? CORRECT? YES. ON BOTH OKAY AND RIGHT.

YES. CAN WE JUST BLANKET ASK IS ANYONE AWARE OF ANY CANDIDATE ANYWHERE WHO DOES NOT LIVE IN THE DISTRICT? LET'S JUST GET THAT OFF THE TABLE FROM NOW ON, OKAY.

OKAY. SO THE.

DEAR FROM HEATHER IS TO BRING BACK NINE.

TO THE LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING COMMITTEE.

AND NO SPECIFIC SPOT.

DOES ANYONE WANT TO MAKE A SPECIFIC SPOT? I DON'T. OKAY? I DON'T THINK THAT ONE'S GOING TO GO.

THAT STRICTLY TO THE LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING.

AND THAT MAY INCLUDE IF YOU WANTED TO PULL SOMEONE HERE FOR CONSIDERATION LATER.

ON THE BUS. QUESTION.

SAMPLE UNDER AREA ONE.

NUMBER 23, WHO HAS TWO VOTES, WAS LISTED AS AN ADDITIONAL.

WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE.

DOWN BELOW WHO HAVE TWO VOTES.

AND I'M CURIOUS, HOW DID THAT PERSON END UP AT THE TOP HALF OF THE PAGE AND OTHER PEOPLE? FOR EXAMPLE. WELL, I MEAN, THERE'S NUMBER 14 WHO IS IN THAT AREA.

SO I'M JUST CURIOUS.

AND THAT PERSON IS ACTUALLY IN BOTH AREAS IT SAYS CORRECT.

SO PRESCHOOLERS.

SO I'M WONDERING WHY WOULD NUMBER 14 BE LISTED? WHY WAS NUMBER 23 PUT AT THE TOP IN 14.

PUT IT AT THE BOTTOM. HOW WAS THAT DECISION MADE? THAT WAS BASED ON ATTENDING SCHOOL.

THERE IS SOMEBODY.

SO THE CHILDREN GO TO TWO.

THEY LIVE. YEAH.

BUT AGAIN CONSIDERATION FOR THE BOARD.

SO. WELL I.

BUT WE'RE FINE. THESE ARE GOOD QUESTIONS, BUT I THINK THAT THE BIGGER QUESTION IS, DOES THE BOARD WANT TO MOVE THAT PERSON INTO INTO THAT SPOT.

AND. SO START WITH, YOU KNOW, I'D ENCOURAGE YOU TO START WITH THAT.

I PROPOSE THAT WE MOVE THIS TO THIS.

AND IF THERE'S NO APPETITE FOR THAT, THEN.

WE'RE DONE. I MEAN, THAT WAS.

I DON'T KNOW.

YEAH, I HAVE NO SUGGESTIONS TO MAKE.

I THINK I'LL JUST WRAP UP MY COMMENT HERE BY SAYING.

[02:25:06]

I DON'T SEE ANYTHING THAT I FEEL STRONGLY ENOUGH ABOUT.

I DIDN'T PICK ALL THE PEOPLE AT THE TOP, BUT I WENT BACK IN AND REVIEWED THEM.

I DON'T THINK I SEE ANYTHING.

IT REALLY MAKES ME WANT TO.

ADVOCATE FOR SOMEBODY WHO DIDN'T GET ENOUGH VOTES.

CAN I CALL THE QUESTION? THE QUESTION HAS BEEN CALLED.

WE WILL VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.

HI. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. WOULD YOU PLEASE JUST REAL QUICK, WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP? YOU'RE GOING TO REACH OUT TO THESE PEOPLE AND.

BUT THE MOTION WAS AS PRESENTED AND IT WAS PRESENTED WITH DISTRICT APPOINTED.

YOU CAN VOTE NO. WANT TO MAKE ANOTHER MOTION? NO. YEAH, I THINK IT CORRECT.

SHE VOTED. IS OUR.

THAT IS OUR PLAN. THAT IS OUR PLAN.

YEAH. AND YOU'RE WELCOME TO EXPRESS.

YEAH. AND SO CAN YOU PLEASE REAL QUICK DISCUSS WHAT THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE.

I MEAN, I THINK WE HAVE PEOPLE SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE WAITING TO KNOW SOME SOME STUFF.

YES. SO WHAT WE WILL DO IS NOW THAT WE'RE APPROVED, WE WILL WE'LL COMMUNICATE AND GET A COMMUNICATION TOGETHER.

