Sep 19, 2022 Regular Board Meeting

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IT'S GOING TO BE CENSORED AT THE END OF THIS MEETING.

[LAUGHTER] OFFICIALLY CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER ON THE OPEN SESSION OF THE BOARDROOM, THE LITTLE ELM ISD ADMINISTRATION BUILDING ON 400 LOBO LANE ON SEPTEMBER 19TH AT 6

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

OH, SEPTEMBER, I'M WE GETTING A LITTLE AHEAD OF MYSELF.

SEPTEMBER 19TH AT 6:01 P.M., THE BOARD WILL NOW RECESS IN A CLOSED MEETING INTO THE BOARD SUPPORT CONFERENCE ROOM, AS PERMITTED BY THE TEXAS

[2. The Board will recess into Closed Meeting in the Board Support Conference 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]

THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT WILL DISCUSS PERSONNEL AND LAND.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY FOR OUR BOARD PRESIDENT, WELCOME WITH THE NEW GAVEL.

SO THAT WAS A LITTLE HUMOR THERE.

BOARD WILL NOW RECONVENING OPEN SESSION AT 7:01 P.M..

[3. Pledge of Allegiance]

THE TEXAS FLAG.

AND I DO BELIEVE WE HAVE AN INVOCATION TONIGHT, MR. DWAYNE BRAWNER. PLEASE COME UP.

THANK YOU. DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER.

LORD GOD, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR US, LORD.

GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR FORGIVING US AS WE'VE MADE MISTAKES THROUGHOUT OUR LIVES LORD.

GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR BLESSING US WHEN WE'VE BEEN SICK OR ILL OR AS WE GONE THROUGH DIFFICULT TIMES LORD.

GOD, TONIGHT WE PRAY FOR OUR COMMUNITY HERE OF LITTLE ELM.

GOD WE PRAY FOR ALL OF OUR LEADERSHIP, FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

LORD, ALL THE EDUCATORS, LORD, ALL THE STUDENTS, ALL THE PARENTS, ALL THE FAMILIES.

LORD GOD, I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GIVE WISDOM TO THESE TRUSTEES WHO GIVE UP THEIR TIME, LORD, TO BE SERVANTS FOR THIS COMMUNITY.

LORD, I PRAY THAT YOU WILL GIVE THEM WISDOM AS THEY MAKE DECISIONS THAT AFFECT THE LIVES OF THE CHILDREN OF OUR COMMUNITY, LORD, AND THEIR FUTURES.

WE ASK THAT YOU WILL BLESS OUR COMMUNITY IN A GREAT MANY WAY THAT YOU WILL KEEP US ALL HEALTHY, OR THAT YOU WILL PROTECT US FROM ALL TYPES OF EVIL, OR THAT YOU WILL BUILD A HEDGE OF PROTECTION AROUND OUR COMMUNITY, GOD, AND KEEP US SAFE.

AND ALL GOD'S PEOPLE SAID AMEN.

AMEN THANK YOU, MA'AM. SUPERINTENDENT SPOTLIGHT.

[6. Superintendent Spotlight]

PRESIDENT OLSON AND BOARD MEMBERS.

I WOULD LIKE TO ASK OUR DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT, MR. ROSS ROBERTS, TO COME TO THE PODIUM.

AS ALWAYS, THE BEST PART OF OUR BOARD MEETINGS IS WHEN WE GET TO RECOGNIZE STUDENTS.

SO, MR. ROBERTS.

YEAH YOUR GOOD. NOW I WILL.

I'LL TAKE EVERYBODY'S LEAD.

I JUST THOUGHT SINCE WE'RE RECOGNIZING STUDENTS AND HAVING THEM COME DOWN FRONT.

BUT I AM READING THE ROOM.

AND IF I NEED TO GO TO THE CENTER, I SURE WE'LL DO THAT.

BUT I THOUGHT I WOULD STAY HERE.

AND THAT WAY WE CAN HAVE OUR STUDENTS FRONT AND CENTER.

AND I THINK THAT'S A GREAT WAY OF CELEBRATING INCREDIBLE STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE HERE WITH LITTLE ELM.

SO THANK YOU, MR. GALLAGHER, PRESIDENT OLSON, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THE HONOR OF BEING UP HERE THIS EVENING.

AND LIKE MR. GALLAGHER SAID, THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE THINGS WE GET TO DO IS TO HIGHLIGHT, SPOTLIGHT, AND CELEBRATE OUR STUDENTS OF LITTLE ELM ISD.

UNDER STUDENT RECOGNITION, WE HAVE RECOGNITIONS AT EVERY LEVEL.

AND SO I WILL START AT ELEMENTARY AND THEN WE'LL MOVE INTO MIDDLE AND WE'LL FINISH UP WITH STUDENTS OF THE MONTH FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL.

AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE HAVE THE STAR AWARD THAT GOES TO OUR MONTHLY ELEMENTARY STUDENTS AND THEIR PRINCIPAL NOMINATED THESE PARTICULAR STUDENTS FOR THEIR INCREDIBLE WORK, LEADERSHIP AND CONTRIBUTION TO NOT ONLY THE STUDENT BODY, BUT THE OVERALL ORGANIZATION OF THE BUILDING THAT THEY ATTEND.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE'LL DIVE RIGHT IN WITH BRENT AND MR.

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SO STUDENTS AS I CALL YOU, COME AND RECEIVE YOUR AWARD AND YOU WILL STAY FRONT AND CENTER FOR JUST A FEW MINUTES.

SO FROM BRENT ELEMENTARY, WE HAVE WITH US THIS EVENING, HARRIS MEMON, FIFTH GRADE.

SO COME ON DOWN. CONGRATULATIONS, HARRIS.

[APPLAUSE] CHAVEZ ELEMENTARY.

NICE JACKET.

LOOK SHARP. CHAVEZ ELEMENTARY.

WE HAVE BRITAIN [INAUDIBLE].

[APPLAUSE] PLEASE COME DOWN. CONGRATULATIONS, BRITAIN.

BRITAIN IS IN THIRD GRADE AT CHAVEZ ELEMENTARY.

FROM HACKBERRY ELEMENTARY, WE HAVE ADELINE MARTIN, FIFTH GRADER.

[APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS, ADELINE.

FROM LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY, AUBREE ROSE.

[APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS, AUBREY.

FROM OAK POINT ELEMENTARY.

WE'RE HERE TO CELEBRATE ISLE PUTNAM.

[APPLAUSE] AND FROM PRESTWICK ELEMENTARY, WE HAVE HUDSON STILES.

[APPLAUSE] YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE TAKE OUR PICTURES AND CELEBRATE THESE STUDENTS FURTHER, LOOKING THROUGH ALL THE COMMENTS THAT OUR CAMPUS LEADERS PUT INTO THIS DOCUMENT, THERE'S ONE COMMON THREAD THAT RUNS THROUGHOUT THESE STUDENTS UP HERE TONIGHT, AND THAT IS ACTS OF KINDNESS.

AND SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS APPROPRIATE.

AND A VERY, VERY TELLING SIGN OF OUR STUDENTS HERE STUDENT BODY WITH LITTLE ELM ISD.

SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THESE YOUNG STUDENTS.

YEAH. [APPLAUSE] STUDENTS STATE THEY PUT JUST ONE SECOND.

I WOULD.

OH YEAH. WE HAVE A LOT OF PICTURES BEING TAKEN.

THERE WE GO. ALSO BEFORE STUDENTS.

BEFORE YOU GO BACK, I WOULD LIKE REALLY TO HONOR THE PARENTS THAT ARE HERE THIS EVENING WITH THEIR INCREDIBLE STUDENT.

IF IT WASN'T FOR YOU ALL AND YOUR SUPPORT AND YOUR NURTURING NATURE, YOU KNOW, THESE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN WOULD NOT BE ON THE PATH THAT THEY ARE.

SO WE WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR PARENTS AS PARTNERS.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS.

OKAY. NOW WE'LL MOVE INTO OUR SECONDARY CAMPUSES AND AWARDING THE STUDENT OF THE MONTH AWARDS FOR OUR TWO MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

AND AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO CALL MR. BILL BUSH UP TO THE PODIUM.

OUR PRINCIPAL OF STRIKE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

AND HE HAS HIS CERTIFICATES AND HIS INFORMATION FOR HIS STUDENTS.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

THIS IS AGAIN, I'M GOING TO ECHO WHAT ROSS SAID, THIS IS A WONDERFUL PART OF MY JOB.

I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS TODAY.

STAFF VOTED ON OUR STUDENT OF THE MONTH AND SO I'M VERY EXCITED TO RECOGNIZE LAILA NEWMAN.

[APPLAUSE] AND WE HAVE JUST A FEW WORDS THAT LAILA'S TEACHERS THAT NOMINATED HER WANTED TO SAY ABOUT HER COACH TAYLOR, HER SEVENTH GRADE TEXAS HISTORY.

AND LAILA IS A SEVENTH GRADER.

I NOMINATED LAILA NEWMAN BECAUSE SHE NEVER FAILS TO BE AN OUTSTANDING STUDENT EVERY DAY.

SHE IS SUPPORTIVE OF HER CLASSMATES AND ALL OF HER FRIENDS.

IT IS A JOY TO HAVE LAILA TO BE A PART OF OUR SCHOOL.

AND THEN COACH GREIL, WHO HAS HER IN ATHLETICS, SAYS LAILA WORKS HARD IN ATHLETICS.

SHE IS RESPECTFUL TO HER TEAMMATES AND COACHES.

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AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS, LAILA.

[APPLAUSE] OK.

AND THEY CAME UP. BUT DEFINITELY A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR LAILA'S PARENTS AS WELL TOO.

THANK YOU, MR. BUSH.

CONGRATULATIONS, LAILA AND YOUR PARENTS.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.

MOVING ON TO WALKER MIDDLE SCHOOL.

WE HAVE TANDEM ADMINISTRATORS HERE WITH US TONIGHT.

WE HAVE MS. PETRASIC AND MS. BROWN. THEY'RE COMING TO THE PODIUM TO TALK ABOUT THEIR STUDENT OF THE MONTH AT WALKER MIDDLE SCHOOL.

GOOD EVENING. THE STUDENT OF THE MONTH FOR WALKER MIDDLE SCHOOL IS A SEVENTH GRADER, DESTINY CROSSLAND, AND SHE IS JOINED TONIGHT BY HER FATHER, TORY CROSSLAND, AND I BELIEVE MAYBE GRANDMA. IS THAT RIGHT? COME ON UP, DESTINY. [APPLAUSE] HERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT DESTINY'S TEACHERS SHARED ABOUT HER.

MR. THOMPSON, HER BEGINNING TECH APPS TEACHER, SAYS DURING A CHALLENGING TECHNICAL WORKSHOP, A STUDENT'S DATA WAS LOST BECAUSE OF A MISPLACED KEYSTROKE. THE STUDENT BECAME VERY UPSET, RETREATING INTO THEIR ARMS, AND THE SOBS WERE BARELY AUDIBLE TO THE CLASS.

BUT DESTINY WAS QUICK TO OFFER A KIND WORD TO THE STUDENT, ALONG WITH A JOLLY RANCHER AND SOME MUCH NEEDED EMOTIONAL SUPPORT.

HER COMPASSION FOR ANOTHER STUDENT MOVED THE ENTIRE CLASS TO AGREE TO TREAT OTHERS BETTER THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

THAT WAS FOR MR. THOMPSON.

COACH LEMOINE, HER TEXAS HISTORY TEACHER, SAYS DESTINY IS A VERY HARD WORKER AND NEVER GIVES UP.

SHE HAS THE MOST CONTAGIOUS, POSITIVE ENERGY AND THE MOST WELCOMING PERSONALITY.

EVERYONE IS A FRIEND AND SHE DOES ANYTHING SHE CAN TO HELP THOSE AROUND HER.

I'M SO PROUD OF THE YOUNG WOMAN THAT SHE IS AND EXCITED FOR WHO SHE WILL BECOME IN THE FUTURE.

THAT'S COACH LEMOINE. MR. VELAZQUEZ, HER ENGLISH TEACHER, SAYS DESTINY IS A JOY TO HAVE IN THE CLASSROOM.

SHE IS A SOURCE OF POSITIVE ENERGY AND GENERALLY WELL-LOVED BY MANY OF HER PEERS.

SHE ALSO REPRESENTS SOME OF OUR SCHOOL PILLARS.

I SEE EXCELLENCE IN HER WHEN SHE ATTEMPTS TO DO HER CLASSWORK, INTEGRITY AND RESPECT WITH HER ACTIONS AND HER INTERACTIONS WITH MYSELF AND THE CLASSROOM.

I ALSO SEE COMPASSION IN THE WAY SHE TREATS OTHERS.

COACH BROWN SAYS, I LOVE DESTINY'S ATTITUDE.

ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP WHEREVER SHE IS NEEDED.

AND FINALLY, MR. TURNER, HER CHOIR TEACHER, SAYS DESTINY IS THE LIFEBLOOD OF THE CHOIR SHE SINGS IN.

HER POSITIVE ENERGY AND CONSTANT STRIVE TO BE BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE EVEN INSPIRES ME.

JUST LIKE THE COMMENTS ABOUT HER LISTED IN THE NOMINATION, HER ENDLESS CONSCIOUS SUPPORT AND COMPASSION OF OTHERS IN THE ROOM SHOWS SHE IS WISE BEYOND HER YEARS.

NO STUDENT IN THIS BUILDING IS MORE DESERVING THAN SHE IS.

SO, DESTINY, THANK YOU FOR SHOWING EXCELLENCE, RESPECT, INTEGRITY AND COMPASSION AT WALKER.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU.

[APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS DESTINY FOR A JOB WELL DONE.

THANK YOU, MS. BROWN. MS. PETRASIC, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MOVING ON TO OUR HIGH SCHOOL.

WITH US THIS EVENING WE HAVE OUR LITTLE ELM HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, MR. RAY BORDEN, AND HE IS GOING TO PRESENT TO US HIS STUDENTS OF THE MONTH.

SO THANK YOU, MR. BORDEN.

THANK YOU, SIR. MR. OLSON. MR. GALLAGHER, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

LISTEN, THE BEST PART OF MY JOB SO FAR HAS BEEN, WITHOUT A DOUBT, THE STUDENTS.

WE HAVE THE BEST STUDENTS IN THIS DISTRICT, AND I'VE WORKED WITH TENS OF THOUSANDS, MAYBE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN AN ABSOLUTE JOY TO WORK WITH. AND IT WAS IT'S ALWAYS HARD IN THESE SITUATIONS TO CHOOSE TWO, BUT IN THIS SITUATION TWO SORT OF POPPED UP REALLY, REALLY EASILY. AND SO THE FIRST STUDENT I WANT TO TALK TO YOU AND INTRODUCE YOU TO TONIGHT IS JULES GARCIA.

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AND SHE SENT ME AN EMAIL AND SHE SAID, MR. BORDEN, GET YOUR STUFF TOGETHER.

I NEED TO MEET WITH YOU IMMEDIATELY.

MAKE SURE YOU'RE ON POINT SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT.

RIGHT. BUT WE SPOKE FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF.

IT WAS A 30 MINUTE SCHEDULED MEETING.

BUT SHE'S SUCH AN AMAZING LEADER, JUST SO AND JUST A BEAUTIFUL SOUL, BUT DEFINITELY AN AMAZING LEADER.

AND IF YOU ASK HER PEERS, YOU WILL KNOW IMMEDIATELY THE IMPACT THAT SHE'S HAD ON OUR CAMPUS.

SHE JUMPS RIGHT IN.

SHE GETS THINGS DONE.

WE'VE SORT OF HAD A LITTLE KERFUFFLE WITH OUR STUDENT COUNCIL SPONSOR, AND SHE HAS PRETTY MUCH SINGLE HANDEDLY TAKEN THE LEAD IN ORGANIZING OUR HOMECOMING CELEBRATION HERE IN LITTLE ELM.

AND I'M TELLING YOU, SHE'S I'M AFRAID SHE'S COMING FOR MY JOB.

I MEAN, BEATING ME IS A LOW BAR, BUT SHE REALLY IS PHENOMENAL.

HER TEACHER SAID OF HER THAT SHE IS ONE OF THE GREATEST STUDENTS THAT SHE'S EVER MET HER.

SHE'S HARDWORKING.

SHE HAS AN AMAZING SPIRIT.

HER LEADERSHIP QUALITIES ARE CONSISTENTLY ALLOWING HER TO BE ONE OF THE STRONGEST PEOPLE IN THE CLASSROOM, THE SCHOOL, AND EVERY LIFE SHE COMES INTO.

AND THIS IS REALLY NOT AN OVERSTATEMENT.

SO I KNOW JULE WILL GO ON TO DO GREAT THINGS, AND I'M SO PROUD TO WORK ALONGSIDE OF HER.

SO CONGRATULATIONS, JULES.

[APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT.

I'M NEW TO THIS. SO ARE WE PICTURING NOW OR UP TO THE SECOND ONE? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, JULE, YOU GET TO STAND UP HERE AWKWARDLY FOR A LITTLE BIT LONGER.

ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT GENTLEMAN I WOULD LOVE TO CALL UP HERE IS LANDON ROPER.

COME ON UP, LANDON. [APPLAUSE] BESIDES DWARFING ME IN HEIGHT, LANDON RANKS IN THE TOP 1%, HIS TEACHER SAYS.

HIS MATH TEACHER SAYS THAT LANDON RANKS IN THE TOP 1% OF MATH STUDENTS THAT SHE'S EVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TEACH IN OVER 32 YEARS.

SOME OF THOSE STUDENTS HAVE BEEN NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARS OR ATTENDED IVY LEAGUE SCHOOLS.

THEY'VE RECEIVED PHDS IN MATHEMATICS.

LANDON IS NOT ONLY VERY INTELLIGENT IN THE AREA OF MATHEMATICS, HE'S A WONDERFUL PEER TUTOR.

HE'S ALWAYS WANTING TO HELP OTHERS LEARN.

HE IS A LEADER IN THE CLASSROOM AND SHE CANNOT SPEAK HIGHLY ENOUGH OF HIM.

LANDON IS IN BAND.

HE'S A MEMBER OF AG TECH, UIL, MATH TEAM.

HE HAS PLANS ON MAJORING IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING IN COLLEGE.

BUT THE MAIN REASON THAT I WANTED TO SHOWCASE THIS YOUNG MAN RIGHT HERE IS BECAUSE LANDON IS THE ONLY STUDENT IN LITTLE ELM THAT WAS RECOGNIZED AS A COMMENDED STUDENT IN THE 2023 NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.

[APPLAUSE] COMMENDED STUDENTS ARE RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR EXCEPTIONAL ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE ON THE PSAT, AND LANDON SCORED IN THE TOP 50,000 OF STUDENTS OUT OF ALMOST ONE AND A HALF MILLION STUDENTS.

[APPLAUSE] EXACTLY. AND I WAS HONORED TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO SHARE THE NEWS WITH HIM LAST WEEK.

HE HAD NO CLUE. SO HE WAS.

THEY NEVER SENT ME THE LETTER. THEY NEVER SENT HIM THE LETTER.

I'M GOING TO CALL SOMEBODY ABOUT THAT, BUT THANK YOU, LANDON, FOR REPRESENTING LITTLE ELM SO WELL AS YOU PURSUE HIGH LEVELS OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT.

AND I BELIEVE THAT LANDON'S FATHER IS HERE AS WELL AS JULE'S OH AND MOM, AS WELL AS JULE'S SISTER AND MOTHER AS WELL.

SO IF YOU GUYS WANT TO STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED AND FATHER AS WELL.

[APPLAUSE] I FORGOT.

I ALMOST FORGOT. I TOLD YOU I GOT SOME NEW.

I FORGOT TO GIVE YOU THIS.

OH. [APPLAUSE]

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MR. GALLAGHER, THAT CONCLUDES OUR SEPTEMBER STUDENT RECOGNITION AND CELEBRATION.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, MR. ROBERTS.

