[1. Call to Order]
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          I CALLED THIS SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CARROLLTON FARMERS BRANCH IST BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO ORDER AT SIX PM ON JULY 20TH 2023. FOR THE RECORD BOARD MEMBERS PRESIDENT ARE SALLY DEREK. 
          TERROR ROBOTIC CAROLINE BENAVIDEZ, KIM BRADY, ILEANA GARCIA ROJAS, RANDY SHACHTMAN AND MYSELF. CASSANDRA HATFIELD. WE CONSTITUTE A QUORUM AND MAY CONDUCT BUSINESS ON BEHALF OF 
          [2. Audience for Guests - Limited to Posted Agenda Items for this Meeting]
THE DISTRICT. THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS AUDIENCE FOR GUESTS, PERSONS WISHING TO SPEAK DURING AUDIENCE FOR GUESTS MUST HAVE COMPLETED A FORM FOR THE PURPOSE AND PLACED IN THE DESIGNATED LOCATION PRIOR TO THE OPENING OF MEETING MISS CANADA. DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL PEOPLE LISTENING TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT BEFORE WE BEGIN WITH AUDIENCE FOR GUESTS, I WILL REMIND OUR AUDIENCE MEMBERS OF THE BOARDS PROCEDURES FOR HANDLING AUDIENCE FOR GUESTS . ANYONE INTERESTED TO SPEAK IN PERSON DURING AUDIENCE FOR GUESTS MUST HAVE COMPLETED THE FORM AND LISTED THE TOPICS THEY WISH TO DISCUSS. PRIOR TO THE START OF THE MEETING, TOPICS ARE LIMITED TO POSTED AGENDA ITEMS FOR THIS MEETING. EACH SPEAKER WILL BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK ONCE STEERING AUDIENCE FOR GUESTS AND WILL BE ALLOWED A MAXIMUM OF THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD AS 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. BOARD MEMBERS WILL LISTEN TO COMMENTS BUT WHEN WE'RE NOT WILL NOT RESPOND OR ANSWER QUESTIONS . WE ASK THAT YOU DO 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. THAT SPEAKER'S PRESENTATION WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL HAVE OUR FIRST GUEST. MR LINCOLN, A CHILLY. 
          YES, SIR. IT'S MY FIRST ONE OF THESE SORRY. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. OKAY SO, UH, I WAS APPEARING TODAY TO SPEAK QUICKLY ON JUST TWO SUBJECTS. UM I SAW AN AGENDA ITEM THAT REFERS TO BOARD PRIORITIES. UM AND AS A SKEPTICAL CITIZEN, I TEND TO TAKE THAT TO MEAN THE APPROPRIATION OF MONEY POSITIONS OR BOTH. UM, AND SO I'M AWARE THAT THERE IS A COMMITTEE COMING UP CALLED A BOND OVERSIGHT AND A SUPER BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. THE ONLY THING I WOULD LIKE TO ASK AS A TAXPAYER WHO PAYS INTO THIS DISTRICT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT ANYONE APPOINTED TO THAT MEETING ANYONE APPOINTED TO EITHER OF THOSE COMMITTEES. UM BE NOT CONFLICTED WITH OTHER OPERATIONS, UM, EITHER INSIDE OR OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, I THINK NAMELY IN THIS IN THIS DAY AND TIME WHERE PUBLIC CHOOSES BETWEEN PUBLIC AND CHARTER SCHOOLS. UM PERHAPS NOT TO HAVE ANY CHARTER SCHOOL ADVOCATES, UM , BECOME A MEMBER OF EITHER OF THESE COMMITTEES. THAT'S THE FIRST ITEM I WANTED TO BRING UP. THE SECOND ONE IS THAT I'VE BEEN MADE AWARE THAT THERE HAS BEEN AN ACCUSATION MADE REGARDING THE CHARACTER OF THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THAT AN INVESTIGATION IS GOING TO BE CARRIED OUT. I ENCOURAGE THIS INVESTIGATION TO TAKE PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE AIR IS CLEARED FOR ALL PEOPLE. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK IF SOMEHOW THIS DURING THE COURSE OF THIS INVESTIGATION, IF ANY ACTION IS TO BE TAKEN AGAINST THE SUPERINTENDENT, IT'S DONE. 
          BACKED WITH PROVABLE, VERIFIABLE EVIDENCE, AND NOT JUST INNUENDOS , AND PARTICULARLY, UM, SELF INTERESTED MOTIONS. UM AS I'VE BECOME MORE OBSERVANT, UM THROUGH LEADERS IN IN COUNTY AND NATIONAL POLITICS, I'VE LEARNED THAT THE UM, MODUS OPERANDI OF CHARACTER ASSASSINATION OFTEN REPLACES SUBSTANCE, AND I WOULD JUST IT WOULD BREAK MY HEART TO KNOW THAT CHILDREN OF THE DISTRICT THAT I MYSELF WENT THROUGH AND GRADUATED FROM WOULD SOMEHOW BE DISADVANTAGED BY COMPROMISED LEADERSHIP. IF THE IF THE ACCUSATIONS ARE TRUE, BUT ALSO UH, INOPPORTUNE DISCIPLINARY MEASURES SHORT OF, UH, FULFILLING THE CHARGES LEVELED AGAINST THIS PERSON, SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT IF ACTION IS GOING TO BE TAKEN, IT'S THE RESULT OF A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION THAT FINDS IRREFUTABLE EVIDENCE BEYOND THE SHADOW OF A DOUBT AGAINST THIS PERSON'S CHARACTER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS 
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MISS OR KAYLA BOWENS. GOOD EVENING BOARD PRESIDENT HATFIELD BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DR ELDRIDGE AND MEMBERS OF THE CARROLLTON FARMERS BRANCH COMMUNITY. MY NAME IS KYLA BOWEN'S I'M FROM CEDAR HILL, TEXAS. I'M HERE TO SHARE MY THOUGHTS ON THE COMPLAINT REGARDING YOUR SUPERINTENDENT. DOCTOR WENDY ELDRIDGE IS A PROFESSIONAL AND AN EXPERIENCED EDUCATOR WHO HAS SERVED CULTURALLY DIVERSE STUDENTS FROM HER TIME AS A TEACHER AT RONALD E. MCNAIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN DALLAS. I S D AS WELL AS OTHER CULTURALLY DIVERSE DISTRICT SERVING IN VARIOUS LEADERSHIP ROLES. DR ELDRIDGE HAS A SERVANT'S HEART AND FOCUSES HER DECISIONS ON STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY. DR ELDRIDGE IS IRRELEVANT AND RELATABLE LEADER. SHE IS CONNECTED TO THE WORK OF EDUCATION. SHE IS ONE THAT TAKES THE TIME TO KNOW HER STUDENT CLIENTELE, THEIR FAMILIES AND THEIR STORIES. I DO NOT KNOW THE CONTEXT OF THE STATEMENTS IN QUESTION. BUT WHAT I DO KNOW IS THAT DR WENDY ELDRIDGE RESPECTS THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH SHE HAS SERVED AND CURRENTLY SERVES. SHE IS NOT A DEMEANING PERSON OF OTHERS. DR ELDRIDGE IS ONE WHO WILL REFLECT ON THIS INCIDENT. AS A WHOLE AND WORK TOGETHER WITH THE C, F B SCHOOL BOARD AND COMMUNITY TO RESOLVE THIS MATTER WITH THE BEST INTEREST OF CARROLLTON FARMERS BRANCH STUDENTS IN MIND. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JENNY GLADNEY. GET AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JENNY DELANEY. AND, UH, I WANT TO TELL YOU A LITTLE ABOUT WHAT I KNOW ABOUT YOUR BOY PRESIDENT. I MET HER, UM A LITTLE OVER 33 YEARS AGO. AND. DURING THAT TIME SHE BECAME MY DAUGHTER AND I BECAME HER MOTHER. UM WE DISCOVERED THAT WE HAD MUCH IN COMMON. WE BOTH WERE BORN IN THE SAME STATE . PRETTY MUCH HAVE THE SAME BIRTHDAY. AND AH! ONLY TWO DAYS DIFFERENT IN OUR BIRTHDAYS. WHEN THEY. 33 YEARS IN EDUCATION HAS ALWAYS WORKED. IN A DIVERSIFIED SAID IT I DO NOT BELIEVE YOU CAN FIND ONE PERSON IN ANY INITIATIVE OR WHAT TRUTHFUL. THAT WHEN IT IS PREJUDICED TO HER HAVE TREATED ANY MINDED CHILDREN. OUR PARENTS DIFFERENT ARE UNEQUAL. SHE IS. AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN ABOUT THE EDUCATION AND WELFARE OF ALL CHILDREN. SHE AND I WORKED TOGETHER AT THE BEGINNING OR FOR TEACHING CAREER. WHEN I RETIRED, SHE WAS EXPECTING HER FIRST SON. I TOOK CARE OF BOTH OF HER BOYS UNTIL THEY WERE SCHOOL AGE. SHE BROUGHT THEM ALL THE WAY FROM ALLEN, TEXAS TO OAK CLIFF. WHICH IS QUITE A DISTANCE. UH HER BOYS. THEY ARE MY GRANTS. AND I HAVE ONE SON, WHICH IS HER BROTHER. UM. WHOEVER IS BEHIND THAT I COULD STATION HER CHARACTER DEATH ASSASSINATION. SHE IS NOT PREJUDICE. AND THEY NEED TO COME AND PROVED TO THE CONTRARY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS VICTOR JOHNSON. 
          GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. VICTOR JOHNSON 2037 CLUB. YOU DRIVE. UH I'M A BUSINESS OWNER. AND CARROLLTON. I AM ON THE SEAT THREE COMMISSIONERS, SEAT FOR NEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND ALSO A YOUTH MENTOR FOR BLACK AND BROWN STUDENTS PREDOMINANTLY HEARING THE CARROLLTON IN DALLAS AREA. UM I DON'T KNOW IF THE ACCUSATIONS AGAINST THE SUPERINTENDENT ARE TRUE OR NOT, UH, THE STATEMENT THAT I CAME ACROSS THAT SOMETHING OUT OF THE EFFECT OF AND I QUOTE OUR POOR BLACK BOYS ARE CONFUSED. THEY DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE THEIR MAMA'S BOYFRIEND . THEIR MAMA'S FRIEND. THEIR MOM WAS DADDY. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT COMES FROM, UM, AS A BLACK PERSON THAT GREW UP IN LOWER INCOME COMMUNITIES AND MADE A GREAT LIFE FOR MYSELF AND MY 
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FAMILY. I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE MISCHARACTERIZED SO I WOULD LOVE FOR AN INDEPENDENT. 
          NONJUDGMENTAL FIRM TO MAYBE LOOK INTO THESE STATEMENTS, UM, LOOKING TO WHERE THAT DATA MAY COME FROM, IF THAT WAS EVEN STATED, BUT, UH, IT WOULD BE VERY DISTURBING IF THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS STATED, ESPECIALLY FROM LEADERSHIP OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. I WOULD ALSO STATE THAT THESE TYPE OF STATEMENTS WILL REFLECT SENTIMENTS OF POTENTIAL RACISM OR AT MINIMUM, UNCONSCIOUS BIAS STATEMENTS THAT PROJECT THINGS LIKE THIS HAVE A REFLECTION THAT POTENTIALLY THEY DON'T HAVE A DIRECT CONNECTION TO THE BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITY. UM POTENTIALLY MAYBE GETTING THEIR GUIDANCE FROM TV SHOWS OR SITCOMS OR SOMETHING FROM 50 YEARS AGO. BUT IN 2023, I THINK AT BEST WE COULD USE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE MORE DIVERSE WITHIN OUR SCHOOL BOARD TO DO MORE TO HELP WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH AND THE WELLNESS OF BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND CARROLLTON AND FARMERS BRANCH AND AGAIN, I WOULD ASK THAT AN INDEPENDENT NONJUDGMENTAL THIRD PARTY FIRM BE BROUGHT IN TO LOOK INTO THIS EVIDENCE. AND IF THIS IS TRUE THAT WE HAVE BOYS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE CONFUSED ABOUT THIS, THEN WHAT ARE WE DOING TO ADDRESS IT? HOW ARE WE PLANNING AS A SCHOOL BOARD TO GET INVOLVED WITH THOSE HOUSEHOLDS TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE YOUNG MEN DON'T GROW UP WITH THAT MINDSET AND THAT OUR LEADERSHIP IS NOT REFLECTING THAT TYPE OF MINDSET? TO THEIR STAFF. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JAN MCDOWELL. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JAN MCDOWELL. I LIVE AT 29 04 PANORAMA DRIVE. I'VE LIVED IN CARROLLTON FOR OVER 40 YEARS. 
          BOTH MY DAUGHTERS WENT TO C F B . I S D SCHOOLS FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL . WE WERE AT MCCOY COUNTRY PLACE LONG BLAYLOCK, NEWMAN, SMITH AND CREEK VIEW. I ALSO WAS A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER FOR 2.5 YEARS AT NEWMAN SMITH AND AT TURNER AND I WAS ON THE PTA BOARD AT MCCOY FOR SEVEN YEARS. THROUGHOUT ALL OF THAT, I'VE BEEN PROUD TO CLAIM C F B I S D IS MY DISTRICT. I REMEMBERED A PROJECT THAT MY OLDER DAUGHTER, WHO WAS IN LEAP DID IN HER SEVENTH GRADE HISTORY CLASS AT LONG. EACH STUDENT WAS SUPPOSED TO DO A PRESENTATION ABOUT THE COUNTRY. THEIR FAMILY CAME FROM THE PROJECTS WHERE ALL DISPLAYED AT AN EVENING EVENT AT THE SCHOOL FOR THE PARENTS TO COME AND SEE WHAT A REMARKABLE DISPLAY OF ETHNIC DIVERSITY. I ASKED HIM ABOUT IT LAST NIGHT, AND SHE ACTUALLY TEXTED ME A PICTURE OF HERSELF AT HER TABLE WITH HER DISPLAY ON SCOTLAND, COMPLETE WITH A BAGPIPE. SHE MADE A POSTER AND THIS THE SHORTBREAD COOKIES. SHE SERVED. THE FACT THAT SHE STILL REMEMBERS THAT PROJECT AND EVEN HAS A READILY AVAILABLE PICTURE OF IT SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT THE PRIDE STUDENTS TAKING THEIR OWN FAMILY BACKGROUNDS. SHE ALSO MENTIONED HER FRIENDS FROM IRAN AND FROM CHINA, SO THERE WAS INDEED A WIDE ARRAY OF CULTURES REPRESENTED EVERYONE BENEFITS WHEN WE LEARN ABOUT BACKGROUNDS DIFFERENT FROM OUR OWN THE C F B I S D TEACHER WHO ARRANGED THIS PROJECT CERTAINLY KNEW THAT AND SHE MADE SURE TO PASS THAT RECOGNITION ALONG TO HER STUDENTS. YOU KNOW, PRIDE AND TRUST ARE THINGS THAT ARE BUILT SLOWLY. ONE STEP AT A TIME. THIS DISTRICT HAS BEEN BUILDING THEM FOR OVER A CENTURY. NOW ALL OF YOU ON THE BOARD ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR CONTINUING GROWTH. 
          SADLY PRIDE AND TRUST CAN ALSO BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED MUCH MORE QUICKLY. LET'S BE SURE THAT EVERYTHING POSSIBLE IS DONE TO PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CARRIED OUT. GOOD EVENING. I AM HONORED TO BE HERE TODAY. COME ON THE BEHALF. 
