Nov 02, 2023 School Board Meeting- Regular Meeting

[1. Call to Order]

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I CALL THIS REGULAR MEETING OF THE CARROLLTON FARMERS BRANCH I S D BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO ORDER AT SEVEN PM ON NOVEMBER 2ND 2023. BOARD MEMBERS, DISTRICT STAFF MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE. YOU ARE FREE TO JOIN ME IN STANDING AS REVEREND ROY THOMAS FROM ST ANDREWS EPISCOPALIAN CHURCH PROVIDES A MESSAGE FOLLOWED BY THE LEADING OF THE PLEDGES BY CREEK VIEW HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS CARSON HILL LEADING THE PLEDGE TO THE U. S FLAG AND EVELYN ESTRADA LEADING THE PLEDGE TO THE TEXAS STATE FLAG. LET US PRAY. ALMIGHTY GOD, CREATOR OF LIFE. THE SOURCE OF OUR WISDOM. AND THEN THE ETERNAL LOVE THAT BINDS US TOGETHER ACROSS THE GENERATIONS. THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER TOGETHER WITH ONE HEART. ONE MIND ONE SPIRIT. FOR THE BUILDING UP OF OUR CITIES. AND FOR THE STRENGTHENING OF OUR COMMUNITIES. WE ASK YOUR ANOINTING UPON THE CITY OF CARROLLTON AND THE CITY OF FARMERS BRANCH. WE THANK YOU FOR THE CITY COUNCILS THAT SERVE US. ESPECIALLY MAYOR STEVE BABAK.

MAYOR TERRY LYNN. FOR ALL THOSE WHO LORD WHO WORKED BEHIND THE SCENES TO MAKE OUR CITY A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE FLOURISH AND DREAMS ARE FULFILLED. WE THANK YOU FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, ESPECIALLY FOR DR WENDY ELDRIDGE AND ALL DISTRICT LEADERSHIP. WE THANK YOU FOR STAFF AND EVERY DEPARTMENT THOSE WHO CLEAN OUR CAMPUSES. THOSE WHO WORK IN THE KITCHEN. THOSE IN EVERY SINGLE AREA. WHO SERVE. WITH GREAT HEART, GREAT COMMITMENT AND GREAT LOVE. WE PRAY FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS ARE MEDICAL WORKERS ARE POLICE OR FIREMEN AND EVERYONE LORD WHO PUTS THEIR LIFE ON THE LINE TO PROTECT US AND OUR DISTRICT. WE THANK YOU, LORD, FOR ALL OUR TEACHERS BLESS OUR TEACHERS ANOINTED MY LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THEIR GREAT CONTRIBUTION TO THE FUTURE OF.

TO THIS COUNTRY OF THIS COUNTY AND OF THE CITY'S LORD, WE THANK YOU, ESPECIALLY FOR ALL THE PARENTS AND WE ASK. OH LORD, THAT YOU BLAST ESPECIALLY SINGLE MOMS, SINGLE DADS. THOSE FAMILIES WHO ARE STRUGGLING IN THE MIDST OF POVERTY THAT YOU WOULD BE THE HOPE. THE LIGHT UPON A HILL LORD, A REFUGE FOR THOSE WHO ARE SUFFERING. PRAY, ESPECIALLY FOR STUDENTS, OR THAT YOU WOULD BLESS THEM THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM A SENSE OF SAFETY. A SENSE THAT THEY ARE ACCEPTED FOR WHO THEY ARE, AND THAT YOU WOULD ENCOURAGE US ALL LORD EVERY INDIVIDUAL HERE TONIGHT AND THOSE WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT. THAT WE WOULD LORD GIVE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE AND THAT WE WOULD GIVE RESPECT FOR EVERY LIFE. WE STAND BEFORE YOU AND WE GIVE YOU OURSELVES. WE GIVE YOU OUR LIVES, AND WE JUST PRAY THAT YOU WOULD BIND US TOGETHER, SO THAT LAW TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A BETTER TOMORROW, BEGINNING WITH LOVING EACH OTHER. TODAY WE PRAY ALL THIS AND THE PRECIOUS NAME OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR. JESUS CHRIST. WE PRAY AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG. OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THE TEXAS PLEDGE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. WELCOME EVERYONE. THANK YOU TO OUR CREEK FOOD HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND REVEREND THOMAS FOR THE WELCOME THIS EVENING. UM IT IS NOVEMBER. WE HAVE MADE IT THROUGH OUR FIRST COLD SPELL AND WE'RE COMING BACK OUT. AND IT IS A SEASON OF BEING THANKFUL. AND SO I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS TO OUR DISTRICT LEADERSHIP AS WE JUST FINISHED OUR PRINCIPAL APPRECIATION MONTH FOR THE GREAT EFFORTS. THEY'RE MAKING OUR SCHOOLS TO REALLY SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF. SO THANK YOU AGAIN PRINCIPLES AND AS WE ENTER THIS SEASON OF THANKFULNESS HOPE THAT WE CAN ALL TAKE TIME THIS MONTH TO REALLY BE THANKFUL FOR OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR WONDERFUL COMMUNITY. AS A DISTRICT. WE DEDICATE ALL OF OUR EFFORTS AND RESOURCES TO OUR GOAL OF HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR ALL THE BOARD USES THIS GOAL TO GUIDE ALL DELIBERATIONS, DECISIONS AND ACTIONS. YOU WILL GET TO SEE ALL DELIBERATIONS, DECISIONS AND ACTIONS OF THE BOARD IN OPEN SESSION, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOME ITEMS, WHICH MAY BE DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION AS

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[2. Special Presentations and Recognitions]

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I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE VERY PROUD OF HER ROUTE. VIC. HE NOT ONLY SCORED COMMENDED AS A NATIONAL MERIT, BUT HE ALSO EARNED A PERFECT SCORE WHEN HE TOOK HIS S A T AS WELL. SO CONGRATULATIONS.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS CHAD HUNTER AND I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING AT RL TURNER HIGH SCHOOL, AND I'M EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE OUR SCHOLARS TONIGHT. WE HAVE THREE FIRST. JOSIE LYNN COMMENDED. THOMAS WRITES, COMMENDED. AND OUR SEMIFINALISTS . NEE HA CAMERA PARTY IS NOT HERE TONIGHT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE HER PARENTS UP ON HER BEHALF IS ACTUALLY ON HER WAY TO HOUSTON BECAUSE SHE PRESENTS TO NASA TOMORROW, SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE HER PARENTS UP.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DR ROBIN ELLIOTT, AND I'M, THE ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL AT NEWMAN SMITH HIGH SCHOOL. IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE THE NEWMAN SMITH HIGH SCHOOL COMMENDED SCHOLARS. PLEASE COME TO THE FRONT WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME. READ SHERMAN. DIVYA SUPER RAMANI AND. JULIAN TO ST DANG. UNABLE TO JOIN US TONIGHT ARE SO HUM GOHAR AND THEN KANA. YOU KNOW GANDHI. IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE THE NEWMAN SMITH HIGH SCHOOL, COMMENDED SCHOLARS.

PLEASE COME TO THE FRONT. TOP NOORANI. HENRY SWINFORD. AMMAN YAR LLEGADA. MANAV YAR LLEGADA.

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NOW, AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MISS DONNA WALD, WHO IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CFB EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR SPECIAL PRESENTATION. GOOD EVENING, DR HAP. DR ALDRIDGE, PRESIDENT HATFIELD AND ESTEEM BOARD MEMBERS. WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO HONOR A GROUP OF VISIONARY COMMUNITY LEADERS AND THE FAMILY OF THE FORMER FARMERS . BRANCH MAYOR THE HONORABLE DAVE BLAIR AND HIS LATE WIFE, LORRAINE. DAVE BLAIR, IS AN ICON WHO LITERALLY DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO COMMUNITY SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP. IN NORTH TEXAS FOR DECADES, SERVING AS FARMERS BRANCH COUNCIL MEMBER AND THEN MAYOR OF FARMERS BRANCH DURING HIS LIFE OF SERVICE. HE AND HIS WIFE FOUNDED THE DAY AND LORRAINE BLAIR SCHOLARSHIP FOR CFB STUDENTS WHO PLAN TO ATTEND BROOKHAVEN COLLEGE. THE SCHOLARSHIP WAS MANAGED AND DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE FARMERS BRANCH EDUCATION FOUNDATION. FAST FORWARD. THIS YEAR, THE FARMERS BRANCH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THE MEMBERS OF THE FARMERS BRANCH FOUNDATION, AND MEMBERS OF THE BLAIR FAMILY ELECTED TO PARTNER WITH THE CFB EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION TO ENDOW THE SCHOLARSHIP. WITH A FUND.

EXCEEDING $144,000 THIS SCHOLARSHIP OF 144,900. IS THE LARGEST SINGLE DONATION IN THE HISTORY OF THE CFB EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION. IT IS OUR HONOR AND A GREAT PRIVILEGE TO MAINTAIN AND DISTRIBUTE THE DAVE AND LORRAINE BLAIR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE SCHOLARSHIP FOR DECADES TO COME FOR GRADUATING SENIORS OF CFB. I'D LIKE TO ASK MEMBERS OF THE CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE, CITY OFFICIALS IF ON HAND EDUCATION FOUNDATION MEMBERS AND THE MEMBERS OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD TO PLEASE STEP FORWARD AS WE COMMEMORATE THIS TIME AND TAKE A GROUP PHOTO.

WELL, WHAT ANOTHER WONDERFUL EVENING AND THANKSGIVING AS WE CELEBRATE OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF AND OUR COMMITTED SCHOLARS AND ALL OF THE RECOGNITIONS OF OUR STUDENTS AND THIS WONDERFUL DONATION TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT WILL SERVE FOR YEARS AND YEARS TO COME. SO I THANK EVERYONE AGAIN FOR ALL OF THE TREMENDOUS SUPPORTS OR CSB SCHOOLS. IT IS CLEAR FROM THE

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UM ACTUALLY, WE'RE GONNA BACK UP TO BE MR PARNELL. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE RECOGNITIONS TONIGHT TO BE AS TRUSTEE REPORTS TRUSTEES, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SHARE CELEBRATIONS OR OBSERVATIONS FROM THIS PAST MONTH? THE SCARS ARE REALIZED. I WAS GIVING MRS BENAVIDEZ A CHANCE TO GO FIRST, BUT I'LL GO FIRST. UM I HAD A PRETTY SOME PRETTY AMAZING EXPERIENCES. WE HAD A LOT OF FALSE CELEBRATIONS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE MY FAMILY'S TO A LOT OF TRUNK OR TREAT THE OTHER LOSS. MARTOS FESTIVALS ANY KIND OF FALL FESTIVAL, I PARTICIPATED IN A TON OF TRUNK RETREATS. YOU PRETTY MUCH SAW ME AT EVERY SINGLE ONE WITH THE HUGE RANGERS FLAG THERE. IT WAS SO AMAZING TO HAVE A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITY COME IN, AND SO I'M REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF ALL OF OUR STAFF THAT PUT THAT TOGETHER. UM, AND ALL THE AMAZING FAMILIES THAT WERE ABLE TO ATTEND, SO THANK YOU TO THE STAFF. THANK YOU TO THE TEACHERS. THANK YOU GUYS.

EVERYBODY FOR PUTTING THAT TOGETHER. THIS MOVIE IS. THANK YOU. YES WE HAD SUCH A GREAT MONTH. I'LL START OFF WITH THEIR F F A CELEBRATIONS OUT OF THAT DOOR LEARNING CENTER. JUST AMAZING OR ANIMALS ARE DOING SO WELL AND THRIVING, AND THE KIDS ARE DOING ANY MUCH BETTER. I AM CELEBRATED A LOT WITH MS GARZA ROJAS. AH LOT OF CANDY, A LOT OF TRUCK OR TREATS AND WOW, I'LL SAY IT'S COME A LONG WAY. BECAUSE IN OUR DAY IT WAS JUST AN OLD RUSTY TRUNK AND CANDY, BUT IT WAS AMAZING. I MEAN, EVERYBODY WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND. AND IT WAS REALLY GREAT. AND THEN, OF COURSE, ARE THE ADELA PUERTOS WHERE CELEBRATE CON TODAS LOS NINOS, TRABAJO AND OLIVER EDUCATORS. I SAID THAT DEAL DEAL IS WHERE THOSE, UM, CELEBRATION WAS DONE SO WELL BY ALL OF THE STAFF AND THE KIDS. EVERYONE PARTICIPATED. SO THANK YOU. IT WAS A GREAT MONTH. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. BOARD MEMBERS IN THE ADDITIONAL CELEBRATIONS. SO MOVING ON TO ITEM TO SEE NOW. DISTRICT ANNOUNCEMENTS. DR ELDREDGE. UM YES, I AM EXCITED ABOUT ALL THE CAMPUS EVENTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED . IT'S SUCH A GREAT, UM, EXPERIENCE WHEN ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER, UM OUR PRINCIPLES. I CAN'T THANK OUR PRINCIPLES. ENOUGH. WE HAD A GREAT TIME CELEBRATING THEM AT ONE OF OUR MEETINGS. WE CAN'T RUN A SCHOOL WITHOUT A PRINCIPLE AND OUR STUDENTS WHO DO SUCH A GREAT JOB. UM I'M REALLY EXCITED . I RECEIVED QUITE A FEW LETTERS . YOU KNOW, I I'VE ENCOURAGED THE STUDENTS TO WRITE LETTERS. AND SO I RECEIVED, UM QUITE A FEW. AND SO ONE OF THE ONES A COUPLE OF MINUTES MENTION IS I RECEIVED, UM, A LETTER FROM A STUDENT AT A HIGH SCHOOL AND HE HAS WRITTEN OUT A PLAN OF HOW WE CAN ALL COPE WITH STRESS. AND SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS AMAZING AND SAY WE'RE GOING TO GET WITH HIM AND SEE IF WE CAN ALL BENEFIT FROM THE PROGRAM THAT HE HAS, UM, TOOK SO MUCH TIME WRITING ME ABOUT WE HAD ANOTHER STUDENT THAT ALSO DESIGNED AN ENTIRE CAMPAIGN AROUND ATTENDANCE. AND I MEAN IT IS SO DETAILED. IT IS, UM, WELL WRITTEN AND, UM, EVEN COMING DOWN TO THE GRAND FINALE, SO I'M REALLY THANKFUL FOR WHAT AWESOME STUDENTS WE HAVE. I ALSO RECEIVED A 10 PAGE HANDWRITTEN LETTER FROM ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES. AND I, IT WAS JUST SO BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN. AND UM IT'S ALWAYS GOOD WHEN YOU HEAR FROM PEOPLE AND IT MAKES YOU REFLECT ON HOW WE CAN DO EVEN BETTER AS A DISTRICT AND ENHANCE OUR FAMILY, SO IT WAS JUST SO WELL WRITTEN AND THEN THE LATEST ONE I RECEIVED, UM WAS THAT, UH, A RANCH VIEW HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT WANTED THE POSSIBILITY. FOR ME TO CANCEL SCHOOL TOMORROW SO THAT WE COULD ALL GO TO THE PARADE. AND SO I WILL SAY SORRY, SERGIO, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SCHOOL TOMORROW BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT UP. AND SO WE DO APPRECIATE THE RANGERS WINNING, BUT I ALSO APPRECIATE ALL THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS FROM ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. AND THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN UNLESS YOU'RE IN SCHOOL. SO UM, AND ONE LAST THING I WANT TO SAY IS WE ARE SO THANKFUL TO NEWMAN SMITH AND THEY ARE GOING TO THE PLAYOFFS, SO WE WILL HAVE THAT INFORMATION COMING OUT MONDAY. OUR FOOTBALL TEAM WILL BE PLAYING. FRISCO NOVEMBER 10TH AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING ANOTHER WHEN IN THE WIN COLUMN, SO WE'LL HAVE A PARADE FOR NEWMAN SMITH, BUT WE WON'T MISS SCHOOL. WE WILL NOT MISS SCHOOL. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DR ELDREDGE. NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS TO D UPDATE FROM PEOPLE. P T. A MR BARMAL. GOOD EVENING BOARD OF

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SO THANK YOU FOR BECOMING CHAMPION MEMBERS. CHAMPION MEMBERS MEANS THEY ARE MEDIA MEMBERS OF ALL THE 36 SCHOOLS. VISIT THE FINAL MONTH FOR REFLECTION ENTRIES. OLD SCHOOL.

