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MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE A QUORUM? YES WE DO.
GREAT. THANK YOU. TYPICALLY, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES WOULD CONVENE INTO CLOSED SESSION AT THIS TIME.
THAT'S WHAT TYPICALLY WE DO. BUT TONIGHT WE ARE GOING DIRECTLY INTO OUR AGENDA ITEMS. I WANT TO START WITH A WELCOME TO THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE AND TO THOSE LISTENING LIVE OR IN A RECORDING TO THE EANES ISD SPECIAL BOARD MEETING.
I AM KIM MCMATH, SERVING AS PRESIDENT. AND ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE BOARD, WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE.
THANK YOU FOR COMING. ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO A GOOD MEETING.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS I NEED TO QUICKLY COVER AS WE DO EVERY MEETING.
THE DISTRICT IS COMMITTED TO TREATING EVERYONE HERE WITH RESPECT, AND WE EXPECT THE SAME IN RETURN.
NOW. WE'RE NOW GOING TO BEGIN OUR AGENDA. FIRST ON THE AGENDA FOLLOWING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A QUORUM IS OPEN FORUM. HOWEVER, NO ONE SIGNED UP FOR TONIGHT'S SPECIAL MEETING TO SPEAK IN OPEN FORUM AND AS A RESULT,
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REPORTS
]WE ARE MOVING INTO OUR REPORTS SECTION OF THE AGENDA.WE'LL HAVE ONE REPORT WHICH IS THE SUMMARY REPORT FROM JG CONSULTING.
I WANT TO WELCOME JAMES GUERRA HERE TO PROVIDE THE SUMMARY REPORT.
AND BEFORE JAMES, BEFORE YOU JUMP IN TO YOUR GOOD COMPREHENSIVE REPORT, I DO ALSO WANT TO TELL OUR AUDIENCE AND ANYONE LISTENING ON ONLINE THAT DOCTOR TOM TRIGG, WHO TYPICALLY WOULD BE WITH THE TRUSTEES, IS ATTENDING A FORUM ON BEHALF OF THE DISTRICT AND WON'T BE JOINING US.
SO IT WILL BE THE SEVEN OF US TONIGHT. JAMES, WELCOME VERY MUCH.
WELCOME. THANK YOU, BOARD PRESIDENT MCMATH, DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
FOR THE RECORD, JAMES GUERRA REPRESENTING JG CONSULTING.
SO I KNOW THAT WE'VE SHARED THAT IN ADVANCE WITH THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
SO HOPEFULLY YOU'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE THE DOCUMENTATION SOME HIGH LEVEL CURSORY.
BUT I THINK FOR THE AUDIENCE, THOSE PARTICIPATING HERE IN PERSON, AND THEN IF THERE'S ANYONE WATCHING VIRTUALLY, THEY CAN SEE THEIR WORDS THAT WERE EXPRESSED AND SHARED WITH US IN THIS DOCUMENT.
AND I WILL REMIND EVERYBODY THAT THIS IS AND WILL BE PROPERTY OF EANES ISD.
SO THIS ARTIFACT, BOTH ARTIFACTS IF APPROPRIATE, BUT CERTAINLY THE SUMMARY REPORT CAN BE UPLOADED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH WEB PAGE, WHICH IS CUSTOMARY IN TERMS OF OUR PROCEDURES, BUT WE WILL EVENTUALLY ADD THIS IF NOT TONIGHT, FIRST THING IN THE MORNING TO THAT DOCUMENT. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO FROM THE SUMMARY REPORT, WHICH IS JUST A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW. I WON'T READ EVERY WORD VERBATIM, BUT RATHER TOUCH ON THE HIGHLIGHTS AND UNDERSCORE CERTAIN THEMES THAT WE FIND OR FOUND. EXCUSE ME, IN OUR EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO BE MOST RELEVANT FOR TONIGHT'S DISCUSSION.
AND I CERTAINLY WELCOME YOUR INPUT AND FEEDBACK.
SO AS BOARD MEMBERS, IF THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO ASK OR IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, PLEASE DON'T DON'T HESITATE TO INTERRUPT ME. IF YOU WANT ME TO CLARIFY SOMETHING OR EVEN PERHAPS CHANGE SOME OF THE VERBIAGE AND WORDING.
MOST LIKELY THE DOCUMENTATION THAT WE WILL WORK TOGETHER TO UPDATE WILL BE THE LEADERSHIP PROFILE, WHICH WE'LL DIVE INTO NEXT. OKAY, SO IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING ALONG, YOU SHOULD HAVE COPIES OF THE LEADERSHIP PROFILE.
BUT THE SUMMARY REPORT BECAUSE IT IS RATHER LARGE.
I HAVE IT HERE DIGITALLY. SO I'M JUST GOING TO WALK THROUGH THIS.
THIS IS THE SAME DOCUMENT. NO CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE SINCE THEY'VE BEEN SHARED WITH EACH OF YOU.
FOR THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE LOOKING ON, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE ON PAGE 2.
IT'S JUST THE CONTENTS PAGE. IT OUTLINES THE PAGE NUMBERS AND THE DIFFERENT PAGE TITLES.
I'VE REFERRED TO THE SUMMARY REPORT AS A SYNOPSIS.
IT'S A COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS, BOTH INTERNALLY, EXTERNALLY AT A MICRO LEVEL AND A MACRO LEVEL.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE TIMELINE. THE MEETINGS BEGAN AUGUST 21ST, CONCLUDED SEPTEMBER THE 26TH.
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WE'VE IDENTIFIED, EXCUSE ME, IDENTIFIED CERTAIN COMMUNICATION CHANNELS AND PRIORITIES CONSISTENT WITH OUR PROTOCOLS THUS FAR.WE'VE HAD WEEKLY COMMUNICATION BY EMAIL, PHONE, IN-PERSON ENGAGEMENT.
WE'RE GOING TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FROM HERE ON OUT EACH AND EVERY WEEK.
SO THAT'S THAT FIRST BULLET YOU SEE THERE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE.
IF APPROPRIATE, WE'LL ENGAGE AND UTILIZE OUR DIFFERENT PLATFORMS SUCH AS FACEBOOK, X AND OTHER USEFUL PLATFORMS. EMAIL OF COURSE, WILL BE A STANDARD COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL FOR UPDATES TO THE BOARD.
WE CAN COMMUNICATE TO THE COMMUNITY USING THOSE CHANNELS.
SOME OF THE ORIGINAL CONSIDERATION, CONSIDERATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS WILL JUST CONTINUE TO HONOR OUR CONSISTENT MESSAGES BETWEEN THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND MY FIRM WHEN COMMUNICATING WITH THE COMMUNITY, STAFF AND STUDENTS.
AND UNLESS OTHERWISE IDENTIFIED GOING ON TO PAGE 4 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY JUST REFERENCED THE VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY.
SO YOU HAVE YOUR INTERNAL GROUPS, YOUR EXTERNAL GROUPS AND YOUR COMMUNITY GROUPS.
SO YOU HAVE THE EXECUTIVE CABINET, THE INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT, THE PRINCIPALS, YOUR TEACHERS, YOUR STUDENTS. AND I HAVE TO GIVE CREDIT TO THE STUDENT GROUPS.
I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THE STUDENTS AND I JOKED, BUT I WAS BEING SERIOUS DURING THE TOWN HALL THAT THAT I THINK I FOUND MY NEXT INTERN [LAUGHTER]. SO YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL GROUP OF STUDENTS WHO ARE HIGHLY ENGAGED, VERY BRIGHT AND CAPABLE.
I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT THEY ACCOMPLISH IN YEARS TO COME.
AND I HOPE THAT I HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO, TO FOLLOW THEIR EDUCATIONAL PATH HERE IN EANES ISD OTHER PARTNERS THAT YOU CAN SEE, THEIR EXTERNAL GROUPS COMMITTEE MEMBERS, THE PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL HAD A GREAT MEETING IN THIS VERY ROOM.
I SAT THERE AND QUITE A QUITE AN AMAZING TURNOUT WITH TREMENDOUS SUPPORT.
MET WITH THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION AS WELL. I WAS ABLE TO REALLY CONNECT WITH THEM BASED OFF OF MY EXPERIENCE SERVING IN A LOCAL FOUNDATION WITH A NEIGHBORING DISTRICT. SO A LOT OF SYNERGY AND JUST UNDERSTANDING THEIR AMBITIONS.
THE WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI, FORMER TRUSTEES WE'VE MET WITH AS WELL.
AND THEN AS FAR AS COMMUNITY GROUPS, BUSINESS LEADERS, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, COUNCIL MEMBERS, TRAVIS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THE LOCAL LIBRARY OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND FIRST RESPONDERS.
SO YOU CAN SEE, WE CAST A FAIRLY WIDE NET AND WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE SOME VERY MEANINGFUL DIALOG.
AND THE OUTCOMES FROM THOSE MEETINGS, WE AGAIN, TO EMPHASIZE CONSISTENT MESSAGE WAS CREATED.
WEEKLY STATUS UPDATES WILL CONTINUE. THE FIRM WILL CONTINUE TO BE AVAILABLE TO ALL OF YOU.
SO AT THE WILL OF THE BOARD, IF YOU REQUEST OUR PRESENCE HERE IN PERSON OVER THE COURSE OF THIS NEXT MONTH FOR UPDATES, CAN CERTAINLY BE RESPONSIVE TO THAT. MOVING ON TO PAGE 5.
SO AS OF THIS PUBLICATION OF THIS REPORT, EXACTLY 578 ANONYMOUS SURVEYS IN ENGLISH, SPANISH, HINDI, CHINESE AND KOREAN WERE SUBMITTED DURING THAT TIME FRAME.
SOME OF THE GRAPHICS THAT YOU'LL SEE HIGHLIGHTED AND WHERE IT INDICATES BY THE COLOR CODING, EXTREME IMPORTANCE, VERY IMPORTANT, IMPORTANT, AND SO FORTH.
THE BLUE COLOR IS THE DESIGNATED COLOR FOR EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
SOMEONE WHO IS APPROACHABLE AND VISIBLE. AN EXPERIENCED EDUCATOR, A VISIONARY LEADER, SOMEONE WHO IS ACCOUNTABLE AND YET TRANSPARENT, ADAPTABLE AND INNOVATIVE. DATA DRIVEN DECISION MAKER.
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NOW, AS WE CONTINUE TO SCROLL DOWN TO PAGE 6, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT CAN I SWITCH THE SCREEN OVER TO THE THAT PEOPLE ONLINE CAN SEE HIS SLIDES. AND THE ONLY WAY WE CAN DO THAT IS BY SWITCHING THE SCREEN.SO APOLOGIES FOR THE INTERRUPTION. YEAH THANKS, EVERYONE, FOR INDULGING US TWO SECONDS.