AND WE'LL POST THESE, THESE APPOINTMENTS AS WE WORK TOWARDS THE APPOINTMENT.

WE'LL DO THAT AS SOON AS WE CAN, AS SOON AS WE CAN COMPILE THAT THAT COMMUNICATION OUT.

SO IT'LL BE SHORTLY.

THANK YOU. KIM. JEREMY, IS THERE A TIME PERIOD OF I REMEMBER GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND A LONG TIME AGO IT WAS 2 OR 3 WEEKS.

I MEAN, CAN WE SET AN EXPECTATION FOR ANYONE THAT'S THAT'S LOOKING TO BE INFORMED? IS THAT A WEEK LONG PROCESS OR A MONTH LONG PROCESS? AND I KNOW THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES INTO IT.

YEAH, WE WILL PLAN TO WITH WITHIN THE NEXT 7 TO 10 DAYS, SEND THAT COMMUNICATION OUT AND THEN WE WILL START THAT TENTATIVE SCHEDULE TOGETHER AS WELL, SO WE CAN SET THOSE EXPECTATIONS ON WHEN TO EXPECT TO GET ENGAGED WITH THIS COMMUNITY COMMITTEE AS WELL.

SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT IN PRETTY GOOD DRAFT FORM PRIOR TO COMMUNICATION.

UNDERSTAND THAT. SO WOULD YOU WOULD YOU ASK THAT THE BOARD.

BIT QUIET OR. NOW OR WHAT'S YOUR PREFERENCE THERE? I THINK THAT'S APPROPRIATE.

PLEASE, LET'S NOT DISCUSS WITH WITH ANY MEMBERS OR APPLICANTS OR ANYTHING AT THIS POINT.

LET THE. 1000 COPIES.

ELLEN. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY PUBLICLY HOW IMPRESSED I AM ONCE AGAIN WITH THE QUALITY AS WELL AS THE QUANTITY OF APPLICANTS WE HAD. WE HAD 67 APPLICANTS FOR THIS MULTI YEAR COMMITMENT, AND I KNOW SOME OF THESE CANDIDATES, I DON'T KNOW A LOT OF THESE CANDIDATES.

AND TO.

BE REMINDED OF THE QUALITY OF PEOPLE AND THE EXPERIENCE AND THE TALENT THAT WE HAVE IN THIS DISTRICT IS JUST ALWAYS AWE INSPIRING.

I MEAN, IT KIND OF DRIVES ME CRAZY BECAUSE I HAVE NOTES ALL OVER THE PLACE, AND I TRY ONE PROCESS AND I CAN'T GET IT DOWN TO THE NUMBERS THAT I NEED.

AND SO I TRY A DIFFERENT PROCESS AND, AND DO THAT AGAIN.

SO TRYING TO TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BALANCE SKILL SETS AND COME UP WITH WITH A GREAT SOLUTION IS ALWAYS DIFFICULT.

BUT IT'S IT'S A PLEASURE BECAUSE IT REINFORCES THE QUALITY AND THE, THE SKILLS OF THE PEOPLE WE HAVE.

AND I JUST APPRECIATE THAT SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. ELLEN. HEATHER.

I AGREE THAT THE QUALITY OF THE CANDIDATES IS NOT IN QUESTION.

WE HAVE AMAZING PEOPLE IN THIS DISTRICT, AND THE FACT THAT SO MANY PEOPLE ARE SO QUALIFIED AND WANT TO GIVE THEIR TIME AND EFFORT AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAVE TO OUR DISTRICT IS AMAZING AND I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

I DO REMAIN DISAPPOINTED THAT WE DO NOT HAVE MORE YOUNG FAMILIES, AND THAT WE DID NOT SPECIFICALLY TARGET MORE YOUNG FAMILIES OR MORE FAMILIES FROM ATS. BUT THAT'S MY ISSUE AND I WILL DEAL WITH IT.

I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THE WORK THAT THIS COMMITTEE DOES, AND I AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE VOLUNTEERED TO DO IT, AND THE STAFF WHO HAS PUT SO MUCH TIME INTO THIS ALSO. SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU HEATHER.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF I OFFICIALLY SAID IT.

THE MOTION PASSED SEVEN ZERO AND WE'LL MOVE FORWARD AND APPRECIATE THAT.

