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GOOD EVENING. I HEREBY CALL TO ORDER THE CALL MEETING OF THE CROWLEY ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND CERTIFY THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH PROVISIONS OF SECTION 551.041, SUBCHAPTER C, GOVERNMENT CODE AS AMENDED BY THE 73RD LEGISLATURE. PURSUANT TO PUBLIC NOTICE OF THIS MEETING AND A QUORUM IS PRESENT. I REQUEST THE OFFICIAL ROLL CALL, PLEASE, MR. KIRCHNER. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. TRUSTEE PLACE ONE DR. NEDRA ROBINSON. PRESENT. TRUSTEE PLACE TWO DR. LA TONYA WOODSON-MAYFIELD. PRESENT. TRUSTEE PLACE THREE MR. DARYL R. DAVIS II. PRESENT. TRUSTEE PLACE FOUR MS. JUNE W. DAVIS. PRESENT. TRUSTEE PLACE FIVE MS. CC WATKINS. PRESENT. TRUSTEE PLACE SIX MR. GARY GRASSIA. PRESENT. TRUSTEE PLACE SEVEN MS. KELICIA STEVENSON. PRESENT. SUPERINTENDENT DR. MICHAEL MCFARLAND. PRESENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. KIRCHNER. I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND A WARM WELCOME TO EVERYONE PRESENT FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING. THE MONTHLY MEETINGS OF THE BOARD ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND WE ARE PLEASED THAT YOU HAVE JOINED US AS WE CELEBRATE ACHIEVEMENT, REVIEW INFORMATION AND MAKE POLICY DECISIONS RELATED TO THE EFFECTIVE OPERATION OF CROWLEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE WILL BE CONFINED TO THE TIME DESIGNATED FOR CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD. THE QUORUM AND COURTESY ARE IMPORTANT ELEMENTS IN EFFECTIVE PUBLIC MEETINGS. PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES OR COMMUNICATION DEVICES. BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR PROCEEDINGS, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING AND FOR YOUR INTEREST IN CROWLEY ISD PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THIS BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM 2.0. BOARD POINTS OF PRIDE. SO I WILL KICK US OFF. YOU'VE HEARD US SAY MANY TIMES DIVERSITY IS OUR SUPERPOWER. SO IN CROWLEY ISD, WE ARE EXCITED TO CELEBRATE THE RICH HISTORY, CULTURE AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF LATINO AMERICANS THROUGHOUT NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH. WE'LL WRAP UP THE CELEBRATION ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17TH WITH THE ANNUAL HISPANIC HERITAGE QUIZ BOWL. ADMISSION IS FREE AND THE EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE AT NORTH CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL. IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO CHEER ON OUR STUDENTS. SO PLEASE COME ON OUT SEPTEMBER, NOT THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. EXCITING NEWS COMING THIS WEEK. NORTH CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL HOMECOMING. IT'S HOMECOMING WEEK FOR NORTH CROWLEY PANTHERS AND THIS YEAR'S THEME IS DISCO FEVER. WHAT DO THEY KNOW ABOUT THAT? STUDENTS AND STAFF HAVE ENJOYED DAILY DRESS UP DAYS AND THE CAMPUS HOSTED A PARADE AND COMMUNITY PEP RALLY LAST NIGHT. THE PANTHERS FACED OFF AGAINST SUMMER CREEK HIGH SCHOOL FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE CISD MULTI-PURPOSE STADIUM AND THE HOMECOMING COURT BEGINS BEGIN RECOGNIZING DURING THE PREGAME FESTIVITY. THAT MEANS IT'S GOING TO START AT 6:30, RIGHT? OKAY, BE THERE SO YOU CAN SEE WHO THE KING AND QUEEN IS GOING TO BE THIS WEEK. THIS WEEK. LONG CELEBRATION WILL CONCLUDE WITH THE DANCE SATURDAY NIGHT. HAPPY HOMECOMING, PANTHERS. TRUSTEE JUNE DAVIS. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. ATTENDANCE MATTERS. SEPTEMBER IS ATTENDANCE AWARENESS MONTH AND EVERY DAY MATTERS. BEING IN SCHOOL EVERY DAY GIVES STUDENTS MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN, CONNECT AND SUCCEED. FAMILIES HELP US MAKE ATTENDANCE A PRIORITY. LET'S WORK TOGETHER TO ENSURE OUR STUDENTS ARE PRESENT, ENGAGED AND READY TO LEARN EVERY DAY BECAUSE IN CROWLEY ISD EVERY DAY MATTERS. TRUSTEE GRASSIA. GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT. HOW Y'ALL DOING? THEY'RE GOOD. SWEET. CHOIR PERFORMANCE AT MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL GAME. CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR CHOIR STUDENTS FROM CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL. THAT'S RIGHT. H.F. STEVENS MIDDLE SCHOOL AND RICHARD J. ALLIE MIDDLE SCHOOL AS THEY CAME TOGETHER TO PERFORM THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AT THE FRISCO ROUGHRIDERS BASEBALL GAME LAST WEEK. YOU CAN HEAR THEIR PERFORMANCE ON CROWLEY ISD FACEBOOK PAGE AND IT IS A GREAT WAY TO SEE OUR STUDENTS GETTING THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THEIR TALENT OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM AND FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE FROM THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS TO HIGH SCHOOL, WE ARE PROUD OF ALL OF Y'ALL. CONGRATULATIONS.
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TRUSTEE WATKINS. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. HELLO, EVERYONE. THE CROWLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL PTO RECENTLY HOSTED A FUN PAINT WITH A PARENT EVENT ON CAMPUS TO CONNECT FAMILIES AND HELP THEM ENGAGE WITH THEIR CHILDREN. FAMILIES WERE ABLE TO SPEND THE EVENING PAINTING THEIR OWN PANTHER ARTWORK WHILE SHARING TIME AND LAST TOGETHER. THIS WAS A GREAT IDEA AND THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR PARENTS TO BUILD POSITIVE MEMORIES WITH THEIR CHILDREN. GREAT JOB, CMS. TRUSTEE DARYL DAVIS. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. VOTER REGISTRATION. GET READY TO MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD, CISD. NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION DAY IS SEPTEMBER 15TH AND WE WANT TO HELP OUT STUDENTS AGE 18 AND OLDER GET REGISTERED TO VOTE. THERE WILL BE CAMPUS DRIVES HAPPENING AT THE END OF THE MONTH. WE WILL ALSO HAVE VOTER REGISTRATION ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE AT THE CROWLEY VERSUS NORTH CROWLEY FOOTBALL GAME ON SEPTEMBER 25TH. BE ON LOOKOUT FOR REGISTRATION TABLES AT YOUR SCHOOL AND SPECIAL THANKS TO THE ICE COLD BROTHERS OF ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, INCORPORATED, MARCH TO THE POLLS AND OUR STUDENT VOTER EMPOWERMENT CLUBS FOR POWERING OUR YOUTH VOTE. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE DAVIS. AND TRUSTEE LA TONYA WOODSON-MAYFIELD WILL CLOSE US OUT. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. MIDDLE SCHOOL FAMILIES, LISTEN UP AND MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THE PARENT ACCESS ZOOM MEETING COMING THIS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH. OUR PARTNERS WITH THE QUINITE SCHOOL NETWORK HAVE PREPARED AN ENGAGING EXPERIENCE DESIGNED TO KEEP YOU INFORMED AND INVOLVED IN YOUR CHILD'S MIDDLE SCHOOL JOURNEY. THERE WILL BE BREAKOUT ROOMS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO WIN GIFT CARDS. EVERY STUDENT IN ATTENDANCE, IT IS ATTENDANCE AWARENESS MONTH, WILL RECEIVE A SPECIAL SURPRISE FROM THEIR CAMPUS. THE MEETING STARTS AT 6 P.M., AND YOU CAN FIND ALL THE DETAILS ON PARENTSQUARE. WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE. THANK YOU ALL FOR THOSE CELEBRATIONS. THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM 3.1, THE SUPERINTENDENT START, SUPERINTENDENT REPORT, STAAR DISTINCTION DESIGNATIONS. DR. MCFARLAND AND DR. ROWE WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM. MADAM PRESIDENT AND BOARD MEMBERS, WE'RE DEFINITELY EXCITED TO BRING FORWARD THIS NEXT RECOGNITION AND WE HAVE OUR CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER, DR. ANNA ROWE, TO PRESENT THIS ITEM. DR. ROWE. GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT ROBINSON, ESTEEMED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR. MCFARLAND. IT IS MY HONOR AND GREAT PRIVILEGE TO CELEBRATE ALONG WITH YOU TONIGHT OUR CAMPUSES WHO HAVE EARNED DESIGNATION DISTINCTIONS BY THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY FOR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE. DISTINCTION DESIGNATIONS, THERE'S SEVEN THAT CAN BE EARNED. THEY ARE AN ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT. YOU CAN SEE THAT IN READING LANGUAGE ARTS, IN MATHEMATICS, IN SCIENCE, AND IN SOCIAL STUDIES. NOW THE SOCIAL STUDIES CAN BE EARNED AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL AND THERE'S TOP 25% OF ACADEMIC GROWTH WHICH MEANS UPON A COMPARISON GROUP CAMPUSES ARE GROWING STUDENTS ACADEMICALLY OVER YEAR TO YEAR. ANOTHER DESIGNATION IS IN THE TOP 25% OF THEIR COMPARISON GROUP IN CLOSING THE GAPS WHICH MEASURES COMPARISON PERFORMANCE ON DIFFERENT STUDENT GROUPS, VARIOUS STUDENT GROUPS, AND ALSO A DESIGNATION DISTINCTION FOR POST-SECONDARY READINESS THAT REALLY MEASURES THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF LEARNING FOR OUR STUDENTS, PARTICULARLY THAT MEETS PERFORMANCE AND COLLEGE READINESS INDICATORS. OUR HIGH SCHOOLS AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EARN SEVEN DISTINCTIONS. OUR ELEMENTARY WITH SIX. ELEMENTARY DOES SOCIAL STUDIES. SO THESE ARE THE OVERALL DESIGNATION DISTINCTIONS THAT CAN BE EARNED GIVEN OUT BY THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY ON OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE. HERE IN CROWLEY ISD WE ARE EXCITED AND THRILLED TO CELEBRATE WITH YOU. THERE ARE 15 DISTINCTIONS AMONG EIGHT OF OUR CAMPUSES THIS YEAR BASED ON PERFORMANCE FROM 26 TO OUR PERFORMANCE. THESE DISTINCTIONS REFLECT THE INTENTIONAL WORK OF OUR CAMPUS LEADERS, OUR STAFF, OUR EDUCATORS, OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE'RE INCREDIBLY PROUD TO CELEBRATE THEM TONIGHT. SO PLEASE JOIN ME AS WE CELEBRATE EACH OF OUR EIGHT CAMPUSES. FIRST UP PLEASE HELP ME
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CELEBRATE S.H. CROWLEY ELEMENTARY FOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND READING LANGUAGE ARTS. NEXT HELP ME CELEBRATE HARGRAVE ELEMENTARY ACHIEVING CLOSING THE GAP. NEXT UP A BIG CELEBRATION FOR MARY HARRIS ELEMENTARY ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN SCIENCE. PLEASE HELP ME CELEBRATE NORTH CROWLEY HIGH SCHOOL WITH A DESIGNATION IN ACADEMIC GROWTH. ALSO CELEBRATING TONIGHT SUE CROUCH ELEMENTARY WITH DESIGNATIONS AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS IN READING LANGUAGE ARTS AND POST-SECONDARY READINESS. PLEASE HELP ME CELEBRATE SUMMER CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL WITH DESIGNATIONS IN ACADEMIC GROWTH AND CLOSING THE GAP. ALSO REPRESENTING MIDDLE SCHOOLS RICHARD J. ALLIE WITH TWO DESIGNATIONS ACADEMIC GROWTH AND CLOSING THE GAP. AND OUR FINAL CELEBRATION TONIGHT CELEBRATING EVERYONE EARNING FIVE OUT OF THE POSSIBLE SIX DESIGNATIONS. PLEASE HELP ME CELEBRATE OAKMONT ELEMENTARY WITH ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE, ACADEMIC GROWTH, CLOSING THE GAP, AND POST-SECONDARY READINESS. AGAIN ONE BIG CELEBRATION BEING RECOGNIZED BY THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY AND THESE DESIGNATIONS IS NOT AN EASY FEAT. IT IS FOR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE AND THESE CAMPUSES HAVE GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND AND STUDENTS ARE EXCELLING. IT'S THAT EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION. ONE MORE TIME FOR OUR CAMPUSES AND OUR DECISION FOR THE 26 STAAR PERFORMANCE. THANK YOU SO MUCH DR. ROWE CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS AND EDUCATORS. WE ARE SO EXCITED TO CELEBRATE YOU ALL TONIGHT. YOU SEE THE BANNERS THAT ARE HERE ON THE DAIS TONIGHT. WE'LL BE DELIVERING THOSE TO YOUR CAMPUSES TOMORROW FOR YOU TO DISPLAY PROUDLY THERE IN YOUR FRONT OFFICE. I KNOW OUR TRUSTEES WOULD LOVE TO SHARE WORDS. THEY'D LOVE TO SHAKE HANDS AND WE'D LIKE TO TAKE A BIG GROUP PICTURE. SINCE THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE I THINK WE MAY REVERSE IT A LITTLE AND SO TRUSTEES AFTER YOU SHARE YOUR COMMENTS IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME DOWN AND SHAKE HANDS WITH OUR WITH OUR ADMINISTRATORS AND THEN WE'LL TURN AROUND AND WE'LL TAKE A BIG FAMILY PICTURE. HOW ABOUT THAT PRESIDENT ROBINSON? I AM SO ELATED AND PROUD OF YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT OCCURRED LAST YEAR AND THAT YOU DO THROUGHOUT. THANK YOU FOR POURING INTO OUR STUDENTS. THIS WORK IS A TESTIMONY TO YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THE INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP THAT YOU PROVIDE ON YOUR CAMPUSES. SO THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN. I WILL OPEN IT UP TO ANY COMMENTS FOR TRUSTEES. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. I WILL KEEP THIS VERY SHORT AND JUST SAY DOCUMENTATION BEATS CONVERSATION. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE THINGS TO SAY ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR DISTRICT BUT THIS PUTS ALL OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS TO REST. SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR DISTINCTIONS. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? TRUSTEE WOODSON-MAYFIELD? I'LL JUST ECHO MY COLLEAGUES ON THE DAY. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR ALL THE HARD WORK. I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY. I KNOW IT'S TOUGH. LONG DAYS, EVENINGS, PARENT CALLS AND MEETINGS WITH STUDENTS AND OVER AND OVER
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AGAIN YOU JUST DO IT DAILY, DAILY, DAILY. SO WE JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND THIS IS JUST EVIDENCE OF ALL OF THAT DEDICATION THAT YOU HAVE AND ONE THING I'LL ASK OF YOU TONIGHT WHEN YOU GO TOMORROW, TOMORROW IS A REGULAR DAY RIGHT, WHEN YOU SEE THE STUDENTS LET THEM KNOW THAT WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THEM ALSO FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND FOR THEM TO GO TO THEIR PARENTS AND SAY YOU KNOW THOSE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS SAID THANK YOU, FOR BELIEVING IN US AND HELPING US AND ASSISTING US AND MAKING US GO TO SCHOOL AND DO ALL THE THINGS. SO THANK YOU BUT THEN SHARE THAT THANKS WITH THE STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS AS WELL. I JUST WANT TO SAY I AM SO PROUD OF YOU GUYS AND I HOPE THAT YOU ARE PROUD OF YOURSELVES TOO. IT'S ONE THING TO BE HUMBLE BUT LIKE TRUSTEE DARYL DAVIS SAID WHEN THE STREETS BEEN TALKING AND YOU GUYS CAME OUT AND YOU MADE A DIFFERENCE AND IT IS HARD WORK AND IT IS LONG DAYS AND SOMETIMES IT DOES FEEL LIKE A THANKLESS JOB BUT WE APPRECIATE YOU, WE HONOR YOU AND WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU AND HAPPY TO HAVE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU A PART OF OUR SCHOOL TEAM. THANK YOU. YOU GUYS LOOK LIKE EXCELLENCE ON DISPLAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. I GET EXCITED WHEN WE HAVE THESE THINGS THAT COME BEFORE US TO LET US KNOW HOW OUR CHILDREN ARE DOING THAT LETS ME KNOW THAT I AM SO EXTREMELY PROUD OF THE DISTRICT THAT WE SERVE IN AND I AM EXTREMELY PROUD OF EACH OF YOU AND I JUST HOPE AND PRAY THAT WE CONTINUE WITH THIS PHASE AND I KNOW WE WILL BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. WE GREATLY APPRECIATE IT I GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. JUST ONE THING I'D LIKE TO SAY TO THE TO MY COLLEAGUES AND CO-WORKERS YOU ALL ARE HAVE DONE AMAZING WORK. IT'S OBVIOUS YOU KNOW THAT WE KNOW THAT BECAUSE WE SEE IT EVERY DAY BUT IT'S REALLY GOOD WHEN THE RESULTS SHOW THE EFFORT THAT YOU MAKE SO HOPEFULLY YOU FEEL PROUD ABOUT THAT. YOU KNOW THE RESEARCH IS REAL CLEAR WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT STUDENT LEARNING SO THE NUMBER ONE FACTOR WHETHER THE STUDENT LEARNS OR NOT IS A TEACHER BUT THE NUMBER ONE FACTOR IN WHETHER A CAMPUS PERFORMS OR NOT IS THE PRINCIPAL AND THE LEADER SO YOU ALL SHOULD BE PROUD OF THE WORK YOU'VE BEEN AN INFLUENCE IN CROWLEY ISD. NOW COME DOWN AND SHAKE YOUR HANDS. THANK YOU.
