Jul 18, 2022 Regular Board Meeting

[1. Call to Order Open Session in the Board Room at the Little Elm ISD Administration Building on 400 Lobo Lane, Little Elm, Texas 75068.]

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MINE WON'T TURN RED.

NOW I'M ON OK. THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE READ THE WRONG SECTION.

OKAY. WE WILL OFFICIALLY CALL A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

THE LITTLE ELM ISD AT 6 P.M.

HERE AT THE LITTLE ELM ISD ADMINISTRATION BUILDING WILL OFFICIALLY CALL THIS MEETING OPEN AT 6:06 P.M..

[2. The Board will recess into Closed Meeting in the Board Support Room as permitted by the Texas Open Meetings Act Code Subchapter 551.072 & 551.074. The Board and Superintendent will discuss: A. Personnel B. Land]

SUBCHAPTER FIVE 51.072 AND 551074.

THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT WILL DISCUSS PERSONNEL AND LAND.

[3. Pledge of Allegiance]

THANK YOU. I'M.

I'M HERE. YEAH. ROLL CALL.

SORRY. DR.

MONIQUE THOMPSON HERE.

MR. JASON OLSON HERE.

MR. DELEON ENGLISH.

HERE IS MARY WATKINS HERE, MR. ALEJANDRO FLORES HERE.

AND THAT PRESENT, MR. DAVID MONTEMAYOR. THANK YOU.

[6. Superintendent Spotlight]

MR. GALLAGHER. YES.

PRESIDENT OLSEN. AND BOARD MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR HUMAN RESOURCES TO COME TO THE NEW LECTERN TO INTRODUCE SOME WONDERFUL NEW STAFF MEMBERS HERE IN LITTLE ELM ISD.

AND WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE YOU ALL MEET THEM.

THANK YOU. SUPERINTENDENT GALLAGHER.

PRESIDENT OLSON BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TONIGHT.

WE ARE THRILLED.

WE HAVE HAD QUITE THE BUSY HIRING SEASON THIS PAST SPRING.

WE'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BETTER OUR ORGANIZATION AND TO GROW BY INVITING SOME NEW LOBO FAMILY MEMBERS TO JOIN OUR TEAM.

SO FIRST, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR BRAND NEW DIRECTOR FOR CHILD NUTRITION, KENDRA VOGT.

KENDRA, YOU'LL COME UP. A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT MISS VOGT.

SHE HAS BEEN EMPLOYED WITH LITTLE ELM ISD AND OUR CHILD NUTRITION DEPARTMENT SINCE 2015.

SO SHE'S A CURRENT LOBO.

SHE HAS SERVED WITH US AS THE CHILD NUTRITION HUMAN RESOURCES SUPERVISOR, THE CHILD NUTRITION HUMAN RESOURCES COORDINATOR, AND THEN MOST RECENTLY AS THE CHILD NUTRITION SERVICES ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.

THE STRENGTHS THAT MS..

VOGT POSSESSES, SHE'S THOROUGHLY PREPARED AT ALL TIMES.

SHE'S HELPFUL, WILLING TO FIND ANSWERS TO PROBLEMS. SHE'S KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT LITTLE ELM ISD PROCESSES BECAUSE OF HER TIME SPENT HERE IN THE DISTRICT.

SHE IS A PROUD GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS, WHERE SHE EARNED A BS IN MARKETING.

MS.. VOGT PERSONALLY HAS SOME VERY INTERESTING FACTS AS WELL.

SHE SAYS THAT HER FAVORITE TEAM AND SPORT TO WATCH IS FOOTBALL.

FAVORITE TEAMS ARE A TIE BETWEEN THE NEW ORLEANS SAINTS AND LSU TIGERS.

SO SHE'S DEFINITELY A LOUISIANA NATIVE THROUGH AND THROUGH.

HER IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS ARE HER HUSBAND, GEORGE, SON BRANDON AND DAUGHTER MONICA.

IF ANY OF HER FAMILY MEMBERS ARE PRESENT, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO STAND SO WE CAN RECOGNIZE YOU.

NOT TONIGHT. AND THEN WE ASKED HER IF SHE COLLECTS ANYTHING.

SHE SAYS YES. SHE COLLECTS DISNEY CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS AND THAT IF SHE WERE TO SING AT KARAOKE NIGHT, SHE WOULD SING SUMMER NIGHTS FROM GREECE.

BUT SHE SAID IT WOULD HAVE TO BE IN A DUET OR A GROUP.

SHE'S NOT GOING TO DO THAT SOLO.

A LITTLE KNOWN FACT ABOUT KENDRA.

SHE IS A COMMERCIAL STAR.

SHE WAS IN A CAR COMMERCIAL IN NEW ORLEANS.

HER DAD WAS FILMING THE COMMERCIAL AND HE NEEDED AN EXTRA CHILD TO SIT IN THE BACK SEAT.

SO KENDRA WAS THE STAR OF THAT CAR COMMERCIAL.

WE ARE SUPER THRILLED TO HAVE MS..

VOGT ADVANCE INTO THIS NEW POSITION AND THE CHILD NUTRITION DEPARTMENT AND FOR THE KNOWLEDGE AND THE EXPERIENCE AND THE WEALTH OF EXPERTISE THAT SHE'S GOING TO BRING TO THAT POSITION. SO NOW, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, WE'LL ASK MS..

VOGT TO ADDRESS THE BOARD IN THE COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. PRESIDENT OLSON BOARD OF TRUSTEES, MR. GALLAGHER. JUST WANTED TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS AND, OF COURSE, OUR CHILD NUTRITION STAFF AS THE DIRECTOR FOR CHILD NUTRITION SERVICES.

WE ARE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO A FABULOUS YEAR.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING HARD BEHIND THE SCENES ALL SUMMER, GETTING READY FOR SCHOOL TO START ON AUGUST 11TH.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN.

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WE'RE SO EXCITED TO HAVE RAY JOIN OUR TEAM AS THE LEADER OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS.

MR. BORDEN IS CURRENTLY PURSUING HIS DOCTORATE OF EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP FROM BAYLOR UNIVERSITY.

HE IS A PROUD GRADUATE OF UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON, WHERE HE EARNED A BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION.

HE HAS SPENT THE PAST 22 YEARS AS AN EDUCATOR IN ARLINGTON ISD AND THEN AS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL IN ARLINGTON FOR AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL FOR THREE YEARS, AND THEN MOST RECENTLY AS A HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL.

HE'S BEEN A HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL SINCE 2015 IN ARLINGTON, ISD.

SO AGAIN, A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE THAT HE BRINGS TO OUR HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL POSITION LEADERSHIP SKILLS THAT MR. BORDEN POSSESSES.

HE'S A STRONG INSTRUCTIONAL LEADER, VERY ATTUNED TO CULTURE AND CLIMATE DEVELOPMENT.

HE IS A VISIONARY LEADER AND ALSO NOTABLY A CHIEF MOVEMENT OFFICER.

AND YOU CAN INTERPRET THAT AS YOU DEEM FIT IN ARLINGTON ISD.

WHEN HE WAS A HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, HE WAS AWARDED SECONDARY PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR AND GOING BACK TO HIS TEACHING CAREER, HE WAS A TEACHER, A HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER OF WORLD GEOGRAPHY, LIFE, SCIENCE AND US HISTORY.

AND DURING HIS TEACHING YEARS, HE WAS ALSO AWARDED AS TEACHER OF THE YEAR IN ARLINGTON ISD.

WE ON A PERSONAL NOTE, MR. BORDEN, HIS FAMILY, HIS WIFE IS AMANDA.

HE HAS A DAUGHTER, KAYLA, THAT'S 21 YEARS OLD.

ALANA, WHO'S 19, AND RYLAN, WHO'S SIX YEARS OLD, WHO'LL BE JOINING HIM HERE IN LITTLE ELM ISD.

I THINK HE'S APOLOGIZING TO JAMIE ALLEN IN ADVANCE.

HE'LL BE ATTENDING PRESTWICK.

WHEN I ASKED HIM, WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE TEAM OR SPORT TO WATCH, HE SAID THE ARIZONA CARDINALS AND THE BAYLOR BEARS.

PROUDEST ACCOMPLISHMENT IS BEING THE FIRST IN HIS FAMILY TREE TO GRADUATE FROM A FOUR YEAR UNIVERSITY.

WHEN ASKED WHAT HE WOULD SING AT KARAOKE NIGHT, HE SAYS, ANYTHING.

I LOVE KARAOKE SO WE KNOW WHO TO WHO TO PARTNER UP WITH FOR KARAOKE.

AND A LITTLE KNOWN FACT ABOUT HIM IS THAT HE IS A CLASSICALLY TRAINED VOCALIST.

SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, WE'LL HAVE OUR NEW LITTLE HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL ADDRESS THE BOARD.

THANK YOU. FELT LIKE THAT WAS MY WHOLE LIFE.

BUT IN ONE MINUTE, RIGHT? PRESIDENT OLSEN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

MR. GALLAGHER, IT IS AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE TO BE STANDING HERE IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT.

I DON'T KNOW HOW I GOT HERE.

I WASN'T LOOKING FOR THIS JOB, BUT GOD LED ME HERE.

AND I AM SUPER, SUPER EXCITED TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY, TO SERVE THESE STUDENTS, AND JUST TO SERVE YOU GUYS IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING THIS THE TOP NOTCH EDUCATION AND THAT LITTLE ELM IS A DESTINATION DISTRICT, WE WANT TO MAKE EXCELLENCE THE STANDARD, NOT THE GOAL.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO PARTNERING WITH THE COMMUNITY, THE PARENTS AND THE STUDENTS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

AND I DIDN'T ASK RAY ANY FAMILY MEMBERS PRESENT TODAY BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT THIS PLACE NOW.

GOT IT. GOT IT, GOT IT.

GOT IT. JUST WANT TO CHECK OK.

OUR NEXT NEW LOBO FAMILY MEMBER THAT WE'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE.

REINTRODUCE IS MR. BILL BUSH, OUR NEW PRINCIPAL AT STRIKE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

BILL, COME ON DOWN. BILL IS A PROUD GRADUATE OF TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY, WHERE HE EARNED HIS BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE IN ENGLISH.

HE IS A CURRENT LOBO. WE ALL KNOW BILL BUSH.

HE'S SPENT THE LAST NINE YEARS AS THE PRINCIPAL OF OUR ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION CAMPUS PRIOR TO BEING WITH US AT THE.

OUR AIMS, GOALS AND REACH CAMPUS.

HE WORKED IN COPPELL ISD FOR SEVEN YEARS THERE.

PRIOR TO THAT, HE SPENT SOME TIME IN DENTON ISD AS WELL AS LUBBOCK ISD.

STRENGTHS OF MR. BUSH. HE'S A COLLABORATOR.

HE HAS AN OPEN DOOR POLICY.

HE'S VERY PASSIONATE, LOVES.

WHAT HE DOES IS REALLY MOTIVATED TO DO HIS VERY BEST FOR KIDS AND FOR THEIR FAMILIES.

HE ESTABLISHES GREAT RELATIONSHIPS WITH HIS STUDENTS AND HIS STAFF.

HE IS WELL LOVED BY EVERYONE THAT HE ENCOUNTERS.

WE'RE VERY EXCITED FOR HIM TO MOVE INTO THIS NEW POSITION AND EXPAND HIS REACH AND HIS IMPACT WITH OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL KIDDOS.

ON A PERSONAL NOTE, MR. BUSH, HIS FAMILY, HIS IMMEDIATE FAMILY, HIS WIFE IS AMBER.

HE HAS TWO DAUGHTERS, ELLIOT AND JENSEN, AND THEN A SON, BODIE.

DID I SAY THAT RIGHT? ALL RIGHT.

ARE ANY OF THEM PRESENT, YOU GUYS? IF YOU'LL STAND UP.

CERTAINLY WE KNOW THAT WHEN YOU'RE IN EDUCATION, YOUR FAMILY IS A MAJOR SUPPORT SYSTEM.

SO WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE BUSH FAMILY.

WHEN WE ASKED WHAT HIS HOBBIES ARE, HE LIKES TO RUN AND PLAY GUITAR AND SPEND TIME WITH HIS FAMILY.

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HE DOESN'T CARE EVEN IF IT'S GOLF OR FISHING.

HE'S WATCHING THEM. HIS PROUDEST ACCOMPLISHMENT HAPPENED JUST RECENTLY.

WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, HE WAS ONE OF 85 EDUCATORS SELECTED BY THE CHARLES BUTT FOUNDATION TO ATTEND SUMMER INSTITUTE AT HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION.

SO QUITE AN HONOR.

WHEN WE ASKED HIM WHAT MAKES HIM LAUGH THE MOST, HE SAID, MY KIDS MAKE ME LAUGH THE MOST AND STUPID MOVIES, OR MY KIDS LAUGHING AT ME WHILE I LAUGH AT STUPID MOVIES.

AND A LITTLE KNOWN FACT ABOUT BILL IS THAT HE RAN TRACK AND CROSS-COUNTRY AT TEXAS TECH, AND HE WAS A COLLEGE RADIO DJ AT TECH HIS LAST SEMESTER.

SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, AND WE'D LOVE FOR MR. BUSH TO ADDRESS YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

PRESIDENT OLSON SCHOOL BOARD, MR. GALLAGHER. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

NINE YEARS IN LITTLE ELM PREPARED ME FOR THIS POSITION RIGHT HERE.

SO CAN'T ASK, CAN'T THINK ANY AS I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER WAY TO THANK Y'ALL THAN TO BE ABLE TO BE UP HERE AND BE ABLE TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE AND MY COMMITMENT TO YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO AT STRIKE.

REAL EXCITED.

WE'VE GOT A GREAT STAFF.

WE'VE GOT A GREAT YEAR AHEAD OF US, AND IT'S GOING TO BE A WONDERFUL YEAR AT STRIKE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, BILL. OUR NEXT NEW LOBO FAMILY MEMBER THAT WE'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE IS OUR BRAND NEW PRINCIPAL AT OUR ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION CAMPUS, MS..

CAROLYN THOMAS. LINDA.

MS.. THOMAS MUNDAY IS A GRADUATE OF THE BEST UNIVERSITY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

THAT WOULD BE UT AUSTIN AND WHERE SHE EARNED A BACHELOR OF ARTS IN PSYCHOLOGY.

WE ARE AGAIN REALLY PROUD TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROMOTE FROM WITHIN.

MS. THOMAS MUNDAY HAS BEEN A LOBO SINCE 2007.

15 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO LITTLE ELM ISD.

SHE'S BEEN EVERYTHING FROM A SUMMER SCHOOL PRINCIPAL TO AN THE EVENING ACADEMY COORDINATOR.

SHE'S BEEN A TEACHER HERE, AS WELL AS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT THE HIGH SCHOOL FOR SIX YEARS.

SHE WAS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

MOST RECENTLY, SHE SERVED AS THE DISTRICT TRANSITION SPECIALIST IN OUR SPECIAL POPULATIONS DEPARTMENT.

STRENGTHS THAT MS..

THOMAS MUNDAY BRINGS TO THE TABLE.

SHE'S VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT WORKING WITH OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE IN ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAMS. SHE PLACES AN EMPHASIS ON POST-SECONDARY READINESS, AND SHE KNOWS THAT THAT LOOKS DIFFERENT FOR DIFFERENT KIDS.

SHE HAS HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR ALL OF HER STUDENTS AND VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT OUR DISTRICT, THE CULTURE, OUR CORNERSTONES, OUR MISSION, AND OUR VALUES.

ON A PERSONAL NOTE, MS..

THOMAS MONS IMMEDIATE FAMILY, HER WIFE, KAREN, SHE HAS A DAUGHTER OR TWO DAUGHTERS.

EXCUSE ME, DELILAH, PLEASE.

I HOPE I DON'T PUT YOUR NAMES.

I'M SORRY. AND BERNICE.

AND THEN SISTERS AND GRANDKIDS.

HER GRANDKIDS ARE FRANCIS AND AARON.

SORRY. ANITA MCCOY.

FRANCIS AND AARON FRANCIS.

SO ALL OF THE ANY OF YOUR FAMILY HERE PRESENT TODAY, BUT WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT THAT THEY GIVE HER.

ABSOLUTELY. WHEN ASKED HER FAVORITE TEAM AND OR SPORT TO WATCH, SHE SAID THE LONGHORNS AND THEN DALLAS COWBOYS AS WELL.

A LITTLE KNOWN FACT ABOUT ELLEN IS THAT SHE AND ONE OF HER PROUDEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS, SHE GRADUATED SALUTATORIAN OF HER HIGH SCHOOL, AND SHE EARNED A FELLOWSHIP FOR GRADUATE SCHOOL.

SHE IF SHE WERE TO SING KARAOKE, SHE WOULD PICK TO SING KILLING ME SOFTLY, THE ORIGINAL BY ROBERTA FLACK OR THE MOST RECENT.

AND SHE IS VERY, VERY EXCITED TO TO MOVE INTO THIS NEW POSITION.

AND WITH THAT, WE'LL LET HER ADDRESS THE BOARD.

PRESIDENT OLSON.

MR. GALLAGHER, BOARD MEMBERS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

WHEN I CAME HERE IN TWO THOUSANDSEVEN THERE WERE NO HOUSES, THERE WAS NOTHING.

I HAD TO FIND THE SCHOOL IN THE MIDDLE OF AN OPEN FIELD AND NOW 15 YEARS LATER, BEING GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE THE PRINCIPAL OF THE ALTERNATIVE CAMPUS.

I'M VERY EXCITED FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY.

I HAVE A HEART AND A PASSION FOR STUDENTS WHO RECEIVE SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES AND THOSE STUDENTS WHO ARE AT RISK TRYING TO GET THEM TO GRADUATE BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY HAS WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE TRADITIONAL SYSTEM.

SO TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO STILL BE SUCCESSFUL IS AN IMPORTANT PART FOR THE DISTRICT.

AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO STEP INTO THAT ROLE AND TRY TO HELP THE STUDENTS.

THANK YOU. AND THE FIFTH NEW LOBO FAMILY TEAM MEMBER THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU IS THE NEW PRINCIPAL AT CHAVEZ ELEMENTARY, MISS LINDSEY CIVIC.

LINDSAY IS A PROUD GRADUATE OF SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY, WHICH IS IN PENNSYLVANIA.

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AND YOU'LL HEAR IT. IT COMES OUT IN SOME OF THE WORDS THAT SHE SAYS EVERY NOW AND AGAIN THIS MORNING.

SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT SIRUP LIKE MAPLE SIRUP.

THAT'S HOW WE SAY IT. SHE SAYS SIRUP.

SO YOU DEFINITELY DO HEAR THE NORTHERN ACCENT EVERY NOW AND AGAIN.

MOST RECENTLY, SHE'S BEEN AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL AND PLANO ISD.

SHE SERVED IN THAT CAPACITY FOR THREE YEARS, AND PRIOR TO HER A.P.

EXPERIENCE, SHE WAS A TEACHER IN PLANO, ISC, FOR EIGHT YEARS.

SHE SHE AGAIN BRINGS A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE TO THIS PRINCIPAL OF CHAVEZ POSITION, STRENGTHS THAT LINDSAY POSSESSES.

SHE'S CONFIDENT IN HER LEADERSHIP AND CONFIDENT IN HER ABILITY TO GROW AND NURTURE TEACHERS.

SHE'S REFLECTIVE IN HER PRACTICE.

