Aug 21, 2023 Regular Board Meeting

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WE WILL OPEN UP THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING OF LITTLE ELM BOARD OF TRUSTEES ON AUGUST 21ST AT 6 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.]

THE BOARD WILL RECESS INTO CLOSED MEETING AND THE BOARD SUPPORT CONFERENCE ROOM AS PERMITTED BY THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, SUBCHAPTER 551.072 AND

[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]

ALL RIGHT. WE WILL RECONVENE.

RECONVENE BACK INTO OPEN SESSION AT 7:02 P.M..

I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ONE SECOND BEFORE WE GET GOING ON THE AGENDA.

I KNOW IT'S AN EXCITING TIME EVERYBODY'S BACK AT SCHOOL, BUT WE HAVE HAD A LITTLE LOSS IN THE FAMILY OF LITTLE ELM.

SO BEFORE WE START THE MEETING, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A QUICK MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR DR.

ASHLEY GLOVER. SO EVERYBODY WILL PLEASE BOW YOUR HEADS SO WE CAN TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE THAT.

WE'LL GO ON NOW WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

[3. Pledge of Allegiance]

LET'S PRAY TOGETHER. THANK YOU, LORD, FOR THIS TIME.

THANK YOU FOR THIS MEETING, AND GOD, WE JUST PRAY THAT YOUR BLESSING AND FAVOR.

THANK YOU FOR OUR SUPERINTENDENT, OUR SCHOOL BOARD.

WE JUST PRAY YOU WOULD GRANT THEM WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING AS THEY LEAD OUR FACULTY AND STAFF AND STUDENTS.

WE THANK YOU FOR A GREAT START TO THE YEAR.

WE PRAY YOUR BLESSING OVER EACH CAMPUS.

WE THANK YOU FOR OUR ADMINISTRATORS, OUR FACULTY, AND OUR STAFF.

BE WITH OUR TEACHERS.

HELP THEM AND GIVE THEM GRACE AND STRENGTH FOR ALL THE ADVERSITY AND ALL THE CHALLENGES AND ALL THE FUN THEY GET TO HAVE IN THE CLASSROOM.

GOD, WE PRAY YOUR PROTECTION AND BLESSING OVER ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND GOD.

WE JOIN WITH MISTER OLSON.

WE DO ASK THAT YOU WOULD COMFORT THE FAMILY OF DR.

ASHLEY GLOVER, HER COLLEAGUES AND FRIENDS.

BE WITH THEM. CONTINUE TO GIVE THEM COMFORT.

GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THE STRENGTH THAT WE FIND IN YOU.

WE THANK YOU THAT YOU ARE WITH US.

THANK YOU THAT YOU JOIN US IN OUR MEETINGS.

WE GIVE YOU PRAISE AND THANKS FOR THAT.

IN JESUS NAME. AMEN.

INTRODUCTION. ROLL CALL, MISS FLORES.

CALL] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE'LL GO INTO SUPERINTENDENT SPOTLIGHT, MR.

[6. Superintendent Spotlight]

[INAUDIBLE] HI, MISS ASHLEY.

HERE WE GO. HI, MR. LAMB. SUPERINTENDENT LAMB.

PRESIDENT OLSON, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

IT'S MY PLEASURE THIS EVENING TO INTRODUCE EVEN MORE NEW STAFF MEMBERS TO OUR LOBO FAMILY.

WE'RE SUPER EXCITED TO INTRODUCE TWO OF OUR NEW DISTRICT AND CAMPUS LEADERS.

SO WE'LL START WITH INTRODUCING TO YOU DR.

JUSTIN BARRETT, OUR NEW PRINCIPAL, DR.

BARRETT. SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT DR.

BARRETT'S PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND FIRST.

DR. BARRETT SERVED IN OUR UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES, SPECIFICALLY IN THE ARMY.

HE WAS AN ACTIVE DUTY IN BOTH GERMANY AND IN IRAQ, AND DURING HIS TIME, AS IN THE ARMY, HE EARNED SEVERAL MEDALS, INCLUDING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, ARMY COMMENDATION MEDAL, THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM MEDAL, AND THE OPERATION FREEDOM MEDAL.

AFTER HIS DISTINGUISHED SERVICE IN THE ARMY, DR.

BARRETT WENT INTO EDUCATION.

HE STARTED AS A TEACHER, A SOCIAL STUDIES HIGH SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER IN FORT WORTH ISD.

HE THEN MOVED INTO AN INSTRUCTIONAL SPECIALIST CAPACITY, ALSO STILL IN FORT WORTH ISD FOR A YEAR, AND THEN HE WENT INTO CAMPUS ADMINISTRATION STARTED AS A MIDDLE SCHOOL ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN FORT WORTH ISD BEFORE BECOMING A MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, MOST RECENTLY IN KELLER ISD, WHERE HE WAS SERVING AT

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FROM A PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE, DR.

BARRETT IS MARRIED, HIS ONE OF HIS CHILDREN AND HIS WIFE ARE HERE.

HIS WIFE, DEIDRE, AND HIS OLDEST SON CALEB, ARE HERE.

IF YOU GUYS WOULD STAND TO BE RECOGNIZED, WE'RE SO GLAD THAT YOU GUYS ARE HERE.

HE DOES HAVE THREE OTHER CHILDREN, SOPHIA, OLIVIA AND NATHAN.

WHEN ASKED WHAT DOES HE LIKE TO DO IN HIS SPARE TIME, HE LOVES TO READ, WATCH SPORTS, ESPECIALLY FOOTBALL.

WE'LL GET BACK TO THAT IN A SECOND, BUT HE DOES NOTE THAT MOST OF HIS SPARE TIME IS SPENT DOING STUFF WITH HIS KIDS.

SO WHEN ASKED WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE TEAM AND SPORT TO WATCH THE MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION, HE GOT IT RIGHT.

WHICH MEANS HE ANSWERED THE COWBOYS.

THE COWBOYS, AND THEN HE ALSO SAID LSU IS HIS FAVORITE COLLEGE TEAM TO WATCH.

PROUDEST ACCOMPLISHMENT IS MARRYING HIS WIFE, DEIDRE.

HE SAID WHAT MAKES HIM LAUGH THE MOST IS RERUNS OF THE OFFICE, THE TELEVISION SHOW THE OFFICE, AND A LITTLE KNOWN FACT ABOUT HIM IS THAT HE WAS ABLE TO DUNK A BASKETBALL IN HIGH SCHOOL, BUT NOW NOT SO MUCH.

THE KNEES WON'T LET WON'T ALLOW.

OKAY, SO AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO TURN THE MICROPHONE OVER TO DR.

BARRETT TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.

THANK YOU, MISS BROWN. I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO SAY.

I JUST WANT TO THANK THE BOARD. I WANT TO THANK MR. LAMB. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

I'M LOVING THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS BEING THE HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL AT LITTLE ELM.

I LOVE THE COMMUNITY. I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT THE SCHOOL.

IT IS ONE UNBELIEVABLE PLACE AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MAKE IT EVEN BETTER.

I JUST WANTED TO REALLY THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. LAMB.

DONNIE, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.

I AM SO EXCITED. I CANNOT WAIT TO GET BACK TO SCHOOL.

I KNOW I GOT TO GO HOME, BUT I'M EXCITED ABOUT EVERYTHING WE GET TO DO HERE.

THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU SAID, MS. BROWN. THANK YOU, GUYS.

THANK YOU. DR.

BARRETT. OKAY.

WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE HIM AND HE IS A BUNDLE OF ENERGY AND ENTHUSIASM, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT HIM.

ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT INTRODUCTION AND OUR LAST ONE OF THE EVENING, WE'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU OUR NEW DIRECTOR FOR COUNSELING SERVICES, MS. JESSICA COFIELD. SO JESSICA IS ALREADY A LOBO.

SHE IS BEEN IN OUR LOBO FAMILY FOR SEVERAL YEARS, BUT GOING BACK TO HER PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE, MS. COFIELD STARTED HER CAREER IN EDUCATION IN MESQUITE ISD, WHERE SHE WAS A TEACHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER.

SHE THEN MOVED FROM MESQUITE ISD TO CONTINUE HER ELEMENTARY TEACHING CAREER IN PLANO ISD.

SHE KIND OF STARTED TRANSITIONING OUT OF THE CLASSROOM AND INTO COUNSELING WHILE STILL IN PLANO.

SHE WAS A MIDDLE SCHOOL COUNSELING INTERN IN PLANO ISD AND SHE HAS EARNED HER LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR, WHICH YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE HEARD OF AS LPC.

SO SHE IS A THERAPIST AND DOES HAVE A BUSINESS EXCUSE ME, A PRACTICE WHERE SHE PRACTICES THERAPY.

