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OUR FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS EXECUTIVE SESSION.[2. EXECUTIVE SESSION]
WE WILL NOW ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.071, 551.072, 55 1.074 AND 551.0821 AT 5:01 P.M..ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
[3. PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE/MOMENT OF SILENCE]
WE'LL CALL THIS MEETING BACK TO ORDER AT 6 P.M..OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE SOME STUDENTS FROM CARROLL MIDDLE SCHOOL.
MISS LEWIS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE THEM? GOOD EVENING DR.
LEDBETTER, PRESIDENT BRYAN AND THE REST OF OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
I HAVE TWO AMAZING DRAGONS TODAY.
AND LUCKY FOR US, WE'RE UP FIRST IN SEPTEMBER, IT SEEMS LIKE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM NUMBER FOUR RECOGNITIONS.
[4. RECOGNITIONS]
WE HAVE TWO INSPIRE EXCELLENCE TEACHERS HERE TONIGHT TO RECOGNIZE, I BELIEVE, MR. HOLLIDAY, YOU ARE UP FIRST.[APPLAUSE] RAISE FOR THEM, PLEASE.
RIGHT. THEY GET A LITTLE EXTRA NON DUTY TIME TOMORROW.
WHAT DO I DO WITH MY GLASSES? I'M SORRY.
ALL RIGHT. WELL, GOOD EVENING, MR. BRYAN. DR. LEDBETTER, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OUR DISTRICT LEADERSHIP TEAM.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT.
AS YOU KNOW, THIS AWARD RECOGNIZES TEACHERS WHO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND TO INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION OF STUDENTS IN THEIR CLASSROOMS. KELSEY NOT ONLY INSPIRES EXCELLENCE IN HER STUDENTS, SHE ALSO INSPIRES EXCELLENCE IN EVERYONE WHO WORKS WITH HER.
IT'S OBVIOUS THAT MS. MORGAN BELIEVES THAT THE WAY TO A STUDENT'S MIND IS THROUGH THE HEART, AND SHE LIVES THIS BY BUILDING A STRONG, INTENTIONAL AND GENUINE RELATIONSHIPS WITH EACH OF HER STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
YOU CAN HEAR THAT IN THE WORDS OF THE PARENT WHO NOMINATED HER FOR THIS AWARD TONIGHT.
THIS PARENT SAID KELSEY MORGAN IS AN EXCEPTIONAL TEACHER.
HER LOVE OF THE KIDS CLEARLY SHOWS IN HER INTERACTIONS WITH THEM AND THEIR PARENTS.
SHE TRULY CARES ABOUT THE WELL-BEING OF EVERY STUDENT IN HER CLASS.
SHE MAKES LEARNING FUN AND MAKES SURE EACH CHILD IS PREPARED FOR FIRST GRADE.
I ASKED SOME OTHER PARENTS AND STAFF TO SHARE WITH ME WHAT MAKES MS. MORGAN SO EXCEPTIONAL.
AND I HEARD OVER AND OVER ABOUT HOW SHE IS, NUMBER ONE, SUPPORTIVE.
NUMBER TWO, POSITIVE, THREE KIND AND LOVING.
THAT'S REALLY TWO. BUT I THREW IT AS ONE.
AND SO IT'S AN ABSOLUTE HONOR TO SERVE THE JS COMMUNITY ALONGSIDE EXCEPTIONAL TEACHERS SUCH AS MS. MORGAN AND I WANT TO THANK HER FOR BEING AN AMAZING TEACHER AND A MENTOR FOR HER STUDENTS.
MS. MORGAN COME ON UP [APPLAUSE].
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THROWING SOME SHADE. THROWING SOME SHADE.LEDBETTER. MR. BRYAN AND BOARD.
JULIE MCCURLEY HAS BEEN A POSITIVE INFLUENCE AND PILLAR OF CAROL ISD FOR 25 YEARS.
FUN FACT ABOUT JULIE MCCURLEY.
SHE HAS SPENT ALL 25 OF THOSE YEARS IN THE BUILDING CURRENTLY KNOWN AS CARROLL HIGH SCHOOL.
BUT IT WASN'T ALWAYS CARROLL HIGH SCHOOL.
SO PRETTY AWESOME FOR HER THAT SHE'S BEEN THERE THIS WHOLE TIME.
SO ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO NOMINATED MRS. MCCURLEY TONIGHT FOR THIS AWARD HAS STATED THAT JULIE MCCURLEY IS ACCESSIBLE, APPROACHABLE, KNOWLEDGEABLE AND KIND. NOT ONLY TO HER STUDENTS, BUT ALSO HER COLLEAGUES.
THAT'S PRETTY BIG JULIE THAT'S A PRETTY BIG DEAL.
SHE IS KIND AND RESPECTFUL IN ALL RELATIONSHIPS WITH HER STUDENTS AND FACULTY.
SO IT IS MY ABSOLUTE PLEASURE TO PRESENT THIS INSPIRE EXCELLENT AWARD TO MRS. JULIE MCCURLEY [APPLAUSE].
AND WE HAVE SO MANY WONDERFUL SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS THAT WE THOUGHT THIS YEAR THAT WE WOULD START RECOGNIZING THE SUBSTITUTE OF THE MONTH.
SO, MISS LEWIS, I THINK YOU'RE UP FIRST.
RIGHT. I WILL SAY THAT I ALWAYS GET REALLY EXCITED WHEN YOU ALL ADD SOMETHING ELSE FOR RECOGNITION.
AND SO WHEN I GOT THE CALL THAT SAID, HEY, MISS LEWIS, CAN YOU THINK ABOUT SOMEONE WHO'S A SUB THAT'S DESERVING? I WAS LIKE, YEP, THIS PERSON.
MISS WATSON IS SO DESERVING OF THIS RECOGNITION, NO MATTER THE POSITION OR COVERAGE NEEDED, SHE IS ALWAYS WILLING TO JUMP IN AND HELP US AS ONE OF OUR MOST TRUSTED SUBSTITUTES. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THE CALL IS AT 5:45 IN THE MORNING, 7 IN THE MORNING, NOON, IT DOESN'T MATTER.
SHE IS ALWAYS WILLING TO COME HELP US AT CMS. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S A PLANNED ABSENCE OR SOMETHING COMPLETELY UNEXPECTED.
MARY BETH IS ALWAYS RESPONSIVE, FLEXIBLE, AND COMES ON CAMPUS ASKING HOW CAN I HELP? AND THAT MEANS A LOT TO US.
SHE BELIEVES BEING A SUBSTITUTE IS MORE THAN JUST BEING IN THE CLASSROOM IN A TEACHER'S ABSENCE.
OUR TEACHERS, STAFF, CAMPUS ADMINISTRATION AND STUDENTS RECOGNIZE HER AS ONE OF OUR VERY BEST.
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ALL RIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN, TEACHERS.OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM NUMBER FIVE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
MS. SHELTON, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS TONIGHT? WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS THIS EVENING.
[6. CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON ANY MATTERS ADDRESSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION]
REGARDING RETAINING THE SERVICES OF JACKSON WALKER LLP AS LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.DO WE HAVE A MOTION? YES, I HAVE A MOTION AND THAT IS THAT THE BOARD TO ACCEPT THE ACTION OF RETAINING THE SERVICES OF JACKSON WALKER LLP AS LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 0.
DO WE HAVE ANY COMMITTEE REPORTS TO REPORT OUT TONIGHT? NO COMMITTEE REPORTS. OKAY.
[8. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT]
THANK YOU, MR. BRYAN AND TRUSTEES.JUST A FEW ITEMS. FIRST OF ALL, SEVERAL CELEBRATIONS.
I KNOW IF YOU FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON.