AND STUDENTS, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.

PARENTS, YOU'RE WELCOME.

AND STUDENTS, YOU GUYS ARE ALL WELCOME TO STAY THE ENTIRE BOARD MEETING.

BUT I ALWAYS LET YOU GO BECAUSE I KNOW YOU HAVE.

YOU GOT TO GO TO BED AND WE HAVE SCHOOL IN THE MORNING.

SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK AND HE'S A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY SUPPORTER.

HE DID OUR INVOCATION TONIGHT, MR. DEWAYNE BRAWNER, IF YOU WANT TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM.

AND MR. BRAWNER IS WITH THE LITTLE ELM FOOD BANK, BUT HE'S AGAIN, A FRIEND OF LITTLE ELM ISD AND A BIG SUPPORTER OF THE DISTRICT AND WANT TO GIVE HIM A CHANCE TO SAY A FEW WORDS AND TALK ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE.

ALL RIGHT. AT OUR COUNCIL MEETING, WE PUSH BUTTONS TO MUTE OURSELVES NOT TO BECAUSE WE'RE ALWAYS ALIVE.

SO [INAUDIBLE] BE TONIGHT.

FIRST OF ALL, TO SAY [INAUDIBLE].

I LOVE LITTLE ELM ISD.

MY [INAUDIBLE] GRADUATED FROM LITTLE ELM.

AND [INAUDIBLE] AS A POLICE OFFICER OR PROTECTORS OF [INAUDIBLE] THERE'S NO ONE DOWN HERE.

[INAUDIBLE] A BLESSING IT IS FOR OUR KIDS TO HAVE GONE THROUGH THE LITTLE ELM SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE TEACHERS, THE STAFF, THE STUDENTS, THE SCHOOL BOARD MADE SUCH A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF OUR CHILDREN.

AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE YOU.

AND THAT MEANS THE WORLD TO US.

MY WIFE IS KIM BRAWNER.

SHE WAS THE TOWN ENGINEER.

SHE'S AT A SHE WANTED TO BE HERE TONIGHT.

SHE'S AT A CITY MANAGER'S CONFERENCE IN COLUMBUS, OHIO.

SHE'S NOW THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER OF CELINA AND SHE WAS THE TOWN ENGINEER FOR LITTLE ELM WHENEVER SO MANY SCHOOLS WERE BEING BUILT AND WORKED WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND SO WE LOVE THE LITTLE ELM ISD AND IT'S SUCH AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE FOOD BANK.

AND WE'VE HAD SUCH A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

EACH YEAR YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS A CANNED FOOD DRIVE THAT YOU MIGHT NOT REALIZE, AND THE KIDS DON'T REALIZE IT, BUT THEY DONATE OVER SOME YEARS IT'S 20,000.

SOME YEARS IS 25,000 POUNDS OF FOOD THE FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS OF NOVEMBER.

AND THAT TAKES THE FOOD BANK ALMOST ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE SUMMER.

AND SO WE ARE DOING SO MUCH WITH ALL THAT YOUR STUDENTS AND YOUR STAFF ARE DOING.

AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU.

ONE OF THE THINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS WE'VE RECEIVED NUMEROUS GRANTS.

WE'RE ALWAYS APPLYING FOR GRANTS FOR WORKING WITH DIFFERENT GROUPS.

WE HAVE DIFFERENT SPONSORS.

AND I GUESS FOUR YEARS AGO THERE WASN'T THAT MANY DONATIONS COMING INTO THE FOOD BANK.

SO FOR YEARS THE FOOD BANK COULD ONLY SERVE FAMILIES FIVE TIMES A YEAR.

AND THE LAST FOUR YEARS NOW WE HAVE BEEN ALLOWING FAMILIES TO COME EVERY MONTH TO RECEIVE FOOD.

MANY FOOD BANKS WERE PART OF THE NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK, WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE FOOD FROM THEM AT A GREAT DISCOUNT.

AND SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF FOOD THAT WE GIVE TO EACH FAMILY.

WE GIVE BETWEEN 150 POUNDS TO 175 POUNDS EACH MONTH TO THOSE FAMILIES.

CHRISTMAS AND THANKSGIVING EVEN MORE THAN THAT, WE WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO DO MORE.

WE'VE EVEN EXPANDED OUR TERRITORY.

WE NOW, NOT ONLY HACKBERRY AND LITTLE ELM AND OAK POINT AND CROSSROADS, WE'RE NOW ALL THE WAY 380 FROM CROSSROADS TO PROSPER, EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN PROVIDENCE VILLAGE, SILVERADO, SAVANNAH, ARROWBROOKE, ALL THOSE CRAZY FRESHWATER DISTRICTS UP THERE ON 380 THAT THERE ARE SO MANY OF THEM THAT, CAN'T THINK OF ALL THEIR NAMES.

AND ALSO IN AUBREY, WE'RE FIXING TO WE'VE JUST REACHED AN AGREEMENT, A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HOPE FOOD BANK IN AUBREY, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO PARTNER WITH THEM.

WE'RE GOING TO BE THERE EVERY WEEK WITH THEM, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SUPPLY THE SAME AMOUNT OF FOOD TO THE FAMILIES WITHIN THIS REGION.

AND SO IN OUR COVERAGE AREA, WE HAVE ABOUT 140,000 PEOPLE THAT NOW RESIDE IN THE AREA THAT WE COVER.

AND SO WE JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AND ALL THAT YOUR STUDENTS DO TO SUPPORT THE FOOD BANK.

AND WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOUR STUDENTS.

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WE HAD SO MANY FAMILIES WHO CAME TO VOLUNTEER EVERY DAY.

WE DIDN'T SHUT DOWN ONE DAY DURING COVID.

AND SO WE HAD AN OUTPOURING OF VOLUNTEERS.

AND SO THAT SAYS SO MUCH ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY.

A LOT OF FOOD BANKS SHUT DOWN.

YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WERE AFRAID TO GET OUT.

PEOPLE WEREN'T GIVING THAT MUCH.

IT JUST SEEMED LIKE IT ENERGIZED PEOPLE TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE WHEN THERE WAS SUCH A GREAT PANDEMIC GOING ON.

AND I KNOW THAT'S THROUGH Y'ALL'S LEADERSHIP ALSO.

SO WE JUST WANTED TO COME AND TELL YOU THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

YOU KNOW, THIS PAST YEAR, WE GAVE OUT ENOUGH FOOD TO PROVIDE OVER 279,000 MEALS FOR ALL THE FAMILIES THAT WE PROVIDED FOOD FOR.

WE ALSO YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW THIS, BUT THE LITTLE ELM FOOD BANK PAYS FOR ALL THE EXPENSES FOR THE SENIOR CITIZENS MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAM WITHIN LITTLE ELM.

WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR YEARS TO PARTNER WITH THE TOWN TO DO THAT.

I SERVE ON THE LITTLE, NOT THE LITTLE ELM COUNCIL.

I SERVE ON THE AUBREY CITY COUNCIL.

AND WE JUST STARTED DOING THE SAME THING IN AUBREY TO PAY FOR MEALS ON WHEELS.

THE COUNCIL UP THERE DID.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO HELP AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW WE ALSO DO KIDS AT FREE AND PRESTON ON THE LAKES.

THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, WE SERVE 6200 MEALS DURING THE SUMMER FOR LUNCH TIME THERE.

WE PARTNERED WITH GRACE AVENUE METHODIST CHURCH TO DO THAT.

IT'S NEAT TO SEE SAINT ARBOR'S GARDEN, WHO PROVIDE A LOT OF FOOD.

AND ALSO GRACE AVENUE IS BASICALLY IT'S A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY ACTIVITY THAT WE DO AND WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU.

WE PUT A INVITATION ON YOUR DESK FOR WE DO A FUNDRAISER GALA EACH YEAR AND WE'VE BEEN ENCOURAGING YOU TO COME AND PARTICIPATE WITH US.

THAT'S OUR MAIN FUNDRAISER FOR THE YEAR AND OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER.

YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD OF THIS GUY.

TEXAS AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER SID MILLER WILL BE OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER THAT NIGHT.

THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE IS OVER ALL THE SCHOOL NUTRITION LUNCH PROGRAM AND SO WE WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME AND MEET SID IF YOU HAVEN'T MET HIM SENATOR DREW SPRINGER WILL BE THERE.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JERRY PATTERSON, WHO LOVES LITTLE ELM ISD SO MUCH, AND ALSO RICHARD HAYES AND PAT FALLON HAS THIS PENCILED IN TO COME BUT WHO KNOWS? [INAUDIBLE] MIGHT BE IN WASHINGTON, BUT SO WE DO ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME.

WE ARE NOT DOING IT OUTSIDE THIS YEAR.

WE ARE GOING TO DO IT AT NOTTING HILL.

AND SO IN CASE IT RAINS, WE'LL ALL BE DRY.

SO THAT'S OCTOBER 25TH.

IF YOU'RE ABLE TO JOIN US, WE SURE WOULD APPRECIATE IT.

AND ALSO, MR. GALLAGHER SERVED ON OUR BOARD.

ALEX IS CURRENTLY [INAUDIBLE] OUR BOARD AND ALSO MR. ROBERTS. AND SO WE ARE BLESSED TO HAVE THE INPUT AND THE SUPPORT OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND SO BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LETTING ME JUST COME OUT AND TRULY THANK YOU FOR HELPING RAISE OUR CHILDREN.

AND WHAT A BLESSING.

ONE OF MY, OUR SON, HE IS A POLICEMAN AT OAK POINT AND HE WAS A SCHOOL MARSHAL IN GRANBURY AND HE WAS IN THE AIR FORCE.

AND HE IS AN ALERT INSTRUCTOR NOW TRAINING OTHER POLICEMEN TO RESPOND TO SCHOOL SHOOTINGS AND THOSE THINGS THROUGH OAK POINT.

SO IT'S NEAT TO SEE HIM ALSO SERVING KIDS THAT ARE GOING TO LITTLE ELM ISD AND OAK POINT.

DEWAYNE, I WANT TO FIRST SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE THANKING US AND BY ALL MEANS, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THAT.

BUT WHAT YOU DO AND WHAT THE FOOD BANK DOES FOR NOT JUST THE I MEAN, YOU'RE TALKING OUTSIDE OF LITTLE ELM, BUT IT DIRECTLY IMPACTS OUR KIDS AND OUR FAMILIES.

SO ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD AND I'LL LET THEM SAY A FEW WORDS, BUT THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.

AND, YOU KNOW, THE FOOD BANK DOES AMAZING WORK FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.

AND YOUR SON IS CURRENTLY AN OAK POINT POLICE OFFICER? YES. SO MR. ROBERTS WILL HAVE TO SLOW DOWN A LITTLE BIT AS HE DRIVES, DRIVES DOWN, IF YOU TELL HIM, YOU KNOW ME, YOU GET TWO TICKETS SO DON'T MENTION THAT.

[LAUGHTER] BUT AND I'LL LET THE BOARD SAY A FEW WORDS.

BUT THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.

OUR PLEASURE. I THINK I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD.

THANK YOU, DEWAYNE, FOR EVERYTHING YOU AND THE BOARD DO.

ALEX, THANK YOU FOR SERVING.

DANIEL THANK YOU FOR SERVING ON THEIR BOARD.

IT'S A GREAT SERVICE THAT YOU PROVIDE TO NOT ONLY OUR COMMUNITY BUT OUTSIDE OF OUR COMMUNITY, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SEVEN CITIES, WE DO SERVICE THE LITTLE ELM SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SO IT'S GREAT TO CONTINUE TO SEE YOU EXPAND, BUT I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR ANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS.

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THANK YOU. ONCE AGAIN.

THANK YOU. ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK IS REALLY AMAZING SEEING HOW OUR BOARD WORKS WITH THE FOOD BANK AND FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, A LOT OF FRESH MATERIAL COMES OUT OF THIS [INAUDIBLE] INTO THE FOOD BANK.

YES. THE FOOD BANK GIVES TO THE COMMUNITY.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF COOPERATION BETWEEN NOT ONLY THE DISTRICT BUT OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WITH THE FOOD BANK WORKS WITH TO GIVE FOOD TO THOSE WHO ARE NEEDY, ESPECIALLY OUR YOUNG KIDS AND OUR SENIOR CITIZENS WHO MAY BE HAVING FOOD PROBLEMS. AND SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE SUPPORT YOU GUYS ARE GIVING TO THE COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, DEWAYNE. [APPLAUSE] NEXT.

THANK YOU.

MR. GALLAGHER WE'LL GO TO REPORTS OF THE SUPERINTENDENT.

ACTUALLY, WE HAVE ONE MORE. WE'VE GOT ONE MORE.

ONE MORE. AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO COMMUNITY MEMBERS HERE.

AND I WANT TO ASK BOTH OF THEM TO COME TO THE PODIUM, MRS. JENNIFER MONTGOMERY AND ALSO MRS. SUSAN ROWDOCKER.

IF YOU ALL WOULD COME UP, WE HAVE A DONATION FOR EACH OF OUR CAMPUSES, SO I'M GOING TO LET MRS. MONTGOMERY SHARE THIS.

AND THEN AFTERWARDS, IF WE COULD GET THE BOARD TO COME OUT AND WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE WITH MRS. MONTGOMERY AND MRS. ROWDOCKER. THIS IS VERY LOUD.

OH. I GET A UNLIMITED SPEECH TODAY, RIGHT.

I'M NOT LIMITED TO 3 MINUTES AND MY SPEECH IS SHORTER AND IT'S SHORTER THAN ANYTHING.

THANK YOU, MR. OLSON.

KEEP ME IN LINE. THANK YOU.

SO, IN 1956, PRESIDENT DWIGHT D.

EISENHOWER, A NATIVE FROM TEXAS IN DENISON, SIGNED THE NATIONAL MOTTO INTO LAW.

YET THE PHRASE HAD ALREADY APPEARED ON US CURRENCY AS EARLY AS 1864.

THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE MOTTO HAS BEEN CHALLENGED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS.

IN 1970, THE ARUNDEL VERSUS UNITED STATES, THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT COURT RULED THAT THE MOTTO DOES NOT VIOLATE THE FIRST AMENDMENT OF THE US CONSTITUTION.

THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT HAS NOT EVER RULED ON THIS ISSUE, THUS UPHOLDING THE FINDINGS OF THE NINTH CIRCUIT COURT RULING.

IN THE 87TH TEXAS LEGISLATURE SENATE BILL 797 ENACTED IN 2021 UNDER TEXAS EDUCATION CODE.

CHAPTER ONE GENERAL PROVISIONS CHAPTER 854 SECTION 1.005 THE DISPLAY OF THE NATIONAL MOTTO.

IT IS A LAW REQUIRING PUBLIC, ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY OR AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION TO DISPLAY IN A CONSPICUOUS PLACE IN EACH BUILDING OF THE SCHOOL OR INSTITUTION, A DURABLE POSTER OR FRAMED COPY THAT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN SUBSECTION B AND IS DONATED FOR DISPLAY AT THE SCHOOL OR INSTITUTION, OR IS PURCHASED FOR THE CAMPUSES BY PRIVATE DONATIONS AND IS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE SCHOOLS OR INSTITUTION. IT IS THEREFORE MY GREAT HONOR AS THE MOTHER OF THREE LITTLE ELM LOBO GRADUATES, AND ALONG WITH MY FELLOW ALUMNI MOM SUSAN ROWDOCKER, MOTHER OF TWO ALUMNI GRADUATES, TO DONATE THESE FRAMED COPIES OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MOTTO TO LITTLE ELM ISD.

THEY ARE ALL PRINTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GUIDELINES OF THE LAW OF THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS.

I DONATE THESE TO LITTLE ELM ISD.

THIS DONATION IS SUFFICIENT TO COVER ALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN LITTLE ELM ISD.

A COPY OF THE TEXAS LAW IS PROVIDED ON THE BACK SIDE OF EACH OF THESE FRAMED MOTTOS.

THANK YOU. AND IF WE COULD GET A PICTURE WITH THE BOARD.

SO. MRS. MONTGOMERY, MRS. ROWDOCKER, THANK YOU.

AND WE'RE GOING TO GET A QUICK PICTURE WITH WITH EVERYONE.

I'LL JUST HOLD ONE OF THEM.

YOU HOLD ONE OF THEM. OKAY.

OH, THERE YOU GO.

THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. OH, NO, THERE'S FOUR BOXES.

DO WE HAVE ENOUGH FOR EVERYBODY? THERE'S MORE OVER THERE.

THERE YOU GO. THERE'S 30 OF THEM.

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THREE, TWO, ONE.

THREE, TWO, ONE.

AGAINST THE.

OKAY. SORRY, MR. GALLAGHER. NOW REPORTS OF THE SUPERINTENDENT.

[7. Reports of the Superintendent]

WE WILL BE INSTALLING THOSE AS EARLY AS TOMORROW.

NEXT, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR HUMAN RESOURCES, ASHELEY BROWN.

SHE'S ALREADY UP HERE, SO IT'S TIME FOR THE ANNUAL REPORT SO MRS. BROWN. GOOD EVENING, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, PRESIDENT OLSON, MR. GALLAGHER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY THAT I GET EVERY SINGLE YEAR TO COME AND TALK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON IN HUMAN RESOURCE SERVICES OVER THE PAST YEAR. WE HAVE SUCCESSES, A LOT OF THEM THAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU AND WITH OUR COMMUNITY.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE AREAS OF FOCUS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING TOWARDS FOR THIS 22 -23 SCHOOL YEAR.

SO HERE'S MY CLICKER.

SO WE'LL START WITH SUCCESSES, AND WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU SOME PICTURES OF EACH OF THESE SUCCESSES IN JUST A LITTLE BIT.

BUT I WANT TO TALK THROUGH THEM FIRST.

SO H.R., THE CONTINUATION OF HR2U.

THIS IS PROBABLY FAMILIAR TO YOU.

WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR THIS IS OUR THE START OF OUR THIRD YEAR DOING HR2U.

WE MAKE ONE VISIT PER CAMPUS TO EACH EXCUSE ME, ONE VISIT PER SEMESTER TO EACH OF OUR NINE CAMPUSES IN THE DISTRICT.

IT'S A COLLABORATION WITH THE BUSINESS SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

SO WE HAVE ONE REPRESENTATIVE FROM OUR BUSINESS DEPARTMENT AND THEN ONE REPRESENTATIVE FROM H.R..

IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BE ACCESSIBLE TO OUR STAFF, PRESENT, VISIBLE TO OUR STAFF MEMBERS.

THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS RELATED TO PAYROLL, AND TO HUMAN RESOURCES DURING THESE HR VISITS.

AND THEN WE HAVE WE TRIED TO KEEP TRACK OF HOW MANY PEOPLE WE'RE TOUCHING AND HOW MANY PEOPLE WE'RE ABLE TO INTERACT WITH.

AND THIS PAST YEAR, WE LOGGED 247 INTERACTIONS WITH EMPLOYEES.

ALL KINDS OF QUESTIONS, EVERYTHING FROM CERTIFICATION QUESTIONS TO COMPENSATION QUESTIONS TO LEAVE QUESTIONS, ALL THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ADDRESS IN THESE EMPLOYEES HOME CAMPUSES. SO THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO COME TO ZELLERS OR TO THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING FOR THESE OR TRY TO CALL US.

WE WERE RIGHT THERE ON SITE.

WE ALSO, DURING THESE VISITS, MADE PERSONAL CONTACT WITH OUR FIRST YEAR EMPLOYEES.

WE AS A RETENTION STRATEGY OR EFFORT, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE WERE AT PRESTWICK AND STRIKE AND ALL OF THE CAMPUSES THAT WE REACHED OUT PERSONALLY TO OUR BRAND NEW EMPLOYEES JUST TO CHECK IN ON THEM, MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE DOING WELL.

