[1. Call to Order]
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I CALL THIS REGULAR MEETING IN THE CARROLLTON FARMERS BRANCH ICED TEA BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO ORDER AT SEVEN PM ON MARCH 9TH 2023 BOARD MEMBERS, DISTRICT STAFF MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE. YOU'RE FREE TO JOIN ME IN STANDING IS MARKED A LA LEO FROM NORTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH PROVIDES A MESSAGE FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY BRIAN MERSCH. PLEDGED TO THE TEXAS FLAG LED BY CASSANDRA HATFIELD. LET'S PRAY. FATHER WE THANK YOU FOR THIS EVENING AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE TOGETHER. WE THANK YOU FOR DR BLACK AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND ADMINISTRATION. WHO ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR SUPERINTENDENTS OVER THE AFFAIRS OF MEN AND TO SEEK YOUR DIVINE WISDOM. THANK YOU, LORD FOR WHAT'S GOING ON HERE IN THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS AS THIS BOARD ADMINISTRATION HAS VETTED AND THEY SUPERINTENDENT. WE PRAY FOR DR ELDRIDGE AND SHE COMES IN TO LEAD US THAT SHE LEAD US TO EVEN GREATER HEIGHTS OF SUCCESS. PRAY THAT SHE WALKED AS SHE WALKS INTO A SITUATION. UH INDICATIVE OF A STRUGGLE. THAT'S NOT UNIQUE TO US, BUT WE'RE THE ONE IN THE NEWS. SO WE ASK FOR YOUR GUIDANCE. WE ASKED FOR APPROPRIATE MEASURES AND WISDOM TO BE TAKEN. TO PROTECT THE MINDS AND BODIES OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD EXPOSE THOSE WHO SEEK TO DESTROY AND BRING DOWN THOSE. WHO ARE SO IMPRESSIONABLE AND NEED OUR GUIDANCE. PRAY LORD FOR TEACHERS AND LEADERS. TO CONTINUE. TO BE CAREFUL AND COGNIZANT OF THE STEWARDSHIP WE HAVE TO MOLD AND SHAPE. THE IMPRESSIONABLE MINDS OF OUR KIDS. OUR NEXT LEADERS FOR YOUR HONORING GLORY. WE ASK FOR YOUR WISDOM. WE PRAY FOR THOSE UM, WHO WILL BE GOING THROUGH SPRING BREAK NEXT WEEK TO KEEP US SAFE AND PROTECTED. EVERYTHING GO WELL WITH THIS MEETING TONIGHT WE ASK IT ALL IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN.
THANK YOU, MR DE LA LIA FOR THE THOSE REMARKS AND THANK YOU, MR MARISHOME, MISS HATFIELD FOR LEADING US IN THE PLEDGES. WELCOME, EVERYONE. WE'RE GLAD TO SEE YOU HERE TONIGHT. UM AS WE MOVE INTO MARCH OF 2023. WE APPROACHED SPRING BREAK. UM IT'S A DISTRICT WE DEDICATE ALL OUR EFFORTS AND RESOURCES TO OUR GOAL OF HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR ALL. THE BOARD USES THE SKULL TO GUIDE ALL DELIBERATIONS, DECISIONS AND ACTIONS. YOU'LL GET TO SEE ALL DELIBERATIONS, DECISIONS AND ACTIONS OF THE BOARD AND OPEN SESSION WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOME ITEMS, WHICH MAY BE DISCUSSED IN A CLOSED SESSION AS STIPULATED IN THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 51, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW, THESE ITEMS TYPICALLY DEAL PERSONNEL MATTERS , CONSULTATION WITH OUR ATTORNEY AND REAL ESTATE. FOR THE RECORD BOARD MEMBERS PRESIDENT OR SALLY DEREK CASSANDRA HATFIELD. TERROR ROBOTIC CAROLINE BENAVIDEZ. ILEANA GARCIA ROJAS, KIM BRADY AND MYSELF LESS BLACK. WE CONSTITUTE A QUORUM AND MADE IT MAY CONDUCT BUSINESS ON BEHALF OF THE DISTRICT. FOR MOVING ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM. I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND YOU THAT THE BOARD WILL ACCEPT COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS OF THE DISTRICT. AND FROM DISTRICT EMPLOYEES, PERSONS WHO WISH TO SPEAK DURING AUDIENCE FOR GUESTS MUST HAVE COMPLETED THE FORM FOR THIS PURPOSE AND PLACED IT IN THE DESIGNATED LOCATION PRIOR TO THE OPENING OF THE MEETING. WHEN THE BOARD REACHES AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE AUDIENCE FOR GUESTS. YOU WILL BE INVITED TO THE PODIUM TO
[2. Special Presentations and Recognitions]
SPEAK TO THE BOARD. GOING TO MOVE NOW TO AGENDA ITEM. NUMBER 22 A TWO B INTO C. THESE ARE TEACHERS OF THE NINE WEEKS EMPLOY THE NINE WEEKS AND RECOGNITIONS SOME. MS PARNELL, I'LL TURN THIS OVER TO YOU. GOOD EVENING, DR BLACK, MR MARSH AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. WE WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN OUR RECOGNITIONS TONIGHT BY HONORING AND CELEBRATING OUR TEACHERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE NINE WEEKS AS YOU KNOW, WE WERE UNABLE TO ANNOUNCE OUR HONOREES IN FEBRUARY DUE TO IMPLEMENT WEATHER. SO THIS MONTH WE ARE CELEBRATING BOTH FEBRUARY AND MARCH ON RACE. SO PLEASE JOIN ME IN WATCHING THIS BRIEF VIDEO. CONGRATULATING OUR EXCELLENT TEACHERS AND STAFF MEMBERS. TEACHERS OF THE SECOND NINE WEEKS. MIGUEL CARBON PERRY MIDDLE SCHOOL. CARLOS GOT ROGERS PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL. CARLA HARDAWAY VIEW HIGH SCHOOL.EMELIN PUENTES EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL. CINDERELLA BUSH RANGE VIEW HIGH SCHOOL. CHARLES
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MORRISON SMITH HIGH SCHOOL. SHANNON MILLER TURNER HIGH SCHOOL. CARA STAGE GRIMES EDUCATION CENTER. PAULA BROWN, BE SELLERS ARE CENTER. EMPLOYEES OF THE NINE WEEKS BRIAN SING FACILITIES. ALSO LOPEZ STUDENT NUTRITION. GALICIA LAWRENCE PARAPROFESSIONAL CLERICAL VIEW HIGH SCHOOL. MONICA REESE, PROFESSIONAL CERTIFIED. TEACHERS ARE THE THIRD NINE WEEKS. VICKY WARD, BLAIR ELEMENTARY. CLAUDIA NORIEGA, BLANTON ELEMENTARY. MELISSA. GO, WEBER. CARROLLTON ELEMENTARY. CLAUDIA SALINAS CENTRAL ELEMENTARY. KENDRA KENNEDY COUNTRY PLACE ELEMENTARY. NASRALLAH ANTHONY DAVIS ELEMENTARY. MEGAN MUSA MITCH FARMERS BRANCH ELEMENTARY.MALLORY NOLAN FREEMAN ELEMENTARY . SYDNEY COOK FOR NO ELEMENTARY . JENNIFER ANDERSON. GOOD ELEMENTARY. MICHAEL WILLIS KENT ELEMENTARY. KOURTNEY HARMON, EVITA ELEMENTARY. AMANDA HARSH, ANY LOST CULINA'S ELEMENTARY. IN LOVING MEMORY. ROSALYN KELLY LANDRY ELEMENTARY. AND AS YOU SAW FROM THE VIDEO, SADLY, LANDRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROSALIND KELLY RECENTLY PASSED AWAY TONIGHT, PRINCIPAL ERIC COCHRAN, FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES ARE HERE IN PERSON TO CELEBRATE MISS KELLY. AND WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK ALL OF US TO STAND AND SHOW OUR RESPECT AND HONOR FOR MISS KELLY. OKAY THANK YOU. AND YOU MAY BE SEATED. AND THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO ASK DR BLACK AND MR MARCH TO PLEASE COME FORWARD. AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR STUDENT RECOGNITIONS. WE ARE EXCEPTIONALLY PROUD. SEE, IF BE PROUD OF OUR STUDENT MUSICIANS IN THE DISTRICT AND TONIGHT WE WANT TO APPLAUD FIVE VERY TALENTED RANCH VIEW IN CREEK VIEW HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FOR QUALIFYING FOR ALL STATE STUDENTS AS WE RECOGNIZE YOU FOR YOUR TALENT, DISCIPLINE, COMMITMENT. WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE COME FORWARD AS I CALL YOUR NAME. FIRST WE HAVE TRACE BENNETT FROM RANCH FOOD HIGH SCHOOL. HE'S T M E, A ALL STATE SMALL SCHOOL CHOIR TENOR. DAVID MARTINI RANCH, YOU HIGH SCHOOL. 80 S S B ALL STATE SYMPHONIC BAND TENOR SAXOPHONE. YEAH. GAVIN SKOWRONSKI RANCH, YOU HIGH SCHOOL 80 SSB ALL STATE SYMPHONIC BAND BARITONE SAXOPHONE. ASTHMA FLORES CREEK VIEW HIGH SCHOOL T MEA ALL STATE FIVE, A SYMPHONIC BAND TROMBONE.
ADORA MARTINEZ CREEK VIEW HIGH SCHOOL, T M E, A ALL STATE FIVE, A SYMPHONIC BAND CLARINET.
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AND I KNOW WE HAVE SOME PROUD PARENTS AND TEACHERS AND INSTRUCTORS IN THE AUDIENCE, AND WE KNOW YOU PUT A LOT OF COMMITMENT AND TIME INTO THESE STUDENTS SUCCESSES, SO WE APPLAUD YOU AS WELL. LET'S GIVE OUR STUDENTS ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE. NEXT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO STAFF RECOGNITIONS, AND OUR FIRST ONE IS FOR PURE LARSON. MISS LARSON WILL ASK YOU TO COME FORWARD. SHE IS OUR DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL STUDIES AND SHE HAS RECEIVED RECEIVED THE DOCTOR ROSEMARY MORROW AWARD IS A SUPERVISOR OF THE YEAR AWARD IN ITS PRESENTED BY THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL STUDIES, SUPERVISORS FOR AN EXCEPTIONAL SOCIAL STUDIES PROFESSIONAL IN TEXAS FOR YEARS OF SERVICE AND DEDICATION TO THE SOCIAL STUDIES PROFESSION. MISS LARSON HAS BEEN A CFB EMPLOYED SINCE 1999. SHE'S TAUGHT WORLD HISTORY ALL LEVELS OF U. S HISTORY ACADEMY CLASSES AND HAS SERVED AT THE DEPARTMENT MANAGER BEFORE MOVING INTO HER CURRENT POSITION AS DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL STUDIES. CONGRATULATIONS, MISS LARSON. AND FINALLY, TONIGHT, WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE R CFB PROUD HONOREES, AND THIS IS AN AWARD THAT'S GIVEN FOR EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE IN IT'S SPONSORED BY THE DISTRICT AND CHICK FIL A. AT TRINITY MILLS, AND TONIGHT WE'RE HONORING THE FRONT OFFICE STAFF FROM THOMPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL . WE HAVE MARIA LASAGNA. WHO'S THE SECRETARY LILIANA GUTIERREZ , WHO'S THE PAIN SPECIALIST, AND ALEJANDRA NAVA, THE CLERK AND, WELL ASK THESE THREE LADIES TO PLEASE COME FORWARD. MM HMM. AND THIS IS WHAT. PRINCIPAL JAMIE FOSTER HAS THIS TO SAY, SHE SAYS THIS DYNAMIC TRIO AT THOMPSON EL ELEMENTARY MAKES EVERY DAY COMING TO WORK EASY, SHE SAID. COMBINE THIS THOMPSON TEAM HAS 27 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN CFB AND HAVE INVESTED SO MUCH MORE IN TIME AND EFFORTS, LADIES YOUR EXCELLENT AND WE CONGRATULATE YOU ON GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE. AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR RECOGNITIONS. THANK YOU.ANOTHER HAND FOR ALL OUR TEACHERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE LAST TWO MONTHS AND OUR OTHER AWARD RECIPIENTS AND OF COURSE, MISS LARSON FOR HER WORK AND ALL ARE ALL STATE ATHLETE. EXCUSE ME , ALLSTATE MUSICIANS, UM, SO DIFFICULT TO DO SO WE'RE SO PROUD OF YOU. UM WE WILL MOVE NOW TO DISTRICT ANNOUNCEMENTS. TAKE OUT. I'LL GO AHEAD AND DO THE MOVE TO TWO D TWO DISTRICT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MR MARSH. THANK YOU, DOCTOR. BLACK MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE AN ADDITION TO THE CFB FAMILY. WE HAVE, MR GREG GASTON. IF YOU PLEASE STAND UP, HE'S COME FROM KELLER. HE'S WITH OVER 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. I'M SORRY, DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES. AND WE ALSO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL GOOD NEWS. UH MISS MAGGIE DELA ROSA DEFENDED HER DISSERTATION THIS MORNING AT S. M U. SUCCESSIVELY SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDED SO WE WANT TO INTRODUCE DR MAGGIE DELAROSA. WE HAVE A SPECIAL CALL BOARD MEETING ON TUESDAY, MARCH THE 21ST AT EIGHT A.M. AND THAT'S SO THE BOARD CAN OFFICIALLY HIRED DR WENDY ELDRIDGE, AND I DON'T KNOW WHO'S MORE EXCITED, DR ELDRIDGE OR MYSELF, SO. AND I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COME IN THE BOARD FOR THEIR TIME THAT THEY PUT IN THEIR THEIR SERVANT LEADERS HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY GET TO KNOW THE BOARD AND THEN MORE AND MORE IMPRESSED WITH EVER INTERACTION. AND THEY WORKED REALLY HARD AND REALLY DILIGENTLY TO FIND THE BEST POSSIBLE SUPERINTENDENT FOR US. AND I THINK THEY'VE DONE IT. AND YOU'RE TO BE COMMENDED. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THAT'S THE ANNOUNCEMENT. MHM THANK YOU, MR MARSH. UM WILL DO. EXCUSE ME, ADAM TUI, WHICH IS HER UPDATE FROM THE P T. A AFTER THIS ITEM WILL TAKE A WEE WON'T BREAK, BUT I'LL GIVE PEOPLE A MOMENT TO ESCAPE. IF YOU WERE HERE FOR, UM FOR A RECOGNITION, AND YOU'D LIKE TO DISCREETLY SLIP OUT THE DOOR, SO BUT BUT YOU NEED TO HEAR THE P T. A UPDATE FIRST.
