Nov 29, 2022 Board of Trustees Meeting

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IT IS 5:01 P.M.

[I. Call to Order and Determination of a Quorum]

PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

THERE IS A QUORUM DETERMINED.

I DID NOT NOTE THAT, BUT WE DO HAVE THE REQUISITE NUMBER.

[III. Public Forum]

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO MAKE COMMENTS MAY COMPLETE A CARD UP HERE AT THE GRCT.

PRIOR TO THE START OF THE MEETING AND PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, WE WILL ALLOW THE REQUISITE TIME.

THE TIME WILL BE 3 MINUTES DURING THAT TIME, AND YOU JUST GO AHEAD AND LEAD OFF WITH YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS AND WHAT THE CONNECTION TO THE DISTRICT IS.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS LINDSEY GILBERT GARLAND.

GO AHEAD. HIT THE MIC BUTTON ON THAT.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS AND SUPERINTENDENT LOPEZ.

I'M THE SCHOOL NURSE AT PARK CREST ELEMENTARY.

I'M ALSO A GISD PARENT.

MY ADDRESS IS 1304 CARRIAGE LANE.

SO I'M A PART OF OUR GARDEN TEAM AND I WANTED TO READ YOU A FEW LETTERS FROM OUR STUDENTS.

WE HAD SOME FOURTH GRADERS WRITE A FEW LETTERS TODAY IN SUPPORT OF OUR SCHOOL GARDEN.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT LOPEZ.

OUR SCHOOL GARDEN IS IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE I CAN GET CALM WHEN I'M ANGRY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AT [INAUDIBLE].

GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS AND SUPERINTENDENT LOPEZ.

OUR SCHOOL GARDEN IS IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE IT HELPS ME CONCENTRATE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT FROM EZEKIEL.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS.

SUPERINTENDENT LOPEZ.

OUR SCHOOL GARDEN IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME AND OTHERS BECAUSE PLANTS.

COME ON. WE ALL LOVE PLANTS.

THEY HELP THE ENVIRONMENT.

THEY LOOK BEAUTIFUL.

IT WOULD BE VERY EMPTY AND LONELY WITHOUT THE GARDEN.

MANY PEOPLE FIND PLANTS VERY INTERESTING AND OTHERS DON'T.

BUT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T, MAYBE IT WOULD MOTIVATE THEM TO BE MORE INTERESTED.

WHO KNOWS? THEY COULD BE THE NEXT SCIENTIST.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS AND SUPERINTENDENT LOPEZ.

OUR SCHOOL GARDEN IS IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE OUR GARDEN CAN PROVIDE FOOD FOR US.

THE GARDENS' BEAUTIFUL, STUDENTS CAN HELP PLANT STUFF IN THE GARDEN.

IT WILL HELP STUDENTS HAVE FUN AND FOCUS AT THE SAME TIME.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

SO IT GOES ON AND ON.

BUT I WANTED TO JUST.

I'LL LEAVE THE LETTERS WITH YOU, BUT WANTED YOU TO KNOW OUR KIDS ARE ROOTING FOR THIS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH [APPLAUSE].

THE NEXT SPEAKER IS KIM AMON.

I HOPE THAT WAS PRONOUNCED CORRECTLY.

NO ONE EVER GETS IT RIGHT.

THAT'S FINE. MY NAME IS KIM AMOND, BUT MY FRIENDS CALL ME FARMER KIM AND I'M WITH GROW GARDEN GROW.

I'M A IT'S A SCHOOL GARDEN SUPPORT ORGANIZATION.

AND WE'VE WORKED WITH PARK CREST FOR THE LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS AND THEIR SCHOOL GARDEN.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TONIGHT.

IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU. SCHOOL GARDENS GROW STRONG ROOTS WHEN THEY'RE SUPPORTED BY THE COMMUNITY.

AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF WORK GOES INTO GROWING A SCHOOL GARDEN.

IT'S MUCH LIKE THE WORK THAT GOES INTO BUILDING ANY COMMUNITY.

A SCHOOL GARDEN PROVIDES A SPACE FOR EVERYONE TO LEARN AND BELONG.

FOR MANY KIDS, IT IS A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN SHINE.

AND FOR SOME PARENTS, IT'S A PLACE WHERE THEY FIT IN AND CAN GET INVOLVED.

THE COMMUNITY GROWS BEAUTIFULLY WHEN DEEPLY WOVEN INTO A SCHOOL GARDEN PROGRAM.

IN THE DAYS OF EARLY FARMING IN AMERICA, WHEN YOU NEEDED A BARN RAISED, IT BECAME A COMMUNITY PROJECT.

PEOPLE OF ALL AGES GATHERED TOGETHER TO BUILD, COOK MEALS, SUPPORT AND LEND A HAND.

IT BUILT PRIDE IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE FABRIC OF AMERICA.

THE GARDEN PROGRAM AT PARK CREST HAS BEEN BUILT AND DESIGNED IN THIS VERY SAME WAY.

THE SEEDS THAT HAVE BEEN PLANTED AT PARK CREST HAVE GROWN BEAUTIFUL CONNECTIONS THAT HAVE IMPACTED THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF THEIR COMMUNITY.

THEY'VE BUILT A SCHOOL CULTURE THAT UNITES AND RALLIES AROUND THEIR GARDEN WITH STRONG LEADERSHIP AND A DEDICATED GARDEN COMMUNITY.

THEY HAVE REACHED OUT BEYOND THEIR CAMPUS TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS THAT HELP SUSTAIN AND GROW IT.

WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE BY A SMALL AND MIGHTY GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT.

SCHOOL GARDENS HAVE THE CAPACITY TO CREATE BEAUTIFUL CHANGE.

THEY CHANGE LANDSCAPES OF SCHOOLYARDS, BUT THEY ALSO GROW POSITIVE CHANGE IN THE COMMUNITY AND IN THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF CHILDREN.

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THANK YOU. OUR LAST SPEAKER THIS EVENING IS ROBERT GRAHAM THE SECOND.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, SIR.

GOOD EVENING. HOW ARE Y'ALL? GOOD. I'VE NEVER BEEN TO ANYTHING LIKE THIS OR PREPARED OR ANYTHING LIKE THIS, SO I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO.

IT'S SIMPLE. JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND WHERE YOU LIVE IN THE DISTRICT AND DR.

RINGO RIGHT THERE IS GOING TO KEEP A TIMER.

IT'S IN FRONT OF YOU. YOU GET 3 MINUTES TO SPEAK, AND WHENEVER IT GOES OFF BY MY RULE, I'LL HAVE TO CUT YOU OFF.

BUT HOPEFULLY YOU'LL. I DON'T THINK I'LL MAKE IT TO 3 MINUTES.

BUT I BROUGHT, IN ESSENCE, LIKE A PAPER OF MY SPEECH.

AM I ALLOWED TO GIVE THAT TO Y'ALL OR TO ANYONE? OK, GIVE IT TO MISS HOGAN.

SHE'LL PASS THEM.

I JUST WANT TO SAY SHOUT OUT TO THE LADIES THAT SPOKE FIRST.

I WAS UNAWARE OF THE MAGNIFICENT GARDENING PROGRAMS AT SCHOOL.

THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I, AS AN EXTERNAL PERSON LOOKING IN THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, GARDENS COULD BE ARE A NICE PLACE OF TRANQUILITY, AND THAT WOULD BE A NICE PLACE FOR STUDENTS. I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THAT WAS ACTUALLY GOING ON ALREADY, BUT SINCE MY TIME IS STARTING, I WILL START TALKING.

HELLO, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.

MY NAME IS ROBERT GRAHAM THE SECOND I AM THE BROTHER AND GUARDIAN OF GARY GRAHAM, STUDENT AT NORTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL, CLASS OF 2003.

I KNOW 2023 BECAUSE THAT'S HOW FAR WE ARE NOW.

BUT I LIVE IN ROWLETT 7009 ESTATES WAY.

THEY'VE HAD VERY POSITIVE SPEECHES.

MINE'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, BUT I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK AND LISTEN ON THE SUBJECT OF SCHOOL MASCOTS, THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION.

IT'S BECAUSE OF SOUTH GARLANDS' NAME CHANGE LOCALLY.

BUT THIS ISSUE ALSO HAS BEEN A NATIONAL ATTENTION FROM SCHOOLS AS WELL AS PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.

I WOULD LIKE TO STATE THAT I THINK I'D BE WISE TO REEVALUATE ALL SCHOOL MASCOT NAMES.

GARY TANZ, NORTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL.

HIS MASCOT IS A RED RAIDER.

WHAT IS A RED RAIDER TO YOU? I AM READING EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON BY S.C.

GWYNNE. THIS BOOK TELLS A TALE OF THE RISE AND FALL OF THE COMANCHE NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES.

AFTER READING THIS BOOK, IN COMBINATION WITH MY GRANDFATHER'S LOVE OF WESTERNS, I HAVE MY OWN OPINION OF WHAT A RAIDER IS.

RED HAS ALSO BEEN A COMMON SLUR USED TO DESCRIBE NATIVE AMERICAN PEOPLE DURING THE EARLY DAYS OF AMERICA.

AND THEIR MASCOT IS A PALE FACED MAN WITH RED BEARD AND RED HAIR AND IS DRESSED IN THE COWBOY STYLE CARTOON OF YOSEMITE SAM.

THIS IS A SCHOOL IN GARLAND, TEXAS, WHICH HAS A VERY DIVERSE DEMOGRAPHIC OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE, RACES AND CULTURE.

DOES THIS REPRESENT THE NORTH GARLAND AREA OF GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT? WHY DOESN'T A MASCOT REPRESENT THE AREA THEY ARE FROM? WHY CAN'T A MASCOT BE A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE AREA AND CULTURE AND ALSO BE A TEACHING MOMENT FOR PEOPLE WHO ENCOUNTER THE SCHOOL? MY BROTHERS SCHOOL IS ONLY ONE EXAMPLE OF THIS.

MY ALMA MATER IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE.

LAKEVIEW CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL.

I GRADUATED FROM LAKEVIEW IN 2003, AND OUR MASCOT IS A PATRIOT.

IT'S A REVOLUTIONARY WARRIOR AND PALEFACE REVOLUTIONARY WARRIOR.

THERE'S A LOT TO UNPACK ABOUT WHAT A PATRIOT IS TO ME, BUT FREDERICK DOUGLASS IS AN EXAMPLE AND ONE OF HIS MOST IMPORTANT SPEECHES IN AMERICAN HISTORY.

FREDERICK DOUGLASS ASKS US WHAT IS A 4TH OF JULY TO AN AMERICAN TO A SLAVE ON THE AMERICANS FIRST CENTENARY YEAR? DO YOU THINK I CONNECT MORE TO A PALEFACE REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER OR TO FREDERICK DOUGLASS AS A PATRIOT? THESE ARE JUST TWO EXAMPLES OF MASCOTS THAT I THINK SHOULD BE REEVALUATED IN THE CURRENT WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN TODAY.

THESE SCHOOLS ARE GISD IS AN INSTITUTION OF LEARNING, AND I PRAY THAT WE CAN LEARN FROM OUR PAST AND HAVE A NEW CROP OF MASCOTS TO REPRESENT THE AMAZING PEOPLE AND CULTURES OF GARLAND, TEXAS. HOW CAN I BE A PART OF THE CHANGE THAT I WANT TO BE IN THE WORLD? HOW DO YOU CHANGE SCHOOL MASCOTS? THANK YOU, SIR [APPLAUSE].

[IV.A.1. Recognize the Texas Foreign Language Association Teacher of the Year]

RECOGNIZE THE TEXAS FOREIGN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION TEACHER OF THE YEAR, MR. WHEELER. GOOD EVENING.

PRESIDENT JOHNSON, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

DR. LOPEZ.

AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE IS A NATURAL LANGUAGE THAT SERVES AS THE PREDOMINANT SIGN LANGUAGE OF DEAF COMMUNITIES IN THE UNITED STATES.

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ACCORDING TO THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, OVER 5% OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION, OR 430 MILLION PEOPLE REQUIRE REHABILITATION TO ADDRESS THEIR DISABLING HEARING LOSS, AND IT IS ESTIMATED BY THE YEAR 2050 OVER 700 MILLION PEOPLE OR ONE IN EVERY TEN PEOPLE WILL HAVE A DISABLING HEARING LOSS.

THESE EYE OPENING STATISTICS ARE WHY EDUCATING OUR STUDENTS ON THE AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE IS BENEFICIAL.

OUR ASL TEACHERS IN GISD ARE INVALUABLE.

WE PROUDLY ANNOUNCE THAT KRISTINA SEDBERRY SACHSE HIGH SCHOOL ASL TEACHER WON THE TEACHER OF THE YEAR FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS FOR THE TEXAS FOREIGN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION [APPLAUSE].

THE AWARD RECOGNIZES OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE STUDIES AND THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN THE DEAF COMMUNITY.

I LIKE YOU TO PLEASE WATCH THIS VIDEO TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE AWARD AND HER STORY.

[VIDEO] I AM THE AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE TEACHER, ACTUALLY ONE OF TWO THIS YEAR.

AND I TEACH LEVELS ONE, TWO, THREE AND FOUR.

TFLA IS THE ORGANIZATION.

IT'S THE TEXAS FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHER ASSOCIATION.

AND THEY HONOR TEACH A TEACHER EVERY YEAR THAT TEACHES A FOREIGN LANGUAGE ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS.

AND I WAS NOMINATED BY OUR WORLD LANGUAGE COORDINATOR, MISS LAURA PARKER.

AND I HAD NO IDEA.

SHE WORKED BEHIND THE SCENES AND GOT LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION FROM MY PRINCIPAL, MR. KRILL, PARENTS OF PREVIOUS AND CURRENT STUDENTS.

I COULD NOT BELIEVE ALL THAT SHE DID.

ONE DAY I RECEIVED AN EMAIL THAT SAID, CONGRATULATIONS, YOU'RE A FINALIST FOR A TEXAS FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHER OF THE YEAR.

AND I WAS LIKE, IS THIS SPAM? I HAD NO IDEA.

SO TO MY SURPRISE, I HAD TO INTERVIEW THE EVENING BEFORE THE CONFERENCE, AND WHEN THEY DID THEIR BIG AWARDS CEREMONY, I WAS AWARDED TEXAS FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHER OF THE YEAR. I WAS HONORED TO BE SELECTED AND THEN TO BE CHOSEN.

I MEAN, THE STATE OF TEXAS IS HUGE.

EVERY HIGH SCHOOL IN THE STATE OF TEXAS HAS FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHERS ON IT.

SO I WAS OVERWHELMED.

I FELT BLESSED. I LOVE WHAT I DO.

AND SO TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I DO WAS VERY SWEET.

IT WAS IT WAS VERY OVERWHELMING.

AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE IS ACTUALLY MY FIRST LANGUAGE.

BOTH OF MY PARENTS ARE DEAF, SO I'M A CODA, WHICH MEANS CHILD OF DEAF ADULTS.

SO I GREW UP SIGNING AND INTERPRETING AND BEING THEIR BRIDGE TO THE HEARING WORLD.

AND SO FOR MY FIRST 13 YEARS IN EDUCATION, I WORKED IN DEAF EDUCATION.

I WAS AN INTERPRETER FOR STUDENTS THAT COULDN'T HEAR, TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT AND LEARN.

AND THROUGH THAT PROCESS, I LEARNED, GOSH [INAUDIBLE] GROW UP IN HOMES THAT NOBODY SIGNS.

AND SO THEY'RE KIND OF ISOLATED.

SO WHAT CAN I DO TO BRIDGE THAT GAP, TO CONNECT BOTH WORLDS, AND THAT'S TO TEACH MORE PEOPLE HOW TO SIGN.

IF MORE PEOPLE KNOW SIGN LANGUAGE, THEN THAT GIVES DEAF PEOPLE MORE ACCESS TO THE WORLD.

I HAVE STUDENTS THAT WORK AT FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS AND, YOU KNOW, AMUSEMENT PARKS AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS, AND THEY GET SO EXCITED TO COME BACK AND SAY, OH, MS. MS. I HELPED A DEAF PERSON OR I WAS ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH A DEAF PERSON AND IT JUST BRIGHTENS THEIR DAY TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH SOMEONE THAT OTHERWISE MIGHT NOT BE CONNECTED WITH [APPLAUSE].

MS. SEDBERRY'S IMPACT ON HER STUDENTS, HER SCHOOL AND THE COMMUNITY IS UNPARALLELED.

I'D LIKE TO INVITE HER UP NOW AND GET A PICTURE AND CERTIFICATE [APPLAUSE].

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AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS.

[IV.A.2. Recognize iWrite Campus Winners]

MR. WHEELER. PRESIDENT JOHNSON, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

DR. LOPEZ, C.S.

LEWIS SAID YOU CAN MAKE ANYTHING BY WRITING THAT QUOTE IS POWERFUL BECAUSE IT CONVEYS HOW WRITING ALLOWS OUR STUDENTS TO BE CREATIVE.

IT ENABLES THEM TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES.

IT ALLOWS THEM TO TELL THEIR STORIES.

THROUGH WRITING STUDENTS BECOME MORE CREATIVE AND CONFIDENT, WHICH OPENS THE DOORS TO OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY HAD NEVER BEFORE.

AND A COMPANY THAT PROMOTES WRITING IN SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN IS THE IWRITE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.

THEIR MISSION IS TO BUILD STUDENT CONFIDENCE THROUGH WRITING.

IWRITE, BUILDS WRITING ENTHUSIASM FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES 3 THROUGH 12, THROUGH FUN WRITING AND PUBLISHING PROGRAMS DESIGNED BY REAL AUTHORS.

PUBLISHING IS A POWERFUL INCENTIVE FOR LEARNING AND IS A UNIQUE WAY TO VALIDATE A CHILD'S VOICE FOR BEING HEARD.

EACH YEAR, YOUNG WRITERS IN THE 3RD THROUGH 12TH GRADE, ALL ACROSS THE GLOBE HAVE THE CHANCE TO BE PUBLISHED AUTHORS.

THE IWRITE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION OFFERS STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUBMIT THEIR WRITING AND ARTWORK TO THEIR ANNUAL PUBLISHING CONTEST.

TONIGHT, WE HONOR FIVE GARLAND ISD STUDENTS SELECTED BY IWRITE TO HAVE THEIR WORKS PUBLISHED.

THESE PHENOMENAL WRITERS ARE AND WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, IF YOU COULD PLEASE COME UP.

MIA ANDREA FROM AUSTIN ACADEMY [APPLAUSE].

CONGRATULATIONS. JASMINE JOHN FROM GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL [APPLAUSE].

RHYSLAN BENSON FROM KIMBERLIN ACADEMY [APPLAUSE].

SIERRA THOMPSON FROM ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL [APPLAUSE].

AND WILLIAM PATRICK COOK FROM SACHSE HIGH SCHOOL [APPLAUSE].

CONGRATULATIONS.

BRILLIANCE IN THE CLASSROOM THROUGH WRITING.

OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS GOING THE EXTRA MILE, MS.

[IV.B.1. Recognize Going the Extra Mile (GEM) Recipient Annamarie Banner]

I'D LIKE TO INVITE ANNA BANNER TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT JOHNSON, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DR.

LOPEZ, OUR GOING THE EXTRA MILE HONOREE TONIGHT IS ANNA BAKER, DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION .

ANNA BEGAN HER JOURNEY AS A GISD DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION FIVE SHORT MONTHS AGO AND HAS ALREADY MADE A SIGNIFICANT POSITIVE IMPACT IN THE LIVES OF BUS DRIVERS, STUDENTS AND STAFF.

THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS TELL THE STORY OF MS. BANNER'S INFLUENCE IN A SHORT TIME THAT SHE'S BEEN WITH US.

BUS DRIVER LEWIS WEST SAYS, Y'ALL, THE CULTURE AROUND HERE IS SO HAPPY NOW YOU CAN JUST FEEL IT.

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OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR ERNEST ROBBINS SAID ANNA IS ENERGETIC, LOVES PEOPLE.

IF SHE'S HAVING A BAD DAY, GUESS WHAT? YOU'LL NEVER KNOW IT.

SHE GIVES OUT THE HERO OF THE DAY AWARD EVERY SINGLE DAY BECAUSE SHE WANTS TO MEET AND GREET EVERY SINGLE EMPLOYEE FACE TO FACE AND KNOW THEIR NAMES.

EVERYONE CAN FEEL A DIFFERENCE SINCE SHE'S BEEN HERE, MS. BANNER COMES TO GISD WITH 25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION, EARNING THE HIGHEST HONORS IN CERTIFICATIONS AT BOTH THE STATE AND NATIONAL LEVELS.

IN ADDITION TO HER SKILLS AND MANAGING THE SAFE AND EFFICIENT OPERATIONS OF A TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, MS. BANNER IS ADORED FOR HER DOWN TO EARTH NATURE WITH HER OBVIOUS LOVE OF STAFF.

WHEN ANNA IS NOT LIVING AND BREATHING SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION, SHE'S SPENDING TIME WITH HER HUSBAND, RETIRED FIREFIGHTER COLE, HER SIX ADULT CHILDREN, HER SIX YEAR OLD GRANDSON, AND HER FAVORITE CHICKEN, MAXIE, WHO OFTEN STEALS DRINKS OF MS. BANNERS' SWEET TEA ON THE BACK PORCH.

THIS MONTH, OUR WHOLE FOCUS IS ON IS THE PILLAR OF DEVELOPING RELATIONSHIPS.

ANNA HAS CLEARLY DEMONSTRATED AND SIMPLIFIED THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS OF THIS PILLAR BY COMMUNICATING EFFECTIVELY AND ACTING WITH COMPASSION ANNA THANK YOU FOR LIVING THE LEADERSHIP DEFINITION AND BEING THE GISD EFFECT.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING TONIGHT OUR GEM, MS. ANNA BANNER.

HUSBAND. SO I LIKE TO THANK MY HUSBAND, WHO NEVER COMPLAINS ABOUT THE HOURS THAT I WORK.

SO THAT'S GOOD. DR.

GARRETT, WHO HAS MY BACK ALWAYS.

AND BUT HONESTLY, THIS REALLY NEEDS TO GO TO THE STAFF, AS YOU CAN SEE, ARE HERE WITH ME TODAY, BECAUSE WITHOUT THEM, WE COULD MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

SO THANK YOU, GUYS.

LET'S GIVE ALL OF OUR RECIPIENTS TONIGHT A GREAT ROUND OF APPLAUSE [APPLAUSE].

PARENTS THANK YOU FOR COMING.

COWORKERS THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

FRIENDS THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

BEFORE WE MOVE ON IN THE AGENDA, I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ONE OF OUR TRUSTEES IS A LITTLE UNDER THE WEATHER TONIGHT IS IN ATTENDANCE VIRTUALLY IN THIS MEETING TRUSTEE BEACH.

AND WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS FUNCTIONING JUST FINE WITH RESPECT TO THIS.

I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL OF ROLL OF ATTENDANCE.

A LITTLE UNORTHODOX. WE DON'T NORMALLY DO IT, BUT I'M GOING TO START, MR. GLICK, AND WE'RE GOING TO ROLL AROUND TO THE VACANT SEAT OF MR. BEACH, AND I CAN SEE HIM NOW ON THE SCREEN.

SO THAT'S GOOD. SO LARRY GLICK, DAPHNE STANLEY, LINDA GRIFFIN, WES JOHNSON, ROBERT SELDERS, JOHNNY BEACH, JAMIE MILLER.

AND I JUST WANTED TO PROOF OF LIFE THERE FOR JOHNNY BEACH.

CONGRATULATIONS. HOPE YOU'RE FEELING BETTER, PAL.

THANKS BUD. NEXT ITEM IS IS GOING TO BE REVIEW THE SEPTEMBER 2022 TAX REPORT.

[IV.C. Review September 2022 Tax Report]

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LOPEZ. GOOD EVENING.

THIS IS THE TAX REPORT IS TYPICALLY SHARED IN THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, WHICH IS THE SECOND TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH.

BUT DCAD HAD A RANSOMWARE ATTACK.

IF YOU'VE BEEN ON THERE TO TRY TO VIEW THE DCAD WEBSITE, IT IS STILL INACCESSIBLE.

