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GOOD MORNING. THIS IS A NOTICE OF THE SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE BOARD
[I. Call to Order and Determination of Quorum ]
OF TRUSTEES OF THE GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.NOW, THIS IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH, THE 31ST 2021, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL HOLD A SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE MEETING AT 11:30 AM AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES OF THE GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 601 SOUTH JUPITER ROAD, GARLAND, TEXAS, 75042.
THE SUBJECT TO BE DISCUSSED ARE LISTED ON THE AGENDA.
ITEMS LISTED ON THE AGENDA DO NOT HAVE TO BE TAKEN IN THE ORDER SHOWN IF DURING THE COURSE OF THE MEETING COVERED BY THIS NOTICE, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SHOULD DETERMINE THAT A CLOSED EXECUTIVE MEETING OR SESSION OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS REQUIRED.
THEN SUCH CLOSED OR EXECUTIVE MEETING OR SESSION AS AUTHORIZED BY THE TEXAS OPEN MEETING ACT TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.001 WILL BE HELD BY THE SCHOOL BOARD AT THE DATE, HOUR AND PLACE GIVEN IN THIS NOTICE.
AND AS SOON AS AFTER THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE MEETING COVERED BY THIS NOTICE AS THE SCHOOL BOARD MAY CONVENIENTLY MEET IN SUCH A CLOSED OR EXECUTIVE MEETING, OR SESSION CONCERNING ANY AND ALL PURPOSES PERMITTED BY THE ACT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS AND PURPOSES.
AND THAT WOULD BE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.071, 1.05, 551.072, 551.073, 551.074, 551.076, 551.082, 551.0821.
SHOULD ANY FINAL ACTION AND FINAL DECISION OR FINAL VOTE BE REQUIRED IN THE OPINION OF THE SCHOOL BOARD WITH REGARD TO ANY MATTER, CONSIDERING IN SUCH CLOSED OR EXECUTIVE MEETING OR SESSION, THEN THE FINAL ACTION, FINAL DECISION OR FINAL VOTE SHALL BE EITHER A IN THE OPEN MEETING COVERED BY THIS NOTICE UNDER THE RECONVENED OF THE PUBLIC MEETING, OR B AT A SUBSEQUENT PUBLIC MEETING OF THE SCHOOL BOARD UPON NOTICE THEREOF.
AS THE SCHOOL BOARD SHALL DETERMINE.
THIS IS POSTED MARCH OF 26TH 2021 AT 4:00 P.M..
NEXT, WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO OUR GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES COMMITTEE MEETING. THIS IS MARCH 31ST.
WE'RE GOING TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AND DETERMINE IF THERE IS A QUORUM, IF YOU WOULD THOSE THAT ARE PRESENT, PLEASE SAY SO.
JOHNNY BEACH BOARD MEMBER PRESENT.
AND ROBERT SELDERS IN ROUTE HERE.
AND THAT'S ALL THAT IS HERE, PLUS THE COMMITTEE.
SECOND ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES WILL BE HELD IN THE BOARD ROOM 601 SOUTH JUPITER GARLAND, TEXAS, 75042.
DUE TO HEALTH CONCERNS RELATED TO THE COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ATTEND BOARD MEETINGS IN THE GARLAND ROWLETT ROOMS OF THE HARRIS HILL ADMINISTRATION BUILDING WITH LIVE STREAMING PER TEA GUIDANCE AS REFERENCED IN GOVERNOR ABBOTT'S EXECUTIVE ORDER GA 34.
EVERYONE PHYSICALLY PRESENT, MUST WEAR A FACE MASK AT ALL TIMES AND PRACTICE SIX FEET SOCIAL DISTANCING. ITEM NUMBER TWO PUBLIC FORUM.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO MAKE COMMENTS MAY COMPLETE A PUBLIC COMMENT PARTICIPATION REQUEST IN PERSON AT HARRIS HILL ADMINISTRATION BUILDING OR VIA EMAIL AT BOARDPUBLICCOMMENTS@GARLANDISD.NET PRIOR TO THE START OF THE MEETING INDICATED IN THE POSTED NOTICE.
THE EMAILED COMMENTS WILL BE READ ALOUD AT THE MEETING BY A DESIGNATED SPEAKER AND EMAIL SHOULD INCLUDE REQUESTOR'S NAME, ADDRESS AND A DETAILED TOPIC TO BE READ ALOUD.
IN ADDITION, COMMENTS MUST BE LIMITED TO ISSUES THAT CAN BE PRESENTED IN A PUBLIC FORUM AND ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE POSTED AND NOTICED AGENDA ITEMS. COMPLAINTS ABOUT STUDENT DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC STUDENT ISSUES OR PERSONNEL MUST BE ADDRESSED THROUGH APPROPRIATE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANNELS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN READING ACT AND BOARD POLICY.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENT PROCEDURES, PLEASE REVIEW THE BOARD POLICY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ACCESSIBLE AT THE LINK THAT IS LISTED ON THE SCREEN.
DO WE MRS. HOGAN? DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC FORUM? NO SIR.
WE HAVE NO PUBLIC FORUM OR NO COMMENTS.
SO AT THIS TIME, ITEM NUMBER FOUR, THE WELCOMING INTRODUCTIONS, PAT LAMB.
[IV. Welcome and Introductions ]
THANK YOU, MR. BEACH, MR. GLICK, SUPERINTENDENT LOPEZ AND OUR MEMBERS OF THE SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE.WELCOME AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
WE HAVE A PACKED AND IMPORTANT AGENDA TODAY, SO WE'LL GET STARTED RIGHT AWAY.
[V. Update on COVID-19 Status and Response ]
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS NURSE K.[00:05:01]
SHE'S JOINING US VIRTUALLY AND IS HERE TO UPDATE ON COVID-19 AND OUR DISTRICT RESPONSE.I'M GLAD TO BE HERE TODAY I'M WAITING TO SHARE THE SCREEN.
ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE'RE JUST GOING TO TALK ABOUT A FEW COVID-19 UPDATES.
IF YOU'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
OUR NUMBERS IN GARLAND ISD CONTINUE TO DECLINE, WHICH IS GREAT.
WE DID HAVE ALMOST ZERO ONE WEEK, WHICH WE WERE EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT.
NUMBERS AROUND THE STATE ARE GOING UP SLIGHTLY.
I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO GET.
PLEASE DON'T LET IT GET TO WHERE IT WAS BEFORE SPRING BREAK AND HOPEFULLY WILL CONTINUE TO DECLINE. WE HAVE STARTED OUR RAPID TESTING PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF.
PARENTS ARE REALLY, REALLY RESPONSIVE TO THE TESTING.
AND I EVEN HAD ONE PARENT COME PERSONALLY AND SAID, THANK YOU FOR OFFERING IT TO THE STUDENTS. SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GOOD RESPONSE TO TESTING OUR STUDENTS AND NOT HAVING TO QUARANTINE QUITE SO OFTEN.
WHEN I DID THIS SLIDE, OVER TWO THOUSAND OF OUR STAFF RECEIVED THE COVID-19 VACCINE.
WE'RE UP TO WELL OVER 3000 AT THIS POINT.
WE HAVE ANOTHER EVENT TOMORROW AND THESE ARE ONLY THE STAFF THAT REPORTED THAT THEY RECEIVED THE VACCINE IT IS NOT A REQUIREMENT THAT THEY REPORT TO US THAT THEY WERE VACCINATED. IT IS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.
IF THEY WANT TO SHARE IT, THAT'S GREAT.
IF THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T HAVE TO AT THIS TIME.
ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE REALLY BEEN PROMOTING THE VACCINE ABOUT IS IF YOU ARE EXPOSED, AND YOU'VE ALREADY BEEN VACCINATED AND IT'S BEEN TWO WEEKS SINCE YOUR VACCINATION.
THEY NO LONGER HAVE TO QUARANTINE WITH EXPOSURE.
IT WAS 90 DAYS AND NOW IT'S YOU DON'T HAVE TO AT ALL UNLESS YOU BECOME SYMPTOMATIC.
I THINK THAT IS ONE OF THE MAIN ADVANTAGES BESIDES WITH COVID OF WHY WE NEED TO HAVE OUR STAFF VACCINATED AND WHY I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR OUR DISTRICT.
A LOT OF THE PHONE CALLS I GET IS ABOUT THE VARIANTS.
SOME PEOPLE ARE A LITTLE BIT SCARED TO GET THE VACCINE BECAUSE THEY SAID, WELL, I'M GOING TO GET A VACCINE. THESE NEW VARIANTS ARE COMING OUT AND IT'S NOT GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THEM. AND THEY DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO GET ANOTHER SHOT, ANOTHER SHOT, ANOTHER SHOT.
RIGHT NOW, FROM WHAT WE CAN TELL, THAT THE CURRENT VACCINES ARE COVERING THE VARIANTS THAT ARE IN OUR AREA. AND I CAN'T SAY THAT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE THE CASE, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE COVERING THE VARIANTS THAT ARE IN OUR AREA.
THE VARIANTS I GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
YES, THEY DO SPREAD MORE EASILY, BUT THEY'RE NOT ANY MORE DEADLY.
SO THAT'S GOOD. AND I THINK EVERYBODY ALREADY HAD COVID AFTER CHRISTMAS BREAK BECAUSE WE HAD A HUGE SPIKE AT THAT TIME.
AND THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY MASKING IS STILL VERY IMPORTANT SO WE CAN MINIMIZE THE SPREAD. WE'RE NOT OUT OF THE WOODS YET.
I KNOW EVERYBODY WANTS TO LET THEIR HAIR DOWN AND OPEN UP AND MINIMIZE THE INSTRUCTIONS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE.
BUT NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO DO IT.
WE STILL HAVE TO BE VERY DELIBERATE WITH WHAT WE DO.
AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE ADDITIONAL OK.
DR. RENEE CAN WE ASK YOU A QUESTION RIGHT THERE ON THE VARIANTS.
ARE WE STILL SEEING THE SAME SYMPTOMS AS WE DID WITH THE ORIGINAL CORONAVIRUS? IS IT SENSE OF SMELL TASTE THE SAME SYMPTOMS WITH THE VARIANTS.
SAME EXACT SYMPTOMS. THE ONLY WAY WE EVEN KNOW IT IS A VARIANT IS BECAUSE THEY DO SAMPLE TESTS.
SO WHEN THEY GO IN THE LAB AND THEY TEST TO SEE IF YOU HAVE COVID, THEY'LL NOTICE THAT IT'S A VARIANTS AND THAT'S HOW THEY CODE IT.
AND NOW WITH YOUR RAPID TESTS, WE WON'T KNOW IF IT'S A VARIANTS OR NOT AND THE SYMPTOMS ARE THE SAME.
ALSO I WAS GONNA LET YOU KNOW. WE'RE GETTING SOME FEEDBACK OUT OF YOUR OFFICE THERE FROM SOMEBODY I DON'T KNOW WHO'S TALKING OR WHATEVER, BUT WE'RE HEARING TWO CONVERSATIONS.
THANK YOU. I WILL TELL HER TO PLEASE THANK YOU. SORRY ABOUT THAT.
WE HAVE BEEN DISPLACED, SO WE'RE IN THIS BIG, HUGE ROOM.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
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[INAUDIBLE] ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE.I'M GETTING A LOT OF FEEDBACK ON YOUR QUESTION.
COULD YOU REPEAT IT? I'M SO SORRY.
YEAH SORRY I DID DECIDE TO USE MY LAPTOP, AND THAT MAY BE NOT AS EFFECTIVE.
MY QUESTION WAS REPRESENTING THE PARENT COMMUNITY HERE.
[INAUDIBLE] NOT AUTHORIZED. DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF TIMING WHEN YOU'LL BE ABLE TO INFORM [INAUDIBLE] RIGHT NOW, WE'RE LOOKING ALREADY LOOKING AT SENIOR PICNIC.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS WAYS THAT WE CAN STILL CONTINUE TO DO OUR TRADITIONS, OPEN IT UP A LITTLE BIT.
CAN WE DO A PICNIC SAFELY? YES, WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THAT.
IT'S WHEN WE GO OFF SITE THAT WE'RE HAVING SUCH DIFFICULTY BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO FIND WHEN WE GET THERE.
PLUS, TRANSPORTATION IS A BIG ISSUE.
YOU KNOW, YOU'D HAVE TO HAVE A LARGE AMOUNT OF BUSES.
BUT RIGHT NOW, WE ARE LOOKING AT SENIOR PICNIC, WE'RE EVEN LOOKING AT A SENIOR FIELD TRIP. BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GOING TO BE FEASIBLE OR NOT.
BUT I THINK WE'LL TRULY KNOW, IF WE'RE HAVING A RESURGENCE, PROBABLY BY THE END OF APRIL, BECAUSE YOU'RE SEEING A RESURGENCE IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES.
