RESPECTFUL OF OTHERS BY REMAINING QUIET SO THAT EVERYONE IS ABLE TO HEAR THE PROCEEDINGS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU SERGEANT. THE TIME IS 5:32 P.M. AND THIS MEETING IS HEREBY CALL TO ORDER. WE HAVE THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM ATTENDING IN PERSON. AND NOTICE OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED ONLINE AND AT THE FORT BEND ISD ADMINISTRATION BUILDING FOR AT LEAST THREE BUSINESS DAYS. FIRST UP IS PUBLIC COMMENT. WE HAVE TWO SPEAKERS THIS EVENING. I WILL CALL YOUR NAME AND WHEN I DO, YOU CAN COME TO THE PODIUM AND YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. TIME WILL BE KEPT BY OUR BOARD SECRETARY, DOCTOR SHIRLEY ROSE GILLIAM, AND SHE WILL GIVE YOU A 32ND WARNING. FIRST UP THIS EVENING IS SARAH SLIVA. THANK YOU. HELLO. MY NAME IS SARAH. I GRADUATED FROM FORT BEND ISD NEARLY 30 YEARS AGO. I ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN THIS DISTRICT AND I AM SO GRATEFUL THAT I WASN'T UPROOTED. EVERY 2 TO 3 YEARS, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE FRIENDSHIPS AND GROW IN A STEADY ENVIRONMENT WITHOUT CONSTANT MOVEMENT. SO I KNEW MY CAMPUS, THE TEACHERS AND STAFF, AND MY FELLOW CLASSMATES JUST LIKE THEY KNEW ME. YES, I UNDERSTAND THE DISTRICT HAS GROWN A LOT OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS. UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE NOT HERE JUST BECAUSE OF THE GROWTH, BUT BUT BECAUSE OF HOW THE BOARD CHOSE TO HANDLE GROWTH. SURROUNDING AREAS LIKE KATY ISD AND CY-FAIR ISD ALSO CONTINUE TO GROW, BUT STUDENTS AND TEACHERS ARE NOT UPROOTED OR SHIFTED AROUND LIKE OURS HERE IN FORT BEND. OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, I NOTICED THE INCREASED USE OF THE WORD TRANSPARENCY ON THE FORT BEND ISD WEBSITE, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MEETINGS, ADVERTISEMENTS, AND FLIERS FROM THE DISTRICT. I ACTUALLY CHOSE TO SPEAK TODAY BECAUSE THROWING THE WORD TRANSPARENT IN COMMUNICATION WITH PARENTS AND COMMUNITY DOES NOT PROVIDE CLEAR INSIGHT. THIS IS IMPORTANT AS WE FACE REZONING ONCE AGAIN. YOU SEE, I LIVE IN MILLWOOD IN RIVERSTONE, FORT BEND DECIDED TO REZONE ROUGHLY THREE YEARS AGO. AND YES, MANY NEIGHBORHOODS WERE AFFECTED BY THE REZONING PROCESS. BUT MILLWOOD TOOK THE BRUNT END OF IT. DESPITE SUBMITTING HUNDREDS OF RESPONSES ON THE THOUGHT EXCHANGE PLATFORM, MEETING WITH THE BOARD AND PHONE CALLS. IF THE BOARD REALLY WANTED TO BE TRANSPARENT, THEN THE BOARD WOULD HAVE STATED JUDY. JUDY DAY, A FORMER MEMBER OF THE BOARD, CHOSE TO UPROOT MILLWOOD STUDENTS JUST SO THE THEN PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD, DAVE ROSENTHAL, WHO LIVED IN COLONY LAKES, DIDN'T HAVE TO UPROOT HIS NEIGHBORHOOD. MIND YOU, COLONY LAKES IS IS LITERALLY JUST A WALK AWAY FROM THE NEW SCHOOL, WHILE MILLWOOD IS ABOUT TEN MINUTES AWAY. I'M NOT HERE PICKING ON NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT I AM HERE TO SAY THAT HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF WITHOUT ACCOUNTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY WITHOUT ACCOUNTABILITY, THERE'S A LACK OF TRANSPARENCY. AS THE DISTRICT LOOKS AT REZONING. AGAIN, PLEASE CONSIDER FACTORS THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED THE LAST TIME STUDENTS WERE REZONED. LIKE NATURAL BOUNDARIES, THE TIME IT TAKES FOR PARENTS TO DRIVE KIDS TO SCHOOL, FOR PARENTS TO BE AT SCHOOL FUNCTIONS AND 30S REALLY THINK OF OUR SCHOOL, NOT POLITICS. IN ANOTHER 5 TO 10 YEARS, WE STAND TO END UP IN THIS EXACT SAME POSITION WE'RE IN. IF THE BOARD CONTINUES TO CHOOSE EACH OTHER OVER OUR STUDENTS, OUR CHILDREN, OUR TEACHERS, AND OUR STAFF. SO PLEASE BE MORE TRANSPARENT BY ACTUALLY PROVIDING CONCISE INFORMATION TO OUR COMMUNITY, EXPLAINING HOW AND WHY NEIGHBORHOODS ARE MOVED DURING THIS PROCESS WITHOUT HIDING BEHIND THE WORD TRANSPARENCY. THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS KENDALL KELLY. HI. HI. MY NAME IS KENDALL KELLY. I'M A MOTHER OF AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SON, SOON TO BE ANOTHER KID IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN AN ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOOD IN FORT BEND. I TOO AM FROM FORT BEND AND DECIDED TO COME BACK AND BRING MY FAMILY HERE. IT'S VERY FOND, FOND MEMORIES OF GROWING UP IN THE AREA. HOWEVER, THE CONSTANT REZONING OF THE SCHOOLS HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD TALKS FOR YEARS. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE CHOOSING A NEIGHBORHOOD TO TO MOVE TO SO THAT YOU CAN GO TO A GOOD SCHOOL, HOPING THAT THAT DECISION CONTINUES TO BE THE SAME SCHOOL. AND YOU CAN JUST STAY PUT. BUT THAT BESIDE, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS I KNOW YOU CAN'T ANSWER, BUT JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. HOLD, PLEASE LET ME. I'M GETTING OLD.