          OF THE ACCUSATION THAT WAS MADE ABOUT YOUR SUPERINTENDENT. I GREW UP IN A TOWN IN MISSISSIPPI, WHERE I WAS NOT PERMITTED TO GO IN. FRONT DOORS. UM I HAVE SEEN RACISM. I'VE WORKED FOR OVER 10 YEARS WITH YOUR SUPERINTENDENT. CLOSE. UM WE HAVE SET FOR HOURS. AND TALKED ABOUT THINGS THAT I BELIEVE WHAT BETTER A COMMUNITY , EVERY COMMUNITY, NOT JUST 
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AFRICAN AMERICANS. EVERY COMMUNITY. IF THERE IS A PERSON I KNOW IN THIS LIFE THAT I TRUST AS AN EDUCATOR AND AS A PERSON WHO I BELIEVE. FITS THE DESCRIPTION THAT I'M GOING TO READ TO YOU ABOUT LEADERSHIP. IT IS DR WENDY ELDRIDGE. LEADERSHIP IS NOT ABOUT BEING IN CHARGE. IT IS ABOUT TAKING CARE. OF THOSE IN YOUR CHARGE. I HAVE NO OTHER EXPERIENCE WITH DR ELDREDGE. 
          OTHER THAN THAT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I KNOW. IS HOW EASILY WE CAN PULL THE TRIGGER ABOUT PEOPLE WE DON'T KNOW. AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT YOU GIVE . DR ELDRIDGE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE OUT WHAT I BELIEVE AND FINISH WHAT I BELIEVE SHE CAME HERE TO DO. I'VE WORKED WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE IN MY LIFE. I WAS ALONE AND, UH, THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION. I LET A TASK FORCE THAT STUDIED THE EFFECTS OF ABSENT FATHERS ON URBAN CHILDREN. I'VE BEEN DOING THIS MOST OF MY ADULT LIFE. I DON'T CALL MYSELF AN EXPERT. I CALL MYSELF SOMEONE WHO CONTINUES TO GROW. AND AN UNDERSTANDING OF ONE OF THE MOST CONFUSING THINGS THAT EXIST IN OUR CULTURE. YOU HAVE HIRED. SOMEONE THAT I HATED TO SEE LEAVE. CRANDALL, TEXAS. SHE IS A VISIONARY. I'VE BEEN WITH HER, AND SHE'S LOOKED IN THE FIELDS WHERE THERE WAS NOTHING AND NOW THERE'S SOMETHING STANDING THERE THAT SHE SAW. I BELIEVE SHE CAN DO THAT FOR YOU HERE. I CAME TO TELL YOU I KNOW WITHOUT ANY SHADOW OF A DOUBT. THERE WAS NOT A PREJUDICE BONE AND THIS ONE WAS BODY. I KNOW RACISM. I GREW UP. LOOKING AT IT, LISTENING TO IT, WATCHING IT. THIS WOMAN. 
          THERE'S A WOMAN OF GOD AND I KNOW THAT TO BE SURE. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CINDY HYLTON. I APOLOGIZE IF I MISPRONOUNCED YOUR LAST NAME. HI MY NAME IS CINDY HILTON. THAT'S THE AMERICAN VERSION, OKAY? OKAY UM, IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE WAS AN ANONYMOUS LETTER THAT WAS SENT TO THE CARROLLTON CITY COUNCIL. UH COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SUPERINTENDENT. THE ALLEGATIONS MENTIONED IN THE LETTER. AS I UNDERSTAND IT SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED. TO DETERMINE IF THERE IS EVIDENCE. HEARSAY. OR HE SAID, SHE SAID, ARE THEY SAID, SHE SAID. UM THAT'S NOT EVIDENCE. IF THERE IS A VIDEO WITH SOUND CONCERNING THESE ALLEGATIONS THEN. THIS IS EVIDENCE. BUT IF THERE'S NO VIDEO THERE'S NO EVIDENCE. SO I WOULD SUPPORT THE BOARD TO TAKE SERIOUSLY ANY EVIDENCE AND TO COMPLETELY DISREGARD ANY HEARSAY. ARE ANY, HE SAID. SHE SAID THEY SHIPPED SAID SHE SAID. UM PLEASE DISREGARD THAT. THEN ANOTHER ITEM HAVING TO DO I THINK WITH THE BOARD PRIORITIES IS THAT WE NEED TO ASK THE BOARD TO SET STANDARDS OF QUALIFICATIONS TO SERVE ON ANY COMMITTEE. THE QUALIFICATIONS OF COMMITTING MEMBERS SHOULD INCLUDE NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST NUMBER ONE NUMBER TWO NO CRIMINAL HISTORY BASED ON BACKGROUND CHECKS OF ALL COMMITTEE MEMBERS. AND NUMBER THREE ONLY U. S CITIZENS WHO ARE PRIMARY RESIDENTS IN THE CARROLLTON FARMERS BRANCH, SD DISTRICT. NOW ONCE THESE QUALIFICATIONS ARE RECOMMENDED. THE BOARD SHOULD VOTE AND APPROVE THESE QUALIFICATIONS AND THEN REVIEW ALL CURRENT COMMITTEE MEMBERS QUALIFICATIONS. AND THOSE NOT COMPLYING WITH THE QUALIFICATIONS. THEY SHOULD BE ASKED TO VACATE THEIR COMMITTEE, SEE? IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT ONE OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS REPRESENTS AS AN ATTORNEY. 
          CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT ISN'T OBVIOUS CONFLICT OF INTEREST BECAUSE CHARTER SCHOOLS COMPETE WITH PUBLIC SCHOOLS. SO AND OF COURSE, ARE PRIVY TO A LOT OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS. SO HONESTLY, I WOULD REALLY ASK THE BOARD TO CONSIDER THIS IS THE TIME. MAYBE THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE. BUT SINCE IT HAS THIS IS THE TIME TO PUT IN QUALIFICATIONS 
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CALL FOR A VOTE. AND STAND BY IT. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE BETTER COMMITTEES AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE BETTER OUTCOMES. IF YOU DO THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER FOR TONIGHT IS RICHARD FLEMING. GOOD EVENING SCHOOL BOARD. BOARD PRESIDENT AND SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS RICHARD FLEMING. JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF. I GREW UP IN CARROLLTON FARMERS. MY SCHOOL DISTRICT GRADUATED ALTERNATE HIGH SCHOOL IN 1986. I WAS RAISED BY A SINGLE BLACK MOTHER OF THE OLDEST OF FOUR KIDS, AND WE ALL GRADUATED CFB LOVE. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS MADE ME WHO I AM TODAY. UM, AS YOU KNOW, FOR SOME OF YOU I CURRENTLY SERVE ON THE CARROLLTON CITY COUNCIL. AND SO LAST WEEK WHEN I WENT TO MY CITY COUNCIL MEETING LAST WEEK TUESDAY, I HAD A LETTER IN THE MAIL. AH TO I THINK THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS. WE ALL RECEIVED THE LETTER. AND THIS IS THE COPY OF THE LETTER RIGHT HERE THAT I RECEIVED. SO I READ THE LETTER AND I SENT EMAIL THE COPY OF THE LETTER AS WELL AS MY COMMENTS TO THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND IN THAT LETTER, UM IT STATES THAT, UH, SUPPOSEDLY THAT DR WENDY ELDRIDGE SAID POOR BLACK BOYS ARE CONFUSED. THEY DON'T KNOW IF THEIR THEIR MAMA'S BOYFRIEND, THEIR MAMA'S FRIEND, THEIR MAMA'S DADDY. AND OUR HISPANIC KIDS ARE LIVING IN POVERTY. THEY BOTH HAVE PARENTS WORKING TWO JOBS, SO IF SOMEONE COMES ALONG AND OFFERS THEM QUICK MONEY. WELL, OF COURSE THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE IT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LAST PART IS ABOUT. BUT THAT FIRST COUPLE OF SENTENCE I KIND OF TAKE OFFENSE IF THIS IF INDEED, DR WENDY ELDER SAID THIS , UM LET ME START OUT BY SAYING THAT AS A BLACK MAN BEING RAISED BY A SINGLE MOM. I TAKE OFFENSE TO THESE STATEMENTS AS A PROUD 1986 OR YOUR ETERNAL GRADUATE. I TAKE OFFENSE OF THESE STATEMENTS AS A FIRST BLACK SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER OF CARROLLTON FARMERS BRANCH, I S D. I TAKE OFFENSE OF THIS STATEMENT. AND UH, YOU KNOW, THESE WORDS SHOULDN'T BE COMING OUT OF ANYONE'S MOUTH. AND SO I STRONGLY URGED THAT C FBI STATE YOU GUYS HAVE A FIDUCIARY DUTY. TO GET AN OUTSIDE EXTERNAL INVESTIGATION TO LOOK INTO THIS MATTER. I DON'T THINK IT NEEDS TO BE DONE INTERNALLY. IT HAS TO BE EXTERNALLY. AND SO I WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU GUYS LOOK INTO THIS AND MOVE EXPEDITIOUSLY AS POSSIBLE. ALSO. YOU KNOW, AND GETTING THIS LETTER. I THINK THIS BRINGS UP A LOT OF DIFFERENT CONCERNS. BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, LET'S NOT FORGET I WAS THE FIRST BLACK SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER AND I DID HAVE TO. SO THIS DISH IS TO TAKE MY SEAT EVEN AFTER I WON. CARROLLTON FARMERS BRANCH WHERE THE LAST SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT BORDERS DALLAS TO GET THEIR FIRST BLACK SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, AND THAT WAS ME. BUT I TRUST BECAUSE I KNOW SOME OF YOU GUYS ON THE ON THE ON THE SCHOOL BOARD. I TRUST THAT YOU WOULD DO THE RIGHT THING AND GET AN EXTERNAL INVESTIGATION. THANK YOU. AND THAT IS MY TIME. THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM. OUR NEXT 
          [3. Non-Action Items for Discussion]
AGENDA ITEM IS NUMBER THREE NON ACTION ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION. WE WILL START WITH ITEM THREE A. 
          THE BUDGET UPDATE BOARD MEMBERS IF YOU'LL JOIN ME BY TAKING A SEAT AT THE TABLES AND THE MAIN FLOOR FOR THE PRESENTATION WITH MR AGUIRRE. I WILL LET THE AUDIENCE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING FOR QUITE A WHILE IN A BUDGET WORKSHOP. YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY WITH US, BUT WE JUST US. DOWN THE STREET. OKAY? YES SIR. GOOD. BOARD WORK STUDY. HE'S GOING TO TURN ON THE SCREAMER. TO CLOSE TO YOU. DOESN'T HE GO BACK ANY IS HE FINE? AM I TOO CLOSE TO EACH OTHER? OKAY? I DID. I'VE DONE THIS PRESENTATION PROBABLY 12 TIMES. SEVEN TIMES FOR SURE. 
          WITH HIS DREAM. OKAY. GOOD EVENING. SO TONIGHT, OUR TOPIC WILL BE ENROLLMENT TRENDS. STATE FUNDING COMPENSATION. PROPERTY TAXES ARE REVENUE EXPENSES. PROJECTIONS ARE INSURANCE COST INCREASE TO THE DISTRICT AND EMPLOYEES. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE 80TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND HOW IT IMPACTS THE DISTRICT DIRECTLY , AND THERE WILL BE A TABLE CUSHION DISCUSSION FOR THE BOARD TO DO THIS EVENING AS WELL. SO THE FIRST THING I WANT TO GIVE YOU AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IS WE HAVE A LOT OF ACRONYMS IN THE BUSINESS OFFICE. SO IN THE HANDOUT YOU'LL HAVE YOU HAVE THE ACRONYMS. WHAT EVERYTHING MEANS WHAT WE SAY. IN CASE WE START SAYING IT DURING THE YEAR, FT G IS FORMULA TRANSITION. GRANT 88 AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE. OBVIOUSLY. AND SO ON. SO SOME OF OUR DISTRICT FACTS ARE BASIC ALLOTMENT. AS IT IS CURRENTLY IS 6160 PER STUDENT ARE ROMAN AT 
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THE END OF THE YEAR LAST DAY OF SCHOOL MAY 18TH WAS 24,909 STUDENTS. R M. IN NO TAX RATE IS 94 CENTS R I N S TAX RATE, WHICH IS OUR BOND RATE IS 20 CENTS, AND OUR OVERALL TAX RATE IS DOLLAR 14. OUR TOTAL DISTRICT OPERATING BUDGET THIS YEAR THAT WAS ADOPTED IN THE BEGINNING WAS 314 MILLION. WE HAVE A YOU KNOW, ROUGHLY 4000 EMPLOYEES ARE BENEFITS CONTRIBUTION AS A DISTRICT THAT WE PAY FOR EMPLOYEES. INSURANCE IS $350 PER EMPLOYEE. AND OUR TOTAL CAMPUSES OF 38. SO FIRST WE'LL TALK ABOUT ENROLLMENT TRENDS. SO YOU CAN SEE OUR ROMAN TRENDS OVER THE YEAR. IT'S KIND OF TRICKLING DOWN SLOWLY WE DID. THIS IS AS A SNAPSHOT DAY, WHICH IS HOW WE'RE BASED, FUNDED AS A DISTRICT AND IT'S OCTOBER 25TH NORMALLY OF EVERY SCHOOL YEAR. AND YOU SEE, LAST YEAR WE HAD 24 7 47. AND AT THE END OF THE YEAR THIS YEAR, LIKE I SAID, WE WERE 24,009 09, SO WE STARTED TREND UP TOWARDS TOWARD THE END OF THE YEAR. OUR AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE IS BASED ON THAT 24,009 09. THIS IS HOW OFTEN THEY WERE SHOWING AT SCHOOL SO YOU CAN SEE WE HAD A BIG DIP. FROM 92.8% AVERAGE DAILY TENNIS TWO DOWN TO 91.9. DAILY ATTENDANCE DISTRICT WIRED . AND YOU CAN SEE HOW WE COMPARE TWO DISTRICTS DIRECTLY SURROUNDING THE CFB. UM THE ONE THING I DID TALK TO Y'ALL ABOUT IS THAT KIND OF THIS WAY IS MOSTLY DALLAS COUNTY AND DALLAS COUNTY. AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE'RE SHUTTING ENTIRE WINGS DOWN IN THE DISTRICT BECAUSE OF COVID RESTRICTIONS. SO LIKE 1/5 GRADE CLASS AT 15% MORE UM, COVID CASES AND HE SHUT THE ENTIRE FIFTH GRADE WING DOWN SO IT REALLY AFFECTED OUR A D AND YOU CAN SEE IT AFFECTED A LOT OF THE DISTRICTS DALLAS INCLUDED. THAT WAS IN THE UM DALLAS COUNTY RESTRICTIONS. FOR COVID. AND WHAT DOES ALL THAT MEAN? FOR EVERY 1% ROUGHLY THAT WE LOSE OF DAILY OF AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE, THE DISTRICT LOSES ABOUT $1.5 MILLION IN FUNDING. AND THAT AVERAGES TO ABOUT $8522 PER DAY. SO AS I TOLD YOU, UM, THIS THIS CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR WE ENDED AT 24,909 KIDS AND THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL LAST YEAR, WE ENDED AT 25,133 KIDS SO OVERALL WE LOST 224 STUDENTS DURING THE YEAR. WHICH IS YOU MULTIPLY IT OUT TIMES THE BASIC OF ALLOTMENT OF 61 60. THAT'S RIGHT OFF THE TOP 301,380,000 OF LOST FUNDING. FOR THE DISTRICT. SO THAT BEING SAID, WE STARTED TO LOOK AT TRENDS AND SEE WHERE WE ARE IN NORMAN WISE. WHY THE KIDS ARE LEAVING. ARE THEY COMING IN AND YOU CAN SEE WE'VE HAD A SHARP UPTICK OF STUDENTS AT TRANSFER INTO C F B I S D. WHICH MEANS THE KIDS ARE COMING. WE JUST NEED A KIND OF KEEP THEM INSIDE THE DISTRICT. SO ONE OF THE EXERCISE THAT WE HAVE FOR YOU IS TO HELP US FIGURE OUT AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. HOW DO WE GET KIDS HERE? AND HOW DO WE KEEP THEM ENROLLED AND YOU CAN SEE THE 1214 KIDS THAT WERE TRANSFERRED INTO CFB ACTUALLY LIVED OUTSIDE THE CFB BORDER, AND THEY TRANSFERRED INTO THE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES AND INTO CFB SCHOOLS. SO WE'LL TAKE LIKE A SEVEN MINUTE ACTIVITY BREAK AND I WANT THE BOARD AND DOCTOR ALLERGIST TO KIND OF HELP US KIND OF FIGURE OUT. BECAUSE WHAT THE DATA SHOWS IS THAT THE KIDS ARE COMING TO SCHOOL. SO IN RECRUITMENT IS NOT THE MAIN PART. WE FEEL RETAINING THE KIDS HERE AND KEEPING THEM COME AND KEEPING THEM IN THE DISTRICT AND KEEPING THEM COMING TO SCHOOL. MORE OFTEN, SO WE KIND OF WANT TO TEST THE BOARD TO HELP US FIGURE OUT WAYS TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX. AS WE THINK A CERTAIN WAY INSIDE THE DISTRICT. MAYBE I CAN HELP US THINK KIND OF OUTSIDE. YOU KNOW THESE BUILDINGS? HOW DO WE KEEP KIDS HERE AND WHAT'S A GOOD WAY TO MOTIVATE HIM TO SHOW UP TO SCHOOL MORE OFTEN. SO WE'LL PUT THE TIMER FOR SEVEN MINUTES. AND SEE WHAT Y'ALL COME UP WITH. 
