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Lamar consolidated independent school district is called to order at 6:31 p.m. This is the

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regular monthly board meeting being held on october 21st, 2025. We have a quorum with

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seven members present. Please join me in a moment of silence to observe as you feel

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appropriate.

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please stand and join me for the pledge of allegiance and the pledge to

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the texas flag led by sreshta alla shete, a sixth grader at billstein middle school. I

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pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which

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it stands one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Honor the

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texas flag. I pledge allegiance to the texas one state under god, one and indivisible. Great

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job. Okay, the next item on the agenda is recognitions and awards. Good evening. Board

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president, trustees, doctor nivens, the lamar community and those who have joined us in

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person or virtually tonight. This evening we're celebrating several talented students for both regional and statewide honors. We're also recognizing one of our campuses that was

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recently honored as part of a newly launched statewide program carrying on the tradition of the national blue ribbon schools program. And we have a special announcement

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that's bittersweet for our district, but also quite exciting. So first up, we have

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a young scholar from adolphus elementary, third grader everleigh fitch, who was recently selected as a national math star, a prestigious award honored for only 57 exceptional

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students across texas each year. Come on in, everleigh. Everleigh, please stand right

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here and let me tell them all about you. Okay, so the national math stars organization supports high performing math students, beginning in elementary school

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and as a national math star, everleigh will receive more than $100,000 in educational

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support over the next ten years, including ongoing mentorship, advanced coursework

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opportunities, stem summer camps, and other resources. Launched in 2023, national math

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stars identifies mathematically extraordinary students in second and third grade and

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provides long term, individualized support to help them make the most of their talents. Applicants complete a multi-stage evaluation process, and we're excited to have a

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brand new national math scholar right here in lamar isd. And on behalf of the district, will

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extend a big congratulations to everleigh, her family, and the staff of adolphus who have

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nurtured her gifts.

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congratulations, everleigh. Ladies and gentlemen. Next up, it is with great pride and

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excitement that we recognize some outstanding young leaders in agriculture from across our district. Please join us in celebrating the incredible achievements of students from

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george ranch, ffa, lamar consolidated high school, ffa, terry ffa, ffa, and foster ffa

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chapters who proudly represented their schools and communities by earning championship titles for their livestock projects at this year's fort bend county fair

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from lamar consolidated high school. Hayden zeitz junior ffa champion junior senior

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showmanship. From terry high school callie steinfeld, ffa overall reserve champion, steer.

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from george ranch high school emerson greening, junior ffa grand champion roberts. And

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avery lopez, ffa grand champion replacement heifer. From foster high school carly heyen, ffa

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reserve champion, senior showmanship. And mckenna live, ffa reserve grand champion

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roasters and champion senior showmanship. From randall high school. Mia peterson, ffa

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reserve champion, british breed scramble heifer. And mia gutierrez, ffa champion,

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british breed scramble heifer. Congratulations to all our champions. Your hard work,

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perseverance and passion have made us incredibly proud. We're going to get together one big

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group photo.

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congratulations, students! Next up, this evening we turn to a special

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recognition in honor of meyer elementary school, which was just one of 28 texas schools

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recently named part of the inaugural class of the lone star ribbon schools by the

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state of texas. This designation comes in recognition of each school's outstanding academic performance and progress in closing achievement gaps. The

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lone star ribbon schools program represents a continuation of the national blue ribbon schools program, which transitioned this year from the us department of

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education to the administration of individual states. National blue ribbon school nominations

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have traditionally been made by individual state departments of education and the newly

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launched lone ribbon. Lone star ribbon schools program is intended to carry on the same

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high standards of excellence and achievement as a previous national award. Since 1982, the

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us department of ed has recognized only about 7000 schools across the country

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under this program, which is an indicator of the award's rigorous standards. The new

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lone star ribbon program carries on this tradition, while being designed to even more strongly reflect the priorities and values of local schools and the communities

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they serve. The texas commission of education, mr. Mike morath personally nominated lamar isd's meyer elementary school for this prestigious honor. Come on in,

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principal rochelle horton, congratulations to meyer elementary. And congratulations

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to your entire campus on this tremendous honor.

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thank you, miss horton. And finally, tonight we celebrate news that

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is both happy and sad for lamar cisd. Sad because we're about to lose one of our dedicated

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district leaders and a true champion for students and educators. But happy because earlier this month, the garland isd board of trustees named our very own deputy superintendent

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alfonzo bates as the lone finalist to join garland isd as the district's new

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superintendent of schools. Come on up. Mr. Bates has served with incredible passion and

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heart here in lamar cisd since 2021, overseeing the human resource department during an

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extraordinary time of growth that brought not just new students and families to our

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district, but along with them, the need for a growing workforce of certified teachers, paraprofessionals, experienced administrators, and support staff of all kinds. His

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leadership, goodwill, and quiet sense of humor will be missed here in lamar cisd. And at the

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same time, we join together in celebrating this new chapter in his career and wish him every

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success in his new role in garland isd. Thank.

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we don't want to take care of him. Right? Congratulations, mr. Bates.

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doctor nivens, that concludes the recognitions and awards at this time. Good evening, doctor

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nivens, board of trustees. Madam president, we are proud to introduce our new members of

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our police department to you this evening, each bringing a unique experience, their unique experience and dedication to public service to the lamar community. First, we have

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officer major johnson, officer major johnson is a 1992 graduate of the houston police

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academy and a veteran of the united states army. Officer johnson joins us from the city

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of houston police department, bringing 28 years of police experience to lamar cisd

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officer johnson. Next, we have officer keegan logan. Officer logan holds a bachelor of

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business management from the grand canyon university. He is a united states army veteran and has served the citizens of rosenberg, texas for the past two years. As a member of the

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rosenberg police department, he served on patrol. Officer logan joins us with two years of experience and is happy to be with us here at lamar cisd. The next officer, bear with me is

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officer christos stavropoulos. He joins the lamar cisd police department, bringing five years

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of law enforcement experience. He previously served at the university of houston campus

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police and comes to us. And he's happy to be here to serve the lamar community. And last

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and certainly not least, is officer paul zelaya. Paul zelaya has served the united

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states for 14 years, including six years in the united states marine corps and eight years as

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an active duty member in the united states army. He brings nine years of law enforcement experience to us, most recently serving with the harris county sheriff's office, assigned to

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the patrol division board of trustees. Madam president, officer zelaya. Okay, for a

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photo. You're hiding.

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and this concludes our introductions for lamar cisd police department.

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okay. We will now have board member reports and shout outs. Trustees, please keep your

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comments to 1 to 2 minutes. So anyone who would like to go first. I'll go first. Okay.

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thing I want to mention is today we had a school dedication. First of all, I

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want to say, mr. Bates, I'm going to miss you. I really am going to miss you. So

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congratulations to you. But anyway, we had a school dedication today, haygood elementary. And afterwards, I was able to stop by the pumpkin patch for only about 20 minutes.

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but I just want to give a shout out to our special education department and all the staff

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around the district that helped out with this, because it looked like there was some lots

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of joy happening and a lot of good memories happening with the parents and with the students. And I saw different employees from all across the district helping out, and

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everybody just seemed to be having a really good time. So congratulations to tiffany mathis. Police chief garcia was there and so many others. So a great job, everybody. I know we

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have about 6000 staff and all of them go above and beyond, but I want to give a shout out

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to I don't even know their names, but I was driving down richmond parkway and I was

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passing passing hutchinson elementary, and I saw a busy crosswalk, and it was a little

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bit further down from the school. And I saw our staff. I don't know if they were

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teachers or whoever they were, but they were outside making sure these students were getting home safely. So I just thought it was it was to see that it was after school, after

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hours, and we had staff at a crosswalk not near the school. These teachers were making sure

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that these babies were getting to where they needed to be safe. So to the staff at hutchinson,

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and I know all of our staff schools have teachers that are helping out in other ways, those other duties as assigned. So but specifically for people I saw at hutchinson that I

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couldn't stop and get their names, school zone, all that kind of stuff. I'll go. A few

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weeks ago, some of us went to powell point in kendleton, and I just want to recognize the

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staff there because their dedication showed the second we walked through the door and the

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population that they deal with, and they've made it a community and a family, and the work that

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they're doing does not go unnoticed. So just thank you to everyone at powell point and

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for welcoming us into their building so warmly. Okay. Well, I have to start the shout outs

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tonight with the foster high school marching band and guard because you all the foster band

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is winning. They've had an incredible season advancing to finals in not one but two bands

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of america competitions, taking first place in class three a earning outstanding general

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effect and bringing home sweepstakes at u.I.l region 13. They'll be competing this

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weekend at the area competition with a chance to advance to state, and we are cheering them

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on. Their show on the flip side is packed with heart, energy and incredible talent. These

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students have worked so hard and it truly shows every time they take the field. A huge

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congratulations to our amazing students, directors and parents and we are so proud of all of

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you! If you'd like to support them, they have three upcoming spirit nights where a portion

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of the sales go right back to the program. October 22nd at las mananitas. November 12th at

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crumble. November 18th at pete terry's. Continuing on foster. Our foster athletes have also

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been doing amazing things this season. The falcon football team brought home the brawl on

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the brazos win with a great team effort. The tennis team remains undefeated and are back

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to back district champions, also earning the bi district title. The lady falcons golf

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team opened their season by breaking their own school record in their very first tournament, and the cross country continues to make us proud. The girls earned the

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seventh straight district championship and the boys finished second, with both

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teams advancing to regionals. And a very special shout out to our foster water polo teams,

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both district and area champions, who will be competing at the state

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semifinals this friday. We are all cheering you on and wishing you the very best of luck as

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you continue your incredible season. I also want to recognize chris mcguire with

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mcguire sports photography. His incredible work captures our the pride of our students and

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it is second to none. He continues to bring our athletes stories to life through his

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photos. So thank you chris for showcasing our students passion and pride so beautifully.

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another shout out to the fulshear charger theater. Thank you so much for the kind

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invitation. It was a lovely gesture. My daughter and I attended your production of

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sweet surrender and we absolutely loved it. The cast was incredible. Their timing,

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humor and stage presence kept the audience engaged from start to finish and it is such a fun,

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talented group of students. So congratulations on an outstanding performance. And

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finally, I want to give a special shout out to doctor nivens and our lamar cisd

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community relations team for all of their hard work getting out in the community and

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helping share information about the bond, they've truly been everywhere at events, campuses

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and community gatherings, working tirelessly to answer questions and connect with

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families. And that being said, just a quick reminder. Early voting began monday and runs

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through friday, with election day on tuesday, november 4th. Thank you to everyone who's

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helping keep our community informed and engaged. It's a great time to be a part of

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lamar cisd. Thank you. All right, well, since you're mentioning all the foster

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winning teams, I just want to mention that randall lions continue their winning ways.

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barely won their last football game. But but oh my gosh one of the. What I'm particularly

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impressed about not not not just with the football team but but especially the team since

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is that coach randall is producing winners on and off the field. They're impressive,

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even if it was a losing season. So long as our athletes perform well and are good citizens, I

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think that's that's then their winning team that makes them winners. So I just want to

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shout out to coach randall because he works real hard on that. And and he sets a real

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good example. And so I like it. Anytime our athletes are winners both on and off the

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field. So I also want to echo trustee master's remarks with respect to the good job and the

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hard work that superintendent nivens and your team, the entire team have worked so hard

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on. I remember that as we were walking, trustee henderson and I were walking along with

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doctor nivens, and during the parade, I overheard someone, one of the spectators say, I've

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never heard of. I've never seen a superintendent walk the entire distance during the parade. So thank you for that. And and so, so and with all due respect to doctor, to your

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predecessor. So one last thing. I always get particularly excited anytime I can talk

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about tax relief. And so I just want to reiterate that that early voting is taking place

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right now. I think it's very important that we all understand and get the

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information. With respect to all the propositions. I really want to emphasize proposition

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number 11, which provides tax relief to anyone, any homeowner age 65 and above, okay. It

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provides us the opportunity to increase our exemption from 140,000 to $200,000. Okay.

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that's tax relief on your school district taxes. If you need more information, I'm sure

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that the tax appraisal district would be happy to provide additional information. Most importantly, please get out and exercise your right to vote. Proposition 13 does the same

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thing. Anyone younger than age 65 who's a homeowner and has filed a tax exemption has the

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opportunity to vote for an increase an exemption from 100,000 to 140,000. Okay, so

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that's a lot of tax relief on your school district taxes. So I encourage everybody once

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again get out and vote early. Voting has already commenced. And of course there's still

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it's not too late to get information regarding our school bond. There's some great

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information that's that's on the website. In my capacity as trustee, I just encourage you

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to get the facts. And that's the extent of what I want to state now at this moment. But

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most importantly, please exercise your right to vote. Thank you. Okay. And then I

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have a quick one. I just wanted to give a shout out to mr. Green, miss kanga and miss

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medina. We received an update last week where we have a student who is blind and they

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were able to help. The student plays an instrument but is not able to do the marching band

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for obvious reasons. So they were able to help him learn how to operate the led screen props

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on the field, and they he competed with the band in the competition. So I just thought

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the teamwork was it was really great that they were able to help him reach his goal. So.

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okay, well, first I have to shout out my daughter and the reading charms dance team. This

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is the second night that I've missed for in the last two weeks for a board thing. So I

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promised I would shout her out and I hope that they had a great performance, but I really

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also just had more of a thank you and an acknowledgment to doctor nivens and the bond

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office and the communications team, who I mean, I think you all have been to every inch of

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every 385mi■!s of this district the last two months, getting the word out about the bond.

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like miss master said, y'all have worked tirelessly. And not only that, but this week we are

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opening or dedicating five new schools. And they are. They have a massive job to do with

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that. So just great job y'all. Please go vote. And with that, are there any committee reports?

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yes. You okay? The school health advisory council met on october the 8th. Shack provided

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a presentation over new legislative laws that went into place this year and how they

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are implemented along with board policies. Shack also presented the bond propositions

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and answered questions related to each proposition to provide information on what was

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included in each. They also celebrated the following items. Huggins elementary was awarded

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a national award as america's healthiest school, and heb and outdoors tomorrow awarded

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huggins elementary, lindsay elementary, and long elementary $1,000 heb outdoor education

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grants. So congratulations to both of them. Thank you. And this year we started a we've

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started a number of new committees, but this year we started a sped committee. So it

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makes up of myself of president hansell and trustee henderson here. So we like she mentioned

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we don't have powerpoint just so we can get eyes on the work that's taking place out there.

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so that was our first official sped committee. And secretary box went with us as well. So

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I'm like positions. So but it was our first our first official meeting was going and

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seeing the work that all of our staff are doing out at powerpoint. Doctor nivens is

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there a superintendent's report? Yes, ma'am. Madam president, I want to start out by saying

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that this bond does not come with a tax rate increase. It does not. There is no tax rate

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increase. So I will get that out of the way. I will say that, you know, lamar is a is is one

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of the highest performing school districts in the state of texas. And you don't become

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you don't become that way without phenomenal people working in a phenomenal team.

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and so I always want to, you know, sit here and appreciate the team because they're the

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ones doing the real work. But I want to take a special time to give a shout out to, to to mr.