BUT YOU CAN SEE ON HERE THIS IS THE CORRECT AND MOST UPDATE NUMBERS WITH THE TOTAL TAX LEVY THAT YOU CAN SEE.

JUST TAX LEVY CURRENT AT $321 MILLION.

COLLECTIONS ARE AT ZERO BECAUSE THIS IS THE SEPTEMBER TAX REPORT AND OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTED THE TAX RATE IN SEPTEMBER.

AND SO THERE WAS NOT A WAY TO HAVE ANY COLLECTIONS.

THE COLLECTIONS START IN OCTOBER.

AS OF LAST WEEK, 5.5% ROUGHLY, OF THE LEVY HAS BEEN COLLECTED.

WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN UP TO ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS MR. JOHNSON. BOARD ANY QUESTIONS OF DR.

RINGO WITH RESPECT TO THE TAX REPORT? ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE THANK YOU, DR.

RINGO. WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE ON THE AGENDA DISCUSSION ITEMS TRUSTEES REPORT.

[V.A. Trustees' Report]

OKAY, I'LL BE REAL BRIEF.

FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO I KNOW THAT WE'RE GETTING TO A BUSY SEASON FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY WITH HOLIDAYS AND THINGS COMING UP.

MAYBE SOME TRAVEL. I JUST WANT TO WISH EVERYBODY A GREAT HOLIDAY SEASON.

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND ALL THAT.

I HOPE YOU HAD A GREAT THANKSGIVING WITH YOUR FAMILIES.

AS ALWAYS, I AM SO PROUD TO SEE GARLAND ISD STUDENTS PERFORM AND DO WELL.

I'VE BEEN WATCHING A COUPLE ON TV.

WE'VE GOT TYRESE MAXEY AND SOME OTHER ATHLETES THAT ARE PLAYING PRO FOOTBALL.

TYRESE IS IN BASKETBALL.

I'VE JUST REALLY ENJOYED KEEPING UP WITH ALL THE GARLAND ISD ATHLETES WE'VE GOT.

ZUBY IS PLAYING FOR KANSAS AS A FRESHMAN AND THAT'S FUN TO WATCH THAT.

SO HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY WILL TUNE IN AND SUPPORT ALL OF OUR ACTIVITIES.

WE'VE GOT BASKETBALL GAMES GOING ON.

VOLLEYBALL, I THINK IS OVER AT THIS POINT, WE'LL SOON BE COMING UP TO BASEBALL TRACK SEASON.

I JUST URGE EVERYBODY TO GET OUT AND SUPPORT, WHETHER IT'S THE FINE ARTS OR ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO HELP SUPPORT OUR KIDS.

THEY NEED YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE BEACH.

I HAVE NONE. THANK YOU.

MS. SELLERS. YES.

THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON. I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE NORTH TEXAS AREA ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS.

WE HAD A PANEL THAT WAS.

THEY WERE SORT OF TAKING QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSING THE IMPORTANCE OF ADVOCATING DURING THIS UPCOMING LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

DOX GONZALEZ FROM THE TASB GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS ORGANIZATION, MATTHEW HALL, WHO WAS FROM RAISE YOUR HAND TEXAS, AND THEN CHRISTY ROEHM FROM TEXAS SCHOOL COALITION ALL PROVIDED TRUSTEES WHO WERE THERE.

BUT A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION ON ADVOCATING DURING THIS THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

SO THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU, MISS GRIFFIN.

YES. I WOULD LIKE TO BACKTRACK A LITTLE BIT.

THE DAY OF THE DEAD AND THAT PROPER NAME IS WHAT, DR.

LOPEZ. DIA DE LOS MUERTOS.

IT WAS HELD AT THE GRANVILLE ARTS CENTER, AND I'D LIKE TO DO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO ALL OF OUR FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE CELEBRATION.

IT INCLUDES ARTS AND INCLUDES MUSIC.

AND FOR THE FIRST TIME, BECAUSE THE SQUARE WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

IT WAS HELD AT THE GRANVILLE ARTS CENTER.

AND EACH EVERY PIECE OF THAT FACILITY WAS TAKEN.

AND THAT WAS BECAUSE THEY WERE ABLE TO RUN FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT STAGES.

WE SAW THE AUSTIN BAND PERFORMING, SO THERE WERE CONCURRENTLY PERFORMANCES GOING ON ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT FOR ABOUT 2 OR 3 HOURS, AND THEN THE ARTWORK THAT WAS DISPLAYED IN THE BUILDING AND THE ATRIUM, JUST A SHOUT OUT TO OUR FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT, AND THAT INCLUDES VOICE, BAND, ARTS AND ALL OF THAT.

EVERYONE RECOGNIZED THE PRESENCE OF GARLAND ISD AND AT THAT NIGHT.

THE OTHER THING I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS AT THE SAIGON MALL, THERE IS SOMETHING IN THE VIETNAMESE AND CHINESE CULTURE THAT'S CALLED THE NIGHT MARKET, AND THEY ARE TRYING TO BRING THAT TRADITION TO OUR AREA.

AND THEY SUCCESSFULLY HAD A MUSICAL FEAST THAT FEATURED SOME WRITERS SONG, YOU KNOW, PERFORMERS.

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SO I'D LIKE TO JUST THANK OUR ASIAN COMMUNITY FOR ENGAGING IN THAT AND SHARING WHAT THAT MEANS TO THEM AND THEIR CULTURE.

THANK YOU. MRS. STANLEY.

I GOT THE PRIVILEGE OF ATTENDING THE FIRST SAGE GATHERING, WHICH IS THE PARENTS FOR DISABLED CHILDREN, AND THAT WAS HELD AT SACHSE.

AND WE HAD A SMALL GROUP OF TEN, BUT WE ALREADY HAVE ANOTHER ONE SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER I CAN'T REMEMBER BECAUSE I JUST GOT THE EMAIL, SO I APOLOGIZE.

AND I'D ENCOURAGE ALL PARENTS TO LOOK INTO THIS AND COME JOIN US.

JUST IN THE SEVEN THAT WAS THERE, WE IT'S JUST ALL WALKS OF LIFE WITH CHILDREN OF DIFFERENT PHYSICAL HANDICAPS, EMOTIONAL HANDICAPS, MENTAL HANDICAPS, SCHOOL LEARNING DISABILITIES.

AND IT'S JUST AMAZING HOW PARENTS CAN JUST BOND TOGETHER AND REALLY BE A HUGE BRIDGE TO KIND OF HELP SOME OF THE YOUNGER STRUGGLING PARENTS.

SO THERE WAS ONE YOUNG LADY THAT STRUGGLES WITH HER CHILDREN GOING TO SLEEP AND HALLELUJAH, I UNDERSTOOD THAT.

SO IT WAS JUST ABLE TO TALK WITH THEM AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT ONE.

AND THEN I ALSO GOT TO PARTICIPATE IN NORTH GARLANDS' COFFEE WITH THE PRINCIPAL, AND THEY HAD A GUEST SPEAKER AND IT WAS NAMI, THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MENTAL.

I THINK IT'S NATIONAL ALLIANCE MENTAL ILLNESS.

I ALWAYS GET THOSE TWO WRONG AND WE HAD A SMALL GATHERING THERE TOO.

BUT AFTER THE GATHERING THERE WERE SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WANTS TO HAVE SOME OF THE PROGRAMS BROUGHT INTO THEIR COMMUNITIES.

SO IT WAS A REALLY UPLIFTING I'M ALL ABOUT BRINGING PARENTS TOGETHER TO HELP MENTOR AND HELP EACH OTHER.

AND THAT WAS IT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. GLICK.

THANK YOU, SIR. I'M ON A 11 AND A HALF HOUR TIME DIFFERENCE RIGHT NOW, SO A LITTLE SHAKY.

BUT FLYING BACK FROM NEW DELHI VIA THE MIDDLE EAST INTO DALLAS IS QUITE A TRIP.

BUT THE WORLD CUP WILL BE HERE IN THREE AND A HALF YEARS.

THERE WILL BE GAMES LIKE A 45 MINUTE DRIVE FROM HERE.

GO, GO.

THE HOTELS, NO PLANES, BUT GET A TICKET.

IT'S THE MOST AMAZING THING.

THIS IS THE FOURTH WORLD CUP I'VE EVER I'VE ATTENDED AND IT'S JUST INCREDIBLE.

OK SECURITY COMMITTEE MET.

PRESIDENT JOHNSON AND I ARE ON THAT COMMITTEE.

THE MAIN THING WE DISCUSSED WAS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING A LOT ABOUT WITH DOOR CHECKS MANDATED BY THE STATE.

ALL THE THINGS THAT THE STATE IS TALKING ABOUT NOW, WE'VE BEEN DOING FOREVER, ESPECIALLY SINCE OUR 2014 BOND WHEN WE PUT OVER $70 MILLION IN SECURITY.

SO THE DOOR CHECKS RIGHT NOW ARE BEING EITHER DONE BY OUR OWN SECURITY DEPARTMENT OR OUR SROS ONCE A WEEK.

WE ALSO HAVE INTRUSION CHECKS WHERE PLAINCLOTHES SECURITY DEPARTMENT PEOPLE TRY TO GET IN TO THE OUTSIDE DOORS AND INTO THE FRONT DOOR AND SEE HOW SUCCESSFUL OR UNSUCCESSFUL THEY CAN BE AND THEN REPORT BACK TO THE PRINCIPAL.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER ONE. FINALLY TEA NOW IS DOING THEIR OWN AUDITS OF ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS.

EVERYONE, WE REALLY CAN'T TALK ABOUT THAT.

THAT'S A PRIVATE MATTER.

BUT SO FAR SEVERAL HAVE BEEN DONE AND I THINK THE RESULTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.

WE'RE ALSO DOING AND HAVE COMPLETED OUR TABLETOP EXERCISES AT EVERY SCHOOL.

SO A SCENARIO IS PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE AT EACH SCHOOL WHICH IS ALREADY FORMED.

WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF? SOME TRICKS ARE PUT IN THERE TO SEE HOW THE STAFF WILL, WILL, WILL RESPOND AND SO FORTH, SO THAT'S GOING WELL.

AND THEY'VE ALL BEEN COMPLETED.

SOMETHING THAT WE HEARD ABOUT A LOT IN OUR CONVENTION RECENTLY WAS BEHAVIORAL THREAT ASSESSMENTS, AND WE HAVE COMMITTEES SET UP TO DO THAT.

WHEN YOU HEAR ABOUT EVENTS AT SCHOOLS, MOST OF THE RECENT ONES, CURRENT STUDENTS, BUT PEOPLE KNEW SOMETHING ABOUT THOSE STUDENTS RISEN TO THE PRINCIPAL, A TEACHER, MAYBE A BUS DRIVER, MAYBE SOMEBODY WORKING IN THE CAFETERIA.

THEY HEARD THINGS.

THEY KNEW THEY KNEW THINGS.

AND NOW WE HAVE A METHODOLOGY TO TAKE THOSE, PUT THEM IN A PACKAGE AND SAY, DOES THIS REQUIRE US TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP? AND I THINK ALL THE OTHER STUFF WE'VE DONE, WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HARDEN OUR SCHOOLS AS WE DO THE BEHAVIORAL THREAT ASSESSMENTS.

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OK ALONG WITH MS. STANLEY, I ATTENDED THE SECOND MEETING OF OUR BOND COMMITTEE.

WOW. IT'S LIKE AN ALL STAR LIST FROM OUR THREE CITIES.

IT'S REALLY, TRULY AMAZING WHO HAS BEEN APPOINTED.

THEY WERE VERY, VERY ENTHUSIASTIC.

AT ONE POINT, DR.

LOPEZ WAS SITTING WITH MS. STANLEY AND MYSELF AND COMMITTEE WAS SO ENTHUSIASTIC THEY WERE READY TO SPEND AN AWFUL LOT OF MONEY.

AND DR. LOPEZ QUICKLY GOT UP THERE RIGHT UP, SAID YOU CAN'T SPEND ALL THAT.

WE KNOW WE HAVE THOSE NEEDS, BUT YOU CAN'T SPEND ALL THAT.

SO I THINK IT'S GOING VERY, VERY WELL.

SINCE THAT MEETING, THEY'VE ACTUALLY HAD A TOUR OF OUR WHOLE DISTRICT THAT I HEARD IS VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL FROM SOME OF THEIR MEMBERS AND ANOTHER MEETING, AND I THINK TOMORROW NIGHT IS MEETING NUMBER FIVE.

AND I THINK IT'S GOING VERY, VERY WELL.

AND I LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO WHO'S ON THAT COMMITTEE.

AREA MARCHING CONTEST.

SEVERAL OF OUR SCHOOLS PARTICIPATED.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY EXCITING.

FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE JOHN WILBON.

WE AGAIN HOSTED UIL STATE VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP.

WE HAVE ALL THE DIFFERENT A, 2A, 3A, 4 AND 5 AND 6A.

WE HAD THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS.

WE DO THAT EVERY YEAR.

WE DO IT VERY, VERY WELL AND I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE HIM FOR THE INCREDIBLE JOB HE DID.

THE GAMES WERE REALLY EXCITING, PRETTY GOOD CROWDS, AND IT WENT OFF VERY WELL.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHY UIL KEEPS COMING BACK, BECAUSE THEY LOVE OUR FACILITY AND THEY LIKE THE HOW JOHN WILBURN PRESENTS TO OUR DISTRICT.

SO THANK YOU FOR HIM. AND FINALLY, I SERVE ON ROWLETT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND WE HAVE ABOUT 94 ACRES IN WHAT HAS NOW BEEN CALLED A TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT DISTRICT, BRILLIANT BRAND NEW DISTRICT JUST CREATED BY THE CITY COUNCIL A WEEK AND A HALF AGO.

AND THIS MEANS THAT THAT DISTRICT WILL BE SEEING A LOT OF ACTIVITY.

AND AGAIN, WE HAVE A THE DISTRICT IS ABOUT 1600 ACRES AND WE HAVE ABOUT 94 ACRES IN THAT DISTRICT.

WE'LL BE HEARING MORE ABOUT THAT.

AND WE MAY WANT TO GET A PRESENTATION FROM THE CITY OF ROWLETT ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE TIRZ.

THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU.

WELL, THANKSGIVING IS DONE AND WE'RE MOVING INTO DECEMBER, WHICH MEANS THE HOLIDAY SEASON IS HERE.

I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR ALL THE WORK THEY'VE DONE IN THE BEGINNING OF THE SEMESTER.

I THINK THAT WE'RE THIS IS A RETURN TO NORMALCY YEAR SOMEWHAT.

AND I KNOW MY KIDS TALKING TO THEM.

IT'S LIKE NONE OF THAT EVER HAPPENED BEFORE.

IT'S KIND OF CRAZY, BUT I THINK EVERYBODY WAS EAGER TO GET BACK TO KIND OF NORMAL OPERATING PROCEDURES AND WE KIND OF SLID BACK INTO IT LIKE HAND IN GLOVE.

AND YOU GUYS HAVE MADE THAT HAPPEN.

SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE GARLAND ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION.

LAST YEAR, THEY SET A RECORD FOR THE EMPLOYEE GIVING CAMPAIGN.

THEY THEY RAISED RIGHT ABOUT $139,000 LAST YEAR.

THIS YEAR THERE IS $162,584.

SO THAT'S A TRIBUTE TO HOW GENEROUS THE EMPLOYEES OF THIS DISTRICT ARE.

AND THAT MEANS THAT THERE WILL BE A RECORD BREAKING AMOUNT OF GRANTS BECAUSE THAT'S NOT ALL THE MONEY WE RAISED EITHER.

BUT THERE WILL BE WELL IN EXCESS.

MY PREDICTION, THE GRANTS HAVE BEEN AWARDED, BUT THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE GRANTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE AWARDED AT TINSEL AND TRIVIA ON FRIDAY NIGHT.

BUT IT WOULD NOT SURPRISE ME IF WE HAVE OVER A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF GRANTS THAT ARE BEING DISTRIBUTED TO VARIOUS DIFFERENT TEACHERS AND DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE INNOVATIVE OR CREATIVE IDEAS FOR HOW TO HELP EDUCATE OUR KIDS.

SO IT'S EXCITING TIME FOR THE GEF, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO LISA COX AND HER TEAM WITH RESPECT TO THAT.

ON THAT SIDE NOTE, TINSEL AND TRIVIA IS FRIDAY AT THE GRANVILLE ARTS CENTER.

IT'S GOING TO BE FUN.

THE BOARD TEAM IS READY TO GO.

WE WERE SHUT OUT LAST YEAR.

WE DIDN'T WIN.

AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SOME CHANGES IN THAT THIS YEAR, I CAN ASSURE YOU OF THAT.

SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD.

WE'RE SHARPENING OUR KNIVES AND WE'RE READY TO TAKE ON ROWLETT, WHO TOOK IT LAST YEAR.

YOU'RE NOT ON THE TEAM.

NO ONE'S OFF THE TEAM. UNLESS JOHNNY IS NOT HEALTHY.

THEN HE'S OFF THE TEAM.

I THINK HE'LL BE FINE BY THAT.

SO ANYWAY, WE'RE GOING TO ROCK INTO DECEMBER.

MOST OF THE STUFF THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED [INAUDIBLE] HAS ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSED.

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FINE ARTS NEEDS TO SPREAD OUT THEIR STUFF A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

IT'S UILS FAULT. NOT OUR NOT OURS.

AND SPEAKING OF WHICH, ALL HIGH SCHOOL, ALL REGION IS THIS WEEKEND.

SO. THE SOUND.

AND I THINK WE'RE HOSTING THAT.

WE'RE HOSTING THE REGION OR HIGH SCHOOL COMPETITIONS AT SACHSE HIGH SCHOOL.

SO IF YOU HAPPEN TO HEAR A LOT OF BEAUTIFUL MUSIC COME FROM SACHSE HIGH SCHOOL, THAT'S THE REASON WHY.

SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, DR.

[V.B. Superintendent's Report]

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT JOHNSON.

I HOPE EVERYBODY HAD A VERY RESTFUL AND THANKFUL BREAK FOR OUR THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY.

I WANT US TO UNDERSTAND THAT AS AS WE ENTER THE NEXT PHASE OF OUR HOLIDAY SEASON, IT'S GOING TO BE VERY QUICK.

IT'S ONLY A THREE WEEK GAP BETWEEN NOW AND THEN.

WE DO HAVE ONE BOARD MEETING, NO COMMITTEE MEETINGS IN TWO WEEKS.

SO, YOU KNOW, DURING THIS TIME THINGS MIGHT SEEM HECTIC.

JUST BE CENTERED ON THE THINGS THAT MATTER.

AND THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE SURROUNDED BY THAT YOU TRUST, YOU LOVE YOUR FAMILY.

THOSE THINGS, THOSE THINGS ARE THE THINGS THAT LAST A LIFETIME.

AND AS WE GO INTO THE SEASON AND GET STRESSFUL, JUST MAKE SURE WE TAKE TIME TO REJUVENATE.

I THINK WHAT WE'VE LEARNED DURING COVID IS THAT ME TIME MATTERS.

AND WE GOT TO REALIZE THAT THE JOBS THAT WE'RE ALL IN ARE VERY IMPACTFUL AND MEANINGFUL.

BUT IF YOU DON'T RECHARGE YOUR BATTERY, THERE'S THERE'S NO WAY THAT YOU CAN YOU CAN HAVE JUICE TO TO DO THE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE.

THERE'S NOTHING MORE FRUSTRATING FOR FOR ME PERSONALLY AND MY KIDS THAN A DEAD CELL PHONE.

RIGHT. AND THINK OF HOW WE GO OUT OF OUR WAY JUST TO RECHARGE THAT THING BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE IF WE DON'T HAVE IT, THE WHOLE WORLD IS GOING TO END, RIGHT.

BUT THAT'S HOW OUR BODY SHOULD BE TOO.

AND WHATEVER RECHARGES YOU AND WE ALL RECHARGE IN DIFFERENT WAYS, WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE THAT SAME ATTITUDE WITH THE CELL PHONE, WITH OUR OWN, WITH OUR OWN MENTAL HEALTH, PHYSICAL HEALTH, SPIRITUAL HEALTH, WHATEVER IT MAY BE, BECAUSE WHEN WE COME BACK BETTER, THEN THE KIDS ARE GOING TO BE BETTER AND IT'S JUST GOING TO BE A DISTRICT THAT EVERYBODY LOOKS FORWARD TO COMING TO WORK TO.

I DO WANT TO EXPRESS GRATITUDE TO THE ENDLESS EMPLOYEES THAT ARE GOING TO BE WORKING DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON.

WHAT PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE WHEN WE HAVE BREAKS ATHLETICS, JANITORIAL, THERE'S JUST SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS THAT GO ON THAT WE DON'T SEE.

AND YOU KNOW, WHENEVER YOU SEE THEM, JUST MAKE SURE YOU THANK THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE PUTTING A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT INTO THEIR CRAFT.

AND FINALLY, A FEW WEEKS AGO, I WAS HONORED WITH THE PRESIDENT'S AWARD FROM THE COUNSELING CENTER, AND YOU CAN'T APPLY FOR THAT. SO WHENEVER YOU GET AN AWARD THAT YOU CAN'T APPLY FOR IT, IT'S VERY MEANINGFUL.

AND WHEN I GOT TO SEE THE REASON WHY I WAS BESTOWED THIS ACKNOWLEDGMENT, IT WAS REALLY A LOT OF BOARD ACTION.

IT WAS A LOT OF THINGS THAT YOU GUYS DID.

YOU VOTED TO PUT EXTRA COUNSELORS IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

YOU VOTED TO PUT EXTRA COUNSELORS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

YOU VOTED FOR ENSURING THAT OUR WHEN YOU APPROVE THE BUDGET, THE PAY THAT WE PUT IN FOR TRAVEL, FOR COUNSELORS TO ATTEND THE PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES IS THERE.

WE WERE THE FIRST DISTRICT TO ALLOW EVERY SINGLE COUNSELOR, IF THEY SO CHOOSE, TO ATTEND THE STATEWIDE CONFERENCE, AND IT PUT PRESSURE ON OUR NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS.

AND NOW THEY'RE ALLOWING THE SAME THING TO TO GO FORTH AS WELL.

WE PUT MONEY IN THE STATEWIDE COUNSELOR AWARDS.

SO IF A COUNSELOR WINS A STATE AWARD, THEY ALSO GET A STIPEND.

THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT THE BOARD HAS APPROVED THAT YOU GUYS ARE JUST DOING IT BECAUSE YOU KNOW, IT'S GOOD YOU'RE NOT DOING IT FOR ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

SO REALLY, THAT'S NOT MY AWARD.

THAT'S YOUR AWARD. AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR PUTTING A VOTE IN CONFIDENCE ON THOSE INITIATIVES BECAUSE IT WAS NOTICEABLE.

AND PEOPLE PEOPLE OBVIOUSLY WANT TO WORK IN A PLACE WHERE THEY'RE VALUED.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DR.

LOPEZ. ALL RIGHT.

AND NEXT ITEM IS FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. DOES ANY TRUSTEE HAVE A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM? SEEING NONE. WE MOVE ON TO DISCUSSION ITEM D DISCUSS PUBLIC EDUCATION, INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TEAMS AND STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM INTERNAL AUDIT

[V.D. Discuss Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) and Student Information System (SIS) Internal Audit Report ]

YES. HOW ARE YOU GUYS DOING? GOOD. HOW ARE YOU? WELL, THANK YOU.

PRESIDENT JOHNSON, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AND DR.

LOPEZ, KENT INGRAM, MY COLLEAGUE AND I WILL BE PRESENTING THIS AUDIT THIS AFTERNOON, THIS EVENING.

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RINGO, THEY WERE THE LIAISONS FOR THIS AUDIT.

AND THESE TYPE OF AUDITS THESE PEIMS, SIS AUDITS REQUIRED EXTENSIVE DATA AND PROCESS ANALYZES AND TESTING.

AND WITHOUT THEIR HELP AND ASSISTANCE, WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE THIS AUDIT ON TIME.

SO WE APPRECIATE THEIR SUPPORT ON THIS.

I'M GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE PRESENTATION.