SHE ALSO IS A GRIEF FACILITATOR.

SHE DOES VOLUNTEER WORK AT JOURNEY OF HOPE, WORKING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE AS THEY NAVIGATE THROUGH GRIEF, AND SHE IS CURRENTLY SORRY.

BEFORE THIS POSITION, SHE WAS A SCHOOL COUNSELOR AT CHAVEZ AND STRIKE AND THEN SHE WAS THE INTERVENTION COUNSELOR MOST RECENTLY LAST SCHOOL YEAR AT STRIKE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

SO SHE HAS LOTS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE PRIVATE PRACTICE AS WELL AS IN EDUCATION AS A COUNSELOR, AND WE'RE EXCITED FOR ALL OF OUR LITTLE ELM ISD COUNSELORS TO BE ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM THAT. ON A PERSONAL NOTE, THIS IS THE KIND OF DEDICATION THAT MS. COFIELD HAS. TODAY IS HER ACTUAL BIRTHDAY, AND SO SHE PAUSED HER FAMILY CELEBRATIONS TO COME AND GREET ALL OF YOU GUYS AND TO BE HERE WITH US.

SO ARI TALKED ABOUT THIS WITH MR. LAMB. HE'S GOING TO SERENADE YOU WITH HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DEAR JESSICA.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.

THAT IS PROBABLY A FIRST THAT WE'VE SANG.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AT ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING.

OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. SO ON A PERSONAL NOTE, MISS COFIELD'S FAMILY, HER CHILDREN ARE HERE, AND WE'D LIKE TO ASK THEM TO STAND.

AMANI AND JALEN, IF YOU GUYS WOULD STAND HER HOBBIES.

SHE LOVES TO SPEND TIME WITH HER KIDDOS.

SHE LOVES TO READ AND VOLUNTEER.

HER FAVORITE SPORT TO WATCH IS ACTUALLY BASKETBALL, SO SHE DOESN'T REALLY HAVE AN ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.

SHE, LIKE, YOU HAVE TO PICK ONE.

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EVERYBODY HAS THE RIGHT ANSWER.

SO WHAT MAKES HER LAUGH THE MOST? AS YOU CAN TELL, SHE HAS AN EASY LAUGH AND SHE'S VERY PERSONABLE.

SHE WHAT MAKES HER LAUGH THE MOST IS TIME SPENT WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

ONE OF HER PROUDEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS IS BEING THE 2022-23 PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR FOR STRIKE MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHICH SHE WAS RECOGNIZED BY HER PEERS.

SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'LL GIVE THE MIC OVER TO MISS COFIELD.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT OLSON.

THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT LAM.

FIRST, THANK YOU FOR THE BIRTHDAY SONG.

I WASN'T EXPECTING IT.

I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

I ALSO JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE AND SAY A FEW WORDS TO THANK YOU.

THIS IS MY SIXTH YEAR IN THE DISTRICT AND I AM ELATED TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD ON THE FOUNDATION THAT HAS BEEN SET ALREADY FROM OUR PREVIOUS DIRECTOR. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO SERVING WITH THIS GREAT TEAM AND ALSO SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY AND HOWEVER WE CAN.

JUST THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

I TRULY APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR SUPERINTENDENT SPOTLIGHT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS BROWN.

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

[7. Reports of the Superintendent]

THIS WAS A DIFFERENT YEAR.

THEY'RE COMING AT US IN DIFFERENT WAVES.

SOME OF THE THINGS YOU'LL HEAR ME SAY, WE DON'T QUITE HAVE THAT YET.

THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE DO HAVE.

THEY JUST SEND IT, FOR INSTANCE, IN PDF FORMAT INSTEAD OF THE TYPICAL EXCEL FORMAT OR A FORMAT THAT WE CAN PUT INTO ONE OF OUR SOFTWARE PROGRAMS. SO THERE'S STILL SOME INFORMATION WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO.

THIS IS VERY PRELIMINARY, BUT I JUST WANTED TO START THIS CONVERSATION BECAUSE QUITE FRANKLY, IT'S A BIT OF A DIFFICULT SYSTEM TO UNDERSTAND JUST JUST WANT TO START.

THIS IS GOING TO KEEP TRICKLING ALL THE WAY THROUGH OCTOBER, I BELIEVE.

SO WE'LL START OUT SHARING.

I'VE GIVEN EVERYBODY A SHEET THAT STARTS.

WE JUST KIND OF USE THIS COLORFUL WHAT WE'VE STARTED CALLING THE PAC-MAN SHEET.

I THINK ON YOUR SHEET YOU PROBABLY HAVE 6 OR 7 ROWS, BUT BUT REALLY ONLY THE TOP TWO ROWS APPLY TO US.

THE TOP ROW IS THE MORE GENERAL ONE THAT WE USE.

THAT SECOND ROW IS BRINGING IN SOME OF THE SPECIALTY ITEMS OF A HIGH SCHOOL LIKE GRADUATION RATE AND CCMR, BUT THAT TOP ROW IS THE MAIN ROW , AND WHAT I REALLY WANT TO POINT OUT IS YOU'VE GOT THOSE THREE BIG PAC-MAN'S.

THE FIRST ONE, WHICH IS CALLED DOMAIN ONE, IS ALL ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE OF THE STAR SCORES.

YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR WITH APPROACHES MEETS AND MASTERS AT THIS POINT, AND OF COURSE, IF YOU DON'T HAVE ONE OF THOSE, YOU BASICALLY DID NOT PASS THE TEST.

SO THERE'S FOUR CATEGORIES.

THAT DOMAIN ONE IS SIMPLY AN ASSESSMENT OF THOSE FOUR CATEGORIES.

HOW WELL DID WE DO, WHETHER IT BE PASSING OR MASTERING OR MEETING? DOMAIN TWO IS ALL ABOUT GROWTH.

THE GREEN PAC-MAN HAS TO DO WITH HOW WELL DID WE GO FROM POINT A TO POINT B GROWING.

SOMETIMES YOU DON'T NECESSARILY PASS THE TEST, BUT BUT YOU CAN GET SOME CREDIT IN A DIFFERENT REALM WHEN YOU'VE MADE IMPROVEMENT, AND SO THAT'S A GOOD THING FOR US DOMAIN TWO BE.

THAT WAS TWO A.

TWO B, IT'S KIND OF CONSIDERED GROWTH STILL YET THEY CALL IT RELATIVE PERFORMANCE, AND AS YOU KNOW AND AS I'M GOING TO POINT OUT, SO MUCH OF THIS SYSTEM IS BUILT ON WHERE YOU ARE WITH YOUR LOW SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS AS A DISTRICT WHERE ROUGHLY 50% , AND SO WE GET COMPARED TO OTHER SCHOOLS THAT ARE 50% QUITE OFTEN.

THAT'S WHAT THAT RELATIVE PERFORMANCE IS ALL ABOUT, WHETHER IT BE A CAMPUS OR THE DISTRICT, THEY BASICALLY LINE YOU UP BASED ON THE SCORE FROM DOMAIN ONE NEXT TO THE PEOPLE THAT LOOK LIKE YOU, MEANING IN YOUR IN YOUR LOW SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, AND IF YOU HAPPEN TO OUTPERFORM, YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET A HIGHER SCORE, AND I'LL SHOW YOU A CHART IN A MINUTE THAT MAKES THAT MAKE MORE SENSE, AND THEN DOMAIN THREE, WHICH IS THE FOURTH COLUMN UP HERE, 30% OF THE ENTIRE SCORE COMES FROM THAT DOMAIN, BUT YOU SEE IN THERE THAT'S EVEN BROKEN DOWN INTO 30%, 50%, 10%, 10%.

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SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND, AND REALLY, IF YOU'RE MAKING NOTES OR ANYTHING.

70% OF BEST OF THESE THREE.

SO WHATEVER SCORE WE GET IN THESE BIG THREE CATEGORIES, THE BEST ONE COUNTS FOR 70% AND THE REST COMES FROM THE 30%, AND THE FOURTH COLUMN I WAS VISITING WITH MR. OLSON THE OTHER DAY, JUST KIND OF ONE ON ONE IN PASSING, AND HE EXPLAINED, HE SAID TO ME, SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE A GOLF SCRAMBLE SO THAT IS A GREAT ANALOGY.

IT IS KIND OF LIKE A GOLF SCRAMBLE THAT THE BEST SCORE GETS USED.

I LOVE THAT, AND I'LL USE IT FOREVER NOW.

SO 30% COMES FROM DOMAIN THREE.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO START SHARING WITH YOU AND ANYBODY ELSE, WE ALWAYS GET THIS QUESTION, WELL, HOW ARE THE SCORES? AND IT'S REALLY PACKAGED IN THIS.

