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[I. Call to Order and Determination of a Quorum]
THE TIME IS NOW 3:15.I'M CALLING THE MEETING TO ORDER, AND WE DO HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT.
MISS HOGAN, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC FORUM COMMENT CARDS? THANK YOU.
AND NOW, TRUSTEES, OUR WORK BEGAN.
AND AT THIS TIME, AS WE DISCUSSED, OF HOW WE WERE GOING TO GO ABOUT DECIDING HOW WE REVIEW ALL OF THIS INFORMATION, ABOUT 3 OR 4 OF YOU ALL TOLD ME TO CALL MARI, AND THAT SHE WOULD TELL US WHAT TO DO OR HOW TO MAKE IT ACCOMPLISH, GET IT ACCOMPLISHED.
SO WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS A RESULT OF THAT REQUEST.
TRUSTEES, WE ARE QUITE PREPARED FOR THE WORK THAT'S AHEAD OF US FOR THESE NEXT THREE HOURS.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO.
WE MUST DO, AND WE SHALL DO BECAUSE WE HAVE TOO MANY, TOO MUCH GREAT THINGS HAPPENING IN THIS DISTRICT THAT WE ARE NOT CELEBRATING OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO ASK EACH TRUSTEE TO SIT UP STRAIGHT.
I'M GOING TO ASK EACH TRUSTEE TO SIT UP STRAIGHT.
WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ALL GOING TO DO WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO.
RELEASE. AND WITH THAT, I SAY, WE ARE READY AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO OUR TEAM OF LEADERS
[III.A. Discussion and deliberation regarding Team of Eight Training]
AND TRAINERS FOR THE AFTERNOON.MEANING IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, IF YOU HAVE A COMMENT, IF YOU HAVE A THOUGHT, SHARE IT.
THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS PROCESS.
YES, THERE'S A PRESENTATION THAT GOES WITH WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT.
THE PRESENTATION HAS A COUPLE OF THINGS IN IT.
THE FRAMEWORK SCHOOL BOARD DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO COVER THAT.
WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THAT. BUT I'M EXCITED TO MS. GRIFFIN'S POINT. WE'RE GOING TO GET TO CELEBRATE SOME ACHIEVEMENTS HERE.
YOU ALL HAVE RECENTLY BEEN RECOGNIZED AS A POTENTIAL WINNER FOR A LARGE AWARD, AS YOU'RE AWARE.
AND IT FITS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFULLY INTO THE FRAMEWORK FOR SCHOOL BOARD DEVELOPMENT.
SO THIS GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THAT AND CELEBRATE THAT.
BUT OF COURSE WE WOULD PROBABLY WANT TO GO BACK AND REVISIT THEM, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO AT LEAST ESTABLISH AT THIS POINT, WHERE ARE WE RIGHT NOW? HOW ARE WE DOING.
BECAUSE THAT'S A PIECE OF IT IS EVALUATING OURSELVES.
SO YOU'LL SEE THE PRESENTATION AND THAT WILL HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
OF COURSE WE'VE INCLUDED THE TEA FRAMEWORK FOR SCHOOL BOARD DEVELOPMENT IN CASE YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT ARE WE REQUIRED TO COVER AND INCLUDE? WE HAVE YOUR STRATEGIC GOAL, WHICH INCLUDES YOUR VISION AND YOUR MISSION AND ALL OF THOSE GOOD PIECES INCLUDED.
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AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT TODAY.WE HAVE YOUR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT QUICK REFERENCE SCORECARD.
I LOVE THIS PARTICULAR DOCUMENT.
NOT ALL DISTRICTS HAVE THIS, AND IT DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB OF GIVING YOU IN A CONSOLIDATED FASHION, HOW ARE WE DOING? WHERE ARE WE NOW? WE INCLUDED JUST FOR FUN AND YOUR READING PLEASURE, BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES AND BOARD POLICIES, THOSE REALLY ARE THERE FOR REFERENCE IN CASE YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
AND YOU WANT TO KNOW, IS THIS IN OUR POLICY? IS THIS IN OUR PROCEDURE? YOU WILL HAVE THAT.
AND BECCA IS GOING TO STAND FOR A MINUTE AND I WILL SHOW YOU WHY IT IS SO FUN TO PRESENT WITH BECCA.
[LAUGHTER] WE OPENLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE'S A SMALL HEIGHT DIFFERENTIAL HERE, AND FREQUENTLY WE PRESENT WITH ANOTHER ONE OF OUR PARTNERS, CHAD TIMMONS, WHO IS EQUAL TO BECCA'S HEIGHT.
OH I WOULDN'T PUT IT LIKE THAT HE'S TALLER THAN ME.
YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO INTERACT WITH BOTH OF US.
AND WITH THAT, WE WILL START WITH SOMETHING FUN AND ENTERTAINING.
YES. SO I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A ROADMAP FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY.
IS THE MICROPHONE PICKING UP I WANT TO MAKE SURE OKAY.
YEAH. SO WE'RE GOING TO START I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THE ROADMAP.
THE FIRST THING WE'RE GOING TO DO IS START WITH REFLECTION.
WHAT IS OUR WHY? WHY ARE WE ALL HERE AS INDIVIDUALS? BECAUSE THAT DRIVES WHY YOU'RE ALL HERE AS A BOARD.
GOING FROM THAT WE'RE GOING TO PLAY A LITTLE GAME.
AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, I'M A FORMER MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER.
YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THAT REFLECTED TODAY.
I DON'T BELIEVE IN SIT AND GET.
I BELIEVE IN ACTIVE PARTICIPATION FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE.
WE'LL BE PLAYING A GAME OF JE-PARDY, NOT JEOPARDY, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE PLAGIARISM.
[LAUGHTER] JE-PARDY! BECAUSE IT'S A LOT OF FUN.
AND THEN WE'LL GO INTO THE SUBSTANTIVE COMPONENTS.
WHO ARE YOU ALL AS A BOARD? HOW ARE YOU DESCRIBING YOURSELVES? WHAT ARE YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS? AND THEN WE WILL END WITH IF TIME ALLOWS, WE'LL END WITH TALKING ABOUT OUR GOALS, WHERE WE'RE GOING MOVING FORWARD.
SO THAT GIVES YOU THE ROADMAP FOR TODAY.
YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE A MARKER AT YOUR CHAIR SOMEWHERE AT YOUR CHAIR YOU SHOULD HAVE A MARKER.
DOES EVERYBODY HAVE THEIR MARKER? OKAY. WITH YOUR MARKER YOU WILL SEE THAT THERE ARE THREE POSTERS AROUND THE ROOM.
ONE IS WHAT IS THE TEAM OF EIGHT'S BIGGEST STRENGTH? WHAT IS IT THAT YOU ALL VIEW AS THE BIGGEST STRENGTH? THAT'S OVER HERE ON THE CONFERENCE ROOM DOOR.
WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST WEAKNESS? BE HONEST.
THERE'S MULTIPLE COLORS OF PENS SO THEY CAN'T IDENTIFY YOU WITH ONE PERSON.
AND THEN WHY DO YOU SERVE? AND QUICK 1 OR 2 PHRASES OR WORDS DESCRIBE WHY YOU DO WHAT YOU DO.
BECAUSE THEN WE'LL ALL COME TOGETHER.
SO I AM YOU'LL ALSO NOTICE I'M CLOCK DRIVEN, PART OF BEING A MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER.
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SO I THOUGHT THAT UNTIL I WROTE THESE.YEAH, I THOUGHT THAT WHEN I WROTE THESE.
YEAH. NOT ME. WHEN I WAS A TEACHER.
AND SHE GIGGLED WHEN SHE DID IT.
SHE WAS LIKE, IT'S CLEAR WHO HUNG THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE VERY WELL.
WEARING HEELS BECAUSE I WAS TOLD TO WEAR DRESS SHOES.
I MEAN, SPECIFICALLY, I HAD TO HAVE I WORE HEELS TODAY MIC] ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT. LET'S TALK WITH YOUR SELF ASSESSED STRENGTHS.
ADAPTABILITY. YOU GUYS HAVE WEATHERED LOTS OF STORMS, INCLUDING STORMS LIKE COVID A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THAT NOBODY EVER SAW COMING. RIGHT.
YES, YOU GUYS LOVE A HEALTHY DISCUSSION ON ALL THINGS, AND I THINK THAT'S BECAUSE YOU COME FROM.
LARRY YOU LIKE THAT KIND OF EUPHEMISM.
POSITIVE THINKING, WILLINGNESS TO LISTEN TO OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS, AND THEN UNITY IS ONE OF THE STRENGTHS.
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THERE'S A REAL QUALITY TO THAT.NOT ALL BOARDS VALUE DIFFERENCE AND DIVERSITY, SO THAT'S HUGE.
SO LET'S LOOK AT WHAT YOU IDENTIFIED AS THE EIGHT BIGGEST WEAKNESSES, COHESIVENESS AND COMMON GOALS.
MOVING WITH CLARITY, COMMUNICATION.
AT TIMES COMMUNICATION AND BEING INFORMED.
COMMUNICATION, HONESTY AND COMMUNICATION.
NOW DOES ANYONE SEE A THEME THERE.
ESPECIALLY WHEN, AS YOU'VE IDENTIFIED, ONE OF YOUR GREATEST STRENGTHS IS YOUR DIVERSITY, BOTH IN WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE AND YOUR OPINIONS FREQUENTLY THAT CAN AFFECT COMMUNICATION. SO THAT'S ONE THING WE'LL EXPLORE TODAY.
SO WITH THE PRESUMPTION OF POSITIVE INTENTION THAT COMMUNICATION IS NOT MEANT TO BE NEGATIVE, IT'S NOT MEANT TO BE UNTIL THAT PERSON TELLS YOU OTHERWISE IT'S MEANT TO BE WITH POSITIVE INTENT.
THIS INFORMATION IS BEING SHARED.
AND SO SOMETIMES, AND I THINK WE SEE THIS PRETTY REGULARLY OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, IS PERCEPTION IS REALITY, RIGHT? IF WE APPROACH SOMETHING A SPECIFIC WAY, THEN OUR COMMUNICATION, IF WE'RE NOT PRESUMING A POSITIVE INTENT, WE COULD LOOK AT THE INTERACTION COMPLETELY DIFFERENTLY. AND SO WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW TO DO THAT.
YEAH. MAY I ASK A QUESTION HERE ON COMMUNICATION.
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT HAPPENING FOR THE BOARD.
IN OTHER WORDS, COMING TO FOR US TO GET THAT INFORMATION.
IS IT SUPERINTENDENT, BOARD PRESIDENT, BOARD MANAGER, COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT? WHO DO WE LEAN TO OR LOOK TO FOR THAT CAVEAT, SO TO SPEAK? NO, THAT'S GREAT.
GREAT QUESTION. TECHNICALLY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES AND WE'RE ABOUT TO SO QUICK PREVIEW OF WHAT'S COMING IS IF IT'S ABOUT DISTRICT BUSINESS OR DISTRICT DAY TO DAY ROUTINE OPERATIONS, THAT'S GOING TO BE YOUR COMMUNICATION WITH DOCTOR LOPEZ.
AND THEN DOCTOR LOPEZ CAN CERTAINLY DELEGATE AND SAY CONTACT COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT.
RIGHT. THEY HAVE THE COMMUNICATION ON THAT.
BUT HE SHOULD BE YOUR FIRST POINT OF CONTACT FOR ALL DISTRICT BUSINESS GOING FORWARD.
AND IF HE TELLS YOU TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE, THAT'S BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE INFORMATION.
BUT THAT'S REALLY WHERE YOU FUNNEL YOUR COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH.
DOCTOR LOPEZ, WOULD YOU AGREE WITH THAT? YOU NAILED IT.
AND THEN BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I ALWAYS WANT TO GROUND US IN THE WHY.
WHY DO YOU ALL SPEND HOURS IN A BOARD TRAINING? WHY DO YOU ALL GO TO CONFERENCES? WHY DO YOU ALL PUT SO MUCH WORK INTO THIS? WE ALL KNOW IT'S NOT THE MONEY.
BOARD MEMBERS ARE NOT COMPENSATED FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT ARE WATCHING.
I JUST WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR ABOUT THAT.
SO IT'S CLEARLY NOT THE MONEY.
SO WHY DO YOU SERVE? YOU'VE MENTIONED THAT IT'S BECAUSE YOU CAN HELP STUDENTS ATTAIN THEIR DREAMS AND GOALS.
EDUCATION IT TRANSFORMS LIVES.
TO FULFILL A DREAM OF GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND KIDS TO ELEVATE THE LIVES OF CHILDREN.
ALL PERSPECTIVES, EVEN THE UNPOPULAR ONES AND THAT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO AN EXCELLENT EDUCATION AN EXCELLENT EDUCATION FOR ALL STUDENTS. THE COMMON THEME THROUGHOUT IS WHAT? EXCELLENT EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS FOR ALL STUDENTS.
IT'S ALWAYS COMING BACK TO WHAT DO YOU HAVE IN COMMON? AND AS A BOARD YOU HAVE WHAT'S IN COMMON ARE THE KIDS AND THE PURPOSE OF WHICH YOU'RE HERE.
YOU'RE NOT HERE BECAUSE THIS IS SOME GLAMOROUS JOB.
YOU'RE NOT HERE BECAUSE YOU WANT TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT IN FIVE YEARS, RIGHT? THIS IS NOT A STEPPING STONE.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT.
AND SO MAKING SURE THAT WE ALWAYS COME BACK TO OUR WHY WHEN WE'RE PRESUMING THAT POSITIVE INTENT.
WE MAY HAVE DIFFERENT IDEAS OF HOW TO GET THERE, BUT OUR WHY IS THE SAME.
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YOU WILL ALSO NEED TO UTILIZE FOR THIS GAME.I DO NOT EXPECT YOU TO HAVE THIS ALL MEMORIZED.
YOUR BOARD POLICIES ON TABS SIX AND SEVEN.
YOU WILL NEED THESE AS POSSIBLE RESOURCES.
YOU WILL ALSO NEED YOUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS.
AND MARI IS GOING TO DIVIDE YOU UP INTO TEAMS. SO GET EXCITED. ALREADY DONE.
SO YOU WILL SEE A BUZZER IN FRONT OF YOU.
DAPHNE AND WES, YOU ARE TEAM ORANGE.
ROBERT AND LINDA, YOU ARE TEAM PURPLE.
JAMIE AND DOCTOR LOPEZ, YOU ARE TEAM BLUE AND JOHNNY AND LARRY, YOU ARE TEAM GREEN.
THEY GOT A SO IT DOESN'T MEAN HE KNOWS THE ANSWERS.
WE'RE REALLY GOING TO CHALLENGE HIM.
I HOPE HE DOES WE PAY HIM TO KNOW NO LOOK AT THE TOPICS.
IS IT THE SUPERINTENDENT? IS IT THE BOARD'S JOB.
ETHICS. THIS ALWAYS REMINDS ME OF THE BILLY MADISON SCENE WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT BUSINESS ETHICS.
ETHICS. WHICH BOARD MEMBER IS IT? IT WILL GIVE YOU A DESCRIPTION OF THE BOARD MEMBER BASED OFF YOUR BIOGRAPHIES, AND WE'LL SEE WHO KNOWS IT.
BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS BOP'S BECAUSE THAT'S FUN.
GARLAND ISD FACTS WHO KNOWS THE DISTRICT'S DEMOGRAPHICS THE BEST.
AND THEN TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT AND TEXAS PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT FOR FUNSIES.
SO MARI IS GOING TO BE KEEPING TRACK OF POINTS AS WE GO THROUGH.
WHO KNOWS THE RULES OF JEOPARDY.
HOW DO YOU HAVE TO ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS? YOU HAVE TO ANSWER IN THE FORM OF A QUESTION.
YOU HAVE RESOURCES TO HELP SUPPORT.
THE BUZZERS ALL MAKE DIFFERENT NOISES.
SO IF WE COULD START OVER HERE WITH WES AND DAPHNE, CAN YOU HIT YOUR BUZZER? OKAY. ROBERT, WILL YOU HIT YOURS? HI. JAMIE, GO FOR IT.
OKAY, SO NOW WE KNOW WHAT OUR BUZZERS SOUND LIKE.
ARE WE READY TO BEGIN? AND THE FIRST BUZZER ANSWERS.
YES. OKAY, SO THE QUESTION WILL BE READ.
I'M GOING TO LET MARI JUDGE THAT ONE.
ALL RIGHT. GET YOUR HAND OFF THE BUZZER.
WE'LL START OVER WITH WES AND DAPHNE.
WHAT'S YOUR CATEGORY FOR HOW MUCH? WHICH BOARD MEMBER FOR $200 ALEX.
THIS PERSON HAS PREVIOUSLY SERVED ON THE COUNCIL OF URBAN BOARDS OF EDUCATION.
OKAY, THAT WOULD BE THE PURPLE TEAM.
WE HAVE TO GO AGAIN. YEAH, YOU HAVE TO GET THE RIGHT ANSWER.
IF THE WRONG ANSWER IS GIVEN, YOU HAVE TO PUSH AGAIN, OKAY.
NO. Y'ALL NEED TO CHECK YOUR WEBSITES.
OKAY. ANOTHER INCORRECT ANSWER.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO GO FOR IT? SO THE WAY THE QUESTION READS IS.
BUT YOU CAN'T HAVE A QUESTION IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.
WHO IS ROBERT SELDERS? IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE ROBERT SELDERS, ACCORDING TO HIS ONLINE PROFILE.
WHO IS ROBERT SELDERS JR.? [LAUGHTER] ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE TO PUSH THAT AND PUT OUR MIC'S ON AT THE SAME TIME.
WELL, JUST SO YOU PUSH IT, THEN WHEN SHE CALLS YOU, YOU PUT ON THE MIC.
YES. IF THE INCORRECT ANSWER IS GIVEN, YOU PUSH AGAIN.
WE GOT $200. YES, YOU HAVE $200.
ROBERT AND LINDA, WHAT'S YOUR CATEGORY? WHICH BOARD MEMBER IS IT FOR $400.
THIS TRUSTEE ENJOYS JAZZ, GOLF, READING, AND WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY.
LOOK AT HOW THEY'RE LOVING ON THEIR BUTTON.
SO THE BLUE TEAM IS TAKING A, GET IT WITHIN REACH.
BLUE TEAM IS TAKING A STRONG LEAD.
OKAY, JAMIE AND DOCTOR LOPEZ? ANYTHING STICK OUT AT YOU.
WE'LL TAKE WHOSE ROLE IS IT ANYWAY FOR 200? Y'ALL ARE STAYING LOW.
THIS IS INTERESTING. WE GOT TO BUILD.
HIRING AND EVALUATING SUPERINTENDENT.
WAIT. WHAT WAS YOUR SOUND AGAIN? YES. THAT ONE. PURPLE.
WHO'S THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES? YES. THE BOARD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR HIRING AND EVALUATING THE SUPERINTENDENT.
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YES. ALL RIGHT, LARRY AND JOHNNY.WE'RE GOING TO DO, WHICH BOARD MEMBER IS IT FOR? YEAH, BUT THEY'RE NOT LIKE WE GOT IT.
AND THEN THEY PICKED. YEAH I'M JUST MOVING AROUND THE CIRCLE SO EVERYBODY GETS TO PARTICIPATE.
THIS TRUSTEE PREVIOUSLY SERVED WITH GARLAND MAYOR PRO TEM.
WELL, THAT'S IN JEOPARDY YOU CAN RING IT BEFORE.
AND YOU HAVE TO ANSWER THE QUESTION.
WHAT WON THE BUZZ? YOU HAVE TO RESPECT THE JUDGE, LOPEZ.
WHO IS JOHNNY BEACH? YES. CONGRATULATIONS, JOHNNY.
COUNTED. THE QUESTION HAS TO HIT THE SCREEN BEFORE YOU BUZZ.
DAPHNE AND WES, WHAT DO YOU WANT? I DON'T KNOW.
LET'S GO WITH TOMA AND TPIA FOR 800.
REQUIRES A GOVERNMENTAL BODY TO RELEASE INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION.
WHAT IS THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT? OOH, CLOSE, BUT NO CIGAR.
ORANGE. WHAT IS THE TEXAS PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT? YES. WHAT IS THE TEXAS PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT? THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT IS ACTUALLY FEDERAL.
TURN ON YOUR MIC. OH, HE'S MIC IS ON.
TECHNOLOGY ASKED US TO PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU'RE USING YOUR MICROPHONES.
ALL RIGHT. SELDERS AND MS. GRIFFIN. WHICH MEMBER IS IT FOR? 800. OKAY.
THIS TRUSTEE HAS BEEN EDUCATED IN TEXAS, TENNESSEE AND NEW YORK.
PURPLE. WHO IS MS. GRIFFIN. OH.
THAT'S IT. ALL RIGHT, JOHNNY, I HEARD YOU COME IN A CLOSE SECOND, THOUGH.
THAT WAS A NEW HE WAS. LARRY DOESN'T LIKE THAT YOU'RE NOT QUICK ON THE DRAW.
YEAH. WE'LL DO ETHICS FOR A THOUSAND.
REMEMBER, YOU HAVE THE BOARD POLICY IN FRONT OF YOU.
I WILL CONSISTENTLY UPHOLD ALL APPLICABLE LAWS, RULES, POLICIES AND GOVERNANCE PROCEDURES.
DO YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE CATEGORY YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, THE CATEGORY OF ETHICS THAT APPLY.
LOOK AT SECTION SIX BOARD POLICY BBF LOCAL.
JOHNNY. PB WHAT IS BBT LEGAL? NO. KEEP FLIPPING.
