Jan 22, 2024 Regular Board Meeting

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THE LITTLE ELM BOARD OF ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS NOW IN SESSION.

[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 IN THE BOARD SUPPORT CONFERENCE ROOM AS PERMITTED BY THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, SUBCHAPTERS 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]

THE LEISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES WILL NOW RESUME A REGULAR SESSION. MISS FLORES.

[3. Pledge of Allegiance ]

WE DON'T HAVE AN INVOCATION, SO WE ARE GOING TO MOVE TO THE INTRODUCTION AND ROLL CALL.

WITH THE BOARD'S POSITION, WE, I NEED A MOTION TO MOVE IN OUR OUR ACTION ITEMS TEN, A

[10. Action Items (Part 1 of 2)]

SO MOVED. SECOND.

SO I HAVE A MOTION FROM KEN AND A SECOND FROM JEFF.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ALL OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ACTION ITEMS A AND B, TEN A AND B TO THE BEGINNING, MISTER LAMB.

MR. LAMB, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, I'D LIKE TO THANK TONIGHT, MISS LAURA STURGE, THE DIRECTOR OF BANDS AT LITTLE ELM HIGH SCHOOL.

SHE BROUGHT A GROUP TO PERFORM FOR US THIS EVENING.

THIS IS THE LITTLE ELM HIGH SCHOOL CLARINET CHOIR CONDUCTED BY ONE OF OUR PRIVATE STAFF HERE IN LITTLE ELM ISD, MISS LORI BRYSON.

SHE TEACHES AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND BOTH MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

SO THIS IS THE LITTLE ELM HIGH SCHOOL CLARINET CHOIR.

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WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO.

SO, WHOEVER ACTUALLY PUT THAT TOGETHER, I THINK CECILIA DID THAT.

THANK YOU FOR INVITING THEM.

AND THAT WAS WONDERFUL. AND SO BOARD, I WANT TO START OUT BY SAYING THANK YOU FOR, ALL YOUR DEDICATION TO THIS DISTRICT.

AND, MAN, YOU CAN TELL THAT OUR CAMPUSES LOVE YOU.

AND WE LOVE YOU, AND WE THANK YOU.

AND. I GOT A GIFT THAT SAYS IT'S A GREAT DAY TO BE A LOBO, AND IT TRULY IS A GREAT DAY TO BE A LOBO.

SO THANK YOU ALL. WE'LL DO MORE IN A MINUTE.

AS IT'S BEEN MENTIONED, WE'VE MOVED AN ACTION ITEM UP.

NUMBER TEN A AND B AND THERE'S A STORY HERE.

SO I WANT TO JUST GIVE ME JUST A MINUTE.

I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WOULD NORMALLY GO ABOUT NAMING A CAMPUS SO FAR AWAY FROM OPENING A CAMPUS, BUT AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T LONG AGO WE LOST A VERY, BELOVED MEMBER OF OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY.

AND THE TALK, STARTED THEN THAT WE SHOULD CERTAINLY, HONOR THAT PERSON AND CERTAINLY, NAME A BUILDING AFTER HER.

AND THERE WAS JUST NO DOUBT THAT THAT CONVERSATION HAD BEGUN, IMMEDIATELY AND WAS JUST WAS BOUND TO HAPPEN.

IN THIS PROCESS, I THINK MOST OF, YOU KNOW, OUR, BOND ELECTION HAS APPROVED WHAT WE HAVE SO, FONDLY BECOME THE NAMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NUMBER SEVEN AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NUMBER EIGHT.

THAT'S WHAT WE THAT'S THE TERMS WE USE RIGHT NOW IN, IN LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO USE THIS, THIS NAME OF OUR BELOVED EMPLOYEE.

IT MADE A LITTLE MORE SENSE THAT THAT HER NAME BE ATTACHED TO NUMBER EIGHT THAN NUMBER SEVEN.

SO THAT PUTS US IN POSITION TO GO AHEAD AND NAME NUMBER SEVEN TONIGHT AND NAME NUMBER EIGHT.

BUT WE GOT HERE FOR A REASON AND IT'S A SPECIAL REASON AND I'M EXCITED.

SO WITH THAT SAID AND I KIND OF COMBINE THOSE TWO IN EACH ITEM, WE'D LIKE TO CONSIDER THE APPROVAL AND NAMING OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NUMBER SEVEN AND THAT PARTICULAR

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AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE SOME FOLKS FROM LAKEWOOD VILLAGE HERE.

IS THAT RIGHT? JUST.

OKAY. MISS RUTH HAS JOINED US, AND WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE, BUT, THE FIRST LINE OF ACTION I WOULD ASK THE BOARD TO CONSIDER, THIS NAME FOR THIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. IS THERE A MOTION AND A SECOND? SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? THERE BEING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR OF NAMING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NUMBER SEVEN, LAKEWOOD VILLAGE ELEMENTARY.

SAY AYE. AYE.

ALL OPPOSED? SAY NAY.

MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

AND WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE DONE WITH US AND FOR US.

AND NOW IN THE NAMING OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NUMBER EIGHT.

ADMINISTRATION WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND AND I BELIEVE FAMILY IS HERE.

FAMILY. DO YOU WOULD YOU MIND STANDING? THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

ADMINISTRATION MAKES THE RECOMMENDATION THAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NUMBER EIGHT BECOME DOCTOR ASHLEY B GLOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

WE'LL CONSIDER A MOTION TO NAME ELEMENTARY NUMBER EIGHT ASHLEY B GLOVER ELEMENTARY.

DELEON MAKES THE FIRST MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND? DAN? DAVID MAKES THE SECOND.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED, SAY NAY.

MOTION CARRIES.

AND JUST TO PUT A LITTLE BOW ON THAT, I'M FAIRLY NEW HERE.

I DIDN'T GET THE PRIVILEGE OF KNOWING DOCTOR GLOVER VERY LONG.

BUT MAN, THE STORIES THAT GO AROUND ABOUT THAT LADY AND THE THE INFLUENCE SHE HAS IN THIS TOWN AND IN THIS DISTRICT.

I CANNOT DENY THINGS LIKE THIS NAMING OF A BUILDING.

AND, WE'VE ACTUALLY DEDICATED A ROOM HERE.

A WELL-DESERVED, JOB WELL DONE.

SHE ABSOLUTELY DESERVES IT.

SHE GAVE HER HEART AND SOUL TO THIS DISTRICT IN EVERY WAY.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. SHE WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL IN THIS BUILDING.

AND HER LOCKER WAS RIGHT BY HER DESK THAT SHE HAS NOW.

SO, WHAT AN AMAZING LADY.

WHAT AMAZING STORIES AND WHAT AMAZING LEGACY WILL CARRY FORWARD FOR HER AND THE FAMILY.

SO THANK YOU ALL.

DOCTOR LAMB, YOU MIND IF I SHARE A SMALL STORY? ABSOLUTELY. SO, THIS HAPPENED OF COURSE, SEVEN MONTHS AGO.

I WAS SCHEDULED TO GO SEE MY ONCOLOGIST, AND WHEN I ORIGINALLY WAS SCHEDULED, I HAD RAN INTO A PROBLEM AND CHANGED THE SCHEDULE. AND SO THROUGH CIRCUMSTANCES I JUST FOUND CHANGE SCHEDULE, AND, GOT TO MY ONCOLOGIST.

AND, WE'RE SITTING HERE.

ONCOLOGIST. AND THIS WOMAN WALKED IN AND I REMEMBER THINKING TO MYSELF, OH, MAN.

SHE'S JUST NOT FEELING WELL.

I REMEMBER SAYING TO MYSELF, SHE'S NOT FEELING WELL.

I SAID THE POOR THING. SHE'S JUST, SHE'S NOT FEELING WELL.

AND SHE GOT TO THE COUNTER AND SHE BENT OVER AND, I REMEMBER THINKING TO MYSELF, WOW, SHE JUST KIND OF NEEDS HELP.

AND, SHE ASKED THE LADY IF SHE CAN GO USE THE RESTROOM.

AND I GOT UP AND I SAID, HEY, CAN I HELP YOU? AND SHE TURNED AROUND.

AND SHE SAID DELEON.

AND AT FIRST I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE HER.

AND THEN I SAID, OH MY GOD, ASHLEY.

AND WE JUST HUGGED EACH OTHER? NO. KIND OF DO.

AND. OR.

I TOLD HER IT WOULD BE OKAY.

ANYTHING YOU NEEDED, JUST LET US KNOW.

YOU KNOW.

THAT WAS THE LAST TIME I REALLY GOT TO TALK WITH HER.

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HAD MANY YEARS TO SIT WITH HER AND TALK WITH HER AND SPEND TIME WITH HER AND WORK WITH HER.

AND, SOMETIMES YOU JUST DON'T REALIZE.

THERE ARE TIMES IN YOUR LIFE THAT YOU SEE SOMEONE WHO YOU CARE ABOUT.

WHO MEAN SO MUCH.

AND, IT WAS SPECIAL.

I FELT IT WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST BLESSINGS I HAD.

IT WAS UNUSUAL AT THAT TIME TO SEE HER AT THAT POINT AND NOT REALIZING THAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF MY LIFE CHANGED A TIME PERIOD FOR ME TO CHANGE, TO BE THERE AT THAT TIME WHEN SHE WALKED IN TO HELP HER OUT.

AND SO TO THE FAMILY, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BLESSING US WITH HER IN OUR LIVES.

IT WAS A BLESSING FOR US TO KNOW HER, SPEND TIME WITH HER, BE WITH HER.

IT WAS A BLESSING FOR THIS DISTRICT, FOR THESE STUDENTS AND HIS PEOPLE HERE.

AND YOU GAVE US THAT BLESSING, THROUGH US.

AND SO I WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THAT AMAZING BLESSING AND TIME.

AND EVEN THOUGH I KNEW THAT IT WAS HARD.

THERE WOULD NEVER BE NOTHING TO FILL THAT VOID.

I HOPE THIS MEMENTO OF, WE APPRECIATE YOU AND WHO YOU ARE AND HER WE'LL LIVE ON.

AND THOSE WHO FOLLOW WILL UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF WHAT SHE'S DONE FOR OUR DISTRICT.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT.

I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD LOVE TO SHARE GREAT STORIES.

WE APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT.

OKAY. AT THIS TIME.

SORRY, CAN I, THE MOTION IS DOCTOR ASHLEY B CLOVER FOR MY MINUTES.

JUST DOUBLE CHECKING GLOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

OKAY, WE MOVE THAT UP AND WE DIPPED INTO OUR SUPERINTENDENT SPOTLIGHT, SO WE'LL JUMP BACK IN, TO THE SUPERINTENDENT SPOTLIGHT.

[6. Superintendent Spotlight ]

IF YOU'D LIKE TO SLIP OUT, NOW MIGHT BE THE TIME.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO STAY, YOU'RE WELCOME TO.

THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.

WE'LL MOVE TO B, LEADERS OF THE PACK, STAFF RECOGNITION, MISS BROWN.

GOOD EVENING, SUPERINTENDENT LAMB, VICE PRESIDENT, WATKINS AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY ONCE AGAIN THIS MONTH TO RECOGNIZE WONDERFUL MEMBERS OF OUR LITTLE ELM ISD STAFF.

WE ARE REALLY THRILLED TO CONTINUE OUR LEADERS OF THE PACK INITIATIVE.

THERE ARE SO, SO, SO, SO MANY DESERVING, STAFF MEMBERS IN OUR DISTRICT.

OF THIS RECOGNITION, WE DO RECOGNIZE LOTS OF THEM AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL.

AND THEN WE BRING A COUPLE OF MEMBERS OF OUR STAFF TO THE BOARD EACH MONTH, AND THIS MONTH IS NO DIFFERENT.

WE'RE EXCITED TO HONOR A COUPLE OF STAFF MEMBERS.