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THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL ONCE AGAIN FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION. THIS BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM 4.0 OPEN FORUM. FOR THE BOARD SHALL ALLOT 30 MINUTES TO HEAR FROM PERSONS WHO DESIRE TO MAKE COMMENTS TO THE BOARD. IF YOU WISH TO PARTICIPATE IN OPEN FORUM YOU MUST SIGN UP IN ADVANCE BY COMPLETING AND SUBMITTING THE ELECTRONIC FORM ONE HOUR BEFORE THE MEETING BEGINS AND INDICATE THE TOPIC YOU WILL ADDRESS. THE ELECTRONIC FORM IS AVAILABLE AT CROWLEYISDTX.ORG BACKSLASH OPEN FORUM. FOR INDIVIDUALS UNABLE TO SIGN UP WITH THE ELECTRONIC FORM A PAPER COPY OF THIS FORM IS ALSO AVAILABLE AT THE CROWLEY ISD CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION BUILDING. IT MUST BE SUBMITTED IN PERSON ONE HOUR BEFORE THE MEETING. WHEN CALLED THE SPEAKER SHALL STATE THEIR NAME AND ADDRESS. SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN THE ORDER THEY REGISTER TO SPEAK. COPIES OF ANY DOCUMENTS FOR THE BOARD SHALL BE EMAILED TO THE COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER AT THE TIME OF REGISTRATION TO SPEAK. ONLY ONE PERSON MAY SPEAK AT A TIME. RESIDENTS AND VISITORS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ARE ALLOTTED THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. THE COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER WILL SIGNAL YOUR REMAINING TIME. UPON EXPIRATION OF THE TIME LIMIT YOU WILL BE EXPECTED TO STOP SPEAKING AND CONCLUDE YOUR COMMENTS. GROUPS CONSISTING OF TWO OR MORE PEOPLE SHALL APPOINT ONE PERSON TO PRESENT THEIR VIEWS BEFORE THE BOARD. PLEASE REFRAIN FROM USING SPECIFIC NAMES WHILE MAKING COMMENTS AND PLEASE FACE THE BOARD MEMBERS
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AT THE DAIS WHILE MAKING COMMENTS. PER BED(LOCAL) THE BOARD SHALL NOT TOLERATE DISRUPTION OF THE MEETING BY MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE. IF AFTER AT LEAST ONE WARNING FROM THE PRESIDING OFFICER ANY INDIVIDUALS CONTINUE TO DISRUPT THE MEETING BY HIS OR HER WORDS OR ACTION THE PRESIDING OFFICER MAY REQUEST ASSISTANCE FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS TO HAVE THIS INDIVIDUAL REMOVED FROM THE MEETING. THANK YOU MR KIRCHNER WHO WILL BE OUR FIRST SPEAKER TONIGHT. MADAM PRESIDENT OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS SAEEDA DOKHI SYED. GOOD EVENING DR ROBINSON AND DR MCFARLAND AND TRUSTEES. I'M SYEDA SYED AND MY ADDRESS IS 6705 SAPPHIRE CIRCLE NORTH COLLIERVILLE TEXAS 76034. WELL IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME IT'S ALMOST THREE YEARS THAT I'M COMING TO THIS BOARD ATTENDING THE MEETING AND ADDRESS ALWAYS ABOUT 10. SO THIS TIME I AM ONE OF THE CANDIDATE FOR TARRANT APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS PLACE ONE AND IT'S A FOUR-WAY RACE AND MY NAME IS VERY END OF THE BALLOT. REMEMBER I SAID HEY GO TO THE BALLOT IT'S A VERY END IF IT'S DIFFICULT TO PRONOUNCE VOTE FOR ME. DON'T WORRY ABOUT PRONOUNCING THE NAME. YEAH BY PROFESSION I'M MECHANICAL ENGINEER. I'M FORMER APPRAISAL REVIEW BOARD MEMBER. I WAS THERE DURING COVID TIME. I WAS ONE OF THE WHISTLEBLOWER BACK IN 2020 IN 2021 WHEN THEY'RE THROWING EVIDENCE IN THE TRASH NOT PAYING ATTENTION WHAT PROPER TAX PAYERS ARE SAYING DURING THE HEARING. I WAS ON PLANNING ZONING AND DIFFERENT COMMISSIONS FOR MY CITY FOR OVER 10 YEARS. SINCE 2024 I HAVE ATTENDED ALL THE TAX CLOSED DOOR MEETING. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE REGULAR MEETING THE ENTITIES CLOSED DOOR MEETING. I HAVE ATTEND EACH AND EVERY MEETING IN PERSON REGARDLESS OF THE WEATHER AND CONTINUOUSLY UPDATING ALL THE ENTITIES HEY WHAT'S GOING ON AT TAD. BACK IN 2025 THEY HAVE OVER THEY SEND THE NOTICES TO 22,000 PROPERTY OWNERS THE WRONG NOTICE. I NOTIFIED ABOUT THAT AND THE BOARD HAS NO CLUE ABOUT THAT ABOUT THAT INFORMATION. IN 2024 THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS THEY GAVE EXTRA 200 VOTES TO TARRANT COUNTY COLLEGE AND I WAS THE ONE WHO SPEAK UP AND BRING IT IN ATTENTION TO THE BOARD HEY YOU DID SOMETHING WRONG WHOEVER MAKE A MISTAKE YOU NEED TO CORRECT IT. SINCE 2024 I'M VERY VERY ACTIVELY INVOLVED WITH THAT AND BEFORE THAT I AM INVOLVED WITH THAT SINCE 2018 WHEN I WAS APPOINTED ON ARB AND MY PRIORITIES WOULD BE UNIFORM AND EQUAL APPRAISAL EVERY YEAR. BRING ALL THE TAXABLE PROPERTY ON YOUR TAX ROLL AND YOU WILL BE SURPRISED ONCE YOU SEE THAT. AUDIT OF YOUR TAX ROLL EVERY THREE YEARS AND INDEPENDENT ARB BECAUSE THIS TIME APPRAISAL DISTRICT RESOLVED PROTEST 98 PERCENT BY THEMSELVES AND IT WAS HAPPENED VERY VERY FIRST TIME IN THE STATE OF TAXES THAT APPRAISAL DISTRICT BYPASS THE ARB PROCESS AND RESOLVE 98 PERCENT OF PROTEST BY THEMSELVES. THIS IS THE PROBLEM SO APPRAISAL DISTRICT HAS TO FOLLOW THE PROPERTY TAX CODE AND A LOT OF I WOULD SAY A LOT OF SECTIONS IN PROPERTY TAX CODE THAT THEY ARE NOT FOLLOWING IN THE WAY THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY POLICY AND PROCEDURE BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME VOTE FOR SYEDA SYED AND HELLO. HI CC. GOOD TO SEE YOU IN ACTION. MY NAME IS AMBIKA SHARMA. I AM A RESIDENT OF CROWLEY ISD LIVE IN FORT WORTH AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE TAX RATE THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING OR RATHER YOU'RE VOTING TODAY. IT'S 6.5. I NOTICED THAT THE VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE IS 1.342585. YOUR NET NO NEW REVENUE RATE IS LESS THAN THAT WHICH IS 1.29223 AND THE RATE THAT
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YOU'RE VOTING ON TONIGHT IS EVEN LESS THAN THAT, WHICH IS 1.2552. IF I'M MISTAKEN, OPEN TO LEARNING, BUT I'M CONFUSED WHY YOU GUYS ARE CONSIDERING A TAX RATE OF 1.2552, WHICH IS LESS THAN YOUR NET NEW REVENUE RATE. TO ME, NET NEW REVENUE RATE IS HOW MUCH YOU NEED TO DO YOUR BASIC OPERATIONS. SO BY VOTING ON A TAX RATE WHICH IS LESS THAN YOUR NET NEW REVENUE RATE, LOGICALLY, I WOULD THINK OF THAT AS YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO RUN YOUR OPERATIONS FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. SO A, THE QUESTION IS, IS THAT TRUE? IS MY CONCLUSION HERE CORRECT THAT BY VOTING ON A LOWER TAX RATE THAN THE NET NEW REVENUE RATE, YOU ARE FURTHER GOING INTO A DEFICIT. SECOND, JUNE, 2026, YOUR PROJECTED TAXABLE BASE WAS $12.1 BILLION. THAT'S WHAT YOU VOTED ON. JULY, 2026, TARRANT APPRAISAL DISTRICT, THEY SENT YOU A CERTIFIED TAXABLE BASE OF 10.98 BILLION. THAT IS A DIFFERENCE OF $1.1 BILLION OR SPECIFICALLY 9.1% LESS THAN WHAT YOU PROJECTED. SO I ALSO WANT TO THEN QUESTION YOUR PROJECTION MODELS. HOW ARE YOU FORECASTING YOUR TAXABLE BASE BECAUSE THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE OF 9.1%. SO THAT WAS QUESTION B. GOING THEN TO QUESTION C IS, I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE WITHDRAWING 6.3 BILLION FROM YOUR RESERVES. THAT IS YOUR DEFICIT, $6.3 BILLION. IT REPRESENTS 3% OF YOUR GENERAL EXPENDITURE. 3% OF, THAT'S YOUR DEFICIT, 3%. SO THE QUESTION IS, ARE WE GONNA CONTINUE WITHDRAWING FROM THE RESERVES AND WHERE ARE THE RESERVES CURRENTLY? YOUR 3% DEFICIT RATIO IS THE THIRD LARGEST IN THE COUNTY. NOW, THAT GOES INTO MY 35 SECONDS OF WHAT I PASSED AROUND. HOW DID WE EVEN GET HERE? SO THE LADY IN FRONT OF ME, SHE SPOKE ABOUT TARRANT APPRAISAL DISTRICT. THERE ARE TWO VARIABLES THAT GOES INTO PROPERTY TAXES. ONE, ARE YOUR APPRAISAL DISTRICT? WHAT IS YOUR APPRAISAL VALUE OF YOUR HOUSE? SECOND IS THE TAX RATE. APPRAISALS WERE FROZEN FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS AND THEN PEOPLE CONTINUE TO PROTEST AS WELL. AND THAT HAS THEREFORE LED TO A SIGNIFICANT SHORTFALL, WHICH IS THE $1.1 BILLION. YOU PROJECTED 12 BILLION IN TAXABLE BASE, BUT INSTEAD YOU CAN ONLY CATCH 11 BILLION. SO THEN MY QUESTION THERE IS, PLEASE COMMENT ON THE RESERVES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THIS WILL BRING US TO AGENDA ITEM 5.1, OUR REPORT ITEM, REVIEW OF PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM THE FINANCIAL INTEGRITY RATING SYSTEM OF TEXAS AND MR. FISHER WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM. GOOD EVENING, MADAM BOARD PRESIDENT, DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR. MCFARLAND. I AM EXCITED TO PRESENT THE PRELIMINARY FINANCIAL INTEGRITY RATING SYSTEM OF TEXAS RATINGS FOR 2025-26. BOARD AND THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, WE TALK ABOUT ACTING LIKE A FAMILY, WORKING LIKE A TEAM. WE ARE THE EMBODIMENT OF THAT. AND BOARD, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE EXTERNAL VALIDATION FROM TEA, OUR SCORE THIS YEAR, BUT I PROMISE YOU WE WORK JUST AS HARD WHEN WE GET A B. WE WORK HARD. WE HAVE 12 PEOPLE THAT ARE DEDICATED TO WORKING FOR THIS ORGANIZATION AND UNDERGIRDING THE SUCCESS THAT YOU JUST SAW, THE ACADEMIC SUCCESS. THAT IS OUR GOAL. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, SIR. SO BOARD, WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS OUR PREVIOUS RATINGS OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS. AND BOARD, I JUST WANNA PREFACE MY COMMENTS BY SAYING WE HAVE ABOUT THREE OR FOUR GOALS IN OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT. THE FIRST GOAL EVERY YEAR IS WE WANNA HAVE A CLEAN AUDIT, AN UNMODIFIED OPINION, RIGHT? THE NEXT GOAL IS WE WANNA DO WELL ON OUR FIRST RATING. THE NEXT GOAL IS WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE TO ALL OF OUR CUSTOMERS, OUR TEAMMATES. AND THE LAST GOAL IS WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE RESOURCES ARE ALIGNED TO ACHIEVE THE DISTRICT'S OBJECTIVES, THEIR ACADEMIC OBJECTIVES. AND
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SO, MAN, THIS EXTERNAL VALIDATION IS GOOD. YOU'LL SEE, BOARD, THAT WE INCREASED OUR SCORE BY 10 POINTS THIS YEAR, WHICH IS PHENOMENAL. BUT AGAIN, WE WORK JUST AS HARD WHEN WE SCORE A B. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT. AND SO, BOARD, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, JAY, WE WANNA JUST TALK ABOUT WHAT IS THE FINANCIAL INTEGRITY RATING SYSTEM OF TEXAS. WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THIS. THESE PRELIMINARY RATINGS CAME OUT AUGUST 7TH, I BELIEVE IT WAS, AND THE FINAL CALCULATION WILL BE COMPLETED IN NOVEMBER. SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS AT A PUBLIC HEARING, NOVEMBER, MAYBE DECEMBER OR JANUARY. BUT WHAT I JUST WANNA DO IS RUN THROUGH THIS BRIEFLY TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT'S LISTENING WHAT THE FINANCIAL INTEGRITY RATING SYSTEM IS AND WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT. THE FINANCIAL INTEGRITY RATING SYSTEM OF TEXAS REALLY IS THE COUSIN, IF YOU WILL, TO THE TAPR REPORT, THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE REPORT. IT EXPANDS ON PUBLIC EDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEMS OR FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEMS. WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING TRANSPARENCY FOR PUBLIC FINANCE, ENCOURAGING MEANINGFUL FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT. AND THERE ARE ABOUT 21 CRITERIA THAT ARE EVALUATED EVERY THREE YEARS. AND THESE RATINGS ARE REALLY APPLICABLE TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR. OKAY, JAY. 2025-26, OUR RATING, AGAIN, IS BASED ON THE 2024-25 FINANCIALS. I'VE TALKED ABOUT THE NUMBER OF INDICATORS. WE ACHIEVED A SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT FOR 2025-26. THE METRICS ACTUALLY MEASURE THREE DISTINCT AREAS, RIGHT? COMPLIANCE, SOLVENCY, HOW WE'RE ABLE TO HANDLE OUR LONG-TERM OBLIGATIONS, AND LIQUIDITY, HOW WE'RE ABLE TO FINANCIALLY HANDLE OUR SHORT-TERM OBLIGATIONS. AND SO THE SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT SCORES RANGE FROM 90 THROUGH 100 POINTS. WE SCORED A 94 THIS PARTICULAR TIME. AND THE B ABOVE STANDARD IS 80 THROUGH 89, THE C IS 70 THROUGH 79, JAY. AND SO WHAT I WILL DO IS I WON'T GO THROUGH EVERY INDICATOR, BUT BOY, WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL SHOW YOU THE INDICATORS THAT WE ACTUALLY IMPROVED UPON. AND THEY ARE REPRESENTED BY A GREEN HEADING ON THE INDICATOR NUMBER. SO JAY, IF YOU COULD FAST FORWARD TO THOSE SLIDES. OKAY, INDICATOR NUMBER SEVEN WAS THE NUMBER OF DAYS OF CASH ON HAND AND CURRENT INVESTMENTS IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO COVER OPERATING EXPENDITURES, RIGHT? WE SCORED EIGHT OUT OF 10 POINTS BECAUSE WE HAD 80.23 DAYS. 90 WOULD HAVE GIVEN US THE FULL 10 POINTS, BUT LAST YEAR, WE SCORED SIX OUT OF 10. THIS INDICATOR, WE'LL GO BACK, JAY. THIS INDICATOR MEASURES HOW MANY DAYS, IF YOU WILL, AFTER THE FISCAL YEAR-END, COULD THE DISTRICT HAVE GONE WITHOUT ANY NEW DISBURSEMENTS IN THEIR OPERATING FUNDS. INDICATOR NUMBER 10, WE TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN THIS BECAUSE WHAT WE DO IS WE KNOW THAT, AS MAY HAVE BEEN INDICATED EARLIER, WHEN WE GET THESE CERTIFIED VALUES, THEY COME BACK TO US AND THE FINAL CERTIFIED VALUE, I SHOULD SAY, WE GET THE PRELIMINARY VALUES, AND THE FINAL CERTIFIED VALUES ARE MUCH DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THE CERTIFIED VALUES HAVE BEEN, OR THE PRELIMINARY VALUES HAVE BEEN. AND SO IN INDICATOR NUMBER 10, DID THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AVERAGE LESS THAN A 10% VARIANCE WHEN COMPARING BUDGETED REVENUES TO ACTUAL REVENUES FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS? THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT INDICATOR BECAUSE IT REALLY SAYS HOW ACCURATE WERE YOU WITH YOUR REVENUE PROJECTIONS? 10 OUT OF 10. WE GAINED TWO POINTS HERE BECAUSE THEY ELIMINATED INDICATOR NUMBER 13. THE NEXT INDICATOR WAS NUMBER 11, WAS THE RATIO OF LONG-TERM LIABILITIES TO TOTAL ASSETS OF THE DISTRICT SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT LONG-TERM SOLVENCY? THIS MEASURE HAS ACTUALLY TWO WAYS FOR IT TO BE MEASURED, RIGHT? AND ONE OF THEM IS THE CHANGE IN MEMBERSHIP. IS YOUR CHANGE IN MEMBERSHIP GREATER THAN 7% OR 1,000 STUDENTS IN MEMBERSHIP? WE GOT 10 OUT OF 10 POINTS BECAUSE GUESS WHAT? OUR DISTRICT IS GROWING. OUR STUDENTS INCREASE OVER THIS PERIOD BY 1,259 STUDENTS. AWESOME. THE NEXT INDICATOR, I BELIEVE THERE'S ONE MORE, JUNE, AND IT MAY JUST BE INDICATOR 13, WHICH WASN'T EVALUATED THIS YEAR. YES, INDICATOR 13, WHICH IS THE ADMINISTRATIVE COST RATIO, AND
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IT WAS NOT EVALUATED THIS YEAR. SO, BOARD, JUST TO GIVE YOU CONTEXT, YOU'LL SEE THE RATINGS OF OUR DISTRICT FROM 2021 THROUGH 2026. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION TONIGHT. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, BOARD, I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN THOSE QUESTIONS NOW. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR MR. FISHER? THANK YOU FOR SHARING THE FIRST REPORT WITH US. THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM SIX, OUR CONSENT AGENDA. TRUSTEES, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION? I RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. TRUSTEE JUNE DAVIS MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS CONSENT AGENDA. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. TRUSTEE DARYL DAVIS SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, MOVE TO VOTE. THE VOTE PASSES, MOTION PASSES. THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM SEVEN, FUTURE ACTION ITEMS. SENATE BILL 12, ANNUAL CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE WITH CERTAIN LAWS. MR. KIRCHNER WILL PRESENT THIS FUTURE. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND DR. MCFARLAND. TO LET YOU ALL KNOW ABOUT THIS FUTURE ACTION ITEM IN ALIGNMENT WITH SENATE BILL 12, MS. RUBY BATISTE AND MEMBERS OF THE POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS DILIGENTLY. YOU'LL SEE THERE IN YOUR BOARD BOOK THE MEMO FROM THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY COMMISSIONER REGARDING THE REQUIREMENTS TO COME INTO SENATE BILL 12. SEVERAL OF THESE REQUIREMENTS MUST BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER, AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION. THERE'S A TRAINING OPPORTUNITY FOR TRUSTEES TO COMPLETE ONLINE. WE'LL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THAT LINK FOR YOU ALL AS WELL TO MAKE SURE THAT CROWLEY ISD IS IN COMPLIANCE. ALL THE REQUIREMENTS ARE THERE IN YOUR BOARD BOOK. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, OUR TEAM IS HERE TONIGHT TO ANSWER THOSE FOR YOU. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS FUTURE ACTION ITEM? YES, THIS IS REGARDING THE TRAINING, THE PARENTAL RIGHTS TRAINING. YES, THERE'S A PART OF IT THAT'S SENATE BILL 12 THAT DEALS WITH THE PARENTAL RIGHTS TRAINING, BUT THEN THERE'S SOME OTHER COMPONENTS AS WELL. IF YOU'VE COMPLETED THAT ELECTRONICALLY AND GIVEN THAT TO MONTAVO, THEN THAT'S ALL YOU NEED. THAT IS CORRECT. AND THEN AT THE SEPTEMBER REGULAR BOARD MEETING, WE'LL TAKE ACTION ON THESE OTHER REQUIREMENTS. BUT YOU ALL, IF YOU'VE DONE YOUR TRAINING, YOUR PART IS COMPLETE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. KIRCHNER. THANK YOU. WE WILL NOT HAVE EXECUTIVE SESSION, SO WE WILL GO INTO A BRIEF RECESS, AND PROCEED WITH OUR STUDY SESSION AT 6:50. THANK YOU. WE ARE BACK FROM RECESS AT 6:57, AND WE ARE AT AGENDA ITEM NINE, OUR STUDY SESSION, REVISION OF CROWLEY ISD BOARD GOALS, AND DR. MILNER WILL PRESENT THIS. GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT ROBINSON AND ESTEEMED BOARD MEMBERS, DR. MCFARLAND. WE WILL BE LOOKING AT SOME DATA FOR CROWLEY ISD IN PREPARATION FOR THE PROCESS OF REVISION OF BOARD GOALS TONIGHT. AND SO TONIGHT WE WANT TO TAKE YOU THROUGH A WORK SESSION THAT KIND OF MIRRORS A WORK SESSION THAT WE'VE DONE WITH OUR EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST FEW WEEKS. AND WE'RE GOING TO LOOK BASED ON SOME OF THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY REGARDING STUDENT ACCOUNTABILITY DATA, AND LOOK AT OUR STUDENT ACCOUNTABILITY DATA FOR THE DISTRICT THROUGH THE LENS OF FEEDER PATTERNS IN RESPONSE TO SOME QUESTIONS THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE BOARD REGARDING WHICH SIDE OF THE DISTRICT OR WHICH FEEDER PATTERN WAS STRUGGLING OR HAVING BETTER SUCCESS. SO WE DID GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE DATA IN THAT WAY, AND THAT'S THE WAY THAT WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT IT TONIGHT. SO BY THE END OF THE SESSION, WE'RE GOING TO, FIRST OF ALL, REVIEW SOME NEW ITEMS OR REVISITED ITEMS WITH CROWLEY ISD LEADERSHIP CALLED THE STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE, WHICH IS PROVIDING A LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK GUIDING THE DISTRICT'S EXPECTATIONS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME EXAMINING CAMPUS SWOT OR STRENGTH, WEAKNESS, OPPORTUNITY, AND
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THREAT MAPS THAT WE HAVE WORKED ON TO LOOK AT THAT INFORMATION, TO IDENTIFY DISTRICT-WIDE TRENDS, STRENGTHS, CHALLENGES, AND EMERGING AREAS FOR STRATEGIC INTERVENTION HERE IN THE DISTRICT. AND THE GOAL OF ALL OF THIS ACTIVITY IS FOR THE BOARD TO GAIN VISIBILITY INTO THE DISTRICT SYSTEM FOR DIFFERENTIATING, COORDINATING, AND DOCUMENTING CENTRAL OFFICE'S SUPPORT TO OUR CAMPUSES IN OUR EFFORT TO IMPROVE YEAR OVER YEAR WITH OUR STUDENT ACCOUNTABILITY RATINGS AND ULTIMATELY OUR STUDENT OUTCOMES. AND SO THIS FIRST GRAPHIC, IF YOU LOOK IN THE FOLDER THAT YOU HAVE, YOU DO HAVE A COPY OF THIS GRAPHIC ON ONE SIDE. YOU SEE WHAT WE CALL THE CROWLEY NORTH STAR HOUSE, AND THAT'S WHERE WE'LL START. THIS SUMMER, WE STARTED TO THINK ABOUT A FRAMEWORK FOR MOVING FORWARD AND IMPROVING OUR DISTRICT IN NEW WAYS. WE TALKED ABOUT SOMETHING THAT HAS EXISTED IN CROWLEY ISD FOR QUITE SOME TIME, THE PRICE OF ADMISSION THAT TALKED ABOUT WHO WE ASPIRE TO BE AS LEADERS IN CROWLEY ISD. AND SO WHEN WE REVISITED THE PRICE OF ADMISSION, WE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE CHANGED. THE PRICE OF ADMISSION WAS ORIGINALLY ESTABLISHED PRIOR TO COVID AND SOME YEARS AGO IN THE DISTRICT. SO WE THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT HAS CHANGED SINCE THEN AND HOW THE PRICE OF ADMISSION, MEANING HOW YOU BECOME A PART AND STAY A PART OF THIS TEAM SHOULD CHANGE AND UPGRADE IN RESPONSE TO SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT HAVE HAPPENED SINCE WE ORIGINALLY ESTABLISHED THE PRICE OF ADMISSION. AND WE ARRIVED AT THE SEVEN STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE, WHICH ARE AT THE BOTTOM LEVEL OF THIS HOUSE. IT'S THE FOUNDATION OF THE HOUSE, AND IT REALLY DESCRIBES FOR CROWLEY ISD LEADERS WHO WE ARE AND WHO WE ASPIRE TO BE AT OUR HIGHEST LEVELS. AND SO THOSE SEVEN STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE THEN FEED INTO THE NEXT LEVEL OF THE HOUSE, WHICH ARE THE SEVEN ELEMENTS OF EXCELLENCE. AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE DO. SO SEVEN STANDARDS ARE WHO WE ARE, THOSE SHARED BELIEFS AND IDEALS THAT WE HAVE ABOUT WHO WE WANT TO BE. THE SEVEN ELEMENTS ARE WHAT WE DO. AND THEN ABOVE THAT ARE THE SEVEN SYSTEMS OF SUSTAINABLE SUCCESS THAT DESCRIBE HOW WE DO THE THINGS THAT WE DO. AND OF COURSE, ALL OF THOSE THINGS BUILD TO THE TOP LEVEL OF THAT HOUSE, THE ROOFTOP, THE NORTH STAR GOAL, WHICH IS OF COURSE OUR GUIDING AMBITION TO HAVE ALL OF OUR STUDENTS ACHIEVE AN A OR B RATING AND TO CREATE A LASTING LEGACY AND A SYSTEM OF GREAT SCHOOLS ACROSS CROWLEY ISD THAT WOULD ALLOW OUR STUDENTS TO RECEIVE A TOP LEVEL, GLOBAL LEVEL EDUCATION AT WHATEVER CROWLEY ISD CAMPUS THEY ATTEND. AND SO THAT IS OUR NORTH STAR GOAL. IF YOU FLIP OVER ON THE OTHER SIDE, WE'RE GONNA SPEND TIME TALKING TONIGHT ABOUT SPECIFICALLY THE SEVEN STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE, THAT FOUNDATIONAL PIECE. AND SO I'M NOT GOING TO READ ALL OF THESE DEFINITIONS TO YOU. WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO LOOK AT THEM. BUT THEY ARE COURTESY, DIGNITY, RESPECT, AND PROFESSIONALISM, INTEGRITY, OWNERSHIP OF OUTCOMES, COLLABORATION WITH EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION, SOLUTION-DRIVEN, RESULTS-DRIVEN, AND FUTURE FOCUS. THAT IS WHO WE ASPIRE TO BE AND WHO WE ARE AS CROWLEY ISD. AND THOSE ARE NOT LISTED IN ANY PARTICULAR ORDER, BUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO ASK YOU TO DO FOR ABOUT THE NEXT FIVE MINUTES IS JUST TO SPEND SOME TIME LOOKING AT THESE SEVEN STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE, READING THROUGH THOSE DEFINITIONS. AND THEN WHAT WE'D LIKE FOR YOU TO DO IS TO RANK THEM IN ORDER FROM NUMBER ONE BEING WHAT YOU FEEL IS THE MOST IMPORTANT DOWN TO NUMBER SEVEN ON YOUR PERCEPTION OF THEIR IMPORTANCE TO THE WORK THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO DO OR THAT WE'RE DOING IN CROWLEY ISD. AND AT THE END OF THIS BRIEF TIME WHERE YOU'LL REVIEW AND RANK, THEN WE WILL SHARE OUR RANKINGS. SO WE'LL START AND GIVE ABOUT FIVE MINUTES FOR YOU TO RANK THE SEVEN STANDARDS IN IMPORTANCE TO YOU.
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THANK YOU. WE HAVE ABOUT TWO MINUTES REMAINING. OKAY. OKAY, ABOUT ONE MINUTE. OKAY. AND SO DOES EVERYBODY, IS EVERYBODY READY OR ANYBODY NEED MORE TIME? OKAY, WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO AT THIS TIME IS JUST HAVE EACH BOARD MEMBER TO KIND OF SHARE YOUR TOP THREE AND TRY TO GIVE US A GENERAL RATIONALE FOR WHY YOU PLACED, WHAT YOU PLACED AT THE TOP FOR EACH OF THE SEVEN STANDARDS. SO WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS TO START. YOU WANNA START FROM ONE SIDE AND GO AROUND THE ROOM? OKAY. FOR ME, I SAID NUMBER ONE WAS INTEGRITY. I GAVE THAT EXAMPLE BECAUSE WHEN YOU START ANYTHING, YOU WANNA ALWAYS START ON AN EVEN PLAYING FIELD WHERE YOU KNOW THAT WHAT YOU'RE DOING, NO MATTER WHAT YOU'RE DOING, DO IT WITH INTEGRITY NO MATTER WHO'S WATCHING AND WHO IS WATCHING. SO EVERYTHING YOU DO, MAKE SURE YOU DO IT WITH INTEGRITY. I DID NUMBER TWO AS FUTURE FOCUS, FOCUSING ON THE FUTURE WHERE YOU WANT THE DISTRICT TO GO. IF YOU DON'T SET GOALS, THEN WHAT ARE YOU REACHING FOR? NUMBER THREE, I SAID COURTESY AND DIGNITY AND RESPECT, MAKING SURE THAT YOU RESPECT PEOPLE ON YOUR TEAM. SO THOSE WERE MY TOP THREE. THANK YOU. NEXT, I WILL FOLLOW.
