THANK YOU. IT IS 7:00 AND I'M CALLING TO GATHER THE ACADEMIC AND DISTRICT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE MEETING.
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THERE IS A QUORUM PRESENT, AND I'VE SPOKEN TO MISS HOGAN AND THERE ARE NO CARDS FOR PUBLIC FORUM COMMENT, AS THE OTHER CHAIRS HAVE MENTIONED, JUST WELCOMING EVERYBODY BACK FOR THE 23-24 SCHOOL YEAR.I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF EXCITEMENT SURROUNDING BEING BACK IN SCHOOL AND THE FIRST DAY, AND IT'S BEEN EXPRESSED ABOUT THE FACILITIES AND THE HOW CLEAN OUR BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN.
AND SO I WANT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO OUR FACILITIES AND MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENTS FOR MAKING SURE THAT THAT ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS WERE IN ORDER AND OUR CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHERS AND STUDENTS HAD A VERY CLEAN PLACE TO COME BACK TO.
SO WITH THAT, I WANT TO KICK IT OVER TO DOCTOR LOPEZ FOR SUPERINTENDENTS MESSAGE.
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CHAIRPERSON SELDERS, THANK YOU.YOU KNOW, THE TECHNICALLY THE NEW YEAR STARTED.
AND SO THEORETICALLY IT STARTS IN JULY AND WE HAD A REALLY BANNER SEASON LAST YEAR.
AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WE KICK OFF AND WE HAVE THE REGIONAL TEACHER OF THE YEAR FROM SACHSE HIGH SCHOOL, MR. MURRAY. AND SO WE'RE ALREADY STARTING OFF WITH MOMENTUM.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE GOT SOME REALLY GOOD HOPEFUL NEWS COMING FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS, KNOCK ON WOOD. BUT THEN WE HAD A BACK TO SCHOOL RALLY, OKAY? AND THE BACK TO SCHOOL RALLY WAS OUR CONVOCATION AND IT WAS THROUGH THE ROOF.
AND IT'S REALLY CAUGHT A LOT OF FIRE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT.
IT'S GOT VIEWS. PEOPLE ARE LIKE, IS THAT REALLY A SCHOOL DISTRICT? YOU KNOW, SO THAT THAT WAS REALLY NEAT.
AND THEN THERE WAS A BACK TO SCHOOL BASH HELD BY WEBB.
OKAY. AND YOU KNOW SOMETHING THAT THEY DID? THEY HAD SUPPLIES FOR NEEDY STUDENTS.
AND NOW IT'S THAT IS GOING VIRAL.
I HOPE TO SEE THIS AS A TRADITION.
AND SO IT'S DAY ONE AND WE'RE ALREADY STARTING WITH A LOT OF TRACTION.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE OBSTACLES AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT IN CONVOCATION TO HAS CHANGED A LOT OF THE WAY THEY'RE GRADING SCHOOLS MIDSTREAM WHILE WE'RE IN THERE.
IT'S NOT FAIR, ESPECIALLY NOT FAIR FOR STUDENTS THAT HAVE IMPOVERISHED BACKGROUNDS OR COME FROM A HOME THAT DOESN'T SPEAK PREDOMINANTLY ENGLISH OR JUST HAS A STRESSED ENVIRONMENT.
AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE HOW THEY RECALIBRATE.
AND IT'S ALL DONE PURPOSEFULLY.
THEY ARE THE EXPERTS IN THE CLASSROOM.
THEY ARE WHAT WE CALL THE GIVING THE PRESCRIPTION TO THE STUDENTS.
TO BE SUCCESSFUL, WE GOT TO TRUST WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
WE GOT TO EMPOWER WHAT THEY'RE DOING, AND WE GOT TO BACK UP WHAT WE'RE DOING.
MAKE SURE YOUR STUDENTS ARE DOING THEIR HOMEWORK.
MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE FOLLOWING THE RULES.
MAKE SURE THEY SHOW UP TO LEARN NOT TO DISTRACT.
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TIME TO BE SOCIAL WITH EACH OTHER, BUT THERE'S THE RIGHT TIME FOR IT.
IT'S NOT ALWAYS ON IN CLASSROOMS. IF WE CAN REINFORCE ALL THAT FOR OUR TEACHERS, IT'S GOING TO BE A MAGICAL EXPERIENCE, NOT JUST FOR THE TEACHER, BUT THE STUDENT.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT YEAR.
I KNOW THIS IS A DAC COMMITTEE.
I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE POSITIVE MOMENTUM THAT WE'RE PICKING UP JUST THIS SCHOOL YEAR.
AND I'LL SEND IT BACK TO YOU, SIR.
THANK YOU. DR. LOPEZ ALL RIGHT.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR AGENDA ITEMS, ITEM FIVE, A INFORMATION ITEMS.
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WE'RE GOING TO GET AN UPDATE FROM FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DEPARTMENT.AGUILAR IS GOING TO COME FORWARD AND SHARE SOME INFORMATION WITH US.
COMMITTEE CHAIR GRIFFIN BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
I HAVE THE HONOR OF SERVING AS THE DIRECTOR OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND I'M HERE TODAY TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN UPDATE ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AUDIT RECOMMENDATIONS. AS YOU ARE AWARE, WE BEGAN WORKING WITH GIBSON IN DECEMBER OF 2021 AS THEY CONDUCTED THE AUDIT AND THE RESULTS WERE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD IN
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OCTOBER OF 2022.TODAY I WILL SHARE THE WORK THAT WE HAVE ENGAGED IN SINCE THAT REPORT WAS PROVIDED.
AS I DISCUSSED OUR PROGRESS IN EACH AREA, I WILL BE REFERRING TO THE HANDOUTS LISTED HERE THAT PROVIDE MORE DETAILS ABOUT OUR WORK.
WE HAVE PROVIDED YOU WITH A COPY OF THE COMPREHENSIVE DEPARTMENT PLAN AND DISTRICT GOALS.
THE AUDIT PROGRESS TRACKING UPDATES AND A COPY OF THE PARTNERSHIP SCHOOL CRITERIA.
MY TEAM USED THESE DOCUMENTS TO DETERMINE THE IMPLEMENTATION STATUS OF EACH AUDIT RECOMMENDATION.
AT THE BEGINNING PHASE, THE RECOMMENDATION IS BEING DISCUSSED AT THE EMERGING.
NEXT IS PARTIALLY IMPLEMENTED, THEN CONSISTENT DISTRICT WIDE IMPLEMENTATION AND THEN IT FINALLY MOVES TO FULLY IMPLEMENTED WHEN DATA IS MONITORED AND USED TO MAKE DECISIONS.
I WILL NOW REVIEW EACH RECOMMENDATION ITEM AND HIGHLIGHT OUR PROGRESS AND NEXT STEPS.
THE FIRST AUDIT RECOMMENDATION WAS TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE DEPARTMENT PLAN.
THE DEPARTMENT VISION DETAILED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS THAT GISD CAMPUS STAFF, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WILL PARTNER TO CO-CREATE AN ENGAGING ENVIRONMENT WHERE STUDENTS ARE SCHOLARS AND FAMILY AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE VALUED AS EXPERTS.
THE DEPARTMENT OBJECTIVES ARE TO BUILD DUAL CAPACITY AND DEVELOP PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS ACROSS ALL CAMPUSES TO PROVIDE DIRECT SUPPORT AND SERVICES TO FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND ALSO TO INCREASE VOLUNTEER ENGAGEMENT.
OUR FOCUS AREAS ARE ON STAFF DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNICATION.
THE CURRENT DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBILITIES THAT THE AUDITORS IDENTIFIED AS NOT BEING DIRECTLY TIED TO FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WERE OTHER SPECIAL POPULATIONS, WHICH INCLUDES MCKINNEY-VENTO, HOMELESS, FOSTER CARE AND MILITARY CONNECTED BACK TO SCHOOL FORUMS, STUDENT HANDBOOK, ELEMENTARY DISCIPLINE AND TRANSFER APPROVALS.
THE AUDITORS ALSO STATED THAT CURRENTLY THE FACE DEPARTMENT HAS 2.2 FULL TIME EQUIVALENT STAFF THAT ARE DEVOTED TO FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES COMBINED.
THE AUDITOR STATED IN THEIR REPORT.
AND WE AGREE THAT AS THE DEPARTMENT BUILDS OUT THE OBJECTIVES, STRATEGIES AND ACTION PLANS SUPPORTING ITS MISSION, IT WILL LIKELY FIND THE THAT GREATER DEPARTMENTAL STAFFING INVESTMENTS ARE NEEDED TO BE MADE TO SUPPORT FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORK.
THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL STAFF POSITIONS WERE REQUESTED IN THE SPRING.
TWO FAMILY ENGAGEMENT FACILITATORS AND FOUR FAMILY ENGAGEMENT AIDES.
THIS RECOMMENDATION IS IN THE BEGINNING STAGE OF IMPLEMENTATION.
THE THIRD RECOMMENDATION WAS TO TARGET ENHANCED COMMUNICATION EFFORTS THROUGH DATA ANALYTICS.
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AFTER THE EVALUATIONS OF TOOLS THAT WERE AVAILABLE, WE ARE USING METRICOOL TO SCHEDULE POSTS.THIS DATA WILL BE INCLUDED AGAIN IN THE STUDENT SERVICES QUARTERLY REPORT AND MONITORED.
THIS RECOMMENDATION IS IN THE PARTIALLY IMPLEMENTED PHASE.