SOMEBODY WANTS ONE ANSWER.

WELL, THEY WERE GOOD OR WELL, THEY WERE BAD, AND I NEVER LIKE TO TRY TO ANSWER THINGS THAT WAY BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY PLACES WHERE THERE WERE SOME GOOD THINGS AND THERE WERE SOME NOT SO GOOD THINGS.

SO IT'S NOT THAT SIMPLE, BUT I WILL SAY THERE'S A WEBSITE THAT TEA PUTS OUT AND THIS IS THAT WEBSITE AND THEY'VE REALLY PUT US IN THIS PLACE WITH THE ABCD AND I PLAY OFF OF THEIR STATEMENT THAT SAYS DISCOVER HOW YOUR SCHOOL AND DISTRICT ARE PREPARING YOUR CHILD FOR THE FUTURE.

YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO GET ON HERE AND LOOK AND SAY, WELL, THERE'S LITTLE ELM PREPARING MY CHILD FOR THE FUTURE, YES OR NO? AND THEY BASE IT ON THIS ABCD.

WELL, I DON'T THINK IT'S QUITE THAT SIMPLE, AND SO WE SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME SHARING WHY THAT WOULD BE.

FROM THIS SAME WEBSITE, THERE ARE SOME ANALYTICAL TOOLS AND YOU'LL NOTICE BACK TO YOUR COLORFUL PAGE, YOU CAN LOOK AT SOME STAAR PERFORMANCE INFORMATION ON THERE.

WELL, THAT MATCHES THAT FIRST PAC-MAN THAT YOU SEE ON THERE.

THE STAR COMPARISON AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT COMPARISON ARE KIND OF TIED TO THAT RELATIVE PERFORMANCE, AND THEN CCMR IS, OF COURSE, FROM HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATE IS FROM A HIGH SCHOOL, AND THEN ACADEMIC GROWTH KIND OF GOES WITH THAT GREEN PAC-MAN, BUT IT'S THE CORRELATE OVER HERE THAT I WANT TO EXPLORE WITH YOU JUST A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE THIS IS A CONCEPT THAT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR COMMUNITY FOR ANYBODY TO UNDERSTAND, BUT IT'S ONE OF THE MOST MISUNDERSTOOD PIECES OF THIS WHOLE PROCESS. WHEN YOU CLICK ON THAT CORRELATE BUTTON IN HERE, YOU SEE CHARTS LIKE THIS, AND THAT HAPPENS TO BE EVERY ISD THROUGHOUT THE STATE, AND WHEN YOU REALIZE THAT WHEN THEY SET THESE CUT POINTS AND THINGS, IT'S NOT REALLY A GUESS.

IT'S NOT REALLY A RANDOM NUMBER.

THEY BASE IT OFF OF PAST DATA AND DATA THAT GOES ON.

THIS YEAR WE ARE 50% LOW SOCIOECONOMIC.

SO YOU GO FROM LEFT TO RIGHT AND GO TO ABOUT THAT 50.

I DON'T KNOW. DOES THIS HAVE A I DON'T KNOW THIS HAS [INAUDIBLE], AND THEN YOU GO UP AND WE'RE KIND OF IN THAT RANGE SOMEWHERE.

WELL, MOST OF THIS SYSTEM IS BUILT ON HOW WELL WE COMPARE TO PEOPLE IN OUR RANGE, AND AGAIN, I WOULD SAY ONE OF THE DOTS ON THE FAR LEFT, FAR LEFT THAT I'M LOOKING AT, THAT'S AT THE 0% LOW SOCIOECONOMIC IS HIGHLAND PARK, AND SO WHEN YOU HAVE 0% LOW SOCIOECONOMIC, YOU REALIZE YOU HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF BEING UP IN THE 90S.

AGAIN, THAT'S NOT JUST A RANDOM STATEMENT TO MAKE.

IT'S PROVEN OUT BY THE DATA, AND SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WE TALK TO REALTORS.

A FEW MONTHS AGO, WE TALKED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THE REALITY IS TO COMPARE US TO FRISCO IS NOT NECESSARILY A FAIR COMPARISON.

THIS GRAPH STICKS IN MY MIND, AND I KNOW THIS GRAPH TOO WELL.

THAT GRAPH WOULD SAY THAT STATISTICALLY PROVEN, IF WE'RE UP IN THE 80S, THAT WOULD BE THIS WOULD SAY THAT'D BE ABOUT THE BEST WE COULD DO.

IF YOU GO DOWN THERE WHERE, YOU KNOW, FRISCO IS 12% LOW SOCIOECONOMIC, IT SHOWS THAT THEY CAN GET UP IN THE HIGH 90S AND 95S.

SO YOU'RE NOT ALWAYS COMPARING APPLES TO APPLES IN THAT SITUATION.

AGAIN, SO MUCH THAT WHOLE.

LET ME SHOW YOU ONE OTHER PICTURE, I GUESS.

THIS IS RELATIVE PERFORMANCE, AND SO THAT HAPPENS TO BE SOME INACCURATE DATA BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE WE LEARNED SOME OF OUR SYSTEMS ARE NOT CALCULATING THINGS CORRECTLY RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT'S SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT LITTLE ELM HIGH SCHOOL, WHO'S ROUGHLY 50% LOW SOCIOECONOMIC, AND ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT, THERE ARE ABOUT A 50.

WELL, YOU SEE THOSE COLORS? THAT ORANGE WOULD BE BELOW.

THERE'D BE AN F IF THAT WERE TRUE.

IF WE HAPPEN TO SCORE, LET'S JUST SAY EVEN 65 OR LOOKS LIKE A LOW 70, WE COULD BE IN THE GRAY, AND WITH A

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WELL, YOU KNOW THAT 65 IS NOT A C, BUT YOU START TO SEE HOW THE COLORS, WHEN YOU'RE A LITTLE LESS LOW SOCIOECONOMIC, YOU HAVE A LESS OF AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE A, B OR C, IT SPREADS OUT AS YOU GET FURTHER TO THE TO THE RIGHT.

SO THIS IS TRULY HOW RELATIVE PERFORMANCE IS.

THEY'LL LINE UP THE PERFORMANCE FROM DOMAIN, ONE OF ALL THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE IN THAT PROBABLY A 5% RANGE FROM 45 TO 50 AT LOW SOCIOECONOMIC AND THEN SAY AND THEN THEY'LL SCALE THEM THAT WAY.

SO THAT'S THAT THIRD ONE.

IF THAT HAPPENS TO BE HIGH, THAT'S THE ONE THEY'LL USE.

IF IT'S BETTER THAN DOMAIN ONE OR DOMAIN TWO A.

SOME OF THE DATA WE LOOK AT, WE COMPARE TO NOT ONLY STATE AVERAGE, BUT A REGION AVERAGE, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WHEN WE SAY REGION, IT'S REGION 11.

THERE ARE 76 SCHOOLS.

THESE ARE ALL OUR NEIGHBOR SCHOOLS TO THE WEST OF US.

JUST TO MAKE CLEAR WHAT WHAT REGION ACTUALLY MEANS.

SO WE'LL START TALKING ABOUT ELEMENTARY READING, AND AGAIN.

HOW ARE OUR SCORES? WELL. I COULD SHOW YOU THESE SO MANY WAYS, AND I'LL JUST START OUT BY SAYING OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, OUR THIRD GRADE READING SCORES WERE 40%, PASSING 48.

I'M SORRY, THIS IS MEETS AND MASTERS.

WE GET A LOT OF OUR BANG FOR OUR BUCK AND MEETS AND MASTERS.

SO THAT'S WHERE WE SET OUR GOALS AND WHAT HAVE YOU.

SO 40% TWO YEARS AGO WERE MEETS AND MASTERS, 48 LAST YEAR AND 53 THIS YEAR.

WELL, IF ALL I SHOWED YOU WAS THREE YEARS WORTH OF GROWTH, THAT'S PRETTY EXCITING, RIGHT? IT'S A GOOD THING YOU CAN'T.

YOU CAN'T ARGUE WITH THAT, BUT AGAIN, KNOWING DEEP DOWN THAT CUT POINTS ARE DIFFERENT.

THE TEST IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT THIS YEAR.

IT'S JUST EVERYTHING'S SO DIFFERENT.

IT DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT. IT'S NOT AN APPLES FOR APPLES COMPARISONS TO SAY WE'RE SOMETHING THIS YEAR BETTER THAN LAST YEAR.

THROWING IN THE STATE AND REGION AVERAGE AT LEAST STARTS TO SHOW YOU EVEN WHEN THINGS ARE DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW HOW DIFFERENT THEY WERE FOR EVERYBODY.