WE CONTINUE TO RECEIVE POSITIVE FEEDBACK ABOUT THIS HR2U INITIATIVE FROM ALL OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS, FROM OUR CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS.

JUST THAT STAFF REALLY APPRECIATE US BEING PRESENT ON CAMPUS AND JUST TOUCHING BASE WITH THEM.

WE ACTUALLY ARE CONTINUING THIS EFFORT INTO THIS SCHOOL YEAR IN OUR FALL 2022.

THIS SEMESTER'S HR2U VISITS ACTUALLY KICK OFF THIS WEEK.

SO REALLY PROUD OF THAT. HERE'S SOME PICTURES OF LAST YEAR'S HR2U.

AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S WE SET UP IN LIKE THE TEACHER'S LOUNGE OR THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ROOM, WHEREVER THE CAMPUS TELLS US TO.

WE BRING SOME SWAG WITH US AND WE JUST SIT THERE AND WE ARE JUST AVAILABLE AND ANSWER QUESTIONS OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS.

THIS IS REALLY GIVES US SUCH GREAT JOY TO BE ON CAMPUS FOR THESE HR2U INITIATIVES.

IT REALLY DOES BECOME LIKE A PART OF OUR FABRIC AND REALLY WHO WE ARE AS A HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT.

SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS INTO THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.

ANOTHER SUCCESS THAT WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT FROM THIS PAST YEAR.

WE HAD OUR INAUGURAL HONOREE AWARDS BANQUET THIS PAST MAY.

IT WAS ON MAY 2ND, AND IT WAS QUITE AN EVENT.

IT WAS SO FUN TO CREATE A VERY SPECIAL ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR STAFF.

HISTORICALLY, WE HAD DONE SEPARATE EVENTS TO HONOR OUR RETIREES, OUR FOLKS FOR YEARS OF SERVICE, AND ALSO FOR OUR EMPLOYEES OF THE YEAR, LIKE THREE SEPARATE EVENTS.

SO IT KIND OF MADE SENSE TO KIND OF COLLAPSE ALL OF THOSE RECOGNITION EVENTS INTO ONE VERY LARGE, VERY SPECIAL EVENT.

SO IT WAS IN THE EVENING IT WAS WE HAD A HOTEL BALLROOM WITH ALL OF THE FUN THINGS THAT GO ALONG WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, DECORATIONS AND DINNER,

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AND THEN THEY MOST OF THEM BROUGHT GUESTS.

SO WE HAD ABOUT 250 ATTENDEES AT LAST YEAR'S AWARDS BANQUET.

I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU SOME PICTURES HERE IN JUST A SECOND.

IT WAS IMPORTANT TO US TO INCLUDE STUDENTS IN THIS BIG EVENT.

SO WE HAD OUR CLARINET CHOIR FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL PERFORM LIKE DURING DINNER, KIND OF AS BACKGROUND MUSIC, AND THEY WERE PHENOMENAL.

WE ALSO PARTNERED WITH THE LITTLE ELM EDUCATION FOUNDATION.

THEY CAME AND HAD A TABLE OR TWO.

I THINK THEY HAD TWO TABLES ACTUALLY, AND THEY PRESENTED THEIR LOBO HONORS AWARDS DURING THAT EVENT, TOO.

SO HERE'S SOME PICTURES OF THE EVENT.

YOU'LL SEE EVERYONE WAS KIND OF DRESSED TO THE NINES.

WE HAD LOTS OF PEOPLE THAT WERE HONORED AND RECOGNIZED OUR RETIREES.

YOU'LL SEE ONE OF THE PICTURES THERE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE.

IT ONLY TOOK ME 23 YEARS TO GRADUATE FROM LEHS.

THAT'S ONE OF OUR RETIREES.

RIGHT SMACK DAB IN THE CENTER OF THE SLIDE IS A PICTURE OF THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION.

IF YOU LOOK VERY CAREFULLY, YOU CAN SEE.

MR. BIEBER IN THAT ON THAT FRONT ROW OF THAT PICTURE OF THE FOUNDATION.

SO AND THEN IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER OUR PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR STEPHANIE WILLIAMS THAT LOOK OF SURPRISE WHEN SHE FOUND OUT SHE WAS THE PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR.

SO JUST A REALLY FANTASTIC EVENT.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO HOSTING IT AGAIN THIS MAY.

ALL RIGHT. ANOTHER SUCCESS FROM THIS PAST SCHOOL YEAR WAS IN THE AREA OF RECRUITING.

RECRUITING IS VERY AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR MISSION AND WHAT WE'RE CHARGED WITH IN HUMAN RESOURCES.

WE WERE REALLY EXCITED THAT WE'RE STARTING TO WE'RE SEEING UNIVERSITIES STARTING TO SHIFT BACK TO FACE TO FACE VERSUS VIRTUAL JOB FAIRS.

SO WE HAD ABOUT THAT LAST YEAR, 9 VIRTUAL 11 IN PERSON.

AND SOME OF THE UNIVERSITIES THAT WE ATTENDED ARE LISTED THERE.

SOME OF THE JOB FAIRS THAT WE WENT TO WERE FOR EDUCATION MAJORS ONLY.

AND THEN SOME WERE LIKE SCHOOL WIDE.

SO YOU HAD EDUCATION MAJORS AS WELL AS ENGINEERING MAJORS AND THAT KIND OF THING.

SO WE ARE REALLY PROUD OF THE EFFORTS THAT WE MADE IN THE REALM OF RECRUITING.

THERE'S JUST SOMETHING ABOUT FACE TO FACE RECRUITING THAT CANNOT BE REPLACED BY VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS, LIKE JUST HAVING THAT ONE ON ONE FACE TO FACE INTERACTION WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN EDUCATION IS IRREPLACEABLE.

SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT THIS YEAR.

YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THE LIKE THE TABLES THAT WE SET UP THERE WITH ALL THE SWAG AND THAT'S TALKING TO SOME OF THE GRADUATES.

ANOTHER SUCCESS THAT WE HAD THIS PAST YEAR IS OUR NEW EMPLOYEE ORIENTATION.

WE HAD HALF OF OUR NEW EMPLOYEE ORIENTATIONS IN ZELLARS AND THEN WE KIND OF MOVED MIDWAY THROUGH AND WE HAD THE OTHER HALF HERE.

AND THE NEW ADMINISTRATION BUILDING WE HAD A TOTAL OF EIGHT EMPLOYEE ORIENTATIONS FOR OUR PROFESSIONALS AND WE HAD ONE FOR ALL OF THE PARAPROFESSIONALS THAT WE HIRED.

THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WENT THROUGH HUMAN RESOURCES ORIENTATION THIS PAST SUMMER WAS 189.

AND WE REALLY FOCUS ON WITH OUR NEW EMPLOYEE ORIENTATIONS TWO THINGS.

ONE, OBVIOUSLY, WE WANT TO SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT THE DISTRICT.

WE WANT FOR THEM TO FEEL COMFORTABLE AND KNOW ABOUT OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR SUPERINTENDENT AND OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND, YOU KNOW, OUR CAMPUSES.

BUT THE SECOND THING THAT WE REALLY FOCUS ON DURING OUR AND IT'S ONLY 2 HOURS.

SO BUT FOR THAT 2 HOURS, WE NOT ONLY IMPART INFORMATION, BUT WE ALSO TRY TO BEGIN TO ESTABLISH CONNECTIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT STARTING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS VERY EARLY AND HAVING PEOPLE CONNECT WITH EACH OTHER IS REALLY WHAT TIES THEM TO THE DISTRICT.

SO DURING THE ORIENTATION, WE HAVE THEM MEET OTHER KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS OR MEET OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH THEM AT THEIR CAMPUS.

AND SO YOU SEE SOME PICTURES OF THAT THERE.

WE DO SOME REALLY FUN ICEBREAKERS AND TRY TO REALLY START TO GET TO KNOW OUR NEW STAFF MEMBERS.

ANOTHER SUCCESS THAT WE EXPERIENCED OVER THE PAST YEAR, WE DID CONTINUE TO MANAGE COVID WITH AMONGST OUR STAFF, SO WE WERE REALLY WORKING WITH STAFF MEMBERS ON THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THEY NEEDED TO BE OUT AND THE LEAVE THAT WENT ALONG WITH THAT LAST YEAR.

WE ALSO PARTNERED WITH TWU AND WE HAD TWO THIS IS A GROW YOUR OWN PROGRAM FOR OUR PARAPROFESSIONAL STAFF.

WE HAD TWO OF OUR PARAPROFESSIONAL STAFF MEMBERS WHO COMPLETED TWU'S PIONEER BOLD PROGRAM, WHICH ESSENTIALLY MEANS THAT THEY EARNED A MASTER'S DEGREE AS WELL AS A TEACHER CERTIFICATION WITHIN ONE YEAR.

WE WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY HIRE ONE OF THOSE PARAPROFESSIONALS INTO A TEACHER VACANCY OVER AT STRIKE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

SO IT WAS A REALLY SUCCESSFUL PARTNERSHIP AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THAT IN THE FUTURE.

WE ALSO WE REALLY STARTED HONING IN ON OUR STUDENT TEACHERS.

THAT'S REALLY LIKE A PIPELINE THAT WE WANTED TO WORK ON.

SO WE MET WITH THE STUDENT TEACHER COORDINATORS FOR TEXAS WOMEN'S AS WELL AS UNT TO TRY AND STRENGTHEN THOSE STUDENT TEACHER PIPELINES.

BECAUSE WE KNOW WHEN WE HAVE STUDENT TEACHERS THAT SPEND A SEMESTER OR A FULL YEAR HERE, THAT'S RIPE RECRUITING GROUND AND THEY'RE ALREADY HERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF ON THE JOB INTERVIEWING. AND THEN THEY KNOW OUR DISTRICT, THEY KNOW OUR CAMPUSES, AND THEY'RE ALWAYS GOING TO CHOOSE US BEFORE ANOTHER DISTRICT.

SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STRENGTHEN THOSE PIPELINES BETWEEN THOSE TWO UNIVERSITIES, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS TO US, BECAUSE WE

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SO THAT'S A SUCCESS AS WELL.

WE ALSO INCREASED OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE.

CECILIA WILL BE VERY PROUD OF US.

WE LAUNCHED OUR HR INSTAGRAM AND TIKTOK ACCOUNTS THIS PAST YEAR.

WE HAVE NOT DONE ANY DANCING VIDEOS YET, BUT THAT MIGHT COME SOON.

WE MORE THAN DOUBLED OUR FOLLOWING ACROSS ALL SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS AND THE DATA THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS GENERATES.

THESE ARE NUMBERS STRAIGHT FROM OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. LIKE WE HAD A 366% INCREASE IN OUR SOCIAL MEDIA REACH AND A 418% INCREASE IN OUR SOCIAL MEDIA ENGAGEMENT.

SO WE ARE REALLY PROUD OF THAT.

AND THE REASON WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE IT JUST INCREASES BRAND AWARENESS FOR LITTLE ELM ISD IN GENERAL.

AND THEN ALSO OUR RECRUITING REACH EXPANDS WHEN WE HAVE MORE SOCIAL MEDIA ACTIVITY.

NOW MOVING INTO OUR AREAS OF FOCUS FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.

SO THIS YEAR WE ARE REALLY FOCUSING ON TITLE 9, MAKING SURE THAT TITLE 9 INFORMATION IS ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS.

SO FROM PARENTS TO STUDENTS TO STAFF MEMBERS WE WANT FOR EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT TITLE 9 IS AND HOW TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HOW TO REPORT ANY INCIDENTS THAT WE NEED TO BE MADE AWARE OF.

WE'VE MAINSTREAMED THE REPORTING PROCESS FOR TITLE 9 INCIDENTS THROUGH QR CODES THROUGH THAT ARE ON THE BACK OF ID BADGES AS WELL AS HUNG UP IN DIFFERENT PLACES ACROSS ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES.

WE'RE GOING TO DEPLOY ONLINE PARENT TRAINING THAT'S GOING TO BE COMPLETED DURING THE REGISTRATION PROCESS.

SO WE'RE REALLY FOCUSING IN ON TITLE 9 AND MAKING SURE THAT THAT STARTS RUNNING LIKE A WELL-OILED MACHINE.

WE ALSO WANT TO THIS YEAR FOCUS ON RECRUITING FROM WITHIN WITH SOME GROW YOUR OWN INITIATIVES.

WE DO HAVE THAT TW PIONEER BOLD ONE THAT I ALREADY SPOKE ABOUT.

WE WANT TO EXPAND OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE UNIVERSITIES SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO GROW OUR OWN AMONGST OUR PARAPROFESSIONAL STAFF.

AND THEN WE ALSO WANT TO HAVE SOME GROW YOUR OWN PROGRAMS IN PLACE FOR OUR KIDS FOR OUR STUDENTS.

WE ALREADY HAVE THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF FUTURE EDUCATORS, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS TAFE.

WE HAVE A CHAPTER AT LEHS.

AND SO WE WANT TO TAP INTO THAT, THAT GROUP OF KIDS THAT ALREADY WANT TO BE EDUCATORS AND SEE IF WE CAN TRY TO GET THEM TO COMMIT TO COMING BACK TO TO LITTLE ELM AFTER THEY FINISH THEIR COLLEGE DEGREES.

WE HAVE DEPLOYED SOME KIND OF NOT SO TRADITIONAL RECRUITING STRATEGIES BECAUSE IT IS IT'S NOT AS RIPE OF RECRUITING GROUND AS IT ONCE WAS.

WE KNOW THAT EDUCATION IS IN AN INTERESTING PLACE RIGHT NOW.

AND SO WE'VE HAD TO KIND OF GO OUTSIDE OF WHAT WE NORMALLY WOULD DO.

SO WE'RE USING A SOFTWARE AND PLATFORMS LIKE INDEED, WE ALSO HAVE TAPPED INTO THE TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION DATABASE.

SO WHAT THAT IS, IS YOU ALL KNOW THAT LIKE OFTEN PEOPLE FILE FOR UNEMPLOYMENT THROUGH THE TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION.

SO WE WERE LIKE, HMM, WONDER IF THEY HAVE A DATABASE FOR ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE FILED FOR UNEMPLOYMENT TO GO AND TRY TO FIND A JOB THROUGH THIS.

AND THEY DO SO EXCUSE ME.

SO WE HAVE ADVERTISED FOR SOME OF OUR PARAPROFESSIONAL AND AUXILIARY POSITIONS THROUGH THAT DATABASE.

AGAIN, SOCIAL MEDIA WE'RE LAUNCHING SOME SOCIAL MEDIA RECRUITING CAMPAIGNS, ALT CERT PROGRAMS. WE'RE CONTINUING TO OUTREACH TO THEM.

AND THEN WE'VE DONE EVEN SOME JUST REALLY GRASSROOTS DOOR TO DOOR RECRUITING, LIKE GOING TO RESTAURANTS, GOING TO GROCERY STORES, AND WE'RE PUTTING FLIERS ON BULLETIN BOARDS.

YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE, THERE USED TO BE LIKE BULLETIN BOARDS AND YOU WOULD KIND OF PULL THE LITTLE TAG AT THE BOTTOM, LIKE IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN ROOMING WITH SOMEONE OR YOU NEED, WE'RE DOING THAT.

SO WE HAVE FLIERS WITH THE LITTLE TAGS AT THE BOTTOM THAT THEY CAN PULL WITH OUR HUMAN RESOURCES INFORMATION IF THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A JOB.

SO REALLY TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO BRING IN SOME QUALITY CANDIDATES INTO OUR DISTRICT, SOME DISTRICT STATISTICS.

WE PRESENT THESE TO YOU GUYS EVERY YEAR.

SO WE HAD 163 PROFESSIONAL HIRES.

I WANT TO GIVE THE CAVEAT THAT THIS DATA IS AS OF LAST MONDAY.

SO IT'S ABOUT A WEEK OLD, BUT 163 PROFESSIONAL HIRES, 61 PARA/AUXILIARY HIRES AND FIVE STUDENT TEACHER HIRES.

OUR CURRENT VACANCIES IN THE PROFESSIONAL ARENA, 11 TEACHER VACANCIES AND THEN 47 PARA /AUXILIARY VACANCIES.

THAT'S GOING TO INCLUDE YOUR CUSTODIAN VACANCIES, YOUR CHILD NUTRITION VACANCIES.

AND THERE'S A FEW CLASSROOM INSTRUCTIONAL AID VACANCIES THAT MAKE UP THAT NUMBER AS WELL.

MORE DISTRICT STATS.

WE HAVE 1090 FULL TIME EMPLOYEES AND THEN WE HAVE 122 PART TIME EMPLOYEES.

SO YOUR PART TIME EMPLOYEES ARE GOING TO BE LIKE TUTORS THAT WORK ON A PART TIME BASIS AT OUR CAMPUSES.

OF THOSE 1,090 PLUS 537 ARE TEACHERS.

THIS FALL, WE HAVE 21 STUDENT TEACHERS AND OBSERVERS ON CAMPUSES, WHICH IS GREAT.

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IN TERMS OF OUR SUBSTITUTES, WE ARE CONTINUING TO PARTNER WITH ESS FOR OUR SUBSTITUTE NEEDS, OUR ESS SUBSTITUTE.

DO YOU SEE THE BREAKDOWN THERE OF HOW MANY ARE NON DEGREED DEGREED AND HOW MANY ARE CERTIFIED? SO THAT IS ALL THAT'S BEEN GOING ON IN THE HUMAN RESOURCES WORLD.

WELL, THAT'S A BROAD OVERVIEW.

THAT'S NOT EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN GOING ON IN THE HUMAN RESOURCES WORLD OVER THE PAST YEAR.

AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR ANNUAL REPORT FOR THIS YEAR.

ANY QUESTIONS BOARD? I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK YOU TO STAY UP FOR THE NEXT REPORT AS WELL.

OH, SHE HAS ANOTHER ONE? YES.

SHE HAS THE NEXT REPORT TOO. I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE ON? NO. QUESTION ON THIS ONE.

ON THIS ONE, YES. SO I THINK THIS IS THIS ONE, THE RETENTION AND ONBOARDING PROCESS.

SO LAST YEAR, WE WERE CONVERTING TO DOCUMENTS FOR RETENTION AND ONBOARDING PROCESSES.

IS OUR RETENTION PROCESS SOMETHING THAT YOU FEEL LIKE IMPROVED FROM LAST YEAR? SO OUR DOCUNAV CONVERSION WAS FOR OUR RECORDS RETENTION.

AND WE PAUSED ON THAT.

NOW WE HAVE A DOCUNAV KIND OF PERSON THAT WORKS FULL TIME FOR ON OUR DOCUNAV FORMS AND PROCESSES AND THROUGH LASERFICHE SO THAT IS STILL IN PROGRESS, THE DOCUNAV PART OF IT.

BUT I THINK THIS OTHER PART OF YOUR QUESTION IS THE RETENTION STRATEGIES THAT WE PUT IN PLACE DO WE FEEL LIKE THEY WERE BENEFITED AND THEY WERE EFFECTIVE? SO YES, I DO.

AGAIN, I'LL GO BACK TO THE WE'RE IN JUST A REALLY VERY INTERESTING PLACE IN EDUCATION RIGHT NOW WHERE STAFF MEMBERS ARE OFTEN LOOKING FOR GREENER GRASS.

I DO THINK THAT THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE HAVE KEPT A LOT OF OUR EMPLOYEES, THE RECOGNITION THAT WE GIVE THEM, I.E.

THE GALA, THE BANQUET THAT WE DID, THE INCREASED COMPENSATION THAT THE BOARD HAS APPROVED OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

SO I DO THINK WE'RE DOING A LOT OF RETENTION PIECES THAT ARE WORKING.

BUT IT'S A CONSTANT BATTLE JUST BECAUSE OF KIND OF THE STATE OF EDUCATION IN OUR WORLD RIGHT NOW.