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bates. And I'm going to miss you severely, sir. Y'all. Mr. Bates challenges this this

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entire district, and he has made us become better. And so I just want to say

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congratulations to you. I know we'll talk a lot, but congratulations to you. And marlon deserves you. And the students deserve you. And so very happy for you, sir. Okay.

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miss johnson, are there any public comments? Okay. At this time, we will take action on

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the consent agenda. Are there any items that the board would like to pull? Okay. Hearing

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none. None. May I have a motion to approve the consent agenda? I'll make a motion. Mr. Lambert

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makes the motion. Do I have a second? I'll second. Okay. Mr. Welch seconds. Any discussion?

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okay. I will now call for the vote. All in favor of approving. Approving the consent agenda,

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say I, I okay, the motion carries seven zero. We will now have presentations on the

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future action items. Our trustees, we have miss hamilton coming to the podium. Okay.

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good evening, madam president. Trustees and doctor nivens. All right. The board operating

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procedures outline the agreed upon protocols and practices that guide the governance and

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operations of the lamar csd board of trustees, including communication norms, meeting

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procedures, agenda preparation, and roles and responsibilities. This document complements but

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does not replace board policy or state law. And so, as part of the board's commitment to

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effective governance and continuous improvement, you all have updated your board operating procedures to reflect your current practices, alignment with policy and legal

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requirements, as well as recommendations from recent board discussions. So the goal

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is to support consistency, transparency and a collaborative working relationship that helps you serve your students and community effectively. So we're

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going to go over the updates. And please note that all updates are going to be shown

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in red for transparency and easy reference. This year's this year's updates include

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both procedural updates and annual maintenance edits, such as updating your photos, your

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bios. Doctor nivens bio was refreshed. We updated the campus tracking listings. It

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also includes typographical corrections, spacing, punctuation, and capitalization. You've made the updates and revisions, and tonight we're going to review the latest

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version of your board operating procedures with your recommended edits. So on page eight, you updated your board goals. Just very procedural edit lower down on page eight

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under developing the board agenda, just a small edit at the bottom. The board president

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or presiding officer shall not have the authority to remove from the agenda a subject requested by the meaning by two board members without the without their specific

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authorization. On page ten, under conducting board meetings, under persons addressing the

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board, you updated number seven for readability and to include the potential for interruption.

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so it now reads. The board will not respond to negative comments about individual employees, students or board members during public session and may interrupt speakers to

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redirect them if they violate board rules or procedures. Also, on page ten, you clarified when

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the board president or presiding officer may ask the superintendent to clarify an item, you reinforce the expectations regarding non allowable comments and you

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clarified the role of board president or presiding officer during hearings. And those

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edits are noted in red. On page 11, we added a new paragraph in red. And the new governance

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protocol promoting collaboration and respect among trustees is to read it in order

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to maintain respect, transparency and effective governance. Board members shall not initiate actions or make changes within another board member's district without first

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providing notice to and collaborating with that member. This practice ensures that each trustee is able to represent their district effectively, while supporting the board's

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collective responsibility to the district as a whole. On page 12, we just had some minor

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updates to further to further clarify or reflect current practices. And then finally on

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at the bottom of page 12, we just updated the month at the end to reflect your current

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practice. So trustees, this is a future action item. So no action is needed at this time.

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but you may discuss and I'll make notes of any edits you would like to see. I have a

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question on page 11. I'm not sure who requested of the six of you, the seven of us who

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requested that paragraph. I don't really understand what initiate actions or make

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changes within another members district. What could somebody give an example of what that

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might mean? I have no clue of what I could do as an individual board member in monica's area. That would need me to bring monica in on it. I mean, I can't even think of an

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example. Could could somebody speak to that? Yeah, we've had a couple situations arise where

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people from the community come to us, but they're not necessarily our district. You

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know, they don't like I've had a situation at george ranch. They're not. That's not for me.

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you know, that's not my representative. So keeping the other board member in the loop,

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like, hey, this is the situation that's going on before action is taken place.

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like, if somebody from your district came to me, then I would tell you so because I've

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had a lot over the years, like folks from fulshear reach out to me. And I could really care

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less. If you live in lamar and you're a parent and you reach out to me, I'm going to try to

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help the person find an answer or get information. So you're so with this would say is I

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would need to. A lot of the examples I'm thinking of from the fulshear area where like

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during the covid time about masks and all that kind of thing. So I would have needed

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to bring in the board rep on my emails, copying that kind of thing or what, like making a

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change, making a formal change. So the way I guess I kind of read it and I'm trying to

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understand it is just basically that you wouldn't initiate an action or a change, like

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something, something major. So if you I mean, I don't even know what. I guess that's where

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I'm having a problem, a good example, I can't really think of anything that I could do. I can see how it can happen. And it I guess the goal is just to ensure that. You are in the

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loop of, of what is happening with your constituents. Because sometimes, I mean, if something

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happens at frost or adolphus or one of you know, her elementary schools, but it was initiated

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by somebody else and she just has no idea then. I mean, they can't really that's that's

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about how I understand it. But no, I don't think email is the is the purpose, but it's also

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just it's being presented. So if we don't like it or we want to strike it, that is what we

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can do. I'll tell you this, if this stays in for next month, I will not vote against it for it.

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but I still am clueless as to what that could possibly mean. And so. I think because we also

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we also we represent everyone in the district. So, so that's kind of the only thing I see

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that's I mean, although we are elected in our single member district, we represent the

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entire district as a whole. Right. But okay, well, I don't want to spend a ton of time on

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it. So do we want to strike it or edit or. Do you have something? Yeah. Is that a edit

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to a paragraph or is that a brand new paragraph. That's just a brand new paragraph. I

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think it's just kind of keeping people in the loop. Hey, this is going on at frost, just fyi,

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or I don't know, I think it errs on the side of the mutual respect that we've established

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as a team as well. So if we were to edit it down to say, you know, if something were to

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come up in my area, then they come to you to say, hey, heads up. This is I mean, I think

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that's the idea of the mutual respect, but, I mean, I don't if we need to see that in there.

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okay. Well, we can also we're not voting on it, so we can we have time to figure it out in

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the next month before and propose something new. Okay. Any other parts that we have

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issues with? Want to add clarify? Okay, okay. I think that is it then. Yes, yes okay.

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all right. Trustees, we have miss tiffany foster at the podium and we're going to talk

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about our campus and district improvement plans along our instructional update as a part

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of this presentation as well. Okay. Good evening, madam president. Board of trustees,

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each year, district and campus leaders and teachers reviewed data sources including but not

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limited to academics, attendance, discipline and graduation rates to determine

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areas of needed improvement. All of these data sources are reviewed to create a

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comprehensive needs assessment. Each campus team utilized their campus based decision making

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teams based on board policy. Bccb local to review data and ultimately create their

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improvement plan. These teams consist of administrators, teachers, parents, community

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members, and business representatives. Each chief worked with their teams to

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create objectives and strategies to work towards the attainment of each goal. The

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district had a district improvement plan committee made up of administrators, teachers,

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counselors, staff members, and parents. Review the data and then the goals and objectives

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of the district improvement plan and to provide feedback and insight. The 2526 district

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improvement plan was developed using the five priorities outlined in the district's

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strategic plan, approved by the board of trustees in may 2025. Principals and campus

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leadership teams then used the district goals and focus areas to align their campus

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improvement plans. This intentional alignment ensures that every campus is working

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toward the same district wide priorities, promoting consistency, sharing

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accountability, and a unified vision for student success across all schools. There will

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be additional check ins on the dip during the spring semester, mid-year review in february,

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and end of year review in april. After the april review, we will start the process of creating

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the dip for the 2627 school year. Campus leadership teams and site based decision making

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committees will follow a similar schedule for the campus improvement plans. When

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creating the campus improvement plans, our campus teams completed their comprehensive

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needs assessment and then identified areas of improvement. Campus goals were aligned to

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the district goals, specific performance objectives and strategies were created to

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guide the work of each campus. The district improvement plan and campus improvement plans

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have five goals. This is what the goals look like in the plan for learning platform. From the

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goals, the teams developed performance objectives as means of achieving each goal. Under

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each performance objective. The team then creates the action steps or strategies they will

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employ towards meeting the goal. Plan for learning is the web based software system program

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that lamar cisd uses to create, monitor and evaluate the district improvement plan and

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the campus improvement plans. Inside the platform, the teams upload the progress of

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documentation that shows the work that they are doing to complete each strategy. This is

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one way that the dip and sips are monitored throughout the year. We will share updates of

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the progress of goal attainment with the board. Tonight we are giving an overview of the dip

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and sip process. All board members will receive access to plan for learning to review the

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dip and sips on tomorrow, wednesday, october 22nd. We will bring the sip and dip

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goals and performance objectives to the board in november for consideration of

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approval. The district improvement plan and campus improvement plans are a future

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action item and do not require approval from the board at this time. Any questions? If not, I

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will now turn it over to mrs. Martina for the instructional update. Actually, miss foster,

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I do have one. Oh I'm sorry. Yes. Okay, so the board is getting access tomorrow to plan

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for learning. That's new. Correct. We've never have. We you guys. We do it every year.

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yes. Okay. What are we looking for specifically? So when you go into the plan for learning

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platform, you will be able to see the district improvement plan as well as all of the

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campus improvement plans. And so you will see the goals. And this year is very new for us.

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we have the same five goals in the district improvement plans as in all of the campus improvement plans. So all of the goals are aligned. What will be different are the

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performance objectives that each campus will use to meet the goal that was created by

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the district from the strategic plan. Okay, so this is really just for us to review, but

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we're not looking for data points or anything. It's just for you guys to review. Yes.

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thank you, thank you I'm sorry. It is. Miss cotton came up next. Good evening board. Good

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evening, doctor nivens. All right. So I'm going to go through the instructional

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update or the first part of the instructional update. So part of the comprehensive needs

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assessment that miss foster described includes a review of the prior year's district

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improvement plan to understand successes and areas for growth. From this analysis, we develop

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goals, performance objectives, and strategies that directly respond to the data and align

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to the strategic plan. This approach keeps the plan focused, responsive, and aligned with

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our long term vision for student success. So last year we had two goals related to

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academics from the 2425 district improvement plan. The first academic goal in the 2425

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district improvement plan was goal four, focused on growth in reading and math for students

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in pre-k through second grade. It's important to note that progress for students in these grade levels is assessed using different assessments. Growth for pre-k and kindergarten

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students is measured using the cli. Assessments and growth for students in grades one and two

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are measured using map growth and map reading fluency assessments. The data on the

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slides reflects a combined percentage of students in grades pre-k through two, who met the yearly growth target for the assessment they were given in math and then in

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reading. As you can see, while the reading did increase, it only increased by 4% and the

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math percentage declined by two. In response. This year, students in grades one and two

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are being given unit assessments at the end of each unit to progress monitor throughout the year. This allows us to intervene immediately based on student

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needs, instead of waiting until the middle or end of year results. Also, these are

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assessments tied to the teacher incentive allotment for pre-k through second grade teachers.

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with goldfarb, the focus shifts from growth of students in k through two to students in

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grades three through high school. Grade five was focused on growth in the meets category,

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not the approaches category. On star and eoc assessments, we saw growth in reading, language

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arts, math and science but did not meet the 5% increase that was outlined in the goal, and

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we saw a slight decline in social studies as we continue to get stronger at planning,

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being data driven and meeting the level of rigor on staar, these areas will continue to

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increase. This data, along with the other data gathered throughout the comprehensive

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needs assessments, was used to create the goals for the 2526 district improvement plan. So

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now I'm going to turn it over to miss martina to talk about the 2526 goals. All right. The

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2025 2026 district improvement plan has five goals that align with the priorities outlined in

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the strategic plan. These goals represent the overarching outcomes we want to achieve for

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student success and district growth. For tonight's instructional update, doctor lazaro, miss baines and I will be taking a deep dive into goal one. Lamar isd students achieve

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academic excellence and skills for life through innovative instruction and student

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centered experiences. Each district improvement plan goal is supported by performance

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objectives, which break the goal into specific, measurable targets. These objectives.

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objectives. Explain the approach we will take to reach the goal. The first performance

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objective aligned with goal one is the district will consistently earn an a

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accountability rating through comprehensive instructional supports, innovative practices

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and data informed interventions and enrichments. Under each performance objective, there

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are a series of action steps or strategies. These are the concrete actions our teams will

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implement, such as instructional practices, professional development, or progress monitoring to ensure we meet the objectives and ultimately achieve the goal.

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throughout the year, adjustments are made to the strategies included in the district improvement plan. As new data becomes available. The strategies included in the

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district improvement plan to address goal one performance objective one includes

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strengthening our professional learning communities by utilizing strong teacher teams

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or by building excuse me by building strong teacher teams that regularly collaborate to share best practices, analyze student work, and plan instruction together.

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monitoring that curriculum is tightly aligned with state standards, ensuring that what

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is written in lesson plans, what is taught in the classroom, and what is assessed on tests

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all match state expectations for student learning. Analyzing student performance data to

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create targeted, small group lessons that address specific learning needs. Enhancing

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vertical alignment by coordinating instruction across grade levels so skills and

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concepts build from one grade level to the next, and continuing to provide targeted

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professional development and coaching to help teachers strengthen instructional

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practice and meet student needs. Goal one performance. Objective two targets attendance and

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family engagement for our earliest learners, specifically, early childhood education staff

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will implement a comprehensive family engagement plan that will educate parents on the value of early education, prekindergarten and and kindergarten programs, and the

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necessity of consistent student attendance in order to facilitate student success at

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the higher grade levels. The strategies included in the district improvement plan to

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address goal one performance. Objective two include the launch of a district wide

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campaign emphasizing that every day matters in early learning, and sharing monthly

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communication through parent square and on district and campus social media feeds to

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highlight the connection between early education, attendance and long term

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academic success. Continuing on goal one, performance, objective three is tied to the

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continuation and refinement of the lamar cisd innovative school day. All campuses in

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lamar cisd will implement innovative days with fidelity in order to expand student

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connections to real world experiences, and to afford teachers extra time to align

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and plan instruction to best meet student needs. The strategies included in the

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district improvement plan to address goal one performance. Objective three include the

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creation of a district wide rubric that defines what innovation days look like in

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practice, to support each students as they develop or support each campus as they

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develop and implement an innovative school day plan that is tailored to the students and

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resources at that campus, and targeted training and ongoing support for instructional

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paraprofessionals to strengthen their ability to to effectively assist students during the

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innovative school day rotations. Goal one performance objective four is focused on special

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education programing. The district will expand support for special education programs

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that require intense staff support to ensure student success. The strategies

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included in the district improvement plan to address goal one performance objective four include expanding specialized support for students with autism by

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increasing the number of compliance academic programs or cap classes across elementary

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campuses, and enhancing support for students in elementary cesc programs. By integrating a

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dedicated behavior technician into each program to continue the work, I'm going to turn it

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over to doctor lazaro to dig into the cmr portion of goal one. Thank you. Good evening.