SHE'S SOLUTION ORIENTED, ALWAYS THINKING OUTSIDE OF THE BOX TO TRY AND SOLVE PROBLEMS. SHE IS VERY THRILLED TO MOVE INTO THE PRINCIPAL ROLE FROM HER ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL POSITION.

AND ON A PERSONAL NOTE, LINDSAY'S FAMILY, HER HUSBAND, RON, SHE HAS A922 DAUGHTERS.

ONE IS NINE. HER NAME IS KARLYN.

AND THEN SHE HAS AN ALMOST TWO YEAR OLD DAUGHTER NAMED KINSLEY.

AND I BELIEVE ONE OF YOUR DAUGHTERS IS HERE TONIGHT.

THAT'S MY CAR.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, CARLYN.

WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO TELL YOU THAT SHE IS AGAIN BORN AND RAISED IN THE NORTH.

IT'S SPECIFICALLY IN PHILADELPHIA.

SO WHEN ASKED WHAT HER FAVORITE TEAM TO WATCH IS, DON'T THROW ANY TOMATOES AT HER.

DON'T THROW ANY TOMATOES.

I'LL BLOCK HER. IS THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES.

SHE'S SHE'S A BIG FAN, SHE SAYS WHEN ASKED IF SHE COLLECTS ANYTHING, SHE COLLECTS CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS WHEREVER SHE TRAVELS.

IF SHE WERE TO SING KARAOKE, SHE WOULD SING THAT SONG.

I'VE HAD THE TIME OF MY LIFE.

I THINK THAT'S FROM THE THE PATRICK SWAYZE MOVIE.

YES. I'VE HAD THE TIME AND THEN.

BUT SHE SAYS SHE'S QUICK TO ADD SHE HAS NO SINGING ABILITY AT ALL.

SHE IS AN INTERESTING FACT.

LITTLE KNOWN FACT ABOUT HER IS THAT SHE'S AN ONLY CHILD AND SHE GREW UP DANCING AND PERFORMED MULTIPLE YEARS AT THE AT PHILADELPHIA'S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE.

SO WE'VE GOT SOME DEEJAYING SKILLS AMONGST OUR NEW FOLKS DANCING, SINGING.

WE MIGHT PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER.

WE WILL NOW ASK MS..

CIVIC TO INTRODUCE HERSELF AND SHARE WITH THE BOARD.

MR. OLSON AND BOARD AND MR. GALLAGHER, I STILL CANNOT EVEN BELIEVE I'M STANDING UP HERE TODAY.

SOMEBODY ASKED ME ABOUT A FEW MONTHS AGO, SIX MONTHS AGO, WHAT WOULD BE THE PERFECT SCHOOL? WHERE WOULD YOU WANT TO BE? AND I SAID, I HAVE NO IDEA.

THERE IS NO PERFECT SCHOOL.

WHEN THIS OPPORTUNITY AROSE, I, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, DID A BUNCH OF RESEARCH INTO THE SCHOOL, INTO THE DISTRICT.

I HAD A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE WHO WAS LIKE, DO IT, GO FOR IT.

I DROVE MY FEET FOR A LITTLE BIT.

AND THEN I WAS ALL IN AND I WAS LIKE, THIS IS IT.

THIS IS THE PERFECT SCHOOL.

THIS IS WHERE I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN MY LAST FEW WEEKS.

I FELT THE FAMILY VIBE ALREADY.

I'M BRINGING MY OWN DAUGHTER HERE TO BE A LOBO NOW AS WELL, SO I AM JUST SO APPRECIATIVE OF THIS.

AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR YOU ALL TO SEE EVERYTHING THAT WE DO AT CHAVEZ THIS YEAR.

SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

OUR FINAL NEW LOBO FAMILY MEMBER THAT WE'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO THE BOARD AND TO THE COMMUNITY THIS EVENING IS OUR NEW PRINCIPAL AT HACKBERRY ELEMENTARY, MR. JIMMY ROSS. JIMMY IS A PROUD GRADUATE OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY, WHERE HE EARNED HIS BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN SOCIAL WORK.

IN ADDITION TO SOME EXPERIENCE IN THE SOCIAL WORK REALM, HE ALSO HAS A MASTER'S IN SCHOOL COUNSELING.

SO WE HAVE AN ADMINISTRATOR THAT BRINGS THE SOCIAL WORK AND THE COUNSELING PIECES TO HIS WORK AS AN EDUCATOR NOW AND HIS HE HAS SPENT THE LAST 20 EXCUSE ME, 13 YEARS AS AN EDUCATOR.

HE'S BEEN MOST RECENTLY THIS IS HIS SECOND YEAR AS A LOBO.

SO AGAIN, WE'RE HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROMOTE FROM WITHIN PRIOR TO SERVING AS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT OAK POINT LAST SCHOOL YEAR, HE WAS IN THE CHINA SPRINGS ISD, WHICH IS RIGHT NEAR WACO.

YES, HE HAS BEEN A FIFTH AND SIXTH GRADE TEACHER.

HE WAS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL IN CHINA SPRINGS, AND HE BRINGS A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE TO THIS POSITION STRENGTHS, LEADERSHIP SKILLS THAT MR. ROSS POSSESSES.

HE IS THE CONSUMMATE COLLABORATOR.

HE BELIEVES DEEPLY IN ESTABLISHING RELATIONSHIPS WITH STAFF AND WITH STUDENTS AND HEARING THEIR VOICES AND THE VOICES OF STAFF AND STUDENTS BEING PART OF THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS. HE DOES NOT KNOW.

A STRANGER TO KNOW MR. ROSS IS TO LIKE HIM AND TO LOVE HIM.

HE SPEAKS OFTEN FREELY ABOUT HOW MUCH HE LOVES THIS DISTRICT AND HOW THE LAST PAST YEAR THAT HE'S SPENT IN THIS DISTRICT HAS BEEN A YEAR LIKE ANOTHER THAT HE'S EVER HAD IN EDUCATION, AND WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL FOR HIM TO BE PART OF OUR TEAM.

ON A PERSONAL NOTE, MR. ROSS FAMILY IS HIS WIFE IS ALISHA.

THEY'VE BEEN MARRIED FOR 26 YEARS.

HE'S VERY PROUD OF THAT, AS YOU SHOULD BE.

HE HAS TWO KIDS, JORDAN AND JASMINE.

WHEN ASKED ABOUT HIS HOBBIES, HE SAID HE LIKES TO BOWL TABLE TENNIS AND HE ALSO LIKES TO FISH FAVORITE TEAM OR SPORT, THE LAKERS AND MR.

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WHAT WOULD HE SING AT KARAOKE NIGHT BEAT IT BY MICHAEL JACKSON.

WHAT MAKES HIM LAUGH THE MOST IS WHEN HE CATCHES A GLIMPSE OF HIMSELF TRYING TO DANCE AND A LITTLE KNOWN FACT ABOUT JIMMY ROSS.

HE IS NUMBER NINE OF 15 CHILDREN AND SO HE DEFINITELY KNOWS THE CONCEPT OF SHARING.

SO AT THIS POINT, WE'LL ASK MR. ROSS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

I WOULD LIKE TO FIRST ACKNOWLEDGE MR. OLSON, BOARD MEMBERS, MR. GALLAGHER AND ALL OF YOU TONIGHT FOR BEING HERE.

THANK YOU. I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I AM EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY HAPPY TONIGHT.

THANK YOU ALL FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE IN THIS WAY.

I LOVE STUDENTS.

I LOVE TEACHERS.

I LOVE PARENTS.

I LOVE PEOPLE.

AND SO I JUST REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING STARTED.

AND I'VE BEEN SO OVERWHELMED BY THE OUTREACH THAT'S COME MY WAY.

I MET WITH THE PTA AT HACKBERRY JUST LAST FRIDAY AND THEY'VE BEEN SO OPEN AND SO IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT YEAR.

I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE THING, THOUGH.

MY HEART IS JOYFUL TONIGHT BECAUSE.

MY PARENTS, THEY GRADUATED WITH EIGHTH GRADE EDUCATIONS.

MY PARENTS, THEY RAISED 15 KIDS AND ALL OF US WENT TO COLLEGE EXCEPT ONE.

SO I AM JUST A HAPPY MAN TONIGHT.

SO. HACKBERRY.

LET'S GO. JIMMY.

I MEANT TO ASK. AS IN YOUR FAMILY PRESENT TONIGHT? NO, MA'AM. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MR. GALLAGHER, FOR INDULGING US.

WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY.

YOU COULD LAY EYES ON THEM AND HEAR FROM THEIR MOUTHS HOW PASSIONATE THEY ARE.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. PERFECT.

THANK YOU, MISS BROWN. NEXT, WE'LL GO ON TO THE REPORTS OF THE SUPERINTENDENT.

[7. Reports of the Superintendent]

THANK YOU, MRS. BROWN, FOR THAT.

AND EACH ONE OF YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

I WILL SAY THAT NOW MIGHT BE A GOOD TIME IF YOU ALL WANT TO.

I KNOW YOU'VE GOT A BUSY DAY TOMORROW.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO STAY THE WHOLE BOARD MEETING, BUT YOU'RE WELCOME TO YOU.

SO THOSE THAT WE JUST INTRODUCED, IF YOU WANT TO TAKE OFF A LITTLE BIT EARLY, YOU'RE WELCOME TO DO THAT.

SO AND MR. ROSS, I WAS GETTING READY TO SAY I'M READY TO VOTE FOR YOU.

SO THAT WAS THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL.

SO THANK YOU AND GREAT JOB TO EACH OF YOU AND THANK YOU FAMILIES FOR BEING HERE.

SO AT THIS TIME, YES, IT'S TIME FOR REPORTS OF THE SUPERINTENDENT.

I WOULD LIKE TO ASK DR.

TRAMEL TO COME TO THE LECTERN TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON DISTRICT RATINGS AND ACCOUNTABILITY.

AND I DO KNOW YOU'LL ANNOUNCE HERE IN A MINUTE THE STATE STILL DOESN'T HAVE THE RATING SYSTEM UP ON THEIR WEBSITE, SO WE'RE NOT QUITE THERE YET.

BUT WE DO HAVE RESULTS THAT DR.

TRAMEL IS GOING TO REPORT TO TO YOU SAID.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT OLSON BOARD MR. GALLAGHER, WE DO HAVE SOME PRELIMINARY STAR INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD TONIGHT.

I'M GOING TO ASK DR.

ASHLEY GLOVER, OUR DIRECTOR OF TESTING AND FEDERAL PROGRAMS, TO COME UP AND DO THAT.

AND THEN SHE AND I WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE AFTER THAT AS ASHLEY COMES UP TO THE PODIUM.

I DID WANT TO SAY THAT THE STATE HAS CONTINUED TO KIND OF MOVE, AS MR. GALLAGHER SAID, THOSE DATES THAT WE ARE RECEIVING THAT INFORMATION.

SO WE'RE SHARING THE PRELIMINARY DATA THAT WE HAVE WITH YOU THIS EVENING AND THEN WE'LL GET THE OTHER INFORMATION TO YOU AS WE GET IT.

THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING.

I FEEL LIKE I SHOULD HAVE A FAVORITE KARAOKE SONG OR A FUN FACT FOR YOU.

I DON'T HAVE THAT, SO I WILL JUST DIVE RIGHT IN THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU FOR THAT WONDERFUL INTRODUCTION, DR.

TRAMEL. LET'S SEE IF I CAN MAKE SURE WE'RE GOING HERE.

WE'RE HAVING A LITTLE HICCUP WITH OUR.

ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY.

SO THIS EVENING, I'M GOING TO SHARE SOME PRELIMINARY STAR RESULTS WITH YOU.

YOUR FIRST SLIDE THAT YOU SEE IN YOUR BOARD BOOK IS REGARDING OUR READING RESULTS FOR GRADES THREE THROUGH EIGHT.

YOU'LL NOTICE ALONG THE BOTTOM OF THIS CHART IT IS DIVIDED INTO THIRD, FOURTH, FIFTH, SIXTH AND SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE.

YOU'LL ALSO NOTICE ACROSS THE VERY BOTTOM THE GOLD, THE GRAY AND THE NAVY, THE APPROACHES, MEATS AND MASTERS.

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SO THIS IS, AS YOU CAN SEE, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THIRD GRADE, WE HAVE 78% OR ABOVE THAT HAVE MET STANDARD AT THIS TIME ON THEIR STAR ASSESSMENT.

IN FOURTH GRADE, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE IN THE GOLD COLUMN THAT AGAIN IS GOING TO BE APPROACHES.

APPROACHES IS MEETING STANDARD MEETS MEANS THE STUDENT WAS ABLE TO ACHIEVE SOME ADDITIONAL PERCENTAGE POINTS ESSENTIALLY ON THE TEST. AND THE MASTER'S MEANS A STUDENT HAD NEARLY A PERFECT SCORE OR OR MISSED VERY, VERY FEW.

AND SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND THAT WON'T NECESSARILY BE SHOWN IN THESE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT SLIDES IS THE GROWTH WE'VE MADE.

WE'VE MADE SOME INCREDIBLE GROWTH IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT AREAS THAT I WILL SHARE IN THE FUTURE.

IF WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GO TO THAT NEXT SLIDE IF WE'RE READY.

ALL RIGHT. HERE WE HAVE MATH.

WE HAVE IT DIVIDED UP THE EXACT SAME WAY THAT WE DID FOR READING THIRD THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE.

SOME OF YOU MAY BE WONDERING WHERE ARE THE LOSSES? WE DID DISCUSS EOC A COUPLE OF BOARD MEETINGS AGO, BUT AS DR.

TRAMEL STATED, WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR ENGLISH ONE AND TWO TO BE AVAILABLE TO US, AND THAT WILL BE OUT ON JULY 27TH.

SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT AND I'LL HAVE THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU AS WELL AT THAT TIME.

YOU CAN SEE AS WE GO THROUGH THE GOLD BARS THAT WE HAVE, AGAIN, THAT'S GOING TO BE THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS THAT MET.

AND ABOVE IT IS A DUPLICATE COUNT.

SO IF YOU ARE A STUDENT WHO MASTERS, YOU ALSO MET AN APPROACHED.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND.

I KNOW THAT MIGHT BE A QUESTION THAT YOU HAVE.

OKAY. AND IF WE ARE READY.

AS YOU KNOW, WE ONLY TAKE SCIENCE IN FIFTH AND EIGHTH GRADE IN THE GRADES THREE THROUGH EIGHT, AND THEN, OF COURSE, BIOLOGY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL.

AGAIN, YOU'LL SEE THE APPROACHES, MEATS AND MASTERS FOR OUR STUDENTS.

AND YOU CAN SEE IN EIGHTH GRADE WE SAW SOME IMPROVEMENT OVER THE PRIOR FIFTH GRADE ASSESSMENT.

SO THAT'S AN AREA THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO GROW SIGNIFICANTLY AND SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS.

AND THEN OUR FINAL SLIDE IS SOCIAL STUDIES.

AND SOCIAL STUDIES IS TAKEN AT THE EIGHTH GRADE, AS YOU KNOW.

AND WITH THAT, WE HAVE 58% THAT APPROACHED, 25% THAT MET, AND 14% THAT MASTERED.

SO THIS EVENING, MY GOAL IS TO SHARE WITH YOU THE BASIC INFORMATION.

BUT I ALSO WANT TO, AS YOU WELL KNOW, JUST MENTION THAT THIS IS A SMALL SAMPLE OF DATA THAT IN NO WAY COULD REPRESENT ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS ABOUT OUR STUDENTS.

BUT THIS IS A GOOD GLIMPSE OF AREAS THAT WE HAVE IMPROVED ON, AREAS THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE ON.

AND AREAS FOR FOCUS FOR CURRICULUM INSTRUCTION GOING FORWARD IN OUR CLASSROOMS. SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF OUR STUDENTS AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CLOSING SOME OF THOSE GAPS IN ANY AREAS THAT THEY MAY HAVE.

DR. TRAMEL AND I ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

ANY QUESTIONS ABOARD? THE APPROACHES SCORES.

WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR THOUGHTS OR CONCERNS ABOUT THOSE SCORES? SPECIFICALLY IN MATH FOUR.

AND YOU DID KIND OF NOTICE THAT THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL AREA, THERE WAS A LOWER SCORE AT THE SEVENTH GRADE.

AND SO IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT OUR ADVANCED MATH STUDENTS TAKE THAT EIGHTH GRADE TEST.

SO YOU'RE SEEING IN THE EIGHTH GRADE SCORES THOSE REALLY STRONG MATH STUDENTS.

AND AT THE SEVENTH GRADE, WE DON'T HAVE AS MANY OF THOSE STUDENTS REFLECTED IN THAT APPROACHES.

SCORE CERTAINLY THAT'S AN AREA THAT WE WANT TO FOCUS ON ALONG WITH SCIENCE.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL IS OUR CURRICULUM WRITERS HAVE BEEN WORKING SO HARD THIS SUMMER ON STAGE THREE OF OUR CURRICULUM.

AND JUST A REMINDER, THAT'S THE STAGE THAT HAS ALL OF THE ENRICHING RESOURCES AND THE RESOURCES THAT REALLY HELP TEACHERS DIFFERENTIATE FOR THE DIFFERENT LEARNERS IN THEIR ROOMS. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY HAVEN'T HAD AVAILABLE TO THEM IN THEIR LESSON PLANNING BEFORE.

SO WE ANTICIPATE WONDERFUL THINGS FOR OUR STUDENTS, PROVIDING THAT RESOURCE TO OUR TEACHERS TO HELP THEM IN MEETING THE NEEDS AND IN THEIR CLASSROOMS AND OF ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.

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I'M PREGNANT. PERFECT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, DR.

TAM. THANK YOU. OH, I'M SORRY.

I THOUGHT YOU. FOR K THROUGH TWO BECAUSE THEY'LL TAKE THE STAR NEXT.

WELL THEY'LL IN THE FUTURE.

RIGHT. RIGHT. WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT HOW WE GET THEM READY TO PERFORM? WELL, ON THE. ABSOLUTELY SO.

OUR TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL HAVE JUST COMPLETED THE SCIENCE OF TEACHING READING, WHICH IS A VERY PHONIC SPACE, BUT ALSO WELL BALANCED PROGRAM. AND SO OUR GOAL THIS YEAR IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE IMPLEMENTING THAT PROGRAM WITH FIDELITY AT THE KINDERGARTEN FIRST AND SECOND GRADE LEVEL.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR MAP, OUR MEASURES OF ACADEMIC PROGRESS ASSESSMENTS THAT WE GIVE THREE TIMES A YEAR, AND WE START THAT AT KINDERGARTEN.

SO WE CAN EASILY SEE WHERE THEIR STRENGTHS ARE, BUT WHERE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE DOING HANDS ON MANIPULATIVES AND SHORING UP AREAS IN MATH, AND THEN ALSO WORKING ON FLUENCY WITH THAT SCIENCE OF TEACHING READING AND THAT THAT MAP DATA WILL GIVE US SOME GOOD INFORMATION TO HELP US DO THAT. YOU'RE WELCOME.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. GALLAGHER. AT THE SUMMIT TO ASK OUR EXECUTIVE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR FOR OPERATIONS, MR. ALFRED GAZIDIS, TO COME TO THE PODIUM TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON OUR DEMOGRAPHIC REPORT.

THANK YOU. PRESIDENT OLSON BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

MR. GALLAGHER. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME IN AND SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH YOU TODAY.

I DO APOLOGIZE.

THIS DEMOGRAPHIC REPORT SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN LAST MONTH, BUT I WAS ON VACATION AND WAS NOT ABLE TO PREPARE IT IN TIME FOR THE BOARD MEETING.

