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YEAH. I CALL THIS WORK STORE STUDY MEETING OF THE CARROLLTON FARMERS BRANCH SD BOARD OF
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TRUSTEES TO ORDER AT 601 PM. ON AUGUST 17TH 2023 FOR THE RECORD THE BOARD MEMBERS PRESIDENT ARE SALLY DEREK. TERROR ROBOTIC, CAROLINE BENAVIDEZ, KIM BRADY, ILEANA GARCIA ROJAS, RANDY SHACHTMAN AND MYSELF, CASSANDRA HATFIELD. WE CONSTITUTE QUORUM AND MAY CONDUCT BUSINESS ON BEHALF OF THE DISTRICT. OUR NEXT ITEM IS AUDIENCE FOR GUESTS. PERSONS WHO WISH TO SPEAK DURING AUDIENCE FOR GUESTS MUST HAVE COMPLETED A FORM FOR THIS PURPOSE AND BE PLACED IN THE DESIGNATED LOCATION PRIOR TO THE OPENING OF THE MEETING. MISS CANADA. DO WE HAVE ANYONE[3. Work/Study Discussion Items]
WISHING TO SPEAK? NO. OKAY WITH THAT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO NUMBER THREE. OUR WORK STUDY DISCUSSION. UM I WORK, SAYING DISCUSSION ITEMS. OUR FIRST ITEM IS THREE A OUR TEAM OF EIGHT TRAINING AND MISS KATE DOUGLAS WITH TASMANIA'S FACILITATE THAT FOR US AND ALL THIS REMIND BOARD MEMBERS THAT YOU CAN LEAVE THE BUTTON RED. UNLESS YOU WANT TO SPEAK. THEN YOU TURN IT ON. AND THAT'S JUST A MICROPHONE. UM SO YOU WANT TO USE THAT WE HAVE ONE HERE SO WE'LL JUST HAVE TO MONITOR IT. AND WITH THAT, TAKE IT AWAY. I FIGURED THAT. SO HOW DID THIS START OF SCHOOL GO? WHEN DID YOU START? SO IT'S BEEN A WHOLE WEEK. WOW. AND YOU ALL SURVIVED. I'M EXCITED. SO WHAT DOES THE BOARD DO AT THE START OF SCHOOL? DID YOU GO TO CONVOCATION? Y'ALL DIDN'T HAVE A PRINCE AND PERSON ATER, I GUESS. OKAY. JUST JUST. NO NO, THAT'S NOT GOOD THAT THAT THAT SUPERINTENDENT IS LEAVING. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY FRIENDS IMPERSONATOR DID, BUT I'M JUST TELLING YOU, THIS IS A REAL THING. YEAH, IT'S A REAL THING.IT'S A DISTRICT THAT STARTS WITH AN L. BUT I CAN'T SAY ANYMORE BECAUSE THIS IS RECORDED. UM BUT SO IF YOU WERE THINKING ABOUT AN ELVIS IMPERSONATOR FOR NEXT YEAR, DON'T YOU? YEAH. CAREER ENDING. JUST SAYING AND. OH, THAT IS AMAZING. IT WAS AND WE GAVE AWAY MONEY. I MEAN, WE HAD ALL THE COUSINS. AND VERY LEGAL WEIGHT. YES YEAH, MAYBE REAL CLEAR THAT THAT WAS LEGAL. YEAH, JUST GIVING AWAY MONEY, JUST THROWING MONEY AROUND. OH, WOW. YOU ARE GIVING AWAY CARS LIKE OPRAH. JUST JUST AND SO DID Y'ALL GO TO INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS AND GO AND SMILE AND OPEN CAR DOORS AND. THEY'VE BEEN ADOPTED. SO THEY WENT TO THEIR ADOPTED I ALWAYS WANTED TO DO THAT. WE HAVEN'T EVER DONE. BUT I'M NOT ON THE BOARD ANYMORE. SO WHO CARES? OKAY? SO WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BRAG ABOUT? I DON'T THINK ONE WE HAVE A GROUP OF STUDENTS FROM ONE OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS THAT WORKED COLLECTIVELY OVER THE SUMMER AND DESIGNED AN AFTER SCHOOL STEM PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS. AND THEY'RE GOING TO PILOT IT AT ONE OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, AND THEY'VE CREATED THE LESSON PLANS. THEY VETTED IT WITH THE SCIENCE DEPARTMENT. AND THEN THE FOUNDATION FUNDED IT FOR THEM, AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE LIKE AN EIGHT WEEK LITTLE PROGRAM FOR ELEMENTARY KIDS. THESE ARE JUNIORS AND ARE ONE OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS. THAT IS AMAZING WAS SUPER EXCITED. IS IT ONE OF YOUR ADOPTED SCHOOLS? IT IS NOT GOOD . I JUST WANT TO SAY I MEAN NOTHING. IT'S GOOD THAT IT'S NOT YOURS. BUT I JUST I WAS IMPRESSED THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT A SCHOOL. THAT WAS NOT YOUR ADOPTED SCHOOL. STEPPING OUT OF THE COMFORT ZONE. YOU KNOW, WE STARTED WITH STEM AND THEN WE WENT TO STEAM AND EDIT ARTS. AND I WAS JUST AT A DISTRICT TO THE SOUTH OF HOUSTON THAT NOW HAS STREAM. JUST SO
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Y'ALL KNOW THEY ARE GOING TO ASK YOU WHAT YOU THOUGHT IT WAS FOR READING. NOPE. NO RECESS. IT'S ROBOTICS. SO IT'S SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY, ROBOTICS ENGINEERING. WHAT'S THE ARREST OF THE ARTS? AND BATH. YEAH SO I JUST THOUGHT I'D SHARE THAT IN CASE YOU WANTED TO STREAM SOMETHING. LATER I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE ANY ORIGINAL IDEAS OF MY OWN. I DON'T I JUST I'M LIKE A B. I JUST GO AND COLLECT SOMETHING FROM THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT AND I SHARE IT WITH THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT AND I COLLECT THINGS SO I WILL BE SHARING. WHAT YOU TOLD ME ABOUT YOUR JUNIORS. OKAY. WHAT ELSE ARE WE EXCITED ABOUT? NO. OH, THAT IS PRETTY DARN IMPRESSIVE. I'LL BE SHARING THAT WITH SOMEBODY NEXT WEEK.COMMUNITY AWARE THAT THIS IS ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS? YES. I LIKE THAT . RIGHT? EXACTLY I SEE ONE. I THINK OF YOU. NOW WHAT DID YOU YEAH. FINALLY YEAH. THAT IS PRETTY AMAZING. I'M TRYING TO THINK OF WHAT? I'M TRYING TO THINK ARANSAS COUNTY JUST CHANGED THEIR NAME. BECAUSE THEY GOT TIRED OF BEING CONFUSED WITH QUARTER ARANSAS AND SOMETHING ELSE. THAT SOUND ARANSAS PASS.
AND THEY JUST CHANGED THEIR NAME COMPLETELY. SO BRANDING IS IMPORTANT. I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO CHANGE YOUR NAME. WHAT ELSE? NOT THAT THAT'S NOT ENOUGH. THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL FROM IT.
AND IT'S ESPECIALLY BEAUTIFUL WHEN WE LOOK AT HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LEAVING THE PROFESSION. HOW MANY DISTRICTS DID NOT START? YOU KNOW, WITH WITH EVERY POSITION FILLED AND YEAH. SO WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT CAUSED THAT? I THINK IT WAS THE AMAZING COMPLICATION. ANYONE CAN ANSWER.
I DON'T MEAN TO BUT I JUST KNOW EVERYONE WAS HAPPY TO BE BACK. AND SMILING. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE SAME EXPERIENCE. BUT IT WAS FIRST I'VE ALSO FOUND THAT YOU GET BACK WHAT YOU PROJECT, SO IF YOU GO AROUND SMILING, IT'S HARD FOR PEOPLE. LOOK LIKE THEY WERE WEANED ON A PICKLE, SO THAT MAY HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH YOU, TOO. WHAT ELSE? I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE NEW LEADERSHIP THAT WE'VE GOTTEN NEW PRINCIPLES. AND THE SPECIAL ED DIRECTOR. LOTS OF NEW UPPER LEVEL UPPER LEVEL ADMINISTRATION. SO IT'S JUST EXCITING TO SEE THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO TO DIFFERENT FORWARD DIRECTION. AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT. EXCELLENT ATTRACTS SIX.
WHAT ELSE? NOT THAT THAT'S NOT ENOUGH. I'M JUST. BEAUTIFUL. YEAH. WHAT DO THEY DO ON THAT FIELD? BALL TRACK. YEAH. I SUPPOSE, BUILDING A NEW FOOTBALL STEP? WELL, ACTUALLY NOT A NEW FOOTBALL STATING A FOOTBALL STADIUM LIKE WE'VE NEVER HAD ONE. WE RENTED SAM HOUSTON FOR AN EXORBITANT AMOUNT OF MONEY. I DIDN'T SAY THAT, UM OF FOR MONEY , AND WE WERE EXCITED BECAUSE WE WERE BUILDING OUR OWN, AND NOW IT'S NOT READY. SO GUESS WHERE WE HAVE TO PLAY THE FIRST FOUR GAMES. THAT'S THAT LOVELY. I'M A BEAR CATS, SO I'M NOT I'M NOT TRASHING HERE. I DON'T KNOW WHY.
I THINK IT'S UP THERE JUST IN CASE, YOU KNOW, GOTTEN EVERYBODY'S LIST. SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT YOUR STADIUM WITH YOUR SIGN. WHAT KIND OF SIGN. OH, YEAH.
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NOW I HAVE TO DRIVE AROUND AND FIND IT, BUT I'LL PROBABLY BE LOST WHEN I LEAVE ANYWAY. SO THAT'S NOT A BIG DEAL. OKAY? WHAT ELSE? COUPLE MORE AND THEN WE WILL MOVE.I TOOK MY DAUGHTER TO, UM PRESCHOOL. AND WHEN I PICKED HER UP THAT DAY, SHE SAID, I CRIED FOR YOU. SHE GOT THAT IS SO COOL . SO THE NEXT DAY I PICKED HER UP AND I SAID, DID YOU CRY, SHE SAID. I CRIED FOR YOU AND SHE SAID, AND I CRIED FOR JESUS, TOO. AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS SO SWEET. THEN THE NEXT DAY, I SAID, DID YOU CRY FOR ME? SHE SAID, NO. I JUST CRIED FOR CHASING OH, YEAH. SHE'S 35. NOW SHE'S SURVIVED. HEY. SO HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN HERE? DR. L ELDER.
SO. HOW MANY MONTHS IS THAT? I'M SORRY. I DON'T DO MATH. BYE. SO WE'RE ABOUT IT THE HALFWAY PART MARK AND WHAT I ALWAYS TELL BOARDS IS THAT WHEN YOU BRING IN A NEW SUPERINTENDENT, WHETHER THEY'RE FROM INTERNAL EXTERNAL, YOU NEED TO GIVE THEM ABOUT SIX MONTHS TO GET THE LAY OF THE LAND. JUST TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE ASSETS ARE. THEY FIGURE OUT WHAT THE CHALLENGES ARE, WHETHER THAT'S FINANCES OR FACILITIES OR OR FOLKS AND AT THE END OF THAT TIME THEN YOUR SUPERINTENDENT NEEDS TO GIVE YOU WHAT THEIR PLAN IS. NOW I KNOW YOU ARE LIKE A SUPERSTAR AND YOU CAME IN WITH A PLAN. YOU'RE LIKE THESE ARE THE THINGS I'M GOING TO DO. BUT, YOU KNOW WHAT'S INTERESTING IS PERSONNEL WISE. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN FOLKS THAT THAT YOU JUST DIDN'T THINK DID A WHOLE LOT AND I DON'T CALL ANY NAMES OR ANYTHING. WE'RE UP TOWARDS HIS RECORDING. BUT WHEN SOMEONE NEW COMES IN THAT PERSON. GIVE SOMETHING YOU DIDN'T KNOW THEY HAD. SO I KNOW YOU HAD SOME OF THOSE. AH HA MOMENTS AND YOU'VE ALSO HAD MOMENTS OF PEOPLE WHO WOULD WERE EXCELLENT FOR ANOTHER DISTRICT. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT. WHAT IT IS. YOU WANT DR ELDERS TO FOCUS ON BECAUSE SHE'S BEEN HERE LONG ENOUGH TO KIND OF GET THE FOLKS AND THE PEOPLE AND START SCHOOL AND ALL OF THAT, EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T KNOW FUNDING BECAUSE WE'RE STILL HAVING THIS SPECIAL SESSION AND IT'S GOD BLESS YOU FOR COMING IN DURING THE LEGISLATIVE YEAR, LIKE THE ARTIST LEGISLATIVE YEAR WE'VE EVER HAD. BUT SO. SO YOU'RE SAYING IT OUT LOUD YOU WANT THAT? DIDN'T PUT OUR EVALUATION. UM WELL, YOU'RE GOING TO DO AN EVALUATION, BUT JUST WHEN YOU DOING AN EVALUATION. SEPTEMBER SO YEAH, WE'RE NOT THERE YET. SO WHAT? WHAT? WHAT KIND OF WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE? THIS IS YOU KNOW WHEN YOU DO EVALUATIONS. UM BUT THE COMMISSIONER SAID. YOU HAVE TO DO A SOMEBODY, WHICH IS WHAT WE ALL THINK OF WHEN WE THINK OF EVALUATION THAT THAT ONCE A YEAR BUT THE COMMISSIONER ALSO SAYS THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE FORMATIVE EVALUATION. SO THAT'S THE SUMMITED WHERE YOU'RE DOING IT AN INSTRUMENT AND YOU FEEL IT ALL OUT, AND YOU ALTERNATE IN AND ALL OF THAT. BUT YOU ALSO HAVE TO DO AT LEAST ONE FORMATIVE. AND A FORMATIVE DOESN'T INVOLVE ANYTHING IN WRITING. IT'S A CONVERSATION. AND IT'S USUALLY NOT DONE IN OPEN SESSION, BUT I KNOW SHE'S AMAZING, AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME STUFF THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR. BUT YOU ALSO I THINK REALLY SUCCESSFUL TEAMS DO MORE THAN THE ONE REQUIRED. FORMATIVE. YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU DO IT EVERY THREE MONTHS. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IF YOU IF YOU DO A SUMMIT OF AT THE END OF THE YEAR, THEN MAYBE YOU WOULD DO THE FORMATIVE. LIKE MID YEAR, BUT EVERY THREE MONTHS JUST TO CHECK IT. IT'S JUST A CONVERSATION. IT'S NOT A GOTCHA.
