Apr 22, 2025 Board of Trustees Meeting

YOU DID TOO. THAT'S GOOD. GOOD EVENING. IT'S 5:00.

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

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AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE A STUDENT FROM WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHO WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE.

PLEASE STAND.

YEAH, YOU CAN FACE THAT WAY, AND SPEAK INTO THE MIC. THE PLEDGE TO THE TEXAS FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES--OH, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

YES. MY NAME IS JASON ALLISON. I AM A FIFTH GRADE STUDENT FROM MD WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY.

I AM ON STUDENT COUNCIL. MY FAVORITE TEACHER IS MISS MANCE AND I PLAY BASKETBALL.

I HAD A CHANCE TO VISIT WITH JASON RIGHT BEFORE THE BOARD MEETING, AND HE SAID HE'S PRETTY POPULAR AT SCHOOL, TOO. SO I LOVE THAT.

THIS TIME WE'LL GO TO ITEM THREE IN OUR PUBLIC FORUM, MISS HOGAN.

[III. Public Forum]

WHEN YOU COME UP TO SPEAK, YOU'LL STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME, YOUR ADDRESS AND AFFILIATION TO THE DISTRICT.

THEN YOU'LL BEGIN SPEAKING. THE LIGHTS ON THE PODIUM WILL INDICATE YOUR TIME.

GREEN MEANS GO. YELLOW IS ABOUT A MINUTE. RED MEANS PLEASE STOP, AND IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SHARE, POST. YOU'RE WELCOME TO SEND US AN EMAIL AND WE'LL SHARE IT WITH THE BOARD. THIS TIME I HAVE ONE CARD, MISS EVELYN BARBER.

DO I START? YES. OKAY. MY NAME IS EVELYN BARBER.

MY ADDRESS IS 5910 LOTUS DRIVE, ROWLETT, TEXAS, 75089.

I AM A FIFTH GRADE STUDENT AT KIMBERLIN ACADEMY FOR EXCELLENCE.

I WANT TO PROPOSE A USE FOR THE KIMBERLIN BUILDING AFTER KIMBERLIN AND HILLSIDE COMBINED.

I RECOGNIZE THAT THE PLAN IS THAT AFTER HILLSIDE AND KIMBERLIN COMBINED, KIMBERLIN WILL BE DEMOLISHED, BUT I THINK THAT INSTEAD OF DEMOLISHING KIMBERLIN, IT SHOULD BE TURNED INTO A RETIREMENT HOME.

THE CLASSROOMS WOULD MAKE GOOD ROOMS FOR THOSE LIVING THERE.

THERE IS ALREADY A CAFETERIA, AND THE ART ROOM, MUSIC ROOM AND GYM ROOM COULD BE USED FOR SPACES FOR CLASSES.

THERE WOULD NEED TO BE SOME WORK DONE TO KIMBERLIN TO TRANSFORM IT INTO A RETIREMENT HOME, SUCH AS REMOVING CABINETS AND WHITEBOARDS, REPLACING THE TILE WITH WOOD, AND PERHAPS EVEN INCREASING THE NUMBER OF FLOORS IN THE BUILDING THOUGH IT DOES SOUND LIKE A LOT OF MONEY, THE SCHOOL WOULDN'T ACTUALLY HAVE TO PAY FOR ANY OF IT AT ALL.

WE COULD HOST FUNDRAISERS AND PERHAPS EVEN HAVE ADVERTISEMENTS ONLINE WITH A LINK ATTACHED TO THAT WHERE PEOPLE CAN DONATE MONEY.

WE COULD ALSO GET VOLUNTEERS TO HELP WITH REPAIRS.

TURNING KIMBERLIN INTO A RETIREMENT HOME WOULD ALSO BE GREAT FOR THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY SINCE SENIORS 65 AND OLDER NEED AUTOMATIC HEALTH CARE.

IN FACT, STUDIES SHOW THAT SENIORS THAT LIVE IN RETIREMENT FACILITIES LIVE LONGER THAN THOSE WHO DON'T.

MANY SENIORS THAT LIVE BY THEMSELVES OFTEN FALL OR HAVE SOME SORT OF HEALTH COMPLICATION, SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE ASSISTED LIVING THIS WAY.

SENIORS IN OUR COMMUNITY CAN BE HEALTHIER, HEALTHIER, HAPPIER, AND LIVE LONGER, AND IN CONCLUSION, TURNING CUMBERLAND INTO A RETIREMENT FACILITY WILL ENSURE THE HEALTH OF SENIORS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WON'T COST THE SCHOOL ANY MONEY.

PLEASE TAKE IT INTO CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU.

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[IV.A. Evidence of Excellence ]

MISS CROMER. GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT SELDERS BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DOCTOR LOPEZ. EACH YEAR, SEVERAL OF OUR GISD THEATER TROOPS PARTICIPATE IN THE TEXAS THESPIANS FESTIVAL.

IN ADDITION TO WORKSHOPS, THIS FESTIVAL INCLUDES A SERIES OF PERFORMANCE EVENTS IN WHICH STUDENTS COMPETE IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR THE INTERNATIONAL THESPIAN FESTIVAL IN INDIANA IN JUNE. THIS YEAR, WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL NATIONAL QUALIFIERS FROM LAKEVIEW CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL, ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL AND SACHSE HIGH SCHOOL, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF ROBERT APREA AND HOLLY STONE, THE FOLLOWING QUALIFIERS FROM LAKEVIEW CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL INCLUDE JOSH CAMOT, ELLIOTT MORGAN, CHRISTIAN PERDIDO, AND LELAND REYES.

THE PRINCIPAL AT LAKEVIEW CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL IS MISS ELISE MOSTY.

UNDER THE DIRECTION OF BYRON HOLDER-LANE, LUIS SALAZAR, AND CLAYTON YOUNKIN, THE FOLLOWING QUALIFIERS FROM ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL INCLUDE ANTHONY BEDOYA, LATRAVIAS CHURCH, CHRISTOPHER HUMPHREY, ELLE MORLET, KAILYN WHITE, AND AMBER WHITTINGTON.

ADDITIONALLY, ROWLETT STUDENT AUSTIN LAUGHLIN HAS RECEIVED THE TEXAS THESPIAN SCHOLAR AWARD.

THE ROWLETT PRINCIPAL IS MR. DAVID DUNPHY. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF SACHSE DIRECTORS JOSEPH MURDOCH AND SEAN MAGUIRE, THE FOLLOWING QUALIFIERS FROM SACHSE HIGH SCHOOL INCLUDE ADIA EPHRAIM, LAURA GALLARDO, MADISON HENDERSON, DYLAN HERNANDEZ, KAYLYN HERNANDEZ, TIFFANY JOHNSON, STEWART KATHRYN, CAROLINE KING, EMERY LOWER, ADDISON MYERS, CADEN PESOLA, AHN PHAM, JULIANN NGUYEN, ALAINA STOVALL.

THE SACHSE PRINCIPAL IS SHAE CREEL.

IN ADDITION TO THESE INCREDIBLE ACHIEVEMENTS, WE ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE INDIVIDUAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF TWO MORE OF OUR STUDENTS IN THE UIL THEATRICAL DESIGN COMPETITION. NEVAEH BOLDEN FROM NORTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL HAS ADVANCED TO THE STATE COMPETITION IN UIL THEATRICAL DESIGN IN THE CATEGORY OF MARKETING. HER DIRECTORS ARE NANCY GIBSON AND BECKY MCDONALD.

THE NORTH GARLAND PRINCIPAL IS JOHN FISHPAW, AND FINALLY, KARLEE UNGER FROM BUSSEY MIDDLE SCHOOL COMPETED IN THE PILOT PROGRAM FOR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL THEATRICAL DESIGN AND RECEIVED THE HIGHEST RATING OF EXEMPLARY IN COSTUME DESIGN.

HER DIRECTOR IS SARAH JARVIS AND THE BUSSEY PRINCIPAL'S AMANDA RAMOS.

SO THESE STUDENTS AND THEIR DIRECTORS ARE A TESTAMENT TO THE HIGH QUALITY THEATER EDUCATION AT GARLAND ISD, AND WHY WE HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR A SECOND YEAR IN A ROW AS A TEXAS THESPIANS PREMIER COMMUNITY FOR THEATER.

AMEN. CONGRATULATIONS.

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CONGRATULATIONS. WELL DONE.

WE KEEP ADDING. WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO BUILD A BIGGER BOARDROOM TO GET EVERYBODY IN THERE. VERY GOOD.

EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU.

THE PTA REFLECTIONS, STATE WINNERS AND NATIONAL QUALIFIERS.

JOSE MATA.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT SELDERS BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DOCTOR LOPEZ.

WE HAVE A LOT TO CELEBRATE TODAY. SO NATIONAL PTA HAS A LONG STANDING COMMITMENT TO ARTS EDUCATION.

THE REFLECTIONS PROGRAM PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR RECOGNITION AND ACCESS TO THE ARTS, WHICH BOOSTS STUDENT CONFIDENCE AND SUCCESS IN ARTS AND LIFE.

EACH YEAR, OVER 300,000 STUDENTS IN PRE-K THROUGH 12TH GRADE ARE INVITED TO CREATE AND SUBMIT ORIGINAL WORKS OF ART IN AREAS LIKE DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY, FILM PRODUCTION, LITERATURE, MUSIC COMPOSITION, PHOTOGRAPHY, AND VISUAL ARTS.

AS PART OF THE NATIONAL PTA REFLECTIONS PROGRAM, I AM BEYOND PROUD TO SHARE THAT THIS YEAR GARLAND ISD HAD AN INCREDIBLE SHOWING AT THE TEXAS PTA REFLECTIONS STATE LEVEL AWARDS, BRINGING HOME 21 AWARDS ACROSS MULTIPLE CATEGORIES.

THAT'S RIGHT 21 RECOGNITIONS FOR OUR TALENTED STUDENTS, SHOWCASING, SHOWCASING CREATIVITY AND EXCELLENCE IN EVERY ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE.

NATIONAL PTA WILL ANNOUNCE NATIONAL LEVEL WINNERS FROM THE 2425 PROGRAM CYCLE ON MAY 3RD IN AUSTIN, TEXAS. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS ON RECEIVING STATE RECOGNITION.

FROM JACKSON MSC LILITH BAUER FROM GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL STEPHANIE CASTILLO.

FROM GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL DAVID CASTRO FROM LAKEVIEW CENTENNIAL NICOLE CASTRO.

FROM KEELEY ELEMENTARY, CHELSEA COUNTRYMAN. FROM AUSTIN ACADEMY, VICTOR FERNANDEZ.

FROM KIMBERLIN ACADEMY EMILY FOLDS. FROM KIMBERLIN ACADEMY NORA JOSEPH.

FROM GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL. ANALIESE MARTINEZ. FROM HERFURTH ELEMENTARY ASIYA MPIANA.

FROM AUSTIN ACADEMY HARPER PETERSON. FROM SACHSE HIGH SCHOOL ALAINA STOVALL.

FROM KIMBERLIN ACADEMY ISABELLA TADEO. FROM KIMBERLIN ACADEMY OLIVIA TADEO.

FROM AUSTIN ACADEMY QUEENA TANG. FROM ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL ABBY THIEM.