SO, YES, THE SHORT ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS, YES, I THINK THAT THEY WORKED, BUT WE ARE STILL HAVING TO FILL POSITIONS AND VACANCIES AND PEOPLE ARE STILL LEAVING, UNFORTUNATELY.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MR. GALLAGHER. BACK TO MS. BROWN. THE NEXT ONE, HUH? CLASS SIZE REPORT. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. SO THE OTHER REPORT, BOARD OF TRUSTEES THAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT IS OUR CLASS SIZES.

SO WE DO ALSO GIVE THIS TO YOU GUYS EVERY SEPTEMBER, JUST AS ENROLLMENT HAS KIND OF STABILIZED.

WE'RE IN THE FIFTH WEEK OF SCHOOL, I BELIEVE.

SO WE'RE SEEING KIND OF SOME MORE STABLE NUMBERS AND CONSISTENT NUMBERS IN OUR ENROLLMENT.

SO WE PULL THESE NUMBERS AGAIN, THE CAVEAT THAT WE PULLED THESE NUMBERS LAST MONDAY, SO THEY'RE ABOUT A WEEK OLD, BUT LET'S START WITH THE ELEMENTARY.

SO THESE ARE CLASS AVERAGE CLASS SIZES IN THE ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES.

OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE STATE GUIDELINES THAT STIPULATE A 22 TO 1 RATIO.

AND SO YOU'LL SEE THAT ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES LET ME CLARIFY 22 TO 1 RATIO FROM PRE-K THROUGH FOURTH GRADE.

FIFTH GRADE DOES NOT HAVE THAT SAME REQUIREMENT.

SO YOU WILL SEE SOME HIGHER CLASS SIZES, AVERAGES SOMETIMES IN FIFTH GRADE.

BUT WE EVERY YEAR WE GO THROUGH THIS STAFF KIND OF REASSIGNMENT AND STAFF LEVELING PROCESS.

SO ALL OF OUR STAFF ASSIGNMENTS AND OUR STAFF ALLOTMENTS ARE BASED ON PROJECTIONS FROM OUR DEMOGRAPHER.

AND SOMETIMES THOSE ARE SPOT ON AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE HIGH AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE LOW.

SO THIS YEAR WE DID HAVE TO MOVE SOME STAFF MEMBERS AROUND BASED ON THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT WERE ENROLLED IN THAT CAMPUS.

WE HAD TO MAKE THREE STAFF REASSIGNMENTS FOR THAT REASON, BUT WE ARE ACROSS THE BOARD UNDER THE 22 TO 1 RATIO, PRE-K THROUGH FOUR.

AND SO OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT BRINGING YOU ANY CLASS SIZE WAIVERS FOR THIS BOARD MEETING.

THE NEXT SLIDE, I WILL SAY, THOUGH, THAT SOME OF OUR GRADE LEVELS I'M WATCHING YOU KNOW, THERE'S A GRADE LEVEL AT PRESTWICK THAT I'M WATCHING A GRADE LEVEL AT HACKBERRY THAT I'M WATCHING JUST TO SEE IF THEY CONTINUE TO GET ENROLLMENT.

THE NEXT MIDDLE SCHOOL CLASS SIZE AVERAGES.

SO WHENEVER WE OUR STAFFING FORMULA FOR OUR SECONDARY CAMPUSES REALLY SHOOTS FOR A 26 TO 1 RATIO ON AVERAGE.

AND SO YOU'LL SEE THAT EACH CONTENT AREA IT'S BROKEN DOWN BY CONTENT AREA, AND WE'RE UNDER THAT 26 TO 1 ACROSS THE BOARD IN ALL OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL CONTENT AREAS, YOU WILL SEE SOME VARIATION IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF SECTIONS YOU'LL SEE LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU LOOK AT LIKE MATH STRIKE HAS 47 MATH SECTIONS, WHEREAS WALKER HAS 53.

THE REASON FOR THAT VARIATION IS BASED ON COACHING SECTIONS.

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SO LIKE THE SMALLEST MATH CLASS, AT STRIKE IS 12, WHEREAS THE LARGEST MATH CLASS AT STRIKE IS 30.

SO THERE'S SOME DIFFERENCE THERE.

SAME WITH WALKER. SO ALL OF OUR CONTENT AREAS ARE LOOKING GOOD IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL RANGE.

WE MOVE OVER TO OUR HIGH SCHOOL, SAME THING IT'S BROKEN DOWN BY CONTENT AREA.

AGAIN, WE SHOOT FOR A 26 TO 1 AVERAGE CLASS SIZE RATIO AND WE'RE HITTING THAT UNDER THAT IN ALL OF OUR CONTENT AREAS THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED HERE, AGAIN, YOU'LL SEE THE NUMBER OF SECTIONS THAT ARE OFFERED AS WELL AS THE RANGE ON THE LOW END AND ON THE HIGH END.

AND WE INCLUDED SPANISH AS USUALLY WE DON'T INCLUDE ELECTIVES, BUT WE WANTED TO INCLUDE SPANISH BECAUSE THAT WAS AN AREA THAT WE REALLY FOCUSED ON LAST YEAR TO MAKE SURE WAS EQUITABLY STAFFED. AND SO WE WANTED TO THROW THAT IN THERE AS WELL.

SO THAT'S EVERYTHING FOR OUR CLASS SIZE REPORT.

ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? FOR OUR LARGE CLASS SIZES, PARTICULARLY IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL THOSE PARTICULAR SECTIONS.

YES.

IS THERE ANY KIND OF INSIGHT INTO WHY THERE'S 30 OR 33 IN SOME OF THOSE CLASSES? IS THAT JUST THAT THEY ARE PARTICULAR MATH CLASSES THAT JUST NEED TO BE LARGER OR WHAT ARE SOME OF THE INSIGHT INTO? YEAH. SO THE QUESTION IS ABOUT LIKE ON THE HIGH END, WHY ARE SOME OF THEM AT 30, 31, IT'S A SCHEDULING THING.

SO MASTER SCHEDULING AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL IS A VERY COMPLICATED PUZZLE TO PIECE TOGETHER.

SO YOU MIGHT HAVE MATH CLASSES IN CERTAIN PERIODS BECAUSE ATHLETICS ISN'T OFFERED OR IS OFFERED.

SO IT REALLY HAS TO DO WITH THE ELECTIVES AND WHAT ELECTIVES ARE OFFERED AND HOW MANY KIDS NEED TO TAKE MATH IN THAT PARTICULAR PERIOD.

SO YOU'LL ALWAYS HAVE ONES THAT ARE KIND OF SMALLER BECAUSE MAYBE ATHLETICS IS OFFERED THAT PERIOD.

AND SO THERE'S NOT A LOT OF KIDS WHO NEED TO BE IN CONTENT AREA CLASSES, AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE CLASSES THAT ARE KIND OF LARGER BECAUSE MAYBE ATHLETICS IS OFFERED.

SO IT'S YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE ONES THAT ARE KIND OF OUTLIERS.

I KNOW THAT OUR SECONDARY CAMPUSES WORK REALLY HARD TO LEVEL AS MUCH AS THEY CAN SO THAT THEY'RE NOT AS EXTREME EXTREME SMALLS OR EXTREME BIGS.

SO IT'S JUST A MASTER SCHEDULING THING AND HAS A LOT TO DO WITH ELECTIVES AND WHEN THEY'RE OFFERED.

OKAY. IS THERE ANY WHAT ARE WE CURRENTLY DOING TO KIND OF MAYBE POTENTIALLY OFFSET SOME OF THAT? IS THAT A NEED FOR ADDITIONAL TEACHERS IN THOSE PARTICULAR COURSES OR IS THERE TECHNOLOGY? WHAT DO WE HOW ARE WE TRYING TO OFFSET SOME OF THAT? YEAH, I THINK I DO NOT THINK THERE'S A NEED FOR ADDITIONAL TEACHERS ONLY BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE AVERAGE CLASS SIZES, THEY'RE SITTING UNDER WHAT OUR TARGETED RATIO IS OF THE 26 TO 1.

I THINK IN TERMS OF HELPING TO OFFSET IT, I THINK JUST CONSTANTLY BEING IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE CAMPUS AND WITH THEIR MASTER SCHEDULING TEAM ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HEY, ARE YOU GUYS WORKING TO LEVEL THIS? YOU KNOW, DO YOU NEED A THINKING PARTNER? BECAUSE WE HAVE SEVERAL SECONDARY PRINCIPALS IN HR AND ROSS HAS BEEN A SECONDARY PRINCIPAL AS WELL.

SO OFFERING TO BE THINKING PARTNERS AS THEY TRY TO LEVEL IT AND WORK ON THEIR MASTER SCHEDULE.

BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN YOU GET TO 30, I MEAN, IT GETS PRETTY HARD FOR THE TEACHERS UP TO THAT LEVEL.

AGREED. ANYTHING ABOUT 25, 26, THEY START GETS DIFFICULT TO START MANAGING THE CLASS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO YEAH, WE JUST WOULD LIKE TO FIGURE OUT AND IF THERE'S ANY MORE THINGS WE CAN DO TO POTENTIALLY LEVEL SET SOME OF THOSE HIGHER CLASSES AND BRING THOSE DOWN TO THE 26 LEVEL.

SURE. KEEP THAT HIGHER RANGE TRYING TO BRING IT DOWN.

AGREED. THANK YOU. OKAY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? DR. THOMPSON. SO I WANTED TO JUST THANK YOU FOR THE CLASS SIZE UPDATES.

AND BECAUSE I KNOW WE ARE TALKING WE TALKED LAST TIME ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THE BOND WHEN IT COMES TO SPECIFIC WELL, SOME CAMPUSES IN PARTICULAR, OAK POINT.

SO LAST YEAR'S NUMBERS TO THIS YEAR'S NUMBERS, COULD YOU KIND OF MAYBE HELP US UNDERSTAND HOW OUR ABILITY TO ACCOMMODATE THE CLASSROOM AND THE CLASS SIZE? CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? YES, I CAN. SPECIFICALLY AT OAK POINT.

SO OAK POINT IS OBVIOUSLY OUR LARGEST ELEMENTARY CAMPUS.

AND WE DID HAVE TO DO SOME REASSIGNING OF STAFF.

I MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS THREE STAFF THAT HAD TO BE REASSIGNED.

A COUPLE OF THOSE REASSIGNMENTS WERE AT OAK POINT.

SO AND IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE TO APPROPRIATELY STAFF AT OAK POINT JUST BECAUSE OF SPACE.

HONESTLY, WE HAVE A LOT OF TEACHERS THAT NEED TO BE THERE SO THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN THAT 22 TO 1 RATIO AND WE'RE FRANKLY OUT OF ROOMS AT OAK POINT.

SO WE'VE HAD TO WORK WITH THE CITY OF OAK POINT, WITH OUR OPERATIONS TEAM TO UTILIZE PORTABLES AT THAT CAMPUS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE ENOUGH SPACE FOR THE NUMBER OF TEACHERS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE TO SERVE, THE NUMBER OF KIDS THAT WE HAVE.

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SO IN OTHER WORDS, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE TEACHERS THAT WE'RE NEEDING.

IT'S AN ISSUE OF SPACE.

IT'S SPACE. ABSOLUTELY.

I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.

YES, MA'AM. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MS. BROWN. THANK YOU.

OH.

AND I'M ASKING FOR CLARIFICATION.

I NOTICED IN YOUR STAFFING REPORT WE TALKED ABOUT WE HAD TEACHER POSITIONS THAT WERE OPEN.

HOW IS THAT IMPACTING OUR CLASSROOM SIZE? WHAT IS GOING ON IN THOSE CLASSROOMS? WHERE MAYBE THE TEACHER YOU KNOW WE DON'T HAVE A TEACHER, IS THAT A SUB? WHAT ARE WE DOING? IT IS.

IT'S A SUB. SO THAT WAS I BELIEVE IT WAS EITHER 10 OR 11 VACANCIES THAT WE HAD CURRENTLY IN THE TEACHER REALM.

SO, YES, WE HAVE LONG TERM SUBS, SOME OF WHICH ARE CERTIFIED, BUT ALL OF WHICH ARE AT LEAST DEGREED.

AND THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE CAMPUSES WHERE THERE'S VACANCIES, SOME OF THEM SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.

AND THEY'RE WORKING WITH THE TEAM, PLANNING WITH THE TEAM.

AND SO THEY'RE PROVIDING THE STABILITY THAT WE NEED IN THOSE CLASSROOMS. UNTIL WE'RE IN, WE'RE STILL CONSTANTLY ON THE HUNT, CONSTANTLY ON THE SEARCH FOR OUR CERTIFIED PEOPLE TO FILL THOSE VACANCIES.

REALLY GOOD NEWS IS THAT THAT NUMBER THAT 11 I CAN'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS 10 OR 11 I'LL HAVE TO GO BACK WAS MUCH HIGHER AT THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

IT WAS OVER 20 AT THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

SO IN THE PAST, WHAT, FOUR OR FIVE WEEKS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DRASTICALLY REDUCE IT FROM I THINK IT WAS ABOUT 24 TO 11 IS WHERE IT SITS NOW.

SO SOME OF THOSE KIND OF NONTRADITIONAL RECRUITING METHODS THAT I WAS SHARING WITH YOU GUYS, ALMOST GOING DOOR TO DOOR AND KNOCKING AND IT'S BEEN PAYING OFF.

SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DEPLOY THOSE METHODS SO THAT WE CAN TRY TO GET THAT 10 OR 11 DOWN TO EVEN FURTHER.

BUT YES, IT IS LONG TERM SUBS THAT ARE IN THOSE POSITIONS.

THOSE LONG TERM SUBS, ARE WE ABLE TO CONVERT THEM AND HELP THEM MOVE FORWARD WITH LIKE CERTIFICATION? YEAH. AND A LOT OF CASES WE HAVE.

YES. THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT QUESTION.

AND A LOT OF CASES WE HAVE.

TEA ALLOWS FOR SOME KIND OF ALSO NONTRADITIONAL CERTIFICATION METHODS, I.E.

LIKE EMERGENCY PERMITS.

SO IF WE HAVE SUBSTITUTES WHO ARE DEGREED AND WHO ARE INTERESTED IN BEING TEACHERS, THEN WE CAN AND THEY'RE GOING TO ENROLL IN AN ALTERNATIVE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM. IF WE CAN GET THEM ENROLLED, THEN WE CAN PURSUE THE EMERGENCY PERMIT.

SO WE HAVE DONE THAT IN MANY SITUATIONS.

NOW I THINK WE'RE GOOD. OKAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU, MRS. BROWN. NEXT, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR THE OH I APOLOGIZE.

I THOUGHT THIS WAS THE LAST REPORT.

NEXT TO LAST, IT'S OUR DIRECTOR FOR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING, MRS. AMANDA BALL. IF YOU WOULD COME UP AND PROVIDE THE BOARD WITH THE UPDATE ON CURRICULUM AND LEARNING.

GOOD EVENING. BOARD OF TRUSTEES, PRESIDENT OLSON RIGHT THERE.

MR. GALLAGHER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT.

I APPRECIATE IT. I'M HERE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON ADVANCED ACADEMICS AND PROFESSIONAL LEARNING.

SO OUR ADVANCED ACADEMICS PROGRAMING IS DUAL CREDIT ON RAMPS, AP HONORS AND GT.

SO THE ADVANCED ACADEMICS PROGRAM IS SUPPORTED AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL BY THE DIRECTOR FOR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AND ADVANCED ACADEMICS.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE 2224 STUDENTS, 6TH THROUGH 12TH GRADE, ENROLLED IN AN ADVANCED ACADEMIC COURSE.

WE HAVE THREE GT SPECIALISTS THAT SERVES 6 ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES.

WE HAVE 623 STUDENTS IDENTIFIED AS GIFTED RIGHT NOW.

THAT'S PRIOR TO THE KINDER IDENTIFICATION AND THAT'S PUTTING US AT ABOUT 7.2% AFTER KINDER WE WILL PROBABLY BE CLOSE TO 8% IDENTIFIED AS GIFTED.

AS FAR AS THE BUDGET GOES FOR ADVANCED ACADEMICS, ABOUT 60% OF BUDGET FOR ADVANCED ACADEMICS COMES FROM CCMR. WE GET THAT FUNDING FROM THE STATE ALLOCATION FOR GRADUATES IN CERTAIN GROUPS AND FOR INDUSTRY CERTIFICATIONS, THINGS LIKE THAT. AP PERFORMANCE DATA.

A FOCUS THIS YEAR FOR AP IS EQUITY AND EXCELLENCE.

SO FOR AP, THIS MEANS INCREASING THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS THAT MAKE A THREE OR HIGHER ON THE AP EXAM.

YOU CAN SEE THIS OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

WE DEFINITELY WANT TO INCREASE THAT PERCENTAGE.

WE ALSO WANT TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO TAKE AP EXAMS AND ENSURE ACCESS TO AP COURSES THROUGH OPEN ENROLLMENT.

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THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS REALLY KEEPING UP WITH THAT GROWTH IN THE PROGRAM.

IT'S A GREAT PROBLEM TO HAVE WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THOSE NUMBERS, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT CAN BE A CHALLENGE.

SO BEFORE I MOVE ON TO THE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING PIECE OF THIS, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT I CAN ANSWER FOR YOU? WE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT PAYING FOR THE AP EXAMS. ARE WE DOING THAT OR? SO YES, WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL TO MAKE SOME LOCAL BUDGET FUNDS AND CCMR FUNDS TO TRY TO COVER AP EXAMS FOR ALL STUDENTS.

HOW DO THE STUDENTS GO ABOUT ACCESSING THE COVERAGE FOR THEIR AP EXAMS? SO IF WE ARE ABLE TO PAY FOR ALL OF THEM, THEN THEY'LL HAVE A MESSAGE THROUGH THEIR AP TEACHERS AND THEN IF IT'S A PORTION OF IT, THEN IT'LL ALL GO THROUGH THE HIGH SCHOOL.

SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE A MESSAGE THAT WAY.

SO IT'LL EITHER BE THEY'RE PAYING A FLAT FEE, THAT'S A PORTION, OR WE WILL JUST SEND A MESSAGE THAT THE DISTRICT IS PAYING FOR ALL OF IT.

WE KNOW, WE ALREADY KNOW HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO COST.

WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH TO COVER IT.

SO FOR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING, I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD THIS PROGRAM AS WELL AND I HAVE FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW.

WE DESIGN ADULT LEARNING TO STRATEGICALLY SUPPORT THE DISTRICT'S COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE PROCESS.

PROFESSIONAL LEARNING PROVIDES SERVICES TO ABOUT 700 EDUCATORS ACROSS THE DISTRICT, AND IT'S SERVED BY THE DIRECTOR FOR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING ADVANCED ACADEMICS.

BUT ONE LITTLE NOTE ABOUT THAT IS EVEN THOUGH THERE'S ONE KIND OF DIRECTOR OVER THAT, IT'S ALL OF OUR OBLIGATION TO IMPROVE OUR PRACTICE.

SO IT'S KIND OF THIS COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY AS EDUCATORS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING BETTER EVERY DAY.

ABOUT 80% OF FUNDING FOR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMES FROM TITLE TWO, AND IT'S A FEDERAL FUND.

AND LAST YEAR, OUR BUDGET, COMBINED WITH LOCAL AND FEDERAL FOR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING, WAS ABOUT $110,000.

SO SPEAKING TO PERFORMANCE DATA, I WANT TO SHARE SOME PROGRESS WE'VE MADE ON AN OBJECTIVE THAT'S PART OF OUR GOALS.

WE WANTED TO TRAIN 100% OF OUR TEACHERS ON PLC, AND WE'VE DONE THAT.

AND SO NOW WE'RE WORKING ON A COHORT OF ABOUT 75 TEACHERS THAT ARE PART OF A COACHES ACADEMY.

SO THEY'RE ABOUT 18 HOURS INTO A 42 HOUR COACHES ACADEMY TRAINING RIGHT NOW.