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OKAY SO OUR TEAM CAME UP WITH, UM, ON THE ATTENDANCE SIDE THAT WE THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT 
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TO DO A DATA DIVE SO THAT WE CAN TRACK METRICS BECAUSE WE NEED TO LOOK AT DEMOGRAPHIC DATA 
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ELEMENTARY VERSUS SECONDARY AND BY SCHOOL TO SEE IF THERE ARE POCKETS THAT, UM, ARE HAVING 
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ADDITIONAL CHALLENGES WITH ATTENDANCE AND THEN COUPLE THAT WITH PARENT EDUCATION AND ALSO STAFF EDUCATION. PARENTS THE IMPORTANCE OF ATTENDANCE AND WHY IT MATTERS SO YOU'LL SEE OUR HASHTAG EVERY MINUTE COUNTS. SO WE'RE THINKING A CAMPAIGN ABOUT HOW EVERY MINUTE COUNTS IN THE CLASSROOM ALL THE WAY DOWN TO WHEN A STUDENT PULLS UP TO THE SCHOOL AND THEY'RE LATE. 
          SOMEBODY IS OUT THERE WITH A BOOKMARK. THIS IS EVERY MINUTE COUNTS. WE NEED YOU TO GET TO SCHOOL ON TIME, AND THEY'RE HANDING THEM THAT AND MAKING THAT PERSONAL CONNECTION TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND THE NEED AND THE CHALLENGES THAT COULD BE GOING ON. SO THAT COULD COME FROM A CAMPAIGN WITH VIDEOS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT ALSO MEETING THEM FACE TO FACE ON THE CAMPUSES. UM AND THEN WE HAD AN IDEA THAT WE HAVE CAMPUS AWARDS THAT ARE PRESENTED AT THE BOARD MEETING. 
          SO IN ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND SECONDARY, EVERY MINUTE COUNTS AWARD THAT COULD BE GIVEN OUT FOCUSED ON INCREASING ATTENDANCE. UM SO THAT'S ATTENDANCE WHO WANTS SURE ABOUT AND YOU WANT TO DO ATTENDANCE NEXT, AND THEN WE'LL SWITCH. OKAY, SO, UM, ATTENDANCE. FIRST WE HAD THE SAME THING, THE IMPORTANCE OF ATTENDANCE AND EDUCATING STAKEHOLDERS AND SPECIFICALLY PARENTS, FAMILIES, EVEN STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, SO, UM , I MEAN, WE WANT THE KIDS IN SCHOOL SO THEY CAN LEARN. I MEAN, THAT'S THE ONLY THAT'S WHERE IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. UM AND THEN WE ALSO SAID ON PERSONALIZING IT SO JUST LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT ON THE ACADEMIC SIDE THE NAME AND NEED UM, SO THAT EVERYBODY AT THE CAMPUS KNOWS, YOU KNOW, STUDENT YOU KNOW IF THERE'S OUT OF THEIR PROBLEM, WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW? AT ONE POINT WE HAD, UM, HEARD ABOUT CAMPUSES, MAKING CALLS, AND SOMEBODY REMIND ME WHEN OR ABOUT IT WAS CALLS ABOUT STUDENTS. AND MAYBE IT WAS JUST FOR ENROLLMENT, NOT ATTENDANCE, BUT I CERTAINLY DON'T. UM, THERE'S NOTHING I DON'T. WE DON'T WANT TO ADD ANYTHING TO TEACHERS, PLATES OR ANYTHING. 
          BUT IF IT'S SOMETHING, UM, THE TEAM'S COORDINATOR OR OTHER AMBASSADORS KIND OF ATTENDANCE, AMBASSADORS THAT ALSO MAKE A BIG DEAL ABOUT STUDENTS BEING WHEN THEY RETURN OR BEING AT SCHOOL, MAKING SURE WE KNOW WHY. JUST NAME AND NEED, UM AND THEN SAME THING, COMPETITIONS AND BOTH FOR STUDENTS AND CAMPUSES, BUT FOCUS LIKE YOU SAID ON THE GROWTH, NOT UM, JUST THE ATTENDANCE PERCENTAGE, BUT THE IMPROVEMENT OF THAT PERCENTAGE AND THEN UM, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THE BEST TIME TO TAKE ATTENDANCE. AND YOU KNOW, I'M NOT, UM, I DON'T GET ATTENDANCE REPORTS OR PARENT SQUARE NOTIFICATIONS ANYMORE. BUT IF YOU'RE A PARENT, YOU KNOW YOU DON'T GET THE NOTIFICATION UNTIL 10 OR 11 THAT YOUR STUDENT AND IS ISN'T IN SCHOOL. UM MAYBE YOU DIDN'T KNOW, AND SO THAT'S KIND OF MORE DIFFICULT. SO MAYBE THAT SHOULD BE AN INCREASED DISCUSSION ANYTHING OR COMMENT. GOOD, OKAY? OH, OKAY. OKAY UM, ENROLLMENT. UM SO YOU KNOW, GOES WITHOUT YOU KNOW, WE BELIEVE THE C F B I S D IS THE BEST PLACE FOR STUDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THEN OUTSIDE THE CFB COMMUNITY. WE WANT STUDENTS HERE BECAUSE THIS IS THE BEST PLACE TO LEARN AND THE OPPORTUNITIES AND I THINK COMMUNICATION COMMUNICATION ABOUT THE FBI SD HAS IMPROVED SO MUCH OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT THE COMMUNICATION CANNOT JUST BE OUR WEBSITE. UM I THINK FOR PARENTS THAT ARE ENTERING INTO THOSE MILESTONE TIMES OF KINDERGARTEN , MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL , YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHO WE HAVE TO TALK TO, AND EDUCATE AND COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY WITH ABOUT OUR OPPORTUNITIES. WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT CF? B. I ESTEEM WHY IT IS THE BEST PLACE FOR THEIR STUDENTS, UM TO BE AND WHY WE WANT THEM HERE. UM AND I THINK THAT'S ESPECIALLY APPOINTMENT AS OUR ELEMENTARY GOES INTO MIDDLE AND HIGH, ESPECIALLY WITH SOME OF THE CONNECTIONS THAT ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED OF OUR PROGRAMS AND OPPORTUNITIES BETWEEN MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS AND HOW THAT CONNECTS. UM I MEAN, I KNOW WE FOCUS FOR 
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ELEMENTARY. OH WHAT ABOUT HOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GO TO MIDDLE SCHOOL? AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GO TO HIGH SCHOOL? BUT I THINK CONNECTING ALL OF THAT. SO THAT OUR ELEMENTARY PARENTS KNOW THE NEXT YEARS. YOU KNOW THE NEXT SEVEN YEARS. WHAT'S HAPPENING AT SEVEN RIGHT THE NEXT YEAR, SEVEN YEARS ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING, UM, AND HOW THOSE CHOICES WILL IMPACT THEIR STUDENTS. I GET EVERYTHING. OH AND DOING IT DOING IT EARLY, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH MAKING TRANSFER REQUESTS OR INTERNAL OR YOU KNOW , INTO THE DISTRICT OR BETWEEN THE DISTRICT, UM, WHEN PARENTS EXERCISE THEIR RIGHT FOR SCHOOL CHOICE THAT WE HAVE, UM, AVAILABLE TO THEM, UM, THAT IT'S EARLY ENOUGH TO WHERE THEY CAN MEET ALL THE DEADLINES THAT WE HAVE FOR GETTING THEM INTO THOSE PROGRAMS. YEAH. SMOOTH PROCESS. 
          CAPTURE OUR THOUGHTS. IF YOU WANT TO SAY IT, YOU CAN SAY THAT. THE COMPETITION. I MEAN, I WOULD SAY PRIZE I MEAN COMPETITIONS AND THEY MENTIONED IT TO COMPETITIONS FOR STUDENTS. 
          UM AND, UH, YEAH. YEAH. OH, PIZZA ICE CREAM. OKAY, UM WHAT THE AD FOUNDATION. YEP WE COULD ENGAGE THEM. THAT WOULD BE GREAT ON OUR SIDE WITH ENROLLMENT. WE HAD SOME SIMILAR THINGS. BUT WHEN IDEA THAT CAME UP WITH PEER MENTORS, SO AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL WHEN A STUDENT ENROLLS IN THERE KNEW THAT THEY HAVE THEIR ASSIGNED A MENTOR THAT SUPPORTS THEM AND LEARNING THE ROPES AND ARE THERE TO KIND OF MONT NOT MONITOR, BUT LIKE, BE A FRIEND, BUT IT BE A FORMALIZED LIKE CAMPUS AMBASSADOR THAT STUDENTS ARE HELPING PYRAMID TOR STUDENTS DOES THAT KIND OF CAPTURE. UM AND THEN A WELCOME WAGON. SO I KNOW I THINK I'M NOT SURE IF THESE ARE THE PHONE CALLS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT WE'VE DONE FOR ENROLLMENT. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. WE HAD THE CALLS THAT WERE CALLING. CHECK ON EVERYBODY, BECAUSE I REMEMBER I GET CALLS EVERY YEAR. FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS THAT HAVE BEEN LIKE HI, MISS HATFIELD WERE CALLING TO CHECK ON YOU. WE SEE YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR DOCUMENTATION, BUT WE JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW AND MEET THE TEACHER IS AND DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? AND I WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY UNDERSTAND . UM ANY QUESTIONS I HAD, THEY COULD ANSWER ON THE SPOT. AND IF THERE IS A PARENT THAT HASN'T FILLED OUT THEIR ENROLLMENT PAPERWORK, THEY'RE GETTING THAT PHONE CALL, SO WE'RE SUPPORTING THEM IN DOING THE ENROLLMENT PROCESS AND MAKING SURE OUR NEEDS ARE MET. SO I THINK THAT'S KIND OF GOES ALONG WITH THE WELCOME WAGON IDENTIFYING WHEN NEW PEOPLE ARE MOVING INTO OUR COMMUNITY AND GOING AND WELCOMING THEM TO THE COMMUNITY WITH LIKE A CFB BAG AND FOLLOWING UP WITH THEM TO SEE IF WE CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, AND THEN WE TALKED. ABOUT CAMPUS BRANDING AND THE IMPORTANCE OF SHOWCASING AND EMPHASIZING THE GOOD THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING. 
          UM BEYOND THE WEBSITE SO THAT PEOPLE WANT TO ENGAGE IN OUR SCHOOLS. WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN? OH, AS LETTING THE STUDENTS KNOW WHAT'S AVAILABLE IN THE SEVENTH YEAR. AND YOU KNOW I'M A SECOND GRADE MOM AND OH, MY GOSH, DON'T YOU WANT TO GO TO AG? WE CAN RAISE BENNY'S YOU KNOW, WE CAN GO FEED THE GOATS, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. SO THOSE ARE LIKE, KUDOS FOR THE KIDS. WOW I WANT TO DO THAT, YOU KNOW, AND THAT GIVES THEM LONGEVITY IN OUR DISTRICT, AND YOU KNOW SOMETHING TO WORK FOR. AWESOME THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS. UM LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE THE STUFF. WE'VE BEEN BRAINSTORMING AS WELL. SO WE'LL TAKE ALL OF THIS AND WE'LL SIT DOWN AS YOUR LEADERSHIP TEAM AND TRY TO INCORPORATE EVERYTHING WE CAN TO HELP US GROW ENROLLMENT AND GROW OUR A D. A SO THIS IS REALLY, REALLY HELPFUL FOR US. I APPRECIATE THAT. LOOK OKAY, SO NOW WE'LL GO TO THE FUN, PART STATE FUNDING AND COMPENSATION. SO TONIGHT. UM AS YOU KNOW, DOC DAVIS WILL BE PRESENTING THE FULL COMPENSATION PLAN THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU AT YOUR DESK. UM ON THE FRONT, BUT THIS IS KIND OF THE BASICS OF WHAT WE WANT TO PROPOSE BASED ON OUR TASK B SALARY STUDY, SO WE WANTED TO INCREASE OUR YEAR ZERO TEACHERS BRAND NEW TEACHERS TO THE DISTRICT THAT ARE STARTING THEIR FIRST YEAR IN TEACHING. THE BASE SALARY WILL BE STARTING AT $60,000. FOR ALL THE RETURNING TEACHERS TEACHER. THEY'RE CURRENTLY ON STAFF. UM WITH TABBIES RECOMMENDATION. 
          WE'RE PROPOSING A $2000 RAISE AND THERE'LL BE ADDITIONAL, UM WHAT WE CALL EQUITY ADJUSTMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE STEPS STAY IN THE STEP RANGE. THIS WAY, LIKE A ONE STEP IS NOT MAKING MORE THAN A STEP, TOO. SO THOSE ARE THE EQUITY ESTIMATES THAT WE'RE REFERRING TO WITH THIS ONE. UM THE STARTING PAY FOR A LOT OF OUR AUXILIARY STAFF WAS AROUND $12.50, WHICH IS EXTREMELY LOW, SO AGAIN WITH TAXES RECOMMENDATION. THEY WANTED TO GO TO 14 50. WE AGREED WITH IT AS WELL. SO EVERYBODY ELSE WHO'S NON TEACHING STAFF. THERE WAS A FLAT 3% RAISE, AND I THINK WE ALL TALKED AND THIS WEEKEND LAST WEEK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT EQUITY ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON THE 3. INCREASE FOR NON TEACHING STAFF, SO JUST SO YOU KNOW THAT WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT 
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EARLIER THAT IT'S 3% EVERYBODY, BUT WHOEVER'S WAY LOW ON THE SCALE WOULD ACTUALLY GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INCREASING. THOSE ARE SOME OF THE SAME EQUITY ADJUSTMENTS. SO SCHOOL FINANCE. SO AS I TOLD YOU ALL THE BASIC ALLOTMENT IF A CHILD SHOWS UP TO SCHOOL EVERY SINGLE DAY OF THE YEAR. THE DISTRICT GETS $6160 PER CHILD. SO YOU CAN SEE WE'VE HAD IT SINCE 2019 SINCE THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, AND YOU CAN SEE THE BLACK LINE IS THE INPUT AND INFLATION INDEX FOR THE UNITED STATES AND THE BLUE ONE IS INFLATION IN THE EXPERT TEXAS SO YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE GROWING AT THE SAME RATE. AND YOU CAN SEE HOW HOW HIGH INFLATION HAS GOTTEN OVER THE YEARS BUT ARE 61 60 HAS REMAINED THE SAME. SO OBVIOUSLY IT PUTS THE DISTRICT IN TERRIBLE CONSTRAINT TO TRY TO KEEP UP WITH INFLATION COSTS. PAYROLL COSTS. EVERYTHING GOES UP YEARLY, BUT THE BASIC LOT HAS NOT CHANGED. SO WE DID SOME INFLATIONARY COSTS AND HOW IT WORK. UM BASICALLY, THE BASIC 11 SHOULD HAVE ONE UP AT LEAST $1000 WITH OUR LATEST CALCULATION. IT WAS ALMOST 17.6% WAS R C P, WHICH IS THE INFLATION RATE AND IT SHOULD HAVE GONE UP REALLY OVER $1200. BUT EVEN IT WENT UP $1000. IT SHOULD PUT US AT 71 60. AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL AT 61 60. AND THE TWO YEAR COST OF THE STATE WOULD BE 14 BILLION, AND WE ALL KNOW THE STATE HAS A $33.5 BILLION SURPLUS THIS YEAR. SO HOW, UM. STATE HOW THE SCHOOLS GET FUNDED AS WE GET FUNDED LARGELY ON LOCAL PROPERTY, TAXES AND STATE COVERS THE REST. AND. 