WE'LL START WITH RECOGNIZING MISTER JOHN PSZKY FROM WALKER MIDDLE SCHOOL, IF YOU'LL DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE SCREENS. YOU.

[VIDEO] SO FOR THE YEARS I'VE BEEN HERE AT WALKER, I STARTED OUT IN SEVENTH GRADE AND NOW I'M IN EIGHTH GRADE.

AND THERE'S ONE TEACHER WHO REALLY STUCK OUT TO ME.

HIS NAME IS MR.

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WHENEVER I COME TO SCHOOL, I FEEL EXCITED JUST SEEING WHAT I'M GOING TO LEARN NEXT.

THE CLASS TRULY FEELS LIKE A FAMILY TO ME.

HE FEELS LIKE A FATHER TO ME.

I FEEL SAFE AND PROTECTED JUST BEING IN HIS CLASS EVERY DAY.

HE'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE TEACHERS.

THAT IS THE REASON WHY I NOMINATED MR. PSZKY. HE TRULY IS A LEADER OF THE PACK.

MR. P, AS WE AFFECTIONATELY CALL HIM HERE AT WALKER MIDDLE SCHOOL, HE HAS IMPACTED OUR CAMPUS IN SMALL WAYS AND LARGE WAYS.

FOR EXAMPLE, HE IS 100% PRESENT WITH EACH STUDENT AS THEY COME TO HIM.

HE TAKES THE TIME TO SLOW DOWN.

HE IS PATIENT.

HE SLOWS DOWN AND SPEAKS WITH THEM, TALKS WITH THEM ABOUT WHATEVER ISSUES THEY'RE HAVING, AND THEY NOTICE THAT.

THEY NOTICE THAT INDIVIDUALIZED ATTENTION.

HE'S THE SAME WAY WITH HIS COWORKERS.

HE IS THE SAME WAY WITH ME.

AND ANYTHING THAT I GO TO HIM WITH, HE IS VERY THOUGHTFUL.

HE HAS HE'S NATURALLY INTUITIVE TO WHAT PEOPLE NEED AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

AND THAT IS A COMMON CONSENSUS HERE AT WALKER ABOUT MR. P. I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYONE KNOWS THIS, BUT HE, OF COURSE, IS EXTREMELY TALENTED IN THE THEATER, AND HE PASSES THAT EXQUISITE KNOWLEDGE ONTO OUR STUDENTS AND THEY GET VERY EXCITED ABOUT COMING TO SCHOOL TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE THEATER.

BUT HE ALSO DIRECTS PLAYS OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL.

AND SO I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WATCHING HIM, DIRECT THE CRUCIBLE DOWN AT THE ADDISON THEATER CENTER THIS PAST FALL.

IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE PRODUCTION.

I THOROUGHLY ENJOYED IT.

HE GAVE ME A TOUR OF THE PLACE, MADE ME FEEL SPECIAL, AS IS HIS STYLE.

AND SO, NOT ONLY IS HE TALENTED, BUT VERY AFFECTIONATE, INTUITIVE WITH EACH PERSON WHO COMES HIS WAY.

AND, PRETTY MUCH HAS MADE A SAFE PLACE HERE FOR OUR KIDS AND A PLACE THAT THEY CAN CALL HOME.

MR. JOHN PSZKY, IF YOU'LL COME UP SO WE CAN RECOGNIZE YOU AS A LEADER OF THE PACK.

I'D LIKE TO ASK SUPERINTENDENT LAMB, VICE PRESIDENT WATKINS, ALONG WITH OUR DIRECTOR OF FINE ARTS, MR. FRANK FELICE, ALONG WITH OUR PRINCIPAL, MISS CHRISTY SILCOX.

IF YOU'LL COME UP SO WE CAN PRESENT HIM WITH A PLAQUE AND ALSO GET A PICTURE WITH MR. PSZKY. SO YOU HEARD TERMS FROM OUR STUDENT REFERRING TO MR. P AS SHE FEELS SAFE AND PROTECTED.

HE'S ONE OF HER FAVORITE TEACHERS.

MR. P TRULY EMBODIES ALL THAT WE EXPECT AND ALL THAT WE APPRECIATE IN OUR LITTLE ELM ISD STAFF.

HE HAS BEEN IN EDUCATION FOR 13 YEARS, FOUR OF THOSE YEARS HERE IN LITTLE ELM ISD.

HE'S THE SPONSOR OF THE THESPIANS CLUB.

AND WHEN ASKED WHAT IS ONE OF HIS PROUDEST MOMENTS IN EDUCATION, HE SAID, THIS ONE RIGHT HERE.

SO WE'RE EXCITED TO RECOGNIZE MR. P AS A LEADER OF THE PACK, AND HIS WIFE IS PRESENT IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY.

WE'D LOVE TO GRAB A PICTURE WITH YOU TWO.

CONGRATULATIONS, MR. P. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE TO LITTLE ELM ISD.

AND NEXT, WE'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE ONE OF OUR CAFETERIA MANAGERS AT HACKBERRY ELEMENTARY, MISS LASHONDA STANBERRY.

IF YOU'LL DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE SCREENS.

I NOMINATED MISS LASHONDA STANBURY FOR LEADERS OF THE PACK, BECAUSE I COULDN'T THINK OF ANYONE MORE DESERVING.

I KNEW HER SINCE MY SON WAS IN PRE-K WHEN MY SON MAVERICK CAME THROUGH HER CAFETERIA LINE FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND FROM THE FIRST DAY SHE KNEW HIS FIRST NAME, SHE ADDRESSED HIM.

SHE GOT TO KNOW HIM, AND HE WAS TRYING TO GO THROUGH THE LINE AND ONLY GET CHOCOLATE MILK AND ICE CREAM EVERY DAY, AND THAT'S ALL HE WOULD EAT FOR LUNCH. AND SHE WAS, SHE WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND AND REACHED OUT TO ME TO NOT LET THAT HAPPEN.

SHE GOT SHE GETS HIM TO EAT HIS LUNCH BETTER THAN I CAN AT HOME.

AND THEN LAST YEAR, WHEN I WAS WORKING WITH HER AS AN ESSER TUTOR, I WOULD NOTICE THAT SHE CONTINUED TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND.

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SHE GETS TO KNOW HER STUDENTS BY NAME.

SHE CREATES RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEM.

SHE MAKES SURE THEY HAVE THE NUTRITION THAT THEY NEED.

AND WHEN SHE'S ABLE TO, IF THERE'S ANY CONCERNS, SHE REACHES OUT TO TEACHERS.

SHE REACHES OUT TO PARENTS.

I JUST NOTICED THAT SHE'S NOT ONLY THE CAFETERIA MANAGER, SHE PUTS HEART INTO WHAT SHE DOES AND SHE IS JUST WONDERFUL AND SO DESERVING.

LASHONDA JOINED THE CHILD NUTRITION FAMILY IN AUGUST OF 2009, AND IS PRESENTLY OUR MANAGER AT HACKBERRY ELEMENTARY.

EACH AND EVERY DAY, LASHONDA IS ALWAYS UPBEAT AND SMILING.

SHE ALWAYS SPEAKS TO EVERYONE WITH JOY IN HER HEART.

LASHONDA EXEMPLIFIES LITTLE ELM VALUE OF EMBRACING ALL OF HER KIDS AS OUR KIDS.

SHE TREATS OUR STUDENTS AS IF THEY WERE ONE OF HER OWN CHILDREN.

SHE CHEERFULLY GREETS STUDENTS BY NAME DURING BOTH BREAKFAST AND LUNCH SERVICE.

CHILD NUTRITION SERVICES IS THANKFUL TO HAVE LASHONDA AS A MEMBER OF OUR FAMILY, AND WE ARE VERY PROUD THAT SHE'S BEING RECOGNIZED AS A LEADER OF THE PACK.

LASHONDA STANBERRY IS JUST AN AWESOME EMPLOYEE FOR OUR CAMPUS, AND WE ARE SO PROUD OF HER TO HAVE EARNED AND WON THIS AWARD FOR LEADERS OF THE PACK.

LASHONDA BRINGS SUCH A SPIRIT OF JOY TO WORK.

AND I LOVE WATCHING THE WAY SHE TAKES CARE OF HER STAFF AND THE WAY SHE INTERACTS WITH THEM.

SHE LOOKS AFTER THEM, SHE HAS GREAT RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEM.

AND THEN THAT TRICKLES RIGHT ON DOWN TO THE STUDENTS WITH THOSE RELATIONSHIPS.

AND IT'S NEAT TO WATCH.

AND SO I WATCH HER TELL HIM, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE GETTING TOO MANY SWEETS, AH GETTING TOO MANY SNACKS.

SHE'S RIGHT ON TOP OF IT AND COMMUNICATES WITH THEIR PARENTS.

SO, I JUST LOVE LASHONDA.

SHE IS VERY DESERVING OF THIS AWARD.

AND ALSO THE WAY SHE COMMUNICATES WITH THE STAFF WHEN WE HAVE THOSE DAYS, THOSE HALF DAYS WHEN WE HAVE TO GET THE SNACK LISTS READY, SHE COMMUNICATES WELL IN ADVANCE WITH THE STAFF, AND SO, LASHONDA'S JUST A REAL ASSET TO THE CAMPUS OF HACKBERRY ELEMENTARY.

MISS LASHONDA STANBURY.

COME ON DOWN SO WE CAN RECOGNIZE YOU AS A LEADER OF THE PACK.

I'D LIKE TO INVITE MR. ROSS TO COME ON DOWN.

I KNOW RYAN'S HERE FROM THE CHILD NUTRITION DEPARTMENT.

IF YOU'LL COME ON DOWN. CONGRATULATIONS.

WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOU.

MISS STANBURY, AS WE SAID, IS THE CAFETERIA MANAGER AT HACKBERRY ELEMENTARY.

SHE'S WORKED IN EDUCATION FOR 17 YEARS IN TOTAL, AND 15 OF THOSE 17 YEARS HAVE BEEN HERE IN LITTLE ELM ISD.

ONE OF HER PROUDEST MOMENTS IN EDUCATION WAS WHEN SHE RECEIVED LOBO TEAM MEMBER OF THE YEAR AWARD IN 2020.

AND MISS STANBURY DOES HAVE SOME OF HER FAMILY HERE.

IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO COME DOWN AND JOIN US FOR A PICTURE AS WELL, WE'D LOVE TO INVITE YOU DOWN.

IN THE VIDEO, YOU HEARD SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT SHE WORKS WITH AND THE PARENTS THAT SHE'S BEEN, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH, MENTIONING TERMS LIKE GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND. MISS STANBURY CREATES RELATIONSHIPS AND SHE PUTS HEART INTO EVERYTHING SHE DOES.

WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE AND BLESSED TO HAVE MISS STANSBURY AS PART OF OUR TEAM.

CONGRATULATIONS, MISS STANBURY.

MR. LAMB, THAT CONCLUDES OUR LEADERS OF THE PACK RECOGNITION.

NOW WE'LL LOOK AT SOME STUDENTS OF THE MONTH, MR. DONNY BARTLETT. VICE PRESIDENT WATKINS, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

GOOD EVENING. WE'LL GET STARTED WITH BRANT ELEMENTARY.

SO, AARON FROM BRANT ELEMENTARY, SECOND GRADER, COULD YOU COME DOWN HERE FOR US BRANT? AARON FROM BRANT.

IS BRANT HERE TONIGHT? BRANT ELEMENTARY. OH.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, WE'LL TALK TO AARON AT A DIFFERENT TIME.

ALL RIGHT, MISS CARLIN CIVIC, COULD YOU PLEASE COME DOWN HERE FROM CHAVEZ ELEMENTARY? FIFTH GRADER.

CARLIN EXHIBITS EVERY CHARACTERISTIC A LOBO LEADER SHOULD AND MORE.

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CARLIN IS VERY DETERMINED AND GOAL DRIVEN.

SHE CHALLENGES HERSELF AND NEVER GIVES UP.