THANKS. THANKS AGAIN TO EVERYONE WHO APPLIED AND WHO WILL BE SERVING.

[02:30:01]

[10.2 Request to Approve Bond Oversight Committee (BOC) Members]

I MOVE THAT THE THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE 2023 BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEMBERS, AS DISCUSSED AND ACCORDING TO THE CRITERIA SET WITHIN THE I'M SORRY, WITHIN THE APPROVED CHARTER AND APPOINT APPLICANT BOC30 AS THE CONVENING CHAIRPERSON.

I HAVE A MOTION FROM JAN AND A SECOND FROM HEATHER.

LET'S HAVE A DISCUSSION.

LAURA. OKAY, JEREMY AND DR.

ARNETT, THERE WAS A LOT OF GNASHING OF TEETH ON MY PART.

AND THEN I SAT DOWN AND WAS LIKE, WELL, WHAT WOULD I CHANGE? I JUST HAVE. I JUST THERE'S JUST ONE THAT I'D LIKE TO TWEAK.

AFTER ALL OF THAT, ARE YOU ALL OPEN TO MAKING ADJUSTMENTS? YEAH, I THINK WE'VE WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS OF UNDERSTANDING HOW THIS WORKS.

I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD AND AND HOPE THAT YOU'LL GIVE A NUMBER FOR A NUMBER REASON I ABSOLUTELY.

AND THAT IS A FAIR REQUEST.

I WOULD LIKE TO SWITCH B 26 FOR Y'ALL.

THERE'S JUST SO MANY GOOD ONES THAT IT'S KIND OF LIKE TAKE YOUR PICK.

I ACTUALLY HAVE FOUR THAT I WOULD BE GOOD WITH.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO SWITCH B 26 JUST BECAUSE OF SATURATION.

AND MAYBE DO I WOULD DO 38 I THINK 40, 29, SIX.

ANY OF THOSE I GUESS MAYBE MY FIRST CHOICE WOULD BE 38.

UM, WELL.

HANG ON. UM.

IT. IT'S EXPERIENCE, I MEAN.

IT'S HONESTLY, IT'S.

YOUNG STUDENTS TIME IN THE DISTRICT EXPERIENCE.

I FEEL THAT THEY WOULD BE A GOOD MEMBER OF THAT COMMITTEE.

AND I THINK THAT. AND JUST JUST FOR CLARIFICATION.

COMMENT THE FIRST. I THINK THAT THIS RELATES TO THE COMMITTEE WE JUST VOTED ON.

CANDIDATE NUMBER TEN.

RIGHT? NO.

NO, I'M SAYING 26.

SAYING, THE REASON THAT YOU'RE SAYING 26 AND YOU'RE SAYING THE WORD SATURATION.

YEAH. SAME HOUSEHOLD.

YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.

YES. THE LONG RANGE PLAN AND THE LONG RANGE PLANNING COMMITTEE CAN.

JUST OPENING IT UP TO SOME DIFFERENT FAMILIES.

WELL, OKAY.

AGAIN, I FEEL THAT 29, SIX, 38 AND 40 ALL HAVE EXPERIENCE THAT IS PROBABLY BEST BETTER SUITED.

WHICH ONE ARE YOU SUGGESTING? I'M.

MY INITIAL WAS 29.

JEN. I'M GOOD WITH ANY OF THOSE.

UM. I'M A BIT LOATHE TO CHANGE ANY OF THESE JUST BECAUSE WE ALL HAD THREE VOTES.

AND, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE GOT VOTES AND OTHERS DIDN'T, SO.

I THINK THAT KIND OF NEGATES THE VOICE.

THERE IS ONE OPPORTUNITY IN THAT WE HAVE A PERSON WHO APPLIED, WHO IS A TLC GRADUATE, AND GIVEN THAT THIS BOND IS GOING TO BE DEALING WITH A MAJOR TRANSITION OF THE TLC, I WAS.

I WAS VERY. STRUCK BY THAT.

SO I MEAN IF WE.

UM, I'M NOT RECOMMENDING THAT THEY.

GO IN, BUT IF WE CHANGE ONE OUT, I'D LIKE FOR THAT PERSON TO BE ADDED TO THE LIST.

ME GO TO KIM AND MAKE I WOULD, I WOULD I AGREE THAT THE PERSON HAS STOOD OUT TO ME AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO SWITCH 26 FOR.

DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER IN FRONT OF ME.

23. 23.

6 TO 23.

I'M NOT I'M NOT BACKING OFF 26.

BUT IF WE DO, I'D EVEN BE WILLING TO ADD A PERSON, EVEN IF IT'S IN AN ADVISORY CAPACITY, JUST FOR THAT PARTICULAR

[02:35:06]

SO. DID YOU WANT TO TALK SPECIFICALLY TO WHAT THE MOTION OR THE CHANGE THAT LAURA IS MAKING, OR CAN WE COME BACK? I CAN HOLD.

I CAN HOLD MY VIEWS.

I MEAN, MY VIEWS ARE MORE.

MY VIEWS ARE THE VOTES ARE THE VOTES, AND THE SEVEN OF US HAVE VOTED AND IT'S REFLECTED IN THE COMMITTEE BREAKDOWN.

SO I'M NOT I'M NOT AS.

I'M EXCITED ABOUT WATCHING PEOPLE.

GOTCHA. I THINK WE'RE IN.

DISCUSSION HERE, WHERE THE PROCESS IS REALLY BEING SHOWN, WHERE WE ONLY HAD FIVE NAMES TO SELECT, BECAUSE IF I COULD HAVE SELECTED 9 OR 15, 23 WOULD HAVE BEEN ON MINE.

INTERESTINGLY, NONE OF THE NUMBERS THAT YOU THREW OUT WERE ON MY.

MY EXTRA LIST, BUT.

RIGHT. SO I'M JUST TRYING TO SAY THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT.

VOTES WERE THE VOTES. BUT I THINK THAT HAD WE ALL BEEN ABLE TO CHOOSE MORE PEOPLE, PERHAPS A FULL COMMITTEE, WE WOULD HAVE.

MAYBE SEEN SOME OF THE ONES FALL STAY AS ONES, AND WE WOULD HAVE MAYBE SEEN SOME OTHER PEOPLE ENTER IN.

IT JUST IS A REALLY DIFFICULT LIST TO WORK WITH FOR THAT REASON.

SO THAT'S MY YEAH, I THINK AND I DO SUPPORT 23 IF WE WERE GOING TO CONSIDER.

YEAH, I THINK THAT IT'S LIKE A IT IS THE WILL OF THE BOARD BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY THE VOTES CAME IN.

BUT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A WILL OF THE MAJORITY OF THE BOARD BECAUSE WE DIDN'T VOTE THAT WAY.

WE VOTED A DIFFERENT WAY.

AND SITTING IN THIS.

YEAH. AND BUT SITTING IN THIS ROOM, IF, IF SOMEONE SAID CANDIDATE NUMBER 297 AND THREE PEOPLE SAID YES, THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD OUTWEIGH SOMEONE WHO HAS ONE VOTE CURRENTLY.

THERE IS SOMETHING TO THAT.

I WOULD HAVE PREFERRED THAT IF THERE WERE 15 SLOTS, I WOULD HAVE PREFERRED EACH TRUSTEE PUT 15 NAMES IN.

I JUST THINK THAT WOULD HAVE LED TO A DIFFERENT WAY.

AND THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT LATER ON THE PROCESS.

I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S I DON'T THINK YEAH, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK SO.

SO THEN. THAT'S RIGHT, I DO.

AFTER REVIEWING THE CANDIDATES, I DO SUPPORT LAURA'S ASK TO SWITCH OUT 23 FOR 26.

I DO REALLY LIKE HAVING THAT PERSPECTIVE, AND THAT'S NOT A PERSPECTIVE THAT WE GET OFTEN.

I PUT ON PUT 23 INTO 26 SPOT.

YEAH, THAT'S THE RIGHT NUMBER, RIGHT? YES, YES.

GO AHEAD. SORRY, I JUST REALIZED MY THING'S BEEN ON THE WHOLE TIME.

UM, I HONESTLY.

I'M VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THIS COMMITTEE IF THERE WAS ONE TO BE SUBBED OUT.

HONESTLY, THE ONLY ONE I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF WOULD BE NUMBER THREE, BECAUSE I SEE A POTENTIAL CONFLICT, AND BEYOND THAT, I'M NOT INTERESTED IN SWAPPING ANYONE ELSE OUT.

I SEE THAT I AM.

I AM WONDERING IF.

THE BOARD MIGHT CONSIDER.

