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[0:01] Good morning. As President of the Board of Trustees of the Wichita Hall's independent school district, I hear by hall to order this special session of the Board of Trustees that the record reflect, that the record reflect, that a quorum of the Board is present, that the meeting has been duly called and noticed that the meeting has been posted for the time and in the manner required by law.
[0:20] It's my pleasure to welcome each of you to this special session of the Board of Trustees. Please keep in mind that this is a meeting of the Board of Trustees, held in public, and not a meeting of the public. Please be sure that all cell phones are turned.
[0:31] off, our turn to silent or vibrate mode, we're pleased that you've taken the time to join us this
[0:36] morning.
[0:37] Thank you for your interest in the Wichita Falls Independent School District.
[0:40] At this time, the board will now go into closed session to deliberate the following matters.
[0:45] Close session pursuant to Texas Government Code 5.1.071.
[0:50] Number one consult consultation with an attorney and number two discussion on proposed
[0:54] order regarding NRE, which stuff all is independent school district CD in 243-905.
[1:02] Final votes if any will be taken in open session.
[1:06] The time is now.
[1:08] I should all consider it.
[1:10] 7, 3, 4, 7, 3, 4, 7, 3, 3, 1.
[1:20] Good morning.
[1:21] Welcome to the open session and at this time,
[1:23] I'm going to ask if we have any motions.
[1:26] Yes, I'd like to make a motion to approve the three-order
[1:28] and presented by T.E.A. and his disrupts in our closed session.
[1:34] We have a second. Second.
[1:36] We have a motion in the second.
[1:38] Any questions?
[1:40] All those in favor say aye.
[1:41] Raise your right hand.
[1:45] Passes 7-0.
[1:47] And that will adjourn our meeting at 8.50.
[1:53] All right.
[1:55] Good morning everybody.
[1:56] Good morning.
[1:57] At this time, we'll give you a little order of operations.
[2:00] We are going to hold the press conference officially at 9 o'clock. I'm going to give an opening brief statement of about five or six minutes
[2:07] followed by board comments after the board
[2:10] Comments we will have
[2:12] Community leaders comments and anybody that has a statement or like to give a statement can come to the podium for one or two minutes
[2:19] After that we'll take questions from the press
[2:21] So good everybody and
[2:28] meet if you want to put your microphones up here. You can't let the die us
[2:44] The beginning of 2016, Kerby Middle School consistently underperformed, earning an F-18 at
[2:50] 16, 17, 18, 19, and in year 2021, it was intervened by the COVID-19 pandemic.
[3:02] The POMA arrived on 2022 new bold and radical plans were implemented by our team, which included
[3:08] moving curriculum specialists from the Ed Center to teach at Kerby.
[3:11] We increase compensation for those at Kirby, and ultimately a partnership with third future schools to oversee Hershey Middle School.
[3:20] Third future is the premier turnaround program in the country, and we're excited about the data and results we observe over the last eight months.
[3:30] We have drastically changed the mindset, expectations, and how we monitor results.
[3:35] Just three years ago, WFIC had 12 failing campuses.
[3:41] The next year we had seven.
[3:43] Last year we had five.
[3:45] With two of those campuses being our new high schools and only due to CCMR and graduation rates being excluded.
[3:53] We fully expect to have no failing campuses when star results are released in August.
[3:59] In three years, we've built, renovated or closed eight dozen schools, while almost tripling
[4:06] our savings account or fund balance, close to $60 million.
[4:12] Our team has completely revamped K-38 math and ELAR curriculum, which includes amplify rating
[4:19] and blue bonnet math.
[4:21] We've also incorporated the University of Florida Literacy Institute for Youth Law at our
[4:28] We applaud and we're awarded the Leadership and Instructional Foundations for Texas or
[4:34] Lift Grant, which is a three-year program designed to build sustainable instructional systems
[4:40] and improve student outcomes.
[4:43] All of this is designed to build a solid foundation for academic success for every single student
[4:49] regardless of address, zip code, or poverty level.
[4:54] The work is challenging, but the most meaningful and important work anyone can do.
[5:01] Great schools build great communities, or, as our mission states, to equip students to
[5:07] become contributing members of their community, which brings us to this morning, and the
[5:13] reason you're all here.