THERE WE GO. IT'S CLEAR THAT A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT HAS BEEN PUT INTO THE PROCESS, AS THE TIMELINE FOR THE BOUNDARY PLANNING HAS EBBED AND FLOWED. HOWEVER, IT'S ALSO CONCERNING THAT THE INFORMATION SEEMS TO BE EITHER CHANGING OR MISREPRESENTED UNDER OR OVER OR WHATEVER THAT MAY BE. ARE WE CONFIDENT IN THE DATA ACCURACY? ARE WE CONFIDENT THAT MAKING DECISIONS ON THAT DATA IS? ARE WE CONFIDENT ON THE DECISIONS THAT WE'RE MAKING FOR LONG LASTING IS ALSO CONCERNING AT THIS TIME, THAT THE DISTRICT IS ONLY LOOKING AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. BOUNDARY DECISIONS DO NOT EXIST IN ISOLATION. FEEDER PATTERNS ULTIMATELY SHAPE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL SCHOOL OUTCOMES. IF WE PARCEL THIS PROCESS OUR PIECE BY PIECE BY PIECE, WITHOUT CONSIDERING THE LONG TERM IMPACT ON SECONDARY CAMPUSES, WE RISK CREATING MISALIGNMENT THAT WILL AFFECT STUDENTS FOR YEARS TO COME. WHY ARE WE NOT LOOKING COMPREHENSIVELY AT THIS? AND I GUESS MY SUMMARY TO ALL OF THIS IS I REALLY APPRECIATE THE BOARD LOOKING INTO MAKING THE RIGHT DECISIONS FOR OUR CHILDREN, US AS PARENTS, ESPECIALLY ONES THAT ARE FROM THE AREA, REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT. HOWEVER, I COME FROM A WORLD WHERE YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE HOLISTIC PROBLEM AND I KNOW IT'S A STEPPED GOING BACK TO TRANSPARENCY, IT'S A STEPPED PROCESS, I UNDERSTAND, BUT US AS PARENTS ARE A LITTLE CONFUSED WHY WE'RE LOOKING AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS NOW. WE'RE NOT BEING TOLD ABOUT FEEDER PATTERNS, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, AND THEN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL LEVELS. SO I JUST ASK THAT WHEN YOU GUYS ARE PUTTING INFORMATION ON YOUR WEBSITE, IF IT'S A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO FIND TODAY, IT WAS VERY HARD FOR ME, SOMEONE WHO WAS A MILLENNIAL, TO FIND THE FORM TO FILL OUT FOR THIS. IT WAS ALSO HARD TO FIND THE AGENDA AND OTHER ITEMS, SO I CAN ONLY IMAGINE IF THERE'S GRANDPARENTS THAT ARE HELPING THEIR GRANDKIDS OUT, OR PEOPLE THAT JUST AREN'T USED TO THIS BECAUSE THIS IS MY FIRST TIME. CLEARLY, IF WE CAN MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE EASIER, AND I THINK TRANSPARENCY IS KEY IN DOING A LOT OF THAT. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS OUR INFORMATION ITEM A LONG RANGE BOUNDARY PROCESS TIMELINE. DOCTOR SMITH. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. TRUSTEES AND THOSE THAT ARE HERE TODAY. WE ARE. TEST. TEST. IS THAT BETTER? IS THAT A LITTLE BETTER? OKAY, GOOD. SO TONIGHT OUR GOAL IS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON OUR REALLY THE STATUS WHERE WE ARE AT THIS POINT IN THE PROCESS. WE KNOW THAT BOUNDARY PLANNING AND POTENTIAL SCHOOL CLOSURES ARE BOTH TECHNICALLY COMPLEX AND THAT THEY ARE DEEPLY PERSONAL. AND SO BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS AND POTENTIAL SCHOOL CLOSURES ARE NOT JUST OPERATIONAL DECISIONS. AND I WANT THE TRUSTEES AND THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT WE AS AN ADMINISTRATION UNDERSTAND THAT OUR DECISIONS, THEY TOUCH FAMILIES, THEY TOUCH NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE COMMUNITY IDENTITY. AND SO THOSE ARE ALL VERY DEEPLY PERSONAL. WE RECOGNIZE THE EMOTIONAL WEIGHT OF THIS WORK, AND WE ARE HERE TO HONOR THE EXPERIENCES AND CONCERNS THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS SHARED WITH US. AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO APPROACH THESE DECISIONS WITH VERY CAREFUL, THOUGHTFUL, DELIBERATIVE MANNER, ENGAGING IN THE DATA, AND ALSO TAKING A LONG TERM VIEW OF WHAT IS SUSTAINABLE FOR FORT BEND ISD. AND I JUST WANT TO REASSURE THE TRUSTEES, OUR COMMUNITY, THAT MY TEAM AND I ARE COMMITMENT IS INDEED TO BE TRANSPARENT IS INDEED TO SEEK CLARITY. WE WANT TO HEAR FROM OUR STAKEHOLDERS WHERE WE LACK CLARITY, BECAUSE OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE WE PROVIDE THAT. AND YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR SOME OF THAT THIS EVENING WITH MISS MARTINEZ. OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, WE'VE BEEN ENGAGED IN A SERIES OF MEETINGS, WHETHER IT BE WITH TRUSTEES, WHETHER IT BE WITH OUR SBC, THE COMMUNITY GROUP. I'VE HAD MY PARENT ADVISORY GROUP, STUDENT GROUPS, JUST A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT GROUPS, REALLY TRYING TO EXPLAIN THE PROCESS AND HELP EVERYONE KNOW WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS. AND TONIGHT IS REALLY THAT NEXT STEP LAUNCHING. WE'VE GOT SOME KEY DATES COMING UP ON THE FOURTH THAT MISS MARTINEZ IS GOING TO SPEAK TO, AS WELL AS THE 15TH, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN DIRECT RESPONSE TO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS, CONCERNS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM OUR COMMUNITY. SO OUR HOPE IS THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO LAY ALL THAT OUT HERE TONIGHT AND SET THE STAGE FOR THE 15TH. DO WANT TO JUST GIVE KUDOS TO MISS MARTINEZ AND HER TEAM. THEY'VE DONE A VERY GOOD JOB HANDLING VERY COMPLEX TECHNICAL INFORMATION, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME HAVING EMPATHY AND UNDERSTANDING FOR HOW THIS IMPACTS FAMILIES. AND SO WE'RE COMMITTED TO REALLY PUSHING THROUGH AND MAKING THE VERY TOUGH DECISIONS AND GIVING THE
BOARD THE SUPPORT AND INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED IN ORDER TO MAKE DECISIONS. WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MISS MARTINEZ, AND SHE'S GOING TO WALK US THROUGH OUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU, DOCTOR SMITH, AND GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT DAWSON. BOARD MEMBERS, HAPPY TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO PROVIDE ANOTHER LEVEL OF INFORMATION, ANOTHER LAYER OF DETAIL IN THIS LONG RANGE BOUNDARY PLANNING PROCESS THAT WE LAUNCHED LAST SPRING. AS DOCTOR SMITH MENTIONED, OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, MONTHS WE HAVE BEEN LISTENING, AS WELL AS WORKING IN PLANNING AND COLLABORATING AND ENGAGING. AND SO OVER THESE WEEKS AND MONTHS, WE HAVE HEARD FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY THROUGH A VARIETY OF OF MECHANISMS, ONE BEING PUBLIC COMMENT. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT HERE THIS EVENING. AND THEN THROUGH AN ORCHESTRATED SURVEY SPECIFIC TO THE CHANGE PROCESS AND HOW WE CAN BETTER SUPPORT OUR FAMILIES THROUGH THE CHANGE PROCESS, SPECIFICALLY OUR STUDENTS AND THEN THOSE WHO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AS WELL. AND SO THROUGH THAT FEEDBACK LOOP, WE HAVE RECEIVED RECENT FEEDBACK VERY, VERY MUCH WHAT DOCTOR SMITH WAS SPEAKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF MORE INFORMATION, ANOTHER ANOTHER LAYER OF DEPTH TO THE INFORMATION AND HELPING THE PUBLIC AND YOU, AS TRUSTEES HAVE ASKED TO TO HELP US GET A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE WE ARE IN OUR CURRENT STUDENT ENROLLMENT AND THE ENROLLMENT TRENDS AND IN THE PROJECTIONS FOR THE COMING YEARS. AND SO I'LL SPEAK ABOUT THAT THIS EVENING, AS WELL AS THE ITEMS YOU SEE UP HERE. I WANT TO REFOCUS US ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE BOUNDARY PLANNING PROCESS, TALK ABOUT OUR CURRENT STATUS AND SOME ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE'VE MADE, SOME UPCOMING KEY MILESTONES, OUR CURRENT COMMUNICATION EFFORTS AND STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT, AND THEN SHARE AN UPDATED TIMELINE WITH YOU AND HOW THAT LEADS US INTO THE WORK OF THE DECEMBER 15TH BOARD MEETING. AS I SAID, WE ARE LISTENING TO YOU, TRUSTEES AND TO OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE KNOW THAT EVERYBODY WANTS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE BOUNDARY SCENARIOS SOONER THAN LATER. AND SO ONE OF THE CHANGES THAT I'LL GO INTO MORE DETAIL AROUND ON THE TIMELINE IS THAT WE ARE MOVING BACK TO ONE OF OUR ORIGINAL MILESTONES TO BRING FORWARD THOSE BOUNDARY SCENARIOS TO THE BOARD FOR PUBLIC DISCUSSION IN DECEMBER. SO AT THE DECEMBER 15TH MEETING, AFTER A WORKSHOP AS PART OF THE AGENDA, WE'LL BE BRINGING THOSE FORWARD, AND THOSE WILL BE FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ACROSS THE DISTRICT, INCLUDING BOUNDARY CHANGES AND POSSIBLE SCHOOL CONSOLIDATIONS, AS WELL AS THE ATTENDANCE BOUNDARY FOR THE OPENING OF AMY COLEMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL. THIS IS WHERE WE NEED TO ANCHOR OUR SOULS AND OUR HEARTS AND OUR MINDS. IT IS. AS DOCTOR SMITH MENTIONED, THIS IS TECHNICAL WORK. IT'S LOGICAL, LOGISTICAL, LOTS OF TASKS ASSOCIATED WITH IT, NUMBERS AND DATA AND INFORMATION. BUT IT IS WAY MORE THAN THAT. THIS IS ABOUT OUR STUDENTS WORKING THROUGH MANY OF THE THINGS THAT THE TWO SPEAKERS THIS EVENING SAID, AND OTHER SPEAKERS HAVE SAID IN THE PAST, WE HAVE REZONED OVER AND OVER IN THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE WERE A GROWING SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR QUITE A NUMBER OF YEARS. AT ONE POINT, EVEN THE FASTEST GROWING SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE STATE. AND SO WE WERE BUILDING AND MOVING STUDENTS AND AND NEEDING MORE CAPACITY IN VARIOUS PLACES WITHIN THE DISTRICT. AND SO WE SEE OURSELVES NOW FACED WITH THE TIME THAT MANY OF OUR OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS ARE ALSO FACING, AND IT'S TRULY A UNIQUE SITUATION IN TERMS OF PUBLIC SCHOOL ENROLLMENT, COUPLED WITH THE FACT THAT OUR DISTRICT IS REACHING ALMOST FULL BUILD OUT, WE'RE VERY CLOSE TO THAT. AND SO WE ARE JUST NATURALLY MOVING INTO A PERIOD OF ENROLLMENT STABILIZATION, COUPLED WITH WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN PUBLIC EDUCATION ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THE DECLINE IN PUBLIC ED ENROLLMENT BECAUSE OF CHOICE THAT PARENTS HAVE ASSOCIATED WITH CHARTER SCHOOLS, PRIVATE SCHOOLS, HOMESCHOOLING, AND JUST DECISIONS THAT FAMILIES ARE MAKING. AND WE WANT TO STAY RELEVANT, CURRENT AND AN ATTRACTIVE DISTRICT FOR OUR FAMILIES TO ATTEND. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE MUST DO, AS WE KEEP OUR STUDENTS IN MIND AND KNOW THAT THEY ARE THE WHY TO THIS WORK, AS DIFFICULT AS THE OUTCOMES OF THE WORK COULD BE AND POSSIBLY WILL BE FOR FAMILIES, AS YOU FACE CHANGE, WE HAVE TO UNDERGO THIS WORK SO THAT WE CAN BALANCE ENROLLMENT ACROSS THE DISTRICT, UTILIZE THAT AVAILABLE SPACE. WE KNOW WE'LL HAVE MORE SEATS NOW THAN WE WILL EVER NEED IN THE FUTURE. FOR STUDENTS AGAIN, KNOWING THAT WE ARE BECOMING A STUDENT THAT IS STABILIZING IN OUR IN OUR GROWTH SIMPLY BECAUSE WE NO LONGER HAVE SPACE TO BUILD OUT AS WE FINISH THE FINAL AREAS THAT ARE CURRENTLY DEVELOPING. SO AS WE AS WE THINK ABOUT CHANGE AND WE'VE ALL EXPERIENCED SOME SORT OF CHANGE ONE WAY OR ANOTHER CHALLENGE WITHIN OUR LIFETIME, AND THAT IS A PROCESS THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP AT THE FOREFRONT OF OUR MINDS AS WE AS WE KNOW THAT STUDENTS ARE THE HEART OF THIS WORK. AS I SAID, IT'S VERY TEDIOUS WORK. IT'S VERY TACTICAL WORK, BUT WE'RE DOING IT BECAUSE OF OUR STUDENTS. AND SO WE CAN CREATE THE BEST LEARNING ENVIRONMENT POSSIBLE AND MAXIMIZE HOW WE USE OUR RESOURCES, HOW WE USE OUR SPACES. AND ANY POSSIBLE COST SAVINGS CAN GO RIGHT BACK INTO OUR STUDENTS AND INTO STUDENT
PROGRAMING. BUT LIKE MANY OF YOU, THE TWO FOR SURE THAT SPOKE EARLIER, I TOO HAVE BEEN REZONED IN THIS DISTRICT. AS A MATTER OF FACT, AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, BOTH MY STUDENTS WERE REZONED AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL, AND I KNOW FIRSTHAND IN HAVING BEEN REZONED AND ALSO WORKING WITH FAMILIES WHO ARE GOING THROUGH THIS IN MULTIPLE ITERATIONS OF ZONING WITHIN THIS DISTRICT. IT IS A CHALLENGING PROCESS. IT IS AN EMOTIONAL PROCESS. AND IT IT REMINDS ME SOMEWHAT OF THE GRIEVING PROCESS. FOLLOW ME WHEN I SAY THIS. RIGHT. BECAUSE GRIEF, WE OFTEN THINK ABOUT GRIEF. SOMEBODY THAT YOU'VE LOST A PERSON. BUT GRIEF CAN ALSO BE LOOKED AT AS A SITUATION THAT ENDED DIFFERENTLY THAN YOU EXPECTED IT TO BE. YOU HAVE THIS THOUGHT OR THIS PLAN IN MIND FOR HOW SOMETHING IS GOING TO TURN OUT, HOW YOUR LIFE IS GOING TO BE, WHAT SCHOOL YOU'RE GOING TO ATTEND, AND WHEN SOMETHING CHANGES OUTSIDE OF YOUR CONTROL, THAT IS A GRIEVING PROCESS SIMILAR TO THE GRIEF OF LOSING A LOVED ONE. SO WE CAN'T LOSE SIGHT OF THAT AS WE GET LOST IN THE DETAILS AND THE TACTICAL WORK AND THE PRESENTATIONS AND THE TIMELINES AND ALL OF THAT, IT DOESN'T MAKE IT EASIER JUST BEING MINDFUL OF IT. BUT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE ALL REMAIN MINDFUL AND THAT WE HAVE RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR OUR STAFF WHO WILL BE UNDERGOING CHANGES AND POSSIBLY THEIR STAFF PLACEMENTS. EXCUSE ME. AND AS WE HELP TO SUPPORT OUR PARENTS, AS THEY SUPPORT THEIR CHILDREN IN POSSIBLE CHANGE CHANGES THAT MAY OCCUR TO THEIR ATTENDANCE BOUNDARIES. EXCUSE ME. SO WE KNOW THAT EVERYONE EXPERIENCES CHANGE DIFFERENTLY, PROCESSES CHANGE DIFFERENTLY, NAVIGATES THROUGH CHANGE DIFFERENTLY, AND LEADS THROUGH CHANGE DIFFERENTLY. WE HAVE TO BE ACCOUNTABLE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND HELP TO MEET THE VARIETY OF WAYS THAT OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND OUR PARENTS AND OUR STUDENTS NEED TO PROCESS THROUGH THIS AND NAVIGATE THROUGH THIS. SO IT'S A STRONG EMOTION, GRIEF. WHEN YOU'RE GOING THROUGH IT, RIGHT? IT CAN CREATE SADNESS, ANGER, FRUSTRATION IN A CYCLE. AND SO I JUST WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW, AS TRUSTEES AND COMMUNITY, FOR YOU ALL TO BE AWARE THAT WE'RE NOT FOCUSING ONLY ON NUMBERS, WE'RE FOCUSING ON WHAT DO WE NEED TO HAVE AVAILABLE TO YOU AS PARENTS AND TO OUR STAFF MEMBERS TO BEST SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS THROUGH THIS PROCESS. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOU HOLDING US ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT. FROM THE STAFF SIDE OF THINGS. SO LET'S REFOCUS ON WHY LONG RANGE BOUNDARY PLANNING IS IMPORTANT AND WHY WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS. NOW, YOU'VE ALL SEEN THIS SLIDE. IF YOU HAVE ENGAGED IN THE THE INFORMATION ONLINE OR ATTENDED ONE OF OUR FACE TO FACE MEETINGS, THIS SLIDE SERVES AS A REMINDER FOR US THAT YES, THIS IS A MULTI YEAR PROCESS MULTI-PHASED PROCESS. AND WE'RE WORKING TO ALIGN OUR SCHOOLS, OUR RESOURCES AND OUR STUDENT NEEDS ACROSS THE DISTRICT. WE DO HAVE LOWER ENROLLMENT THIS YEAR THAN WAS PROJECTED BY OUR EXTERNAL DEMOGRAPHER, AND WE'RE WORKING TO UNDERSTAND THAT AND UNDERSTAND THE IMPACTS TO US NOW AND IN THE FUTURE. AND ONE OF THE REASONS FOR THE DECEMBER 15TH WORKSHOP IS TO BRING OUR EXTERNAL DEMOGRAPHER TO THE BOARD MEETING TO HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE SEEING ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS AND WHAT WE WHAT WE KNOW WILL BE OCCURRING IN FORT BEND ISD, GIVEN THAT WE ARE ALMOST FULLY BUILT OUT AS WELL. WE'LL ALSO HAVE ZONDA THERE. ZONDA IS OUR ATTENDANCE BOUNDARY PLANNER, AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO HELP YOU ALL UNDERSTAND AND THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND AT A DEEPER LEVEL HOW IN A TIME OF UNCERTAINTY WITH STUDENT ENROLLMENT, WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE FUTURE PLANS ON OUR ATTENDANCE FOR OUR STUDENTS BASED ON THAT, THAT CHALLENGE THAT WE ARE FACING. SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO COME. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT OUR STUDENT ENROLLMENT NUMBERS, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THE BUDGET, THE MONEY AVAILABLE FOR SCHOOLS, THE SCHOOL SPACE THAT'S AVAILABLE. I MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE MORE SEATS NOW THAN WE WILL EVER NEED IN THE FUTURE. THOSE SEATS ARE AREN'T ALWAYS IN THE RIGHT PLACES TO BALANCE THINGS AS AS WE NEED TO, BUT WE ARE BRINGING FORWARD PLANS THAT INCLUDE ADJUSTED BOUNDARIES AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL AND POSSIBLE SCHOOL CONSOLIDATIONS SO THAT WE CAN USE SEATS THAT ARE AVAILABLE. THAT'S GOING TO HELP US SO THAT WE'RE NOT HAVING SOME SCHOOLS OR SOME CLASSROOMS THAT ARE OVERUTILIZED OR CROWDED, AND THEN OTHERS THAT ARE UNDERUTILIZED. THAT WILL HELP US TO MAXIMIZE OUR RESOURCES. WE'RE USING THIS THIS VERY THOUGHTFUL, DATA DRIVEN, INFORMED AND COLLABORATIVE APPROACH AS WE ARE CONTINUING THE WORK WITH THE LONG RANGE BOUNDARY PLANNING PROCESS. IT INCLUDES PARTNERING WITH THE EXPERTS THAT I MENTIONED, AND WE REVIEW THIS DATA TO MAKE THE DECISIONS THAT WILL BE BRINGING FORWARD TO YOU. AS THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN GOING THROUGH. IT'S AN ITERATIVE PROCESS, AND SO WE WORK WITH AN INTERNAL TEAM THAT IS OUR CORE TEAM. IT'S A CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TEAM MADE UP OF DISTRICT LEADERS FROM EVERY DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE DISTRICT, COMING FROM THEIR OWN BACKGROUND AS SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS IN THE WORK. AND SO BEFORE AN IDEA OR A BOUNDARY CONCEPT EVEN MADE IT TO THE SBAC, IT WOULD GO THROUGH OUR CORE TEAM PROCESS TO THINK THROUGH, TROUBLESHOOT, AND SAY WHETHER OR NOT A POSSIBLE CONCEPT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT COULD WORK AS A FUTURE BOUNDARY PROPOSAL. THE SCHOOL BOUNDARY
ADVISORY COMMITTEE, OUR SBAC, REPRESENTS ALL 12 FEEDER PATTERNS. WE HAVE THREE MEMBERS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE REPRESENTING THE DISTRICT THROUGH A DISTRICT WIDE LENS. AND I SAY SUPPOSED TO BE BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE A COUPLE OF VACANCIES WITHIN THAT. THAT'S AN ITEM YOU'RE GOING TO BE REVIEWING THIS EVENING ANYWAY. THESE MEMBERS MAKE UP REPRESENT PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS ACROSS ALL 12 HIGH SCHOOL FEEDER PATTERN AREAS. THEY WORK WITH DISTRICT LENS THROUGH A DISTRICT LENS NOT COMING FROM THEIR OWN. THIS IS MY STREET. THIS IS MY NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT REALLY LOOKING THROUGH POLICY FC LOCAL, THE BOARD'S POLICY THAT GUIDES THIS PROCESS. AND WE LAUNCHED THIS PROCESS IN THE SPRING. BUT MANY OF OUR SBC MEMBERS WERE ON THE COMMITTEE WHEN WE WERE WORKING THROUGH THE FERNDALE HENRY BOUNDARY, WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST RECENT BOUNDARIES. AND SO FOR THOSE THAT WERE A PART OF THE COMMITTEE AT THAT POINT AND TO TODAY, THEY HAVE PUT FORWARD OVER 500 HOURS OF VOLUNTEER WORK ON THE SBC OR THE SCHOOL BOUNDARY ADVISORY COMMITTEE SINCE THE FERNDALE HENRY BOUNDARY. SO I JUST WANT YOU ALL AS TRUSTEES TO TO REALIZE THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT THEY THE AMOUNT OF WORK AND TIME COLLECTIVELY THAT THEY HAVE BEEN GIVING TO THIS DISTRICT AND FOR ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO UNDERSTAND ALSO THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE. THEY ARE AN ADVISORY GROUP, AND THEY TAKE THAT JOB VERY SERIOUSLY, ASKING DEEP LEVEL QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DATA AND HOW THE DATA IMPACTS THE STUDENTS OF THIS DISTRICT, AND THE POTENTIAL CHANGES THAT WE MAY BE ASKING THE BOARD TO CONSIDER. WE DO HAVE MEMBERS OF THE SBC HERE TONIGHT, AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THEM TO STAND AND FOR US TO SHOW OUR APPRECIATION TO THOSE MEMBERS OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. I KNOW THERE'S A FEW OF THEM THERE, PROBABLY THE MOST HUMBLE GROUP OF I'VE EVER MET OR WORKED WITH. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. ULTIMATELY, ALL OF THE DATA, THE FEEDBACK AND ADVISEMENT IS GOING TO LEAD TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE MAKE TO THE BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION IN EARLY SPRING OR THAT 1ST MARCH BOARD WORKSHOP. WHERE ARE WE RIGHT NOW? I MENTIONED SOME ADJUSTMENTS AND GETTING READY FOR THAT DECEMBER 15TH MEETING. SO IN OUR CURRENT WORK, ALONG WITH THE SBAC, WE ARE WORKING WITH ZONDA, OUR BOUNDARY PLANNER, TO FINALIZE BOUNDARY PROPOSALS TO BRING FORWARD TO YOU FOR CONSIDERATION TO SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC. SO THE FIRST STEP WILL BE THAT DECEMBER 15TH MEETING AND HELPING YOU ALL AS A AS A BODY GOVERNING BODY, TOGETHER TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND, GRAPPLE WITH AND ASK US QUESTIONS ABOUT CURRENT STUDENT ENROLLMENT. THAT'S WHY WE'RE HAVING PASTA THERE ABOUT THE ENROLLMENT TRENDS THAT WE'RE SEEING AND HOW WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH ZONDA TO BUILD BOUNDARY SCENARIOS FOR YOU AND THE COMMUNITY TO REVIEW. AND THEN WE'LL ALSO HAVE MEMBERS OF THE PBK ARCHITECT FIRM THAT WILL BE HERE TO HELP UNDERSTAND THE UPDATED FACILITY CONDITION. FACILITY CONDITION INDEX REPORT. THAT'S A REPORT THAT WE RECEIVED IN MID-OCTOBER, AND THE SBAC USED TO MAKE SOME FINAL ADJUSTMENTS TO SOME OF THE ELEMENTARY BOUNDARIES AND SOME OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CONSOLIDATION PROPOSALS. WE ARE ADDRESSING COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SUCH. YOU WILL SEE THAT IN THE SCOPE OF WORK CHANGING FROM K-12 TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND THE OPENING OF COLEMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL, THAT'S THROUGH FEEDBACK WE'VE RECEIVED. AND AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE A VARIETY OF FEEDBACK, SOMETIMES OPPOSING FEEDBACK AS WELL. BUT WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE SCOPE OF WORK AND OUR SYSTEM READINESS AND WHAT IT WILL TAKE FOR A SYSTEM, OUR SIZE TO IMPLEMENT AND EXECUTE ON CHANGES TO OUR BOUNDARIES, EVEN AT ONE LEVEL, IT'S ALL SYSTEMS GO. WHEN WE THINK ABOUT BEING SUCCESSFUL AT THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, WHEN THOSE ARE IMPLEMENTED, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR SCOPE OF WORK ALIGNS WITH THE ABILITY FOR US TO DO THE WORK AND DO THE WORK IN A WAY THAT DOES NOT NEGATIVELY IMPACT OUR STUDENTS. AND YOU'LL ALSO SEE THAT REFLECTED IN OUR TIMELINE UPDATES. SO HERE WE ARE DECEMBER 1ST BOUNDARY PLANNING UPDATE AND TIMELINE, HELPING YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE'VE MADE THESE CHANGES AND WHAT THE CHANGES ARE. ON DECEMBER THE 4TH, WE WILL BE POSTING A RECORDED WEBINAR ONLINE AT 6:30 P.M. AND THIS IS THE REPORT ON THE READINESS SURVEY AND THE NEXT STEPS. SO WHEN WE HAD OUR RECENT OCTOBER FACE TO FACE INFORMATION MEETINGS ABOUT THE PLANNING PROCESS AND THEN POSTED THAT ONLINE, WE ASKED FOR THE COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK AND STAFF AND STUDENTS AS WELL ON WHAT YOU MAY NEED TO BE BEST SUPPORTED DURING A CHANGED TIME, SUCH AS BOUNDARY CHANGES OR SCHOOL CONSOLIDATIONS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS OVER TIME THAT WE'VE RECEIVED, NOT IN THIS SURVEY, BUT IN FEEDBACK THROUGH OUR CULTURE CLIMATE SURVEY, IS Y'ALL ARE ALWAYS ASKING FOR INPUT, BUT YOU NEVER TELL US WHAT YOU DO WITH IT OR HOW YOU USE IT. AND SO I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT BECAUSE THIS IS
ONE OF I KNOW WE'VE DONE IT BEFORE WHERE WE'VE SHARED HOW WE'VE USED INPUT RECENTLY, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST ONE I'VE BEEN INTIMATELY INVOLVED WITH. AND TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT YOU SAID, THIS IS HOW IT IMPACTS OUR WORK, AND THIS IS HOW YOU'LL SEE IT SHOW UP AND HOW AND HELPING US TO INFORM OUR WORK SO THAT WE CAN BETTER SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF AND OUR AND OUR FAMILIES IS GOING TO BE VERY VALUABLE. SO NOT TO BE REDUNDANT IN THE WORD, THE USE OF THE WORD FEEDBACK, BUT WE WOULD LOVE FEEDBACK ON THE FEEDBACK PROCESS AFTER WE SHARE THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED. SO SO PLEASE LET US KNOW AFTER WE ARE ABLE TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH YOU ON DECEMBER THE 4TH. THAT LEADS US INTO THE DECEMBER 15TH BOARD WORKSHOP. THIS IS WHERE YOU WILL RECEIVE A STATE OF THE DISTRICT WORKSHOP SETTING WITH PASA THERE AND ZONDA AND PBK ARCHITECTS AS WELL AS STAFF WILL BE ABLE TO GO VERY DEEP INTO THE PLANNING PROCESS. THE DATA THAT WE USED, HOW THAT DATA INFORMED OR WAS LACKING AND WHAT QUESTIONS WE MAY HAVE OR GAPS WE MAY HAVE NOTICED, AND THEN WE WILL BE PRESENTING THOSE PROPOSED ATTENDANCE BOUNDARY SCENARIOS AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL. AND THE ONE FOR THE OPENING OF AMY COLEMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL. I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR. THESE PROPOSALS WILL NOT INCLUDE ANY OTHER MIDDLE SCHOOL BOUNDARY CHANGES OR CONSOLIDATIONS, OR ANY HIGH SCHOOL BOUNDARY PROPOSALS OR BOUNDARY CHANGES. I ALSO WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE WORD SCENARIO WHEN WE POST BOUNDARY SCENARIOS. I WANT EVERYBODY TO BE CLEAR AND NOT CONFUSED. YOU RECENTLY MAY HAVE PROVIDED INPUT TO THE FORT BEND ISD INSTRUCTIONAL CALENDAR, WHERE YOU HAD A COUPLE OR THREE TO GIVE FEEDBACK ON, AND IT'S NOT LIKE THAT. IT'S NOT THE SAME AT ALL. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE MULTIPLE VARIATIONS OF ONE SCENARIO. IT WILL BE ONE SCENARIO PER SCHOOL OR PER CHANGE. SO I JUST WANT THAT TO BE CLEAR, AND WE'LL WORK THROUGH THAT COMMUNICATION WITH THE COMMUNITY SO THAT EVERYONE IS CLEAR ON WHAT IT REALLY MEANS. YOU WILL BE GIVING INPUT ON THE BOUNDARIES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING FORWARD FOR FUTURE BOARD CONSIDERATION. NOW, THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE COMMUNITY WILL BEGIN IN JANUARY. SO THAT DECEMBER 15TH MEETING IS THE FIRST TIME WE'LL COME FORWARD WITH THE BOUNDARY SCENARIOS THAT WE HAVE FOR BOARD FEEDBACK. IF THERE ARE ANY FURTHER ADJUSTMENTS AFTER THAT POINT, WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER TIME WITH YOU ALL AS TRUSTEES IN JANUARY, BEFORE WE PUT THAT ONLINE FOR PUBLIC FEEDBACK THROUGH AN ONLINE SURVEY THAT WILL THEN CREATE ANY POSSIBLE ADJUSTMENTS THAT MAY BE NEEDED TO THE SCENARIOS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WRONG WITH MY VOICE TODAY. I'M SORRY, I SOUND LIKE I'M LOSING IT AND WE ANY ADJUSTMENTS THAT ARE MADE WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD TO THE BOARD AGAIN FOR DISCUSSION. DURING A WORKSHOP SETTING IN FEBRUARY, AGAIN WORKING TOWARD THAT MARCH. CONSIDERATION FOR FINAL APPROVAL ON FINAL BOUNDARY RECOMMENDATIONS. WE HAVE USED A VARIETY OF WAYS TO COMMUNICATE, AND THROUGH THIS PROCESS WE HAVE RECEIVED REALLY VALUABLE FEEDBACK ON OUR COMMUNICATION METHODS. WE ARE COLLABORATING WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM LED BY CHASITY HALLIDAY AND HER GROUP, AND OUR PRIMARY MODE OF COMMUNICATION IS EMAILS VIA THAT MASS COMMUNICATION SEND OUT TO ALL OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS. WE DID HEAR THAT NOT EVERYBODY GETS THOSE. AND SO WE ALSO POST INFORMATION ON ALL THE DISTRICT SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. WE PIN THOSE ANNOUNCEMENTS TO THE DISTRICT'S WEB PAGE UNDER FEATURES AND HIGHLIGHTS SECTION. WE HAVE OUR OWN WEB PAGE THAT YOU'LL BE DIRECTED TO FROM THAT PORTION OF THE WEBSITE. WE