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college career and military readiness is not just a state requirement. It's a reflection

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of our commitment to prepare every student for success after graduation, whether that's

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college, a career, or the military in the texas accountability system, college

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career, military readiness, or cmr, plays a pivotal role in determining both high school

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and district accountability ratings. As you can see on the screen, students have multiple

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avenues to demonstrate their readiness for life after graduation, whether that's through college, career or military pathways. However, for accountability purposes, each

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student can only earn one cmr point regardless of how many criteria they meet. In addition

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to its impact on accountability ratings, the state of texas also provides financial

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incentives to districts through cmr, specifically in the form of outcomes bonuses. These

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bonuses reward districts for exceeding certain thresholds for different subpopulations

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and cmr, allowing us to reinvest in programs and resources that further support

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student achievement. What you see on the screen now outlines the criteria students must meet

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in college, career, or military for outcomes. Bonuses displayed on the screen is certified data

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from the texas education agency. This illustrates the percentage of annual graduates who have

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met college, career and military readiness standards over the past three accountability years. It's important to note that cmr data is lagging, meaning that the

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data reflects the graduating class from the year prior to the accountability year. For

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example, accountability year 2025 corresponds to cmr outcomes for the class of 2024.

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by breaking down this cmr data as well as data from 2425 and applying the criteria for cmr

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outcomes bonuses, we were able to strategically guide the development of our 2025 2026

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cmr plan in the cmr plan that will outline for you today. Each performance objective is

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intentionally aligned with this year's district improvement plan. These objectives not only

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set clear benchmarks, but also aim to keep us accountable for student success throughout the

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year. Our first target will be to ensure that 97% of our graduating seniors are cmr

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ready, as measured by ti's cmr indicators. This ambitious goal reflects our ongoing commitment

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to student success. The performance objectives that follow in our plan outline the

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specific strategies and actions that we will take to achieve this target, providing a clear

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roadmap for how we intend to reach and sustain this level of readiness across our district.

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our first performance objective for this target is to have 80% of our special education

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seniors considered cmr ready. As you see on the screen, we have made consistent progress

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in increasing the number of special education seniors who are college, career or military

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ready. However, this remains an area for continued improvement if we are to reach our overall

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goal of 97% cmr readiness for all graduating seniors. By focusing on this objective, we

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ensure that every student, regardless of background or need, is supported on their

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path to post-secondary success. We will use the following strategies to support this

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objective. We will train our facilitators on graduation coding required for students to

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meet cmr. We're going to monitor special education graduation codes from graduation. Ards establish special education student transcript checkpoints both

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mid-year and again at the end of the year, to verify students endorsements and course

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completion, and we will facilitate six weeks campus cmr checkpoints with campus cmr

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leadership teams. Another area for improvement is the number of students meeting cmr through

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the career and technical education criteria. As you can see on the screen, we have

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continued to make progress in this area even as the criteria for this indicator has changed

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from year to year. It's important to note that to earn the indicator this year, students must both pass a dea approved industry based certification and also be

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considered a completer, which is a student that has completed three or more cte courses for

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four or more credits, including an advanced course within an approved state program of study.

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for this reason, we have set our target percentage at 30%. Maintaining focus here will

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help us continue our upward trend and support our overall cmr readiness. We will

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implement the following strategies this year. In order to achieve this objective, we're going to train staff on techniques to assist in increasing ivc student

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readiness. We're going to meet with campus administrators frequently to provide support and follow up with teachers regarding industry based certifications. We'll continue

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training of campus counselors and administrators regarding program, program of study, sequence of courses, as well as student year planning and cte completer status. And we plan

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to host cte outreach events to educate parents, students, and the community about the

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district's cte programs and state requirements for achieving cte completer status. I will now hand it over to miss baines, who will talk to you about dual credit. Thank you.

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between the classes of 2022 and 2024, we increased the percentage of seniors meeting

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cmr through dual credit by nine points for the 2025 2026 school year. Our cmr target one

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performance objective three is that by may of 2026, 40% of the class of 2026 will meet cmr.

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excuse me, meet cmr by earning dual credit. To achieve this target for dual credit, some of

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the strategies we will employ are to collaborate with our campus dual credit teams to

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promote and market course offering options available to students for dual. For earning

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dual credit, we'll train our high school counselors to understand the importance of the tstc dual credit course sequence, and we will also continue to expand our dual

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credit course offerings by collaborating with institutions of higher education to increase

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additional course options for earning dual credit. For the classes of 2022 and 2023, 38%

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of our graduates met cmr outcomes. Bonus criteria if you recall that cmr data lags one

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year from graduation and the outcomes bonus final counts data lags an additional year

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using the most recent outcomes bonus data from the classes of 2022 and 2023. Our cmr target

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number two, is that 50% of the class of 2026 will meet cmr outcomes. Bonus criteria.

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recall again that cmr and outcomes bonus criteria differs from cmr in state

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accountability. We have expanded our cmr work to include a focus on outcomes

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bonuses. The following performance objective will provide insight into how we will achieve this ambitious cmr outcomes. Bonus target. To meet this target for outcomes

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bonuses, we are focusing on performance on the tsia or the texas success initiative

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assessment as it is the sole complementary requirement for outcomes bonus funding on both

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the college and career readiness sides between the classes of 2022 and 2024. The

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percentage of students meeting cmr through tsia increased by three points, with the class of

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2024 achieving a 40% rate for cmr target number two. Performance objective one is

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that by may 2026, 50% of the class of 2026 will meet tsia passing criteria. To meet our

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target for tsia. Some of the strategies we are using are to again facilitate those six

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weeks campus cmr checkpoints with campus cmr leadership teams to design and facilitate

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tsia preparation and tutoring experiences in math and ela, using resources as part of our

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partnerships with the princeton review, progress learning and shmoop, we will utilize relevant data to determine student readiness for the tsia, and we are also working to

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design to design professional learning experiences with our associate principals to

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intensify the rigor in our tier one instruction. The performance objectives in the

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cmr plan are a future action item. They do not require approval from the board at this

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time, and at this time, we will take any questions or discussion that you have. I

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have a small question. I believe it was miss cottingham. I forget now who it was. Or

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maybe it wasn't. I'm sorry, but whoever it was when you talked about. Meeting the sat or the

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psat, the whatever those are for the readiness is that based on scores that students earn, I

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think that's clarify about the different forms of readiness. So it says that there's one

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about the psat or the sat or the act. Is that like a score based thing? Like what students

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score certain points and then you're speaking in reference to the ways in which a student can

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earn cmr. Yes, the top one. So those so meeting standard on sat and act. Yes. It's a score

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based requirement okay. Is there like a base score or it's just depends. Yes. So for sat

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it is a 480 in ela and it's a 530 in math. And then for act it's a 40 on the combined ela

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and writing portions. And it's a 22 on the math okay. Thanks. Can we go to the part of the

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presentation where we showed our growth from 2020 last year to this year? No, not cmr

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before I think miss cunningham. Yes ma'am. It showed like the math science reading was

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increased and history was decreased. I think it's doctor jones is going there for us. I

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think he's like slide. Well it would be early on I'm sorry. Yeah. Here it is. That's it

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right there. So looking at it the. What grades this is overall this is all overall. So

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overall the subjects that require discovery that require hands on manipulatives thinking

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processing learning as they're doing it are increased. And the ones that require retaining is

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decreasing. So how do we get that vertical alignment from those active learning to that

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retaining learning and that social studies. How do we do the vertical alignment from

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those three to that one to bring that one back up? Because today's society attention spans

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are gone and they can't remember I can't remember my kid's phone number, you know,

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because it's all right there. It's finding ways to make it relevant, finding ways to

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increase the thinking skills, finding ways to bring in active learning to social studies. I

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mean, you know, there there are ways to do that. So we're having to like go in there,

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look at the pedagogy and the science of teaching. That is, we have to do it differently

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now. Yes, sir. Okay. Sorry. These are just thoughts popping in of like we're talking about

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doing education differently, but we're actually now this is proof that we have to do

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education differently. So mostly just for the community listening. Is that the reason

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we're talking about this now in this session is because we want the community to know that

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we're actively thinking about how are we going to be doing school differently. And that's

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proof that our kids can think and process and learn on the go, and they can manipulate items

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to get different numbers and all that. But when it comes time to retaining it and social

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studies is to me not the most riveting because I'm squirrel, but I mean, that's proof that,

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okay. Thank you. No problem. Yeah. I'll just like add in there the reason why social

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studies is always the outlier is it's only tested in eighth and then us. So when you look

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at rla and math they start testing that in third grade. And so the very first time you

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get social studies data is eighth grade, which means accountability for teaching

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that content isn't really there, especially in elementary. It's one of those things you teach

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it when you can because so many other teachers are pressing. And so the very first time you

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ever get relevant data is eighth grade. And so it's it's always an outlier because

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there's not a lot of state attention on social studies. When can the public access the

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district improvement plan in the campus improvement plans? When will that be available for

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the public's consumption after they're approved by the board, then they'll be posted on the

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website. Yes, sir. Thank you. Anybody else have questions I okay, I have a couple. Can we

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go back to the slide that says goal one performance objective three. And it talked about it

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was just a couple bullet points. Yes okay. Go back or might have been several slides. It maybe

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was the first one. Okay. Well I yeah. Goal one performance objective three was the slide.

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oh there we go. That one okay. So as we think of innovative school day and how are we

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measuring the impact of not just on student learning and teacher planning time, but also

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just on retention. And like overall student learning. Well, last year or at the end of the

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year, I got data from hr on just teacher retention for the campuses that participated in

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innovative day last year and the previous year for that same group of campuses, teacher

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retention was was 11, I believe point 6%. And so for those that same group of campuses that

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participated in innovative day for last year, that had been reduced to, I think I believe

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it was 6.5%. So we almost cut that in half. And so that's one way we're measuring it. But

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then also we get lots of feedback. We just had the superintendent advisory

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councils the last couple of weeks, and we got lots of feedback from teachers about how much they appreciated. And they have the work life balance that they've been looking for.

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and they're so appreciative of that time, you know, so there's a couple of different ways that we've been able to measure that so far. Okay. Awesome I mean that's awesome 11.8 11.5 to 6.5.

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that's crazy. That's awesome. And then I think my next question is probably for miss

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baines. I love cmr so much and I love dual credit. My daughter graduated with her entire first

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year of college paid for. And you know, so she's a sophomore in college at 18. But what I

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learned is having so many friends with graduating kids is that dual credits don't always

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transfer out of state private schools. There's a concern there. So while, you know, if

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we can identify that the kid wants to go to an in-state college, then dual credit is

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obviously super high value. But are we? Are we making sure that we're telling kids who are

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thinking about other colleges, you know, maybe don't do that? Absolutely. So on each of our

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campuses is outfitted with a dual credit counselor. And part of that growing role and

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responsibility is making certain that we provide that counseling and advising piece.

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as you stated, even, you know, success on an ap exam is great. Success in dual credit is

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wonderful, but it's the due diligence is truly researching your plan, researching your

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post-secondary plan, and making certain that all the great work that you have done in high

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school will actually transfer over to whether it be in-state or out of state. So yes, ma'am.

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that is, that's a, that's that's a growing part of the dual credit counselors role. Okay. Okay. Awesome. Okay. And I've also spoken with doctor waitz. You know, as we as we

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continue to have students in dual credit courses and earning, you know, associate's degrees,

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another part of the counseling services will be making sure students are mature enough to

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handle that. Because when you have a child that is 18 or whatever, and they go to

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college and they become a sophomore or junior, there's a certain level of maturity that comes with that because now you are in your major courses, right? You no longer get the

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opportunity to be a freshman because you had that in high school. And so another part of

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that conversation is going to make sure that parents understand that students have to be mentally mature enough to handle that kind of responsibility once they leave

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high school and go to college, because it's a vast difference in the environment of high

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school and college. Has there been another aspect that we'll deal with? I don't know if

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we're doing this, but could we is there any way to track what colleges? You know, those

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students who have a lot of dual credit courses end up going to in state and out of state just

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so we can say like, hey, this school, they accept nearly all the dual credits and stuff like

586
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that. Yes, we with our research assessment and accountability team, we do track where our

587
01:07:27,400 --> 01:07:27,400
students land post-secondary as well as our internal advanced academics. Through our school

588
01:07:31,833 --> 01:07:31,833
links portal. We track where kiddos land and we can map out where our kids who are earning

589
01:07:37,066 --> 01:07:40,366
all these wonderful dual credits where they're actually landing, and ensuring that those credits, in fact, do transfer. Okay, awesome. That's all the questions. Thank you

590
01:07:46,033 --> 01:07:46,033
all. That was a lot of awesome information. What is next? Okay. Now we will take action on the

591
01:07:56,433 --> 01:07:56,433
action items. All right trustees we have miss cole-hamilton coming back to

592
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the podium. All right trustees, we are revisiting this item as an action item. So the logo

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refresh came as a request to the board of trustees, especially after completing our strategic planning process to align with our new strategic plan and our bold vision for

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the future, and to reflect the evolving identity and spirit of our district, and to respond to

595
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trustee interest and modernizing our brand. And so our design objectives, as we embarked on this project were to ensure visual alignment with our new strategic plan,

596
01:08:42,033 --> 01:08:45,933
preserve elements of legacy while signaling forward thinking, creating a versatile logo that could be used across digital, print, signage and apparel, and to make

597
01:08:51,033 --> 01:08:51,033
consistency across all district communications and campuses. The inspiration came from the

598
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convocation logo, and we modified and expanded it a bit, but just the basis of the

599
01:09:01,066 --> 01:09:01,066
convocation logo involved the texas shape grounding us in who we are and where we serve the l

600
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in the cattle brand style, honoring our agricultural heritage, heritage and legacy.

601
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the curved line represents the brazos river, a defining landmark of our community, and

602
01:09:14,900 --> 01:09:14,900
the two parallel lines represent the railroad, which played a key role in the growth

603
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and progress of our region. And we started with a lot of variations, and these are some

604
01:09:25,300 --> 01:09:25,300
initial variations of the design options. As part of the process, our graphic artists

605
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developed a variety and we got feedback. We whittled it down to this is the design for

606
01:09:38,200 --> 01:09:38,200
consideration. It has the features of the convocation logo, but it maintains the

607
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elements of the current district style logo. While updating the tagline at the

608
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bottom. We envision this being the primary logo, but we did create an additional logo with

609
01:09:53,133 --> 01:09:53,133
our color bar, that one right there, taking some feedback from trustee arroyos, giving

610
01:09:59,066 --> 01:09:59,066
people an option to use either or. And so if you want to add another touch, we use the color

611
01:10:05,166 --> 01:10:05,166
bar which represents our color tracks. And as we add color tracks we will expand this bar.

612
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so to notate when we would use different options. Oh and one more. We have a secondary

613
01:10:15,100 --> 01:10:15,100
option for merchandise and apparel. That's the one in the bottom right corner. That's

614
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removing some of the smaller font that wouldn't be easily visible on, say, a hat or graphic. But to differentiate, this would be the primary logo that would be featured on

615
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anything like permanent. The outside of a building. If we were doing rugs in a building

616
01:10:36,866 --> 01:10:36,866
or decals inside a building that's more permanent, the color bar logo would be used

617
01:10:42,933 --> 01:10:42,933
for anything that's like a consumable or notepads, any digital anything that we can

618
01:10:47,000 --> 01:10:50,900
update frequently because as I shared, we would be updating that color bar with the additional color once we add more color tracks. So trustees, this is an action item. So

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we're asking you to consider and approve the design of the district logo. Comments.