OKAY. SO EVEN HERE AND YOU COULD ARGUE TWO YEARS AGO WE WERE RIGHT THERE IN THE MIX WHERE THE ORANGE BAR.

SO WE WERE IN BETWEEN THE STATE AND THE ESC AVERAGE.

WE WERE KIND OF JUST IN THAT PACK.

IF WE WERE LOOKING AT THOSE SCORES TODAY BY THEMSELVES, WE'D PROBABLY BE OKAY WITH THAT BECAUSE WE'RE RIGHT THERE IN THE PACK NOT KNOWING TWO YEARS LATER THAT THOSE WERE REALLY LOW SCORES COMPARED TO WHAT WE WOULD DO FROM TWO YEARS AGO TO LAST YEAR, WE MADE GROWTH NOT QUITE THE SAME TYPE OF GROWTH.

THE REST OF THE STATE DID.

SO LITTLE ROOM TO BE SAD, LITTLE ROOM TO BE GLAD WE MADE GROWTH AGAIN AND WE'RE NOW OUTPERFORMING BOTH OF THOSE.

THIS IS KIND OF THAT BEAUTIFUL PICTURE OF, YOU KNOW, YES, WE WANT TO GET BETTER EVERY YEAR, BUT BUT BUT THIS IS A MEASURE OF WE'VE GONE FROM MIDDLE OF THE PACK TO BEHIND THE PACK TO NOW LEADING THE PACK WHEN IT COMES TO ESC STATE.

SO THIS IS A GREAT PICTURE.

THIRD GRADE READING AGAIN.

HOW ARE OUR SCORES? WELL, THIRD GRADE READING ARE PRETTY GOOD.

FOURTH GRADE READING.

OKAY. LAST YEAR WAS DRASTIC IMPROVEMENT FROM THE YEAR BEFORE.

WE WENT DOWN THIS YEAR, BUT WE DIDN'T NECESSARILY GO DOWN AT THE SAME RATE EVERYBODY ELSE DID.

SO AGAIN, WE'RE UP FROM TWO YEARS AGO.

GOOD AND BAD. YOU KNOW, THAT'S KIND OF A MEDIOCRE FEELING RIGHT THERE.

THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY GOOD.

IT'S NOT NECESSARILY BAD.

FIFTH GRADE READING.

AGAIN, LOTS OF IMPROVEMENT.

WE'RE NOT ABOVE STATE AND ESC, WHICH WE'D LIKE TO BE, BUT KEEP IN MIND, WE MADE IMPROVEMENT FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR WHILE THE REST OF THE STATE DID NOT MAKE IMPROVEMENT.

THEY WENT DOWN.

SO AGAIN, SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE THERE, SOMETHING TO LOOK AT.

HEY, WE THINK WE DID SOMETHING REALLY, REALLY RIGHT.

WE'RE GOING TO DIG INTO THAT AND LOOK.

SO THE OVERALL READING ASSESSMENT FOR ELEMENTARY, I'D SAY IT'S PRETTY GOOD, AND THE THING THAT'S BEST ABOUT IT IS THAT THIRD GRADE BASE WAS THE BEST.

IT GIVES US SOMETHING TO BUILD ON AS THE TIME GOES, SO I'M REALLY EXCITED.

NOW IF WE GET INTO EACH AND EVERY CAMPUS, AGAIN, SOME HIGHLIGHTS AND SOME THINGS TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT.

SO THE DEEPER YOU GO, THE MORE THINGS YOU FIND IN ELEMENTARY MATH.

AGAIN, LIKE IN THIRD GRADE READING, THERE'S SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT THAT THIRD GRADE GROUP THAT THEY'RE KNOCKING IT OUT OF THE PARK, BOTH READING AND MATH.

SO YOU CAN'T ASK FOR A BETTER PICTURE THAN THAT.

THIS IS THE FIRST PLACE WE REALLY KIND OF HAVE SOME CONCERN.

FOURTH GRADE MATH, THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON THERE, SOMETHING FOR US TO DIG INTO.

WE GOT TO FIGURE OUT KIND OF WHAT HAPPENED THERE.

THAT'S NOT THE THAT'S NOT THE PICTURE WE WANT TO HAVE.

FIFTH GRADE MATH.

DRASTIC IMPROVEMENT, BUT STILL NOT NOT EVEN HIGHER THAN TWO YEARS AGO, AND NOT CLOSING THE GAP QUITE LIKE WE WANT, BUT AGAIN, HAPPY WITH SOME DRASTIC IMPROVEMENT IN

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ELEMENTARY SCIENCE AGAIN, IMPROVEMENT WHERE THE REST OF THE STATE WAS NOT IMPROVING.

STILL NOT AT THE LEVEL WE MIGHT WANT TO BE.

SO CAN I ANSWER THAT QUESTION EASILY? HOW ARE THE SCORES? THERE'S SOME GOOD AND THERE'S SOME BAD THINGS AND THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS TO WORK ON.

MIDDLE SCHOOL ELA, LOTS OF WORK TO BE DONE HERE.

WE ACTUALLY HAD A MEETING WITH MIDDLE SCHOOL TODAY TO TALK ABOUT SOME THINGS WE COULD DO.

GUYS, I TALKED TO YOU ALL BACK IN THE INTERVIEW PROCESS ABOUT THE SCHEDULE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND I THINK THERE'S SOME DEALS THERE THAT WE CAN WORK ON.

THERE'S SOME STUFF WE'D LIKE TO TWEAK PENDING OUR FINANCIAL SITUATION IN THE FUTURE.

WE'RE VERY AWARE OF SOME PLACES HERE WE CAN MAKE THIS BETTER.

SEVENTH GRADE READING HAS SOME ROOM TO IMPROVE AND EIGHTH GRADE READING IT GETS A LITTLE BIT BETTER CLOSING THE GAP, BUT LOTS OF ROOM TO WORK ON THINGS, AND I THINK THERE'S SOME VERY SPECIFIC STUFF WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT ON WHAT WE CAN DO HERE, AND AGAIN, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT BACK IN JANUARY ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE COULD IMPROVE RIGHT HERE.

MIDDLE SCHOOL MATH LOOKS KIND OF BAD, BUT YOU GUYS ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH OUR COMPACTED MATH PROGRAM.

BOTTOM LINE, WE PULL OUR TOP SIX GRADERS OFF OF THE TOP AND DON'T LET THEM TAKE THE SIXTH GRADE TEST.

SO THAT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH WHY THAT IS THE WAY IT IS.

WE'VE MADE CHANGES TO THAT, BUT THOSE CHANGES, IT'LL BE A YEAR OR TWO BEFORE YOU START TO SEE THOSE CHANGES TAKE PLACE.

I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK THIS IS EVIDENCE THAT WE'RE DOING SOMETHING WRONG OR BAD.

AGAIN, WE JUST KIND OF TAKE OUR TOP KIDS OFF AND IT CHANGES BECAUSE THE REST OF THE STATE'S NOT DOING THAT SAME THING IN SEVENTH GRADE.

REALLY LITTLE DIFFERENT IN THEORY.

YOU'RE PULLING OFF SEVENTH GRADERS AND THEY'RE TAKING THE EIGHTH GRADE TEST, BUT YOU'RE ALSO PUTTING SIXTH GRADERS IN TO TAKE THE TEST.

THERE SHOULD BE AN OFFSET, AND THAT'S WHY THIS LOOKS A LITTLE BETTER, BUT NOT QUITE, BUT THE BEAUTY IS AND WHAT TELLS YOU ALL THAT TO BE TRUE IS IN EIGHTH GRADE, WE APPEAR TO BE ROCKING, AND AGAIN, WE DO OUR EIGHTH GRADE SITUATION WITH THEM TAKING ALGEBRA MORE SIMILAR TO THE REST OF THE STATE.

THEREFORE, WHEN WE'RE COMPARING APPLES TO APPLES, THIS WOULD SHOW, HEY, WE'RE KIND OF KICKING TAIL, AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE WANT, AND I THINK, AGAIN, THIS HELPS PROVE OUT THAT A LOT OF THAT IS DRIVEN.

A LOT OF THOSE THOSE VISUALS ARE DRIVEN BECAUSE OF THE WAY WE'VE DONE THE COMPACTED MATH.

SO WE'LL HAVE TO KIND OF DIG INTO THAT.

MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE.

SOME WORK TO BE DONE HAD SOME DECREASES.

THE REST OF THE STATE HAD DECREASES, BUT NOT QUITE AS STEEP AS OURS, AND THEN MIDDLE SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES.

SOME WORK TO BE DONE.

HIGH SCHOOL ALGEBRA HAS SOME WORK TO BE DONE.

I ALMOST HATE TO USE THIS.