OUR TEAM IDENTIFIED THE FOLLOWING PRIMARY FUNCTIONS THAT NEED STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
AND AFTER THOSE THINGS WERE IDENTIFIED, THE PHASE TEAM MEMBERS PREPARED DRAFT SOPS FOR THIS TASK.
THIS RECOMMENDATION IS IN THE PARTIALLY IMPLEMENTED PHASE.
THERE'S A QUESTION. MR. GLICK. YEAH. THANK YOU.
COULD WE GO BACK TO RECOMMENDATION THREE? SURE. ESTABLISH A CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL TEAM WITH COMMUNICATIONS.
WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THAT RIGHT NOW? SO WE ARE MEETING WITH COMMUNICATIONS AND WE LOOK AT THE DATA ANALYTICS.
SPECIFICALLY, JONATHAN ARMSTRONG IS TASKED WITH THIS ITEM AND IF YOU WANT DETAILED ON EACH RECOMMENDATION, I ALSO INCLUDED OUR TASK LIST THAT KIND OF HAS OUR PROGRESS.
IT KIND OF HAS DATES ON EXACTLY WHAT WE MEANT AND WHAT WE DISCUSSED, BUT THEY TALKED ABOUT TIMING OF POSTS, RIGHT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND WHAT IS THE BEST TIME.
SO THEN HE USES THAT DATA TO SCHEDULE THOSE POSTS AT THAT THOSE TIMES WITH THE METRO.
I KNOW WE JUST GOT IT IN OUR MAILBOX AT HOME, THE NEW CONNECTED MAGAZINE.
ARE YOU COORDINATING WITH WITH THEM ON THAT MAGAZINE AND THE NEW REFRESHMENT? WE DON'T INTERFACE DIRECTLY WITH THEM SPECIFICALLY ON THAT, BUT WE DO PARTNER WHEN THERE'S TIMELY THINGS THAT NEED TO BE PUT OUT.
FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN IT'S CHOICE OF SCHOOL TIME OR WHEN IT'S ENROLLMENT TIME, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT, THEN YES, WE DO PARTNER AND SAY THE BACK TO SCHOOL FORMS. SO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE CONNECTED FOR THIS MONTH, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
WHERE WHERE IS THAT AT? IS THAT WAS THAT LAST YEAR'S BUDGET CYCLE? IS THAT GOING TO TRANSLATE INTO THIS YEAR'S BUDGET CYCLE? NO. SO THEY WERE REQUESTED AND WERE NOT THOSE POSITIONS WERE NOT FILLED.
AND SO I WILL AGAIN REQUEST AND FOR THE NEXT BUDGET YEAR.
OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
WE ALSO INCLUDED THE TITLE ONE FAMILY ENGAGEMENT SURVEY RESULTS DIRECTLY IN THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN GOAL TO STRENGTHEN COMPLIANCE IN THAT AREA. OUR NEXT STEPS ARE TO MONITOR THE PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS IMPLEMENTATION AND THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT GOAL IN THE STUDENT SERVICES QUARTERLY REPORT. THIS IS IN THE EMERGING IMPLEMENTATION PHASE.
RECOMMENDATION SIX CENTERED ON IDENTIFYING AND APPLYING METRICS THAT WILL ALLOW THE FACE DEPARTMENT TO MEANINGFULLY ASSESS FAMILY ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVES. AGAIN, WE DECIDED TO USE THE TITLE ONE FAMILY ENGAGEMENT SURVEY RESULTS THAT ARE TIED TO THE NEW GSD STRATEGIC GOALS TO ASSESS FAMILY ENGAGEMENT.
THEREFORE, WE DECIDED TO TARGET THE RESPONSE RATE.
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THE TOTAL PERCENT OF PARENTS WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE GSD FAMILY ENGAGEMENT SURVEY WILL INCREASE FROM 19% IN SPRING OF 2023 TO 35% BY 2026.THE 2024 INTERIM GOAL IS A 25% RESPONSE RATE.
THIS RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE PARTIALLY IMPLEMENTED LEVEL.
RECOMMENDATION SEVEN WAS TO STANDARDIZE CERTAIN ELEMENTS OF FAMILY ENGAGEMENT ACROSS ALL CAMPUSES.
THROUGH INCREASED FACE DEPARTMENT INVOLVEMENT, THE CROSS DEPARTMENTAL TEAM DEVELOPED THE PARTNERSHIP SCHOOL CRITERIA AND YOU HAVE THAT LIST IN YOUR PACKET AS WELL. THAT WILL STANDARDIZE ELEMENTS AND ALLOW CAMPUSES TO SELF ASSESS THEIR FAMILY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMING.
THE AUDITOR'S COMMENDATION WAS AT THE FACE DEPARTMENT'S PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS PROGRAM INCLUDED A ROBUST AND RESEARCH BASED SET OF FAMILY ENGAGEMENT PRACTICES. WE AGREE WITH THE AUDITOR'S FINDINGS AND WE DECIDED TO LEVERAGE THIS RESEARCH BASED WORK THAT WAS DEVELOPED AT THE HARVARD FAMILY ENGAGEMENT INSTITUTE IN 2017.
THE NEW PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS INITIATIVE WILL PROVIDE US WITH A SYSTEM TO STANDARDIZE ELEMENTS ACROSS CAMPUSES, TO MONITOR COMPLIANCE AND TO CELEBRATE SCHOOLS FOR THEIR FAMILY ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS.
CAMPUSES WILL BE CELEBRATED AS BRONZE, SILVER OR GOLD LEVEL PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS BASED ON THEIR FAMILY ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS BEGINNING THIS SCHOOL YEAR. ROBERT.
SORRY, MR. GLICK. WHAT YOU JUST MENTIONED, I KNOW YOU MAKE PRESENTATIONS AT EVERY DISTRICT PTA.
IS THAT IS THAT THE SAME THING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OR IS THAT DIFFERENT? THAT'S DIFFERENT. SO IF IN YOUR PACKET YOU HAVE WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE PARTNERSHIP SCHOOL INITIATIVE AND THERE'S A LIST OF RESEARCH BASED ACTIVITIES.
AND IT'S PROVEN RESEARCH IS PROVEN THAT IT'S TIED TO ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT.
AND SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT THESE ACTIVITIES, THESE CAMPUSES ENGAGE IN THESE ACTIVITIES.
WE HAVE AN ENTIRE GOOGLE SITE THAT GIVES THEM IDEAS, THAT GIVES THEM EXAMPLES THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED, AND WE'RE GOING TO START TRAINING ON THIS. DID THEY COMMENT AT ALL ON YOUR ACTIVITIES WITH PTA? THE AUDITORS? YES, THEY DID.
I'LL HAVE TO TRY TO REFRESH MY MEMORY, BUT THEY DID TALK TO PTA COUNCIL OF PTA AS ONE OF THE GROUPS THAT THEY INTERVIEWED. SO, YES, THEY DID INCLUDE THEIR INFORMATION AND DATA BECAUSE THAT HAS ALWAYS SEEMED TO ME TO BE VERY EFFECTIVE.
AND THAT'S ALSO ANOTHER REASON WHY THAT IS INCLUDED IN OUR ACTIVITIES OF THE PARTNERSHIP SCHOOL INITIATIVE IS DO YOU HAVE AN ACTIVE PTA AND ARE YOU MEETING THE STATE STANDARD? THANK YOU, TRUSTEE JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION, THAT'S ON PAGE 35.
THANK YOU. I DON'T KNOW WHAT PAGE IT'S ON.
THAT'S RIGHT. THE PARTNERSHIP SCHOOL CRITERIA LIST THAT SHE JUST MENTIONED.
SO, AS I WAS SAYING, OUR NEXT STEPS ARE TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND RESOURCES AND MONITOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS INITIATIVE IN THE STUDENT SERVICES QUARTERLY REPORT.
RECOMMENDATION EIGHT WAS TO CONSISTENTLY APPLY A STANDARD MOU THAT INCORPORATES PROGRESS MONITORING.
WE PARTNERED WITH THE LEGAL TEAM TO UPDATE THE MOU DOCUMENT AS RECOMMENDED BY THE AUDITORS.
WE WILL COMMUNICATE ABOUT CURRENT MOU PARTNERS WITH CAMPUSES QUARTERLY AND ALSO SURVEY ALL MOU PARTNERS FOR PROGRESS MONITORING AS TO THE PARTNERSHIP STATUS. THIS RECOMMENDATION IS IN THE CONSISTENT PHASE OF IMPLEMENTATION.
RECOMMENDATION NINE WAS TO DEVELOP TOOLS TO COLLECT AND ANALYZE NON PARENT COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
WE DEVELOPED A SURVEY AND SENT IT TO NON PARENT COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO ASSESS PERCEPTIONS.
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THE OVERALL GOAL OF THIS EFFORT IS TO MATCH NON PARENT COMMUNITY PARTNERS WITH SCHOOLS TO INCREASE OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.NEXT STEPS ARE THAT THE COMMUNITY LIAISONS WILL MEET WITH CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS TO REVIEW THIS RAW SURVEY DATA AND DETERMINE CAMPUS PARTNERSHIP NEEDS. THIS RECOMMENDATION IS IN THE PARTIALLY IMPLEMENTED PHASE.
AT THIS TIME. I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, DR.
AGUILAR. ANY QUESTIONS? TRUSTEES. THANK YOU.
WE'LL MOVE TO INFORMATION ITEM A, TWO COMPENSATORY EDUCATION HOME INSTRUCTION WAIVER.
COMMITTEE CHAIR SELDERS BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DR.
