[00:00:01] ALL RIGHT. I CALL THIS BOARD OF TRUSTEES WORK STUDY MEETING OF THE CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO ORDER AT 5:31 P.M. [1. Call Meeting to Order] ON FEBRUARY 19TH, 2026. FOR THE RECORD, BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT ARE KIM BRADY, ELIANA GARZA ROJAS, MARJORIE BARNES, CAROLYN BENAVIDES, PAUL GILMORE, RANDY SCHEKMAN, AND MYSELF, CASSANDRA HATFIELD. WE CONSTITUTE CONSTITUTE A QUORUM AND MAY CONDUCT BUSINESS ON BEHALF OF THE DISTRICT. OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS AUDIENCE FOR GUEST. PERSONS WHO WISH TO SPEAK DURING AUDIENCE FOR GUESTS MUST HAVE COMPLETED AN ONLINE FORM FOR THIS PURPOSE AND SUBMITTED IT ELECTRONICALLY [2. Audience for Guests - Limited to Posted Agenda Items for this Meeting] BY 1:00 PM TODAY. FOR THIS MEETING, BASED ON POLICY BED LOCAL, EACH SPEAKER'S COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO THE POSTED AGENDA ITEMS. BEFORE WE BEGIN. I WILL REMIND OUR AUDIENCE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD'S PROCEDURES FOR HANDLING AUDIENCE FOR GUESTS, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE ONE PERSON THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. EACH SPEAKER WILL BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK DURING AUDIENCE FOR GUESTS ONE TIME, AND IF YOU ARE A STAKEHOLDER, YOU WILL BE ALLOWED A MAXIMUM OF THREE MINUTES AS DESIGNATED BY BOARD POLICY B E D LOCAL. IF YOU ARE A STAKEHOLDER, YOU WILL BE DESIGNATED ONE MINUTE BECAUSE WE WANT TO HEAR FROM AS MANY AS YOU AS POSSIBLE WHILE KEEPING THE MEETING RUNNING EFFECTIVELY. 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 THAT'S NOT INCLUDED ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS MEETING. BOARD MEMBERS WILL LISTEN TO COMMENTS, BUT WILL NOT RESPOND OR ANSWER QUESTIONS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE BOARD PRESIDENT WHO CAN PROVIDE FACTUAL INFORMATION. RECOGNIZING THAT STUDENTS ARE THE HEART OF OUR WORK, WE ASK THAT SPEAKERS MODEL RESPECTFUL AND CONSTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR THAT WE EXPECT FROM OUR STUDENTS. PLEASE KEEP YOUR COMMENTS CIVIL AND COURTEOUS. 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 OF YOUR. IN THE EVENT THAT YOUR COMMENT AND JUDGMENT OF MYSELF, THE PRESIDING OFFICER, CONSTITUTES A COMPLAINT OR A CHARGE AGAINST AN EMPLOYEE OR AN OFFICER. IT MAY BE NECESSARY FOR ME TO INTERRUPT AND ASK YOU TO STOP AND DIRECT YOU TO PROCEED TO THE DISTRICT'S FORMAL GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES. IF A SPEAKER IS SEEKING BOARD RESOLUTION OF SPECIFIC COMPLAINT, THAT CONCERN SHOULD BE ADDRESSED THROUGH THE DISTRICT'S GRIEVANCE PROCESS, WHICH CAN BE FOUND ONLINE AND INCLUDES POLICIES GBA, F AND G AND GRIEVANCE FORMS CAN BE OBTAINED ONLINE THROUGH THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETING 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. AS A REMINDER, THIS AGENDA IS OR THIS. COMMENTS FROM AUDIENCE FOR GUESTS ARE LIMITED TO THE POSTED AGENDA ITEMS. THE TIMER WILL BE SHOWN ON THE SCREEN, MR. ORNELAS. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, SIR. NICHOLAS ORNELAS. 1117 EAST VANDERGRIFT DRIVE, CARROLLTON, TEXAS, 75006. AGENDA ITEM THREE BE THE BUDGET. WHAT IS OVERSIGHT? BECAUSE Y'ALL DON'T DEAL WITH THE DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS. I KNOW Y'ALL HAVE MADE THAT PRETTY CLEAR. THE TASB REPRESENTATIVE, SHE GAVE A PRETTY GOOD EXAMPLE. YOU DON'T GO AND FIX A TOILET, RIGHT? THAT'S NOT YOUR JOB. YOU JUST OVERSEE. OVERSEE THAT. I KNOW THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION THERE. BUT BACK TO WHAT IS OVERSIGHT. THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO DEFINITIONS OF OVERSIGHT. SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL CLEAR ON WHICH DEFINITION THAT WE USE. SO OVERSIGHT REFERS TO TWO OPPOSITE CONCEPTS THE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF SUPERVISION, MANAGEMENT AND WATCH OVER A PROCESS OR ORGANIZATION, OR THE UNINTENTIONAL CARELESS MISTAKE, ERROR OR OMISSION. IT IMPLIES EITHER ACTIVE GOVERNANCE OR A LAPSE IN ATTENTION. SO HOPE WE'RE WE'RE PAYING ATTENTION TO THE GOVERNANCE ONE. I KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE SOME TROUBLE THERE. I THINK THERE WAS SOME ISSUES WITH THE LEVEL THREE GRIEVANCE. SIR, THE AGENDA ITEM IS THE BUDGET. PLEASE FOCUS ON THE AGENDA. BUDGET OVERSIGHT. RIGHT. PLEASE FOCUS ON THE AGENDA ITEM. BUDGET OVERSIGHT. CORRECT. CORRECT. YES, SIR. THAT'S THE AGENDA ITEM YOU SIGNED UP FOR. SO WHY ARE YOU INTERRUPTING ME? SO IN CONDUCTING OVERSIGHT, SINCE YOU DON'T DEAL WITH THE DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS, HOW WOULD YOU LOOK INTO THE BUDGET OR OVERSEE THE BUDGET? MAYBE SOME AUDITS. RIGHT. EXTERNAL AUDITS. HAVE WE DONE THAT? I'M STILL WAITING ON MY OPEN RECORDS REQUEST FOR THAT. I KNOW IT'S STILL WITHIN THE TEN DAYS, BUT THAT WOULD BE ONE. [00:05:02] IS GETTING AN AUDIT, WHETHER THAT BE THROUGH THE TEXAS AUDIT GENERAL OR JUST ANOTHER THIRD PARTY. I KNOW WE LIKE USING VENDORS HERE. AND I KNOW WE DO LIKE TO COMPARE OURSELVES TO OTHER DISTRICTS SURROUNDING US. SO IF YOU LOOK OVER AT RICHARDSON, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A BUDGET OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. AND I CHECKED US IN OUR OUR COMMITTEES, WE HAVE THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE THAT'S NEEDED. WE ALSO HAVE A DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE, A SCHOOL SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE, THE STUDENT HEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE OR COUNCIL AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE FACILITY NAMING COMMITTEE. SO I DIDN'T SEE A BUDGET COMMITTEE. ARE ANY OF THOSE FALL UNDER THAT DEFINITION? THEY, THEY DEAL WITH THE BUDGET ARE KIND OF HELPING OUT. SO THAT COULD BE SOMETHING WE LOOK AT. I DID CHECK THE THE GF BOARD POLICY COMPLAINTS. THERE'S NOTHING THERE THAT HELPS ME. SO IF YOU COULD PROVIDE A BROADER EXPLANATION AS TO WHAT YOU CONSTITUTE AS A COMPLAINT, THAT'D BE VERY HELPFUL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. OKAY. OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS ITEM THREE, A DISTRICT GOAL PROGRESS MONITORING FOR COLLEGE, [3.A. District Goal Progress Monitoring for College Career and Military Readiness (CCMR)] CAREER AND MILITARY READINESS. AND BEFORE WE START THIS ITEM, I JUST WANTED TO SITUATE THIS WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, THIS INCREDIBLE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS SCHOOL YEAR. AND SO WHILE EVERYBODY'S GETTING UP AND READY AND PREPARED WE ARE CONDUCTING TONIGHT OUR FIRST OFFICIAL PROGRESS MONITORING SESSION. AND SO I LIKE TO REALLY THINK OF THIS LIKE WE HAD AN OLD BICYCLE THAT WAS RUSTY AND NEEDED TO BE REFURBISHED, AND WE RECOGNIZE AS A BOARD THAT ADULT BEHAVIORS DIRECTLY DRIVE STUDENT OUTCOMES. AND SO WE MADE A DECISION THIS SCHOOL YEAR TO FOCUS SYSTEMATICALLY ON GETTING CRYSTAL CLEAR ON OUR GOALS AND NOT ONLY GETTING CLEAR ON OUR GOALS, BUT WHEN WE'RE CLEAR ON OUR GOALS, WE CAN NOW MONITOR WHAT WE ARE MEASURING. AND SO FOR THE PAST SEVEN MONTHS, WE HAVE BEEN ON A JOURNEY TO GET CRYSTAL CLEAR ON OUR GOALS AND PREPARE FOR TONIGHT. AND I THINK WHAT'S REALLY EXCITING FOR US IS WE GOT TO WORK OUT OUR MUSCLES LAST, LAST MONTH WHEN WE HAD OUR FAKE SUPERINTENDENT GIVE US SOME FAKE DATA AND WE WERE ABLE TO REALLY PRACTICE THAT. BUT TONIGHT, I THINK ADMINISTRATION GETS TO EXERCISE THEIR MUSCLES WITH US. AND I JUST WANTED TO ASSURE THE PUBLIC AND REALLY HELP THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT FOR THE 2627 SCHOOL YEAR, IT IS THE BOARD'S GOAL THAT WE WILL GO THROUGH AN ENTIRE MONITORING CYCLE FOR ALL OF OUR GOALS AND OUR GUARDRAILS, BUT IN ORDER TO DO THAT WORK, WE HAD TO GET IT RIGHT FOR US AND WE HAD TO KNOW WHAT WE WERE WORKING TOWARDS. AND SO THAT ALLOWED US TO WORK WITH DOCTOR ELDREDGE AND HER WORK WITH HER SUPERINTENDENT LEADERSHIP TEAM TO REALLY BUILD A FOUNDATION. SO NOW THAT BICYCLE HAS BEEN REFURBISHED, THE TRAINING WHEELS ARE ON AND WE ARE NOT TAKING THE TRAINING WHEELS OFF. WE ARE GOING TO ADMINISTRATION'S GOT ONE TRAINING WHEEL AND WE'VE GOT ONE TRAINING WHEEL, AND WE ARE KEEPING THOSE ON FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SCHOOL YEAR BECAUSE WE'RE A TEAM AND WE WANT TO SHOW UP EFFECTIVELY TO THIS WORK ON BOTH SIDES. SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE US PRACTICE TONIGHT. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE US MAYBE SMIRK A LITTLE BIT AND LAUGH AND SAY, HEY, THAT WAS A TECHNICAL QUESTION. THAT WAS A TACTICAL QUESTION. BUT THAT'S BECAUSE WE'RE WORKING OUR TRAINING WHEELS. AND SO WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE ARE GOING WE ANTICIPATE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO LEARN NEXT YEAR HOW YOU CAN JOIN US ON THESE GOALS AND HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT THE DISTRICT IN ACHIEVING THESE GOALS, BUT WE HAVE TO GET IT RIGHT AT THE TOP FIRST. AND SO WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO ONE OF OUR GOVERNANCE COACHES TO HELP US WITH OUR FIRST OFFICIAL SESSION. AND UNLESS YOU HAVE ANYTHING, DOCTOR ELDRIDGE TO START WITH. NO, I JUST WANT TO THANK COMMIT SO MUCH. JOEY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND YOU AND TAMARA FOR ALL THIS WORK. TO BREAK IT DOWN TO BOARD GOALS AND THEN TO MONITOR THOSE GOALS AND TO SEE WHERE WE ARE AS FAR AS WHAT WE'RE ON TRACK DOING, WHAT WE ARE PROGRESSING AND THEN WHAT WE NEED TO WORK ON. AND I THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS SAY WHAT WE WHEN WE MEASURE SOMETHING, IT IT HOLDS US ALL ACCOUNTABLE. AND I THINK THIS IS GREAT AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE PRESENTATION. SO THANK YOU. AMAZING. WELL, GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DOCTOR ELDRIDGE, PRESIDENT HATFIELD AND CFBISD COMMUNITY REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE TODAY. I MADE A JOKE EARLIER ABOUT THIS BEING MY WEDDING SUIT. THAT WASN'T REALLY THE JOKE. THIS IS REALLY MY WEDDING SUIT. BUT IT IS A BIG DAY. ANYTIME A BOARD BEGINS TO PUT STUDENT OUTCOMES FIRST AND MONITOR PROGRESS TOWARDS THOSE GOALS. SO A BIG SHOUT OUT TO CFBISD. WE ALWAYS START OFF WITH A LITTLE CONNECTION PIECE HERE. AND SO FEEL FREE ANYBODY LISTENING IN THE AUDIENCE OR ANYBODY AT HOME TO ENGAGE AS WELL. WITH THIS, WE'RE JUST GOING TO KEEP IT AS FAR AS INTERACTION GOES WITH WITH JUST THE BOARD HERE. [00:10:04] BUT WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE ELSE TO THINK ABOUT THIS. READ SOME OF THESE PHRASES HERE, AND I'LL GIVE YOU GUYS, LET'S DO ABOUT 20S TO SIT WITH THESE AND THEN JUST TELL ME WHAT STANDS OUT TO YOU. WHAT WHAT WHAT DO YOU NOTICE AND AND WHAT CONNECTIONS ARE YOU MAKING? SO INFORMALLY PUSH YOUR BUTTON, TALK LIKE WE NORMALLY DO IN A WORK STUDY. DON'T GET GET HAMSTRUNG BY THE MICROPHONE BUTTON. SO WHENEVER YOU'RE READY, PUSH THE BUTTON AND LET'S PRETEND WE'RE AROUND A TABLE LIKE WE NORMALLY ARE. I'LL GO FIRST. TRUSTEE GILMORE, I CAN SEE YOU. OKAY. YEAH. SOMEBODY HAS TO BE FIRST, RIGHT? LEAVE PEOPLE BETTER THAN YOU FOUND THEM. LEAVE PEOPLE BETTER THAN YOU FOUND THEM. WHAT STANDS OUT TO YOU WITH THAT PHRASE? WE ALWAYS HAVE A CHANCE TO DO BETTER AND HELP PEOPLE FEEL BETTER. AND WE'RE IN A LOT OF SCHOOLS AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT PLACES TO AFFECT THAT. AND YOU NEVER KNOW. YOU MAKING SOMEONE ELSE FEEL GOOD, PAYING THEM A COMPLIMENT, WHATEVER. HOW THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT THEIR DAY. WHICH IN TURN, IF IT'S A TEACHER AFFECTS KIDS. AND SO IT'S ALL ABOUT THE KIDS. AND SO I JUST THINK I ALWAYS WANT TO LEAVE PEOPLE BETTER THAN I FOUND THEM. LOVE THAT. THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT. TRUSTEE GILMORE. WHO WOULD LIKE TO GO NEXT? TRUSTEE GARCIA ROJAS WHEN LEADERS CHOOSE CURIOSITY OVER CERTAINTY. OTHER STEP FORWARD WITH INSIGHT. I THINK THAT'S REALLY FOR I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US, CLEARLY, BUT IT'S IT'S REALLY HELPFUL BECAUSE IT'S TRUE. ALL OF US HAVE STEPPED INTO THIS ROLE WITH A CURIOUS MINDSET. INSTEAD OF BEING CERTAIN THAT WE KNOW EXACTLY HOW THE OUTCOME IS GOING TO TURN OUT. AND I THINK IT GOES RIGHT BACK TO THE PARTNERSHIP, WHICH IS MUTUAL TEACHING AND LEARNING. AND AS A BOARD, I THINK WE'VE GROWN OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS TO TRY TO HAVE A GOAL CENTERED MINDSET INSTEAD OF JUST, NO, I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT HERE. AND HOW DOES THAT HOW DOES THAT CONNECT TO WHAT IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN HERE IN THE NEXT FIVE MINUTES OR SO? I THINK AS A BOARD, WE WERE CURIOUS ABOUT HOW WE COULD DO IT BETTER, AND WE WERE CURIOUS ABOUT HOW WE COULD BE MORE EFFECTIVE. AND SO THAT ALLOWED US TO REACH OUT FOR ASSISTANCE AND SAY LIKE, HEY, HOW WE SEE THIS FRAMEWORK, HOW CAN WE DO THIS BETTER? AND SO IT ALLOWED EVERYBODY ELSE TO STEP FORWARD BECAUSE WE STEPPED FORWARD. AND WHAT ABOUT AS IT RELATES TO MONITORING TOWARDS YOUR STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS? HOW IS CURIOSITY AND THIS IDEA OF PARTNERSHIP AND MUTUAL TEACHING AND LEARNING GOING TO BE TAKING PLACE? TRUSTEE BARNES WE'RE GOING TO BE SEEING HOW THESE GOALS ARE LIKE ENACTED IN REAL TIME AND ALSO MAYBE HOW SUCCESSFUL, HOW SUCCESSFULLY WE CHOSE OUR GOALS TO A CERTAIN EXTENT. ANYONE ELSE TRUSTEE BRADY. WELL, BACK WITH THE PARTNERSHIP OF THEY'RE LEARNING FROM US. WE'RE LEARNING FROM THEM. BUT USING A STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS LIKE THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT WE AS A COMMUNITY ARE LOOKING FOR. AND IT HELPS ALL OF US FOCUS ON WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT. AND THAT GIVES US ALL FOCUS AND ONE COMMON GOAL. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO COMPLETING AND MAKING EVEN BETTER THAN WE HAVE NOW. SO THIS WHOLE PROCESS SINCE WE STARTED THIS SIX MONTHS AGO OR SO HAS REALLY BEEN ABOUT FOCUS. IT'S BEEN ABOUT PRIORITIZING, CLARIFYING WHAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE AND CFBISD REPRESENTING THE VISION AND VALUES OF THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THE ADOPTION OF YOUR GOALS AND YOUR GUARDRAILS. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF AWESOME WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE HERE BY BOTH THE BOARD AND THE ADMINISTRATION HERE. AND THAT'S THIS IS WHAT THE RESULT IS, RIGHT? WE'RE THIS IS GOING TO BE A PARTNERSHIP. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE YOUR, YOUR, YOUR BOARD AND YOUR ADMINISTRATION COLLABORATE ON BOTH INSIGHTS AND QUESTIONS AND CERTAIN INSIGHTS THAT ARE BETTER NOW BECAUSE THE QUESTIONS WERE BETTER AND, AND THAT REALLY DOES DRAW THE BEST WORK OUT OF PEOPLE HERE IN THIS DISTRICT. AND AS A TRUSTEE, GILMORE HAD NOTED WHEN WHEN PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT ARE PERFORMING WELL AND AT A HIGH LEVEL THAT MEANS OUR KIDS ARE PERFORMING WELL. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD. I WANTED A QUICK REMINDER HERE ABOUT TECHNICAL, TACTICAL AND STRATEGIC, MAINLY BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO PROBABLY SAY THAT A FEW TIMES DURING THIS NEXT, NEXT PORTION HERE. AND I KNOW MAYBE SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS AREN'T SUPER AWARE OF THESE. SO I WANT TO JUST MAKE IT CLEAR THAT TECHNICAL QUESTIONS ARE ABOUT UNDERSTANDING HOW SOMETHING IS MEASURED TACTICAL IS GOING TO BE TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND HOW SOMETHING IS DONE. [00:15:03] AND THEN THE STRATEGIC QUESTIONS, WHICH ARE OUR HIGHEST LEVERAGE QUESTIONS HERE ARE HIGHEST IMPACT QUESTIONS ARE QUESTIONS THAT PRODUCE ACTIONABLE INSIGHTS AND A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF PERFORMANCE. AND SO KEEPING THAT IN MIND, ALL TRUSTEES AND, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS HERE AND ANYBODY WATCHING AT HOME THAT THESE ARE THE THREE GENRES, CATEGORIES OF QUESTIONS THAT THAT YOU'LL BE HEARING TONIGHT. NONE OF THESE ARE BAD QUESTIONS. THERE'S NO GOOD OR BAD QUESTIONS. THEY'RE JUST HIGHLY EFFECTIVE QUESTIONS AND ONES THAT SEEK TO UNDERSTAND MORE CONTEXT, RIGHT? AND SO THAT'S THE MAIN DIFFERENCE HERE BETWEEN A TECHNICAL TACTICAL BEING THE CONTEXT QUESTIONS AND THEN STRATEGIC BEING. THE MORE TRYING TO DEEPEN THAT UNDERSTANDING AND PRODUCING A DEEPER INSIGHT. SO I WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY WE'RE ABOUT TO EMBARK ON THIS JOURNEY TOGETHER. IT IS A BRAND NEW PROCESS. WE ARE GOING TO BE IT'S GOING TO BE A FORGIVING ONE. WE'RE GOING TO EXTEND SOME GRACE HERE TO EVERYBODY INVOLVED. AS A QUICK REMINDER TO THE BOARD TAMARA AND I, AS MUCH AS WE WOULD LOVE TO BE HERE AND GIVE YOU ALL SOME NOTES IN THE BACK AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, GET SOME SWEAT OFF THE BROW A LITTLE BIT THERE. WE'RE GOING TO BE COMPLETELY ASIDE. WE WILL NOT BE INVOLVED. WE WILL JUST BE HERE SUPPORTING AND WATCHING YOU GUYS DO SOME INCREDIBLE WORK. WITH THAT BEING SAID. THE NEXT ACTION ITEM, I SUPPOSE. YES. WE'RE GOING TO TRANSITION TO ADMINISTRATION. AND DOCTOR ELDRIDGE IS GOING TO START US OFF. MR. HUNTER GETS TO BE THE FIRST ONE TO DISCUSS OUR GOALS AND OUR GOAL PROGRESS MEASURES. AND I WILL TELL YOU WE SENT THIS PRESENTATION OUT AND WE REALIZED THAT THERE WERE A FEW ERRORS ON THEM. BUT I THINK THE MOST POWERFUL THING ABOUT THE PROCESS OF LOOKING TO SEE IF WE'RE ON TRACK OR IF WE'VE MET OUR GOAL, IS THE REFLECTION PIECE OF WHAT WE ARE DOING WELL AND WHAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON. I THINK THIS TEMPLATE HAS REALLY SHOWN THAT, AND I THINK WE'VE HAD GREAT CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE WORK. SO WITH THAT, MR. HUNTER, YOU GET TO GO FIRST, THE FIRST NEW TEMPLATE OF HOW WE MEASURE OUR STUDENT OUTCOMES. SO TAKE IT AWAY. WELL, THANK YOU, DOCTOR ELDRIDGE, PRESIDENT HATFIELD AND ESTEEMED BOARD. THE FIRST THING IS OBVIOUSLY JOEY JUST KIND OF TALKED ABOUT IT, BUT GIVING YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR PROGRESS MEASURES FOR OUR HOUSE BILL, THREE GOALS. SO I DO WANT TO REVIEW THIS PROCESS. THIS IS OUR NEW PROCESS. SO FOR Y'ALL AND FOR OUR STAKEHOLDERS, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO READ THROUGH THIS PIECE ON WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS BETWEEN OUR BOARD GOALS AND OUR GROWTH. OUR GOAL PROGRESS MEASURES. BOARD GOALS ARE THE LONG TERM STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT TARGET SET BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. THEY DEFINE WHERE WE WANT STUDENTS TO BE IN KEY AREAS LIKE EARLY READING, EARLY MATH, AND COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS, WHICH THOSE DO REPRESENT. OUR HOUSE BILL THREE GOALS A GOAL PROGRESS MEASURE. THESE ARE OUR SHORT TERM, SHORT TERM CHECKPOINTS WE MONITOR THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO SEE IF WE'RE ON TRACK TO MEET THE BIG BOARD GOALS. THESE MEASURES HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT'S WORKING, WHERE SUPPORT IS NEEDED, AND WHETHER STUDENTS ARE MAKING STEADY PROGRESS. SO FIRST, I'D LIKE TO START WITH THE OVERALL HOUSE BILL THREE GOAL, WHICH IS CMR COLLEGE CAREER MILITARY READINESS. THE PERCENT OF GRADUATES THAT MEET THE CRITERIA FOR CMR WILL INCREASE BY 70 FROM 75% TO 90% BY AUGUST 2030. THE BLACK LINE THAT YOU SEE REPRESENTED ON THIS GRAPH IS OUR PROGRESS MEASURES TOWARD 2030. THIS IS AGAIN THE BIG BROAD PICTURE. I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU THAT THE 2024 GRADUATES INCREASE CMR MET CRITERIA BY 26%. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE THE THE WAY I LIKE TO EXPLAIN IT IS EACH GRADUATING CLASS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE NEXT YEAR'S DATA. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THAT GRAPH, OUR 2024 GRADUATES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT. 87% MET FOR THE 2025 ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT. AND THEN, OF COURSE, OUR 2025 GRADUATES FROM LAST YEAR. THEY'RE NOT OFFICIAL YET. AND SO THEY WILL BE EVENTUALLY. BUT BECAUSE WE TRACK THAT DATA, WE VERIFY THAT DATA AND WE SUBMIT THAT DATA. WE ARE VERY CONFIDENT THAT WHEN WE DO GET THE RESULTS FROM THE STATE THAT WE ARE GOING TO SHOW A AND 96% CMR CRITERIA MET FOR OUR 2025 GRADUATES. WHAT ABOUT RIGHT NOW, OUR CURRENT STUDENTS THAT ARE GOING TO GRADUATE HERE IN A FEW MONTHS? THE TRACKING OF THOSE STUDENTS, 70% OF THOSE STUDENTS HAVE ALREADY MET AT LEAST ONE CMR MEASURE. AND AND WE HAVE A LOT OF TESTING THAT OCCURS BETWEEN NOW AND REALLY FOR OUR CTE OR IBCS, IT GOES ALL THE WAY INTO THE SUMMER. AND SO WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES. WE FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT WHERE WE ARE TRACKING RIGHT NOW, AND CLEARLY FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE WHERE THE DATA WAS PRIOR TO THIS. YOU WILL SEE OUR GREEN LIGHT FOR ON TRACK FOR OUR HB THREE OVERALL CMR GOAL. [00:20:04] NOW FOR OUR PROGRESS MEASURES. THIS WILL BE OUR GPM 3.1 I LIKE. WE HAVE TWO GPMS AND I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT ONE IS A FOCUS ON COLLEGE READY AND ONE IS A FOCUS ON CAREER READY. GPM 3.1 IS OUR COLLEGE READY. MEASUREMENT. WRITE THE PERCENTAGE OF ANTICIPATED GRADUATES RECEIVE A COLLEGE READY SCORE IN BOTH READING AND MATH ON A COMBINATION OF C2, SAT AND ACT WILL INCREASE FROM 33% TO 45% BY 2030. ANOTHER WAY TO PUT THAT, OR THE WAY THE STATE USES, IS THAT THAT IS TSI MET. SO THE FIRST GRAPH THAT YOU SEE TO THE LEFT, YOU HAVE TSI TWO DATA FOR OUR GRADUATES AND OUR SAT DATA. YOU WILL NOTICE THAT ACT IS NOT NOT THERE. LAST YEAR WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE DID ACT SCHOOL DAY. SO WE REALLY ONLY HAVE ONE BIG DATA SET FOR THE CURRENT SENIORS RIGHT NOW. AND WE'RE GOING TO GET MORE HISTORICAL DATA ON ACT. BUT REALLY THE MOST IMPORTANT GRAPH IS THE ONE NEXT TO IT. THAT'S THE ONE THAT RELATES TO OUR HOUSE BILL THREE GOAL FOR CMR. AND THAT IS TSI MET BY ASSESSMENT BOTH IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND MATH. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE BEEN NOT NECESSARILY DECREASING BUT NOT SHOWING SIGNIFICANT GROWTH EITHER. THAT IS WHY YOU WILL SEE THE YELLOW ON PROGRESSING, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT SEEING SIGNIFICANT GROWTH WITH TSI MET FOR THIS PROGRESS MEASURE ON THE CAREER READY SIDE, WHICH IS OUR GPA OF 3.2. THIS IS THE PERCENT OF GRADUATES OBTAINING AN INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATION TO BE CAREER READY, WHICH WILL INCREASE FROM 21% TO 50% BY AUGUST OF 2030. ON THE CAREER READY SIDE, YOU WILL SEE AGAIN, JUST LIKE THE LAST GRAPH, THE GRADUATES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE NEXT OVER. SO OUR 2024 GRADUATES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE 2025 DATA WHICH WAS TRACKING IT, WHICH WAS 31% OF OUR STUDENTS EARNING AT LEAST ONE INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATION, OUR 2025 GRADUATES FROM LAST YEAR. WE ARE PROJECTING AGAIN, NOT OFFICIAL. THAT 43.7% OF THOSE STUDENTS WILL BE SHOWN IN THE DATA THAT'S REPRESENTED IN OUR ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT WHEN WHEN WE GET THAT OVER THE SUMMER AND THEN OUR CURRENT STUDENTS, OUR SOON TO BE 2026 GRADUATES, ARE ALREADY SURPASSING OUR PROGRESS MEASURE AT 38.6%. SO YOU WILL SEE A GREEN LIGHT ON THIS GPM, BECAUSE WE ARE MEETING THE SET STANDARDS THAT WE AGREED UPON. OKAY. INTERPRETATION OF THIS FOR OUR HOUSE BILL GOAL CMR AGAIN, 75% TO 90%, WHICH WAS A GREEN LIGHT FOR THAT OVERALL GOAL. LET ME TALK THROUGH A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE STRATEGIES. THEN WE'RE GOING TO RELATE THAT TO THE DATA THAT YOU JUST SAW. RIGHT. AND THEN TALK THROUGH KIND OF WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS ARE WITH RELATION TO THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF THE GPM. THE FIRST ONE IS TCIA TWO. WHAT WE'VE TRIED IN THE PAST IS ADJUSTING THOSE WINDOWS FOR CO2 TESTING AND PROVIDING TESTING FOR THE RIGHT TIME. RIGHT. AND MAKING SURE THAT THOSE IN THOSE PARTICULAR COURSES THAT THEY TAKE, WE TEST THEM WHEN THEY'RE READY TO BE TESTED. THAT'S A CHALLENGING THING. BUT WE HAVE TRIED THAT AS A STRATEGY, INCLUDING PREP SESSIONS LEADING UP TO THOSE. WHAT YOU JUST SAW IN THE DATA CLEARLY WAS THAT WE AREN'T SEEING SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IN C-MET OR A DECREASE IN THAT MEASURE. WHAT'S OUR STRATEGIES OR NEXT STEPS? ALIGNED PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION, CMR AND THE ASSESSMENT TEAMS TO SUPPORT THAT STRATEGIC PLANNING? THIS GROWTH MEASURE IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF EVERYONE IN LEADERSHIP AND LEARNING HAVING A PIECE IN IT. AND WE ARE I CAN SAY THAT WE, WE ARE GETTING ALL THE RIGHT PEOPLE TOGETHER TO MAKE A PLAN FOR THIS. AND REALLY, HOW DO WE CONNECT THE TSE TO TEAKS TO A SPECIFIC GRADE LEVEL AND COURSE. I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE FOR EOC IBCS AP TESTING. IT IS A VERY CLEAR. THIS COURSE HAS AN END OF YEAR TEST RELATED TO THIS SPECIFIC SCOPE AND SEQUENCE. IT IS A LOT MORE CHALLENGING FOR SAT AND TSE TWO. THERE IS NO SPECIFIC COURSE THAT ALIGNS PERFECTLY FOR THAT. OUR GOAL IS TO START TRYING TO ALIGN IT THE BEST THAT WE CAN, AND WE'RE GOING TO START WITH ALIGNING THOSE ASSESSMENT PIECES FOR SAT SCHOOL DAY. ALL 12TH GRADERS WERE PROVIDED FREE OPPORTUNITIES TO TAKE THE SAT. AND OF COURSE, OUR 10TH AND 11TH GRADERS WERE PROVIDED OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PSAT. INCREASES IN PARTICIPATION FOR JUST LIKE TSE TWO. BUT AGAIN, THAT SAT AND TSE TWO GROWTH ARE VERY SIMILAR. [00:25:02] AND VERY MUCH WHAT I JUST TALKED ABOUT FOR OUR STRATEGY FOR TSE TWO IS SIMILAR TO SAT. HOW DO WE CONNECT THE RIGHT COURSE, THE RIGHT TIME WITH THE RIGHT ASSESSMENTS. THAT'S A CHALLENGING THING, BUT WE HAVE ALL THE RIGHT PEOPLE TRYING TO WORK TO ALIGN THOSE THINGS. TEXAS COLLEGE BRIDGE OR A DIFFERENT WAY TO PUT THAT IS OUR COLLEGE PREP COURSE, WHICH IS ALSO A PART OF OUR OVERALL CMR GOAL. WE CREATED A SYSTEM FOR TIER THREE SUPPORT FOR COLLEGE PREP. SO ANY OF OUR SENIORS THAT HAVE NOT OTHERWISE MET COLLEGE READINESS AND OR CMR, WE HAVE THIS TIER THREE SUPPORT THEIR SENIOR YEAR TO ENSURE THAT THEY MEET CMR PRIOR TO GRADUATION. LET'S SEE ON ONE OF AND WE SAW THE THE DATA FOR CMR CLEARLY HAS BEEN GOING UP. AND OUR COLLEGE PREP COURSE IS A HUGE PART OF THAT GROWTH. AS FAR AS OUR NEXT STEPS WE'RE WE ARE SORT OF ON HOLD A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE THE