[5:15] We've received work from the Texas Education Agency that the WI-CD will not be under
[5:20] and we'll
[5:30] be able to continue operating under a locally elected school board to say the least we're
[5:35] thrilled with this news, which allows our team to continuously approve upon the work we've done
[5:40] over the last three years. This is not a victory speech or a Weaver-Rive speech. It's a
[5:47] we're just getting started speech. Although we like where we're headed, we've got a tremendous amount
[5:53] work to do to ensure our students graduate with the required tools to be successful.
[6:00] I'd like to thank Mr. Morad, the Deputy Commissioner Lichlow for their belief and
[6:04] vote of confidence in what we're doing in WIP ISD. It's truly appreciated.
[6:09] Furthermore, big thanks to our Board of Trustees for leading us, for trusting the
[6:13] process and providing our team with all the support and resources we need it to
[6:18] get to this point. Thank you.
[6:20] Thank you to our teachers, our principals, senior staff, directors, stakeholders, parents,
[6:27] and most importantly, our students.
[6:31] There are many community leaders, many of this audience who have helped WFSD get to this
[6:35] point, and we could not have done it without them.
[6:38] This includes Representative James Frank, thank you very much.
[6:41] Mayor Tim Short, we appreciate it, and members of the City Council, which I see something
[6:45] here, Austin Cobb, my Battalina, thank you very much.
[6:49] City Manager Jeff Jenkins, Reno Gistofferson,
[6:52] our ESC region nine leaders, West Peers, and Nicky Wesley.
[6:57] Thank you, special thanks to our spiritual leaders
[7:00] who parade and constantly checked in on us.
[7:03] This includes Pastor Phillips and New Jerusalem Bats of Church.
[7:07] Pastor Bob and first Baptist Church.
[7:09] And also we're going to best at interest, the late,
[7:12] Pastor Angus B. Thompson, who was smiling down right now
[7:16] and feeling like a million.
[7:17] Thank you to the many friends and colleagues who reached out, none more than my friend.
[7:26] And President of the Fixkin Breakfast Club, Dan Campbell.
[7:30] Many letters to TA reached out, very appreciative. This was a true school community join effort, and I'm honored to serve this amazing district as Superintendent. Thank you very much.
[7:42] At this time members of the DIVFSD Board of Trustees will say a few words, followed by community leaders at the podium. President Luther.
[7:49] Yes, first of all, thank you guys for coming this morning and supporting us.
[7:54] This is a quite an ordeal and together with the great leadership of Dr. Lee and this fantastic board that we get to share all this together with.
[8:03] We've never lost hope. We finally have our marching orders now.
[8:08] And even though we've had a lot going on, we want to make sure that we keep the main thing, the main thing.
[8:13] And that's giving our students the best education possible.
[8:17] I think Dr. Lee said something about that as well.
[8:21] We thank you so much for those of you that have come here to support us and who have supported
[8:26] us.
[8:26] Thanks for it.
[8:27] Throughout all this.
[8:28] Another thanks to those who make positive comments on rants and raves.
[8:32] We really appreciate it.
[8:35] This is a truly close-knit board.
[8:38] We are a praying board.
[8:39] We have all continued to hold on very, very tightly to Psalms 461, which says, God is our
[8:45] in strength and in times of trouble and he is truly brought us through this this and to
[8:51] him we are very very thankful and we appreciate you guys so so so much thank you for being here.
[8:59] All right good morning. I was thinking about the experience of this past September with you
[9:05] of us on the opportunities meet with Commissioner Murat and as we said at that table he
[9:10] And he said, it is your moral obligation to ensure that every child in this district receives a quality education.
[9:19] And you think about that, I like, yes it is.
[9:22] And I, we all agree with that.
[9:24] But when you have someone looking at it, if you're really his home in a different way,
[9:28] and we take that seriously.
[9:31] Commissioner Morap visited our team.
[9:33] This is multiple times.
[9:34] Listen, examine and in terms,
[9:36] grants it as a pathway to achieve this common goal that we have.
[9:42] And as a member of Team WFIC, I can tell you today that our number one priority on this
[9:46] board is a high quality education for ever student and our district.
[9:51] We are humbled and very grateful for the opportunity to continue under the leadership
[9:56] of Dr. Lee.
[10:01] And we each are committed to becoming the best district in
[10:06] on Texas, a district that learns from our past,
[10:10] uses innovative tools and resources
[10:12] to create a new standard of education.
[10:15] We don't do this alone, but we do it as a team.
[10:19] With a renewed focus on excellence and student achievements.
[10:24] As I close my remarks, I would just
[10:26] like to express my appreciation to Commissioner Rath, his team,
[10:32] and all of you that have been by our side
[10:34] on this journey of perseverance and dedication to our students.