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MY NUMBER ONE WAS FUTURE FOCUSED. SIMILAR TO TRUSTEE STEVENSON, I WAS THINKING OF BACKWARDS DESIGN. WHERE DO WE WANT TO BE? THIS IS WHERE I WANT TO GO IN THE FIRST PORTION THAT SAYS SET A BOLD DIRECTION AND WHAT DO I NEED TO DO TO GET THERE? SO THEN NUMBER TWO WAS SOLUTION DRIVEN FOR ME AND THAT'S IDENTIFYING THE SOLUTIONS THAT IMPROVE SYSTEMS AND THEN THE NEXT ONE WAS, NUMBER THREE WAS COLLABORATION WITH EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION BECAUSE I KNOW WHERE I WANT TO BE, THESE ARE SOLUTIONS TO GET THERE, NOW HOW DO I COMMUNICATE THAT SHARED VISION FOR STUDENT SUCCESS? GOOD, THANK YOU. OKAY, SO, AND THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS AND I HOPE THERE'S NO RIGHT OR WRONG. NO. OKAY. BECAUSE ALL OF THEIR, WHAT THEY SHARED WAS REALLY GOOD. MY FIRST ONE WAS INTEGRITY BECAUSE I THINK IT'S FOUNDATIONAL. I THINK IT'S THE CORE OF EVERYTHING AND THE WORK THAT I DO IN MIAMI, IT'S JUST AT THE BASE, YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING ELSE UNLESS YOU HAVE THAT. SO I CHOSE THAT AS ONE. THEN TWO, WHICH I HONESTLY DID JUST CHANGE, BASED ON WHAT I HEARD STEVENSON SAY BECAUSE I WAS GOING WITH THAT EARLIER. BUT FUTURE READY AND IT'S LIKE STEPHEN COVEY BEGINNING WITH THE END IN MIND. SO WHERE DO YOU WANT TO SEE YOURSELF AND THEN WORK TOWARDS THAT? SO THAT KIND OF GAVE ME THAT IDEA, THINKING THAT. FOR THE THIRD ONE THAT ROUNDS OUT MY TOP THREE IS SOLUTION DRIVEN. JUST BECAUSE WE GET PROBLEMS ALL THE TIME, WE HEAR PROBLEMS ALL THE TIME AND IT'S VERY SELDOM THAT WE HEAR SOLUTIONS THAT COME WITH THOSE PROBLEMS. AND SO AS WE'RE THINKING OF FUTURE READY OR BEING FUTURE FOCUSED, ALSO AT THE SAME TIME THINKING HOW WE GET THERE. SO IT'S THE HOW AND BEING SOLUTION DRIVEN. THANK YOU. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THIS. SO I CHOSE INTEGRITY AS MY NUMBER ONE BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT WHEN YOU HAVE INTEGRITY AND IT'S EASY TO DO NUMBER ONE WHICH IS HAVE COURTESY, DIGNITY AND RESPECT. I CHOSE NUMBER THREE AS MY NUMBER TWO FOR OWNERSHIP OF OUTCOMES BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT A TEAM WORKS BEST WHEN WE ALL TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR WHAT WINNING AND LOSING, SO TO SPEAK, LOOKS LIKE. AND THEN I CHOSE SOLUTION DRIVEN. ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS THAT ME AND MY HUSBAND ALWAYS SAY IS US AGAINST A PROBLEM, NOT US AGAINST EACH OTHER. SO WHEN THERE IS A PROBLEM, BECAUSE PROBLEMS ARE GOING TO COME, THE GREATEST THING IS THAT WHEN WE CAN FIND A WAY TOGETHER AS A TEAM TO GET THROUGH IT. SO THOSE ARE MY TOP THREE. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO I'M ANALYTICAL TO A FAULT. SO JUST FOLLOW ME DOWN THIS TRAIN TRACK. SO I TOOK THE SEVEN AND GROUPED THEM INTO FOUR CATEGORIES. AND SO THOSE FOUR CATEGORIES WERE CHARACTER AND FOUNDATIONAL, NUMBER ONE, VISION, NUMBER TWO, MINDSET, NUMBER THREE, AND THEN EXECUTION, NUMBER FOUR. SO I CATEGORIZED THEM BASED ON KIND OF THAT FLOW IN MY MIND. SO MY TOP THREE, NUMBER ONE WAS INTEGRITY, NUMBER TWO WAS COURTESY, DIGNITY, RESPECT, AND PROFESSIONALISM. BOTH OF THOSE WERE IN THE CHARACTER FOUNDATIONAL CATEGORY. AND THEN MY THIRD WAS FUTURE FOCUS BECAUSE THAT WAS ABOUT VISION. AND THEN EVERYTHING ELSE KIND OF PUT IN THE MINDSET OR EXECUTION. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. OKAY, I'LL GO NEXT. MY NUMBER ONE, OF COURSE, IS INTEGRITY. NUMBER TWO IS COURTESY, DIGNITY, RESPECT, AND PROFESSIONALISM. AND NUMBER THREE, COLLABORATION WITH EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION. AND I SELECTED THOSE AND I PUT THEM IN THAT ORDER BECAUSE FOR ME, THAT'S THE FOUNDATION FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. SO HAVING A STRONG FOUNDATION, NOW WE'RE READY TO BUILD ON THAT AND BRING THE OTHER ITEMS INTO PLAY. SOLUTION-DRIVEN,
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RESULTS-DRIVEN, FUTURE FOCUS, AND OWNERSHIP. BUT I THOUGHT THOSE THREE FOR ME MADE FOR A STRONG FOUNDATION. YES MA'AM. SO AS I LISTEN TO ALL OF Y'ALL AND I WOULD SAY A LARGE PART OF INTEGRITY AS NUMBER ONE AND I WAS TOYING BETWEEN THAT ONE AND THE COURTESY, DIGNITY, RESPECT AND PROFESSIONALISM. I WENT WITH THE COURTESY, DIGNITY, RESPECT AND PROFESSIONALISM JUST BECAUSE WHEN YOU WALK INTO A ROOM I EXPECT TO BE AND TREAT SOMEONE WITH THOSE FOUR FACTORS. INTEGRITY IS, IN MY OPINION, IS DOING THE RIGHT THING EVEN WHEN IT'S THE WRONG THING. SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY I PUT NUMBER, DIGNITY AS NUMBER TWO AND THEN THE OWNERSHIP OF THE OUTCOME. I THINK IT'S, IT'S OBVIOUSLY IT'S RIGHT UP THERE JUST BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS IN IT FOR THE RIGHT REASON. SO I ALSO, LIKE YOU, MR. GRASHER, I KIND OF STRUGGLE WITH BOTH WITH INTEGRITY AND COURTESY, DIGNITY, RESPECT AND PROFESSIONALISM. SO I SELECTED, ACTUALLY I LANDED ON COURTESY, DIGNITY, RESPECT AND PROFESSIONALISM BEING NUMBER ONE, INTEGRITY BEING NUMBER TWO, AND I WILL, SO INTEGRITY, OF COURSE, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS, THAT WAS, I WAS THERE FIRST AND THEN I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW, EVEN BEFORE YOU GET TO THAT, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT HOW I'M TREATED, SO INTEGRITY IS LIKE HOW I'M TREATED. I DON'T KNOW, I WAS GOING BACK, LIKE, WHAT I'M DOING RIGHT NOW IS WHAT I WAS DOING RIGHT HERE, RIGHT? BUT REALLY, FOR ME, IT WAS REALLY MORE ABOUT, OKAY, AT THE END OF THE DAY, I WANT TO MAKE SURE I TREAT YOU WITH COURTESY, DIGNITY, RESPECT AND PROFESSIONALISM, WHETHER YOU'RE GREAT OR WHETHER YOU'RE NOT OR WHATEVER. THAT'S JUST, THAT'S JUST WHAT I WANT TO, AT THE END OF THE DAY. THEN AFTER THAT, WHEN YOU LOOK AT INTEGRITY, TO ME, I WAS, I JUST KIND OF STARTED READING AND TALKING ABOUT TRANSPARENCY AND HONESTY BUT THEN ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY AND BUILDING TRUST. THERE'S A LOT TO INTEGRITY. MOST PEOPLE THINK INTEGRITY IS JUST RIGHT OR WRONG AND IT'S A WHOLE LOT MORE THAN JUST THAT. SO I FELT LIKE COURTESY, DIGNITY, RESPECT AND PROFESSIONALISM, THAT'S WHAT I CAN DO UP FRONT. OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S KIND OF IT. SO AGAIN, THERE IS NO CORRECT ORDER AND THEY'RE ON THIS PAPER JUST NUMBERED BECAUSE THEY'RE NUMBERED BUT THEY'RE ALL ELEMENTS AND SHARED BELIEFS THAT WE FELT WERE IMPORTANT REGARDLESS OF WHY WE PRIORITIZE THEM FIRST OR LAST BUT WE ALL AGREED THAT THESE WERE IMPORTANT AND THINGS THAT WE ASPIRED TO AND THINGS THAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING FOR AS WE CONSIDERED PEOPLE TO JOIN OUR TEAM. GO AHEAD. I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT BUT I HAVE A QUESTION FOR TRUSTEE GRASSIA. INTEGRITY IS DOING THE RIGHT THING EVEN WHEN IT'S WRONG. CAN YOU GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE? NO, NO, NO, AND I DIDN'T MEAN TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. BUT I'M TRYING TO FORMULATE IN MY MIND, INTEGRITY MEANS DOING THE RIGHT THING EVEN IF IT'S WRONG. AND I'M JUST TRYING TO, IN MY MIND, PROCESS WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. I WAS GOING TO SAY MAYBE SOMEONE MAY CONSIDER IT LIKE THAT'S NOT THE APPROPRIATE WAY TO DO THIS OR THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU SHOULD DO BUT MAYBE HE KNOWS LIKE THIS IS WHAT IS NEEDED. IT'S THE RIGHT THING EVEN WHEN SOMEONE MAY THINK THAT'S THE WRONG DIRECTION AND WE SHOULD NOT DO LIKE STANDING IN YOUR TRUTH AND KNOWING. WHEN HE SAID WHAT I HEARD WAS THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT EITHER SOCIETY THINKS IS WRONG BUT YOU KNOW IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. SO MOST PEOPLE THINK IT'S WRONG, IT'S THE RIGHT THING. IT COULD BE ANYTHING. IT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT'S POPULAR OR SOMETHING THAT'S POLITICAL OR