SUBMIT INFORMATION TO OUR PRINCIPAL NEWSLETTER AND ASK THAT THEY SHARE INFORMATION OUT TO THEIR BROADER CAMPUS COMMUNITY. EVERY TIME WE WE'RE SENDING INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC, WE PROVIDE PRESS STATEMENTS TO THE LOCAL NEWS NETWORKS, SUCH AS COMMUNITY IMPACT. WE DISTRIBUTE EMAILS TO OUR HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS, EXCHANGE CLUBS, ROTARY CLUBS, LOCAL AREA REALTORS, VIPS, PTO, FAITH NETWORK, AND OUR GOLD CARD MEMBERS. SO IF YOU ARE NOT RECEIVING SOMETHING FROM YOUR HOA, FOR EXAMPLE, LET US KNOW BECAUSE THAT'S AN EVER WORKING, EVOLVING LIST. NAMES CHANGE, PEOPLE CHANGE, PRESIDENTS CHANGE, HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS CHANGE. PLEASE HELP US OUT BY GIVING US THAT INFORMATION SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE LIST. AND THEN AFTER EACH REGULAR BOARD MEETING, THE DISTRICT SENDS OUT THE FBI AND ISD IN FOCUS MESSAGE TO ALL OF OUR EMAIL USERS. SO THAT'S ANOTHER WAY WHEN WE PRESENT ANY INFORMATION AT A BOARD MEETING THAT THE PUBLIC CAN GET INFORMATION, PLEASE STAY ENGAGED, SPEAKING MOSTLY TO THE COMMUNITY, STAY ENGAGED AND VISIT THE WEBPAGE. AND IF YOU KNOW OF A WAY THAT WE CAN BETTER ADDRESS MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY OR BETTER GET INFORMATION TO MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO DO NOT HAVE CHILDREN IN OUR SCHOOLS, PLEASE REACH OUT AND LET US KNOW SO THAT WE CAN CAST A WIDER NET. OUR VERY RECENT COMMUNICATION HAS BEEN THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY INFORMATION PRESENTATIONS THAT I MENTIONED AND SEEKING INPUT THROUGH THAT READINESS SURVEY WE HAD FOR
FACE TO FACE MEETINGS OCTOBER 7TH, EIGHTH, NINTH AND 28TH AT KEMPNER HIGH SCHOOL, ELKINS HIGH SCHOOL, AND TWO AT PROGRESSIVE HIGH SCHOOL. WE HAD JUST OVER 300 PEOPLE ENGAGE IN THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, AND THEN WE POSTED THE SAME INFORMATION OR VERY SIMILAR INFORMATION NOVEMBER 14TH THROUGH THE 29TH WITH THAT SAME ONLINE SURVEY. SO TO DATE, WE HAVE HAD JUST OVER 1100 PEOPLE RESPOND. AND THAT SURVEY CLOSED AT 1159 ON THE 29TH. SO THAT IS THE INFORMATION THAT WILL BE IN THAT WEBINAR THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE ON DECEMBER THE 4TH. WE ALSO POSTED A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT VIDEO ENTITLED WHY LONG RANGE BOUNDARY PLANNING? AND ANOTHER VIDEO ENTITLED LONG RANGE BOUNDARY PLANNING. OVERVIEW. AND MISS TOWSON AND DOCTOR SMITH SUBMITTED A JOINT MESSAGE TO THE COMMUNITY LAST WEEK ABOUT OUR ADJUSTMENT, MAJOR ADJUSTMENT TO THE TIMELINE IN BRINGING FORWARD THOSE SCENARIOS FOR THE BOARD TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW AND DISCUSS PUBLICLY, AND ALSO OUR FOCUS ON ELEMENTARY AND THE OPENING OF MIDDLE SCHOOL OF COLEMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL. AS WE ENGAGE, WE THINK ABOUT THE PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE HAVE ENGAGED THROUGH THE COMMUNITY, THROUGH OUR SBAC. WE'VE HAD THOSE IN PERSON INFORMATION MEETINGS AND THE READINESS SURVEY AND THE ONLINE VERSION, THE SUPERINTENDENT PARENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE FORT BEND REALTOR LAUNCH. THOSE ARE WAYS THAT OUR EXTERNAL COMMUNITY HAS ENGAGED IN FACE TO FACE AND ONLINE WAYS. WHEN WE THINK ABOUT OUR STUDENTS, STAFF AND OUR BOARD MEMBERS, WE HAVE THAT CORE TEAM, WHICH IS THE CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TEAM THAT I TALKED ABOUT, FULL OF DISTRICT COLLABORATORS OPERATING FROM AS A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT IN THEIR PARTICULAR AREAS. WE HAVE ONGOING AND WEEKLY STAFF MEETINGS WITH OUR BOUNDARY PLANNER, MONTHLY TOWN HALL MEETINGS WHERE WE ARE ABLE TO REACH ABOUT 200 DISTRICT LEVEL AND CAMPUS LEVEL ADMINISTRATORS. OUR STUDENT VOICES HAVE BEEN PART OF THE PROCESS AND PROVIDING FEEDBACK. AND THOSE OF YOU ON SBAC KNOW, WE'VE HAD SOME STUDENT REPRESENTATION WITHIN THOSE SBAC MEETINGS, AND THAT HAS BEEN VERY VALUABLE. OUR TEACHER FORUM ALSO HAS RECEIVED INFORMATION AND PROVIDED FEEDBACK, AND THEN OUR SMALL GROUP TRUSTEE MEETINGS THAT WE HOLD TO KEEP OUR TRUSTEES INFORMED THAT WE'RE COMING TO YOU ON THE 15TH, BECAUSE THAT PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR TRUSTEES TO BE ABLE TO HAVE CONVERSATION AS A FULL BOARD. SO THE IMPACTS TO OUR LONG RANGE BOUNDARY TIMELINE ARE, AS I MENTIONED, IF YOU LOOK AT DECEMBER, WE'RE PROVIDING THAT UPDATE TODAY. WE'LL CONTINUE WITH OUR SBAC ENGAGEMENT, HAVE THAT ONLINE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WEBINAR WITH THE FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC, AND THEN THE BOARD PRESENTATION ON THE BOUNDARY PLANNING FACTORS OR THE STATE OF OUR OUR DATA, AND THEN PROVIDE INFORMATION IN A PRESENTATION, THE INTRODUCTION TO OUR PROPOSED BOUNDARY SCENARIOS FOR YOUR DISCUSSION IN JANUARY. WE CONTINUE, OF COURSE, THAT SBAC ENGAGEMENT AND WE WILL BE PRESENTING THE PROPOSED BOUNDARY SCENARIOS WITH THE INTENT OF THEN POSTING LIVE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO REVIEW AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK. IN FEBRUARY, WE WILL PROVIDE A WORKSHOP OPPORTUNITY FOR TRUSTEES FOR THOSE FINAL BOUNDARY RECOMMENDATIONS. AND THEN IN MARCH PRESENT OR RECOMMEND FINAL BOUNDARY CONSIDERATIONS FOR YOUR DECISION. AND WE WILL THEN AFTER BOARD CONSIDERATION OR BOARD ACTION, WE WILL BEGIN OUR IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND THE DISTRICT WIDE COMMUNICATION TO ALL OF OUR FAMILIES. AGAIN, I WANT TO REFOCUS US AND END WITH WHERE WE START AND THAT'S OUR STUDENTS. THEY MUST REMAIN AT THE HEART OF THE WORK THAT WE DO. AND SO I APPRECIATE YOUR QUESTIONS AND ANY FEEDBACK THAT YOU ALL HAVE. THANK YOU. MISS MARTINEZ. DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE TRUSTEES? MISS HANNON? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MISS MARTINEZ. I KNOW THIS IS HARD WORK AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE SCHOOL BOUNDARY ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE AND THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN PRESENT AND ACTIVELY PARTICIPATED. AND SO I'M I'M JUST GOING TO ASK. WHEN WHEN THE INITIAL SCENARIOS COME UP ON THE WAS THAT THE 15TH? I'M SORRY. YES, MA'AM. I'M REALLY GOING TO ASK IN LINE WITH POLICY AND SOME OTHER DATA BE BROUGHT TO THE BOARD SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND, BUT MORE SO, SO THE COMMUNITY CAN UNDERSTAND WHY THOSE ARE COMING FORWARD AND WHY NOT OTHERS THAT MAY HAVE FEWER STUDENTS OR. MORE BUS RIDERS, FEWER BUS RIDERS,
