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All right. Good afternoon. We'll call this regular meeting of the carroll isd board of trustees to order on february
26th, 2024 at 5 p.m..

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our first agenda item is executive session. We will now adjourn to executive session pursuant to texas government code 551.071,
551.072, 551.074

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and 551.0821 at 5 p.m..

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all right. Good afternoon. Everybody packed house tonight. It's good to see that.

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welcome here. We will call this meeting back to order at 6 p.m..

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our first agenda item is the prayer pledges of allegiance.

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and a moment of silence. We have some students from rockenbaugh today that will perform the pledges of allegiance.

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will you please rise and we'll open up in prayer.

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dear lord, we thank you for the opportunity to come here today to represent our wonderful
School district and lift those who are being recognized tonight for their achievements,

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talents and dedication. Please bless them for their hard work and perseverance.

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may their accomplishments inspire others and serve as a testament to the power of
Determination and excellence.

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we ask that you grant them. You grant wisdom and discernment to the members of this board as they make decisions that
Impact the lives of students, teachers, and staff.

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we pray this in jesus christ's name. Amen. Amen. Miss blackwell. Good evening, dr.

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ledbetter and board of trustees. I am so proud to introduce our res running club members.

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I would like them to come up and say their name and their favorite subject.

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I'm colton fuller res running club captain.

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my favorite subject is math.

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I'm evelyn doros. I'm an res running club captain. My favorite subject is math.

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my name is arnold peticola. I'm an res running club captain, and my favorite subject is science.

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my name is taylor [inaudible] I'm a res running club captain, and my favorite subject is
Reading.

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I'm emily [inaudible] I'm in res running club and my favorite subject is math.

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I'm andre kovacevich and I'm a running club captain.

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and my favorite subject is math. Okay, ready for the pledge?

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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for
Which it stands one

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nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

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honor the texas flag, I pledge allegiance to thee, texas, one state under god, one and
Indivisible.

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now a moment of silence.

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thank you.

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great job students. Thank you so much for being here. Thank you, miss blackwell.

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I tell you it just keeps getting bigger and bigger. I'm very curious to see what's in front of us tonight.

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and as you all know, we have been recognizing each month the campus because we think it's
Important for our community to understand the names on our campuses where they came

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from be able to see the students that attend those campuses.

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and it's been such a great success. And each principal every single month has anted up and outdid their, their principal from
The last month.

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so I'm very excited to see that. So, miss blackwell take it away.

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all right tonight, I am so honored and excited to introduce cindy kennamer.

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she is our quest teacher, and our students here are going to show off their coders.

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good evening. I'm thrilled to share the incredible impact our after school coder club at
Rockenbaugh elementary.

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it was established in 2018, and this club has been a beacon of innovation and learning
For our students from kindergarten through fourth grade.

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throughout the school year each grade level gets the chance to immerse themselves in the
World of coding.

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at the heart of our coder club is the opportunity for our students to delve into the
World of coding through robotics, utilizing dot and dash robots, lego, spike prime, and

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essential kits. Our young learners are not just playing with toys, they are engaging in
Hands on, interactive education that fosters creativity, problem solving, and critical

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thinking skills. One of the most beautiful aspects of our coder club is the culture of mentorship it
Cultivates.

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students in grades three and four have the unique opportunity to unique opportunity to
Mentor their young, younger peers in kindergarten first grade.

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they not only this not only solidifies their understanding of coding concepts, but also
Instills in them the sense of responsibility and leadership.

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tonight, we have the pleasure of witnessing the fruits of our student's labor, as some of
Our fourth grade participants present their projects.

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these projects not only showcase their technical prowess, but also their ability to think
Outside the box and apply their knowledge in real world scenarios and entertainment.

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so here we go.

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hello, my name is katherine. Hello, my name is evelyn. This is elvis and this is suzy.

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are you tired of having nothing to do? Well, look no further. These are the robots for you.

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they like to laugh, they like to sing, and they like and they're a whole lot of fun.

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good job girls

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[applause]. Hi, I'm vishan and I'm

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zack. Me and zack have made robots to help sort trash and recycle.

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we got this by having the the quality check machine, check if it's trash or recycling.

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if it's trash, then we scan and put it into the trash machine.

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and this is how they work.

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we put the we put the brick.

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oh, sorry if it's trash.

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oh, sorry. It'll it'll give an alarm sound saying it's wrong.

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if it's recycle like a yellow, it will give the connect sound.

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saying it's a recycle. If it's trash, it will go into the trash machine.

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recycle [robot].

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then the trash.

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then it'll give a connect sound, which will be good.

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okay. And these are our trash robots

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[applause]. Hi, I'm

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mckay, and I'm harrison. We have been studying mars rovers and have built a travel method to get and the gadget to
Get rock samples these

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are our robots. We have a bike to travel across the mars surface and a claw to grab samples without
Getting off the bike.

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and and these are. This is how it works.

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all right. [applause]

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[applause]

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great

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job students! It's no wonder we always win the state championship in robotics.

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they start at such a young age. Great job.

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would you like us to read about rockenbaugh? Yes, we love it. Well, as you know, these were my captains so I do have to do a little
Shout out before I have my special guests here today.

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I wanted you to know and acknowledge the recent participation of over 100 students,
Parents, teachers and administrators for the carroll elementary,

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johnson elementary, rockenbaugh elementary, and walnut grove elementary and the cowtown
Kids 5k race this past saturday.

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so you notice some of them were wearing their shirts today. And I just wanted you all to know we represented us very well.

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we were we are called the carroll carroll isd elementary dragons and we had over 100.

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so I was really proud of them and I wanted to have a shout out [applause]. That's great. So tonight I'd like to my special guest to come up and tell the story of
Rockenbaugh.

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my name is arden and my favorite subject is math.

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rockenbaugh elementary school, located in southlake, texas, has been recognized for its
Exceptional standards since its establishment in

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1997. The school is named after robert h. Rockenbaugh, a highly respected trustee of carroll isd who served for an impressive 20
Years from 1968 to 1988,

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making him the longest serving trustee. The school continues to honor honor mr.

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rockenbaugh legacy after being [inaudible] from his family, maintaining a strong
Commitment to academic excellence and

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community engagement with guidance from superintendent dr. Ted gillum and the first principal, miss meryl babcock.

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rockenbaugh elementary began a transformative journey that has greatly influenced the
Education landscape in recognition of his

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of its unwavering dedication to providing a superior learning environment, rockenbaugh
Elementary achieved the prestigious status of

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national blue ribbon school in 2006. The school has undergone significant renovations just three years ago, ensuring it remains
A cutting edge facility for future generations.

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through its history, rockenbaugh has been led by principal such as karen white and lisa
Young.

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currently, the school is under the leadership of my principal, miss janet blackwell.

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rockenbaugh elementary strives to educate students and assist them in realizing their
Full potential as responsible

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productive, contributing members of society by providing an educational environment in
Which students are challenged,

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excellent is inspired, and differences are valued.

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as the school continues to improve, it remains deeply rooted in the principles
Established by mr.

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robert h. Rockenbaugh, leaving a lasting legacy for the southlake community and beyond.

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remember, there's no place like rockenbaugh. Wow. Thank you [applause]. All right.

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thank you so much, miss blackwell. All of the rockenbaugh students. Y'all did great. Thank you so much.

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and thank you for attending our schools. I hope you are getting an awesome education and having a great time in class.

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I know that you love your principal. She's one of the best in the state of texas, so thank you very much [applause].

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can I get a show of hands. Of all the trustees who plan on being here for 20 years, like mr.

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rockenbaugh. He deserves a name on his school if he was a trustee for 20 years.

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so thank you for that bit of history. We really appreciate that. Okay. We're going to go into our next round of board recognitions.

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we're going to do this a little bit differently. The next 4.2 through 4.5 ending in robotics.

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we would like for you to come up and then we will if you can stay until the end of
Robotics.

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I think we decided that we're just going to all go down at one time and then filter each
Of the the groups through to take pictures.

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I think that will be better than us just standing up and go down each time. So our next board recognition is item 4.2 wrestling.

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I know assistant principal miss panjabi will introduce our fabulous wrestling coach.

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take it away. Okay. Thank you. Good evening. My name is komal panjabi.

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I'm the assistant principal, one of the assistant principals at the high school. I've been there eight months, and this is probably one of the highlights to celebrate
These amazing coaches, teachers and incredible students that we have.

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so it is my pleasure to introduce we'll start with our wonderful wrestling coach, joe
Hathaway, who is here to introduce the wrestling state champion and state qualifiers,

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mr. Hathaway [applause].

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thank you for having us tonight. You guys want to step up this way?

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so we're down to a couple people tonight. One one was running over from a baseball game.

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but we've got and that's freshman tyson gibson was a freshman state qualifier this year
In district champ.

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also hailey maxwell, senior. And she was also a district champ.

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and both of those were state qualifiers. Senior xavier flanagan here on the end.

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three time district champion and two time state qualifier. [inaudible] senior body gibson was a four time district champion and three time state
Qualifier.

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and cora hayes, sophomore cora hayes. She was a regional champion this year and state qualifier made it one round from the
Place in that state tournament.

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and got carson ota is a junior.

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all right. Carson is a two time district champion and was state qualifier this year.

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and then last but not least, we've got dylan oda.

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whoo.

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[applause] one of my favorite things to do is embarrass our state champs over the years.

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dylan is a state champion this year. He is a as a sophomore.

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he was a state placer last year as a freshman. And then improved on that with state champion this year.

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beat a really tough wrestler from dripping springs in the in state finals. And so he's got a couple more years to hopefully add to the add to the stack that he's
Got up there.

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so really, really proud of our team this year. Great. They did a great job throughout the year.

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and we're excited about getting quite a few of them back and having another great year
Next year.

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so thank you [applause]. Around.

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mrs. Panjabi, you're up again to introduce our cross country coach. And I'm just saying I taught two out of five of those kids math, so I think that's a
Direct correlation.

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[laughter] that's 40%. Just saying. Just saying. Our outstanding cross country program is led by the one and only coach leonard, who is
Here to introduce a very special gatorade cross country player of the year [applause].

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thank you for having us out. It's an honor and a and a pleasure to come up and introduce any time you have an athlete
And a second time coming for the recognition that caden received

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this year. He's a sophomore this season. He had a fantastic year.

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he's kind of wanted me to move on with this he probably don't like this too much, but he
Won district this year.

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they moved on and won regionals. And then heading into the state meet, he won the state championship this year at the six
A level.

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and then we moved into nike regionals and he got third at nike regionals.

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and then we qualified for nike nationals, which is 199 runners from across the united
States.

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and he finished 21st, which was the last all american spot.

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and he was a top sophomore finisher in the country this year. So really proud of him and the season that he has had [applause].

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and part of the deal with the recognition for gatorade player runner of the year.

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the thing that nikki and I are most proud of is you get to donate, you get $1,000
Charitable gift, and you get to choose an organization who you want to give it to.

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and caden chose to give it to dragon special olympics, which we think is really awesome
[applause].

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and last but not least, we get to see a lot of people see some of his elementary teachers
Here, and he is a dragon through and through.

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he was at his first meet when he was six months old, so he's a true dragon.

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so we appreciate you all and thanks for all that you do for our kids.

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we don't tell you all that enough, but we really appreciate all you do. Thank you. Thank you coach [applause].

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congrats guys. We have the best cross country coach in the nation now.

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his son's the best runner in the nation. We appreciate that, miss panjabi. Next up robotics.

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I think we're doing the music, the musicians first. Is that correct? Our robotics. Oh. I'm sorry. Yeah. No, just making sure.

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I'm sorry I missed it. No problem at all. So my daughter was lucky enough to have mr.

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ken johnson as her band director, so this is extra special for me. He is here with miss jen randall, our choir director, and david lown, our jazz band, and
They are going to introduce our all state musicians [applause].

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all right. Good evening. Being named a texas music educators association all-state choir, or band member is the
Highest honor a texas music student can receive.

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approximately 1,900 students were selected through a process that began with over 70,000
Students from around the state vying for the honor to perform in one of 18 state

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ensembles earlier this month. This competitive process began throughout the state this past fall, with auditions hosted
By 33 tmea regions.

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individual musicians perform selected music for a panel of judges who ranked each each
Instrument or voice part.

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from this ranking, a select group of musicians advanced from their region to compete
Against musicians from one of eight tmea area competitions.

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the highest ranking musicians judged at the tmea area competitions then qualified to
Perform in a tmea all state music group.

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only the top 2.6% of all musicians who initially initially auditioned were named all
State musicians.

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these all state students participated in three days of rehearsals directed by nationally
Recognized conductors during the tmea clinic and convention in san antonio, and their

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performances on saturday, february 10th for thousands of attendees brought this
Extraordinary event to a close.

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sindh guntur is a student of kelli hines and sings under the direction of miss jen randall
In the carroll senior high school choir.

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this was her first time to perform as a member of a tmea all-state organization.

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michael fradkin is a tenor saxophone player and is a student of mark dooley, and plays
Under the direction of mr.

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david lown in the jazz orchestra. This was his also his first time performing as a member of a tmea all state organization.

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alexander fang is a student of josh hanlon and peter ryu, and also plays under the
Direction of mr.

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lown in the jazz orchestra and is a phenomenal pianist. This was his second time to perform as a member of the tmea all state organization.

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fe lao is a student of miss [inaudible]. I believe miss [inaudible] is here.

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she plays under the under my direction in the carroll wind symphony. This was her first time to perform as a member of a tmea all state organization.

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and last but not least is mr. David zachariah. He's a flutist under the direction of christine cleary and also plays under my direction
In the wind symphony.

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this was his second time to perform as a member of a tmea all state organization. And the cherry on top is it should be mentioned that david placed first chair out of all
The high school flute players across the state of texas [applause].

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just a piggyback. Coach leonard, we want to thank you for all of your incredible support
Of the fine arts. And ladies and gentlemen, your five texas tmea all-state musicians [applause].

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congratulations and thank you, mr.

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johnson. Right now. Now robotics. Right.

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okay. All right. I can just stick around for the rest of the night if you want and run it for you.

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and we'll speak more about miss schwedler in a little bit. But our outstanding robotics team is who she's going to introduce right now.

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good evening. Thank you for having us here tonight. So we have two of our robotics teams here.

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we have team 7110a, and I will introduce them in just a moment.

