WELL GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS IS IT'S 5:01, I'M CALLING TO ORDER
[I. Call to Order and Determination of a Quorum]
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THE MEETING OF THE GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGULAR MEETING.THIS IS TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2021.
WE'RE GOING TO START OFF WITH OUR PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE.
FIRST OF ALL, I'D JUST LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY TO THE HOLIDAY CHRISTMAS SEASON.
I HOPE EVERYBODY HAS SOME GOOD TIME OFF.
I KNOW STAFF IS LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING A LITTLE BREATHER, AND SO WE'RE PROUD FOR THAT.
I WANT TO THANK WHOEVER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE POINSETTIAS THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF OUR AS NAAMAN FOREST.
THANK YOU NAAMAN FOREST HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE BEAUTIFUL POINSETTIAS THAT HELP US DECORATE GET INTO THE SEASON.
I WANT TO THANK OUR BOARD SECRETARY MICHELLE HOGAN FOR WEARING A CHRISTMAS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS ON HER HEAD.
WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO GRIND OUT OVER THINGS AND IT'S OK EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF JOLLY TIME.
AND I JUST ENJOY THE FACT THAT WE WE HAVE A SITUATION WITH THIS BOARD WITH THE GREAT BOARD MEMBERS THAT WE HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S PRETTY WELL GROUNDED AND KNOWS HOW TO TAKE THINGS IN STRIDE AND WHAT THAT BEING SAID THANK YOU, BOARD.
WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO RISE AND DO OUR PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE.
ALLEGIANCE] FACE THE TEXAS FLAG.
OK, THAT TAKES CARE OF THE FIRST TWO ITEMS. OUR THIRD ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS PUBLIC MEETING, AND I NEED TO CALL TO ORDER A PUBLIC MEETING FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONDUCTING A PUBLIC MEETING ON THE DISTRICT SAFE RETURN
[III.A. Conduct a Public Meeting on the District’s Safe Return to In- Person Instruction and Continuity of Services Plan – Dr. Shelley Garrett, Renee Kotsopoulos]
TO IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION AND CONTINUITY OF SERVICES PLAN.IT IS 5:03 AND WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN THAT MEETING.
WHO IS SPEAKING? I SEE SHELLEY GARRETT AND RENEE DR.
NURSE RENEE, OUR DOCTOR, DOCTOR NURSE, OK.
I CAN TELL ALREADY I DIDN'T DRESS APPROPRIATELY FOR TONIGHT.
SO SORRY, I CAN READ AND I HELPED WITH THIS, SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GET THROUGH IT.
THEY WENT DOWN TO CHECK ON HER.
I THINK SHE TOOK A LATE IN THE DAY CALL, AND I THINK SHE MIGHT STILL BE ON THAT, THAT ZOOM MEETING.
DO YOU WANT ME TO JUST WALK THROUGH IT? I CAN DO IT.
YEAH NURSE K ASSISTING WITH A CALL THAT CAME IN THIS AFTERNOON, WHICH IS WHY SHE'S NOT HERE.
BUT AS PART OF ESSER PLANS WERE REQUIRED TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON OUR RETURN TO IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION AND CONTINUITY SERVICES PLAN.
WE DID THIS IN JUNE OF 2021 AS WE APPLIED FOR OUR ESSER FUNDS.
THIS IS AN UPDATE WITH OUR RETURN IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION AND CONTINUITY SERVICES PLAN FOR 21 22 WITH MINOR CHANGES.
WITH THOSE CHANGES BEING, WE ADDED PLEXIGLASS DIVIDERS BACK IN THE CLASSROOMS, AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVELS AND IN THE CAFETERIAS AS THOSE REQUESTED BY PARENTS, STUDENTS, EVEN TEACHERS AND CONFIRMED COVID CASES TO PARENTS DAILY VERSUS IN THE ONE LETTER PER WEEK.
AND WITH THAT ALSO DISCUSSING THE MASK, YOU KNOW, WE WERE UNDER A MASK MANDATE THAT EXPIRED AND NOW IT IS OPTIONAL.
AND SO THAT IS ALSO NOTED TO BE INHERENT IN OUR UPDATE WITH THAT HIGHLIGHTS THE CHANGES TO THE GUIDEBOOK.
LIKE I NOTED, PLEXIGLASS BACK IN CLASSROOMS, STUDENTS NOT ABLE TO TEST OUT OF QUARANTINE UNTIL DAY FIVE AFTER EXPOSURE.
THE COLOR LEVELS HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED.
IT ALLOWS RESPONSES TO MORE TARGETED AND CARRIED OUT PROMPTLY, AND THAT IS THE
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DETAILED CHANGES TO OUR GUIDEBOOK.WITH THAT, IT DOES NOT REQUIRE ANY FORM OF APPROVAL.
WE SUBMIT THIS BACK TO TEA TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT THOSE CHANGES ARE IN POST THE UPDATED CHANGES ON OUR WEBSITE.
AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY BOARD INPUT OR QUESTIONS.
JUST FOR ANYONE WHO WASN'T AT OUR COMMITTEE MEETINGS LAST WEEK, I JUST WANTED TO SHOUT OUT AGAIN TO NURSE K THAT WE DID A SURVEY TO JUST KIND OF DO A PULSE CHECK ON OUR CAMPUSES OF WHO WAS OPEN, WHO WASN'T OPEN AND AND THOSE THE SCHOOLS THAT WEREN'T, YOU KNOW, KIND OF OPENING BACK UP AND ALLOWING ACTIVITIES ON THE CAMPUS SHE PERSONALLY REACHED OUT TO TO START ENCOURAGING THEM AND WALKING THEM THROUGH SAFE PRACTICES TO GET THE CAMPUSES BACK OPEN AND GET PARENTS BACK ON ONTO THE CAMPUSES AND ACTIVITIES GOING.
SO I REALLY THINK THAT SHE SHOULD GET A SHOUT OUT FOR THAT.
AND AND IT'S SOMETHING IT'S A WORK IN PROCESS AND AND I'M VERY PROUD OF THE ADMINISTRATION FOR CONTINUING TO WORK TOWARDS THAT.
SO I JUST WANT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE'RE WATCHING TODAY AND DIDN'T GET TO WATCH LAST WEEK.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD AT THIS POINT, I WILL OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC IF THERE'S ANYBODY HERE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER IN THIS PUBLIC FORUM, PUBLIC MEETING, NOW IS THE TIME FOR THAT.
ANYBODY WISH TO SPEAK FROM THE FLOOR? OK.
SEEING NONE, AND WITH NO FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD, IT IS 5:07 AND I NOW END THAT PUBLIC MEETING.
WE'LL GO TO ITEM 3B AND THAT IS CONDUCTING A PUBLIC MEETING ON THE CORONAVIRUS
[III.B. Conduct a Public Meeting on the Coronavirus Response & Relief Supplemental Appropriations (CRRSA) Elementary & Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) II, and American Rescue Plan (ARP) Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) III Grant Programs Update – Dr. Brent Ringo]
RESPONSE AND RELIEF SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS.ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL EMERGENCY RELIEF.
THAT'S THE ESSER TWO AND THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ELEMENTARY SECONDARY SCHOOL RELIEF ESSER THREE GRANT PROGRAMS, ET CETERA.
IT IS NOW 5:08 AND I'M OPENING THE PUBLIC MEETING FOR THIS ITEM.
MR. MILLER, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DR.
AGAIN, THIS IS THE PUBLIC MEETING FOR OUR ESSER FUNDS TWO AND THREE GRANT AWARDS.
THE ESSER TWO AS A REMINDER, IT'S FORTY NINE MILLION, THREE HUNDRED TWENTY SIX THOUSAND, NINE HUNDRED TWO DOLLARS.
OUR ESSER THREE GRANT AWARD IS ONE HUNDRED TEN MILLION, SEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY ONE THOUSAND, TWO HUNDRED SEVENTEEN DOLLARS.
OUR ESSER TIMELINE, THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY GUIDANCE IS ONGOING AND CHANGING.
THEY CONSTANTLY UPDATE THEIR FAQS.
THERE WERE UPDATES THIS WEEK, JUNE 22ND WAS OUR FIRST PUBLIC MEETING ON ESSER THREE, AUGUST 24TH WAS OUR FIRST PUBLIC MEETING ON ESSER TWO.
WHY IS THAT BACKWARDS? WHY IS THREE BEFORE TWO? THAT IS THE WAY TEA RELEASED THOSE FUNDS TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
THERE WAS NO NEW FUNDING TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THE STATE OFFSET SUPPLANTED THOSE DOLLARS, MEANING WE RECEIVED THE TWELVE POINT FOUR MILLION.
THE STATE CUT OUR STATE FUNDING BY TWELVE POINT FOUR MILLION, SO THERE WAS NO NEW MONEY.
AND SO WE HAVE APPLIED FOR BOTH OF THESE WITH THE PLANS THAT HAVE PRESENTED IN BOTH OF THESE MONTHS IN JUNE AND AUGUST.
THE DETAILS OF THESE PLANS BY LINE ITEM HAVE BEEN POSTED ON OUR DISTRICT WEBSITE.
IF SOMEONE SEARCHES GOING ISD ESSER PAGE, THAT IS THE FIRST LINK THAT COMES UP AND I WILL HIGHLIGHT THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY IS USING OUR WEBSITE AND PLANS AS [INAUDIBLE] MODEL IN THEIR TRAININGS ACROSS THE STATE.
WE ARE NOT REQUIRED TO DO THE PUBLIC MEETING FOR THIS, BUT FULL TRANSPARENCY WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND DO THE AMOUNT OF MONEY.
WE AS A DISTRICT CHOSE TO DO THAT.
AND SO IT'S DEVELOPED TRANSPARENCY.
THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT TO PRESENT OR DISCUSS AT BOARD MEETINGS.
HIGHLIGHTED THE UNALLOWABLE COST THERE IS FEDERAL DOLLARS AND WITH FEDERAL DOLLARS, IT IS FAR MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN OUR GENERAL FUND DOLLARS.
OUR ESSER TWO FUNDING PLAN THAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED AND WHERE THE FUNDS HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED ARE HIGHLIGHTED HERE.
AND LIKE I NOTED BEFORE, THE DETAILS OF THESE DOLLARS WITH THE BREAKDOWN, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH ESSER THREE, I BELIEVE THERE'S NINETY ONE LINE ITEMS. SO ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO SEE THAT IF THEY GO TO OUR WEB PAGE, THEY CAN SEE THE STUDENT GROUP, HOW MUCH MONEY AND WHAT IS BEING USED FOR.
THERE'S TEN THOUSAND TO REALLOCATE WITHIN OUR MENTAL HEALTH COVID RELIEF THAT CAME FROM THE SAME DEPARTMENT TO REALLOCATE THOSE DOLLARS, SAYING THEY DO NOT NEED THOSE FUNDS.
THERE ARE NO OTHER CHANGES IN THAT ESSER TWO FUNDING PLAN BREAKDOWN, MEANING THOSE REQUESTS THAT CAME IN.
THOSE BUDGET MANAGERS STILL SEE THE ABILITY AND THE NEED TO
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EXPENSE THOSE DOLLARS IN THIS TWO YEAR PROGRAM.IT IS REQUIRED TO HAVE A USE OF FUNDS PLAN REQUIRED TO HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING, HAVE THE SAFE RETURN TO IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION AND CONTINUITY OF SERVICES PLAN REQUIREMENTS.
A MINIMUM OF 20 PERCENT OF THIS IS REQUIRED TO BE EXPENSED ON EVIDENCE BASED INTERVENTIONS.
SOME EXAMPLES HIGHLIGHTED THERE.
ALL EXPENDITURES MUST BE FEDERALLY COMPLIANT AND THIS IS WHY WE'RE DOING THIS IN DECEMBER.
WE'RE REQUIRED TO REVIEW AND AMEND IF NEEDED EVERY SIX MONTHS.
UNALLOWABLE COSTS ARE HIGHLIGHTED HERE.
LIKE I'VE NOTED BEFORE, FEDERAL DOLLARS ARE FAR MORE RESTRICTIVE IN HOW WE EXPENSE THOSE THAN OUR GENERAL FUND DOLLARS.
EXAMPLE OF THIS IN OUR REQUIRED ASSURANCES HAS WE PRESENT THIS IS NOTING THAT'S WHAT I WILL HIGHLIGHT THE MOST.
ONCE THESE FUNDS ARE EXPENSED, WE CANNOT RELY ON THESE FUNDS FOR FUTURE EXPENDITURES.
SO OUR ESSER THREE FUNDING PLAN THAT HAS BEEN POSTED ON THE WEBSITE AND PRESENTED IN JUNE, THERE ARE MINIMAL CHANGES OUT OF 110 MILLION.
RIGHT NOW, THE RETENTION STIPEND, LIKE I NOTED WITH OUR RETURNING EMPLOYEES, WE ARE EXPENSING ROUGHLY THIRTEEN POINT NINE MILLION DOLLARS FOR OUR ATTENTION STIPENDS THIS FISCAL YEAR.
THAT LEAVES US ROUGHLY TWO POINT ONE MILLION TO REALLOCATE TO FUTURE NEEDS.
THE 20 PERCENT EVIDENCE BASED INTERVENTIONS.
NINE HUNDRED AND SIXTY SIX THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY ALLOCATE AND CURRENTLY TWENTY TWO PERCENT OF THE ALLOTMENT, IS TOWARDS EVIDENCE BASED INTERVENTIONS OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT.
SO I REALIZED ALLOCATED SAVINGS.
WHEN YOU COMBINE THOSE TEN THOUSAND FOR OUR SUPPLEMENTAL PAY.
WITH ESSER THREE, THE TWO POINT ONE MILLION PLUS THE NINE HUNDRED SIXTY THOUSAND FOR A TOTAL REALLOCATE OF $3 MILLION AT THIS TIME.
BEFORE I TALK ABOUT THIS, THAT FEEDBACK IS OCCURRING.
THIS PUBLIC MEETING IS PART OF THAT FEEDBACK AS WE FINALIZE OUR STUDENT CAMPUS DEPARTMENT AND STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK.
AND I WILL NOTE HERE AGAIN, I CANNOT THANK DR.
KIM CADDELL ENOUGH IN DRIVING THE STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK PROCESS.
BUT WITHIN OUR ALLOCATED PLAN, THIS IS THE BREAKDOWN, THE HIGH LEVEL BREAKDOWN THAT YOU CAN SEE HOW OUR FUNDS ARE ALLOCATED AND WHAT STUDENT GROUP THEY'RE SUPPORTING.
AND SO OUR NEXT STEPS, WE'RE REVIEWING THAT INPUT AND DETERMINE THOSE REALLOCATIONS.
LIKE I NOTED LAST WEEK, WE HAD ROUGHLY $10 MILLION IN REQUESTS FOR $3 MILLION OF AVAILABLE DOLLARS.
AND AS WE ALWAYS SEE, THE WANTS ALWAYS OUT EXCEED THE RESOURCES.
WE WILL BRING THIS BACK TO THE BOARD WITH THE FINALIZATION OF THAT PLAN TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION ITEM AND SUBMIT THAT AMENDED PLAN TO TEA WITH THOSE REALLOCATED DOLLARS AS THAT IS REVIEWED, EMBEDDED WITH THE DISTRICT TEAMS AND WITH THAT, THAT CLOSES THE PRESENTATION OF MY PORTION.
SO MR. MILLER, I'LL TURN IT BACK TO YOU.
AT THIS TIME AGAIN, WE WILL HAVE A MOMENT FOR BOARD COMMENT AND THEN FOLLOWING THAT, WE'LL HAVE A MOMENT FOR ANY COMMENTS FROM THE FLOOR, FROM THE PUBLIC.
SO FIRST, WE'LL GO WITH ANY BOARD QUESTIONS OR ANY COMMENTS ABOUT THIS REPORT.
CAN I ASK ONE QUICK QUESTION? MR. BEACH.
ONE QUICK QUESTION I'D LIKE TO ASK WHO'S GOING TO BE THE INDIVIDUALS FOR THE REALLOCATION OF THE FUNDS? WHO, WHAT GROUP OR COMMITTEE? IT'S A LARGE COMMITTEE.
PARKER, DR. CADDELL, LAUREN MCKINNEY, RAMONA AGUILAR.
WE HAVE SOMEBODY FROM EVERY DEPARTMENT ON THAT AND EVEN CAMPUS [INAUDIBLE] TEACHER INPUT AND STUDENT INPUT.
WE HAVE TO KEEP ALL THAT FOR RECORD ALSO TO BECAUSE THIS WILL BE AN AUDITED PROGRAM DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF MONEY.