SO I APOLOGIZE. THIS COMING A LITTLE LATE.

YOU'LL SEE ANOTHER ONE COMING UP VERY QUICKLY FOR THE SECOND QUARTER.

SO DON'T BE SURPRISED WHEN THAT HAPPENS IN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS.

BUT THIS ONE FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2022.

AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR HISTORICAL HOME SALES ARE DOING VERY WELL ALREADY THIS YEAR, 416 SALES ALREADY THAT COULD THAT IS INCLUSIVE OF NEW AND EXISTING HOMES.

THAT'S NOT JUST NEW STARTS AND NEW SALES, THAT'S ALSO EXISTING PROPERTIES AS WELL.

THIS GOES OVER HISTORICAL DATA SPANNING FROM 2010 TO 2021 AND THEN BEGINNING OF THIS FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR.

AS YOU CAN SEE, IN 2021, WE SOLD A LOT OF HOMES IN THE AREA, WHICH CONSTITUTES A LOT OF OUR GROWTH THAT WE SAW LAST YEAR.

WE SOLD ALMOST TO THE 2018 LEVEL, WHICH WAS OUR HIGHEST YEAR OF THE LAST DECADE.

SO WE'RE STILL SEEING THOSE NUMBERS INCREASE OR STARTING TO INCREASE AGAIN.

THERE'S A LOT OF FACTORS THAT PLAY INTO THAT.

WE HAD HISTORICALLY LOW INTEREST RATES, WHICH, AS YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE AWARE OF TRENDS HAPPENING NOW WITH THE FEDERAL RESERVE, THEY ARE STARTING TO INCREASE THOSE INTEREST RATES. WE ARE NOT SEEING THE EFFECTS OF THAT YET, BUT I ANTICIPATE THAT WE WILL HEAR IN THE NEXT 6 TO 8 MONTHS.

BUT I DON'T ANTICIPATE TO AFFECT IT A WHOLE LOT BECAUSE WE DO HAVE HOME STARTS AND HOME SALES WHOSE MORTGAGE RATES HAVE ALREADY BEEN LOCKED IN.

SO YOU'LL SEE THOSE NUMBERS STAY DECENT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS YEAR.

EXISTING AND NEW HOME PRICES.

I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT OUR PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS THAT HOME VALUES IN OUR DISTRICT HAS INCREASED EXPONENTIALLY OVER THE LAST DECADE. THE AVERAGE NEW HOME PRICE NOW IS JUST UNDER 500,000.

OUR EXISTING AVERAGE PRICES RIGHT AT 429,000.

AS YOU CAN SEE FROM 2021, THAT'S AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 40,000.

SO AS THOSE PRICES GO UP, OUR TAXABLE VALUE GOES UP AS WELL.

BUT THAT'S INDICATIVE OF ANY GROWTH DISTRICT.

LOOKING AT OUR NEW HOME STARTS AND CLOSINGS.

AS I REPORTED LAST QUARTER THAT WE SAW A LOT OF STARTS.

WE ACTUALLY OUTPACED OUR SALES LAST YEAR.

BUT I THINK THE BIGGEST NUMBER THAT INDICATIVE OF THAT IS IN THE THIRD AND FOURTH QUARTER OF LAST YEAR, WE HAD A LOT OF STARTS AND BECAUSE OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUE, THOSE HOMES WEREN'T BEING FINISHED, SO THEY COULDN'T BE SOLD.

SO WE I THINK WE'LL SEE A LARGE NUMBER INCREASE IN THOSE SALES COMING FROM THOSE STARTS AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR.

AND AS YOU SEE IN 2022, WE'RE ALREADY SELLING THEM AS FAST AS WE CAN, BUY THEM OR SURPASS THING, BUILD THEM.

SO OUR STARTS AND SALES ARE PRETTY EVEN.

I THINK YOU'LL SEE THAT TREND CONTINUE OR EVEN INCREASE IN SALES, JUST AS WE HAVE TRADITIONALLY OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS SOLD MORE THAN WE STARTED.

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AND YOU'RE CLOSING DISTRIBUTIONS.

AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS REPORT, WE'RE STILL CLOSING MORE HOMES IN THE OAK POINT AREA.

WE ANTICIPATE TO BE AT THAT BEING OUR BIGGEST GROWTH AREA RIGHT NOW.

WE HAVE SOME GOING ON IN VALENCIA OF THE LAKE, WHICH IS THE LAKEVIEW SITE.

BUT IF WE.

IT'S ALSO THE SITE OF ONE OF OUR NEXT FEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN OUR FUTURE PLANNING.

AND VACANT LOT DISTRIBUTION.

AS YOU AS WE'VE REPORTED BEFORE IN THE OAK POINT AREA THAT HAS THE LARGEST AREA OF GROWTH, THE LARGEST POTENTIAL OF GROWTH BECAUSE A LOT OF THE OTHER AREAS ARE BUILDING OUT AND THEY'RE GETTING PRETTY CROWDED.

THE FUTURES. THIS IS WHERE THE FUTURE LOTS ARE AGAIN LARGEST AREAS IN IS IN THE OAK POINTE AREA, LAKEWOOD VILLAGE, NORTH SHORES, SOUTH OAK.

ALL OF THOSE ARE STARTING TO MOVE DIRT NOW.

DISTRICT HOUSING OVERVIEW BY THE ELEMENTARY ZONE.

AGAIN, OUR LARGEST NUMBER IS IN OAK POINT.

WE CAN'T STRESS THAT ENOUGH THAT THAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS GROWING EXPONENTIALLY BECAUSE OF THE FUTURE.

HOUSES ARE GOING IN NOW AND THEY'RE SELLING THEM, OCCUPYING THEM.

A LOT OF THOSE HOMES ARE GOING TO BE STARTER HOMES, ESPECIALLY IN THE FUTURE.

BACKING UP TO THIS, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE LAKEWOOD VILLAGE ARE GOING TO BE LARGER HOMES, BUT SOUTH OAK IS GOING AS AN ADDITION OF ABOUT 350 HOME SITES THAT ARE GOING TO BE STARTER HOMES, ACCORDING TO THE BUILDER.

SO THAT'S GOING TO ADD MORE SMALL FAMILIES AND LARGER OR YOUNGER FAMILIES WITH MORE CHILDREN TO INCREASE IN THE NUMBERS.

IN OUR OAK POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHICH STRESSES THE IMPORTANCE OF AGAIN, OUR NEXT SITE WOULD BE IN OUR LAKEWOOD VILLAGE.

THAT'S OUR NEXT ELEMENTARY SITE THAT TAKES SOME OF THE PRESSURE OFF OF OAK POINTE ELEMENTARY.

IN THE DISTRICT HOUSING OVERVIEW.

ALL THE AREAS IN GREEN ARE ACTIVELY DEVELOPING RIGHT NOW.

THE AREA SHADED IN RED WITH A RED OUTLINE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE ACTIVELY TURNING DIRT AND BUILDING SITES.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A LOT OF AREAS STILL DEVELOPING.

WE'VE GOT A LARGE AREA DOWN TO PRESTWICK.

WE'VE GOT TWO ADDITIONS GOING IN THERE UP IN VALENCIA IN THE FAR NORTH NORTHEAST CORNER.

THAT WHOLE PENINSULA IS BEING DEVELOPED AT THE CURRENT TIME.

AND THEN WE'VE GOT SOME GOING IN IN THE OAK POINT AREA, AS YOU CAN SEE, AS LAND BECOMES AVAILABLE.

BUILDERS ARE DEVELOPING IT.

AT THE TRIBUTE.

OUR NEXT TWO EDITIONS GOING IN.

CHELSEA GREEN IS 150, 166 LOTS.

WE HAVE WEST WESTBURY, WHICH IS PHASE SIX IS 92 LOTS.

THAT'S YOU CAN SEE IT'S RIGHT BESIDE STRIKE ELEMENTARY OR STRIKE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

SORRY. THEY ARE DEVELOPING THAT NOW.

THEY'RE STARTING TO PUT STREETS IN IF ANYONE'S BEEN BY THEIR.

ALL THE TREES ARE GONE.

EVERYTHING'S BEING DEVELOPED.

THESE ARE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES THAT ARE NOT MULTIFAMILY.

WE DO HAVE SOME MULTIFAMILY OVERVIEWS GOING IN AS WELL.

WE HAVE A NEW APARTMENT COMPLEX GOING IN OVER HERE ON THE SIDE OF THE OLD KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

THEY'RE PROBABLY ABOUT 50% COMPLETE WITH THAT.

THAT'S A 324 UNIT COMPLEX GOING IN THERE.

WE ALSO HAVE, IF YOU'LL LOOK DOWN ON THE FAR SOUTH BY STRIKE MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 204 MULTI UNIT GOING IN THERE WITH 159 SINGLE FAMILY RENTAL UNITS GOING IN RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM STRIKE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

AND THAT'S WHAT THAT SHOWS RIGHT THERE.

THAT LAND HAS BEEN CLEARED.

IT IS NOW PUTTING STREETS IN, DESIGNING THE STREETS, AND THEY'LL START DEVELOPING THAT PRETTY QUICKLY.

YOU'LL SEE THOSE RESIDENCES AND THOSE RENTAL UNITS GOING IN PRETTY, PRETTY QUICKLY.

THE TEN YEAR FORECAST BY GRADE LEVEL.

AS YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW, NUMBERS ARE GOING TO GO UP EXPONENTIALLY.

THE TOTAL NUMBERS WERE 82, 94 THIS LAST YEAR, ESTIMATED GOING UP 395.

ANOTHER FIVE, 79 AND SO FORTH.

NUMBERS ARE GOING TO KEEP GROWING AS HOUSES COME.

THAT'S JUST THE WAY GROWTH HAPPENS.

AND WE'RE GOING TO NEED THE ROOM FOR THOSE KIDS.

TEN YEAR FORECAST BY CAMPUS.

AS YOU SEE RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE SOME SITES THAT ARE ALREADY AT THEIR CAPACITY.

LITTLE ELM HIGH SCHOOL IS ALL YELLOW.

THAT MEANS IT EXCEEDS ITS CAPACITY.

THAT'S A MAXIMUM CAPACITY GREEN AS IT'S FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY, WHICH ARE TWO DIFFERENT NUMBERS.

AS YOU SEE, STRIKE MIDDLE SCHOOL IS THEY'RE ALREADY ABOVE FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY.

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BUT WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE PRETTY QUICKLY AS WELL.

SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO START.

LOOKING AT OUR PLAN TO MAKE SURE WE INCORPORATE THAT THIRD MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED INTO OUR LONG, LONG RANGE PLANNING COMMITTEES.

THAT THAT'S GOT TO GO IN SOON BECAUSE OUR SITE'S GOING TO BE OVERGROWN.

OAK POINT ELEMENTARY, YOU CAN SEE, IS ALREADY ABOVE FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY OR WILL BE NEXT YEAR AND WILL EXCEED ITS MAXIMUM CAPACITY WITHIN TWO YEARS. THREE YEARS.

WHAT DOES THAT ALL MEAN? WE'VE GOT 21 ACTIVE BUILDING SUBDIVISIONS, SIX FUTURE ROUND WORK ON 160 LOTS.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 10,200 STUDENTS BY 26.

27. I BELIEVE THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN A LITTLE FASTER THAN THAT.

BUT DEMOGRAPHERS LOOK AT THEIR NUMBERS AND JUST LOOKING AT WHAT OUR STARTS ARE AND WHAT OUR HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS ARE.

DRIVING AROUND OUR DISTRICT, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S DEVELOPMENT GOING ON EVERYWHERE.

AND THOSE PEOPLE ARE COMING.

AND THAT'S THE END OF OUR PRESENTATION.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS I CAN ANSWER? QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT, PRESIDENT OLSON BOARD MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO ASK OUR DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT, MR. ROSS ROBERTS, TO COME UP TO PROVIDE US AN UPDATE ON OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY PLAN AND DISCUSS SOME POTENTIAL PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED WITH THE LONG RANGE FACILITIES PLANNING COMMITTEE AND BEFORE MR. ROBERTS STARTS. I'LL SAY BACK ON MAY 24TH, YOU KNOW, THE JUST ABSOLUTE UNTHINKABLE TRAGEDY THAT HAPPENED IN UVALDE.

IT MADE EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT, EVERY SUPERINTENDENT, EVERY PRINCIPAL, EVERY PARENT, EVERY COMMUNITY MEMBER TAKE A STEP BACK AND START THINKING AND REFLECTING ON WHAT WE DO IN OUR DISTRICT.

EVERY POLICE DEPARTMENT, SAME THING.

SO THE VERY FIRST PERSON I CALLED WAS MR. ROBERTS AND SAID, WE NEED TO REALLY TAKE TIME TO REVIEW OUR CURRENT PLAN AND REALLY BE THINKING ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO MOVING FORWARD.

AND THE ONE THING I'LL TELL OUR COMMUNITY IS IN LITTLE ELM ISD, WE'VE REALLY PUT SOME TIME AND THOUGHT INTO OUR CURRENT SAFETY AND SECURITY PLAN, AND I'M VERY CONFIDENT IN IT.

HOWEVER, ANY TIME ANY SORT OF TRAGEDY LIKE THAT HAPPENS, IT'S JUST IT'S ABSOLUTELY UNTHINKABLE.

BUT IT DOES MAKE US REFLECT AND ASK OURSELVES, WHAT CAN WE DO ON TOP OF WHAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING? SO. MR. ROBERTS.

YES. SUPERINTENDENT GALLAGHER, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

PRESIDENT OLSON, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

THANK YOU FOR THAT, MR. GALLAGHER. AND LIKE HE MENTIONED JUST A SECOND AGO, WE HAVE STARTED OUR JOURNEY NOW TALKING TO OUR CAMPUS LEADERS IN TERMS OF CULTURE, OF VIGILANCE BECAUSE OF THE TRAGEDY THAT HAPPENED IN UVALDE, IT REALLY CAUSES US TO REFLECT AND REALLY DRILL DOWN DEEPLY INTO WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE, WHICH IS A ROBUST SAFETY AND SECURITY, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT I'LL SHARE WITH YOU MOMENTARILY.

AND THEN ALSO DIVE INTO SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THAT I WAS ABLE TO SHARE WITH THE LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING COMMITTEE BEFORE WE GET STARTED IN SUPPORT.

WE HAVE SOME OFFICERS FROM THE COLONY P.D.

WE HAVE SERGEANT CHIP, WHO OVERSEES OUR SRO PROGRAM WITHIN THE COLONY, AND WE HAVE OUR LITTLE ELM OFFICER HOLYFIELD REPRESENTING THE TOWN OF LITTLE ELM.

AND THEN IN CONSTANT CONVERSATIONS WITH CHIEF TATOU, WHO IS THE NEW CHIEF OF POLICE IN OAK POINT, HE WAS HELD UP WITH PRIOR ENGAGEMENT BUT IS TRYING TO GET HERE.

BUT JUST LETTING THE COMMUNITY KNOW OF OUR ONGOING RELATIONSHIP AND ONGOING WORK THAT WE DO WITH OUR DIFFERENT POLICE DEPARTMENTS IS SECOND TO NONE AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THEIR SUPPORT AND THEIR SERVICE, SO THANK THEM FOR BEING HERE.

ALSO, A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO MR. CLINT MILLER, OUR DIRECTOR FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY.

MR. GALLAGHER MENTIONED OUR COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY PLAN THAT HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS NOW REALLY FOR SEVEN AND A HALF YEARS, BUILDING ON TOP OF WHAT LITTLE ELM ISD HAD IN PLACE.

BUT JUST WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANKS TO MR. MILLER AND HIS DUE DILIGENCE IN KEEPING EVERY CHILD IN EVERY ADULT SAFE WITHIN OUR BUILDINGS

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SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'LL MOVE INTO MY PRESENTATION AND.

YOU KNOW, MR. GALLAGHER TALKED ABOUT IT, AND WE DO HAVE A VERY ROBUST SAFETY AND SECURITY PLAN.

AND BEFORE I GET TO THE PROJECTS, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE US TO THAT RESOURCE THAT WE HAVE, WHICH IS FORWARD FACING FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I'LL TAKE US TO THE WEBSITE.

AND WITH THAT, EVERY NOW AND AGAIN, I WILL BE VAGUE AND LEAVE OUT SOME DETAILS JUST BECAUSE IT HAS TO DO WITH SAFETY AND SECURITY. I'M COMFORTABLE IN SHARING THIS INFORMATION BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, IT IS FORWARD FACING AND SO IT DOES NOT HAVE ALL THE DETAILS IN ALL OF THESE TOPICS.

BUT IT IS VERY MUCH IMPORTANT FOR US TO SEE AND KNOW THAT WE HAVE THESE RESOURCES AVAILABLE ALREADY IN PLACE AND IMPLEMENTED UP AND RUNNING. SO GO INTO LA ISD WEBSITE, OUR SAFE LOBO SAFETY RESOURCES.

WE HAVE EVERYTHING, ALL THINGS SAFETY AND SECURITY HERE FOR ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

BUT YOU'LL SEE HERE THEN IF YOU CLICK ON SAFETY AND SECURITY, THEN YOU CAN SEE OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

HERE IS WHAT I WANT TO SHED LIGHT ON SHORTLY BEFORE WE MOVE INTO RECOMMENDATION ON THE PROJECTS.

SO WE'VE BROKEN DOWN OUR SAFETY PLAN.

IT'S A THREE PRONGED APPROACH AND YOU CAN SEE THE CATEGORIES THERE.

THE FIRST TOPIC IS THE PHYSICAL SECURITY OF THE CAMPUSES.

THE SECOND TOPIC IS COLLABORATIVE SAFETY AND SECURITY CULTURE.

AND ROUNDING OUT OUR PLAN IS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

THIS IS GUIDANCE FROM OUR GOVERNING BODY THROUGH TEXAS SCHOOL SAFETY CENTER OUT OF SAN MARCOS.

AND WE HAVE TAKEN THIS THREE PRONGED APPROACH AND GUIDANCE FROM THEM, WHICH HELPS US LAY OUT OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IF WE MOVE BACK UP TO THE PHYSICAL SECURITY OF CAMPUSES.

I'M NOT GOING TO READ THROUGH EVERY ONE OF THOSE, BUT ONE IS TOWARDS THE BOTTOM WHERE WE HAVE DOOR NOTIFICATION ALERT SYSTEM.

WE WILL BE IMPLEMENTING THAT PROGRAM WHERE WE HAVE NOTIFICATION TO OUR ADULTS WITHIN EVERY CAMPUS OF WHEN THOSE DOORS, THE EXTERIOR DOORS ARE AJAR AND NOT SECURED.

SO THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE ADDED HERE IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS THAT WE WILL HAVE UP AND RUNNING, MOVING INTO THE COLLABORATIVE SAFETY AND SECURITY CULTURE.

YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE MONTHLY MEETINGS WITH ALL OF OUR POLICE, FIRE AND OTHER PERSONNEL.

AND ALSO HERE LATELY, WITHIN THE LAST THREE WEEKS, AT LEAST TWO DAYS A WEEK, WE HAVE HAD COORDINATED SWAT PRACTICE AND DRILLS CARRIED OUT ON OUR FACILITIES AS WELL.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

WE ARE MOVING INTO AND IMPLEMENTING A FIRST RESPONDER SYSTEM THAT ALL ADULTS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO, WHICH WILL COMMUNICATE THROUGHOUT EACH CAMPUS STAFF AND TO BETTER SECURE OUR STUDENTS WITHIN OUR CAMPUSES.