OKAY TERRIFIC THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
JUST GIVE IT JUST A MINUTE. CLAUDIA, WILL YOU LET US KNOW WHEN IT COMES OUT? YEAH THEY. THE LIVE FEED IS CATCHING UP. I THINK WE'RE GOOD.
AS WE ARE ABLE TO TRANSITION AND SHOW EVERYONE VIRTUALLY.
OKAY SO AS I WAS STATING A PART OF THE SURVEYING TOOL THAT WE UTILIZE, THE RESPONDERS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SELF IDENTIFY THEIR AFFILIATION WITH EANES ISD. SO OVERWHELMINGLY THE GREATEST RESPONSE OF THE 578 THAT WE RECEIVED ARE EITHER CURRENT PARENTS OR GUARDIANS, FOLLOWED BY THE STAFF, FACULTY, ADMINISTRATION.
YOU HAD A PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS, FORMER PARENTS, GUARDIANS, FORMER STAFF, FACULTY AND ADMIN, YOUR ALUMNI BASE OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITHOUT CHILDREN IN THE DISTRICT AND THEN THE OTHER WITH THE ASTERISKS, THE OTHER WITH THE ASTERISK IT'S INCLUDES FORMER TRUSTEES, SUBS, SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS.
[LAUGHTER] SORRY IT'S STILL A NEW OKAY ALL RIGHT. I'M GLAD I HAVE YOU IN MY CORNER [LAUGHTER].
YOU ARE AMAZING, BY THE WAY OKAY. SO AS I WAS STATING OTHERS WERE THE ASTERISKS AT THE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE GRAPHIC IN REFERENCE TO FORMER TRUSTEES, SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS, VOLUNTEERS, EOPA, BOOSTER CLUB MEMBERS, TAXPAYERS, PUBLIC LIBRARY PERSONNEL, AND GRANDPARENTS.
OKAY GOING TO PAGE 7. I WON'T SPEND A LOT OF TIME HERE BECAUSE THIS IS ALSO AVAILABLE IN THE LEADERSHIP PROFILE, BUT THIS IS A RECAPTURE OF OUR MAJOR MILESTONES, THE TIMELINE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF OUR WORK TOGETHER UP UNTIL THIS POINT AND WHAT'S YET TO COME. SO AUGUST THE 11TH, YOU SEE THAT WE INITIATED OUR WORK AUGUST 21ST THROUGH THE 29TH INCLUDED ALL THE COMMUNITY RELATED MEETINGS. TONIGHT WE'RE HERE REVIEWING THE SUMMARY REPORT AND THE LEADERSHIP PROFILE.
AND THEN TOMORROW WILL BEGIN THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS.
WE WILL PREPARE AND PRESENT ALL OF THE PRESCREENED APPLICANTS IN REPORTING FORMAT WITH THE SUPPLEMENTAL, EXCUSE ME, SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS ON OCTOBER THE 28TH.
AND THEN SO FORTH WE WILL FOLLOW BE FOLLOWED BY ROUND ONE INTERVIEWS, NOVEMBER 3RD AND 5TH.
AND CANDIDATE INTERVIEWS FOR THE FINAL ROUND, NOVEMBER 10TH AND 11TH WITH THE WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT WE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO NAME THE LONE FINALIST ON NOVEMBER THE 18TH. YES, SIR.
ONE THING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF DOING THE FINAL INTERVIEWS ON THE 10TH AND 11TH AND COMING BACK INTO OPEN AT THE END OF THAT ONE AFTER DELIBERATING AND ANNOUNCING ON THE 11TH. THAT MAY BE A POSSIBILITY TOO.
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DOES THAT DOES YOU KNOW, WANTED TO MAINTAIN THE FINAL. SURE.BUT IF IT IS THE WILL OF THE BOARD TO DO IT THAT SAME DAY, WE CAN CERTAINLY MODIFY THIS.
AND WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO DECIDE THAT TONIGHT. RIGHT.
WE CAN MAKE THOSE CHANGES LATER, TOO. SOUNDS LIKE YOU CAN WE CAN PULL IT IN.
WE IF NEED BE, WE PUSH IT OUT A DAY OR TWO. RIGHT.
IT WOULD JUST IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO EARMARK THEIR CALENDARS, BUT REALLY TO ACCOMMODATE YOUR SCHEDULES.
BUT THE CANDIDATES WILL PLAN AROUND YOUR YOUR SCHEDULES.
BUT WE CAN MAKE THOSE CHANGES LATER IF WE IF WE DECIDE NOT TO MAKE THEM TONIGHT.
OKAY SO MOVING ON TO PAGE 8 AND THANK YOU FOR THAT CALL OUT, SIR.
PAGE 8 SYNOPSIS IT'S THIS IS THE OVERVIEW OF THE BOARD MEMBER INTERVIEWS.
WHAT I'LL FOCUS ON ARE THE FIVE OVERARCHING OBJECTIVES.
NUMBER ONE, SUSTAIN HIGH ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT FOR ALL STUDENTS.
I WON'T READ EACH OF THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPHS VERBATIM.
NUMBER TWO, ENSURING FINANCIAL STABILITY AND SOUND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT.
THREE BUILDING TRUST AND ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY THROUGH ONGOING COMMUNICATION.
SCROLLING TO PAGE 9. DRIVE STRATEGIC VISION AND LONG-TERM PLANNING.
AND LASTLY, NUMBER FIVE BRING PROVEN EXPERIENCE LEADERSHIP ALIGNED WITH EANES ISD'S NEEDS.
AND THIS IS PRETTY CONSISTENT. THIS IS SOMEWHAT OF A UNIVERSAL BEST PRACTICE.
BUT CONSIDERING A 90 DAY ENTRY PLAN, OFTENTIMES WHAT YOU'LL SEE WITH CANDIDATES, IT'S PRETTY CUSTOMARY FOR THEM DURING THEIR INTERVIEWS TO HAVE SOME SORT OF ENTRY PLAN PREPARED AND ARTIFACT TO LEAVE BEHIND.
THEY HAVE A LOT OF GRAPHICS AND THEIR OWN PERSONAL TOUCH.
BUT, YOU KNOW, HONORING THEIR, THEIR PLANS. IT'S THIS IS A FAIRLY CUSTOMARY PRACTICE.
EXCUSE ME, COMMUNITY FOCUSED GROUPS. SO THE BULLETS YOU CAN SEE I'M NOT GOING TO READ THE SUB CONTEXT, BUT I'LL CALL ATTENTION TO THE BULLETS EXPERIENCE, LEADERSHIP, TEXAS EXPERIENCE.
I KNOW THERE WERE SOME DIALOG ABOUT IDENTIFYING TEXAS.
PERHAPS WE CAN DISCUSS THAT HERE MOMENTARILY.
STRONG FISCAL LEADERSHIP, STRATEGIC AND FUTURE FOCUSED, TRACK RECORD OF ACADEMIC GROWTH, DATA DRIVEN DECISION MAKING, INNOVATIVE AND FORWARD LOOKING, RESILIENT AND VISIBLE, COMMUNITY CONNECTOR.
COURAGEOUS AND AUTHENTIC. TALENT BUILDER AND POLITICALLY SAVVY.
AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE CANDIDATES FROM ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY KNEW THAT.
BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT ANYONE LISTENING ANYWHERE ACROSS THE COUNTRY KNEW THAT WE WERE EXCITED TO RECEIVE THEIR APPLICATION BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO WEIGH ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS. AND SO I APPRECIATE THE TWEAK YOU MADE THERE TO HOPEFULLY CONVEY THAT.
ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU WELL SAID. YES, WE WILL CAST A VERY WIDE NET.
SO THANK YOU FOR THOSE REMARKS. THANK YOU OKAY PAGE 11. TO THE STUDENTS, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF CONSISTENCY.
YOU KNOW, YOU SEE A LOT OF THE SAME WORDS, A LOT OF THE SAME VERBIAGE AND EVEN TERMINOLOGY.
SO FOR THE STUDENTS, VISIBLE AND APPROACHABLE LEADER, A STRONG COMMUNICATOR, COMMUNITY PRESENCE, CREATIVE, OPEN MINDED AND EMPATHETIC, ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE WITH BALANCE, SUPPORTS THE ATHLETICS AND THE OTHER EXTRACURRICULAR
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OPPORTUNITIES AND THEN FURTHER ENHANCING ADDITIONAL STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES.VERY PROUD OF THE STUDENTS. I ENJOYED MEETING THEM A LOT.
THE STAFF PROVEN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP. GOING DOWN TO PAGE 12.
VERSATILE, RESOURCEFUL, A VISIONARY INNOVATOR, EXCEPTIONAL COMMUNICATOR AND LISTENER.
HIGHLY VISIBLE AND APPROACHABLE. AUTHENTIC AND TRUSTWORTHY.
COURAGEOUS YET COLLABORATIVE. A TEAM ORIENTED, ORIENTED AND EMPOWERING PERSON.
STUDENT CENTERED AND COMPASSIONATE. ACCOUNTABLE YET FAIR, STABLE AND COMMITTED.
CONTINUING ON WITH THE COMMUNITY SYNOPSIS. STRING RELATION, EXCUSE ME.
STRONG [LAUGHTER] RELATIONSHIP BUILDER AND COMMUNITY PRESENCE.
TRANSPARENT. PROACTIVE COMMUNICATOR. AN EMPATHETIC LISTENER.
COLLABORATIVE TEAM BUILDER, STUDENT CENTERED AND INCLUSIVE.
VALUES TEACHERS AND STAFF. VISIONARY. FORWARD THINKING.
INNOVATIVE. OPEN MINDED. COURAGEOUS AND DECISIVE.
ON TO PAGE 14. FAIR, PRINCIPLED AND POLITICALLY NEUTRAL.
FINANCIALLY SAVVY AND RESOURCEFUL. LEGISLATIVE AND POLITICALLY SAVVY.
EXPERIENCED EDUCATOR AND LEADER. DEEP COMMITMENT TO SAFETY.
LONG TERM COMMITMENT AND COMMUNITY FIT. CHARISMATIC AND INSPIRING PRESENCE.
HUMBLE SERVANT LEADER MINDSET. VISIONARY LEADERSHIP AND INTEGRITY.
WE'RE NOW ON TO PAGE 15. COMMITMENT TO ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION.
STUDENT CENTERED AND INCLUSIVE. EMPOWERING AND SUPPORTIVE STAFF EXCUSE ME, OF STAFF.
STRONG COMMUNICATOR AND COMMUNITY ENGAGER. COLLABORATION AND RELATIONSHIP BUILDING.
PROVEN FINANCIAL AND OPERATIONAL ACUMEN. AND THEN THE FINAL PAGE.
RESILIENT AND ADAPTABLE LEADERSHIP. DEDICATION TO COMMUNITY VALUES AND TRADITION.