SHE IS A GREAT ADVOCATE FOR HERSELF AND HER PEERS WHILE CONTINUING TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE SHE ENCOUNTERS.

ALWAYS LEADING BY EXAMPLE.

IT IS A PRIVILEGE THAT WE GET TO WATCH CARLIN GROW.

HER LAST YEAR IN ELEMENTARY AND WE ARE BEYOND PROUD OF HER AND ALL OF HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

THANK YOU CARLIN.

MISS CIVIC, WILL YOU COME DOWN WITH YOUR FAMILY, PLEASE? Y'ALL COME GET A PICTURE WITH GARLAND.

TEACHERS HERE. OH, YEAH.

TEACHER. COME ON.

MADELINE FERGUSON, WOULD YOU COME DOWN FROM HACKBERRY? MADELINE IS A SECOND GRADER AT HACKBERRY.

MADELINE IS A KIND AND HARDWORKING STUDENT LEADER.

SHE EMBODIES HACKBERRIES TEN ESSENTIALS DAILY AND IS A GREAT ROLE MODEL FOR OTHER STUDENTS.

SHE ALWAYS FOLLOWS DIRECTIONS QUICKLY.

SHE ALWAYS FOLLOWS DIRECTIONS QUICKLY.

SHE WORKS HARD AND DOES NOT HESITATE TO HELP OTHERS.

I AM SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE MADELINE IN MY CLASS.

MR. ROSS, WOULD YOU COME DOWN TO AND FAMILY? WOULD Y'ALL COME DOWN AND JOIN MADELINE, PLEASE? YES, SIR.

OLIVER STEWART, LAKEVIEW, THIRD GRADE.

OLIVER, WOULD YOU COME DOWN? AND I UNDERSTAND THAT.

MR. REZA, YOU'RE HERE AND MISS MILLER, THE TEACHER.

WOULD Y'ALL COME DOWN AS WELL? WE'D LIKE TO SAY THAT OLIVER IS A JOY AND SUNSHINE FOR OUR CLASS.

HE IS ALWAYS EXCITED TO LEARN AND ALWAYS ON TASK.

HE LOVES ALL THE CLASSMATES AND MAKES EVERYONE FEEL SO SPECIAL.

HE IS AN INCREDIBLY HARD WORKER AND GIVES 100% EVERY SINGLE DAY.

THANK YOU OLIVER.

THREE, TWO FOUR.

YEAH. FAMILY. COME ON DOWN.

YOU GOT? THANK YOU OLIVER.

CAN WE HAVE EMMA MARTINEZ, KINDERGARTNER FROM OAK POINT? EMMA'S READY.

EMMA IS AN OVERALL OUTSTANDING STUDENT WHO FOLLOWS THE RULES, HELPS OTHERS, AND IS A FRIEND TO EVERYONE.

SHE'S A NATURAL LEADER.

PARENTS. COME ON, Y'ALL COME GET A PICTURE AS WELL.

IS HER TEACHER HERE BY CHANCE? YEAH. COME ON DOWN, JOE.

YOU. MISS BERNADETTE.

MISS WHITE. YES, MA'AM.

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CADENCE IS A TRUE EXAMPLE OF WHAT A LEADER IS.

SHE EXHIBITS ALL OF OUR CORE VALUES EVERY DAY WITH A CARING, RESPECTFUL, AND POLITE ATTITUDE.

SHE CAME TO MY CLASS IN AUGUST TIMID AND SHY, BUT NOW SHE IS AN INDEPENDENT AND CONFIDENT STUDENT WHO CREATES GOALS FOR HERSELF AND CRUSHES THEM.

HER GRIT AND TENACITY HAS NOT GONE UNNOTICED, AND FOR THAT, I COULD NOT BE MORE PROUD OF CADENCE AND ALL THAT SHE HAS ACCOMPLISHED IN JUST A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.

THAT IS FROM MISS DENTON AND MISS ALLEN.

THANK YOU CADENCE.

TEACHERS AND FAMILY, WOULD Y'ALL COME ON DOWN? AND OUR LAST ELEMENTARY, RECOGNITION GOES TO KNOX BURNETT FROM ZELLERS, PRE-K STUDENT.

COME ON DOWN KNOX.

KNOX IS A VERY COOPERATIVE YOUNG MAN WITH HIS MANY FRIENDS AND TEACHERS, AND THEY ENJOY PLAYING IN CENTERS AND LISTENING TO STORIES DURING CIRCLE TIME.

WE ARE ALSO PROUD OF HIM AND CAN'T WAIT TO SEE ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS HE WILL ACCOMPLISH IN THE FUTURE.

COME ON DOWN FAMILY.

YEAH.

ALL RIGHT, MR. PAULA, WILL YOU COME TAKE CARE OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS? Y'ALL COME ON UP. MR. POLLITT. IT STRIKE.

WE HAVE TWO WONDERFUL STUDENTS TO RECOGNIZE TONIGHT.

THE FIRST ONE IS MILA MCKEE.

DO YOU WANT TO COME ON DOWN? SHE'S JUST GOING.

HER TEACHERS WROTE THAT MILA HAS THE WORK ETHIC OF AN OLD SOUL.

HER TALENT AND ATTENTION TO DETAIL IS INCREDIBLY OUTSTANDING, AND IS ONLY SURPASSED BY HER CONSTANT WILLINGNESS TO HELP AND SERVE OTHERS.

SHE'S SO PATIENT WITH HER CLASSMATES AND ALL AROUND HER, TO THE POINT WHERE SHE WILL EVEN GIVE ASSISTANCE TO STUDENTS WHEREVER IN NEED, INCLUDING LENDING OUT HER CHROMEBOOK CHARGER, WHICH IS A HOT ITEM SOMETIMES FOR STUDENTS WITHOUT HESITATION.

SHE WAS SEPARATELY NOMINATED BY FOUR DIFFERENT TEACHERS IN FINE ARTS AND CTE BECAUSE OF HOW AWESOME SHE IS.

MISS TROXCLAIR STATED THAT SHE IS AN AMAZING YOUNG LADY AND HELPFUL TO STUDENTS AND TEACHERS WHO ARE IN NEED.

MILA IS CURRENTLY TAKING INTERMEDIATE ART AND US HISTORY HONORS.

SHE'S ALSO A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL JUNIOR HONOR SOCIETY, AND WAS CHOSEN AS OUR STRIKE STUDENT OF THE MONTH FOR OCTOBER, IN ADDITION TO DECEMBER.

MILA.

YOU CAN.

TO.

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COME ON DOWN, MOISES.

MISS STEVENS STATED HER SCIENCE TEACHER MOYES'S EXAMPLE EXEMPLIFIES OUR CORE VALUES.

THE FIRST IS RESPECT.

MOISES IS ALWAYS RESPECTFUL WITH PEERS AND WITH ANY ADULT.

HE STANDS FOR INTEGRITY.

MOISES WORKS HARD AT EVERYTHING HE DOES, EVEN WHEN NO ONE IS WATCHING.

HE HAS A GREAT DEAL OF COMPASSION.

HE IS KIND TO EVERYONE AND HELPFUL TO TEACHERS.

HE IS THE FIRST TO START CLEANING UP MESSES THAT AREN'T HIS OR FINDING WAYS TO HELP HIS CLASSMATES.

AND HE STANDS FOR EXCELLENCE.

HIS WORK ETHIC AND CHARACTER ARE EXCEPTIONAL.

HE IS A JOY TO TEACH, AND I AM THANKFUL AND GRATEFUL THAT HE IS IN MY CLASS.

MOISES EARNED ALL A'S FIRST SEMESTER AND HE IS A NEW STUDENT TO STRIKE THIS YEAR, BUT HE HAS ALREADY MADE A HUGE IMPACT IN THE LIVES OF THE STUDENTS AND THE TEACHERS ON CAMPUS. MOISES.

FAMILY COME DOWN.

THANK YOU GUYS.

WALKER MIDDLE SCHOOL.

THEN COME ON UP, PLEASE.

YOU'RE IN THE BACK.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD EVENING.

SUPERINTENDENT AND THE TRUSTEES.

MY NAME IS THADDEUS PORTER. I'M THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT JERRY WALKER MIDDLE.

AND IT IS MY HONOR TO STAND AND RECOGNIZE OUR SCHOOL BOARD STUDENT OF THE MONTH FOR JANUARY, MR. ALDO CONTRERAS.

ALDO, COME ON DOWN.

ALDO WAS A VERY SHY YOUNG MAN.

I TOLD HIM, JUST STAND HERE AND LET ME SAY GOOD THINGS ABOUT HIM.

SHIRTS OFF WITH HIS COUNSELOR, COACH JAMESON.

ALDO WAS THE GOLD STANDARD FOR WHAT A STUDENT ATHLETE SHOULD BE IN THE CLASSROOM.

HE WORKED HARD TO MAINTAIN STRAIGHT A'S EVEN IN HIS ADVANCED CLASSES ON THE FIELD.

HE IS A LEADER WHO ALWAYS GIVES MAXIMUM EFFORT WHILE ENCOURAGING HIS TEAMMATES TO DO THE SAME.

HE IS RESPECTFUL TO HIS TEACHERS, COACHES, AND PEERS AND ALWAYS FOLLOWS DIRECTIONS.

HIS POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND SUPERB WORK ETHIC MAKE HIM A TRUE PLEASURE TO HAVE IN CLASS, MISS LAMBERT.

ALDO IS A WONDERFUL AND THOUGHTFUL STUDENT.

HE HELPS ME WHEN NEEDED AS WELL AS HIS PEERS.

HE'S VERY SMART AND TAKES CHANCES TO THINK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX DURING PROJECTS.

MISS MCNUTT.

ALDO HAS CONSISTENTLY BEEN A GREAT STUDENT.

HE IS SOMEONE YOU CAN RELY ON TO NEVER CAUSE ISSUES.

HE WORKS HARD IN CLASS, BUT IS WILLING TO ASK FOR HELP WHEN HE NEEDS IT AND MRS. DALEY. ALDO WAS A WONDERFUL STUDENT.

HE'S HARD-WORKING AND DILIGENT ABOUT COMPLETING HIS ASSIGNMENTS.

HE WILLINGLY HELPS OTHERS THAT NEED IT.

HE'S QUIET AND RESERVED IN CLASS.

I AM GLAD THAT HE IS GETTING THIS RECOGNITION FOR A STUDENT OF THE MONTH, BECAUSE HIS CHARACTER REALLY SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.

ALDO CONTRERAS, OUR STUDENT OF THE MONTH FOR JANUARY.

FAMILY COME ON DOWN.

YOU GOT TO FIND SOMEWHERE IN THE HOUSE TO PUT THAT.

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HE THOUGHT IT WAS PRETTY GOOD STUFF, THOUGH.

THAT CHURRO ESPECIALLY.

THANK YOU, MR. BARTLETT.

MR. LAMB. THE BOARD.

THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR LETTING ME COME HERE.

I LOVE DOING THIS. LET'S TALK A LITTLE ABOUT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

FIRST. LET'S START OFF WITH CHRISTOPHER O'KEEFE.

COME ON UP. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A LITTLE SOMETHING FROM YOUR WELDING TEACHER.

CHRIS IS MY STUDENT, AND DURING SECOND PERIOD IN THE FALL SEMESTER, HIS WORK ETHIC AND ATTENTION TO DETAIL ARE THE REASON WHY HE ACCOMPLISHED EVERYTHING WE DID.

WE DESIGNED ORDERED MATERIALS FOR, CUT AND ASSEMBLED ALL THE NECESSARY WELDING BOOTHS AND WORK TABLES FOR OUR NEW WELDING ONE LAB.

AT THE SAME TIME, WE COMPLETED ALL OF OUR NORMAL SEMESTER TASKS.

THE REASON WE WERE SO EFFICIENT AND CONSTRUCTION SO SEAMLESS WAS CHRIS COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT HIM.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING.