IT'S NOT A HERE'S MY SCROLL OF ALL THE THINGS THAT I'VE HEARD THAT ARE WRONG. IT'S WHERE DO YOU THINK WE ARE? YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE THINGS WE NEED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT. HERE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE THINK ARE AMAZING BECAUSE PART OF THE EVALUATION IS SAYING THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE THINK ARE GREAT. SOMETIMES WE TAKE IT FOR GRANTED . THAT ARE PERSON KNOWS THE AMAZING THINGS THEY'RE DOING. AND IF YOU DON'T SAY WE LOVE THAT THEY MAY GO. YOU KNOW, I
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HAVEN'T SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THAT. MAYBE NOBODY CARES. SO IT'S A CHANCE TO SAY HERE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE THINK ARE GREAT. AND HERE THE THINGS WE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THE FORMATIVE AND THE SUMMIT TIVE THE COMMISSIONER REQUIRES THAT YOU HAVE A GOAL SETTING SO AFTER YOU DO THE ONE IN DECEMBER. THEN PROBABLY THE NEXT MONTH. YOU NEED TO SET ACTUAL GOALS YOU NEED TO SAY BASED UPON, YOU KNOW. WHERE WE ARE IN DECEMBER HERE, HERE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO SET FOR NEXT YEAR. BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO. YOU WANT IT TO BE OBJECTIVE. YOU DON'T WANT IT TO BE SUBJECTIVE AND A LOT OF TIMES I'VE SEEN BOARDS, INCLUDING THE ONE THAT I WAS ON FOR 16 YEARS. THAT WOULD KIND OF GO. DO WE LIKE IT? DO WE NOT LIKE HIM? DID WE WIN FOOTBALL, YOU KNOW, HAVE THERE BEEN ANY SCANDALS? AND THAT'S NOT OBJECTIVE. THAT'S NOT BASED AT YOU WANT TO HAVE A UM, SUPER NATIVE EVALUATION THAT'S BASED ON OBJECTIVE THINGS. HERE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE ASKED YOU TO DO HERE. THE THINGS YOU'VE DONE. AND HOW DID THAT GO? YOU DON'T WANT IT TO BE BASED ON ON . YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAID AT 7 11 OR OR DAIRY QUEEN THAT THAT IS ANECDOTAL. THAT'S NOT THAT'S NOT DATA. THAT'S ANECDOTAL TO BUT WE WANTED TO BE ON DATA, AND WE WANT IT TO BE FOCUSED ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. BECAUSE EVEN THE LEGISLATURE FIGURE OUT THAT THAT'S REALLY WHY WE'RE HERE. SO. JUST AND JUST SO, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS TELL NEW BOARD BOARDS WITH NEW SUPERINTENDENTS. THAT PRETTY MUCH THAT FIRST EVALUATION IS LIKE I SAID, GOING TO BE THE PLAN. SHE'S GOING TO BRING YOU A PLAN FOR WHATEVER THE THING Y'ALL ARE THINK ARE IMPORTANT FOR PERSONNEL FOR FINANCES FOR FACILITIES. WHAT DO WE NEED TO BE LOOKING TO THE FUTURE FOR? AND SO, BASICALLY THAT FIRST EVALUATION IS DID SHE BRING US A PLAN? GO? YEP. I'M ASSUMING SHE WILL, BECAUSE I'M SURE SHE'S ALREADY DONE IT. BUT THEN THE NEXT ONE IS WHAT DO WE DO BASED ON THAT PLAN? WHAT? WHAT ARE OUR NEXT GOALS? SO WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT AS WE SIT HERE IN AUGUST, KNOWING THAT IN DECEMBER, WE'RE GOING TO WALK THROUGH AN EVALUATION. WHAT ARE THE THINGS? WHAT ARE YOUR PRIORITIES? WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU? AND I DON'T MEAN TO STARE AT YOU. I DON'T MEAN TO MAKE I CONTACTED. LET ME LET ME START. I FEEL LIKE. SOMETHING THAT SHE HAS BROUGHT TO US THAT WE WERE LACKING IS HER GENUINE DESIRE TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS. WITH STAFF WITH COMMUNITY AND WHATEVER IT SO SHE IS MOVING IN THE DIRECTION OF PARTNERING AND COLLABORATING WITH ALL FACETS OF THE COMMUNITY AND I'M NOT SURE THAT WE HAD THAT AS MUCH IN HER PREDECESSOR. HE SERVED US WELL, ANOTHER ONE, BUT I REALLY FEEL THE ROLE AS AN INTERIM BECAUSE OF HOW LONG AND THE VARIOUS PIECES BUT IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS FOR THE POSITIVE START, I BELIEVE IS BECAUSE SHE IS WORKING HARD TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS. YES. OH, OKAY. I THOUGHT WE WERE LIKE INTERNAL TO THE BODY. I WAS LIKE, WELL, WHAT RELATIONSHIPS IS LIKE THE GALLBLADDER TALKING TO THE LIVER . YOU KNOW, I'M SORRY. I'M A LITTLE SLOW SOMETIMES, BUT I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. INTERNAL TO THE DISTRICT AND EXTERNAL. SO WHAT RELATIONSHIP DOES SHE BUILDING EXTERNALLY. WHAT SHE CHECKING ON? AND I JUST . Y'ALL HAVE STRESS. HERE. Y'ALL HAVE STRAPS. WOW. YEAH THIS HAS BEEN MORE STRESSFUL THAN I'VE EVER SEEN EDUCATION, SO THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. NO, I THINK WHEN ISN'T A GREAT JOB BUILDING A POSITIVE CULTURE? WITHIN OUR BUILDING. AND WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, AND THAT IS SO IMPORTANT, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD LIKE US TO CONSIDER AS ONE OF HER GOALS, I GUESS. IS TO RAISE OUR READING SCORES.TREMENDOUSLY. YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT STUDENT OUTCOMES? YES, MA'AM, YOU ARE JUST A HARD TASKMASTER WOMAN PARTICULARLY READING. I MEAN, I'M SURE MATH NEEDS HELP, TOO. BUT IT'S THE READING IS THE KEY TO SUCCESS IN THE FUTURE. SO WE HAVE GOT THEY'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO READ AND THEY SAY YOU LEARN TO READ SO YOU CAN READ TO LEARN. EXACTLY RIGHT. AND EVEN OUR MATH PROBLEMS HAVE READING AND READING. YES. THE READING IS MY ITS TOP CONCERN. THAT WELL THAT
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IN SPECIAL EDUCATION AND DEVELOPING A LOVE OF READING. ABSOLUTELY BECAUSE I DON'T WANT KIDS TO JUST READ BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO I WANT THEM TO FIND THINGS THAT THEY WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT. SO, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY OKAY.AND THERE ARE DISTRICTS THAT HAVE DONE THAT REALLY SUCCESSFULLY. I MEAN DOWN TO GOING DOOR TO DOOR OR ASKING PEOPLE IF YOU LIVE HERE, AND YOU'RE SITTING IN YOUR KIDS SOMEWHERE ELSE. WHY YOU KNOW, BECAUSE NINE TIMES OUT OF 10 IT'S BECAUSE THAT PARENT THINKS THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE AND THAT OTHER DISTRICT THAT Y'ALL DON'T HAVE. AND IT GIVES YOU A CHANCE TO SAY OH, WELL, DID YOU KNOW? AND DID YOU KNOW? AND, UM MONTGOMERY, I S D. DID A WHOLE DID YOU KNOW CAMPAIGN AND THERE'S WAS LESS ABOUT ACADEMICS AND MORE ABOUT THEIR FUNDING BECAUSE THEY ARE ONE OF THE DISTRICTS THAT LOST MONEY WHEN WE REDID FUNDING, AND THERE ARE SEVERAL DISTRICTS AROUND THE STATE, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THEY DID WAS JUST A DID YOU KNOW? AND YOU CAN DO THAT FOR ANYTHING BECAUSE YOU ASSUME THAT EVERY PARENT KNOWS EVERYTHING THAT YOU OFFER AND TRUST ME IF IT DOES NOT DIRECTLY AFFECT THEIR KIDS, AND SOMETIMES IF IT DOES DIRECTLY AFFECT THEIR KIDS, THEY JUST DON'T KNOW. YOU KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS WE DON'T TELL OUR STORY WELL ENOUGH. NO PRESIDENT GEORGE H. W BUSH SAID HIS MAMA TAUGHT HIM LIKE MOST OF OUR MOTHERS DID NOT TO BRAG. SO WE DON'T WE DON'T BRAG ON OURSELVES , BUT YOU HAVE GOT TO BRAG ON YOUR DISTRICT. IF YOU DON'T TELL YOUR STORY, SOMEONE ELSE IS GOING TO TELL YOUR STORY. YEAH.
BECAUSE THEY DON'T TAKE EVERYBODY. SO THEY WANT. BUT YOU GOT TO GET IN FRONT OF THEM. AND YOU GOT TO DO IT IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY. YOU CAN THINK OF THOSE LOVELY SIGN BOARDS. ARE A GREAT WAY TO SPREAD THE AMAZING THING. YEAH. EXACTLY. EXACTLY SO BUT AND ONE OF THE THINGS YOU SAID IS SHE'S BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS AND SHE'S GOING OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY. SO MY QUESTION. FOR YOU, WHICH IS A LITTLE OFF TOPIC, BUT NOT REALLY BECAUSE I'M AND YOU SHINY KIND OF PERSON, YOU KNOW, JUST IN THE MIDDLE SHINY, BUT I'LL COME BACK. BUT WHAT HAVE YOU AS BOARD MEMBERS DONE TO HELP HER BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS? AND I'M NOT GONNA LOOK THIS WAY, RANDI BECAUSE YOU'LL THINK I'M TALKING TO YOU. AND I'M NOT JUST GONNA LOOK DOWN AND WHOEVER WANTS TO TALK AND TALK BUT WHEN YOU IN PUBLIC. OKAY, THAT'S A GOOD START. YEAH. I THINK EVERY COMMUNITY LIKES IT WHEN SOMEONE NEW COMES IN, AND YOU COME AND SAY, HERE'S MY NEW FRIEND. YEAH, OKAY. YEAH. WHEN IT'S GENUINE, YES. OKAY. WHAT ELSE? I'M NOT GONNA MAKE EYE CONTACT. SPEAKING VERY POSITIVELY ABOUT HER, EVEN WHEN SHE'S NOT AROUND, ESPECIALLY WHEN SHE'S NOT AROUND BECAUSE SHE'LL GET THE BIG HEAD IF YOU DO IT WHILE SHE'S LISTENING. FOLLOWING THAT UP WITH THEN SHE'S REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE, YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE SO ARE POSITIVE ATTITUDES IN THE COMMUNITY. MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE. YES. CONFIDENT OUR DECISION AND SHE'S GOING TO DO GOOD THINGS FOR US. THE TEAM. BUT THAT HELPS THE TIME BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE ARE. BASING THEIR CHARTER SCHOOL DAYS ON IS WHAT THEY HEAR IN THE COMMITTEE. YEAH. S TWO SPEAKING TO THE PARENTS OF THE DAY AND HE WAS IS THAT A CHARTER SCHOOL? AND HE SAID TO ME WELL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ONE THING I DO WANT MY KIDS TO LEARN BEFORE THEY GRADUATE. WELL, WHAT'S THAT? I WANT THEM TO LEARN HOW TO DO WELDING EMPLOYMENT. AND I SAID YOU SHOULD COME TO SEE YOUR FEET BECAUSE WE GOT THOSE YOU KNOW? DID YOU KNOW AND THEY EVEN GET LIKE A CERTIFICATION IN THE APPRENTICESHIP, SO MAYBE ONE STEP AHEAD OF ALL THE OTHER KIDS WHO GOT THAT? FOR FREE AND I SAID HE'S LIKE, REALLY? YEAH I SAID YOU SHOULD COME CHECK US
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OUT. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, LET ME KNOW. BUT YOU KNOW WE'RE OPEN. YOU CAN COME TOMORROW. SO JUST SAYING YEAH, SO THERE'S BUT THEY'RE BASING THEIR DECISIONS ON CHARTER SCHOOLS FROM THINGS THAT THEY HEAR ON THE COMMITTEE. YEAH. BECAUSE THEY SEND OUT BROCHURES.YEAH. TONS OF MARKETING. YEAH. TIMES AND TONS. OKAY, I WANT. BECAUSE WE'RE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THOSE FUNDS, AND WE WANT THEM IN THE CLASSROOM. THAT DOESN'T COUNT HOW MUCH THEY SPEND ON LOBBYING. BUT YOU DIDN'T HEAR THAT HERE. OKAY? WHAT ELSE ARE YOU DOING TO HELP DR ELDER TO BE . YEAH. RIGHT? OH, QUESTION. MHM. YES.
I'LL BE BACK HOME. YES. AND IT GIVES YOU SOMETHING TO DO WITH THAT INFORMATION. BECAUSE EVERYWHERE YOU GO. SOMEBODY IS GOING TO TELL YOU SOMETHING. AND IF YOU GO LET ME WRITE THAT DOWN. BUT IF YOU CAN, IF YOU CAN OBVIOUSLY JUST PUT IT IN ONE PLACE THAT'S PRETTY COOL. I WILL BE SPRINKLING THAT ON OTHER DISTRICTS. JUST SO YOU KNOW. WELL, I WILL DEFINITELY BE SPRINKLING IT THEN. OH, PLEASE. OH, PLEASE. WHY REINVENT THE WHEEL? WHY DO WE ALWAYS TRY TO REINVENT THE WHEEL NOW? SOMETIMES WHEN YOU GET THE WILL YOU GO? WELL YOU KNOW, IN OUR TOWN, IT WORKED. IT WOULD WORK BETTER THIS WAY OR IT WOULD LOOK BETTER THAT WAY. SO YOU ALWAYS WANT TO TAILOR IT TO WHAT YOU NEED, BUT LET'S NOT START EVERYTHING FROM SCRATCH BECAUSE THE SAME THINGS YOU'RE TRYING TO DO HERE. THEY'RE TRYING TO DO. IN OTHER PLACES. YEAH. WE ALWAYS NEED EACH OTHER. IT JUST HIGHLIGHTED IT FOR US. OKAY YOU CAN COMPETE ON THE ATHLETIC FIELDS AND THEN YOU I L BUT IN TERMS OF THESE ARE ALL OUR KIDS. 5.5 MILLION KIDS ARE ALL OUR KIDS. YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T WANT TO PUSH THE HUNTSVILLE KIDS DOWN JUST SO Y'ALL CAN BE TOLERANT COURSE. DON'T PUSH US DOWN ANYWAY, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT NICE. BUT OKAY, WHAT ELSE? WHAT ELSE ARE YOU DOING TO HELP DR ELDREDGE BE SUCCESSFUL. YEAH. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW. HIRING A SUPERINTENDENT IS KIND OF LIKE SPEED DATING. YOU KNOW YOU DATE AND YOU KNOW WHEN YOU INTERVIEW THEM, YOU KNOW, THEY TELL YOU STUFF, BUT NOT EVERYTHING. AND YOU TELL THEM STUFF, BUT NOT EVERYTHING. AND THEN WHEN YOU ACTUALLY MARRY, THEN YOU'RE THE UGLIEST COME OUT, AND THEY'RE KIND OF LIKE SO YOU GOTTA MAKE SURE SHE KNOWS WE'RE STILL HERE . YEAH WE MEANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT THAT, OR WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THAT. OR WE WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU AND SAME THING. SO THAT'S IMPORTANT. THAT'S THAT'S A STRESSFUL JOB. AND IT'S STRESSFUL AS BEING A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER IS IT'S YOUR HOBBY. THIS IS LIKE A REAL LIFE. SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WEEK. NOT STRESS HER OUT. WHAT ELSE? AND THEN WE WILL MOVE ON. OKAY, BACK TO WHAT ARE THE PRIORITIES? SO I HAVE PARTNERING FOR POSITIVE CULTURE. STUDENT OUTCOMES READING AND SPECIAL ED. WE WANT TO TAKE CARE OF ENROLLMENT AND RECAPTURE THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE GONE. AND WE ALSO WANT TO GET THE LEGISLATURE TO FUND BASED ON ENROLLMENT, NOT A D. A. BECAUSE . IF MY KID DOESN'T COME TO SCHOOL, YOU STILL NEED A TEACHER IN THAT CLASSROOM. IT'S NOT LIKE YOU CAN SAY OKAY, THIS KID DIDN'T COME. YOU KNOW YOU CAN GO HOME SO YOU KNOW, STAYING ON TOP OF IT, EVEN THOUGH THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION HAS BEEN KIND OF WONKY AND KIND OF PROTRACTED AND JUST KIND OF WE STILL NEED TO KEEP THAT AS A PRIORITY. WHAT ELSE? YES.
