Jan 13, 2025 School Board Special Workshop

[1. CALL TO ORDER AND ESTABLISH QUORUM]

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ALRIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. WE'LL CALL THIS A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CARROLL ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO ORDER ON JANUARY 13TH, 2025 AT 5 P.M..

OUR FIRST AGENDA ITEM IS EXECUTIVE SESSION. THEREFORE, WE'LL ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.071,

[2. EXECUTIVE SESSION]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO TRUSTEE BONHAM. GLAD YOU COULD SPEND YOUR BIRTHDAY EVENING WITH US.

WE'LL GET YOU OUT OF HERE PRETTY QUICKLY SO YOU CAN GO TO GO TO DINNER WITH YOUR FAMILY.

[3. OPENING PRAYER AND PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE/MOMENT OF SILENCE]

WILL YOU PLEASE RISE? DEAR LORD, WE COME BEFORE YOU TODAY WITH GRATEFUL HEARTS, SEEKING YOUR GUIDANCE AND WISDOM IN OUR DISCUSSIONS AND DECISIONS.

BLESS THIS MEETING AND GRANT US CLARITY AND COMPASSION AS WE WORK FOR THE GOOD OF OUR STUDENTS, STAFF AND COMMUNITY. HELP US TO LISTEN WITH OPEN MINDS, SPEAK WITH KINDNESS AND ACT WITH INTEGRITY, ALWAYS STRIVING TO SERVE WITH YOUR GRACE. IT'S IN JESUS CHRIST'S NAME THAT WE PRAY.

AMEN.

NOW JOIN ME FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

THANK YOU. OKAY. OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS PUBLIC COMMENTS. MISS SHELTON, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY SPEAKING TONIGHT? WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS THIS EVENING.

OKAY. WE WILL MOVE ON FROM PUBLIC COMMENTS TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE.

[5. CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON ANY MATTERS ADDRESSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION]

TRUSTEE YEAGER. YES, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE PERSONNEL REPORT AS RECOMMENDED BY THE HR DEPARTMENT.

SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.

ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 0. OKAY. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER SIX.

[6. PUBLIC HEARING]

CISD DIRECTOR OF ASSESSMENT, ACCOUNTABILITY AND TEAMS LESLIE RUSSELL WILL BE PRESENTING TONIGHT.

MISS RUSSELL, YOU'VE GOT IT. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

LIKE PRESIDENT BRYANT SAID, I AM GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH OUR ANNUAL REPORT.

AS A REMINDER, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, AND NONE OF THE INFORMATION THAT IS IN THIS REPORT IS ANYTHING NEW.

IT'S JUST A CUMULATION OF ALL OF OUR DATA FROM THE 2324 SCHOOL YEAR ALL PUT TOGETHER.

THERE ARE SEVEN SECTIONS TO THE REPORT. WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE TAPER, OUR FINANCIAL STANDARDS REPORTS, OUR DISTRICT ACCREDITATION STATUS, CAMPUS PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES.

OUR REPORT ON VIOLENT AND CRIMINAL INCIDENCES, STUDENT PERFORMANCE IN POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS AND OUR PROGRESS TOWARDS OUR HOUSE BILL THREE GOALS AND THEN THE GLOSSARY IS ALSO INCLUDED.

SO STARTING WITH THE TAPR. THE TAPR HAS BEEN RELEASED.

IT DID SHOW US THAT OUR SPECIAL ED STATUS SAYS THAT WE DO MEET REQUIREMENTS FOR THE STATE.

HOWEVER, WE STILL DO NOT HAVE ANY RATINGS OR ANY ADDITIONAL COMPONENTS BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS STILL UNDER LITIGATION AT THE STATE LEVEL.

SO WE CONTINUE TO REMAIN UNRATED AT THIS TIME.

WE HAVE ANY IDEA, MISS RUSSELL, WHEN THAT'S GOING TO CONCLUDE? NO, THEY STILL HAVEN'T EVEN DONE LAST YEAR'S ACCOUNTABILITY.

SO WE HAVE TWO YEARS NOW OF ACCOUNTABILITY THAT'S HELD UP IN THE COURT SYSTEMS. OKAY.

THANK YOU. THE TAPER DOES INCLUDE STAAR RESULTS CMR WHICH IS OUR COLLEGE CAREER, MILITARY READINESS, ATTENDANCE RATES, DROPOUT RATES, STUDENT INFORMATION, STAFF INFORMATION.

SO ALL OF THAT IS INCLUDED IN THAT LINK. BOTH THE DISTRICT AND EACH OF THE INDIVIDUAL CAMPUS REPORTS, AND THOSE WILL BE POSTED ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.

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NO. AS A REMINDER, OUR FINANCIAL STATUS AND REPORTS ARE ALWAYS A YEAR LAG BEHIND.

SO THIS IS THE 2223 DATA. IT IS THE MOST RECENT.

YOU CAN FIND THE DISTRICT AND CAMPUS EXPENDITURES AND ALL OF THE FUND BALANCES RIGHT THERE.

THE ACCREDITATION STATUS IS ACCREDITED. THAT IS NOT A TYPO THAT IT IS THE 22-23 THE STATE HAS TOLD US AGAIN, BECAUSE THE ACCREDITATION STATUS IS BASED ON OUR RATINGS AND WE DON'T HAVE RATINGS.

THE LAST TIME WE WERE RATED WAS 22-23. SO OUR ACCREDITATION STATUS LINKS BACK TO THAT TIME.

SO THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE WE'RE AT. STILL WAITING ON THOSE RATINGS.

CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS WERE BROUGHT TO THE BOARD IN SEPTEMBER, AND THEY ARE ALL LINKED THERE FOR YOU TO REVIEW.

AGAIN, THIS IS LAST YEAR'S CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS.

SO WHAT THE CAMPUSES DID LAST YEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE MAKING THE GROWTHS.

OUR REPORT ON VIOLENT AND CRIMINAL INCIDENTS IS LINKED.

THIS COVERS SEVERAL DIFFERENT COATINGS OF DIFFERENT DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

WE WERE AT ZERO VIOLENT AND CRIMINAL INCIDENCES FOR LAST YEAR.

POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTION. THE TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD PROVIDES US THIS DATA EVERY YEAR.

THE MOST CURRENT DATA IS THE 21-22 YEAR DATA.

THEY WILL BE RELEASING THE 2223 SOON SOMETIME IN THIS SPRING.

THEY THINK FEBRUARY ISH FOR NOW, THAT IS THE LINK TO THE 22 DATA.

AND THAT IS THE EXACT PAGE WHERE CARROLL ISD IS LOCATED IF ANYONE WANTS TO PULL THAT REPORT, IT'S PAGE 483. AND THAT RIGHT THERE IS ALL OF THE INFORMATION FOR CARROLL ISD ON THE REPORT, WHICH IS WHY I WENT AHEAD AND INCLUDED IT. SO IT IS LIMITED TO TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

SO IT DOES NOT INCLUDE PRIVATE SCHOOLS OR OUT OF STATE SCHOOLS.

AND WE HAVE OUR HOUSE BILL THREE BOARD GOALS THAT ARE WHAT OUR CNI DEPARTMENT IS DOING TO HELP ENSURE OUR STUDENTS ARE READY IN EARLY LITERACY, EARLY MATH, AND OUR CCMR GOALS FOR THE YEAR AND FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

ALL OF THAT IS LINKED THERE AS WELL. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THE TERMINOLOGY IN THE PAPER, THERE IS A GLOSSARY THAT IS AVAILABLE. ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS RUSSELL? MISS RUSSELL, I KNOW IT'S CURRENT LITIGATION AGAINST TEA IS WHY THEY HAVEN'T RELEASED ACCOUNTABILITY SCORES WOULD IT BE FAIR TO SAY BECAUSE WE DO KNOW THE CRITERIA BY WHICH DISTRICTS ARE RATED THAT ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES WOULD BE AN A IF THE STANDARD WAS APPLIED? THAT IS A FAIR STATEMENT TO SAY. YES, SIR.

DOCTOR GLENN, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS RUSSELL? ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC THAT HAS A COMMENT? ALL RIGHT.

THANKS. MISS RUSSELL, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.

WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, OUR INFORMATION SECTION OF THE AGENDA.

[7. INFORMATION]

THANK YOU. PRESIDENT BRIAN. VICE PRESIDENT YEAGER, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

AND DOCTOR GLENN, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. I'M DELIGHTED TO BE HERE.

THIS IS MY FIRST PRESENTATION BEFORE THIS BODY AND BEFORE THE PUBLIC.

SO I'M SO DELIGHTED TO BE HERE. TRULY, I TRULY AM.

IT'S A PLEASURE TO REPRESENT THIS DISTRICT BECAUSE THE DISTRICT HAS SUCH A SUCH A GREAT STORY TO TELL, AND SO MANY OF THEM SO. AND I HAVE SUCH A GREAT TEAM AND THAT'S WHERE I WANT TO START.

OKAY, MOST OF YOU KNOW ALL THESE PEOPLE. LET'S SEE.