620
01:11:06,400 --> 01:11:06,400
questions I want to ask a question when when this idea was first brought up to

621
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redesign the logo, I expressed an interest of not necessarily tearing down current signage

622
01:11:20,400 --> 01:11:20,400
across the district. That's especially new signage with the with the logo that we currently

623
01:11:25,933 --> 01:11:25,933
have. Just because we've created a new one. My my thinking was we use it to the

624
01:11:33,133 --> 01:11:33,133
end of the life into the the sign fades or we do a major redesign of the building. And

625
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we have a lot of new schools lately and we put lamar see isd up there. So on the outside of

626
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the building, I'm talking about where the public just drives by and sees it. Are are we talking

627
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about putting the texas logo with changing the l and everything? No, sir. And that's

628
01:11:54,066 --> 01:11:54,066
precisely why we kept the a bar, c isd, the ama isd. It is the same font and style as what we

629
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currently have, so that it does match and complement what's on the external side of buildings. That doesn't have to come down. Those that signage on the external does not have the

630
01:12:07,833 --> 01:12:07,833
tagline underneath it, so it's timeless. Anybody else? Okay. No, I'd like to say I do like

631
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the style it's going in. I heard I'm involved in another organization and it was we were

632
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talking about the bond, and one of the someone said that we are the boots side of the river,

633
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not the suits side of the river. And so I was like, okay, that made sense. And that hit home

634
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of like, you know, that's overall represents our community, that we're the boot side of the river. And so I think I thought that was. Yeah. Well I like it. So may I have a

635
01:12:55,100 --> 01:12:55,100
motion for the board of trustees to approve the presented option as the new

636
01:12:59,233 --> 01:12:59,233
district logo. I'll do it. Trustee welch makes the motion. Do I have a second? Okay, miss.

637
01:13:09,500 --> 01:13:09,500
miss henderson seconds. Any discussion? Okay, I will now call for the vote. All in favor,

638
01:13:18,033 --> 01:13:18,033
say I. I none opposed. The motion carries seven zero. Thank you. Trustee. Thank you.

639
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all right. Trustees, we have mr. Creighton jester to the podium. Good evening. Good

640
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evening, madam president. Doctor nivens and board of trustees. Tonight we will

641
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review revisions to ifbb local in regards to making it in alignment with senate bill 13.

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so the rationale behind the revisions, effective september 1st, 2025, senate bill 13

643
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introduced new requirements for school districts regarding regarding library and

644
01:14:07,266 --> 01:14:07,266
instructional materials, directing direct impact impacting, excuse me efb

645
01:14:13,466 --> 01:14:13,466
policies. The implications behind these changes. It will increase board responsibility

646
01:14:18,966 --> 01:14:18,966
for instructional resource approval. It enhances parental engagement and transparency,

647
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and the need for policy updates and potential creation of advisory structures. Some key

648
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changes to the policy that changed under the tab of goals. Goal number ten. There was a

649
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revision, as seen in blue, that no real and elementary school libraries shall include visual

650
01:14:44,733 --> 01:14:44,733
depictions or illustrations of gratuitous or explicit frontal nudity under the tab of

651
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recommendations and procurement materials, librarians and other professional staff shall assist

652
01:14:57,066 --> 01:15:00,433
in developing the list of library material recommendations to the superintendent to be presented to the board. The superintendent shall ensure

653
01:15:04,166 --> 01:15:07,566
that the administrative procedures regarding the development of the recommendations of library materials. Consider at least two of the following factors.

654
01:15:12,833 --> 01:15:12,833
recommendations from students, parents or guardians, teachers and or district residents.

655
01:15:19,366 --> 01:15:19,366
consultations with district teachers and library staff. Consultations with library

656
01:15:25,500 --> 01:15:25,500
staff from other districts. Extensive review of library material. Context of library

657
01:15:31,966 --> 01:15:31,966
material, including overall fit with the existing collection and to support district

658
01:15:36,066 --> 01:15:36,066
curriculum reviews. The library material from sources such as professional library journals

659
01:15:41,133 --> 01:15:41,133
in library science. Recognized professional education and content journals with book

660
01:15:46,366 --> 01:15:46,366
reviews. National and state award award recognition list, library science field experts,

661
01:15:52,100 --> 01:15:52,100
and highly acclaimed author and literacy expert recommendations. And finally, the coverage of

662
01:15:57,933 --> 01:15:57,933
topics, author, series, or genres that fill gaps in the school library collection. The

663
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the board shall consider the recommended list of library materials that have been

664
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donated or proposed for procurement. Each board member may propose changes before the

665
01:16:14,300 --> 01:16:14,300
board takes action of the list of donated or proposed library materials, and the board shall

666
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either approve or reject the library materials that have been donated or proposed for

667
01:16:25,133 --> 01:16:25,133
procurement at least 30 days prior to the board's vote to accept the donated library

668
01:16:31,666 --> 01:16:31,666
materials or approve procurement of library materials, the superintendent

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shall make accessible to the public the list of library materials in accordance with law via the district website for review and feedback. Under the tab of parental involvement

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01:16:49,133 --> 01:16:49,133
in accordance with state law and administrative procedures, parents or guardians may submit

671
01:16:53,333 --> 01:16:53,333
to the principal or a staff member designated by the principal a list of library

672
01:16:58,633 --> 01:16:58,633
materials that the parents or guardians child shall not be allowed to check out or access

673
01:17:04,166 --> 01:17:04,166
for use outside of the school library. The superintendent shall develop procedures that

674
01:17:09,933 --> 01:17:09,933
permit a parent or guardian to submit the request in at least one of the methods permitted by

675
01:17:15,233 --> 01:17:15,233
law. Under the tab of protection from inappropriate material. Library materials

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01:17:21,200 --> 01:17:21,200
shall not include any library material containing indecent or profane content. Any library

677
01:17:28,333 --> 01:17:28,333
material that refers a person to a website, including by use of link or qr code containing

678
01:17:34,633 --> 01:17:34,633
content legally prohibited under law. Under the guiding principles tab for challenges,

679
01:17:41,933 --> 01:17:41,933
the following principles shall guide the review of a challenge of library materials. An

680
01:17:46,533 --> 01:17:46,533
individual may challenge a library material used in the district's library program,

681
01:17:50,900 --> 01:17:54,866
despite the fact that the professional staff and the board followed the proper procedures and adhered to the objectives and criteria for recommending and procuring

682
01:17:59,000 --> 01:17:59,000
library material, sets out set out in this policy, access to the challenge materials shall

683
01:18:05,600 --> 01:18:05,600
be restricted during challenge process. Under formal challenges, the district shall

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01:18:12,466 --> 01:18:12,466
make the texas education agency form to challenge library material available on the

685
01:18:16,966 --> 01:18:16,966
district website. If a district employee, a parent or guardian of a district student or a

686
01:18:24,466 --> 01:18:24,466
district resident wishes to challenge the library material, they shall follow the

687
01:18:28,633 --> 01:18:28,633
procedures to complete and submit the request for challenge form. Under the

688
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challenge committee section, the board shall take action on written challenge submitted under education code 33.02 7a1. At the first open meeting of the board, held after the 90th

689
01:18:47,900 --> 01:18:47,900
day. After the date on which the district receives the challenge and the last key

690
01:18:55,000 --> 01:18:55,000
change fell under frequency of review after a library material has been challenged in, the

691
01:19:00,166 --> 01:19:00,166
board determines not to remove the library material from a school library catalog. It may

692
01:19:05,066 --> 01:19:05,066
not be challenged again before the second anniversary of the board's final decision not to

693
01:19:10,733 --> 01:19:10,733
remove the material board. This is an action item, so we are asking you to consider and

694
01:19:17,033 --> 01:19:17,033
approve the additions and modifications to our current policy in order to align the

695
01:19:22,100 --> 01:19:22,100
newly adopted senate bill 13 requirements related to school library materials. Are there

696
01:19:27,933 --> 01:19:27,933
any questions or discussion? The. Okay, I'm sorry, because this is the first year I

697
01:19:39,100 --> 01:19:39,100
haven't sat on the policy committee. So all of these that are aligning ifbb local with sb

698
01:19:46,100 --> 01:19:46,100
13 or sb 13, are these changes that that we made or were they is this existing policy and

699
01:19:54,466 --> 01:19:54,466
we're just showing how it aligns? There is some changes. The 30 day review process is a

700
01:20:01,233 --> 01:20:01,233
change to our policy, which allows parents to review the procurement list online, and

701
01:20:05,966 --> 01:20:05,966
they're allowed to provide feedback online for us to review. Okay. The other thing

702
01:20:13,333 --> 01:20:13,333
the other key changes was just that you have to the board must review the procurement lists,

703
01:20:21,200 --> 01:20:21,200
and you must approve those before they can be purchased at that point in time. And is that

704
01:20:26,200 --> 01:20:26,200
something that sb 13, is that a power that correct? Okay. Correct. I don't I don't know

705
01:20:32,066 --> 01:20:32,066
if I even like that. That sounds like a lot of work. Are there titles in our digital

706
01:20:42,100 --> 01:20:42,100
library that we don't have in print and vice versa? Yeah. The digital ebooks that we have are

707
01:20:54,900 --> 01:20:54,900
in our lightbox, and we might have some titles in lightbox that are not in print, okay.

708
01:21:02,100 --> 01:21:02,100
but they still fall under all the same. Yes. Policy. And then for the for the challenge

709
01:21:09,100 --> 01:21:09,100
reconsideration process does can that go both ways. Can if we don't have a title in our

710
01:21:16,733 --> 01:21:16,733
library, can a parent bring it and say they would like it in our library? Or so that was

711
01:21:25,500 --> 01:21:25,500
okay. There. I think you just I think I passed it there. No, it's a bigger paragraph. I know

712
01:21:36,066 --> 01:21:36,066
it's a bigger paragraph. It's a bullet list. The one number one go back one, I believe. Go back

713
01:21:42,033 --> 01:21:42,033
right there. You can't. That's for us to to review. But it is in okay. Their parents or

714
01:21:51,066 --> 01:21:51,066
guardians may submit. Oh that's to remove a book. But yes, parents can submit a list for

715
01:21:56,233 --> 01:21:56,233
us to review as well. Okay. To procure. Okay, I have a question. Sure. Does senate

716
01:22:03,400 --> 01:22:03,400
bill 13 allow parents to determine which student which books they don't want their

717
01:22:10,433 --> 01:22:10,433
their children? It does. And so within our our system, parents will be allowed to log into the

718
01:22:18,633 --> 01:22:18,633
system, select the key books that they do not want their students to have access to. It

719
01:22:23,833 --> 01:22:23,833
will flag that in the system and will prevent them from checking those books out in the

720
01:22:28,533 --> 01:22:28,533
library. All right. Thank you. Can we also go back to the the small edit we're making to

721
01:22:38,233 --> 01:22:38,233
elementary? Yes. Okay. So we are changing it from it just said frontal nudity to

722
01:22:47,166 --> 01:22:47,166
gratuitous or explicit frontal nudity. So my my fear in that is that it's still it can be

723
01:22:57,600 --> 01:22:57,600
still pretty subjective. So okay, in in the instance where we have a book pulled off the

724
01:23:04,900 --> 01:23:04,900
shelf that is, you know, has one little picture that it's, you know, it doesn't need to be

725
01:23:12,166 --> 01:23:12,166
pulled off the shelf because that's not the intention of our policy. If a, if a librarian

726
01:23:19,933 --> 01:23:19,933
maybe doesn't know what to do is this or isn't this, who do they go to, or do they just

727
01:23:25,200 --> 01:23:25,200
make a decision so that they would go to sarah falcon first, okay. For council. And then

728
01:23:31,166 --> 01:23:31,166
sarah would then seek counsel for me to make sure that we are in alignment with the policy.

729
01:23:36,866 --> 01:23:36,866
okay. When I look at gratuitous and explicit frontal nudity, it gives a little more clarity to

730
01:23:43,233 --> 01:23:43,233
the to the policy, which allows us to make a little more better decisions as to what should and

731
01:23:48,166 --> 01:23:48,166
should not stay in the library. Okay, so in the instance of the books that we have already

732
01:23:52,333 --> 01:23:52,333
pulled because we were following our policy, very strictly frontal nudity. So

733
01:23:56,500 --> 01:23:56,500
pinkalicious and I think there were like 11 or so more if we changed the policy to this, can

734
01:24:03,933 --> 01:24:03,933
those books then be placed back into our libraries? If you approve this, the change in

735
01:24:10,100 --> 01:24:10,100
this policy, then yes, those books would be reviewed to come back into the library. Okay. I

736
01:24:14,133 --> 01:24:14,133
think we are all in agreement that that's something we would like to see. So are there any

737
01:24:20,266 --> 01:24:20,266
other questions? More of a comment? I have a just a comment rather than a question,

738
01:24:26,866 --> 01:24:26,866
but you know, let me start by emphasizing that I'm a proponent of library

739
01:24:35,200 --> 01:24:35,200
utilization and students. Reading the books in the library. But but incidentally,

740
01:24:43,100 --> 01:24:43,100
I teach a dual credit class at a neighboring school district, which, incidentally, is an a

741
01:24:48,966 --> 01:24:48,966
rated school district. And so the students at that high school that are in my dual

742
01:24:54,433 --> 01:24:54,433
credit class are the best and the brightest in that school district. And recently, I was

743
01:25:01,800 --> 01:25:01,800
teaching them the importance of doing research. And so I took an informal poll, and I asked

744
01:25:09,500 --> 01:25:09,500
my students how many of them actually go to the library and by show of hands, how many

745
01:25:14,166 --> 01:25:14,166
actually read books from the library. And not one of those great students that I have

746
01:25:19,933 --> 01:25:19,933
raise their hand and they they just they just kind of giggled at me because it's almost like

747
01:25:26,600 --> 01:25:26,600
I don't get it. That utilization really is nonexistent. And I hate to say

748
01:25:31,033 --> 01:25:31,033
that because I'm I'm a proponent of the library. I'm the chairman of the fort bend

749
01:25:36,333 --> 01:25:36,333
county library system advisory board to the commissioners court. And so I utilize the

750
01:25:42,766 --> 01:25:42,766
library extensively for both undergraduate and graduate school. So I took my own

751
01:25:47,966 --> 01:25:47,966
informal poll of a high school senior who's on the honor roll at randall high school. And she

752
01:25:53,066 --> 01:25:53,066
told me the same thing. She says, I yeah, I go to library all the time. Do you check out

753
01:25:59,333 --> 01:25:59,333
books? No. And so I'm just hoping that on a go forward basis that that all the passion

754
01:26:04,933 --> 01:26:04,933
that we exert on libraries and contents and you know, curriculum improvement plans

755
01:26:13,533 --> 01:26:13,533
puts some more of an emphasis in reading and utilization because the the sad reality,

756
01:26:21,000 --> 01:26:24,166
unfortunately, is that students just aren't they're not checking out books. They're not reading like we think they are. I think they should. And really, I think it's important that I

757
01:26:30,433 --> 01:26:34,233
think trustee lambert made a really good point earlier about doing education different. I think it's important that we learn to become netflix and not blockbuster. You know, that we

758
01:26:39,233 --> 01:26:39,233
understand that times are changing and and we've got to meet our students where they

759
01:26:44,733 --> 01:26:44,733
are. And libraries are very important part of that. But it's important that we also we

760
01:26:50,133 --> 01:26:50,133
as as adults, we as trustees, as as stewards of the system and parents that we become

761
01:26:57,100 --> 01:26:57,100
passionate about the right things. That's all I have. Thank you. That kind of spurred

762
01:27:03,300 --> 01:27:03,300
another question for me. So I've taken a look at our circulation rates, especially

763
01:27:08,466 --> 01:27:08,466
for spring 2025. And in elementary school, obviously they're they're pretty good

764
01:27:13,600 --> 01:27:13,600
middle school and high school. They start to become like pretty pathetic. Like nobody is

765
01:27:21,100 --> 01:27:21,100
checking out books. So I loved reading as a student. I mean, I loved it, but what what are we

766
01:27:29,300 --> 01:27:29,300
doing to increase circulation rates because we're buying all these books? But why, if nobody

767
01:27:35,933 --> 01:27:35,933
apparently is checking them out? That is one of our goals from library services with the the

768
01:27:40,966 --> 01:27:40,966
secondary staff, we've currently had 37,235 circulations in secondary

769
01:27:47,200 --> 01:27:47,200
campuses from august to to october. Now. Awesome. Which is up from what it was last year.

