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>> THE LITTLE ELM IST BOARD OF TRUSTEES WILL NOW COME TO ORDER.
[1. Call to Order Open Session in the Board Room at Little Elm ISD Administration Building on 400 Lobo Lane, Little Elm, Texas 75068.]
IT IS 6:00 O'CLOCK P.M. MAY WE HAVE THE INTRODUCTION AND ROLL CALL MISS FLORES?[2. Introduction and Roll Call]
>> YES, MA'AM. MR. MICHAEL LIAM?
>> NOT HERE, MR. [INAUDIBLE] BIEBER AND MR. ALEJANDRO FLORES.
>> MISS FLORES, DO WE HAVE ANY CITIZEN INPUT?
>> THE BOARD WILL ADJOURN INTO CLOSED SESSION.
[4. 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. Conduct Quarterly Evaluation of Superintendent B. Personnel C. Land]
IT IS 6:00 WHERE THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT WILL DISCUSS PERSONNEL AND LAND AND THE QUARTERLY EVALUATION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT ACCORDING TO THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT SUBCHAPTERS 551.072 AND 551.074.IT IS 6:00 O'CLOCK P.M [NOISE] THE LITTLE ELM ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS NOW BACK IN SESSION.
[5. Pledge of Allegiance ]
WE WILL START WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.DO WE HAVE AN INVOCATION? OUR NEXT ITEM IN ORDER IS OUR SUPERINTENDENT SPOTLIGHT,
[7. Superintendent Spotlight]
MRS BROWN, WITH THE LEADERS OF THE PACK.>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT WATKINS, SUPERINTENDENT LAND, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
WE ARE THRILLED TO CONTINUE WITH OUR LEADERS OF THE PAC RECOGNITION THIS SCHOOL YEAR.
WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS AS OUR THIRD YEAR.
WE RECOGNIZE TWO EMPLOYEES PER MONTH, TWO LEISC EMPLOYEES PER MONTH HERE AT THE BOARD MEETING.
IT'S A CHANCE FOR US TO REALLY JUST SHINE A SPOTLIGHT ON THE WONDERFUL STAFF THAT WE HAVE HERE IN LITTLE ELM ISC, SO WE RECOGNIZE ALL TYPES OF STAFF, FROM TEACHERS TO NUTRITION WORKERS TO THIS YEAR HOPEFULLY, BUS DRIVERS AND BUS MONITORS.
WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE CREAM OF THE CROP IN TERMS OF STAFF HERE IN LITTLE ELM ISD AND WE CERTAINLY WANT TO MAKE THEM FEEL APPRECIATED AND VALUED BECAUSE THEY ARE.
THIS MONTH, WE HAVE TWO MORE LEADERS OF THE PACK FROM A COUPLE OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
WE'RE GOING TO START WITH RECOGNIZING MISS KIMBERLY SMITH FROM OAK POINT ELEMENTARY.
IF YOU'LL TURN YOUR ATTENTION TO THE VIDEO SCREENS.
>> [MUSIC] YEAH. NO, WE LOVE MISS SMITH.
SHE CAME TO US A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
SHE'S TAUGHT FOURTH GRADE, NOW SHE'S IN FIRST GRADE AND ONE OF THE THINGS I REALLY ENJOY WITH MISS SMITH THAT SHE DOES IS SHE REALLY GETS TO KNOW THE KIDS AND THEIR FAMILIES, AND SHE ADVOCATES FOR THEM.
SHE DOES MORE THAN JUST TEACH THEM MATH, READING AND ALL THE THINGS, BUT SHE REALLY GETS TO KNOW THE STUDENTS AND WHAT THEY NEED ON A SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEVEL, AND SHE ENSURES THAT THEY HAVE EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
>> WELL, NO WONDER SHE WAS NOMINATED.
ALL YOU HAVE A TON OF STUFF TO DO TODAY TO GET READY FOR TONIGHT, SO IF YOU WANT TO GO GATHER YOUR TEAM, WE'LL GO CONGRATULATE HER.
>> MISS SMITH IS SO GREAT AT GUIDING, ENCOURAGING, INSPIRING AND MOTIVATING STUDENTS AND PARENTS.
SHE HAS BEEN SUCH A BLESSING FOR OUR FAMILY THIS YEAR, IS MY DAUGHTER'S TEACHER.
SHE IS SO KIND, PATIENT AND AN INCREDIBLY GIFTED LEADER.
I TRULY AM AMAZED AT HER ABILITY TO DETECT EACH STUDENT'S NEEDS AND EQUIP PARENTS WITH ALL THEY NEEDED TO SUPPORT THEIR STUDENTS.
I TRULY BELIEVE SHE DESERVES TO BE HONORED AS LEADER OF THE PAC. FROM SARA [INAUDIBLE]
>> BUT WHAT CAN WE DO THAT WOULD HELP IT NOT FALL? [NOISE] [BACKGROUND] IF WE TAKE ANOTHER, PUT IT ON.
IF WE TAKE ANOTHER STRAW AND PUT IT HERE, COULD THAT MAKE THE DIFFERENCE? GREAT JOB, YOU GUYS IN FOR SECOND.
>> HELLO, MISS SMITH. I AM A KRANE FROM THE DEPARTMENT, AND WE'RE COMING TO LET YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAVE BEEN NOMINATED AND
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SELECTED AS OUR OCTOBER BOARD LEADERS OF THE PACK NOMINEE.CONGRATULATIONS, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING A LEADER OF THE PACK.
>> MISS SMITH, IF YOU'LL COME DOWN AND JOIN US AS WE RECOGNIZE YOU AS A LEADER OF THE PACK [APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS.
SUPERINTENDENT LAMB AND PRESIDENT WATKINS, IF YOU'LL COME JOIN US IN THE FRONT FOR A PICTURE RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE LECTERN, THERE THOUGH.
A LITTLE BIT OF INTERESTING INFORMATION ABOUT MISS SMITH.
THIS IS HER SEVENTH YEAR IN LITTLE OM ISD.
WHEN SHE'S NOT WORKING, SOME OF HER HOBBIES ARE SHOPPING, READING, DRINKING COFFEE, AND TRAVELING.
MISS SMITH'S SPOUSE IS HERE, IF YOU'LL COME DOWN AND JOIN FOR A QUICK PIC.
WE'RE READY TO GO. THERE HE IS. COME ON DOWN.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR A PICTURE.
WE WANT TO REMEMBER TO RECOGNIZE OUR BFCU, OUR COMMUNITY PARTNER.
THEY PROVIDED THE GIFTS THAT YOU SEE GIVEN TO OUR LEADERS OF THE PACK EACH MONTH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING A LEADER OF THE PACK [APPLAUSE].
OUR NEXT LEADER OF THE PACK IS FROM CHAVEZ ELEMENTARY, MISS STEPHANIE WILLIAMS. IF YOU'LL WATCH THE VIDEO SCREEN.
>> MISS WILLIAMS IS TRULY A MASTER TEACHER.
THIS IS MY FIRST YEAR HERE AT TAVIS, AND I'M SO EXCITED TO GET TO WORK AND LEARN FROM HER.
WE HAVE THREE BRAND NEW TEACHERS HERE AT CHAVEZ, AND SO I TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEAN INTO MISS WILLIAMS AND USE HER COACHING EXPERIENCES AND HER EXPERTISE, AND SHE DID NOT HESITATE AT ALL TO GIVE ME AN EXEMPLAR OF OBSERVATION GUIDE FOR OUR NEW TEACHERS AS THEY CAME IN.
SHE WAS WILLING FOR THEM TO ALWAYS COME IN AND SEE HER.
SOMETHING ELSE THAT I THINK THAT TRULY DESCRIBES MISS WILLIAMS IS AN OFFER TO GET HER A SUBSTITUTE, WHO WE'RE CLEANING OUT OUR SCIENCE LAB FOR OUR STEM ROOM, AND I SAID, HEY, WOULD YOU MIND HELPING WITH MR. STEWART? SHE SAID, I'D RATHER COME UP TO SCHOOL ON A SATURDAY THAN MISS A DAY WITH MY STUDENTS OF INSTRUCTION.
SO I THINK THAT TRULY DEFINES THE TEACHER THAT MISS WILLIAMS IS, AND WE ARE SO LUCKY TO HAVE HER AS PART OF US.
>> I CANNOT WAIT TO GO DOWN THERE AND SURPRISE HER WITH THIS.
THIS SHOULD BE GREAT [INAUDIBLE]
>> I FEEL LIKE MISS WILLIAMS IS THE BEST TEACHER BECAUSE SHE ALWAYS LETS US SEE STUFF AND WE LEARN FUN AND SHE KNOWS HOW TO RAP VERY GOOD.
>> WHAT GETS US GOING AND ONE OF THE THINGS I TOLD MY STUDENTS THIS MORNING, IS I AM SUPER HAPPY WHEN YOU ARE LEARNING WHAT I'M TEACHING.
IF I'M NOT HAVING FUN, THEN I KNOW THEY CAN'T HAVE FUN AND SO I'M TRYING TO THINK OF ALL THE WAYS AND ALL THE THINGS THAT I CAN DO TO KEEP THEM ENGAGED BECAUSE THEN I'M ENGAGED AND THEN I'M MORE EXCITED AND MORE PRONE TO MAKE IT MORE INTERESTING FOR THEM WHEN I'M LIKE, OOH, THIS IS GOOD.
NOW, WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO WANT NEXT? WE RAP, WE SING, WE DANCE.
I HAVE A LOT OF REALIA UP JUST AS MUCH AS I CAN DO TO KEEP THEM ENGAGED.
>> MISS WILLIAMS IS TRUSTED BY STUDENTS.
SHE'S AN INSPIRATION TO MY FAMILY AND OTHERS.
I'VE WITNESSED HER ENCOURAGING, EXPRESSING CARE AND CONCERN FOR STUDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY.
SHE IS PASSIONATE ABOUT EDUCATING AND EMPOWERING OTHERS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO OUR STUDENTS AND TO OUR LABOS AND FOR BEING THAT ENCOURAGING AND TEACHER AND EDUCATOR AND FOR BEING THAT LEADER OF THE FAMILY.
>> MISS WILLIAMS. COME ON DOWN SO WE CAN RECOGNIZE YOU AS A LEADER OF THE PACK.
TAKE A PICTURE HERE AT THE FRONT.
MISS WILLIAMS HAS BEEN IN THE DISTRICT FOR FOUR YEARS, AND I WANT TO ASK HER SPOUSE TO COME DOWN TOO, PLEASE AND TAKE A PICTURE WITH US AS WELL AND GRANDSON.
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SOME OF MISS WILLIAMS' FAVORITE THINGS ABOUT TEACHING ARE CREATING, ENGAGING, LEARNING EXPERIENCES THROUGH SONGS, THROUGH MOVEMENT, THROUGH COLLABORATION, CONVERSATION, HUMOR, AND HANDS ON EXPERIENCES.WHEN MISS WILLIAMS IS NOT WORKING, SOME OF HER HOBBIES INCLUDE VIDEO GAMES, TRAVELING, AND GOING TO DAY PARTIES.
AGAIN, WE WANT TO THANK OUR COMMUNITY PARTNER, RBFC, FOR PROVIDING WONDERFUL TREATS FOR OUR LEADERS OF THE PACK.
CONGRATULATIONS, MISS WILLIAMS. WE'RE SO THANKFUL TO HAVE YOU IN THE FAMILY.
THEY'RE MAKING A RUN FOR IT. THEY'RE LIKE
>> OUR NEXT ITEM IN ORDER IS STUDENTS OF THE MONTH WITH MR. BARTLETT.
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT WATKINS.
BOARD, MR. LAMB, I WANT TO HONOR OUR STUDENTS THIS EVENING, AND OF COURSE, OUR CAMPUS ADMINISTRATION TEACHERS WILL BE THE ONES LEADING THAT COURSE.
MR. HICH, WILL YOU WANT TO COME ON UP AND HONOR OUR ZELLER STUDENT? FAMILIES, Y'ALL COME ON UP WITH THEM.
AS THEIR PRINCIPAL MAKES THEIR WAY UP, Y'ALL COME ON UP WITH THEM.
>> I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TURN THIS OVER TO HER TEACHER AND ALSO TEACHING ASSISTANT WHO ARE HERE TO MAKE THIS.
>> HI, EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS AMY BRADY, AND I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF TEACHING MISS LILY ROBERTS, ALONG WITH MY WONDERFUL TEACHING ASSISTANT, MISS MICHELLE LIAL WHO'S NEXT TO US.
I JUST WANT TO SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT WHY WE NOMINATED OUR SWEET GIRL TODAY.
LILY IS THE STUDENT WHO ALWAYS LOOKS OUT FOR HER CLASSMATES.
SHE SHARES WITHOUT BEING ASKED AND ALWAYS USES HER MANNERS.