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YEAH. AND EVEN FOR THE LITTLES, YOU KNOW, AS A PARENT, YOU'RE KIND OF LIKE, OH, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT REALLY DOING ANYTHING. THEY'RE JUST LEARNING HOW TO NAP TODAY. THAT'S NOT THE CASE. AND IF YOU'RE ONE OF IF YOUR BABY IS ONE OF THOSE THAT'S CRYING AND LAYING IN THE FLOOR.NOT HAVING THAT EVERY DAY. THAT ROUTINE MESSES THAT UP. BUT ALSO I SAW A MEME BECAUSE ALL MY IMPORTANT STUFF COMES FROM FACEBOOK. AND IT JUST SAID, YOU KNOW IF YOUR CHILD MISSES ONE DAY A MONTH. THIS IS HOW MANY DAYS THEY END UP MISSING OR TWO DAYS A MONTH OR THREE DAYS A MONTH? BECAUSE WE'RE I MEAN, WE'RE PARENTS WERE LIKE, OH, PRECIOUS. YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE GOING MY MOTHER WAS A NURSE THAT HAD TO BE COMING OUT OF BOTH ENDS FOR US TO NOT GO TO SCHOOL.
I MEAN, BOTH AT THE SAME TIME. SO YOU KNOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED A LITTLE. AND PARENTS AREN'T AS STRICT AS MY MOTHER WAS BECAUSE SHE HAD TO WORK. SHE HAD SIX KIDS, YOU CAN'T BE JUST ANYWHERE. THIS IS THERAPEUTIC, BUT YEAH, SO WE WANT TO FOCUS ON ATTENDANCE. NOT JUST FOR THAT.
AND THE OTHER THING WE WANT TO FOCUS ON IS HOW DO WE KEEP KIDS IN THE CLASSROOM? SO WE ABSOLUTELY WANT DISCIPLINE AND WE WANT KIDS TO BE ATTENTIVE AND WE WANT THEM TO BE RESPECTFUL AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS, BUT EVERY TIME THEY END UP NOT BEING IN THE CLASSROOM. IT AFFECTS.
THE SAME WAY. YOU KNOW, SO AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM I'M READING A BOOK AND MIND YOU I ONLY DO AUDIO BOOKS, SO I'M BEING READ TO IT'S CALLED THE BODY KEEPS SCORE, AND WHAT IT TALKS ABOUT IS TRAUMA. AND HOW TRAUMA AFFECTS ADULTS KIDS, SO A LOT OF TIMES THOSE KIDS WHO ARE DISCIPLINE PROBLEMS. INSTEAD OF ASKING WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU? WE NEED TO BE ASKING WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU. AND WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DEAL WITH THAT TRAUMA AND HOW TO KEEP THEM IN A CLASSROOM SAFELY, NOT JUST RETURN THEM THERE BECAUSE THIS IS YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO DISRUPT. OTHER KIDS LEARNING, BUT WE DO WANT TO TRY TO TRY TO GET TO WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. SO YEAH, WE WANT WE WANT THEM ATTENDING AND WE WANT THEM. IN THE CLASSROOM. IN THE APPROPRIATE IN AN APPROPRIATE CLASSROOM WHERE THERE'S THEY'RE LEARNING. WHAT ELSE? WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THE PEOPLE WHO TAKE CARE OF THE KIDS. AND NOT TAKE THEM FOR GRANTED. NOT ASSUME THAT BECAUSE WE PAY THEM THOSE EXORBITANT SALARIES THAT THEY SHOULD JUST BE HAPPY TO BE THERE. YEAH, AND THAT'S THAT'S SO IMPORTANT. IT IS AND IT'S NOT JUST A CONVOCATION TIME AND IT'S NOT JUST YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL THE TIME. HOW DO WE MAKE THEM FEEL? THAT THEY ARE APPRECIATED. AND THE OTHER THING IS, HOW DO WE GET PARENTS TO SHOW THAT APPRECIATION? BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT JUST AT THE END OF THE YEAR . YOU KNOW, WITH IT WITH A NICE TEACHER GIFT THEY GET, LIKE 3000 OF THE SAME THING. BUT HOW DO WE HELP? PARENTS UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT TEACHERS ARE HOW IMPORTANT BUS DRIVERS ARE CUSTODIANS EVERYBODY TO THEIR KIDS THERE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS THERE, THE PARTNERSHIP. YES. TA DOES HELP.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS BEING RECORDED. THEY CAN'T HEAR A WORD YOU'RE SAYING, MAN, YOU'RE WHISPERING. TA DOES GREAT THINGS FOR OUR DISTRICT. THOSE SCHOOLS THAT ARE NOT SUPPORTED. WE NEED TO. YEAH, AND WE ALSO NEED TO ENGAGE THOSE PARENTS WHO CAN'T COME TO PTO. P T A P T S SO I MEAN THEY DIDN'T HAVE ALL THOSE LETTERS WHEN I WAS A KID. BUT I THINK MY MOTHER JUST HAD A PIPELINE TO MY TEACHERS. CHRIS MY THIRD GRADE TEACHER WAS IN LOVE WITH IT, BUT THAT'S A WHOLE OTHER STORY. ANYWAY. BUT YEAH, HOW DO WE HOW DO WE SUPPORT THOSE FOLKS THAT SUPPORT OUR KIDS AND NOT JUST UH UM TEACHERS. BUT ALSO ADMINISTRATOR . NO WE CAN'T TAKE THEM FOR GRANTED. THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY ON THE FRONT LINES, BUT THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY EVERYBODY IN THIS WHOLE HIERARCHY NEEDS TO BE SUPPORTED PARENTS. COMMUNITY. BECAUSE THE MORE WE SUPPORT
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THEM, THE MORE THEY SUPPORT US. OKAY? WHAT ELSE? OKAY IF YOU DON'T BRING IT UP TODAY, YOU CAN'T BRING IT UP IN DECEMBER. THIS IS THIS IS KIND OF THIS IS THE CHANCE TO SPIT IT OUT THERE.THERE'S GOT TO BE EFFICIENT FINANCIAL OPERATIONS. FOR EFFECTIVE OUT. I LIKE THAT.
ACCOUNTING. TAKE A TAXI. KEEP RIGHT. YEAH, EFFICIENT MEANS YOU DO IT RIGHT. EFFECTIVE MEANS YOU DO THE RIGHT THING. I LIKE THAT. AND I LOVE ALLITERATION. BUT YEAH, AND IT'S GOING TO BECOME MORE CHALLENGING. YOU KNOW, THE . AT THIS POINT, WE DIDN'T GET ANY STATE APPROVED RAISES. AND AT THIS POINT WE'RE NOT EVEN KEEPING UP WITH INFLATION. SO EVERY SINGLE DOLLAR COUNTS. YOU KNOW, AND I TRY TO EXPLAIN. TO PUBLIC THAT 80 SOME PERCENT OF YOUR BUDGET. ITS PERSONNEL. SO THE PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT THERE'S FRAUD AND WASTE AND ABUSE THERE JUST AIN'T MUCH TO FRAUD OR WASTE OR ABUSE. SO BEING ABLE TO DO THAT IS AMAZING, AND IT HAS TO BE DONE.
OKAY. WHAT ELSE? I MEAN, THESE ARE ALL GREAT THINGS. ON TOP OF THE TERROR JUST SAID ABOUT THE STREAMLINING OUR PROGRAMS. YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE THERE'S LIKELY ABOUT THIS ME ABOUT DESTINY, DESTINY ABOUT THIS, AND IT'S LIKE WHAT ARE ACTUALLY USING ANY OF THAT TO HAVE THE DATA TO SUPPORT THE FINANCIAL DECISIONS THAT WE'RE MAKING. AND IF WE'RE NOT USING IT TO GET RID OF IT.
YEAH. AND STAFF FEELS LIKE WE GO WITH THE FLAVOR OF THE MONTH. IT'S LIKE OH, WE NEED THIS. NO WAIT. THIS IS EVEN BETTER. NO WAY. WE'RE GONNA DO THIS AND YOU END UP WITH THE DISTRICT WHERE YOU'RE DOING ALL OF THEM SOMEPLACE. BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT ALIGNMENT. AND THE BUY IN FROM THE STAFF BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST SICK OF UP. HERE WE GO. HERE'S ANOTHER ONE. WAIT HERE'S THE SMART BOARDS. NO, WAIT. HERE'S THE WHITE BOARDS. NO, HERE'S THE AND HOW DO WE GET SOMETHING THAT IS BEING USED AND IS HELPFUL. DATA. REAL DATA. NOT NOT JUST ANECDOTE A TO OH, MY GOODNESS. YOU RENEW YEAH, CHANGING FOR CHANGE. SAVING WE NEED THE DATA TO SUPPORT NOW.
YOU'RE TELLING HER THAT SHE NEEDS TO DO ALL THIS. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WHEN YOU GET PUSHED BACK FROM STAFF. SHE'S CHANGING EVERYTHING. I JUST KNEW SHE WAS GOING TO CHANGE EVERYTHING. OR COMMUNITY. WHAT IS THAT WOMAN Y'ALL HIRED DOING? YOUR RESPONSE. WILL DETERMINE HOW SUCCESSFUL SHE IS. BECAUSE IF YOU SAY I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT SHE'S DOING. WHAT IS SHE DOING? WAIT LET ME LOOK ON FACEBOOK. WHAT IS SHE DOING? YOU KNOW, IT'S ON X. NOW. IT'S NOT EVEN TWITTER. IT'S X. LET ME SEE. YOU KNOW, OR IF YOU SAY SHE'S DOING EXACTLY WHAT WE ASKED HER TO DO. AND I KNOW CHANGE IS UNCOMFORTABLE, BUT WE WANT EXCELLENCE. WE WANT THE BEST FOR OUR KIDS. WE WANT THE BEST FOR OUR COMMUNITY WANT THE BEST FOR OUR STAFF, AND HERE'S HOW YOU CAN HELP. BUT EVERY ONE OF YOU HAS TO EMBRACE THAT. BECAUSE IF THERE'S ANY CRACK.
YOU KNOW, LIKE, NOT THAT KIND OF CRAP, BUT ANY CRACK, YOU KNOW ANY ANY ANY DIVISION? PEOPLE WILL SEIZE ON IT. NOW YOU KNOW WHAT? LAST TIME I WAS HERE? I THINK I DID THE GOVERNANCE CORE, RIGHT? AND THE LAST SLIDE. DOES ANYBODY REMEMBER WHAT MY LAST SLIDE BEFORE MY CONTACT INFORMATION WAS? DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT WAS ON THE LAST SLIDE? LOOK BACK AT MY NOTES. AND HERE I THOUGHT I'D DONE SO WELL. IT WAS A PHOTO. IT WAS A SPORTING THING. THEY WERE ENGAGED IN.
WELL, I'M JUST GOING TO WAIT AND SEE. DON'T WE HAVE ANY VISUAL PEOPLE HERE? YOU DON'T SEE THAT LOVELY SLIDE. YEAH. YOU CAN YOU CAN ANSWER YOU CAN ANSWER. NOTHING FANCY ARENA. OH, THERE WAS NO ARENA. ROWING. YOU'LL REMEMBER ROWING. THE SPORT OF CREW. YEAH REMEMBER WHEN I TOLD
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YOU THAT IN THE SPORT OF CREW EVERY YOU KNOW I WAS IN VERMONT AND I DIDN'T HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO THEM THE SPORT OF CREW. I JUST LOVED IT, BUT THEY DID GET FLOODED RECENTLY. ALL ROWING AT THE SAME TIME. I SO LOVE THAT ANALOGY. AND THEN I WAS IN. THIS IS SO SAD. LOVEJOY. I WAS IN LOVE JOY. AND THEY TOOK IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL. THEY SAID IN ROWING. YOU KNOW EVERYBODY'S ROWING THE BOAT IN THE SAME DIRECTION FOR SUCCESS. THEY SAID , WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF SOMEONE JUMPED IN YOUR BOAT AND STARTED POKING HOLES IN IT? BESIDES SINK SO YOU ALL HAVE TO MAKE SURE WHILE YOU'RE GROWING YOU DON'T LET OTHER FOLKS POKE HOLES IN THE BOAT. AND GOD FORBID YOU SHOULD POKE HOLES IN THE BOAT. IS THAT NOT EXCELLENT? I MEAN, I WROTE IT DOWN. I WAS JUST LIKE, WELL, YOU GO. I HAVE TO CHANGE MY SLIDE. I HAVE TO ADD THAT TO MY SLIDE AFTER THAT. BUT THAT'S THE OTHER THING. THAT YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT NOBODY ELSE POKES HOLES IN YOUR BOAT. BUT YOU ALSO GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT NONE OF YOU WILL HOLES IN THE BOAT. YOU KNOW, AND IF YOU'RE LIKE ME, YOU COULD JUST FLING YOUR ARM BACK. AND ACCIDENTALLY POKE A HOLE IN THE BOAT. SO WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE THAT. BUT WE DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO HAVE THE DELIBERATE. I HAVE A THOUGHT . I DEVISED A COURSE CALLED TAKE THIS JOB AND LOVE IT. AND IT'S FOR BURNED OUT BOARD MEMBERS ACTUALLY FOR BURNED OUT ANYBODY. IT APPLIES TO EVERYBODY. BUT IT TALKS ABOUT THE CYCLE. YOU GO FROM BEING LIKE, WONDERFULLY EXCITED BECAUSE EVERYTHING'S BRAND NEW. THIS IS THE HONEYMOON PERIOD AND EVERYTHING'S GREAT AND EVERYBODY'S EXCITED AND ALL THIS AND THEN YOU GO TO FRUSTRATION BECAUSE YOU'RE LIKE . OH, WAIT A MINUTE. I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS ALL THIS. YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. AND YOU KNOW HOW WHEN YOU'RE IN THE AUDIENCE . YOU KNOW ALL THE ANSWERS OR IF YOU'RE YOU KNOW THE PERSON WHO'S NOT DRIVING. YOU CAN TELL THEM HOW THEY NEED TO BE DRIVING LIKE YOU'RE JUST HOLDING THE WHEEL AND THEY THINK THEY'RE REALLY DRIVING. WELL WHEN YOU'RE NOT ON THE BOARD, YOU THINK WELL. WELL, THAT'S STUPID. THEY OUGHT TO JUST DO THIS. AND WHY DON'T THEY JUST DO THAT? AND THEN YOU GET OVER AND YOU GO. WAIT A MINUTE. NOT ONLY DO I NOT KNOW ALL THE ANSWERS. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ALL THE QUESTIONS. AND THEN YOU GET FRUSTRATED AND THEN YOU GO INTO DENIAL. I DIDN'T WANT TO BE ON THE BOARD ANYWAY. I DON'T KNOW WHY WE WERE DOING THIS ANYWAY.YOU KNOW, I AND THEN WE HAVE A STAGE. THAT'S EITHER PAUL. I MEAN, IT'S EITHER PETER OR JOE.
YOU KNOW, JOB IS THE ONE THAT GOES WELL, YOU KNOW, NAKED I CAME INTO THE WORLD NAKED. I GO BACK INTO THE WORLD. THE THOUGH HE SLAY ME, THAT'S ME. I'M JOKE. BUT THEN THERE'S ALSO PETERS WHO PULL OUT THEIR SWORD AND WANT TO CUT OFF PEOPLE'S EARS. SO YOU EITHER. YOU EITHER YOU GET ANGRY OR YOU GET COMPLACENT. BUT THEN IF YOU HANG ON YOU GET BACK TO RECOMMITMENT. SO THE AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I EMPHASIZE IN THAT IS EVERYBODY IS NOT AT THE SAME STAGE AT THE SAME TIME.