GOING BACK AND VOTING WITH MORE VOTES AND JUST LETTING THOSE NUMBERS FALL WHERE THEY MAY, BECAUSE IT MIGHT PAINT A DIFFERENT PICTURE FOR US, AND THEN IT WILL JUST SHOW.

VOTES FOR. IF I THINK MORE INFORMATION INSTEAD OF TRYING TO DO AD HOC SWAPPING.

I'M NOT IN DISAGREEMENT WITH YOU EITHER, JEN.

SO. I'M THROWING THAT OUT THERE FOR CONSIDERATION BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF THE TIMING IS SO TIGHT.

I KNOW WE WANT TO GET THE LONG RANGE PLANNING COMMITTEE GOING UP AND RUNNING, AND I THINK WE WERE ALL MOSTLY COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.

BUT THIS ONE, I'M WONDERING, ARE WE REALLY PRESSED FOR TIME OR DO WE WE HAVE AN OPTION MAYBE TO GO BACK AND VOTE FOR MORE PEOPLE AND SEE WHERE THOSE VOTES IF IF IT MAKES IT A LITTLE MORE APPARENT. SO THAT JUST TO CLARIFY, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT GOING BACK OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND GETTING NEW NAMES.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TAKING THE NAMES THAT WE GOT AND SORT OF FIXING THE PROCESS NOW WHERE WE EACH PROVIDE MORE NAMES, COMING BACK AND LOOKING AT THAT ON THE 28TH AND VOTING ON THAT, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'M SAYING.

I HAVE TO SAY IN DUMBED DOWN TERMS FOR ME, ELLEN, I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF HOLDING UP THE PROCESS.

I MEAN, I THINK WE HAD A PROCESS.

WE AGREED TO A PROCESS, AND WE WE DID THE PROCESS.

AND I'M HAVING A HARD TIME SEEING HOW THIS IS NOT BALANCED.

I MEAN, THAT'S WHEN WHEN WE GOT THE LIST AS IT CAME OUT.

THAT'S WHAT I ALWAYS DO.

WHETHER OR NOT I KNOW THESE PEOPLE, WHETHER OR NOT I VOTED FOR THEM.

AND I DON'T KNOW A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE, BUT I WENT BACK THROUGH AND TO LOOK AT THE BALANCE AND I THINK IT'S A A WELL BALANCED COMMITTEE, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT

[02:40:04]

I BELIEVE WE WERE TOLD TWO THREE WOULD BE A GOOD NUMBER AND WE'VE GOT MORE THAN THAT.

ON THE LIST HERE.

THERE ARE THE ONE THAT.

JEN MENTIONED, AND ALSO NUMBER 30, WHO HAS TOLD US THAT, YOU KNOW, A FULL TERM IS NOT WHAT HE WOULD EXPECT, THAT IT WOULD BE A TRANSITIONAL KIND OF ROLE THAT HE WOULD HAVE.

SO WITH THOSE TWO POTENTIAL CHANGES IN THE FIRST YEAR OR SO OF THE TERM.

I WOULD BE COMFORTABLE IF WE WANTED TO ADD NUMBER 23.

JUST ADDING ANOTHER.

OKAY, CHRIS, I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT IN THE BOK CHARTER THAT YOU APPROVED AT THE LAST MEETING, THERE IS A STATEMENT THAT SAYS THE BOARD MAY CHOOSE TO APPOINT NEW MEMBERS IF THE NUMBER OF ACTIVE MEMBERS DROPS BELOW NINE, OR TO ADD ADDITIONAL MEMBERS WITH SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS.

AND SO IF YOU CHOOSE TO GO.

MORE THAN 15.

THAT'S WITHIN YOUR RIGHT TO DO THAT, ACCORDING TO THE BOC CHARTER.

OKAY. WE NEED TO AMEND THE MOTION IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT.

OKAY. SO I WILL RECOGNIZE LAURA.

I MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION THAT WE ADD BOC 23 TO THE COMMITTEE LIST.

THAT MOTION BY LAURA.

SECOND BY JENN.

I. YEAH.

YOU CAN'T. I'LL SECOND IT.

OKAY. IF WE NEED TO.

A DISCUSSION. OKAY.

HEARING NO DISCUSSION.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.

BY THE WAY, I DID MESS UP THE CALL.

THE QUESTION I.