SHE FOLLOWS DIRECTIONS, AND SHE SETS A POSITIVE EXAMPLE, NOT JUST WITH HER WORDS, BUT WITH HER ACTIONS.
SHE ASKS INSIGHTFUL QUESTIONS AND OFFERS THOUGHTFUL IDEAS DURING CLASS DISCUSSIONS THAT GETS THE ENTIRE CLASS TALKING.
I KNOW THAT MANY OF THE QUALITIES THAT I SEE IN LILY IN SCHOOL COME FROM THE LOVE AND THE GUIDANCE THAT SHE GETS AT HOME, SO I JUST WANT TO THANK HER FAMILY AS WELL.
WE'RE SO VERY LUCKY TO HAVE LILY IN OUR CLASS. CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THANK YOU, LILY, AND FAMILY. MISS CUSTER.
>> COULD I HAVE DANICA AND HER FAMILY COME ON DOWN? I'M CARRIE CUSTER, PRINCIPAL AT BRENT ELEMENTARY, AND WE GET TO RECOGNIZE AN AWESOME FOURTH GRADE STUDENT, DANICA [APPLAUSE].
DANICA IS A TRUE LEADER OF THE PACK.
SHE ALWAYS FOLLOWS THE RULES, LISTENS CAREFULLY AND SETS A GREAT EXAMPLE FOR EVERYONE.
SHE WORKS HARD IN CLASS AND DOES HER BEST ON ALL OF HER SCHOOLWORK.
BECAUSE OF HER KINDNESS, RESPONSIBILITY, AND DEDICATION, SHE HELPS MAKE OUR CLASSROOM A BETTER PLACE FOR ALL.
SHE'S A VERY ATTENTIVE STUDENT, A HARD WORKER, AND A GREAT ARTIST IN OUR CLASS.
I HAVE ENJOYED WATCHING HER GROW AS A STUDENT AND ARTIST OVER THE YEARS.
DANICA IS AN ALL STAR STUDENT.
THAT'S FROM MISS DANAI AND MISS MORGAN.
CONGRATULATIONS, DANICA [APPLAUSE]
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>> THANK YOU, DANIKA. NEXT UP IS CHAVEZ AND MS. HOLMES, THEY DID NOT MAKE IT TODAY.
DO YOU WANT TO READ ABOUT THEM? [NOISE] [LAUGHTER]
>> BROUGHT A TEACHER WITH ME AND EVERYTHING. DO YOU WANT TO READ IT?
>> WE ARE HONORING SYDNEY, AND WE ARE EXCITED TO HONOR SYDNEY AS THE SUPERINTENDENT STUDENT OF THE MONTH.
SYDNEY DEMONSTRATES EXCELLENCE, NOT ONLY IN ACADEMICS, BUT ALSO IN LEADERSHIP, CHARACTER, AND KINDNESS.
SHE'S A ROLE MODEL FOR PEERS SHOWING RESPECT, RESPONSIBILITY, AND LOVE OF LEARNING EVERY DAY.
WE ARE SO OF HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND THE POSITIVE IMPACT SHE HAS ON OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY.
>> THANK YOU, CHAVEZ. APPRECIATE THAT.
NEXT UP IS HACKBERRY. MR. MENEZES.
>> GOOD EVENING. I'M STEVE MENEZES PRINCIPAL AT HACKBERRY, AND IT IS MY HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO RECOGNIZE HACKBERRY STUDENT OF THE MONTH BOOMER WORTH.
[APPLAUSE] BOOMER IS SUCH AN AWESOME KID.
ONE OF THOSE KIDS THAT WE LOVE TO HAVE ON CAMPUS.
I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO HIS TEACHER TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT HIM.
>> MY NAME IS HEATHER SIEGERT AND I NOMINATED BOOMER BECAUSE BOOMER IS CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATING RESPONSIBILITY AND CARE AND CONCERN FOR OTHERS.
HE COMPLETES TASKS ON TIME, EVEN WHEN ABSENT, GOING OUT OF HIS WAY TO CHECK IN AND COMPLETE BEFORE THE DUE DATES.
HE MAKES THOUGHTFUL CHOICES AND GOES OUT OF HIS WAY TO HELP OTHERS.
HE IS A LEADER IN THE CLASSROOM SHOWING POSITIVE TRAITS THAT MAKE HIM A ROLE MODEL IN OUR CLASSROOM.
I AM THE PRINCIPAL AT LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY, AND JOINING ME UP HERE IS FIRST GRADER SAVI TAIDE.
[APPLAUSE] YOUR TEACHER SAYS THAT FROM THE MOMENT THAT SAVI WALKS IN THROUGH THE DOOR IN THE MORNING, SHE RADIATES KINDNESS, RESPECT, AND A POSITIVE SPIRIT THAT UPLIFTS EVERYONE AROUND HER.
SHE TREATS HER PEERS WITH EMPATHY AND CONSIDERATION, ALWAYS OFFERING A LISTENING EAR OR A HELPING HAND.
HER RESPECTFUL, COMPASSIONATE DEMEANOR HAS MADE HER A ROLE MODEL IN OUR HALLS.
WE HAVE WORKED ON OUR PORTRAIT OF DELOBO, HIGHLIGHTING RESPONSIBILITY, EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE, AND COMMUNICATION THUS FAR, AND SAVI IS WELL ON HER WAY OF HAVING ALL OF THE PORTRAIT OF LOBO SKILLS.
ON THE ACADEMIC SIDE, SHE IS A HARD WORKER, WHETHER MASTERING FAMILIAR MATERIAL ARE DIVING INTO NEW CHALLENGING TOPICS.
SHE DOESN'T JUST AIM FOR THE EXPECTATIONS SHES HERSELF TO EXCEL.
SHE SEES CHALLENGES NOT AS OBSTACLES, BUT AS OPPORTUNITIES TO GROW STRONGER AND MORE CAPABLE.
HER COMMITMENT TO LEARNING IS EVIDENT IN HER GRADES, CLASS PARTICIPATION, AND THE QUALITY OF HER WORK, AND FOR THESE REASONS, SHE IS AN EXCEPTIONAL CANDIDATE FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT AWARD.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE OCTOBER SUPERINTENDENT STAR STUDENT OF THE MONTH FOR LAKEVIEW, SAVI TIDE.
>> THANK YOU, MR. REZA. LAKEVIEW. MS. WERTH.
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AND I AM THE PRINCIPAL AT LAKEWOOD VILLAGE, AND WE HAVE A FOURTH GRADER LEGEN COLEMAN, WHO WE ARE GOING TO BE HONORING TONIGHT.I AM GOING TO LET MS. DENTON, WHO IS HIS FOURTH GRADE TEACHER A LITTLE BIT ABOUT LEGEND.
>> HELLO, I'M MS. DENTON, AND I NOMINATED LEGEND BECAUSE HE IS A NATURAL BORN LEADER WHO TRULY EMBODIES LEADERSHIP THROUGH RESPONSIBILITY.
LEGEND EXHIBITS THIS EVERY SINGLE DAY THROUGH HIS WORK, HIS ACTIONS, AND HIS CHOICES.
WHETHER IT IS IN THE CLASSROOM, ON THE PLAYGROUND, OR IN GROUP ACTIVITIES.
HIS CLASSMATES KNOW HIM, OR THEY CAN RELY ON HIM FOR ENCOURAGEMENT, A HELPING HAND, OR TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE.
LEGEND NEVER HAS TO BE ASKED TO DO ANYTHING AS HE JUST JUMPS RIGHT IN WHEREVER NEEDED.
BUT WHAT MAKES LEGEND STAND OUT EVEN MORE IS THE WAY HE CARRIES HIMSELF.
LEGEND SHOWS UP EACH MORNING WITH HIS INFECTIOUS SMILE AND POSITIVE ENERGY THAT BRIGHTENS THE ROOM THE MOMENT HE WALKS IN.
HIS PRESENCE IS UPLIFTING AND HE INSPIRES EVERYONE AROUND HIM TO BE THE BEST VERSION OF THEMSELVES.
IT IS A GREAT HONOR TO HAVE LEGEND IN MY CLASS THIS YEAR AS HE IS TRULY LEGENDARY.
>> MS. DELEON, WILL YOU COME ON UP? I'M ANDI DELEON, I'M THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT OAK POINT ELEMENTARY.
THIS IS MRS. DELEON, ONE OF OUR WONDERFUL FIRST GRADE TEACHERS, AND SHE IS NOMINATED EESHA FOR THIS AWARD.
EESHA IS ALWAYS CHEERFUL AND EAGER TO LEARN.
SHE'S A VALUED MEMBER OF OUR CLASSROOM AND A NATURAL LEADER.
EACH DAY SHE GIVES HER BEST EFFORT AND INSPIRES THOSE AROUND HER.
EESHA IS KIND, ENCOURAGING, AND AN EXCELLENT COMMUNICATOR WHO WORKS WELL WITH OTHERS.
SHE INCLUDES EVERYONE, STANDS UP FOR WHAT IS RIGHT AND MAKES MEANINGFUL CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOTH OUR CLASSROOM AND SCHOOL COMMUNITY.
>> THANK YOU, EESHA. [APPLAUSE]. MS. ALLEN WITH PRESTWICK. PRESTWICK, COME ON.
>> WE DECIDED WE'RE GOING TO LET HIM HAVE THE AWARD, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE UT FANS [LAUGHTER]. I'M JAMIE ALLEN.
I'M THE PRINCIPAL AT PRESTWICK, BUT THIS IS CARTER DANIEL.
HE'S ONE OF OUR FOURTH GRADERS.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE WHOLE DANIEL FAMILY IS A PRESTWICK FAMILY.
THEY HAVE ALL GONE THROUGH PRESTWICK, MOM WORKS AT PRESTWICK, SO WE ARE JUST SO LUCKY TO HAVE ALL OF THEM.
THIS IS FROM YOUR FOURTH GRADE TEACHERS.
CARTER IS A SHINING EXAMPLE OF A TRUE LOBO LEADER.
HE WORKS HARD IN EVERYTHING HE DOES AND IS ALWAYS READY TO LEND A HELPING HAND TO CLASSMATES AND TEACHERS ALIKE.
HE'S POSITIVE POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND KINDNESS MAKE HIM A GREAT FRIEND TO EVERYONE.
CARTER LOVES BEING INVOLVED IN SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND SHOWS HIS LOBO PRIDE EVERY DAY THROUGH HIS ENTHUSIASM AND TEAMWORK.
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MR. BUSH. YOU WANT TO COME UP?
>> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS BILL BUSH.
I'M THE PRINCIPAL FOR STRIKE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO RECOGNIZE RETHU AS OUR STUDENT OF THE MONTH THIS MONTH.
ALL I HAVE ALL WONDERFUL THINGS TO SAY ABOUT YOU. YOU READY TO GO? HERE WE GO. I ALWAYS EMAIL OUT LIKE, IF YOU HAVE NICE THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THE STUDENTS, THEN LET ME KNOW.
MS. MASS, WHO ACTUALLY HAD RETHU IN SIXTH GRADE REACHED OUT AND SHE SAID, OH, I SO DO.
RETHU IS JUST THE SWEETEST SOUL IN THE WORLD.
SHE LISTENS WELL, IS THERE FOR HER FRIENDS, HAS A GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR, WORKS HARD EVERY DAY AND DOES THE RIGHT THING, NO MATTER WHO IS WATCHING.
SHE'S AN EXCELLENT REPRESENTATION OF WHAT IS THE LOBO WAY.
I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE HOW HER LIFE UNFOLDS.
I'M SO HAPPY TO HAVE TAUGHT HER IN SIXTH GRADE.
MS. JONES, YOUR CURRENT SEVENTH GRADE HONORS ENGLISH TEACHER.
SHE IS INTELLIGENT, SWEET, AND KIND.
SHE WORKS HARD AND OFFERS HELP TO HER PEERS.
SHE'S AMAZING AND I'M SO PROUD THAT SHE HAS WON THIS HONOR.
MS. CURRINGTON, HER CHOIR TEACHER, RETHU IS AN EXCEPTIONAL FIRST YEAR CHOIR STUDENT WHO HAS SHOWN REMARKABLE DEDICATION AND GROWTH.
THROUGH HER HARD WORK AND DETERMINATION, SHE EARNED A SPOT IN OUR UIL LEVEL CHOIR, WHICH IS AN IMPRESSIVE ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR A FIRST YEAR MEMBER.
RETHU IS RESPONSIBLE, KIND, INTELLIGENT, AND BRINGS A WONDERFUL SENSE OF HUMOR AND POSITIVITY TO OUR PROGRAM.
WE'RE SO PROUD OF HER AND GRATEFUL TO HAVE HER AS PART OF OUR CHOIR FAMILY.
NOW YET. COACH STITES, HER TEXAS HISTORY HONORS TEACHER, RETHU IS A FANTASTIC STUDENT.