GOOD JOB. I COULDN'T HAVE DONE ANY OF THAT.

THANK YOU. THANK.

THANK YOU. OKAY, LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, HANNAH MCKINNEY.

HANNAH KINGTON.

LET'S GIVE HER A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

KENNINGTON. I'M SO SORRY.

HERE WE GO. I GOT A LITTLE SOMETHING FROM MRS. WHITE. IT'S LONG REALLY.

WELL, WHAT CAN I SAY ABOUT HANNAH? QUITE A BIT, ACTUALLY, BECAUSE I'VE KNOWN THE STUDENTS SINCE HER FRESHMAN YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL WHEN SHE ENTERED MY JOURNALISM CLASS.

HANNAH IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST ROUNDED KIDS I'VE EVER TAUGHT.

SHE'S KIND TO EVERYONE AND ALWAYS HAS A SMILE ON HER FACE.

HANNAH IS GOOD TO EVERYONE, AND I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER HEARD HER SAY ANYTHING NEGATIVE ABOUT ANYONE THIS YEAR.

HER SENIOR YEAR, SHE'S EDITOR OF THE YEARBOOK.

SHE'S THE GLUE THAT HOLDS OUR GROUP TOGETHER.

SHE'S ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP AND ALWAYS GIVING GREAT ADVICE.

SHE MAKES ANY EVENT EXCITING, EVEN THE MUNDANE, LIKE WORKING ON A PUZZLE.

IN ADDITION TO YEARBOOK, HANNA IS ALSO COMPLETED IN UIL JOURNALISM, AND ALTHOUGH SHE DOES ALWAYS WIN, YOU WOULDN'T KNOW IT.

SHE'S JUST GLAD TO BE PART OF THE TEAM.

I'VE TRULY LOVED THE LAST FOUR YEARS THAT LITTLE ELM HIGH SCHOOL, BECAUSE HANNA HAS BEEN A BIG PART OF IT, AND THE LAST FOUR YEARS WE'VE CALLED HANNA MANY THINGS.

FOR INSTANCE, NOW THIS IS HER TO SIGN ALL THIS, OKAY, HANNA, BEAR, HANNA BANANA, KEN, AND EVEN KINNEY.

BUT WE'VE ALSO CALLED HER FRIEND, ALLY, AWESOME AND AMAZING.

I EXPECT HANNA TO DO GREAT THINGS IN HER LIFE.

SHE'S JUST THAT SPECIAL.

BUT TO ME, SHE WILL ALWAYS BE THE STUDENT THAT CAN EAT MORE M&M'S THAN ANYBODY ELSE I KNOW.

LET'S GIVE HANNA A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

IS HANNAH'S PARENTS. CAN YOU COME ON UP? OKAY. THERE THEY COME.

THAT'S PRETTY COOL. YOU WANNA TAKE PICTURES? BACK TO WORSHIP.

OH, YEAH.

TWO. GOOD JOB HERE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. BARTLETT.

THANK YOU. JASON.

MR. LAMB, TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU.

THANK YOU.

APPEARS WE MOVE TO THE REPORTS OF THE SUPERINTENDENT PROCLAMATION 2024.

[7. Reports of the Superintendent ]

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

HAPPY BOARD APPRECIATION, MR. LAMB. TONIGHT WE ARE JUST GIVING YOU A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT PROCLAMATION 2024.

WELL IT'S ON.

YEAH. LET'S SEE.

JUST A REMINDER THAT THE PURPOSE OF PROCLAMATIONS IS JUST TO INFORM PUBLISHERS AND THE PUBLIC AND OUR REGIONAL SERVICE CENTERS THAT THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION IS INVITING BIDS FOR NEW INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS.

PROCLAMATIONS ARE ISSUED ON A ROTATIONAL BASIS.

ALL THE CONTENT AREAS EVENTUALLY COME UP ON A ROTATION TO HAVE THE TEKS, LOOKED AT, REWRITTEN, REALIGNED.

AND JUST UPDATED.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, OUR INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS NEED TO BE UPDATED AS OUR TEKS ARE UPDATED.

OUR TEXAS ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS.

THIS PARTICULAR PROCLAMATION WAS ISSUED IN APRIL OF 2022, AND THEN IT WAS UPDATED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2022 AND SEPTEMBER OF 2023.

SO ONCE THE STATE STARTS UPDATING THE TEKS, THEY GET PUBLIC INPUT INPUT FROM ALL JUST DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS, AND THEN THEY UPDATE THE PROCLAMATION AND WE END UP WITH NEW TEKS AND THEN AN INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS APPROVED LIST.

THIS PARTICULAR PROCLAMATION, INVOLVED ALL OF K-12 SCIENCE AND SOME OF OUR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION COURSES. AS I SAID, THE TEKS ARE UPDATED AND THEN THEY'RE REALIGNED THIS YEAR.

I DID WANT TO TO LET THE BOARD KNOW THAT WE HAD SIGNIFICANT REALIGNMENT AT OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, WE DO NOT FEEL IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR STUDENTS TO OFFER PHYSICS AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL BASED ON THE NEW RELEASE FROM THE STATE.

HOWEVER, OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE CURRENTLY ON THAT TRACK TO HAVE PHYSICS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE WON'T INTERRUPT THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM.

PERSONAL FINANCIAL LITERACY AND ECONOMICS IS ALSO A COURSE THAT IS PART OF PROCLAMATION 2024.

BECAUSE IT IS ONE COURSE, WE STARTED THAT PROCESS JUST A LITTLE BIT LATER.

THE COMMITTEE IS FORMED.

THERE ARE SOME INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR PREVIEW BY THE PUBLIC.

AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE PROCESS THAT WE'VE USED FOR THE HUGE PART OF THE ADOPTION, WHICH IS SCIENCE AND CTE, WITH OUR SOCIAL STUDIES COURSE THAT IS ON THE LIST.

THE STATE BOARD APPROVED A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF RESOURCE MATERIALS.

AND WHAT THEY DO IS THEY USE SOMETHING CALLED THE TEXAS RESOURCE REVIEW RUBRIC.

AND THEY GO THROUGH ALL THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, AND THEY TELL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE WHAT PERCENTAGE OF ALIGNMENT TO THE NEW TEKS.

THE MATERIALS ARE SO THAT DISTRICTS CAN MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS ABOUT WHICH VENDORS THEY WANT TO INVITE IN TO POTENTIALLY, BE CONSIDERED IN THAT PARTICULAR DISTRICT'S ADOPTION.

I'VE LINKED THAT IN, IT'S QUITE A LENGTHY LIST, BUT IT'S VERY INFORMATIVE TO SEE.

MOST OF THE VENDORS ON THE STATE'S LIST ARE 100% ALIGNED, TO THE TEKS.

SO WITH THAT, I WANTED TO JUST SHARE BRIEFLY WHAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR WITH THIS PROCLAMATION AND THEN KIND OF WHERE WE'RE GOING.

A LOCAL COMMITTEE WAS FORMED FOR SCIENCE.

IT CONSISTS OF AROUND 27, EDUCATORS THROUGHOUT OUR DISTRICT.

AND THAT WAS FORMED IN SEPTEMBER, OUR ECONOMICS PERSONAL FINANCIAL LITERACY COURSE.

WE JUST FORMED THAT COMMITTEE.

IT'S LIKE A COMMITTEE OF SEVEN, I THINK.

THIS MONTH, TO CONSIDER BECAUSE IT'S JUST ONE COURSE.

IT'S NOT MASSIVE NUMBERS OF CLASSES AND COURSES.

SO, IN OCTOBER FOR SCIENCE AND CTE, RUBRICS WERE CREATED FOR RATING MATERIALS.

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BUT WE ALSO USED, TESLA, THE TEXAS SCIENCE EDUCATION LEADERSHIP ASSOCIATION RUBRIC.

THEN IN NOVEMBER, DISTRICT VENDORS WERE INVITED IN, FOR A SHOWCASE.

WE HAD THAT SHOWCASE IN OUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AREA WHERE THE DIFFERENT VENDORS PRESENTED THEIR MATERIALS TO OUR EDUCATORS ON THE COMMITTEE.

EDUCATORS WERE INVITED TO FILL OUT THE RUBRICS, AND THEN WE HAVE, COLLECTED THOSE RUBRICS AND LOOKED AT THEIR FEEDBACK.

THEN, PARENTAL INPUT WAS INVITED, THIS MONTH AND IS ACTUALLY CONTINUING THROUGH THE END OF THIS WEEK FOR SCIENCE AND CTE. AND WE WILL PROBABLY EXTEND THAT.

WE HAVE SOME OF OUR SOCIAL STUDIES, CURRICULUM IN THERE NOW.

BUT WE'LL PROBABLY EXTEND THAT ANOTHER WEEK FOR THAT ONE COURSE.

IN FEBRUARY, VENDOR NEGOTIATIONS WILL BEGIN WHERE WE ARE GETTING BIDS FROM THE DIFFERENT VENDORS SO THAT THE COMMITTEE IS ABLE TO MAKE A AN INFORMED FINANCIAL DECISION ABOUT THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND CONSIDER THE PROS AND CONS OF THEIR FAVORITES.

AND THEN OUR DISTRICT EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT COUNCIL WILL GET A REPORT OF THAT INPUT AND ANY INPUT WE GET FROM OUR PARENTS AND COMMUNITY ON THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO PREVIEW NOW.

AND ONE OF OUR ROOMS HERE AT THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.

AND THEN DC WILL LISTEN TO THAT INPUT AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD.

WE ANTICIPATE BRINGING, AN APPROVAL REQUEST FOR INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS TO THE BOARD IN, MARCH, AND THEN WE WILL IN APRIL, IN MAY, LOOK AT FINALIZING THOSE PRICES FROM THE VENDORS AND ORDERING THE NEW INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS. I WILL SAY THAT WE INTEND TO USE OUR INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ALLOTMENT FROM THE STATE TO PURCHASE THESE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS.

SO HOPEFULLY NO LOCAL BUDGET WILL BE INVOLVED IN THE PURCHASING OF MATERIALS.

THEN. IN JUNE AND JULY, WE WILL BE UPDATING THE CURRICULUM TO ALIGN WITH THE NEW TEKS AND THE INSTRUCTION MATERIALS, AND THEN SCHEDULE OUR TRAINING FOR OUR TEACHERS SO THAT THEY ARE READY TO GO TO TEACH STUDENTS IN AUGUST.

AND WITH THAT, JUST A QUICK INFORMATIONAL PRESENTATION ON OUR PROCLAMATION 2024.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? OKAY, I DO HAVE.

I'VE GOT TWO.

WHAT WILL WE BE REPLACING PHYSICS WITH FOR OUR ADVANCED SCIENCE LEARNERS WHEN WE'VE FINISHED THAT COURSE? WHAT WILL BE THE REPLACEMENT FOR.

SO AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL THEY ARE GOING TO JUST COMPLETE THE SCIENCES AT THE AS THE STATE IS RECOMMENDING.

OKAY. AND WHERE CAN PARENTS GO LOOK AT THE MATERIALS THAT WE'VE GOT OUT ON DISPLAY SO PEOPLE CAN GO OUT AND DO THAT? SURE. HERE IN THE ADMINISTRATION, IN OUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING WING DOWN.

I THINK IT'S, PL THREE READY? THANK YOU SO MUCH. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. ALRIGHTY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH DOCTOR TRAMEL.

YOU ARE WELCOME. THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT ITEM IN ORDER IS CITIZEN INPUT.

[8. Citizen Input ]

MISS PRESTON, WILL YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD? I LOVE LOOKING AT THOSE FRIENDLY FACES.

WE HAVE SOME BOOKS THAT WE WANT TO DONATE, BUT I'M GOING TO LET DONNA COME UP AND SHARE WITH YOU.

SHE'S THE NEXT PERSON TO SPEAK.

