Oct 02, 2025 School Board Meeting- Regular Meeting

[1. Call to Order]

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THE CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO ORDER AT 7 P.M. ON OCTOBER 22ND. ON OCTOBER 2ND, 2025, BOARD MEMBERS, DISTRICT STAFF MEMBERS, AND MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE.

YOU ARE FREE TO JOIN ME IN STANDING AS JOHN HEWLETT FROM VALLEY RANCH BAPTIST CHURCH PROVIDES A MESSAGE FOLLOWED BY THE LEADING OF THE PLEDGES BY RANDY SCHEKMAN LEADING THE US FLAG, LEADING THE PLEDGE, THE US FLAG AND ILEANA GARZA ROJAS LEADING THE PLEDGE, THE TEXAS FLAG. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WILL YOU PRAY WITH ME? HEAVENLY FATHER, WE PRAISE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE AND FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE. WE PRAISE YOUR NAME TOGETHER TONIGHT, AND WE THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE GATHERED TOGETHER. WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR THIS WONDERFUL COMMUNITY THAT YOU'VE BLESSED US WITH, AND ALL OF THE SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES WHO ARE REPRESENTED HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EACH MEMBER OF THIS SCHOOL BOARD AND THE WAY THAT THEY TIRELESSLY SERVE TO BLESS THE FAMILIES OF THIS COMMUNITY. AND WE THANK YOU SO MUCH, SO MUCH FOR ALL OF THE EDUCATORS AND ADMINISTRATORS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT THAT SERVE SO FAITHFULLY ALL OF THESE FAMILIES. WE PRAY FOR YOUR WISDOM. WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE DECISIONS TO BE MADE THAT AREN'T EASY, AND WE NEED YOUR GUIDANCE. AND SO I PRAY FOR EACH MEMBER OF THIS SCHOOL BOARD THAT YOU WOULD FILL THEM WITH YOUR WISDOM. HELP THEM TO KNOW HOW THEY CAN BEST SERVE AND LOVE THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES OF THIS DISTRICT. WE PRAY ALSO FOR ALL OF THE SCHOOLS ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY. PRAY THAT YOU WOULD KEEP OUR CHILDREN SAFE AS THEY GATHER TO LEARN. AND WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THE THE TEACHERS AND THE ADMINISTRATORS PEACE AND ENDURANCE. I DON'T LET THEM BE DISCOURAGED, BUT GIVE THEM STRENGTH AS THEY LOVE AND SERVE THESE STUDENTS. AND SO WE COMMIT THIS MEETING AND ALL OF THE SCHOOLS IN OUR DISTRICT TO YOU IN CHRIST'S NAME. AMEN. 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 FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE. TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. HULETT, FOR A WONDERFUL PRAYER. WELCOME, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT IN SUPPORT OF ALL OF OUR KIDS. AS A DISTRICT, WE DEDICATE OUR EFFORTS AND RESOURCES TO OUR GOAL OF HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR ALL. THE BOARD USES THIS GOAL TO GUIDE EVERY DELIBERATION, DECISION, AND ACTION AS ELECTED TRUSTEES. THE BOARD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING INSIGHT, SETTING THE STRATEGIC DIRECTION OF THE DISTRICT, AND ENSURING THE ACCOUNTABILITY ALL IN SERVICE OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. YOU WILL WITNESS THE BOARD CONDUCTING ITS WORK IN OPEN SESSION, EXCEPT FOR SPECIFIC ITEMS THAT MAY BE DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION, AS PERMITTED UNDER THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. SECTION 55 ONE, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW, THESE ITEMS TYPICALLY INVOLVE PERSONNEL MATTERS, CONSULTATION WITH OUR ATTORNEY, OR REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS AS WE MOVE THROUGH OUR AGENDA. TONIGHT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT WE ARE IN THE BUSINESS OF SUPPORTING KIDS. WITH THAT IN MIND, WE ASKED EVERYONE PRESENT TO TO MODEL RESPECTFUL, RESPONSIBLE AND CONSTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR. THIS MODEL IS WHAT WE EXPECT OF OUR STUDENTS. BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT ELIANA GARZA ROJAS, MARJORIE BARNES, CAROLYN BENAVIDES, PAUL GILMORE, RANDY SCHEKMAN, AND MYSELF. KIM BRADY.

BOARD PRESIDENT CASSANDRA HATFIELD IS NOT ABLE TO BE HERE TONIGHT. WE CONSTITUTE A QUORUM AND MAY CONDUCT BUSINESS ON BEHALF OF THE DISTRICT. BEFORE MOVING ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND YOU THAT THE BOARD WILL ACCEPT COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS OF THE DISTRICT AND FROM DISTRICT EMPLOYEES. PERSONS WHO WISH TO SPEAK DURING AUDIENCE FOR GUESTS MUST HAVE COMPLETED AN ONLINE FORM FOR THIS PURPOSE, AND SUBMITTED IT ELECTRONICALLY BY THE POSTED DEADLINE OF 1 P.M. TODAY. WHEN THE BOARD ADDRESSES AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE, AUDIENCE FOR GUESTS, YOU WILL BE INVITED TO THE PODIUM TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD. NEXT ON

[2. Special Presentations and Recognitions]

GOOD EVENING, VICE PRESIDENT BRADY, DOCTOR ELDRIDGE AND ESTEEMED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

BEFORE WE BEGIN TONIGHT'S RECOGNITIONS, IF DOCTOR ELDRIDGE AND VICE PRESIDENT BRADY CAN MAKE THEIR WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOR. THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH CHICK FIL A AT TRINITY MILLS, WE HONOR THOSE WHO DEMONSTRATE EXCELLENCE WITH THE CFB CHAMPION AWARD. THIS MONTH, WE ARE PROUD TO HONOR DANNY MCCRAY WITH THE DALLAS COWBOYS AS OUR CFB CHAMPION. AS

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SO. SO SINCE SINCE THEN, WE'VE ADDED OVER 160 SCHOOL PLAYING GIRLS ACROSS TEXAS, RIGHT? OUR ELITE TEAM IS VALERIA DE LEON, RIGHT HERE. WE'VE SEEN TREMENDOUS GROWTH, BUT WE'VE ALSO SEEN WHAT GROWTH LAG CAN DO FOR THE COMMUNITY AND FOR THE STUDENT BODY. I'M A FORMER DALLAS COWBOYS PLAYER, PLAYED FOR THE BEARS AS WELL. I KNOW WHAT FOOTBALL DID FOR ME, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE YOUNG LADIES HAVE THAT SAME OPPORTUNITY. SO THANK YOU ALL AND THANK YOU AS ALWAYS. WE ARE SO INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL FOR OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DALLAS COWBOYS AND THEIR COMMITMENT TO SUPPORTING THE NEXT GENERATION. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, DANNY MCCRAY, FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR OUR KIDS. AND IF, IF DID WE TAKE A PICTURE OF THIS FAMILY ALSO? YEAH. OH, OKAY. YOU'RE GOOD. WE TOOK YOUR PICTURE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO OUR STUDENT RECOGNITION. WE ARE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE RANCHVIEW HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR VALERIA DE LEON FOR BEING NOMINATED AS THE FEMALE PICK BY THE DALLAS COWBOYS FOR THE NFL LATINO YOUTH HONORS AWARD. THIS ACHIEVEMENT CELEBRATES VALERIA BOTH AS A STUDENT AND A STANDOUT GIRLS FLAG FOOTBALL PLAYER. DURING THE 20 2425 SEASON, SHE LED RANCHVIEW TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME OF THE INAUGURAL FLAG FOOTBALL LEAGUE AND EARNED A SPOT ON THE FIRST EVER DALLAS COWBOYS ELITE GIRLS FLAG FOOTBALL TEAM. PLEASE JOIN US IN CELEBRATING VALERIA FOR HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND THE INSPIRING EXAMPLE SHE SETS FOR ALL. TO PRACTICE TODAY. SHE HAD PRACTICE TODAY. AND THAT CONCLUDES TONIGHT'S RECOGNITIONS. SO THAT WAS AMAZING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU. SO GOOD.

NEXT IS ITEM TWO B THE PRESIDENT'S REPORT. ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD, I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY EXTREME GRATITUDE FOR THE ENDLESS HARD WORK OF OUR STAFF THAT OUR STAFF PUTS INTO OUR STUDENTS. BETWEEN THE SPANISH HERITAGE MONTH ACTIVITIES AND ALL OF THE HOMECOMING EVENTS, WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO KNOW THAT YOUR INTENSE EFFORT DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED. WE ARE GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO SHOW UP AND PARTICIPATE, BUT WE CAN ONLY IMAGINE THE AMOUNT OF TIME AND EFFORT THAT WENT INTO MAKING ALL THESE AMAZING EVENTS HAPPEN FOR KIDS. THANK YOU TO OUR STAFF FOR INVESTING IN OUR STUDENTS IN AND OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM. WE'D ALSO LIKE TO EXTEND OUR CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH KENT AND ROSEMEAD ELEMENTARY'S FOR BEING RECOGNIZED AS THE ONLY TWO SCHOOLS IN IN DALLAS COUNTY WHO WERE NAMED LONE STAR WINNERS. EXCELLENT WORK AND WELL-DESERVED. YAY! IT IS NATIONAL PRINCIPAL APPRECIATION MONTH, SO PLEASE THANK A PRINCIPAL FOR ALL OF THEIR DEDICATION AND HARD WORK THEY DO FOR ALL OF OUR CHILDREN. WE ARE BLESSED TO HAVE SOME OF THE VERY BEST IN CFBISD. FINALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION FOR THE FABULOUS PARTNERSHIP WITH METRO CREST SERVICES. THE COMMUNITY PICNIC EVENT WAS NOTHING SHORT OF AMAZING AND ENGAGING FOR FAMILIES. NOT TO MENTION EVERYTHING WAS FREE. IF YOU DID NOT GET A CHANCE TO STOP BY THIS YEAR, BE SURE TO ATTEND NEXT YEAR. GREAT THINGS ARE HAPPENING IN CFB AND WE ARE ECSTATIC TO BE A PART OF IT. THANK YOU. OKAY, ITEM TWO C IS COMMITTEE UPDATES. WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE BOARD SUBCOMMITTEES. THE PURPOSE OF OUR BOARD SUBCOMMITTEES IS FOR A SUBSET OF THE BOARD TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY TO SUPPORT A PARTICULAR FOCUS BY PREPARING AND DRAFTING DOCUMENTS OF WORK PRODUCTS FOR THE BOARD'S REVIEW AND ADOPTION. THE THREE STANDING SUBCOMMITTEES AND THE BOARD MEMBERS SERVING ON THOSE SUBCOMMITTEES ARE SHOWN ON THE SCREEN. BOARD MEMBERS. DO WE HAVE ANY UPDATES FROM OUR BOARD SUBCOMMITTEE SINCE OUR LAST BOARD MEETING DEALING WITH STUDENT OUTCOMES? OKAY. BOARD