SHE'S ALWAYS PREPARED AND SMILING.
SHE HAS MAINTAINED CLOSE TO 100% IN HER CLASS WHICH SHOWS HER PREPARATION AND WILLINGNESS TO LEARN.
SHE ASKED PROBING QUESTIONS AND IS ALWAYS READY WITH A JOKE.
HER WILLINGNESS TO DISCUSS AND INVOLVE HER PEERS IN DISCUSSION HELPED MAKE THE CLASS REALLY FUN, AND I HAVE AND WILL CONTINUE TO ENJOY TO HAVE RETHU IN CLASS THIS YEAR.
MS. TROXCLAIR, HER COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS TEACHER, RETHU DEDICATION, KINDNESS, AND OUTSTANDING WORK ETHIC, TRULY SHINE.
SHE APPROACHES EVERY CHALLENGE WITH A POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND A GENUINE PASSION FOR LEARNING.
SHE'S ALWAYS READY TO SUPPORT HER CLASSMATES AND CONTRIBUTE TO A WARM, ENCOURAGING CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT.
HER PERSEVERANCE AND COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE INSPIRE EVERYONE AROUND HER.
RETHU REPRESENTS OUR PORTRAIT OF LOBO VALUE OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEARLY EVERY TEACHER HIGHLIGHTED HER KINDNESS, POSITIVITY, AND CARE FOR OTHERS.
SHE LISTENS WELL, SUPPORTS HER CLASSMATES, AND CONTRIBUTES TO A WARM AND ENCOURAGING CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT.
ALSO SHOWS THE VALUE OF CONFIDENCE.
SHE IS A COMMITTED AND HARDWORKING LEARNER.
RETHU STRONG WORK ETHIC AND DETERMINATION STAND OUT.
SHE WORKS HARD DAILY, ALMOST THERE, AND CONSISTENTLY ACHIEVES AT A HIGH LEVEL AND APPROACHES EVERY CHALLENGE WITH DEDICATION.
RETHU IS CURRENTLY IN ACCELERATED MATH, HONORS ENGLISH, SCIENCE, AND TEXAS HISTORY, ANTORA CHOIR, AND IS ON OUR A HONOR ROLL FOR QUARTER ONE.
>> NEXT UP, WE HAVE WALKER, AND WE HAVE MS. MILLNER FROM WALKER.
>> GOOD EVENING. I'M LINDSEY MILNER, AND ONE OF THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AT WALKER MIDDLE SCHOOL.
I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO PRESENT TO YOU ALEJANDRO [INAUDIBLE] AND ONE OF HER EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS.
[APPLAUSE]. I WOULD LOVE TO READ TO YOU.
[APPLAUSE] WHAT COACH JAIMASON SAID FOR YOU.
ALEJANDRO COMES TO CLASS EVERY DAY WITH A POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND READY TO WORK.
HE IS ALWAYS PUSHING HIMSELF TO BE BETTER AND MOTIVATING HIS PEERS ALONG THE WAY.
HE DEMONSTRATES STRONG LEADERSHIP QUALITIES AND IS ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP OUT A FELLOW STUDENT.
HE SHOWS EXCELLENCE, RESPECT, COMPASSION, AND INTEGRITY DAILY.
I'M SO HAPPY THAT HE'S A WALKER LOBO.
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[APPLAUSE]. THANK YOU.>> THANK YOU, ALEJANDRO. [FOREIGN]. MS. GENTRY, WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL?
>> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MICHELLE GENTRY.
I'M THE PRINCIPAL OF LITTLE ELM HIGH SCHOOL, AND LET'S HAVE AUBREY BAKER COME UP HERE WITH HER.
AUBREY REPRESENTS THE PORTRAIT OF A LOBO CHARACTERISTICS OF CONFIDENCE AND RESPONSIBILITY.
TEACHER ESMERALDA AVILA SAYS, AUBREY IS IN MY PRACTICUM AND EDUCATION CLASS.
THIS YEAR, SHE IS COMPLETING AN INTERNSHIP IN A KINDERGARTEN CLASSROOM AND HAS RECEIVED NOTHING BUT POSITIVE COMMENTS FROM HER MENTOR TEACHER.
SHE IS VERY EAGER TO GROW AND LEARN AND ALWAYS SHOWS UP WITH A SMILE ON HER FACE.
AUBREY IS HARD WORKING AND RESPONSIBLE, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, SHE IS KIND AND SUPPORTIVE TOWARD OTHERS, AND SHE TRULY DESERVES THIS RECOGNITION.
MS. ANDERSON KNIGHT ADDED, AUBREY IS A BRILLIANT AND INQUISITIVE STUDENT WITH A PASSION FOR JUSTICE.
IT'S BEEN A JOY HAVING HER IN GOVERNMENT AND ECONOMICS.
MR. MORALES SAYS AUBREY IS ENTERING HER SENIOR YEAR AND SHE IS A PART OF THE EDUCATION TRACK AND IS A CAPTAIN OF THE COLOR GUARD.
I'VE SEEN HER TAKE ON THE RESPONSIBILITY OF HELPING THE FRESHMAN GUARD MEMBERS WITH THEIR CLASSES, NAVIGATING THE DIFFICULTIES THAT ARE HIGH SCHOOL AND HELPING THEM SUCCEED AND GUARD.
>> LET'S HAVE RYAN OTT AND HIS FAMILY COME DOWN.
MS. HERNANDEZ SAYS RYAN HAS SHOWN UP TO EVENTS LIKE PREP THE PACK AND MEET THE TEACHER NIGHT TO REPRESENT THE NATIONAL ART HONOR SOCIETY.
HE IS EXTREMELY DEPENDABLE AND WE OFTEN RELY ON HIM FOR MANY TASKS, FROM TAKING PHOTOS AT EVENTS, TO CARRYING ARTWORK AND SUPPLIES BACK AND FORTH, TO COMMUNICATING WITH RECRUITING AND OTHER MEMBERS.
MS. SUTHERLAND ADDED, "RYAN IS SO DEPENDABLE AND HARD WORKING, SOMEONE YOU CAN COMPLETELY COUNT ON.
HE STEPPED UP IN HIS ROLE AS OUR OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER AND DOCUMENTARIAN FOR NATIONAL ART HONOR SOCIETY.
I LOVE HIS PASSION FOR VOLUNTEERING IN THE ARTS.
HE'S REPRESENTED NAHS FOR MANY EVENTS THIS YEAR AND ALWAYS GETS THERE EARLY AND STAYS TILL THE END TO HELP WITH CLEAN UP.
RYAN BUILT OUR ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURE FOR A JAPANESE INSPIRED FLOAT FOR A HOMECOMING, AND IT WAS IMPRESSIVE.
HIS EYE FOR DETAIL AND HIS COMPOSITIONAL EYE IN PHOTOGRAPHY IS GREAT.
HE WILL COMPETE FOR A SECOND YEAR IN THE PRESTIGIOUS TAEA VASE COMPETITION, AND I'M SO GLAD TO KNOW HIM, AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR HIS ARTISTRY.
RYAN EXHIBITS THE PORTRAIT OF A LOBO CHARACTERISTICS, COLLABORATION, COMMUNICATION, AND OF COURSE, CREATIVITY.
WE ARE VERY PROUD OF HIM." CONGRATULATIONS, RYAN. [APPLAUSE].
>> THANK YOU, RYAN. [APPLAUSE]
WE'RE GOING TO WAIT JUST A SECOND.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE HERE, AND BECAUSE IT IS A SCHOOL NIGHT, YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO GO HOME.
>> BUT YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY TOO.
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LET EVERYBODY GO.>> THANK YOU, MISS SAMEER FOR STAYING.
OUR NEXT ITEM IN ORDER IS THE REPORT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT.
[8. Reports of the Superintendent]
FIRST OFF WE HAVE MR. BARTLETT WITH THE SHACK ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORT.>> PRESIDENT WATKINS, BOARD, MR. LAMB.
I'M HERE TONIGHT JUST TO GIVE YOU A REPORT ON THE SHACK, AND THEN ALSO A SAFETY UPDATE.
ON THE SHACK REPORT THIS YEAR, MISS NELSON OBVIOUSLY IS OUR HOUSE SCHOOL NURSE AND COORDINATOR OF NURSING AND HEALTH SERVICES IN THE DISTRICT.
THAT COMMITTEE MET FOUR TIMES THIS YEAR.
WE DO THAT IN-PERSON OR WE DO THAT VIA ZOOM.
THE SHACK CHAIRPERSON THIS YEAR IS MARIA MORRIS, AND THE CO CHAIR IS JEREMY FULLER.
THEY DID THE SHATTERED DREAMS. AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A RECAP OF '24, '25.
THEY HAD THE SHATTERED DREAMS THIS YEAR AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
THEN 2025 TEXAS YOUTH TOBACCO SURVEY THROUGH TEXAS UNIVERSITY.
WE DID THAT AT STRIKE AND AT LITTLE ELM HIGH SCHOOL, AND THEN COORDINATED HEALTH SERVICES THIS YEAR.
WE HAD THREE STAFF WELLNESS PROMOTIONS PER YEAR, AND THE NURSES DO THAT, AND THEN WE HAD OUR FLU COVID SHOTS FOR THE STAFF THAT WE PUT ON THIS YEAR AS WELL.
PROJECTS AND AGENDA ITEMS FOR '25/'26.
THIS YEAR, WE WANT TO DO AN ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE WELLNESS POLICY.
IT'S A REQUIREMENT BY THE STATE THAT WE DO THAT, AND IT'S TIME TO DO THAT, SO WE'LL DO THAT THIS YEAR.
OUR DRUG ALCOHOL PREVENTION, INTERVENTION, AND AWARENESS WILL CONTINUE TO BE A FOCUS.
AN AT&T DISTRACTED DRIVING VIDEO, NOT SURE WHAT THAT IS.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE, I'LL FIND OUT FOR YOU AND GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT PART.
REVIEW OF HOT AND COLD WEATHER GUIDELINES.
WE HAVE POLICIES IN PLACE WHERE WE CAN GO OUTSIDE IF IT'S TOO HOT, OR IF IT'S TOO COLD, WE HAVE TO STAY INSIDE.
REVIEW GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADERS.
THAT'S THE PROGRAM THAT WE DO WITH THOSE KIDS THAT REQUIRES PARENT CONSENT.
REVIEW THREAT ASSESSMENT PROCESSES AND TEMPLATES.
AGAIN, THAT'S JUST ON HER END.
SHE'S PART OF THE DISTRICT'S THREAT ASSESSMENT TEAM.
ON HER END WITH THE SHACK COMMITTEE, THEY'LL REVIEW THREAT COMPONENTS THAT'S RELATED TO A THREAT ASSESSMENT ON THE NURSING END AND WELLNESS END.
WE'LL REVIEW THE DISTRICT VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT.
AGAIN, THAT'S A SENTINEL THING, WHICH IS PASSED DOWN BY TA AND THAT'S JUST TO FIND OUT WHERE OUR WEAKNESSES ARE IN SAFETY AND SECURITY IN THE BUILDING.
SHE'S GOING TO REVIEW THAT WITH HER GROUP AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE REQUIRED TO DO.
MEMBERSHIP LIST, IT'S ATTACHED.
WE'LL ADD NEW MEMBERS AND STUDENTS AS THEY APPLY, AND IT'S ON THE BACK OF THE SHEET, OR IN THE BACK OF THE BOARD SHEET.
THIS YEAR WE'LL ALSO WORK WITH AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, AND WE'LL STILL DO THE FLU SHOTS FOR THE STAFF.
THEN WE'LL ADD MORE PER SHACK RECOMMENDATIONS.
AGAIN, AS WE HAVE THOSE MEETINGS THAT THEY HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THINGS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO, THEN WE TAKE THOSE IN CONSIDERATION, OF COURSE. QUESTIONS?
>> DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
>> SHOULD THERE OR COULD THERE BE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE BOARD TO BE ON PART OF THIS?
>> I DON'T SEE ONE OF US ON THERE.
>> I CAN GET BACK WITH YOU ON THAT, MR. BURTON.
>> I DO WANT TO HAVE ONE QUESTION.
THAT SHATTERED DREAMS IS PRETTY GOOD.
DO WE CONTINUE THAT SHATTERED DREAMS THIS YEAR AS WELL?
>> WE WON'T BE DOING IT THIS YEAR. NO, SIR.
>> WAS THERE A REASON WHY WE WEREN'T DOING THIS YEAR?
>> THAT WE ARE NOT DOING IT? I DON'T THINK THEY DO IT. THEY DON'T DO THEM EVERY YEAR.
I THINK THAT'S A BIG PROCESS, SO IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME OUT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL DAY TO DO THAT.
I THINK THEY'RE ON A ROTATION WHEN THEY DO THAT.