FIRST, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE PROJECT OBJECTIVE.

CAN WE MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

ONE BACK.

ONE MORE.

IT'S GOING THE OTHER DIRECTION.

SORRY. OKAY.

THERE YOU GO. BACK UP.

OKAY. SO PRIMARY OBJECTIVE WAS TO DETERMINE IF THE DATA IS ACCURATE AND COMPLIES WITH THE STANDARDS SET BY THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY ON SELECTED PEIMS FUNCTIONS.

AND THE STUDENT INFORMATION SITE ASSESS THE PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES THAT ARE APPLICABLE TO STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM.

THAT WAS THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THE AUDIT.

AND IN ADDITION TO THOSE OBJECTIVES, WE PERFORM AN INITIAL LIMITED SCOPE PEIMS AUDIT IN 2019.

SO WE INCLUDED A FOLLOW UP ON THAT AUDIT, THE FINDINGS THAT WE RECOMMENDATIONS WE HAVE.

SO WITH THAT ORIGINAL ONE AND PREVIOUS FOLLOW UP, THAT WAS THE OBJECTIVE OF IT.

ON THE MORE DETAILED SCOPE OF THE AUDIT AND SIS, WE WANTED TO FOCUS ON CONTROLS AND OVER ACCESS EDITS, DATA EDITS AND INTEGRATION WITH OTHER SYSTEMS AND STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS. ON THE PEIMS SITE, WE LOOK AT FOUR MAIN CATEGORIES THAT YOU WILL SEE LATER.

THEY ARE ATTENDANCE, LEAVERS, SPECIAL PROGRAMS AND CCMR COLLEGE CAREER MILITARY READINESS.

AND WITHIN THE SPECIAL PROGRAMS WE LOOKED AT PROCESSES, CONTROLS, DATA ENTRY AND MAINTENANCE OF THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION.

ON THE CCMR SIDE, WE'LL LOOK AT THE DATA ACCURACY, VALIDATION AND DATA MONITORING CONTROLS.

AND I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT IN A COUPLE OF SLIDES THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF OUR AUDIT.

WE FOUND A LOT OF GOOD PRACTICES IN PLACE WITH PEIMS AND SIS FUNCTIONS.

GISD HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF MAKING PROGRAMS AND CAMPUSES OWN THEIR DATA.

MAYBE COMMON SENSE, BUT WE'VE SEEN MANY DISTRICTS.

THAT'S NOT THE CASE. SO WE WE BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE RIGHT APPROACH WHEN IT COMES TO PEIMS. PEIMS FUNCTIONS SHOULD BE VIEWED AS A SUPPORT FUNCTION.

CAMPUSES AND DEPARTMENTS SHOULD OWN THEIR OWN DATA.

SO WE SEE THAT PRACTICE HERE IN GARLAND.

WE OBSERVED NUMEROUS TRAINING MATERIALS, PROCEDURE GUIDES, AND ALSO FOUND VALIDATION AND AUDIT CONTROLS IN PLACE.

ALTHOUGH WE FIND THESE GOOD PRACTICES, WE ALSO IDENTIFY SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT WITHIN TRAINING, CERTAIN STUDENT CODING PRACTICES AND PROCESSES AND DATA VALIDATION CONTROLS.

THESE ARE THE MAIN PEIMS WILL BE DISCUSSED THROUGHOUT THE REPORT.

OVERALL, THE PROJECT HAS 14 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT.

WE'RE COVERING SOME OF THE HIGH PRIORITY RECOMMENDATIONS IN THIS PRESENTATION.

WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE ACCOMMODATION.

WE WANTED TO SPECIFICALLY COMMAND GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ON THE CURRENT FOCUS ON PRACTICES WITHIN CCMR. WE'VE INCLUDED OUR REPORT, MULTIPLE COMPARISONS OF CCMR PERFORMANCE, NOTING THAT GISD HAD EXCEEDED REGION TEN AND STATE AVERAGES IN THIS CATEGORY. SOME OF THE POSITIVES WE SAW IN CCMR ARE ATTRIBUTABLE TO THREE MAIN FACTORS.

STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES EXIST ON AND ACCESSIBLE.

DATA ACCURACY IS REGULARLY CHECKED AND CHALLENGED.

WE SAW THAT IN MANY INTERVIEWS AND FOCUS GROUPS THAT PRINCIPALS, ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS WERE CHALLENGING THE DATA THAT IN THEIR CAMPUSES BECAUSE THEY WERE LITERALLY LOOKING AT IT

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SO IT WAS VERY MUCH A VERY ENGAGED DATA ANALYSIS GROUP.

DATA VISUALIZATIONS WITH THIS DATA SET WERE AVAILABLE FOR CAMPUSES AND CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION TO IDENTIFY STUDENT LEVEL CCMR PROGRESS.

SO THOSE ARE THE MAKE THE CCMR AS ACCOMMODATION FOR US.

I'M GOING TO START WITH OUR FINDINGS.

OUR FIRST FINDINGS WE'LL DISCUSS WITHIN THE ATTENDANCE DOMAIN.

WE PERFORMED TWO LARGE DATA ANALYSIS IN DETERMINING IF ATTENDANCE IS TAKING ON TIME.

THAT WAS ONE, AND WHETHER THE ATTENDANCE TAKING AT ALL WAS THE SECOND ANALYSIS.

OVERALL, WE SAW THAT THE ATTENDANCE WAS TAKING ON TIME 63% OF THE TIME IN PEIMS SIGNIFICANT PERIOD.

TEACHER SUBMITTED ATTENDANCE APPROXIMATELY 93% OF THE TIME FOR THE PEIMS PERIOD.

THIS EQUALS 12,000 TIMES OCCURRENCES.

SO WE IDENTIFIED THAT THE REASON THESE DELAYS OR THESE INCIDENTS OF NOT TAKING ATTENDANCE HAPPEN BECAUSE A LOT OF CAMPUS ADMINISTRATION ADMINISTRATORS RELY HEAVILY ON LOWER LEVEL CLERKS TO ENFORCE ATTENDANCE TAKING.

AND SO THE ACCOUNT ACCOUNTABILITY LACKS.

ATTENDANCE TAKING DATA IS SIMILAR TO OUR ANALYSIS NOT BEING PERFORMED, NOT BEING PERFORMED ACCURATE AND TIMELY.

ATTENDANCE IS MATTER BECAUSE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY COULD RETAIN 100% OF THE FOUNDATION SCHOOL PROGRAM ALLOTMENT FOR INAPPROPRIATELY DOCUMENTING ATTENDANCE.

SO FOR THE RECOMMENDATION OF OUR ATTENDANCE, WE'RE RECOMMENDING GISD MONITOR AND ENFORCE ATTENDANCE REPORTING.

THIS INCLUDES INTRODUCING ACCOUNTABILITY STRUCTURES AND REGULARLY PERFORMING DATA ANALYSIS.

SIMILARLY, THE ONES THAT WE PERFORM DURING THIS AUDIT.

MANAGEMENT AGREES WITH THIS RECOMMENDATION.

OUR NEXT FINDING WILL BE PRESENTED BY KENT.

THANK YOU ALL. SO OUR NEXT FINDING IS WITHIN THE LEVER DOMAIN.

THIS IS AN AREA WHERE WE DID FIND AN EXISTING AUDIT CONTROL.

HOWEVER, THIS CONTROL WAS ISOLATED TO ONLY TWO LEVER CODES, AND THESE CODES ARE APPLIED ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY IMPACT OUR DROPOUT RATING AND ACCOUNTABILITY. AND SO WE DID SOME TESTING TO SEE IF THE CORRECT DOCUMENTATION WAS MAINTAINED FOR A SAMPLE OF YOUR STUDENTS.

WE FOUND EXCEPTIONS WITHIN THOSE STUDENTS THAT WEREN'T HAVING THEIR FILES CHECKED REGULARLY TO THIS CONTROL.

THE TWO CONTROLS, I BELIEVE, ARE THE TWO CODES THAT WERE BEING AUDITED WERE THOSE CODED AS RETURNING TO THEIR HOME COUNTRY OR BEING HOME SCHOOLED.

THAT ONLY ACCOUNTED FOR APPROXIMATELY 44% OF THE WHOLE LEVER POPULATION.

SO ABOUT 56% WAS NOT BEING PROACTIVELY CHECKED.

SO WHAT WE RECOMMENDED WAS SIMPLY EXPANDING THAT EXISTING AUDIT CONTROL.

AGAIN, IT WAS GOOD THAT SOMETHING WAS THERE, BUT WE THINK IT SHOULD BE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE ALL LEVER CODES.

AND YOU COULD DO THIS BY REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLING.

WE THINK IF YOU EXPAND THIS CONTROL, YOU WOULD IMPROVE COMPLIANCE WITH MAINTAINING THE CORRECT DOCUMENTATION THAT TEA REQUIRES.

AND MAKING SURE THAT THE STUDENTS WE ARE CODED AS DROPOUTS ARE EXTREMELY ACCURATE.

SO WE HAVE AN ACCURATE ACCOUNTABILITY ASSESSMENT.

THANK YOU, KENT. OUR NEXT FINDING IS WITHIN THE ENGLISH LEARNER STUDENT DOMAIN.

THROUGH PROCESS ANALYSIS INTERVIEWS, WE DISCOVER THAT ENGLISH LEARNER STUDENT INFORMATION IS ENTERED INTO MULTIPLE SYSTEMS. THIS HAS A PRIMARY.

THIS IS THIS HAS PRIMARILY BEEN CAUSED BY THE PRACTICE OF ENTERING PROVISIONAL DATA INTO STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM.

STUDENT STUDENT SERVICES TEST THE STUDENTS FOR LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY AND THEN MAKES A RECOMMENDATION OF PLACEMENT INTO BILINGUAL OR ESL PROGRAMS. HOWEVER, THE DATA HAS TO BE CONFIRMED OR MODIFIED AFTER AN LPAC THEY CALL THE LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AND PARENTAL CONSENT IS RECEIVED.

THIS RESULTS IN MANUAL REVIEW CONTROLS AS STUDENT SERVICES MUST COMPARE THE FINAL DETERMINATION RECEIVED AFTER THE LPAC MEETING THAT DATA ALREADY BEEN ENTERED TO THE SIS, SO THEY HAVE TO RECHECK IT AND DO IT AGAIN.

SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT MODIFYING THE EL ENGLISH LEARNERS LEARNERS STUDENT IDENTIFICATION CODING PROCESS AFTER TESTING DONE BY THE STUDENT SERVICES STUDENT SERVICE SHOULD RESERVE A SEAT FOR THE STUDENT WITHIN THE SIS.

DATA ENTRY SHOULD OCCUR AFTER THE LPAC BY CAMPUS STAFF INTO STUDENT DISTRICT SYSTEM ELEVATION AND IDENTIFY INTERFACING

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AN AUDIT CONTROL SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED TO ENSURE THAT THESE TWO SYSTEMS STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM ELEVATION DATA ARE IN SYNC AND PROCESS MODIFICATION AND ADDITIONAL CONTROLS SHOULD REDUCE THE INEFFICIENCIES AND RISK OF NONCOMPLIANCE IN THIS AREA.

MANAGEMENT AGREES WITH THIS RECOMMENDATION.

THE NEXT FINDING IS ABOUT WE'RE STAYING IN THE SAME ENGLISH LEARNER DOMAIN.

WE PERFORMED A STAFFING ANALYSIS TO DISCOVER THAT THE WORKLOAD FOR ENGLISH LEARNER STUDENT ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS, WHICH ARE SETTING UP LPAC MEETINGS, SOME OF THEM ASSESSING THE LPAC RESULT PROCESS, MONITORING THE STUDENTS AND YOUR LPAC MEETINGS VARIES GREATLY FROM CAMPUS TO CAMPUS DUE TO CURRENT STAFFING APPROACH.

I BELIEVE IN THE REPORT WE INCLUDED STUDENTS STAFF RATIOS AT THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY LEVEL.

WE BELIEVE EXCESSIVE WORKLOADS COULD RESULT IN DELAYS IN MEETING MANDATED TIMELINES FOR LPAC.

ON THE RECOMMENDATION, WE RECOMMEND THE STAFFING FORMULA BE DEVELOPED BY THE LPAC STAFF.

FOR LPAC STAFF, WE INCLUDED SOME IMPLEMENTATION CONSIDERATIONS, SUCH AS CREATING AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO GUIDE THIS PROCESS.

AN INFORMED STAFFING TARGET COULD REDUCE THE NONCOMPLIANCE RISK IN THIS AREA, AND MANAGEMENT AGREES WITH IT.

EXCUSE ME. OUR NEXT FINDING IS IN THE IMMIGRANT STUDENT DOMAIN.

WE FOUND THAT OUR DATA ANALYSIS, THE DATA VALIDATION MONITORING CONTROLS WERE MISSING IN THE IMMIGRANT STUDENT IDENTIFICATION PROCESS.

THROUGH INTERVIEWS, WE DISCOVERED THAT MANY CAMPUS STAFF WERE NOT AWARE OF QUALIFYING CONDITIONS FOR AN IMMIGRANT STUDENTS, WHICH ARE STUDENTS BEING BETWEEN AGE 3 AND 21, BORN OUTSIDE THE US, AND NOT BEING WITH SCHOOLS OR BEING IN SCHOOLS FEWER THAN THREE ACADEMIC YEARS.

AS A RESULT OF THIS, THERE IS AN UNDER IDENTIFICATION OF IMMIGRANT STUDENTS WHICH WOULD IMPACT GISD FINANCIALLY AS A RECOMMENDATION.

WE WE THINK THAT TO MITIGATE THE RISK TO IDENTIFYING THIS POPULATION, THE DISTRICT SHOULD USE A SIMILAR STUDENT INFORMATION REPORTS THAT WE RAN SO THAT THESE ANALYSIS SHOULD BE ABLE TO HELP THE DISTRICT TO IDENTIFY PROPERLY IDENTIFY POTENTIAL IMMIGRANT STUDENTS SO THEY CAN USE THE FINANCIAL BENEFITS FROM THAT IDENTIFICATION.

MANAGEMENT AGREES WITH THIS RECOMMENDATION.

OUR FINAL FINDING WE'RE GOING TO COVER FROM THIS AUDIT REPORT WAS CONCERNED WITH PRE K STUDENT IDENTIFICATION.

SO THIS WAS ANOTHER AREA WHERE WE IDENTIFIED SOME MISSING DATA VALIDATION CONTROLS.

WE PERFORMED ANALYSIS THAT COMPARED STUDENTS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED AS BEING INELIGIBLE FOR PRE K FUNDING TO THEIR DEMOGRAPHIC MARKERS, WHICH MAY HAVE INDICATED THAT THEY WERE IN FACT ELIGIBLE FOR PRE K FUNDING.

WE FOUND 125 STUDENTS THAT WERE CODED AS INELIGIBLE DID POSSESS ONE OR MORE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.

WHEN WE DID SOME DIGGING, WE DISCOVERED THAT THERE WAS NO REALLY REVIEW CONTROL IN PLACE ONCE A STUDENT WAS CODED AS BEING PRE K ELIGIBLE OR INELIGIBLE.

THIS WAS ANOTHER AREA WHERE WE WERE RELYING ON OUR CAMPUS DATA CLERKS TO PERFORM THE CODING, WHICH I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN TO CAMPUSES.

YOU KNOW HOW CRAZY IT CAN BE IN THAT FRONT OFFICE.

AND THIS WAS SOMETHING WHERE WE WERE RELYING ON THEM TO DO THIS RIGHT.

AND IT WASN'T NECESSARILY AN OVERARCHING REVIEW CONTROL TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT HAPPENED APPROPRIATELY.

THIS IS IMPORTANT, SIMILAR TO IMMIGRANTS, IS THAT THIS DIRECTLY CAN IMPACT FUNDING AVAILABLE TO THE DISTRICT.

OUR RECOMMENDATION WAS TO IMPLEMENT ANOTHER CONTROL PERIODIC AUDIT AND DATA VALIDATION OF PRE K STUDENTS.

SO WE THINK THAT YOU COULD DO SOME SAMPLING AGAIN TO SELECT SOME PRE K STUDENTS AND VALIDATE THAT WE HAVE THEIR CORRECT ELIGIBILITY DOCUMENTATION AND THAT THE RIGHT CODE WAS APPLIED. YOU ALSO COULD DO A DATA VALIDATION OF THE WHOLE POPULATION.

SOME OF WHAT WE PERFORMED IN THE TEST COMPARING ELIGIBILITY TO SOME OF THESE FUNDING CODES THAT WERE IN EXISTENCE.

SO SEEING IF A STUDENT WAS CODED AS BEING ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED BUT CODED AS AN ELIGIBLE FOR PRE K FUNDING, WHY DID THAT OCCUR? WAS IT ACCURATE? SHOULD WE GO MAYBE MAKE A MODIFICATION TO THAT? WE THINK IF YOU DO THIS AUDIT CONTROL AND A KIND OF FULL POPULATION DATA VALIDATION CONTROL, IT WOULD GREATLY REDUCE THE POTENTIAL RISK OF MISSING OUT ON FUNDING FOR THESE PRE K STUDENTS AND MANAGEMENT.

AGREED WITH THIS RECOMMENDATION.

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JUST BRIEFLY, I'LL TOUCH ON THOSE.

SO THE FIRST RECOMMENDATION WE FOUND THAT TRAINING WAS NOT BEING TRACKED AND MONITORED FOR SIS AND PEIMS, THE ATTENDANCE OF THAT.

SO THERE'S REALLY NO WAY OF KNOWING DID EVERY PERSON GET THE CORRECT AMOUNT OF PEIMS OR SIS TRAINING TO PERFORM THEIR JOB? WE RECOMMENDED IMPLEMENTING A CENTRALIZED SYSTEM TO MONITOR THAT, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR FOLKS ARE AS EQUIPPED AS THEY CAN BE TO PERFORM THEIR DATA ENTRY AND DATA VALIDATION TASKS. MANAGEMENT AGREED WITH THAT.

OUR SECOND RECOMMENDATION WAS A RESULT OF US FINDING SOME INAPPROPRIATE ACCESS TO THE SIS.

I THINK THESE ARE PRIMARILY INDIVIDUALS HAVING ACCESS TO STUDENT DATA AND OTHER CAMPUSES AFTER THEY HAD LEFT.

AND SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT THE SIS GROUP RUN SOME ACCESS VALIDATION REPORTS MONTHLY TO CLEAN THAT UP, MAKE SURE NOTHING INAPPROPRIATE CAN OCCUR.

AND I WILL SAY WE DIDN'T NOTE ANY EVIDENCE OF INAPPROPRIATE ACTIVITY.

THIS WAS JUST THE POSSIBILITY, THE ACCESS TO POTENTIALLY EDIT SOME DATA.

THEY AGREED WITH THIS RECOMMENDATION.

THE FOURTH RECOMMENDATION CAME FROM PRIMARILY OUR INTERVIEWS AND REVIEW OF EXISTING STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

WE HEARD IN OUR INTERVIEWS THAT THERE ARE SOME INCONSISTENCIES WITH ATTENDANCE TAKING PROCEDURES FOR FIELD TRIPS AND EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.

WE'RE RECOMMENDING TIGHTENING THIS UP, PROVIDING SOME ADDITIONAL TRAINING TO THESE CAMPUS CLERKS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.

WE'RE FOLLOWING A STANDARD PROCESS.

AGAIN, AS ALI MENTIONED, IF WE DON'T HAVE THE CORRECT DOCUMENTATION AND TIME OF TAKING ATTENDANCE, THERE IS A RISK OF THE DISTRICT OF TEA POTENTIALLY CLAWING BACK SOME MONEY. SO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE TIGHT IN THAT AREA AS WELL.

FIFTH RECOMMENDATION CAME FROM SOME TESTING AND ALSO INTERVIEWS.

SO EVERY SIX WEEKS THERE'S A LOT OF DATA WE HAVE TO SUBMIT TO TEA, SOME OF THESE HAVE TO BE VALIDATED AND SIGNED OFF BY OUR CAMPUS PRINCIPALS, SPECIAL POPULATION LEADERS.

SO FOLKS IN GIFTED AND TALENTED OR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS OR SPECIAL ED, THEY HAVE TO SIGN OFF AND ESSENTIALLY VALIDATE THAT, YES, THIS DATA IS ACCURATE.

WE'VE CHECKED IT, WE'VE CHECKED IT.

THERE IS AN EXISTING AUDIT CONTROL IN PLACE.

THIS IS ANOTHER AREA WHERE ADMINISTRATION DID HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE.

HOWEVER, THE CHECKLIST THAT WAS BEING USED IN THE AUDIT WE FOUND WAS INSUFFICIENTLY DETAILED.

THERE WAS NOT REALLY A SPACE TO CONFIRM THAT THERE WAS ALL THE CORRECT SIGNATURES OR PARTIES THAT WERE SIGNING FOR OTHER PARTIES.

WE FOUND THAT SOME OF OUR SAMPLES WHERE AN INDIVIDUAL WOULD SIGN ON BEHALF OF A PRINCIPAL .

TEA REQUIRES REALLY PRINCIPAL SIGN OFF AND KIND OF STAMPING THAT THEY DID REVIEW THE DATA FOR ACCURACY.

SO WE RECOMMENDED KIND OF TWEAKING THAT CHECKLIST, MODIFYING THE EXISTING CONTROL TO GIVE US A LITTLE MORE COMFORT THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING THOSE REPORTING PROCEDURES.

THAT GOES RIGHT INTO THE NEXT RECOMMENDATION SIX REALLY PROVIDING ADDITIONAL TRAINING TO PRINCIPALS AND SPECIAL PROGRAM LEADERS.

ANECDOTALLY, WE HEARD SOME EVIDENCE FROM PRINCIPALS THAT THEY KIND OF SIGNED OFF ON IT.

THEY'RE REALLY TRUSTING THEIR DATA CLERKS TO REVIEW AND ASSESS THIS DATA.

AGAIN, TEA REQUIRES A REALLY ROBUST, DETAILED REVIEW BY OUR CAMPUS PRINCIPALS.

SO RECOMMENDING DOING SOME ADDITIONAL TRAINING, MAKE SURE THEY'RE AWARE OF ALL THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES.

AS ALI MENTIONED, RECOMMENDATION TEN, THERE WAS SOME INCONSISTENCIES WITH CAMPUS CLERK KNOWLEDGE ON IMMIGRANT IDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.

WE THINK AGAIN, ADDITIONAL TRAINING, GET THEM ALL IN THE SAME ROOM, EITHER VIRTUALLY OR IN PERSON AND KIND OF GO OVER HAMMER THIS BECAUSE IT COULD IMPACT FUNDING FOR THE DISTRICT.

LAST TWO RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE HAD.

THE FIRST REALLY CAME FROM JUST LOOKING AT YOUR SRQ AND TALKING WITH SOME OF YOUR STUDENT SERVICE FOLKS.

YOUR ONLINE RESIDENCY QUESTIONNAIRE LACKED A LOT OF MANDATORY FIELDS AND SO FIELD FORMS COULD BE SUBMITTED BLANK OR WITH MISSING DATA, WHICH WOULD THEN RESULT IN A LOT OF TIMES WITH MY STUDENT SERVICES TRYING TO TRACE, CHASE THIS DOWN, FIGURE OUT WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE, WHAT SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THERE.

WHERE WE THINK IT REALLY COULD BE AS SIMPLE DATA VALIDATION CONTROL, MANDATORY FIELDS THAT COULD REALLY REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF LEGWORK THAT STUDENT SERVICES HAS TO DO. THIS PRIMARILY IMPACTS OUR HOMELESS STUDENT IDENTIFICATION AND CODING, WHICH GOES INTO OUR LAST RECOMMENDATION, WHICH WAS TO MODIFY THE HOMELESS STUDENT CODING PROCESS.

THIS CURRENT PROCESS, WHICH WE INCLUDE IN THE REPORT, A PROCESS MAP THAT SHOWS IT'S REALLY RELIANT ON TWO POSITIONS FOR DATA ENTRY WITHIN THE DISTRICT.

WE THINK THAT THIS COULD REALLY BE APPROVED FROM AN EFFICIENCY STANDPOINT IF WE BREAK THAT OUT TO CAMPUS BASED POSITIONS TO HELP US SOME OF THAT DATA ENTRY.