          THE STATE'S TOUTING THIS YEAR THAT THEY'VE ACTUALLY ALLOCATED MORE MONEY TO SCHOOLS. BUT YOU CAN SEE THE BLUE LINE AND DOWN WAS BASICALLY HOW MUCH LOCAL TAXES PAID AND THE STATE COVERED THE REST TO GET. TO THAT CUP. SO WITH THE STATES PROPOSING THEY WANT TO LOWER THE TAX RATE PRESS THE TAX RATE IS WHAT THEY CALL IT, AND THEY WANT TO PAY MORE SHARE. BUT YOU CAN SEE EVEN THOUGH THE STATES CONTRIBUTING MORE THAN 61, 60 HAS REMAINED CONSTANT FOR SCHOOL. SO WHAT IT MEANS IS THERE'S NO MONEY. NO MORE MONEY TO THE DISTRICT. NO MORE MONEY FOR KIDS. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WITH THE BASIC ALLOTMENT STAYING THE SAME. WE KIND OF DID OUR REVENUE COMPARISONS FOR THE YEAR AND WHAT WE ANTICIPATE FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR. AND I THINK I WENT OVER THIS WITH ALL OF YOU ALL PRETTY INDEFINITELY, BUT YOU CAN SEE HOW WHEN WE ADOPTED THE BUDGET WAS 314 MILLION TO START THE YEAR. AND WITH PROPERTY TAX COLLECTIONS. WE ANTICIPATE OUR COLLECTIONS TO GO UP TO $331 MILLION. BUT AGAIN IT'S ALL PROPERTY TAX COLLECTIONS BECAUSE WERE RECAPTURED DISTRICT ALL THE MONEY THAT WE GET ACTUALLY GOES TO THE STATE. SO EVEN THOUGH WE'RE COLLECTING 331 MILLION, AS OPPOSED TO 3 14 RECAPTURE PAYMENT, WHICH IS THE PAYMENT YOU PAY BACK TO THE STATE WAS GOING FROM 36.3 MILLION. IT'S GOING TO RAISE UP TO 55.9 MILLION. SO YOU CAN SEE THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE ANTICIPATE WE'RE GETTING $277 MILLION IN REVENUE AND WE'RE ACTUALLY NETTING 275 MILLION, ACTUALLY LOSING MONEY, EVEN THOUGH OUR PROPERTY TAX COLLECTIONS HAVE GONE WAY UP THIS YEAR. SO THAT BEING SAID, WE TRY TO BASE OUR NEW PRELIMINARY BUDGET WILL PROPOSE TO YOU NEXT MONTH FULLY BUT. AND WE'RE ABOUT 334 MILLION, BUT YOU CAN SEE OUR PROPERTY. OUR RECAPTURE PAYMENT BACK TO THE STATE IS GOING UP 3 MILLION AS WELL. SO ALL IN ALL, WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO NET INCREASE ABOUT 1.1 MILLION. SO WHAT DOES ALL THIS MEAN? WHEN WE START COMPARING REVENUES, WE START TO LOOK AT EXPENSES AS WELL. SO I KIND OF GAVE YOU IF WE SPEND EVERYTHING WE HAVE THAT'S BUDGETED FOR OUR CAMPUSES THIS YEAR, AND NON CAMPUS DEPARTMENTS WILL SPEND ABOUT $284 MILLION AND THAT'S KIND OF LIKE SAID IF IT'S WORST CASE SCENARIO, WE SPEND EVERY SINGLE DOLLAR WE HAVE. THAT WE HAVE ALLOCATED THIS YEAR. SO, WITH THAT BEING SAID REVENUES AS I TOLD YOU ABOUT 275 MILLION OUR EXPENSES WILL BE ABOUT 2 84. SO IF WE KEEP ON THE SAME CLIP AND WE'LL HAVE A DEFICIT BUDGET ABOUT 9.6 MILLION SO WE TRY TO FORWARD IT THIS YEAR TO THE NEXT BUDGET WE'RE PLANNING FOR ALREADY. AND WITH WITH A MILLION MORE DOLLARS COSTS GOING UP BASED ON SALARY INCREASES AND STUFF THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT LATER WITH PREDICTABLE HAVE ABOUT $12 MILLION DEFICIT NEXT YEAR. UM, JUST TO MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING THIS ON THAT'S ON THE LEFT SIDE. THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET EXPENSE INCREASES. SO THE FIRST COLUMN THAT WAS WHAT WE ANTICIPATED AND THEN SO WE'RE LOOKING WITH THE COMPENSATION PLAN AND OTHER PAYROLL ADJUSTMENTS. MOVING INTO 2023 IS A 12.9 INCREASE, BUT THERE HAS BEEN A REDUCTION IN 8.4 MILLION OF OTHER OPERATIONAL EXPENSES. MOVING INTO 2023 24. IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY, JUST. YES BECAUSE 
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, LIKE SAID WITH WITH SALARIES WANT TO BE COMPETITIVE. WE KNEW WE HAD TO MAKE INCREASES IN ORDER TO RETAIN THE STAFF WE HAVE AND NOT LOSE. PROBABLY INCOMING STAFF THAT WAS LOOKING TO COME INTO CFB. SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE STARTED OUTSIDE AND LOOKING AT EVERYTHING THAT WAS NON PAYROLL, EVERYTHING THAT WAS FURTHEST AWAY FROM CHILDREN THAT WOULDN'T AFFECT THEM IF WE START TO CUT BUDGET, SO WE WERE MAKING SOME CUTS IN THE BUDGET SO WE CAN KIND OF ABSORB A LOT OF THE SALARY INCREASES THAT WERE REQUESTING SO COME BACK. THAT BEING SAID WHEN IF WE ANTICIPATE THIS YEAR THAT $9.6 MILLION DEFICIT, OUR CURRENT FUND BALANCE IS $141 MILLION, AND THAT'S KIND OF OUR RESERVE MONEY. THAT'S OUR SAVINGS ACCOUNTS OR TO SPEAK OUR RAINY DAY FUND THAT THAT'S OUR MONEY. NOBODY CAN TAKE IT FROM US. THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT CAN SPEND IT IS US AS A DISTRICT. SO IF WE SPEND THE $9.6 MILLION DEFICIT WILL STILL HAVE 100 AND $31 MILLION OF FUN BALANCE. AND IF WE SPEND THE 12 MILLION NEXT YEAR, WE'LL STILL HAVE $118 MILLION OF FUND BALANCE FOR THE DISTRICT. AND TH RECOMMENDS THAT DISTRICTS HAVE TWO MONTHS OF OPERATING EXPENSE IN THEIR FUND BALANCE. AND YOU CAN SEE AFTER THIS YEAR, WE'LL STILL HAVE 5.5 MONTHS. HAVE FUN BALANCE AND EVEN EXTRA. WE'LL HAVE RIGHT AT FIVE MONTHS OF FUND BALANCE, SO WE'RE STILL VERY, VERY HEALTHY. AND THIS IS KIND OF THE CLIFF THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THAT WE KNEW WAS COMING EVENTUALLY. SO IT'S KIND OF HERE NOW, AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. SO WE SAY 2022 23 ANTICIPATED THAT'S AT FISCAL YEAR END AUGUST 31ST. AND THAT'S IF WE SPENT EVERY SINGLE LINE ITEM. THAT IS BUDGETED. AND. 100 TO 100% AND ARE WE TAKING STEPS TO REDUCE THAT DEFICIT ALREADY? IN OUR MONITORING OF THE EXPENSES TO AUGUST 31ST. YES MA'AM. WE HAVE WHAT WE DID WAS WE CUT OFF. THE ABILITY TO ENTER POS MIDWAY THROUGH APRIL AND MAY TOWARD THE END OF THE BEGINNING OF MAY, AND WHAT IT DID WAS TO START REDUCING SPENDING AS THAT WAS GOING OUT TOWARD THE END OF THE YEAR. SO WE STARTED WATCHING IT. WE DIDN'T LET POS ROLL OVER ANYMORE, WHICH IS THE VICTIM THAT WAS HAPPENING IN THE PAST. SO WE'RE TRYING TO CURB THIS. WE THINK LIKE I SAID AGAIN, THIS IS THE WORST CASE SCENARIO. WE DON'T THINK WE'LL GET ANYWHERE CLOSE THERE. BUT I WANTED YOU TO BE AWARE OF THE BOARD. IF WE ACTUALLY DID HAVE TO SPEND EVERY SINGLE PAINTING WE HAD ALLOCATED FROM BUDGETS FOR CAMPUS AND DEPARTMENTS, IT WOULD BE ABOUT 9.6 MILLION. SO JUST SO YOU DON'T THINK IT'S UNIQUE TO CFB? I PULLED ALL THESE DISTRICTS THAT ARE RIGHT SURROUNDING US AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM IS ADOPTING A DEFICIT BUDGET AS WELL. UM I WAS SO LIKE RICHARDSON HAS ADOPTED A DEFICIT BUDGET BEFORE YEARS IN A ROW. AND LIKE WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE 9.6. JUST BECAUSE THEY ADOPT A DEFICIT BUDGET DOESN'T MEAN THEY'LL HAVE ONE. SO THEY HAVEN'T HAD A DEFICIT BUDGET EVERY YEAR, BUT THEY ADOPT ONE. SO EVEN THOUGH WE MAY ADOPT ONE NEXT YEAR. WE MIGHT NOT EVEN GET CLOSE TO HITTING IT. BUT I JUST WANTED YOU TO BE AWARE IF WE SPENT EVERY SINGLE THING ON SALARIES EVERY SINGLE BUDGET ALLOCATION WE HAVE FOR, YOU KNOW , UTILITIES, ELECTRICITY, ALL THAT KIND OF THING. THEN IT WOULD BE 12. OVER $12 MILLION SO . I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF SHOW YOU THIS AS WELL BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF THAT STATE MAKES US DO THAT. THEY DON'T GIVE US ANY FUNDING FOR UM AND THESE ARE MANDATES OF THE STATE GIVES US AND SAY, HEY, YOU HAVE TO DO THIS FROM NOW ON, BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA GIVE YOU ANY MONEY TO DO IT. SO THE TRS SURCHARGES THE FIRST ONE ON TOP THAT WAS OUT OF THE 87TH LEGISLATURE. WE KIND OF THOUGHT THEY WOULD HAVE SOME RELIEF FOR DISTRICTS IN THE 88TH, BUT THEY DID NOT. AND THE IDEA THAT TIARA SURCHARGES IS WHEN A RETIREE COMES BACK TO WORK FOR THE DISTRICT THERE ALREADY EARNING THEIR RETIREMENT SO THE STATE WOULD CHARGE THEM A SURCHARGE TO THIS WAY DON'T GET THEIR FULL RETIREMENT AND FULL PAYCHECK. SO THE EMPLOYEE HAD TO PAY THAT IN THE VERY BEGINNING, BUT OUT OF THE 87TH LEGISLATURE, THE STATE SAID, WELL, I WANT DISTRICTS TO PAY THAT FROM NOW ON, SO WE WERE FORCED TO PAY THE TRS SURCHARGE FOR EVERY EMPLOYEE THAT WE HIRED BACK IN THE DISTRICT HAS AN EMPLOYEE. AND SOME OF THE OTHERS, YOU KNOW, THEY REQUIRED US PUT SPEED CAMERAS AND RECORDERS IN EVERY CLASSROOM IN THE DISTRICT, AND THEY DID THAT IN THE 84TH LEGISLATION, SO EVERY TIME WE ADD, EXPECT CLASSROOM OR MOVIES BETTER CLASSROOM WE HAVE TO REINSTALL CAMERAS AND REINSTALLED RECORDERS AND REINSTALL. UM, THE SERVICE TO HOLD THAT MEMORY, SO IT'S AN ONGOING COST TWO DISTRICTS, AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THEY HAVE NEVER MANDATED AND SOMETHING THAT NEVER FUNDED FOR US PREVIOUSLY. AND I'LL JUST TALK ABOUT MYSELF. AS YOU KNOW, THE NEWEST 80TH LEGISLATURE JUST PASSED AND THEY REQUIRE AND DISTRICT TO PUT AN ARM SECURITY OFFICER AT EVERY CAMPUS AND THEY DIDN'T REALLY FUND US FOR IT. 
          THEY RAISED THE FUND THAT ARE TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT, BUT THEY DIDN'T EVEN GIVE US DIRECT FUNDING TO PUT AN OFFICER AT EVERY CAMPUS WITH THE SIDEARM. SO I WANT TO TALK ABOUT NOW. THE INSURANCE ON THE TRS COSTS FOR EMPLOYEES AND FOR THE DISTRICT. SO TRS COSTS HAVE INCREASED AS WELL. UM EMPLOYEES USED TO CONTRIBUTE 8% OF THEIR SALARY TOWARDS THE RETIREMENT, 
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AND NOW THE STATE HAS RAISED IT TO 8.25% SO EACH EMPLOYEE'S, UM, CONTRIBUTION TO TRS IS GOING UP 0.25% AND I PUT A LITTLE EXAMPLE ON THE BOTTOM LIKE SAY, IT'S A FIRST YEAR TEACHER COMING OUT. 
          UM THEY HAVE A $60,000 SALARY. THEY'RE GOING TO PAY $12 MORE A MONTH TOWARDS OUR TRS RETIREMENT. AND THE DISTRICT WAS, UM HELD ACCOUNTABLE AS WELL . SO THAT THE STATEMENT THE DISTRICT RAISED AT 25.25% AS WELL. THEY DID IT 0.25 FOR THE GRANT CONTRIBUTIONS RAISED 8.1% FOR OUR EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS AND THE TEAR THE TRS PENSION SURCHARGE THAT I TALKED ABOUT A SECOND AGO. THAT THEY USED TO BE 14% WHEN THE EMPLOYEE HAD IT, AND THEN THEY RAISED IT TO 60% AND GAVE IT TO US, AND THEN THEY RAISE ANOTHER HALF PERCENT THIS YEAR. SO TOTAL FOR US PER EMPLOYEE, UM ON AVERAGE OF $60,000 EMPLOYEES, ROUGHLY $660 THAT WE AS A DISTRICT HAVE TO PAY FOR EVERY EMPLOYEE THAT'S IN THE DISTRICT. SO MULTIPLY THAT TIMES ARE EMPLOYEES. THAT'S ROUGHLY $2.5 MILLION MORE. AT WHAT LEVEL ARE WE SEEING GROWTH? AND THE NUMBER OF HIGHER BACKS. 