AND I THINK WHEN YOU COMPARE THAT TO JUST THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT GRADUATE IN A GRADUATING CLASS, AROUND 700 OR SO, THAT'S OVER 5% OF OUR GRADUATING CLASS QUALIFY RECEIVING THE NATIONAL MERIT RECOGNITION, SEMIFINALIST RECOGNITION.
I THINK THAT'S A TRUE TESTAMENT TO ALL OF OUR TEACHERS ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE SYSTEM.
AND I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT NUMBER, MISS PEDDY, BUT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT HAVE GONE ALL THE WAY THROUGH CARROLL ISD, I BELIEVE IT WAS BETWEEN 15 AND 20 OF THOSE STUDENTS HAD GONE K THROUGH 12 [INAUDIBLE] OF THE 39.
LEDBETTER IN THE STATE OF TEXAS? I DON'T HAVE OFFICIAL DATA, BUT I WOULD ARGUE IT PROBABLY IS.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE'VE HAD 41 [INAUDIBLE].
A FEW OTHER ITEMS JUST SO HOMECOMING WEEK THIS WEEK.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE PARADE STARTING AT 6:30.
SO I KNOW WE'LL HAVE A GREAT TURNOUT FOR THAT.
WE HAVE WE HAVE THREE OPENINGS RIGHT NOW FOR GENERAL EDUCATION.
WE HAVE ONE SPED SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER OPENING AND WE HAVE ONE PARAPROFESSIONAL OPENING.
BUT ALL OF THOSE POSITIONS WE DO HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR.
SO WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH FINALIZING EVERYTHING.
SO THOSE CLASSROOMS SHOULD BE FILLED IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.
SO THE RECOMMENDATION THE PRINCIPALS HAVE INTERVIEWED, THEY'VE SELECTED A CANDIDATE.
AND SO THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH THE PROCESS TO VALIDATE EVERYTHING.
SO WE SHOULD HAVE THOSE FILLED.
I JUST WANT TO TOUCH ON THAT VERY QUICKLY.
I HOPE EVERYONE SAW AT ONE POINT WE WERE ADVERTISING OR COMMUNICATING THAT ALL OF OUR ACCOUNTABILITY RESULTS WOULD BE OUT TOWARD THE END OF SEPTEMBER TEA CAME OUT LAST WEEK TOWARD THE END AND SAID THEY NEEDED MORE TIME TO ANALYZE A COUPLE OF ASPECTS OF THAT THE THE GROWTH DATA AND THE CLOSING THE GAPS DOMAIN.
AND SO THEY'VE PUSHED THAT BACK AT LEAST ONE MONTH.
AND WE'RE HEARING THAT THAT ACTUALLY COULD BE A LITTLE BIT LATER THAN ONE MONTH.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT.
AND WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY.
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU COME ON TO OUR CAMPUSES AND HELP SERVE OUR STUDENTS AND OUR PRINCIPALS AND EVERYONE INVOLVED.
SO IF YOU ARE A CERTIFIED TEACHER, THAT WAS INCREASED TO $115 A DAY.
SO I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE DONE A GREAT JOB COMMUNICATING THAT.
BUT SUBSTITUTE CERTIFIED TEACHERS $115 A DAY AND A NON DEGREED SUBSTITUTE WOULD BE $100 A DAY.
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SO I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE ANYONE INTERESTED TO PLEASE, PLEASE CALL OUR HR DEPARTMENT AND WE WILL WE WILL CERTAINLY WELCOME YOU ON BOARD.SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR TODAY.
THANK YOU. DR. LEDBETTER. JUST A QUICK FOLLOW UP.
HAVE YOU GOTTEN ANY INDICATION FROM TEA AND OTHER DELAYED FOR A MONTH SUBMITTING THE RESULTS? BUT HAVE YOU HEARD ANYTHING FROM THEM, WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE GOING TO POSTPONE THAT FOR THE FULL YEAR SINCE THEY DIDN'T GIVE MUCH TIME TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO ABSORB? SO I HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING OFFICIAL OTHER THAN THE ONE MONTH DELAY.
I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF CONVERSATION AMONG DISTRICTS OUT THERE.
I KNOW THERE'S I KNOW THERE'S A LAWSUIT GOING ON WITH SOME OTHER DISTRICTS ASKING THAT THEY DELAY THAT UNTIL NEXT YEAR BECAUSE THE CHANGES WERE IMPLEMENTED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR. AND SO I THINK THE YOU KNOW, REALLY WE THE RULES OF THE GAME, WE'RE NOT REALLY DETERMINING UNTIL WE'D ALREADY YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR.
[9. INFORMATION]
I THINK MISS PEDDY IS GOING TO GIVE US A PRESENTATION.GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE.
TONIGHT I AM HERE TO BRING THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN TO YOU AS AN INFORMATION ONLY.
THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN IS BUILT UPON THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE CREATED.
IT IS USED AS OUR AS OUR DRIVING FORCE OF WHERE WE'RE GOING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
SO THIS IS HOW WE THIS IS OUR VISION.
OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN IS OUR VISION FOR THE FOR THE YEAR.
SO WE TAKE THIS TO YOU TONIGHT FOR INFORMATION.
WE ALSO YOU ALSO HAVE COPIES OF THE CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS AS WELL.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? SO MS. PEDDY WHERE CAN THE COMMUNITY FIND THESE? ARE THEY ONLINE OR ARE THEY ACCESSIBLE TO ANYONE THAT WANTS TO VIEW THEIR OWN CAMPUS CIP ? I BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE IN THE BOARD BOOK.
ARE THEY IN THE BOARD? YES, THEY ARE. THEY ARE IN THE BOARD BOOK.
WE CAN THEY'RE NOT APPROVED YET.
SO WE DON'T HAVE THEM ON THE DISTRICT OR ON THE DISTRICT OR ON THE CAMPUS WEBSITES YET.
AS SOON AS THEY GET APPROVED, THEN WE WILL PUT THOSE ON THERE.
SO RIGHT NOW, IT'S LAST YEAR'S VERSION OF THE CIPS.
ANY QUESTIONS TRUSTEES? MS. PEDDY I HAD A QUESTION FOR YOU.
A LOT OF THE COVER PAGES ARE THEY'RE DIFFERENT.
ARE YOU ALL ALIGNING THAT OR DO THE ONES THAT SAY NOTHING IS THAT ON PURPOSE? THAT IS BASED UPON THE ACCOUNTABILITY.
AS SOON AS THE ACCOUNTABILITY COMES OUT, WE WILL BE UPDATING ALL OF THOSE.
WAS THERE ANYTHING NEW THAT HAS COME UP THAT WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT OR THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER? NO, NOT REALLY.
IT'S BASED IT'S BASED ON THE DISTRICT PLAN AND ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
SO IT'LL BE SOME OF THE INITIATIVES THAT WE STARTED IN YEAR ONE BUT WE DIDN'T FINISH.
WE DIDN'T GET COMPLETED. THAT WILL BE MOVING INTO YEAR TWO AND WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT.
SO ESSENTIALLY, THERE'S NOTHING REALLY NEW IN THESE DISTRICT PLANS OR THE THE CAMPUS PLANS.
THEY JUST WERE ESTABLISHED LAST YEAR AS A RESULT OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND THE STRATEGIC STRATEGIC PLAN IS FIVE YEARS.
SO THESE CIPS ARE FIVE YEARS FOR IMPLEMENTATION SAKE, CORRECT.
OR DO WE LOOK AT IT AS NEW EACH YEAR? YES. YES, YES, YES.
AND THEY THEY WILL ADD, AS YOU LOOK AT STUDENT, AS WE LOOK AT OUR STAAR SCORES, THEY WILL BE ADJUSTED . THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
AND IF OUR ACCOUNTABILITY FOR SOME REASON CHANGES, THEN WE WOULD ADJUST FOR THAT AS WELL.