I JUST HAVE TO SAY, I GO TO A LOT OF SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS AND I MEAN A LOT, AND YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING.

AND TO HEAR YOU, MARY, WHICH I KNOW YOU AND I LOVE YOU, BUT TO HEAR YOU ASK QUESTIONS ON PARENTS BEHALF, I CAN TELL YOU THAT THAT IS NOT NORMAL.

SO I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS.

SEEING THE CHILDREN COME UP AND YOU GUYS HONORING GOOD BEHAVIOR, THAT IS JUST.

AND NOT ONLY THAT, YOU DIDN'T HONOR JUST GOOD BEHAVIOR.

YOU HONOR THE PARENTS.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY WELL DONE, WELL DONE.

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YOU'VE MADE MY MONTH. I'M SURE IT'S MADE MY YEAR.

SO. BUT I WANT DONNA TO COME UP AND PRESENT TO YOU GUYS.

WE WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS.

WE'RE HERE FOR YOU AS CITIZENS DEFENDING FREEDOM.

IF YOU GUYS NEED ANYTHING FROM US, WE'RE HERE.

WE JUST WANT TO HONOR YOU GUYS AND HELP YOU GUYS IN ANY WAY THAT WE CAN.

SO.

WE WOULD LIKE TO BRING DONNA SMITH FORWARD.

GOOD EVENING. I TOO JUST REALLY ENJOYED THE EVENING.

WHAT PRECIOUS CHILDREN.

AND THE LITTLE GIRL THAT WAS IN KINDERGARTEN.

I MEAN, SHE COULD NOT WAIT.

SHE WAS RUNNING DOWN THE AISLE.

IT WAS JUST WONDERFUL.

SO HEARTWARMING.

BUT, I I'M WITH DISENTIS CITIZENS DEFENDING FREEDOM, AND WE'RE JUST REALLY THRILLED TO BE ABLE TO DONATE, 29 BOOKS. AND SO THERE'S A BOX OF BOOKS OVER HERE, AND I HAVE ONE OF EACH UP HERE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DONATE TO YOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

AND SO LAST NOVEMBER, IN OUR GIVING TUESDAY CAMPAIGN, A LOT OF OUR MEMBERS DONATED FUNDS.

AND SO THESE BOOKS WERE PURCHASED, AND WE'RE JUST REALLY EXCITED TO GIVE THEM TO YOU.

AND, FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS, CITIZENS DEFENDING FREEDOM HAS REALLY WE'VE BEEN DILIGENTLY WORKING TO REMOVE INAPPROPRIATE BOOKS FROM THE SCHOOL LIBRARIES, BUT WE'RE EXCITED TO MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT BY EXTENDING THIS GIFT OF THESE BOOKS TO YOU FOR YOUR CHILDREN, FOR YOUR LIBRARIES, FOR YOUR GRANDCHILDREN.

AND SO WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT.

AND AS AN ORGANIZATION, WHEN WE GOT THESE BOOKS TOGETHER, WE THOUGHT TO OURSELVES, WE WANT TO GIVE THEM WHERE THEY'LL BE APPRECIATED. SO AS BOOKS ARE REMOVED FROM THE PUBLIC LIBRARY, FROM THE OUR LIBRARIES BECAUSE OF INAPPROPRIATE CONTENT OR PICTURES, WHATEVER IT MAY BE, WE WANT TO BE A PART OF REPLACING THEM WITH SOMETHING THAT TALKS ABOUT GOOD VALUES, SOMETHING THAT'S ENCOURAGING AND CAN BLESS THESE CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES.

SO IT'S JUST WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT, I GET TO BE A PART OF BRINGING THESE BOOKS TO YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING CARE OF YOUR CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN, AND THE FUTURE CHILDREN.

IT MEANS A LOT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND I CAN HAND THESE TO YOU OR PUT THEM BACK OVER HERE.

AND OUR FINAL SPEAKER THIS EVENING IS HEATHER CRAMER.

YOU'VE GOT FIVE MINUTES.

GOOD EVENING. IT'S GOOD TO SPEAK WITH YOU TONIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

FIRST OFF, AS A TEACHER HERE IN LITTLE ELM, I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THE CALENDAR THAT WE HAVE THIS YEAR.

THIS YEAR'S CALENDAR WAS A GREAT COMPROMISE FOR THE TEACHERS AND FOR THE STUDENTS.

I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING BEFORE YOU VOTE ON THE 2425 CALENDAR.

I'M A TEACHER AT CHAVEZ ELEMENTARY AND ALSO A MEMBER OF THE DEQ.

I AM AWARE THAT THE CALENDAR CANNOT BE THE BEST OPTION FOR EVERY STUDENT AND TEACHER.

I'M SURE LITTLE ELM IS ALWAYS LOOKING TO HIRE THE BEST TEACHERS AND STAFF, AND THAT TEACHER RETENTION IS VERY IMPORTANT.

I BELIEVE THAT IT WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL IN AN INTERVIEW TO INFORM THE CANDIDATE THAT THEIR SPRING BREAK WILL BE DIFFERENT FROM THEIR OWN CHILDREN'S BREAK, WHO MAY ATTEND A NEIGHBORING SCHOOL DISTRICT.

OUR TEACHERS LIVE IN ALL OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES AND MAY FIND IT DIFFICULT TO HAVE QUALITY TIME WITH THEIR OWN FAMILIES OR FIND CARE FOR THEIR OWN CHILDREN.

LOTS OF STUDENTS HERE IN LITTLE ELM ARE FROM BLENDED FAMILIES AS WELL, AND THEY MAY HAVE HARDSHIPS TO ACCOMMODATE THAT TIME.

ALSO, EXTENDED FAMILY PLANS.

THE EXTENDED FAMILIES PLAN ACTIVITIES TOGETHER AND IT WOULD TAKE AWAY FROM VALUABLE FAMILY TIME IF THEIR BREAKS DID NOT ALIGN.

I AM AWARE THAT SURROUNDING SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE SET THEIR SPRING BREAKS THE WEEK OF MARCH 17TH THROUGH 21ST OF 2025, AND FEEL THAT WE SHOULD FIND A WAY TO ALIGN OUR SPRING BREAK WITH THE SURROUNDING DISTRICTS, ESPECIALLY TO RETAIN THE GREAT TEACHERS WE HAVE AND TO RECRUIT QUALITY TEACHERS IN THE FUTURE.

THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT ITEM IN ORDER IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.

[9. Approval of Minutes ]

[01:10:01]

SO MOVED KEN.

AND SECOND? SECOND. SECOND FROM DELEON.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE DECEMBER 2023 MEETING.

MINUTES SAY AYE.

AYE. ALL OPPOSED.

SEE. THE MOTION PASSES, THE MEETING MINUTES ARE APPROVED.

NEXT ITEM IN ORDER IS ACTION OUR ACTION ITEMS.

[10. Action Items (Part 2 of 2)]

GOOD EVENING AGAIN.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES. VICE PRESIDENT WATKINS, MR. LAMB. TODAY, THE ADMINISTRATION IS BRINGING RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE CABINET LEVEL ADMINISTRATIVE CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS, AS WERE PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED TO EACH OF YOU.

IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED. DAVID MOVED.

IS THERE A SECOND, JEFF? IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? THERE BEING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. ALL OPPOSED.

SAY NAY. MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU. AND THEN ITEM D APPROVAL OF THE 24-25 SCHOOL CALENDAR. DOCTOR TRAMEL.

GOOD EVENING, MISS WATKINS.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES, MR. LAMB. TONIGHT WE ARE COMING WITH A RECOMMENDED CALENDAR FROM OUR DISTRICT EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT COUNCIL.

AND, JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE PROCESS THAT WE USE THIS YEAR.

WE DID, CONSIDER THE BOARD'S INPUT OF KIND OF EVERY OTHER WEEK LOOKING AT, GIVING THE STAFF SOME KIND OF DAY, WHETHER IT'S PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OR A TEACHER INDEPENDENT PREPARATION DAY OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.

THE DISTRICT EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT COUNCIL WERE THEY WERE INFORMED IN SEPTEMBER THAT IN LITTLE ELM THEY ACT IN ADVISORY CAPACITY, ON THE CALENDAR.

SO THEY SERVE AS OUR CALENDAR COMMITTEE.

THEN THE DEIC REVIEWED AND DISCUSSED A DRAFT ACADEMIC CALENDAR AND MADE RECOMMENDED CHANGES THEY FELT WERE NEEDED.

ON JANUARY THE 11TH, THOSE CHANGES WERE MADE.

AND THEN THE DEIC MET AGAIN ON JANUARY THE 18TH AND MADE ADDITIONAL CHANGES.

SO WE WILL GO THROUGH THE CALENDAR AND I'LL KIND OF POINT OUT A FEW OF THOSE AS WE GO.

THE DEIC DID VOTE TO APPROVE THIS CALENDAR AT THAT JANUARY 18TH MEETING, AND I NEED TO, LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT THAT VOTE WAS 20 TO 1 OR 19 TO 1.

THERE WERE 20 MEMBERS PRESENT.

SO, WITH THAT, WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT THIS CALENDAR TO YOU ALL.

SO AS WE LOOK AT NEW TEACHER, KIND OF ORIENTATION, PEOPLE WHO ARE NEW TO OUR DISTRICT, WE WOULD HAVE THAT ONBOARDING ON JULY THE 29TH, 30TH AND 31ST.

OUR EDUCATORS WOULD START BACK WITH PROFESSIONAL LEARNING ON AUGUST THE 1ST, THEY WOULD HAVE A WORKDAY PRIOR TO THE FIRST DAY, FOR STUDENTS, SO THAT WORKDAY WOULD BE AUGUST THE 7TH AND STUDENTS FIRST DAY WOULD BE AUGUST THE 8TH.

WE WOULD HAVE ANOTHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY ON THE 23RD, KIND OF KEEPING WITH THAT SPIRIT OF EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS OR SO, HAVING SOME TIME FOR TEACHERS TO EITHER BE LEARNERS OR TO TAKE CARE OF ADMINISTRATIVE, TASKS AND CONFERENCES AND THAT KIND OF PARTS OF THEIR JOB. ON SEPTEMBER THE 2ND, WE HAVE A HOLIDAY FOR, LABOR DAY.

AND THEN ON SEPTEMBER THE 20TH, WE HAVE HALF A PROFESSIONAL LEARNING DAY, HALF A TIP DAY, OR TEACHER INDEPENDENT PREPARATION DAY.

OCTOBER THE 4TH IS A PROFESSIONAL LEARNING DAY.

OCTOBER THE 14TH AND 15TH IS PROFESSIONAL LEARNING WITH THE 15TH.

AND THIS WAS A CHANGE THAT THE COMMITTEE MADE, THE 15TH BEING A HALF WORKDAY, HALF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY, AND THEN FALL BREAK STARTING OCTOBER 16TH THROUGH THE 18TH.

ON NOVEMBER THE 1ST.

WE HAVE A TEACHER INDEPENDENT PREPARATION DAY.

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AND SO, THAT WAS WHAT WE DID.

AND, THAT'S WHAT THEY APPROVED THEN IN DECEMBER, PRETTY STANDARD AND TYPICAL.

WE HAVE AN EARLY RELEASE DAY ON THE LAST DAY FOR STUDENTS BEFORE THE HOLIDAY.

SO THAT EARLY RELEASE FOR STUDENTS IS ON DECEMBER THE 20TH.

WE COME BACK ON DECEMBER THE 6TH.

THIS IS ANOTHER CHANGE THE DEIC MADE.

WE ORIGINALLY HAD THE WORKDAY THE DAY THEY COME BACK AND A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY ON THE SEVENTH, AND THEY FLIPPED TO THOSE DAYS.

THEN, MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY IS A HOLIDAY ON JANUARY THE 20TH.