          OR ARE WE SEEING GROWTH? WE ARE BECAUSE YOU KNOW THERE'S BEEN SUCH A TEACHER SHORTAGE AND WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB OF HIGHER NECESSARY TEACHERS TO HELP WITH THAT SHORTAGE, BUT WE ARE FORCED TO HIRE A LOT OF RETIREES BACK INTO THE DISTRICT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE QUALIFIED TEACHERS THAT ARE BEST FOR OUR KIDS SO THAT THE NUMBERS CONTINUE TO RISE. NOT DRAMATICALLY, BUT THEY CAN THEY CONTINUE RIGHT, SO WE CONTINUE TO PAY THE SURCHARGE. OKAY, SO. PART OF THE BENEFITS CONTRIBUTION THAT WE PAY. CARROLLTON FARMERS BRANCH WILL CONTRIBUTE $350 TOWARDS EVERYBODY'S INSURANCE COSTS, AND I TELL YOU THEY WERE GOING UP A LITTLE BIT FOR EACH EMPLOYEE THIS YEAR, AND I PULLED SOME DISTRICTS CLOSE TO US. YOU CAN SEE, UM WE'RE ONE OF THE HIGHEST. THERE'S EVERYBODY'S KIND OF IN THE SAME RANGE COUPLES THE SAME AS A SUMMER A LITTLE BIT LOWER. HIGHLAND PARK'S A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE CONTRIBUTION THAT WE PAY TOWARDS INSURANCE COSTS FOR EACH EMPLOYEE IN THE DISTRICT. SO WITH THOSE INSURANCE COSTS, THESE ARE OUR NEW BENEFITS THAN THE GOLD FOR THE YEAR. AND THIS ONE, FOR INSTANCE, SAYS $100, WHICH MEANS CFB CONTRIBUTED. $350 THAT SO THE TOTAL COST IS 450. THE EMPLOYEE PLAYS 100 NOW AND WE PAID THE 3 50. THE PREVIOUS YEAR WAS $60 SO YOU CAN SEE IT WENT UP $40 JUST ON THE LOWEST PLAN. AND THIS DIAGRAM ON THE RIGHT. YOU CAN SEE THE INSURANCE COSTS REACH BENEFIT PLANS. SO IF YOU HAVE LIKE THIS ONE WITH THE EMPLOYEE WITH FAMILY IT WENT UP $152 A MONTH. SO THESE ARE PRETTY SIGNIFICANT INCREASES. WHICH IS WHY WE'RE PROPOSING THE RAYS. WE DIDN'T WHICH IS WHY WE CONTRACTED WITH TAGS BE TO HELP US TRIGGER HOW TO FIGURE OUT THE COMPLAINT, WHICH MAKES IT EQUITABLE FOR EMPLOYEE TOO. GET A RAISE AND TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE NOT MAKING LESS BECAUSE OF THE INSURANCE INCREASES THAN THEY WERE THE PRIOR YEAR. SO UM, JUST TO KIND OF WRAP, START WRAPPING UP THINGS. THE ADF LEGISLATION, UM, HAD A FEW TOPICS HOUSE. BILL 100 WAS A BIG ONE FOR US THAT THEY TOOK NO ACTION ON. UM THEY'VE CALLED TWO SPECIAL SESSIONS NOW AND WE'RE HOPING THEY'RE GONNA CALL A THIRD ONE WHERE THEY MIGHT ADDRESS, UH, SCHOOL FINANCE, BUT THEY HAVEN'T ANNOUNCED ANYTHING AS OF YET. SO LIKE I SAID AGAIN, HOUSE BILL 100 WAS THE BIG ONE THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS WERE COUNTING ON THAT NOTHING PAST. UM TAX COMPRESSION DID HIT. THAT WAS THE JAR. I SHOWED JOB, BUT THERE WAS NO REAL NEW MONEY FOR SCHOOLS. 
          ANOTHER THING THE STATE TOUT. IT WAS, UM THE TEAM OF FUNDS, WHICH IS OUR TEXTBOOK AND CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS. UH COMPUTER FUND, SO THE PRIOR YEAR THEY HAD CUT IT 60% AND EACH YEAR THEY HAVE, BUT LIKE ADOPTIONS FOR BOOKS, LIKE NEXT YEAR'S LIKE EIGHTH GRADE HISTORY NEXT YEAR, SIXTH GRADE MATH SO THEY ADOPT NEW TEXTBOOKS FOR EACH SEMESTER EACH SCHOOL YEAR. AND THEY HAD SLASHED OUR BUDGET 60% SO THIS IS A SEPARATE FUNDS WHEN THEY SNATCHED AT 60% THE GENERAL FUND WAS FORCED TO PICK UP THE BILL FOR THAT 60% LOSS BECAUSE THEY NEVER STOPPED ADOPTING BOOKS IN THE PROCESS. 
          SO THEY'RE SAYING, HEY, WE'RE REINSTATING THE TEAM OF FUNDS. THEY'RE GIVING US THE MONEY BACK. BUT AGAIN, IT'S NO REAL MONEY FOR THE DISTRICT. THEY'RE JUST NOT MAKING US USE 1 89 FUNDS FOR IT ANYMORE. AGAIN THIS THAN THE SAFETY SCHOOL ALLOTMENT . IT WAS 9 72 PER 80 A AND THEY RAISED IT TO $10. SO THEY WENT UP 28 CENTS. SO BASED ON OUR A D, A. WE'RE GETTING ABOUT $6000 MORE AS A DISTRICT TO COVER THOSE COSTS. OKAY? $300 YES. THERE. YEAH. YOU KNOW, THE BIG SAFETY THING CAME OUT. WE'RE HAVING TO DO FENCING AND PERIMETER AND GLASS FILMING AND OFFICER AT EVERY CAMPUS THAT'S ARMED. THEY GAVE US $6300 BASICALLY MORE TO DO IT. WE HAVE 24,909. 6000 FOR EVERYBODY. IT'S JUST A LITTLE SHORT. YEAH, IT WAS SO THESE WERE GOVERNOR 
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ABBOTT. IT'S SEVEN PRIORITIES WHEN HE STARTED THE 88TH LEGISLATION. UM THE THREE THAT HAD HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW. WE'RE SORT OF WITH SCHOOL BUSINESS, BUT YOU CAN SEE SCHOOL FINANCES DIDN'T MAKE HIS TOP SEVEN. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE'RE LIKE, SAID WE'RE ALWAYS WORKING KIND OF IN THREE FISCAL YEARS, AND WE START THINKING AHEAD OF WHAT'S COMING UP THIS WAY. WE KNOW WHAT TO BUDGET FOR WHAT WE HAVE TO IF WE HAVE TO CUT SOMEWHERE BECAUSE WE KNOW SOMETHING ELSE IS COMING UP. SO DURING COVID, THERE WAS A BIG CONNECTIVITY GRANT THAT THE STATE ISSUED TO SCHOOLS WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO REPLACE A LOT OF COMPUTERS GET HOT SPOTS BECAUSE WE WERE ALL REMOTE, REMOTELY LEARNING WITH OUR STUDENTS. SO IT WAS A GOOD DEAL FOR US. WE'RE ABLE TO REPLACE A LOT OF OLD COMPUTERS THAT WE HAD IN THE DISTRICT FOR A WHILE. BUT WHAT IT IS TOOK US OFF A SCHEDULE OF REPLACING COMPUTERS SO MANY EVERY EVERY YEAR. WE REPLACE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF COMPUTERS WHERE THERE BE EMPLOYEE LAPTOP STUDENT LAPTOPS, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT. SO IT REALLY TOOK US OFF THE ACCESS OF REPLACING HIM ON A REGULAR SCHEDULE SO YOU CAN SEE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. WE HAVE SOME LARGER AMOUNTS WHERE WE'RE HAVING TO PLACE THE COMPUTERS AT ONE TIME WE TRIED IT. WE GOT WHAT TECHNOLOGY TRY TO COME UP WITH A PLAN SO WE DON'T HAVE TO REPLACE THEM ALL AT ONCE. SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET AN EXTRA YEAR TO OUT OF A COUPLE OF THE COMPUTERS. THAT'S EMPLOYEE WISE AND STUFF LIKE THAT, SO, BUT YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE FOR THE 24 25 YEARS 25 26 HERE IN THE 26 27 YEARS. SO LIKE I SAID, WITH ALL THESE EXPENSES COMING UP, WHICH WE TRY TO REITERATE BACK TO THE CAMPUSES AND DEPARTMENTS THAT WHEN WE GIVE YOUR BUDGET YOU HAVE TO WORK WITHIN THAT BUDGET. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN BE ASKING FOR MONEY AND TRY TO GET ANYTHING OUT OF THE WHAT? WE'VE ALLOTTED YOU FOR YOUR SCHOOL YEAR. SO WE'VE TOLD EMPLOYEES AND STAFF THAT WHEN WE GIVE YOUR BUDGET PLEASE WORK WITHIN IT AND TO KIND OF HELP CURVE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TOWARD THE END OF THE YEAR. WE WANT TO HAVE EXPENSES KEEP COMING OUT AND OUT. WE WILL TRY TO REITERATE THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PURCHASE ORDER FIRST, BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING. IF YOU HAVE A P O THEN DON'T GET IT. SO WE'VE TRIED AND WE HAD A TRAINING THIS WEEK WITH ALL OVER CAMPUS SECRETARIES AND DEPARTMENT SECRETARIES WERE WE KIND OF REFRESHED. WHAT OUR PHILOSOPHY IS AND WHAT ARE RULES ARE FOR PURCHASING AND KEEPING COSTS WITHIN THE GUIDELINES ALWAYS SET, SO OBVIOUSLY THINGS COME UP DURING THE YEAR, SO WE'VE CHANGED A LITTLE BIT WHERE IF THEY'RE GOING TO REQUEST ADDITIONAL FUNDS, AND THEY HAVE TO REQUEST IT DIRECTLY FROM THE CFO, INSTEAD OF GOING THROUGH PURCHASING OR THROUGH A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT, THEY HAVE TO COME STRAIGHT TO THE BUSINESS OFFICE AND ASK FOR MORE MONEY AND WHY THEY NEED IT. NO. AND JUST TO KIND OF FINISH UP. UM I WOULD LIKE THE BOARD, TOO. KIND OF WORK TOGETHER AGAIN AND DEFINED THREE PRIORITIES THAT YOU THINK WE NEED TO FOCUS ON AS A DISTRICT LIKE THEY WERE KIND OF ALL IN THIS TOGETHER, SO NO. 
          WE THREW A LOT OF STUFF AT YOU TONIGHT, BUT I WANT YOU TO KIND OF HELP US THINK. WHAT ARE THREE PRIORITIES IF THERE IS A SURPLUS, WE WANT TO ADD THIS OR IF THERE IS A SHORTAGE, OR OR SHOULD WE CUT FIRST, SO I'LL GIVE YOU LIKE AGAIN ANOTHER SEVEN MINUTES WITH A ONE MINUTE WARNING THIS TIME TO WHERE YOU JUST KIND OF THINK THROUGH SOME THINGS AND HELP US KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHAT THE PRIORITIES ARE IS A DISTRICT IN THE DIRECTION WE WANT TO GO. SO ON THIS ONE. 
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HASHTAG. LET'S GO. HASHTAG ROLLING. IT'S NOT. MY KIDS. NO. TO SHOW WITH PEOPLE. RIGHT? OKAY 
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SO THE LAST THING I'LL LET Y'ALL TALK THROUGH YOUR EACH YOUR POINTS EACH AND THEN Y'ALL GET 
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THROUGH LITTLE STICKIES ON YOUR TABLES AND YOU'LL PICK THE TOP THREE PRIORITIES BETWEEN BOTH 
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EASELS. OKAY? UM. SO WE LOOKED AT, UM AT TWO SEPARATE THINGS. THE BUDGET PRIORITIES KIND OF WHAT? UM WHAT WE WANTED TO SPEND AND WHAT THE FOCUS IS, AND THEN THE ITEMS TO CONSIDER INTO THE FISCAL YEAR AND THIS YEAR KIND OF EVALUATE SPENDING GOING FORWARD, SO OUR PRIORITIES ONE COMPENSATION. I MEAN, ALWAYS TOP FOR OUR STAFF AND TWO IS, UM, REDUCING THE DEFICIT. I UNDERSTAND THE PRIORITY. I MEAN, THE SCENARIOS THAT WE'VE BEEN PRESENTED ARE 100, YOU KNOW, WORST CASE SCENARIO IF EVERYTHING IS SPENT 100% AND OBVIOUSLY EFFORT HAS BEEN MADE TO REDUCE NON COMPENSATION ITEMS BY UM 8 MILLION BUT WE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IN OUR HOUSES. IF WE GOT TO A DEFICIT MODE. WHAT WOULD HAPPEN ? YOU WOULD STOP PAUSE. I THINK YOU SAID PAUSE. EVALUATE FIGURE OUT WHAT IT WAS AND, UM YOU KNOW, DEFICIT IS JUST NOT A PLACE. WE WANT TO BE LONG TERM, NO MATTER WHAT OTHER DISTRICTS ARE DOING, I THINK, UM SO WE ONLY HAVE TWO PRIORITIES FROM THAT, AND THEN ON THE FOCUS KIND OF MOVING ALONG IN OUR FINE FINALLY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR AND REVIEW OF FINANCES. UM IS MAKING SURE WE'RE SPENDING EFFECTIVELY AND THIS WOULD INCLUDE REVIEW. YOU KNOW, OF ALL EVERYTHING TOP DOWN. UM AND THAT INCLUDES PROGRAMS AND MAKING THAT A DATA DRIVEN REVIEW TO YOU KNOW OUR PROGRAMS. HOW MANY KIDS ARE ENROLLED? WHAT IS SUCCESS OF THE PROGRAM LOOK LIKE? IS IT ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM? IS IT THE STUDENTS ARE EMPLOYED AFTER THEY GRADUATE YOUR WHAT IS SUCCESS AND ARE YOU IS THE PROGRAM SUCCESSFUL FOR OUR STUDENTS AND YOU'RE FOR A TAXPAYER'S TRULY WHAT ARE WE CONTRIBUTING? UM OF ALL PROGRAMS, SOFTWARE MATERIALS, EVERYTHING THAT WE SPEND MONEY ON. DO WE HAVE A DUPLICATION OF ITEMS AND SOFTWARE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST BUYING. I'M SURE THEY'RE SUPPORTING SOMEONE . I GET IT. BUT DO IS IT YOU KNOW? WELL, SOMETHING ELSE SUPPORT ELSEWHERE. BUT ALL OF THESE DECISIONS AND REVIEW ON OUR SPINNING I MEAN, IT HAS TO BE DATA DRIVEN. AND SO I THINK THE YEAR HAS TO BE, UM, A FOCUS ON COLLECTING THE DATA AND DEFINING WHAT WE SEE IS EFFECTIVE FOR THE PROGRAMS. WHAT'S THE ACADEMIC RETURN? UM, FOR OUR SPENDING. ANYTHING ELSE, OKAY? OKAY SO, UM, KIND OF SPINNING OFF OF WHAT TERRA SAID WITH EFFECTIVE SPENDING. WE HAD FOUR OF OUR ITEMS WERE WAYS THAT WE COULD IMPACT EFFECTIVE SPENDING. AND SO WE HAD PROGRAM EVALUATION USING METRICS, DATA DRIVEN EVALUATION OF PROGRAMS. WE ALSO HAD POSITION CONTROL AND HIRING TRACKING. SO WHEN WE HAVE POSITIONS THAT ARE BEING VACATED , LOOKING TO SEE IS THAT A NEED THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE DOING TO START FOR THAT POSITION WITH THE IMPACT OF THAT POSITION AND THEN CONTROLLING THE POSITIONS JUST IN GENERAL, REALLY MAKING SURE THAT ARE HIRING IS MEETING KIDS WHERE THEY ARE AND REALLY FOCUSING ON THAT. AND THEN A CURRICULUM AUDIT AND A SOFTWARE AUDIT. UM DO WE HAVE CURRICULUM THINGS AND SOFTWARE THINGS, BASICALLY REITERATING WHAT TERRA SAID. THAT ARE MULTIPLE THINGS IMPACTING. UM I GUESS MULTIPLE THINGS. DOING THE SAME THING THAT MAY BE USED IN DIFFERENT PLACES, BUT MAYBE WE CAN CONSOLIDATE AND SAVE FUNDS THERE AND SO LOOKING AT CURRICULUM AND SOFTWARE FOR THAT, AND THEN, OF COURSE PRIORITY AS COMPENSATION FOR US BECAUSE OUR STAFF IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT MEETING THE NEEDS OF KIDS. GOING TO SAY ONE OTHER THING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IS THE ONE ON ONE TECHNOLOGY. 
          THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER THING TO REVIEW. I MEAN, ARE PEOPLE REALLY USING IT? IS IT WORKING OR WE JUST HAVE THEM AT HOME OR WHEREVER WE KEEP THEM, UH, TO THAT SAME NOTE. WHAT ABOUT PAPER ITEMS? UM WORKBOOKS BOOKS. IF EVERYTHING'S ONLINE, ARE WE DUEL SPENDING THAT WOULD BE NOTHING TO LOOK AT. AND THEN AS FAR AS, UH, GRADING AND UPDATING THOSE LAPTOPS FOR EVERYONE, HOW OFTEN 
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IS THAT DONE? IS THERE A SPACE THAT CAN BE INCREASED INSTEAD OF THIS CONSTANT RAT RACE OF GETTING DOWN GETTING IT DONE BECAUSE IF WE'RE NOT USING THEM, THAT COULD BE ANOTHER PLACE OF SAVINGS. THANK YOU. AND EVEN THOUGH WE WILL LOOK AT EVERYTHING. AND LIKE I SAID, WE'RE ANALYZING THE SAME THINGS AS WELL. UM IF YOU ALL WANT TO. PLEASE JUST GET YOUR THREE STICKERS AND PICK YOUR TOP THREE BETWEEN THE TWO BOARDS, AND THEN WE'LL BE DONE. DOESN'T MATTER WHAT COLOR. 
          EFFECTIVE. SORRY. THE. YOU KNOW, WE WERE LOOKING AT THIS AS ITEMS TO FOCUS ON FOR THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW, BUT THAT COULD BE A BUDGET PRIORITY BECAUSE EFFECTIVE SPENDING WOULD REDUCE. IN THEORY AND FINANCIAL THEORY WOULD REDUCE THE DEFICIT. YOU KNOW FROM THAT? HOWEVER, THAT'S NOT A BUDGET. 2023 2024. I MEAN, I THINK WE'RE AT THE POINT NOW THAT IT HAS TO BE PROCESSES WITHIN THE ADMINISTRATION AND STAFF TO REDUCE THE SPENDING, NOT PRIORITIES. THAT'S MY OPINION. WITH AGE CAMPUS. BECAUSE WHEN WE GO BACK TO IF WE HAVE A DEFICIT AT HOME, DO I REALLY NEED ANOTHER CROP PARTNER ? HAVE TO UNDERNEATH? I JUST DON'T WANT TO DIG IT OUT EXAMPLE. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR EVERYTHING. I APPRECIATE THE INPUT. AND THE PENMANSHIP. 
          MR CARE? I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND SUPPORT AND HELPING US WORK THROUGH THE PRESENTATION AND HAVE SOME TIME TO COLLABORATE. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS TO HELP US TONIGHT. THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THREE B. A DISCUSSION REGARDING BOARD WORK STUDIES, BOARD PRIORITIES AND CALORIE CALENDAR RING FOR 22 23, AND I'LL BE LEADING THIS DISCUSSION. SO BOARD MEMBERS YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU A DRAFT CALENDAR THAT YOU WILL SEE AT YOUR STABLE AND THAT I'D LIKE TO FACILITATE THIS DISCUSSION WITH THIS IS FOR AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER, AND IT NOTES SOME INFORMATION LIKE WHEN SCHOOL STARTS. WHEN MEETINGS ARE ALREADY SET ON THE CALENDAR AND SOME OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL FOR YOU. SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD, AS WE SAW TONIGHT, WE KNOW THAT COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE BOARD AND ADMINISTRATION IS GOING TO BE KEY, AND SO AS IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN, AND ADDITIONALLY OUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES CLEARLY DEFINE THAT WE NEED TO SET DISTRICT PRIORITIES HAVE AN ANNUAL TEAM BUILDING AND SHARE OUR LEARNING EXPERIENCES FROM CONFERENCES, INCLUDING THE ONES THAT WE ATTENDED THIS LAST YEAR. 
          SO IN OUR LAST MEETING, WE DID APPROVE OUR SCHEDULE FOR A REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETINGS AND FOR WORK STUDIES ARE FIRST WORK STUDY IS SCHEDULED TO BE ON SEPTEMBER 21ST, AND IT HAS ALREADY BEEN DEFINED AS OUR TEAM OF A TRAINING AND THAT MEANS WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER WORK STUDY UNTIL NOVEMBER. SO, UM AS YOU KNOW, OUR BOARD MEETINGS TYPICALLY ARE THE TIME WHERE WE RECEIVE UPDATES ON PROGRESS FROM THE ADMINISTRATION. TAKE ACTION ON BUSINESS FROM THE DISTRICT. 
          BUT OUR WORK STUDIES SIMILAR TO TONIGHT'S FORMAT WOULD HAVE NORMALLY BEEN A WORK STUDY FORMAT IS OUR TIME TO COLLABORATE AND REALLY THINK THROUGH THINGS WITH THE ADMINISTRATION A DEEPER LEVEL. IT'S KIND OF LIKE OUR OUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING 
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COMMUNITIES THAT WE HAVE OUR TEACHERS HAVE IN THEIR SCHOOL AND CAMPUS. SO WITH US NOT HAVING OUR FIRST WORK STUDY UNTIL SEPTEMBER 21ST AND THAT ALREADY BEING OUR TEAM OF EIGHT TRAINING, I'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT WE ADD SOME ADDITIONAL WORK STUDIES FOR COLLABORATION WITH THE ADMINISTRATION, STARTING WITH A BOARD PRIORITY WORKSHOP. SO WHAT WE DID TONIGHT WAS TALK ABOUT POTENTIAL PRIORITIES FOR THE BUDGET AND THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO US, BUT WE NEED TO SET SOME FIRM. PRIORITIES AS A BOARD ACROSS NOT JUST THE BUDGET. AND SO, UM TO LOOK AT THAT, UM, I IF YOU LOOK AT THE CALENDAR, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT ON AUGUST 17TH. IT SAYS THAT WE HAVE A BOARD MEETING WITH THE TOPIC TO BE DETERMINED . CURRENTLY THAT MEETING IS THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET, SO THAT MEETING HAS ALREADY BEEN SET. IT'S ON THE CALENDAR. WE APPROVED IT ALREADY. AND IT'S THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET TONIGHT. WE ARE NOT TAKING ANY ACTION, BUT I WANTED TO LET MR GEAR LET US KNOW THAT THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE ADMINISTRATION THAT WILL BE COMING FORTH ON AUGUST 3RD. ABOUT THIS HEARING SOME MYSTIC AREA WHILE YOU SHARE SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE UPCOMING RECOMMENDATION. 
          OKAY SO, AS YOU ALL KNOW, DURING THIS, THIS SPECIAL SECOND QUESTION HELPS SENATE BILL TWO PAST WHICH CHANGES THE COMPRESSION RATES FOR THE TAX RATE THAT WE HAVE SO WE AS AS A DISTRICT EVERY DISTRICT IN THE STATE HAS TO SUBMIT ARE COMPRESSED TAX RATES TO THE STATE, AND THEN THEY ANALYZE THEM. THEY COMPRESS THEM. THEY'RE DUE BACK OUT THE FIRST WEEK OF AUGUST. SO ONCE THEY GIVE THEM BACK TO US, THEN WE CAN START SETTING OUR TAX RATE, WHICH IS WHAT WILL ADOPT AND IN AUGUST AND ON THE 24TH WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING AND WHAT IT DOES IS WHEN THEY GET IT BACK TO US, AND WE GO AND DO OUR WORK. TRY TO GET OUR TAX RATES SET AND WE HAVE TO PUBLISH IT BY LAW IN THE PAPER FOR AT LEAST 10 DAYS BEFORE THE BOARD MEETING. AND OUR PAPER OF THAT WE HAVE TO ADVERTISE IT IN HIS DALLAS MORNING NEWS. THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS WANTS US TO HAVE UM, THE ARTICLE TO THEM AT LEAST ONE WEEK BEFORE THEY CAN POST IT FOR 10 DAYS. SO IT PUTS US ALMOST A 17 DAY OUTLETS. SO BY THE TIME WE GET OUR TAX RATE BACK FROM THE STATE THAT'S COMPRESSED WHERE WE CONFIGURED OUR FINAL TAX RATE. THEN IT TAKES 17 DAYS TO GET IT POSTED SO BY THE 17TH OF THERE WAS NO WAY IT WOULD BE READY. SO WE'RE ASKING, WE CAN MOVE IT BACK TO THE 24TH. SO LIKE I SAID, THERE'S NO ACTION ON THIS, BUT BOARD MEMBERS. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE IDEA THAT THE ADMINISTRATION WILL BE COMING FORWARD TO CHANGE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE BUDGET FROM THE 17TH TO THE 24TH? YES, MR BRADY. UM I DON'T MIND ADDING MEETINGS. I DON'T MIND ABOUT ADDING WORK STUDIES IF WE COULD DO SOME OTHER NIGHT. 
          BESIDES THURSDAY'S THAT WOULD BE EXTREMELY HELPFUL. FOR INSTANCE, LIKE ON THE I THINK IT'S A 24TH. 
          ACTUALLY, THAT IS SENIOR NIGHT FOR MY SENIOR FOR THIS MYTH FOOTBALL GAME. SO I WOULD PREFER TO BE AT THAT. UM BUT IF WE JUST IN GENERAL, ADDING MEETINGS SO WE CAN ADD THEM ON DIFFERENT NIGHTS. BESIDES, ONLY THURSDAY, THAT WOULD BE SUPER HELPFUL. OKAY BOARD MEMBERS, ANY OTHER CONSIDERATIONS? OKAY, SO, UM. FOR THE TOPIC OF THE BUDGET HEARING. I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT IS TYPICALLY A MEETING THAT TAKES US ABOUT 30 MINUTES TO AN HOUR AND THE ADMINISTRATION WILL BE COMING FORWARD WITH THE RECOMMENDATION. UM SO WE'RE NOT TAKING ACTION, BUT, UM, KNOWING THAT WE MAY BE MOVING THE BUDGET MEETING TO THE 24TH. THE 17TH IS ALREADY RESERVED. AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT MEETING STILL OCCUR ON THE 17TH. BUT OUR PURPOSE THAT NIGHT WOULD BE TO SET PRIORITIES AS A TEAM OF EIGHT WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT MAINTAINING THAT NIGHT SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A DIFFERENT FOCUS. GREAT. OKAY I SEE NODS. SO I THINK WE WILL PLAN FOR THE FACT THAT WE WILL LIKELY HAVE A MEETING ON THE 17TH AND THE 24TH. WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE THE BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING. SO UM , WE WILL BE DOING THAT IN ACCORDANCE TO, UM THE LAW, OF COURSE. SO IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM ONE STARBOARD PRIORITIES ARE SET. UM DR ELDRIDGE, AND I CAN START BEGINNING TO WORK TOWARDS WORK STUDY SESSIONS TO BEGIN WORKING ON THOSE PRIORITIES, SO THOSE WILL BE PRIORITIES FOR THE ADMINISTRATION. BUT WE MAY BE REQUESTING INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN DIVE DEEPER INTO THOSE TOPICS AND HAVE A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF THE PRIORITIES THAT WE HAVE SET. AND SO ANOTHER THING I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS IS TYPICALLY WE ATTEND, TACIT HAS BI ANNUALLY SO YOU'LL SEE ON YOUR CALENDAR THAT THAT'S NOTED FOR SEPTEMBER 29TH AND 30TH. AND THEN IT ALSO IS ON THAT SUNDAY. UM, WE TYPICALLY GO. UM IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN AND GROW AND WE GET OUR REQUIRED HOURS AND WE CAN NETWORK WITH 
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OTHER DISTRICTS AND OTHER TRUSTEES ACROSS THE STATE. HOWEVER HAVING JUST ATTENDED ELSE, LI WE HAVE MET OUR REQUIREMENTS. AND SO WHY? NO, WE LOVE TO GO TO THE CONFERENCE. WE ARE ALSO LOOKING TO CUT COSTS AND THERE IS A REASON FOR US TO POTENTIALLY STAY IN DISTRICT AND FOCUS ON THE WORK OF THE BOARD HERE IN DISTRICT. SO I AM, UM WANTING TO KNOW YOUR FEEDBACK ON THE IDEA OF HAVING A RETREAT IN DISTRICT RATHER THAN GOING TO TASK, A TASK B. I THINK THAT WOULD BE FAIR JUST BECAUSE WE'RE SEEING CUTS EVERYWHERE. SO AS A BOARD, WE CAN DO THAT FOR OUR DISTRICT. AND THEN I AM SORRY, MR BUDGET. UM IS THAT ON OKAY, UM YOU CAN'T HEAR YOURSELF, UM I WOULD SUPPORT THAT ONLY BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE MORE WORK TO DO INSIDE THE DISTRICT AND, UM, A FOCUS ON OUR STUDENTS. AND IF WE'VE MET THE TRAINING, I JUST DON'T SEE THE NEED FOR THE ADDITIONAL, UM, EXPENSE. I WOULD RATHER TAKE THE TIME THAT'S ALREADY RESERVED BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY ON THE CALENDAR. UM AND FOCUS. ON CFB SPECIFICALLY. OTHER COMMENTS. I JUST DID HAVE OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS. OKAY? HMM I'M LOOKING AT THE IDEA OF DOING THE BOARD SELF EVALUATION THAT NIGHT ALSO, SO YOU CAN ANTICIPATE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE GETTING THE SURVEY THROUGH TASK B TO EVALUATE OURSELVES THAT WE CAN DEBRIEF ON THAT. UM AND THOSE ARE THE TWO THINGS I REALLY WANT TO DISCUSS, BECAUSE THOSE WERE CHANGES THAT TO OUR CALENDAR THAT WE ALREADY HAD AND GET YOUR INPUT ON. BUT I ALSO LIKE TO KNOW. ARE THERE ANY OTHER THINGS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST KNOWING THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER WORKSHOP UNTIL NOVEMBER. UM WE DO HAVE IN OUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES THAT THE PRESIDENT CAN CALL A MEETING THAT IS DETERMINED AS NEEDED. SO DR ELDRIDGE AND I ARE PLANNING ON MEETING NEXT WEEK, UM, FOR AN EXTENDED TIME TO REALLY LOOK AT THE PRIORITIES THAT THE BOARD SETS AND THINK ABOUT CALENDAR RING, SO I MAY BE CALLING OTHER MEETINGS. YOU MAY GET REQUESTS FROM D FOR THAT. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THERE ANY OTHER CONSIDERATIONS THAT I SHOULD MAKE AS WE MOVE FORWARD. POTENTIAL. PLACES TO DO. TO DO SELF EVALUATION. PERSONALLY I'M TIRED OF CHAZZ BE. IT'S ALWAYS THE SAME STUFF. S L. I WAS A LOT OF THE SAME CLASSES THAT WE'VE HAD FOR 4568 YEARS. WE'VE BEEN HAVING OUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES THAT THE ONLY CREDIT WILL TAKE. THE ONLY THAT CAN BE REIMBURSED IS TAZ BE? I DON'T KNOW IF THOSE PROCEDURES CAME FROM TAZ B. BUT IT IS TIME AS BE CENTRIC AND LIKE CRS S, AND THERE'S SOME OTHER THINGS AND PLACES THAT POTENTIALLY WOULD BRING ADDITIONAL RESOURCE TO US NOT OPPOSED TO TASMANIA, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO BROADEN OUR HORIZON. SO IF I'M HEARING YOU CORRECTLY, MR STEGMAN, YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF THERE ARE OTHER RESOURCES FOR THE BOARD SELF EVALUATION, MAYBE A DIFFERENT TEMPLATE FROM ANOTHER RESOURCE, OKAY? THAT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. BOARD MEMBERS ANY OTHER THOUGHTS OR COMMENTS. AND THEN I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD THAT WHEN READING THE OPERATING PROCEDURES THAT JUST TALKED ABOUT THE PERCENTAGES THAT WE SHOULD USE ON OUR TRAINING NOT ALL ONE AND AS RANDY MENTIONED. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. OKAY AND CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, WITH THIS IN DISTRICT WORK, WE HAVE NOT DECIDED IF WE NEED A VENDOR TO SUPPORT WITH ANY TRAINING AND SUPPORT THE BOARD NEEDS AND SO WE'LL DEFINITELY TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT INFORMATION FROM THE BOARD AND DETERMINE WHAT WE CAN DO INTERNALLY VERSUS WHAT WE MIGHT NEED ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FROM OUTSIDE ON. I JUST WANT TO SPEAK REAL QUICK TO THE BOARD SOUTH OF AL, WE DID DO THE TASK B ONE LAST YEAR. I DO THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO DO IT AGAIN THIS YEAR, SO THAT WE AT LEAST HAVE THOSE TWO TO COMPARE. FOR THIS NEXT YEAR BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IF WE CHANGE IT AGAIN THIS YEAR. NOW WE HAVE NO DATA TO DATA BUT MAYBE DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING YEAR ABOUT USING A DIFFERENT TEMPLATE IF THE BOARD WANTS TO DO THAT, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE SOMETHING TO COMPARE. TO THE TOOL FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR. OKAY? ANY OTHER COMMENTS? YES. SO IS THAT TOOL THE SAME. SO IT'S EVERY SINGLE YEAR. SO THE TASMAN SELF EVALUATION IS THE SAME TOOL EVERY YEAR SO YOU CAN SEE THE METRICS OVER TIME, UM, OF HOW YOUR BOARD PERCEPTION IS OF THEMSELVES IN THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING. YES MR BRADDOCK. 