SO IT'S LOOKING AT ALL YOUR DIFFERENT SUB POP'S AND HOW ARE YOU ACADEMICALLY ADVANCING THEM AND THEN HOW ARE YOU LOOKING AT THEIR ACHIEVEMENT GAPS AND HOW ARE YOU CLOSING THOSE ACHIEVEMENT GAPS? I DIDN'T REALLY SEE LOOKING AT THE GRADES COMPARED TO THE STATEWIDE THAT THERE WAS MANY GAPS.
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NO, THAT OCCURRED IN ALL THE GRADES.I MEAN, IT SEEMS LIKE WE WERE AT THE VERY TOP AT MOST EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR SOME OF THE MASTERS, BUT THAT WAS STILL VERY HIGH COMPARED TO THE STATE, WHICH WAS SUPER LOW IN MY OPINION. THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
HOW DO WE COMPARE TO OUR AREA DISTRICTS? DO YOU KNOW? I MEAN, HAVE YOU ALL LOOKED AT ANY OF THAT? WE WE'RE WE'RE STILL UP AT THE TOP.
AND SO YOU SAW THE BEST IN THE STATE.
ALL RIGHT? BECAUSE IT'S FOR US TO BE COMPARED WITH THE STATE.
IT MEANS THAT MUCH. IT DOES NOT.
AND IT DOES TO THE TOP DISTRICTS.
ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MS. PEDDY? EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU, MS. PEDDY. THANK YOU.
NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS ITEM 9B STRATEGIC PLAN ACTION TEAMS UPDATE DR.
THAT'S RIGHT. I HAVE A BIG COMPANY COMING UP HERE.
SO GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT BRYAN AND DR.
WE DID THE CARROLL ISD COMPLETED A FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN AS MISS PEDDY HAD MENTIONED EARLIER.
AND SO TONIGHT, EACH OF OUR ACTION DISTRICT TEAM LEADS ARE GOING TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF WHERE THEY'VE BEEN WITH THEIR ACTION TEAMS, WHAT THEY'VE ACCOMPLISHED, WHAT VERY HIGH SURFACE, WHAT THEY'VE ACCOMPLISHED, WHAT THEY WANT TO ACCOMPLISH.
SO WE ARE MOVING INTO YEAR TWO OF OUR ACTION PLAN.
SO WITH THAT FURTHER ADO, I'M GOING TO START WITH MISS PEDDY.
YOU'RE GOING TO LEAD OFF WITH GOAL ONE.
THANK YOU. I HAD THREE STRATEGIC PLAN COMMITTEES, SO I WILL START WITH GOAL ONE OBJECTIVE ONE.
AND BASICALLY THAT WAS OUR CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION GOAL.
WE'VE WORKED REALLY HARD WITH OUR STAFF OVER THE SUMMER.
THEY'VE DONE A FABULOUS JOB WITH THAT.
ARE WE ALL FOR INSTRUCTION PURPOSES? ARE WE ALL TEACHING IT BASICALLY THE SAME WAY? DO OUR ASSESSMENTS? DO WE HAVE COMMON ASSESSMENTS? SO WE KNOW IS EVERY CHILD GETTING THE SAME KNOWLEDGE THAT EVERY OTHER CHILD IS GETTING? AND THEN WITH THE WRITING EXPECTATIONS, AS YOU SAW FROM THE STAAR TEST LAST OR LAST WEEK, WRITING IS A NEW COMPONENT.
SO THAT'S A NEW THAT'S A NEW ITEM FOR OUR STAFF.
SO WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT OUR WRITING AND WE ARE GOING TO START CALIBRATING OUR WRITING.
ARE WE ALL DO WE ALL HAVE THE SAME EXPECTATIONS BECAUSE WE SHOULD HAVE THE SAME EXPECTATIONS? ARE WE GRADING THEM THE SAME WAY? SO FOR OUR OBJECTIVE FOUR THAT WAS OUR GIFTED AND TALENTED STRAND, FOR OUR GIFTED AND TALENTED STRAND, WE TOOK A LOOK AT TWO BIG COMPONENTS.
ONE OF THE COMPONENTS THAT WE NOTICED WAS THAT WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF AN ISSUE WITH COMMUNICATING WHAT WERE THE STANDARDS TO BE IN THE GIFTED AND TALENTED PROGRAM AND WHAT WERE THE WHAT WERE THE WHAT WERE THE STANDARDS FOR GETTING INTO THE MATH PLACEMENT PROGRAM.
WE ARE BRINGING THAT BACK BECAUSE WE'VE NOTICED THAT THAT OUR PARENTS REALLY WANT THAT.
WHEN YOU GET INTO THE MATH PLACEMENT, IT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING ABOUT THE DIFFERENT TRACKS THAT WE HAVE, THE PROS AND THE CONS, WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS TO MY CHILD IF THEY CAN THEY STOP AT ANY POINT AND GET OFF? CAN THEY ADVANCE? WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT QUESTIONS? SO WE BROUGHT THAT BACK.
THAT WAS WE BROUGHT THAT BACK IN FEBRUARY OF LAST YEAR.
WE HAD LOTS OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM THAT.
WE ALSO UPDATED OUR IDENTIFICATION MATRIX.
WE'RE REALLY MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT A PREPONDERANCE OF EVIDENCE.
OBJECTIVE TWO WAS WAS A HARD ONE.
IT WAS A VERY CHALLENGING ONE FOR US.
WE HAD WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE CTE PATHWAYS AND WE HAVE GREATLY IMPROVED OUR CTE PATHWAYS.
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EIGHT CTE COURSES TO YOU, SO WE HAVE GREATLY EXPANDED OUR OPPORTUNITIES.WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK AND SEE WHAT DO OUR STUDENTS WANT.
SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT WHAT DO OUR STUDENTS WANT AND HOW CAN WE MEET THOSE NEEDS.
WE DID LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITY WE DID SOME RESEARCH ON A K 7 FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROGRAM.
WE WILL BE EXPLORING THAT IN MORE DEPTH THIS FOLLOWING YEAR.
BUT BUT WE DID TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
WE ALSO LOOKED AT A K 12 STEAM PROGRAM.
THAT WAS ANOTHER OPTION THAT WE LOOKED AT.
AGAIN, THAT'S MORE INTO YEAR TWO.
WE'VE OKAY, WE'VE TAKEN A LOOK WHO DOES IT, WHO HAS IT, WHAT CAN IT LOOK LIKE? HOW CAN IT FIT OUR STUDENTS? AND THEN WE ALSO LOOKED AT A AT THE GRADE POINT AVERAGE.
THAT ONE'S A REALLY CHALLENGING ONE.
WE'VE TAKEN A LOOK AT A LOT OF DISTRICTS AROUND US AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE AND WHAT IMPACT DOES THAT HAVE? AND SO THAT'S HOW WE ENDED THE YEAR, WAS TAKING A LOOK AT SOME OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AROUND US AND HOW WOULD THAT IMPACT US AND WOULD THAT BE A GOOD MOVE FOR US? SO WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT THINGS.
WE'VE GOT A GOOD I THINK WE'VE GOT A GOOD WE'VE GOT OUR FOOTING DOWN AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
SO LAST YEAR IN EACH OF THESE COMMITTEES, WE MET FOUR TIMES A YEAR.
AND SO WE HAD A FEW MORE COMMITTEE MEETINGS IN THOSE.
BUT FOR THE MOST PART, WE HAD FOUR MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE ENTIRE YEAR.
SO YOU CAN KIND OF EVERYBODY'S BUSY DURING THAT TIME FRAME.