WALKERS THAT THAT KIND OF DATA, WHICH ALSO ALIGNS WITH POLICY. AND SO I THINK THAT IT'S IT'S THIS IS HARD WORK AND THIS IS GOING TO BE A VERY BIG GRIEVING PROCESS FOR COMMUNITY. AND SO I JUST REALLY IN THE NAME OF OF TRANSPARENCY, LIKE WE HEARD A SPEAKER TALK ABOUT, I JUST ON FROM MY PERSPECTIVE AS A PERSON WHO HAS TO VOTE IN FEBRUARY, BUT FOR THE PERSPECTIVE AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER AND ALL THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS HERE, I THINK WE HAVE TO RESPECT THEM IN A WAY. THAT WE REALLY TRY TO OUTLINE. WHY ARE THESE THE ONES THAT WERE LANDED ON AND WHY NOT OTHERS? THANK YOU. AND WE WILL, THAT IS. I'M GLAD YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION. FIRST THING I WANT TO MENTION TO THE RESPONSE IS THAT THAT MEETING WILL BE, I BELIEVE, AN HOUR AND A HALF THE WORKSHOP, AND IT WILL NEED EVERY BIT OF THAT HOUR AND A HALF. AND THEN WE HAVE AN INFORMATION ITEM SCHEDULED ALSO FOR THAT SAME EVENING. AND THAT WILL BE NEEDED AS WELL, BECAUSE NOT ONLY WILL WE BE HEARING FROM ZONDA AND PBC AND PASSA ON OUR ENROLLMENT DATA AND ENROLLMENT DATA USED FOR THE SCENARIOS AND OUR FCI THAT WILL ROLL INTO THE PRESENTATION ON THOSE PROPOSED SCENARIOS. NOT ONLY THAT INFORMATION, BUT ALSO NUMBER OF WALKERS AND PROXIMITY TO THE SCHOOL, THE AGE OF THE SCHOOL, THE FCI, THE NUMBER OF BUS BUS ROUTES THAT ARE AT A GIVEN CAMPUS. ACADEMIC INFORMATION. WE HAVE BEEN ASKED BY THE SBAC FOR EVERYTHING YOU MENTIONED PLUS MORE, AND SO WE'LL BE PROVIDING THAT TO YOU ALL. SO YOU HAVE THAT AND OF COURSE SO THE PUBLIC CAN HEAR THE INFORMATION AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS MARTINEZ. AND THANK YOU, DOCTOR SMITH. THANK YOU, MISS BECKY. I DON'T ENVY YOU, MISS MARTINEZ OR OR THE TEAM I DO WANT TO JUST MENTION, AND I THINK A PARENT HAD BROUGHT IT UP ABOUT THE HOLISTIC APPROACH, NOT INCLUDING THE HIGH SCHOOLS. I KNOW THAT IN THE SMALL GROUP TRUSTEE MEETINGS YOU HAD, I HAD ASKED THAT QUESTION ESSENTIALLY AS WELL. AND I JUST HOPE THAT WE CAN THAT YOU CAN ALSO, WHEN YOU'RE PRESENTING, MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC KNOWS THAT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT ARE GOING TO BE AFFECTED, IT DOES NOT AFFECT THEIR FEEDER PATTERNS OR HOWEVER YOU WORD THAT. BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, BECAUSE I THINK THAT THAT IS IS REALLY ON A LOT OF PEOPLE'S MINDS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU, MISS TERRANOVA. HI. SO THANK YOU. I MEAN, I REALLY WANTED TO APPRECIATE THE SBC BECAUSE I KNOW YOU SAID THEY PUT IN OVER 500 HOURS OF WORK INTO THIS. AND SO AS YOU KNOW, THE ADMINISTRATION AND YOU AND DOCTOR SMITH AND I WON'T SAY I'M NOT DISAPPOINTED. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS GRIEVING PROCESS, YOU KNOW, PARENTS WHO HAVE MULTIPLE CHILDREN, WHETHER THEY'RE IN ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE OR HIGH SCHOOL, WE'RE ASKING THOSE PARENTS, REALLY AND EVEN THOSE CHILDREN REALLY, TO BE GRIEVING MULTIPLE TIMES OVER BASED ON HOW AND WHEN WE'RE GOING TO BE COMING UP WITH THE MIDDLE AND THE HIGH SCHOOL BOUNDARY AND THAT TIMELINE. I MEAN, AT THE MINIMUM, I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT WITH COLEMAN OPENING UP AND US READJUSTING THOSE BOUNDARIES FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL, THAT WE WOULD AT LEAST DONE THE MIDDLE SCHOOL BOUNDARIES. AND I KNOW, I HEAR YOU SAY THE SYSTEM READINESS AND ALL OF THAT, BUT IS IT BECAUSE WE LACK THOSE RESOURCES ON OUR END, ON THE ON THE ADMINISTRATION? AND IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE IN TERMS OF RESOURCES TO AT LEAST MAKE EVEN MIDDLE SCHOOL HAPPEN? BECAUSE WE ARE READJUSTING THE MIDDLE SCHOOL BOUNDARIES? IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IDEAL TO DO THIS, REALLY, ALL THREE OF THEM TOGETHER. AND I RECOGNIZE WE MAY NOT HAVE THOSE RESOURCES IN PLACE TODAY, BUT I DO THINK THAT EVEN FOR PARENTS WHO WANT TO BRING BACK THE CHILDREN, AND I KNOW I'VE RECEIVED SOME EMAILS AND REALLY THINKING FROM THE BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE, THERE'S UNCERTAINTY AND ANXIETY. AND IF WE ARE GOING TO EXPERIENCE A LOSS OF ENROLLMENT BECAUSE OF VOUCHERS, IT IS ALSO GOING TO BE DIFFICULT TO BRING PEOPLE IN NOT KNOWING WHERE THOSE BOUNDARIES MAY LIE FOR A MIDDLE SCHOOL OR A HIGH SCHOOLER, IF PARENTS ARE WANTING TO BRING IN, AND EVEN FOR ELEMENTARY KIDS WHO WANT WHO THEY WANT TO BRING IN, RIGHT? I MEAN, THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO BE IN AN AREA THAT THEY HAVE CERTAINTY OF, WHERE'S MY CHILD GOING TO LAND IN THE NEXT THREE TO 4 TO 5 YEARS? RIGHT. SO THAT WAS JUST MY FEEDBACK THERE, BECAUSE I DO THINK I AGREE WITH MISS KELLY AND EVERYONE ELSE THAT WHO HAS SPOKEN ABOUT IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DOCTOR GILLIAM. I
WISH I HAD THE PLAN AND IT WOULD ALL BE REALLY, REALLY GOOD. AND BUT THE ONE THING THAT I WANT TO SAY IS I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK AND I'M LOOKING AT YOU. THANK YOU FOR HOW YOU HOW YOU BROUGHT IT TO US TODAY, HOW IT HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN THE PAST, IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS. I HAVE NO IDEA. AND HERE I, 35 YEAR EDUCATOR, UNDERSTANDING IT. I GET IT, BUT WHAT I HEARD TODAY. IS THAT MISS MARTINEZ, YOU YOU SHARED WITH ME WHAT I FELT IS YOUR FEELING IN MAKING IT TO WHERE WHAT CAN WE DO FOR KIDS? HOW CAN WE MAKE THIS HAPPEN? SO I JUST WANT TO THROW OUT HERE, OF COURSE, I HAVE ALL KIND OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT I SAY, WE COULD DO THIS, WE COULD DO THIS, WE COULD DO THIS. BUT WHAT I HAVE, BECAUSE OF THE MAGNITUDE OF EVERYTHING AND AND IT'S IT'S YOU. WHAT? I'M WHAT I FEEL. AND WHAT I HEAR IS THAT WE ARE WORKING VERY HARD TO MAKE SURE ALL STUDENTS ARE GOING TO BE OKAY. AND SO I JUST I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT AND. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK PILE PANDIT TALATI AND JODY RYDER, BECAUSE THEY ARE THE TEAM THAT MAKES THIS HAPPEN, AND THAT HELPS TO FINALIZE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE SHARING AND HELPS TO KEEP EVERYTHING MOVING FORWARD AND WELL ORGANIZED AND DETAILED AND JUST REALLY DRIVING. AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT 500 HOURS FOR THE SBAC, I'M NOT GOING TO DO MATH IN PUBLIC, BUT IT'S A WHOLE LOT OF OF WORK TIME AND OUTSIDE OF WORK TIME FOR THE TWO OF THEM. SO IT'S A SMALL BUT MIGHTY GROUP OF OF EMPLOYEES THAT ARE WORKING TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF THE BOARD AND THE SBAC. SO THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO TAKE THAT AND PUSH IT OVER THERE TO THEM AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO TRY TO HELP US GAIN SOME PERSPECTIVE HERE. BECAUSE ANYBODY THAT HAS WORKED IN THE CORPORATE WORLD UNDERSTANDS CHANGE MANAGEMENT. SO IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT RESOURCES, IT'S ABOUT CHANGE MANAGEMENT. WE ARE THE SIXTH LARGEST