AND WHAT CATEGORY ON THAT BOARD POLICY? I'M NOT EVEN SURE WHAT THE QUESTION IS.
ORANGE. WHAT IS INTEGRITY OF CHARACTER? WHAT IS INTEGRITY OF CHARACTER? THIS IS HOW YOU DEMONSTRATE AS A BOARD MEMBER YOUR INTEGRITY OF CHARACTER.
IN OTHER WORDS, DON'T SELL YOUR JUDGMENT TO ANY ONE INTEREST GROUP.
RIGHT? YOU MAKE THE DECISION THAT'S APPROPRIATE.
YOU'LL UPHOLD ALL LAWS, RULES, POLICIES AND GOVERNANCE PROCEDURES, INCLUDING THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT AND THE PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT, AND YOU WILL NOT DISCLOSE INFORMATION THAT IS CONFIDENTIAL BY LAW OR THAT WILL NEEDLESSLY HARM THE DISTRICT IF DISCLOSED.
SO YOU ACT WITH, YOU'VE COMMITTED, YOU'VE ALL COMMITTED TO ACTING WITH INTEGRITY.
DON'T DO ANYTHING TO THAT'S IT. THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
NO NEWSWORTHY BEHAVIOR UNLESS IT'S GOOD NEWS.
IS IT OUR TURN AGAIN? I THINK IT'S LARRY AND JOHNNY.
WHAT IS THE ENROLLMENT OF THE GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT? YES. THIS IS THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT EVERY DECISION THAT YOU MAKE IMPACTS.
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WE WILL TAKE. WHICH BOARD MEMBER IS IT FOR 600? THIS TRUSTEE SERVED AS A CITY OF GARLAND PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD MEMBER.PURPLE. WHO IS DAPHNE STANLEY? YES.
WHO IS DAPHNE STANLEY? I MIGHT HAVE SAID IT'S ME. TOO LOUD.
[LAUGHTER] WHAT? NO, WE ALREADY KNEW IT.
YOU TALKED ABOUT THE DIVERSE VIEWPOINTS.
WHEN I LOOKED AT YOUR INTERESTS ONLINE, Y'ALL, YOUR PROFILES, FIRST OF ALL, THE AMOUNT OF COMMUNITY SERVICE THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE PHENOMENAL AND THE DIVERSE COMMUNITY SERVICE THAT YOU HAVE DONE, IS REALLY UNIQUE.
I WILL GET OFF MY SOAPBOX NOW SO WE CAN GET BACK TO PLAYING OUR GAME.
ALL RIGHT. SELDERS AND GRIFFIN, WHAT CATEGORY DO YOU WANT? ETHICS FOR 200.
LOVE IT! I WILL BE FAIR, JUST AND IMPARTIAL IN ALL MY DECISIONS AND ACTIONS.
I WILL ACCORD OTHERS THE RESPECT I WISH FOR MYSELF.
TEAM ORANGE WHAT IS EQUITY AND ATTITUDE? WHAT IS EQUITY AND ATTITUDE? SO THE SECOND ONE IS BASICALLY THE GOLDEN RULE.
I WILL ACCORD OTHERS THE RESPECT I WISH FOR MYSELF.
I WILL ENCOURAGE EXPRESSIONS OF DIFFERENT OPINIONS AND LISTEN WITH AN OPEN MIND TO OTHERS IDEAS.
IF YOU DON'T WANT IT TO HAPPEN TO YOU, DON'T LET IT, THEN DON'T DO IT TO OTHERS.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GO WITH, ETHICS FOR 800.
I WILL BE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PUBLIC BY REPRESENTING THE DISTRICT'S POLICIES, PROGRAMS, PRIORITIES.
WHAT IS TRUSTWORTHINESS AND STEWARDSHIP? YES. LET'S LOOK AT THE REST OF THAT.
I WILL BE RESPONSIVE TO THE COMMUNITY BY SEEKING ITS INVOLVEMENT IN DISTRICT AFFAIRS, YOU ARE REPRESENTATIVES OF YOUR COMMUNITY.
IT IS YOUR JOB TO ACT ON WHAT THE COMMUNITY SENTIMENT AND THEIR NEEDS ARE.
I WILL WORK TO ENSURE PRUDENT AND ACCOUNTABLE USE OF DISTRICT RESOURCES.
THIS IS WHY YOU HAVE THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSURES, RIGHT? TO SHOW THIS IS WHERE I CAN BE JUST AND IMPARTIAL.
OKAY. SO WHERE WE ARE AT THE MOMENT, YOUR STATUS TEAM ORANGE IS IN THE LEAD, CLOSELY FOLLOWED BY TEAM PURPLE, THEN TEAM BLUE AND TEAM GREEN.
[LAUGHTER] TEAM GREEN IS A SOLID FOUR.
THAT'S A BUMMER. WELL NO I THINK THAT'S I MEAN, THEY HAVE EMBRACED IT.
I THOUGHT THERE'D BE HERE WE GO.
ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO. LET'S DO, GARLAND ISD FACTS FOR $800.
95.2%. CCMR GRADUATE. GRADUATE.
WHAT IS OUR CCMR WHAT DOES YOUR BUZZER SOUND LIKE? YOU WENT FIRST. YES.
HE ALREADY GAVE THE WRONG ANSWER.
OH, I'M SO SORRY, GIVE US SOME GRACE.
OKAY, BLUE. WHAT IS OUR GRADUATE RATE? WHAT IS OUR GRADUATION RATE? YES.
NO NO I'M GOING TO BE MORE CLEAR.
APPROPRIATE. WHAT IS OUR FOUR YEAR GRADUATION RATE.
IT WAS. IT WAS A NOT CORRECT ANSWER.
HOWEVER, I EMBRACED DIVERSE VIEWPOINTS.
YES. HOW MUCH WAS THAT FOR 1000? 800. OH 800.
I THINK WE'RE BACK TO WES AND DAPHNE.
ALL RIGHT. THAT'S SUPPOSED TO SAY 72 HOURS.
OH, WAIT WAIT WAIT. TEAM GREEN.
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HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU NEED TO POST A NOTICE FOR MEETING? CORRECT. OH, THAT WAS TOO OBVIOUS.I KNOW WHICH ONES WE DID. IT WAS.
JOHNNY'S LIKE, I GOT THIS NOW I GOT THE ANSWER.
YES. OKAY. TEAM GREEN IS ON THE BOARD.
OKAY. SELDERS AND GRIFFIN, ETHICS FOR $800.
WHAT IS TRUSTWORTHINESS? WHO IS? WAIT.
YOU DIDN'T HIT THE BUTTON ON THAT ONE.
YOU DIDN'T HIT THE BUTTON. I HIT THE.
WHO DID YOU CALL ON? WE ALREADY.
IT DOESN'T MATTER. WE ALREADY ANSWERED.
THAT'S TRUE. THAT WAS ALREADY BEEN DONE.
I WILL BE CONTINUOUSLY GUIDED BY WHAT IS BEST FOR ALL STUDENTS OF THE DISTRICT.
WHAT IS STUDENT CENTERED FOCUS? YES. WHAT IS STUDENT CENTERED FOCUSED? THIS IS YOUR WHY. THIS IS WHAT YOU GUYS OUTLINED.
THIS IS PART OF YOUR ETHICAL OBLIGATION.
YEP. YEAH. IF WE COME BACK TO IT, DID IT RESTART? IT DID. SO I'VE GOT TO GO BACK IN AND TAKE THEM OFF.
DOES NO ONE WANT TO DO BOP'S? WHY AM I THE ONLY ONE COMPETENT IN THAT AREA? THE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
WE'RE SAVING THE BEST FOR LAST.
[LAUGHTER] ALL RIGHT, DOCTOR LOPEZ AND MR. MILLER. WE'VE ALSO LEARNED SOME OF THE GARLAND ISD FACTS TOO.
WE DID. I JUST DON'T REMEMBER WHICH ONES.
SO WE MAY CLICK ON THEM. IF WE GO THROUGH IT.
GOOD MEMORIES GUYS. ALL RIGHT SO WE'LL DO GARLAND ISD FACTS FOR 400 . ORANGE. WHAT IS THE PERCENTAGE OF SOCIOECONOMIC DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS IN THE GARLAND ISD? NO. I HEARD OVER HERE JOHNNY AND LARRY.
LARRY. THE NUMBER OF CAMPUSES.
YES. WHAT IS THE NUMBER OF CAMPUSES? GREEN IS COMING BACK, Y'ALL.
GREEN, YEAH. THEY HUSTLED YOU ALL.
THEY WERE SANDBAGGING US OVER HERE.
YOU NEED TO THROW US 100 POINTS BECAUSE HE WAS RIGHT ON A DIFFERENT TOPIC.
THERE WAS NO PERCENTAGE WRITTEN.
YEAH, LET'S DO THAT. LET'S GO BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES FOR $200.
QUICK REFERENCE. YOUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES ARE IN YOUR BINDER ON TAB FIVE.
WE ARE LOOKING IN THIS ONE FOR THE HEADER THAT BELONGS WITH THE BOP THAT'S DESCRIBED.
BOLD TEXT. YOU CAN USE YOUR TABLE OF CONTENTS.
SPECIFIC FACTUAL INFORMATION OR RECITATION OF EXISTING POLICY MAY BE FURNISHED IN RESPONSE TO INQUIRIES, BUT THE BOARD SHALL NOT DELIBERATE OR DECIDE REGARDING ANY SUBJECT THAT IS NOT INCLUDED ON THE AGENDA POSTED WITH NOTICE OF THE MEETING.
WHAT IS BOARD MEETINGS? NO. LOOK FOR THE TOPIC AT THE HEADER OF THIS SECTION.
THIS IS THE SUBSTANCE OF THE SECTION.
WHAT IS PUBLIC COMMENT? YOU NEED TO PUSH THE BUTTON.
IF YOU HAVE AN ANSWER. THEY'VE ALREADY ANSWERED.
OH YOU DID. YOU ALREADY ANSWERED.
WHAT IS PUBLIC COMMENT? I WILL TAKE IT. BUT IT'S WHAT IS RESPONSE TO INQUIRIES.
THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT ANSWER THEN? YEAH, IT'S NOT THE RIGHT ANSWER.
IT'S NOT THE RIGHT ANSWER. OH, DON'T EVEN GO THERE.
SO WHEN YOU GET AN INQUIRY THIS IS WHAT THE RESPONSE SHOULD BE IS HERE IS OUR POLICY.
WE CAN GIVE SPECIFIC FACTUAL INFORMATION WHERE WE CAN SEND IT TO ADMINISTRATION FOR THEM TO HANDLE.
WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE ALL THE FACTS, SEND IT TO ADMINISTRATION.
BECAUSE IF IT'S A GRIEVANCE, YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE IMPARTIAL.
SHOULD IT COME BEFORE YOU AS A TRIBUNAL? ALL RIGHT, DR.
LET'S GO WITH BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES FOR $1000.
TEAM ORANGE. WHAT IS TRUSTEES VISITS TO CAMPUSES OR DISTRICT FACILITIES? YES. SO WHEN YOU GO TO A CAMPUS, MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THIS IS AN AND SUPERINTENDENT, PRINCIPAL, AND THE TEACHERS PRIOR APPROVAL.
SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND UNDER YOUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
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[LAUGHTER] THAT IS WHAT YOU HAVE ALL AGREED UPON.LARRY AND JOHNNY, WHOSE ROLE IS IT ANYWAY FOR A THOUSAND.
OOH, GREENS GETTING COMPETITIVE HERE.
SOMEBODY GET THEIR HAND ON A BUZZER.
DEVELOP ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS TO IMPLEMENT ESTABLISHED POLICIES.
PURPLE. WHO IS THE SUPERINTENDENT.
WHO IS THE SUPERINTENDENT? HE SAID IT. HE DID. HE SAID SUPERINTENDENT.
HE SAID, WHO IS THE SUPERINTENDENT? HE JUST SAID IT SUPER FAST.
YES. YOUR SUPERINTENDENT, BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR ENTHUSIASM, MR. BEACH. YOU ALL ARE OVERSEEING THE POLICIES OF THE DISTRICT.
BUT HOW THOSE POLICIES ARE IMPLEMENTED ARE WITHIN DOCTOR LOPEZ AND HIS TEAM'S WHEELHOUSE.
OH. WHAT CATEGORY? GARLAND ISD FACTS FOR $1000.
YOU GUYS ARE NOW GETTING COMPETITIVE.
WHAT IS THE DISTRICT'S ACCOUNTABILITY RATING? YES.
YOU GOT A B OVERALL WHO WANTS TO GET AN A? I'M NOT SAYING I'M GRADE GRUBBING BUT.
I'M NOT SAYING LET'S GRADE GRUB, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM HAS UNDERGONE SEVERAL CHANGES OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS AND STAAR ASSESSMENT HAS CHANGED ALL OF THOSE GOOD THINGS. WE HAVE SUITS, LAWSUITS.
AND THEN THERE'S ALSO PENDING LITIGATION.
SO WE'LL SEE WHERE THIS ENDS UP.
BUT I THINK THIS IS A CELEBRATION A B IS NOT BAD.
AND I THINK YOU GUYS SHOULD BE PROUD OF THAT.
YES. WHY WOULD YOU SAY IT? ALL RIGHT. THEY'RE JUST FIGHTING AMONGST THEMSELVES.
GO AHEAD. GRIFFIN AND SELDERS.
WE WAIT UNTIL THEY TAKE A BITE EVERY TIME BEFORE WE CALL THEM.
LIKE ONE OR THE OTHER IS EATING AT ALL TIMES WHEN IT'S THEIR TURN.
WHOSE ROLE IS IT ANYWAY FOR $800.
OKAY, ADOPT A VISION STATEMENT AND GOALS AND MONITOR PROGRESS.
WHO IS THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES? CORRECT. THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO REVISIT TODAY.
THAT'S PART OF WHY YOU'RE IN THIS TRAINING.
CONGRATULATIONS. SEE HOW I TIE THAT ALL TOGETHER? LUCKY YOU. ALL RIGHT.
AND IT IS JAMIE AND DOCTOR LOPEZ.
BLUE. WHAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEVER FOLLOW? [LAUGHTER] WE WONDER WHY WE HAVE THIS? [LAUGHTER] WE I GUESS THE MEETING'S OVER.
ORANGE. THAT CORRECT. THAT'S WHO YOU ASK.
WHO IS REQUESTED TO GIVE AN OPINION FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION? I JUST CAN'T.
YOU HAVE TO SEND IT TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR AN OPINION.
MAYBE NEXT TIME WE NEED GOOD HUMOR POINTS.
AND THEN, MISS GRIFFIN, MR. SELDERS. OH, DID Y'ALL JUST PICK? THEY DID. OH, IT'S, ACTUALLY.
JOHNNY. WHOSE ROLE IS IT ANYWAY FOR $600.
OVERSEE COMPLIANCE WITH FACILITY STANDARDS.
PURPLE. WHO IS THE SUPERINTENDENT? WHO IS THE SUPERINTENDENT? THAT DOES NOT MEAN IF YOU GO TO A FACILITY AND YOU SEE A PROBLEM THAT YOU DON'T TELL DOCTOR LOPEZ, IT JUST MEANS HE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR FIXING IT.
TURN YOUR MIC ON. THAT'S A BOP.
SO WHAT? MECHELLE'S GIVING US A BOP.
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CONSTRUCTION. ALL RIGHT.PURPLE. WHAT IS THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES THAT WE HAVE IN THE DISTRICT? WHAT IS THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES IN THE DISTRICT? CORRECT. SO WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT ALL THE DECISIONS THAT YOU'RE MAKING.
IS THAT NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES OR NUMBER OF TEACHERS.
THIS IS WHAT'S ON YOUR WEBSITE.
YEAH. IT'S BROKEN DOWN ON YOUR WEBSITE FOR EACH CATEGORY AUXILIARY EMPLOYEES, TEACHERS, ETC..
WE TYPICALLY ROUND UP OKAY BECAUSE I'M THINKING, YOU KNOW, LISTEN, I HEAR SEVEN ALL THE TIME.
AND YOU GUYS HAVE ADDED POSITIONS PROBABLY SINCE THIS WAS POSTED ONLINE.
BUT WHEN YOU, READ LOPEZ'S BIOGRAPHY OF THE PAST YEAR, HE'S SPECIFIC WITH THE NUMBERS.
ALMOST THERE. IT'S THIS BOOK THAT HE HAD EVERYBODY SIGNING.
OKAY. WHAT IS ETHICS FOR $400? OKAY. THIS GOES BACK TO.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY.
PURPLE. WHAT IS COMMITMENT TO SERVICE? WHAT IS COMMITMENT TO SERVICE? I SAW THAT THIS WAS A CONCERN ON YOUR WEAKNESSES.
MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE DILIGENTLY PREPARING.
YOU WILL. YOU NEED TO TURN ON YOUR MIC.
IT'S ON. IT'S JUST THEY DON'T GIVE ME VOLUME.
OH. YOU WILL READ YOUR MATERIALS.
YOU WILL READ MY EMAIL SO YOU DON'T ACCIDENTALLY ANSWER ALL SEVEN QUESTIONS.
YOU WILL FOLLOW SIMPLE DIRECTIONS BECAUSE THEY'RE VERY EASY.
YEAH I PROMISE. I REREAD THEM MULTIPLE TIMES AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE EASY AND EASILY UNDERSTOOD.
I WILL AVOID PERSONAL INVOLVEMENT IN ACTIVITIES THAT THE BOARD HAS DELEGATED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT.
IT IS THE BIGGEST KILLER OF A TEAM OF EIGHT FROM SUPERINTENDENT TO BOARD.
CAN YOU GIVE EXAMPLES? OH, YES.
EXAMPLES OKAY. WHAT ARE EXAMPLES? YES. EXAMPLES UNRELATED TO GARLAND ISD.
CORRECT. THESE ARE JUST BIG PICTURE EXAMPLES THAT WE'VE SEEN.
AND I'LL LEAVE MARI TO GIVE ONE HERSELF.
ONE THAT I JUST RECENTLY DEALT WITH IS A BOARD MEMBER SHOWED UP ON CAMPUS, WALKED THROUGH A TEACHER'S CLASSROOM BECAUSE HE HAD RECEIVED AN EMAIL THAT THE TEACHER WAS BEING DISCRIMINATORY.
THIS IS JUST SPEAKING BOARDS IN GENERAL.
THIS BOARD MEMBER TOOK IT UPON THEMSELVES, DID NOT SIGN IN AT THE FRONT OFFICE, TOOK THE BACK DOOR AND MADE THIS TEACHER CRY BECAUSE SHE WAS NOT EXPECTING IT.
AND THE PERSON MEANT NO HARM BY IT.
LIKE IT WAS NOT AN ILL INTENTIONED VISIT.
YEAH. IS IT OKAY IF THE BUILDING PRINCIPAL INVITES YOU TO COME WITH HIM INTO THAT CLASSROOM? ABSOLUTELY. OKAY.
BUT IF THE BUILDING PRINCIPAL IS ON BOARD, DOCTOR LOPEZ, BECAUSE YOUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES SPECIFICALLY SAY YOU HAVE TO HAVE PRIOR APPROVAL FROM DOCTOR LOPEZ, THE PRINCIPAL AND THE TEACHER.
CAN I GIVE A CLARIFICATION? YEAH. IT'S REAL IMPORTANT THAT YOU DON'T JUST THINK THE PRINCIPAL CAN WALK YOU THROUGH ON THEIR OWN BECAUSE EVERYBODY ELSE IS WATCHING.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE THINKING.
AND IF I HAVEN'T GIVEN CLEARANCE, THEN I GET IT FROM THE BACK END.
WELL, AND A LOT OF TIMES, PRINCIPALS DON'T KNOW THEY CAN SAY NO.
I MEAN, THAT'S JUST THE REALITY IF A BOARD MEMBER SHOWS UP THEY'RE GOING TO DEFER TO YOU ALL.
SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND AS SOMEBODY WHO USED TO WORK ON A CAMPUS.
IN LINE WITH THIS, CAN YOU GIVE US AN EXAMPLE OF GOVERNANCE, VERSUS, DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS? SURE. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHO'S ROLE IS IT ANYWAY.
AND MARI, I'LL KIND OF THROW THIS BACK TO YOU IN A MINUTE.
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IT'S DAY TO DAY IS REALLY THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS, RIGHT? SO IF SOMEBODY SENDS YOU AN EMAIL, YOU DEFER IT BACK TO ADMINISTRATION TO GO THROUGH THEIR PROCESS FIRST.THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE THE GRIEVANCE PROCESS IF IT DOESN'T GET RESOLVED AT THAT LEVEL.
AND LET ME BE VERY CLEAR, BOTH FOR EVERYONE IN THE ROOM AND ONLINE.
THIS IS, WELL, MORE THAN 25 YEARS AGO.
THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT IS SUPERINTENDENT.
AND OBVIOUSLY THAT IS DELEGATED THROUGH HR.
HOWEVER, WE HAD A SITUATION WHERE FOUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.
ANYONE NERVOUS ALREADY? YOU ARE? I'M AT A QUORUM.
THEY NEEDED A NEW FOOTBALL COACH THEY DECIDED.
CAN THEY DO THAT? NO. SO GUESS WHAT HAPPENED.
YEAH, WAS GONNA SAY IT WAS A WRONGFUL.
THERE WERE SEVEN I THINK I GOT CONFIDENT LOOKS.
CONFIDENT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. EVERYBODY WAS LIKE APPALLED BY IT.
ULTIMATELY THEY ENDED UP WITH TWO COACHES BECAUSE ON PAYROLL, BECAUSE THEY ENDED UP WITH QUESTIONS ABOUT DID YOU VIOLATE OMA? DID YOU VIOLATE THE SUPERINTENDENT.