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AND AND IT THE SPIRIT OF THE COMMUNITY IS IS ALIVE AND WELL. I WANT TO THANK KIM HOLCOMB MISS HOLCOMB AND HER TEAM FOR ALL THE CURRICULUM, WORK AND THE TRAINING AND WORKING WITH THE TEACHERS AND THE STUDENTS, BECAUSE WHEN YOU RECEIVE THE BLUE RIBBON AWARD OR THE LONE STAR AWARD IS NOW WHAT IT'S CALLED BECAUSE IT'S LOCAL IN AUSTIN, THAT DOESN'T COME BY CHANCE. THAT BECOMES ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU PUT IN AND ALL THE WORK ARE OUR TEACHERS DID FOR OUR STUDENTS. TO ME, WE WERE THE ONLY TWO SCHOOLS IN NORTH TEXAS TO RECEIVE THAT, AND THAT'S JUST AN INCREDIBLE HONOR. SO THANK YOU TO YOUR TEAM FOR ALL THE HARD WORK. AND OUR HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH HAS BEEN AMAZING. AND TO WATCH OUR STUDENTS PERFORM AT AT CREEKVIEW WAS INCREDIBLE WITH THEIR NEW DRESSES THAT THEY WERE WEARING AND ALL THE VIDEOS AND THE EVENTS THAT YOU SEE ONLINE HAS BEEN WHEN YOU SEE KIDS PERFORM AND THE HOURS THEY PUT IN. THE STUDENTS TOLD ME HOW HEAVY THOSE DRESSES WERE AT THE GAME, AND YOU KNOW THAT THEY'RE PUTTING IN ALL THE WORK TO GET THEIR ROUTINES RIGHT. SO AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I WANT TO ITS PRINCIPAL APPRECIATION MONTH. IT IS SO HARD TO LEAD A SCHOOL. THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT OUR PRINCIPALS HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT, AND WE HAVE SOME OF THE BEST AND THE BEST LEADS THE BEST. SO I CAN'T THANK THEM ENOUGH. AND I LOVE THE VIDEO. KAREN, WITH ALL THE PRINCIPALS WAVING, I THINK THAT JUST SHOWS A GREAT SIDE. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, DOCTOR ELDRIDGE. NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM TWO E UPDATE FROM PTA BEFORE MISS COLLINS DECIDES TO SPEAK. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A BRIEF PAUSE SO YOU MAY EXIT THE MEETING UNDER THE GUISE OF JUST NEEDING A BREAK. SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO LEAVE, THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO. MISS COLLINS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DOCTOR ELDRIDGE, VICE PRESIDENT BRADY AND ESTEEMED BOARD. BEFORE I BEGIN, I CERTAINLY WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE OF OUR PTA MOTTO, WHICH IS TO MAKE EVERY CHILD'S POTENTIAL A REALITY BY ENGAGING AND EMPOWERING FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES TO ADVOCATE FOR ALL CHILDREN. I AM SHIBUYA COLLINS.

I AM WEARING TWO COATS. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? OKAY. WEARING TWO HATS TONIGHT ONE I AM PROUD TO SERVE AS THIS YEAR'S VICE PRESIDENT OF PROGRAMS FOR THE CFE, ISD, COUNCIL OF PTAS, AND I AM ALSO THE PROUD PARENT OF A CLASS OF 2025 GRADUATE FROM NEWMAN SMITH HIGH SCHOOL. THE NEW PTA YEAR HAS BEGUN, AND AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, OUR MEMBERSHIP NUMBERS HAVE BEGUN AS WELL. AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE 4215 MEMBERS DISTRICT WIDE, WHICH IS AWESOME. LET'S GIVE EVERYONE AN APPLAUSE FOR THAT. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE YET TO JOIN, THE BEST WAY TO JOIN A

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THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT TO ATTEND AND TO SUPPORT US, INCLUDING BOARD MEMBERS, MR. SHACKMAN AND MISS BENAVIDEZ. THANK YOU. AND THEN OUR NEXT TRAINING, WHICH WILL BE IN THE SPRING, WILL BE HELD IN FEBRUARY. SO STAY TUNED FOR THOSE DATES AND TIMES AT THE WHARTON CENTER. THE NATIONAL PTA REFLECTIONS CONTEST IS NOW OFF AND RUNNING. I CAN'T BELIEVE WE'RE ALREADY AT THAT POINT IN THE SCHOOL YEAR, BUT IT IS OFTEN RUNNING AND THIS YEAR'S THEME IS I BELONG. WE HOPE THAT ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS WILL PARTICIPATE AND THE ADVANCING SPREADSHEETS WILL BE DUE ON NOVEMBER 7TH AND SUBMISSIONS WILL BE DUE ON DECEMBER THE 1ST. THERE IS MORE INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE ABOUT THAT AS WELL, AND WE ARE EXCITED AGAIN THIS YEAR AFTER TAKING A ONE YEAR HIATUS TO WELCOME THE HARLEM WIZARDS BACK TO CFB TO TAKE ON OUR CFB CHAMPIONS BASKETBALL TEAM ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25TH AT NEWMAN SMITH HIGH SCHOOL AND TIP OFF WILL BE AT 6:30 P.M. WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ALL 32 OF OUR SCHOOLS REPRESENTED ON THE CHAMPIONS TEAM. PRINCIPALS, PLEASE. IF YOU'RE IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT, PLEASE REMEMBER TO SUBMIT YOUR PLAYER YOUR PLAYER'S NAME. YOU HAVE UNTIL MONDAY, OCTOBER 6TH TO DO SO, AND THEN WE HAVE TO CLOSE IT OFF SO THAT WE CAN PREPARE FOR OUR TEAMS AND GET THEM UNIFORMED AND AND ALL OF THOSE GOOD THINGS. WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ALL OF YOU JOIN US AT THE GAME. TICKETS ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE ON SALE AT HARLEM WIZARDS.COM. YOU CAN ALSO LINK THAT FROM OUR CFB WEBSITE, BUT WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU COME OUT, COME OUT AND SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY. IT'S A GREAT NIGHT OF FUN. DOCTOR ELDRIDGE IS ONE OF OUR REFEREES. I DIDN'T LAUGH, THAT WASN'T ME, DOCTOR. I'LL JUST DO NOT BLAME ME. BUT IT SHOULD BE A GREAT FUN SPIRIT TONIGHT. SO WE HOPE THAT YOU ALL WILL JOIN US. AND PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD IN YOUR RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES. OUR CURRENT CALENDAR INCLUDES DATES AND TIMES OF ALL OF OUR DELEGATES MEETINGS, AND IS POSTED ALSO ON OUR WEBSITE. AS YOU CAN TELL, OUR WEBSITE IS A PLETHORA OF INFORMATION THERE. YOU CAN ALSO FIND THE STORE TO, AS I MENTIONED, PURCHASE T SHIRTS AND YOUR CHAMPION MEMBERSHIPS. UNFORTUNATELY THIS THIS MONTH WE HAD NO ENTRIES FOR OUR SEPTEMBER CHALLENGE SO WE CAN'T AWARD ANYONE, BUT WE WILL TRY AGAIN FOR OCTOBER. THE CHALLENGE FOR OCTOBER IS FALL FESTIVAL. FAMILY, FRIENDS AND FUN AND THOSE ENTRIES ARE DUE ON OCTOBER 31ST SO THAT THEY CAN BE AWARDED AT THE NOVEMBER SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. WE WILL SEE ALL OF YOU AT OUR NEXT DELEGATE MEETING, WHICH IS OCTOBER THE 8TH AT 6:30 P.M. RIGHT HERE IN THE BOARDROOM. AND ONCE AGAIN, WE THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND ADVOCACY FOR OUR CHILDREN. TOGETHER WE ARE PTA.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS COLLINS. YES, THE WIZARDS GAME IS A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY EVENT. I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO COME OUT AND HAVE FUN WITH US. THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM

[3. Audience for Guests]

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PLEASE KEEP YOUR COMMENTS AS CIVIL AND COURTEOUS, AND AVOID PROFANITY OR PERSONAL ATTACKS.