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and 7 or 7110h and 7110a. So these are two of our seven robotics teams that we have competing this year.

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and we're just finishing up our competition season. And on february 8th, our teams traveled to houston to compete in the 6a uil state
Tournament, which our 7110 a team took

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first place and our h sorry, 7110h took first place and 7110a took third place at that
Event.

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so it's pretty exciting. This is the fourth year that there's been a uil program for vex robotics, and our teams
Have come out on top every year.

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so we're really excited about the tradition that they are creating here in robotics.

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so let me just introduce [applause].

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I don't need to look at this 7110h. We have andrew boulson, [inauidble], alexander charlton, arjun nayana, arjun rai and
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so these are our champions, uil state champions. [applause] and our third place team, we have joshua landgraf, spandan

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patel, ashwin iyer, ryan brown, bailey koh, sarim syed and chris delila [applause].

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but we also want to thank the administration and the school board and everybody for your
Support in robotics.

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and all of our parents we have we have great support this year in robotics, and we could
Not do that without you.

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so thank you so much [applause].

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all right. Thank you. Congratulations, students. Are we standing behind the dais for pictures or what are we doing?

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all right. Congratulations, everyone. We'll do the next three the same way.

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we'll introduce them, and then we'll all go down at the end for pictures.

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our first up is our board recognition for inspire excellence teachers. But before we recognize our teachers, I just want to say that we're super, super thankful
That we now have a sponsor.

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great plains bank is now contributing $150 to each of our inspire excellence staff
Members each month of the school year.

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do we have a representative from great plains bank here today? Okay, so let's give them a round of applause for stepping up [applause].

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thank you very much. All right, miss wagner, and I think you're up first.

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there you are. Okay.

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good evening, dr. Ledbetter, mr. Bryan and school board. What a great night. And what a privilege it is for me to be able to introduce this
Teacher who has inspired excellence for years.

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and we're so privileged to have miss luann moffett as our teacher of excellence this
Month.

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luann, will you please join me [applause]?

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so let me tell you just a little bit about miss luanne. She has been on our staff since 2012, and prior to that experience, she worked at a local
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she actually had my children and was able to serve in that leadership position.

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so I've known luanne even before she came to carroll elementary. She was actually nominated by one of our parents, a couple of our parents.

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and this is what they said. She loves her students, and it shows. She loves teaching and it shows she always goes over and above.

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and she is a great model role model for her students and their parents. I actually had a parent say that she keeps them in line as well.

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so her positivity and kindness shines through her every day.

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and I just would like to add that luanne is always willing to do whatever is needed, and
Is one of the first ones to volunteer for extra duties, not assigned.

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she attends and volunteers most of our school events, and most days she's the first one in
The school and the last one to leave.

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luanne is an excellent communicator and we have never received a parent critique or
Complaint.

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she is highly requested by incoming kindergarten parents. She takes our kinder dragons and ensures that they are ready for first grade.

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and a fun fact about miss luanne moffett is she is a former dallas cowboy cheerleader
[applause].

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all right, go, cowboys!

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congratulations, miss moffett. Okay, miss panjabi, you're up again.

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you are staying the whole meeting, aren't you? There you are. I am honored to introduce the

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inspire excellence nominee, miss leah schwedler, our robotics teacher at carroll high
School and a huge asset to our stem program

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[applause]. Miss schwedler has been part of the robotics program

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for ten years, and she says that it's her job to give the kids the tools they need and
Then watch them grow.

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well, I've only been at carroll eight months, but I've had the pleasure of observing her
Class a couple of times, and I can tell you that it basically runs itself.

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she has set up an atmosphere of student centered learning, which we all know is the mark
Of a very distinguished teacher.

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parents note that miss schwedler inspires her students to do the best that they can and
Leads by example.

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she's committed and dedicated, always making herself available for her students.

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parents say under her leadership, the robotics program has grown from two teams to over
Ten teams.

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miss schwedler's selflessness and passion shine through and inspired students to do their
Best.

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she donates her time and provides leadership, creating a safe space for students to grow
Under her guidance, she has advocated for the students and exemplifies the dragon

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core values of excellence, respectful, respectful relationships, integrity and character,
Curiosity and innovation, honest communication and service.

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we are so very lucky to have you, miss schwedler. Thank you. Congratulations

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[applause]. Our next recognition is for inspire excellence employee of the month,

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miss shetler. Good evening, dr.

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dr. Ledbetter and board. I am honored that I get to talk about miss lisa korea.

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come on up, miss lisa. This is her first year at eubanks [applause], and a parent nominated her and here's what
The parent had to say.

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I am nominating lisa korea because of her impressive attitude, dedication to the school,
And love for her students.

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she always has a smile on her face and goes above and beyond to be there for her
Coworkers and students.

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lisa goes the extra mile to make eubanks a happy learning environment for all students
Who enter the doors.

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lisa's character integrity shine daily. She holds students accountable and has a great relationship with them.

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every morning, students come early to school you guys before 8:00 to see her before 8:00.

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just to say hello to her. She sets the students tone for a fantastic day.

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she gives hugs, high fives, all the things I have firsthand seen students see lisa down
The hallway, like all the way down the hallway, and they will start screaming, miss

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lisa waving their hands, running, pushing me over, running to her to give her hugs.

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that just shows you that they truly love her. And the best part of it is that she cares just as much about them.

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lisa has a heart of gold and I am glad she is part of the eubanks family. It is an honor to recognize this inspire excellence employee miss lisa korea [applause].

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congratulations. All right, last up for our recognitions. The dragon's super substitute of the month.

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miss blackwell. I'm so excited to recognize our dragon super substitute of the month, miss grace dodson
[applause].

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grace dobson is a dedicated substitute teacher at rockenbaugh elementary school, where
She has been providing her valuable services since 2005.

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she is a parent of four former dragons, and has consistently demonstrated her commitment
To serving the educational needs of all the students for the past 19

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years. Grace is also willing to assist whenever needed, and can be relied upon to step in
And cover class or lunch duty.

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thank you for covering my duty during any time without any hesitation.

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feedback from teachers highlights grace and valuable contributions to our campus.

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they describe her as a reliable presence who brings a sense of comfort when she or anyone
Else is around.

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she makes them feel like they can leave their classroom and not worry about it. She they know that she's got it under control.

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grace is highly praised for her exceptional classroom management skills and willingness
To always lend a helping hand.

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her commitment to the students is demonstrated through her proactive approach to building
Relationships by learning their names and maintaining communication, even when she is not

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currently serving as the substitute teacher. We are truly grateful for grace dobson and consider her a very, very vital part of the
Rockenbaugh school family.

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she's not a sub, she's part of us. Congratulations

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[applause].

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all

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right. Again congratulations everyone. Absolutely our favorite portion of our regular meetings each month recognizing such
Talent.

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so thank you very much. Our next agenda item is public comments.

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there is one speaker tonight so we will give him three minutes. Miss yelton, will you please call out our only speaker of the night, please?

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our speaker this evening is mr. Rob forrest.

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what a privilege. I'm the one and only. This is awesome. That's right. Hey! Okay, I will begin.

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superintendent ledbetter, members of the board. Thanks for allowing me the three minutes tonight.

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I wanted to take another moment to recognize miss schwedler and the robotics program.

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and it's awesome to see the achievements that they've had this year first in state, third
In state.

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and there's another group that's going to the world championship vex finals.

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this. When is that? In april to be determined.

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anyway, there's another team, teams that are going to the world finals. So it's it's incredible the work that she's doing with the kids and what I wanted to ask
Of the board is the challenges that she's faced

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in terms of funding. Have maybe gone a little bit unnoticed, but they've been doing what they've been doing at
Such a high level with a shoestring budget and basically no

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funding. And so when it comes to even replacement parts for the kits that these kids use
To compete, we don't even have enough of those to replenish a

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s they get beat up in the competitions, much less purchasing new robots and allowing more
Teams to participate in these events.

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so the the budget constraints have been extreme impacting this group.

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and it's it's incredible and a testament to miss schwedler what they've been able to
Accomplish in spite of these challenges.

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and you know, I'm not on the board. I'm not in a position to allocate any funding.

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but I would like to make you all aware of and bring attention to the challenge around
Funding and ideally get this

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team and get this program in a position to be able to continue for the next year, the
Next ten years and beyond.

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because as it's as it sits today you know, frankly, as as a member of a parent who's on
The team.

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my son's a sophomore, and I don't know that the team is going to be able to continue if
The funding somehow doesn't change.

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and I know that's our responsibility as parents to contribute as we do.

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but I think something needs to be done at the board level to ideally study it a little
Bit further and and allocate the right amount of funding to the program.

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so I won't even take the three minutes. But I will ask that you all think of a way to dig a little deeper into that, and figure
Out a way to allocate the proper funding to the program.

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I know I'd appreciate, I know miss schwedler, and especially the kids would really
Benefit from the proper amount of funding.

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so thank you. Absolutely. Thank you, sir, for bringing that to our attention. Dr. Ledbetter can take an iou on that to report back to us on the funding for the
Robotics program.

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okay. Moving on to item number 6, consideration and possible action on any matters
Addressed in executive session 6.1.

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consider and take possible action on appointment of trustee to fill board trustee vacancy
Place five.

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I move to approve the appointment of miss renee bottom to cisd school board trustee place
Five.

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second. We have a motion and a second. All in favor?

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motion carries 6 to 0. Congratulations, miss bottom.

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we will soon be calling you trustee bottom right. Thanks. Congratulations.

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all right. I think our next two items were combining. Is that right? Trustee.

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yeager. 6.2 and 6.3. Consider and take possible action regarding abandonment of contract by a teacher.

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dr. Ledbetter, do you have a recommendation? Yes, on behalf of the administration, it's recommended that the board approve a finding
In accordance with texas education code section 21.210c and 19,

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texas administrative code section 249.14 j.

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that good cause does not exist for teacher zachary miller's abandonment of his term,
Contract of employment, abandonment of his position, and attempt to resign from carroll

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isd weeks after after the resignation deadline for the 23-24 school year.

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it is also recommended that the board submit the information required by 19 texas
Administrative code 249.14 j to the texas education agency educator certification

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division, seeking sanctions for zachary miller's abandonment of his employment contract.

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I move that the board issue a finding in accordance with texas education code section
21.210c2 and 19, texas administrative code

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249.14 j. That good cause does not exist for zachary miller, a teacher on a term contract, to
Abandon his employment contract, abandon his position and attempt to resign from carroll

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isd weeks after the resignation deadline and in the middle of the school year.

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and I move that the board authorize the board president to submit a letter to the texas
Education agency educator certification

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certification division seeking sanctions against mister zachary miller, a term contract
Teacher, for abandonment of his employment contract with carroll isd.

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I also move that the board issue a finding in accordance with texas education code
Section 21.21, 210c

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2 and 19 texas administrative code 249.14j.

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that good cause does not exist for miss cody harris, a teacher on probationary contract
To abandon their employment contract, abandoned their

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position and attempt to resign from carroll isd weeks after the resignation deadline and
In the middle of the school year.

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and I move that the board authorized the board president to submit a letter to the texas
Education agency educator certification division seeking sanctions

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against cody harris, a probationary contract teacher, for abandonment of their employment
Contract with carroll isd.

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a second. We have a motion, and second. All in favor? Motion carries 6 to 0.

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thank you, trustee yeager and dr. Ledbetter. We don't have any other action to take from executive session, so we'll move
Right on to item number 7.

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administer the oath of office 7.1. Administer oath of office to board trustee place five.

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miss bottom, will you please take the podium? Miss shelton, are you going to administer the oath of office?

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okay. I, renee

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bottom, do solemnly swear.

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do solemnly swear. Faithfully execute that, I will faithfully execute the duties of the office of school
Board trustee.

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the duties of the office of school board trustee.

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for the carroll independent school district of the state of texas and will to the best of
My.

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and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend.

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preserve, protect and defend the constitution.

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the constitution and laws of the united states and of this state.

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so help me god.

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[applause]

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all right.

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trustee bottom will you please take your seat at the dais?

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that's right. No going back.

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so I don't know while trustee bottom is coming up to take her seat, I don't know if many
In the community realize that for the last three years that I've been on the board,

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there's been about a total, from my calculations, 2 or 3 months only that we've had seven
Individuals sitting around the dais.

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so this is truly something that many of us haven't seen in quite some time.

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so we're super happy that we now have a full seven on our board.

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and I just want to congratulate trustee bottom for you know, her appointment and the fact
That she's willing to just go ahead and jump in and start

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swimming. We'll have another swearing in in may when our full three year term begins.

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so thank you so much for doing this. We appreciate you. All right, let's move right along to item number 8 is the president's
Report.

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trustees, do we have any committee reports tonight? I have a few. Okay.

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but you will love it you will love this. So we had a district advisory committee meeting on february 8th.

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we had the curriculum and instruction action teams on objective one and objective four
And objective two on january 23rd and january 25th.

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and then we had a special programs committee meeting on february 15th.

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and the updates each, each director is actually going to give the updates when they
Present in just a little bit.

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perfect. Thank you trustee stacy. Trustee lannen, similar.

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I had two committee meetings on 1/25 the shac meeting meet, I know they're going to hear
A little bit of an update later, but

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I do want to say it was really a pleasure having sheriff bill waybourn there to make a
Presentation, and it's really eye opening to hear some

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of the things that he had to report they're tragic things.

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but it kind of raises awareness to have public officials like him come and speak to your
Committees and participate in the process.

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sheriff waybourn is going to be talking with our students on fentanyl, right?

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he is, in fact, one of the biggest one of the big things that the district is doing and
Working on is the alliance for children training.

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that's a state requirement, but it's also you know, going to really help to educate our,
Our students and teachers about trafficking and how to

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identify it. And I know we'll hear a lot more about it in the future.

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the second meeting that I was part of was on february the 1st we had the hr policy
Committee, and we went over some of the

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wellness survey results, the ideas for how we can better support our staff.

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and I know we're going to hear more about that in the near future. So. Excellent. Thank you trustee lannen, trustee yeager.

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yep. Last tuesday, february 20th we had a meeting of the finance and budget committee.

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I'd like to thank mr. Johnson. He took the committee members through the budget process.

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there are new members. We were able to elect an officer or two officers for this and went over everything from
Explaining and detail how the

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school is funded where we stand on ada the approximate weighting that this school has the
Expenses that are increasing and

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it was you know, it was a type of information that our committee really needed to have.