THIS ONE'S HARD BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT ANYTHING, SAY ON AN AEIS REPORT, ACTUAL ACCOUNTABILITY TAKES INTO ACCOUNT FOUR DIFFERENT TIMES.

THEY TAKE THE TEST, THE ACTUAL SPRING, BUT THEN SUMMER AND SOME OTHER STUFF.

SO WHEN YOU PULL DATA, SOMETIMES YOU'RE NOT REAL SURE WHAT THE OTHER DATA HAS IN IT OR DOESN'T HAVE IN IT.

I THINK IT'S AN INDICATION THAT IN 2022, 27 TO 44, VERY SIMILAR TO 2023.

SO I THINK THIS IS FAIRLY ACCURATE, BUT ON OUR FIRST TIME TEST TAKERS, WE HAD A LOT FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR GET BETTER AND THAT DOESN'T SHOW UP RIGHT HERE, AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO SHOW UP IN OUR GROWTH, BUT WE'LL SEE.

THAT'S ANOTHER THING I HATE TOP PUT SOMETHING OUT RIGHT HERE AND WE GET EXCITED OR WE GET SAD BECAUSE IT NEVER FAILS.

WHEN THE REST OF THE INFORMATION COMES, IT CAN CHANGE THAT BECAUSE AGAIN, YOU MAY BE REAL EXCITED ABOUT DOMAIN ONE OR REAL SAD ABOUT DOMAIN ONE, AND THEN DOMAIN TWO COMES ALONG AND WIPES THAT AWAY BECAUSE IT'S THE HIGHER OF THE THREE.

ENGLISH IS ACTUALLY LOOKS GOOD FOR US.

IT WAS A PRETTY STEEP INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR, SO WE MADE SOME GOOD IMPROVEMENT IN ENGLISH ONE AND WE MADE GOOD IMPROVEMENT IN ENGLISH TWO, AND JUMPING UP THERE.

WELL, IN THE CLOSING THE GAP ASPECT BETWEEN THE STATE AND THE ESC, SO THOSE TWO ARE LOOKING PRETTY GOOD.

BIOLOGY KIND OF HAS THE SAME ISSUE IT LOOKS LIKE, AS ALGEBRA ONE.

SO THERE'S SOME WORK TO BE DONE THERE IN ALGEBRA AND IN BIOLOGY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, AND THEN OUR HISTORY DID REALLY WELL, SO NOT SURE WHAT WE DID DIFFERENT THERE MAYBE, BUT MAN, SOME GREAT IMPROVEMENTS IN OUR US HISTORY.

SO THAT'S AN ASSESSMENT OF DOMAIN ONE.

OVERALL. AGAIN, IF YOU GO TO OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, THERE ARE SIX ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

SO YOU COULD BREAK EVERY BIT OF THAT DOWN SIX MORE WAYS AND LOOK AT IT, BUT THAT'S THE OVERALL AND AGAIN, HOW ARE OUR SCORES? I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF HIGHLIGHTS.

I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF PLACES THAT WE GOT BETTER FROM YEAR ONE TO YEAR TWO.

KUDOS TO THE GROUP THAT WAS HERE WORKING ON THAT.

[00:30:01]

WE JUST WANT TO TAKE IT FROM HERE.

AS YOU KNOW, THE TEST CHANGED A LOT.

IT WENT FROM MULTIPLE CHOICE A, B, C TO A LOT OF REAL INTERACTIVE MOVING THE DOTS, MAKING A CHART.

SO JUST A VERY DIFFERENT TEST.

IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME TO GET USED TO.

THE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM HAS CHANGED THE WAY IT CALCULATES THINGS.

SO JUST KIND OF ABSORBING THOSE CHANGES BUT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE IT FROM GROUND ONE AND JUST BUILD IT FROM HERE.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME ON THESE SCORES? OKAY. THANK YOU.

PRESIDENT OLSON BOARD.

MR. LAMB, IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO FOLLOW THE STAAR TALK.

IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO FOLLOW A STAAR TALK.

ACTUALLY, IT IS GOOD FOR ME BECAUSE ANYWAY, I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FIRST COUPLE OF DAYS OF SCHOOL.

THEY SAID THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS ENJOY AND APPRECIATE.

SO I WANT TO SHARE SOME OF THOSE THINGS.

THIS WHOLE COMMITTEE ARE NOT COMMITTEE, BUT THIS WHOLE CABINET AND THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM ALL VISITED THE CAMPUSES AS WELL.

I KNOW SOME OF YOU WERE THERE, TOO.

[INAUDIBLE] YOU AT PRESTWICK, BUT THERE WERE MULTIPLE OF US IN THIS ROOM THAT WENT TO CAMPUSES AND VISITED CAMPUSES.

SO THERE WERE ROUGHLY 35 OF US, I THINK, THAT DID THAT AND JUST GOT TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON.

WE HAD A GREAT SRO PRESENCE ON THE CAMPUS AND WE HAD MORE SROS ON OUR CAMPUS THAN WE PAY FOR AND THAT WORK WITH US.

THERE WERE THERE WERE SO MANY POLICEMEN AND PRESTWICK HAD FOUR, AND SO THEY WERE SPREAD OUT THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING WAS SAFE, RAN SMOOTH FOR THE FIRST FEW DAYS. SO WHAT I DID IS I ASKED SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE TO SHARE SOME OF THE COMPLIMENTS OR SOME OF THE GOOD THINGS THAT THEY SAW, AND I JUST WANT TO READ SOME OF THOSE TO Y'ALL, IF Y'ALL ARE GOOD WITH THAT.

OKAY. SO AT STRIKE, PARENTS WERE AMAZING, CALM AND EXCITED TO BE THERE.

HE GOT THE PRINCIPAL, BILL, HE GOT TO TAKE FAMILY PICTURES AND HAD A GOOD TIME WELCOMING STUDENTS.

HIS CAMPUS HAD GREAT PROCEDURES IN PLACE AT ZELLERS, ARRIVAL FOR A HALLWAY WENT AS SMOOTHLY AS IT COULD GO.

I MEAN, WE KNOW EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT'S OUR PRE-K CENTER.

SO A BUNCH OF FOUR YEAR OLDS AND SOME OF THEM HAVE NEVER WALKED INTO A SCHOOL BUILDING BEFORE, BUT THEY HAD DETAILED SYSTEMS IN PLACE TO ENSURE EFFICIENCY WHILE STILL ALLOWING A PERSONAL TOUCH OF WELCOME TO EACH AND EVERY STUDENT.

WHAT A WONDERFUL DAY IT WAS FOR OUR STUDENTS TO BEGIN THEIR LEARNING AND LITTLE ELM AT THE HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR SUNRISE WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED BY STUDENTS AND PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

THE PRINCIPAL AND HIS TEAM WENT CLASS TO CLASS, INTRODUCING THEMSELVES TO SEE STUDENTS AND TO SEE EACH OTHER.

EVERY REGISTERED STUDENT HAD A SCHEDULE BY 9:30 AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, IN THE HALLS WERE CLEAR.

THAT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.

I SAW A LOT OF SMILES ON STUDENTS AND TEACHERS FACES.

SO AGAIN, WE'RE GOING FROM ONE RANGE OF PRE-K KIDS WITH SMILES ON THEIR FACES TO HIGH SCHOOL, KIDS WITH SMILES ON THEIR FACES AND STRIKE IN THE MIDDLE THERE DOING THE SAME THING. SO AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU ALL THAT VARIANCE OF AT ALL LEVELS, SEEING LOTS OF GREAT THINGS.

I ALWAYS EQUATE THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL TO THE GREATEST DAY OF THE YEAR IN SCHOOL SYSTEMS. IT REALLY IS.

I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT SINCE I'VE BEEN IN EDUCATION, I THINK THE SECOND GREATEST DAY IS AFTER CHRISTMAS BECAUSE OF HOW THEY GROW AND SECOND SEMESTER OF SCHOOL, AND THEN I DO THINK THAT THIRD BEST DAY IS WHEN THEY GO HOME FOR THE SUMMER.

JUST KIND OF IN THAT ORDER AND NOT REALLY GOING HOME FOR THE SUMMER, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

GRADUATING, PROMOTING, GOING ON TO THE NEXT GRADE LEVEL AND WE GET TO SEE THEM COME BACK.

SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE SAW.

I HAVE A LIST OF THEM.

HAPPY TO SHARE THEM. I'M HAPPY TO SIT HERE AND READ MORE OF THEM IF YOU'D LIKE.

YOU ALL GOOD.

WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE ANY COMPLAINTS HONESTLY, ABOUT IT.

THEY SAID THINGS WENT AS GOOD AS THEY COULD GO.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, ALFRED'S GROUP HAS, YOU KNOW, THE MOST.