DISTRICT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. WE ARE THE 40TH LARGEST DISTRICT IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. WE HAVE ABOUT 80,000 STUDENTS AND 12,000 STAFF. ROUGHLY. IT IS PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO REZONE ALL 80. HOW MANY 86 SCHOOLS? WE CANNOT DO IT. I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO DO IT PERSONALLY AS WELL. BUT REASON, THE REASON WE'RE STARTING AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL IS BECAUSE THAT LAYS THE FOUNDATION AND THEN FEEDERS CAN COME UP FROM THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, AND I SEE SBAC MEMBERS NODDING THEIR HEADS, BECAUSE YOU UNDERSTAND THE MASSIVE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO THIS. I'VE HAD TO VOTE ON REZONING MANY TIMES. I'VE OFTEN SAID FOR ME PERSONALLY, IT IS THE WORST PART OF THIS JOB BECAUSE IT'S BECAUSE IT'S EMOTIONAL. AND IT'S NOT JUST EMOTIONAL FOR FAMILIES AND STUDENTS. IT'S EMOTIONAL FOR TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS AND ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES. IT'S EMOTIONAL FOR ALL OF US. AND SO IT IT'S AN EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY CHALLENGING PROCESS. AND THERE ARE 50 MILLION MOVING PARTS. SO I MEAN, DOCTOR SMITH, I'M HAPPY TO HAVE YOU SPEAK TO RESOURCES. BUT ESPECIALLY HAVING DONE THIS A FEW TIMES, IT'S IT'S ABOUT CHANGE MANAGEMENT. AND YOU'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE THAT CHANGE IN IN INCREMENTS. IT CANNOT HAPPEN ALL AT ONCE. OR WE'RE GOING TO GET IT WRONG. WE'RE IT WILL NOT WE WILL NOT GET IT RIGHT FOR SURE. IF WE TRY TO DO ALL 86 SCHOOLS. SO I THINK THE
PLAN THAT WE HAVE IS A GOOD PLAN. I ESPECIALLY WANT TO THANK THE SBAC MEMBERS WHO HAVE DEDICATED SO MUCH OF THEIR TIME. I WAS ON THE VOLUNTEERING. WELL, I'M STILL A VOLUNTEER, I GUESS, BUT I WAS ON THE VOLUNTEERING END OF COMMITTEES FOR MANY YEARS. I UNDERSTAND WHAT IT TAKES. IT'S A TIME COMMITMENT AND UNDERSTANDING EVERYTHING THAT GOES INTO REZONING CAN BE VERY CHALLENGING AND CONFUSING AND MASSIVE. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR DEDICATING YOUR TIME BECAUSE WE NEED REPRESENTATION FROM EVERY AREA TO BE ABLE TO WEIGH IN. BEFORE THESE THINGS COME TO US. I WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO BETH AND EVERY TEAM MEMBER THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED AND DOCTOR SMITH, BECAUSE I THINK THE PROCESS HAS BEEN A GOOD PROCESS. IT'S THE FIRST TIME AS A TRUSTEE, I HAVE FELT LIKE I'M INFORMED MY FEEDBACK IS BEING GATHERED. AT THE SAME TIME, THE SBAC FEEDBACK IS BEING GATHERED AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE GETTING SOME COMMUNITY INPUT, AND THEN ALL OF THAT IS BEING PROCESSED. AND SO I WE HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND TO VOICE A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, THE CONCERNS OR THE OR THE POSITIONS OR THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE HEARD HERE TONIGHT AND LOTS OF THINGS THAT YOU KNOW, YOU HAVEN'T HEARD AND YOU MAY HEAR IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. AND THAT HAS BEEN EXTREMELY HELPFUL TO ME. I'VE, I THINK IT'S BEEN HELPFUL TO THE OTHER TRUSTEES, BUT I ALSO THINK IT'S BEEN HELPFUL TO THE SBAC AS, AS YOU GUYS LOOK AT THE DATA AND PROCESS THE INFORMATION AS WELL. SO. YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THE COMMUNITY WANTING TO HAVE ONE AND DONE. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ONE AND DONE, BUT THAT THAT IS JUST NOT POSSIBLE. YOU KNOW, I HEARD THE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT WERE MENTIONED TONIGHT AND THEY HAVE REZONED QUITE A BIT AS WELL. 1622 2425. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE'RE WE'RE ALL GOING THROUGH THE SAME CHALLENGES WITH ENROLLMENT, AND IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE WITH WHEN VOUCHERS TAKE EFFECT, WHICH IS NEXT YEAR. SO IT'S IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT TIME TO TRY TO GOVERN AND TO TRY TO PREDICT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH ENROLLMENT. AND I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THE HOUR AND A HALF SPECIAL CALLED MEETING ON THE 15TH IS TO GET ALL THE THE DATA AND ALL THE INFORMATION, EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THIS DECISION. AND AND THAT'S WHY WE ADDED THE INFORMATION ITEM. SO I KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN A LOT, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE GIVING BE GIVEN A LOT MORE AND A LOT OF THAT INFORMATION WE'RE GOING TO HEAR AT THE SAME TIME AS THE PUBLIC, BECAUSE WE'RE WAITING FOR IT. AND SO THANKS TO PORSCHE FOR, YOU KNOW, WORKING AS HARD AS THEY CAN TO GET US THESE NEW ENROLLMENT NUMBERS THAT, AS I SAID, ARE GOING TO BE IMPACTED BY THINGS LIKE VOUCHERS, WHICH IS GOING TO MAKE IT VERY HARD TO PREDICT. SO I YOU KNOW, I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE TRUSTEES FOR BEING ENGAGED FOR, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE BEING ASKED. AND I, I THINK THAT THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN ABOUT AS GOOD AS IT COULD POSSIBLY BE. SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR MAKING THAT HAPPEN. AND ALSO, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO ADD THIS ON TONIGHT SO THAT WE COULD GET SOME OF THIS INFORMATION OUT THERE. I KNOW SOME OF IT'S BEEN OUT THERE, BUT THIS IS GOING TO HELP CLARIFY IT AND GET OUT THERE EVEN MORE. DOCTOR SMITH, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO ADD? THANK YOU. TOUCHED ON MOST OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO MENTION. THE CHALLENGE IS REALLY IT'S NOT SO MUCH THE RESOURCES, IT'S THE EXECUTION. AND TO BE ABLE TO EXECUTE IN THE MANNER THAT WE KNOW OUR COMMUNITY EXPECTS, OUR BOARD EXPECTS IT WOULD BE A BIG CHALLENGE AND A LARGE TASK FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO THE WHOLE DISTRICT AT ONE TIME. AND SO REALLY, I THINK TAKING AN INCREMENTAL APPROACH ALLOWS US
TO BE ABLE TO EXECUTE IN A WAY THAT GIVES US THE BEST CHANCE TO BE SUCCESSFUL, AND THEN IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO LAY THE FOUNDATION AND GET THE COMMUNITY PREPARED FOR WHAT'S COMING NEXT. AND SO, YOU KNOW, IDEALLY, IF WE COULD JUST DO EVERYTHING AT ONE TIME, I THINK WE WOULD ALL PREFER THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, THE CHALLENGES AS YOU'VE JUST LAID OUT AND THEN JUST THE EXECUTION OF THAT WOULD BE A DAUNTING TASK AND ONE THAT I THINK WOULD NOT NECESSARILY BE THE BEST APPROACH FOR US MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU, DOCTOR SMITH. THANK YOU, MISS MARTINEZ. THANK YOU. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? ALL RIGHT. THE TIME IS 6:23 P.M. AND WE ARE ADJO