WE'RE JUST CLICKING TO FORWARD. HERE WE GO. OKAY.

BRANDI EAGAN RECENTLY PROMOTED TO ASSISTANT DIRECTOR JACQUELINE HARWELL ON BOARD JUST IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS.

AMY HOULIHAN, WE ALL KNOW AND LOVE HER. AND DIANA PITTMAN, WHO HANDLES THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE HERE IN THIS BUILDING.

THEY ALL DO A FANTASTIC JOB. SO IT MAKES ME LOOK GOOD AND THE ENTIRE DISTRICT TRULY.

SO OUR GOAL IS SIMPLY TO BE CLEAR, CONCISE AND COMPELLING, TELLING THE RIGHT STORY AT THE RIGHT TIME, ON THE RIGHT PLATFORM, TO THE RIGHT AUDIENCE.

THIS SPELLS IT OUT MORE IN MORE DETAIL. EXPAND AND IMPROVE A DIVERSE ARRAY OF MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS CHANNELS TO TELL THOSE STORIES.

AND IT'S BASED ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN GOAL NUMBER FIVE, WHICH MOST OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH.

THESE ARE OUR SUB GOALS. I WON'T BORE YOU BY GOING THROUGH ALL OF THEM.

YOU'VE GOT ACCESS TO THEM AND CAN READ THEM IN GREAT DETAIL, BUT BASICALLY WE DO FOUR THINGS.

WE'VE GROUPED IT INTO FOUR BROAD CATEGORIES. THE DISTRICT WIDE COMMUNICATIONS ARE THOSE CHANNELS THAT WE USE TO REACH PEOPLE THROUGHOUT OUR DISTRICT OUR PEOPLE, OUR SCHOOLS, OUR TEACHERS, OUR STAFF, ET CETERA.

NOT JUST ONE WEBSITE, BUT 12. THE NEWSLETTERS ARE FANTASTIC.

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SOCIAL MEDIA 37,000 FOLLOWERS. SOME OF THOSE ARE DUPLICATES, BUT THAT REPRESENTS ALL OF THE PEOPLE ACCESSING ALL OF OUR SOCIAL MEDIA.

DIANA PITTMAN AT THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE. CARROLL ISD, THE FRONT DESK.

SHE DOES A GREAT JOB NAVIGATING ALL THE PEOPLE WHO COME THROUGH OUR FRONT DOORS, AS WELL AS THE MAIL.

CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS, THAT'S OUR BLACKBOARD CHANNEL TO REACH PEOPLE IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY.

AND THEN LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY AND BUDGET COMMUNICATIONS.

THIS IS ALL THE WORK WE DID SURROUNDING BRAC, THAT IMPORTANT WORK, AS WELL AS WHAT WE'RE ABOUT TO DO WITH TAKE ACTION DRAGONS.

SO THAT'S DISTRICT WIDE COMMUNICATIONS, MARKETING, SPONSORSHIP AND LICENSING.

THIS IS THE SECOND BUCKET. THIS IS WHERE WE BRING IN THE CASH.

$500,000 IN ONE YEAR BASED ON MARKETING AND SPONSORSHIP.

AND I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THERE'S FIVE NEW PARTNERSHIPS WE'VE DEVELOPED IN JUST THE LAST QUARTER.

$23,000, THEIR LOGO LICENSING. WE MANAGE THE RELATIONSHIPS WITH 100 MORE THAN 100 LICENSEES WHO WANT TO LEVERAGE OUR IMPORTANT LOGO AND THEN COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, IMPORTANT RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE CITY PTOS AND BOOSTER CLUBS.

SO WE NAVIGATE ALL THAT. AND THEN THE THIRD BUCKET IS MEDIA RELATIONS, SCHOOL PR AND VIDEO PRODUCTION.

AND THIS IS WHAT WE DO TO COMMUNICATE OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT WITH A BROADER AUDIENCE.

SCHOOL PR, OF COURSE, IS PRESS RELEASES AND EMAILS AND SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS ON BEHALF OF THE DISTRICT AND THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THEN MEDIA RELATIONS.

WE'VE HAD SOME REALLY HOME RUNS, STRONG HOME RUNS IN THIS CATEGORY IN THE LAST SEMESTER, AND I CAN TALK ABOUT THOSE IN MORE DETAIL, BUT WE'VE REALLY HAD SOME POSITIVE PR COVERAGE WITH OUR LOCAL NEWS ORGANIZATIONS AND THOSE SOME HAVE GONE NATIONWIDE.

AND THEN VIDEO PRODUCTION. WE CAN DO IT OURSELVES. WE'VE LAUNCHED TWO NEW PLATFORMS, WHICH WE'RE VERY PROUD ABOUT, TO TELL OUR OWN STORY, AND WE CAN PRODUCE THOSE OUR IN-HOUSE AND THEN SPREAD THEM AS FAR AS WE NEED.

ONE IS GOOD AND GREEN, WHICH IS A SERIES OF POSITIVE NEWS STORIES.

WE'LL BE DOING THOSE MONTHLY AND THEN A PODCAST, WHICH WE CAN USE AS WE SEE FIT IN THE DAYS TO COME.

LASTLY, DISTRICT EVENTS, WE HAVE LOTS OF THEM.

THREE MAJOR EVENTS DURING THE COURSE OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

EACH ONE HAS APPROXIMATELY $10,000 BUDGET AND THEN OVER 100 SMALLER EVENTS FOR GROUPS, FOR SPECIFIC CAMPUSES, ETC. WE CARE IS HOW WE TAKE CARE OF OUR EMPLOYEES.

IT'S A FUND THAT WE MANAGE WITH OVER 50 SPONSORS NETTING MORE THAN $50,000 IN IN-KIND AND IN REVENUE DONATIONS.

AND THEN LASTLY, AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS WE RECOGNIZE, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE RECOGNIZE ALL 1200 EMPLOYEES IN SOME FORM OR FASHION EVERY YEAR, SOMEHOW. AND OF COURSE, THE LION'S SHARE OF THAT WORK IS AMY HOULIHAN AND ALL THE WORK SHE DOES ACROSS ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES.

BUT ANYWAY, THAT IS A RAPID SUMMARY OF EVERYTHING WE DO.

BUT I'D LIKE TO TELL PEOPLE THAT WE'RE THE SMALLEST DEPARTMENT WITH THE BIGGEST VOICE.

AND THAT'S NOT JUST ME, THAT'S THE BIGGEST FOOTPRINT IN THE FARTHEST REACH. SO THAT'S WHAT WE DO.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? I DO. MR. BRADY, I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND YOUR FIRST VERY ENTERTAINING PRESENTATION TO US.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE CERTAINLY EXPECTED OF AN ACCOMPLISHED NEWS ANCHOR, WHICH IS VERY RARE TO HAVE SOMEBODY WITH YOUR EXPERIENCE WORKING IN OUR DISTRICT. AND WE SO MUCH APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE DONE IN THE SHORT TIME THAT YOU HAVE BEEN HERE.

YOU'VE MADE A MAJOR DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNICATIONS OF THIS DISTRICT.

AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WE'LL GIVE YOU A PASS FOR LIVING IN LIVING IN HIGHLAND PARK. OKAY.

I WASN'T GOING TO MENTION THAT FOR NOW. NO. AND SO AT LEAST YOU'RE WEARING THE GREEN TIE.

AND SO IF YOU WOULD. I REALLY LIKE THE CONCEPT OF THE GOOD GREEN SERIES.

CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? AND MAYBE IF THERE'S ANY EPISODES COMING UP HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE THAT YOU HAVE IN MIND, AND THEN ALSO I UNDERSTAND YOUR FIRST PODCAST WENT VIRAL WENT WORLDWIDE.

AND SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT WAS A JOKE. SO ANYWAY MAYBE A COUPLE PEOPLE WATCHING, MAYBE A COUPLE PEOPLE WATCH IT.

AND THEN MAYBE WHAT'S, WHAT'S OUR NEXT PODCAST THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT? SO GOOD AND GREEN. THE IDEA BEHIND GOOD AND GREEN IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO TELL THE GREAT STORIES. THERE ARE SO MANY POSITIVE, POWERFUL, IMPORTANT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING WITHIN OUR DISTRICT, AND SO WE DON'T NEED TO WAIT ON ANOTHER ENTITY TO TELL THOSE STORIES.

WE HAVE THE RESOURCES IN-HOUSE AND WE CAN DO THAT.

SO WE DEVELOPED ONE LAST YEAR ABOUT OUR PHENOMENAL CROSS COUNTRY TEAM AND THE AMAZING SEASON THEY HAD, INCLUDING GOING ALL THE WAY TO THE NATIONAL COMPETITION WINNING STATE WHICH THEY DO FREQUENTLY.

AND SO WE PROFILED THE COACH AND THE TEAM, BOTH BOYS AND GIRLS.

THEY'RE ALL PHENOMENAL ATHLETES AND THEY HAVE SUCH PASSION AND THEY REALLY DO.

THEY REPRESENT THIS DISTRICT SO WELL AND THEY REPRESENT EVERYTHING THAT'S GREAT ABOUT THE DISTRICT.

