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THANKS TO ALL THE SCHOOLS AND STAFF AND STUDENTS THAT HAVE PERFORMED DURING THIS MONTH.
[I. Call to Order and Determination of a Quorum]
I AM CALLING THE MEETING TO ORDER.I DECLARE THAT THERE IS A QUORUM PRESENT.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE TEXAS; ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
HI, MY NAME IS MILES OLIVER AND I ATTEND THE SCHOOL WATSON TECHNOLOGY CENTER FOR MATH AND SCIENCE.
MILES OLIVER, YOUR SCHOOL, YOUR PARENTS AND THE STAFF APPRECIATE IT.
[III. Public Forum]
MISS HOGAN, DO WE HAVE ANY CARDS? YES, MA'AM. I HAVE ONE CARD FROM LUCERO RODRIGUEZ.OKAY. AS YOU APPROACH, WOULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND STATE WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE ANY CHILDREN IN OUR DISTRICT? GOOD EVENING.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND PRESIDENT GRIFFIN AND SUPERINTENDENT DOCTOR LOPEZ.
MY NAME IS LUCERO CAZARES RODRIGUEZ.
I LIVE AT 8314 MEADOW VIEW STREET, ROWLETT, TEXAS 75088.
MY ADDRESS IS STILL ELUDES ME AT TIMES.
I HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR THE DISTRICT FOR 19 YEARS, AND MY DAUGHTER ATTENDS SCHOOL IN THE DISTRICT, AND I HAVE COUNTLESS NIECES AND NEPHEWS IN THE DISTRICT. TONIGHT, I WILL BE SPEAKING TO YOU AS THE PRESIDENT OF GARLAND EDUCATION ASSOCIATION.
WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER AS A FAMILY AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR STUDENTS.
AND THAT IS WHAT WE ALL ARE LOOKING FOR AT ALL TIMES.
OUR EMPLOYEES ARE THE HEART OF OUR DISTRICT.
THIS BOARD HAS BEEN AMAZING TO OUR TEACHERS.
WE HAVE GREATLY APPRECIATED THE RAISES WE HAVE RECEIVED IN IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
AND OUR STIPENDS THEY HAVE HELPED WITH RECRUITING AND MAINTAINING OUR AMAZING TEACHERS.
WE ALWAYS SAY THAT OUR CAMPUSES COULDN'T FUNCTION WITHOUT OUR SUPPORT PERSONNEL.
OUR SUPPORT PERSONNEL INCLUDES ALSO OUR BUS DRIVERS, OUR CUSTODIANS, CAFETERIA WORKERS, CLASSROOM AIDES, OFFICE STAFF, GROUNDS, MAINTENANCE, EVERYBODY.
THEY DO SO MUCH FOR OUR DISTRICT.
THEY KEEP US RUNNING AND IT'S LOOKING AMAZING AT ALL TIMES.
SOMETHING BREAKS DOWN THEY'RE ALWAYS THERE TO HELP US FIX IT.
THESE WORKERS NEED TO RAISE THE MOST.
THEY HAVE RECEIVED THE SMALLEST RAISES IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
THESE EMPLOYEES MAKE THE LEAST AMONGST ALL OF US.
WE NEED TO DO BETTER FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES THAT NEED IT THE MOST.
YOU HAVE BEEN HEARD AND YOU KNOW, WE DO NOT RESPOND TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
WE WILL MOVE NOW TO ACTION ITEM FOUR INFORMATION ITEMS.
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AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH A EVIDENCE OF EXCELLENCE RECOGNIZED ESPORTS STUDENT TEAMS.[IV.A. Evidence of Excellence ]
MR. COLEMAN BRUMAN.GOOD EVENING BOARD TRUSTEES, BOARD PRESIDENT, DR.
LOPEZ I'M COLEMAN BRUMAN AND I'M THE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION DIRECTOR FOR GARLAND ISD.
AND TONIGHT I'M BRINGING FORWARD THREE TEAMS THAT HAVE EARNED STATE RECOGNITION.
GARLAND ISD ESPORTS TEAMS HAVE CONSISTENTLY COMPETED AMONG THE TOP TEAMS IN TEXAS.
HOWEVER, THIS YEAR, OUR DISTRICT DOMINATED THE ENTIRE ESPORTS SCENE IN TEXAS, WITH TEAMS FROM FIVE HIGH SCHOOLS AND THREE MIDDLE SCHOOLS COMPETING IN PLAYOFFS IN THREE CATEGORIES ROCKET LEAGUE, LEAGUE OF LEGENDS, AND SUPER SMASH BROTHERS.
THE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT GARLAND ISD TEAMS FROM GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL, LAKEVIEW CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL, AND NORTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL HAVE BEEN NAMED THE BEST ESPORTS TEAMS IN TEXAS FOR THE FALL SEASON OF 2023.
[APPLAUSE] SO I'LL CALL EACH TEAM UP.
SO FIRST OFF, IN ROCKET LEAGUE STATE CHAMPIONS WAS GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL COACHES ANH NGUYEN AND KRISTOL SMITH AND THE ATHLETES WERE ANGEL CASTILLO, CHRISTIAN LOPEZ AND REFUGIO GONZALEZ.
NEXT UP IN A NEWER GAME THAT WE'VE BEEN COMPETING IN OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, I BELIEVE IS SUPER SMASH BROTHERS STATE CHAMPION LAKEVIEW CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL COACH RIC TURNER, AND THE ATHLETES ARE NELSON TORRES, JOSUÉ ALONSO AND NOAH KINGSTON.
AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, LEAGUE OF LEGENDS BEST IN TEXAS NORTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL COACH DAVID LEE, ATHLETES VAN BUI, AKSHAR PAREKH, GEORGE AGWAIFE, ETHAN ZHENG, AND ADITYA PAREKH ON BEHALF OF THEIR SCHOOL TONIGHT.
MR. FISHPAW IS HERE BECAUSE THE STUDENTS COULD NOT MAKE IT THIS EVENING.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO OUR NEXT EVIDENCE OF EXCELLENCE AWARD.
WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE THE DEAL DIVISION 1 RATING TEACHERS, MR. FIGARELLI. GOOD EVENING.
BOARD PRESIDENT GRIFFIN, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AND DOCTOR LOPEZ.
THE PURPOSE OF DEAL IS TO IDENTIFY EXEMPLARY DANCE PRACTICES ALIGNED WITH THE STATE TEKS TO PROMOTE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND SUCCESS IN THE ART OF DANCE EDUCATION.
DEAL STANDS FOR DANCE EDUCATORS ASSESSMENT OF LEARNING.
SIX OF OUR TEACHERS AND THEIR STUDENTS EARNED A DIVISION 1 RATING.
TEACHERS ARE EVALUATED ON THEIR CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT, DANCE KNOWLEDGE, AND RAPPORT WITH STUDENTS.
THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS RECEIVED A DIVISION 1 AT OUR GISD DEAL ASSESSMENT.
THE CLASSICAL CENTER AT BRANDENBURG, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF CASSIDY PINKSTON, PRINCIPAL RANDY KING.
NORTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF NICOLE NUMA.
GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF BROOKE THOMAS, PRINCIPAL DUKE BARNETT.
ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF SAVANNA ROBINSON, PRINCIPAL CARMEN BLAKEY, AND LAKEVIEW HIGH SCHOOL UNDER THE DIRECTION OF DIANA PONSLER, PRINCIPAL ELISE MOSTY.
TEACHERS AT THIS TIME PLEASE COME UP TO BE RECOGNIZED.
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[APPLAUSE] MR. FIGARELLI, YOU'RE STILL UP.BOARD PRESIDENT GRIFFIN BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DOCTOR LOPEZ.
EACH YEAR, SEVERAL OF OUR GISD THEATER TROUPES PARTICIPATE IN THE TEXAS THESPIANS FESTIVAL.
THIS YEAR, WE HAVE SURPASSED OUR NUMBER OF NATIONAL QUALIFIERS FROM LAST YEAR WITH QUALIFIERS FROM FOUR CAMPUSES GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL, LAKEVIEW CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL, ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL, AND SACHSE HIGH SCHOOL.
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF GARLAND DIRECTORS KEVIN WESTBROOK AND HOPE WARNER, THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS HAVE QUALIFIED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL THESPIAN FESTIVAL IN INDIANA THIS JUNE.
JACOB DONALDSON FOR SOLO MUSICAL.
PHOENIX WEBB FOR SOLO MUSICAL.
GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL IS DUKE BARNETT.