THAT'S FINE. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A PARLIAMENTARY PROBLEM HERE, BUT THE QUESTION WOULD BE WE VOTE THEN TO SHUT OFF DISCUSSION AND THEN WE VOTE.

I DON'T THINK WE'RE IN TROUBLE.

OR DO YOU? YEAH.

THAT'S IT. THAT'S IT.

THIS VOLUNTEER THING HAS GOTTEN ME IN JAIL.

OKAY. AND.

WE'LL GET IT RIGHT IN THE FUTURE.

WHAT ARE WE UP TO? SAME THING WITH THE. YOU'RE GOING TO LET PEOPLE KNOW IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

YEAH. THERE'S THERE'S THERE'S LESS LOGISTICS INVOLVED IN THAT COMMUNICATION.

BUT YES. WELL.

UH, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD LIKE TO PROBABLY CONNECT THEM BOTH AT THE SAME TIME.

IT CAN BE SIMULTANEOUS.

I THINK THAT'S APPROPRIATE.

ALL RIGHT. SO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF ABNORMAL SECURITY.

[10.3 Request to Approve Purchase of Abnormal Security - 2019 Bond]

THIS IS ACTUALLY THE NAME OF A VERY IMPORTANT CYBERSECURITY PROGRAM THAT WE BELIEVE WILL HELP MITIGATE SOME OF THE RISKS THAT WE HAVE WITH INCOMING PHISHING AND OTHER SPAM EMAIL TO THE DISTRICT.

IT IS AN UNUSUAL NAME.

IT IS. THIS PRODUCT WILL ALLOW US TO MONITOR AND BETTER PROTECT STAFF AND STUDENT EMAIL FROM RECEIVING PHISHING.

EMAIL, SCAM EMAILS, MALICIOUS EMAILS.

IT WILL PREVENT IT FROM EVEN GETTING INTO THEIR INBOX.

SO WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT.

WE DID A PILOT FOR TWO WEEKS, AND IT CAPTURED MORE THAN 900 PHISHING EMAILS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN DELIVERED TO STUDENT AND STAFF INBOXES, GIVING THEM OPPORTUNITY TO TO RESPOND TO THE MALICIOUS CONTENT.

WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT.

SO THIS IS A PREEMPTIVE MEASURE.

CHRIS, DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHERE THE ORIGINS OF THIS CONVERSATION CAME FROM? ABSOLUTELY. I RECEIVED THIS INFORMATION OF THIS FABULOUS PRODUCT AT THE CONSORTIUM MEETING.

WHEN THE TECHNOLOGY FOLKS GOT TOGETHER, WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT WE WERE DOING, THINGS THAT WE HAD IMPLEMENTED THAT HAD MADE A CHANGE, HOW WE WERE PROTECTING OUR STAFF, THE CYBERSECURITY INFORMATION, THINGS THAT WE WERE TRYING TO IMPLEMENT TO PROTECT THEM FROM THEMSELVES.

AND ONE OF THE CONSORTIUM SCHOOLS PRESENTED THE DASHBOARD OF ABNORMAL SECURITY AND SAID, BASICALLY, LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT WE SEE ON A MOMENT BY MOMENT BASIS.

AND THE EMAIL THAT WAS BEING CAPTURED WERE TARGETING THE SUPERINTENDENT.

[02:45:03]

AND HE SAID, MY THE LEADERSHIP TEAM HAS NO IDEA THAT THEY'RE THE TARGET OF THESE EMAILS BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS PRODUCT TO STOP IT.

SO THE STRESS LEVEL AND THE WORRY AND CONCERN AND THE NUMBER OF.

ATTEMPTS IN THE INBOX WAS JUST DECREASED.

HE SAID THIS IS THIS SAVES US.

AND IF THERE IS A IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BY CHANCE GET THROUGH, THE SYSTEM WILL ALERT US THAT A SPECIFIC ACCOUNT HAS BEEN COMPROMISED.

AND WE KNOW AND THROUGH THE PROCESS WE CAN GET TO THAT PERSON AND GET THEIR CREDENTIALS OR THEIR DEVICE CAPTURED AND PREVENT ANYTHING ELSE FROM HAPPENING.

THANK YOU, DR. TAYLOR.

ALAN, REAL QUICK, WE NEED A MOTION.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE QUOTE FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE ABNORMAL SECURITY SOFTWARE AND DELEGATE THE AUTHORITY TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OR DESIGNEE TO NEGOTIATE THE FINAL COSTS.

