[00:00:04] I'D LIKE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF LITTLE ELM ISD WILL BE HELD HERE ON FEBRUARY 20TH, 2023, AT 5:30 P.M. [1. Call to Order Open Session in the Board Room at Little Elm ISD Administration Building on 400 Lobo Lane, Little Elm, Texas 75068.] HERE IN THE LISD ADMINISTRATION BUILDING. WE'LL GO INTO THE PUBLIC HEARING. [2. Public Hearing: Annual Report 2021-2022] SO DR. TRAMEL. OR I GUESS SHE'S GOING TO. WHAT? OH, TIME? I SAID 5:30. [INAUDIBLE] OKAY, ARE YOU READY, SIR? I'M READY FOR YOU, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. BOARD OF TRUSTEES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. PEOPLE ALWAYS ASK THIS LOOKS LIKE A REPORT. IT SAYS LAST YEAR. THAT'S CORRECT. IT'S ALWAYS A YEAR IN ARREARS. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE REVIEWING THE TAPR REPORT WITHIN THE ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE 21-22 SCHOOL YEAR. THERE ARE EIGHT DIFFERENT SECTIONS TO THE REPORT, AND ON HERE YOU WILL SEE IT GOES TO THE TAPR REPORT, WHICH IS THE LARGEST PORTION OF THIS PARTICULAR ANNUAL REPORT. PEIMS FINANCIAL, OUR ACCREDITATION STATUS FOR LAST YEAR. CAMPUS PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES. OUR REPORT ON VIOLENT AND CRIMINAL INCIDENTS ON CAMPUSES. STUDENT PERFORMANCE IN POST-SECONDARY. OUR PROGRESS TOWARD HOUSE BILL THREE GOALS AND THEN THE TAPR GLOSSARY. NOW, SOME OF YOU MAY BE ASKING HOW LONG IS THIS REPORT? IT'S ABOUT 1000 PAGES WHEN YOU PUT IT BACK TO BACK TO BACK. SO WHEN YOU TAKE YOUR TIME TO GO IN AND REVIEW THIS PARTICULAR REPORT, I DO ENCOURAGE THE CONTROL F TO SEEK WHAT YOU ARE WANTING TO LOOK AT. ALL RIGHT, AS I STATED, THE FIRST PART OF SECTION ONE TO COMPILES AS PART OF TAPR, THE TEXAS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE REPORT FOR PEIMS AND STUDENT ASSESSMENT DATA, AND THEN THEY ARE PUBLISHED NOT ONLY AS A PDF BUT ALSO AS A ON THE WEBSITE. SO YOU'RE ABLE TO TAB THROUGH ALL THE DIFFERENT SECTIONS FOR WHAT YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN. WHAT YOU CAN SEE IS THOSE PDFS ARE ALREADY POSTED ONTO OUR WEBSITE AND IT INCLUDES INFORMATION ON THE PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS IN EACH DISTRICT AND CAMPUS IN THE STATE PERFORMANCE SHOWN ON OUR DISAGGREGATED STUDENT GROUPS, ETHNICITY, SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, AND THEN IT ALSO PROVIDES A LOT OF INFORMATION ON SCHOOL AND DISTRICT STAFF PROGRAMS, OTHER STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS, HOW LONG TEACHERS HAVE TAUGHT THEIR LEVELS OF EXPERIENCE, LEVELS OF EDUCATION AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN THIS AREA. AGAIN, ONE OF THE COVER PAGES THAT YOU WILL SEE IN REVIEWING THE FULL REPORT, IT WILL STATE OUR ACCOUNTABILITY RATING AND ALSO OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION DETERMINATION STATUS AND THEN THE ASVAB THAT ARMED SERVICES, VOCATIONAL APTITUDE BATTERY TEST INFORMATION, AND THEN ANY DISTINCTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. IT WILL ALSO SHOW ALL DIFFERENT PERFORMANCE RATES. AS A REMINDER, YOU'LL SEE APPROACHES MEETS AND MASTERS. SOMETHING TO RECALL IS APPROACHES