THEY ARE COMMITTED. THEY'RE OUT THERE RUNNING EVERY DAY, EVERY SINGLE DAY.

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SO YEAH. SO IT'S JUST A REMARKABLE STORY. AND SO WE PUT THAT STORY OUT IN DECEMBER AND, AND WE'LL DO ANOTHER ONE.

AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR GREAT STORIES BY THE WAY.

EMAIL ME JEFF BRADY@SOUTHLAKE.EDU IF YOU HAVE A GREAT STORY.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR STORIES FROM TEACHERS EDUCATORS AT ALL GRADE LEVELS.

AND WE JUST WE KNOW THERE'S SO MUCH GREAT STUFF HAPPENING HERE.

WE'RE GOING TO DO A PIECE ON THE ROBOTICS TEAM, PROBABLY IN THE IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.

AND SOME OF OUR POWERFUL TEACHERS WHO ARE DOING GREAT WORK.

SO THERE'S A LOT TO COME IN THAT CATEGORY. AND THEN WE DID LAUNCH A PODCAST LAST MONTH TALKING ABOUT THE IMPORTANT WORK OF BRAC AND WHERE WE ARE WITH THE BUDGET NEGOTIATIONS AND WHAT MAY HAPPEN NEXT. AND SO OUR PLAN IS TO DO ANOTHER PODCAST TALKING ABOUT WHAT COMES NEXT.

AND A LOT OF THAT IS OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. AND SO WE'LL BE TALKING TO TWO MORE OF OUR TRUSTEES ABOUT WHAT THE CITIZENS CAN DO TO GET INVOLVED, TO HELP US PERSUADE OUR FRIENDS IN AUSTIN TO INCREASE THE ALLOTMENT.

THAT'S WHAT THE PODCAST IS NOT LIMITED TO, JUST TRUSTEES.

AND DOCTOR GLENN, YOU WOULD WELCOME ANY IDEAS FROM STAFF, TEACHERS, PUBLIC THAT MAY HAVE SOME TOPICS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE COVERED, CORRECT? ABSOLUTELY. AND WE TAPE IT RIGHT HERE IN SOUTHLAKE.

YEAH. SO THAT'S GREAT. QUESTIONS FOR MR. BRADY.

I HAVE A QUESTION, MR. BRADY. YES, MA'AM. IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN START AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE ADVERTISE THIS, BUT WHAT SPONSORSHIPS ARE ACTUALLY OPEN EVERY YEAR.

SO I KNOW, I KNOW, WE HAVE I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ALREADY TAKEN, BUT I KNOW LIKE THE BASEBALL SCOREBOARD THAT KIND OF THAT SPONSORSHIP LIKE BUSSES.

ARE WE ABLE TO KIND OF PUT THAT OUT TO WHERE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY CAN START SEEING, AND BUSINESSES CAN START SEEING WHAT'S OPEN SO THAT THEY CAN CHOOSE? YOU KNOW, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. WE MIGHT DEVELOP SOME KIND OF A PLATFORM SO THAT PEOPLE CAN PICK AND CHOOSE AND SEE WHAT IS AVAILABLE NOW, AND ALSO WHAT'S COMING UP. WE'RE IN THE PROCESS NOW OF REVIEWING ALL OF THOSE CONTRACTS.

AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THERE ARE QUITE A FEW, NOT JUST WITH OUR ATHLETIC FACILITIES, BUT IN OTHER PLACES.

AND SO WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT ALL THOSE CONTRACTS ARE UP TO DATE.

THEY'VE BEEN PAID, THE SPONSORS ARE IN GOOD STANDING, AND WE'RE FINDING SOME THAT ARE AVAILABLE AND THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, COME TO THE NATURAL END OF THAT CONTRACT. SO BUT THAT THAT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA TO POST IT SOMEWHERE WHERE IT'S PUBLIC AND AVAILABLE FOR POTENTIAL SPONSORS THAT WE MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT TO APPROACH US. THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JEFF, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

YOU BROUGHT SO MUCH ENERGY AND ENTHUSIASM TO CARROLL.

WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU ON THIS TEAM. AND REALLY A SHOUT OUT TO ALL OF YOUR STAFF MEMBERS.

YOU REALLY HAVE PUT TOGETHER A GREAT TEAM AND THEY DO A GREAT JOB OF COMMUNICATING WELL.

THANK YOU. THEY WERE ALL HERE WHEN I GOT HERE.

SO I WAS I WAS THE BENEFICIARY OF THEIR HARD WORK.

BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. BRADY . APPRECIATE YOU.

ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO 7.2. CONSIDER 2025 2026 ACADEMIC PLANNING GUIDE AND NEW COURSE OFFERINGS, MISS PETTY. NO PRESSURE, WE'D LIKE THE SAME ENTHUSIASM.

OKAY, WE ARE ALWAYS EXCITED IN THE TV VOICE, PLEASE.

NEW COURSES FOR THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL YEAR. SO.

ALL RIGHT. YES, MR. BRADY, YOU DID MAKE THINGS A LITTLE TOUGH FOR ME, BUT THAT'S ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO TRY TO LIVE UP.

NO PRESSURE ON YOU, COACH DODGE. ANYWAY. HERE WE GO.

ALL RIGHT. I AM HERE TO PRESENT. WE ARE. WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT TO YOU 12 NEW COURSES THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE APPROVED FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. WE ARE ALSO BRINGING FORWARD TO YOU THE ACADEMIC PLANNING GUIDE.

SO EVERY YEAR IN THE FALL WE MEET WITH OUR PRINCIPALS, WE MEET WITH OUR STAFF, WE MEET WITH OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE GO OVER OUR CURRENT ACADEMIC PLANNING GUIDE THAT GOES OVER IT GOES OVER ALL OF OUR PRACTICES.

IT GOES OVER OUR COURSES, IT GOES OVER EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE.

IT'S IT'S A RATHER LENGTHY BOOK. PEOPLE HAVE INFORMED ME THAT THEY THINK IT'S A LITTLE LONG, BUT IF YOU REALLY IF YOU TAKE THE TIME TO REALLY GO THROUGH IT AND YOU LOOK TO SEE IT REALLY WILL HELP, ESPECIALLY KIDS THAT ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT PATHWAY DO I WANT TO GO TO AS I ENTER IN EIGHTH GRADE, STUDENTS HAVE TO PICK AN ENDORSEMENT. WHICH PATHWAY AM I GOING TO GO? IT REALLY WILL HELP THEM AS THEY DO THAT. SO TONIGHT WHAT WE ARE DOING IS WE HAVE MET WITH OUR STAFF, WE HAVE MET WITH OUR WITH OUR COUNSELING DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE MET WITH OUR SPECIAL PROGRAMS, AND WE ARE HERE TO RECOMMEND THE APPROVAL OF FOR IN TWO WEEKS FOR 12 NEW COURSES. THE FIRST ONE IS A PATHOPHYSIOLOGY COURSE THAT WOULD BE PART OF OUR CMA PROGRAM.

THAT IS AN ELECTIVE. THE GOOD THING ABOUT THIS PROGRAM, NOT ONLY DO WE THINK THAT IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO OUR STUDENTS, IT WILL ALSO ENHANCE OUR CTE PROGRAM, WHICH WILL AGAIN GIVE US ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THAT PATHWAY.

SO THAT'S A GOOD COURSE FOR US. WE HAVE THREE CTE PROGRAMS CTE COURSES, AUDIO VIDEO PRODUCTION THREE.

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IT CONTINUES TO GROW. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE GROWTH THAT WE SEE IN THAT PROGRAM, THE PRACTICUM AND CULINARY ARTS.

WE STARTED THAT PROGRAM THREE YEARS AGO. WE ARE NOW WHERE WE ARE AT THE PRACTICUM LEVEL, THE LEVEL FOUR THAT WE ARE GETTING OUR MAXIMUM LEVEL OF STUDENTS THAT THAT PROGRAM CONTINUES TO GROW AS WELL. AND THEN A BEGINNING PHOTOGRAPHY COURSE.

AS WE GO THROUGH THESE COURSES, NOT ONLY HAVE WE TAKEN, AS I SAID, RECOMMENDATIONS FROM OUR STAFF, BUT WE HAVE TAKEN RECOMMENDATIONS FROM OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL.

SO THESE ARE ALL OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU ARE SEEING HAVE BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD TO US.

WE HAVE ONE ENGLISH READING LANGUAGE ARTS CLASS, BIBLICAL FOUNDATIONS, THE HEBREW SCRIPTURES AND NEW TESTAMENT IN WESTERN CIVILIZATION THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO BRING FORWARD. AND THEN OUR SPECIAL PROGRAMS HAS ADDED SEVEN ADDITIONAL OFFERINGS.

WE'RE VERY THRILLED, AND WE WANT TO THANK OUR SPECIAL PROGRAMS DEPARTMENT FOR BRINGING THIS.

AND IF YOU LOOK, THEY REALLY HAVE DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB OF TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF OFFERINGS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.