FROM THE CLASSICAL CENTER AT BRANDENBURG KAYCEE WILLIS, AND FROM KIMBERLIN ACADEMY.

JOANNA YESHITILA, ALSO ADVANCING TO NATIONALS FOR OVERALL AWARD OF EXCELLENCE IN PHOTOGRAPHY FROM KIMBERLIN ACADEMY, LINCOLN AESCHBACHER ALSO ADVANCING TO NATIONALS FOR OVERALL AWARD OF EXCELLENCE IN ACCESSIBLE ARTS FROM GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL.

ANALIESE MARTINEZ, PLEASE H ELP US CONGRATULATE THESE STUDENTS.

CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

CAN WE GET THE PARENTS UP HERE WITH THEM ALSO?

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HOW ARE YOU? GREAT JOB. GREAT JOB.

OKAY, MOVING ON TO ITEM 4A3. RECOGNIZE THE TEXAS CHORAL DIRECTOR'S HONOR C HOIR INDUCTEES.

TONI STEVENS. GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT SELDERS BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DOCTOR LOPEZ. IT IS WITH GREAT PRIDE AND EXCITEMENT THAT I SHARE A REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT BY SOME OF OUR VERY OWN STUDENTS IN THE GARLAND CHILDREN'S CHOIR.

THIS YEAR, FIVE OF OUR CHORISTERS HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED INTO THE PRESTIGIOUS TEXAS CHORAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION HONOR CHOIR.

THE AUDITION PROCESS FOR THIS HONOR CHOIR IS INCREDIBLY COMPETITIVE, WITH THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS SUBMITTING THEIR AUDITIONS, AND HAVING FIVE OF OUR STUDENTS SELECTED IS TRULY AN OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENT.

WE ARE SO PROUD OF THEIR HARD WORK, DEDICATION, AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO REPRESENT GARLAND ISD AT SUCH A PRESTIGIOUS LEVEL.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING FIFTH GRADERS JENNA JOHNSON, NATHAN MARTINEZ, DANIELA RAMIREZ, AND FOURTH GRADERS SKYLYNN MIMS AND LILIANA SALAZAR.

THESE TALENTED STUDENTS WILL TRAVEL TO SAN ANTONIO THIS JULY TO REHEARSE AND PERFORM ALONGSIDE APPROXIMATELY 200 OTHER ELEMENTARY STUDENTS FROM ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS. THANK YOU TO THE GARLAND CHILDREN'S CHOIR DIRECTORS JENNY KNUTSEN, KATIE DUNN-LEDGER, THOMAS GOINS, AND MICHAELA PRUSAK, AND TO THE FAMILIES WHO SUPPORT THESE STUDENTS IN THEIR MUSICAL JOURNEYS.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING ABOUT THEIR PERFORMANCE IN SAN ANTONIO AND CELEBRATING THEIR CONTINUED SUCCESS.

THANK YOU.

PARENTS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME UP. PARENTS, PLEASE COME UP.

CONGRATULATIONS, STUDENTS AND TEACHERS. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.

ITEM 4B2 . NUMBER ONE HAS BEEN PULLED, BUT NUMBER TWO RECOGNIZE GOING THE EXTRA MILE RECIPIENT.

[IV.B. Going the Extra Mile (GEMs)]

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YEAH. AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS CAPTAIN SAVINGS AND MR. SHARP DRESS, I CAN TELL YOU THAT RIGHT NOW. CHARLES HAS BECOME A LEGEND AT THE CCC NOT JUST FOR HIS ABILITY TO SOLVE PROBLEMS, BUT ALSO FOR HOW HE DOES IT WITH EXCELLENCE, CUSTOMER FIRST SERVICE, AND A CAN DO ATTITUDE THAT DEFINES WHAT IT MEANS TO BE GISD UNMATCHED. HIS WORK SCHEDULE IS EVENT DRIVEN AND OFTEN UNPREDICTABLE, BUT CHARLES MEETS EVERY CHALLENGE WITH UNWAVERING PROFESSIONALISM.

HE DOESN'T JUST FIX PROBLEMS, HE FINDS INNOVATIVE, COST EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS THAT BENEFIT THE ENTIRE DISTRICT.

INSTEAD OF APPROVING A $8,000 REPLACEMENT ON AN ICE MACHINE, CHARLES FOUND A $200 FIX, SECURED THE PART, AND INSTALLED IT HIMSELF. WHEN THE CONVECTION OVEN NEEDED REPAIR, A VENDOR QUOTED NEARLY $4,000.

CHARLES GOT IT DONE FOR UNDER $800. HE DOESN'T JUST DO IT FOR RECOGNITION, BUT BECAUSE IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO, BECAUSE HE TAKES PRIDE IN HIS WORK AND BECAUSE HE BELIEVES IN SERVING OTHERS WELL.

CHARLES ALLEN IS MORE THAN A FACILITY SPECIALIST.

HE'S A GUARDIAN OF OUR RESOURCES, A MODEL OF EFFICIENCY, AND A SHINING EXAMPLE OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN EXCELLENCE MEETS PURPOSE.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN CELEBRATING CHARLES ALLEN, CAPTAIN SAVINGS FOR TRULY GOING THE EXTRA MILE.

DOES CHARLES DO HOUSE CALLS? CHARLES, WAIT A MINUTE.

YOU GOT TO GET YOUR WIFE HERE. GET YOUR WIFE UP HERE.

COME ON. GET YOUR FAMILY.

ALSO, I SEE THE STAFF HERE FROM THE CCC. Y'ALL COME UP AND GET YOUR PICTURE WITH HIM.

THANK YOU, CAPTAIN SAVINGS. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA WOULD BE ITEM FOUR C INTRODUCTION TO THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS,

[IV.C. Introduction of District Administrators - Dr. Gradyne Brown ]

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT SELDERS BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

SUPERINTENDENT LOPEZ. IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU AND TO OUR COMMUNITY THE NEW GARLAND ISD DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION, MR. TIMOTHY LOGAN.

MR. LOGAN IS NOW IN HIS THIRD YEAR WITH GARLAND ISD, AND HE BRINGS A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE WITH A TOTAL OF 18 YEARS IN PUBLIC EDUCATION, TRANSPORTATION.

HIS LEADERSHIP AND DEDICATION TO STUDENT SAFETY AND OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE.

THOSE TEACHERS HAVE BEEN EVIDENT THROUGHOUT HIS TENURE.

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FOLLOWING HIS ROLE AS THE DISTRICT SAFETY AND TRAINING MANAGER PRIOR TO HIS TIME IN SCHOOL.

TRANSPORTATION. HE BUILT A SUCCESSFUL CAREER IN EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP AND WAS THE MANAGING OWNER OF A MOTOR COACH CHARTER COMPANY IN DALLAS. MR. LOGAN HOLDS A BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM THE COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AT MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY, WHERE HE GOT HIS START IN TRANSPORTATION BY DRIVING A SCHOOL BUS TO HELP PAY FOR COLLEGE.

HIS PASSION FOR EDUCATION AND STUDENT SUCCESS EXTENDS BEYOND TRANSPORTATION, AS ONE OF HIS TWO GROWN SONS BEGAN HIS TEACHING CAREER RIGHT HERE IN GARLAND ISD AT WATSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

WE ARE EXCITED TO WELCOME MR. LOGAN INTO THIS NEW LEADERSHIP ROLE, AND LOOK FORWARD TO HIS CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO ENSURING SAFE, RELIABLE AND EFFICIENT TRANSPORTATION FOR OUR STUDENTS.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING AND WELCOMING TIM LOGAN AS OUR NEW DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. PRESIDENT SELDERS, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DOCTOR LOPEZ.

IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN. I VISITED WITH YOU BEFORE ON PROGRAMS AND UPDATES OVER THE YEARS, BUT TONIGHT IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT. SO ON THAT NOTE, I'M VERY GRATEFUL AND THANKFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND LOOK FORWARD TO MOVING THE DISTRICT FORWARD. HAVE A GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU, MR. LOGAN. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO INFORMATION ITEM D WHERE WE WILL RECEIVE OUR INTRUDER DETECTION AUDIT REPORT.

[IV.D. Receive Intruder Detection Audit Report - Mark Quinn]

THE TOP PRIORITY OF GARLAND ISD AND THE STATE OF TEXAS IS KEEPING STUDENTS AND STAFF SAFE EVERY DAY.

THE TEA AND REGION TEN RECENTLY CONDUCTED AN INTRUDER DETECTION AUDIT AT ONE OR MORE OF OUR CAMPUSES.

THE AUDIT SEEKS TO TEST WHETHER CAMPUS IS ACCESSIBLE TO AN UNAUTHORIZED INDIVIDUAL.

THIS AUDIT SEEKS TO HELP DISTRICTS IDENTIFY HOW CAMPUSES CAN IMPROVE SAFETY FOR STUDENTS, SUCH AS ENSURING EXTERIOR DOORS ARE LOCKED.

THE AUDIT PROVIDES US WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A SAFER LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF. WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR DISTRICT SCHOOL SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE TRAINING ALL OUR STAFF IN SECURING OUR DOORS FOR THE PROTECTION OF EVERYONE AT OUR CAMPUSES.

THE SUPPORT FROM THE STATE IN CONDUCTING THE INTRUDER DETECTION AUDIT 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. WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE LIKELY VERY INTERESTED IN THE DETAILS OF THE AUDIT RESULTS. 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.

GARLAND ISD IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING A SAFE AND SECURE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. QUINN. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO INFORMATION ITEM E, WHERE WE WILL ANNOUNCE BOARD MEMBER CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDIT HOURS.

[IV.E. Announce Board Member Continuing Education Credit Hours - Robert Selders Jr, Mechelle Hogan]

SO IF YOU'LL GO AHEAD AND READ THAT STATEMENT, IT SHOULD BE AT YOUR PLACE PAPERCLIPPED.

THANK YOU, MISS HOGAN. UNDER STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION RULE, COMPLETING REQUIRED CONTINUING EDUCATION EACH YEAR OF SERVICE IS A BASIC OBLIGATION AND EXPECTATION OF ANY SITTING BOARD MEMBER. AS BOARD PRESIDENT, I AM REQUIRED TO ANNOUNCE THE NAME OF EACH MEMBER WHO HAS COMPLETED THE REQUIRED CONTINUING EDUCATION HAS EXCEEDED THE REQUIRED CONTINUING EDUCATION, OR IS DEFICIENT IN MEETING THE REQUIRED CONTINUING EDUCATION.

MISS HOGAN, PLEASE STATE THE HOURS FOR EACH TRUSTEE.

OF COURSE. FIRST, I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE YOU ALL FOR, AS YOU CAN SEE, GOING WELL ABOVE THE REQUIRED TEN HOURS OF TRAINING FOR YOU ALL THIS YEAR. I SINCERELY APPRECIATE EACH OF YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO THIS DISTRICT, AND TO YOUR SERVICE AS BOARD MEMBERS, AND I'LL BEGIN TO READ.

WE HAVE FOR MR. BEACH. HE'S COMPLETED BOTH OF HIS STATUTORY REQUIRED HOURS, TOTALING THREE FOR CYBERSECURITY AND SCHOOL SAFETY.