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF LAKEVIEW CENTENNIAL DIRECTORS HOLLY STONES AND ROBERT APREA.
LAKEVIEW CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL IS ELISE MOSTY.
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL DIRECTORS BYRON HOLDER-LANE, CLAYTON YOUNKIN AND LUIS SALAZAR,KAI MCGHEE, FRANCINE PARCERO AND LAYLA MOORE QUALIFIED FOR GROUP MUSICAL.
ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL IS MISS CARMEN BLAKEY.
LASTLY, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF SACHSE HIGH SCHOOL DIRECTORS HEATHER JERNIGAN AND JOSEPH MURDOCK, THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS HAVE ALSO QUALIFIED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL THESPIAN FESTIVAL.
KAITLIN ALEXANDRE, HAIR AND MAKEUP DESIGN TAYLOR TYE BAKER MONOLOGUE.
LYNN GOUGE COSTUME CONSTRUCTION.
DAWSON JACKSON MONOLOGUE AND SHORT FILM TIFFANY JOHNSON.
MONOLOGUE KENDALL KNIGHT SOLO MUSICAL DANCE.
TRUMBO. MONOLOGUE SAMUEL VERA MONOLOGUE.
ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE SEVERAL SACHSE STUDENTS WHO HAVE RECEIVED TEXAS THESPIAN SCHOLARS AWARDS.
ALAINA STOVALL, JUNIOR, RECEIVED A TEXAS THEATER SCHOLAR DISTINCTION AWARD.
SACHSE HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL IS SHAE CREEL.
STUDENTS AT THIS TIME, PLEASE COME UP TO BE RECOGNIZED.
YAY. [APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS.
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PARENTS. THAT'S OKAY.MIC] ALL RIGHT. NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO OUR EVIDENCE OF EXCELLENCE ITEM 4 RECOGNIZE THEATER PROGRAMS, FOR PREMIER COMMUNITIES, FOR THEATER EDUCATION RECOGNITION, MR. FIGARELLI. THANK YOU.
GOOD EVENING. BOARD PRESIDENT GRIFFIN BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DOCTOR LOPEZ.
OUR AWARDED THESPIANS ARE A TESTAMENT TO THE QUALITY OF OUR THEATER PROGRAMS IN GARLAND ISD.
THEREFORE, IT SHOULD BE NO SURPRISE THAT GARLAND ISD HAS BEEN NAMED AS A RECIPIENT OF THE PREMIER COMMUNITIES FOR THEATER EDUCATION FOR THE 2023-24 SCHOOL YEAR, OVER 1026 DISTRICTS WERE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY AND ONLY 14 RECEIVED THIS HONOR.
THIS AWARD HONORS SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT PROVIDE THEATER PROGRAMS WITH THE RESOURCES TO ACHIEVE AT ABOVE STANDARD LEVEL, WHICH INCLUDE CURRICULUM FACILITIES, SAFETY EQUIPMENT, PRODUCTION ELEMENTS, AND TECHNOLOGY.
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR A SCHOOL BOARD AND DISTRICT THAT PROVIDES OUR THEATER STUDENTS WITH A WELL-ROUNDED EDUCATION AND OPPORTUNITIES TO BE SUCCESSFUL AT THEIR CRAFT. WILL OUR THEATER STUDENTS AND DIRECTORS PLEASE JOIN US AS WE PRESENT THIS RECOGNITION TO THE BOARD? [APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT, WHO WANTS TO GIVE US ONE? OKAY. OH! MY GOSH. CONGRATULATIONS.
BOARD PRESIDENT GRIFFIN BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DOCTOR LOPEZ.
STUDENTS LAYALI KHALIL FROM SEWELL ELEMENTARY AND JACQUELINE ALONSO FROM LAKEVIEW CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL HAVE HAD THEIR WORK SELECTED TO BE EXHIBITED AT THE BULLOCK TEXAS STATE HISTORY MUSEUM IN AUSTIN AS PART OF THE YOUTH ART MONTH EXHIBITION.
THIS EXHIBITION INCLUDES STUDENTS ARTWORKS FROM PRE-K THROUGH 12TH FROM AROUND THE STATE.
THEIR WORK WILL BE ON DISPLAY DURING THE MONTH OF MARCH AND AN AWARD CEREMONY ON MARCH THE 10TH.
LAYALI KHALIL'S ART TEACHER IS RITA SCHAEFER AND HER PRINCIPAL IS MELINDA HOOVER.
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JACQUELINE ALONSO'S ART TEACHER IS JULIE GAWEL AND HER PRINCIPAL IS ELISE MOSTY.STUDENTS AT THIS TIME PLEASE COME UP TO BE RECOGNIZED.
[IV.B. Receive Intruder Detection Audit Report ]
QUINN. GOOD AFTERNOON, DOCTOR LOPEZ, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.THE TOP PRIORITY OF GARLAND ISD IN THE STATE OF TEXAS IS KEEPING STUDENTS AND STAFF SAFE EVERY DAY.
THE AUDITS TEST WHETHER A CAMPUS IS ACCESSIBLE TO AN UNAUTHORIZED INDIVIDUAL.
WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR DISTRICT SCHOOL SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE TRAINING ALL OUR STAFF AND SECURING OUR DOORS FOR THE PROTECTION OF EVERYONE AT OUR CAMPUSES. THE SUPPORT FROM THE STATE IN CONDUCTING THE INTRUDER DETECTION AUDITS IS JUST ONE OF THE MANY ACTIONS WE ARE TAKING TO ENSURE OUR SCHOOLS ARE SAFE.
WE KNOW THAT THIS WORK DOES NOT END AND WE APPRECIATE THE BOARD'S SUPPORT.
HOWEVER, IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE STUDENTS THAT WE DO NOT SHARE THIS INFORMATION TO THE BROADER PUBLIC AS IT COULD LEAD TO COMPROMISING IMPORTANT CAMPUS SECURITY INFORMATION. SPECIFIC DETAILS OF THE INTRUDER DETECTION AUDIT WILL BE DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WITH THE SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE.
ITEM C, INTRODUCTION OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR.
[IV.C. Introduction of District Administration]
MR. ATTICUS WISENER.YES, MA'AM. PRESIDENT GRIFFIN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DOCTOR LOPEZ.
GOOD EVENING. AND IT IS MY PLEASURE THIS EVENING, I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT AND DOCTOR BROWN, IT'S MY SINCERE PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE MR. ARTURO VALENZUELA, GISD'S NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE.
[APPLAUSE] COME ON UP. OH, CONGRATULATIONS.
SO LET ME JUST READ A LITTLE SNIPPET FROM MISTER VALENZUELA'S BIOGRAPHY.
IN MIDLAND ISD, THE TEAM UNDER HIS DIRECTION WAS ABLE TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN FINANCIAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS FROM ASBO GFOA AS WELL AS TRANSPARENCY STARS FROM THE TEXAS STATE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE.
ARTURO WORKED IN THE OIL FIELDS IN WEST TEXAS TO PAY FOR COLLEGE, AND HE IS THANKFUL FOR THE MANY OPPORTUNITIES THIS COUNTRY, STATE AND DISTRICT HAVE GIVEN HIM, AND HE PRAYS TO SERVE GARLAND TO THE VERY BEST OF HIS ABILITIES.
HE BRINGS HIS WIFE LILIANA, AND HIS KIDS, MATHIAS AND ANNA, TO GARLAND, A PLACE THEY NOW CALL HOME.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MISTER ARTURO VALENZUELA.
GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT GRIFFIN, BOARD MEMBERS AND DOCTOR LOPEZ.
IT'S A PLEASURE. AND IT'S AN HONOR TO JOIN THE TEAM.
AND YOUR OPPORTUNITY WILL NOT BE WASTED ON ME, SO THANK YOU.
WELCOME. THANKS FOR BEING ON BOARD.
[APPLAUSE] WE ARE NOW AT ITEM FIVE DISCUSSION ITEMS, TRUSTEES REPORT.
[V.A. Trustees' Report]
WE'RE GOING TO START TO MY RIGHT, MR. GLICK. THANK YOU, MS. GRIFFIN. AS I HAD INDICATED, I WAS ON THE COMMITTEE THIS YEAR AT THE ROWLETT CHAMBER TO PICK A NEW PRESIDENT.[00:25:01]
AND SOME OF US WERE AT THE THE RECENT CHAMBER LUNCHEON WHERE SHARON MAYER WAS ANNOUNCED.YES. SHE IS THE WIFE OF PAUL MAYER, WHO HELD THE GARLAND CHAMBER.
