Jan 27, 2025 School Board

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ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. WE'LL CALL THIS REGULAR MEETING OF THE CARROLL ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO ORDER ON JANUARY 27TH,

[1. CALL TO ORDER AND ESTABLISH QUORUM]

[2. EXECUTIVE SESSION]

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. WE WILL CALL THIS MEETING BACK TO ORDER AT 6 P.M..

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. TEST. WORKING. OKAY. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

WE'LL CALL THIS MEETING BACK TO ORDER AT 6 P.M..

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

WILL YOU ALL 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. IN JESUS CHRIST'S NAME WE PRAY.

AMEN. AMEN. BOARD HAPPY BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH AND THANK YOU FOR SPOTLIGHTING CARROLL HIGH SCHOOL AND CARROLL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.

MY COLLEAGUE AND I WILL LEAD IN THE PLEDGE. ALL STAND.

OH, WE'RE ALL STANDING.

AND NOW FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

THANK YOU. AND NOW, PLEASE LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO TWO OUTSTANDING MEMBERS OF OUR JAZZ ORCHESTRA, MR. BEN RANDALL AND MISS MAGGIE KESTER. HEY.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. OUR NAMES ARE BEN RANDALL AND MAGGIE KESTER.

AND WE ARE PROUD MEMBERS OF THE CARROLL JAZZ ORCHESTRA.

ON BEHALF OF OUR ENTIRE BAND, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT TO SHARE WHAT WE LOVE MOST JAZZ MUSIC.

OUR PROGRAM HAS A LONG AND PROUD HISTORY, DATING ALL THE WAY BACK TO 1970, AND IT'S AN HONOR TO BE PART OF SOMETHING THAT MEANS SO MUCH TO OUR SCHOOL AND OUR COMMUNITY. UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR INCREDIBLE DIRECTOR, MR. DAVID LEON OVER HERE, WHO HAS BEEN WITH US FOR 17 YEARS, WE'VE HAD THE CHANCE TO PUSH OURSELVES MUSICALLY AND GROW AS A BAND IN WAYS WE COULDN'T HAVE IMAGINED. THIS YEAR IS ESPECIALLY EXCITING FOR US HERE AT THE JAZZ ORCHESTRA, AS WE'VE BEEN CHOSEN TO COMPETE IN THE ESSENTIALLY ELLINGTON NATIONAL JAZZ COMPETITION AT LINCOLN CENTER IN NEW YORK CITY. AND THIS COMING MAY, AFTER PLACING IN THE TOP 30 JAZZ BANDS GLOBALLY WITH OUR DECEMBER RECORDINGS THAT WE MADE EARLIER THIS YEAR. YEAH, IT'S AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORM ON ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS STAGES, ALONGSIDE SOME OF THE BEST HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ BANDS FROM AROUND THE WORLD.

IT WILL BE OUR SEVENTH TIME AT ESSENTIALLY ELLINGTON, AND WE'RE WORKING HARD TO MAKE SURE WE REPRESENT CARROLL ISD AND OUR COMMUNITY WITH PRIDE.

WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT WE RECEIVE FROM OUR SCHOOL BOARD, OUR TEACHERS, OUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

IT'S WHAT ALLOWS US TO DO WHAT WE LOVE AT THIS LEVEL.

THANK YOU FOR CHEERING US ON AS WE CONTINUE THIS INCREDIBLE JOURNEY, AND WE HOPE YOU ENJOY WHAT WE HAVE TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT.

IF I COULD JUST BUTT IN HERE REAL QUICK BEFORE WE.

I JUST WANT TO REITERATE WHAT MAGGIE AND BEN SAID AND THAT'S THAT.

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ACTUALLY IN THE TOP 25, NOT EVEN THE TOP 30 GOING TO NEW YORK.

AND OF COURSE, THAT'S DOWN TO THEIR TALENT AND THEIR HARD WORK. BUT ANOTHER THING THAT IT'S DOWN TO IS THE CONSISTENCY WITH WHICH THIS DISTRICT HAS SUPPORTED THEM OVER THE YEARS. LIKE THEY JUST SAID, I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S BEEN 17 YEARS, Y'ALL, THAT I'VE BEEN DOING THIS, BUT BUT THROUGH SCHOOL BOARD, AFTER SCHOOL BOARD, PRINCIPAL AFTER PRINCIPAL, THERE HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT SUPPORT HERE.

AND THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE. THE NET RESULT IS RIGHT IS RIGHT THERE.

SO I PROFOUNDLY WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR CONTINUING TO SUPPORT US.

AS YOU CAN SEE, HERE WE ARE LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

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IT'S CALLED ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET. YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THAT BEFORE, JUST TO KIND OF CHEER THINGS UP. SO HERE THEY GO.

[MUSIC] AND THAT IS HOW YOU WANT TO END EVERY SINGLE DAY RIGHT THERE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, GUYS. BOARD, CAN WE TROUBLE YOU TO COME DOWN AND GET A PICTURE WITH ALL OF OUR ORCHESTRA? ORCHESTRA.

CAN WE GET YOU GUYS ALL SQUEEZED IN HERE? THE PRE NEW YORK CITY SHOT.

LET'S GET THAT.

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ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU ALL. [APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT.

[4. RECOGNITIONS]

SO WE'LL GET THAT STARTED WITH ITEM 4.2, INSPIRE EXCELLENT TEACHERS OF THE MONTH I BELIEVE OUR FIRST PRESENTER IS MR. FIKE OR MISS LEONARD, WHO WANTS TO GO FIRST? MR. FIKE. SAY, LET ME GO FIRST. OKAY. I AM THRILLED TO BE COMING TO YOU TONIGHT TO HELP RECOGNIZE AN AMAZING TEACHER THAT WE HAVE ON THE CAMPUS, MISS BAILEY WILLIAMSON.

SHE IS RIGHT HERE BEHIND ME, AND SHE BROUGHT HER HUSBAND, KYLE AND HER SON, JONES.

AND I'LL START OFF, FIRST OFF, SHE IS A CARROLL GRAD.

AND JONES MISSES MOMMY JONES, COME ON UP. CARROLL GRAD, BOTH HER AND HER HUSBAND.

I WON'T HOLD IT AGAINST HER, BUT SHE DID GRADUATE FROM TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY.

AND AFTER THAT, SHE TEN YEARS AGO DECIDED TO COME BACK TO CARROLL AND HAS BEEN ON IN THE DISTRICT FOR TEN YEARS.

IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF HAVING HER AT OLD UNION.

SO WE HAD A PARENT NOMINATOR, AND WHAT THE PARENT WROTE WAS, MISS WILLIAMSON IS AN EXCEPTIONAL TEACHER WHO INSPIRES EXCELLENCE IN HER STUDENTS.

HAVING HAD BOTH MY DAUGHTERS IN HER CLASS, I'VE WITNESSED FIRSTHAND THE POSITIVE IMPACT SHE MAKES NOT JUST WITHIN HER CLASSROOM, BUT ACROSS THE ENTIRE CAMPUS. SHE HAS REMARKABLE ABILITY TO RECOGNIZE EACH STUDENT'S UNIQUE QUALITIES, BUILDING GENUINE CONNECTIONS THAT HELP EACH SEE THEIR STRENGTHS.

WHETHER PAUSING TO GIVE EXTRA SUPPORT OR CELEBRATING CLASS ACHIEVEMENTS WITH A DANCE PARTY, WHICH SHE DOES OFTEN. SHE FOSTERS KINDNESS AND EXCITEMENT FOR LEARNING IN EACH MOMENT.

ON TOP OF THAT, AS A PRINCIPAL, I'VE PERSONALLY OBSERVED HER DEDICATION AND INFLUENCE AND CAN CONFIDENTLY SAY THAT MISS WILLIAMSON'S PASSION AND COMMITMENT EXTEND FAR BEYOND

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FOSTERING NOT ONLY THEIR INTELLECTUAL GROWTH, BUT ALSO THEIR EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL WELL-BEING.

HER NURTURING APPROACH CREATES AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE STUDENTS THRIVE, FEEL VALUED, AND DEVELOP A LIFELONG LOVE OF LEARNING.

WHETHER THROUGH HER UNWAVERING ENCOURAGEMENT, CREATIVE TEACHING METHODS, OR GENUINE CARE, SHE SHOWS EVERY CHILD THE IMPACT THAT SHE HAS IS IMMEASURABLE.

WE'RE TRULY BLESSED TO HAVE HER SERVING THE CHILDREN AT OLD UNION AND CARROLL ISD.

[APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL GRAB SOME PICTURES AT THE END. SO, MISS LEONARD, DO YOU WANT TO COME UP? YOU'RE NEXT. GOOD EVENING, DOCTOR GLENN, PRESIDENT BRYAN AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

I AM HONORED TO ANNOUNCE THAT OUR OTHER INSPIRE SECONDARY TEACHER IS MISS ROBIN YOUNG.

IF YOU WANT TO COME, JOIN ME. MISS YOUNG. SHE HAS HER DAUGHTER, AS WELL AS OUR DAWSON MIDDLE SCHOOL FAN CLUB BACK HERE WITH US. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TO HELP US CELEBRATE.

I'M HONORED TO ANNOUNCE THAT OUR INSPIRE. EXCELLENT RECIPIENT IS MISS ROBIN YOUNG.

ROBIN IS A SEVENTH GRADE HUMANITIES TEACHER AT DAWSON MIDDLE SCHOOL.

SHE BEGAN HER TEACHING CAREER IN GERMANY AFTER SERVING IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY.

ROBIN HAS TAUGHT ALL K-12 GRADES, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THIRD AND FOURTH GRADES.

16 OF HER 25 YEARS IN PUBLIC EDUCATION HAVE BEEN AT DAWSON TEACHING ENGLISH AND HUMANITIES.

SHE HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS TEACHER OF THE MONTH, TEACHER OF THE YEAR, AS WELL AS BEING HONORED IN SOUTHLAKE STYLE MAGAZINE, ALONG WITH A COLLEAGUE FOR A CROSS CURRICULAR ACTIVITY IN WHICH THEIR STUDENTS CREATED TEXTBOOKS AND GARNERED DONATIONS FOR STUDENTS IN UGANDA, AFRICA. ROBIN LOVES NURTURING HER STUDENTS CONFIDENCE, SPARKING AUTHENTIC ENGAGEMENT AND INSPIRING THEIR CREATIVITY AND CRITICAL THINKING.

WHEN SHE IS NOT TEACHING, SHE SHARES AS MUCH QUALITY TIME AS SHE CAN WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY.

READS ONE OF MANY BOOKS ON HER LONG LIST OF TITLES, GOES HIKING AND CAMPING AND ONE OF OUR STATE PARKS AND ALWAYS ROOTS FOR HER OHIO STATE BUCKEYES AND THE TEXAS RANGERS. HERE ARE JUST A FEW THINGS THAT ONE OF OUR PARENTS SAID ABOUT MRS. YOUNG. MISS YOUNG IS A DEDICATED TEACHER WHO GENUINELY CARES ABOUT HER STUDENTS.

SHE ENSURES THEY UNDERSTAND THE LESSONS AND TEACHES THEM VALUABLE SKILLS FOR MANAGING THEIR TIME AND ASSIGNMENTS.

MISS YOUNG ALSO TAKES TIME TO SUPPORT EACH STUDENT INDIVIDUALLY.

FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN MY DAUGHTER ANSWERED A GRAMMAR QUESTION IN CLASS, MISS YOUNG GAVE HER PERSONALIZED ADVICE THAT BOOSTED HER CONFIDENCE.

THIS GUIDANCE HAS HELPED MY DAUGHTER GROW AND CONTINUE TO IMPROVE IN HER SKILLS.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING MISS ROBIN YOUNG FOR HER UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO HER STUDENTS, OUR STAFF, AND HER EXEMPLARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO DAWSON MIDDLE SCHOOL.

SHE TRULY EMBODIES THE SPIRIT OF INSPIRE EXCELLENCE.

CONGRATULATIONS. MISS LEONARD, I THINK YOU'RE STILL UP.

YES YOU ARE. I WAS SO EXCITED TO GET TWO RECIPIENTS THIS MONTH.

YEAH, EXACTLY. CONGRATS. AWESOME. I ALWAYS LOVE TO RECOGNIZE OUR AMAZING STAFF MEMBERS.

AND TONIGHT FOR OUR EMPLOYEE INSPIRE EXCELLENCE OF THE MONTH.

I HAVE MISS BRANDI STEWART.

SO I AM HONORED TO ANNOUNCE MISS OR I SHOULD SAY NURSE STEWART.

NURSE STEWART IS A MOTHER OF THREE DRAGONS. HER TWO DAUGHTERS ARE GRADUATES AND NOW ATTEND TEXAS A&M, AND HER SON IS A FRESHMAN AT CARROLL HIGH SCHOOL.

SHE JOINED DAWSON THE YEAR AFTER THREE YEARS OF BEING AT EUBANKS INTERMEDIATE.

AND NURSE STEWART IS CURRENTLY THE LEAD NURSE FOR OUR DISTRICT.

UPON GRADUATING FROM UNC CHAPEL HILL IN 1995, NURSE STEWART WORKED ON THE BUSINESS SIDE OF HEALTH CARE FOR 11 YEARS.

SHE ALSO SERVED IN THE US NAVY RESERVES AS A SUPPLY OFFICER FOR EIGHT YEARS, BEFORE SPENDING A DECADE AS A STAY AT HOME MOM.

IN 2014, SHE WENT BACK TO SCHOOL TO NURSING SCHOOL AT BLINN COLLEGE, OBTAINED HER RN LICENSE AND THEN FINISHED HER BACHELOR'S OF SCIENCE NURSING AT UT ARLINGTON. NURSE STEWART WORKED IN THE NURSERY, NICU, PEDIATRICS AND EVENTUALLY AS A NURSING MANAGER IN WOMEN'S SERVICE AT SAINT JOSEPH'S IN BRYAN, TEXAS. PRIOR TO MOVING HERE IN 2020, SHE LOVES HER LIFE HERE AT SOUTHLAKE AS A DRAGON NURSE, AND WE ARE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE HER AS PART OF OUR DAWSON FAMILY.

HERE ARE JUST A FEW THINGS THAT ONE OF OUR PARENTS SAID ABOUT MISS STEWART. NURSE STEWART HAS BEEN A CONSTANT SOURCE OF CARE AND COMFORT FOR OUR FAMILY OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS.

SHE WAS THE NURSE AT MY SON'S INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL AND NOW SERVES AT HIS MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHERE MY DAUGHTER ALSO BENEFITED FROM HER CARE.

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AS A SCHOOL VOLUNTEER, I WITNESSED HER JUGGLE MANY TASKS WITH PATIENCE AND COMPOSURE.

SHE TAKES TIME TO EXPLAIN SITUATIONS AND GENUINELY WISHES THE KIDS WELL.

BRINGING ME PEACE KNOWING THEY ARE IN SUCH CAPABLE HANDS.

NURSE STEWART EXEMPLIFIES EXEMPLARY EXCELLENCE IN BOTH HER JOB AND HER KINDNESS, AND WE ARE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE HER AT DAWSON.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN CELEBRATING MISS BRANDY STEWART FOR HER EXCEPTIONAL CARE AND DEDICATION.

SHE DOES TRULY REPRESENT THE SPIRIT OF INSPIRE EXCELLENCE.

[APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS, NURSE STEWART. OKAY, MISS BENHOFF.

GOOD EVENING, DOCTOR GLENN AND TRUSTEES. MRS. GOMEZ, WHY DON'T YOU COME ON UP HERE AND WE'LL JUST. WE'LL JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOU.

SO COME ON UP. I AM EXCITED TO SHARE WITH YOU HOW FORTUNATE WE ARE AT CARROLL HIGH SCHOOL TO HAVE AN INCREDIBLE SUBSTITUTE TEACHER.

BEING A SUBSTITUTE, AS YOU ALL KNOW, IS NO SMALL TASK.

BUT THIS INDIVIDUAL RIGHT HERE HAS BROUGHT UNMATCHED ENERGY, DEDICATION, AND CARE FOR HER STUDENTS WHILE CREATING A SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT.

TODAY I WANT TO CELEBRATE MRS. GLORIA GOMEZ RIGHT HERE.

LIVE AND IN THE FLESH, EVERYBODY. A FABULOUS SUBSTITUTE TEACHER WHO HAS SHOWN TO BE A TRUE EDUCATOR AT CARROLL HIGH SCHOOL.