AND WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT IS USUALLY IT COMES FIRST FULL CIRCLE.
SO IT STARTS ONE PLACE AND THE OTHER.
I'M THINKING BECAUSE WE HAD SUCH A HUGE RESURGENCE OF COVID POSITIVE CASES IN DECEMBER, IN JANUARY, THAT AND PLUS A HUGE AMOUNT OF OUR POPULATION ALREADY IMMUNIZED, THEN WE PROBABLY ARE GOING TO START SEEING HERE HERD IMMUNITY EARLY IN OUR AREA.
PLUS WITH THE STATE OPENING UP VACCINES FOR EVERYBODY, THAT'S GOING TO HELP US.
SO I'M THINKING MAYBE BY THE END OF THE YEAR WE CAN OPEN SOME STUFF UP.
WE DON'T WANT TO START OPENING UP TOO EARLY BECAUSE WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS, IS IT'S LIKE WE'RE EXCITED. WE'RE GOING TO OPEN IT UP AND THEN WE HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO SQUARE ONE. I NEVER WANT TO GO BACK TO SQUARE ONE.
I JUST SAY SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE, I THINK WE COULD START OPENING THINGS UP.
AND WE HAVE BEEN WE HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF ACTIVITIES THAT WE WERE BEFORE WE WEREN'T ABLE TO DO. SO GET OUT THERE.
WE'RE HAVING PARENTS COME TO PERFORMANCES.
AND I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
PARENTS ARE FINALLY ABLE TO SEE THEIR KIDS PERFORM, AND IT'S VERY EXCITING TO SEE.
RENEE, THIS IS PAUL GONZALEZ, I HAVE A QUESTION.
I NOTICED THAT THE CDC PUT OUT SOME CHANGES ON THE SOCIAL DISTANCING.
HOW IS IT GOING TO AFFECT US HERE AT GARLAND, ISD? AND DO YOU SEE ANY OF THE DISINFECTING OR ANY OF THOSE PROTOCOLS A CHANGE HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE? WELL, ONE THING, THE CDC, DID PUT OUT NEW GUIDELINES ABOUT THE DISTANCING THREE FEET.
NOW, WE'VE NEVER GUARANTEED 6 FEET DISTANCING THE WAY I LOOK AT IT, IF YOU HAVE A CLASSROOM THAT HAS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF SIZE LET'S NOT ALL SQUEEZE THEM TOGETHER, BECAUSE THREE FEET STILL THREE FEET.
YOU STILL HAVE TO KEEP AWAY FROM EACH OTHER, IT DOESN'T APPLY TO ADULTS.
IT ONLY APPLIES TO CLASSROOM SETTINGS, IT DOESN'T APPLY TO HALLWAYS AND IT DOESN'T APPLY TO WHAT THEY CONSIDER EXPOSURE.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, IF WE DO SQUEEZE EVERYONE, WE PUT EVERYONE THREE FEET AWAY.
THE EXPOSURE STILL IS CONSIDERED WITHIN SIX.
SO ALL THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE SITTING WITHIN THREE FEET DISTANCE WILL HAVE TO QUARANTINE OR GO INTO OUR RAPID TESTING PROGRAM.
SO DOES IT CHANGE THOSE ASPECTS.
RIGHT NOW, WE HAVEN'T CHANGED ANYTHING.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALWAYS SPACED OUR KIDS OUT AS FAR AS WE POSSIBLY COULD.
I IMAGINE THAT WE WILL STILL DO THAT.
AS FAR AS THE CLEANING GOES, THE CDC DID COME OUT AND SAY THAT THAT EXTRA OVER EXTRA CLEANING, THEY DIDN'T FIND IT VERY BENEFICIAL TO STOP OUTBREAKS.
NOW, YOUR ORIGINAL, WE WILL STILL DO THE KNOW NIGHTLY AS FAR AS THAT GOES.
BUT THAT EXTRA CLEANING THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, THEY JUST SIMPLY DIDN'T FIND IT AS EFFECTIVE. THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IS SUPPOSED TO COME UP WITH A NEW DOCUMENT
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GUIDELINES IN THE MIDDLE OF APRIL.THEY SAID THE FIRST WEEK BUT I DOUBT IT WILL BE OUT BY THEN.
AND THAT'S REALLY GOING TO GIVE US GUIDANCE WITH ALL THE DATA THAT WE'VE HAD FOR THE LAST YEAR, PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER AND SEE WHAT IS WORKED AND WHAT HASN'T WORKED SINCE IT WAS NEW TO US WE JUST HAVE TO FOLLOW THE SCIENCE WHERE IT WENT.
NOW WE HAVE A WHOLE YEAR'S WORTH OF DATA TO MAKE OUR DECISIONS BASED OFF.
I HOPE THAT ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION.
RENEE, THIS IS ROBERT SELDERS, HOW ARE YOU? I'M GOOD. I APOLOGIZE I WAS A LITTLE TARDY.
I WAS COMING FROM ANOTHER MEETING. QUICK QUESTION.
I ASKED MR. BEACH IF YOU GUYS HAVE TALKED ABOUT HOW MANY TEACHERS HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED THE VACCINE AND THEN HOW MANY MORE HAVE STILL TO RECEIVE THE VACCINE, DO YOU HAVE THOSE NUMBERS? YEAH, ON THE SLIDE.
BUT RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE WE HAD A COUPLE OF CLINICS OVER THE WEEKEND, IT'S WELL OVER THREE THOUSAND. WE HAVE ABOUT 700 ON OUR WAITING LIST.
BUT SOME OF THOSE WENT TO THE SATURDAY CLINIC.
SO THOSE WE JUST HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO REMOVE YET.
AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER EVENT TOMORROW.
SO I REALLY THINK WITH THIS LAST EVENT WE'LL BE FINISHED WITH VACCINES FOR STAFF.
THE ONLY ONES WE STILL HAVE TO VACCINATE ARE THE ONES THAT WANT JOHNSON AND JOHNSON.
SO FAR, I'VE ONLY BEEN ABLE TO LOCATE ONE HUNDRED DOSES AND WE GAVE THOSE EARLY ON AND THEN SOME WANT PFIZER ONLY.
SO I'M LOOKING FOR A VENDOR THAT OFFERS PFIZER.
ARE WE DIFFERENTIATING BETWEEN CAMPUS STAFF AND TEACHERS? ANYBODY I'VE OPENED UP THE VACCINES TO EVERYBODY.
SO WITH THE NUMBERS THAT YOU JUST GAVE, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE CLOSER TO FOUR THOUSAND STAFF.
RIGHT. AND SO I REMEMBER MS. BROWN AND I DON'T KNOW IF I REMEMBER THIS CORRECTLY, BUT WHEN SHE DID A PRESENTATION ON THE HR REPORT, THERE'S OVER SEVENTY FIVE HUNDRED PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE THAT TEACHERS AND CAMPUS STAFF. SO WHAT ARE THE OTHER THIRTY FIVE HUNDRED PEOPLE.
NOW THE THING IS, IS NUMBER ONE, THEY'RE NOT, THEY DON'T HAVE TO DISCLOSE TO US THAT THEY GOT THE VACCINE. I KNOW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE VACCINE AND THEY JUST WENT ON THEIR OWN AND THEY GOT IT EARLY ON BEFORE WE OPENED UP THE SURVEY BECAUSE THEY'RE EMAILING ME AS I'M SENDING THESE EMAILS OUT TO ALL STAFF.
SO IT KIND OF ADD THEM TO OUR LIST LIKE A CHECKMARK THAT THEY GOT THE VACCINE.
BUT THERE ARE PLENTY STAFF OUT THERE THAT GOT THE VACCINE ON THEIR OWN.
AND THEY JUST FOR WHATEVER REASON, THEY DON'T HAVE TO THEY DON'T WANT TO DISCLOSE IT.
OK. SO AT THIS POINT, MY FOCUS IS JUST ANYBODY WHO SAYS THEY NEED HELP GETTING THE VACCINE, I'M GOING TO FIND A VACCINE.
AND NOT EVERYBODY'S OBLIGATED TO GET ONE.
AND THAT'S FINE. I GUESS WHERE I WAS GOING WITH THAT QUESTION IS SO WITH THE NUMBERS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, YOU KNOW, HOW SURE ARE WE THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO OPEN UP IN THE FALL I MEAN, UNLESS SOMETHING DRASTIC HAPPENS, I WOULD THINK 100%.
OK, SO WE WON'T HAVE ANY HICCUPS.
THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY BARRIERS, OBSTACLES.
I DON'T THINK OUR NUMBERS RIGHT NOW.
EASY QUESTIONS. REALLY, REALLY GOOD.
I DON'T HAVE I DON'T HAVE A MAGIC BALL TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING'S GOING TO HAPPEN. YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S ALL PARANOID ABOUT THIS FOURTH WAVE THAT'S COMING.
BUT UNTIL I SEE IT, I'M NOT GOING TO YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO PLAN FOR IT, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO STRESS ABOUT IT. YOU KNOW, IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, WE'LL PIVOT LIKE WE'VE ALWAYS DONE..
OK. ROBERT, CAN I HAVE A QUESTION.
ALSO, I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE TEACHERS AND THE STAFF, THE 700 THAT ARE WAITING, HOW WE ADDRESSING THE SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS THAT ARE IN THE BUILDING ALSO THAT ARE VERY VALUABLE TO OUR OUR OVERALL PROGRAM OF STAFF.
ARE THEY INCLUDED IN ANY KIND OF FIGURES OR WHATSOEVER AS FAR AS THE VACCINE IS CONCERNED? YES, WE SENT AN EMAIL TO THEM AS WELL THAT WE HAVE LOTS OF SUBSTITUTES THAT HAVE ALSO HAD THEIR VACCINE. THEY ARE INCLUDED IN THAT. ANYBODY WHO WORKS AT GISD, I DIDN'T DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN WHAT THEY DO.
IF THEY WORK IN GISD EVEN IF THEY'RE A SUBSTITUTE, THEN, YES, THEY WERE ON OUR LIST AND GOT A VACCINE. GOOD.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, RENEE.
[VI. Status of COVID-19 Vaccination Program at HBJ Stadium – Mistie Gardner]
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS THE DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR THE CITY OF GARLAND, OUR FRIEND, MISTIE GARDNER, AND SHE'S HERE TO PROVIDE THE STATUS OF THE COVID-19 VACCINE PROGRAM AT HBJ, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE MISTIE[00:20:06]
TAKE THIS OFF, FIRST OF ALL, MAYBE.SO, AS PAT INDICATED, I AM THE DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR THE CITY OF GARLAND.
AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE TIME TODAY.
I REALLY APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO STAND BEFORE YOU AND JUST GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE MASS DISPENSING OPERATIONS THAT ARE OCCURRING AT HBJ STADIUM.
I'LL START OFF WITH A QUICK VIDEO AND THEN WE'LL GO OVER CURRENT NUMBERS AND THEN THE PLAN MOVING FORWARD.
MY NAME IS JASON CHESSHER I'M THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF HEALTH. I'M THE INCIDENT COMMANDER FOR THESE MASS VACCINATION EVENTS.
THE FIRST STEP TO GET A VACCINE FROM THE GARLAND HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS TO REGISTER ONLINE.
WE HAVE AN ONLINE REGISTRATION PROCESS.
THERE IS A VACCINE INFORMATION TAB PROMINENT AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE, AND THAT WILL TAKE YOU TO THE COVID SPECIFIC INFORMATION PAGE.
FOR THE FEW FOLKS WHO MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO REGISTER ONLINE, THEY CAN CALL OUR HOTLINE AT 972-205-3900 SO FOLKS WILL ENTER OFF OF CENTERVILLE OR COUNTRY CLUB ROADS AND COME TO THE CHECKPOINT.
THEY WILL BE ASKED FOR THEIR REGISTRATION NUMBER TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DO HAVE AN APPOINTMENT.
FROM THERE, THEY'LL BE PUT INTO A QUEUING LINE AND THOSE FOLKS WILL ACTUALLY VERIFY BY REGISTRATION NUMBER OR BY NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH THAT THESE FOLKS ACTUALLY DO MATCH THE LIST THAT WE HAVE FOR INDIVIDUALS TO BE SERVED TODAY.
YOU SHOULD HAVE YOUR EMAIL CONFIRMATION IT CAN BE A PRINTED OUT FORM A LOT OF PEOPLE BRING ON THEIR PHONE AND SO THEY CAN SHOW THAT TO THE PERSON AT THE CHECK IN GATE.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR THERE IS HOW MANY FOLKS IN THE CAR BEING VACCINATED AND DO THEY HAVE CONFIRMATION? ONCE YOU GET THE NUMBER AND CHECK MARK, YOU'LL MOVE ALL THE WAY AROUND TO THE VACCINATION TENT AND THE VACCINATORS ACTUALLY COME TO YOU.