REFRAIN FROM DISCUSSING STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT YOUR OWN CHILD, YELLING, DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR, OR DISCRIMINATORY REMARKS WILL NOT BE PERMITTED IN THE EVENT YOUR COMMENT IN THE JUDGMENT OF THE PRESIDING OFFICER CONSTITUTES A COMPLAINT OR CHARGE AGAINST AN EMPLOYEE OR OFFICER, IT MAY BE NECESSARY FOR ME TO INTERRUPT YOU AND ASK YOU TO STOP AND DIRECT YOU TO PROCEED TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S FORMAL GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES. IF A SPEAKER IS SEEKING BOARD RESOLUTION OF A SPECIFIC COMPLAINT, THAT CONCERN SHOULD BE ADDRESSED THROUGH THE DISTRICT'S GRIEVANCE PROCESS, WHICH CAN BE FOUND ONLINE AND INCLUDE POLICIES G, B, F AND G, AND G F. GRIEVANCE FORMS CAN BE OBTAINED ONLINE THROUGH THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE BOARD WILL NOT RESPOND TO THE PUBLIC DIRECTLY, AND WILL ADDRESS ANY AGENDA ITEMS AS DEEMED NECESSARY. WHEN THEY ARE LISTED ON THE AGENDA, THE TIMER WILL BE SHOWN ON THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU AND WILL BEGIN WHEN YOU ARRIVE AT THE PODIUM TO SPEAK AGAIN. THAT SPEAKER'S PRESENTATION WILL BE LIMITED TO THE ALLOTTED TIME. WE WILL BEGIN WITH OUR STAKEHOLDER COMMENTS. THE SPEAKER'S PRESENTATION WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES, AND I BELIEVE OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS MISS CINDY HILTON. HERE. HI. YES, I AM HERE TO SPEAK. WE HAVE A ITEM ON THE AGENDA. IT IS ITEM FIVE F AND IT IS THE CONSIDERATION APPROVAL LIST OF NEW BOOKS TO BE PURCHASED FOR THE SCHOOL LIBRARY COLLECTION. SO I WANTED TO ADDRESS BECAUSE THIS IS A NEW BILL THAT WAS PASSED BY THE 89TH LEGISLATURE AND THE SCHOOL SB 13. IT WAS SIGNED INTO LAW. AND WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE 89TH TEXAS LEGISLATURE, THAT LAW WAS CHAMPIONED BY LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR DAN PATRICK. OF COURSE, GOVERNOR ABBOTT SIGNED IT INTO LAW AFTER IT PASSED THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE. THESE MANDATE NEW REQUIREMENTS FOR SCHOOL LIBRARIES AND GIVES CONCERNING MATERIAL ACQUISITION, REVIEW AND PARENTAL OVERSIGHT. THE KEY CHANGES INCLUDE SCHOOL DISTRICTS ADOPTING POLICIES FOR LIBRARY MATERIALS, THE CREATION OF THE LOCAL SCHOOL LIBRARY, ADVISORY COUNCILS IF PETITIONED BY PARENTS, AND PROVIDING PARENTS WITH MORE ACCESS AND CONTROL OVER THEIR CHILD'S LIBRARY MATERIALS. I THOUGHT THIS WAS AN EXCELLENT BILL BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN ALL THROUGHOUT TEXAS. NOW THERE ARE MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ARE ADDRESSING THIS IN A POSITIVE WAY. IT SETS THAT THIS LAW MEANS THAT THERE'S POLICY AND STANDARDS THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS ADOPT CONCERNING THE LIBRARY MATERIALS THAT PARENTS HAVE ACCESS AND CONTROL OVER THE SCHOOL'S CATALOG, AND CAN SPECIFY WHICH MATERIALS THEIR CHILD IS RESTRICTED FROM CHECKING OUT. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THAT LOCAL SCHOOL LIBRARY ADVISORY COUNCIL, WHICH I WOULD I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S BEEN ADOPTED YET BY YOU ALL, BUT I WOULD REALLY ENCOURAGE THAT. AND I WOULD OFFER TO BE A VOLUNTEER ON THAT WITH OTHER PARENTS. YOU KNOW, IF YOU ALSO CHOOSE, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. I AM CERTAINLY NOT AN EXPERT IN THIS AREA. HOWEVER, I KNOW PEOPLE THAT ARE AND SO SO THEY WE WE WERE GIVEN A LIST OF 2179 LIBRARY BOOKS THAT WERE TO BE CONSIDERED. AND SO WE TOOK THAT LIST. AND THERE ARE VERY HIGHLY CREDIBLE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ALREADY HAVE A LIST OF BOOKS THAT ARE SEXUALLY EXPLICIT, SEXUALLY INAPPROPRIATE FOR SCHOOLS AT THEIR AT THE AGES OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND HIGH SCHOOL. AND, AND SO WE SUBMITTED THAT LIST TO THEM.

AND THEN THEY RAN IT THROUGH THEIR DATABASE AND NOTHING CAME UP. YAY. OKAY, SO EVERYTHING THAT Y'ALL WERE RECOMMENDING WERE JUST FINE. THANK YOU. MISS HOLDEN. I'M SO SORRY. YOUR THREE MINUTES IS UP. OKAY, I WILL TALK TO YOU ALL LATER BECAUSE I HAVE ONE LITTLE THING I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ALL ABOUT. THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR COMMENTS TONIGHT. ITEM FOUR A

[4. Non-Action Items for Discussion]

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VICE PRESIDENT BRADY, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AND DOCTOR ELDRIDGE, I'M CATHERINE CARLIN, AND ALONG WITH NANCY KLEIN, WE ARE THE CO-CHAIRS FOR THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, AND WE WISH TO THANK YOU FOR POSTPONING OUR REPORT TO THIS MONTH. I THINK WHAT IS IT CALLED, FOMO? IS THAT WHAT THE KIDS SAY? LIKE. SO I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE. AND AS MR. MOORE INTRODUCED TOM HAMMONDS AND NANCY THAT ARE HERE TO GIVE US MORAL SUPPORT. SO YOU HAVE A MONTH AGO, YOU GOT THE 2425 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 2023 BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, HAVING COMPLETED OUR SECOND YEAR OF THE COMMITTEE'S COMMITMENT. IN ADDITION TO THESE GUYS, MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEES INCLUDES NOEL FRANCO, PHIL GUMBERT, BILLY BOB MESSER, WESLEY NEWT JOLYNN PORTER, AND JAIME RIVAS, AND KIM BRADY AND PAUL GILMORE ARE OUR TRUSTEE LIAISONS, AND WE'D LIKE TO THANK THE PAST TRUSTEE, TERRY RYBARCZYK, FOR HER, FOR HER SERVICE TO THE BOARD AND TO OUR COMMITTEE. CHRIS MOORE, THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF OPERATIONS, HAS BEEN OUR FACILITATOR AND PROVIDED SUPPORT THROUGH OUR TENURE, AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR HIS LEADERSHIP. WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE IMPORTANT INVESTMENTS BEING MADE TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS, FACULTY, STAFF, AND COMMUNITY. AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONFIDENCE IN US WITH THIS MISSION. AS YOU KNOW, AS MR. MOORE JUST SAID, THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE OR THE BOCC SERVES IN A VOLUNTARY ADVISORY CAPACITY TO THE TRUSTEES ADMINISTRATION. AND IN A NUTSHELL, IT'S VIEWED AS A RESOURCE TO HELP ASSURE THAT THE INTENTIONS OF THE 2023 CITIZENS BOND PLANNING COMMITTEE THAT WERE ADOPTED BY THE TRUSTEES AND APPROVED BY THE VOTERS IN MAY 2023, WERE EXECUTED. SO ON BEHALF OF THE COMMITTEE, WE'D LIKE TO SUMMARIZE A FEW KEY POINTS IN THE REPORT, AND THEN WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. OUR COMMITTEE MEETS QUARTERLY. THE MEETINGS TYPICALLY INCLUDE AN UPDATE FROM COREY BLACKBURN, EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF CONSTRUCTION, REGARDING THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, INCLUDING SCOPE, STATUS, TIMELINES, BOND AUTHORIZATIONS, BUDGET AND FUTURE PLANS. HE WAS ASSISTED BY DISTRICT STAFF MEMBERS AS WELL AS ARCHITECTURAL AND CONSTRUCTION FIRMS. YOUR PACKET CONTAINS INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOUR MEETINGS THAT WE HELD THIS PAST YEAR, SPECIFICALLY THE OCTOBER 2025 I'M SORRY 2024 MEETING INCLUDED THE UPDATE PORTION OF OF I'M SORRY, THE UPDATE PORTION OF THE MEETING, AS WELL AS ELECTIONS AND COACH OF THE CO-CHAIRS, THE FACILITY PLANNING ADVISORY GROUP WAS DEFINED FOR US. WHO IS WHO IS TASKED WITH PROVIDING CONSOLIDATION CRITERIA? IT WAS INTRODUCED THE JANUARY 2025 MEETING PROVIDED NUMEROUS CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN UPDATES AT EIGHT FACILITIES. THE THIS, THE FACILITY PLANNING ADVISORY GROUP COMPLETED ITS TASK AND NOTE THAT TWO OF THE BOCC MEMBERS SERVED ON THAT COMMITTEE TO REPRESENT THE INTERESTS OF THE BOND AND THE BOCC. THE APRIL 2025 MEETING WAS HELD AT RIVERCHASE ELEMENTARY, WHERE IN ADDITION TO PROJECT UPDATES, WE TOURED THE NEWLY NEWLY RENOVATED SPECIAL ED AREAS AND THE PLAYGROUND. JULY WAS THE FINAL MEETING OF THIS YEAR, AND IT'S ON THE ACTIONS OF THIS MEETING THAT WE'D LIKE TO FOCUS. AND MISS RODRIGUEZ, THANK YOU FOR TAKING OUR MINUTES. THEY'RE FABULOUS. THERE COMES A TIME IN THE LIFE CYCLE OF THE BOCC THAT TRANSITIONS AWAY FROM A MORE PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE, UPDATE DRIVEN AGENDA INTO A PHASE WHERE THE BOCC IS MORE ACTIVELY ENGAGED. OVER THE PAST YEAR, SEVERAL TOPICS HAD BEEN PRESENTED WHICH HADN'T BEEN FULLY RESOLVED, BUT NOW, WITH THE $131 MILLION PLUS BOND FUNDS FREED BY THE CONSOLIDATION EFFORT, COMES A RENEWED RELIANCE ON THE BOCC PURPOSE TO REVIEW AND ADVISE. RECENTLY, THESE PROJECTS INCLUDED EARLY CHILDHOOD AND MIDDLE SCHOOL UPGRADES, SPECIFICALLY NUMBER ONE, THE