BUT AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, WE HAD A GREAT.
WE GOT A REALLY GREAT START ON OUR OBJECTIVES.
SO, MISS PEDDY, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ATTENDANCE, ARE YOU MAINLY TALKING ABOUT COMMUNITY MEMBERS? YES. OKAY.
OKAY. AND HOW HOW OFTEN DO YOU ALL MEET? WE MET FOUR TIMES.
FOUR TIMES. SO THE LAST COUPLE OF TIMES YOU DIDN'T...
THE ATTENDANCE PRIMARILY AFTER CHRISTMAS, THE FIRST MEETING AFTER CHRISTMAS, WHICH I THINK WAS AROUND THE END OF FEBRUARY, BEGINNING OF MARCH, WE HAD SOME KIND OF DROP OFF A LITTLE BIT. OUR LAST MEETING WAS NOT, BUT THAT WAS THE END OF APRIL, BEGINNING OF MAY.
SO IT IT'S A HARD TIME OF THE YEAR.
[INAUDIBLE] OKAY FOR OBJECTIVE ONE FIVE.
AND SO ONE OF THE REALLY BIG THINGS THAT THAT CAME OUT OF OUR COMMITTEE LAST YEAR WAS WE DEVELOPED A NEEDS ASSESSMENT THAT WE DISTRIBUTED ON EACH CAMPUS FOR STAFF MEMBERS TO COMPLETE. AND SO SOME THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF THAT NEEDS ASSESSMENT WILL BE OUR PRIMARY FOCUS FOR YEAR TWO.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE SAW MAYBE FOR NEWER TEACHERS WAS THAT THEY NEEDED SUPPORT IN BEHAVIORS, MANAGING DIFFICULT BEHAVIORS AND STUDENTS THAT THEY HADN'T REALLY SEEN BEFORE.
WE ALSO LOOKED AT OUR RECOGNITION PLATFORMS ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
WHAT ARE WHAT EACH CAMPUS WAS DOING FOR STUDENTS AND FOR STAFF MEMBERS.
AND SO THIS YEAR WE'RE LOOKING AT ALIGNING OUR RECOGNITION PLATFORMS ON OUR CAMPUSES TO BE ALIGNED WITH OUR CORE VALUES. AND THEN WE ALSO ONE OF OUR BIG THE A BIG FOCUS THAT OUR GROUP IS REALLY LOOKING AT IS ALSO PROVIDING LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL STUDENTS.
SO WE ARE GOING TO THIS YEAR BRAINSTORM, HOW COULD WE POSSIBLY MAYBE EXPAND PALS TO A TO THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL OR MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL? HOW CAN WE MAKE OUR AMBASSADORS, OUR LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS ON THE ELEMENTARY AND INTERMEDIATE CAMPUSES MORE ROBUST? SO THOSE ARE AREAS THAT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT.
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SO THOSE ARE ALL GOALS THAT WE HAVE FOR MOVING INTO YEAR TWO.LAST YEAR WE HAD FIVE MEETINGS, BUT ALL OF OUR GOALS HAD BEEN ACCOMPLISHED BY MEETING FOUR.
WE HAD REALLY STRONG ATTENDANCE UP UNTIL THE FIFTH MEETING AND IT WAS JUST LIKE MISS PEDDY SAID, IT WAS A BUSY TIME OF YEAR AND IT WAS KIND OF A CULMINATING WRAP UP OF THE YEAR. SO THAT THAT MEETING, WE DIDN'T HAVE AS MANY PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE, BUT OUR GOALS WERE ALL ACHIEVED BY THE FOURTH MEETING, SO IT WENT REALLY WELL.
HOW ABOUT ATTENDANCE? ARE YOU SEEING THE SAME THING AS MS. PEDDY WAS SEEING? YES.
DROP OFF IN THE SPRING? YES, SIR. YES.
AND YOU ALL HAD FOUR MEETINGS AS WELL? WE HAD FIVE MEETINGS.
SO FOUR OF THE FIVE WERE VERY WELL ATTENDED.
OKAY. SO LOOKING TOWARDS THIS YEAR, WE'LL PROBABLY AT LEAST WE'LL HAVE AROUND, WE'LL HAVE FOUR.
THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION FOR YEAR TWO.
IT'S FURTHER DOWN FOR EVERYONE.
OKAY. I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT GOAL ONE, OBJECTIVE THREE, WHICH IS SPECIAL PROGRAMS. LAST YEAR WE WERE STRUCTURED A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY THAN WE PLAN ON STRUCTURING THIS YEAR.
SO WE HAD SUBCOMMITTEES FOR EACH AREA WITH UNDER SPECIAL PROGRAMS. SO THERE WERE A LOT WE HAD LOTS OF GOALS FOR THAT REASON.
TWO THINGS THAT KIND OF TOUCHED ALL AREAS OF SPECIAL PROGRAMS WERE THE FIRST WAS WE DEVELOPED A SET OF PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES FOR ADMINISTRATORS, STAFFS AND PARENTS. AND SO THOSE DOCUMENTS ARE POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE FOR ANYONE TO REVIEW.
WE ALSO HAVE UPDATED LEGAL PROCEDURES FOR SECTION 504 AND SPECIAL EDUCATION.
WE ARE WORKING ON UPDATED LEGAL PROCEDURES FOR EMERGENT BILINGUAL ESL.
AND SO ONCE WE GET THOSE, WE SHOULD HAVE A ROBUST LEGAL AND LOCAL POLICIES TO HELP GOVERN SPECIAL PROGRAMS. WE DEVELOPED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PATHWAYS FOR EVERYONE.
AND SO THE THAT WE STARTED ROLLING OUT THIS SUMMER AND THE COURSE OFFERINGS THAT HAS PROVIDED US THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENSURE THAT ALL STAFF, NOT JUST OUR SPECIAL PROGRAM STAFF, BUT ALL STAFF ARE ACCESSING HIGH QUALITY TRAINING RELATED TO SERVING ALL OF THE POPULATIONS THAT WE COVER.
THAT'S BEEN A MIXTURE OF IN-PERSON AND ONLINE LEARNING.
AND SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD A ROBUST CATALOG FROM THAT.
AS FAR AS GOALS MOVING INTO YEAR TWO, OUR PLAN IS TO STRUCTURE A MEETING WHERE WE ALL COLLABORATIVELY WORK TOGETHER AND THEN WE CAN HAVE SOME SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS IF NEEDED.
THE FIRST IS TO MONITOR AND MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE IN SPECIAL PROGRAMS, WHICH ENCOMPASSES SPECIAL EDUCATION, SECTION 504, DYSLEXIA, EMERGENT BILINGUAL ESL AND PRE-K BY DEVELOPING A PROGRAM COMPLIANCE TASK FORCE.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY MY TEAM AND I WOULD DO THOSE AUDITS.
THE SECOND BIG ACTION ITEM THAT WE HOPE TO TACKLE IN YEAR TWO IS TO DEVELOP A TRANSITION PROCESS FOR ALL STUDENTS SERVED BY SPECIAL PROGRAMS MOVING FROM CAMPUS TO CAMPUS WITH TRANSITIONS AFTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EVERY TWO YEARS.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE A PROCESS TO ENSURE THAT AS KIDS MOVE, THEIR NEEDS ARE CLEARLY ARTICULATED IN THE PLANS THAT THEY HAVE MOVED FROM CAMPUS TO CAMPUS SO THAT THERE'S NOT A LAG IN THE WAY THAT WE SERVE KIDS.
AS FAR AS COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP, BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE WAY THAT OUR COMMITTEE WAS SET UP, WE HAD PROBABLY MORE MEMBERS, I THINK, THAN MOST. BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, OUR NUMBERS OF ACTUAL TURNOUT KIND OF REPLICATED EVERYONE ELSE.