SO THOSE ARE THE NEW COURSES THAT WE ARE PROPOSING TO ADD FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

THERE WILL BE NO BUDGETARY EFFECT, ANY EXPENSES THAT ARE INCURRED WOULD BE PICKED UP THROUGH THE CURRICULUM DEPARTMENT, THROUGH THE CTE DEPARTMENT, OR THROUGH SPECIAL PROGRAMS DEPARTMENT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MISS PEDDY. JUST A QUICK QUESTION BEFORE I OPEN IT UP.

SO WE'RE ADDING 12 POTENTIAL PLACES. CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT WILL IT TAKE FOR A ONE OF THESE OFFERINGS TO BE OFFERED? ALL RIGHT. THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS.

WE'VE GOT TO HAVE THE PARTICIPATION. SO WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS IN THE SPRING, WHEN OUR COUNSELORS MEET WITH OUR STUDENTS AND THEY START THE REGISTRATION PROCESS, WE WILL HAVE THESE COURSES. IF THEY'RE APPROVED ON OUR LIST, STUDENTS WILL REGISTER FOR THE COURSES.

AND SO THERE'S TWO THINGS THAT WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE.

WE'VE GOT TO HAVE THE STAFF TO TEACH IT. AND WE'VE GOT TO HAVE THE ENROLLMENT TO FILL IT.

SO AS LONG AS WE'VE GOT THOSE TWO THINGS THEN WE WOULD DO THIS.

SO HITTING ON BOTH OF THOSE SUBJECTS NUMBER ONE ENROLLMENT.

HOW MANY DO WE NEED AS A MINIMUM TO FILL? NORMALLY IT'S 12.

SO 12. AND THEN HAVE WE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH ANYBODY TO TEACH THESE COURSES, OR ARE WE GOING TO DO WE WAIT TO SEE IF THEY ARE THEY HAVE ENOUGH KIDS TO SIGN UP OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? WE HAVE TALKED TO THE WE'VE TALKED TO THE HIGH SCHOOL AND SENIOR HIGH PRINCIPALS.

AT THIS POINT IN TIME FOR THE PHOTOGRAPHY COURSE.

THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT WE COULD STACK THOSE COURSES.

WE DO THOSE WITH OUR FOREIGN LANGUAGES. SO YOU HAVE LIKE A LEVEL THREE.

YOU WOULD ALSO HAVE A LEVEL FOUR. IF WE HAD THE PARTICIPATION WE COULD DO THAT.

WE ARE STILL WORKING ON THE RELIGION COURSE. WE HAVE NOT HAD A LOT OF TEACHER INTEREST IN DOING THAT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, BUT WE HAVE IT ALSO JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE PARTICIPATION, WE HAVEN'T REALLY HIT IT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. WHEN WILL WE HAVE AN IDEA? WHEN WILL STUDENTS START COURSE SELECTION? THEY START IN FEBRUARY, RIGHT? RIGHT. BUT ON THAT NOTE, I'M SORRY.

TRUSTEE ON THAT NOTE. SO YOU SAID THERE'S GOING TO BE NO ADDITIONAL EXPENSES, BUT WE HAVE TO FIND STAFF.

AND THEN ALSO LIKE BOOKS OR MATERIALS OR SO THERE ARE SOME EXPENSES.

WELL WE WOULD ABSORB THOSE. SO OUR TEACHERS, WE WOULD BE ABSORBING IT THROUGH OUR CURRENT STAFF.

SO FOR EXAMPLE WITH THE RLA THAT COULD BE POTENTIALLY EITHER I MEAN IT COULD BE ANYONE, BUT IT COULD BE AN ENGLISH TEACHER OR IT COULD BE A SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. FOR THE PHOTOGRAPHY COURSE THAT COULD BE I'M NOT SAYING IT WOULD BE, BUT IT COULD BE YOUR YEARBOOK INSTRUCTOR. IT WOULD BE SOMEONE THAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE ON STAFF, THOSE THE CTE FOR THE PHOTOGRAPHY COURSE WE WOULD NEED TO BUY CAMERAS.

I HAVE TALKED TO KIM GOODMAN. WE DO HAVE CTE FUNDS THAT WE COULD COVER THAT FOR THE RELIGION COURSE, WE WOULD NEED TO HAVE ADDITIONAL BOOKS AND THERE WOULD BE TRAINING, BUT WE COULD ALSO COVER THAT UNDER THE CNI BUDGET.

YEAH. YOU KNOW, I'M SORRY, BUT WHEN I FIRST HEARD ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHY, I'M A GUY WHO TOOK PHOTOGRAPHY BACK IN THE 80S WHERE YOU WENT INTO A DARK ROOM, SO IMMEDIATELY WAS THINKING ABOUT, HOW IS THIS A PRACTICAL, USEFUL.

IT'S ALMOST LIKE, YOU KNOW, A LOST ART FORM. AND I LOVE FINE ARTS.

CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT? I MEAN, I LIKE YOU JUST SAID A MOMENT AGO, MISS PEDDY, ABOUT TYING IT IN WITH THE YEARBOOK AND WHATNOT, AND I SEE THAT. BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A LOST ART FORM.

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PHOTOGRAPHY IS [INAUDIBLE]. THE REASON THAT THIS PARTICULAR CLASS WAS BROUGHT FORWARD TO US IS BECAUSE WE HAVE OUR CAMERAS, WE HAVE OUR DIGITAL CAMERAS, WE HAVE OUR PHONES AND THAT'S HOW WE DEAL WITH CAMERAS.

THAT'S HOW WE TAKE PICTURES NOW. NOW CURRENTLY WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT PHOTOGRAPHY COURSES, IF YOU WILL.

WE HAVE OUR YEARBOOK WHICH LOOSELY TEACHES YOU HOW TO USE A CAMERA.

HOWEVER, IT TEACHES YOU HOW TO USE YOUR PHONE CAMERA.

IT DOES NOT REALLY GO INTO IN DEPTH HOW TO USE A TRUE CAMERA.

THE OTHER ONE IS MORE IN OUR ART SECTION AND THAT PHOTOGRAPHY COURSE IS THROUGH THE ARTS.

SO YOU'RE TAKING YOU'RE LOOKING AT AN IMAGE AND YOU'RE TRYING TO DETERMINE WHAT ANGLE IS BEST TO TAKE THIS PICTURE IN THAT KIND OF STUFF.

SO WE HAD SOMEONE THAT WAS INTERESTED IN I WANT, I WANT I THINK THERE ARE STUDENTS THAT ARE OUT THERE WHO WOULD REALLY ENJOY LEARNING HOW TO USE A CAMERA, NOT A PHONE, A CAMERA. SO WE'LL PUT IT OUT THERE AND SEE.

SO, MISS PEDDY, JUST TAKING OFF FROM WHERE PRESIDENT BRIAN ASKED YOU ABOUT THE PROCESS GOING FORWARD.

SO LET'S SAY THAT WE APPROVE THE COURSES AND THEN WE REACH THE POINT WHERE KIDS ARE ENROLLING.

IF THERE'S NOT AN INTEREST, THEN WE ABANDON IT AND WE DON'T MOVE FORWARD.

IF THERE IS ENOUGH INTEREST, THEN EITHER BEFORE THAT TIME OR RIGHT AT THAT TIME, YOU START TO IDENTIFY STAFF TO FILL THE ROLES. THAT IS CORRECT. AND YOU WOULD LOOK INTERNALLY AND POSSIBLY IDENTIFY SOME CANDIDATES THAT WANT TO TAKE THE ROLE INTERNALLY.

AND OF COURSE, IF YOU DON'T FIND SOMEONE, YOU GO EXTERNALLY.

IS THAT WHAT HAPPENS? YES. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WE DIDN'T BUILD IN EXPENSES TO PAY FOR AN ADDITIONAL TEACHER.

SO WE WOULD TOTALLY BE LOOKING INTERNALLY. AND SO WOULD YOU LOOK INTERNALLY FOR SOMEBODY THAT MIGHT HAVE CLASSES ALREADY AND THEY JUST ADD THESE CLASSES ON. THAT IS CORRECT. I SEE.

OKAY. THAT IS CORRECT. WE WOULD NEED TO LOOK AT OUR MASTER SCHEDULE TO DETERMINE HOW COULD WE GET THESE CLASSES WITHOUT OVERLOADING OUR STAFF.

ONE LAST QUESTION. DID I HEAR YOU SAY SOMETHING ABOUT SOMEHOW GENERATING REVENUE WITH ANY OF THESE CLASSES? HOW DOES THAT WORK? ALL THE CTE COURSES WOULD BE GENERATING WOULD GENERATE ADDITIONAL CTE FUNDING.

SO HAVE YOU DONE ANYTHING OR HAVE WE AS A DISTRICT DONE ANYTHING TO PROJECT OR ESTIMATE WHAT KIND OF REVENUE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? NO, BECAUSE OUR PATHOPHYSIOLOGY IS A NEW COURSE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

IT DOES HAVE THE CERTIFICATIONS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER THAT'S ANOTHER REVENUE GENERATOR WHICH WE'RE THRILLED ABOUT.