LOPEZ. THIS IS A VERY BRIEF UPDATE FOR OUR WAIVER THAT WAS APPROVED LAST SUMMER.
I'M COLEMAN BROOME, THE DIRECTOR OF CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.
AGAIN, THIS WAIVER WAS APPROVED LAST SUMMER BY THE BOARD.
SPECIFICALLY, THE THREE YEAR WAIVER USES THE GUIDELINES FROM THE STUDENT ATTENDANCE ACCOUNTING HANDBOOK TO INCREASE THE SERVICE RATIO FROM 4 TO 1 FOR THE STUDENTS WHO RECEIVE PREGNANCY RELATED SERVICES.
PROVIDING YOUR BOARD BOOKS ARE SOME KEY DATA POINTS FOR YOUR REVIEW.
THE DISTRICT WAS ABLE TO SUPPORT 28 SCHOOL AGED PARENTS AND WE RECOVERED 470 DAYS OF TOTAL ATTENDANCE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN LOST TO UNEXCUSED ABSENCES AND POTENTIAL STUDENT DROP OUT.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS NOT THE ONLY SERVICE THAT WE PROVIDE.
EACH CAMPUS HAS A SCHOOL, AGED PARENT, EDUCATOR AND SERVICES CONTINUE IN PARENTING ONE AND PARENTING TWO CLASSES IN THE HUMAN SERVICES PROGRAM, A STUDY THAT EARN HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT TOWARD GRADUATION.
THANK YOU AND I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
THANK YOU, MR. BRUMMER, FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
TRUSTEES, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS TOPIC? NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO INFORMATION ITEM A3.
I'M GOING TO GET A MENTAL HEALTH PLATFORM AND CARE COORDINATION UPDATE BY DR.
GILMORE. GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN SELDERS COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
THIS PRESENTATION WAS AT THE REQUEST OF MRS. STANLEY. SO THANK YOU.
AT THE JULY BOARD MEETING AND THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION, I INTEND ON SHARING AN UPDATE REGARDING OUR UTILIZATION AND A SAMPLE OF THE PRELIMINARY FEEDBACK WE'VE RECEIVED FROM A FEW OF OUR USERS.
CARE SOLACE PROVIDES MENTAL HEALTH CARE COORDINATION FOR STUDENTS, STAFF AND FAMILIES.
24 HOURS, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, 365 DAYS OF THE YEAR.
THROUGH THREE UNIQUE SERVICES, WARM HAND OFF, CARE CONCIERGE, AND A VETTED DATABASE.
CARE SOLACE FEELS GAPS AS IT RELATES TO LANGUAGE BARRIERS, NAVIGATING FACILITY ABILITY, WAIT TIMES, INSURANCE BARRIERS WHILE TRYING TO HELP FAMILIES ACCESS CARE.
IT ALSO ASSISTS OUR FAMILIES WITH ADDITIONAL REFERRAL OPTIONS AS IT RELATES TO ACUTE AND INTENSIVE PATHWAYS THAT OUR DISTRICT COUNSELORS, LOCAL RESOURCE AGENCIES AND OTHER PARTNERS SOMETIMES CANNOT PROVIDE.
ON JUNE THE 22ND, 2021, TRUSTEES WERE FIRST PRESENTED WITH THE RECOMMENDATION TO SEEK A MENTAL HEALTH CARE PLATFORM AND CARE COORDINATION SERVICES IN OUR ESSER THREE FUNDING PLAN, WHICH DESIGNATED OVER $5 MILLION IN ESSER THREE FUNDS TOWARDS MENTAL HEALTH AND SEO SUPPORT.
SOLACE WAS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE ADMINISTRATION BROUGHT TO TRUSTEES, BROUGHT TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ON MAY 17TH, 2022, AT THE FACILITIES FINANCE AND OPERATIONS COMMITTEE.
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PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH CARE AND COORDINATION SERVICES FOR THE DISTRICT.ON MARCH THE 6TH 2023 CONTRACTS WERE FINALIZED, AND ON MARCH 22ND, A PO WAS ISSUED WHICH ALLOWED FOR SERVICES TO BEGIN AND FOR US TO LAUNCH TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STAFF.
CARE SOLACE OFFERED EIGHT TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH APRIL THROUGH MAY FOR STAFF MEMBERS TO LEARN ABOUT THE PLATFORM, THE SERVICES OFFERED AND HOW TO REFER FAMILIES.
OVER 255 GARLAND ISD STAFF MEMBERS WERE TRAINED, INCLUDING ALL SCHOOL AND RESPONSIVE SERVICE COUNSELORS AND NURSES BASED ON AVAILABILITY. TRAININGS INCLUDED SOME ADMINISTRATORS, SRO OFFICERS, TEACHERS AND CENTRAL STAFF, DEPARTMENTAL LEADERS.
WHILE TRAININGS WERE HELD DURING THE TESTING SEASON AND END OF YEAR ACTIVITIES, I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT JOSH TOVAR, PRINCIPAL OF MEMORIAL PATHWAYS ACADEMY, PROUD PRINCIPALS OF MPA, WHO ATTENDED THE VIRTUAL TRAINING FROM HIS CAMPUS.
BUT INSTEAD OF ATTENDING THE TRAINING IN HIS OFFICE, HE ACTUALLY ATTENDED THE VIRTUAL TRAINING WITH HIS ENTIRE STAFF, WHICH PROVIDED THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT THE SERVICES AND GAVE THEM THE FIRSTHAND OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHAT INFORMATION HE WAS RECEIVING AS A CAMPUS LEADER.
WE'VE ALSO PLACED SIGNAGE IN OUR FACILITIES NEAR RESTROOMS FOR STAFF TO BE ABLE TO SEE FOR THEIR WELLNESS AND REALIZING THE NEED FOR TOOLS TO REDUCE BACK TO SCHOOL STRESS. THEY OFFERED A DOZENS OF STRESS BALLS, STICKERS, POSITIVE MESSAGES FOR OUR NEW AND RETURNING TEACHERS.
IN ADDITION, WE'VE BEEN DISTRIBUTING CARE, SOLACE, COLLATERAL MATERIALS AT BACK TO SCHOOL EVENTS, AND WE INTEND ON PROMOTING MORE THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, WHICH IS SUICIDE PREVENTION MONTH WITH ONLY THREE WITH WITHIN THE ONLY THREE MONTH TIME FRAME, WE HAD 82 CASES.
61 OF THOSE CASES WERE THROUGH THE WARM HANDOFF PROCESS AND 21 OF THOSE WERE FAMILY INITIATED CARE.
SOLACE REPRESENTATIVES FACILITATED 448 INBOUND INTERACTIONS AND 3511 OUTBOUND COMMUNICATIONS WITH FAMILIES WHICH INCLUDED EMAILS, CALLS, VIDEO CHATS AS THEY WERE ASSISTING FAMILIES WITH SCHEDULING CARE AND FINDING THE BEST MATCH AND FIT.
THERE WAS A POTENTIAL FOR 51 ADDITIONAL CASES.
HOWEVER. 32 FAMILIES WERE UNREACHABLE AND 19 FAMILIES DECLINED SERVICES.
SOME OF THE REASONS FOR DECLINING SERVICES FROM SOME OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS INCLUDED.
THE FAMILY WAS SEEKING SPIRITUAL ADVICE FROM THEIR FAITH BASED PROVIDER, OR THEY WERE ALREADY ATTENDING SOME TYPE OF FAMILY COUNSELING OR THEY WERE GOING TO BE OUT OF TOWN FOR THE SUMMER AND HAD SUMMER PLANS WITH NO INTENTIONS OF NECESSARILY BEGINNING COUNSELING, BUT WOULD HAVE LIKED A CALL ONCE SCHOOL STARTED BACK UP IN THE FALL.
IN ADDITION, 38 FAMILIES SHARED WITH CHRYSALIS CARE COMPANION THAT THEY HAVE ATTENDED THEIR FIRST APPOINTMENT AND THAT THEY WERE NOTED IN THE DASHBOARDS FOR COUNSELORS TO BE ABLE TO FOLLOW UP WITH FAMILIES AS NEEDED.
THERE WERE 44 ANONYMOUS SEARCHES ON THE CHRYSALIS EMBEDDED DASHBOARD, WHICH WERE INDIVIDUALS LOOKING FOR INFORMATION ABOUT CHRYSALIS OR SOME OF THE PROVIDERS ON THEIR OWN.
YOU'RE ABLE TO SEE A SCREENSHOT OF THE IMPACT DATA THAT WAS PROVIDED ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE.
AS A DISTRICT LEADER, I'M ABLE TO SEE THAT CHRYSALIS HAS COMMUNICATED WITH STAFF FOR 276 MINUTES, COMMUNICATED WITH PROVIDERS 1313 MINUTES AND COMMUNICATED WITH CLIENTS 4729 MINUTES.
IN ADDITION FROM OUR 82 CONFIRMED CASES, WE ARE ABLE TO SEE THAT 63% IDENTIFIED AS FEMALE, 36% IDENTIFIED AS MALE, AND ONE IDENTIFIED, 1% IDENTIFIED AS NON-BINARY.
43% WERE ADULTS, 18 OR OLDER, 32%.
ADOLESCENTS 12 TO 17, AND 25% WERE CHILDREN.
35% IDENTIFIED AS WHITE OR CAUCASIAN, 29% HISPANIC OR LATINO, 21% BLACK AFRICAN AMERICAN 9% OTHER 2% ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER, AND 5% DECLINED TO ANSWER.