AND SO WE ARE RECORD KEEPING HAS BEEN VERY EXTENSIVE THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BOARD? SEEING NONE AT THIS POINT, I WILL OPEN THE MEETING UP TO QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC, QUESTIONS FROM THE FLOOR.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE HERE TODAY WISHING TO SPEAK TO THIS ISSUE? OK.
IT IS NOW 5:15, AND I WILL CLOSE THIS PUBLIC MEETING, SO WE WILL MOVE FORWARD AT THIS POINT TO ITEM FOUR.
[IV.A. Conduct a Public Hearing on School FIRST Rating Report – Allison Davenport]
THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING DIFFERENT THAN A PUBLIC MEETING.WE'RE GOING TO CONDUCT ITEM A IS CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE SCHOOL FIRST RATING REPORT AND WE HAVE ALLISON DAVENPORT HERE TODAY.
PRESIDENT MILLER, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DR.
LOPEZ, A STATE LAW REQUIRES THE DISTRICT TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE SCHOOL FIRST RATING.
SCHOOL FIRST IS THE FINANCIAL INTEGRITY RATING SYSTEM OF TEXAS.
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THE DATA PRESENTED TONIGHT IS A 2021 RATING, WHICH IS BASED ON A 2021 SCHOOL YEAR STUDENT AND STAFF DATA FOR THE 2021 SCHOOL YEAR AND THE FINANCIAL DATA FOR THE 19 20 SCHOOL YEAR.THIS IS THE SAME PRESENTATION YOU DID HEAR LAST WEEK AT THE COMMITTEE MEETING, BUT DUE TO THE PUBLIC HEARING REQUIREMENT, I GET TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU AGAIN.
THE PURPOSE THE PURPOSE IS IS THE 18TH YEAR THAT DISTRICTS ARE REQUIRED TO REPORT UNDER THE SYSTEM.
ALTHOUGH THE INDICATORS HAVE CHANGED ALONG THE WAY AND WILL CONTINUE TO CHANGE TONIGHT, WE WILL LOOK AT THE INDICATORS THAT WERE IN PLACE FOR THIS RATING YEAR.
THE PURPOSE WAS TO EXPAND ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AREA OF PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND THE GOAL IS TO IMPROVE OUR MANAGEMENT OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL RESOURCES.
THE OBJECTIVE OF SCHOOL FIRST IS TO ACHIEVE QUALITY FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF OUR DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL RESOURCES.
THE SYSTEM IS DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE DISTRICTS TO PROVIDE MAXIMUM ALLOCATION TO DIRECT INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES.
THE OFFICIAL PUBLIC NOTICE FOR THIS MEETING WAS PUBLISHED IN THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29TH.
THE 2021 RATING WAS BASED ON 20 INDICATORS, ALTHOUGH TEA DID DECIDE NOT TO SCORE ONE OF THE INDICATORS.
WE'RE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE WE EARNED AN A FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR.
WE WILL QUICKLY LOOK AT THE INDICATORS INVOLVED IN THIS RATING.
SOME OF THEM ARE ON A SLIDING SCALE OF EITHER ZERO TO 10 OR ZERO TO FIVE AND OTHERS ARE ON ARE ZERO OR TEN.
SOME INDICATORS ARE ALSO CEILING INDICATORS, WHICH SET LIMITS FOR THE MAXIMUM POINTS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT CAN ACHIEVE.
WAS OUR ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT FILED WITHIN ONE MONTH OF THE NOVEMBER TWENTY SEVENTH DEADLINE, AND WE WERE, YES, THAT WE REPORTED TIMELY.
WAS THERE AN UNMODIFIED OPINION ON OUR ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT? YES, WE RECEIVED A CLEAN AUDIT OPINION AS WHITLEY PEN PRESENTED LAST MONTH AND WAS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PAYMENT TERMS OF ALL DEBT AGREEMENTS AT YEAR END? AND WE WERE.
DID THE SCHOOL DISTRICT MAKE TIMELY PAYMENTS TO TRS, THE WORKFORCE, IRS, OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES? WE DID.
WE DID FAIL THE CEILING INDICATOR, THE DISTRICT WAS NOTIFIED OF A WARRANT HOLD, WHICH WAS CLEARED UP ON THE SAME DAY.
THE PAYMENT IN QUESTION WAS RELATED TO A COMPTROLLER PAYMENT THAT WAS DUE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC.
WE DID APPEAL THE DECISION AND UNFORTUNATELY TEA DID DENY OUR APPEAL.
QUESTION FIVE WAS THE QUESTION MENTIONED THAT WAS NOT SCORED BY TEA.
QUESTIONS SIX WAS THE AVERAGE CHANGE IN OUR ASSIGNED AND UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE OVER THREE YEARS, LESS THAN A TWENTY FIVE PERCENT DECREASE.
THIS INDICATOR OF USE OF OUR FUND BALANCE DECLINED TOO QUICKLY, WHICH IT DID NOT.
WAS THE NUMBER OF DAYS OF CASH ON HAND IN CURRENT INVESTMENTS IN GENERAL FUND SUFFICIENT TO COVER OUR OPERATING EXPENDITURES? THIS MEASURE IS HOW LONG IN DAYS AFTER YEAR END WE COULD CONTINUE TO OPERATE WITHOUT RECEIVING ANY NEW FUNDING TO EARN ALL 10 POINTS.
WE NEEDED TO BE AT 90 DAYS AND WE WERE AT TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY SEVEN.
WAS THE MEASURE OF CURRENT ASSETS TO CURRENT LIABILITIES ENOUGH TO COVER OUR SHORT TERM DEBT? A RATIO OF THREE OR GREATER EARNS ALL 10 POINTS.
WE WERE AT THREE POINT NINE SIX EIGHT ONE AGAIN EARNING ALL 10 POINTS AND DID OUR REVENUES EXCEED OUR EXPENDITURES AND THEY DID, EARNING ALL 10 POINTS.
QUESTION 10 WAS THE DISTRICT'S AVERAGE VARIANCE WHEN COMPARING OUR BUDGET REVENUE TO ACTUAL REVENUE LESS THAN 10 PERCENT, AND OURS WAS ONLY AT TWO POINT FIVE NINE.
WAS THE RATIO OF LONG TERM LIABILITIES TO TOTAL ASSETS SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT OUR LONG TERM DEBT, AND IT WAS EARNING ALL 10 POINTS.
WAS THE RATIO PER WAS A DEBT PER 100 OF ASSESSED PROPERTY VALUE RATIO SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT OUR FUTURE DEBT, AND THAT RATIO SHOULD BE EQUAL TO OR LESS THAN FOUR.
WE WERE WE WERE ONLY AT TWO POINT FOUR, SO AGAIN, EARNING ALL 10 POINTS AND WAS OUR ADMINISTRATIVE COST RATIO EQUAL TO OR LESS THAN THE THRESHOLD FOR A DISTRICT OUR SIZE, THE THRESHOLD WAS EIGHT POINT FIVE FIVE PERCENT.
WE WERE ONLY AT SEVEN POINT TWO NINE, EARNING ALL 10 POINTS.
AND DID THE SCHOOL DISTRICT NOT HAVE A 15 PERCENT DECLINE IN OUR STUDENT TO STAFF RATIO? WE DID NOT.
WAS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S ADA WITHIN THE ALLOTTED RANGE OF OUR PROJECTIONS.
THIS INDICATOR IS WORTH FIVE POINTS.
WE WERE ONLY OFF ONE PERCENT AND WE WERE ALLOWED TO BE OFF UP TO 10 PERCENT.
DID THE PIEMS DATA COMPARED TO OUR ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT RESULT IN A LESS A TOTAL VARIANCE OF LESS THAN THREE PERCENT, AND IT DID SO EARNING ALL THE POINTS.
AND OUR LAST FOUR DID THE EXTERNAL AUDITORS IN REPORT INDICATE THAT OUR FINANCIAL REPORT WAS FREE OF ANY MATERIAL WEAKNESSES AND IT WAS FREE OF THOSE AND SO WE PASSED THAT CEILING.
DID THAT EXTERNAL AUDITOR REPORT, WERE WE FREE OF ANY MATERIAL NONCOMPLIANCE FOR ALL OF OUR GRANTS AND CONTRACTS? WE WERE.
DID THE SCHOOL DISTRICT POST ALL THE REQUIRED POSTINGS? WE DID.
THAT EARNED US FIVE POINTS AND LAST.
DID OUR SCHOOL BOARD DISCUSSED THE PROPERTY VALUES AT A BOARD MEETING WITHIN ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY DAYS BEFORE THE DISTRICT ADOPTED ITS BUDGET AND DR.
RINGO DID DO THAT, EARNING US THAT CEILING.
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AND SO THAT AGAIN TAKES US TO AN A RATING.WE RECEIVED THE MAXIMUM POINTS OTHER THAN AN INDICATOR FOUR, THERE ARE SIX REQUIRED DISCLOSURES.
OUR SUPERINTENDENT'S CONTRACT IS POSTED ON OUR FINANCE INTERNET SITE.
AGAIN, WE HAVE OUR BOARD MEMBER REIMBURSEMENTS AND SUPERINTENDENT REIMBURSEMENTS FOR THE 2020 YEAR.
WE HAVE OUTSIDE COMPENSATION OR FEES RECEIVED BY OUR SUPERINTENDENT, WHICH WERE NONE.
ANY GIFTS RECEIVED BY BOARD MEMBERS OR EXECUTIVE OFFICERS WHICH WERE NONE, AND THEN BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS BETWEEN THE DISTRICT AND BOARD MEMBERS.
THAT CONCLUDES THE REPORT IN THIS REPORT AND A LETTER TO THE TAXPAYERS WILL BE FOUND ON OUR DISTRICT WEBSITE.
ALRIGHT BOARD MS. DAVENPORT HAS GIVEN US A REPORT.
WE'RE GOING TO OPEN IT UP FOR YOU NOW AND THEN WHEN YOU'RE THROUGH, WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER PUBLIC SESSION PUBLIC FORUM SESSION FOR THAT.
SO BOARD, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? WE'VE LOOKED AT THIS, WE'VE SEEN IT COMMITTEE.
I DON'T SEE ANY, SO WE WILL OPEN IT UP.
THIS PUBLIC HEARING TO A PUBLIC FORUM IS FOR MEMBERS WHO MAKE WHO WISH TO MAKE COMMENTS SPECIFICALLY REGARDING THIS REPORT THAT WILL YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT ANYTHING BUT THIS SPECIFIC REPORT AT THIS TIME.
SO DO WE HAVE ANYONE PRESENT WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS REPORT? OK, I SEE NONE.
MR. PRESIDENT, I MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THE SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE OR RAISE YOUR HAND.
AND LET ME JUST NOTE THAT WE STARTED THIS AT 5:16 P.M.
AND WE'RE CLOSING THIS SESSION.
SO NOW WE GO BACK INTO THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING.
AND AS PART OF OUR REGULAR BOARD MEETING, WE HAVE PUBLIC FORUM FOR THAT AND
[V. Public Forum]
MEMBERS WHO WISH TO MAKE COMMENTS ON ON BASICALLY ANYTHING CAN COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.AND WE DO HAVE ONE CARD MS. HOGAN.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER THAN THIS ONE? OK, WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER TODAY AND I WILL CALL TO THE MICROPHONE LAKISHA CULPEPER, STATE YOUR NAME AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES AND DR.
HELLO AND THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
I AM A GISD EMPLOYEE, PARENT AND COMMUNITY MEMBER.
AS A CURRENT FELLOW OF TEPI, WHICH STANDS FOR TEXAS EDUCATION POLICY INSTITUTE.
PART OF OUR WORK WITH TEPI HAS BEEN TO FOLLOW THE IMPACT AND REALLY TO SUPPORT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE 87TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
AND I'VE BEEN BLESSED TO TAKE PART IN BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE SIDE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.
BUT THIS FALL, OUR FOCUS FOR TEPI HAS BEEN TO RESEARCH AND UNDERSTAND THE FUNCTION OF SCHOOL BOARDS.
DURING THIS TIME, I, ALONG WITH SEVERAL OF OUR FELLOWS, HAVE CONCLUDED THAT GARLAND ISD AND OUR SCHOOL BOARD IS BOTH INNOVATIVE AND STUDENT CENTERED.
OUR BOARD HAS SET THE STANDARD IN EXECUTING ALL CURRENT POLICY AND IS ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE SCHOOL BOARDS THAT WE'VE OBSERVED IN THE AREA.
I WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK OUR GISD SCHOOL BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AS WELL AS DR. LOPEZ AND THE ENTIRE GISD COMMUNITY FOR THE WORK WE'VE COMPLETED TO DATE AND TO BE THE FIRST TO CELEBRATE THE MANY VICTORIES THAT AWAIT US IN THE FUTURE.
AGAIN I HAVE NO OTHER CARDS, SO NOT SEEING ANY FURTHER SPEAKERS.
WE WILL END THIS SESSION AND WE'LL GO TO THIS IS ITEM SIX INFORMATION ITEMS, EVIDENCE
[VI.A. Evidence of Excellence]
OF EXCELLENCE.AND WE HAVE A LOT OF EXCELLENCE IN THE ROOM TONIGHT.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME JOSEPH FIGARELLI TO COME RECOGNIZE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GREETING CARD CONTEST WINNERS.
LET ME TELL YOU SO MR. FIGARELLI.
GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT MILLER, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AND DR.
LOPEZ, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME THIS TIME AND THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF OUR AMAZING FINE ARTS PROGRAMS. FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS OUR GISD ART STUDENTS HAVE CREATED GREETING CARDS TO HELP BRING IN
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THE HOLIDAY SEASON.THIS YEAR, OUR ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES ACROSS THE DISTRICT SUBMITTED ARTWORK FOR THE ANNUAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GREETING CARD CONTEST.
THE CONTEST FEATURED STUDENTS FROM 28 SCHOOLS WITH SUBMISSIONS THAT RANGED FROM DRAWING TO PAINTING TO WATERCOLOR ART.
AS ALWAYS, OUR JUDGES HAD A TOUGH DECISION CHOOSING THE TOP DESIGNS.
THIS YEAR'S WINNERS ARE FROM HICKMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ARTIST ANDREA NICOLE JIMéNEZ-MORALES, ART TEACHER PATRICIA BALLAST, PRINCIPAL CARLA BELTRAN.
FROM BEAVER TECHNOLOGY CENTER ARTIST JASMINE VASQUEZ GONZALEZ, ART TEACHER DIXIE [INAUDIBLE], PRINCIPAL VICKIE DEVANTIER AND FROM WALNUT GLEN ACADEMY ARTIST JACOB ORTIZ HENANO, ART TEACHER KATHLEEN HODGES, PRINCIPAL LISA ALEXANDER.
STUDENTS AT THIS TIME, PLEASE COME UP TO RECEIVE YOUR CERTIFICATE.
WE FINALLY HAVE SOME TALENT IN THE ROOM.
MOVING ON TO INFORMATION ITEM 6B GOING THE EXTRA MILE, PRESENTING AN AWARD IS
[VI.B. Going the Extra Mile (GEMs)]
SHERESE LIGHTFOOT TO RECIPIENT CARLINA TESCHE.MS. TESCHE, WILL YOU PLEASE JOIN ME AT THE PODIUM? GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT MILLER, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DR.
CARLINA TESCHE WAS NOMINATED BY SEVERAL OF HER COLLEAGUES FOR BEING OUR GEM RECIPIENT TONIGHT.
SHE IS A TRUE ASSET TO GARLAND ISD AS AN IMPLEMENTATION ANALYST IN OUR TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT.
CARLINA STEPPED UP TO EVERY CHALLENGE SHE HAS BEEN GIVEN, WHETHER IT'S IN CANVAS OR SKYWARD.
SHE HAS GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND TO LEARN SKYWARD ON HER OWN JUST TO HELP TEACHERS WHO USE THIS PLATFORM WHO HELP SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AND OUR TEACHERS AND PARENTS.
CARLINA HAS ALSO ASSISTED LIANNE STEVENSON, A COORDINATOR IN TEACHING AND LEARNING TO TIMELY, COMPLETE AND STREAMLINE THE PFAI, WHICH IS THE PHYSICAL FITNESS ASSESSMENT INITIATIVE.
SHE HAS BEEN SAID TO HAVE A GENUINE HEART AND IS SUPPORTIVE NOT ONLY WITH HER IMMEDIATE TEAM MEMBERS, BUT ANY CAMPUS DEPARTMENT OR STAFF MEMBER, REGARDLESS OF THEIR ROLE.
SHE IS EQUALLY AVAILABLE TO PARENTS AND STUDENTS.