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CONTINUING THE CURRENT PRACTICE OF STAFF, ALONG WITH SUPPORTING ARCHITECTURE AND CONSTRUCTION FIRMS, PROVIDING A STATUS UPDATE WITH ASSOCIATED QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSIONS. THE THIRD SECTION OF THE MEETING WILL BE FOR FEEDBACK AND DECISIONS, AREAS WHERE STAFF WILL PRESENT OPTIONS TO THE BOCC TO DISCUSS AND DECIDE AS A GROUP, SUCH AS SCOPE ADJUSTMENT, BUDGET SCHEDULING ISSUES, THAT KIND OF THING. THIS FEEDBACK SESSION SECTION WILL TYPICALLY REQUIRE A LEVEL OF VOTING AND CONSENSUS, WHICH WILL BE RECORDED IN THE MINUTES. NUMBER FOUR. THE COMMITTEE WILL ALSO PROVIDE INPUT ON MEETING DATE ADJUSTMENTS AND TOPICS FOR FUTURE DISCUSSION. ONE NOTE ABOUT OUR MEETING SCHEDULE IT'S BEEN SET THREE YEARS OUT, BUT CONFLICTS AND OTHER SITUATIONS ARISE, MAKING IT NECESSARY TO ADJUST SOME OF THOSE DATES.

IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTICE THAT THE 2018 BOCC MET EVERY OTHER MONTH FOR ITS ENTIRE TENURE, SO ADDITIONAL MEETINGS, EITHER IN PERSON OR VIRTUALLY, MAY NEED TO BE SCHEDULED. THE CONSIDER MEETING FREQUENCY AND DATES WAS ALSO THE LONE 2023 2024 ACTION ITEM PRESENTED TO THE TRUSTEES IN OUR REPORT. AND SO THAT'S NOW HOPEFULLY ADDRESSED. AND THEN NUMBER FIVE, THE FINAL PHASE OF THE MEETINGS WILL BE FOR A POST-MEETING SURVEY TO BE SENT TO THE MEMBERS TO ENSURE THAT THE TOPICS ARE TIMELY AND THE DISCUSSIONS ARE PRODUCTIVE.

NEXT, WE RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF MEMBER COMMITMENT TO ATTEND ALL THE MEETINGS IN COMPLIANCE WITH OUR GUIDELINES AND TO MAINTAIN CONTINUITY IN OUR DISCUSSIONS. THEREFORE, AN ATTENDANCE ACTION PLAN WILL BE IMPLEMENTED GOING FORWARD AND THAT CONSISTS OF THREE PHASES.

NUMBER ONE, AFTER ONE ABSENCE, THE CHAIR WILL CALL TO CHECK, TO CHECK IN, TO MAKE SURE ALL IS WELL. AFTER TWO ABSENCES, THE TRUSTEE OR DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE WHO APPOINTED THAT MEMBER WILL MAKE THAT CHECK IN CALL. AND NUMBER THREE, THEREAFTER, A DECISION WILL BE MADE TO POTENTIALLY REPLACE THAT MEMBER WITH ANOTHER APPOINTEE. WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE TIME THESE VOLUNTEERS GIVE IN SERVICE TO OUR DISTRICT, AND WE KNOW THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THESE DISCUSSIONS. SO FOR 2025 2026, WE PROPOSE TWO ACTION ITEMS. ACTION ITEM ONE CONTINUE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW MEETING FORMAT DESCRIBED ABOVE, WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON BOX PURPOSE TO REVIEW AND ADVISE AN ACTION ITEM. NUMBER TWO IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ATTENDANCE PLAN AS DESCRIBED ABOVE, TO ENSURE CONTINUITY THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF OUR TENURE. THIS CONCLUDES THE ELEMENT ELEMENTS OF OUR REPORT, AND WE'RE AVAILABLE TO RESPOND TO ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MISS CARLIN. THANK YOU ALL WHO SERVE ON THIS COMMITTEE. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND EFFORT. THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. MOORE OR MISS CARLIN, MISS BARNES? HI. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE. IS VERY THOROUGH. I HAD A SMALL QUESTION. I THINK YOU MENTIONED IT, AND I WAS JUST WANTED A LITTLE MORE CLARIFICATION WITH THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS. YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT BLEACHERS. CAN YOU GO INTO THAT JUST BRIEFLY, I DIDN'T KNOW. YES, MA'AM. AMONG THE PROPOSALS THAT WE LOOKED AT AT THAT JULY MEETING WAS AN OVERVIEW OF HOW THE REALLOCATED FUNDS OF THE $131 MILLION MAY WORK INTO SOME OF THE CAMPUSES. ONE OF THE PIECES WAS AT BUSH MIDDLE SCHOOL, SPECIFICALLY POSSIBLY BLEACHERS. IMPROVEMENTS OF THE OF THE FACILITY, THE FIELD, THE TRACK AND BLEACHERS. WHAT WE LOOKED AT HAD A PROPOSAL OF BLEACHERS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE

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ELDERS, VICE PRESIDENT BRADY, TRUSTEES, WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO TALK THROUGH REALLOCATION OF OUR BOND FUNDS. YOU HEARD A BIT OF IT JUST PREVIOUSLY FROM MISS CARLIN WITH THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE REPORT. SO THAT PLAYS NICELY INTO THIS. CARY BLACKBURN, OUR CONSTRUCTION OFFICER. HE'S GOING TO TALK TO A FEW OF THESE SLIDES AS WELL. AND AS DOCTOR ALDRIDGE SAID, THIS IS INFORMATION ONLY TONIGHT. THERE'S NO VOTE. WE'LL BRING THIS BACK TO YOU IN NOVEMBER FOR AN OFFICIAL VOTE. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REALLOCATIONS. SO OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING CHANGED. WHAT WHAT EXACTLY IS IT? INITIALLY THERE WAS A $716 MILLION BOND ELECTION IN MAY OF 2023. AS WE ALL KNOW, SINCE THAT ELECTION, THERE'S BEEN A LOT THAT'S HAPPENED. I THINK THAT'S AN UNDERSTATEMENT. BUT THERE'S BEEN A LOT THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S TRANSITIONED AND GONE ON. NAMELY, WE CONSOLIDATED FOUR CAMPUSES IN THE SPRING OF OF 25.

IN THOSE FOUR CAMPUSES HAD $131 MILLION OF BOND FUNDS BUDGETED TOWARD THEM. THAT MONEY IS STILL THERE, THAT MONEY IS STILL ACCESSIBLE, AND THAT MONEY CAN CAN HELP STUDENTS, AND WE CAN STILL HONOR THE INTENT OF THE BOND WITH THOSE FUNDS AND IN WAYS THAT ARE SUPPORTED BY THE PUBLIC. AND WE WILL DEMONSTRATE THAT HERE IN JUST A FEW SLIDES, THE TIMELINE.

I DIDN'T GO BACK TO MAY OF 2023, DIDN'T FIGURE YOU WANTED ME TO STAND HERE AND GO THROUGH TEN SLIDES OF DOTS AND BULLETS DATING BACK TWO YEARS. BUT AGAIN, THIS DOES BEGIN IN MAY OF 23, MOST RECENTLY MARCH OF 25. I MENTIONED THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE FOUR CAMPUSES. APRIL. AFTER THE CONSOLIDATION, WE KNEW THAT THERE WERE FUNDS ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE SCHOOLS, AND SO WE BEGAN RESEARCHING HOW WE COULD UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS AND AGAIN, HONOR THE INTENT. JUNE. WE AS A DISTRICT APPROVED THE THE BOND SALE OF WHICH THE ONE THE SECOND BOND SALE OF WHICH THAT $131 MILLION WAS PART OF IT. IN JULY WE VISITED WITH THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AS AS MISS CARLIN JUST SAID, AND REALLY GOT MORE IN DEPTH ON WHAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY DO WITH THOSE FUNDS. AND THEN IN AUGUST, WE WE MR. BLACKBURN, IS GOING TO TALK MORE ABOUT THAT BLOCK RECOMMENDATION. IN AUGUST, WE DID A COMMUNITY SURVEY WITH A WITH WITH VASSILIS. I'M GOING TO GET INTO THAT HERE SHORTLY. AND THAT REALLY HELPED US CONFIRM THAT WHAT WE WERE THINKING, WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT, JUST TO KIND OF CONFIRM THAT WHERE WE ARE GOING ALIGN WITH WHAT THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WANT AS WELL. AND THEN IN OCTOBER, HERE WE ARE TONIGHT. SO I MENTIONED THAT THE FUNDING CAN STILL HELP. HOW HOW CAN IT STILL HELP. IT'S STILL THERE REALLY. THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT FACETS PRE-K. CURRENTLY, WE'RE SERVING LESS THAN 35% OF OUR ELIGIBLE PRE-K STUDENTS. MISS MISS HOLCOMB IS SHARED DATA FROM COMMIT DATA THAT WE'VE PULLED THAT THAT DEMONSTRATES THAT. AND THE FUNDING CAN HELP US REACH OUT AND IMPROVE THE THE REACH THAT WE HAVE AND MORE OF OUR PRE-K STUDENTS. TUITION BASED PRE-K, THAT IS A DEMONSTRATED NEED SPECIFICALLY ON THE WEST SIDE OF OUR CAMPUS.