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TRAUMA, AND 38% WAS BASED ON IDENTIFIED AS DEPRESSION.WE HAVE ACCESS TO VIEW THE PROVIDED LIST OF VETTED PROVIDERS IN ADDITION TO RECOMMEND OUR OWN LOCAL PROVIDERS LIKE ONE OF OUR FAVORITE PARTNERS, THE COUNSELING INSTITUTE OF TEXAS.
MATCHING IS TYPICALLY BASED ON A VARIETY OF FACTORS, SUCH AS THE PERSON'S PRESENTING NEEDS, PROVIDING PROVIDER AVAILABILITY OR THEIR OFFERINGS, THE CLIENT'S INSURANCE, THE CLIENT'S DESIRES, AND SOMETIMES MORE.
UTILIZING METRO CARE AS AN EXAMPLE TO EXPLAIN MATCHING METRO CARE IS BEST KNOWN FOR SPECIALIZING IN OFFERING TREATMENT FOR CHILD AND ADOLESCENTS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES OR THEIR ABILITY TO OFFER PSYCHIATRIC CARE, WHICH IS TYPICALLY A PART OF THEIR INTAKE PROCESS.
SO METRO CARE FORMALLY EVALUATES THEIR CLIENTS THROUGH A PSYCHIATRIST OR A NURSE PRACTITIONER.
AND SOME PARENTS MIGHT NOT PREFER THAT, SO SOME PARENTS MIGHT CHOOSE NOT TO MATCH WITH METRO CARE AFTER FINDING OUT THAT'S A PART OF THEIR INTAKE AND CHOOSE A COUNSELOR THAT MIGHT PROVIDE MORE TALK THERAPY INSTEAD OF A PSYCHIATRIC EVALUATION.
OFTENTIMES, AS COUNSELORS, WE DON'T REALLY KNOW IF A FAMILY HAS ACTUALLY ATTENDED COUNSELING THROUGH CARE SOLACE AND THE PARENT GIVING THE CONSENT TO ALLOW THE CARE COMPANION TO KNOW WE'RE ACTUALLY ABLE TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT IN THE DASHBOARD A STUDENT HAS BEGAN ATTENDING COUNSELING AND IF THEY'RE CONTINUOUSLY GOING TO THEIR SESSIONS, WHICH ALLOWS US TO KIND OF BE ABLE TO BETTER CASE MANAGE AND PROPERLY FOLLOW UP WITH OUR STUDENTS AS THEY'RE ATTENDING CARE.
THE DATA THAT WE'RE RECEIVING FROM CARE SOLACE WILL NOT ONLY STRENGTHEN OUR COUNSELING PROGRAMS, BUT HELP US DESIGN PROGRAMS THAT CAN PROVIDE INSIGHT NOT ONLY TO WHAT FAMILIES NEED, BUT PROVIDE MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT TOGETHER.
BECAUSE WE KNOW PARENT SUPPORT GROUPS ARE ESSENTIAL.
THE SERVICE SUPPORTS FAMILIES IN BEING ABLE TO NAVIGATE FINDING MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES.
IT ALSO ALLOWS ME TO TRACK OF WHICH FAMILIES UTILIZE AND DECLINE THE SERVICES.
IN THE SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME WE'VE HAD ACCESS TO CARE SOLACE.
ONE FAMILY EXPRESSED THAT CARE SOLACE MADE IT SO EASY TO FIND A THERAPIST FOR HER DAUGHTER.
THEY CONNECTED WITH HER AFTER THE FIRST APPOINTMENT TO SEE A THERAPIST TO SEE IF IT WAS A GOOD FIT.
SHE WAS HAPPY THEY WERE WILLING TO DO THIS AND SHE REALLY APPRECIATES THE RESOURCE.
EVERY TYPE OF COMMUNICATION THAT CARE SOLACE HAS WITH FAMILIES IS DOCUMENTED IN THE PLATFORM AND CARE SOLACE, IF CARE SOLACE IS UNABLE TO REACH THE FAMILY, THEY REACH OUT TO ME TO CHECK IN WITH FAMILIES TO SEE IF CARE IS STILL NEEDED.
I'VE BEEN HAPPY WITH THE SERVICE AND I HOPE THE SERVICE REMAINS FOR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PROVIDING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION.
BEFORE I OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS, I WOULD LIKE TO REALLY TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY.
IF ANYONE'S WATCHING THIS COMMITTEE MEETING AND YOU ARE IN NEED OF CARE OR YOU ARE CONSIDERING COUNSELING, OR YOU JUST WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT CARE SOLACE, I URGE YOU TO VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT GARLANDISD.NET.
IF YOU SEARCH MENTAL HEALTH, YOU CAN ACTUALLY PULL UP OUR PAGE WHICH HAS ACCESS TO OUR SERVICES.
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OR YOU CAN SCAN THE QR CODE THAT'S ON YOUR SCREEN AND IT WILL TAKE YOU DIRECTLY TO THE GARLAND ISD'S WEBSITE.ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU, DR. GILMORE, FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
TRUSTEES ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, MISS STANLEY? THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
SO WHAT HAS THE WAIT BEEN REDUCED DOWN TO FROM THE SIX MONTH? SO WE HAVE NO SET TIME OF WHAT THE WAIT WAS.
THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THIS FAMILY HAS SAID OR WHAT THIS COUNSELOR SAID.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, OFTEN WHAT WE'RE DOING AS COUNSELORS BEFORE HAVING CARE SOLACE IS WE'RE CALLING AND WHEN THE COUNSELOR IS HELPING THE FAMILY CALL OR THE PARENT SAYS, OH, THEY HAVE A SIX MONTH WAIT OR THEY HAVE THIS WEIGHT.
SO IT'S HARD TO SAY WHAT EACH WAIT HAS BEEN.
OKAY. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? NO, IT DOESN'T. OKAY.
SO I DIDN'T SAY WE REDUCED THE WAIT.
FROM THE COUNCILOR? YEAH, FROM HER.
WELL, WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH MARTHA.
NO, BUT I'M NOT SAYING THAT I'M SAYING THE RIGHT WAIT.
THIS IS THE COUNCILORS PERCEPTION OF THE WAIT HAS BEEN REDUCED.
BUT THAT'S HER PERCEPTION OF THE WAIT BEING REDUCED BECAUSE SHE'S TYPICALLY REFERRING STUDENTS TO.
OKAY. SO THEN SO WHAT'S THE RESPONSE BACK FROM THE STAFF? SO WE SAID THAT THERE WAS 255 PEOPLE WENT TO THE TRAINING AND SOME OF THEM WAS OUR RESPONSIVE COUNCILORS.
WHAT'S THEIR FEEDBACK ON THIS, THE PROS AND THE CONS? SO, SO FAR OUR RESPONSIVE SERVICE COUNCILORS AND THE SCHOOL COUNCILORS ARE PLEASED WITH THEIR SERVICE.
SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH TRYING TO MAKE SURE THE LOCAL PROVIDERS ARE ACTUALLY IN THE PLATFORM, MAKING SURE THAT IT'S THAT THE PLATFORM HAS IS THE LANGUAGE IS CLEAR TO ANYONE, MAKING SURE WE HAVE PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS THAT WE CAN GIVE OUT TO FAMILIES.
SO I THINK WHEN WE INITIALLY HAD THE TRAINING, SOME OF OUR RESPONSIVE SERVICE COUNCILORS WANTED SOME MATERIALS, COLLATERAL MATERIALS, AND THEY'VE PROVIDED US WITH THINGS LIKE AS FAR AS SMALL BUSINESS CARDS THAT THEY CAN HAND OUT, THEY EVEN THOUGH IT'S A WEB BASED PORTAL OR IT'S ACCESS ON THE WEB, THEY WANT AN ACTUAL PAMPHLETS THAT THEY COULD GIVE.
AND SO THAT'S BEEN SOME OF THE FEEDBACK AND THEY'VE GIVEN US A LOT OF THAT.
MR. CHAIRPERSON, MAY MAY I JUST REALLY INJECT THAT'S AN INTERESTING QUESTION THAT YOU BRING, BECAUSE OUT OF THE 250 PEOPLE, IT'D BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHO'S USING IT AND WHAT THEIR EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN.
AND MAYBE WHAT WE CAN DO IS FOLLOW UP ON A SURVEY, BECAUSE YOU JUST GOT ME THINKING, IF WE'RE TRAINING THEM OR HOW MANY IS IT ONE PERSON PUSHING ALL OF THIS OR JUST A GROUP, OR ARE WE COLLECTIVELY USING IT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, OLD HABITS DIE HARD.
AND I KNOW FOR ME SOMETIMES YOU GET TRAINED AND THEN IF YOU JUST DON'T GO BACK TO IT, SO BE INTERESTING TO SEE AT THE START OF SCHOOL IF WE COULD MAYBE COMPILE A SURVEY OR SOMETHING TO SEE SEE WHO HAS USED IT, WHAT'S THEIR FEEDBACK, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT DEAL WITH IT WITH.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE DO ALL 255 OR JUST THE RESPONSE OF COUNCILORS OR THE PEOPLE, I DON'T KNOW.
I'M JUST THINKING IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO SEE.
AND IS THERE ANY WAY TO FIND OUT, LIKE THE SERVICES BEING REQUESTED? AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY.
BECAUSE WHEN I LOOKED AT THE DASHBOARD AND I LOVE THE DASHBOARD, BUT I LOOK AT THE THE LIST OF RESPONSE OF THE PROVIDERS, I DON'T GET TRAUMA CARE OUT OF THESE.