THE EMERGENCY RESPONSIVENESS REALLY IS JUST A TERM THAT ENCOMPASSES FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT ASPECTS.

THAT'S WHERE SOME OF OUR DETAILS GET INVOLVED, AND THAT'S WHY I HAVE JUST THAT TERM THERE.

WE HAVE ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE OTHER STEPS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE THAT TAKES CARE OF THAT EMERGENCY RESPONSIVENESS. SO THAT IS OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN MOVING INTO MOVING BACK TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS.

MR. ROBERTS, BEFORE YOU GO THERE, CAN YOU GO BACK AND TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT THAT SYSTEM THAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED WITH THE ALERT SYSTEM? AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

I WANT THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE WATCHING.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT AND WE'VE KNOWN THIS KNOW WE'VE BEEN IN EDUCATION COMBINED, MR. ROBERTS AND I 60 YEARS.

I MEAN, IN THAT RANGE.

THIS THE SECURITY OF THE ENVELOPE OF THE BUILDING DOORS BEING LOCKED AND SECURED IS SCHOOL SAFETY 101.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, WHAT WHAT WE HAVE SEEN I'VE SEEN IT IN MY CAREER.

STUDENTS WILL PROP A DOOR OPEN.

TEACHERS MIGHT EVEN PROPER DOOR OPEN.

AND I PROBABLY BEEN GUILTY OF IT IN THE PAST AS WELL.

THOSE DAYS ARE IN THE PAST.

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IF ON THE CAMPUS, PRINCIPAL OR ADMINISTRATORS, WHOEVER IS BEING SELECTED FOR THIS, THEY'LL RECEIVE AN ALERT ON THEIR PHONE THAT STATES DOOR 16 IS UNSECURED OR IT MAY BE WORDED DIFFERENTLY.

BUT SELECT MEMBERS OF THE CAMPUS TEAM AS WELL AS CENTRAL OFFICE TEAM WILL RECEIVE THAT ALERT.

SO DID I MISS ANYTHING WITH THAT? NO, THAT'S PERFECT. SO WE WILL HAVE DESIGNATED PERSONNEL WITHIN EACH CAMPUS THAT WILL RECEIVE THOSE ALERTS, ALONG WITH MR. MILLER AND MYSELF, AS WE DO A LOT OF REPORTS OR A LOT OF PUSH OUT MESSAGES THAT WE RECEIVE, WE DO HAVE AS A PART OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OUR.

OUR ENTRANCES ARE IDENTIFIED, LET'S JUST SAY, LEAVING OUT SOME OF THE DETAILS.

AND SO WITH THAT NOTIFICATION, AN ADMINISTRATOR OF THAT CAMPUS WILL BE DIRECTED TO A CERTAIN EXIT OR ENTRANCE BECAUSE OF THE DOOR CONTACTS NOT COMING INTO PLAY.

AND SO IT IS VERY VITAL FOR OUR PLAN TO BE ABLE TO SECURE ALL OF THOSE EXTERIOR DOORS.

ANYTHING ELSE? SO THEN MOVING ON TO JULY 8TH, MR. GALLAGHER ASKED ME TO PRESENT TO THE LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING COMMITTEE, WHICH I PUT TOGETHER SOME RESEARCH ALONG WITH MR. MILLER, AND WE MET WITH SEVERAL COMPANIES AND LIKE YOU MENTIONED AT THE VERY FIRST, SAFETY AND SECURITY OF OUR KIDS IS ALWAYS ON THE FOREFRONT OF OUR MINDS AND EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

AND RESEARCH SHOWS THAT IT PROBABLY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR OF A CHILD BEING SUCCESSFUL IN SCHOOLS.

AND SO WE ARE ALWAYS REFLECTING, ALWAYS LOOKING AT OUR PRACTICES, OUR PROCEDURES TO LOOK, TO SEE IF WE HAVE CUTTING EDGE AND OUR STUDENTS AND OUR TEACHERS, OUR PERSONNEL, OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS DESERVE THE BEST.

AND SO WITH THAT IN MIND, WE CAME UP WITH AND TALKED TO THESE COMPANIES.

ONE IS OUR IMPACT FILM, WHICH WE HAVE ALREADY STARTED AND WE HAVE IN PLACE IN A LOT OF SITUATIONS.

I WON'T GO INTO A LOT OF DETAILS, BUT WORKING WITH THAT COMPANY, THEY HAVE THEY HAVE PLACES IN OUR FACILITIES THAT ARE BROKEN DOWN INTO WHAT THEY REFER TO AS ZONES.

SO WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS A SLIDE THAT REPRESENTS THE TOP PICTURE REALLY ALLOWS YOU TO SEE WHAT THE IMPACT FILM LOOKS LIKE BECAUSE LOOKING AT OUR WINDOWS, YOU CANNOT SEE THE DIFFERENCE.

BUT IF YOU LOOK INSIDE, YOU SEE THAT HEAVY GAUGE ANCHORING SYSTEM INSIDE OF THAT SEAL OF THAT WINDOW.

AND THAT'S WHY I TOOK THAT PICTURE, SO THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE AND BE ABLE TO TELL WHERE WE HAVE THAT FILM.

WHAT YOU SEE DOWN BELOW IS REFERENCE TO ZONE ONE.

ZONE ONE ARE OUR MAIN ENTRANCES AND THEN TO THE LEFT OF THE FRONT DOOR AND THEN YOU SEE THE WINDOWS ADJACENT TO THE CAFETERIA THERE.

THAT IS ALSO CONSIDERED ZONE ONE BECAUSE IT IS CONSIDERED CONNECTED TO OR ADJACENT TO OUR MAIN ENTRANCES. AND SO THE RECOMMENDATION TO THE COMMITTEE IS TO CONTINUE ON ANY FACILITIES WHERE ZONE ONE IS NOT COVERED WITH THE IMPACT FILM, TO CONTINUE THAT AND TO COMPLETE AND TO MAKE SURE EVERY ZONE, ONE WINDOW OR DOOR IS COVERED WITH IMPACT FILM.

ZONE TWO IS A STAND ALONE WINDOW OR DOOR.

YOU CAN SEE A COUPLE OF PICTURES HERE FROM ONE OF OUR CAMPUSES.

THIS IS AWAY FROM ANY OF OUR MAIN ENTRANCES OR EXITS.

AND YOU CAN SEE STAND ALONE WINDOWS.

THE PICTURE TO THE RIGHT THERE IS IS IS A LONG SHOT REALLY CONTAINING MULTIPLE WINDOWS.

AND IF YOU SEE DOWN TOWARDS THE END, THAT IS AN ENTRANCE OR AN EXIT.

IT IS CONSIDERED A ZONE, TOO.

SO THE RECOMMENDATION TO THE COMMITTEE IS TO CONTINUE THE WORK WITH THE IMPACT FILM FOR ALL FACILITIES AND ALL OF OUR ZONE TO WINDOWS AND DOORS. LASTLY IS WORKING INSIDE OF OUR BUILDINGS AND THIS IS WHAT THE COMPANY CONSIDERS ZONE THREE.

YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE HERE THAT WE ARE REFERRING TO OUR CLASSROOM DOORS AND I'VE PUT A POST TO TWO PICTURES HERE OF THOSE WINDOWS INTO OUR CLASSROOMS, AND THAT SIMPLY NEEDS TO BE SECURED, BECAUSE YOU CAN IMAGINE IF SOMEONE GETS INTO EVEN THOUGH

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SO THAT IS FINISHING UP THAT PROJECT WITH OUR IMPACT FILM AND THAT'S ZONE THREE.

NEXT WE TALK TO A COMPANY.

THEY'RE CALLED OPEN GATE.

THIS IS AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE COMPANY THAT HAS A PRODUCT NOW THAT IS REALLY DRIVEN FROM THE MATERIAL THAT A WEAPON IS PRODUCED FROM.

AND IT IT IT IS MOBILE WHERE CAMPUS ADMINISTRATION CAN MOVE THEM THROUGHOUT THE CAMPUS AND WHEREVER THEY NEED TO PLACE THAT PARTICULAR RESOURCE TO HARDEN THAT FACILITY.

SO SO THAT IS A PLUS.

ONCE YOU LOOK AT IT ORIGINALLY, YOU WOULD THINK THAT THAT IS A TYPICAL METAL DETECTOR.

HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF THE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE INSIDE OF THAT, IT ONLY DETECTS A WEAPON.

AND SO I HAD A SHORT VIDEO THAT I HAVE TAKEN OUT, BUT IT CLEARLY SHOWS A GENTLEMAN GOING THROUGH THESE DEVICES WITH MANY, MANY, MANY DIFFERENT THINGS ON HIS PERSON.

AND IT SIMPLY DOES.

IT PICKS UP A CONCEALED HANDGUN AND IT IS ALERTED.

THERE'S THINGS IN HIS POCKETS, SUNSCREEN CAN HE ACTUALLY HAS TOBACCO TINS IN HIS POCKETS.

HE HAS KEYS.

HE HAS A CELL PHONE, THINGS THAT YOU AND I KNOW THAT A TYPICAL METAL DETECTOR SETS OFF AND ALERTS.

IT DOES NOT. BUT HOWEVER, THE WEAPON THAT HE HAD HIDDEN IN HIS BACKPACK, IT DID SET OFF THIS RESOURCE.

SO. THE COMMITTEE, THE BOARD DECIDES ABOUT BOND, SO ON AND SO FORTH.

THOSE PROCEDURES AND THINGS WILL COME IF IF THAT IS A PART OF THAT PLAN.

BUT WE WANTED TO PUT THAT IN OUR SAFETY PROJECTS TO HELP WITH OUR COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY AND SECURITY PLAN. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND DID A LOT OF RESEARCH AND LOOKING AT WITH THE HELP OF MR. GEISHAS AND REALLY LOOKING AT SECURING OUR INTERNAL DOORS AND LOOKING AT OUR LAST TRAGEDY DOWN SOUTH AND LOOKING AT OUR ALERT SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE IN OUR PERIMETER DOORS REALLY COMING INSIDE AND HARDENING OUR FACILITIES AGAIN AND LOOKING AT ELECTRONIC SECURITY ACCESS HARDWARE.

THIS IS THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE THIS WOULD BE AS WE GO INTO A HOTEL ROOM, IT WOULD BE ELECTRONIC ACCESS AND THEREFORE THE DOOR HARDWARE, THE DOOR HANDLE IS ALWAYS LOCKED.

SO AS A TEACHER IS SERVICING AND WORKING WITH OUR STUDENTS, THEY COULD BE SIDETRACKED BECAUSE OF ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY ARE JUGGLING.

WITH THIS PARTICULAR HARDWARE PLACED IN ALL OF OUR DOORS, IN ALL OF OUR FACILITIES, THEY WILL SIMPLY JUST KEY IN OR FOB IN AND THAT DOOR IS ALWAYS LOCKED, WHICH IS A KEY COMPONENT, WHICH WE KNOW NOW WITH THE TRAGEDY AND NOVELTY IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO KEEP THOSE CLASSROOM DOORS LOCKED AT ALL TIMES. AND THEN ROUNDING OUT THE RECOMMENDATIONS IS LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL SECURITY MEASURES.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A CAMPUS NORTH THAT HAS A SECONDARY PLAYGROUND THAT DOES NOT HAVE FENCING AROUND IT, THAT IS VERY CLOSE TO THE ROAD.

AND SO LOOKING AT FENCING ON THOSE SECONDARY PLAYGROUNDS OR OTHER AREAS THAT WE NEED TO SECURE AND THEN ALSO HAVING A SECONDARY BARRIER LIKE YOU SEE AT TARGET, WHERE THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE BIG RAT, THE RED BALLS OUT IN FRONT.

SO A CAR CANNOT ENTER THAT FACILITY OR YOU SEE THE VERY NICE, BIG, LARGE LANDSCAPE ROCKS THAT CAN BE PLACED ALONG THAT PERIMETER, ALONG THAT ROAD TO GIVE OUR STUDENTS SOME SECURITY AS WELL.

SO ALL OF THOSE WERE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE MADE TO THE LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING COMMITTEE ON JULY 8TH.

AND I WANTED TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, I DO.

MR. ROBERTS, THAT'S A GREAT START.

THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

JUST A COUPLE OF CONCERNS THAT I HAVE FROM A HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, RIGHT.

LAST YEAR, WE STRUGGLED TO KEEP A STAFF FOR THE SECURITY GROUP, SO WE WERE ALWAYS SHORT IN THAT AREA.

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ALSO, WE HAVE STARTED DISCUSSIONS AND LOOKING AT THE PAY AND KIND OF LOOKING AT THOSE THINGS WHERE WE CAN RECRUIT AND POSSIBLY GET SOME MORE OF THOSE PERSONNEL.

ARE WE FULLY STAFFED NOW OR ARE WE STILL WORKING ON.

THEY'RE NOT FULLY STAFFED. WE'RE STILL RECRUITING AND STILL INTERVIEWING.

EVERY DAY THAT PASSES.

THE OTHER THING IS THAT WE ALSO HAD A NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT WOULD COME IN FROM OTHER SCHOOLS.

RIGHT. THAT WERE ALWAYS INSIDE THEIR SCHOOL.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE FORCING OUR STUDENTS TO WEAR THEIR BADGES SO WE CAN IDENTIFY THEM.

SOMEBODY NEEDS TO BE AT THAT FRONT DOOR WITH THESE STUDENTS ARE COMING IN BECAUSE THEY'RE ALLOWING OTHER STUDENTS FROM OTHER SCHOOLS TO COME IN AT ANY GIVEN POINT.

SO WE'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO STOP THAT AS WELL.

SO WITHIN OUR SECURITY MEASURES, WE MAKE SURE AND WE DICTATE THAT A STUDENT HAVE THEIR ID ON THEM.

SO IF THEY'RE STOPPED AND IF THEY'RE QUESTIONED, JUST LIKE IF WE ARE PULLED OVER AND HAVE AN OFFICER PULL US OVER FOR SPEEDING, WE ARE TO IDENTIFY OURSELVES.

SO NOT THEY DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THEM AROUND THEIR NECK, BUT THEY HAVE TO HAVE THEM ON THEIR PERSON.

AND THAT'S HOW WE CAN IDENTIFY THEM, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.

ME BEING A FORMER HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, I CAN ALWAYS IDENTIFY STUDENTS THAT DID NOT BELONG THERE, WHETHER THEY HAD AN I.D.

ON OR NOT. BUT REALLY IT'S IT'S THAT CULTURE OF VIGILANCE, JUST REALLY MAKING SURE THAT OUR ADULTS ARE WORKING WITH AND LIKE YOU SAID, MONITORING THOSE ENTRANCES AND EXITS AND MAKING SURE THAT STUDENTS AREN'T ALLOWED.

I MEAN, AT THE POINT WHERE THEY'RE ALREADY INSIDE, THAT'S ALREADY TROUBLESOME.

I MEAN, YEAH, WE CAN IDENTIFY THEM ONCE THEY'RE INSIDE, BUT REALLY THE GOAL IS TO EVEN KEEP THEM FROM COMING IN AT ANY GIVEN POINT.

AND THAT'S ONE THING ABOUT THE PERIMETER, THE DOOR ALERT, AND IT'S AN ONGOING ISSUE OF ALWAYS BEING IN A BUILDING THEY'RE USUALLY FOLLOWING BEHIND ANOTHER STUDENT IS WHAT HAPPENS IN MOST OF THESE CASES, RIGHT? THEY FOLLOW RIGHT WHERE THEY OPEN AND THEY COME IN BEHIND THEM.

YEAH. YEAH. SO THAT THAT SYSTEM WON'T CARE FOR THAT SITUATION? NO. AND THAT'S WHY I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE CULTURE OF VIGILANCE, JUST MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE CHECKING AND TALKING, MAKING CONFRONTATION AND TALKING WITH THOSE KIDS THAT DON'T BELONG THERE. AND THEN HOPEFULLY THE CULTURE THAT WE'RE GETTING TO WITH THE SECURITY GUARDS IS ACTUALLY HAVING THEM MOVE MORE AROUND, CHECKING PERIMETERS AND WATCHING THOSE PERIMETERS DOORS AND NOT RUNNING AND GETTING STUDENTS OUT OF CLASS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO I THINK OUR PRACTICES HAVE TO BE LOOKED AT, WHICH I'VE ALREADY HAD A DISCUSSION WITH MR. GORDON. HE TOTALLY UNDERSTANDS.

AND SO I THINK CHANGING THAT PRACTICE IS ANOTHER KEY PIECE TO THAT OF HAVING OUR SECURITY OFFICERS BEING VIGILANT AND DOING MORE ACTION INSTEAD OF THINGS THEY SHOULDN'T BE DOING.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM BOARD MEMBERS? THANK YOU, MR. ROBERTS. APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. THIS FLORES ANY CITIZEN INPUT.

[8. Citizen Input]

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.

YOU'LL BE GIVEN 5 MINUTES.

I WILL GIVE YOU A ONE MINUTE WARNING WHEN YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE LEFT OF YOUR 5 MINUTES.

SO THE FIRST ONE WE HAVE IS MR. GEORGE MCCULLOUGH. WHAT? OH, I'M SORRY. I DID.

WE DID CHANGE. I APOLOGIZE. JUST YOUR NAME, NOT YOUR ADDRESS.

SORRY. I FORGOT THAT CHANGE WE MADE.

WHENEVER YOU'RE READY, MR. MCCULLOUGH, JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND I'LL START THE CLOCK.

AND ONCE AGAIN, I'LL GIVE YOU A ONE MINUTE WARNING WHEN YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

OKAY, FINE. I WON'T EVEN TAKE 5 MINUTES.

I WAS ACTUALLY.

MY NAME IS GEORGE MCCULLOUGH.

I LIVE IN LITTLE ELM AND I WAS ASKED TO REVIEW A BOOK FOR YOU GUYS.

AND I DID REVIEW THE BOOK, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO BORE YOU WITH THAT.

I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE HISTORY OF THE BOOK.

THE BOOK IS CALLED LUCKY.

AND I DO A LOT OF HOMEWORK WHEN WHEN I'M ASKED TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

AND I'M GOING TO SHARE A LITTLE HISTORY WITH THE BOOK.

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THE MAIN CHARACTER OF THE BOOK, THE RAPIST, PUT THEM IN JAIL FOR EFFECTIVELY THE REST OF HIS LIFE.

IN 2018, SIMON AND SCHUSTER, THE ORIGINAL PUBLISHER, DECIDED TO WORK WITH THE AUTHOR FOR A RERELEASE TO IMPROVE THE BOOK ITSELF.

AND AT THE SAME TIME.

THE ALLEGED RAPIST HAD ANOTHER DAY IN COURT AND WITH NEW EVIDENCE WAS FOUND THAT HE WAS NOT GUILTY.

HE SPENT 15 YEARS IN PRISON BECAUSE OF A BOOK.

SIMON AND SCHUSTER DECIDED TO KILL THE BOOK AND TAKE THEIR EXISTING INVENTORY AND PUT IT IN THE DUMPSTER.

OKAY. THIS BOOK IS IN THE HIGH SCHOOL.

IT'S NOT BEEN OUT SINCE 2018, BUT IT'S IT'S AVAILABLE TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU DO THE SAME THING THAT SIMON AND SCHUSTER DID AND PUT THAT PARTICULAR BOOK IN THE DUMPSTER.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. KELLER. APPRECIATE IT.

JAYNE ANNE SELLERS.