WE HAD AROUND 60 CANDIDATES FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
IT WAS A DIFFICULT DECISION, BUT SHARON'S I THINK 26 PLUS YEARS RUNNING THE ALLEN NOW, ALLEN FAIRVIEW CHAMBER REALLY IS ONE OF THE GREAT SELLING POINTS.
AND I THINK SHE'LL MAKE A GREAT NEW PRESIDENT.
AS ROWLETT HAS A CHANGE OF ADMINISTRATION AND MANY NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT TIME FOR HER TO COME ON BOARD.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HER AS AMONG ON THE CHAMBER BOARD.
BUT I ALSO TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT I THINK THE LEADERS OF THE ROWLETT BUSINESS COMMUNITY NEED TO BE AWARE OF AND ONE OF THE THINGS I DO TALK ABOUT IS WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE LACK OF FUNDING THAT WE DID NOT GET FROM THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
BE AWARE THAT LAST MONTH, THE UNITED STATES SET A RECORD FOR THE MOST AMOUNT OF BARRELS PER OIL 13.4 MILLION BARRELS PER DAY OIL PRODUCED IN THE UNITED STATES.
NO COUNTRY HAS EVER PRODUCED MORE.
THE AMOUNT OF MONEY COMING INTO THE TREASURY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS IS ENORMOUS.
THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE MOVING HERE AND THE AMOUNT OF SALES TAX REVENUE IS ENORMOUS.
AND WE DID NOT GET ALMOST A DOLLAR.
I ALWAYS MAKE BETS WITH MYSELF I WOULD OUR BASIC ALLOTMENT WAS 6160, SET IN 2019.
WE ALL KNOW ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF INFLATION WE'VE HAD SINCE THEN AND WAS NOT RAISED A PENNY.
SHOCKING TO ME, I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT.
WE ALL THOUGHT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN $600 AND $1000 PER STUDENT.
YOU CAN IMAGINE YOU CAN ADD UP THOSE NUMBERS.
SO THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON THERE.
LAST MONTH WE HAD BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH.
AS YOU PROBABLY SAW, SOME OF THE POSTERS ARE STILL UP.
I THINK WE ALL ENJOY READING THEM.
I JUST WANT TO READ A COUPLE THAT I GOT.
I THINK WHAT HAPPENS IS THE KIDS ARE ASKED TO LOOK AT OUR BIOGRAPHIES ONLINE.
SO THIS IS FROM ONE YOUNG MAN.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE FOR THE GARLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT.
HAPPY. WE ALSO GOT SOMETHING IN COMMON.
A NICE LITTLE PICTURE OF A BIRD THERE.
TO MR. GLICK, THANK YOU FOR SAVING TREES.
I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR PLANTING SAVING TREES.
THANK YOU FOR WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY AND HISTORY.
ONE OF THE THINGS I ALSO LIKE THAT THEY DID SOME POSTERS AND ON THIS PARTICULAR POSTER IT HAS I LOVE JAZZ, SO IT HAS A SAXOPHONE AND A TRUMPET AS A MAP OF AFRICA HAS TREES.
IT HAS AROUND THE WORLD IN 20 DAYS, A REPORT I WROTE.
MORE SAXOPHONES, MORE BIRDS, MORE TREES, MORE BOOKS.
I TALKED TO THE BOARD ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN ON APRIL 8TH.
IT SEEMED LIKE A REALLY LONG TIME AGO WHEN I TALKED TO THE BOARD, BUT I CAN'T SEE YOU.
BUT THANK YOU TO DOCTOR ADAMS AND DOCTOR LOPEZ.
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AND SOME PEOPLE SAID 20 YEARS, 40 YEARS.THE NEXT ECLIPSE HERE WILL BE 2317.
NOW, SOME OF YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING TO BE ALIVE IN 2317.
I THINK MOST OF US REALIZE WE WON'T BE HERE IN 2317.
WHAT WAS IT WILL BE A MAGNIFICENT SPECTACLE.
THERE ARE ARTICLES COMING OUT EVERY SINGLE DAY.
I WAS AT THE PLANETARIUM LAST WEEK MEETING WITH DOCTOR CHARLIE RUIZ, WHO RUNS OUR PLANETARIUM.
MELISSA LUNA, WHO'S OUR K THROUGH FIVE STEM COORDINATOR.
I'VE SPOKEN TO A COUPLE OF THE HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS.
THEIR SCIENCE TEACHERS ARE PLANNING ACTIVITIES.
THIS IS GOING TO BE AN AMAZING EVENT.
THEY PROJECTED THAT OVER A MILLION VISITORS WILL COME TO THE STATE OF TEXAS, MAYBE EVEN HIGHER.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE EVENTS THAT I WAS VERY LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO VISIT MY DAUGHTER IN 2017 IN SALEM, OREGON WHERE THE LAST ECLIPSE OCCURRED.
THIS IS GOING TO BE FOUR MINUTES.
SO WE'RE ALL PLANNED THEIR ACTIVITIES FOR THE FULL DAY FOR THE KIDS FOLLOWING THE TEKS.
SO AGAIN, ONE OTHER THING THAT I LEARNED VISITING THE PLANETARIUM THIS YEAR.
THAT'S THIS PLANETARIUM HAS BEEN AROUND.
THERE WAS A HIATUS, I THINK, OF 5 OR 6 YEARS.
PLANETARIUM HAS BEEN AROUND IN GISD FOREVER.
I KNOW MY KIDS WENT TO THE PLANETARIUM.
THIS YEAR WE'RE GOING TO HOST OVER 11,000 KIDS AT THE PLANETARIUM FROM OVER 50 SCHOOLS.
RECORD THAT'S NEVER BEEN SET BEFORE.
AS YOU KNOW, FIVE COUNTRIES HAVE NOW BEEN TO THE MOON THIS LAST 12 MONTHS INDIA AND JAPAN HAVE GONE TO THE MOON. I'VE GOTTEN NOTES FROM FRIENDS IN BOTH COUNTRIES HOW THRILLED THEY ARE AND EXCITED.
WE JUST LANDED ANOTHER EXPLORER ON THE MOON, AND WE'RE PREPARING TO GO TO MARS.
THANK YOU, MISS GRIFFIN. MR. JOHNSON. YES.
THANK YOU. I'LL REITERATE WHAT TRUSTEE GLICK SAID ABOUT SCHOOL BOARD APPRECIATION.
I KNOW THAT WE WENT THROUGH ALL OF IT.
ME AND MY KIDS DID, AND THEY GET A BIG KICK OUT OF IT, TOO.
SOME OF THE DESCRIPTIONS THAT YOU GET ON THE DRAWINGS ARE PRETTY, PRETTY CREATIVE AND INVENTIVE.
SO YOU LEARN STUFF ABOUT YOURSELF.
[LAUGHTER] BUT ANYWAY, IT WAS GREAT.
I ALWAYS LOVED GOING THROUGH THAT, AND THAT'S A HIGHLIGHT EVERY YEAR.
I WAS VERY PLEASED TO JOIN SOME OTHER TRUSTEES AT THE SACHSE STATE OF THE CITY DINNER THAT WAS HELD AT AT NORTH PLACE CHURCH. MAYOR BICKERSTAFF WAS KIND OF THE MASTER OF CEREMONIES OF THAT, AND HE GAVE AN ADDRESS THAT REALLY HIGHLIGHTED ALL THE THINGS GOING ON IN SACHSE AND WITHOUT QUESTION, RIGHT NOW, SACHSE HAS A BIG, BIG GROWTH SPURT THAT THEY'RE UNDERWITH, ESPECIALLY IN THEIR RETAIL AND COMMERCIAL SECTORS.
BUT THERE'S BIG THINGS GOING ON SACHSE.
AND I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO GO AHEAD AND LOOK UP THERE AND SEE WHAT MAYOR BICKERSTAFF AND THE TEAM AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM UP THERE HAVE MANAGED TO DO BECAUSE IT'S QUITE A BIT. I WAS ALSO MY PLEASURE TO GO TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL SOLO AND ENSEMBLE COMPETITIONS.
ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS TO DO EVERY YEAR IS TO GO SEE THE MIDDLE SCHOOLERS.
YOU GO TO THE HIGH SCHOOL SOLO ENSEMBLE COMPETITION AND IT SOUNDS SO REFINE.
THE MIDDLE SCHOOL MAN, YOU GET A RANGE ON THAT ONE, RIGHT? BUT IT'S A LOT OF FUN.