THE REST OF THEM WERE MORE OF A FAMILY COUNSELING, MARRIAGE COUNSELING, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THIS SO THERE IS A LIST I CAN OF ADDITIONAL PROVIDERS.
THIS IS JUST THE LIKE THE SNAPSHOT OF THOSE THAT THE PERCENTAGES I DON'T NEED THE PROVIDERS.
I WAS JUST WONDERING IF WE HAD A WAY OF SEEING WHAT THE ACTUAL CRISIS MANAGEMENT WAS.
AND JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND AS TO WHY I'M ASKING IS BECAUSE COUNSELING IS A VERY BROAD UMBRELLA, RIGHT?
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AND WE HAVE COUNSELING WITH HAZEL HEALTH SO WE CAN DO FAMILY COUNSELING.YOU KNOW, THE KIDS CAN GET THEIR COUNSELING THROUGH HAZEL HEALTH.
WHEN WE LOOK AT CARE SOLACE, IT WAS KIND OF SUPPOSED TO FEED A NEED OF CRISIS, RIGHT? SO OF THOSE CRISES, THOSE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO NEED SOME VERY HIGH LEVEL PSYCHIATRISTS, THINGS LIKE THAT, WHICH WE COULD BE PROVIDING.
I'M NOT SAYING WE'RE NOT PROVIDING IT, BUT IT WOULD BE VERY CURIOUS.
BUT I JUST WOULD REALLY LIKE TO KNOW, IS THIS REALLY JUST COUNSELING OR IS THIS TRULY CRISIS MANAGEMENT FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION FOR FOR WHAT WE WERE SAYING? WELL, THIS ISN'T FOR SUICIDAL IDEATION, SO IT'S NOT FOR SO IT'S NOT.
BUT WHEN WHEN YOU'RE SUICIDE OR WHEN A STUDENT IS PRESENTING TO BE SUICIDAL, WE WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THAT THEY'RE CALLING TO..
NO.. BUT YEAH, PEOPLE COULD STILL THROUGH THAT 24 OVER SEVEN WEBSITE.
OKAY. SO I THINK MAYBE JUST GETTING SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE PEOPLE USING IT AND IF WE COULD SEE WHAT THE AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WE CAN GET BECAUSE THIS IS PRETTY PERSONAL.
AND IN ALL HONESTY, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T.
BUT IF IT'S BEING USED AND WORKING, THAT'S GREAT.
BUT IF WE COULD JUST LOOK A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO IT BECAUSE IT'S SO NEW.
ABSOLUTELY. AND WE CAN SURVEY THOSE COUNSELORS AND THE NURSES WHO'VE ALL BEEN TRAINED.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. DR. GILMORE.
[V.B. Action Items]
THE FIRST ONE IS TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF UPDATED 2023-24 STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT, DR.HEMPHILL OR MS. GARCIA? GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN SELDERS, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
TONIGHT STUDENT SERVICES PRESENTS THE HOUSE AND SENATE BILLS FROM THE 88 LEGISLATIVE SESSION AFFECTING THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT. IN ADDITION TO THE LEGISLATIVE BILLS FROM THE 88TH SESSION, WE WILL ALSO REVIEW THE THREE FLEXIBILITIES FLEXIBILITIES FROM OUR D.O.E.
THAT AFFECT THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT.
AND BECAUSE THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT HAS THE POWER OF POLICY AND MUST BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD ON AUGUST 22ND, WE WILL ALSO POST IT ONLINE AFTER THAT.
SO THIS IS JUST A REMINDER OF AUGUST 22ND BOARD MEETING IN WHICH WE WILL APPROVE IT.
OKAY. FIRST WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER HOUSE BILL 114 AND HOUSE BILL 114 IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST STUDENT DISCIPLINE BILL.
THIS IS THE BILL KIND OF KNOWN AS THE E-CIG BILL.
AND IT IT HAS A LOT OF CAVEATS IN IT.
BUT WE GOT KIND OF TANGLED UP IN THE PLACEMENT ASPECT OF IT.
HOWEVER, IT AFFECTED OUR CODE OF CONDUCT IN SEVERAL WAYS.
SO I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT AND LET YOU KNOW HOW IT AFFECTED IT.
AND THEN I WANT TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT HOW WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS IT.
SO THE LEGISLATION INCLUDED E-CIGS IN OUR MANDATORY PLACEMENTS AT THE DAP, AND IT EXCLUDES THC AS A MANDATORY DJ.
OKAY, SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE THC AS MANDATORY DJ.
OKAY. SO IT, IT EXCLUDES THAT.
SO IT KIND OF REVISES OUR PLACEMENTS.
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SO WHAT YOU WOULD SEE IN THE CODE OF CONDUCT NOW IS JUST A REVISION IN MANDATORY AND DISCRETIONARY PLACEMENT.YOU WOULDN'T EVEN REALLY NOTICE IT, OKAY.
BUT IT REALLY ACTUALLY CAN BE A BIG FACTOR.
AND ACTUALLY THE BILL REDEFINES CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE TO EXCLUDE THC AND MARIJUANA NO LONGER WILL AFTER SEPTEMBER 1ST.
WILL THC AND MARIJUANA BE INCLUDED IN THE DEFINITION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.
SO ACTUALLY, THE BILL IS GOING TO AFFECT CODING IN THE WAY OUR ADMINISTRATORS WILL CODE OUR CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES AND THE WAY THAT THEY'RE GOING TO THEY'RE GOING TO CODE OUR THC AND MARIJUANA.
OKAY. AND THIS IS SOMETHING ALSO THAT THE BILL DID.
CHAPTER 37 HAS REQUIRED A CONFERENCE TO OCCUR EVERY TIME AN ADMINISTRATOR WOULD SEND A STUDENT TO THE ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL.
SO THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN IN THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE AND WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN DOING IT.
BUT NOW HOUSE BILL 114 SAYS IT'S IT'S THE LAW.
BUT WE'VE ALREADY BEEN DOING IT IN THE CODE.
SO THAT IS ALSO IN HOUSE BILL 114.
NOW, ONE THING THAT HOUSE BILL 114 ALSO ALLOWS FOR IS FOR IF A STUDENT IS CAUGHT WITH AN E-CIG OR MARIJUANA OR THC OR ALCOHOL OR A CHEMICAL AND YOUR AEC IS FULL, YOU CAN PUT THEM IN [ISS] BECAUSE THE AEC MIGHT NEED TO BE HELD FOR MORE SERIOUS OFFENSES.
SO YOU CAN PUT THEM IN ICE AND YOU CAN USE PREVENTATIVE VAPING LESSONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO YOU SEE MANY, MANY THINGS IN THIS HOUSE BILL.
SO WE'VE ALREADY PREPARED SOME OF THOSE PREVENTATIVE PREVENTION EXERCISES AND VAPING.
LESSONS AND THINGS FOR ADMINISTRATORS IN IN PREPARATION.
WE HAVE ALL THOSE STEPS OUTLINED IN THAT CASE IF THAT HAPPENS.
SO WE'VE OUTLINED EVERYTHING THAT'S KIND OF WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT IN THE BACK END.
SO YOU MAY NOT SEE ALL OF IT EXACTLY IN THE CODE OF CONDUCT, BUT IT'S REFLECTED IN THE PRACTICES OF THE ADMINISTRATORS.
OKAY. THE NEXT TWO, THEY'RE NOT QUITE AS DIFFICULT.
SO WHAT THAT MEANS TO US IS WE NEED TO MAKE SURE AND COMMUNICATE THAT TO EVERYONE.
OKAY. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE IN THE TRAINING.
JUST IN THE WORDING, JUST IT'S IN THE WORDING.
THE SAME THING ABOUT HOUSE BILL 1427.
IT JUST EXPANDS THE DEFINITION IN HARASSMENT RIGHT NOW IT DOESN'T INCLUDE FROM A TEMPORARY DISPOSABLE TELEPHONE NUMBER PROVIDED BY AN INTERNET APPLICATION.
AND SO YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE GLOSSARY.
OKAY. HOUSE BILL 3928 IS ACTUALLY ONE RELATED TO SPECIAL ED.
HOLD ON ONE SECOND, MR. GLICK.
YEAH. WOULD YOU DEFINE FOR ME WHAT HAZING IS? UM. OKAY.
HAZING CAN BE A LOT OF THINGS.
IT'S BASICALLY JUST THE TEASING AND THE TAUNTING AND MAKING FUN OF AND BOTHERING IT.
WE CAN HEAR THAT IT'S BULLYING.
SO IS THAT A COLLECTIVE TERM FOR ALL OF THAT OR IS THAT A DIFFERENT TERMINOLOGY? NO, THERE'S A THERE IS A TERMINOLOGY IN THERE.
BUT IT IT INCLUDES THE BULLYING AND ALL OF THAT.
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OKAY. THANK YOU.AND IT INCLUDES A LOT OF DIFFERENT FACTORS.
BUT THE WAY IT RELATES TO THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT IS IF A STUDENT IS SENT TO THE ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL, WE ARE REQUIRED TO NOTIFY PARENTS THAT THEY CAN REQUEST A FULL AND INDIVIDUAL EVALUATION. SO WE HAVE TO LEARN, WE WE HAVE TO DOCUMENT THAT IN THEIR TRANSITION.
AND SO HERE IS A FORM THAT WE'VE INCLUDED.
SO AGAIN, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IT IN THE CODE OF CONDUCT, JUST IN THE LANGUAGE TRANSITION PLANS, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE IN OUR PROCESS. OKAY.