I WANT TO GIVE MARCELLAS 5 MINUTES AND I'LL GIVE YOU ONE MINUTE WARNING.

WE'LL TAKE THAT LONG. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I'M HERE TONIGHT TO TESTIFY TO THE DISTURBING INFORMATION THAT THERE ARE SEXUALLY EXPLICIT AND PERVASIVELY VULGAR BOOKS AVAILABLE IN OUR SCHOOLS.

I THINK THIS IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE.

PLEASE, IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN HERE ARE ABLE TO WATCH ONLINE, YOU MIGHT WANT TO COVER THEIR EARS OR EXIT THE ROOM AS THE DIALOG I'M GOING TO SHARE IF I CAN IS EXTREMELY DEPRESSING AND INAPPROPRIATE. I'M SURE THAT THERE'S MORE THAN JUST THIS ONE BOOK AT LITTLE ELM HIGH SCHOOL, BUT FOR TONIGHT'S DISCUSSION, I'LL REFERENCE THE BOOK PUSH A NOVEL ON THE DESTINATION DISCOVER WEBSITE.

THIS BOOK IS RATED ZERO.

STARS SHOWS THAT THERE ARE MULTIPLE COPIES IN THE HIGH SCHOOL.

THE INTEREST LEVEL SHOWN IS ADULT, WHICH TO ME MEANS OVER 18 YEARS OF AGE.

THE OBJECTION RATING FOR THE BOOK IS FIVE OUT OF FIVE.

THE CONTENT WARNING IS GIVEN WITH EXPLICIT DIRECTIONS.

YOU ARE ABOUT TO ACCESS MATERIAL THAT MAY CONTAIN CONTENT OF AN ADULT NATURE.

THESE FILES MAY INCLUDE PICTURES AND MATERIALS THAT SOME VIEWERS MAY FIND OFFENSIVE.

IF YOU ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 18, OR IF SUCH MATERIAL OFFEND YOU, OR IF IT IS ILLEGAL FOR YOU TO VIEW THESE MATERIALS, PLEASE EXIT NOW.

THE BOOK WAS ALSO GIVEN A MOVIE RATING OF NC 17 EXTREME FOR CONTENT WITH SEXUALLY EXPLICIT EXPERTS EXCERPTS SEXUAL ASSAULT, CHILD ABUSE AND MOLESTATION, GRAPHIC VIOLENCE AND PROFANITY.

AN OVERVIEW OF THE BOOK IS AS FOLLOWS PRECIOUS JONES, A 16 YEAR OLD WHO IS PREGNANT WITH HER SECOND CHILD BY HER FATHER, IS PUSHED BY HER COURAGEOUS AFRICAN-AMERICAN TEACHER TO LEARN TO READ AND DISCOVERS THE TRUTH ABOUT HERSELF IN HER LIFE.

FROM THAT DESCRIPTION, YOU THINK, OH, THIS IS GREAT.

YOU KNOW, A GOOD SUCCESS STORY.

I'M GOING TO TRY TO READ YOU AN EXCERPT THAT I PULLED.

I HAD A TERRIBLE TIME FINDING SOMETHING I FELT LIKE I COULD EVEN SPEAK TO HERE TO START IT SAYS, DADDY, SEEK ME, DISCUSS ME.

BUT STILL HE SEX ME UP.

I'M NAUSEOUS IN MY STOMACH, BUT NOT TIGHT, AM I, TWAT? AND I THINK I WANT IT BACK.

THE SMELL OF THE BEDROOM, THE HURT.

HE SLAPPED MY FACE TILL IT STING IN MY EARS, SEEING SEPARATE SONGS FROM EACH OTHER CALL ME NAMES MY PUSSY IN AND OUT, IN AND OUT I COME I REALLY CAN'T EVEN READ ALL THIS. IT'S JUST HORRENDOUS WHAT THE BOOK IS TALKING ABOUT.

AT THE END OF THIS EXCERPT, SHE TALKS ABOUT GOING AND CUTTING HERSELF JUST TO GET HER MIND OFF OF WHAT WHAT SHE EXPERIENCED ALL THE TIME, EVIDENTLY.

AND THAT IN ITSELF IS DISTURBING ENOUGH.

AS A SUMMARY, THIS BOOK HAD OVER 150 PAGES AND MANY OF THEM HAD EXPLICIT INFORMATION IN THEM.

IN TOTAL, THE FOLLOWING WORDS WERE USED BITCH 42 TIMES THE F WORD 26 TIMES M F WORD 14 TIMES AND SHIT 59 TIMES.

WE CAN'T KEEP OUR KIDS FROM SEEING OR READING EVERYTHING THAT WE WISH THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO SEE.

BUT AS PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS, WE SHOULD HAVE SOME SAY.

SO FOR WHAT KIDS HAVE ACCESS TO IN OUR LIBRARIES HERE IN THE SCHOOL OR IN THE PUBLIC LIBRARY, THEY GET EXPOSED TO ENOUGH SMUT WITHOUT HAVING IT AT A LOCATION WHERE WE CANNOT MONITOR WHAT THEY'RE BEING EXPOSED TO.

PLEASE CONSIDER DOING A THOROUGH CHECK ON THE BOOKS AT ALL OUR SCHOOLS.

I'M SURE THERE ARE CITIZENS WHO WOULD ASSIST LIBRARIANS IN THIS PROCESS.

I REALIZE THERE ARE TOO MANY BOOKS FOR ANY LIBRARIAN TO EXAMINE BEFORE THEY GO OUT ON SHELVES.

BUT I KNOW THERE ARE PUBLISHERS OUT THERE THAT ARE BEING IDENTIFIED AS PRODUCING THESE BOOKS AND WE SHOULD KNOW WHO THEY ARE AND TRY TO STAY AWAY FROM THEM, I THINK.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, MISS SELLERS.

JENNIFER MONTGOMERY.

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SO TONIGHT I COME TO DISCUSS POLICY PROCESS OR PROCEDURE AND THE LAW.

ON MAY 16TH, AT THE SIXTH, AT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, THERE WERE SEVERAL OBJECTIONS THAT WERE MADE TO A SIMPLE VERBIAGE ADDITION TO A FOR A BOOK TO BE CHECKED OUT OR REMOVED FROM A LIBRARY SHELF FOR A DESIGNATED COMMITTEE TO REVIEW IT BY READING AS SET FORTH IN A PROCESS UNDER AN INFORMAL REVIEW VERSUS THE DISTRICT HAVING TO PURCHASE MORE BOOKS FOR THAT SAME COMMITTEE TO READ, TO READ, FOR REVIEW BASED ON THE POLICY NOT BEING FOLLOWED AND NO FORMAL CHALLENGES HAVING BEEN MADE TO THOSE OBJECTIONS, I WILL RESPOND.

THE BOARD SETS POLICY.

THE DISTRICT STAFF THEN CREATES A PROCESS OR PROCEDURE THAT ENACTS THAT POLICY.

THESE TERMS SHOULD NOT BE USED INTERCHANGEABLY.

SOMETIMES THE POLICY WILL REFER TO SUPPORTING POLICIES WHICH UNFORTUNATELY DOES NOT ALWAYS GET CARRIED OVER INTO THE PROCESS.

ONE MUST WONDER WHY THE PROCESSES AREN'T REVIEWED UNDER THE SAME MICROSCOPE THAT THE LOCAL AND LEGAL POLICIES THAT THE PROCESS AND ACTS ARE.

THE DISTRICT STAFF CAN DECIDE TO CHANGE THE PROCESS.

APPARENTLY, WHENEVER THEY DECIDE, LET LIKE THE ONE THAT I WAS REFERRED TO, OR LIKE THE ONE THAT MR. GALLAGHER REFERRED TO ON MAY 16TH, WAS SWIFTLY CHANGED AT THE BEGINNING OF JUNE WITHOUT A DATE BEING ADDED TO THE NEWLY UPDATED DOCUMENT ITSELF.

AND THE NEWLY UPDATED PROCESS LEFT OUT KEY PORTIONS OF LOCAL AND LEGAL BOARD POLICY.

AND JUST THIS MORNING, I DISCOVERED THAT YET A THIRD PROCESS FOR THE SAME POLICY WAS REVISED AGAIN ONLINE, LEAVING OUT KEY PROCESS, KEY ITEMS OF THE IN THE PROCESS THAT TO ME SCREAMS OUT OF COMPLIANCE.

THE LIBRARY MEDIA CHALLENGE PROCESS THAT WAS ONLINE ON MAY 16TH AND ON JUNE 2ND.

UPDATED ONE BOTH CONTAINED A TIMELINE WHICH I BELIEVE DR.

THOMPSON REFERRED TO, AND I WAS VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT IT HAD A TIMELINE, BUT THE ONE ON THIS ONE DOES NOT.

ANOTHER OBJECTION TO PASSING A POLICY VERBIAGE EDITION WAS DUE TO A NEW TAB ALERT FOR A POLICY UPDATE THAT CAME OUT EARLIER THAT DAY, AND NO ONE HAD HAD BEEN ABLE TO READ IT YET.

UNDERSTANDABLE. MY RESPONSE AND I IS THE LARGEST SCHOOL BOARD TONIGHT CONSIDERS THAT A TAB POLICY UPDATE FOR MAY 16TH IN THE IN EFA AND IF BE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD POLICY THIS EVENING.

THE PASSING OF THIS WILL SEPARATE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND LIBRARY MEDIA, THUS ALLEVIATING ANY CONFUSION AS CURRENT F DOES EFA IF A AND B ALSO ADD VERBIAGE WITH CLEAR DEFINITIONS OF THE PENAL CODE WITH REGARDS TO THE OBSCENE MATERIALS BEING GIVEN TO MINORS, IF A AND B SET LOCAL, LOCAL SETS BOUNDARIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW AND BOUNDARIES ARE ALWAYS GOOD.

AFTER HAVING READ THESE POLICIES, I WAS HAPPY TO SEE REFERENCES TO THE SIPA CHILDREN'S CHILDREN'S INTERNET PROTECTION ACT, HOPING THAT THIS WILL STOP ANY STOP THE UNFETTERED ACCESS TO ACCESS TO ONLINE.

RESOURCES IN THE NAME OF EDUCATION THROUGH OUR LIBRARY SERVICES SERVICE LINKS ON OUR ISD WEBSITE.

I BELIEVE THE REQUIRED CIP OF POLICIES FOR OUR ISD INTERNET ARE ALREADY IN PLACE AND ADOPTED AT LEAST.

KEEP IN MIND THESE LINKS AND SEARCHES ARE NOT BLOCKED ONCE THE STUDENTS ON THE STUDENT'S APS LAPTOP ONCE THEY LEAVE THE ISD FIREWALL.

AND SOMETIMES I QUESTION IF THEY ARE EVEN WITHIN THE FIREWALL BECAUSE THEY ARE EDUCATIONAL LINKS.

RECENTLY I LEARNED THAT THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE I'M GOING TO SKIP DOWN THE MATERIALS AND LIBRARY MEDIA BOUNDARIES WILL WILL SET FOUR SET IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW THE F, A AND B LOCALS IF THEY ARE PASSED TONIGHT.

THESE POLICIES ARE NOT ABOUT IDEOLOGIES, AS PICO REFERS TO, BUT THESE ARE ABOUT PROTECTING OUR TEXAS CHILDREN, THE HEART OF TEXAS, OUR FUTURE FROM PERVASIVELY VULGAR AGE, INAPPROPRIATE, SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MATERIALS AS OUTLINED IN THE TEXAS PENAL CODE.

43.2 FOR A TWO.

YOU, THE ELECTED OFFICIALS, YOU, THE ELECTED TRUSTEES, HAVE THE LEGAL, EXCLUSIVE POWER AND DUTY TO GOVERN AND OVERSEE THE MANAGEMENT OF THIS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND NOW IS THE TIME PASS EFA AND BE LOCAL.

THANK YOU. FELICIA.

I HOPE I SAY THIS RIGHT, LOUIS.

SHE HAD A FAMILY EMERGENCY.

OKAY. MELINDA PRESTON.

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FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY YOU ARE AMAZING AND YOU'VE GOT TO BE A BLAST TO WORK WITH.

I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE HOW FUN YOU WERE TONIGHT.

ON A DIFFERENT NOTE, I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT A BOOK I WAS ASKED TO REVIEW.

I'LL TELL YOU, IT WAS A LITTLE SHOCKING, TO SAY THE LEAST.

AND IT IS IN THE LITTLE ELM HIGH SCHOOL.

I AM A GRANDMA AND MY GRANDSON WILL BE GOING TO SCHOOL HERE IN LITTLE ELM, SO MY HOPE IS THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET THESE THINGS REMOVED QUICKLY.

I DO REALIZE WHEN I LOOK AT ALL OF YOU THAT YOU DO NOT WANT PORNOGRAPHY IN YOUR SCHOOLS.

I MEAN, EVERY ONE OF YOU I KNOW DO NOT WANT TO HEAR THIS CONTENT, BUT THESE BOOKS SLIPPED THROUGH.

AND I KNOW THAT. I KNOW THAT BECAUSE I'VE BEEN RESEARCHING, THEY COME THROUGH IN LARGE AMOUNTS.

YOU GUYS DIDN'T KNOW YOU DIDN'T WANT THEM.

YOU DIDN'T YOU DIDN'T ORDER THEM.

THEY JUST SLIPPED IN.

BUT IF WE CAN PULL THEM AND TAKE THE TIME TO.

WE TALKED ABOUT SAFETY.

I LOVE THE TALK ON SAFETY.

WE WANT OUR CHILDREN TO BE SAFE IN THE LIBRARY AS WELL.

SO I'M GOING TO READ THIS A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE IT IS DISTURBING.

THE STORY IS CALLED TILT.

I WILL LEAVE IT WITH YOU GUYS SO YOU CAN JUST REVIEW IT.

AND IT'S GOT LITTLE EXCERPTS FROM THE BOOK.

SO YOU KNOW WHAT PAGE IT'S ON.

GREAT INFORMATION.

SO I GOT THE INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET.

I DIDN'T DO IT MYSELF. I'D LIKE TO TAKE CREDIT, BUT I WON'T.

SO THE BOOK IS CALLED TILT.

THE SUMMARY OF CONCERNS IS THIS BOOK HAS SEXUALLY EXPLICIT EXCERPTS INVOLVING MINORS.

THE BOOK ALSO CONTAINS SEXUAL ASSAULT, UNDERAGE DRINKING, ILLEGAL DRUG ABUSE AND PROFANITY.

THE CHILD GETS ABUSED BY AN UNCLE.

AND SO AND THAT'S THAT'S HARD TO TO READ AS WELL.

IT WOULD BE RATED AND IN 17 IF IT WAS A MOVIE.

SO WE WOULD NEVER ALLOW ANY OF OUR CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 17 TO SEE AN END 17 MOVIE.

SO HERE WE GO.

EXCEPT 36 IS I FINISH OFF A FLAT BLUNT AND I'M ALMOST READY TO FINISH MYSELF OFF.

I WOULD THINK THAT'S OBVIOUS, MOM.

I'M SMOKING WEED AND CHECKING OUT A LITTLE GUY ON GUY ACTION.

SHE NEVER EVEN NOTICED HER EYES GO WIDE AT MR. TOP DRILLING, MISTER BOTTOM GOD SHANE.

SHE CLICKS THE MOUSE AND THE SCREENSAVER POPS UP AS SHE LAUNCHES A RANT ABOUT HOW I AM PAYING FOR PORN AND POT.

AND NOW SHE'S ON TO GRANDMA'S GOOD CHINA.

AND I REMEMBER HER.

I REMEMBER HER. SHE NEVER USES ANYONE.

SO ANOTHER LITTLE I'M GOING TO DO ONE MORE BECAUSE THEY'RE PRETTY NASTY.

BUT THIS ONE IS IS ONE.

I HEAR THE CANNED MOANS THAT CAN ONLY MEAN THEY'RE WATCHING CABLE PORN.

MARK YOURSELVES AT HOME, HE SAYS, PATTING THE SOFA BESIDE HIM.

ORGY. MICK AND I WOULD APPRECIATE A LITTLE ALONE TIME.

YOU KNOW, TIE WAVE SAYS DOWN THE HALL, YOU HAVE MY PARENTS ROOM.

JUST BE SURE TO CLEAN UP AFTER YOURSELVES, OKAY? DYLAN PULLS ME THROUGH THE DOOR AND HIS KISSES ARE FILLED WITH INTENT.

WAIT, I SAY, GOING TO THE BATHROOM TO GET A CLEAN LOOKING TOWEL? I PUT IT OVER THE PRETTY PAISLEY SPREAD.

AS WE START TAKING OFF OUR CLOTHES, IT COMES TO ME THAT WE'VE BARELY SAID A DOZEN WORDS TO EACH OTHER TONIGHT.

THAT'S PLENTY FOR DYLAN, WHO PULLS ME DOWN ON TOP OF HIM.

WE ARE KISSING, LICKING, BITING, MOANING LOUDER THAN THE TV AND THE OTHER ROOM.

HE'S READY WANTS INSIDE ME, BUT NOT YET.

WHERE'S THE CONDOM? I FORGOT IT, BUT IT'S OKAY.

I'LL PULL OUT. DON'T WORRY, DON'T WORRY.

WE DIDN'T. WE DIDN'T USE ONE LAST TIME.

IT WAS RIGHT AFTER MY PERIOD.

BUT NOW IT'S BEEN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.

DYLAN, THIS IS DANGEROUS.

I CAN'T GET PREGNANT.

HE ROLLS ME ONTO MY BACK STRONG.

SURE OF HIMSELF.

THEN HE SMILES DOWN AT ME.

I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING.

PROMISE I WON'T GET YOU PREGNANT.

AND I HAVE TO HAVE YOU RIGHT NOW.

HE HESITATES, WAITING FOR MY ANSWER.

EVERYTHING ABOUT ME IS SHOUTING YES.

SO I NOD AND LOSE MYSELF IN THE MOMENT.

MAKING LOVE WITH WITH HIM IS SO BEAUTIFUL.

WE BROUGHT TOGETHER IN RHYTHM ONE.

AS HE STARTS TO TENSE, I REMIND HIM WITH A SUBTLE LIFT OF MY LIPS.

HE HE WITHDRAWS JUST IN TIME, SLIPPING MY BELLY SEE ALL GOOD I AM HAPPY FOR THE TOWEL BENEATH ME HAPPIER TO LIE TOGETHER BATHED IN SWEAT AND THE STICKY PROOF OF OUR LOVE.

SO THIS KIND OF STUFF JUST ISN'T ALL OF US.

WE'RE PARENTS. I'M SURE EVERYBODY IN HERE HAS CHILDREN, RIGHT? NONE OF US WANT OUR KIDS READING THAT.

AND ESPECIALLY IN OUR PUBLIC LIBRARY, THEY MAY PICK IT UP SOMEWHERE.

YOU KNOW, THEY MAY.

BUT IN OUR PUBLIC LIBRARY, AT THE SCHOOL, IT SHOULD BE A SAFE PLACE.

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I KNOW THIS IS NOT NOT EASY, BUT I DO APPRECIATE YOU ALL LISTENING TO US TONIGHT.

SO I'LL HAND US OVER TO WHO WOULD LIKE TO.

THANKS TO ALL OF YOU GENTLEMEN, BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. WE'LL GO AND MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER NINE.

[9. Approval of Minutes]

THIS LAW IS ANYTHING OR A BOARD.

HOPE EVERYBODY HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE MINUTES.

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE A MOTION? DO I HAVE A SECOND? ANY QUESTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES.

SO I GOT ONE. OKAY, THAT'S FINE.