THE KIDS, SOMETIMES IT'S THEIR FIRST THING TO EVER DO IN FRONT OF A JUDGE, AND YOU CAN SEE THEIR KNEES ARE KNOCKING AND SUCH, BUT YOU GIVE THEM SOME ENCOURAGEMENT AND TELL THEM IT'S GOING TO BE OKAY. THE ECLIPSE IS STILL GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN THEY GET OUT OF THERE ANYWAY, RIGHT? SO AND THE KIDS ALWAYS COME OUT FEELING A LITTLE BIT BETTER ABOUT THEMSELVES AND A LOT OF ONES.
AND I THINK THAT THAT'S GREAT.
I NOTE THAT THEY'VE ALSO HAD HIGH SCHOOL SOLO AND ENSEMBLE, AND WAS SPEAKING WITH MR. FIGARELLI BEHIND IT. IT LOOKS LIKE WE MIGHT HAVE A RECORD NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE MAKING STATE SOLO THIS YEAR FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL.
I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THIS WEEK, MISS GRIFFIN.
I FIRST OF ALL, I'M GOING TO MAKE A COMMENT ONE TONIGHT ON ITEMS TWO, THREE, FOUR AND FIVE, MR. FIGARELLI CAME UP AND SPOKE ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON IN GISD, AND I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE THOSE BECAUSE ONE OF THE STATEMENTS IS MADE ON PAGE
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NINE IN OUR BOARD BOOKLET, RESOURCES TO ACHIEVE THEIR CRAFT TONIGHT.WHEN I WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL, WE DIDN'T HAVE THESE.
WE DIDN'T HAVE THESE PROGRAMS LIKE THIS.
AND I JUST THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.
I'M VERY HUMBLED OF WHAT THE TEACHERS AND THE STUDENTS AND THE CAMPUSES DID.
ALSO, I DID ATTEND THE STATE OF THE CITY OF SACHSE AND BEING A CITIZEN OF SACHSE ONE TIME MYSELF, WHEN THERE WAS ONLY 648 PEOPLE LIVING THERE AND SEEING WHAT IT IS TODAY AND SEEING THE GROWTH THAT IS HAPPENING THERE, IT WAS REALLY GOOD TO HEAR MR. BICKERSTAFF AND WHAT HE IS ACCOMPLISHING AS MAYOR OF THAT CITY.
AND ALSO, I DID ATTEND THE GARLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 92ND CHAMBER BANQUET.
AND THE REASON THAT I TALK ABOUT BANQUETS AND CHAMBER CITY THINGS OF THIS NATURE IS BECAUSE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT, I THINK, AS A TRUSTEE, THAT WE ARE IN THE COMMUNITY AND THAT WE ARE THERE GOING TO THESE CHAMBER MEETINGS AND CITY MEETINGS AND THAT TYPE OF THING TO SHOW THE UNITY THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITIES OF ROWLETT, SACHSE, AND GARLAND.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT, AND I APPRECIATE GOING TO THIS PARTICULAR BANQUET.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. MILLER. YOU CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD.
I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS TO ADD.
I THINK, AS ALWAYS JANUARY THE TRUSTEE APPRECIATION MONTH IS IS ALWAYS GREAT.
LARRY BROUGHT OUT MANY GREAT THINGS.
WE GET SO MANY CARDS ARE SO CUTE.
THE KIDS ARE SO SMART AND FUNNY AND TALENTED.
AND SO THANK YOU TO ALL THE DISTRICT AS THEY PARTICIPATED IN THAT.
NOW, THAT DOES NOT MEAN SINCE JANUARY, IS SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE APPRECIATION MONTH.
THE OTHER MONTHS ARE NOT SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE DEPRECIATION MONTH.
SO WE'LL JUST TRY TO KEEP IT AT THIS LEVEL THE REST OF THE YEAR.
I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND A REALLY COOL THING.
BACK 100 YEARS AGO, I WENT TO FREEMAN ELEMENTARY AND THEY HAD A WALK THROUGH FOR THE ALUMNI GROUP AS THAT SCHOOL IS SLATED TO BE TOTALLY REBUILT STATE OF THE ART HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.
AND THERE WAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF EXCITEMENT FOR THAT.
THERE WAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF MEMORIES, STORIES.
THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE AT THAT SCHOOL.
AND YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF FUNNY SOME OF THESE PEOPLE I MAY NOT HAVE SEEN FOR 55 YEARS OR SO BUT, YOU KNOW, AS SOON AS WE SAW EACH OTHER, WE KNEW WHO IT WAS.
BUT LET ME TELL YOU ONE THING THAT'S GOING ON.
THIS WEEK, AND IT ENDS TOMORROW MORNING AT 10:00, I'M SORRY TO SAY, BUT THE VISUAL AID VOLUNTEERS GROUP IS A GROUP THAT, IF YOU DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT, I'M GOING TO READ A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEM TODAY.
WELL, LET ME JUST READ YOU THEIR HISTORY.
VISUAL AID VOLUNTEERS BEGAN IN THE FALL OF 1960 WITH A PILOT PROJECT APPROVED BY THE GARLAND SCHOOL BOARD AND THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY. VOLUNTEERS INCLUDED PARENTS OF VISUALLY IMPAIRED CHILDREN, MOTIVATED CIVIC LEADERS, AND OTHERS WHO CAME TOGETHER TO FORM VISUAL AID VOLUNTEERS.
AS A RESULT OF THIS INITIATIVE, GISD BECAME THE FIRST SCHOOL DISTRICT IN TEXAS TO HAVE BLIND AND LOW VISION STUDENTS ATTEND PUBLIC SCHOOLS ALONGSIDE THEIR PEERS.
VAV INCORPORATED IN 1962 AS A NONPROFIT AND HIRED THE FIRST DIRECTOR, ANNA KING, SHORTLY THEREAFTER.
SINCE THAT TIME, VISUAL AID VOLUNTEERS HAS WORKED CONTINUOUSLY TO PROVIDE QUALITY BRAILLE PRODUCTS FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED STUDENTS OF ALL AGES, AND I BELIEVE NOW THEY EXPANDED TO INCLUDE NEARLY ALL OF REGION TEN.
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SO THEY DO A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK, AND THEY'RE RIGHT THERE ON THE SQUARE IN DOWNTOWN GARLAND.I HAVE SEVERAL FRIENDS THAT HAVE BEEN ON THAT BOARD FOR A LONG TIME, BUT I HAVE HAD IN MY BANK AT VERITEX, I'VE HAD A PRETTY BIG DISPLAY OF THEIR ARTWORK FROM THE KIDS.
THEY'RE HAVING A BIG ART CONTEST.
I DON'T WANT ANY LAUGHS, BY THE WAY, BUT I'VE BEEN INVITED TO JUDGE THE ART CONTEST.
AND I KNOW EVERYBODY'S GOING, WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT ART? WELL, I KNOW WHAT I LIKE, SO IT'LL BE FUN.
I WISH EVERYBODY HAD MORE TIME.
BUT AT 10:00 TOMORROW, THEY'RE TAKING IT DOWN.
SO IF YOU CAN GET TO THE BANK BETWEEN 8 AND 10, YOU CAN PROBABLY SEE THE ARTWORK BEFORE IT GOES BACK TO THE VISUAL AID VOLUNTEER BUILDING THERE ON STATE STREET. AND THEN THURSDAY NIGHT WE WILL HAVE THE JUDGING CONTEST, BUT I'M HONORED TO BE A PART OF THAT.
THANK YOU. I, TOO, APPRECIATE ALL THAT WE GET FOR TRUSTEE APPRECIATION.
IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO GO THROUGH IT ALL.
I'M NOT SURE. I'M NOT GOING TO SAY I'M THROUGH IT ALL YET, BUT I AM WORKING MY WAY THROUGH.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU GUYS GIVE US AND THAT.
SOME OF THE THINGS I'M JUST GOING TO DO, SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS I ATTENDED THE TASB GRASSROOTS FOR REGION TEN, AND I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET SELECTED TO BE ON THE LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY COUNCIL, WHICH IS A HUGE THING FOR ME, BECAUSE THAT IS ONE OF MY PASSIONS, IS THAT I FEEL THAT IN ORDER TO MAKE CHANGE, YOU HAVE TO ADVOCATE FOR IT.
IT HAS TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS DONE ALL THE TIME.