SO THAT NAME WAS BROUGHT FORWARD? OF COURSE. HOW DO YOU THINK THE CURRENT COACH FELT ABOUT THAT? YEAH.
SO THE DISTRICT WAS REALLY IN A QUANDARY, RIGHT.
BUT NEEDLESS TO SAY, HIRING AND FIRING OF PERSONNEL TAKES PLACE THROUGH SUPERINTENDENT AND HR.
THOSE NAMES ARE BROUGHT TO YOU DEPENDING ON THE LEVEL OF EMPLOYEE ULTIMATELY.
BUT THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE CAN DO.
AND WE CERTAINLY DON'T TRAVEL AS A QUORUM TO GO CONDUCT DISTRICT BUSINESS.
ALL RIGHT. WITHOUT IT BEING A PROPERLY POSTED MEETING.
YES. WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, CLASSROOM VISITS OR SCHOOL VISITS.
WE GET INVITED TO A LOT OF, FUNCTIONS, MAINLY THROUGH PRINCIPALS.
ARE YOU SAYING WE HAVE TO CLEAR THAT FIRST WITH DOCTOR LOPEZ? I'M UNCLEAR. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
MARI, CAN I TAKE THIS ONE? GO FOR IT. IN LOOKING AT YOUR BOPS, IT SPECIFICALLY THAT APPROVAL PROCESS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IS FOR DURING INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS.
AND IF THE PRINCIPAL INVITED YOU, CHANCES ARE THEY KNOW YOU'RE COMING.
RIGHT. AGAIN, WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT WHEN YOU'RE WALKING INTO CLASSROOMS AND DURING INSTRUCTIONAL TIME, DESIGNATED INSTRUCTIONAL TIME, NOT AN OPEN ACTIVITY OR A LIKE AN ASSEMBLY ON A CAMPUS.
RIGHT. THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN YOUR BOPS.
DOES THAT CLARIFY IT? NO, BECAUSE, AS WE GET TO THE END OF THE YEAR, WE WILL BE ASKED TO DO READING IN INDIVIDUAL CLASSROOMS BY WITH THE PRINCIPAL AND THE TEACHER.
SO WHAT ABOUT THAT? AND DO THE REQUESTS COME BY EMAIL? USUALLY? YES.
OKAY. SO LET ME ASK DOCTOR LOPEZ AND MECHELLE.
ARE THOSE REQUESTS COPIED TO YOU ALL? NOT TYPICALLY, BUT I HAVE ALWAYS PREFERRED THAT YOU RESPOND AND COPY ME AND LOPEZ.
BUT WE PREFER ONCE YOU RESPOND BACK TO SAY, OF COURSE I CAN BE AVAILABLE ON THIS DAY, ETC..
YEAH. AND SOMETIMES THEY ONLY INVITE A FEW.
SO SOMETIMES, LIKE THEY'LL ONLY INVITE, NOT THE WHOLE BOARD.
AND THEN A BOARD MEMBER MIGHT HAVE A QUESTION LIKE I HEARD THERE'S A READ-A-THON, AM I MISSING SOMETHING? AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT.
OH, THEY ONLY INVITED A FEW PEOPLE.
THEY DIDN'T OPEN UP TO EVERYBODY.
I THINK THE KEY THING THAT ALLOWS YOU TO UNDERSTAND, IF YOU'RE INVITED TO COME TO PARTICIPATE IN AN ACTIVITY FOR KIDS, THAT IS A SCHOOL WIDE ACTIVITY IT'S VERY DIFFERENT THAN IF YOU'RE COMING IN AN EVALUATIVE ROLE.
LET'S JUST SAY SOMEBODY COMPLAINS ABOUT THE PRINCIPAL, NOT NECESSARILY A TEACHER.
AND YOU'RE LIKE, I'M GOING TO GO VALIDATE FOR MYSELF.
AND THEN SO YOU GO OVER TO THE CAMPUS TO CHECK OUT HOW THINGS ARE, AND THEN YOU'RE STOPPING TEACHERS AND SAYING, SO, HEY, HOW'S IT GOING OVER HERE? THAT'S NOT THE BOARD MEMBERS ROLE.
BUT IF THEY CALL YOU AND THEY SAY, HEY, MR. GLICK, WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO DO SOMETHING FOR OUR KIDDOS.
WHAT WE ASK YOU TO DO IS LET ME AND MECHELLE KNOW.
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I'M GOING TO PROBABLY BE GOING.SO THEN THAT WAY SHE KNOWS WHERE PEOPLE ARE AND WHEN THINGS COME UP, WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
THOSE ARE EVENTS, RIGHT? I THINK WHAT WE'RE GETTING INTO IS SOMETIMES PEOPLE WILL TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE DILEMMAS THAT THEY'RE FACING, AND INSTEAD OF HANDING IT OVER TO ADMINISTRATION, SOME PEOPLE TAKE IT UPON THEMSELVES TO GO VALIDATE IT.
AND THEY'RE SAYING THAT'S, CROSSING INTO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S JURISDICTION.
OKAY. SO WE'RE DOING BOARD TRAINING, RIGHT? YES. OKAY. SO I'M GOING TO INTERRUPT THE CONTEST.
SO ONE OF THE PROBLEMS YOU HEARD MOST OF US TALK ABOUT IS COMMUNICATION.
I WOULD PROBABLY THINK I'M GUILTY OF SOME OF THAT IN TERMS OF IF I GET INVITED, AND THE PRINCIPAL IS COPIED, I DON'T NORMALLY SEND IT TO MECHELLE OR DOCTOR LOPEZ. AND I GO.
MY FEELING IS THAT OCCURS MORE OFTEN THAN NOT ON THIS BOARD.
AND THEY MAY HEAR ME SAY, I JUST WENT TO SO AND SO AND I READ SOMEWHERE OR I'LL HEAR OTHER TRUSTEES SAY, OH, I WISH I WOULD HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THAT I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO GO. SO SOMETIMES WE DO GET INDIVIDUAL REQUESTS AND WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THEM.
AND WE HAVE TO RESPECT THE INDIVIDUAL REQUEST.
WE REALLY HAVE TO RESPECT THE INDIVIDUAL REQUEST.
HOWEVER, INTERNALLY WE HAVE POSTED ON BOTH THE WEBSITE AS WELL AS COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH WAPES AND OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE METHODS OF COMMUNICATION TO CAMPUSES AS WELL AS PRINCIPALS, STAFF MEMBERS, OUR EDLS THAT IF THEY ARE INVITING YOU ALL, THERE'S A CHAIN OF COMMUNICATION THAT SHOULD BE GOING OUT.
WHILE WE DO KNOW IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT AT ALL AND WE'RE NOT SPEAKING TO THIS NEGATIVELY AT ANY POINT.
I'M HIGHLIGHTING THE FACT THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN CONTACTED TO GO TO SOUTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL AND READ AT A LIBRARY, CORRECT? DOCTOR LOPEZ AND I WERE NOT 100% AWARE OF THAT UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON.
HOWEVER, THAT CAMPUS NOT TO SPEAK ILL OF YOU AT SOUTH GARLAND IF YOU WERE LISTENING, THEY DID NOT NOTIFY US OF WHO HAS BEEN NOTIFIED INDIVIDUALLY, NOR HAVE THEY TOLD US COLLECTIVELY WHO WILL ATTEND AND ON WHAT DAYS.
SO WHEN I RECEIVED NOTICE THAT ONE OF MY TRUSTEES WILL BE THERE, I HAD TO MAKE A MENTAL NOTE THAT X, Y, Z TRUSTEE WILL BE READING AT SOUTH GARLAND ON THIS DAY AND AT THIS TIME, BECAUSE HE JUST SO HAPPENED TO BE VERY KIND ENOUGH TO SHARE THAT WITH ME.
THE CHAIN OF COMMAND FOR COMMUNICATION SHOULD HAVE BEEN CAMPUS PRINCIPAL, SPOKE WITH LIBRARIAN OR LIBRARIAN CONTACTED PRINCIPAL TO SAY, WE WANT TRUSTEES INVOLVED IN OUR CAMPUS ACTIVITY.
I SHOULD BE YOUR CAVEAT IN ORDER TO BE THAT CHECK FOR YOU ALL.
A LOT OF THEM DO COMMUNICATE TO ME.
PLEASE NOTE THE DATE AND TIME IT'S ON YOUR BOARD, CALENDAR, ETC.
IF YOU ALL ARE AVAILABLE OF COURSE YOU ALL GO AT YOUR OWN LEISURE.
WE DON'T STICK HARD ON HARD RSVP'S BECAUSE WE DO KNOW YOUR SCHEDULES CHANGE AND WE DON'T WANT A CAMPUS TO EXPECT YOU AND YOU DON'T YOU'RE UNABLE TO SHOW UP AND MAKE THAT COMMITMENT OR VICE VERSA.
YOU DO SHOW UP AND THEY DON'T EXPECT YOU, PERIOD.
OKAY, MISS GRIFFIN, YOU SAID WE SHOULD HONOR INDIVIDUAL REQUESTS.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU MEANT, BUT I THINK THAT'S PART OF MAYBE THE PROBLEM IS SO IF IT'S AN INDIVIDUAL WHO'S REQUESTED, MAYBE BECAUSE YOU'VE DONE IT BEFORE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, MAYBE YOU HAVE SOME EXPERTISE IN THAT AREA.
MAYBE THE TEACHER KNOWS YOU AND REQUESTS YOU TO COME.
ARE YOU SAYING THAT'S SUPPOSED TO GO TO DOCTOR LOPEZ AND YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO THEN NOTIFY US OR NOT? THAT'S WHAT WHERE THE.
WELL, THIS WOULD BE THE PROCESS.
THE PRINCIPAL CONTACTED YOU DIRECTLY.
LOPEZ AND I WERE NOT BROUGHT IN JUST TO SAY WE DIDN'T KNOW.
SO YOU WERE THERE. PHOTOS WERE TAKEN.
YOU COME BACK AT TRUSTEE'S REPORT AND SAY YOU'VE BEEN THERE.
OTHER TRUSTEES ON THE BOARD ARE SAYING, WELL, WHY WASN'T I INVITED TO THE CELEBRATION? IT PUTS YOU IN A PREDICAMENT.
LOPEZ AND I BOTH IN A PREDICAMENT AND ALSO NOW THE CAMPUS.
SO THE CAMPUS IS THE INITIATOR OF THIS CONVERSATION.
SO IT SHOULD BE ME, LOPEZ, THE CAMPUS AND THEN YOURSELF TO SAY YOU WILL ATTEND.
WE'RE NOT SAYING TO DECLINE AN INVITATION BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T RUN IT PAST US.
WE'RE SAYING JUST BLIND COPY US, CARBON COPY US.
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OKAY BUT THAT'S NOT MY QUESTION, MY QUESTION IS IF WE'RE INVITED INDIVIDUALLY FOR ANY, ANY OF US, AND THEN WE LET YOU KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN INVITED, IS IT BEHOOVE YOU OR DOCTOR LOPEZ OR BOTH OF YOU, TO LET THE OTHER TRUSTEES KNOW THIS EVENT IS TAKING PLACE IF YOU WANT TO GO? NO, THAT'S NOT IN YOUR OPERATING PROCEDURE.SO I DID ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
YOUR QUESTION WAS, IF YOU WERE INVITED, WHO WILL THEN COMMUNICATE? YOU DIDN'T INDICATE TO THE BOARD MEMBERS IT'S NOT OUR JOB, NOR WILL WE TAKE ON THAT RESPONSIBILITY TO NOTIFY YOUR OTHER SEVEN TRUSTEES OF WHERE YOU GO.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TRUSTEES REPORT AT BOARD MEETINGS.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WHERE YOU'VE BEEN WITHIN THE DISTRICT, THAT IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY.
YOU ARE NOT TO THEN GO ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT.
THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT FOR IN DISTRICT REPORTING ON ANY EVENT YOU ATTEND.
SO WE SHOULDN'T BE BEHOLDEN TO EACH OTHER TO SAY, I'VE BEEN TO THESE 99 PLACES.
IF YOU CHOOSE TO SHARE THAT DURING YOUR TRUSTEES REPORT, THEN THAT'S UP TO YOU.
SO MY COMMENT WAS THIS YOU'RE YOU'RE SENDING IT INDIVIDUALLY.
I'VE JUST LEARNED THAT I JUST COPIED MECHELLE.
AND IF IT'S NOT ON OUR BOARD CALENDAR, BUT I JUST COPIED WHERE I'M GOING TO BE.
AND I COULD WAIT AND WE CAN CONNECT OR WHATEVER.
BUT, IT ALSO SOLIDIFIES DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO THAT'S SAFE. BUT THE SECOND PART IS LET'S JUST SAY IT IS HER FIRST BLUE RIBBON.
RIGHT. IF WE'RE BOTH COPIED ON IT, I MIGHT PICK ON SOMETHING THAT MECHELLE DOESN'T LIKE.
I MIGHT GO IN THERE AND SAY, HEY, LARRY'S GOING TO THAT BLUE RIBBON.
MY ADMINISTRATION WAS A BLUE RIBBON.
ARE ANY OF THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS GOING? AND SHE MIGHT SAY, I HAVEN'T GOTTEN NOTIFICATION.
WELL GO AHEAD, AND CALL THE PRINCIPAL BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING WE'D WANT EVERYBODY AT.
THEY MIGHT CALL JAMIE MILLER ON A FINANCE THING.
THEY MIGHT CALL ROBERT SELDERS FOR SOMETHING ELSE.
HIS KID MAY BE AT GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL, AND THEY ASK HIM TO BE THE GUEST SPEAKER.
RIGHT. SO THERE'S GOING TO BE TIMES THAT IT'S INDIVIDUAL THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW.
SO THAT'S OKAY. THAT'S NOT ON YOU.
THE BURDEN IS NOT ON YOU ON ALL THAT.
I ATTENDED ONE OF THE TASB SEMINARS.
I WANT TO SAY IT WAS COPPELL, BUT I'M NOT SURE.
AND WHAT THEY DID AGAIN, I THINK IT WAS COPPELL IS THEY HAD A CALENDAR OF ALL THE EVENTS GOING ON IN THE DISTRICT FOR TRUSTEES TO ATTEND, AND THEY MADE SURE THAT ALL THE TRUSTEES KNEW, AND THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS TRUSTEE ATTENDANCE AT THOSE EVENTS.
MAYBE A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN BEING INVITED, I'M NOT SURE, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE DON'T DO.
AND MAYBE THAT'S PART OF THE COMMUNICATION PROBLEM.
THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. SO SUGGESTING.
SO GROUP EVENTS, ANY EVENT THAT YOU I'M SORRY, I'LL STEP IN.
NO GO FOR IT. ANY EVENT THAT YOU ALL COLLECTIVELY ARE INVITED TO ARE POSTED TO YOUR BOARD CALENDAR, THAT MEANS EVERY ONE OF YOU RECEIVED AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND, AND THEY NOTIFIED ME OR LOPEZ THROUGH THE PROPER CHAIN OF COMMAND.
I RECEIVED NOTIFICATION THROUGH ANOTHER TRUSTEE WHO THEN SUPPLIED IT TO ME.
SO WE PUT THAT ON YOUR BOARD CALENDAR.
WE DO NOT HAVE THAT CALENDAR BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A MASTER DISTRICT CALENDAR IN ORDER TO DISSEMINATE SPECIFIC EVENTS, SO THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU BELIEVE DOCTOR LOPEZ AND HIS ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM SHOULD OR COULD WORK ON.
THAT'S WHY SOMETIMES YOUR CALENDAR HAS SIX EVENTS ON IT FOR ONE DAY.
WE DON'T EXPECT YOU TO ATTEND ALL SIX, ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE SIMULTANEOUS.
WE DO AFFORD YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO PICK AND CHOOSE.
SOME OF YOU LEAVE EVENTS AND GO OTHER PLACES MID-EVENT.
SO I JUST WANT TO RECAP BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT A LOT IN THAT LENGTH OF TIME.
THE FIRST I HEARD WAS THE QUESTION ON APPROVAL, AND I THINK TO MR. GLICK'S POINT, APPROVAL, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DURING THE INSTRUCTIONAL DAY IS WHEN APPROVAL IS REQUIRED, RIGHT? ACCORDING TO YOUR BOSS, THAT IS DIFFERENT FROM NOTIFICATION, THE COURTESY NOTIFICATION THAT GOES TO DOCTOR LOPEZ OR MECHELLE, IF YOU HAVE, IF YOU'VE BEEN INVITED
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TO AN EVENT JUST SO THEY KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING.AND THEN THE THIRD THAT I HEARD MR. GLICK BRING UP IS THE EXPLORATION OF A DISTRICT CALENDAR.
RIGHT. IT IS EASIER FOR SMALLER DISTRICTS.
BUT I DO THINK THAT IT COULD HAVE BENEFIT.
AND SO HAVING DOCTOR LOPEZ AND HIS ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM TALK ABOUT THAT.
WE JUST COVERED THAT ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS ARE WITHIN DOCTOR LOPEZ AND HIS TEAM'S WHEELHOUSE.
IF THAT'S THE EXPECTATION OF REGULATION, THE EXPECTATION OF THE BOARD, THEN ACCORDING TO YOUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, YOUR ETHICS AND YOUR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES IS TO THEN REINFORCE THOSE.
BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE A REG, YOU DO HAVE A WEIGHT THAT SAYS THIS IS THE ORDER OF OPERATIONS AND IN YOUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES YOU DO, SAY, OR IN YOUR BOARD POLICIES, I T SPECIFICALLY SAYS THAT YOU ALL WILL FOLLOW THE CHAIN OF COMMAND IN THE SAME WAY THAT YOU EXPECT MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
SO I HEARD THOSE FOUR KEY POINTS.
MR. GLICK, DID I SUMMARIZE THOSE CORRECTLY? OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD ALL THE SAME FOUR POINTS AND EXPECTATIONS MOVING FORWARD.
SO WITH THAT, LET'S FINISH UP OUR GAME AND THEN WE'LL TAKE A QUICK FIVE MINUTE BREAK.
WHO WERE WE AT? I'LL JUST PICK LARRY GLICK AND JOHNNY BEACH PICK ONE.
OKAY, I'M GOING TO PICK A DIFFERENT ONE.
WE DID THIS ONE. DID THAT ONE.
OKAY I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU ONE.
[LAUGHTER] I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU ONE.
THIS IS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
THERE YOU GO. ORGANIZES DISTRICT CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION AND CONSULTS WITH DISTRICT LEVEL COMMITTEES.
THIS IS WHERE THEY PLAY THAT? YES. THIS IS THE SUPERINTENDENT.
IT SAYS DISTRICT LEVEL COMMITTEES, NOT BOARD COMMITTEES.
YES. SO DISTRICT LEVEL COMMITTEES ARE WITHIN DOCTOR LOPEZ'S WHEELHOUSE.
BOARD COMMITTEES ARE OBVIOUSLY WITHIN Y'ALL'S.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO WES AND DAPHNE.
BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES FOR $400.
[LAUGHTER] DON'T LOOK SO EXCITED.
FINANCE, FACILITIES, DISTRICT AFFAIRS.
WHICH IS ONE OF THE COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
WHAT ARE THE COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES? NAILED IT. JAMIE MILLER.
[LAUGHTER] JAMIE AND DOCTOR LOPEZ.
OH, YEAH. WHAT IS YOURS? WHAT IS. YES, I'M PROTESTING BECAUSE THAT'S.
WELL, LET ME SAY IT DIFFERENTLY.
THAT'S NOT OUR CURRENT STRUCTURE.
OKAY. WHAT'S YOUR CURRENT STRUCTURE? OUR CURRENT STRUCTURE IS FINANCE FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS AND THEN ACADEMIC AND DISTRICT AFFAIRS.
SO WE NEED TO SCRATCH THAT QUESTION.
BEFORE I ASK THIS QUESTION FOR CLARIFICATION BECAUSE HE GOT IT WRONG, DO WE TAKE OUT 400 FROM HIS SIDE TOO? [LAUGHTER] BECAUSE THEY'VE GOTTEN THAT'S THE WAY IT WORKS IN JEOPARDY.
HAVING TO DO SUBTRACTION. THAT IS HOW IT WORKS IN JEOPARDY.
THAT'S WHAT I REMEMBER. MARI NO OFFENSE, I DON'T THINK WE WANT YOUR SUBTRACTION SKILLS.
ROBERT SHOULD WE LOOK AT ETHICS FOR 200? WHAT'S THAT? IS IT ON US? NO. IT'S HIM. THEY GO OH OKAY, WE'LL DO BOP'S FOR 800.
CLEARLY, WE'RE ALREADY VIOLATING SOME BOP'S.
IF EMPLOYEES, PARENTS, STUDENTS OR OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC BRING CONCERNS OR COMPLAINTS TO AN INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEE, HE OR SHE SHALL REFER THEM TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OR ANOTHER APPROPRIATE ADMINISTRATOR.
REMEMBER, WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE HEADING IN YOUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
DAPHNE. I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE IT RIGHT.
I'M JUST GONNA BE HONEST, BUT IS THAT THE BOARD? WAIT. HANG ON.
ONE MORE QUESTION. FORM OF A QUESTION.
FORM OF A QUESTION. WHAT IS THE BOARD RELATIONS? WHAT IS THE BOARD RELATIONS? EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT A TRUSTEE.
GOT EXCITED. THIS IS WHY WE DO THIS.
BECAUSE I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO HAVE THEM MEMORIZED.
THERE ARE 800 POINTS ON THE TABLE FOR THIS.