770
01:27:54,900 --> 01:27:54,900
right. And so we also have asked our we've got a great leadership team that's been

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01:28:00,200 --> 01:28:00,200
meeting our high school librarians are meeting as a team as well, to discuss ways

772
01:28:05,300 --> 01:28:05,300
to get students back into the library. And so they are increasing their circulation

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01:28:11,466 --> 01:28:11,466
rates. Randall high school had 22,731 circulations happen within these first two months.

774
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and so we are seeing a change in what's happening because we've put an emphasis on it in

775
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our libraries. Okay. Awesome. So before we vote oh john, I'm sorry though you you talked

776
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about the increase of circulation. Are are the kids being I hate to use the word

777
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manipulated because it's a strong word, but I can't think of another one at the moment to

778
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check out a book like, okay guys, you're not leaving the library. Then go back to class until you check out a book. So go get one off the shelf. Is there anything like that? Or

779
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are these organic numbers that kids are like, hey, I really want to read this book. No.

780
01:28:53,100 --> 01:28:53,100
they're organic. I think what you what we see a shift in is our librarians are creating

781
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programs within their library that are allowing students to want to read books now. And so they're finding topics and things that they are relevant to them and programing it so

782
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that they do come in when they're coming in with classes or whatnot, and they're picking

783
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up more books. I also think maybe some of the reason is that they cannot be on their

784
01:29:13,933 --> 01:29:13,933
cell phones, so they need something a good one too. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Because I mean, I

785
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have noticed my, my junior high, I don't think she checked out a single book all of sixth grade

786
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and now she is she's checking them out. So. Okay. So anybody else. No. Yeah. Yeah I will

787
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just say that, you know, our district has over well over half a million books. 600 and I

788
01:29:40,466 --> 01:29:40,466
think 15,000 books, something similar to that. And so, you know, people are upset about

789
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the titles that have been removed. It's 251 books, titles I believe have been removed.

790
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and so that's if I did the math. I think it's like 0.04% of the books, and they were removed

791
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because they didn't follow policy and they didn't follow hb 900. And so we have

792
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administration that is going through and reviewing the books that are that we have, which

793
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was required by law. We had like a whole year to do it, I believe, and that's what

794
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they've been doing. So. Anybody else before we take the vote? I believe we have public

795
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participation. Miss johnson, is there any public participation? It is the desire of the lamar

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cisd board of trustees to appropriately and effectively fulfill its governance role in

797
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accordance to best practices for quality organizations and to the applicable provisions of

798
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the texas education code. Trustees also desire to afford an opportunity for input from

799
01:30:51,566 --> 01:30:51,566
the public, members of the community who wish to address the board must have completed a

800
01:30:57,833 --> 01:30:57,833
public participation public comment card and submitted it before the presiding officer

801
01:31:05,066 --> 01:31:05,066
called the meeting to order. Public participation allows individuals to address the

802
01:31:10,100 --> 01:31:10,100
board regarding posted agenda items. Public comment allows individuals to address the

803
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board regarding non-agenda items. Trustees may not respond to public comments as they are

804
01:31:23,066 --> 01:31:23,066
prohibited by law from discussing or deciding any subject that is not on the

805
01:31:28,800 --> 01:31:28,800
board's publicly noticed agenda. All patrons desiring to speak and who have completed the

806
01:31:37,066 --> 01:31:37,066
public participation public comment form will be heard during the public comment or

807
01:31:42,700 --> 01:31:42,700
participation portion of the meeting before final board action is taken on an agenda

808
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topic. While speakers generally have five minutes to discuss the board, the presiding

809
01:31:54,233 --> 01:31:54,233
officer may establish an overall time limit for public participation and public

810
01:31:59,500 --> 01:31:59,500
comment, and adjust the time allotted to each speaker when necessary. To accommodate a

811
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large number of speakers. However, no speakers shall be given less than one minute. All

812
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of this is in compliance with hb 2840. Each speaker tonight will have five minutes. Each

813
01:32:19,933 --> 01:32:19,933
speaker must address the board from the provided podium, unless special accommodations

814
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have been requested and approved. Speakers are to present their remarks to the

815
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board and not to the audience. Speakers having complaints against individual district

816
01:32:36,133 --> 01:32:36,133
employees may only address the board after filing a complaint form and in the manner provided

817
01:32:43,300 --> 01:32:43,300
for in board policy. Igba employee complaints f and g student and parent complaints

818
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and public complaints. The presiding officer or designee shall determine whether a

819
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speaker has filed a complaint. According to policy, any speakers who complain of

820
01:33:02,133 --> 01:33:02,133
individual district employees during the public participation public comment portion may be

821
01:33:09,966 --> 01:33:09,966
directed by the presiding officer to refrain from naming the employee, and will refer

822
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the speaker to the appropriate complaint policy. School board meetings or meetings held in

823
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public but are not public meetings. While the board values hearing from members of

824
01:33:27,500 --> 01:33:27,500
the public, trustees will not answer questions or respond to comments from patrons, speakers

825
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will not engage in dialog with the trustees. Please state your name when you come forward. Our

826
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first speaker tonight is brenda thompson. Good evening. My name is brenda thompson, and I've

827
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been a resident in lamar consolidated isd for 32 years, and my kids attended lcisd

828
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schools from kindergarten through 12th grade. As a supporter of public schools in

829
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general and an active member of pto board and band and athletic booster clubs during their time

830
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in school, I have been an involved parent who looks out for the benefit of all students. As a lifelong avid reader myself, I am concerned about the recent banning of 700 books

831
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from lcisd, and I'm asking the district to stop removing books and restore transparency and

832
01:34:27,300 --> 01:34:27,300
fairness in district decisions by including students, parents and guardians, educators,

833
01:34:32,100 --> 01:34:32,100
librarians and community members in review of materials, and not just arbitrary

834
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checklists and rubrics often provided by out of district sources that do not do not

835
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reflect the local community. Books need to be thoughtfully evaluated as a whole and in

836
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context, and it seems as though the process that led to the banning of 700 books does not

837
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necessarily allow for those nuances. It is also the district's duty to inform

838
01:34:57,066 --> 01:35:00,933
parents of the existing tools available to allow them to restrict what books their student may or may not check out from school libraries. In our case, my children read

839
01:35:05,966 --> 01:35:05,966
above grade level starting in elementary school, but we could set limitations as to what we

840
01:35:10,066 --> 01:35:10,066
felt was appropriate content for their age and experiences. But it was our decision. Our

841
01:35:15,000 --> 01:35:18,833
schools should serve all families in the diverse population of our district, while protecting every student's right to learn. I realize that some of this was

842
01:35:23,733 --> 01:35:23,733
addressed in the presentation, so I didn't know that. But thank you for your time and

843
01:35:30,033 --> 01:35:30,033
consideration of this matter. Our next speaker is leslie gracia. Good evening, board of

844
01:35:48,000 --> 01:35:48,000
trustees and doctor evans. My name is leslie gracia and I am a lcisd parent and community

845
01:35:55,000 --> 01:35:55,000
member. And I'm here tonight to express my concern about the recent revelation that came to

846
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light through an open records request showing that over 700 book titles were removed from

847
01:36:07,566 --> 01:36:07,566
lcisd libraries, and this is one of the largest book bans in texas. I think one district

848
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kind of beat us, and I know that there are some board members who don't like the book

849
01:36:20,666 --> 01:36:20,666
ban word, but those titles aren't on our shelves right now, so nobody can read them. So the

850
01:36:27,966 --> 01:36:27,966
reason why I'm here is to to voice my concern about that. The fact that this information

851
01:36:35,266 --> 01:36:35,266
had to be uncovered through an open records request, it shows a lack of transparency. And now

852
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I understand there will be decisions, I'm sorry, discussions about house bill 900 and removing explicit material using highly partizan and biased sources like book

853
01:36:53,033 --> 01:36:53,033
looks and rated books to identify these titles does not reflect a fair or transparent

854
01:36:58,300 --> 01:36:58,300
process. It was my understanding that community input would be part of

855
01:37:02,800 --> 01:37:02,800
reviewing challenge books. I am actually on one of the local my son's elementary school review,

856
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and no books have been challenged, and I believe in the open records request. It

857
01:37:15,633 --> 01:37:15,633
hasn't been challenged since january 2024. So those those haven't been under review.

858
01:37:24,000 --> 01:37:24,000
these 700 titles haven't been under review. And these committees that are, you know,

859
01:37:28,066 --> 01:37:28,066
volunteering their time and taking the time to, you know, step up to do that. And these

860
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titles that we're seeing, I know we talked about pinkalicious, but there's also,

861
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I believe, the paperback princess, the paperbag princess books that I read in school,

862
01:37:43,400 --> 01:37:43,400
the house on mango street and glass menagerie, and I know why the caged bird sings. They're

863
01:37:49,333 --> 01:37:49,333
all literary classics being pulled from our shelves, so we've always trusted our

864
01:37:53,700 --> 01:37:53,700
librarians to ensure materials are age appropriate. So what's changed? Removing 700 book

865
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titles under the assertion that h bill 900 requires it is an overreach. In my opinion. If a

866
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book truly contains explicit material, then show the community that otherwise this

867
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looks like censorship and quite frankly, discrimination. I'm here tonight to speak up for a

868
01:38:18,533 --> 01:38:18,533
broader community, as there is a petition going on right now, and we already have over 700

869
01:38:23,900 --> 01:38:23,900
signatures asking the district to please restore transparency, revisit the policy to include

870
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genuine community input, and restore our books to our shelves and rebuild the

871
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community trust. So I still have two minutes, and I just kind of wanted to touch on some

872
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stuff I didn't have in my prepared speech, and one being that the kids are not using the

873
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library. So if that is the case, why are we spending so much time and effort talking about

874
01:38:57,333 --> 01:38:57,333
this? Why are we treating books like contraband if it's a non-issue? And that's that's

875
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all I wanted to say about that. So I wanted to thank you very much for your time. Thank you.

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our next speaker is katrina williams. Good evening. Board. If it's not painfully obvious,

877
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I am a teacher. My name is katrina williams and I have proudly taught in this district

878
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for 17 years, nearly half my life. This is my home. I have raised my daughter here, I have

879
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devoted my career here, and I have always been proud to call this community mine. A few years ago, I served on the committee that helped shaped our efb local library policies.

880
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I joined because censorship is an issue close to my heart. Even then, it became clear that

881
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words like vulgarity or as I saw today, indecent are highly subjective. One parent even

882
01:40:00,266 --> 01:40:00,266
told me on the committee, well, surely will all agree on what is vulgar, but we don't. What

883
01:40:06,133 --> 01:40:06,133
one family finds inappropriate, another family finds life changing. That is the danger of

884
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censorship. What starts with good intentions becomes a slippery slope that removes books no one ever imagined removing. I don't think any of you in this room ever imagined

885
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banning pinkalicious. Our district has now removed or restricted so many books,

886
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making us one of the most censored districts in texas. That is not a distinction I am

887
01:40:34,400 --> 01:40:34,400
proud of as a teacher, a mother or a citizen. And while our policy was written to provide a

888
01:40:40,233 --> 01:40:40,233
careful, thoughtful review process, what's happening, it seems in practice looks very

889
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different. Instead of following the steps laid out, it seems that many books are being

890
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pulled from shelves immediately placed in limbo simply because someone questioned them. That

891
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means these titles are unavailable to students for months, sometimes years,

892
01:41:00,333 --> 01:41:00,333
without ever going through a true review. So even if a book is never formally banned, it's

893
01:41:06,133 --> 01:41:06,133
effectively gone for our students. And when hundreds of titles are pulled just in case

894
01:41:10,933 --> 01:41:10,933
we are not protecting children, we are depriving them. We are allowing fear not policy to

895
01:41:16,933 --> 01:41:16,933
dictate what sits on our shelves. And that is censorship in another form. I also want to

896
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address two common arguments. First, this is not book banning because the books are still

897
01:41:29,166 --> 01:41:29,166
available elsewhere. But if a child cannot access a book at their school, the place where

898
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they spend most of their day, then that book is effectively banned for them. Many families

899
01:41:39,033 --> 01:41:39,033
in our district do not have the time, transportation, money, or even the library cards to track

900
01:41:44,166 --> 01:41:44,166
down those books elsewhere. Availability somewhere else is not an option if it is not in

901
01:41:50,200 --> 01:41:50,200
the classroom. Second, students can just choose another book that is a statement of

902
01:41:56,400 --> 01:41:56,400
privilege. It is true only for families who have shelves full of books at home, who bring

903
01:42:01,133 --> 01:42:01,133
money for the book fair, who can afford weekly bookstore trips, who have the technology

904
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and time to seek out what they want. I'm not here to speak for the privileged. I'm here to

905
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speak for my children who depend on my classroom libraries and classroom

906
01:42:16,000 --> 01:42:16,000
libraries of those around me. When we remove books, when we create enough red tape that

907
01:42:22,200 --> 01:42:22,200
teachers feel safer not having a classroom library at all, it's happening. Talk to your

908
01:42:27,966 --> 01:42:27,966
schools. Teachers are worried that a book they might have missed in one of our emails or

909
01:42:35,300 --> 01:42:35,300
word of mouth is on their shelf, so they're keeping their boxes in their cabinets and not

910
01:42:40,933 --> 01:42:40,933
putting their classroom libraries out. So when you see low checkout at the school

911
01:42:47,233 --> 01:42:47,233
library, oftentimes that's because the heart of the library at a school is in your

912
01:42:52,066 --> 01:42:52,066
teacher's classroom that they spent their actual their own money on. I do it myself.