ANOTHER KEY PIECE OF THIS IS TO SUPPORT STRATEGIC GOAL ONE WE'RE CREATING ON DEMAND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL BE EMBEDDED INTO THE CURRICULUM.

THAT STARTS THIS YEAR.

SO REALLY A CHALLENGE HERE IS JUST MEETING ALL THE DIVERSE NEEDS OF EDUCATORS WITHOUT PULLING THEM FROM INSTRUCTION.

YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO INCREASE THE NEED FOR SUBS IN THE CLASSROOM.

WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO MEET THEIR LEARNING NEEDS, EITHER EMBEDDED IN THE JOB THAT THEY'RE DOING OR OUTSIDE OF THE DAY.

BUT WE DON'T WANT TO CREATE A SITUATION WHERE THEY'RE WORKING MORE OUTSIDE OF THE DAY.

AND SO I THINK THAT'S THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE.

THAT'S WHY THOSE EMBEDDED ON DEMAND LESSONS ARE SO IMPORTANT FOR THEM.

AND THERE ARE SO MANY VARIABLES TO MEASURING THE IMPACT OF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING THAT THAT'S ANOTHER CHALLENGE.

WHAT QUESTIONS CAN I ANSWER FOR YOU? MARY? WHAT ARE WE DOING TO, I NOTICED THAT OUR NUMBERS ARE UP ON THOSE STUDENTS PASSING A.P.

EXAMS. WHAT ARE WE DOING TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE LEARNING LOSS BECAUSE OF COVID AND HELP MORE STUDENTS ACHIEVE THAT THREE OR HIGHER ON THE ADVANCED PLACEMENT EXAM? IT'S REALLY TIER ONE INSTRUCTION, SO JUST SUPPORTING ALL TEACHERS IN ALL CLASSROOMS, THEN THAT HELPS SUPPORT AP STUDENTS AS WELL.

SO I THINK THAT WITH MR. BORDEN AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, HIS FOCUS ON HIGH LEVEL QUESTIONING AND AP CLASSROOMS, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING IN THERE AND SUPPORTING THOSE TEACHERS.

I THINK SOMETIMES WE THINK THAT THOSE TEACHERS HAVE GOT IT.

THEY'VE GOT IT DOWN BECAUSE THEY HAVE THOSE KIDS, BUT THEY NEED THE SUPPORT, TOO.

SO I THINK THAT'S ONE WAY WE CAN REALLY ATTACK THAT.

AND THAT'S ALREADY STARTED.

THE ON DEMAND LEARNING IS THERE WHERE THEY CAN GO IN AND SELECT WHAT THEY NEED TO DO? HOW DOES THE ON DEMAND LEARNING WORK? SO THIS IS REALLY EXCITING AND I HAVE TO THANK DR.

TRAMEL FOR THIS BECAUSE SHE KIND OF PUSHED ME IN THIS DIRECTION.

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AND SO SHE SAID, LET'S RETHINK THAT.

AND THIS IS WHERE THIS IS WHERE I LANDED.

SO I WANT TEACHERS TO BE ABLE TO OPEN THEIR LESSON PLANS.

AND IF THEY SAY WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING WITH GUIDED READING OR SMALL GROUPS OR, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH INSTRUCTION AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY CLICK ON A LINK TO A VIDEO THAT'S AN EXEMPLAR SO THEY CAN SEE IT HAPPEN IN 2 OR 3 MINUTES AND THEN APPLY THAT IN THE CLASSROOM.

SO, YES, BIGGER ON DEMAND LIKE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING TYPE VIDEOS, BUT WE'VE HAD THAT FOR A WHILE.

WE'VE NEVER REALLY HAD IN THE CURRICULUM EMBEDDED.

OKAY. SO YOU'RE TELLING ME TO DO THIS THING, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

PEOPLE NEED TO SEE THINGS HAPPEN.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE MEAN BY THAT.

SO NOW I CAN SEE IN THE LESSON IN STAGE THREE OF THE CURRICULUM, I CAN ACTUALLY CLICK ON THIS.

SEE OUR TEACHERS, OUR TEACHERS THAT HAVE VOLUNTEERED TO DO THIS IN THEIR CLASSROOMS, DO THE LESSON.

NOW, I'VE SEEN IT AND NOW I CAN GO AND DO IT IN MY CLASSROOM.

BUT WE WILL BE ABLE TO TRACK THAT.

AND SO THAT'S THE KEY WITH MEASURING THE IMPACT OF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING IS THAT YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO MEASURE BEFORE YOU EVER START IT.

AND SO WE'VE GOT THAT NOW.

WE HAVE A BASELINE, SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THOSE TEACHERS.

HOW ARE THEIR STUDENTS DOING AFTER THEY'VE ACCESSED THAT MATERIAL? I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING INFORMATION BACK ON THAT BECAUSE I REALLY WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT THERE.

YOU KNOW, WE GOT A LOT OF CATCHING UP TO DO FROM COVID.

SO. WELL, WHEN TEACHERS ASK ALL THE TIME, LIKE, I JUST WANT TO SEE IT, I JUST NEED TO SEE IT.

I CAN READ ABOUT IT.

I CAN GO TO A SESSION AND WATCH YOU TALK ABOUT IT.

BUT I WANT TO SEE IT, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO SEE IT IN ACTION WITH STUDENTS.

SO THIS IS A GOOD ANSWER TO THAT.

I WANT TO APPRECIATE YOU GUYS AND THE TEACHERS FOR TAKING ON THIS TASK.

A LOT OF COMMUNITIES STILL DOESN'T UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH THE COVID WAS IMPACTFUL FOR OUR STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND WHAT IT'S IMPACTING US NOW.

AND I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE REALLY TRYING TO TRY EVERY AVENUE TO GET THE KIDS UP TO SPEED.

SO WE APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? THANK YOU, MS. BALL. APPRECIATE IT.

THANKS, GUYS. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, MRS. BALL. NEXT, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK SHAY ADAMS TO COME UP TO DO AN UPDATE.

GIVE US AN UPDATE ON ESSER FUNDS.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING MY PRESENTATION UP.

YOU ASKED SEVERAL QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE LEARNING LOSS WITH COVID, AND SO ESSER HAS BECOME A WORD THAT WE ALL KIND OF KNOW WHAT IT'S FOR.

BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW UPDATE FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT, WE WANTED TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION WITH YOU TONIGHT BECAUSE THERE'S ALSO THE ESSER WORD IS FLOATING AROUND THERE IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT ARENAS.

AND SO WE ALWAYS WANT TO ARM THE BOARD WITH INFORMATION.

BUT JUST AS A REMINDER, ESSER STANDS FOR THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND, AND THAT CAME FROM THE PANDEMIC OF COVID 19 AND ITS IMPACT ON OUR EDUCATION.

SO AS AN OVERVIEW IN FULL AND THESE ARE STATISTICS THAT YOU OFTEN SEE PUBLISHED IN NEWSPAPERS AND AS THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION IS AROUND THE CORNER, YOU'RE GOING TO BE HEARING MORE AND MORE ABOUT THAT.

AND SO WE RECEIVED ESSER IN MULTIPLE LAYERS AND LEVELS.

THE MAJOR ONES ARE ESSER 1, ESSER 2, AND ESSER 3 THE DIFFERENT ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT WERE ALLOCATED ON TITLE ONE.

NOW THERE ARE SOME OTHERS THAT WE RECEIVED SMALLER ALLOTMENTS THAT WERE TARGETED SPECIFICALLY FOR, LIKE WE RECEIVED ESSER FOR HOMELESS STUDENTS.

AND SO I DIDN'T INCLUDE THOSE BECAUSE THOSE COME AND OBVIOUSLY THEN ARE DELIVERED TO THOSE STUDENTS IN PARTICULAR.

SO THESE ARE THE ONES THAT WE HAD MORE DISCRETION OVER HOW WE USED IT IN OUR INDIVIDUAL DISTRICTS TO ADDRESS THE LEARNING LOSS.

AND SO THAT FIRST COLUMN WITH ESSER ONE THERE, IT SAYS THE CARES.

WHOOPS, I TALK WITH MY HANDS AND I FLIPPED IT.

IT SAYS THE CARES ACT.

AND THAT STANDS FOR THE CORONAVIRUS AID RELIEF AND ECONOMIC SECURITY ACT.

AND SO THAT ONE CAME IN ALMOST IMMEDIATELY.

IT COMES IN TO US AND WE CAN DO PREDATE DATED EXPENSES.

WE CAN REIMBURSE THE DISTRICT FOR THAT BECAUSE WE OBVIOUSLY STARTED ENCOUNTERING INSTANCES IN MARCH AS SOON AS THIS HAPPENED AND THE ACT DIDN'T FUND US THE MONEY UNTIL LATER IN JUNE.

AND ESSER 2 THAT CAME FROM THE CRSSA, WHICH ALSO IS THE CORONA RESPONSE AND RELIEF SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT.

AND THEN FINALLY WITH ESSER THREE, THE ARP IS THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN.

AND SO THEY ALL CAME TO THE DISTRICT.

AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE TOTALS OF THOSE.

BUT IN TOTAL FROM THESE THREE PROGRAMS, THERE WAS NEARLY $200 BILLION DOLLARS ALLOCATED, IT WAS 189.5.

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AND IT CAME AT A TIME WHEN FUNDING WAS ACTUALLY GOING DOWN IN OUR DISTRICTS BECAUSE WE'RE FUNDED BASED ON THE AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE.

AND SO GROWTH SLOWED FOR EVERYONE AND ATTENDANCE SLOWED.

AND SO WE WERE GETTING LESS MONEY FROM OUR NORMAL FUNDING MECHANISMS AND THEN WE HAD UNPRECEDENTED EXPENDITURE LEVELS THAT WERE HIGH.

AND SO IT WAS VERY MUCH A MISMATCH.

AND SO WE WERE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE FUNDS COMING IN.

WITH THIS GRANT AND IT IS A FEDERAL GRANT.

THEN WE HAVE VERY PRESCRIBED RULES AND REGULATIONS ON HOW WE CAN USE THAT MONEY.

WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE A DIRECTOR OF FEDERAL FUNDS WHO STAYS ON TOP OF ALL OF THIS AND WORKS VERY CLOSELY WITH THE BUSINESS OFFICE SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE APPLY OUR FUNDS APPROPRIATELY.

BUT JUST TO REMIND YOU, WE DON'T GET THE FUNDS THAT WE RECEIVE AND JUST GET TO APPLY IT TO WHATEVER WE WANT.

THERE ARE VARIOUS PRESCRIBED.

I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH AND READ THOSE TO YOU, BUT WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS INCLUDED IN YOUR BOARD INFORMATION AND IT'S PRE AWARDED BACK TO THAT.

MARCH 13 IS AS NOTED BEFORE.

BUT REALLY ONE OF THE REASONS I WANTED TO GIVE YOU THIS BRIEF UPDATE TONIGHT IN THIS OVERVIEW IS SO THAT YOU COULD BE AWARE OF THE HEADLINES THAT YOU'RE SEEING ALREADY AND THAT ARE GOING TO MULTIPLY.

BE PREPARED FOR THOSE QUESTIONS.

SO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN, THE BILLIONS OF UNTAPPED BY SCHOOLS, FEDERAL AID TO HELP STUDENTS IS STILL LARGELY UNSPENT.

SO THERE WAS A BIG ARTICLE WRITTEN ABOUT THAT AND THE ARTICLE ADDRESSES THAT.

YES, THERE ARE FUNDS THAT HAVE NOT YET BEEN TAPPED, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY'RE NOT BUDGETED.

AND SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE MORE AND MORE OF THAT.

THERE ARE EVEN SOME AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL THAT ARE SAYING, WHY DON'T WE NOT USE THAT ALLOCATION FOR ESSER THAT WE HAD OUT THERE AND LET'S SHIFT THAT AND USE IT FOR SCHOOL SECURITY. WE DO NEED MORE MONEY FOR SCHOOL SECURITY, BUT WE DON'T NEED TO SHIFT IT OUT OF ESSER.

THERE ARE STILL PLANS FOR THAT.

THE LEARNING LOSS CONTINUES.

YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT THAT IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT REPORTS.

SO I WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT THOSE ARE GOING TO BE OUT THERE.

SO THERE'S SOME FACTS THAT I JUST WANT TO SPEND WITH YOU TO TO SHARE WITH YOU.

UNSPENT DOES NOT MEAN THAT IT'S UNCOMMITTED.

FEDERAL FUNDS ARE NOT GIVEN TO US UP FRONT.

THEY ARE ON A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS.

SO WE'RE GIVEN THE GRANT AWARD AND THEY TELL US HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAVE ACCESS TO, BUT WE HAVE TO SPEND OUR FUNDS FIRST AND THEN FILE FOR REIMBURSEMENT.

WE HAVE TO SPEND IT THROUGH THOSE CRITERIA THAT I HAD UP THERE ON THOSE FEW SCREENS.

THEN WE FILE FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF THAT.

SO IF OUR PLAN IS TO, FOR INSTANCE, PAY A TEACHER OR A BEHAVIOR SPECIALIST OR WHATEVER THE POSITION MAY BE, WE DON'T DRAW THAT SALARY IMMEDIATELY FROM THAT.

WE DRAW IT AS WE PAY THAT SALARY ONE MONTH AT A TIME.

IF OUR PLAN IS TO USE IT FOR SOME TECHNOLOGY AND WE ORDER THE TECHNOLOGY AND WE ENCUMBER IT AND WE'VE PLACED THE ORDER, BUT THERE'S A BACK LOAD OF SUPPLY CHAIN.

WE DON'T GET TO DRAW THOSE FUNDS DOWN UNTIL WE RECEIVE THE MATERIAL.

AND SO THAT IS NOT ONLY FOR US, BUT MULTIPLIED ACROSS THE STATE.

AND SO THERE ARE FUNDS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN DRAWN, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY'RE UNCOMMITTED.

AND I JUST FEEL LIKE IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO POINT THAT OUT TO YOU GUYS BECAUSE WE HAVE A BUDGET PLAN IN LITTLE ELM ISD FOR OUR ESSER FUNDS AND ALL OF THEM ARE COMMITTED. WE HAVE IN FACT, DR.

GLOVER AND I MET TODAY JUST TO GO OVER THE DETAILS OF WHAT I HAVE PUT TOGETHER FOR YOU.

AND WE HAVE 100% OF THE ESSER FUNDS THAT WE HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED.

WE HAVE A PLAN FOR THOSE.

AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BOARD WAS AWARE OF THAT.

WE HAVE MATCHED UP THE SPECIFIC QUALIFYING CRITERIA FROM THOSE LIST OF CRITERIA.

WE'VE MATCHED THOSE UP TO WHAT THE NEEDS ARE.

AND ONE OF THE CRITERIA GIVES US THE FLEXIBILITY THAT GIVES US THE MOST FLEXIBILITY AND JUST MAINTAINING THE OPERATION AND CONTINUITY OF SERVICES TO OUR STUDENTS AND TO OUR STAFF. AND ONE WONDERFUL THING THAT WE DO HERE IN THE DISTRICT THAT I WAS SO PLEASED TO SEE WHENEVER I ARRIVED LAST YEAR, A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO NOW, RIGHT WHEN ESSER WAS BEING AWARDED, IS THAT WE NOT ONLY MATCH UP EACH EXPENDITURE REQUEST THAT WE GRANT AND THAT WE APPROVE TO COME FROM THE GRANT TO ONE OF THE CRITERIA WE SEE HOW MANY OF THEM THAT WE CAN MATCH IT UP TO, BECAUSE THEN FOR AUDIT PURPOSES, IF THAT COMES BACK AND SOMEONE INTERPRETS DIFFERENTLY WHAT OUR INTERPRETATION WAS AND THEY DISALLOW IT, WELL, IT ALSO MET THIS ONE AND THIS ONE AND THIS ONE.

AND SO WE HAVE THAT DOCUMENTATION AND SO WE SIT IN A VERY GOOD POSITION FOR THAT.

BUT I WANTED TO GO OVER SOME OF THE GLOBAL PIECES SO WE DIDN'T TRY TO LIST EVERYTHING ON THIS SLIDE.

DR. GLOVER GIVES YOU UPDATES.

THERE'S ALL KINDS OF INFORMATION OUT ON OUR WEBSITE.

SHE HAS MEETINGS AND TAKES INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY AS WE'RE REQUIRED TO, BUT JUST IN BIG BULK PIECES, PROVIDING YOU THAT THROUGH ESSER 1 THAT WAS MOSTLY AROUND SAFETY FOR STUDENTS.

LIKE RIGHT WHEN THIS HAPPENED AND WE GOT OUR FIRST ALLOCATION, WE WERE PURCHASING FACE SHIELDS, WE WERE PURCHASING MASKS, E-MISTERS ALL THE TYPES OF THINGS FOR A RETURN TO SAFE

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AND ALSO WHILE WE WERE STILL MOBILE HOTSPOTS THAT WE WERE USING FOR THAT.

SO WE USED MOST OF OUR ESSER 1 MONEY FOR THAT.

ESSER 2 ALLOCATION CAME OUT AND THE THINGS THAT WE ARE USING THE MAJORITY OF THAT FOR ARE SUMMER SCHOOL.

AND THEN YOU'VE BEEN FAMILIAR WITH THE HOUSE BILL 4545 REQUIREMENT FOR TUTORING, AND WE ARE USING OUR ESSER FUNDS TO HELP CLOSE THE GAPS.

AND THAT'S A LOT OF THAT IS THROUGH TUTORING WHEN WE CAN FIND TUTORS AND HAVE THEM WORK WITH OUR STUDENTS.

THERE ARE STILL SOME SAFETY MEASURES THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THAT, AS WELL AS SOME BEHAVIORAL SPECIALIST.

ESSER 3 IS WHERE WE ARE INTERVENING, CONTINUING TO USE SOME OF THAT FOR TUTORING AND FOR SOME VERY TARGETED CONTRACTED SERVICES FOR STUDENTS.

BECAUSE OUR STUDENT POPULATION HAS GROWN IN THE AREAS THAT NEED A LOT OF SPECIAL ATTENTION, SOCIAL EMOTIONAL ATTENTION AND SOCIAL WORKING AND SO FORTH.

AND THE BOARD APPROVED PAYROLL FTES, IF YOU'LL RECALL, BACK IN THE SPRING WHEN WE APPROVED FTE AS PART OF THAT WAS THAT WE WERE ADVANCING AND HIRING AND BACKFILLING SOME PENT UP DEMAND THAT WE HAD FOR SOME OF THESE POSITIONS THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE CURRENT BUDGET IN A GENERAL FUND TO DO BECAUSE WE WOULD REQUIRE MORE STUDENTS IN ORDER TO GET THAT FUNDING.

SO THESE ESSER FUNDS ALLOWED US TO GO AHEAD AND HIRE THOSE STAFF, PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES TO OUR STUDENTS.

AS OUR POPULATION GROWS, THEN THOSE WILL TRANSITION INTO GENERAL FUND POSITIONS.

WE HAVE THAT FUNDED NOT ONLY FOR 22-23, BUT WE'VE RESERVED THE FUNDING FOR THAT FOR 23, 24 AS WELL.

SO IT GIVES US ALSO INSURANCE FOR IF THAT IF OUR GROWTH DID NOT MEET WHAT OUR ESTIMATES ARE AND WE FULLY EXPECT IT TO, BUT JUST AS A CONSERVATIVE MEASURE FOR THE DISTRICT.

BUT LOOKING AT NUMBERS BECAUSE IT REALLY IS PHENOMENAL THAT WE RECEIVED NEARLY $10 MILLION DOLLARS ACROSS ALL FOUR OF THOSE FUNDS.

WE RECEIVED NEARLY $10 MILLION HERE IN LITTLE ELM ISD SINCE 2020.

AND AGAIN, SOME OF THOSE WERE REIMBURSEMENT.