EVEN IN STRESSFUL SITUATIONS, AND WE'VE HAD MANY THIS YEAR.
SHE MAINTAINS A SENSE OF HUMOR, DIGNITY AND HONOR.
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HER SERVANT HEART AND DESIRE TO PLACE OUR STUDENTS NEEDS ABOVE EVERYTHING ELSE IS EXPRESSED BY HER EXEMPLARY CUSTOMER SERVICE AND POSITIVE ATTITUDE.AMY MONTGOMERY STATED SHE'S SO LUCKY TO HAVE HER IN HER DEPARTMENT.
SHE SHE EXCEEDS ANY EXPECTATION AND CHALLENGE SHE'S BEEN GIVEN.
LISA REID SAID SHE'S WORKED WITH HER FOR OVER 15 YEARS AND HAS NEVER SEEN SOMEONE WITH SO MUCH PATIENCE AND SUCH A UNIQUE TECHNOLOGY SKILL SET.
AND TAMARA STOVALL SAID SHE'S WILLING TO HELP ANYONE AT ANY TIME.
HER CUSTOMER SUPPORT IS OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY.
BOARD YOU CAN SEE WHY SHE'S TRULY A GEM.
LET'S CONGRATULATE HER ON THIS HIGH HONOR AND RECOGNITION.
[APPLAUSE] WOULD YOU LIKE WORDS? MY COWORKERS WOULD KNOW THAT I WOULD BE NEVER SPEECHLESS ON ANY ACCOUNT, BUT THIS ONE, I AM THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY OF HAVING THIS AWARD SITUATION SO THAT SOME OF US WHO REALLY WORK WAY, WAY, WAY INTO THE BACKGROUND CAN GET RECOGNIZED.
ALL MY KIDS HERE AND MY HUSBAND, MY FATHER IN LAW, WHO IS NINETY FIVE [INAUDIBLE] OPA.
MY HUSBAND ALEX AND LUISA, MY DAUGHTER IN LAW, STEVEN, MY SON, MY OTHER DAUGHTER IN LAW, OLIVIA AND CHRIS, WHICH WE ALL WENT TO GARLAND SCHOOL.
SO WHY WOULDN'T WE BE GREAT? [APPLAUSE] WELL, PICTURES THEY MAY NOT LIKE TO DO.
ALL RIGHT, SMILE THREE TWO ONE.
MOVING ON TO INFORMATION ITEM C.
[VI.C. Introduction of District Administrators- Dr. Gradyne E. Brown]
INTRODUCTION OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS, DR.GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT MILLER, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT LOPEZ, IT IS MY PLEASURE AND PRIVILEGE TO PRESENT TO YOU AND TO OUR COMMUNITY THIS EVENING.
OUR NEW DIRECTOR OF SECURITY, MR. MARK QUINN.
[APPLAUSE] MARK RETIRED FROM THE MESQUITE POLICE DEPARTMENT AFTER 25 YEARS OF SERVICE.
DURING HIS CAREER AS A POLICE OFFICER.
HE WORKED IN MULTIPLE AREAS OF THE DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING PATROL, CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS AND STAFF SUPPORT.
OVER THE COURSE OF HIS 16 YEARS IN THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION, HE WORKED IN NARCOTICS, AUTO THEFT AND THE JUVENILE GANG UNIT.
DURING HIS LAST FOUR YEARS, MARK WAS PREPARING TO COME TO GISD.
MARK SERVED AS THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER AT TERRY MIDDLE SCHOOL IN MESQUITE ISD.
MARK ALSO SERVED TWENTY ONE YEARS ON THE MESQUITE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S SWAT TEAM, WHERE HE WAS A TEAM LEADER FOR 12 YEARS AND ONE OF THE PRIMARY ACTIVE SHOOTER INSTRUCTORS.
OVER THE COURSE OF HIS CAREER.
MARK RECEIVED NUMEROUS AWARDS, INCLUDING THE 2006 OFFICER OF THE YEAR AWARD, 20 YEARS SAFE DRIVING AWARD, A POLICE COMMENDATION AWARD, A CERTIFICATE OF MERIT AWARD AND MERITORIOUS CONDUCT AWARD.
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MARK ALSO RECEIVED 62 COMMENDATIONS FROM CITIZENS, SUPERVISORS, POLICE ACADEMIES AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.MARCUS IS BLUSHING, BUT THIS IS GOOD.
IN AUGUST 2020, MARK JOINED GARLAND ISD AS THE SECURITY OR COORDINATOR FOR OPERATIONS.
MARK HAS BEEN MARRIED TO AMY, WHO IS SPECIAL EDUCATION COORDINATOR IN GARLAND ISD FOR 25 YEARS.
TOGETHER, THEY HAVE THREE CHILDREN.
TAYLOR IS A 2020 GRADUATE OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY AND CURRENTLY STATIONED IN PENSACOLA, FLORIDA.
KYLE IS A SENIOR AT THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY AND WILL ATTEND FLIGHT SCHOOL FOLLOWING GRADUATION.
APPLE DON'T FALL TOO FAR FROM THE TREE.
THEIR YOUNGEST DAUGHTER, MEREDITH, IS A FRESHMAN IN HIGH SCHOOL.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, COMMUNITY OF GARLAND ISD, I PRESENT TO YOU OUR NEW DIRECTOR OF SECURITY, MR. MARK QUINN.
[APPLAUSE] WELL, I WILL BE SHORT, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY I AM SO PROUD TO BE WORKING FOR GARLAND ISD, ESPECIALLY FOR THE SECURITY DEPARTMENT.
WE HAVE A SAYING IN GISD, IT'S SECURITY ELITE.
I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHERE WE'RE GOING AS A SECURITY DEPARTMENT.
I KNOW WE'VE ALREADY IMPLEMENTED SOME STUFF THAT'S GOING TO BE JUST TAKE US ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE SEVERAL OTHER THINGS IN THE WORKS THAT WILL JUST MAKE US TOP IN THE STATE.
I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GO AND JUST I'M JUST I'M REALLY PUMPED UP ABOUT HOW, HOW WE ARE IN GARLAND ISD SECURITY.
[APPLAUSE] IS HIS FAMILY HERE? WE HAVE TEAM QUINN HERE TONIGHT.
ONCE AGAIN, I'M INTRODUCING TO YOU, A NEW MEMBER TO GARLAND ISD, OUR DIRECTOR OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS, MS. TARA SOWELS.
TARA SOWELS HAS DEDICATED HER ENTIRE CAREER TO SERVING EMERGENT BILINGUAL STUDENTS AND THEIR EDUCATORS.
SHE BEGAN HER CAREER AS A BILINGUAL TEACHER AFTER SERVING IN THIS ROLE FOR FIVE YEARS.
SHE MOVED INTO A SUPPORT ROLE AS A BILINGUAL PULL-OUT TEACHER AND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION SPECIALIST.
TARA HAS SPENT THE LAST THREE YEARS AS THE COPPELL ISD BILINGUAL ESL INSTRUCTIONAL COACH FOR GRADES PK THROUGH 12.
ALSO, SHE HAS WORKED AS AN INDEPENDENT EDUCATIONAL CONSULTANT FOR HER OWN NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION AND A PRIVATE COMPANY BASED IN CHICAGO, FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS.
SHE HAS TRAVELED AROUND THE COUNTRY TO CONSULT AND WITH SEVERAL DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHO ARE STARTING OR EXPANDING THEIR DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAMS. TARA GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON WITH A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN SPANISH AND OBTAINED A MASTER'S DEGREE IN BILINGUAL AND ESL EDUCATION FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN.
SHE EARNED HER PRINCIPAL CERTIFICATION FROM LAMAR UNIVERSITY AND HAS SERVED AS THE COPPELL DISTRICT SUMMER SCHOOL PRINCIPAL FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS.
TARA HAS BEEN HAPPILY MARRIED FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS AND HAS ONE LONG HAIRED CHIHUAHUA NAMED COCO.
SHE CURRENTLY COMMUTES TO GARLAND FROM IRVING, BUT HER FAMILY IS CONSIDERING RELOCATING TO THIS AREA.
HER HOBBIES INCLUDE COIN COLLECTING, EXERCISING AND LEARNING ABOUT NEW CULTURES
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AND LANGUAGES.SHE SPEAKS ENGLISH AS HER FIRST LANGUAGE, BUT SHE IS ALSO FLUENT IN SPANISH AS HER SECOND LANGUAGE AND HAS BEEN LEARNING JAPANESE AS HER THIRD LANGUAGE.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES GARLAND ISD COMMUNITY I PRESENT TO YOU, OUR NEW DIRECTOR OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS, MS. TARA SOWELS.
[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU SO MUCH, DR.
BROWN, FOR THE INTRODUCTION AND GOOD EVENING.
LOPEZ, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS DEPARTMENT.
I'M VERY EXCITED TO CONTRIBUTE TO WHAT IS ALREADY AN AMAZING SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO COLLABORATING WITH ALL GISD STAKEHOLDERS.
I'M ALSO VERY EXCITED TO BE SERVING OUR VIETNAMESE FAMILIES AND STUDENTS.
I IMMEDIATELY STARTED IMMERSING MYSELF IN THE LANGUAGE AND THE CULTURE, AND I CAN'T WAIT TO LEARN MORE.
LANGUAGES, I CAN'T KNOW THEM ALL.
BUT AS I SERVED THE TRI-CITIES OF GARLAND AND ROWLETT AND SACHSE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU WITH OPEN COMMUNICATION ADVOCACY FOR THE STUDENTS AND A PASSION FOR THE BEST INTERESTS OF ALL OF OUR MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
SPEAKING OF FAMILIES, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND MENTORS FOR SUPPORTING ME TO THIS POINT IN MY LIFE AND IN MY CAREER.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE I WOULD BE WITHOUT THEM.
SPECIAL THANKS GOES TO MY GRANDPARENTS AND MY PARENTS WHO ARE WATCHING ON THE LIVE STREAM.
I'M GLAD YOU GUYS HAVE THAT SET UP FOR THEM, AND THANK YOU TO DR.
DAWSON AND DR. SPILLER, WHO HAVE BEEN MY MENTORS AND A BIG THANKS GOES TO MY HUSBAND, ALEX SOWELS.
HE IS NOT HERE YET, BUT HE WAS ON HIS WAY.
HE HAS ALWAYS SUPPORTED ME AND HELPED ME IN ACHIEVING MY DREAMS AND FURTHERING MY EDUCATION AND GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
[APPLAUSE] NEED TO PUT A SLIDE DOWN TO THE FRONT.
THAT TAKES CARE OF ITEM SIX, A AND B AND C, SO NOW GO TO ITEM SEVEN.
[VII.A. Trustees' Report]
THIS IS A DISCUSSION ITEMS TRUSTEES REPORT.TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO DO A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
WE ALWAYS START ON THE ENDS AND GO DOWN TO THE OTHER END.
SO SOMEBODY ON THE END IS ALWAYS LAST AND EVERYBODY'S ALREADY SAID EVERYTHING BY THE TIME IT GETS TO THEM.
SO WE'RE GOING TO START HERE WITH WES AND GO THAT WAY.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO START WITH MR. BEACH AND GO THAT WAY.
SO BOTH THE ENDS WILL GO LAST THIS TIME.
YOU KNOW, I FIRST WANT TO START OFF BY WISHING EVERYBODY IN THE DISTRICT AND ALL OF OUR STAFF HAPPY HOLIDAYS, YOU'RE ALMOST THERE.
WE HAVE THREE MORE WORK DAYS TO GO AND THEN YOU GET A NICE BREAK.
I KNOW MY KIDS ARE READY FOR IT.
I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO LISA COX AND THE GEF FOR THE TINSEL AND TRIVIA.
I KNOW THAT I WAS THERE WITH BOARD PRESIDENT AND MS. GRIFFIN WAS THERE AND WE WE PUT ON.
AND THE ROWLETT PEOPLE RACKED IT UP AGAIN.
I BELIEVE THE CHICK FIL A ROWLETT WON THE WON THE TRIVIA CONTEST.
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BUT WE HAD A GOOD TIME SUPPORTING THE DISTRICT AND A LOT OF MONEY WAS RAISED FOR THE GEF, WHICH IS WHAT THE WHOLE POINT IS.I'D ALSO LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE FOLKS AT LAKEVIEW CENTENNIAL FOR HOSTING THIS YEAR'S ALL DISTRICT BAND CONCERT.
I ATTENDED THAT ON SATURDAY NIGHT.
MIDDLE SCHOOL BANDS PERFORMED AND THEY WERE REALLY AMAZING FROM ALL OVER THE DISTRICT.
JUST A REALLY QUALITY PERFORMANCE, AND I FEEL LIKE LAKEVIEW WAS EXCELLENT HOSTS WITH RESPECT TO THAT.
I ATTENDED THE SACHSE CHRISTMAS PARADE THE OTHER NIGHT.
IT WAS A FUN, VERY WELL ATTENDED TOO THE WHOLE MILES DRIVE WAS PACKED ALL THE WAY UP FROM SACHSE HIGH SCHOOL TO SACHSE CITY HALL, SO IT WAS EXCITING.
IT'S A GREAT TIME TO BE IN OUR TRI-CITIES.
CHRISTMAS TIME IS ALWAYS A LOT OF FUN AND I'VE ENJOYED IT.
I LOOK FORWARD TO A NEW YEAR WHEN WE GET BACK.
I TOO WANT TO WISH ALL THE FAMILIES AND STAFF MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY HOLIDAYS.
I HOPE THAT EVERYONE IS GOING TO GET TO SPEND TIME WITH THEIR FAMILY AND THEIR FRIENDS AND WHOEVER IS IMPORTANT TO US AND ALL.
I GOT TO ATTEND A ROWLETT HIGH, A CLASS ONE AND TWO DANCE CLASS FIRST TIME CHOREOGRAPHY SHOW, AND IT WAS STUDENTS THAT HAD TO CREATE A DANCE, THEY HAD DO THE CHOREOGRAPHY BY THEMSELVES WITH NO HELP.
AND IT WAS THE FIRST TIME FOR MANY OF THEM WHO HAD EVER EVEN PERFORMED IN FRONT OF PEOPLE.
AND WE HAD QUITE A GOOD TURNOUT, AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU, THERE WERE SO NERVOUS YOU COULD TELL THEY WERE SO NERVOUS.
BUT BOY, THEY HAD THE GUTS TO DO IT.
YOU DIDN'T SEE ME OUT THERE, SO THEY WERE SO AMAZING.
AND THEN MS. GRIFFIN SHOULD BE HAPPY TO KNOW THAT THEY WERE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GO OUT FOR THE MARTIN LUTHER KING PROGRAM, TOO.
THEY PITCHED THAT THAT WAS GOOD.
AND THEN I GOT TO PARTICIPATE WITH MR. SELDERS WITH THE NORTH TEXAS AREA ASSOCIATION SCHOOL BOARD, AND I GOT TO MEET SOME OTHER BOARD MEMBERS AND I ALWAYS FIND THAT TO BE.
SO I REALLY ENJOY THAT BEING NEW BECAUSE I GET TO HEAR DIFFERENT WAYS OF HOW THEY DO THINGS AND DIFFERENT TAKES AND JUST DIFFERENT PROBLEM-SOLVING IDEAS BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW IF YOU DON'T KNOW IT.
AND THEN I GOT TO PARTICIPATE WITH DR.
LOPEZ AND MS. GRIFFIN WITH THE TOGETHER, WE DINE WITH REPRESENTATIVE BOWERS, AND I FOUND THAT TO BE AN AMAZING PROGRAM THAT THEY HAVE, AND I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND PEOPLE TO LOOK INTO THAT AND TRY TO PARTICIPATE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY ON THAT.
AND THEN I GOT TO DO A FRIENDSGIVING WITH MEMORIAL PATHWAY ACADEMY, WHO DOESN'T LOVE EATING BECAUSE I CERTAINLY DO.
AND THEN I GOT TO MEET SOME OF THE TEACHERS AND JUST LEARN ABOUT THE ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL THAT WE HAVE IN THAT ACADEMY AND HOW AMAZING IT IS AND HOW THEY JUST ARE SO CENTERED AND GEARED ABOUT GETTING THESE KIDS THEIR DIPLOMAS.
AND HOW THEY I'VE ALWAYS WONDERED ON FACEBOOK HOW YOU SEE ALL THESE GRADUATIONS HAPPENING AT THESE REALLY ODD TIMES, BUT I GOT TO LEARN ABOUT THAT AND IT WAS JUST REALLY AMAZING.