HE COMPLETED TEN HOURS OF TEAM TEAM BUILDING WITH US THIS SUMMER.

HE HAD AN ADDITIONAL 18.25 HOURS OF CONTINUING TRAINING, AND AS YOU ALL CAN SEE, HE'S ONLY REQUIRED TO HAVE FIVE.

HIS TOTAL FOR THE YEAR IS 31.25. MR. GLICK HAS DONE THE SAME, COMPLETED BOTH HIS CYBERSECURITY TRAINING, SCHOOL SAFETY TRAINING AND TEAM BUILDING WITH AN ADDITIONAL 44.5 HOURS, TOTALING 57.5 FOR THE YEAR.

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MRS. STANLEY HAS COMPLETED BOTH CYBERSECURITY SCHOOL SAFETY TEAM BUILDING AND AN ADDITIONAL 57.25 HOURS OF CONTINUING TRAINING, WITH A TOTAL OF 70.25 HOURS FOR THE YEAR. MR. MILLER HAS COMPLETED CYBERSECURITY, SCHOOL SAFETY TEAM BUILDING AND AN ADDITIONAL 14 HOURS OF TRAINING FOR THE YEAR, TOTALING 27. MR. SELDERS HAS COMPLETED CYBERSECURITY, SCHOOL SAFETY TEAM BUILDING AND AN ADDITIONAL 53 HOURS OF CONTINUING EDUCATION TRAINING, FOR A TOTAL OF 66 FOR THE YEAR. MR. JOHNSON HAS COMPLETED CYBERSECURITY SCHOOL SAFETY TEAM BUILDING AND AN ADDITIONAL 19.75 HOURS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR, TO HAVE A TOTAL OF 32.75. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS HOGAN.

WE'LL NOW MOVE TO ITEM FIVE ON OUR AGENDA DISCUSSION ITEMS, STARTING WITH A TRUSTEE'S REPORT WHERE WE WILL RECEIVE ONE TRUSTEE ATTENDANCE AT RECENT

[V.A. Trustees' Report]

THREE, RECOGNITION OF OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY DISTRICT STAFF AND STUDENTS, AND FOUR, RECOGNITION OF NEW PROGRAMS AND SPECIAL ACTIVITIES.

THIS TIME WE'RE GOING TO START WITH MISS STANLEY.

THANK YOU, MR. SELDERS. I DIDN'T WRITE DOWN MUCH, AND I APOLOGIZE.

OKAY. SO, I ATTENDED THE LIVESTOCK, AND PURCHASED A PARTIAL PIG, AND HAVE ALREADY BEGUN TO ENJOY THAT, AND THEN I GOT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE EVENING STUDY CENTER GRADUATION, AND WHEN I SAY PARTICIPATE MR. SELDERS AND I ACTUALLY TOOK THE STAGE AND SHOOK THE HANDS OF EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO CROSSED IT AND WAS ABLE TO SAY THANK YOU TO EACH ONE OF THE INSTRUCTORS THAT CROSSED THERE AND RECEIVED THEIR CERTIFICATES AND AT FIRST IT WAS OUTSIDE MY COMFORT ZONE, AND BUT THANK YOU, MR. SELDERS, FOR ENCOURAGING ME TO DO THAT BECAUSE I TRULY AFTERWARDS, I WAS GLAD THAT I DID IT.

SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE GET OUTSIDE OUR BOX AND SOMETIMES IT'S PRETTY COOL, AND THEN I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE EXPLORE CHOICE OF SCHOOL EVENT THAT WE HAD HAD TO TAKE INSIDE, AND YET WE STILL GOT AN AMAZING TURNOUT, AND I LOVE TO DO ALL THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS AND I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT AT THAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS STANLEY. MR. JOHNSON.

WELL, I KNOW MISS STANLEY WAS AT SOMETHING ELSE BECAUSE I WAS THERE TOO, AND WE RECEIVED AN EXTREME PRIVILEGE OF BEING JURY MEMBERS--ALL OF US--DID AT THE GISD ART SHOW IN JUST LAST WEEK, I BELIEVE, OR MAYBE THE WEEK BEFORE LAST, AND THIS WAS A FASCINATING THING FOR ME, BECAUSE VISUAL ARTS IS NOT SOMETHING I WAS EVER PARTICULARLY GOOD AT.

I'M A LAWYER, I DON'T DRAW MUCH, AND I DON'T PAINT MUCH, BUT I KNOW WHAT I LIKE, AND I THINK MOST OTHER PEOPLE DO, TOO. I TOOK ART HISTORY IN COLLEGE, SO I FIGURE I'VE GOT SOME QUALIFICATIONS.

SURE, BUT WE EACH GOT A BOARD OF TRUSTEES RIBBON THAT WE COULD AWARD IN CERTAIN CATEGORIES, AND LET ME TELL YOU, THAT WAS HARD. THAT WAS REALLY HARD.

I KNOW THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT HAD TO DO IT TOO, AND TOO, AND I THINK THAT HIS PROBABLY JUST AS DIFFICULT AS OURS WAS, BUT WE HAVE SO MANY TALENTED KIDS IN THIS DISTRICT.

I WAS BLOWN AWAY BY THE ART THAT I SAW, AND I POSTED A LOT OF IT ON MY FACEBOOK FEED, AND IT JUST TO SHOW PEOPLE, MAN, LOOK AT THIS. THIS IS CRAZY. THIS IS I'VE TOURED THE LOUVRE.

I WAS JUST AS IMPRESSED WITH WHAT I SAW AT THE CULWELL CENTER THAT DAY. I MEAN, AT THE GRCTC THAT DAY.

SO HATS OFF, OBVIOUSLY, TO FINE ARTS AND ALL THE ART TEACHERS WE HAVE AROUND THE DISTRICT WHO'VE DONE SUCH A GOOD JOB, BUT IF YOU EVER HAVE ANY QUESTION OF WHAT A GOOD FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT WE HAVE, GO SEE OUR ART SHOW AND YOU'RE GOING TO WALK AWAY THINKING, WOW, THAT'S WAY BETTER THAN THE ART SHOWS. BACK IN OUR DAYS I ALSO WAS PRIVILEGED TO ATTEND SEVERAL OF THE UIL CONCERTS FOR VARIOUS DIFFERENT BANDS AROUND THE DISTRICT, AND I'M ALWAYS IMPRESSED WITH JUST HOW GOOD OUR BANDS ARE FROM THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL TO HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE WERE JUST GETTING ONES ACROSS THE BOARD ALL THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT IN THOSE CATEGORIES, WHICH IS EXCEPTIONAL ON THE UIL. SO AGAIN, OUR FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT ON THE MUSICAL SIDE IS JUST KILLING IT,

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I'M NOT ON THE BALLOT, BUT I DO AM A CITIZEN AND I LIKE TO GO OUT TO THEM.

I JUST WANT TO THANK THE NAACP AND GAFA IN PARTICULAR FOR HOSTING.

THOSE CANDIDATE FORUMS ARE VALUABLE TOOLS FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE, AND I KNOW THAT THE CANDIDATES FOR SCHOOL BOARD.

I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THEM, BUT I'M ASSUMING THAT THEY'RE VERY GRATEFUL TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY.

I WAS GRATEFUL AS A ELECTED OFFICIAL SITTING THERE, BECAUSE I GOT TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS BEFORE AND AFTER THE THINGS AND ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY IN THAT REGARD AS WELL. SO IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD, GOOD THING TO DO.

THAT'S ALL I THINK I HAVE FOR NOW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON. MR. BEACH THANK YOU, MR. SELDERS.

YES, I ALSO ATTENDED THE ART EXHIBIT AT THE GRCTC AND ALSO DOWNTOWN GARLAND.

THERE'S A STUDIO AND I WAS ABLE TO GO TO THAT ALSO WHERE A LOT OF THOSE ART PICTURES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE DRAWINGS, WHATNOT ARE BEING EXHIBITED AT VERITEX BANK IN THEIR LOBBY.

SO IF YOU CAN STILL I THINK THEY'RE STILL THERE IF I'M NOT CORRECT. IS THAT RIGHT, MR. MILLER? BUT THEY ARE WONDERFUL.

LIKE MR. JOHNSON SAID, IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO JUDGE THAT WITH THE FOUR RIBBONS THAT WE WERE GIVEN, BUT I TRIED TO SPREAD THE WEALTH AS FAR AS DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, FROM CHALK TO PENCIL TO PAINT.

WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, I'M NOT AN ARTIST, BUT IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.

ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL ART. ALSO, MISS STANLEY MENTIONED CONGRATULATIONS TO THE AG STUDENTS.

THE TEACHERS THAT PUT ON A GREAT SHOW, THE COMMITTEE.

CHAD DID A GREAT JOB OF ANNOUNCING THERE FOR THE WHOLE THREE DAYS, FOUR DAYS, AND IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL.

ALL THE EVERYTHING THERE WAS SOLD. ALSO, I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THAT EVENING STUDY GRADUATION AND I HAD TO LEAVE, LIKE MR. JOHNSON SAID, TO GO TO ONE OF THE FORUMS. SO I GOT TO SEE PART OF THE PARENTS RECEIVING THEIR DIPLOMAS AND TALKING THERE.

I ALSO GOT TO GO TO A UIL MIDDLE SCHOOL CHOIR COMPETITION AT NAAMAN FOREST HIGH SCHOOL.

MR. FIGARELLI AND I SIT THERE AND WATCHED THE STUDENTS FROM JACKSON AND OTHER SCHOOLS FROM FORNEY AND OTHERS THAT CAME THROUGH, AND WE REALLY SHINED AT THAT COMPETITION. ALSO, I WENT TO THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL APPRECIATION LUNCHEON, AND I THANK OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS PRINCIPLES FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO, AND SOMETIMES THEY KIND OF DO THE GRUNT WORK, AND SO THEY'RE OUT THERE AND THEY'RE IN THE TRENCHES EACH AND EVERY DAY AND I WANT TO THANK THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS FOR WHAT THEY GO THROUGH EACH AND EVERY DAY, AND THE EFFORTS THEY PUT FORTH TO SUPPORT THE PRINCIPAL AND THE TEACHERS AND THE STAFF AND THE STUDENTS AT EACH CAMPUS.

ALSO, I DID ATTEND THE EXPLORER PRE-K AT NAAMAN, A VERY GOOD VENUE AND WELL DONE IN SUCH A SHORT TIME TO PUT IT ON AT NAAMAN.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS AN EXCELLENT TURNOUT. THEN I WAS ALSO WENT TO NAAMAN FOR THE FIRE SAFETY EVENT PUT ON BY THE PTA.

THEY HAD THE FIRE TRUCKS OUT THERE FROM ROWLETT AND GARLAND ISD, AND TRUCKS OUT FRONT HAD JUMP HOUSES FOR THE KIDS.

POPCORN INSIDE. YOU GOT TO GO IN THE CAFETERIA AND DRAW A SAFE.

IF YOU HAD A SAFE HOUSE, DRAW YOUR FOUNDATION IN YOUR HOME, WHERE TO GO AND WHATNOT, AND I WANT TO THANK MISS SCOTT FOR INVITING ME TO COME TO THAT, AND IT WAS A VERY GOOD VENUE AND A GOOD EVENT.