I DON'T KNOW. PROBABLY UNCOMPLIMENTARY POSITION SOMETIMES WITH TRANSPORTATION, BUT I'M TELLING YOU, IT DID GO SMOOTH.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S A BIG, YOU KNOW, BIG PROCESS, AND ALFRED AND HIS TEAM REALLY DO A GOOD JOB WITH THAT, AND THERE WERE COMMENTS MADE IN HERE ABOUT TRANSLATION.

THEY THOUGHT IT WENT AS GOOD AS IT COULD GO, BUT, YOU KNOW, I JUST HAD TO SAY THAT TO ALFRED BECAUSE HE WAS OVER AT THE PRE-K CENTER TRYING TO GET PRE-K KIDS ON THE BUS ON MONDAY WHEN IT RAN FOR THE FIRST TIME.

SO ALFRED WAS INVOLVED IN THAT.

SO, ANYWAY, WE APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DONNIE.

YEP. MR.

[00:35:01]

WE HAD A TALK A WHILE BACK.

AS FAR AS CELL PHONE USAGE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, AND YES, THAT CAN BECOME TROUBLESOME AT TIMES.

WHAT I'D SHARED BEFORE WAS IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT LAST YEAR HIGH SCHOOL IMPLEMENTED A NEW AND DIFFERENT POLICY AND FIRST PART OF THE YEAR IT WAS A LITTLE ROUGH, BUT THEY FELT LIKE BY THE END OF THE YEAR EVERYBODY WAS ON BOARD.

WHAT THEY DO IS SLIP THEIR PHONE AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS INTO WHAT WE CALL A TREE OR A LITTLE HOLDER, AND THEY PICK IT UP AT THE END AND BASICALLY STARTED THIS YEAR, WANTED TO CONTINUE WITH THE SUCCESS OF THAT.

IN TALKING TO OUR HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL.

YES, IT FEELS LIKE IT'S GOING GOOD.

HAVE A NUMBER OF NEW TEACHERS THAT ARE HAVING TO KIND OF LEARN HOW THAT WORKS AND A FEW BUMPS HERE AND THERE, BUT HIGH SCHOOL FEELS STRONGLY THAT THEY CAN FINISH JUST AS STRONG THIS YEAR AS LAST WITH THE THE CELL PHONE.

IN THAT CONVERSATION, IT GETS BROUGHT UP.

WHAT ABOUT MIDDLE SCHOOL? AND AS I VISITED WITH THE MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS, THEY WERE ECSTATIC TO SHARE WITH ME THAT THEY'VE IMPLEMENTED BASICALLY A NO CELL PHONE POLICY THIS YEAR.

WHAT THEY HAVE IS SHOW UP, PUT IT IN YOUR BAG, TURN IT OFF.

END OF THE DAY, YOU STILL HAVE IT.

IF THERE WERE AN EMERGENCY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY, THEY HAVE IT.

SO I THINK THERE'S A COMFORT LEVEL THERE, BUT BOTH PRINCIPALS HAVE EXPRESSED FEELING LIKE THEY WOULD GET KICK BACK AND THEY HAVEN'T.

ALL THEY'VE GOTTEN IS POSITIVE PRAISE.

ONE EMAIL WAS JUST PHENOMENAL THAT BILL SHARED WITH US.

THE MOM SAID, MY SON CAME HOME AND SAID, HEY, WE ACTUALLY TALKED TO EACH OTHER AT LUNCH.

WE'RE NOT DODGING THE HALL, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DOING TIKTOKS AND WHAT HAVE YOU.

SO THEY FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT THAT.

IT SEEMS TO BE REALLY WORKING WELL AT BOTH PLACES.

I LIKE THAT.

THAT'S KIND OF A GRADUATED MIDDLE SCHOOL NEEDS TO BE TIGHT LIKE THAT.

I LIKE THAT HIGH SCHOOL ALLOWS FOR SOME USE BETWEEN HALLS AND CAFETERIA AND WHAT HAVE YOU.

SO THAT SEEMS TO ME LIKE RIGHT NOW A VERY GOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL TO HIGH SCHOOL SITUATION, VERY PLEASED WITH IT.

I GAVE YOU A MEMO ON THIS, BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO SIT HERE AND READ THAT TO YOU, BUT BUT VERY SATISFIED AT THIS POINT WITH HOW CELL PHONE POLICIES ARE GOING, AND THAT'S I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO REPORT ON THAT.

ANY QUESTIONS OR THOUGHTS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, I KNOW WE'RE DOING THE CELL PHONE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

ARE WE THINKING ABOUT DOING THE SAME THING, TAKING THAT SAME POLICY OUT OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND DOING IT IN HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL? NOT AT THIS TIME.

AGAIN, KIND OF LIKE WHERE IT IS RIGHT NOW.

THEY'RE STILL YOU KNOW, THEY USE IT IN BETWEEN CLASSES OR THEY'LL USE IT IN THE CAFETERIA.

I THINK THERE'S SOME HIGH SCHOOLS THEY'RE A LITTLE MORE MATURE.

THEY HANDLE IT A LITTLE BETTER.

I THINK WHAT THEY'RE DOING AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL IS REALLY PERFECT FOR THAT AND NEEDED, BUT AT THIS TIME, WE LIKE THE IDEA THAT THERE'S A LITTLE MORE FREEDOM AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MR. LAMB. THANK YOU ALL.

APPRECIATE IT. WE'LL GO ON NOW TO CITIZEN INPUT.

[8. Citizen Input]

THAT CLOCK WILL BE UP ON TOP.

THERE IT GOES. IT GOES TO YELLOW AT ONE MINUTE, BUT WE DO HAVE MISS MICHELLE HAMBRICK.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP AND TALK ABOUT THE INTRODUCTION OF THE LEID LIAISON.

PROMISE YOU I WON'T NEED ALL FIVE MINUTES.

PRESIDENT OLSON, SUPERINTENDENT LAMB AND THE REST OF THE BOARD.

SOME OF YOU I KNOW. SOME OF YOU I'M HOPING TO GET TO KNOW, BUT MY NAME IS MICHELLE HAMBRICK.

I WAS RECENTLY ELECTED AS TOWN COUNCIL PLACE SIX BACK IN MAY.

AS A RESULT OF THAT, I WAS APPOINTED YOUR NEW LEISD LIAISON, AND SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT THE TOWN CAN DO, IF THERE'S ANY INFORMATION THAT I CAN RELAY BACK, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO DO THAT. IF YOU NEED ME, I'M JUST AN EMAIL OR PHONE CALL AWAY.

PERFECT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. WE WILL GO ON TO THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES EVERYONE HAS IN THEIR PACKETS ON ITEM A, THEY CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF THE SPECIAL BOARD MEETING FROM JULY 18TH, 2023.

[9. Approval of Minutes]

RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

MOTION PASSES.

WE'LL GO ON TO CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES FROM JULY 24TH, 2023.

HOPEFULLY EVERYONE HAS HAD TIME TO REVIEW THOSE FROM THE PACKET.

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT?

[00:40:01]

ANY QUESTIONS? CHANGES. SEEING NONE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED. THANK YOU, SIR.

SO WE'LL GO ON TO ACTION ITEMS.

[10. Action Items]

MR. MILLER. COME ON UP AND ENLIGHTEN US.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT OLSON, MR. LAMB AND BOARD. AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE, THE RECENTLY ADOPTED HOUSE BILL THREE HAS AMENDED CHAPTER 37 OF THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE BY ADDING SECTION 37.0814.

THIS REQUIRES EACH DISTRICT CAMPUS TO HOUSE AN ARMED SECURITY GUARD DURING REGULAR SCHOOL HOURS.

HOUSE BILL THREE ALSO INCLUDES SEVERAL GOOD CAUSE EXCEPTIONS.

THESE EXCEPTIONS ARE LISTED IN THE RESOLUTION THAT I PROVIDED TO YOU.

EACH OF THOSE CHECKBOXES AT THE BOTTOM IS AN OPTION.

SO YOU CAN, IF YOU CHOOSE TO, YOU CAN CHOOSE ANY ONE OR A COMBINATION OF ANY OF THOSE BOXES.

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT MUST DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN DOCUMENTATION OF THE DISTRICT'S IMPLEMENTATION OF AND COMPLIANCE WITH THIS SECTION, INCLUDING DOCUMENTATION RELATED TO A GOOD CAUSE EXCEPTION CLAIMED UNDER SUBSECTION C AND SHALL, IF REQUESTED BY THE AGENCY, PROVIDE THAT DOCUMENTATION TO THE AGENCY IN THE MANNER PRESCRIBED BY THE AGENCY, AND SO BASICALLY, TO SUMMARIZE IT ALL, YOU KNOW, YOU EITHER DECIDE IF WE'RE GOING TO PUT WE DO HAVE AN SRO AT EVERY ONE OF OUR CAMPUSES EXCEPT FOR THIS BUILDING RIGHT HERE.