IS WHAT PEOPLE EQUATE TO PASSING. SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING TO RECALL. PEOPLE DO CONSIDER THOSE THE SAME THING, AND THEN MEETS IS RIGHT ON GRADE LEVEL AND THEN MASTERS IS YOU'VE MASTERED THE MATERIAL. IT IS BROKEN DOWN PER GRADE, PER CAMPUS FOR ANY INFORMATION THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO SEE ON THAT, AND AS IT STATES UP HERE, EACH ASSESSMENT, ALL GRADES, ALL SUBJECTS, THERE WE GO BY SUBJECT AND ALL SUBJECTS, AND THEN ALSO THE ACADEMIC GROWTH. I REALLY WANT TO POINT OUT THE YEARS YOU'LL SEE THERE, IT SAYS REPORTED IN 22 AND 2019, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THINGS LIKE 2019, 2020, 2021. THINGS ARE REPORTED AT DIFFERENT TIMES. SO WE'RE ABOUT TO GO INTO SECTION TWO, WHICH IS FISCAL, AND IT'S TWO YEARS IN ARREARS. BILINGUAL EDUCATION'S ALSO REPORTED IN SECTION ONE AND PARTICIPATION. ATTENDANCE, GRADUATION AND DROPOUT RATES. THE MOST CURRENT DATA THAT WE HAVE, OF COURSE, IS GOING TO BE THAT 2021, AND IT JUST SHOWS US OUR ATTENDANCE RATES. IF WE HAD STUDENTS DROP OUT, IF THEY REJOINED US TO GO AHEAD AND FINISH UP ALL OF THAT INFORMATION AND A GRADUATION PROFILE CAN BE FOUND IN THE TAPR AS WELL AS COLLEGE CAREER AND MILITARY READINESS, THE RELATED INDICATORS AND ANY POST SECONDARY INDICATORS. NOW, I MENTIONED DOWN HERE AGAIN WITH THE DATES, JUST SO THAT YOU ARE AWARE THAT IS THE PROPER YEAR THAT YOU SHOULD BE REVIEWING. OKAY. WE HAVE STUDENT INFORMATION ENROLLMENT BY GRADE LEVEL, STUDENT GROUPS, DIFFERENT IDENTIFYING INDICATORS, STAFF INFORMATION AND PROGRAM INFORMATION, AS I HAD STATED [00:05:04] PREVIOUSLY. SO IF YOU WANTED TO SEE I'M NOT ABLE TO JUMP OVER THERE RIGHT NOW, BUT YOU DO HAVE A CLICKABLE LINK AVAILABLE TO YOU IN THIS PARTICULAR POWERPOINT AND THOUGH I DO APPRECIATE THE PDF VERY MUCH, IT IS VERY READER FRIENDLY WHEN YOU GO ONTO THE LINKS FOR ANY OF OUR CAMPUSES OR OUR DISTRICT, YOU CAN REALLY TARGET THE INFORMATION THAT YOU WANT AT THE TOP BECAUSE IT HAS IT IN DIFFERENT TABS. SO I DO ENCOURAGE THE BOARD, STAFF, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO EXPLORE THAT AS THEY CHOOSE. SECTION TWO IS OUR FINANCIAL STANDARD REPORTS, AND IT'S CALLED ACTUAL FINANCIAL DATA FOR THE DISTRICT, AND WITHIN THIS REPORT IT WILL INCLUDE THE REVENUES, THE EXPENDITURES, THE DISBURSEMENTS, TAX RATE AND FUND BALANCE, AND THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE EACH CAMPUS IS INCLUDED AS WELL WITH THEIR BREAKDOWN, THEIR FISCAL BREAKDOWN EXPENDITURES BY OBJECT, FUNCTION AND PROGRAM. OKAY, AND THEN WE MOVE INTO SECTION THREE. AS I STATED, SECTION ONE IS THE LONGEST AREA. SO FOR SECTION THREE, TEA ASSIGNS ONE OF THE FOUR ACCREDITATION STATUSES TO EACH DISTRICT IN THE STATE ACCREDITED, WHICH WE'VE BEEN ACCREDITED. ACCREDITED-WARNED, ACCREDITED-PROBATION, NOT ACCREDITED AND REVOKED. OF COURSE, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME YEARS NOT HAVE THOSE ACCREDITATIONS DUE TO COVID, AND THEN IN ASSIGNING ACCREDITATION STATUS TO THE DISTRICT, IT ALSO CONSIDERS OUR ACCOUNTABILITY RATINGS, OUR FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTABILITY RATINGS, OUR DATA INTEGRITY AND THEN PROGRAM