BECAUSE I STAFF THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE YOU. SO MISS SHAW. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU. THANK YOU, UM GOOD EVENING. THANKS EVERYONE FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO UPDATE ABOUT THE P T. A WE HAD A
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SUCCESSFUL COUNCIL REFLECTION NIGHT ON JANUARY 18TH AT NANCY WASN'T CENTER AT IRVING. UH CBS DAY STUDENTS WERE AWARDED AND RECOGNIZED PROJECT CREATIVE WORK IN BD REFLECTIONS THANKS TO OUR TEAM, BONNIE MEDITATE AND EMMY FOR WORKING SO HARD AND PUTTING UP A GREAT SHOW. WE HAD A GREAT TURNOUT THIS YEAR AT HUMAN SMITH FOR OUR HARLEM VISITS GAME AND WE CAN'T THANK ENOUGH THAT DISTRICT UH WE HAD PRETTY FOUR PLAYERS FROM VARIOUS SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT WE SOLD AROUND 8 61 TICKETS ONLINE AND 1 46 CENTER TOOL. THAT WAS A GREAT EVENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH TAX MISSED DON PANEL AND HER TEAM. FROM CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION AND COMMUNICATION FOR HELPING US ON VISIT TONIGHT, I CONTACT ENOUGH. WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK DOCTORS CHIMNEYS. NEWMAN SMITH HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL FOR WELCOMING AND SUPPORTING US FOR THE GAME NIGHT. THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS, WHO KEPT THE COSTS SO LOW THAT WE CAN USE THE MONEY FOR GRANTS FOR OUR LOCAL PDS NEXT YEAR. I WANT TO THANK CINDY, OUR SECOND BB WHO REALLY WORKED EFFORTLESSLY IN MAKING THIS POSSIBLE. AND MISS BLACKMAN, WHO GOT THE SPONSORS FOR THE EVENT REALLY HAD, UM THE CONSUL. PDO ALSO ORGANIZED CHARTER BUS TO AUSTIN TO TAKE PART IN THE TEXAS STATE. PT RALLY DAY. WE HAD 32 STUDENTS FROM THE VERY MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR FROM CREEK VIEW HIGH SCHOOL AND NINE FROM RANCHO HIGH SCHOOL. TEACHER CHAPERONES WERE MISS EMILY MORGAN FROM DO IT VERY MIDDLE SCHOOL. UM MR I IN SALT START FROM RIGHT, YOU HIGH SCHOOL AND MR JONATHAN RAY FROM CREEK WE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND TEACHERS HAD MEETINGS WITH REPRESENTATIVE TERRI MISSILE, SENATOR THANH TAN PARKER, REPRESENTATIVE. TO AND ANOTHER GREAT MEETING WITH REPRESENTATIVE JULIE JOHNSON. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK HER ADVOCACY , CHAIRS OR HAIR FOR INITIATING , ORGANIZING AND EXECUTING THIS BUS RIDE TO AUSTIN. HE WAS GREAT IN ORGANIZING THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I HAVE WE HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL C F B I S D COUNCIL PTA BOARD ELECTION LAST NIGHT EVENING. UH WE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR SOME OF THE POSITIONS, ESPECIALLY THE FIRST WEEPY FOR THE LEADERSHIP POSITION. SINCE OUR DEAR KIM BRADY HAS STEPPED DOWN DOWN FOR THAT POSITION. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SERVING AT ANY OF THESE COUNCIL LEVEL POSITION, PLEASE LET US KNOW AND WE WILL BE HAPPY TO GET YOUR HELP. AND DURING THE DELEGATE MEETING, WE HAD DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES WHO ALSO SPOKE ON BOND SUPPORT. THANKS FOR UM, BE LIKE TO THANK THEM BECAUSE THEY OPEN OUR EYES. WHAT IS GOING ON AND THE DISTRICT REGARDING THE BOND? AH THE LOCAL PRESIDENT, DELEGATES AND THE PRINCIPLES WERE INFORMED TO BRING THIS TO THEIR MEMBERSHIP TO REQUEST SUPPORT FOR THIS BOND , THE MEETING, WE WILL HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING ON APRIL 19TH AT 5 45 PM TO VOTE FOR THE BOND SUPPORT. AH THE MEETING WILL ALSO BE FOLLOWED BY THE LIFE MEMBER ABOUT MONEY. SO ALL OF YOU ARE CITED IN THAT, LIKE, REMEMBER ABOUT CEREMONY WHERE WE ARE GOING TO RECOGNIZE, UM BT LIFE MEMBERS AND THERE WILL BE A LITTLE BIT. UM UM, DINNER, UM, FOR THE FOR THEIR SERVICES. AH THE COUNCIL PD HAS HAD MADE A MUSTER LINK. WHERE MUST STUDENTS CAN ACCESS ALL THE SCHOOLS OFFERING SCHOLARSHIPS? SO SENIOR SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION DEADLINE IS NOT 22ND APRIL, SO PLEASE INFORM IF YOU HAVE ANY SENIOR STUDENTS TO APPLY FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP. AH FOR VARIOUS SCHOOLS, AND IT IS, IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION, YOU CAN CONTACT ME. AH ARE LOST.DELEGATE MEETING WILL BE HELD ON MAY 10TH AT SHEPEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT 6 30, PLEASE. PM PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR US COUNCIL BDS SPRING TRAINING ON 13TH ME. TEXAS PTL LAUNCHES HAPPENING AGAIN AND DALLAS, TEXAS ON JULY 21ST. I'M GIVING YOU A LITTLE BIT ADVANCED BECAUSE WE ARE ALSO HAVE SOME GRANT. AND IF YOU WANT TO PUT, UM PARTICIPATE IN THE LAUNCH, YOU CAN APPLY ONLINE AND OR OTHERWISE CONTACT ME AND THAT FOR THAT GRANT THE DUE DATE IS MAY 14TH. SO PLEASE APPLY AND YOU CAN GO TO IDEOLOGICAL LEARN A LOT. REGARDING THE MEMBERSHIP . WE CURRENTLY HAVE 5875 TOTAL MEMBERS. WE ARE HOPING TO END VICE THIS YEAR BY 6000, BUT WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I THINK I HAD A LOT FOR BECAUSE OF THE TWO MONTHS WE HAVE CLUBBED ALL THE PD UPDATED BECOMING LONGER THAN YOU EXPECTED. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
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THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS SHAW . THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. AND THANKS FOR YOUR WORK AND P T A AND ALL THOSE WHO MAY BE LISTENING ON THE STREAM OUT THERE WHO ARE P TA VOLUNTEERS. WE APPRECIATE YOU SO MUCH. SO THANKS FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. OKAY UM, I WILL TAKE JUST A MOMENT NOW FOR ANYBODY WHO'S HERE SUPPORTING A FRIEND WHO'S ALREADY BEEN RECOGNIZED. WHO WOULD LIKE TO SLIP OUT I'LL GIVE YOU THAT OPPORTUNITY. NOBODY WILL SAY ANYTHING. THANK YOU FOR COMING. YEAH. AND CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO OUR RECIPIENTS. MIGHT HAVE CLEAR ROOM. ON THE SPEAK, PEOPLE. LISTEN. OKAY WE WILL MOVE ON NOW TO AGENDA ITEM[3. Audience for Guests]
NUMBER THREE. OUR AUDIENCE FOR GUESTS. PERSONS WHO WISH TO SPEAK DURING AUDIENCE FOR GUESTS MUST HAVE COMPLETED A FORM FOR THIS PURPOSE AND PLACED IT IN THE DESIGNATED LOCATION PRIOR TO THE OPENING OF THE MEETING. UM I HAVE TWO NAMES THAT HAVE BEEN SUPPLIED TO ME. IS THAT THE COMPLETE LIST? OKAY. SO UM, BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR MINDER AUDIENCE MEMBERS OF THE BOARDS PROCEDURES FOR HANDLING AUDIENCE FOR GUESTS. ANYONE INTERESTED TO SPEAK IN PERSON DURING AUDIENCE FOR GUESTS MUST HAVE COMPLETED A FORM. ENLISTED THE TOPIC THEY WISH TO DISCUSS PRIOR TO THE START OF THE MEETING, EACH SPEAKER WILL BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK ONCE DURING AUDIENCE FOR GUESTS AND WILL BE ALLOWED A MAXIMUM OF THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD. DICTATED BY BOARD POLICY B E. D LOCAL BECAUSE THE BOARD WANTS TO HEAR FROM AS MANY OF YOU AS POSSIBLE WHILE ALSO KEEPING THE MEETING RUNNING EFFICIENTLY GROUPS OF MORE THAN FIVE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO PRESENT A PARTICULAR VIEWPOINT ON THE TOPIC SHOULD APPOINT ONE PERSON TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THEIR GROUP. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THE BOARD CANNOT DELIBERATE ON ANY SUBJECT THAT IS NOT INCLUDED ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS MEETING. MORE MEMBERS WILL LISTEN TO COMMENTS BUT WILL NOT RESPOND OR ANSWER QUESTIONS. WE ASK THAT YOU NOT DISCUSS STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT YOUR OWN CHILD. THE TIMER WILL BE SHOWN ON THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU, AND WE'LL BEGIN WHEN YOU ARRIVE AT THE PODIUM TO SPEAK. AGAIN SPEAKER'S PRESENTATION TIME IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES, THREE MINUTES. SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS MR WILLIAM JONES.GOOD EVENING. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE $56,000. WE'RE GOING TO SPEND A CENT 270 TEACHERS TO THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESTORATIVE PRACTICES FOR A TWO DAY TRAINING. SO I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THE I R P WAS ALL ABOUT. SO I WENT TO THEIR WEBSITE CLICKED ON SCHOOL RESOURCES CLICKED ON ARTICLES AND THE SECOND RESULT, A TOOLKIT WILL TELL US ABOUT THE NEED FOR RESTORATIVE PRACTICES. SO LET ME READ FROM THAT, WHEN ASKED ABOUT HOW TO MOVE FROM SYSTEMS BUILT ON COMPLIANCE IS SOMETHING MORE RESTORATIVE EDUCATORS AND SCHOLARS LIKE KEPT COMING BACK TO THIS. THERE'S PRE WORK TO DO RESTORATIVE PRACTICES AT THEIR BEST ARE PART OF A SCHOOL CULTURE THAT PRIORITIZES CULTURALLY SUSTAINING PEDAGOGY AND AUTHENTIC RELATIONSHIP BUILDING. CONNECTIONS THAT ALLOW FOR TRUST, OPENNESS AND INCLUSIVE SPACES. WITHOUT THAT FOUNDATION. IT'S HARD TO MOVE STRAIGHT INTO RESTORATIVE WORK, AND THEY START TALKING ABOUT CULTURALLY SUSTAINING PEDAGOGY. WHAT WHAT'S THE NEED BEHIND THAT? SO LET ME QUOTE FROM AN ARTICLE THEY LINKED DIRECTLY TO THAT, NO MATTER HOW WELL INTENTIONED WHEN A TEACHER OFTEN A COP CAPITAL, W. WHITE TEACHER , BUT AS WE MENTIONED IN THE BOOK, TEACHERS OF COLLEGE WHO CAN BE INVESTED IN WHITENESS CLAIMS THAT THEY DON'T SEE COLOR, THEY ARE ENGAGING IN COLOR, BLIND RHETORIC. THAT IS HARMFUL TO COMMUNITIES OF COLOR FOR AT LEAST THREE OBVIOUS REASONS. ONE THEY'RE DENYING THEIR OWN WHITENESS AND OR THEIR INVESTMENT IN WHITENESS AND ALL OF THE SOCIAL PRIVILEGES AND POWER THAT THEY GAINED FROM THAT AND TO THEIR DENYING OTHER FOLKS, BLACKNESS, BROWN ISOLATIONISTS EXAMPLES IN OUR AND ALL THE SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION THAT FLOWS FROM THAT, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THREE, THEY'RE CONSTRUCTING RACISM AS INDIVIDUAL AND INTENTIONAL RATHER THAN INSTITUTIONAL. RACISM IS STRUCTURAL. IT IS HISTORICAL AND ENDURING THE US, UNFORTUNATELY FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR STRUCTURE FROM TOP TO BOTTOM BY RACE. ALRIGHT THE MESSAGE STILL ISN'T CLEAR. THEN CONSIDER THIS SAYING THAT YOU DON'T SEE COLOR WHENEVER PEOPLE OF COLOR OF VOCAL ABOUT RACISM AND DISCRIMINATION INTO SAYING YOU DON'T SEE GENDER IT IS DISHONEST AND FRANKLY, WE HAVE NO TIME FOR IT. BUT WE DO HAVE TIME FOR THAT IS GENUINE, OPEN, HONEST, COURAGEOUS CONVERSATIONS ABOUT RACISM AND HOW EDUCATION CAN DISRUPT RACISM. ALRIGHT? SO WHAT? WE'RE SENDING OUR TEACHERS TO BY THEIR OWN ADMISSION IS A CAMP WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE FUNCTION OF RACE WITHIN SOCIETY AND HOW IT STRUCTURES SOCIETY THAT IS CRITICAL RACE THEORY.