STEPPING INTO A CLASSROOM AS A SUBSTITUTE IS NOT EASY.

THEY OFTEN HAVE LITTLE TIME TO PREPARE AND ARE MET WITH THE CHALLENGES OF UNFAMILIAR FACES.

YET MRS. GOMEZ EMBRACES THAT MOMENT WITH FLEXIBILITY, CREATIVITY, AND CARE.

HER ABILITY TO CONNECT WITH OUR STUDENTS HAS TRULY BEEN REMARKABLE.

SHE'S NOT JUST FILLING IN, SHE IS INSPIRING, ENCOURAGING AND ENRICHING OUR STUDENTS LIVES.

SHE HAS WORKED TO CONNECT WITH STUDENTS, BRINGING PATIENCE AND GENUINE LOVE FOR TEACHING.

MRS. GOMEZ, EXCUSE ME OFTEN STEPS IN TO HELP ANY AND ALL CLASSES, NOT JUST HER FAVORITE, WHICH IS SPANISH.

HER ABILITY TO INSPIRE AND NURTURE STUDENTS, EVEN IN A SHORT TIME, SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT HER DEDICATION AND TALENT.

WITH HER EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND COMES A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE AND STRONG SKILLS, AND WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE HER SHARE THAT WITH US HERE AT CARROLL HIGH SCHOOL.

SO ON BEHALF OF CHS, I WANT TO EXPRESS OUR DEEPEST GRATITUDE FOR YOUR HARD WORK, MRS. GOMES, AND POSITIVE ENERGY THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT ONTO OUR CAMPUS.

IT'S INDIVIDUALS LIKE YOU WHO REMIND US THAT EDUCATION IS A SHARED EFFORT WHERE EVERY ROLE MATTERS DAILY.

SO THANK YOU FOR GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND, AND WE'RE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE YOU AS PART OF OUR FAMILY.

CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE].

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IF YOU STAY, IF NOT, YOU'RE WELCOME TO LEAVE.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS AGENDA ITEM 4.5.

WE ALWAYS RECOGNIZE ONE OF OUR BOOSTER CLUBS.

AT OUR REGULAR BOARD MEETINGS EACH MONTH AND THIS MONTH, WE ARE RECOGNIZING OUR CHOIR BOOSTERS.

AND WE'RE SO APPRECIATIVE OF ALL OF OUR BOOSTERS THAT HELP SUPPLEMENT OUR BUDGET SHORTFALLS.

THERE IS SO MUCH NEEDED AND SO APPRECIATED. AND I KNOW, MISS LYNN, YOU HAVE A AWESOME PRESENTATION TO GIVE.

AMAZING. YES. SO JUST GET READY. AND SO WE'VE GOT IT LOADED.

SO I'LL GIVE YOU THE MIC. THANK YOU. WELL. GOOD EVENING.

AS I SAID, AS HE SAID, MY NAME IS EMILY LUND, AND I'M THE CARROLL CHOIR BOOSTER PRESIDENT.

AND I HAVE SOME OF OUR OTHER BOOSTER PRESIDENCY MEMBERS HERE, AND I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND ALL THEY DO.

I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THIS ORGANIZATION CLEAR BACK INTO 2017, HAVING THREE OF MY FIVE CHILDREN GO THROUGH THE PROGRAM.

I HAD TO FIGURE OUT THIS. OH, I DID IT GOOD. OKAY.

AND I LOVE CHOIR BECAUSE IT GIVES OUR KIDS A LITERAL VOICE, OF COURSE, BUT IT ALSO GIVES THEM A FIGURATIVE VOICE AS THEY LEARN TO GROW, ADAPT AND FIND OPPORTUNITIES TO DEVELOP THEIR TALENTS AND THEMSELVES.

AND I LOVE THAT ABOUT CHOIR. NOW, CARROLL CHOIRS INVOLVES OVER 80 FAMILIES FROM SEVENTH THROUGH 12TH GRADE.

NOW, MOST OF THE STUDENTS INVOLVED ARE INVOLVED IN MORE THAN ONE OF THOSE ENSEMBLES OVER THERE.

THEY'RE VERY BUSY KIDS INVOLVED IN ALL THE DIFFERENT AREAS.

THE CHOIR PROGRAM HAS GREATLY BENEFITED, I FEEL, WITH THE ADDITION AND INTRODUCTION OF SHOW CHOIRS.

IT KIND OF GIVES IT KIND OF GIVES A TERRIFIC BALANCE BETWEEN THE THE FUN SINGING VERSUS THE MORE CHORAL TRADITIONAL SINGING. AND I THINK THAT HAS REALLY ENHANCED AND HEIGHTENED THE INTEREST FOR OUR CHOIR PROGRAMS, BECAUSE IT KIND OF GIVES A MORE DIVERSE OPPORTUNITY FOR MUSIC STYLES.

AND SHOW CHOIR IS REALLY FUN. SO BUT THAT DOESN'T TAKE AWAY FROM THE EXCELLENCE THAT IS FOUND IN THE TRADITIONAL CHORAL TRAINING.

I MEAN, LOOK AT THIS. WE HAVE THREE ALL-STATE MEMBERS FOR THIS YEAR.

YOU HAVE TO KNOW THAT'S A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT.

THERE IS OVER 70,000 STUDENTS. START THAT IN THE FALL.

START THE AUDITION PROCESS, AND THEY WHITTLE IT DOWN TO ONLY JUST OVER 1800 STUDENTS, MAKING THESE THREE STUDENTS HERE IN THE TOP 2.5% OF SINGERS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. AND THAT'S QUITE AN ACCOMPLISHMENT.

AND THIS IS ONLY THE SECOND TIME IN SCHOOL HISTORY THAT THERE HAS BEEN MORE THAN TWO ALL STATERS FROM CHOIR IN A SINGLE YEAR.

SO HATS OFF TO THE PROGRAM AND ALL THE EFFORTS THAT HAVE GONE INTO DEVELOPING THAT TALENT.

IT IS AMAZING. THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT. YES.

LAST MONTH, JUST SO YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON IN CHOIR? LAST MONTH CARROLL CHOIRS WAS SELECTED TO GO TO EPCOT AND PERFORM WITH THE DISNEY CANDLELIGHT PROCESSIONAL, WHICH IS A FULL CONCERT EXPERIENCE WITH THE DISNEY VOICES OF LIBERTY CHOIR, WHICH IS A PROFESSIONAL CHOIR WITH DISNEY AND A PROFESSIONAL 50 PIECE ORCHESTRA. SO THAT WAS PRETTY. I WENT IT WAS AN AMAZING CONCERT, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF OUR SINGERS.

SO OUR DRAGONS HAVE BEEN USING THEIR VOICES ALL OVER TEXAS AND EVEN IN FLORIDA.

SO WHAT DO CHOIR BOOSTERS DO? OF COURSE. OUR GOALS AND DUTIES ARE TO RAISE FUNDS, OF COURSE.

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NOW, MY FOCUS AS A CHOIR BOOSTER PRESIDENT HAS REALLY BEEN ON PROGRAM GROWTH, AND I THINK IT'S BECAUSE I HAVE HAD KIDS GO THROUGH THE PROGRAM AND I KIND OF LIVED THROUGH HAD A CHOIR KID DURING COVID AND HOW AWFUL THAT WAS.

IT'S REALLY NOT FUN TO SING IN A MASK OR BEHIND A ZOOM CALL.

AND SO A LOT OF CHOIR PROGRAMS REALLY SUFFERED WITH THAT, KIDS NOT REALLY FEELING INCLUDED OR INVOLVED.

AND SO IT TAKES TIME FOR ALL CHOIRS ALL OVER THE WORLD ACTUALLY TO START REBUILDING AND, AND KIND OF INVITING PEOPLE BACK TO CHOIR.

AND I THINK WE'RE DOING AN AMAZING JOB OF THAT.

IT REALLY TAKES, FROM WHAT I CAN SEE FROM MY VANTAGE POINT, IS IT TAKES A REALLY STRONG MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM THAT HAS SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADERS FIGURING OUT THAT THEY LOVE TO SING WITH THEIR FRIENDS, AND SO THEY'LL SIGN UP FOR NINTH GRADE CHOIR.

BUT IT ALSO TAKES CLEAR BACK IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, HAVING ELEMENTARY PROGRAMS THAT FOSTER THAT LOVE OF MUSIC.

SO THEY WANT TO CONTINUE. AND PERHAPS THEY SIGN UP FOR JAZZ BAND OR REGULAR BAND OR ALL THE FINE ARTS.

THEY ALL BENEFIT FROM PROGRAMS WAY BACK FROM KINDER.

SO I SUPPORT ALL THOSE THINGS. SO TO BOOST THIS GROWTH, OUR BOOSTER CLUB FUNDS SOCIAL OPPORTUNITIES FROM GRADES SEVEN THROUGH 12.

WE SUPPORT THE STUDENT LEADERSHIPS IN WHAT ENDEAVORS AND GOALS THAT THEY HAVE FOR THEIR ORGANIZATIONS.

WE OFFER SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDENTS WHO WANT TO ATTEND, LIKE AN ALL STATE SUMMER CAMP OR A SHOW CHOIR SUMMER CAMP.

WE OFFER SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDENTS WHO WANT TO GO TO COLLEGE AND BE IN MUSIC EDUCATION, AND WE ALSO SUPPORT ALL THE EXTRA NEEDS THAT ANY THAT OUR DEPARTMENT HAS, LIKE COSTUMES, BACKDROPS, MUSIC, EQUIPMENT, ALL THOSE THINGS.

NOW WE DO HAVE SOME THINGS THAT ARE LARGE THINGS THAT WE ADVOCATE FOR THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT OUT OF OUR REACH AT THIS TIME.

AND ONE IS FOR A GRAND PIANO FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.

BECAUSE WE HAVE THE BEST CONCERT HALL AROUND.

HANDS DOWN. IT'S AMAZING. AND EVEN THE THE VAN CLIBURN PIANO COMPETITION WANTS TO RENT OUR PLACE.

IF WE HAD AN APPROPRIATE PIANO THAT JUST GETS EYES AND VISIBILITY ON OUR CHOIR AND OUR PROGRAM AND OUR CONCERT HALL, AND I LOVE THAT. WE ALSO ARE TRYING TO GET MORE ENHANCED LIGHTING AND SOUND FOR THE AUDITORIUM BECAUSE, AGAIN, IT'S A GREAT RENTAL SPACE AND A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR KIDS TO PERFORM, BUT ALSO FOR THE COMMUNITY.

AND I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE AND ADVOCATE FOR THE RESTORATION OF OUR SIXTH GRADE CHORAL PROGRAMS BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, GROWTH COMES FROM THOSE YOUNGER GRADES CATCHING THAT BUG AND REALLY WANTING TO PARTICIPATE IN FINE ARTS.

AND AS I WORK AS A BOOSTER PRESIDENT, I'VE REALLY SEEN THERE'S A TON OF OVERLAP WITH OUR FINE ARTS PROGRAMS. THE USE OF SPACE, THE STUDENTS, THE USUALLY IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT FINE ARTS PROGRAMS, AND EVEN IN THE DOLLARS SPENT.

SO YOU'VE GOT BAND, THEATER, CHOIR, VISUAL ARTS.

AND I ADVOCATE FOR A FINE ARTS DIRECTOR BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE AS I'M WATCHING ALL OF THIS, THAT OUR EFFORTS AS A BOOSTER CLUB WOULD REALLY BE MAGNIFIED IF WE COULD ALL WORK TOGETHER BETTER. WE COULD FIND REDUNDANCIES IN PROGRAMS THAT WE COULD THEN PULL OUR MONEY AND HELP EACH OTHER OUT, SO WE COULD JUST REALLY STRETCH EVERY PENNY SO WE COULD SUPPORT OUR KIDS EVEN MORE.

AND THAT NEEDS TO THAT NEEDS A LITTLE BIT OF OVERSIGHT TO HELP THAT BE MORE FUNCTIONING.

SO I, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT. ALL RIGHT, SO WHAT CAN Y'ALL DO FOR OUR CHOIRS? COME TO OUR EVENTS. SHOW UP. HERE ARE SOME EVENTS HERE THAT ARE THAT ARE RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.

ALL THE EVENTS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. AND COME ON IN.

REALLY COOL IS IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE SHOW CHOIRS THAT ARE SO FUN AND AMAZING.

WE ARE HOSTING THE INAUGURAL SOUTHLAKE SHOWDOWN.

IT IS TWO DAYS, 30 CHOIRS FROM FOUR STATES. THEY ARE ALL COMING TO OUR SCHOOL.

IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR. OUR STUDENTS GET TO BE HOSTS AND ORGANIZERS AND LEADERS OF THEIR PEERS AS WELL AS IT'S GOING TO RAISE SOME GREAT MONEY FOR OUR CHOIRS. AND MY LAST PLUG IS COME TO AN EVENT.

NEXT WEEK WE HAVE OUR VERY OUR EVENT IS THE SHOW CHOIR PREMIERE NIGHT.

THAT IS 45 MINUTES OF FUN SINGING AND IT'S THE SHOW.

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS LUND. [APPLAUSE] SO, MISS LUND.

IF YOU'LL STAY UP. IF YOU'LL STAY UP. I JUST I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. YOU KNOW, TRUSTEE YEAGER IS NOT HERE.

HE'S OUT OF TOWN, AND BUT I KNOW HE'S WATCHING.

HE'S DOING BACKFLIPS WHEN HE SAW THE GRAND PIANO.

I KNOW HE'S EXCITED. HOW CAN WE, HOW FAR ALONG IS THE BOOSTER CLUB IN TRYING TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN? AND HOW CAN WE, AS A BOARD IN THE DISTRICT HELP IN THAT ENDEAVOR? BECAUSE WE AGREE TOO, THAT IF WE HAD A MAGNIFICENT GRAND PIANO THAT WE COULD ATTRACT ALL KINDS OF EVENTS TO OUR, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THAT BUILDING SITS EMPTY, RIGHT? MOST OF MOST OF THE TIME, AND WE WOULD LOVE TO FILL IT EVERY SINGLE WEEKEND IF WE COULD.

AND THAT WOULD BRING IN MONEY TO THE DISTRICT AND THEN BE ABLE TO FILTER BACK OUT TO THE CHOIR AND THE BAND AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.

SO WE ARE VERY KEEN ON TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THAT.

WE JUST HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL. AND MAYBE YOU CAN, IN YOUR GROUP CAN HELP US OUT IN FIGURING OUT A PLAN ON HOW TO DO THAT.

YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT MR. YEAGER HAD A CONTACT OF SOMEONE WHO WAS POSSIBLY GOING TO DONATE A PIANO, AND THAT HASN'T QUITE COME TO FRUITION. SO IT'S WE'RE STILL KIND OF BACK TO FINDING PEOPLE WHO MAY WANT TO DONATE OR WORKING WITH YOU ALL TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHAT'S THE BEST APPROACH.

AND IT COULD COME FROM NOT JUST OUR ORGANIZATION.

THAT'S WHY I THINK WORKING TOGETHER AS A FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT WOULD REALLY HELP THAT.

YEAH, WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO ORGANIZE THAT BECAUSE YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS.

WE'VE LISTENED. YOU'RE GOOD. WELL, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT THIS BOARD, THE REASON WHY WE'RE BRINGING A BOOSTER CLUB UP EVERY SINGLE MONTH IS BECAUSE WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHO IS IT, BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH YOU GUYS, FIGURE OUT WHAT YOUR NEEDS ARE.

WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP AND GET EVERYBODY AS A COMMUNITY BEHIND SOME OF THESE THINGS? THAT JUST HASN'T BEEN DONE IN THE PAST. AND SO I REALLY I MEAN, THE WHOLE GRAND PIANO IDEA IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO JUMP ON AND JUMP ON RIGHT NOW.

AND MAYBE THAT'S GOING TO TAKE YOU KNOW, ONLY THREE OF US CAN MEET AT A TIME OUTSIDE OF OPEN SESSION.

SO MAYBE IT TAKES THE BOARD OFFICERS MEETING WITH YOUR BOOSTER CLUB TO COME UP WITH SOME SORT OF A PLAN TO GET BRING EVERYBODY ELSE IN TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THAT AS A COMMUNITY.

I LOVE THAT. I THINK MISS RANDALL HAS A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION. DO YOU HAVE ANY? I WILL TELL YOU THAT TRUSTEE YEAGER AND I HAVE MET ALSO WITH KEN JOHNSON IN THE PAST.