LOPEZ AND I GOT TO PARTICIPATE IN AN INTERVIEW WITH RAISE YOUR HAND TEXAS TRUSTEE ADVOCATES PROGRAM THAT WE'RE APPLYING FOR THAT I THINK IS GOING TO BE AMAZING IF WE CAN GET ACCEPTED TO IT TO HELP US TO BE BETTER ADVOCATES THAT WE CAN START MAKING SOME MEANINGFUL CHANGES WITH OUR STATE LEGISLATORS THAT WILL REALLY BENEFIT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND THEN I LOVE BEING WITH THE KIDS, AND I GOT TO PARTICIPATE WITH PANCAKES WITH SANTA, WITH THE PTA AT HEREFORD ELEMENTARY AND THEY EVEN HAD GINGERBREAD AND THEY DID.
VENDORS WERE THERE TOO, AND IT WAS REALLY, REALLY AMAZING.
AND I GOT TO GREET THE KIDS AND THEY WERE ALL IN LIKE PAJAMAS AND THEY WERE SO EXCITED.
AND I LOVE HOW THEY HAVE TO TELL ME THEIR AGES, WHETHER THEY'RE FIVE, FIVE AND A HALF OR FIVE AND THREE QUARTERS.
THEY PROBABLY ADD YEARS, BUT YOU GOT TO LOVE THEM.
THEN WE WENT TO A MUSICAL AT LAKE CENTENNIAL HIGH WITH THEIR I'M BECOMING FINE ARTS SEE, AND THEY DID A PUTNAM SPELLING BEE MUSICAL, AND IT WAS SUPER FUNNY.
I CANNOT BELIEVE HOW TALENTED THOSE KIDS WERE, AND IT WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY HAD WANTED TO DO LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF COVID.
AND THAT WAS SUPER, SUPER EXCITING.
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AND PROBABLY THE BEST THING WE GOT TO DO WAS THE NOON EXCHANGE CLUB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHRISTMAS PARTY, WHERE WE GOT TO HAVE CHRISTMAS WITH 47 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND SOME SPECIAL KIDS.AND THAT, I THINK, WAS THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE MONTH SO FAR.
DR. LOPEZ SAID I WAS MORE EXCITED THAN THE KIDS AND I PROBABLY WAS, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO LIVE THROUGH THEM.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK THE PARENTS.
I WANT TO THANK THE ADMINISTRATION.
I JUST WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY FOR LETTING ME PARTICIPATE IN THAT STUFF.
I ECHO WHAT MS. STANLEY TALKED ABOUT IN TERMS OF WISHING EVERYBODY IN THE GISD COMMUNITY HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND HOPEFULLY THE TIME IS RESTFUL.
AND YOU GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECHARGE AND RETURN BACK FOR 2022 IN A MUCH GREATER SPIRIT.
NOT THAT YOU'RE LEAVING IN A BAD SPIRIT, BUT, YOU KNOW, HAVE HIGHER SPIRITS WHEN YOU COME BACK.
MS. STANLEY ALSO MENTIONED THAT WE HAD THE NORTH TEXAS AREA ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS MEETING HERE AT THE GRCTC.
AND I WANTED TO THANK COLEMAN [INAUDIBLE] FOR HIS HELP IN GETTING ALL OF THAT ORGANIZED AND SET UP MS. WALKER WITH THE HOSPITALITY DEPARTMENT AND STUDENTS THAT PARTICIPATED TO HELP PUT THE ARRANGEMENT ALL TOGETHER.
GOT A LOT OF GREAT FEEDBACK FROM BOARD MEMBERS FROM ACROSS REGION 10 AND 11 THAT WERE IN ATTENDANCE ABOUT HOW GREAT THAT GRCTC CENTER IS AND EVERYTHING THAT WE ARE OFFERING AND DOING FOR OUR STUDENTS.
YOU KNOW, IN THAT REGARD TO CAREER EDUCATION.
SO I'M REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT AND THOSE TRUSTEES WHO ARE ABLE TO MAKE THAT.
THAT MEETING ALSO HAD A CHANCE TO ATTEND [INAUDIBLE] STUDENT PRESENTATION HERE, WHERE THEY RECEIVED CHEFS, CHEF JACKETS OR OR APRONS.
THE STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATE IN THAT PROGRAM IS REALLY SPECIAL AND SEEING HOW THEY GROW AND LEARN THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT THEY ARE BEING TAUGHT ABOUT, YOU KNOW WHAT COULD BE POSSIBLE FOR THEM AS THEY TRANSITION FROM FROM BEING HERE IN GISD .
SO, YOU KNOW, JUST FURTHER APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PART OF THIS BOARD AND TO BE PARTICIPATING IN HELPING TO EDUCATE ALL KIDS.
I'M GOING TO ADD TO WHAT MR. JOHNSON MENTIONED ABOUT THE TRIVIA AND TINSEL AND THE SHOUT OUT FOR LISA COX AND JENNY GRAVES AND ALL THE VOLUNTEERS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THAT ACTIVITY AND HELPED IN PRODUCING AND PUTTING THAT TOGETHER.
THEY RAISED 125 THOUSAND DOLLARS, WHICH IS THE LARGEST EVER.
AND SO I WANTED TO THROW THAT FIGURE OUT THERE.
OVER THREE HUNDRED PEOPLE ATTENDED, AND SO MY HAT'S OFF TO THE GARLAND EDUCATION FOUNDATION AND WHAT THEY DID AND THE VOLUNTEERS AND THE WORKERS THAT PUT IN THAT EFFORT.
ALSO, I'D LIKE TO THANK OUR [INAUDIBLE] BANK THAT KIND OF KICKED OFF THE CHRISTMAS SEASON AND HIS BANK AND HAD TO GET TOGETHER WITH SOME FAMILY AND FRIENDS THERE AND ABLE TO ATTEND THERE.
AND I THANK MR. MILLER FOR THAT.
ALSO, I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE NOON EXCHANGE AND WENT TO ONE OF THEIR THEIR CHRISTMAS AT THE TRIPLE C FOR OVER TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY KIDS, WHERE CHRISTMAS TOYS WERE GIVEN OUT TO SOME UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THAT REALLY WAS AN EYE OPENER AND WE HAD THE SACHSE CHOIR WAS THERE SINGING SOUTH GARLAND GIRLS WERE PERFORMING AND GREAT VENUE AT THE TRIPLE C AND I WANNA MY HAT'S OFF TO THE NOON EXCHANGE AND WHAT THEY DID AND THE MONEY THAT THEY'RE GIVING BACK TO THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT AND HELPING KIDS.
ALSO, I ALSO ATTENDED A COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP BREAKFAST AND OUR FORMER MAYOR RON JONES WAS A GUEST SPEAKER.
AND I WANT MY HAT'S OFF TO THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WERE ABLE TO ATTEND.
AND HE REALLY INSPIRED EVERYONE THERE IN THE ROOM WITH RESILIENCE ABOUT GARLAND.
AND IT REALLY HIT HOME WITH ME ABOUT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE RESILIENCE THAT WE HAVE SEEN.
AND HE WENT BACK TO THE NUMBER OF YEARS THAT WE'VE HAD TRAGEDIES HAPPEN IN OUR OWN COMMUNITY, FROM TORNADOES TO HURRICANES TO FIRES TO, YOU NAME IT, FROM THE PEOPLE MOVING FROM NEW ORLEANS WHEN THEY HAD THEIR HUGE FLOOD AND MOVED HERE AND HOW GARLAND RALLIED.
EVEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT CAN OPEN UP THEIR BUILDINGS AND HELPED THOSE COMMUNITIES AND HOW PEOPLE ARE SO RESILIENT IN THIS COMMUNITY.
SO RON JONES DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB AND REALLY AT HOME WITH ME IN HIS SPEECH.
ALSO, I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE TOMORROW SINCE WE ARE GOING TO BE GOING TO A BREAK AND BE A NEW YEAR BEFORE WE COME BACK.
TOMORROW THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT IS I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE PAUL GONZALES IN THAT
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GROUP OF DOING A MEAL THERE FOR ALL THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT AND THE EFFORTS AND THE JOB THAT THEY HAVE DONE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR HAS BEEN AMAZING TO ME, IN MY OPINION ON THE SHORT STAFF.AS PEOPLE KNOW, YOU SEE SIGNS EVERYWHERE WHERE IT'S SHORT STAFFED.
YOU CAN'T FIND PEOPLE THAT WORK, BUT YET OUR DEPARTMENT CONTINUES TO EXCEL.
AND ALSO THEY GAVE $20000 TO THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION THAT WAS RAISED WHEN THE CAMPAIGN WENT THROUGH THE DISTRICT, THE LARGEST OF THE DISTRICTS OF PAUL.
HATS OFF TO YOUR GROUP AND THANK YOU.
ALSO TOMORROW AT THREE O'CLOCK, THERE WILL BE A COMMUNITY AGENCY FAIR.
HARRIS HILL AT THREE O'CLOCK FOR THOSE THAT CAN MAKE THAT AND THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH THE COMMUNITY.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO ALSO COMING TO THAT PARTICULAR MEETING OR CONFERENCE.
ALSO AGAIN, LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR.
I'M HOPING THAT YOU HAVE A SAFE HOLIDAY.
DON'T OVEREAT AND JUST ENJOY FAMILY WITH ONE ANOTHER.
AND JUST REMEMBER ONE THING THE REASON FOR THE SEASON.
HAPPY HOLIDAY! HAPPY HOLIDAY! WHAT ELSE COULD I SAY? WE'VE HAD A RECAP OF THE PAST 30 TO 45 DAYS AND I WILL NOT REPEAT ANY OF THOSE.
BUT WHEN I THINK ABOUT OUR STAFF, OUR STUDENTS, OUR PARENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY, A THOUGHT COMES TO MIND THAT SAYS, HOW CAN WE SAY THANKS FOR THE THINGS YOU'VE DONE FOR US? IS BECAUSE OF YOU THAT WE ARE THE DISTRICT THAT WE ARE.
AND I SAY THANK YOU AND I SAY, ENJOY YOUR HOLIDAY BREAK TIME.
I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE TWO OF OUR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE'S THE ROWLETT CHAMBER, ALWAYS IN DECEMBER.
LET'S THE ROWLETT CHOIR COME AND SING TO THAT LUNCHEON.
AND AS ALWAYS, THE ROWLETT CHAMBER RECOGNIZES OUR TEACHERS.
AND I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU.
SACHSE CHAMBER DOES THE SAME THING, AND IN DECEMBER, THAT CHOIR COMES AND SING AND THEY RECOGNIZE THE TEACHERS.
THAT'S THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE THAT BASICALLY MAKE US GREAT.
I CAN'T SING SO TRADITIONALLY, AS YOU'VE HEARD, WE USE THIS MEETING IN DECEMBER TO THANK OUR STAFF, BUT I THINK TO ME THIS YEAR IS DIFFERENT.
PUBLIC EDUCATION THAT STARTED TRULY IN THIS COUNTRY AROUND 1840 WITH THOMAS [INAUDIBLE] IS UNDER THE GREATEST THREAT IN ITS HISTORY AT THIS VERY MOMENT.
LOPEZ TO MEET JEANNIE STONE, THE SUPERINTENDENT OF RICHARDSON, WHO RESIGNED YESTERDAY.
MS. STONE WAS THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE YEAR IN TEXAS TWO YEARS AGO.
I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW SHE AUTHORED IT.
IT WAS BASED IN FROM THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS IN OCTOBER THIS YEAR, AND IT SAYS TEACHERS NEED MORE THAN GOOD WISHES.
NOT ONLY DID MS. STONE RESIGN.
THE BOARD PRESIDENT OF RICHARDSON, RESIGNED.
THERE WAS A REPORT YESTERDAY THAT MORE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS ACROSS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE RESIGNING THAN EVER BEFORE IN THE SOUTHLAKE DISTRICT.
THE TEACHER OF THE YEAR, NOT JUST REGULAR TEACHER, THE TEACHER OF THE YEAR WAS DISCIPLINED ON A THREE TWO VOTE BY THEIR BOARD.
IN A NEIGHBORING DISTRICT OF COLLEYVILLE.
AN AMAZING PRINCIPAL RESIGNED.
THE TEA IS GOING THROUGH THEIR LIBRARIES FOR BOOKS.
WITH THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS SAID YESTERDAY ABOUT MS. STONE.
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IF SOMEONE LIKE HER DECIDES THE TIME HAS COME.HOW CAN WE HOPE TO ATTRACT AND BUILD NEW LEADERS WHO ARE STEELED FOR HARD WORK AHEAD? WE FEAR WE WON'T.
AND ALL OF US WILL SUFFER FOR IT.
THE QUESTION IS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO PUBLIC EDUCATION? WOULD YOU RECOMMEND TO SOMEBODY WHO YOU KNEW WHO WAS A PROSPECTIVE TEACHER TO GO INTO TEACHING NOW? WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
WE HEAR IT AND THIS IS NOT A DIATRIBE AGAINST PARENTS.
WE ASKED PARENTS TO COME AND HAVE MINUTES TO SPEAK AT OUR MEETINGS, WE TELEVISE NOT ONLY THESE MEETINGS, BUT OUR COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
WE HAVE WONDERFUL PTA ORGANIZATION AT OUR SCHOOLS.
WE ASKED YOU TO MEET WITH THE PRINCIPAL TO MEET WITH YOUR TEACHERS.
WHEN MR. MILLER FIRST GOT ON THE BOARD, I PULLED HIM ASIDE AND SAID, IF YOU AND I CAN INVENT A PROGRAM TO GET ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF PARENT INVOLVEMENT, WE CAN MAKE A FORTUNE.
WE WANT YOU PARENTS TO BE INVOLVED, BUT WE ALSO KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING AT OUR SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW.
SO I WILL ALSO WISH THE STAFF A HAPPY HOLIDAY, BUT I'M GOING TO DO SOMETHING MORE.
I'M GOING TO SAY I HAVE YOUR BACK AND I HOPE THIS BOARD HAS YOUR BACK.
WE KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH.
AND I JUST TRUST THAT THE CLIMATE IN THIS COUNTRY UNDERSTANDS WE ARE IN THIS TOGETHER, STAFF, BOARD MEMBERS, PARENTS, WE ALL WANT THE SAME THING.
AND IF WE GO TOGETHER, IF WE ALL MOVE TOGETHER IN THE SAME DIRECTION, WE CAN HAVE IT.
AND IN AN EFFORT TO NOT REPEAT ANYTHING, THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION THING WAS GREAT.
THE PRAYER BREAKFAST WAS GREAT, BUT THE NOON EXCHANGE CLUB THING IS THE THING THAT STOOD OUT TO ME AND ALWAYS DOES A LITTLE HISTORY ON THAT.
GOING BACK A LONG TIME AGO IN MY CAREER, I WAS PRESIDENT OF THAT PARTICULAR ORGANIZATION.
I THINK IT WAS 86, AND I THINK THAT'S ABOUT THE TIME WE STARTED THAT.
AND THESE PEOPLE JERRY DEFEO, GARY ENGELMANN AND THERE ARE OTHERS WHO HAVE BEEN WITH THE ORGANIZATION SINCE THEN, AND THEY'VE BEEN DOING THIS EVERY YEAR SINCE THEN.
I REMEMBER THAT FIRST TIME WE ACTUALLY WENT SHOPPING AT HYPER MART.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME, YOU KNOW, HYPER MART WAS AT THE INTERSECTION OF SHILOH AND GARLAND ROAD, RIGHT AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE CITY, AND THERE WAS A HYPER MART AT THAT TIME.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE WENT TO BUY THE, I THINK, 14 OR 16 BUY GIFTS FOR THOSE 14 OR 16 KIDS.
AND TO SEE THIS PROGRAM GROW TO THE SIZE THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE IT IN THE CULWELL CENTER FOR TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY KIDS WAS PHENOMENAL.
THIS YEAR WAS THE FIRST YEAR THE GROUP TOOK ON ALL THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND THE GRATITUDE THAT WAS IN THAT ROOM FROM ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE LIKE US THAT KNOW JUST THE GOODWILL THAT IT CREATES FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I ESPECIALLY IF IF THE GROUP FROM THE NOON EXCHANGE CLUB IS LISTENING, WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU THERE.
AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WILL KICK IT OVER TO OUR SUPERINTENDENT FOR HIS
[VII.B. Superintendent's Report]
REPORT.WELL, GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY AND WISHING EVERYBODY A SAFE HOLIDAY SEASON.
WE WE STARTED EARLIER THAN WE NORMALLY DO IN ANTICIPATION TO TO CURVE THE LEARNING LOSS THAT HAPPENS TRADITIONALLY WITH ACADEMIC SLIDES.