913
01:43:00,966 --> 01:43:00,966
hundreds and hundreds of dollars at katie budget books. I am not here to talk about

914
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pinkalicious or to talk about the paperbag princess. Those titles are often used as the

915
01:43:12,200 --> 01:43:12,200
outcry or the distraction by those who opposed to book access. I am here for the books

916
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that truly matter to a child's heart and to their future. I am here for ghost boy's, a book

917
01:43:22,900 --> 01:43:22,900
that teaches empathy, justice, and the weight of history. I am here for the works of maya

918
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angelou, whose words have inspired generations to rise above pain and claim their dignity. These are the voices being silenced. This is what brings up the word

919
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discrimination. When I saw eyebrows furrowed when that was brought up. This is why books

920
01:43:44,566 --> 01:43:44,566
are not luxuries. They are necessities. They are. As doctor rudine sims says,

921
01:43:50,300 --> 01:43:50,300
mirrors, windows and sliding glass doors to many of the books on the banned list are

922
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not filled with vulgarity or indecency. They are filled with difference. Stories about

923
01:44:01,433 --> 01:44:01,433
students who are immigrants, about black or brown families, about kids who don't fit the

924
01:44:06,133 --> 01:44:06,133
mold. When we label these stories as inappropriate, we are sending a painful message

925
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that my children's lives, their identities, their families do not belong in our schools or my

926
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classroom. And make no mistake, this policy has been removing books from kids. Thank you.

927
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okay. Thank you. Okay, so it's my understanding we can continue discussion if if

928
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anybody wants to if that spurred any other questions for anyone? No. Okie dokes. Well

929
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then we will. So for clarification, madam president, we are simply aligning to

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senate bill, senate bill 13 with, as I understand it okay. All right. Thank you. Okay. So

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may I have a motion for the board of trustees to approve the revisions to the efb local

932
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policy as presented. Trustee box makes the motion. Do I have a second? I'll make the second.

933
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trustee. Lambert makes the second. Any discussion? Okay, I'll now call for the vote. All

934
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in favor, say aye. Aye. Motion carries seven zero. We will now have reports and presentations

935
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on the information items. I trustees, we have mr. Oh, no. Miss baines, come to the podium.

936
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good evening, board of trustees and doctor nivens. This evening we will be providing updates on

937
01:45:58,133 --> 01:45:58,133
the progress of the bring your own laptop biol pilot initiative and cell phone

938
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tracker programs. As a reminder, the biol pilot initiative was put in place to support

939
01:46:08,000 --> 01:46:08,000
individual instructional needs of students in lamar cisd, allowing for students with a

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01:46:12,300 --> 01:46:12,300
personal laptop to bring their own laptop for instructional use in advanced placement and

941
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dual credit dual enrollment courses. Again, this is a pilot initiative that meets the

942
01:46:21,000 --> 01:46:21,000
requirements of house bill 1481 by requiring students to join the district filtered internet

943
01:46:25,800 --> 01:46:25,800
having guidelines that do not allow the device to be used as a personal communication device

944
01:46:30,133 --> 01:46:30,133
and a specific set of consequences should the student not follow expectations with

945
01:46:34,566 --> 01:46:34,566
their personal laptop. Personal laptops may only be used for instructional purposes during

946
01:46:38,700 --> 01:46:38,700
ap and dual credit dual enrollment courses. Students eligible for the biol pilot

947
01:46:43,833 --> 01:46:43,833
initiative must meet all of the following requirements. They must be enrolled in ap dual

948
01:46:47,900 --> 01:46:47,900
credit dual enrollment courses. They must be in grades nine through 12, and they must have

949
01:46:52,733 --> 01:46:52,733
a 90% attendance rate. All students participating in the biol pilot program are required

950
01:46:57,866 --> 01:46:57,866
to review and sign the biol. Acceptable use guidelines before before being allowed to

951
01:47:03,200 --> 01:47:03,200
use their personal laptop, the biol pilot extends to students in advanced placement and dual

952
01:47:10,600 --> 01:47:10,600
credit dual enrollment courses, which includes 3849 students in advanced placement courses and

953
01:47:16,566 --> 01:47:16,566
around 2623 students in dual credit and dual enrollment courses. Students participating

954
01:47:22,200 --> 01:47:22,200
in the biol pilot include 93 students at lamar, 57 at terry, 361 at foster, 400 at george

955
01:47:29,000 --> 01:47:29,000
ranch, 440 at fort fulcher, 188 at randall, and 65 at thomas, for a total of 1604 students

956
01:47:37,966 --> 01:47:37,966
district wide. To date, three students participating in the biol pilot have attendance

957
01:47:43,066 --> 01:47:43,066
rates that have fallen below 90% and are no longer eligible for the bio for biol

958
01:47:50,066 --> 01:47:50,066
participation. These students have access to a district device as needed and their ap

959
01:47:55,300 --> 01:47:55,300
dual credit and dual enrollment courses. We collected feedback from teachers of advanced

960
01:48:01,200 --> 01:48:01,200
placement, dual credit and honors courses from all seven of our high schools and of the

961
01:48:06,333 --> 01:48:06,333
30 teachers responding, most report that the bring your own laptop pilot initiative is

962
01:48:10,966 --> 01:48:10,966
going extremely well. With improved access to technology and fewer disruptions to

963
01:48:15,166 --> 01:48:15,166
instruction due to device shortages, some teachers have shared concerns related to

964
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having enough reliable district devices, but personal laptops help address shortages and

965
01:48:25,066 --> 01:48:25,066
reliability issues. The lamar cisd technology team continues to work with teachers to

966
01:48:30,100 --> 01:48:30,100
resolve issues, as they are reported. Before I pass along to mr. Nava for the biol

967
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student infractions and cell phone tracker update, are there any questions or discussion?

968
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can we go to the slide that has the numbers of usage numbers of. Yeah, this one correct? Yes

969
01:48:51,366 --> 01:48:51,366
ma'am. I just want to see that again. And so that's increased numbers are just because there

970
01:48:57,633 --> 01:48:57,633
are more students at those schools. I just want to make a note of that. The higher

971
01:49:02,500 --> 01:49:02,500
population, less computers, the schools that have the lower are potentially well, some of them

972
01:49:09,066 --> 01:49:09,066
are title one schools. And so they have title one funds to use for those okay. I have a

973
01:49:19,000 --> 01:49:19,000
question as well just so that I understand. So. I presume these these computers they're

974
01:49:25,466 --> 01:49:25,466
personal computers are are set up so that they cannot be used as a communication device.

975
01:49:32,300 --> 01:49:32,300
correct. Okay. And how how would they be used as a communication device? I'm going

976
01:49:36,466 --> 01:49:36,466
to defer to doctor chad jones, our executive director of technology. So all of these

977
01:49:43,266 --> 01:49:43,266
devices have to be on our to to qualify for this program. They have to join our biol network.

978
01:49:49,066 --> 01:49:49,066
and that network is filtered the same as our other district devices network. And so that is

979
01:49:54,400 --> 01:49:54,400
as best we very well can, we are filtering out any inappropriate content and

980
01:49:59,000 --> 01:49:59,000
ensuring that they can't use any sort of messaging, like any sort of texting tools or any

981
01:50:04,333 --> 01:50:04,333
apps that they download. And so we're every day we are getting updates from our filtering tool

982
01:50:09,300 --> 01:50:09,300
of, okay, here's how we can continue to support that and make sure that we're filtering

983
01:50:13,333 --> 01:50:13,333
everything that we can that we need to make sure we're filtering so our kids can focus

984
01:50:18,033 --> 01:50:18,033
on instruction. So that means no, no texting, no chat and no social media. Correct? Okay. So

985
01:50:23,233 --> 01:50:23,233
you can actually turn off imessage. You can go in there and make it where those can't.

986
01:50:28,333 --> 01:50:28,333
we can do our very best to to be hitting that as best we can. Yes. There's there's always the

987
01:50:33,200 --> 01:50:33,200
world is always coming up with a new server that's online of, oh, this is a backup to a

988
01:50:37,933 --> 01:50:37,933
backup. And so we go through and try and grab that one to make sure we're blocking that.

989
01:50:43,800 --> 01:50:43,800
but that is our active daily work. There's also. This also comes with an honor code for

990
01:50:53,066 --> 01:50:53,066
our young people because as we know as doctor jones said, there's always a workaround.

991
01:50:59,133 --> 01:51:02,466
there's always something out there that's that's more advanced, more, more ahead. That just was just released. Right. And it gives students access to go around the system.

992
01:51:07,133 --> 01:51:07,133
and so one thing that we're also talking to students about and teaching is the honor code,

993
01:51:11,233 --> 01:51:11,233
is to make sure that if you say you're going to do something, that you follow your word and

994
01:51:16,133 --> 01:51:16,133
you do that, and so if you sign a document that says, you know, I will not use my laptop as a

995
01:51:22,066 --> 01:51:25,200
personal communication device, then we expect that and we hold them accountable for that. And so another thing we want to make sure is we don't drop another thing on our teachers

996
01:51:30,033 --> 01:51:30,033
to do. And so as our teachers are monitoring the class, if they see that, then of course

997
01:51:34,200 --> 01:51:34,200
we have consequences that have been dealt with that are being given out by our administrators.

998
01:51:38,300 --> 01:51:42,100
but also, you know, as our parents and our students are watching this, as our parents are watching this, and they'll tell their students, I don't know of any students watching

999
01:51:46,400 --> 01:51:50,166
the board meeting tonight, but there's an honor code. And so, you know, the family structure is the foundation of our society. And so we have to make sure that our parents

1000
01:51:55,033 --> 01:51:55,033
understand that when we do this, we need them to enforce the honor code with our students at

1001
01:51:59,100 --> 01:51:59,100
home. So when they come to school that they're able to use their devices and be able to

1002
01:52:04,366 --> 01:52:04,366
get the lessons that they need to be able to get, but that's a conversation we're also having

1003
01:52:09,100 --> 01:52:09,100
with our young people. I have a quick question about the attendance. So if a child were

1004
01:52:15,766 --> 01:52:15,766
to have an excused attendance reason, like say they are severely ill or say they were

1005
01:52:21,133 --> 01:52:21,133
hospitalized in a car accident, are we giving? Are we looking at those? Exactly. So

1006
01:52:26,000 --> 01:52:26,000
everything is truly on a case by case basis. There are extenuating circumstances that

1007
01:52:30,500 --> 01:52:30,500
are beyond the control of a student. Examples that you've just alluded to. So yes, our

1008
01:52:36,033 --> 01:52:36,033
campuses do work on a case by case basis, but anything below 90% that's egregious or

1009
01:52:40,933 --> 01:52:40,933
something that is not an acceptable or unexcused absence or those things that would

1010
01:52:44,966 --> 01:52:44,966
qualify or disqualify or discredit a student from participation. Okay. Thank you.

1011
01:52:52,433 --> 01:52:52,433
all right. Good evening. Board of trustees. Doctor lamar, student code of conduct

1012
01:53:05,400 --> 01:53:05,400
outlines expectations for responsible use of personal communication devices during

1013
01:53:10,500 --> 01:53:10,500
the school day. Tonight, I will be providing you with an overview of student violations

1014
01:53:14,733 --> 01:53:14,733
of personal communication device policy as defined by the student code of conduct,

1015
01:53:19,866 --> 01:53:19,866
highlighting frequency trends and campus compliance. The data in this report reflects

1016
01:53:25,033 --> 01:53:25,033
reported infractions into the communication device tracker and includes data across all

1017
01:53:30,100 --> 01:53:30,100
grade levels and campuses. This first slide reflects the total number of violations as of

1018
01:53:37,466 --> 01:53:37,466
october 14th, 2025. The total number of violations are at 1576, with high school having

1019
01:53:45,633 --> 01:53:45,633
the most violations at 1315, followed by the junior high at 203, middle elementary at 40,

1020
01:53:54,166 --> 01:53:54,166
and then middle school at 18. Given our enrollment, this averages out to about 3.2% of

1021
01:54:01,000 --> 01:54:01,000
our student population. This next slide takes the previous information and provides you a

1022
01:54:09,800 --> 01:54:09,800
look based on the percentage of violations at each level. And again, high school is at the

1023
01:54:16,066 --> 01:54:16,066
has the most at 83%, followed by junior high at 13%, elementary at 3%, and middle

1024
01:54:23,900 --> 01:54:23,900
school at 1% of the violations. Here you have the information broken down by grade level.

1025
01:54:31,133 --> 01:54:31,133
11th graders have the most violations at 408, followed by 10th graders at 337 and then

1026
01:54:38,500 --> 01:54:38,500
12th graders at 327. When categorizing the data by levels, secondary equates to about 97%

1027
01:54:46,933 --> 01:54:46,933
of all violations, and elementary about 2.4% of violations. This next slide

1028
01:54:55,033 --> 01:54:55,033
provides you with the violation data based on the type of infection that has occurred.

1029
01:54:59,933 --> 01:54:59,933
cell phone violations are the most common type of violations at 1354, followed by headphones

1030
01:55:07,700 --> 01:55:07,700
and earbuds at 129, smart devices at 49, and by at eight when reviewed by percentage.

1031
01:55:18,200 --> 01:55:18,200
cell phone violations account for 86% of all violations, earbuds 8%, and smart devices

1032
01:55:25,266 --> 01:55:25,266
at 3%. All others are at 1% or less. This slide provides you with the location of the

1033
01:55:35,900 --> 01:55:35,900
violation. You can tell most violations occur within the classroom, with 1067 violations,

1034
01:55:43,066 --> 01:55:43,066
followed by those in the hallway at 309, cafeteria at 97, restrooms 54, and library at 16.

1035
01:55:52,800 --> 01:55:52,800
again, when looking at percentages, 6,868% of all violations have occurred within

1036
01:55:58,500 --> 01:55:58,500
the classroom, 20% in the hallway, and 6% in the cafeteria with 3% in the

1037
01:56:05,233 --> 01:56:05,233
bathroom. The data here reflects the violations by colored track. Purple track has

1038
01:56:14,033 --> 01:56:14,033
380 violations. Gold track 309. Silver at 286. Blue track 224. The red track 176. The green

1039
01:56:26,600 --> 01:56:26,600
track 123 and the maroon track at 76. On the right you will see the same information based

1040
01:56:33,500 --> 01:56:33,500
off of the percentage. Okay. Next slide. Here you will see the information based on the

1041
01:56:44,166 --> 01:56:44,166
level of offense. We have had 1884 first time offenses, followed by 159 169 second time

1042
01:56:55,600 --> 01:56:55,600
offenses, 20 one third time offenses, and two fourth fourth under fourth offense. Again,

1043
01:57:02,800 --> 01:57:02,800
you will see that information by percentage. So 87% of all students have violated the

1044
01:57:10,100 --> 01:57:10,100
violation on their first time. And are there any questions. Mr. Norman, did you say that

1045
01:57:21,000 --> 01:57:24,966
this is from the beginning of the school year, this year, from the beginning of the school year till the 14th of october? Gotcha. Thank you. So I to me, your illustration begs

1046
01:57:30,400 --> 01:57:30,400
the question, what's the maroon track doing to have that kind of success? Because I need to

1047
01:57:37,500 --> 01:57:37,500
try that in my classroom. Any idea? Well, the maroon track for the longest time has had no

1048
01:57:44,033 --> 01:57:44,033
cell phone policy. Even when there was a cell phone policy. Okay, so about poly and red and

1049
01:57:50,933 --> 01:57:50,933
junior high always had no cell phone policy stardom. Young stardom young I mean, you you

1050
01:57:58,233 --> 01:57:58,233
groom them living clean. Clean living. Yeah. Clean living. You might have said this. What was.