[10:39] And I would like to say thank you to our incredible community of Wichdonald Falls for trusting
[10:44] and patiently supporting us as we are becoming a new standard of education.
[10:55] As a member of WFI's Deep Order Trustees, I want to acknowledge the recent agreement with
[10:59] the KEA, Chair of Message with our community about the path ahead.
[11:03] I want to commend Dr. Lee for stating leadership during this time.
[11:07] Dr. Lee has remained focused on what matters most, the success he will be in our students,
[11:13] and has worked constructively to position our district for improvement in long term success.
[11:18] While the situation has presented its fair share of challenges, the agreement provides WF ISB with a clear
[11:25] direction moving forward. It allows our district to continue to build on the work already underway.
[11:30] to strengthen instruction, support our educators and improve student outcomes.
[11:36] Our board, district leadership, teachers and staff remain fully committed to the students of WF ISD.
[11:43] Together with support of our community, we will continue working to ensure every student has the opportunity to succeed.
[11:50] I'm confident that with strong leadership and shared commitment to our schools, WF ISD will move forward with focus,
[11:58] determination and renewed emphasis on student success in the award numbers right at this time
[12:08] I community leaders that would like to make the same as please go to the moment and present at this time represent it right
[12:19] I can't remember
[12:20] Just have
[12:28] a few comments and talk very briefly about the past the president of the future which I'll hold by
[12:33] As far as the past is concerned, I'm going to quote the Commission on Iraq as well.
[12:38] He said in a school system where there is an individual campus that is family for five years in a row
[12:42] that is not just the minor accident that is academic neglect.
[12:47] That is something we all, as a community, that this is something that never should have been allowed to happen.
[12:53] We just have more from our kids, you must certainly expect more from our adults.
[12:58] Every kid in the district deserves an excellent education regardless of where they live,
[13:04] the coaching.
[13:06] I'm thankful, though, that we're not stuck in a past, because in the present it is clear that
[13:12] there have been changes made in the past couple of years.
[13:15] It's also clear that leadership, which all falls I see is now willing to make the tough decisions
[13:20] that need to be made to get very good the best chance to succeed.
[13:25] And because of that, I, another optimistic about the future of which all falls I see.
[13:31] I believe the Dr. Lee and the School Board in close partnership with T.E.A.
[13:37] can lead this district to excellence that every member of our community can be proud of.
[13:42] And that is something we can all look forward to in the future.
[13:46] I do want to thank a couple of people.
[13:47] I want to thank Mr. Morath, who is not here, but he has spent a lot of time here.
[13:51] He has crafted what I think is a very, very good agreement.
[13:54] It's been, it's a thoughtful, informed decision and very well thought out, and I believe it gives us the best opportunity with unique circumstances to be successful in our community for the kids and the parents here.
[14:06] Also, I want to thank Dr. Lee and the Board of Trustees, very impressive after a couple of years in multiple areas that brings us to a much better place than I thought
[14:21] It is not a clean bill of health, it is not a celebration, but it is a recognition of the
[14:27] progress that has been made and a vote of confidence that we and you can finish the work
[14:34] that has been started.
[14:36] So my commitment to you, and finishing my commitment to you is I will continue to work with the
[14:40] legislative level and with TA to ensure that which tough holds ICT has resources to
[14:45] the end of the support structure to continue to support its turnaround to excellence.
[14:50] But at the end of the day, the leaders that came in the pressure, Dr. Lee and the Board,
[14:55] along with the teachers and administrators, and importantly, the parents.
[15:00] In this case, we'll do the part work of educating the next generation of Texas.
[15:04] I don't want to
[15:13] force
[15:18] it everybody. I do want to acknowledge on behalf of the city, I want to acknowledge
[15:23] it appreciate all of you being Dr. Lee, the Board, the staff, the teachers, everyone who commits themselves
[15:31] for the success of our students, just like you were saying, but it is such an important and anchorless job.
[15:38] So thank you for the job that you do with really truly appreciated the direction that our schools
[15:46] are going for those children.
[15:48] So I believe that you all are the right people in the right place at the right time.
[15:55] Thank you again for everything that you did.
[15:57] Thank you.
[15:57] Thank you.
[16:12] Thank you.
[16:15] Thank you.
[16:15] Thank you.
[16:20] Thank you.