ALL LOCAL P T. A PARTICIPANT. SPREADSHEETS ARE DUE TO THE COUNCIL ON NOVEMBER 17TH. THE TEAM IS I AM HOPEFUL BECAUSE THE JUDGING WILL TAKE PLACE. THE FIRST WEEK, THE FIRST WEEKEND OF DECEMBER. PUBLIC ELECTIONS ARE TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7TH. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF PROPOSITIONS ON THE BALLOT THAT AFFECTS SCHOOL AND RETIRED TEACHER FUNDING. PLEASE USE YOUR VOICE. THE P T. A PROMOTES A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE INITIATIVE THAT ENCOURAGES SCHOOLS TO GIVE CHILDREN HEALTHY NUTRITIONAL FOOD AND CREATE TIME FOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. IT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA THE KIDS CAN BE ENCOURAGED TO MOVE IN JAMES IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AROUND THE TRACK IN MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS. IF THE SCHOOL SCHOOLS NEED SOME P TO HELP OR AS IDEAS TO ENCOURAGE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY.

THE PRINCIPLES CAN ALWAYS CONTACT THE COUNCIL PTA OR THE LOCAL P T. A AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND ADVOCACY FOR OUR CHILDREN. TOGETHER. WE ARE THE P T. A.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR BAUMEL, AS WE SAY MANY, MANY TIMES, DR BLACK USED TO SAY WE CAN'T DO PIZZA SCHOOL WITHOUT PTA. SO ONCE AGAIN, WE CAN'T DO SCHOOL WITHOUT PTA. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO AND IN OUR SCHOOLS. AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A BRIEF PAUSE AND ALLOW ANYONE WHO'D LIKE TO STEP OUT OF THE MEETING TO DO SO. ANYONE WISHING TO REMAIN FOR THE MEETING YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY WITH US FOR THE DURATION OF THE MEANING, OR YOU CAN STEP OUT AT THIS TIME WILL GIVE A BRIEF PASS.

[3. Audience for Guests]

PRIOR TO THE START OF THE MEETING, EACH SPEAKER WILL BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK ONE STARING 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 ON A PARTICULAR VIEWPOINT ON A TOPIC SHOULD APPOINT ONE PERSON TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THEIR GROUP. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THE BOARD CANNOT DELIBERATE ON ANY SUBJECT

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YES, NEVER WORKS OUT, DOES IT? FASHION. OH, WOULD YOU MIND IF I STARTED OVER SINCE I WAS OFF? OR IS THAT TOO MUCH OF A PROBLEM OR DO WE CATCH WHAT WE CAN ACTUALLY WHAT I SAID? WE GOT IT ALL RIGHT. SP THREE FROM THE 2021 SESSIONS, SAYS THAT A TEACHER ADMINISTRATOR, OTHER EMPLOYEES OF A STATE AGENCY SCHOOL DISTRICT OR OPEN ENROLLMENT CHARTER SCHOOL MAY NOT TEACH INSTRUCTOR TRAINED ANY ADMINISTRATOR, TEACHER OR STAFF MEMBER OF A STATE AGENCY, SCHOOL DISTRICT OR OPEN ENROLLMENT CHARTER SCHOOL TO ADOPT ANY NUMBER OF THE FOLLOWING. UM THE CONCEPT THAT AN INDIVIDUAL BY VIRTUE OF THE INDIVIDUAL'S RACE OR SEX IS INHERENTLY RACIST, SEXIST OR OPPRESSIVE, WHETHER CONSCIOUSLY, OR UNCONSCIOUSLY THAT AN INDIVIDUAL BY VIRTUE OF INDIVIDUALS, RACE OR SEX BEARS RESPONSIBILITY FOR ACTIONS COMMITTED TO PASS BY THE MEMBERS OF THE SAME RACE OR SEX. ALL RIGHT. SO IF YOU JUST GO AND PERUSE THE I R P S WEBSITE, IT'S RIGHT ON THEIR FRONT PAGE. THEY HAVE A PAPER CALLED A RESTORATIVE PRACTICE STRATEGY TO ADVANCE COMMUNITY HEALTH. UH I DON'T THINK I'D BE REMISS TO ASSUME THAT THIS PAPER REFLECTS THE VIEWS OF THE I R P AND THE TRAINING THEY PUT OUT FOR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS SO MUCH READ YOU A COUPLE EXCERPTS OF PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE. THE USE OF RESTORATIVE PRACTICES MAKE SPACE FOR THOSE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO MAY NOT HAVE PREVIOUSLY HAD A SEAT AT THE TABLE WHEN DECISIONS ARE MADE. FIND AND TORY IN 2021 CAUTION THAT IS NOT ENOUGH TO INVITE DIVERSE PEOPLE TO THE TABLE PROCESSES MUST BE ENGAGED, SO EVERYONE'S GIFTS IN LINE OF VISION ARE VISIBLE AND ANIMATED ALL FORMS OF PRIVILEGE. LIKE ACADEMIC, WHITE, HIGHLY EDUCATED ARE CHECKED CIRCLES, FOR EXAMPLE, FUNCTIONS THAT PARTICIPANTS GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT TO SPEAK WITHOUT INTERRUPTION OR OBJECTION WHEN THERE IS A HISTORY OF TOP DOWN POWER STRUCTURES AND COMMUNITY DYSFUNCTION, THE STRUCTURE OF CIRCLES ALONE CAN ENSURE THAT EVERYONE PRESENT WILL FEEL COMFORTABLE OR SAFE ENOUGH TO DO SO. FURTHER ON IN THAT PARTICULAR. AH! ARTICLE. COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE INVITED TO NAME THE NORMS, BEHAVIORS AND PRACTICES THAT ARE CONSCIOUSLY OR UNCONSCIOUSLY VALUED IN THE COMMUNITY. GOOD OR BAD. THEN THEY CAN WORK TOWARDS A SHARED VISION FOR THE OPTIMAL HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITY, IDENTIFY NEW NORMS TO HELP FACILITATE THAT VISION FURTHER IF WE CONTINUE TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY IN AN ONGOING AND ITERATIVE PROCESS OF LISTENING AND DIALOGUE, IT CAN HELP TO BUILD CRITICAL CONSCIOUSNESS. THAT HONORS THE PERSPECTIVES OF MULTIPLE IDENTITIES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. SO I BROUGHT THIS UP BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY CRITICAL CONSCIOUSNESS MEANS THERE'S VARIOUS CRITICAL THEORIES THAT GO INTO FORMING A CRITICAL CONSCIOUSNESS. THE ONE THAT OBVIOUSLY WAS TALKED ABOUT WHAT THIS PARTICULAR LEGISLATION WAS CRITICAL RACE THEORY AND AGAIN, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW ALL FORMS OF PRIVILEGE LIKE WHITENESS OR WHITE, SPECIFICALLY WITH A CAPITAL W MUST BE CHECKED. SO HERE WE HAVE A TRAINING THAT WERE SPENT OVER A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS, SENDING OUR TEACHERS TO THAT'S TALKING ABOUT EXAMINING WHITE PRIVILEGE, READ SB THREE AND TELL ME IF THAT'S ALLOWED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR JONES AND ADMINISTRATOR WILL CONTACT YOU TO FOLLOW UP. OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS ITEM

[4. Non-Action Items for Discussion]

UPDATE. MISS KIM.

GOOD EVENING, DR ELDRIDGE, PRESIDENT HATFIELD AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD TONIGHT WE ARE PROVIDING AN UPDATE OF OUR HOUSE BILL, THREE BOARD GOALS FOR ANY NEW BOARD MEMBERS. THESE GOALS WERE ESTABLISHED BASED ON STAR PERFORMANCE FROM THE 2018 2019 SCHOOL YEAR AND WERE INITIALLY APPROVED IN APRIL OF 2020. PART OF MY ROLE IS TO KEEP YOU UP TO DATE ON THE PROGRESS THAT OUR DISTRICT IS MAKING IN ORDER TO MEET THESE GOALS. REMEMBERING BACK TO 2015 HOUSE BILL. THREE BOARD GOALS WERE A RESULT OF THE TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH DECLARED THAT BY THE YEAR 2030 AT LEAST 60% OF TEXANS AGES 25 TO 34 WOULD HAVE A CERTIFICATE OR A DEGREE. AND SO

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EARLY CHILDHOOD LITERACY AS WELL AS COLLEGE CAREER IN MILITARY READINESS INDICATORS AS A PROGRESS MEASURE OF HOW STUDENTS WOULD PROGRESS THROUGH SCHOOL. SO OUR GOALS LOOK AT EARLY CHILDHOOD LITERACY AND MATHEMATICS FOR OUR THIRD GRADE STUDENTS THROUGH THE STATE ASSESSMENT DATA, AND SO WHAT WE DO IS WE TRACK THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS WHO MEET GRADE LEVEL OR ABOVE EACH YEAR LEADING UP TO THE SPRING OF 2024. DUE TO COVID 19 DISRUPTIONS ON STUDENT INSTRUCTION AND STATE TESTING OUR HOUSE BILL, THREE BOARD GOALS WERE REVISED DURING THE MARCH 4TH 2022 REGULAR SESSION BOARD MEETING AND USE THE STAR PERFORMANCE DATA FROM THE 2020 21 SCHOOL YEAR. AND THIS WAS OUR FIRST DATA SET FOLLOWING THE CANCELATION OF THE 2020 STATE TESTING DUE TO THE PANDEMIC. AND SO HERE'S A TIMELINE FOR YOUR REFERENCE TO HAVE A GENERAL IDEA OF WHEN THE BOARD GOALS WERE ADJUSTED. I'VE ALSO NOTED NOTED FOR YOUR REFERENCE, WHICH DATA SETS WERE USED DURING THOSE TIMES. SO YOU'LL SEE HERE A COMPARISON OF THE ORIGINAL GOALS AND THE ADJUSTED GOALS FOR THE PROJECTION UP TO 2024, WHICH AGAIN IT CAME AS A RESULT OF THE COVID IMPLICATIONS DUE TO LOSS OF LEARNING. THESE UH, THESE WERE RESET USING THE BASELINE SCORES OF THE STATE PROJECTIONS. AND THEN IT'S CCM ARE AND SO AGAIN, THESE TABLES SHOW THE UPDATED GOALS AS THE BASELINE CHANGES, UM, CHANGED FOR MATH AND READING AT MEETS GRADE LEVEL AND ABOVE. SO LOOKING NOW, MORE SPECIFICALLY TO OUR REVISED GOALS. KEY THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND HERE ARE THAT THESE TARGETS ARE BASED ON STUDENTS PERFORMING AT THE MEATS GRADE LEVEL AND ABOVE. AND SO THESE SCORES, YOU'LL SEE THAT THEY INCREASE EACH YEAR BEGINNING IN 2019. AND THINKING BACK TO THAT ONE OF THOSE FIRST SLIDES IS THAT THE STATE'S GOAL AND INTENTION IS TO REACH 60% BY 2030. HERE WE CAN SEE IN THE 2022 23 DATA ARE STUDENTS SURPASSED THE 41% MEETS GRADE LEVEL AND ABOVE BOARD GOAL BY PERFORMING AT 45% AND YOU'LL ALSO SEE THAT ARE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. UM, FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR, WE ARE 4% POINTS HIGHER. BASED OFF OF OUR FALL MAP DATA, THEN WE WERE LAST YEAR. AND SO THIS MEANS THAT OUR CURRENT THIRD GRADE STUDENTS ARE AT THE PROJECTED PROFICIENCY LEVEL OF MEATS GRADE LEVEL ABOVE AND AS THEY CONTINUE TO LEARN MATHEMATICS IN THE STATE. EIGHT STANDARDS WERE CONFIDENT THAT WILL ACHIEVE OUR GOAL SET THIS YEAR. NOW LOOKING TO FOURTH GRADE READING IF WE TAKE A LOOK BACK AT THE 2022 23 DATA, WE SEE THAT AGAIN. WE SURPASSED THE THIRD GRADE READING HOUSE BILL THREE GOAL BY 8% POINTS AND WITH A PROJECTED PROFICIENCY RATE OF 43% OF THE MEATS GRADE LEVEL OR ABOVE, OR C F B, I S D. CURRENT THIRD GRADE STUDENTS ARE 3% POINTS AWAY FROM OUR END OF THE YEAR GO AGAIN. THESE WERE THE BOARD GOALS THAT WE SET BACK IN 2022 THAT ADJUSTMENT THIS YEAR. STUDENT PERFORMANCE IS 5% HIGHER AT THAT FALL MAP THAN IT WAS FOR LAST YEAR. AND SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO SEE GAINS IN READING. UM POST COVID. AND SO WE ARE HOPEFUL FOR A CONTINUED INCREASE, AND SO AS MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION, UM WE DID REVISE THE GOALS, UM, THAT THE BOARD APPROVED AND LOOKING HERE AT C C MAR. THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE CHOSE TO KEEP SOME AGGRESSIVE AND SOME LOFTY GOALS, WHICH MEANS THAT WE HAVE HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR OUR STUDENTS.

UM AND SO AS WE TAKE A LOOK HERE WE CAN SEE THAT, BASED ON PRELIMINARY INDICATORS, THE CLASS OF 2023 HAS A PROJECTED OVERALL CCM OUR PERCENTAGE OF 61% KEEPING IN MIND THAT THIS IS A LAGGING INDICATOR. UM WE SEE AGAIN WITH THE POTENTIAL TO RAISE EVEN HIGHER AS WE ARE AWAITING OUR ACCOUNTABILITY INFORMATION TO COME THROUGH THE PORTALS THAT TA DOES PROVIDE US AND SO YOU'LL SEE HERE THAT IT'S SHADED A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE THIS IS BASED ON AVAILABLE DATA THAT WE HAVE NOW NOT. THE STATES REPORTED DATA FOR THE COHORT 2023. UM AND SO EVEN THOUGH WE ARE STILL IMPROVING IN THIS AREA. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT OTHER DISTRICTS ARE TURNING TO THE WORK OF C F B. I S D, UM TO SEE HOW THEY CAN INCREASE THEIR CCM OUR RESULTS. UM WE HAVE SOME OF THE LEADING DATA POINTS IN TERMS OF FAST FOOD COMPLETION IN THE AREA, AS WELL AS OUR DALLAS COUNTY PROMISED EFFORTS. THE TAKEAWAYS TONIGHT ARE THAT THE FBI HAS SURPASSED OUR HOUSE BILL THREE BOARD GOAL FOR THE 2022 23 SCHOOL YEAR AND WE'RE ON TARGET FOR MEETING OUR MATH GOALS FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR. AS WELL AS WE EXCEEDED OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD

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YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MR STOCKMAN. SKIING THANK YOU APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION ANY ANTICIPATION ABOUT CHANGES IN THE WAY WE GET DATA FROM THE STATE WITH THE COURT DISALLOWING CERTAIN ASPECTS OF STAR. SO ARE YOU REFERENCING THE CURRENT. THE COURTS THIS WEEK HAVE THROWN OUT STAR AND MOST AND FOR MOST OF THE STATE RATING SYSTEM A THROUGH F. AND I'M CURIOUS IF THEY ARE WE WHAT ARE WE HEARING AND HOW'S IT GOING? WHAT WE'VE BEEN ADVISED ON IS THAT THE COURTS ARE SAYING YOU CAN'T MOVE FORWARD WITH ASSIGNING A RATING TO THE CAMPUSES AND THE DISTRICTS BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T MEET YOUR OWN DEADLINES. AND SO THAT'S WHY THERE'S A PAUSE ON THE REPORTING NOW TO LET YOU ALL KNOW ON TUESDAY, HALLOWEEN ALONG WITH THOSE ORANGES AND APPLES AND BANANAS, UM THEY DID FINALLY RELEASED THE FINAL MANUAL FOR THE ACCOUNTABILITY, HOWEVER. WHILE WE'RE LEARNING ALL OF THAT, AND WHILE WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AND KIND OF SEEING WHAT EVERYTHING MEANS BECAUSE THEY DID CHANGE THE SCALING, NOTHING WOULD BE REPORTED OUT OR STATED. AS YOU KNOW, A DISTRICT IS THIS RATING OR THAT RATING AND SO THERE IS A PAUSE, SO THE UPCOMING COURT CASE UNLESS A JUDGE WERE TO COME OUT FROM ANOTHER COUNTY AND SAY SOMETHING DIFFERENT IS OUR ANTICIPATED UPDATE WOULD COME IN FEBRUARY, FEBRUARY, 12TH I BELIEVE IS THE NEXT COURT DATE. SO REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE MANUAL AND WHAT WERE, YOU KNOW, GOING TO STRATEGICALLY TAKE A LOOK AT TO SEE HOW OUR CAMPUSES ARE DOING SO OUR STUDENTS CAN GROW. WE WON'T HEAR ANYTHING UNTIL FEBRUARY. GREAT AND WE APPRECIATE ALL THE DATA THAT YOU FOLKS PROVIDE. THANK YOU. HAPPY TO DO SO. BOARD MEMBERS. THE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, MR ERIC JUST GOING TO ADD A COMMENT CAN THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. GREAT DATA. THANK YOU FOR SHARING. AND I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT BEHIND ALL THIS DATA IS OUR TEACHERS AND HELPERS IN THE CLASSROOM, MAKING THE MAGIC HAPPEN BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE LOVE SEEING THE NUMBERS, BUT WE FULLY RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES BEHIND THE SCENES TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. SO THIS WAS DEFINITELY A TEAM PROJECT TO GET US WHERE WE WERE. AND I THINK THINGS ARE EXCITING AND CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEXT UPDATE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MS KEANE FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND FOR THE TEAM'S EFFORTS TO PUT THIS TOGETHER. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS ITEM FOUR B TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT. MS DELAROSA. OUR DR DELAROSA.