ON FEBRUARY THE 7TH, WE HAVE A HALF, PROFESSIONAL LEARNING, HALF TEACHER INDEPENDENT PREPARATION DAY.

ON FEBRUARY THE 17TH, WE MADE THIS A TEACHER INDEPENDENT PREPARATION DAY.

YOU'LL NOTICE IN MARCH THERE IS A HALF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, HALF TEACHER INDEPENDENT PREPARATION DAY ON THE SEVENTH.

SPRING BREAK IS THE WEEK OF THE 10TH, AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT, AT THE JANUARY 11TH MEETING, WE HAD SPRING BREAK ON THE WEEK OF THE 17TH.

I BELIEVE FRISCO ISD HAS APPROVED THEIR CALENDAR, AND IT IS THE WEEK OF THE 17TH.

AND I KNOW WE DO HAVE, TEACHERS WHO LIVE IN FRISCO, WHOSE CHILDREN GO TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL AND WORK HERE IN LITTLE ELM FOR US. I WILL SAY, THOUGH ANOTHER DISTRICT THAT'S, FAIRLY LARGE THAT WE HAVE EDUCATORS LIVE IS LEWISVILLE ISD AND THEIR SPRING BREAK IS THE WEEK OF MARCH THE 10TH.

IT WAS, QUITE A DISCUSSION WITH THE DEIC AND, AT THE END OF, ALL THE DISCUSSION, AND THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT WHEN IT WAS THE WEEK OF THE 17TH MOVING THAT HALF TEACHER INDEPENDENT PREPARATION DAY, HALF STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAY TO THE 14TH, BECAUSE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE DAY BEFORE THE BREAK.

BUT SECONDARY WANTED LIKE IF THE NINE WEEKS ENDS ON MARCH THE 6TH, THEY REALLY FELT LIKE THAT TEACHER INDEPENDENT PREPARATION DAY WAS INVALUABLE FOR THEM TO PREPARE GRADES FOR STUDENTS AND REPORT CARDS.

AND SO THAT DAY STAYED STEADY.

BUT THE SPRING BREAK DID FLIP.

IN CTC FOR OUR DUAL CREDIT STUDENTS IS OUT ON THE WEEK OF THE 10TH AS WELL.

AND THAT WAS ANOTHER CONSIDERATION.

THEN IN APRIL WE HAVE TWO BAD WEATHER DAYS, ONE ON APRIL THE 4TH, ONE ON APRIL THE 18TH.

IN MAY WE HAVE A HALF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY, HALF A TEACHER INDEPENDENT PREPARATION DAY ON MAY THE 2ND WITH A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY ON THE 16TH.

EARLY RELEASE FOR STUDENTS ON THE 23RD.

WE'RE OFF FOR MEMORIAL DAY.

THERE IS A TEACHER EXCHANGE DAY, WHICH IS THAT HOT PINK, WHICH MEANS TEACHERS CAN CHOOSE TO GET LIKE THEIR SIX GIFTED AND TALENTED UPDATE HOURS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, ON THEIR OWN TIME AFTER SCHOOL.

SO IT'S KIND OF A FLEX DAY FOR THEM.

AND THEN WE HAVE TEACHER INDEPENDENT PREPARATION ON THE 28TH AND 29TH.

SO THE THE LAST NINE WEEKS OFFICIALLY ENDS ON THE 23RD.

SO ANY PAPERWORK AND THINGS LIKE THAT THEY MIGHT NEED TO TAKE CARE OF, THOSE ARE DAYS THAT THEY CAN DO THAT.

SO WITH THAT, THIS IS THE CALENDAR THAT, THE DEIC VOTED AND IS PROPOSING, FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL FOR THE 24-25 SCHOOL YEAR.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? OR CONCERNED.

THE BOARD WILL CONSIDER A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CALENDAR AS IT IS PRESENTED.

CAN APPROVED AGAIN MADE THE FIRST MOTION.

SECOND. DAVID MADE THE SECOND.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, MR. LAMB? YEAH. I WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT, BECAUSE I STILL.

THIS IS ONE THING THAT I GET TO VIEW THROUGH THE EYES OF KIND OF AN OUTSIDER LOOKING IN.

I JUST WANT TO SAY AGAIN, ON BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH, THE WORK YOU GUYS DID AND DIRECTING THIS STAFF LAST YEAR TO GO MAKE THIS HAPPEN, IT'S CLEAR TO ME, IS PHENOMENAL WORK.

AND I APPRECIATE THE FIRST COMMENT FROM THE TEACHER ABOUT THANK YOU.

AND JUST IN JUMPING IN THIS PROCESS, IT'S VERY CLEAR, A LOT OF THINKING, A LOT OF THOUGHT WENT INTO THIS.

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ONE THING THAT WHEN THE DIRECTION SAYS, LET'S PLEASE NOT START BEFORE AUGUST 1ST AND LET'S TRY TO BE OUT BY MAY, MEMORIAL DAY. HONESTLY, THAT JUST DOESN'T GIVE A LOT OF OPTIONS.

AND SO I DO KNOW THAT THERE'S TERMINOLOGY FLOATING AROUND.

DID WE GET TO VOTE? DID WE GET OPTIONS? WE'RE STILL GOING OFF OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE THE INPUT OF LAST YEAR, TO TRY TO MIMIC THAT.

SO TECHNICALLY SOME OF THAT IS A YEAR OLD, BUT IT'S STILL GOOD INFORMATION.

WE TRIED TO MIMIC AGAIN THE EXACT CALENDAR THAT WE HAD THIS YEAR.

AND THERE'S A FEW CHANGES THAT HAD TO BE MADE, BUT A VERY GOOD CALENDAR AS STATED, Y'ALL DONE A GREAT JOB OF COMING UP WITH A HYBRID IN THIS DAY AND AGE.

AND I CAN SAY THAT STILL SOMEWHAT AS AN OUTSIDER LOOKING IN, BUT, NOW THIS IS MINE.

THIS WILL BE MINE. AND SO FROM THIS POINT FORWARD, WE'LL WORK WITH IT.

BUT, A GREAT CATCH AS FAR AS THE SPRING BREAK GOES, IT'S PRETTY TYPICAL THAT YOUR SCHOOL WOULD GO WITH THE JUNIOR COLLEGE THAT YOU PARTNER WITH.

THAT'S ON THE 10TH.

I WILL SAY THERE WAS A STRONG SENTIMENT ABOUT GOING WITH, SAY, WITH FRISCO, AND THAT'S WHY WHEN THEY BROUGHT IT, THERE WAS IT WAS THE 17TH.

SO THAT WAS HARD TO DECIDE AND HEAVILY DEBATED.

IT'S A DIFFICULT REALLY DECISION.

AND WE WERE WE WERE PRETTY SPLIT ON WHICH ONE OF THOSE IS BEST BUT IF YOU'LL LOOK, THERE'S NINE WEEKS FROM JANUARY TO THEN AND TEN WEEKS AFTER, AND IF YOU HAVE TO PICK ONE SIDE TO KIND OF BE OFFSET, THE TEN WEEK AFTER WHEN, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF DAYS ARE DEAD BECAUSE OF TESTING DAYS, THIS ENDS UP MAKING MORE SENSE.

I DO HAVE SYMPATHY.

I ASSUME MAYBE YOUR CHILD GOES TO A FRISCO SCHOOL OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT.

BUT AGAIN, IF WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM LEWISVILLE, THIS THAT'S HARD TO REALLY WORK AROUND.

I DON'T KNOW WHY IT IS SOME YEARS ALL SCHOOLS SEEM TO DO THE EXACT SAME SPRING BREAK, WHICH I THINK THE ONE WE'RE IN.

I DON'T KNOW THAT ANYBODY DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME SPRING BREAK, BUT THEN THERE'S OTHER YEARS WHERE FOR SOME REASON IT SEEMS VERY SPLIT.

BUT A LOT OF EFFORT WENT INTO THIS, AND I THINK THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY ON BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH TO SAY THANK YOU AND KUDOS TO YOU FOR THE WORK YOU'VE DONE IN DIRECTING AND THIS STAFF THAT WENT AROUND LAST YEAR AND GETTING THIS INPUT AND FEEDBACK AND, PUTTING THIS TOGETHER, WE JUST WORKED HARD TO STAY WITHIN THOSE SAME PARAMETERS.

SO KUDOS TO ALL AND I WILL JUST TAG ON TO THAT.

THE DEIC REALLY, IS ENJOYING THE CALENDAR AND TEACHERS HAVE COMMENTED, THEY DO FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE TIME TO GET THEIR WORK DONE AND PAPERS GRADED.

SO THEY ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE AND, OF YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS AND YOUR SUPPORT.

I HAVE A QUESTION AS WELL.

I GUESS A COMMENT I GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SPRING.

WE PROBABLY ALL DO RIGHT ABOUT THE SPRING BREAK, BUT BEING A CPA, I ALSO GOT BLASTED FOR IT BEING THE WEEK OF TAX DEADLINES, AND THEY LOVED IT WHEN IT WAS A WEEK AFTER AND NOW IT'S GONE BACK. SO I'M GOING TO CATCH FLACK FOR THAT.

BUT, IT USED TO BE THE CASE THAT WE WHEN I REMEMBER WHEN WE FIRST MOVED TO THE DISTRICT, FOR SEVERAL YEARS, US AND FRISCO WERE SEPARATE BECAUSE IT WAS TIED TO THE JUNIOR COLLEGE.

DO YOU RECALL, OR IN THE MEETING, DO YOU RECALL HOW LONG WE HAVE BEEN LINED UP WITH FRISCO OR A MAJORITY OF THE DISTRICTS VERSUS JUST STRAIGHT UP WITH THE COLLEGE? I DO NOT THIS IS MY SECOND, YEAR HERE, AND SO I'M NOT SURE OF HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ON THAT. I KNOW THAT UIL WAS ALSO BROUGHT UP AND THE FACT THAT IF WE HAD, SPRING BREAK THAT WEEK OF THE 17TH, THAT SOME OF OUR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ENJOY SPRING BREAK WITH THEIR FAMILY BECAUSE WE HAVE EVENTS THAT WEEK.

SO I'M NOT QUITE SURE HOW MANY YEARS WE'VE NOT BEEN ALIGNED.

I KNOW THE BASEBALL PROGRAM DOESN'T HAVE SPRING BREAK, AND THAT'S AN UNDERSTANDING.

BUT I KNOW IT'S TOUGH.

BUT I DO KNOW BEFORE THAT WAS AN ISSUE, WE DID MOVE IT TO THE NEXT WEEK FOR SOME TIME.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO REMEMBER.

BUT YEAH, IT'S KIND OF GONE BACK AND FORTH.

BUT AND THANKS FOR THE COMMITTEE FOR THEIR TIME.

WE'RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT PARTNERSHIPS FOR DUAL CREDIT AND OPTIONS.

SO IT COULD BE THAT THAT IS LESS OF A CONSIDERATION, IN THE FUTURE AS WELL AS FAR AS THE DUAL CREDIT PORTION OF THAT.

MR. MONTEMAYOR, I THINK WE'VE BEEN LINED UP WITH, UNT FOR THE MOST PART.

THOUGH MAYBE MOST RECENTLY IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WHERE WE LINED UP WITH FRISCO.

BUT I THINK THIS WORKS BEST.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE ANOTHER COMMENT.

YOU KNOW, AS A BOARD, RIGHT? WE'VE TRIED TO ACCOMMODATE AND WE LISTEN TO OUR STAFF MEMBERS.

[01:25:05]

BUT I'M GLAD THAT THE DEIC IS COMING BACK AND KIND OF TWEAKING IT TO WHAT FITS THEIR NEEDS BEST, RIGHT? THEY UNDERSTAND BETTER THAN WE DO, BUT OUR GOAL WAS ALWAYS TO GIVE THEM A THREE DAY WEEKEND IF WE COULD AT SOME POINT, YOU KNOW, WITHIN TWO WEEKS.