SO, ONE, TWO, THREE.

AND WE GOT A POST.

NOW WE HAVE TO RECUSING.

OKAY, THAT'S FINE. TO ALEX AND MARY.

OK. MOTION PASSES THREE ZERO.

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AND BOARD MEMBERS TONIGHT AND IT WAS ACTUALLY REFERRED TO AND I WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND WE ALWAYS THANK COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR COMING AND SPEAK IN.

AND I APPRECIATE EACH ONE OF YOU COMING AND JOINING US TONIGHT AND SHARING YOUR THOUGHTS.

BUT IT WAS REFERRED TO TONIGHT A REVISION.

AND REALLY, I'M GOING TO LET ME CLARIFY.

IT'S NOT A REVISION OF IF LOCAL IF LOCAL IS OUR CURRENT BOARD POLICY, AND IT IS A COMBINATION OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND LIBRARY MATERIALS AND WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED.

I'M GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH A VERY, VERY SHORT PRESENTATION.

I DON'T HAVE THE CLICKER. SO NEXT SLIDE, WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED IS A DELETION OF F LOCAL AND AN ADDITION OF EFA AND EFB.

AND REALLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS SEPARATING THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND LIBRARY MATERIALS IF LOCAL.

AGAIN, IT'S CURRENT AND COMBINED POLICY FOR INSTRUCTION AND LIBRARY MATERIALS.

IF A LOCAL WILL BE A NEW POLICY, WHICH AGAIN WAS REFERRED TO BY ONE OF OUR SPEAKERS TONIGHT, WAS IT WAS REALLY RECOMMENDED BY TO BACK IN THE LATE SPRING.

IT'S A NEW POLICY THAT WILL ADDRESS INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, WHICH ARE TEXTBOOKS AND OTHER INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES AND IF BE LOCAL, WILL BE THE NEW POLICY TO ADDRESS LIBRARY MATERIALS.

SO IF A LOCAL IT'S VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD, IT'S SELECTION OF INSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND THEN REALLY HOW TO CHALLENGE THOSE, INCLUDING IN INFORMAL OR FORMAL AND AN APPEAL PROCESS.

SO WHAT WOULD HAPPEN THERE? DON'T GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE YET.

WHAT WOULD HAPPEN THERE IS IF A PARENT IS CONCERNED ABOUT A LESSON, THEY'VE GOT A CONCERN ABOUT A SPECIFIC LESSON THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CLASSROOM. THERE IS A AN INFORMAL PROCESS WHERE THEY WOULD MEET WITH THE CAMPUS PRINCIPAL FIRST, REALLY THE TEACHER, A CAMPUS PRINCIPAL, AND THEN THEY WOULD GO THROUGH THE FORMAL PROCESS.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, AN APPEAL PROCESS THAT IS ALL SPELLED OUT IN EFA LOCAL.

AND THEN IF B IS DIFFERENT, THIS IS WHERE IT WILL BE SPECIFIC TO LIBRARY MATERIALS.

WHAT'S WHAT'S ADDED WITH IF B COMPARED TO EFA OR EFA LOCAL RIGHT NOW IS THE COMBINATION, THIS BECOMES A LITTLE MORE SPECIFIC.

SO IT INCLUDES PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT AND CONSIDERATION, ACCESS TO LIBRARY INVENTORY, WHICH I DO WANT TO SAY WE ALREADY HAVE THAT IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND I WANT TO RECOGNIZE MR. WEISMAN. HE IS OUT IN THE AUDIENCE AND HE SUPERVISES OUR LIBRARIANS.

PARENTS CAN CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW SEE WHAT INVENTORY WE HAVE.

YOU CAN GO TO THE SCHOOL, GO TO OUR WEBSITE, CHOOSE THE CAMPUS YOU WANT TO LOOK AT AND GO TO THE LIBRARY AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY GET IN AND SEE WHAT LIBRARY BOOKS WE HAVE AND ALSO KNOWLEDGE OF BOOKS THERE STUDENTS ARE CHECKING OUT.

THAT IS AN IFB LOCAL.

AND ANOTHER THING I WANT TO LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW IS THAT WE'VE ALREADY STARTED WORKING ON AND WE'LL HAVE THIS IN PLACE FOR THE FALL.

PARENTS WILL BE ABLE TO SEE WHICH LIBRARY BOOKS THEIR CHILDREN HAVE CHECKED OUT.

THERE'S GOING TO BE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS.

ONE, THEY CAN LOG INTO FOCUS.

I DON'T HAVE ALL THE DETAILS YET, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GET THIS TO THE PARENTS.

SO PARENTS WILL BE ABLE TO LOG INTO FOCUS AND BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY SEE WHICH BOOKS THEIR KIDS HAVE CHECKED OUT.

IN ADDITION, THEY WILL HAVE AN OPTION TO RECEIVE NOTIFICATION WHEN THEIR CHILD CHECKS OUT A BOOK.

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BUT PARENTS WILL HAVE NOTIFICATION OF WHAT BOOKS THEIR KIDS ARE CHECKING OUT.

IT ALSO DOES INCLUDE PROTECTION FROM INAPPROPRIATE MATERIALS.

IT ADDRESSES THE PENAL CODE 43.2 FOR A TWO AND 43.2 A ONE.

AND THEN AGAIN, HOW DO WE SELECT LIBRARY MATERIALS? AND THEN THE CHALLENGING LIBRARY MATERIALS, INCLUDING INFORMAL, FORMAL AND THE APPEAL PROCESS, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND LIBRARY MATERIALS.

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS.

SINCE IT HAPPENS AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL, WE REALLY WANT THE PARENT TO WORK THROUGH THAT INFORMAL PROCESS, WORK THROUGH WITH THE PARENT OR WORK THROUGH WITH A TEACHER. AND THE FORMAL CHALLENGE WILL EVEN HAPPEN THERE FOR INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, LIBRARY MATERIALS.

THE FORMAL CHALLENGE WILL HAPPEN AT THE CENTRAL OFFICE LEVEL AS IT'S BEEN HAPPENING THIS SUMMER.

AND AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE, WE'VE HAD I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBER.

I WANT TO SAY WE'RE UP TO ABOUT 13 OR 14 BOOKS THAT ARE CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH THAT FORMAL CHALLENGE PROCESS.

THAT COMMITTEE WAS SET UP AT THE CENTRAL OFFICE LEVEL AND WE WILL CONTINUE THAT PROCESS, I THINK.

DO WE HAVE ONE MORE SLIDE AND THEN QUESTIONS? MR. FLORES. WHEN YOU MOTION.

OH. OH. SO LET ME READ.

YEAH. DO I HAVE A MOTION FROM THE BOARD TO ACCEPT OR CONSIDER THE APPROVAL? IF LOCAL BOARD POLICY UPDATE AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS THE ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS? THE APPROVAL OF BOARD POLICY EFA LOCAL AND RFP LOCAL AS SUBMITTED IN BOARD.

I KNOW I HAVE A MOTION.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? SO, AGAIN, QUESTIONS.

YEAH. MR. GALLAGHER, THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE.

SO WE'VE HAD ABOUT 13.

WHAT DOES THAT PROCESS LOOK LIKE WHEN IT'S BEING CHALLENGED? HOW LONG IS THE BOOK OUT? IS THE BOOK STILL IN THE LIBRARY ACCESSIBLE TO STUDENTS WHILE WE'RE CHALLENGING IT? YES. YES.

RIGHT NOW, I WILL TELL YOU AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS MENTIONED WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD TO PURCHASE.

SO WE AS YOU KNOW, I'VE ASKED THE BOARD TO RECOMMEND AN INDIVIDUAL, EACH BOARD MEMBER FOR THAT COMMITTEE.

SO WE'VE GOT BOARD REPRESENTATION ON THAT COMMITTEE.

SO IN ORDER TO ACTUALLY MAKE CALL.

MR. WEISMANN UP IN A SECOND, SO, MR. WISEMAN, BE PREPARED.

THE COMMITTEE HAS TO HAVE THE BOOK, SO EVERY MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE MUST HAVE THE BOOK THERE TO READ THE BOOK IN ITS ENTIRETY.

WHAT WAS ASKED THAT ONE MORE TIME, BECAUSE I THINK I ANSWERED PART OF IT.

SO IS THE BOOK STILL IN THE LIBRARY? WHILE IT MAY BE IN THE LIBRARY, IT MAY NOT BE.

IT DEPENDS. MR. WISEMAN, WOULD YOU MIND COMING UP TO THE LECTERN NOT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT SO IT MAY BE IN THE LIBRARY? IT MAY NOT BE WHAT THE CURRENT POLICY STATES IS THAT MUST BE AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

WHEN I SAID MAYBE IN THE LIBRARY.

IT MAY NOT BE. IT MAY NOT BE BECAUSE WE MAY HAVE PULLED IT TO READ IT OURSELVES.

SO IT MAY NOT BE ON THE SHELF PHYSICALLY.

IT'LL STILL BE IN THE INVENTORY.

SO RIGHT NOW IN SOME OF THE COMMUNITY, MEMBERS MENTIONED THAT THESE BOOKS, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THE CHALLENGE PROCESS, THEY'RE STILL IN THE INVENTORY.

THEY HAVE NOT BEEN PULLED FROM INVENTORY.

IS THERE A TIMELINE THAT THESE COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE GIVEN TO READ THAT BOOK IN AND THEN REPORT BACK? OR I'M GOING TO REFER TO MR. WISEMAN. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.

NO PROBLEM. NO PROBLEM.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TO YOU ALL TONIGHT.

YES, THERE'S A THERE'S A TIMELINE THAT HAS THAT WORKS WITHIN THE POLICY THAT AS IT EXISTS RIGHT NOW, OUR CURRENT POLICY DOES NOT HAVE A SPECIFIC DATE OR NUMBER OF DAYS FOR THE COMMITTEE TO READ, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY DO THE ACT OF READING THE BOOK.

YOU KNOW, ONE THING WE HAVE TO CONSIDER IS THESE ARE COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR THE MOST PART, OR TEACHERS OR LIBRARIANS OR DISTRICT STAFF MEMBERS WHO ARE VOLUNTEERING THEIR TIME.

AND SO WE DO NEED TO MAKE SURE WE GIVE THEM ENOUGH TIME TO ACTUALLY READ AND PROCESS THE TEXT.

WE'RE ALSO ASKING THE SAME COMMITTEE TO READ MULTIPLE BOOKS, SOMETIMES AT THE SAME TIME.

SO WE'RE HAVING TO KIND OF JUGGLE THOSE DEMANDS AS WELL AS THE SCHEDULES OF ALL THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS IN ORDER TO REACH A OR HAVE A COMMITTEE DISCUSSION TO REACH A CONCLUSION WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME.

OKAY. ONE MORE QUESTION.

SO LET'S SAY THAT A BOOK IS REMOVED.

AT A LATER DATE. CAN A STUDENT REQUEST SOMETHING IN THE SYSTEM THAT SIGNIFIES THAT THIS BOOK CAN NEVER BE ORDERED AGAIN, OR HOW WE PREVENT THAT BOOK FROM COMING BACK TO THE SHELVES? SO WE'RE.

OH, I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. WELL, I WAS GOING TO SAY WE HAVEN'T HAD A BOOK REMOVED AT THIS POINT.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A LIST OF BOOKS THAT THE COMMITTEES THE COMMITTEE IS REVIEWING.

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BUT IF A COMMITTEE DOES DETERMINE, THE BOOK NEEDS TO BE REMOVED FOR FOR WHATEVER REASON, PERVASIVELY VULGAR, IT VIOLATES THE PENAL CODE, WHATEVER IT IS.

WELL, FIRST OFF, I'LL SAY IT SHOULDN'T HAVE TO GET TO IF IT VIOLATES THE PENAL CODE, WE SHOULDN'T EVEN HAVE TO HAVE THE COMMITTEE READ IT.

IT SHOULDN'T BE ON OUR SHELVES.

AND I THINK WE WOULD ALL AGREE WE DON'T WANT ANY BOOK THAT VIOLATES THE PENAL CODE ON OURSELVES.

SO THAT'S FIRST. BUT YEAH, IT WOULD BE REMOVED FROM OUR INVENTORY.

AND THEN I'M SURE, MR. WEISMAN, WE'D HAVE A SYSTEM TO ENSURE THAT THAT BOOK WOULD NOT BE ORDERED.

AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WOULD BE, BUT I'M JUST ASKING BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A PROCESS IN PLACE SO THAT IT DOESN'T COME BACK TO OUR SHELVES, RIGHT? YES. WE'LL KEEP IT RUNNING RECORD.

AND WE'RE PUTTING PROCESSES IN PLACE RIGHT NOW TO KEEP A HISTORICAL RECORD OF WHAT NOT JUST WHAT TITLES HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED AND REVIEWED BY COMMITTEE, BUT ALSO WHAT WAS THE COMMITTEE'S DECISION FOR THAT.

AND THEN IF ANY TITLES ARE REMOVED BY THE COMMITTEE, THEN WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A NOTE OF THAT, THAT OUR LIBRARIANS HAVE ACCESS TO, THAT THEY CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE'LL REFER BACK TO THAT AS AS WE PURCHASE AND SELECT TITLES.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH.

I JUST HAD A COMMENT. I DO WANT TO THANK GALLAGHER FOR BRINGING THIS TO AN A COMMUNITY FOR BRAINS.

BUT BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT THIS WENT TO TACITUS HAS THIS RECOMMENDATION.

WE'VE CHECKED WITH OUR LAWYERS, WE'VE ACTUALLY LOOKED AT THE DISTRICTS.

SO I'M REALLY COMFORTABLE AND REALLY LIKED THE WAY THIS PROCESS IN AND FOR THIS PARTICULAR UPDATE.

SO AND I DON'T KNOW IF I MENTIONED THAT, BUT OUR ATTORNEY TO SENT OUT THE POLICY IT WAS REFERRED TO EARLIER, I ASKED OUR ATTORNEY TO LOOK AT THAT AND TO MAKE SURE IT WILL FIT WITHIN OUR DISTRICT.

AND IN ADDITION, WE SENT IT TO TABBY BEFORE IT CAME TO THE BOARD.

SO TABBY HAS ALREADY REVIEWED IT AS WELL, SO THERE ARE NO POTENTIAL LEGAL ISSUES WITH IT.

SO THAT'S IMPORTANT.

A LOT OF TIMES POLICIES ARE BROUGHT TO THE BOARD.

THEN WE HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK IT.

BUT IT'S ALREADY BEEN VETTED BY TABBY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ATTORNEY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY.

SO. LET'S GO TO MY QUESTION HERE.

IF IT VIOLATES THE PENAL CODE.

HOW ARE WE MAKING THAT DETERMINATION? AND THE EXAMPLE I'M GOING TO USE IS THE MATERIAL HERE, THE THE BOOK TILT AND PUSH.

SO THESE BOOKS ARE GOING THROUGH THE COMMITTEE AND THEN THERE'S A DECISION.

BUT HOW WHAT IS THE PROCESS FOR SAYING THAT A BOOK HAS.

VIOLATED THE PENAL CODE.

WELL, AND LET ME.

I'VE GOT THE PENAL CODE HERE, WHICH I THINK YOU ALL HAVE THE I HAVE THE PENAL CODE.

BUT I THINK THE PENAL CODE IS IT'S IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.

I'M NOT GOING TO READ IT, BUT.

WELL, BUT EXACTLY.

YOU'D HAVE TO READ IT. I'M SAYING IF A BOOK IS GIVEN TO ONE OF US OR PRESENTED TO YOU AND SOMEONE SAYS THIS VIOLATES THE PENAL CODE.

WELL, I WOULD HAVE TO READ. I THINK.

I THINK WE WILL. WELL, FIRST OFF, I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR.

THE SUPERINTENDENT OF LITTLE ELM ISD IS NOT GOING TO UNILATERALLY.

DECIDE IF A BOOK VIOLATES THE PENAL CODE.

I WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE TO THE COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE A COMMITTEE PROCESS NOW, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT AND WE DID RECEIVE SOME FEEDBACK FROM A COUPLE OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT THAT COMMITTEE ALSO NEEDS TO BE AWARE OF THE PENAL CODE AS THEY ARE REVIEWING THE BOOK.

SO MY.

MY HOPE IS AND I ANTICIPATE THIS HAPPENING THAT THAT COMMITTEE, AS THEY'RE REVIEWING IT, THEY WILL HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE PENAL CODE AND THAT COMMITTEE WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT DETERMINATION.

HOWEVER. THE SCENARIO THAT WE REALLY ALL WANT IS NO BOOK THAT VIOLATES THE PENAL CODE SHOULD EVER BE ON OUR SHELVES.

AND THAT'S WHERE I THINK WE'RE GOING TO NEED SOME HELP FROM THE STATE.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE TRYING TO DO THE BEST WE CAN AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, BUT THERE'S SOME SUPPORT WE NEED AT THE STATE LEVEL WITH THIS AS WELL, WHICH I DON'T WANT TO BORE EVERYBODY BORE EVERYONE WITH THAT.

I HAVE MY OWN OPINIONS AND THOUGHTS ON THAT.

BUT. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? NOT REALLY. WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO INTO? THE IF IS IF IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMITTEE TO UNDERSTAND THE PENAL CODE, HOW ARE WE GOING ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THE COMMITTEE UNDERSTANDS THE PENAL CODE?

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SO THE VERY FIRST THING I WOULD RECOMMEND IS SITTING WITH A COMMITTEE AND.

IT SAYS RIGHT HERE, 43.24.

IT SAYS HARMFUL MATERIAL.

A MINOR MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL YOUNGER THAN 18 YEARS OLD.

HARMFUL MEANS MATERIAL.

WHOSE DOMINANT THEME.

TAKEN AS A WHOLE.

A APPEALS TO THE PRURIENT INTEREST OF A MINOR IN SEX NUDITY.

AND I DON'T EVEN WANT TO READ THIS.

BUT IT IS IN THE PENAL CODE OR.

EXCRETION SO YOU CAN KEEP READING.

AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL ADULTS, WE'RE ALL PROFESSIONALS, WE ALL HAVE DEGREES SITTING UP HERE AND WE'VE ALL BEEN IN EDUCATION AND WE'VE GOT A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE. I THINK WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT, THE COMMITTEE NEEDS TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AND THEY NEED TO ASK THEMSELVES AND THAT'S THE CHARGE OF THE COMMITTEE IS DOES THIS BOOK VIOLATE THE PENAL CODE? YEP. SO.

I'M SAYING, SINCE WE'RE SAYING THAT IN THE IN THE NEW POLICY THAT I SAW, IT SAID REMOVE IT.

IF THEY GO TO THE COMMITTEE.

YEAH. AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE I THINK IT IT IT'S VERY CLEAR BY LAW, IF IT VIOLATES THE PENAL CODE, IT CAN'T BE ON OUR SHELVES.

AND I THINK EVERYONE WOULD AGREE WITH THAT.

YEAH, ON ONE HAND, I WOULD.

THERE'S NO I MEAN, WHO'S TRYING TO VIOLATE THE LAW? I'M SAYING THAT WE ARE IN OUR AND NOW WE'RE.

I'M SORRY, WOULD YOU SAY WE AREN'T RIGHT? WE ARE NOT. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE'RE SAYING IN THE POLICY, ON THE ONE HAND, IF A BOOK IS CHALLENGED, IT GOES TO THE COMMITTEE, THEN IF WE THINK SOMEONE SAYS A BOOK IS VIOLATING THE PENAL CODE, SHOULDN'T IT GO TO THE COMMITTEE? YEAH, I WOULD SAY WE HAVE GOT A COMMITTEE FOR THAT.