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it's not it's a tough picture, but that was that meeting. And we will be meeting again I think, in the next quarter.

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april 2nd. Thank you trustee yeager. Yes, I was part of that meeting, too. Well done. Mr.

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johnson, I think that we opened a bunch of eyes from community members that are on the
Committee, and it was really a great presentation.

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we appreciate that. We just need to do that more often and probably to more people in the
Community so they understand, really, our financial situation that we find ourselves in.

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okay. Any other committee reports? Okay. I will mention it's not a committee report, but trustee sexton, trustee stacy,
Myself, dr.

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ledbetter, all last week met at an education roundtable in addison at congresswoman beth
Vandine's local district offices.

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and I just want to say it was a great experience. We had trustees from all over her district and superintendents.

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and she is really, truly a patriot and wants to understand from us what are the issues
And what can she do from a federal level to help out.

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so we were very appreciative of that. We have full I have full confidence that she's going to go back to washington to advocate
On our behalf.

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so thank you, congresswoman woman beth vandine, for inviting us.

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all right. Item number 9, superintendent's report. Dr. Ledbetter. I'll turn it over to you.

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all right. Thank you, mr. Bryan. And trustees want to take just a minute to highlight
Several things that happened this month.

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first of all, our campus teachers of the year were announced. You probably saw that on social media. But we're excited to celebrate these individuals, and we will take time in may to
Celebrate them again at a formal function.

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and we will actually announce their our elementary and secondary teacher of the year for
The entire district.

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so we're excited about that. February 5th through ninth of this month was our national school counseling week.

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and I just want to take a minute to recognize all of our campuses, all of our campus
Counselors for all that they do for all of our students, obviously, they're a tremendous

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asset and play a vital part in the lives of all of our students. So I want to thank them publicly for all that they do on a regular basis.

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february 15th was national school resource officer appreciation day.

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certainly can't thank them enough for all that they do on our campuses and keeping our
Staff and our students safe.

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a few administrative items. First of all, we're having a carolina city will host a job fair on thursday, april 4th.

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that will be from 2:00 to 6:00. And that will be here at the administration building.

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we'll have representatives from all of our campuses, child nutrition, special programs,
Transportation, all of our facility services there.

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so hopefully we can generate some interest. So if you know anyone looking for a position, please notify them of that date.

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once again, that's april the 4th. If you saw my email that went out earlier this month, I just want to highlight one piece
Of that.

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and that is the attendance part of that. I don't I'm not going to go into large detail today, but just want to highlight the fact
That, you know, our students, if they can be at school at 10 a.m., that does affect our

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funding. And that's one, one item that parents, as I've heard as I've talked about this,
Have become very aware of.

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if we could just increase our attendance percentage by 1%, that would generate about an
Additional $670,000 for the district annually.

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so that's just a 1% increase. And that means your students being at school, being there at 10 a.m.

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when we take attendance, of course, if they're sick, we don't need them there. But any other absence, whether it's excused or not, does impact our attendance rate.

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so it affects our funding. So even though it may be an excused absence, it still affects us from a funding
Standpoint.

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so if you have questions about that please take a look at that email again that went out
And share that with with all that, you know, everyone that you know just a couple of

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athletic items. Want to celebrate our swim team who this past weekend both our dragon
Girls and our dragon boys swim team finished as state runner ups.

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and so I want to congratulate them for a great season. Our diving team also had two dragon boys compete at the six eight level, and they finished
Third and sixth.

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so a great showing this past weekend. And then I kind of should have tied this in with when I was talking about all the monthly
Celebrations.

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this this february is also cte month to raise awareness of the role that cte has in
Reading our learners for college and career success.

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and so I want to take just a moment. We we saw our robotics team tonight first and third in the state competition.

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our civil engineering and architecture groups will be in competition in april on their
Design build competition.

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we have over 100 students that will be participating in their floral design
Certifications this month.

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so we hope that they all receive that. Our computer science students are coding and debugging while studying for their upcoming
Ap computer science and industry certifications.

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we have aerospace engineering and rocket students who are getting ready for their
Aerospace competition and rocket launches.

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in april, we have our newly added culinary program, which will be begin their
Competitions as well.

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and welding will be adding industry certifications this year. So we have a lot going on within our cte programs.

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we want to celebrate them. And of course, I know y'all are aware that we're adding the
Carroll business academy to that for next year.

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so a lot happening within all of our cte programs that need to be celebrated and
Hopefully generate all those successes will generate a lot of success and a lot of

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interest from our students for next year. So I believe that's all I have. Mr.. All right. Thank you, dr.

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ledbetter. I really appreciate you bringing up the ada and the average daily attendance.

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and I didn't hear you. Can you say something about the time that students need to be in in order to get counted?

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yes, sir. That's at 10 a.m. On all of our campuses. Okay. And I appreciate all the principals at our.

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mrs also making parents aware of this. I just don't think everybody our parents don't know.

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and we need to spread the word a little bit better and communicate a little bit better in
Terms of when students should be at school.

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of course, dr. Lederberg said. If if they're sick, please do not send them to school. But you know, if they need a dr.'s appointment, please try to schedule it early morning
Or or later in the afternoon.

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so we can get counted and get paid by by. All right, let's move on.

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president bryant, one thing that I think we might have forgotten, I don't think there's
Anything on the agenda later is to thank the barbecue team for cooking steaks for us

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tonight. As far as I'm concerned, they can come to every board meeting that we ever have.

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right. And it was really, really good food.

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so thank you to the barbecue team. They always do a great job. Thank you for mentioning that, trustee linton.

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probably not now. Probably not now. All right, let's move on.

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information section of our agenda, item number ten 10.1, school health advisory council
Recommendation regarding senate bill nine requirements, miss petty.

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good evening, trustees. Thank you for having me here tonight. I am thrilled to be here.

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trustee landon kind of gave you a brief overview, but I want to provide a little bit of
Background into some of the programs of.

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of what? Oh, let me pull that. Can you. It's not the links not showing up.

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sorry. I wanted to go over with you. What shack is.

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for those of you who don't know, shack is a state mandated committee.

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it is made up of parents, community members and staff members. And so things that are brought up that are relevant to the health and wellness of our
Staff and our students will be brought before shack for

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recommendation and approval before it comes to the board. So tonight we are bringing you a requirement from.

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from senate. Bill nine. Senate bill nine is a is is part of the 87th legislative session, which requires school
Districts to offer curriculum to

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students in the prevention of child abuse, family violence, dating violence, and sex
Trafficking.

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we have been talking about working with eric and mr.

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trustee land and brought up the alliance for children, but we've been trying to find
Something for our secondary students.

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when you are looking at talking about these topics, these are topics that that can be
Challenging for our kids.

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and so we wanted to find just the right presenter for this. And we actually found him.

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we would like to recommend, on january 25th, sheriff bill waymer from the tarrant county
Sheriff's office presented information to shaq on the dangers of

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human drug and sex trafficking coming in from the border, along with its impact on
Tarrant county students and residents.

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the shaq committee listened. He was supposed to come for a ten minute presentation.

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he stayed for an hour. We could have stayed for another hour or two. I mean, he was truly, truly he was a great presenter.

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so what we would like to do is have approval. We would like to recommend that he come and speak.

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we would have it. We're looking at tentatively a night in april.

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we would invite our community, we would invite our parents, and we would ask that they if
They feel comfortable bringing their students, but that would be their option to do that.

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so tonight we are bringing this for information only, but we would like to recommend the
Sheriff come and speak to our parents in april.

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thank you, miss petty. Is there a time frame where we have to tell the sheriff?

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because I'm assuming that his schedule is pretty full. So are we doing this at our next board meeting, or are we wait until the end of march at
Our regular meeting to take this action up?

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well, we would like to have it sooner rather than later. You're right. I mean, april is the soonest he's.

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I mean, we've kind of been working with his schedule anyway, and and april is the soonest
He was he would be available.

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also, I think when you look at it from a community perspective, may gets very busy.

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so if there is any way that we could could get this. Push through earlier. That would be because our next board meeting or our regular board
Meeting is not until what, march 20th?

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that's at the end of march. Have you given him any dates to, like, pencil in on his calendar so he doesn't book
Anything else or.

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we've asked him to give us dates. Okay? And he hasn't gotten back to you yet?

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he has not. But. But his his assistant did say he she had some dates in april that he
Could do.

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okay. So as soon as she gives us a date, we're booking it. Okay. Thank you, thank you.

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all right. Any other questions? All right, miss petty, I think you're up next. 10.2 strategic plan updates in year three.

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recommendations. First up is curriculum and instruction. All right. Okay.

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we are very excited to oh, we are very excited to share our updates with the strategic of
What we've been doing with the strategic plan.

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and I think dr. Bronner is going to be joining me tonight. We will be highlighting curriculum and instruction as well as special programs.

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so I will start out and then dr. Bronner will take over from there.

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all right. First of all, I would like to give a huge shout out to all of our action team
Members.

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would they have attended numerous, numerous meetings and they have done an outstanding
Job.

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they have actively participated in all of our meetings. And I know from the cni perspective, we've had a lot of items on the agenda, and they
Have been very good about providing honest and open feedback to us and

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providing direction of how we would like to go. So the next slide we've got we've got three, three committees.

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we've got the first committee, which is more on the vertical and horizontal alignment.

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so you will see that those that's the members of those of that committee.

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we also have one section which is the objective four, which deals with our gifted and
Talented program.

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and we've got three of the committee members that are also serving on objective one that
Are serving on our committee.

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then we have objective two, objective two deals more with our career and technology
Programs.

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it deals with our pathways, and we've got one, one focus that's really focusing on
Looking at our possible at our gpa and seeing what do we need to do with that.

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so I'm going to go over today and hit a few of the highlights. As you can see, when you look at these lists, they come from they come from all positions
And community members and they really put in a ton of time.

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I want to give a huge shout out to our parents and our teachers that show up because he's
Moving and our trustee members.

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but these meetings are start at 430 and they go until 6 or 630.

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so that is a huge time commitment and we have a minimum of four meetings. Sometimes there are more, more.

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so I would really like to give a huge shout out to them. All right. Here we go.

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here for here are some of the key celebrations for year two for curriculum and
Instruction.

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as part of the strategic plan, a big focus was on writing and ensuring that we had common
Writing expectations against

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a when you look at all curriculum areas. So we have created a writing style guide for all content areas.

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it's very generic, but it's adaptable. The teachers can make it as specific or or generic as they would like, but we have
Created that.

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we've created expectations for instruction, assessment and calibration of writing.

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this year, we really focused on writing in our four main content areas.

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so what teachers are expected to do is they will have a topic. All of their students will write on that topic.

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and then during our I align days, our teachers will bring those writing samples with
Them.

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and as a group, we will calibrate those scores together so that we ensure consistency in
Our grading so that we know everyone's grading along the same guidelines that we're

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we don't have one teacher giving a's and another teacher giving c's.

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we've created a curriculum management plan that also includes common academic vocabulary.

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we've created a vertically aligned content and process skills.

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we have not had that in the past. That is, that has been crucial.

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it helps our our teachers know these are the skills that we need to be focusing on. Here's the content, here are the skills.

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and it helps us. As with our pacing, we've evaluated resources and created guidelines for
Purchasing instructional materials.

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we are working with technology on that. We are working on cross curricular planning time for teachers.

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during our online day, we've created an instructional expectations matrix and we have
Improved intervention programs k through 12.

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on objective two, we have researched the k 12 academic pathways.

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as you can see, I think you saw a couple of weeks ago when I came talking about the
Academic planning guide.

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we've really opened up our career and technology programs. We are constantly I think we added ten new cte programs for this upcoming year.

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we've created a district wide committee for the development of community communications
Policies and procedures for creating student clubs.

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I think one of the things during the strategic plan, one of the things that we realized is
We had a lot of clubs, but we didn't have any processes in place.

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so anybody could just say, I want to have a club. And then nobody knew exactly what clubs were available.

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so we've done a better job of streamlining that. We are looking at at we are.

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we have research grading policies and analyzed survey results. And and we've researched that.

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we've we've collaborated with campus administration and teachers on grading policies,
Analyze grading policies, impact and gpa policies.

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and so we are working on creating our findings from that report, and we will bring that
Back.

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that will be moving into year three. But we came up with a lot of very interesting.

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findings from doing that. And then finally, objective four.

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we researched appropriate age for implementation of executive functioning skills.

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what we discovered was that through k four, we we we were pretty we we've got our
Executive functioning skills implemented into it.

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they've got their plan or they know how to set goals. We're doing that. It was when they get into the secondary level how are we doing that.

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so we've we've started to embed in our career investigations class.

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that is a class that we have chosen to really implement our executive functioning skills
Into.

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and so we're working with our teachers to ensure one you'll see on on year three, we're
Going to have to narrow it down a little bit.

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but this was our first year to try to start implementing those programs. And then we've worked with teachers to incorporate executive functioning skills into that
Curriculum.

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so what can you give back? Yes. To.

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the previous slide. Okay.

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yes. So objective one, I mean, I think it's awesome that you guys are moving forward with
The horizontal and vertical alignment of our curriculum.

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I can imagine how difficult that is to get that implemented.

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so my question is how do we do that? I mean it's it's great to talk about it's great to work with teachers that say an ai
Aligned day.

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but how are we or how is your department overseeing that that is actually getting done?

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do we have anybody from your department on our campuses that are actually authorized to
View classrooms and what teachers are teaching and making

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sure that they are teaching to the curriculum that we agreed to is how how does that
Work?

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or is that just the principal's responsibility, or can you speak to that, please? I can thank you for asking.

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vertical and horizontal alignment are are extremely difficult to to ensure that it's
Being done.

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we do have a vertical and horizontal alignment team.

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so what they will do is, is they have been they they will meet in the summer and they
Will ensure you have team members from each grade level that will feed

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up to the next one to ensure that the skills are being taught. And we don't duplicate unnecessary skills now.

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so once we do that in the summer, it's the it's the implementing of it during the school
Year that can be a little challenging.

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we have had ai aligned days and during the ai align days, those are perfect days for our
Staff to get together to ensure that they are vertically and

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horizontally aligning the first part of the morning, our teachers work together
Vertically to ensure that they know what's going on, what what's grade five doing?

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what's grade six doing? What's grade seven doing in the afternoon? They should be going back to their campuses and horizontally aligning.

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so what is the accountability for that. So it's great that we all meet.