THE ADVERTISING PLAN IS JUST SOMETHING THAT WE CALL OUT.
THESE ARE THE DIFFERENT CHANNELS THAT WE WILL UTILIZE TO CAST A WIDE NET.
IF YOU RECALL, WE OWN A NUMBER OF WEBSITES THAT HAVE A STRONG FOLLOWING, SO WE'LL UTILIZE THOSE.
OF COURSE LINKEDIN, X. THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS HAS THEIR LOCAL PORTAL.
IT'S EASY FOR US. WE'RE GOING TO ADD THAT TO THE TO THE STATE STATE'S WEBSITE.
AND THEN OUR NATIONAL NEWSLETTER, WHICH REACHES MORE THAN 5000 PEOPLE WHEN IT'S WHEN IT'S BEING USED FOR NETWORKING AND THEN SUPERINTENDENTSEARCH.NET WHICH IS ONE OF OUR PROPRIETARY SITES.
SO THAT CONCLUDES THE HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE SUMMARY REPORT.
IF IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE REPORT, WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL AUTHORIZE WITH YOUR BLESSING AND YOUR APPROVAL IT SUGGESTS AND ENCOURAGE THAT WE UPLOAD THIS TO THE WEB PAGE SO THAT OTHERS WHO ARE JUST SEEING IT FOR THE FIRST TIME, THEY CAN REVIEW IT AT THEIR LEISURE AND AND REVIEW THEIR WORDS AND WRITING.
ANY COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? I THINK THAT'S GREAT.
I THINK THAT THAT'S APPROPRIATE SO THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN REVIEW THIS.
FANTASTIC. THANK YOU THE STUDENTS, THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HOLD AND HOST THE TOWN HALL.
I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD FOR GIVING US THIS SPACE.
I THINK EVERYBODY WAS APPRECIATIVE. AND THEY SAID, THANK YOU.
YOU KNOW, ON THEIR BEHALF TO YOU FOR GIVING US THAT OPPORTUNITY.
SO APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT IN GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.
AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE STAFF. I KNOW THEY PUT IN A LOT OF SWEAT EQUITY TO MAKE IT HAPPEN, AND COORDINATING VENUES AND SPACES AND THEIR TIME AND THEIR EVENINGS TO MAKE IT SUCCESSFUL.
SO THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE WHO SUPPORTED US ALONG THE WAY.
ALL RIGHT SO THE FUN PART. ALL RIGHT I'M ON TO THE LEADERSHIP PROFILE NOW.
WE ALWAYS START WITH AN ENTRY AND A COVER PAGE.
YOU CAN SEE IT HAS YOUR MISSION AND YOUR GOALS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT EANES ISD.
THEN AS I SCROLL TO PAGE 2 YOU'LL NOTICE SOME OPENING STATEMENTS.
AND AGAIN, THESE STATEMENTS ARE A DIRECT REFLECTION OF WHAT WE COVERED IN THE SUMMARY REPORT.
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SO WE'RE TAKING THE MAJOR THEMES, THE MOST CONSISTENT THEMES THAT WE'VE HEARD AND CREATED A VERY SYNTHESIZED OVERVIEW OF WHAT YOU AND WHAT YOUR COMMUNITY, WHAT YOUR STUDENTS ARE LOOKING FOR.SO THIS IS THE PAGE 2 IS REALLY THE FIRST PAGE THAT COVERS THE QUALITIES, THE COMPETENCIES, THOSE THOSE CHARACTERISTICS AND ATTRIBUTES THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
SO HERE WHAT I'LL DO AT THIS POINT WHERE IT SAYS VISIONARY LEADERSHIP AND INTEGRITY.
I WOULD I WOULD REQUEST THAT THE BOARD GIVE ME CANDID FEEDBACK AND INPUT, BECAUSE IF THERE'S ANY VERBIAGE, WORDING, LANGUAGE YOU WISH TO CHANGE, I CAN DO THAT IN REAL TIME USING THIS THIS PLATFORM THAT I'M IN.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY THOUGHTS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE JOTTED DOWN OR NOTES YOU'VE TAKEN PRIOR TO TONIGHT'S MEETING WHERE YOU HAVE SOME SUGGESTIONS OR CHANGES YOU'D LIKE TO SEE MADE? AND, JAMES FOR THE COMMUNITY'S BENEFIT, WE DID GET AN ADVANCE COPY OF THIS.
SO YOU HAVE RECEIVED SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE BOARD.
WE HAVE AND WE'VE MADE SOME OF THE CHANGES PRIOR.
BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT PERHAPS WE DIDN'T CATCH OR MAYBE THAT YOU JUST DIDN'T SEE DURING YOUR INITIAL REVIEW I ALWAYS ASK ALL OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD PARTNERS TO JUST PLEASE, YOU KNOW, CANDIDLY SHARE IF THERE'S ANY CHANGES YOU'D LIKE TO SEE MADE BECAUSE TOMORROW OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO OPEN THIS TOMORROW AND HIT THE GROUND RUNNING.
GREAT THANK YOU. ANY COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD ON VISIONARY LEADERSHIP AND INTEGRITY? NOPE. JUST TO CLARIFY, WE CAN GO ONE AT A TIME. YEAH. SO IF YOU HAVE THOUGHTS AND I JUST WANT TO TAKE IT IN SUCCESSION.
SO THAT WAY I CAN MAKE CHANGES IN REAL TIME. BECAUSE I HAVE AN ABILITY.
I CAN EDIT THIS AS A LIVE DOCUMENT. JAMES, I'M JUST CURIOUS IF THERE'S A RHYME OR REASON TO THE ORDER OF THESE? OKAY. NO, AND THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. SO THANK YOU.
THAT'S ALSO A GREAT QUESTION AND A GOOD POINT TO CONSIDER.
OKAY THANK YOU. JOHN. I HAD JUST A GENERAL OVERARCHING QUESTION.
SO YOU'VE DONE, I THINK, 67 OF THESE? YOU'RE NUMBER 68.
SO WE'RE NUMBER 68 PERFECT. SO THIS LIST SOUNDS PRETTY AMAZING.
LIKE I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS LIST AND IT'S AMAZING HOW IT ALL CAME TOGETHER.
I'M CURIOUS HOW HOW DIFFERENT IS THIS LIST FROM ANY OF THE OTHER 67? LIKE, DO YOU END UP FINDING THAT MOST OF THEM ARE PRETTY MUCH ALWAYS THE SAME, OR DOES THIS HAVE A UNIQUE EANES FLAVOR THAT REALLY POPS? THIS IS UNIQUE. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WHERE WE'VE CREATED THE BOLD FACED FONT WITH A DEEPER AND MORE ROBUST EXPLANATION. NORMALLY, WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, UP UNTIL THIS, THIS PROCESS, WE'VE HAD BULLETS WITH MORE TRUNCATED EXPLANATIONS OR DEFINITIONS BY WAY OF WHAT THOSE QUALITIES OR CHARACTERISTICS ARE.
WE TOOK IT A STEP FURTHER BECAUSE IT'S THE UNIQUENESS AND WANT IT TO BE VERY CLEAR ON WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN YOUR NEXT LEADER. SO WE'VE EXPANDED UPON RATHER THAN HAVING THE BULLETS, WE TOOK A DIFFERENT APPROACH AND TEASED IT OUT WITH THE BOLDFACE AND THEN THE EXPLANATION. PERFECT. AND THEN THERE I ASSUME THERE ARE SOME ON HERE THAT WE HAVE THAT YOU SEE ON OTHER JOB DESCRIPTIONS AND OTHERS THAT FOLKS HAD THAT WE DON'T, AND VICE VERSA THAT WE HAVE AND, AND DON'T SO.
ABSOLUTELY YEAH, IT'S STILL VERY CUSTOMIZED AND BESPOKE.
BUT YOU KNOW, YOU YOU DO HAVE SOME SIMILARITIES IN TERMS OF THE NON-NEGOTIABLES, RIGHT? SURE, SURE NON-NEGOTIABLES AS AN EFFECTIVE LEADER AND, AND WHO CAN DO THIS PARTICULAR JOB AS THEIR SUPERINTENDENT.
SO THERE IS COMMON GROUND THERE. BUT WE DID WANT TO HONOR ALL OF THE WEALTH OF, OF KNOWLEDGE HERE THAT WE'VE, WE'VE LEARNED FROM. YEAH WELL THANK YOU I APPRECIATE THAT. YEAH NO, IT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
THANK YOU JOHN. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? AND DID WE DECIDE WE'RE GOING TO GO ONE BY ONE?
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YES IF THERE'S ANY CHANGES TO VISIONARY LEADERSHIP AND INTEGRITY OR THINGS THAT YOU, YOU KNOW, HAVE SOME SUGGESTIONS OR MODIFICATIONS TO, TO CONSIDER.IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT LOOKS LIKE WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT ONE.
ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT THEN COMMITMENT TO ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION.
ANYTHING THERE THAT STANDS OUT THAT PERHAPS WE NEED TO REVISIT? I THINK THAT HAS BEEN A TRADITION OF OUR DISTRICT ALWAYS OKAY GOOD. WELL, THEN I'M CERTAINLY PROUD OF MY TEAM SO FAR [LAUGHTER]. THEY'RE NOT HERE.
THEY'RE HERE IN SPIRIT, SO I'LL MAKE SURE THAT I ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR EFFORTS OKAY.
STUDENT CENTERED AND INCLUSIVE IS THE NEXT SECTION.
ALL RIGHT GOOD OKAY. EMPOWERING AND SUPPORTIVE AND SUPPORTIVE OF STAFF.
YEAH SO GOOD. ALL RIGHT [LAUGHTER]. YOU'RE ON BOARD ALL RIGHT GOOD DEAL. ALL RIGHT, SO THE NEXT THE NEXT STATEMENT IN QUALITY, IT WILL CONTINUE ON TO PAGE 3.
SO STRONG COMMUNITY COMMUNICATOR AND COMMUNITY ENGAGER.
ANY COMMENTS OR FURTHER COMMENTS? NO [LAUGHTER].
ALL RIGHT MOVING RIGHT ALONG. YOU GUYS ARE DOING GREAT.
COLLABORATION AND RELATIONSHIP BUILDING.
I THINK WE'RE GOOD ON THAT ONE. PROVEN FINANCIAL AND OPERATIONAL ACUMEN.
CAN I JUST I'M GOING TO JUMP BACK TO JUST ONE.
OKAY. JUST ON THE COLLABORATION. ENGAGES PARENTS.
WHAT ABOUT FAMILIES? WHAT ABOUT SAYING FAMILIES INSTEAD OF PARENTS? JUST BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE HAVE KIDDOS WHO ARE NOT NECESSARILY LIVING, THEY HAVE NONTRADITIONAL LIVING SITUATIONS.