ALSO I WAS INVITED AND WENT TO A LUNCHEON FOR OUR MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT, AND THIS IS THE TIME OF THE SEASON WHERE THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD, AND THE GUYS ARE REALLY HAVING TO DO A LOT, ESPECIALLY IN THE MOWING SEASON, AND SO I WANT TO CONGRATULATE OUR MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT AND THE EFFORTS THAT THEY'RE PUTTING ON, AND I THANK YOU FOR THE INVITE THERE, AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THIS IS KIND OF AN INTERESTING THING.

LAST THURSDAY, I WENT OUT TO THE GRCTC AND MY WIFE ORDERED A IT'S CALLED A PASTRY PICKUP, AND SO I WENT OUT THERE AND LET THE KIDS THAT ARE IN THE CULINARY PART, THEY MADE A A CAKE FOR US, AND I WENT OUT THERE AND PICKED IT UP, AND IT'S DELICIOUS.

I'M TELLING YOU WHAT, THESE KIDS ARE DOING AN AMAZING JOB AT THE GRCC, AND IT WAS A CARROT CAKE, AND SO IT WAS VERY GOOD. THERE'S JUST A COUPLE OF SLICES LEFT, SO I SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT THEM TONIGHT. LET EVERYBODY HAVE A SAMPLE, BUT I'M GOING TO KEEP IT FOR MYSELF, BUT ANYWAY, IT WAS VERY GOOD AND I REALLY ENJOYED THAT.

THANK YOU, MR. SELDERS. THANK YOU, MR. BEACH.

LAST TIME I WENT INSIDE OUT. SO I STARTED WITH MR. BEACH AND THEN WENT TO MISS STANLEY. THIS TIME I'M GOING OUTSIDE IN.

SO, MISS GRIFFIN. THANK YOU, MR. SELDERS. FIRST, I'D LIKE TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR HONOREES TONIGHT FROM OUR FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT. IT MEANS SO MUCH TO THEM AND THE PARENTS FOR US TO HAVE THEM TO ATTEND A BOARD MEETING AND FOR US TO TAKE THE TIME TO TAKE THEIR PICTURES,

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THE ART SHOW THAT MR. BEACH REFERRED TO THAT WAS ON DOWNTOWN GARLAND.

DOWNTOWN GARLAND ON STATE STREET IS THE EPIPHANY GALLERY AND THEY WAS DISPLAYING SOME OF OUR ARTS, AND I ASKED HER HOW DID SHE REACH OUT TO GET OUR ARTWORK IN HER STUDIO? AND SHE SAID, LAST YEAR, AN ART STUDENT CAME BY HER GALLERY AND SAID, WE WOULD LOVE TO DISPLAY SOME OF OUR ARTS IN YOUR GALLERY.

SO THE STUDENT CONNECTED WITH THE TEACHERS AND THE TEACHERS CONNECTED WITH HER, AND AS A RESULT, SHE HAD A VERY GOOD SHOWING OF THE ARTWORK THAT WAS ON ON MAIN STREET, AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL OF PTA, WHO HAD ME TO COME AND GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE DO AS BOARD MEMBERS AND HOW WE GET TO THE PLACE OF GOING THROUGH AN AGENDA. SO TO THE COUNCIL OF PTA, THANK YOU FOR THE INVITE.

THANK YOU, MISS GRIFFIN. MR. MILLER. THANK YOU.

YEAH. I'M SORRY, MISS GRIFFIN. I MISSED THE OVERVIEW. I MIGHT NEED TO CATCH UP WITH YOU LATER.

OKAY. I'LL GIVE YOU MY NOTES. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. I'M JUST GOING TO TALK ABOUT ONE THING.

WE'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT THE ARTS, AND WE SAW A BUNCH OF KIDS RECEIVE THEIR JUST RECOGNITION FOR THEIR EFFORT AND THEIR AWARDS AND THEIR SUCCESS.

FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN WE BUILT THE NEW BANK BUILDING, VERITEX BANK, DOWNTOWN GARLAND, WE HAD THIS BIG, BEAUTIFUL LOBBY AND WORKING WITH THE GISD, I'M SORRY, WORKING WITH THE ART DEPARTMENT, WHOM I HAPPEN TO HAVE GROWN UP WITH KAREN HATTEN AT AT THAT TIME, I JUST SAID, LOOK, ONE OF THE THINGS I'M AWARE OF THAT IS A LOT OF OUR KIDS DON'T GET ENOUGH RECOGNITION.

THEY WORK JUST AS HARD AS ANYBODY ELSE, MAYBE SOMETIMES HARDER, BUT WE REALLY HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT AN EFFECTIVE WAY TO PAT THEM ON THE BACK AND GIVE THEM THE RECOGNITION THEY DESERVE, AND SO FOR FOR ALL FIVE YEARS NOW, I'VE BEEN ABLE TO WALK THROUGH THE ART EXHIBITS WHEN THEY'RE AT THE CTC AND I PICK OUT, I DON'T KNOW, 25 OR 30 DIFFERENT PAINTINGS THAT I HAPPEN TO LIKE, AND I'M LIKE, MR. JOHNSON, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT REALLY AN ARTIST, BUT I KNOW WHAT I LIKE, AND SO I'M ABLE TO PICK OUT SOME, AND THEN I HAVE THE, I HAVE THE ART STAFF ALSO HELP ME WITH SOME SELECTIONS, AND WE HAVE EVERYTHING IN OUR BANK LOBBY CURRENTLY. I THINK FOR A COUPLE OF MORE DAYS THEY'RE ABOUT TO COME PICK THEM UP SO THE KIDS CAN TAKE THEM HOME FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR, BUT I ENCOURAGE YOU WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE KIDS BRING THEIR PARENTS BY TO TAKE PICTURES.

I'M NOT ABLE TO POST THEM ON MY BANK WEBSITE DUE TO LOTS OF PRIVACY REASONS.

I'M SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS, BUT IT IS SUCH A JOY TO SEE THESE KIDS BE RECOGNIZED AND VISIT WITH THEM, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK OF ALL THE PEOPLE IN OUR FINE ARTS AND OUR ARTS DEPARTMENT THAT PUT ON THESE EVENTS AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, MR. MILLER. MR. GLICK. THANK YOU SIR.

SO TODAY IS EARTH DAY. IT STARTED WAY BACK IN 1970.

SO 55TH ANNIVERSARY OF EARTH DAY. I THINK MOST OF THE PEOPLE HERE KNOW I AM CERTAINLY AN ENVIRONMENTALIST.

VERY PROUD TO BE ONE. I AM ALSO A TREE HUGGER AND PROUD TO SAY THAT IN ADDITION BUT BESIDES HUGGING TREES, I'VE NOW CROSSED THE 26,000 TREE BARRIER AROUND THE WORLD, PLANTING 26,000 TREES.

SO IT'S A IT'S A TRUE JOY. THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME PHOTOS SHOWN.

THESE ARE ALL PHOTOS THAT I TOOK. EACH ONE HAS WON SOME MAJOR AWARD AROUND THE WORLD AND BEEN DISPLAYED IN PHOTOGRAPHS.

THIS IS WHAT THIS IS A GREATER BIRD OF PARADISE.

I MEAN, IF WE LOOK AT OUR 50,000 KIDS, THIS IS A GRAY CROWNED CRANE.

THIS IS A NARWHAL. THIS IS AN AMAZING TREAT TO SEE.

YOU ACTUALLY SEE A NARWHAL. THESE ARE MYSTICAL CREATURES THAT YOU ALMOST NEVER SEE.

I THINK ABOUT THE KIDS OF OUR KIDS, AND WHEN I SAY OUR KIDS.

50,000 KIDS AND THEIR KIDS, AND WILL THESE CREATURES BE AVAILABLE FOR THEM TO SEE? THAT'S WHAT I HOPE FOR, AND I THINK IF WE THINK OF OUR PLANET AS SOMETHING THAT IS, WE ARE STEWARDS OF OUR PLANET

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SO I'M DOING WHAT I THINK AND SOME OF THOSE PICTURES, I HOPE THOSE SPECIES WILL BE AROUND FOR OUR KIDS' KIDS.

SO OUR BOARD MEETING LAST MONTH, I HAD HOPED TO GO TO THE ROWLETT MESQUITE SOCCER GAME, BUT AS YOU KNOW, THE BOARD MEETING WENT ON AND ON AND ON. I THINK WE GOT OUT AT 10:00 AND BUT BUT THERE WAS A THUNDERSTORM, AND SO THE BOARD THE GAME WAS RAINED OUT. SO THE NEXT MORNING, ALONG WITH PRINCIPAL MR. DUNPHY AT ROWLETT, IT WAS HELD AT ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL IN THE POURING RAIN, GOT SOAKED, BUT GOT TO SEE ROWLETT PLAY MESQUITE.

UNFORTUNATELY, ROWLETT LOST 2 TO 1, BUT ALSO KNOW THAT IN LESS THAN A YEAR.

WELL, A LITTLE OVER A YEAR NOW THE WORLD CUP WILL BE HERE NEXT SUMMER.

I'VE BEEN TO FOUR WORLD CUPS. THIS WILL BE MY FIFTH.

NINE GAMES WILL BE PLAYED, WHATEVER WE CALL IT.

COWBOYS STADIUM, AT&T STADIUM. IF YOU GET A CHANCE, GO.

IT'S AN EVENT UNLIKE ANY OTHER THAT YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO, I PROMISE.

I ALSO ATTENDED THE LIVE LIVESTOCK SHOW. NOW, THANK YOU TO MR. BEACH AND HIS WIFE FOR POINTING OUT WHAT THE ANIMALS WERE.

IF YOU THINK THAT TRUSTEES HAVE ANY POWER AT ALL, I'VE ASKED FOR NOW, 18 YEARS, IF THEY COULD BRING IN SOME AFRICAN LIVESTOCK THAT I WOULD BE MORE FAMILIAR WITH, WITH ZEBRAS AND GIRAFFES AND WILDEBEESTS, AND THEY STILL DON'T HAVE ANY.

I MENTIONED THIS, MR. JOHNSON SAID, WELL, MAYBE THEY'LL BUILD AN AVIARY.

THAT WOULD BE NICE. BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S IN THE PLANS EITHER. SO I GOT TO TOUR NEW SECURITY CENTER AT THE OLD WILLIAMS. YOU HEARD THE YOUNG LADY SPEAK ABOUT REPURPOSING ONE OF OUR BUILDINGS.

WE'VE ACTUALLY DONE THAT NOW AT THE OLD WILLIAMS CAMPUS, AND THE TOUR WAS AMAZING.

I THANK MR. QUINN FOR ARRANGING THAT. WE'VE ALREADY HAD SO MANY OTHER DISTRICTS SAY WE CAN'T WAIT TO COME.

WE WANT TO SCHEDULE OUR POLICE OFFICERS. WE ARE GOING TO MAKE IT AS IF IT IS A REAL LIFE SITUATION.

THE CORRIDOR IS A SCHOOL CORRIDOR. AN EXISTING SCHOOL CORRIDOR.

SOME OF THE KIDS, I THINK FROM NAAMAN FOREST ARE GOING TO COME AND DECORATE THE CLASSROOMS. SOME OF THE TEACHERS ARE ALREADY COMING OVER THE SUMMER TO HELP DECORATE.