SO I'M SUPER EXCITED AND LOOK FORWARD TO ALL THAT I GET TO DO WITH THAT.
I ATTENDED TWO LUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS, ONE AT THE CALI SAIGON MALL WITH THE VIETNAMESE COMMUNITY AND THEN ONE WITH THE GREATER DALLAS TAIWANESE COMMUNITY.
AND I THINK THAT I ENJOY GOING TO THOSE THE MOST, BECAUSE I HAVE YET TO SEE A BETTER MIX OF CULTURES, THE WAY THAT THE VIETNAMESE AND THE TAIWANESE DO, WHERE THEY HONOR THEIR CULTURE AND THEY HONOR THEIR PAST AND THEY HONOR THEIR AMERICAN NEW LIVES AS WELL.
SO I THANK THEM FOR ALWAYS INCLUDING US.
AND THEN ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS I GOT TO DO WAS I GOT TO CHAPERON A PARTY BUS AT BACK ELEMENTARY FOR THE THIRD AND FOURTH GRADE WINNERS FOR THEIR ANNUAL FUNDRAISERS.
AND SO I THINK ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL MISS MEDINA FOR THAT.
AND THEN I GOT TO ATTEND THE NORTH GARLAND LIBRARY DID A FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH, A REALLY GREAT PROGRAM, AND IT WAS GARLAND ISD MAKING STRIDES.
AND IT WAS REALLY I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY'S EVER SEEN IT.
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I'VE SEEN THE CD THAT WAS PUT OUT, AND IT JUST ABOUT ALL THE ORIGINAL ATTENDEES FROM THE ORIGINAL GARLAND SCHOOL THAT WAS FOR OUR BLACK COMMUNITIES BACK THEN.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST A GREAT PROGRAM.
AND THEN AFTERWARDS WE HAD TWO WE HAD A THREE PANEL BOARD.
TWO OF THEM WERE CARVER ATTENDEES.
ONE OF THEM IS A CURRENT TEACHER.
AND THEN OUR PRESIDENT, MISS GRIFFIN, SAT ON THE BOARD AS WELL.
AND THE ONLY OTHER THING I'M GOING TO PLUG IS I ATTENDED THE SAGE MEETING, WHICH IS THE PARENT SUPPORT GROUP FOR OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION. AND ANYBODY LISTENING, I JUST HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU COME OUT.
WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF US YET.
WE'RE STILL BUILDING, BUT IT'S A PLACE WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO FIND LIKE AND I DON'T WANT TO SAY LIKE MINDED BECAUSE IT'S NOT LIKE MINDED, BUT IT'S PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN THROUGH SOME OF THE SAME TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS THAT WE ALL ARE THROUGH WHEN WE HAVE NOT ONLY PHYSICALLY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN, BUT THE MENTALLY DISADVANTAGED AND ALSO THE LEARNING DISADVANTAGE.
IT'S A HUGE UMBRELLA, BUT IT'S A PLACE WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO GO AND EVERYBODY IS GOING TO UNDERSTAND YOU AND NOBODY'S GOING TO JUDGE YOU, AND YOU'RE JUST YOU'RE GOING TO FEEL BETTER WHEN YOU'RE DONE.
SO I JUST WE MEET ONCE A MONTH.
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND ANYBODY WHO IS STRUGGLING TO COME OUT AND SEE US AND THAT'S IT.
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THANK YOU, MISS GRIFFIN. THANK YOU.MR. SELDERS. THANK YOU, MISS GRIFFIN.
AND I AM STILL GOING THROUGH MY YEAH, IT'S A LOT, BUT IT'S GOOD.
I REALLY ENJOY IT. AND FOR THOSE CAMPUSES THAT GAVE ME OR SHARED WITH ME SOME OF MY FAVORITES, BUTTERFINGERS AND MOUNTAIN DEW, YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE.
AND THERE'S A STORY BEHIND THAT.
SO IF YOU EVER WANT TO KNOW IT, JUST COME ASK ME.
I'LL TELL YOU. BUT REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS DO.
LIKE MISS STANLEY SAID, I ALSO ATTENDED WITH HER AND MR. BEACH THE TASB GRASSROOTS MEETING.
AND MISS STANLEY WAS ACTUALLY BEING MODEST IN TERMS OF SAYING SHE GOT SELECTED.
SO I REALLY YEAH, THAT WAS AWESOME FOR HER AND REPRESENTING GARLAND ISD.
[LAUGHTER] I WASN'T GOING TO SAY THAT JOHNNY.
ALSO HAD A CHANCE TO ATTEND THE COUNCIL OF PTA'S FOUNDER'S DAY.
WANTED TO REALLY APPRECIATE MISS NICOLE SCOTT.
SHE PROVIDES GREAT LEADERSHIP FOR THAT ORGANIZATION, AND IT WAS REALLY GOOD TO KNOW AND LEARN ABOUT HOW PTA STARTED AND HOW IT STARTED IN TEXAS, AND HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY. AND I STUCK AROUND TO ATTEND A LIVE STREAMED EVENT FROM THE TEXAS PTA ON STRAIGHT TALK 24 NAVIGATING THE SMARTPHONE ERA.
AND THERE WAS IT WAS A LIVE STREAMED EVENT FROM THE STATE CAPITOL, AND THERE WERE OVER 500 TEXAS PARENTS, EDUCATORS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ATTENDED THAT WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT OR THEY TALKED ABOUT THE IMPACT OF SMARTPHONES ON OUR STUDENTS MINDS, BODIES AND IN THE CLASSROOM. AND SO AFTERWARDS, THERE WAS A PANEL THAT WAS HELD HERE IN GARLAND ISD UPSTAIRS WITH SOME OF OUR ADMINISTRATORS AND SOME OF OUR STUDENTS.
THERE WERE CHANGE AGENTS, STUDENTS FROM NORTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL THAT WERE THERE THAT WERE REPRESENTED ON THAT PANEL, AND THEY TALKED ABOUT HOW CERTAIN POLICIES AND CERTAIN PRACTICES, IN TERMS OF REMOVING CELL PHONES FROM THE CLASSROOM HAVE IMPACTED INSTRUCTION.
I ALSO ATTENDED THE ROWLETT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND LIKE MR. BEACH TALKED ABOUT THE DALLAS GREATER TAIWANESE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THEIR LUNAR NEW YEAR CHARITY GALA.
I WAS THERE WITH MISS STANLEY.
ABSOLUTELY. AND THEN DOCTOR ADAMS AND HIS WIFE.
AND MISS HOGAN. SO WE WERE THERE.
AND IT WAS REALLY COOL AND FASCINATING TO SEE HOW THEY DID IT.
AND IT JUST SHARED LOVE WITH EVERYBODY.
SO I WAS REALLY APPRECIATIVE THAT I WAS ABLE TO SEE THAT AND SEE THAT HAPPEN.
I WAS THERE WITH MISS GRIFFIN AND DOCTOR LOPEZ AND DOCTOR PERALES, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS REALLY INTERESTING FOR ME AND THEY ASKED IF ANY OF THE TRUSTEES HAD COMMENTS, AND SO I DEFER TO MISS GRIFFIN.
AND YOU ALL KNOW HOW MISS GRIFFIN CAN GO.
GOT A STANDING OVATION, WHICH I'M SURE MANY OF YOU ARE NOT SURPRISED, BUT IT WAS REALLY AWESOME TO KIND OF SEE HOW SHE WAS ABLE TO CONNECT WITH THOSE STUDENTS WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ON THAT DAY, AND IT WAS REALLY AWESOME TO WATCH AND SEE.
ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE THANK YOU, TRUSTEES, FOR ALL OF YOUR REPORTS AND YOUR VISIBILITY IN THE TRI CITIES OF GARLAND, ROWLETT AND SACHSE. I WILL NOT REPEAT EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN SAID, BUT I WILL.
I WOULD LIKE TO JUST GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO ALL OF OUR PRINCIPALS, OUR ADMINISTRATORS, OUR TEACHERS.
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THIS IS THE BUSY TIME OF YEAR.IT STARTS WITH BOARD APPRECIATION AND IT CONTINUES UNTIL THE END OF MAY.
SO I WANT TO GIVE THEM A SHOUT OUT FOR KEEPING THEIR SCHOOLS MOTIVATED, FOR HAVING THEIR SCHOOLS PARTICIPATE IN ALL OF THE MILLION COMPETITIONS THAT ARE GOING ON THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, AND KNOW THAT WE APPRECIATE ALL OF THE EXTRA EFFORTS THAT'S GOING INTO THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING ON YOUR CAMPUSES.