OKAY YEAH THAT SECTION? GOOD OKAY. ALL RIGHT SO PROVEN FINANCIAL AND OPERATIONAL ACUMEN.
I THINK WE'RE GOOD. GO AHEAD KELLY. JUST KIND OF A QUESTION TO THE GROUP.
SHOULD WE HAVE ANYTHING IN THERE ABOUT UTILIZING ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL OR CREATING ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF REVENUE? REVENUE BUILDING. YEP. WE HAD IT IN THE SORRY ABOUT THAT. I LIKE THAT, KELLY. WE HAD THAT IN THE IN THE INITIAL SUMMARY REPORT, BUT I DON'T THINK IT QUITE POPS IN THIS, SO THAT'S A GOOD POINT. OKAY I KNOW IN YOUR SUMMARY. AND I ALSO CALLED OUT, YOU KNOW, HAVING EXPERIENCE WITH A FOUNDATION WOULD BE HELPFUL BUT NOT REQUIRED.
BUT THAT'S KIND OF A UNIQUE THING THAT NOT ALL DISTRICTS HAVE AT THIS POINT.
GOOD. OKAY. I'M JUST REVIEWING THE TWO SENTENCES.
ANY PARTICULAR WORDING OR VERBIAGE? YOU KNOW OF LOOKING AT THIS, IT PROBABLY WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO INCLUDE IT IN THAT FIRST COMPLETE SENTENCE SOMEWHERE? HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THAT WRITTEN? MAYBE OH GO AHEAD KELLY. NO WORDING WAS, BUT I DON'T HAVE A PREFERENCE FOR THE WORDING.
I MEAN, WE COULD ADD A PHRASE AT THE END OF THAT FIRST SENTENCE, WHICH IS.
WHICH COULD INCLUDE BOTH REVENUE GENERATING AND FOUNDATION EXPERIENCE.
SO AFTER RESOURCES RESPONSIBLY? WHAT ABOUT EXPLORING NEW REVENUE SOURCES?
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OKAY, FORGOT ABOUT THE LAST WORD. EXPLORING I LOVE INNOVATIVE REVENUE. OKAY. INNOVATIVE REVENUE.SO HOW? SO, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, HELP ME INCLUDE.
WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THAT? OR HOW THAT.
HOW SHOULD THAT BE WRITTEN? MAYBE IT'S WITH EXPERIENCE MANAGING BUDGETS, INNOVATIVE REVENUE GENERATION FOUNDATION. AND ALWAYS USING RESOURCES RESPONSIBLY.
I MEAN, AND IF THIS IS HELPFUL, I'M GOING BACK TO THE BOARD SECTION IN THE LAST SUMMARY DOC.
IT SAID ABLE TO EXPLORE CREATIVE REVENUE GENERATION AND ENSURE LONG TERM FINANCIAL STABILITY.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO? THAT WAS FROM OUR BOARD SECTION.
IF WE WANTED TO COPY ANY OF THAT. ABLE TO EXPLORE? SORRY I CAN'T. IN ORDER TO ENSURE LONG TERM FINANCIAL STABILITY, ABLE TO EXPLORE CREATIVE REVENUE GENERATION.
OR FLIP THE ORDER. THAT'S INNOVATIVE REVENUE YEAH. ABLE TO EXPLORE CREATIVE REVENUE GENERATION.
OR INNOVATIVE IF WE LIKE THAT BETTER. THAT'S JUST I'M JUST READING WHAT WAS IN OUR DOCUMENT.
FOR INNOVATIVE CREATIVE DO YOU WANT TO READ IT YEAH. SO I COULD HERE'S WHAT I SO AFTER MANAGING BUDGETS, I'VE SO THERE'S A COMMA THERE ABLE TO EXPLORE INNOVATIVE REVENUE GENERATION AND RESOURCES RESPONSIBLY.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? YEAH. WHAT ABOUT THE FOUNDATION PORTION THAT JAMES SPRADLEY? YOU THINK IT'S I THINK TO OFFER OKAY.
WITH EXPERIENCE MANAGING BUDGETS, EXPLORING INNOVATIVE REVENUE GENERATION AND SUPPORTING RESOURCES RESPONSIBLY. ALLOCATING RESOURCES RESPONSIBLE SO WE HAVE RESOURCES EFFECTIVELY IN THE NEXT SENTENCE TOO REDUNDANCY THERE THAT'S A GOOD CALL OUT. SO MAYBE AND ABLE TO EXPLORE.
EXPERIENCE MANAGING BUDGETS SO INSTEAD OF ABLE ABILITY? AND ABILITY TO. I GOT YOU.
I'M TRACKING. THAT WORKS AND THEN WE COULD TAKE OUT THE. SO I'LL READ THIS BACK.
SO BRINGS STRONG FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP AND STRATEGIC PLANNING SKILLS, WITH EXPERIENCE MANAGING BUDGETS, AND ABILITY TO EXPLORE INNOVATIVE REVENUE GENERATION.
IS THAT GOOD OR IS THERE STILL SOMETHING WE'RE MISSING THERE? I THINK WE I THINK I'D TAKE THAT SECOND COMMA OUT WITH EXPERIENCE MANAGING BUDGETS AND ABILITY TO EXPLORE.
THE ABILITY INNOVATIVE YES [LAUGHTER] THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING THAT. YEAH NO PROBLEM.
SO THAT'S GOOD. ALRIGHTY SO I THINK WE'RE GOOD THERE ANYTHING ELSE ON THE SECOND SENTENCE OF THAT SAME QUALITY? I LIKE IT ADAPTABLE LEADERSHIP. MR. SPRADLEY.
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I WISH I HAD CAUGHT THIS EARLIER BECAUSE I'D LOVE TO HAVE A SUGGESTION FOR THAT, BUT I GET I GET WHERE YOU'RE GOING. I MEAN, CERTAINLY EVERY LEADER NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THOSE SORTS OF SITUATIONS. IT'S JUST TOUGH TO CALL OUT IN A JOB DESCRIPTION THAT IT MAY BE REALLY TOUGH TO BE HERE.THOUGHTS FROM OTHER TRUSTEES? I THINK THAT, I MEAN, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO CALL IT OUT.
AND I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WOULD SCARE OFF ANY CANDIDATE.
I MEAN, SUPERINTENDENTS ARE ARE USED TO HAVING DIFFERENT IDEAS AND BEING ABLE TO MANAGE THOSE.
I DO SEE YOUR POINT, JAMES. ON TO ME, THE PHRASE THAT DIGS DEEP INTO THIS IS DEMONSTRATING A THICK SKIN AND ABILITY TO ADAPT PROBLEM SOLVE. MAYBE DRIVING THAT POINT WOULD READ SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF HANDLES PUBLIC SCRUTINY AND HIGH PRESSURE SITUATIONS, WITH PROFESSIONALISM AND THE ABILITY TO GUIDE THE DISTRICT THROUGH CHANGE OR UNCERTAINTY AND JUST AND TAKE OFF THE DEMONSTRATING A THICK SKIN AND ABILITY TO ADAPT PROBLEM SOLVE.
I LIKE THE ABILITY TO ADAPT AND PROBLEM SOLVE.
BUT I AGREE WITH YOU ON THE THICK SKIN AND ALSO PUBLIC SCRUTINY.
AND SO I MEAN IT COULD READ HANDLES HIGH PRESSURE SITUATIONS WITH GRACE AND PROFESSIONALISM, PROFESSIONALISM DEMONSTRATING THE ABILITY TO ADAPT PROBLEM SOLVING AND GUIDE TO THE DISTRICT THROUGH CHANGE AND BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH.
YEAH THAT RAISES THE POINT. IT GETS THE POINT ACROSS.
RIGHT AND IT KEEPS THE IT KEEPS THE OWNERSHIP ON THE DISTRICT AND NOT THE COMMUNITY.
OKAY, SO I ELIMINATED TWO SECTIONS. I'M GOING TO READ THIS BACK REMAINS STEADY AND SOLUTION ORIENTED IN THE FACE OF CHALLENGES OR CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES. HANDLES HIGH PRESSURE SITUATIONS WITH GRACE AND PROFESSIONALISM, DEMONSTRATING THE ABILITY TO ADAPT, PROBLEM SOLVE AND GUIDE THE DISTRICT THROUGH CHANGE OR UNCERTAINTY WITHOUT LOSING MOMENTUM.
SO IT'S JUST THOSE TWO SIMPLE PHRASES I TOOK OUT AND IT'S STILL FLOWS WELL.
SOUNDS LIKE OKAY. GOOD THANK YOU. NO WORRIES. ALL RIGHT WE ARE TRUCKING.
DEDICATION TO COMMUNITY VALUES AND TRADITION IS THE FINAL SECTION OF THE QUALITIES.
I GUESS THE ONLY TWEAK THAT I WOULD HAVE IS THE VERY LAST PHRASE THAT SAYS WHILE ALSO LEADING THE DISTRICT FORWARD. THE PHRASE THAT KIND OF GETS ME IS RESPONDING TO EVOLVING EDUCATIONAL NEEDS, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT US TO BE REACTIVE OR I DON'T WANT IT TO INDICATE THAT WE'RE REACTIVE.
WE WANT A LEADER THAT'S PROACTIVE. RIGHT AND I KNOW WHERE WE WERE GOING WITH THAT. AND I SAW ALL OF THE, THE COMMUNITY INPUT ABOUT THAT BUT.
IN CONSIDERATION OF THAT WOULD BE I MEAN, THAT'S PROACTIVE INSTEAD OF RESPONDING TO.
WHAT ABOUT DRIVING? OOH. YEP. SO WE'RE NOT EVEN RESPONDING IN ANY WAY.
WE ARE I MEAN, WE'RE THE LEAD. WE'RE LEADING IT.
WE'RE LEADING THE CHANGES AND THE EVOLUTION OF EDUCATION.
I LIKE THE SYMBOLISM OF THAT. YEAH SO THERE WAS A COMMENT SOMEWHERE IN SOME OF THE FEEDBACK.
AND THAT WHEN I READ THAT, I WAS LIKE THAT. WHOEVER WROTE THAT WAS REALLY GOOD.
SO IT WAS ME [LAUGHTER]. SO I'M WONDERING IF MAYBE THAT'S LIKE SOMETHING WE COULD JUST ADD.
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BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE STILL WANT TO EVOLVE.AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SAY. BUT THE WAY THAT PERSON WROTE IT ABOUT WHAT GOT US, WHAT MADE US SUCCESSFUL BEFORE IS NOT WHAT'S GOING TO MAKE US SUCCESSFUL IN THE FUTURE WAS REALLY SALIENT.