SO ON AVERAGE, WE HAD ABOUT 50% OF OUR PARENTS ATTEND.
THE PARENTS WHO ATTENDED DID A GOOD JOB OF ATTENDING.
AND THEN WE HAD 17 STAFF WITH AN AVERAGE RATE OF ABOUT 15.
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SPECIALIZED ITEMS UNDER ONE OF THOSE SUB CATEGORIES, WE'LL WE'LL SCHEDULE THOSE.ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MISS BONNER. ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, THANKS.
I HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION, AND THAT'S WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THE CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS.
I'M A MARKETING GUY, SO I LIKE DEMOGRAPHICS.
AND I DON'T THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY KNOW IN THE SENIOR HIGH, AND IT MAY BE LARGER IN THE OTHER CAMPUSES, 12.9% OF THE STUDENTS HAVE A SECTION 504. I WAS I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS THAT HIGH.
AND I'M JUST CURIOUS, IS THIS A NEW VARIABLE THAT WHEN WE STARTED THE STRATEGIC PLAN, YOU KNOW, DID WE KNOW IT WAS THIS HIGH? HAS IT GROWN AND HAVE WE MADE TWEAKS IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN TO KIND OF ADDRESS THAT? SO I DON'T HAVE THE DATA IN FRONT OF ME, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE NUMBERS HAVE GROWN.
WE WERE SITTING OVER A THOUSAND STUDENTS IN SECTION 504 BY THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR L AST YEAR.
SO THAT'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGE OF OUR POPULATION.
WE HAVE SEEN A STEADY INCREASE EVERY YEAR THAT WE'VE RUN THE DATA.
YOU KNOW, I THINK I WANT TO SAY TWO YEARS AGO DATA WAS LIKE IN THE 800S AND WE'VE SEEN ROUGHLY 100 TO 150 STUDENT INCREASE EACH EACH YEAR.
THERE'S BEEN SOME THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED AT THE STATE LEVEL THAT I DON'T KNOW.
BUT WE WE ADDED SIX OR WE ADDED THREE SECTION 504 SPECIALISTS LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF THAT INCREASE IN, THEY ARE ALREADY VERY BUSY. OKAY.
SO I GUESS THE MESSAGE WOULD BE FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING THAT THROUGH STAFFING.
ALL RIGHT. THANKS, MISS BONNER.
OKAY. I AM GOING TO PRESENT, ALONG WITH MS. KHAN HERE THE GOAL TWO WHICH IS HUMAN CAPITAL.
THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT.
SO THE ACTION TEAM, BIG HIGHLIGHTS FROM LAST YEAR AND I'M ONLY GOING TO WE DID A LOT, BUT I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT TWO BIG ONES THAT THE COMMITTEE WAS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IS THE ANTICIPATION POOLS OF POSTING COMPETITIVE POSITIONS SUCH AS PARAPROFESSIONALS, COUNSELORS AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS EARLY ENOUGH SO THAT WE CAN SOLICIT APPLICANTS TO FILL THOSE POSITIONS WITHOUT HAVING TO WAIT FOR ANY ANTICIPATED OPENINGS.
IN ADDITION, THERE WAS A COMMUNICATION TOOL THAT WAS DEVELOPED TO WORK WITH THE TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION EMPLOYMENT CENTER, CDL PROGRAMS, COMMUNITY COLLEGES FOR HELPING TO RECRUIT PARAPROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, CONTRACT POSITIONS, ET CETERA.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO ENHANCE THAT COMMUNICATION TOOL EVEN FURTHER.
AND THEN SOME KEY AND AGAIN, WITHOUT GOING INTO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE, I THINK SOME OF THE BIG PIECES FOR THIS NEXT YEAR IS TO PROVIDE A FOCUS ON PROVIDING STUDENT TEACHERS AT EACH CAMPUS AT LEAST ONE PER CAMPUS.
SO THAT'S GOING TO BE WORKING, PARTNERING WITH LOCAL COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES TO TRY TO GET AT LEAST A STUDENT TEACHER ON EVERY CAMPUS AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN RETAIN THEM INTO OUR INTO OUR PIPELINE.
WORK ON EXPANDING RECRUITMENT IDEAS FOR FAST ONBOARDING FOR ALL POSITIONS, INCLUDING OUR SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS, DEVELOPING METRICS FOR CAPTURING EMPLOYEES PROFESSIONAL GOALS TO INCREASE OUR TALENT PIPELINE FOR POSITIONS SO THAT IF IN THE EVENT WE FIND INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE IN THERE, PERHAPS IN THE CLASSROOM, BUT MIGHT WANT TO HAVE AN INTEREST OR HAVE THE TALENT TO BECOME A COUNSELOR, WE WORK ON DEVELOPING TALENT PIPELINE AND PROVIDING THEM OPPORTUNITIES AND GIVING THEM SOME SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO DO THAT.
OUR COMMITTEE WAS COMPOSED OF A TOTAL OF 14 MEMBERS WITH FOUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, OF WHICH WE OBVIOUSLY EVERY MEETING WE HAD, WE HAD FIVE MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE LAST YEAR. WE HAD AT LEAST 1 TO 2 COMMUNITY MEMBERS PRESENT AT ALL MEETINGS AND ON AN AVERAGE OF EIGHT TOTAL FOR EACH OF OUR MEETINGS.
AND SO NEXT YEAR OR THIS YEAR FOR OUR ACTION TWO YEAR, WE PROBABLY CAN CONDUCT ALL OF OUR WORK WITHIN FIVE MEETINGS IS WHAT WE'RE PREDICTING. QUESTIONS ON THAT? ALL RIGHT, MR. STUART.
WE HAD A GREAT FIRST YEAR AND WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH A LOT OF GOOD FOCUSES.
WE DID A LOT TO DECIDE WHAT KIND OF DEVICE LIFECYCLES WE SHOULD HAVE.
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WE ALSO WORK TO CREATE NEW EXPECTATIONS FOR UTILIZATION OF CANVAS [INAUDIBLE] OUR LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IN THE DISTRICT TO SAY, HEY, THESE ARE THE IMPORTANT THINGS THAT THAT OUR PARENTS REALLY NEED, OUR TEACHERS TO ALL DO THE SAME SO THAT IT MAKES IT EASIER FOR THEM TO ACCESS ASSIGNMENTS AND HOMEWORK DUE ACROSS THE PAGE.THIS NEXT YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO DO QUITE A BIT OF THE SAME THINGS.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE ANOTHER CYBERSECURITY AUDIT DONE, AS WELL AS GETTING PEOPLE TO LOOK AT INBOUND TRAFFIC SO THAT THEY CAN KIND OF BE PROACTIVE ON FINDING WHERE ATTACKS MIGHT COME FROM AND BE ABLE TO NOTIFY US LIKE, HEY, YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF TRAFFIC INBOUND FROM THIS SOURCE AND IT'S CAUSING TROUBLE.
AND BEFORE IT TAKES YOU DOWN, WE WOULD RECOMMEND BLOCKING THAT TRAFFIC.
AND SO THAT WILL BE A BIG, BIG HELP FOR US.
WE ALSO CONTINUE PLAN TO CONTINUE REVIEWING WHAT THE STATE IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON ADOPTING, WHICH IS DIGITAL RESOURCE UTILIZATION, BEST PRACTICES, ISSUES LIKE SCREEN TIME, WHAT IS HEALTHIEST FOR STUDENTS AND THE AMOUNT OF SCREEN TIME USAGE AND MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR OUR CLASSROOM UTILIZATION OF TECHNOLOGY. LAST YEAR WE HAD 15 COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
WE WERE THE OVERACHIEVING GROUP, I WOULD SAY, AND THAT I THINK WE MET 12 TIMES.