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THIS COULD BE A GAME CLINCHER, GUYS.AND FOR PURPLE, THAT COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE HERE.
AND OF COURSE GREEN THEY'RE JUST COMING FAST.
YES IT'S WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE TO COMPLAINTS GRIEVANCES OR CONCERNS? SO. SO YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO WHEN YOU GET A COMPLAINT, INSTEAD OF ENGAGING IN THE BACK AND FORTH, INSTEAD OF ENGAGING IN THE BACK AND FORTH ABOUT THE COMPLAINT AND GATHERING FACTUAL INFORMATION, GIVE THAT TO ADMINISTRATION.
IF THEY THEN DON'T HANDLE IT, GIVE THE GRIEVANCE PROCESS.
AND THAT IS THE CHECKS AND BALANCES OF THE DISTRICT.
THAT'S WHY WE DON'T DISCOURAGE IT.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, AN EMAIL THAT WE GET THAT IS A CONCERN LIKE THIS.
WE ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN IT BECOMES A GRIEVANCE OR COMPLAINT, IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT IF YOU GET TOO INVOLVED IN IT, YOU CAN'T SIT IMPARTIALLY AS A MEMBER OF THAT GRIEVANCE WHEN IT COMES TO YOU AS A BOARD.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT WHEN YOU SPEAK TO THE CONSTITUENT TO EXPLAIN.
I KNOW YOU WANT ME TO CONSIDER THIS.
AND THAT IS IN MY MIND AS EVEN AS A CONSTITUENT.
I WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT COMING FROM A BOARD MEMBER.
WHO'S NEXT? IS IT DOCTOR LOPEZ AND JAMIE OR JOHNNY AND LARRY? I DON'T REMEMBER.
INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEES SHALL NOT HAVE ACCESS TO CONFIDENTIAL STUDENT RECORDS UNLESS THE TRUSTEE IS ACTING IN HIS OR HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY AND HAS LEGITIMATE EDUCATIONAL INTEREST IN THE RECORDS IN ACCORDANCE WITH POLICIES FL LEGAL AND FL LOCAL.
SO LONG. THAT'S WHY YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THE HEADER? YES. I'M GOING TO TAKE IT.
WHAT IS FOLLOWING REQUEST FOR INFORMATION OR FERPA LAWS.
YEAH. SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE GOT ONE OF THESE REQUESTS, AND IT'S BECAUSE ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS THIS HAPPENED A LONG TIME AGO HAD HIS DAUGHTER WAS 17 AND STARTED DATING SOMEBODY NEW.
OOPS. AND WANTED TO SEE WHAT THAT KID'S DISCIPLINARY RECORD IS.
IS THAT GARLAND ISD? NO, NOT GARLAND ISD.
IS THAT A LEGITIMATE EDUCATIONAL INTEREST? ABSOLUTELY NOT. NO, IT'S ABSOLUTELY NOT.
YOU CAN'T JUST LOOK AT RECORDS BECAUSE YOU WANT TO YOU HAVE ESPECIALLY FOR STUDENT RECORDS.
YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT IT BECAUSE IT'S PART OF YOUR JOB DUTIES.
AND I THINK WE'VE ALREADY DONE THIS ONE.
YEP. SO WE ARE DONE WITH OUR GAME.
MARI'S GOING TO ADD UP THE POINTS WHILE SHE DOES THAT.
I ALREADY DID. OH MARI ANNOUNCE THE WINNER.
YOU NEED A DRUM ROLL OF SOME SORT.
YES, MISS STANLEY AND MR. JOHNSON AND WHAT ARE THE OTHER RANKINGS.
SECOND PLACE ONLY BY 800 POINT DIFFERENCE.
WHICH IS WHY THAT 800 POINTS WAS A GOOD ONE IS TEAM PURPLE WITH MISS GRIFFIN AND MR. SELDERS.
SO 7000 POINTS, 6200 POINTS RIGHT ON THEIR TAIL WITH 2600 POINTS WAS 26.
[LAUGHTER] FOLLOWED CLOSELY AND AGGRESSIVELY BY TEAM GREEN WITH 1600 POINTS . [LAUGHTER] MARCO POLO. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU GUYS.
LET'S TAKE A QUICK FIVE MINUTE COMFORT BREAK AND WE'LL BE BACK SHORTLY TO FINISH UP.
THAT WAS GOOD. Y'ALL ARE GREAT.
SO THE GOAL AGAIN IS TO KEEP THIS INTERACTIVE TO THE EXTENT SIT AND GET CAN BE INTERACTIVE.
BUT WE DO HAVE TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THIS BECAUSE WE'RE REQUIRED TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THIS.
BUT I WANT TO CONTINUE THE DIALOG THAT WE'RE HAVING.
WHAT I SEE SO FAR VERY CLEARLY IS COMMUNICATION IS A PIECE WE NEED TO ADDRESS.
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LOPEZ AND HIS TEAM CAN GO BACK AND SAY, WHAT ARE WAYS THAT WE CAN MAKE THESE THINGS HAPPEN? YOU KNOW, WE ARE ALL VICTIMS OF SOCIAL MEDIA EMAILS.AND SO WE'RE INUNDATED WITH INFORMATION, EMAILS AND MESSAGES.
RIGHT? BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER, I REMIND MYSELF ON A DAILY BASIS.
WHOEVER THE EMAIL IS FROM, GREAT.
LET'S START. LET'S HAVE A POSITIVE INTERACTION.
THERE ARE SOME LAWYERS NOT ON A SCHOOL BOARD, ON THE, YOU KNOW, OPPOSING SIDE OF SOME CASES THAT WE DO, IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW MANY TIMES YOU APPROACH THAT COMMUNICATION WITH A FRESH START, IT IS ADVERSARIAL.
NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO, YOU CAN SEND AN EMAIL SAYING, I HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT DAY, AND YOU MAY GET AN EMAIL BACK THAT SAYS, HOW DARE YOU MAKE ANY PRESUMPTIONS ABOUT MY DAY? AND OF COURSE MY RESPONSE IS, THANK YOU, HAVE A GREAT DAY.
WHO AMONG US CAN IDENTIFY FOR ME, THE VISION AS STATED BY THE DISTRICT, WHAT IS THE VISION OF THE DISTRICT? LARRY.
MICROPHONE. I WANT YOU TO GET CREDIT FOR THIS EXCELLENT ANSWER.
REACHING THE FUTURE BY DRIVING EXCELLENCE ONE STUDENT AT A TIME.
OKAY, THAT'S WORTHY OF APPLAUSE.
[APPLAUSE] YOU ALL TOOK THE TIME TO FORMULATE THAT VISION.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT VISION, IT'S FANTASTIC, BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT EACH KID, RIGHT? YEARS AGO, WE SAW A TRANSITION AND DOCTOR LOPEZ YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP ME WITH THIS.
MAYBE FIVE, SIX YEARS AGO, DISTRICTS REALLY MOVED TOWARDS THIS ONE STUDENT AT A TIME PERSPECTIVE.
THEY INCLUDE WE BELIEVE EVERY STUDENT CAN LEARN.
WE KNOW EVERY STUDENT DESERVES OUR BEST.
WE VALUE AND CELEBRATE OUR CULTURES.
WE RESPECT ALL STUDENTS, FAMILIES, STAFF, AND COMMUNITIES, AND WE DEMONSTRATE ETHICAL BEHAVIOR.
AGAIN AS WE GO THROUGH THAT THIS I WANT YOU TO BE THINKING, ARE THESE STILL CONSISTENT WITH WHAT OUR VISION IS? ARE THESE STILL CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE BELIEVE THE DISTRICT'S VALUES ARE? OKAY, SO LET'S DO THE REALLY FUN STUFF, WHICH IS THE VERY BLAND, KIND OF PRESENTATION.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE FRAMEWORK FOR SCHOOL BOARD DEVELOPMENT.
YOU HAVE THAT IN YOUR MATERIALS.
IT INCLUDES VISIONS AND GOALS, SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES, PROGRESS AND ACCOUNTABILITY, ADVOCACY AND ENGAGEMENT, SYNERGY AND TEAMWORK.
THINK FOR A MOMENT FOR ME HOW COMMUNICATION AFFECTS ALL OF THOSE AREAS.
IN MY MIND, IT'S CRITICAL TO EVERY SINGLE AREA THAT I JUST ADDRESSED.
SHARED VISION LOCALLY DEVELOPED.
IF WE ARE NOT COMMUNICATING, WE DO NOT SHARE A VISION.
WE CAN HAVE IT ON PAPER, BUT WE HAVE TO IMPLEMENT IT.
SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES IF WE ARE NOT FOLLOWING THOSE, WHAT DO FOLKS FEEL? WE'RE NOT COMMUNICATING.
WE'RE NOT GETTING THE PROCESS THAT WE PUT IN PLACE.
PROGRESS AND ACCOUNTABILITY IS HUGE FROM THE COMMUNICATION STANDPOINT.
IF WE ARE NOT RELAYING OUR VICTORIES AND OUR ACHIEVEMENTS AND MEASURING THAT ALONG THE WAY, WE ARE NOT COMMUNICATING BOTH INTERNALLY AS A BOARD AND TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TO OUR DISTRICT.
YOU GO OUT AND YOU ENGAGE WITH FOLKS.
HOW MANY OF YOU, WHEN YOU GO TO A CAMPUS, ARE IMMEDIATELY RECOGNIZED? ONE, TWO.
SOMETIMES THREE, SOMETIMES SOMETIMES OKAY.
WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU? WHAT IS YOUR ROLE IN THE DISTRICT? WHAT WHAT AUTHORITY OR POWER ARE YOU PERCEIVED TO HAVE? WAY MORE THAN WE HAVE.
MISS STANLEY SAID WAY MORE THAN WE HAVE.
AND I AGREE, WHICH IS WHY YOU ACTUALLY HAVE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES ABOUT VISITING CAMPUSES, RIGHT? MOST, IF NOT ALL OF YOU HAVE CURRENTLY OR HAVE HAD STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT.
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WHEN YOU WENT TO YOUR CHILD'S CAMPUS AS PARENT, I WILL GO TO MY CHILD'S CAMPUS AND I MAY HAVE ON A CHOIR SHIRT.I AM CLEARLY NOT THERE AS A LAWYER.
HOW AM I ADDRESSED? AS A LAWYER? AS A LAWYER, MS. STANLEY'S CORRECT.
OH, HI. HOW CAN WE HELP YOU? WHAT'S GOING ON? OR DO YOU HAVE A MEETING? DID WE NOT PUT THAT ON THE CALENDAR? I COULDN'T BE MORE OBVIOUS, I AM CHOIR MOM TODAY, ALL RIGHT, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THAT GOES WITH ME.
HOWEVER, FORTUNATELY, THAT GOES WITH ME.
I HAVE THE CHANCE TO ADVOCATE FOR MY CLIENTS.
REMEMBER THAT YOU ARE A BOARD MEMBER AT ALL TIMES, SO WE HAVE TO KEEP THAT IN MIND.
AND FINALLY, SYNERGY AND TEAMWORK WE CAN'T HAVE EITHER IF WE'RE NOT COMMUNICATING.
I INCLUDED THIS SIMPLY BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A FANTASTIC GRAPHIC AND REPRESENTATION OF HOW DOES THIS HOW DO OUR BEHAVIORS AS A SCHOOL BOARD IMPACT THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE? BECAUSE FREQUENTLY WE FORGET, WELL, IF I ENGAGE IN THIS WAY, DOES THIS REALLY HAVE AN EFFECT DOWN THE ROAD? ABSOLUTELY IT DOES.
YEARS AGO, YOU HAD A SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH.
AND SOME OF YOU WERE ON THE BOARD AT THE TIME, SOME WERE NOT.
AND I REMEMBER WE HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT HOW THE BOARD INTERACTS AND HOW THE BOARD PUTS THEMSELVES OUT THERE AFFECTS WHAT? WHO'S GOING TO WANT TO WORK FOR IT? WHO WANTS TO WORK HERE? RIGHT. IT'S THE SAME THING WITH TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS ALL THE WAY DOWN.
SO BE THINKING ABOUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT SYNERGY AND TEAMWORK.
ULTIMATELY, ASSUMING WE GET THIS DONE IN A POSITIVE FASHION, WE GET POSITIVE STUDENT OUTCOMES.
SO THERE IS A LONG GAME TO BE PLAYED HERE, AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT AFFECTS OUR KIDS.
SO, WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE BROKEN THIS DOWN BY EACH IDENTIFIED AREA.
DEVELOP TEAMWORK, PROBLEM SOLVING, DECISION MAKING SKILLS, I.E.
COMMUNICATION. UNDERSTANDS IT ADHERES TO LAWS.
ADOPT AND ADHERE TO POLICIES, FOLLOW LOCAL POLICIES, PROCEDURES AND UNDERSTAND THE LEADERSHIP ROLE OF THE BOARD PRESIDENT AND ADHERES TO LOCAL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ABOUT DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
THIS NEXT PIECE WE ACTUALLY HAVE ALREADY ADDRESSED.
AND THIS IS REALLY INTERESTING.
WHAT IS THE AVERAGE TENURE OF THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS IN GARLAND ISD? NINE YEARS.
WE HAVE MANY DISTRICTS THAT HAVE TURNOVER EVERY YEAR.
ALL RIGHT. I'M CERTAINLY WE HAVE SEEN ELECTIONS BECOME MORE CONTENTIOUS AND MORE COMPETITIVE.
BUT THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES FOR GARLAND ISD THAT YOU HAVE MAINTAINED A TENURE OF BOARD MEMBER S.
SO PARDON ME, 17 YEARS OF SERVICE.
ALL OF THAT IN OUR MIND, WORKS COLLECTIVELY TOGETHER AS A BODY.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE NEW MEMBERS.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE LONG STANDING MEMBERS.
WHY WOULD THAT BE? JUST DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES.
100% DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES, RIGHT? DIFFERENT INFORMATION.
BUT I SAY THAT BECAUSE AS I HAVE GROWN THROUGH THAT PROCESS, I HAVE FOUND MYSELF LEANING AT TIMES TO MY ELDER BOARD MEMBERS, I'M SORRY, MORE, LONGER STANDING.
SHE'S GOING TO GET A LOT OF JUNK FOR SAYING THAT.
LONGER STANDING BOARD MEMBERS SPECIFICALLY TELL ME HOW WE MADE IT THROUGH THE 80S.
TELL ME HOW WE DID THIS PROCESS.
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I DON'T KNOW, I LIKE TO THINK I'M HIP HOP AND HAPPENING.AS NOTED BY THE FACT THAT SHE SAID HIP HOP AND HAPPENING.
[LAUGHTER] HIP HOP AND HAPPENING. BOOM. THANK YOU.
THIS IS BECCA BRADLEY, MY COMIC.
I TOLD HER I WOULD INTERJECT AS NEEDED ON THIS PART.
SO, I WANT TO BE CLEAR, THOUGH.
AND DO YOU KNOW WHAT MISS BRADLEY SAID? WHAT'S THAT? OH, AND OF COURSE, HOW DID I RESPOND? I SANG THE SONG, OF COURSE.
SHE NOW KNOWS WHAT SOUTH FORK IS.
WE'VE GOT TO HAVE THAT INTERACTION.
AND ALSO LOOK AT HOW LONG YOUR SUPERINTENDENT HAS BEEN IN PLACE.
WE SAW A HUGE EXODUS AFTER COVID, RIGHT? AND WE ARE SEEING LOTS OF MOVEMENT.
IT'S A PRETTY FLUID SITUATION.
FOLKS ARE MOVING FROM SMALLER TO LARGER DISTRICTS, BUT AT DISTRICTS YOUR SIZE, HAVING A SUPERINTENDENT IN PLACE FOR THAT LONG, IN WHICH YOU ALL HAVE A VERY POSITIVE TEAM OF EIGHT RELATIONSHIP IS RARE AND SHOULD BE ABSOLUTELY CELEBRATED.
OKAY, SO THIS IS HOW YOU ALL SEE YOURSELVES.
IF YOU HAVE TO DESCRIBE HOW THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM, AND YOU ALL IDENTIFIED LOTS OF PLUSES, THINGS THAT YOU THOUGHT WERE POSITIVE.
SO THINK ABOUT THESE BOARD MEMBERS PERCEIVE THEIR ROLE AS GUARDIANS OF EDUCATION.
YOU GUYS SOUND LIKE SUPERHEROES.
I KNOW, I KNOW, WHEN WE FINISHED READING THE KIND OF SELF-EVALUATION THAT INPUT THAT WAS PROVIDED IN RESPONSE TO THESE QUESTIONS, IT DOES MAKE YOU SOUND LIKE SUPERHEROES.
SO WE PROBABLY NEED TO GET YOU SOME CAPES TO WEAR ALONG THE WAY.
COMMITMENT EVIDENT AND INNOVATIVE MEASURES.
AND THEN LOOK AT WHAT MEASURES WE HAVE THERE.
COLLEGE FOR ALL AND P-TECHS AT THE HIGH SCHOOLS.
WOULD YOU EXPLAIN WHAT QUESTIONS YOU ARE REFERRING TO? SO THAT WE CAN BRING THE CORRELATION? WELL, I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT WAS PUBLIC.
MAY I SHARE THAT? YES, WE CAN SHARE IT AT THIS TIME, BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AROUND AND I DON'T THINK THEY MADE THE CONNECTION.
OKAY. AND SO THESE WERE THE RESPONSES YOU ALL PROVIDED IN RESPONSE TO THE QUESTIONS THAT THEY ASKED.
AND WE FELT LIKE THESE WERE FANTASTIC TO USE AT THIS TRAINING FROM THE PERSPECTIVE THAT THEY ABSOLUTELY MEET AND ADDRESS THE PIECES RELEVANT TO YOU AS A SCHOOL BOARD AND YOUR TEAM OF EIGHT.
OTHER PIECES WHEN YOU CONSIDER SHOWS IN THE DIFFICULT DECISIONS, I THINK SINCE 2000 WE HAVE SEEN FROM 2000, AND THEN AGAIN ONCE IN 2020, WE HAVE SEEN A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN HOW SCHOOL BOARDS ADDRESS DIFFICULT DECISIONS.
THINK OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE DRAWN, YOU KNOW, CRITICISM, NEWSWORTHY ARTICLES.
OH HOLD ON, WE HAVE A SIDE COMMENT.
NO. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN STRUGGLING WITH WAS THAT WHAT I THOUGHT THIS MEETING WAS FOR AND WHAT WE'RE DOING, I'M NOT SAYING ANYTHING BAD.
AND THE COMMENT IS ALWAYS, BUT FOR ME, IT ALWAYS COMES BACK TO ME.
OKAY. IF YOU SAY YOU'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING, I EXPECT THAT TO BE THE TOPIC.
I EXPECT THAT TO BE THE SOLE CONVERSATION.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I KNOW FOR ME, I STRUGGLE WITH THE BOARD BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE THAT ISN'T SHARED AND IT'S ASSUMED EVERYBODY KNOWS IT.
BUT BLUE MEANS BLUE, BLACK MEANS BLACK.
IT DOESN'T MEAN GRAY OR LIGHT BLUE OR MAGENTA.
LET ME EXPLAIN WHERE WE THERE WAS MUCH CONCERN, IF YOU REMEMBER THE CONVERSATION OF HOW YOU CAN CARRY ON THIS IN OPEN SESSION, AND OUR COMPETITORS WOULD NOT BE LISTENING TO US.
AND AS A RESULT, AND YOU ALL ARE GIVING ME THE CHARGE, THOSE THAT DID TO SAY HOW WE CAN DO THIS AND ACCOMPLISH SEVERAL THINGS AT THE SAME TIME.
DOCTOR LOPEZ AND HIS STAFF PROVIDED THE ANSWERS TO THE PACKET SO THE STAFF COMPLETED THE PACKAGE.
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OUR DEAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FAMILIAR WITH EVERYTHING THAT WAS IN THE PACKET, IN ANSWERING THE VARIOUS QUESTIONS. AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAD NOT COMPLETED OUR TEAM OF EIGHT TRAINING.SO WITH TALKING TO DOCTOR LOPEZ, MECHELLE, ABERNATHY WE WERE LIKE, HOW CAN WE ACCOMPLISH BOTH OF THESE AT THE SAME TIME? AND THAT'S WHY I PAUSED A FEW MINUTES AGO TO SAY, REFER TO THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE BEING ANSWERED.
SO WHAT HAS HAPPENED FOR US TODAY? AND THE REASON IT'S DONE THIS WAY IS FOR UNITY AND FOR US TO BE UNITED WHEN WE GO THROUGH THE INTERVIEW PROCESS.
SO WE HAVE PUT ALL OF THOSE ANSWERS FROM THE EIGHT QUESTIONS IN THE FRAMEWORK OF WHAT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A TEAM OF EIGHT? OKAY.
THERE WAS A REASON IT WAS POSTED AS TEAM OF EIGHT.
I THINK I'M STILL A LITTLE CONFUSED WHEN ON THAT SLIDE.
YES. THESE ANSWERS CAME FROM STAFF.
I'M SORRY. WHEN YOU SAY THE PACKET THAT WAS THE.
NOT THE DISTRICT YOURSELF, DOCTOR RUSSELL AND OTHERS SENT.
SO THAT'S WHERE THESE CAME FROM.
THESE ARE NOT OUR SPECIFIC WORDS.
THESE ARE THE STAFF'S RESPONSE TO THE HEB QUESTIONNAIRE.
YEAH. SO WE JUST PUT IT IN A DIFFERENT FRAMEWORK FOR THIS PROCESS.
GOT IT OKAY. YES. SO IT'S ALL THERE.