ADDITIONALLY WE HEARD ABOUT THE CULTURAL SUSTAINING PRACTICES AND HOW THE FOUNDATION THAT WE HAVE TO BUILD AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT RACE AND RELATIONSHIPS AS THE PRE WORK NEEDED FOR A SORT OF PRACTICES. IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT? IS THIS? THE PLATFORM YOU RAN ON? THIS IS WHAT THE AVERAGE CITIZEN OF CARROLLTON FARMERS BRANCH SUPPORTS. I CAN THINK OF TWO ANSWERS ONE. THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT. IF THAT'S THE CASE OUT YOURSELF. WE HAVE SCHOOL BOARD
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ELECTIONS HERE IN ABOUT TWO MONTHS. PUT IT OUT THERE SO WE CAN DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT AS A COMMUNITY. THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO YOU DIDN'T DO YOUR HOMEWORK. YOU DIDN'T JUST TALK ABOUT FIVE MINUTES TO FIND IT. JUST CLICK ON THEIR WEBSITE AND FIND IT ALL RIGHT. SO AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, WHOEVER TOLD YOU THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA, AND YOU WERE UNAWARE OF WHAT IT IS THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY PUSHING. YOU SHOULD BE EMBARRASSED, AND YOU SHOULD ASK THAT PERSON MORE SERIOUS QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY THEY ARE MISREPRESENTING WHAT RESTORATIVE PRACTICES ACTUALLY ARE TO THE DECISIONS MAKER HERE ON THE BOARD. BECAUSE LET ME TELL YOU THIS RIGHT HERE. ITS FAR FLUNG, PULLING SOMEONE'S HAIR AND GETTING THEM TOGETHER AND ASK HIM TO APOLOGIZE FOR IT.THANK YOU. THANK YOU, UH, ADMINISTRATION WILL CONTACT YOU TO COLLABORATE REGARDING YOUR VIEWPOINT. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO SHARE YOUR PERSPECTIVE WITH THE BOARD. OUR NEXT SPEAKER. IS ZOHAR BARMAL. GOOD EVENING BOAT. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. SO I'M SHOWING UP AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER AND A RESIDENT OF C F B I S D. I BELIEVE THAT THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF DIOCESE TO TEACH LANGUAGES, MAD SCIENCE, HISTORY AND SOCIAL SCIENCES AND I WOULD JUST TAKE HIS DOING, DAD. I'M AN ACTOR KIDS. ONCE UPON A TIME, YOU'RE ALL DOING A GREAT JOB. BUT YOU HAVE CHALLENGES WHERE WE HAVE 35% EMERGENT BILINGUALS. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE KIDS WHO ARE 10 YEARS OLD, WHO MAY NOT KNOW ENGLISH AT ALL. BECAUSE THEY ARE NEW. AND IT'S A CHALLENGE THAT IS ALSO PROVIDING SO MANY NONE TEACHING BENEFITS TO THE KIDS IN THE FORM OF FOOD HEALTHCARE SAFETY BUBBLE SCHOOL BUSSES, SUPPLIES, COUNSELING, SPORTS, CAREER READINESS AND OTHER EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, WHICH IS GREAT. I'VE COME HERE TO SAY THAT SPENDING ANY MONEY ON DRUGS AND FENTANYL RELATED POLICY OR PREVENTION IS NOT THE JOB OF PIRACY. THIS IS THE JOB OF PARENTS. AND THE COMMUNITY. WHILE FENTANYL IS AN. IS A NATIONWIDE ISSUE. IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT THE DISTRICT SHOULD BE WORKING ON. I BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD NOT BE SPENDING ANY MONEY ON DRUGS OR RAPING OR FENTANYL RELATED POLICY AND ENFORCEMENT. THAT IS THE JOB OF PARENTS IN THE STATE. AND IF YOU GET IF YOU START GETTING THE MORE AND MORE ADMINISTRATIVE AND POLICING TASKS, THEN WE GET DISTRACTED AND WE WILL NEVER HAVE ENOUGH MONEY FOR TEACHERS AND THE CO RESPONSIBILITY OF AIS TEAM. AND AS SUCH, YOU KNOW, THE DISTRICT ALREADY HAD TO SPEND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON THE SAFETY BUBBLE, WHICH IS A GOOD THING. BUT THEN, YOU KNOW IS THAT THE JOB OF THE I S D. I BELIEVE THAT OUR TAX MONEY CAN BE BETTER UTILIZED TO PRODUCE MORE PROGRAMS FOR PRODUCING SKILLED YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN AND LEADERS. FOR PRODUCING SOME HIGH QUALITY PROGRAMS FOR THE TALENTED AND GIFTED THERE IS NO TALENTED AND GIFTED PROGRAM BY HIGH SCHOOL. AND THE BOAT IS DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB. DID YOU GET IN 25,000 KIDS? I MEAN, I CAN I CAN APPRECIATE ALL WHAT YOU'RE DOING. I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO YOUR JOB HONESTLY. AND TEACHERS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB. BUT HOW CAN WE KEEP THOSE NOISE AND ADMINISTRATIVE AND PUSHED AND I MEAN, WE NEED TO START PUSHING BACK ON NOISY PARENTS WHO WON THE BOAT TO DO EVERYTHING THAT IS NOT THE JOB OF THE DISTRICT OF THE BOARD. AND THEN I THANK YOU ALL. FOR KEEPING FOCUS ON TEACHING. AND TRYING TO KEEP OUR ADMINISTRATION TASKS. LOW AND OF LESS EXPENSIVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU AND ADMINISTRATION WILL CONTACT YOU TO COLLABORATE REGARDING YOUR VIEWPOINT. AND THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO SHARE YOUR PERSPECTIVE WITH THE
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BOARD. ALRIGHT WE WILL MOVE NOW TO, UM AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WHICH ARE NON I NON ACTION ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION, SO WE'LL START WITH FOUR A SPECIAL EDUCATION AND DYSLEXIA UP UPDATE. AND I BELIEVE MISS SMITH, THIS IS YOU. THERE YOU ARE. ACTUALLY IT'S AN ENTIRE TEAM, SO WE'RE GONNA LET JENNIFER RIGHT START. ALL RIGHT . GOOD EVENING, MR MERSCH, DR BLACK AND MEMBERS OF THE C F B I S D BOARD. WE'RE PLEASED TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY THIS EVENING TO SHARE AN UPDATE REGARDING THE WORK OF THE GUIDING COALITION AS WE WORK TO REIMAGINE SPECIAL EDUCATION AND CFB. I'D LIKE TO START BY INTRODUCING THE REST OF OUR AMAZING LEADERSHIP TEAM. WE HAVE OUR COORDINATORS, DR KAREN WARD. MONICA JOHNSON. REGINA. DR REGINA LITTLE. WE HAVE COLLEEN BARNSLEY EARLY DIAGNOSTICIAN.GREER FISHER, LEAD LICENSED SPECIALISTS IN SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY. KATHLEEN FRY, LEAD SPEECH PITFALLS, SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST. KRISTEN CELERITY, LEAD THERAPIST. MICHELLE WESTERFIELD, WHO CANNOT BE HERE WITH US TONIGHT, BUT IS OUR LEAD BEHAVIOR RESOURCE SPECIALIST AND I'M JENNIFER RIGHT, SPECIAL EDUCATION COORDINATOR.
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AS WE BEGIN OUR WORK, WE LOOK TO THE C F B I S D MISSION STATEMENT AS A GUIDE TO ENSURE OUR THINKING WAS ALIGNED WITH THE OVERALL MISSION OF THE DISTRICT. AND COLLABORATION WITH A GUIDING COALITION TEAM MEMBERS , ALL SPECIAL SERVICES TEAM MEMBERS AND JUST LIKE SEE INTERVENTIONIST, WE'VE DEVELOPED A VISION STATEMENT FOR THE SPECIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT THAT ENCOMPASSES NOT ONLY STUDENTS WHO HAVE AN I P BUT ALSO STUDENTS WHO ARE SERVED THROUGH FIVE OH, FOUR. OUR COMMITMENT IS TO SERVE STUDENTS EQUITABLY INCLUSIVELY IN A CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE MANNER. IT IS OUR BELIEF THAT BY CREATING A CULTURE OF INCLUSIVITY AND EQUITY, WE WILL ESTABLISH A COMMUNITY WHERE EVERYONE FEELS A SENSE OF BELONGING. OKAY AND JUST AS THE VISION THAT JENNIFER JUST SPOKE ABOUT COMMUNICATE, COMMUNICATES THE PURPOSE AND THE ASPIRATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT. WE ALSO CREATED SOME GUIDING OBJECTIVES. THESE OBJECTIVES WERE CREATED BY OUR GUIDING COALITION AND OUR SPECIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT. FOCUSING ON THESE OBJECTIVES. WE WILL ULTIMATELY MOVE CLOSER TOWARDS OUR VISION FOR THE DEPARTMENT AND THESE GUIDING OBJECTIVES ARE TO DEVELOP THE TRUSTING RELATIONSHIPS WITH THROUGH COLLABORATION, DATA SHARING AND PROBLEM SOLVING. IN ORDER TO MAXIMIZE LEARNING FOR EACH STUDENT. TO ENGAGE PARENTS AND GUARDIANS AS EQUAL PARTNERS IN THE EDUCATION OF THEIR CHILD.AND TO PROVIDE STAKEHOLDERS WITH THE KNOWLEDGE STRATEGIES AND SERVICES. TO EFFECTIVELY SUPPORT STUDENT GROWTH SOCIALLY, EMOTIONALLY AND ACADEMICALLY. SO THE VISION COMMUNICATES OUR PURPOSE. THE GUIDING OBJECTIVES COMMUNICATE HOW WE ARE GOING TO GET THERE AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO MEASURE PROGRESS. THE BELIEF STATEMENTS. HERE. CAN THEY ARE Y . WE FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT BELIEF STATEMENTS ARE FUNDAMENTAL TO OUR VISION AS A DEPARTMENT. SO THINK OF THIS AS THE WIND. IN OURSELVES. THIS IS OUR Y OUR BELIEFS INSPIRING GUIDE US IN THE WORK THAT WE DO EVERY DAY.