AND SO IT WAS SOME GREAT DISCUSSIONS AND WE REALLY HAD SOME SOME WONDERFUL COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT BROUGHT A LOT OF DEEP EXPERTISE ON THESE SUBJECTS THAT WERE VERY VALUABLE IN THOSE DISCUSSIONS.
AND SO WE'LL PLAN ON DOING CURRENTLY FIVE SESSIONS AS OUR RECOMMENDATION LIKE THE OTHER GROUPS.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? I COULD GO A LOT MORE IN DEPTH.
THANK YOU, MR. STUART. THANK YOU.
MR. JOHNSON. WE STARTED THE YEAR, OBVIOUSLY LOOKING AT BEING FISCALLY EFFICIENT AS WE COULD, AND SO ESTABLISHING A ZERO BASED BUDGET PROCESS AND PLATFORM AND PROCESS ASSISTED IN THAT.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS.
AND THEN ALSO THE STAFFING MODELS THROUGH THE [INAUDIBLE] STUDY THAT HELPED US TO KIND OF ALIGN SOME OF OUR STAFFING PRACTICES WITH MAYBE SOME SOME PEER DISTRICTS WAS ALSO VERY USEFUL.
SO THOSE WOULD BE TWO OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD HIGHLIGHT THAT I FELT LIKE REALLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE DISTRICT'S BALANCED BUDGET DURING THE CURRENT FISCAL PROCESS FOR THE 23-24 YEAR.
AND I'M JUST QUESTION I KNOW IT'S VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TO CHANGE THE CULTURE AND I KNOW IT TAKES TIME, BUT HOW FAR ALONG DO YOU FEEL LIKE WE ARE IN ESTABLISHING A ZERO BASED BUDGETING CULTURE AND MAINTAINING THAT FOR THE FUTURE? YOU KNOW, THERE WERE SOME ELEMENTS OF ZERO BASED BUDGETING BEFORE I GOT HERE.
AND SO I THINK GOING THROUGH THIS FIRST CYCLE WAS BENEFICIAL.
I LOOKED LIKE WE CAN I THINK WE CAN REALLY IMPROVE ON THAT IN THIS NEXT BUDGET CYCLE.
SO I THINK WE MADE GREAT STRIDES IN THE CURRENT YEAR.
IT WAS A VERY COLLABORATIVE PROCESS.
I LOOK TO NOTHING BUT IMPROVEMENT FOR THE FUTURE.
I THINK WE CAME A LONG WAY IN THIS.
AND, YOU KNOW, AS WE GO THROUGH THE CURRENT YEAR, I'M APPROVING PURCHASE ORDERS.
AND THEY DID A LOT DID A LOT OF GOOD WORK DURING THEIR BUDGETING PROCESS.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO REALLY FOCUS ON IN YEAR TWO.
AGAIN, IT HAS TO DO WITH THE FISCAL EFFICIENCY.
NOW, WE REOPENED THE NAMING RIGHTS FOR THE FACILITIES.
AND SO THOSE ARE TWO THINGS THAT REALLY FOCUSING ON CURRENTLY SOME OF THE THINGS FOR OPERATIONS.
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SO LAST YEAR WE HAD THREE MEETINGS FOR THE OPERATIONS TEAM AND THROUGH THAT PROCESS WE TALKED ABOUT CAPITAL EXPENDITURE PLANNING.AND SO THE BOARD APPROVED THAT BACK IN JULY.
THOSE ARE SCHEDULED TO HAPPEN IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER.
AND SO AS PART OF THE OVERALL DISTRICT FINANCIAL PLAN, THAT'S HUGE.
THAT'S A BIG ONE. AND THEN ALSO A DRAFT OF THE CAPITAL EXPENDITURE PLAN.
SO THAT IS OBVIOUSLY THE BIGGEST PART.
BUT WE'VE WORKED WITH THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT, THE FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT TECHNOLOGY TO BUILD AN OVERALL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL PLAN THAT WILL ACCOMPANY THE ANNUAL BUDGETING PROCESS SO THAT AS WE LOOK AT THE DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL STABILITY OVER TIME, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER.
AND SO THOSE ARE THE REALLY THE BIG PIECES OF WHAT WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH IN THE CURRENT YEAR.
AS FAR AS ATTENDANCE, AGAIN, WE HAD THREE MEETINGS FOR THE OPERATIONS TEAM.
THOSE WEREN'T THERE WERE 13 MEMBERS WITH AN AVERAGE OF FIVE ATTENDEES.
I TOOK THAT ON STARTING REALLY IN, IN IN THE SPRING PRIOR TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE RELEASE OF THE RFPS FOR THE PROFESSIONALS TO DO THE FACILITY ASSESSMENT.
I THINK THE PROCESS WAS GREAT.
I THINK WE GOT A LOT OF GREAT THINGS OUT OF IT IN BOTH OPERATIONS AND FINANCE.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ALL RIGHT. THANKS. QUESTIONS FOR MR. JOHNSON? ALL RIGHT. THANKS, MR. JOHNSON. [INAUDIBLE] GOOD EVENING.
SO FOR OUR ACTION TEAM WITH GOAL FIVE AND COMMUNICATIONS, WE HAD TEN COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND WE HAD AN AVERAGE AND SOME OF THE ACTIONS THAT WERE ACCOMPLISHED IN YEAR ONE INCLUDED AND THE IDEA THAT WAS ALSO TO CREATE AN ENROLLMENT HUB TO MAKE THAT WHOLE PROCESS EASIER AND THAT HAS BEEN DONE.
THE THEME OF NEXT YEAR WILL ALSO INCLUDE A LOT OF OUR WEBSITE ENHANCEMENTS.
SO BUT LAUNCHING IT AND KIND OF GETTING IT GOING WAS THE PURPOSE OF YEAR ONE.
AND WE ALSO WERE ABLE TO REDESIGN THE DRAGON E-BLAST, WHICH NOW HAS A READ RATE OF 60%.
IT STARTED OFF IN THE HIGH 30S WHEN WE CAME ON BOARD AND THEN WE REDESIGNED AFTER TAKING SOME FEEDBACK FROM OUR COMMUNITY AND IT HAS GONE UP TO OVER 60% READ RATE EVERY DAY. AND THEN WE'VE ALSO WE UPGRADED OUR DRAGON UPDATE FOR OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH INITIATIVES AND WE WILL ALSO CONTINUE THAT THIS YEAR WITH SPLICING AND SOME MORE OTHER COMMUNITY OUTREACH PIECES, INCLUDING A SUPERINTENDENT COMMUNITY EMAIL WHICH YOU MAY HAVE SEEN LAST WEEK, AND THEN ALSO INCLUDING ANOTHER ZOOM SESSION WITH OUR STAFF ALONG WITH OUR DRAGON UPDATE.
SO AS WE KIND OF MOVE ON INTO THE YEAR TWO INITIATIVES, WE WILL BUILD OUT THESE INSTRUCTIONAL INFORMATIONAL VIDEOS THAT WE'RE REFERRING TO AS DRAGON UNIVERSITY ON OUR WEBSITE, AND THAT'S WHEN WE GET FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY.
IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S THAT IS MISUNDERSTOOD OR THERE'S A PROCESS THAT NEEDS FURTHER ENHANCEMENT, WE WILL BUILD A VIDEO LIBRARY THAT KIND OF EXPLAINS IT A LITTLE IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL RATHER THAN JUST A LONG, YOU KNOW, EMAIL THAT GIVES THEM INSTRUCTIONS.
WE'LL ALSO ENHANCE OUR TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES.
