The board meeting tonight, we thank you guys for coming out.
We do have a quorum. We have Ms. Cotton, Ms. Anthemat and Ms. Veezy, myself, Ms. Rodriguez and Mr. Mackey.
Mr. Mills is absent, but we do have a quorum. We can conduct business.
At this time, please stand for the pledge of allegiance, the pledge to the Texas flag
and remain standing for the invocation.
I pledge allegiance,
honor the Texas flag.
First of all, we're going to pray now. I know we're throwing a curve ball here.
Heavenly Father we humbly pray to ask your guidance and blessing upon our
school. Grant us the wisdom, the strength to continue providing a safe
nurturing environment where students can flourish both academically and
emotionally. May our schools be a beacon of light and love in our
community. In your name we pray amen. All
right we had nobody sign up for
comment but we have two visitors or speakers for open forum you'll have three
minutes Mr. Cobb is going to keep time for us please we can't respond to you as
the board remember we're volunteer elected volunteers so we always
encourage feedback from the community so first we're gonna have Nicole inks is
here today. Come on up. Perfect timing. We prayed for you so you missed that.
You get
three minutes to speak.
I just got notification about the Bay Colony Elementary School doing
away with transportation and I really depend on that for my kids because those ten minutes
matter because school will not let me drop though don't open enough early enough
for me to drop my kid off so I have to wait for the bus for him to go to school
and he was staying in the active school program in the YMCA and so they did
away with that so now I depended on the bus to bring him home and now I
don't have that option so I don't know what we can do to put the school
the elementary school back on for the transportation but I mean in the community chats that we have
on Facebook there have been a lot of talk about and upset parents talking about it.
We don't understand why it was taken away. So all I wanted to talk about.
Thank you. All right our next speaker is Annie Stevens.
Good evening. My name is Annie Stevens. I'm in front of you this evening seeking
your assistance with some issues related to the Ag Barn. First issue is communication.
Communication is imperative within an organization. Before we reached out to Mr. Cobb, a few emails
were sent to the Barn Manager and were unanswered. Mr. Cobb is the first and only DISD staff member
to try his best to help find a mutually agreeable and fair resolution for all involved when no
one else would consider it. For that we thank you. Second, the construction of the new Barn.
While it is appreciated and welcome to have a new open-air barn, there are flaws with it, just like any new construction project there are flaws.
When the project started, it was promised to have awnings over the outdoor side of the stalls. These awnings are needed and cannot be cut.
When it rains, it rains into these stalls. They become hazardous to the project and the students.
It floods and holds water in these pens. This can cause many health issues, for example hoof rot.
The walkways in the barn hold water as well slippery and hazardous conditions to the cattle and the children
Drains the drains are backing up the washer acts are holding water
Along with many other issues
This is how left the barn staff in a very unfair position and they are doing their best to make do they have been left to defend
Something they have no input or control over. I'm here seeking your assistance and addressing the conditions of the new barn
and welcome you all to come see the new facility for yourselves and visit with
the other families with their struggles are with this too.
Thanks. All right
at
this time we are going to adjourn into executive session we are authorized to do
this to speak about personnel and other financial matters under the Texas Open
meetings act section 551.001.071.072.073.074.076.082.821.087. We will be back shortly. Thank you.
We're going to take action on some of the items we discussed, not all of them, but some of them.
We have 70 new hires.
We have 29 resignations.
One teacher at Lobit, three teachers at Silvernagle, two teachers at Hughes Road, two at Bay,
One at San Leon, one at Calder, four at Dunbar, two at Barber, one at Loeb at Middle, two
at McAdams, one teacher, one librarian at Krantz, one junior high, Dickinson junior high, five
teachers at the high school, and one diagnostician in special programs, and one administrator in
entertainment educational services and then the retirement of one principal at
Hughes Road do I have a motion to accept these all this is presented yes miss
seconded by myself all in favor hi all right next item we have a new
principal at Hughes Road Elementary this is our first meeting together so we're
getting to know each other.
Oh, I did.
Sorry.
Oh, well, Rachel didn't number my beans here.
We had an executive session, and all right, sorry.
We have the coordinator of federal and state programs.
OK, Rebecca.