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it's great that we all sit in professional development and we listen. But how do we know that this is actually happening on the campuses in the our our
Coordinators are going out.

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they are sitting in to sitting in the plc, the professional learning communities.

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they are getting into those classrooms. They are observing those teachers.

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it's just. It can be a challenge to get into all of those teachers classrooms.

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so we are working with our principals in order to get into those classrooms and see
What's going on and make sure that we are talking about them, but that is our goal.

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I mean, we have talked during our coordinator meetings. We do talk regularly about, all right, we've got to get out on those campuses and see
What's going on.

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seems like that. And we've talked to dr. Ledbetter about this, that it seems like to me we're a little
Short staffed because we only have, what, three, four coordinators?

526
01:17:42,240 --> 01:17:44,040
we have four. We have four coordinators. There's no possible way that they could do what they're supposed to be doing in terms of
Their job and their role, and also be hands on on all the campuses.

527
01:17:53,100 --> 01:17:53,100
and I know that we had talked about at some point and even recently of having an
Instructional type coach or instructional type, whatever you call them on each campus, and

528
01:18:02,940 --> 01:18:02,940
their sole role would be to make sure that, you know, they're observing classrooms on
Each campus every single day.

529
01:18:10,620 --> 01:18:11,910
and that's what they did. And then they would report back to their coordinator, subject matter person, or whomever,
Then would report to you.

530
01:18:18,060 --> 01:18:18,060
so I'm just wondering if that is something that you think would be helpful to your
Department.

531
01:18:23,550 --> 01:18:24,870
that would be amazing. Okay, I and I understand other isds have something.

532
01:18:28,680 --> 01:18:28,680
so I think, dr. Ledbetter, you told us that other campus or other sorry isds around north
Texas and wherever you've worked in the past have had that and it's been

533
01:18:38,280 --> 01:18:38,280
effective. I just don't see how we can rely on our coordinators right now to do the job
That we're telling them to do, and do this role as well.

534
01:18:47,220 --> 01:18:50,010
it just doesn't seem to work. And then you can't really put it on the principals, right? Because the principals aren't aligned with this type of curriculum and they've got their
Their own job to do.

535
01:18:56,370 --> 01:18:56,370
so it seems like to me, if we're we're placing this on the action plan and strategic
Plan, we're placing this as a top priority.

536
01:19:02,940 --> 01:19:02,940
we need to figure out what to do in terms of getting your department, the resources that
They need to actually adequately implement this vertical and horizontal alignment that

537
01:19:12,840 --> 01:19:12,840
is so incredibly important to our district continuing to improve.

538
01:19:17,820 --> 01:19:20,130
thank you. Thank you for recognizing that. I truly appreciate that because you are right.

539
01:19:22,260 --> 01:19:22,260
we do have four coordinators and they each have two content areas that they are
Overseeing.

540
01:19:28,020 --> 01:19:28,020
so. We have a lot of responsibilities, just that we have to take care of in general.

541
01:19:34,200 --> 01:19:34,200
but trying to get out on those campuses and to get into there, into the plcs, to where
You're listening about how the students are performing there data wise, and seeing the

542
01:19:43,710 --> 01:19:46,590
instruction that's actually going on in those classrooms. It's extremely challenging.

543
01:19:48,240 --> 01:19:48,240
I mean, our goal is to get to every and our goal is to get to every teacher's classroom,
Hopefully once in the semester that we just we

544
01:19:58,230 --> 01:20:01,170
just we can't I mean, there's just the manpower is not there. Right. And you are right.

545
01:20:02,400 --> 01:20:02,400
when you look at other districts around us, they've got instructional coaches, they've
Got facilitators, they've got other positions that help feed into

546
01:20:12,330 --> 01:20:16,290
that. And. Yeah, and my people need that. All right. That's what I need. Thank you.

547
01:20:17,520 --> 01:20:20,480
okay. Thank you. All right. So year three we are going to we we are continuing to look at how we can implement some
Additional cross curricular

548
01:20:30,020 --> 01:20:30,020
opportunities. We have looked at some districts in the area and they have created a like
We have our humanities program, which includes our english

549
01:20:39,710 --> 01:20:42,350
language arts program with our social studies program. They have included a stem program, which includes their math and their science programs.

550
01:20:47,840 --> 01:20:50,300
so we're going to be looking a little bit deeper into that. How can we incorporate these these two different content areas and make it relevant for
Our students?

551
01:20:59,060 --> 01:20:59,060
objective two there was quite a bit of discussion about two particular programs during
The strategic planning that were of, of.

552
01:21:09,410 --> 01:21:11,840
relevance to the community as a whole. One was a foreign language program and the other was a was an orchestra program.

553
01:21:17,390 --> 01:21:17,390
we have met with people that are we have met with companies that work with both of these.

554
01:21:23,330 --> 01:21:23,330
we have met with the rojas, which is an orchestra program which is in grapevine.

555
01:21:30,410 --> 01:21:30,410
it serves a lot of the communities around us, and we have met with a language immersion
Program.

556
01:21:36,080 --> 01:21:36,080
we could, if we so chose, we could implement a tuition based after school language
Program for grades k through

557
01:21:45,830 --> 01:21:45,830
seven. It would what we would be suggesting or what we are looking at is possibly on
Monday.

558
01:21:52,160 --> 01:21:54,890
wednesday we would have our foreign language component. And then on tuesday, thursday we would have our orchestra program and parents would pay a
Tuition, but we would have these opportunities available

559
01:22:04,610 --> 01:22:05,630
to our students. It would be as soon as school released, the students would stay, and then the programs
Would come in and serve our our students.

560
01:22:13,250 --> 01:22:14,930
but that is one of the program. One of the things that we are looking at strongly to see, we are starting to work with
Our principals now to see what kind of, you know, would you be able to do that?

561
01:22:24,260 --> 01:22:24,260
and then from that point, meeting with those groups to see how could we band our students
Together, what grade bands would you want to have in order to implement those programs if

562
01:22:34,190 --> 01:22:35,450
we decided to move forward? A quick question on that. Before you move on do we have to do it after school in order to
Charge tuition?

563
01:22:42,060 --> 01:22:45,260
could. Could we find time within the school day? I mean, I guess my question is why after school we just don't have any time during the
Day.

564
01:22:48,890 --> 01:22:48,890
we don't have any time. Yeah, okay.

565
01:22:53,010 --> 01:22:56,130
and then determine if changes in the grading policy. That goes back to what we were talking about a little bit a little bit ago.

566
01:22:59,670 --> 01:22:59,670
we will continue to work on that with the gpa and that we will be collaborating with
District administration to launch some new student clubs.

567
01:23:09,120 --> 01:23:10,800
we have already talked. Ryan wilson is on our committee, so we have been working with him and christina bennyhoff
In order to see, okay, what do we need to do in order to get these get clubs that

568
01:23:20,700 --> 01:23:24,480
our students would be interested in up and running? And then objective four goes back to creating a grading matrix.

569
01:23:27,990 --> 01:23:31,980
we've got the executive functioning skills in the curriculum. We have not created a grading matrix yet to ensure the accountability piece.

570
01:23:36,270 --> 01:23:36,270
so we will be working on that this school year to see how is how are we presenting it.

571
01:23:41,550 --> 01:23:44,340
and then how can we hold the accountability piece there. And then we are working on embedding problem solving and critical thinking skills into
All of our core content areas.

572
01:23:50,730 --> 01:23:52,320
that's awesome. I appreciate you doing that. Can we go back to the grading matrix to ensure accountability for executive functioning
Skills?

573
01:23:56,970 --> 01:24:00,570
where does that come from? Do we have a curriculum for that or we have. What we're looking at is we've got as as part of our practicums.

574
01:24:04,110 --> 01:24:06,690
what we are doing is we are looking at they're called soft skills. We are taking a look to see what do our students need to know to be able to do whenever
They get out in the world to be.

575
01:24:16,680 --> 01:24:16,680
a part of an organization, a functioning part of the the organization, your communication
Skills, your resiliency, things that aren't taught.

576
01:24:25,410 --> 01:24:28,320
they're not in your state standards. You're not going to see them there. So how do we ensure that they know these things?

577
01:24:31,050 --> 01:24:34,200
how do they know about goal planning? How do they know about these things. So work trying to figure out, okay, what is our grading matrix going to look like in
Order to how how can we check to make sure that they are really doing these things?

578
01:24:43,530 --> 01:24:43,530
that's going to be crucial as we move into our practicums, because we're going to have
Students out in the business world, and we want to make sure that our students are

579
01:24:52,230 --> 01:24:52,230
prepared to go out into that business world and be a productive individual as they work
With these groups.

580
01:24:59,460 --> 01:25:03,330
so could you miss patty? Could you take an iou? I'd be very curious. And I'm sure the trustees would, too.

581
01:25:04,920 --> 01:25:08,820
of what? That what that an example of what? That is what that looks like. Could you provide us something like that?

582
01:25:11,310 --> 01:25:11,310
I mean, you don't have to do it now, but I'm still a little confused on what, like
Resiliency.

583
01:25:16,950 --> 01:25:19,740
I mean, yes, yes, I can I can show you an example of that. Do that. And do you mix that in with a different type of engineering course or.

584
01:25:26,010 --> 01:25:26,010
I mean, we, we started one, we created one for our new carroll business academy.

585
01:25:31,170 --> 01:25:31,170
okay. And so what we're planning on doing is taking that one and then modifying it so that
It will fit whichever one of the practicums or the career

586
01:25:40,500 --> 01:25:44,310
investigations class that we need. I'd just like to see an example of what that might be. We can get that doesn't have to be inclusive.

587
01:25:45,870 --> 01:25:47,730
I mean, just, you know, simple. Thank you. Sure.

588
01:25:49,940 --> 01:25:49,940
all right. And that is the end of the curriculum and instructions plan.

589
01:25:55,460 --> 01:25:57,350
any questions? One last question. I'll turn it over to the trustees.

590
01:26:00,110 --> 01:26:00,110
how how confident are you that we are going to be able to implement the horizontal and
Vertical alignment this coming school year?

591
01:26:11,200 --> 01:26:12,610
we we have. Well, we we have the pieces in place.

592
01:26:16,360 --> 01:26:20,050
it's the accountability piece that we need. And with our current staff, that's very challenging.

593
01:26:23,650 --> 01:26:24,700
yeah. Okay. Thank you. I comment on that?

594
01:26:28,760 --> 01:26:32,540
in the business world, someone told me much wiser than me. And that is, you can't manage what you can't measure.

595
01:26:36,490 --> 01:26:36,490
and I don't know what the measurements are for vertical and horizontal alignment.

596
01:26:42,700 --> 01:26:44,080
I love the words. I think I know what it means from talking to teachers a little bit and probably from you.

597
01:26:50,050 --> 01:26:50,050
so just like I think it's fair for a student and they get a grading rubric, I would love
A rubric to understand what the measurements for this are,

598
01:26:59,860 --> 01:26:59,860
so that our expectations can be fair to you and your department.

599
01:27:03,910 --> 01:27:03,910
because if this like president bryan said, if this is not possible with the current team
We have, we need to know this.

600
01:27:12,010 --> 01:27:15,940
I mean, curriculum is at, you know, next to finance and funding. That's, that's that's it right there.

601
01:27:18,070 --> 01:27:18,070
so it's a big ask, but I think we have to see it so that we can have expectations that we
Are in line.

602
01:27:27,160 --> 01:27:27,160
and okay, we've we've developed some documents that.

603
01:27:32,720 --> 01:27:32,720
that will help guide people, but we need to make sure that everyone is on the same page.

604
01:27:39,590 --> 01:27:41,720
it goes back to the calibrating of the writing. You've got to make sure everyone has the exact same expectations as everyone else does.

605
01:27:46,250 --> 01:27:48,770
and what does that mean? What does that look like? We've made great gains.

606
01:27:50,270 --> 01:27:50,270
we've put together some process skills documents.

607
01:27:54,350 --> 01:27:54,350
we put together some some.

608
01:27:59,480 --> 01:28:01,910
it's called the annette. We call it the anatomy of a classroom. This is what your classroom should look like.

609
01:28:03,920 --> 01:28:06,230
you do this for the first ten minutes. You do this, you model, you do.

610
01:28:08,000 --> 01:28:08,000
so we put place things in place so that as our administrators are doing their
Evaluations, they can see are our teachers following what

611
01:28:17,930 --> 01:28:19,400
we're putting in the curriculum. But I think it's also a teach piece for everyone to ensure that we know this is what's
The what's in the curriculum.

612
01:28:25,700 --> 01:28:28,460
these are the expectations for following the curriculum. And then that the accountability piece that goes along with that.

613
01:28:32,750 --> 01:28:32,750
the other point I'd just add quickly, and that is that I don't see accountability in this
Presentation.

614
01:28:39,350 --> 01:28:39,350
okay. So I think that we have to address that because, miss petty, we will give you and
Your team that we will empower them

615
01:28:49,310 --> 01:28:50,900
to make this happen. Okay. And if that means that we have to, you know, look at things in a fresh, new way, we
Will.

616
01:28:56,210 --> 01:28:56,210
but to have people that aren't accountable, we're never going to achieve our goals.

617
01:29:02,250 --> 01:29:05,340
and that's not again, that's not fair to you. That's not fair to the parents. And frankly, the students are the ones that end up suffering.

618
01:29:09,420 --> 01:29:13,140
yes. That's true. We're happy to do that. Actually, we're more than happy to do that.

619
01:29:16,480 --> 01:29:19,240
thank you. Thank you. All right, dr. Bonner. I'm going to review goal 1.3.

620
01:29:27,260 --> 01:29:27,260
as it relates to special programs under the learning and development.

621
01:29:31,340 --> 01:29:31,340
so I just want to echo what miss petty said about the hard work that our committee
Members put in.

622
01:29:40,220 --> 01:29:43,880
we also meet at least four times a year. So within the special programs department we have developed esi process that ensures
Successful transition of students from campus to

623
01:29:53,510 --> 01:29:53,510
campus. That has been one of the things that I have heard since my arrival needed to be
Shored up.

624
01:30:01,580 --> 01:30:01,580
and so we actually just trained teachers on the 19th on that.

625
01:30:06,620 --> 01:30:06,620
diagnosticians have been trained administrators had it, and we are now having esi
Discussions in ard.