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IT IS CAN BE AN OVERWHELMING CHALLENGE, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU COUPLE THAT WITH THE SRQ ISSUES.

SO WE THINK IF YOU KIND OF EXPAND THAT AND GET MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THAT CODING, AGAIN, WE LOVE TO SAY IMPLEMENT AUDIT CONTROL.

WHEN THAT HAPPENS, IT COULD REALLY HELP QUICKLY IDENTIFY HOMELESS STUDENTS AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE GETTING SERVED.

BRIEFLY COVER OUR FOLLOW UP ON IT.

AGAIN, THIS IS ONE THAT WE DID, I BELIEVE, IN 2018 OR 2019, THAT THERE WERE FIVE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE MADE.

TWO OUT OF THOSE FIVE HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY IMPLEMENTED, TWO WERE SUBSTANTIALLY IMPLEMENTED AND ONE WAS PARTIALLY IMPLEMENTED.

SO TODAY WE'RE GOING TO BRIEFLY DISCUSS THE ONES THAT WERE NOT COMPLETELY IMPLEMENTED.

THE INITIAL AUDIT FOUND THAT THE PROCESSES AND TOOLS USED TO MONITOR DATA ACCURACY MAY HAVE BEEN INSUFFICIENT JUST DUE TO THE SHEER COMPLEXITY AND VOLUME OF DATA THAT HAS TO BE SUBMITTED THROUGH PEIMS. I THINK AS YOU READ OUR REPORT, YOU SHOULD GET A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF JUST HOW MUCH THIS IS.

AND THIS WAS ONLY KIND OF A FINGERNAILS WORTH.

THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER THINGS TRANSPORTATION, STAFF, EXPENDITURE DATA THAT WASN'T IN SCOPE FOR THIS AUDIT.

SO REALLY WHAT WE SAID IS THAT THIS NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED.

WE NEED TO DO MORE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR DATA IS BEING ACCURATE BEFORE IT'S SUBMITTED.

OUR ORIGINAL AUDIT, WE FOUND THREE STUDENTS THAT WERE MARKED AS RECEIVING 504 SERVICES AND ALSO SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES, WHICH IS NOT ALLOWED.

THAT'S NOT APPROPRIATE. SO WE RECOMMENDED SOME ADDITIONAL CUSTOMER REPORTS TO HELP IDENTIFY SOME PEIMS ISSUES AND GET THOSE CLEANED UP.

THERE ARE COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE SOLUTIONS THAT COULD HELP WITH THAT.

WE ULTIMATELY CONCLUDED THAT THIS RECOMMENDATION WAS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE.

AND WHY THAT WAS, IS THAT WE OBSERVED A LOT OF ADDITIONAL DATA VALIDATION REPORTS THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED, WHICH WAS GREAT.

HOWEVER, WE DID PERFORM THE ORIGINAL ANALYSIS AND FOUND 26 STUDENTS CODED AS RECEIVING SPECIAL EDUCATION AND 504 SERVICES, EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE ADDITIONAL REPORTS AND WE HEARD ANECDOTALLY FROM STAFF THAT THEY WERE BEING MONITORED.

THE EXISTENCE OF DATA ERRORS INDICATED A NEED FOR FURTHER MONITORING ANALYSIS.

THE NEXT RECOMMENDATION WAS TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND GIVE ACCESS TO CAMPUS DATA CLERKS TO CODE AT RISK STUDENTS AND SKYWARD.

ORIGINALLY, WE FOUND A PROCESS AND EFFICIENCY WITHIN THE AT RISK CODING PROCESS FOR STUDENTS.

DATA CLERKS RECEIVE THOSE INFORMATION, BUT THEN DATA WAS INPUT INTO SKYWARD BY STUDENT SERVICES.

THIS IS DONE VIA EMAIL.

THEY HAD TO SEND THIS OVER THERE.

SOMETIMES A LAG JUST DUE TO HOW MUCH EVERYTHING ALL THE OTHER TASKS PEOPLE HAVE ON THEIR PLATES.

ANOTHER EMAIL IS ANOTHER EMAIL SOMETIMES, SO WE RECOMMENDED OPENING IT UP AGAIN, TRAINING OUR CAMPUS CLERKS, GIVING THEM THAT ABILITY TO CODE STUDENTS IN SKYWARD. CONCLUDE THIS WAS PARTIALLY COMPLETE.

A GREAT THING THAT OCCURRED TRAINING WAS PROVIDED TO COUNSELORS AND DATA CLERKS.

REALLY GOOD ROBUST TRAINING BY STUDENT SERVICES.

WHAT IS AT RISK? WHAT ARE THOSE QUALIFYING CRITERIA IS HOW DO YOU IDENTIFY? WE DID OBSERVE THAT DOCUMENTATION.

HOWEVER, OUR PROCESS ANALYSIS AND INTERVIEWS PERFORMED DURING OUR FULL SCOPE AUDIT, THE ONE WE JUST PRESENTED, INDICATED THAT DATA CLERKS AND COUNSELORS ARE NOT CODING AT RISK STUDENTS.

STUDENT SERVICES ARE STILL DOING THAT.

SO THE PROCESS REMAINED UNCHANGED, BUT THERE WAS ADDITIONAL TRAINING THAT WAS PROVIDED.

SO WE THOUGHT YOU KIND OF HALFWAY THERE.

WE JUST NEED TO KIND OF MAKE THAT PROCESS CHANGE.

SO WE WANTED TO GIVE CERTAINLY CREDIT FOR THE GREAT TRAINING THAT DID OCCUR.

AND THE LAST RECOMMENDATION AS IN THE CTE DOMAIN.

OUR INITIAL AUDIT FOUND THAT GISD WAS INAPPROPRIATELY USING CTE COURSES FOR NON CTE PURPOSES AND ALSO THAT THERE ARE DUPLICATED CTE COURSES WITHIN THE MASTER SCHEDULE.

WE CONCLUDED THIS WAS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE TO IMPLEMENT A PROCEDURE TO PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING.

AND WHAT WE DISCOVERED, THERE WERE PERIODIC REVIEWS OF THE MASTER SCHEDULE TO CLEAN UP SOME OF THESE DEFICIENCIES.

WE OBSERVED EVIDENCE OF THAT.

WE DID RE PERFORM THE INITIAL DATA ANALYSIS AND THERE WAS A LOT MORE POSITIVE IN THE OUTCOME.

ALL CTE COURSES HAD THE APPROPRIATE FLAGS IN SKYWARD.

WE DIDN'T FIND ANY NON CTE COURSES HAVING A CTE FLAG.

HOWEVER, WE DID FIND A SAME EXCEPTION THAT WE FOUND IN THE INITIAL AUDIT.

A SAME SERVICE ID WAS USED FOR TWO SEPARATE CTE COURSES.

AGAIN, A LOT OF PROGRESS WAS MADE.

THAT'S WHY WE WANTED TO GIVE THAT SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE.

WE THINK THAT THE CTE COURSE AUDIT THAT DOES EXIST SHOULD BE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE A SEARCH FOR DUPLICATE IDS JUST TO CLEAN UP THAT KIND OF REMAINING EXCEPTION THAT WE

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BOARD ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE PEIMS AUDIT OR THE FOLLOW UP AUDITS TO THE 2019 ONE? MR. GLICK. THANK YOU, SIR.

I'M NOT SERVING ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE NOW, BUT I WAS SERVING WHEN WE RECOMMENDED TO APPROVE THIS AUDIT THAT YOU DID.

ON A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS YOU DID MENTION THAT WHAT YOU FOUND WOULD INCREASE OUR FUNDING.

I REMEMBER GOING BACK THAT ONE OF THE REASONS WE DID THIS WAS TO LOOK AT HOW THE DATA WAS BEING INCORPORATED, BUT ALSO WE THOUGHT THERE WAS DOLLARS BEING LOST.

I WASN'T ABLE TO FIND ANYWHERE.

DID YOU GIVE US A NUMBER OR HAVE YOU ESTIMATED THE NUMBER THAT WE COULD BE LOSING BY NOT IMPLEMENTING THE SYSTEM APPROPRIATELY? SO WE COULDN'T DO THAT IN THIS PROJECT DUE TO KIND OF THE FUNDING DRIVEN BY ADA AND KIND OF THE COMPLEXITY OF GETTING THAT CALCULATION FOR THOSE STUDENTS.

SO WE PROVIDED THE STUDENTS THAT WERE CODED AS BEING INELIGIBLE OR NOT BEING CODED AS IMMIGRANT, BUT WE DID NOT GO THROUGH AND DO A COST CALCULATION JUST DUE TO THE COMPLEXITY OF HAVING TO DIG THROUGH THE ATTENDANCE DATA AND DO THAT.

WERE YOU ABLE TO COME UP WITH MAYBE EVEN AN ESTIMATE? I THINK I THINK THAT YOUR STAFF, BOTH PEIMS AND STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM, BASED ON THE REPORTS WE RAN, LET'S SAY THE NUMBER OF IMMIGRANT STUDENTS WERE 1,000. WE THINK THAT THERE'S A POTENTIAL FOR 3,000 AND THEY KNOW THE RULES AND REGULATIONS.

WHEN YOUR IMMIGRANT STUDENT POPULATION INCREASES 50%, THERE MAY BE ADDITIONAL FUNDING AVAILABLE TO YOU.

AND THE FEDERAL PROGRAMS PEOPLE KNOW THAT BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE.

SO WE DIDN'T WANT TO PUT A NUMBER TO PUT THEM IN A PLACE THAT MAKE AN ESTIMATE.

BUT THERE IS A POTENTIAL TO HAVE FISCAL IMPACT POSITIVE IF THIS IS CAPTURED PROPERLY AND TRAINED NOW AND GOING FORWARD.

SO WE DON'T HAVE A NUMBER, BUT WE BELIEVE THERE ARE SOME AREAS WITH A PRE K TO 2 THERE ARE POTENTIAL FISCAL IMPACTS, BUT WE DIDN'T WANT TO PUT A NUMBER NOT BECOME NOT BEING WRONG.

NOW WE'VE HEARD THAT THERE IS A POSSIBILITY WITH THE LEGISLATOR LEGISLATURE MEETING IN JANUARY THAT THEY'LL CHANGE THE METHOD OF FORMULA, THE FORMULA FOR HOW WE GET PAID NOT ON DAILY ATTENDANCE BUT ON OUR ACTUAL EXISTING POPULATION.

BUT I'M ASSUMING THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

SO ASSUMING WE STAY WHERE WE'RE AT.

YES. WERE THERE DOLLARS BEING LOST IN THAT AREA TOO? ON THE ATTENDANCE FRONT? YEAH. I DON'T BELIEVE THE WAY THAT THE ATTENDANCE WORK WITH THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS THAT YOU GUYS USE ASSUME EVERYONE IS PRESENT UNLESS SOMEBODY PUTS IT ABSENT.

SO YOU COLLECT THE MONEY AND YOU GIVE BACK AS THE PEOPLE ARE NOT THERE.

SO WE'RE GETTING THE MONEY.

THAT'S WHY IT'S KIND OF WORKS UNDER WHAT WE MAY BE COUNTING THEM THAT NOT PROPERLY DOCUMENTING THEM.

SO IT'S NOT ADDITIONAL FUNDING, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DESERVE THAT FUNDING.

SO WE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING ON THE ATTENDANCE, I THINK THAT WHILE WE ARE DOING OUR AUDITS, WE VISITED 40 SCHOOLS AND OUT OF YOUR 670, EVERYONE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT GETTING THOSE STUDENTS INTO ATTENDANCE.

THERE ARE PEOPLE GOING TO STUDENTS HOUSES AND FOLLOWING UP.

THEY THOUGHT THAT OUR AUDIT WAS ABOUT.

SO I KNOW THE ACTIVITIES YOU'RE MENTIONING, BUT OUR AUDIT WAS ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT ALL THE STUDENTS WE COUNT PRESENT, WE HAVE A DOCUMENTATION AND THEY ARE REALLY PRESENT BECAUSE THE SOFTWARE COUNTS THEM AS PRESENT.

IF THE STUDENT TEACHER DOESN'T CLICK THE SUBMIT BUTTON OR DOESN'T SAY THIS JOHNNY IS NOT HERE TODAY, IT ALL COUNTS AS POSITIVE.

THAT'S WHY, UNFORTUNATELY.

WHEN I FIRST SAW I WAS READING YOUR REPORT AND YOU USED THE TERM LEVER, WHAT I THOUGHT WAS THAT WAS KIDS WHO LEFT DURING THE DAY WHEN WE WERE COUNTING.

BUT NO, NOW I UNDERSTAND THEY'VE LEFT THE DISTRICT TOTALLY.

SO THANK YOU, SIR.

ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS? ON THE ISSUE OF ATTENDANCE AND WE COVERED THIS SOMEWHAT DURING THE POLICY ADVISORY GROUP IN DEPTH.

THEY FOCUSED IN THE AUDIT ABOUT ATTENDANCE OF KIDS THAT OR THE DISTRICTS TRYING TO FIND.

AND THERE'S A GOOD DEAL OF EFFORT THAT'S BEING MADE ON THAT.

I WOULD LIKE THE ADMINISTRATION TO KIND OF STANDARDIZE PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES WITH RESPECT TO HOW WE CALCULATE ATTENDANCE INSIDE THE INDIVIDUAL CLASSROOMS. I KNOW IN A HIGH SCHOOL WE ARE LOSING WE ARE LOSING MONEY IN HIGH SCHOOLS FROM ATTENDANCE BECAUSE WE HAVE KIDS GOING OFF ON VARIOUS

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I KNOW I HAVE A KID THAT GOES OFF ON BAND TRIPS ALL THE TIME AND INVARIABLY EVERY SINGLE TIME HE'S COUNTED ABSENT AND LIKE FOUR OF HIS CLASSES ON THAT DAY AND THEN OTHER OTHERS TEACHERS COUNT THEM PRESENT BECAUSE THEY GET THE MEMO AND THEY APPLY IT.

AND IT'S DONE ON A CLASSROOM AT CLASSROOM BASIS.

AND WE HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING BECAUSE IF IT'S THAT SECOND PERIOD CLASS AND THAT TEACHER IS THE ONE THAT SAYS THAT SEATS EMPTY.

HITS THE BUTTON. WE JUST LOST MONEY.

SO AND SOMETIMES PARENTS AREN'T NECESSARILY ON IT AND THEY MY WIFE CERTAINLY IS.

AND SHE'S GOT EMAILS TO HALF THE WORLD TRYING TO GET THAT.

BUT BUT SOMETIMES PARENTS DON'T GET THAT CORRECTED.

AND THAT'S JUST GOING TO BE MONEY THAT WE END UP LOSING SO.

FREQUENTLY WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT ARE LEGALLY ATTEND IN ATTENDANCE AT SCHOOL.

THEY'RE JUST DOING A SCHOOL SANCTIONED ACTIVITY, AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE CAPTURE THEM AS WELL.

ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE GIBSON FOLKS? THANK YOU, GUYS. WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING UP FROM AUSTIN FOR THIS.

NO PROBLEM. THANK YOU.

[VI. Consent Agenda]

DR. GRADYNE BROWN, THE INDOMITABLE GRADYNE BROWN.

GOOD EVENING. PRESIDENT JOHNSON, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT LOPEZ, I PRESENT TO YOU TONIGHT AS PRINTED IN YOUR BOARD BOOK, OUR ABSENCE, OUR RESIGNATIONS, AND OUR NEW HIRES.

THERE ARE NO CHANGES THIS MONTH.

BOARD. YOU'VE ALL GOT A COPY OF THE HUMAN RESOURCES REPORT.

WE HAVE ANY MOTIONS [INAUDIBLE].

MR. PRESIDENT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE HUMAN RESOURCES REPORT AS PRINTED IN OUR BOOK.

SECOND. ALL RIGHT.

THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE HUMAN RESOURCES REPORT.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS.

I WILL NOTE THAT MR. BEACH HAS RAISED HIS HAND.

SO THAT PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

THANK YOU. I AM GOING TO TAKE AN ITEM OUT OF ORDER HERE BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE I KNOW THAT ARE HERE ON BEHALF REGARDING THE PARK CREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

[VII.E. Consider Approval of Park Crest Elementary School Educational Garden]

AND THAT'S CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE PARK CREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL GARDEN.

MR. JAVIER FERNANDEZ.

GOOD EVENING. BOARD PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR.

LOPEZ. SO THERE ARE NO CHANGES FROM THE PRESENTATION THAT WAS PROVIDED IN THE COMMITTEE, BUT WE CAN BRIEFLY GO OVER THE PRESENTATION AGAIN, IF YOU'D LIKE.

WHAT THIS IS, IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO PROVIDE A EDUCATIONAL GARDEN AT PARK CREST ELEMENTARY THAT SOLIDIFIES OUR COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY.

DURING THE TIME WHEN WE WERE WORKING WITH THE EPA TO DO THE CLEANUP OF THAT AREA IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO THIS SOLIDIFIES OUR COMMITMENT THAT WE MADE AT THE TIME THAT WE WOULD, AS A DISTRICT, PUT BACK THE GARDEN BETTER THAN WHAT IT WAS BEFORE.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE THAT'S WHAT THIS AGENDA ITEM IS FOR.

I GO OVER THE GARDEN ITSELF QUICKLY, HISTORICALLY ABOUT THE GARDEN, IT WAS GROUNDBREAKING IN MAY OF 2018 IS WHEN THE CAMPUS STARTED THE GARDEN.

IT DEVELOPED OVER PHASES.

IT'S GOT A IT HAD A BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLY GARDEN IN IT.

AND WHEN I SAY IT HAD THE CURRENT CONDITIONS ARE THAT THE GARDEN IS NOT OPERATIONAL.

AND SO THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO CREATE THE GARDEN OPERATIONAL AGAIN.

IT ALSO HAD KEYHOLE GARDEN IN THE FALL OF 2019 AND HAD A NATIVE PRAIRIE GARDEN IN THE SPRING OF 2020.

STUDENT PARTICIPATION WITHIN THE GARDEN SINCE ITS INCEPTION HAS GROWN EVERY YEAR.

TWICE YEARLY THE GARDEN HAD EVENTS WHERE THE STUDENTS WOULD ROTATE THROUGH THE GARDEN.

WE HAD PARTNERSHIPS WITH GROW GARDEN GROW.

WITHIN THAT WE ALSO HAD CAMPUS PARTICIPATION WHERE OUR TEACHER TOOK STUDENTS INTO THE GARDEN AND PARTICIPATED WITHIN THE GARDEN.

OUR COUNSELORS PARTICIPATED WITHIN THE GARDEN, AND EVEN OUR STUDENT NUTRITION SERVICES WORKED WITH THE CAMPUS TO OFFER THE STUDENTS A PROGRAM CALLED STUDENT NUTRITION HARVESTING.

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AGAIN, THE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION HAS BEEN VERY BROAD WITHIN THIS GARDEN, KEEP GARLAND BEAUTIFUL, GROW GARDEN GROW, THE BOY SCOUTS HAVE PARTICIPATED, THE CITY OF GARLAND PARKS BOARD HAS PARTICIPATED, GIVING GROVE, A DALLAS NONPROFIT, HAS ALSO PARTICIPATED IN OUR EDUCATIONAL GARDEN THERE AT PARK CREST ELEMENTARY.

SO GETTING BACK TO THAT GARDEN IS REALLY THE THE IMPETUS OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH TODAY.

FUTURE PARTICIPATION.

I'VE SHARED WITH YOU WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT TAKING THIS GARDEN.

STUDENTS ARE GOING TO UTILIZE THE GARDEN TO ENHANCE THEIR LEARNING THROUGH EXPERIENCE, THROUGH HANDS ON EXPERIENCE, GROW GARDEN GROW IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK ALONGSIDE OUR TEACHERS. AND THEN THE GOAL FOR THE CAMPUS IS TO TO CREATE A MINIMUM OF 20 MINUTES A WEEK FOR OUTDOOR EDUCATION WITHIN THE GARDEN. THAT'S WHAT EVERY GREAT GROUP IN THE CAMPUS.

THIS IS JUST A SKETCH OF THE GARDEN ITSELF.

I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE SMALL TO SEE, BUT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING THERE, THE GARDEN ITSELF WILL CREATE WILL CREATE VARIOUS STATIONS WITHIN THE GARDEN FOR THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR OUR STUDENTS.

AND WITH THAT, I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT THE BOARD MAY HAVE.

MS. GRIFFIN. YES, MR. PRESIDENT, I'D LIKE TO MOVE APPROVAL OF THE PARK CREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL GARDEN AS DELIVERED IN OUR BOARD BOOK, AND SEEING THE COOPERATION AND SUPPORT FROM THE STUDENTS WHO ADDRESSED US TONIGHT THROUGH THEIR LETTERS.

I SECOND. ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM SEVEN E, WHICH IS THE PARK CREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL GARDEN.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

SEVEN ZERO.

IT PASSES. AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PARK CREST COMMUNITY ON A BEAUTIFUL GARDEN [APPLAUSE].

ALL RIGHT. WE'LL RETURN BACK TO THE ORIGINAL ORDER OF THE AGENDA AND WE'LL TAKE UP ACTION.

[VII.A. Student Services Clinic and Garland Health Department MOU]

DR. BABETTA HEMPHILL.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT JOHNSON.

TRUSTEES AND DR. LOPEZ.

THIS EVENING WE ARE BRINGING FORWARD THE RENEWAL OF OUR MOU WITH THE GARLAND HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

WE DID PRESENT AT THE LAST DAC MEETING, AND WE ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE MOU.

THIS WAS PRESENTED AT THE ACADEMIC AND DISTRICT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE.

MR. BEACH WAS THE CHAIR I'LL KIND OF STEP IN FOR HIM WITH THAT.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING THAT'S BEEN CHANGED.

IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD WITH RESPECT? ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE, IS THERE ANY MOTIONS WE HAVE ON THE FLOOR? I MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF THE ITEM AS PRESENTED.

AND WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ACTION ITEM SEVEN A, WHICH IS THE STUDENT SERVICES CLINIC AND GARLAND HEALTH DEPARTMENT, MOU.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

[VII.B. Consider Approval of Budget Transfers and Amendments to the 2022-2023 General Fund]

IS THAT GOING TO BE MS. MAYO? IT IS MS. MAYO.

YES, SIR. I AM HERE.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT JOHNSON, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

DR. LOPEZ.

WE DO HAVE AN UPDATE FROM COMMITTEE.

IT'S A SMALL UPDATE JUST DUE TO TIMING WITH THE QUOTES ON SOME OF THESE PROJECTS.

WE HAD SOME ADDITIONAL FEES.

IT'S ABOUT $44,00 ADDED TO THE TRANSFER OUT FOR THE PARK CREST GARDEN THAT YOU JUST HEARD ABOUT, AND THAT IS THE ONLY CHANGE.

THERE'S NO CHANGES ON THIS.

I INADVERTENTLY STUCK MR. BEACH IN THE WRONG COMMITTEE, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE WRONG COMMITTEE IN THE LAST ONE AND MY BRAIN FOG FROM COVID.

HE'S THE ONE WHO'S SICK AND I'M THE ONE WHO'S GOT THE.

BUT NO, THIS IS THE ONE THAT HE'S ACTUALLY THE CHAIR OF.

AND YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD, MR. BEACH? MR. MILLER WILL BRING IN THOSE FORWARD TONIGHT FOR THE FACILITIES AND FINANCE.

VERY GOOD, MR. MILLER.

NO, SIR. I BELIEVE THIS WAS WITH THE I'D LIKE TO MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THIS WITH THE NEW HANDOUT THAT WE WERE GIVEN.

YES. SO THERE WAS A SLIGHT CHANGE OF I THINK IT WAS $44,000 I ADDED TO AN EXPENSE ITEM.

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SECOND. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE APPROVAL OF ACTION, ITEM SEVEN B, WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE BUDGET TRANSFERS AND AMENDMENTS TO THE 22-23 GENERAL FUND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.

NEXT ITEM IS ACTION ITEM VII.C.

[VII.C. Consider Approval of $30,000 Donation from Community PartnerLarry Glick]

DR. RUSSELL. WELL, NOT DR.