AND SO KIND OF LIKE A NASCAR PIT STOP CHANGE, THEY'LL COME TO YOU, THEY'LL VERIFY YOUR INFORMATION, AND THEN THEY'LL ACTUALLY ADMINISTER THE VACCINATION TO YOU THROUGH THE CAR WINDOW. IF YOU'RE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE, THEY'LL SIMPLY GO AROUND TO THE OTHER SIDE.
AND THEN THE FINAL STEP IS TO PROCEED TO THE WAITING AREA WHERE THEY'LL BE ASKED TO WAIT FOR FIFTEEN MINUTES. THAT'S JUST TO OBSERVE INDIVIDUALS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DON'T HAVE AN ADVERSE REACTION.
AFTER 15 MINUTES, THEY'RE CLEAR THEY'RE FREE TO GO HOME AND WE'LL SEE THEM BACK FOR THEIR SECOND DOSE. THE SECOND DOSE YOU DON'T HAVE TO SIGN UP FOR.
YOU'RE AUTOMATICALLY SIGNED UP.
AND WE WILL USE THE VERY SAME PROCESS AS WE DID ON THE FIRST DOSE.
YOU'LL RECEIVE AN EMAIL WITH YOUR APPOINTMENT FOR THE SECOND DOSE AND THE PROCESS WILL BE EXACTLY THE SAME.
THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE EVENT FOLKS CAN STAY IN THEIR CAR THE ENTIRE TIME.
THERE'S NO REASON TO GET OUT OF YOUR CAR.
THERE'S NO REASON TO ACTUALLY OPEN THE DOOR, JUST ROLL DOWN THE WINDOW AND INTERACT WITH THE FOLKS THAT ARE TALKING TO YOU THERE.
WE'LL HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE TRANSLATING FOR PEOPLE THAT NEED OTHER LANGUAGES.
SOME OF OUR FORMS ARE WRITTEN THAT PEOPLE HAVE TROUBLE VISUALLY NAVIGATING THE WRITTEN FORMS. WE CAN ASSIST WITH THAT AS WELL.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR PARTNERS, ROWLETT AND SACHSE, AND PARTICULARLY THE GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
IF NOT FOR THEM, WE WOULDN'T HAVE THIS VENUE TO PROVIDE MASS VACCINATION.
WE'VE TALKED FOR YEARS ABOUT GARLAND STRONG AND THAT WE'RE BETTER TOGETHER.
THIS IS THE BEST EXAMPLE I CAN THINK OF IT.
EVEN DOWN TO THE SIMPLEST THING IS WHEN YOU'VE REGISTERED, THAT'S NOT YOUR APPOINTMENT DATE. BEING PATIENT, WAITING FOR YOUR APPOINTMENT DATE ALLOWS ALL OF THESE THINGS TO WORK FASTER. AND THIS EVENT, THE WAY IT'S DESIGNED IS SCALABLE TO THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.
WE'VE TRIED TO BUILD THIS FOR MAXIMUM CAPACITY SO THAT ONCE WE HAVE THE AVAILABLE TO GET MORE VACCINE, WE CAN RAPIDLY GET IT ADMINISTER IT TO OUR COMMUNITY AND BE MUCH MORE AGGRESSIVE IN OUR FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19.
SO AS CAPTAIN MCCULLEY REFERRED, WE PLANNED THAT FOR A CAPACITY OF ABOUT EIGHT THOUSAND VACCINES PER DAY.
AND A LOT OF PLANNING AND LOGISTICS HAS BASICALLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE FACT THAT THE WAITING TIME OR THE ON SITE TIME, FROM THE TIME SOMEONE PULLS ON TO THE PARKING LOT TO THE TIME THEY LEAVE THE PARKING LOT IS ABOUT TWENTY TWO MINUTES ON AVERAGE, AND THAT INCLUDES THE FIFTEEN MINUTES THEY WAIT FOR OBSERVATION AND THAT'S OPTIONAL DEPENDING ON IF THEY WANT TO WAIT AND SEE IF THEY HAVE ANY KIND OF REACTIONS.
SO CHANGES SINCE THE VIDEO, FIRST OF ALL, AND PROBABLY MOST IMPORTANT FOR YOU IS THAT GISD STAFF ARE THE PROCESS FOR THEM IS TO BRING A MANUAL FORM.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS THAT THEY DON'T DO ONLINE REGISTRATION.
SO THAT'S HOW WE VERIFY THAT THEY'VE COORDINATED WITH WITH NURSE RENEE.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, AS FAR AS CHANGES GO, STARTING MONDAY, THIS LAST MONDAY, THE GOVERNOR ANNOUNCED THAT THE NEW PRIORITIZATION FOR CITIZENS THAT WERE 80 AND OVER AND THEN OPENING VACCINATION ELIGIBILITY UP TO EVERYBODY, WHICH PRESENTS A PROBLEM GIVEN THE LIMITED VACCINES THAT WE'RE GETTING.
BUT THAT, COUPLED WITH THE 80 PERCENT NO SHOW RATE WE'RE HAVING AT EVENTS, CAUSES US TO REEVALUATE HOW WE PROCEED MOVING FORWARD.
SO CURRENTLY WE'VE FROZEN REGISTRATIONS AND WE ARE WORKING OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS TO GO THROUGH AND FINISH THE WAITLIST THAT EXISTS NOW, DEPENDING ON THE NEW STATE EXPERIENCE OR THE STATE SYSTEM.
AND THEN THE EXPERIENCE WE HAVE OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS WILL BE DETERMINING HOW WE MOVE FORWARD. OBVIOUSLY, REGARDLESS, WE'LL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE VACCINES FOR GISD STAFF AS WE
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NEED TO. THESE NUMBERS, THEY CHANGE DAILY, BUT THESE SLIDES WERE PRESENTED OR PROVIDED LAST WEEK, SO I'LL UPDATE THE NUMBERS THERE.THE NUMBER OF VACCINES RECEIVED IS STILL ELEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOSES.
ADMINISTERED NOW IS NINE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED NINETY TWO.
SECOND DOSES NOW RECEIVED A SEVENTY FIVE HUNDRED INSTEAD OF THE SIXTY FIVE HUNDRED.
AND WE'VE ADMINISTERED JUST UNDER SIX THOUSAND.
TOMORROW'S EVENT. FIRST DOSES.
WE HAVE THREE THOUSAND VACCINES TO ADMINISTER FROM NINE TO 12 SECOND DOSES.
WE HAVE ONE THOUSAND FROM ONE TO TWO.
AND THEN THOSE THAT HAVE COORDINATED WITH NURSE RENEE WILL BE ABLE TO BE VACCINATED ANYTIME BETWEEN NINE AND TWO.
SO WITH THAT, I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A QUICK ONE MORE TIME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE COORDINATION AND PARTNERSHIP.
NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT GISD HELPING US AND GIVING US SUCH A GREAT VENUE, WITH THAT I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
YES, SIR. MS. GARDNER CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION.
WHAT PERCENTAGE WOULD YOU SAY OF THE CITIZENS OF GARLAND? I KNOW THAT WE'RE PROBABLY NOT DOING TEENAGERS AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME.
IT'S MAINLY IN AN AGE BRACKET.
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE GARLAND POPULATION WOULD YOU SAY HAS BEEN VACCINATED UP TO THIS OR DO YOU HAVE THAT FIGURE AVAILABLE? WE HAVE VACCINATED I DON'T KNOW THE VACCINATION NUMBERS.
WHAT WE COMBINE IS THE VACCINATION NUMBERS WITH THE POSITIVE CASES AND LOOK AT THAT NUMBER. BUT I CAN GET IT FOR YOU.
AND WHAT IS THE TIMELINE AS FAR AS KEEPING THIS OPERATION GOING? THAT IS THE MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION FOR US.
SO OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THAT AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT BASED OFF DEMAND, BECAUSE, AGAIN, THE NO SHOW RATE IS ALMOST OUTRAGEOUS.
SO DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF VACCINE WE CAN CONTINUE TO GET FROM THE STATE, IF THAT INCREASES AND THEN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE VOICING THE NEED TO HAVE ONE WILL DETERMINE HOW LONG WE GO.
WE'RE HOPING TO BE DONE BY SUMMER, BUT WE JUST DON'T KNOW.
IT JUST DEPENDS ON THOSE PEOPLE ACTUALLY COMING OUT TO GET THE VACCINE.
AND THE NUMBERS THAT YOU SHOWED US TODAY, TOO, ARE NOT ALL GARLAND RESIDENTS, IS THAT CORRECT? BECAUSE ANYONE CAN REGISTER ON ANY OF THE LOCATIONS IN THE DALLAS COUNTY AREA TO GO GET THEIR SHOTS.
SO THAT COULD BE FROM ANYWHERE, BASICALLY.
YES, SIR. AND THAT'S PART OF THE PROBLEM.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO REALLY TELL US WHERE THEY'RE FROM ANY MORE.
ONCE WE BECAME A HUB, WE HAVE TO TAKE ANYBODY FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS OR REALLY EVEN OUTSIDE THE STATE. WE DON'T REALLY EVEN DISTINGUISH.
SO ORIGINALLY WE STARTED OFF WITH JUST GARLAND ROWLETT AND SACHSE RESIDENTS, AND THEN WE MOVED BEYOND THAT ONCE WE WERE DISTINGUISHED AS A HUB INTO DALLAS COUNTY AND NOW THE STATE OF TEXAS. SO REALLY WE HAVE IT'S REALLY HARD TO DETERMINE WHERE THOSE PEOPLE ARE FROM TO COME UP WITH A NUMBER FOR YOU AS FAR AS HOW MANY HAVE BEEN VACCINATED FROM THE CITY. NOT TO MENTION THERE ARE SO MANY PROVIDERS OUT THERE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY DOCUMENTATION FOR THOSE FOLKS THAT HAVE RECEIVED VACCINES OUTSIDE OF THE THAT MASS VACCINATION HUB THAT WE SUPPORT.
I GUESS A TWOFOLD QUESTION TOO IS, ARE WE ABLE TO GET THE VACCINES? ARE WE GETTING A BETTER SUPPLY THAN WHAT WE DID AT THE VERY BEGINNING? AND IF SO, ARE WE? IS IT PFIZER, MODERNA OR THE THE JOHNSON AND JOHNSON? OR DOES THE PERSON THAT COMES UP THERE FOR THE VACCINE GET TO DESIGNATE WHAT THEY PREFER? NO, SO WE GET MODERNA AND THAT'S DETERMINED BY THE STATE.
UNFORTUNATELY, AGAIN, THAT'S PART OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE, IS THAT THE NUMBER OF VACCINES WE'RE GETTING HAS NOT INCREASED AT ALL.
WE STARTED OFF GETTING A THOUSAND A WEEK AND WE CONTINUE TO GET A THOUSAND A WEEK IS VERY FRUSTRATING.
OK. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE JOB THAT Y'ALL ARE DOING VERY WELL.
EVERYBODY I'VE HEARD GO THROUGH THERE HAS BEEN VERY COMPLIMENTARY OF THE WAY THAT THE CITY HAD BEEN RUNNING THIS.
WONDERFUL. THANK YOU SIR, FOR THE FEEDBACK.
GOT A QUESTION AS WELL. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
AND I ECHO THE STATEMENTS OF MR. BEACH AND HIS APPRECIATION FOR THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE THE CITY AND MAKING SURE THAT THIS HAPPENS KNOW THAT THE FIRST EVENT THAT WE DID AFTER WE HAD THE HICCUP, WE HAD ABOUT THREE HUNDRED SIXTY FOUR TEACHERS THAT WERE RECEIVED THE VACCINE AND THERE WAS THIS ONE HUNDRED PERCENT SHOW RATE.
HAS THAT CONTINUED WITH ALL OF OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF THAT THAT'S COME THROUGH? YES, WE'VE HAD EXTREMELY GOOD SHOWING RATES.
EVERYBODY THAT'S COORDINATING WITH NURSE RENEE AND IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL.
YOU MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT COULD YOU PUT THAT LAST SLIDE UP? SURE. THIS ONE.
SORRY, THE ONE WITH THE NUMBERS.
SURE. WHERE YOU HAVE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY THOUSAND TOTAL REGISTRANTS IN THE WAITING LIST AND THEN WITH THE EIGHTY PERCENT NO SHOW, HOW ARE YOU GUYS PLANNING TO SCRUB THAT SO THAT YOU HAVE REAL ACCURATE NUMBERS GOING FORWARD? SO WE MANUALLY STARTED CALLING THOSE THAT HAD CALLED IN TO REGISTER TO THE.
WE HAVE A HEALTH DEPARTMENT CALL CENTER AND WE STARTED WITH THAT.