OUR CMA PROGRAM IS PRETTY STRUCTURED, SO OFFERING THIS AS AN ELECTIVE, IT'S A GAMBLE, BUT WE DO FEEL LIKE THE TEACHER HAS TAKEN A LOT OF TIME. SHE'S ALREADY STARTED LOOKING AT SOME IDEAS.

SHE'S ALREADY EMBEDDING SOME OF IT IN HER CURRENT PROGRAM SO THAT WE COULD SEE, YOU KNOW, COULD WE GET SOME OF THESE CERTIFICATION TESTS IN AND HOW WOULD OUR STUDENTS PERFORM ON THOSE.

COMMISSIONER LANNEN. SO CTE IS AN ADDITIONAL MULTIPLIER.

SO IT INCREASES ESSENTIALLY THE BASIC ALLOTMENT PER STUDENT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT IT'S GOING TO FUND THE WHOLE PROGRAM.

BUT WE DO SEE. WELL, I HEARD YOU SAY THAT YOU WOULD ABSORB A LOT OF COST, BUT ANY ADDITIONAL COSTS THAT WE INCURRED, WOULD YOU EXPECT THAT THE ADDITIONAL REVENUE WOULD COVER THAT COST OR THERE WOULD BE A BREAK EVEN, OR MAYBE IT'D BE A LITTLE MORE COSTLY TO US? NO, WE WOULD HOPE THAT THE ADDITIONAL THAT THE ADDITIONAL ENROLLMENT WOULD COVER THOSE EXPENSES. THANK YOU. MS. PEDDY. I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

OKAY. SO, BY WANTING TO ADD THESE, THERE WASN'T ANYTHING THAT IT REPLACED.

THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. ON THIS PARTICULAR ON THIS ACADEMIC PLANNING GUIDE, IS IT CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE MIDDLE SCHOOL ACADEMIC PLANNING GUIDE? YES IT IS. OKAY. AND THEN ON PAGE 29 WHEN IT'S TALKING ABOUT THE CORRESPONDENCE COURSES.

YES. THIS WENT TO POLICY REVIEW THE COMMITTEE.

CORRECT. THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. SO DOES IT HAVE IN HERE BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF I DON'T KNOW IF I'M SEEING IT YET.

DOES IT HAVE IN HERE ARE KIDDOS THAT HAVE BEEN ASKED TO STEP UP TO THE COLLEGIATE LEVEL AND GRADUATE EARLY.

LIKE IS IT TAKING? DOES IT ADDRESS THAT ON PAGE 29? IT DOES. IT DOES. EACH OF YOU HAS A COPY OF THE RED LINE AT YOUR DESK.

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29. OKAY. WE MADE SURE THERE'S A SECTION IN THERE.

IF YOU LOOK, IT SAYS EFFECTIVE WITH THE RSD CLASS OF 2026.

EXCEPT IN CASES WHERE COURSES ARE REQUIRED FOR ACCELERATION OR EARLY GRADUATION.

SO USUALLY OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE HIGH PERFORMING ATHLETIC STUDENTS.

THEY WOULD USUALLY BE YOUR EARLY GRADUATION STUDENTS.

SO YES, WE HAVE TAKEN THAT INTO ACCOUNT. SO I LOOKED AT THAT BRIEFLY AND I KNOW WE DISCUSSED IT THIS MORNING.

SOMETHING WE MAY DO BEFORE THIS COMES BACK TO THE BOARD FOR FINAL APPROVAL.

WE MAY LOOK AT JUST MAKING SURE THAT LANGUAGE IS VERY, VERY CLEAR BECAUSE I CAN SEE WHERE, YOU KNOW, IN ONE SENTENCE IT COULD BE IT COULD BE TAKEN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER OR BE VAGUE.

SO LET'S JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE RUN IT THROUGH ONE MORE TIME TO CONFIRM THAT THE INTENT OF THE POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE IS REFLECTED IN THIS DOCUMENT. SO, MISS PEDDY, I'M ON THE POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE, AND I KNOW WE HAD WE HAD LOTS OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS.

ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK IS GOOD TO KNOW IS THAT WE BENCHMARKED A LOT OF OTHER DISTRICTS, INCLUDING DISTRICTS THAT WE CONSIDER AT OUR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE LEVEL.

AND WE ACTUALLY TOOK LANGUAGE OUT OF SOME OF THE OTHER DISTRICTS POLICIES BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'VE HAD THIS IN PLACE FOR A LONG TIME GIVING CREDIT YOU KNOW, OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE PROBABLY LEARNED A FEW LESSONS, AND WE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION OVER THREE DIFFERENT SESSIONS OF REVIEW.

I THOUGHT THE LANGUAGE WAS PRETTY STRONG. AND I KNOW OUR COMMITTEE HAD LOTS OF QUESTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.

SO I THINK HIGHLAND PARK WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE DISTRICTS WE LOOKED AT THE WHAT THEY HAVE WRITTEN IN THEIRS.

RIGHT. THAT IS CORRECT. AND EVEN THE AMOUNT OF CREDIT THAT WE LIMIT GETTING CORRESPONDENCE FROM, IS ALSO BENCHMARKED AGAINST QUITE A FEW DISTRICTS.

IT IS. THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL BECAUSE WE ARE GETTING A LOT OF CORRESPONDENCE CLASSES, AND WE WANT OUR STUDENTS TO TAKE SOME CORRESPONDENCE CLASSES, BUT WE ALSO WANT THEM TO TAKE OUR CLASSES.

WE KNOW THE LEVEL OF RIGOR THAT WE EXPECT. WE KNOW THE ACADEMIC STANDARDS THAT WE SET.

AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE PREPARED WHEN THEY GRADUATE AS DRAGONS, THAT THEY'VE MET OUR EXPECTATIONS. JUST IN ANOTHER WAY OF SAYING THAT.

A LOT OF COMMITTEES SAID, WELL, WHY LIMIT IT AT ALL? LET PEOPLE TAKE WHATEVER THEY WANT FROM WHEREVER THEY WANT. AND IT WAS CLEAR THAT OUR STANDARDS ARE A LOT HIGHER THAN A LOT OF OTHER DISTRICTS. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS ARE KIND OF ON A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD, TAKING CLASSES AND COURSES AND BEING COMPARED TO EACH OTHER AND NOT TAKING AN EASY CLASS FROM ANOTHER SOURCE AND GETTING A GREAT GRADE AND THEN IT NOT BE A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD.

THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. THANK YOU, MISS PEDDY. SINCE I GOT ON THE BOARD THREE OVER THREE YEARS AGO, I'VE LOVED THE CULINARY ARTS. RIGHT. AND THEY'VE BEEN OVER THERE FOR JUDGING CUPCAKES AND WHATNOT, WHICH WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE DAYS. I'M SO EXCITED THAT THIS IS THE FOURTH AND FINAL IN THAT PATHWAY, BECAUSE THAT YOU HAD EDUCATED ME. THAT COMPLETES A CTE GOAL, RIGHT, TO HAVE A FULL PATHWAY.

BUT CAN YOU TELL US IN THE COMMUNITY A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE PRACTICUM? WHAT'S ACTUALLY IN IT WITH THE PRACTICUM WILL DO.

AND WE'RE STILL WORKING ON HOW THAT'S GOING TO LOOK.

BUT THIS IS WHERE OUR STUDENTS WOULD ACTUALLY BECOME CHEFS.

SO THEY WOULD GO OUT IN THE FIELD AND THEY WOULD PREPARE FOOD.

WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT OPENING LIKE A LITTLE RESTAURANT AT THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.

WE HAVE MEADOW MERE THAT WE COULD OPEN UP THE, YOU KNOW, WE COULD HAVE SOME FOOD THAT OUR STUDENTS WOULD MAKE AND PEOPLE COULD PURCHASE IT AND THAT KIND OF STUFF. SO WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THOSE KIND OF THINGS.

WE'RE TRYING TO SEE. HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE WE GOING TO HAVE? HOW CAN WE GIVE THEM THE FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE? MAKE THE MOST OF WHAT WE HAVE WITH OUR STUDENTS.

BECAUSE WHEN YOU GO TO UNIVERSITIES AND YOU SEE, I WAS AT UNT FOR AN EVENT NOT LONG AGO, IT WAS COMPLETELY STUDENT RUN FROM EVERYTHING FROM, YOU KNOW, PREPARATION OF THE FOOD AND WHATNOT.

DO OUR STUDENTS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME TYPE OF CERTIFICATION FROM THIS PROGRAM? I BELIEVE THEY DO. THEY HAVE GONE IN. THEY'VE GONE THIS YEAR TO TAKE SOME TESTS.

AND SO I WOULD DOUBLE CHECK WITH MISS GOODMAN.

BUT YES, I BELIEVE THAT THEY DO. OKAY, GREAT.

THANK YOU. AND CONGRATULATIONS ON GETTING THE FOURTH QUARTER. THANK YOU. IT'S OUR CTE PROGRAM.

THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB WITH OUR CTE PROGRAM.

OUR PRINCIPALS. MISS GOODMAN, OUR COUNSELORS ARE PROMOTING THAT PROGRAM.