BECAUSE YOU GET BRAND NEW BOARD MEMBERS AND THEY'RE LIKE, OH, BUSINESS. GREAT. OH MY GOD, BRIAN PART AND YOU HAVE BURNED OUT BOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE LIKE TO SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP. YOU KNOW, THERE HE GOES, ASKING ANOTHER QUESTION. THERE SHE GOES, LORD, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND ANYTHING. BUT JUST UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE ARE AT DIFFERENT STAGES. AND IT'S ANNOYING. WHEN YOU'RE ALL EXCITED, SOMEBODY'S BURNED OUT. OR VICE VERSA. WHAT? EVERY ONE OF YOU IF YOU CAN HOLD ON. AND YOU WORK TOGETHER, YOU GET BACK TO RE COMMITMENT. SO ONE OF THE THINGS I'M GOING TO ASK YOU ALL TO DO. IT IS AGREED TO HOLD EACH OTHER. MUTUALLY ACCOUNTABLE. I DON'T MIND HOLDING SALLY ACCOUNTABLE. BUT LORD, DON'T LET HER TRY TO HOLD ME ACCOUNTABLE. WHO DOES SHE THINK SHE IS? I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR, YOU KNOW, 10 MINUTES. I KNOW SOME STUFF. YOU KNOW, BUT BUT THAT'S SUCCESSFUL. TEAMS DO THAT. BECAUSE FOR YEARS WE HAVE SAID PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES. TO THE OLYMPICS. IN BASKETBALL. AND WE ALWAYS KNEW THAT WE WERE GOING TO WIN THE GOLD. I MEAN, IT WAS IT WAS A FOREGONE CONCLUSION. I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY THOSE PEOPLE OTHER PEOPLE CAME OUT THERE BECAUSE WE WERE GONNA WIN. BECAUSE WE HAD SUPERSTARS. DO YOU ALL REMEMBER THE YEAR WHERE WE DIDN'T WIN? WE HAD, LIKE, REALLY HIGHLY PAID SUPERSTARS, AND THEY DIDN'T WIN.
WHY DO YOU THINK THAT WAS. THEY WEREN'T WORKING AS A TEAM. I DON'T CARE WHAT SUPERSTARS YOU ARE. OR WHAT SUPERSTARS YOU BRING INTO YOUR ONTO YOUR TEAM IF YOU DON'T WORK TOGETHER AS A
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TEAM. IT DOESN'T WORK. AND ONE OF THOSE STAGES. OF THE LIFE CYCLE IS WHERE YOU JUST START.SAYING, YOU KNOW, IF IT WASN'T FOR HIM, WE'D BE DOING THIS IF IT WASN'T FOR HER IF IT WASN'T FOR THEM, AND YOU BLAME EVERYBODY ELSE. BUT IT'S IMPORTANT IN ANY SITUATION TO SAY. WHAT AM I BRINGING TO THIS? REMEMBER WHEN BRAD PITT AND WHAT'S HER NAME BROKE UP? AND ELENA. ANGELINA BEFORE HER. YES JENNIFER ANISTON JUST BROKE UP PROOF GONE. YES I KNOW THIS IS RECORDED, BUT EVERYBODY KNOWS THEY BROKE UP. IT'S NOT A SECRET. BUT WHAT SHE SAID, AND I LOVED IT, SHE SAID. IN ANY RELATIONSHIP, ANYTHING THAT FAILS, SHE TRIES TO FIGURE OUT WHAT DID I CONTRIBUTE TO THAT? BECAUSE IT'S SO EASY TO POINT FINGERS AND GO. YEAH, THEY DID THIS. BUT IT'S HARDER. TO BE REFLECTIVE AND SAY. HOW COULD I HAVE DONE THAT DIFFERENTLY? BUT IF THE EIGHT OF YOU DON'T MODEL THAT THEN YOU CAN'T EXPECT STAFF TO DO IT. AND IF THE EIGHT OF YOU DON'T MODEL THAT YOU CAN'T EXPECT STUDENTS TO DO IT. THE EIGHT OF YOU DON'T MODEL THAT YOU CAN'T EXPECT THE COMMUNITY TOO. SO YOU THINK THEY DON'T KNOW? AND THEY DON'T WATCH WATCH? NO. THEY PUT YOU ON X AND FACEBOOK AND SNAPCHAT AND TIKTOK AND ALL THOSE THINGS. BUT I'M GOING TO ASK YOU JUST TO START HOLDING EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE AND TO AGREE TO LET OTHER PEOPLE HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE. BECAUSE IF I SAID SOMETHING REALLY CRAZY, I WOULD EXPECT Y'ALL. TO SAY, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST GIVE ME THE ONE. YOU KNOW, ONE RAISED EYEBROW. LIKE WHAT? BUT BUT JUST GIVE ME THE HIGH SIGN. YOU KNOW HOW IF YOU HAVE, LIKE. A PIECE OF SPINACH IN YOUR TOOTH. AND YOU'VE BEEN WITH PEOPLE ALL DAY AND YOU'VE BEEN SMILING. THE BIGGEST SMILE YOU CAN IMAGINE YOU GO TO THE BATHROOM. YOU LOOK IN THE MIRROR. YOU'RE LIKE, OH, MY GOD. BECAUSE ANDREW DID NOT EVEN MENTION THAT I HAD THIS BIG PIECE OF GREEN STUFF IN MY MOUTH. YOU KNOW, BUT YOU HAVE TO SAY. IF I SEE SPINACH IN YOUR TEETH, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU BECAUSE I LOVE YOU. WHAT YOU DID TO NOT BE WALKING AROUND WITH SPINACH IN YOUR TEETH. YOU KNOW, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DO FOR EACH OTHER. AND UM, WELL, I'M BEING FACETIOUS ABOUT THE SPANISH. NOT REALLY, THOUGH. BUT SOMETIMES WE GOTTA HAVE UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATIONS. AND I WANT YOU ALL TO. I'M NOT GOING TO ASK YOU TO SIGN A PLEDGE OR ANYTHING, BUT I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT HOW DO WE DO THAT? HOW DO WE RESOLVE WHEN YOU THINK I'VE DONE SOMETHING? I SHOULDN'T HAVE OR SAID SOMETHING IN A WAY I SHOULDN'T HAVE BECAUSE, AND THAT'S UM CECILIA TAUGHT US THIS. OUCH AND SHARE. IF SOMEBODY STEPPED ON YOUR FOOT, SAYING OUCH. BUT IF YOU DON'T SHARE WITH THEM THAT THEY STEPPED ON YOUR FOOT, BECAUSE I MAY NOT KNOW. I MEAN, I'M ALWAYS AMAZED. YOU KNOW IF MY FOOT'S UNDER YOURS I'M LIKE TELLING MY GRANDSON SURELY YOU FELT THAT WAS MY FOOT UNDER THERE, BUT SOMETIMES THEY DON'T SO IT'S IMPORTANT. AS A TEAM. AS A FAMILY BECAUSE FAMILY YOU DON'T GET TO PICK YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS. YOU JUST WAKE UP ONE DAY AND THEY'RE THERE. ARE THEY MARRIED SOMEBODY AND THEY'RE THERE. THAT'S KIND OF LIKE WHAT A SCHOOL BOARD IS THAT YOU'VE GOT TO BE WILLING TO SAY TO ME, KATE, YOU STEPPED ON MY FOOT. OR WHEN YOU SAID, SUCH AND SUCH IN THE MEETING I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU MEANT IT, BUT THIS IS HOW IT FELT TO ME. BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T TELL ME THAT I MAY DO THAT TO EVERYBODY ELSE. BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THAT WAS OFFENSIVE THAT I DON'T KNOW THAT I DID SOMETHING. SO I NEED FOR Y'ALL. IN THE SPIRIT OF SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION IN THE SPIRIT OF SELF EVALUATION. TO WORK ON THAT. I MEAN, IT'S NOT EASY. IT'S MUCH MUCH EASIER TO SAY IT THAN TO DO IT. IN ISRAEL. YOU'RE WELCOME. YEAH I ONLY KNOW WHAT I KNOW. I HAVE NOT LIVED IN YOUR LIFE. I DON'T KNOW THE THINGS YOU KNOW, WE DID A POVERTY SIMULATION. I DON'T KNOW. I THINK EVERYTHING HAPPENED THREE DAYS, THREE WEEKS OR 33 YEARS AGO, BUT I THINK IT WAS THREE YEARS AGO. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STRUCK ME EVERY TIME I DO THIS IT IS. I GREW UP POOR SO I ASSUME THAT EVERYBODY'S POVERTY IS LIKE MY POVERTY. YOU KNOW, I CRIED WHEN I REALIZED THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T HAVE BOOKS IN THEIR HOME. I MEAN, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING FANCY, BUT WE ALWAYS HAD BOOKS. SO IT'S YOU KNOW, YOUR EXPERIENCE IS DIFFERENT THAN MINE. WE DID THAT. CHALLENGE DAY. HAVE Y'ALL EVER DONE THAT? YOU ALL DO THAT HERE?
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SO COOL. IT'S A GUY CALLED FLIP FLIPPING, WHICH IS HILARIOUS, AND IT'S CAPPED. IT'S WELL. IT'S PART OF CAPTURING KIDS HEARTS AND YOU DO THIS THING CALLED CHALLENGE DAY, AND YOU MAY HAVE SEEN IT ON A SHOW WHERE THEY'LL SAY IF UM, YOU HAVE SIBLINGS ACROSS THE LINE, SO EVERYBODY WHO HAS SIBLINGS GOES ACROSS OR YOU KNOW IF YOU WEREN'T ONLY CHILD OVER HERE, AND EVERYBODY WHO DIDN'T AND THEY DID ONE WHERE THEY SAID IF YOU'VE BEEN A CHILD, IF YOU WERE A CHILD CROSSED THE LINE, I THOUGHT, OH, THIS IS A GIMME. THEY JUST THINK THAT'S FUNNY UNTIL WE ALL GOT OVER HERE AND THERE WERE LIKE THREE PEOPLE OVER HERE WHO WERE LIKE I'D HAVE A CHILDHOOD. I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT MICHAEL JACKSON, HE SAYS, I NEVER HAD A CHILDHOOD. I MEAN, THAT'S WHY NEVERLAND WAS A BIG DEAL. BUT ANYWAY, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT EITHER, BUT SO YOU JUST ASSUME AND THERE WAS AT THE END OF THE DAY. WE KIND OF SIT IN GROUPS. AND ONE OF THE GIRLS IN MY GROUP WAS FROM AN AFFLUENT PART OF HUNTSVILLE. AND SHE SAID. MY PARENTS HAVE NEVER TOLD ME THEY LOVED ME AND I WENT, YOU KNOW YOU DON'T YOUR FACE DOESN'T WANT TO GO. AND YOU'RE LIKE, OH, MY GOD. SO WE ASSUME THAT THE WAY WE LIVE THE WAY WE WERE RAISED THE WAY WE PARROT EVERYBODY DOES IT THE SAME WAY AND YOU'RE RIGHT. WE'VE GOT TO HAVE SOME GRACE BECAUSE I'M ONLY DOING WHAT I KNOW TO DO, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT IT OFFENDS OTHER FOLKS. SO THAT'S YEAH. AND ONE OF THE NICE THINGS WAS WHEN COVID HIT I HEARD DISTRICT SAY GRACE BEFORE GRADES. YOU KNOW WE WERE WE WERE GIVING THAT GRACE AND NOW AS WE GET BACK TO WHATEVER NORMAL IS, WE DON'T SO YEAH, THE OTHER THOUGHTS ABOUT HOW WE DO THAT.YEAH. EVERY TIME YOU GRADUATED KID YOU AFFECT GENERATIONS. EVERY TIME A KID DOESN'T GRADUATE YOU AFFECT GENERATION. AND YOU KNOW WHEN YOU THINK WELL , OKAY, THAT PERSON MAY NOT BE RIGHT IN THAT POSITION, BUT WE'LL JUST RIDE THE YEAR OUT. THAT'S A YEAR OUT OF KIDS.
LEARNING. SO YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. AND. YOU KNOW, WE ALL KNOW BOARDS THAT ARE IN THE NEWS. IT'S A DISTRACTION. BECAUSE WHEN THE SPOTLIGHT'S ON THE BOARD RATHER THAN ON THE KIDS THEN WE'VE GOT. THE WRONG FOCUS. YOU'RE RIGHT BECAUSE THE STAKES ARE TOO HIGH. AND I WILL JOKINGLY TELL YOU THAT I TELL BOARDS, YOU KNOW, BE AS DYSFUNCTIONAL AS YOU LIKE.
DYSFUNCTION IS JOB SECURITY FOR ME. JUST GO AHEAD. BE AS CRAZY AS YOU WANT. BUT I DON'T REALLY MEAN THAT. BECAUSE I WANT TO FOCUS AND EVERY DISTRICT TO BE ON STUDENT OUTCOMES. AND WHEN I SAY THAT I DON'T MEAN STAR. I DON'T MEAN END. OF COURSE, I DON'T MEAN THOSE OFFICIAL. UM MEASURES. I MEAN, WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF KIDS, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO IMPROVE THE MENTAL HEALTH? OF STAFF AND STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY. WHAT ARE WE DOING ? THOSE STAKES ARE TOO HIGH BECAUSE SOMETIMES THEY ARE LITERALLY LIFE AND DEATH. SO WHAT ELSE? WHAT ELSE CAN WE THINK ABOUT IT AS WE TALK ABOUT. BEING THAT AMAZING, HONORABLE BOARD. YOU KNOW WHAT I HAVE TO TELL YOU. I AM REALLY EXCITED. BECAUSE THERE ARE TWO BOARDS THAT ARE IN THE FINAL FIVE THAT I COACH. I'M SURE IT'S BECAUSE OF MAINE. BUT THE COOL THING IS , IF YOU HAVE BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR A WHILE, AND YOU'VE GONE TO CONVENTION, AND YOU'VE SEEN THE HONOR BOARD SELECTED AND YOU HEAR THEM SPEAK. SO MANY TIMES, THEY SAY IF YOU LOOKED AT US FIVE YEARS AGO YOU WOULD NEVER HAVE THOUGHT WE'D BE HERE. IF YOU LOOKED AT US THREE YEARS AGO, YOU WOULD NEVER HAVE THOUGHT WE'D BE HERE. SO. WHEN YOU LOOK AT DYSFUNCTION. CHANGE IS HARD. AND SOMETIMES CHANGE BRINGS US TO A PLACE OF CONFLICT. BUT WHAT I HAD TO LEARN WHEN I TOOK MEDIATION TRAINING IS CONFLICT IS NOT BAD. IT'S FIRST OF ALL NORMAL NATURAL GOING TO HAPPEN. AND THE QUESTION IS, HOW DO WE DEAL WITH IT? HOW DO WE AGREE TO DEAL WITH
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CONFLICT BECAUSE I MEAN, IF YOU'VE GOT A SIBLING, YOU UNDERSTAND CONFLICT. IF YOU HAVE A SPOUSE, YOU UNDERSTAND CONFLICT. IF YOU HAVE A SUPERVISOR, I LOVE THE ALLITERATION. YOU YOU'RE GONNA HAVE CONFLICT. AND WHAT'S THAT? WHAT'S THE THING WHERE THEY GO STORMING NORMAN FOREMAN? BUT YEAH, BUT THE STORMING PRECEDES THAT. SO CONFLICT IS NOT BAD. IT IS NECESSARY, BUT WHAT WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT IS HOW DO WE DEAL WITH THAT? OKAY. WHAT ELSE? I LOVE IT. WHEN PEOPLE SAY CAN'T BECAUSE THEY ALWAYS TELL ME OH, YOU CAN'T. YOU CAN'T MISS IT. I CAN MISS ANYTHING. OH YOU CAN'T GET LOST. I WAS AT MY FRIEND'S HOUSE. SHE GAVE ME DIRECTIONS TO THE BATHROOM. I ENDED UP IN THE CLOSET. OKAY SO CAN'T IS A VERY STRONG WORD. WE SHOULD NOT. WE WILL STRIVE NOT TO, BUT I'M HUMAN. AND I WAS IN THE ELEVATOR ON THE CRUISE AND A WOMAN SAID.WELL I'M NOT A KAREN. NOT WHEN I'M NOT NOT. NOT. UNLESS, UM, SOBER AND I SAID, HONEY, WE CAN ALL GO FROM ZERO TO KAREN IN 60 SECONDS GIVEN THE RIGHT THING. SO I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO BE SUPERHUMAN. I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO NOT HAVE EMOTIONS. WHAT I AM ASKING YOU TO DO IS WHAT WE ASKED KIDS TO DO TO SELF REGULATE. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE, UM . TODAY IS MY OLDEST SON'S BIRTHDAY. HE PASSED AWAY EARLIER THIS YEAR. SO THIS IS OUR FIRST BIRTHDAY WITHOUT HIM. AND I KNEW . THAT THIS DAY WOULD BE DIFFICULT. SO I DID THINGS TO PREPARE MYSELF FOR THIS DAY.