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WE DID POLLS OUT TO ALL OF THE PEOPLE ON THE LIST THAT HAD CONTACT INFORMATION THAT WAS, I WOULD SAY, VIABLE CONTACT INFORMATION TO REQUEST POLLS FROM THEM ON, YES, I STILL WANT A VACCINE. THAT ALONE HAD US TAKING ABOUT 40 THOUSAND PEOPLE OFF THE LIST, PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY REPORTED BACK SAYING, I'VE GOTTEN A VACCINE, I DON'T NEED A VACCINE ANYMORE.BEYOND THAT, WE CONTINUED THAT PROCESS UNTIL THIS WEEK WHEN WE LOOKED AND FINALLY GOT THE WAIT LIST. SO OUT OF THAT 130, THE WAITLIST IS NOW DOWN TO 19,000 BECAUSE OF THAT EFFORT.
AND THEN WE'VE NOW TAKEN THAT AND WE'VE DIVIDED IT IN HALF.
SO THIS WEEK WE INVITED NINETY SIX HUNDRED PEOPLE TO THE EVENT TOMORROW.
AND DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS TOMORROW, WE WILL THEN TURN AROUND AND DO THE NEXT HALF OF THAT GROUP NEXT WEEK.
AND HOPEFULLY AT THAT POINT WE'LL BE DONE WITH THE WAIT LIST.
AND OUR INTENTION AT THAT POINT IS TO TAKE TAKE A DIFFERENT APPROACH INSTEAD OF A WAIT LIST APPROACH, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO GET IT FROM SO MANY DIFFERENT PROVIDERS AND TRY TO DO SOMETHING WHERE IT'S MORE IMMEDIATE.
THEY SIGN UP FOR A CERTAIN TIME SLOT OR WHAT HAVE YOU FOR MAYBE THAT NEXT DAY OR SOMETHING. WE REALLY HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT THE DYNAMICS OF THAT.
AND PART OF THAT DEPENDS ON THE NEW STATE SYSTEM THAT THEY JUST ROLLED OUT AND THEY OPEN THAT UP AND THERE'S ALREADY WELL OVER ONE POINT FIVE MILLION PEOPLE THAT HAVE REGISTERED AND THERE'S NO APPROVED EVENTS IN THE CALENDAR YET.
SO WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THAT PIECE LOOKS LIKE YET.
THANK YOU AND THANK NURSE RENEE.
I'VE HAD MY HAND UP FOR A WHILE.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU AND THANK NURSE RENEE FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS DID TO COORDINATE THIS WORK ON BEHALF OF OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF.
THERE WAS AN ARTICLE IN YESTERDAY'S DALLAS MORNING NEWS THAT THEY HAVE A TEXAS PUBLIC HEALTH VACCINE SCHEDULER NOW.
AND THE ARTICLE IT INCLUDED SAID THAT THIS FACILITY AT HBJ IS PART OF THAT.
IS THAT IS THAT IS THAT CORRECT? SO THAT IS THE SYSTEM THAT I WAS REFERRING TO.
WE JUST GOT ACCESS TO THAT SYSTEM YESTERDAY AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TOOL IS GOING TO BE LIKE. WE DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S GOING TO WORK, HOW THE SCHEDULING IS GOING TO WORK.
AND SO WE ARE WORKING TO FIGURE THAT OUT.
NOW, THE CHALLENGE WITH THAT IS THAT THEY OPENED IT UP TO THE PUBLIC TO ALLOW REGISTRATIONS BEFORE ANY OF THE PROVIDERS WERE ACTUALLY APPROVED TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE SYSTEM. SO NOW THE PROVIDERS, INCLUDING US, ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY HOW THAT SYSTEM IS GOING TO WORK AND WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
BECAUSE WHAT WE DON'T WANT IS TO CREATE ANOTHER SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE A LONG WAIT LIST AND NO VACCINES TO GIVE THEM OR THEY'RE ON A WAIT LIST THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SERVICE.
AND AGAIN, EIGHTY PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE AREN'T SHOWING BECAUSE THEY'VE ALREADY GOTTEN VACCINE. SO WE'RE TRYING TO PREVENT THAT WHILE STILL WORKING WITH THE STATE SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE ZERO INPUT INTO HOW IT'S OPERATED.
SO WHEN I SAW THE ARTICLE, I CALLED SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO HAVE ASKED ME ABOUT IT.
WAS THAT THE RIGHT INFORMATION TO GIVE THEM OR NOT? I THINK YES. BUT A SECOND PIECE OF INFORMATION MIGHT BE THAT THEY CALL OUR OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND WORK DIRECTLY WITH US, BECAUSE DEPENDING ON WHAT THE STATE SYSTEM LOOKS LIKE, WE DON'T KNOW HOW THINGS ARE GOING TO BE PRIORITIZED.
AND IF IT'S JUST GOING TO BE A STRAIGHT FIRST COME FIRST SERVE ON THE WAIT LIST OR HOW THAT'S GOING TO LOOK. AND IT MAY SERVE THEM BETTER OR AT LEAST MORE QUICKLY IF THEY'RE ABLE TO DIRECTLY COORDINATE WITH OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
SO WE HAVE A NUMBER FOR THE CALL CENTER AND THEY CAN CALL THAT NUMBER.
AND THEN AS WE ARE ABLE TO OPEN UP REGISTRATIONS AGAIN, THEY CAN WORK WITH THEM DIRECTLY.
BUT AGAIN, UNTIL WE'RE PROBABLY ANOTHER WEEK AWAY FROM KNOWING WHAT THAT THE INTERFACE IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE. THANK YOU.
YES, SIR. THANKS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU, MISTIE, FOR COMING OVER AND SHARING WITH US OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JUSTIN KAUFMAN.
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YOU KNOW, JUSTIN, AS THE AUDITOR FOR ALL THINGS LIGHTING AND OUR SECURITY AUDIT THAT'S MANDATED, HE'S GOING TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN, AS WELL AS OUR PROCEDURES FOR AUDITING JUSTIN.THANK YOU MR. LAMB. ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO BE IN FRONT OF THE COMMITTEE.
THEY KEEP TELLING ME THAT THE MORE I DO THIS, THE EASIER IT WILL GET.
SO IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, TOWARDS THE END OF LAST YEAR, I CAME UP AND TALKED TO YOU ABOUT OUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN.
OUR OLD EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN SERVED US VERY WELL FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
AND THEN TOWARDS THE END OF LAST YEAR, WE HEARD FROM THE STATE THAT THEY WERE RECOMMENDING SOME CHANGES.
THEY WANTED THE ALL OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN TEXAS TO ADOPT A FEMA STYLE EMERGENCY
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OPERATIONS PLAN. SO BEING GARLAND ISD, WE DON'T LIKE BEING CAUGHT ON THE BACK FOOT.SO WE DECIDED, YOU KNOW WHAT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET AHEAD OF THE CURVE.
LET'S GO AND DO WHAT THEY RECOMMEND AND GET THIS TOGETHER.
SO WHAT WE DID, I GOT ON THE STATE WEBSITE.
LET ME TAKE THIS OFF. I GOT ON THE STATE WEBSITE AND I DOWNLOADED THE TEMPLATES THAT THE TEXAS SCHOOL SAFETY CENTER PUTS OUT AND GOT EVERYTHING IN THE TEMPLATES CONVERTED OVER TO HOW GARLAND ISD DOES BUSINESS.
WE MADE SURE AND WE WE COORDINATED WITH COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY AND HEALTH SERVICES BECAUSE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE IN THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN INVOLVED THOSE OTHER DEPARTMENTS. SO SO I'M HAPPY TO REPORT TODAY THAT ALL OF THAT HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN HAS BEEN UPDATED.
IF YOU GO TO THE GARLAND ISD INTRANET SITE AND CLICK ON THE SECURITY TAB, YOU'LL FIND OUR EOP AS IT AS IT STANDS TODAY.
SO NOW WE ARE NOT ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH REQUIREMENTS, BUT WE'RE ALSO IN COMPLIANCE WITH RECOMMENDATIONS. AND AS PAT WILL PROBABLY TELL YOU, TYPICALLY WHEN SOMETHING IS RECOMMENDED, IT EVENTUALLY BECOMES REQUIRED.
SO WE'RE WE'RE AHEAD OF THE GAME ON THAT.
SO ANY QUESTIONS ON THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN.
YES, THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE, BUT WHEN YOU SAID THERE WERE THINGS THAT HAD TO BE CHANGED, IS THERE INDICATOR OF TELLING US WHAT THOSE CHANGES ARE? CATEGORIES? I MEAN, MOST OF US WERE FAMILIAR AS BOARD MEMBERS WITH THE PIECES THAT WAS IN THE EXISTING EMERGENCY OPERATION PLAN.
BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHAT HAS CHANGED, WHAT IS THE SYNOPSIS OF THE CHANGES AND, YOU KNOW, LOOKING FOR WHETHER IT IS MAJOR OR NOT? AND ALSO, DOES IT REQUIRE THE EXTENSIVE REFRESHER TRAINING OF ALL OF OUR CAMPUS PRINCIPALS AND ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS? SO JUST TELL ME HOW WE ARE INTRODUCING THIS WITH THE CHANGES AND HOW WE'RE INTRODUCING IT TO OUR STAFF.
YES MA'AM, MOST OF THE CHANGES ARE JUST CHANGING THINGS TO SAY GARLAND, ISD INSTEAD OF BLANK ISD. IT'S MOSTLY IT'S COSMETIC STUFF.
THE STUFF THAT'S IN THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN NOW IS IT'S THE SAME STUFF THAT WAS IN THE OLD ONE WITH A FEW ADDITIONS, SUCH AS MORE COORDINATION WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS, WHICH WE DID CONTACT THOSE DEPARTMENTS TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE PUTTING DOWN WHAT THESE OTHER DEPARTMENTS DO AND THE PROCESSES THAT THEY GO THROUGH.
SO I WOULD VERY MUCH, THOUGH, LIKE TO SHARE WITH WHAT'S IN THE EOP.
AND SO WHY DON'T WE ON JULY 21ST WE'LL HAVE TO DO IT IN AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE'LL SHARE THE CONTENTS OF THE EOP LET YOU GO LINE BY LINE ON IT.
HOW MANY PAGES IS THAT? IT'S ONLY ABOUT TWELVE HUNDRED OR SO, BUT, YOU KNOW, OTHER THAN THAT, WE'RE GOOD.
THAT'S WHY I SAID THE WORD SYNOPSIS.
I STARTED THE QUESTION SO I CAN ACCEPT THE SOLUTION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? KEEP GOING. OK.
ALL RIGHT, SO NEXT UP, THE SAFETY AND SECURITY AUDIT, THE SAFETY AND SECURITY AUDIT WE JUST GOT STARTED YESTERDAY WITH OUR FIRST CAMPUS ON THIS NEW THREE YEAR CYCLE THAT WE HAVE WITH THE SAFETY SECURITY AUDIT.
THE THING ABOUT THE AUDIT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE RAN INTO LAST YEAR WHEN WE PRESENTED OUR FINDINGS TO THE BOARD WAS THAT THERE'S INFORMATION OVERLOAD.
THERE'S THERE'S SO MUCH INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE IN THIS CHECKLIST THAT I USE WHEN I GO DO AN AUDIT THAT A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE SIT DOWN WITH SOMEBODY, IT'S JUST IT'S WAY TOO MUCH INFORMATION. IT'S ASKING SOMEBODY TO LOOK AT YOUR CAR AND TELL YOU THE STATUS OF YOUR CAR AND THEY GIVE YOU A 40 PAGE DOCUMENT THAT'S JUST TOO MUCH.
SO WHAT WE DECIDED TO DO, I WOULD SAY NINETY FIVE TO NINETY SEVEN PERCENT OF WHAT IS IN THIS CHECKLIST IS RECOMMENDATIONS, ITS BEST PRACTICES FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS.
OK. THERE'S NO THERE'S NOTHING ENSCONCED IN LAW OR BOARD POLICY OR THE EOP THAT SAYS THAT THESE THINGS HAVE TO BE DONE.
FOR INSTANCE, THIS CAMPUS HAS HAS FENCING.
THERE IS NO THERE'S NOTHING ANYWHERE.
IT SAYS THAT EVERY SCHOOL IN TEXAS HAS TO BE FENCED, BUT IT'S THE BEST PRACTICE.
BUT SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID IS I WENT THROUGH THE AUDIT AND I TRIED TO FIND EVERYTHING IN THERE THAT I COULD THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A REQUIREMENT.
SO ANYTHING THAT'S IN LAW, ANYTHING IN THE EOP, ANYTHING THAT'S A BOARD POLICY.
SO WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL SIT DOWN WITH THE PRINCIPAL AFTER AN AUDIT IS OVER WITH.
AND WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL SAY HERE ARE THE THINGS YOU DID REALLY WELL.
YOU NEED TO KEEP THAT UP. HERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE RECOMMENDATIONS, SOME THINGS THAT I SAID NO ON ON THE CHECKLIST, A FENCE.