SORRY. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT HADFIELD, BORDER TRUSTEES AND DR ELDRIDGE. I AM EXCITED AND HAPPY TO REPORT THE TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT AND WHERE WE'RE AT AS A DISTRICT. THE TEACHER.

INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT WAS DEVELOPED BY STATE LEGISLATOR THROUGH HOUSE BILL THREE, AND IT WAS THE PRIMARY GOALS WERE TWOFOLD. ONE WAS RETENTION TO ENSURE THAT OUR TOP TEACHERS HAVE A REALISTIC PATH. TO A COMPETITIVE ANNUAL SALARY. AND THEN THE SECOND GOAL IS RECRUITMENT TO ATTRACT AND KEEP EFFECTIVE. EDUCATORS IN THE CLASSROOM AND INCENTIVIZED TEACHING AT OUR CHALLENGING CAMPUSES. SO THERE ARE THREE LEVELS FOR A T I A DESIGNATION WE HAVE THE RECOGNIZED LEVEL WHERE TEACHERS CAN EARN APPROXIMATELY 3000 TO 9000 PER YEAR ANNUALLY. THEY ALSO HAVE TO ALIGN WITH THE TOP 30% IN THE STATE ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED TEACHERS COMING INTO THE T I A PROGRAM AS AN AUTOMATIC RECOGNIZED INDIGNATION. THE NEXT LEVEL, WE HAVE THE EXEMPLARY LEVEL. THESE TEACHERS CAN EARN ANYWHERE BETWEEN AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 18,000 PER YEAR. AND WILL REPRESENT APPROXIMATELY THE TOP 20% IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. THE TOP LEVEL OF T I A DESIGNATION IS A MASTER. THESE REPRESENT.

THIS REPRESENTS THE TOP 5% OF TEACHERS ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS AND CAN EARN FROM 12 TO 32,000 PER YEAR. NOW ONCE AWARDED IT DESIGNATION. THE DESIGNATION GOES INTO THE

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THE NEXT DESIGNATION. IS EXEMPLARY COHORT D HAD 125 EXEMPLARY DESIGNATIONS. COHORT E HAS 158 ELIGIBLE, EXEMPLARY DESIGNATIONS. 10 TEACHERS MOVED FROM A RECOGNIZED TO AN EXEMPLARY DESIGNATION. AND WE HAD 92 TEACHERS WITH A NEW DESIGNATION FOR EXEMPLARY. THE TOP DESIGNATION IS A MASTER'S COHORT. D HAD 2014 TEACHER DESIGNATIONS COHORT E HAS 22 ELIGIBLE MASTER TEACHER DESIGNATIONS WITHIN THE MASTER DESIGNATION. WE HAD 10 TEACHERS MOVE UP FROM A RECOGNIZED AN EXEMPLARY TO A MASTER DESIGNATION, AND WE HAD A TOTAL OF EIGHT NEW DESIGNATIONS. AS FOR A MASTER DESIGNATION. NOW IN ORDER FOR COHORT E TO RECEIVE THAT T I A ALLOCATION. TA HAS TO APPROVE THE ELIGIBILITY AND THE EMPLOYEE MUST ALSO BE BE EMPLOYED WITH THE FBI SD BETWEEN THE 2425 SCHOOL YEAR BECAUSE THE PAYOUT WILL BE IN AUGUST OF 2024. SO THIS IS THE RETENTION STRATEGY THAT CFB USES TO RETAIN THE TEACHERS, THE HIGH PERFORMING TEACHERS. IN COLLABORATION WITH A FINE ARTS DIRECTORS TO ELIGIBLE COURSES EXPANDED TO INCLUDE FINE ARTS AND ELEMENTARY STEM FOR THE 2324 SCHOOL YEAR, ADDING AN ADDITIONAL 28 EI A ELIGIBLE COURSES. T TESTS AND STUDENT GROWTH WILL BE COLLECTED AT THE END OF THE 2324 SCHOOL YEAR AND SUBMITTED TO TA FOR ELIGIBLE DESIGNATIONS BETWEEN, UM IN OCTOBER OF 2024. IN THE SPRING OF 2025 WILL RECEIVE, UM, THE FINAL NOTICE OF THE DESIGNATIONS AND THEN THE TEACHERS WILL ALSO BE NOTIFIED OF THE DESIGNATIONS, BUT THEY WILL NOT BE AWARDED UNTIL AUGUST OF 2025. AND WE'LL LOOK AT THE TIMELINE SO THAT IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEAR. SO LET'S LOOK AT THE T I A COMPENSATION PLAN. T I A COMPENSATION IS AWARDED TO CAMPUS IS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF T I A DESIGNEES AND THE AMOUNT OF T I A DESIGNATION PAYOUT, BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS IDENTIFIED AS ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED AT THE TEACHERS CAMPUS. HIGHER T I A STIPENDS ARE AWARDED TO THOSE CAMPUSES SERVING A HIGHER STUDENT POPULATION WITH LOW SOCIAL ECONOMIC STATUS. AT THIS AS THIS IS A STATE FUNDED PROGRAM. COMPENSATIONS AMOUNTS WILL CHANGE ANNUALLY. FOR THE FIRST YEAR OF T I A DESIGNATION CFB ADOPTED A PLAN IN WHICH T I A PAYOUT. WHAT FOR? THE 2223 WOULD BE ALLOCATED AS A 70 2010.

THIS MEANS THAT 70% OF THE ALLOCATION WILL GO DIRECTLY TO THE DESIGNATED TEACHER. WHILE

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WE RECEIVED THE FINAL NOTIFICATION OF APPROVAL FOR THOSE DESIGNATIONS. WE NOTIFY THE TEACHERS IN THE SPRING. BUT THEIR PAYOUT WILL BE IN THE FALL OF 2024. AND NOW WE HAVE COHORT F THE SAME PROCESS. WE FOLLOW THE SAME PROCESS. WE SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION IN THE SUMMER OF 2023 WERE COLLECTING THE DATA FOR 20 FOR TEACHER OBSERVATION AND STUDENT GROWTH THIS YEAR, 2324 WELL, UH, SUBMIT THE DESIGNATIONS IN THE FALL OF 2024 WILL GET NOTIFICATION IN THE SPRING OF 25. WE NOTIFY THE TEACHERS AND THE YEAR OF 2025 OF THE SPRING, AND THEN THE PAYOUT WILL BE THE FALL OF 2025. SO WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS FOR C F B. I S D AND THE T I A PROGRAM.

HAVING SPENT. THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE T I A PROGRAM IN THE T I A TEAM.

I'VE COME TO RECOGNIZE THE IMMENSE POTENTIAL FOR IMPROVEMENT THROUGH CROSS DEPARTMENTAL COLLABORATION. THE T I A PROGRAM EXTENDS ITS INFLUENCE INTO EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT, TOUCHING ON THE ASPECTS OF TEACHING AND LEARNING . SPECIAL EDUCATION, FINE ARTS, FINANCE, HUMAN RESOURCES AND LEADERSHIP. IN ORDER TO ENSURE ITS SUCCESS. IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE TAKE OWNERSHIP AND HAVE A VOICE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE T I A SYSTEM. WITH THE

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TEACHERS ARE PARAMOUNT IN BUILDING THE SYSTEM. BY ESTABLISHING REGULAR T I A AMBASSADOR MEETINGS. WE CAN NOT ONLY BUILD CAPACITY BUT ALSO COLLECTIVELY MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS THAT ARE GOING TO DRIVE US FORWARD. EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION SERVES AS THE CORNERSTONE FOR THE SUCCESS OF ANY SYSTEM. THEREFORE UPDATING OUR T A GUIDE AND WEBSITE WILL PLAY A PIVOTAL ROLE IN KEEPING OUR CURRENT TEACHERS INFORMED AND ATTRACTING NEW TALENT TO JOIN THE RANKS OF C F B I S D. THROUGH THESE EFFORTS, WE CAN NOT ONLY ENHANCE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE T A PROGRAM BUT ALSO FOSTER AN ENVIRONMENT OF COLLABORATION GROWTH AND SHARED SUCCESS. TOGETHER, WE CAN CREATE A SYSTEM THAT NOT ONLY MEETS THE NEEDS OF TODAY, BUT ALSO PAVES THE WAY FOR EVEN A BRIGHTER TEACHER FOR OUR T I A TEACHERS BECAUSE. THE TWO GOALS THAT WE HAVE IN T I A IS TO RETAIN AND RECRUIT HIGH PERFORMING TEACHERS. THANK YOU, DR DELAROSA BOARD MEMBERS. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MR BRODERICK. UM EXCUSE ME. THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE. UM I THINK THE OTHER WORD IS REWARD. OUR TEACHERS. I MEAN, I KNOW THEY'RE RECOGNIZED EXEMPLARY AND MASTER WITHOUT THE OFFICIAL LABEL, BUT I APPRECIATE THAT THERE IS A PROGRAM TO GET THAT CERTIFICATION TO THEM AS WELL AS THE MONETARY AWARD.

BECAUSE I KNOW THAT HELPS. UM, I DO REMEMBER IN THE EARLY STAGES OF THIS PROGRAM, WE WERE PRESENTED INFORMATION ON HOW THE PERCENTAGES FOR TEACHER CAMPUS DISTRICT WERE DEVELOPED. UM, THROUGH WHAT? I REMEMBER BEING A PRETTY COLLABORATIVE PROCESS OF CONVERSATIONS THAT CAMPUS LEVEL WITH WITH TEACHERS AND CAMPUS LEADERS. CAN YOU TELL ME? UM WAS THAT A SIMILAR PROCESS FOR THIS NEW PAYOUT PERCENTAGE. THAT WAS JUST SHOWN. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT PERCENTAGE 9010 GOING AWAY.

YOU KNOW FROM THE TEACHER TO, UM I THINK IT WAS DISTRICT AND THE CHANGE FROM THE PAVEMENT. THE PAY COMPENSATION PLAN. UM DISTRICT LEADERSHIP REEVALUATED THE WHOLE PLAN THIS PAST SUMMER AFTER PAYING OUT OUR CURRENT PAYOUT, WHICH WAS IN AUGUST OF 2023. THOSE WERE THE TEACHERS THAT WERE RECENTLY PAID. AND KNOWING THAT THERE'S TEACHERS WITHIN AND OUTSIDE OUR DISTRICT ALSO SHOPPING TO SEE. WHAT IS THE COMPENSATION PLAN. ARE THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS EVEN TEACHING THE COURSE THAT I AM CERTIFIED IN? IS IT A T? I A ELIGIBLE COURSE SO KNOWING THAT PIECE WAS THERE AND LISTENING TO THE TEACHERS THAT ARE COMING INTO THE DISTRICT AS THERE, UM SURFING THE WEB AND LOOKING AT OUR WEBSITES. IT WAS BENEFICIAL FOR THE DISTRICT LEADERSHIP TEAM TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT AND JUST GIVE THE TEACHERS THAT 90% PAYOUT AND WHICH IS MORE FOR THE TEACHER, AND THAT'S THE ATTRACTION PIECE. THE STRATEGY THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PUSH OUT TO RECRUIT HIGH PERFORMING TEACHERS. WAS IT PRESENTED TO CAMPUSES FOR FEEDBACK? AND WAS IT PRESENTED TO TEACHERS OR THE T I A AMBASSADOR TEAMS FOR FEEDBACK? NO, IT WAS NOT. THANK YOU. MR ERIC. I JUST WANT TO BUILD OFF OF THAT QUESTION. WHAT ARE WE SEEING THAT OTHER DISTRICTS ARE DOING BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE WE CAME UP WITH THIS, UM, COMPENSATION PLAN ON OUR OWN. IT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT TA TOLD US. WE HAD TO DO. SO WHAT ARE OTHER DISTRICTS AROUND US DOING? ARE THEY DOING A 9010? OR THEY DOING SOMETHING SIMILAR TO WHAT WE WERE DOING BEFORE SOME DISTRICTS, EVERY DISTRICT DEVELOPS THEIR OWN PLAN. AND DEPENDING ON THE DISTRICT AND THE FEEDBACK THAT THEY'RE GETTING WHAT I'VE SEEN. THEY'RE PHASING IN THE 90 DAYS, THE 90% WHEN THE TEACHER GETS 90% THEY'RE GETTING MORE MONEY OF THE ALLOCATION. RIGHT THE 70% OF THE ALLOCATION THE WORLD THEY'RE ONLY GETTING 70% SO THEY'RE NOT GETTING THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE PROGRAM OF WHAT IT WAS INTENDED FOR. SO KNOWING THAT SOME DISTRICTS DO HAVE 90% SOME DISTRICTS HAVE 70% BECAUSE THEY'RE PHASING IT INTO THE 90. THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS 90. AH DISTRICT LEADERSHIP HERE DECIDED TO TAKE IT FULL TO 90 ATTRACT THE HIGH PERFORMING TEACHERS.

WHAT'S THE 10% BEING USED FOR? THE 10% IS BEING USED TO SUPPORT THE T I A SYSTEM. UM THERE'S A LOT OF MANPOWER THAT GOES INTO THE SUPPORT INTO BUILDING THE DATABASES AND COLLECTING THE

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PORTMAN'S MR SHENKMAN. DR DELAROSA. THANK YOU. AND SO EXCITING TO SEE 1.9 MILLION HAS COME TO REWARD ONE OF OUR GREAT TEACHERS. A SERIES ABOUT GREAT TEACHERS WANT PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING AT HOME ON TV HAS TO UNDERSTAND. THIS IS NOT DISTRICT FUNDS. THESE ARE ADDITIONAL STATE FUNDS ON THAT, WITH THAT IN MIND ARE ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES PRESENTLY USING THE T I A PROGRAM AND ARE ALL OF THEM USING IT WITH FIDELITY. SO THAT'S THAT GOES BACK TO THE ELIGIBLE COURSES. SO ANYBODY WHO'S TEACHING A T I A ELIGIBLE COURSE. UM, AND I CAN GO BACK TO THOSE CHARTS. THEY'RE ALREADY IN THE SYSTEM THAT AUTOMATICALLY PUTS IT IN. IT AUTOMATICALLY PUTS THE TEACHER IN THE SYSTEM. ALL THE TEACHER HAS TO DO IS GIVE THE PRE ASSESSMENT AND THE POST ASSESSMENT SO THAT IS PHASE ONE. THOSE ARE ALL THE GRADE LEVELS TENDERED THROUGH 10TH GRADE IN MATH, READING, SCIENCE AND WRITING. THAT WAS PHASE ONE. THEN WE ADDED. THE PHASE TWO AND WE ADDED MORE SECONDARY COURSES, SO THERE'S MORE ELIGIBILITY THERE. AND THEN THE THIRD PHASE.

IS WE ADDED THE FINE ARTS AND THE STEM SO AS WE'RE LOOKING TO SEE WHERE THE GAPS ARE. WE'RE LOOKING TO SEE WHAT OTHER COURSES WE CAN ADD, BECAUSE THE THING ABOUT ADDING A COURSES THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PRE AND POST TEST SO WE HAVE AND IT HAS TO BE VALID AND IT HAS TO BE RELIABLE. ONCE WE IDENTIFY AN ASSESSMENT, WE HAVE TO SUBMIT IT TO TEXT TO TA AND TEXAS TECH. TO GET APPROVAL. IF IT'S THIS ASSESSMENT IS RELIABLE, AND, UM YEAH. THANK YOU, MHM. ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. BOARD MEMBERS. OKAY, SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THIS CORRECTLY ON PHASE ONE. THOSE TEACHERS WERE USING ESSENTIALLY STAR DATA AND THAT DATA JUST MAP DATA, JUST THE MAP DATA. AND THEN ONCE YOU GET TO PHASE TWO AND PHASE THREE, THE ADDED COURSES DON'T HAVE MAP ASSOCIATED WITH THEM, SO WE'RE USING LOCALLY DEVELOPED ASSESSMENTS FROM A DATABASE.