I'm so
excited that Ms. Kathy Barenson is our new principal at...
No, no, no.
We got to do...
They want to do this one.
They want to do this one?
Okay.
Excuse us.
It's...
That's fine.
It's Rachel's fault.
We're not like Rachel's fault.
This is fun, see?
Okay.
So, we are...
Okay.
Right, so we are asking for the appointment of the coordinator of state and federal programs,
and we're asking for that recommendation of Jamie Williams as the coordinator of federal
and state programs.
Okay, all right, so I'll go ahead and make the motion since I've messed it up so bad.
Do I have a second?
I'll second it.
Mr. Mackey, second it all in favor.
Aye.
All right.
Oh, motion passes.
Jamie, are you here?
Oh, OK.
Well, see, it wouldn't even have mattered.
OK.
All right.
Now let's get serious.
Now, Rebecca, come on.
I know.
Blame it on me.
No, it's definitely your president here.
OK.
Now we would like to appoint the president, the president,
the principal of Hughes Road Elementary.
Yes.
Ms. Kathy Barrenson.
So, Kathy has over 33 years in education, including four years as the Director of Federal
and State Programs here in Dickinson ISD.
She will continue to inspire our students and staff as the new principal at Hughes Road
Elementary.
We are super excited to have Ms. Barenson as the principal.
So let's congratulate Ms. Barenson.
Hadn't been hired yet.
Well, we've got to make the motion and do all that.
Okay. Do we introduce first and then make the motion for all of them?
Or should we do one individually?
Well, we do them individually.
Okay.
Yeah.
All right.
Okay, so as the first class in 1985 of He's Road Elementary, I'll make the motion.
I'll second.
All in favor?
Aye.
All right.
Yeah, welcome.
Yes, thank you.
So, from Ms. Barrison, did you bring anyone with you to our meeting?
Well, we appreciate you coming.
Thank you so much.
Tell us about your trip then.
I'm just kidding.
Okay, next item.
Assistant principal at McAdams Junior High.
Yes.
Ms. Jacqueline Kennedy?
Yes.
That makes more sense to do it in that order.
Okay, the next is the assistant principal.
Let's keep it at Hughes Road.
I don't have the numbers on here.
Okay, it's the assistant principal.
Go ahead, Dr. Brown.
The assistant principal at Hughes Road Elementary, Ms. Jacqueline Kennedy.
All right.
Do we have a motion?
I'll make the motion.
Ms. Rodriguez.
I'll second it.
Ms. Anthem at Nall in favor.
Hi.
Passes unanimously.
Congratulations.
So, Ms. Kennedy is our current and was the director of curriculum and instruction
for K-12 and she has a very strong track record in enhancing educational
standards. She is recognized for her dedication and leadership in fostering a
positive learning environment. She's super passionate about the work she's
doing and we are super excited that she's going to be the assistant
principal. So Ms. Kennedy, did you bring anyone with you?
Oh, okay. We're sorry
we took so long. All right thank you all right okay for you new people they're
just getting hired weren't it's not always like this okay it's the summer time
we apologize now thank you we have the appointment of an assistant principal at
McAdams junior high Dr. Brown. Ms. Stephanie Brown.
Oh that's all right and
there's no relation I already checked do we have a motion I'll make a motion
Ms. Cotton, I'll second it. All in favor?
Aye.
All right. Motion passes. Welcome.
So Stephanie Brown is a new assistant principal at McAdams Junior High School.
She brings over 21 years of educational experience through effective behavioral systems.
She has successfully reduced discipline referrals by 50% at her previous school.
She holds a Master's in Educational Administration and is pursuing an EDD, an EDD in school improvement.
Ms. Brown, did you bring anyone with you?
Welcome, David.
Welcome, thank you.
Now we have an appointment of Assistant Principal at the DCC in DALC.
Ms. Lisa Herrera.
All right.
Do I have a motion?
I'll make a motion.
Ms. Rodriguez, I'll second it.
All in favor?
Aye.
Passes unanimously. Thank you. And Lisa, are you here tonight? Lisa's not here, so we can move on.
All right. The last one is the assistant principal at K Little Appointment.
That is Ms. Mary Ori Asatuno, and she goes by MJ.