SO HOUSE BILL 473, THIS IS RELATED TO SECURITY AND SAFETY, AND THIS IS ABOUT OUR THREAT ASSESSMENTS.
SO, AGAIN, ALL YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IN THE CODE OF CONDUCT IS SOMETHING ABOUT OUR SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE SCHOOLS IN OUR BEHAVIOR THREAT ASSESSMENTS.
IT'S ALREADY UPLOADED ON THEIR DOCUMENTATION.
AND WHAT THEY WILL NEED A IS IF THEY HAVE TO COMMUNICATE TO A PARENT THAT THEY ARE GOING TO CONDUCT A PARENT, A BEHAVIOR THREAT ASSESSMENT.
SO THEY HAVE TO NOTIFY THE PARENT AND THEN THEY HAVE TO DOCUMENT THAT WE ALSO HAVE TO SEND BEHAVIOR THREAT ASSESSMENTS IN RECORDS NOW.
SO ONE WAY WE HAVE WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT IS HAVE IT ON PAPERWORK AND REVIEW 360.
SO AGAIN, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE IT IN THE CODE OF CONDUCT, BUT IT'S BEING ON THEIR PAPERWORK.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S DONE ON THE BACK END.
THIS IS HOUSE BILL 567, THE CROWN ACT.
NOW, THE DRESS CODE IS ACTUALLY IN THE STUDENT HANDBOOK.
OKAY. IT IS NOT IN THE CODE OF CONDUCT, BUT CONSEQUENCES ARE IN THE CODE OF CONDUCT.
WE ARE ALREADY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THAT.
SO YOU WON'T SEE ANY ISSUE WITH THAT.
ALL OF OUR ADMINISTRATORS ARE DOING THAT.
WE HAD THE CAMPUS BEHAVIOR COORDINATOR PROVISIONS.
BUT IN OUR CODE OF CONDUCT, YOU SEE THE CAMPUS PRINCIPAL OR APPROPRIATE ADMINISTRATOR.
BUT IN OTHERS YOU MIGHT SEE CAMPUS BEHAVIOR COORDINATOR OR CBC.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THE OUT OF SCHOOL SUSPENSION FOR STUDENTS BELOW GRADE THREE.
REMEMBER, WE HAVE A PROCESS FOR THAT, THAT WE WILL ALLOW THAT FOR CERTAIN SAFETY SITUATIONS.
AND THEN FOR THAT UNAUTHORIZED PERSONS.
REMEMBER, WE HAVE A PROCESS FOR THAT.
BUT THESE ARE THE LEGISLATIVE UPDATES THAT WILL JUST BE BEHIND THOSE MAJOR CHANGES.
FIRST, MY QUESTION WOULD GO, ARE THERE ANY OTHER CHANGES TO THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT FOR THE UPCOMING ACADEMIC YEAR OTHER THAN THE LEGISLATIVE CHANGES THAT WE'VE ADDRESSED? NOT THERE ARE NONE THAT LIKE TWEAKING.
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I BELIEVE THERE'S GOING TO BE SLIGHT PLAGIARISM CHANGES DEALING WITH THE I LIKE CHATGPT AND STUFF LIKE THAT.WELL, THEN THEN LET'S TACKLE THE STUFF THAT WE'VE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT SO FAR.
LET'S GO TO I THINK IT'S WHAT? 114. YEAH.
HOUSE BILL 114 WHICH IS RESPECT TO THE PLACEMENT IN DISCIPLINARY CONSEQUENCES FOR VARIOUS DIFFERENT E-CIGS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. YOU MENTIONED THAT IT REDEFINED WHAT A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE IS.
AND I GUESS MY QUESTION IS THAT, IS THAT LIMITED JUST TO STUDENT DISCIPLINARY CONSEQUENCES OR DID IT FROM THE APPLICATION OF THE BILL, DOES IT BROADEN IT SO MUCH TO JUST EDUCATION? LIKE THE EDUCATION CODE DOESN'T CONSIDER THIS A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE ANYMORE? IT IS VERY INTERESTING BECAUSE FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, I DON'T THINK THAT HAS ANYTHING TO DO CRIMINALLY.
LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, THC, OUR STUDENTS WILL STILL BE ARRESTED FOR A FELONY, BUT WE WILL NOT EXPEL THEM LIKE WE USED TO.
OKAY, BECAUSE IT'S NOT AN ACCEPTABLE OFFENSE.
I AM NOT SURE THAT IT JUST IT REDEFINES CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE TO EXCLUDE THC AND MARIJUANA.
I HAVE I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THERE'S OTHER IMPLICATIONS TO OUR DISTRICT POLICIES OTHER THAN SIMPLY REFERRALS TO EITHER DAP OR JJAEP AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
AND I JUST WONDER, WOULD THIS IMPACT THAT IN ANY WAY? OKAY, SO HERE'S SOME OF OUR STRUGGLES.
SO THE HOUSE BILL HAS PASSED AND THEY HAVE GIVEN US ALL THE INFORMATION IN THE HOUSE BILL.
HOUSE BILL, THE HOUSE BILL IS DOES NOT COME INTO EFFECT UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1ST.
TIA HAS NOT GIVEN US GUIDANCE YET, AND WE WILL NOT GET ANY DISCIPLINE GUIDANCE UNTIL END OF SEPTEMBER. AND SO ALL OF THE INFORMATION IS ALL SPEAK IN THE MIC, PLEASE.
BUT AS FAR AS I KNOW, THIS IS ONLY IN RELATION TO THE DAP.
EXCEPT I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT.
WELL, I MEAN, ONE OF THE THINGS OUR LEGISLATURE SOMETIMES DOES IS THEY TRY TO TARGET A PARTICULAR THING, BUT THEY UNLEASH A PANDORA'S BOX BECAUSE THERE'S OTHER APPLICATIONS THAT ENDS UP AFFECTING.
AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BLEED OVER TO SOME OTHER APPLICATIONS WHERE, FOR INSTANCE, WE MIGHT HAVE AN EMPLOYMENT POLICY THAT COULD BE KIND OF PUNITIVE ON SOMEONE TESTING POSITIVE FOR ONE OF THESE SUBSTANCES.
YES, SIR. BECAUSE ALL OF THESE IF THEY OVERLAPPED IN ANY WAY, THEY.
AND YES, SIR, IT'S STRICTLY DISCIPLINE.
NEXT, THE BIGGEST ONE OF THE BROADEST BILLS I'VE SEEN IS THE CROWN ACT.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING I ACTUALLY ATTENDED A GOOD DEAL OF TRAINING ON.
AND A NUMBER OF ATTORNEYS EXPRESSED A LOT OF CONCERN OVER THE VAGUENESS OF THE TEXT IN THE CROWN ACT WITH RESPECT TO HAIR TEXTURE.
I AGREE. THAT SEEMS PRETTY OBVIOUS.
YOU CAN'T HAVE ANY TYPE OF DRESS CODE THAT WOULD AFFECT THAT.
WHERE ARE WE GET THE GRAY AREA IS PROTECTED HAIRSTYLE COMMONLY ASSOCIATED WITH RACE.
OKAY. I THINK SOME OF THAT'S OBVIOUS.
BUT I MEAN, OKAY, LET'S SAY YOU HAVE WHAT IS A PROTECTED HAIRSTYLE COMMONLY ASSOCIATED WITH RACE.
I DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW IF THAT'S EASY TO DEFINE.
IS THAT JUST GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE THINK THAT IF SOMEONE CLAIMS THAT STATUS, WE'RE PRETTY MUCH GOING TO HAVE TO EXEMPT THEM? I FEEL LIKE OUR OUR HAIR, OUR DRESS CODE HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, REALLY GONE OVER IN THE LAST FEW YEARS TO WHERE OUR ADMINISTRATORS HAVE BEEN ABLE IF IT IS NOT DISRUPTIVE, THEN WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY ISSUES.
I MEAN, I JUST FEEL LIKE THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN A MAJOR, UM, AND SO.
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LOOKING AT IT, THAT HASN'T POPPED UP AS SEEMINGLY GOING TO BE GOING TO BE AN ISSUE.I DON'T KNOW THE TWO INSTANCES THAT COME TO MIND FOR ME.
OKAY. AND SO IF YOU'RE FROM A NATIVE TRIBE AND EVERYTHING ELSE, THEY WOULD TRADITIONALLY HAVE TO CUT THEIR HAIR AND THEY'RE SAYING, HEY, YOU CAN NO LONGER ENFORCE THAT IF IT DEALS WITH THE RACE.
ANOTHER ONE IS, FOR INSTANCE, OUR CHEERLEADERS AND THE CHEERLEADERS THAT ARE BLACK HAVE A HARDER TIME MAKING THEIR HAIR A CERTAIN STYLE.
AND IF THEY COULDN'T MAKE THEIR HAIR A CERTAIN STYLE, LIKE SLICKED BACK AND AND WISPS, THAT WAS ACTUALLY IN A LOT OF CHEERLEADING CONSTITUTIONS, THEN YOU EARNED THE MERITS OR YOU DON'T GET TO PERFORM.
SO THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF THINGS THAT THEY'RE REFERRING TO, INCLUDING SOME OTHER THINGS.
BUT I THINK THE QUESTION IS, IF SOMEBODY COMES IN WITH A CRAZY HAIRSTYLE AND SAYS, WELL, YOU CAN'T MAKE ME CHANGE IT BECAUSE IT DEALS WITH WHATEVER WE WOULD USE COMMON SENSE AND HAVE TO TELL THEM, LOOK, YOU KNOW, I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THAT, THAT THAT DOESN'T APPLY HERE AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT.