WE DON'T HAVE THE SEATS TO ACCOMMODATE THAT TUITION BASED ASPECT, AND THEN WE CAN KEEP STUDENTS CLOSER TO HOME. AND AS YOU'LL SEE IN OUR PROPOSAL, WE'RE REALLY FOCUSING ON TWO GEOGRAPHIC AREAS. THAT'S CURRENTLY WE'RE MOVING STUDENTS AWAY FROM THE CAMPUSES WHERE THEY ARE ZONED TO ATTEND, AND WE CAN KEEP THEM CLOSER TO HOME. MIDDLE SCHOOL. BUSH AND POLK ARE BOTH IN NEED OF ATTENTION. BOTH ARE RECEIVING SOME TO SOME EXTENT WITH BOND FUNDING. BUT REALLY, THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO BRING BUSH AND POLK MORE IN LINE WITH PERRY FIELD AND BLAYLOCK. BLAYLOCK, OF COURSE, CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THE WONDERFUL RENOVATIONS AND ADDITIONS THAT WERE DONE AT PERRY AND FIELD OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. IT WOULD KIND OF

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OUR SURVEY RAN AUGUST 5TH THROUGH THE EIGHTH. THERE WERE 400 RESPONDENTS. AND THAT MARGIN OF ERROR OF PLUS OR -4.9%, THEY'RE DEAD ON EVERY TIME I'VE SEEN THEM, EVERY TIME I'VE USED THEM, EVERY TIME I'VE READ ANYTHING OF THEIRS. AND THAT IS TIED DIRECTLY TO THE TO THE NUMBER OF RESPONSES, A COUPLE NOTES SPECIFIC TO OUR SURVEY. IT WAS A MIX OF PHONE AND TEXT. THERE WERE 57% WERE PHONE CALLS, 43% WERE TEXT TEXT SAMPLES. AND THEN THAT I'D MENTIONED THAT THE THAT PLUS OR MINUS PLUS OR -4.9% OF HOW THEY HOW THEY GATHER THAT. SO WE HAD THREE PRIMARY OBJECTIVES WITH THIS SURVEY REALLY. ONE WAS TO JUST GATHER GENERAL AWARENESS OF THE MAY 23RD BOND, REALLY KIND OF GET THE BEARINGS SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO AWARENESS OF THE BOND OVERALL FUNDS THAT WERE RELATED TO THE FOUR CONSOLIDATED CAMPUSES.

THIS THE SECOND ASPECT WAS TO GAUGE MIDDLE SCHOOL AWARENESS AND SUPPORT. IF THE FUNDS USED IN THE DIRECTION THAT WE WERE, THAT WE WERE LEANING AND RESEARCHING WOULD BE SUPPORTED BY THE COMMUNITY. AND THE THIRD ASPECT WAS TO MEASURE THE PRE-K SUPPORT AND THE AWARENESS OF OF

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SOMETIMES PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF PARENTS AND STAFF AND OUR TARGET AUDIENCES, THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS AS ENGAGED AS WE THINK THEY THEY THEY WOULD BE OR SHOULD BE DESPITE OUR EFFORTS.

BUT THAT KIND OF WAS A GOOD BEARING ON ON WHAT IT WAS THAT WE WANTED TO SEE WITH REGARD TO AWARENESS, KEY FINDINGS. SO WITHIN THE SURVEY, THERE ARE REALLY TWO CATEGORIES FROM EACH RESPONDENTS. AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE BASIL SHINES AND WHAT THEY DO. THE FIRST CATEGORY IS BASED ON THE INITIAL THE INITIAL THOUGHT. AND THOSE ARE THE THOSE ARE THE IMMEDIATE RESPONSES THAT REFLECT A PERSON'S INITIAL OPINION, THEIR INITIAL THOUGHT WITHOUT. IT'S JUST THEIR BELIEF. IT'S THEIR THEIR EMOTION. RIGHT. WHEN YOU ASK THEM THE QUESTION, THE SECOND CATEGORY, THAT'S AN INFORMED DECISION AND THAT'S OF THE SAME PERSON. AND THOSE ARE CONCLUSIONS THAT SOMEONE REACHES AFTER YOU GIVE THEM MORE CONTEXT, YOU GIVE THEM MORE FACTS, YOU GIVE THEM MORE DATA. AND SO WHAT BASIL DOES, AND WHAT THIS ALLOWS US TO DO IS, IS THE COMPARISON. WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE INITIAL VERSUS INFORMED, THAT'S REALLY INVALUABLE FOR RESEARCH BECAUSE IT HELPS HIGHLIGHT THE THE IMPACT OF THE DECISION MAKING ONCE THEY RECEIVE THE INFORMATION. AND THEN AS, AS WE DID WITH BASIL IN 23, IT REALLY HELPS US UNDERSTAND UNDERLYING BIASES. WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT POLICY AND INITIATIVES AND THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES. AND SO YOU CAN SEE THERE HOW THE HOW THOSE QUESTIONS SHAPED OUT WITH REGARD TO PRE-K, MIDDLE SCHOOL, THE INITIAL THOUGHT, BOTH CATEGORIES. THE TOP IS IS PRE-K, THE LOWER IS MIDDLE SCHOOL, BOTH HIGHLY SUPPORTIVE. 67% WERE IN SUPPORT OF OF USING A PORTION OF THE BOND FUNDS FOR EXPANSIONS TO PRE-KINDERGARTEN, AND 64% WERE IN FAVOR OF OF USING A PORTION OF THE FUNDS FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENTS AT BUSH AND POLK. AND THEN THE INFORMED WENT UP NINE POINTS IN EACH CATEGORY. AND AGAIN, THERE WERE QUESTIONS THAT THAT INFORMED THE THE RESPONDENT MORE WITH REGARD TO WHAT THE IMPACT COULD BE, BUT IT WENT FROM 67% SUPPORT TO 76 FOR BOND FUNDS FOR PRE-K AND 73%, OR RATHER 64% TO 73% USING THE FUNDS FOR IMPROVEMENTS AT THE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS. AND SO REALLY. INTUITIVE THERE ON THAT.

THE THREE OPTIONS THAT WE USED, WE DIVED A BIT MORE INTO PRE-K TO TO KIND OF DIVE MORE AND ASK A FEW MORE QUESTIONS AND GET SPECIFIC OPINIONS ON WHERE PEOPLE STOOD. AND COREY COREY AND MISS CARLIN BOTH TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THOSE OPTIONS. BUT THE QUESTIONS THAT WE ASKED REALLY WERE, DO YOU WANT PRE-K ADDITIONS AT CAMPUSES? DO YOU WANT PRE-K CENTER OR DO YOU WANT A PRE-K? A COMBINATION OF BOTH. AND SO THIS REALLY TRACKED ALONG WITH WHERE THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WAS GOING AS WELL. THE PREFERRED METHOD WAS AT CAMPUSES. YOU CAN SEE THERE'S 79% WERE IN FAVOR OF HAVING THE ADDITIONS AT THE EXISTING ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES.

BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT SLIDE, REALLY, NO MATTER HOW YOU SLICE IT, THE ALL OR MORE THAN HALF SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT WE WERE PROPOSING TO DO AT PRE-K, NO MATTER WHICH AVENUE WE WE ENDED UP WANTING TO GO WITH. AND SO WITH THAT, OUR RECOMMENDATIONS WITH REGARD TO THE TO THE FUNDS

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IT'S THE ONLY AREA OF OUR DISTRICT THAT'S CONSISTENTLY GROWN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. LAS COLINAS IS EXCEEDING ITS 85% FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY. FREEMAN IS AS WELL. RIVERCHASE IS EDGING RIGHT UP AGAINST IT, AND THERE ARE A TOTAL OF 372 STUDENTS THAT WERE LIKE LA VILLITA. IT'S BUTTING UP AGAINST IT, BUT THEY HAVE 143 PRE-K STUDENTS AT LA VALLETTA IN SEVEN DIFFERENT SECTIONS, AND THERE ARE 102 AT FREEMAN. AND SO REALLY THERE'S PRESSURE POINTS WITHIN IN THOSE AREAS AS WELL. MISS BARNES. THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A GENERAL QUESTION, BUT FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL, FOR BUSH AND POLK, WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THERE WERE ANY RENOVATIONS DONE AT THOSE TWO SCHOOLS OF ANY KIND? WE CURRENTLY HAVE LIMITED RENOVATIONS GOING AT BOTH OF THOSE SCHOOLS, BUT WE'D LIKE TO DO MORE TO BRING THEM MORE IN LINE WITH SCHOOLS THAT HAVE HAD MAJOR RENOVATIONS. IT'S AT MAX CAPACITY OR CLOSE TO CAPACITY.