SO YOU ALL HAVE TO DECIDE IF WE WOULD LIKE AN SRO HERE FULL TIME OR, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE ONE OF THE GOOD FAITH EXCEPTIONS IS BECAUSE WE'RE WITHIN A MILE OF ZELLERS THAT HAS A FULL TIME SRO, YOU CAN ADOPT THAT RESOLUTION AND YOU CAN SAY THAT SRO COULD ADEQUATELY SERVICE BOTH CAMPUSES.

THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS ON THERE LISTED, AND SO.

THAT'S THE SUMMARY OF IT.

DO I HAVE ANY MOTIONS ON HOUSE BILL? THREE REQUIREMENTS.

I LIKE TO TABLE THIS FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION, IF WE MAY.

OKAY. MY RECOMMENDATION.

I THINK WE CAN STILL CHECK.

WE CAN STILL CHECK ONE BOX AND BRING IT BACK.

RIGHT. MR. LAMB, I WILL ADD THIS GOES INTO EFFECT SEPTEMBER 1ST.

RIGHT, SO I THINK WE WERE.

TO MY KNOWLEDGE.

OKAY. I'M FINE WITH IT.

OKAY. YOU'RE FINE WITH REMOVING AND TABLING.

OKAY. SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE GOOD FAITH EXCEPTION FOR THE ZELLERS CAMPUS OFFICER TO COVER ALSO THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

SECOND FROM DELEON.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES.

WE'LL USE THE GOOD FAITH FOR NOW. MR. MILLER, I'M SURE WE'LL BE COMING BACK TO YOU TO TALK ABOUT A FEW MORE THINGS, THOUGH.

YES. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. DAVID.

WE'LL GO ON TO ACTION ITEM B, CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF THE UPDATE TO FNF LOCAL STUDENTS RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES, INVESTIGATIONS AND SEARCHES. MR. ENGLISH, THIS IS YOURS, SIR.

THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN WANTING TO BRING BEFORE THE BOARD.

IT IS AN UPDATE TO OUR STUDENT RIGHTS AND INVESTIGATION, GIVING THE DISTRICT THE ABILITY TO BASICALLY COME UP WITH A POLICY OR PROCEDURE WHEN IT COMES TO SEARCH AND SEIZURES AND RIGHTS FOR STUDENT.

IF YOU LOOK IN YOUR BOARD PACKET AND I'LL READ THE UPDATE ON PAGE 70.

THIS UPDATE IS BASICALLY MIRRORING A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT DISTRICTS WHO ARE VERY SIMILAR.

THE UPDATE, IN ADDITION TO FNF A POLICY UPDATE WOULD BE THE DISTRICT SHALL BE PERMITTED TO PERFORM RANDOM DRUG TESTING OF ANY STUDENT IN GRADES SEVEN THROUGH 12 WHO CHOOSE TO PARTICIPATE IN SCHOOL SPONSORED EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES OR REQUEST A PERMIT TO PARK A VEHICLE ON SCHOOL PROPERTY.

THE SUPERINTENDENT SHALL DEVELOP REGULATIONS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DISTRICT'S RANDOM STUDENT DRUG TESTING PROGRAM AND ADDRESS THE FOLLOWING COVER ACTIVITIES AND THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM.

WRITTEN CONSENT AND CONFIDENTIALITY OF RESULTS, TESTING PROCEDURES AND COLLECTION PROCESS.

[00:45:06]

THIS WOULD BE A POLICY THAT WOULD GO IN PLACE IF APPROVED BY THE BOARD TODAY.

THIS WOULD GIVE THE SUPERINTENDENT THE CAPABILITY TO COME UP WITH A POLICY FOR RANDOM DRUG TESTING.

SO WE DO HAVE A POLICY IN HERE WITHIN THE BOARD BOOK.

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS POLICY? DO I HAVE A SECOND? ALEX AND JEFF.

ANY QUESTIONS? I THINK JUST TO CLARIFY, MAKING SURE WE'RE GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY.

THIS IS A POLICY DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE ARE IMPLEMENTING.

THIS ALLOWS THE BOARD TO HAVE THE POLICY TO BE IN PLACE TO ALLOW FOR DRUG TESTING AT A FUTURE DATE IF WE WOULD LIKE TO.

CORRECT. MR. ENGLISH. OKAY.

SO MAY I CLARIFY? YES. WHAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT AT ONE TIME.

ANYBODY'S POLICY THAT YOU SEE THAT HAS THIS, IT SAYS SCHOOL DISTRICTS SHALL AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A POSSIBLE MAY YEAH FOR WHATEVER REASON I DON'T SEE ANOTHER MAY ANYWHERE IT'S ALWAYS A SHALL I WOULD LIKE TO LUMP THIS IN WE'RE ALREADY HAVING POLICY REVIEW WE'RE SENDING IN BECAUSE OF OUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES WOULD LIKE TO PUT THAT LANGUAGE AND SEND THIS IN ALONG WITH THOSE OTHERS.

THERE MAY BE SOME REASON THAT POLICY ADVICE WOULD SAY TO NOT DO IT THAT WAY.

SO AS OPPOSED TO JUST A FEELING LIKE IT'S A BLANKET DONE WOULD LIKE TO LUMP IT IN WITH THE PROCESS OF PUTTING THAT IN AND HAVING IT REVIEWED BY OUR POLICY REVIEW.

IS THAT FAIR? THAT'D BE FAIR.

OKAY. SO ARE WE STILL GOOD ON VOTING AND THEN WE CAN [INAUDIBLE] YOU SAY, IF YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT STEP OR NOT, BUT IF THAT'S THE STEP WE TAKE, THEN I'M GOING TO LUMP IT IN WITH THOSE AND HAVE IT REVIEWED.

THAT'S FINE. OKAY, PERFECT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM BOARD MEMBERS? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

MOTION PASSES.

I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD FOR TAKING THIS STEP.

THIS IS A HUGE STEP IN ALLOWING THE DISTRICT TO MOVE FORWARD, DEALING WITH WITH ANY ISSUES THAT WE MAY HAVE WITH THE STUDENTS, BUT AS WELL, MORE IMPORTANTLY, PROTECTING OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT.

WE'LL GO ON NOW TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[11. Consent Agenda]

EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED A PIECE OF OH, NO, IT'S JUST ME.

WE DO HAVE ONE CHANGE.

MS. FLORES, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.

THIS ONE IS MOVED FROM IT WENT FROM INTER-LOCAL TO OVER $100,000.

CORRECT? THE TITLE OF THE ATTACHMENT.

[INAUDIBLE] INFORMATION. JUST THE TITLE.

IT'S [INAUDIBLE] OKAY.

NOTHING CHANGES AMOUNT OR DESCRIPTION.

NOTHING. ALL RIGHT. SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE CHANGE OF THE TITLE ON THE EXPENDITURES OVER $100,000 SUMMARY REPORT. SO MOVED.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, SO WE'LL GO ON TO BOARD PRESIDENT COMMENTS.

[12. Board President Comments]

YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST IT'S GOING TO BE A CHANGE AROUND HERE WITHOUT HER.

SO WE DO APPRECIATE EVERYONE DOING WITH THAT.

ALSO JUST ON THAT FAMILY NOTE, IT WAS AWESOME AT OAK POINT WHEN WE WERE THERE THE FIRST DAY.

I CAN'T TELL YOU THE STAFF, I WAS SO IMPRESSED AND I KNOW PROBABLY ALL MY BOARD MEMBERS CAN CAN ECHO THESE THOUGHTS AS FAR AS HOW WHEN THE KIDS CAME IN, THEY KNEW THEIR FIRST NAME. ALL THE TEACHERS KNEW EVERYONE.

I MEAN, KIDS THAT WEREN'T EVEN IN THEIR GRADES AT OAK POINT AND OAK POINT IS 973 KIDS, I BELIEVE, ON DAY ONE, BIGGER THAN MR. BUSH'S MIDDLE SCHOOL.

THAT WAS A LITTLE JAB MISS WERTH THREW IN THERE.

SHE'S THE SECOND LARGEST CAMPUS OUTSIDE THE HIGH SCHOOL, BUT IT WAS JUST AMAZING, AND I JUST THINK THAT SPEAKS TO THE FAMILY HERE THAT WE HAVE AT LITTLE ELM THAT WHEN YOU CAN KNOW ALL OF THE KIDS COMING IN BY FIRST NAME, NOT EVEN IN YOUR GRADE LEVEL, BUT OTHER GRADE LEVELS, IT JUST SPEAKS TO THE DEDICATION OF THE TEACHERS, THE STAFF, EVERYONE WE GOT ON THERE. SO I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TOWARDS EVERYONE, TO STAFF AND EVERYONE.