I'M GLAD THAT THEY'RE PUTTING IN THAT INPUT AND MAKING THOSE CHANGES.

I WILL SAY THERE WAS EVEN A COMMENT FROM ONE OF THE DEIC MEMBERS THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, PERSONALLY, I WOULD LIKE IT TO BE THE WEEK OF THE 17TH.

BUT I FEEL LIKE THE WEEK OF THE 10TH IS BETTER FOR OUR KIDS, AND THIS IS AN ACADEMIC CALENDAR FOR OUR STUDENTS.

SO. THEY'RE A WONDERFUL COMMITTEE.

I JUST HAVE TO SAY WE HAVE A GREAT DEIC.

MR. BROGAN.

ONE LAST QUESTION ALONG THE SAME LINE.

YOU STATED THAT WE TRY TO HAVE OUR SPRING BREAK MATCH OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ARE AROUND US.

WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS, WE DIDN'T KNOW WHEN ALL THE OTHER SCHOOLS WERE GOING TO BE DOING IT.

SO CAN YOU GIVE US SOME FINAL INFORMATION FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AROUND US OTHER THAN FRISCO? EVIDENTLY WE'RE DIFFERENT. WELL, I KNOW, YES, SIR.

I KNOW THAT LEWISVILLE DOES HAVE THE WEEK OF THE 10TH.

OKAY. WHICH IS A FAIRLY LARGE DISTRICT THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR EDUCATORS LIVE IN.

I DON'T KNOW ALL OF THE DISTRICTS.

WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU.

I KNOW THAT DISTRICTS ARE MANY OF THEM ARE JUST NOW ADOPTING THEIR CALENDARS.

RIGHT. SO WE DON'T KNOW FOR SURE.

RIGHT. WHICH LEADS TO THE CONCERN THAT WE HEARD DURING CITIZENS INPUT WAS, DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA PERCENTAGE OF WHAT TEACHERS ARE AFFECTED BY WHAT DISTRICTS THAT WE CAN REALLY DIGEST? I'M SURE THERE'S A REPORT THAT WE MIGHT COULD RUN TO SAY, WHERE DO MOST OF OUR STAFF LIVE? AND THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE CAN CONSIDER IN THE FUTURE.

OKAY. APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME, MR. BURTON. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT OCTOBER TIME FRAME.

[INAUDIBLE] DID WE DO IT LAST TIME? WE DID. SO STUDENTS HAVE A WEEK OFF AND CAN HAVE A WEEK FALL BREAK WITH THEIR FAMILY.

BUT OUR EDUCATORS, ACTUALLY ONLY GET THREE DAYS.

SO. OKAY.

ANYBODY ELSE? ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE 2024 2025 SCHOOL CALENDAR? SAY AYE. AYE.

ALL OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES AND WE HAVE A CALENDAR.

THANK YOU MA'AM. AND YOU ARE NEXT FOR THE COURSE APPROVAL.

YES. I DON'T HAVE A PRESENTATION.

IT'S JUST ONE COURSE.

WE ARE BRINGING TO THE BOARD AN ADDITIONAL COURSE, A PRACTICUM IN NURSING.

REQUESTING APPROVAL FOR THAT COURSE TO BE OFFERED TO OUR STUDENTS IN THE 24, 25 SCHOOL YEAR.

WE HAVE BEEN, THIS WILL ALLOW OUR STUDENTS TO GET THEIR CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT CERTIFICATE.

WE HAVE BEEN OFFERING THAT.

BUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS WE'VE BEEN KIND OF OFFERING IT THROUGH OUR PRACTICUM OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND A CERTIFICATION THAT STUDENTS USUALLY GET WITH THAT IS THE CERTIFIED CLINICAL MEDICAL ASSISTANT.

BUT WE ARE FINDING THAT MORE OF OUR KIDS ARE WANTING THAT NURSING, CERTIFICATE.

AND FOR INSTANCE, WE HAVE 86 SENIORS CURRENTLY IN THAT CLASS RIGHT NOW.

AND SO OFFERING THE PRACTICUM OF NURSING SEPARATELY WILL ENSURE THAT ALL THE KIDS THAT WANT THAT CERTIFICATION CAN GET IT AND BE SCHEDULED INTO THAT CLASS.

SO, 86 IN PRACTICUMS RIGHT NOW.

YEAH. IT'S GREAT.

IT'S AWESOME. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE OUR NEW COURSE? SO MOVED. DELEON AND JEFF SECONDED.

ALL IN. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR OF OUR NEW COURSE FOR THE 2024 2025 SCHOOL YEAR.

SAY AYE. AYE AYE.

ALL OPPOSED.

MOTION CARRIES.

AND THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION 11, THE CONSENT AGENDA.

IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE NEED TO PULL? WELL, [INAUDIBLE].

MR. ENGLISH WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEM C.

THE REVISED SCOPE AND WORK FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL ADDITIONS AND RENOVATIONS.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. DAVID'S SECOND.

LET'S GO AHEAD. DO WE NEED TO VOTE? TO PULL IT. OBJECTION TO.

OKAY THEN, MR.

[11.C. Consider approval of Revised Phase 1 Scope of Work for High School Additions & Renovations]

[01:30:01]

THE REVISED SCOPE FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL, IF YOU CAN RECALL THE FIRST ROUND, I BELIEVE THAT THE ARCHITECT AND, AND RICK MORTON PUT TOGETHER WAS FOR THE, I BELIEVE IT WAS FOR THE LIBRARY EXPANSION, THE CAFETERIA EXPANSION, AND THE CLASSROOM ADDITION.

SO. COMING ON.

YOU KNOW, NEW WITH MR. LAMB. YOU KNOW, HE'S KIND OF HE'S NEW HERE TOO.

SO I THINK ONCE WE ALL GOT TOGETHER, THAT SCOPE CHANGED.

SO WE DECIDED TO DO THE GYMNASIUM AND THE CLASSROOM ADDITION FIRST.

SO THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THE OTHER ADDITIONS.

THEY'RE JUST GOING TO BE IN THE SECOND SALE OF THE BOND.

SO THAT'S WHAT THAT CHANGE IS.

IT'S JUST A CLARIFICATION PRETTY MUCH OF THE SCOPE CHANGE.

YEAH. IT WOULD GO GYMNASIUM AND CLASSROOM ADDITION.

THAT WOULD BE IN THE FIRST. NOW WE'RE KEEPING THE SAME BUDGET.

THE BUDGET IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE FROM THE FIRST PHASE.

WE'RE JUST SHIFTING SOME THINGS AROUND SO WE'LL STAY WITHIN THAT SAME BUDGET.

WHEN DO WE ANTICIPATE THE PROJECTS WILL BEGIN FOR THOSE PARTICULAR? WHEN DO WE ANTICIPATE THE PROJECTS COULD POTENTIALLY BEGIN? LIKE THE TIMING.

OH, TIMING. YEAH.

OKAY, SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN.

HOLD ON JUST ONE SECOND. I NEED TO MAKE A MOTION.

SORRY. MY BAD. YEAH, SORRY.

WE NEED A MOTION TO DISCUSS.

YEAH. A MOTION TO APPROVE.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS? YES. THE ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS THE APPROVAL OF THE REVISED SCOPE FOR THE, HIGH SCHOOL ADDITIONS.

IN AND RECOMMEND.

I MEAN, I'M SORRY.

AND THE ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS THE APPROVAL OF THE REVISED SCOPE FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL ADDITIONS.

IS THERE A MOTION? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

DELEON MADE THE MOTION.

DAVID MADE THE SECOND.

NOW WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION.

THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT, SO TIMING WISE, WHEN, WHEN DO WE ANTICIPATE THE PROJECTS WILL START, ETC..

OKAY. THE TIMING RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THE DESIGN FOR THE GYMNASIUM AND THE IN THE CLASSROOM ADDITION.

CLASSROOM ADDITION IS PRETTY MUCH.

WE ALMOST HAVE PLANS DONE FOR THAT SECTION OF IT.

WE'RE STILL IN THE DESIGN FOR THE, GYMNASIUM.

YEAH. WE'RE LOOKING TO BREAK GROUND ON THAT, THIS SUMMER.

OKAY. AS YOU CAN SEE, ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WAS ADDED TO THE AGENDA WAS THE, GEOTECHNICAL, EXPLORATION.

THAT'S FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL.

SO WE'RE GOING TO DO THOSE SORT GET THOSE SORTS REPORTS SO WE CAN START THE, BE READY FOR THE START AND BREAK GROUND, THIS SUMMER.

OKAY. SO.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT LEAST A YEAR OUT, FINISHING.

YEAH. YOU'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY A TWO YEAR PROJECT.

TWO YEAR PROJECT. OKAY. AND THE PROJECTS ARE PROBABLY GOING TO OVERLAP EACH OTHER.

PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO IS PROBABLY GOING TO OVERLAP EACH OTHER.

ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.

AND SCOPE STILL THE SAME. WE STILL USE THE SAME BUDGET.

WE'RE USING THE SAME BUDGET FOR PHASE ONE THAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY CHOSEN.

THAT'S $94 MILLION OKAY.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, MA'AM.

ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE SCOPE AND SEQUENCE OF THE HIGH SCHOOL RENOVATION? PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE.

ALL OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU. IS ANYBODY? ONE IS, DOES ANYBODY WANT TO PULL ANYTHING ELSE FROM CONSENT? PRETTY. WE'LL CONSIDER A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA MINUS C.

[11. Consent Agenda ]

DELEON MADE THE MOTION SECOND.

SECOND. ALEX MADE THE SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.

SAY AYE. AYE.

ALL OPPOSED? WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS.

[13. Board Comments]

BUT WE'RE GOING TO START DOWN WITH MR. BEBER. WELL FIRST OFF THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR THE APPRECIATION AND GIFTS FROM ALL THE CAMPUSES.

IT'S ALWAYS HARD COMING IN AND HAVING TO CLEAR YOUR DESK, FIRST AND FOREMOST TO PUT UP YOUR COMPUTER AND EVERYTHING.

BUT IT'S NICE SEEING THE APPRECIATION.

I WANT TO START OFF WITH MY OWN APPRECIATION.

THE DEIC.

I MEAN, THEY PUT A LOT OF WORK AND TIME OVER A COUPLE OF MONTHS TO PUT TOGETHER A CALENDAR, AND, EVEN OUR SUPERINTENDENT, SPENDING TIME ON THAT AND, AND

[01:35:08]

SO, IT IS NOT UNNOTICED.

WE DEFINITELY WANTED TO MAKE A PRIORITY ON OUR TEACHERS AS WELL, AGAIN, TO MAKING SURE THAT WE LISTEN TO THEM AND, YOU KNOW, HAVING THEM IN LITTLE ELM AND BEING A LOBO IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE HAPPY TEACHERS WITH REGARDS TO THAT SCHEDULE, AND WHATNOT.

I DID WANT TO MENTION, MENTION A FEW THINGS IN REGARDS TO IT'S ALWAYS GREAT, NAMING SCHOOLS, BUT ALSO EVEN BETTER WHEN IT'S FOR A GREAT LIFETIME.

LOBO. AND HAVING THAT OPPORTUNITY IN THE FAMILY AND AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HERE TO TO REPRESENT, ASHLEY GLOVER.

IT WAS AMAZING.

AND MY LAST POINT WAS, WAS, YOU KNOW, OUR, BEING SERENADED FOR BOARD APPRECIATION.

IT'S PRETTY, PRETTY SPECIAL.

I AM A BAND FATHER.

I HAVE A TROMBONE AND A TRUMPET.

AND THEY WERE HERE TONIGHT, SO I'M GOING TO HEAR ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHY TRUMPETS AND MORE THE HORNS WERE IN, HERE TONIGHT, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS NEXT YEAR.

SO, SO THAT'S ALL I HAD.