THAT IS CORRECT SOME OF THEM IF WE CAN USE MAP DATA FOR A PRE AND POST ASSESSMENT, WE'RE GOING TO USE THE MAP. UM BUT IF NOT, IT'S A DISTRICT CREATED ASSESSMENT. THANK YOU. AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION IS BACK TO WHAT MR BOSTIC SAID WAS. I ALSO REMEMBER IN THE BEGINNING THERE WAS A LOT OF INPUT FROM TEACHERS ABOUT THE STRUCTURE OF THE SYSTEM. AND I REMEMBER SEEING SOME DIFFERENT PERCENTAGES LIKE IT WASN'T ALL BASED ON A PRE AND POST TESTS. THERE WAS ALSO SOME OTHER CATEGORIES. I FEEL LIKE OKAY STILL IN PLACE. SO THOSE ARE THE THREE REQUIREMENTS. UM TA SAYS IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR A DESIGNATION. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A TEACHER OBSERVATION AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE TO HAVE THE PRE AND THE POST TEST THE PERCENTAGES OF HOW IT'S WEIGHTED IS THE TEAR IS, UH, THE TEACHER FEEDBACK SO CURRENTLY WE USE 40% FOR TEACHER OBSERVATION. AND WE USED 40% FOR THE STUDENT GROWTH. THE TEACHERS HAD THAT INPUT. THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE 20% ON THE OTHER, WHICH, UH, THE STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK DECIDED TO USE DOMAIN ONE AND DOMAIN FOUR OF T TEST ALONG WITH STUDENT ATTENDANCE, AND THAT WEIGHS IN 20. AND IS THAT THE ORIGINAL OR THE ORIGINAL? THAT HAS NOT CHANGED? UM I'M I AM GOING TO TAKE IT BACK, KNOWING THAT WE JUST GOTTA PAY OUT. THIS WAS THE VERY FIRST PAYOUT THAT THE TEACHERS GOT IF AMBASSADORS WANT TO GO BACK AND CHANGE THE WAY DID FORMULA THERE, IT'S UP TO THE TEACHERS. IT'S UP TO THE LEADERS, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE PUT OUT FOR A SURVEY AND FOR FEEDBACK. WHO ARE THE AMBASSADORS? AND HOW ARE THEY? ONE TEACHER PER CAMPUS. THANK YOU. ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.

HYSTERIC. I JUST WANT TO ASK CLARIFYING QUESTION ABOUT THE PAYMENTS AND I'M SURE THIS HAS

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DR DELAROSA. OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS FORESEE BUDGET UPDATE MR GARRE. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HATFIELD. SO IT'S REALLY MY PLEASURE TONIGHT TO BE ABLE TO INTRODUCE THIS LADY TWICE IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS, AS YOU ALL KNOW, AT THE CEREMONY, THE SERVICE AWARDS CEREMONY LAST WEEK. UM SHE WAS RECOGNIZED FOR COMPLETING 10 CONSECUTIVE YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE DISTRICT. AND IT REALLY IS AN HONOR TO HAVE HER ON OUR TEAM. YOU KNOW, SHE'S SHE'S A HER JOB IS REALLY VITAL TO THE DISTRICT. AS YOU KNOW, SHE PAYS EVERYONE AND SHE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR IT ALL. SO SHE WORKS A LOT OF TIRELESS HOURS AND SHE'S I CAN TELL YOU FROM FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE. SHE'S THE FIRST ONE AT WORK EVERY DAY BECAUSE SHE BEATS ME TO WORK.

BUT SHE'S ALWAYS HERE AND UM YOU KNOW, HER DEPARTMENT IS ONE OF THE MOST HEAVILY AUDITED DEPARTMENTS THAT WE HAVE IN THE ENTIRE DISTRICT. BUT NOT JUST COME FOUR TIMES A YEAR, SO EVERYTHING SHE DOES HAS THE GOOD HAS TO BE REALLY PRECISE, REALLY ACCURATE BECAUSE IT'S ALL SCRUTINIZE, SO WE WANTED HER TO COME TONIGHT. KIND OF INTRODUCE HERSELF, EVEN THOUGH SHE DOESN'T WANT TO INTRODUCE HER TEAM KIND OF TELL YOU WHAT THE PAYROLL DEPARTMENT DOES. SO THIS IS MISS REBECCA MCDOWELL. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, DR ELDERS, PRESIDENT HATFIELD AND BOARD MEMBERS. SO TONIGHT I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE PAYROLL BENEFIT DEPARTMENT. SO FIRST OF ALL, I'M GOING TO JUST INTRODUCE YOU TO THE DEPARTMENT AND PUT SOME VICES BEHIND THE PAYROLL TEAM.

WE DO HAVE A TEAM OF SEVEN. THESE LADIES WORKED TIRELESSLY BEHIND THE SCENES TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR EMPLOYEES ARE PAID ACCURATELY AND TIMELY. AND THEN LET'S INTRODUCE THE BENEFIT RISK MANAGEMENT TEAM UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF KIM GRAHAM, THESE ARE LADIES ALWAYS MAKE SURE THAT OUR EMPLOYEES AND OUR BUILDINGS ARE SAFE. SO WE ARE HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THOSE THAT ARE WORKING WITH THE STUDENTS EACH DAY SUCH AS OUR TEACHERS, OUR BUS DRIVERS AND CUSTODIANS, LUNCH. LADIES CAN TAKE CARE OF THE STUDENTS AND BE CONFIDENT THAT THEIR PAYCHECKS ARE GOING TO THEIR ACCOUNTS ON PAYDAY WITHOUT THEM WORRYING. UM SO LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT PAYROLL. WE DO PROCESS. NINE PAYCHECK PAYROLLS EACH MONTH. WE HAVE TO PASTE, BRO. CIRCLES WE HAVE SEEN THE MONTHLY AND MONTHLY ARE SEMI MONTHLY OR ARE AUXILIARY STAFF THAT ARE PAID HOURLY. THEY GET PAID ON THE 11TH AND THE 26TH OF THE MONTH, AND THAT'S LIKE OUR CUSTODIAL MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT. CITY NUTRITION TRANSPORTATION. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR OTHER EMPLOYEES THAT GET PAID MONTHLY ON THE 20TH OF THE MONTH. THOSE ARE OUR TEACHERS ARE PARAPROFESSIONALS ARE SUBSTITUTES AND OUR ADMINISTRATORS WE DO PAY OVER 4000 EMPLOYEES EACH MONTH. WE ONBOARD ABOUT 700 NEW HOUSE EACH YEAR WE PROCESS MANY TRANSFERS AND MANY SEPARATIONS. WE DO A LOT OF EXTRA DUTY PAY EXTRA DUTY PAY IS OUR TEACHERS THAT DO EXTRA DUTY AFTER WORK COULD BE TUTORING COULD BE WORKING GAMES. WE HAVE A LOT OF TEACHERS AND PARAPROFESSIONALS THAT WORK GAMES. WE JUST SATURDAY SCHOOLS. WE DO A LOT OF DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT REQUIRE EXTRA PAY. WE AWARD IN MAINTAIN ALL LEAVE IN THE DISTRICT. WE MONITOR AND EDIT ALL THE TIME CARDS. WE MANAGED THE FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE. WE ALSO MAINTAIN ACCOUNT CODING FOR ALL THE PCS AND STOPPING WE PROCESS LIABILITY PAYMENTS, AND THESE ARE DEDUCTIONS THAT COME FROM OUR EMPLOYEES CHECKS THAT WE MAKE SURE YOU GET TO THE APPROPRIATE VENDORS LIKE CHILD SUPPORT, STUDENT LOANS, HEALTH INSURANCE AND SO FORTH. UM WE VERIFY EMPLOYMENT. SO ANY OUR EMPLOYEES THAT GET NEW CARS, NEW HOMES, ALL OF THOSE VERIFICATIONS COME TO US. WE DO MAKE QUARTERLY, UM RS PAYMENTS AND REPORTS. WE PROCESS ALL W FOUR W TWO S. I MEAN, WE DID ABOUT 4500 LAST YEAR. WE DO REPORT TO THE TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM. THIS IS A LARGE PORTION OF OUR JOB. EVERY EMPLOYEE IN OUR DISTRICT DOES GET REPORTED TO THE TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM, EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT A MEMBER OF THE TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM, SO WE DO REPORT ALL EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING ACCEPTED, TOOTS. UM, WE WERE WE REPORT THEIR POSITION HOW MANY HOURS THEY WORK EACH MONTH. HOW MANY

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AND SO THEN LET'S TALK ABOUT THE REASONS ARE POISED OR ABSENCE. SO IN JUST LAST YEAR, THE 2223 SCHOOL YEAR THE MAJORITY OF OUR ABSENCES WERE FOR ILLNESS OF EMPLOYEES, AND IT WAS ABOUT 32% WE ALSO HAD PERSONAL BUSINESS ABSENCES, WHICH IS THE YELLOW 27% AND THEN WE HAD SOME PROFESSIONAL ABSENCES, AND THAT IS INCLUDING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND AUTHORIZE ICAL BUSINESS, WHICH IS ABOUT 13% SO LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BENEFIT AND THE RISK MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES. SO BENEFITING SPANISH, BUT DEPARTMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EMPLOYEE BENEFIT AND RETIREMENT PLANS. THEY OFFER 24 EMPLOYEE BENEFITS. AND THEY DEDUCTED AVERAGE OF 3200 BENEFITS FROM EMPLOYEES PAY , WHICH IS CLOSE TO ABOUT $7 MILLION ANNUALLY. EMPLOYEE WELLNESS. UM YOU KNOW, I JUST SPOKE IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE ABOUT HOW OUR EMPLOYEES WERE ABSENT A LOT FOR PERSONAL ILLNESS. SO KIM AND HER TEAM TRULY PRIORITIZE THEIR EMPLOYEES HEALTH BY OFFERING IMMUNIZATION CLINICS ACROSS OUR DISTRICT SO THEY CAN GO AND GET FLU SHOTS.

COVID SHOTS, SHINGLE SHOTS, UM DIFFERENT TYPES OF IMMUNIZATION ON THEIR CAMPUS SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO LEAVE. TO KEEP THEM WELL. YEAH. THEY ALSO OFFER MAINTAIN THE STUDENT ACCIDENT INSURANCE, PROPERTY AND LIABILITY INSURANCE. WE ENSURE NEARLY 1.2 BILLION IN PHYSICAL PROPERTY, AND THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE, UM THE VEHICLE FLEET. WE INVESTIGATING PROCESS CLAIMS FOR 47 VEHICLE ACCIDENTS THIS PAST YEAR THEY MAINTAIN ALL DRIVERS LICENSING THROUGH THE N P R N D O T. THEY MANAGED OVER THEY MANAGED OVER 550 D, O T AND 90 OT MEDICAL EXAMS, DRUG TESTS AND PRE EMPLOYMENT TESTS AS WELL AS ANNUAL AND RETURN TO WORK TEST. AND THEN JUST ON A HAPPY NOTE. WE HAD 100 AND EIGHT BABIES BORN LAST YEAR, WHICH KIND OF ACCOUNTED FOR SOME OF THOSE ABSENCES. ONE LAST LOOK AT OUR BENEFIT PAYROLL TEAM, AND THIS IS THE GREATEST TEAM. I'M SO HAPPY TO BE A PART OF IT. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MISS MCDOWELL. I DON'T BELIEVE WE'VE EVER HAD A PRESENTATION LIKE THIS BEFORE FROM YOUR DEPARTMENT. FROM WHAT I REMEMBER. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AS VERY ENLIGHTENING BOARD MEMBERS. DO YOU HAVE ANY

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YEAH, THEY'RE LIKE I SAID, WE'RE THE MAIN DEPARTMENTS ARE THERE'S AT SOME 0.25% VACANCY, SO THAT ACCOUNTS FOR A LOT OF THE OVERTIME, A TBS ANOTHER THING WHERE ALL THE TEACHERS ARE WORKING FOR ATB AFTER SCHOOL, SO THAT IS PART OF THE OVERTIME AS WELL. BUT WE ARE GETTING ALL THE DATA TOGETHER AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS FOR Y'ALL. WE'RE GOING TO PUT IT IN THE AND A BOARD MEMBER COMING SOON TO ALL OF YOU. OKAY GREAT. THANK YOU. AND THEN LAST WHEN HE MENTIONED THE SHINGLES SHOT, DO WE HAVE ABSENCES DUE TO SHINGLES? I CAN'T ANSWER THAT.

JUST OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT I'M SURE WE DO. OKAY JUST CURIOUS. THANK YOU. GREAT REPORT. THANK YOU, MA'AM. ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BOARD MEMBERS. MISS MCDOWELL. I BELIEVE I SEE SOME MEMBERS OF YOUR TEAM IN THE ROOM FROM THE PICTURE, SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOUR TEAM. ALSO SINCE, ESPECIALLY SINCE THEY'RE HERE, THEY MIGHT BE LISTENING.

SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU ALL DO. AND THE HARD WORK THAT YOU ALL PUT FORWARD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND MR GARY, I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE ABOUT THE OVERTIME AND EXTRA HOURS BECAUSE THAT IS A LARGE CHUNK OF FUNDS. GOING IN THE INCREASE. UM AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING MORE INFORMATION ON THAT. YES, MA'AM. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR MCDOWELL. THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS FOR D. ENROLLMENT AND ATTENDANCE. DOCTOR HAMLIN.

DR ELDRIDGE, MISS HATFIELD, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND GIVE YOU OUR MONTHLY I'LL SAY MONTHLY ATTENDANCE AND ENROLLMENT UPDATE. I ALWAYS WANT TO START OFF EARLY BY THE THINGS THAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO FOCUS ON IN STUDENT SERVICES TODAY, ONE CULTURE. CONSTRUCTION AND SYSTEMS. IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR US WHILE WE WERE.

WE ARE REBRANDING STUDENT SERVICES THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE HIGH LEVEL POSITIVE CULTURE AND CUSTOMER SERVICE FOR OUR FAMILIES AND OUR STAFF. UH, THIS YEAR. WE'RE REALLY LOOKING TO CREATE SOME NEW OPPORTUNITIES AND ENROLLMENT. AND ATTENDANCE. AND LAST MONTH WE DID SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR NEW ATTENDANCE PLAN. WE'RE ALSO DOING THE SAME THING WITH A NEW ENROLLMENT PLAN. UH WE ALSO FOCUS OBVIOUSLY ON THREAT ASSESSMENTS, DISCIPLINE INTERVENTION AND OUR STUDENT BORN EXCHANGE PROGRAM. LAST MONTH. WE SHARED THAT WE HAD A GOAL THAT WE WANT TO SET THIS YEAR TO INCREASE OUR AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE BY 1. LAST YEAR , USING THAT AS A BASELINE THAT 92.7% OUR GOAL THIS YEAR IS TO HAVE TO REACH 93.7% AT THE END OF THE YEAR. WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT, UH WITHIN THE NEW PLAN. WE KIND OF IDENTIFIED TWO GROUPS . UH WE HAD 75% OF OUR KIDS THAT WERE CONSIDERED EXCEPTIONAL AND GOOD ATTENDEES, MEANING THEY WERE HERE 91% OR MORE THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR, AND THEN WE HAD THAT ROLE CONCERN WHEN WE HAD 25% OF OUR KIDS THAT FELL INTO THAT CHRONIC AND SEVERE CHRONIC. ATTENDANCE PHASE AND THOSE ARE THE KIDS THAT ARE ABSENT. 90% ARE MORE THAN 90% ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU GET DOWN CLOSER TO THE 80% OF THE TIME FOR THOSE KIDS THAT OR THAT SEVERE CHRONIC CATEGORY. WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS PROVIDES SOME POSITIVE RESULTS SO FAR, YOU KNOW, WE HAD OUR ATTENDANCE AWARENESS MONTH AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GOING TO JUST KEEP IT TO SEPTEMBER. WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS BASICALLY EVERY MONTH WITH OUR PRINCIPLES AND OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STUDENTS. UH, BUT LOOKING SO FAR THIS YEAR THROUGH TWO REPORTING PERIODS FOR ATTENDANCE. WE ARE CURRENTLY SITTING AT 88% OF OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE HERE MORE THAN 90% OF THE TIME, OBVIOUSLY, SO THAT'S 13% HIGHER THAN IT WAS LAST YEAR WITH A BIG DECREASE IN THE SEVERE AND THE CHRONIC PHASES AS YOU CAN SEE WHAT AT 12% SO

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FOR EACH GRADE LEVEL. IN EIGHT REPORTING PERIOD. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S EXTREMELY POSITIVE. IT'S GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. IT'S A TREND THAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE. NOW THIS NEXT SLIDE IS ABOUT AND ROLL MINT. AND WE TALKED ABOUT YOU KNOW WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE 2223 SCHOOL YEAR COMPARED TO THE 2324 SCHOOL YEAR. I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO GET CAUGHT UP ON GOING STRAIGHT ACROSS AN EXAMPLE IS LIKE FIRST GRADE. 2223 WE HAD 2009 1ST GRADERS. AND THEN YOU LOOK OVER. AT 2223, AND WE HAVE 1904 1ST GRADERS. WELL THAT SECOND COLUMN REALLY. WE NEED TO FOCUS ON OUR FIRST GRADERS MOVING TO SECOND GRADE. SO EACH GRADE LEVEL YOU NEED TO LOOK DOWN TO THE NEXT GRADE LEVEL TO SEE IF WE ARE RETAINING THOSE TYPES. THERE WERE THOSE STUDENTS. AS YOU CAN SEE IN THAT THAT FIRST ONE THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN ORANGE AND 2022 23 LAST YEAR 2009 1ST GRADERS, AND IN THIS YEAR THOSE FIRST GREATEST RESULTED IN 1943 2ND GRADERS. DOES THAT MEAN? THAT DIFFERENCE THOSE KIDS MOVED. NO, NOT NECESSARILY. SOME DID. BUT FIRST GRADE AND SECOND GRADE WE HAVE SOME RETENTION REGARDING, UH, READING LEVELS. PERFORMANCE.