TALKING TO PRINCIPALS TODAY, WE HAD A RECEPTION FOR SOME OF THEM THAT COULD ATTEND, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THEY TALKED ABOUT WAS SOME OF THEIR THIRD GRADERS HAVEN'T HAD REAL SCHOOLING.
SOME OF THE SIXTH GRADERS THAT ARE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL NEVER HAD REAL SCHOOLING SINCE THIRD GRADE.
AND THIS WHOLE IDEA OF LEARNING SCHOOL HAS BEEN A BIG, BIG TRANSITION, MUCH GREATER THAN ANY OF US COULD EVER ANTICIPATE, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T LEARN IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO SCHOOL.
AND SO TEACHING THE KIDS ROUTINES, RITUALS, HABITS, EXPECTATIONS OF THE SCHOOL HAVE BEEN PARAMOUNT.
IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN FOUNDATIONAL WORK THAT HAS TO OCCUR AGAIN.
SO YOU'RE RIGHT, OUR TEACHERS HAVE BEEN THROUGH A LOT AND I THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THAT.
BUT WHAT HAPPENED DURING COVID IS THAT WE HAD KIDS THAT WERE IN SCHOOL THAT WOULD NO LONGER BE IN SCHOOL WHEN THERE WAS NO MORE COVID.
THOSE ARE OUR HIGH SCHOOLERS, AND I WANT TO APPLAUD THE CAMPUS TEAMS, THE CENTRAL OFFICE TEAMS, EVERYBODY IN THE UNIVERSE THAT RALLIED AROUND OUR KIDS TO GET THEM THROUGH
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NOT ONLY GRADUATION, BUT SOMETHING CALLED CCMR. CCMR IS COLLEGE CAREER MILITARY READINESS.REMEMBER THE DAYS WE'D SAY, OH, THEY'RE GRADUATING, BUT THEY'RE NOT READY? THERE'S A NEW GRADE THAT THE STATE HAS, AND THEY SAY, HEY, THIS IS THE PERCENTAGE THAT YOU GET OF KIDS THAT ARE READY, THAT DON'T NEED REMEDIAL WORK, THAT HAVE AN INDUSTRY CERTIFICATION.
IF THERE'S A BUNCH OF CRITERIA THAT WE COULD QUALIFY FOR, AND WE'RE ONE OF THE FEW DISTRICTS THAT SHOWED IMPROVEMENT IN COVID.
SO DURING COVID, WHEN EVERYBODY WAS TRYING TO GET THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL, OUR HIGH SCHOOLS THRIVED, THRIVE SO MUCH THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS GOT AN A IN THAT ACCOUNTABILITY RATING AND THE DISTRICT GOT AN A.
LET ME TAKE IT ONE STEP FURTHER THAT CCMR RATING THAT WE HAD THAT OUR TEAMS BUILT IS THE HIGHEST IN DALLAS COUNTY.
WE'RE GETTING CALLS ON SAYING, HOW DID YOU ALL SHOOT UP WHEN EVERYBODY WAS GOING DOWN DURING THAT TIME? AND ONE OF IT WAS IT STARTS WITH THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND THEIR VISION AND THEIR EXPECTATIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE KIDS, WE CAN'T MAKE EXCUSES.
AND THEN THE TEAMS THAT WE HAVE THAT RALLIED AROUND AND MADE NO EXCUSES FOR THAT.
SO I WANT TO SEND A HUGE MESSAGE OF THANKS TO ALL OUR SECONDARY LEADERS, TEACHERS, COUNSELORS, ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, PRINCIPALS FOR MAKING THAT HAPPEN.
YOU ARE THE LEADERS IN THE BIGGEST AND MOST AWESOME COUNTY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, DALLAS COUNTY.
OUR ECONOMICALLY DIVERSITY, BY THE WAY, WENT UP DURING THIS TIME.
WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE IN STRESSED ENVIRONMENTS.
MATTER OF FACT, OUR GRADUATION RATE WENT HIGHER.
WE WERE ALWAYS HIGHER THAN THE REGION IN THE STATE, BY THE WAY, WITH 90 PERCENT.
AND THEN WE WENT UP TO A NINETY FOUR POINT FIVE PERCENT, ALMOST 95 PERCENT THERE IS GREATNESS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, AND I KNOW OUR ROAD TO RECOVERY HAS BEEN TOUGH, BUT WORKING TOGETHER WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT THROUGH.
PLEASE SHARE THE GREATNESS OF THE WORK THAT'S BEING YOU DO ON A DAILY BASIS.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AT THE VERY END.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE CELEBRATING SOME GREAT RESULTS.
AND I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE BOARD THINKS OF YOU, LOVES YOU AND REALLY CARES DEEPLY ABOUT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOUR AREAS.
WE CALL IT THE GISD EFFECT BECAUSE PRIOR TO ME EVER BECOMING HERE SUPERINTENDENT, YEARS AGO, THERE WAS THIS EFFECT OF GARLAND ISD THAT I EXPERIENCED WHENEVER I WENT TO A CONFERENCE AND I WAS LIKE, EVERYBODY, THEY'RE SO HAPPY.
EVERYBODY THERE LOVES THEIR DISTRICT BECAUSE GARLAND PEOPLE ARE BUILT DIFFERENT.
THEY'RE RESILIENT, THEY'RE SMART.
AND SO THAT EFFECT TRANSCENDS THROUGH THREE CITIES AND OUR ENTIRE STATE.
THAT TAKES US THROUGH THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
[VII.C. Future Agenda Items]
MR. BEACH.I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, TEACHERS.
I HOPE YOU HEARD THAT LOUD AND CLEAR THAT WE DO HAVE YOUR BACK.
IT'S NOT A VERY POPULAR TOPIC, BUT I KNOW THAT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING, STUDENT MANAGEMENT IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AND WE NEED TO LOOK AT IT VERY CAREFULLY.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US HAVE A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM OF A PRESENTATION FROM AEC OF THE WORKINGS OF THAT PARTICULAR GROUP AT THAT PARTICULAR SCHOOL.
HOW MANY KIDS ARE HOUSED THERE RIGHT NOW AND JUST GET AN OVERALL VIEW SO THAT EVERYBODY ON THIS BOARD HAS A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT GOES ON AT THAT PARTICULAR SCHOOL.
BECAUSE MY GOAL IS THAT IF WE LOOK AT A BOND PROGRAM THAT WE LOOK AT A SECOND ALTERNATIVE SO THAT WE PUT SOME BITE IN DISCIPLINE IN THIS DISTRICT SO THAT PEOPLE REALIZE THAT WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT DOING STUDENT MANAGEMENT IN THIS DISTRICT BECAUSE IT'S NOT FAIR TO THE STUDENTS THAT DO COME TO SCHOOL THAT ARE INTERRUPTED BECAUSE SOMEONE ELSE WANTS TO MISBEHAVE.
SO IT'S NOT FAIR AND WE WANT TO CHANGE THAT CULTURE AND WE NEED TO DO THAT.
AND WE AS A BOARD NEED TO STAND UP.
AND I HOPE THAT I GET THAT SUPPORT AND RALLY BEHIND IT.
AND I KNOW THAT IT IS NOT A VERY GOOD BECAUSE I'M RECEIVING PHONE CALLS FROM TEACHERS THAT ARE VERY, VERY UPSET.
AND IT UPSETS ME TOO, BECAUSE I CAME FROM THE CLASSROOM AND I KNOW I WAS ABLE TO HANDLE MINE BECAUSE I'M BIG ENOUGH TO DO THAT.
SOME ARE NOT, AND I HATE THAT FOR OUR GREAT TEACHERS THAT ARE OUT THERE.
SO I DON'T WANT TO SPOIL THE VACATION TIME FOR YOU, BUT I GUARANTEE YOU IN 2022, I WANT THIS TO BE LOOKED AT.
OK? MR. DR. LOPEZ HAS MADE A NOTE AS WELL AS MS. HOGAN.
I THINK WHEN YOU SEE REPORTS FROM PARENTS ABOUT WHAT THEY EXPECT FROM US, THE FIRST
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THING IS THE SAFETY OF OUR SCHOOLS.I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY DOUBT IN EVERY PORT WE'RE ALL AWARE OF WHAT HAPPENED IN MICHIGAN.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A REPORT FROM OUR SECURITY PEOPLE.
I BELIEVE WE CAN DO THAT IN CLOSED SESSION AS TO WHAT WE ARE DOING IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY'VE LEARNED FROM WHAT CAME OUT OF MICHIGAN.
WE WILL LOOK INTO THAT AND THE APPROPRIATENESS OF THAT ITEM, WHETHER IT'S PUBLIC OR EXECUTIVE SESSION, AND WE'LL DISCUSS THAT AT THE NEXT AGENDA REVIEW.
WE NOW HAVE CONSENT AGENDA, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF HUMAN RESOURCES REPORT AND DR.
[VIII. Consent Agenda]
GRADYNE BROWN.BROWN MAKES HER WAY TO THE PODIUM JUST TO GIVE YOU GUYS AN UPDATE, THERE ARE NO UPDATES FROM WHAT WAS POSTED.
THIS IS ALL WE HAVE AS IT'S PRESENTED IN YOUR BOARD BOOK SO YOU DON'T HAVE A FOLDER WITH THOSE REVISIONS.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAN TO APPROVE THE HUMAN RESOURCES REPORT AS PRINTED IN OUR BOARD BOOK.
I WOULD JUST ASK MS. BROWN YOU CONCUR THAT THERE ARE NO CHANGES? YES, I CONCUR.
OK, SO THERE ARE NO CHANGES AND I HAVE A A MOTION HAVE A MOTION.
I HAVE A MOTION FOR MR. GLICK.
WE HAVE A SECOND FROM MR. SELDERS.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION BOARD, IF NOT, INDICATE YOUR APPROVAL BY RAISING YOUR HAND.
DR. BROWN, LET'S GO TO ACTION ITEM NUMBER NINE.
[IX.A. Consider Approval of $170,000 Donation from Community Partner - Matt Yeager]
WE'RE GOING TO GO TO 9A.CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THOUSAND DOLLAR DONATION FROM COMMUNITY PARTNER MATT YEAGER.
MR. EXCUSE ME, POINT OF CLARITY MR. PRESIDENT? YES, MA'AM.
SINCE WE'VE HEARD ALL OF THESE IN COMMITTEE AND MS. GRIFFIN, THIS ONE WAS NOT THIS IS NOT HEARD IN COMMITTEE.
DR. RINGO CALLED ME AND ASKED AS CHAIR OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE IF WE COULD PUT IT ON THIS AGENDA, EVEN THOUGH YEAH, WE DID NOT HEAR IN COMMITTEE.
SO THIS WOULD BE A BRAND NEW ITEM.
MS. GRIFFIN SO SO YES, WHY DON'T WE HEAR THIS AND THEN MS. GRIFFIN? IF YOU'RE READY, MAYBE AFTER THIS ITEM YOU CAN FINISH, YOU CAN FINISH YOUR STATEMENT.
AND I THINK I KNOW WHERE YOU'RE HEADED, BUT THANK YOU.
GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT MILLER, BOARD OF TRUSTEES DR.
WE'RE EXCITED THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED A DONATION FOR ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE GARLAND EDUCATION FOUNDATION THROUGH THE COMMIT PARTNERSHIP.
AS YOU KNOW, I'M INVOLVED IN THE INTERNET FOR ALL COALITION THAT THE COMMIT PARTNERSHIP HAS, AND THEY'RE VERY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE US WITH THESE FUNDS TO SUPPORT US IN OUR ENDEAVORS GOING FORWARD WITH THE PRIVATE CELLULAR NETWORK TOWERS THAT WE'RE BUILDING.
SO THIS MONEY IS GOING TO BE USED AND IS BEING USED TO OFFSET SOME OF THE FUNDS THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY USING FOR THOSE TOWERS.
THANK YOU, BOARD, ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH WE HAVE ONE QUESTION, MS. STANLEY.
SO I THOUGHT THAT WE WERE ALREADY USING GRANTS AND OTHER FUNDING FOR OUR PUBLIC TOWERS.
GREAT QUESTION FOR FUTURE ITEMS OR FUTURE TOWERS.
I SHOULD SAY WE ARE PLANNING ON USING ESSER FUNDS FOR THE FIRST TWO TOWERS WE COMMITTED GENERAL FUND DOLLARS BECAUSE IN ORDER TO USE ESSER FUNDS FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, WE HAVE TO SUBMIT THE REQUEST TO TEA FOR A PLAN FOR CONSTRUCTION AND GET IT PRE-APPROVED PRIOR TO THE PROCESS STARTS.
THE PLAN FOR THE CURRENT TWO EXTRA TOWER IS GOING UP AT JACKSON AND AT MPA START.
THOSE DISCUSSIONS STARTED IN JUNE PRIOR TO US EVEN HAVING THE MASTER PLAN APPROVED.
SO THIS WILL OFFSET THOSE THREE TOWERS.
AND WHAT WERE THEY COMING IN AT? BECAUSE.
THERE ARE ROUGHLY ABOUT FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND.
SO THIS WOULD BE ABOUT HALF OF ONE OF THE.
AND JUST PORT OF METRICS FOR ME.
DR. RINGO AS THOSE FUNDS ARE ALLOCATED, IF YOU COULD JUST GIVE US A SUMMARY JUST OF HOW THEY WERE ALLOCATED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE ALLOCATED AND USED FOR THE
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PURPOSE INTENDED.AND HAVE THE BOARD APPROVED THIS.
THE POLICY REQUIRES THAT THEY'RE USED FOR THAT INTENT AND WE WILL PROVIDE THAT UPDATE.
AGAIN, ASSUMING THAT IT WAS APPROVED.
I DON'T WANT TO JUMP THE GUN, BUT BOARD.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR MOTIONS? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, MR. PRESIDENT, TO APPROVE $170000 DONATION FROM COMMUNITY PARTNER.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, I BELIEVE, FROM MR. SELDERS.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION BOARD? IF NOT, PLEASE SHOW YOUR APPROVAL BY RAISING YOUR HAND.
OK, WE'RE GOOD ITEM B, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF LOCAL POLICIES UPDATE.
[IX.B. Consider Approval of Local Policies from Update 118 - Lisa Ray]
AND THIS IS UPDATE 118 MS. RAY.PRESIDENT MILLER, RESPECTED TRUSTEES, DR.
THIS IS A SECOND READ OF THESE LOCAL POLICIES.
THERE ARE 12 IN TOTAL FOR UPDATE 118.
THESE WERE RECOMMENDED CHANGES TO THE LOCAL POLICIES FOLLOWING THESE TOPICS ACTIVITY FUNDS, CYBERSECURITY RESIGNATIONS BY CONTRACT EMPLOYEES, SCHOOL COUNSELOR DUTIES, HUMAN SEXUALITY INSTRUCTION, ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION, RETENTION AND PROMOTION AND SCHOOL SAFETY TRANSFERS.
AND AGAIN, THESE ARE SECOND READ.
THERE WERE NO CHANGES FROM THE FIRST READ.
OK, BOARD, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE POLICIES? MR. BEACH.
I WAS JUST GOING TO MAKE A MOTION [INAUDIBLE].
OK, SO I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
SO ON THE ONE UNDER SCHOOL COUNSELORS.
SO IT'S HERE SAYING THAT THEY HAVE TO HAVE 80 PERCENT OF THE COUNSELORS TIME HAS TO BE COUNSELING WORK ON DUTIES.
AND THEN IT SAYS HERE THAT IF WE ARE UNABLE TO DO THAT DUE TO STAFFING ISSUES, WE HAVE TO REWRITE THE JOB DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTIONS.
DO WE CURRENTLY HAVE THAT ISSUE NOW WITH OUR STAFFING SHORTAGE? AND HAVE WE DONE ANY REWRITING OR DO WE ANTICIPATE THAT? MR. PRESIDENT? THIS WAS A CLARITY THAT MS. GRIFFIN KIND OF ALLUDED TO WHENEVER WE INITIALLY GOT THESE PROPOSED POLICIES, THE POLICIES AND SHE WAS ASKING HOW IT WAS VETTED.
AFTER THAT, I FOLLOWED THROUGH ON IT AND I TALKED TO OUR DIRECTOR.
SO WHAT WE DO NOW WITHIN OUR SYSTEM IS COUNSELORS HAVE TO GO IN AND LOG IN THEIR HOURS.
THERE ARE SOME DISCREPANCIES THAT COUNSELORS FEEL IS ADMINISTRATIVE WORK, NOT COUNSELING WORK, BUT IT FALLS UNDER THE COUNSELING GUIDELINES.