SO THESE BELIEFS STATEMENTS ARE THAT WE BELIEVE IN SUPPORTING AND DEVELOPING STUDENTS AND STAFF TO MEET THE INDIVIDUAL NEEDS OF ALL OF OUR LEARNERS. WE BELIEVE THAT EVERY CHILD IS A GENERAL EDUCATION STUDENT FIRST. WHO HAS THE RIGHT TO ACCESS ALL OPPORTUNITIES AFFORDED TO ALL STUDENTS, AND WE BELIEVE THAT IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO HELP EVERY STUDENT REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. WE ALSO BELIEVE THAT EVERY STUDENT DESERVES ACCESS TO RESOURCES AND TOOLS TO HELP THEM BE SUCCESSFUL. WITH THAT WE FIRST HAD TO HAVE OUR FOUNDATION AND SO WITH THE HELP OF ALL OF THOSE GROUPS THAT MONICA JUST SHARED WITH US WE CAME UP WITH THIS IS WHAT WE BELIEVE IN. THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD IN THE DISTRICT. SO THE NEXT STEP CAME WITH A REORGANIZATION OF OUR DEPARTMENT. WHAT DO WE ACTUALLY WHAT POSITIONS DO WE NEED TO ACTUALLY MOVE THE WORK FORWARD? SO WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE THE STAFF THAT WE ALREADY HAVE DO A LITTLE BIT OF MASSAGING WITH THOSE REALLY THINKING ABOUT THE VISION FOR OUR DEPARTMENT. AND WHAT DID WE NEED TO DO? WHAT DID WE WANT TO DO IN ORDER TO HELP TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE SUCCESSFUL? SO WITH THAT, INSTEAD OF JUST HAVING COORDINATORS OF THE DEPARTMENT OR, UM AND JUST BE GENERIC? WE VERY PURPOSEFULLY PUT FIVE DIRECTORS TOGETHER AND THOSE FIVE DIRECTORS, DR WRIGHT WOULD HAVE BEEN ONE OF THEM THAT SHE RETIRED EARLIER THIS YEAR. SO WE HAVE THAT SPOT OPEN, BUT WITH THAT, WE SAID, FIRST OF ALL, WE WANT INTERDEPENDENCE AMONG THE FIVE INDIVIDUALS WHO SERVED IN THESE CAPACITIES BEFORE IT REALLY WAS. ONE PERSON HAD ELEMENTARY THESE PROGRAMS. ONE PERSON HAD SECONDARY ON THIS. AND SO WE DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO REALLY WORK TOGETHER AND WORK FOR THE BENEFIT OUR STUDENTS. SO WITH THIS NEW CONFIGURATION, WE HAVE A DIRECTOR OF ASSESSMENT FOR SPECIAL SERVICES AND THAT PERSON, WE SAID, WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY OF THAT PERSON AND THAT IS TO REALLY OVERSEE THE ASSESSMENT AND THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE ASSESSMENTS THROUGHOUT OUR DEPARTMENT SO THAT AS WE PLAN FOR STUDENT NEEDS WERE REALLY BASING IT OFF OF DATA AND NOT JUST OUR THOUGHTS ABOUT WHAT A STUDENT NEEDS THE OTHER THE SECOND. OH, EXCUSE ME, AND THAT IS JENNIFER, RIGHT. WHO YOU JUST SAW, SHE WAS WILL BE TAKING ON
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THAT CAPACITY. THE DIRECTOR OF DYSLEXIA AND FIVE OH 45. OH, FOUR, WAS CURRENTLY UNDER DR HAMLIN'S AREA OF THE WOODS, BUT WE DECIDED IT REALLY FITS BETTER IN IN OUR DEPARTMENT BECAUSE STUDENTS WILL NEED TO MOVE SEAMLESSLY IN AND OUT OF FIVE. OH, FOUR. SPECIAL EDUCATION IF THAT'S WHAT THEY NEED, SO WHEN A STUDENT NO LONGER QUALIFIES FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES MANY TIMES WE JUST SAY ALL OF THE RUG IS PULLED OUT FROM UNDERNEATH YOU. YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING GO AND BE SUCCESSFUL WITH THIS CONFIGURATION. WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SAY OKAY, NO LONGER DO THEY QUALIFY FOR SERVICES THROUGH SPECIAL EDUCATION. LET'S MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE ACCOMMODATIONS THAT YOU NEED UNDER FIVE. OH, FOUR TO CONTINUE TO HELP YOU TO BE SUCCESSFUL, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT OPPORTUNITY. THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY OPEN BECAUSE OF THE RETIREMENT OF DOCTOR RIGHT. THE NEXT ONE IS THE DIRECTOR OF INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT AND INCLUSIONARY PRACTICES. THIS PERSON IS REALLY GOING TO BE WORKING WITH STUDENTS WHO ACCESS THE GENERAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM , SO WE WANT TO REALLY HAVE A FOCUS ON WHAT IS THE PART OF THE DAY THAT THEY CAN BE INCLUDED IN IN IN AN INCLUSIVE GEN ED CLASSROOM, AND THEN HOW DO WE PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR TEACHERS IN ORDER TO MEET THOSE NEEDS OF THOSE STUDENTS WHEN THEY'RE IN THOSE CLASSROOMS? THE DIRECTOR OF INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT AND INCLUSIONARY PRACTICES WILL BE DR REGINA LITTLE. THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRALIZED SERVICES REALLY IS LOOKING AT PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS WHO DON'T ACCESS THE GENERAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM , SO IF THEY ARE ON A MODIFIED CURRICULUM IN SOME WAY, THEN WE HAVE MONICA JOHNSON, WHO SPOKE JUST BEFORE ME WHO WILL BE WORKING WITH THIS. THE STUDENTS AND THE TEACHERS IN THAT THOSE PROGRAMS. WITH THE SPLIT THIS WAY. IT IS OUR GOAL TO NOT ONLY KNOW EVERY STUDENT BY NAME AND NEED BUT TO KNOW EVERY TEACHER BY NAME AND NEED WITH WHAT'S THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT NEEDS TO GO THAT SHOULD BE PROVIDED TO OUR STAFF. AND HOW DO WE SUPPORT THEM IN THE CLASSROOMS? THEN, FINALLY, THE LAST ONE IS THE DIRECTOR OF MTS S, WHICH STANDS FOR MULTI TIERED SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT. BUT IT DIDN'T FIT ON THE SLIDE THAT WAY. SO WE JUST DID THE SHORTENED MTS S AND BEHAVIORAL SUPPORTS DR KARIN WARD WILL BE TAKING ON THAT ASPECT AS WE MOVE INTO NEXT YEAR. WE'RE KEEPING THE CURRENT CONFIGURATION AS IT IS RIGHT NOW. BUT THESE CHANGES WILL HAPPEN NEXT YEAR AND REALLY WORKING AT THE BEHAVIORAL ON THE BEHAVIORAL PIECES AND WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH THE SERVICES THAT JOE GUILLEN AND HER DEPARTMENT PROVIDE SO THAT WE HAVE A COHESIVE PROGRAM AGAIN FOR STUDENTS AND THE GENERAL EDUCATION CLASSROOM WHO MAY NEED TO MOVE OVER AND ACCESS SPECIAL EDUCATION. SERVICES AS WELL. AND SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT COLLABORATION BETWEEN THOSE TWO DEPARTMENTS. WITH THAT . WE THEN SAID, SO IF THESE PEOPLE ARE LEADING THE BIG PIECES OF THE WORK, HOW DO WE MARSHAL ALL OF OUR STAFF UNDERNEATH THAT AND PUT THEM IN PLACES THAT EACH TEAM EACH TEAM LEAD? HAS A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO CAN HELP THEM TO MOVE THAT WORK FORWARD. SO THIS AND THIS VISUAL SHOWS YOU JUST A LITTLE BIT OF THAT IT DOESN'T SHOW EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF OUR DEPARTMENT. NOR DOES IT SHOW ALL OF THE MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES THAT THEY HAVE, BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE TO GO ON SLIDE AFTER SLIDE AFTER SLIDE THESE LADIES AND THESE TEAM MEMBERS WHO ARE SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE DO HERCULEAN TASKS EACH AND EVERY DAY. SO, UM WITH THAT ALTERNATE OVER TO DR LITTLE. OKAY? IN ORDER TO MAKE THESE CHANGES HAPPEN. WE NEED TO BE THOUGHTFUL AND INTENTIONAL ABOUT THE WAY THAT ABOUT WHAT WE SAY AND ABOUT WHAT WE DO. THE GUARDIAN COALITION HAS DONE THIS BY REIMAGINING SPECIAL EDUCATION AND RECOGNIZING THAT THIS CHANGE WON'T BE EASY AS THEY AS THEY CHALLENGE DEEPLY HELD BELIEFS THAT HAVE EXISTED FOR YEARS. THE LAST TIME THAT WE WERE TOGETHER , WE DISCUSSED THREE MIND SHIFTS THAT NEEDED TO OCCUR WITHIN OUR DISTRICT. WE HAVE BEGUN WORK REGARDING THESE WIND SHIFTS, BUT THEY WON'T BE FINALIZED UNTIL THEY ARE INGRAINED INTO OUR EVERYDAY THOUGHT PROCESS. OUR MIND SHIFT NUMBER ONE REMINDS US THAT ALL STUDENTS ARE GENERAL EDUCATION STUDENTS FIRST. WELL SOME STUDENTS RECEIVE SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES. SPECIALIZED PULLOUT SERVICES SHOULD ONLY BE UTILIZED. WHEN THEY'RE NEEDED TO ACCESS SERVICES AND SUPPORT. IT IS THROUGH PRACTICING IN THE GENERAL EDUCATION CLASSROOM TO THE GREATEST SYSTEM POSSIBLE THAT WE WILL HAVE OWNERSHIP OF ALL BY ALL. MIND SHIFT NUMBER TWO FOCUSES ON COLLABORATIVE TEACHING AND PLANNING. THE FOCUS HERE IS ON THE ACTION VERBS.[00:40:04]
COLLABORATED COLLABORATIVE TEACHING AND COLLABORATIVE PLANNING. WOULD THIS MIND SHIFT? TEACHERS ARE WORKING, INTERDEPENDENT LEE AND INTENTIONALLY TO PLAN AND DELIVER INSTRUCTION TO ENSURE HIGH ACHIEVEMENT WHILE IMPLEMENTING A STUDENT'S INDIVIDUAL EDUCATION PLAN OR I E. P THAT BRINGS US TO MIND SHIFT NUMBER THREE. SERVICES, NOT PROGRAMS. AS WE DEVELOP I E . P S THERE WILL BE A RENEWED FOCUS ON STUDENT'S STRENGTHS THAT WILL BE USED TO SUPPORT THE NEXT STEPS IN THE STUDENT LEARNING. FOR STUDENTS ACCESSING THE GENERAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM. THE REGULAR EDUCATION CLASS WILL BE CONSIDERED FIRST. SUPPORT SERVICES WILL BE BASED ON WHAT EACH STUDENT NEEDS. NOT ON PROGRAMMATIC OFFERINGS OR DISABILITY LABELS. SPECIAL EDUCATION IS A SERVICE AND ITS SUPPORT TO STUDENTS. FOR THIS JOURNEY. WE AS A DISTRICT WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT OUR THINKING AND ADDRESS. HAD ON WHEN WE LEFT BACK INTO THE OLD WAY OF DOING THINGS. AND NOW WE WILL HEAR FROM DR KAREN WARD. THANK YOU. AS CAN HAPPEN WITH ANY NEW PROJECT OR INITIATIVE. THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW RUMORS AND MISUNDERSTANDINGS. ONE OF THE MOST PERSISTENT AND THE ONE WE HEARD THE MOST OFTEN. IS THAT WILL NO LONGER HAVE SELF CONTAINED PROGRAMS ORPHANED THE FUNDAMENTALS PROGRAM IN THE DISTRICT. WE'RE HERE TO TELL YOU TONIGHT THAT THAT'S ABSOLUTELY NOT TRUE THAT WE WILL ALWAYS HAVE A CONTINUUM OF SERVICES AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS. UM, AS THEY NEED IT. SECONDLY SOME OF OUR STAFF HAVE HEARD THAT THE SPECIAL SERVICES STAFF WILL NOT HAVE A JOB NEXT YEAR. AGAIN AS A MEMBER OF THE SPECIAL SERVICES TEAM. I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT'S ABSOLUTELY NOT TRUE, THANKFULLY. UM THE WORK IS IMPORTANT, AND THERE'S A SEAT AT THE TABLE FOR EVERYONE. LASTLY, THERE HAS BEEN CONCERN THAT SUPPORT SERVICES WILL BE PROVIDED IN THE GENERAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS. WE STAND STRONG IN OUR BELIEF THAT ALL STUDENTS ARE GENERAL EDUCATION STUDENTS FIRST. AND WHEN WE ARE CONSIDERING WHERE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND SERVICES. THAT WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT THE GENERAL EDUCATION CLASSROOM FIRST. BUT PLEASE KNOW THAT SERVICES. IMPORTANT SUPPORT WILL BE PROVIDED IN THE MOST APPROPRIATE SETTING FOR THE STUDENTS. SO YOU MAY BE WONDERING. WHAT'S NEXT, AND I'M REALLY GLAD YOU ASKED.WE HAVE ONE MORE MEETING WITH THE GUIDING COALITION THIS YEAR. WHERE WE WILL SHARE THESE STRATEGIES FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION AND REFINEMENT AS PART OF THE DISTRICT'S POPULAR PLAN. BY AUGUST OF 2023 ALL STEP NUMBERS ON EVERY CAMPUS WILL HAVE RED AND PROCESSED THE BOOK.