YOU PROBABLY NEED TO PUT IN A FENCE IF POSSIBLE.
BUT THEN THERE'S A THIRD LIST.
THESE ARE REQUIRED ITEMS. SO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS I'M GOING TO TELL THIS PRINCIPAL, OKAY, LOOK, WE'VE GOT YOU'VE GOT SEVERAL CLASSROOMS WHERE THE DOORS DON'T MEET FIRE CODES.
SO I'M GOING TO BE BACK IN 10 WORKING DAYS THAT'S 14 DAYS.
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AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT PRINCIPAL HAS EITHER FIXED OR ADDRESSED THE ISSUE.THIS COULD BE THEY HAVE ACTUALLY FIXED IT OR THEY'VE TURNED IN A WORK ORDER.
THEY'VE DONE SOMETHING TO ACT UPON THIS.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE CONCERNS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD DURING THE LAST AUDIT WAS HOW DO WE FOLLOW UP? HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT THIS WAS DONE SO AFTER THAT TIME PERIOD, IF THIS HASN'T BEEN ADDRESSED AND WE DECIDED IT'S PROBABLY BEST TO ESCALATE IT AND INVOLVE THE AREA DIRECTOR IN THE SITUATION AND TRY TO SEE IF WE CAN'T GET IT RESOLVED THAT WAY.
SO THE OTHER ITEM WITH THE AUDIT, AGAIN, THE AUDIT TENDS TO OVERWHELM PEOPLE.
THERE'S A LOT OF ITEMS IN THERE.
AND WHEN I SIT DOWN WITH THE PRINCIPAL AND I TRY TO GO OVER A SEVEN OR EIGHT HUNDRED ITEM CHECKLIST, IT'S JUST A LOT OF STUFF.
SO I SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH THE STATE.
I'M VERY PROUD OF THIS. I SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING TO THE STATE ABOUT THIS.
AND THEY SENT ME A WHAT THEY CALL THE EXEMPLARY REPORT.
THIS REPORT CUTS THE 20 PAGES THAT I WAS SUBMITTING TO A PRINCIPAL DOWN TO ABOUT FIVE OR 10 PAGES. IT'S MUCH MORE CONCISE.
IT ALLOWS ME TO TARGET THE THINGS THAT THE SCHOOL REALLY NEEDS TO FOCUS ON THESE THINGS THAT ARE REQUIRED OR RECOMMENDED AND KEEPS THINGS AT A MUCH MORE DIGESTIBLE LEVEL FOR THE PRINCIPALS, SO THAT SO THAT THERE'S A BETTER COMPREHENSION AS FAR AS THE RESULTS OF THE AUDIT. SO I HAD A CHANCE YESTERDAY.
I DID PARSONS PRE-K YESTERDAY, AND I GOT TO SAY THE PROCESS WENT VERY SMOOTHLY AND I WAS VERY, VERY HAPPY WITH IT.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE IN THE AUDIT, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SAFETY & SECURITY AUDIT? JUST FOR MY OWN UNDERSTANDING, ALL CAMPUSES EVENTUALLY GET AUDITED IS THAT ACCURATE? YES, SIR. THE LAW REQUIRES THAT ALL FACILITIES, NOT JUST SCHOOLS, BE AUDITED AT LEAST ONCE EVERY THREE YEARS. AND WE STARTED OUR CYCLE NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR.
WHAT PROCESSES ARE IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CAMPUSES ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH WHAT NEEDS TO BE IN PLACE AND THAT THAT'S CONSISTENT ACROSS THE BOARD.
SO THAT WOULD BE THIS THIS PROCESS HERE.
SO AFTER I GO THROUGH, I MAKE MY OBSERVATIONS.
I'LL ALWAYS SIT DOWN WITH THE PRINCIPAL, GO OVER MY CHECKLIST, THE ITEMS THAT ARE MARKED AS BEING REQUIRED, THE THINGS THAT ARE IN LAW OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO THE PRINCIPAL ABOUT THAT AND SAY, OK, HERE'S HERE'S SOME ISSUES THAT WE NEED YOU TO RESOLVE.
THEY CAN LIKE I SAID, THEY CAN DO WORK ORDERS.
THEY CAN MAKE FIXES. IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH COMMUNICATION.
WE CAN SEE MEETING MINUTES, ANYTHING THAT THEY'VE DONE TO ADDRESS WHAT WE HAVE BROUGHT UP IN THAT AND THAT DEAL.
BUT THAT'S THAT'S SOMETHING, AGAIN, AS A RESULT OF THE LAST THE LAST BOARD MEETING WHERE WE DISCUSSED THE AUDIT, THAT WAS ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING THIS TIME.
I GUESS I WAS THINKING IN TERMS OF WHAT CAN THE CAMPUSES OR FACILITIES DO THAT'S MORE PROACTIVE INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR THE AUDIT, IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT THEY CAN TAKE CARE OF THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT EASIER FOR THEM TO GET TO OR LOWER HANGING FRUIT THAT WAY.
YOU KNOW, IT MAKES WHAT YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT, YOUR LAST EXPERIENCE MORE LIKELY THAT YOU'RE BASICALLY GOING THROUGH? WHAT.
ONE OF THE THINGS I DO, THERE'S A WEBSITE THAT I SENT TO THE PARENTS.
I CREATED THIS WEBSITE, AND IT GIVES THEM AN IDEA OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I LOOK FOR.
IT DOESN'T HAVE THE ENTIRE CHECKLIST IN IT.
AGAIN, IT'S S A LOT OF INFORMATION IN THERE, BUT IT DOES GIVE THEM AN IDEA OF THE THINGS WE LOOK FOR. SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE ASK, IT ALLOWS TIME TO GIVE THEM TO PREPARE THAN THEIR STAFF OR WHATEVER FOR THE AUDIT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DON'T GET TOO TENSE OR UPSET ABOUT THE AUDIT. BUT I DO TRY BEFORE I GO OUT THERE TO TRY TO PUT EVERYBODY AT EASE AND AND LET THEM KNOW THIS IS THIS IS THE AUDIT IS NOT DESIGNED TO BE AN OVERSIGHT PROCESS. THE AUDIT IS DESIGNED TO BE A COLLABORATION WHERE SECURITY THIS IS ALL WE DO.
WE THINK ABOUT SAFETY AND SECURITY.
SO THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN WITH THE PRINCIPALS AND SHARE WHAT WE KNOW IN A WAY THAT MAKES THINGS SAFER AND MORE SECURE AT THE CAMPUS.
ANYTHING ELSE? YES, THANK YOU.
SO LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE 14 DAY PERIOD.
HAVE YOU HAD THAT OCCUR ALREADY? NO, SIR. AND I DON'T LIKE TO MAKE PREDICTIONS, BUT I'M GOING TO SAY THAT'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE A ROAD WE'RE GOING TO GO DOWN OFTEN BECAUSE WE ARE ACTUALLY AS FAR AS RECOMMENDED ITEMS, WE'RE GARLAND ISD.
WE'RE USUALLY PRETTY GOOD AT TAKING CARE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO TAKE CARE OF SO.
BUT IT SAYS, IF I WANT I WANT TO UNDERSTAND YOU MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS, SOME VERY SPECIFIC.
OR CRITICAL. AND BASED ON WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, THEY ARE CRITICAL.
ARE YOU COMING OUT AFTER 14 DAYS? ABSOLUTELY.
OK, AND SO YOU SAID YOU HAD NOT HAD AN INSTANCE WHERE WHEN YOU'VE COME OUT AFTER FOURTEEN DAYS, EVERYTHING THAT YOU REQUIRED TO BE DONE WAS DONE.
RIGHT. WOULD BE I HAVEN'T HAD ANY OF THOSE YET.
OK, WHERE IS THE 14 DAY PERIOD AND ALL THAT? IS THAT JUST A DEPARTMENT POLICY? IS THAT GOING TO BECOME GISD POLICY BOARD POLICY? SINCE WE HAVEN'T HAD IT YET, WE HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO REALLY SEE WHAT THE FLOW OF THAT'S GOING TO BE. IF WE NEED TO IF WE NEED TO A ALLOT MORE TIME THAN WE CAN, WE CAN DO THAT
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LATER. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE.SO WE CAN KIND OF FEEL THIS OUT AND SEE.
OK YES, REGULATION. SO ON THE DOCUMENT THAT YOU GIVE TO THE PRINCIPAL, IT CLEARLY STATES THAT YOU'LL BE BACK IN 14 DAYS, THERE'S NO DOUBT.
AS IT IS NOW, IF I DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK OUT, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH I SIT DOWN WITH THEM.
HERE'S THE REPORT. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? AND THAT'S IT. IF I AM REQUIRED TO COME BACK, THERE'S AN EXTRA SHEET OF PAPER THAT I'M GOING TO PUT IN THERE WITH THE REQUIRED ITEMS. AND I'M GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE SIGNATURE SPOT JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS I'M GOING TO BE BACK IN THIS AMOUNT OF TIME.
AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THIS AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S BEEN FIXED.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, JUSTIN. OUR SYSTEMS COORDINATOR, KEITH CHAPMAN, IS HERE TO PROVIDE OUR
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COMMITTEE WITH THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM AND THE RADIO GRANT PROGRAM. KEITH.TO BOARD PRESIDENT, MR. SELDERS, BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT DR.
LOPEZ TO OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SLIDE AND THE COMMENT I THINK ON MONDAY, I HEARD THAT MANY TIMES.
BUT AS TUESDAY ROLLED AROUND, IT WASN'T SO BEAUTIFUL.
AND I WOULD POINT OUT THE SLIDE ON THE RIGHT.
THAT'S ONE OF OUR SECURITY OFFICERS.
HE'S NOT SMILING BECAUSE IT'S FUNNY.
I HAPPENED TO POINT OUT HE WAS STANDING IN ABOUT SIX INCHES OF WATER BESIDE HIGH VOLTAGE EQUIPMENT WITH WATER RUNNING DOWN THE SIDE OF IT.
SO HE JUST KIND OF LOOKED AT ME AND QUICKLY STEPPED BACK OUT THE DOOR.
SO ANYWAYS, WHAT YOU SEE IS JUST A SNAPSHOT OF SOME OF THE THINGS WE EXPERIENCED THAT I KNOW YOU ARE WELL AWARE OF DURING THE DURING THE STORM.
WHAT I WANT TO GO OVER OR WAS ASKED TO GO OVER TODAY, DURING THE STORM, WE HAD 12 BUILDINGS THAT WERE IMPACTED WHERE THE PIPES ACTUALLY SOMETHING RUPTURED DURING THE STORM. HARRIS HILL HAPPENED AFTER THE STORM, BUT THE PROBLEM WAS PRESENT DURING THE STORM AND VARIOUS LEVELS OF DAMAGE HAPPENED.
I BELIEVE AT WEAVER WE FLOODED A WHOLE WING.
[INAUDIBLE] WE FLOODED MULTIPLE I THINK IT WAS SIX CLASSROOMS, PDC.
PDC WAS A BIG FLOOD AS WELL THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE BUILDING.
SOME OF THOSE BUILDINGS YOU SEE LISTED, SUCH AS AUSTIN, NAAMAN, LAKEVIEW, THERE WERE ISSUES TO THE EQUIPMENT IN THE MECHANICAL ROOM, IN THE WATER, FORTUNATELY FOR US, RAN OUT THE BACK DOOR, OUT THE SIDE AND INTO THE PARKING LOT.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, CULWELL CENTER FLOODED THE CONFERENCE CENTER.
SO ALL THAT HAPPENED WHEN WE RECOGNIZED THAT WAS HAPPENING, THAT'S WHEN WE DRAIN THE SYSTEMS. AND BECAUSE WE DRAIN THE SYSTEMS, THERE WERE 11 MORE BUILDINGS THAT WE FOUND.
WE AVOIDED DAMAGE AT AND SOME COULD HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANT.
ARMSTRONG PIPE SPLIT IN THE MAIN FOYER OF THE BUILDING, NORTH GARLAND IN ONE OF THE WINGS, A DRAIN PIPE SPLIT THAT WOULD HAVE FLOODED PART OF THE BUILDING.
TWO HEADS THAT HAD DAMAGE AND HAD WE NOT TESTED THEM, WOULD HAVE FLOODED THOSE CLASSROOMS AND ANY NUMBER OF AREAS AROUND.
SO WE DID IDENTIFY AND OUR PROCESS WAS SOUND IN FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH HOW WE CARRIED OUT REFILLING THESE SYSTEMS AND IDENTIFIED 11 MORE BUILDINGS.
QUICKLY. IT TOOK US FROM THE TIME WE IDENTIFIED AND DRAINED UNTIL WE FINISHED ALL THE REFILLS ABOUT FIVE WEEKS THE PROCESS WITHOUT GOING TOO CRAZY IN DETAIL.