POLK I BELIEVE SO, YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH FOR YOUR

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PRIOR TO ANY ACTION TAKEN ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, BOARD MEMBERS MAY REQUEST A WITHDRAWAL OF INDIVIDUAL ITEMS FOR CLARIFICATION OR DISCUSSION. BOARD MEMBERS ARE THERE ANY ITEMS TO BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AT THIS TIME? HEARING NONE AND SEEING NONE BOARD MEMBERS DO I HAVE A MOTION REGARDING THE CONSENT AGENDA? MISS BARNES? I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. AS PRESENTED. SORRY. GREAT. I HAVE A MOTION FOR MISS BARNES. DO I HAVE A SECOND? MR. SHACKMAN, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SIX IN FAVOR? NONE OPPOSED. THE MOTION

[6. Items for Discussion and/or Action]

GOOD EVENING, VICE PRESIDENT BRADY, DOCTOR ELDREDGE, BOARD MEMBERS. AND SO TONIGHT, WHAT I'M GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL IS THE FACT IS, THE CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION FOR WAIVER. WHEN CLASSROOM TEACHERS EXHAUST ALL METHODS OF BEING CERTIFIED BY THE STATE WHILE WE WORK WITH THEM TO HELP THEM GET THEIR TEST PASSED, WE HAVE TO REQUEST

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THIS ISN'T WHERE JUST SOMEBODY'S BEEN PLUCKED OFF THE STREET. THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN PERFORMING AND BEING SUPERVISED BY ALL APPROPRIATE METHODS OF ADMINISTRATION, AND THEY DO A GOOD JOB WITH THEIR KIDS. AND SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO CLARIFY, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT. AND DOCTOR MARCUS, WE APPRECIATE ALL OF THE HR RELATED AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSES THAT ARE HELPING THESE INDIVIDUALS COMPLETE THEIR CERTIFICATION. THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? BOARD. THIS ITEM IS MARKED FOR POSSIBLE ACTION. DOES THE BOARD WISH TO TAKE ACTION? MR. SHACKMAN I WOULD MOVE THAT. WE FILE THE WAIVER AS PRESENTED. I HAVE A MOTION FROM DOCTOR SHACKMAN. DO I HAVE A SECOND? MISS GARZA ROJAS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? BOARD MEMBERS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. THANK YOU. WITH A MOTION. EXCUSE ME? WITH A VOTE OF SIX IN FAVOR AND ZERO OPPOSED. THE MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. DOCTOR. ITEM SIX C TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE ADDITION OF FIFTH GRADE MATH BOARD GOAL. DOCTOR ELDRIDGE, WOULD YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE THIS ITEM? SO YOU ALL KNOW WE'VE HAD OUR WORK STUDIES AND WE'RE FOCUSED ON OUR STUDENT OUTCOMES.

SO THIS WAS THE GOAL THAT WE ALL AGREED TO ADD. AND SO MISS HOLCOMB, IF YOU'LL PRESENT OUR NEW ADDITION OF OUR MATH GOAL TO THE BOARD SO WE CAN TAKE ACTION. YES, MA'AM. GOOD EVENING, VICE PRESIDENT BRADY, DOCTOR ELDRIDGE AND DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. WE WILL BE PRESENTING THIS EVENING A REVIEW OF THE CURRENT HB THREE ALREADY APPROVED BOARD GOALS AND A RECOMMENDATION FOR AN ADDITIONAL GOAL OF OUR FIFTH GRADE MATH GOAL. DOCTOR JULIAN WILL BE GOING THROUGH THE SLIDES FOR YOU THIS EVENING TO KIND OF REVIEW WHERE WE WERE WITH HB THREE, AND THEN ALSO WHERE WE ARE NOW, AND THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE NEW GOAL AND HOW WE LANDED ON THAT GOAL. FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING. AS YOU'LL REMEMBER, HOUSE BILL THREE BOARD GOALS WERE THE RESULT OF OUR TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH DECLARED THAT BY THE YEAR 2030, AT LEAST 60% OF TEXANS AGES 25 TO 34 WOULD HAVE A POST-SECONDARY CREDENTIAL DEGREE. THIS SLIDE REPRESENTS OUR HOUSE CURRENT HOUSE BILL THREE BOARD GOALS. THE MATH TARGET IS THE PERCENT OF THIRD GRADE STUDENTS THAT SCORE MEETS GRADE LEVEL OR ABOVE ON. MATH WILL INCREASE FROM 49% TO 65% BY JUNE OF 2030, AND THE READING LANGUAGE ARTS TARGET IS THE PRESENT OF 30% OF THIRD GRADE STUDENTS THAT SCORE MEETS GRADE LEVEL OR ABOVE. ON STAAR, READING WILL INCREASE FROM 46% TO 64% BY JUNE OF 2030. NEXT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO COLLEGE, CAREER AND MILITARY READINESS.

THE CMR CALCULATIONS LOOK AT THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS THAT ARE GRADUATING COLLEGE, CAREER AND MILITARY READY AND DIVIDES THIS COUNT BY THE TOTAL NUMBER OF GRADUATES. OUR HOUSE BILL THREE CMR GOAL IS THE PERCENTAGE OF GRADUATES THAT MEET THE CRITERIA FOR CMR WILL INCREASE FROM 75% TO 90% BY AUGUST 2030, WHILE THE STATE SET A GOAL OF 60% BY 2030. CFB IS GOALS FAR EXCEEDED THE STATE AT 90%, A TARGET THAT ALIGNS WITH OUR STATE ACCOUNTABILITY

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AND THE LAST IS OUR PROPOSED NEW ANNUAL BOARD GOAL, THE PERCENTAGE OF FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS THAT MEET THE SCORE MEETS GRADE LEVEL OR ABOVE ON STAR WILL MEET THE ANNUAL BOARD GOAL, AND THE 53% IS CURRENTLY SET FOR THE 2026 TARGET. AND THAT IS ALL FOR MY PORTION TONIGHT. AND I BELIEVE THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM. SO THANK YOU DOCTOR JULIAN. BOARD MEMBERS THIS IS ITEM IS MARKED FOR POSSIBLE ACTION. DOES THE BOARD WISH TO TAKE ANY ACTION? YES, BUT CAN I ASK A QUESTION? OH YEAH. YEAH. MISS GARZA, HOW DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I DO, I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. I WANT TO EXTEND MY GRATITUDE TO YOU GUYS FOR WORKING SO HARD WITH US AS A BOARD, AND TO BE ABLE TO TEAM UP TOGETHER TO FIND A NEW GOAL. RIGHT. SO FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE JUST CHIMING IN TONIGHT AND ARE KIND OF HOPPING INTO THIS, WHAT CAN WE TELL OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS TO WHY WE'RE FOCUSING ON FIFTH GRADE MATH? SURE. SO AS YOU MIGHT KNOW, FIFTH GRADE MATH IS REALLY A CRITICAL AGE. K THROUGH FIVE MATH LAYS THE FOUNDATION FOR THE CONCEPTS AND SKILLS NEEDED TO SUCCEED, AND ALSO MARKS THE POINT IN SIXTH GRADE WHEN STUDENTS ADVANCE, GO INTO AN ADVANCED MATH TRACK AND IN SIXTH GRADE, NOTE THAT A SIXTH GRADER MOVES ON TO TAKE THEIR EIGHTH GRADE STAR IN THE SEVENTH GRADE AND THEN ALGEBRA ONE IN EIGHTH GRADE, AND THEN CONTINUES IN HIGH SCHOOL. AND THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF DATA THAT SUGGESTS A POSITIVE CORRELATION BETWEEN THIS ADVANCED MATH TRACK AND SUCCESS LATER, BOTH IN HIGH SCHOOL AND AS WELL AS AFTER HIGH SCHOOL.

SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT IF WE EMPHASIZE OUR RESOURCES IN FIFTH GRADE MATH, THERE'S POTENTIAL FOR OUR KIDS TO DO WELL IN ALGEBRA AND BEYOND WHEN THEY GET A LITTLE BIT FURTHER INTO SCHOOL? IS THAT RIGHT? VERY MUCH SO. YES, MA'AM. WE ACTUALLY DID A WORK STUDY OR THIS SUMMER WITH OUR ADMINISTRATORS, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT DATA FROM DALLAS COMMIT, AND THEY WERE TRACKING THOSE STUDENTS ALL THE WAY OUT INTO THEIR POST-SECONDARY IN COLLEGE SUCCESS. SO IT EXTENDS THIS. THIS IS A CRITICAL KIND OF PATH. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE CLARIFICATION. BOARD MEMBERS ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MISS BARNES? THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SO WITH THIS WITH THIS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS LOOKED AT WAS KIND OF WHERE OUR SCORES ARE CURRENTLY AND WHERE ARE SOME WAYS THAT THE DISTRICT CAN REALLY BUILD ON THAT TO INCREASE OUR, OUR, OUR RATINGS FOR OUR STUDENTS IN MATH, BECAUSE THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS LAGGING A LITTLE BIT CORRECT OR, OR SOMETHING THAT WE NEEDED TO WORK ON OR COULD BUILD ON. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. SO YEAH, I THINK THAT'S DEFINITELY THE FOCUS. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THOSE HOUSE BILL THREE BOARD GOALS. THE ONE WE WERE JUST SHY ON THAT THIRD GRADE TARGET. AND THEN AS WE LOOK ACROSS THAT'S THAT'S JUST AN AREA OF FOCUS THAT IF WE CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON AND YOU KNOW WE'LL SEE THAT MOVEMENT. THANK YOU. THAT WAS THE WORDING I WAS LOOKING FOR.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY, MISS BARNES, THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT OUR GOALS ARE, THEN WE COME TO YOU ALL AS THE BOARD. AND WE SAY THIS IS THE RESOURCES WE NEED FOR OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STUDENTS TO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL. SO WHEN WE PUT OUR EMPHASIS ON THIS MATH GOAL, WE FIND OUT WHAT OUR TEACHERS NEED TO ACHIEVE IT. AND I KNOW MISS HOLCOMB HAS REALLY BEEN DILIGENTLY WORKING ON WHERE WE NEED MORE GUIDANCE AND OUR TEACHERS NEED MORE RESOURCES, SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT DILIGENTLY. YES, MA'AM. I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT THE MEETS PERFORMANCE INDICATOR IS A GOAL FOR US ACROSS THE BOARD, FOR ALL GRADE LEVELS, ALL CONTENT AREAS. OUR GOAL IS A 3% INCREASE, WHICH IS IN OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN THAT WE'LL DISCUSS LATER. BUT WITH THIS PARTICULAR FIFTH GRADE MATH GOAL, IT IS SIGNIFICANT