I'M GOING TO SAY THAT THE AT&T DISTRACTED DRIVING VIDEO IS GOING TO TAKE THEIR PLACE OF THAT THIS YEAR COMPARED TO DOING THE WHOLE SCENE AND THE WHOLE ACT, BECAUSE THAT'S A BIG PRODUCTION.
>> BUT IN MY PAST, WE DID THAT EVERY FOUR YEARS.
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>> I THINK WE USED TO DO SHATTERED DREAMS EVERY OTHER YEAR OR EVERY THIRD YEAR.
>> FAIR ENOUGH. [INAUDIBLE] COME BACK.
>> THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR MR. BARTLETT ON THE SHACK? I DO HAVE THE NEXT ITEM IN ORDER, YOU HAVE OUR SCHOOL SAFETY UPDATE.
>> WAYNE, DO YOU HAVE THE PRESENTATION FOR THAT?
>> DO Y'ALL HAVE YOUR BOARD SHEET IN FRONT OF YOU? Y'ALL CAN SEE IT? GOOD. INSURANCE SAFETY AND SECURITY.
AGAIN, IN THIS DISTRICT, I'M GOING TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW AND AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT.
AGAIN, OUR GOAL IS TO ENSURE A SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR KIDS.
AGAIN, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THERE, THE VERY FIRST PAGE, THAT IS OUR WIVES, IT'S THE KIDS.
THE ONLY REASON WE DO WHAT WE DO IS BECAUSE OF CHILDREN.
WHAT WE DO, SO THAT NEXT PAGE THERE IS BASICALLY A CONCAMERATE, OR A COLLAGE OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL THAT OF ALL THE SPECIFIC THINGS THAT WE DO, PROCESSES AND PROCEDURE WISE IN OUR DISTRICT.
THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT WE DO, SO IT'S NOT INCLUSIVE.
IT DOESN'T HAVE EVERYTHING ON THERE THAT WE DO IN THIS DISTRICT, BECAUSE THE NUMBER 1 THING WE DO TO KEEP KIDS SAFE IS OUR PEOPLE.
OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STAFF MAKE SURE THAT OUR KIDS STAY SAFE.
SUPPORTING OUR LOBOS THERE, PAGE 4, SLIDE 4.
WE HAVE THE SAFE LOBO PROGRAM AGAIN THAT WE DO AND IT'S JUST HASHTAG SAFE LOBO, AND IT REALLY COMES THROUGH COMMUNICATION.
BUT WE REALLY TAKE THAT ON BECAUSE WE LOOK AT IT THROUGH THE STUDENT SERVICES LENS, AND SAFETY AND SECURITY.
AGAIN, IT'S JUST REPORTING BULLYING, SEXUAL HARASSMENT.
WE HAVE LOBOS LISTEN AND NON SALERT.
THAT'S A PLATFORM FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH US WHEN THINGS ARE NOT GOING RIGHT, AND IT CAN BE ANONYMOUS.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ANONYMOUS.
SOMETIMES DEPEND ON WHAT IT IS, WE'D RATHER NOT BE ANONYMOUS, BUT THAT'S JUST HOW IT IS.
HEAR SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE PUT ON THIS PAST YEAR AND WE DID IT AGAIN THIS YEAR AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
NO, WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT YET. HEAR SOMETHING SAY SOMETHING.
THAT'S A NEW PIECE OF IT BUT LAST YEAR, ALL OF OUR SROS ARE INVOLVED IN HEAR SOMETHING SAY SOMETHING, SO WE HAD A VIDEO.
AGAIN, IT'S JUST ABOUT THREATS.
IF YOU KNOW SOMETHING'S GOING ON, WE WANT TO COMMUNICATE WITH OUR KIDS THAT IT'S OKAY TO SAY SOMETHING.
IT'S BETTER THAT YOU DO SAY SOMETHING SO THAT WE CAN PREVENT THINGS.
THAT'S OUR HEAR SOMETHING SAY SOMETHING PLATFORM.
OUR ABSENCE REPORTING, AGAIN, IT'S JUST A WAY FOR US TO KEEP UP WITH OUR KIDS.
ONLINE, YOU CAN DO THAT AS A PARENT.
OBVIOUSLY, IN-PERSON, YOU CAN DO THAT LIKE THE NORMAL WAY, YOU SEND A NOTE INTO SCHOOL.
LEARN WISE MONITOR SYSTEM, I DO WANT TO COVER THAT A LITTLE BIT.
IT'S OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CRAWLER.
IT'S A THING THAT, AGAIN, IT LOOKS AT CERTAIN SPECIFIC WORDS AND THINGS THAT KIDS CAN PUT INTO OUR COMPUTERS WHEN THEY'RE AT SCHOOL AND LOGGED INTO OUR NETWORK THAT CAN GIVE US ALERTS TO SUPPORT THE KID.
SOMETIMES IT GOES UP TO FIVE DIFFERENT LEVELS WITH THAT, ONE BEING THE LESS SEVERE AND FIVE BEING THE MOST SEVERE.
WE HAVE A COMPLAINT PROCESS THAT TAS REQUIRE US TO DO.
IT'S NOT NEW. WE'VE ALWAYS HAD THAT AGGRIEVANCE AND FORMAL COMPLAINT PROCESS ONLINE.
BUT AGAIN, IT'S VISIBLE SO THAT YOU GUYS KNOW, AGAIN, WE'RE FOLLOWING WHAT WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO DO THIS YEAR WITH THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
TITLE 9 COMPLIANCE, THAT'S MS. MONDAY.
SHE RUNS TITLE 9 FOR US, AND SHE'S DONE ALL OF HER PRESENTATIONS ON THE CAMPUSES THIS YEAR.
SHE STARTED WITH THE SECONDARY, AND SHE'S WORKING HER WAY THROUGH THE ELEMENTARY.
SHE'LL HAVE A SCHEDULED TIME FOR THE TITLE 9 TALK WITH EACH ONE OF THOSE GROUPS.
THEN THE OTHER PIECES ARE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.
I DO WANT TO GO DOWN TO THE BOTTOM AND JUST TALK ABOUT CODE OF CONDUCT WAS UPDATED THIS YEAR SPECIFICALLY TO THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
OUR CODE OF CONDUCT IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THAT.
THEN AGAIN, I DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THIS SLASH BUT AEDS AND SOP THE BLEED KITS.
TONY NELSON, MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE COMPLIANT AND ALWAYS STOCK PROPERLY, AND STUFF IN YOUR STOP THE BLEED KITS GO OUT OF DATE, SO YOU HAVE TO REPLACE THAT STUFF.
GOING FORWARD, JUST PREPARING FOR AN EMERGENCY, JUST WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW WE STILL DO THE SRP MODEL, WHICH IS SLIDE 5.
EACH YEAR, THOSE ARE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE SPECIFIC DRILLS THAT WE DO.
THEN WE HAVE A SPECIFIC DATED PLATFORM FOR ALL THE FIRE DRILLS WHEN THEY TAKE PLACE, WHAT TIMES OF THE YEAR THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO TAKE PLACE AS WELL.
SLIDE 8, ROUTINE SAFETY AND SECURITY PLAN.
GUYS WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT EACH DAY THERE'S A PHYSICAL CHECK OF EACH EXTERIOR DOOR IN OUR BUILDING.
THAT'S ALSO WHAT TA, IF THEY COME TO WHAT THEY CALL IDA, WHICH IS AN INTRUDER DOOR AUDIT, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR AS WELL.
THEY'RE TRYING TO GET INTO YOUR BUILDING.
THEY'LL GO AROUND AND PUSH OPEN AND TRY TO PULL OPEN THE DOORS TO SEE IF THEY CAN GET IN.
BUT ON CAMPUSES, WE DO THAT EVERY DAY. WE CHECK THAT EVERY DAY.
IT'S DOCUMENTED WEEKLY IN OUR SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE, WHICH IS SENTINEL.
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ACCESS CONTROL ENTRIES IS WORKING WELL.WE HAVE THAT ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
SECONDARY DOES THAT EVERY DAY.
THEY HAVE TWO ENTRY POINTS WHERE THEY DO THE OPEN GATE TOWERS, WHICH IS OUR WEAPONS DETECTION SYSTEM.
I DON'T THINK I SAID THAT LAST YEAR, BUT AGAIN, IT IS MONITORED 24/7 BY A CALL CENTER.
THEY'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT IT, AND THEY HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE TRAINED IN IDENTIFYING AN OPEN CARRY.
VISITOR MANAGEMENT SCREENING, WE DO THAT DAILY.
THAT'S THE KIOSK THAT YOU SEE AT THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING.
WHEN YOU'RE BUZZED IN, THEN YOU STILL HAVE TO DO THE VISITOR WEAR PIECE BEFORE YOU GET INTO THE BUILDING.
THAT'S A GOOD, AGAIN, SAFETY SCREENING THAT WE DO.
STUDENT IDS ARE WORN AT THE SECONDARY CAMPUSES.
KIDS ARE SUPPOSED TO WEAR THEM.
THAT'S GOING WELL AT SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS.
SOMETIMES, THEY HAVE TO BUY ANOTHER ONE.
AGAIN, WE STILL HAVE OUR SROS AT ALL CAMPUSES, AND THEN WE CONTINUE TO DO OUR SCHEDULE AND PRACTICE SRP ROLES.
THEN THE LAST THING I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT IS JUST NINE.
AGAIN, A LOT OF WHAT I JUST SAID IS IN THERE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AS YOU LOOK TO THAT, LET ME KNOW.
BUT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE VERKADA CAMERA INSTALLATION THAT WE VOTED FOR, I THINK IS A COUPLE BOARD MEETINGS AGO, THAT WE PUT INTO PLACE.
AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, THE VERKADA CAMERAS ARE UP.
THEY'RE STILL PUNCH LISTING THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ALL DOING WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.
WE'RE AT STRIKE INSTALLING CURRENTLY, AND THEN WALKER IS NEXT UP.
THEN WE'LL START WITH OUR ELEMENTARIES.
JACK AND HIS TEAM, THEY'VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB WITH THAT.
CANINE VISITS. I KNOW THAT YOU ALL KNOW THAT.
BASICALLY, I GUESS THE STREET WORD FOR THAT IS YOUR DRUG DOGS.
THEY COME INTO THE BUILDING. BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW TOO WITH OUR DRUG DOGS. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT DRUGS.
THEY ALSO CAN SMELL WEAPONS.THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT TWO BESIDES JUST THE DRUG ASPECT, SO IT'S ANOTHER SAFETY MEASURE THAT WE HAVE WHILE THE SCHOOL DAY IS GOING ON.
THEY VISIT OUR CAMPUSES ONCE A MONTH AND THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT MONTHS THAT THEY WILL VISIT TWICE THAT MONTH.
THEN THE LAST THING I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT A LITTLE BIT IS JUST A WISH FOR US IS THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK ON OUR RADIO WALKIE SYSTEM.
WE HAVE THOSE INTERNALLY AT EACH CAMPUS.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET BETTER AT THAT COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WHEN IT'S OUR CAMPUS OR THE AUDIBLY AND TRYING TO TALK TO ANOTHER CAMPUS.
BUT INTERNALLY ON CAMPUSES, THEY DO A GOOD JOB.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH COMMUNICATION ON A CAMPUS.
BUT AGAIN, SOMETIMES IT'S A LITTLE ROUGH WITH WHERE WE ARE AND THE TRANSMITTERS THAT WE CAN COMMUNICATE ACROSS OUR DISTRICT, IF I WANT TO TALK TO SAY PRESTWICK, RIGHT NOW.
IT'S REALLY HARD SOMETIMES TO GET THROUGH.
WE'RE WORKING ON TRYING TO MAKE THAT A BETTER THING.
QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS OR ANYTHING YOU HAVE?
>> A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS.
YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT THE RADIOS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA ON HOW THAT CAN BE IMPROVED? IS IT BEING WORKED ON?
>> YES, SIR. WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.
IT'S NOT A TRANSMITTER. IT'S A-.
YES, THEY'RE REPEATERS, AND WE HAVE REPEATERS IN THE DISTRICT.
IT'S JUST THEY'RE NOT REALLY FUNCTIONING AS THEY PROBABLY DID YEARS BACK.
>> YEAH. IT'S THE HEIGHT OF THEM, BURTON.
AGAIN, MIKE, BUT IT'S THE HEIGHT OF THAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT'S NOT TO FULL CAPACITY WHERE IT CAN DO WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO DO TO WHAT WE NEED REALLY IN THIS DISTRICT.
>> FOLLOW UP ON YOUR DRILLS AND TESTS.
HAS THERE BEEN ANYTHING AT ANY CAMPUS THAT GLARED AT YOU THAT WAS WRONG OR COULD BE IMPROVED?
>> NO. I THINK THEY REALLY DO A GOOD JOB WITH IT.