AREA DEFICIENCIES IDENTIFIED THROUGH PBMAS, WHICH IS NOW CALLED RDA. EVERYTHING ELSE HAS A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT NAMES, SO NOW IT'S CALLED RDA. SO DUE TO THE IMPACT OF COVID, AS I STATED, YOU MAY HAVE YEARS. WE DON'T SEE THAT ASSIGNED ACCREDITATION. CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS. SECTION FOUR IS OUR CAMPUS PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES, WHICH ARE EMBEDDED INTO OUR ONE PARTICULAR AREA WHERE WE REALLY WORK TO SHOW IMPROVEMENT AND GROWTH OVER TIME IN OUR CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS, AND THAT INCLUDES OUR PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES. WHAT ARE WE REACHING FOR? WHAT ARE WE HOPING FOR OUR STUDENTS? WHAT GOALS ARE WE SEEKING? AND SO IN THAT YOU CAN SEE YOU'RE ABLE TO CLICK ON HERE AND LOOK AT EACH OF OUR CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS AND SEE THE PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES. THEY DID COME BEFORE THE BOARD EARLIER IN THE YEAR AND WERE APPROVED, AND YOU CAN SEE THEM EMBEDDED IN THERE. SECTION FIVE HAS A LITTLE BIT OF NEW. IT IS ALWAYS BEEN A REPORT ON VIOLENT AND CRIMINAL INCIDENTS. IT DOES REQUIRE EACH DISTRICT TO PUBLISH AS PART OF THIS REPORT ANY VIOLENT OR CRIMINAL INCIDENTS THAT OCCUR ON EACH CAMPUS, AND IT MUST INCLUDE THE NUMBER OF THE RATE AND TYPE OF VIOLENT OR CRIMINAL INCIDENTS THAT OCCURRED ON EACH CAMPUS TO THE EXTENT OF FERPA. WE HAVE TO CONSIDER IF IT'S ONE STUDENT, WE HAVE TO CONSIDER EVERYONE'S RIGHTS TO THEIR PRIVACY DESCRIPTIONS OF SCHOOL VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND VIOLENCE INTERVENTION POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, AND THEN FINDINGS FROM EVALUATIONS UNDER THE SAFE AND DRUG-FREE SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES ACT. NOW, THE DISTRICT REPORT WILL BE POSTED ON IN ITS ENTIRETY WILL BE POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE, BUT IT'S ALSO AVAILABLE AS A PAPER COPY AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL THROUGH ME, ASHLEY GLOVER OR AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL THROUGH THE FRONT OFFICE OF A PARENT WOULD LIKE TO REVIEW IT IN A HARD COPY. THIS IS THE NEWER PART. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAME UP AND IT IS STILL ON THE VIOLENT AND CRIMINAL INCIDENTS, BUT TEA NOW REQUIRES THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN PRIOR TO THE START OF THE 22-23 SCHOOL YEAR. SO OF COURSE, I TEAMED UP WITH MR. ROBERTS, MR. MILLER AND DR. TRAMEL, AND WE WERE REVIEWING THESE, AND SO I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY LIST THEM OUT FOR YOU BRIEFLY, BUT THEY ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT IS A NEW PIECE, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW. SO WE'RE GOING TO CONDUCT OR DID CONDUCT A SUMMER TARGETED PARTIAL SAFETY AUDIT, CONDUCT AN EXTERIOR DOOR SAFETY AUDIT, CONVENE THE DISTRICT SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE EMERGENCY OPS PLAN, AND AS A COMPONENT OF THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN, THE ACTIVE THREAT PLAN, ENSURE ALL CAMPUSES, INCLUDING