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SOMETHING THAT IS, I DON'T KNOW, I MEAN THERE'S A COMMON THOUGHT THAT IT'S WRONG BUT YOU KNOW IT'S RIGHT. DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE, NOT EVERYBODY'S GOING TO AGREE WITH IT SO SOME WILL THINK IT'S THE WRONG DECISION. WRONG IS RELATIVE BECAUSE THEY MAY THINK IT'S RIGHT. WE KNOW IT'S WRONG. BUT I'VE OFTEN HEARD THAT INTEGRITY IS VERY SIMILAR BUT DOING THE RIGHT THING EVEN WHEN IT'S LOOKING. IF YOU ASK MY CHILDREN, THAT'S WHAT I PREACH TO THEM BESIDES TREATING OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE THEM TREAT YOU OR AS YOU WOULD WANT TO BE TREATED. BUT THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING OF INTEGRITY IS EVEN IF, BUT I LIKE THAT ANALOGY EVEN BETTER AS YOU KNOW FROM AN EDUCATIONAL STANDPOINT OR LEADERSHIP PERSPECTIVE, THAT EXAMPLE FITS WHAT I WAS THINKING. GREAT QUESTION. GOOD TROUBLE. AND SO WE WANTED TO INTRODUCE THE BOARD TO THE FOUNDATIONS OF WHAT WE'RE FRAMING OUR WORK SURROUNDING FIRST OF ALL AND SO AS WE MOVE INTO THE REST OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS EVENING, WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON TWO OF THESE WHICH ARE BEING, HONORING OUTCOMES BECAUSE JUST LIKE WE JUST SAY IT THAT IT IS NOT JUST EACH INDIVIDUAL CAMPUS THAT CREATED THIS DISTRICT SCORE THAT WE ENDED UP WITH. IT'S ALL OF US COLLECTIVELY IN THE WORK THAT WE DO TOGETHER THAT BUILDS THESE OUTCOMES AND SO EVERY INDIVIDUAL HAS TO OWN THEIR PART IN WHAT THE OUTCOME IS WHETHER THAT'S GOOD OR BAD. THEN THE OTHER PART OF THAT IS BEING SOLUTION DRIVEN. SO WE KNOW THAT WE ASPIRE TO PERFORM IN A BETTER WAY IN SOME INSTANCES THAN WE HAVE THIS PAST SCHOOL YEAR. SO WHAT ARE THE DEFICITS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW AND WHAT ARE THE SOLUTIONS AND THE SYSTEM BASED SOLUTIONS THAT WE NEED TO COME UP WITH NOW TO GET AHEAD OF SOME OF THESE ISSUES SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE SAME RESULTS AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR THAT WE'VE HAD. BACK IN MAY WE STARTED A PROCESS WITH THE ELT AND WE STARTED, YOU KNOW WE DID GAPOLOGY LAST SCHOOL YEAR WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT KNOWLEDGE IMPORTANCE AND ACTION GAPS. THIS YEAR WE'VE BEEN FOCUSED ON A NEW READING WHICH IS UPSTREAM AND THAT'S SOLVING PROBLEMS BEFORE THEY OCCUR. SO THERE'S THIS WHOLE VIDEO THAT WE WATCHED IN THE INITIAL MEETING WHERE THERE'S A, THE BOOK IS CALLED UPSTREAM BECAUSE IT TALKS ABOUT AN OLD PARABLE WHERE CHILDREN OR PEOPLE ARE FALLING INTO A RIVER. THERE'S A HOLE IN A BRIDGE. PEOPLE ARE FALLING INTO THE RIVER AND PEOPLE ARE RUSHING TO PULL THEM OUT OF THE RIVER AND SOME BRIGHT PERSON STOPPED AND SAID WAIT A MINUTE MAYBE WE NEED TO GO UPSTREAM AND SEE HOW IT IS THAT THEY'RE FALLING INTO THE RIVER AND FIX THE PROBLEM SO THAT WE QUIT HAVING TO JUMP IN AND SAVE PEOPLE FROM THE RIVER. AND SO THAT'S OUR ATTITUDE AND OUR MINDSET SURROUNDING THE WORK THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS YEAR. AND SO IT'S OWNERSHIP OF OUTCOMES BUT FROM THE BEGINNING LIKE WE SAID THAT FUTURE FOCUS AND BACKWARDS DESIGN IS IMPORTANT BUT BEING SOLUTION DRIVEN. WHAT ARE THE PROBLEMS THAT OCCURRED THAT CAUSED THE PROBLEM TO PERSIST AND WHAT CAN WE DO NOW TO PREVENT IT IN THE FUTURE RATHER THAN CONSTANTLY SPINNING OUR WHEELS AND BEING REACTIVE. WE'RE TRYING TO GET MORE PROACTIVE. WE'VE ALREADY SHARED. AND SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SPEND SOME TIME DOING NOW IS IF YOU SEE THE POSTERS ON THE WALL WE'RE GOING TO DO A SWOT GALLERY WALK. AND A SWOT IS OF COURSE A PROTOCOL THAT WE USE TO LOOK AT PERFORMANCE. AND SO FOR EACH CAMPUS WE STARTED WITH THE ACADEMIC TEAM DOING A SWOT ANALYSIS ON EACH CAMPUS. SO WE LOOKED AT THE STRENGTHS, THE WEAKNESSES, THE OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS FOR EACH CAMPUS AS AN ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP TEAM. AND THEN THAT MOVED TO THE BROADER EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM THAT CAME IN AND LOOKED AT THE ACADEMIC TRIAGE THAT WE HAVE DONE IN SWOT AND ADDED THEIR OBSERVATIONS TO WHAT HAPPENED WITH CAMPUS PERFORMANCE. AND SO ON THIS SIDE OF THE ROOM IS THE NORTH CROWLEY FEEDER PATTERN. AND SO WITH THE NORTH CROWLEY FEEDER PATTERN WE ALSO ADDED, THEY DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE A TRUE FEEDER BECAUSE THEY SERVE KIDS FROM BOTH SIDES, BRJ AND CCA ARE ON THE NORTH CROWLEY SIDE. WE JUST ADDED THEM THERE FOR BALANCE BECAUSE ON THIS SIDE WE ALSO HAVE CROWLEY MONTESSORI ACADEMY WHICH ALSO SERVES STUDENTS FROM ALL OVER AND SO DOESN'T HAVE A TRUE FEEDER. SO WE PUT THEM ON THAT SIDE FOR BALANCE. SO NORTH CROWLEY SIDE ON THIS SIDE OF THE ROOM AND THE CROWLEY FEEDER PATTERN ON THAT SIDE OF THE ROOM. AND SO WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SPEND THE NEXT SEVERAL MINUTES DOING IS DOING WHAT THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM HAS DONE AND GOING TO REVIEW THE SWOT ANALYSIS. IN YOUR FOLDER YOU HAVE A NOTE CATCHER AND SO THERE'S A PLACE FOR YOU AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS FIRST FOLD IS CROWLEY
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FOR YOU TO DO YOUR NOTICES, PATTERNS AND TRENDS, WONDERINGS AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOU SEE FOR THE CROWLEY FEEDER PATTERN. THEN THERE'S ANOTHER SPACE FOR THE NORTH CROWLEY FEEDER PATTERN AND THOSE ARE THE TWO THAT YOU'LL USE WHILE YOU'RE UP TO MAKE NOTES. ALSO IN YOUR FOLDER ARE SOME DATA FLYERS THAT YOU HAVE AND YOU SEE THE TOP ONE IS THE NORTH CROWLEY ELEMENTARY FEEDER PATTERN. SO IT'S GIVING YOU DATA ON THEIR OVERALL PERFORMANCE OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS, SOME INSIGHTS ABOUT THAT. THEN DOWN BELOW THAT IS THREE-YEAR TREND DATA FOR THE GRADE LEVELS AND SUBJECT AREAS FOR THAT FEEDER PATTERN. SOME STRENGTHS, SOME GAINS, SOME PRIORITY AREAS. ON THE BACK WE ARE FOCUSING SPECIFICALLY ON SPECIFIC DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS WITHIN OUR DISTRICT. SO YOU'LL SEE FOR THE NORTH CROWLEY ELEMENTARY FEEDER PATTERN DATA FOR OUR SCHOOL DEPENDENT CHILDREN, DATA FOR OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS AND THREE-YEAR TREND DATA FOR OUR EMERGENT BILINGUAL STUDENTS FOR THAT PATTERN. SO THE NEXT SHEET IS THE SAME NORTH CROWLEY FEEDER PATTERN FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLS. BEHIND THAT IS CROWLEY FEEDER PATTERN ELEMENTARY AND CROWLEY FEEDER PATTERN MIDDLE SCHOOL DATA. SO THAT'S JUST FOR YOU TO HAVE IN YOUR HAND SO AS YOU ARE WALKING AND LOOKING AT A PARTICULAR CAMPUS AND WHAT'S ON THE BOARD, YOU HAVE ANOTHER SET OF INFORMATION THAT YOU MIGHT LOOK AT TO HAVE SOME A-HAS ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THIS CAMPUS OR TO GENERATE QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT WANT ANSWERED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON AT THESE CAMPUSES. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO, GO AHEAD DR. BROWN. HOLD ON FOR A SECOND. I'D JUST LIKE TO DO A QUICK CHECK FOR UNDERSTANDING. SO LET'S LOOK AT THE FIRST PAGE OF THE NORTH CROWLEY ELEMENTARY FEEDER SCHOOLS. Y'ALL SEE THE VERY FIRST PAGE? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE CLEAR ABOUT IT BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION. AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE OVERALL ACCOUNTABILITY SUMMARY, ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHERE THOSE NUMBERS COME FROM? 71, 74, ETC. THAT'S CORRECT. THAT'S RIGHT. SO THAT'S RIGHT. ALL OF Y'ALL ARE RIGHT. IT'S JUST THE AVERAGE. WE TOOK ALL OF THOSE SCHOOLS. SO YOU WON'T FIND THIS NUMBER ANYWHERE ELSE OTHER THAN HERE. THIS IS FOR US SO YOU CAN SEE HOW KIDS ARE PERFORMING AS THEY PROGRESS FROM ALL THOSE SCHOOLS GOING UP TO THE FEEDER COUNTY. LOOK DOWN AT THE NUMBER THREE WHERE IT SAYS A THREE-YEAR TREND. SO YOU ALL KNOW THAT, OF COURSE, STUDENTS PERFORM AT EITHER THE APPROACHES, THE MEETS, OR THE MASTERS. AND SO YOU ALSO SEE THIS ALSO PROVIDES A THREE-YEAR TREND. SO IF YOU LOOK AT, LET'S LOOK AT FIFTH GRADE MATH, FOR EXAMPLE. FIFTH GRADE MATH APPROACHES, WHAT DO Y'ALL SEE THERE AS, WHAT IS THE TREND SAYING FOR FIFTH GRADE MATH APPROACHES? DECLINE OF FIVE. THAT'S WHAT THAT MEANS. IT'S A DECLINE OF FIVE PERCENT. AND THEN AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THOSE NUMBERS. AND OF COURSE, THE RED HELPS US IDENTIFY WHERE WE NEED TO FOCUS. TURN OVER TO THE BACK. WE USE THE TERM, AND I DON'T KNOW, TRUSTEE ROCKINS, IF WE'VE USED THIS TERM WHILE YOU'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD, SCHOOL DEPENDENT. THAT'S ONE. WE MADE THAT UP. THAT SUBSTITUTES FOR ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE. WE WANT TO TURN IT INTO A POSITIVE. SO WHEN WE SAY SCHOOL DEPENDENT, THESE ARE STUDENTS WHO ARE CONSIDERED ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGED. AND OUR OVERALL ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGED POPULATION INCREASED FROM ABOUT 68 PERCENT A COUPLE YEARS AGO TO ABOUT 78, ALMOST 80 PERCENT NOW. SO THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER AS WELL. SO THAT IS THAT GROUP OF STUDENTS WITHIN THIS FEEDER PARENT, THAT SHOWS YOU KIND OF WHERE THEY ARE. AND THEN AGAIN, SCHOOL DEPENDENT SPECIAL ED AND EMERGENT BILINGUAL IS, OF COURSE, BILINGUAL. YES. SO I UNDERSTAND THAT FOR SCHOOL DEPENDENT SPECIAL ED AND EMERGENT BILINGUAL, WERE THERE ANY OTHER MAJOR FACTORS THAT COULD BE USED JUST AS A FACTOR FOR WHERE WE ARE BESIDES THESE GROUPS? WHILE WE'VE IDENTIFIED THESE THREE IS FOR STATE ACCOUNTABILITY, THEY ARE CONSIDERED A HIGH FOCUS GROUP. THE STATE DOES A CONSOLIDATION OF THESE THREE GROUPS TOGETHER IN THE ACCOUNTABILITY RATING, BUT WE'VE DECIDED TO BREAK THEM OUT AND LOOK AT THEM AS INDIVIDUAL DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU HAVE ONE GROUP THAT'S PERFORMING WELL AND ANOTHER THAT STRUGGLED WHEN THEY'RE ALL CONSOLIDATED, IT MASKS POOR PERFORMANCE WITH A SPECIFIC GROUP OF STUDENTS. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE SETTING GOALS AND PUTTING STRATEGIES AND
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SYSTEMS IN PLACE TO SUPPORT THE SUCCESS OF EACH OF THESE INDIVIDUAL GROUPS, NOT ONLY FOR THE GROWTH OF STATE ACCOUNTABILITY, BUT THERE'S ALSO FEDERAL ACCOUNTABILITY WHICH STILL HAS THEM BROKEN OUT AS INDIVIDUAL DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS. SO WHEN WE GET STUDENTS IN LARGE MATH FROM OTHER DISTRICTS WHERE WE MAY HAVE TO NOT UNLEARN, BUT TO REDIRECT THEM TO OUR SYSTEM, IS THAT A FACTOR OR NOT SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH OF A FACTOR? THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR. THERE'S A GROUP OF STUDENTS THAT IS ALSO KNOWN AS HIGHLY MOBILE. THERE'S ALSO A DEMOGRAPHIC GROUP IN STATE ACCOUNTABILITY THAT'S CALLED CONTINUOUSLY ENROLLED. CONTINUOUSLY ENROLLED ARE STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN WITH US FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE SCHOOL YEARS. SO THERE IS TRACKING AND MONITORING OF ALL OF THOSE THINGS. WE HAVE ELEVATED THESE THREE AREAS BECAUSE THEY ARE AREAS WHERE WE SEE DECLINE OR DEFICIT THAT REQUIRES OUR SPECIFIC FOCUS ATTENTION. BUT AS YOU VISIT THE SWOT ANALYSIS FOR EACH CAMPUS, THERE MIGHT BE OTHER GROUPS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED OR NOTICES ON THERE BECAUSE EACH CAMPUS IS EVALUATED ON THIS HIGH FOCUS AREA, BUT THEY ALSO ARE EVALUATED ON THEIR TWO LOWEST PERFORMING DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS. AND SO YOU MIGHT NOTICE ON SOME OF THE SWOTS WHERE WE ARE FLAGGING FOR A CAMPUS THAT YOUR TWO LOWEST HAVE CHANGED YEAR OVER YEAR BECAUSE THAT WILL IMPACT YOUR PERFORMANCE IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE THAT THE TWO THAT THE STATE WAS MONITORING LAST YEAR ARE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THEY'RE MONITORING THIS YEAR. ONE QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THE SWOT ANALYSIS. WHEN WERE THEY CONDUCTED? THEY'VE BEEN HAPPENING OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST MONTH. SO IT STARTED, LIKE I SAID, WITH THE INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP TEAM IN OUR WHAT WE CALL TEAM EXCELLENCE MEETING. AND THEN IT CAME TO EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM LAST WEEK. WE HAD OUR FIRST ELT MEETING LAST FRIDAY. AND SO THESE WERE ADDED TO BY THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM ON FRIDAY. OKAY. SO IN LOOKING AT DATA FROM LAST YEAR'S PERFORMANCE, BUT WE'RE DOING CURRENT SWOT ANALYSIS, DO WE FORESEE THERE BEING ANY MAJOR VARIABLES THAT WOULD SAY, WELL, WHAT WE'RE IDENTIFYING TODAY IS A THREAT THAT DIDN'T NECESSARILY APPLY TO LAST YEAR OR A THREAT THAT'S THERE NOW. I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT I ORIENT MY BRAIN. SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE COLOR CODING ON THESE MAPS, WE HAVE TRIAGE. SO WE'VE DETERMINED LEVEL OF NEED OF CAMPUS BASED ON CURRENT PERFORMANCE. BUT THE SWOT ANALYSIS IS TO LOOK AT THOSE GROUPS REGARDLESS OF CURRENT LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE FOR SPECIFICALLY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE STAFFING HAS CHANGED. YOU'LL SEE ON MANY OF THE SWOTS THAT LEADERSHIP HAS CHANGED IN SOME OF THE BUILDINGS. THERE ARE DIFFERING LEVELS OF STAFFING LIKE TEACHERS IN RESIDENCE OR TEACHERS THAT ARE UNCERTIFIED IN CLASSROOMS. THAT LEVEL HAS CHANGED YEAR OVER YEAR. THE PERCENTAGE OF TEACHERS RECOGNIZED AS TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT TEACHERS IN A BUILDING HAVE CHANGED OVER YEAR. WE ALSO HAVE THE ADDITION THIS YEAR WITH SOME OF OUR UNDERPERFORMING CAMPUSES OF ADSY DAYS AND ADDITIONAL TIA TEACHERS ON THOSE CAMPUSES FOR ADSY. SO WE TRIAGE THEM BASED ON THEIR MOST RECENT PERFORMANCE. BUT THE SWOT IS DONE ON WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THAT BUILDING RIGHT NOW THAT WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF SO THAT WE CAN MITIGATE ANY THREATS THAT ARE COMING. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I NEEDED TO KNOW. AS A I'M SURE I UNDERSTAND. SO AS WE'RE WALKING AROUND AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS AND WE LOOK AT THE ANALYSIS UP THERE, IS IT FAIR TO SAY THAT IF I LOOK ON HERE AND LET'S JUST SAY THIRD GRADE MATH, I'M GOING TO SAY THAT THIRD GRADE MATH HAD A DECREASE. SHOULD I SEE SOMETHING UP THERE ADDRESSING THAT THIRD GRADE MATH DEFICIT? IT MIGHT SAY SPECIFICALLY THIRD GRADE MATH. IF IT'S A CAMPUS WHERE MATH WAS A PRIMARY AREA FOCUS FOR ALL GRADE LEVEL, IT MIGHT JUST SAY MATH IN ENGLISH OR IT MIGHT SAY MATH SPECIFICALLY AT THE MEETS AND MASTERS LEVEL. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN THE NEXT
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PAGE IS JUST OF COURSE MIDDLE SCHOOL FEEDERS. YOU ALL SEE THAT. IT'S PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY. AND THEN HIGH SCHOOL IS ON THE BACK. SO ANYWAY, THIS GIVES YOU JUST A KIND OF A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT THOSE FEEDER PATTERNS. SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL GIVE US INFORMATION, GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED. AND SO DR. MCFARLAND, DID YOU WANT TO SECTION GROUPS OR WE'RE JUST GOING TO TAKE THE SIDE WE'RE CURRENTLY ON? YES, WE CAN JUST DO LIKE, YEAH, THE THREE OF THEM CAN GO THERE AND THEY CAN GO HERE. OKAY. AND DR. ROWE IS GOING TO MAN ONE SIDE AND I'LL MAN THE OTHER SIDE TO FACILITATE AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE WHILE YOU'RE REVIEWING. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO, I'M GOING TO ALLOW YOU TO MOVE TO THOSE SPOTS AND THEN I'LL FLIP TO THE NEXT SLIDE WHICH WE'RE GOING TO SPEND ABOUT 15 MINUTES ON EACH SIDE. 15 OVER THERE AND THEN WE'LL SWAP. OKAY. IS IT WORKING ON IT? YES. NO, THEY'RE TWO COLORS. OKAY. . . .