AND WE'LL CONTINUE THAT AGAIN AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR.
AND WE WILL ALSO CREATE A COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNICATIONS PLAN WHICH DETAILS ALL OF OUR MEDIA MULTI MEDIA TOUCH POINTS IN OUR AUDIENCES AND OBJECTIVES, WHICH WE'VE ALREADY BEGUN THAT PROCESS. YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? OKAY, CONGRATS ON THE WEBSITE.
I KNOW THAT WAS A LOT OF WORK.
GOOD EVENING. AS FOR MARKETING, LAST YEAR WE JUST SOME HIGHLIGHTS.
WE DEVELOPED A NEW BRANDING STYLE GUIDE AND BRANDING GUIDELINES FOR THE DRAGON LOGO AND APPLIED FOR SOME ADDITIONAL WORDMARKS OF OUR EXCLUSIVE FONT OF DRAGONS AND PROTECT THE TRADITION.
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SO YOU CAN PURCHASE EITHER THE DRAGON LOGO AS THE PRIMARY MARK OR THE FULL SUITE OF MARKS, INCLUDING THE WORD MARKS.UM, AND THEN NEXT YEAR, OUR FOCUS WILL BE ON WORKING ON DEVELOPING OUR DATABASE FOR INTERNSHIPS AND MENTORSHIPS WITH OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS AND HELPING SUPPLY AND MAKE SOME OF THOSE CONNECTIONS WITH OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS TO CREATE A RESOURCE FOR OUR CURRICULUM TEAM TO WORK WITH AS THEY WORK ON DEVELOPING THEIR MENTOR PROGRAMS AND INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS. WELL, WE'VE ALREADY STARTED JUST SORT OF COLLECTING NAMES AND INFORMATION AND IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, YOU KNOW, SORT OF AN INTEREST FORM.
AND SO, I MEAN, HOPEFULLY TO CREATE KIND OF A DATABASE OF SO THAT'LL GIVE US A PLACE TO START IN CONNECTING WITH, YOU KNOW, VARIOUS INDUSTRIES. SO THEY'VE INDICATED THEIR INDUSTRY AND THEIR THEIR BUSINESS OR THEIR ROLE OR WHAT THEIR EXPERTISE, AREA OR SKILL IS IF THEY'RE NO LONGER WORKING.
I WAS GONNA SAY, WE'VE ALREADY HAD OUR PARTNER AT MOTIVE MARKETING, ZACH MORGAN.
YEAH. SO WE'D REALLY LIKE TO TAP INTO THAT INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL IN THAT REGARD AND TO BE ABLE TO PAIR THOSE THOSE BUSINESS PARTNERS WITH THE CURRICULUM TEAM IN THEIR EFFORTS AS WELL.
FIRST OF ALL, AN ACCOLADE THAT YOU GUYS ARE VERY MODEST MS. ROBB AND MS. EGAN AND THAT IS, I BELIEVE, THAT THE WEEKLY VIDEO UPDATE DRAGON UPDATE RECEIVED AN AWARD.
IT DID. IT RECEIVED AN AWARD FROM THE NATIONAL SCHOOL PR ASSOCIATION [INAUDIBLE].
CONGRATULATIONS [APPLAUSE]. OUR COMMUNICATION IN OUR PR GROUP IS SO MODEST.
WE DON'T REALLY SEE ALL THAT GREAT NEWS THAT YOU HAVE OUT THERE.
THERE WAS SOMETHING BEING ON BOTH OF THE ACTION TEAMS FOR BOTH OF YOU GUYS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
IT WAS FUN TO BE INVOLVED AND I HOPE I GET TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
AND THAT IS THE QUESTION ABOUT A DRAGON ONLINE STORE.
COULD YOU GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THAT? WELL, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PURSUE WITH OUR ACTION TEAM THIS YEAR.
AND SO IN ORDER TO LAUNCH THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT OPERATIONAL COSTS, WAREHOUSING AND I MEAN THE WEBSITE AS WELL AS JUST AN OPEN TO BUY.
SO YOUR ACTUAL MERCHANDISE AND YOUR PRODUCT IS YOUR BIGGEST COST.
AND SO WE THINK IT CAN BE SUCCESSFUL, BUT WE JUST NEED TO CONTINUE TO VET THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND THAT'LL BE SOMETHING WE CAN FOCUS ON THIS YEAR TO SEE IF THE BUDGET ALLOWS AND IF WE CAN, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT IS AN INVESTMENT, IT'S IT'S CREATING ITS OWN BUSINESS OF SORTS.
AND I WAS WATCHING AN AWAY GAME THE OTHER DAY.
IT SEEMED LIKE GREAT COVERAGE.
IT SEEMED LIKE MAYBE NEW ADVERTISERS.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THAT'S CHANGED? SO THE CABC, THE BOOSTER CLUB HAS TAKEN OVER THE LIVE STREAMING.
THEY WERE ALWAYS DOING LIVE STREAMING, I GUESS, BUT THEY'VE THEY'VE NOW ENHANCED IT.
AND AND, YES, THEY'VE ADDED SPONSORS.
SO FOR COMMERCIAL BREAKS IN THEIR LIVE STREAM.
BUT THEY'VE REALLY DEVELOPED THAT OUT.
THEY HAVE A COMMENTATOR AND A COLOR COMMENTATOR.
GREAT. SO YOUR POINT, TRUSTEE YEAGER, IS THAT REVENUE NOW THAT IS COMING IN FROM THESE ADVERTISERS TO CABC IS COMING STRAIGHT BACK TO THE DISTRICT? YES, CORRECT. THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE I WAS GOING.
YEAH. YEAH. SO THAT'D BE GREAT TO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE AFTER THE SEASON OR SOMETHING, SEE HOW THESE CHANGES HAVE HAD A POSITIVE IMPACT ON YEAH, ON REVENUE. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU BOTH. [INAUDIBLE] IS THAT IT FOR? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR UPDATES.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT YOU SPEND ON THAT.
IT'S TIME WELL SPENT AND WE SURE DO APPRECIATE.
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM NUMBER 10.
[10. DISCUSSION / ACTION]
THE DISCUSSION AND ACTION SECTION OF THE AGENDA.ITEM 10A DISCUSSION REGARDING 2023-24 RECAPTURE PAYMENT.
I MOVE TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM DUE TO GIVING DIPLOMACY ANOTHER CHANCE.
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WE HAVE ACTIVELY BEEN TRYING SINCE THE LAST MEETING ON MONDAY TO SCHEDULE A MEETING WITH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, THE TEA COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE, AND WE HOPE TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING THOSE SET UP HERE SOON.SO I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN GO THE DIPLOMACY ROUTE FIRST BEFORE EXPLORING THE OPTION THAT WE DISCUSSED AT OUR LAST MEETING.
I WOULD MAKE A MOTION WITH THAT SAID THAT THIS BOARD NOT TABLE, BUT ACTUALLY POSTPONE THIS RECAPTURE PAYMENT DISCUSSION IN ANY ACTION ITEMS FOR A LATER MEETING.
NEED A SECOND, SECOND AND OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION.
PRESIDENT BRYAN, CAN YOU GIVE A LITTLE BACKGROUND INFORMATION AS TO WHY ARE WE SO FOCUSED ON THIS NOW? LIKE WE'VE BEEN PAYING RECAPTURE FOR A WHILE AND THERE WAS SOME CHATTER LAST WEEK ABOUT WHY ARE WE SO FOCUSED ON IT NOW? SO CAN YOU GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION AS TO WHY WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO HONE ON THIS AND TRY TO GET THESE? SURE. ABSOLUTELY.
THANK YOU, TRUSTEE STACY, WE'RE BROKE PRETTY MUCH IS THE REASON.