WE APPLIED AIR TO EVERY SYSTEM UP TO NINETY PSI FOR TWENTY FOUR HOURS, MONITORED THAT PRESSURE, CAME BACK, REFILLED IT, LEFT THE CITY VALVES CLOSED.
SO IF SOMETHING DID FAIL OVERNIGHT, EVEN THOUGH WE TESTED IT WITH AIR THERE, THAT WE WOULDN'T BE PUTTING FULL CITY PRESSURE INTO THE BUILDING AND FLOODING A BUILDING, WE WOULD JUST DRAIN WHAT WAS IN THE SYSTEM.
WE STARTED THE PROCESS ACTUALLY TESTING AND REFILLING ON FEBRUARY 24TH.
THERE WAS SOME PLANNING PRIOR TO THAT DATE.
ALL BUT 13 SYSTEMS WERE DONE BY MARCH SIX, THE REMAINING WE COMPLETED DURING SPRING BREAK. SO FIVE WEEKS OF BASICALLY STEADY WORK.
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AND BY STEADY WORK, OUR TECHNICIAN SUPPORTED THE CONTRACTOR BY PROVIDING A PRESENCE TO FIND PLACES IN THE BUILDING TO UNLOCK DOORS.SO OUR STAFF PUT IN A LOT OF TIME AND A LOT OF EFFORT DURING THIS PROCESS.
WITH THAT ARE THERE ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE SPRINKLER? AND I WOULD SAY WE'RE STILL WORKING OUT THE FINAL NUMBERS.
AS FAR AS THE REPAIRS, I APOLOGIZE.
I DIDN'T PUT THAT IN. I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE CONTRACTOR TODAY, THE BILLING, WE'RE BILLING EACH BUILDING SEPARATELY, SO IT'S TAKING THEM A LITTLE BIT.
SO FOR INSURANCE PURPOSES, TAKING THEM A LITTLE BIT LONGER TO GET THE INVOICES TOGETHER, BUT WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE A HARD NUMBER FAIRLY SOON.
ANY QUESTIONS? I HAD A QUICK QUESTION AS FAR AS REPAIRS GO, WHAT WAS THAT PROCESS? WAS THAT LIKE YOU REMOVE THE SEGMENT AND REPLACE IT WITH A NEW SEGMENT OR WALK ME THROUGH THAT? YES, SIR. SO WHEN WE IDENTIFIED, WE PUT THE AIR ON THE SYSTEM.
WE FOUND SEVERAL FRACTURED PIPES.
SO OUR CONTRACTOR WENT AND GOT THE PARTS, CAME OUT AND JUST REPLACED THE SECTION OF PIPE.
IN SOME CASES, IT WAS JUST A VALVE OR A COUPLING ON A VALVE WHERE THE THE PIPE SPLIT AND WE DRAIN MADE SURE THE SYSTEM WAS FULLY DRAINED.
WE REPLACED IT, THEN WE AIRED IT BACK UP.
IF WE FOUND SOMETHING AFTER WE AIRED IT, WE DRAIN THE AIR WE REAIRED IT AFTER IT WAS REPAIRED, WAITED THE TWENTY FOUR HOURS, REFILLED IT AND FOLLOWED THE SAME PROCESS TO GET A COMPLETE WITH THOSE SEGMENTS, THE NEWER SEGMENTS BEING COMBINED WITH SEGMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN THERE PROBABLY FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS.
DOES THAT IMPACT THE OVERALL INTEGRITY OF THE SYSTEM AS IT'S GOING THROUGH VARIOUS CYCLES WITH HOT AND COLD AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF WITH THE WEATHER? I THINK THE BEST EXAMPLE, IT IT PUTS A NEWER PART INTO A SYSTEM.
IT DOESN'T IT DOESN'T DAMAGE ANYTHING ELSE OR OR CAUSE ANY OTHER ISSUES IN THE SYSTEM.
IT JUST MEANS WE'VE GOT A LAYER OF LIKE YOU WOULD GO AND GET A NEW WATER PUMP ON YOUR CAR. I'VE GOT A NEW WATER PUMP ON A CAR WITH ONE HUNDRED TWENTY THOUSAND MILES.
DOESN'T MAKE THE OTHER PARTS OF THE CAR ANY WORSE.
IT JUST I JUST PUT A NEW PART IN IT.
DID I ANSWER THE QUESTION? YEAH, I GUESS I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT A DIFFERENT I WAS THINKING ABOUT PRESSURE AND HOW YOU HAVE A NEWER PART COMBINED WITH PARTS THAT HAVE BEEN UNDER THAT PRESSURE FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. AND OVER TIME, THAT THINGS WEAR.
AND SO IF THAT CHANGES THE OVERALL INTEGRITY OF THE SYSTEM, JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE A NEW PART IN THERE WITH OTHER PARTS THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE. TO YOUR QUESTION, THE SYSTEMS, FOR INSTANCE, THE SPRINKLER HEADS ARE RATED TO TWENTY FIVE YEARS AND CODE REQUIRES US TO GO AND REPLACE SPRINKLER HEADS AFTER TWENTY FIVE YEARS OR RECOMMENDS.
I'M SORRY, IT DOESN'T REQUIRE RECOMMENDS AFTER TWENTY FIVE YEARS.
WILL THESE NEW PARTS IMPACT THE OLD SYSTEM? NO, SIR. THOSE OLD SYSTEMS ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO FUNCTION AS THEY DID BEFORE.
OF COURSE THEY'LL HAVE A MEAN TIME BEFORE FAILURE OR A LIFE SPAN THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ADDRESS AS WE MOVE DOWN THE ROAD.
THANK YOU. THE NEXT TOPIC I'M TO ADDRESS IS THE DISTRICT RADIO NETWORK.
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, I BELIEVE, AT OUR LAST MEETING WHEN WE STARTED DEPLOYMENT ALMOST A YEAR AGO. OBVIOUSLY COVID ATE INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT OUR TIMELINE.
BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE WE HAVE DEPLOYED TWENTY TWO REPEATERS, SIX HUNDRED HANDHELD RADIOS TO EVERY CAMPUS, INCLUDING OUR S&S TEAM.
AND WE'VE INSTALLED OUR DISPATCH CENTER RADIO PRO PROGRAM, WHICH ALLOWS OUR DISPATCH CENTER NOT ONLY TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE CAMPUSES, THE CAMPUSES COMMUNICATE WITH US IN AN EMERGENCY, BUT ALSO ALLOWS US TO DO SOME NEAT THINGS WITH FIRST RESPONDERS IN PATCHING.
WE'VE DONE TRAINING AT ALL THE CAMPUSES AND WE HAVE CONTINUED TO GO BACK OUT TO THE CAMPUSES AND WORK WITH THE CAMPUSES TO DEAL WITH ANY ISSUES OR ANYTHING THAT THE CAMPUS MIGHT WANT. IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE REMAINING ITEMS ARE AUXILIARY BUILDING RADIOS.
WE'VE IDENTIFIED A AN ALLOTMENT OF THOSE RADIOS AND SET ASIDE THOSE SO THAT EACH DEPARTMENT WE'RE WORKING TO DEPLOY TO EACH DEPARTMENT IN THIS BUILDING AND IN OUR OTHER AUXILIARY BUILDINGS, AT LEAST ONE RADIO WHERE THEY WILL BE ABLE TO REACH US IN AN EMERGENCY. WE'LL ALSO, IF WE DO A DISTRICT BLAST TO ALL THE RADIOS FOR WEATHER OR WHATEVER, WE'LL BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH NOT ONLY OUR CAMPUSES, BUT OUR DEPARTMENTS AS
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WELL. WE'VE GOT A MINOR PUNCH LIST ITEMS. OBVIOUSLY, YOU PUT SOMETHING THIS BIG INTO PLACE, YOU PUT IT OUT, YOU CHECKING SIGNAL STRENGTHS ON RADIOS, MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING'S CLEAR WHEN WE COMMUNICATE.SO WE'VE HAD ONE OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS AND ONE OF OUR CONTRACTORS GOING ON CAMPUS TO CAMPUS CHECKING SIGNALS AND ADJUSTING OUTPUT ON RADIOS AND BASE STATIONS.
AND THEN WE HAD A FEW INDIVIDUAL CAMPUSES THAT WANTED TO ADD THEIR CURRENT RADIOS ONTO THESE RADIOS, THEIR FREQUENCIES, WHICH EXPANDED THE NUMBER OF RADIOS THEY ACTUALLY HAD ON THE CAMPUS, WHICH HELPED THEM OUT A LOT.
AND THEN OUR ESTIMATED FINAL COMPLETION WITH THESE PUNCH TIME SHOULD BE APRIL 16TH, AND OUR SYSTEM WILL BE FULLY FUNCTIONAL AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO GO TO THE CAMPUSES THROUGHOUT THE THE REST OF THE YEAR.
AND THEN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, OBVIOUSLY, WHEN WE HAVE SOME STAFF CHANGE AND TURN TURNOVER, WE'LL GO OUT EVERY YEAR, JUST AS WE DO WITH OUR OTHER SYSTEMS AND SUPPORT AND TRAIN HOWEVER WE NEED TO TRAIN.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? NO QUESTIONS, THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, KEITH. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MARK QUINN, HE'S THE COORDINATOR OVER SECURITY
[XI. Report on Stop the Bleed training for district and students – Mark Quinn]
OPERATIONS. HE'S GOING TO BRING US UP TO SPEED ON STOP THE BLEED PROGRAM.MR. SELDERS, DR. LOPEZ, BOARD I APPRECIATE YOU HAVING ME HERE.
I'LL TALK VERY BRIEFLY ABOUT STOP THE BLEED.
WHAT STOP THE BLEED IS THIS A PROGRAM THAT WE'VE PUSHED OUT TO STUDENTS WHERE WE'RE ALLOWING STUDENTS TO TAKE THIS COURSE NOW.
SO WHAT YOU MAY KNOW IS THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE OF PREVENTABLE DEATH AFTER INJURY IS BLEEDING. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE ADDRESSING RIGHT NOW.
TO FIRST IDENTIFY THE BLEED IS THE FIRST STEP IN DEALING WITH THIS HEAVY BLEED.
SO AS SOON AS YOU IDENTIFY WE WANT TO DO NOW IS PUT DIRECT PRESSURE ON THE WOUND.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TEACHING, IS EITHER DIRECT PRESSURE THAT WE SHIFT TO WOUND PACKING.
IF YOU'VE GOT A LARGE SCALE WOUND AND IT'S TOO LARGE, JUST DO DIRECT PRESSURE.
WE WILL WE PROVIDE GAUZE AND ITEMS TO BE ABLE TO PACK THE WOUND.
SPECIFICALLY IF THE WOUND IS LARGE ENOUGH, WE ALSO HAVE THE USE OF A TOURNIQUET.
SO WHEN WE PROVIDE THESE BLEED KITS, THEY HAVE TOURNIQUETS, THEY HAVE GAUZE, THEY HAVE ALL THE ITEMS NECESSARY TO CONTROL THESE LARGE SCALE BLEEDS.
HOUSE BILL 496 REQUIRES US TO PROVIDE STOP THE BLEED TRAINING, AT LEAST TO PROVIDE STOP THE BLEED TRAINING TO ANYONE IN SEVENTH GRADE OR ABOVE.
IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH WHERE I CAME FROM, I JUST RETIRED FROM THE MESQUITE POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE TAUGHT THIS CLASS TO CIVILIANS AND JUST REGULAR CITIZENS, AND IT PICKED UP SO MUCH STEAM THAT EVERYBODY STARTED TAKING IT.
EVERYBODY LOVED IT BECAUSE WHAT THEY REALIZE IS THIS IS NOT JUST A SCHOOL INCIDENT.
THIS IS THE INCIDENT YOU CAN USE IN EVERYDAY LIFE, AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS, WEATHER INCIDENTS, ANYTHING LIKE THAT THAT YOU CAN YOU CAN BE EXPOSED TO LARGE SCALE BLEEDS.
THIS KIND OF TEACHING IN THIS KIND OF CLASS IS VERY, VERY BENEFICIAL TO THEM.
WE HAVE CURRENTLY TAUGHT 105 STUDENTS.
LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE TO PROVIDE THE ACCESS TO THIS TRAINING TO ANYONE IN SEVENTH GRADE OR ABOVE. OUR SROS ARE CURRENTLY TEACHING IT.
I'M ABLE TO TEACH IT JUST BECAUSE I'M A RETIRED POLICE OFFICER.
WE HAVE NURSES THAT ARE ABLE TO TEACH IT.
AND SO THAT'S HOW WE'RE PUSHING THIS COURSE OUT NOW.
ANY QUESTIONS? MS. GRIFFIN. SO IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ON A VOLUNTEER BASIS.