626
01:30:13,490 --> 01:30:13,490
we have been collaborating with curriculum and instruction to ensure horizontal and
Vertical alignment of our pre-k.

627
01:30:19,130 --> 01:30:19,130
so initially kind of pre-k lives in in special programs world.

628
01:30:24,350 --> 01:30:26,930
but there is that instructional component. And it's important that what we're doing in pre-k aligns to what they are then doing in
Kinder.

629
01:30:32,630 --> 01:30:32,630
so we're working with curriculum and instruction to ensure that that that pre-k is being
In considered in those conversations we've developed a standardized process for conducting

630
01:30:41,840 --> 01:30:41,840
reevaluations and snapshot meetings for section 504.

631
01:30:46,280 --> 01:30:48,770
that process is ongoing. And we will refine that based on feedback after year one implementation.

632
01:30:55,800 --> 01:30:55,800
we are still in the process of creating a framework for our special programs task force
To monitor and maintain ongoing compliance through a public public accountability

633
01:31:05,670 --> 01:31:08,190
compliance scorecard. The vision for that.

634
01:31:10,890 --> 01:31:10,890
for as the committee would like to see it come to fruition, is that we have our areas
That we maintain and monitor compliance in, which is special education.

635
01:31:20,730 --> 01:31:22,500
section 504. Emergent bilingual esl and pre-k.

636
01:31:25,050 --> 01:31:25,050
and we have transparent accountability measures that we report each year to all
Stakeholders.

637
01:31:33,660 --> 01:31:33,660
we are in the process of developing an esi technical support resource for all
Stakeholders.

638
01:31:40,380 --> 01:31:40,380
we adopted operating procedures for esi in the fall.

639
01:31:45,660 --> 01:31:45,660
it was the last area within special programs that did not have a set of operating
Procedures.

640
01:31:51,210 --> 01:31:51,210
and so now we're working on what do those what does that look like?

641
01:31:55,260 --> 01:31:58,290
for people who have to implement those procedures. And we're still working on the creation of a digital student portfolio for students in
Special education.

642
01:32:03,450 --> 01:32:06,810
we are on track to complete all of these by the end of the year. I believe we have two more meetings scheduled.

643
01:32:09,450 --> 01:32:11,460
where these are the agenda items. The dr. Bonner anytime I see digital and student.

644
01:32:15,360 --> 01:32:18,660
it makes me question. What? What is that? Can you can you explain what a digital student portfolio is?

645
01:32:23,940 --> 01:32:23,940
absolutely. So it's really designed for students who may be traditional grading measures.

646
01:32:29,760 --> 01:32:33,570
doesn't paint a full picture of the progress they're making. And so what it would look like is if you're in first grade, throughout the year, your
Progress is captured in various means

647
01:32:42,900 --> 01:32:42,900
through writing samples photographs, videos of you working.

648
01:32:48,300 --> 01:32:48,300
it's just a, it's a tool that is, is collaborative between families and teachers.

649
01:32:53,940 --> 01:32:53,940
and then that would go with the student to, you know, second grade.

650
01:32:58,890 --> 01:32:58,890
and it provides a better understanding of where a student with an iep may be functioning
In, you know, because grades sometimes they don't tell the

651
01:33:08,700 --> 01:33:09,990
full picture. And so that's what that would do, would provide some more meaning and context for
Continued interventions and supports as students transition from grade to grade.

652
01:33:18,030 --> 01:33:18,030
and the only who has access to it would be the the parent and the teacher.

653
01:33:24,240 --> 01:33:24,240
and then the next year, the new teacher would get that information.

654
01:33:29,010 --> 01:33:29,010
so the parent would continue to have access to it, and then it would be just for the for
The teacher.

655
01:33:33,660 --> 01:33:33,660
I'm assuming it's stored somewhere on one of our servers that yes, only it's password
Protected or it will have all of those layers of support.

656
01:33:43,320 --> 01:33:43,320
are we using any type of database or system that is provided by the state?

657
01:33:50,430 --> 01:33:51,900
we are not. We are we are working to with curriculum and instruction to target that same horizontal
And vertical alignment, the expectations that our students have.

658
01:34:01,800 --> 01:34:03,150
and then we're drilling it down. So, for example, if a student, you know, student expectation 1.1 in math and the student
Is not performing there, we're going to drill back to where that student is performing and

659
01:34:12,600 --> 01:34:12,600
capture that in a meaningful way, so that the teachers then can pick up where that
Student left off.

660
01:34:19,050 --> 01:34:21,500
so it's it's teks aligned. Dr. Bonner, do we do you have a particular curriculum that you use for pre-k?

661
01:34:27,050 --> 01:34:28,640
we use frog street. Okay. We have frog street three and frog street four.

662
01:34:35,550 --> 01:34:35,550
okay. So in addition to the work we've done with the strategic action plan, we've been
Very busy in the special programs office this

663
01:34:45,060 --> 01:34:45,060
year. We have our parent monthly newsletter, which we launched in the fall that comes out
Once a month.

664
01:34:51,480 --> 01:34:51,480
we've purchased science and social studies resources and that has been placed in special
Education teachers classrooms.

665
01:34:58,230 --> 01:34:58,230
recently you approved stipends for special education staff for the 2425 school year.

666
01:35:04,440 --> 01:35:04,440
we're going to be expanding the pre-k continuum to include pre-k co-teach.

667
01:35:10,410 --> 01:35:13,290
for the 2425 school year. We've created a special programs guide for campus administrators, I think.

668
01:35:18,240 --> 01:35:18,240
it for me, that's one of the things that's been a highlight because I deal with this all
Day, every day.

669
01:35:26,670 --> 01:35:26,670
but I wanted campus administrators to have access to information and feel empowered.

670
01:35:32,850 --> 01:35:32,850
as well. And so that was kind of a labor of love for campus administrators.

671
01:35:37,320 --> 01:35:40,560
we trained all sisd staff. Including general education teachers and peers on instructional strategies,
Accommodations and modifications for students served by special education and section 504.

672
01:35:50,220 --> 01:35:50,220
we're working with human resources, and we've provided one specialized training for
Substitutes who serve in self-contained settings.

673
01:35:57,480 --> 01:35:57,480
and we will continue to offer that we have offered monthly parent training sessions.

674
01:36:03,150 --> 01:36:03,150
each month for parents, either hosted by an outside entity or district entity.

675
01:36:10,350 --> 01:36:10,350
we were awarded the dyslexia grant and the autism grant, which totaled an additional
$267,869.

676
01:36:19,020 --> 01:36:21,990
we've developed our emergent bilingual operating procedures. We've created individualized professional development pathways for all staff.

677
01:36:26,700 --> 01:36:29,100
and so those were implemented this year. Different staff had different pathways that they completed based on the students they
Served.

678
01:36:33,270 --> 01:36:33,270
we developed section 504 processes and procedure guides for specialists.

679
01:36:37,500 --> 01:36:41,490
so our section 504 specialists now have a checklist. We hosted our first annual dragon slam jam, which is a special olympics basketball event.

680
01:36:48,690 --> 01:36:48,690
we've hosted campus collaboration days where my team and I have met with every campus.

681
01:36:54,060 --> 01:36:54,060
we developed our public website for special programs.

682
01:36:58,230 --> 01:36:58,230
and that includes all of the resources that I've discussed today, plus other things that
The community can access.

683
01:37:05,220 --> 01:37:05,220
in addition to that, we've developed an intranet for our cisd staff, which allows them to
Easily navigate and find information if they need it.

684
01:37:13,290 --> 01:37:13,290
and probably the most exciting thing that we will check off the list by the end of the
Year is our safety fair.

685
01:37:20,130 --> 01:37:20,130
last year we partnered with the city of southlake and white's chapel for a safety fair
This

686
01:37:29,910 --> 01:37:29,910
year. No one was hosting a safety fair, so we have taken that on.

687
01:37:34,350 --> 01:37:37,320
that will be on march 28th. It will be open to our families and to our students.

688
01:37:42,450 --> 01:37:42,450
our families will have the opportunity to come and hear about things that they might not
Think about, considering in the event of an emergency.

689
01:37:49,920 --> 01:37:49,920
for example, if I have a student with autism, they may not respond in the same manner if
The smoke alarms go off in my house.

690
01:37:59,190 --> 01:38:03,060
or, you know, we have some sort of medical emergency. So that information will be shared with parents.

691
01:38:06,030 --> 01:38:06,030
and then we will have interactive stations for students, and our students from our
Self-contained settings will come.

692
01:38:12,510 --> 01:38:14,340
they'll come to the administration building. They'll have opportunities to interact with first responders.

693
01:38:19,920 --> 01:38:19,920
they'll have opportunities to practice drills.

694
01:38:24,240 --> 01:38:26,940
we will have kitchen safety. We're working with our our nutrition department.

695
01:38:32,250 --> 01:38:35,070
we will have outside vendors. We'll talk about, you know planning for if your child is is deaf or hard of hearing, and
They get their driving and they get pulled over, how do they communicate

696
01:38:44,820 --> 01:38:44,820
that? So we're just trying to think of anything and everything that parents might not
Think of.

697
01:38:50,040 --> 01:38:53,040
and develop a plan for that. So that's super exciting. And that will be on march 28th.

698
01:38:55,410 --> 01:38:55,410
again, here at the administration building with the parent session starting at, I
Believe, 8 a.m..

699
01:39:01,670 --> 01:39:04,880
moving on to year three. One of the items that we did not get to tackle this year was our goals related to
Dyslexia?

700
01:39:13,550 --> 01:39:13,550
in august, the state developed new procedures and pushed them out to districts.

701
01:39:19,340 --> 01:39:19,340
and as part of that, they said, we will get you a new handbook and we hope to have that
To you by january.

702
01:39:28,370 --> 01:39:28,370
so then we heard maybe we'll get it in april.

703
01:39:32,960 --> 01:39:35,600
and now we're hoping to have it by june. And so we've kept the committee in the loop and had decided that it doesn't make sense to
Develop any kind of procedures or

704
01:39:45,050 --> 01:39:45,050
processes around dyslexia while we're waiting to see what's in the dyslexia handbook.

705
01:39:50,300 --> 01:39:50,300
so I do feel confident that we will have that to start next school year.

706
01:39:54,500 --> 01:39:54,500
and so those objectives will be our we will move those to year three action items, which
Is to create a professional development framework for staff who serve students with

707
01:40:04,280 --> 01:40:04,280
dyslexia. Specifically, as dyslexia has moved under special education and to create a
Staffing study to evaluate caseloads to determine the

708
01:40:13,880 --> 01:40:16,100
additional needed ftes. What we know is that to date, we have identified, we have evaluated and identified as many
Students with dyslexia that we did

709
01:40:26,090 --> 01:40:29,930
for the entire school year last year. So those numbers are increasing. We do know that we have what, three months to go?

710
01:40:34,550 --> 01:40:36,890
so we clearly will surpass that. But again, until we know what the expectation from the state looks like with in regards
To instruction, we don't want to make any decisions.

711
01:40:46,670 --> 01:40:46,670
we continue to refine our procedures.

712
01:40:51,410 --> 01:40:51,410
we do also expect that we'll get new section 504 guidance.

713
01:40:55,940 --> 01:40:55,940
and so when that comes down, that means that we will have to probably do some revisiting
Of all of the policies and procedures that we've developed.

714
01:41:04,160 --> 01:41:04,160
in year one and we will continue to work on our continuing continuum of learning.

715
01:41:12,050 --> 01:41:12,050
and location of services for the provision of special education at our district campuses.

716
01:41:21,170 --> 01:41:22,760
thank you, dr. Bonner. Quick question. Maybe an iou as well.

717
01:41:25,760 --> 01:41:25,760
three years ago, I think I was the only one that was on the trustee lennon was on.

718
01:41:30,380 --> 01:41:32,840
that was when we adopted frog street. And we we when we were researching it, we found that they were on their website planning
On using two companies that we researched.

719
01:41:40,280 --> 01:41:43,760
and we did we felt like that that didn't meet our community's values. And so the district held a kind of a show and tell with the developers of frog street who
Actually are in southlake.

720
01:41:52,700 --> 01:41:55,490
which is great. Is there any way that you. So I heard you say we're on version three of this frog street curriculum.

721
01:41:59,750 --> 01:42:00,800
is that is that correct? No, no, no, we have we have frog street three, which is for three year olds, and frog
Street four, which is for four year olds.

722
01:42:07,700 --> 01:42:07,700
and is is it the same curriculum that we, the board adopted three years ago with no
Changes?

723
01:42:13,520 --> 01:42:14,870
yes. Okay. Would you would you mind doing this similar thing for and invite the trustees to come and
Get a kind of a show and tell of what this curriculum is all about and what they do?

724
01:42:23,930 --> 01:42:23,930
and they assured us that they review everything before they give it to our campuses and
Train our

725
01:42:33,560 --> 01:42:33,560
teachers. So I just want to make sure that we we're still that's still happening.

726
01:42:38,360 --> 01:42:41,480
yes, we can absolutely do that. And it doesn't have to be right away. But I think everybody on the on the board here would like to kind of see what our pre-k,
Especially if we're starting to talk about possibly increasing our pre-k program.

727
01:42:50,240 --> 01:42:50,240
and I failed to mention but we do have our pre-k information night for families this
Thursday, the 29th, beginning at 530.

728
01:42:58,370 --> 01:43:02,270
okay. And we will we will touch on that just a little bit at that time as well. Okay. Thank you, dr.

729
01:43:03,950 --> 01:43:07,760
bonner. I was going to ask how does how do you horizontally not horizontally. How do you vertically align frog street with the curriculum that we're using for
Kindergarten k through 4k through five.

730
01:43:14,930 --> 01:43:14,930
so I will say that the vertical the vertical alignment is the most difficult when you
Transition from pre-k to kinder, because pre-k we

731
01:43:24,740 --> 01:43:24,740
use what's called the pre-k guidelines and they look at developmental domains.

732
01:43:29,420 --> 01:43:29,420
and then when you move to kinder, you use the texas education essential knowledge and
Skill statements, the teaks.

733
01:43:36,020 --> 01:43:36,020
but we are working with angela hammond who does the elementary vertical alignment.

734
01:43:44,450 --> 01:43:44,450
and. Within those developmental delays.

735
01:43:48,940 --> 01:43:48,940
sorry domains, there are still areas that you can align because we do cover, you know,
Reading or pre-reading.