YOU KNOW, MANY ISDS AROUND THE STATE OF TEXAS ARE IN A VERY DIFFICULT FINANCIAL SITUATION, DUE IN PART THAT OUR LEGISLATURE HASN'T RAISED THE BASIC ALLOTMENT SINCE 2019.
WE'RE STUCK AT $6,160 PER STUDENT.
AND ANYTHING THAT WE COLLECT IN PROPERTY TAXES OVER THAT GOES BACK TO THE STATE.
WELL, WE'VE HAD 15% PLUS INFLATION SINCE 2019, AND MOST OF US, INCLUDING US, WHICH BY THE WAY, CARROLL ISD AGAIN IS THE FOURTH LOWEST STATE FUNDED SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND THE STATE OF TEXAS IS 41ST IN THE NATION IN TERMS OF FUNDING PER STUDENT, WHICH MAKES US PRETTY MUCH AT THE VERY BOTTOM.
BUT THE REASON WHY WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS NOW IS BECAUSE I JUST GOT NUMBERS TODAY THAT SHOWS 194 RECAPTURE DISTRICTS PAID IN LAST YEAR, THIS PAST SCHOOL YEAR A WHOPPING $4.5 TO $6 BILLION IN RECAPTURE. MOST PEOPLE.
SO THE QUESTION IS FROM OUR STATE AND ELECTED OFFICIALS DOWN IN AUSTIN IS WHERE IS THE DIFFERENCE GOING? THERE'S $2.5 BILLION THAT HAVE BEEN OVER COLLECTED FROM 194 ISDS.
WHY ARE WE NOT RECEIVING A PRORATED SHARE OF THAT AMOUNT BACK? AND THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF TRYING TO GET THESE MEETINGS WITH THESE TOP OFFICIALS DOWN IN AUSTIN IS BECAUSE GUESS WHAT? OUR REPRESENTATIVES, BOTH ON THE HOUSE AND SENATE SIDE, ARE GIVING US THE RUNAROUND.
AND YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO GET FACE TO FACE MEETINGS WITH THESE GUYS.
YOU KNOW, WE PASSED A RESOLUTION BACK IN APRIL THAT SAID WHERE ARE THESE NUMBERS? RIGHT? SO WE GOT THESE NUMBERS AND NOW WE WANT TO HAVE AN ACCOUNTING OF WHERE THE EXTRA MONEY IS GOING OR WHERE WHERE IT'S GOING OR GIVE US GIVE US AN IDEA OF HOW MUCH WEALTH EQUALIZATION COSTS BECAUSE THE SUPREME COURT.
RIGHT. TRUSTEE JORDAN SAID THAT TEXAS HAS TO DISTRIBUTE FUNDS.
HAS TO YOU KNOW, ACHIEVE WEALTH EQUALIZATION.
THEY DIDN'T TELL US HOW TO DO THAT.
MOST PEOPLE SAY IT'S $2 BILLION.
I MEAN, AUSTIN ISD, YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THEY'RE PAYING.
IT'S THEY'RE PAYING $906 MILLION IN RECAPTURE A YEAR.
SO I MEAN THAT'S THE REASON TRUSTEE STACY WHY WE'RE BRINGING IT UP NOW IS BECAUSE WE'RE ALL BROKE.
WE'RE NOT GETTING ANY MONEY OR ANY HELP FROM THE LEGISLATURE.
THEY'RE ABOUT TO GO INTO AN OCTOBER SESSION AND TALK ABOUT SCHOOL FINANCE, AND WE WANT THEM TO CONSIDER THAT $2.5 BILLION COMING BACK TO THE 194 DISTRICTS THAT OVERPAID. THANK YOU.
IF YOU RECALL LAST WEEK YOU HAD A QUESTION OR A COMMENT.
TRUSTEE AND THAT WAS THAT YOU HAD SPOKEN TO OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE.
AND I THINK THE COMMENT THAT YOU SHARED WITH US IS YOU HAD ASKED ABOUT HOW MUCH.
AND I THINK THE REPLY YOU GOT WAS THEY DON'T HAVE RECEIPTS.
TRUSTEE BRYAN IS THAT NOT A RECEIPT IN YOUR HAND OF EXACTLY HOW MUCH MONEY FOR EVERY ISD?
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SO THERE'S THE INFORMATION, RIGHT? THE FACT THAT OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE COULDN'T GET THAT INFORMATION, WE GOT THAT IN A MATTER OF DAYS.THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON. YEAH. YEAH.
AND AGAIN, WHEN YOU SEE AUSTIN ISD WITH $900 MILLION IN RECAPTURE, A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THESE ARE JUST THE SOUTHLAKES OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. AUSTIN'S A HUGE ISD, RIGHT.
AND IT HAS VERY DIVERSE ECONOMIC PROFILE IN THAT CITY.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS THAT THIS RECAPTURE IS NOT JUST THE, QUOTE, SOUTHLAKES OF TEXAS, BUT IT'S AFFECTING, YOU KNOW, MANY SOME OF THE LARGEST ISDS 194, REALLY, I WANT TO SAY 194.
IT GOES ALL THE WAY TO DEVERS ISD PAYS $5,770.
YEAH. SO THANK YOU FOR COLLECTING THAT INFORMATION.
THANK YOU TRUSTEE BRYAN, I HOPE I'M WITH YOU ON THAT, THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET A MEETING IN AUSTIN, FIND OUT THIS INFORMATION, BRING THAT BACK TO THE COMMUNITY THAT, FRANKLY, OUR TAXPAYERS DESERVE THOSE ANSWERS.
YEAH, I MEAN, AND I IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S SOME KIND OF CONSPIRACY THEORY OF WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR THESE NUMBERS AND IT'S VERY SIMPLE, IS THAT THE STATE HAS NEVER BEEN HELD ACCOUNTABLE BY ANY SCHOOL BOARD IN THE STATE OF TEXAS FOR TELLING US WHERE THEY'RE SPENDING THE MONEY.
AND WE NEED TO STAND FIRM ON OUR INSISTENCE OF THEM TELLING US WHERE THIS MONEY IS GOING.
ANY OTHER COMMENT ON THE SUBJECT? OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 0.
[11. CONSENT AGENDA]
ALL RIGHT, WE'RE DOWN TO OUR LAST AGENDA ITEM IT'S OUR CONSENT AGENDA.I THINK TRUSTEE YEAGER, WE HAVE SOME DONATIONS.
THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $20,000 IN KIND FOR ASSORTED AND SUNDRY ITEMS RELATED TO CURRICULUM.
FROM GRAY WOLF PROMOTIONS $8,881 IN SUPPORT OF CISD ATHLETICS.
THANK YOU TO GRAY WOLF FOR THAT.
ROCKENBAUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PTO THE AMOUNT OF $25,000 FOR LOUNGE DECORATIONS, FURNITURE, STAFF, RESTROOM DECORATIONS AND CURRICULUM SUPPLIES AND MORE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH ROCKENBAUGH FOR YOUR GREAT PTO.
FOR DURHAM INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL PTO $6,220 FOR TECHNOLOGY FOR 504 MEETINGS.
THANK YOU TO THE CABC FOR THAT.
AND LASTLY, TRUSTEE PRESIDENT BRYAN THE WALNUT GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PTO $20,000 FOR THE PURCHASE OF BOARD APPROVED RLA IN MATH CURRICULUM FOR ITEMS IN SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH GRADES.
AGAIN, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO WHAT WE DO WITH OUR BUDGET WITHOUT THESE GREAT DONATIONS FROM PTOS.
I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
YEAH. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 0.
CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN, PLEASE? I MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THIS EVENING'S MEETING.
MOTION AND SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR.
WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 7:03 P.M..
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.