THE HEB FRAMEWORK IS WITHIN THIS WHOLE PRESENTATION.
WE'RE GOING TO PLAY WORD GAMES AGAIN.
SO I DON'T WANT TO GO DOWN THIS ROAD I UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE DOING IT.
THE CHARGE WAS NOT WHAT THIS HAS TURNED OUT TO, BUT APPARENTLY IT CHANGED.
BUT I'M SUPPOSED TO ASK QUESTIONS OF THINGS THAT I DON'T KNOW HAPPEN.
I'M JUST POINTING OUT THE DIFFERENT EXPECTATION OF WHAT I CAME INTO AND WHAT WE'RE GETTING.
I'M NOT CRITICIZING IT, I'M SIMPLY STATING IT.
BUT ONCE AGAIN, IT TURNS INTO SOMEHOW I DIDN'T ASK THE RIGHT QUESTION.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF FRUSTRATION HERE.
BUT IF WE HAVE READ THE PACKET, YOU WOULD SEE THE CORRELATE.
THIS THAT WE GOT THREE WEEKS AGO, WHICH WE WERE SUPPOSED TO AND THOSE WHO WERE IN AGREEMENT SHAKE YOUR HEAD THAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO LEARN THIS INSIDE OUT.
SO REPETITIVENESS IS A FORM OF LEARNING.
AND SO THERE'S IT'S A DIFFERENT STYLE.
I WANT TO REALLY PERSONALLY THANK ABERNATHY FOR BEING SO CREATIVE WHEN WE COULDN'T FIND A WAY THAT THIS COULD BE DONE ANY OTHER WAY.
SO MANY TIMES, REMEMBER WE LEFT NOT SURE OF WHAT AND HOW WE COULD DO IT.
THIS WAS THE METHOD FOR IT TO HAPPEN.
WE WERE SCHEDULED TO DO A TEAM OF EIGHT MONTHS AGO.
BUT WHAT I WILL SAY TO YOU IS THIS TO ME IS FAR MORE GARLAND ISD TEAM OF EIGHT SPECIFIC BECAUSE IT RELATES TO YOU AND YOUR SUCCESSES, CHALLENGES, ETC..
NOW WHAT I WILL SAY IS THIS WAS JUST A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF COMMUNICATION.
IT IS EXACTLY A PERFECT COMMUNICATION AND IT HAS TO BE ACCEPTED ON BOTH SIDES THAT THERE'S A MISCOMMUNICATION AND NOT A CONTINUAL PUSH OFF OF A ONE SIDE COMMUNICATION ISSUE.
THAT IS. THAT HAS BEEN MY BONE OF CONTENTION BECAUSE I'VE STATED IT.
SO. MR. SELDERS PICKED UP VERY QUICKLY THAT THIS WAS STRAIGHT OUT OF THE.
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I'VE READ THE PACKET, I HAVE IT HIGHLIGHTED, I GOT NOTES AND EVERYTHING.YOU PICKED UP ON THAT I DIDN'T BECAUSE OF THE.
THAT'S WHY I LEANED OVER TO HER AND I MENTIONED IT. EXACTLY, EXACTLY.
SO THERE'S ALWAYS THIS ASSUMPTION THAT EVERYTHING IS VERY CLEAR AND THE PERSON WHO'S NOT UNDERSTANDING IS SUPPOSED TO ASK QUESTIONS AND THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW THEY'RE NOT UNDERSTANDING.
BUT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO ASK QUESTIONS.
OKAY. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT.
YEAH. [LAUGHTER] I DON'T THINK IT'S THAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO ASK THE QUESTIONS.
AND NO, I THINK ONCE THE INFORMATION IS GIVEN AS WHERE WE ARE, DO YOU ACCEPT IT AND CAN WE MOVE ON FROM THAT? SO I'M HEARING TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
THIS IS A GOOD SCENARIO OF ONE IS TALKING ABOUT A ONE IS TALKING ABOUT B.
SO WHAT I HEARD FROM AND I'M JUST GOING TO REPEAT IT BACK.
WHAT I HEARD FROM MISS STANLEY IS SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT SHE DIDN'T KNOW.
AND THAT WAS AND SHE BROUGHT IT UP BEFORE YOU GAVE THE EXPLANATION.
SO ONCE YOU GAVE THE EXPLANATION ONCE, MR. SELDERS, THAT WAS CLEAR.
SHE'S STILL UNCLEAR ABOUT WHEN IT CHANGED.
BUT SHE IS ADVOCATING FOR IT BEING UNCLEAR.
SO THIS GOES BACK TO POSITIVE INTENT.
IT'S MORE THAT IT WASN'T WHAT YOU THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE.
EXACTLY. AND THEN, MS. GRIFFIN, FOR YOU, THIS IS VERY MUCH SOMETHING THAT I HEARD YOU SAY.
YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT HOW TO PROBLEM SOLVE.
THE EIGHT QUESTIONS FIT PERFECTLY IN THE FRAMEWORK THAT WE HAD TO COVER.
SO YOU KILL TWO BIRDS, ONE STONE.
RIGHT. AND WE HAD AN INTERMEDIATE ASSIGNMENT IN BETWEEN THEN AND TODAY.
RIGHT. SO WE'RE HERE RIGHT NOW.
YEP. SO WE'RE HERE RIGHT NOW CELEBRATING OUR SUCCESSES AND BEING ABLE TO EXPLAIN AND STATE WHAT THE JUDGES REVIEWED.
CORRECT. FOR US TO GET TO THAT POINT.
WHAT IS GREAT IS FROM A TEAM BUILDING PERSPECTIVE, TRAINING PERSPECTIVE, I THINK WE'VE IDENTIFIED A PIECE OF COMMUNICATION THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT TWEAKING. OKAY.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT COULD HAVE MADE, LET ME ASK YOU, I DON'T WANT TO PUT YOU AND TELL ME IF YOU DON'T WANT ME TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, WHAT COULD HAVE MADE YOUR UNDERSTANDING FOR TODAY BETTER PRIOR TO WALKING IN? HEY, DAPHNE IN ORDER FOR US.
AND I'M OKAY WITH THAT, AND I'M OKAY WITH THE CHANGE, BUT I JUST SOMETIMES FEEL LIKE IT'S ASSUMED THAT EVERYONE'S UNDERSTANDING A CHANGE, A PHONE CALL OR SOMETHING, OR A COMMUNICATION THAT SAYS, AFTER DISCUSSING IT WITH ABERNATHY, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO HERE IS A HIGH LEVEL OUTLINE OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
DON'T DON'T NEED THE NUTS AND BOLTS.
AND THAT'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO PROCEED.
AND WE'RE GOING TO KILL TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE.
BUT INSTEAD YOU'LL GET AN AGENDA FOR THE TEAM OF EIGHT TRAINING, AND YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO PICK UP THE PHONE AND ASK EVERYONE, WHEN DID IT CHANGE? AND WHY ARE WE DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING? IT'S JUST IT'S I TAKE IT FROM A PERSPECTIVE THAT IF I WALKED INTO MY DVPS AND THEY WERE EXPECTING A FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT BECAUSE OF SOME ISSUES, I'M ONLY GOING TO GIVE THEM A THREE YEAR.
WELL, SO THAT'S AN EXCELLENT POINT.
ALL RIGHT. THERE'S ONE CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE IN THOSE SITUATIONS, WHICH IS BECAUSE I AGREE WITH YOU, IT'D BE GREAT IF WE COULD PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL AND SAY, HEY, WHAT'S THE DEAL? ONE PIECE WE HAVE TO BE VERY MINDFUL OF BECAUSE WE ARE A BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS WHAT? A WALKING QUORUM? A WALKING QUORUM. YES, EXACTLY.
SO WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT.
AND HOW DO WE APPROACH THAT? SO I KNOW IN MISS GRIFFIN'S MIND AND DON'T LET ME SPEAK FOR YOU, BUT THIS WAS A WAY TO APPROACH THAT.
BUT WHAT I HEAR YOU SAYING IS A COMMUNICATION PIECE THAT WENT WITH THAT WOULD HAVE MADE IT EASIER.
AND SO THERE ARE MULTIPLE WAYS WE CAN LOOK AT THAT.
AND I THINK IDEAS THAT I'VE HEARD SO FAR ARE THE COMMUNICATION PRE-MEETING WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
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ALSO, FOR SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS, YOU FREQUENTLY GET OBVIOUSLY YOUR BOARD PACKET PRIOR TO.IT'S MY GUESS IS MR. SELDERS IMMEDIATELY SAW THAT HE WOULD SAY, OH, OKAY, I SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING.
THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN HELPFUL AS WELL.
WHEN WE STARTED, I MENTIONED WE'RE INCORPORATING FROM AN AWARD.
I WASN'T SURE I WAS ABLE TO DISCLOSE WHICH ONE, SO I APPRECIATE THAT.
[LAUGHTER] I DIDN'T WANT TO LET A CAT OUT OF THE BAG THERE.
RIGHT. YOU ALL NOT NOT ONLY DO YOU BRING DIFFERENT, DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES TO THE BOARD, WE'RE ALL DIFFERENT COMMUNICATORS AND WE'RE DIFFERENT LISTENERS. I HAVE AND THIS IS GOING TO GET USED AT THE FIRM I CAN TELL, I HAVE A BOARD MEMBER WHO LET ME BE CLEAR, I LOVE DEARLY IN MY OFFICE.
EVEN IF IT'S HOW MANY QUESTIONS CAN I ASK? RIGHT? LEADING THAT MEETING, THAT CAN BE VERY FRUSTRATING BEING PART OF THAT MEETING, BEING THE PERSON ASKING THE QUESTIONS THAT CAN BE FRUSTRATING BECAUSE YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE THE ANSWERS ARE FORTHCOMING.
RIGHT? SO FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO AND I REALLY SEE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU ALL TO IDENTIFY, HERE ARE MY FRUSTRATIONS WITH COMMUNICATION.
AND I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO SUGGEST AS WE MOVE TO AND IT'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE TODAY, BUT AS WE MOVE TO LOOKING AT YOUR GOALS MOVING FORWARD, WE ADDRESS COMMUNICATION.
BUT IN THE INTERIM, TAKE NOTES TODAY OF, HERE ARE SOME POINTS THAT I THINK YOU KNOW ON THIS ISSUE.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT LARRY BROUGHT TO US.
HEY, COPPELL DOES IT THIS WAY.
FANTASTIC. THAT GIVES THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION TIME TO CALL COPPELL AND SAY, HOW DO YOU DO THAT? THAT, TO ME, IS THE KEY TO COMMUNICATION.
I MEAN, IF YOU'RE LIKE ME, I HAVE BOARD MEETINGS INTERNALLY AT MY FIRMWARE, WHERE I THINK, LET'S JUST CALL IT A DAY, RIGHT? NOT BECAUSE OF ME. NO, NO, NO.
LET'S BE CLEAR. [LAUGHTER] BUT IT IS THERE ARE DAYS THAT SOME DAYS I JUST DON'T WANT QUESTIONS.
SO WE MAY COME UP WITH SOME BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES MOVING FORWARD.
OR IT MAY BE A GOAL THAT'S TWEAKED TO ADDRESS, HOW DO WE BETTER ENHANCE OUR COMMUNICATION.
SO YOU ALL DID SELF ASSESSMENTS.
AND JUST IN BRIEFLY WE'LL GIVE YOU A BETTER BREAKDOWN AFTER.
SO MARK IT OFF THE LIST FOR TODAY.
NOW THE QUESTION IS HOW DO YOU USE THAT? RIGHT. HOW DO YOU PUT THAT INTO ACTION.
YOU ALL SAID THAT THAT'S A WEAK POINT OF THAT SELF REFLECTION, THAT SELF ASSESSMENT.
THEN LOOKING AT 28, THE BOARD SUPPORTS CHILDREN BY ESTABLISHING PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN THE DISTRICT PARENTS, BUSINESS LEADERS AND OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE DISTRICT'S EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMING.
SO YOU ALL DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU PARTNER WITH THOSE PEOPLE ENOUGH, WHICH IS REALLY INTERESTING.
WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT YOUR WEAKNESSES AT THE BEGINNING, SPECIFICALLY 31, THE BOARD DEVELOPS SKILLS IN TEAMWORK, PROBLEM SOLVING AND DECISION MAKING. AND WHAT DOES THAT COME BACK TO? COMMUNICATION 34 THE BOARD RECOGNIZES THE LEADERSHIP ROLE OF THE BOARD PRESIDENT AND ADHERES TO LAWS AND LOCAL POLICIES REGARDING THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE BOARD PRESIDENT AND OTHER OFFICERS.
THIS WAS YOUR HIGHEST SCORE ACROSS THE BOARD, WHICH IS INTERESTING.
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SO JUST AN OBSERVATION ON UNITY.YOU KNOW WHAT'S IRONIC? YOUR TWO HIGHEST SCORES OF GOOD THINGS OR YOUR TWO STRONGEST SCORES ALSO IN UNITY.
YOU GUYS ARE CONFLICTED ALL OVER THE PLACE.
WE KNOW. [LAUGHTER] SO YOUR BEST ARE THE BOARD UNDERSTANDS AND ADHERES TO LAWS AND LOCAL POLICIES REGARDING THE BOARD'S RESPONSIBILITY TO SET POLICY AND THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RESPONSIBILITY TO MANAGE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND TO DIRECT EMPLOYEES IN DISTRICT AND CAMPUS MATTERS.
THAT IS THE KEY TO A TEAM OF EIGHT.
SO YOU RECOGNIZE THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES AS A TEAM OF EIGHT, EVEN IF IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY.
BUT YOU STRUGGLE WITH THE BOARD PRESIDENT ROLE ACCORDING TO YOUR SCORES.
[LAUGHTER] I NEEDED TO TAKE THE BUZZER FROM JOHNNY.
CAN I MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THAT? YES PLEASE WE WANT TO HEAR. I FEEL BEING PAST PRESIDENT DURING COVID, LARRY BEING PRESIDENT IN 2014.
LINDA NOW WES BEING LAST YEAR OR YEAR BEFORE.
YES. AND EVERYBODY IS LOOKING FOR THAT PERSON FOR ANSWERS.
AND IT MAY NOT BE THE ANSWER THAT LARRY WANTS ME TO GIVE HIM OR DAPHNE OR ROBERT.
AND THEN WHEN A NEW BOARD MEMBER COMES ON, LIKE DAPHNE HAS, EVEN THOUGH IT'S HER SECOND TERM, IS STILL THAT LEARNING CURVE OF HOW THINGS ARE OPERATED AND WHAT EXPECTATIONS ARE COMING NEEDS TO COME OUT OF THE PRESIDENT ROLE.
SO THAT'S JUST A STATEMENT BEING MADE.
BUT THAT'S KIND OF THE WAY I FELT BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WENT DOWN WHEN I WAS IN, BECAUSE WE WERE VIRTUAL LEARNING AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME WHEN I WAS PRESIDENT AND DID AN EXTRA SIX MONTHS DURING THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION TO WHICH TRE AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
BUT, I MEAN, IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR ME TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHERE WAS OUR VISION? WHERE WERE WE? WHAT LENS WERE WE REALLY LOOKING THROUGH AS A BOARD? AND WE DID. WE MADE IT THROUGH THERE.
AND WE HAVE AND WE'RE EXCEEDING NOW.
AND I THINK EVERYBODY HERE REALIZES THAT.
WE WANT IT OR SEE IT, BUT WE'RE A TEAM OF EIGHT AND IT'LL BE OKAY.
WE'LL GET THROUGH IT AND IT'LL EVENTUALLY COME OUT ON TIME.
I MEAN I UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION SOMETIMES.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST SPEAKING ON YOUR BEHALF, DAPHNE.
I UNDERSTAND YOUR FRUSTRATION SOMETIMES, BUT SO.
BUT UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION FROM THE BOARD PRESIDENT BECAUSE IT'S A TWO WAY STREET.
IT IS. COMMUNICATION IS A TWO WAY STREET.
I REMEMBER THE TIME WHEN IF WE HAD QUESTIONS BEFORE WE CAME TO A SPECIAL MEETING, A COMMITTEE MEETING, OR A REGULAR BOARD MEETING, WE WOULD SEND IT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND GET CLARITY ON WHETHER YOU WERE THINKING CORRECTLY OR NOT, OR TO GET AN OVERVIEW ON WHAT THAT PRESENTATION, MEANT, OR WHAT WERE WE TRYING TO SOLVE.
IF I DON'T UNDERSTAND SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN GIVEN, I'M GOING TO ASK THE QUESTION MYSELF.
I'M NOT GOING TO WAIT FOR SOMEBODY TO COME AND GIVE IT TO ME.
AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BEING CLEAR ON THINGS, ONE OF THE THINGS WE WRESTLE WITH IN ROLLING THIS OUT WAS LET'S GET THEM PREPARED FOR THE TEAM OF EIGHT WITH THE BOARD SELF ASSESSMENT TOOL.
BECAUSE YOU'VE SEEN IT WAS POWERFUL, BUT IT WAS GREAT PUSHBACK FROM IT.
BUT I KNEW WE NEEDED TO HAVE SOME PLACE TO START.
OTHERWISE WE'VE BEEN LIKE WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, JUST ALL OVER THE PLACE AND WANT TO SATISFY THOSE THREE HOURS AND BASICALLY CALL IT. SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO WORK ON IS WHAT DOES OUR PREP ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE? AND IF WE'RE UNCLEAR ON ANYTHING, ON ANY AGENDA, ANY SPECIAL MEETING, WHAT'S OUR INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITIES FOR DOING THAT? I HAVE JUST AS LIMITED TIME AS EVERYONE ELSE SITTING AROUND THE TABLE, SO A LOT OF THIS STUFF WOULD BE GREAT IF ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS BASICALLY TO DO THAT.
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NOW, I APPRECIATE ALL THE COMMENTS BECAUSE I'M ENJOYING THAT IT'S HAPPENING AROUND THIS HORSESHOE, BECAUSE THAT'S A STEP UP FOR US, BECAUSE USUALLY WE HAVE SO MANY SIDEBARS AND THEN THE GAME WOULD GOSSIP.YOU SAY SOMETHING AND YOU SEND IT AROUND THE ROOM.
BY THE TIME IT GETS SOMEWHERE, IT'S TOTALLY CHANGED FROM WHAT YOU KNOW HAS HAPPENED.
SO I'M APPRECIATING THE CONVERSATION, BUT JUST KNOW THAT WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER AND WE ALL HAVE INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITIES TOO . COMMENT. I THINK WHAT'S INTERESTING FOR ME IS GOING AROUND, THIS IS A RESPONSE TO A SINGLE ONE OF THESE SELF-EVALUATION QUESTIONS, AND WE TEND TO HAVE A LOW SCORE ON THIS ONE.
OKAY. YEAH. WE HAD A LOW SCORE IN THIS ONE.
I DON'T THINK EVERYONE READ IT THE SAME WAY BASED ON THE WAY PEOPLE ARE ANSWERING.
INTERESTING. BECAUSE MY BECAUSE MY IMPRESSION OF THIS, I VIEWED IT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF DO PEOPLE RESPECT THE ROLE OF BOARD PRESIDENT? OTHER PEOPLE ARE SAYING, DOES THE BOARD PRESIDENT RESPECT THE ROLE OF COMMUNICATION? BUT MY RECENT EXPERIENCE IN BEING BOARD PRESIDENT, I WAS LOOKING AT IT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF, DO THE TRUSTEES KEEP THE BOARD PRESIDENT INFORMED WHEN THEY'RE DOING THINGS BASICALLY, ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD AND THE BOARD PRESIDENT, I KNOW FOR A FACT WHEN I WAS THERE, THINGS WERE GOING ALL THE TIME THAT I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT.
[LAUGHTER] RIGHT? YOU KNOW, I MEAN, SO I MEAN, THAT'S KIND OF I MARK THAT ONE DOWN AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY I DID IT WASN'T SO MUCH I MEAN, READING THE QUESTION THE WAY, YOU KNOW, I READ IT IS, IS THE BOARD PRESIDENT FULLY APPRIZED? AND ARE THEY ACTUALLY REPRESENTING THE BOARD IN THE MANNER THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE REPRESENTING THE BOARD? AND I FEEL THAT THAT IS SOMEWHAT COMPROMISED BECAUSE SOMETIMES THINGS HAPPEN IN THIS DISTRICT.
I MEAN, AND THE BOARD AND I FIND OUT ABOUT IT AFTER THE FACT WHEN I WAS BOARD PRESIDENT, AND I KNOW NOW LINDA'S FINDING OUT ABOUT IT AFTER THE FACT, NOW THAT SHE'S BOARD PRESIDENT . JOHNNY FOUND OUT ABOUT IT AFTER THE FACT WHEN HE WAS.
AND SO THAT'S KIND OF THE PERSPECTIVE I TOOK.
AND OTHER PEOPLE APPARENTLY WENT A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT WAY WITH THAT.
IT'S THAT WE DON'T EVEN SEE THE ISSUE COMMON.
I AGREE. OH, THAT'S REALLY INSIGHTFUL.
BOTH PERSPECTIVES DEAL WITH COMMUNICATION, RIGHT.
IF YOU ARE SITTING AS BOARD PRESIDENT, IF YOU TAKE ONE VARIATION OF WHAT YOU REPRESENTED, AM I DOING WHAT I NEED TO BE DOING AS BOARD? MAKE SURE I GET THIS CORRECT.
YOU KNOW, AM I ACCURATELY RELAYING AND ENGAGING, ETC.
BUT THE OPPOSITE PERSPECTIVE IS, AS A BOARD MEMBER, DO I FEEL LIKE I CAN RESPECT THAT POSITION, ETC.