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BOTH OF THOSE ARE CRITICAL TO OUR DISTRICT'S ACCOUNTABILITY RATING, AND AS WE ARE STRIVING FOR CONTINUED IMPROVEMENT AND GROWTH IN ALL AREAS, THE FIFTH GRADE MATH GOAL IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE IT SETS THE STUDENTS GOING INTO SECONDARY MATH WITH STRONGER PERFORMANCE AND MASTERY OF STANDARDS TO BE ABLE TO TACKLE THOSE ADVANCED MATH CLASSES. AND AS DOCTOR JULIAN STATED, GETTING INTO THOSE ALGEBRA ONE COURSES, WHICH ONLY SETS THAT TRAJECTORY FOR HIGH SCHOOL AND BEYOND IN A IN A STRONGER PATHWAY. ABSOLUTELY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BOARD MEMBERS? NOW I CAN SAY THIS ITEM IS MARKED FOR POSSIBLE ACTION. DOES THE BOARD WISH TO TAKE ANY ACTION, MR. GILMORE? I MAKE A MOTION ON SIX C THAT WE APPROVE THE ADDITION OF FIFTH GRADE MATH BOARD GOAL. EXCELLENT. I HAVE A MOTION FOR MR. GILMORE. DO I HAVE A SECOND? MISS GARZA ROJAS, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND WITH A VOTE OF SIX ZERO. THE MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU, MISS HOLCOMB AND MR. JULIAN. YES, MA'AM. THE NEXT ITEM IS SIX D. CONSIDER APPROVED THE CFE, ISD DISTRICT AND CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS.

DOCTOR ELDRIDGE, WOULD YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE THIS ITEM? SO A LOT OF WORK GOES INTO CREATING OUR IMPROVEMENT PLANS FROM THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN TO ALL OUR CAMPUSES. SO OUR PRINCIPALS GET TOGETHER. THEY DO NEEDS ASSESSMENTS. FRANCISCO MIRANDA AND JOE LA PUMA DO A GREAT JOB IN MAKING SURE OUR PRINCIPALS REALLY PUT THEIR PLANS TO WORK. AND THEN WE HAVE CHRIS JULIAN, WHO MAKES SURE HIS SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT DEPARTMENT HOLDS PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE FOR HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN. AND WITH ALL THAT, WITH THE GOALS WE ADD. I WANT TO THANK MISS HOLCOMB FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU AND DOCTOR JULIAN DID WITH ADDING THESE AT THE LAST MINUTE, AND THEN WE HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT WE WORK FROM. IT'S OUR PLAYBOOK. SO PLEASE EXPLAIN YOUR PRESENTATION AND WHAT WE'VE ADDED. SO I APPRECIATE YOU, MISS HOLCOMB. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS EVENING I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT OUR 2526 DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLANS, AS WELL AS OUR CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THREE BULLET POINT AREAS. THE FIRST ONE IS THE STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK AROUND OUR PLANS AND SORT OF HOW THEY COME TOGETHER. WE WILL ALSO TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS AND TIMELINE THAT WE USE TO CREATE THE PLANS. AND THEN WE WILL THEN FOCUS ON A STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT OF HOW WE TAKE THE BOARD GOALS, THE HOUSE BILL, THREE GOALS, AND ALL OF THOSE IN ALIGNMENT TOGETHER FOR A VERTICAL ALIGNMENT BETWEEN ALL CAMPUSES, CAMPUS PLANS AND DISTRICT PLANS. SO TO START OFF, OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLANS, WHICH WE OFTEN REFER TO AS OUR DIPS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF ACRONYMS IN EDUCATION AND OUR CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS THAT WE REFER TO A LOT OF TIMES AS OUR SIPS. THEY ARE STRATEGIC FRAMEWORKS THAT WE USE IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ENHANCE NOT ONLY OUR EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES, BUT THEY ALSO ADDRESS THE AREAS THAT WE WANT TO IMPROVE. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT AREAS AND STRATEGIES THAT WE FEEL LIKE WILL ENHANCE PERFORMANCE. WE DEVELOP GOALS AND THEN STRATEGIES TO HELP IMPROVE THOSE AREAS OF PERFORMANCE.

BOTH THE DIP AND THE SIPS ARE VERY ESSENTIAL FOR US TO ACTUALLY HAVE A BETTER EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AND OUTCOMES FOR OUR STUDENTS. THEY HELP US TO DRIVE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT AND ALSO ENSURE THAT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY CURRICULUM AND EDUCATION. SO THE PURPOSE OF OUR PLANS REALLY SERVES SOME SEVERAL KEY PURPOSES. THE FIRST THING IS TO IDENTIFY STRENGTHS WHERE WE'RE DOING REALLY WELL AND CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON IMPROVEMENT IN THOSE AREAS, AS WELL AS AREAS THAT MIGHT BE WEAKNESSES THAT WE CAN IMPROVE. IN ADDITION, IT HELPS US TO SET VERY CLEAR GOALS THAT ARE VERY ALIGNED ACROSS THE DISTRICT, BUT THEY ARE ALSO OUR FOCUS AND OUR VISION THAT SUPPORT ALSO OUR DISTRICT'S MISSION. WE ALSO USE THEM TO ALLOCATE RESOURCES. IT HELPS US TO SEE WHERE WE WANT TO START NEW PROCESSES, NEW CURRICULUM, NEW IDEAS. IT ALSO HELPS US TO SEE WHERE WE WANT TO STOP MAYBE DOING SOME THINGS THAT MAY NOT BE PRODUCING THE OUTCOMES THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR. AND THEN WHAT ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING WELL THAT WE'RE SEEING GREAT RESULTS WITH, THAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE. IT ALSO HELPS US TO PROVIDE A STRUCTURED APPROACH, THE TIMELINES, AS WELL AS RESPONSIBLE PARTIES, CHECKING AND MONITORING GROWTH OVER TIME.

IT ALSO HELPS US TO PROMOTE ACCOUNTABILITY, TO MEASURE THAT PROGRESS AND GAUGE ALL OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS, AS WELL AS FOSTER THE LONG TERM IMPROVEMENT. AS DOCTOR ELDRIDGE MENTIONED, THE PLANS ARE PULLED TOGETHER BY A VARIETY OF STAKEHOLDERS FROM THE CAMPUS LEVEL AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT LEVEL, AND WE ALSO GET FEEDBACK FROM OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT COUNCIL THAT WE MEET THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO GET FEEDBACK FROM THEM AS WELL. BUT AT THE HEART OF ALL OF THESE

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SO THE REVISED GOALS AND STRATEGIES HAPPENS AROUND THE SAME TIME FRAME BETWEEN MAY AND AUGUST. AND THEN IN THE SUMMERTIME, WE DEVELOP WORK SESSIONS WITH OUR CAMPUS PRINCIPALS, THE AREA DIRECTORS, AS WELL AS DOCTOR JULIAN'S DEPARTMENT SET UP A FEW WEEKS OVER AT PERRY, AND WE HAVE WORK SESSIONS WITH OUR PRINCIPALS, AND THEY COME IN WITH THEIR PLANS, AND WE WORK THROUGH ALL OF THOSE STRATEGIES AND HELP SUPPORT THEM IN DEVELOPMENT OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING AT THEIR CAMPUS LEVEL, AS WELL AS HOW THEY WILL ALIGN TO WHAT THE DISTRICT GOALS ARE. THEN AROUND SEPTEMBER OCTOBER, THE BOARD THEN APPROVES THE PLANS, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE DOING THIS EVENING AND AFTER TONIGHT. WE WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO GET FEEDBACK AND REVIEW THESE PLANS WITH OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT COUNCIL.