BUT YOU'RE NOT SUGGESTING THAT.
I MEAN, LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, DEMERITS, THAT WOULD BE MORE LIKE A COMPETITION, THAT THIS ONLY GOVERNS SCHOOL DRESS CODES, CORRECT? NO. AND IT WOULD BECAUSE THE SCHOOL DRESS CODES AND IT WOULD GOVERN THE POLICY THAT DEALS WITH ANY TYPE OF COMPETITIONS THAT GO ALONG WITH THAT EXTRACURRICULAR. YES.
AND I THINK YEARS AGO THOSE WERE I JUST I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD BE, WITH RESPECT TO SOMETHING LIKE NCA, I MEAN, NCA IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO ENFORCE WHATEVER THEIR RULE IS.
THE STATE CAN'T NECESSARILY ENFORCE THAT.
THEY CAN SAY THE SCHOOL CAN'T ENFORCE THAT.
BUT IF SOME COMPETITION THAT SCHOOLS PARTICIPATE IN AS A PRIVATE VENTURE THAT HOSTS IT, I MEAN, I DON'T THINK THE THIS ACT WOULDN'T APPLY TO THAT BODY, WOULD YOU THINK? SO THIS IS STATE LAW.
I MEAN, I THINK THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF THIS STATE WOULD HAVE TO ENFORCE IT.
I AGREE. BUT IF THEY GO TO, SAY, NATIONALS, RIGHT, ARE OUR KIDS WOULD BE GOVERNED UNDER THIS STANDARD AND THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO GO OUT. BUT IF NCA NATIONALS IS IN TENNESSEE, THEY COULD STILL ENFORCE THE MERITS ON THINGS.
IF WE DIDN'T COMPLY WITH SOME CERTAIN DRESS CODE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
WELL, AGAIN, THIS IS CONTAINED IN THE EDUCATION CODE.
SO IT ONLY APPLIES TO EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES, NOT TO ANYTHING ELSE.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S CLARIFIED.
I THINK WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK DEEPER INTO THAT.
AND I'M SURE THERE'S GOING TO BECOME CASE LAW AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN SOME OF THOSE INSTANCES.
THIS WAS CHANGES TO THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT, NOT NECESSARILY LEGISLATIVE CHANGES.
SO I THINK I'M WITHIN MY BOUNDS BASED ON THE AGENDA.
DO WE HAVE ANY TYPE OF UNIFORM CELL PHONE POLICY THAT IS CONTAINED WITHIN THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT? YES, WE DO.
AND IT IS IN THE CODE OF CONDUCT.
AND I CAN SEND THE LINK, THE DRAFT WITH THE CHANGE DOCUMENT FOR YOUR APPROVAL. WE HAVE A CELL PHONE POLICY.
EACH SCHOOL HAS THEIR OWN POLICY THAT THEY ENFORCE.
SOME BASICALLY HAVE RESTRICTED THE USE OF CELL PHONES IN THE SCHOOLS TO BASICALLY NONE.
ONE OF MY KIDS GOES TO ONE AND HE CAN'T BE OUT AT ALL DURING THE COURSE OF THE DAY.
BUT THEN OTHER SCHOOLS, BASICALLY, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD AS A PARENT, PUSH ALL THIS STUFF ON TO APPS THAT THE STUDENTS ACTUALLY HAVE TO USE DURING THE COURSE OF THE DAY. WHILE CERTAIN TEACHERS TAKE UP CELL PHONES, LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, MY SON, ONE OF MY SONS, GOES TO A SCHOOL THAT USES NOW IHALL PASS.
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SO THE HALL PASS IS ON THEIR PHONE.SO HOW DOES THAT WORK? I MEAN, I JUST THINK THAT'S IT'S KIND OF TIME THAT WE PROVIDE SOME UNIFORMITY TO PARENTS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE KIDS THAT GO TO THREE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS, YOU HAVE THREE DIFFERENT CELL PHONE POLICIES THAT ALL THEIR KIDS HAVE TO GOVERN.
AND THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT, AS BEST I CAN TELL, DOESN'T ADDRESS THIS WHATSOEVER.
AND I THINK WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.
ARE YOU DONE UNTIL HE'S FINISHED? I'M DONE. YOU'RE DONE.
MARY. JUST CURIOSITY ON MYSELF.
BEING A FORMER ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL IN THE NEW BILLS THAT HAVE BEEN PASSED, THE LEVERAGE THAT ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS HAVE AS FAR AS HANDLING OF STUDENT MANAGEMENT ON THEIR CAMPUS, IS THERE ANYTHING IN PLACE IN OUR BOARD POLICIES ANYWHERE THAT THEY CAN DO, SEND A STUDENT HOME AND LET THEM DO VIRTUAL LEARNING THERE? UNTIL SINCE WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH, THAT COULD BE A LOT OF ISSUES THAT THOSE KIDS HAVE, THAT THEY FIND SOMETHING FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON BECAUSE THEY NEED THAT SUPPORT.
SO IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE AS FAR AS ANY KIND OF VIRTUAL SUSPENSION FOR SOME STUDENTS? BECAUSE IT'D BE NO DIFFERENT IF THEY WENT HOME AND DID TEXAS, TEXAS NOW OR WHATEVER? I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S STILL THERE OR NOT.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU THIS, THAT THAT IS NOT AN ALLOWABLE A SUSPENSION OR CONSEQUENCE OR ANYTHING UNDER CHAPTER 37.
BUT THERE'S ONLY CERTAIN THINGS.
AND WHEN WHENEVER I WAS THERE, I WAS THE ONLY ONE.
DO THE PAPERWORK AND DO THINGS THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE.
SO WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT THE OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS HAVE AS FAR AS EVALUATIONS, WALKING THE HALLS, BEING OUT THERE AND YOU WANT THEM TO MONITOR, IT'S VERY, VERY TOUGH.
YOU KNOW, THEY THEY PROBABLY NEED THAT, YOU KNOW, OR SO I DON'T I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER IS THERE, BUT MAYBE Y'ALL CAN TAKE ONE OF THE MAGIC WANDS THAT WE HAD AT CONVOCATIONS AND WAVE IT AND COME UP WITH SOME KIND OF NEW REMEDY THAT WE CAN USE TO HELP THOSE ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS.
BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S GOT TO BE SOMETHING OUT THERE THAT WE CAN MAYBE.
MISS RUSSELL, YOU CAN CAN YOU ADDRESS THAT OR CAN YOU? WELL, THE JUST BEFORE DR.
YEAH. AND THEN THEY CREATED THOUGH PRETTY MUCH THEY DON'T CALL IT IT, BUT IT'S AN IN-SCHOOL SUSPENSION PLACE WHERE THEY ALL GO IN AND DO THEIR WORK UNTIL THEY FEEL, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE READY FOR TEN YEARS.
THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE MOST OF THE TIME.
AND IT WAS JUST A GLORIFIED BABYSITTING SERVICE, IN MY OPINION, BECAUSE YOU'RE WANTING TEACHERS TO SEND THE INFORMATION OVER THERE FOR THE STUDENTS TO DO THE WORK, YOU KNOW, SO THERE'S WE NEED ALTERNATIVES PRIOR TO WHAT WE HAVE.
BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THAT OUR LEGISLATURE, LIKE WES SAID, KEEP PUTTING MORE PRESSURE ON US AS SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, AND THEN WE GET THE PHONE CALLS ABOUT WANTING US TO COVER SOMEBODY'S TAIL BECAUSE OF SOMETHING THAT THEIR CHILD DID.
SO, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE YOU CAN.
THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION MR. BEACH, UNFORTUNATELY, WITH THE VIRTUAL LEARNING COMPONENT, I'LL TAKE THAT ONE, THAT PIECE THAT'S NO LONGER AVAILABLE, AND THAT WAS A COVID ACCOMMODATION. AND SO NOW VIRTUAL LEARNING, LIKE REMOTE LEARNING, LIKE YOU'RE DESCRIBING, IS ONLY AVAILABLE THROUGH CERTAIN APPROVED SCHOOLS AND SO FORTH. I WILL SAY THAT WE DO.
HAVE YOU GUYS APPROVED LIKE THE ROBBY THE ROBOT? I THINK IT'S ROBBY THE ROBOT, THE ROBOT FOR LEARNING.
AND THERE'S ALSO REMOTE, HOMEBOUND AND AND THINGS OF THAT.
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KNOW, THEIR REGULAR SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT.AND SO I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE ARE ANY OPTIONS.
WE'LL CERTAINLY LOOK INTO IT MORE DEEPLY, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE ARE ANY OPTIONS TO REMOVE THEM FROM THE TRADITIONAL SCHOOL BECAUSE FEDERAL LAWS REQUIRE US TO GIVE THEM THAT FREE, APPROPRIATE PUBLIC EDUCATION.
AND WE'RE VERY LIMITED IN WHAT WE WHEN WE CAN REMOVE THEM FROM THAT.
BUT WE WILL CERTAINLY LOOK AT WHAT OTHER DISTRICTS ARE DOING AS WELL AS YOU'RE WELL AWARE OF IT.
AND DR. LOPEZ, THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN IN EDUCATION AND PRINCIPALS, ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, YOU KNOW, AFTER THREE WEEKS OF OF SCHOOL AND THE PROGRESS REPORTS COME OUT AND YOU SEE STUDENTS THAT ARE NOT DOING VERY WELL IN THAT CLASS, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN YOUR DISCIPLINE ISSUES OR MANAGEMENT ISSUES START HAPPENING.