THREE YEARS AGO, I THINK, WHEN WE WERE INITIALLY DISCUSSING THE GRAND PIANO.

AND I MYSELF HAVE SHEPHERDED THAT PROCESS IN ANOTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT PRIOR TO BEING HERE, WHERE WE TOOK COMMUNITY FUNDS RAISED, AS WELL AS MATCHING FUNDS WITH BOOSTERS AND THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE TO COME TOGETHER TO MAKE THAT PURCHASE.

THE TOTAL PRICE RANGES, DEPENDING UPON WHETHER WE BUY AN OLDER ONE OR A BRAND NEW ONE.

SO IT'S HARD TO SAY EXACTLY HOW MUCH IT WOULD BE.

BUT I THINK WE I CERTAINLY KNOW MY BOOSTERS AND AND THE BAND BOOSTERS AS WELL, WOULD BE HAPPY TO SIT TOGETHER WITH ANY NUMBER OF YOU TO TO WORK TOGETHER TO FIND HOW TO PULL THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER WITH OUR BOOSTERS AND MAKE THAT HELP GET THAT SET UP IN THE NEXT 30 TO 60 DAYS SO THAT WE CAN FIGURE THAT OUT.

BECAUSE, AS YOU SAID, THE GROUPS THAT APPROACH US ABOUT RENTING OUT THAT SPACE, OFTENTIMES THAT CAN BE A HINDRANCE.

SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SAY YES, YEAH, YEAH, FOR SURE, 100%.

SO CAN WE GET THAT PRICE? THE PRICE. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.

THE RANGE IS GOING TO BE WHAT'S THE RANGE? YEAH.

WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE FOR THAT BECAUSE THAT SPACE IS SO BIG AND BEAUTIFUL. YOU WANT TO HAVE A FULL CONCERT GRAND IN ORDER TO REALLY BE ACCURATE TO THE SPACE.

ON THE LOW END, IF YOU'RE BUYING SOMETHING THAT IS SOMETHING WE CALL PRE-LOVED IN INSTRUMENT WORLD IS GOING TO BE SOMEWHERE AROUND THE $30,000 MARKER, OR IF YOU'RE BUYING IT BRAND NEW, YOU'RE GOING TO HIT WELL OVER 80 FOR SURE.

BUT YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT LIVES ON. I MEAN, WAY LONGER THAN VEHICLES.

AND I THINK WE THINK OF THINGS IN THAT PRICE RANGE AS VEHICLES.

BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WILL LAST WELL OVER 100 YEARS AND NEEDS TO BE WELL TAKEN CARE OF.

AND WE CERTAINLY WANT TO BE SURE THAT THAT HAPPENS ON THE FLIP SIDE TOO. SO IT'S NOT A SMALL UNDERTAKING, AND WE KNOW THAT, BUT IT IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THAT FACILITY.

THAT'S REALLY NOT A BIG NUMBER. I MEAN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S AND CERTAINLY THIS COMMUNITY SHOULD BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH THAT. IF WE CAN ALL GET TOGETHER AND HAVE A MEETING OF THE MINDS AND, REALLY CONCENTRATE ON DOING THAT, WE'D LOVE TO DO THAT.

THAT WOULD BE A GREAT EXPERIENCE TOGETHER. I ALSO THINK I'LL LET YOU BACK.

BUT JUST THE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF IT IS THE RENTAL THAT WOULD COME IN FROM THAT.

SO IT PAYS ITSELF, RIGHT? IT PAYS IT EVENTUALLY WOULD PAY FOR ITSELF BE NET ZERO.

IT WOULD BE PERFECT. RIGHT? RIGHT. YEAH. WE KEEP UPGRADING.

YEAH. RIGHT. WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO. IF YOU GET A NICE RIGHT, YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TO.

OKAY. IT DOESN'T. RIGHT, I GET IT. MS. LUND, C AN YOU GO BACK TWO SLIDES WHERE IT HAS ALL OF THE EVENTS THAT ARE COMING UP?

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THERE'S AN INN AT TERRELL AND KELLER, NOT THAT FAR.

THEY HAVE THEIR OWN INVITATIONS FOR SHOW CHOIR. AND THIS IS OUR FIRST YEAR FOR THE SOUTHLAKE SHOWDOWN.

LIKE Y'ALL SHOULD SHOW UP. IT'S GOING TO BE. IT'LL BE KIND OF THAT'S PRETTY EXCITING.

SO I WAS I WAS THE FIRST CLASS THAT BROUGHT SHOW CHOIR TO SOUTHLAKE.

PART OF THE FIRST CLASS. YEAH. AND SO THAT'LL BE A SUPER FUN EVENT.

I'M SURE I CAN GET TRUSTEE YEAGER TO GO WITH ME. YEAH.

PERFECT. WE'LL GET YOU TICKETS. WE'LL. WE JUST DON'T WANT HIM BEING A PART OF THE SHOW, RIGHT? I WAS GOING TO SAY NOT TO PUT TRUSTEE STACY ON THE SPOT, BUT YOU'RE ON MY LIST TO ASK IF YOU WANT TO DO EMCEEING FOR FINALS THAT NIGHT.

SO THERE YOU GO. YOU'RE GETTING AN EMAIL FROM ME, WHETHER YOU KNOW IT OR NOT. DO I GET TO SAY THE TEXAS PLEDGE? THAT IS TOTALLY UP TO YOU. BUT HONESTLY, THE EVENT THAT WE THINK THAT WOULD BE BEST FOR YOU TO GET TO HIGHLIGHT BOTH OUR KIDS WORK AND VOLUNTEER WORK, AND ALSO JUST GET TO SEE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE UTILIZE OUR SPACE.

IS THAT ONE ON MARCH THE 8TH? SO IF YOU'VE GOT TO PICK ONE, YEAH, WE'LL BE THERE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

OKAY. LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS ITEM NUMBER FIVE, PUBLIC COMMENTS.

MISS SHELTON, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS THIS EVENING? WE DO NOT HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP THIS EVENING.

OKAY, THEN WE WILL MOVE RIGHT ALONG TO ITEM NUMBER SIX, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON ANY MATTERS ADDRESSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

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

TRUSTEE STACY. SO I MOVED TO APPROVE THE PERSONNEL REPORT AS PRESENTED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

SECOND, WE HAVE A HAVE A MOTION. AND SECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES 6 TO 0. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE'LL MOVE ON NOW TO THERE'S NO OTHER BUSINESS OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION, SO WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN,

[7. PRESIDENT'S REPORT]

AND I KNOW TRUSTEE BOTTOM, YOU HAVE A LEGISLATIVE UPDATE FOR US.

I DO. WELL, THE 89TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION IS FULLY UNDERWAY.

AND AS A BOARD, WE CONTINUE TO TRACK THE BILLS VERY CLOSELY AND MEET WITH OUR STATE LEGISLATOR. THERE'S FOUR KEY BILLS THAT HAVE BEEN FILED THAT WE DEFINITELY HAVE OUR EYE ON. THE FIRST TWO, HB ONE AND SB ONE, ARE THE BUDGET BILLS FOR THE STATE, AND VERY CLEARLY LAY OUT THE PRIORITIES FOR THE SESSION.

I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT BOTH CHAMBERS, BOTH THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE, ARE VERY MUCH ALIGNED AND HOW MUCH THEY SET ASIDE FOR FUNDING IN EACH CATEGORY, WHICH MEANS THAT THE ODDS OF A BILL GOING THROUGH IN THOSE AREAS ARE VERY LIKELY.

SO FIRST AND FOREMOST, LET'S TALK ABOUT PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING.

BOTH CHAMBERS PROPOSED NEARLY $5 BILLION. THIS IS POSITIVE AS THIS IS AN INCREASE OVER WHAT WAS SET ASIDE DURING LAST SESSION.

TEACHER PAY RAISES $4,000 HAS BEEN CARVED OUT FOR TEACHERS IN A DISTRICT THE SIZE OF CISD.

AND OF COURSE, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ABSOLUTELY SUPPORTING. AN ADDITIONAL $400 MILLION WAS PROPOSED FOR SCHOOL SAFETY MEASURES AND PROPERTY TAX CUTS.

BOTH CHAMBERS PROPOSED SPENDING MORE THAN $32 BILLION TO CONTINUE FUNDING TAX CUTS APPROVED IN PREVIOUS YEARS AND TO PASS NEW RELIEF MEASURES AS WELL.

EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNTS. THAT'S KIND OF THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM HERE.

BOTH CHAMBERS SET ASIDE $1 BILLION FOR SCHOOL CHOICE, AGAIN INDICATING THAT THERE IS ALIGNMENT BETWEEN THE TWO CHAMBERS AND THE ODDS OF AN EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNT BILL GETTING PASSED IS VERY HIGH.

NOW, WHILE WE AS A DISTRICT DO NOT SUPPORT THIS, WHAT WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR IS THAT OUR STATE LEGISLATORS DID NOT PULL MONEY AWAY FROM PUBLIC EDUCATION TO ACHIEVE THIS. THEY LISTENED TO OUR REQUEST AND AS MENTIONED ABOVE, THEY ALSO THEY INCREASED PUBLIC AID.

THIS SESSION, SENATE BILL TWO, WHICH IS THE EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNT, IS SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD IN THE SENATE TOMORROW MORNING.

SO WE'LL KNOW MORE. SOME THINGS TO NOTE. IT IS A UNIVERSAL PROGRAM, WHICH MEANS THAT ALL TEXAS STUDENTS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE CAN PARTICIPATE.

BUT PRIORITIZATION IS GOING TO BE GIVEN TO LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS AS WELL AS FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES.

AS WE MENTIONED IN OUR TOWN HALLS, ONE OF OUR KEY LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES IS FUNDING UNDERFUNDED MANDATES, MOST SPECIFICALLY SPECIAL EDUCATION. SENATOR BETTENCOURT HAS OFFICIALLY FILED SB568, WHICH INTRODUCES CHANGES TO THE FUNDING FORMULA BY SHIFTING THE FOCUS FROM WHERE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED TO THE INTENSITY OF CARE NEEDED FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.

CISD PARTICIPATED IN THAT PILOT PROGRAM WITH TEA TO HELP SHAPE THAT BILL.

I HAVE TO SEND OUT A HUGE THANK YOU TO MISS PARSONS AND HER TEAM, BECAUSE HER STAFF WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND AND GOT THAT DATA THAT WAS PUT INTO THAT BILL.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT ABSOLUTELY WILL BE PART OF OUR TAKE ACTION DRAGONS, SOMETHING OUR COMMUNITY SHOULD KNOW.

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SO WE HAVE SUBMITTED OPPOSITION TO THAT BILL AND SPOKEN TO OUR LAWMAKERS, EXPLAINING THE IMPACT THAT MANDATORY OPEN ENROLLMENT WOULD HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS HOME VALUES FOR DISTRICTS LIKE CISD.

SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT AS WELL. I KNOW OUR COMMUNITY IS READY TO START ADVOCATING THROUGH OUR TAKE ACTION DRAGONS PLATFORM AT THIS TIME.

THE HOUSE HAS NOT YET SELECTED ITS COMMITTEE MEMBERS, SO WE'RE NOT RALLYING THE TROOPS JUST YET, EVEN THOUGH WE AS A BOARD ARE ABSOLUTELY HAVING THOSE STRATEGIC CONVERSATIONS, ONCE THOSE COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE IN PLACE, WHICH SHOULD BE BY THE END OF THE WEEK, COMMUNICATIONS WILL BEGIN BEING RELEASED FROM THE DISTRICT.

SO STAY TUNED AND WE'RE GOING TO NEED YOU TO TAKE SOME ACTION. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE BOTTOM, WE APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THIS, IN THIS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT ROLE.

AND I KNOW THAT YOU'VE HAD MANY MEETINGS WITH MEMBERS OF THE SENATE AND MEMBERS OF THE STATE HOUSE, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT AND THEIR STAFFS AS WELL.

AND TRYING TO GET THESE THINGS ROLLING IN OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA IN THE BACK OF THEIR MINDS, THE WHOLE OPEN ENROLLMENT IS PRETTY SCARY, AND WE WILL ABSOLUTELY NOT SUPPORT SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN CARROLL ISD.

BUT CAN YOU JUST GO OVER FOR THE COMMUNITY REAL QUICK? AGAIN, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED TAKE ACTION DRAGONS, BUT KIND OF WHAT OUR YOU KNOW, GAME PLAN IS ONCE A BILL COMES OUT THAT WE SUPPORT OR DON'T SUPPORT, HOW ARE WE GOING TO MOVE THE COMMUNITY TO EITHER OPPOSING OR ADVOCATING FOR A BILL. SO SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER FROM LAST SESSION WE RELEASED TAKE ACTION DRAGONS.

IT'S BASICALLY LIKE A ONE CLICK INITIATIVE WHERE US AS A DISTRICT WILL SEND OUT A COMMUNICATION THAT WE NEED YOU TO CLICK ON THIS LINK AND TAKE ACTION.

THE THING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE IS IT'S GOING TO TAKE MORE THAN ONE CLICK FOR YOU AS A COMMUNITY, BECAUSE AS THAT BILL MOVES THROUGH THE DIFFERENT CHAMBERS, WE NEED TO GET OUR SHARE OF VOICE HEARD. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, A BILL GETS PROPOSED IN THE SENATE.

IT'S GOING TO FIRST BE HEARD BY THE SENATE PUBLIC EDUCATION COMMITTEE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO ASK YOU TO TAKE ACTION. AND IT'S GOING TO GO TO JUST THOSE IMMEDIATE COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

ONCE WE GET IT PASSED AND IT MOVES DOWN TO A FLOOR VOTE, WE'LL HAVE YOU CLICK THAT LINK AGAIN, AND IT'S GOING TO GO TO EVERYBODY IN THE SENATE ON THE FLOOR.

IF IT GETS PASSED, WHICH WE'RE HOPING IT DOES, IT WILL MOVE TO THE HOUSE CHAMBER.

SAME THING. IT WILL START IN PUBLIC EDUCATION. THEN IT WILL GO DOWN TO A FLOOR VOTE.

SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT OUR COMMUNITY STAYS ENGAGED.

WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE BILL.

SO WE'RE GOING TO GOING TO ASK PEOPLE TO TAKE ACTION MULTIPLE TIMES.

AND THAT'S REALLY HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET THINGS DONE THIS TIME, RIGHT.

NOT JUST ELECTRONICALLY, BUT WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE A FEW VISITS TO AUSTIN OR MULTIPLE VISITS WHERE MAYBE WE TAKE THE BIG GREEN BUSSES DOWN THERE AND INVITE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO GO WITH US. YES. AND WE'VE I'VE BEEN TALKING TO SOME OTHER TRUSTEES FROM OTHER DISTRICTS.

WE'RE PLANNING LIKE A PTO DAYS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BRING OUR PTO PRESIDENTS, AND ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO COME TALK IS WELCOME TO COME.

RIGHT. AWESOME. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE BOTTOMS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE LEGISLATIVE? WE APPRECIATE YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT REPORT.

ANY OTHER COMMITTEE REPORTS? I KNOW WE HAD A SHAC MEETING, BUT TRUSTEE LANE, YOU WEREN'T AT THE SHAC MEETING.

TRUSTEE YEAGER'S ABSENT, AND I THINK MISS PETTY GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT.

YES. THAT ON THE ON THE AGENDA. OKAY, SO I'LL LET YOU HANDLE THAT MISS PETTY.

SO, ANY OTHER COMMITTEE REPORTS? OKAY, WE'LL MOVE ON TO MY PRESIDENT'S REPORT.

AND I HAVE A FEW ITEMS THAT I JUST IN SOME IN SOME STATEMENTS THAT I WANT TO MAKE.

AND THE FIRST ONE IS THIS BOARD IS SO APPRECIATIVE OF OUR COMMUNITY, OF OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STAFF FOR RECOGNIZING US.

IN JANUARY IN TEXAS SCHOOL BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH AND ALL THE LITTLE GIFTS AND CARDS AND, AND EVERYTHING HAS BEEN JUST KIND OF IS SUCH A POSITIVE THING FOR US TO WALK INTO TO A BOARD MEETING.

WE JUST WANT TO REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF THAT.

AND ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD, I WROTE A, A LETTER TO THE COMMUNITY THAT DOCTOR GLENN, I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO SEND OUT TO ALL OF OUR CARROLL ISD FAMILIES TOMORROW MORNING, IF YOU WILL. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO READ IT IF I CAN.