          BUT WE HAVE IN THE PAST USED THE EVALUATION TOOL. THAT CRS S DOES RIGHT. I MEAN, I THINK THAT WAS 
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WITHIN THE LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS, SO THERE'S OTHER TOOLS. AVAILABLE, BUT. JUST LIKE OUR STAR RESULTS. YOU KNOW, IF THEY KEEP CHANGING THE THINGS WE HAVE NOTHING TO COMPARE AGAINST, SO I THINK MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DECIDE AS A BOARD. HERE'S THE TIMELINE THAT WE'RE GOING TO USE THIS TOOL. AND THEN HERE'S THE TIMELINE THAT WE'RE GOING TO USE OR, YOU KNOW, FIND SOMETHING ELSE TO TRY TO SEE THAT. OKAY SO, UM, THAT'S HELPFUL TO KNOW AS FAR AS A RESOURCE, SO I CAN COMMIT TO GOING AND LOOKING AT THE TOOLS AND BRINGING THOSE TOOLS BACK TO THE BOARD AT OUR PRIORITY WORKSHOPS SO THAT WE CAN REVIEW THOSE AND MAKE A DECISION BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD. AND HOW DOES THAT SOUND? OKAY, GREAT. ANY OTHER CONSIDERATIONS I SHOULD MAKE BEFORE DR ELDERS AND I WORK TOGETHER MOVING FORWARD ON PLANNING FOR THE FALL SEMESTER. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY AT THIS TIME, WE WILL PROCEED TO OUR NEXT AGENDA. ITEM NUMBER 
          [4. Items for Discussion and/or Possible Action]
FOUR ITEMS. FOR DISCUSSION AND OR POSSIBLE ACTION ITEM FOR A CONSIDER AN APPROVED DISTRICT COMPENSATION PLAN FOR 23 24, DR DAVIS. TO ME. IS IT? THERE WE GO, OKAY. SO TONIGHT I'M GOING TO PRESENT ON THE TASK B SALARY SURVEY THAT WE HAVE CONDUCTED. IT'S MUCH LIKE, UH, ONE OF MY FAVORITE CHILDREN'S BOOKS. WHEN I WAS GROWING UP FROM WATTY PIPER, THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD THIS WAS THE LITTLE SALARY AUDIT THAT WE THOUGHT COULD HAPPEN AND IT KEPT PLUGGING ALONG AND WE'RE FINALLY HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT IT TO YOU. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE RESULTS, AND WE HOPE YOU ARE TOO. SO THE PURPOSE OF WHY WE CONTRACT ID TAGS BE WAS TO EVALUATE OUR ENTIRE COMPENSATION PLAN. AND WE DID TALK TO CASBY IN THE SPRING OF 2022 TO DO THIS. UM WE ARE IN AN EXTRAORDINARILY COMPETITIVE MARKET FOR EMPLOYEES IN THE DFW AREA, AND IT WAS IMPERATIVE THAT WE DID CONTRACT WITH HAS BE SO THAT WE COULD RETAIN AND RECRUIT THE HIGHEST CALIBER OF TEAM MEMBERS THAT WE HAD POSSIBLE. THE STUDY ITSELF WAS CONDUCTED TO OBJECTIVELY EXAMINED COMPETITIVE JOB MARKET AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO CFB FOR INTERNALLY FAIR AND EXTERNALLY COMPETITIVE. PAY PRACTICES. AH THEY BEGAN THAT EVALUATION IN THE FALL OF 2022, AND THEY TOOK AND WHY THEY WAITED TO THE FALL OF 2022 IS THEY RECEIVED THE DATA BACK FROM ALL OF THE I S D S IN THE AREA, AND THAT WAY THEY COULD COMPARE APPLES TO APPLES ARE CURRENT COMP PLAN WITH EVERY OTHER DISTRICTS, CURRENT COMP PLAN AND THEN MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS SO THAT EVERYTHING IS THE SAME. AND WE'RE NOT COMPARING ONE YEAR OVER ANOTHER. THE KEY AREAS THAT THEY REVIEWED AND YOU'LL SEE THIS AS A THEMATIC THEY KIND OF GROUP THEIR SALARY PLAN AND STUDY WITH TEACHERS AND RELATED INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF. THE PROFESSIONAL ADMIN POSITIONS, BUSINESS SERVICES. TECHNOLOGY. CLERICAL PARAPROFESSIONAL AND DISTRICT OPERATIONS. AND THEN THEY COMPARED THIS DATA AND I'LL SHOW YOU THE DISTRICTS AND YOU HAVE THAT IN YOUR REPORT THAT THEY COMPARED IT TO BUSH WILL TOUCH ON THAT A LITTLE LATER. 
          THIS IS A IMPORTANT GRAPH. UH SO I WANT TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO TALK ABOUT THIS. THIS IS ONE OF THE GRAPHS THAT WAS FIRST GIVEN TO US WHEN THEY STARTED COMPARING OUR DATA. IF WE LOOK AT THE ORANGE LINE, THAT'S OUR COMPENSATION PLAN FOR TEACHERS FOR THE 22 23 SCHOOL YEAR WHERE YOU SEE 58 THOUSANDS AT ZERO SALARY YEAR THAT WE SET A NEW TEACHER IF WE HIRE A FIVE YEAR TEACHER WHO HAS FIVE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, AND IT COMES TO OUR DISTRICT, THEY MAKE 58 9 50 BASE PAY. THE BLUE LINE IS THE MEDIAN FOR ALL OF THE DISTRICTS THAT WERE COMPARED WITH US SO BASE SALARY FOR IT WAS 58 TO 50 FOR ALL OF THESE OTHER DISTRICTS IN OUR AREA. THAT'S THE MEDIAN. AT FIVE YEARS. THEY WERE 60,075. THE GREEN LINE. IS OUR AVERAGE SALARIES FOR OUR EMPLOYEES THAT WE HIRE IN YEAR ZERO WHO COME AND ARE RETAINED WITH US. SO A FIVE YEAR EMPLOYEE OF OURS IS MAKING 60,296. WHERE IF WE HIRE SOMEBODY WITH FIVE YEARS EXPERIENCE THERE ARE 58 9 50. SO WE'RE WE ARE REWARDING THAT RETENTION AND THIS IS THE PLACE THAT WE WANT TO SEE OUR PAY. 
          PLAYING B IS ABOVE THE MEDIAN BECAUSE THAT MEANS WE'RE PAYING OUR FOLKS WELL, WE'RE TAKING 
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CARE OF OUR FAMILY, AND WE'RE HONORING THAT RETENTION AND STAYING WITH THE DISTRICT. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SALARY STRUCTURE ITSELF HAS BE IDENTIFIED US. WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PACK. 
          IN THE 14 DISTRICTS. WERE IT EIGHT IN THE IN THE MEDIAN SALARY. IF YOU LOOK AT ALL OF DFW, THERE ARE ABOUT 50 DISTRICTS THAT ARE WERE SURVEYED. AND WE'RE 25TH. SO IN STARTING SALARY, SO WE'RE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IN OTHER AREAS, TOO, WERE KIND OF RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE. WE DON'T WANT TO BE AT THE CUTTING EDGE OR THE BLEEDING EDGE. WE WANT TO BE IN A COMPETITIVE MARKET WHERE WE CAN BE MORE AGILE. UM OUR RECOMMENDATION. 
          FROM TASK WAS TO CLEAN UP THE PAY PLAN AND BRING CURRENT EMPLOYEES INTO THE PAY GRADE COMMENSURATE WITH THEIR JOB. AND REFLECTIVE OF THESE OTHER DISTRICTS AND WHAT THEY PAY AND WHAT THEIR JOB DESCRIPTIONS LOOK LIKE. AND THEY ALSO LOOKED AT PLACEMENT SCALES FOR THE NONEXEMPT EMPLOYEES SO THAT WE REINFORCE THAT EQUITY AND WE'RE COMPETITIVE, MOVING FORWARD. SO TAGS BE ALSO EVALUATED ALL OF OUR STIPENDS AND MADE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ADJUSTMENTS TO SOME OF OUR STIPENDS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR PLAN, BUT NOT ALL OF THE STIPENDS BECAUSE WE NEEDED TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE WITH OTHER DISTRICTS. AH AND ALSO THE COMPENSATION PLAN GROUPINGS. WE HAD A LOT OF GROUPINGS IN OUR COMP PLAN, AND WE REALLY STREAMLINED IT DOWN SO THAT WE'RE MORE AGILE AND THERE'S MORE EQUITY WITHIN THAT COMPENSATION PLAN ITSELF. SO SPECIFIC TASK B RECOMMENDATIONS. AH TASK B HAD RECOMMENDED THAT THE PAY STRUCTURES WERE ALIGNED WITH THE MARKET BASED ON BENCHMARK JOBS. THEY RE CLASSIFIED BASED ON THE MARKET RATES, JOB RESPONSIBILITIES AND INTERNAL EQUITY, AND THEN THEY ALIGN THE PAY STRUCTURES TO INCLUDE FOUR MIDPOINT BASED STRUCTURES. AND ONE PLACEMENT STRUCTURE FOR TEACHERS AND RELATED INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF. YOU'LL SEE THAT IN IN YOUR PACKAGE AND HOW THAT IS LAID OUT. UM ALSO, THERE WAS A PROFESSIONAL, ADMINISTRATIVE AND BUSINESS SERVICES PAY GROUPS WERE COLLAPSED INTO ONCE PAY STRUCTURE, WHICH IS CALLED ADMINISTRATIVE SLASH PROFESSIONAL. AND THEY REALIGNED THE POSITIONS BASED ON THE MARKET, THE SCOPE OF DUTIES AND INTERNAL EQUITY. THEY LOOKED AT THE TECHNOLOGY PAY STRUCTURE, AND THEY RECONFIGURED THE POSITIONS AND ALIGNED BASED ON AGAIN, THE MARKET, THE SCOPE OF THE DUTIES AND INTERNAL EQUITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT BEING DISPARAGING FOLKS WITHIN THE SYSTEM AND WHERE THEY ARE. 
          AH THEY LOOKED AT THE CLERICAL PAY GROUP AND DIVIDED INTO SEPARATE GROUPS, ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT AND CLERICAL SUPPORT. UM NONEXEMPT JOBS FROM THE FORMER PROFESSIONAL, ADMINISTRATIVE AND BUSINESS SERVICES PAY GROUPS REMOVED INTO THESE NEW STRUCTURES BASED ON THEIR FUNCTION, MARKET VALUE AND EQUITY. AND THEN THE MIDPOINT STRUCTURE GROUP OF JOBS WITH SIMILAR MARKET VALUE, SKILL AND EFFORTS AND RESPONSIBILITY INTO PROPOSED PAY GRADES. WITH THAT MINIMUM MIDPOINT AND MAXIMUM RAGES. SO SPECIFICALLY, THE RECOMMENDATIONS TALKED ABOUT IMPLEMENTING THE GENERAL PAY INCREASE TO IMPROVE THE COMPETITIVENESS. THE AVERAGE INCREASE WAS. ACROSS THE BOARD. 3.1% WHAT THAT EQUATES TO HIS $2000 PER CONTINUING TEACHER. UM THEY ALSO HAD TO MAKE ADDITIONAL ADJUSTMENTS IS DR GARRETT TALKED ABOUT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MARKET POSITION IN THE BENCHMARK YEARS WE WEREN'T GETTING PEOPLE BEHIND WHAT ART PAY CALENDAR WAS? UM ADMINISTRATIVE, PROFESSIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND THE OTHER GROUPS WILL RECEIVE AN AVERAGE OF 3% BASED UPON THE MIDPOINT. AND THEN THE NINE TEACHER PAY INCREASES WERE CALCULATED AS A PERCENT OF EACH PAY GRADE FROM THAT MIDPOINT. AND IT WAS AN EQUITABLE INCREASE ACROSS THE BOARD IS WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING. AND THEN ALSO TO IMPLEMENT ADDITIONAL SALARY ADJUSTMENTS TO IMPROVE INTERNAL EQUITY AND MARKET COMPETITIVE, SO THEY LOOKED AT EVERYBODY AND MADE SURE THAT WE ARE EQUITABLE INTERNALLY AND YET COMPETITIVE WITH THE MARKET IN OUR AREA. SO TAKE AWAYS. THE STARTING SALARY OF 60,000 IS COMPETITIVE AND COMPARABLE. THESE ARE THE DISTRICTS. THIS YEAR, STARTING SORRY FOR THE 23 24 SCHOOL YEAR . THESE ARE THE DISTRICTS THAT HAS BEEN COMPARED TO SO I WENT AND PULLED THEIR STARTING SALARIES AGAIN. WE'RE RIGHT AT THE MIDPOINT 60 TO 68. THE AVERAGE WORKS 60,000. UM AND IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING MORE OF THOSE FOLKS TO THE WEST OR A LITTLE HIGHER IN THE FOLKS TO THE EASTER A LITTLE LESS, BUT WE'RE RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PACK WITH 60,000 AS A STARTING RATE THAT'S PROPOSED. 