SO YOU KNOW YOU INTERCHANGEABLY WHEN YOU WERE A BOARD PRESIDENT, WANT TO BE RESPECTED AND WANT TO FEEL LIKE YOU CAN DO YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES, WHICH THERE ARE IDENTIFIED RESPONSIBILITIES FOR A BOARD PRESIDENT? NO QUESTION.
RIGHT? WE'VE HAD PROTESTS AND WE'VE HAD ALL SORTS OF THINGS GOING ON.
NOT TO BELITTLE THE PROTESTS, THEY WERE GREAT.
AND I HAD MULTIPLE PEOPLE WITH MULTIPLE IDEAS.
AND SOMETIMES SOME OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS HAVE BEEN HEATED.
WHAT'S IMPORTANT, THOUGH, AND I THINK LARRY SAID IT IS AT THE END OF THE DAY OR MAYBE IT WAS JOHNNY.
THAT, IN MY OPINION, IS A HUGE STRENGTH OF THIS BOARD.
AND THAT'S WHAT'S REVEALING, IS THESE WERE READ IN ISOLATION.
YEP. AND WHEN AN ISOLATION NOT TEAM OF EIGHT AND TEAM OF ONE, WE ALL HAD DIFFERENT ANSWERS.
WE ALL READ IT, WE ALL READ IT DIFFERENTLY.
BUT DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU UNANIMOUSLY GOT? 37. THE BOARD SUPPORTS DECISIONS OF THE MAJORITY AFTER HONORING THE RIGHT OF INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS TO EXPRESS OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS AND VOTE THEIR CONVICTIONS.
HOW MANY BOARD MEETINGS ACROSS THE STATE CAN YOU WATCH WHERE THAT IS NOT THE CASE? QUITE A LOT.
QUITE A LOT. I'LL JUST TELL YOU I'VE BEEN TO QUITE A FEW.
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SO SO AT THE END OF THE DAY YOU DO UNIFY, YOU DO COME TOGETHER AND YOU ACCEPT THIS IS THE DECISION OF THE MAJORITY, WHAT WE WILL DO.AND AS BECCA POINTED OUT, WE GOT THESE KIND OF MIDWAY THROUGH TODAY.
SO WHAT WE WILL DO IS COMBINE THIS FOR YOU SO THAT YOU CAN SEE AND, YOU KNOW, JOINT FASHION HERE, WHERE THE RATINGS ON ALL OF THESE ISSUES, YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT AS YOU GO INTO YOUR GOAL SETTING, AS YOU GO INTO YOUR VISION SETTING TO SEE, ARE THERE OTHER PIECES WE WANT TO TWEAK? I MEAN, I THINK WE'RE VERY CLEAR.
COMMUNICATION IS ONE, WE MIGHT CONSIDER YOU MIGHT CONSIDER AS A BOARD.
I KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE TRAINING, AND THIS IS SO MUCH FUN SITTING HERE.
BUT THERE ARE SOME FOLKS THAT ARE EXPERTS IN TRAINING, IN COMMUNICATION, AND THAT SOUNDS SO DRY AND BORING, BUT YOU WILL FIND THAT IT IS ABSOLUTELY FASCINATING.
BUT ONE OF THE MOST FASCINATING PEOPLE WE HAD COME SPEAK WAS A PERSON WHO READ FACES.
JUST IF I DON'T, THE NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION SPEAKS VOLUMES.
YES. RIGHT. AND SO IN THAT PRESENTATION, SHE CALLED UP.
AND THEY WERE BOTH STANDING UP THERE AND SHE READ THEIR FACES AND IT WAS DEADLY ACCURATE.
AND ONE PERSON, SHE CALLED UP THERE, I WILL NEVER NAME WHO THIS WAS.
ALTHOUGH 100 OF US WERE AT THIS PARTICULAR TRAINING, WE ALL SAW IT.
SHE LOOKED AT THIS PERSON AND SAID, YOU'RE WILDLY DISAPPOINTED IN YOUR JOB.
OH, YOU'RE LOOKING FOR VISION.
AND THOSE OF US THAT KNEW THAT PERSON WENT, YEP.
BUT WHAT IT TAUGHT ME WAS, THIS ISN'T SOME SORT OF, YOU KNOW, VOODOO MAGIC OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
OUR NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION SPEAKS VOLUMES.
YES. AND SHE HAD A BOOK, AND I WILL TELL YOU, I'LL FIND IT.
IT'S ON MY BOOKSHELF SOMEWHERE.
SO NOW AS I'M AGING, I'M LIKE, NO, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
[LAUGHTER] SO WEAR A HAT THAT'S CHEAPER.
THAT'S THE CHEAPER ALTERNATIVE.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT THIS RIGHT HERE IS SOME OF THE BEST COMMUNICATION YOU CAN HAVE.
YES. LET'S THINK ABOUT AS WE GO THROUGH THIS.
MAYBE THAT'S A WORTHWHILE TRAINING FOR YOU ALL TO DO.
HERE ARE SOME THINGS WE'D LIKE DOCTOR LOPEZ TO LOOK AT TO ENHANCE OUR COMMUNICATION.
I WOULD CLAP FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
I APPRECIATE IT. I THINK I WANT TO JUMP IN HERE.
TO ME, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT COMMUNICATION.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS, THAT I THINK IS ALWAYS BEEN DIFFERENT ABOUT PUBLIC SERVICE AND THE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT IF YOU WERE, WALKING QUORUMS AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS, THERE'S JUST NOT A WHOLE LOT OF INDIVIDUAL COMMUNICATION YOU CAN DO.
IF YOU'RE ON ANY OTHER BOARD, YOU CAN PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL SOMEBODY IF YOU GOT A PROBLEM, IF YOU NEED SOME ANSWER, OR IF YOU WANT MORE THAN ONE OPINION HERE, ALL OF YOUR COMMUNICATION TAKES PLACE ON A TV, CORRECT? AFTER IT'S BEEN DULY POSTED AND CALLED.
[LAUGHTER] AFTER IT'S BEEN DULY POSTED.
AFTER WE'VE CHECKED 72 HOURS THANK YOU.
AFTER MECHELLE HAS DONE ALL THE STUFF.
SO I'VE NEVER FELT SO LIMITED.
YES. AS WHAT I CAN SAY OR DO WITH MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS, I'M USED TO BUILDING CONSENSUS.
IT IS SO HARD TO BUILD CONSENSUS WHEN YOU CAN'T REALLY GO OUT AND TALK TO ANYBODY.
YOU HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL YOU GET BACK IN FRONT OF A CAMERA, AND BY THEN WE'RE ALL SITTING THERE GOING, OKAY, IS THIS GOING TO BE A FOUR HOUR MEETING OR AN EIGHT HOUR MEETING? AND THERE'S NOT REALLY A LOT OF TIME FOR ANY EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION.
WE DID HAVE A CAUSE FOR A PROPER EXECUTIVE SESSION WHERE THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION THAT WENT ON.
RIGHT. AND IT WAS PROBABLY THE LOUDEST, MADDEST.
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AND MOST EFFECTIVE THING THAT WE'VE DONE, IN MY OPINION, IN A LONG TIME, BECAUSE FOR THE FIRST TIME, SOME UNDERSTANDING WAS BUILT AROUND AN ISSUE THAT HAD TO BE DONE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.SO I CHERISH THE DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS.
TO ME, THAT'S THE ONLY TIME YOU LEARN AND GET TO THE CORE.
I LIKE IT WHEN THE RUBBER HITS THE ROAD.
I LIKE TO DO THAT FOR THE KIDS.
I LIKE TO DO THAT FOR EVERYBODY.
BUT LIKE I'M SAYING, MY FRUSTRATION WITH THE WHOLE PUBLIC SERVICE ARENA.
AND YOU REALLY CAN'T BUILD A CONSENSUS? YOU REALLY YOU GO UP HERE, EVERYBODY READS YOUR MATERIALS, YOU COME UP HERE, YOU KIND OF KNOW HOW YOU'RE GOING TO THINK AND WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO, AND YOU GOT ABOUT 4 OR 5 MINUTES MAYBE TO EVERYBODY TO LISTEN AND BOOM, YOU GOT TO MAKE A DECISION.
AND MAN, THAT'S A DIFFICULT WAY TO GO ABOUT GOVERNANCE.
SO LET ME ASK YOU THIS QUESTION.
FOSTER COMMUNICATION ON TOPICS DISTRICT BUSINESS OR JUST FOSTER COMMUNICATION GENERALLY.
IT'S REALLY THAT'S WHAT IT ALL COMES DOWN TO.
I MEAN, WE STILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, WE MAY GO TO A SUNDAY SCHOOL PARTY, SEE SOMEBODY.
I'M NOT REALLY TALKING ABOUT BONDING AS MUCH AS I AM BEING ABLE TO COMMUNICATE KIND OF WHAT'S IMPORTANT, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T DO IT IN YOUR 1 OR 2 MINUTES OF TIME ON A TV WHEN YOU GOT TO HURRY UP AND GET TO A VOTE AND MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM.
SO YOU JUST KIND OF GO WITH WHAT YOU WALKED IN THERE WITH.
YOU DON'T EVEN REALLY GET A CHANCE TO CHANGE YOUR MIND.
I MEAN, I'M SURE PEOPLE DO, BUT THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I'M GETTING AT.
SO WHAT DO YOU FIND? HOW DO WE WORK WITHIN THAT ARENA? WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY WAS, I KNOW, LIKE FOR OUR ACTUAL BOARD MEETINGS, THAT WOULD BE THE CASE.
BUT WHEN WE HAVE COMMITTEE MEETINGS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THOSE DEEPER CONVERSATIONS AND, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT YOU MAY OR MAY NOT AGREE WITH, BUT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A SPECIFIC ISSUE THAT WE WENT TO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THAT WE HAD A MORE PASSIONATE DISCOURSE ABOUT.
I MEAN, BECAUSE THEY'RE POSTED, AT SPECIFIC TIMES, WE CAN GO OVER.
WE JUST CAN'T START BEFORE, SO.
RIGHT. YEAH. WELL, AND AS I RECALL, AND I REMEMBER WHEN DOCTOR LOPEZ CAME ONE, THIS WAS ONE OF HIS INITIATIVES WAS TO DO THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS, AS I RECALL, WHICH I BELIEVE IS INCREDIBLY EFFECTIVE, ESPECIALLY FOR THIS BOARD, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY EFFECTIVE FOR A LOT OF BOARDS, BECAUSE IT DOES GIVE YOU THAT OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN AND HAVE THE MORE, THE GREATER BREADTH OF CONVERSATION.
YOU KNOW, THE MEETINGS ARE POSTED FOR A REASON BECAUSE WE'RE THERE.
WE DON'T KNOW WHO MIGHT SHOW UP.
RIGHT? WE DON'T KNOW WHO'S COMING.
WHICH ALLOWS YOU AS BOARD MEMBERS.
OKAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? I WANT TO GO.
I WANT TO GO RECEIVE INFORMATION, AND I WANT TO HEAR THIS.
AND I MAY WANT TO SAY, HEY, WHAT ABOUT.
SO, JAMIE, TO YOUR POINT, THAT'S ONE OPPORTUNITY IS THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
WELL, EVEN IN THAT PROCESS, YOU MIGHT HEAR SIX DIFFERENT PEOPLE SPEAK.
AND THEN YOU DON'T CALL THEM AFTER THE MEETING.
AND SO TO ME, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL SOMETIMES TO BE ABLE TO HAVE MORE EXPLANATION ABOUT WHY SOMEBODY FEELS THE WAY THEY FEEL OR FELT, THE WAY THEY FELT, OR WHY THEY HAD A RESPONSE TO SOMETHING THAT WAS SAID THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE EVEN BEEN INTENDED, BUT IT WAS MISUNDERSTOOD.
AND IF YOU'D HAD TIME TO SIT THERE AND WORK IT OUT, IT HAD BEEN OKAY.
BUT WE REALLY DON'T NOBOBY CALLS EACH OTHER UP ON THE PHONE AFTERWARDS.
NO WE DON'T. WE WAIT TILL THE NEXT MEETING AND.
SO GOOD WORK. SO YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? YOU KIND OF GET IN A BOX AND I'LL STOP NOW.
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THE CONSTRICTION IS EXTREME AS FAR AS THE COMMUNICATION YOU CAN HAVE ABOUT DISTRICT BUSINESS OUTSIDE OF A DULY CALLED MEETING.YOU ALL ARE VERY GOOD ABOUT FOLLOWING THE RULE, SO WE NEED TO ADDRESS THEN HOW DO WE HAVE THAT COMMUNICATION? WE'VE GOT OPPORTUNITIES FOR IT.
BUT TO YOUR POINT THEY'RE CALLED MEETINGS AND WE MAY FEEL A RESTRICTION.
LET ME ASK YOU ALL A QUESTION.
HOW FREQUENTLY WHEN YOU'RE YOU SEE THE AGENDA FOR A COMMITTEE MEETING OR A BOARD MEETING, HOW EASY IS IT TO IDENTIFY A PARTICULAR ISSUE THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO TAKE MORE TIME OR HAVE CONTENTIOUS QUESTIONS? IS THAT POSSIBLE? WE DON'T REALLY KNOW.
UNTIL YOU GET THERE. EXPLODES AND GOES, HOW DID IT GO THIS LONG? RIGHT. I MEAN, THERE'S BEEN MANY A TIMES THAT I EXPECTED IT TO BE JUST, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE WOULD HAVE AN OPPOSING OPINION AND IT WAS LIKE A TWO SECOND AND A VOTE AND WE'RE OFF AND RUNNING.
IT WAS LIKE, WOW, YOU KNOW, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU LOOK AT IT.
AND DECIDE I THINK FOR ME, SOME OF THE FOR ME, I LIKE THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
I'M JUST GOING TO BE HONEST, I LIKE THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
I KNOW YOU GUYS THINK IT'S AN INFORMATION GATHERING.
AGAIN, IT IS JUST A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.
NOW EVERYONE WILL SAY, BUT YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS AND YOU DO.
BUT IT'S ALL ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING.
I'M BEING PRESENTED SOMETHING I'M NOT PARTICIPATING IN SOMETHING I'M NOT FACT FINDING WITH YOU.
YOU FACT FOUND AND YOU PRESENTED.
AND FOR ME, I THINK THAT'S REALLY AN AREA WHERE I STRUGGLE WITH BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU DIDN'T FACT FIND EVERY FACT THAT I SPEND AN HOUR OR TWO HOURS AND THEN THEN IT COMES DOWN TO, WELL, YOU SHOULD HAVE CALLED AND YOU SHOULD HAVE SAID THAT YOU HAD ALL THESE THINGS.
WELL, SOMETIMES IT'S A HARD ONE.
WELL, I JUST WANT TO MAKE A FEW THINGS.
AND THAT'S THE REASON FOR THE BEAUTY OF HOW YOU'RE DOING EVERYTHING.
SOMETIMES WE LEARN MORE FROM HEARING OTHERS THAN WE DO ABOUT READING.
IT ISN'T. LET'S ALL DO THIS TOGETHER AND CREATE SOMETHING UNIQUE.
SO THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT.
THESE ARE THE REASONINGS BEHIND IT.
NOW THERE ARE SOME TIMES THAT THE BOARD WILL HAVE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES FOR US TO LOOK AT.
RIGHT. AND SOME PEOPLE SAY, HAVE YOU CONSIDERED THIS? HAVE YOU CONSIDERED THAT NORMALLY WHAT WE DO IS WE GATHER THOSE QUESTIONS AND THEN WE DO THE RESEARCH.
THERE'S TIMES THAT WE HAVEN'T REPRESENTED SOMETHING BECAUSE WE NEEDED TO DIG DEEPER.
WE'RE STILL GOING TO PUT IT UP FOR BOARD APPROVAL.
AND WE WILL ADDRESS THAT CONCERN ON ROUND TWO.
BUT THE KEY TO ALL OF THAT IS SO THAT ISN'T THE FIRST TIME THAT YOU'VE HEARD THE INFORMATION AND, AND WHAT PEOPLE, I GUESS, HAVE A HARD TIME GRASPING.
SO OUR JOB IS TO SAY THIS IS WHAT WE NEED FOR THE DISTRICT, AND THE BOARD'S JOB IS TO DECIDE IF THAT THAT'S A GOOD PATH OR NOT, THROUGH A VOTE, THROUGH A COLLECTIVE BY BOARD CORPORATE.
RIGHT. AND THAT TYPE OF CLARITY IS HUGE.
SO SOMETIMES I COULD SAY THIS, THIS IS GOING TO BE LIKE LIGHT BLUE.
I'M JUST GOING TO USE YOUR THING, EVERYBODY.
THIS IS GOING TO BE LIGHT BLUE.
AND THEN SOMEBODY ELSE WILL COME UP TO ME AND SAY, WELL LOPEZ, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE BEING SO DIRECT, LIKE, WHY ARE YOU BEING SO DIRECT? YOU KNOW, IT DEPENDS WHAT LIGHT WE'RE LOOKING AT UNDER.
RIGHT. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THEN WE'RE GOING DOWN ANOTHER ROAD.
WHEN WE'RE NOT, WE GET DEFENSIVE.
RIGHT. AND WE FEEL ATTACKED AND THAT'S.
AND WHEN I SAY WE THAT'S JUST NATURAL HUMAN INSTINCT.
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WHEN YOU FEEL SOMEBODY'S NOT LISTENING TO YOU AND THEY THROW A QUESTION AT YOU, YOU'RE GOING TO FEEL ON EDGE AND WONDER LIKE, WELL, HOW COME THEY'RE COMING AFTER ME WHEN THERE'S MORE OF A POINT OF CLARIFICATION AND DIFFERENT WAYS TO SPEAK TO EACH OTHER? SO AND TOO I KNOW WE'RE NOT GOING TO SOLVE ALL THE WORLD'S ILLS TODAY.RIGHT? WE'RE WORKING WITHIN A DEFINED STRUCTURE THAT'S MEANT TO BE TRANSPARENT FOR THE PUBLIC.
AND PART OF THAT IS HAVING HARD CONVERSATIONS IN PUBLIC.
AND WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE CONSTRAINTS ON THAT.
BUT WITH THAT, AS WE GO INTO WE WILL BE SETTING GOALS.
BECAUSE I'M GOING TO BE HONEST, I DON'T THINK WE'LL SOLVE THE PROBLEM TONIGHT, BUT I THINK WE'VE STARTED THE CONVERSATION TO START TO THINK THROUGH WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE MOVING FORWARD? WHAT IS OUR FRAMEWORK? AND, LARRY, I KNOW YOU HAD SOMETHING TO SAY.
YEAH. IN REGARD TO JAMIE'S COMMENTS, I THINK DURING ANY ONE BOARD YEAR WE MAY HAVE, I'M GOING TO SAY LESS THAN TEN CONTESTED VOTES.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS I ENJOY IS CAN I MAKE A COGENT ARGUMENT TO WIN THE DAY? YEAH. [LAUGHTER] YOU'RE ALSO IN A DIFFERENT PROFESSION.
THAT'S NOT EVERYBODY'S FAVORITE ACTIVITY, COGENT BEING THE OPERATIVE WORD.
I UNDERSTAND, LARRY, AND THE QUESTION IS, CAN YOU DO IT OR NOT? BUT STILL ACCEPT THE RESULT WHEN IT'S OVER WITH? AND I THINK THAT'S AN EXCITING PART OF BEING A BOARD MEMBER, BECAUSE AGAIN, IT ONLY HAPPENS TEN OR LESS TIMES A YEAR.
SO YEAH, AND I THINK THAT GOES TO DOCTOR LOPEZ'S POINT THAT YOU ALL HAVE DIFFERENT STYLES.
YOU ALL APPROACH LEADERSHIP DIFFERENTLY.
WHICH MAKES IT AMAZING BECAUSE YOUR DECISION MAKING PROCESS IS REALLY INTERESTING.
AND I THINK TO GO CAVEAT OFF OF WHAT LARRY AND JAMES SAID, TOO, I THINK A LOT OF IT HAS TO GO BACK TO WHEN WE HAVE THE OPEN MIC, AND WE HAVE PEOPLE COME IN WITH YELLOW CARDS, AND IT'S A HOT TOPIC.
AND WE COULDN'T WE WERE HAVING TO MAKE A DECISION UP THERE IN THE HORSESHOE.
AND THERE WAS SO MUCH DISCUSSION.
WE HAD 75 SPEAKERS THAT NIGHT.
IT WAS AWFUL, YOU KNOW, AND IT WAS A BAD THING.
AND I'M NOT GOING TO SAY WHAT IT WAS ABOUT.
YOU KNOW. YEAH. SO. [LAUGHTER] SO ANYWAY, HOW DO YOU I MEAN, HOW DO YOU WHAT DO YOU DO SO THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO MAKE, YOU KNOW, IN THE PUBLIC EYE, YOU DON'T WANT TO LOOK LIKE A FOOL UP THERE THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE WE DO.
THAT'S THE PROBLEM THAT I HAVE SOMETIMES ON OUR COMMUNICATING, THAT REALLY DIFFICULT THAT WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT IT IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO GET IT OUT IN THE OPEN, BECAUSE I LIKE TO HEAR THE VIEWS OF EVERY BOARD MEMBER BECAUSE SOMETIMES THEIR PERSPECTIVE.
SURE. I WENT, GOLLY, WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT? YOU KNOW, AND IT MEANS SO MUCH TO ME WHEN I DON'T HEAR IT OUT HERE SO.