DEAR TEACHERS, STAFF, STUDENTS AND FAMILIES OF CARROLL ISD, ON BEHALF OF THE CARROLL ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES, IT IS A GREAT HONOR TO EXTEND OUR HEARTFELT APPRECIATION TO EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR RECOGNIZING OUR SCHOOL BOARD DURING TONIGHT'S MEETING.

JANUARY AS SCHOOL BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH PROVIDES A SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE EFFORTS AND DEDICATION OF YOUR TRUSTEES, WHOSE COMMITMENT AND SERVICE TO THIS DISTRICT IS UNPARALLELED.

WE ARE PRIVILEGED TO WORK ALONGSIDE SUCH PASSIONATE EDUCATORS, TALENTED STAFF, AND INSPIRING STUDENTS WHO ARE THE HEARTBEAT OF OUR DISTRICT.

YOUR UNWAVERING SUPPORT AND DILIGENT EFFORTS DRIVE THE SUCCESS OF CARROLL ISD, AND IT IS BECAUSE OF YOU THAT OUR DISTRICT CONTINUES TO ACHIEVE EXCELLENCE.

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YOUR DEDICATION SHAPES THE FUTURE AND CREATES A POSITIVE AND IMPACTFUL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL.

TO OUR INCREDIBLE STUDENTS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENTHUSIASM, SUPPORT AND FOR BEING THE REASON WE COMMIT OURSELVES DAILY.

YOUR PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE AND ACHIEVEMENTS MOTIVATE US TO ALWAYS SEEK WAYS TO ENHANCE YOUR EDUCATIONAL JOURNEY.

AS A AS A BOARD, WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT OUR DISTRICT MEETS THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF EDUCATION.

WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR TRUST AND COLLABORATION IN HELPING US REACH THIS GOAL.

AGAIN, THANK YOU AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU TO MAKE CARROLL ISD A THRIVING COMMUNITY WHILE PROVIDING THE VERY BEST EDUCATION FOR OUR STUDENTS.

THANK YOU. A COUPLE OF UPDATES. I WANT TO GIVE THE STATUS OF THE SALE OF SURPLUS PROPERTY AND THE STATUS OF OUR OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS INVESTIGATIONS. FIRST, THE SALE OF PROPERTY. RECENTLY, CIRCUMSTANCES INVOLVING THE SALE OF A FORMER DISTRICT PROPERTY HAS RECEIVED ATTENTION IN THE COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY THE ONE ACRE PROPERTY AT 200 SOUTH PATTONVILLE.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE IN PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WILL CONFIRM THE BOARD DID NOT SELL THIS PROPERTY TO A FORMER CITY COUNCILWOMAN OR HER HUSBAND, AND THE REQUEST TO USE THEIR TITLE COMPANY WAS THE WAS THE BUYER'S DECISION, NOT CISD'S.

THE BUYER TYPICALLY SELECTS THESE VENDORS IN A COMMERCIAL TRANSACTION LIKE THIS ONE.

THERE ARE FOUR PARCELS OF SURPLUS PROPERTY THE DISTRICT IS SELLING.

TWO PARCELS HAVE CLOSED. ONE IS CURRENTLY IN DEFAULT AND WILL BE REMARKETED, AND THE OTHER IS SCHEDULED TO CLOSE IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR. AS ALWAYS, WE WILL KEEP THE COMMUNITY UPDATED AS DEVELOPMENTS OCCUR.

OKAY, NOW FOR AN UPDATE ON THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS INVESTIGATIONS.

AS WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED, THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS HAS REFUSED TO DECLARE AN IMPASSE DESPITE OUR REQUEST FOR ONE, AND HAS REOPENED THE INVESTIGATIONS THAT THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY CLOSED.

OCR INVESTIGATORS REQUESTED ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS RECENTLY AND WE PROVIDED THOSE TO THEM IN DECEMBER.

FOLLOWING THAT SUBMISSION, OCR THEN REQUESTED ADDITIONAL INTERVIEWS OF FORMER DISTRICT PERSONNEL.

THE DISTRICT IS STILL REQUESTING THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS TO PROVIDE US THEIR SPECIFIC FINDINGS IN THESE INVESTIGATIONS.

UNFORTUNATELY, OCR STILL REFUSES TO DO SO. A COUPLE LAWSUITS THAT I WANT TO GIVE EVERYBODY A STATUS OF. THE FIRST ONE, CARROLL ISD VERSUS THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

THIS CASE REMAINS ON APPEAL AT THE UNITED STATES FIFTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS.

AS YOU'RE PROBABLY AWARE, WE PREVAILED AT THE TRIAL COURT LEVEL AND OBTAINED AN INJUNCTION STOPPING THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION'S RADICAL REWRITE OF TITLE NINE.

SINCE THAT TIME AND BEFORE HE LEFT OFFICE, PRESIDENT BIDEN'S DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WITHDREW THE CONTROVERSIAL RULE AND NOTED THE NUMEROUS COURT CASES LIKE OURS THAT FOUND THE RULE VIOLATED THE LAW. THE CASE REMAINS PENDING AS THE NEW TRUMP ADMINISTRATION BEGINS.

WE WILL PROVIDE UPDATES WHEN FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS OCCUR. THE BOARD IS PLEASED WITH THE PROGRESS OF THIS CASE AND LOOKS FORWARD TO ITS FINAL OUTCOME.

THE LAST UPDATE I WILL GIVE IS A LAWSUIT DAVID FALTYS VERSUS CARROLL ISD.

FORMER SUPERINTENDENT OF CARROLL ISD DAVID FALTYS SUED THE DISTRICT ON DECEMBER 9TH, 2024, ALLEGING PROBLEMS WITH HIS RETIREMENT COMPENSATION.

THE DISTRICT FILED A PLEA TO THE JURISDICTION ON JANUARY 10TH, WHICH WILL BE SET FOR A HEARING SOON.

THE DISTRICT IS ASKING THE COURT TO DISMISS THIS LAWSUIT FOR FAILING TO PLEAD A CLAIM THAT WAIVES THE DISTRICT'S GOVERNMENTAL IMMUNITY.

IF THE COURT GRANTS OUR PLEA, THE RESULT WOULD BE A DISMISSAL OF THE SUIT.

ADDITIONALLY, THE DISTRICT HAS COUNTERCLAIMED FOR ATTORNEY'S FEES TO RECOVER THE COST IT HAS BEEN REQUIRED TO SPEND TO DEFEND ITSELF.

THIS CASE IS IN THE 17TH DISTRICT COURT IN TARRANT COUNTY.

[8. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT]

DOCTOR GLENN, TAKE IT AWAY. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BRIAN.

AND JANUARY IS BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH. SO ON BEHALF OF OUR COMMUNITY, ON BEHALF OF OUR STAFF, THANK YOU, TRUSTEES, FOR WHAT YOU DO. TRULY, YOU HAVE A THANKLESS JOB.

BUT ON BEHALF OF OUR DISTRICT, THANK YOU FOR BEING VISIBLE.

THANK YOU FOR ADVOCATING FOR TAXPAYERS. THANK YOU FOR LOOKING AFTER OUR TEACHERS.

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THANK YOU FOR PUTTING OUR STUDENTS FIRST WHENEVER YOU MAKE DECISIONS.

[00:55:06]

LET'S GIVE A CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR DRAGON CHEER TEAM, WHO FINISHED IN THE WINNER'S CIRCLE AT NCA HIGH SCHOOL NATIONALS WITH A BRONZE MEDAL JUST THIS PAST WEEKEND. OUR DRAGON CHEERLEADERS WERE ALSO AWARDED THE VOCAL EXCELLENCE AWARD AND FINISHED IN THE FINALS AT UIL CHEER COMPETITION. THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS UNIFIED CHEER TEAM SHOWCASED THEIR SKILLS AND DRAGON PRIDE DURING THE NCA CHEER COMPETITION THIS PAST FRIDAY. THIS YEAR MARKED A BIG STEP AS THIS TEAM TRANSITIONED FROM A SPECIAL OLYMPICS TEAM TO A UNIFIED CHEER TEAM, AND NOW THAT THEY'RE A UNIFIED CHEER TEAM, THEY COMPETED AND WERE CROWNED STATE CHAMPIONS.

SO ANOTHER STATE CHAMPION FOR CARROLL ISD. DRAGON SWIM AND DIVE.

THEY ARE WELL IN INTO THEIR SEASON. BUT CONGRATULATIONS TO THE LADY DRAGONS FOR WINNING DISTRICT 46A AND OUR BOYS TEAM COMING IN SECOND.

ALSO, CARROLL ROBOTICS RECENTLY COMPETED AT CARROLL HIGH SCHOOL.

THEY HOSTED 28 TEAMS FROM THE DFW AREA. OUR TEAM, WHICH IS 7110 A, WAS A TOURNAMENT FINALIST AND WON THE INNOVATE AWARD.

THEY WILL ALSO BE COMPETING TO DEFEND THEIR SIX A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 31ST.

AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW THIS, WE ACTUALLY ARE THE THREE TIME STATE CHAMPION IN IN ROBOTICS.

THE LAST TWO YEARS IT'S BEEN A PILOT PROGRAM.

THIS YEAR WILL BE THE FIRST YEAR THAT IT BECOMES AN OFFICIAL UIL PROGRAM.

AND SO IF THEY ARE ABLE TO DEFEND THEIR UIL TITLE, WE WILL GET LONE STAR CUP POINTS, WHICH IS A HUGE DEAL BECAUSE CURRENTLY THE FALL RANKINGS CAME OUT IN CARROLL ISD IS NUMBER TWO, A CLOSE SECOND TO AUSTIN.

AUSTIN. YEAH, WE DON'T MENTION THAT. SO WE BEAT THEM IN CROSS COUNTRY.

YEAH. SO ANYWAY, WE'LL BE CHASING THEM DOWN TO WIN OUR 10TH LONE STAR CUP IN THE SPRING.

THERE'S WAY TOO MANY PROGRAMS TO SHOUT OUT EVERYTHING WE DO ALL THE TIME.

BUT HOSA, DECA, BPA, OUR THEATER PROGRAM, THEY HAD A GREAT SHOW OVER THE WEEKEND.

ATHLETICS CONTINUES TO EXCEL. THE JAZZ BAND THAT WAS HERE TONIGHT.

JUST ANYWHERE YOU LOOK, THERE'S EXCELLENCE ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

SO THANK YOU TO ALL OUR TEACHERS, ALL OF OUR SPONSORS WHO POUR INTO OUR KIDS.

I TRY TO HIT AS MANY AS I CAN IN MY WEEKLY SHOUT OUTS AT BOARD MEETINGS.

BUT YOU TRULY MAKE THIS DISTRICT SPECIAL, AND WE ARE ALL APPRECIATIVE OF WHAT YOU DO.

AND FINALLY LET ME JUST GIVE A SHOUT OUT AND THANK YOU TO THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE.

EARLIER THIS YEAR, OUR BOARD WAS DISCUSSING THE POSSIBILITY OF ADDING SCHOOL MARSHALS TO OUR CAMPUSES IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH STATE MANDATES FOR SCHOOL SECURITY.

OUR CITY COUNCIL, OUR CITY MANAGER, OUR MAYOR, OUR POLICE CHIEF, THEY ALL STEPPED UP TO HELP DEVELOP A PLAN TO ENSURE THAT OUR CAMPUSES WOULD ALWAYS HAVE 100% SRO COVERAGE. THAT MEANS A SOUTHLAKE POLICE OFFICER WILL BE ON ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES AT ALL TIMES.

THAT NEGATES THE NEED FOR THE DISTRICT TO TAKE ACTION FOR MARSHALS.

ADDITIONALLY, I WANT TO THANK THE CITY'S EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAM.

THEY WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN PROVIDING US INFORMATION TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION TO CLOSE SCHOOLS DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER.

A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, AND JUST TODAY, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ON SCENE QUICKLY AT CARROLL.

I'M SORRY, CARROLL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO HELP IDENTIFY AND VENT A SMALL GAS LEAK THAT'S BEING REPAIRED AS WE SPEAK.

SO WE'RE EXTREMELY FORTUNATE IN SOUTHLAKE TO HAVE A STRONG PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR CITY.

I WANT TO THANK MAYOR MCCASKILL, OUR CITY COUNCIL, OUR CITY MANAGER, OUR POLICE CHIEF, FIRE CHIEF, EVERYONE WHO GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND TO TAKE CARE OF OUR KIDS.

IT TRULY TAKES A VILLAGE. AND WE HAVE A GREAT SUPPORTING CAST RIGHT HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU. AND A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE.

MR. PRESIDENT, TRUSTEES, THAT IS THAT IS YOUR REPORT FOR JANUARY 2025? THANK YOU, DOCTOR GLENN. A COUPLE OF THINGS. ONE, CAN YOU WE HAVE WEATHER DAYS BUILT INTO THE CALENDAR, AND WE'VE RECEIVED NUMEROUS QUESTIONS. HEY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PLANS FOR THOSE DAYS.

DO WE HAVE TO TAKE THOSE? CAN YOU EXPLAIN? YEAH.

THAT'S GREAT. AND I'M HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT THAT. SO FORTUNATELY, WHEN YOU GUYS ADOPT A SCHOOL CALENDAR EVERY YEAR, YOU WISELY ADOPT A CALENDAR THAT BUILDS IN EXTRA MINUTES.

AND SO WHILE WE DO HAVE BAD WEATHER DAYS IN OUR CALENDAR, WE HAVE TWO.

WE ALSO HAVE ABOUT TWO AND A HALF DAYS WORTH OF EXTRA MINUTES.

AND SO MISS PEDDY AND HER TEAM, AS THEY'RE PUTTING TOGETHER THE CALENDAR, THEY COUNT THOSE MINUTES.

THEY LIST THEM OUT ON THE SCHOOL CALENDAR. AND SO BEFORE WE HAVE TO TAP INTO OUR BAD WEATHER DAYS, WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO TAP THOSE EXTRA MINUTES.

AND SO AS OF RIGHT NOW NO CHANGES TO THE SCHOOL CALENDAR.

BAD WEATHER DAYS STILL IN PLACE. AND AND WE'LL KEEP AN EYE OUT TO SEE IF ANY MORE WEATHER COMES OUR WAY IN FEBRUARY.

[01:00:06]

WE PLAN TO KEEP THEM IN PLACE. OKAY. THANK YOU.

DOCTOR GLENN. AND I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT DOCTOR GLENN'S LEADERSHIP.

YOU KNOW, THIS BOARD AND THIS DISTRICT AND OUR CITY COUNCIL AND OUR CITY.

HAVE NEVER HAD THIS STRONG OF A RELATIONSHIP.

AND IT REALLY IS MAKING THINGS GO SO MUCH MORE SMOOTHLY.

AND I JUST WANT TO CREDIT OUR SUPERINTENDENT, DOCTOR GLENN.

THE SECOND THAT HE GOT HERE, HE STARTED BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE CITY MANAGER, THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, OUR POLICE CHIEF AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY. AS WELL AS THE MAYOR AND OTHER CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

AND THAT'S WHAT A SUPERINTENDENT AND A LEADER IS SUPPOSED TO DO.

SO, DOCTOR GLENN, WE APPRECIATE YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP. YOU'VE ONLY BEEN HERE A SHORT TIME, BUT YOU'VE MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN THIS, IN THIS DISTRICT, IN THIS COMMUNITY.

AND WE APPRECIATE YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER NINE, THE INFORMATION PORTION OF THE AGENDA.

[9. INFORMATION]

DON'T BE NERVOUS NOW. OH, GOOD EVENING, MR. BRYAN.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DOCTOR GLENN. TONIGHT I'LL BE GOING OVER THE PROJECTED FINANCIAL ACTIVITY FOR 2024-25 MID-YEAR. AND A PRELIMINARY LOOK AT THE BUDGET PROCESS FOR 20 25-26.

AND I'VE GOT SEVERAL EXTRA SLIDES IN HERE. THEY'RE JUST INFORMATION. SO I WILL NOT BE COVERING IN DETAIL EVERY SLIDE.

SO TO RECAP 20 2425, WE ADOPTED A BALANCED BUDGET.