AND IT'S EVIDENT TONIGHT, BECAUSE OUR ABILITY TO WIN AWARDS AND PLACE IN ALL OF THIS COMPETITION.
AND SO I'D LIKE FOR THE BOARD TO GIVE OUR PRINCIPALS, STAFF, ADMINISTRATORS AND STUDENTS A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR HOW THEY CONTINUE TO REPRESENT GARLAND ISD VERY WELL.
[APPLAUSE] AND THE ONE EVENT THAT I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IT IS ONE OF THE MOST RECENT COLLABORATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE CITY OF GARLAND, AS ALL OF US TRY TO BE INCLUSIVE, MEANING SCHOOL DISTRICTS, CITIES, GARLAND, ROWLETT AND SACHSE TO BE INCLUSIVE OF ALL OF OUR CULTURES AND ALL OF OUR TRADITIONS.
THE CITY OF GARLAND, ALONG WITH OUR FACE DEPARTMENT HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL BLACK HISTORY PROGRAM.
THE BLACK HISTORY MONTH THEME THIS YEAR IS BLACK ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH THE ARTS, AND OUR LIAISONS FROM THE FACE DEPARTMENT AND STUDENT SERVICES CHOSE DANCE.
AND THE AUDITORIUM WAS PACKED.
THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WERE THERE.
AND THEY HAD SO MUCH FUN IN PARTICIPATING AND BASICALLY DANCING.
AND ALSO, I WANT TO THANK THE PARENTS BECAUSE THERE WERE A LOT OF PARENTS THERE.
SO WE CONTINUE TO DO THINGS THAT'S INCLUSIVE FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AS WELL AS OUR PARENTS.
AND WITH THAT, I WILL ASK DOCTOR LOPEZ FOR A SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
[V.B. Superintendent's Report]
WELL, YOU KNOW, AS WE TURN TO THE NEW YEAR, IT ALWAYS EXCITING.NEW CHALLENGES, NEW THINGS COMING UP.
ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND IS HOW ENGAGED OUR BOARD IS.
WE'RE NOT ONLY A TRI CITY AREA, BUT WE'RE A TRI CITY AREA WITH SO MUCH DIVERSITY THAT EVERYBODY IS CELEBRATING THEIR EXCELLENCE AND THE BOARD WHAT THEY DO IS THEY ENGAGE IN EVERY DIFFERENT FACET OF OUR CITY.
IT'S NO COINCIDENCE THAT THEY'RE AN HEB FINALIST, ONE OF FIVE IN THE ENTIRE STATE FOR BOARD OF THE YEAR, FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS.
YOU ALL DESERVE A HUGE ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
[APPLAUSE] YOU KNOW, THEY'RE CHAMPIONS FOR CHILDREN.
THEY HAVE AN IMPACT ON NOT ONLY THE GISD.
THE GISD EFFECT IS ABOUT IMPACT.
AND IT TRANSCENDS BEYOND WHAT HAPPENS IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
WE STARTED LOOKING BACK, AND THIS BOARD HAS DONE EXCELLENT THINGS FOR DECADES.
I'M BIASED. I'VE BEEN HERE SIX YEARS.
I THINK THIS IS THE BEST BOARD IN THE HISTORY OF GARLAND ISD.
BUT I WILL TELL YOU THIS JUST A LITTLE BIASED.
SO DON'T THINK I'M TRYING TO GET POINTS.
SO. [LAUGHTER] AND MY CONTRACT SO BUT I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THIS.
WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY OKAY.
SINCE 2000, THE BOARD HAS NOT GOTTEN ANY RECOGNITIONS AT THIS LEVEL AT ALL.
AND THINK OF ALL THE EXCELLENT WORK THAT HAS CONTINUALLY HAPPENED IN GISD.
AND IT'S ABOUT TIME THE RECOGNITION IS DUE.
SO WHAT I'M GOING TO ASK OUR COMMUNITY TO DO ON MARCH 8TH, THEY HAVE THE BIG INTERVIEW.
SEND A PRAYER THAT DAY, THAT EVERYTHING THAT'S GREAT ABOUT OUR CITY IS DELIVERED IN A MANNER WHERE THEY LEAVE HERE THINKING, MAN, THIS PLACE IS SPECIAL BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO ONLY TALK ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE BOARD.
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IT'S ALL ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING.AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE SHOWCASE THE EXCELLENCE FROM THE PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING THE EVERYDAY WORK IN THE CLASSROOMS TO PEOPLE THAT ARE VOLUNTEERING. I MEAN, THIS IS A GREAT PLACE TO BE, AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT.
AND I'M AND I YES, I AM BIASED.
THERE'S IN MY OPINION, THERE'S ONLY ONE REAL WINNER AND IT'S THESE SEVEN PEOPLE UP HERE.
SO REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS, IN MY BOOK THEY'RE THE BEST BOARD IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
SO GOOD LUCK. THIS NOT THIS FRIDAY, BUT A WEEK FROM THIS FRIDAY.
THE OTHER THINGS I WANT TO RECOGNIZE IS, YOU KNOW, BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
AND I WANT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING.
BUT WHEN YOU GO THERE, YOU WOULD BE YOU WOULD BE BLOWN AWAY BY THE KIDS.
THEY GET IT WHEN THEY'RE CELEBRATING BLACK EXCELLENCE.
IT'S NOT JUST LIKE FOR A BLACK AUDIENCE.
IT'S NOT JUST BLACK PEOPLE DELIVERING IT FOR EVERYBODY ELSE.
IT REALLY IS MULTICULTURAL AND MULTI-DIMENSIONAL.
THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE CELEBRATING IT IN UNITY AND HAND IN HAND THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR DISTRICT WITH OUR KIDS, YOU WOULD LEAVE AFTER SEEING THAT SAYING, WOW, THEY GET IT.
SO I WANT TO CONGRATULATE EVERYBODY AS WE CONCLUDE THE MONTH.
FINALLY, YOU KNOW I WANT TO CONGRATULATE ROBERT SELDERS, ROBERT SELDERS JUNIOR, AND WESLEY JOHNSON.
AND SO OUR BOARD IS STAYING IN UNISON AND IN STRONG HANDS.
NOW, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO THE COMMUNITY? THAT MEANS NOT ONLY DO YOU HAVE TWO GREAT BOARD MEMBERS, BUT WE JUST NOT HAVING AN ELECTION SAVED THE DISTRICT A QUARTER OF $1 MILLION DOLLARS.
I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THAT.
SO IT'S REALLY NEAT TO SEE THAT THERE'S CONFIDENCE IN THE PEOPLE THAT ARE UP HERE.
AND I WILL TELL YOU, THESE PEOPLE TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY.
[V.C. Future Agenda Items]
ARE THERE ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? YES. MRS. GRIFFIN. NOT NECESSARILY FOR THE BOARD, BUT FOR DISTRICT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE.I THINK THAT EVERYONE WOULD REALLY BE BLOWN AWAY BY THAT.
THANK YOU. OKAY, MR. SELDERS, SINCE YOU CHAIRED THAT.
[VI. Consent Agenda]
AND WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, TRUSTEES, IS A CONSENT AGENDA.AND UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA, WE WILL BE VOTING ON THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. HUMAN RESOURCE REPORT.
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF BUDGET TRANSFERS AND AMENDMENTS TO THE 2023 2024 GENERAL FUND AND STUDENT NUTRITION SERVICES.
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF DISPOSAL OF BUSSES.
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF REGION TEN.
MULTI-REGION PURCHASING COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF COMMODITY PROCESSING FOR STUDENT NUTRITION SERVICES.
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF MEDICAL TESTING AND EVALUATION SERVICES.
NUMBER THREE CONTRACT NUMBER 390-24-01.
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF TRANSPORTATION PHOTO ID SYSTEM.
NUMBER FOUR CONTRACT NUMBER 39424-04.
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT FOR DYSLEXIA.
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF TECHNOLOGY CABLE LOCATING SERVICES.
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CONSIDER APPROVAL OF RECOMMENDED CONTRACTOR FOR CHILLER REPLACEMENTS.CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF TOILET TISSUE AND DISPENSERS WAREHOUSED.
NUMBER ONE, CONTRACT NUMBER 388-20.
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF WASTE COLLECTION AND RECYCLING SERVICES.
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.
AND G INCREASED TO AWARD BIDS.
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF INCREASE IN AWARDED AMOUNTS FOR OFFICE SUPPLIES CATALOG.