All right. Do I have a motion to ex-Mr. Mackie? Ms. Veazie, all in favor?
Aye.
Aye. Okay. Thank you. Welcome.
So,
MJ is joining K.E. Little Elementary School as Assistant Principal.
She brings 11 years of experience in education.
Her expertise includes instructional practices, behavior management, and professional development.
Welcome to Gator Nation, MJ.
Did you bring anybody with you?
There you go.
Thank you so much. And thank you, Mom and Dad, for coming to support MJ and your beautiful daughter, so welcome to Gator Nation. We're excited that you are here.
Yes, thanks. All right, we're going to move on to the Dr. Brown's 30-day update. This is her first board meeting, and she's already given us a 30-day update, so go ahead.
Thank you, President Magliolo.
So I am pleased to provide an update on my first 30 days as superintendent of Dickinson ISD.
During this initial period, my focus has been on establishing effective communication,
ensuring tailored support for our schools and fostering community engagement.
So below are some key highlights.
Central office meetings.
I conducted one-on-one meetings with each member of central office team.
these interactions were invaluable in understanding the strengths, challenges
and needs of our district's administrative team. Our discussions have
laid the groundwork for a collaborative and cohesive approach moving forward.
Principal meetings. I have held individual one-on-one meetings with each
principal across our district. These sessions provided insights into the
unique needs of each school community, enabling me to better support our
principals and their staff. Our focus was on ensuring that the resources and
support provided are customized to meet the specific requirements of each
school. Effective communication establishing clear and open lines of
communication has been a priority. I have emphasized the importance of
transparent and frequent communication between the central office, principals,
staff and the community. This will ensure that we are all aligned in our
efforts to support our students effectively. Community engagement. I have
begun meeting and greeting various community members and stakeholders.
These interactions are essential for building strong relationships and
fostering a sense of unity and collaboration with our district. I will
continue to engage with the community to understand their perspectives and
keep them informed about district initiatives. Intentional synergy. One of my primary goals
is to streamline intentional synergy throughout our district. By aligning our efforts and
working cohesively, we can achieve greater efficiency and effectiveness in our operations
and educational programs. Budget focus. As we move into the beginning of the school
year, budget management will be a key focus. I'm working closely with the finance
team to ensure that our financial resources are allocated strategically to
support our school needs and district priorities. Parent community meet and
greets. With the start of the school year approaching I am organizing meet and
greet events at each campus for parents and community members. These events
will provide an opportunity for open dialogue allowing us to build
partnerships and gather feedback to enhance our district's efforts. On
On another note, I am pleased to inform you that our ESC team is diligently planning a
series of back-to-school events to welcome our teachers returning in August.
These events are designed to provide our educators with the resources, support, and inspiration
they need for a successful start to the new academic year.
In addition to our teachers-focused events, we have also scheduled back-to-school activities
for our DISD students and their families. These events aim to foster a sense of community,
provide essential information and ensure that our students and families feel prepared and excited
for the upcoming school year. We are committed to creating a positive and engaging atmosphere
for both our staff and students as we embark on this new academic journey. Further details
on these events will be shared with you in the upcoming weeks. Additionally, I want to
moment to address the impact of hurricane barrel on our community. In response to severe
weather and the needs of our residents, we opened our doors to serve as a cooling center
and provided a safe place for community members to stay over the weekend at the high school.
This initiative was crucial in offering relief and support to those affected by the hurricane.
Our staff and volunteers worked tirelessly to ensure that everyone who came to
our facilities, receive the care and assistance they needed.
The overwhelming sense of community and solidarity during this time was truly inspiring and demonstrated
our commitment to supporting each other in times of need.
In conclusion, my first 30 days have been both productive and enlightening.
I am committed to fostering a culture of collaboration, transparency, and community
engagement.
I look forward to working with each of you as we strive to provide the best
educational experience for our students this year. Thank you for your
continued support. Thanks. All right next item we're going to move to
Arcadis will present a update on the seat the planning of the CTE Center.