AND THAT BUDGET WAS ADOPTED WITH DEMOGRAPHERS, INPUT WITH OUR ENROLLMENT. SO THE PROJECTED RESULTS NOW ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

WE HAD A LARGER THAN ANTICIPATED DECREASE IN ENROLLMENT, AND THE TAXABLE VALUES CAME DOWN A LITTLE LOWER THAN WE ANTICIPATED WHEN WE ADOPTED THE BUDGET IN MAY. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR PROJECTED VARIANCE IN NET OPERATING REVENUES ARE JUST DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

IT'S ABOUT A HALF A PERCENT. AND THE EXPENDITURES WE ALSO ANTICIPATE WILL COME IN UNDER BUDGET BY ABOUT 2 TO 3%, WHICH IS BASED ON OUR ANNUAL TRENDS THAT WE USUALLY WORK OFF OF.

AND I JUST DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE ADOPTED A BUDGET THAT INCLUDED ABOUT 8.5 MILLION OF PROPERTY SALES TO BALANCE THE BUDGET.

AND THIS PROJECTION ALSO INCLUDES THE REALIZATION OF ABOUT 8.5 MILLION IN PROPERTY SALES.

SO, BRIAN, IT LOOKS LIKE RECAPTURES COMING IN JUST A LITTLE BIT UNDER.

BUT ALSO FROM A DEFICIT STANDPOINT, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE TRENDING A LITTLE LESS THAN THE 8.5 THAT WAS PROJECTED EARLIER IN THE YEAR.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU. GOING ON TO OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET PROCESS NOW.

SO. I WILL BE GOING OVER THE BUDGET TIMELINE, THE BUDGET PROCESS, AND ANY PROJECTED REVENUE ASSUMPTIONS AND PROJECTED EXPENDITURE ASSUMPTIONS. AND SO FAR, IT WAS ALREADY OCCURRED.

WE HAVE ANALYZED OUR STAFFING AND STUDENT NEEDS.

WE HAVE LOOKED AT STAFFING RATIOS. WE OBVIOUSLY WE HAD FOUR AMAZING COMMITTEE MEETINGS THAT WE DID A LOT OF WORK ON.

SO IN JANUARY, MARCH, WE SHOULD BE ANTICIPATING THE REPORT FROM THE REC COMMITTEE.

THAT WILL GIVE US AN OUTLINE OF STEPS THAT WE MAY BE TAKING WITH OUR BUDGET.

WE'LL ALSO BE LOOKING AND REFINING OUR BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS, INCLUDING THE REVENUE ASSUMPTIONS.

SALARY AND STAFFING ASSUMPTIONS. WE'LL CONTINUE WITH OUR ZERO BASED BUDGETING PROCESS THAT WE'VE OUTLINED IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

IN APRIL THROUGH JUNE, WE WILL SEE OUR PRELIMINARY PROPERTY VALUES.

WE'LL INTEGRATE ANY EARLY LEGISLATIVE CHANGES THAT WILL BE COMING OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.

WE'LL ALSO PRESENT TO YOU ALL A DRAFT BUDGET IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS.

AND THEN FINALLY, WE'LL ADOPT THAT BUDGET IN JUNE.

THEN FINALLY IN JULY. AND AUGUST IS WHEN OUR NEW FISCAL YEAR BEGINS ON JULY 1ST, WITH OUR NEW CHANGEOVER TO THE JUNE 30TH YEAR END.

WE WILL RECEIVE OUR CERTIFIED TAXABLE VALUES IN JULY, AND THEN WE'LL ADOPT OUR TAX RATES IN AUGUST.

AND OF COURSE, SCHOOL STARTS IN AUGUST. OKAY.

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EVEN THOUGH WE ONLY HAVE ONE. NO TAX RATE IS SPLIT UP INTO TWO PORTIONS TIER ONE AND TIER TWO.

OKAY, I THINK WE'VE GONE OVER THIS SEVERAL YEARS IN A ROW.

I DON'T WANT TO BEAT A DEAD HORSE. SO NOW TIER ONE IS SET BY LAW AND THAT'S WHAT WE CALL OUR MCR THAT THE STATE SETS. WE REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER THAT.

TIER TWO IS WHERE WE CAN MAKE SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES, POTENTIALLY TO INCREASE OUR REVENUE.

SO TIER TWO IS DIVIDED INTO EIGHT GOLDEN PENNIES AND NINE COPPER PENNIES.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE FIVE GOLDEN PENNIES. AND THERE'S THREE MORE POSSIBLE THAT WE COULD ADOPT THROUGH A VAT.

AND THEN OF COURSE THE NINE COPPER PENNIES. ALSO WE WOULD GAIN ABOUT 1.25 MILLION PER GOLDEN PENNY, ADDITIONAL GOLDEN PENNY ADOPTED, AND ABOUT 100 AND 312,000 PER COPY PER COPPER PENNY.

THE GOLDEN PENNIES ARE NOT SUBJECT TO RECAPTURE.

THE COPPER PENNIES ARE. ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THAT? OKAY. SO REVENUE IS KEY REVENUE ASSUMPTIONS. WE'RE WORKING OFF OF ENROLLMENT OF 7973.

THAT'S OUR ESTIMATE BASED OFF OF OUR CURRENT ENROLLMENT MINUS A DROP OF ABOUT 131 STUDENTS, WHICH IS A PROJECTED FROM OUR DEMOGRAPHER. AGAIN, OUR TIER ONE TAX RATE IS ALREADY WILL BE PREDETERMINED FOR US.

SO OUR TIER TWO, OUR CURRENT TIER TWO TAX RATE IS A PENNY IS FIVE PENNIES.

WE WILL BE WORKING OFF OF WE'LL BE LOOKING AT A PROJECTED INTEREST INCOME SHORES AND REBATES AND THEN OF COURSE PROPERTY SALES.

THOSE DO OCCUR STUDENT FEES, TRANSPORTATION FEES AND CHILD NUTRITION FEES.

THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT ON OUR OWN.

OUR DISTRICT SETS THOSE AMOUNTS. SO WE WILL HAVE PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION ABOUT THOSE.

WE WILL BRING THOSE TO YOU ALL IN A FUTURE MEETING FOR YOU ALL TO LOOK AT AND ADOPT.

OKAY. ON THIS SLIDE, I JUST WANT YOU ALL TO NOTE IN 24-25, THE DEMOGRAPHER THOUGHT WE WOULD HAVE 8174 STUDENTS.

WE'RE ACTUALLY COMING DOWN EIGHT AROUND 800, 104.

SO THAT WAS A LARGER DROP THAN ANTICIPATED. AND AGAIN, WE WILL BE GOING OFF OF OUR FUNDING WILL BE GOING OFF OF 131 DECREASE OF OUR CURRENT YEAR'S ENROLLMENT. SO ESSENTIALLY THE DEMOGRAPHER MISSED IT BY 100 KIDS THIS YEAR.

BUT WE'RE HOPING THEY GET IT RIGHT AT 131 NEXT YEAR.

YES, SIR. WE REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER DATA TO GO OFF OF EXCEPT FOR HIS PROJECTIONS RIGHT NOW.

THIS SLIDE, IT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING. BASICALLY, IT JUST TAKES OUR ENROLLMENT TRENDS AND OUR ADA TRENDS, AND THOSE ARE OUR ENROLLMENT TIMES, OUR ATTENDANCE RATES, THE ACTUAL ENROLLMENT DIVIDED BY ADA.

THAT'S A RELATIONSHIP THAT BECAUSE OUR ENROLLMENT EBBS AND FLOWS OVER THE SCHOOL YEAR, SO DOES OUR ATTENDANCE RATES.

SO THE ENROLLMENT TO ADA ACTUALLY GIVES US AN ANNUAL RATIO.

THAT KIND OF GIVES US A TREND. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT DOESN'T CHANGE THAT MUCH OVER THE OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEARS.

AND AGAIN, JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING OFF A DECREASE OF 131 STUDENTS.

OKAY. SO JUST A COUPLE KEY POINTS FROM THIS SLIDE.

77% OF OUR NET OPERATING REVENUE COMES FROM THE STATE FUNDING FORMULA.

WE DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF LEEWAY ON THAT. SO THAT'S SET FOR US.

THE REMAINING 23% ARE THINGS SOME OF THE THINGS WE CAN CONTROL, SOME WE CANNOT.

AGAIN, CHILD NUTRITION RENTALS, MARKETING. YOU KNOW, YOU ALL HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB AT INCREASING AND HELPING TO INCREASE OUR REVENUE AND RENTALS AND MARKETING AND OUR DONATIONS. SO THAT HELPS US OUT SO MUCH ON OUR BUDGET PROCESS.

THE STATE RETIREMENT, WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER THAT, NOR OVER THOSE B&BS OR STAAR REBATES.

WE HAVE AN ENTERPRISE FUND SET UP FOR CHILD NUTRITION.

NO. CHILD NUTRITION, WHICH IS UNIQUE TO CAROLINA STATE, IS ACTUALLY SET UP IN THE GENERAL FUND.

SO ALL OF OUR CHILD NUTRITION REVENUE GOES STRAIGHT TO THE GENERAL FUND.

SO WE'VE HAD SURPLUSES IN OUR CHILD NUTRITION FUND FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

SO THAT JUST INCREASES OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUE THAT WE HAVE TO FUND OUR OTHER PROGRAMS. SO KEY ASSUMPTIONS ON EXPENDITURES. SO THIS IS A PRETTY STEADY NUMBER.

77% OF OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET IS STAFFING. OKAY.

SO AGAIN, THAT'S THE LION'S SHARE OF OUR BUDGET GOES TOWARDS STAFFING.

HUMAN RESOURCES WILL BE CREATING A STAFFING PLAN THAT WILL BE REVIEWED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENTS. WE SUBMITTED TO Y'ALL FOR Y'ALL'S APPROVAL.

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SO ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS MAINTENANCE CUSTODIAL TECHNOLOGY, ALL THOSE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT MAKES UP 21% OF OUR BUDGET.

AND LIKE I SAID, WE'RE CONTINUING OUR ZERO BASED BUDGET APPROACH, WHICH WE UTILIZE AND HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

AND A COMMITTEE MADE UP OF THE SUPERINTENDENT, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENTS AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WILL BE THE PANEL TO APPROVE THIS.

THOSE SUBMISSIONS OF THE ZERO BASED BUDGET, WHICH THEN WILL BE A PORTION OF THE LARGER BUDGET THAT'S PRESENTED TO YOU, ALL THAT YOU ALL ADOPT. AND ON THE CAMPUS NON STAFF BUDGET.

SO THEY'RE BASICALLY THEIR SUPPLIES AND SOME OF THEIR TRAVEL THAT MAKES UP ABOUT 2% OF THE TOTAL OF OUR BUDGET.

AND THEY GET A PER PUPIL ALLOTMENT. AND WE WILL BE WORKING WITH BASICALLY A ZERO BASED BUDGET PROCESS FOR THEM ALSO, AND WE WILL WORK THROUGH THAT PROCESS WITH THE CAMPUSES. SO BACK TO STAFFING CONSIDERATIONS.

AGAIN, WE'LL BE CONSIDERING A HUMAN RESOURCE.

WE'RE CONSIDERING A REDUCTION IN STAFF IF WE ALIGN WITH THE REDUCTION IN STUDENT POPULATION OR RIGHTSIZING, WHICH WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THROUGH BRAC, TO BE MORE EFFICIENT WITH OUR STAFF.

AGAIN, CONSIDERATION OF STAFFING PROJECTIONS BASED ON STUDENT ENROLLMENT, WHICH I KNOW.

MR. NICHOLS IS WORKING ON THAT TO GET OUR ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS GOING, WHICH THAT WILL THEN, OF COURSE, PUSH OUR STAFFING. AND THEN ALSO HR WILL BRING CONSIDER COMPENSATION CONSIDERATIONS AT A LATER DATE.

OKAY. MR. MARS. YES, SIR. BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE, JUST, YOU KNOW, WITH THE COMMENT ABOUT REDUCTIONS, I KNOW, AND I EXPECT THAT WE WOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF NATURAL ATTRITION.

YES, SIR. TO KIND OF GET TO THE NUMBERS WE NEED TO BE I HAS THERE IS THAT HAS THAT BEEN DISCUSSED OR IS THIS JUST A FUTURE DISCUSSION? YOU KNOW, AND I'LL STEP IN AND ANSWER THIS QUESTION.

I THINK THE TERM RIGHT SIZING IS SOMETHING THAT HAS COME UP MULTIPLE TIMES WITH THE BRAC COMMITTEE.

WHEN YOU'RE, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT ENROLLMENT DECREASES. SO WE LOST 200 STUDENTS THIS YEAR.

ANOTHER POSSIBLE 100 NEXT YEAR, 300 STUDENTS.

YOU'VE GOT A YOU'VE GOT TO SHIFT YOUR STAFF TO WHERE YOUR ENROLLMENT IS.

AND SO IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LOSING 100 MORE KIDS, ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, AT A, AT A 20 TO 1 RATIO, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT POSSIBLY FIVE TEACHERS. AND IT MAY NOT BE TEACHERS.

MAYBE IT'S PARENTS. BUT OVER THE COURSE OF NOW TO THE START OF NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, YES, IT'S VERY LIKELY STAFF ARE GOING TO RESIGN.

THEY'RE GOING TO MOVE. WE LOST STAFF EVEN AT THE BREAK BECAUSE THEIR HUSBANDS TOOK JOBS IN AND OTHER PLACES.

SO IDEALLY WE WOULD WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT WITHOUT IMPACTING OUR STAFF WITH LIKE A REDUCTION IN FORCE.

THANK YOU, DOCTOR GLENN. ESPECIALLY WITH IT BEING SUCH A SMALL NUMBER. SO OUR FACILITIES BUDGET CONTINUES TO GROW.

OBVIOUSLY OUR FACILITIES ARE AGING YEAR AFTER YEAR.

THEY'RE GETTING A LITTLE OLDER. AND IT'S COSTING MORE AND MORE TO MAINTAIN AND KEEP THOSE FUNCTIONING PROPERLY.

SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THE CURRENT PROPOSED BUDGETS, AROUND $2 MILLION, AND WE WILL MAINTAIN THAT FOR 2526.

AND JUST SOME FACTS UP THERE. IT COMES UP TO $251 PER STUDENT.

AND IT'S INTERESTING THAT WE HAVE AROUND 2,000,000FT², WHICH IS A LOT OF SQUARE FEET FOR A DISTRICT OUR SIZE.

SO IT'S WE'RE LOOKING AT A DOLLAR PER SQUARE FOOT.

YEAH. AND AGAIN, WE HAVE A LOT OF EMPTY SPACE THAT WE PAY TO KEEP OPEN.

AND SO WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO, TO TAKE MONEYS EVERY YEAR AND DEVELOP A DEVELOP A MAINTENANCE PLAN SO THAT WE'RE TAKING CARE OF OUR FACILITIES WITHOUT HAVING TO GO BACK OUT TO TAXPAYERS. OVER THE PAST, OVER THE PAST YEAR WE'VE DISCUSSED THE FACILITY ASSESSMENTS THAT'S BEEN PERFORMED BY THE ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS PROVIDING LIFE CYCLES FOR DIFFERENT PARTS OF OUR FACILITIES, FROM HVAC TO ROOFING TO PLUMBING, ETC.. SO OUR NEW DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES, LANNY MOONEY, IS WORKING VERY DILIGENTLY AT LOOKING AT THOSE NUMBERS, AT REFINING THOSE NUMBERS AND COMING UP WITH A CONCRETE PLAN THAT WOULD GIVE US A YEAR TO YEAR.

NUMBER THAT WE REALLY, TRULY NEED FOR OUR FACILITIES UPDATES.

SO TO RECAP, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT OUR STAFFING LEVELS, RIGHT SIZING.

DOCTOR MR. LANNON, YOU SAID, I THINK WOULD EASILY WORK FROM ATTRITION.

I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT ANYTHING DRASTIC AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

OBVIOUSLY COMPENSATION CONSIDERATIONS WILL COME FROM HUMAN RESOURCES.

OUR STAFFING PLAN, OUR COMPENSATION PLAN, AND OF COURSE, OUR FACILITY EFFICIENCIES AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO MAINTAIN OUR FACILITIES AND THE

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AND I KNOW THIS IS JUST KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF THE BUDGET AND THE BUDGET PROCESS, AND THERE'S NOT REALLY GOING TO GET TOO GRANULAR AT THIS MEETING.

AND WE'RE GOING TO SAVE A LOT OF THE DISCUSSION FOR THE MEETING IN FEBRUARY WHERE WE TALK ABOUT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE BRAC.

AND BUT I DO WANT TO I DO WANT TO GO BACK AND HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT FOR MANY MONTHS, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING WITH THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF A PROJECTED $8.5 MILLION DEFICIT.