YOUR STUDENTS, MY STUDENTS, OUR STUDENTS. BASED ON THE POSITIVE FEEDBACK WE'RE GETTING RIGHT NOW WE KNOW THESE BOOKS, STUDIES ARE OCCURRING. MOVING FORWARD EACH CAMPUS. WE USE NAME AND NEED CONFERENCES TO VALID RIGHT STUDENT DATA. INCLUDING STRENGTHS AND NEEDS OF EACH DO THEN. TO DETERMINE IF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IP AND THE GENERAL EDUCATION CLASSROOM IS APPROPRIATE. SIMILARLY PROBLEM SOLVING CIRCLES WILL BE USED TO IDENTIFY ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES TO SUPPORT STUDENTS WHO MAY BE STRUGGLING. IN ANY AREA ACADEMICALLY BEHAVIORALLY, SOCIALLY OR EMOTIONALLY. WE ARE EXCITED TO SHARE THEIR CAMPUSES ARE SCHEDULING THESE NOW AND REACHING OUT TO INCLUDE US. FINALLY WE WILL FOCUS ON IDENTIFYING AND TRAINING STAFF MEMBERS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ON EFFECTIVELY IMPLEMENTING CO TEACHING. UP TO THIS POINT, YOU'VE SEEN DOCUMENTS CREATED BY THE SPECIAL SERVICES TEAM AND THE GARDEN COALITION FOR INCLUSION. THIS COALITION IS COMPRISED OF 68 MEMBERS REPRESENTING EACH CAMPUS IN THE DISTRICT. THESE MEMBERS ALSO REPRESENT THE VARIOUS CONSTITUENTS WHO SUPPORT THE LEARNING OF STUDENTS RECEIVING SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES. THE MEMBERS ARE CLASSROOM TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS EVALUATION STAFF SERVICE PROVIDERS, CONTENT AREA DIRECTORS AND PARENTS WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR TIME AND TALENTS THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR TO SET THE TRAJECTORY FOR OUR WORK. IN ADDITION, THIS GROUP WILL CONTINUE TO WORK DURING THE 23 24 SCHOOL YEAR TO PROVIDE THAT TO CONCLUDE OUR PRESENTATION. THIS EVENING. THREE MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING COALITION ARE HERE. TO PROVIDE INFORMATION RELATED TO OUR INCLUSIVITY WORK. AND THE ANTICIPATED IMPACT FOR STUDENTS, FAMILIES CAMPUSES IN THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS MARYANN MAHAFFEY. MARY WE SHARE THAT THEIR MIND SHIFTS THAT HAVE TO OCCUR. WHAT CHANGES IN THINKING HAVE YOU UNDERGONE AS YOU MOVE THROUGH THE PROCESS. THE WORK OF THE GUARDIAN COALITION HAS
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PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWTH AND HOW WE ESPECIALLY SERVICE PROVIDERS APPROACH OUR WORK WITH STUDENTS. WE WERE ASKED TO REMEMBER THAT EACH STUDENT WHO RECEIVES SPECIAL SERVICES IS FIRST AND FOREMOST A STUDENT IN OUR CLASSROOM IN OUR BUILDING AND IN OUR COMMUNITY.THE INDIVIDUAL STUDENT NEEDS ARE PART OF A BIGGER, MORE COMPLETE STORY THAT OUR STUDENTS COME TO US WITH. THE DIALOGUE WITHIN THE GUIDING COALITION BROADENS OUR PERSPECTIVE. TO INCLUDE THE LENS THROUGH WHICH SCHOOL COUNSELORS , ADMINISTRATORS, PARENTS AND IN GENERAL EDUCATION TEACHERS VIEW THE WORK WE DO FOR STUDENTS. THE BROADER PERSPECTIVE RESULTS IN A BROADER SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR STUDENTS TO ACCESS THE SERVICES THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL. MORE EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION THROUGH A UNIVERSAL GUIDE FOR KNOWING OUR STUDENTS BY NAME AND NEED IS A PROMISING INITIATIVE BORN OF THE WORK OF THE GUARDIAN COALITION. NAME AND NEED TALKS, WHICH HAVE ALREADY TAKEN PLACE ON OUR PILOT CAMPUSES AND ARE BEGINNING ON EACH OF OUR SECONDARY CAMPUSES THIS SPRING WILL BRING STAKEHOLDERS TOGETHER TO LEARN FROM ONE ANOTHER ABOUT EACH STUDENT AND LEAD TO COLLABORATION, WHICH WILL MOST BENEFIT THE STUDENT. IN ADDITION , WE RECOGNIZE THAT OUR ENROLLMENT CHANGES EACH YEAR. SO WILL THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS ENROLLED ON OUR CAMPUSES. ANNUAL NAME IN THE TALKS WILL HOLD SPACE FOR FLEXIBILITY AND GROWTH SO THAT AS OUR STUDENTS NEEDS HAVE POTENTIAL TO CHANGE, SO TOO, WILL OUR APPROACH TO MEETING THOSE NEEDS. FURTHERMORE BY IDENTIFYING THE NAME AND NEEDS OF EACH STUDENT, WE CAN BEGIN THE PROCESS OF DESIGNING OUR MASTER SCHEDULES TO MEET THOSE NEEDS WITH INTENTIONAL PARTNERSHIPS. AMONG TEACHERS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS. WHILE PROVIDING FLEXIBILITY FOR STUDENT CHOICE BASED ON, UH, INTEREST IN FUTURE ASPIRATIONS. THIS RE ENVISIONED APPROACH TO PROVIDING ACADEMIC INTERVENTION IN THE GENERAL EDUCATION CLASSROOM PROVIDES INCREASED OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR SPECIAL SERVICES PROVIDERS TO BE IN COLLABORATION WITH THEIR CONTENT AREA TEAMS. EACH SPECIAL SERVICE PROVIDER PARTICIPATES IN A PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY IN ORDER TO ENGAGE IN THE PLANNING, TEACHING AND EVALUATION EVALUATING PROCESS. BY ENCOURAGING AND FACILITATING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH THE GENERAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM . OUR SERVICE, SPECIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS HAVE A GREATER IMPACT IN THE CLASSROOM, WORKING WITH OUR STUDENTS. FINALLY THE WORK OF THE GUIDING COALITION HAS PROVIDED A SAFE BUT CHALLENGING SPACE FOR US AS EDUCATORS TO RECOGNIZE TO RECOGNIZE THAT OUR MINDSETS OPEN DOORS FOR OUR STUDENTS TO STEP THROUGH.
EXPANDING THE OPTIONS FOR HOW AND WHERE WE ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS MOVES US TOWARDS A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT THAT ABSOLUTELY REFLECTS OUR BELIEF THAT EACH STUDENT IS YOUR STUDENT. MY STUDENTS ARE STUDENTS. OUR SECOND SPEAKER IS WEST BAKER. WHEREAS WHAT PIECE OF THIS WORK THE INCLUSIONARY PRACTICES WITH OUTSIDE OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE. AND HOW HAS THE WORK OF THE GARDEN COALITION MADE YOU MORE COMFORTABLE? BEFORE I GET STARTED WITH MY CONCERNS. PLEASE KNOW THAT I HAVE BEEN ON BOARD WITH THE POTENTIAL BENEFITS. THE ACTIONS OF THE COMMITTEE WILL HAVE FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. OUR BOOK YOUR STUDENTS. MY STUDENTS ARE STUDENTS DECIDED A FEW STUDIES SHOWING THE NET BENEFIT OF INCREASED INCLUSION ON STUDENT POPULATIONS. UNSURPRISINGLY STUDENTS WHO MOVED FROM SEPARATE CLASSROOMS TO GENERAL EDUCATION SETTING SHOWED MARKED IMPROVEMENTS IN THEIR ACHIEVEMENT ACCELERATED THE COURSE OF THEIR LEARNING AND HAD IMPROVED ATTITUDES TOWARDS SCHOOL. IN GENERAL, THESE STUDENTS OFTEN FEEL OTHERWISE AND SEPARATED FROM THEIR PEERS DUE TO THEIR CLASSIFICATION AS SPECIAL ED. WE'VE ALREADY SEEN SOME OF THESE POSITIVE EFFECTS IN OUR DISTRICT DURING THE COALITION'S LAST MEETING HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO MR CHAD HUNTER, THE PRINCIPLE OF VIVIAN FIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL. THE STUDENTS WHO ARE NOW EDUCATED IN A GENERAL EDUCATION CLASSROOM ARE SO HAPPY THEY'RE GLAD TO NO LONGER BE IN THAT CLASS, AND THE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS BOTH NEVER WANT TO GO BACK TO THE OLD MODEL. OUR BOOK STUDY ALSO HIGHLIGHTED THE IMPACT OF HIGHER LEVELS OF INCLUSION ON STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT GUARANTEED SPECIAL SERVICES. GENERAL ED STUDENTS.
THIS IS IMPORTANT POINT. STUDENTS IN THE GENERAL EDUCATION SETTING ENCOUNTERED NO NEGATIVE EFFECTS FROM FULL INCLUSION. IN SOME CASES, THEIR LEVELS OF ACHIEVEMENT INCREASED AS WELL. FURTHER THE EMOTIONAL AND EMPATHETIC DEVELOPMENT OF THESE STUDENTS SALT APPRECIABLE GAINS WHEN IT COMES TO OUR STUDENTS, ALL STUDENTS BENEFIT FROM HAVING ALL STUDENTS IN THE ROOM. BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT ANY OTHER HESITATIONS THAT PEOPLE MAY HAVE FOR THIS WORK. THAT POINT MUST BE THOROUGHLY ESTABLISHED IN CLEARLY COMMUNICATED. IT'S WORTH REPEATING. ALL STUDENTS BENEFIT FROM HAVING ALL STUDENTS IN THE ROOM. MY MAIN CONCERN WITH THIS
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WORK, LET'S RUN THE POTENTIAL IMPACT ON TEACHERS, BOTH GENERAL EDUCATION TEACHERS AND THOSE IN THE SPECIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT . I FULLY AGREE WITH OUR STATED GOALS IN THE MINDS MIND SHIFTS THAT WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE. BUT HIS TEACHERS ARE PLATES ARE FULL. AS IMPORTANT AS THIS INITIATIVE IS WE AS TEACHERS DO A LOT BURNOUTS REAL. WE HAD TROUBLE FILLING OPEN SPOTS BY THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF IT. UM, I'M WORRIED THAT A NEW INITIATIVE ESPECIALLY ONE AS IMPORTANT AS THIS ONE, WITH POTENTIALLY LARGE POSITIVE IMPACT ON STUDENTS WOULD RESULT IN MORE THINGS BEING ASKED OF ALREADY OVERTAXED TEACHERS FURTHER EXACERBATING OUR TEACHER SHORTAGE AND THE STRESS OF THOSE WHO CHOOSE TO STAY IN THE PROFESSION IN THIS DISTRICT. MY CONCERNS WERE FURTHER HEIGHTENED BY A FALSE IMPRESSION OF THE WORK WE WERE DOING, NAMELY THAT WE WERE EVENTUALLY SEEKING TO END FUNDAMENTALS AS A SERVICE ACROSS THE DISTRICT AND IN MY CAMPUS NEXT YEAR, ESPECIALLY FELT LIKE TOO MUCH TOO FAST. OVER THE COURSE OF OUR MEETINGS AS A COALITION. I FOUND MORE CONFIDENCE IN OUR PROGRAM. OUR PROCESS. IT HELPS TO KNOW THAT THIS IS A LONG TERM PROJECT THAT WE'RE IN THE BEGINNING STAGES OF OUR PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR IS SIMPLE AND NOT REVOLUTIONARY NAME AND NEED CONFERENCES. PROBLEM SOLVING CIRCLES. AND SHIFTING MINDSETS. THERE'S ALREADY TIME BUILT INTO OUR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL CALENDARS FOR ADDITIONAL CONFERENCES, THANKS TO THE HALF DAYS NEXT YEAR.CAMPUSES ARE DEVELOPING PLANS TO READ THROUGH OUR BOOK. WHICH IS WHERE SOME REAL MINDSET CHANGES CAN TAKE PLACE, AND THE COALITION IS TAKING TIME TO BE INTENTIONAL ABOUT ANY CHANGES WE MAKE. WE ARE DEVELOPING A COHESIVE PLAN OF ACTION WITH THE SPEED AND INTENTIONALITY WITH WHICH WE ARE DOING SO HAS MADE ME MUCH LESS WORRIED ABOUT THE FUTURE. LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, IS KRISTIE MCLEAN. CHRISTIE THROUGH THE BOOK STUDY . WE HAVE HEARD ABOUT INCREASING THE VOICE OF PARENTS AND STUDENTS IN THE PROCESS. THROUGH YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE COALITION. WHAT MOST EXCITES YOU ABOUT THE WORK. UM SO AGAIN. MY NAME IS CHRISTINE MCLEAN. I AM A RESIDENT AND CARROLLTON. I AM A CFB GRADUATE. I'M ALSO AN EMPLOYEE SERVING AS THE DIRECTOR OF SCIENCE. BUT MY MOST IMPORTANT JOB IS THAT I'M A PARENT. I HAVE TWO BOYS WHO BOTH ATTEND C F B. I S D SCHOOLS AND , UM I WAS HONORED AND IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO BE A PART OF THE GUIDING COALITION AND BOOK STUDY BECAUSE THE WORK IS VERY DEAR TO MY HEART. UM ONE OF MY CHILDREN RECEIVE SERVICES THROUGH A SPECIAL EDUCATION OR THE SPECIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT. HIS JOURNEY BEGAN AT NINE MONTHS OLD WHEN HE STARTED OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY THROUGH E CI OR EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION. UM AT AGE THREE. HE WAS TAKEN UNDER THE WING OF MANY OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM UM OF CFB TO SUPPORT HIS UNIQUE NEEDS. HE HAS TAUGHT ME MORE THAN HE WILL EVER KNOW. HE'S TAUGHT ME TO BE BRAVE EVEN THOUGH I THINK I'M BEING BRAVE FOR HIM. FOR MYSELF, UM AND STRONGER THAN I EVER THOUGHT I COULD BE. I HAVE LEARNED COPING SKILLS AS A PARENT THAT I NEVER KNEW I WOULD HAVE. BUT THIS LEARNING HAS NOT COME WITHOUT A LOT OF ANXIETY. ANXIETY DURING HIS MANY YARDS. BECAUSE I DON'T ALWAYS UNDERSTAND THE LANGUAGE IN A VERY FAST PACE SETTING. OR I'M UNSURE AT THE PLACEMENT OR MOVE FROM ONE CAMPUS TO ANOTHER IS THE ACTUAL BEST DECISION FOR MY CHILD. UM, I HAVE I FEEL PRESSURE TO MAKE A DECISION BASED ON SOMEONE ELSE'S OBSERVATIONS OF THE CHILD THAT I SPEND EVERY DAY WITH I FEEL UNEASE, WONDERING WHAT CRITICAL GRADE LEVEL LEARNING AND AMAZING EXPERIENCES HE MISSES OUT ON WHEN HE'S PULLED OUT FOR SERVICES OR HIS MANY DIFFERENT THERAPIES. AND I FEEL A LOT OF APPREHENSION THAT HIS BEAUTIFUL NON STANDARDIZED MIND IS GOING TO BE FORCED TO FIT INTO A STANDARDIZED EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM.
I ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THESE FEELINGS ARE NOT UNIQUE TO ME AND THAT EVERY PARENT WHO SENDS THEIR CHILDREN TO OUR SCHOOLS FEELS THE SAME TYPE OF ANXIETY THAT I DO. THROUGH THE STUDY OF THE BOOK, YOUR STUDENTS. MY STUDENTS ARE STUDENTS AND THE WORK BEING DONE WITHIN THE GUIDING COALITION. I'VE COME TO REALIZE THAT IT IS ABOUT MORE THAN INCLUSION, ACCOMMODATIONS, PROGRAMS OR SERVICES. THIS COMMITTEE HAS COME TOGETHER TO ADVOCATE FOR THE QUALITY OF ALL OF OUR STUDENTS LIVES. STUDENTS LIKE BOTH OF MY CHILDREN AND EVERY OTHER CHILD IN OUR DISTRICT, WHO IS JUST AS UNIQUE AS THEY ARE. WHETHER THEY ARE BEING SERVED THROUGH SPECIAL SERVICES. GIFTED AND TALENTED. OR NOT. THERE'S A STATEMENT IN THE BOOK THAT SAYS STUDENTS ARE MORE THAN LEGAL COMPLIANCE AND PAPER GOALS OR SOMETHING WE SHOULD DEVELOP WITH OUR
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STUDENTS, NOT FOR THEM. BECAUSE OF THE WORK BEING DONE IN THE GUIDING COALITION. I'M EXCITED TO KNOW THAT PARENTS AND STUDENTS WILL HAVE AN INCREASED VOICE AS CFB DEEPENS PARTNERSHIPS WITH FAMILIES AS WE SET COMMON GOALS FOR OUR LEARNERS TOGETHER. I'M PROUD THAT NAYMAN NEED CONFERENCES WILL SUPPORT MONITORING THE PROGRESS OF STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR OUTSIDE OF ART COMMITTEE MEETINGS. I'M OPTIMISTIC TO KNOW THAT PROBLEM SOLVING CIRCLES WILL BE USED TO ADDRESS CHALLENGES. A STUDENT MAY HAVE ALLOWING OUR TEAMS TO REFLECT ON THE WHOLE CHILD AND BRAINSTORM INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS. TO SUPPORT ALL STUDENTS NEEDS.AND FINALLY, I'M HOPEFUL THAT THE MIND SHIFTS WILL TAKE HOLD ACROSS THE F B. THAT AS THEY TAKE HOLD ACROSS CFB PARENTS LIKE MYSELF WILL FEEL LESS OVERWHELMED AND MORE ASSURED, KNOWING THAT THEIR CHILDREN ARE OUR CHILDREN. AND THAT THEY ARE KNOWN BY NAME AND NEED AND THAT PARENTS ARE EQUAL PARTNERS IN THE EDUCATION OF THEIR CHILD. THANK YOU. WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING MORE THAN END WITH THOSE THREE WONDERFUL TESTIMONIALS FROM OUR GARDEN COALITION. SO WITH THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANKS FOR THE WHOLE TEAM THERE, EVERYBODY THAT PRESENTED. THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION FOR MEMBERS OF THEIR QUESTIONS. COMMENTS. YOU.
HMM. OKAY, MR BOCEK. FIRST I LOVE YOUR SHIRTS. AH! UM THERE WERE SEVERAL THINGS THAT WERE SAID THANKS FOR YOUR WORK, THE BELIEF STATEMENTS. I PUT A BIG CHECKMARK BY RIGHT ON. THE OTHER THING THAT WAS MENTIONED THAT STOOD OUT TO ME WAS NOT ONLY FROM A STUDENT'S NAME AND NEED WHICH WE'VE HEARD A LOT MORE THAT THAT'S OUR FOCUS FROM ALL WHAT WE WANT AND TO KNOW THAT BUT THAT YOU SAID BY TEACHER AND I HAVEN'T HEARD. I DON'T THINK I'VE HEARD THAT BEFORE IN A DISCUSSION. I REALLY LIKE THAT BECAUSE I THINK BY Y'ALL DOING THAT, KNOWING AND PROVIDING THAT THAT ALLOWS OUR TEACHERS TO FOCUS IN THE CLASSROOM ON THE STUDENTS AND THEIR SERVICES. AND MAKING PROGRESS. I MEAN, SO I LOVE THAT I LOVE THAT. AND THEN, UM, THE SERVICES, NOT PROGRAMS. I ALSO LIKE THAT I THINK OF A MENU. WHAT I WOULD ASSUME IS A MENU OF SERVICES AND THROUGH THAT NAME AND NEED, Y'ALL ARE GOING TO EVALUATE. UM FOR DELIVERY, SO I JUST REALLY LIKE THAT. AND THEN THE GRADUATION AND TRANSITION. I BELIEVE IN THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW Y'ALL REORGANIZATION NEW THINGS. NEW WAY OF LOOKING NEW BELIEF. ALL NEW THAT'S HARD FOR TEACHERS, STUDENTS, PARENTS AS WELL. I WOULD ASSUME SO THIS GRADUATION AND TRANSITION AND THE SUPPORT AFTER I LOVE IT. I MEAN, I LOVE THAT AS WELL. SO MANY THINGS STAND OUT. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, LIKE YOU SAID, THIS IS JUST A BENEFIT FOR, UM ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, SO I APPRECIATE THE WORK. APPRECIATE IT. IT'S BRADY. I JUST WANT TO PIGGYBACK ON THIS ABOUT YOU JUST SAID GREAT WORK, Y'ALL AND I WAS LIKE, STARTING FROM SCRATCH. AND YOU'RE DOING A BEAUTIFUL JOB. I WANT TO COMMEND MR BAKER AND MISS MCLEAN FOR OTHER COMPLETE HONESTY. UM, IT'S HARD. IT'S REALLY HARD. MY FAVORITE PART OF YOUR WHOLE PRESENTATION WAS THE NAME OF NEED CONFERENCES THAT WON'T BE AT ARTS. THAT'S AMAZING THAT IS BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH KIDS AND PARENTS AND TEACHERS. THAT'S A GREAT GREAT CONCEPT. I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE HOW THIS ALL GOES FORWARD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? MISS HATFIELD. ONE ECO AGAIN. THANK YOU AND MISS MACLAINE. YOUR WORDS MEAN A LOT TO PARENTS. HE HELPS I DO WANT TO MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. I JUST, UM THAT I FOUND VERY INTERESTING AND I THINK 11 OF THE THINGS THAT I REALLY LIKED ABOUT THIS WAS UM, THE IDEA OF KIDS BEING JEANETTE KIDS TO BEGIN WITH RIGHT BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S REALLY IN LINE WITH THE WHOLE IDEA OF THE LEGAL CONCEPT OF LEAST RESTRICTIVE ENVIRONMENT AND, UM GETTING HIM IN THE IN THE REGULAR CLASSROOM AND ON THEIR HOME CAMPUS AND THEN GRADUALLY ADDING, ADDING SERVICES AS NEEDED, DRIVEN BY BY THOSE NAME IN THE CONFERENCES IN THE DATA. UM I ALSO LOVE THAT YOU GUYS ARE THINKING OF SERVICES RATHER RATHER THAN PROGRAMS AND I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN MANY, MANY TIMES WHERE YOU KNOW IN MY CAREER AS PRINCIPAL WHERE YOU HAVE X NUMBER OF
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PROGRAMS, BUT YOU HAVE X PLUS. 10 OR 12 TYPES OF, YOU KNOW, KIDS THAT DON'T FIT IN THOSE PROGRAMS RIGHT? SO WE CAN'T THINK OF THEM AS CATEGORIES. YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T PLACE THEM IN CATEGORIES CAN'T PUT LABELS ON THEM. WE HAVE TO. WE HAVE TO KNOW WHAT THEY NEED AND WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEY NEED AND IN TERMS OF SERVICE. PROVIDE THAT FOR THEM. SO I THINK THIS IS A THERE'S SOME LIKE THE MINDSET SHIFTS AND THE APPROACH THAT YOU GUYS ARE TAKING ALSO LOVE THE BRINGING 504 AND SPECIAL ED CLOSER TOGETHER BECAUSE I DO DO THINK THAT THOSE ARE TWO AREAS THAT THAT NEED TO BE, UM TALKING MORE. AND I THINK TRADITIONALLY , THERE'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF A DISCONNECT. NOT NECESSARILY HERE. BUT JUST IN GENERAL. UM BETWEEN PEOPLE THAT DEAL WITH PHARAOH FOUR AND THE PEOPLE THAT DEAL WITH SPECIAL ED. UM WE JUST COME IN GETTING THOSE SILOS. SO A LOT OF POSITIVES HERE AND, UM I JUST WANNA THANK YOU GUYS ALL FOR BEING HERE AND, UM, TAKING A TURN AT THE MICROPHONE AT THE PODIUM AND CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHERE THIS GOES. GOOD WORK.YEAH. OH MISS BRADY HAS ASKED HIS REMINDED ME TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE SHIRTS. MHM. UM OKAY, SO WE WILL MOVE TO OUR NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS ITEM FOUR B , WHICH IS A FACILITY SERVICE REPORT. BUT I SEE IN MY NOTES HERE THAT IT'S SPENDING THAT'S BEING POSTPONED TO THE APRIL MEETING. OKAY SO WE WILL SKIP OVER ITEM FOUR B. AND MOVED FORESEEN, WHICH IS, UM TECHNOLOGY UPDATE ON DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP AND GAGGLE. SO THIS IS DR STOUT.
GOOD EVENING. I AM HERE SUBBING FOR SCOTT MONROE, WHO IS FLYING OVER THE ATLANTIC. CORRECT NOW AS WE SPEAK, I'M A LITTLE SHORTER AND HAVE MORE HAIR BUT DO THE BEST I CAN UM. FIVE SAFE AND SECURE COLLEAGUE AND I ARE HERE TO SPEAK TO YOU TONIGHT ABOUT THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF ONLINE STUDENT SAFETY THAT OUR TWO DEPARTMENTS COLLABORATE ALONG WITH EVERY OTHER DEPARTMENT IN THE DISTRICT TO SOME EXTENT TO PUT IN PLACE FOR OUR STUDENTS. OUR OVERALL SAFETY. PLAN IS IT'S A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY, BUT IT'S A BIT LIKE A JIGSAW PUZZLE. THE FIRST PIECE OF THAT JIGSAW PUZZLE WOULD BE TO EDUCATE OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF ON SAFETY. UM BOTH PHYSICAL AND CYBER, UH, A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO CARRY GOOCH AND I WE'RE HERE SPEAKING TO YOU ABOUT DIGITAL LEARNING, AND YOU ALL HEARD ABOUT THE COMMON SENSE MEDIA. CERTIFICATION THAT THE DISTRICT IS WORKING TOWARDS WE ARE DOING THAT. WE'RE ALSO WORKING TO EDUCATE OUR STAFF.
ON, UM CYBERSECURITY FISHING SAFETY, DATA PRACTICES AND WHATNOT. UM JUST AS A QUICK UPDATE, THE DIRECTOR OF LIBRARY SERVICES IS DOING REGULAR CHECK INS WITH HER CAMPUS LIBRARIANS ON THE STATUS IN MOST ON MOST CAMPUSES. THERE THE POINT PERSON FOR OBTAINING, UM COMMON SENSE MEDIA CERTIFICATION FOR THE CAMPUS. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING FOR, UM, SOME POSTERS THAT WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THE CAMPUSES WHEN THEY ACHIEVE THEIR CERTIFICATION AND ALSO RECOGNITION FOR THE TEACHERS WHO ARE GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND AND GETTING RECOGNIZED AS INDIVIDUAL COMMON SENSE.