THEN AT THE SAME TIME, THERE ARE SOME DUTIES AS A SIGN THAT THEY HAVE TO DO TO HELP OUT WITH THE SAFETY OF OUR SCHOOL, SUCH AS MONITORING LUNCH DUTIES.
THE MONITORING OF LUNCH DUTIES OR HELPING OUT AFTER SCHOOL STILL DOESN'T ADD UP TO AN 80 PERCENT OF THE TIME.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO LOG IT IN.
FUNDAMENTALLY, THEY'LL SAY, WELL I SIT IN ARDS OR I HAVE TO SIT IN 504 MEETINGS.
THAT'S MORE ADMINISTRATIVE WORK THAT FALLS UNDER THE THE PARAMETERS OF THIS LAW OF OF COUNSELING DUTIES BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO BE THERE AT THOSE THINGS.
YOU CAN'T BE IGNORING, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE'RE FOLLOWING IT.
SO WE DO HAVE A MONITORING PROCESS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
IF THERE'S EVER ANYTHING IN VIOLATION, THEN WE ENCOURAGE SOMEBODY TO REACH OUT TO THE COUNSELING DEPARTMENT SO WE COULD SIT AND EVALUATE TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE ADMINISTRATOR AT THAT SCHOOL.
THERE MIGHT BE SOME HARDSHIPS OR THERE MIGHT BE JUST A MISINTERPRETATION OF WHAT'S ADMINISTRATIVE DUTY VERSUS A COUNSELING DUTY.
AND THEN UNDER SPECIAL PROGRAMS, COMPENSATORY ACCELERATED SERVICES, EACH STUDENT WHO HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS BEING AT RISK, DROPPING OUT OF SCHOOL, WHO IS NOT PERFORMING AT GRADE LEVEL, SO ON, SO FORTH.
WHO AND WHERE MANAGES THIS LIST? CURRENTLY NOW, I MEAN, DON'T WE ALREADY DO THIS CORRECT? ARE YOU UNDER EHBC LOCAL? YES.
I WOULD LOVE PAGE NUMBERS GOING FORWARD ON EVERYTHING WE DO.
I HAVE A BOOK MS. STANLEY, AND THE POLICIES IN MY BOOK STARTED AT 114.
YEAH, YOU MAY HAVE A DIFFERENT ONE.
WELL, I HAD TO DO YOUR CLIFFSNOTES.
I BELIEVE THE ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION I HAVE DR.
SPECIFICALLY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, WHEN WE'RE SPEAKING ABOUT THAT
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ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION, ALL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUSES HAVE AN RTI FACILITATOR THAT OVERSEES THE KEEPER OF THAT LIST AND THEN MONITORING THOSE SUPPORTS THAT THE STUDENTS ARE RECEIVING.AND BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY ABOVE THAT THAT KIND OF OVERSEES THE WHOLE THING? IT'S JUST THE CAMPUS BY CAMPUS.
SO THAT WOULD BE OUR NEW ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF MTSS MS. CHRISTY CREEL.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS PROBABLY GOING TO GET ROLLED INTO THAT.
PREVIOUSLY, IT WAS UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERVENTION.
BUT AS WE LOOK TO EXPAND INTO THE MTSS SHE'LL CONTINUE TO OVERSEE THAT PROGRAM.
OK, SO IT'S JUST ONE OTHER LEVEL OF A STOPGAP.
AND THEN THIS YOU GUYS PROBABLY KNOW THESE, BUT THESE ARE THINGS I WASN'T SURE OF.
OK, SO THEN THE OTHER THING THAT KIND OF JUMPED OUT AT ME IS THE ATTENDANCE, SOME OF THE CHANGES WITH THE ATTENDANCE POLICIES, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'VE TAKEN OUT ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF HAVING TO SHOW PROOF.
THAT WAS JUST MORE OF, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW STUDENTS THIS TIME OFF TO GO DO LOOK AT SCHOOLS, LOOK AT ARMED SERVICES, TAKE DRIVER'S LICENSE, GET THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE, GO VOTE, BE AN ELECTION CLERK, ALL THIS KIND OF STUFF.
BUT WE'VE TAKEN OUT EVERY SINGLE PIECE OF IT THAT SAYS THAT YOU HAVE TO PROVE YOU DID IT.
I THINK THAT THIS IS BASICALLY TASB AND THE LEGISLATURE'S ATTEMPT TO FOSTER A SENSE OF COMMUNITY WITH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
I CAN'T SPEAK TO WHAT THAT IS, BUT THAT'S WHAT IT APPEARS TO BE FROM THE VERBIAGE THAT IS ADDED IN THE LOCAL POLICY.
SO DO WE HAVE TO TAKE THAT THAT STAND? I MEAN, YOU KNOW, NOT.
I DON'T THINK EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THIS WORLD ALWAYS TELLS THE TRUTH, BUT MYSELF, I'VE BEEN AN ELECTION JUDGE AND THEY DON'T ALWAYS APPEAR.
I DON'T THINK IT'S IT'S WRONG.
I MEAN, AS AN EMPLOYEE, I HAVE TO SHOW PROOF.
SURE, THE REAL WORLD SAYS, YOU'VE GOT TO SHOW PROOF.
AND SO THIS THIS WAS SENT OUT.
THIS POLICY WAS SENT OUT TO OUR CABINET TEAM.
I DON'T THINK THAT THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE NECESSARILY WITH OUR ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM AS FAR AS ATTENDANCES.
AND I'M ASSUMING THEN THAT THERE HAVE BEEN STUDENTS WHO HAVE OFFERED THESE THIS PROOF OF IF THEY HAVE GONE TO GO GET THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE OR IF THEY DID VOTE.
I HAVEN'T HEARD OF THIS BEING A.
WELL, IT'S NOT SO MUCH THAT IT'S AN ISSUE, BUT YOU TAKE ANY YOU TAKE THE ABILITY TO HAVE.
IF YOU SUSPECT IT, YOU TAKE AWAY THE ABILITY TO EVEN ASK FOR IT.
SO JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, WE HAVE NOT PUT THIS INTO OUR GUIDELINES, WHICH WOULD BE OUR OUR HANDBOOK.
AND SO WE'LL BE CONSIDERING THIS IN NEXT YEAR'S HANDBOOK.
AND SO IN GARLAND ISD, WE DO TRUST, BUT WE ALSO VERIFY AND SO WE WILL ASK FOR THOSE PIECES AS NORMAL WHEN A STUDENT SERVES AS LIKE AN ELECTION CLERK AND SO FORTH.
WE'VE ALLOWED THEM TO BE EXCUSED, BUT THEY DO BRING BACK PROOF OF THAT.
WELL, THEN WHY WOULD WE WANT TO CHANGE THIS POLICY TO SAY NOT BRING BACK PROOF? WELL, I THINK THAT'S THAT IS WHAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM THE STATE.
HOW WE ENACT THAT IS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT AND WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT IN OUR HANDBOOK.
WE'RE ABLE TO PUT THOSE THINGS IN OUR HANDBOOK AND AND THAT'S HOW WE'VE PROCEEDED IN.
SO WE COULD APPROVE THIS CHANGE AND THEN YET MAKE OUR HANDBOOK DIFFERENT? SO ONE OF THE POLICIES ASKED.
IS THAT THEY YOU DO HAVE ADMINISTRATIVE GUIDELINES, AND SO PART OF GARLAND'S ADMINISTRATIVE GUIDELINES WOULD BE THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT AND THE HANDBOOK.
OK, I'LL MOVE ON, I WON'T BEAT A DEAD HORSE TO DEATH.
WELL, I JUST WANT TO ADD ON ONE OTHER LAYER.
AND SO FIVE YEARS AGO, WE CAME BEFORE THIS BOARD WITH OUR DISTRICT OF INNOVATION PLAN.
WE ARE SET TO COME BEFORE THIS BOARD AGAIN THIS SPRING TO RENEW THAT PLAN.
ONE OF THE OPTIONS THAT'S AVAILABLE UNDER THE DOI IS THE ABILITY TO WAIVE THE 90 PERCENT RULE.
RIGHT NOW, STUDENTS MUST BE IN ATTENDANCE 90 PERCENT OF THE TIME IN ORDER TO EARN CREDIT FOR HAVING PARTICIPATED IN THAT CLASS.
THERE ARE DISTRICTS AROUND THE STATE THAT HAVE USED SOME OF THE FLEXIBILITY OF THE DISTRICT OF INNOVATION STATUS TO REDUCE THAT 90 PERCENT RULE.
THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE ARE SEEKING, BUT THIS SORT OF REVISION TO LEGAL POLICY WOULD MAKE THAT POSSIBLE AND MAKE GIVE SOME DISTRICTS SOME LEEWAY IN HOW TO APPLY A LESS THAN 90 PERCENT RULE.
SO REGARDLESS OF THE TIME OUTSIDE OF CLASSROOMS, OUR STUDENTS ARE STILL REQUIRED TO BE IN ATTENDANCE 90 PERCENT OF THE TIME IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THAT CREDIT.
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OK, AND THEN I THINK.THANK YOU, MS. STANLEY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, BOARD.
AGAIN, THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM.
MR. BEACH MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE LOCAL POLICY UPDATE 118, IT'S PRINTED IN OUR BOOKLET.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ANY MORE DISCUSSION BOARD? IF NOT, PLEASE INDICATE YOUR APPROVAL BY RAISING YOUR HAND.
LET'S GO ON TO ITEM C, ITEM 9C CONSIDER APPROVAL ACADEMIC CALENDAR
[IX.C. Consider Approval of Academic Calendar Recommendations: 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 - Dr. Kimberly Caddell, Dr. Babetta Hemphill, Dr. Ramona Aguilar, Michael Bland]
RECOMMENDATIONS 2022 23 AND FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 2023 2024.PRESIDENT MILLER, TRUSTEES, DR.
GOOD EVENING ONCE AGAIN AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS.
LAST WEEK, DURING THE DISTRICT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, WE PRESENTED CALENDAR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE 2022, 23 AND 2023 2024 SCHOOL YEARS.
THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE GENERATED BY A 58 MEMBER COMMITTEE THAT INCLUDED PARENT, STUDENT, COMMUNITY AND STAFF REPRESENTATION.
BASED ON DISTRICT GUARDRAILS, INPUT FROM THEIR VARIOUS STAKEHOLDER GROUPS AND REVIEW OF THE DISTRICT DATA.
THE CALENDAR COMMITTEE PROVIDED A COMMUNITY SURVEY TO SOLICIT PREFERENCE ON TWO CALENDAR OPTIONS GENERATED FOR EACH ACADEMIC YEAR.
OUR DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENT COUNCIL, OR DEIC, REVIEWED THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS AND COMMUNITY INPUT TO INFORM THE CALENDARS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO TRUSTEES LAST WEEK.
AND WHILE THE CALENDARS PRESENTED LAST WEEK WERE OVERWHELMINGLY PREFERRED BY THOSE THAT PROVIDED INPUT, NARRATIVE FEEDBACK CONTINUED TO BE RECEIVED THROUGHOUT THE WEEK, NOTING CONCERNS WITH THE LAST DAY OF THE FALL SEMESTER OCCURRING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK AND REDUCING THE TRADITIONAL WINTER VACATION WEEKENDS FROM THREE WEEKENDS TO TWO WEEKENDS.
THEREFORE, LEADERSHIP HAS MADE A SLIGHT REVISION TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS PROVIDED LAST WEEK AND ARE RECOMMENDING BOARD APPROVAL OF THE CALENDARS PRESENTING THIS EVENING.
WHILE THESE ADJUSTMENTS WILL RESULT IN TEACHER AND STUDENT DAYS AFTER THE MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCE, THE CALENDARS BOTH ENSURE THAT TEACHERS AND STUDENTS DO NOT BEGIN SCHOOL PRIOR TO AUGUST AND THAT THE SCHOOL YEAR IS CONCLUDED BY THE END OF MAY.
FULL PAGE VERSIONS OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM TONIGHT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED.
THANK YOU, DR. ADAMS. SO THE REVISED 22 23 CALENDAR INCLUDES ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIVE INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS FOR STUDENTS, RESULTING IN OVER SEVENTY SIX THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTES, MEETING THE MINIMUM INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTE REQUIREMENTS.
PLUS THOSE EIGHT HUNDRED AND EIGHTY MINUTES TO COVER TWO BAD WEATHER DAYS.
CALENDAR REVISIONS FROM WHAT WAS PRESENTED LAST WEEK ARE NOTED ON SCREEN AND HIGHLIGHTED IN RED AND BOLD.
BENEFITS OF THIS CALENDAR IS THAT IT DOES INCLUDE THREE WEEKENDS DURING THE WINTER BREAK, BEGINNING OF THE BREAK AT DECEMBER 17TH AND 18TH.
MIDDLE OF THE BREAK, DECEMBER TWENTY FOURTH AND TWENTY FIFTH AND END OF THE BREAK DECEMBER THIRTY FIRST AND JANUARY 1ST.
AGAIN, AS NOTED LAST WEEK, THIS PROVIDES MORE TIME FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
FIVE ADDITIONAL DAYS COMPARED TO OUR CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR CALENDAR FOR A TOTAL OF 12 DAYS.
IT DOES REDUCE THE EARLY RELEASE DAYS WHICH ADVERSELY IMPACTED MANY OF OUR FAMILIES TO SECURE CHILDCARE, AND IT RESPONDED TO COMMUNITY AND STAFF DESIRE FOR A MORE TRADITIONAL CALENDAR.
SO HOW IS THIS RECOMMENDATION DIFFERENT FROM WHAT YOU SAW LAST WEEK? IT MOVED THE DECEMBER 19TH INSTRUCTIONAL DAY TO APRIL 10TH, AND IT TRANSITIONED THAT MONDAY, APRIL 10TH TO A PD DAY, WHICH MIRRORS THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WAS PROVIDED FOR 23 24 AND LOWERED THE INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS TO ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIVE.
IT THEN MOVED DECEMBER 20TH TO MAY TWENTY SIXTH SO THAT THE SPRING EARLY RELEASE THEN SUBSEQUENTLY MOVES TO MAY TWENTY SIXTH.
THEN THE END OF YEAR TEACHER PD IS MOVED TO MAY 30TH.
THE REVISED 23 24 CALENDAR ALSO INCLUDES THE ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIVE INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS, THIS IS NOT A CHANGE FROM THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM LAST WEEK.
AGAIN, WE SEE THAT THIS REVISED CALENDAR INCLUDES THREE WEEKENDS DURING THE
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WINTER BREAK AND CONFINES THE ACADEMIC YEAR BETWEEN AUGUST AND MAY.THE INSTRUCTIONAL DAY COUNT FOR STUDENTS IS THE SAME AS THE RECOMMENDED 22 23 CALENDAR THIS EVENING, PROVIDING FOR 12 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OR INSTRUCTIONAL PLANNING OR TEACHER WORK DAYS.
AS INDICATED LAST WEEK, ALLOCATION OF STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAYS WILL BE IDENTIFIED FOLLOWING THE BOARD CALENDAR ADOPTION AND PRESENTED TO TRUSTEES LATER THIS SPRING.
THROUGHOUT THE CALENDAR DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, THOUGH, WE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR INPUT FROM OUR TEACHERS THAT THEY DID NOT WANT 12 DAYS SITTING IN FRONT OF A TALKING HEAD.
THEREFORE, WE WILL BE BRINGING A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN TO YOU LATER THIS SPRING THAT ALLOCATES DAYS FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS INSTRUCTIONAL PLANNING, INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICE AND TEACHER WORK DAYS IN THEIR CLASSROOMS TO DO SOME OF THE RECORD AND HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS. AGAIN, HOW IS THIS CALENDAR RECOMMENDATION FOR DIFFERENT FROM WHAT YOU SAW LAST WEEK? WELL, IT MOVES THE THREE DAYS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED AT THE END OF THE FALL SEMESTER FOR MONDAY, TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY TO THE END OF THE SPRING SEMESTER.
MAY TWENTY EIGHTH, TWENTY NINTH AND THIRTIETH, SHIFTING THE EARLY RELEASE DATE TO MAY 30TH AND THE TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY YET TO BE DETERMINED AS MAY THIRTY FIRST.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL OF THE HARD WORK THAT WENT INTO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE CALENDAR RECOMMENDATIONS.
FOR ME, THIS CALENDAR RECOMMENDATION PROCESS REINFORCED THAT OUR ENTIRE GISD COMMUNITY HAS THE SAME GOAL, PROVIDING AN EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATION TO ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.
AND WHILE WE MAY HAVE DIFFERENT IDEAS ON HOW TO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL, WE ARE ALL COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT WE MAKE THE MOST OF EVERY PRECIOUS MOMENT THAT WE SPEND WITH OUR STUDENTS.