AND ON ONE OF YOUR SLIDES, I NOTICED THAT WE'RE NOW PROJECTING MAYBE EVEN A FIVE TO A $7 MILLION DEFICIT, WHICH IS GREAT. AND, YOU KNOW, PART OF THAT, IT LOOKS LIKE 1.1 AND A HALF IS BECAUSE RECAPTURE WENT DOWN SOME.

AND I'M ASSUMING, DOCTOR GLENN, THAT WE'RE NOT REALLY FILLING BEHIND SOME OF THESE POSITIONS THAT WE TRADITIONALLY FILLED BEHIND BEFORE.

SO NONE OF THAT WAS BUILT INTO THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT THAT PROJECTED THE $8.5 MILLION DEFICIT.

IS THAT CORRECT? SO THAT'S CORRECT. SO, YOU KNOW, HALFWAY THROUGH THE YEAR, WE'RE NOW PROJECTING MAYBE EVEN A 5 TO $7 MILLION DEFICIT.

AND THAT COULD EVEN CHANGE AS WE MOVE TO THREE QUARTERS OF THE YEAR, MAYBE EVEN THE END OF THE YEAR, GETTING DOWN EVEN LOWER THAN THAT, WHICH IS JUST REALLY GREAT.

AWESOME NEWS. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. IS THAT RIGHT? I MEAN, AM I LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS CORRECTLY? YOU ARE.

AND TYPICALLY, I THINK WE'LL HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT OUR SAVINGS WILL BE AND WHAT, WHAT PROPORTION OR ALLOCATIONS OF THE BUDGETS WON'T BE SPENT AS WE GET INTO APRIL AND MAY, WHEN WE SHUT DOWN THE BUDGETS FOR THE YEAR, AND THAT'S WHERE WE'LL REALLY SEE THE COST SAVINGS. BUT ULTIMATELY, YEAH, IT DOES. IT DOES LOOK LIKE SOME THINGS MOVED IN OUR FAVOR.

AND SOMETHING THAT I'VE SAID OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT THIS BOARD, THIS BOARD BEGAN BEING PROACTIVE WELL BEFORE I WAS HIRED.

AND, AND I THINK WE'RE REAPING SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF THAT.

SO I APPRECIATE YOU INCLUDING THAT SLIDE, MR. MYERS.

THANK YOU, MR. MYERS. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. MYERS? OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOU.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER TEN OF OUR AGENDA.

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AND CARROLL ISD IS PROUD TO SHOWCASE A FULL LINE UP FOR HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE WEEK, WHICH TAKES PLACE THIS WEEK, STARTING TODAY. MISS ANNA EISEN WHO COULD NOT BE WITH US TONIGHT? WILL PRESENT THE STORY OF HER HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR FATHER GEORGE SULTAN, COAUTHOR OF THE 23RD PSALM A HOLOCAUST MEMOIR, AND PILLAR OF SALT A DAUGHTER'S LIFE IN THE SHADOW OF THE HOLOCAUST.

MISS EISEN IS THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF THE DOCUMENTARY FILM IN MY FATHER'S WORDS, BASED ON BOTH OF HER BOOKS.

MISS EISEN IS A RENOWNED HOLOCAUST SPEAKER. WE ARE THRILLED TO HAVE HER SPEAK TO VARIOUS CAMPUSES THIS WEEK.

CARROLL, STUDENTS ON THIS VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC.

MISS EISEN WAS SCHEDULED TO BE HERE TONIGHT, BUT SHE SENT US A STATEMENT THAT SHE ASKED US TO READ ON HER BEHALF.

AND SO I WILL DO THAT AT THIS MOMENT. PRESIDENT BRYAN, VICE PRESIDENT YEAGER, DOCTOR GLENN, AND THE ENTIRE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. THANK YOU. TODAY IS INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY, AND IN TEXAS, TODAY OFFICIALLY BEGINS HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE WEEK.

TODAY, WE TAKE A MOMENT TO REMEMBER THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LIBERATION OF THE AUSCHWITZ CAMP.

20 YEARS AGO, MY FATHER, GEORGE SULTAN, CAME TO SOUTHLAKE CARROLL TO SPEAK ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST.

AS A SURVIVOR, HE REMEMBERED THAT THE FIRST SIGN OF FREEDOM FOR HIM AFTER LIBERATION WAS THE SIGHT OF YOUNG CHILDREN.

QUOTE I HAD NOT BEEN CLOSE TO A CHILD IN YEARS.

END QUOTE. HE SAID, FOR AS AN OLDER TEENAGER HE WAS ONE OF THE YOUNGEST PRISONERS IN THE TEN CONCENTRATION CAMPS HE SURVIVED.

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT. THANK YOU, DOCTOR GLENN AND TRUSTEES FOR ALLOWING ME TO EDUCATE CARROLL ISD STUDENTS, YOUR COMMUNITY'S CHILDREN ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST.

BY DOING SO, NOT ONLY MAY WE PREVENT ANOTHER HOLOCAUST FROM HAPPENING AGAIN, BUT BY REACHING AND EDUCATING A NEW GENERATION OF CHILDREN, WE DENY THE NAZIS THEIR ULTIMATE WISH THAT THIS HISTORY AND OUR AMERICAN HEROES SACRIFICE SHOULD EVENTUALLY BE FORGOTTEN.

AFTER ENGAGING LEARNING EXPERIENCES WITH STUDENTS AT BOTH DAWSON AND CARROLL MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

MY SON AARON AND I LOOK FORWARD TO VISITING BOTH CARROLL HIGH AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS ON WEDNESDAY.

IN REGARDS ANNA SULTAN EISEN. VERY NICE OF HER.

AND ON BEHALF OF YOUR BOARD WE ARE GOING TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING JANUARY 27TH,

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WHEREAS THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE PASSED SENATE BILL 1828, IN 2019, DESIGNATING THE WEEK THAT INCLUDES JANUARY 27TH AS HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE WEEK, TO HONOR THE VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS OF THE HOLOCAUST, AND TO PROMOTE UNDERSTANDING AND AWARENESS OF THIS TRAGIC CHAPTER IN HISTORY.

AND WHEREAS JANUARY 27TH IS RECOGNIZED INTERNATIONALLY AS HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY, MARKING THE LIBERATION OF AUSCHWITZ, THE LARGEST NAZI CONCENTRATION CAMP, AND SERVING AS A DAY TO REFLECT ON THE HORRORS OF THE HOLOCAUST AND THE IMPORTANCE OF COMBATING HATRED AND BIGOTRY.

AND WHEREAS THE CARROLL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT IS COMMITTED TO FOSTERING AN ENVIRONMENT OF RESPECT, TOLERANCE AND UNDERSTANDING AMONG STUDENTS, STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY.

AND WHEREAS HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE WEEK PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EDUCATORS TO TEACH STUDENTS ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF PREJUDICE, DISCRIMINATION, AND DEHUMANIZATION WHILE EMPHASIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF STANDING AGAINST OPPRESSION AND SAFEGUARDING HUMAN RIGHTS FOR ALL.

AND WHEREAS EDUCATION ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST ALIGNS WITH CARROLL ISD'S MISSION TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR LIFELONG SUCCESS IN RESPONSIBLE CITIZENSHIP BY EQUIPPING THEM WITH KNOWLEDGE, EMPATHY, AND A SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY TO PREVENT FUTURE ATROCITIES.

NOW, LET IT BE HEREBY RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE CARROLL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT DOES HEREBY RECOGNIZE JANUARY 27TH, 2025, AS THE FIRST DAY OF TEXAS HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE WEEK, AND DECLARES THAT THIS WEEK SHALL BE OBSERVED ANNUALLY BY CARROLL ISD THROUGH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES THAT HONOR THE MEMORY OF HOLOCAUST VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS, PROMOTE HISTORICAL AWARENESS, AND INSPIRE STUDENTS TO UPHOLD THE VALUES OF JUSTICE, EQUALITY, AND HUMAN DIGNITY.

THAT CARROLL ISD WILL SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE ITS EDUCATORS TO PROVIDE MEANINGFUL INSTRUCTION AND RESOURCES DURING HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE WEEK, ENSURING THAT STUDENTS GAIN A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF THE HOLOCAUST AND ITS RELEVANCE TO CONTEMPORARY ISSUES.

TRUSTEE, STACY. CAN I GET A MOTION? I MOVE TO APPROVE THE HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE WEEK RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION. AND SECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES 6 TO 0. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU ALL. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 10.2, WHICH IS CONSIDER APPROVAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH ADVISORY COUNCIL OR OUR SHAC RECOMMENDATION REGARDING HB 3908 REQUIREMENTS. MISS PEDDY, YOU'RE UP.

YES. THANK YOU. WE HAVE. WE DID RECENTLY HAVE A SHACK MEETING AS PART OF THE SHAC MEETING.

WE HAD MISS WARNER CAME AND SHE FOUND A GROUP WE AS PART OF HOUSE BILL 3908.

WE ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE OUR STUDENTS WITH DRUG FENTANYL AND VAPING.

EDUCATION. AND SO MISS WARNER HAS BEEN GREAT.

AND SHE HAS FOUND THIS RECOVERY RESOURCE GROUP.

AND THEY ARE HERE TONIGHT IN CASE YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

WE DID PRESENT THIS CURRICULUM TO SHAKE SHACK DID APPROVE THE CURRICULUM.

THEY WERE VERY THRILLED WITH THIS GROUP. BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, THEY ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.

MISS PEYTON, MAYBE YOU CAN TALK JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THE PROGRAM IS OR WHO IT IS AND HOW WE SELECTED THEM, THAT TYPE OF THING. LIKE EVERYBODY COVERED. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. WELL. GOOD EVENING, DOCTOR GLENN, MR. BRYANT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES. MY NAME IS JESSICA RIVERA, AND I AM FROM RECOVERY RESOURCE COUNCIL.

I AM THE LEAD PREVENTION SPECIALIST, AS WELL AS THE POSITIVE ALTERNATIVE COORDINATOR FOR THE AGENCY AND FOR THE DEPARTMENT.

MY SPECIFIC DEPARTMENT ITSELF, WHICH IS THE PREVENTION DEPARTMENT.

I'LL LET MISS CINDY INTRODUCE HERSELF, AND THEN I'LL BRIEFLY. THANK YOU. YES.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS CINDY LEDAT. I AM THE DATA ANALYST FOR THE RECOVERY RESOURCE COUNCIL.

AS PART OF OUR DEPARTMENT UNDER PREVENTION, WE ARE ALSO THE DESIGNATED UNDER HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION OF TEXAS FOR REGION, TEXAS PUBLIC HEALTH REGION THREE PREVENTION RESOURCE CENTER.

AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WE ARE THE DESIGNATED DATA RESOURCE REPOSITORY FOR THIS REGION, ESC REGION 1011 AND WE PROVIDE DATA AND RESOURCES AS PART OF MAKING SURE ALL OF OUR CURRICULUM AND PRESENTATIONS THAT WE PROVIDE FOR THE REGION, AND OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR COMMUNITIES ARE UP TO DATE IN THE MOST RECENT TRENDS.

AND YEAH, I'LL HAND IT BACK OVER TO JESSICA. THANK YOU.

SO, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS RECOVERY RESOURCE COUNCIL, I DO HAVE, YOU KNOW, A BRIEF PRESENTATION.

I'M NOT GOING TO PRESENT AND GO THROUGH ALL THE SLIDES. JUST KIND OF A SKIM OF IT.

BUT AS MENTIONED BY MISS PERRIZO, WE DID PRESENT THIS TO THE COMMITTEE.

OUR PREVENTION DEPARTMENT, WE ARE CONTINUING TO GROW.

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AND SO WHAT WE PROVIDE THEM WITH ARE, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT LIFE SKILL LESSONS, BUT, YOU KNOW, SPECIFICALLY WHAT WE HAVE BEEN PRESENTING LATELY YOU KNOW, IS THE PRESENTATIONS ABOUT ATOD, WHICH IS ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND OTHER DRUGS. AND I SAY LATELY JUST, YOU KNOW, TWO WEEKS AGO, WE WERE OVER AT THE GRAPEVINE, COLLEYVILLE ISD PROVIDING ALL THE MIDDLE SCHOOL THEIR MIDDLE SCHOOLS WITH OUR ATOD PRESENTATION, WHICH, YOU KNOW, IT'S OUR SECOND YEAR WORKING WITH THEM.

YOU KNOW, AT FIRST INITIATED WITH JUST PROVIDING THEM THESE ONE SHOT PRESENTATIONS ABOUT JUST A GENERAL BREAKDOWN, 45 MINUTE ATOD PRESENTATION. AND SO NOW, FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR, THEY HAVE ACTUALLY ASKED US TO PROVIDE OUR FULL LIFE SKILLS CURRICULUM TO THEIR CLASSES IN WHICH WE'RE IN DURING THE FALL AND THE SPRING SEMESTER, ONCE A WEEK FOR ALL THEIR SIX OTHER MIDDLE SCHOOL, THEIR MIDDLE SCHOOLS THEMSELVES, AS WELL AS OTHER DISTRICTS, DISTRICTS AS WELL.

BUT FOR OUR ATOD PRESENTATION, THIS IS JUST KIND OF A, YOU KNOW, A BRIEF SUMMARY AS TO WHAT WE PROVIDE TO THE STUDENTS.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR, YOU KNOW, OUR MAIN FOCUS IS OBVIOUSLY TO PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, THE PREVENTION EDUCATION THAT IS VERY MUCH NEEDED YEAR AFTER YEAR IN THE SCHOOLS, ESPECIALLY MIDDLE SCHOOL MIDDLE SCHOOLERS. AND I SAY THAT JUST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GETTING READY TO TRANSITION ONTO HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE EXPOSED TO SO MUCH MORE THAT THEY PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, HAVE NOT OR EVEN HAVE ALREADY DONE SO DURING THE MIDDLE SCHOOL YEARS.

BUT WE TALKED TO ALL AND EXPLAINED TO THEM ABOUT WHAT IS A DRUG IN GENERAL.

YOU KNOW, FOR MANY OF US ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, US NOW, IT'S LIKE, WELL, WE KNOW WHAT A DRUG IS, YOU KNOW, BUT FOR MANY STUDENTS, THEY REALLY DON'T.

AND I SAY THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, TWO WEEKS AGO WHILE WE WERE PROVIDING THESE ONE SHOT PRESENTATIONS, AFTER OUR PRESENTATIONS, WE HAD MULTIPLE STUDENTS COME UP AND, YOU KNOW, INDIVIDUALLY AS LIKE, THANK YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, LETTING US KNOW. THANK YOU FOR COVERING THIS.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I, YOU KNOW, I'M SHY OR I DON'T WANT TO LOOK LIKE A THIS STUDENT THAT DOESN'T KNOW WHAT A DRUG IS, YOU KNOW, VARIOUS DIFFERENT THINGS. AND SO THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, BECOME VERY INFORMATIVE IN A GREAT WAY FOR STUDENTS TO BECOME INFORMED AND KNOW WHAT EXACTLY A DRUG IS. AND SO WE TALKED TO THEM ABOUT ALL ABOUT WHAT IS A DRUG, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, WE LET THEM KNOW A DRUG IS JUST ANY CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE THAT NATURALLY AFFECTS THE WAY OUR BODY WORKS.

WE GO INTO DETAILS ALL ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE EFFECTS OF TOBACCO AND VAPING.

HERE IS JUST THE BASIC, YOU KNOW, INTRODUCTION AS TO WHAT TOBACCO IS.

AGAIN, WE'D BE SURPRISED HOW MANY STUDENTS DON'T KNOW WHAT TOBACCO IS, HOW IT INITIATES, YOU KNOW, BETTER YET, THEY DON'T KNOW THAT IT STARTS OFF AS A PLANT.

AND SO WE TALK TO THEM ALL ABOUT WHAT TOBACCO IS.

HOW IT IS SOLD, THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS, FOR EXAMPLE, CIGARETTES, CIGARS, CHEWING TOBACCO. AND THEN WE GO INTO DETAILS ABOUT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE TOBACCO PRODUCTS.

VAPING IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ALSO COVER WITH THEM.

BUT, YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, PRIOR YEARS, THE USE OF ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES OR, YOU KNOW, VAPES THEMSELVES HAS BEEN ON THE RISE.

SO THAT HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE COMPLETELY JUST ADDED A WHOLE NOTHER SEPARATE SECTION FOR ITSELF.