SAME THING WITH THIRD GRADE. THAT'S WHEN STAR SCORES KICK IN. AND SO THERE'S SOME RETENTION THERE AS WELL. SO THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE SOME OF THOSE DIFFERENT. I'M NOT SAYING WE RETAINED ALL THOSE KIDS. SOME MOVED SEVEN DIDN'T AND THEN WE HAD THAT BIG CONCERN AND I KNOW MISS HER.

BOCEK HAS TALKED TO US ABOUT THIS THIS BIG GAP FROM FIFTH GRADE GOING TO SIXTH GRADE. WE DIDN'T HAVE 168 RETENTIONS OF FIFTH GRADERS GOING TO SIXTH GRADE, BUT WE DO HAVE A CONCERN THAT OUR FIFTH GRADERS ARE NOT COMING TO OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS. UH AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE REALLY GOING TO FOCUS ON. WELL I'VE ALREADY TALKED WITH DR ELDREDGE. WE'RE REALLY GOING TO CREATE AND WORK WITH OUR PRINCIPLES AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL AS WELL AS OBVIOUSLY THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL, AND WE'VE GOT TO REALLY ADDRESS OUR STUDENTS NOT COMING TO FIFTH GRADE. NOW ONCE WE GET THEM INTO MIDDLE SCHOOL, AS YOU CAN SEE, SIXTH GRADERS LAST YEAR. UH, MOVING TO SEVENTH GRADE. THEY STAYED. TRYING TO KID DIFFERENCE. UH OUR EIGHTH GRADERS OR SEVENTH GRADERS. THEY STAYED. AH! NOT GOING TO REALLY TALK A WHOLE LOT ABOUT NINTH GRADE THROUGH 10TH OR 12TH GRADE, BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY YOU SEE THOSE BIG NUMBERS. THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE IT REALLY WHEN YOU GET TO HIGH SCHOOL, IT'S ALL ABOUT CLASSIFICATION. BASED ON

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AH AND THEN WE ASK. WHERE ARE THEY GOING? THIS CHART HERE. ALLOWS THIS KIND OF SEE WHERE THESE KIDS ARE GOING. THESE ARE PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT OUR KIDS ARE GOING TO WE HAD THAT THREE YEAR COMPARISON. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE BIG HITTER REALLY IS THE UNIVERSAL ACADEMY. THEY'VE HAD. BASKETBALL YOUR 905. WE HAVE UPLIFT. THEY'RE ALWAYS RANGING RIGHT AROUND THAT 700 STUDENTS, UH EACH YEAR THIS PAST YEAR SEVEN AND 83. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE TEXAS COLLEGE PREP. WHICH IS ACTUALLY IT'S A LARGER ORGANIZATION. THERE ARE SEVERAL ALL AROUND US, BUT THE ONE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THEM AND SMITH WOULD FALL INTO THAT CATEGORY. UH, SO IT'S REALLY ABOUT THESE KIDS THAT ARE GO INTO THOSE PRIVATE SCHOOLS. BUT WHAT WE DO NOW AND WHAT THIS CHART REALLY DOESN'T SHOW BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAD A MEETING TODAY WITH OUR A P S LAST WEEK WITH OUR PRINCIPLES. THIS WAS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. A LOT OF IT. A LOT OF THESE KIDS ARE COMING BACK. BECAUSE WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THERE IS NOT A PRIVATE SCHOOL OR CHARGED CAN OFFER WHAT PUBLIC SCHOOL OFFERS. AND WAS HE AT THE OFFERS. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT. THERE IS NO SUPPORTED ACADEMIC DOCUMENTATION THAT SHOWS THAT PRIVATE SCHOOL IN CHARGE SCHOOLS OUTPERFORMING PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ESPECIALLY C F B I S D. I LOVE DATA. AND NOW. WITH ATTENDANCE, ATTENDANCE AND I LOVE THE TENNIS DATA. UH AND WHEN YOU START THROWING NUMBERS AT ME, I'M ALWAYS GOING TO LOOK AT OTHER THINGS THAT WE NEED TO APPROXIMATELY. CONSIDER AND LOOK AT AND SO THIS IS ONE REASON WHY THE WOMAN MOBILITY RATE AT OUR SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO BE SHOWN HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT'S DIRECTLY TIED WITH NOT ONLY OUR ENROLLMENT, BUT IT'S TIED TO OUR ATTENDANCE. AND THAT ATTENDANCE PLAN WE TALKED ABOUT.

WE HAVE TO CREATE WAYS TO ELIMINATE BARRIERS THAT OUR STUDENTS FACE, ESPECIALLY IN SOME OF THESE CATEGORIES. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT. NOW MIDDLE SCHOOL. YOU SEE, I HAVE TWO CAMPUSES THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED RED. THESE TWO CAMPUSES ARE CONCERNED REGARDING MOBILITY, RIGHT? WE HIGHLIGHTED ANYTHING THAT WAS OVER 20. LONG HAS BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME. AS WELL AS BUSH. AND UH, SO YOU SEE THAT BUSH IS PROBABLY THAT IT IS THE HIGHEST ONE THAT WE HAVE IN OUR DISTRICT MIDDLE SCHOOL WISE, THEY AVERAGE ANYWHERE FROM 27 TO 28 29% MOBILITY RATE EACH SCHOOL YEAR. HIGH SCHOOL. YOU SEE THAT RANCH VIEW IS THE ONE HIGH SCHOOL THAT IS OVER 20% EACH SCHOOL YEAR. SO WE HAVE BUSH. WE HAVE RANCH VIEW. WE HAVE WEST SIDE. BUT YOU DO SEE SOME GREEN THERE WHICH SHOWS THAT WE HAVE, UH, SEVERAL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS THAT ARE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. THEY'RE REDUCING THEIR MOBILITY RATE. THESE ARE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. NOT ALL HAVE ANOTHER SLIDE. THAT'S GOING TO SHOW SOME HERE IN A FEW SECONDS. BUT THIS THIS REALLY WOULD I WOULD CONSIDER A MONITOR GROUP. NONE OF THESE ARE OVER 20. BUT WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO LOOK AT THEM AND SEE EXACTLY, YOU KNOW. IF THEY'RE GOING UP, GOING DOWN AND ANYTHING THAT WE NEED TO DO TO HELP THESE CAMPUSES OUT. NOW. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY OUR FOCUS GROUP. UH AND WE'RE REALLY GONNA

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UH, A CELEBRATION HERE I THINK IS THAT YOU CAN SEE OUR NUMBERS WENT ANYWHERE FROM WE HAVEN'T RECOVERED FROM COVID YET, BUT THAT 25,600 TO 24,500 TODAY. IF YOU GO TO YEAR TO YEAR WE'RE RETAINING ABOUT 98% OF OUR KIDS EACH YEAR. THAT'S A CELEBRATION. ESPECIALLY IF YOU WANT TO COMPARE US TO OTHER DISTRICTS AROUND US. WE'RE RIGHT NOW ABOUT 1.5 TO 1.7% DECREASE FROM LAST YEAR. MANY DISTRICTS AROUND US ARE AT 4% 6% IF YOU LOOK AT SOME DISTRICTS THAT WERE 87,000 STUDENTS PRIOR TO COVID. NOW THEY HAVE 70,000 STUDENTS, SO THERE ARE SOME DISTRICTS THAT HAVE REALLY BEEN HIT HARD WITH THIS. UH AND LOSING 1.7% DOES HURT, BUT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO RETAIN OUR KIDS AND HAVING A 98% RETENTION RATE IN TODAY'S WORLD. I'M PROUD OF THAT. BUT THERE'S WORK TO DO. CAN I LEAVE YOU WITH FOURTH THOUGHTS FOR TAKEAWAYS ARE CURRENT ATTENDANCE IS 24,000. I DID SAY. THAT WE LOST SOME CASES REALLY 24,476, BUT ON THEIR SNAPSHOT DATA WAS 24,500. AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE RIGHT NOW IS 94.9. WE ARE EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT SOME OF THE CHANGES WE'RE DOING WITH OUR ENROLLMENT AND TRANSFER PROCEDURES WERE WORKING ON THOSE NOW WE'VE REALLY SPENT A LOT OF OUR TIME GETTING THAT ATTENDANCE PLAN READY AND GOING, BUT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING TO FINALIZE SOME SOME NEW PROCESS AND PROCEEDED FOR ENROLLMENT TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR PARENTS MAKING A BETTER EXPERIENCE. AND THEN ONCE AGAIN THAT RETENTION RATE AT 98% OF SOMETHING THAT THAT WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT MORE.

AND THAT'LL DO IT. DR HAMLIN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR MONTHLY UPDATE IS A VERY THOROUGH AND INFORMATIVE BOARD MEMBERS. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THIS ROBOTIC I KNEW IT WAS COMING. UM. I AM. THANK YOU TO YOU. AND WHOEVER HELPS SUPPORT PUTTING AH, THIS DATA TOGETHER. IT'S LONG BEEN A QUESTION AND FOCUS AND I'M SUPER EXCITED TO SEE IT. UM. I DO HAVE A QUESTION ON THE RED AND BLUE ON THE THREE YEAR COMPARISON OF DISTRICT TRANSFERS. CAN YOU

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HAS IT BEEN ROLLED OUT YET? WE ACTUALLY HAD A SESSION WITH ALL THE PRINCIPLES LAST WEEK ON OCTOBER 26TH. WE SHARED IT WITH OUR PRINCIPLES. GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRIDE EVEN MORE FEEDBACK, WHICH THEY DID, AND SO WE'RE GETTING THAT INTO THE PLAN NOW AND THEN WE'LL PUSH THAT OUT HERE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS WHEN WE GET ALL THEIR FEEDBACK INTO THE DOCUMENT AS WELL, BUT WE WANTED TO BE RURAL TRANSPARENT WITH OUR CAMPUSES, AND WE WANTED THEM TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK. AND THEY DID THAT. ON LAST THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26TH OKAY. SOUNDS GREAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR SHENKMAN. DR HAMLIN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THIS PRESENTATION IS I WAS STUDYING IT. REMINDED ME IS JUST HOW HARSHLY WE WERE IMPACTED BY COVID. I IT'S KIND OF EASY TO FORGET THAT IN A WAY, BECAUSE THERE'S NOT MUCH OF IT RIGHT NOW. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS, THE REALITY IS WE'RE DOWN. FIVE JUST 5.5. OVER THE TIME OF COVID. AND. SO I OBVIOUSLY ANYTHING WE CAN DO THAT WORKS. ON ACROSS ALL THE BOARD IS OF HELP TO ALL OF THIS, BUT YES, SIR. BIG DEAL AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US THE STATS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND ONE THING I REALLY LOVE ABOUT THIS ALSO, JUST SAY THAT OUT LOUD IS YOU KNOW WE HAVE WE HAVE A REALLY, REALLY SPECIFIC FOCUS THEIR STUDENT SERVICES NOW OBVIOUSLY, DISCIPLINES ALWAYS BEEN THAT, BUT HAVING THIS FOCUS ON ENROLLMENT AND ATTENDANCE IS GOING TO BE HUGE FOR THIS DISTRICT BECAUSE BEING A PRINCIPAL IN THIS ISSUE FOR 20 YEARS WE REALLY NEVER HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ATTENDANCE LIKE WE'RE HAVING TODAY.

ENROLLMENT LIKE WE'RE HAVING TODAY, ESPECIALLY MOBILITY LIKE WE'RE HAVING TODAY. SO WE'RE GONNA WE'RE GONNA DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GET OUR KIDS KEEP OUR KIDS RETAIN OUR KIDS AND THEN BECOMING A DISTRICT. SO EVERYBODY JUST KEEPS COMING COMING COMING BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE WANT. DR HAMILL. YOU SET ME UP PERFECTLY FOR MY QUESTION. THAT'S WHAT I DID. THANK YOU.

CAN YOU DEFINE MOBILITY? HOW ARE WE DEFINING MOBILITY AS A DISTRICT? JUST STILL MISS HATFIELDS QUESTION AS WELL. WELL, IT ISN'T THE KIDS THAT CONTINUE TO MOVE AND YOU KNOW, AND IT COULD JUST BE ONCE. UH SO IT DOESN'T MEAN THEY HAVE TO MOVE TWO OR THREE TIMES LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER. BUT WHEN KIDS MOVE FROM ONE CAMPUS TOGETHER, AND SOMETIMES WITH THE CAUSE OF THAT MOBILITY LIKE WHEN WE MOVED KIDS FROM SHEFFIELD TO FOR NO. BECAUSE OF THE CONSTRUCTION, SO THAT'S PART OF IT JUST SHOWS KIDS GOING FROM ONE CAMPUS TO THE NEXT CAMPUS OR ONE CAMPUS.

OUT OF THE DISTRICT. THAT WAS GONNA BE MY QUESTION, SO NOT NECESSARILY WITHIN DISTRICT CAMPUS TO CAMPUS, BUT THIS COULD BE CAMPUS TO OUTSIDE OF CFB OR MOVED AWAY. THAT'S ALSO COUNTED.

IMMOBILITY LEFT THE COUNTRY FOR MULTIPLE MONTHS BECAUSE OF FAMILY CHOICES THAT COUNTS UNDER MOBILITY AS WELL. OKAY SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT JUST TO NOTE BECAUSE I THINK THAT WE DO HAVE A HIGH MOBILITY DISTRICT. THAT'S JUST A FACT. AND THAT ABSOLUTELY IMPACTS EVERYTHING THAT WE DO SO OKAY. THANK YOU FOR DEFINING THAT. OF YEARS. THANK YOU, MISS HATFIELD. UM AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THE 95.7. WHOOP WHOOP. THAT'S GOOD GETTING THERE. YES, WE ARE THINKING ABOUT. I UNDERSTAND THE NORTH. MOBILITY ISSUES AND, OF COURSE, OUR WEST SIDE. WHAT ABOUT DO IT, PERRY? I KNOW THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE THERE AND WITH THEIR SO CENTRALLY LOCATED. YEAH, WELL, WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING INTO THAT AND OBVIOUSLY WE HAD A REALLY TOUGH YEAR LAST YEAR, AND I'M NOT GONNA PUT ANYTHING ON THE TOUGH YEAR. WE HAD IT SEVERAL CAMPUSES LAST YEAR WITH THE EPIDEMIC THAT WE WERE FACING WITH VIETNAM AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT WE KNOW THAT ALL THOSE TYPE OF THINGS CAN PLAY INTO IT. BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE NUMBERS. I DON'T HAVE A GOOD

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OKAY AND THEN I WANTED TO ASK, REMEMBER, WE DIDN'T GO TO SCHOOL. IT WAS TRUE AND SEE, WE GOT IN TROUBLE. BUT MOBILITY SEEMS TO BE YOU KNOW THE JUGGLING GAME TODAY THEY JUST TAKE THEIR KIDS OUT AND THEY'RE GONE AND COME BACK WITH THE KIDS THAT ARE MOVING. UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL HAVING A VERY ACTIVE APPROACH ON TRUANCY. UH THERE'S UNEXCUSED ABSENCES. UH SO YOU KNOW, WE'RE ACTUALLY JUST I JUST SENT OUT AN EMAIL TO ALL HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS TODAY WITH THE LIST OF STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN OUT FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME AND HELPING THEM MAKE SURE THAT WE FIND OUT WHERE THEY'RE AT. UH SO TRUANCY IS STILL A CONCERN, BUT THAT'S GOING TO BE TIED TO THOSE UNEXCUSED ABSENCES . MOBILITY IS ABOUT STUDENTS GOING BACK AND FORTH OR ARE LEAVING THE DISTRICT JUST MOVING, SO IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANYTHING TO DO WITH ATTENDANCE OR ENROLLMENT. THANK YOU. WELL, YOU'VE HEARD FROM EVERYBODY BUT ME. SO I GUESS I GOT TO ASK A QUESTION. I FIGURED YOU'RE COMING. UM I ACTUALLY WANTED TO SHARE A PART OF THE STORY. I HAVE SHARED THIS WITH DR ELDRIDGE. BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING ON ENROLLMENT DOES MATTER. UM AND WHILE YES, WE WANT IT FAST, AND WE WANT IT NOW, AT THE SAME TIME, THE INPUT THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR PRINCIPLES AND THE WORK THAT WE DO IN THE FIELD TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CHALLENGES THAT THEY SEE THAT WE'RE PUTTING INTO THE SYSTEM IS REALLY IMPORTANT. THE STORY IS ABOUT SOMEONE WHO CALLED ME AND SAID, CAN I COME OVER? I NEED TO TALK ABOUT HIGH SCHOOL AND THIS PARENT SAID I LEFT CFB AND I WANT TO COME BACK BECAUSE THERE'S NO PROGRAM LIKE WHAT CREEK VIEW OFFERS FOR MY CHILD, AND IT'S NOT IN ANOTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT. IT'S NOT AT THE CHARTER SCHOOL, THE STUDENT CURRENTLY GOES TO AND I WANT TO COME BACK. AND WHAT DO I DO? BECAUSE I'M FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY AND IN MY COUNTRY, YOU HAVE TO TAKE A TEST AND YOU TAKE THE TEST AND HOW YOU PERFORM MEANS WHAT SCHOOL YOU CAN GO TO. AND SO HER CONCEPTUALIZATION OF WHERE HER CHILD CAN GO, IS BASED ON HER EXPERIENCE IN ANOTHER COUNTRY, AND SHE'S LIVED HERE 20 YEARS. AND SO SHE IMMEDIATELY SAID. I WENT I SAW THE WEBSITE.