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SO ALSO TAKEAWAYS THAT I'D LIKE YOU TO THINK ABOUT TONIGHT IS OUR ACTUAL SALARIES AT THE 5 10 15 TO 20 YEAR REMARKS REMAIN ABOVE THAT LOCAL MARKET MEDIAN MARKET MEDIA AS I SPOKE OF EARLIER WITH THAT GRAPH THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY ABOVE. UM TASK BE RECOMMENDED THE COMPENSATION PLAN PLACES CFE, UH, IN A TO REMAIN HIGHLY COMPETITIVE FOR TOWN ACROSS ALL AREAS. AND THAT THE SURVEY PROVIDES A COMPENSATION PLAN THAT WILL FACILITATE OUR EFFORTS TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN TEAM MEMBERS. SO WITH THAT YOU'VE SEEN THIS GRAPH. UM IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF ADMINISTRATION TO APPROVE THE 2023 24 COMPENSATION PLAN AS PRESENTED. 
          THANK YOU, DR DAVIS. SPORT MEMBERS. DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PRESENTATION AND RECOMMENDATION? THAT'S BEEN THE BIGGEST LOOKING AT THE CATEGORIES, UM I WAS JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT INCLUDES BOBBY'S GROUP AND TRANSPORTATION CAFETERIA WORKERS AS WELL. YES MA'AM. THAT'S IN THE I BELIEVE IT'S THE LAST GROUP THE D O. GROUP YES, FAR AS THE PARAPROFESSIONALS. YES IT INCLUDES ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES. WE'VE TASMANIA'S WENT THROUGH WITH US, AND WE'VE WE'VE TOUCHED EVERY EMPLOYEE AND LOOKED AT SALARY AND MADE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS. OKAY. THANK YOU. FOR THE YES, MR ROGERS. UM SO THIS. UM TAKE TO CONFIRM THIS TAKES CARE OF. I THINK TWO STEPS WITHIN WHAT WE'VE ALREADY DESIGNED AS A PRIOR COMPENSATION AS A PRIORITY, AND THAT IS, UM UH HUH. COMPARED TO MARKET IN THIS LOOK IN THIS AREA. SO UM, IMPROVING OUR MARKET POSITION RIGHT THAT THAT'S WHAT IT DOES. AND THEN, UM, EQUITY WITHIN OUR OWN STAFF, WHICH I THINK HAS BEEN ABSENT. UM FOR SOME, UH, YOU KNOW, BASED ON OUR YEARS OF SERVICE THAT KIND OF IMPACTED THINGS FOR THAT, SO AND THEN THERE WAS A FINANCIAL. THE IMPACT OF STUDY SHOWS CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. 7.8 MILLION DOLLARS. OKAY SO YOU COULD SAY OF OUR 12 MILLION DEFICIT 7.8 OF IT. UM IS COMPENSATION RELATED, UM. CORRECT YES, THAT'S CORRECT. 
          IT'S 7.8. BUT THERE WAS THEY TRY TO BALANCE OUT THE STIPENDS DEFICIENCY WE HAD AS WELL SO IT WAS A LITTLE OVER 300,000 AND STIPENDS, SO THE TOTAL WAS LITTLE OR $8.2 MILLION. OKAY 0.8 , ALMOST 7.9 WAS STRAIGHT SALARIES. OKAY UM, LIKE I SAID, WHICH IS ARE IDENTIFIED PRIORITY AND I THINK THIS CORRECTS TWO THINGS FOR US WITHIN THE DISTRICT BUT THEN MOVING FORWARD. UM WELL, WE ADOPT THIS, UM WELL, I GUESS WE ALL RECOMMEND AND THEN FOR IT TO THE BOARD THIS SIMILAR PAY ADJUSTMENT IN YEARS TO COME. UM BASED ON THE MIDPOINT IF YOU SAID THIS, I'M SORRY. I MISSED IT INSTEAD OF WHAT WE'VE HISTORICALLY DONE IN THE PAST THAT PERCENTAGE ON SALARY? YES, I S D S TYPICALLY. AH ONE THING IS, THEY WOULD LOOK ABOUT EVERY 5 TO 7 YEARS TO HAVE TAGS BECOMING AND JUST RECALIBRATE, BUT EACH YEAR YEAH, WE WOULD BE RECOMMENDING BASED UPON THE MIDPOINT. OKAY? MEMBERS OF THE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. UM LOOKING AT THE LIST IS THIS INCLUDES OUR SPED ALL OF OUR COUNSELORS AND THOSE THAT THAT'S EVERYONE, MA'AM, OKAY? LOOKING ON THIS SIDE. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? YES. I WANT TO KNOW. SHOULD THIS PASS. DO WE HAVE A COMMUNICATION PLAN IN PLACE? BECAUSE THIS THIS ISN'T SIMPLE MATH. THIS IS YOU KNOW THIS, BUT POSSIBLY THIS. HOW ARE WE PLANNING TO COMMUNICATE ALL OF THAT INFORMATION WITH STAFF? SO A LITTLE BIT OF THE STEPS MOVING FORWARD ONE. IF THIS WERE TO PASS, WE WOULD HAVE TO INTERNALLY TOUCH EVERY EMPLOYEE AS FAR AS ADJUSTING SALARIES AND MAKING SURE THEY'RE CORRECT AND THEN THROUGH COMMUNICATIONS WITH EMAILS AND REACHING OUT TO THE BUILDINGS, WE WOULD SEND NOTICES OUT, BUT ALSO WITHIN TEAMS ITSELF IS WHERE THEY WOULD GO IN, AND A LETTER WOULD BE PRESENT EXPLAINING AH, THE MOVEMENT AND HOW IT WAS CALCULATED SO THEY WOULD HAVE THAT AS WELL. AND LOOK AT IT AND TANGIBLE. UM ADDING ON TO THAT QUESTION, UM, WITH THAT COMMUNICATION PLAN, WILL THERE BE A EXPLICIT PLACE AND NUMBER TO CONTACT SHOULD THEY BE ANTICIPATING AND ASKING QUESTIONS? THAT IS CORRECT. EVEN IF THE ANNOUNCEMENT GOES OUT TOMORROW, WE'VE ALREADY GOT THE 
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EMAIL IN PLACE. IT'S AN HR EMAIL THAT WE RECEIVED. AND OUR OUR STAFF IS VERY AKIN TO THAT BECAUSE WE WHEN WE SEND OUT THINGS WE ALWAYS HAVE THAT CFB PRS EMAIL THAT THEY CAN RESPOND WITH GREAT. MR BRADY. UM DOES THIS OR IS IT LINKED TO IT ALL? ANYTHING THAT THE LEGISLATURE DOES THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. OR IS THIS WOULD STAND ALONE? THIS IS THIS IS HAPPENING NO MATTER WHAT, OR IF WE APPROVE IT. IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. THEY'RE GONNA GET THAT INABILITY. GIS LATER APPROVED SOMETHING ELSE THAN THEY WOULD. ADDITIONALLY. POSSIBLY GET THAT IS THERE ANY LINK IS MY QUESTION IS TWO THINGS. IT'S TWO SEPARATE ISSUES WE'RE DEALING WITH WITH CFB TONIGHT, AND WE CAN'T CONTROL REALLY WITH THE LEGISLATURE IS GOING TO DO OR WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT, SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST. IN OUR CLASSROOMS, AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE HONORED WITH COMPENSATION AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE SOME TEACHERS WERE ASKING IF THE LEGISLATURE WERE TO DO SOMETHING WITH THIS, TAKE THIS AWAY, SO THAT'S REALLY THE QUESTION I'M ASKING. ARE THEY LINKED IN ANY WAY? THIS THIS IS WHAT IT IS TONIGHT. THIS IS WHAT IT IS. AND IF THE LEGISLATURE WOULD END UP DOING SOMETHING, LARRY, CORRECT ME. IF I'M WRONG, IT WOULD BE ABOVE AND BEYOND. WHAT WE HAVE PRESENTED TONIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. MR ROGERS AND THE IMPACT TO US. IF THE LEGISLATURE DOES DO SOMETHING WOULD BE UNKNOWN BECAUSE IT COULD BE AN UNFUNDED, UM, INCREASE OR A FUNDED INCREASE OR WE DON'T KNOW HOW IT CURRENTLY WORKS IS IF THE STATE PASSES A BASIC ALLOTMENT, INCREASE THIS THE 6001 60 THAT I TOLD YOU ABOUT. THERE'S ALREADY STUFF IN IN STATE LAW THAT SAYS , SHOULD THEY PASS ANY INCREASE IN THE BASIC? A LOT OF IN HALF OF THAT INCREASE HAS TO GO TO TEACHERS, NURSES, LIBRARIANS AND COUNSELORS. SO ANY, UM, CONVERSATION INCREASE THAT'S APPROVED TONIGHT. UM. SHOULD THE BASIC ALLOTMENT GO UP UNLESS THE STATE DECIDES TO CHANGE THE LAW AUTOMATICALLY. HALF OF THAT INCREASE GOES TO THE TEACHERS SO THAT THEY'LL GET AN INCREASE ON TOP OF THIS INCREASE, BUT IT WON'T BE IN PLACE OF IT AND WON'T TAKE ANYTHING AWAY. IT WILL BE IN ADDITION. THIS IS JUST, UM, A REQUEST, I GUESS FOR YEARS MOVING FORWARD, AND, UM, ON THE STIPENDS, THE OVERALL LIST OF STIPENDS TO YOU KNOW, ATHLETIC, EXTRA OLIVE, THE THAT LIST. UM FUTURE INFORMATION REQUESTS. I'D LIKE TO ASK THAT WE HAVE A YEAR OVER YEAR COMPARISON OF THOSE STIPENDS. UM ONLY BECAUSE WE CAN'T SEE UM WHAT HAS CHANGED FROM YEAR TO YEAR? I MEAN, I KNOW I HAVE MY OWN SHEET, BUT MY LAST DATE UPDATE WAS, I THINK, 2020. I THINK WE WERE FOCUSING ON OTHER THINGS IN 2020. SO I STOPPED. UM BUT LOOKING. I MEAN, I APPRECIATE SEEING THE DATA OF THE STIPENDS. BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT CHANGED AND FOR HIS, SO IF WE COULD GET KIND OF A YEAR OVER YEAR COMPARISON IN BUDGET REVIEWS AND FINANCIALS MOVING FORWARD THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. 
          YES MA'AM, OF COURSE AND STIPENDS HISTORICALLY, DON'T GO UP WHEN SALARIES GO UP. THE EARLY STIPENDS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN PRETTY STAGNANT. YOU ALL DID A GREAT JOB LAST YEAR OF APPROVING INCREASE IN CERTAIN STIPENDS LIKE FOR THE BILINGUAL TEACHERS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, BUT NORMALLY THE STIPENDS ARE PRETTY STAGNANT. SO THAT'S WHY WE HAD ASKED ME TO EVALUATE THIS TYPE OF BECAUSE WE'RE STARTING TO FALL BACK IN CERTAIN AREAS WHERE WE JUST DON'T HAVE COMPARISONS. 
          NORMALLY WE CAN GET OURSELVES THAT TIES. ME WAS A TICKET FOR US AND SHOW US WHETHER DEFICIENCIES ARE WHICH IS KIND OF WHAT DR DAVID SAID. YOU KIND OF CHECK EVERY 3 TO 5 YEARS 57 YEARS TO SEE WHERE WE ARE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE STAYING IN LINE WITH THE MARKET, RIGHT? JUST IF WE'RE APPROVING THIS NEW RATE, AND I CAN'T SEE WHAT THE CHANGES AND FOR WHICH IT IS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE YEAR OVER YEAR COMPARISON, AND I JUST THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL INFORMATION. YES, MA'AM. WE'LL DO IT. OKAY? BENAVIDEZ. UM DR DAVIS, YOU YOU USED THE WORD EMPLOYEE. AND I UNDERSTAND THIS IS FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. BUT WHAT ABOUT OUR CONTRACTED WORKERS? ARE CONTRACT WORKERS THEY WOULD FALL UNDER THAT AUXILIARY COMPENSATION WOULD, WHICH WOULD BE AN HOURLY RATE OF PAY. THAT WE WOULD WORK AS TEMP EMPLOYEES. AND THAT THERE IS AN INCREASE FOR THEM AS WELL. I BELIEVE THERE WAS SOME ADJUSTMENTS MADE THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM AND SOME TYING BACK TO, UH, PAY GRADES. SO THE HOURLY RATE OF THE HOUR THEY RATE CHANGES IN THE PAY GRADE. SOME OF THOSE HOURLY RATES WOULD CHANGE. BUT NOT ALL OF THEM DID SO. WE WANTED TO STILL MAINTAIN COMPETITIVENESS IN THE MARKET. WITH THAT AS WELL. THANK YOU. OKAY? BOARD. 
          THIS ITEM IS MARKED FOR POSSIBLE ACTION. DOES THE BOARD WISH TO TAKE ANY ACTION? MR STOCKMAN. I CAN GET MY LITTLE GREEN LIGHT TO WORK. DR. DAVIS MR. GURA, UH, PLEASE. COMMUNICATE TO YOUR 
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STAFFS, AND THERE'S A LOT OF WORK ON BUDGET AND ALL THE STUFF . I KNOW. WE ALL APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU. AND WITH THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE. THAT WE ACCEPT AS PRESENTED. THIS CURRENT PLAN FOR OUR BUDGET. I HAVE A MOTION FOR MR SHENKMAN. DO I HAVE A SECOND MISS BRADY? IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO WRITING IT. WITH A VOTE OF SEVEN IN FAVOR AND ZERO OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRIES. CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR STAFF. 
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HMM. OKAY THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS FIVE, A CLOSED MEETING TO DELIBERATE THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT EVALUATION, REASSIGNMENT DUTIES, DISCIPLINE OR DISMISSAL OF CERTAIN CAMPUS OR CENTRAL ADMINISTRATORS. TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE BY 51.074 AND FIVE B TO DISCUSS COMPLAINT REGARDING SUPERINTENDENT TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 51.074. AUDIENCE MEMBERS. YOU ARE WELCOME TO REMAIN IN THE BOARDROOM AS THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES MOVE INTO THE CONFERENCE ROOM FOR A CLOSED SESSION. THE TIME 
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          [7. Consideration and Possible Action Regarding Items Listed in Closed Session]
WE ARE BACK IN OPEN SESSION IN THE TIME IS NOW. 9 32 PM THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS NUMBER SEVEN CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING ITEMS LISTED IN CLOSED SESSION. FOR THIS ITEM IS MARCH FOR POSSIBLE ACTION. DOES THE BOARD WISH TO TAKE ACTION? FOR THE RECORD, LET IT SHOW THE ITEM NUMBER SEVEN CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING ITEMS IN CLOSED 
          [8. Comments from Board Members Regarding Posted Agenda Items]
SESSION WILL NOT HAVE ANY ACTION TAKEN. NEXT, UM. HIS COMMENTS FROM BOARD MEMBERS REGARDING POSTED AGENDA ITEMS, SO WITH THAT I WILL MAKE A STATEMENT THAT CARROLLTON FARMERS BRANCH INDEPENDENT SCHOOL BOARD OF TRUSTEES REVIEWED AND DISCUSSED THE CONTENTS OF AN ANONYMOUS LETTER RECEIVED AS A RESPONSIBLE AND COMMITTEE GOVERNING BODY. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES WILL ADDRESS AND STRICT ADHERENCE TO D I, A LOCAL AND OTHER APPROPRIATE DISTRICT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. BOARD MEMBERS. DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ABOUT THE POSTED AGENDA ITEMS TONIGHT? OKAY? LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF OUR AGENDA. THE TIME IS NOW 9:33 P.M, AND
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