Thank you I'm gonna ask Danny and Aaron to come up we've had a long
working relationship with Arcadis who originally they were Bay Architects then
became then merged with IBI and now they're Arcadis. They started back with
us. They did K.E. Little, Bay Colony, San Leon, Calder Road. They did the high
school additions, N-Wing, the gym, the band hall, the ninth grade center. They
They did the renovations to transportation in 2010, to food service in 2010, and to technology
in 2010.
So they've been with us a long time.
And I'm going to turn it over to Danny and Aaron and let them walk you through the footprint
for CTE.
I know I'm being recorded.
First of all, thank you everybody for having us out.
We really appreciate the opportunity to work in Dickinson.
Love it here.
And left out of that introduction is Aaron and I were both trained by Leland Williams if you know what that means.
So we do have some experience out here.
So we're going to jump in here.
We've been tasked to add a, during the bond it was decided that there was going to be a CTE addition to Dickinson High School.
And so we're slowly getting that going.
There's a lot of interesting things about adding on at Dickinson High School just because
of the way the building is cited and what all is going on out there.
But we're super excited about it and we're going to show you where we're at tonight.
So it begins with visioning.
We've had several meetings where we've met with the user groups and the administrators.
We've gone and toured a couple of facilities.
We've talked about expectations of what programs would be a part of a CTE edition and what
goes in to each of those programs once you have it in your school.
And so those are just kind of images of existing CTE facilities that we went to that your
folks liked what was going on out there.
Not all our work, but the one in the middle on the bottom is an IBI Bay Arcadis project.
Okay, so as I said, it's been very interesting working at the Dickinson High School.
When we got started, we had kind of agreed the best place for this facility would be,
what you see up there is called Site One, which is on the west side parking lot right outside the latest addition.
But as we get into it and as we, you know, we, as a part of planning for something like this,
we have to talk to the city, we talk to the fire marshal, we talk to the folks who are in flood control.
And what we quickly discovered as much as we wanted to have it on the west side of the building,
there's a lot of issues there.
Not the least of which the new flood plains would have the finish floor 18 inches higher
than the existing building next door which would create all sorts of vertical circulation
problems by putting the building up against it.
There was also creating some inefficiencies with some classrooms that were there.
It was reducing the number of classrooms that have natural light.
So, after really, really trying and spending a lot of time trying to make this work, trying
to shoehorn it in, we kind of changed directions and moved the site to what you see a site to,
between the science and athletic areas near the Walk of Fame.
As you can see here, it does a lot for us.
The only cons there were the Walk of Fame, but frankly, by the end of this project,
like we can improve the walk of fame very easily,
make it a much nicer location.
We're gonna lose parking spots no matter what we do.
It's just the way it's gonna be.
But what this offers us is we don't have
the uncomfortable floor finish changes
from one building to the next
because you actually step outside before you get to it.
It allows us to fence the entire campus
for the first time for security,
which is very important.
We are going to have to go vertical.
There's just no place to go.
So this will be a three-story building.
I'll show you some massing models here in a second.
But the whole, the entire committee is with us,
and we all think that this is the right location
for this facility.
And so just jump in.
We've got some very schematic plans here.
We're going to have some more meetings this week.
And so we'll develop these plans.
but for now we are here's the program we need this in the school where is it
going to be and so what's on the first floor what's on the second floor what's
on the third floor and so that's what we're working through right now and
also access how do we get people in and out how do we use the existing drives
the existing parking what changes and how do we get kids in and out and
through this building and it's actually a pretty good solution because kids
going from the main building to the athletic area will now be part, they'll
be behind the security fence and they'll spend part of that trip going through an
air-conditioned space. We also have to get parking in because there are going
to be programs here where people can come visit this facility. Maybe it's for
the vet tech, you're going to bring your dog in or maybe you're you're
going to get your haircut or your hair done. So we got to provide a way for
visitors to come through and into a secure campus but still be welcomed by the students
in those CTE programs.
So that's what you see going on here.
The blue is just kind of a first blush idea, what can we do at the Walk of Honor to make
it even nicer than it is now.
But what you'll see in future meetings as we develop this, there's a really nice
activity space as part of the program where we can start having events on campus
again that it will have a good number of people in them.
I think it's too early to go through each program.
We'll have sheets for that next time, but access to the first floor is important for
some programs, but others, we were able to decide it's okay for those to be on another
floor.