I KNOW THAT'S WHERE I WANT HIM TO GO. BUT WHAT DO I DO NOW? AND SHE WAS WHAT DO I DO NOW? AND SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. SHE'S LIKE, BUT I HAVE TO TELL THE CHARTER SCHOOL THAT MY CHILD GOES TO BY JANUARY 1ST. IF I'M STAYING, AND TO HER, THAT WAS A DEADLINE THAT SHE HAS TO MEET.

AND SO NOW SHE FEELS LIKE SHE'S IN LIMBO. SHE LIVES IN OUR DISTRICT AND LIKE IN OUR ATTENDANCE ZONE, AND SHE FEELS LIKE THE CHILD CAN'T COME TO OUR SCHOOL UNLESS HE TAKES THE TEST.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU. I SHARED THIS DR ELDREDGE. EVEN MORE DETAILS OF THE STORIES THAT THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF FAMILIES THAT ARE NEEDING US BECAUSE THEY DO WANT TO COME TO OUR SCHOOLS, BUT THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE SYSTEM. AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S AS MUCH AS WE HAVE PUT A FOCUS ON IT. WE'VE MADE IT VERY CLEAR AND YOUR SENSE OF URGENCY IN THIS DATA SHOWS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT AND YOUR TEAM IS LOOKING AT IT, AND THE ENTIRE DISTRICT IS REALLY RECOGNIZING IT. THAT IS A REAL CASE. OF SOMEONE WHO SAYS I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. AND HELP ME SO WE ARE GOING TO HELP THIS PERSON, BUT THAT'S JUST ONE OF MANY, AND LUCKILY SHE LIVES ACROSS THE STREET FROM ME, AND SHE WAS ABLE TO CALL ME AND SAY, CAN I COME OVER AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS? SO I JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT STORY WITH YOU AND ENCOURAGE YOU TO KEEP HIM DOING THE WORK AND WORKING WITH PRINCIPLES AND WORKING WITH STAFF AND WORKING WITH THE DISTRICT BECAUSE THE CHANGES WE'RE MAKING ARE GOING TO MAKE AN INPUT FOR A PARENT LIKE THAT. THAT JUST SAYS I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO NOW. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. APPRECIATE THAT. OKAY. BOARD MEMBERS. DO WE NEED A SHORT RECESS OR DO YOU WANT TO KEEP GOING? BATHROOM. ALL RIGHT, WE'LL KEEP PLOWING THROUGH. HOLD YOUR HORSES. UM WE WILL PROCEED TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM ITEM NUMBER FIVE. THE CONSENT AGENDA.

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[6. Items for Discussion and/or Action]

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT HATFIELD , DR ALDRIDGE AND DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I AM HERE TO PRESENT THIS EVENING. A SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST FOR OUR CURRENT READING CURRICULUM.

MATERIALS THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY FOR UM, GRAMMAR. PHONICS. AND OUR CORE READING LITERATURE AND LEVELED LITERATURE. CLARIFY FOR BOARD MEMBERS THAT IF YOU HAVE A COPY OF THIS PRESENTATION AT YOUR SEAT THANK YOU. YES. SO I WOULD LIKE TO PREFACE THAT, UM, UM, PRESENTATION WITH THIS CAME TO US BY WAY OF ACTUALLY TEACHERS AS WELL AS PRINCIPALS. UM ASKING US TO PLEASE CONSIDER LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO HELP THEM WITH JUST SUSTAINING THE WORK THAT THEY HAD TO DO AND PREPARING AND DESIGNING A LITERATURE BLOCK. THE FIRST REQUEST CAME TO US BY WAY OF A BILINGUAL TEACHER WHO NEEDED ADDITIONAL RESOURCES IN THE WAY OF LITERATURE. UM, AS WELL AS PRINCIPALS WHO WERE TRYING TO SUPPORT THEIR TEACHERS, SPECIFICALLY OUR NEW TEACHERS THAT ARE COMING INTO THE FIELD THAT DON'T HAVE AS MUCH READING EXPERIENCE AND UTILIZING OUR CURRENT CURRICULUM HAS BEEN VERY LABOR CEM AND INTENSIVE FOR THEM, AND SO THIS IS COMING TO US BY MANY DIFFERENT WAYS OF FEEDBACK FROM THE FIELD. AND SO WE LOOKED INTO SOME OPTIONS TO CONSIDER. AND SO THIS EVENING, I'M GOING TO PRESENT TO YOU WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, UM WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION IS FOR CONSIDERATION AND THEN KIND OF THE Y LIKE THE WHY BEHIND WHY WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING THIS NOW, SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT AREAS OF STANDARDS THAT WE TEACH WITH READING LANGUAGE ARTS FOR ENGLISH AS WELL AS SPANISH. THE FIRST COLUMN IS OUR REGULAR READING TAKES AND THAT'S WHERE WE TEACH OUR CORE READING COMPREHENSION AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY USING IS OUR UNITS OF STUDY. THE SECOND AREA THAT WE HAVE STANDARDS TO COVER OUR UNDER THE AREAS OF PHONICS AND SPELLING. WE HAVE THAT FOR ENGLISH AS WELL AS SPANISH AND YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE A VARIETY OF RESOURCES THAT WE ARE UTILIZING TO COVER THOSE STANDARDS. WE HAVE UNITS OF STUDY FOR PHONICS AND K THROUGH TWO. WE HAVE A PROGRAM CALLED HAGERTY, WHICH IS FOR KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE. WE HAVE A PROGRAM CALLED BENCHMARK, WHICH IS ALSO CALLED CONNECTICUT FOR OUR SPANISH LANGUAGE ARTS. AND THEN WE HAVE A EXCUSE ME A PROGRAM CALLED WORDS THEIR WAY. FOR GRAMMAR. THERE'S ANOTHER SET OF STANDARDS THAT WE HAVE TO TEACH THAT DIRECTLY IMPACT OUR WRITING SCORES, AND WE ARE CURRENTLY USING A PROGRAM CALLED PATTERNS OF POWER. AND THEN THE FOURTH AREA IS OUR WRITING STANDARDS AND FOR WRITING. WE ARE USING OUR UNITS OF STUDY FOR WRITING, SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE SEVEN DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT WRAP UP AND MAKE UP A LANGUAGE ARTS BLOCK. EACH OF THOSE RESOURCES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE PARTIALLY ALIGNED TO THE STANDARDS. MULTIPLE RESOURCES ARE NECESSARY FOR OUR TEACHERS TO BE ABLE TO COVER 100% OF THE STANDARDS WHEN THEY'RE BUILDING AND DESIGNING ILLITERACY BLOG. AND SO BY OUR CURRENT CURRICULUM , WHICH IS COVERING 100% OF THE STANDARDS, IT TAKES QUITE A FEW RESOURCES TO SUPPLEMENT TO GET THERE. THAT HAS CREATED A VERY COMPLEX AND A VERY DETAILED CURRICULUM, WHICH HAS MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR OUR NEW TEACHERS TO NAVIGATE WHEN THEY'RE ACTUALLY PLANNING A LANGUAGE ARTS BLOG. SO THE RECOMMENDATION IS FOR US TO LOOK AT SUPPLEMENTING OUR CURRENT PROGRAM WITH AN ADDITIONAL, UM, ACCESS TO RESOURCES FOR ALL FOUR OF THOSE ARE ALL FOR EXCUSE ME THREE OR THREE OUT OF THOSE FOUR

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THE STUDENTS ACTUALLY DO ANNOTATIONS WITHIN THE STORIES AND THEY DO WRITING PRACTICE THROUGHOUT THE TIME THAT THEY'RE READING THE BASAL STORIES. SO THE WHY THE WHY KIND OF ALIGNS BACK TO WHAT HOPE MENTIONED EARLIER WITH THE EIGHT WITH THEIR HB THREE BOARD GOALS. ONE OF OUR FOCUSES AS SHE MENTIONED EARLIER WAS HAVING OUR STUDENTS BEING ABLE TO READ ON GRADE LEVEL BY THIRD GRADE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME OUT IN JUNE OF 2019. THAT'S A CRITICAL COMPONENT IS THAT HB THREE MANDATED THAT WE DO OUR READING ACADEMIES, WHICH ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH BUT ALSO THAT WE HAVE A PHONICS CURRICULUM IN PLACE, AND IT'S BOLD ID THAT IT IS SYSTEMATIC DIRECT INSTRUCTION FOR KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS THROUGH THIRD GRADE. SO WE DO VET TO T E A EVERY YEAR, A PROGRAM THAT IS ALIGNED TO THIS ACTUAL T E C MANDATE. THIS

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WHEN YOU'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THE Y ASSIST. SEE, HOW ARE KIDS DOING? UH WE HAVE A BRAND NEW PROGRAM THIS YEAR THAT YOU HAD APPROVED FOR US TO UTILIZE THIS YEAR, WHICH IS CALLED THE MAP ORAL READING FLUENCY PROGRAM. THIS IS SIMILAR TO MATT GROWTH, BUT WHAT IT DOES THAT DIVES DEEPER INTO THE DIAGNOSTICS OF THE WHY, BEHIND WHERE OUR KIDDOS MAYBE STRUGGLING IN THE AREAS OF READING. SO WITH THIS PROGRAM, WE ARE UTILIZING IT FOR KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE, AND THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF RB. IT'S THE FIRST SNAPSHOT ACTUALLY USING THE PROGRAM OF OUR FIRST GRADE STUDENTS IN CFB FROM THE ENGLISH TEST ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE. WHAT YOU SEE FROM THE BENCHMARK SUMMARY IS A PIE CHART , AND YOU CAN SEE THAT 84% OF THE STUDENTS AND THE LIGHT BLUE.

ARE ACTUALLY STILL WORKING ON MASTERING FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS. THE FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS ARE A BREAKDOWN OF AREAS WITHIN PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS, AS WELL AS PHONICS WARD RECOGNITION.

THOSE TWO AREAS AS WE KNOW ARE CRITICAL TO STUDENTS BEING ABLE TO READ FLUENTLY AND AUTOMATICALLY. THE AREA THAT'S IN THE DARK BLUE IS A 16. AND THAT SHOWS THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS AT THE BEGINNING OF YEAR WHEN WE DID SCREENING THAT WERE PROFICIENT IN READING FLUENTLY AT THAT TIME, THE WAY IT WORKS IS THEY TAKE A FIRST KIND OF INITIAL TESTS OF READING SENTENCES FLUENTLY AND DEPENDING ON HOW FLUENTLY THEY ARE READING SPOOL SENTENCES, IT WILL LAUNCH THEM INTO READING PASSAGES, OR IT WILL DO SORT OF A BACKWARDS CHECK ON HOW ARE YOUR PHONICS SKILLS? SO, AS YOU CAN SEE, WITH THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY 16% OF THE STUDENTS THAT WERE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD AND DO ORAL READING FLUENCY. BUT WE STILL HAVE 84% OF OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE WORKING TO MASTER PHONICS. THE LEVELS ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE GIVE YOU A BREAKDOWN OF FROM A LEVEL ZERO TO LEVEL FIVE. WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE STUDENTS ARE STILL WORKING TO MASTER AT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF ANEMIC AWARENESS? UM THE BLUE AND THE GREEN ARE ACTUALLY OKAY. THOSE ARE AREAS THAT YOU WANT TO KIND OF CONTINUE TO SEE MOVING FORWARD, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE AREAS OF BLUE OR WHERE YOU REALLY WANT TO HONE IN ON BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE STUDENTS THAT ARE AT THE FINAL LEVELS OF MASTERY. AND WE'LL BE LAUNCHING INTO MORE OF WHAT WE CALL THE ACTUAL FLUENT READING AND AUTOMATIC READING. THE AREAS THAT ARE IN THE YELLOW AND THE RED ARE THE PERSONAGES.

YOU REALLY WANT TO LOOK CLOSELY AT TO SEE ARE WE PROVIDING PROPER INTERVENTIONS IS CORE INSTRUCTION ADDRESSING THOSE NEEDS FROM AFFINITY, PHONETIC AWARENESS PERSPECTIVE, AND ARE WE PROVIDING THE RIGHT HIGH QUALITY RESOURCES FOR OUR STUDENTS TO MASTER THOSE FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS THAT WE KNOW ARE CRITICAL FOR READING COMPREHENSION? SO WHEN YOU CONTRAST THIS WITH OUR SPANISH DATA, THIS IS THE SAME TEST, BUT IT'S WITH OUR STUDENTS TAKING THE TEST IN SPANISH. AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT WITH THIS. WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 4% OF THE STUDENTS WERE READING FLUENTLY AND INTO THE PASSAGES AND THE OTHER PERCENTAGE OF THAT WAS ACTUALLY STILL WORKING ON MASTERY OF FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS. THE BREAKDOWN YOU CAN SEE OVER ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. IT'S ALSO A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE SAW WITH THE ENGLISH. THERE'S A LITTLE MORE MASTERY ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE WITH OUR PHONICS AND WORD RECOGNITION, BUT THERE'S A LARGER AREA TO INTERVENE ON WITH PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS. SO WE DO BELIEVE BY PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY RESOURCES AND SUPPLEMENTS FOR OUR TEACHERS TO UTILIZE THAT IT WILL ACTUALLY INCREASE OUR PROFICIENCY IS AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN OUR CURRENT LITERACY DATA. SO WHO WOULD THIS ACTUALLY BEFORE? WITH THE POTENTIAL PURCHASE OF THE PROGRAM. ALL CAMPUSES WE WOULD RECOMMEND HAVING ACCESS TO THE PHONICS AND SPELLING RESOURCES AS WELL AS THE GRAMMAR TO BE USED IN SUPPLEMENTED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, SO IT WOULD BE A CHOICE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE AND EXTEND BEYOND WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. WE STILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE CURRENT RESOURCES, BUT WE WILL HAVE HIGH QUALITY RESOURCES THAT WILL BE THERE FOR A SUPPLEMENT. ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE. THERE ARE 14 CAMPUSES THAT HAVE REACHED OUT AND SAID, WE WANT TO DO THE WHOLE THING. WE

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UM I THINK THEY FEEL VERY VALUE THAT THEIR VOICES HEARD. AND WHEN YOU HEAR TEACHERS TALKING ABOUT THE TIME THAT THEY'RE SPENDING ON THE WEEKENDS TO PREPARE THEIR CURRICULUM RESOURCES INTO BE FULLY PREPARED FOR THEIR READING BLOG. IT REALLY HURTS YOUR HEART AND YOU WANT TO PROVIDE SOMETHING FOR THEM THAT IS GOING TO BE BENEFICIAL AND EFFECTIVE, BUT ALSO MEET OUR COMPLIANCE MANDATES. SO THE TIMELINE PENDING THE APPROVAL OF THE PURCHASE. WE WOULD IN NOVEMBER THIS STARTING THIS MONTH AND THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE FALL, WE WOULD BEGIN THE INITIAL PURCHASE AND WE WILL BEGIN PREPARING FOR RECEIVING FREIGHT FOR THE CAMPUSES. THAT WILL BE THE FULL ALL IN PILOTS, CALLING THOSE THE GROUP ONE CAMPUSES, ALL CAMPUSES WOULD BEGIN SUPPLEMENTS STARTING IN NOVEMBER. PENDING THE PURCHASE APPROVAL THIS EVENING. THEN IN JANUARY, UM THE TIME BETWEEN NOVEMBER AND JANUARY IS CRITICAL FOR US TO RECEIVE THE FREIGHT. PROPERLY PREPARE IT PROPERLY, INVENTORY IT AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CAMPUSES ARE READY TO ROLL IT OUT TO THE CLASSROOM LEVEL. AND THEN COMES TRAINING.