WHEN WE WERE WORKING WITH THE TWO MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THE DOOR SITUATION AT THE NEW WING THAT WE BUILT THERE, AND JUST THINKING ABOUT THAT PROCESS, LIKE IF WE WERE TO HAVE AN INTRUDER IN THE BUILDING, HOW WOULD WE MOVE AND MONITOR THAT? THEN WE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THAT STUFF.
THEY PUT A PLAY IN A PLACE WHEN THEY DID THAT.
WE'VE ALREADY HAD A COUPLE OF DOOR AUDITS BY TEA, AND WE'VE PASSED THEM.
>> BUT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE THE DISTRICT VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT, MR. BURTON IS HERE, WHICH IS GOING TO BE INTERESTING AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE SOMEBODY TRIES TO COME IN AND THEY'RE NOT TRYING TO GET US, BUT THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SEE EVERYTHING THAT SOMEBODY THAT'S TRYING TO CAUSE HARM MAYBE WOULD SEE, SO IT'S JUST TO SEE WHERE YOU'RE VULNERABLE AT.
SEE WHAT WE COULD DO BETTER OR IMPROVE ON.
>> THE LAST QUESTION IS, IF YOU CAN MAKE IT AS SHORT AS POSSIBLE, WHAT'S THE PROCESS AFTER YOU'VE DONE A DRILL OR A TEST? WHO ALWAYS IS INVOLVED WITH THAT TO DISSECT WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND WHAT COULD BE BETTER.
>> YES, SIR. IT'S THE CAMPUS RESPONSIBILITY.
THEY HAVE A SAFETY TEAM ON THEIR CAMPUS THAT THEY RUN THE DRILL AND IT'S USUALLY RAN BY THE AP.
THE SROS ARE INVOLVED IN THOSE DRILLS AS WELL.
SO IT'S A WHOLE COMMITTEE OF THE TEAM, THE TEACHERS ARE.
THEY TAKE ROLE ON ALL THE KIDS, AND WE HAVE A SYSTEM THAT DOES THAT.
IT'S IN FORM CAST, VISITOR AWARE, THEY TAKE THE ROLE ON THE KIDS.
THEN IF THERE'S ANY INCIDENTS THAT THEY HAVE ON THAT CAMPUS, THEY'LL BE BRIEF ON THAT.
>> NOW REPORTS BACK TO YOU OR?
>> NO, SIR. TAS MOVED TO SENTINEL.
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SENTINEL IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WE DO.BUT TA IS CREATED, IT'S A HOUSING OF ALL SAFETY REQUIREMENTS THAT THE STATE WANTS YOU TO DO AND THE HOUSE, ALL THOSE DRILLS THAT YOU DO.
THEY HAVE TO GO IN AND THEY RECORD, AND THERE'S A SPREADSHEET FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM THAT THEY FILL OUT ON WHAT HAPPENED, HOW LONG IT TOOK.
IF IT WAS GOOD OR NOT. YES, SIR.
>> YEAH. IF THERE'S ANY ISSUES THAT COME BACK FROM IT, I DO GET THAT COMMUNICATION OR MAINTENANCE OR WHOEVER NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
>> MISS JONES, YOU ARE UP WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS REPORT.
>> PRESIDENT WATKINS, BOARD, MR. LAMB.
I COME TO YOU THIS EVENING TO GIVE YOU A REPORT ON THE COM/MAR TEAM.
I USED A OF MEASUREMENT TOOLS ON SOME OF THE PLATFORMS THAT WE USE TO COLLECT A LOT OF THE DATA THAT I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT.
TYING THIS BACK TO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, WE HAVE TWO GOALS IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN FOR 24/25, AND GOAL 7 WAS, THE DISTRICT WILL COMMUNICATE WITH THE COMMUNITY TO BUILD TRUST, SUPPORT, AND INVOLVEMENT.
THEN GOAL 8, LITTLE ELM WILL FOSTER RELATIONS WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO ENHANCE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.
I PUT OUR VISION AND MISSION BECAUSE EVERYTHING THAT WE DO IN OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING ACROSS THE DISTRICT, WE TIE IT BACK TO THOSE TWO THINGS.
GOAL 7, WE WILL COMMUNICATE WITH THE COMMUNITY TO BUILD TRUST, SUPPORT, AND INVOLVEMENT.
THESE ITEMS THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU WERE SOME OF THE ACTION STEPS THAT WE HAD INCLUDED IN OUR PORTION OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
E3 SQUAD VIDEO WAS TO COME INTO CLASSROOMS AND REALLY TO PROMOTE THE LEARNING THAT WAS HAPPENING.
I HAD A GOAL OF DOING A VIDEO PER MONTH, BUT I FELL SHORT.
THAT WAS ONE VIDEO, BUT I'LL SHOW THAT ONE VIDEO THAT WE PUT OUT THERE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, WE HAD 972 PEOPLE THAT WE REACHED WITH A 4.61% ENGAGEMENT RATE, WHICH IS REALLY GOOD.
TO EXPLAIN THE ENGAGEMENT RATE, ANYTHING THAT'S THREE OR HIGHER OR FIVE OR HIGHER IS CONSIDERED EXCELLENT.
AS YOU KNOW, OUR COMMUNITY REALLY LOVES TO ENGAGE WITH US ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT I TOOK ON WAS THANK YOU NOTES.
IN OUR DEPARTMENT, WE DESIGNED OUR OWN THANK YOU NOTES.
THE WHOLE IDEA BEHIND IT IS TO REACH OUT TO PEOPLE WHEN WE SEE THEM DOING SOMETHING KIND OR SAYING SOMETHING NICE OR MAYBE EVEN IF IT'S BRING IN A CONCERN, WE'LL WRITE A THANK YOU NOTE.
CELEBRATE TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, REALLY, BACK IN THE DAY, IT WAS REALLY CELEBRATED THE END OF FEBRUARY EARLY MARCH, AND IT WAS JUST A WEEK.
IT REALLY COMES FROM TEXAS SCHOOL PUBLIC RELATIONS ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS MY PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION, AND THIS YEAR OR THIS PAST YEAR, THEY ACTUALLY TOOK THIS ON ALL YEAR LONG.
THE WHOLE IDEA BEHIND IT IS TO GET AS MANY DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS TO UNIFY AND AMPLIFY OUR VOICE TO TALK ABOUT PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
WE WERE ALL SAYING THE SAME THING ON THE SAME DAY WITH THE SAME MESSAGING.
WE WERE ONE OF 60 DISTRICTS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE CELEBRATE TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS CAMPAIGN.
YOU SAW THOSE INTENTIONAL POSTS ON THE SECOND AND FOURTH WEDNESDAYS OF THE MONTH.
THIS YEAR, WE'RE DOING IT AGAIN.
CAMPUS SPOTLIGHTS, WHEN I DID AN AUDIT OF OUR SOCIAL MEDIA.
I LOOKED TO SEE IF WE WERE 100% SPOTLIGHTING ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES AND WE DID DO THAT.
WE DIDN'T DO IT ALL ON OUR OWN.
LUCKILY, WE'VE GOT A GREAT TEAM OF LEADERS AT OUR CAMPUSES THAT REALLY UTILIZE OUR SOCIAL MEDIA VERY WELL, AND SO WHEN THEY POST SOMETHING OUT, WE'LL SHARE IT ON OUR DISTRICT SOCIAL MEDIA, SO 100% COVERAGE.
THEN OUR FRIENDS OF LISD, I CANNOT TAKE CREDIT FOR THIS.
WHAT I DO IS I SUPPORT OUR SUPERINTENDENT ON THIS INITIATIVE.
WE HAD 28 SIGN UP LAST YEAR AND WE AVERAGED FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR ABOUT 12.
THEN ALSO PART OF THE MEASUREMENT, HOW WELL ARE WE DOING ON THAT GOAL 7? I SET A MEASUREMENT OF 85%, WHICH IS THE SENTIMENT SCORE.
WHAT I DID THANKS TO AI IS I COLLECTIVELY GATHERED ALL THOSE THINGS LIKE IT CRAWLS, OUR WEBSITE, IT CRAWLS, SOCIAL MEDIA IS ABLE TO TELL ME HOW DO PEOPLE FEEL ABOUT? I SPLIT BACK OUT A 68% SENTIMENT SCORE,
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AND THAT WAS ROUGHLY TWO THIRDS OF THE VISIBLE ENGAGEMENT.IT LEADS TOWARDS SUPPORTIVE, SALVATORY, OR CONSTRUCTIVE.
THE OTHER THIRD REFLECTS CONCERNS, FRUSTRATIONS, OR NEUTRAL COMMENTARY ACROSS ALL SOCIAL MEDIA GROUPS, INCLUDING COMMUNITY PAGES.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT A WHOLE, TWO THIRD OF IT BEING POSITIVE.
WE'VE GOT A THIRD OF IT THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON THE OUR THOUGHT EXCHANGE SURVEY, 60% FELT PRETTY GOOD ABOUT THAT AND THAT'S AN AVERAGE SCORE.
I DIDN'T HAVE A BENCHMARK, SO I JUST THREW THAT NUMBER OUT THERE AND NOW I KNOW, SO 60%, I THINK IS PRETTY GOOD THOUGHT EXCHANGE AT 60%, AND THAT WAS THE SURVEY THAT CLIMATE AND CULTURE REPORT THAT WE DID AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
GOAL 8. WE WILL FOSTER RELATIONS WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO ENHANCE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.
THE GOAL REALLY WAS TO DO SOME OUTREACH WITH OUR RETIRED COMMUNITIES.
I REALLY REALLY TRIED SO HARD TO GET INTO THERE AND I WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL.
BUT MEANWHILE, I WAS ALSO WORKING ON HOW DO WE BRIDGE OUR COMMUNITY WITH OUR SCHOOLS, AND A LOT OF YOU PARTICIPATED IN WHO CAN GROW THE BIGGEST FRUIT.
THANK YOU FOR THE BLOOD SWEAT AND TEARS OVER THE SUMMER TIME AND GROWING THOSE WATERMELONS. THAT WAS A GREAT TIME.
REALLY THE GOAL THERE WAS TO GET THREE CAMPUSES INVOLVED AND SHOW THEM WHAT IT MEANS FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE.
WE ENDED UP WITH ONE AND THE SCHOOL BOARD HUNG ON THIS WHOLE TIME ALONG WITH ME, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR OUR KIDS, AND OF COURSE, THE BAND WERE THE ULTIMATE WINNERS WHO GREW THE BIGGEST FRUIT.
THAT TIES IT TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT I ALSO WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU LIKE, WHO ARE WE WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT? HOW WELL DID WE DO? AND SO YOU CAN SEE THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE TOUCH ON IN OUR DEPARTMENT?
ARE WE GOING TO STAY AT SCHOOL? OR ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO CATCH A SCHOOL?
I THINK WE SHOULD STAY AT SCHOOL.
>> I DON'T WANT YOU TO HAVE TO WATCH THE WHOLE THING, ALTHOUGH IT'S A SUPER CUTE VIDEO.
IT DID GAIN THE ATTENTION OF OUR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA.
BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE VIDEOS HERE WE, I SAY 'WE', BUT IT WAS REALLY A COLLECTIVE EFFORT BETWEEN THREE OF THE MEMBERS ON MY TEAM.
WE ENDED UP PRODUCING 60 VIDEOS, 46 OF THEM WERE POSTED ON SOCIAL.
WHAT WE'VE LEARNED IS THAT OUR VIDEOS TYPICALLY PERFORM VERY WELL ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND OUR MOST ENGAGED VIDEO WAS THE ONE THAT YOU JUST SAW.
THAT VIDEO WAS THOUGHT OF IN A DAY, TURNED OVER IN A DAY, WE PRODUCED IT AND SENT IT OUT IN THAT DAY.
WE QUICKLY DID THAT ONE ON THE FLY.
TAKING A LOOK AT SOCIAL MEDIA.
JUST LOOKING AT OUR ANALYTICS, I DID TAKE A START WITH A JULY 1, 24 TO A JUNE 30.
I LOOKED AT THAT MORE OF A SCHOOL YEAR.
HOW WELL DID WE DO ON SOCIAL MEDIA? OUR TOP CONTENT WAS THE POST ABOUT BRANDON CROSSLEY, MAKING IT TO THE NFL.
THAT HAD 70,250 VIEWS ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA.
THEN YOU CAN SEE, I PUT THE TOP FIVE CONTENTS.
COLOR GUARD HOMECOMING ANNOUNCED STAFF RAISES, OF COURSE, THAT WOULD GET HIGH ENGAGEMENT ON SOCIAL.
TOP TEN, AND OUR GRADUATION HAT TOSS, WHERE I'M ALWAYS UP ON THE STAGE BEHIND ALL YOU ALL TRYING TO GET THAT AWESOME PHOTO WHEN I KNOW THAT MY GUYS ARE OUT THERE GETTING PROBABLY EVEN BETTER ONE, BUT WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR THAT COOL GRADUATION HAT TOSS.