WELL. AND WHAT I WILL TELL YOU IS TO PLAY DEVIL'S ADVOCATE, YOUR MEMBERS OF YOUR PUBLIC ARE GOING TO SAY, WHY CAN'T YOU SAY IT ON THE DAIS? WHY CAN'T YOU HAVE THAT TOUGH CONVERSATION IN FRONT OF US ALL? AND THAT'S A HARD THING TO DO.
SO WE'RE BALANCING THAT, RIGHT? WE'RE BALANCING HOW DO YOU WORK TOGETHER TOWARDS CONSENSUS? HOW DO YOU GATHER THE INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED TO GATHER WITHOUT HAVING TO TAKE 45 MINUTES ON EVERY SINGLE VOTE? BUT AT THE SAME TIME, HOW DO WE TRY TO BE AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE? WELL, SO MANY TIMES WHEN A PERSON DOES COME TO SPEAK, SO MANY TIMES WE'RE SITTING THERE BOARD JUST BITING OUR TONGUE BECAUSE WE WANT TO RESPOND TO THAT INDIVIDUAL. AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GO BACK AND EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR SOMETHING, COULD WE SAY, OR DOCTOR LOPEZ COULD TELL US, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THIS, THIS IS GOING TO GO HERE, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
WE I NEVER KNOW WHERE IT GOES, TELL YOU THE TRUTH, YOU KNOW, BUT THAT'S I GUESS THAT'S OKAY.
I'D LIKE TO KNOW BECAUSE THAT MAKES IT TO ME THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE BEING TALKED TO OR, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE COMMUNITY PEOPLE, THEY'RE TAXPAYERS AND THEY NEED TO HAVE THAT R IGHT. SO. WELL, AND I THINK THAT'S THE EXPECTATION THAT'S LAID OUT IN YOUR BOX, RIGHT, IS THAT YOU SHARE THAT WITH DOCTOR LOPEZ.
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YOU SAY THE EXPECTATION OF THE BOARD IS THAT WHEN SOMEBODY SPEAKS AT PUBLIC COMMENT, YOUR ADMINISTRATION FOLLOWS UP.BUT THAT'S A WAIT TIMEOUT. THAT'S ONE PERSON THAT'S NOT OF THE BOARD.
NO. AND IT HAS TO BE AN EXPECTATION OF THE BOARD.
AND THERE'S CERTAIN ITEMS THAT ARE ADDRESSED THAT WE DO FOLLOW THROUGH.
AND YOU DO. CERTAIN ONES THAT WE DON'T.
YEAH, YEAH, IT HAS TO BE THE WILL OF THE BOARD RATHER THAN THE WILL OF AN INDIVIDUAL FOR THINGS.
HOWEVER, WE HAVE ALREADY RESPONDED THAT WE ARE TO BE SOMEWHERE AT 6:30, ALTHOUGH WES SAYS DINNER IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE SERVED AND IT'S GOING TO START AT AT 6:45, I WANT TO MAKE A SUGGESTION IF I COULD.
AND I MEAN, YOU ALL HAVE DONE A BRILLIANT JOB.
YOU ALL HAVE GOTTEN THIS BOARD TO TALK.
NO, BUT YOU ALL HAVE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB IN GETTING US TO OPEN UP.
CAN WE FINISH, IN THE NEXT IN? NO. YES. CAN WE FINISH IN THE NEXT TEN MINUTES OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE, TALKED ABOUT TO SATISFY OUR TEAM OF EIGHT TRAINING, AND THAT WOULD TAKE US TO TEN MINUTES TO SIX. IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, WE DIDN'T START TILL 3:15, SO THAT WOULD GIVE US 25 MINUTES, BECAUSE ONE OF THE ASSIGNMENTS THAT WAS SENT LAST WEEK OR THE WEEK BEFORE I GET CONFUSED, WAS WE HAD TO HAVE TO ASSIGN OF THE EIGHT QUESTIONS THAT'S IN THE PACKET, WHO'S GOING TO TAKE WHAT? AND I WILL GO INTO FURTHER DETAIL AFTER WE FINISH WHAT WE NEED TO FINISH HERE WITH THE TEAM.
IS THAT WORKABLE? WE WILL DO OUR BEST.
LAWYERS TALK FAST, AS YOU KNOW.
AND YOU ALL HAVE HEARD ME TALK VERY FAST.
WE'LL GIVE A COGENT ARGUMENT FOR EACH SECTION.
THERE YOU GO. SO SHOUT OUT, LARRY.
WHAT I'M GOING TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO IS YOU ARE GOING TO SEE I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON THE SLIDES WHERE THE BACKGROUND IS GREEN, BECAUSE THAT IS THE FRAMEWORK FOR SCHOOL BOARD DEVELOPMENT. WE WILL COVER THOSE.
YOUR GOALS ARE GOOD THROUGH 2026.
BUT LET'S BE REAL, THINGS CHANGE AND WE WANT TO GO BACK AND REVISIT THOSE.
SO LET'S FOCUS ON THE MAIN PIECES HERE.
WE'LL GET THROUGH THOSE AND THEN GET TO THE NEXT PIECE.
AND WE HAVE TO HAVE A SHARED VISION.
AND SO WE ARE EXPECTED TO ADOPT A REASONABLE NUMBER OF GOALS.
AND SO WE LOOK FOR GOALS THAT EMBRACE AND SUPPORT OUR VISION.
AND WE USE THAT VISION AND THOSE GOALS TO DRIVE ALL OF OUR DELIBERATIONS.
I ACTUALLY FEEL VERY CONFIDENT SAYING, I KNOW THAT YOU ALL REFER BACK TO THAT ULTIMATELY WHEN YOU MAKE THOSE DECISIONS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN I SEE YOU AS A BODY OF A TEAM OF EIGHT, MOVE FORWARD FOR IMPLEMENTATION AND AGREE TO DO THAT.
THE NEXT WOULD BE SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES.
AND I'M GOING TO SKIP A LITTLE BIT HERE.
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AND WE CAN CERTAINLY COVER IN ANOTHER TRAINING, BUT I DO I WOULD ASK THAT YOU READ IT.IT'S SO EXCITING I KNOW, BUT IT'S REALLY INFORMATIVE AND I THINK IT WOULD HELP YOU.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OBVIOUSLY WE'RE FOLLOWING THE LAW, BUT WE HAVE LOCAL POLICIES AND REGULATIONS THAT ARE INTENDED TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE HAS THE SAME OPPORTUNITY AND EXPERIENCE REGARDLESS.
SO EVERYONE HAS THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO ACCESS THE EDUCATION THAT YOU ALL APPROVE.
WELL, WHAT IF I FEEL LIKE THERE'S A DIFFERENT MEASURE I'D LIKE TO SEE? I'VE HEARD YOU IN THE PAST SAY, HEY, I'D LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT X.
IS THERE ANY OTHER WAY WE CAN MEASURE THIS? I DISTINCTLY REMEMBER A BOARD MEETING WHEN YOU ALL HAD DISCUSSION ABOUT ACTUALLY THE MEASUREMENT TOOLS AND WHAT WERE THE MOST ACCURATE.
YOU FOCUS ON YOUR ACTIONS ON FOLLOWING PROCEDURES.
SOMETIMES WE DON'T WANT TO FOLLOW BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
LET'S BE HONEST. SOMETIMES I DON'T WANT TO FOLLOW OUR INTERNAL PROCEDURES AT THE OFFICE.
I WOULD LIKE TO IMPLEMENT A PROCEDURE OF REQUIRING COOKIES ON A DAILY BASIS.
BUT THAT'S NOT THAT'S APPARENTLY NOT ACCEPTABLE TO EVERYONE IN MY OFFICE.
AND YOU ALL KNOW IT'S SEASONAL, RIGHT? THERE ARE CERTAIN TOPICS THAT WE ADDRESS AT CERTAIN TIMES OF THE YEAR.
WE'RE SUPER HEAVY ON POLICY IN THE SUMMERS AND HANDBOOKS AND ALL OF THOSE PIECES.
WELL, WHY? BECAUSE WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO TELL OUR COMMUNITY, HERE'S OUR POLICY AND PROCEDURE.
I BELIEVE THAT YOU ALL DO AN EXCELLENT JOB OF WELCOMING AND VALUING ALL PEOPLES AND CULTURES.
YOU'RE ACTUALLY A SHINING EXAMPLE OF THAT.
YOU HAVE SYSTEMS IN PLACE FOR MONITORING YOUR FINANCIAL PROCEDURES AND ACCOUNTS.
YOU UTILIZE AUDITS VERY EFFECTIVELY IN THIS DISTRICT, NOT JUST FINANCIAL AUDITS THOUGH.
YOU LOOK AT OPERATIONAL AUDITS.
IT MAY BE RUNNING FINANCIALLY SOUND, BUT YOU MAY HAVE AN OPERATIONAL ISSUE THAT CREATES A PROBLEM.
YOU'RE WILLING TO INVESTIGATE IT AND TO DO SOMETHING WITH THAT INFORMATION.
YOU HAVE ADOPT A PROTOCOL REGARDING RECRUITMENT DETERMINATION OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT NEEDS.
CERTAINLY, WE KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE DEEPLY INVESTED IN RECRUITMENT.
YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE ENHANCE OUR RECRUITMENT? HOW DO WE GET TO THESE PIECES AND MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING THOSE PIECES.
ALL RIGHT, SO I TOLD YOU I'M GOING TO GO FAST.
ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT I RESPECT ABOUT YOUR BOARD IS BEING STUDENT CENTERED AND BEING FOCUSED ON METRICS, PARTICULARLY STUDENT ASSESSMENT, ACHIEVEMENT GAP NUMBERS IN ALL AREAS.
RIGHT? AND SO THAT GOES TO PROGRESS AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
I MEAN, THERE WERE SOME MISSTEPS DURING THE GAME, BUT, ENSURING PROGRESS TOWARDS THE ACHIEVEMENT OF YOUR GOALS, THAT'S WHY YOUR GOALS ARE PUT INTO PLACE CURRENTLY FROM TO UNTIL 25, 26.
IT DOESN'T MEAN WE DON'T NEED TO REVISIT, SEE IF THEY NEED SOME OBJECTIVES.
SEE IF WE NEED TO REVISIT THE MEASUREMENT CRITERIA, SEE IF WE'VE MET SOME OF THEM.
YOU MONITOR AND EVALUATE THE ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES.
YOU LOOK AT DISTRICT OPERATIONS.
ARE WE RUNNING EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY? BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE MAY THINK A PROGRAM DOESN'T HAVE THE EFFECT THAT IT HAS.
LET'S GO IN AND LET'S REVAMP THAT.
LET'S RETHINK IT. LET'S GET INNOVATIVE.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT YOU RELY ON.
AND YOU HAVE ALL OF YOUR LISTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS WHERE YOU'VE DONE THOSE OR EXAMPLES OF DOING THOSE.
AND OF COURSE YOU'RE ALWAYS IMPROVING.
AND I'LL GET TO HEAR YOU ALL DO YOUR REPORTS ON.
HEY, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS.
THAT'S REALLY EXCITING FOR ME.
I THINK YOU ALL DO THAT VERY WELL.
REGULARLY REPORT DISTRICT PROGRESS TO FAMILIES IN THE COMMUNITY.
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OKAY. ENSURING MULTIPLE FORMS OF TWO WAY COMMUNICATION.SO IT'S NOT JUST INTERNAL, IT'S AN EXTERNAL ENGAGEMENT THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING.
WE BUILD COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIPS AND PARTNERSHIPS, AND THAT IS ALWAYS OUR GOAL, ALWAYS OUR GOAL.
SOMETIMES WE'RE NOT ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT, BUT WE CERTAINLY FOCUS ON THAT.
RECOGNIZING. WELL, AND I GO BACK TO THE PRIME EXAMPLE IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN YOUR COMMUNITIES, RIGHT WHEN WE PUT THEM UP THERE, WHICH BOARD MEMBER IS IT? ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE BEEN A PART OF, YOU SOMETIMES DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE YOU WERE A PART OF THEM.
SO. [LAUGHTER] I KNEW, BUT THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, THE FACT THAT MULTIPLE OF YOU WERE LIKE, OH, THAT COULD HAVE BEEN LINDA, THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ROBERT, THAT COULD HAVE BEEN RIGHT.
ALL OF THE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES.
THAT'S ENGAGEMENT. THAT'S ADVOCACY FOR YOUR COMMUNITY, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS REALLY GREAT.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SHOUT YOU OUT ROBERT.
[LAUGHTER] ANOTHER PIECE THAT'S CRITICAL IS WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE OUR ROLES AND PROVIDE INPUT AND FEEDBACK, NOT JUST INTERNALLY, BUT TO THE LEGISLATURE, THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND TEA, WE'RE TRYING TO MAXIMIZE EFFECTIVENESS AND BENEFIT TO TEXAS SCHOOL CHILDREN.
WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE ON WHAT WE WANT TO ADVOCATE FOR.
CLEARLY, I DON'T KNOW ANY BOARD THAT IS UNANIMOUS ACROSS THE BOARD EVERY TIME.
ON YES, THESE SHOULD BE OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES, OKAY.
I WILL SAY THAT TO THE CAMERA.
SCHOOL FUNDING IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
AND I DON'T THINK ANYONE DISAGREES WITH THAT.
RIGHT. WE NEED THE MONEY IN THE CLASSROOMS. BUT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU ALL.
IT'S NOT JUST LIMITED TO THIS SETTING.
WE GO DOWN TO AUSTIN DURING LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS.
WE MEET WITH LEGISLATORS AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO US.
YES, THE STATE NEEDS X, BUT GARLAND ISD IS EXPERIENCING THIS AND WE WANT TO SEE THIS PROGRESS.
WE WANT TO SEE SOMETHING HAPPEN WITH THIS.
I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU IT ALWAYS DOES, BUT CERTAINLY WE MAKE OUR BEST EFFORT.
THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT A SCHOOL BOARD DOES.
YOU WILL GET PHONE CALLS SAYING, WHY CAN'T YOU JUST GET MY KID MORE PLAYING TIME? YEAH, THEY GOT TO PLAY A LITTLE JE-PARDY.
SO THEY PLAY A LITTLE JE-PARDY, THEY'LL KNOW.
YOU KNOW, IT IS HARD AND AGAIN I MENTIONED THIS EARLIER, I VERY MUCH RESPECT AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE A CONSTITUENT THAT YOU ARE RESPONDING TO.
AND THAT IS HARD BECAUSE THEY ELECTED YOU FOR A REASON AND THAT IS BECAUSE YOU ARE THEIR PERSON.
BUT EVERYBODY WANTS THAT, RIGHT? BUT BECAUSE YOU'RE IN THIS POSITION OF PUBLIC SERVICE, IT'S EXPECTED THAT THAT'S WHAT YOU DO.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS TREATED EQUALLY.
I DON'T WANT THE STAR QUARTERBACK GETTING DIFFERENT TREATMENT OVER.
THIS IS WHERE MY 24 YEAR OLD COMES AFTER ME.
BUT I MEAN, SOME OF US HAVE A KID THAT RIDES THE PINE FOUR YEARS, RIGHT? I WAS HAPPY WITH THAT BECAUSE THEY PLAYED VERY LARGE CHILDREN ON THE OTHER SIDE, AND I DIDN'T WANT MY CENTER GOING IN.
[LAUGHTER] MEANWHILE, I HAVE A SIX YEAR OLD THAT I'M LIKE, GET HER ON THE FLOOR.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE THAT, YOU WANT TO KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE TREATED THE SAME.
AND THAT'S WHY WE APPROACH THINGS THAT WAY.
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE COMMUNITY OR PUBLIC WILL WILLINGLY SAY, OKAY, GREAT, I GET IT.
I WILL TELL YOU ALL THAT WHEN I STARTED PRACTICING SCHOOL LAW A WHILE AGO, I DIDN'T HAVE ANY KIDS.
I HAD BEEN TEACHING, AND THAT WAS THE SCARIEST JOB I EVER HELD.
AND SO I WENT TO LAW SCHOOL AND I BECAME A LAWYER, AND I THOUGHT, OKAY, I KNOW HOW TO DO THIS.
I DISTINCTLY REMEMBER THIS, AND IT WAS A SPECIAL EDUCATION ARD MEETING.
AND THE PARENTS WERE DEVASTATED.
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AND NONE OF THIS SHOULD, YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY RESPONSIBILITY HERE.BUT WHAT I REALIZED SITTING THERE IS WAIT A MINUTE.
I CAME TO THIS WITH MY PERSPECTIVE.
I THOUGHT I KNEW WHAT I WAS COMING INTO MOVE FORWARD SEVERAL YEARS.
I SIT IN A SIMILAR MEETING AND I FIND MYSELF APPROACHING IT COMPLETELY DIFFERENTLY.
MOM, DO WE NEED TO TAKE SOME TIME? YOU KNOW, LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS MEANS BECAUSE IT'S SO EASY TO GET CAUGHT UP IN.
OF COURSE, THIS IS WHAT IT MEANS, DAPHNE, TO YOUR POINT, THIS IS WHAT IT MEANS.
YOU ALL DO A VERY GOOD JOB, WHETHER IT'S PUBLIC COMMENT, OF RELATING TO THE PERSON SPEAKING.
EVEN IF THEY'RE COMING AFTER YOU.
I'VE SEEN YOU BE RESPECTFUL AND ATTENTIVE THAT, AT THE END OF THE DAY, TIES INTO ADVOCACY, VISION.
ALL OF THE PIECES THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT ARE CRITICAL TO YOU OPERATING AS A TEAM OF EIGHT.
SO WITHIN YOUR PRESENTATION ARE ALL OF THE SUPPORTING, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOU AS GARLAND ISD, HOW YOU HAVE FULFILLED THOSE PIECES YOU WILL IN THE FUTURE? I WOULD EXPECT VERY NEAR FUTURE REVISIT YOUR GOALS AND YOUR VISION AND MAKE SURE IT'S WHERE IT IS, WHERE YOU WANT IT.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU BECAUSE WE'VE CLEARLY IDENTIFIED COMMUNICATION AS A TOPIC THAT MIGHT BE ONE FOR FUTURE TRAINING, BUT ALSO ONE FOR US TO REALLY SIT DOWN AND SAY, WHAT OTHER WAYS CAN WE ENHANCE COMMUNICATION? I MEAN, YOU KNOW, DAPHNE, TO YOUR POINT, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW.
SO MAYBE THERE'S A WAY TO ADDRESS I DON'T KNOW WHAT I DON'T KNOW.
CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT I NEED TO KNOW? RIGHT. SO FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO ALSO FOLLOW UP WITH THAT PIECE.
YOU ALSO HAVE YOUR GOALS AND VISION IN THE BINDER.
LOOK OVER IT, THINK ABOUT IT, THINK ABOUT IT IN THE CONTEXT OF THESE CONVERSATIONS AND ALL OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT YOU'RE DOING, BECAUSE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT IS HOW IT'S TOP DOWN, RIGHT? WHEN I WAS TEACHING, IT WAS TEACHER ACTION, DROVE STUDENT ACTION.
AND NOW I'VE LEARNED BOARD ACTION DRIVES, SUPERINTENDENT ACTION DRIVES, TEACHER ACTION DRIVES.
SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING US.
WE'LL YIELD OUR TIME TO LINDA AND THEN WE'LL SEE YOU SOON.
APPRECIATE IT. THE REMAINING TOPIC THAT LINDA IS GOING TO COVER IS INCLUDED IN TEAM OF EIGHT, BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT WAYS THAT YOU ARE GOING TO WORK TOGETHER TO FOSTER COMMUNICATION AND THE TEAM CONCEPT.
YES. LET'S GIVE ABERNATHY A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
[APPLAUSE] BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'VE DONE FOR US IS THEY'VE ANSWERED THE QUESTION OF WHY WE ARE A TOP FINALIST.
ABSOLUTELY. WHY WE ARE IN THE FIVE.
IT IS DIFFERENT FROM THE PACKET THAT WE RECEIVED THAT WAS IN AN APPLICATION FORM.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT BECAME CRYSTAL CLEAR TO ME IS THAT WE NEED TO COMPETE WITH CERTAINTY THAT WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH WHAT WE OUGHT TO DO AS A BOARD.
SO IT'S A LOT OF STUFF THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
THE ONE THING I HAVE TALKED TO NUMEROUS WINNERS OF HEBS HONOR BOARD, I'VE TALKED TO THOSE THAT WERE IN TOP OF FIVE FINALIST POSITION.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY SAID, BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE ONE HOUR WITH THE JUDGES, WITHOUT DOCTOR LOPEZ, IT WILL BE THE SEVEN OF US. AND THE ONE THING THAT CAME ACROSS CRYSTAL CLEAR.
AND THAT'S WHY YOU RECEIVED THE EMAIL THAT SAID, AS YOU REVIEWED THIS PACKAGE, WHICH OF THESE QUESTIONS DO YOU FEEL THAT YOU WANT TO ANSWER TO THE JUDGES? THE OTHER THING THEY WARNED ME AGAINST IS THAT THAT IS YOUR QUESTION, AND THAT IS YOUR QUESTION ONLY THAT YOU RESPOND TO . EVERYBODY TRYING TO RESPOND TO THE QUESTIONS WILL NOT WORK.
AND YOU ARE BEING EVALUATED ON YOUR EFFECTIVENESS OF SPEECH AND CLARITY IN A CONCISE AMOUNT OF TIME.
SO BEFORE WE LEAVE TODAY, I'M GOING TO START WITH THE FIRST QUESTION.
HOW DO THE BOARD MEMBERS VIEW THEIR ROLE IN THE DISTRICT? DESCRIBE HOW THE BOARD AND THE SUPERINTENDENT FROM THEIR RESPECTIVE ROLES WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM?