THE CALENDARS PRESENTED THIS EVENING WILL ASSIST WITH PROVIDING TEACHERS WITH THE TIME THEY NEED.
TO PLAN AND TO GROW FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR STUDENTS, AND SO FOR THIS REASON, LEADERSHIP RECOMMENDS TRUSTEES APPROVE THE CALENDARS AS PRESENTED THIS EVENING.
WE HAVE WE'VE HAD A PRESENTATION ON THE CALENDAR A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN WE WENT OVER IN COMMITTEE, SO I'M OPEN IN UP FOR QUESTIONS.
I BELIEVE MR. GLICK HAS A QUESTION.
SO AS WE ALL KNOW, I SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT THE CALENDAR AND THE ORIGINAL GUARDRAILS THAT INCLUDED ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS.
AND IN A WEEK WE'VE LOST ANOTHER DAY.
ONE SEVENTY SIX TO ONE SEVENTY FIVE.
AND DR. CADDELL KEEPS REMINDING US THAT WE HAVE THE NUMBER OF MINUTES THAT WE NEED TO MEET STATE REQUIREMENTS.
IT JUST SADDENS ME, IN ALL HONESTY, THAT IN THESE TIMES WITH.
TEST SCORES, MAP SCORES AND, OF COURSE, SHOWING TERRIBLE RESULTS, I MEAN, HORRIBLE RESULTS IN MATH AND NOT MUCH BETTER IN READING THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CUT OFF FIVE DAYS ON BOTH YEARS WHEN IT COMES TO THE VOTE, SIR, I WILL VOTE AGAINST IT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MR. JOHNSON? YES.
DR. CADDELL, YOU HAD INDICATED THAT THAT THE CALENDARS, THE REVISED ONES THAT WERE BEING PRESENTED WOULD TAKE THE SCHOOL YEAR BEYOND MEMORIAL DAY.
THAT'S REALLY ONLY TRUE ON 23 24 ISN'T IT? 22 23 WOULD END AT LEAST FOR STUDENTS PRIOR TO MEMORIAL DAY, FROM AT LEAST FROM WHAT I'M SEEING.
IT DOES TAKE THE TEACHER PD DAY NEXT SCHOOL YEAR TO THE MONDAY OR THE TUESDAY FOLLOWING MEMORIAL DAY.
IT'S THAT 23 24 WHEN WE HAD ORIGINALLY PLANNED TO BE OUT ON THAT FRIDAY WHEN WE MOVED THOSE THREE ADDITIONAL TIMES.
YOU EITHER ADD THEM TO THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR IN JULY OR TO THE END OR IN ONE OF THE BREAKS IDENTIFIED.
SO BUT JUST TO CONFIRM FOR THE PUBLIC NEXT CALENDAR YEAR IF WE APPROVE THIS CALENDAR, THE STUDENTS WOULD HAVE AN EARLY RELEASE DAY ON THE FRIDAY PRIOR TO MEMORIAL DAY, AND THAT WOULD BE THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
AND WE HAVE MANAGED BECAUSE WHETHER WE WERE GOING TO DO THIS OR NOT, I WAS GOING TO MAKE I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST A REVISION TONIGHT TO CLOSE THAT GAP AND NOT END FOR FOR CHRISTMAS ON WEDNESDAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
I DIDN'T REALLY CARE FOR THAT EITHER.
SO I APPRECIATE THESE REVISIONS.
SO THEY KIND OF PREEMPT PREEMPTED MY MY THOUGHTS.
SO I WANT TO THANK THE CALENDAR COMMITTEE.
I WANT TO THANK WHAT YOU GUYS DID.
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SELDERS.THANK YOU, DR. CADDELL, FOR THE PRESENTATION, AND I APPRECIATE THE MODIFICATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE.
I WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT A LOT OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE IN TERMS OF RESPONSES THAT PEOPLE HAD SUBMITTED, AND I KNOW THAT THE PD PLAN IS GOING TO BE SOMEWHAT FLUID AND IT'S GOING TO COME BACK BEFORE US.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I ALSO HEARD AND JUST KIND OF CONFIRMING THROUGH CONVERSATIONS THAT HAVING SPECIFIC AND ALLOCATED TEACHER WORK DAYS WOULD BE SUPER HELPFUL TO RELIEVE SOME ANXIETY THAT MAYBE TEACHERS HAVE ABOUT HAVING TIME TO PLAN.
AND SO IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO MAYBE SAY, I KNOW IT'S SHOWING ALL GREEN HERE AS STUDENT HOLIDAY STAFF DEVELOPMENT, BUT THAT COULD, YOU KNOW, BE ANYTHING? CAN WE SPECIFY JUST TO ALLEVIATE SOME ANXIETY THAT SOME PEOPLE HAVE MAYBE STATEMENTS OR ALLOCATING DAYS ON THE FRONT END OF THE CALENDAR BEFORE STUDENTS COME AND THEN AT THE END BEFORE TEACHERS LEAVE AS TEACHER WORK DAYS AND MAYBE ONE OR TWO OR A COUPLE OF DAYS IN BETWEEN.
I CAN TELL YOU FROM A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, WHEN WE OPERATED A CALENDAR VERY SIMILAR TO THIS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE LAST TWO YEARS, I HAVE OPERATED IN SCHOOL SYSTEMS WHERE WE HAVE 10 TO 12 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAYS THAT ARE DESIGNATED.
AND TRADITIONALLY WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS THAT LAST INSTRUCTIONAL DAY, THE LAST TEACHER CONTRACT DAY NOTICE AS A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN THIS IMAGE THAT WE SEE HERE ON THE SCREEN WOULD BE MAY 30TH THAT THAT IS TYPICALLY DESIGNATED AS A WORK DAY SO THAT TEACHERS HAVE TIME TO DO ALL OF THEIR END OF YEAR GRADING ALL OF THE HOUSEKEEPING TO CLOSE OUT THEIR CLASSROOMS PRIOR TO THE SUMMER.
UNFORTUNATELY, THIS PAST YEAR, AND I KNOW THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF OUR FEEDBACK FROM WE WERE LIMITED TO ONLY SEVEN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAYS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE YEAR.
SAME THING THIS ACADEMIC YEAR.
WE TYPICALLY HAVE FIVE OF THOSE DAYS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, WHICH LEAVES US TWO.
AND SO WITH SUCH A SMALL NUMBER OF DAYS, WE DID HAVE TO USE THIS PAST JUNE, LAST DAY OF TEACHER CONTRACT TO FRONTLOAD SOME OF THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
AND WE HAVE RECEIVED VERY STRONG FEEDBACK ON THAT AND DO NOT WISH TO REPEAT THAT GOING FORWARD.
SO I MEAN, I GUESS THEN IF THAT'S THE CASE, CAN WE BE A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPLICIT AND JUST CALL IT WHAT IT WHAT WE WANT IT TO BE? JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT NOT SAYING THAT IT CAN'T HAPPEN AGAIN, BUT IT'S POSSIBLE, RIGHT? AND THINGS CAN BE ADJUSTED RIGHT.
SO I THINK JUST KIND OF COMMUNICATING THAT MIGHT ALLEVIATE SOME ANXIETY THAT SOME PEOPLE HAVE.
SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO FIRST BEFORE WE DO THAT IS FIND THE DATE OF CONVOCATION, RIGHT? SO I JUST WANT YOU TO THINK OF THIS.
ONCE WE SECURE THAT, THEN WE GOT TO SEE WHAT AVAILABLE DATES OUR OUTSIDE PRESENTERS ARE COME IN BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE DISTRICT LEVEL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
AND IF THEY'RE NOT AVAILABLE ON THOSE DATES, THEN IT'S FLUID.
ONCE WE SECURE ALL THAT, THEN WE SECURE WHEN THE TEACHER WORKDAYS WILL BE, AND THEN THAT'S HOW THAT HAPPENS.
SO NOW THAT WE GET THIS CALENDAR APPROVED, WE'LL BE ABLE TO START SECURING ALL OF THAT FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
THAT'S WHY WE LOVE WITH TWO YEAR CYCLE.
AND SO WE COULD ABSOLUTELY LET PEOPLE KNOW WHEN THE TEACHER WORKDAY IS.
LIKE RIGHT NOW, WE COULD SAY WE JUST KNOW THE LAST DAY WILL BE A TEACHER WORKDAY.
BUT AS WE'RE FRONTLOADING ALL THE OTHER STUFF, THERE WILL BE COLLABORATIVE TIMES WHERE MIGHT NOT FEEL LIKE A WORK DAY, BUT IT'S NOT A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
THEY'RE WORKING COLLABORATIVELY FOR WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CLASSROOMS AS TEAMS. SO THERE'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS OF THAT.
SO EXPECT TO SEE THAT TYPE OF TRANSPARENCY AS AFTER WE FINALIZE THIS.
SO I GUESS JUST BASED ON WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, THIS CALENDAR IN ITS CURRENT FORM IS GOING TO COME BACK TO US SHOWING EXPLICITLY THE PD ONCE WE HAVE THE PD SCHEDULE.
NOT FOR YOUR APPROVAL, JUST SO RIGHT? AND SO IT WON'T.
IT'LL HAVE IT SPELLED OUT SPECIFICALLY, WHAT DAYS ARE TEACHER WORK DAYS OR DAYS OR PD DAYS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
AND IT WON'T BE JUST FOR THE TRUSTEES.
IT WILL BE A PART OF OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN AS WELL.
AND WE'LL GET PUBLISHED ON THE WEBSITE.
MS. CADDELL ALSO, LET'S LOOK AT CALENDAR 22 23.
DECEMBER THERE THE 14TH, 15TH AND 16TH.
EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT HIGHLIGHTED, NORMALLY THAT'S END OF YEAR OR END OF COURSE, TESTING.
IS THAT NOT STILL GOING TO BE HAPPENING AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME? SO OUR CALENDAR COMMITTEE HAD A LONG DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT I CALL THOSE LEGACY DATES, RIGHT? TYPICALLY, AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL, THE LAST TWO DAYS OF EACH SEMESTER WERE EARLY RELEASE DAYS.
AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, IT WAS THE LAST DAY AND WE RAN AN EXAM SCHEDULE.
WHAT ENDED UP HAPPENING IS WE OFFERED EXAM EXEMPTIONS FOR ATTENDANCE, HAVING A CERTAIN GRADE, A WHOLE HOST OF REASONS AND AS SUCH, WE STILL NEEDED TO SECURE THE
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STUDENT PERFORMANCE DATA.SO THEN WE WOULD END UP ADMINISTERING THOSE EXAMS A WEEK OR A WEEK AND A HALF BEFORE THE END OF THE CYCLE.
AND SO WE WEREN'T FULLY UTILIZING ALL OF THE TIME AVAILABLE.
AND SO OUR COMMITTEE REALLY FELT LIKE THOSE THAT WERE ON THE ORIGINAL DESIGN.
AND I EVEN VERIFIED WITH THEM BECAUSE THIS IS A BIG SHIFT IN EARLY RELEASE DAYS THAT THOSE DAYS WERE REALLY NOT USED FOR THE INTENDED PURPOSE OF EXAMS AND THAT WE COULD BETTER SPEND THAT TIME IN A FULL INSTRUCTIONAL DAY WITH JUST THAT EARLY RELEASE AT THE END OF THE SEMESTER TO FINISH THOSE GRADING REQUIREMENTS.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, THE TEACHERS CAN TEST ANY TIME PRIOR TO THAT THOSE TWO DAYS IF THEY WANTED TO TO GO AHEAD AND FINISH OUT THEIR GRADES BY THE 16TH TO CLOSE OUT THE FIRST SEMESTER AND THE SAME WAY FOR MAY OF 23 24 AND 25 AND 26.
IN OTHER WORDS, IF THEY WANTED TO TEST ON THE 18TH TO GET THEIR FINAL GRADE FOR THE KIDS THERE, BUT THEY WOULD STILL GO AHEAD AND DO THE INSTRUCTION AT THAT PARTICULAR POINT.
YES, OUR ASSESSMENTS ALL HAVE WINDOWS THAT ARE NOT LIMITED TO JUST TWO DAYS.
SO SO THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE, THOUGH THE EXEMPTIONS FOR STUDENTS TO BE DISMISSED IF THEY'RE PASSING OR ARE THAT STILL GOING TO BE AVAILABLE? SO THOSE ARE STILL CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE BEING HAD BECAUSE ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, EVEN BEFORE COVID, BUT DEFINITELY WITH THE IMPACT OF COVID, THE EXEMPTIONS HAVE PROVEN TO BE A HIGH MOTIVATOR FOR STUDENTS TO TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS DURING THE GRADING CYCLES.
SO BABYSITTERS AND HOME FOR ELEMENTARY.
SO OK, I JUST MAKE SURE THANK YOU.
CAN YOU STATE IN THREE BULLET POINTS WHY THE CHANGE FROM COMMITTEE TO NOW? YOU SAID IT EARLIER, BUT YOU SAID A LOT OF STUFF.
SO CAN I GET THREE REASONS WHY WE MADE THE CHANGE FROM LAST COMMITTEE MEETING TO TODAY? SO I GIVE YOU TWO WORDS A WINTER BREAK.
SO A TRADITIONAL SCHOOL CALENDAR WILL HAVE A FULL TWO WEEK WINTER BREAK HISTORICALLY.
AND WHAT THAT DOES WITH HAVING THE FULL TWO WEEKS THAT TYPICALLY RUN A MONDAY THROUGH A FRIDAY IS THAT YOU HAVE THE WEEKEND THAT YOU END SCHOOL GOING INTO THE FIRST WEEK OFF, YOU HAVE THE WEEKEND IN BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND, AND THEN YOU HAVE THAT THIRD WEEKEND AT THE END, THE WAY THAT OUR CALENDARS WERE RECOMMENDED LAST WEEK.
ONE YEAR WE WERE ENDING ON A TUESDAY AND THE NEXT YEAR WE WERE ENDING ON A WEDNESDAY, WHICH MEANT THAT THEY LACKED THAT THIRD WEEK OR WEEKEND WINDOW.
SO YOU RECEIVED INPUT AFTER COMMITTEE MEETING OR? YES.
TRYING TO REMEMBER, DID THAT COME FROM US OR WAS THAT OK? SO THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET TO.
YES, IT WAS ABSOLUTELY OUR COMMUNITY FEEDBACK.
SO WHAT WE PRESENTED TO YOU WAS THE CALENDAR RECOMMENDATIONS AS PROPOSED BY THE CALENDAR COMMITTEE, AS PRESENTED TO OUR COMMUNITY ON THE SURVEYS AND AS REVIEWED BY DEIC.
IF YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT ALL OF THE SURVEY COMMENTS, THERE WERE NUMEROUS COMMENTS THAT INDICATED THAT WHILE THEY LIKED THE INSTRUCTIONAL CALENDARS THEY WERE, NO ONE WAS REALLY HAPPY ABOUT ENDING KIND OF A MIDWEEK ON THAT FALL SEMESTER.
AND SO THAT'S WHY WE BROUGHT FORWARD THESE RECOMMENDATIONS.
BUT GOING TO GOING INTO COMMITTEE.
YOU ALL HAD NOT RECEIVED THAT LEVEL OF INPUT.
I THINK THE COMMITTEE HAD, BUT THEY WERE ALL TRYING TO WORK UNDER A GOAL OF GETTING US OUT BY MEMORIAL DAY.
OK, BOARD, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, THANK YOU FOR THAT INPUT.
MR. PRESIDENT? YES, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE ACADEMIC CALENDAR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 2022 2023 AND 2023 2024 IS PRESENTED THIS EVENING.
I WANT TO ASK ONE QUICK CLARIFYING QUESTION THE CALENDAR I HAVE IN MY HAND THAT WAS PASSED OUT IS AT THE SAME ONE THAT'S IN THE BOOK? NO.
AS PRESENTED THIS EVENING IN EVIDENCE BY THE HANDOUT.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BOARD? IF NOT, PLEASE INDICATE YOUR APPROVAL BY RAISING YOUR HAND.
ANY OPPOSED? WE HAVE AN ABSTAIN, AND WE HAVE ONE AGAINST.
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CONSIDER APPROVAL RECOMMENDATION OF 2023 NEW COURSE OFFERINGS.[IX.D. Consider Approval of Recommended 2022-20223 New Course Offerings - Dr. Kimberly Caddell, Tiffany Gilmore]
DR. CADDELL? THERE ARE NO CHANGES FROM WHAT WAS PRESENTED LAST WEEK TO THE DISTRICT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE.BOARD, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT, AS YOU HEARD, WE DISCUSSED IT IN PREVIOUSLY IN COMMITTEE, THERE HAVE BEEN NO CHANGES.