736
01:43:56,830 --> 01:44:00,340
we cover, you know, early math, early literacy skills. And, and concepts of community, which would kind of align to social studies.

737
01:44:04,900 --> 01:44:07,000
and so it can be done. It means that just like with anything else, you may not teach from the front cover of a
Book to the back cover of a book.

738
01:44:15,490 --> 01:44:15,490
you're going to ensure that you're teaching it so that it aligns to with what, what it
Would look like in kinder.

739
01:44:24,970 --> 01:44:24,970
first, he says, I think I think it will help you if you get a presentation from the
Developers so you can in your mind, see exactly what it is.

740
01:44:34,840 --> 01:44:34,840
okay. And then let us go and look at what the kinders are doing to see if there's any
Correlation whatsoever.

741
01:44:41,620 --> 01:44:44,560
and my guess is probably not, but okay. And then I just, I wanted to kind of, you know, we were always talking about you know,
That we're under funded by the state, but special programs is very underfunded as well.

742
01:44:54,160 --> 01:44:58,120
and I think that's important for our community to understand or realize. I know that we talk about it when we're talking about, you know, raising the basic
Student allotment, but we are identifying more children that are identifying with special

743
01:45:07,060 --> 01:45:09,700
needs and the services. You can't put a cap on the the price of the services because each student is so
Different.

744
01:45:14,770 --> 01:45:14,770
and so I think that's another another thing for our community to understand is that when
We are trying to advocate for more arrays in the student allotment, we're also needing

745
01:45:24,550 --> 01:45:24,550
to advocate for special programs because we're having to take from our general fund to
Fund what the state isn't funding for special programs, and more than a cap of a

746
01:45:34,480 --> 01:45:35,920
specific amount of what's needed. We don't know what's needed yet because it depends on every student.

747
01:45:38,980 --> 01:45:38,980
so almost starting to advocate for a reimbursement of funds that the district uses for
Our kids.

748
01:45:44,050 --> 01:45:44,050
it's just really important, especially listening to all the incredible things that you
And your team are doing.

749
01:45:49,960 --> 01:45:53,170
we're very inadequately underfunded for special programs. That said, I had asked mr.

750
01:45:54,880 --> 01:45:54,880
johnson to look specifically at what he believes is the underfunding for your programs.

751
01:46:03,190 --> 01:46:06,250
hum. And I think you're working on that right now. It will be in the, in the march 4th board workshop.

752
01:46:08,980 --> 01:46:08,980
yeah. So I just want you to know that this is I can't wait to get on this, actually,
Exactly what trustee stacy said.

753
01:46:16,990 --> 01:46:16,990
yeah, this this year has been interesting because with the shift of the dyslexia under
Sped dyslexia under 504 was an unfunded mandate because section

754
01:46:26,770 --> 01:46:29,350
504 is an unfunded mandate. So we are hoping that the new dyslexia handbook will make it clear what funding looks
Like for all those students who were now those, you know, new 180 plus

755
01:46:39,280 --> 01:46:42,670
students who we've identified this year in special education. If you can send this board or just me and I don't care how you contact me, anything that
You believe with those changes.

756
01:46:50,560 --> 01:46:53,080
this is now unfunded and working with mr. Johnson because that's what we want to do.

757
01:46:54,910 --> 01:46:54,910
the other thing, sort of on the heels of that, and that's working with the folks in
Austin.

758
01:47:00,250 --> 01:47:00,250
is it tia that's that is delaying this information that you need.

759
01:47:06,780 --> 01:47:06,780
yes, in a roundabout way, it goes through any time they're going to implement new
Policies.

760
01:47:12,750 --> 01:47:16,050
it goes through various committees. So legislation was passed.

761
01:47:19,650 --> 01:47:19,650
house bill 39, 28 was passed last summer, you know, at the end of the session.

762
01:47:26,430 --> 01:47:26,430
and it said, these are the things that a district has to do.

763
01:47:31,530 --> 01:47:31,530
and they said, oh, and by the way, we need you to go ahead and start it.

764
01:47:35,730 --> 01:47:38,100
in august of 2023. So tia didn't get a chance to, to get ahead of it because they passed a legislation and
Then made it effective for that school year.

765
01:47:46,230 --> 01:47:46,230
so, you know, that's kind of why there's there has been the delay.

766
01:47:50,850 --> 01:47:50,850
I know that it's open for public comments, for review right now.

767
01:47:55,920 --> 01:47:55,920
so I have shared that information with the people in my department who are in the know to
Provide feedback.

768
01:48:03,240 --> 01:48:03,240
so that, you know, that's the way that these kind of things work is they they draft it,
You get a draft, it goes to public comments, it goes before state board of education a few

769
01:48:12,300 --> 01:48:12,300
times. And so it's just keeps getting delayed for various reasons.

770
01:48:16,890 --> 01:48:16,890
so that delay is having an effect on our staff and then trickling down and affecting an
Ill effect to our students.

771
01:48:25,860 --> 01:48:27,390
right. Yeah. So I don't like this idea of them giving you a date and then pushing it back and pushing
It back, and then it really messes with then our next school year in terms of

772
01:48:37,020 --> 01:48:37,020
curriculum. So if you could send especially to the officers who have a direct
Relationship with our sboe members, we've talked in previous meetings.

773
01:48:46,110 --> 01:48:46,110
I would like to put this on her plate and top of her inbox to see if she can't help us,
Okay, because we want to help.

774
01:48:56,160 --> 01:48:56,160
and that delay sounds like it's hurting all of us in our school.

775
01:49:01,850 --> 01:49:05,750
thank you, trustee yeager. Any other questions for dr. Barter? All right. Thank you, dr. Barter. Thank you, miss petty.

776
01:49:08,150 --> 01:49:09,350
we'll move on to our discussion. Action item 11 11.1, consider for approval order of cancellation of the 2024 general
Election on saturday, may 4th, 2024.

777
01:49:22,240 --> 01:49:22,240
so this is exactly like it sounds because we had both positions that were unopposed.

778
01:49:27,100 --> 01:49:30,170
once everything was finalized. Ask that you consider canceling the election.

779
01:49:33,930 --> 01:49:33,930
I move that the board order a cancellation of the election as presented.

780
01:49:39,960 --> 01:49:41,460
second, I have a motion and a second. All in favor? Motion carries 7 to 0.

781
01:49:45,720 --> 01:49:47,640
moving on to 11.2. Consider for approval policy update 6.14.7 student and parent complaints.

782
01:49:53,940 --> 01:49:56,260
grievances. Dr. Smolskis. Yes.

783
01:49:58,170 --> 01:50:01,710
good evening, president bryant. Welcome, miss bonham. When we do changes to local policies, we bring it to the board.

784
01:50:05,580 --> 01:50:05,580
and so this evening, what I am taking to you all is to look at our local policy.

785
01:50:11,430 --> 01:50:11,430
16.1 4.7 student and parent complaint grievances.

786
01:50:16,860 --> 01:50:16,860
this policy modification encompasses updating the previous policy references.

787
01:50:21,360 --> 01:50:21,360
aligning the new numbering system and altering the designated contact person responsible
For reaching out to parents regarding a level three hearing.

788
01:50:29,280 --> 01:50:29,280
and so basically, the only change that I'm bringing to propose is that we change.

789
01:50:34,860 --> 01:50:34,860
the board would contact our parents during a level three hearing.

790
01:50:40,930 --> 01:50:43,360
I move to approve this local policy change. Six point 14.7 student and parent complaints grievances as presented.

791
01:50:51,380 --> 01:50:54,680
second motion a second. Any further discussion? Just a question.

792
01:50:56,060 --> 01:50:57,530
I'm not opposed to it. I actually think it makes sense.

793
01:51:00,620 --> 01:51:00,620
I just practically speaking, as we go through the level one, level two, level three
Complaint it's obvious that the

794
01:51:10,190 --> 01:51:10,190
board is responding to the parents.

795
01:51:15,260 --> 01:51:17,330
how exactly does that take place? The administration tells us there's a level three coming.

796
01:51:21,080 --> 01:51:22,400
we're briefed on it. Then we correspond or give the parents notice that we're accepting having a level three,
And we set a date directly with the

797
01:51:32,300 --> 01:51:34,670
with the complainant. Is. Is that how it works? I just kind of want to know how the steps work.

798
01:51:36,800 --> 01:51:40,280
yes, that is correct. You just you summarized it perfectly. So I guess this proposal is taken because the grievance is a party in the district.

799
01:51:45,500 --> 01:51:46,610
it's another party. And then we're the ones that are, you know, have presiding authority over level three.

800
01:51:52,220 --> 01:51:52,220
so it should come from us to the grievant and not the district's attorney to the
Grievance.

801
01:51:58,460 --> 01:52:00,110
again, I think that makes sense. Now, does that mean president bryan, you would respond or like, we're a we're a bunch of
People.

802
01:52:06,620 --> 01:52:08,390
it would be the board attorney. Oh, okay. So the board attorney on our behalf is basically corresponding with the
Complainant, correct?

803
01:52:13,820 --> 01:52:17,580
that is correct. Yeah. Thank you very much. Okay. We have a motion and a second.

804
01:52:18,900 --> 01:52:22,140
all in favor? Motion carries 7 to 0. Thank you. Thank you.

805
01:52:23,220 --> 01:52:26,010
dr.. Moving on to 11.3. Consider for approval acquisition of technology resources, mister stewart.

806
01:52:32,920 --> 01:52:35,330
yes. Thank you. School board trustees president bryan.

807
01:52:37,550 --> 01:52:37,550
I bring for your approval a consideration of technology acquisition of resources.

808
01:52:46,590 --> 01:52:46,590
many of these items that you're going to see, you might remember from past things, but
I'm going to kind of go through them quickly.

809
01:52:54,720 --> 01:52:56,760
can you switch to. Thank you, sir. Feedback from our strategic planning committee and students and
Principals.

810
01:53:04,520 --> 01:53:04,520
there was concerns about about byod, and they recommended chromebooks.

811
01:53:09,260 --> 01:53:11,390
there's kind of three levels of security. The chromebook we can lock down the most because it's really basic operating system.

812
01:53:15,260 --> 01:53:18,800
there's not as much for students to kind of mess with. And it can use all of our kind of protection systems, internet filters classroom screen
Monitoring, so the teachers can see what the students are

813
01:53:28,760 --> 01:53:31,820
doing on their screens. We have self harm alerting. So in case they do cyberbullying or, or threaten other violence, we can record that and
Send that to the correct corresponding people.

814
01:53:38,690 --> 01:53:38,690
whereas bring your own devices their, their devices and they have control of them.

815
01:53:43,520 --> 01:53:46,940
and so we can't manage them in the same way and can't have those same filters on them. If they connect it to our wi-fi, we would be able to filter it.

816
01:53:50,510 --> 01:53:50,510
but if they connect it to their personal cell phone, then it would would be filtered.

817
01:53:56,150 --> 01:53:59,570
this is the slide that miss petty brought last time. I did just want to mention one thing.

818
01:54:01,100 --> 01:54:05,000
we had some questions about third grade ipads. To give you a little more details on on why those are coming up.

819
01:54:09,920 --> 01:54:12,080
more in need of refresh. One aspect is that our apple sales reps have told us that the generation six ipad, which
Is what our third graders have, they expect it to go end of

820
01:54:21,860 --> 01:54:24,320
life in june. They haven't made an official statement. Some companies give you a long years in advance notice of, hey, we're bringing this
Product end of life.

821
01:54:29,480 --> 01:54:32,330
apple more just tells you when they do it. But we would predict, given the life cycle of the computer, that's what they've done with
Other things, that it will probably go end of life in june.

822
01:54:38,750 --> 01:54:41,660
that won't necessarily stop anything at that time. They'll continue to work. And they're all kind of working currently.

823
01:54:45,530 --> 01:54:46,850
but if after that. So in june they bring that generation ipad end of life and then let's say in august they
Release ios 19.

824
01:54:54,770 --> 01:54:57,530
well, it wouldn't be able to get that current ios 19. And then if in october they released new apps for our online textbooks or staar testing
Or whatever it is that need that new ios, they wouldn't be

825
01:55:07,490 --> 01:55:11,480
able to get it. And so that's just kind of the life cycle of devices. None of those things are stated.

826
01:55:12,890 --> 01:55:14,930
this will happen on any of those dates. But there's a good chance that some of those things will happen.

827
01:55:19,340 --> 01:55:19,340
with that said, even when you get the latest ios, most of your apps don't stop working.

828
01:55:24,770 --> 01:55:26,690
so it's not a doomsday hit. When that hits, it's just, hey, when you get when your apple device gets end of life, you
Stop getting some of the more current apps.

829
01:55:34,370 --> 01:55:34,370
that's the way it works. Francis.

830
01:55:39,920 --> 01:55:39,920
this is the slide that we talked about the implications of staar testing.

831
01:55:44,600 --> 01:55:44,600
and again, just that if you have less devices to test on, then you have to spread the
Staar test out over more days.

832
01:55:50,390 --> 01:55:50,390
and so you have more days kind of distracted from instruction as you're doing staar
Testing.

833
01:55:57,260 --> 01:56:00,800
and so here was package one that we discussed. The cost reductions in this is to move away from having computers and computer labs, but
Rather instead, as the students are all assigned their own devices, they would take them

834
01:56:09,260 --> 01:56:09,260
with them to the computer labs not updating pre-k through two ipads at this time.

835
01:56:15,680 --> 01:56:18,200
not refreshing classroom desktops. So the teachers have both a desktop and a laptop, and we're just keeping their their
Laptops and life cycle, extending the teacher laptop life cycle from four years to

836
01:56:28,190 --> 01:56:28,190
five years, extending the sped and cte computer desktops life cycles longer as well.

837
01:56:34,610 --> 01:56:34,610
but this would invest into non classroom desktops.

838
01:56:40,790 --> 01:56:40,790
so if you're in the front office and you only have a desktop that's older than five years
Old, it would refresh that so that they're able to work effectively.

839
01:56:50,690 --> 01:56:50,690
this plan includes ipads for third grades with the keyboard that's part of their techs
For keyboarding.

840
01:56:58,700 --> 01:56:58,700
refreshing of staff laptops that are five years or older, as well as chromebooks for
Grades five and six.

841
01:57:04,130 --> 01:57:04,130
so the current devices that those fifth and sixth graders would have would move to grades
Nine and ten that are.