TRUSTEES THOSE ARE THE ITEMS UNDER CONSENT AGENDA.
I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION AT THIS TIME.
REMEMBER THAT YOUR CLICKERS ARE AT YOUR STATION.
IS THERE A MOTION? MISS GRIFFIN, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS OUTLINED IN OUR BOARD BOOK.
SECOND. IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY MR. SELDERS. SECOND, BY MR. GLICK THAT WE ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS NOTED IN OUR BOARD BOOK AND IS ALSO CITED IN THE PREPARATION FOR THE MOTION.
ARE WE READY TO VOTE? VOTE OPEN.
THE CONSENT AGENDA PASSES 7 TO 0.
WE ARE NOW GOING TO MOVE INTO OUR NON CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE ORDER CANCELING MAY 2024 BOARD OF TRUSTEES ELECTION, MISS HOGAN.
[VII.A. Consider Approval of Order Canceling May 2024 Board of Trustees' General Election]
GOOD EVENING, MISS GRIFFIN, DOCTOR LOPEZ, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.ONCE THE SCREEN MATCHES MY STATEMENT, YOU WILL HAVE BEFORE YOU THE OFFICIAL ORDER OF CANCELLATION FOR THE MAY 4TH, 2024 GENERAL TRUSTEE ELECTION. WHEREAS WE WILL SECOND THIS WITH ISSUING THE UNCONTESTED ELECTIONS FORMS. SO THIS IS JUST A FORMALITY.
WE MUST DO THIS OFFICIALLY, GET IT SIGNED AND GET IT VOTED ON AND APPROVED.
SO DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR ITEM A? MR. BEACH. I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CANCELLATION OF THE MAY 4TH, 2024 GISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES GENERAL ELECTION AS CANDIDATES FOR PLACE SIX AND SEVEN ARE CERTIFIED AS UNOPPOSED.
SECOND. IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY MR. BEACH, SECOND BY MR. GLICK THAT WE ACCEPT THE CANCELLATION OF THE MAY 2024 BOARD OF TRUSTEES GENERAL ELECTION.
ANY QUESTIONS, ANY DISCUSSION? VOTE OPEN.
THANK YOU. TRUSTEES, THAT PASSES 7 TO 0.
WE WILL MOVE TO BE ISSUING A MS.
[VII.B. Issue Certification of Unopposed Candidates for Election ]
HOGAN TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF UNOPPOSED CANDIDATES FOR ELECTION.AS MENTIONED PRIOR, THIS IS ALSO PART OF THE FORMALITIES FOR CANCELLATION.
WE WERE CERTIFIED THAT BOTH CANDIDATES FOR PLACE SIX, MR. ROBERT SELDERS JUNIOR AND PLACE SEVEN, MR. WESLEY JOHNSON, ARE OFFICIALLY CERTIFIED AS UNOPPOSED CANDIDATES FOR OUR MAY 4TH GENERAL TRUSTEE ELECTION.
AND AS THE PRESIDING OFFICER FOR OUR ELECTIONS, I HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO CERTIFY THAT.
SO I WILL SIGN OFF ON THESE DOCUMENTS ONCE YOU ALL APPROVE THIS, AND WE WILL ALSO ISSUE THESE.
JUST AS A NOTE, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE UNCONTESTED ELECTIONS, AND YOU ALL WILL BE CONSIDERED CERTIFIED AS THE UNOPPOSED CANDIDATES AND WINNERS, YOU CANNOT BE INSTITUTED AND INSTALLED INTO THIS POSITION UNTIL THE REGULAR TIME FRAME, AS IF YOU WERE TO BE HAVING A OPPOSED ELECTION OR CONTESTED ELECTION.
SO AT THE LAST MEETING IN MAY, AS THOUGH WE WERE TO DO IT ANYWAY, YOU WILL THEN BE ALLOWED TO ELECT NEW OFFICERS IF YOU CHOOSE TO DO SO, AND YOU WILL ALSO BE SWORN IN TO TAKE YOUR OATH OF OFFICE AT THAT TIME AND SWEAR YOUR STATEMENTS OF ELECTED OFFICERS.
IS THERE A MOTION? MISS STANLEY? I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CANCELLATION OF THE MAY 4TH, 2024 GARLAND ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES GENERAL ELECTIONS.
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ELECTION AS CANDIDATES FOR PLACE SIX AND SEVEN ARE CERTIFIED AS UNOPPOSED.SECOND. WE'VE ALREADY TAKEN ACTION ON THAT ONE.
AND SECOND, MOVED BY MISS STANLEY.
SECOND BY MR. BEACH THAT WE ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF UNOPPOSED CANDIDATES FOR ELECTION.
THANK YOU. TRUSTEES, THAT PASSED 7 TO 0.
I WOULD SAY PREPARE YOUR STATEMENTS IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD.
SO AT THIS TIME, SEE, WE WANT TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PROCLAMATION 2024.
[VII.C. Consider Approval of Proclamation 2024]
MR. BRUMAN.GOOD EVENING AGAIN, PRESIDENT GRIFFIN BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DOCTOR LOPEZ.
THIS IS THE SAME PRESENTATION FROM THE DISTRICT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE REGARDING PROCLAMATION 2024.
AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF ME AND TOBI SCHMIDT IN THE CROWD.
IN SHORT, THIS IS FOR OUR SCIENCE MATERIALS K THROUGH 12.
AND THEN THE MATERIALS SPRINKLED THROUGH SEVERAL COURSES IN FIVE PROGRAMS OF STUDY.
AND EVERYTHING IS UNCHANGED WITH THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY ALLOTMENT.
THANK YOU. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION AT THIS TIME, MS. GRIFFIN. YES MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE PROCLAMATION 2024 AS WRITTEN IN OUR BOARD BOOK.
SECOND. IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY MR. SELDERS AND SECOND, BY MR. GLICK TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PROCLAMATION 2024.
THANK YOU TRUSTEES, THAT PASSES 7 TO 0.
D CONSIDER APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION FOR THE EVENT AT THE CURTIS CULWELL CENTER.
[VII.D. Consider Approval of Resolution for Event at the Curtis Culwell Center; GISD Council of PTAs ]
THE GARLAND ISD COUNCIL OF PTA.GOOD EVENING. BOARD PRESIDENT BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DOCTOR LOPEZ.
I AM RAMONA MORIN, AND WE DID DISCUSS THIS DURING COMMITTEE.
THESE ITEMS ARE BEFORE YOU FOR YOUR APPROVAL.
TRUSTEES, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
CAN YOU JUST ADD GARLAND ISD COUNCIL OF PTA? OKAY I'LL RESTATE THE MOTION.
THANK YOU. MISS GRIFFIN. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE RESOLUTION FOR THE GARLAND ISD COUNCIL OF PTA'S EVENT, THE SPRING LUNCHEON AT THE CURTIS CULWELL CENTER.
SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MR. SELDERS. SECOND, BY MR. JOHNSON THAT WE ACCEPT AND APPROVE THE RESOLUTION FOR THE EVENT AT THE CURTIS CULWELL CENTER ON BEHALF OF THE GARLAND ISD COUNCIL OF PTA'S.
THANK YOU. TRUSTEES THAT PASSES 7 TO 0.
[VII.E. Consider Approval of Resolution for Event at the Curtis Culwell Center; GAABSE Scholarship Gala]
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION FOR EVENT AT THE CURTIS CULWELL CENTER GAABSE GARLAND ALLIANCE OF BLACK SCHOOL EDUCATORS SCHOLARSHIP GALA.YOU'RE STILL UP. THANK YOU AGAIN.
I'M STILL UP. PRESIDENT GRIFFIN BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
ANY QUESTIONS? IS THERE A MOTION? MS. GRIFFIN, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE RESOLUTION FOR THE GARLAND AREA ALLIANCE OF BLACK SCHOOL EDUCATORS EVENT AT THE CURTIS CULWELL CENTER AS PRINTED IN OUR BOARD BOOK. SECOND.
IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY MR. SELDERS. SECOND, BY MR. GLICK THAT WE APPROVE THE RESOLUTIONS FOR THE EVENT AT THE CURTIS CULWELL CENTER FOR THE GAABSE SCHOLARSHIP GALA.
THANK YOU. THAT PASSES 7 TO 0.
F CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION FOR THE EVENT AT THE CURTIS CULWELL CENTER.