WE HAVE 12,322 FOLLOWERS ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA.
IT'S A 7% INCREASE FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
THE INTERACTIONS MEANS LIKE HOW MANY TIMES PEOPLE ARE LIKING, COMMENTING, SHARING, 63,878 INTERACTIONS, THAT'S UP 55% FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
THAT MEANS THAT WE ARE GIVING OUR AUDIENCE CONTENT THAT THEY CAN INTERACT WITH.
THIS IS THE TOTAL OF UNIQUE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SEEN OUR CONTENT, LIKE OUR POSTS, OUR ADS, OUR PAGE,
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AT LEAST ONCE DURING A SPECIFIC PERIOD.BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THAT'S DOWN 13%.
OUR INSTAGRAM IS A DIFFERENT MEDIUM.
WE BELIEVE THAT INSTAGRAM IS REALLY GEARED MORE TOWARD YOUR MILLENNIALS AND YOUR TEENAGERS AND THAT'S REALLY OUR AUDIENCE.
WE KEEP THAT MORE FOR THE ARTSY TYPE STUFF.
BUT OUR TOP CONTENT THERE WAS OUR LEGACY WALK PHOTOGRAPHS THAT WE TOOK AND THAT HAD 16,565 VIEWS.
WE HAVE 2,454 FOLLOWERS AND 22 POSTS IN THAT SCHOOL YEAR.
TAKING A LOOK OVER AT YOUTUBE.
YES, WE CONSIDER YOUTUBE AS ONE OF OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS.
IT'S THE PLACE WHERE WE PUT ALL OF OUR VIDEOS.
OUR TOP CONTENT, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, MR. LAMB WAS YOUR VIDEO.
THAT ONE HAD 4,105 VIEWS, AND 11% ENGAGEMENT RATE.
NOW I WILL SAY YOU HAD A LITTLE BIT OF HEALTH.
THAT WAS PART OF OUR I CHOOSE LISD ENROLLMENT CAMPAIGN, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT IN JUST A MINUTE.
BUT THAT VIDEO LIVES ON OUR YOUTUBE PAGE.
THEN YOU CAN SEE THE OTHERS, OUR GRADUATION LIVE STREAM, WE HOST THAT ON OUR YOUTUBE PAGE.
WE CANNOT TAKE THAT AWAY, 03,357 VIEWS ON THAT ONE.
BY THE WAY, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TAKEN THE INITIATIVE TO SET UP IN OUR DEPARTMENT BECAUSE U&T DIDN'T PROVIDE THAT LIVE LINK, WORKING WITH THEM, WE WERE ABLE TO DELIVER THAT TO OUR FAMILIES.
THAT'S THE ONE WHERE ALLAN'S LIKE ALL IN ALLEN.
IT WAS THE WRESTLING VIDEO, HYSTERICAL, WITH THE WRESTLING CHALLENGE WITH MIKE LAMB.
THAT WAS PRETTY FUNNY. WE HAVE ABOUT 1,700 SUBSCRIBERS ON OUR YOUTUBE.
ANYTIME WE PUT A VIDEO ON YOUTUBE, IT LETS OUR SUBSCRIBERS KNOW THAT WE'RE PUTTING OUT SOME AWESOME CONTENT.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF VIEWS THAT WE'VE HAD ON OUR YOUTUBE, 34,700 VIEWS, THAT'S 52% MORE THAN LAST YEAR.
THEN THE WATCH TIME REALLY IS ABOUT AND THIS IS CRITICAL BECAUSE TYPICALLY, OUR ATTENTION SPAN IS ABOUT 3 SECONDS AND THEN WE'RE SCROLLING ON TO THE NEXT THING.
BUT THIS IS MEASURING HOW MUCH TIME PEOPLE ARE SPENDING WATCHING OUR VIDEOS.
THIS WAS HUGE 1,205 HOURS, WHICH IS 14% MORE THAN LAST YEAR, WHICH MEANS THAT WE GOT SOME GOOD VIDEO ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL, AND WE NEED TO KEEP PUTTING IT OUT THERE.
X IS A WEIRD SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNEL, ALTHOUGH IT'S STILL BEING USED.
IT'S PRIMARILY USED BY SPORTS AND ATHLETICS.
YOU CAN SEE THE LOGO REVEAL VIDEO POST WAS OUR TOP CONTENT THERE WITH OVER 1,700 IMPRESSIONS AND A 3% ENGAGEMENT RATE.
>> WEBSITE. MAN, THIS ONE IS HUGE, TOO.
I WENT BACK ON THE GOOGLE ANALYTICS SIDE.
HERE IS THE TIME FRAME THAT I WAS LOOKING AT THE DATA.
223,015 USERS, AND OF THAT NUMBER, 216,000 OF THEM ARE NEW, 06,000 OF THEM FOUND US BECAUSE OF OUR SOCIAL MEDIA ACTIVITY.
THAT'S WHAT WE WANT. WE WANT PEOPLE TO FIND US THROUGH THE OTHER WAYS THAT WE'RE COMMUNICATING.
IT'S YOUR SHARES, IT'S YOUR LIKES, IT'S WORD OF MOUTH.
IN THAT TIME FRAME FROM JULY 1 TO JULY 30TH, WE HAD ONE MILLION VIEWS ON OUR WEBSITE.
THEN THESE ARE THE TOP TEN PAGES THAT HAD THE MOST VIEWS.
HOME PAGE, NUMBER 1, CALENDAR IS NUMBER 2, HIGH SCHOOL STAFF DIRECTORY, NUMBER 3, LOBO HUB STAFF DIRECTORY HR PAGE, NUMBER 6, THE SEARCH FEATURE, WHICH IS THAT LITTLE LOOKING GLASS RIGHT HERE.
THAT WAS USED 19,000 TIMES, OUR FOR PARENTS PAGE, RETURNING STUDENT REGISTRATION PAGE AND NEW STUDENT REGISTRATION.
THAT'S HUGE. LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS, 15,593. THAT'S AMAZING.
ORR STANDS FOR OPEN RECORDS REQUEST.
I PROCESSED 46 OF THEM LAST YEAR ON THE COMMUNICATION SIDE, I SEND OUT ABOUT 318 MESSAGES.
THAT'S AS A WHOLE AS A DISTRICT. IT WASN'T ALL ME.
I WOULD HAVE NEVER LEFT MY COMPUTER IF I'D DONE THAT,AND 113 PDR FLIERS WERE SENT.
THE FUN STUFF, THE BRANDING, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD 17 ELEMENTARY LOGOS CREATED WHEN LAKEWOOD VILLAGE CAME ON BOARD, AND THEN WE WORKED ON ONE ATHLETIC AND HIGH SCHOOL LOGO.
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THEN OUR VOLY, WHICH IS A PLATFORM THAT WE PROVIDE OUR FAMILIES.WE HAD A 2,117 VOLUNTEERS SIGN UP, DO THE BACKGROUND CHECK, AND THEN 148 OPPORTUNITIES CREATED BY OUR CAMPUSES, WHICH IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR FAMILIES TO ENGAGE WITH OUR CAMPUSES.
THEN THE EVENTS THAT WE PUT ON OUT OF OUR DEPARTMENT, CONVOCATION IS HUGE.
WE HAD ROUGHLY 1,000 EMPLOYEES, 30 VENDORS AT THIS EVENT.
BASH, 1,100 ATTENDED, 23 VENDORS, THREE HEALTH VENDORS, 633 RUN.
I HAD 650 RUNNERS, 12 SPONSORS, SPLASH DAY AT THE COVE HAD 150 SHOW UP AND THEN ONE SPONSOR AT THAT EVENT.
WAYS THAT WE'RE ENGAGING WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND THEN OUR SPONSORSHIPS.
THIS IS A LIST OF PEOPLE THAT I CAN RELY ON THAT I CAN COUNT ON ANYTIME I EMAIL THEM, THEY ARE QUICK TO JUMP IN AND HELP.
I THOUGHT I'D PUT A LITTLE DOLLAR AMOUNT TO THIS, 39,200 IN THAT LAST YEAR THAT I WAS ABLE TO COLLECT AND WHETHER IT'S BUYING GOODS FOR THE PROGRAM ITSELF OR JUST PUTTING IT BACK IN SO WE CAN USE IT AGAIN FOR NEXT YEAR.
TALKING ABOUT OUR I CHOOSE LITTLE ELM ISD GOOGLE CAMPAIGN.
I SET A BUDGET FOR ABOUT $4,000 FOR THIS ONE.
IT WAS TOWARD THE END OF THE YEAR AND MY FUNDS WERE GETTING A LITTLE LOW, SO I HAD TO BE VERY CREATIVE.
HOPEFULLY, SOME OF YOU HAVE THEM IN YOUR FRONT YARDS.
THEN WE RAN A GOOGLE AD CAMPAIGN.
BRANDON BUCKNER WAS REALLY THE GUY THAT DID ALL THE RESEARCH AND RAN IT FOR ME.
THE IMPRESSIONS MEAN, HOW MANY TIMES DID SOMEBODY SEE THIS? OUR GOOGLE AD WAS SEEN OVER 100,000 TIMES THAT WERE 2,354 CLICKS, AND THEN OUR CLICK THROUGH RATE.
WAS RELATIVELY LOW. I'M NOT QUITE SURE.
BRANDON BUCKNER IS THE ONE THAT STARTED THIS UP FOR ME, AND THEN HE UNFORTUNATELY WAS STOLEN FROM ME FROM HEB ISD.
I SEE HER EVERY NOW AND THEN, AND SHE'S LIKE, WHATEVER I COULD DO TO HELP YOU.
ANYWAY, THEN OUR FACEBOOK BOOSTS, BUT I DO WANT TO TELL YOU THAT OUR ROI RETURN ON INVESTMENT THERE.
I REMEMBER $4,000 IS WHAT WE SPENT.
WE DID A MEASUREMENT BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW HOW GOOD YOUR CAMPAIGN IS UNTIL YOU GET THOSE MEASUREMENT AMOUNTS.
WHEN I LOOK AT THIS, AND I ACTUALLY PUT $1 AMOUNT TO IT.
THE PEOPLE WHO TRANSFERRED INTO OUR DISTRICT THIS SCHOOL YEAR, THEY TRANSFERRED IN AND WE ASKED THEM, HOW DID YOU HEAR ABOUT US? ONE OF THEM SAID THEY SAW OUR FACEBOOK AD.
ONE SAID BECAUSE OF THE YARD SIGN, 15 OF THEM SAW OUR GOOGLE AD AND 116 SAW OUR WEBSITE.
IF I CAN TAKE THAT BASIC ALLOTMENT AND TIMES THAT BY 133, THAT'S ROUGHLY WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO BRING INTO THE DISTRICT, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S A WASH BECAUSE WE CONTINUE TO LOSE KIDS, BUT IT WORKED.
I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT IT WORKED, WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH IT AND MAYBE WE'LL TRY TO WORK AT A DIFFERENT ANGLE.
IT WAS OUR FIRST YEAR TO DO THIS.
IT WAS REALLY A GOAL THAT WE HAD SAID AND WE ACCOMPLISHED THE GOAL IN OUR DEPARTMENT. ANY QUESTIONS?
>> ARE WE DOING THE BIGGEST FRUIT CHALLENGE AGAIN THIS WHOLE YEAR?
>> MAYBE. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?
>> WE CAN DO WATERMELONS AGAIN OR SOMETHING ELSE.
>> WE'VE WORKED IT OUT. WE KNOW WHAT TO DO THIS YEAR.
WE'RE COMING FOR WHOEVER FARMER JEFF AND FARMER MARY ARE READY.
>> YES. IT WAS FUN. ANYBODY ELSE?
>> MR. METER, YOU ARE THE NEXT CONTESTANT ON, TELL US WHAT'S GOING ON.
>> GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT WATKINS, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND MR. LAMB.
TONIGHT, I'M PRESENTING THE DEMOGRAPHIC REPORT.
I'LL BE HONEST, A LOT OF THIS IS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST YEAR, SO I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH IT PRETTY QUICK.
THE FIRST SLIDE IS THE LOCAL ECONOMIC CONDITIONS UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, AND YOU CAN SEE IN THE DFW AREA, WE HAVE GONE DOWN.
THAT'S A GOOD THING FROM JUNE, JUNE IS THE GREEN AND THE PURPLE IS I'M SORRY.
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YOU CAN SEE WE'VE GONE DOWN. THAT'S A GOOD THING.I'M GOING TO SPEED THROUGH THIS.
IF YOU DO HAVE A QUESTION, DON'T HESITATE TO ASK.
THE HOUSING MARKET IN THE UNITED STATES TOP 25 HOUSING MARKETS, DALLAS IS STILL NUMBER 1.
THEY HAVE BEEN FOR A WHILE NOW, BUT IT IS A FAST GROWING MARKET, FRISCO PROSPER SALINA.