AT ONE POINT HE TURNED ON ONE OF THE ALARMS. IT'S TRULY A GREAT FACILITY TO BE INVOLVED IN.

WHAT A REAL WHAT COULD BE A REAL LIFE SITUATION IN A REAL LIFE SCHOOL, AND I'M SO PROUD OF THE FACT THAT WE REPURPOSED THE BUILDING AND WE REPURPOSED IT FOR THAT. SO THAT'LL BE SOMETHING I WOULD IMAGINE WE'LL GET A LOT OF ACCLAIM ON.

WE'RE ALREADY GETTING IT FROM OTHER DISTRICTS SAYING WE WANT TO BE THERE, WE WANT TO TRAIN OUR PEOPLE, AND OF COURSE OUR PEOPLE WILL BE TRAINED. THAT'S WHAT'S SO IMPORTANT ABOUT THAT. MISS GRIFFIN AND I WERE AT THE ROWLETT CHAMBER LUNCHEON.

OUR FEATURED, I'M ON THE BOARD OF THE ROWLETT CHAMBER. OUR FEATURED SPEAKER WAS DOCTOR EDDIE TEALER, WHO'S PRESIDENT OF EASTFIELD COLLEGE. HE GAVE AN AMAZING SPEECH.

OF WHAT? EASTFIELD. WHAT THE EASTFIELD DOES IN ADDITION TO TEACHING OUR KIDS AND HOPEFULLY, MAYBE SOMETIME DOCTOR LOPEZ WE COULD HAVE HIM COME AND GIVE THAT PRESENTATION.

I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY INTERESTING TO HEAR ABOUT WHAT THESE FIELDS ARE DOING FOR OUR KIDS, AND FOR THE REST OF THE STUDENTS. I ALSO ATTENDED THE ART SHOW.

I'D LIKE TO THANK DOCTOR CROMER WHEN SHE FIRST CAME ON BOARD.

I SAID TO HER MANY YEARS AGO, THE TRUSTEES HAD BEEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING AWARDS AND PRESENT AWARDS, AND WE HADN'T DONE IT, AND NOW WE'VE DONE IT, AND IT IS A LOT OF FUN.

IT'S A LOT OF FUN, AND I WOULD IMAGINE WE ALL HAD DIFFERENT CHOICES, BUT IT IS FUN AND TIME CONSUMING BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH GREAT ARTWORK THERE.

WE HAD THE ROWLETT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS DINNER.

THAT'S A YEARLY EVENT. I'M ON FOUR DIFFERENT BOARDS IN THE CITY OF ROWLETT, AND IT'S REALLY IT'S NICE TO GET TOGETHER WITH OLD FRIENDS AND CELEBRATE AND CELEBRATE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF ALL THE DIFFERENT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, AND THIS WAS A VERY UNIQUE EVENT BECAUSE WE HAD THE WINNERS OF ROWLETT SINGS AS THE ENTERTAINMENT, AND THESE YOUNG LADIES AND YOUNG GENTLEMEN WERE AMAZING SINGERS.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. I DID ATTEND WITH MR. SELDERS THE SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING.

THAT'S. WE DO THAT THREE TIMES A YEAR, ONCE IN THE SUMMER AND ONCE IN EACH SEMESTER.

MR. QUINN GAVE SOME NUMBERS, AND I THINK THESE NUMBERS ARE IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT, SO I'D LIKE TO JUST GO THROUGH THEM PRETTY QUICKLY. SO WE DID

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IF THERE ARE ANY BROKEN WINDOWS, ANY BROKEN PIPES.

SO WE'RE READY FOR THE NEXT DAY TO GET OUR CREWS OUT THERE TO FIX THEM UP.

64 INTRUSION ALARMS, WHICH I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID IN OUR 2013 PREPARATION FOR THE 2014 BOND IS TO HAVE ALARMS, AND NOW WE MONITOR EVERY ONE OF THOSE ALARMS. 146 PROPER ALARMS. SO WE ALSO DO THAT. SO AND THEN CRIMINAL MISCHIEF.

THAT'S USUALLY GRAFFITI, AND WE GET THAT DONE VERY QUICKLY.

WE REPAINT OVER THE GRAFFITI. 34 SUSPICIOUS VEHICLES.

SO I THINK THIS IS REALLY A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE, AND THAT'S WHY I THINK GISD FEELS THAT WE ARE RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE TOP DISTRICTS IN THE STATE FOR FOR SCHOOL SAFETY, AND THEN FINALLY I WAS ASKED TO LATER THIS WEEK TO SPEAK AT BRANDENBURG FOR AN AVID CEREMONY, AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT FOR A FEW MOMENTS.

I THINK THE ONLY WAY TO REALLY UNDERSTAND AVID IS TO HAVE COME UP FROM POVERTY, WHICH I DID.

PEOPLE SOMETIMES ARE SURPRISED WHEN I SAY THAT MY FATHER DIDN'T FINISH EIGHTH GRADE.

MY MOTHER BARELY GOT THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL. I STARTED WORKING AT AGE TEN.

I WORKED FOR OVER 60 YEARS, NEVER DID NOT HAVE A YEAR WHERE I DIDN'T HAVE MULTIPLE JOBS THAT I WORKED, GOT THROUGH IT, BUT SOME FOR SOME REASON, MY MOM ALWAYS SAID TO MY BROTHER, ALSO, YOU'LL GO TO COLLEGE.

I'M NOT SURE WHERE THAT CAME FROM. THERE WAS NO HISTORY IN OUR FAMILY AND SOMEHOW I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT.

IF YOU THINK WHEN WE WHEN WE TALK AND DOCTOR LOPEZ GIVES HIS SPEECHES, HE'LL TALK ABOUT THE RATE OF POVERTY IN OUR DISTRICT.

FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH. THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS WE GIVE, BUT THE NUMBER IS USUALLY OVER 70%, AND THE QUESTION IS, WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR THOSE KIDS? AND I WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME FACTS. JUST RECENT FACTS.

SO ABOUT 3 OR 4 MONTHS AGO, I TALKED ABOUT A YOUNG LADY WHO HAD WON THE QUESTBRIDGE S CHOLARSHIP, AND SHE IS RIGHT NOW VERY PROMINENTLY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO.

IF YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF THAT, THE 11TH BEST UNIVERSITY IN THE COUNTRY AND ONE OF THE GREAT RESEARCH INSTITUTES IN THE WORLD.

WE HAVE ANOTHER QUESTBRIDGE TWO IN A ROW, TWO YEARS IN A ROW.

SAMUEL ADEYEMI, WHO'S NOW GOING TO NORTHWESTERN WITH ANOTHER FULL RIDE.

NORTHWESTERN IS RANKED NUMBER SEVEN IN THE COUNTRY.

PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. WE HAVE ANOTHER LADY. NOW LISTEN TO THIS.

HER NAME IS SARAH NGUYEN AND SHE HAS BEEN ACCEPTED AT PRETTY GOOD SCHOOLS KNOWN AS HARVARD, YALE, AND PRINCETON ALL THREE, AND GOT ANOTHER SCHOLARSHIP.

IF SHE DOESN'T WANT TO GO TO ANY OF THOSE THREE, THEY'LL PAY FOR HER TO GO ANYWHERE ELSE SHE WANTS TO GO O R IF SHE GOES TO ONE OF THOSE THREE, THEN SHE'LL HAVE THAT FOR GRAD SCHOOL.

THINK ABOUT THAT, AND SHE'S FROM NORTH GARLAND.

HER TOTAL SCHOLARSHIPS ARE ALMOST $2 MILLION.

SO IT'S KIND OF GETTING INTO IF WE TALK ABOUT ATHLETES NIL MONEY.

SHE'S NOT A QUARTERBACK. SHE'S NOT A RUNNING BACK.

SHE'S NOT A BASKETBALL PLAYER. SHE'S JUST A REALLY SMART KID WHO CAME THROUGH AVID, AND FINALLY THIS YEAR WE HAVE SIX DELL SCHOLARS.

THERE ARE ONLY 500 DELL SCHOLARS IN THE WHOLE COUNTRY.

THERE ARE 26,000 HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE UNITED STATES.

WE HAVE SEVEN AND WE HAVE SIX DELL SCHOLARS OUT OF 500.

FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF DELL SCHOLARS.

ALL AVERAGE STUDENTS IN THE METROPLEX AND THEY GET $20,000.

SO WHEN WE WHEN WE THINK ABOUT AVERAGE, WHEN I THINK ABOUT AVID, I THINK ABOUT I WOULD HAVE BEEN AN AVID STUDENT AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR THE LIVES OF OUR KIDS WHO MAYBE DON'T HAVE A MOM LIKE ME WHO SAID, YOU WILL GO TO COLLEGE.

IT GETS KIDS TO GO TO COLLEGE AND MISS GRIFFIN AND I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH A I'M JUST GOING TO SAY A MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, AND WHAT HE SAID TO US WAS THE IMPORTANCE OF AVID, ESPECIALLY AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL, BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE HAVE THAT REPLACES IT.

THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU, MR. GLICK, AND THANK YOU, TRUSTEES, FOR YOUR PRESENCE IN AND THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT AND OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT,

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I HOPE EVERYBODY HAD A GREAT HOLIDAY WEEKEND.

I KIND OF CONSIDER EASTER WEEKEND SORT OF LIKE THE SECOND SPRING BREAK, AND SO NOW IT'S LIKE A SPRINT TO GRADUATION, AND SO JUST WANTED TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY. FIRST, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING, BUT ALSO TO STAY DILIGENT AND TO FINISH THE YEAR STRONG.

SO I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING. LIKE MISS STANLEY TALKED ABOUT, I ATTENDED THE EVENING STUDY CENTER GRADUATION.

I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE A FEW WORDS WITH THE GRADUATES, AND THE THING THAT, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY IS NOT LOST ON PEOPLE IS THAT ALL OF THESE INDIVIDUALS GOING THROUGH THESE PROGRAMS, OR MORE THAN LIKELY, GETTING THROUGH THE PROGRAMS AND COMPLETING THESE PROGRAMS BY WORKING A FULL TIME JOB, SUPPORTING THEIR FAMILIES AND ALL THE OTHER OBLIGATIONS THAT THEY HAVE OR ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR, AND SO FOR THESE PEOPLE WHO NORMALLY PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THEIR STUDENTS AND FOR THEIR FAMILY TO SUPPORT THEM IN THEIR EFFORTS HERE IN THE DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, THEY ALSO TOOK THE TIME TO TAKE THAT EXTRA STEP TO FURTHER THEIR EDUCATION AND TO, YOU KNOW, IMPROVE THEMSELVES IN THIS WAY AND SO I REALLY AM GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY THAT THEY TOOK TO TRUST US WITH THAT LEARNING, AND FOR ALL OF THOSE INVOLVED, STAFF, YOU KNOW, FACILITY INDIVIDUALS, EVERYBODY IN THE DISTRICT THAT ACTUALLY HELPED TO MAKE THAT POSSIBLE. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. ALSO ATTENDED THE FFA LIVESTOCK SHOW.

THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME SINCE I'VE BEEN A TRUSTEE THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO ATTEND IT.