LIKE DRIVING EDUCATIONAL EVOLUTION, DRIVING EDUCATIONAL [LAUGHTER] I'M LOOKING ON YOUR SCREEN. AND LEADING, LEADING THE DISTRICT AND CATHERINE, IS YOUR POINT CONSTANTLY DRIVING? WELL, IS SAYING THROUGH THE THROUGH AN EVOLUTION, THERE ARE CERTAIN CORE TENETS THAT MAKES EANES EANES.
BUT NEVERTHELESS, AS WE CHANGE, IT'S TRYING TO ENCAPSULATE IF EDUCATION MAKES A 90 DEGREE TURN, WE WANT TO BE IN THE FRONT OF THAT. IF WE KNOW THAT THERE'S DATA THAT PROVES IT'S A GOOD IDEA.
SO WE WANT SOMEBODY WHO'S ABLE TO DO THAT. SO I THINK IT'S TRYING TO WE'RE TRYING TO FUTURE PROOF THIS? IS ABOUT LIKE KIND OF FUTURE PROOFING BUT NOT LOSING YOURSELF IN THE JOURNEY.
AND I JUST I DON'T KNOW, IT'S HARD. I LIKE THAT A LOT CATHERINE.
BECAUSE FOR EXAMPLE AI IT'S NEW. YES PERFECT EXAMPLE.
YOU DON'T WANT TO MAKE BUT WE SHOULD BE LEADING THE WAY IN HOW K-12 DISTRICTS ARE, ARE REACTING TO AND PROACTIVELY LEADING WITH AI AND WHAT THAT MEANS, RATHER THAN JUST LETTING OTHERS DICTATE WHAT IT IS.
AND SO HOW WE EDUCATE IN A WORLD OF AI LOOKS DIFFERENT THAN HOW WE EDUCATED IN THE 1960S, WHEN WESTLAKE WAS, WHEN THE HIGH SCHOOL WAS FOUNDED. I'M WONDERING IF WE WANT TO BRING IN THE WORD EXEMPLAR HERE? WHERE WHILE ALSO LEADING THE DISTRICT FORWARD AS AN EXEMPLAR.
IN THE EDUCATIONAL WHATEVER [LAUGHTER]. AS AN EXEMPLARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION OR SOMETHING I MEAN, THAT THAT MEANS THAT YOU'RE LEADING AND YOU'RE DOING IT WELL.
YOU'RE NOT JUST LEADING I JUST KIND OF PIECED A BUNCH OF WORDS TOGETHER.
SO YOU'RE SAYING WHILE ALSO LEADING THE DISTRICT FORWARD AND THEN? SO REPLACING THAT LAST SENTENCE. WELL, YEAH, THE WALL ALSO REPLACING IT WITH DRIVING SUCCESS IN TODAY'S EVER EVOLVING EDUCATIONAL LANDSCAPE WHILE DRIVING SUCCESS IN TODAY'S EVER EVOLVING EDUCATIONAL LANDSCAPE.
TODAY, AS WE SAY OKAY WE'RE STUCK IN TODAY. HOW ABOUT AN EVER-EVOLVING EDUCATION LANDSCAPE? SO KELLY, WILL YOU SAY THAT AGAIN WITH JAMES' CHANGE? I'M GLAD I'M THE SECRETARY [LAUGHTER]. DRIVING SUCCESS IN THE EVER-EVOLVING EDUCATIONAL LANDSCAPE.
LET'S JUST TEST IT OUT, SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. WHILE DRIVING SUCCESS SUCCESS IN THE EVER. IN THE EVER-EVOLVING EDUCATIONAL LANDSCAPE.
OKAY JEEZ, I CAN'T TYPE FRONT OF PEOPLE IS EVER-EVOLVING IS THAT HYPHENATED? I THINK SO KELLY, YOU DROPPED THE ALSO, WHILE DRIVING ALSO I WOULD GET RID OF THOSE ALSO. I WOULD ALSO GET THE ALSO [LAUGHTER] LIKE IT I ALSO AGREE. OKAY LET'S SEE.
ONE OTHER WORD. THE WORD PLACE, IS ANYONE? I'M WONDERING IF THE WORD COMMUNITY MIGHT YES [LAUGHTER]. IT THAT MADE US ALL FEEL GOOD. IT'S IN THE SAME SENTENCE.
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A COMMUNITY. OKAY. COMMUNITY INSTEAD OF A PLACE KNOWN FOR EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATION GOTCHA. OKAY. I GOT NICE WORK. LOVE IT. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE ON THE QUALITIES?[5.
DISCUSSION/ACTION
]THE REST OF THE DOCUMENT IS THE KIND OF THE BORING, LIKE CONDITIONS AND PROCESS, BUT DEFINITELY WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, YOU KNOW, THE CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT. THIS IS STANDARD PROTOCOL.IT REFERENCES THE BACKGROUND CHECKS, FINGERPRINTING REQUIREMENTS, ETC.
THE SELECTION PROCESS. YES, SIR.
SELECTION PROCESS. UNDERSCORING THE IMPORTANCE OF CONFIDENTIALITY IN THAT FIRST SENTENCE.
THE BOARD WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE CANDIDATES WITH US TO DETERMINE THE FIRST SELECTION OF INTERVIEWS AND THEN FURTHER DISCUSSION AND DISCERNMENT FOR THE FINAL ROUNDS. ON TO PAGE 4. THESE ARE THE DOCUMENTS THAT WE REQUIRE, THE VERIFICATION FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT FORM, WHICH YOU'LL SEE HERE MOMENTARILY. ALL CANDIDATES WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SUBMITTING ONE PDF DOCUMENT.
THESE ARE THE STANDARD ITEMS THAT WE REQUEST THE LETTER OF INTEREST, THEIR RESUME, REFERENCES AND OR LIST OR LETTERS OF REFERENCES, THEIR COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY TRANSCRIPTS. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'RE PARTICULAR ABOUT THIS.
ONCE THE CANDIDATES APPLY, THEY ARE THEN INVITED TO COMPLETE THE SUPPLEMENTAL ON DEMAND INTERVIEW.
SO THAT'S A SEPARATE PLATFORM. BUT DURING THE TIME FRAME OF THE APPLICATION PERIOD, THEY WILL HAVE THAT DURATION TO COMPLETE THEIR VIDEOS AS WELL. SO A LOT A LOT OF WORK ON THE CANDIDATE'S PART.
YES, SIR. I'M SORRY. CAN YOU JUST CLARIFY THAT AGAIN? SO THEY'LL HAVE TILL THE 24TH TO SUBMIT THAT ONE PDF? THE ONE PDF YES, SIR.
THE VIDEOS ARE, ARE ALSO DUE BY THE DEADLINE.
ONCE THEY'VE GATHERED ALL THEIR INFORMATION, IN SOME INSTANCES A CANDIDATE MIGHT HAVE TO REQUEST THEIR TRANSCRIPTS FROM, YOU KNOW, THEIR UNIVERSITIES, AND THAT MIGHT TAKE A DAY OR TWO.
SO ONCE THEY'VE COMPILED EVERYTHING, THEY'LL SUBMIT THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS.
AND AS SOON AS WE RECEIVE THEIR APPLICATION WITH THESE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS, THEN IMMEDIATELY THEY'RE NOTIFIED THAT WE'RE IN RECEIPT OF YOUR APPLICATION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST.
NOW ON TO THE NEXT STEP IS COMPLETING THE VIDEO SERIES.
AND IT'S A FOUR QUESTIONS. AND THEY USE THEIR OWN DEVICES.
THEY WORK THROUGH THAT AND THEY TREAT IT LIKE A PRELIMINARY SCREENING.
WE RECEIVE IT AND THEN WE VERIFY THAT THEY'VE COMPLETED EVERYTHING IN ITS ENTIRETY.
THEY GET AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RECEIPT. AND IF THERE'S IF THEY'RE MISSING ANYTHING, WE WE CHECK IN WITH THEM TO LET THEM KNOW, LIKE, HEY, YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED THIS OR THAT. YOU KNOW, WE GIVE THEM THAT COURTESY AND LET THEM KNOW IF THERE'S SOMETHING MISSING.
BUT IT'S DURING THAT WINDOW OF TIME. SO IT'S FROM THE 1ST THROUGH THE 24TH.
OKAY THANK YOU. YEAH WE'RE NOT CALLING ATTENTION TO ANY SALARY OR BENEFITS AT THIS TIME.
CRIMINAL HISTORY BACKGROUNDS REQUIRED. FINGERPRINTING IS REQUIRED.
PROOF OF WORK AUTHORIZATION WHERE IT SAYS URL.
SO THAT'S JUST FOR US TO DO TOMORROW. BUT THAT WILL BE INCLUDED.
AND AGAIN TO REINFORCE THE DEADLINE IS THE 24TH DESIRED BEGINNING DATE.
THAT'S WORKING BACKWARDS FROM THE 21-DAY PERIOD.
IF WE WERE TO IDENTIFY THE 18TH AS THE DAY OF HIRE.
BUT IF WE IF WE BUMP THAT UP, WE CAN CHANGE THE BEGINNING DATE.
SO THIS IS ALL EASY TO EDIT. WE DON'T NEED TO DETERMINE THAT RIGHT NOW.
BUT THAT'S ASSUMING WE'RE LOOKING AT THE 18TH.
OKAY? JAMES. YES, MA'AM. CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? SO IN YOUR OPINION, DO YOU THINK PUTTING THAT DESIRED BEGINNING DATE THE 1ST OF DECEMBER IS OFF PUTTING TO ANY CANDIDATES? NO I DON'T. SIMPLY BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S A TRANSITIONARY TIME, THAT TIME OF THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR,
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BUT ALSO THE END OF THE FIRST SEMESTER. SO WITH YOUR WINTER BREAK APPROACHING IT, TO ME, IT UNDERSCORES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUR NEW SUPERINTENDENT TO HAVE A COUPLE OF WEEKS FOR TRANSITIONARY WORK OPPORTUNITY.SO WHETHER THAT'S WITH DOCTOR TRIGG, OF COURSE, WITH ALL SEVEN OF YOU, YOUR STAFF, YOUR COMMUNITY, GETTING SOMEWHAT IMMERSED BEFORE THE NEW CALENDAR YEAR BEGINS.
BUT IT WOULDN'T. IT CERTAINLY WOULD NOT. CREATE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, ANY SORT OF SCARE TACTICS FOR THE CANDIDATES, IF THAT'S IF THAT'S WHAT WORRIED ABOUT KNOWING THAT A SUPERINTENDENT IS CANDIDATE IS HAVING TO MAKE DECISIONS IF THEY ARE CURRENTLY EMPLOYED OF OF LEAVING THEIR DISTRICT.
WE KNOW THAT WE ARE ASKING THEM TO LEAVE AND BE WITH US AFTER WINTER BREAK, BUT I DON'T WANT TO MISS OUT ON ANY CANDIDATE THINKING THAT HE OR SHE WOULD HAVE TO LEAVE BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF WINTER BREAK.