THANKS, EVERYBODY. AND IT'S NICE TO BE ON THE SECOND HALF OF THE SCHOOL YEAR SO FAR.

ALL RIGHT. I ALSO JUST, YOU KNOW, WANT TO ECHO THE.

THANKS. IT'S BEEN QUITE INTERESTING SEEING THE THE GROWTH OF OF THESE GIFTS OVER THE YEARS.

IT'S REALLY COOL TO JUST KIND OF GET A, YOU KNOW, A MANIFESTATION OF THE GRATITUDE FROM THE CAMPUSES.

BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, I DO WANT TO THANK ALL THE WORK THAT HAPPENS THERE.

TO EDUCATE OUR KIDS AND TAKE CARE OF OUR KIDS.

YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME I SET FOOT INTO A CAMPUS, IT'S GREAT TO SEE THE JOY OF THE KIDS AND THE HARD WORK OF THE TEACHERS.

SO IT KIND OF JUST WANT TO THROW MY APPRECIATION BACK OUT THERE TO EVERYBODY IN THE DISTRICT AND ALL OF OUR ADMIN, FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.

SO THANK YOU.

ALSO WANT TO ECHO, STATEMENTS BY MY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS.

IT'S ALWAYS HEARTFELT, LIKE YOU SAY, NAMING A CAMPUS, AND THE CONDITIONS WITH THEIR NAME.

IT'S A GREAT HONOR TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

AND SO VERY THANKFUL.

THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT.

KIND OF GOING FORWARD. SO, FOR BOARD APPRECIATION, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU MAY HAVE HEARD ME SAY, AND I WILL CONTINUE TO SAY.

SERVING ON THIS BOARD.

I'VE ALWAYS TOLD PEOPLE, THIS SEAT IS NOT MY SEAT.

THIS SEAT IS THE SEAT OF THE COMMUNITY.

THEY OWN THIS SEAT.

THEY DETERMINE WHO SITS IN THIS SEAT.

AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COMMUNITY FOR GIVING US THE HONOR.

TO SIT IN THIS SEAT.

AND BEING ABLE TO TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.

SO IT'S VERY HEARTFELT.

AND WITH THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE.

THANK YOU FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU DO.

I KNOW A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE DON'T SEE IT OR HEAR ABOUT IT, BUT YOU GUYS DO A GREAT DEAL FOR US IN THE COMMUNITY AND FOR THE TEACHERS.

WHO ARE OUT THERE? EVERY DAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MIX, MAKING SURE OUR KIDS ARE LEARNING.

AND ASHLEY GLOVER EXEMPLIFIED THAT OPPORTUNITY.

WITH THAT SAID, I HAD A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANTED TO, PUT ON THE BOOKS FOR.

HOPEFULLY WE CAN TALK ABOUT DOING BOARD WORKSHOP.

ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS WE'VE BEEN KIND OF GOING OVER, YOU KNOW, CONDUCT AND BEHAVIOR.

I WOULD LIKE TO HOPEFULLY ENGAGE IN THAT CONVERSATION A LITTLE BIT MORE ON OUR NEXT BOARD WORKSHOP.

PARTICULARLY ABOUT REPORTING CONDUCT AND BEHAVIOR.

I REMEMBER AT ONE POINT WE USED TO PUT ON REPORT CARDS BEHAVIOR AND CONDUCT.

SO I WANT TO REVISIT THAT.

DOCTOR TRAMEL HAD A QUESTION.

SOME QUESTIONS. I WILL HIT YOU UP ABOUT SOME OF THE BOOKS FOR AS WE KIND OF GO INTO AS WE GO INTO THE NEW YEAR, I THINK WE DO.

WE HAVE TO ADOPT SOME BOOKS. I THINK WE IT'S COMING UP SOME NEW BOOKS FOR SOME OF THE COURSES.

YEAH. WOULD IT GO OVER SOME OF THAT TO SOME OF THAT? HOW WE GO ABOUT THAT PROCESS, WHAT BOOKS WE'RE ADOPTING.

SO THE BOARD IS AWARE OF WHAT WE'RE ADOPTING, THE BOOKS THAT ARE OUT THERE.

SO WE JUST DON'T GET CAUGHT OFF GUARD WITH SOME UNUSUAL BOOKS.

AND I WANT TO SAY JUST THANK THE STUDENTS FOR PLAYING THIS EVENING.

REALLY ENJOYED THEM COMING IN AND PLAYING FOR US.

THAT WAS JUST AMAZING AND LOVELY TO HEAR.

THE STUDENTS COME IN AND TO THE PARENTS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FOR GUIDING YOUR STUDENTS TO, TO BE GREAT OUT THERE.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THAT'S IT FOR ME. I WILL JOIN THE BANDWAGON AND SAY THANK YOU FOR THE GIFTS.

YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO. WE SEND THAT A LOT.

BUT WE DO APPRECIATE THAT, AND WE APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT WE GET FROM THE STAFF, EVERYONE IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE PUBLIC.

AND AS DELEON SAID, WE ONLY RENT THESE SEATS.

[01:40:01]

AND, WE'RE HONORED TO BE ABLE TO SERVE YOU.

AND HOPEFULLY WE ARE ECHOING WHAT YOU'RE FEELING OUT THERE IN THE PUBLIC.

ALSO, THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN ASK FOR THAT EVERY MEETING OR NOT, BUT, THAT REALLY SET THE TONE FOR THE EVENING, I THOUGHT.

SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT.

AND AND SEE THE TALENT THAT IS DEVELOPING IN OUR SCHOOLS.

THE LAST THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS I WANT TO RECOGNIZE ALL OF THE TEACHERS, THE ADMINISTRATORS, ANY VOLUNTEERS, PRINCIPALS THAT ARE STANDING OUT THERE IN THE FREEZING WEATHER, UNLOADING CHILDREN AT SCHOOL AND THEN LOADING THEM BACK UP IN THE AFTERNOON, TO THE POINT WHERE HAD ONE PRINCIPAL SAY, MAYBE THE DISTRICT CAN SUPPLY SOME USE THE WORD POLAR, COVERING FOR THEM AT RECENT TEMPERATURES.

I CAN SEE THAT AS THEY WERE BUNDLED UP AS I DROP OFF A COUPLE OF LITTLE ONES EVERY MORNING.

I CALL IT FOUL WEATHER FAIR BECAUSE WE'RE ABOUT TO GET GROUNDED IN THE SPRING COMING UP.

SO MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING WE, AS THE BOARD CAN CONSIDER AND, SEE IF THERE'S A WAY WE CAN HELP SUPPLY OR SUBSIDIZE THEIR NEEDS IN THE INCLEMENT WEATHER THAT WE'VE HAD AND WILL HAVE COMING UP.

YOU KNOW, I GO BACK A LITTLE BIT.

MARY AND I TRAVELED TO SEVERAL OF THE OF THE OF THE SCHOOLS DURING AND BEFORE CHRISTMAS, AND WE WERE JUST FULLY IMPRESSED WITH. FROM THE PRINCIPALS ON DOWN, THROUGH THE WHOLE STAFF AND THE TEACHERS AND TO SEE THE CHILDREN ENGAGING.

WITH VERY FEW JUST SITTING IN THE CORNER.

THE TEACHER WE GOT FABULOUS STAFF, FABULOUS TEACHERS THAT ARE REALLY GETTING OUR YOUTH READY FOR THE WORLD.

I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE ESPECIALLY THE FINANCE CLASS THAT'S COMING IN HERE AND STARTING.

WE'VE MISSED THAT FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS, AND I HOPE THAT WILL MAGNIFY AND I THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME A CHANCE TO SERVE, AND I THANK YOU.

SO I'M WILLING TO DONATE TO PRINCIPALS OR TEACHERS THAT ARE OUT THERE COLD.

RIGHT. BECAUSE THESE ARE WINNERS RIGHT HERE.

I'M SORRY FOR YOU GUYS STILL IN THE PLAYOFFS.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS MY 10TH YEAR AS A BOARD MEMBER, AND I'M ALWAYS AMAZED AT THE AT THE GIFTS THAT WE GET EVERY YEAR.

IT'S KIND OF LIKE CHRISTMAS IN JANUARY, TO BE QUITE HONEST.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING, BEING MARRIED TO SOMEONE WHO, PUTS A LOT OF EMPHASIS TO THE DETAIL.

I MOSTLY APPRECIATE THE DETAIL THAT GOES INTO EVERY ONE OF THESE GIFTS.

THE MESSAGE IS THE PACKAGING, THE BREAD.

THAT JUST SEEMS REALLY NICE AND SOFT.

I CAN'T WAIT TO GET HOME AND SLICE A PIECE OF BREAD WITH SOME BUTTER.

BUT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THOSE GIFTS.

WE TRULY APPRECIATE THEM.

AND, GO, LOBOS.

ALRIGHTY. THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

[12. Board President Comments]

IT IS A JOY AND A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE ON THIS BOARD, TO REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY, TO WORK WITH OUR GREAT CABINET MEMBERS, TO WORK WITH GREAT TEACHERS.

I THOROUGHLY ENJOYED MY CAMPUS VISITS AND SEEING THE WAY THAT STUDENTS WERE ENGAGED, THE WAY TEACHERS WERE ENGAGING THEIR STUDENTS IN WAYS THAT DON'T LOOK LIKE EDUCATION DID 30 YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS LAST IN SCHOOL.

I ALSO WANT TO CALL OUT CECELIA JONES FOR ALLOWING THE BOARD TO SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY OUR SOME OF OUR FAVORITE MOMENTS WHILE WE WERE STUDENTS BACK ABOUT TEN, 15 YEARS AGO.

AND WE'RE JUST EXPERIENCED DAVID.

AND THEN I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE DEIC FOR THEIR HARD WORK ON THE CALENDAR.

I ALSO WANT I'VE GOT TWO COMMERCIALS, TWO PSA'S.

OUR TEXTBOOKS ARE OPEN FOR REVIEW FOR THE TEXTBOOKS THAT WE REVIEW THIS YEAR.

PLEASE COME AND LOOK AT THE TEXTBOOKS.

THEY ARE HERE IN THE ADMIN BUILDING IN PLC THREE AND ALSO FROM OUR HR TEAM.

IF YOU SEE THEM IN THE LINE, PLEASE DO A CARPOOL KUDO.

ALSO, OUR NOMINATIONS ARE OPEN FOR OUR LEADERS OF THE PACK.

IT'S A GREAT PLEASURE TO GET TO CELEBRATE OUR FANTASTIC LEADERSHIP.

WHETHER IT'S IN THE CLASSROOM, WHETHER IT'S IN OUR CAFETERIAS, IT IS ONE OF THE MAJOR THINGS I LOOK FORWARD TO AS A TRUSTEE CELEBRATING EVERY MONTH.

AND THAT BEING SAID, MR. LAMB, IT'S YOUR TURN.

[14. Superintendent Comments]

THAT WILL BE HELPFUL TO OUR BUDGET.

BUT TRUTHFULLY, THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN.

JUST WHAT AN AMAZING PLACE.

LIKE, LIKE EVERYONE HAS SAID, GOING IN AND OUT OF CAMPUSES, WATCHING KIDS INTERACT IN A VERY SPECIAL WAY, WATCHING OUR TEACHERS DO THE THINGS THEY DO.

[01:45:03]

IT'S A PHENOMENAL THING TO WATCH THE WAY THIS COMMUNITY WORKS TOGETHER.

AND, JUST REALLY, REALLY GLAD AND BLESSED THAT I GET TO BE A PART OF IT NOW.

SO, THANK YOU FOR ACCEPTING ME AND, LETTING ME BE A PART OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT LOBO NATION IS DOING.

AND IT IS TRULY A GREAT DAY TO BE A LOBO.

THANK YOU. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING.

KEN? SECOND. JEFF, IT IS 8:40.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

ALL OPPOSED.

8:49. WE'RE OUT THE DOOR.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.