HONESTLY, LITTLE ELM IS A PART OF THAT OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, BUT IT IS STILL NUMBER 1.
AND YOU CAN SEE ALL THE REST OF THEM.
HOUSTON, SAN ANTONIO AND AUSTIN ARE ALL IN THE TOP SIX, DALLAS, HOUSTON, SAN ANTONIO AND AUSTIN.
AGAIN, WE HAD THE '21, '22, WE HAD AN OVER ABUNDANCE OF STARTS.
THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE CLOSING STARTED GOING MORE AND IF YOU LOOK '22 BETWEEN '24, THERE WERE A WHOLE LOT MORE CLOSINGS AND THE INVENTORY WAS LOW, AND THAT'S WHEN IT WAS A SELLERS MARKET.
YOU COULD SELL YOUR HOUSE FOR A WHOLE LOT MORE THAN YOU THOUGHT IT WAS WORTH, AND YOU CAN SEE IT GOES BACK AND FORTH.
I'LL SHOW YOU ANOTHER SLIDE HERE IN A SECOND THAT'LL EXPLAIN THIS A LITTLE BETTER.
THIS IS YEAR OVER YEAR HOUSING TRENDS, IF YOU CAN SEE THERE IN '24 IS A PURPLE SIDE, AND '25 IS THE GREEN SIDE, SALES IS DOWN JUST A LITTLE RIGHT NOW COMPARED TO THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
AVERAGE PRICE HAS GONE UP STILL A LITTLE BIT, ITS NOT A HUGE SWING LIKE IT WAS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, BUT IT HAS GONE UP 502 IS THE AVERAGE PRICE PER HOUSE IN THE DFW MARKET.
TOTAL LISTINGS HAS GONE UP AND THEN MONTHS ON INVENTORY, 4.8 THAT'S A LITTLE LOW, SO 4.8 MONTHS IS A LITTLE SLOWER, AND SO THEY'RE NOT SELLING NEAR AS QUICK AS THEY WERE AGAIN LAST YEAR OR EVEN A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
AGAIN, TOP '25, WE'RE AT '22, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT REALLY INCREASING THAT MUCH, BUT WE STILL ARE SELLING, THERE STILL ARE NEW BUILDS AND THERE'S STILL ARE CLOSINGS IN OUR AREA.
ANNUAL STARTS THIS YEAR SO FAR, Q2 IS 633, ANNUAL CLOSINGS, THERE'S MORE HOUSES CLOSING BECAUSE THE INVENTORY WAS HIGH.
AGAIN, THE NEXT SLIDE WILL SHOW YOU WHERE THE INVENTORY IS.
THEN IF YOU'LL LOOK AT THE LITTLE ELM WITH THE TWO STARS, IT'S TALKING ABOUT THAT IS NOT INCLUDING AGE RESTRICTED COMMUNITIES.
FRISCO LAKES, AND THERE'S A NEW ONE RIGHT NEAR WALKER THAT IS ALSO AN AGE RESTRICTED COMMUNITY, AND THOSE AREN'T INCLUDED IN THESE TWO TOTALS.
IF YOU'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THIS SLIDE, THIS GIVES YOU A LITTLE BETTER EXAMPLE.
YOU'LL LOOK AT THE PURPLE CHART AT THE BOTTOM, AND YOU LOOK AT '23 ACTUALLY GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO 21,830 TOTAL THAT STARTS.
THEN '22, IT WENT DOWN, '23, IT WENT DOWN TO 325.
LAST YEAR. NOW YOU CAN LOOK AT THE BAR GRAPH ON THE RIGHT ON 24.
THE STARTS INCREASED QUITE A BIT, BUT THE CLOSINGS WERE DOWN.
THIS YEAR, AS WE LOOK INTO 25, THE CLOSINGS ARE HIGHER BECAUSE THE INVENTORY WAS HIGHER.
IT LOOPS BACK AND FORTH AS IT GOES, YOU TAKE AWAY THE LAST FEW YEARS, '20 AND '21, IT WAS AN ANOMALY, BUT IF YOU LOOK NOW, LAST YEAR, WE HAD A LOT OF INVENTORY.
THIS YEAR, WE'RE HAVING A LOT MORE CLOSINGS.
ANYBODY GOT ANY QUESTIONS ON THESE? I'M TRYING TO GET TO THE SLIDES THAT ARE IMPORTANT, WHICH IS WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR STUDENTS AND OUR FUTURE.
DISTRICT HOUSING OVERVIEW BY ELEMENTARY ZONES.
YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THIS BRENT FUTURE LOTS, 34 VACANT DEVELOPED LOTS 118.
A LOT OF THE BRENT IS RIGHT THERE AT WIT AND KING.
CHAVEZ DOESN'T REALLY HAVE FUTURE LOTS.
HACKBERRY, SOME OF THOSE HACKBERRY BECAUSE OF OUR CHANGING OF THE ZONES, POSSIBLY COULD BE IN THAT WIT AND KING AREA AS WELL.
LAKEVIEW, IT SAYS NO FUTURE LOTS, BUT THAT'S NOT TRUE BECAUSE OF THE PALOMA CREEK AREA,
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AND I'M FIXING TO SHOW YOU ON PAPER HERE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.THAT'S NOT AN ACCURATE STATEMENT BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A DEVELOPMENT OUT THERE THAT WILL HAVE FUTURE LOTS.
LAKEWOOD VILLAGE, LOTS OF FUTURE LOTS, WE JUST DON'T KNOW HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE GOING TO COME OUT OF THOSE FUTURE LOTS.
THEN OAK POINT FUTURE LOTS IS 385, AND THAT'S BECAUSE THERE'S A NEW DEVELOPMENT.
I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU A SLIDE HERE IN A SECOND THAT'LL SHOW YOU THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT'S JUST SOUTH AND EAST OF OAK POINT.
THEN PRESTWICK, THE TRIBUTE PENINSULA.
IT STILL HAS SOME, IT'S NOT AS RAPID AS IT WAS A FEW YEARS AGO.
DISTRICT HAS 21 ACTIVELY BUILDING SUBDIVISIONS, WHICH YOU DON'T THINK ABOUT THAT, BUT THEY'RE STILL GOING.
AGAIN, TAKE A LOOK AT IF YOU CAN SEE THE OAK POINT THERE.
JUST SOUTH AND EAST OF THE SCHOOL IS A NEW SUBDIVISION THAT'S COMING IN, AND THEN IN LAKEWOOD VILLAGE, THERE'S SEVERAL AND THEN ALSO AS YOU TURN THE CORNER ACROSS ELDORADO FROM WALKER, THERE'S A NEW SUBDIVISION THAT'S FIXING TO GO IN RIGHT THERE.
THESE ARE THE TOP FIVE PERFORMING SUBDIVISIONS IN OUR AREA, VALENCIA ON THE LAKE IS WHERE THE EIGHTH ELEMENTARY SITE IS, AND THAT ONE IS CONTINUING.
THEY HAD 219 ANNUAL CLOSINGS, NORTH LAKE ESTATES IS UP IN PALOMA CREEK.
IT IS NOT THE NEW SUBDIVISION THAT I'M FIXING TO TELL YOU ABOUT.
IT IS ACTUALLY ONE THAT WAS CONTINUING TO GROW AND IT HAD 183 CLOSINGS.
SOUTH OAK, WHICH IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM LAKEWOOD VILLAGE HAS 116.
THE TRIBUTE HAD 90 AND VILLAGES OF CREEKWOOD.
THAT IS WIT AND KING IN THE AREA WHERE THEY EITHER GO TO BRENT OR HACKBERRY.
ANY QUESTIONS? LAKEWOOD VILLAGE, AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE, IS ROLLING NOW.
LOTS OF HOUSES BEING BUILT, PRETTY HIGH DOLLAR, THE ONES ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF ELDORADO.
SOUTH OAK ON THE NORTH SIDE STILL HAS A LOT OF HOMES BEING BUILT, AND THEY'RE A LITTLE MORE AFFORDABLE.
I DO THINK WE CAN GET MORE STUDENTS.
I'M NOT SAYING THERE'S NONE OUT OF THE SOUTH SIDE, BUT IT'S NOT AS LIKELY AS THOSE ON THE NORTH SIDE IN SOUTH OAK.
THE SERENE. THIS IS REALLY NOT STARTED FULLY, BUT IT IS IN THE WORKS WITH THE CITY.
I DON'T THINK THEY'VE BROKEN GROUND TOTALLY YET, BUT THEY HAVE PLOTTED IT OUT.
YOU CAN SEE WALKER TO THE LEFT RIGHT THERE.
THIS IS RIGHT IN FRONT OF 720, WHERE THE INTERSECTION OF 720 AND ELDORADO ARE.
AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW, THOSE ARE PROBABLY GOING TO BE PREY LARGE HOMES.
>> TOMAZON, I THINK IS WHAT IT'S CALLED.
THIS IS THE ONE NEAR OAK POINT, 385 TOTAL FUTURE LOTS.
THIS IS ONE THAT WE DO THINK WILL BRING STUDENTS TO OUR DISTRICT WHICH IS A GOOD SIGN.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE PRICE OF THOSE HOMES ARE, BUT I WILL RESEARCH THAT AND TRY TO GET BACK WITH YOU ON THE NEXT REPORT.
THIS IS JUST TALKING ABOUT RENTAL PROPERTIES AND WHERE WE STAND WITH THE MARKET, IF YOU'LL LOOK AT THE GREEN LINE ON THE RIGHT IS WHERE THE MARKET IS, AND WE ARE BELOW THAT QUITE A BIT IN OUR RENTAL PROPERTIES.
THERE'S NOT A TON. WE ONLY HAVE TWO APARTMENT BUILDINGS IN ALL OF LITTLE ELM ISD.
MOST OF OUR RENTALS ARE HOME RENTALS.
AGAIN, WHEN WE GET INTO THIS, THIS HELPS TO UNDERSTAND THERE'S 220 MULTIFAMILY UNITS AT PALOMA CREEK.
I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU REAL QUICK.
YOU'LL CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THIS PICTURE.
BUT THIS IS I WENT OUT THERE A MONTH AGO AND THIS IS CALLED PARK HOUSE, AND WE HAVE BEEN TELLING YOU ABOUT IT FOR ABOUT A YEAR NOW.
A MONTH AGO, I WENT OUT THERE AND I ACTUALLY GOT TO GO IN AND TALK TO THE PEOPLE OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
SORRY, IT'S NOT ON THE SCREEN. IT'S IN MY HAND.
THEY ARE GOING TO BE COMPLETE BETWEEN NOVEMBER AND JANUARY.
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THEY SAID BY JANUARY, THEY'LL HAVE ALL 220 UNITS READY TO RENT.AT THE TIME THAT I WENT OUT THERE, AGAIN, ABOUT A MONTH AGO, THERE WAS ONLY NINE UNITS BEING RENTED AT THE TIME.
IF YOU CAN IMAGINE THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, 220 RENTAL PROPERTIES WILL BE AVAILABLE.
JUST SOUTH OF THIS AREA, THERE'S ALSO ABOUT 200 HOMES THAT ARE BEING BUILT AND THEY ARE BEING SOLD, BUT THEY ARE MORE AFFORDABLE HOMES.
THOSE ARE ALL STUDENTS THAT COULD GO TO LAKEVIEW.
I DO THINK LAKEVIEW'S POSSIBILITY TO INCREASE IN ENROLLMENT IS GOING TO BE THERE.
THEN THERE'S A GREEN ONE THERE AND THAT IS ONE THAT I HAVE YET TO THAT IS JUST SOUTH OF ELDORADO, ACROSS FROM THE STADIUM.
I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT LOCATION.
THEY KEEP TELLING ME A FUTURE SITE THERE, BUT I'M NOT SURE AND THAT'S 16 FUTURE MULTIFAMILY UNITS.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY KNOWS ANY MORE ABOUT THAT DEVELOPMENT OR NOT.
NOBODY. TEN YEAR FORECAST BY GRADE LEVEL.
AGAIN, THE YELLOW LINE GOING ALL THE WAY ACROSS IS THE YEAR WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW.
THESE ARE OUR ENROLLMENTS AS WE SPEAK.
THIS IS NOT BY SCHOOL, THIS IS BY GRADE LEVEL.
PRE K, AND THESE ARE UP TO DATE NUMBERS, PRETTY ACCURATE.
I THINK AS OF TODAY, WE WERE AT 7,716, SO THAT'S JUST A BIT OFF, BUT THAT WAS PROBABLY TAKEN LAST WEEK.
IT VARIES DAY TO DAY ON WHERE WE ARE IN OUR TOTAL ENROLLMENT.
THEN IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS BY CAMPUS.
AGAIN, THE YELLOW ALL THE WAY DOWN IS CURRENT AND IT IS PRETTY ACCURATE.