RUSSELL. TONIGHT, IT'LL BE ME.

I'M TANYA RAMOS. I'M EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SUPPORT AND SPECIALIZED SERVICES.

AND TONIGHT, WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING OUR STUDENTS OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND MORGAN'S WONDERLAND.

IT IS THE ULTRA ACCESSIBLE THEME PARK LOCATED IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.

AND INDIVIDUALS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND THEIR FAMILIES CAN PARTICIPATE IN EVERY ACTIVITY AND ON EVERY RIDE.

OUR GISD ECSE TEACHER, SHEILA MCCOMAS, HAS BEEN RAISING FUNDS YEARLY TO TAKE HER STUDENTS FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS.

IN ACCORDANCE WITH BOARD POLICY, CDC (LOCAL) AND GISD CAMPUS AND DEPARTMENT ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES, GIFTS AND DONATIONS CONDITIONED UPON A SPECIFIC PURPOSE IN AMOUNTS GREATER THAN $5,000 MUST HAVE BOARD APPROVAL.

SO TODAY WE ARE REQUESTING YOUR APPROVAL TO ACCEPT A DONATION OF $30,000 FROM MR. LARRY GLICK AND TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR MORE STUDENTS TO ATTEND.

OUR RESIDENT MORGAN'S WONDERLAND CAMPER, MS. SHEILA MCCOMAS, IS HERE TO SHARE SOME OF THE EXPERIENCES, AS WELL AS ROBIN BALDERSON, WHO IS OUR COORDINATOR OVER THE ECSE PROGRAM.

SO THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SHARE THE EXPERIENCES AND ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT.

I'M SORRY.

PRESIDENT JOHNSON AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DR.

LOPEZ. THIS IS JUST AN AMAZING TRIP.

IT IS NOT ONLY GOOD FOR OUR STUDENTS, BUT FOR OUR PARENTS AS WELL.

I KNOW EARLIER TRUSTEE STANLEY TALKED ABOUT SUPPORTING PARENTS.

THIS TRIP IS AN AMAZING SUPPORT FOR OUR PARENTS, FOR THEM TO BE TOGETHER, TO ACTUALLY TALK WITH EACH OTHER, TO SEE EACH OTHER, TO UNDERSTAND THAT, OH, OK YOU'RE HAVING THIS SITUATION JUST TO BE A SUPPORT FOR EACH OTHER AND TO SEE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEIR CHILDREN CAN DO.

THIS AMAZING EXPERIENCE, JUST EVERYTHING IS ACCESSIBLE.

THEY EVEN HAVE A CLIMBING WALL THAT'S ACCESSIBLE.

THEY HAVE A ROPES COURSE, AND THEN THEY ALSO HAVE A WHEELCHAIR ROPES COURSE AT THE CAMP.

SO IT'S JUST ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.

RIDE, CAROUSEL, JEEP RIDES, THE FERRIS WHEEL, PLAYGROUNDS, MUSIC, GARDEN, SAND CIRCLE, VILLAGE MARKET.

THEY HAVE AN AMAZING SENSORY VILLAGE.

IT'S INDOORS, IT'S JUST ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.

AT THE WATER PARK, EVERYTHING AGAIN IS ACCESSIBLE.

THEY EVEN HAVE WHEELCHAIRS.

THEY ALSO HAVE WHEELCHAIRS FOR THOSE WHO USE ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIRS.

THEY PARTNERED WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AND THEY HAVE WHEELCHAIRS THAT CAN GO IN THE WATER.

MORE LIKE A SCUBA DIVING IDEA THAT THEY CAN GO IN THE WATER.

SO EVERYONE IS INCLUDED IN THIS ADVENTURE.

THAT'S A WATER PARK.

THE CAMP IS THE NEWEST FACILITY AND IT IS JUST ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.

IT HOLDS UP TO 500 PEOPLE.

EVERYTHING IS ACCESSIBLE.

EVERYTHING IS THOUGHT OUT PERFECTLY.

LIKE I SAID, THE ROPES COURSE, A WHEELCHAIR ROPES COURSE.

THEY HAVE A ZIP LINE AND IT HAS A DOUBLE SEAT ON IT AND EVERYTHING'S BEEN THOUGHT OF.

IF A CHILD IS HAS AN OXYGEN TANK, THEY HAVE AN APPARATUS TO HOLD THE OXYGEN TANK.

THEY CAN PUT A FOOT REST ON IT.

THE SEATBELT ON IT IS AN ACTUAL SEAT BELT THAT THEY USE IN RACE CARS.

SO THEY'VE THOUGHT OF EVERYTHING.

BUT THIS TRULY IS AN AMAZING, AMAZING EXPERIENCE.

AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE BOARD AND OF MR. GLICK.

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AND SHE WAS ABLE TO EXPERIENCE THAT.

AND SO I WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND ASK HER TO COME UP AND JUST SHARE THAT EXPERIENCE REAL QUICK.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

SORRY I'VE GOT THIS NAGGING VOICE, BUT IT WAS A REALLY INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT WITH OUR ECSE AND OUR FAMILIES THIS PAST YEAR.

IT WAS SO COOL TO CONNECT WITH THE PARENTS AND BE ABLE TO MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS WITH THEIR CHILDREN.

MY FAMILY WAS ACTUALLY ABLE TO PARTICIPATE AS WELL AND IT WAS REALLY COOL TO HAVE MY OWN CHILDREN ABLE TO INTERACT AND JUST LEARN WITH THESE OTHER FAMILIES AND SEE WAYS OF COMMUNICATING AND GETTING AROUND AND JUST THAT INCLUSION PIECE.

AND SO IT WAS JUST A REALLY SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY.

THESE SPECIAL EDUCATION BABIES ARE MY LIFE AND I LOVE THEM.

AND SO EVERY OPPORTUNITY WE GET TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES AS EVERY OTHER ABLE BODIED CHILD IS SUPER IMPORTANT TO ME.

AND I WILL I WILL FIGHT FOR THEM ALWAYS.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BOARD OF TRUSTEES? MR. MILLER.

YEAH. REMIND ME WHERE THIS FACILITY IS AND IF YOU COULD SPEND JUST 30 SECONDS AND TELL ME WHAT AGENCIES [INAUDIBLE] IS IT ON, 501(C)(3), SEPARATELY FUNDED, OR IS IT SPONSORED BY SOME OTHER AGENCY OR ENTITY.

SO. IT IS IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.

AND THEN I'LL KIND OF LET MS. MCCOMAS SHARE MORE.

WELL, IT'S OPEN TO ALL AGES.

I TEACH THREE YEAR OLDS, THREE AND FOUR YEAR OLDS, BUT WE HAVE ALE CLASSES THAT HAVE GONE TOO WHICH ARE ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOL.

NOT SURE IF WE'VE HAD ANY HIGH SCHOOLS, BUT I KNOW WE'VE HAD MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY.

WE HAVE DIFFERENT FUNDRAISERS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR SO THAT WE CAN RAISE MONEY FOR IT.

WE ALSO, WITH OUR SCHOOL, WE HAVE SOME ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED DONATIONS FROM AND THEY'VE, EACH YEAR THEY SUPPORT US.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, THIS YEAR WITH THE DONATION FROM MR. GLICK, WE WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE OTHER SCHOOLS, OTHER TEACHERS BRING THEIR CLASSES.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HOPING FOR, IS, IN FACT, TOMORROW WE HAVE A MEETING AFTER SCHOOL WITH THE SPECIAL ED TEACHERS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN GOING SO THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT AND ENCOURAGE THE OTHERS TO GO.

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TELL THEM WHO, HOW THEY STARTED IT.

IT WAS STARTED BY A MAN, GORDON HARTMAN.

HE HAS A DAUGHTER WHO HAS AUTISM, AND HE STARTED IT WITH JUST THE PARK.

AND THEN THEY GREW INTO HAVING THE WATER PARK.

THEY ALSO BUILT THE CAMP.

SO THEY HAVE, IT'S A LARGE DIFFERENT AREAS, BUT THEY HAVE A LARGE FOLLOWING.

THEY HAVE A LOT OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT.

THE NEAT THING IS THAT YOU LOOK AT IT AND YOU THINK, OH, GOSH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS OVERWHELMING.

ONE OF THE THINGS HE SAID WAS THEY TOOK HIS DAUGHTER TO DISNEY WORLD.

SHE COULD NOT HANDLE IT.

IT WAS TOO OVERWHELMING.

THE THOUGHT PUT INTO THIS PARK IS AMAZING.

IT'S SPREAD OUT.

IT'S CALM. YES, THEY HAVE MUSIC, BUT IT'S NOT OVERBEARING.

THE SENSORY VILLAGE IS AMAZING.

SO THEY HAVE THINGS.

THEY'VE THOUGHT OF EVERYTHING IMAGINABLE.

SO IT'S JUST SUCH A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE.

I PERSONALLY HAD A PARENT SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHO SAID, THERE'S NO WAY I CAN GO.

MY CHILD IS A HOUDINI.

I WON'T EVEN GO TO THE BATHROOM AND HE'LL BE OUT THE DOOR.

AND THIS IS WHEN WE WERE STAYING IN A HOTEL.

AND I SAID, NO, NO, THAT'S WHY THE STAFF IS HERE.

WE WILL HELP YOU.

SO WE WENT.

THIS MOTHER WROTE THE MOST HEART WRENCHING LETTER SAYING HOW MUCH IT MEANT TO HER.

NOT ONLY THAT, THEIR FAMILY GOES BACK EVERY YEAR ON A FAMILY VACATION.

I HAVE A DAUGHTER WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, AND THAT'S THE ONE FAMILY VACATION THAT WE'VE DONE AS A WHOLE FAMILY ACTUALLY GOING THERE AND TAKING MY FIVE DAUGHTERS AND MY HUSBAND AND I.

SO IT'S JUST AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE.

BUT IT ALSO SHOWS PARENTS THERE ARE MANY OLDER PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES WHO WORK AND VOLUNTEER AT THE PARK. THE PARENTS SEE THAT THERE'S A FUTURE FOR THEIR CHILDREN, TOO.

SO IT'S JUST AN ALL AROUND FANTASTIC EXPERIENCE.

ANY QUESTIONS. YOU MIGHT NOT BELIEVE THIS BUT SHE IS NOT A PAID SPOKESPERSON FOR THE PART .

[LAUGHTER] SHE IS FOR SURE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM MR. GLICK. I THINK THEY'VE SAID IT ALL.

I REALLY THINK SO. JUST ONE THING.

AFTER THE SECOND TIME I DID THIS, I GOT THE SAME TYPE OF LETTERS FROM THE PARENTS.

SO. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF THE TRUSTEES, NOT ONLY TO ALL YOU ALL BUT TO OUR FELLOW TRUSTEE, MR. GLICK. IT'S AMAZING WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING.

THANK YOU, LARRY, FOR THE GENEROSITY YOU'VE SHOWN ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

[APPLAUSE] TRUE EXAMPLE OF A GENEROUS HEART.

AND WE ALL KNOW THAT, AND EVERYONE ELSE CAN SEE IT, TOO.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU ALL. MR. PRESIDENT.

YES. WITH GREAT APPRECIATION, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THIS ITEM AS PRESENTED.

SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ACTION.

ITEM VII.C.

APPROVAL OF A $30,000 DONATION FROM COMMUNITY PARTNER LARRY GLICK.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

ANY OPPOSED? NO.

SO THAT PASSES, 7-0.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

NEXT, WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A $30,000.

[VII.D. Consider Approval of $30,000 Donation from Community PartnerTexas Campus Innovators Award Grant]

WHY IS DR. RUSSELL? RUSSELL BLAND. ALL RIGHT.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT JOHNSON, BOARD MEMBERS AND DR.

LOPEZ. I'M MICHAEL BLAND, THE EXECUTIVE.

MICHAEL BLAND, SORRY. THAT'S ALL FOR TONIGHT.

I AM MICHAEL BLAND, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF INNOVATION.

THERE ARE NO CHANGES OR UPDATES AT THIS TIME SINCE THE LAST COMMITTEE PRESENTATION.

I'M HERE THIS EVENING TO RECOMMEND THE COMMITTEE ACCEPT THE TEXAS CAMPUS INNOVATORS AWARD IN THE AMOUNT OF $30,000 FOR ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL'S P-TECH PROGRAM FROM EDUCATE TEXAS.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS, BOARD? MR. MILLER. MR. PRESIDENT, AGAIN, WITH GREAT APPRECIATION, I WOULD MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THIS ITEM AS PRESENTED.

SECOND. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ACTION ITEM VII.D, WHICH IS A $30,000 DONATION FOR COMMUNITY PARTNER TEXAS CAMPUS INNOVATORS AWARD.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT PASSES 7-0.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MICHAEL.

THAT WAS RUSSELL, AND THEN I MERGED HIS NAME WITH YOURS.

[LAUGHTER] IT'S WEIRD.

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WE'RE USED TO IT.

WE ALREADY HAVE COVERED ACTION ITEM VII.E, SO WE'RE MOVING ON TO ACTION ITEM VII.F, WHICH IS CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A RECOMMENDATION FOR SALARY SCHEDULE A

[VII.F. Consider Approval of Recommendation for Salary Schedule Addendum TCLAS Decision 11A Extended Learning Program]

AND THAT WOULD BE THE INDOMITABLE GRADYNE BROWN ONCE MORE.

GOOD EVENING AGAIN. PRESIDENT JOHNSON.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT LOPEZ.

THIS ITEM WAS PRESENTED TO YOU AT OUR FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

THERE HAVE BEEN NO CHANGES SINCE.

BOARD THIS WAS PRESENTED AT LENGTH DURING THE FINANCE FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS COMMITTEE.

IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS FOR DR.

BROWN, PLEASE RAISE THEM NOW.

MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED.

SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE APPROVAL OF ACTION ITEM VII.F, WHICH IS RECOMMENDATION FOR SALARY SCHEDULE FOR ADDENDUM TCLASS DECISION 11A EXTENDED LEARNING PROGRAM.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

I COUNT SEVEN ON THAT, 7-0.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DR.

BROWN. THAT TAKES US TO AGENDA ITEM G, WHICH IS NEW BIDS.

[G. New Bids (Finance, Facilities and Operations Committee)]

MR. MILLER. SORRY, MR. PRESIDENT, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS TAKE ITEM GI AND GIII, PULLING GII OUT OF SIGHT FOR A MOMENT, AND THEN PROCEED TO APPROVE ITEM, BOTH ITEMS AND H AND ITEM I, ALL THREE OF THOSE ITEMS IN SEPARATE ACTIONS AND THEN COME BACK AT THE END TO ADDRESS ITEM G.II.

LET'S JUST KEEP IT WITH G FOR NOW.

WE CAN GO AHEAD AND DO GI AND GIII AND WE'LL COME BACK TO GII.

YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I MEAN. WE'LL DO G FIRST.

AND WE'LL GET TO, WE'LL GET TO H WHEN WE'RE DONE WITH THE GS.

YEAH, AND THESE WERE PRESENTED IN THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, SO I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ITEM GI, CONTRACT NO.

128-23, CONSIDER APPROVAL FOR PURCHASE OF A MOVIE LICENSING SUBSCRIPTION.

I'D LIKE TO HAVE THAT ONE.

AND NUMBER THREE CONTRACT 397-23, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE PURCHASE OF INSTRUCTIONAL SOFTWARE AND MATERIALS FOR CTE AND I COULD MOVE BOTH THOSE ITEMS BE APPROVED, AS PRESENTED.

OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR A OMNIBUS, SO APPROVAL OF CONTRACT 128-23.

CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF MOVIE LICENSING, SUBSCRIPTION AND A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF CONTRACT 397-23.

CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF INSTRUCTIONAL SOFTWARE MATERIALS FOR CTE.

BOTH WERE PRESENTED AT LENGTH IN THE FINANCE FACILITY'S OPERATIONS COMMITTEE.

IS THERE A SECOND FOR THIS MOTION? SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL OF ITEMS GI AND GIII, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT IS SEVEN WITH THE INCLUSION OF MR. BEACH. SO THAT PASSES 7-0 FOR THOSE TWO CONTRACTS.

THAT BRINGS US BACK TO ITEM CONTRACT 37357-2201 WHICH IS ITEM GII ON THE AGENDA, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE PURCHASE OF MENTAL HEALTH PLATFORM AND CARE COORDINATION.

DR. CADDELL AND MS. GILMORE OR DR.

GILMORE. GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN JOHNSON.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DR.

LOPEZ. THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO THE PRESENTATION SINCE THE FACILITIES AND FINANCE COMMITTEE.

I AM HERE THIS EVENING TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

AND I'M HERE THIS EVENING TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

BOARD THIS IS, WAS COVERED AT LENGTH IN THE FINANCE FACILITIES OPERATIONS COMMITTEE.

AND THIS IS ACTUALLY THE SECOND TIME WE HAVE HAD A PRESENTATION ON THE CARE SOLACE PROJECT.

IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? MS. STANLEY.

I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

BUT IF YOU'LL JUST BEAR WITH ME.

I TRIED TO PUT SOME THOUGHTS DOWN ON PAPER SO THAT I WOULDN'T COME ACROSS QUITE AS EMOTIONAL.

SO THIS IS THIS IS VERY I HAVE SHARED MY DISLIKE OF THIS PROCESS AND THIS PROGRAM ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS.

IT'S A GREAT SHINY PRESENT PRESENTED THING.

BUT THE MEAT OF IT AND THE GUTS OF IT ISN'T IN MY HUMBLE OPINION.

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BUT IN MY HUMBLE OPINION, IT'S NOT GOING TO DO WHAT IT'S PROMISING TO DO.

OKAY. SO WHY AM I SO INVESTED? I HAVE FIRSTHAND SEEN THE RESULTS OF BEING REFERRED AND USING THE WRONG TREATMENT. OKAY.

HAVING DEALT WITH MENTAL ILLNESS MY ENTIRE LIFE, THE WRONG SOLUTION CAN BE AS DAMAGING, IF NOT MORE DAMAGING, THAN NO TREATMENT AT ALL.

AND I HAVE DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH AND AND IT BOTHERS ME THAT THESE COMPANIES THAT WE LOOKED AT REALLY HAVE NO HISTORY OTHER THAN THEY'RE HERE TO COLLECT A LOT OF MONEY THAT'S ON THE TABLE FROM SCHOOL BOARDS.

THAT BOTHERS ME MORE THAN ANYTHING.

I CAN TELL ANYONE BECAUSE IT'S NOT A SOLUTION.

IT IS JUST SIMPLY A THING TO MAKE US FEEL GOOD.

SO I SPOKE WITH MANY COMPANIES WITHIN THE TRI-CITIES TO ASK THEM THEIR OPINION OF THIS AND WHAT THEY'RE OFFERING.

OKAY. AND I COULD NOT FIND ONE COMMUNITY ADVOCATE.

I COULD NOT FIND ANY OF OUR SOCIAL SERVICES.

I COULD NOT FIND ANY OF THEM THAT THAT DID NOT SAY, IF THIS REALLY DOES WHAT THEY SAY IT DOES, THEY HAVE CURED A PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS.

AND I STRUGGLE WITH THAT.

AND WE SAY, WELL, IT'S ONLY SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE JUST GIVING THEM RESOURCES.

NO, YOU'RE GIVING THEM FALSE HOPE.

AND THAT'S MY REAL STRUGGLE.

SO I SPOKE WITH NAMI.

WE ALL KNOW I'M A FIRM BELIEVER IN NAMI AND THEY'VE BEEN IN THE BUSINESS FOR 43 YEARS, SINCE 1979, AND THEY KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THIS.

AND THEY, QUITE FRANKLY WERE JUST AS QUESTIONABLE BECAUSE OF ALL THE LAWS AND RULES THAT DEAL WITH MENTAL HEALTH.

THEY REALLY CAN'T PROVE TO US THAT THEY'RE DOING WHAT THEY'RE SAYING THEY'RE DOING.

THEY CAN PROVIDE A REALLY PRETTY DASHBOARD, BUT THEY CAN'T PROVE THAT THEY'RE PUTTING TOGETHER THE RIGHT PEOPLE AND THE RIGHT PLACE.

AND A COUNSELOR IS NOT.

THERE'S MANY TYPES OF COUNSELORS.

AND IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME, I'M HAPPY TO SHARE MY RESEARCH OF ALL THE DIFFERENT KIND OF COUNSELORS THAT THERE ARE.

AND YOU CAN'T JUST GO TO A COUNSELOR.

I MEAN, IT'S VERY SPECIFIC.

DO YOU NEED MEDS PROVIDED.

THAT'S SOMETHING AND COUNSELORS CAN'T DO THAT.

I MEAN, IT'S, YOU KNOW, DO YOU NEED PERHAPS TO BE TESTED AND HAVE SOME PROFESSIONAL DIAGNOSIS DONE? BUT MOSTLY WHAT PEOPLE DON'T SEEM TO UNDERSTAND IS YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO CURE MENTAL ILLNESS.

DEALING WITH THE ENTIRE FAMILY, NOT JUST THE STUDENT AS TIME AND NUMEROUS STUDIES OVER THE LAST 20 TO 30 YEARS HAVE PROVEN OFTEN THAT MENTAL ILLNESS IS MORE HEREDITARY AND HAS BEEN PRESENT IN ONE OR MORE OF THE PARENTS AND MAYBE OTHER SIBLINGS, BUT HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED.

AND THAT IS WHY THE BUY IN IS SOMETIMES SO INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT.

AND THEN YOU ADD THE DIFFERENT CULTURES.

THIS IS AN EMBARRASSMENT.

MENTAL HEALTH IS AN EMBARRASSMENT.

IT'S A SHAME.

THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU RUN OUT.

I MEAN, YOU'LL RUN OUT AND SAY YOU GOT CANCER A WHOLE LOT FASTER THAN YOU'LL SAY YOU'VE GOT MENTAL ILLNESS.

KNOWING WHAT I KNOW, I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE COMMITTING OUR STUDENTS AND PARENTS AND OUR TAXPAYERS ULTIMATELY INTO AN EQUIVALENT OF A REAL LIFE EXPERIMENT FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE SOCIETY.

WE ARE, IN ESSENCE, PROMISING THEM HELP BY PROVIDING THEM A RESOURCE THAT REALLY IS NOT TRIED AND TRUE.

IT'S NOT.

I PERSONALLY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO LOOK STUDENTS, PARENTS, TAXPAYERS IN THE EYE AND TELL THEM TO TRUST US ON THIS NEW COMPANY THAT IS ONLY MARKETING TO SCHOOLS AND ONLY MARKETING TO FREE MONEY, THEY HAVE THE SOLUTION THAT NO ONE ELSE HAS FIGURED OUT IN HISTORY.

BUT TRUST US, WE FOUND THE ONE COMPANY.

WE NEED PROGRAMS TO DETECT DESTIGMATIZE MENTAL HEALTH NOT ONLY FOR OUR KIDS, BUT ARE FOR OUR FAMILIES.

AND I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO NAMI AGAIN.

THEY WOULD LOVE TO COME INTO OUR SCHOOLS.

THEY CAN PROVIDE THESE RESOURCES.

THEY CAN PROVIDE THE COUNSELORS AND ALL THAT.

I SPOKE WITH THEM. THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES.

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TAKING THE CARE OUT OF THE FAMILY'S HANDS.

AND THIS YOUNG MAN, I ASKED IT MULTIPLE TIMES, YOU CAN'T HAVE THE FAMILIES REMOVED FROM THE MENTAL HEALTH.

IF THEY'RE PROMISING TO TAKE CARE OF ALL THE APPOINTMENTS THEY'LL LET THE PARENTS SIGN OVER EVERYTHING TO THEM.

WELL, GREAT, BECAUSE THAT'S THEIR GUARANTEE OF MONEY.

BUT THAT IS NOT THE LONG TERM SOLUTION.

IF WE DON'T ASSIST THESE FAMILIES AND THESE PARENTS IN LEARNING HOW TO DEAL WITH THE DISEASE, IT WILL NEVER, EVER, EVER GO AWAY.

THAT THEY CAN ONLY HOPE TO MANAGE.

AND IN SOME CASES THE MANAGING ISN'T EVEN THAT GREAT, BUT THEY HAVE TO COME TO TERMS WITH IT.