[VII.F. Consider Approval of Resolution for Event at the Curtis Culwell Center; NAACP Goldie Locke Excel Awards]
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NAACP GOLDIE LOCKE EXCEL AWARDS.ANOTHER RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU.
MOTION. IS THERE A MOTION AT THIS TIME? YES. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE RESOLUTION FOR THE GARLAND CHAPTER OF THE NAACP TO HOLD ITS GOLDIE LOCKE EXCEL AWARDS AT THE CURTIS CULWELL CENTER, AS NOTED IN OUR BOARD BOOK.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? OKAY. THANK YOU.
IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY MR. SELDERS. SECOND, BY MISS STANLEY, THAT WE APPROVE THE RESOLUTION FOR THE EVENT AT THE CURTIS CULWELL CENTER, THE NAACP GOLDIE LOCKE EXCEL AWARDS.
MOVING ON TO G CONSIDER APPROVAL OF MOU WITH PLANO ISD.
[VII.G. Consider Approval of MOU with Plano ISD]
OKAY.NOW YOU CAN MOVE. NOW I CAN MOVE.
THANK YOU. THAT PASSES 7 TO 0.
THAT'S WHAT TEAMWORK WILL DO I'LL CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE BOARD OF THE MOU WITH PLANO ISD.
YES. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT GRIFFIN BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
DOCTOR LOPEZ, I'M TANYA RAMOS.
I'M EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SUPPORT AND SPECIALIZED SERVICES.
BEFORE YOU IS AM MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH REGION TEN AT PLANO ISD FOR SIERRA'S SCHOOL SEAT.
AND SO NO CHANGES FROM THE PRESENTATION.
IT IS AN ADDITIONAL SEAT FOR AN AGREEMENT THAT WE ALREADY HAVE WITH THEM.
QUESTIONS. IS THERE A MOTION? MR. JOHNSON? MADAM PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE PROPOSED MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH PLANO ISD PRINTED IN OUR BOARD BOOK.
SECOND. SECOND. IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECOND, MOVED BY MR. JOHNSON. SECOND, BY MR. BEACH THAT WE APPROVE THE MOU WITH PLANO ISD AS PRINTED IN OUR BOARD BOOK.
H CONSIDER APPROVAL OF BOARD RESOLUTIONS FOR DISPOSAL OF PORTABLE BUILDINGS.
[VII.H. Consider Approval of Board Resolution for Disposal of Portable Buildings]
MR. PAUL GONZALES.WE'RE HERE FOR APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION THAT WAS NO CHANGES WERE MADE.
JUST SEEKING THE APPROVAL OF THIS RESOLUTION.
ANY QUESTIONS? TRUSTEES IS THERE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE BOARD RESOLUTION FOR DISPOSAL OF PORTABLE BUILDINGS AS PRINTED IN OUR BOOKLET.
SECOND. IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED BY MR. BEACH. SECOND, BY MR. GLICK THAT WE CONSIDER APPROVAL OF BOARD RESOLUTION FOR DISPOSAL OF PORTABLE BUILDINGS.
THANK YOU. THAT PASSES SEVEN ZERO.
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF $8,173 DONATION FROM BEAVER TECHNOLOGY CENTER PTA.
[VII.I. Consider Approval of $8,173 Donation from Beaver Technology Center PTA]
YES, DR. PERALES.IDA PERALES, INTERIM CHIEF LEADERSHIP OFFICER.
DOCTOR LOPEZ AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES I'M JUST HERE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
APPROVAL OF $8,173 DONATION FROM BEAVER TECHNOLOGY CENTER PTA.
ANY QUESTIONS? IS THERE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. MS. STANLEY. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE $8,173 DONATION FROM BEAVER TECHNOLOGY CENTER PTA AS WRITTEN IN OUR BOARD BOOK. SECOND.
IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY MISS STANLEY, AND SECOND, BY MR. SELDERS THAT WE CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE $8,173 DONATION FROM THE BEAVER TECHNOLOGY CENTER PTA.
AND BEAVER TECHNOLOGY PTA HATS OFF TO YOU.
[VII.J. Consider Approval of Resolution Allowing Compensation for Staff Members Due to Time Missed During Inclement Weather Day]
INCLEMENT WEATHER.ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH. THE RESOLUTION IS UNCHANGED FROM WHEN I PRESENTED TO YOU PREVIOUSLY AND READ FROM THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.
[01:15:04]
MS. GRIFFIN.YES, MR. MILLER. BEING NO QUESTIONS, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE RESOLUTION ALLOWING COMPENSATION FOR STAFF MEMBERS DUE TO TIME MISSED DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER AS PRESENTED IN THIS BOARD BOOK.
SECOND. IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECOND BY MOTION BY MR. MILLER, SECOND BY MR. GLICK THAT WE ACCEPT THE RESOLUTION ALLOWING FOR COMPENSATION FOR STAFF MEMBERS DUE TO THE TIME MISSED DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER DAY.
K CONSIDER APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION AMENDING AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES TEXPOOL AND ADD FORM FOR LONE
[VII.K. Consider Approval of Resolution Amending Authorized Representatives-TexPool and Add Form for Lone Star]
STAR. MR. DODDS. PRESIDENT GRIFFIN, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DOCTOR LOPEZ.ANY QUESTIONS? TRUSTEES IS THERE A MOTION? MISS STANLEY? THANK YOU. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AMENDING AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES TEXPOOL AND ADD FORM FOR THE LONE STAR AS PRINTED IN OUR BOOKS.
SECOND. IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECOND, MOVED BY MISS STANLEY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. DODDS. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION FOR SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS FOR STUDENTS.
[ VII.L. Consider Approval of Resolution for Scholarship Awards for Students]
MR. BRUMAN. GOOD EVENING AGAIN, PRESIDENT GRIFFIN, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AND DOCTOR LOPEZ.[LAUGHTER] COME OUT AND BUY AN ANIMAL.
BUT IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE KIDS THAT ARE SHOWING.
TRUSTEES, IS THERE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE MOVE TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION FOR SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS FOR STUDENTS AS PRESENTED TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OUR BOARD BOOKLET TONIGHT.
SECOND. IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECOND, MOVED BY MR. BEACH. SECOND, BY MR. SELDERS THAT WE CONSIDER APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION FOR SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS FOR STUDENTS AS PRINTED IN OUR BOARD BOOK VOTE OPEN.
THANK YOU TRUSTEES, THAT PASSES 7 TO 0.
AND TRUSTEES, IT IS NOW 6:18 AND WE HAVE COMPLETED.
WE HAVE COMPLETED OUR DESIGNATED WORK ASSIGNMENT.
AND NOW WE MOVE INTO ITEM EIGHT, EXECUTIVE SESSION.
[VIII. Executive Session]
EXECUTIVE SESSION WILL BE HELD FOR PURPOSE PERMITTED BY THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 551.001 A PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 551.076 DELIBERATION REGARDING SECURITY DETECT SECURITY DEVICES OR SECURITY AUDITS DISCUSS AND DELIBERATE REGARDING TEA'S INTRUDER DETECTION AUDITS.
BE PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 551.071.
PRIVATE CONSULTATION WITH THE BOARD ATTORNEY IN PERSON OR BY PHONE WHEN THE BOARD SEEKS THE ADVICE OF ITS ATTORNEY ABOUT PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION SETTLEMENT OFFER, OR ON A MATTER IN WHICH THE DUTY OF THE ATTORNEY TO THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY UNDER THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT.
C PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 551.074 DELIBERATION REGARDING THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT EVALUATION, REASSIGNMENT DUTIES, DISCIPLINE, OR DISMISSAL OF A PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE, OR TO HEAR A COMPLAINT OR CHARGE AGAINST A OFFICER OR AN EMPLOYMENT OR AN EMPLOYEE ONE UNDER THERE WE WILL BE IN CONSULTATION AND DELIBERATION REGARDING THE SUPERINTENDENT'S 2024 EVALUATION INSTRUMENT.
[01:20:03]
WE ARE NOW IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.TRUSTEES, WE WILL RESUME EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 6:30.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK TONIGHT.
IT IS NOW 9:01 AND WE HAVE RETURNED FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION.
[IX. Reconvene from Executive Session for action relative to items considered during Executive Session]
AND I WILL SAY THAT NOTHING WAS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION THAT WAS NOT LISTED ON OUR AGENDA.IS THERE A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT?
[X. Adjournment]
SO MOVED. WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 9:01.THANK YOU, TRUSTEES, FOR YOUR WORK.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.