YES, MA'AM. WE PROVIDE THE TRAINING TO ALL STUDENTS SEVENTH GRADE AND ABOVE, BUT FOR THE STUDENTS, IT'S ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS.
AND WHY WOULD I, LINDA GRIFFIN, STUDENT AT LOPEZ ACADEMY DECIDE THAT I WANT TO TAKE THIS? HOW WOULD I KNOW THAT? WHERE WOULD I FIND IT? WE HAVE HAD OUR PRINCIPALS PUSH OUT THAT INFORMATION TO THEIR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS.
WE HAVE HAD OUR SROS PUSHING THAT INFORMATION ALSO OUT TO THE STUDENTS.
AND IT'S BECOMING MORE WIDELY KNOWN THAT THIS IS THIS IS A CLASS THAT IS AVAILABLE TO BE TAUGHT.
DOES NOT HAVE ANY FOLLOW UP OR ANYTHING THAT COMES BACK TO CAMPUSES AT THIS TIME, IT'S VOLUNTARY.
OK, SO THE LAW READS THAT WE JUST NEED TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE IT.
AND AT THIS TIME, IT IS ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE STUDENTS AND PARENTS WHO BECOME INTERESTED. YES MA'AM THAT'S CORRECT.
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MR. GLICK.THANK YOU. SO HOW MANY STATIONS I KNOW YOU'RE ADDING MORE, HOW MANY EXIST RIGHT NOW? WE CURRENTLY HAVE CURRENT STATIONS.
I CAN GET YOU THE NUMBERS, BUT WE'RE ADDING THE EXTRA ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE THOSE ADDED STATIONS WILL BE IN UPSTAIRS FLOORS, KITCHENS, SHOP CLASSES, OTHER LOCATIONS ARE NEEDED THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY SUPPLIED.
I THINK I'M GETTING CONFUSED AND MAYBE IT'S THE SAME PROGRAM, WHAT WAS THE PROGRAM THAT WE HAD TO HAVE IN THE SCHOOLS IN CASE THERE WAS AN ACTIVE SHOOTER? IS THAT SOMETHING IS THAT THE SUPPLIES WE HAD TO HAVE IN THE SCHOOLS? THIS BILL JUST MANDATES THE LOCATION OF BLEED CONTROL STATIONS AND OUR OFFERING THE SEVENTH GRADE AND ABOVE STUDENTS TO TAKE THIS CLASS.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, RIGHT? YES.
MR. GLICK, THIS IS SHELLEY OVER HERE.
YES, IT IS THE SAME THING HOUSE BILL 496.
AND ALSO, WE CAN'T MANDATE OR THEY HAVEN'T YET MANDATED THAT TEACHERS HAVE TO GO THROUGH IT, BECAUSE WHEN THEY FIRST CAME OUT, I THINK IT WAS TWO SESSIONS AGO AND 496 WAS PASSED, IT WAS YOU HAVE TO OFFER IT TO STUDENTS SEVENTH GRADE AND ABOVE.
YOU HAVE TO OFFER IT TO ALL THE STAFF.
YOU CAN'T MAKE THEM BECAUSE THE IF BLOOD MAKES YOU QUEASY.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE IT. BUT THERE ARE STAFF THAT HAVE TO TAKE IT.
SO THE SHOP TEACHER, THE CULINARY TEACHER, ET CETERA.
CURRENTLY WE HAVE ABOUT SEVEN BETWEEN SEVENTY TWO AND SEVENTY EIGHT STATIONS.
SO IN A STATION THERE ARE MANY, MANY, MANY KIDS IN THE STATION WITH A TOURNIQUET AND THE WOUND PACKING AND SUCH, AND WE'RE ADDING ONE HUNDRED FIVE.
SO WE'RE MORE THAN DOUBLING WHAT WE HAVE, WHICH IS WAY ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT THE LAW REQUIRES. BUT WE WANT TO HAVE IT IN EVERY ART CLASS, EVERY KITCHEN UPSTAIRS.
YEAH, I THINK WHEN YOU USE THE WORD KITS, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT IT CAME FROM.
THAT'S THE WORD I REMEMBER IS THE KITS IN THE BEGINNING AND NOW WE CALL THEM STATION.
HOW LONG IS A CLASS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE'RE IN A SCHOOL SETTING AND WE TYPICALLY THINK, OH, A CLASS, YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE IT EVERY DAY FOR FORTY FIVE MINUTES, FOR A SEMESTER, FOR A YEAR FOR CLARIFICATION TELL THEM HOW LONG IT IS.
THIS CLASS IS APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES LONG.
IT'S VERY, IT'S VERY HANDS ON, ON A NORMAL A NON COVID DAY.
IT WILL BE VERY HANDS ON THE OFFICER OR WHOEVER IS TEACHING WOULD ALLOW THE STUDENTS TO ACTUALLY PUT A TOURNIQUET ON, FEEL HOW IT FEELS FEEL HOW TIGHT IT NEEDS TO GO.
ACTUALLY DEAL WITH THE GAUZE, HANDLE THE GAUZE, SHOW ON A WOUND DUMMY, HOW TO ACTUALLY PACK A WOUND OR HOW TO HOW TO DIRECT PRESSURE WOUND.
SO THE CLASS IS THIRTY MINUTES.
DO THEY GET A CERTIFICATE OR ANYTHING AFTER THE CLASS? GIVE THEM ALL THE DETAILS OF THE CLASS, WHAT IT ENTAILS, PLEASE.
HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS ALREADY.
105 STUDENTS, AND THEN WITH THE STATIONS, HOW OFTEN DO YOU HAVE TO MAINTENANCE MAINTAIN THEM? WE MAINTAIN THEM MONTHLY.
WE DO MONTHLY CHECKS. ALL OUR SECURITY OFFICERS GO OUT THERE AND CHECK THEIR STATIONS, MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS GOOD TO GO, MAKE SURE NOTHING'S BEEN TAKEN OUT OF THE STATIONS AND EVERYTHING IS PACKED JUST LIKE IT SHOULD BE.
SO EVERY MONTH THOSE STATIONS ARE CHECKED.
WHEN WE SEND OUT OUR MINUTES, WE'LL SEND THAT INFORMATION OUT AS WELL IN THOSE MINUTES.
OUR NEXT SPEAKERS ARE TIFFANY GILMORE, DIRECTOR OF GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING AND SHAUNTELL
[XII. Trauma-Informed Care Training for Security – Shauntell Moore, Tiffany Gilmore]
MOORE. GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE TRAUMA INFORMED CARE TRAINING, GUYS.GOOD MORNING, PRESIDENT SELDERS BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DR.
LOPEZ AND THE SECURITY COMMITTEE.
WE ARE HERE TO TALK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT TRAUMA INFORMED CARE.
WE WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO STAND BEFORE YOU.
AND WE THINK THAT EVERYBODY'S GOING TO ENJOY THIS CLASS ONCE THEY TAKE IT PER SENATE BILL 11.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH SENATE BILL 11, GARLAND ISD IS INCREASING ITS MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS, STAFF AND FAMILIES.
THE GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING DEPARTMENT IS OFFERING GRIEF INFORMED AND TRAUMA INFORMED CARE TRAINING TO ALL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES AND INTERESTED COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCES IMPACT BRAIN DEVELOPMENT AND BEHAVIOR INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM BY UNDERSTANDING AND RESPONDING TO TRAUMA.
WE HOPE THAT SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS OUR SECURITY OFFICERS.
TEACHERS, COUNSELORS AND STAFF CAN HELP REDUCE THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF TRAUMA SUPPORT,
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CREATING A POSITIVE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT AND ULTIMATELY IMPACT STUDENT SUCCESS.CDC REVEALED THAT IN 2016, NEARLY THIRTY FOUR MILLION CHILDREN AGES ZERO TO 17 EXPERIENCE AT LEAST ONE OF THE ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES.
AND THAT WE KNOW TRAUMA HAS A COLLECTIVE IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF STUDENTS.
MONTHLY, WE HAVE OFFERED TRAUMA INFORMED CARE TRAINING TO OUR DISTRICT EMPLOYEES, AND WE'VE TRAINED TO DATE OVER TWO THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY SIX EMPLOYEES, OUR THREE HOUR TRAINING INCLUDES TWO HOURS OF ASYNCHRONOUS RESEARCH BASED TRAINING FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES, WHICH OUTLINES THE LONG TERM IMPACT OF TRAUMA AND ALSO THE ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES THAT STUDENTS WHO EXPERIENCE TRAUMA ARE FACED WITH. OUR DISTRICT RESPONSE OF SERVICE COUNSELORS OFFER AN ADDITIONAL HOUR TRAINING. THAT'S A SYNCHRONOUS SESSION THAT PROVIDES PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS WITH ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD AS A SECURITY TEAM, WE THINK THIS PROGRAM IS AWESOME BECAUSE IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THESE CAMPUSES AND WE RESPOND TO THESE SITUATIONS TO ASSIST THESE PRINCIPLES THAT WE CAN KNOW WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT EVERYBODY'S DEALING WITH SOME TRAUMATIC STRESS IN SOME FORM OR FASHION WHETHER IT'S MENTAL, PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL.
SO NOW THAT WE KNOW WE'RE STEPPING INTO AND THEN WE CAN IDENTIFY OR WE CAN RECOGNIZE WHAT WE'RE FACING, THAT WE CAN ASSIST A CAMPUS IN A BETTER WAY.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES, THANK YOU. HOW DO COMMUNITY MEMBERS ACCESS THE TRAINING OR THE INFORMATION THAT YOU GUYS JUST SHARED.
WE BEGAN WITH STAFF, SO WE HAVE PLANS TO WORK WITH OUR [INAUDIBLE] DEPARTMENT TO PUBLICIZE, TO HAVE A ROBUST TRAINING PROGRAM FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS THIS SUMMER, WE'RE HOPING TO WORK WITH FAMILIES TOGETHER BY FAMILIES BEING ABLE TO ENGAGE IN A COURSE WITH THEIR CHILDREN SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AT HOME SO THAT THEY CAN BEGIN ADDRESSING TRAUMA TOGETHER.
HOW WILL THAT BE COMMUNICATED? WE'RE GOING TO PUBLICIZE IT THROUGH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. WE'RE WORKING WITH [INAUDIBLE] SO THAT IT CAN BE PRESENTED TO OUR COMMUNITIES.
AND WE'LL ALSO BE SENDING INFORMATION OUT THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AND ALL MEDIA OUTLETS. WILL THERE BE A REGISTRATION LINK ON THE WEBSITE.
WHAT IS THE RESPONSE TIME TO TO THE TRAUMA INFORMED.
IN OTHER WORDS, IF WE ARE AT THE SCHOOL OR WE AT THE HOME OR IMMEDIATELY IF WE FIND OUT, I MEAN, WE HAVE A TEAM READY TO GO IMMEDIATELY IN PLACE.
ABSOLUTELY. SO THANKFULLY, WITH OUR ONE CALL SYSTEM, WHEN WE FIND OUT ABOUT INCIDENTS, WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE IMMEDIATE SUPPORT WITH A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT FROM OUR SECURITY DEPARTMENT, ALONG WITH OUR TRI CITY POLICE DEPARTMENTS.
WHAT WE FIND OUT ABOUT INCIDENTS, WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT SUPPORT TO FAMILIES.
OUR RESPONSIVE SERVICE COUNSELORS MAKE UP OF 14 MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, WHETHER THEY'RE LPCS, LMSWS, AND ALSO OUR TWO SCHOOL COUNSELORS WHO CAN BE ABLE TO PROVIDE IMMEDIATE SUPPORT TO FAMILIES WHEN OUR TRAUMA BASED TEAM GOES OUT TO THE HOME OR WHATEVER THE CASE IS THE GARLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT INVOLVED IN THAT THOSE OBSERVATIONS ALSO? WE DO NOT GO OUT WITHOUT WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE SECURITY DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND WE GENERALLY DO NOT GO OUT UNTIL AFTER IT'S BEEN CLEAR FOR US TO GO. AND THE FAMILY HAS AGREED THAT THEY WANT ADDITIONAL SUPPORT.
BUT IF WE FIND OUT SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL DAY, THEN NORMALLY WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE THAT TWO WAY COMMUNICATION AND LET THE POLICE OFFICERS KNOW.
THIS IS A GOOD THING, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THIS IS A PRETTY NEW PROGRAM, EVIDENTLY, THAT WE'RE DOING. AND I GUESS WE PROBABLY DIDN'T HAVE IT IN PLACE WHEN THE TORNADO HIT BACK WHEN IT WOULD HAVE PROBABLY BEEN GOOD TO HAVE IT AT THAT POINT.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE'D BEEN ABLE TO COVER ALL THE BASES, THOUGH, BUT STILL EVERYBODY WOULD HAVE TO RALLY. BUT STILL, I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE THAT WE HAVE THIS TEAM IN PLACE NOW BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE SEEN THAT HAPPEN THAT YOU NEVER KNOW.