Oops, it didn't go, yeah.
And so second floor, just slightly smaller, so there'll be a little bit of roof area,
but that's a good place for some mechanical.
Very simple plan, very simple plan,
but it would be three stories,
but we're shoehorning 100,000 square feet in there.
That's the size of a small elementary school.
So we're super excited.
We've had some good meetings.
We're going to have some more good meetings
to get these spaces fitted out
for what the CTE program wants for Dickinson.
And we'll come present that as soon as it's ready.
With that, this is a massing model that shows how tall it would be
and how much space it would take up between the two buildings.
And that's the other direction.
So a fairly substantial addition,
especially when you compare it to the gym addition that we did last time,
which is a big building in itself.
So this will be a nice piece for the Dickinson High School, just a fantastic program in CTE.
And with that, I think I can move to questions if anybody has any.
Anybody?
Yeah, it's hard to see it up there, so our eyes are bad, probably our age.
I believe everybody has it in their bid pack, so you can take it and review it.
All
right. Any questions, comments? All right. Well, thank you. Thank you.
Next thing is Mr.
Ruback here. Yeah, okay. Ryan's going to do it. Ryan's going to talk about logo more East. Yes,
you should have a handout in front of you much bigger than this one. It's just we just kind
of wanted to update you on what's going to be happening. Now, this is years down the road
with Logo Mart East which is on the east side of 45. They're still obviously on the west side
growing like crazy.
Do they have the handouts Rachel? We don't have the hand out. It's on the
computer. Okay on here as you can see now they can't even begin to tell us a timeline. This is
how far out this is eventually as you can see up at the top huge road connecting
back to the freeway and then that's the same huge road that will run around to
the logo more of the new the new elementary that we will be building so
huge row will go right by the west side of our new
Now, Holland Road, which is going to connect 45 to 204, that's a long way from being done.
Even the city of Tech City said we can't give you an ETA on that.
So, as you can see, this is over 3100 additional lots just in this area.
So there's tremendous amount of growth coming down here.
We do have just east of 204 to your right a little further south than what
this drawing shows we have two 15 acre tracks if you'll recall we bought those
a couple of years ago no detention requirement on them so we those are
designed for elementary schools or possibly a middle school we also have
154 acres just to the east up here in the colored area where the track is.
That's our land where it's a little bit lighter colored shade right there. We
have 154 acres right there. We did acquire an entrance into
204 about 18 months ago. Just a wide enough path to get into it. We
also have directly off of Highway 3 entrance into that track of land. So we
do have another 40 acres on the very southern borders of our property down
off of Ambrone Road just north of College of the Mainland.
Has a great
bass pond on it right now. A five acre bass pond out there. But there will
take a lot of development before we could even really access that right
now so we just want to update you kind of show you what long-range projections
are for the east side of the freeway and this is just logo more there are other
developers out there so any questions no not for me anybody else okay thanks mr.
Boone the next item is yours as well and hurricane barrel update any damages
Thank you with hurricane barrel we had or burl we had roof damage at San Leon
and we're working with a contractor on that now we had we lost several roof
vents throughout the district blew off and of course that does damage to your
roof when they go bouncing across those roofs those single ply roofs we
have. We lost pieces of some awnings or various places around the district. We
lost some of the fencing on the north side of San Vitanza Stadium. Other little
things here and there, but that's that's the bulk of what we did with
Hurricane Burl. Any questions? Nope. Thank you. We'll keep with the Mr.
is going to give us an update on the 2020 and the 2023 bond.
Thank you.
2020 bond, I'll start with Dickinson Jr. High.
We are actually in the warranty phase of it.
There's still outstanding items there that we're working with
Dramala construction on.
We send them lists probably weekly warranty update items
and they are working on it trying to get the subs back out
to get those corrected.
We do have substantial completion on technology, transportation, and ag, which are also done
by Dramala Construction.
We still have punchless items on all three of those projects that we're working on to
finalize over with Dramala.
It is an ongoing process and will continue until Dramala gets those items corrected.