I MEAN THAT THAT'S OUR DESIRE. SURE BUT AND ONE TRUSTEE'S OPINION AS LONG AS WE HAVE A SUPERINTENDENT AND WE ARE FLEXIBLE IN WORKING ON A TRANSITION, BUT WE HAVE THAT PERSON IN PLACE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SPRING SEMESTER.
THEN THEN WE'VE ACHIEVED OUR GOAL. OKAY. YEAH, WE COULD EASILY PUT SOMETHING LIKE TBD.
AND THIS IS REALLY JUST, AGAIN, BACKWARDS MATH LOOKING AT THE 21-DAY PERIOD.
BUT IF YOU FELT AS A BOARD, MORE COMFORTABLE HAVING, YOU KNOW, LIKE TO BE DETERMINED OR NEGOTIABLE OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER WORDING YOU WANT TO USE AS LONG AS WE'RE ABLE TO CONVEY TO THE CANDIDATES WHAT THE EXPECTATION IS, WHETHER IT'S AFTER THE NEW YEAR OR BEFORE, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO PUT A HARD DATE.
WE PUT THE DATE IN BASED OFF OF THE 21-DAY PERIOD.
RIGHT GOOD. GO AHEAD JOHN. GO AHEAD I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH KIM.
BUT JUST LIKE WE WOULD WANT A SUPERINTENDENT TO SHOW US COURTESY AND LEAVE WELL, WHEN THEY LEAVE.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT THEY ARE IN A SIMILAR POSITION, LIKELY, IF THEY'RE EMPLOYED AT A CURRENT DISTRICT AND WE WANT THEM TO LEAVE THEIR DISTRICT WELL, ALSO. AND SO I WOULD LOVE TO SIGNAL THAT IN A WAY.
HOW DO YOU SIGNAL? AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. BUT WE'LL WORK WITH YOU TO DO TO REACH SOME REASONABLE, AGREED UPON DATE. LIKE SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT OBVIOUSLY SOONER WHAT I'VE SEEN DONE IN THE PAST IS A SIMPLE STATEMENT AS SOON AS REASONABLY POSSIBLE OR JUST, YOU KNOW, TBD KIND OF CHECKS THE BOX TOO, BUT WITHOUT CREATING URGENCY.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. I MEAN, AND I THINK IT'S VALID CERTAINLY.
GIVEN ALSO THE HOLIDAYS AND THE COMMITMENTS THAT THEY HAVE AS A COURTESY TO THEIR CURRENT EMPLOYER, WHEREVER THEY MIGHT BE SERVING IN THEIR CURRENT ROLE AND THEIR SET OF RESPONSIBILITIES.
COULD WE KNOWING? JOHN, I AGREE WITH YOUR COMMENT IN TERMS OF THE COURTESY INVOLVED COULD WE JUST LEAVE IT AT DECEMBER OF 2025? WITHOUT A DATE, KNOWING THAT WE'VE GOT TO HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE IN SOME FORMAL OR INFORMAL WAY THAT THAT THEY'RE WITH US AND THEY'RE COMMITTED TO US IN DECEMBER SO THAT THEY'RE HITTING THE GROUND RUNNING AFTER THE WINTER BREAK? WOULD THAT BE OKAY? OKAY NO, FANTASTIC APPRECIATE THE INPUT. OKAY, SO THE MEMBERS OF THE TEAM, OBVIOUSLY THE FOLKS REPRESENTING YOU AND THE FULL TIME CAPACITY MYSELF, I'LL SERVE AS A PRIMARY POINT OF CONTACT, DOCTOR FLORES.
JACOB AND LISA, IN TERMS OF OUR BACK OFFICE SUPPORT.
SO IN TERMS OF MONITORING INCOMING APPLICATION MATERIALS, ENSURING THAT THE CANDIDATES HAVE SUBMITTED EVERYTHING ACCORDINGLY, JACOB AND LISA DO A MASTERFUL JOB OF COMMUNICATING WITH THE CANDIDATES WHERE DOCTOR FLORES AND I SPEND OUR TIME.
IS THE RECRUITMENT GOING TO THE CANDIDATES, MEETING WITH THEM IN PERSON, PHONE CALLS, THE OUTREACH, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO BEST IN TERMS OF THE RECRUITMENT.
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SO THERE ARE 34 OTHER REPURPOSED RECOVERING SUPERINTENDENTS THAT WORK WITH ME ACROSS THE US.SO WE WILL DEFINITELY ENTERTAIN THEIR NETWORKS AND, AND I'VE ALREADY SOCIALIZED THIS AMONGST THEM THIS WEEK IN MY WEEKLY UPDATE WITH ALL OF MY TEAM HAVE SAID TO BE YOU KNOW, COMING SOON, SO TO SPEAK.
AND THEY'RE LIKE, THEY'RE EAGER. SO WE'RE READY TO GO.
THE OTHER DOC VERBIAGE HERE THAT YOU'LL SEE ON PAGE 4, APPLICANTS ARE NOT TO CONTACT MEMBERS OF THE BOARD IF YOU BY CHANCE, RECEIVE ANY SORT OF INQUIRIES OR DIRECT COMMUNICATION FROM A CANDIDATE.
YOU CAN SIMPLY JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR INTEREST AND SAY WE'VE RETAINED THE SERVICES OF JG CONSULTING.
PLEASE CONTACT JAMES OR DOCTOR FLORES AND WE'LL HANDLE THAT.
IT'S SOMETIMES IT HAPPENS. I JUST DON'T WANT YOU TO GET CAUGHT OFF GUARD IF THEY GO DIRECTLY TO YOU.
BUT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THE BEST PRACTICE IS JUST TO DEFLECT AND SEND THEM OUR WAY.
THIS TIMELINE, AGAIN, IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE SHARED IN THE SUMMARY REPORT.
THERE'S NO DEVIATIONS FROM THAT. IF WE DECIDE TO NAME THE LONE FINALIST AT AN EARLIER DATE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN CHANGE THAT. IF YOU'D LIKE TO DECIDE THAT NOW, THAT'S FINE TOO.
JAMES SPRADLEY. YEAH, I THINK THE. I STRUGGLE A LITTLE BIT WITH THIS ONE.
I COULD SEE US AND JUST THINKING BACK TO WHEN WE DID THE INTERIM INTERVIEWS, THE BOARD WAS REALLY GOOD AT GOING THROUGH THE INTERVIEW PROCESS AND MAKING A REALLY GOOD DECISION. AND I THINK THAT WHEN WE GET DOWN TO THE FINAL TWO, WE'RE GOING TO REALLY BE DIALED IN ON WHAT WE'RE HEARING AND HOW WE'RE FEELING ABOUT THAT.
AND I GUESS MY THINKING IS THAT IF WE DO THE FIRST ONE ON, I THINK IT'S IS IT MONDAY, WE DO THE FIRST ONE AND THAT'S A SIT DOWN AND CLOSED OVER DINNER KIND OF MEETING WITH A CANDIDATE, MEET THEIR SPOUSE, ETCETERA, ETCETERA.
AND THEN TUESDAY KIND OF DO THE SAME THING THAT AFTER THOSE TWO, I WOULD THINK THAT THE BOARD COULD SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME AND I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE 1:00 A.M. KIND OF TIME, BUT SPEND SOME TIME AFTER THAT AND SEE IF WE CAN COME TO BEING ABLE TO NAME THE LONE FINALIST AT THAT POINT. I'M JUST VERY OPTIMISTIC THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
AND SO MY THINKING IS, THE SOONER WE CAN ANNOUNCE, SORT OF THE SOONER THAT TIMELINE STARTS.
AND IF SOMEONE WAS AVAILABLE TO START, IS IT 21 DAYS OR 21-DAYS? SO IF SOMEONE WAS ABLE TO AND WILLING TO START 21-DAYS AFTER WE ANNOUNCE IT'S THAT MUCH MORE CROSSOVER WITH DOCTOR TRIGG AND AND GETS THAT PERSON IN THE SEAT A LITTLE BIT EARLIER. SO I'M INTERESTED IN IN NAMING ON THE 11TH IF WE CAN IF THE BOARD FEELS LIKE THAT'S TOO MUCH PRESSURE AND WOULD WANT TO WAIT AND DELIBERATE AGAIN LATER, I THINK THAT THAT'S OKAY TOO. I'M I'M JUST THINKING WE'RE REALLY GOOD AND THIS IS GOING REALLY WELL.
YEAH I WOULD LIKE TO DELIBERATE ON THE 11TH AND HOPEFULLY COME TO A DECISION.
MAYBE RESERVE THE OPTION OF. I THINK WE'VE MENTIONED EARLIER, IF WE NEED MORE TIME, WE CAN COME TO THE 18TH, BUT CERTAINLY I WOULD LOVE TO MAKE A DECISION SOONER.
AND BASED ON WHAT OUR PAST EXPERIENCE WAS FOR THE INTERIM, I THINK THAT IT SEEMS REASONABLE.
JOHN. SO I AGREE WITH BOTH OF THOSE COMMENTS.
WE HAVEN'T DONE A SINGLE INTERVIEW. SO I, I'M WITHHOLDING THE FACT THAT COME THE 11TH WE MAY FEEL LIKE, BOY, IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE ANOTHER WEEK. I DON'T KNOW.
BUT ALL THINGS EQUAL, I WOULD ABSOLUTELY LOVE TO NAME ON THE 11TH.
SO IF WE LEAVE IT THE 18TH AND IT'S CLEAR CUT THE NIGHT OF THE 11TH, AND WE WANT TO DO AND MAKE THAT DECISION THAT NIGHT, AND THEN WE DO IT THAT NIGHT. IS THERE A DOWNSIDE TO THAT OR SO? NO NOT AT ALL CLEAR CUT? YEAH WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
SO AND I APPRECIATE THIS DIALOG. MY PREFERENCE IF I MAY MAKE A SUGGESTION I'M I SHARE THE SAME SENTIMENT. MY PREFERENCE AND MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO STRIKE WHILE THE IRON'S HOT.
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AND REALLY GOOD DISCERNMENT ON WHERE YOU'RE WHERE YOU'RE HEADING.WHAT YOU COULD DO TO TRUSTEE TROY'S POINT, YOU COULD INCORPORATE IN YOUR BOARD AGENDA YOUR VERBIAGE, LIKE WITH AN OPTION TO ADD ANOTHER DATE IF NECESSARY, SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT.
AND AGAIN, JUST BECAUSE OF RECENCY BIAS, WE DID THE SAME EXACT THING WITH COPPELL ISD.
THEY HAD THE INITIAL EXPECTATION IN A DATE OF X, BUT THEY LEFT AN OPPORTUNITY, IF NECESSARY, TO ADD ANOTHER DAY. SO WHAT THEY DID IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE, THEY CHOSE.