[16:21] years founding passed it. And we were able to serve alongside and support the Hershey School
[16:29] for many years through mentorship, through just supporting staff and principles and administration
[16:38] and all of those things. I will say that before Pastor Thompson passed away, I mean Dr. Lee
[16:44] had a close relationship. He understood how passionate and how passionate was about. Not only
[16:50] which tough-halls the whole, but the students and the
[16:55] were tough-halls ISD district, and we are committed to
[16:58] continue that relationship through whatever means we can to
[17:03] support you, Dr. Lee and his board. I will say that personally, I'm
[17:10] excited about the direction that we had in the end. I believe the
[17:14] goal is to support these students and to make with tough-halls ISD the best
[17:20] district, it can be, and I'm encouraged because I understand that the devotion that I see
[17:26] in the direction that I'm seeing as go into is a benefit to us all.
[17:32] So thank you for, thank you Dr. Lee, for all that you do.
[17:34] Thank you.
[17:35] Thank you.
[17:42] Any other comments from the community?
[17:49] I'm official.
[17:52] As you rise through the scissors.
[17:54] I just want to say thank you.
[17:57] I work with all the young people and we teach them that leadership is situation.
[18:01] Sometimes, there's a lot of credit for leadership,
[18:03] and a credit for leadership, and lays a fair leadership,
[18:06] I know that the mayor of the representative,
[18:07] but they have to tackle that with our city and in Austin.
[18:12] No doubt, y'all inherited, Dr. Lee, a little bit of the mess
[18:15] when he came on board.
[18:17] And you had to decide what leadership was best.
[18:20] And as y'all began to exercise that leadership,
[18:23] the results were evident.
[18:25] So we'll say thank you.
[18:26] A fountain can only rise as high as it's hit it.
[18:28] Thank y'all for raising the level of expectation for not only the culture of WFI State, but for our community
[18:35] because this is a great community and we appreciate what y'all done. I'm telling you as a parent and a great parent.
[18:41] Thank you for what y'all done for WFI State.
[18:53] And I work directly for the provides quality of education for students along the district here and I want to say thank you to Dr.
[19:04] Being for all the great work that you have done.
[19:07] A song that is constantly and is holding in the community working to foster cultural high expectations.
[19:15] I can tell you that I have seen the changes in the last few years since Dr. Lee has been here.
[19:21] have been amazing. I know that we are just beginning but we know we are here because we know
[19:29] that public education is our key for the future of our students. We need to support public
[19:37] education and we're doing it together and I can only say that the future looks bright and thank
[19:45] you so much for working with us and listening to me that many, many times that I have come to you
[19:52] I'm bringing to your concerns from the families and students that I work with in this district.
[19:58] So I see once again the future is bright and as a community we need to continue to support
[20:04] public education on this district. Thank you so much.
[20:08] Thank you.
[20:19] We have a regional education service center. I just want to say thank you for the work that you have done.
[20:27] Walking beside you, through the last few years, I see a group of committed people who love their community,
[20:34] who better to sit in the seat and make bold moves, then the folks that are invested,
[20:39] that have given their time to really love the kids of this community and want what's best for this community.
[20:46] So thank you.
[20:47] I've said it, trains with you, where you've asked a difficult question, where you're getting it right.
[20:51] You're really wanting to make the changes that matter.
[20:56] It takes both moves.
[20:58] I know we all are not finished with that.
[21:00] We as your partner are not finished with that.
[21:03] I look forward to the future because I know it's going to be right.
[21:05] Thank you.
[21:05] Thank you.
[21:11] Any other comments?
[21:16] It's about to take questions either from the audience or from the media?
[21:24] Yes.
[21:24] But he just talked about what she felt, whatever the decision came down, but the belief was the same in what was the feeling of wrong freedom for him.
[21:34] Yeah, it's been years in the making, so obviously a relief would be the first word that comes to mind.
[21:41] Joy and gratitude for our team, for our students, for our parents, and most importantly for the city and community which all falls.
[21:47] you know, when you're constantly looking over your shoulder
[21:51] and wondering what's going to happen tomorrow,
[21:53] at places a lot of things that end the whole organization
[21:55] and the team to have full commitment by and.
[21:59] So, relieve joy, happiness, and this day,
[22:02] I renewed sense of optimism before it's future.
[22:07] Berkeley, if you don't mind,
[22:09] it's been mentioned a couple of times
[22:10] about a roadmap for an agreement with T.A.
[22:14] What are some of those,
[22:16] and he knew us about what all that might entail them forward.