I HAVE A MOTION BY ELLEN AND A SECOND BY LAURA.

ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU. THE MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

THANK YOU. DR.. READING OF POLICY UPDATES.

WE DON'T NEED A MOTION ON THIS.

[10.4 First Reading of Policy Updates DCD(Local), DCE(Local), FFAC(Local), GKA(Local), CH(Local), CV(Local), DEC(Local), and BBB(Local)]

THEORY. SO WE.

DON'T THINK I'M GOING TO WIN. THE SHORTEST BOARD MEETING AWARD THIS TIME.

HERE, AUDREY, FOR JOINING US AS OUR ATTORNEY.

PLEASE HELP US WITH THE FIRST READING.

SO WE ARE.

WELL, I GUESS WE JUST ACTUALLY STARTED A FOURTH SPECIAL SESSION TODAY, SO WE HAVEN'T QUITE FINISHED THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, BUT WE HAVE A FEW GENERAL LEGAL UPDATES FROM THE PRIOR 2021 SESSION.

OUR LEGAL UPDATES HAVE BEEN UPDATED, BUT OUR LOCAL POLICIES HAVEN'T YET BEEN UPDATED.

SO THESE ARE KIND OF THE OUTSTANDING ONES THAT I HAVE BEFORE YOU.

AND WE WANT I WANTED TO TO BRING THEM TO YOU IN ORDER, KNOWING THAT EVEN SO, LIKE DC IN PARTICULAR IS ABOUT.

UM, EMPLOYEE ONE OF THESE? WITH. IS ABOUT WELLNESS AND HEALTH SERVICES.

AND AS WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF COMMISSIONING OUR POLICE OFFICERS, THERE ARE VERY SPECIFIC LEGAL REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN DAYS THAT OFFICERS HAVE OFF.

BUT IT'S MUCH EASIER TO UPDATE WHAT NEEDS TO BE PUT IN THERE AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY COME BACK AND ADD THAT LANGUAGE.

SO IT'S NOT SO WE'RE NOT SO FAR BEHIND.

AND BECAUSE THAT PROCESS CAN TAKE A COUPLE OF MONTHS AS WE WAIT ON COAL.

SO THESE ARE AND IT'S ALSO WORTH NOTING THAT A LOT OF THESE PROCESSES THAT ARE IT'S MORE GETTING OUR POLICIES IN ALIGNMENT WITH OUR WITH HOW WE OUR PRACTICES, WE HAVE BEEN COMPLYING WITH UPDATED LAW, BUT OUR POLICIES JUST ARE A LITTLE BIT BEHIND.

SO THESE ARE JUST STANDARD UPDATES.

THANK YOU. AUDREY. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? THAT'S A FIRST.

NO, NO I'M NOT.

IT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE LEGALLY REQUIRED CHANGES AND WE'RE FOLLOWING THE LAW.

I THINK THAT'S IT'S NOT A NOT A LAUGHING THING, BUT.

YEAH. NO, MY WATCH IS TELLING ME IT'S BEDTIME.

OKAY. HEARING NO DISCUSSION.

WE DO NOT HAVE A MOTION.

YEAH. NO, THEY'RE JUST STAND AS IS.

AND IF THERE'S A IF THERE ARE ANY AMENDMENTS BETWEEN NOW AND THE SECOND READING, WE WOULD THEN HAVE TO AMEND BEFORE THERE WAS ANY ADOPTION OF THE.

AND WE'LL. SO THAT WOULD BE ON THE 28TH, CORRECT? YES. OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO WE NEXT HAVE OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

I HAVE A MOTION. I'M GOING TO GO.

[11. CONSENT AGENDA]

I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVES THE CONSENT AGENDA AS POSTED.

I HAVE A MOTION FROM LAURA AND A SECOND FROM ELLEN.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU. THE MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

PLEASE MAKE NOTE OF UPCOMING MEETINGS.

WE HAVE A SPECIAL.

WHY IS IT A SPECIAL MEETING?

[12. UPCOMING MEETINGS]

THE 28TH WILL BE A REGULAR MEETING.

[02:50:03]

SORRY. BOTH REGULAR MEETINGS.

NO REGULAR MEETING ON NOVEMBER 28TH AND A REGULAR MEETING ON DECEMBER 12TH.

WITH THAT, THE BOARD STANDS ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.