842
01:57:10,030 --> 01:57:13,400
five year old laptops currently. Package two is the same cost reductions and the same investments with one difference.

843
01:57:19,040 --> 01:57:19,040
instead of buying chromebooks for grades five and six, it's moving grades 11 and 12 to
Byod and taking their devices and moving to grades nine and ten.

844
01:57:27,590 --> 01:57:27,590
and so that that cost of $660,000 is removed from this plan.

845
01:57:35,000 --> 01:57:37,810
we also discussed. The need to begin refreshing some of our classroom av audio video equipment that the
Video, switching, the input panels, the wiring all that's

846
01:57:47,140 --> 01:57:47,140
good, but we are seeing a consistent and persistent increase in failure rates of displays
And that the projectors have the shortest life

847
01:57:56,530 --> 01:57:56,530
cycle. And so in this both proposals is $141,000 for replacing the projectors at carroll
High school, which that campus

848
01:58:06,400 --> 01:58:10,270
projectors are the oldest with the devices of the shortest life cycle. And then also I wanted to mention we did add in here $70,000 since the last time I
Presented to you for classroom safety bell

849
01:58:20,080 --> 01:58:22,270
pa systems. And the previous bond, we put bell pa systems and all the classrooms in the, in the
School district.

850
01:58:30,160 --> 01:58:30,160
but there were some conference periods, maker spaces work rooms, stuff like that, that
Were kind of open spaces.

851
01:58:38,500 --> 01:58:41,830
and they just the idea was they would just hear them from the halls. And so we didn't set put independent speakers in those spaces.

852
01:58:45,280 --> 01:58:45,280
well, with kind of newer security measures where we keep all of our doors locked and
Those spaces where they're doing pull outs and smaller groups that

853
01:58:55,030 --> 01:58:55,030
settings and work rooms, they're not able to hear emergency communications, and it's
Become more of a security issue.

854
01:59:00,820 --> 01:59:04,090
and we need to get sound into all of those spaces. So there's quite a few of these spaces throughout the district that sound is is needed.

855
01:59:09,370 --> 01:59:09,370
and so this we had tried to put this into a couple of different safety and security
Grants, but it just didn't fit with their requirements.

856
01:59:19,150 --> 01:59:19,150
and so that's why we're rolling it into this one for your approval tonight.

857
01:59:24,560 --> 01:59:27,920
and so the total cost of option one. And again, the first time we reviewed this, there was kind of a lot of options.

858
01:59:32,390 --> 01:59:33,530
and we've kind of narrowed them down. But we can still if you have any other adjustments we can discuss those.

859
01:59:37,640 --> 01:59:37,640
an option two is without the fifth and sixth grade chromebooks.

860
01:59:41,990 --> 01:59:44,310
and there's those costs. Are there any questions?

861
01:59:47,430 --> 01:59:49,170
yeah. Thank you, mr. Stewart. And thank you for the team being on this technology action team.

862
01:59:54,750 --> 01:59:56,790
I can see the hard work is great. I wanted to compliment you and your staff, mr.

863
01:59:59,820 --> 01:59:59,820
stewart. And that is if you can bring up the slide again on the av refresh background, I
Think this might be some of your very best work and your team.

864
02:00:09,450 --> 02:00:09,450
and that is, this is if you just go through this again, because I think this is exactly
When we talk about zero based budgeting.

865
02:00:17,550 --> 02:00:17,550
president bryan, this slide to me tells me how hard this team is working to save this
District money.

866
02:00:24,540 --> 02:00:24,540
and I would just like you to go through this because this, to me, is just a little nugget
That I think needs to be highlighted.

867
02:00:32,280 --> 02:00:34,620
well, thank you. I'd be glad to. So campus classroom av systems, which are in pre-k through four, is an led panel and five
Through 12 is a projector because they really wanted more dry race

868
02:00:44,460 --> 02:00:44,460
space. They were installed between 2018 and 2019 with bond funding, with bond funds.

869
02:00:51,630 --> 02:00:53,310
and they've reached end of life. And you can kind of see I've got a lot of information on this page, but if you if you
Look closely, this bottom failure rates, you can see from year after year, there's a

870
02:01:01,080 --> 02:01:01,080
consistent increase in the number of, of failures.

871
02:01:05,400 --> 02:01:08,760
we've also looked at the generation. So if we replace it the same like for like right now it's more expensive than if we buy
Current generation.

872
02:01:15,570 --> 02:01:15,570
and so our goal is to to begin saving money by buying current generation.

873
02:01:19,740 --> 02:01:19,740
now when we when we put it all in first time, it costs about $8 million to put it all in.

874
02:01:25,440 --> 02:01:25,440
and thankfully we bought some nice equipment, av systems that have a longer life cycle.

875
02:01:31,920 --> 02:01:31,920
so instead of just forklift replacing all of it, we've said, hey, the video switch in the
Ceilings they have a failure rate that's happening, but it's

876
02:01:41,760 --> 02:01:45,450
not undoable for us to manage on a regular 199 annual budgets. And so we can keep kind of break fixing those as we go.

877
02:01:48,210 --> 02:01:48,210
but the the failure rate of the projectors is quickly increasing.

878
02:01:52,860 --> 02:01:52,860
and we don't have the money in our 199 budgets to, to to shoot that increase.

879
02:01:57,840 --> 02:01:59,550
and so the plan is all right. Where are they failing the most at the high school because those are the oldest.

880
02:02:03,030 --> 02:02:03,030
if we put in all new projectors at the high school 100 and.

881
02:02:07,920 --> 02:02:09,060
one of them. We would harvest the working ones that are in the high school, and then as they fail on
Other campus, we'll use those to replace other ones until we run out.

882
02:02:17,880 --> 02:02:20,790
and then we would bring back to you in the future, the next campus. And we'd continue to grow until over time, we've replaced all the campuses.

883
02:02:24,690 --> 02:02:28,410
av technology. That needs to be replaced in life cycle. But instead of bringing you an $8 million bill like, hey, let's replace it all, even
Though it is all at end of life, we're just saying, hey, what we need really right now to

884
02:02:38,160 --> 02:02:38,160
continue functioning for teachers to teach effectively is these high school projectors
For 141,000.

885
02:02:44,550 --> 02:02:45,810
I think this is great work. And again, thank you so much because to your point, $8 million do it all $141,000, right,
With this plan.

886
02:02:55,050 --> 02:02:55,050
the other thing that I wanted to ask about is correct me if I'm wrong, but we as a board
Approve fourth grade ipads with the keyboards last year.

887
02:03:04,140 --> 02:03:04,140
correct. And we've been talking a lot about this as a board, as a community, about what
Is actually mandated by the state when it comes to staar

888
02:03:14,130 --> 02:03:14,130
testing. And in this technology team we've been talking about, what do we need in in the
State does not allow our dragon students to

889
02:03:23,760 --> 02:03:27,510
take staar tests on their own devices. It has to be a device.

890
02:03:28,980 --> 02:03:30,960
so and mr. Johnson, another unfunded mandate.

891
02:03:33,420 --> 02:03:33,420
they're telling us you have to have a device that the district owns, but we are not going
To give you money for those devices.

892
02:03:40,290 --> 02:03:42,840
okay. So we're adding that to the list. But that third grade that has to take the staar.

893
02:03:46,830 --> 02:03:46,830
could they not use the fourth graders ipads?

894
02:03:51,690 --> 02:03:53,130
they can, it would. So at this moment today, the third grade ipads and keyboards work, but they are
Continuing to fail.

895
02:04:01,050 --> 02:04:03,560
and we're down to. Like a handful of keyboards to swap them out at this point, and so we might hit two by
The time we get to staar testing season, they might be exhausted, and so we might be

896
02:04:12,980 --> 02:04:12,980
2030 keyboards short for third grade when the possibility of it when staar hits, at which
Point they would have to borrow from the fourth graders

897
02:04:22,820 --> 02:04:26,030
those ipads for that staar test. And if even if they did it that on a large scale worst case scenario means would be that
You couldn't test both third and fourth graders at the same time.

898
02:04:34,220 --> 02:04:34,220
and so it might impact instruction for two days instead of instead of one.

899
02:04:38,420 --> 02:04:38,420
I would like to see us lean in with c and I about the staar testing technology needs to
See where perhaps we

900
02:04:48,110 --> 02:04:48,110
can't. You know, we just bought new devices, you know, if it's okay that the third
Graders and the fourth graders, you know, that they basically swap

901
02:04:58,010 --> 02:04:59,720
technology for their needs. I just don't feel like I want to sign off on new technology for third graders.

902
02:05:05,120 --> 02:05:06,920
we just did fourth grade, right? We've heard from our community, and that is and I've heard from other people, including
Our sboe member, who says buying technology for these elementary schools is not

903
02:05:16,520 --> 02:05:18,380
not the way to go. So that's just something that I'd like to see.

904
02:05:20,720 --> 02:05:20,720
and that would mean that this package would have to be modified.

905
02:05:24,950 --> 02:05:24,950
president bryan. So and thank you trustee yeager, for that.

906
02:05:29,900 --> 02:05:29,900
mr. Stewart, if we were to do that, and I understand that it takes some coordination and
Maybe some more thinking on it, but what what then would that

907
02:05:39,860 --> 02:05:42,530
can you go back to the slide that has the options. And so doing that would save 250,000.

908
02:05:49,220 --> 02:05:50,300
yes sir. Which we're talking about. Okay. And where is this money coming from again.

909
02:05:54,800 --> 02:05:57,860
I mean we don't do we have bond interest or any mr. Johnson? I mean, where is this coming from?

910
02:06:00,020 --> 02:06:03,290
I would propose at this time that we take it out of fund balance. I would amend the budget for it.

911
02:06:05,510 --> 02:06:06,740
so savings. Correct? Okay.

912
02:06:11,450 --> 02:06:11,450
is it accurate to say that the the key keypads for the third grade ipads, they don't work
On the fourth grade ones?

913
02:06:18,590 --> 02:06:20,290
or do they? They do not do the fourth grade because they're built into the case.

914
02:06:24,010 --> 02:06:27,640
and apple does a fantastic job of marketing. And so they changed the shape of the ipad slightly the dimensions of it.

915
02:06:31,630 --> 02:06:35,170
so that one generation's case doesn't work on the next generation ipad. So the fourth the new fourth grade keyboards do not work.

916
02:06:38,410 --> 02:06:41,620
no. So they'd have to give them the whole ipad with the case. Okay, so I, I had another question.

917
02:06:44,200 --> 02:06:44,200
just trying to be as creative as possible.

918
02:06:48,460 --> 02:06:51,100
and miss petty, you may have you may get to speak into this. There are no technology tweaks for pre-k to second grade, right?

919
02:06:56,890 --> 02:06:59,560
there's there are there, there are. Yeah. They start.

920
02:07:03,360 --> 02:07:07,200
I yeah, yeah. It just so happens I'm certified in tech apps pre-k through 12.

921
02:07:11,670 --> 02:07:14,190
okay, well that's great. I would like to know what the technology tweaks are.

922
02:07:16,470 --> 02:07:18,480
I was under the impression there weren't any. And they started in in third grade.

923
02:07:20,910 --> 02:07:20,910
I was going to try to be creative and take those ipads away from the pre-k to second
Graders and see if we could use those in some sort of capacity,

924
02:07:30,300 --> 02:07:33,540
but I would I would like to know that. So is that do you do you want to address that?

925
02:07:36,450 --> 02:07:36,450
because I believe you probably have.

926
02:07:40,860 --> 02:07:40,860
yes. So we just came out with new or t just came out with new technology application
Techs and they will be implemented the next school year.

927
02:07:51,000 --> 02:07:51,000
so I am going to spend my summer putting these technology application tweaks into our
Scope and sequence documents with our curriculum writers when they come in during the

928
02:08:00,630 --> 02:08:00,630
summer, but they k through second, it's not pre-k, kindergarten through eighth grade.

929
02:08:06,030 --> 02:08:09,090
are the technology application tweaks. Keyboarding tweaks start at third grade, which is why when we originally did the 1 to 1
Devices, we bought cases with

930
02:08:18,780 --> 02:08:18,780
keyboards for third and fourth grade and then our kindergarten through second grade.

931
02:08:23,160 --> 02:08:23,160
they just have a protective case without a keyboard.

932
02:08:30,200 --> 02:08:34,190
man. Yeah, well that's unfortunate. Can you share with us what those are? I can I'm in the process of developing spreadsheets, so it's more user friendly, like the
Language.

933
02:08:39,440 --> 02:08:41,750
I'm happy to send you guys those. Okay. Thank you. Mr.

934
02:08:43,940 --> 02:08:43,940
stewart, I'm kind of curious about a couple of things.

935
02:08:48,200 --> 02:08:48,200
first of all I understand all of our concern about staar testing, and I hope we can get
Away from it somehow.

936
02:08:54,950 --> 02:08:54,950
but the computers aren't just for staar testing, right?

937
02:08:59,000 --> 02:09:02,720
they're for regular instruction and use by students. And I appreciate that.

938
02:09:05,030 --> 02:09:05,030
we're looking for ways to save costs, but what I think I just heard you kind of describe
Is, I think a refresh or a replacement of all of

939
02:09:14,930 --> 02:09:18,260
the devices, or is it just at a certain age? I wasn't clear about when we talk about refresh, like, is it is it all of a certain group
Of devices.

940
02:09:25,910 --> 02:09:25,910
so this proposal that's on your screen now is the only students that are impacted by it
Are grades five and six.

941
02:09:35,660 --> 02:09:35,660
and so if this is accepted or approved or so they would get new chromebooks and their
Current devices that are in life cycle would move to grades

942
02:09:45,470 --> 02:09:48,260
nine and ten. What is current grades nine. Next year they'll be grades ten and 11 because they're devices that those two grade
Levels nine and ten are out of life cycle.

943
02:09:54,770 --> 02:09:54,770
so really in grades five through 12, all the students for the most part have devices in
Life cycle except for grades nine and ten right now.

944
02:10:03,440 --> 02:10:03,440
and then in this what we've been discussing so far is whether to refresh the third grade
Ipads or not.

945
02:10:09,920 --> 02:10:13,730
so there's not a larger scale refresh than that. So the way you were describing, if we stuck with what we have, we're going to run out of
Devices or equipment.