[22:22] Yeah, so in regards to a road map,
[22:24] it's not that we could just operate independently
[22:28] and there's no rules in the game.
[22:30] So the commissioner has outlined a draft of many agreed orders, and through those orders, there will be a check-in system through the use of a conservator that will be overseen to ensure that we're doing what we say that we're doing, that we say that we're doing good work.
[22:47] Well, we need to prove it and demonstrate it and show that. So that's the main portion in the agreed upon order. Another point of emphasis would be low-star governance, which is basically a team of eight or board training,
[22:59] So that we're all going through it together, focusing on the right things, which is academic improvement, academic success,
[23:06] keeping the main thing, the main thing.
[23:08] And so, non-star governors will do that.
[23:11] So those are the two, I would say, of the RIP on our main points that we need to ensure that we're doing the fidelity.
[23:19] This is also a meeting with the schools that are currently working with the third future.
[23:24] Is that going to stay in place with her?
[23:25] team of young kids that will join out of that.
[23:29] Yeah, everything continues as it is.
[23:31] So third feature will operate Hershey, those are still our students.
[23:35] Next year, the plan hasn't changed for Booker Team Washington and Southern Hills as well.
[23:41] Yes.
[23:41] Do you think what the changes that DIVIAC is made could be a model for other schools
[23:47] in the state to avoid having the state take over their districts?
[23:50] Well, I think we kind of broke the mold on that.
[23:53] You know, there was five districts in the state that looked like this and that's not a good company to have,
[24:00] but the other four face a different fate than we did.
[24:03] And I think we were proactive and jumped ahead of the situation.
[24:06] We kind of thought ahead on how can we improve this,
[24:09] not wait for somebody else to tell us how to improve it.
[24:13] It was kind of a radical way of doing it.
[24:15] Nobody really heard a third future.
[24:18] I thought it was just a charter and we're given control away.
[24:20] but we outsource things all the time, we outsource our custodial, we outsource our food service, our bus scene.
[24:29] And so we're not saying that we don't care, we're saying that we're going to partner with someone that we think could probably do a better job, work alongside them to get better results.
[24:37] And so that's what we're doing.
[24:39] He talked about those benchmarks in the agreement, how often are those check-ins going to be,
[24:45] like I mentioned with the TA and everything and how they're going to be talked about, you know,
[24:50] other school workings with the future, how often will that be?
[24:52] We don't have the details on how often the check-ins are,
[24:55] but we would know that the Conservatory would report every 90 days.
[25:01] I would, we would anticipate that early on in the process that it would be more intensive
[25:07] And then as the conceptual sees that things were going well, they would back up a little bit would be as intense of the services
[25:14] But we wouldn't be able to give you a detailed
[25:18] Schedule once we know who the conservator is what that looks like out in the check-ins are and things like that
[25:23] We just don't have that information right now because we just sounded off
[25:39] or she end with increasing the number of sales.
[25:43] You know, as a very complex answer to answer in a few minutes,
[25:47] but it all really starts with having a solitude
[25:50] and having the right people in the right seats.
[25:53] You know, a big point that we made early on
[25:56] is to adopt a curriculum that was both
[25:59] a vertically aligned and horizontally aligned.
[26:01] And the importance of that is to make sure
[26:03] that all kids are learning on grade level across the city.
[26:07] So not one campus is learning one thing
[26:09] while the other campuses learning something on a different day, not only that, but maybe not at all.
[26:15] We have a high mobility rate because we're a military community, which means our kids are moving constantly.
[26:20] So they may have been getting high engaged in instruction one area, they move, and now they're not getting that same instruction over there.
[26:26] And so that was critical in our development.
[26:29] We've also aligned our instructional focus with instructional coaches.
[26:32] We've remodeled our curriculum team.
[26:35] We've focused on academics at every meeting.
[26:37] We have to cost the check-ins with our principals, we wrap around services and coaching to our principals.
[26:43] You know, I'm as the CEO of Superintendent of this organization, I'm highly involved in on the campuses, I check in with the principals.
[26:52] To ensure that not only that they have what they need, but that there's accountability for ensuring that we're keeping the main thing.
[26:58] main thing, and it ain't good to just be a building management anymore, and walk around
[27:02] and ask us, our things okay. We want to see results, and results mean academic improvement
[27:08] for all of our students, so we've done that.