I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, LIKE, WHY HAVEN'T I GOTTEN A CHANCE TO DO IT BEFORE? BUT MY DAUGHTERS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN IN SPORTS, EITHER SOCCER OR VOLLEYBALL, AND WE'VE BEEN TRAVELING, AND SO I'M LIKE, WELL, MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER IS A SENIOR THIS YEAR, SO I'M GOING TO GO DO THIS BECAUSE SHE'S NOT PLAYING ANY CLUB SPORTS, AND SO I HAD A CHANCE TO GO OUT THERE AND JUST REALLY ENJOYED THE ENVIRONMENT.

I DIDN'T GROW UP ON A FARM, BUT IT WAS COOL TO WATCH AND SEE JUST THE COMMITMENT THOSE STUDENTS HAD IN TERMS OF PREPARATION AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO SHOW A VERY SOLID ANIMAL DURING THAT PERIOD.

I HAD A LSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO SOME STUDENTS FORMER STUDENTS THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH OUR AG PROGRAM, AS WELL AS STUDENTS THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THE AG PROGRAM THAT ARE EITHER IN COLLEGE OR ARE AG TEACHERS AT OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND JUST REALLY GOT A CHANCE TO TALK. ABOUT SOME DIFFERENT THINGS, DIFFERENT IDEAS AND ASK QUESTIONS, AND SO I WAS ABLE TO SORT OF PUT SOME INFORMATION TOGETHER AND SHARE THAT WITH DOCTOR LOPEZ. I'M SURE SOME OF YOU GUYS WHO ARE CONNECTED WITH THAT PROGRAM WILL BE GETTING THAT INFORMATION SOON.

SO ALL GOOD STUFF, BUT I WAS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THOUGHT ABOUT WAS WHERE OUR PROGRAM IS.

I'M SURE THAT 'S NOT WHERE WE WANT IT TO BE, AND THEN AS WE TRANSITION TO THE NEW AG SCIENCES CENTER, I DIDN'T WANT US TO BE IN A SITUATION WHERE WE'RE POURING OLD WINE, NOT CALLING OUR PROGRAM OLD, BUT POURING OLD WINE INTO A NEW WINE SKIN, AND SO IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO UPGRADE OUR PROGRAM IN ANY WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS AND THE ABILITY TO GROW IN THAT PROGRAM, AND TO BE ABLE TO HAVE EXPOSURE TO DO THE THINGS THAT WILL ALLOW THEM TO BE SUCCESSFUL BEYOND OUR DISTRICT.

THAT IS ABSOLUTELY IMPORTANT, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT'S GOING TO GO INTO THAT. I ALSO ATTENDED THE NORTH TEXAS AREA ASSOCIATION.

AREA ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS MEETING. THIS IS THE FINAL MEETING FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR, AND THE PROGRAM TOPIC WAS EMPOWERING FUTURES UNLEASHING THE POWER OF CTE, AND , YOU KNOW, THEY HAD REPRESENTATIVES FROM DALLAS ISD, GRAYSON COLLEGE.

THE MEETING WAS HELD OUT IN VAN ALSTYNE, AND AS THEY WERE SHARING ABOUT THINGS THAT WERE HAPPENING IN THEIR DISTRICTS AND THEIR PARTNERSHIPS AND EVERYTHING, I WAS JUST BEAMING WITH PRIDE BECAUSE I KNOW THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING HERE IN GARLAND ISD TO PREPARE OUR KIDS FOR COLLEGE, CAREER OR MILITARY AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE TO BE LEADING IN THAT AREA.

I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S HARD WORK AND THE DILIGENCE AND THE PATIENCE THAT GOES INTO MAKING THAT HAPPEN.

SO JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT. ALSO WANTED TO KIND OF GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO EVERYBODY WHO'S BEEN ADVOCATING FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

THERE HAVE BEEN SOME WINS AND THERE HAVE BEEN SOME LEARNS, AND WITH THAT WHAT I AM FOCUSED ON IS MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WITHIN OUR POWER TO CONTINUE TO FORTIFY GARLAND ISD SO THAT WE CAN KEEP OUR STUDENTS.

KEEP DOING THE THINGS THAT ARE RIGHT FOR OUR STUDENTS AND FOR OUR DISTRICT.

DESPITE THE DECISIONS THAT OTHER PEOPLE MAKE.

SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO KICK IT OVER TO DOCTOR LOPEZ FOR SUPERINTENDENT REMARKS.

[V.B. Superintendent's Report]

IN THE OUTSIDE WORLD WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS. IT'S JUST IT'S A VERY COMPLICATED DESIGN.

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WHEN I GO TO DIFFERENT FORUMS, THERE'S SUPERINTENDENTS HAVING TO LEAD THEIR DISTRICTS ON TAKING LOANS TO MAKE PAYROLL AND WHAT PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THE WAY FUND BALANCE WORKS, IT WORKS IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT WAYS. ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE FUND BALANCE SYSTEM IS WHEN WE THINK OF LIKE LAST YEAR, WE HAD HIGH WINDS COMING IN MAY, WE HAD A LOT OF DESTRUCTION, AND THE AMOUNT OF DESTRUCTION THAT WAS HAPPENING STILL DID NOT MEET OUR DEDUCTIBLE RATE.

SO WE HAD TO TAKE THAT OUT OF FUND BALANCE TO FIX ALL THE THINGS THAT THE WIND DID, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

THERE'S ONLY ONE AGENCY THAT WILL COVER A SCHOOL DISTRICT OUR SIZE AND THE DEDUCTIBLE IS VERY HIGH.

SO THAT COMES OUT OF FUND BALANCE, BUT WHAT PEOPLE DON'T ALSO REALIZE IS WE DON'T GET OUR MONEY WHEN WE GET OUR MONEY FROM THE STATE, IT'S DELAYED. SO IN ORDER, YOU HAVE TO MAKE PAYROLL.

YOU USE YOUR MONEY EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE GOING TO GET REIMBURSED. SO YOU'RE HEARING ABOUT A LOT OF DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE THAT DON'T HAVE THE FUND BALANCE TO CARRY THEM THROUGH THEIR SHORTFALLS HAPPENING BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND ALSO THAT ALTHOUGH OUR PROPERTY VALUES HAVE ALL GONE UP AND IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE CONTRIBUTING MORE FOR EVERY DOLLAR THAT WE GET MORE, THE STATE GIVES LESS. SO IT'S CALLED TARGET REVENUE.

SO NO MATTER WHAT WE'RE AT THAT TARGET AND WE'RE NOT WE GET WE'RE GETTING 2019 MONEY IN 2025.

SO THE MONEY ISN'T STRETCHING. WE'VE GIVEN RAISES EACH OF THOSE YEARS, AND YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR A LOT ABOUT THE FINANCE SYSTEM.

SO TWO BILLS THAT ARE THERE'S A LOT OF EDUCATION BILLS ON, ON THE DOCKET THAT SEEM TO BE GENERATING A LOT OF SUPPORT.

TWO BILLS I'M JUST GOING TO HIGHLIGHT REAL QUICK ARE GOING TO BE SENATE BILL TWO AND HOUSE BILL TWO.

THE SENATE BILL TWO IS WHAT WE KNOW KNOWN AS THE VOUCHER BILL, AND THAT LOOKS LIKE THAT'S GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GO THROUGH, AND IF IT DOES GO THROUGH, WHAT IT MEANS IS THERE'S GOING TO BE AN AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR THOSE THAT ARE GOING TO BE ATTENDING PRIVATE SCHOOL, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE WHAT WE THINK WHERE EVERYBODY'S GOING TO GET IT.

THERE'S ALSO GOING TO BE A CAP ON HIGH INCOME PEOPLE THAT GET THE MONEY.

SO THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME PARAMETERS, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE SAME PARAMETERS AS A PUBLIC SCHOOL.

WE STILL NEED OUR FUNDING TO MAKE ENDS MEET. YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR A RECORD AMOUNT OF MONEY GOING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATION.

BECAUSE OF THE CATCH UP THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.

THERE'S TWO THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP TRACK OF IN OUR NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS, WE'RE ONE OF THE FEW DISTRICTS THAT HAVE NOT GOTTEN ALL OUR WHAT WE CALL PENNIES.

SO THE WAY THE SYSTEM WORKS IS YOU GET A VOTER ELECTION AND THEY GIVE YOU MORE MONEY TO GENERATE FOR PAY RAISES FOR PROGRAMS, FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO FOR ONE OF THOSE.

IN NOVEMBER, AND REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE STATE GIVES US, BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY THE FUNDING SYSTEM IS DESIGNED, YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT US GETTING A GOOD SUM OF MONEY, BUT IF CURRENT LEGISLATION DOESN'T CHANGE, THAT MEANS 40% OF THE MONEY GOES TO STAFF PAY RAISES, WHICH IS NOT A BAD THING, RIGHT? BUT IT STILL DOESN'T HELP US MAKE ENDS MEET OPERATIONALLY, BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF OUR PEOPLE, OF OUR THE MAJORITY OF OUR PAYROLL GOES TO PEOPLE.

RIGHT NOW, WE'RE AT ABOUT 85% OF WHAT WE GENERATE GOES TO PAYROLL.

SO WE NEED TO GET MORE MONEY TO GENERATE. SO THEN THAT WAY WE CAN KEEP OUR PEOPLE, AND SO THOSE TWO THINGS ARE GOING TO BE COMING UP IN THE LEGISLATURE.

SO REALIZE WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR ANYTHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET, BECAUSE ANYTHING WE GET IS GOING TO MAKE ENDS MEET.

REALIZE THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE MONEY DOESN'T ALL GET TO GO TO OUR OPERATIONS.

A LOT OF IT IS GOING TO BE AN ALLOCATION. WHAT WE'RE ALSO HOPING FOR IS A BIG JUMP IN SPECIAL EDUCATION.

WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO CREATE SPECIALIZED PROGRAMING FOR OUR STUDENTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, AND , AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, WHAT YOU DON'T SEE ON THE FEDERAL SIDE, EVEN BEFORE THE TALK OF NO LONGER HAVING A CENTRAL DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FROM THE FEDERAL SIDE, SHARS WENT DOWN. SO WE USED TO GET REIMBURSED ALL THIS MONEY THROUGH MEDICAID THAT WENT DOWN, AND I REMEMBER WHEN WE FIRST GOT IT OUR FIRST HIT WAS, WHAT WAS IT, $6 MILLION? WE TOOK $6 MILLION LESS. THAT GENERATES MONEY FOR OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AND THEN THAT WAS THE FIRST SIGN, AND THEN EVER SINCE THEN, WITH INFLATION AND EVERYTHING ELSE, EVERYTHING'S GONE UP.

SO AS YOU HEAR ABOUT THINGS HAPPENING ALL ACROSS THE STATE, REALIZE IT'S NOT IT'S NOT UNIQUE TO YOUR AREA AND IT'S NOT UNIQUE TO GARLAND ISD, AND SO WE'RE GOING TO JUST NEED TO REALLY BAND TOGETHER THIS COMING SUMMER AND WALK FORWARD IN UNISON AND REALLY DO A LOT OF GOOD THINGS BECAUSE THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO BENEFIT FROM OUR CHILDREN.