BUT I ALSO THINK THAT IF WE ARE AWARE OF A BOOK THAT IS SO AND I'LL GIVE YOU A PRIME EXAMPLE.

THERE WAS A BOOK THAT WAS REMOVED FROM MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

THE TITLE IS GENDER QUEER, AND WE ALSO HAVE THE LEGAL AUTHORITY WHEN A BOOK DOES VIOLATE THE PENAL CODE, WHEN IT IS SO PERVASIVELY VULGAR AND OBSCENE.

IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT TO REMOVE THAT BOOK.

I DON'T DISAGREE THAT WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO FOLLOW THE PENAL CODE.

I'M ASKING BECAUSE EVERYONE IS NOT DEGREED, EVERYONE IS NOT OF THE SAME CULTURE.

EVERYONE IS NOT OF THE SAME PERSPECTIVE ABOUT MORAL RIGHT AND WRONG.

SO IF WE ARE SAYING THAT WHEN A BOOK IS CHALLENGED, YOU GO TO THE COMMUNITY.

THEN WHEN SOMEONE BELIEVES A BOOK IS VIOLATING THE PENAL CODE, SHOULDN'T IT ALSO GO TO THE COMMITTEE BECAUSE OTHERWISE A PERSON? I THINK IT'S THE SAME THING. I THINK IT'S ANY BOOK WHETHER, BUT IT DOESN'T SAY THAT IN THE NEW POLICY AND THE NEW POLICY, IT SAYS IF IT VIOLATES THE PENAL CODE.

BUT THAT'S WHERE THE COMMITTEE REVIEWS IT TO SEE IF IT MEETS THE CRITERIA TO REVIEW THIS.

NOW, THIS IS JUST FOR POLICY.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE, THAT'S ON THE WEBSITE.

SO IT'S TWO THINGS. YOU HAVE ONE NEW BOARD POLICY AND THEN YOU HAVE THE PROCESS.

SO YOU'RE QUESTIONING THE PROCESS.

SO WHY WAS IT ADDED TO THE BOARD POLICY TO REMOVE IT IF IT VIOLATES THE PENAL CODE? IF IT'S BECAUSE THAT'S THE LAW? YEAH, IT'S THE LAW, I'M SAYING.

AND THAT CAME FROM THE ATTORNEY THAT CAME FROM TASMANIA.

THE PROCESS IS NOT IN THERE.

NO, IT WON'T BE BECAUSE I'M SORRY.

THE, THE, THE NOTE IS IN THERE ABOUT IF IT'S CHALLENGED.

YEAH. AND THEN THERE'S NOT A STATEMENT THAT SAYS.

THE SAME THING FOR IF THERE'S A QUESTION MARK ON WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE BOOK.

AND I JUST WOULD LIKE FOR IT TO BE CLEAR WHICH THAT IS THAT IS ADDED NOW, WHICH I MEAN, THAT'S LIKE SAYING WE'LL REPORT A CRIME WE DON'T NEED TO PUT IN OUR POLICIES THAT WE WILL FOLLOW THE LAW.

WELL, ACTUALLY, THAT THAT WAS PUT IN.

IF YOU IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT TO PUT OUT THERE AND AGAIN, THIS IS FROM THE ATTORNEY.

YEAH. WHAT'S OUT THE TAB AS WELL.

AND IT WAS A QUESTION MARK AND I DID ASK THEM TO GET BACK TO ME ABOUT THE LANGUAGE IN THAT PARTICULAR LINE.

I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO GET A RETURN PHONE CALL BACK FROM THEM, BUT I'M SAYING NOW THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT, I WANT US TO BE REALLY CAREFUL ABOUT OUR FUTURE GROUP.

I MEAN, WE HAPPEN TO HAVE A GROUP OF PEOPLE RIGHT NOW THAT CAN GO OVER THESE THINGS.

BUT IF WE CONSIDER THE GROWTH OF ANY COMMUNITY, YOU HAVE TO MAKE YOUR POLICIES AS IF SOMEONE WHO IS NOT LIKE MINDED IS FOLLOWING THE POLICY. SO I THINK TO IF YOU DON'T MIND IF I STEP IN HERE, IT'S ONE OF THE TOPICS THAT WE HAVE THAT I'VE LISTED FOR TEAM OF EIGHT THAT I THINK AT THAT POINT IN TIME RIGHT NOW WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT EFA AND EFP THAT ARE RECOMMENDATION.

I KNOW WE'RE GETTING INTO A LITTLE BIT OF TO ME, WE'RE GETTING A LITTLE BIT DEEPER THAN THE ACTUAL POLICY.

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TRAINING IS GOING TO BE A TOPIC WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

BUT FOR NOW, I THINK THIS IS ABOUT EFA IF BE PASSING WITH A RECOMMENDATION FROM OUR LEGAL TEAM.

SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OUTSIDE OF THAT, I'M MORE THAN WELCOME TO ASK.

I'M JUST SAYING, I THINK TO DIG A LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO WHAT YOU'RE ASKING, I THINK IS GOING TO REQUIRE A LITTLE MORE AT THE BOARD WORKSHOP WITH TEAM OF EIGHT.

IT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION.

BUT YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO CONTINUE ASK ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

SO I DO HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, MARY, WHEN IT COMES TO MATERIALS THAT ARE TAUGHT IN OUR CLASSROOM, IS THERE A PROCESS TO DETERMINE WHAT IS ALLOWED TO BE TAUGHT AND WHAT ISN'T? ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO LITERATURE IN OUR HIGH SCHOOL, JUNIOR HIGH AND HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH CLASSES.

IS THERE A PROCESS THAT BOOKS ARE ALLOWED? WHAT BOOKS ARE ALLOWED TO BE TAUGHT? YES. AND THAT'S PROBABLY A QUESTION THAT I WOULD ASK DR.

TRAMEL TO MAYBE.

MAYBE NOT. LET ME TRY TO ANSWER THIS.

SO WE HAVE AN ADOPTED CURRICULUM.

WE HAVE APPROVED RESOURCES.

SO THE ANSWER IS YES, THERE ARE APPROVED MATERIALS.

HOWEVER, IF WE FIND THAT A AN INSTRUCTOR OR A TEACHER IS USING SOMETHING THAT ISN'T APPROVED AND IS INAPPROPRIATE, WE'VE GOT THAT PROCESS THAT WE WOULD GO THROUGH TO ADDRESS THAT.

YEP. THANK YOU.

OKAY. SO MY COMMENT WOULD BE THAT IF YOU DO HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS I'D ASK YOU, PLEASE SEND THEM TO SONIA BECAUSE WE WILL HOPEFULLY HAVE THIS ON OUR TEAM OF EIGHT TRAINING.

IT'S ONE OF THE TOPICS I'VE MENTIONED.

I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE THAT CONVERSATION AT THAT POINT IN TIME, SO PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU'VE GOT YOUR QUESTIONS.

IN THAT WAY. WE CAN HAVE STAFF PREPARED SO WE CAN TALK THROUGH THESE TOPICS, IF YOU DON'T MIND, PLEASE.

SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR WITH A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

LET ME MAKE SURE I READ THIS RIGHT.

I'M SORRY. I GOT TO SCROLL BACK UP.

I GOT A LITTLE AHEAD OF MYSELF ON THAT AND I WENT DOWN TO THE NEXT ONE.

HERE IT GOES. SO WE HAVE A WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND THAT THE BOARD APPROVED THE POLICY EFA LOCAL AND EFP LOCAL AS SUBMITTED.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES 4 TO 1.

NEXT TOPIC CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF THE ATTACHMENT OF THE APPROVED RECRUITING MLU INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE TOWN OF LITTLE ELM SRO PROGRAM.

MR. ROBERTS. THANK YOU.

PRESIDENT OLSON BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

SO FIRST ON THE BLOCK IS THE ATTACHMENT TO THE APPROVED REOCCURRING INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE TOWN OF LITTLE ELM.

IN YOUR BOARD BOOK, YOU HAVE ATTACHMENT A, WHICH IS THE ANNUAL SUMMARY OF COSTS FOR THE APPROVED INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE TOWN OF LITTLE ELM FOR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS, WHICH ARE LICENSED PEACE OFFICERS.

JUST TO MAIN REMAIN TRULY TRANSPARENT.

THE POLICE OFFICERS WILL WORK DIRECTLY WITH CAMPUS ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF TO MAINTAIN A SAFE CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT AND ALSO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING CAMPUS SCHOOL RELATED CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.

THE ATTACHMENT A FOR THE TOWN OF LITTLE ELM WILL PROVIDE THE NECESSARY POLICE OFFICERS THROUGH OUR SRO PROGRAM, WHICH WILL MAKE ALL OF OUR FACILITIES WITHIN THE TOWN OF LITTLE ELM HAVE A AN ASSIGNED SRO TO THAT CAMPUS.

SO WITH THAT, THE ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS THE APPROVAL OF THE SUMMARY OF COST OF ATTACHMENT A TO THE INNER LOCAL AGREEMENT SRO PROGRAM WITH THE TOWN OF LITTLE ELM. SO I DO.

I HAVE A MOTION FROM THE BOARD TO APPROVE THE SUMMARY OF THE COST OF ATTACHMENT AID TO THE POLICE SCHOOL LIAISON ILLA FROM THE TOWN OF LET.

IT'S A MOVE OF A SECOND, SECOND MOTION IN A SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTION.

SO I HAVE A MOTION IN THE SECOND.

ARE THOSE IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED MOTION PASSES.

MR. ROBERTS, YOU'RE UP AGAIN WITH I CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF THE ATTACHMENT TO THE APPROVED RECURRING MCU INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE TOWN OF AUCOIN SRO PROGRAM.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU.

ATTACHMENT A AGAIN FOR THE TOWN OF OAK POINT SRO PROGRAM FOR THEIR REOCCURRING INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.

THIS TIME EVERY YEAR WE BRING THIS ATTACHMENT A FORWARD TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

SO IN THE BOARD BOOK YOU HAVE ATTACHMENT A AND THAT IS AGAIN THE ANNUAL SUMMARY OF COST FOR THE APPROVED INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE TOWN OF OAK POINT.

THAT IS THE REOCCURRING OFFICER THAT WE HAVE AT OUR FACILITY IN THE TOWN OF OAK POINTE.

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DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT? SO DO I HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND FOR MR. INGLIS? ANY QUESTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED MOTION PASSES.

OH, MR. ROBERTS, ONE MORE TIME.

CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF ATTACHMENT APPROVE OR CURRENT EU INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF THE COLONY SRO PROGRAM.

YES, SIR. EVERY JULY WE BRING THE ATTACHMENT OF THE SUMMARY OF COST TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES PERTAINING TO OUR SRO PROGRAM.

THIS IS PARTICULARLY TALKING ABOUT THE ATTACHMENT ATTACHMENT A TO THE APPROVED REOCCURRING INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF THE COLONY.

THIS WILL PROVIDE AN SRO IN BOTH COLONY FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE WITHIN OUR DISTRICT.

AND SO THIS IS AN ANNUAL SUMMARY OF COST FOR THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF THE COLONY AND WHAT THOSE SROS WILL PROVIDE OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF.

THE ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS THE APPROVAL OF THE ATTACHMENT A OF THE INTERLOCAL SRO AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF THE COLONY.

THOUGH THE MOTION FROM THE BOARD TO APPROVE THE POLICE SCHOOL LIAISON ATTACHMENT OF THE ILA FROM THE CITY OF THE COLONY.

SO I HAVE A MOTION.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. RAISE YOUR HAND.

ON THE SUPPOSED MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU, MR. ROBERTS. APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GO TO ITEM E CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF THE UPDATE POLICY.

LOCAL. MS.. ADAMS. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT OLSON.

MR. GALLAGHER, I'M BORED WITH THE HEAVY WEIGHT OF SOME OF THE CONTENT THAT YOU'VE BEEN ASKED TO CONSIDER.

IT'S TIME FOR A FUN FACT.

I'M GOING TO TAKE MY CUES FROM FROM MISS BROWN, WHO HAS COME FROM EARLIER.

AND IT IS A FUN FACT I PRESENTED FROM THIS EXACT SAME SPOT 20 YEARS AGO, ALMOST 22 YEARS AGO, ALMOST TO THE DAY.

SO IN 2000, WHEN I CAME TO THE LITTLE ELM, THE FIRST TIME AS ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT, WE HAD OUR MEETINGS HERE.

THIS WAS THE HIGH SCHOOL AND WE HAD OUR MEETINGS HERE IN THE AUDITORIUM.

SO IT'S KIND OF SURREAL TO BE STANDING IN THE SAME SPOT.

WE HAD ABOUT 1500 STUDENTS AT THE TIME AND WE'VE GROWN A LITTLE BIT.

IT HAD TO LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

YES, THERE WAS A STAGE, THOUGH.

IT DID LOOK. IT ACTUALLY LOOKS VERY NICE AND WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE FACILITY AND WHAT I AM HERE TO SPEAK WITH YOU ABOUT ON THIS ITEM.

AS MR. GALLAGHER MENTIONED EARLIER MANY TIMES ON POLICIES, WE WILL DRAFT THOSE POLICIES AND SUBMIT THEM TO YOU IF YOU ONCE YOU'VE APPROVED THOSE AND WE SUBMIT TO TASK B FOR SOME LEGAL CLEANUP.

BUT THERE ARE TIMES WHENEVER WE GO AHEAD AND SUBMIT POLICY AHEAD OF TIME, WHENEVER WE HAVE A HEAVY, YOU KNOW, A MAJOR CONTENT ON SOMETHING THAT'S NOT DONE THROUGH AN UPDATE THAT THEY RECOMMEND.

AND SO THAT IS THE CASE WITH THIS POLICY.

SO THIS POLICY THAT I'VE PRESENTED TO, YOU SEE POLICY I'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED WITH THE ATTORNEYS AND SO IT HAS BEEN VETTED THROUGH THEM.

AND OUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS THAT WE HAVE AN UPDATE TO POLICY LOCAL WHICH WOULD ALLOW US TO EFFICIENTLY AND SEAMLESSLY OPERATE DAILY DISTRICT BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS.

SO A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION BACKGROUND ON THAT.

THE ITEMS WHICH ACCUMULATE TO $50,000 ARE NOT THE SAME AS THEY WERE SEVEN YEARS AGO.

WHENEVER THE 50,000 LIMIT WAS IMPLEMENTED AND WE HAVE ADDED ALMOST 25% MORE STUDENTS AT THAT TIME, INFLATION IS AT RECORD HIGHS AND THAT RESULTS IN OUR REACHING THE 50,000 MARK MUCH QUICKER WITHOUT NECESSARILY RECEIVING MORE SERVICES OR PRODUCTS, WE JUST REACH THAT LIMIT.

AND SO AN ADDITIONAL INDICATOR IS THAT OUR BUDGET HAS GONE FROM 53 MILLION TO $86 MILLION, A 63% INCREASE IN THAT SAME TIME PERIOD.

THE OTHER PRIMARY CHANGE IN THE POLICY, OTHER THAN RAISING THE LIMIT FROM 50000 TO 100, IS THAT IT ALLOWS US TO USE THE OTHER CHANNELS THAT ARE FORMALLY APPROVED BY THE BOARD.

SO YOU'VE ALREADY APPROVED FOR US TO USE THOSE LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE CHANNELS TO WORK AS AS THEY ARE INTENDED, RATHER THAN DUPLICATING THAT EFFORT AND SLOWING THE PROCESS.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE WERE GOING THROUGH AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT IN A COOPERATIVE PURCHASING COOPERATIVE, WE'VE ALREADY YOU'VE ALREADY APPROVED FOR US TO DO THAT.

THE BIDDING HAS ALREADY BEEN SET THROUGH THAT POLICY, BUT THEN WE'RE BRINGING IT BACK TO YOU AGAIN A SECOND TIME.

AND SO THIS WOULD ALLEVIATE THAT AND ALLOW US, MUCH LIKE THE DONATION POLICY CHANGES THAT WE MADE LAST MONTH, JUST SLIGHT UPDATES.

THIS WOULD CONTINUE TO COME TO THE BOARD, BUT IT WOULD COME IN A REPORT FORMAT RATHER THAN FOR APPROVAL SO THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH EFFICIENCY.

AND THEN COUPLED WITH THE COMPLIANCE AND OVERSIGHT THAT YOU WOULD HAVE, ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU WOULD HAVE ABOUT THAT POLICY?

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DO I HAVE A MOTION TO.

LET ME REREAD THAT REAL QUICK.

HOLD ON. GET BACK UP TO THAT.

MAKE SURE I DO IT RIGHT. DO I HAVE A MOTION FROM THE BOARD TO APPROVE THE POLICY? LOCAL DATE OF JULY 18, 2022 AS SUBMITTED.

SO. I HAVE A MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND FOR MARY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO WILL WE STILL BE REPORTING WHEN WE DO OUR REPORTS IN THE BOARD BOOK? WILL YOU STILL BE DOING 50,000 OR ABOVE OR WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THIS TO ONLY BE 100,000 ABOVE.

IT WOULD BE 100,000 OR ABOVE UNLESS THE BOARD REQUESTS OTHERWISE.

WE WILL FOLLOW THE I WOULD THINK FOR THE TIME BEING, MY PERSONAL OPINION AS I STILL LIKE SEEING THE 50,000 AND ABOVE.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT EVERYBODY ELSE, BUT I WOULD STILL LIKE TO SEE 50,000.

EVEN THOUGH WE'RE GIVING AUTHORIZATION UP TO CHANGING THE 200,000, I WOULD STILL LIKE TO SEE THAT FOR NOW, JUST TO SEE WHAT PROGRAMS ARE BEING RENEWED.

NOT A PROBLEM. I KNOW COSTS ARE ALWAYS CHANGING AND THEY'RE GOING UP.

THEY'RE NOT GOING DOWN. BUT STILL, I THINK WE'D LIKE TO SEE THAT FOR ANYTHING 50,000 AND ABOVE, WE CAN DO THAT AND IT'LL JUST BE IN REPORT FORMAT RATHER THAN APPROVAL.

WE DON'T HAVE THAT MANY. I MEAN, YEAH, WE DON'T HAVE THAT MANY, SO IT'S NOT A TON.

SO I DON'T, YOU KNOW, HAVING THREE OR FOUR ON THE LIST I THINK IS A BIG, BIG DEAL.

YEAH. THE BIGGEST THING IS THAT NOT HAVING TO WAIT FOR A BID TO BE APPROVED SO THAT WE CAN WAIT TO GET IN LINE, ESPECIALLY WITH SOME OF THE SUPPLY ISSUES.

SO WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT REPORTING.

OKAY, PERFECT. SO I DO HAVE A MOTION IN THE SECOND ALL THOSE OR ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FIRST.

I'M SORRY, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL THOSE OPPOSED MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU, MISS ADAMS. AND IT'S YOUR TURN AGAIN FOR THE CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE RICK'S RISK MANAGEMENT FUND.

AND I'M GLAD THEY WERE IN THIS ORDER SO I COULD SHARE A FUN FACT, BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING FUN ABOUT THIS ONE.

WE ARE COMING TO YOU FOR OUR INSURANCE RENEWAL, FOR OUR PROPERTY INSURANCE, AND SEVERAL OUR AUTO LIABILITY AND EMPLOYMENT AND SO FORTH.

AND AT 1.2% OF OUR BUDGET, PROPERTY INSURANCE COSTS CONTINUE TO RISE AND THEY CONTINUE TO RISE RAPIDLY.