SO AM I PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS? I ASK THE QUESTIONS, WHERE DO THEY GET THEIR MONEY? THEY GET IT FROM ESSER, TITLE IX, MEDICARE, MEDICAID, CARES ACT, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.

THEY'RE GOING TO MARKET IT TO CORPORATIONS.

I HIGHLY DOUBT THAT WILL HAPPEN ONLY BECAUSE OF; I STRUGGLE WITH THE LIABILITY AS WELL.

WE AS A DISTRICT, WE HAVE A LOT OF TRUST PUT INTO US AND THAT IF WE PUT SOMETHING UP ON OUR SITE AND WE SAY HERE IS A SOLUTION AND THEY GO TO THAT SOLUTION AND IT'S NOT THE SOLUTION, WE TOLD THEM IT WAS GOING TO BE THE SOLUTION.

I WOULD LIKE MORE IN DEPTH RESEARCH DONE.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE NAMI BROUGHT IN.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM COME TO OUR CAMPUSES TO HELP WITH THE STIGMATIZATION OF MENTAL HEALTH.

THEY HAVE SEVERAL PROGRAMS, ALL AGE APPROPRIATE, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THEY WILL BRING IN THE PARENTS AND THEY WILL CONNECT THOSE KIDS AND THOSE PARENTS WITH THE PROVIDERS THAT I KNOW, THAT I FEEL FIRMLY AND 43 YEARS OF OF TRIED AND TRUE.

SO THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

AND MAY I GET SOME CLARIFICATION? BECAUSE THE FIRST TIME WE PRESENTED I'M CONFUSED.

THE COMMENT WAS, THEY SAID WE WILL PROVIDE THIS FOR FAMILIES.

AND THE COMMENT WAS WE WANTED ONLY FOR OUR STUDENTS.

THAT DID HAPPEN.

AND BECAUSE THIS IS A FAMILY ISSUE.

THE SECOND THING IS WHEN WE PUT THIS OUT FOR BID, WE DIDN'T GET ANYTHING FROM THEM.

ALL RIGHT? SO WE CAN ONLY REACT ON THE PEOPLE THAT COME TO US WHEN WE SOLICIT THESE TYPE OF MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES.

DR. LOPEZ, CAN I ADD TO THAT? THAT'S BECAUSE WE DIDN'T GET ANYTHING FROM NAMI, BECAUSE THEY ARE A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES EDUCATION.

THEY DON'T PROVIDE CARE COORDINATION.

THERE A EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE.

SO WE CURRENTLY PARTNER WITH THEM.

WE DO INVITE THEM OUT TO OUR CAMPUSES.

WE HAD AN EVENT NOT TOO LONG AGO LAST MONTH AT ONE OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, AND WE'VE BEEN PARTNERING WITH THEM AND SPEAKING WITH THEM ABOUT HAVING PARENT PRESENTATIONS AT ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS, BECAUSE THE GOAL IS TO ADDRESS THE EDUCATION PART ABOUT AND DISPEL ALL THE MYTHS ASSOCIATED.

SO YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

IN REGARDS TO THE EDUCATION PIECE, WHAT NAMI DOES IS THEY DON'T PROVIDE CARE COORDINATION DIRECTLY TO FAMILIES.

THEY CONNECT FAMILIES WITH RESOURCES AND CONNECT FAMILIES WITH OTHER OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD ISSUES AND ALMOST SUPPORT GROUPS FOR FAMILIES TO WHERE FAMILIES CAN GET TOGETHER.

THAT IN ITSELF IS NOT THE SAME AS A WARM SEND OFF AS FAR AS A CARE COORDINATION, NOR DOES IT EVEN PROVIDE AS FAR AS THE, IT'S A REFERRAL OF A REFERRAL.

AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT'S HAPPENING WITHIN NAMI.

THEY THEMSELVES ARE NOT COORDINATION, SO THEY DON'T, THEY DIDN'T SEEK OUT OR LOOK FOR US AS A BE AN OPTION BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY DO.

THEY ARE AN ORGANIZATION THAT JUST PROVIDES EDUCATION AND TRAINING.

AND SO WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING.

I DO DISAGREE.

DOING NOTHING IS NOT BETTER THAN AT LEAST TRYING SOMETHING.

IT IS A VERY FRUSTRATING PROCESS, ESPECIALLY WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE ECONOMICALLY STRAPPED.

THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS.

THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE PASSCODES TO GET INTO CERTAIN PLACES.

THEY'RE VERY EASILY DISTRACTED.

AND WE HAVE A HIGH ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED POPULATION.

I FEEL DIFFERENTLY OR ELSE I WOULDN'T HAVE TAKEN THIS MUCH TIME TO REINVESTIGATE IT BEFORE I BROUGHT IT BEFORE THE BOARD.

IT'S A BOARD DECISION.

AND THE THING IS, IS THAT PEOPLE PEOPLE HAVE TO PAY EMPLOYEES.

THEY'VE GOT TO BE IN BUSINESS.

ALL OF THESE PEOPLE ARE BUSINESS PARTNERS.

THE COORDINATION EFFORTS THAT THEY'RE DOING, WE'LL KNOW RIGHT AWAY IF WE'RE GETTING A BANG FOR OUR BUCK OR NOT.

AND IF, AND THE THING IS, IS THAT IF WE DON'T DO ANYTHING, HOW ARE WE HELPING OUR COUNSELORS THAT ARE BEING FACED WITH THIS? YOU KNOW, ABOUT THE NAMI PROGRAM AND HOW THEY'RE HELPING OUT.

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AND, YOU KNOW, FUNDAMENTALLY WITH SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING, HAVING THE SELF CARE AND LEARNING THAT WHEN THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG, YOU NEED TO GET HELP.

ALL OF THOSE THINGS, IT'S A WHOLE SYSTEM AND IT'S NOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL.

NEVER DID WE SAY THIS IS THE MAGIC BULLET.

NEVER DID WE SAY THIS IS GOING TO BE THE END ALL.

THIS IS A RESOURCE, RIGHT.

NOW, HE MIGHT HAVE COME IN AND MADE IT SOUND LIKE THAT.

BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GIVE PEOPLE RESOURCES SO WE CAN GET THEM THE CARE THAT I FEEL THAT THEY NEED.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE NOT DOING A GOOD JOB.

WE ARE NOT. WE DON'T HAVE THE MANPOWER.

WE DO PARTNER WITH OUR ORGANIZATIONS.

THERE'S JUST SO MANY WALLS.

AND IN OUR AREA, IT'S A LITTLE BACKWARDS.

AND I THINK WHAT PEOPLE GET CONFUSED WITH IS THERE'S, AND I'M GOING TO USE A POOR EXAMPLE, BUT WE HAVE A CLINIC.

A CLINIC ISN'T FOR CHRONIC ILLNESS.

THE CLINIC IS IF YOU HAVE HAY FEVER, IF YOU HAVE A HEADACHE, WHATEVER IT IS, RIGHT, IT'S A SIMPLE FIX.

MENTAL HEALTH IS USUALLY CHRONIC AND IT MAY BE HEREDITARY OR IT MAY BE FAMILY INDUCED OR THE ENVIRONMENT.

AND IT'S A GREATER THING.

AND IF WE'RE NOT AT LEAST TRYING TO GET THE HAND OFF TO PEOPLE, THEN I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

I'M THE FIRST TO SAY, IF IT ISN'T WORKING, WE'LL CUT IT, BUT WE WON'T KNOW IF IT WORKS FOR US UNLESS WE PUT IT IN THE HANDS OF SOME USERS TO SEE IF WE'RE GAINING ACCESS. NOW, I DO AGREE WITH YOU IN THE SENSE THAT I WAS KIND OF PERPLEXED BY THE DATA THEY SAID THEY COULD GIVE US, ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THE LIMITATIONS.

SO WHAT I THINK IS BASICALLY THEY HAVE TO GO WITH NOT THE DEEP DATA WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, RIGHT.

LIKE IF THE TREATMENT IS WORKING, RIGHT.

BUT IT'S A SYSTEMIC PROBLEM IN SOCIETY.

AND THE LONGER WE GO, IN MY OPINION, THIS IS JUST MY PROFESSIONAL OPINION, WITHOUT TRYING SOMETHING.

THAT'S ANOTHER GENERATION THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH THAT WON'T HAVE THE TOOLS TO DEAL WITH WHATEVER THEY NEED TO DEAL WITH.

THAT'S JUST MY HUMBLE OPINION.

I'M AT THE WILL OF THE BOARD, AND IF THE BOARD SAYS THIS IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD LOOK INTO, WE'RE GOING TO TRY IT OUT.

AND IF IT DOESN'T WORK, GREAT, IF IT, WE'LL KILL IT.

BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN WE DON'T KEEP LOOKING.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE ALWAYS SEARCHING FOR IT.

NOW, IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING AND THE BOARD VOTES IT DOWN AND SAID THIS IS NOT WHAT WE WANT TO DO, IT DOESN'T MEAN WE KEEP, WE QUIT LOOKING.

WE DON'T PUT OUR HANDS UP AND SAY, WELL, THAT DIDN'T GO THROUGH.

LET'S GO ON. WE'RE GOING TO KEEP BRINGING THINGS HERE.

WE NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING DONE FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS.

AND THE OTHER THING I DO AGREE WITH YOU, NO ONE ELSE IS DOING IT AT SCHOOLS BECAUSE SCHOOLS ARE THE HUB OF SOCIETY.

UNFORTUNATELY, EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS IN SOCIETY COMES INTO SCHOOLS.

WHOOPS, GOT PASSIONATE TOO.

[LAUGHTER] AND SO SOMETIMES WE WANT TO RELY ON OUR MUNICIPALITIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT IT'S A COMPLEX ISSUE.

AND PLEASE DON'T THINK I'M SAYING THIS IS THE SILVER BULLET.

THIS IS NOT THE SILVER BULLET, BUT THIS IS ANOTHER TOOL TO TRY TO GET PEOPLE SOME SORT OF HELP OR DIRECTION OR SUPPORT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT BEING ABLE TO GIVE THAT NOW. AND MS. STANLEY, TO YOUR POINT, I AGREE IN REGARDS TO THIS IS NOT THE CURE FOR MENTAL ILLNESS, AT ALL.

WE GOT A LONG WAY TO GO AND IT'S BIGGER THAN US AT A SCHOOL SYSTEM.

AND IT'S NOT JUST ONE PLATFORM.

SO BY NO MEANS WOULD WE ADVERTISE IT AS THE CURE.

BUT LIKE DR. LOPEZ SAID, HAVING SOME KIND OF ADDITIONAL RESOURCE.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE LOTS OF COUNSELORS.

I'M PERSONALLY AN LPC.

I DON'T PRACTICE ANYMORE.

I DID AT ONE POINT IN PRIVATE PRACTICE, BUT THE REALITY IS IF I WAS AN LPC IN THE AREA, THE SCHOOL COUNSELORS WOULDN'T NECESSARILY KNOW THAT I HAVE A BUSINESS IN THE AREA, BUT WITH OR MAYBE THEY WOULD.

MAYBE ONE SCHOOL KNOWS, NOT THE OTHER AND SO IT MIGHT NOT BE A CONNECTION.

BUT WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS, WHERE THERE IS A DATABASE WHERE THEY ARE VETTING THIS THERAPIST, WE'RE ABLE TO CONNECT PEOPLE WITH MORE PEOPLE THAT ARE DEFINITELY LOCAL, THAT ARE IN THE AREA. AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT BEFORE, ABOUT FINDING A BED OR FINDING THE RIGHT PERSON, WHETHER THAT'S THERAPY OR WHETHER THAT'S LONG TERM, SOME MORE ACUTE THERAPY FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED PARTIAL HOSPITAL BEING ABLE TO JUST CAST OUR NET A LITTLE BIT WIDER.

AND WHAT THEY ARE SAYING THEY ARE GOING TO DO WOULD BE HELPING WITH THAT VETTING PROCESS.

RIGHT NOW, OUR SCHOOL COUNSELORS ARE COLD CALLING, TRYING TO SEE WHICH ORGANIZATIONS OR WHICH FACILITIES ARE OPEN.

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THEY ALL GO THROUGH A BACKGROUND CHECK AND THEY, IN ORDER TO BE ON THE DATABASE THAT WE SAW, THEY MUST BE LICENSED IN THE STATE.

NO LAWSUITS, NO RIP OFF REPORTS, NO DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS, NO SEVERE CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS.

AND THEY UPDATE THAT EVERY THREE MONTHS.

THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE ON OUR DISTRICT WEBSITE FOR MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, IF I'M HONEST, WE DON'T UPDATE THAT OFTEN.

AND I'M THINKING, I'M LIKE, I PROBABLY SHOULD GO THROUGH AND LOOK THROUGH THAT LIST TO MAKE SURE.

BUT THAT'S ME CALLING TO VERIFY, TO SEE IF YOU'RE STILL IN BUSINESS AND WITH THE NEEDS THAT WE HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE TO SERVE, WE DON'T HAVE TIME OR THAT'S NOT A GOOD USE OF OUR TIME TO BE VETTING.

BUT IF THERE'S THIS COMPANY THAT CAN SUPPORT US, IT'S NOT THE END ALL.

AND IT MIGHT NOT WORK.

BUT AS DR. LOPEZ SAYS, RIGHT NOW, THERE'S SO MUCH WE DON'T HAVE.

IN THE PRESENTATION. I MENTIONED HOW WE DON'T HAVE THE TRANSLATION SERVICES WHERE THEY'RE TELLING US THERE ARE 365 DAYS, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, 24 HOURS, AND THEY HAVE PEOPLE WHO CAN TRANSLATE.

AND OUR COUNSELORS DON'T, A LOT OF THEM DON'T SPEAK MULTIPLE LANGUAGES.

SO THERE'S A LANGUAGE BARRIER THAT THIS WILL HELP US WITH.

THERE'S JUST SO MUCH THAT THIS COULD BE AN ADDITIONAL RESOURCE AND IT MIGHT NOT WORK.

IT MIGHT NOT.

AND I ASSURE YOU THAT I WON'T STAND HERE AND ADVOCATE FOR IT IF IT DOESN'T WORK.

AND WE MIGHT NOT KNOW AND WE WON'T KNOW THE TRUE DATA OF WHETHER PEOPLE ARE GETTING THE THERAPY.

I JUST WANT TO GIVE A CHANCE TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE GAPS TO SEE IF WE CAN GET MORE PEOPLE ACCESS TO CARE.

JUST QUICKLY.

MR. JOHNSON. MR. JOHNSON, CAN I SAY SOMETHING? I HAD A QUESTION, JOHNNY.

LET MR. SELDERS GO AND THEN YOU CAN GO, JOHNNY.

OK. YEAH, I [INAUDIBLE] COFFEE BUT I WILL.

YOU BET. I'VE HEARD ON MULTIPLE INSTANCES THAT IT MIGHT NOT WORK.

WHAT IF IT DOES WORK? TRUE. WHAT IF WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE AND BRIDGE A COORDINATION SERVICE TO OUR FAMILIES WHO NEED INTENSIVE MEDICAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR OUR KIDS AT TIMES WHEN WE OURSELVES CAN'T PROVIDE IT? WHAT IF THAT DOES HELP PROVIDE A FAMILY WITH THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED FOR A CHILD THAT NEEDS SERVICES? AND WE DECIDE THAT WE DON'T WANT TO PROVIDE THIS.

AS FAR AS I KNOW AND REMEMBER, THE FUNDS WERE ALREADY APPROVED, RIGHT? I MEAN, THEY'RE THERE.

SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE ARE HAVING TO TAKE FROM GENERAL FUND.

THE FUNDS ARE ALREADY APPROVED AND WE ALL APPROVED THEM.

AND SO WHEN I LOOK AT THIS AND I HEAR THIS AND YOU KNOW, I'M NOT DISCOUNTING WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, I COMPLETELY HEAR YOU AND I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM. BUT IF OUR COUNSELORS AREN'T PREPARED OR EQUIPPED TO PROVIDE THIS ADDITIONAL COORDINATED BENEFIT TO OUR FAMILIES FOR OUR STUDENTS, AND WE'RE ASKING THEM TO DO THAT IN ADDITION TO THEIR CURRENT JOB, LIKE, HOW IS THAT FAIR TO THEM? HOW IS THAT BEING EFFICIENT WITH OUR RESOURCES AND THE SUPPORT THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE FOR STUDENTS? SO I JUST ASK THE QUESTION, WHAT IF IT DOES WORK? AND THERE'S A POSSIBILITY, A STRONG POSSIBILITY, BECAUSE IT'S BEING USED CURRENTLY IN OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THAT IT MIGHT.

SO, THAT'S ALL I GOT TO SAY.

THANK YOU, MR. SELDERS. MR. BEACH.

YES, I AGREE WITH WHAT HAS BEEN SAID BY BOTH MR. SELLERS AND BY MS. STANLEY, BUT I JUST HAVE SOME CURIOUS THINGS THAT KIND OF BUG ME A LITTLE BIT.

I'M CURIOUS TO FIND OUT HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THAT WE'RE REFERRING TO FOR MENTAL HEALTH CARE IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT? IS IT SOMETHING THAT IS ALARMING TO THE POINT OF IT'S JUST RUNNING RAMPANT? AND WHAT IS, HOW ARE WE, THE DATA THAT WE'RE FINDING OUT THAT THESE KIDS NEED MENTAL HEALTH OR HAVE MENTAL HEALTH, THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE A SERVICE? AND WHAT, I MEAN THAT PART OF IT KIND OF BOTHERS ME A LITTLE BIT.

AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION I KIND OF HAVE IS HOW OFTEN, IF WE APPROVE THIS COMPANY, WOULD WE BE RECEIVING UPDATES? BECAUSE I NOTICED WHERE IT'S A ONE YEAR WITH FOUR YEAR RENEWALS AND I NOTICED THAT THE FUNDING, AS ROBERT MENTIONED, WE HAVE THE FUNDS, IT IS COMING OUT OF ESSER, BUT THE NEXT YEAR AFTER THAT IT WOULD COME OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.

AND I'M JUST WONDERING FOR THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, HOW MANY COUNSELORS THAT WOULD WOULD GET US OR HOW MANY OR LIKE WE SAID WHEN THERE'S OTHER SERVICES OUT THERE THAT MIGHT DO SOME OF THE SAME THINGS.

SO IT'S KIND OF A THREE FOLD QUESTION, BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS OF HOW MANY STUDENTS THAT WE'RE REALLY, ARE BEING REFERRED ON FROM OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT OR TRYING TO

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DO WE HAVE ANY KIND OF DATA THAT SHOWS WHAT WE'RE DOING? ABSOLUTELY. AND ONE THING TO CONSIDER WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH, SOMETHING THAT MS. STANLEY BROUGHT UP IS BECAUSE OF THE STIGMA ASSOCIATED MENTAL HEALTH WE'RE NOT EVEN TALKING ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT BRING, THAT DON'T COME FORWARD, WHICH THIS ALSO WOULD HELP SUPPORT, BECAUSE THERE IS A WAY FOR OUR PARENTS TO BE ABLE TO SEEK HELP ANONYMOUSLY AND REACH OUT.

BUT I MENTIONED DURING THE PRESENTATION THAT WE'VE HAD OVER 9000 STUDENTS JUST THIS SEMESTER SO FAR WHO HAVE REACHED OUT TO A COUNSELOR NEEDING SUPPORT IN REGARDS TO COUNSELING OR RESPONSIVE SERVICES.

IN ADDITION, WE'VE HAD, THERE WAS 312 STUDENT SUICIDE INTERVENTION PROTOCOLS.

THERE WERE, WHICH LED TO 275 OF THOSE REFERRING TO OUTSIDE AGENCIES.

AND WE'VE HAD ABOUT 145 STUDENT WELFARE CHECKS THAT THE TRI-CITY POLICE OFFICERS HAVE DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH PROVIDING THAT SUPPORT.

I KNOW LAST YEAR THERE WERE OVER 40 FB HOSPITALIZATIONS OF STUDENTS WHO WERE HOSPITALIZED AND ABOUT 180 CONTENT KEEPER MESSAGES WHERE STUDENTS WERE SEARCHING THINGS SUCH AS, YOU KNOW, INAPPROPRIATE THINGS IN REGARDS TO SHOOTING, IN REGARDS TO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DIE, OR DIFFERENT TYPES OF MESSAGES THAT ARE ALARMING, THAT RAISES A RED FLAG.

AND THAT'S JUST THINGS WE CAN SEE FROM DATA THAT WE CAPTURE.

I KNOW WE CAN PROVIDE, WE DO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION.

AND NOT TO MENTION A FEW YEARS AGO WE HAD A SUICIDE CONTAGION IN OUR AREA WHERE PRE COVID.

WE'VE LOST STUDENTS IN THE PAST AS A RESULT OF SUICIDE.

AND SO, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT IS ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE ARE COMING FORWARD SAYING, I WANT THE HELP.

PEOPLE SOMETIMES ARE SUFFERING IN SILENCE OR TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT ON THEIR OWN.

AND WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO OFFER SOME TYPE OF ADDITIONAL SUPPORT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THE STUDENTS ARE OUT THERE AND THEY NEED THE HELP. ANY FOLLOW UP, JOHNNY? NO, I, I JUST THINK THAT, I MEAN, I KNOW THAT THIS IS A REALLY A HOT TOPIC ALL OVER THE STATE.

I KNOW THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT THAT WE ALL HAVE A PASSION FOR IT TO HELP EVERY STUDENT IN GISD.

AND I KNOW THAT IT'S A TOUGH DECISION FOR OUR BOARD TO MAKE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT EVERY ANGLE THAT IT COMES FROM. AND WITH, IT'S UNCHARTED WATER, WE DON'T KNOW THIS MUCH ABOUT THIS COMPANY.

AND WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IT'S NO DIFFERENT FROM GOING OUT FOR THREE BIDS ON SOMETHING AND YOU GET A LITTLE BIT AND A HIGH BID AND YOU'RE SITTING THERE GOING, WELL, WHAT AM I GOING TO GET FOR THE MONEY THAT I'M SPENDING ON THAT? SO, YOU KNOW, WE WANT THE BEST BANG FOR OUR BUCK.

AND IF THIS IS THE BEST BANG FOR OUR BUCK, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO NOT DO IT.

BUT EXCUSE ME, THAT IS A VERY TOUGH DECISION.

AND I AGREE WITH WHAT ROBERT SAID, THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THE PARENTS IN OUR DISTRICT BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM DON'T KNOW WHERE TO TURN.

I JUST HOPE THAT IF WE DO VOTE THIS IN OR OUT, WHICHEVER WAY WE GO, THAT WE ARE, OUR PEOPLE, THAT OUR CAMPUSES ARE TRAINED WELL ENOUGH TO HELP LEAD THEM TO THE RIGHT AREAS FOR THOSE CHILDREN TO AND THE PARENTS BEING LOVED WHERE MS. STANLEY WAS, FOR 43 YEARS, DIDN'T HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO HELP THOSE STUDENTS.

AND SO IT'S A COIN TOSS AS FAR AS MY DECISION IS CONCERNED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ABSOLUTELY.

AND ONE THING YOU SAID, MR. BEACH, THAT I JUST WANT TO KIND OF ADDRESS AND MAKE SURE THAT I TOUCH ON IS YOU ASKED ABOUT THE STAFFING AS FAR AS WHAT DOES THIS EQUATE TO.

SO ESSENTIALLY, THIS IS LESS THAN TWO COUNSELOR ALLOCATIONS.

TWO SCHOOL COUNSEL ALLOCATION OR LESS THAN TWO SCHOOL COUNSELOR ALLOCATIONS.

AND THE REALITY IS TWO SCHOOL COUNSELORS STILL CAN'T DO THIS WORK CONSIDERING WELL, UNLESS THEY WERE NOT SERVING AS SCHOOL COUNSELORS AND THEY WERE SERVING MORE SO AS CARE COORDINATION.

BUT THIS, THE COST OF THIS WOULD BE LESS THAN THAT.

MR. MILLER.

YEAH. GETTING MY, YOU KNOW, GETTING MY THOUGHTS AROUND THIS TOGETHER.