AND SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, THAT'S SEPARATE FROM THE ACTUAL TRAINING.
WHEN WE DID HAVE THE WINTER STORM RECENTLY AS A RESULT OF THE SNOW, WE WERE ABLE TO RECEIVE THANKS TO OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT AND IN COLLABORATION WITH ALL GISD DEPARTMENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WE WERE ABLE TO RECEIVE DIRECT INFORMATION.
AND WE HAD A VIRTUAL LINK ON THE WEBSITE FOR FAMILIES WHO ARE INTERESTED IN SPEAKING WITH A COUNSELOR ABOUT THEIR NEEDS.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO CONNECT THEM WITH COMMUNITY AGENCIES IN OUR TRI CITY AREAS WHO COULD PROVIDE, WHETHER THAT'S HOUSING RENTAL ASSISTANCE, WHO COULD ALSO PROVIDE FOOD AND SHELTER. SO WE WERE ABLE TO CONNECT FAMILIES WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
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YOU COLLABORATE WITH THE CITY OF GARLAND ON THOSE THINGS? YES.SO THERE IS OUR GISD RESPONSIVE SERVICE COUNSELORS.
THERE IS A GARLAND AREA SERVICE PROVIDER MEETING THAT HAPPENS MONTHLY WHERE OUR SOCIAL WORKERS MEET AND DR.
LISA OLSON OUR RESPONSIVE SERVICE ADMINISTRATOR SITS ON THAT COMMITTEE AND WORKS TOGETHER WITH OUR COMMUNITY AGENCIES, DOES ROWLETT AND SACHSE BOTH HAVE IN THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE CITY OFFICES.
DO THEY HAVE SOMEONE AVAILABLE TO MEET THOSE NEEDS TOO OF THE STUDENTS IN THOSE AREAS? ABSOLUTELY OK, GOOD. PERFECT. THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.
HELLO, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY NAME IS SHELLEY GARRETT I'M THE ASSISTANT ASSISTANT
[XIII. Security Procedures Manual – Dr. Shelley Garrett ]
DIRECTOR OF SOMETHING.ASSISTANT SUP OF SAFETY AND OPERATIONS.
THANKS FOR LETTING ME WORK HERE.
I JUST WANT TO BRAG ON ALL OF YOU GUYS AND THEN THE PEOPLE WHO AREN'T HERE, BECAUSE WE HAVE I HAVE THREE HARD COPIES.
EVERYTHING ELSE WILL BE VIRTUAL COPIES.
BUT IT IS THE SECURITY DEPARTMENT OPERATING PROCEDURES MANUAL.
IT IS THE BIBLE OF THE SECURITY DEPARTMENT HERE.
AND I KNOW SOME PEOPLE CLEARLY KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN REGULATIONS AND POLICY.
SO EVERYTHING IN THIS BOOK FOLLOWS FALLS UNDER THE PARAMETER OF LEGAL AND LOCAL.
BUT BASICALLY THIS IS ONE HUGE, FAT, ROBUST REGULATION.
THIS HAS IN IT THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN.
THIS HAS IN IT HOW TO DEAL WITH A BOMB THREAT, HOW TO DEAL WITH THE WATER SPRINKLER, HOW TO OR NOT THE WATER SPRINKLER, THE FIRE SPRINKLER.
HOW OFTEN DO WE LOOK AT THE EVACUATION CHAIRS.
ON BOARDING A NEW EMPLOYEE IS IN HERE.
THAT IS SOP NUMBER THIRTY TWO.
AND I KNOW THIS MIGHT SOUND MORBID, BUT IN THE SECURITY DEPARTMENT, WE WOULD SAY THAT IF WE ALL DIED IN A FIERY CRASH, LINDA GRIFFIN COULD TAKE THIS BOOK AND SHE COULD RUN THE SECURITY DEPARTMENT. EVERYTHING IS IN HERE.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING HARD ON THIS FOR A YEAR AND A HALF, AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS ARE ALSO WORKING ON THEIR SPEECHES ACROSS THE FINISH LINE FIRST.
AND THIS IS A TEMPLATE. IT'S AN EXEMPLAR FOR ANYONE IN THE DISTRICT WHO WANTS TO DO THIS FOR THEIR DEPARTMENT. AND JUST ONE DAY AT A TIME, FROM THE FIRST DAY, YOU START TILL THE DAY YOU EXIT AND GET THAT CHECK FOR TWENTY DAYS IS RIGHT HERE.
I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT, MR. BEACH, WE WILL GET YOU THAT INFORMATION THAT YOU ASKED MISTIE GARDNER ABOUT PERCENTAGE OF GARLAND RESIDENTS VACCINATED.
AND TO LINDA GRIFFIN, WE WILL GET YOU A SYNOPSIS AND BULLETED FORMAT OF THE EOP.
THE HIGHLIGHTED CHANGES FOR THE EOP WE WILL GET THAT TO YOU IMMEDIATELY.
I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
AND I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OVER FOR CLOSING REMARKS TO THE ESTEEMED DR.
SHELLEY, LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION REAL QUICK. YES.
DO YOU AND YOUR COMMITTEE AND THE GROUP, DO YOU ALL SEE ANYTHING ELSE COMING DOWN THE PIPELINE THAT MUST BE CHANGED? YOU KNOW, I WAS READING THROUGH SOME OF THE HOUSE BILLS TODAY THAT ARE TRYING TO COME IN PUBLIC EDUCATION AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR THAT COULD EVENTUALLY LEAD TO SECURITY AND SAFETY ON A STUDENT.
DO YOU SEE ANYTHING THAT Y'ALL MAYBE THAT YOU ARE AWARE OF? I HAVE ALSO LOOKED AT SENATE BILLS AND HOUSE BILLS, AND I DON'T SEE ANYTHING MASSIVE.
YOU KNOW, OVER THE EVERY SESSION I LOOK AHEAD BECAUSE I USED TO BE IN CHARGE OF THE CODE OF CONDUCT AND HANDBOOK AND CHAPTER THIRTY SEVEN.
SO I WAS REALLY WAITING TO SEE, LIKE, ARE WE NOT GOING TO PUNISH TRUANCY ANYMORE.
SOMETHING MAJOR HAPPENING, NOTHING MAJOR.
AND EVEN THE THINGS THAT IF EVERYTHING GOT VOTED YES AND CHANGES WERE MADE.
WHEN I LOOK AT WHAT WE DO HERE, LIKE THERE'S A SUGGESTION TO INCREASE, STOP THE BLEED KITS WE NEED TO HAVE THEM IN KITCHENS, GARLAND ALREADY GOING TO HAVE THAT DONE.
AND LIKE JUSTIN SAID, WE ALWAYS SHOOT FOR THE ABOVE AND BEYOND.
WE'RE AHEAD OF THE CURVE. SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE FINE.
THE ONLY ONE I THINK THAT EVERYBODY'S PATIENTLY WAITING FOR IS TO SEE IF THE ALCOHOL.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN STILL PICK UP ALCOHOL AND HAVE IT DELIVERED TO YOUR HOUSE.
I HEARD A COUPLE OF PRINCIPALS TALKING THE OTHER DAY ABOUT DOOR DASH IS ALREADY A PROBLEM AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. SO NOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER MARGARITA'S ALSO.
WE'LL HAVE TO WATCH ALL THE SIDE DOORS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ME? ALL RIGHT, DR. LOPEZ.
IT'S ALWAYS AN HONOR TO HAVE THESE SECURITY MEETINGS, BECAUSE WHAT IT DOES IS IT SHOWS US
[XIV. Closing Comments – Dr. Ricardo Lopez ]
ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE BACKDROP THAT WE REALLY DON'T REALIZE.I WANT TO START WITH OUR MANUALS.
WELL, WHEN WHEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT I STARTED BECOMING ACCLIMATED WITH THE SCHOOL
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DISTRICT, ONE THING I REALIZED IS WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING MEMORIALIZED OR IF WE DID, IT WAS ALL OVER THE PLACE.THERE WASN'T NECESSARILY A HOUSE.
SO TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC, THERE'S THERE'S LEGAL POLICIES.
AND FROM THE LEGAL POLICIES, THE BOARD CREATES THEIR LOCAL POLICIES.
THE LOCAL POLICIES DRIVES US TO OUR ACTIONS, WHATEVER WE ARE AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND WE CALL THOSE REGULATIONS.
THOSE REGULATIONS YOU COULD SEE ARE NOW BEING HOUSED HERE.
THIS IS THIS IS SOMETHING REALLY COOL FOR US.
I'M NOT GOING TO SAY IT'S ENTIRELY NEW BECAUSE SOME OF THEM WAS ALREADY THERE, OK, BUT NOW WE'RE CREATING THE HOUSE.
AND IT'S NOT ONLY WITH THE SAFETY AND SECURITY DEPARTMENT.
WE HAVE A LOT OF OUR REGULATIONS NOW HOUSED WITH LEGAL.
SO NOW WE HAVE IN THE INTERNET BECAUSE ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I THINK IS HOW DO PEOPLE KNOW THESE REGULATIONS IN THE INTERNET? ALL OUR EMPLOYEES NOW HAVE ACCESS TO THAT.
NOW THE OUTSIDE COMMUNITY DOESN'T, BUT OUR INSIDE INFRASTRUCTURE HAS COMMUNITY TO HAS ACCESS TO IT. SO WHAT HAPPENS IS IN THESE SITUATIONS, THEY CAN ALWAYS REFER THEM TO THIS REGULATION IS OUT THERE.
YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND LOOK AT IT.
OK, SO WE ARE REALLY BECOMING MORE PURPOSEFUL, SOPHISTICATED ON HOW WE ACT.
THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE MAKING HEADLINE NEWS.
THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SAY, OH, MY GOSH.
BUT WHEN WE OPERATE THIS FOR DISTRICT OUR SIZE, THIS CREATES CONSISTENCY.
THIS CREATES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CLARITY.
BUT THEN WHAT IT DOES IS IT FORCES US TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD AND SAY THIS POLICY IS NOT OUR PRACTICE.
SO WE EITHER CHANGE OUR PRACTICE OR CHANGE THE POLICY.
AND NORMALLY WHEN WE COME BACK TO THE BOARD, IT'S BECAUSE WE CAN'T CHANGE THE PRACTICE.
SO NOW WE'RE BECOMING MORE AND MORE SOPHISTICATED ON THE THE USE OF POLICIES IN OUR DISTRICT. WHEN YOU SAW THE SAFETY AND SECURITY, WHEN PEOPLE NORMALLY THINK ABOUT THAT, I THINK BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, PEOPLE ALWAYS THOUGHT HARD ON OUR CAMPUSES.
WHERE ARE WE DOING? SECURITY, HOW ARE WE MONITORING? RIGHT. BUT NOW IT'S A LOT OF HEALTH STUFF.
THE MENTAL HEALTH OF OUR CHILDREN AS PART OF SAFETY AND SECURITY, THAT'S A PROACTIVE WAY OF ENSURING WE'RE SAFE IF SOMETHING DOES HAPPEN.
UNFORTUNATELY, LET'S JUST SAY THEY GET HURT IN HOME EC.
STOP THE BLEED KITS CAN SAVE LIVES, OK? THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF THINGS THAT OUR SOCIETY IS EVOLVING ON.
AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS.
AND I THANK THE BOARD FOR PRESSING US WITH QUESTIONS, WANTING TO KNOW MORE, WANTING TO KNOW WHY THINGS ARE DONE A CERTAIN WAY.
WE GET [INAUDIBLE] DOES A GREAT JOB OF LETTING US KNOW EACH AND EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON IN THE DISTRICT. WE GET THOSE NOTIFICATIONS RIGHT.
OH, MY GOSH. REMEMBER WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THAT AND WE WERE LIKE, OH, MY GOSH, THERE'S SO MUCH THAT GOES ON IN OUR TRI CITY AREA.
BUT WHEN YOU'RE AROUND THEM, THEY'RE JUST LIKE THIS.
EVERYTHING'S CALM, EVERYTHING'S COOL.
SO WITH THAT, WE WILL CLOSE FOR TODAY.
WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO SAY SOMETHING AFTER ME PAT? YOU'RE GOOD? WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE FOR TODAY TILL OUR NEXT MEETING AND LETTING THE BOARD MEMBERS KNOW IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT YOU GUYS WANT TO GO THROUGH.
I KNOW YOU DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH PAGE BY PAGE OF THAT TWELVE HUNDRED PAGE BOOK, BUT IF THERE'S SOMETHING, LET US KNOW FOR OUR NEXT SAFETY AND SECURITY MEETING.
SO THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN, FOR ALWAYS LEADING THE WAY.
CONGRATULATIONS. MOVE FOR ADJOURNMENT.
SO MOVED IT IS 12:55 THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.