SO ON THE PLUS SIDE, YOU HEARD ABOUT OUR EARLY COLLEGE PROGRAMS. WE HAVE PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST ROBUST EARLY COLLEGE PROGRAMS IN THE NATION.

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OKAY? SO THESE REALLY HELP CHILDREN OF POVERTY.

OKAY. THESE ARE REALLY DESIGNED TO GET KIDS ASSOCIATE DEGREES OR AN ASSOCIATE WITH A LICENSE THAT HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED COLLEGE BEFORE.

THEY GET COLLEGE PREP CLASSES IN REAL TIME. THEY'RE NOT GETTING PREPPED, AND THEN HOPEFULLY WHEN THEY GRADUATE, THEY WILL APPLY THEM. THEY'RE APPLYING THEM IN SCHOOL.

THE AVERAGE ACTUALLY I THINK WE'VE INCREASED TO THE AVERAGE GRADUATE HAS OVER 12 HOURS NOW COMING OUT OF GARLAND ISD.

SO WHEN YOU START THINKING ABOUT THAT, THAT'S THE HIGHEST IN THE DFW AREA.

SO THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S TAKEN LIGHTLY.

THAT'S ALL BY DESIGN, AND WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING AT IT MORE ROBUSTLY TO MAKE SURE CHILDREN HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE LEAVING HERE? WHEN YOU TALK TO PARENTS OF GRADUATING SENIORS THAT HAVE ATTENDED THIS, THE ONE THING THEY SAY IS WHEN THEY GO TO COLLEGE, OTHER KIDS DON'T HAVE THIS EXPERIENCE. NOW WITH THAT, GUESS WHAT? NOW WE HAVE MORE INTEREST THAN EVER. NOW EVERYBODY WANTS THEIR KIDS IN EARLY COLLEGE.

YOU WOULD BE AMAZED. I THINK THE BOARD AT FIRST REMEMBER, WE'RE LIKE, WE HAVE TO ADVERTISE THE PROGRAM.

WE GOT TO MAKE SURE KIDS, WE HAVE WAIT LISTS OF HUNDREDS AND A LOT OF OUR SCHOOLS BECAUSE EVERYBODY WANTS ACCESS TO THESE PROGRAMS. SO IT'S A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TALK TO DALLAS COLLEGE ABOUT EXPANSION, IF THAT'S GOING TO BE A THING, BUT WE NEED THE REVENUE FOR THAT PROGRAMING. SO JUST JUST UNDERSTAND THERE'S BIG THINGS HAPPENING IN GARLAND ISD.

WE ARE A LEADER IN CCMR. OUR GRADUATION RATE IS THE HIGHEST IT'S BEEN IN THE HISTORY OF GARLAND ISD, BUT THERE'S STILL SO MUCH ROOM TO GROW. THERE'S SO MUCH FRUIT TO PLANT, AND WE'RE RIPE TO TAKE IT, BUT WE ALL HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER. SO WE HOPE THIS LEGISLATION, EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS IT'S NOT GOING TO SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS. IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO MAKE THEM AS PROFOUND.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DOCTOR LOPEZ. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO OUR NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA.

DISCUSSION ITEM FIVE C FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. TRUSTEES. ARE THERE ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO GET CAPTURED? MR. BEACH, JUST QUICKLY, I FORGOT TO MENTION A FEW MINUTES AGO, AND I'D LIKE TO KEEP OUR AQUATICS DIRECTOR, PHILLIP WIGGINS IN OUR PRAYERS. HE LOST HIS FATHER, AND SO IF YOU GUYS ON THE BOARD WOULD, IF Y'ALL WILL KEEP HIM IN YOUR PRAYERS FOR PHILLIP WIGGINS. THANK YOU.

ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, MR. JOHNSON? YES. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM REGARDING THE POTENTIAL NAMING OF THIS BOARDROOM.

[V.C. Future Agenda Items]

NO QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE? THANK YOU FOR THAT.

ALL RIGHT. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA ITEM SIX.

[VI. Consent Agenda]

IS THAT CORRECT? DOCTOR LOPEZ. YES, SIR. OKAY, SO IF TRUSTEES ARE OKAY WITH IT, WE CAN TAKE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS A THROUGH H IN A BLANKET MOTION FOR APPROVAL. DO I HAVE A MOTION, MR. PRESIDENT? MR. JOHNSON, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING ITEMS A THE HUMAN RESOURCES REPORT.

B ANNUAL CERTIFICATION OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS 4 OR 6C CONSIDER APPROVAL OF ADDITIONAL SPECIAL EDUCATION POSITIONS.

D CONSIDER APPROVAL OF BUDGET TRANSFERS AND AMENDMENTS TO THE 2024-2025 GENERAL FUND AND DEBT SERVICE FUND.

E NEW BIDS AS FOLLOWS ONE CONTRACT 35-25 APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF ONLINE PAYMENT SERVICES E TWO.

CONTRACT 302-25-07. APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES FOR MATH.

E THREE CONTRACT 215-25. APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF CARPENTRY MATERIALS AND SERVICES E FOUR CONTRACT 303-25.

APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING.

CONTRACTED SERVICES WITH PARTS E FIVE. CONTRACT 354-25-01.

APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF LAWN CARE SERVICES. RENEWAL BIDS F AS FOLLOWS F ONE CONTRACT 270-22.

APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF INSTRUCTIONAL SOFTWARE.

PRODUCTS AND SERVICES F TWO. CONTRACT 352-25.

APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF FLEET. LEASING AND MANAGEMENT.

MODIFICATION TO AWARDED BIDS AS FOLLOWS G ONE CONTRACT 325-25.

APPROVAL OF MODIFICATION TO TESTING ASSISTIVE SOFTWARE.

H INCREASED TO AWARDED BIDS. H ONE. CONTRACT 7-20.

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H TWO CONTRACT 302-23-08. APPROVAL OF INCREASE IN AWARDED AMOUNT FOR INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL.

CLASSROOM TEACHING SUPPLIES, EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES.

H THREE CONTRACT 397-24-05. APPROVAL OF INCREASE IN AWARD AMOUNT FOR ONLINE INSTRUCTIONAL SOFTWARE.

SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MR. JOHNSON SECONDED BY MR. GLICK. IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? THERE IS NONE.

PREPARE TO VOTE. VOTE OPEN. VOTE CLOSED AND MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO OUR ACTION ITEMS OUR NON CONSENT AGENDA.

[VII.A. Consider Approval of Salary for Special Education Critical Shortage Positions - Dr. Gradyne Brown]

YES. YES. AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH OUR CRITICAL SHORTAGE, THERE'S ONE THING THAT WE HAVE TO INVEST IN, NOT SPEND. WE'RE NOT SPENDING MONEY. WE'RE INVESTING IN OUR CHILDREN, AND THAT'S OUR CRITICAL SHORTAGE STIPENDS.

IF YOU LOOK ON PAGE 82, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE TWO EXHIBITS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH.

MAINLY ONE OF THE EXHIBITS IS GOING TO BE A $5,000 CRITICAL SHORTAGE STIPEND.

WE'RE LOOKING TO THESE CRITICAL SHORTAGE AREAS, ESPECIALLY PERTAINING TO THE SPECIAL ED UMBRELLA.

YOU'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST, DIAGNOSTICIANS, SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS, AND UNDER THE SPECIAL ED TEACHER UMBRELLA FOR SELF-CONTAINED UNITS.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR ALL ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR AND COMMUNICATION.

EARLY CHILDHOOD, SPECIAL EDUCATION, BEHAVIORAL ADJUSTMENT PROGRAMS, BEHAVIORAL ANALYST SERVICE AND EDUCATION.

THAT'S OUR BASE TEACHERS AND FUNCTIONAL BEHAVIORAL ENVIRONMENT TEACHERS.

ADDITIONALLY, THEY'RE MAKING CONTRACT ADJUSTMENTS TO OUR SCHOOL SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS.

THEY'RE MOVING THEM FROM A PAY GRADE AND REDUCING THE SALARY DAYS TO BE MORE COMPETITIVE WITH OUR NEIGHBORING SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND THEN FINALLY, THE SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST WILL ALSO HAVE A SEPARATE STIPEND, SINCE THAT IS A DEEPLY CRITICAL NEED.

I HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS WITH DIFFERENT SUPERINTENDENTS, AND , YOU KNOW, THEY'RE LOOKING AT WHAT WE'RE DOING AND THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO TRY TO COUNTER. SO WE WANT TO MOVE QUICKLY SO WE CAN SIGN SOME PEOPLE ON.

OTHERS ARE SAYING THEIR PAY RATES ARE GOING TO BE BASED ON BOARD APPROVAL.

WE COULD SAY OURS HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU, DOCTOR LOPEZ. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? THERE ARE NONE. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MR. MILLER. YES, SIR, AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.

GRADYNE. I'M SORRY, DOCTOR BROWN. ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK ABOUT IN MAKING THIS MOTION IS THE FACT THAT I HEAR OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT WE HAVE CRITICAL SHORTAGES OF DIFFERENT AREAS OF EXPERTISE, AND OFTENTIMES IT INVOLVES OUR CHILDREN THAT MOST NEED THE INSTRUCTION, GUIDANCE AND HELP. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS, AND I'M PROUD TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE SALARY AND SPECIAL EDUCATION CRITICAL SHORTAGE POSITIONS AS PRESENTED IN OUR BOARD BOOK TONIGHT.

SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MR. MILLER, SECONDED BY MR. GLICK. ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? THERE'S NONE.

PREPARE TO VOTE. VOTE CLOSED. THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO ACTION ITEM SEVEN C CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE GARLAND ISD NOMINEE TO FILL--WELL, I'M SORRY, B GOT PULLED. YEAH. ITEM B GOT PULLED.

MY FAULT. I WILL REPEAT THAT AGAIN. ITEM B GOT PULLED.

SO WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM C. ITEM C IS CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE GARLAND ISD NOMINEE TO FILL A DIRECTOR POSITION ON THE TEXAS

[VII.C. Consideration and Possible Action to Approve the Garland ISD Nominee to Fill a Director Position on the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) For Region 10, Position A, for Two-Year Term or Position B, for Three-Year Term - Ricardo Lopez]

DOCTOR LOPEZ YES, THE POSITION IS ONE OF VERY HIGH REGARDS BECAUSE IT HAS SOME STATE AGENCIES THAT ARE VERY RELIANT ON IT AND I THINK IT'S AT A CRITICAL POINT WHERE IT NEEDS STRONG LEADERSHIP, A PERSON THAT CAN REALLY, REALLY DRIVE A VISION AND SHOW HOW SCHOOL DISTRICTS SHOULD OPERATE.

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NOT ONLY THAT, HE HAS CONNECTIONS WITH THE NORTH TEXAS GRASSROOTS.

HE HAS CONNECTIONS TO A LOT OF STATE AGENCIES.

HE'S BEEN IN PANEL DISCUSSIONS. HE'S A MASTER.

HE'S AT THE MASTER TRUSTEE LEVEL. YES, AND SO I THINK HIS RESUME, HIS RECORD, HIS DEDICATION, HIS BOARD PRESIDENCY QUALIFIES HIM TO BE VOTED ON FOR THIS ESTEEMED HOPEFULLY ELECTED POSITION, AND I WOULD TAKE A NOMINATION FROM ANYBODY AT THIS TIME.