AND THAT'S WHY I AND A LOT OF TIMES IT COULD BE IT COULD BE A STUDENT THAT IS, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD BE MENTALLY NOT CAPABLE OF HANDLING WHAT'S IN THAT CLASSROOM.
SOME OF THEM, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.
AND THAT'S JUST WHERE I WISH WE COULD BE ABLE TO HANDLE THAT AND CATCH THAT INSTEAD OF JUST SENDING THEM TO ES BECAUSE THEY GO IN THERE AND THEN THEY JUST FORGET ABOUT EVERYTHING AND THEY GIVE UP AND WE DON'T WE WANT TO CAPTURE THOSE KIDS.
SO I JUST WISH WE HAD OTHER ALTERNATIVES.
YOU KNOW, I WISH I COULD WAVE MY MAGIC WAND AND COME UP WITH SOMETHING, BUT I'M OPEN FOR ANYTHING.
THANK YOU, MARY, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
AND ALSO, MR. JOHNSON, WE ARE ADOPTING A FEW POLICIES TO ACCOMPANY THE HANDBOOK AND THE CODE OF CONDUCT.
AND SO WE JUST WANT ALL OF THAT TO BE A CURRENT AND ATTACHED.
SO WE CAN MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE REVISED LINK SO YOU CAN SEE THAT.
BUT ANY CHANGES FROM HERE ON WILL BE MOOT UNLESS THERE'S AN ADDENDUM.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MS. SALLY SO IF WE COULD GO TO.
HOUSE BILL 473, THE REQUIRES THE THREAT ASSESSMENT TEAM TO NOTIFY A PARENT PRIOR.
SO LOOKING AT THIS, THE THING THAT CONCERNS ME IS THIS GOING TO STOP OR DELAY THAT THREAT ASSESSMENT? NO, IT WILL NOT.
IT'S JUST A REQUIREMENT THAT YOU MAKE AN ATTEMPT AND YOU DOCUMENT IT.
SO HERE'S THE HERE IS THE THING IS, WE JUST HAVE TO HAVE A SYSTEM IN PLACE THAT WE HAVE A DOCUMENTATION SYSTEM. SO WE HAVE A SYSTEM IN PLACE PRIOR TO THIS.
IT'S ALREADY IN PLACE BEFORE IT'S EVER STARTED.
I'VE ALREADY HAVE THE FORMS FOR THE ADMINISTRATORS.
WE IT'S ALREADY I DON'T KNOW THAT IF DR.
GILMORE AND SECURITY AND STUDENT SERVICES HAS DONE A LOT OF WORK, THEY ALREADY HAVE THEIR SITE.
AND THEN THE HOUSE BILL CAME AND JUST THROUGH THAT LOOP IN THERE AND THERE'S A LITTLE DISCIPLINE CAVEAT THAT'S JUST RELATED TO DISCIPLINE THAT NO ONE ELSE KNEW ABOUT, JUST LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WE JUST WORK TOGETHER AND GOT THAT IN ON THEIR SITE.
SO WE'RE NOT HAVING TO GET PERMISSION.
AND SO THIS OKAY, SO THIS HOUSE BILL I'VE BEEN TRACKING FOR QUITE SOME TIME CAME OUT OF MIDLAND, JUST SAYING I HAD TO THROW THAT IN, MR. DODDS. BUT HE'S NOT THE ONE THAT THAT THAT HELPED ENDORSE THIS.
BUT, UM, IRONICALLY, I WAS ONE OF THE FEW SUPERINTENDENTS TELLING PEOPLE THIS CONCERNS ME, AND I DIDN'T GET MUCH SUPPORT IN IT BECAUSE THEY'RE LIKE, NO, NO, NO.
PARENTS GOT TO KNOW AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND I GO, YOU'RE THINKING FROM A PERSON THAT IS BEEN PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST PARENTS EVER, RIGHT? SOMETIMES WHEN YOU DO THIS, THE PARENT WILL COME IN AND TRY TO DERAIL THE ENTIRE SYSTEM.
AND THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF THINGS THAT REALLY.
WE'RE TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PROTECT THE MAJORITY OF THE STUDENTS.
AND I GET IT. PARENTS NEED TO BE IN THE LOOP.
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BUT TO MANDATE SOME OF THESE THINGS, I WOULD RATHER HAVE OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING IT RIGHT AND PROTECT THE WHOLE THAN WORRY ABOUT, OH, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'RE NOT GOING TO WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THIS WHOLE DILIGENCE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE PARENT ON BOARD YET.I DON'T WANT IT TO GET THAT TO THAT POINT.
I WANT MY ADMINISTRATORS TO KNOW THIS IS WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO.
SOME INCIDENCES HAPPEN WHEN THEY DIDN'T SEARCH A KID'S BACKPACK.
I, I WORRY ABOUT THOSE THINGS BECAUSE THEY MIGHT WORRY ABOUT THE LAW AND SAY I DON'T WANT TO GET IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW AND THAT AND, AND, YOU KNOW, I WAS RATTLING CAGES AND I HONESTLY GOT NO TRACTION FROM EVERYBODY.
THEY'RE LIKE, OH NO, NO, NO. THE PARENTS.
I GO, MAN, WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH A THREAT ASSESSMENT, WE NEED TO BE VERY DILIGENT.
WE YOU KNOW, I MEAN, BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS.
WE NOTIFIED YOU, WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING TO PROTECT THE WHOLE.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ABSOLUTELY. AND AGAIN, IN THE CODE OF CONDUCT, IT'S GOING TO BE JUST A LITTLE STATEMENT.
THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.
MOVING TO THE NEXT ACTION ITEM THAT'S GOING TO COME TO US IN OUR AUGUST MEETING.
APPROVAL OF PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUEST CALENDAR.
GOOD EVENING, CHAIR SELDERS, TRUSTEES.
AND THAT IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS NEW THAT CAME OUT OF THIS LEGISLATURE.
EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2023.
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES MUST APPROVE A PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUEST CALENDAR.
THE GENESIS OF THIS BILL WAS DIFFERENT GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES HAD CLOSURE DATES AND SO THERE WOULD BE DIFFERENT DATES ON A CALENDAR WHAT WERE CONSIDERED BUSINESS DAYS.
SO THIS BILL, HB 333, MADE IT A UNIFORM DAY, WHICH WOULD BE BUSINESS DAYS.
AND SO NOW A BUSINESS DAY IS DEFINED AS A DAY OTHER THAN A SATURDAY OR A SUNDAY, A NATIONAL HOLIDAY UNDER THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 660 2.0 03A AND A STATE HOLIDAY UNDER THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE MEMO THAT IS ON THE SCREEN AND ALSO AT YOUR BOARD PACKET, PAGE 65 AND PAGE 66 AND 67, IT DEFINES WHAT THOSE DAYS ARE AS FAR AS THOSE NATIONAL HOLIDAYS.
AND ALSO ON PAGE TWO, WHAT THOSE STATE HOLIDAYS ARE.
AND INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, I LEARNED SOME STATE HOLIDAYS THAT I NEVER KNEW BEFORE, WHICH ARE LIKE SAN JACINTO DAY AND EMANCIPATION DAY IN TEXAS, WHICH IS AND LYNDON B JOHNSON DAY.
SO WE ARE ALLOWED TO CONSIDER THOSE DATES CLOSURES.
SO WHAT YOU WILL BE APPROVING ON OUR AUGUST BOARD MEETING IS A PUBLIC INFORMATION CALENDAR FOR.
AND IF YOU'LL LOOK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN, WE'VE PROVIDED FOR YOU KIND OF LIKE A CLEAR NATIONAL HOLIDAY AND WE PUT THOSE X'S ON THERE.
AND IN GREEN ARE THE STATE HOLIDAYS.
AND SO THEN WE HAD TO CHOOSE, WHAT, TEN DAYS THAT WE ARE GOING TO CHOOSE AND IT'S A CALENDAR YEAR.
SO FROM SEPTEMBER 1ST TO DECEMBER 31ST, WE HAD TO CHOOSE WHAT THOSE TEN DAYS WERE GOING TO BE.
AND I WILL BE COMING TO YOU IN THE END OF DECEMBER, FOR JANUARY THROUGH JANUARY 1ST, 2024 THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2024, WHICH IS GOING TO BE A LOT TRICKIER BECAUSE I HAVE FOUR MONTHS TO DEAL WITH HERE AND THEN I HAVE 12 MONTHS TO DO IT NEXT YEAR.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE CANNOT COUNT THOSE DAYS OR THOSE WEEKS THAT THE DISTRICT IS NOW CLOSED, IS
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CLOSED. WE CANNOT AUTOMATICALLY SAY THAT'S NOT A BUSINESS DAY.SO WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS MAKE THE BEST OUT OF THE SITUATION AND DETERMINE WHAT WERE THE OPTIMAL DAYS THAT WE CAN SAY THAT WE ARE CLOSED IN ORDER NOT TO PUT OUR STAFF THROUGH A LOT OF EXTRA WORK, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE ARE OFF DURING THOSE DAYS. SO THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. MISS RAINE TRUSTEES, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, MISS RAY.
DR. LOPEZ HAS SHARED THAT WE DO NOT HAVE ANY EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT?
[VII. Adjournment]
MEETING ADJOURNED AT 8:21.* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.