AND SO ON. HERE. THIS IS JUST A GENERAL BREAKDOWN AGAIN, AS TO WHAT ALL IS OR SOME OF WHAT IS ALL IN A CIGARETTE ITSELF.

AND THEN WE CONTINUE ON TO ALSO GIVE THEM VISUALS SUCH AS LIKE WHAT A HEALTHY VERSUS AN UNHEALTHY LUNG IS.

AND GO INTO DETAILS ALSO GIVING THEM STATISTICS AND DATA ABOUT THE MOST RECENT, YOU KNOW, TRENDS AND DATA THAT WE HAVE OBTAINED FROM THE WITHIN THE SCHOOLS THEMSELVES ON HERE.

THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE. ALSO, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE INFORMATION THAT ADOLESCENTS THAT THESE YOUNG ADULTS GET, YOU KNOW, IS FROM SOCIAL MEDIA, FROM ADVERTISEMENTS.

SO WE TALK TO THEM AND WE GIVE THEM AN EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING OF THIS SORT AS TO WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT ADS ARE REALLY ADVERTISING, AND THE REASON WHY THERE ARE ADVERTISEMENTS LIKE THESE THAT JUST, YOU KNOW, ARE MEANT TO TARGET THE ATTENTION OF THE YOUTH AND HOW, UNFORTUNATELY, THEIR ADVERTISEMENTS WORK.

MANY OF THE TIME. SO WE DO MAKE THEM AWARE OF THAT PORTION AS WELL.

THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF CIGARETTES WE GO INTO, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY WERE FIRST INTRODUCED, THE REGULATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE THEM WITH THAT AS WELL. AND THEN OF COURSE, THE CONSEQUENCES THAT COME BEHIND IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE SCHOOL WITH AN ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE, THC, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE ALSO INCLUDE THAT AS WELL, BASED ON, YOU KNOW, EVERY DISTRICT'S POLICIES AND THEN THE LAWS THAT, YOU KNOW, HAVE BEEN PASSED.

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SAME WITH, YOU KNOW, ALCOHOL. WHAT'S AN ALCOHOLIC DRINK.

WE MAKE SURE WE GO IN DEPTH AS TO WHAT IT STARTS OFF IS HOW IT CAN AFFECT YOU.

WE GO INTO ALSO PROVIDING THEM WITH HOW IT DAMAGES, YOU KNOW, OUR ORGANS, HOW OUR BRAIN HAS SO MUCH TO DO WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT.

HOW YOU KNOW HOW MUCH HOW MUCH DRUGS AFFECT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BRAIN.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE GO INTO WHAT PARTS OF THE BRAIN, YOU KNOW, DOES EACH FUNCTION AND HOW IT AFFECTS IT.

DISEASES. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALSO, YOU KNOW, EXPLAIN TO THE STUDENTS.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER YOU KNOW, ANOTHER DRUG THAT WE DO TALK TO THEM ABOUT IS MARIJUANA.

SO WE DO TALK TO THEM ABOUT MARIJUANA ITSELF.

THIS ONE IS USUALLY THE TOUGH ONE JUST BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH, YOU KNOW OPINIONS BASED ON THE MARIJUANA.

A LOT OF TIMES, HONESTLY, WE HEAR IT ALL THE TIME. IT'S NATURAL. IT COMES FROM THE EARTH. AND SO WE ALWAYS GO IN DEPTH AND WE LET THEM KNOW, LIKE IT'S NOT AS NATURAL AS YOU THINK IT IS. AND WE EXPLAIN TO THEM THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEDICAL RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA, WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS AND HOW IT IS IMPORTANT TO GET EDUCATED ON THESE SPECIFIC DRUGS.

AND DON'T JUST ASSUME THAT IT IS AS NATURAL AS SOCIAL MEDIA OR OTHER FRIENDS ARE, LETTING THEM KNOW THAT IT IS.

WE ALSO TALKED TO THEM ABOUT MANY OF THE REASONS AS TO WHY, YOU KNOW, ADOLESCENTS, WHY THE YOUTHS START THE USE OF DRUGS.

I THINK THAT'S ALSO VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, FOR TEENAGERS, THEIR BRAIN, THEIR TEENAGE BRAIN, CURIOSITY, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF LET'S SAY CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT.

LIKE ANYTHING THAT GRABS THEIR ATTENTION, THEY'RE CURIOUS. THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT. MORE THAN LIKELY, THEY'RE GOING TO WANT TO TRY IT. PEER PRESSURES, COPING DEVICE STRESS, ANXIETY, DEPRESSION.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MENTAL HEALTH IS SOMETHING THAT'S ALSO VERY IMPORTANT.

UNFORTUNATELY FOR SOME, YOU KNOW, COPING, THEY USE IT AS A COPING DEVICE, WHICH WE KNOW IT'S NOT A HEALTHY WAY TO DO SO.

SO WE TALK TO THEM ABOUT THAT. AND OF COURSE, WE CONTINUE ON TO PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION.

WHAT IT IS WE ALSO TALKED. FENTANYL IS, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE MOST COMMON ONE THAT WE HAVE DEFINITELY BEEN HITTING VERY HARD AND TALK TO THEM ALL ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FENTANYL ITSELF BECAUSE FOR MANY, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST FENTANYL.

BUT WE ALSO, YOU KNOW, LET THEM KNOW LIKE IT'S ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, A IT COMES FROM ABROAD.

A GROUP OF IT'S A PAIN RELIEVING DRUG. AND SO WE TALKED TO THEM ABOUT WHAT THE DIFFERENCE LIKE.

YES THERE'S PHARMACEUTICAL FENTANYL BUT THERE'S ALSO ILLICIT FENTANYL.

SO MAKING SURE THAT LIKE I SAID OVERALL THEY'RE INFORMED ABOUT ALL THESE DIFFERENT TYPES OF DRUGS.

OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THE NEGATIVE PERMANENT EFFECTS OF THEM, HOW IT AFFECTS THEIR BODIES AND THINGS. AND THEN WE ALSO, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE WE TALK TO THEM ABOUT THE GOOD SAMARITAN LAW.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IT'S HAPPENED OVER TIME AT SOME OF THE SCHOOLS WHERE WE PROVIDE OUR SERVICES TO.

SO WE'VE BEEN ASKED, LIKE, CAN WE TALK TO STUDENTS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, NOT BEING AFRAID TO SEEK HELP FOR, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE EVER PUT IN THAT SITUATION AND THEN YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY ALSO NARCAN, NALOXONE WE MAKE SURE WE TALK TO THEM ABOUT THAT AND JUST, YOU KNOW, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO THEM TO KNOW THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAN HELP SAVE MANY LIVES. AND YEAH, SO LIKE I SAID, IT'S A VERY SHORT, QUICK PREVIEW OF WHAT, YOU KNOW, WE PROVIDE IN THESE ONE SHOT PRESENTATIONS.

LIKE I SAID, ULTIMATELY, I WOULD SAY HERE, WITHIN THE PAST TWO YEARS, WE'VE JUST HAD CONTINUED GROWTH THROUGHOUT DISTRICTS GRAPEVINE, COLLEYVILLE, EAGLE MOUNTAIN ISD. IT'S BEEN KEEPING US BUSY.

SO AND WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT AND HOPE THAT WE CAN PROVIDE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, THESE ONE SHOT PRESENTATIONS TO YOUR STUDENTS.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THANK YOU. THIS WAS EXCELLENT INFORMATION. APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TONIGHT. PERFECT.

I HAVE A QUESTION. OKAY. YEP. TRUSTEE. SO YOU MENTIONED THAT BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR, LIKE, DATA COLLECTION. THAT PIECE. SO ARE YOU COLLECTING DATA ON OUR KIDS? LIKE, ARE YOU TAKING SURVEYS AND COLLECTING DATA FROM OUR KIDS HERE AT HERE AT CISD.

SO IN TERMS OF DATA COLLECTION AND WHEN OUR PREVENTION PROGRAM GOES INTO SCHOOLS, I BELIEVE, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THEY DO FOR THE CURRICULUM SPECIFICALLY, NOT PARTICULARLY THE ONE SHOT PRESENTATIONS.

I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THEY COLLECT ANY SORT OF INFORMATION FOR ONE SHOT PRESENTATIONS.

HOWEVER, FOR THE CURRICULUM, THEY DO TAKE PRE AND POST SURVEY RESULTS JUST TO KIND OF SEE, YOU KNOW, EFFECTS OF LONG TERM KIND OF CURRICULUM AND THE EFFECTS OF THOSE ON THE CHILDREN.

THAT BEING SAID, WE DO IN TERMS OF OTHER DATA COLLECTION, MONITOR THE OVERALL TRENDS OF THE REGION.

AND SO, SAY FOR EVEN THE CITY, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, HERE IN THIS ZIP CODE IN CISD IN 76092 DRUG

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AND SO IN TERMS OF LIKE OVERALL DRUG TRENDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND AS WELL AS PROTECTIVE AND RISK FACTORS.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, IN CARROLL ISD, I BELIEVE IN 2022 TO 2023 SCHOOL YEAR, I THINK I BELIEVE 15.1% OF YOUR STUDENTS WERE DESIGNATED AT RISK BY TEA.

AND SO TRENDS AND DATA IN THAT ASPECT AS WELL, WE GATHER AND WE ALSO CONSOLIDATE INTO OUR REPORTS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, PARENTS AND TEACHERS AND COUNSELORS ARE ALL EDUCATED ON WHAT CURRENT RISKS THERE ARE, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. OKAY. I THINK I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, IF OUR KIDS ARE ATTENDING, THAT THEY'RE NOT LIKE DATA COLLECTION ISN'T HAPPENING ON THEIR USES OR HABITS, AND IT'S BEING USED FOR OTHER THINGS OUTSIDE.

NO, ESPECIALLY NOT WITH THE ONE SHOT PRESENTATIONS.

THERE ARE THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO DATA COLLECTION HAPPENING. CORRECT. YEAH.

IT'S ONLY FOR A CURRICULUM THAT'S LONGER TERM THAT THEY JUST TAKE A PRE AND POST SURVEY, BUT NO OTHER DATA COLLECTION IS HAPPENING.

SO LIKE ARE YOU AWARE OF THIS IN THE BEGINNING AND THEN YOUR EDUCATION LEVEL AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION? AND THEN WHERE DOES THAT THAT THAT'S JUST TO SAY LIKE WHETHER THEY LEARN SOMETHING OR NOT.

THAT'S NOT. YES, IT'S FOR PROGRAM EVALUATION MORE THAN IT IS.

LIKE WE DON'T PUBLISH THAT INFORMATION. IT'S COMPLETELY INTERNAL INFORMATION AND DATA THAT WE USE.

THE PUBLIC INFORMATION IS ONLY PUBLIC INFORMATION THAT'S ALREADY AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, WHETHER THAT'S TEA OR HHS OR WHATNOT, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. YES. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY.

MISS PEDDY, I HAD A QUESTION, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAID THIS.

IF YOU DID, I DID NOT HEAR IT ON THIS NEW HB 3908.

IS THIS AN OPT IN? YES, IT WOULD BE AN OPT IN.

OKAY. IT WOULD. THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THAT.

SO, THIS WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS FOR GRADES SIX THROUGH 12.

WE INITIALLY WE DID NOT BRING FORWARD THE VAPING.

HOWEVER, WHILE WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF SHAC, SHAC DID ASK IF WE COULD BRING THE VAPING PORTION FORWARD.

SO WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT COMPONENT AS WELL. TRUSTEE SEXTON.

I MOVE TO APPROVE. OH, SORRY. NO. GO AHEAD. OKAY.

I MOVED TO APPROVE SHAC'S RECOMMENDATION REGARDING HB 3908 REQUIREMENTS AS PRESENTED.

SECOND. MOTION AND SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES 6 TO 0. THANK YOU, MISS PEDDY. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE VERY MUCH.

OKAY, MOVING ON TO ITEM 10.3. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF 2025 2026 ACADEMIC PLANNING GUIDE, APG AND NEW COURSE OFFERINGS.

MISS PEDDY, YOU'RE UP AGAIN. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

YOU MAY RECALL AT OUR LAST MEETING WE BROUGHT FORWARD TO YOU, WE BROUGHT THE APG, AND WE BROUGHT SOME NEW COURSES THAT WE WOULD LIKE FOR TO SEEK APPROVAL FOR. I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION THAT WE HAVE MADE TWO CHANGES TO THE ACADEMIC PLANNING GUIDE.

ONE OF THE CHANGES DEALS WITH THE CORRESPONDENCE COURSES.

WE REMOVED THAT PORTION FROM THE ACADEMIC PLANNING GUIDE.

WE'VE HAD SEVERAL QUESTIONS THAT HAVE COME UP AND WE FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO LOOK INTO THAT FURTHER.

SO WE HAVE REMOVED THAT TOTALLY FROM THE ACADEMIC PLANNING GUIDE.

WE ALSO REMOVED WE HAD SOME WORDING THAT WAS NOT CLEAR AND WE HAD PEOPLE ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT IT.

WE IT WAS A PREREQUISITE AND THE PREREQUISITES, SAID OUR COMMITTEE DECISION THAT WAS UNCLEAR TO SOME OF TO SOME PEOPLE.

BASICALLY WHAT THAT MEANT WAS THE ARD COMMITTEE WOULD SIT DOWN AND THAT'S THE ENTIRE ARD COMMITTEE.

THAT'S THE STUDENT, THAT'S THE PARENT, AND THAT'S THE STAFF.

THE STAFF WOULD ALL COME TOGETHER AND RECOMMEND.

THEY WOULD LOOK AT THE SCHEDULING, JUST LIKE WE'VE DONE FOR YEARS.

THAT WAS NOT CLEAR. WE HAD SEVERAL QUESTIONS, SO WE JUST REMOVED THAT ALSO FROM THE APG.

BUT THOSE ARE THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO CHANGES THAT YOU WOULD SEE. SO ONCE YOU GO BACK AND GET FURTHER INFORMATION, ARE THOSE TWO ITEMS GOING TO BE PRESENTED BACK TO US? NO, WE ARE SEEKING. WELL, NO. WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO GO AHEAD.

WE'RE GOING TO HOLD OFF ON THE CORRESPONDENCE COURSES.

WE'VE GOT MORE WORK TO DO ON THAT ADDED TO THE APG.

YEAH. WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THAT. AND SO YES WE DO NEED TO GET THE APG APPROVED IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.

THE CHANGE TO THE PREREQ ISN'T GOING TO MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE.

I MEAN THAT'S OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS PEDDY? MS. PEDDY, I HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS, A COUPLE OBSERVATIONS IN MY LIGHT READING OVER THE WEEKEND OF OURAPG.

SO HERE'S KIND OF MY MAIN QUESTION. SO I WAS LOOKING AT EVERY COURSE AND I STARTED LOOKING AT BEGINNING PHOTOGRAPHY.

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SO WE ACTUALLY ALREADY HAVE A PHOTOGRAPHY TWO AND A PHOTOGRAPHY THREE THAT ARE FULL YEAR LONG COURSES, BUT THE PREREQUISITE IS ART ONE AND THOSE SO ART ONE.

AND THEN YOU COULD START PHOTOGRAPHY TWO. CORRECT.

AS A, AS A SOPHOMORE. AND THEN YOU COULD ALSO START IT AS A JUNIOR TO GO TO PHOTOGRAPHY. THAT IS CORRECT.

BUT THEN THIS THIS BEGINNING PHOTOGRAPHY CLASS IS A HALF YEAR LONG ELECTIVE STARTING IN GRADES 11 THROUGH 12.

SO WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THIS, IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO HAVE AND IT HAS NO PREREQUISITE.

AND THEN PHOTOGRAPHY TWO AND THREE ACTUALLY HAS A SUPPLY FEE.

AND THIS DOES NOT. AND I KNOW WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT WHEN IT WAS BROUGHT UP FOR INFORMATION ON THE CAMERAS.

I KNOW WE SAID THAT IT WOULDN'T BE A COST, BUT IT ACTUALLY WOULD BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT OLD SCHOOL CAMERAS ARE GOING FOR.

WE DON'T HAVE DARK ROOMS. AND I KNOW THAT YOU SAID THAT WE COULD TAKE CTE FUNDS OUT OF THAT, BUT JUST LISTENING TO OUR ROBOTICS, THAT IS NOW GOING TO BE A TOOL TO HELP GIVE US LONE STAR.

LONE STAR POINTS. AND HAVING A CHILD THAT WAS IN ROBOTICS.