BASICALLY, I DON'T SEE THIS AS US REALLY PROVIDING A SERVICE.

WE'RE NOT PREPARED OR EQUIPPED TO PROVIDE THIS SERVICE.

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YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T WANT US IN THE MENTAL HEALTH CARE BUSINESS ANY MORE THAN WE'RE IN THE PHYSICAL CARE BUSINESS, YOU KNOW.

IT'S NOT WHAT WE DO.

SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DELINEATING WHAT WE'RE REALLY DOING.

WE'RE NOT SERVING THESE STUDENTS OR PARENTS IN THESE SITUATIONS, TO ME, AS MUCH AS WE ARE PROVIDING A PATHWAY OR A ROAD TO WHERE THEY CAN GET THAT HELP.

I DON'T SEE US INVOLVED AFTER THAT.

I MEAN, THE WAY THIS PROGRAM IS SET UP, THE FOLLOW UP, THE CARE, THE REFERRALS, THE RECOMMENDATIONS, THE DATABASE, ALL THE PROFESSIONALS THAT WOULD BE INVOLVED COME FROM THAT RESOURCE.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SAME THING.

SO TO ME, DIVIDING THAT OUT AND LOOKING AT WHAT WE'RE, I GUESS WE'RE FUNDING THE ACCESS TO A RESOURCE FOR OUR KIDS, FOR OUR STUDENTS, FAMILIES AND PARENTS, ETC.

AND THERE'S A FEE FOR THAT, I GUESS, TO HAVE ACCESS, FOR THEM TO HAVE ACCESS TO THAT DATA, THAT AVAILABILITY.

IT'S KIND OF LIKE WHEN WE USED TO RENT SPACE FOR THE NATATORIUM FOR OUR SWIMMING KIDS.

WE HAD TO GO RENT SPACE FOR THEM TO USE.

AND THIS THING, WE'RE BASICALLY PAYING FOR A RESOURCE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO USE.

I DON'T THINK ANYBODY CAN DOUBT THAT THERE'S A NEED FOR IT.

AND I'M NOT SURE OF THE NUMBERS, BUT THE NUMBERS ARE PROBABLY GREATER THAN I EVER DREAMED THEY WOULD BE.

I DO KNOW THAT.

AND I HAVE LIVED IN A SITUATION WITH SOMEONE WHO DESPERATELY NEEDED MENTAL HEALTH CARE.

AND I DO THINK THERE IS SOME BENEFIT TO HAVING THAT PHONE NUMBER IN A TIME OF CRISIS WHERE YOU CAN CALL, AT LEAST TALK TO SOMEBODY.

I KNOW IN SITUATIONS OF PEOPLE I KNOW THAT JUST REALLY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO TURN.

AND IT WAS A VERY STRESSFUL TIME WITHOUT HAVING SOME KIND OF RESOURCE.

SO I DON'T FEEL BAD ABOUT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BEING INVOLVED IN COMING UP WITH A RESOURCE.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND.

FIRST OF ALL, I'VE GOT THREE THINGS: THE LONG TERM FUNDING FOR THE PROJECT, OBVIOUSLY ESSER AND WE GOT SOME FUNDS RIGHT NOW.

I GUESS IT GOES FOR TWO YEARS.

I WOULD ASSUME TWO YEARS GIVES US PLENTY OF TIME TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THIS PROGRAM WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE.

I GUESS WE COULD GO SIX MONTHS FOR THAT MATTER.

YOU KNOW, WE CAN CONSTANTLY EVALUATE IT IF WE NEEDED TO.

ONE OF MY CONCERNS IS, AND THIS IS JUST I DON'T THINK I CAN GET OVER THIS.

I CAN'T I DON'T KNOW IF THE PARENTAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE USE OF THIS SERVICE IS AS STRONG AS I WOULD WANT IT TO BE.

IT JUST SEEMS TO ME LIKE IF YOU'VE GOT A MINOR WHO NEEDS HELP, THE PARENT SHOULD BE AWARE OF IT AT ALL TIMES AND KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT STUDENT.

THAT'S THE. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MECHANISM IS INVOLVED WITH THIS RESOURCE OR NOT, BUT I WOULD JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ONCE THROUGH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THEY'RE GIVEN A REFERRAL.

YES. WE DON'T HAVE ANY RESPONSIBILITY TO TELL THE PARENT, BUT I WOULD THINK THIS AGENCY HAS A WAY TO MAKE SURE THE FAMILIES ARE INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS.

YES, THE PARENTS HAVE TO GIVE CONSENT.

SO, THE HAND-OFF COMES FROM THE COUNSELOR OR THE PARENTS BEING ABLE TO.

BUT THE PARENTS MUST GIVE CONSENT UNLESS IT'S A SITUATION WHERE THE STUDENT IS BY LEGAL AGE TO BE ABLE TO OVER 18 TO BE ABLE TO CONSENT THEMSELVES.

BUT, NO, PARENTS MUST GIVE CONSENT.

SO STUDENTS WOULDN'T ACCESS THEIR CARE COORDINATION WITHOUT THE PARENTS GIVING CONSENT.

ARE YOU AWARE OF THE PROCESS ENOUGH TO TELL ME WHETHER OR NOT THE PARENTS ARE INVOLVED IN THE TREATMENT PLAN? NO, AND THAT'S GOING TO DEPEND ON THE AGENCY.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, BUT MOST AGENCIES, ESPECIALLY WITH MINORS ARE NOT NECESSARILY TREATING WITHOUT, UNLESS THIS IS THEY'VE BEEN HOSPITALIZED TO THE POINT WHERE WITHIN.

NOW, I MEAN, BUT THAT'S A HOSPITAL THING THAT WE'RE NOT SURE OF EITHER.

SO, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT GETS UNLESS THE FAMILY, THE PARENT FILLS OUT A FORM SAYING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS THE RIGHT TO KNOW THEIR MEDICAL.

MS. STANLEY, LET MR. MILLER FINISH AND I'LL COME BACK TO YOU.

YEAH, AND THAT WOULD BE FINE.

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AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT MS, STANLEY SAID.

AND, YOU KNOW, ANY TIME ANYTHING IS SAID WITH SINCERITY, IT MEANS A LOT MORE.

AND THANK YOU, MS. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY WHO SPOKE.

BUT I'M INTERESTED IN WE DON'T WANT, WE DON'T GET OR WE SHOULDN'T GET, AND I DON'T WANT ANY FEEDBACK ON HOW THE PATIENT'S DOING. I WANT TO KNOW HOW THE PROGRAM IS DOING.

SO DO YOU KNOW WHAT FEEDBACK WE CAN GET FROM THE PROVIDER THAT WILL TELL US HOW THE PROGRAMS ARE DOING? YES. SO WE'LL RECEIVE FROM THE, AS FAR AS THE DATABASE, WE'LL RECEIVE THE ANALYTICS.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE CAN RECEIVE THE, LIKE AS FAR AS THE TYPES OF REQUESTS LIKE THE OVERALL AGGREGATED DATA ABOUT THE TYPES OF REQUESTS, WE WOULD RECEIVE THE SEARCH.

IF YOU CAN GO BACK, WE WILL RECEIVE LIKE THINGS THAT WERE SEARCHED, LIKE HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE LOOKED FOR OR TRIED TO RECEIVE ACCESS FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE, THINGS THAT CAN HELP US AS WE'RE TRYING TO BETTER THE EDUCATION OF OUR FAMILIES BECAUSE THIS BRINGS UP WHAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR.

WE'LL RECEIVE DATA BASED ON GENERAL DEMOGRAPHIC AGGREGATED DATA, BUT WE WON'T RECEIVE THE DETAILS WITHIN THEIR MEDICAL.

BEYOND THAT.

YES. HOW DO WE KNOW THAT THAT THE PEOPLE WHO WERE INVOLVED IN IT WILL GIVE US FEEDBACK TO SAY THIS WAS REALLY WORTHWHILE? THE FAMILIES? YES, WE CAN.

YEAH, WE CAN ABSOLUTELY SURVEY FAMILIES.

WE CAN SURVEY COUNSELORS WHO ARE DOING THAT WARM HANDOFF TO BE ABLE TO GET THEIR PERCEPTION DATA OR SOME GENERAL DATA FROM FAMILIES AND FROM THE COMMUNITY.

WE CAN CONSTANTLY DO CONSTANT, WE CAN FEEDBACK SESSIONS TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THEIR EXPERIENCES AND ASK FAMILIES TO VOLUNTEER AND SHARE THAT INFORMATION.

IF THEY USE THE SERVICES, IF THEY'RE HAPPY WITH IT, WE CAN DO THAT ONGOING.

I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY ONCE THE REFERRAL IS MADE, WE LOSE KNOWLEDGE OF HOW SUCCESSFUL THE PROGRAM IS.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A WAY TO KNOW THAT.

BUT THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE KIDS IN OUR SCHOOL AS FAR AS TO BE ABLE TO SEE.

AND WHEN YOU KNOW, THROUGH AS FAR AS GOING THROUGH THERAPY AND SEEING CHANGE, A LONG TERM IMPACT, WE SEE SOME OF THOSE CHANGES AND THEN FAMILIES DO SOMETIMES, STUDENTS OR FAMILIES DO SHARE. SO THERE ARE SITUATIONS WHERE FAMILIES WILL SIGN A RELEASE TO BE ABLE TO SHARE CERTAIN INFORMATION BECAUSE, FOR EXAMPLE, IF WITH YOUR THERAPIST YOU'RE WORKING ON CERTAIN TECHNIQUES TO ADDRESS ANGER.

AND SO MAYBE YOUR FAMILY, YOUR MOM HAS SIGNED UP OR YOUR DAD HAS SIGNED OFF SAYING THE SCHOOL COUNSELOR, THEY WANT THEM TO CHECK ON YOU OR SEE BASED ON YOUR TREATMENT PLAN OR YOUR BASED ON YOUR PLAN.

THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE DON'T KNOW THAT AS A DISTRICT.

AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE WOULD HOUSE THE DATA, BUT WE COULD GET UPDATES AS FAR AS BECAUSE IT IS COUNSELORS WHO ARE WORKING WITH FAMILIES ABOUT HOW MANY KIDS Y'ALL REFERRED, HOW IS IT GOING? SO WE CAN DEFINITELY FIND OUT HOW OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES ARE RESPONDING TO THE USAGE OF IT.

OR EVEN THE PROVIDERS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO, BECAUSE IF THE PROVIDERS THAT ARE LISTED, MAYBE THEY HAVE GREAT RATINGS AND THEY ARE ACCREDITED BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE ACCREDITED THROUGH THIS VETTING PROCESS.

BUT IF THIS PLACE WAS NOT GREAT FOR THE FAMILY OR THIS PLACE IS NOT SOMEONE WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO USE, WE CAN TAKE THEM OFF OF THAT DASHBOARD AT ANY TIME.

CERTAINLY. AND TWO MORE THINGS.

UM, DOES USING ANYBODY LIKE, IF WE TELL THEM FOR A PRIMARY REFERRAL SOURCE, DOES THAT PRECLUDE.

WAS IT NAMI? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? NAMI OR ANY OTHER AGENCIES FROM WORKING WITH THE FAMILIES ALSO? NO. CAN THEY WORK TOGETHER? I MEAN, HOW DOES IT WORK TOGETHER IF THERE'S A MORE COMPREHENSIVE WAY TO ADDRESS IT? SO THIS, THERE ARE DIFFERENT THINGS.

LIKE THEY'RE NOT PROVIDING EDUCATION.

THEY'RE NOT TEACHING.

THE THERAPISTS MIGHT BE WORKING WITH THE FAMILY, BUT THEY'RE NOT DOING WIDESPREAD EDUCATION.

SO THEY'RE NOT COMING INTO THE SCHOOLS TALKING WITH OUR TEACHERS ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND SIGNS TO LOOK FOR.

THEY'RE NOT SPEAKING WITH OUR COUNSELORS.

THEY AREN'T NECESSARILY OFFERING THOSE SUPPORT GROUPS FOR FAMILIES, WHICH IS STILL SOMETHING THAT NAMI OFFERS.

SO THINGS LIKE THAT, IT DOESN'T, THEY WORK.

THESE, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND THE TYPES OF CARE OR THE CONTINUUM OF SERVICES, THIS IS ONE OF MANY THINGS THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO TRULY ADDRESS AND BE ABLE TO HELP OUR FAMILIES WITH MENTAL HEALTH.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THIS GOES ALONG WITH NAMI.

WE NEED THEM BECAUSE WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE MEETINGS AT OUR CAMPUSES TO EDUCATE OUR FAMILIES AND TO TELL OUR TEACHERS AND OUR COUNSELORS THINGS TO LOOK FOR AND NEW TRENDS THAT WE'RE SEEING, BUT ALSO TO PROVIDE THOSE FAMILIES WITH SUPPORT GROUPS, BECAUSE THAT HELPS IN ITSELF AND THAT PROVIDES A COMFORT TO FAMILIES.

BUT IT DOESN'T TAKE AWAY FROM THE NEED FOR IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO CARE OR SOMEONE TO SPEAK TO TO GET ACCESS TO CARE TODAY.

SO IT'S, THEY DON'T CONFLICT WITH ONE ANOTHER.

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MOST OF THE TIME ORGANIZATIONS LIKE NAMI AREN'T NECESSARILY WORKING LIKE COMMUNICATING WITH THESE ORGANIZATIONS BECAUSE THEY'RE SEPARATE PARTNERS.

BUT THROUGH THE THINGS WE DO, LIKE, OUR DISTRICT HAD A MENTAL HEALTH CONVENING, GATHERING ALL OF THE PARTNERS THAT WE DO HAVE TOGETHER IN THE ROOM TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN OUR TRI-CITIES ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH ALLOWS EVERYONE TO COME TOGETHER AND BEGIN TO ADDRESS THE THINGS FROM A SYSTEMIC STANDPOINT.

MY FINAL QUESTION WOULD BE DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU AND STAFF OR WHOEVER HAVE DONE ENOUGH DUE DILIGENCE ON THIS COMPANY? I DO. I BELIEVE THAT WE'VE DONE AS FAR AS WHAT WE'RE SEEKING IT FOR, I DEFINITELY BELIEVE THAT WE'VE DONE QUITE A BIT OF RESEARCH TO BE ABLE TO REALLY LOOK INTO WHAT THEY CAN OFFER.

I PERSONALLY, I AGREE.

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT'S CURING MENTAL HEALTH, BUT I BELIEVE AS FAR AS SOME OF THE GAPS IN SERVICES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AS A DISTRICT IN ADDRESSING OR PROVIDING ACCESS TO OUR STUDENTS, TO MENTAL HEALTH, THAT THIS SERVICE WILL BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

MS. STANLEY.

I SPECIFICALLY ASKED THE QUESTION ABOUT THE CARE OF IT, AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I STRUGGLE.

THE GENTLEMAN SPOKE AND SAID THAT THEY WILL TAKE OVER THE CONTROL OF THE CARE OF THE CHILD.

ALL THE PARENT HAS TO DO IS SIGN OFF ON IT.

THAT'S PRETTY SCARY IN MY HUMBLE OPINION, BECAUSE YOU'RE ENCOURAGING ONCE AGAIN THE REMOVAL OF THE FAMILY UNIT.

SO I ASKED THAT SPECIFIC QUESTION AND I GOT THAT ANSWER.

AND IF YOU REMEMBER CORRECTLY, HE TOLD ME THAT HE HAD WISHED THAT HE HAD HAD SOMEBODY WHO WOULD HAVE TAKEN CONTROL OF HIS MENTAL HEALTH.

WELL, HE WAS IN HIS LATE TWENTIES.

GREAT. BUT YOU DON'T WANT SOMEBODY TAKING CONTROL OF THE KIDS'S MENTAL HEALTH.

AND I'M TELLING YOU THAT MOST YOUR PARENTS ARE GOING TO SIGN OFF ON THAT BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE SIGNING OFF ON.

THEY DON'T.

BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO EDUCATE THEM.

WE'RE JUST GOING TO GIVE THEM A PHONE NUMBER.

GOING BACK TO THE SURVEY RESPONSES, WE DON'T EVEN GET GOOD SURVEY RESPONSES ON ANYTHING WE DO, BUT WE'RE GOING TO USE OUR SURVEY RESPONSES TO SOMEHOW FIGURE OUT HOW FROM A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO AREN'T EVEN GOING TO BE HONEST THAT THEY HAVE IT, WHO ARE GOING TO, WHO ARE GOING TO.

I GUESS MY FRUSTRATION LIES IN THAT EVERYONE HERE SITTING AROUND THIS TABLE, IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM, YES, YOU WILL GO SEEK THE HELP AND YOU WILL ACCESS THE WEBSITE.

BUT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A GROUP OF, A SEGMENT OF COMMUNITY THAT IS NOT GOING TO DO THAT.

THEY'RE NOT.

THEY NEED TO HAVE THEIR HAND HELD AND IT'S GOING TO BE MORE THAN A PHONE CALL.

AND WE CAN, THIS CAN HAPPEN AND NOT PAY FOR IT.

AND I THINK THAT'S ALSO KIND OF AN ISSUE FOR ME, BECAUSE WE COULD BE HANDING THESE PARENTS OFF TO SOMEBODY ELSE WHO IS LOCALLY HERE AND WHO WILL GIVE THEM THAT SAME LEVEL OF SUPPORT, BUT THEN GO EVEN THE EXTRA MILE BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO CONNECT THEM WITH THE ACTUAL SUPPORT SYSTEMS THAT ARE IN THE COMMUNITY AND IN THE CITY.

AND THESE PEOPLE AREN'T BECAUSE THEY'RE NATIONWIDE.

SO WHO YOU'RE TALKING TO PROBABLY ISN'T EVEN LIVING IN THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY'RE GIVING YOU THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS TO.

SO I DID ASK THAT QUESTION.

I AM A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE ABOUT THE SURVEYS, SENDING OUT SURVEYS.

WE CAN'T EVEN GET OUR SPECIAL ED PARENTS TO RESPOND TO THE SURVEYS WE DO NOW, BUT WE'RE GOING TO SOMEHOW MAGICALLY GET THEM TO RESPOND TO THESE SURVEYS TO TELL US IF THIS IS WORKING. I'LL SAY IT AGAIN.

IF YOU TOOK AWAY ESSER FUNDS AND YOU TOOK AWAY THIS FREE MONEY, THIS COMPANY WOULDN'T BE IN EXISTENCE.

OKAY. AND WHEN THE MONEY ENDS, IS THE COMPANY GOING TO FOLD UP? THAT BOTHERS ME.

I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT DOESN'T BOTHER.

IT JUST BOTHERS ME.

AND THE PHONE CALL AND THE COMPUTER WEBSITE.

IT'S NOT GOING TO BRING THIS, THE HELP THAT YOU THINK IT'S GOING TO BRING.

I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW ELSE TO SAY IT.

MR. GLICK.

YES, THANK YOU, SIR. I THINK WE'RE ALL AWARE THAT THERE IS A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS IN THIS COUNTRY.

AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I SPECIFICALLY ASKED HIM WAS, BECAUSE I AGREED IN ALL THE ARTICLES I'VE READ, THE DIFFICULTY IN EVEN FINDING A PROVIDER.

THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED, I ASKED HIM A QUESTION ABOUT AND HE GAVE US AN ILLUSTRATION RIGHT ON THE BOARD HERE OF HOW MANY

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AND HOW MANY PROVIDERS WERE IN THAT ZIP CODE.

AND THE SPEED WITH WHICH YOU CAN GET AN APPOINTMENT.

NOW, THE PROBLEM IS THAT PEOPLE CAN'T GET APPOINTMENTS NOW.

THEY WAIT FOREVER AND AT SOME POINT THEY GIVE UP.

BUT HIS SERVICE SEEMS TO SAY TO ME AND HE ANSWERED THE QUESTION RIGHT THERE, WAS THAT, YES, WE WILL GET YOU APPOINTMENTS VERY QUICKLY.

AND IF THAT PART OF THE SERVICE WORKS, I THINK THAT'S CUTTING SO MUCH RED TAPE FOR FAMILIES THAT HAVE NO OTHER WAY TO GET THESE APPOINTMENTS.

SO THAT'S WHY I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF THIS, SIR.

THANK YOU. MS. GRIFFIN. YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD? NOT REALLY. I JUST WANT TO STATE THAT WE JUST RECENTLY FINISHED A DETAILED SPECIAL EDUCATION AUDIT, WHICH A NUMBER OF THINGS WERE POINTED OUT TO US.

SO EVERY DAY, EVERY YEAR, I THINK EVERY DEPARTMENT IN THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT GETS BETTER.

I COULD GO BACK TO 24 YEARS AGO AND I COULD TALK ABOUT WHAT WE HAD THEN.

BUT WE HAD TWO HOSPITALS HERE.

WE HAD GREEN WHATEVER THAT WAS OFF OF 30 AND FERGUSON OR WHATEVER IT WAS OVER THERE.

GREEN OAKS AND TIMBERLINE.

AND TIMBERLINE. WE HAD TWO.

AND THOSE WERE THE PEOPLE THAT HOUSED BASICALLY OUR STUDENTS.

SO MY JOB AS A BOARD MEMBER AT THE GOVERNANCE LEVEL IS TO LOOK AT WHAT THE SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF BRINGS TO US, TO LOOK AT AND VET.

I'M NOT GOING TO HOLD THIS COMPANY HOSTAGE IF IT DOESN'T WORK BECAUSE MY ONE EMPLOYEE IS SITTING TO MY RIGHT BECAUSE HE HAS AND HIS EXECUTIVE TEAM HAS VETTED THIS AND FEEL COMFORTABLE ENOUGH TO BRING IT TO US. SO THEREFORE, FROM A GOVERNANCE STANDPOINT, AS A TRUSTEE, ALL MY QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED AND I HAVE NOTHING TO DO BUT TO SUPPORT MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS.

THANK YOU. I GUESS THAT LEAVES ME.

YOU KNOW, WITH MY PERSPECTIVE, I DON'T HAVE THE SAME PASSION FOR THIS ISSUE THAT MS. STANLEY DOES BECAUSE I HAVEN'T LIVED IT.

I'M FORTUNATE THAT I HAVEN'T HAD TO LIVE THROUGH ANY OF THAT.

SO I'M COMING AT IT FROM MORE OF A JUST A GENERAL SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE LOOKING AT A COMPANY THAT'S PITCHING A PRODUCT EFFECTIVELY FOR US AND FOR THE USE OF OUR STUDENTS.

IT SOUNDS GOOD. I MEAN, IT SOUNDS EXTREMELY GOOD.

AND MY BIG CONCERNS ARE NUMEROUS FOLD.

SOME OF THEM BEEN TOUCHED ON, SOME OF THEM HAVEN'T.

THE FIRST ONE THAT I HAVE IS I'VE HEARD A NUMBER OF PEOPLE COME FORWARD TODAY.

MS. GILMORE, OTHER PEOPLE HAVE MENTIONED THAT THERE'S NOTHING BAD OUT THERE ABOUT THE COMPANY.

WELL, THAT'S BECAUSE THE COMPANY IS NEW.

I MEAN, THE FIRST TEXAS SCHOOLS TO SIGN UP FOR THIS, AS FAR AS I KNOW, ARE DESOTO AND CROWLEY.

AND THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THEY'VE ROLLED IT OUT.

SO WE'RE LITERALLY GOING RIGHT NOW THROUGH THE FIRST CARE THAT'S BEING RENDERED AND BEEN REFERRED OUT.

SO WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY TIME TO EVALUATE HOW OUR TEXAS STUDENTS, OR COUNTERPARTS.

I LOOKED TO SEE WHAT CLARK COUNTY AND THE LAS VEGAS SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS, BECAUSE THAT'S THE HIGHEST PROFILE DISTRICT THAT THESE FOLKS HAVE CONTRACTED WITH. THERE'S A LOT OF MEDIA ABOUT THEM ROLLING IT OUT, AND THEY'VE ONLY HAD IT FOR ONE SCHOOL YEAR.

BUT I CAN'T FIND ANYTHING ABOUT HOW WELL IT'S DOING, WHAT THE PERFORMANCE IS.

AND I THINK, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S NECESSARILY A GAME OF HIDE THE BALL OR ANYTHING.