PROPER TRAINING IS A NECESSITY FOR THIS TO ROLL OUT WITH, UM IT'S SMOOTHLY AND SO IN JANUARY, WE HAVE A STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAY THAT HAS ALREADY ON THE ACADEMIC CALENDAR AND CAMPUSES ARE FULLY PREPARED TO UTILIZE THAT TIME. UM, TO HAVE A TRAINING WITH THE VENDORS COMING INTO THE DISTRICT, AND THEY WOULD THEN BEGIN THE 14 CAMPUSES, THE FULL READING PILOT STARTING IN JANUARY. THE CURRICULUM DEPARTMENT HAS ALREADY BEGAN WORKING ON A SEPARATE SET OF SCOPE AND SEQUENCE DOCUMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE'VE TAUGHT THUS FAR IN THE FALL ALSO ALIGNS TO WHAT WE WOULD THEN IMPLEMENT IN THE SPRING SO THAT THERE'S NO MISSING SKILLS AND THAT WE CONTINUE ON THE PATH THAT WE NEED. AND THEN FINALLY, IN AUGUST OF 2024. THERE ARE A GROUP TWO CAMPUSES QUITE A FEW OF THEM WHO HAVE SAID WE ARE READY FOR THIS, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO WAIT AND ROLL IT OUT IN AUGUST. THEY WOULD LIKE TRAINING IN AUGUST, AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO THEN ROLL OUT THE FULL PILOT STARTING IN AUGUST OF 2024. AND SO WE CURRENTLY HAVE, UM, WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT TO NOTE WE HAVE ABOUT THIS YEAR AND THREE MORE ON OUR CURRENT ADOPTION. SO THE CURRENT ADOPTION WILL GO THROUGH 2027. THE PURCHASE TONIGHT WOULD INCLUDE US BEING ABLE TO COVER THESE MATERIALS THROUGH 2027. BUT PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THE STATE HAS ALREADY SAID THAT THERE IS LIKELY GOING TO BE A TWO YEAR EXTENSION FOR US TO THEN. NOT ACTUALLY ADOPT MATERIALS ON THE ORIGINAL TIMELINE, SO WE WILL LIKELY BE LOOKING AT A LONGER DATE BEFORE WE WILL ACTUALLY GET NEW READING MATERIALS AND SO IT WOULDN'T JUST BE FOR THESE FOUR YEARS. WE WOULD HAVE TO THEN POTENTIALLY GO ANOTHER YEAR OR TWO. UNTIL T EA HAS DECIDED WHEN THAT PROCLAMATION WILL COME UP. AND THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE WHEN THE PROCLAMATIONS COME UP, THAT IS WHEN WE GET FUNDED THROUGH T EA FOR OUR INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ALLOTMENT, AND THAT IS A CRITICAL PART OF FUNDING OF BEING ABLE TO PURCHASE HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES FOR THIS NUMBER OF YEARS. SO THE FINANCIAL PLANNING IS THE FINAL PIECE I WANTED TO SHARE WITH THIS. THIS IS A FINANCIAL INVESTMENT. UM THE FIRST PART. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S VERY CLEAR THERE'S ONE PURCHASE THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT AS A ONE TIME PURCHASE FOR WHAT'S CALLED PHONICS MATERIALS IN ORDER TO PROPERLY TEACH THE PHONICS. THE TEACHERS MUST HAVE PRINTED MATERIALS. THAT'S JUST A NECESSITY. SO WHILE THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS THAT ARE DIGITAL ARE VERY IMPORTANT, WE ALSO NEED TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE DECODE HERBAL READERS AS WELL AS THE INSTRUCTIONAL CARD KITS IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH. SO THERE WILL BE A ONE TIME PURCHASE THAT WE ALREADY HAVE, UM AND DOING SOME PROGRAM REVIEWS WE HAVE ALREADY SECURED ABOUT $300,000 THAT WE HAVE SAVED THIS YEAR AND NOT RENEWING SOME RESOURCES THAT WE JUST DIDN'T NEED. AND SO WE'VE GOT A GOOD ABOUT A GOOD AMOUNT OF THIS INVESTMENT READY TO PUT TOWARDS THIS, UM, THE DIGITAL ACCESS, WHICH WOULD BE FOR WHAT I CALL THE GROUP TWO CAMPUSES, THEY WILL BE THE ONES THAT WILL BE DOING ALL OF THE DIGITAL ACCESS.

FOR THE PHONICS AND GRAMMAR, BUT A LARGE NUMBER OF THE GROUP TWO CAMPUSES WILL COME ON BOARD IN AUGUST AND THAT FREIGHT WILL THEN BE UTILIZED FOR THEM AT THAT TIME, SO THAT WOULD JUST BE A YEARLY FEE FOR THEM TO HAVE DIGITAL ACCESS FOR THIS YEAR. THE AREA IN RED IS GOING TO BE THE MOST EXPENSIVE AREA BECAUSE IT'S A FOUR YEAR, UM, PURCHASE FOR ALL OF THE PILOT CAMPUSES AND THE ONES THAT WOULD COME ON BOARD IN AUGUST FOR THE FULL READING MATERIALS, AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN, THERE IS A LOT OF THINGS THAT THE TEACHERS WILL BE RECEIVING TO TEACH A HIGH QUALITY LITERACY LITERACY BLOCK, NOT ONLY THE TEACHER AND STUDENT RESOURCES,

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THIS IS ALSO OUR VETERAN TEACHERS WHO PROBABLY COULD TEACH NO MATTER WHAT WE GAVE THEM. THIS ALLOWS THEM AUTONOMY AND FLEXIBILITY FOR THEM TO TAKE THEIR TEACHER ARTISTRY AND CRAFT AND TO DESIGN THE LESSONS THAT THEY FEEL THAT THEY NEED TO DESIGN TO BE ABLE TO REACH THEIR STUDENTS. I DO BELIEVE THAT OUR CAMPUSES ARE ALL VERY INDIVIDUAL AND THEIR UNIQUE NEEDS, AND WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF WHAT THOSE CAMPUSES ARE NEEDING. IN ORDER TO TRULY MOVE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. AND SO WE ARE WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY WE ARE. VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE BOARDS, SUPPORT AND HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONSIDER THE PURCHASE FOR THE SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS THIS EVENING. THANK YOU SO MUCH MISS WELCOME BOARD MEMBERS, COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, MISS BRADY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. YES MA'AM. VERY WELL DONE, AND I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR CRICKET THEN BECAUSE OUR SPANISH SPEAKING STUDENTS AND OUR ENGLISH SPEAKING STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE THE SAME CURRICULUM. THAT'S PRETTY AWESOME, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN ALL THE TIME. THAT'S GREAT. HOWEVER I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. SO IS THERE ANY DATA TO SUPPORT THE THIS PROGRAM? BEING SUCCESSFUL IN ANOTHER DISTRICT. I CAN SHARE FROM MY OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. I CAN ALWAYS GATHER OTHER DATA AS WELL. IN MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, UM, PRIOR DISTRICT OR HIGHEST PERFORMING CAMPUS WAS OUR DUAL LANGUAGE CAMPUS AND THIS WAS THE SOLE PROGRAM THAT THEY UTILIZED. THEIR DUAL LANGUAGE MODEL WAS STILL YOU KNOW THE WAY THAT WE DO OUR OUR LANGUAGE, OUR SERVICE DELIVERY FOR OUR MINUTES OF INSTRUCTION IN LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT. CAN BE UNIQUE TO DISTRICTS BUT THE RESOURCES THAT WE USE, UM ARE CRITICAL BECAUSE WHEN A STUDENTS IN THEIR CLASSROOM AND THEY'RE IN THEIR L ONE, I'LL JUST USE ENGLISH, FOR EXAMPLE, AND YOU'RE READING A STORY, UM, BAD CASE OF STRIPES. THAT STUDENT THAT'S IN AN ENGLISH AS THEIR BACKGROUND. NATIVE LANGUAGE WILL THRIVE IN UNDERSTANDING COMPREHENSION AND LEARNING HOW TO READ THAT STORY. BUT THE SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNERS MANY TIMES WILL STRUGGLE BECAUSE IT'S NOT WHAT THEY'RE USED TO READING IN THEIR LANGUAGE. SO WHEN THEY GO TO THE SECOND CLASSROOM, WHICH IS THEIR SPANISH CLASSROOM FOR THE STUDENTS THAT WERE IN THEIR L ONE. THEY'RE NOW IN THEIR L TWO AND THE STUDENTS THAT WERE IN THEIR L TWO ARE NOW IN THEIR L ONE. THEY'RE STILL READING BAD CASE OF STRIPES. BUT IN SPANISH, AND SO THE MIRRORED PROGRAM IS DESIGNED FOR BEING ABLE TO INCREASE PROFICIENCY IN BOTH OF THOSE LANGUAGES. WE ACTUALLY SAW THAT DATA COME TO LIFE FOR US BECAUSE IN PRAGUE, 19, WHICH WAS

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AND SO FROM MY PRIOR EXPERIENCE, I HAVE SEEN GREAT DATA WITH WITH THIS PROGRAM. UM I WOULD BE HAPPY TO SEEK OUT MORE DATA FROM OTHER DISTRICTS THAT ARE UTILIZING IT AND TO GET MORE DATA IF THE BOARD WOULD LIKE THAT. I WOULD LIKE THAT. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE MHM. THE PROGRESS. THIS IS THE SUCCESS THAT OTHER DISTRICTS ARE HAVING WITH THAT. SURE, MY SECOND QUESTION SORRY. I KNOW THAT ONE. BUT WHEN YOU DO THE TRAINING. LET'S PRETEND IT GETS A EVERY YEAR. WE APPROVE IT. OKAY. WHEN WE DO THE TRAINING WILL THE SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS BE INVOLVED IN THAT SPECIFIC TRAINING? YES MA'AM. IN FACT, MR OWEN AND I HAVE ALREADY BEEN WORKING ON THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THAT. IT IS MOST DEFINITELY CRITICAL THAT WE CROSS TRAIN IN MANY DIFFERENT AREAS FROM OUR RESOURCE TEACHER'S INCLUSION TEACHERS ANY OF OUR SPECIAL PROGRAMS THAT WE OFFER THEY WILL HAVE NOT ONLY TEACHER RESOURCES AND THEIR CLASSROOM WITH THE PURCHASE BUT ACCESS TO EVERYTHING THAT THE GENET TEACHERS ARE ALSO DOING SO IT WILL DEFINITELY BE A CROSS CURRICULAR. CROSS DEPARTMENTAL, I SHOULD SAY, UM, VERY IMPORTANT THAT THEY ARE A PART OF THAT, AND IT WOULD BE ON THE SAME TRAINING DAY. ABSOLUTELY THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. MR BRADY. HYSTERIC MY DAYS ARE RUNNING TOGETHER. MISS HOLCOMB COULD COME DOWN AND GIVE YOU A HUG. I AM SO EXCITED. LIKE SERIOUSLY. THIS IS GOING TO BRING TEARS TO MY EYES LIKE THIS IS GAME CHANGING FOR US IS THE DISTRICT WE ARE DATA HAS NOT BEEN GREAT.

OUR STUDENTS HAVE NOT BEEN LEARNING TO READ. AND THAT IMPACTS THEM FOR THEIR LIFE. FOR THEIR LIFE. AND YOU'VE ONLY BEEN HERE A SHORT TIME AND YOU WERE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THAT TALK TO EVERYONE. YOU COULD FIND OUT WHAT YOU NEED TO FIND AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO FIX IT. AND THANK YOU. I JUST WE HAVE SAT IN BOARD MEETINGS AND WE HAVE SAID HOUSTON. WE HAVE A PROBLEM AND WE'VE HAD THE SAME CONVERSATION OVER AND OVER AGAIN, AND THE DATA HAS LOOKED THE SAME OVER AND OVER AGAIN, AND I HAVE LOST SLEEP OVER. WHAT WE HAVE NOT DONE FOR KIDS, AND I'M SO EXCITED AND I DON'T GET UPSET A LOT LIKE I MAKING. YOU'RE MAKING ME RIGHT NOW. SO I AM SO EXCITED FOR THE POSSIBILITIES HERE AND THE DIFFERENCE THAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IN KIDS LIVES BECAUSE IF WE CAN TEACH THEM TO READ, I MEAN, THAT CHANGES THE TRAJECTORY FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. THANK YOU. YOU'RE VERY WELCOME. AND I HAVE TO SAY THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE WORK FROM BRIANA AND BRIANNA. DO YOU WANT TO COME UP FOR A MINUTE? SHE HAS SHE'S CRYING TO, UM.

BRIANNA WAS AN INCREDIBLE INSTRUCTIONAL COACH, AND SHE RECOGNIZED THINGS EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS ACTUALLY DOING A LOT OF WRITING FOR THE PRIOR CURRICULUM, SHE SAW THE NEED AND THE VALUE AS WELL AND HURT. WOW HER ABILITY TO SHOULDER THIS AND THREE MONTHS, FOUR MONTHS ON THE JOB. SHE WAS LIKE, WOW, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS SIGNING UP FOR, AND I SAID ONE. NEITHER DID I, BUT WE'RE DOING IT TOGETHER. NO, I'M KIDDING. BUT IT'S BEEN GREAT. I'M VERY THANKFUL. AND BROWN ALWAYS WANTS TO KNOW HOW THANKFUL I AM FOR YOU. WE WOULD NOT BE TOO. I'M COMING. NOT BE RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW WITH THIS, UM, AND HONESTLY WASN'T SURE WE WERE GONNA MAKE THE NOVEMBER BOARD MEETING. IT'S BEEN A LOT TO KIND OF GO BACK AND FORTH AND JUST KIND OF LOOK AT THE BEST WAYS TO PRESERVE MONEY AND TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE WITH TAXPAYER DOLLARS INTO STILL DO ITS BEST FOR KIDS AND OUR TEACHERS. AND SO THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. MR JACKMAN. UM. THANK YOU TO SUPPORT SALLY'S TEAR. GREAT STUFF. MY QUESTION IS ACTUALLY FOR MR GIRL RELATED TO YOU. WE'VE BEEN STRUGGLING A LITTLE BIT WITH BUDGET. HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHERE OKAY IF WE COMMIT OURSELVES TO FOUR ANNUAL PAYMENTS OF 3 TO $400,000. YEAH YES, SIR. ABSOLUTELY WE'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT IT, GOING BACK AND FORTH WHERE WE CUT WHAT WE CAN DO, HOW WE AFFORD THIS KIND OF THING AND LIKE, MISS DEREK SAID, THIS IS THE KIND OF STUFF WE SHOULD BE SPENDING MONEY ON, SO IT'S ABSOLUTELY AGREE AND DOABLE. YOU WERE PREPARED. GOOD THANK YOU JUST LIKE TO REITERATE THAT, UM THAT WAS A REALLY IMPORTANT COMPONENT FOR ME, AND SO, UM, LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE 300,000 ACTUALLY THE FIRST P O THAT I HAD WHEN WE FIRST THE YEAR STARTED WAS WORDS THEIR WAY, AND THAT PROGRAM ALONE SAVED US OVER A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS AND SO BY HOLDING ON THAT SO THAT WE COULD HAVE TIME TO EXPLORE WHAT WOULD BE WOULD BE BEST OR MOST NEEDED ALLOWED US TO ALMOST DO A YEAR ONE JUST