BECAUSE I WORKED IN LOVEJOY YESTERDAY, SO I SPENT THE NIGHT HERE. SO I CALLED THE FRONT DESK AND SAID, WHAT'S THE LATEST CHECK OUT? YOU CAN GIVE ME THEY SAID NOON. I WAS LIKE, HMM. UM I SAID, THANK YOU. HE GOES WELL, MAYBE I CAN GIVE YOU ONE. I SAID THAT'S PERFECT. SO I WENT DOWNSTAIRS. IT WAS HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND I GOT A BREAKFAST AND I BROUGHT IT BACK TO MY ROOM. BECAUSE I KNOW HOW TO PAMPER ME. AND I HAVE THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT I TALKED TO AND I CALLED UP THE HOLOCAUST WHITE COLLAR UP. I WENT ONLINE AND BOUGHT A TICKET TO THE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM. BECAUSE I WANTED TO GO. SO I KNEW ALL THE THINGS TO DO TO REGULATE MY EMOTIONS TODAY.
SO I'M GOING TO ASK ALL OF US WHETHER IT'S HERE OR AT HOME. OR ON YOUR YOUR YOUR REAL JOB, OR WHATEVER ELSE YOU DO. KNOW YOURSELF. KNOW WHAT YOUR TRIGGERS ARE KNOW WHEN SOMETHING IS COMING UP. THAT WILL BE UM, THAT COULD BE DIFFICULT FOR YOU AND WE ALL HAVE THOSE THINGS.
BUT JUST. DON'T TAKE IT OUT ON ANYBODY ELSE. AND THAT'S HARD SOMETIMES. AND ALSO, AS YOU SAID , RECOGNIZED THAT SOMEBODY MAY BE GOING THROUGH SOMETHING. I MEAN, EVERYBODY YOU MEET IS FIGHTING SOME BATTLE. YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT BECAUSE I CAN REMEMBER YEARS AGO I WAS AT S L I AND I HAD A CO WORKERS THAT I DIDN'T LIKE A WHOLE LOT. I MEAN, YOU KNOW HOW WE SORT OF JUDGE PEOPLE AND PREJUDGE THEM AND YOU KNOW? WELL I KNOW Y'ALL DON'T KNOW, BUT SOMETIMES I HAVE BAD THOUGHTS ABOUT PEOPLE AND WE WERE SITTING AT LUNCH. I'M AT DINNER. AND I'M ALWAYS THINKING WHY AM I HERE? I DON'T EVEN LIKE HER. AND SHE STARTED TELLING ME A STORY ABOUT HER FAMILY. I WAS LIKE OH, MY GOD. YOU KNOW, SHE'S A REAL PERSON. SHE HAS REAL PROBLEMS, AND HERE'S THE CRAZY PART. I PROBABLY SHOULDN'T SAY THIS ON THE RECORDING. BUT SHE WAS SAYING THAT HER SON HAD GOTTEN A D. YOU. I. OH, THAT'S TERRIBLE. AND BY THE END OF THE THING I'M HANGING ON THE TABLE BECAUSE I'M JUST YOU KNOW, SHE'S NOW MY BEST, BUT BECAUSE I KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT HER OUTSIDE OF WORK. WELL DAD GUM IF MY SON WASN'T GETTING A D U I AS WE WERE HAVING THAT CONVERSATION IT WAS A FRIDAY AND HIS DAD DIED ON SUNDAY. YOU KNOW, THE MORE WE KNOW ABOUT SOMEBODY. AND THE MORE GRACE WE GIVE THEM. THEN THE EASIER IT BECOMES TO WORK WITH THEM. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE
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BEST FRIENDS. YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO LIKE EACH OTHER. I MEAN , DON'T DO THE VOODOO DOLL THING. I TOLD YOU ABOUT THAT, RIGHT? YOU DON'T DON'T BRING A VOODOO DOLL TO MEETING BUT STILL RECOGNIZE THAT EVERYBODY IS AFRAID OF SOMETHING. EVERYBODY'S BATTLING SOMETHING. EVERYBODY'S GOING THROUGH SOMETHING. SO MAYBE IF I SAY SOMETHING TO YOU THAT LANDS WRONG. IT WAS JUST ONE OF THOSE DAYS. THAT DOESN'T EXCUSE IT. PLEASE DON'T MISUNDERSTAND. I'M NOT SAYING THAT I CAN JUST BE MEAN TO YOU BECAUSE MY SON THIS IS HIS BIRTHDAY AND HE DIED. BUT UNDERSTAND THAT EVERYBODY'S GOING THROUGH SOMETHING. AND THAT GOES NOT JUST FOR THE BOARD. IT GOES FOR ADMINISTRATORS. IT GOES FOR STAFF. IT GOES FOR STUDENTS. IT GOES FOR PARENTS. YOU KNOW ANYBODY CAN GET ON OUR LAST NERVE. AND WE'RE REALLY TEMPTED TO GIVE HIM A PIECE OF OUR MIND. BUT I DON'T EVEN HAVE ENOUGH PIECES TO GIVE AWAY. BUT JUST YOU KNOW IF WE CAN ENCOURAGE THAT IN OURSELVES AND IN OUR KIDS AND MODEL IT YEAH, I DID NOT KNOW THIS WAS GOING TO BE THERAPY. I DIDN'T EITHER. OKAY. WHAT ELSE? WELL, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A FIVE MINUTE BREAK. AND THEN WE WILL RESUME. AND YOU ALL KNOW MY SUPER SUPER SECRET CELL PHONE NUMBER. SO IF YOU THINK OF SOMETHING YOU DON'T WANT TO SAY OUT LOUD. YOU'RE WELCOME TO TEXT IT TO ME AND I WILL READ IT AND DEAL WITH IT APPROPRIATELY. FIVE I THINK, UM, I THINK FIVE WOULD PROBABLY APPROPRIATE NUMBER. TO FOCUS ON HIS FIRST YEAR, BUT I LIKE VIBE TOPICS. UM KIND OF WHERE WE ARE, BUT A COUPLE OF THINGS GO TOGETHER LIKE MAYBE AN ENROLLMENT AND ATTENDANCE. YOU KNOW, SUPPORTING OUR STAFF, CREATING A POSITIVE CULTURE LIKE THOSE THINGS KIND OF GO TOGETHER, BUT I THINK IF WE SECRETARY FLAT FOUR OR FIVE TOPICS OF THINGS WE WANT TO FOCUS ON THAT. THAT WOULD BE A UH, ATTAINABLE ROUTE TO TAKE FOR HER. US.YEAH. NO, I'M GOING. YOU KNOW? I THINK THERE'S OTHER THINGS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT SINCE SHE GOT HERE, YOU KNOW, SO SHE'S PRETTY AWARE, BUT BUT OUR CONCERNS HAVE BEEN OR WHAT WE WANT TO FOCUS ON. SO THAT'S WHY SHE SAID. I'M VERY SORRY. THIS TICKET BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN REALLY OPEN WITH HER ABOUT THIS IS WHAT WE NEED AND WANT RIGHT NOW. SO. NOT ONLY WILL YOU TELL THEM WHAT YOU HAVE DONE, BUT YOU'LL ALSO BE PREPARED TO SAY HERE'S WHAT THE NEXT PHASE WILL BE. THE NEXT STEP WILL BE AFTER YOU BUILD
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THOSE RELATIONSHIPS. MADAM PRESIDENT, SINCE YOU'RE NO LONGER IN MY LEADERSHIP CLASS THAT I HAVE TO UM DO WE NEED TO REFINE THEM MORE? SPEAK NOW OR FOREVER HOLD YOUR PEACE. IF ANYBODY EMAILS YOUR, YOU'LL SHARE IT WITH EVERYBODY ELSE. HONEY. I'M TELLING YOU, THE SOAP API IS BRAIN CELLS HAVE GONE DOWN DOWNHILL QUICKLY. LARRY TO GET SOME. YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF BEING STUFFING US. OKAY? YES I RESERVE THE RIGHT TO COME BACK TO SIX SAYING I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I'M A LAWYER. I RESERVE THE RIGHT TO HAVE EXTRA TIME.GOVERNMENT. POPPY. AREAS. WE AS A BOARDER, SANDWICH, VISION AND GOALS SYSTEMS IMPRESSIVE.
ACCOUNTABILITY. OF THE AND ENGAGE AND TEAMWORK. TO TAKE WHAT YOU LEARNED FROM SLE WHETHER IT WAS A CONCEPT. AN IDEA. FORWARD. I'M RIGHT EACH ONE DOWN.
I THINK WE HAVE SLR GOVERNANCE.
I SAID THREE, BUT YOU KNOW SOMETHING. YEAH.
APPARENTLY IT WILL PLAY IT FOR AN HOUR HOUR OF DEJECTED.
NO I DIDN'T PREPARE THE RIGHT WAY. WATCH. OH THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
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YEAH.YEAH, THERE'S ALWAYS. HMM. YEAH.
I'VE GOT REAL MONEY OVER HERE IN APRIL. GOODNESS. MY QUESTION. PETE AND EMINEM. WHEN THEY BRENTON. SHE'S GOT SOME OF HER OFFICE AND I CAN'T STOP THINKING, YOU KNOW. NO. CULTURE HMM. JUST GO. LITTLE LIGHT GONNA BE CUPS AND PEOPLE COMING. THE NEXT PERSON, I DON'T WANT THEM TO COME INTO CONTACT. OKAY MY COLLEGE ROOMMATE JULY. CURRENTLY THINKING FROM BIG BOX AT COSTCO.
YEP. MOST OF GOD'S GREAT PEOPLE. WOW. I GOT NOTHING TO GET IT. AND I LOVE JEFFREY.
AND JUST WHEN I. THE PRICE IS RIGHT IS STILL ON. LET'S MAKE A DEAL WITH THE ONE.
I WENT TO THE PRICE IS RIGHT. THE GIRL RIGHT BEHIND ME GOT CALLED UP. I WAS LIKE, IN THE VIDEO OF YOU. SLOW DOWN. YOU CAN SEE MY WHOLE HAIR GOES, MY HAIR GOES I'LL BE BACK AT HER. YEAH.
HOW DID SHE GET COLD? COULD YOU SEE IN THIS? WHAT'S THAT? I'LL MEET YOU JUST SAY THIS. YOU'RE NOT TELL SOMEBODY. IT'S A GOOD ANSWER WHERE THEY STUPID ANSWER, RIGHT? THAT'S NOT WHEN WHAT'S HIS NAME? LOOKS LIKE THAT COULD BE UP THERE AND THEN BEST HOST IS THE BEST HOST. YEAH, HE'S FANTASTIC. TO READ THEM HERE HERE. YES. AROUND THE TABLE. IN A BRAND NEW ONE. AGAIN. MY
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HANDS. OKAY SO ONE OF THE FIRST ONES, UM, PUT UP HERE WAS SPREAD TRANSITION TO THE WORKFORCE. AND THIS WAS THE PRESIDENT WAS A PRESENTATION BY LSD AND THEY HAVE SOMETHING CALLED PROJECT SEARCH AND ACTUALLY HAVE A FORMER CLIENT THAT IS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THIS WHERE THEIR DISTRICT PARTNERS WITH THE GAYLORD TEXAN. AND THEY SEND KIDS THAT THEY VETTED AND WHATNOT. AND THERE'S A WHOLE JOB OLYMPICS THING LIKE THERE'S A WHOLE PROCESS TO THIS, BUT THEIR KIDS ARE BEING EMPLOYED AFTER THEY GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL. SO WE HAVE 80% OF THE KIDS THAT WILL GRADUATE FROM ART FROM HIGH SCHOOL WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. I'M NOT GOING TO BE WORKING ON THE COUCH SOMEWHERE WATCHING TV. SO I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS MUCH AS WE CAN JOB COACH AND GET THOSE KIDS OUT THERE SO THEY CAN THEY ARE EMPLOYABLE AND THEY CAN GAIN INDEPENDENCE PAST GRADUATION. SO I PUT THAT BETWEEN VISION AND GOALS LIKE THAT WOULD BE A LOFTY GOAL. BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S SO IMPORTANT TO KIDS, AND WE TALK ABOUT OTHER STUDENT OUTCOMES. LIKE READING A MAP OF BLAH, BLAH. THESE KIDS DON'T HAVE THAT MEASUREMENT PER SE, SO THEIR STUDENT OUTCOME WOULD BE ARE THEY EMPLOYABLE? CAN THEY HAVE A JOB? CAN THEY BE INDEPENDENT? CAN THEY PAY THEIR BILLS? SO FOR ME, THAT'S BETWEEN LIKE A SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES LIKE WE'VE HAD THAT SYSTEM IN PLACE AND BETWEEN THE VISION AND GOAL AND ALSO PROGRESS AND ACCOUNTABILITY BECAUSE WE HOLDING STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS ACCOUNTABLE FOR ALL THE THINGS WE DON'T REALLY DO THAT EITHER. WE CAN'T LET THAT SLIDE TO SO HENCE RAISING THEIR SITTING ON THE COUCH. UNEMPLOYED UNDER 21 22 YEARS OLD. UM OH, AND THIS ONE. I JUST PUT ONGOING PROGRAM EVALUATIONS AND NOT JUST FOR SUPERINTENDENT OR WHOEVER, BUT JUST ARE WE USING THIS IS THIS MATH CURRICULUM WORKING IS ARE THE KIDS USING IT? ARE WE SPENDING THE RIGHT KIND OF MONEY ALL THOSE THINGS ALONG THE WAY. INSTEAD OF THROWING OUR HANDS AT HIM AS HE SCORES COME BACK TO US, AND WE'RE LIKE, WELL WHO'S GOT HIM THE DATA. SO ALONG THE WAY WOULD BE BETTER. AND THEN ON THE BOTTOM ONE I PUT FOR TEAMWORK. AND SYNERGY IS, UM UNIFIED, NOT UNIFORM. IN OTHER WORDS, WE ARE TOGETHER AS A TEAM. BUT WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY ALL THE SAME. SO THAT WAS THAT WAS A GOOD GOOD TAKE AWAY. JUST GONNA SIT DOWN. THANK YOU. OKAY? UM. I WAS REALLY FOCUSED AT SL ION SYSTEMS AND HOW WE DOING THINGS. UP TO MY MOUTH. WHY ARE WE EVEN DOING THIS? OUT OF CURIOSITY. IT'S NOT. YEAH, I KNOW. BUT IT'S WE HAVE NEVER RECORDED. IN ALL THE YEARS AND THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT THAT WORKS THAT HE SHOULD BE RE RECORDED. BUT ANYWAY, I'M HAPPY TO DO IT IF WE WANT TO DO IT, BUT THE REALITY IS THERE IS NO REASON TO DO IT. ANYWAY. SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES. UM. ONE OF THOSE SESSIONS THAT I ATTENDED WAS DEALING WITH SPECIAL ED. AND THEY TALKED ABOUT THAT. THERE ARE 270 SPECIFIC COMPLIANCE IS THAT ARE A PART OF THE SPECIAL ED DEPARTMENT. BUT THE BIGGEST SUGGESTION THEY SAID TO IMPROVE IS TO START FOCUSING ON YOUR EVALUATION PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS. MOST SCHOOL DISTRICTS AREN'T GETTING KIDS INTO SPECIALIZED AS MUCH AS WE NEED TO. AND SO THEY SAID THAT WE REALLY NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. UM THE ANOTHER ONE. THAT WAS REALLY INTERESTING, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT TRYING TO TRIM BUDGETING AND ALL OF THE VARIOUS PIECES AND LOOK AT THAT, THEY SAID. BENCHMARKING IS A PROCESS.TO USE FOR BUDGET EVALUATION AND TO TAKE A LOOK AS WE BEGIN TO SEE. I DIDN'T REALLY TALK. CALL IT ZERO BASED BUDGETING BUT REALLY TALKED ABOUT THE FOCUS ON MAKE SURE THAT YOUR FUNDING SPECIFICALLY ON YOUR PRIORITY ISSUES. HOW IS THIS DOLLAR? THAT YOU'RE PLAYING THE SPIN BEING, YOU KNOW, CONNECTED TO YOUR PRIORITIES. SO WHERE I PUT IT THIRD SOMETHING RATHER UM OH, THAT. A I IS IMPACTING OUR DISTRICT. MORE EVERY DAY AND IN EVERY WAY, AND SO WE NEED TO BE FINDING WAYS TO DEAL EFFECTIVELY . MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT POLICY AND THINGS IN PLACE TO DEAL WITH THE
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ISSUES I HAD. I GOTTA CONFESS. I HAD NEVER HEARD OF CHAT GPT. NOW I HAVE.YEAH. OKAY I HAVE A COUPLE TOO. ON A START WITH THE HR AND GENERATIONAL DIFFERENCES. THAT WAS AWESOME. ALL OF THE ONES I ATTENDED WERE AMAZING. EXCEPT ONE. I WASN'T A FAN OF IT, BUT WHATEVER HR AND GENERATIONAL DIFFERENCES TALKS ABOUT JUST IN GENERAL, THE SCOPE OF GENERATION Z MILLENNIALS BOOMERS, EVERYBODY ACROSS THE DISTRICTS, RIGHT. LIKE HOW OLD WHAT ARE WE DOING? ARE YOU GIVING EACH OTHER COMPASSION AND GRACE ON HOW THEY TREAT EACH OTHER? ARE WE BEING MORE EFFICIENT WITH ANYTHING? SO LIKE HIRING PROCESS? THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE IT'S MOBILE.