YES. I NOTICED THAT THE THREE YEAR TERM WAS VACANT.

WHO WAS THAT? WHO LEFT THAT? THE TWO YEAR TERM? NO. THERE'S TWO THERE'S TWO VACANCIES, RIGHT.

LINDA GOOCH, I UNDERSTAND, HAD TO STEP DOWN, BUT THERE'S AN OPEN THREE YEAR TERM. WHO WAS THAT? DO WE KNOW? THAT IS A THREE YEAR. TWO YEAR BREAK. GO AHEAD. THE TWO YEAR TERM IS VACANT.

THE THREE YEAR TERM IS CURRENTLY BEING HELD BY LINDA GOOCH. SHE IS ABOUT TO HIT A TERM LIMIT, AND AT THE SEPTEMBER TASA/TASB TEX CON CONVENTION, SHE WILL BE MAXED OUT. SO THAT POSITION WILL THEN BE FILLED BY WHOMEVER WILL BE NOMINATED AND ELECTED BY BOARDS ACROSS THE REGION TO TAKE HER POSITION.

SO WHO IS A TWO YEAR TERM THEN? WE DON'T KNOW. OH, WE DON'T KNOW? I DON'T KNOW I DIDN'T HAVE ANY INSIGHT ON THAT. TASB GAVE ME THIS. THAT WAS IT. YEAH. WHOEVER IT WAS EITHER VACATED THEIR POSITION BY RESIGNING LIKE YOU WOULD DO FROM YOUR POSITION HERE, OR THEY LEFT EARLY FROM OTHER SOME OTHER SITUATIONS.

OKAY. WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHO IT WAS. I DON'T KNOW AT THIS MOMENT. I CAN FIND OUT FOR YOU AT A LATER DATE. I'LL LOOK INTO IT, BUT I DON'T HAVE IT RIGHT HERE. OKAY. SO AT THIS POINT, SINCE I'VE BEEN NOMINATED, OR AT LEAST DOCTOR LOPEZ PUT MY NAME IN THE HAT FOR A NOMINEE, I'M GOING TO LET MR. BEACH ABSOLUTELY MANAGE THE ELECTION PORTION OF THIS.

OKAY, WE HAVE A NOMINATION FOR THIS POSITION FOR ROBERT SELDERS.

IS THERE ANY COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION, MR. MILLER? YEAH, JUST A QUICK POINT OF ORDER. I DON'T THINK DOCTOR LOPEZ CAN MAKE A NOMINATION.

I THINK IT NEEDS TO COME FROM A BOARD MEMBER. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. DON'T DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT. SO THE DONATION WILL BE A PART OF YOUR MOTION.

DOCTOR LOPEZ ONLY QUEUED IT UP TO PRESENT YOU ALL WITH.

DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR ROBERT SELDERS BEING ELECTED.

MISS STANLEY HAS A QUESTION. VICE PRESIDENT. WAIT, MS. STANLEY.

I'LL CALL ON MS. STANLEY. THANK YOU. SO THIS IS JUST MORE OF A TEACHING MOMENT FOR ME, SINCE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD, SO IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH. I'M JUST MORE CURIOUS.

SO HOW DOES THIS WORK? AS FAR AS IS THIS TRAVEL WITHIN THE STATE? OUTSIDE THE STATE? I MEAN, WHAT'S THE COMMITMENT ON THIS FOR? MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT'S TRAVEL TO MEETINGS IN AUSTIN TO MEET WITH OTHER TASB DIRECTORS.

SO I DON'T I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S ANY TRAVEL OUTSIDE OF THE STATE.

IT IS. IS THERE? YES. COMING FROM MISS GRIFFIN, WHO SERVED AS A TASB BOARD DIRECTOR, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS WHAT IT WOULD BE. OKAY, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE AS A DISTRICT, WILL WE TAKE ON THAT FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, AS WE USUALLY DO WITH THE COMMITTEES THAT WE ASK TO BE A PART OF.

TASB DOESN'T REIMBURSE US FOR THE COST OF THESE THINGS.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS AND MISS GRIFFIN, YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. THE TASB DIRECTOR POSITION IS A STATE POSITION, AND IT OPERATES COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FROM HOW ALL OF THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE ARE A PART OF, BECAUSE WE ARE PART OF THAT GROUP. SO THERE IS A BUDGET TO TAKE CARE OF THE MANDATORY MEETING BECAUSE WITH TASB THERE'S MANDATORY ATTENDANCE AND YOU WILL GET SOME REIMBURSEMENTS, BUT EVERY CYCLE AND NOW THAT THERE'S NEW ADMINISTRATION FOR TASB, THAT BOARD TAKES ON HOW THEY'RE GOING TO OPERATE DURING THAT TENURE OF A PRESIDENT COMING IN. SO IT MAY BE THAT WE PAY UP FRONT AND GET REIMBURSED.

IT MAY BE THAT YOU GO DIRECTLY TO TASB AND THAT THEY PAY FOR IT AND THEY TAKE CARE OF IT.

THE OTHER THINGS ABOUT THE TRAVEL OUTSIDE OF TEXAS, AND THAT MAY BE WHEN THE DISTRICT.

OUR DISTRICT MAY HAVE TO LEND A HAND IS WHEN THEY'RE IN AN ADVOCACY MODE AND WHEN THEY ARE TRYING TO ADVOCATE ADVOCATE FOR DIFFERENT ISSUES. IT MAY REQUIRE DIRECTORS TO TRAVEL OUT OF STATE, AND SO WHEN

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SO WITHIN THAT BASED ON WHAT MS. GRIFFIN SAID, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT I WOULD PAY UP FRONT AND THEN I WOULD BE REIMBURSED BY THE ASSOCIATION. OKAY. THAT'S HOW THAT WOULD WORK.

I GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? MR. GLICK? MAYBE. MISS HOGAN, YOU'RE AWARE AT ONE POINT WE HAD AN AUTOMATIC SEAT, BUT WE DON'T ANYMORE. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.

W E LOST OUR SEAT IN 2013-2 014. SO THIS WILL BE A COMPETITIVE ELECTION WITH POTENTIAL OTHER NOMINEES FROM REGION TEN. CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? MR. PRESIDENT, DO I HAVE A MOTION? MR. JOHNSON? I MOVE TO APPROVE ROBERT SELDERS JR AS THE GARLAND ISD NOMINEE TO APPLY FOR THE TASB REGION TEN POSITION A TWO YEAR BOARD OF DIRECTORS SEAT.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. JOHNSON TO APPROVE FOR GISD NOMINEE TO ROBERT SELDERS TO FILL THE DIRECTOR POSITION ON THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS, REGION TEN FOR THE TWO YEAR POSITION AND A SECOND BY MR. GLICK. ANY COMMENTS? ANY ANY OTHER COMMENTS? PREPARE TO VOTE.

VOTE OPEN. THAT PASSES SEVEN ZERO. CONGRATULATIONS, ROBERT.

THANK YOU, TEAM. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO ITEM EIGHT ON OUR AGENDA EXECUTIVE

[VIII. Executive Session]

PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.076, CONSIDERING THE DEPLOYMENT SPECIFIC OCCASIONS FOR OR IMPLEMENTATION OF SECURITY PERSONNEL OR DEVICES.

ITEM ONE OR A1 DISCUSSION AND DELIBERATION REGARDING TEA'S INTRUDER DETECTION AUDITS, B, PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071.

PRIVATE CONSULTATION WITH THE BOARD'S ATTORNEY IN PERSON OR BY PHONE.

WHEN THE BOARD SEEKS THE ADVICE OF ITS ATTORNEY ABOUT ONE PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION, TWO A SETTLEMENT OFFER, OR THREE ON A MATTER IN WHICH THE DUTY OF THE ATTORNEY TO THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY UNDER THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS CLEARLY CONFLICTS WITH THIS CHAPTER.

C PURSUANT TO 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 AN OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE.

C ONE CONSIDERATION AND DELIBERATION REGARDING ADMINISTRATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS WITH REGARD TO PROFESSIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE CONTRACTS.

TWO. CONSIDERATION AND DELIBERATION REGARDING ADMINISTRATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS WITH REGARDS TO PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES, TEACHERS, AND OTHER CONTRACTUAL POSITION CONTRACTS.

THREE. CONSIDERATION AND DELIBERATION REGARDING THE TERMINATION OF THE PROBATIONARY CONTRACTS OF LAMAR HORN, DESHAWN OKU, AND BRANDON PAUL RAPHAEL AND THE BEST INTEREST OF THE DISTRICT.

ITEM FOUR. CONSIDERATION AND DELIBERATION REGARDING THE PROPOSED NON-RENEWAL OF THE CHAPTER 21 CONTRACTS OF MARY KATHERINE GUINN AND MARK ANTHONY DAVIS, JR.. IT IS NOW 6:25. WE ARE NOW IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

[IX. Reconvene from Executive Session for action relative to items considered during Executive Session]

I CERTIFY THAT NOTHING WAS DISCUSSED THAT WAS NOT PROVIDED FOR IN OUR BOARD AGENDA.

DO I HAVE A MOTION, MR. PRESIDENT? YES, SIR. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE ADMINISTRATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS WITH REGARD TO PROFESSIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE CONTRACTS, AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. I HAVE A MOTION.

SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MR. JOHNSON, SECONDED BY MISS STANLEY.

ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? IF NOT, PREPARE TO VOTE.

VOTE OPEN. I CAN KILL HIM TONIGHT. VOTE CLOSED.

THAT MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. IS THERE ANOTHER MOTION? YES. MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE ADMINISTRATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS WITH REGARD TO PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES,

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SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MR. JOHNSON, SECONDED BY MISS STANLEY.

ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? THERE IS NONE. PREPARE TO VOTE.

VOTE CLOSED. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. MR. PRESIDENT.

YES, SIR. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES VOTE TO TERMINATE THE PROBATIONARY CONTRACTS OF DESHAWN OKU AND BRENDAN PAUL RAPHAEL AT THE END OF THE YEAR. CONTRACT TERM IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE DISTRICT.

SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MR. JOHNSON AND SECONDED BY MISS STANLEY.

ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? THE VOTE IS NOW OPEN.

VOTE CLOSED. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. MISTER PRESIDENT.

YES, SIR? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES VOTE TO PROPOSE THE NON-RENEWAL OF THE CHAPTER 21 TERM DUAL CONTRACT OF MARY KATHERINE GWINN.

SECONDED. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MR. JOHNSON AND SECONDED BY MISS STANLEY.

ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? IF THERE IS NONE, VOTE IS OPEN.

VOTE CLOSED. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. IS THERE ANOTHER MOTION? YES. MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES VOTE TO PROPOSE THE NON-RENEWAL OF THE CHAPTER 21 TERM CONTRACT TO MARK ANTHONY DAVIS, JR. SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MR. JOHNSON AND SECONDED BY MR. BEACH. ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO THIS ONE BY HAND MOTION.

YES. WE WILL VOTE BY VOTE MANUALLY. NO DISCUSSION.

ALL RIGHT. PREPARE TO VOTE BY THE RAISING OF YOUR HAND.

THAT MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT?

[X. Adjournment]