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UM WE SHOULD SEE DATA FROM THAT IN MULTIPLE MEASURES. WE SHOULD SEE OUR MAP DATA BY MIDDLE OF YEAR AND END OF YEAR WITH THE DIAGNOSTIC DATA THAT WE LOOKED AT A FEW MINUTES AGO. WE SHOULD SEE THOSE NUMBERS CHANGE. VERY QUICKLY. SO THAT WOULD BE OUR FIRST MEASURE. THE SECOND MEASURE THAT SHOULD BACK THAT UP WOULD BE OUR MAP GROWTH DATA. MATT GROWTH MATT GROWTH READING IN SPANISH MAP GROWTH READING IN ENGLISH. WE SHOULD SEE THOSE TWO PIECES CORRELATE. SO WHEN THE DIAGNOSTIC DATA ON THE DIAGNOSTICS THAT WE LOOKED AT EARLIER WHEN THAT ALL KIND OF TURNS BLUE AND THEN THE DARKER BLUE FOR THE READING, PROFICIENCY EASE, WE SHOULD SEE ALL OF THAT MATT GROWTH DATA RISING. WHEN THAT HAPPENS, WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SEE MEATS AND MASTER SCORES. TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF, BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO SHOW THE DEPTH AND COMPLEXITY OF THINKING, BUT THE K TWO GROUP IS CRITICAL RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GET THEM OUT OF THOSE LOWER GRADE LEVELS, READING AND MASTERING THOSE FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS. WE ALSO HAVE, UM WE'VE GOT LOTS OF LOTS OF DATA SOURCES . AND SO THAT'S A WONDERFUL, UM, THING IN THE DISTRICT IS THAT WE'VE GOT THE FOUND US EMPANEL READING KIDS AS WELL THAT ARE TEACHERS DO 1 TO 1 WITH THE WITH THE STUDENTS. SO WHILE A COMPUTER PROGRAM GIVES YOU ONE SOURCE OF DATA, YOU ALSO CAN GET A FACE TO FACE READING MEASURE WITH A TEACHER AND A STUDENT READING TOGETHER AND SO THAT WILL BE ANOTHER PIECE OF DATA WILL WANT TO SEE ALL OF THAT SORT OF LINING UP AND TELLING US THE SAME STORY. UM AND THEN, OF COURSE, IT WHATEVER POINT WE HAVE STAR OR IF STAR GOES AWAY, WE DON'T KNOW THAT'S ALSO ON THE TABLE. AND SO, UM, WE WILL HAVE LOTS OF MEASURES. BUT I DO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. AND I WILL PROMISE YOU THAT THAT WILL BE A PRIORITY FOR US TO WATCH AND TO LOOK AT. UM BUT MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN THE TRAINING AND THE SUPPORT THAT WE PROVIDE. THE CAMPUSES WILL BE THE LINCHPIN AND WHETHER OR NOT IT EXECUTES SUCCESSFULLY, AND THAT IS WHERE INSTRUCTIONAL COACHING STAFFS ARE GOING TO BE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. AS WELL AS WHAT WE'RE PROVIDING FOR ONGOING SUPPORT. I KNOW MISS BURRELL HAS ALREADY WORKED ON SOME AFTERNOON SESSIONS FOR TEACHERS TO COME AND LEARN AND EXPLORE THE MATERIALS. YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME UP ANYTIME, UM, ON MONDAY AFTERNOONS. WE HAVE L A MONDAYS AND THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING THIS INTO THOSE SESSIONS AS WELL AS THE INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES HAVE GONE OUT, AND WE HAVE DONE SMALL GROUP. FACE TO FACE TRAINING. I WAS ON A CAMPUS THE OTHER DAY, MCLAUGHLIN STRICKLAND, I JUST ABOUT DROPPED MY PHONE AND EVERYTHING THAT TURNED THE CORNER AND I SAW THE H M H MATERIALS ON THE SCREEN AND I WENT WELL, WHAT'S GOING ON? WELL IT WAS WHAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT WAS MAKING SURE THAT WE PREPARED THE TEACHERS TO KNOW THERE IS SOMETHING GOING TO THE BOARD.

IT'S NOT APPROVED YET, BUT IN THE EVENT THAT IT IS, WE WANT YOU TO BE PREPARED ON WHAT COMES NEXT. THEY HAVE TO KNOW WHERE THAT FITS IN OUR CURRICULUM DOCUMENTS AND KNOW THAT THAT'S

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AHEAD WHERE THEY WERE THEN WORRIED ABOUT WHAT THOSE NEXT STEPS WOULD LOOK LIKE. AND SO, UM, THAT AND I WILL SAY HAS BEEN VERY, VERY WELL RECEIVED FOR A TEACHER TO SIT IN A SMALL GROUP AND SOMEONE TO TRAIN THEM AND SAY, CLICK HERE, LOG IN HERE. GO HERE . IT'S BEEN VERY, VERY GOOD. AND SO I THINK THE MORE THAT WE DO WITH THAT. IT'S A PROCESS. IT WON'T BE A ONE DAY TRAINING FOR SURE. BUT I ALWAYS SAY THE BEST WAY TO ROLL OUT SOMETHING LARGE LIKE THIS, WHICH NORMALLY YOU WOULD NOT DO IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FALL. UM IS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE DOING IT IN A WAY THAT DOES NOT FEEL SUPER PRESSURED BECAUSE THE TEACHERS HAVE TO LEARN IT, AND THEY HAVE TO GIVE THEMSELVES SOME GRACE TO GO IN AND MAKE MISTAKES AND THEN TURN AROUND AND DO IT BETTER THE NEXT TIME, SO IF WE GIVE THEM THE BASIC FOUNDATIONAL PIECES, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO EXECUTE THIS WITH FIDELITY AND THEN JUST CONTINUE TO GET BETTER, SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES. BUT I WILL MOST DEFINITELY, UM TAKE NOTE OF THE OF THE FEEDBACK AND WE WILL COME BACK AND FUTURE BOARD MEETINGS IF NEEDED TO UPDATE THAT DATA FOR YOU AND CAN DEFINITELY WORK IT INTO OUR PRESENTATIONS. WHEN WE DO OUR T I UPDATES IN MIDDLE OF YOUR UPDATES ON THE DATA AND THE SCORES ARE, YOU KNOW THEY'RE IMPORTANT. THEIR SECONDARY YOU KNOW TO SALLY'S OR SOME IS DEREK'S POINT. I MEAN, OUR KIDS KNOWING HOW TO READ IS PRIORITY, NO MATTER WHAT THE SCORES, YOU KNOW, SHOW BUT YOU KNOW, AGAIN, INVESTING IN THE TEACHERS AND THE TRAINING AND THAT, UH THAN YOU KNOW, I'LL BE BEHIND YOU SUPPORTING YOU SUPPORTING THEM FOR THAT, BUT THE ORIGINAL CURRICULUM IS THAT GONNA BE ARE THOSE RESOURCES GOING TO BE PHASED OUT? BECAUSE THIS IS THIS IS LISTED AS A SUPPLEMENT AND FINANCIAL INVESTMENT. BUT ARE THE OTHERS GOING TO STAY WHILE WE TRANSITION AND THEN THEY WILL BE COMPLETELY PHASED OUT, AND THIS WILL BE OUR SOUL ITEMS SINCE IT'S 100% ALIGNED WITH THE TEAK. IT'S A WONDERFUL QUESTION.

UM SO THE CAMPUSES THAT ARE GOING FULL PILOT SO THAT 14 CAMPUSES THE ONES THAT WERE EITHER FULL PILOT OR PARTIAL EITHER ONE. THEY WILL NOT UTILIZE THE CURRENT RESOURCES.

THEY'LL STILL HAVE ACCESS IF THEY WANT TO USE PATTERNS OF POWER OR WORDS THEIR WAY AND THEY LOVED A LESSON WITHIN THAT IT'LL STILL BE THERE. BUT THE HIGH QUALITY MATERIALS LIKE THERE'S NO TURNING BACK WHEN THEY SAW THE THINGS THAT WERE AVAILABLE IN THE NEW THEY WERE LIKE THIS IS GREAT. SO THE READING CURRICULUM IS THE CRITICAL COMPONENT BECAUSE YOU CAN'T DO THE OLD READING CURRICULUM AND THE NEW READING CURRICULUM. THOSE WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CAMPUSES AND THEY WILL BE MOVED ALONG. WE'VE GOT SOME CAMPUSES THAT NEEDS SOME KIDS AND SOME THAT DON'T AND SO THE ONES THAT ARE NOT IN THE FULL PILOT RIGHT NOW. WE WILL RE UTILIZE THOSE MATERIALS AND THEY WILL THEN BE IN THE FULL PILOT, THE CAMPUSES THAT ARE NOT DOING THE FULL PILOT YET, BUT ARE DOING ALL THE PHONICS AND ALL OF THE GRAMMAR.

THEY WILL STILL HAVE THEIR REGULAR READING MATERIALS IN THEIR BUILDING. WHAT WE WILL DO IS WE WILL EVALUATE OUR DATA AT THE END OF THE YEAR WITH OUR PILOT SCHOOLS. WE'RE ALSO GONNA DO SOME WALKS WHERE THE CAMPUSES THAT ARE NOT IN THE FULL PILOT YET MAY WANT TO GO WATCH AND SEE IT IN ACTION, SO THEY WILL BE OUR NATURAL MODEL SCHOOLS. SO WE'VE ALREADY TOLD THE EARLY ADOPTERS GET READY. Y'ALL ARE GOING TO BE A MODEL SCHOOL, SO THEY ARE SUPER EXCITED. UM THIS.

THIS KIND OF TOOK HOLD, AND THIS WAS A REALLY NEAT STORY TO SHARE THAT WHEN THEY WERE PRESENTED WITH A POSSIBILITY OF THIS, THEY WERE GIVEN A DEMO LOGIN. THE DEMO LOGIN WENT LIKE WILDFIRE AND WAS SHARED ALL OVER THE DISTRICT AND THE TEACHERS STARTED CREATING THEIR OWN VIDEOS TRYING TO HELP EACH OTHER TO GET TO THESE RESOURCES. THEY COULDN'T GET TO THEM FAST ENOUGH . AND SO WE HAD TO REIN IT IN A LITTLE BIT JUST TO LET THEM KNOW. OKAY. HEY HERE'S A OKAY.

THIS IS A THIS IS A YOU MAY DO THIS. BUT YOU CAN'T DO THIS RIGHT. WE HAD TO GIVE THEM THE PARAMETERS OF WHAT TO STAY WITHIN, SO THAT WE WERE STAYING RIGHT WITH OUR SCOPE AND SEQUENCE CURRENTLY, SO WE WILL HAVE A BLEND A LITTLE BIT OF A HYBRID MODEL WHERE OUR PILOT CAMPUSES WILL HAVE ALL NEW AND THEN THE ONES THAT ARE DOING JUST THE PHONICS AND GRAMMAR SUPPLEMENTS RIGHT NOW WILL HAVE ACCESS TO WHAT THEY'VE ALWAYS HAD, PLUS THE NEW AND THEN AUGUST WHEN THEY GET THEIR MATERIALS AND THEY'RE READY TO IMPLEMENT. THEN IT WILL BE TAKING OUT THE OLD AND JUST USING THE NEW WE NUMBER ONE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE SPACE. BUT THEN ALSO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FOCUSED AND UTILIZING THE SAME CURRICULUM AND SUPPORTING IT DISTRICT WIDE AND THAT WERE CONSISTENT WITH THAT AND IMPLEMENTATION AND TRAINING. FOR THOSE FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS ON THOSE ORIGINALS IS GOING TO PHASE OUT CEASE THE GRAMMAR MATERIALS AND, WELL, THIS IS ACTUALLY KIND OF INTERESTING. SO THE PHONICS MATERIAL ONE OF THE THINGS YOU SAW ME UP ON THE BOARD WAS WORDS THEIR WAY WORDS THEIR WAY IS A REALLY IT'S A GOOD PROGRAM, BUT THE PROGRAM RESOURCES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE ARE NOT RICH AND HIGH QUALITY. IT'S MORE LIKE A TEACHER WORKBOOK. BUT WHAT THEY'RE GETTING IS PRE MADE LESSONS AND STUDENT MATERIALS AND DIFFERENT THINGS FOR STUDENTS TO BE INTERACTIVE WITH THE MATERIALS. AND SO THE PROGRAM WITH H M H ACTUALLY UTILIZED AUTHORS AND PEOPLE FROM WORDS THEIR WAY IT'S EMBEDDED IN SOME OF THE ACTUAL STRATEGIES AND LESSONS SO THEY'RE GOING TO

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BUT THE ANSWER TO THAT WOULD BE WE WILL STILL HAVE THE CURRENT MATERIALS THAT WE'VE PURCHASED.

BUT WE WILL HAVE A CLEAR FOCUS ON WHAT WE USE FOR READINGS SPECIFICALLY WITH H. M H INTO READING IN ARRIBA VERSUS THE ORIGINAL CURRICULUM WILL HAVE TO USE ONE OR THE OTHER. MR ERIC. I JUST WANT TO ASK A QUESTION OFF OF THAT. JUST TO BE CLEAR UNITS OF STUDY IS NOT ON THE T E A APPROVED LIST CORRECT. THE LIST THAT WE JUST LOOKED AT, WHICH WAS THE T E. A LIST OF PROGRAMS FOR PHONICS IS NOT LISTED ON THE TIAS LIST, SO THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO ANSWER. YOUR QUESTION IS WHAT I'M YES, OKAY. YES OUR CURRENT CURRICULUM COVERS 100% OF THE STANDARDS. THE DEPARTMENT HAD TO WRITE AND SUPPLEMENTS. PROBABLY OVER 50. SO EVERY TIME YOU CLICK AND YOU GO TO ANOTHER AREA FOR THE SUPPLEMENT TO COVER ALL 100% OF THOSE STANDARDS BECAUSE OUR CURRICULUM IS ITS ITS IN DEPTH, AND IT'S COVERS IT , BUT YOU HAVE TO. YOU HAVE TO READ AND KNOW ALL OF THE PIECES WITHIN THAT AND FOLLOW THAT CURRICULUM TO THE T. SO WITH MANY SUPPLEMENTS, YOU KNOW WE GET THERE BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ON THE APPROVED PHONICS LIST, IT IS NOT ON THE ONE THAT TA HAS PUT OUT FOR RECOMMENDATION FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE DIRECT, EXPLICIT PHONICS. WHEN IS THAT SUPPOSED TO BE IN PLACE LIKE THE TA HAS GIVEN US THE LIST? WHEN DO WE HAVE? WHAT'S THE DEADLINE? WELL AS SOON AS THE APPROVAL OF DONE TONIGHT, IT WILL BE IN PLACE.

NEXT WEEK. I'M SAYING, BUT FOR THE OTHER FOR UNITS OF STUDY, THIS HAS THE STATE SAID YOU HAVE TO IT'S JUST FUNNY. YEAH THE T A MANDATE IN 2008 OR 19 WAS THE PHONICS PIECE AND THAT WAS THE PHONICS. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING IMMEDIATELY. DISTRICT WIDE ALL CAMPUSES AS WELL AS THE GRAMMAR. THOSE WILL BE PRETTY MUCH NON NEGOTIABLES AS FAR AS SUPPLEMENTS ARE CONCERNED, UM, BUT THE UNITS OF STUDY READING, UM IT IS. IT DOES COVER THE STANDARD THE MAIN TO A CERTAIN POINT, BUT AS FAR AS 100% COVERAGE OF THE STANDARDS, IT DOESN'T COMPARE TO WHAT WHAT THE H M H PROGRAM WILL DO. AND THE DIFFERENCE WITH THAT IS IF YOU'RE A NEW TEACHER, RIGHT IN YOUR GOT YOUR MATERIALS IN YOUR HANDS. IF YOU'RE COVERING WHAT'S IN THERE, AND YOU LEARN WHAT YOU HAVE. IT'S MUCH EASIER TO USE. AND IN THE TIME THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW IN EDUCATION WITH THE WAY THAT WE'RE HAVING TO STAFF AND RECRUIT AND RETAIN, IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE MEET THE NEEDS OF WHERE WE ARE. IT'S NOT THAT WHAT WE HAVE NOW WOULDN'T HAVE WORKED, BUT IT MAY HAVE WORKED BETTER AT SOME POINT IN TIME THAN IT DOES NOW. BUT WE KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW WE DO NEED TO LOOK AT IT AT A CHANGE THAT'S GOING TO HELP SUPPORT THE TEACHERS. OKAY MISS HOLCOMB.

THIS IS AN EXAMPLE. OF LISTENING. PLANNING RESEARCHING LISTENING. LISTENING AND CONTINUING TO ENGAGE OUR TEACHERS AND OUR ADMINISTRATORS IN THE DECISION MAKING AND I HAVE EVERY BIT OF CONFIDENCE. UH THAT'S WHEN WE ARE IF WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD, UM, THAT THE FOLLOW UP AND THE FOLLOW THROUGH AND THE ENGAGEMENT IN THE FIELD IS GOING TO BE AMAZING. UM SO I JUST WANT TO THANK BOTH OF YOU FOR THE INVESTMENT. AND FOR THE COMMITMENT THAT IN SUCH A SHORT TIME, UM I COULD CRY TO TWO KIDS THAT STRUGGLE AND READING AND THEY'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES THIS DISTRICT AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS SINCE 2018. AND IT IS NOT CHANGED. AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU BOTH FOR ANSWERING THE CALL THAT MANY PEOPLE ON THIS BOARD HAVE HAD, AND MANY

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[7. Comments from Board Members Regarding Posted Agenda Items]

SO, UM, THANK YOU. BENAVIDEZ. AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THAT GOING FROM FONT 8 TO 14 WAS REALLY NICE. YEAH. ALRIGHT UM, WITH NO OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE POSTED AGENDA. ITEMS WERE MOVING TO ADJOURNMENT. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU FOR STICKING WITH US TONIGHT FOR THIS VERY ENGAGING BOARD MEETING . WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF OUR

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