THEY WERE PRE AWARDED.

WE USE THEM FOR PRE AWARD COSTS BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC.

AND THEN SOME OF THE THE NOGAS OR THE NOTICE OF GRANT AWARDS EXPIRE AT DIFFERENT TIMES BETWEEN 22 TO 24.

NOW ESSER 3 HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO 24.

AND WITH THAT, I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A REPORT ON KIND OF WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT, BECAUSE, AS WE SAID UNSPENT DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN THEY'RE NOT COMMITTED.

SO ESSER 1 IS FULLY LIQUIDATED.

WE HAVE SPENT AND BEEN REIMBURSED 100% OF OUR ESSER ONE MONEY AND ESSER TWO.

WE'VE EXPENDED AS OF THE END OF OUR LAST FISCAL YEAR, WHICH ENDED JUNE 30TH OF 2022, WE HAVE EXPENDED 625,000 OUT OF ESSER TWO 873,000 OUT OF ESSER THREE AND 106,000 OUT OF THE ESSER THREE SUPPLEMENTAL.

SO IN TOTAL OF OUR 10 MILLION DOLLARS.

WE'VE ONLY FILED FOR AND BEEN REIMBURSED FOR 2 MILLION BECAUSE OUR PLAN IS MORE A GRADUAL SPENDING PLAN OVER THE YEARS OF THE NOGA.

SO IN ADDITION TO THAT, SO IF YOU GO BACK MY BACK UP A LITTLE BIT.

WE RECEIVED 9.9 MILLION.

WE'VE SPENT 2 MILLION IN OUR CURRENT YEAR.

WE'VE BUDGETED 4.4 MILLION.

AND SO THOSE ARE THE BUDGET AMOUNTS ACROSS THE BOTTOM OF IT.

I WON'T BORE YOU WITH READING EACH OF THOSE NUMBERS TO YOU, BUT I REALLY WANTED TO POINT OUT THIS NUMBER ON THE RIGHT SIDE.

THE ESSER THREE SUPPLEMENTAL IS THE $2.2 MILLION DOLLARS OF THOSE POSITIONS THAT WE FUNDED, ADVANCE FUNDED.

SO FOR OUR 22-23, THAT'S THE MAJORITY OF IT.

AND ACROSS ALL OF THE ESSER FUNDS, WE'VE SPENT OVER 50% ON PERSONNEL COST, BUT INTENTIONALLY SPENDING THEM IN AN AREA THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE A SUSTAINABLE PERSONNEL OUTSIDE OF GENERAL FUND.

AND THEN THAT LEAVES A REMAINING $3.3 MILLION DOLLARS FOR 23-24 THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO FUND THOSE POSITIONS OUTSIDE OF THE GENERAL FUND IF IT'S NECESSARY OR IF THERE ARE OTHER NEEDS FOR THE COST AT THAT TIME.

I DO WANT TO PUT SPECIAL THANKS.

SORRY FOR THE BLURRY PICTURE, BUT I WANTED TO TAKE A MINUTE AND GIVE SPECIAL THANKS AND RECOGNITION TO DR.

ASHLEY GLOVER. I KNOW THAT SHE REALLY APPRECIATES ME DOING THAT IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS, BUT IN ADDITION TO OUR STAFF IN THE BUSINESS OFFICE, I CANNOT EXPRESS ENOUGH APPRECIATION AND RECOGNITION TO HER FOR TAKING ON THE ALL OF THE STRINGS THAT ARE ATTACHED WITH THESE FEDERAL DOLLARS.

AND JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THAT, IN FEDERAL FUNDS, WE TYPICALLY WOULD RECEIVE ABOUT 6 MILLION A YEAR.

AND SO WE HAD AN ADDITIONAL 10 MILLION ON TOP OF THAT.

AND EACH DOLLAR THAT WE SPEND REQUIRES A GREAT DEAL OF PLANNING, APPROVAL, FILING AND DOCUMENTATION.

AND SHE'S DONE A FABULOUS JOB OF WORKING WITH OUR STAFF IN ORDER TO DO THAT.

SO I APPRECIATE HER DOING THAT.

AND THEN IN JUST SUMMARY, I GO BACK TO THIS, JUST MAKING SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE THROUGH 2024 TO SPEND THESE FUNDS. AND AS YOU SAW, WE HAVE A PLAN FOR THOSE THROUGH 2024, BUT WE HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO AMEND THOSE.

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BUT SHOULD OUR STUDENT NEEDS CHANGE OR SHIFT, SHOULD OUR POPULATION NOT COME IN AT THE SAME RATE THAT WE EXPECTED TO OR THAT SUPPLY CHAIN INTERRUPTS OUR PLAN? IF WE'RE PLANNING TO SPEND A MILLION AND A HALF ON THINGS AND THOSE THINGS AREN'T AVAILABLE, THEN WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO AMEND AND SHIFT SO THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT TURNING ANY OF THAT MONEY BACK INTO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

WE WILL SPEND EVERY DOLLAR OF THAT TO THE BENEFIT OF LITTLE ELM ISD STUDENTS, AND THEN WE WILL DRAW THAT DOWN AFTER IT'S EXPENDED.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? QUESTION FROM THE BOARD. OKAY.

ALWAYS. SO THE GOAL OF THE ESSER FUNDS WAS TO HELP US TO ADDRESS THE LEARNING LOSS.

AND SO DO WE HAVE A WAY OF LOOKING AT THE BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURE ON HOW WE'RE USING THE ESSER FUNDS TO SEE IF WE ACHIEVED OUR GOAL OF YOU KNOW, KIND OF COVERING OUR STUDENTS AND HELPING THEM TO ADJUST.

DO WE HAVE SOME KIND OF WAY OF EVALUATION OF THE OUTCOME? I AM GOING TO DEFER TO THE CNI TEAM FOR THAT.

I CAN TELL YOU FROM JUST A LAYMAN STANDPOINT ON THE CNI SIDE OF THAT, THAT MUCH OF WHAT WE WERE AWARDED WAS TO CONTINUE A CONTINUITY OF SERVICES.

AND SO IT WAS JUST TO STOP THE BLEEDING AND MAINTAIN AND OFFER SERVICES WITH THOSE SAFETY MEASURES INCLUDED.

AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY, IS IT WASN'T JUST TO CLOSE THE GAPS.

THIS FUND, THE ESSER FUNDS WERE REALLY INTENDED TO KEEP THE DOORS OPEN, TO KEEP THINGS MOVING ALONG.

SO, YOU KNOW, DR.

TRAMEL, IF YOU WANT TO ADDRESS SPECIFICS IN TERMS OF CLOSING THE GAPS, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO TAKE THE TOTAL ESSER FUNDS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED AND QUANTIFY, YOU KNOW, COME UP WITH SOME DATA THAT EVENTUALLY WE WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION ON THAT.

ONCE WE'VE EXPENDED WE'RE SPENDING EXPANDING THOSE OVER A THREE YEAR PERIOD.

ACTUALLY OVER A THREE AND A HALF YEAR PERIOD.

AND SO WE COULD TAKE OUR BEGINNING BASED ON DATA AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, DR.

TRAMEL, BUT OUR BASELINE DATA OF WHERE OUR STUDENTS ARE, WE CAN TAKE THE DATA THAT WE HAD A YEAR AND A HALF LATER AFTER WE GOT ADDITIONAL TESTING MATERIAL AND SEE WHAT GAPS IT CREATED. WE HAVE TO KNOW THOSE BEFORE WE CAN EVEN THEN DOCUMENT HOW THE STUDENTS ARE RESPONDING TO THE ADDITIONAL INTERVENTIONS THAT WE HAVE.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE ALL ALONG IS LOOK AT WHERE ARE THE GAPS? AND PART OF THE DOCUMENTATION IS TO DIRECTLY ALIGN SOME OF THE FUNDS WITH THOSE GAPS.

SO FOR INSTANCE, ONE OF THE THINGS WE USE QUITE A BIT OF THE FUNDS FOR ARE TUTORS AND CAMPUSES ARE ALLOWED TO EVALUATE THEIR NEEDS AND THEN SUBMIT FOR FUNDING TO MEET THOSE NEEDS.

SO THEY HAVE A PLAN THAT IS VERY TARGETED ON THEIR CAMPUSES IN THE USE OF THE FUNDS THEY REQUEST.

SO THEY SUBMIT THOSE REQUESTS TO DR.

GLOVER. AND THEN WE TALK ABOUT THOSE REQUESTS AS A CNI TEAM LOOKING AT THE DATA AND THEN FUND THE CAMPUSES IN THE WAYS THAT THEY NEED IN ORDER TO CLOSE THE GAPS.

AND SOME OF THE THINGS ARE A LITTLE MORE QUALITATIVE.

FOR INSTANCE, BEHAVIOR SPECIALIST OR COUNSELING, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE ALLOWABLE USES OF ESSER FUNDS, BECAUSE OUR SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING SPECTRUM HAS DEFINITELY BEEN IMPACTED BY COVID AND SITUATIONS THAT FAMILIES HAVE GONE THROUGH, YOU KNOW, WITH ILLNESSES AND THINGS.

SO THAT'S A LITTLE HARDER TO MEASURE.

BUT WE DO HAVE DATA.

YOU KNOW, WE CAN ALWAYS LOOK AT DISCIPLINE DATA.

WE CAN LOOK AT REFERRALS FOR SPECIALIZED PROGRAMMING.

WE CAN GET DATA FROM COUNSELORS ON THAT, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, EDUCATORS.

SO WE ALSO HAVE USED THE FUNDS TO PURCHASE SOFTWARE TO HELP INTERVENE HOME SCHOOL CONNECTIONS, TO TRY TO GET ACCESS TO OUR STUDENTS, TO ACADEMIC KINDS OF THINGS AT HOME.

AND THOSE ARE ALL MEASURED BY STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.

SO OUR MAP DATA TELLS US, ARE WE CLOSING THE GAP AND ARE STUDENTS MEETING THEIR GROWTH TARGETS? AND SO THAT'S A VERY QUANTITATIVE WAY FOR US TO MEASURE THE EFFECTS OF THESE FUNDS.

THERE'S A REASON THESE FUNDS ARE MULTI-YEAR DISTRICTS HAD TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEVEL OUT WHERE ARE OUR KIDS

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AND SO WE'LL SAY WE'RE HITTING STRIDE OR WHATEVER NOW, BUT WE HAVE SOME GOOD SYSTEMS IN PLACE AND SOME THINGS THAT WE HAVE USED THOSE FUNDS TO PURCHASE THAT WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THE RESULTS OF, DOES THAT HELP CLARIFY? NOT ENTIRELY, BUT I DON'T WANT TO BELABOR IT HERE.

AND WE HAVE CURRICULUM COMMITTEE SO WE CAN MAYBE TAKE A DEEPER DIVE.

ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO WE'RE GOOD. THANK YOU, MS. ADAMS. APPRECIATE IT. MS. LAURA, ANY CITIZEN INPUT.

[8. Citizen Input]

YOU ARE ALLOWED 5 MINUTES.

I WILL HAVE A TIMER AND I WILL GIVE YOU A ONE MINUTE WARNING WHEN YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE REMAINING.

SO THE FIRST PERSON IS MR. TERRY GOOCH. THANK YOU, SIR AND WHEN YOU START SPEAKING, I'LL GO AHEAD AND START THE CLOCK FOR YOU. OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO.

AND WE SINCERELY MEAN THAT.

WHAT I WANTED TO ADDRESS IN A GENERAL SENSE IS THE CURRICULUM AND LEARNING UPDATES.

AS BOARD MEMBERS, SCHOOL LEADERS, YOU HAVE AN ENORMOUS RESPONSIBILITY.

YOU KNOW. YOU'VE BEEN ENTRUSTED WITH EDUCATING OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN.

MANY SCHOOL BOARDS HAVE ABSOLUTELY VIOLATED THIS TRUST.

AND IT HAS BROUGHT PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS OUT OF WITH DEEP CONCERN OF WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHAT'S BEING ACCEPTED, WHAT'S BEING ALLOWED TO BE TAUGHT TO OUR CHILDREN AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN, MUCH OF IT BEING WILDLY UNACCEPTABLE, SEXUALIZING CHILDREN, PORNOGRAPHY AND HOMOSEXUAL TO DO HOW TO DO BOOKS IN OUR LIBRARIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

COMPLETELY INAPPROPRIATE.

THESE ARE OUR CHILDREN.

THEY'RE NOT WARDS OF THE STATE.

THEY DO NOT BELONG TO YOU.

THEY BELONG TO US.

AND THEY'RE PRECIOUS TO US.

REALLY PRECIOUS TO US.

WHAT WE HOPE IS THAT THIS BOARD AND THIS SCHOOL AND THE LEADERS ALIGN WITH THE LOVE AND THE CARE THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDPARENTS OR CHILDREN AND WITH THEIR PARENTS AND THEIR GRANDPARENTS TO DO WHAT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THESE KIDS, NOT THROUGH POLITICAL PRESSURES OR LEFTIST IDEOLOGIES OR THINGS THAT ARE COMING TO THE SCHOOLS.

AND WE KNOW THAT MANY OF YOU ARE UNDER THOSE KINDS OF PRESSURES, THAT YOU WOULD RESIST THIS AND WE WOULD HAVE THE SAME GOAL TO WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE. I LOVE WHAT I HEARD WHEN I HEARD ABOUT EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION AND EXCELLENCE IN OPPORTUNITY, NOT OUTCOME.

BIG DIFFERENCE. BIG DIFFERENCE.

BUT ANYWAYS, IT HAS BEEN SO DISTRESSING TO SEE AND THEY'RE CATCHING TEACHERS AND LEADERS ON VIDEOS OF TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY'RE PURPOSELY TRYING TO DUPE PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS AND THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO JUST PUSH ON THESE KIDS.

THIS IS NOT IN BEHALF OF CHILDREN.

THIS IS NOT CARING FOR THEIR EDUCATION.

SOME FOLKS ARE OUT THERE AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WOULD WANT TO DO THESE THINGS TO CHILDREN RATHER THAN A PASSION TO EDUCATE THEM.

THE WORLD IS A TOUGH WORLD THEY'RE COMING INTO.

I SPENT MY WHOLE CAREER IN SENIOR LEVELS OF MANAGEMENT, AND THE KIDS ARE GOING TO NEED TO KNOW.

THEY'RE GOING TO NEED TO GO BE GOOD IN MATH AND SCIENCE, IN READING AND WRITING AND REASONING AND LOGIC.

THAT'S THE STUFF THEY NEED.

THEY DON'T NEED ALL THIS OTHER IDEOLOGICAL BENTS ON SOCIALISM AND THE STUFF THAT'S COMING OUT HERE.

SO ANYWAYS.

I HOPE SO MUCH BETTER FOR THIS SCHOOL.

THIS SCHOOL BOARD AND THE LEADERS OF THIS SCHOOL.

WE WISH YOU WELL.

WE STAND BEHIND YOU.

WE GIVE YOU THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT THAT YOU WILL PARTNER WITH PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS AND TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN DO TOGETHER TO LIFT THESE KIDS TO SUCCESS. BECAUSE IT'S A PRETTY NUTTY WORLD OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.

SO ANYWAYS, IF YOU GET TEMPTED, IF THIS BOARD GETS TEMPTED THAT SOMETHING YOU FEEL NEEDS TO BE HIDDEN FROM THE PARENTS? THAT SHOULD BE AN INSTANT INDICATOR THAT YOU'RE OFF THE MARK.

IT SHOULD BE TRANSPARENT.

PARENTS SHOULD NEVER BE KEPT OUT OF THE LOOP WITH THEIR CHILDREN OR BECAUSE OF WHAT IT BRINGS TO NOT ONLY THE CHILDREN, BUT ALSO THEIR FAMILIES.

TRUST HAS TO BE EARNED.

WE LOVE OUR CHILDREN AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN.

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WE'RE NOT GOING AWAY.

AND WE ARE HOPING FOR EXCELLENCE FROM ALL OF YOU.

AND YOU'LL BE IN OUR WE'RE WITH YOU.

YOU'RE IN OUR PRAYERS AND WE STAND WITH YOU.

AND I HOPE YOU DON'T LET US DOWN.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. GOOCH. MR. TYE PHILLIPS. SAME THING.

MR. PHILLIPS, 5 MINUTES. WE'LL GIVE YOU THE ONE MINUTE WARNING, SIR.

OKAY. SO ASSISTANT SUPER OR MY NAME IS TYE PHILLIPS, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT, DR.

TRAMEL HAS ASKED ME TO SPEAK PUBLICLY ABOUT THE SITUATION OF LIBRARY BOOK REVIEWS.

I MYSELF HAD TO SPEND TIME AND MONEY FOR OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS.

THAT IN ITSELF IS AN ISSUE TOWARDS TRANSPARENCY.

HOWEVER, I HAVE MADE SOME OPERATING SUGGESTIONS TO THE ADMINISTRATION THAT WILL HELP THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND WHAT BOOKS ARE BEING CHALLENGED AND THE DECISIONS BEING MADE ABOUT EACH ONE. I HAVE STATED FROM THE BEGINNING THAT BOOKS THAT VIOLATE THE PENAL CODE SHOULD NOT BE IN OUR LIBRARIES.

LAST YEAR, REPRESENTATIVE PATTERSON SENT A LETTER TO ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

HE MENTIONED A SPECIFIC BOOK THAT WAS FOUND IN SOME SCHOOLS.

ONE STATEMENT SAYS IF EXPLICIT BOOKS ARE AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS, THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING THE PORNOGRAPHIC MATERIAL TO UNDERAGE STUDENTS SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW.

BEING A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR TEACHERS, I HAVE A HUGE ISSUE WITH THAT STATEMENT.

MR. GALLAGHER RESPONDED WITH A WELL WORDED LETTER EXPLAINING HOW LIBRARY BOOKS ARE RECEIVED INTO OUR SCHOOL.

REPRESENTATIVE PATTERSON ALSO INCLUDED A LIST OF BOOKS PREVIOUSLY SENT OUT BY REPRESENTATIVE MATT KRAUSE.

MR. FLORES SENT AN EMAIL TO MR. GALLAGHER ASKING ABOUT THE REMOVAL OF THESE BOOKS FROM OUR SCHOOLS.

NOW, MR. FLORES' DEFENSE, I'M SURE HE THOUGHT THAT ALL THOSE BOOKS AND THE LIST WERE PROBABLY VIOLATING THE PENAL CODE.

HOWEVER, THAT WAS NOT THE CASE.

I DISCUSSED THIS WITH MR. KRAUSE HIMSELF.

HE STATES THAT HE DOES NOT WANT ALL THESE BOOKS ON THAT LIST TO BE BANNED.

THE LIST INSTEAD INCLUDES BOOKS THAT MAY POTENTIALLY VIOLATE THE PENAL CODE OR THE STATE CRT LAW.

HE PUT A LIST TOGETHER OR AS SECRETARIES DID, FOR DISTRICTS TO INDIVIDUALLY DECIDE IF THEY HAVE A BOOK THAT MAY VIOLATE THE STATE LAW.

NOW, I HAD NO WAY OF KNOWING WHAT BOOKS WERE BEING CHALLENGED.

I ONLY KNEW OF ONE THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER.

SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF KRAUSE'S LIST WAS BEING USED.

THE FIRST BOOK ON THAT LIST WAS THIS ONE HERE, THE NEW KID.

THIS BOOK HAS WRONGLY ACCUSED OF PROMOTING CRT.

AND I SHOWED THIS EXACT BOOK TO THE BOARD.

SO A LOCAL CITIZEN HAD DISCOVERED SEVERAL BOOKS THAT POTENTIALLY VIOLATED THE PENAL CODE.

AND ON APRIL 16TH, SHE SENT AN EMAIL TO THE BOARD MEMBERS.

AFTER LITTLE RESPONSE, SHE SENT ANOTHER EMAIL ON MAY THE 10TH.