946
02:10:22,400 --> 02:10:26,180
and if we replace it, we'll be, you know, back to brand new. But I'm just curious, is there not an in between where you buy some number of devices
That or keyboards or whatever equipment you

947
02:10:35,930 --> 02:10:35,930
need that will give you a stock of replacements versus a full refresh?

948
02:10:42,980 --> 02:10:42,980
I mean, I don't know how many of each device and what all you need, but is there
Something in between?

949
02:10:50,030 --> 02:10:50,030
so the, the the current grades nine and ten, they're laptops that are a 33 to 80 model.

950
02:10:58,220 --> 02:11:02,000
is that correct? No, 3300. They're currently five years old right now.

951
02:11:04,220 --> 02:11:04,220
and so they are they are rough and due for a refresh.

952
02:11:12,410 --> 02:11:12,410
I have a I have I have a current 10th grader, so I can corroborate your story.

953
02:11:18,560 --> 02:11:18,560
and so it would be difficult for us to say, hey.

954
02:11:22,700 --> 02:11:22,700
I don't know. A through m you get a new one and n through z.

955
02:11:29,470 --> 02:11:29,470
you get stuck with the old one or something like that?

956
02:11:33,910 --> 02:11:36,220
they're all five years old across the board on them. And so they'll hit six years next year.

957
02:11:38,080 --> 02:11:41,680
what other downsides? And maybe you've covered them all. Are there with not going with the option one?

958
02:11:50,410 --> 02:11:53,320
there are the non option one. The option two is for byod.

959
02:11:54,970 --> 02:11:57,880
are you saying what are the what are the downsides of that option. Well no.

960
02:11:59,140 --> 02:12:01,480
or just keeping the devices where they're at. Yeah. It would be continued continued breakage and frustration and trying to work
Effectively on

961
02:12:11,350 --> 02:12:11,350
devices that yes, haven't been necessarily always treated gingerly.

962
02:12:17,410 --> 02:12:17,410
but that are impacting instruction and boot up times and, and more time away from class
As they go to the shop to get repaired.

963
02:12:26,170 --> 02:12:26,170
and we have a we're not saying that there's a 10% repair rate.

964
02:12:31,840 --> 02:12:31,840
I think when we looked at this back in november you could see that you have more than a
50% repair rate.

965
02:12:38,380 --> 02:12:42,220
and so they're regularly pulling these devices out. We ship them off to dell. They don't have their regular laptop.

966
02:12:44,080 --> 02:12:44,080
and if you've had your laptop away from you, you know how it impacts your productivity.

967
02:12:49,210 --> 02:12:51,040
they're impacting a lot of things. When does when exactly would you propose that the cost hit?

968
02:12:55,780 --> 02:12:58,720
and I think we might have heard from mr. Johnson that it's all out of fund balance.

969
02:13:01,900 --> 02:13:05,680
or is any portion of it already planned for. There isn't money in my 199 for this element.

970
02:13:11,620 --> 02:13:11,620
the best time to purchase these things would be soon, because they take a while for them
To manufacture and ship them, usually from china to

971
02:13:21,610 --> 02:13:24,310
us. And so it takes a few months for us to get them here. And then we work to get them kind of bundled up with imaged and get them ready so that
When the students return in august

972
02:13:34,300 --> 02:13:37,990
we're ready to swap out devices. And our seniors, they, we collect them.

973
02:13:41,650 --> 02:13:44,290
so some of these refreshes happen at the end of school year. We try to get our teachers if they're in the group, that would get a new laptop that
Before they leave for summer.

974
02:13:50,530 --> 02:13:53,230
over the summer, we replace the desktops. And when they return in the fall, we replace the student laptops.

975
02:13:57,420 --> 02:13:57,420
and this ordering soon gets all those devices here so that we have them when it's best to
Install them.

976
02:14:06,500 --> 02:14:10,280
mr. Stewart, what do we do with the old devices? Is there any salvage value? There is not a lot.

977
02:14:13,430 --> 02:14:13,430
I think you're usually looking around 30 bucks.

978
02:14:21,440 --> 02:14:24,020
okay. A couple of quick questions. Yeah, absolutely. So with the google devices, how much data does google collect?

979
02:14:31,110 --> 02:14:34,470
from these devices? Or is there any I mean, can we limit what they collect? There wouldn't be any more than there already currently collecting because we already are
Using the google.

980
02:14:40,410 --> 02:14:42,240
sweet comforting. Oh, there you go. Fully. Are we using google gemini?

981
02:14:44,640 --> 02:14:44,640
the I sweet no good answer, but we're already we're already using google docs.

982
02:14:50,460 --> 02:14:52,530
google sheets. That's our main competition tool. And and there we have reviewed their privacy policy and made sure that yes, they're not
Marketing or selling that information.

983
02:15:01,740 --> 02:15:01,740
but yes, our files, the file that you're currently looking at is on google drive.

984
02:15:09,210 --> 02:15:10,320
all right. Thank you. Could you go to the refurbishment for the av.

985
02:15:16,070 --> 02:15:16,070
so what's the total cost to replace a single projector?

986
02:15:23,360 --> 02:15:26,090
the cost for the next generation. I'm assuming this is just acquisition cost.

987
02:15:28,580 --> 02:15:32,150
this is the it's this. The high school is the third row.

988
02:15:34,070 --> 02:15:34,070
and so the the new it would be a laser projector would be $1,400, whereas our current gen
Projectors purchasing them is

989
02:15:42,920 --> 02:15:42,920
$1,400. And the laser projector has a much longer life cycle because you're not swapping
Out those incandescent bulbs.

990
02:15:51,590 --> 02:15:55,160
so how long does it take to replace one of these projectors? We're buying them with the same throw length.

991
02:15:57,800 --> 02:15:57,800
and so it's really just a few bolts to take one down and plug a new one up on the same
Mount.

992
02:16:03,290 --> 02:16:03,290
and so the idea is that we will handle that in house.

993
02:16:08,420 --> 02:16:08,420
in our last purchase we did a large scale simultaneously.

994
02:16:13,190 --> 02:16:16,760
and so that takes a lot of staffing to do it. In this rollout plan. We can also handle that kind of in house.

995
02:16:18,800 --> 02:16:18,800
and so nick rossello that if you see through the windows in there, he would end his
Schedule, have like a tuesdays and thursdays for a few hours every week.

996
02:16:28,730 --> 02:16:28,730
he would go out and swap ten projectors until he gets it done and harvest those ten.

997
02:16:35,570 --> 02:16:39,080
if if of the ten he swaps, nine of them are good. We'd store those in our warehouse and use them for swaps as others fail.

998
02:16:43,000 --> 02:16:43,000
okay. And how many projected failures do you project next year?

999
02:16:47,890 --> 02:16:51,520
or have you? From our from our graph here. I mean, we had 12 last year.

1000
02:16:53,620 --> 02:16:55,840
we've had 19 already this year. And so yes, we would foresee somewhere in the 30 to plus range for for next year.

1001
02:17:01,570 --> 02:17:01,570
okay. And then that exponential growth continuing to happen in years future.

1002
02:17:08,700 --> 02:17:12,420
all right. Thank you. Yep. Mr. Stewart, one last question. If I know you've recommended option one, if we do not go with option one, are we falling
Behind in technology either compared to other school districts

1003
02:17:22,380 --> 02:17:22,380
or even with our own you know, students support and offering them technology.

1004
02:17:31,660 --> 02:17:33,550
I would say yes. I think the consensus in education today is that providing students devices is the best
Way to, to kind of make

1005
02:17:43,120 --> 02:17:43,120
technology disappear so that you're not having to focus on, hey, you brought in an
Android tablet and you brought in a macbook, and you brought in your iphone and you

1006
02:17:52,600 --> 02:17:56,170
brought in a windows and all from different manufacturers. And I'm saying, hey, I need you to make this video slide deck or whatever.

1007
02:17:59,830 --> 02:18:02,680
and then you it becomes so frustrating. And that's kind of why educators have said I can't.

1008
02:18:07,390 --> 02:18:11,320
that just doesn't work. We're going to have to move back to worksheets. I think a point to make on that to mr.

1009
02:18:12,970 --> 02:18:14,380
stewart. And once again, mr. Gillis, you may want to chime in on this, but all of our instructional resources, our
Textbooks, all of the all of the they're they're all online, all of our resources we

1010
02:18:22,660 --> 02:18:22,660
purchase are online. So having students having access to the resources, the textbooks are
All through either ipads or laptops.

1011
02:18:29,200 --> 02:18:29,200
so that's that's something to consider as we move forward.

1012
02:18:34,470 --> 02:18:34,470
I agree we would have to have a curriculum overhaul, which as you said before, we're
Already short staffed in the curriculum department and that would take an army.

1013
02:18:43,920 --> 02:18:43,920
so. Just one more question, mr.

1014
02:18:48,320 --> 02:18:48,320
stewart. You may have mentioned this and I just missed it, but the new acquisition cost
For a laser projector.

1015
02:18:55,280 --> 02:18:58,850
why is that different at the elementary schools versus the high schools? Elementary schools do not have projectors.

1016
02:19:01,940 --> 02:19:01,940
they have led panels that are more expensive.

1017
02:19:06,980 --> 02:19:06,980
they have. Really big tvs.

1018
02:19:11,390 --> 02:19:11,390
whereas the grades five through 12 have an interactive projector.

1019
02:19:17,630 --> 02:19:17,630
both of them are interactive, but the secondary teachers really felt like they needed the
Dry erase space.

1020
02:19:22,130 --> 02:19:24,620
and so the projector shines onto a dry erase board. So even when it's off, you can use it as a dry erase board.

1021
02:19:27,470 --> 02:19:27,470
whereas the led panel, when it's off, you don't want to use it as a dry erase board.

1022
02:19:32,480 --> 02:19:34,320
okay. Thanks. Yep. Is there any reason why mr.

1023
02:19:37,410 --> 02:19:38,430
johnson. Mr. Johnson, our budget workshop is monday next monday.

1024
02:19:42,120 --> 02:19:42,120
I me personally am not comfortable yet pulling the trigger on one of these options.

1025
02:19:47,280 --> 02:19:47,280
I would really like to go through that budget workshop next monday to get an entire
Picture of what we're looking at, just to kind of contemplate how this

1026
02:19:56,310 --> 02:19:56,310
impacts that, and we know how it's going to impact students and our technical devices and
That type of thing.

1027
02:20:01,440 --> 02:20:01,440
but I would like to see how it's going to impact our budget and coming from fund balance
And all that type of thing.

1028
02:20:07,410 --> 02:20:07,410
so unless I get a motion from a trustee, I would I'm going to move to table.

1029
02:20:13,320 --> 02:20:13,320
so I guess I'll go ahead and move to table item 11.3.

1030
02:20:17,490 --> 02:20:20,880
consider for approval acquisition of technology resources. I second that we've got a motion and a second.

1031
02:20:23,250 --> 02:20:27,000
all in favor. Motion carries 7 to 0. Thank you, mr. Stewart. Thank you. Appreciate it. All right moving on to 11.4, mr.

1032
02:20:30,300 --> 02:20:30,300
johnson, consider for approval budget amendment number 003-24.

1033
02:20:42,160 --> 02:20:43,930
thank you, president bryan. Basically, I was amending we were proposing an amendment in anticipation of the purchase.

1034
02:20:48,910 --> 02:20:48,910
so if if all is like you want to wait until then, then it probably makes sense to wait
Until maybe on this workshop.

1035
02:20:56,010 --> 02:20:59,970
okay, that that was what this budget amendment was going to be. Okay. I got it, okay. Thank you, mr. Johnson.

1036
02:21:01,050 --> 02:21:03,990
excellent. I think the shortest you've ever been at the podium. I'm trying. Very exciting.

1037
02:21:05,430 --> 02:21:09,210
I'm a strong suit. Right, I could have. He walked up, right?

1038
02:21:11,520 --> 02:21:11,520
yeah. All right, all right, let's move on to our last item on the agenda.

1039
02:21:16,950 --> 02:21:19,590
consent agenda. I know we have many donations. Trustee. Ray yeager, are you ready to call those donations?

1040
02:21:24,030 --> 02:21:27,120
thank you, president bryan. I'll go through these very quickly. The organization and the amount.

1041
02:21:28,710 --> 02:21:28,710
and now leave the purpose for folks to to click on these but to all of the, the boosters,
To every one of these groups and

1042
02:21:38,550 --> 02:21:38,550
tose just this board myself, all of us, we thank you so much for all you do.

1043
02:21:44,100 --> 02:21:44,100
we would not have a district with this excellence without your help.

1044
02:21:49,620 --> 02:21:51,000
so thank you so much. The first one from the ap boosters, a donation amount of $12,360.

1045
02:21:57,630 --> 02:21:57,630
the next from the carroll senior high school choir boosters in an amount not to exceed
$9,000.

1046
02:22:05,400 --> 02:22:05,400
just as an fyi, this was the use of a charter bus for a choir trip to omaha, nebraska.

1047
02:22:12,000 --> 02:22:15,360
that's just wonderful. I'm glad our dragon students could do that. And thank you. The carroll high school pto in the amount of $17,000, the carroll middle
School pta.

1048
02:22:23,460 --> 02:22:27,090
so a donation of $25,000. 2506 seven actually and we thank them, the johnson elementary school pto in-kind
Contribution of

1049
02:22:35,670 --> 02:22:39,360
$5,991. Thank you. The johnson elementary school pto a in-kind contribution.

1050
02:22:44,340 --> 02:22:44,340
if you can get this of $76,081.

1051
02:22:49,890 --> 02:22:49,890
I think they just might have said a new pto record for single donation eubanks not far
Behind their pto, a monetary combined with in-kind

1052
02:22:59,490 --> 02:22:59,490
contribution of $33,507.

1053
02:23:03,750 --> 02:23:03,750
thank you. Eubanks pto and the carroll senior high school pto in-kind and monetary
Donation of $17,000 so you can see

1054
02:23:13,380 --> 02:23:16,620
truly wonderful work by our toes. And thank you all. Absolutely is. Thank you.

1055
02:23:17,640 --> 02:23:21,510
trustee yeager, I move to adjourn the meeting. No, we have to approve the consent agenda.

1056
02:23:24,150 --> 02:23:28,050
there we go. I move to present. I second that. All right. We got a motion that we're okay.

1057
02:23:30,450 --> 02:23:34,050
we've got a motion and a second. All in favor? Motion carries 7 to 0. If no objection, we will adjourn this meeting at 8:24 p.m..