1051
01:58:04,900 --> 01:58:04,900
what's blanks? What is blanks? It just means that within the tracker, they did not put the

1052
01:58:10,066 --> 01:58:10,066
location of where the incident occurred. Okay, so can I ask a question? Are we having any

1053
01:58:16,100 --> 01:58:20,100
issues with students who are not supposed to be bringing laptops, like bringing them and using them, like in an academic classroom setting? Or, you know, like I have not heard of that

1054
01:58:25,400 --> 01:58:25,400
occurring from any, any administrator yet. So but based on the data, I think it's

1055
01:58:33,100 --> 01:58:33,100
pretty clear that the first infraction is enough for most kids to not to not do it again.

1056
01:58:39,066 --> 01:58:39,066
right. Have we had any kids go to alc over cell phones? Yeah, we've had two individuals with

1057
01:58:44,800 --> 01:58:44,800
the four violations already. Okay. So based off our student code of conduct, those are

1058
01:58:49,900 --> 01:58:49,900
placements at the dap. Okay. But I mean, otherwise it's going pretty well I would

1059
01:58:55,233 --> 01:58:55,233
imagine. Okay. Thank you. You're welcome. Good evening. Board of trustees. Doctor

1060
01:59:11,233 --> 01:59:11,233
nivens. Tonight we are joined with from demographics. We have mr. Bob templeton who will be

1061
01:59:16,900 --> 01:59:16,900
going over our demographic report from the second quarter of 2025, as well as giving some

1062
01:59:23,000 --> 01:59:23,000
projections. So I'm going to turn it over to mr. Templeton and we'll be here for any

1063
01:59:27,533 --> 01:59:31,200
questions afterwards. Well, thank you, doctor maxwell. Good evening, madam president. Members of the board. Doctor nivens, it is great to be here with you tonight. Tonight I'm

1064
01:59:35,900 --> 01:59:35,900
joined by my colleague, doctor stuart keough. We have gone to a two advisor approach, so

1065
01:59:41,300 --> 01:59:41,300
we've assigned support advisors. And stuart is the supporting advisor that will be assisting

1066
01:59:47,566 --> 01:59:47,566
me. He has brand new to our company. We hired him back in may. He's got a history of

1067
01:59:52,333 --> 01:59:52,333
working with school districts, consulting, doing strategic planning. He actually wrote his

1068
01:59:57,166 --> 01:59:57,166
dissertation on school finance in texas. So we're pleased to have him join our team and he

1069
02:00:01,300 --> 02:00:01,300
will be assisting with our projects going forward. So I'll start by touching on the

1070
02:00:06,133 --> 02:00:06,133
economic conditions, looking at the unemployment rate. We'd like to use the unemployment

1071
02:00:10,333 --> 02:00:10,333
rate because it gives us a gauge for how the employment is working across the houston msa,

1072
02:00:14,800 --> 02:00:14,800
and we're still at about 4%. So we are at full employment. We are still seeing job growth

1073
02:00:20,900 --> 02:00:20,900
across the region. And when we compare the fort bend county unemployment rate to compared

1074
02:00:25,200 --> 02:00:25,200
to a year ago, it is still down slightly, so it's at about 4.1% as of june. This summer in the

1075
02:00:33,133 --> 02:00:33,133
fort bend county unemployment rate. When we look at the housing market, in fact,

1076
02:00:37,266 --> 02:00:37,266
houston is still producing the second most number of new houses in the country. The

1077
02:00:42,900 --> 02:00:42,900
annualized start rate for new homes in houston is at 38,544, and lamar consolidated makes up

1078
02:00:51,366 --> 02:00:51,366
about 12% of that so far, and away still building the most new homes in the houston

1079
02:00:57,100 --> 02:00:57,100
metroplex is taking place right here in the lamar consolidated school district. When we look

1080
02:01:02,033 --> 02:01:02,033
at the annualized start rate, which is the blue line and the annualized closing rate, which

1081
02:01:08,866 --> 02:01:08,866
is the turquoise line, you can see that we've kind of settled into a nice annual pace, just

1082
02:01:15,266 --> 02:01:15,266
under 40,000 new homes. So despite some of the challenges in the economy across the

1083
02:01:20,966 --> 02:01:20,966
country, we're seeing very steady, significant new home construction holding just below

1084
02:01:26,866 --> 02:01:26,866
40,000, which is well above what it was prior to the pandemic. So all in all, you

1085
02:01:31,833 --> 02:01:31,833
take out the big rise from the pandemic, the fall, because of the rising interest rates,

1086
02:01:37,033 --> 02:01:37,033
we've settled into a norm at about 38,000. We did see a quarter of a basis point drop

1087
02:01:43,133 --> 02:01:43,133
in the interest rate just a couple of weeks ago. It is thought we could see another

1088
02:01:48,133 --> 02:01:48,133
drop in the near term, so the interest rates could settle down a little bit, which would

1089
02:01:54,766 --> 02:01:54,766
help the housing market. Again. Lamar consolidated building far and away more homes than any

1090
02:02:00,100 --> 02:02:00,100
school district in the houston region. In fact, I'm sure you're the number one school

1091
02:02:04,933 --> 02:02:04,933
district in the state of texas for new home construction. The annual closing rate is at 5129.

1092
02:02:11,800 --> 02:02:11,800
the inventory, which represents homes under construction and some finished vacant new homes,

1093
02:02:19,300 --> 02:02:19,300
is at 2395. Vdl stands for vacant developed lots. Those are lots that are ready for

1094
02:02:25,966 --> 02:02:25,966
builders to build on. We have 5705 vacant developed lots, and we have over 58,400 futures.

1095
02:02:35,900 --> 02:02:35,900
futures are concept plans. Their future phases of existing developments. But they're also

1096
02:02:42,166 --> 02:02:42,166
brand new developments that are starting through the planning permitting process. And that's

1097
02:02:48,000 --> 02:02:48,000
not even the full amount of vacant land. When I really want to put this in context, you are

1098
02:02:54,333 --> 02:02:54,333
going to be the fastest growing school district in the houston metroplex for at least the next

1099
02:02:59,100 --> 02:02:59,100
ten years, and I say that based on that future lot supply, that future lot supply at 58,000

1100
02:03:06,833 --> 02:03:06,833
would well exceed ten years of housing growth. Plus you still have vacant land that hasn't

1101
02:03:12,033 --> 02:03:12,033
even started that process yet. Now we track the starts and closings by each quarter. You

1102
02:03:18,800 --> 02:03:18,800
can see through the first two quarters of 2025, we were at about 2407 starts. That's

1103
02:03:24,866 --> 02:03:24,866
comparable to what we were seeing in 2024. So I do think the annual start rate and the

1104
02:03:32,033 --> 02:03:32,033
annual closing rate for 2025 are going to be just under 5000 new home starts and closings

1105
02:03:38,933 --> 02:03:38,933
through the rest of the year. When we separated out by year elementary attendance zones.

1106
02:03:43,933 --> 02:03:43,933
you can see the haygood zone is far and away building the most new homes. They've got 1283 new

1107
02:03:52,200 --> 02:03:52,200
home starts that have taken place in the last 12 months. The second most active zone is

1108
02:03:57,033 --> 02:03:57,033
the morgan zone, with 540 starts. Beazley 448. I say this each time. This is really

1109
02:04:04,800 --> 02:04:04,800
incredible because you have so many elementary zones that are seeing really strong housing

1110
02:04:10,333 --> 02:04:10,333
growth. Most fast growth districts are lucky to have 5 to 6 zones building this kind

1111
02:04:17,200 --> 02:04:17,200
of housing, but you've got it happening in more than 12 zones across the district. Here's

1112
02:04:22,800 --> 02:04:22,800
another way to look at this data. This is a map showing your elementary attendance zone

1113
02:04:28,266 --> 02:04:28,266
outlines. So that kind of dark blue line represents the elementary attendance zones.

1114
02:04:33,966 --> 02:04:33,966
the green shaded areas are active subdivisions that are building new single family

1115
02:04:39,133 --> 02:04:39,133
homes. The yellow shaded areas are the future subdivisions that are in the planning stages.

1116
02:04:45,600 --> 02:04:45,600
you have 93 actively building subdivisions. You have 44 future subdivisions that are in

1117
02:04:51,033 --> 02:04:51,033
the planning stages. The developers have not slowed down. We have ground work underway on

1118
02:04:59,133 --> 02:04:59,133
2480 lots in 15 different subdivisions that will likely be delivered within the next 6

1119
02:05:05,133 --> 02:05:05,133
to 12 months. Those areas that have a red outline, those are the areas that are seeing the

1120
02:05:11,800 --> 02:05:11,800
new lot development activity. We delivered about 1279 lots were delivered during the

1121
02:05:19,033 --> 02:05:19,033
second quarter. Now here's your top five most active subdivisions. One to give you

1122
02:05:24,000 --> 02:05:28,000
just a brief, quick way to look to see where the highest activity is taking place. Tamaron is far and away the most active master planned community with over 900

1123
02:05:33,433 --> 02:05:33,433
closings. You've got amberly with 249, sorrento, 241, candela 239 and stone creek

1124
02:05:41,700 --> 02:05:41,700
estates 227. Annual closings in those five neighborhoods, I'm going to touch on some of the

1125
02:05:48,833 --> 02:05:48,833
highlights of the big futures that are in the works. Brookwater recently delivered.

1126
02:05:54,533 --> 02:05:54,533
they have 2400 total lots. They have 84 homes under construction. Really just

1127
02:06:00,066 --> 02:06:00,066
getting started with 87 occupied homes. Those price points are in the upper 200,000

1128
02:06:05,300 --> 02:06:05,300
to the mid 50 range for homes in brookwater. Holly ridge is a future development that's in

1129
02:06:13,166 --> 02:06:13,166
the planning stages. It's over a thousand total lots. This is a d.r. Horton community and

1130
02:06:19,666 --> 02:06:19,666
they the groundwork is underway, so they'll likely be working to deliver the infrastructure in

1131
02:06:25,166 --> 02:06:25,166
the streets. Should see homes starting in the spring of 26 in holly ridge. And it's in the

1132
02:06:32,166 --> 02:06:32,166
beasley elementary attendance zone. Next we're looking at brentwood farms. It's about

1133
02:06:38,166 --> 02:06:38,166
1098 future lots. Sections one through three have 166 lots. They have been approved and the

1134
02:06:46,200 --> 02:06:46,200
groundwork is underway on the the future phases one through three in brentwood farms again

1135
02:06:54,000 --> 02:06:54,000
likely see homes starting in this neighborhood in the spring of 26. Summer 26 is when we'll

1136
02:07:00,333 --> 02:07:00,333
see this area really starting to take off. Next is ryan hill. It's a mixed use development

1137
02:07:07,166 --> 02:07:07,166
that does have some del webb active adult lots. There are 770 del webb lots that would

1138
02:07:14,900 --> 02:07:14,900
have no impact of students to the school district, but they're still going to be close

1139
02:07:19,300 --> 02:07:19,300
to 1000 lots that are in the pulte area that would likely have homes with kids. So

1140
02:07:25,033 --> 02:07:25,033
groundwork is underway on ryan hill as well. Those are just some of the highlights of the

1141
02:07:32,500 --> 02:07:32,500
futures. We do have the full report of the housing activity that is available on the

1142
02:07:38,300 --> 02:07:38,300
multifamily picture. The this slide is illustrating the multifamily picture for the

1143
02:07:44,066 --> 02:07:44,066
houston area. The blue bar represents the occupancy rates. You can see how the last couple

1144
02:07:49,366 --> 02:07:49,366
of months, we've seen a pretty significant improvement in occupancy rates. You know, just

1145
02:07:54,900 --> 02:07:54,900
back in the first part of the year, they were in that 86 range, 80%, 86% occupied. Now

1146
02:08:02,166 --> 02:08:02,166
they're up to about 88% occupied. So we have seen an improvement there. And the

1147
02:08:07,600 --> 02:08:07,600
reason is we're absorbing more of those units. We built about 16,700 units in the last year,

1148
02:08:14,533 --> 02:08:14,533
and we absorbed about 20,700 units. And so we are seeing an increase in that occupancy rate.

1149
02:08:21,233 --> 02:08:21,233
when we look specifically at the multifamily picture for lamar, those purple circles are

1150
02:08:28,166 --> 02:08:28,166
the apartment complexes that are under construction. The turquoise circles are the

1151
02:08:34,600 --> 02:08:34,600
apartment complexes that are in the planning stages. We have 1700 multifamily units that are

1152
02:08:41,000 --> 02:08:41,000
in the construction stage. 260 of those are single family rental homes, and we've got

1153
02:08:47,866 --> 02:08:47,866
nearly 6600 multifamily units that are in the planning stages across the district, and we've

1154
02:08:56,466 --> 02:08:56,466
got 660 of those that are single family rental units. We do geocode your students every

1155
02:09:03,000 --> 02:09:03,000
fall, and we look at those yields of students per home and students per multifamily

1156
02:09:08,500 --> 02:09:08,500
project. And so this single family rental is a growing trend that we are seeing more

1157
02:09:14,400 --> 02:09:14,400
and more across our clients. And they have a little bit higher yield than a traditional

1158
02:09:19,133 --> 02:09:19,133
multifamily, but not as high of a yield as a traditional single family neighborhood. So a

1159
02:09:24,933 --> 02:09:24,933
single family neighborhood tends to yield between 0.4 to 0.6. Multifamily tends to yield

1160
02:09:32,166 --> 02:09:32,166
around 0.1 to 0.15, whereas this single family rental yields closer to the 0.2. Now

1161
02:09:42,200 --> 02:09:42,200
here's a look at the projections by grade level. This is the enrollment number

1162
02:09:47,133 --> 02:09:47,133
from september from a couple of weeks ago. And you are growing every day. So I know your

1163
02:09:53,000 --> 02:09:53,000
numbers likely a little higher than this. We're very fortunate. Your enrollment came in very

1164
02:09:59,633 --> 02:09:59,633
close to what we forecasted. So the enrollment for september was 48,568, which was growth of

1165
02:10:07,166 --> 02:10:07,166
about 1800 students. I'm holding that growth rate at about 3% for the next, you know,

1166
02:10:14,866 --> 02:10:14,866
several years. I do believe in five years, your enrollment could be at about 57,114

1167
02:10:22,066 --> 02:10:22,066
students. And in ten years, your enrollment will get to about 65,211 at the campus

1168
02:10:29,066 --> 02:10:29,066
level. This is the elementary projections. You'll notice the yellow is when the enrollment

1169
02:10:35,700 --> 02:10:35,700
exceeds the capacity. And I know you're opening multiple schools that will help with

1170
02:10:41,866 --> 02:10:41,866
those campuses that are in the yellow. But you can see you're roughly growing an elementaries

1171
02:10:49,033 --> 02:10:49,033
worth of students every year. So and this is going to be the case for the foreseeable future

1172
02:10:54,100 --> 02:10:54,100
just because of the size of the district, the amount of vacant developed lots, the amount of

1173
02:10:59,866 --> 02:10:59,866
future lots. So even with any hiccups, when I say hiccups with these higher interest

1174
02:11:05,200 --> 02:11:05,200
rates, this is kind of a hiccup season because housing is strained because of the cost.