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WHO WANTS TO TAKE NUMBER ONE? WHO'S NUMBER? WHO'S THIS I WILL TAKE? OH, I'M SO SORRY, DAPHNE.OKAY, BE SURE THAT AS YOU LOOK AND YOU UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION THAT THE ANSWERS ARE, TOO.
THEY SAID THAT THEY ARE EXTREMELY IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT YOU STATE THINGS THAT WERE IN THE PACKET.
I AM NOT TELLING YOU TO DO IT VERBATIM, BUT WHAT THEY ARE CALCULATING US ON ARE SCORING US ON IN THE INTERVIEW PROCESS IS HOW WELL WE KNOW OUR DISTRICT BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED.
NUMBER TWO, HOW DOES YOUR BOARD ASSESS THE SUCCESS OF THE DISTRICT? MR. SELDERS? OKAY. NUMBER THREE, HOW DOES YOUR BOARD ASSESS ITS SUCCESS AS A BOARD? LARRY.
I HEAR MUMBLING, I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
YES. HOW DOES YOUR BOARD ASSESS ITS SUCCESS AS A BOARD? MISS GRIFFIN, YOU'RE GOING FROM THE PACKET.
THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING FROM THEIR EMAIL.
SHE'S GOING FROM THE PACKET. WELL, IF YOU HAVE YOUR SO THE NEXT QUESTION IS WELL ACTUALLY NUMBER ONE WAS EXACTLY WHAT WAS IN THE EMAIL.
LET'S GO FROM THE LISTING FROM THE EMAIL THAT'S EASIER TO FOLLOW.
AND THAT'S HOW I'M GOING TO SEND IT BACK TO YOU GUYS BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY TYPED.
SO WE DON'T RECREATE THE WHEEL.
WHY WE DIDN'T PUT THEM IN ORDER OF THE PACKET? BECAUSE I COPIED AND PASTED AS I COPIED AND PASTED.
SO LET'S JUST KEEP LET'S JUST GO HOW WE COPIED AND PASTED.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO WORRY ABOUT WHY I DID.
YEAH I'M GOING TO WORRY ABOUT IT? BECAUSE I'M NOT.
YOU ARE GOOD THERE. LET'S GO BACK.
I DIDN'T HEAR. DOES YOUR BOARD HAVE A FORMAL PROCESS FOR ESTABLISHING THE VISION OF THE DISTRICT? ALL RIGHT. WHO WANTS TO TAKE THAT? WHAT WAS THE QUESTION AGAIN? DOES YOUR BOARD HAVE A FORMAL PROCESS FOR ESTABLISHING THE VISION OF THE DISTRICT? OKAY. THAT WAS NUMBER TWO? THAT IS NUMBER THREE FROM YOUR EMAIL.
JUST WE'RE GOING TO GO OFF OF THE EMAIL.
I HAVE NO LAPTOP, I HAVE NO LAPTOP.
DOES YOUR BOARD HAVE A FORMAL PROCESS FOR ESTABLISHING THE VISION OF THE DISTRICT? DESCRIBE BRIEFLY WHAT FACTORS MOST SHAPE THE CURRENT VISION? HOW DOES THE BOARD COMMUNICATE THE VISION THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT AND THE COMMUNITY? WHAT HAS THE BOARD DONE TO SUPPORT PROGRESS IN REALIZING THE VISION? OKAY, LINDA I WROTE BACK TO MECHELLE SEVEN AND THREE.
OKAY, WELL, I GET THREE, BUT I'D RATHER DO SEVEN.
LET'S JUST GO THROUGH GETTING ONE QUESTION ASSIGNED.
SO THIS NUMBER THREE WHO IS THE PERSON.
ON THE EMAIL, HOW DOES THE BOARD IDENTIFY, ACCESS AND PRIORITIZE COMMUNITY NEEDS. OKAY.
WHAT IS THE BIGGEST ACCOMPLISHMENT YOU HAVE ACHIEVED AS A BOARD, AND WHAT HAS BEEN THE IMPACT ON THE DISTRICT? HOW WILL IT AFFECT FUTURE RESULTS? THAT'S SIX.
SEVEN. WHAT ARE THE KEY ACADEMIC INDICATORS OF PROGRESS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO OUR DISTRICT? IS THAT THE ONE YOU WANT? OKAY, SO, LARRY.
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NOW, WHAT WE HAVE FACING US NOW IS YOU NEED TO DECIDE HOW WE WANT TO GO ABOUT DOING A KIND OF A MOCK INTERVIEW WITH YOUR QUESTIONS, OR DO YOU FEEL THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO DO IT? DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER TWO HOUR BLOCK OF TIME FOR US TO HAVE ANOTHER SPECIAL MEETING? I'M ASKING, WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE? THANK YOU.YOU GO AHEAD. MADAM PRESIDENT, IF WE ARE GOING TO BE RESPONDING TO THESE QUESTIONS SOMEWHAT BY ASSIGNMENT, THEN I DON'T NECESSARILY BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO MEET AS A BOARD CORPORATE WITH RESPECT TO IT.
WE COULD DO MAYBE SMALLER GROUPS OR TEAMS WHERE WE MEET WITH WHOEVER IS GOING TO BE A FACILITATOR ON THESE TYPE OF THINGS AND GO OVER AND KIND OF DRILL IT DOWN AND GET IT. THAT WOULD BE MY THOUGHT.
THIS IS JUST A GUIDE WITH CATEGORIES.
IT IS NOT THE QUESTION YOU WILL BE ASKED.
SO IN THE INTERVIEW PROCESS YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE LOOKING FOR WORDS AND TOPICS. IT'S NOT A ONE THANK YOU.
KNOW THAT WOULD HAVE THROWN ME.
THANK YOU. YEAH I'M TRYING I'M AND THAT'S WHY I'M TRYING TO GET TO EVERYTHING THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. WHAT THEY SAID IS EVERYTHING IN THE PACKET IS GOING TO BE ASKED.
BUT IF YOU STREAMLINE YOUR BOARD MEMBERS IN SPECIFIC AREAS, THEN IN THE INTERVIEW PROCESS, YOU WILL AUTOMATICALLY HERE WE GO, AUTOMATICALLY PICK UP ON THE QUESTION THAT THEY'RE ASKING YOU TO ANSWER.
OKAY, DID EVERYBODY JUST HAVE THAT A HA MOMENT? YES. THAT WAS GREAT.
THAT WAS GREAT I MEAN AND I MEAN A HA IN WOW GREAT COMMUNICATION.
SUPER. SO IF LARRY DOESN'T PICK UP ON IT I'LL PUNCH HIM AND HE WILL KNOW.
AND YOU ALL ARE LAUGHING ABOUT THAT.
BUT WE PROBABLY WILL ESTABLISH SOME SIGNS AND SIGNALS OKAY.
BECAUSE THEY MAY ASK CERTAIN QUESTIONS THAT THEY MAY ASK ALL OF US TO ANSWER.
BUT OUR KEY TO THAT IS IF THEY ASK THOSE KINDS OF QUESTIONS OF EVERYONE, MAKE YOUR ANSWER AS SHORT AS POSSIBLE SO WE CAN GET THROUGH THE INTERVIEW PROCESS.
BUT MAY I INTERJECT ON THAT? CAN BEING CONCISE IN WORDS IS ONE THING, BUT BEING ROBOTIC ON THE ANSWER AND THEN JUST FALLING FLAT ANSWERING THE QUESTION ISN'T GOING TO GIVE IT JUSTICE. RIGHT? YOUR PASSION FOR WHAT YOU DO NEEDS TO COME THROUGH BIG TIME.
YOUR LOVE FOR WHAT YOU DO HAS TO COME THROUGH BIG TIME.
SO DON'T GET SO FOCUSED THAT YOU GIVE LIKE, A THREE WORD ANSWER.
RIGHT? AND YOU'RE LIKE, OKAY, GOT IT.
IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN A STRENGTH IF IT DIDN'T.
SO REMEMBER, PEOPLE DON'T KNOW US.
I REMEMBER, AND I'M TALKING ABOUT ME.
I REMEMBER WHEN I INTERVIEWED FOR THIS BOARD.
MOST OF YOU WERE THERE, OKAY? AND I FELT THE SYNERGY THAT DAY AFTER THE FIRST ROUND OF INTERVIEWS, I WANTED THIS JOB MORE THAN ANYTHING YOU COULD IMAGINE.
AND I WAS GOING TO I WAS GOING TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO WIN IT.
OKAY. I WANT THEM TO HAVE THAT SAME FEELING WHEN THEY LEAVE.
SO WIN, LOSE OR DRAW, THEY FEEL THE SAME WAY I DID SIX YEARS AGO.
SO. OKAY, DOCTOR LOPEZ, YOU READ MY NOTES.
THAT WAS GOOD BECAUSE, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PLEASANTNESS OF YOU.
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OKAY. THIS CAN'T COME OUT.OH. LET'S HURRY UP AND GET THIS OVER WITH.
YOU KNOW, IT YOU HAVE TO INVITE THEM TO JOIN YOU IN YOUR CELEBRATION.
THAT'S HOW AUTHENTIC WE NEED TO BE.
AND IT'S JUST AS DIFFERENT PEOPLE REFER TO US IN THE TRI CITIES AS THIS, THAT, OR THE OTHER, IT'S BECAUSE THEY'VE SEEN US IN ACTION. OKAY, BUT NOW DON'T GO IN THEIR LINE, OKAY? SO DON'T MAKE UP NOTHING THAT WE WISH WE HAD DONE.
OKAY. LET'S JUST KIND OF KEEP IT.
WE'RE ROUNDING UP. SO MISS GRIFFIN.
LARRY HAS A QUESTION AND I COME TO YOU, LARRY.
OKAY, SO SEVEN OF US ONE HOUR.
DO WE KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE THEY'RE GOING TO BRING? IT'S POSSIBLY 6 TO 8 JUDGES.
WOW. SO WE ARE GOING TO BE 1 TO 1 OKAY.
BUT WE'RE ALL IN THE SAME ROOM.
AND I'M JUST TELLING YOU, FROM WHAT WE WENT THROUGH LAST YEAR, THOSE JUDGES ARE VERY OBSERVANT.
OKAY? BECAUSE THEY ASKED US QUESTIONS LAST YEAR.
IT'S I'M JUST TELLING YOU, THEY'RE LOOKING AT EVERYTHING.
AND THEY'RE GOING TO PHRASE QUESTIONS ON THOSE TOPICS.
AND WE'RE SUPPOSED TO TRY TO ASCERTAIN THAT THAT'S THE TOPIC WE'RE TO TALK ABOUT.
THAT'S ALL THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU.
THE NEXT THING I HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT.
AND DOCTOR LOPEZ AND I HAVE TALKED, IF YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH A MARK INTERVIEW OF YOUR AREA, WE WILL HAVE SOMEONE IN STAFF WORK WITH YOU.
YOUR COMMUNICATION'S ALREADY IMPROVED.
I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHO THOSE PEOPLE ARE YET.
I DON'T KNOW. CAN YOU BRING IN NOTE CARDS OR ANYTHING? OR. YOU GOT TO COME. YOU GOT TO COME.
YOU'RE FREE STYLE. HONESTLY, JOHNNY, I DIDN'T ASK THAT QUESTION, SO I DON'T KNOW, BUT, I THINK YOU SHOULD BE YOU . AND YOU KEEP THINGS.
THIS IS NEW TO YOU. ALL RIGHT? YOU FOLLOW WHAT I'M SAYING? YOU CAN'T BRING ANY NOTE CARDS OR ANYTHING? NO, NO, NO, I'M JUST SAYING, IF THAT MAKES YOU FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE, BRING IT.
YEAH, BUT DON'T SIT THERE AND SAY, HOLD ON, I.
JOHNNY BEACH REALLY AM EXCITED ABOUT WHAT.
[LAUGHTER] MR. BEACH I WOULD RECOMMEND AGAINST ANY NOTE CARDS, BECAUSE THE POINT OF THIS INTERVIEW IS FOR YOU TO BE NATURALLY INCLINED TO PROVIDE A PURE, HONEST, ACCURATE ANSWER OF A JUDGE.
IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN A PROFESSIONAL INTERVIEW FOR A POSITION.
IF YOU READ ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS, IT'S BASED SOLELY ABOUT HOW EFFECTIVE IS YOUR TEAM'S ABILITY TO RUN A SCHOOL DISTRICT IN YOUR RESPECTIVE GOVERNANCE ROLE.
SO IF YOU CAN'T NATURALLY ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS WITHOUT A CUE CARD, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? THAT'S THE HANG UP WHEN YOU SIT DOWN IN FRONT OF INDIVIDUALS LIKE THIS.
WHILE I DO AGREE WITH YOU, WHEN YOU RESPOND THAT IS A PERSONAL ISSUE.
I DO AGREE, DON'T BUST THEM OUT AND START READING THEM.
BUT PROFESSIONALLY IF YOU SIT DOWN WITH A CUE CARD AND READ ME AN ANSWER.
I AM GOING TO DOCK YOU BECAUSE I DON'T FIND YOU TO BE VERY NATURAL IN YOUR RESPONSE.
WAIT A MINUTE, SOMEBODY HAD THEIR HAND UP.
THAT WAS ME. BUT WASN'T IT YOU, JAMIE, OR WERE WE STILL ASKING YOU TO.
OKAY. GO AHEAD. OKAY. BECAUSE I THINK YOU ASKED YOURS.
OKAY. AND THEN GO ON THEN JAMIE.
SO ARE WE SAYING CAN WE BRING HANDOUTS FOR THEM? NO, THEY DO NOT NEED A HANDOUT.
MR. GLICK, YOU'VE ALREADY GIVEN THEM THE APPLICATION.
THAT WASN'T. CAN WE GIVE THEM A HANDOUT? NO. WHY? BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE APPLICATION WAS SUPPOSED TO SERVE AS.
YOU DON'T NEED TO PROVIDE ANYTHING OTHER THAN WHATEVER THEY'RE ASKING OF YOU.
YOUR APPLICATION WAS THEIR INVITATION TO COME INTERVIEW YOU FOR THEIR AWARD.
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IT'S NOT A PRESENTATION.THEY USE THE WORD INFORMAL AS I DON'T KNOW HOW INFORMAL IT IS BECAUSE IT'S DEFINITELY FORMAL.
OKAY, MR. MILLER? ACTUALLY, THIS IS.
YOU KNOW, PROBABLY ANY ONE OF THESE QUESTIONS ANYBODY HERE SITTING IN A LIVING ROOM WITH A COMFORTABLE ENVIRONMENT COULD RATTLE OFF SOME AWESOME ANSWERS TO EVERY SINGLE THING HERE, BECAUSE WE DEAL WITH THE MATERIAL.
SO I THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO REHEARSE AND PREPARE.
IT'S GOING TO MAKE IT EVEN BETTER.
AND NUMBER TWO, I DID THIS IN COLLEGE WHERE WE ALL DID OUR PART, AND THEN WE SHOWED UP TO FOR THE PRESENTATION, AND ONE OF THE PEOPLE WAS SICK AND THAT HUGE HOLE IN OUR PRESENTATION.
THAT WOULD BE MY. BUT I DON'T BUT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WANT TO DO IT INDIVIDUALLY.
I JUST THINK, OKAY, OKAY, OKAY.
SO, BUT YOU ALL, THEY KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT US, FROM WHETHER IT'S THE COMMIT MAGAZINE OR OUR SCORECARD OR WHATEVER.
THEY HAD ARTIFACTS OF THE DISTRICT, WHICH IS REALLY OUR, HANDOUTS AND BOOKLETS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND REMEMBER, IF SOMEBODY IS GOING TO DO SOMETHING THAT THE OTHER SIX ARE NOT GOING TO DO, RED FLAG.
THIS IS A ALSO NOT TO INTERRUPT.
AND YOU GUYS DO HAVE AN ENGAGEMENT.
I JUST WANT TO SINCE I CAN SEE THE CLOCK.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU ALL SAW IT.
SO YOU'RE SAYING THERE WERE SUPPLEMENTS TO THE SUBMISSION? IS THAT WHAT YOU JUST SAID? YEAH, I THINK THEY'VE HAD OTHER THINGS BECAUSE WE WERE A DISTRICT FINALIST LAST YEAR.
NO, NO, NO. WITH THAT BOOKLET THAT WAS SUBMITTED.
THIS WAS THE APPLICATION WHAT WE SUBMITTED.
NO, IT'S THE OTHER ARTIFACTS THAT THEY'VE HAD FROM LAST YEAR WHEN THEY DID THE DISTRICT.
BUT THESE MIGHT BE DIFFERENT JUDGES THEN, RIGHT? THESE ARE DEFINITIVELY DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
THEY ARE. OUR APPLICATION IS WHAT WAS GIVEN TO THEM.
OKAY? BECAUSE WE DON'T WE SHOULDN'T BE CALLING ANY JUDGES EITHER.
NO, NO, NO, NO, I DON'T THINK I JUST HAVE TO SAY EVERYTHING FOR COMMUNICATION.
WES, WOULD YOU SAVE ME A SEAT? I'LL BE THERE WHEN I CAN.
OKAY. SO, JUST TO BE NOTED, A IT WAS A PLEASURE TO DO THIS WITH YOU ALL THIS EVENING.
B, WHAT ALL JUST TOOK PLACE THIS EVENING IS A PERFECT REASON FOR HEB TO GIVE YOU THE AWARD.
IF THEY WATCHED THIS TONIGHT, THEY'D HAVE EVERY REASON TO DO IT.
NO. I'M SERIOUS. I MEAN, IT WAS FUNCTIONAL AND YOU WERE ABSOLUTELY FOCUSED ON THE DISTRICT.
AND HOW DO WE GET THERE? IT WAS A GREAT EXAMPLE.
AND WE WANT TO KNOW C ARE YOU GOING TO WEAR THE MATCHING OUTFITS.
YES. WHY NOT. WE WILL SHOW UP IN OUR BLACK AND BLUE OKAY.
OH WELL THERE WAS TECHNICALLY NO MOTION.
YOU CAN YOU CAN PLAY THIS GAME, BUT THAT'S FOR YOU MEN TO DECIDE IF Y'ALL HAVE A TIE CLIP.
OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS I CAN ANSWER AS WE PREP? AS SOON AS I KNOW WHEN I MEET WITH DOCTOR LOPEZ, IN TERMS OF WHO WE CAN GET TO BE A COACH AND STAND READY AND DO, HARD MARKUPS OR A MARKUP, INTERVIEW.
OH, OKAY. SORRY, I WOULD I JUST, YOU KNOW, SO WE'RE GOING TO YOU'RE GOING TO WORK WITH US INDIVIDUALLY FOR OUR TEAM TO WORK WITH US.
BECAUSE I NEED A WHOLE TEAM AND THEN.
[LAUGHTER] NO, WE'RE WE ARE ASKING FOR ONE COACH FROM, WELL, DOCTOR LOPEZ'S STAFF WHO WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN PUTTING IT TOGETHER.
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BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT.EVERYBODY DIDN'T PARTICIPATE IN SUBMITTING THIS.
OKAY. SO WE GOT SEE WE GOT TO STAY FOCUSED ON WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ANSWER.
IS THAT CORRECT? MARCH THE 8TH.
BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO A MOCK.
NOT TOGETHER. I'M JUST SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT TOGETHER THING.
OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING.
YEAH. JUST REAL QUICK TO JAMIE'S.
JUST A SECOND. WE WILL SEND YOU ALL OUT ALL THAT INFORMATION BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THE NIGHT, OKAY? AND WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE BANQUET IN THE NIGHT, AND WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THAT NIGHT AND WE'RE NOT COMING BACK TO THE NEXT DAY.
SO IT'S A LOT OF STUFF WE GOT TO GET READY.
YEAH I HAD A QUESTION. TO JAMIE'S POINT ABOUT SOMEBODY NOT SHOWING UP OR, SOMETHING HAPPENING, THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE INTERVIEW PROCESS, IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE ASKING AND TALKING AND THEY ASK A QUESTION AND SOME ONE OF ONE OF US KNOWS THAT IT'S SOMEONE WHO ISN'T ANSWERING, IT'S THEIR QUESTION, WOULD IT BE ACCEPTABLE TO SAY, IF THEY DON'T RECOGNIZE IT, THAT IT'S THEIR QUESTION? WOULD IT BE ACCEPTABLE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A REALLY GREAT QUESTION.
I THINK, LARRY, YOU HAVE A PERFECT ANSWER FOR THAT.
IS THAT ACCEPTABLE? I THINK SO, OKAY.
AND THEN THAT WOULD QUEUE THE PERSON THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THEIR RESPONSE.
TO ME I THINK THAT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE TEAM THAT DAY.
WE ARE TO LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER AND WE ARE TO HELP WHERE WE NEED TO HELP.
I WOULDN'T BE AS OBVIOUS AS SAYING YOU HAVE A PERFECT ANSWER FOR THAT.
I THINK YOU'D BE LIKE, LARRY, YOU ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THIS.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S YOUR HINT. LIKE, LARRY, YOU'RE ALWAYS, THIS IS ALL.
THIS IS ALL LARRY. RIGHT THERE. THIS.
YOU KNOW, BUT HE HAS TO BE CONCISE, LARRY.
THIS IS NOT THE TRUSTEE'S REPORT.
LARRY, IT IS ONE HOUR WITH THE SEVEN OF US.
IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED. SO MOVED. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.
[VI. Adjournment]
IT'S BEEN A GREAT AFTERNOON.THANK YOU TO OUR INSTRUCTORS AND COACHES.
I'LL BE THERE WHEN I CAN I GOT TO FINISH UP THIS STUFF BEFORE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.