OUR RENEWAL IS AS OF SEPTEMBER THE FIRST, AND A FEW NOTES THAT I WANT TO INCLUDE IN THIS RECOMMENDATION ARE THAT IT IS A STATEWIDE ISSUE, NOT ISOLATED TO ISD, BUT SOME SPECIFICS ABOUT OUR PREMIUM INCREASE.

AFTER SPEAKING WITH OUR REPRESENTATIVE BATTERSBY, I ACTUALLY TALKED TO ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS ON THE TAMPA RISK MANAGEMENT BOARD TO GET MORE JUST UNDERSTANDING OF SOME OF THAT AND SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES ACROSS THE STATE.

SO I'VE JUST GOT A FEW BULLET POINTS I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU.

WE NOW COVER OVER DOUBLE THE BUILDING VALUE THAN WE DID IN 2018, AND SO THAT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH IT.

SO WE'VE ADDED A LOT OF BUILDINGS AND THE ESCALATING COST OF CONSTRUCTION COST AND BUILDING MATERIALS.

HAVE YOU SEEN IN OUR BOND PROGRAM DISCUSSIONS THAT YOU'VE SEEN HOW QUICKLY THAT THOSE ARE ESCALATING? THEY'RE TREMENDOUS INCREASES AND THAT NATURALLY TRANSLATES INTO HIGHER REPLACEMENT COSTS.

SO THEY HAVE TO INSURE US FOR HIGHER AMOUNTS TO REPLACE THOSE, SHOULD WE HAVE A CLAIM? AND SPEAKING OF CLAIMS, LAST YEAR WE HAD $4.6 MILLION IN CLAIMS OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS, SINCE BUILDING FOUR, SINCE BIDDING FOR OTHER CARRIERS, WE'VE HAD $7.6 MILLION IN CLAIMS COMPARED TO THE PREMIUM PAID OF $2.2 MILLION DURING THAT SAME TIME PERIOD.

AND SO IT'S JUST BEEN UNFORTUNATE.

MANY, MANY DISTRICTS WITH THAT TYPE OF CLAIM HISTORY ARE SIMPLY DROPPED FROM THEIR CARRIERS RATHER THAN RENEWED.

AND SO THAT REALLY LEADS ME TO MAKING SURE THAT WE DISCUSS AND THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT TAB IS A RISK MANAGEMENT FUND, NOT AN INSURANCE COMPANY THAT CARRIES REINSURANCE. AND THEY ACTUALLY SHOP US IN THE INSURANCE MARKET.

SO IN THEIR DOCUMENTS FOR OUR RENEWAL, ONE OF THE THINGS THEY TALK ABOUT IS THAT WITH MORE THAN $200 MILLION IN MEMBER EQUITY, THEIR FUND BALANCE BASICALLY FOR THAT, REMEMBER THAT RISK FUND, THE FUND HAS THE FINANCIAL STRENGTH TO MANAGE CLAIMS AND RESPOND TO THE IMPACT OF CHANGING ENVIRONMENTS FOR OUR MEMBERS.

THE PROPERTY COVERAGE COSTS CONTINUE TO BE DRIVEN BY SEVERE WEATHER AND INCREASED BUILDING VALUES.

THE FUND'S BOARD OF TRUSTEES AUTHORIZED THE USE OF MEMBERS EQUITY THAT 200 MILLION THAT I SPOKE OF, TO HELP LIMIT THE IMPACT OF COST TO THE FUND MEMBERS THIS YEAR.

SO BECAUSE IT IS A COLLECTIVE RISK MANAGEMENT FUND AND OVER HALF THE DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS ARE INVOLVED IN THAT, THEY DO HAVE A FUND BALANCE.

AND SO WHENEVER WE HAVE INSURANCE PREMIUM COSTS THAT ARE SHOPPED OUT AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A LITTLE BIT, THEY'RE ABLE TO OFFSET SOME OF THAT PREMIUM COSTS WITH WITH THOSE FUNDS, WHICH WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE AND APPRECIATIVE, APPRECIATIVE OF.

BUT THIS LEADS TO AN IMPORTANT FACTOR WHICH HAS ME THAT IT IS A RISK MANAGEMENT POOL, NOT AN INSURANCE COMPANY.

IT HAS, AS I MENTIONED, OVER 50% OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN TEXAS AND TSB SHOPS IN THE REINSURANCE MARKET, WHICH IS REALLY INSANE RIGHT NOW.

BUT COMPANIES SUCH AS LLOYD'S OF LONDON AND ABOUT 25 OTHER COMPANIES AS WELL, WE BENEFIT FROM THE INTEREST EARNINGS OF THE RISK MANAGEMENT POOL AT 200 MILLION, WHICH IS OFFSETTING INCREASING PREMIUMS. AND THEY LOOK AT THE WHOLE RISK FOR THE MEMBERS AND THEREFORE WE BENEFIT FROM THOSE AREAS THAT HAVE LESS RISK.

AND IT WORKS KIND OF LIKE A CO-OPERATIVE FOR US TO GET THOSE BENEFITS.

AND FORTUNATELY, LITTLE ELM ISD IS IN THE HIGHEST RISK AREA FOR TEXAS, FOR HALE, AND THAT'S WHERE A LOT.

[01:55:03]

AND WE CAN LOOK NO FURTHER THAN THIS BUILDING IN WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW WITH SOME OF OUR CLAIMS. AND SO THAT DEFINITELY DRIVES SOME OF OUR PREMIUM COSTS.

A FEW YEARS AGO, THE DISTRICT WORKED WITH A CONSULTANT TO EXPLORE ALL THE OPTIONS AND BID OUR INSURANCE, ONLY TO FIND THE TSB WAS OUR BEST OPTION.

AND WE'LL REPEAT THAT PROCESS BEFORE NEXT YEAR'S RENEWAL TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT STILL HOLDS TRUE.

IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE BEST TIME TO GO OUT FOR A CLAIM WHENEVER YOU HAVE CLAIMS THAT EXCEED YOUR PREMIUM CONTRIBUTIONS.

AND SO WE NEED TO GET A LITTLE BIT FURTHER BECAUSE NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE THE HEALTH CLAIMS THAT WE HAD THE WINTER FREEZE CLAIMS ABOUT TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS THAT YEAR AS WELL. MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES THAT BID THIS YEAR RECEIVED ON THE HEELS OF WINTER STORM URI AND OTHER HARSH WEATHER AND MAJOR HAILSTORMS, RECEIVED NO BIDS, AND SO THERE REALLY WEREN'T ANY OPTIONS.

I ACTUALLY EXPERIENCED THE SAME THING IN MY FORMER DISTRICT THE LAST YEAR THAT I WAS THERE.

WE WENT OUT FOR BID AND WE RECEIVED NO BIDS, SO WE HAD TO GO OUT AGAIN.

AND SO THE RISK MANAGEMENT FUND WAS OUR OPTION.

OUR OUR PREMIUM IS OVER $1,000,000 FOR THIS YEAR.

AND SO IT IS AGAIN, SUBSTANTIALLY A LARGE PART, BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN OPERATE WITHOUT.

AND SO THE ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS THAT WE CONTINUE WITH THE TEST OF RISK MANAGEMENT, BUT.

THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE A MOTION FROM THE BOARD TO APPROVE THE TASB INSURANCE POLICIES AS SUBMITTED? I MOVE. I GOT MONY ON THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND AGAIN FOR MARY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM BOARD MEMBERS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU, MISS ADAMS. APPRECIATE IT.

THE NEXT ITEM, CONSIDER APPROVAL, THE BOARD MEMBER RESIGNATION.

SO WE DO NEED TO FORMALLY VOTE ON THIS.

SO AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, WE'VE RECEIVED A RESIGNATION LETTER FROM TRUSTEE MELISSA MYERS TO BE EFFECTIVE JUNE 30TH THAT WAS SUBMITTED TO DANIEL AND PAST PRESIDENT DAVID MONTEMAYOR.

SO. RIGHT NOW.

DO I HAVE A MOTION FROM THE BOARD TO ACCEPT THE RESIGNATION LETTER OF TRUSTEE MELISSA MYERS? SO DO I HAVE A SECOND, SECOND OR I'M SORRY? ANY QUESTIONS? NO, I JUST.

I WAS GOING TO MAKE A STATEMENT.

NO, GO AHEAD. YES, YES, GO AHEAD.

YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO AND OF COURSE, MRS. MYERS IS NOT HERE, BUT I DO WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE TO THANK HER PUBLICLY FOR HER SERVICE FOR ALL THE YEARS THAT SHE'S SPENT HERE.

A LITTLE MISTY.

SHE'S A PAST PRESIDENT.

AND SO I DO WANT TO THANK HER PUBLICLY FOR EVERYTHING THAT SHE'S DONE FOR THIS DISTRICT AND FOR THIS BOARD AND FOR FOR US HERE IN LITTLE ELM ISD. I APPRECIATE THAT.

ECHO THE SAME COMMENTS.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND.

ALL OF THE FAVOR. RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED MOTION PASSES JUST TO LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW.

WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON A TIMELINE RIGHT NOW TO RECEIVE APPLICATIONS FOR APPOINTMENT TO MS. MEYER'S POSITION. WE WILL APPOINT A COMMUNITY MEMBER, OF COURSE, FOLLOWS THE PROTOCOL, MEETS ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF EVERYTHING TO BE A BOARD MEMBER, AND WE WILL APPOINT THAT PERSON TO FINISH OUT MS.. MIERS TERM FOR THE NEXT YEAR AND A HALF.

AM I DOING MY MATH RIGHT HERE? ONE YEAR. SO ONE YEAR.

SO WE WILL BE DOING THAT. WE WILL POST AND MAKE THAT KNOWN AS SOON AS EVERYTHING IS FORMALIZED ON THAT.

[11. Consent Agenda]

DO I HAVE ANY ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE REMOVED FOR ANY BOARD MEMBERS? WITH THAT. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS SUBMITTED? SO I HAVE A MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL THOSE POSTS. MOTION PASSES, SO WE WILL GO INTO BOARD.

[12. Board President Comments]

JUST ONCE AGAIN TO THANK STAFF FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK ON ALL OF THE ITEMS WE'VE HAD TONIGHT.

WE'D LIKE TO THANK ALL THE STAFF ON THIS.

THIS IS SUCH A DIFFERENCE.

EXCUSE ME. DIFFERENT, INVIGORATING.

IT'S ALSO WHERE I FEEL I NEED SOME BINOCULARS ON OCCASION TO LOOK OUT TO THE CROWD TO SEE HALL THERE BECAUSE IT IS A DIFFERENT DISTANCE TO SEE PEOPLE.

BUT THIS IS AWESOME.

THIS IS JUST ONCE AGAIN, I THINK, A SIGN OF EVERYTHING COMING WITH THE DISTRICT.

WHAT WE'RE DOING, THE INNOVATION DESTINATION DISTRICT IS JUST CONTINUING TO MOVE ON.

I'M SO GLAD THAT WITH THE BOND AND A COMMITTEE THAT WE DECIDED TO KEEP THIS BUILDING, RENOVATE IT, TURN IT INTO A NEW ADMINISTRATION, FACILITIES GREAT UP TOWARD THE INSIDE.

IT'S AWESOME.

SO I'M LOOKING FOR GREAT THINGS COMING OUT OF THE DISTRICT.

SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE.

THANK YOU AGAIN TO MISS MYERS FOR HER TIME SERVING ON THIS BOARD.

ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS A VOLUNTEER POSITION.

THE PAY IS OK IF YOU COUNT, ZERO IS OK.

SO WE DO APPRECIATE YOU HER GIVING HER TIME OVER THE LAST 3014 2014.

[02:00:04]

SO WE DO TRULY APPRECIATE HER.

IT IS A FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW THIS IS IT'S JUST NOT THE BOARD MEETINGS.

IT'S SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.

SHE WAS ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT INITIATIVES WITHIN THE DISTRICT THAT TAKE UP MORE OF OUR TIME THAN JUST THE 2 TO 3 HOURS YOU SEE UP HERE ON THE SECOND MONDAY OF EACH MONTH. AND A LOT OF EMAILS AND PHONE CALLS FOR ME WHEN SHE WAS PRESIDENT, WHICH NOW YOU'RE YOU'RE WELL AWARE OF, NOW YOU'RE GETTING TO ENJOY THAT.

HAVE A NEW APPRECIATION. A NEW APPRECIATION.

[13. Board Comments]

I WILL START WITH MR. FLORES ON MY LEFT.

THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, I THINK OTHER THAN THE FIRST YEAR THAT I WAS IN THE BOARD IN 2014, I THINK THIS IS THE LARGEST GROUP OF LEADERS THAT WE'VE HAD A CHANGE IN ONE YEAR.

RIGHT. AND IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO SEE THEIR EXCITEMENT, THEIR DESIRE TO BE HERE.

AND I WANT TO WISH THEM AND ALL THE TEACHERS, THE ENTIRE STAFF HERE A WONDERFUL YEAR.

I DON'T WANT ANY EVENTS THIS YEAR.

NO COVET, NOTHING AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

I JUST WANT A WONDERFUL YEAR.

AND I PRAY FOR THAT AND I PRAY FOR ALL OUR TEACHERS THAT EVERYTHING GOES WELL THIS YEAR.

SECOND THING IS BECAUSE WE'VE HAD SO MANY CHANGES WITH THE LEADERSHIP I THINK WE'VE HAD, IT FEELS LIKE WE'VE HAD A LOT OF ATTRITION THIS YEAR.

I WAS WONDERING IF WE COULD GET AN ATTRITION REPORT, BE THE EMAIL OR WHATEVER, MAYBE IN THE NEXT MONTH, BY THE NEXT MONTH.

SHE'S GOT IT DOWN.

ALL RIGHT, ONE MORE COMMENTS.

THANK YOU, MISS WATKINS.

I'M GOING TO GO.

MR. FLORES SENTIMENTS.

WELCOME TO OUR NEW FAMILY MEMBERS.

I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING TO KNOW YOU.

I THINK OUR HR DIRECTOR DID A FANTASTIC JOB PRESENTING THE PEOPLE.

I REALLY ENJOYED YOUR COMMENTARY AND I WANT TO THANK THE CABINET FOR PUTTING IN THE WORK AND HELPING US GET READY TO KICK OFF A FANTASTIC NEW SCHOOL YEAR. AND I MADE IT THROUGH MY FIRST MEETING.

SO THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU, MR. ENGLISH. FIRST, I WANT TO SAY THAT PUBLICLY.

THANK YOU TO MS.. MYERS.

WE CAME ON TO THE BOARD TOGETHER AT A REALLY TUMULTUOUS TIME IN LITTLE ELM ISD, AND TO SEE WHERE WE STARTED AND WHERE WE ARE TODAY IS A TESTAMENT TO HER EFFORTS AND BEING A PART OF THE BOARD.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO REALLY THANK HER FOR FOR ALL THE THINGS SHE'S DONE.

A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE DON'T SEE A LOT OF THE BACK END THINGS THAT HAPPEN, BUT THERE IS A LOT TO THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE TEACHERS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS OF COVID.

JUST ALL THE ISSUES THAT WE'VE HAD AND EVERYONE HAS HUNG IN THERE, DONE THEIR BEST.

A LOT OF LATE HOURS, A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES.

BUT NONETHELESS, WE'VE CAME THROUGH QUITE A BIT AND SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO THIS NEXT COMING YEAR.

SO REALLY, REALLY THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND TO THE NEW FAMILY MEMBERS.

WELCOME. LOOK FORWARD TO ENGAGING WITH YOU AND SEEING SOME OF THE NEW THINGS ARE GOING TO BE HAPPENING, ESPECIALLY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND SOME OF THE SCHOOLS.

SO REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.

AND OTHER THAN THAT. STAY COOL WHILE YOU'RE IN TEXAS BECAUSE THIS HEAT IS INSANE.

DR. THOMPSON. I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE OUR COMMUNITY HERE.

I AM AN AVID READER AND I AM A MOTHER AND I AM CONCERNED ABOUT US FIXING THE POLICY AND KEEPING IT AS TIGHT AS POSSIBLE SO THAT FOR YEARS TO COME WE HAVE SOMETHING ROCK SOLID.

I AM ON THE CURRICULUM COMMITTEE.

I'M EXCITED ABOUT OUR SOON TO BE HELD MEETINGS.

I KNOW WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED WITH NEW CABINET MEMBERS.

I HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT OUR K THROUGH EIGHT MATH PERFORMANCE IN OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL READING PERFORMANCE, AND I KNOW THAT WE WILL FIND A WAY TO KIND OF GET US THERE. AND I KNOW WE'RE WAITING FOR THE GROWTH FOR THE GROWTH REPORT.

SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE THAT.

I DEFINITELY WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR BOARD MEMBER, YOU KNOW, LEAVING THAT SHE BROUGHT A LOT TO THE TABLE.

I WAS SITTING IN THE ROOM AND IT FELT EMPTY, YOU KNOW, AND JUST BRAND NEW.

SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE YOU HERE FOR YOUR FIRST MEETING.

IT'S JUST A LOT OF CHANGE RIGHT NOW.

THE PRINCIPALS COMING IN AND I WAS LIKE, ONE, TWO, THREE.

YOU KNOW, IT'S A LOT OF NEWNESS IN THE DISTRICT, BUT NEW IS GOOD SOMETIMES TO FRESHEN THINGS UP, HAVE A FRESH START AND GET US TO ANOTHER LEVEL, WHICH I'M HOPING WE CAN GET TO. SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE EVERYONE AND EXCITED TO SOON WORK WITH YOU ON THE CURRICULUM COMMITTEE.

THANKS. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. THOMPSON WE'LL GO TO SUPERINTENDENT COMMENTS.

[14. Superintendent Comments]

NOT THAT YOU HAD A CHOICE, BUT THANK YOU ANYWAY.

BOARD MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR A GREAT FIRST MEETING IN THIS GREAT FACILITY.

[02:05:01]

AND THIS BUILDING IS A REALLY WONDERFUL BUILDING AND WE REALLY WANTED TO MAINTAIN, MAINTAIN IT AND IT'S THE ORIGINAL HIGH SCHOOL.

SO IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR US TO KEEP THIS BUILDING HERE.

MRS. WATKINS, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR FIRST FULL MEETING AND BEING HERE.

SO WE APPRECIATE YOU VERY MUCH, EACH OF YOU.

I APPRECIATE YOU. MR. OLSON, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR FIRST MEETING AS PRESIDENT IN THIS.

DID YOU JUST LOOK AT YOUR WATCH? NO, NO, NO. I PULLED IT OUT.

SORRY, I'LL PULL IT OUT. NO, I HAD TO CALL IT IN MY SHIRT, AND I'LL END BY THANKING THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR BEING HERE.

AND IT'S AND I WANT TO ECHO WHAT DR.

THOMPSON SAID, YOU KNOW, HAVING COMMUNITY MEMBERS HERE AND MR. FLORES, YOU MENTIONED IT TO YOU, IT MEANS THE WORLD.

SO WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO COME TO OUR BOARD MEETINGS, PARTICIPATE.

LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. AND BUT I WILL SAY IT WAS A VERY EFFICIENT MEETING THAT WE KEPT HERE.

ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ASK FOR AN ADJOURNMENT.

SO DO I HAVE A MOTION FROM THE BOARD TO ADJOURN? DO I HAVE A SECOND? THANK YOU.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES WILL OFFICIALLY ADJOURN AT 9:10 P.M..

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.