So as far as the and that that will expend the funds out of the 2020 bond those projects will
2023
We're just getting started. We're probably six months ahead on logo more elementary
Versus what you saw here tonight. This was one of the first of many meetings will have with you
This was just a footprint meeting tonight kind of showing you the layout will come back with other
schematic designs classrooms and things of that nature administrative area but
logo more we're in the process the last meeting we had we have pretty much the
classrooms design layout the footprint we are now in meetings with public
officials City of Texas City we actually have meetings set up with permit
department to visit with them we have to visit with the fire marshal we have
to visit with the building inspectors, et cetera.
So we've got to go back through their department
to get some of this done down there.
So we're working on the Lago Mar.
We are anticipating having an official groundbreaking
at the end of October 1st of November for that project.
We want to wait till we can get some equipment out there,
obviously.
So we've got a little ways to go on that.
But we're working toward getting some dirt turned
out there for Lago More Elementary. It is still on schedule to open in August of
2026. You heard the presentation by Danny and Aaron tonight from Arcadis. We're
very preliminary on CTE. We've got a long ways to go. It's truly we're about
six months behind on where we were with and that was planned where we were
with Lago More. We wanted to make sure we got the elementary up and going.
so we'll be back to you with other other presentations on it we've had meetings
with Melissa's been in those meetings Courtney's been in the meetings Jess
been in the meetings Robert and of course Dr. Brown Mike Mackie has
attended all the meetings so it's a slow process because we have some real
logistic issues at that high school we it's just a very tight fit as you can
see so we're working through some of this there's still some tweaking to do
with how it's actually going to fit completely into that north side we're
trying to get it as close to the building going south as we can and as far
away from the field house as we can but it will be a three-story building it
won't if you ever look on top of the science wing at high school we have a
crow's nest up there that's three stories high so it's not you know
We have a height already.
The roofs will match.
It will be the blue metal roof,
so we think it'll blend in real nice,
but we've got a ways to go on that.
I'll be happy to answer any questions you have
on the 2020 or 2023 bond.
Anybody have any questions?
Okay, thank you, Mr. Boone.
We're gonna move on to written reports.
You had, we're sent those in your board book.
We do have a presentation.
Dr. Noff Singer is going to present.
Pac, are you going to introduce her?
Go ahead, Dr. Pac.
Are you ready, Debbie?
All right, so we are going to present the 2024 Star Scores that we just took this spring.
We intentionally are only focusing on the 2024 Scores because of the realignments that we did.
So, there were significant changes in the composition of the campuses, right?
So, elementary used to have third and fourth grade, middle schools were fifth and sixth.
And so now, when we're looking at the elementary, they only have third grade.
And there's no growth, right?
So, one of the pieces of accountability is how the students did from one year to the next.
So, if they only take the test in third grade, the elementary don't have growth.
So we're just looking at just third grade
for the elementary schools and then fourth and fifth.
So we have a whole new grade level,
new teachers at each middle school,
and then each junior high has a whole new grade level
and new teachers.
And so we just felt like it's significantly different
to where it's hard to compare, you know,
how did they colony do this year to how they did last year
because they're missing a whole grade level.
And then so on and so forth.
So we're gonna just look at the 2024 scores
and I'm going to turn it over to Dr. Noffsinger.
The columns that I want you to pay attention to are these that did not meet.
We want the green column to always be the shortest out of the three
because we are comparing the state, the region, and the district.
And then look at the masters and we want the green column to be the highest column
because we want to exceed the state and the region in our masters.
So this is third grade RLA, this is third grade Spanish.
You'll notice that that's only 126 tests though.
So we need to keep in mind that all of our Spanish testing groups are rather small student groups.
Fourth grade RLA, look at across the board.
We're looking at our meets and masters.
And even though there seems to be some difference, 28, 28, 26,
we have to look at the global picture to know that there's really not that much of a difference.
Fourth grade Spanish, fifth grade RLA, fifth grade Spanish, and fifth grade is the last
year in which we have the Spanish. Sixth grade RLA, seventh grade RLA, eighth grade RLA,
Our English 1 EOC, you notice that in our did not meets, that our bar is a lot shorter
than the state in the region, so we're very proud of that.
Our meets is taller, so that's always a good sign.