EDUCATORS. I'LL GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO TURNER HIGH SCHOOL. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF TEACHERS THAT ARE TAKING THAT INITIATIVE TO GO ON. IT'S HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, BUT THAT ONE CAMPUSES HAS REALLY MADE IT. UM A PROJECT TO HAVE INDIVIDUAL TEACHERS BECOME CERTIFIED AS COMMON SENSE , UH, CERTIFIED EDUCATORS RECOGNIZED EDUCATORS. UM WE'RE ALSO VETTING SOME ADDITIONAL RESOURCES BECAUSE ONCE FOR ALL CERTIFIED WITH COMMON SENSE MEDIA THEN WHAT? SO WE'RE
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PUTTING TOGETHER OUR PLAN FOR FUTURE YEARS IN ORDER TO MOVE MORE FROM, UM HOW TO FOLLOW THE RULES AND MORE INTO THE LITERACY . HOW TO USE THOSE SKILLS IN A RESPONSIBLE MANNER. THE SECOND JIGSAW PIECE OF THE PUZZLE WOULD BE TO FILTER ACCESS, WHICH WOULD BE OUR WEB BASED PLATFORMS AND PRODUCTS ARE RUN THROUGH THE DISTRICT FILTERS. INTERNET FILTERS. THE THIRD COMPONENT OR JIGSAW PUZZLE PIECE IS TO RECEIVE AN ACT ON ALERTS BASED ON ACTIVITIES THAT STUDENTS ARE EXHIBITING ONLINE THROUGH THE DISTRICT PURCHASE PLATFORMS. AND THE FOURTH PIECE OF THAT WOULD BE TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF OUR DATA AND SYSTEMS. AND SO THE CYBER SECURITY MEASURES WOULD BE THE SUITE OF TOOLS AND PLATFORMS THAT WE USE TO MAINTAIN OUR SYSTEM INTEGRITY. WE SPOKE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION. THIS IS A LIST OF THE TOPICS THAT STUDENTS RECEIVE AGED APPROPRIATE INSTRUCTION IN SO OBVIOUSLY, SOME OF THOSE TOPICS COME IN, AND MUCH LATER GRADES THAN OTHERS. UM BASED ON THE COMMENTS SINCE MEDIA DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP CURRICULUM THAT IS GRADES K THROUGH 12. UM NOTE ABOUT CONTENT FILTERING THE FEDERAL SEPA LAW. REQUIRES THAT ALL SCHOOLS IMPLEMENT A SUPER COMPLIANT FILTER. AND THE CONTENT THAT OR THE TOPICS THAT ARE, UH, LISTED UNDER SEPA COMPLIANCE WOULD BE CONTENT THAT IS OBSCENE. CONTENT THAT IS PORNOGRAPHIC CONTENT CONTENT THAT IS HARMFUL TO MINORS. THE STUDENTS ONLY PORTION IS THAT STUDENTS HAVE TO BE UNDER THE FEDERAL LAW, STUDENTS HAVE TO BE FILTERED. EDUCATORS ARE ADULTS DO NOT. HOWEVER WE DO RUN THE SUPER COMPLIANT WEB INTERNET FILTER. FOR THE EVERYBODY IN THE DISTRICT. UM OUR CURRENT INTERNET FILTER HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR A FEW YEARS. IT IS SUPER COMPLIANT, BUT WE ALSO ADDED ADDITIONAL LAYERS TO THE FEDERAL MANDATE AND WE BLOCKED CATEGORIES SUCH AS ALCOHOL AND DRUGS, GAMBLING GANG INFORMATION , HATE SITES, OTHER HARMFUL MATERIAL THAT IS NOT GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT THE FEDERAL LEGISLATION MANDATES. IN ADDITION TO THAT OUR DEVICES ARE FILTERED BOTH ON THE CAMPUSES AND AT HOME, SO THEY'RE RUNNING THROUGH THAT INTERNET STUDENTS ARE RUNNING THROUGH THAT INTERNET FILTER ON THEIR DEVICES WHEN THEY'RE SITTING AT HOME IN THEIR LIVING ROOMS AS WELL. UM A COMMON QUESTION THAT WE GET ABOUT INTERNET FILTERING IS WELL , BUT A CHILD CAN GET TO THIS VIDEO ON YOUTUBE. WHY ISN'T THE FILTER NOT CATCHING IT? AH THE SHORT ANSWER TO THAT. IS THAT THE FILTER AH! GOES BY. UM CATEGORIES, AND SO LET'S SAY THE EXAMPLE IS IT'S A YOUNG CHILD WATCHING A VIDEO ON YOUTUBE ABOUT STREET RACING. WELL THAT THE PARENT OR THE PERSON MIGHT DECIDE THAT THAT VIDEO ISN'T SOMETHING THAT THEY WANT THEIR CHILD WATCHING, BUT IT DOESN'T RISE TO THE LEVEL OF PORNOGRAPHIC OR HARMFUL TO MINORS, AS ESTABLISHED BY YOUTUBE. SO WILL JUDGE THE FILTER WILL CATCH OVERALL CATEGORIES OF CONTENT, BUT ON SOME OF THE WEBSITES WE ARE RELYING ON THE OWNER OF THE WEBSITE THAT POSTS THAT MATERIAL. TO DETERMINE THE AGE APPROPRIATENESS OF THEIR OWN CONTENT. AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE GET INTO KIND OF A FUZZY AREA WITH YOUTUBE VIDEOS OR GOOGLE IMAGES OR THINGS LIKE THAT. UM.AND NOW I WILL TURN IT OVER TO FREEMAN. TO TALK ABOUT OUR LAST PUBLIC. GOOD EVENING. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE TWO FILTERING PIECES OF SOFTWARE THAT WE USE GAGGLE IN ANONYMOUS ALERTS. UM THE FIRST ONE I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS ANONYMOUS ALERTS, AND I WANT TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD SEE. ANONYMOUS ALERT IS OUR ANONYMOUS TIP LINE THAT'S AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE FOR ALL STUDENTS AND PARENTS, AND THIS IS ACTUALLY JUST A VERY RECENT EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT CAME THROUGH AND IT KIND OF ILLUSTRATES HOW WE CAN COMMUNICATE WITH THE PERSON THAT'S SETTING A TIP. I'M THE PERSON ON THE GREEN, WHO'S CHATTING BACK WITH THE PERSON ON
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ON THE WHITE SIDE. UM AND IT WE'RE DISCUSSING JUST DIFFERENT THINGS. UM. THROUGH THIS TEXT WERE ABLE TO DETERMINE A FEW THINGS. AND THEN WE'RE ABLE TO TALK TO THE STUDENTS AND PULL THEM DIRECTLY. AND I WANT NEXT. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT GAGGLE. GAGGLE DOES A FEW THINGS IT WAS HARD TO SEE. SORRY. VERY, VERY SMALL. UM. TO DO MY BEST. SO IT ACTUALLY SCREENS FOR TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. ONE OF THEM IS CALLED P S S POTENTIAL OR POSSIBLE STUDENTS SOLUTIONS THAT'S HELPFUL. THANK YOU. AND THE OTHER ONE IS QC QUESTIONABLE CONTENT SO UNDER THE QC AND QUESTIONABLE CONTENT, IT'S SPECIFICALLY SCREENING FOR SEXUAL CONTENT. HARM DRUG REFERENCES, SUICIDAL IDEATIONS, PORNOGRAPHIC MATERIALS, THINGS LIKE THAT. IF GAGGLE CATCHES IT IN THE FILTER. IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S ILLEGAL TO HAVE A PORNOGRAPHIC OR POTENTIALLY PORNOGRAPHIC, IT'S GOING TO FLAG IT, REMOVE IT AND THEN PUT IT IN WHAT'S CALLED A VAULT. UM, THE OTHER TYPES OF THINGS. IT'S JUST GOING TO NOTIFY. IT SENDS EMERGENCY NOTIFICATIONS TO FOUR DIFFERENT PEOPLE. I'VE LISTED THEM IN THE GREEN, SO THERE ARE FOUR INDIVIDUALS THAT RECEIVE EVERY SINGLE RESPONSE. WE FILTER THROUGH THEM, AND THEN WE SEND IT TO THE CAMPUS THE APPROPRIATE CAMPUS TO INVESTIGATE. THE POSSIBLE STUDENTS SITUATIONS WILL SEND A TEXT MESSAGE TO THE SAME FOUR PEOPLE. WE HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO RESPOND. IF WE FAIL TO RESPOND WITHIN FIVE MINUTES, WE GET PHONE CALLS IF WE FAIL TO PICK UP THE PHONE AND THE LAW ENFORCEMENT GROUP WILL GET NOTIFIED, AND THEN THEY'LL RESPOND ON A POTENTIAL STUDENTS SITUATION. THOSE ARE GENERALLY SPEAKING MORE THREATENING MORE HARMFUL AND TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE ACTION. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT GAGGLE EARN ON THIS ALERTS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR ANY EITHER PORTION OF THAT PRESENTATION FROM THE BOARD. NO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION. OKAY UM, OUR NEXT ITEM IS FOUR D S L I DISCUSSION AND FOR THIS, I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO MISS HATFIELD. THANK YOU. UM SO AS WELL. I IS COMING UP THIS SUMMER AND WHEN THE CALL CAME OUT FOR SESSIONS, UM, I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH SALLY AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE GREAT WORK THAT WE DID AFTER SLE LAST YEAR AND HOW WHEN WE CAME BACK FROM SL I WE FOUND IT REALLY IMPORTANT TO GET TOGETHER AS A GROUP AND LOOK AT, UM WHAT WE LEARNED FROM THAT EXPERIENCE IN THE PROTOCOL THAT WE PUT TOGETHER AND WENT THROUGH. AND UM, WHILE I'VE BEEN IN LEADERSHIP TASK B. I HAD TALKED TO A COUPLE OF THE PEOPLE AT LEADERSHIP TASK BE ABOUT WHAT WE DID BECAUSE I THINK THAT THINGS THAT WE DID, WHICH WERE WANTING TO GO TO CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, AND WE'VE DONE THAT ONCE. SO FAR . THE BOOK STUDY OUR BOARD CALENDAR AND THE VARIOUS THINGS THAT NOT ONLY WE DISCUSSED ABOUT WHAT WE LEARNED, BUT ALSO WHAT WE WANTED TO ACT ON AS A BOARD ENGAGEMENT GOALS. WE'RE REALLY IMPORTANT AND I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY VALUABLE AND TALKING ABOUT SALLY. BOTH OF US REALLY FELT WE REALLY VALUABLE THAT WE SHARE THAT WITH OTHER SCHOOL BOARDS ACROSS THE STATE AS A WAY TO COME BACK FROM TRAINING AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU PUT THE WORK THAT YOU DO AT TRAINING INTO ACTION. AND SO I TOOK THE TIME TO LOOK AT THE PROPOSAL. IT'S PRETTY SMALL. IT'S PRETTY EASY. AND SO, UM PUT TOGETHER A PROPOSAL AND THEN SALLY EDITED BECAUSE, OF COURSE, YOU CAN ONLY HAVE SO MANY WORDS. UM AND I AM NOT SHORT ENOUGH AT MY WORDS, AND SO WE WANTED TO BRING IT BEFORE THE BOARD AS POTENTIALLY SOMETHING TO DO. I DID TALK TO TASK B AND THEY SAID THAT IT IS THEIR GOAL THAT 95% OF THEIR SESSIONS ARE PRESENTED AT BOTH CONFERENCES. AND SO, UM, I'M I'M PLANNING ON GOING TO FORT WORTH. AND SO I AM HAPPY TO PRESENT AND I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE AVAILABLE, BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO PUT THIS FORWARD WITHOUT HAVING A DISCUSSION WITH THE BOARD ABOUT THAT POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITY AND TO SEE WHAT YOU GUYS THOUGHT AND WHAT YOUR INTEREST WAS. AND IF YOU THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA, SO WITH THAT SALLY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD. JUST A FEW THINGS, SO I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE CREATED A BEST PRACTICE FROM SL I LAST YEAR BY CREATING BOARD INITIATIVES AFTERWARDS, AND THAT THAT WAS RECOGNIZED BY BOARDS THAT CASSANDRA HAS TALKED TO.AND SO IF WE CAN TAKE WHAT WE LEARNED AND THE PROGRAMS THAT WE CREATED OUT OF IT AND SHARE THAT WITH OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN TEXAS, THEN WE ALL HAVE A PLAN OF WHAT WE DO AFTER WE ATTEND SLE, SO I THINK THIS IS REALLY EXCITING WORK THAT WE CAN, UM TAKE WHAT WE'VE LEARNED AND SHARE IT WITH OTHERS. CASSANDRA'S OFFERED TO GO TO FOURTH WORTH AND THE JUNE 14 THROUGH 17TH IS SAN ANTONIO SO I WOULD TAKE THAT ONE. WE WOULD DIVIDE AND CONQUER SO THAT WE HAD COVERAGE. UM, BUT WE'RE PRESENTING TONIGHT AS A CONVERSATION PIECE AND TO SEE IF
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ANYONE ELSE WANTS TO BE INVOLVED. MORE MEMBERS. THIS CAR IS A ROJAS. I AM HAPPY TO HELP YOU, SALLY, SINCE I'LL BE IN SAN ANTONIO AS WELL. I'M ALSO HAPPY TO HELP US BE IN SAN ANTONIO.YEAH OKAY. CASSANDRA MAYBE THE ONLY ONE IN FORT WORTH. UM SO I GUESS I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S THIS IS JUST DISCUSSION. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR US ABOUT THE PROPOSAL AND THE WORD LIMIT WAS VERY SMALL, WHICH SHE REFERRED TO SO THERE'S NOT A LOT OF MEAT THERE, BUT I THINK YOU'LL UNDERSTAND KIND OF THE CONCEPT. IT'S JUST TAKING THE WORK STUDY THAT WE HAD WHERE WE DID. UM THE POST IT NOTES AND THE DISCUSSIONS AND EVERYONE KIND OF VOTING AND COMING UP WITH WHAT TO RALLY AROUND. THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT AS UM, THE BEST PRACTICE. SO IF NOBODY HAS ANY CONCERNS, I'M GOING TO SUBMIT IT TOMORROW BECAUSE TOMORROW IS A DEADLY RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR HATFIELD. ALRIGHT UM, WE ARE NOW TOO BECAUSE AGENDA ITEM
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NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA. IT'S A MECHANISM THAT THE BOARD USES TO APPROVE A NUMBER OF ROUTINE ITEMS TOGETHER WITH A SINGLE VOTE AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS, ACT. THE PUBLIC NOTICE FOR THIS MEETING. INCLUDES THE LIST OF ALL CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS, AND THE BOARD IS SENT. EXCUSE ME. THE BOARD HAS PROVIDED BEEN PROVIDED AMPLE INFORMATION ABOUT THESE ITEMS IN ADVANCE. PRIOR TO ANY ACTION TAKEN ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.BOARD MEMBERS MAY REQUEST WITHDRAWAL OF INDIVIDUAL ITEMS FOR CLARIFICATION OR DISCUSSION.