I KNOW THAT THEY ACTUALLY DO NEED FUNDING AND THEY NEED A LOT OF THOSE CTE FUNDS.

AND SO I WAS JUST SITTING HERE WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT STAFFING EFFICIENCIES, WE OBVIOUSLY DON'T KNOW WHO WOULD WHO WOULD TEACH IT.

BUT IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT STARTING IN 11TH GRADE AND WE ALREADY HAVE PHOTOGRAPHY ONE AND TWO WHERE YOU CAN START AS A JUNIOR, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE BENEFIT OF ADDING THIS TO WOULD BE TO OUR TO OUR COURSE LOAD IT WHEN IT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION, WHEN WE WERE ASKED TO ADD THIS TO THE TO THE LIST, THE INTENTION WAS TO TEACH THE MECHANICS OF HOW TO USE A CAMERA.

SO WE WENT AHEAD AND PUT IT ON OUR LIST OF COURSES TO BRING FORWARD.

NOW CURRENTLY WE CURRENTLY WE HAVE TWO SEPARATE PHOTOGRAPHY COURSES, IF YOU WILL.

WE'VE GOT A CTE SIDE, AND THE CTE SIDE IS LIKE YEARBOOK, IF YOU WILL.

MISS BROWN DOES TEACH SOME OF THE MECHANICS. HOWEVER, IT IS TAUGHT MORE WITH WHAT OUR STUDENTS USE ALL THE TIME, WHICH IS THEIR PHONE, THEIR IPHONE. IT IS NOT NECESSARILY.

THEY DO HAVE SOME CAMERAS, BUT THE PHONES ARE USED.

THE SECOND COURSE IS AN ART COURSE. SO THE ART COURSE IS NOT FOCUSED AS MUCH ON HOW TO TAKE A PICTURE OR LIKE THE MECHANICS OF USING A CAMERA.

IT'S LOOKING AT IT FROM WHAT ANGLES AND WHAT ARE THE BEST SHOTS? THE PHOTOGRAPHY COURSE WOULD WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PRESENTATION TODAY, THE PHOTOGRAPHY COURSE IS GOING TO IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE OUR STAFF TO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL WORKLOAD. I MEAN, THE MOST OBVIOUS PLACE TO HAVE IT WOULD BE IN YOUR YEARBOOK.

THAT WOULD BE YOUR MOST OBVIOUS PLACE TO HAVE IT. THAT WOULD CAUSE HER TO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL PREP.

SHE DOES HAVE SEVERAL PREPS, AS IS RIGHT NOW.

AND I DON'T KNOW I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY HOW MANY STUDENTS WOULD REGISTER FOR THIS.

WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE AT LEAST 12 BEFORE WE EVEN COULD CONSIDER IT.

IT WOULD TAKE SOME FUNDS AND IT WOULD IT WOULD HAVE TO HAVE SOME FUNDING.

I MEAN, WE HAD CONSIDERED TAKING IT OUT OF CTE FUNDS, BUT THERE WOULD BE SOME FUNDING THAT WOULD THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR IT.

SO DO WE HAVE IN WRITING SOMEWHERE THAT THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR 12 KIDS TO ENROLL IN A CLASS FOR IT TO MAKE? I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S IN WRITING. THAT'S OUR GENERAL PRACTICE.

OKAY. I WANT TO SAY IT'S IN THE AP, BUT I CAN'T PINPOINT IT, SO I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THAT.

OKAY. I, I JUST WANTED TO PRESENT TO Y'ALL THAT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE AT THESE COURSES AND WE'RE LOOKING AT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE EXTREMELY EFFICIENT, AND KNOWING THAT ONE OF THE MAIN CONCERNS WITH BRAC WAS MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE EFFICIENT IN OUR COURSES.

I DON'T SEE HOW THIS IS EFFICIENT. WELL, THAT'S A THAT'S A GREAT POINT, MISS PEDDY.

IT KIND OF BRINGS UP A QUESTION. I'LL PIGGYBACK OFF OF YOU IS TRUSTEE STACY IS HOW CAN WE MOVE SOME OF THESE COURSES TO THE LEFT TO GET THEM EARLIER INTO THE CURRICULUM? I THINK THAT'S A COURSE THAT KIDS AT YOUNGER AGES, YOU KNOW, THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL WOULD REALLY LOVE. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE WELDING COME BACK TO THE LEFT.

YOU KNOW, THAT THAT HAPPENS SO LATE IN OUR CURRICULUM RIGHT NOW AND OUR OFFERING.

I WAS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL TAKING WELDING AND WOODSHOP AND I LOVE THOSE COURSES.

AND THEY REALLY HELPED DEVELOP SOME APPLIED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES.

IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN MOVE SOME OF THAT TO THE LEFT? WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT. WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT MOVING SOME OF OUR CTE COURSES TO THE EIGHTH GRADE AND WORKING ON IT THAT WAY SO THAT WE'VE ALREADY STARTED THE

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IT'S OUR INTENTION TO BRING MORE TO THE EIGHTH GRADE TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT MAKING SURE THAT OUR WE'VE GOT CONSISTENCY IN OUR COURSES BETWEEN OUR TWO MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE SOME WE DON'T HAVE CONSISTENCY THERE.

SO BEGINNING PHOTOGRAPHY WOULD NOT ADD ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDS.

SO IT'S REALLY NOT PART OF A CTE OR AN ENDORSEMENT CORRECT.

NO, IT IS NOT PART OF AN ENDORSEMENT OKAY. AND THERE'S NO I'M LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE OTHER CLASSES.

SO THERE ARE STUDENT'S FEE. SUPPLY FEE. THERE WAS NOTHING LISTED FOR THAT.

I MEAN EVEN OUR, OUR, YOU KNOW, STUDENTS THAT HAVE AN INSTRUMENT, THEY HAVE TO RENT THE INSTRUMENT AND THEY HAVE TO BUY THE INSTRUMENT. THERE'S LIKE PROVIDING SOMETHING. SO I'M STRUGGLING ACTUALLY, AS WE WERE LIKE LOOKING AT ALL THE DIFFERENT COURSES THAT ARE OFFERED.

IT'S LIKE A COLLEGE LIKE YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN DO ANYTHING, RIGHT? I MEAN, IT'S REALLY BROAD. AND AS WE'RE GOING, YOU KNOW, DOING TOWN HALLS AT EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL SAYING WE NEED TO BECOME MORE EFFICIENT IN OUR SPENDING, JUST DOING ALL OF THESE LITTLE THINGS.

NOT VERY WELL. I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW AS A DISTRICT PERSONALLY.

I MEAN, I THINK WHERE WE'RE IN THE TALKS THAT THAT WE HAVE BEEN HAVING IN ALL THE SCHOOLS, WE'RE LOOKING AT GOING DEEPER AND MAKING OUR PROGRAMS BETTER VERSUS SPREADING OURSELVES OUT EVEN THINNER THAN WHAT WE ALREADY ARE.

AND I, I WAS FLOORED. DO WE HAVE DO WE TEACH SCUBA? WE DO. DO WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT TAKE THAT CLASS? WE DO MORE THAN 12, APPARENTLY. SO I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBERS ON THAT, THAT, THAT ACTUALLY WE BROUGHT THAT IN PROBABLY I WANT TO SAY FIVE YEARS AGO IT WAS VERY POPULAR. I HAVE NOT KEPT UP WITH IT RECENTLY.

THE NATATORIUM. YES. WELL, YES. BUT THEN THEY'LL TAKE FIELD TRIPS TO GO INTO A DEEP LIKE GO REALLY DEEP INTO THE WATER.

I THINK THEY GO TO GRAPEVINE. BUT DON'T HOLD ME ON THAT. I TOOK IT IN COLLEGE, BUT FOR HIGH SCHOOL, IT SEEMS VERY I DON'T KNOW, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A LOT.

HOW MANY COURSES ARE IN THE APG THAT ARE OFFERED? BUT THEY DON'T MAKE. WELL, THAT'S GOING TO VARY FROM YEAR TO YEAR.

WE TRY TO AT THE END OF EACH YEAR, WE TRY TO REMOVE THE ONES THAT WE DON'T HAVE THAT, THAT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH ENROLLMENT OR ANY OF THAT KIND OF STUFF.

SO RIGHT NOW, WHAT NORMALLY HAPPENS IS AT THE VERY BEGINNING, WHEN WE FIRST START LOOKING AT OUR COURSES, WE HAND THE APG TO OUR PRINCIPALS. WE ASK OUR PRINCIPALS TO TAKE THIS TO YOUR STAFF.

YOU NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT A COUPLE OF THINGS. DO YOU HAVE STUDENT INTEREST THAT'S GOING TO BE INVOLVED? DO YOU HAVE TEACHERS THAT CAN TEACH IT? THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT THEY SHOULD THINK OF WHENEVER THEY'RE GOING THROUGH IT.

THEY NEED TO DELETE COURSES THAT WERE NOT THAT ARE NOT BEING TAUGHT ANYMORE.

AND THEN THEY NEED TO ADD COURSES IF THEY WANT TO, THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE AND THAT THEY KNOW WILL HAVE AN INTEREST.

BUT THEY'VE ALSO GOT TO HAVE THE TEACHER THERE IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WE CAN WE DON'T WANT TO OFFER A COURSE AND THEN NOT HAVE A TEACHER TO TEACH IT.

SO TO MR. SEXTON'S POINT, I DO THINK THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SHIFT CLASSES BACK TO THE JUNIOR HIGH, ESPECIALLY CTE COURSES. AND THEN MISS BOTTOM'S POINT, WE DO WANT TO ALIGN OUR CLASSES AT THE JUNIOR HIGH LEVEL.

SO WE'RE OFFERING THE SAME CLASSES ON BOTH CAMPUSES.

I HAD A BRIEF CONVERSATION AT CMS LAST WEEK ON THAT.

TO MISS STACY'S POINT IT CERTAINLY IS A CONCERN OF THE BRAC TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WE'RE MAXIMIZING OUR STUDENT TEACHER RATIOS IN THE CLASSES WE'RE OFFERING. AND CERTAINLY WE DON'T WANT TO SPREAD OURSELVES TOO THIN AND SO OFFERING TOO MANY THINGS, KNOWING THAT WE'RE ALSO LOSING STUDENTS YEAR OVER YEAR.

SO LIKE OUR BIGGER CLASSES ARE GRADUATING AND SMALLER CLASSES ARE COMING IN.

YEAH. AT SOME POINT WE MAY HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT 12 TO 1 RATIO AND SAY, WHAT IS WHERE IS THE BREAK EVEN POINT.

RIGHT. AND THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME CLASSES THAT ARE ULTIMATELY GOING TO, YOU KNOW, CALCULUS IS TYPICALLY GOING TO BE A SMALLER STUDENT TEACHER RATIO. NOT EVERYONE'S GOING TO WANT TO GO TO CALCULUS. BUT YOU KNOW, RIGHT, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE WOULD LOVE TO OFFER SCUBA, BUT MAYBE THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED TO DO YOUR FRESHMAN YEAR OF COLLEGE, RIGHT? WE COULD CERTAINLY DO THAT. I GUESS GOING BACK ON TRUSTEE STACY'S QUESTION JUST ON THE PHOTOGRAPHY, AND WE'RE PROBABLY TALKING ABOUT THIS WAY TOO MUCH, BUT SO IF WE HAVE A PHOTOGRAPHY TWO AND THREE IN, THE PREREQUISITE IS ART, THAT'S THE STATE MANDATE.

AND THAT INCLUDES HAS TO INCLUDE SOME PHOTOGRAPHY IN ORDER TO BE A REQUIREMENT FOR PHOTOGRAPHY TWO, CORRECT. WHAT'S THE REASON WE WOULD OFFER PHOTOGRAPHY ONE? BEGINNERS. BEGINNER'S PHOTOGRAPHY BEGINNERS. SO THAT WOULDN'T BE INCLUDED IN THE ART IN ART.

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THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. IS IT NECESSARY TO HAVE BEGINNER'S PHOTOGRAPHY IN 11TH GRADE? NO. WHEN THEY'RE ALREADY GETTING, I GUESS THE INTRO TO PHOTOGRAPHY.

THE INTRO? NO. YEAH. CAN WE JUST ADD, LIKE, A COUPLE WEEKS WITHIN ONE OF THE PHOTOGRAPHY CLASSES, LIKE, ADD IT AS A PIECE OF THE CURRICULUM IN SOMETHING THAT WE ALREADY HAVE? INSTEAD OF CREATING AN ENTIRELY NEW CLASS, WE COULD WORK WITH OUR WE COULD WORK WITH OUR YEARBOOK INSTRUCTOR.

I MEAN, SHE DOES SOME OF THAT. THERE ARE ONE JUST BE REMOVED AS A PREREQUISITE.

AND THEN A CHILD THAT JUST WANTS TO TAKE PHOTOGRAPHY COULD START AT PHOTOGRAPHY TWO.

THE STATE HAS ART AS BEING THAT WE'VE LOOKED INTO THAT THE STATE IS THE ONE THAT MANDATES YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE ART.

ONE IS A PREREQ TO IT. PHOTOGRAPHY TWO, EVEN WITH NO PATHWAY? I KNOW. OH THAT STATE. THEY'RE ALWAYS GETTING IT RIGHT.

OKAY. SO GOING BACK TO PHOTOGRAPHY ONE, IT MAKES ABSOLUTELY ZERO SENSE TO ME WHY WE WOULD INTRODUCE IT IN 11TH GRADE.

AND IF IT'S NOT REQUIRED TO GET TO THE ONLY THING REQUIRED TO GET TO PHOTOGRAPHY TWO IS ART ONE.

AND WE ALREADY HAVE THAT AND THAT'S REQUIRED BY THE STATE. WELL YES.

SO OKAY. SO YEAH I THINK WE COULD REMOVE THAT.

I WOULD SAY WE, WE COULD REMOVE THAT ONE AND WE CAN TRY TO EMBED IT MORE IN OUR YEARBOOK, IN OUR YEARBOOK CLASSES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

YES. AND WE CAN CHECK WITH OUR ART INSTRUCTOR AND SEE IF WE CAN ADD A LITTLE BIT INTO BECAUSE THE ART IS NORMALLY AT THE 11TH GRADE LEVEL.

SO YES, WE COULD DO THAT. AND MAYBE INSTEAD OF BUYING A CAMERA, THEY CAN JUST LOOK AT PICTURES OF THE OLD PARTS OF AN OLD CAMERA OR SOMETHING.

THEY'RE USING THEIR IPHONES OH, YEAH. THERE YOU GO.

OKAY. OKAY. CAN I GET A MOTION? OKAY, SO WE'RE GOING TO REMOVE THE PHOTOGRAPHY TO APPROVE, AS AMENDED. OKAY. SORRY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE 2025-2026 ACADEMIC PLANNING GUIDE AS PRESENTED, NOT INCLUDING BEGINNING PHOTOGRAPHY.

SECOND. MOTION AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES 6 TO 0.

THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU. WE'LL MAKE THOSE CHANGES. THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR LAST AGENDA ITEM,

[11. CONSENT AGENDA]

YES. I ACTUALLY HAVE A LOT OF GREAT DONATIONS TO ANNOUNCE.

LET ME FIND IT. OKAY. SO OUR FIRST DONATION IS FROM OUR SOUTHLAKE ASSOCIATION FOR GIFTED AND GIFTED AND TALENTED FOR $3,910. THANK YOU. SOUTHLAKE ASSOCIATION OF GIFTED AND TALENTED.

OUR SECOND DONATION IS FOR OUR CARROLL BAND BOOSTER CLUB.

IT'S A $6,000 IN-KIND DONATION. THANK YOU TO OUR CARROLL BAND BOOSTER CLUB.

WE HAVE A LARGE DONATION FROM OUR WALNUT GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PTO FOR $18,900 IN KIND.

THANK YOU. WALNUT GROVE PTO. WE HAVE A GIANT DONATION FROM OUR SOUTHLAKE WOMEN'S CLUB FOR $53,000.

THANK YOU, SOUTHLAKE WOMEN'S CLUB. AND WE HAVE.

OUR LAST DONATION IS FROM OUR AP BOOSTERS FOR $4,945.

THANK YOU TO OUR AP BOOSTER CLUB. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE STACY, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

SECOND. MOTION AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES 6 TO 0.

IF NO OBJECTION, WE WILL ADJOURN THIS MEETING AT 7:53 P.M..

THANK YOU. BOARD.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.