[27:14] Go ahead, I think we'll talk a little more
[27:16] about the success, y'all seem with their teachers. I know I've never, there are a few
[27:20] of right in, there's got to sit in the modern community, you know, people thinking this
[27:24] was a charter, you know, that's what's really what's leading this, but there's still
[27:27] your students, even though they're doing the instructions, but I'm talking about the success
[27:30] I'll see what happens, maybe for a little more reason why I'm pretty familiar with it.
[27:34] Yeah, what we've seen is just through the data, you know, the data speaks, the success of the program.
[27:40] And so we've seen almost 1.6 years of growth in the first six months.
[27:46] Was there on Tuesday, they're almost from that point of, give a lot or middle of the year data to now, they're almost at three years growth.
[27:55] As let's just say, a radical intention to detail on academic time, no minute of instructional
[28:03] time is wasted.
[28:05] You know, there's no announcements.
[28:08] When the bell rings, you don't get to walk around and go to your next class.
[28:10] You know, they're lined up and walked to their next class.
[28:15] The tolerance for silliness is gone.
[28:18] If you mess up, you're in, you're in, you're somewhere else.
[28:22] You're not in the learning environment.
[28:23] ruining it for somebody else, and so it's a very detailed, and I would even say a strict
[28:29] model for academic performance.
[28:32] But again, we're there Tuesday, and the kids love it, because now they're not worried about
[28:36] the other things.
[28:37] They're not worried about cell phones.
[28:38] They're not worried about, you know, am I going to get in a fight at lunch?
[28:44] They get to come to school, and like the article said in a short, you know, read last week,
[28:49] I get to come to school and learn.
[28:50] You may not be, I get to come to school and socialize, I'm going to come to school and I'm going to learn.
[28:55] And there's going to be a high accountability standard for the teachers and for the students and for the administrators.
[29:02] And that's what we're seeing.
[29:03] And so we're excited to wrap that service from the elementary.
[29:06] So that we're not just focused on horses you when they get there in six grade.
[29:09] Now to make up six years of growth.
[29:11] See the learning gaps with this big right now.
[29:13] Next year, I'm happy.
[29:15] And then this big.
[29:16] So the challenge we year two in year three to keep up that growth and expand upon it.
[29:21] You believe that growth was a period of time, the takeover not happening?
[29:26] Well I think that there was many reasons but one of the reasons was we addressed it had on.
[29:30] We knew what our area was, it wasn't necessarily a systematic area where all of our campuses were failing.
[29:35] We had a systematic problem at one campus that was never addressed. It was hidden.
[29:39] and we have found that and we didn't address it in 16 or 17 or 18 or 19 and COVID happened in 20 and do anything and then all of a sudden, you know, from an outside perspective, we didn't wonder, why did you allow it to ever get that bad in the first place?
[29:56] And so, you know, we're thankful for the TA that they said.
[30:00] You know, we like what we're seeing. You're not home yet, but you're on a good track. Continue what you're doing, but we're going to have some odd laws on you.
[30:15] We don't have that, just yet. But they'll be in through the list. I don't have all the details and to get into the weeds with you on that, but a lot of the metrics will all center around academic performance and academic improvement. That's all they care about.
[30:30] It's not finances, it's not operations, it's all academic improvement, so they're going to be paying close attention.
[30:37] And not just that, Hershey, when we look at it, it's system-wide, all students is what they said we would talk about today, and that's what we care about.
[30:45] And set up all of them on that, and you can see anywhere, yet, about what tears are
[30:51] consequences will look like, should the desert be able to move?
[30:54] Do you tell them that?
[30:55] We don't have all those tears of consequences now.
[30:58] But obviously what we would expect, though, is if we're not meeting the standards of what
[31:02] TEA asks us to do, and I'm not going to ask us to direct us to do, there would be some
[31:07] types of sanctions, which could include, you know, water managers, you know, that's kind of
[31:15] He said, you know, the TAs that you are on the right path, but you're not home yet.
[31:19] What does home look like for you and the board?
[31:22] Well, you're never home.
[31:24] In education, you're always learning.
[31:27] You're always growing.
[31:28] There's always room for improvement.
[31:29] So I think we just need to get on a road to home.
[31:33] You don't ever get there.
[31:35] And so I think that's just all of our students are at great level.
[31:38] Every all of them.
[31:40] Not approaches.
[31:41] You know, we want to be at meeting great level and beyond.
[31:43] So I'll be saying that.
[31:48] Any other questions?
[31:51] Thanks a very much.
[31:52] Thank you all for being here today and all of this.
[31:53] Thank
[32:08] you.