Our English 2, below state average for did not meet, which is what we're striving
for, was our grade 3, our grade 3 Spanish, our 7th and our English 1, above the state
average for masters was our third grade RLA Spanish. For our math again we're
looking at those same trends we want our did not meet to be the lowest bar we
want our masters to be the highest bar. Again we have the Spanish which is a
small group of students. Our fourth grade, fourth grade Spanish, fifth grade
grade math, fifth grade Spanish, sixth grade, seventh grade, eighth grade, our algebra. Again,
we see that our EOCs were getting some really good results with our EOCs.
So below state
average for did not meet is our grade three, our grade three Spanish, our fifth grade and
our algebra. And above state average for masters is our grade three Spanish and
in our algebra. We get into our science. We only test two grade levels in science, grade
five and grade eight. And then we test again for biology, our EOC. Our science summary below
state average for did not meet was grade eight in biology. Above state average for
masters was our biology. Social studies, we only test at grade eight. And then we
test again as an EOC for US history. So below state average for did not meet is
grade 8. Above state average for masters is grade 8. All right so it's hard for you
to read that from here but whenever Dr. Brown got here when we started meeting
it's meeting with Dr. Brown and then also with Lindsay Suarez our new
director of curriculum and instruction and Dr. Brown said her word is
intentional and so we took intentional and I like alliteration so we came up
with three pillars so we have intentional instruction intentional
intervention and intentional interpersonal development which is the social
emotional learning I had to do some the SOAR searches to try to figure out how
to get an eye for social emotional learning but so intentional instruction
has to do with tier one instruction we're going to make sure that our
our kids that first teach opportunity is on grade level we're going to make
sure that we are our teachers are having intentional use of engaging strategies
that are aligned to the district curriculum. We're going to support our
teachers and effective instruction. We've had a lot of PD this summer like
Solution Tree's RTI at work and ongoing PD throughout the year. With the
intentional intervention that's our response to intervention and I like
the way Louise Cruz talked about it from Solution Tree at the RTI at work.
He said RTI stands for Responsible Teachers Intervening.
And so we're going to make sure that our teachers know what to do with those students who don't get it the first time.
We're going to have frequent checks.
We're going to make sure that teachers are analyzing that data from those assessments.
They're going to have pre-planned Tier 2 interventions in the classroom.
And then we're going to make sure that that Tier 3 intervention is strategic.
And then for social-emotional learning, interpersonal development, it's all about relationships.
relationships between teachers and students, between principals and teachers, between central
office and the campuses. We're going to look at parent and school partnerships and also
behavior or behavior instruction and behavior intervention. So just like, you know, we
want to teach students how to behave and then we're going to also make sure that we have
interventions in place to help those students who don't get that first teach on behavior
as well. I think that's back to Debbie. The next big data which I can't wait to give. On
August the 13th we are going to get our accountability ratings from the state. It will come directly
to us and then it will be released to the public on August the 15th. So you'll be getting
a written report on that and then we will do a presentation at the board meeting to be
able to go over all the domains because this is just the first glance at domain
one and we'll get to go through all three domains.
We love your enthusiasm.
All
right thank you guys. The next item on the agenda is Dr. Packagin.
Yes, so every year we bring this to you. So UIL has some courses that are exempt. So if a student
is taking an above level course, an AP course, an honors course, they have this exemption from
the no-pass, no-play rule. And so we detail out for Dickinson ISD what those courses are.
So, any advanced placement course in the course subjects plus languages other than English.
By the way, as you can see, our dual credit courses, our dual enrollment courses,
which is a specific program through UT called on ramps, and then any of our honors courses.
So, we used to call it pre-AP back in the day, but because of College Board,
we can't use that term anymore, so we call it honors.
So we have and then also our steam classes of steam and our honors classes and
English math science social studies and then our foreign language classes that are
denoted as honors all those classes are
being proposed for
Exemption from the no-pass no-play
rule
Thank you. I will go ahead and move for a wreck to approve this recommendation on these UIL course exemptions
Do I have a second?
Ms. Visey seconded, all in favor?
Hi.
Hi, unanimously, thank you.
Ms. Rich is going to talk about the personal compensation
manual for 2024, 2025.