AND THEN THE CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT COUNCILS WILL ALSO BE LOOKING AT THEIR PLANS AND MONITORING PROGRESS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. SO THIS IS KIND OF A DOUBLE PROCESS THAT HAPPENS AT THE LOCAL CAMPUS LEVEL, AS WELL AS THEN AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL, AND WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THOSE GOALS. THERE ARE FOUR QUARTERLY MONITORING PERIODS IN OCTOBER, JANUARY, MARCH AND MAY, AND WE PULL DATA AND EVIDENCE ALIGNED TO EACH OF THE STRATEGIES, AND WE PUT THOSE INTO OUR PLAN FOR LEARNING PROGRAM, AND WE DOCUMENT THE PROGRESS ALONG THE WAY. AND THEN AT THE VERY END OF THE YEAR, WE DO A FINAL REVIEW AND PROGRESS CHECK, WHICH IS OUR OUTCOMES THAT WE GET FROM OUR STAR SCORES, AS WELL AS MANY OTHER DATA SOURCES. AND WE THEN START THE PROCESS ALL OVER AGAIN. AND SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE GET TO WHERE WE ARE THIS EVENING, AND OUR STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT TO OUR KEY FOCUS AREAS. SO THE LAST THING I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU IS JUST SOME KEY FOCUS AREAS. THIS YEAR FOR 2526, THE DISTRICT AND CAMPUS PLANS DO FOCUS ON STRATEGIES FOR CONTINUED IMPROVEMENT. THEY ARE ALIGNED TO THE BOARD GOALS AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT'S VISION AND MISSION. SO YOU'LL NOTICE ON THE SCREEN THERE, WE DO HAVE OUR THREE HOUSE BILL, THREE BOARD GOALS, THIRD GRADE READING. THIRD GRADE MATH, AND THEN THE COLLEGE CAREER MILITARY READINESS GOAL, WHICH YOU JUST SAW PRESENTED WITH DOCTOR JULIAN. WE ALSO BRING QUARTERLY. WE BRING REGULAR REGULAR ANNUAL REPORTS TO THE BOARD FOR PROGRESS ON THOSE GOALS EACH YEAR. THE NEW ONE YOU SEE THERE ON BULLET POINT THREE IS THE FIFTH GRADE MATH GOAL THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND TO CONTINUE FOCUS ON THIS SCHOOL YEAR UNDER OUR GUIDING OBJECTIVE ONE, WHICH IS OPTIMIZING, ENGAGING AND DIVERSE LEARNING. WE HAVE SEVEN GOALS THAT WE FOCUS ON. AND SO I'M GOING TO JUST BRIEFLY RUN THROUGH THESE AND JUST GIVE YOU SOME EXAMPLES OF THINGS THAT WE ARE FOCUSED ON THIS SCHOOL YEAR AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL, BUT ALSO HOW THAT VERTICALLY ALIGNED TO THE BOARD'S GOALS AND THEN ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE CAMPUS GOALS. SO THE FIRST GOAL IS ACROSS THE BOARD, ALL SUBJECTS, ALL STUDENTS, ALL GRADE LEVELS. WE ARE FOCUSING ON A 3% INCREASE OF MEETS PERFORMANCE LEVEL ON STAR. THE SECOND GOAL IS THE HOUSE BILL THREE BOARD GOAL OF THE THIRD GRADE READING STUDENTS SCORING AT MEETS PERFORMANCE ON STAR READING. THE THIRD ONE IS THE THIRD GRADE MATH GOAL. THAT IS ALSO OUR HB THREE GOAL. GOAL FOUR IS OUR NEW ONE. THE FIFTH GRADE MEETS PERFORMANCE GOAL FOR STAR MATH. GOAL FIVE IS OUR EMERGENT BILINGUAL STUDENTS. WE ARE FOCUSING ON THEM ADVANCING AT LEAST ONE PROFICIENCY LEVEL AS MEASURED BY OUR 2026 PASS EXAM BY 5%. GOAL SIX IS FOCUSED ON OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE TARGETED FOR DYSLEXIA INSTRUCTION, INCREASING THEIR DECODING SKILLS BY AT LEAST THREE LEVELS AS MULTIPLE MEASURES OF DATA WILL MEASURE. AND THEN GOAL SEVEN IS THE PERCENTAGE OF OUR GRADUATES THAT MEET THE CMR GOAL, WHICH IS OUR HOUSE BILL THREE BOARD GOAL. SO WITH THOSE SEVEN GOALS UNDER OUR STUDENT OUTCOMES GOAL, WHICH IS THE OPTIMIZING, ENGAGING AND DIVERSE LEARNING, THERE'S A VARIETY OF STRATEGIES THAT WE'RE DOING TO TO SUPPORT THOSE GOALS. AND I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO ALL OF THEM. OBVIOUSLY THIS EVENING. THEY ARE IN THE PLAN THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TONIGHT FOR APPROVAL, AS WELL AS MANY OTHER AREAS THAT ARE ATTRIBUTED BY OUR ENTIRE SLT DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE THIS IS JUST THE FIRST GOAL, BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER GOALS UNDERNEATH THEM THAT ARE THEN MONITORED BY OUR HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, OPERATIONS, TECHNOLOGY, ALL OF US ARE A COLLECTIVE EFFORT IN WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH SUPPORTING THE DISTRICT PLAN. SO UNDER THIS ONE, WE ARE GOING TO BE FOCUSING THIS YEAR ON IMPROVED TIER ONE INSTRUCTION, AS WELL AS CONTINUING WITH MULTI-TIERED SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT, WHICH IS OUR RTI PROCESS AS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON VERY STRONGLY THE LAST TWO YEARS. ONE OF OUR BIG FOCUS AREA IS MASTERY OF THE STATE STANDARDS,

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AND THEY SAID THIS WAS THE BEGINNING OF SOME REALLY GREAT THINGS COMING FORWARD WITH BRIANNA BURRELL AND HER READING TEAM. SO I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT WORK. AND THAT'S ENGLISH AND SPANISH CLASSROOMS, WHICH IS REALLY, REALLY EXCITING TO SEE THAT COLLABORATION AND NOT

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THE FIRST IS THAT OUR STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK OF OUR DISTRICT AND CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS ARE ALIGNED TO NOT ONLY SHORT TERM, SHORT TERM GOALS, BUT ALSO LONG TERM GOALS THAT ALIGN TO OUR BOARD GOALS AND OUR VISION 2030. IN ADDITION, THE GOALS AND STRATEGIES HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED COLLABORATIVELY BY ALL STAKEHOLDERS AND THEY DO REFLECT ALIGNMENT WITH THE ESTABLISHED SCHOOL BOARD GOALS. THE REVISIONS TO OUR 2526 PLANS REFLECT VERTICAL STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT TO INCREASE DEEPER LEVELS OF MASTERY AND STRATEGIES FOR MONITORING AND LEADING AND MONITORING OUR LEADING INDICATORS. AND THEN OUR PROGRAM AND STRATEGY EVALUATIONS ARE ALWAYS ONGOING. THEY HELP US TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK AND THAT WE'RE DOING EFFECTIVE PRACTICES AND THAT WE ARE IMPROVING AND REDUCING COSTS WHERE APPLICABLE.

AND THAT IS OUR DISTRICT AND CAMPUS PLANS. IN A NUTSHELL. I KNOW THAT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION REALLY QUICKLY, AND I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT. WITHOUT THE BOARD'S SUPPORT, MANY OF THESE PROGRAMS AND CURRICULUM MATERIALS WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS HOLCOMB. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM AND OUR ADMINISTRATION FOR PUTTING ALL THE PIECES TOGETHER SO THAT WE LOOK LIKE WE ARE ALIGNED AND NOT EVERYWHERE, ALL OVER THE PLACE WHICH WE'VE BEEN IN THE PAST. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER IN A COHESIVE ALIGNED, NO LONGER CONFUSED SITUATION. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BOARD MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS HOLCOMB, MISS BARNES? I DON'T REALLY HAVE A QUESTION. I JUST HAVE A COMMENT. I MEAN, THIS IS JUST REALLY AMAZING. I WAS LOOKING THROUGH ALL OF THEM AND AND JUST THE FACT THAT YOU DON'T JUST GO THROUGH THE STUDENT GOALS, BUT IT'S TEACHER ALIGNMENT, TEACHER GOALS, YOU KNOW, AND JUST THE WAY THE DETAILS THAT GO THROUGH IT. I KNOW THERE HAS GOT TO BE MANY, MANY, MANY, MANY HOURS OF WORK AND GOING THROUGH RESEARCH AND THESE GOALS AND THE MEASURES, IT'S JUST ALL REALLY EXCITING, AND I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHERE THIS TAKES YOU. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH ON BEHALF OF PARENTS AND STUDENTS AND ALL OF US, I APPRECIATE IT. WELL, THANK YOU. I DO WANT TO SAY THE HARD WORK AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL OF OUR PRINCIPALS AND WHAT THEY LEAD FOR EVERY ONE OF THESE CAMPUS PLANS, IN ADDITION TO THE DISTRICT TEAM THAT POURS IN. AND THEN, OF COURSE, OUR ENTIRE SUPERINTENDENT LEADERSHIP TEAM, THERE'S A LOT OF HOURS THAT GO INTO THIS, BUT THIS IS TRULY A TEAM EFFORT, AND WE HAVE AN AMAZING TEAM THAT IS FOCUSED ON STUDENTS AND SUPPORT FOR OUR TEACHERS. SO WE DO REALLY APPRECIATE THE RECOGNITION. IT'S A GOOD MAPPING FOR OUR KIDS AND PARENTS TOO. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE CAMPUS IS DOING THERE, LOOK AT THEIR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLANS OR THEIR CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS. SO THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR THIS ITEM IS MARKED FOR POSSIBLE ACTION. DOES THE BOARD WISH TO TAKE ANY ACTION? MISS BARNES? I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CFBISD DISTRICT AND CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS AS PRESENTED. PRESENTED. I HAVE A MOTION FOR MISS BARNES. DO I HAVE A SECOND? MR. GILMORE, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND WITH A VOTE OF 6 TO 0. THE MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. THE NEXT ITEM IS SIX E. FINALLY, CONSIDER APPROVE ALL MATTERS RELATED TO THE NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES FOR THE DENTON DENTON CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS. I WILL SAY IT. YES, MR. GILMORE. I GET TO NOMINATE SOMEONE, RIGHT? YES. YOU MAY.

ALL RIGHT, SO THE POOR GUY GOT THE SHORT END OF THE STICK LAST YEAR BECAUSE HE THE BOARD NOMINATED HIM AND MR. MIKE KENNETH, I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE HIM TO CONTINUE DOING

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CONSIDER APPROVE ALL MATTERS RELATED TO THE NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES FOR THE DALLAS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT. BOARD OF DIRECTORS, BOARD MEMBERS. DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? BOARD MEMBERS, DO WE HAVE A NOMINEE FOR THE DALLAS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT? HEARING? NONE. THE BOARD. THIS ITEM IS MARKED FOR POSSIBLE ACTION.

DOES THE BOARD WISH TO TAKE ANY ACTION? FOR THE RECORD, LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT THE ITEM SIX TITLED CONSIDER APPROVE ALL MATTERS RELATED TO THE NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES FOR THE DALLAS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAD NO ACTION TAKEN. THE NEXT ITEM

[7. Closed Meeting as Authorized Under Texas Government Code, Including but Not Limited to 551.071 Consultation with District’s Legal Counsel Regarding Methods of Electing Members of the Board of Trustees, Closed Session Requirements, and Legislative Updates and 551.076 – Security Devices]