FOUR MEMBERS. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS TO BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AT THIS TIME? OKAY, UM. SO I HEAR NONE. SO UM , WE'LL GO TO OPTION ONE HEARING NONE AND SEEING NONE BOARD MEMBERS TO HAVE A MOTION REGARDING THE CONSENT AGENDA. MR ERIC. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVED THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. I HAVE A MOTION FROM HYSTERIC TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS PRESENTED TO HAVE 2ND 2ND FROM MISS BRADY. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION, SO I'LL ASK ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. PLEASE SHOW BY RAISING YOUR HAND. C SEVEN HANDS RAISED ALL POSED NONE. SO BY VOTE OF SEVEN IN FAVOR. ZERO OPPOSED THE CONSENT AGENDA CARRIES OR HIS
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PAST. UM WE'LL MOVE NOW TO, UM AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX, WHICH ARE OR ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION AND OR ACTION. UH SIX A IS ARE ITEMS THAT ARE REMOVED FROM CONSENT, WHICH WE HAD NONE. SO WE WILL MOVE FROM SIX A 26 B, UM AND THIS IS CONSIDER OR CONSIDERING APPROVED RESOLUTION FOR EMERGENCY CLOSURE. DUE TO WINTER WEATHER AND I'LL TURN THIS OVER TO YOU, MR MARSH. THANK YOU, DR BLACK IF YOU RECALL FROM JANUARY 31ST 2 FEBRUARY, THE 3RD 2023. THE DISTRICT WAS CLOSED DUE TO IMPLEMENT WEATHER. WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE THAT USED THE BOARD BACK IN AUGUST OF 21 PUT A PROVISION INTO THE POLICY. THE LOCAL UH HUH. COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS THAT ALLOWED FOR EMPLOYEES TO BE PAID. WHEN THEY COULD NOT COME TO WORK DUE TO AN EMERGENCY CLOSURE. THE POLICY STATES DURING EMERGENCY CLOSURE , ALL EMPLOYEES SHALL CONTINUE TO BE PAID FOR THEIR REGULAR DUTY SCHEDULE UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY BOARD ACTION. FOLLOWING AN EMERGENCY CLOSURE.THE BOARD SHALL ADOPT A RESOLUTION OR TAKE OTHER BOARD ACTION, ESTABLISHING THE PURPOSE AND PARAMETERS FOR SUCH PAYMENTS. IT IS RECOMMENDED. THE BOARD APPROVED THE RESOLUTION THAT YOU HAD BEFORE YOU THANK YOU, MR MARSH. UM DO I HAVE A MOTION REGARDING THIS ITEM AND JUST BY WAY OF REMINDER MOTION WILL HAVE TO BE THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF THE OF THE RESOLUTION HERE. SO DO I HAVE EMOTION REGARDING THIS ITEM? MS BENAVIDEZ. HMM. OKAY, UM. OH THAT'S RIGHT. IT'S PRINTED. OKAY. THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN AROUND THERE. SO RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE COMMERCE INDEPENDENT WHAT EMERSON CARROLLTON. SORRY.
CARROLLTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. PAYMENT OF EMPLOYEES DURING EMERGENCY CLOSURE, WHEREAS THE RECENT INCLEMENT WEATHER RESULTED IN THE CLOSURE OF ALL SCHOOLS AND FACILITIES IN THE CARROLLTON FARMERS BRANCH INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. JANUARY 31ST 2023 TO FEBRUARY
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2ND 2023 DO TO IMPLEMENT WHETHER AND FOR THE SAFETY OF STUDENTS AND STAFF. AND THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. AND WHEREAS THROUGH CIRCUMSTANCES COMPLETELY BEYOND OUR CONTROL. THE FBI'S EMPLOYEES WERE FORCED TO MISS WORK DAYS DUE TO THE CLOSURE OF SCHOOLS, FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS. AND WHEREAS BOARD POLICY D A LOCAL REQUIRES THE DISTRICT TO CONTINUE TO PAY EMPLOYEES FOR THE REGULAR DUTY SCHEDULE DURING AN EMERGENCY CLOSURE. AS FURTHER PROVIDED BY THIS RESOLUTION. AND WHEREAS THE BOARD DETERMINES THAT A PUBLIC SCHOOL PURPOSE EXISTS FOR FORGIVING OR EXCUSING THE ABSENCE OF AN EMPLOYEE ON DAYS WHEN THE EMPLOYEES NOT ABLE TO WORK DUE TO THE CLOSURE OF SCHOOL FACILITIES OR OPERATIONS. AND NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BORDER TRUSTEES OF THE CF BSG THAT ONE ALL EMPLOYEES WILL BE COMPENSATED FOR THEIR REGULAR DUTY SCHEDULE DURING THE EMERGENCY CLOSURE. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ANY EMPLOYEE WHO WERE REQUIRED TO WORK DURING THE CLOSURE, AND HE WAS ABSENT FROM DUTY FOR A REASON AND RELATED TO THE CLOSURE. TWO NONEXEMPT EMPLOYEES WHO WERE REQUIRED TO REPORT TO WORK ON SCHOOL PROPERTY DURING THE CLOSURE SHALL BE PAID AT THE RATE OF 1.5 TIMES THE RATE OF PAY FOR ALL HOURS WORKED UP TO 40 HOURS PER WEEK, AS PROVIDED BY BOARD POLICY, D. E A LOCAL AND NUMBER THREE, THE BOARD HEREBY AUTHORIZES THE SUPERINTENDENT TO TAKE STEPS DEEMED NECESSARY. AND APPROPRIATE TO FULFILL THE PURPOSES OF THIS RESOLUTION. ADOPTED BY MAJORITY VOTE OF MEMBERS OF THE C F B I S D BOARD OF TRUSTEES PRESENT AND VOTING AT AN OPEN MEETING OF THE BOARD HELD ON NINTH DAY OF MARCH, 2023 AT WHICH A QUORUM WAS PRESENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR BENAVIDEZ. WE HAVE WE HAVE MOTION. DO I HAVE A 2ND 2ND FROM MISS BRADY? IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? UH ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF POLICE SHOW BY RAISING YOUR HAND. UH ALWAYS POSED BY A VOTE OF SEVEN VOTES IN FAVOR. ZERO AGAINST THE MOTION CARRIES. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO, UH TO[7. Closed Meeting Pursuant to Texas Government Code Sections §551.071, to consult with the District's attorney, in person or by phone, on a matter in which the duty of the attorney to the District under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas clearly conflicts with Chapter 551 of the Texas Local Government Code. Pursuant to Texas Government Code Sections §551.074 for the purpose of considering the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline, or dismissal of a public officer, or employee, or to hear complaints or charges against a public officer or employee. Pursuant to Texas Government Code 551.076, Discussion and Deliberation Regarding Safety and Security.]
AGENDA ITEM SEVEN, WHICH IS OUR CLOSED MEETING PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS. 5 51.71. TO CONSULT WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY IN PERSON OR BY PHONE ON A MATTER IN WHICH THE DUTY OF THE ATTORNEY TO THE DISTRICT UNDER THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT WITH THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS CLEARLY CONFLICTS WITH CHAPTER 5 51 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 51.74 FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSIDERING THE APPOINTMENT EMPLOYMENT EVALUATION. REASSIGNMENT DUTIES , DISCIPLINE OR DISMISSAL OF A PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOY OR TO HEAR COMPLAINTS OR CHARGES AGAINST A PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE. PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT COVER 5 51.76.DISCUSSION AND DELIBERATION REGARDING SAFETY AND SECURITY. UM SO I'M SEVEN A WILL BE DISCUSSION REVIEW OF NEGOTIATED CONTRACT OF LOAN FINALISTS FOR SUPERINTENDENT AND ITEM SEVEN B AS CYBER SECURITY UPDATE AUDIENCE MEMBERS. YOU'RE WELCOME REMAIN IN THE BOARDROOM AS THE BOARD MEMBERS RECESS AND MOVE INTO THE EXECUTIVE CONFERENCE ROOM FOR DELIBERATIONS. THE TIME IS NOW 8:23 P.M.
[8. Reconvene in Open Session ]
WE'RE BACK ON THE RECORD AND OPEN SESSION, HAVING RETURNED FROM CLOSED SESSION. THE TIME IS NOW. 9 36. PM. THE BOARD WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA. ITEM NUMBER NINE, WHICH IS COMMENTS[9. Comments from Board Members Regarding Posted Agenda Items]
FROM BOARD MEMBERS REGARDING POSTED AGENDA. ADAMS BOARD MEMBERS. DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? YOU WISH TO MAKE IT THIS TIME RELATED AND POSTED AGENDA, MR BENAVIDEZ I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OUR NINE WEEKS. 18 WEEKS NOW TEACHERS, GOOD JOB AND TO HAVE A GREAT UM SPRING BREAK AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU, MISS BENAVIDEZ. ANYONE ELSE? UM I DO WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT ON RELATED TO MR MURCH IS, UM, DISTRICT REPORT. UM, AND HE HE MENTIONED, UM THE IMPENDING ARRIVAL OF, UM DR ELDREDGE, OUR NEW SUPERINTENDENT. BUT FOR THOSE LISTENING, THERE'S NOBODY IN THE ROOM LEFT ANYMORE, EXCEPT FOR US. BUT FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY BE WATCHING THE VIDEO, I JUST WANNA GIVE ONE MORE SHOUT OUT TO BRIAN MARSH, WHO SERVED AS OUR INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT DURING THIS PERIOD. AND, UM AND , UM, THANK HIM FOR THE GUIDANCE AND THE HARD WORK AND IT'S BEEN A TREMENDOUS SACRIFICE. I THINK FOR HIM IN TERMS OF ADDITIONAL HOURS AND TIME AWAY FROM HIS FAMILY, AND, UM HE'S REALLY DEDICATED TO THIS DISTRICT. AND I WAS JUST UNBELIEVABLE ASSET. THE DISTRICT AND SO I WANT TO PUBLICLY THANK HIM. IT DOESN'T FEEL PUBLIC WHEN THERE'S EMPTY CHAIRS OUT THERE, BUT I KNOW SOMEBODY MIGHT WATCH THIS ONLINE. SO UM, YES. AND YOUR WIFE MAY SEE THIS TOO. SO UM AND LIKE MISS BENAVIDEZ SAID. HAPPY[01:25:04]
SPRING BREAK TO EVERYBODY OUT THERE. YOU GUYS HAVE A GREAT TIME AND BE SAFE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANKS. ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE WE MOVED TO ADJOURN. AH OKAY. WE WILL MOVE TO THE AGENDA . ITEM NUMBER 10 AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 10. WE'VE REACHED THE END OF OUR AGENDA. WE ARE ADJOURNED* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.