1175
02:11:10,166 --> 02:11:10,166
but even with the hiccups, we're still producing over 5000 closings. So this number I

1176
02:11:16,233 --> 02:11:16,233
think is a good number to plan around is about 27,000 elementary students in five

1177
02:11:22,933 --> 02:11:22,933
years, and more than 31,000 elementary students in ten years. At the secondary level,

1178
02:11:29,466 --> 02:11:29,466
you're roughly growing about a intermediate or a middle school's worth of growth about

1179
02:11:34,966 --> 02:11:34,966
every 2 to 3 years. So not quite the same, because these are larger campuses is the main

1180
02:11:41,000 --> 02:11:44,966
reason why you're not seeing an element in intermediate or junior high need every year. But at least every 2 to 3 years, you're going to need an intermediate and a junior high.

1181
02:11:50,966 --> 02:11:50,966
so you can see you've got roberts at capacity. And that's where a new capacity, a new

1182
02:11:56,833 --> 02:11:56,833
building is going to come online to help with roberts. Same for lehman. You've got new

1183
02:12:01,800 --> 02:12:01,800
campuses coming that will help with those areas that are slightly overcapacity. Same at

1184
02:12:07,000 --> 02:12:07,000
the high school level. Fulshear high school. When the next high school opens, we'll see some

1185
02:12:12,166 --> 02:12:12,166
relief when that next high school opens. So I'll do key takeaways and be ready to

1186
02:12:17,533 --> 02:12:17,533
answer any questions. The second quarter 25 start rate is holding at about 1263, putting

1187
02:12:24,966 --> 02:12:24,966
the annual rate near 4800 new homes. We have 93 actively building subdivisions, 5700

1188
02:12:33,066 --> 02:12:33,066
lots available for builders to build on. We have a very high pipeline of futures. We have 44

1189
02:12:40,433 --> 02:12:40,433
future subdivisions in the planning stages that represent about 58,500 lots. We continue

1190
02:12:46,700 --> 02:12:46,700
to see groundwork underway of 2500 lots in 15 different subdivisions. The enrollment

1191
02:12:53,200 --> 02:12:53,200
patterns are shifting across the state, but here in lamar, you're going to continue to see

1192
02:13:00,166 --> 02:13:00,166
very strong enrollment because of the size and the sheer volume of houses, the expansion

1193
02:13:07,466 --> 02:13:07,466
of education options across the state are leading to some declining patterns. But I will

1194
02:13:13,833 --> 02:13:13,833
say that for lamar consolidated, those those pictures of enrollment change are many,

1195
02:13:20,066 --> 02:13:20,066
many years out. If I look at fort bend as an example, fort bend has only about 6000 future

1196
02:13:27,333 --> 02:13:27,333
lots left, so they're near the end of their building pipeline or building window. They

1197
02:13:35,800 --> 02:13:35,800
entered into declining enrollment two years ago, just two years ago. And so you're a

1198
02:13:41,933 --> 02:13:41,933
long way from that picture. And I just want to make that really clear, because it's the size of

1199
02:13:47,133 --> 02:13:47,133
the district. It's the amount of futures, and it's the strong activity that's happening right

1200
02:13:52,066 --> 02:13:52,066
now across the region and specifically here in lamar school district. I'd be happy

1201
02:13:58,033 --> 02:13:58,033
to answer any questions. So I'll start out. My understanding is that your your

1202
02:14:06,200 --> 02:14:06,200
prediction is a 3% growth rate, 3% okay. Does that represent approximately 2000 students?

1203
02:14:11,766 --> 02:14:11,766
yes 1800 to 1900 students. Okay. 18 to 1900. Does that account for dropouts, graduations? It

1204
02:14:19,266 --> 02:14:19,266
does. So it's net net. Yes. And so so you're predicting that in five years would be

1205
02:14:26,100 --> 02:14:26,100
approximately 57,114 students. In five years, your enrollment could be at about 57,106

1206
02:14:35,133 --> 02:14:35,133
students. Okay. And in ten years, 65,211 65,192. Okay. Thank you. Okay. I do have some

1207
02:14:52,033 --> 02:14:52,033
questions. Can we go back to. The apartment complex, the maps? Yes. Multifamily. Okay. So I

1208
02:15:02,900 --> 02:15:02,900
see a dot near dickinson. Is that an apartment complex? Down in the lower right? Yes. I

1209
02:15:14,066 --> 02:15:14,066
believe that is an apartment complex. It's in the planning stages. So it hasn't broken

1210
02:15:18,300 --> 02:15:18,300
ground yet. Okay. It's just started through. They're getting their permits. Okay. Do

1211
02:15:23,633 --> 02:15:23,633
we know exactly where that's located? I do have that location. Exactly. It's hard on

1212
02:15:29,900 --> 02:15:29,900
multifamily to put on a map because they represent such a small. So we use the circle to

1213
02:15:36,100 --> 02:15:36,100
kind of get us close. But we do have the exact addresses on all of these circles. Okay. And

1214
02:15:42,833 --> 02:15:42,833
then going back to there was a lot of fast growth. It looked like near carter elementary. I

1215
02:15:49,466 --> 02:15:49,466
think it might have been a few slides before that. Okay. So I can't tell by just by this map,

1216
02:15:58,233 --> 02:15:58,233
but when we rezoned kids from carter to pull them to campbell is this green area. In that

1217
02:16:07,066 --> 02:16:07,066
same zone where those kids, if they're starting to go to school, or are they going to

1218
02:16:12,133 --> 02:16:12,133
get kicked to campbell or be zoned to carter? So basically we have moved students around

1219
02:16:17,333 --> 02:16:17,333
as the leveling process to look at those populations. And then we have these future students

1220
02:16:22,266 --> 02:16:26,133
coming in, and if they're inside the carter zone, they'll stay at carter zone. What we'll do, though, is as we're evaluating the zones as we do every day, every year, we have

1221
02:16:30,166 --> 02:16:30,166
to come and make some decisions and have some discussions. Okay. And then my last question was,

1222
02:16:35,766 --> 02:16:35,766
I think near jackson, there's a little neighborhood and I'm not sure if that's where exactly

1223
02:16:42,000 --> 02:16:42,000
what school that zone to, because when you showed the projections for jackson, I

1224
02:16:48,066 --> 02:16:48,066
don't think they were going in the yellow at all. But I didn't look at pink or any of the

1225
02:16:53,233 --> 02:16:53,233
surrounding. Do you see what I'm saying behind kind of on top of jackson on the map. The

1226
02:17:00,600 --> 02:17:00,600
green I do, yeah. Is that going to be are those zoned to jackson? There are that

1227
02:17:09,500 --> 02:17:09,500
neighborhood is zoned to jackson okay. Is that north of is that north of 359? I cannot

1228
02:17:16,833 --> 02:17:16,833
recall if it's north of 359. Is that the second? I can provide some details. When I can look

1229
02:17:25,900 --> 02:17:25,900
at my software and get the specifics on that neighborhood, and I'll share that with doctor

1230
02:17:31,000 --> 02:17:31,000
maxwell. Okay. I was just curious because when it when you showed the numbers of the

1231
02:17:35,433 --> 02:17:35,433
elementary schools, I mean, it looks like it's obviously a large area, but jackson's

1232
02:17:40,933 --> 02:17:40,933
enrollment doesn't look to be in danger. So I'll look to see the details of that subdivision.

1233
02:17:48,000 --> 02:17:48,000
how many lots are left, what that future count is and how it is impacting the district, the

1234
02:17:54,266 --> 02:17:54,266
campus. Thank you. I do have a question. Go ahead. Mr. Templeton. One of the things

1235
02:18:00,366 --> 02:18:00,366
that really concerns me is like, let's just pick a date in the future. The year 2050. My one

1236
02:18:07,700 --> 02:18:07,700
of my concerns is that when these neighborhoods age out, we're going to have so many

1237
02:18:12,933 --> 02:18:16,900
elementary schools built so close to each other, geographically close, and we're going to be in a situation as a district where we're going to have to be closing schools. So

1238
02:18:23,066 --> 02:18:23,066
I don't see any other way to handle students coming here with the state, the way the

1239
02:18:27,233 --> 02:18:27,233
state has mandated us to educate whoever shows up at our doors. But you're you're saying,

1240
02:18:33,500 --> 02:18:37,233
if I'm hearing you right, that we're not anywhere close to that at this time? Correct, correct, correct. We can keep on building and we can keep on doing what we're doing, because

1241
02:18:42,733 --> 02:18:42,733
that's the only way forward. Correct. And I would say again, crystal ball a little bit here

1242
02:18:48,500 --> 02:18:52,500
where I would encourage the district to start thinking strategically, would be in about 12 to 15 years. And then at that point, some of these buildings are going to be so

1243
02:18:58,033 --> 02:18:58,033
old that it will be time to do what I think is a good planning exercise is the consolidations

1244
02:19:07,266 --> 02:19:07,266
and rebuilds. When some of these buildings get to be 50 years old, and then it's time

1245
02:19:13,800 --> 02:19:13,800
to okay, the school building is going to look dramatically different in 15 years. So then

1246
02:19:18,233 --> 02:19:18,233
there's some opportunities there to do the rebuilds and not put a bunch of money into

1247
02:19:24,966 --> 02:19:24,966
schools and extend the life out. And you don't want to put 5 million into a school. And then

1248
02:19:30,166 --> 02:19:30,166
two years later, close it down. So you definitely want to avoid that. But I think those

1249
02:19:34,566 --> 02:19:34,566
strategic planning windows are in about 12 to 15 years. Your enrollment easily could get to

1250
02:19:42,233 --> 02:19:46,166
75 to 9000. You're going to be pushing to be one of the biggest school districts in texas. Whenever we get farther down the road, that 50,000 58,000 future lots represents

1251
02:19:53,100 --> 02:19:53,100
about 27,000 kids, that it's going to take a long time for that to get built. But that's

1252
02:20:00,200 --> 02:20:00,200
the volume of houses that you have and the amount of future land that you have to, where

1253
02:20:05,200 --> 02:20:05,200
we're still a long way from that. All right. Thank you. Doctor, did you have something?

1254
02:20:12,300 --> 02:20:12,300
yes. Two things. One is, you know, there's a lot of work being done behind the scenes.

1255
02:20:17,800 --> 02:20:17,800
and, you know, you know, people know I'm an old offensive lineman and offensive lineman

1256
02:20:22,900 --> 02:20:22,900
don't get noticed until they get caught holding right. They get a penalty. And so I always,

1257
02:20:27,866 --> 02:20:27,866
you know, I want to recognize mr. Buchanan and our bond office because we have such

1258
02:20:34,433 --> 02:20:34,433
massive development coming and to be able to open, as I said this morning, you know, six

1259
02:20:39,133 --> 02:20:39,133
facilities in one year without a hiccup, without a hiccup. I mean, that is a that's

1260
02:20:45,300 --> 02:20:45,300
phenomenal teamwork. And so I always want to to say I appreciate that team. Mr.

1261
02:20:50,866 --> 02:20:50,866
buchanan and mr. Mckeever and, and their leadership and their guidance, because we're going

1262
02:20:55,000 --> 02:20:55,000
to continue to do this. Right. And so, mr. Templeton, if you would go back to the slide

1263
02:21:00,800 --> 02:21:00,800
where it showed our the excel sheet and showed the capacity at the elementary levels, the

1264
02:21:07,100 --> 02:21:07,100
spreadsheet and all had all the yellow on there. One more back that what I need everybody to

1265
02:21:15,700 --> 02:21:15,700
do now is take out your phone, take a picture of that seriously, take out your phone,

1266
02:21:19,833 --> 02:21:19,833
take a picture of that, and I need you to post that and share that, because that shows

1267
02:21:24,100 --> 02:21:24,100
everyone that as we ask the community for projects, that here's the evidence that

1268
02:21:29,900 --> 02:21:29,900
supports that. And so if you're watching online, I want you to pause this video, screenshot it

1269
02:21:34,766 --> 02:21:34,766
and save it and share it and show everyone that the people are here and the people are

1270
02:21:41,033 --> 02:21:41,033
coming. And so it is up to us to make sure our students get the best experience they could

1271
02:21:46,000 --> 02:21:49,900
possibly have in our classrooms, and our staff has the best possible facilities that they can give the experiences to our young people in the classrooms. If that goes into what you just

1272
02:21:56,300 --> 02:21:56,300
said, one of my requests, can the district go and clip this portion of the presentation to

1273
02:22:01,800 --> 02:22:01,800
have on hand? For we know that the people that care are watching and tuning in, but a

1274
02:22:06,866 --> 02:22:06,866
lot of the critics right now are creating monikers online that are incorrect. Can we clip

1275
02:22:14,566 --> 02:22:14,566
this portion so it's at hand so that we can share this as trustees and then share this or

1276
02:22:19,966 --> 02:22:19,966
the presentation from mr. Templeton itself that shows that the growth is happening

1277
02:22:26,300 --> 02:22:26,300
and happened. And it's here. Just so you guys are aware that after every time mr. Templeton

1278
02:22:32,233 --> 02:22:32,233
presents, we post this presentation to our website under demographics on our

1279
02:22:36,733 --> 02:22:36,733
website. So this will be there tomorrow. And all the previous ones are already posted there

1280
02:22:41,800 --> 02:22:41,800
as well. The presentation itself. But the discussion and telling the story about it.

1281
02:22:46,266 --> 02:22:46,266
because if I see numbers on the screen, I'm going to like but that saying what is actually

1282
02:22:51,300 --> 02:22:51,300
happening in the conversation around it? Yes, sir. I'm sure mr. Hamilton has already

1283
02:22:57,566 --> 02:22:57,566
thought about that. It's probably already done that. Thank you for being here. Thank

1284
02:23:04,166 --> 02:23:04,166
you. You're welcome. Oh, okay. I think that was it for the presentations. Are there any

1285
02:23:12,400 --> 02:23:12,400
items on the consent agenda that trustees would like to pull for discussion at the

1286
02:23:17,800 --> 02:23:17,800
november board meeting? No. Okay. It is 8:54 p.m. We are adjourning to closed session

1287
02:23:30,133 --> 02:23:30,133
pursuant to texas government code sections 55 1071551072551074 and 551.082.

1288
02:23:38,133 --> 02:23:38,133
the open meetings act to discuss personnel land acquisitio