AT THIS POINT, ANYONE WHO RECEIVED HER EMAILS SHOULD HAVE DIRECTED HER TO THE POLICIES FOR BOOK CHALLENGES.

THE FIRST TWO BOOKS WOULD NOT BECOME OFFICIALLY CHALLENGED UNTIL THE 19TH.

THE REVIEW COMMITTEE WAS THUS CREATED.

AND THEN ON JUNE 15TH, I SPOKE TO THE BOARD ABOUT THE NEED FOR TRANSPARENCY.

MR. GALLAGHER RESPONDED THAT NO BOOKS ARE BEING PULLED IN SECRET AND THAT THE BOARD WAS AWARE OF THOSE BOOKS.

BUT I'M GOING TO ONCE AGAIN STATE AT THIS TIME THAT NEITHER THE PUBLIC NOR I HAD ANY IDEA WHAT BOOKS WERE BEING CHALLENGED.

THAT SAME NIGHT, I SPOKE WITH THE CONCERNED CITIZEN STATING THAT I COULD NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THE BOOKS THAT SHE WAS PRESENTING WERE NOT BEING CONSIDERED AS BEING FULLY OR OFFICIALLY CHALLENGED, OR HOW THE PUBLIC WOULD COME TO KNOW ABOUT THE DECISIONS MADE.

ON JULY SIX, OUR CONCERNED CITIZEN RECEIVED HER FIRST RESPONSE.

THE COMMITTEE REJECTED THE REQUEST TO PULL THE BOOK FROM CIRCULATION.

SHE COULD NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THIS BOOK DID NOT VIOLATE THE PENAL CODE.

SO SHE APPEALED THE DECISION.

ON JULY 29TH, A PENAL CODE COMMITTEE WAS CREATED.

THIS WAS BECAUSE THE FIRST COMMITTEE WAS NOT SUPPOSEDLY USING THE PENAL CODE AS A METRIC.

I LEARNED THIS SURPRISE, OF COURSE, FROM THE PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUEST.

A NEW PROCESS WAS PUT IN PLACE THAT DAY.

THE BOOKS WERE THAT WERE ALREADY REVIEWED BY THE FIRST COMMITTEE HAD BEEN DISCUSSED AGAIN, AND THEY WERE FOUND TO VIOLATE THE PENAL CODE.

SO I HAD A MEETING WITH SEVERAL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING DR.

TRAMEL.

AND AFTER MONTHS OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT EXACTLY WAS GOING ON.

ONE MINUTE. I RESEARCHED HOW OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS WERE DEALING WITH THE ISSUE.

I MADE THE FOLLOWING SUGGESTIONS, ESPECIALLY USING KELLER ISD, FOR EXAMPLE.

ONE THE DISTRICT SHOULD BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT WHEN A BOOK IS OFFICIALLY BEING CHALLENGED.

THIS COULD BE DONE BY LISTING THE BOOK IN THE SAME CHART ALREADY IN PLACE ON THE WEBSITE.

THE PUBLIC CAN OFFER THEIR INPUT.

TWO, IF THE BOOK IS FOUND TO VIOLATE THE PENAL CODE.

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THREE IF THE BOOK PASSES THE PENAL CODE COMMITTEE AND GOES TO THE REVIEW COMMITTEE, THEN THE COMMITTEE'S REASON TO KEEP OR REMOVE A BOOK WILL BE STATED ON OUR WEBSITE.

I THINK THAT THIS IS GOING TO GO A LONG WAYS TO RESOLVE THE ISSUES OF TRANSPARENCY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. PHILLIPS. WE'LL GO TO THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES.

[9. Approval of Minutes]

HOPEFULLY ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REVIEW THAT REAL QUICK.

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM AUGUST 10TH? SO MOVE. I HAVE A MOTION FROM MARY.

SECOND FROM DAVID. DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND.

THE MOTION PASSES.

GO TO THE AS I TURN MY PAGE.

SORRY. CONSIDER THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES OF AUGUST 15TH, 2022.

THESE ARE ALSO IN YOUR PACKET.

HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY'S HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THEM.

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THESE? SO MOVE.

I HAVE MOTION FROM DAVID.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND FROM ALEX.

ANY QUESTIONS? I'LL ABSTAIN.

I WASN'T HERE. OKAY.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED. MR. ENGLISH ABSTAINS. AND THE LAST ITEM FOR THAT IS CONSIDER APPROVAL OF SPECIAL BOARD MEETING MINUTES FROM AUGUST 29TH, 2022.

HOPEFULLY, EVERYBODY ONCE AGAIN HAS HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THOSE, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE MINUTES FROM THE 29TH.

I HAVE THEM FOR MARY. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND FROM ALEX ANY.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

MR. ENGLISH ABSTAINS.

OKAY. WE'LL GO INTO ACTION ITEMS.

[10. Action Items]

MS. BROWN. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT OLSON.

MR. GALLAGHER BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

SO BOARD POLICY DFE LEGAL AND LOCAL GIVES US SPECIFIC GUIDELINES WITH RESPECT TO RESIGNATIONS OF STAFF MEMBERS AFTER THE PENALTY CONTRACTED STAFF MEMBERS AFTER THE PENALTY FREE RESIGNATION DEADLINE.

AS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION, THE ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS THE BOARD FIND THAT THE RESIGNATIONS OF ADRIAN JONES AND AMANDA ROLFE WERE NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH ANY OF THE ACCEPTED METHODS OF RESIGNATION UNDER TEXAS EDUCATION CODE SECTIONS 21.105A AND OR B THAT THOSE EDUCATORS FAILURE TO COMPLY WAS WITHOUT GOOD CAUSE.

UNDER TEXAS EDUCATION CODE SECTIONS 21.105C2 21.160C2 AND 21.210C2.

AND THAT THE BOARD THEREFORE REQUESTS THAT THE STATE BOARD FOR EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION PURSUE SANCTIONS AGAINST THOSE EDUCATORS FOR ABANDONING THEIR CONTRACTS.

DO, I HAVE A MOTION FROM THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL FOR THIS ACTION ITEM.

SO MOVED. I'M SORRY. I WAS GOING DOWN HERE FOR MARY.

MARY, RAISED HER HAND. DO I HAVE A SECOND? WELL, I GOT. I GOT YOU, MARY, FOR THE FIRST.

DR. THOMPSON, YOU FOR THE SECOND.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED. THE MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU, MS. BROWN. THANK YOU.

WE'LL GO ON NOW TO THE 2022-2023 DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

DR. TRAMEL. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT OLSON, BOARD, MR. GALLAGHER. TONIGHT WE DO COME TO YOU WITH A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE DISTRICT EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT COUNCIL WHO MET ON SEPTEMBER THE 12TH AND VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO RECOMMEND THIS PLAN FORWARD TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL.

JUST A QUICK REMINDER TO THE BOARD, OUR DISTRICT PLAN IS ALIGNED TO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.

SO WE HAVE GOALS IN FOUR LARGE AREAS TEACHING AND LEARNING, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, HUMAN CAPITAL, AND FISCAL HEALTH AND SUSTAINABILITY. AND I DID WANT TO NOTE AS WELL THAT THE ACTUAL DRAFT DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN WAS IN THE BOARD PACKET TO GIVE YOU ALL A CHANCE TO READ THAT BEFORE TONIGHT'S APPROVAL.

SO FOR THE SAKE OF TRANSPARENCY TO THE PUBLIC, I WILL BE REVIEWING THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, BUT NOT ALL THE DIFFERENT ACTION STEPS THAT ARE GOING TO HELP US ACHIEVE OUR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.

IN THE FIRST AREA TEACHING AND LEARNING.

OUR GOAL IS THAT WE WILL PROVIDE A GUARANTEED AND VIABLE CURRICULUM TO ENSURE THAT ALL STUDENTS HAVE EQUAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES.

WE HAVE FOUR OBJECTIVES THAT WE WILL WORK ON IN THAT AREA.

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THE SECOND AREA IS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND IN THIS AREA WE WILL FOCUS ON GREATER ENGAGEMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY.

WE WILL DO THAT THROUGH COMMUNICATING WITH THE COMMUNITY TO BUILD TRUST, SUPPORT AND INVOLVEMENT.

WE'VE HAD TRANSPARENCY MENTIONED TONIGHT, AND THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON SO THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS FULLY AWARE OF ALL THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING. AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, FOSTER RELATIONS WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO ENHANCE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS.

THE THIRD AREA IS HUMAN CAPITAL.

YOU HEARD MS. BROWN MENTION A COUPLE OF THESE TONIGHT IN HER PRESENTATION.

OUR GOAL WOULD BE TO RECRUIT, RECOGNIZE AND RETAIN A HIGH QUALITY AND EFFECTIVE PERSONNEL TO SUPPORT STUDENT SUCCESS AT EVERY SINGLE LEVEL IN OUR DISTRICT. IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE HAVE THREE AREAS OR OBJECTIVES TO FOCUS ON, AND THAT WOULD BE TO TARGET OUR RECRUITING OF HIGH QUALITY PERSONNEL THROUGH OUR GROW YOUR OWN PROGRAMS, WHICH YOU HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, TO INCREASE SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE AND UTILIZE MULTIPLE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS TO ENHANCE OUR RECRUITMENT RECOGNITION AND JUST AWARENESS OF JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN LITTLE ELM AND THEN STRENGTHENING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT AND OUR TEACHERS SO THAT HOPEFULLY WE CAN INCREASE OUR EMPLOYEE RETENTION.

THE LAST AREA IS IN THE AREA OF BUSINESS.

WE WANT TO ENSURE FUNDING FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING OPERATIONS, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO SUPPORT STUDENT SUCCESS AT EVERY LEVEL.

IN ORDER TO DO THAT, CONTINUED LASER FOCUSED CUSTOMER SERVICE AND TRAINING FOR CAMPUSES AND DEPARTMENTS SO THAT WE ARE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE IN THE RESOURCES THAT WE NEED FOR SMOOTH SCHOOL OPERATIONS AND FOR RESOURCES, AND THEN TO BUILD THE CAPACITY WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.

ABOUT LITTLE ELMS FINANCIAL STATUS.

AGAIN, THAT TRANSPARENCY.

WE HEAR SO MANY THINGS IN THE NEWS.

WE WANT TO REALLY EDUCATE OUR PUBLIC ABOUT HOW SCHOOL FINANCES REALLY WORK AND THEN IMPLEMENT BUDGET ALIGNMENT BETWEEN BUSINESS SERVICES, HUMAN RESOURCES, AND STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS TO THE GREATEST BENEFIT FOR OUR TEACHERS AND CHILDREN.

SO THAT IS OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

YOU DO, AS I SAID, HAVE ALL THE ACTION STEPS THAT WILL HELP US ACCOMPLISH THAT.

AS YOU READ THROUGH THAT PLAN, I'M SURE YOU NOTICED THAT WE HAVE SOME PRETTY AGGRESSIVE GOALS AND ACTION STEPS IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THOSE GOALS.

AND SO I WILL TELL YOU THAT CAMPUSES HAVE ALREADY ROLLED UP THEIR SLEEVES AND STARTED WORKING ON THAT, AND WE HAVE AS WELL IN THE DISTRICT.

SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO SOME GREAT UPDATES AND POSITIVE REPORTS TO YOU REGARDING OUR CHILDREN'S GROWTH AND ACHIEVEMENT. WITH THAT DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES, MA'AM. HOLD ON BEFORE YOU.

WE NEED TO MOTION AND SECOND. AND THEN WE CAN ASK QUESTIONS.

[INAUDIBLE] WE CAN DO THAT. SO DO HAVE A MOTION FROM THE FLOOR TO ACCEPT THE ACTION ITEM OF THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR 2022 2023.

SO MOVED. SO I HAVE A MOTION FROM MR. ENGLISH. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND FROM DR. THOMPSON.

NOW, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANK YOU. YES.

SO THIS IS KIND OF WHERE I HAD MY QUESTIONS WAS ABOUT THE PRIORITIES THAT WE HAD.

WE IDENTIFIED SUMMARIES OF NEEDS HERE FOR OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

THEN WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY THROUGH OUR ESSER FUNDS TO HELP US OUT IN THESE SPECIFIC AREAS.

WE HAVE LOWER THAN OUR STATE AVERAGE ON MOST OF OUR MEASURABLE GOALS, SPECIFICALLY WITH OUR NUMBERS OF ETHNIC REPRESENTATION.

OUR ACT SCORES A LOT OF OUR LOWER NUMBERS WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO IMPROVE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH STAAR TESTING.

BUT THAT'S ANOTHER ISSUE TOO, RIGHT? SO THAT WAS KIND OF RELATED TO MY QUESTION.

HOW ARE WE REALLY TAKING A STRATEGIC USE OF OUR ESSER FUNDS TO ADDRESS THE PRIORITIES OF OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN? SO WE HAVE USED OUR DATA TO COMPILE OUR DISTRICT FOCUS AREAS AND PRIORITIZE THEM BECAUSE YOU

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SO IN OUR PLAN, WE HAVE PRIORITIZED THOSE AREAS OF FOCUS.

YOU COULD SEE IN OUR ACTION STEPS HOW WE WANT TO ADDRESS THAT.

AS FAR AS FUNDING AND LEVERAGING THOSE ESSER FUNDS WE WILL CONTINUE TO USE THOSE FUNDS FOR HIGH QUALITY TUTORING.

WE WILL MONITOR THAT.

WE WILL USE THOSE FUNDS TO ACCOMPLISH HOUSE BILL 4545, MANDATORY SMALL GROUP TUTORING TO HELP CLOSE THE GAPS.

WE ARE LOOKING AT.

WE HAVE A LOT OF RESOURCES AND SO WE ARE LOOKING AT OUR RESOURCES TO STREAMLINE AND FOCUS.

AND I WILL SAY SIMPLIFY, BUT REALLY USE THE BEST RESOURCE FOR OUR NEEDS.

THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF OUT THERE AND WE JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE ARE USING THE MOST BENEFICIAL RESOURCE TO ADDRESS THE SPECIFIC LEARNING GAPS THAT WE HAVE.

WE HAVE LOOKED AT OUR DATA.

WE HAVE LOOKED AT VERTICAL NEEDS AS FAR AS OUR HIGH NEED IN OUR PERFORMANCE AREAS WHERE OUR STUDENTS SCORED THE WEAKEST AND WHERE THEY SCORED THE HIGHEST. WHEN WE LOOK AT WHERE THEY SCORED THE WEAKEST AND WE LOOK VERTICALLY THROUGH THE SYSTEM, WE ARE STARTING WHERE THOSE SKILLS START AT THE FOUNDATIONAL LEVEL AT ELEMENTARY, AND WE ARE ADDRESSING THEM IN OUR CURRICULUM AND IN OUR TEACHING PRACTICES.

AND DR. TRAMEL, I WANT TO ALSO REMIND THE BOARD THAT THIS IS ALIGNED WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN.

SO THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN HAS TO BE ALIGNED DIRECTLY WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.

A LOT OF THE IMPROVEMENTS AND A LOT OF THE, YOU KNOW, DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE IN TERMS OF ACADEMIC IMPROVEMENTS AND FILL IN THE GAPS, CLOSING THE GAPS THAT HAPPENS AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL.

DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN'T ADDRESS THE OVERARCHING FOCUS AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL.

BUT A LOT OF THE SPECIFICS WILL HAPPEN AT THE CAMPUS.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE AND YOU MENTIONED THE CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLAN, BUT EACH CAMPUS HAS THEIR OWN CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

SO THE SPECIFICS OF EACH CAMPUS, BECAUSE EVERY CAMPUS IS DIFFERENT, EVERY CAMPUS HAS DIFFERENT NEEDS, THEY WILL BE ADDRESSING SPECIFICS WITHIN THEIR OWN CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLAN. AND WE WILL BRING THOSE TO THE BOARD NEXT MONTH AND WE WILL AGAIN PROVIDE THOSE TO THE BOARD PRIOR TO THE BOARD MEETING FOR YOU TO LOOK AT BUT THE CAMPUS PLANS WILL BE ALIGNED TO THE DISTRICT PLAN SO THAT WE ARE ALL WORKING TOWARD THE SAME GOALS AND OUTCOMES.

HOWEVER, AS MR. GALLAGHER SAID, CAMPUSES WILL ANALYZE THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL CAMPUS DATA AND THEY WILL HAVE SPECIFIC THINGS IN THEIR PLANS TO TARGET THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS ON THEIR CAMPUSES.

I'M GOING TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF DR.

THOMPSON'S, BECAUSE I THINK I WANT TO REALLY AND MAYBE WE CAN TAKE THIS TO GROUP OR COMMITTEE SO WHEN COME TO COMMITTEE I THINK I WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT DATA POINTS THERE PARTICULARLY ARE LOOKING AT SO WE CAN REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT EACH ONE OF THE CAMPUSES ARE REVIEWING AND HOW THEY'RE COMING ABOUT WITH THEIR ACTION PLANS. I WOULD LOVE TO REPORT THAT BACK TO THE BOARD SO THAT WE CAN REALLY GET A CURIOUS UNDERSTANDING.

THE OTHER THING IS TO THINK THROUGH SURFACING THAT INFORMATION EVEN AT A HIGHER LEVEL, THAT WE CAN PROBABLY HAVE SOME POTENTIAL DASHBOARDS OR SOME OTHER THINGS THAT ALLOW NOT ONLY SUPERINTENDENT, BUT THE BOARD TO BE ABLE TO SEE AND TRACK AND MONITOR INFORMATION SO WE CAN MAKE PARTICULAR FINANCIAL DECISIONS ON DO WE NEED MORE TEACHERS HERE? ARE THERE PARTICULAR AREAS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT? SOME OF THE THINGS I'VE ALWAYS BEEN CURIOUS ABOUT IS, EVEN FROM A GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION STANDPOINT, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE GEOGRAPHICALLY, MAYBE ON SOME MAPPING, YOU KNOW, WHERE DO WE HAVE OUR WEAK AREAS? IS HILL TOWN A WEAK AREA, FOR EXAMPLE? DO WE NEED TO FOCUS THERE? SO MR. ENGLISH, I'M GOING TO STOP YOU FOR JUST A SECOND.

THOSE ARE THAT'S GREAT INFORMATION FOR YOU ALL.

BUT SOME OF THAT I MEAN, THOSE AREN'T BOARD DECISIONS.

I UNDERSTAND. IT'S ADMINISTRATION'S DECISIONS.

I UNDERSTAND. JUST BUT THE THING I'M TRYING TO GET AT IS WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU AND HELP YOU.

ABSOLUTELY. IF WE KNOW THAT INFORMATION THE QUESTION THEN BECOMES, CAN WE PROVIDE MORE FUNDING FOR TEACHERS? CAN WE PROVIDE MORE STUFF? CAN WE COME THROUGH SOME OF THESE OTHER THINGS THAT WE THE BOARD HAS MADE A DECISION ON AND SAID, HEY, ORIGINALLY WE WANT TO SPEND MONEY HERE, BUT LET'S SPEND MONEY THERE? SURE. SO THOSE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS WE TRY TO LOOK AT,

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WELL WHAT I'M SAYING IS. ADMINISTRATIONS DECISION.

YES, IT IS. BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS WE NEED TO DECIDE THAT.

RIGHT? RIGHT. WE NEED TO DECIDE HOW THAT COMES IN.

SO JUST.

JUST I THINK IT'S JUST IT'S GOOD FOR US TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SOME OF THIS STUFF, WE DON'T I DON'T HAVE A PICTURE IN MY MIND OF WHAT IT IS THEY'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT FOR US TO SAY, OKAY, HOW CAN WE HELP, YOU KNOW? AND OF COURSE, YOU WANT TO COME TO US THROUGH THE 100%, YOU KNOW, COME TO US.

WE GET THAT. BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE BOARD KNOWS, BECAUSE WHEN IT COMES TO SPENDING ESSER FUNDS, THAT'S WHY YOU HIRE US.

THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THESE PROFESSIONALS.

SO IT'S JUST A REMINDER.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE ALL UNDERSTANDING THE THE IMPACT THERE.

SURE. YEAH. YEAH.

RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

I DO HAVE A MOTION AND I HAVE A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF PASSING THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR 2022-2023 RAISE YOUR HAND, PLEASE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DR.

TRAMEL. LET'S GO ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF THE UPDATE ON POLICY CV LOCAL.

MS. ADAMS. YOU WILL RECALL IN JULY THAT YOU WERE PRESENTED WITH AN AMENDMENT TO POLICY CH LOCAL FOR PURCHASING, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE NEED TO INCREASE THAT LIMIT SO THAT WE COULD HAVE SUSTAINABLE AND REALLY CONTINUITY OF BUSINESS SERVICES. AND YOU APPROVED THAT.

AND SO WHAT WE'RE BRINGING YOU TONIGHT IS CV LOCAL.

AND SO IT'S KIND OF SOME SOME RELATIVES OF THAT CV LOCAL DIFFERS FROM CH LOCAL IN THAT IT IS SURROUNDING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.

AND SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS JUST THE ONE CHANGE TO CV LOCAL SO THAT IT MIRRORS AND THEN THIS WAS ACTUALLY A RECOMMENDATION FROM TASB.

AND SO THAT THE CV LIMIT FOR WHAT WE BRING TO THE BOARD MIRRORS THE SAME THING AS CH LOCAL.

THE DIFFERENCE IS WITH CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS WHICH ARE THROUGH CV LOCAL, IF ANYTHING EXCEEDS $50,000, YOU'LL FIRST AS A BOARD, ESTABLISH WHAT DELIVERY METHOD THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE. AND IT WOULD BE A VERY RARE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE ANY CONSTRUCTION PROJECT THAT WAS UNDER $100,000.

BUT IT COULD HAPPEN.

SO SO WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS JUST THAT WE KEEP OUR POLICIES IN LINE.

DO I HAVE A MOTION FROM THE BOARD TO APPROVE THE UPDATED POLICY CV LOCAL DATED SEPTEMBER 19, 2022 AS SUBMITTED.

SO MOVED. A MOTION FROM DAVID. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I HAVE A SECOND FROM ALEX.

ANY QUESTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED. WE'VE GOT TWO ABSENT.

STILL PASSES 5 TO 0.

MS. ADAMS CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF THE POLICY CE LOCAL.

I'M GOING TO PRESENT YOU THE EASIEST ACTION ITEM THAT YOU HAVE TONIGHT, MAYBE ALL YEAR, BECAUSE YOU'VE ALREADY MADE THIS DECISION LAST AUGUST WHENEVER YOU VOTED TO CHANGE OUR FISCAL YEAR, WHICH HAS BEEN A VERY POPULAR MOVE WITH OUR ADMINISTRATORS, AND THEY'VE BEEN EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

WE'VE ACTUALLY ALREADY BEEN THROUGH THAT FIRST FISCAL YEAR THAT ENDED JUNE 30TH.

THIS JUST BRINGS OUR POLICY IN LINE WITH THAT.

SO IT IS A RECOMMENDATION TO CHANGE OUR POLICY CE LOCAL TO MIRROR WHAT THE DISTRICT IS OPERATING UNDER.

THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A MOTION THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE UPDATED POLICY CE LOCAL DATA SEPTEMBER 19, 2022 AS SUBMITTED.

SO MOVED. A MOTION FROM MARY. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND FROM DAVID.

ANY QUESTIONS? I DIDN'T THINK SO BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE ALREADY KIND OF TALKED ABOUT THIS.

SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED. STILL TWO ABSTAINS.

THANK YOU, MISS ADAMS. APPRECIATE IT, MR. MARTIN. CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF THE WELDING LAB EXHAUST SYSTEMS AT LITTLE ELM HIGH SCHOOL, SIR.

YES. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BE HERE.

GOOD EVENING TO YOU.

AND I WOULD SAY THAT PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC, THE ODDS OF HAVING A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT OF $100,000 OR LESS WERE FAR GREATER THAN THEY ARE TODAY.

THIS BEING A PRIME EXAMPLE, WHAT WE'RE ASKING THE SCOPE OF THIS WORK IS ACTUALLY TO REPLACE THE EXHAUST SYSTEM IN THE EXISTING WELDING LAB NOW WHERE WE HAVE SIX UNITS.

THEY'RE GOING TO GET FOUR MORE UNITS IN THAT LAB.

THE SYSTEM RIGHT NOW DOESN'T DO IT JUSTICE.

THERE IS NO ABILITY TO HAVE ANY MAKE UP AIR TO REPLACE THE AIR THAT'S BEING EXHAUSTED.

SO IF YOU'VE BEEN OVER THERE, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE AN OVERHEAD DOOR.

THEY'VE BEEN RAISING THAT OVERHEAD DOOR TO GET THE AIR CIRCULATION THAT THEY NEED.

PART OF OUR SAFETY PROTOCOLS ARE GOING TO START CLOSING THAT DOOR, KEEPING IT SHUT.

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SO IN THE WINTERTIME, WE'RE NOT SUCKING 32 DEGREE AIR INTO THE SPACE AND TRYING TO MAKE UP THE EXHAUST.

SO WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING TWO SYSTEMS. ONE IS TO REPLACE THAT ONE, AND ONE IS TO PUT A SYSTEM IN THE NEW SPACE, THE NEW WELDING LAB THAT WE'VE JUST DONE.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'VE GOT A GRANT FOR FOUR MORE WELDING UNITS TO GO INTO THAT SPACE.

SO IT'S ACTUALLY TWO SYSTEMS TO PROMOTE SAFETY, SECURITY AND HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT FOR THE KIDS TO LEARN.

SO THE ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS THE APPROVAL OF THIS PROJECT BUDGET AS PRESENTED AND TO AUTHORIZE THE SUPERINTENDENT OR HIS DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE ANY REQUIRED CONTRACT DOCUMENTS. DO I HAVE A MOTION FROM THE BOARD TO ACCEPT THIS MOTION.

SO MOVE.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

FIRST FROM MONIQUE AND SECOND FROM DELEON.

ANY QUESTIONS? I THINK IT'S MORE OF A CLARIFICATION.

I DO SEE HERE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS.

THAT THE BUDGET IS BEING PAID FOR IT, THAT THIS WILL COME OUT OF THE PHASE FOUR BOND FUNDS.

SO THIS IS JUST FROM OUR LAST APPROVED FUNDS.

THIS WILL STILL BE CAPTURED IN THAT WHOLE BUCKET.

IN THE WHOLE BUCKET. YES, SIR.

THERE WERE A NUMBER OF LINE ITEMS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED FOR CONVERSION OF SPACES AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

THIS FALLS UNDER THAT CATEGORY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED. THE MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR. MARTIN. THANK YOU.

OKAY. WE HAVE ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

[11. Consent Agenda]

I'D LIKE TO PULL ITEM D AGAIN FOR ONE MORE MONTH.

THERE'S A MEETING THAT'S BEEN TRYING TO TAKE PLACE FOR ABOUT A MONTH AND A COMMUNITY MEMBER HAS BEEN TRYING TO MEET WITH MR. MILLER AND THEIR SCHEDULES JUST HAVEN'T WORKED.

SO THEY'RE SCHEDULED TO MEET NEXT WEEK, SO IF WE COULD JUST PULL THIS ITEM FOR ONE MORE MONTH.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT, PULL ACTION ITEM D.

D. D AS IN DAVID WE'LL PULL THAT AND HAVE IT ON NEXT MONTH.

YEAH. AND CAN I JUST MENTION WHAT THAT ITEM IS? THAT'S THE BYLAWS FOR OUR SHAC COMMITTEES FOR OUR SHAC COMMITTEE.

WE'VE HAD BYLAWS SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.

BUT WHAT THIS IS THIS IS BASICALLY MAKING IT MORE FORMAL ACCORDING TO HOUSE BILL 1525.

SO IT'S REALLY JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE BY NOT VOTING ON IT WE'RE NOT IN COMPLIANCE.

CORRECT? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ALL KNOW THAT, THAT WE'RE NOT IN COMPLIANCE UNTIL THE BOARD APPROVES THAT.

AND YOU ALL HAVE THE BYLAWS.

THE MEETING TAKES PLACE NEXT WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY.

I'M SORRY. THEY'RE HAVING THEIR MEETING NEXT THURSDAY.

WELL, I DON'T THINK IT'S ABOUT THE BYLAWS.

IT'S NOT ABOUT THE BYLAWS.

IT'S SOME DIFFERENT. I THINK IT'S JUST.

SHAC IN GENERAL.

BUT THIS IS JUST THE BYLAWS.

AND MR. MILLER IS NOT HERE.

I MEAN, I'M GOING TO TRUST MR. GALLAGHER. OKAY.

SO YOU'RE FINE WITH KEEPING IT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? I WOULD RECOMMEND AS LONG AS YOU ALL HAVE LOOKED AT THEM AND YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH IT.

YEAH, I WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVING THEM SO THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH HOUSE BILL 1525.

OKAY. ARE THERE ANY [INAUDIBLE] HOLD ON. WELL, I'M GETTING INTO QUESTIONS.

WE CAN ALWAYS COME BACK IF THERE'S MORE CONCERN AFTER THAT MEETING, WE CAN CERTAINLY COME BACK AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS.

BUT NO I TRUST YOU, MR. GALLAGHER. IF YOU'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH MR. MILLER. I'VE JUST BEEN A RECIPIENT AND COPIED IN SOME EMAILS AND STUFF.

AND I KNOW THERE'S A MEETING THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE, BUT WE'LL GO WITH YOUR RECOMMENDATION.

OKAY. SO WE HAVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE TO ACCEPT ALL THESE ITEMS? I HAVE IT FROM DAVID. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND FROM MONIQUE? ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING ELSE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES.

GO TO BOARD PRESIDENT COMMENTS.

[12. Board President Comments]

THEY ALWAYS PUT ON A TREMENDOUS EVENT.

I ALWAYS HEAR FROM ALL THE OTHER BAND DIRECTORS.

THEY ALWAYS LOVE COMING TO THE EVENT.

MR. FELICE AND THE STAFF OF THE FINE ARTS GROUP PUT ON A GREAT EVENT.

SO PLEASE, IF YOU GET A CHANCE, GO OUT THERE AND SEE.

IT'S ALWAYS TREMENDOUS TO SEE THE BANDS FROM THE LOCAL AREAS COME SUPPORT THAT.

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF OUR NEW COMMITTEE MEMBERS FROM THE BOARD.

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS STEPPED UP FROM GOING ON THE NEW COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

WE'VE SENT THAT OUT TO STAFF, SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN CONTINUE TO GET OUR CURRICULUM, FINANCE AND HR COMMITTEES.

THEY ARE FULLY STAFFED NOW SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET THE MEETINGS ON THOSE.

[02:05:03]

THAT WAY, BASICALLY, IF A THIRD BOARD MEMBER WOULD LIKE TO COME, THEY CAN ALSO ATTEND THESE MEETINGS.

WE'LL BE SENDING OUT THE INVITES TO ALL BOARD MEMBERS FOR ALL THE MEETINGS.

THAT WAY WE'RE ALL AWARE OF IT.

WE CAN COORDINATE WITH THAT PARTICULAR STAFF PERSON TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT IN QUORUM AND WE CAN ONLY HAVE THREE ATTEND.

SO WE'LL MAKE SURE TO KIND OF COORDINATE THAT WITH EVERYBODY'S SCHEDULE.

LAST ITEM, JUST THIS IS SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO DO A LITTLE MORE FORMALIZATION ON WITH MY COMMENTS IS THAT I KNOW A LOT OF TIMES BOARD MEMBERS HAVE BEEN BRINGING UP POTENTIAL TOPICS DURING THEIR BOARD COMMENTS, WHICH IS FINE.

I SUPPORT THAT. BUT WHAT I'D ALSO LIKE TO ASK WITH THAT IS WE ACTUALLY FORMALIZE THAT WITHIN AN EMAIL TO MR. GALLAGHER AS WE SENT OUT EARLIER TODAY.

WE'VE GOT SOME BOARD POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ABOUT SETTING THE AGENDA FOR THE MEETING, SO JUST TO KIND OF FORMALIZE THAT A LITTLE BIT, ALTHOUGH YOU CAN BRING THEM UP IN BOARD COMMENTS, I ASK THAT YOU FOLLOW IT UP THE FOLLOWING DAY WITH AN EMAIL TO MR. GALLAGHER SO THAT HE'S AWARE OF IT IN A FORMAL REPRESENTATION OF THE ITEM THAT WE'D LIKE TO HAVE THE BOARD BRING TO THE AGENDA.

SO IF YOU DON'T MIND, PLEASE DOING THAT.

I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT.

OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S ALL MY COMMENTS OTHER THAN THANK YOU, STAFF.

APPRECIATE EVERYBODY STAYING LATE TONIGHT, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE PARENTS, EVERYONE WHO SHOWED UP TO HONOR THE KIDS AND THE RECOGNITION TONIGHT.

THAT IS ALWAYS THE GREAT JOY I KNOW THIS BOARD LOVES TO DO.

SEE THE KIDS COME UP HERE, THEY GET ALL SHY, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF FUN AND CUTE.

SO IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE THE KIDS COME UP HERE.

SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE STAYING OUT.

THANK YOU FOR ALL THE PRESENTATIONS.

AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO START FROM MY RIGHT THIS TIME.

[13. Board Comments]

SO KEN GETS TO GO FIRST THIS TIME.

I TOOK HIM OFF GUARD.

I KNEW HE WAS COMING DOWN HERE.

HE'S STILL MAD ABOUT THE GAVEL.

THAT'S RIGHT. I'M STILL MAD ABOUT THE GAVEL.

BUT NO A GREAT MEETING.

THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR WELCOMING TO ME TO THE GROUP.

I'M GETTING MY LEGS UNDER ME AND ENJOY OUR WEEKEND DOWN AT TASB LATER THIS WEEKEND.

THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT.

WE HAVE MORE PARTICIPANTS THAT STAYED THROUGH THE WHOLE MEETING THAN WE HAVE IN A LONG TIME.

SO THAT'S GOOD TO SEE AS WELL.

AND ALSO, JASON BEAT ME TO IT ON PLUGGING THE CLASSIC ON THE LAKE.

THAT'S A VERY IT'S A VERY IMPRESSIVE EVENT THAT'S PUT ON EACH YEAR.

I SOMEHOW, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO BE AWAY AT TASB FOR THE WEEKEND SO I DON'T GET TO VOLUNTEER THIS YEAR, BUT I'LL CERTAINLY SIGN UP FOR NEXT YEAR.

BUT THAT'S WHAT I HAVE.

MONIQUE THOMPSON. I'M SAD THAT I WON'T BE AT THE TASB CONFERENCE, BUT I WANT TO JUST ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO HAVE SAFE TRAVELS REPRESENT AS WELL.

AND I DEFINITELY ENJOYED BEING THERE THIS SUMMER AND BEING A DELEGATE LAST YEAR.

AND I REGRET BECAUSE OF MY FAMILY LOSS, BEING UNABLE TO ATTEND THIS YEAR.

I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR STUDENTS WHO WERE HERE FOR THEIR RECOGNITION FROM THEIR PRINCIPALS.

THAT IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS OF OUR BOARD MEETINGS IS CELEBRATING OUR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS.

AND CLEARLY WE CAN'T RECOGNIZE EVERY SINGLE STUDENT AT EVERY SINGLE CAMPUS.

SO I ACTUALLY WANT TO SAY SOMETHING TO THE PARENTS OF THE STUDENTS WHO MAY NEVER GET NOMINATED.

YOUR BABY IS A SUPERSTAR.

HAVE YOUR BABY RECOGNIZED AT HOME, RECOGNIZE EVEN THE SMALLEST OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT YOUR CHILD DOES CHARACTER, COUNTS THEM AS A PERSON COUNTS. AND WE LOVE ALL OUR LOBOS.

SO I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE STUDENTS WHO MAY NEVER COME BEFORE US THAT WE ARE CELEBRATING YOU AS WELL.

AND DEFINITELY THE ONES WHO CAME OUT TONIGHT WERE SUPERSTARS.

THEY WERE SUPERSTARS IN HERE TONIGHT.

SO WE APPRECIATE PARENTS AND STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR SUPPORTING OUR KIDS.

THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO ECHO DR.

THOMPSON'S SENTIMENTS AND THINK STAFF ONCE AGAIN FOR PROVIDING ALL THE INFORMATION TO YOU AND ALL THE TIME AND EFFORT THAT YOU PUT INTO GIVING US THAT INFORMATION.

SO. PRETTY MUCH THAT'S IT FOR ME.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO ATTENDING TASB AND FINISHING MY TRAINING TO BE A SCHOOL BOARD.

I'VE ALREADY GOT 17 EDUCATION HOURS LOGGED SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO COMPLETING THAT.

I AM ALSO I'VE BEEN AROUND THE DISTRICT FOR THROUGHOUT THE SEMESTER SO FAR AND I'VE SEEN OUR DISTRICT, OUR STUDENTS COMPETE IN CROSS COUNTRY.

I'VE SEEN THEM COMPETE ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD AND DEFINITELY ON THE VOLLEYBALL FIELD.

SO AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING SOME OF OUR FINE ARTS PERFORMANCES AS WE MOVE INTO OCTOBER.

SO GOOD JOB LOBO'S.

IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU GUYS PERFORM AND THAT'S WHAT I'VE GOT.

OH, AND THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR SHOWING UP.

I'M GOING TO RESERVE MY COMMENTS FOR AN EMAIL TO MR. GELLER AS INSTRUCTED.

THANK YOU ALL. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

ALL RIGHT, SUPERINTENDENT COMMENTS.

[14. Superintendent Comments]

BOARD MEMBERS THANK YOU.

STAFF THANK YOU FOR STAYING.

[02:10:01]

YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A COMMITTEE THAT WAS ESTABLISHED AND THAT WAS THE PENAL CODE COMMITTEE AND THAT WAS ESTABLISHED AS A RESULT OF THIS BOARD ADOPTING EFA AND EFB ON JULY 18TH.

SO WHAT I WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY TO DO WHEN THEY WATCH THESE BOARD MEETINGS AND THEY HEAR PUBLIC COMMENTS, YOU KNOW, GO BACK AND WATCH PREVIOUS BOARD MEETINGS, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FIND A MORE TRANSPARENT BOARD, A MORE TRANSPARENT DISTRICT.

WE HAVE REMOVED SOME BOOKS.

WE'VE REMOVED 12 AS OF THIS DATE, BOOKS THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS.

THE PROCESS IS CLEARLY STATED ON OUR WEBSITE.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT ANY PROCESS THAT WE HAVE IN THE DISTRICT, REACH OUT TO ONE OF US.

BUT IT IS VERY TRANSPARENT.

IT IS ON OUR WEBSITE.

SEVERAL OTHER DISTRICTS IN THE AREA ARE STARTING TO LOOK AT THE PROCESS THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED AND MIRROR IN THIS PROCESS.

AND I WANT TO THANK DR.

TRAMEL AND HER TEAM AND CURRICULUM FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DID TO MAKE SURE IT WAS TRANSPARENT.

SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.

AND AGAIN, THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS AND THANK YOU FOR STAYING.

THANK YOU, MR. GALLAGHER. WITH THAT DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING? I HAVE A MOTION FROM ALEX DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND FROM DELEON.

SO OFFICIALLY AT 9:12 P.M., IF EVERYBODY WOULD LIKE TO RAISE THEIR.

OH, I'M SORRY. EVERYBODY RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL'S IN FAVOR. ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

EVERYBODY CAN RAISE THEIR GAVEL.

PUT MINE AWAY.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.