THEY'VE DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB. GOSH, I CAN USE MY HOUSE AT DINNER TIME.

I KNOW. IT'S A PRACTICE. I KNOW THAT'S. YEAH, THAT'D BE A LOT OF MOUTHS TO FEED.

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AND THAT WAS OUR GOAL WAS TO AT THIS TIME, THEY WOULD BE KIND OF A HOSPITALITY ALONG WITH THE CULINARY.

AND SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT HAS NOT GONE BY THE WAYSIDE.

THAT WOULD BE OUR GOAL LONG TERM, THAT WE COULD CONTINUE TO DO THAT, BECAUSE THEN YOU HAVE YOUR STUDENTS WHO ARE ALSO DOING CULINARY, AS WELL AS THE HOSPITALITY THAT IF THERE'S A HOTEL AND THAT KIND OF STUFF.

I HAVE WORKED WITH SEVERAL OR I'VE GONE TO SEVERAL OF OUR HOTELS THAT ARE IN THE AREA, AND THEY ARE WILLING TO WORK WITH SOME OF OUR KIDS ON THE CULINARY.

WE'VE JUST GOT TO SEE TO WHAT DEGREE. AND BEING A MEMBER OF OUR SOUTHLAKE CHAMBER, WE CAN TAKE THIS OFFLINE.

I'D BE HAPPY BECAUSE I'M SURE WE'D HAVE PEOPLE THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO PLUG IN STUDENTS.

THAT'D BE GREAT. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM WE'RE GOING TO YOU'RE GOING TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE LOOK AT THIS VERBIAGE FOR CORRESPONDENCE.

YES. OKAY. OKAY. MOVING ON TO 7.3. CONSIDER DRAFT 2025 2026 SCHOOL CALENDAR.

MISS PEDDY. YOU'RE UP. GREAT. ALL RIGHT. EACH YEAR IN THE FALL, WE HAVE A COMMITTEE THAT IS MADE UP OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

IT'S MADE UP OF STAFF MEMBERS. AND WHAT WE DO IS WE TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT ARE SOME POSSIBLE CALENDAR OPTIONS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO OFFER.

WE TAKE, AS YOU WILL SEE ON THE SYNOPSIS, THERE ARE SEVERAL DETERMINING FACTORS THAT ARE ALWAYS CONSIDERED.

WE LOOK AT OUR INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS AND OUR INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTES.

WE TAKE A LOOK AT BUILDING IN OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAYS.

WE CALL THEM OUR AI ALIGN DAYS. WE'VE REALLY COME TO DEPEND ON THOSE DAYS.

THOSE DAYS HELP OUR STAFF GET TOGETHER. THAT'S ONE OF THE ONLY TIMES THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO GET TOGETHER AND WORK TOGETHER, BOTH VERTICALLY AND HORIZONTALLY, THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR.

AND WHEN DOES THE FIRST SEMESTER END? CAN WE HAVE THE FIRST SEMESTER END BEFORE CHRISTMAS BREAK? WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE, OF COURSE, THAT WE MEET OUR 187 DAYS.

WE HAVE A WEEK OFF FOR THANKSGIVING. WE HAVE TWO WEEKS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE OFF FOR CHRISTMAS.

WE HAVE ONE WEEK OFF FOR SPRING BREAK BUILDING IN TWO BAD WEATHER DAYS.

SO WHEN WE LOOK AT ALL OF THESE LIKE NON-NEGOTIABLES IS WHAT WE CALL THEM, WE CAME UP WITH THE CALENDAR.

THE CALENDAR. THE FIRST CALENDAR THAT WE CAME UP WITH WAS THE CALENDAR THAT WE HAVE TODAY.

BASICALLY WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS WITH THE CALENDAR THAT WE HAVE TODAY, OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, WE HAVE ENOUGH MINUTES TO HAVE TWO DAYS. SO WHEN YOU HAVE BAD WEATHER DAYS, YOU'VE GOT THOSE TWO DAYS BUILT IN, YOU HAVE GOT TO HAVE THOSE. SO THE FIRST OPTION WAS THE ONE THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, OPTION TWO, WHICH IS THE OPTION THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING TO YOU IS IT'S VERY MUCH LIKE WHAT WE HAVE NOW.

THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS, IS WE STILL HAVE THE FOUR DAYS, THE ELEMENTARY STILL HAVE THE FOUR DAYS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR SO THAT THEY CAN DO THEIR TESTING WITH, WITH AN ADDITION, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TO GET OUR MINUTES IN.

WE WOULD BE ADDING LUNCH INTO THAT DAY. SO WE WOULD BE EXTENDING THE DAY FOR THE ELEMENTARY SO THAT THEY COULD GET THEIR MINUTES.

WE WOULD ALSO GET MONEY FOR SERVING LUNCH. SO THAT'S ANOTHER ADDITIONAL BONUS THAT WE WOULD GET FROM THAT.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE ELEMENTARY HAVE ASKED FOR A HALF DAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS BREAK AND THEY WOULD LIKE A HALF DAY, THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL. IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE HAD TO ADD ON THOSE ADDITIONAL MINUTES FOR THE LUNCH.

SO IT'S AN EXTENDED DAY, BUT IT'S STILL A HALF DAY.

SO OTHER THAN THAT THERE'S ONE OTHER ONE IN LIKE THIS YEAR.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I THOUGHT THAT MONDAY WAS FABULOUS TO HAVE IT OFF AFTER CHRISTMAS BREAK FOR OPTION TWO.

WE WOULD HAVE TO TAKE THAT MONDAY DAY OFF. THAT WOULD STILL BE A TEACHER WORK DAY, BUT WE WOULD MOVE IT TO FEBRUARY.

SO FEBRUARY WOULD HAVE A, AN EXTENDED LONG WEEKEND THERE WHICH WE DO NOT CURRENTLY HAVE.

WE HAVE A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY IN FEBRUARY, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THAT.

OUR THIRD OPTION WAS IN WAS AN EXTENDED CHRISTMAS BREAK.

THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS THAT RAN US INTO THE LAST WEEK OF MAY, AND NOBODY WANTED TO GO THE LAST WEEK OF MAY.

SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT OPTION TWO BE THE CALENDAR THAT WE ARE PROPOSING.

WE WILL BE WORKING WITH COMMUNICATIONS AND WE WILL BE PUTTING A LINK ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE.

WE WOULD ALSO LIKE FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY.

IT'S ALWAYS NICE WHEN YOU GET FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE WE LOOK AT THESE CALENDARS EVERY DAY AND WE SEE THINGS, YOU KNOW, YOU KIND OF GET USED TO SEEING THE SAME OLD THINGS. SO WE WOULD WE WOULD LIKE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO HELP US LOOK AT THESE CALENDARS.

IF THERE'S A BETTER WAY THAT WE COULD DO OPTION TWO THAT YOU THINK THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN OR WE HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT, WE WELCOME THAT FEEDBACK, AND I WILL BE WORKING WITH MR.

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ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MISS PEDDY. YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE, YOU KNOW, I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW YOU KNOW WHY CREATING A CALENDAR IS SO COMPLICATED EVERY SINGLE YEAR. AND ALL THE DRAMA THAT SEEMS TO FOLLOW IT AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS, I JUST. DOCTOR GLENN, MAYBE I CAN ASK YOU IN YOUR EXPERIENCE IN DIFFERENT DISTRICTS AND WHAT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE PROCESS THAT WE USE SEEMS TO BE DIFFERENT EVERY SINGLE YEAR.

I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR ALMOST FOUR YEARS. AND, YOU KNOW, WE EITHER GO OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND DO A SURVEY OR WE ASK THE TEACHERS AND STAFF OR WE, YOU KNOW, THE DAC COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW, MAKES A RECOMMENDATION.

WE COME UP WITH ALL THESE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS AND, YOU KNOW, REALLY IS THERE IS THERE REALLY A DIFFERENCE YEAR TO YEAR ON THESE SCENARIOS? DO WE HAVE TO MAKE IT SUCH AN ORDEAL TO TRY TO, YOU KNOW, APPROVE A CALENDAR EVERY SINGLE YEAR? I'D LIKE TO HEAR YOUR OPINION ON YOUR EXPERIENCE.

YEAH. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BRIAN. NO, I THINK ULTIMATELY THE SCHOOL CALENDAR IS, IS VOTED ON AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD.

AND EVERY DISTRICT IN THE STATE DOES IT DIFFERENTLY.

YOU KNOW, HAVING GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS MULTIPLE TIMES, I THINK THAT MISS PEDDY BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT.

THERE ARE NON-NEGOTIABLES IN A CALENDAR. WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT WEEK AT THANKSGIVING. WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE WEEK AT SPRING BREAK, THE TWO WEEKS AT CHRISTMAS. AND SO AND SO ULTIMATELY, SOME OF THE SMALLER THINGS ARE REALLY SEMANTICS.

THE KEY THAT I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT IS, IS PARENTS LIKE, CONSISTENCY.