SUBSTITUTES, ARE TRAINED ON THEIR SPECIFIC DISTRICT AND CAMPUS SAFETY PROCEDURES. SCHEDULE MANDATORY DRILLS FOR THE YEAR. ENSURE ALL THREAT ASSESSMENT MEMBERS ARE TRAINED AND REVIEW AS NECESSARY UPDATE ACCESS CONTROL PROCEDURES. SO THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL DESCRIPTIONS AVAILABLE TO YOU WITHIN THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLAN, BUT YOU ARE ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT ACTUAL REPORT WHEN YOU PULL THAT UP. IS EVERYONE STILL WITH ME? OKAY. IT'S REALLY GOOD INFORMATION. IT'S VERY INTERESTING TO SEE THE DATA WHERE WE'VE COME FROM, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO TO GROW. JUST A COUPLE MORE SECTIONS AND THAT IS OUR STUDENT PERFORMANCE AT THE POST SECONDARY LEVEL. I CONSIDER THIS THE MOST DIFFICULT SECTION TO TRACK FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS. [00:10:05] THEY ARE LOOKING TO SEE HOW MANY STUDENTS COMPLETED A FOUR YEAR, A TWO YEAR DEGREE, HOW MANY STUDENTS WENT INTO THE MILITARY, AND IT CAN BE TOUGH. SO ONCE WE SET THEM FREE TO THEIR FUTURE, FINDING OUT THAT INFORMATION CAN BE PRETTY TOUGH. SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IT'S A FEW YEARS IN ARREARS. I HAVE DONE A SCREENSHOT FOR YOU BECAUSE THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT I WOULD WANT TO SEE. IN THE ACTUAL REPORT, YOU CAN SEE IT FOR ANY DISTRICT. THIS IS OUR MOST RECENT ONE. YOU'LL SEE IN THE FISCAL YEAR OF 21 AND THE PUBLIC FOUR YEAR UNIVERSITY, TWO YEAR COLLEGE INDEPENDENT, NOT TRACEABLE, NOT FOUND. WHAT I WANT TO MAKE EVERYONE AWARE OF IS JUST ABOUT EVERY DISTRICT FACES THE DIFFICULTY OF FINDING. NOW, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO IMPROVE ON THAT AND HOW WE CAN REALLY FOLLOW OUR KIDS AND SEE HOW THINGS ARE GOING FOR THEM, BUT THERE IS THAT INFORMATION ON THE POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS. NUMBER SEVEN IS OUR PROGRESS TOWARD BOARD ADOPTED HOUSE BILL THREE GOALS, AND IT REQUIRES US AS PART OF THE ANNUAL REPORT TO SHARE HOW WE'RE MEETING THOSE GOALS. SO WHEN THE COMMUNITY, THE BOARD STAFF, WHEN WE PULL UP THE HOUSE BILL THREE BOARD APPROVED GOALS, YOU WILL SEE OUR GOALS REACHING FROM 21 TO 24 THE SCHOOL YEAR, 21 TO 24, AND YOU'RE ABLE TO SEE AND MATCH HOW PROGRESS LOOKS. SO IN THE SPRING YOU'LL HAVE THAT AVAILABLE TO YOU. IT'S AVAILABLE NOW, BUT YOU'LL HAVE IT AVAILABLE TO YOU TO REVIEW OUR THE GREAT WORK THAT OUR STUDENTS DO IN THE SPRING YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE A LONGITUDINAL COMPARISON AND THEN AGAIN, THOSE ARE AVAILABLE TO YOU BY ITSELF AND ALSO IN THE REPORT, AND THEN OUR FINAL SECTION OF THE TAPER REPORT, THE ANNUAL REPORT IS GOING TO BE THE GLOSSARY. IT IS MOST NECESSARY. THEY PUBLISHED THE TAPR GLOSSARY. I HAVE NOT SEEN THE ONE IN SPANISH YET FROM THE STATE, BUT THEY ARE WORKING ON IT AND WE WILL MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT POSTED, BUT IT DEFINES THE SCRIBES AND SHOWS THE METHODOLOGIES AND LIST SOURCES FOR EVERY SINGLE DATA POINT IN THE TAPR AS IT SAYS SCHEDULED FOR RELEASE IN LATE WINTER I SUPPOSE IT'S STILL CONSIDERED LATE WINTER, BUT WE KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THAT AND THEN IT'S ALSO POSTED THERE CURRENTLY ON OUR WEBSITE. THE MAIN THING I WANT TO SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY STAFF, THE BOARD IS THIS IT IS AN INTERESTING PIECE OF INFORMATION THAT ANYONE CAN REVIEW AND USE THAT AS WE WORK WITH OUR KIDS TO GROW AND IMPROVE AND SO WHAT QUESTIONS MAY I ANSWER FROM ANY OF YOU? YES, PLEASE. LET ME TRY THAT AGAIN. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS THE STAFF. DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANY BOARD MEMBERS? PLEASE HOLD. WHAT'S THAT? PLEASE HOLD. [CHUCKLING] HOLDING. JUST ONE MOMENT. ONE MOMENT, PLEASE. SO FOR 2021-2022, OUR PERFORMANCE WAS FOR GRADES FOUR THROUGH EIGHT, COULD YOU HELP ME? WHICH I KNOW YOU KIND OF GLOSSED, BUT WHICH AREA WOULD YOU SAY WE DID WELL, AS FAR AS APPROACHES, GRADE LEVEL OR ABOVE WHICH GRADES SEEMED TO MAYBE GET THERE, WHICH GRADES SEEM TO NOT GET THERE? SO WE'VE SEEN GROWTH IN EVERY AREA, BUT A LOT OF ACTIVE GROWTH IN THIRD OUTSIDE OF THAT FOUR THROUGH EIGHT SPAN. IN READING, WE'VE SEEN SOME REALLY GOOD GROWTH, AND SO MATH IS MORE OF A TARGET AREA IN A LOT OF THOSE IN SEVENTH. WHAT'S EXCITING IS WITH OUR DATA COLLECTION AS WE GO WITH OUR MAP DATA AND OUR INTERIM TESTING, WE'RE ABLE TO SEE OUR GROWTH NOW IN REAL TIME INSTEAD OF THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. SO WE CAN SEE NOW IF OUR SEVENTH GRADERS ARE STRUGGLING ON A PARTICULAR TEK, CONTENT AREA AND WE'RE ABLE TO ADDRESS IT. SO WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED TO LOOK AND SEE HOW THAT MAKES A CHANGE WITHIN OUR GOALS IN ANY OF THE GRADE LEVELS. SO WE GET MORE REAL TIME DATA NOW. WE DO. DID THAT ANSWER YOUR INITIAL QUESTION? YES, THANK YOU. WONDERFUL. SO THE REAL TIME. SO WHAT DR. THOMPSON SAID IS WE HAVE MORE REAL TIME DATA, AND THE ANSWER TO THAT IS YES. IT'S BEEN THE BEST THING THAT WE COULD DO FOR OUR KIDS IS NOT JUST COLLECTING THAT INFORMATION, BUT USING IT. SO I'M PRETTY PROUD OF THAT. WHAT OTHER QUESTIONS MAY I ANSWER? ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS? OKAY, THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. HAVE A GOOD EVENING. MS. FLORES ANY CITIZEN INPUT? NOT FOR PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY, THANK YOU. NO COMMENTS FROM ME. DO I HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM ANY BOARD MEMBERS? [5. Board Comments] [00:15:02] I'LL START DOWN MY LEFT. NOPE. I HAVE ONE. I WANT TO THANK YOU, DR. GLOVER, FOR SHARING THE UPDATES, AND I'M GLAD THAT WE HAVE DR. TRAMEL THE REAL TIME DATA NOW, AND I KNOW WE HAVE A CURRICULUM COMMITTEE MEETING COMING UP IN MARCH, MARCH 7TH. SO I'M INTERESTED TO SEE BECAUSE IT SEEMS THAT WE WILL HAVE REAL TIME DATA EVEN ON THAT DAY TO LOOK AT. OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. ALL RIGHTY. NO COMMENTS FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT. SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 5:46 P.M.? DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. THOSE OPPOSED. WE WILL END THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 5:46 P.M.. THANK YOU. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.