AND I'M JUST GOING TO USE OUR 11TH AS AN EXAMPLE.
THEY IN THEIR CASE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN THEY'VE ADDED THE CONSECUTIVE DAY OF THE 12TH IF NECESSARY.
SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING YOU COULD ALSO DO, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
YEAH SO RATHER THAN MY AND MY RATIONALE, MY THINKING IS MORE OF THE AMOUNT OF TIME BETWEEN THE 11TH AND THE 18TH. THAT'S A FULL WEEK. AND SO IT LEAVES YOU AND JUST THE PERCEPTIONS KIND OF VULNERABLE AND ALSO ANY SORT OF CONFIDENTIALITY. NOT AT ALL INSINUATING THAT THE BOARD WOULD BREACH CONFIDENTIALITY, BUT CANDIDATES MIGHT START TO FEEL A LITTLE BIT ANXIOUS OR NERVOUS AND THEY MIGHT TALK.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I NECESSARILY CAN'T CONTROL.
EVEN THOUGH WE PREACH AND CONSTANTLY SAY LIKE, LET'S LET'S ALL HONOR ONE ANOTHER'S CONFIDENTIALITY.
I JUST I WANT TO BE ABLE TO CONTROL AND ELIMINATE ANY POTENTIAL UNFORCED ERRORS.
AND SO SEVEN DAYS IS A FULL WEEK. THAT MAKES ME A LITTLE NERVOUS.
OKAY. LAURA HAD A I'M WONDERING IF WE'RE ALL THINKING THE SAME THING HERE [LAUGHTER]. THE POSTING, MEETING POSTINGS.
I MEAN, WE WOULD HAVE TO GO AHEAD AND POST FOR THAT NOVEMBER 12TH MEETING AND THEN HAVE THE POSSIBILITY THAT, I MEAN, WE COME IN, WE ESTABLISH A QUORUM, WE OPEN, AND THEN WE ADJOURN IF WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ANNOUNCE ON THE 11TH.
BUT THANK YOU FOR POINTING OUT I APPRECIATE IT, BECAUSE I AM.
IT'S VERY POSSIBLE THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO COME TO A CONSENSUS ON THE 11TH.
HOWEVER, I DO NOT WANT TO BE RUSHED ON THIS. AND IF WE ARE IN A SITUATION WHERE WE'RE I'M NOT SAYING IT WILL HAPPEN, BUT IT COULD HAPPEN. AND THE WORST THING THAT WE CAN DO IS RUSH A DECISION LIKE THIS.
SO I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE TO ANNOUNCING ON THE 11TH.
AND IT SEEMS THAT YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE 12TH WOULD BE IDEAL.
SO WE WOULD HAVE TO WORK THAT OUT PROCEDURALLY AS FAR AS OUR POSTING MEETINGS AND EVERYTHING. BUT I LIKE THAT. THAT'S A THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. THANKS. DIANE AND THEN JAMES, I'M GOING TO THROW A LITTLE WRENCH IN THAT AND SAY THAT I'M OUT OF TOWN ON THE 12TH.
OKAY. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE CHOSE THE 10TH AND THE 11TH TO BEGIN WITH.
I LIKE THE IDEA OF PUTTING IT ON THE 12TH. I JUST KNOW THAT I WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE ON THE 12TH, AND I. OKAY, WELL, I'M ONLY ONE VOICE. I REALLY AM INVESTED IN THIS CONVERSATION AND WOULD LIKE TO BE A PART OF IT.
OKAY BUT I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT YOU'LL BE OUT 12, 13, 14, 15.
WE'RE FINISHED WITH THE INTERVIEW ON THE 11TH. THE BOARD WOULD TALK, I THINK, ANYWAY, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE COME TO A FINAL DECISION AT THAT POINT OR NOT, THE BOARD WOULD TALK, THEN WE WOULD ADJOURN, AND THE NEXT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO MEET AND DISCUSS WOULD BE THE 18TH.
I THINK UNLESS WE PUT A SPECIAL MEETING ON SUNDAY OR MONDAY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WHICH WE WHICH IS OPEN, I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT MAYBE WE CHANGED THE CALENDAR.
SO I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S IDEAL. HAVING SAID THAT, I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT LAST LINE COULD WHERE IT SAYS NOVEMBER 18TH, YOU COULD PUT NOVEMBER 11TH THERE AND THEN PARENTHESES 18TH ALTERNATE OR SOMETHING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO THAT OUR GOAL IS TO OUR DESIRE WOULD BE TO MAKE THE DECISION ON THE 11TH, OR AT LEAST ON THE MEETING THAT WOULD BEGIN ON THE 11TH, THAT MAY OVERFLOW A LITTLE BIT INTO THE 12TH, THE MORNING OF THE 12TH, IF, IF WE NEED IT.
BUT THAT'S KIND OF MY THINKING THERE. YEAH, I'LL JUST ADD AND I'M MAYBE I'M COMING AT IT FROM A DIFFERENT WAY OF LOOKING AT IT, BUT I AM. I LOVE THE IDEA THAT WE WOULD MAKE A DECISION AND BE UNIFIED ON THE 11TH. BUT I LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, BE OPTIMISTIC BUT ALMOST PLAN FOR THE WORST.
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AND SO TO LAURA'S POINT OF RUSHING THIS, THIS MOST IMPORTANT DECISION AND THINKING THAT SHOULD WE HAVE SOMETHING I CAN'T THINK OF AN IDEA THAT WE STILL NEED TO PONDER ON, AND WE'RE DOING IT THE VERY NEXT DAY. I HEAR, JAMES GUERRA, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT YOU DON'T WANT THINGS SITTING OUT THERE FOR A WHILE, BUT I DON'T WANT TO SET EXPECTATIONS THAT WE CAN'T MEET.BY SAYING WE'RE GOING TO DECIDE ON THE 11TH BECAUSE MAYBE WE CAN'T.
RIGHT. I HOPE WE CAN. BUT I MEAN, I THINK I KIND OF LIKE THE IDEA OF WE CERTAINLY HOPE THAT WE COULD ANNOUNCE ON THE 11TH, BUT WE'RE GOING TO RESERVE WE'RE NOT GOING TO SET THE EXPECTATION THAT IT HAS TO BE THE 11TH AND IT IT'S GOING TO BE DOWN THE ROAD.
AND I DON'T WANT TO SET THE EXPECTATION IF THERE'S SOMETHING.
AND AGAIN, I CAN'T THINK OF WHAT IT COULD BE.
BUT IF WE CAN'T DECIDE THE 11TH, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN DECIDE THE 12TH EITHER.
BUT I DO THINK YOUR POINT ABOUT IF WE CAN'T DECIDE ON THE 11TH, WE MIGHT NEED JUST A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO PAUSE [LAUGHTER] AND REFLECT BEFORE COMING BACK THE VERY NEXT DAY AFTER TWO LONG DAYS OF INTERVIEWS.
SO I'M IN FAVOR OF I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WORD IT, BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS IDEA OF THE 12TH AND THE 19TH AS A BACKUP, KEEPING IT THAT WAY JAMES, WHAT'S THE. WOULD THERE BE AN ISSUE WITH JUST LEAVING AT THE 18TH? AND THEN IF ALL THE STARS ALIGN AND WE'RE ABLE TO DO IT ON THE 11TH, THEN WE JUST COME OUT A WEEK EARLY AND WE JUST WRITE THE 11TH AGENDA IN A WAY THAT ALLOWS FOR US TO NAME IF WE DECIDE TO? BUT STILL, AS FAR AS THE OFFICIAL DOCUMENTATION, IT SAYS THE 18TH IS HOW WOULD THAT RESONATE? THAT'S YEAH AND THAT WOULD BE A FUNCTION FOR US TO CONVEY TO THE CANDIDATES IN PREPARATION.
SO HYPOTHETICALS. RIGHT? IF IT'S A SITTING SUPERINTENDENT OR TWO SITTING SUPERINTENDENTS OR THREE THAT ARE YOUR FINALISTS, THAT YOU'RE INTERVIEWING, WHATEVER THAT NUMBER IS, IF THEY ALL HAPPEN TO BE SITTING SUPERINTENDENTS, THE EXPECTATION AND THE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT YOUR HOPES ARE AND WHAT THE PLAN IS, IF IT IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE ON THE 11TH, THEY WILL JUST NEED ENOUGH RUNWAY SO THAT THEY CAN COMMUNICATE IF THEY ARE THE LONE FINALIST, BECAUSE IT WILL BE IMMEDIATE THAT THAT THE NIGHT OF.
SO WHAT WE'LL NEED TO DO WITHOUT PUTTING THE CART TOO FAR BEFORE THE HORSE.
THE THINGS THAT WE DO IN TERMS OF THEIR BIOS. WE'RE GOING TO GET THEIR QUOTATIONS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE ANNOUNCEMENT IS WILL INCLUDE AND INCORPORATE QUOTATIONS FROM THE BOARD, FROM YOU, ALL FROM THEM. BUT WE'LL NEED TO HAVE ALL THOSE THINGS READY TO GO.
SO IF IT'S AGAIN, HYPOTHETICALS, IF WE'RE FINISHING AFTER DELIBERATION AND YOU'VE YOU'VE SAID, JAMES, OKAY, WE'RE READY TO NAME SO-AND-SO AS THE NEXT SUPERINTENDENT TO SERVE EANES ISD.
I'M BEING NAMED SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS FOR EANES ISD.
BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT ANY INFORMATION BEING RELEASED PREMATURELY BY THEIR CURRENT DISTRICT.
RIGHT? IT'S LESS APPLICABLE TO AN ASPIRING SUPERINTENDENT OR A DEPUTY.
SO THAT'S WHY I'M ONLY REFERENCING A SITTING SUPERINTENDENT, BECAUSE IF IT IS A SITTING SUPERINTENDENT, IT'S A DELICATE BALANCE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S IN REAL TIME, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE CLOCK IS TICKING RATHER QUICK, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S IN THE HOURS, LATER HOURS OF THE EVENING.
AND WE WILL NEED TO IF IT IS DONE THAT NIGHT.
KEEP IN MIND WITH THE STATUTE, I THINK I REFERENCED THIS IN A PREVIOUS MEETING.
IF THE CLOCK STRIKES MIDNIGHT, WE START A NEW DAY.
AND SO IF WE NEED TO DO THAT, THAT'S WHY IT'S GOOD TO HAVE MAYBE A BACKUP ALTERNATIVE PLAN.
BUT IT'S I, I HEAR WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM. AND SO WE COULD CERTAINLY KEEP IT THAT WAY AS THE 18TH.