DISTRICTS LIKE CONSISTENCY. SO THE QUICKER WE CAN MOVE TO A PLACE WHERE PARENTS KNOW THAT OUR CALENDAR IS REALLY NOT GOING TO CHANGE MUCH YEAR OVER YEAR, I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE AT OUR BEST.

PARENTS CAN EXPECT THAT, THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO BAD WEATHER DAYS BUILT IN.

THEY KNOW THAT ONE IS TYPICALLY GOING TO BE ON GOOD FRIDAY. THEY KNOW THE OTHER IS GOING TO BE SOMETIME IN FEBRUARY, SO THAT WE CAN BREAK UP THE YEAR A LITTLE BIT.

THEY KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO END SCHOOL IN MAY. WE'RE GOING TO START SCHOOL IN AUGUST. AND BARRING SOME SORT OF LEGISLATIVE CHANGE, WHICH WE KNOW OCCASIONALLY THAT THAT DOESN'T INCUR, THAT DOES OCCUR, THEN YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE MAJOR SHIFTS IN OUR CALENDAR.

I REALLY THINK THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT OUR BEST.

AND CERTAINLY I LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING A LINK ON OUR WEBSITE BECAUSE WE ALWAYS WANT FEEDBACK.

WE WANT FEEDBACK FROM OUR TEACHERS, WE WANT FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT HUGE SHIFTS IN OUR CALENDAR.

WE WANT PARENTS TO BE ABLE TO PLAN FOR WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CALENDAR WITHOUT HAVING TO DIG THROUGH OUR WEBSITE TO FIND OUT, HEY, WHEN IS SPRING BREAK? THEY SHOULD KNOW, YOU KNOW, SPRING BREAK IN CARROLL IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE THE SECOND WEEK OF MARCH.

AND I THINK WHEN WE GET TO THAT LEVEL OF CONSISTENCY, OUR PARENTS WILL APPRECIATE AND RESPECT THAT.

THANKS. I APPRECIATE THAT, DOCTOR GLENN. LET'S TALK ABOUT TIMING REAL QUICK. I MEAN, IT SEEMS LIKE A LITTLE LATE FOR US TO APPROVE A SCHOOL CALENDAR.

IS THERE ANY REASON WHY WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL DECEMBER, JANUARY, FEBRUARY TO APPROVE A CALENDAR? CAN WE DO IT EARLIER IN THE YEAR? I KNOW PEOPLE LIKE TO MAKE RESERVATIONS OR MAKE PLANS.

YOU KNOW, AT LEAST 12 MONTHS OUT FOR THE HOLIDAYS.

THE HOLIDAY SEASON AND THAT TYPE OF THING, ESPECIALLY SPRING BREAK AND NEED TO KNOW THOSE DATES SOONER THAN LATER.

IS THERE A REASON WHY WE WAIT UNTIL NOW TO APPROVE IT? NO. I MEAN, AGAIN, SOME SCHOOLS DO MULTIPLE YEARS IN ADVANCE.

THE ONLY THE ONLY THING THAT COULD CHANGE IT IS IF THERE WAS A LEGISLATIVE SHIFT.

AND, YOU KNOW, IF YOU FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE KEPT UP WITH IT FOR A LONG TIME, YOU KNOW, AT ONE POINT I THINK THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE CAME IN AND SAID, NO SCHOOL CAN START BEFORE AUGUST 22ND.

AND THEN YEARS LATER THEY CAME BACK AND THEY SAID, WE'RE NOT GOING TO COUNT DAYS. WE'RE GOING TO COUNT MINUTES. BIG SHIFTS LIKE THAT COULD CHANGE A SCHOOL CALENDAR, BUT TYPICALLY YEAR OVER YEAR YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THOSE TYPE OF SHIFTS.

AND YOU COULD APPROVE MULTI YEARS WORTH OF CALENDARS.

SO COULD WE CONSIDER AT OUR NEXT MEETING I GUESS WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER APPROVING WHATEVER WE DECIDE FOR THE CALENDAR AND THEN WAIT TILL THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION IS OVER THE SUMMER TO SEE IF THEY MAKE ANY CHANGES.

AND THEN GO AHEAD AND APPROVE A TWO YEAR. ABSOLUTELY CALENDAR AFTER THAT.

THAT WOULD BE EASY. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS PEDDY? OKAY. I HAD JUST ONE QUESTION. AND IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE DOCTOR GLENN HAD MENTIONED IT'S SPRING BREAK IS ALWAYS THE SECOND HAD BEEN THE SECOND WEEK OF MARCH UNTIL THIS YEAR. AND THIS HAS ALSO GOT IT AT THE THIRD. ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN WE HAD STUDENTS THAT WERE IN COLLEGE AT TEXAS PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES, I APPRECIATED, IT SEEMED LIKE THERE WAS SOME SYNCING UP OF SCHEDULES.

AND I KNOW IT CAN'T BE PERFECT, BUT DO WE GET THAT INFORMATION? YOU KNOW. DOES THE STATE IS THERE A CALENDAR? BECAUSE IT SEEMED LIKE WE WERE ALWAYS EITHER ON AN A&M OR UNT OR UT, WHICH WAS WHICH WAS NICE.

AGAIN, IT CAN NEVER BE PERFECT, BUT I KNOW IT DOES HELP PARENTS.

TO MR. BRIAN'S POINT, WE DO CONTACT THOSE UNIVERSITIES, AND SO SOME OF THE UNIVERSITIES HAVE THEIR CALENDARS SET AND LET US KNOW WHEN THEIR SPRING

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SO WE TRY TO COORDINATE WITH OUR TCC PROGRAM AS WELL AND NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE TEACHERS THAT HAVE KIDS IN OTHER DISTRICTS.

AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WANT TO HELP OUR STAFF AS MUCH AS WE CAN.

SO I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I DO HAVE A COMMENT. SO TRUSTEE AND I ARE ON THIS COMMITTEE UNDERNEATH YOU.

AND SO JUST KIND OF LOOKING AT THE CHANGES FROM THAT WE HAVE THIS YEAR TO THIS, THIS NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, I THINK ADDING LUNCH ON THE ELEMENTARY HALF DAYS, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME PARENTS SAY THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. AS THOSE FEW HOURS, LIKE, FLY BY.

BUT IT'S STILL NOT A FULL DAY, WHICH IS GREAT FOR THOSE OF US THAT DON'T WANT OUR KIDS TO HAVE A FULL DAY IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THIS IS ACTUALLY SINKING UP TO BE MORE CONSISTENT WITH THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS HAVING THOSE HALF DAYS AT CHRISTMAS BREAK, AND AT THE END OF THE YEAR IT'S SYNCING UP WITH SECONDARY, SO IT'S SYNCING UP WITH INTERMEDIATE AND MIDDLE WHICH HOPEFULLY WILL ALLEVIATE SOME QUESTIONS.

YES. ON WHO'S IN, WHO'S OUT. RIGHT. AND ALL OF THAT STUFF.

AND I DO KNOW THAT THE STAFF REALLY, REALLY DID WANT, THEY WANTED THAT EXTRA DAY IN FEBRUARY.

THEY DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE THE THREE DAY WEEKEND WHERE THEY STILL HAVE TO COME IN FOR PROFESSIONAL. THEY WANTED THAT EXTRA MONDAY, SO THEY SEEMED LIKE THAT WAS A PRETTY GREAT COMPROMISE TO COME BACK A DAY EARLY THAN WE DID THIS YEAR FOR CHRISTMAS, SO THAT THEY COULD HAVE THAT IN FEBRUARY.

FEBRUARY IS A HARD MONTH. SO YES, IT IS NICE TO HAVE THAT EXTENDED WEEKEND.

MS. PEDDY WAS RECOMMENDATION NUMBER TWO. ALSO THE RECOMMENDATION OF OUR STAFF AND TEACHERS.

AND THE DAC COMMITTEE. YES, COMMITTEE. IT WAS FROM ALL OF THEM.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANK YOU, MISS PEDDY.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ITEM 7.4 CONSIDER EXCLUSIVE ATHLETIC UNIFORM MANUFACTURER RFP.

COACH DODGE WHILE YOU'RE WALKING UP, JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON A AWESOME YEAR THIS YEAR, NOT ONLY FOR THE VARSITY, BUT UNDERSTAND THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

THE NINTH GRADE JV'S HAD OUTSTANDING YEARS AS WELL.

I THINK IT'S JUST A TESTAMENT TO YOU AND YOUR ASSISTANT COACHES OF WHAT THEY DO, AND WE APPRECIATE THEM.

I KNOW IT'S LONG HOURS. ESPECIALLY THOSE MIDDLE SCHOOL COACHES PROBABLY HAVE THE HARDEST JOB AROUND.

YEAH. AND WE APPRECIATE THEM VERY MUCH. AND WE APPRECIATE YOU PASSING THAT ALONG TO THEM ON BEHALF OF THE BEHALF OF THE BOARD.

SO CONGRATULATIONS. ALSO, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR NEW ROLE AS ATHLETIC DIRECTOR. YES, SIR.

I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE BEEN IN FRONT OF US IN THAT ROLE.