THEN IF YOU LOOK TO THE RIGHT AS IT GOES, 26, 27, 27, 28, ALL THE WAY EXPANDS ALL THE WAY OUT TO 35, 36.
NOW, WE'LL TELL YOU IT SHOWS A DECREASING ENROLLMENT FOR A FEW YEARS AND THEN WE WILL START AN INCREASE, NOT TO THE LEVEL THAT THEY WERE PREDICTING A FEW YEARS AGO, BUT WE ARE HOPING TO PLATEAU THE NEGATIVE SIDE AND THEN START TO WORK OUR WAY UP.
ONE THING WE DON'T KNOW IS WHAT VOUCHERS WILL DO TO US, WHAT FUTURE HOME SCHOOL, WE'RE NOT SURE ABOUT WHAT THAT'S GOING TO DO TO US, BUT WE HOPE THIS PREDICTION WILL SHOW US ON THE RISE.
AGAIN, HERE'S A BAR GRAPH THAT MAKES IT A LITTLE MORE CLEAR.
AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE LAST ORANGE BAR RIGHT THERE SHOWS US WE'RE ABOUT 7,700.
THIS IS PREDICTING THAT NEXT YEAR, WE COULD POSSIBLY BE EVEN 200 LOWER.
THEN AGAIN, IT'S A SLOW DECREASE, AND THEN AROUND 31, 32 STARTS TO INCREASE.
HOW THEY GET TO THOSE NUMBERS? I'M NOT 100% SURE AND I'M NOT SURE HOW ACCURATE THEY ARE.
I WILL TELL YOU IN THE SPRING, LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS, BUT THEY ARE GOING TO GIVE US SOME DEMOGRAPHICS ON WHERE OUR TRANSFER KIDS ARE GOING.
THEY'RE ABLE TO FIND OUT WHO'S LEAVING OUR DISTRICT AND WHERE THEY'RE GOING.
ARE THEY GOING HOME SCHOOL? ARE THEY GOING TO CHARTERS? ARE THEY GOING TO PRIVATES? ARE THEY TRANSFERRING DISTRICTS? WE'LL GET SOME INFORMATION.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT INFORMATION THAT WE CAN PRESENT TO YOU ALL.
BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE ARE IN A DECREASE, BUT WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT WE WILL INCREASE.
IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE LANDLOCKED AND WE HAVE NO MORE BUILDINGS.
WE ARE BUILDING HOMES RIGHT NOW.
IT'S JUST NOT AT THE RATE THAT WE WERE THINKING A FEW YEARS AGO.
I WILL TELL YOU Q3 WILL BE AVAILABLE PRETTY QUICKLY, BUT I'LL PRESENT BACK TO YOU AGAIN IN THE SPRING ON WHERE WE ARE FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR.
AT THAT TIME, I'LL BE ABLE TO TELL YOU WHERE OUR STUDENTS ARE GOING.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO TELL YOU PRETTY ACCURATELY IF THEY'RE GOING PRIVATE SCHOOL CHARTER HOME SCHOOL VOUCHERS, WHATEVER THEY'RE DOING.
ACTUALLY VOUCHERS DON'T START UNTIL NEXT YEAR.
IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THOSE SLIDES?
>> I DO HAVE ONE. CAN YOU GO BACK TO A COUPLE OF SLIDES? YEAH, RIGHT THERE.
DO WE NOT HAVE PLANS TO EXPAND ZELLERS OR WE'RE NOT MAXED OUT.
THERE'S ROOMS THAT ARE NOT BEING USED AS CLASSROOMS RIGHT NOW.
YOU DON'T THINK WE'LL EVER HAVE.
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>> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. MR. LAMB, DO YOU KNOW AN ANSWER TO THAT?
>> IT'S JUST HARD TO REALLY PREDICT FOUR-YEAR-OLD, BUT AGAIN, BECAUSE IT'S SO LIMITED ON IT'S NOT THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO GROW, BUT WE'RE LIMITED ON IT.
I THINK THAT'S MORE BASED ON A PERCENTAGE OF YOUR OVERALL STAFF OR YOUR OVERALL STUDENT BODY.
IF OURS ISN'T CHANGING MUCH, THEN THAT I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN SEE IT QUICKLY.
DO WE SEE GRAND TOTALS ANYWHERE DISTRICT TOTAL 7,500-7,500 OVER TIME.
THE WAY THEY FIGURE THAT FOUR-YEAR-OLD STUFF IS IT'S A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF YOUR OVERALL.
WELL, OUR OVERALL DOESN'T CHANGE MUCH OVER TIME.
IT JUST THAT STAYS THE SAME UP THERE.
I KNOW THE PLAN THAT YOU'VE PRESENTED THAT WE'VE ACCEPTED IS TO BALANCE OUT THE ELEMENTARIES.
SEEMS LIKE WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO MARKET FOR NO BETTER TERM WHAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE AT ZELLER TO JUST LEAVE IT AS A FLAT LINE, I WOULD BUT AGAIN, WE COULD MARKET AND DO STUFF.
PEOPLE CAN'T COME THERE UNLESS THEY QUALIFY.
BUT I TEND TO BELIEVE THAT THERE'S A LOT THAT DON'T KNOW THAT.
THEY'RE SENDING THEY'RE TAKING THEIR KIDS TO DAYCARE WHEN TO BE COMING TO TO ZELLERS.
I THINK THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION, WHY IS IT THAT WAY? IT'S NOT BASED ON NEIGHBORHOOD GROWTH AND STUFF.
IT'S BASED ON A PERCENTAGE OF OUR BODY IS WHY THAT'S THE WAY IT IS.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN'T I THINK WE DO CHILD FIND ABOUT AS WELL AS WE DO IT, DON'T WE, CHRISTIE? I MEAN, WE DO SOME THINGS TO GO HUNT STUDENTS THAT DO QUALIFY.
I'M NOT SURE I MEAN, BY LAW, WE HAVE TO, AND I THINK WE DO A GOOD JOB OF IT.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OUT THERE THAT ARE UNAWARE THAT THAT'S OPTION FOR.
WE CAN LOOK INTO ALL THAT. I THINK WE DEVELOP QUESTION FOR NOW.
>> I WILL TELL YOU IF YOU'LL LOOK AT THE CHART AND IT SHOWS CHAVEZ AT 368 AND IT DOESN'T CHANGE A WHOLE LOT OVER TIME.
I THINK THAT BECAUSE OF LAKEVIEW PROBABLY GOING TO INCREASE BECAUSE OF PALOMA CREEK, I THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO REMOVE SOME PEOPLE INTO CHAVEZ TO MAKE IT MORE OF 150 RANGE.
THAT NUMBER, THEY DON'T KNOW THE DEMOGRAPH WHEN THEY'RE PREDICTING THESE THINGS, THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE WE ARE AS FAR AS OUR ZONINGS AND STUFF.
I'M NOT SAYING AGAIN NEXT YEAR, OBVIOUSLY, WE REZONE THIS YEAR, WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT AGAIN IMMEDIATELY, BUT WE MAY HAVE TO IF LAKEVIEW INCREASES BECAUSE OF PALOMA CREEK.
>> I'M PRETTY CURIOUS ON THAT CHART.
LAKEWOOD VILLAGE ENDING AT 600.
WHAT ARE THEY BASING THAT ON? ARE THEY BASING IT ON NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND LAKEWOOD VILLAGE?
>> THE THING IS, IF YOU HAD TO PICK TWO OF OUR MOST LIKELY PLACES TO GROW AND RIGHT NOW IT'S OAK POINT AND PROBABLY PALOMA CREEK STUFF.
BUT IF LAKEWOOD VILLAGE REALLY DOES THAT 607, WE WOULD NEED TO PUSH SOME OF THOSE BACK TOWARDS HAVES.
DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS AT OAK POINT, WHAT DOES THAT SHOW OAK POINT?
>> YEAH. IT SHOWS OAK POINT DROP A LITTLE?
>> WITH THAT BIG HOUSING GOING ON AT OAK POINT, I SEE US MOVING SOME OF THOSE BACK TOWARDS LAKEWOOD VILLAGE AT SOME POINT.
>> I AGREE. THERE'S SEVERAL THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO HAPPEN IF THOSE SUBDIVISIONS PRODUCE KIDS LIKE WE THINK THEY WILL.
THERE'LL BE SOME MOVING WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE THERE TO MAKE THAT WORK BETTER IN CERTAIN SCHOOLS.
>> OUR NEXT ITEM IN ORDER IS THE CONSENT AGENDA. IS THERE A MOTION?
[10. Consent Agenda]
>> RAISE YOUR HAND. MR. BURTON. MOTION CARRIES.
OUR NEXT ITEM IN ORDER IS WE'VE GONE THROUGH ALL THE CONSENT.
[11. Board President Comments]
WE WANT TO NUMBER ONE, EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR STAYING.I HOPE EVERYONE WHO HAD A FALL BREAK, HAD A WONDERFUL FALL BREAK, AND YOU CAME BACK READY TO START THE SECOND NINE WEEKS AND THE PUSH TO THE END OF THE FIRST SEMESTER.
IF YOU HAD TO WORK, THANK YOU FOR WORKING AND MAKING OUR DISTRICT GREAT.
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WE DO HAVE A BIG EVENT COMING UP.THIS IS THE PSA COMMERCIAL PART OF OUR WEEKEND.
IT IS OUR 633 RUN THIS WEEKEND.
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES HAS A GROUP AND WE ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO COME OUT AND WALK, RUN, CRAWL, DO WHATEVER YOU NEED TO DO TO SUPPORT OUR DISTRICT.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATED IN UIL THIS WEEKEND AND MADE IT TO AREA AND TO OUR HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR STUDENTS WHO ARE PREPARING FOR PRE AREA AND PERFORMED AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD, MR. MONTOYO,
[12. Board Comments]
I'M GOING TO START WITH YOU TODAY.>> I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR BEING OUT AS WELL.
YEAH, I WAS GOING TO UPDATE ON THE BAND.
OUR GOLF TEAM, THE JUNIOR VARSITY PLAYED PLAYED TODAY AS WELL AND GOT THEY TOOK TWO TEAMS AND BOTH PLAYS TOP FOUR, SO THAT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.
>> MR. OLSON. JUST THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
HOPEFULLY, WE CAN COME OUT AND ENJOY THE GOOD TIMES.
HOPEFUL IT WILL BE GOOD WEATHER AND HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
>> COME OUT AND WATCH THE BOARD WALKERS AS WE TAKE PART OF THE 633 WALK, NOT THE RUN. GET READY.
IT'S GETTING CLOSE TO THE TIME THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR BIG FOOD CHALLENGE.
I AM A ALIZON FROM THE BOARD ON THE LITTLE A AREA FOOD BANK.
THEY'RE GETTING READY TO MOVE INTO A BIGGER LOCATION.
WE'RE GOING TO NEED MORE THINGS TO GIVE OUT.
AS WE GET THE CHALLENGE STARTED, LET'S ENCOURAGE THOSE FOLKS TO GIVE A LITTLE MORE THAN THEY'VE GIVEN IN THE PAST. THANK YOU.
>> I DIDN'T GET IN TROUBLE AT THIS TIME. I ECHO THE BOARD MEMBERS.
THANK YOU, STAFF FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.
ANOTHER GREAT START TO A GOOD YEAR AND LOOK FORWARD TO EVERYTHING.
[13. Superintendent Comments]
BAND DID A GREAT JOB THIS WEEKEND.
THEY'LL GO TO MCKINNEY THIS NEXT WEEKEND FOR AREA.
BASICALLY, I MEAN, YOU CAN GO TO 633 AND THEN RUN OVER TO MCKINNEY AND SEE THEM.
THE BAND AREA, COMPETITION IS GOING TO BE FUN.
I BELIEVE WHILE WE'RE TALKING, OUR SEVENTH GRADE CROSSTOWN IS GOING ON, FOOTBALL IS THAT RIGHT? STRIKE AND WALKER, SO TOMORROW NIGHT IS STRIKE AND WALKER, EIGHTH GRADE IF YOU'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING TOMORROW NIGHT.
THAT'S GOING TO BE FUN FOR SURE.
WE'RE APPRECIATIVE OF THE SUPPORT YOU GUYS HAVE GIVEN AS YOU KNOW, A LITTLE HECTIC WITH SO MANY CHANGES, BUT WE'RE FIGURING IT OUT AND STARTING TO SMOOTH OUT A LITTLE BIT.
THE BREAK CAME AT A GOOD TIME.
GLAD FOR THAT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT ARE ABOUT TO HAPPEN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, THE BAND, THE CHOIR, THE DRILL IS STARTING A NEW COMPETITION THAT'S TAKING THEM MORE TOWARDS A UIL TYPE THING, THAT'S EXCITING FOR THEM.
>> WE WILL CONSIDER A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
MR. ENGLISH MADE THE MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND?
WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 8:36 PM.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.