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SO JUST TO RECAP, WE CAN KEEP IT THE 18TH. BUT IF WE GET TO A POINT, AS WE GET CLOSER TO UNDERSTANDING WHO YOUR CANDIDATE IS, AS LONG AS WE'RE UP FRONT AND WE'RE COMMUNICATING TO THE CANDIDATES LIKE WE WE'RE WE'RE PLANNING TO MAKE OUR FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE 11TH.WE JUST NEED TO BE REALLY CRYSTALLIZED AROUND WHAT THE GOALS ARE.
I MEAN, SO A COUPLE FOLLOW UPS REAL QUICK ONE.
BUT AS FAR AS THE LEGALITY OF NEEDING TO POST A BOARD MEETING, WE DON'T NEED TO POST AGAIN.
IT JUST CARRIES OVER SO THAT AT LEAST WOULD BE COVERED.
THE ONLY THING I WOULD NEED TO DOUBLE CHECK BECAUSE OF THE.
I KNOW THAT THE START TIMES OF BOARD MEETINGS WHEN YOU CAN BEGIN AND WHEN YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, YOU COME OUT OF A CLOSED SESSION YOU OPEN AND THEN YOU, YOU ADJOURN IF IT CARRIES OVER TO THE 12TH, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE'D HAVE TO START, I GUESS.
WHAT IS THE MAGIC HOUR, 5:00 P.M. NOW, AFTER WORKING HOURS BEFORE, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO START EARLIER IF WE WANTED TO, BUT NOW WE'D HAVE TO WAIT A FULL DAY. I SEE OKAY.
IT WAS DO YOU REMEMBER? IT WAS POSTED AND I CAN SHARE THE DOCUMENTATION WITH YOU THE AGENDA.
BUT IT WAS POSTED WITH AN ALTERNATIVE THIRD CONSECUTIVE DAY.
SO THEY HAD ONE. THEY HAD TWO FINALISTS OR EXCUSE ME THREE FINALISTS TOTAL.
BUT THERE WAS A GAP BECAUSE OF SCHEDULING. SO THE TWO FINAL DAYS WERE CONSECUTIVE.
BUT WE ADDED THE THIRD DAY AS LIKE IF NECESSARY, WE WILL HOLD THE THIRD DAY, BUT IT WASN'T NEEDED.
AND I HAVE THAT DOCUMENTATION SO I CAN SHARE THAT AS AN EXAMPLE IF IT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
I THINK THOSE ARE ALL GOOD POINTS, AND I THINK THAT PROBABLY AS WE GO THROUGH THE FIRST ROUND OF INTERVIEWS, WE MAY FINE TUNE THIS AND GET A BETTER SENSE OF WHAT OUR DIRECTION IS.
IT COULD BE THAT 1 OR 2, 1 OR 2 CANDIDATES STAND OUT AND WE'RE THINKING OF THAT.
YES JAMES AND THEN DIANE. AND THIS SORT OF BALLET THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN AROUND WHO GETS TOLD WHAT, WHEN AND WHEN THE PRESS RELEASES AND EVERYTHING THAT DOESN'T GO AWAY.
AND THEN BUT IT DOESN'T. THE BALLET DOESN'T GET EASIER IF WE DO THE 18TH.
IT'S THE SAME THING YEAH IT'S THE URGENCY OF COMMUNICATION. AND WHAT DATE.
I MEAN, EVERYTHING ELSE REMAINS THE SAME. SO THE PRESS RELEASES AND THAT, YOU KNOW, THE BALLET AND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF OUR DANCE CARD FOR THAT DAY, THE DAY OF IT'S A MATTER OF, YOU KNOW, WHEN AND HOW WE'RE COMMUNICATING WITH THE CANDIDATES AND WHOMEVER THEY ARE. SO THAT'S A VALID POINT.
IT DOESN'T IT DOESN'T BECOME EASIER. IT DOESN'T.
IN FACT, IT JUST LIKE YOU SAID, OPENS IT UP TO SOMEWHERE SOMETHING HAPPENING.
DIANE, DID YOU HAVE A FINAL COMMENT? I COULDN'T HELP BUT HEAR THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT COPPELL HAD THREE FINAL CANDIDATES THAT THEY CONSIDERED ACROSS THE 67 OTHER. HOW OFTEN IS IT THAT YOU HAVE THREE VERSUS TWO? IT'S NOT OFTEN. OKAY. IT'S GENERALLY ONLY TWO.
OKAY. BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY THIS OUR, OUR BOARD PARTNERS FELT THAT THERE WAS ENOUGH IN TERMS OF THE, THE CLOSENESS OF CHARACTERISTICS AND QUALITIES FOR THE FINAL THREE.
THEY CHOSE AND THAT'S THE WILL OF THE BOARD. WE, YOU KNOW, WE WANTED TO ACCOMMODATE MAKE SURE AGAIN, TO MANY OF YOU IN YOUR COMMENTS, WE NEVER WANT ANY OF OUR PARTNERS TO FEEL RUSHED OR TO CERTAINLY NOT FEEL LIKE THEY'RE SETTLING.
AND SO IF THERE NEEDS TO BE AN ADDITIONAL INTERVIEW, WE ADDED THAT I CAN TELL YOU THAT DECISION THAT THEY ARRIVED TO, THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF DISCUSSION TO ADD A THIRD, BUT IT'S NOT.
IN OUR PROCESS IT'S VERY UNCOMMON. THANK YOU.
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GREAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WELL, I KNOW THAT IN OUR AGENDA ITEM IT SAYS FINALIZE AND ADOPT A LEADERSHIP PROFILE.THAT'S CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH, TO THIS PROCESS. I MEAN, THERE WAS TERRIFIC ENGAGEMENT.
ALL OF YOU HAVE BEEN WONDERFUL TO WORK WITH, AND THE COLLABORATION HAS BEEN EXCEPTIONAL.
SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE IS REFLECTED IN THIS DOCUMENT.
BUT I THINK AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW THE, THE LONE FINALIST IS CONCERNED, JUST SO THAT I'M CLEAR, DO YOU WANT TO MAINTAIN THE 18TH AND JUST KEEP IT SOMEWHAT FLEXIBLE AND NOT BE HELD TO THE 11TH AS, AS AN EXAMPLE FOR NOW? I WOULD PREFER TO GIVE US SOME FLEXIBILITY AT THAT POINT.
AND YOU, IN YOUR INFORMAL CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CANDIDATES KNOW THAT OUR PREFERENCE MIGHT BE THE 11TH, BUT AGAIN, I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN.
AND, AND I WOULD HATE TO SET AN EXPECTATION AND NOT MEET IT.
IS THAT ALL RIGHT WITH THE BOARD? LOOKING AT THE DOCUMENT, THOUGH WHAT WOULD WE SAY NOVEMBER 11TH OR 18TH OR WOULD THAT BE OKAY? YEAH, SURE IT WORKS FOR ME. AND I CAN EXPLAIN THE RATIONALE.
RIGHT? AND YOUR CALENDAR, YOU, YOU, YOU EARMARK CERTAIN DATES, AND IF IT'S A PLACEHOLDER OR A TENTATIVE DATE, AT LEAST THEY'LL KNOW THAT IT COULD BE THIS OR THAT.
SO THAT'S THE WAY I WOULD LOOK AT IT. AND FROM A CANDIDATE'S PERSPECTIVE, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE, AGAIN, THAT ARE SITTING SUPERINTENDENTS, THEY JUST NEED TO KNOW, LIKE THESE ARE THE TWO DATES THAT I NEED TO EARMARK TO BE AVAILABLE AND NOT TO OVERBOOK THEMSELVES. SO THAT'S AN EASY FIX. GREAT AWESOME. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THIS. AND WALKING US THROUGH THIS, I KNOW WE'RE NOT THROUGH.
I ALSO WANT TO JUST TAKE THE TIME RIGHT NOW TO THANK THE COMMUNITY AND THANK OUR STAFF AND THANK ALL OF THE GROUPS THAT YOU HIGHLIGHTED IN YOUR REPORT FOR PARTICIPATING IN THIS WITH US. THIS IS A GIGANTIC COMMUNITY ENDEAVOR.
ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU FOR MEETING WITH EVERYONE.
OH YOU'RE WELCOME NOW WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.
THESE ARE STANDARD STATEMENTS. EVERY CANDIDATE MUST INITIAL BY THESE STATEMENTS.
AND IF A CANDIDATE DOES NOT THEY ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A WRITTEN STATEMENT AS TO THE REASONS WHY.
SO THIS IS JUST STANDARD PROTOCOL. WE DO THIS FOR EVERY SEARCH.
YOU'RE NOT BLINDSIDED BY ANYTHING. AND SO THIS IT'S ALL OUR STANDARD LANGUAGE.
NOTHING HAS CHANGED HERE. AND THAT'S REALLY IT THAT'S THE CONCLUSION OF THIS APPLICATION PACKET.
BUT THEN ONCE THE CANDIDATES ARE DEEMED FINALISTS, THE SEMIFINALISTS.
THOSE CANDIDATES WILL BE ASKED TO COMPLETE AN AUTHORIZATION THAT GRANTS US THE ABILITY TO DO THE THOROUGH BACKGROUND CHECK, SO IT'S VERIFYING ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS OR CRIMINAL HISTORY.
THE CREDIT REPORTS, ANY ANYTHING THAT IS THERE PUBLICLY WILL HAVE THAT DOCUMENT AND THAT WILL BECOME PROPERTY OF THE BOARD AND OF THE DISTRICT, TOO. SO YOU'LL GET HARD COPIES OF ALL THE THOROUGH BACKGROUND CHECKS AS WELL.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S ALL SHE WROTE [LAUGHTER] FOR TONIGHT'S SAKE.
YES THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? NO? GREAT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. AND AGAIN I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO HELPED, ESPECIALLY THE STAFF WHO PATTY VERY, VERY SUPPORTIVE AND HELPFUL. SO WE CERTAINLY COULD NOT DO THIS WITHOUT THEM.
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AND HOPEFULLY THEY'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE A BREAK.NOW WE'RE NOT PESTERING THEM EVERY DAY FOR SOME GUIDANCE.
ABSOLUTELY WE AGREE THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT HAVE A PLEASANT EVENING. THANK YOU, JAMES.
ALL RIGHT WE HAVE UPCOMING MEETINGS. WE ARE NOT GOING INTO CLOSED.
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UPCOMING MEETINGS
]I MEAN, AS I SAID BEFORE, TYPICALLY WE WOULD HAVE A CLOSED SESSION.WE DON'T SINCE WE'RE MEETING SO REGULARLY [LAUGHTER].
WE HAVE UPCOMING MEETINGS OCTOBER 7TH AND OCTOBER 21ST, 2025 HERE IN THE NEW ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING, ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING AND ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.
WE WILL THEN STAND ADJOURNED AT 6:27 P.M. TONIGHT.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.