I ATTEMPTED TO PULL DOWN THE TEKS ON THE STUFF THAT WE DON'T HAVE.
AND I WASN'T SUPER IMPRESSED AND I'M NEW TO THIS, SO BEAR WITH ME.
BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE HEALTH ONE AND THE HEALTH TWO, IT JUST SEEMED TO BE A REAL COMMON THEME THAT I PERSONALLY WASN'T REAL COMFORTABLE WITH.
AND THAT WAS THAT FOR SOME REASON, WE ARE REWRITING EVERYTHING TO NOT SEND OUR CHILDREN TO OUR TRUSTED PARENTS, BUT OUR TRUSTED PARENTS AND ANOTHER ADULT, AND IN MANY CASES, OUR TRUSTED PARENT, ANOTHER ADULT AND TWO OTHER TRUSTED ADULTS.
BUT NOWHERE IN ANY OF THE TEKS ARE THEY MAKING ME FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT THE PARENTS ARE GOING TO KNOW WHO THESE TRUSTED ADULTS ARE THAT WE'RE SENDING OUR KIDS TO, UNBEKNOWNST TO OUR PARENTS.
SO THAT WAS A LITTLE CONCERNING TO ME.
AND THEN AND IT WAS JUST VERY IT SEEMED LIKE A VERY HIGHLY BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING REALLY.
IT'S THE THE TEKS REALLY HAVEN'T BEEN WRITTEN BECAUSE IT'S STILL SAYING THAT IT'S STILL COMING DOWN FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION, STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
SORRY, STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
AND THEN THERE'S A LOT IN HERE THAT IS JUST TO ME DEALING SO MUCH MORE WITH HAVING TO NAVIGATE SOCIETY MORE SO THAN JUST THEIR OWN, YOU KNOW, HEALTH ISSUES LIKE WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THEM BECOME PROFICIENT IN MULTIPLE HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS AND LOCAL CLINICS.
AND I MEAN, JUST IT WAS JUST THIS IS WHAT UPSETS PARENTS.
SO I WAS JUST VERY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH SUCH A VAGUE THING THAT WE SAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO AGREE TO THIS CURRICULUM.
SO JUST ON THE RECORD, I CAN'T VOTE FOR FOR SOMETHING THIS VAGUE, THAT CLEARLY LOOKS LIKE IT'S TAKING THE PARENT FARTHER AND FARTHER AWAY FROM KNOWING WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THEIR KIDS.
SO I APOLOGIZE IF I'M READING IT WRONG.
SO TELL ME SO AND I WILL LISTEN.
SO [INAUDIBLE] COULD GIVE US WHAT YOU'RE READING.
IT WON'T BE RIGHT NOW, BUT WE COULD LOOK INTO IT.
OK, AND WHAT HAPPENS NORMALLY IS THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION IS WHAT CREATES WHATEVER WE TEACH.
WE WE FOLLOW WHAT IS CALLED THE TEXT.
SO THEN ONCE THEY FOLLOW THEM, IT'S ALMOST ON EVERY GUIDELINE.
THERE ARE SOME THINGS OF CONTROVERSY THAT HAVE BEEN WRITTEN TRADITIONALLY FROM THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
IT COULD DEAL WITH SCIENCE, IT COULD DEAL WITH SOCIAL STUDIES, IT COULD DEAL WITH HEALTH, RIGHT? BUT WE'RE OBLIGATED BY THE STATE TO FOLLOW WHATEVER MANDATES THEY HAVE.
IF THEY REWRITE THE HEALTH CURRICULUM, IT WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO CHANGE IT.
IT'S NOT LIKE WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT.
OK, AND HEALTH IS NOT A TESTED CURRICULUM, AND LET'S JUST BE HONEST ABOUT THAT.
BUT IT'S NOT ONLY WHAT THEY SAY SHOULD BE TEACHED, IT'S HOW WE TEACH IT.
SO THAT'S WHERE SOME CONFUSION VARIABLES HAPPEN ACROSS THE STATE.
IT MIGHT SAY SOMETHING, BUT SOMEBODY MIGHT INTERPRET IT A DIFFERENT WAY, AND THEN THEY PUT THEIR OWN SPIN ON IT.
AND THEN THAT'S WHERE THESE VARIABLES COME FROM.
SO WE WOULD LOVE TO READ WHAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR HAND AND THEN WE CAN WE CAN GET WITH YOU TO SEE IF IT IS ON HAND, RIGHT? BUT FOR ACCOUNTABILITY REASONS, WE HAVE TO ALIGN OUR CODES WITH WHAT THE STATE MANDATE SAYS.
AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS REALLY ABOUT.
[INAUDIBLE] YOU'RE ON TOP OF THAT.
SO EACH YEAR WE REPORT TO THE STATE, OF COURSE, COMPLETION RECORDS.
AND SO WHENEVER WE SEND DATA TO THE STATE AND WE INDICATE THAT A STUDENT HAS PARTICIPATED IN A COURSE WITH A SPECIFIC PIEMS CORE SERVICE ID ON THOSE HEALTH ONE, DO YOU SEE TBD BECAUSE THEY'RE STILL TRYING TO DEFINE WHAT THAT NUMBER IS.
THEN WHEN WE SUBMIT THAT DATA, WHAT WE'VE TOLD THE STATE IS THIS STUDENT HAS
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HAD INSTRUCTION IN ALL OF THE TEKS CORRESPONDING WITH THIS PIEMS COURSE SERVICE ID.THE OTHER THING IS ANNUALLY, DR.
LOPEZ AND DR. HILL IN THE PAST HAVE COME BEFORE THE BOARD TO CERTIFY.
THAT ALL OF OUR COURSES IN WHICH WE ARE AWARDING STATE CREDIT ARE ALIGNED TO THE TEKS AND WE'RE COMPLETING THE ENTIRE REQUIREMENTS OF THE TEXAS ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS.
AND JUST SO, YOU KNOW, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT WE WE HAVE TO DO IT.
WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT SOONER.
BOARD, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I'LL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE 22O 23 NEW COURSE OFFERINGS AS PRINTED IN OUR BOOK.
OK WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THIS BOARD ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT, PLEASE INDICATE YOUR APPROVAL BY RAISING YOUR HAND? ANY OPPOSED.
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF STUDENT SERVICES CLINIC AND GARLAND HEALTH DEPARTMENT MOU.
[Items IX.E, IX.F, & IX.I - IX.L]
MR. PRESIDENT.DR. BABETTA HEMPHILL ON THIS HAS, I'M ASSUMING, NO CHANGES FROM COMMITTEE, NO CHANGES FROM COMMITTEE AT ALL.
YES, I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST NO STRIKE THAT I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE NINE E F G H I J K L AS PRESENTED IN COMMITTEE AND AS PRINTED IN OUR BOARD BOOK.
I AM JUST GOING TO READ THE TOPICS THAT YOU INCLUDED AND THEN WE WILL ASK FOR A SECOND.
SO MS. GRIFFIN'S MOTION WOULD INCLUDE ITEM E THE APPROVAL OF THE STUDENT SERVICES CLINIC IN GARLAND HEALTH DEPARTMENT MOU.
THAT WOULD INCLUDE ITEM F CONSIDER APPROVAL OF BUDGET TRANSFERS AND AMENDMENTS TO THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH WAS COVERED IN COMMITTEE.
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A TEN THOUSAND DOLLAR DONATION FROM COMMUNITY PARTNER.
I WOULD LIKE TO STRIKE THAT, LINDA AND TREAT THAT SEPARATELY IF THAT'S OK.
AND THEN IT WOULD INCLUDE SO IT WOULD NOT INCLUDE G, BUT IT WOULD INCLUDE H.
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A FIVE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY FIVE COMMUNITY DONATION FROM A COMMUNITY PARTNER.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO STRIKE THAT AND DO THAT SEPARATELY FOR RECOGNITION PURPOSES.
SO I WOULD NOT INCLUDE G AND E, G AND H, BUT WE CAN INCLUDE E F I.
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF DISPOSABLE PADS, WHICH WAS DISCUSSED IN COMMITTEE.
RECOMMENDATION FOR SALARY SCHEDULE AND STIPEND, WHICH WAS ITEM J, WHICH WAS AGAIN COVERED IN COMMITTEE AND THEN NEW NEW BIDS.
K BOTH SECTIONS LINDA ONE AND TWO? SO K ONE WOULD BE A CONTRACT CONSIDERED PURCHASE OF BOOK FAIRS, WHICH WE COVERED AND THEN TWO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF RECOMMENDATION OF CONTRACTOR FOR THE HARRIS HILL PROJECT, WHICH WAS PRESENTED AND THEN ALSO ITEM L, WHICH INCLUDES SECTIONS ONE, TWO AND THREE.
NUMBER ONE WAS A CONTRACT TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF INCREASE IN AWARDED AMOUNT FOR FOR MAINTENANCE, GENERAL TRADES AND MERCHANDISE SERVICES.
MR. GONZALES PRESENTED THAT COMMITTEE.
ITEM L TWO WOULD BE CONTRACT TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN INCREASE IN AWARDED AMOUNT FOR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, AUTO COLLISION REPAIR TECHNOLOGY, MERCHANDISE AND SERVICES.
IT'S NOT [INAUDIBLE], I DON'T THINK, BUT THAT WAS PRESENTED AND THEN ITEM THREE.
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF INCREASE IN THE AWARDED AMOUNT FOR SIGN MAKING EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES.
MR. PRESIDENT, YES, MA'AM, I WOULD, MOTION AND I WOULD REMOVE NINE G.
AND NINE H FROM THE PREVIOUS THE MOTION, SO THE MOTION WOULD READ APPROVAL OF NINE B, C, D, E F, I J K ONE AND
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TWO, AND L ONE, TWO AND THREE.OK, LET ME CLARIFY YOU SAID B C.
I THINK WE'VE ALREADY COVERED B AND C, SO YOU'RE HERE WOULD CONSIDER.
AND D WE'VE ALSO WE'VE GONE BACK AND FORTH.
OK, SO LET'S GO WITH E F I J K L.
IF THAT'S WHAT YOU INTENDED, WE.
YES I'M GONNA AMEND THIS MOTION ONE MORE TIME.
RIGHT? OUR STARTING POINT IS NINE E.
SO WE WOULD APPROVE NINE E I J K.
E F I J K ONE AND TWO AND L ONE, TWO AND THREE.
OK, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE.
AND WE HAVE A SECOND, A QUICK ONE, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO EXPLAIN IT AGAIN.
BOARD ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR AMENDMENTS.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE INDICATE BY RAISING YOUR HAND.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE ITEM G.
IF BABETTA IS STILL HERE JUST FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW, WHY DON'T YOU TALK ABOUT
[IX.G. Consider Approval of $10,000 Donation from Community Partner – Dr. Babetta Hemphill]
ITEMS G AND H FOR US AND WE'LL MOVE ON THOSE TOGETHER AS ONE WHEN YOU'RE THROUGH? OK.SO IN ITEM G, THAT IS A DONATION THAT WE RECEIVED FROM SPRING CREEK CHURCH THAT IS LOCATED OVER ON BELTLINE ROAD.
THEY ARE DONATING TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS TO OUR GRS GIVING PLACE, WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE STUDENT SERVICES BUILDING, AND THEIR DONATION IS TO BENEFIT OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE SERVED UNDER THE MCKINNEY VENTO ACT, WHICH COVERS OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE TEMPORARILY EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, AS WELL AS OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE IN FAMILIAR OR FAMILIAL OR FOSTER CARE, HAVE BEEN PLACED THERE BY OUR DEPARTMENT OF CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES.
SO THAT MONEY IS TO BENEFIT THOSE STUDENTS AND WE DEFINITELY NEED THAT AND WE DO APPRECIATE THEIR SUPPORT.
THEY HAVE BEEN A LONG TIME SUPPORTER OF GARLAND ISD STUDENTS AND WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THEIR DONATION AND WE RECOMMEND THAT WE ACCEPT THEIR DONATION.
AND WOULD YOU PLEASE CONTINUE WITH ITEM H? ITEM H IS FOR OUR OUR CLINIC THAT IS LOCATED ALSO AT 720 STADIUM DRIVE IN THE MANUEL
[IX.H. Consider Approval of $5,285 Donation from Community Partner – Dr. Babetta Hemphill]
AND MARIA VALLE STUDENT SERVICES CENTER.WE ARE WORKING WITH THE MOU THAT WAS JUST APPROVED WITH THE GARLAND HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE VACCINATIONS FOR OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE UNINSURED OR UNDERINSURED.
THE DONATION THAT YOU SEE THERE OF A LITTLE BIT OVER $5000, FIVE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY FIVE, TO BE EXACT, IS COMING BECAUSE OF A RELATIONSHIP THAT THE GARLAND EDUCATION FOUNDATION HAS WITH OUR.
I THINK IT IS THE IT'S NOT LISTED ON THERE, BUT IT'S ANOTHER ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDED A GRANT TO THE GEF AND THAT WILL TOTAL THE AMOUNT TO COVER A SUBZERO FREEZER THAT WILL HELP US TO HOUSE THE COVID VACCINE AND SO THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO GIVE THAT VACCINE FROM OUR CENTER.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE ARE USING THE DONATION FOR.
OK, SO WE HAVE TWO ITEMS BEFORE US ANY DISCUSSION OR A MOTION? MR. PRESIDENT, I'D MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS G AND H.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM G AND H, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE BOARD PLEASE INDICATE YOUR APPROVAL BY RAISING YOUR HAND.
MR. BEACH HAS SECOND, SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
PLEASE INDICATE YOUR APPROVAL BY RAISING YOUR HAND.
OK, WE'RE NOW ABOUT TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
I DO NEED TO CORRECT ONE THING.
EARLIER, I SAID THAT THE EXCHANGE CLUB HAD DONATED GIFTS FOR TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY KIDS.
IT WAS THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY KIDS, SO WE REALLY AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN FOUR HUNDRED BY THE AMOUNT OF JOY THAT WAS HAD.
WE NOW COME TO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION WHICH WILL BE HELD FOR THE PURPOSES PERMITTED
[X. Executive Session]
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BY TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.001.
ITEM A PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071 PRIVATE CONSULTATION WITH THE BOARD'S ATTORNEY IN PERSON OR BY PHONE WHEN THE BOARD SEEKS ADVICE OF ITS ATTORNEY ABOUT EITHER ONE PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION TWO SETTLEMENT OFFER, OR THREE A MATTER IN WHICH THE DUTY OF THE ATTORNEY TO THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY UNDER THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONTACT CONDUCT OF THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS CLEARLY CONFLICTS WITH THIS CHAPTER AND IN ITEM B IS PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.074, WHICH IS A DELIBERATION REGARDING THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT EVALUATION, REASSIGNMENT DUTIES, DISCIPLINE OR DISMISSAL OF A PUBLIC OFFICER AND EMPLOYEE, OR TO HEAR A COMPLAINT OR CHARGE AGAINST AN OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE.
WE HAVE NUMBER ONE UNDER THAT CATEGORY.
CONSULTATION AND DELIBERATION REGARDING ADMINISTRATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS.
DIRECTOR OF CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION, DIRECTOR OF ELEMENTARY INTEGRATED LITERACY STUDIES, DIRECTOR OF SECONDARY INTEGRATED LITERACY STUDIES AND DIRECTOR OF SECONDARY INTEGRATED SCIENCE STUDIES.
SO IT IS NOW 7:02 AND I DECLARE THAT WE'RE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
OK, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU.
IT IS NOW 7:45, THE BOARD IS RECONVENING FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION, WHERE ONLY
[XI. Reconvene from Executive Session for action relative to items considered during Executive Session]
ITEMS THAT WERE ON THE AGENDA WERE DISCUSSED AT THIS POINT.I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE ADMINISTRATION'S RECOMMENDATION ABOUT THE RETENTION OF MR. COLEMAN [INAUDIBLE] AS THE NEW DIRECTOR OF CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.
BOARD, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? IF NOT, PLEASE INDICATE YOUR APPROVAL BY RAISING YOUR HAND.
I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE ADMINISTRATION'S RECOMMENDATION PRESENTED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION REGARDING THE DIRECTOR OF ELEMENTARY INTEGRATED LITERACY STUDIES, WHICH IS A GRANT FUNDED POSITION AS MS. MEGAN FRANKENBERG.
OK, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND BOARD.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT, PLEASE INDICATE YOUR APPROVAL BY RAISING YOUR HAND.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE TWO FINE EMPLOYEES.
I HAVE NO FURTHER AGENDA ITEMS AND ALL I NEED IS A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
UNDER.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.