Yes, so this is presented,
this was originally presented in May or June,
I don't remember at the time,
but we made some significant changes in the interim.
So the highlighted changes were in your board book.
If you have any questions about that,
I'll be glad to answer them, but also if some of the changes we talked about in
executive session, if we're moving forward with those, I will update those
accordingly before posting this live on the website. So some more
changes coming, but I won't bring it back for you all. Okay, thank you. So I
will, do we have a motion to accept this changes? Ms. Veazey is saying yes, and
And then seconded by Ms. Anthematin, all in favor?
Aye.
Unanimously.
Mr. Cobb, we have a resolution of House Bill 547.
One that we have to do every year.
House Bill 547 allows school districts
to opt in or opt out of allowing home school participation
in UIL activities.
In the past, we have opted out,
and we are recommending that we continue to opt out of that.
So I have a recommendation for a resolution to opt out of allowing
homeschool participation in UIL activities for 2024-2025 school year.
Do I have a motion?
Cotton, second.
Ms. Miramaki, all in favor?
Motion passes.
Back to Dr. Pack.
We have a proposed pre-kinnigarden tuition rate for 2024-2025.
All right, so last year was our first year to offer paid pre-K for our employees children.
And we set that tuition at $4,000 per year and submitted that to the commissioner and
the commissioner did approve that for the last school year.
So we are proposing to continue that program for our employees and set the tuition again
at $4,000 per year.
Any discussions or questions?
None heard.
We have a recommendation to the Board to approve tuition-based pre-kindergarten for four-year-old
children of employees on the space-available basis at a rate of 4,900, oh, it's supposed
to be even for the, oh, I see it, okay, all right, thank you.
Space available, I didn't read that part yet, so good.
at a rate of four thousand per year do I will make the motion do I have a second
this is no that's Rodriguez so in favor okay motion passes we're moving along
here we have mr. Boone is going to talk about the high school food serving line
renovate not renovation yeah renovation okay thank thank you we'd like to
renovate our serving lines at the high school we believe this will better serve
our kids there instead of the package meals we'll go to direct serving Laura
has advertised and we did receive several proposals we would recommend that
commercial kitchens be awarded this project for four hundred and seventeen
thousand eight hundred and sixty nine dollars foods the funding source would
be food service and food service funds can only be spent on food service
because that's a federal program. So the funds are there in fund balance and we
would like to move forward with that project if you're okay with it. Any
question or comments? So I will make the recommendation to award two commercial
kitchens for the proposal as presented. And Ms. Visee seconded, all in favor?
All right great unanimously. Mr. Cobb has a board policy update
probably. Okay I'll try to keep this as concise as possible. In the past we have
had an out-of-district transfer policy and in looking for ways to increase our
revenue. Dr. Pack has gone and examined our data down to specific grade levels
on specific campuses so what we are requesting is the ability to open out
of district enrollment for K through 8 where we have space it's not going to be
exactly like the one that we had it's going to be very competitive it's going
to be very targeted very specific and the students that come in are going to
have to have great attendance great discipline great grades and they're
going to be great gators that's what we're looking for so in the process of
approving these when it opens up Dr. Pack and I will look at them and we
consult with campus administration before we approve these so that we make sure
that the space is there and that we're getting the students that we want for
Dickinson. Any questions or comments? Okay, do I have a recommendation to add
more Gators to Gator Nation? I recommend. Make a motion. Make a motion. All right.
Do I have a second? Seconded. Seconded. Anthemat and all in favor. All right.
All right motion passes next item. We have a
Board the TASB region for board of director endorsement our friend over at friends with ISD Tony Hopkins is
We requested an endorsement. So do we have any questions or comments on this?
Tony's local he's a good old boy. I like him or friends. So I will make the motion
Mr. Mackie seconded all in favor all in favor we passed it. Yes. Thank you
Consent agenda items a through J
Any questions or comments? I'll make the motion to approve those as approved or sent out
Do I have a second?
Second.
Ms. Rodriguez, it's time.
All in favor.
And, last but not least, do I have a motion to adjourn?
I'll make the motion.
I'll second.
Okay.
You hit the mountain, and Rodriguez, all in favor?
Aye.
Good night.
God bless.