THANK YOU TO ALL THE STAFF WHO WENT OUT ON THE FIRST DAY.

I KNOW THAT I'M GOING TO TRY TO MAKE IT A HABIT AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH.

GOING OUT THERE TO AT LEAST VISIT 2 TO 3 CAMPUSES, KEEP IT ON A ROTATION.

IT'S ALWAYS NICE THE FIRST DAY, BUT I THINK IT'S THE EXTRA SPECIAL VISITS, THE FOLLOWING MONTHS, THE FOLLOWING DAYS, THAT ALWAYS MAKES IT EVEN, YOU KNOW, FOR STAFF TO REALLY SHOW

[00:50:03]

MR. BARTLETT OR AFTER CHRISTMAS BREAK, I GOT TO GO OUT MULTIPLE TIMES, BUT I THINK THAT'S ALL FOR ME.

SO I WILL START.

I'M ALL RIGHT. WE'LL GO WITH MR. BEBER FOR BOARD COMMENTS.

[13. Board Comments]

IT WAS GREAT SEEING ALL THE FACES ON CAMPUS.

I'VE BEEN ON MANY OF THEM OVER THE LAST WEEK OR SO.

I'M STILL VERY PROFICIENT AT CAR LINE DUTY.

SO I WAS I WAS TOP NOTCH SHAPE FOR OPENING CAR DOORS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, BUT IT'S GREAT SEEING ALL THE TEACHERS, STAFF AND EVERYBODY OUT AND ABOUT.

I HOPE EVERYBODY HAS A GREAT YEAR.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR FIRST FOOTBALL GAME THIS FRIDAY.

SO COME OUT AND SUPPORT LOBO FOOTBALL.

THANKS SO MUCH. AGAIN, JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, FROM PRINCIPALS, ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, ALL FACULTY, ALL STAFF FOR SUCH A SMOOTH START.

DIDN'T HEAR NEARLY AS MANY PROBLEMS AS IN THE PAST.

YOU KNOW, A FEW BUS QUESTIONS HERE AND THERE WITH ACS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, BUT I THINK OVERALL WE HANDLED IT PRETTY WELL.

I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR, YOU KNOW, ALL HANDS ON DECK ON THAT FRONT.

I ECHO MR. BEBER'S SENTIMENTS THAT, YOU KNOW, DOING CARPOOL LINE WAS REALLY COOL FIRST DAY AND MR. OLSON SENTIMENTS OF GOING BACK.

IT'S EASY TO HAVE THAT EXCITEMENT ON DAY ONE, BUT IT'S GOOD TO KEEP IT GOING AS WELL, BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR THAT.

WISH EVERYONE LUCK GOING FORWARD.

REMIND EVERYONE THAT FRIDAY NIGHT IS THE FOOTBALL GAME, BUT ALSO THE HALFTIME PERFORMANCE BY OUR LOBO BAND, WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD.

I KNOW THEY ACTUALLY WORK HARDER THAN MY FRESHMAN FOOTBALL PLAYER, SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT TOO, AS WELL AS FRESHMAN FOOTBALL THAT GETS KICKED OFF ON THURSDAY.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND SEE YOU ALL NEXT MONTH.

I'M GOING TO ECHO MR. BEBER, MR. OLSON AND MR. MONTEMAYOR SENTIMENTS ABOUT THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.

I HAD A GREAT TIME MOVING THE SUN AND GETTING PEOPLE TO WHERE THEY NEEDED TO BE IN THE CAR RIDER LINE.

I HAD A BLAST AT LAKEVIEW.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO NOW THAT WE'VE GOTTEN OVER THE FIRST WEEK OR SO SMOOTH IT OUT J ITTERS.

I LOOK FORWARD TO VISITING OUR CAMPUSES THIS SEMESTER AND SEEING ALL THE GREAT LEARNING THAT'S TAKING PLACE THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.

I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY JUST AFTER THE PREP THE PAC AT THE HIGH SCHOOL TO WALK THE HALLS, AND IT WAS VERY QUIET, AND THEN I GOT TO BE AT LAKEVIEW THAT FIRST DAY, AND THE HEARTBEAT IS BACK IN OUR SCHOOLS NOW THAT SCHOOL IS BACK IN SESSION.

I ALSO AM LOOKING FORWARD TO FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, BUT ALSO TUESDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT VOLLEYBALL AND TO ALL OF OUR FALL SPORTS.

I LOOK FORWARD TO AT LEAST ATTENDING A COUPLE OF GAMES TO SEE YOU GUYS IN ACTION.

SO WELCOME BACK.

IT WAS GREAT TO GET OUT TO SOME OF THE SCHOOLS.

GOT A CHANCE TO GO OUT AND HELP SOME OF THE THINGS AND THE PARENTS AND BRINGING THE KIDS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

EVERYBODY IS SUPER EXCITED.

THE KIDS WERE JUST AMAZING AND WONDERFUL.

IT LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE SUPER EXCITED AND SOME KIDS WERE RUNNING AROUND, AND YOU CAN TELL THAT THEY'RE EXCITED TO BE BACK AT SCHOOL.

THE PARENTS, OF COURSE, WERE EXCITED TO HAVE THEM BACK, SO THAT WAS REALLY GREAT.

SO REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THAT'S GOING ON IN THE DISTRICT, THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING, AND YOU KNOW, ONCE AGAIN, CONDOLENCES OUT TO THE GLOVER FAMILY WAS A REALLY HARD LOSS, JUST KNOWING WHAT A WONDERFUL WOMAN SHE WAS AND WHAT SHE PROVIDED AND PRESENTED TO THE KIDS AND PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO WE'LL ALWAYS BE IN OUR PRAYERS AND THINKING ABOUT HER TO THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT WITH HER FAMILY.

SO MANY PEOPLE CAME OUT TO THE FUNERAL AND THAT WAS A GREAT AND THEN ONCE AGAIN, AT THE BEGINNING OF A SCHOOL YEAR.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY BEING OUT THERE.

THANK YOU. IF I MAY ADD, I WAS IMPRESSED WITH THE CONTINUITY ACROSS THE ELEMENTARIES. SO EACH OF US WAS AT ONE ON OPENING DAY AND IT'S JUST AS THEY'VE REPORTED ALREADY AND NOTHING BUT SMILES.

THE TEACHERS AND THE PRINCIPAL WERE ON A FIRST NAME BASIS WITH SOME THAT WERE COMING IN FOR THE FIRST TIME AND BEING ABLE TO SEE THAT CONSISTENCY.

RUBEN I WAS AT CHAVEZ AND SO RUBEN SAID, I HAVE BEEN HONORABLY BROUGHT INTO HIS MAINTENANCE GROUP BECAUSE I HELPED HIM PUT THE FLAGS OUT THAT MORNING. SO WE HAD TO DRIVE THOSE INTO THE INTO HARD GROUND, AND SO I'VE BEEN BAPTIZED BY RAISING THE FLAGS AT CHAVEZ, BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO THE FOOTBALL GAME.

I HAVE GRANDCHILDREN, ANOTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT ARE IN THEIR MARCHING BAND, AND MY OLDEST DAUGHTER WAS IN THE MARCHING BAND IN DUNCANVILLE.

SO I'VE BEEN SUPPORTERS OF THAT FOR A YEAR, LOOKING FORWARD TO DO THE EXTRACURRICULARS THROUGHOUT THE SEASON FOR NOT JUST FOOTBALL, BUT FOR EVERYTHING.

THANK YOU. LET'S GO HOME.

SUPERINTENDENT COMMENTS, MR.

[14. Superintendent Comments]

[00:55:01]

LET'S GO HOME. JUST EXCITED.

THANKFUL TO THIS BOARD.

YOU GUYS ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE, AND THE FACT THAT YOU SHOWED UP ON DAY ONE LIKE YOU DID IS AMAZING.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

WHEN WE SAY FAMILY, LIKE ASHLEY SAYS, IT PERSONIFIES ITSELF EVERY DAY, SEEING WHAT YOU GUYS DO.

THESE THESE WORKERS AROUND THIS ROOM, LIKE YOU SAID, PRINCIPALS KNOWING NAMES THE FAMILY SPIRIT IS ALIVE AND WELL, AND IT'S A GREAT DAY TO BE A LOBO.

LET'S GO HOME. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? DO I HAVE A SECOND? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.

JEFF. ALL OPPOSED.

MOTION PASSES. WE WILL OFFICIALLY CLOSE AT 7:56 P.M..

EVERYONE, HAVE A GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.