SO WE APPRECIATE THAT AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU IN THAT CAPACITY AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. TAKE IT AWAY. YEAH. VERY BLESSED TO HAVE AN AMAZING STAFF.

MAJORITY OF US HAVE BEEN TOGETHER FOR A LONG TIME, FROM THE MIDDLE SCHOOL ALL THE WAY UP TO MY DEFENSE COORDINATOR, LEE MUNN. AND SO JUST VERY BLESSED TO HAVE A GREAT TEAM AROUND ME. AND FINALLY, COMING UP FOR SOME AIR A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, TRY TO TALK TO DOCTOR GLENN AND NOT GOING INTO A COUPLE DAYS OFF DURING THE BAD WEATHER BECAUSE OUR FOUR KIDS WERE EATING THE EATING THE WALLS OFF AT OUR HOUSE, BUT WE SURVIVED. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE RFP.

OUR RFP WAS TO EXPIRE THIS UPCOMING SUMMER. WE WORKED PROACTIVELY, POSTED A REQUEST FOR AN RFP AND WORKED WITH OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND GOT THAT POSTED IN NOVEMBER OF 24. TO ALIGN WITH THE UNIFORM ORDERING TIMELINE, WHICH IS CHAOTIC, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE.

WE RECEIVED THREE RFPS FROM ADIDAS, NIKE AND UNDER ARMOR.

AFTER REVIEWING THE RFP CRITERIA IN PLACE. I FEEL THAT IS THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR DISTRICT AND OUR ATHLETIC PROGRAMS TO CONTINUE OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH ADIDAS.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE RFP AS A WHOLE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THE HOLISTICALLY, WE WILL HAVE THE TOP DEAL IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.

AND SO WHICH IS PRETTY SPECIAL. SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT.

AND SO YEAH, THAT'S MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO STAY WITH OUR CURRENT RELATIONSHIP WITH ADIDAS.

APPRECIATE THAT. YES, SIR. COACH DODGE, AND JUST TO MAKE SURE THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS THAT WE WENT THROUGH A FORMAL PROCESS FOR THE PROCUREMENT.

WE RECEIVED BIDS. YES, SIR. THOSE THREE COMPANIES BID.

AND WE HAD A PROCESS TO LOOK THROUGH ALL OF THOSE.

AND AS YOU SAID, ADIDAS, WE'RE LIKE THE TOP HIGH SCHOOL IN THE COUNTRY AS FAR AS THAT ADIDAS DEAL.

AS AN ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT AS A WHOLE, AS AN ATHLETIC PROGRAM. AND THAT JUST GIVES. CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THAT ENTAILS? IT DOESN'T JUST. YOU'RE JUST NOT TALKING VARSITY FOOTBALL.

NO. WHAT ELSE ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? WE'RE TALKING ALL THE WAY FROM THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS. FOR OBVIOUSLY SUPPLYING ALL OF OUR ATHLETIC PROGRAMS WITH GEAR AND ALSO OUR COACHES AS WELL. SO AND THEY ALSO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALSO GOING TO BE HELP WHEN IT COMES TO MARKETING SIGNAGE AS WELL AT DRAGON STADIUM AND THE GYMS AND THE HALLWAYS AND THE FIELDHOUSE AND THE INDOOR.

SO IT EXPANDS A LOT DEEPER THAN JUST THAN JUST JERSEYS, RIGHT?

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BUT WE HAVE HAD A GREAT RELATIONSHIP AND I THINK A LOT OF OBVIOUSLY, IN THIS LINE OF BUSINESS, WHEN YOU HAVE GREAT RELATIONSHIPS, YOU WANT TO YOU WANT TO HOLD ON TO THOSE AS WELL.

BUT WE HAVE WHICH I THINK IS PRETTY UNIQUE IN THE SENSE OF WITH WE ALWAYS HAVE EVERY ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT HAS A THIRD PARTY THAT ATHLETIC SUPPLY COMPANIES THAT ARE KIND OF THE MIDDLEMAN WHEN IT COMES TO TACKLING DUMMIES OR BASKETBALL NETS.

BUT WITH ADIDAS, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A REP THAT FROM ADIDAS THAT HANDLES SOUTHLAKE CARROLL AND THAT'S UNIQUE AND A LOT OF PROGRAMS ACROSS THE.

SOUTHLAKE CARROLL. ONLY SOUTHLAKE CARROLL HAS THAT. OKAY. SO YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S PRETTY SPECIAL.

AND I THINK IT KIND OF GIVES A BREAK TO OUR CABC AND OUR BOOSTERS.

ABSOLUTELY. TO CONCENTRATE ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY NEED.

AND THERE'S, THERE'S A FEW PROGRAMS, ATHLETIC PROGRAMS THAT NOT, THAT WILL NOT BE SPONSORED BY ADIDAS.

CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT JUST FOR A SECOND? SWIM, GOLF, CROSS COUNTRY.

OKAY. SO CROSS COUNTRY HAS AN AMAZING DEAL WITH NIKE.

THAT THAT DEAL WILL NOT GO AWAY. OKAY. IT WILL STAY WITH NIKE AND CONTINUE THEIR GREAT RELATIONSHIP WHEN THEIR ELITE DEAL THAT THEY HAVE.

SWIM AND SWIM AND DIVE IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN THE SENSE OF WITH ANY BRAND, THEY'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, LEAN TOWARDS THE SWIMMING AVENUE WITH LIKE SPEEDO.

AND THEN SAME THING WITH TENNIS AND GOLF. SO GOLF HAS A GOOD LITTLE DEAL WITH A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT COMPANIES, BUT WE'VE KIND OF ALLOWED THEM TO DO THEIR OWN THING.

OKAY. AND THE COACHES AGREE WITH THAT. THEY'RE IN SYNC WITH.

YES, SIR. WITH THAT ARRANGEMENT. YES, SIR. TRUSTEE BOTTOM, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? SO THIS DEAL IS IN PLACE FOR FIVE YEARS, CORRECT? YES, MA'AM. OKAY.

AND IT SOUNDS AS THOUGH IT'S GREAT WE'VE GOT A REP IN THE AREA.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. I HATE TO ASK THE QUESTION, BUT THAT WE'RE DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE. THERE'S NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST OF ANYONE.

THIS IS A, LIKE I SAID, A BIG CONTRACT. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE DONE ALL OF OUR DUE DILIGENCE.

YES, MA'AM. NO. NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST AT ALL.

PERFECT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. COACH TODD, FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN, A GREAT SEASON.

THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR TAKING THAT DUAL ROLE OF ATHLETIC DIRECTOR.

YES, SIR. IT'S REALLY GREAT. THIS IS NOT THE REASON, BUT JUST FOR THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW, WOULD IT NOT BY STAYING WITH ADIDAS, ACTUALLY ALSO SAVE US MONEY BECAUSE WE HAVE CURRENT UNIFORMS THAT DON'T HAVE TO BE REPLACED? I MEAN, BASEBALL, FOOTBALL, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GOT MULTIPLE NOT JUST HOME AND AWAY, YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE JERSEYS. YEAH. IT SAVES OUR DISTRICT AND OUR ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT OUR BUDGET A LOT OF MONEY A LOT OF MONEY.

SO WHEN YOU'RE WHEN YOU'RE TURNING OVER A BRAND ESPECIALLY IN THIS TOWN, IT COSTS A LOT OF MONEY.

OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE GETTING MONEY IN, BUT IT'S GOING TO IT TAKES A LOT TO TURN OVER JERSEYS AND ESPECIALLY THE SIZE OF OUR PROGRAM.

SO, YEAH, ALL THE PARENTS SAID THANK YOU. YES, EXACTLY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR COACH DODGE? OKAY. THANK YOU SIR.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANKS, GUYS. ALL RIGHT. OKAY.

WE'RE MOVING ON TO OUR DISCUSSION ACTION SECTION.

[8. DISCUSSION/ACTION]

DOCTOR GLENN. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. TRUSTEES, AS YOU KNOW, WE CLOSED SCHOOL FOR TWO DAYS LAST WEEK BECAUSE OF INCLEMENT WEATHER.

WE DO STILL NEED TO TAKE CARE OF OUR EMPLOYEES.

JUST BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE SCHOOL DOES NOT MEAN THAT THEY DON'T HAVE BILLS TO PAY.

AND SO BY TE POLICY 451, IT IS REQUIRED THAT TRUSTEES APPROVE A RESOLUTION TO MAKE SURE OUR HOURLY EMPLOYEES GET PAID FOR THIS TIME. SO IT IS OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU APPROVE AS PRESENTED.

YES. I MOVE THAT THIS BOARD APPROVES THE RESOLUTION TO PAY SALARIED AND NON-SALARIED EMPLOYEES DURING EMERGENCY SCHOOL CLOSURES DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER.

SECOND. MOTION AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 0.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEE YEAGER. DOCTOR GLENN. OKAY.

IF NO OBJECTION, WE WILL ADJOURN THIS MEETING TONIGHT AT 6:53 P.M..

THANK YOU. BOARD.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.