IT'S QUICKER. IT'S EASIER TO ACCESS IF YOU WANT TO RECRUIT YOUNGER YOU HIT A DIFFERENT WAY . WE CAN'T DO THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN. SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS SUPER IMPRESSIVE. UM SO ANOTHER ONE I WANT TO. I ACTUALLY WENT TO WORK, ENGAGING AND CONNECTING WITH SPANISH SPEAKERS. SO FROM MY UNDERSTANDING AS OF 2030. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 4.4 MILLION LATINOS LIVING IN TEXAS, WHICH IS INCREDIBLE. I THINK THAT'S CRAZY, BUT IT'S A LOT OF KIDS RIGHT UNDER THE AGE OF 18. AND SO, BASICALLY, THEY TALKED ABOUT HOW CAN WE ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR SPANISH SPEAKING FAMILIES, AND ONE OF THEM IS MAKING SURE WE TRANSLATE MAKING SURE WE HELP THE FAMILIES MAKING SURE WE TEACH IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH TO ENGAGE THEM RIGHT AND ANY MINORITY? IT DOESN'T JUST HAVE TO BE LATINOS. AND THE OTHER ONE WAS STUDENT VOICES.
AND THIS WAS AWESOME. SO TALK ABOUT A I THEY USED A I TO GET A STUDENT VOICE INTAKE. IT WAS SO COOL. YOU GENERATED IT FROM WHERE YOU'RE SITTING. YOU GIVE THEIR YOUR OPINION ON WHAT YOU THINK. AND IT GENERATES A BUBBLE, AND IT COMES UP WITH IDEAS. THAT WAS SO COOL. I MEAN TO HAVE OUR STUDENTS. USE A I IN A POSITIVE WAY AND JUST BRING THIS OUT IN THEM AND TO COLLABORATE ON WHAT THE ISSUES HAVE BEEN ON CAMPUS. THAT'S REALLY COOL TO ME. IT WAS REALLY COOL. I THOUGHT IT WAS AWESOME. I CAN GIVE YOU MORE DETAILS LATER AND THEN PARTNERSHIPS THAT WAS ALSO REALLY COOL BECAUSE, LIKE SHE'S ALREADY DOING IT, BUT POLICE OFFICERS ENGAGING WITH OUR COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY IN DRUG RELATED AREAS. IF A POLICE OFFICER CAN GO AND PLAY ON THE PLAYGROUND WITH THE FOURTH OR FIFTH GRADER. IT WILL CHANGE THEIR LIFE AND MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL. AND IF WE COULD ENGAGE MORE PARTNERSHIPS ON THAT ASPECT. IT WOULD HELP US SO MUCH . THEY TALKED ABOUT FRATERNITIES AND. UM AND ENGAGE WITH OUR STUDENTS. WE JUST SAY THAT AND GET THEM TO COME AND DO A PARTNERSHIP WITH US. SO THOSE ARE MINE. YOU'RE EXCITED THAT BOY. DO THAT RIGHT NOW. OKAY, MINE. I WENT TO ONE OF THE WHEN I THOUGHT WAS PRETTY IMPACTFUL WAS ON BRANDING YOUR DISTRICT AND IT WAS HOW RISOTTO YOU KNOW THEY WERE IN THE NEWS FOR FINANCIAL PROBLEMS AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS. AND SO EACH ONE OF THEIR BOARD MEMBERS TOOK A STAND ON WHAT THEY DID AS A BOARD TO REALLY BRAND THE COMMUNITY AND TO GO OUT THERE AND SAY YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD THIS IN THE PAST. WE'VE BEEN IN THE NEWS. WE'VE LOST THREE SUPERINTENDENTS . WE'VE DONE THIS AND THEY REALLY ALL TOOK A PIECE OF IT AND PROMOTED THE DISTRICT AND THAT IT WAS JUST PHENOMENAL. UM THE OTHER ONE I WENT TO WAS, UM WHAT? WHAT CAN WE SAY? AND IT WAS ABOUT BOARD MEMBERS. AND WHAT IS THE CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AND WHAT ISN'T AND, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS THINK THAT PERSONNEL MAY NOT BE CONFIDENTIAL, BUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO AND SO THAT WAS DONE BY LAW FIRM AND I THOUGHT IT WAS IT WAS STANDING ROOM ONLY IN THERE, SO I HAVE THE PRESENTATION AND SOMETIMES WE CAN GO OVER IT. AND THEN, UM, I WENT TO ANOTHER ONE ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND HOW, UM I THINK IT WAS MANSFIELD AND HOW THEY GOT ALL THE PARTNERSHIPS. WITH THEIR STEAM PROGRAM, SO IT WASN'T JUST WE LEARNED WELDING.
IT WAS WE LEARNED WELDING, AND WE KIND OF WHAT YOU WERE SAYING THAT LEON IT WAS NOW WE CAN EMPLOY YOU HERE AND A BIG PART OF THAT. WAS THERE SOME OF OUR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, SO I WENT TO. I JUST THOUGHT THEY WERE ALL JUST DYNAMIC SESSION. SO CANCEL THE GOLF QUIETLY.
YEAH, OKAY. OKAY? OKAY, SO, UM I APOLOGIZE. SO UH, BIGGER PICTURE FROM EL TASK B. I THINK THAT CAMARADERIE THAT YOU DEVELOP. WHEN YOU HAVE 24 OTHER TRUSTEES FROM ACROSS THE STATE FROM DISTRICTS FROM LIKE 100 KIDS TO 100,000 KIDS. UM I HAVE A NETWORK NOW OF PEOPLE THAT IF LIKE THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON IN OUR DISTRICT AND I'M LIKE. IS THERE A POLICY FOR THAT OR
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WONDER HOW THEY HANDLE THAT? OR HAVE THEY HAD TO DEAL WITH THIS? I HAVE A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT YOU CAN JUST REACH OUT TO AND LIKE WITHIN FIVE MINUTES, THEY ALL TEXT BACK. AND JUST EVEN THOUGH IF IT'S INFORMATION FOR MY BRAIN, BUT THEN I CAN GO ASK FOR MORE INFORMATION. IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK COULD HELP US AND I, THE EXPERIENCE BETWEEN THAT AND THEN GOING TO SCHOOLS ALL OVER THE STATE FROM THE PRISON SCHOOL. TWO SCHOOLS AT THE BORDER ALL DIFFERENT SIZES AND REALLY SEEING THAT NO MATTER WHERE THEY ARE IN TEXAS. EVERYBODY'S DOING GREAT THINGS FOR KIDS. AND THAT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THE AWESOME THINGS ARE HAPPENING, BUT ALSO THE STRUGGLES THAT EVERY DISTRICT HAS AND KNOWING THAT CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE COULD BE UNIQUE BUT MAY NOT BE UNIQUE AND THAT WE'RE ALL HAVE TO BE IN IT TOGETHER. AND THE MORE THAT WE CAN ADVOCATE WITH OUR LEGISLATURE TO HELP THEM, SEE THE STORY AND INVITE THEM INTO OUR SCHOOLS AND HOW CRITICALLY IMPORTANT IT IS TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE ENGAGED. SO KUDOS. TELL TAFFY BECAUSE, UM, IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE. I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO DO IT. UM AND THEN WHAT? A FEW OF THE THINGS THAT ALSO CAME OUT, WAS IDENTIFYING GOALS AND ALIGN THEM FROM THE TOP DOWN. SO WHEN WE SET GOALS WITH DR ELDREDGE, BRINGING THEM ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE CAMPUSES, SO THAT IT'S A UNIFIED GOAL, SO EVEN WHEN WE'RE DOING OUR ADOPTED TRUSTEE, OR WE'RE OUT AT CAMPUSES, WE ALL KNOW WHAT THE THREE PRIORITIES ARE, AND WE CAN EVEN HAVE CONVERSATIONS ON THE CAMPUSES.ABOUT HOW THOSE PRIORITIES ARE GOING. AND THEN THEY ALSO TALKED ABOUT HAVING AN ANNUAL MONITORING CALENDAR SO THAT IT'S NOT. WE SET THE GOAL AND THEN WE EVALUATE EIGHT OR NINE MONTHS LATER, BUT HAVING THE MONITORING CALENDAR ALONG THE WAY, SO WE KNOW WHAT WE EXPECT TO SEE BEFORE WE GET A YEAR LATER AND THE DATA SO THAT WAS REALLY POWERFUL. ANOTHER ONE WAS NEW TEACHER SUPPORT AND RECOGNIZING THE AMOUNT OF ALTERNATIVELY CERTIFIED TEACHERS WE HAVE AND THAT WE HAVE, LIKE 50% OF TEACHERS IN THE STATE OR ALTERNATIVELY CERTIFIED. AND OR NEW TEACHERS WITH LESS THAN FIVE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF MENTORSHIP AND DEVELOPING A PROGRAM TO ENSURE THAT OUR NEW TEACHERS ARE STAYING IN THE PROFESSION. YOU GUYS. CLEARLY IT'S A CHALLENGE TO KEEP THEM IN THE PROFESSION, BUT THEN ALSO RECOGNIZING THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING THROUGH THE TRADITIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS OF A FOUR YEAR UNIVERSITY BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL CERT, AND THAT WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY WHICH PROGRAM THEY'RE COMING FROM, AND TAILOR OUR SUPPORT TO THEM, BASED ON WHERE WHERE THEIR BACKGROUND IS. THAT WAS IMPORTANT. UM AND THE LAST ONE WAS A BOOK CALLED THE ART OF SMALL TALK. AND IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING BECAUSE THEY TALKED ABOUT NUMBER ONE, WHICH IS SOMETHING I'M NOT VERY GOOD AT, UM, ASKING PEOPLE THEIR NAME AND THEN STATING THEIR NAME BACK TO THEM. AND THEN MAKING IT A POINT TO IN THAT SAME CONVERSATION. REPEAT THEIR NAME TO THEM SAYS IT HELPS YOUR BRAIN. REMEMBER THE NAME AND THAT BEFORE YOU GO INTO AN ENVIRONMENT LIKE LET'S SAY WE'RE GOING TO A RIBBON CUTTING SOMEWHERE. YOU PRE THINK ABOUT WHAT QUESTIONS YOU'RE GOING TO ASK WHEN YOU SEE COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THAT SPACE . THINK ABOUT WHO YOUR AUDIENCE IS. AND THE TYPE OF QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT ASK. BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE THAT SMALL TALK CONVERSATION WHEN YOU REMEMBER THEIR NAME, AND YOU RESTATE IT, AND YOU ASK A SPECIFIC QUESTION, BECAUSE YOUR PRE THINKING WHO MIGHT BE IN THE ROOM IT WILL HELP YOU REMEMBER SOMETHING ABOUT THEM SO THAT THE NEXT TIME WHEN YOU SEE THEM YOU'RE MORE LIKELY TO KNOW THEIR NAME AND YOU'RE MORE LIKELY TO BE ABLE TO SAY LIKE, OKAY. HOW DID IT GO AT LOVEJOY LAST WEEK? I REMEMBER YOU WERE DOING THAT. AND THEN YOU BUILD THAT CONNECTION, AND THEN THEY SEE THAT YOU VALUE THEM MORE BECAUSE YOU REMEMBERED SOMETHING. SO IT'S A REALLY GOOD BOOK, THE ART OF SMALL TALK UM AND SO THAT WAS SOMETHING I'M WORKING ON. I'M NOT VERY GOOD AT IT, BUT. IT IS. OKAY I HAD ONE AT THE TOP. UM OKAY. THIS ONE WAS BRYAN COLLEGE STATION. DID A REALLY ACTUALLY SORRY, BRIAN BRIAN HONESTY DID A GREAT PRESENTATION ABOUT JUST THEIR BOARD INITIATIVES AND ORGANIZATION. I WAS. I WAS IMPRESSED WITH THEM ONE OF THEIR IDEAS THAT WAS A STATE OF THE DISTRICT THAT WAS INTERNAL FOR THE BOARD WAS PRESENTED TO THE BOARD BY THE CABINET MEMBERS AND CONTENT EXPERTS OF THE DISTRICT AND IT WAS ALL DATA DRIVEN. AND THEY DO THAT STATE OF THE DISTRICT PRIOR TO THEIR, UH GOAL SETTING MEETING, SO THAT WAY THEY HAVE, LIKE ALL OF THIS DATA PRESENTED TO THEM, AND THEN THEY GO. I GUESS LATER MEETING WHEN THEY DO THEIR GOAL SETTING, SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY GREAT.