I JUST THINK THAT, AS MR. MILLER'S POINT, THIS IS VERY DIFFICULT TO QUANTIFY THE RATE OF SUCCESS.

IT'S GOING TO BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT.

I DO SHARE MS. STANLEY'S SKEPTICISM THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO IT THROUGH A SERIES OF SURVEYS AND JUST BECAUSE OUR PARTICIPATION RATE IN SURVEYS HISTORICALLY LOW.

SO ONCE WE DO HAND THIS OFF AND WE DO CONTRACT WITH CARE OF SOLACE, IT IS GOING TO BE A DIFFICULT THING TO MONITOR.

I AM NOT DOWN ON THIS COMPANY.

I THINK THAT THEY'RE MAKING AN EARNEST AND HONEST EFFORT AT TRYING TO ADDRESS A NEED.

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LOPEZ AND I HAVE A DISAGREEMENT, BUT THIS IS ONE WHERE I DO.

I DO NOT AGREE THAT JUST BECAUSE THERE IS AN EMERGENT ISSUE, YOU TRY ANYTHING.

THAT, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH POTENTIALLY DESPERATE PEOPLE, CAN BE DANGEROUS.

WE HAVE TO KNOW.

IT'S MY JOB RIGHT HERE TO PROTECT THAT VULNERABLE POPULATION, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO RIGHT NOW.

BUT IN ORDER FOR ME TO HAVE A GOOD, CLEAR CONSCIENCE MOVING FORWARD, I HAVE TO KNOW THAT THIS, THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE TAKEN CARE OF WITH THIS.

AND IT'S JUST TOO NEW A PRODUCT FOR ME.

I WANT TO BE A TRAILBLAZING SCHOOL DISTRICT ON MOST ISSUES, NOT THIS ONE.

I WANT TO KNOW THAT THE PEOPLE WE'RE HANDLING, HANDING OUR MOST VULNERABLE AND POTENTIALLY MOST DESPERATE STUDENTS OVER TO ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THEM.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS IMPERATIVE TO ME AND IN MY MIND, IF WE PASS IT, WE PASS IT. MY VOTE AND I'M JUST GOING TO SIGNAL IT HERE IS NOT "NO" IT'S NOT YET.

I WANT TO SEE AND WE HAVE TWO DISTRICTS THAT HAVE DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.

THESE ARE DISTRICTS THAT ARE FRIENDLY TO US.

THEY WILL HELP US.

THEY WILL LET US KNOW IF THIS IS WORKING FOR THEM, IF THIS HAS BEEN A BENEFIT TO THEM, IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S ENRICHED THEIR COMMUNITY AND THEIR COUNCILORS AND HELP THEM.

I WANT TO HELP OUR COUNCILORS, TOO.

I UNDERSTAND THIS IS NOT THEIR ROLE, BUT WHAT I CANNOT DO IS SIMPLY SAY THIS IS THE SOLUTION.

WE DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE RIGHT SOLUTION AND IT MAY NOT WORK, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TRY IT BECAUSE WE'RE OUT, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO AT THIS TIME. WE HAVE TO KNOW TO SOME DEGREE THAT IT'S GOING TO HELP.

IT WILL HELP OUR COUNCILORS.

I AGREE WITH THAT.

BUT I HAVE TO LOOK OUT FOR THESE KIDS.

I HAVE TO LOOK OUT WITH THESE FAMILIES, TOO.

AND I THINK AND I HOPE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WILL.

I REALLY DO. I HOPE THAT THIS COMPANY ESTABLISHES ITSELF AND WE HEAR ABOUT IT.

AND I'M PRESUMING THAT THEY WILL TAKE OUR MONEY AT A LATER TIME.

AND I DON'T CARE IF IT'S ESSER MONEY.

I DON'T CARE IF IT'S GENERAL FUND MONEY.

I DON'T CARE WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM.

I REALLY DON'T. IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT I CAN SEE IS WORKING AND ENRICHING LIVES AND HELPING OUR STUDENTS GET THE MENTAL HEALTH ACCESS THEY NEED, AND I KNOW THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

IT'S NOT GOING TO POTENTIALLY PUT THEM IN A WORSE PLACE, BECAUSE WHEN YOU DEAL WITH A DESPERATE PERSON AND THEY'RE AT THE END OF THE ROPE AND THEY END UP IN SOME LOOP TRYING TO FIND BEING PASSED OFF FROM ONE PHONE NUMBER TO ANOTHER PHONE NUMBER TO ANOTHER, WHEN THEY THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE THE HELP THEY NEED, WE MIGHT HAVE MADE A BAD SITUATION WORSE.

THAT, I CANNOT HELP MY CONSCIENCE IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE.

I RESPECT THE FACT THAT OUR ADMINISTRATION HAS VETTED IT.

IN MY HUMBLE OPINION, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH HISTORY WITH THIS COMPANY FOR THEM TO HAVE VETTED IT ENOUGH FOR ME.

MAYBE THE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE SPOKEN TO ARE POSITIVE, BUT THE PEOPLE WHO'VE HAD IT THE LONGEST, THIS COMPANY DIDN'T EXIST UNTIL OVER A YEAR AGO.

I MEAN, SO THERE'S NOT ENOUGH FOR ME.

AND THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE MONEY.

NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.

I WILL SPEND THE MONEY IF WE NEED TO SPEND THE MONEY, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S WORTH IT.

THIS IS JUST ABOUT MAKING SURE.

AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I'M COMING FROM.

SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE PEOPLE HERE WHO DISAGREE WITH THAT.

AND HEY, THAT'S AMERICA, MAN.

[LAUGHTER] THAT'S WHAT WE DO.

BUT WE'RE ALL JUST TRYING TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION FOR OUR FAMILIES AND OUR KIDS.

AND THAT THAT'S KIND OF MY PERSPECTIVE.

SO UNLESS ANYONE ELSE HAS ANYTHING, I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO DO.

AGAIN, I HEARD SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT WHAT IF IT DOESN'T WORK? I STILL GO BACK TO WHAT IF IT DOES? AND YOU ASKED ABOUT SUCCESS.

HOW DO YOU DEFINE SUCCESS? WHEN YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO POTENTIALLY SAVE A LIFE.

HOW DO YOU DEFINE THAT? WELL, WE DON'T HAVE A CURRENT SOLUTION, AND THE ADMINISTRATION HAS VETTED A SOLUTION THAT THEY FEEL WILL PROVIDE US WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO FILL GAPS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, REAL GAPS.

THIS IS NOT A PERCEIVED GAP.

IT'S A REAL GAP.

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YOU SAID CLARK COUNTY, LAS VEGAS COUNTY.

LARGE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ARE IMPLEMENTING IT.

YOU SAID YOU HAVEN'T FOUND ANYTHING.

YOU LOOKED DID YOU CALL THEM AND ASK THEM FOR THEIR DASHBOARD? BECAUSE I THINK THAT THEY'RE PROBABLY HAVE A DASHBOARD.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN RELEASE AND SHARE.

BUT IF THIS SAVED ONE LIFE, IT'S A SUCCESS TO ME.

SO, LIKE MS. STANLEY WAS TALKING ABOUT, I DON'T HAVE ANY PERSONAL IN MY IMMEDIATE FAMILY THAT I KNOW OF EXPERIENCE WITH THIS MATTER.

BUT I DO KNOW WITHIN THE LAST MONTH I HAD PEOPLE THAT HAVE CLOSE TO ME HAVE HAD KIDS THAT HAVE COMMITTED SUICIDE.

AND I'M PRETTY SURE THAT THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN BENEFITED BY SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

SO, I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH DATA BECAUSE THIS COMPANY IS NEW.

BUT THEN I THINK ABOUT WE HAVE PRESENTATIONS ALL THE TIME ABOUT VARIOUS THINGS WITH COMPANIES THAT I DON'T THINK ANY OF US GO THROUGH AND VET.

WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THOSE COMPANIES THAT COME THROUGH AND PROVIDE US WITH INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL FOR OUR STUDENTS.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO LOOKING AT THEM TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE OUR STUDENTS WITH THE SUCCESS RATE THAT WE SAY IN TERMS OF WANTING THEM ALL TO BE ABLE TO BE LITERATE OR BE MATH FLUENT, BECAUSE IF THAT WERE THE CASE, 100% OF OUR STUDENTS WOULD BE THAT, AND IT'S NOT THE CASE.

SO, BACK TO SOMETHING, WHAT MS. GRIFFIN SAID IN TERMS OF ADMINISTRATION DOING THEIR DUE DILIGENCE TO VET THIS AND THEN PROVIDE A SOLUTION THAT WILL GIVE US THE POSSIBILITY TO PROVIDE A SERVICE TO FILL A GAP THAT WE CURRENTLY KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO PROVIDE COORDINATION SERVICES FOR OUR SERVICES FOR OUR PARENTS TO HELP OUR STUDENTS.

AND WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO SEE IF IT'S GOING TO WORK.

THERE'S NO GUARANTEE.

BUT WHAT IF IT DOES WORK? WHAT IF IT DOES HELP? THAT'S WHY I KEEP GOING BACK TO.

AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE THAT ARE IN DESPERATION.

I DIDN'T GET THAT EVERYBODY THAT USED THIS SERVICE WAS GOING TO BE IN A DESPERATE SITUATION.

BUT WHAT IF ONE IS? WHAT IF THEY ARE? DO WE CURRENTLY HAVE A SOLUTION THAT WOULD HELP THEM? NO, WE DON'T.

WE DON'T. AND WE'RE LOADING OUR STAFF WITH THAT BURDEN AND WE'RE PUTTING THAT ON THEM WHEN WE HAVE A SOLUTION THAT POTENTIALLY CAN PROVIDE THEM WITH RESOURCES TO HELP OUR FAMILIES.

LIKE, TO ME, IT'S A NO BRAINER.

BUT, I MEAN, I'M ONLY ONE VOTE, SO I KNOW HOW I'M VOTING AND I'M JUST GOING TO LEAVE IT AT THAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR. SELDERS. MR. MILLER.

JUST TO TRY TO SOLIDIFY EVERYTHING I'M THINKING FOR FOR ME.

EVEN IF I'M AWARE OF A COUPLE OF SITUATIONS, EVEN WHEN THE PERSON RECEIVED ALL THE PROPER CARE IN THE WORLD AND IT DIDN'T REALLY CHANGE THEIR DIRECTION, IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

WE CAN'T, TO ME, I'M SITTING HERE GOING, I DON'T I CAN'T EVALUATE THE SYSTEM BASED ON HOW WELL THE PATIENT DID ONCE THEY RECEIVED THE TREATMENT.

I CAN REVIEW THIS SYSTEM BASED ON HOW WELL THEY WERE ABLE TO TALK, TO COMMUNICATE AND PROVIDE REFERRALS FOR ASSISTANCE. THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT IT'S GOING TO WORK.

AND BELIEVE ME, I KNOW A COUPLE OF SITUATIONS AFTER FIVE DIFFERENT HOSPITALS AND TRIPS TO FOR LENGTHY PERIODS OF TIME TO TO GET HELP.

IT JUST HASN'T WORKED.

SO FOR ME, THOUGH, WHAT I KNOW IN SITUATIONS I'M AWARE OF, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WOULD HAVE BEEN SOMEBODY TO MAKE THAT CAN MAKE A PHONE CALL TO TO GET SOME KIND OF IDEA ABOUT WHERE THERE'S HELP AND PROVIDE THAT LITTLE BIT OF SPARK OF HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHOEVER IT IS THEY ULTIMATELY GET REFERRED TO IS GOING TO HAVE SOME KIND OF WAY TO HELP THEM THROUGH THIS. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I'M SIDING WITH ROBERT RIGHT NOW.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY HARM AT ALL IN US HAVING A SYSTEM THAT PROVIDES A REFERRAL.

BUT THIS SYSTEM THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS NOT TREATMENT.

THE SYSTEM THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS NOTHING BUT A CARING VOICE TO HELP THEM GET TO THE RIGHT PLACE.

AND ONCE THEY GET TO THE PLACE WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO GET THE TREATMENT, THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO DETERMINE HOW WELL IT TURNS OUT.

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THE DATA THAT I WOULD WANT TO KNOW, DID YOU FEEL LIKE THIS REFERRAL SYSTEM DID A GOOD JOB IN GETTING YOU TO A PLACE WHERE YOU COULD POTENTIALLY GET HELP? I DON'T SEE A BIG I DON'T SEE A BIG RISK IN THAT.

THEY DO HAVE A TON OF DIFFERENT DOCTORS.

THEY DO LISTEN ACCORDING TO THEIR TESTIMONY.

THEY DO LISTEN TO THE SITUATIONS AND TRY TO PLACE THEM IN THE RIGHT SPOTS.

AND THAT IS 100,000,000% BETTER THAN WHERE THEY ARE WITH NOTHING.

SO FOR ME, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY, I DON'T SEE A LOT OF RISK IN TRYING THIS.

I'M NOT SAYING IT'S AN END ALL.

AND MAYBE WE OUGHT TO LOOK AT COMBINING IT WITH OTHER PROGRAMS AS WELL.

THE. I'M WITH WES.

I WOULDN'T CARE HOW MUCH IT COSTS IF WE KNEW IT WORKS.

SAVE FAMILIES AND KIDS FROM SOME OF THE SITUATIONS THEY GO THROUGH.

SO. YOU KNOW, WHILE I'M NOT IN A HURRY TO DO THIS, AT THE SAME TIME, I SEE THAT THIS IS JUST A REFERRAL SYSTEM. THIS IS JUST A REFERRAL SYSTEM WITH A WITH A COMPASSIONATE VOICE ON THE OTHER END TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR NEED IS AND GET YOU TO THE RIGHT SPOT.

THANK YOU. AND I GUESS MY LONE RETORT TO THESE COMMENTS, I DON'T DISAGREE WITH ANYTHING THAT YOU GUYS ARE SAYING.

I'M, LIKE I SAID, I HOPE THIS SYSTEM, I HOPE THIS COMPANY WORKS OUT.

I REALLY DO, BECAUSE I WANT TO USE THEM.

I DO. BUT WHAT I HAVE TO KNOW IS THAT THAT REFERRAL, IT'S A REFERRAL SYSTEM.

I HAVE TO KNOW THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY BEING REFERRED TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE AND THAT THESE PEOPLE AREN'T UNQUALIFIED.

I MEAN, WE JUST SAW A LIST OF, THERE'S A THOUSAND PEOPLE HERE WITHIN THE GARLAND ZIP CODE.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THOSE ARE GOOD PEOPLE.

I DON'T KNOW THOSE ARE RIGHT PEOPLE.

I HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING THAT.

I KNOW THAT, WHAT I DO KNOW, AND THIS IS WHERE I SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF MS. STANLEY SKEPTICISM, IS EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN TRYING OFFERING SERVICES LIKE THIS FOR DECADES, AND THEY'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO COMPILE A LIST LIKE THIS.

I MEAN, I KNOW I'VE HAD ACCESS AND THE COMPANIES I WORKED FOR MANY TIMES TO EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, AND THEY'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO OFFER SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

THIS IS SOMETHING THE MARKET'S BEEN WANTING FOR A WHILE.

IT SEEMS KIND OF ODD THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO DO IT WHEN OTHER ENTITIES HAVE NOT.

THAT IS SURPRISING ME.

NOW, I'M NOT SAYING THEY HAVEN'T AND I'M 100% DOWN IF THEY HAVE.

SURE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE DONE IT.

AND WE'RE NOT SENDING OUR PEOPLE OFF TO SOMEONE WHO'S NOT QUALIFIED, WHO'S NOT GOING TO MAKE THE FIRST RULE OF ANY MEDICAL TREATMENT IN ANY REGARD IS, FIRST, DO NO HARM. THAT'S THE FIRST RULE.

THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE CAN'T JUST RUSH A VACCINE OUT IN THE MARKET.

WE HAVE TO MAKE CERTAIN IT WORKS AND IT DOESN'T HAVE ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES FOR PEOPLE.

AND IT MIGHT SAVE ONE PERSON.

IT MIGHT, BUT IT MIGHT HURT MORE PEOPLE THAN IT SAVES.

AND THAT'S THE THING THAT I WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN WE DO.

AND I'M NOT TALKING, I'M NOT SAYING NO, I THINK THESE PEOPLE ARE SNAKE OIL SALESMAN AND WE CAN'T DO IT.

I'M NOT SAYING THAT AT ALL.

I'M JUST SAYING THAT WE DO HAVE DISTRICTS THAT ARE HERE THAT ARE IMPLEMENTING THIS THAT WE CAN COLLABORATE WITH AND MAKE CERTAIN THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS WORKING FOR THEM AND THAT THE PEOPLE, THE FEEDBACK THEY'RE GETTING IS THAT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GETTING REFERRED TO ARE ACTUALLY APPROPRIATE TO HANDLE THE TYPE OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES THAT ARE BEING, THAT THEY NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.

JUST SENDING SOMEONE OFF TO SOMEBODY AND I DON'T AGREE THAT THAT'S BETTER THAN NOTHING.

I DON'T. IF IT'S THE WRONG PERSON AND IF IT'S SOMEONE WHO'S NOT QUALIFIED TO TREAT IT, THEY CAN DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD.

AND THAT'S THE THING I JUST NEED TO KNOW.

THAT'S THE BOX I NEED TO CHECK, THAT THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEGIN THIS, THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THIS.

AND LIKE I SAID, IT'S NEW.

I MEAN, THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A LONG TRACK RECORD ON THIS.

BUT THE ONES THAT HAVE DONE IT ARE SAYING, YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS IS WORKING AND THESE PEOPLE ARE FINDING THE RIGHT FOLKS.

SO CAN I RETORT YOUR RETORT? SURE. MR. PRESIDENT, ARE YOU READY FOR MOTION? I'M GOING TO LET HIM RETORT MY RETORT, AND THEN I'LL BE READY FOR A MOTION.

[LAUGHTER] AND I'M NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT VACCINES OR ANY OF THAT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT PLACE IS TO REFER ANYBODY.

I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THE WRONG PLACE IS FOR THEM TO NOT HAVE ANYWHERE TO GO.

THANK YOU. I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THAT.

MR. GLICK. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF MENTAL HEALTH PLATFORM AND CARE COORDINATION CONTRACT 357-22-01.

SECOND. ALL RIGHT. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF, LET ME SEE WHAT WE ARE HERE.

[02:45:04]

CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF MENTAL HEALTH PLATFORM AND CARE COORDINATION.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

COUNTING FOUR.

PLEASE LEAVE YOUR HANDS RAISED. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE A, SINCE MR. BEACH ISN'T HERE. MR. GLICK, MS. GRIFFIN, MR. MILLER AND MR. SELDERS.

ALL THOSE WHO ARE OPPOSED, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

AND I COUNT MR. BEACH, MS. STANLEY AND MYSELF.

SO THAT PASSES 4 TO 3.

THANK YOU. MR. JOHNSON. YES, I KNOW I'M PROBABLY OUT OF ORDER AND YOU CAN STOP ME.

YOU HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO DO THAT.

BUT I HAVE ONE QUESTION.

WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT THIS POPULATION AND THE VULNERABILITY OF THEM.

WHAT ARE WE DOING RIGHT NOW? AND WE KNOW ALL OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE BECAUSE THERE IS A GROUP OUT THERE THAT WE GET TO HEAR ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS.

SO THEY'RE VULNERABLE NOW AND THEY'LL BE VULNERABLE WITH THIS TO.

THANK YOU, MS. GRIFFIN. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM H.

[H. Renewal Bids (Finance, Facilities and Operations Committee)]

MR. MILLER, YOU WERE THE PROXY FOR THE CHAIR OF FINANCE FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS.

IS THERE ANYTHING ABOUT ANY OF THE RENEWAL BIDS WHICH HI AND HII THAT YOU WISH TO DISCUSS? MR. PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO COMBINE ITEMS HI AND HII IN ONE MOTION, AND IT WOULD BE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONTRACT 122- 20. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF WEB DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, HOSTING AND RELATED SERVICES.

AND ALSO CONTRACT NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS CONTRACT NUMBER 363-21.

CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF PROPERTY INSURANCE.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM THE ACTING CHAIR OF FINANCE FACILITY AND OPERATIONS TO HAVE AN OMNIBUS APPROVAL OF CONTRACTS 122-20, PURCHASE OF WEB DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, HOSTING AND RELATED SERVICES AND CONTRACT 363-21, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF PROPERTY INSURANCE.

WE HAVE A MOTION. DO I HAVE ANY SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE APPROVAL OF ITEMS HI AND H II.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS.

ANY OPPOSED? THAT PASSES 7-0, BOTH OF THEM.

NEXT WE MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM I.

[I. Increase to Awarded Bids (Finance, Facilities and Operations Committee)]

MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU.

I WOULD LIKE TO COMBINE ITEMS ONE, TWO AND THREE UNDER SECTION I, AND I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONTRACT NUMBER 250-22.

CONSIDER APPROVAL OF INCREASE IN AWARDED AMOUNT FOR GENERAL MERCHANDISE, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES.

ITEM NUMBER TWO IS CONTRACT NUMBER 68-22.

CONSIDER APPROVAL OF INCREASE IN AWARDED AMOUNT FOR STUDENT EDUCATIONAL TRAVEL SERVICES AND ITEM NUMBER THREE IS CONTRACT 325-22-02, CONSIDER APPROVAL AND APPROVAL OF INCREASE IN AWARDED AMOUNT FOR TESTING AND ASSESSMENT.

SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE APPROVAL OF CONTRACT 250-22, WHICH IS AN APPROVAL INCREASE IN AWARD AMOUNT FOR GENERAL MERCHANDISE EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, CONTRACT 68-22, WHICH IS CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN INCREASE IN AWARDED AMOUNT FOR STUDENT EDUCATIONAL TRAVEL SERVICES AND CONTRACT 325-22-02, WHICH IS CONSIDER APPROVAL OF INCREASE IN AWARD AMOUNT FOR TESTING ASSESSMENT.

ALL OF THESE MATTERS HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED AT LENGTH IN COMMITTEE.

THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

ANY OPPOSED? THAT WENT DOWN 7 TO 0 IN APPROVAL OF ALL THREE CONTRACTS.

THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM VIII.

EXECUTIVE SESSION. DR.

LOPEZ, DO WE HAVE A NEED FOR AN EXECUTIVE SESSION? NO, BUT MAY I MAKE A CLARIFICATION ON ONE OF THE INCREASE AWARDS THAT WAS PURCHASED FOR FINE ARTS FOR TRAVEL? I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR FOR EVERYBODY WE'RE NOT PAYING FOR EVERYBODY'S OUT OF TOWN TRAVEL.

EVERYTHING IS IN AGGREGATE AND GOES UNDER ONE, GOES UNDER ONE CONTRACT.

SO WHEN THAT CONTRACT REACHES A CERTAIN THRESHOLD, IT NEEDS BOARD APPROVAL.

BY DOING THIS, YOU'RE COVERING ALL THAT, WHICH YOU'RE ALSO COVERING IS IF OUR BANDS OR OUR FINE ARTS PROGRAMS GET A SPECIAL RECOGNITION, ROSE BOWL PARADE, STATE COMPETITION GOING TO CHICAGO, THEN WE WILL INCUR THE COST AND IT WOULD BE PART OF THIS BIG BID.

[02:50:05]

OH, NOW WE'RE GOING OUT OF TOWN AND THE DISTRICT IS PAYING FOR THAT.

NO. ALL RIGHT.

BUT JUST LIKE OUR MATERIALS, YOU HAVE TO APPROVE OUR MATERIALS AS EACH INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL DOES IT.

THE AGGREGATE IS THE COST FOR THE DISTRICT.

AND THAT WAS DISCUSSED AT COMMITTEE TOO SO IF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WANT A BETTER UNDERSTANDING, YOU CAN GO BACK AND HEAR THE DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD AT THE COMMITTEE, POSTED ON THE WEBSITE.

DR. LOPEZ HAS INFORMED ME THERE IS NO NEED FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION, SO THAT TAKES CARE OF ITEMS VIII AND IX ON THE AGENDA.

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING?

[X. Adjournment]

MOVE ADJOURNMENT.

WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 7:52 P.M.

THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.