AND THEN YOU'RE ALSO HEARING FROM THE CONTENT EXPERTS, WHICH IS REALLY GREAT, SO THAT WAS A REALLY COOL IDEA, AND THEN MY OTHER ONES AT THE BOTTOM. UM OKAY, SO YOU ALL KNOW I LOVE H E B. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, NOT THE GROCERY STORE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ONE OF THOSE. SO I CAN'T EVEN KNOW THAT I LOVE THEM BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ONE K VERY SAD. BUT A G B I S D. HAS IMPRESSED ME FOR YEARS. THEY'RE ACTUALLY THE ONES THAT INSPIRED US TO, UM PRESENT THIS PAST YEAR
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AND JUST EVERYTHING ABOUT THEM. I'M ALWAYS SO IMPRESSED, SO THEIR THEME THIS YEAR WAS THE SECRET SAUCE AND THEY PRESENTED AND I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NUMBER. IT WAS LIKE MAYBE 12 DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY CONSIDER THE SECRET SAUCE TO WHY THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL AS A BOARD AND DISTRICT AND IT'S JUST IT'S GOOD, COMMON SENSE STUFF. SO I SAT THROUGH THEIR SESSION AND THEY LAUGH. EVERY TIME I WALK IN THERE LIKE YOU COME TO ALL OF OUR SESSIONS EVERY YEAR, AND I'M LIKE, AND EVERY YEAR I LEARNED SOMETHING, BUT THIS YEAR I LEFT THERE AND I THOUGHT I THINK I WENT AND FOUND YOU, I SAID WE SHOULD DO A CASE STUDY ON THEM LIKE INSTEAD OF TAKING A BUNCH OF IDEAS FROM THEM AGAIN FROM ME. WHY DON'T WE AS A BOARD, CONSIDER, LIKE GOING AND MEETING WITH THEM AND GOING AND LISTENING TO ONE OF THEIR THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING AND JUST LEARNING, LIKE, DO A CASE STUDY AND THEN WE CAN ALL COLLABORATIVELY LISTEN AND LEARN RATHER THAN ME EVERY YEAR, SAYING LISTEN TO WHAT THEY TOLD US THIS YEAR. SO THIS YEAR, I LITERALLY SAID CASE STUDY ON H B. I THINK IT'D BE REALLY COOL. OKAY, HERE'S MY OTHER ONE.ANOTHER DISTRICT. DON'T REMEMBER WHO MANY TOWN HALL MEETINGS THAT THEY DO. THEY SEND THREE BOARD MEMBERS OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY. SPECIFIC AREAS, AND THEN THEY ROTATE SO THAT IT'S THREE DIFFERENT BOARD MEMBERS EVERY TIME AND IT'S THREE DIFFERENT AREAS, AND THEY JUST DO A LITTLE TOWN HALL MEETINGS ON THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS A REALLY COOL IDEA. WAY TO GET US ALL OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, IN A WAY FOR US TO MIX AND MINGLE AMONG BOARD MEMBERS TO IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY. THAT'S IT. YEAH. OKAY MINE. UM, WERE MY.
THE ADVOCACY ENGAGEMENT. UM ABOUT TRAINING. OTHER STUDENT AMBASSADORS AND PARENTS ARE OUR PARTNERS. YOU KNOW, AND WE CAN UTILIZE THEM. WE CAN USE THEM. WE CAN USE THEM, BUT I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LOT, BUT WE CAN USE THEM AS OUR PARTNERS AND WHEN WE ENGAGE THEM THEY WANTED THEY WANT THEY WANT THAT. BUT SINCE THE RELATIONSHIP LACKS, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR MORE AND WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO GET TO THEM AS FAR AS THE LATINOS AND AMERICAN AMERICA OR TEXAS, TEXAS, YOU SAID. 4.4 MILLION AND IF THERE'S 5.5 MILLION STUDENTS THINK ABOUT THE LANGUAGE. WE'RE NOT SPEAKING. THE COMMUNICATION AND THAT CAN BE APPLIED TO ALL NATIONS AND OUR SPED KIDS.
SPECIALLY SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOT SPEAK THEIR LANGUAGE. BUT HAVE THAT GRACE AND COMPASSION.
AND NOT AND REMOVE THE FRUSTRATION FOR THEM, NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT WE NEED FROM THEM. ANOTHER THING WOULD BE MEETING THEM WHERE THEY ARE WHEN IT COMES TO OUR ENROLLMENT. UH GOING OUT TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS . YOU KNOW, IT WAS BARRIOS THE AREAS THAT THEY CALL HOME THAT MAYBE WE DON'T ENTER. AS A SOCIETY. BUT MEETING ALL CULTURES WHERE THEY ARE AND UNDERSTANDING THEIR NEEDS AND THEIR WAY AND BEING ABLE TO CREATE A LANGUAGE THAT HELPS US HELP THEM BECAUSE IF WE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY NEED WILL NEVER NEVER COMMUNICATE. SO THE APARTMENT THING WAS A REALLY BIG THING TO GO INTO NORTH NORTH DALLAS, WHICH IS THE CAROLS AND BECAME THE AREA HUGE, HUGE OVER THERE. I MEAN, WE REALLY SHOULD GO OUT THERE AND SET UP.
ENROLLMENT TENT. BECAUSE THEY'LL COME OUT OF THE WOODWORK. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THERE'S SOMEONE'S THERE TO LISTEN TO THEM. AND WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY KIDS THERE REALLY ARE. ESPECIALLY BEHIND THE PRESTON WENT BAPTIST CHURCH . YOU KNOW, THESE WERE ALL IDEAS THAT YOU KNOW, REACHING THEM MEETING THEM WHERE THEY ARE. AND THEY NEED US. YOU KNOW, THEY WANT TO BE REACHED OUT TO AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR THOSE COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS. OF COURSE. UH, I PUT DOWN UM.
TRAINING OTHERS THE STUDENT AMBASSADORS, YOU KNOW, THE KIDS IN OUR DISTRICT CAN TELL US EVERYTHING WE WANT TO KNOW, BUT THEY HAVE TO HAVE CONFIDENCE IN US AND THEY HAVE TO KNOW THAT IT'S OKAY TO SHARE. YOU KNOW IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE BECAUSE I THINK THAT THE CULTURE OF THE POPULATION OF THE PARENTS, THEY CHANGED THE KIDS CHANGE. BUT IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT COMMUNICATION WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO NOT REACHED THEM AND KNOW WHAT THEIR TRUE NEEDS ARE. TEAM BUILDING. I WROTE DOWN TEAM BUILDING A COMMON VISION AND GOALS. OF COURSE. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT WITH UK, WHICH IS GREAT, AND THAT'S I WAS JUST RIGHT. RIGHT ON THAT AND THEN WHERE'S MY OTHER ONE? OF COURSE, OUR SPED KIDS TO YES, THERE'S SO MANY GREAT PROGRAMS OUT THERE. I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF VERY INVOLVED IN THAT. BUT AGAIN, THEIR PARENTS ARE PARTNERS AND THEY NEED US. YOU KNOW, IF YOU GO TO THE GRADUATIONS AT MARY GRIMES, IF YOU SIT WITH THE CHILDREN AND
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THEIR FAMILIES, YOU KNOW THEY NEED PEOPLE TO HAVE COMPASSION FOR THEIR CHILDREN BECAUSE THEY ARE STUDENTS, AND THEY SHOULD BE VISUALIZED 100. BUT THE REST OF THE POPULATION THAT MEANS GLORIFYING THEIR GRADUATIONS, THEIR JOBS WHAT THEY DO THEIR PROGRAMS BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'RE NOT 100. ARE ACCURATELY ACKNOWLEDGED. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY ONLY KNOW WHAT THEY KNOW. AND LIKE KIM SHARED IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THEIR GRADES, AND THEY ARE GREAT PERFORMERS. FOR ME, IT'S THEIR PERFORMANCE. AND THE RESPECT AND . YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL HIM 10 TIMES. I MEAN, HONESTLY, THEY LOVE YOU. THEY ADORE YOU. THEY WANT TO BE WITH YOU AND I WANT TO PLEASE YOU. CAN'T WAIT TO BE WITH YOU. SOMEONE TO, YOU KNOW, ACKNOWLEDGE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY'RE IN THE ROOM. AND THEY'RE AND THEY'RE JUST FULL OF LIVE AND THEY LIGHT UP AND JUST YOU KNOW, MY HEART THEY HAVE MY HEART. OKAY. I THINK THAT WAS IT. TEAM BUILDING, COMMON VISION AND GOALS, TRAINING. OTHERS PARENTS, STUDENT AMBASSADORS. AND. I ALSO SAID IN THE RISOTTO, UM. AND THAT'S WHERE I CAME UP WITH CHANGING PARENT ATTITUDES. OUR OPINIONS CHANGES THE KIDS BECAUSE THEY HAD A DEVASTATING SITUATION. JUST SOTO AND NOW THEY'RE ON FIRE. I MEAN, THEY HAVE REALLY DONE TURN IT AROUND, AND IT'S ALL PARENT COMMUNICATION BECAUSE OF THE PARENTS GET IT, AND WE'VE SUPPLIED THEM ALL THE INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED THEN THE KIDS ARE GOING TO BE OKAY. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, YOU KNOW THERE'S CRISES AND ALL THEY'RE DOING IS TALKING ABOUT CRISIS. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GONNA GET FOR THE KIDS. KEVIN REBELLING.THEY'RE NOT GOING TO WANT TO LEARN. AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA HAVE MORE ISSUES THAN YOU CAN HANDLE. SO ANYWAY DECIDED WAS AWESOME AND AWESOME TURNAROUND. BUT I THINK THAT'S ALL MINE.
YEAH. OH, THAT'S. WELL, YOU HAVEN'T GONNA IN LONGVIEW. STARTED. NAME. RADIO PROGRAM.
AND METROPLEX. I S D JUST ENTERED INTO A STREAMING PARTNERSHIP. MEMBERSHIP FOR SPORTS 13 YEAR OLD THAT GETS SIGNED. YES ROUTINE. THE THAT IS NOT JUST FOOTBALL ANYMORE, OR AMERICANS WERE INVOLVED. OKAY SO AS I MENTIONED I DIDN'T PREPARE CORRECTLY FOR THIS. I HAD GONE BACK THROUGH MY NOTES AND HIGHLIGHTED SOMETHING FROM EACH OF MY SESSIONS. AND THEN I WENT THROUGH AND IDENTIFIED. WHAT THOSE WHAT THE THREE KIND OF TRENDS WERE OF WHAT I HAD SEEN AND THEN WENT BACK THROUGH THE HIGHLIGHTS AND PUT EACH ONE OF THOSE INTO THE TREND. ONE OF THE THREE TRENDS SO IN A QUICK PIVOT . MY TRENDS WERE MONITOR EFFICIENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY MONITOR. WE HAVE TO BE BETTER. WE DON'T DO IT. WELL UM, EFFICIENCY, AND THAT'S BOTH AS TEAMWORK AND SYNERGY AND SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES THAT'S BUSINESS AND ACCOUNTABILITY. MOST IMPORTANTLY, BOARD ACCOUNTABILITY SUPERINTENDENT STAFF AND STUDENT ACCOUNTABILITY. AS WELL. VERY EFFICIENT. VERY CATCHY. ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT UM, EFFICIENCY. ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT IT. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW LONG YOU'RE ON THE BOARD MEETINGS LAST BUT HOW CAN YOU STREAMLINE THOSE AS WELL? TO WEAR AND I'M NOT LOOKING AT ANYBODY IN PARTICULAR WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS YOU THINK ABOUT, AND, UM I KNOW YOU DID. I COULD I COULD SEE FROM OVER HERE BECAUSE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, UM, STUDENT OUTCOMES, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY FOCUS ON AND LONE STAR GOVERNANCE AND GREAT ON THEIR BEHALF. IS ACTUALLY A REALLY GOOD BOOK. YEAH. IT'S REALLY GOOD, GREAT ON THEIR BEHALF. AND IT COMES ON AN AUDIO BOOK. ACTUALLY I KNOW I'M LYING. I'M SORRY. IT CAME ON A KINDLE BOOK THAT I BOUGHT FOR 99 CENTS WHEN IT WAS ON SALE. BUT I ALSO HAVE THE HARD, HARD COPY.
BUT IT'S A REALLY GOOD BOOK, AND IT TALKS ABOUT STUDENT OUTCOMES . BUT IT ALSO TALKS ABOUT, UM, HOW MUCH TIME IN YOUR BOARD MEETINGS. ARE YOU ACTUALLY SPENDING ON STUDENT OUTCOMES? SO IT'S YOU KNOW, THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS YOU HAVE TO DO. AND A LOT OF THAT IS UNCONSENTED AGENDA.
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YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA YOU GOTTA LOOK AT THE FINANCES. YOU GOT TO DO THESE THINGS. BUT OUTSIDE OF THOSE REQUIRED THINGS. HOW MUCH TIME ARE YOU SPENDING TALKING ABOUT? STUDENT OUTCOMES. SO YEAH. OKAY? WHAT ELSE? MADAM PRESIDENT? WHAT ELSE DO WE DO WITH THIS? LIKE IDEA. SUPPORTING. ALMOST. AREA. SO. I THINK LAST YEAR. IN THE.I DID NOTICE THAT WERE VERY EVEN THIS YEAR, WHEREAS I GOT LAST YEAR WE ALL HAD THIS LIST OF THINGS THAT THIS IS WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING. GOING TO THE COUNCIL MEETINGS, DOING ALL THOSE THINGS AND TALKING ENGAGING GOING TO ALL THE THINGS BUT THIS YEAR OF PRETTY EVEN. I THINK PART OF IT BECAUSE WE'RE DOING SOME OF THOSE THINGS. WE'RE DOING SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE IDENTIFIED LAST YEAR. EVEN WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH THAT KIND OF FOR THINGS THAT ARE HALT FOR SIX MONTHS. WHAT? WE'RE DOING THEM ALREADY, SO WE'RE GETTING OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY WAS WE'RE GOING TO CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS. SHE'S GOING TO CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
BUT FOR DOING THE THINGS THAT WE SAID WE WANTED TO DO SO I THINK PART OF THAT. WE'RE MEETING THOSE GOALS AND THAT'S AWESOME. YES. YEAH.
THE WHOLE COMMITTEE CALLED THE CREEP COMMITTEE, AND I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THE ACRONYM STOOD FOR NOW, BUT IT WAS THE PEOPLE WHO COME INTO THE BACK OF THE ROOM AT THE END OF THE SESSION TO GET THE NUMBER OR WORSE YET, WHO WALK OUT AND PEOPLE WOULD BE LIKE A DRUG DEAL IN FRONT OF ME, PEOPLE GO. DID YOU GET A NUMBER FROM THAT SESSION THIS MORNING? IT'S LIKE, REALLY LIKE I TEACH ETHICS, DO YOU NOT GRASP BUT THIS IS A STUDENTS DID THIS WE WOULD CALL IT CHEATING. SO YEAH, IT IS HUGE TO ME THAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY GO AND GO TO SESSIONS. AND I WENT TO, UM, A CONFERENCE WHEN I FIRST BECAME A NEW SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER AND NATIONAL CONFERENCE. AND THERE HAD BEEN THEY HAD A VIDEO BECAUSE A TELEVISION STATION HAD FOLLOWED THEIR BOARD MEMBERS. WHO DIDN'T GO TO THE CONFERENCE AND WHO WENT SHOPPING AND WHO WENT TO VISIT THEIR RELATIVES. AND I WAS LIKE, OH, MY GOD, I WAS LIKE, SCARED STRAIGHT. NOT THAT I WASN'T GOING TO GO. BUT IT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT WHEN YOUR DISTRICT IS SENDING YOU THAT YOU NOT ONLY SHOW UP, BUT I LOVE THAT THAT YOU'RE EXCITED, AND YOU'RE LIKE I HAD THAT DOWN TO AND YEAH, THAT WAS GREAT, BECAUSE THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT. YOU KNOW, IT'S INFECTIOUS. Y'ALL. WHEN YOU ARE LIFELONG LEARNERS, YOU CAN THEN EXPECT YOUR STAFF AND YOUR STUDENTS TO DO THAT. I'M IMPRESSED. THAT WAS
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FUN. AND I'VE ACTUALLY NEVER HAD A BOARD THAT DID THAT. JUST SO YOU KNOW. NOW THAT. THAT WAS AMAZING. AND I WAS THERE IN THE BACK. YES YOU WERE THE ONE THAT, UM FORWARD. YEAH. I DID, RIGHT? I CAME TO GET THE NUMBER WHEN I WAS A BOARD MEMBER AND I WOULD PRESENT SESSIONS. I WOULD FORGET TO PUT MY OWN NUMBER IN ANY WAY. YEAH, THAT'S PROBABLY WHY THEY DON'T. I'M NOT A BOARD MEMBER ANYMORE. BUT ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS? STANDS OUT. THAT. CAN YOU NAME THAT, TOO? YOU HAVE TO TAKE THIS. OKAY. I HAVE MY PHONE. OKAY SO IDENTIFYING GOALS AND ALIGNING THEM FROM THE TOP DOWN. IDENTIFYING GOALS AND ALIGNING THEM FROM THE TOP DOWN WITH AN ANNUAL MONITORING CALENDAR. STATE OF THE DISTRICT PRESENTATION. TO THE BOARD BY CABINET OR CONTENT EXPERTS TO SUPPORT THE BOARD PRIORITIES MEETING. BRANDING MONITOR. SPENT TRANSITION TO WORKFORCE. WHAT CAN WE SAY? BOARD MEMBERS AND CONFIDENTIALITY. HR AND GENERATIONAL DIFFERENCES.COMPLIANCE WITH SPECIAL EDUCATION. AND A FOCUS ON EVALUATION. BENCHMARKING IN THE BUDGET. EFFICIENCY NEW TEACHER SUPPORT AND ALL CERTIFICATION. A I AND ITS IMPACT ON THE DISTRICT ONGOING PROGRAM EVALUATIONS, ACCOUNTABILITY. MANY TOWN HALL MEETINGS. TRAINING OTHERS, INCLUDING STUDENT AMBASSADORS, ENGAGING CONNECTING WITH THE SPANISH SPEAKERS. STUDENT VOICE.
PARTNERSHIPS, INCLUDING FRATERNITIES, SORORITIES AND LAW ENFORCEMENT. CONSIDER A CASE.
STUDY OF HCB UNIFIED, NOT UNIFORM COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, TEAM BUILDING, COMMON VISION AND GOALS. THE FINE ART OF SMALL TALK. LAST YEAR THERE. YEAH. YOU SEE STACKS. WELL. IT'S JUST LAST . I GUESS IT WAS EASIER BECAUSE THEN YOU COULD SAY, OKAY, VISION. BUT WE'D LIKE TO WORK ON SUBJECT BASED ON I'M HAVING TROUBLE STACKING. SO EVEN WHEN I WAS SAYING. DO YOU SEE A SEA STACKS? IT'S FINE. COME ON. OH, YEAH, YOUR PHONE'S RIGHT THERE. SOLAR. SCORE. STUDENT AMBASSADOR, STUDENT VOICE. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. PARTNERSHIPS. THIS RIGHT? COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. HMM. COMMON VISION AND GOALS. GOES WITH IDENTIFYING GOALS AND UNIFYING THEM. UNIFIED NOW. HMM. OH, YEAH, SHE SAID YES. YEP. YEAH.
IT'S LIKE BOARD. WHAT CAN WE SAY? LIKE CONFIDENTIALITY? WASN'T THERE ENOUGH? SPREAD TRANSITION TO THE WORKFORCE, AND THEN COMPLIANCE WAS SPED. SO SPREAD RELATED THINGS. COULD BE
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ACCOUNTABILITY. NOTHING ABILITIES. AND COULDN'T THAT GO WITH GOALS? IN WITH THE GOALS.THAT'S LIKE ONE WHOLE THING. WHAT CAN WE SAY? WHAT CAN WE SAY? HR GENERATIONAL DIFFERENCES. BAD. I CAN'T READ THAT. OH BENCHMARKING ROLE IN BUDGETING EFFICIENCY, NEW TEACHER SUPPORT AND ALTERNATIVE CERTIFICATION TEACHER EXCHANGE. GOING BACK TO WHAT WE ALREADY HAD. WE HAD UM, SUPPORTING STAFF. WHERE'S YOUR LIST? ATTENDANCE AND ENROLLMENT.
EFFICIENCIES WITH FINANCES. PARTNERING FOR CLIMATE AND CULTURE. AND STUDENT OUTCOMES WITH READING AND SPECIAL EDUCATION. SO WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS LIST? IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT LIST OR THESE THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY ENGAGED IN THAT? IT'S A VERY MUCH ENGAGED WITH WHAT YOU'RE ALREADY DONE. OKAY? OKAY, THEN WE DON'T NEED TO ADD ANYTHING.
WE JUST KEEP THESE THINGS IN THE BACK OF OUR HEAD. MANY OF NOT IN MY HEAD. YEAH, OKAY. UM SO THEN THE ONLY OTHER THING WAS LAST YEAR. UM HOW HE HELPED ME. GO LOOK IN THE MEETING MINUTES TO CONFIRM. OUR GOALS WERE UM, THE GOVERNANCE CORE BOOK STUDY. WHICH WE GOT THROUGH THREE. IF YOU HAVE TO. AND FOUND A SUPERINTENDENT, SO THAT'S A WAY TO WIN. UM SO THAT WAS ONE OF OUR GOALS. DO WE HAVE? DO WE WANT TO CONTINUE THAT GOAL? AS A BOARD TO CONTINUE READING THE GOVERNANCE CORE. SO WE CAN FINISH IT. I THINK IT HAS SEVEN CHAPTERS. DON'T QUOTE ME. YOU MIGHT HAVE READ IT BEFORE. YOU GUYS CAN GIVE ME A CLIFF NOTES VERSION OF THE FIRST CHAPTERS.
OH, OKAY? YEAH. SO YES TO CONTINUING ON GOVERNANCE. FINISH IT. FINISH WHAT WE SAID TO DO.
YES, OKAY. UM THE SECOND ONE WAS ATTENDING CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS. AND WE LIKE TIPPED THE TOE IN THAT BECAUSE WE TOLD THE COMMUNITY ABOUT, UM THE SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH AND WE ASKED FOR VERY INPUT, SO WE WENT TO A CITY COUNCIL MEETING. BUT NOW FOR ANY PLACE. IN THE SHARE THAT YOU'VE BEEN AND SO I WENT TUESDAY NIGHT AND SHARE JUST AN UPDATE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING AT THE CARROLLTON CITY COUNCIL. AND I GOT GREAT FEEDBACK, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THE CITY COUNCIL SAID WAS YOU SHOULD BRING A PRINCIPLE WE COULD BRING A BOARD MEMBER. AND SO I THINK THAT WAS JUST GREAT INPUT FROM THEM THAT WE WANT TO NOW SEE THE PEOPLE THAT WORK IN THE ORGANIZATION, SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS GREAT THANKS TO SHARE. SO HOWEVER, LIKE CONTINUING THAT, BUT ALSO PUT A SCHEDULE TOGETHER. TO GET INTO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS TO SHARE UPDATES BECAUSE WE ALSO HAVE MULTIPLE MUNICIPALITIES TO COVER YEAH. I THINK WE SHOULD. I THINK THAT SHOULD DEFINITELY BE A GOAL. I THINK THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WHATEVER IS WE'RE SHARING. WE'RE KIND OF AGREEING THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SHARING AS FAR AS, LIKE. SO THAT THE NEXT PERSON CAN FOLLOW UP WITH WHATEVER THAT PERSON SAID BEFORE THEY WERE STAYING ON THE SAME TRACK. SO LIKE HAVE CATEGORIES LIKE. FRENCH THING. BUT THAT'S WHAT I MEAN. YEAH THERE SHE IS. RIGHT BUT JUST HAVING LIKE, JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL SAYING SOME OF THEM SIMILAR CONTINUITY OF COMMUNICATION EXACTLY. YEAH, A LITTLE UPDATE, BOOM BOOM BOOM. SO DRIVEN BY THE ADMINISTRATION SUPPORTED BY THE BOARD. YES, OKAY. ARE WE GOOD WITH THAT? OKAY THE OTHER ONE THAT WE PUT ON HOLD WAS TOWN HALL MEETINGS BECAUSE WE NEED TO HIRE A SUPERINTENDENT. AND SO WE HAD SAID, AND I THINK IT'S 2023 0. THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. WE SHOULD TARGET THAT FOR 23 24. AND THEN NO OPPOSITE 21 22 TARGETED FOR LAST YEAR, AND THEN WE HIRED A SUPERINTENDENT, SO WE DIDN'T GO TO TOWN HALL MEETINGS. UM BUT I WOULD LIKE TO LIKE THAT'S SOMETHING WE SAID WE WOULD CONSIDER DOING IN THE FUTURE. HOW IMPORTANT IS THAT? AND WHY? WHAT WOULD BE THE PURPOSE? KNOWING ALL THESE GOALS WE ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE. I THINK IT'S LESS IMPORTANT NOW AND
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MAINLY BECAUSE WENDY IS GETTING HERSELF OUT THERE TO THE ROTARY CLUB. TO YOU KNOW THE COUNCIL MEETINGS TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS , SO SHE'S KIND OF DOING THAT ALREADY ON A SMALLER SCALE, SO I THINK MAYBE WE'RE SHE'S COVERING THAT AT THIS TIME. IT'S REALLY TO GET ANOTHER SUPERINTENDENT, WHAT WE'RE DOING. GIVING QUESTIONS, PROBLEMS OR CONCERNS . YOU KNOW, HERE'S THE PEOPLE WHO COME TO. HERE'S YOUR VISUAL. I THINK ALL THAT'S HAPPENING. THANKS TO OUR GREAT COMMUNICATION PERSON AND OUR SUPERINTENDENT BECAUSE SHE'S DOING THOSE THINGS. SORRY.AND I THINK IF THERE'S A TOPIC THAT'S THAT'S DIFFERENT STORY VERSUS BEING A COMPLAINT SESSION OR THEM TALKING TO US ABOUT WHAT? WHAT'S HAPPENING? YEAH.
BECAUSE THEY DON'T. YEAH. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, ALL THOSE THINGS.
THEY'RE OPEN. THEM TOGETHER. OR LIKE. AND I'LL BE YES. TOO MUCH OF IT.
IN THE WORD FLASH TATTOOS. SHOULD BE GRABBED. LIKE WHAT IS THAT AMERICAN? THERE YOU GO. I THINK ABOUT INFORMATION. LIKE THIS. OH, NUMBER. LET ME TEXT YOU WHENEVER IT'S READY. THAT'S THE THING. FORWARD. YEAH, TECHNOLOGY TO OUR BENEFIT. SO IS THAT ARE THE TOWN HALL MEANS OUR GOALS OR IS THAT THE ADMINISTRATION AND STAFF CALLS AND WE'RE SUPPORTING? HOW WOULD WE? HOW DO YOU HOW WOULD WE ENGAGE WITH THAT KIND OF A MEETING WAS TALKING ABOUT ENROLLMENT LIKE I GUESS MY VISION WOULD BE THAT PEOPLE HAVE DISRUPTED STAND UP AND. OKAY? FOR BEING SUPPORTIVE. THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING, YOU KNOW? A SELLING. YEAH. I WAS JUST WONDERING WHAT I WAS TRYING TO GET THAT OUR GOAL OR IS THAT A GOAL FOR THE ADMINISTRATION? THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO JUST DIFFERENTIATE AND WE'RE GOING TO SUPPORT YOU FOR WHATEVER IT IS, BUT THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING. IT IS DEFINITELY PARTNERSHIP.
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RIGHT THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO GET AT. IT WAS FUN. OKAY? SPECIAL THINGS. RIGHT THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I'M TRYING TO. THAT'S WHAT I'M JUST TRYING TO GATHER WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO OUR PERSPECTIVE.YES WHAT HAPPENS IMPORTANT DO I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT. IN THEIR LIBRARY THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER. AND INVITED ALL THE. AND THEY LEFT.
REQUIRED. I LIKE IT BETTER. ARE THE BETTER. WE'RE GOING TO FIX THAT.
IT'S IMPROVED. IT'S NOT ITS NOT EFFICIENT. YEAH. EXCEL IS NOT A CALENDAR.
YES. RIGHT. YOU'RE ASKING TERRIBLE ANSWER. YEAH DO YOU FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT THAT? BECAUSE WITHOUT HAVING THE. WELL, IT PUTS IT ON THE CALENDAR CHANGES. NO, I DON'T. YOU DON'T . I'M LOOKING AT OUTLOOK FOR WHERE I HAVE TO BE. IN AN EXCEL SPREADSHEET. OKAY I TOTALLY AGREE. THERE'S BEEN ONE PLACE WHEN YOU'RE ON A CELL PHONE. OR FOUR PAGES. WHEN WE COME BACK AND SEE WHAT IS THAT? UH HUH. COME BACK, OKAY. BUT THE POINT WAS TO SEE WHO OTHER BOARD
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MEMBERS WERE GOING TO BE THERE TO ENSURE THAT'S COVERAGE OF THAT WAS A PRIORITY FOR PEOPLE THAT ME PERSONALLY, I DON'T CARE. I'M EITHER GOING TO GO OR NOT GO IF YOU WERE THERE. GREAT.I GET TO SEE YOU IF YOU'RE NOT I'LL SEE YOU AT THE NEXT ONE, YOU KNOW, BUT UM THAT'S NOT A PRIORITY FOR ME. BUT IF IT IS A PRIORITY OF YOUR OTHER, I MEAN, I THINK THAT NOT AN ARSON. BUT ATTRACTING SORRY. IF THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING. I REALLY YEAH. I LIKE IT JUST DESCENDS IN RIGHT JUST ONE ON ONE PLACE. IT'S MUCH EASIER.
YEAH THAT'S WHAT TRULY DID LAST YEAR AND I LOVED IT WAS LIKE NO NO, NO. YES, I LOVE IT. YOU DO HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU STAY SIN RESPONSE BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T STAY, SEND RESPONSE.
ALLERGIC, NO INDICATION MINISTRATIONS. THAT YOU'VE RESPOND. ATTENDING NO RESPONSE.
YEAH. OR SHOPPING AT YEAH. POOR D. LIKE YOURSELF. NO, THAT WAS. SUPPORT.
RIGHT I KNOW IT . BRIAN. YEAH LARRY SEAT. YEAH. HE WOULD NOT LARRY. THE CRS S YES. COMMISSION TO SEE RSS. OKAY, BECAUSE I DON'T SEE THAT ANYWHERE ON HERE. THIS IS THE ONE THAT WE DID. DURING, UM. NOT GOING BACK. IT'S A LINE. THESE FIVE CATEGORY. THE ITEM.
AND YOU RAPED THAT. FANTASTIC. I CAN'T GET.
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VERY GRATEFUL.ARE YOU GOING TO GIVE US A COPY OF THE NOTES FROM LAST YEAR? IS THAT WHAT YOU HAVE? THAT WOULD HELP US BREAK IT DOWN FOR TASMAN DOES CORRECT. SHE HAD POT STACK. I THOUGHT.
WE HAVE HIGHER STANDARDS. JUST. YES. WHERE THE GRAY WITH THAT EVEN EVEN THOUGH I DIDN'T PARTICIPATE LAST YEAR, IN THAT PROCESS, THERE IS VALUE CONSISTENCY.
I AGREE WITH THAT THESE TWO YEARS IN A ROW THE SAME THING. YEAH.
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