COLLEGE PREP COURSES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED YET FOR FROM T.A. FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. WE ARE OPTIMISTIC THAT THEY WILL BE. BUT KIND OF OUR NEXT STEP IS BEING PROACTIVE AND BEING READY TO RESPOND TO WHAT THOSE COLLEGE PREP COURSES ARE THAT ARE APPROVED BY THE STATE. BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY QUICK TURNAROUND AS THE SCHOOL YEAR STARTS. SO WE ARE PREPARING PROACTIVELY FOR THAT. AND THEN FINALLY, OUR INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATION WE CREATED A LOT OF APPROPRIATE PATHWAYS FOR OUR PROGRAMS TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR SUCCESS, TO SUCCESSFULLY PASS THEIR INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATION. AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR TEACHERS HAVE THE RIGHT CURRICULUM AND THE RIGHT MATERIALS TO SUPPORT STUDENTS GROWTH TOWARD THAT INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATION. WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS KNOWLEDGE OF THE EXAM. THOSE EXAMS DO CHANGE OFTEN, AND ITS ALIGNMENT TO THE CURRICULUM THAT WE ARE PROVIDING THEM FOR OUR OVERALL HOUSE BILL THREE GOAL AND OUR SUPERINTENDENT INSIGHTS, I WANTED TO POINT OUT SOME BRIGHT SPOTS AND THEN OUR AREAS OF GROWTH TO FINISH UP FOR THIS HOUSE BILL GOAL. OUR BRIGHT SPOTS, THE COLLEGE PREPARATION COURSE. I WANTED THE BOARD TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHILE HOUSE BILL THREE WAS PASSED IN 2019, FOR OBVIOUS REASONS, IT TOOK SOME TIME FOR ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO GET MOMENTUM ON THAT BECAUSE OF COVID 19. IMPLEMENTING THIS COLLEGE PREP COURSE IS A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO ALL OF OUR ENGLISH FOR TEACHERS AND MATH TEACHERS THAT TEACH SENIORS IN THIS DISTRICT. THEY HAVE BEEN A HUGE PART IN PROVIDING THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR CHILDREN. AND YOU SEE IT IN OUR DATA. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE TEACHERS IT'S A LOT ON TOP OF WHAT THEY ALREADY DO FOR THEIR CURRICULUM AND SUPPORTING OUR KIDS FOR THAT COLLEGE PREP. HUGE, HUGE KUDOS TO OUR TEACHERS, OUR PRINCIPALS, OUR DISTRICT LEADERSHIP ON ON THAT GROWTH, BECAUSE THAT IS A HUGE MEASURE FOR US. SO AREA OF GROWTH THOUGH IS CLEARLY OUR EXPECTATION IS THE FEWER STUDENTS THAT NEED THAT TIER THREE OPPORTUNITY MEANS THAT OUR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IS GOING UP. SO WHILE WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THAT TIER THREE SUPPORT, OBVIOUSLY OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE OUR TIER ONE AND TWO TIER INSTRUCTION IS STRONG SO THAT WE HAVE FEWER STUDENTS THAT NEED THAT EXTRA SUPPORT. INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATION, BRIGHT SPOTS MEETING OUR WE MEET YOU SAW IT IN THE DATA. WE ARE MEETING OUR GPMS. LEANNE STONE IS RIGHT HERE. I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE HER AND HER TEAM A BIG SHOUT OUT. THERE IS SO MUCH THAT CHANGES IN THE CTE WORLD. AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE STRONG LEADERSHIP AND PROACTIVE THINKING AHEAD WHICH LEANNE AND HER TEAM HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB AND OF COURSE, OUR CTE TEACHERS. THERE AGAIN, UNTIL HOUSE BILL THREE, THERE WERE NO INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATIONS TIED TO ACCOUNTABILITY. SO OUR TEACHERS ADJUSTED VERY QUICKLY, HAD TO BECOME EXPERTS OF THOSE EXAMS. SO OUR CTE TEACHERS DESERVE A LOT OF CREDIT FOR THE GROWTH THAT WE'RE SEEING ON OUR GROWTH MEASURES. AS FAR AS AREAS OF GROWTH, IT'S THAT CHANGE. WHAT I JUST SAID. CAN'T STOP. WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO BE PROACTIVE, CONTINUE TO BE ON TOP OF T CHANGES AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR THE SYSTEMS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE IN CFB. AND FINALLY, ADVANCED PLACEMENT, WHILE NOT A SPECIFIC PART OF OUR GPMS. IT IS A BRIGHT SPOT THAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT AS A CMR MEASURE FROM 2020 THROUGH 2025. WE HAVE SEEN INCREASES IN BOTH PARTICIPATION AND PASS RATE ON OUR AP EXAMS, AND THAT IS CLEARLY ANOTHER AREA THAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT AS A BRIGHT SPOT. AND THEN CERTAINLY AS AREAS OF GROWTH, IS THE MORE STUDENTS THAT WE CAN GET INTO THOSE ADVANCED PATHWAYS, WHETHER THAT'S DUAL CREDIT OR AP, THE BETTER CHANCES OUR STUDENTS HAVE OF MEETING CMR PRIOR TO NEEDING A C2 TEST OR A COLLEGE PREP COURSE, AND THAT IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE GONE THROUGH THAT. CONGRATULATIONS. TAKE A DEEP BREATH. YOU DID FABULOUS. [00:30:04] THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT WAS VERY, VERY IT'S HELPFUL TO HAVE THE WORDS WITH THE SLIDES BECAUSE YOU ALREADY ANSWERED SOME OF MY QUESTIONS. SO FEEL GOOD ABOUT THAT. YES. ALL RIGHT. SO BOARD MEMBERS GIVE YOU A SECOND TO KIND OF GATHER YOUR THOUGHTS BECAUSE I YOU SAY QUESTIONS QUESTION MARK. BUT I THINK IT'S QUESTIONS ARE COMING. WELL AND I DID ALSO THOUGHT THAT I WOULD PUT UP THIS, THIS FRIENDLY LITTLE MAP FOR US AGAIN. RIGHT. YES. GREAT. DO YOU WANT TO REMIND US ABOUT THIS? WALK US THROUGH THIS. YEAH. SO THIS IS FROM REGION TEN. AND I JUST THINK IT'S A CMR IS A VERY BIG UMBRELLA WITH LOTS AND LOTS OF THINGS THAT FALL UNDERNEATH OF IT. IT'S COMPLICATED. SO ANYTIME YOU HAVE A VISUAL, THAT THING THAT MAKES THINGS A LITTLE EASIER TO UNDERSTAND. BUT WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS VISUAL IS CLEARLY WE VALUE IN CFB ISD GRADUATING STUDENTS WITH OPPORTUNITIES, AND THOSE OPPORTUNITIES SHOULD BE ON THE CAREER AND COLLEGE SIDE. WE WANT THEM TO HAVE AS MANY OPPORTUNITIES AS POSSIBLE, BUT IN ORDER TO REACH THOSE GOALS, THEY ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT AND THEY HAVE DIFFERENT PATHWAYS WITHIN THE CMR UMBRELLA. BUT YOU CAN SEE SORT OF IN THE GREEN THE CAREER SIDE OPPORTUNITIES AND IN THE BLUE THE COLLEGE SIDE OPPORTUNITIES. AND TO CONNECT US BACK TO THE GOAL. OUR GOAL IS THAT THE PERCENTAGE OF GRADUATES THAT MEET THE CRITERIA FOR CMR WILL INCREASE FROM 75% TO 90. SO WHEN WE SAY CRITERIA IS CAN YOU CAN YOU HELP US UNDERSTAND HOW CRITERIA CONNECTS TO THIS CRITERIA IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS IN TERMS OF OUR HOUSE BILL THREE GOAL, THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN AND THE WAY WE'RE WORKING, IT IS ANY OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE PROVIDE FOR OUR STUDENTS PRIOR TO GRADUATION COUNTS FOR THAT. OKAY. SO FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR COMMUNITY, ANY OF THESE THINGS COUNT. AND OUR GOAL IS THAT STUDENTS HAVE ANY OF THESE THINGS SO THAT WE MEET THAT CRITERIA. HOWEVER, THIS YEAR WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS THAT'S THE BOARD GOAL. AND THEN DOCTOR ELDRIDGE AND HER TEAM SAID, IF WE WANT TO MEET THE GOAL OF GETTING FROM 75% TO 90, THESE ARE THE GOAL PROGRESS MEASURES THAT WE ARE GOING TO UTILIZE. AND THEY MADE THAT DECISION BECAUSE WE SET THE GOAL. THEY DETERMINE HOW IT WILL BE DONE, NOT US. AND THEY DETERMINED THAT IN ORDER TO MEET THIS GOAL OF ALL STUDENTS MEETING THE CRITERIA, THEN GPM ONE AND GPM TWO, THAT YOU JUST WENT OVER THAT COLLEGE AND THAT CAREER WAS HOW THEY WERE GOING TO GET US THERE. AND THEN THEY'RE SHARING WITH US THEIR PROGRESS TOWARDS THOSE TWO GOAL PROGRESS MEASURES, WHICH ULTIMATELY WE'RE SAYING, GREAT, NOW WE UNDERSTAND HOW WE WILL BE ON TARGET TO MEET OUR GOAL, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR. AND IF WE'RE NOT, THEN WE'RE COLLABORATING ABOUT BUDGET DECISIONS THAT WE WILL HAVE TO MAKE TO GET US CLOSER TO THAT GOAL. SO THAT'S WHERE THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THIS WORK THAT WE'RE DOING AND HOW IT'S DRIVING OUR BUDGET DECISIONS AND HOW IT'S DRIVING US. ALSO KIND OF UNDERSTANDING ALL THIS STUFF BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF ACRONYMS IN HERE. AND WE'RE GROWING TOO, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT THE EDUCATORS, THEY'RE THE EXPERTS. AND WHAT WE'RE DOING IS REALLY COMING ALONGSIDE THEM TO LEARN. AND THEY'RE TEACHING US ALL THESE ACRONYMS SO THAT WE CAN BE MORE EFFECTIVE AT OUR JOB WHEN THEY COME AND SAY, HEY, BOARD, WE NEED SOME MONEY FOR X, BECAUSE WE THINK THIS WILL HELP US MEET OUR GOALS OR WE KNOW IT WILL HELP US MEET OUR GOALS. SO THAT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND WITH THAT, I'LL PAUSE. BOARD MEMBERS QUESTIONS. CAN I, CAN I ADD. YES OF COURSE. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DIDN'T MENTION IS I SAID CFB VALUES OUR STUDENTS OPPORTUNITY TO BE BOTH CAREER AND COLLEGE READY. WILL THE STATE ALSO VALUES THAT? AND WHEN WE GRADUATE STUDENTS LIKE THAT, WE DO GET OUTCOME BONUS, OUTCOME BONUS BACK. BUT THAT IS BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE BOTH. IT CAN'T BE ONE OR THE OTHER. SO OUR BIG GOAL IS JUST ONE. BUT OUR GPMS RAISE THE RIGOR, SO TO SPEAK, TO TO MATCH THE EXPECTATION WE HAVE FOR OUR KIDS. YEAH. I MIGHT REFERENCE THE SLIDE IF YOU CAN, IF YOU'RE ON THE BOARD. GOAL THREE THE CMR THE PROGRESSING THE ONE YELLOW. YES, SIR. YEAH. THE BOTTOM ONE THE FOR BOTH THE C TWO AND SAT. THERE'S NO REAL MOVEMENT. I GUESS MY QUESTION IS IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE'RE LACKING? I MEAN, NEEDING TOOLS, RESOURCES TO GET US TO MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, BECAUSE IF WE'RE NOT MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, EVENTUALLY IT'S GOING TO GO BACKWARDS, I WOULD THINK. IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT KIND OF WHAT I SAID IN THE STRATEGY. THESE TWO ASSESSMENTS SAT AND C TWO THEY ARE NOT CONNECTED TO ANY SPECIFIC COURSE OR GRADE LEVEL. THAT'S THE CHALLENGE. I AM NOT SAYING THAT IT CAN'T BE DONE. BUT IN ORDER TO GET IT DONE, IT TAKES ALL OF LEADERSHIP AND LEARNING TO HAVE A PART IN THAT. [00:35:02] AND WE ARE STARTING THAT PROCESS. WE ARE WORKING WITH COMMIT. WE ARE BRAINSTORMING EVERY POSSIBLE WAY. OUR GOAL AND ON THAT MAP THERE IS TSE2 SAT. THEN THERE'S THAT COLLEGE PREP COURSE. RIGHT. AND ALTHOUGH OUR COLLEGE PREP COURSE AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF IT IS SUPPORTIVE, I THINK ALL OF US WOULD AGREE WE WANT TO STRENGTHEN SAT AND TSE2. IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME. OUR OUR IDEA RIGHT NOW IS TO MAKE SURE WE START WITH THE ASSESSMENTS. RIGHT. FOR INSTANCE, AN ENGLISH ONE COURSE, THERE IS A VERY CLEAR GOAL AT THE END OF THAT YEAR, AND IT IS THE ENGLISH ONE EOC FOR AP SPANISH LIT. THERE IS A VERY CLEAR AP TEST AT THE END. IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY WITH TSI AND TSI TWO, BUT WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO COME UP WITH THAT TYPE OF SYSTEM I ACTUALLY PRESENTED EARLIER THIS WEEK ON PD DAY TO OUR ENGLISH THREE AND FOUR TEACHERS, AND WE STARTED UNPACKING THE TSYA TWO, BECAUSE WE KNOW OUR ENGLISH TEACHERS ARE GOING TO NEED TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS AS WELL. OKAY, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN RED FLAG KIDS THAT TAKE THE PSAT AS A FRESHMAN OR SOPHOMORE THAT WE CAN SEE, HEY, HANDWRITING'S ON THE WALL, THESE KIDS ARE GOING TO NEED EXTRA HELP AND EXTRA PREP IN ORDER TO TAKE THE SAT TO GET THAT SCORE. YES. AND THAT THAT I DIDN'T INCLUDE THAT. THAT IS A STRATEGY MANY OF OUR CAMPUSES HAVE USED IS TO USE OUR AP REPORTS THAT WE GET FROM PSAT TO IDENTIFY CERTAIN STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY IF THEY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARS. SO THERE'S THERE'S MAYBE NOT A SYSTEM WIDE, BUT I KNOW OUR CAMPUSES HAVE POCKETS OF THAT. BUT ABSOLUTELY, THAT DATA NEEDS TO BE USED MORE STRATEGICALLY. AND THAT IS SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING. EXCELLENT. YES. SO WHAT I HEAR YOU SAYING IS THE STATE IS REQUIRING TSI AND YET NOT TOLD US HOW WE'RE TO MEASURE IT. TO AN EXTENT, YES. SO ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE COLLEGE PREP COURSE OR COLLEGE PREP COURSE? SO YES, T REQUIRES US AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT TO HAVE A COLLEGE PREPARATORY PREPARATORY COURSE, BUT CURRENTLY THERE IS NOT ONE APPROVED FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. FROM WHAT WE UNDERSTAND, THEY CONTINUE TO SAY THERE IS GOING TO BE AN APPROVAL BECAUSE IF THEY TELL US WE HAVE TO HAVE THE PREP COURSE, THEN WHAT ARE OUR OPTIONS FOR THAT? BUT CLEARLY NOT KNOWING EXACTLY WHAT THAT IS, WE WANT TO BE AS PREPARED AS POSSIBLE TO SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS WHEN WE DO FIND OUT. MAKES IT QUITE A CHALLENGE. A LITTLE BIT, YES. CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW THE GRAPH ON THE LEFT, CONNECTS TO THE GRAPH ON THE RIGHT. YES. SO LET ME POINT OUT ONE THING FIRST. YOU'LL NOTICE IF YOU LOOK AT C2, ELLA AND YOU LOOK AT SATILLA OR I WONDER MIGHT BE IT LOOKS LIKE OUR STUDENTS ARE PERFORMING AT HIGHER MEASURES ON THE SAT ENGLISH THAN THEY ARE ON THE C2. WHAT WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, THE REASON I KIND OF JUMPED OVER TO THE NEXT ONE IS BECAUSE THE C2 DATA IS THE DATA OF OUR STUDENTS THAT NEEDED TO TAKE IT. SO IT'S NOT ALL GRADUATES BECAUSE NOT ALL GRADUATES, OTHER GRADUATES HAVE MET IT SOMEWHERE ELSE. THEY DON'T EVEN TAKE THE C2 TEST. SO THAT IS THE PERCENTAGE OF PATHS OF THE STUDENTS THAT NEEDED IT FOR SAT. THAT IS MUCH MORE HOLISTIC, BECAUSE WE GIVE SAT SCHOOL DAY TO ALL SENIORS IN OCTOBER. THOSE COMBINED IS WHAT COMES TO THE NEXT GRAPH TO THE RIGHT, WHICH IS YOUR TSI MET MEASURE. I'VE SEEN OUR WAIT TIME. I'M A TINY BIT CONFUSED ABOUT ONE THING. SO IT'S. I KNOW SOMEWHERE IN HERE IT SAID THAT THE TESTING DATES ARE PRIMARILY FEBRUARY THROUGH MAY FOR INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATION. OKAY. OKAY, THAT MAKES SENSE. SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE 2027 NUMBERS, THESE ARE PROJECTED, RIGHT? YES, MA'AM. THIS IS NOT. OR ARE THESE STUDENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY TAKEN. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THIS IS REAL DATA. THESE ARE NOT ACTUALLY, THESE ARE JUNIORS. RIGHT. WELL, BECAUSE IT'S A LAGGING INDICATOR. IT IS OUR CURRENT SENIORS. I KNOW, I KNOW. YES, IT'S OUR CURRENT SENIORS. SO THE UP TO DATE DATA, IF YOU LOOK AT 2027, IS ACTUALLY OUR CHILDREN THAT ARE THAT WERE IN SCHOOL TODAY AND HOPEFULLY GRADUATE IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS. OKAY. YES. SO THEY ALREADY HAVE. THIS IS THE INFORMATION YOU ALREADY HAVE FOR THEM. [00:40:02] YES. AND WE STILL HAVE MORE ROUNDS OF TESTING. OKAY. THAT COME LATER THIS SPRING. AND SO THERE IS MORE. THERE IS MORE DATA THAT WILL BE UPDATED. BUT AS OF LAST WEEK WHEN WE RAN THAT REPORT, THAT IS WHAT IT WAS. THESE ARE JUST THE PRELIMINARY STUDENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY GOTTEN. YES. AND WE TRACK THAT THROUGH ON DATA SUITES. AND SO AGAIN, NOT OFFICIAL, BUT THAT IS OUR TRACKING SYSTEM THAT WE USE TO EVENTUALLY VERIFY AND REPORT TO THE STATE. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YEAH, I GOT LIKE A MILLION. OKAY, I HAVE ANOTHER ONE. HOW? OR WHAT'S THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TIER THREE AND THE COLLEGE PREP CLASS? SO I KNOW YOU SAID THAT LIKE YOU TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S CRYSTAL CLEAR. SURE. LIKE WHO? YEAH. LET ME LET ME EXPLAIN. IT IS I TRY TO USE THE PROPER TERMINOLOGY BECAUSE THE COLLEGE PREP COURSE IS A TIER THREE. IT SHOULD BE A TIER THREE INTERVENTION BECAUSE OUR, LET'S SAY A STUDENT HAS NOT MET COLLEGE AND CAREER READY THROUGH THEIR JUNIOR YEAR. THAT COLLEGE PREP COURSE WILL BE OUR LAST TIME TO TRY TO SUPPORT THEM THROUGH THAT. AND IT IS A COURSE. SO IT TAKES UP A CLASS PERIOD TO AN EXTENT. THAT'S THE HARD PART AND WHY I BRAGGED ON OUR ENGLISH TEACHERS SO MUCH. IT DOESN'T IT KIND OF COUPLES WITH ENGLISH FOR AND WITH OUR MATH COURSES. BECAUSE WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE ROOM TO, TO HAVE TWO SEPARATE COURSES. SO THEY'RE HAVING TO KIND OF BLEND IT AND SUPPORT BOTH. NOW, THE ENGLISH FOR CURRICULUM AND THE MATH CURRICULUM DRIVE EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS IN TIER ONE, BUT WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO FIND TIME TO SUPPORT THE STUDENTS IN THAT SAME COURSE IN THE WORK THROUGH TCB. IT'S AN ONLINE PLATFORM, SO THERE IS TIME TO WORK THROUGH THAT. AND THERE ARE TIMES IN CLASS FOR STUDENTS TO WORK ON THAT WITH INTERVENTION FROM THE TEACHER. BUT IN A PERFECT WORLD, THAT WOULD BE A DIFFERENT COURSE OUTSIDE, OUTSIDE OF THEIR ENGLISH AND MATH COURSE. CURRENTLY WHEN YOU HAVE AROUND 38 TO 40% OF YOUR JUNIORS THEN NEEDING IT THEIR SENIOR YEAR WE CAN'T PULL THAT OFF, WHICH IS WHY WE RECOMMENDED THAT THIS NEEDS TO BE A GROWTH PROGRESS MEASURE. THAT WAS VERY CLARIFYING. OTHER QUESTIONS. ANYBODY ELSE? WELL, CONGRATULATIONS. YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR FIRST PROGRESS MONITORING REPORT. BOARD MEMBERS, GREAT JOB. SO I THINK THAT CONCLUDES THIS PORTION. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY JUST FOR BOARD MEMBERS, ANY JUST, LIKE, TAKING A STEP BACK FROM THE PROCESS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROCESS MOVING FORWARD? AND IT LOOKS LIKE OUR FRIEND TAMARIND. JOEY, THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO COME BACK. BUT DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY INITIAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROCESS IN GENERAL? NO. THAT'S GOOD. GOOD. IT'S GOOD. ALL RIGHT. AND TAMARA'S COMING BACK. AWESOME. I THINK SHE'S GOING TO PRESENT. I KNEW I WAS GOING TO BE THAT PERSON. ALL RIGHT. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYBODY ON THE FIRST INAUGURAL PROGRESS MONITORING AND CFB. I KNOW A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK WENT INTO THAT. AND JUST TO REMIND EVERYBODY, THE PURPOSE OF PROGRESS MONITORING IS A IS TO BUILD CONTEXT OVER TIME OF HOW THE SYSTEM IS FUNCTIONING, BECAUSE WE ARE LOOKING FOR AREAS OF ALIGNMENT AND AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALIGNMENT SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT ALL AVAILABLE RESOURCES IN CFB ARE BEING DEPLOYED TO DO SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT, WHICH IS WHY DO SCHOOL SYSTEMS EXIST? TRUSTEES? FOR ONE REASON AND ONE REASON ONLY. COME ON, TRUSTEE BARNES, THIS IS YOUR FAVORITE. IS THIS STUDENT OUTCOME TO IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES? ABSOLUTELY. SO. AND OUR OTHER FAVORITE REMINDER HERE STUDENT OUTCOMES DON'T CHANGE UNTIL ADULT BEHAVIORS CHANGE. [00:45:01] WHICH ADULTS ARE WE TALKING ABOUT. ALL RIGHT. I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO MISS THESE SLIDES. THESE ARE THE LAST TIME YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THEM WITH THE WITH US FROM THIS YEAR. BUT THAT IS ULTIMATELY THE GOAL OF HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS AND PROGRESS. MONITORING REALLY SHOULD FEEL LIKE A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT'S GOING REALLY WELL IN OUR SYSTEM AND WHERE WE HAVE AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT, AND WHEN WE HAVE THOSE AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT. HOW DO WE DEPLOY THE APPROPRIATE RESOURCES TO SUPPORT ALL OF THE ADULTS WHO ARE WORKING REALLY, REALLY HARD IN CFB TO DELIVER THE MOST EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTION FOR OUR KIDS EVERY DAY. BEFORE WE MOVE ON, WHAT I DO WANT TO SAY AND I JUST ONE LAST PIECE OF CONGRATULATION. THIS IS A REALLY VULNERABLE PROCESS, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO COME UP HERE AND PRESENT DATA, AND SOME OF IT IS REALLY EXCITING AND SOME OF IT IS REALLY HARD BECAUSE IT RELATES TO OUR KIDS. RIGHT? AND WE KNOW EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM WANTS THE BEST FOR EVERY SINGLE CHILD, EVERY SINGLE DAY IN CFB. AND IT'S NOT IT'S NOT FUN. IT DOESN'T FEEL GOOD TO SEE INFORMATION THAT SOMETIMES OUR STUDENT OUTCOMES AREN'T WHERE WE WANT TO BE. RIGHT? BUT NOTHING CAN GET FIXED OR ADJUSTED WITHOUT HAVING CONVERSATIONS LIKE THIS. SO I JUST I JUST WANT TO COMMEND ALL OF YOU BECAUSE THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY COURAGEOUS AND NECESSARY CONVERSATION. AND THAT IS HOW WE MAKE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT OVER TIME. AND SO WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING TOGETHER AS A COLLECTIVE THIS ENTIRE YEAR IS SETTING OURSELVES UP TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS SO THAT WE CAN DO THE THING I JUST TALKED ABOUT, RIGHT, WHICH IS MAXIMIZE OUR RESOURCES. AND THERE ARE A COUPLE OF TOOLS IN OUR TOOL BELT, ESPECIALLY AS THE AS PERFORMANCE MANAGERS, WHICH THE BOARD IS TO DEPLOY RESOURCES TO SUPPORT OUR HIGHEST LEVEL PRIORITIES, WHICH ARE OUR STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS AND OUR GUARDRAILS. SO THE RESOURCE SEASON THAT IS COMING UP RIGHT IS BUDGET SEASON, AND THAT IS ONE OF THE STRONGEST RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE TO ALLOCATE TO STRATEGICALLY ALLOCATE OUR RESOURCES TO IMPROVE OUR STUDENT OUTCOMES. SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO HERE IS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE META MOMENT AND REVISIT THE JANUARY BOARD MEETING. AND I'M GOING TO PLAY A CLIP OF YOUR CFO INTRODUCING THE BUDGETING PROCESS FOR THIS YEAR. AND TRUSTEE IS WHAT I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO DO IS, AS YOU LISTEN TO THIS AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO WRITE DOWN SOME THINGS THAT STOOD OUT TO YOU FROM THIS CONVERSATION. AND THAT COULD BE JUST THINGS THAT ARE RESONATING WITH YOU FROM THIS PROCESS, OR THINGS THAT MAYBE FEEL DIFFERENT FROM WHAT YOU'VE HEARD BEFORE. AND WE ARE TRANSITIONING TO ITEM THREE B. ALL RIGHT. [3.B. 2026-2027 Budget Planning] I'M NOT GOING TO DO IT THIS WAY. OH MAYBE I AM. C AND LONG TERM STABILITY. THERE WE GO. SO WE'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT OUR NEW APPROACH. HISTORICALLY SCHOOL DISTRICTS LIKE MANY ORGANIZATIONS, HAVE RELIED ON TRADITIONAL BUDGETING. THIS APPROACH LOOKS AT LAST YEAR'S BUDGET AND ADJUSTS INCREMENTALLY ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. WHILE FAMILIAR. THIS METHOD TENDS TO PROTECT PROGRAMS BASED ON HISTORY RATHER THAN IMPACT, AND IT OFTEN RESULTS IN ACROSS THE BOARD REDUCTIONS INSTEAD OF THOUGHTFUL STRATEGIC DECISIONS AND AN ENVIRONMENT OF STRUCTURAL REVENUE CHALLENGES, THAT APPROACH IS NO LONGER SUFFICIENT. PRIORITY BASED BUDGETING REPRESENTS A DELIBERATIVE, A DELIBERATE SHIFT IN MINDSET. THE APPROACH ALIGNS RESOURCES DIRECTLY WITH THE DISTRICT PRIORITIES ESTABLISHED BY THE BOARD, EVALUATING PROGRAMS NOT PEOPLE, AND EXPLICITLY CONNECTS SPENDING TO STUDENT OUTCOMES. IT ALLOWS US TO ANSWER A CRITICAL QUESTION ARE WE INVESTING IN WHAT MATTERS MOST FOR STUDENTS, GIVEN THE RESOURCES WE HAVE TODAY, NOT THE RESOURCES WE WISH WE HAD? IMPORTANTLY, PRIORITY BASED BUDGETING IS NOT A REACTION TO CRISIS. IT IS A PROACTIVE STRATEGY BUILT ON THE DISTRICT'S HISTORY OF STRONG FINANCIAL GOVERNANCE. THE PRIORITY BASED BUDGETING PROCESS IS STRUCTURED, TRANSPARENT AND DATA DRIVEN. FIRST, THE DISTRICT PRIORITIES ARE CLEARLY DEFINED BY THE BOARD AND ALIGNED TO THE DESIRED STUDENT OUTCOMES. SECOND, ALL PROGRAMS ARE INVENTORIED, INCLUDING ASSOCIATED COSTS AND PERFORMANCE DATA. UNDERSTANDING NOT JUST WHAT WE DO, BUT WHAT EACH PROGRAM COSTS AND WHAT OUTCOMES IT DELIVERS. THIRD, THE PROGRAMS ARE SCORED AND RANKED USING CONSISTENT OBJECTIVE CRITERIA. AND FINALLY, RESOURCES ARE ALLOCATED BY FUNDING HIGHER PRIORITY PROGRAMS FIRST. AND THIS FRAMEWORK ENSURES THAT DIFFICULT DECISIONS, WHEN NECESSARY, ARE MADE THOUGHTFULLY AND CONSISTENTLY, [00:50:03] NOT REACTIVELY. PROGRAMS ARE EVALUATED USING MULTIPLE WEIGHTED CRITERIA. SOME OF THESE EXAMPLES ARE LISTED HERE, LIKE. MISSION ALIGNMENT WOULD ASSESS HOW DIRECTLY A PROGRAM SUPPORTS THE. I'M SORRY. I'LL. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHERE THAT WAS? WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO? I LOST OUR PLACE ON HERE. LIKE ON THE VIDEO? YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ABOUT RIGHT. IT'S THAT THE MOUSE KEEPS DISAPPEARING. IT DOESN'T DISAPPEAR UP THERE. IF YOU LOOK AT THAT SCREEN, IT'S STRUCTURED, TRANSPARENT AND DATA DRIVEN. FIRST, THE DISTRICT PRIORITIES ARE CLEARLY DEFINED BY THE BOARD AND ALIGNED TO THE DESIRED STUDENT OUTCOMES. SECOND, ALL PROGRAMS ARE INVENTORIED, INCLUDING ASSOCIATED COSTS AND PERFORMANCE DATA. UNDERSTANDING NOT JUST WHAT WE DO, BUT WHAT EACH PROGRAM COSTS AND WHAT OUTCOMES IT DELIVERS. THIRD, THE PROGRAMS ARE SCORED AND RANKED USING CONSISTENT OBJECTIVE CRITERIA. AND FINALLY, RESOURCES ARE ALLOCATED BY FUNDING HIGHER PRIORITY PROGRAMS FIRST, AND THIS FRAMEWORK ENSURES THAT DIFFICULT DECISIONS, WHEN NECESSARY, ARE MADE THOUGHTFULLY AND CONSISTENTLY, NOT REACTIVELY. PROGRAMS ARE EVALUATED USING MULTIPLE WEIGHTED CRITERIA. SOME OF THESE EXAMPLES ARE LISTED HERE, LIKE. MISSION ALIGNMENT WOULD ASSESS HOW DIRECTLY A PROGRAM SUPPORTS THE DISTRICT CORE MISSION. STUDENT IMPACT EXAMINES MEASURABLE OUTCOMES FOR STUDENTS. COST EFFICIENCY CONSIDERS RESULTS RELATIVE TO THE FINANCIAL, INVESTMENT, COMPLIANCE, AND MANDATES, ENSURE LEGAL AND ACCESS REQUIREMENTS ARE MET, AND ALTERNATIVE AVAILABILITY EVALUATES WHETHER SERVICES COULD BE REASONABLY PROVIDED BY ANOTHER METHOD. TOGETHER, THESE CRITERIAS PROMOTE BALANCED, DEFENSIBLE, AND STUDENT FOCUSED DECISIONS. THE CHALLENGES FACING TEXAS SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE REAL, BUT THEY ARE NOT INSURMOUNTABLE. PRIORITY BASED BUDGETING PROVIDES A DISCIPLINED, VALUES DRIVEN APPROACH TO FINANCIAL DECISION MAKING. IT'S NOT ABOUT CUTTING FOR THE SAKE OF CUTTING, IT'S ABOUT INVESTING WITH PURPOSE. OKAY, AGAIN, APOLOGIES FOR THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. TRUSTEES, I'M CURIOUS, BASED ON THAT CONVERSATION, WHAT STANDS OUT TO YOU IN REGARDS TO THE BUDGET? IN TERMS OF PRIORITY BASED BUDGETING? THAT THIS IS THOUGHTFUL STRATEGIC PLANNING, NOT REACTIVE PLANNING. AND WHY DOES THAT STAND OUT TO YOU? TRUSTEE BECAUSE WE'RE FORWARD THINKING ON OUR BUDGET AND WHAT'S ACTUALLY IMPORTANT TO DELIBERATE SHIFT. WAIT, NO. I'M SORRY. BECAUSE WE THE RESOURCES WE HAVE, NOT THE ONES WE WISH WE HAD. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. ANYTHING ELSE STAND OUT FROM THAT DESCRIPTION. A PRIORITY BASED BUDGETING. NOW WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO LIKE WE ALWAYS DO. IT'S NOT THE OLD CFB, IT'S THE NEW CFB. SO WE'RE GOING TO START LOOKING FORWARD AND DOING WHAT WE NEED TO DO FOR KIDS. YEAH. SO THAT SOUNDS LIKE AN ADULT BEHAVIOR CHANGE TO ME. THAT THIS ALIGNS TO THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING. SO WE HAVE SET THE PRIORITIES AND ADMINISTRATION HAS DETERMINED WHAT'S GOING TO HELP US ACHIEVE THOSE PRIORITIES. AND SO WE'RE WE'RE ON A ROAD TO SUCCESS. AND IT'S IT'S MUCH MORE CLEAR NOW BECAUSE WE CAN'T JUST DO WHAT WE'VE ALWAYS DONE BECAUSE WE'LL GET THE SAME RESULTS WE'VE ALWAYS GOTTEN. YEP. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HATFIELD. SO THAT'S WHAT WE WANTED TO LIFT UP TODAY, IS THAT THE BOARD HAS NOW SET THE CONDITIONS TO HAVE PRIORITIES RIGHT. YOUR GOALS AND YOUR GUARDRAILS, RECOGNIZING THAT EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS IN CFB IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT TOUCHES ALL OF OUR KIDS. AND TO BUILD A STRONG SCHOOL SYSTEM, WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT HOW TO STRENGTHEN OUR SYSTEMS INTENTIONALLY. AND THE WAY THAT WE START TO DO THAT IS THROUGH OUR DOLLARS, AND WE'RE GOING TO PUT OUR DOLLARS WHERE WE KNOW AND WHERE WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST TO HAVE PROVEN SUCCESS. AND WHAT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IS MONITORING PROGRESS IS A MONTHLY CONVERSATION THAT IS GOING TO DEMONSTRATE TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, TO THE COMMUNITY WHERE CFB IS SEEING SUCCESS, HOW WE KNOW THOSE STRATEGIES ARE BEING EFFECTIVE, AND IF WE NEED ADJUSTMENTS, RIGHT, WHETHER THAT'S A NEW STRATEGY OR A NEW RESOURCE, THAT WE'RE MAKING THOSE DECISIONS COLLABORATIVELY AND USING DATA RIGHT TO [00:55:02] INFORM THOSE CHANGES. AND SO TONIGHT AS YOU GO INTO BUDGETING SEASON, WE JUST WANTED TO LIFT UP. RIGHT. BECAUSE I, I KNOW JOEY AND I AND PERHAPS A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM HAVE SEEN A LOT OF DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO BUDGETING, INCLUDING JUST THESE REALLY LONG, UNWIELDY DOCUMENTS. AND WE AND IF I'M LOOKING AT THAT AS A SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE OR A COMMUNITY MEMBER, I'M THINKING, HOW DO I KNOW IF THIS IS GOOD OR NOT? AND I KNOW THE ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD AND REALLY COLLABORATIVELY TO DEMONSTRATE RIGHT EVIDENCE THAT EVERY SINGLE DOLLAR IN THIS DISTRICT IS BEING USED INCREDIBLY EFFECTIVELY TO IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES. AND SO, TRUSTEE GARZA ROJAS, I THINK YOU HIT ON THIS BEAUTIFULLY. WHAT ARE WE DOING OUT OF HABIT RATHER THAN STRATEGY AS DID YOU? TRUSTEE BRADY AND THEN. RIGHT. HOW DO WE KNOW THAT? AND SO AS YOU GO INTO YOUR BUDGETING PROCESS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, WE JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT AND I KNOW ALL OF US HAVE HAD THIS CONVERSATION, BUT FOR THE COMMUNITY, RIGHT. THIS IS WHAT THE TRUSTEES ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR. WHAT IS THE EVIDENCE THAT IS BEING PROVIDED IN THIS BUDGET, THAT OUR GOALS AND OUR GUARDRAILS ARE OUR FOR OUR FIRST PRIORITY? WHAT IS THAT EVIDENCE LOOK LIKE? HOW CAN WE SEE THAT PRIORITIZATION AND WHERE AND AND WHAT DATA CAN WE LOOK AT. RIGHT. HISTORICALLY LOOKING AT OTHER BEST PRACTICES, LOOKING AT ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE'VE MADE, THAT THIS IS A REALLY GOOD RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR OUR OUR STUDENTS. AND THAT IS GOING TO SHOW UP IN TWO MAIN WAYS. RIGHT. SO KNOWING THAT FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, OVER 85% OF OUR BUDGET IS GOING TO BE IN HUMAN CAPITAL. RIGHT. KNOWING THAT IN FACT, EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTION IN SYSTEMS COMES FROM FROM OUR ADULTS IN THE BUILDINGS. HOW ARE WE SEEING THE BUDGET AS A STRATEGY DOCUMENT TO SHOW HOW WE ARE STRATEGICALLY DEPLOYING OUR ADULTS, AGAIN, TO MOVE THOSE, NOT ONLY MOVE THOSE OUTCOMES FOR OUR KIDS, BUT BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE AND CAPACITY OVER TIME. THE SECOND THING TO CONSIDER IS WE ARE INVESTING IN, AGAIN, DIFFERENT DIFFERENT RESOURCES. AND THAT COULD BE CURRICULUM, THAT COULD BE STAFFING STRUCTURES, THAT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, OUR TIME SPENT ON PD, HOW WE ARE DEPLOYING DIFFERENT DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND DIFFERENT INTERVENTIONS TO DIFFERENT CAMPUSES AND ALL OF THAT. I KNOW YOU ARE TRACKING THAT TO SAY WE DID THIS THING, HOW DO WE KNOW IT'S SUCCESSFUL? WHICH KIDS IS IT BEING SUCCESSFUL FOR? HOW DO WE KNOW? SHOULD WE BE DOING MORE OF THIS? IS IT WORKING FOR A SPECIFIC GROUP OF KIDS? RIGHT. BEING INCREDIBLY INTENTIONAL AND BEING ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE WHEN WE ARE SPENDING THOSE DOLLARS. CFB KNOWS THAT THEY ARE WORKING, AS EVIDENCED BY THIS. AND SO I WILL JUST END WITH KIND OF AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. AND I WANT TO PREFACE THIS BY SAYING THIS IS A DOCUMENT THAT WAS TAKEN, THAT WAS ADAPTED FROM ANOTHER DISTRICT THAT STARTED THIS PROCESS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. IT HAS BEEN A WORK IN PROGRESS. RIGHT. BECAUSE THAT SOUNDS MAYBE REALLY EASY TO SAY. YEAH. JUST SHOW US THE EVIDENCE THAT THAT THING IS WORKING. THIS IS A HUGE SYSTEM WITH A LOT OF INTERWOVEN STAFF PROGRAMS. AND AND NOT EVERYTHING HAS A SET SYSTEM TO BE TRACKED. RIGHT? SO THIS HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE WORK IN PROGRESS. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE BUDGET IS AN ARTICULATION OF OUR VALUES AND OUR STRATEGY. AND IT SHOULD TELL US A STORY AND IT SHOULD TELL US A STORY, NOT LINE ITEM BY LINE ITEM. BUT LOOKING AT WE KNOW THAT CFB HAS A THIRD GRADE READING GOAL. AND SO HOW ARE WE THINKING ABOUT OUR HIGHEST LEVERAGE STRATEGIES TO GET TO OUR TO MEET OUR THIRD GRADE READING GOAL. AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF THAT? COULD BE HUMAN CAPITAL. IS THAT EARLY LEARNING SPECIALISTS? IS IT AN INVESTMENT IN HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS? HOW ARE WE SUPPORTING THOSE HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND MAKING SURE THEY'RE THEY'RE BEING DEPLOYED WITH OR IMPLEMENTED? I'M SORRY, WITH EFFICACY. HOW ARE WE SUPPORTING ALL OF OUR ADULTS IN THE BUILDING, INCLUDING OUR INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERS, TO CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVE SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVE FOR OUR STUDENTS? AND THEN YOU CAN SEE SOME TRACKING OVER HERE. AGAIN, I WANT TO REITERATE THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE. THIS IS NOT I DON'T WANT TO SAY THIS IS AN EXEMPLAR. I DON'T WANT TO SAY YOU'RE GETTING ANY OF THIS. I'M JUST SAYING, WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT WHAT MIGHT THAT LOOK LIKE TO SEE A PRIORITY BASED BUDGET, IT IS REALLY AN ARTICULATION OF STRATEGY THAT'S SHOWING. [01:00:02] HERE'S WHAT WE INVESTED, HERE'S WHAT WE EXPECTED TO GET. HERE'S WHO WE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO WORK FOR. AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE CHOOSING TO INVEST IN THAT STRATEGY. AND SO THAT IS WE WILL OBVIOUSLY PROVIDE THESE DOCUMENTS TO YOU IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS DURING BUDGETING SEASON. BUT WE WANT TO SUPPORT YOU IN CONTINUING TO ALIGN EVERY SINGLE RESOURCE TO SUPPORT IMPROVING YOUR STUDENT OUTCOMES, INCLUDING YOUR YOUR BUDGET, BECAUSE THAT IS A THAT IS A MORAL DOCUMENT, RIGHT, OF HOW WE ARE. WE'RE BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF OUR RESOURCES AND THAT WE KNOW HOW TO BEST DEPLOY THEM TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. ANY QUESTIONS, THOUGHTS, COMMENTS ON KIND OF THINKING ABOUT, AND GETTING PREPARED FOR A MORE STRATEGIC BUDGETING PROCESS BASED ON THE PRIORITIES THAT HAVE BEEN CLEARLY OUTLINED OR ARTICULATED BY THE BOARD. DOCTOR. DON'T PANIC. WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR THIS TOMORROW. I CAN TELL YOU KIM HOLCOMB HAS A DASHBOARD WITH SOME OF THIS ALREADY ON IT, RIGHT? I MEAN. YEAH. YEAH, YEAH. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I THINK IT'S FASCINATING TO, LIKE, TAKE WHAT WE'VE DONE AND THEN NOW TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL AND SEE HOW WE CAN MAKE IT WORK WITHIN CFB SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THESE STRATEGIC CONVERSATIONS. BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT'S A LOT OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, AND 85% DOES GO TO THE PEOPLE. SO THIS HOW WE DEPLOY THE PEOPLE IS IS NOW A MORE I THINK IT'S A MORE PUBLIC FACING OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE WE'RE REALLY CLEAR ON WHAT WE WANT TO MEASURE. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? IT'S GOOD. IT'S GREAT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES. THANK YOU ALL. BOARD OF TRUSTEES, PRESIDENT HATFIELD AND DOCTOR ELDRIDGE, THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR SUPPORT. DOCTOR ELDRIDGE, DO YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE HOW WE'LL CONTINUE WITH THIS ITEM? SO I THINK MISS SETTLE HAS A FEW BUDGETING COMMENTS TO MAKE REGARDING PRIORITY BASED, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS ALL YEAR AND WE HAVEN'T PUT IT TOGETHER IN THAT CHART YET, BUT WE'RE WE'RE ON TRACK. SO MISS SETTLE. YES. I FIRST WANTED TO GIVE JUST A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO MY PEERS IN THE SLT TEAM. THIS IS A BIG MINDSET SHIFT. WE'RE ACCUSTOMED TO A CERTAIN PATTERN AND CADENCE WHEN WE APPROACH MATH, RIGHT? AND THIS IS ASKING A LITTLE BIT OF A MINDSET TOWARDS A LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY APPROACH. AND IT DOES PROVIDE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT REALLY UNIQUE REPORTING TO YOU, TO THE BOARD THAT BREAKS DOWN THE SILOS OF, SAY, THAT WHAT THE EXAMPLE MAY HAVE LOOKED VERY MUCH LIKE WHAT MISS HOLCOMB, THE FUTURE DOCTOR HOLCOMB'S BUDGET WOULD LOOK LIKE. BUT IT WILL ALSO INCORPORATE PIECES OF DOCTOR SMOLSKIS BUDGET, AND IT WILL ENCOMPASS ALL FUNDS. WE'RE CONSTRAINED, RIGHT, BY CERTAIN STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS TO PRESENT THE BUDGET IN A WAY THAT IS COMPARABLE TO OTHER DISTRICTS. BUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING HERE IS NOT COMPARABLE. IT'S THE NEXT LEVEL, RIGHT? IT'S ASKING MORE. AND SO I'M JUST REALLY PLEASED TO BE WORKING WITH SUCH GREAT PARTNERS. IT DOES REQUIRE US TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF FAMILY TALK. AND AT DOCTOR E'S LAST TEAM CFB, WE DID START SOME OF THAT, THAT CHAT. AND SO IT DOES MEAN THAT IN THAT MINDSET I LOVED HER EXAMPLE OF VACATION. MY FAMILY WAS OUR HOUSEHOLD BUDGET WAS INFLUENCED BY AGRICULTURE. SO IF IT WAS A GOOD YEAR AND WE HAD LOTS OF RAIN IN SOUTH TEXAS, THE WISEMANS GOT TO SPEND A WEEK AT THE FRIO. BUT IF THE RAIN DIDN'T HAPPEN, IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A DAY TRIP AT A WATER PARK. SO IT FORCED US TO HAVE SOME PRETTY STRATEGIC FAMILY DISCUSSIONS. AND THOSE THINGS ARE ALREADY OCCURRING IN THE DISTRICT. THIS PROCESS TAKES TIME. CHANGE TAKES TIME. YOU'VE MENTIONED IT BEFORE. THIS IS A YEAR WHERE WE'RE LEARNING AND GROWING IN A DIFFERENT WAY. AND SO I'M, I'M JUST REALLY GRATEFUL TO THE TEAM THAT I HAVE SITTING NEXT TO ME AND THE TEAM THAT WORKS WITH ME AS WE GATHER THE FINANCIAL DATA. WE WILL BE ABLE TO PRESENT A DOLLAR AMOUNT TO EACH ONE OF YOUR GOALS. WILL IT BE PERFECT? IT WILL BE AS ACCURATE AS WE CAN GET IT THIS FIRST YEAR, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING REALLY GREAT IN YEAR TWO AND YEAR THREE, AND HOW WE LEVERAGE ALL OF OUR, FUNDING SOURCES FOR THE FUTURE. SO JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SETTING THE PRIORITIES THE WAY YOU HAVE, AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO GIVING YOU ANOTHER UPDATE IN MARCH. [01:05:06] SO, MISS SETTLE, WOULD YOU ALSO GIVE THE BOARD AN UPDATE ON THE PRINCIPAL MEETINGS? BECAUSE OUR TEAM WENT TO EVERY CAMPUS TO DISCUSS WITH THE PRINCIPALS, AND SO I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO GET ANY FEEDBACK FROM THAT. AND I THINK THAT THAT IS TO GO SIT DOWN WITH ALL OF OUR CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS AND TALK ABOUT THEIR BUDGETS AND WHERE THEIR PRIORITIES ARE, I THINK HAS BEEN A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT. AND SO IF YOU COULD JUST SPEAK TO THAT. YES. SO THERE'S A TEAM OF THREE OF US, MYSELF MISS CARLOS AND DANIELLE BELL. WAXMAN HAS BEEN ANOTHER ADDITION TO THIS CAMPUS SUPPORT WE HAVE SAT WITH. I THINK WE'RE LACKING, LIKE, NINE PRINCIPALS LEFT OUT OF THE 34. AND EVERYONE HAS HAD A, YOU KNOW, PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH WHAT PRIORITY BASED BUDGETING IS. SO WHILE THE GRAPH OR THE CHART THAT YOU SAW BEFORE MIGHT LOOK LIKE MIS HOLCOMB'S BUDGET, THEY'LL BE. IF A PRINCIPAL HAS SOMETHING WITH EARLY CHILDHOOD IN THERE, IT WOULD BE IN THAT IN THAT GRAPH AS WELL. SO EVERYBODY HAS A PART TO PLAY IN IT. I'LL JUST BE, YOU KNOW, VERY FRANK WILL WILL IT EVERY CAMPUS BUDGET HAVE A MATERIAL CONTRIBUTION TO EVERY CV 2030 GOAL? NO, BUT EVERY CONTRIBUTION COUNTS, AND EVERYBODY NEEDS TO FEEL LIKE THEY'RE PART OF THE SAME DIRECTION. AND SO I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. THE PRINCIPAL'S FEEDBACK HAS BEEN VERY POSITIVE. AND YOU KNOW, THE REALITY IS THE REALITY THERE. THEY DIDN'T GIVE US MORE MONEY THIS YEAR FOR, YOU KNOW, ALL OF OUR PRIORITIES, BUT WE WILL PUT THE DOLLARS WITH THE PRIORITIES. ONE OF THE THINGS I WROTE DOWN WHEN YOU WERE REGURGITATING MY WORDS WAS MATCHING OUR INVESTMENT WITH MEASUREMENT. AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS YOU KNOW, AS AN ACCOUNTANT WHO REALLY LOVES THE MATCHING PRINCIPLE THAT THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT WORK. THANK YOU, MISS SETTLE. BOARD MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WE WILL START THE BUDGET PROCESS IN APRIL SINCE OUR FISCAL YEAR RUNS THROUGH AUGUST 31ST. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE USING OUR APRIL, MAY AND JUNE WORK STUDIES. BUT DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS TODAY? NO. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS ITEM THREE C, WHICH IS A REPORT OR DISCUSSION REGARDING THE FEBRUARY TASB FEDERAL CONFERENCE, [3.C. Report/Discussion Regarding February TASB Federal Conference attended by Carolyn Benavides and Paul Gilmore] WHICH WAS ATTENDED BY MISS BENAVIDEZ AND MR. GILMORE. AS INFORMATION FOR THE COMMUNITY. EACH BOARD MEMBER HAS A SPECIFIC ALLOTMENT THAT WE CAN SPEND ON PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING EACH YEAR. AND MR. GILMORE AND MISS BENAVIDES SELECTED THE FEDERAL ADVOCACY CONFERENCE AS SOMETHING THAT THEY WERE INTERESTED IN. AND ALONG WITH THAT, IN OUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, WE STATE THAT ANYTIME A BOARD MEMBER GOES TO A TRAINING, THEY ARE TO COME BACK AND SHARE WITH THE BOARD WHAT THEY LEARNED AND WHAT THE FOCUS WAS. AND THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IF WE'RE GOING TO SPEND PUBLIC DOLLARS TO GO SOMEWHERE, THEN WHEN WE COME BACK, WE ALL DIDN'T GO TO THE FEDERAL CONFERENCE AND WE ALL DIDN'T NEED TO GO BECAUSE WE HAVE A WAY OF VEHICLE AND A WAY TO SHARE WITH EACH OTHER WHAT WE LEARNED. SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MR. GILMORE AND MISS BENAVIDES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT WAS ABSOLUTELY A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT DC UNDER THREE FEET OF THREE FEET OF SNOW THAT TURNED INTO ICE WAS KIND OF CRAZY, BUT THEY WERE REALLY GOOD ABOUT CLEANING THE CITY UP. I WILL SAY THAT CONGRESS AND CONGRESSMAN. EXCUSE ME, BRANDON GILL, SENATOR TED CRUZ, AND CONGRESSWOMAN BETH VAN DINE. THEIR STAFF WAS WONDERFUL. THEY REALLY GAVE US THE RED CARPET TREATMENT, AND THEY SHOWED US AROUND D.C., AND THEY HELPED US AS MUCH AS THEY COULD. AND WE HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS TO TALK ABOUT. I'LL SHARE THAT. ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS WAS ABOUT THE GRANTS THAT HAVE BEEN CUT IN D.C., 730, GRANTS WORTH $2.2 BILLION HAVE BEEN CUT. IT AFFECTS K THROUGH 12 AND HIGHER ED, AND THEY'RE REALLY, REALLY WORRIED ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT DOES IMPACT US ALL THE WAY TO THE LOCAL LEVEL. THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS REALLY CHALLENGING TO DISCUSS AND LISTEN TO. AND ON ANOTHER THING, THEY TALKED ABOUT HIGHER ED NOT BEING. NOT THAT IT'S NOT AS IMPORTANT, BUT THEY'RE FOCUSING ON K THROUGH 12. I DID SHARE HOW OUR BOARD GOALS OF CMR. WE'RE PLANNING TO GO FROM 70 TO 90 AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. THEY ASKED, HOW DO WE WORK TOGETHER TO STAFF LABOR AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO STABILIZE OUR ENVIRONMENT? SO THEY'RE REALLY LOOKING AT THAT IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS IN DC AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS. [01:10:06] ONE OF THE THINGS THEY DID CHANGE WAS THE PYRAMID, AND THEY SAID THAT 1 IN 5 LIVE IN ADEQUATE FOOD SUPPLY, WHICH IS REALLY SAD. THAT'S THEIR REPORTING. THEY ALSO SAID THAT ONE OF FIVE REGARDING MENTAL HEALTH, ONE OF FIVE USE THE SCHOOL PROGRAMS, WHAT WE OFFER TO HELP THEM WITH MENTAL WELLNESS. AND ONE OF THE OTHER CHANGES THEY'VE MADE IS VACCINE RECOMMENDATIONS. THEY'VE REMOVED SEVEN VACCINES FROM THE LIST. ROTAVIRUS, HEPATITIS A, B AND THE COVID AS FAR AS RSV IS NO LONGER REQUIRED ON THE LIST FOR CHILDREN. BUT IT WAS VERY INTERESTING. A LOT OF HISTORY AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT I GOT TO EXPERIENCE IT. I'M APPRECIATIVE OF BEING ABLE TO GO AND PARTAKE IN THIS. IT WAS AGAIN, LIKE DRINKING WATER OUT OF A FIRE HOSE BECAUSE THEY GAVE US SO MUCH INFORMATION IN THE ONE DAY. IT WAS THE GOVERNMENT WAS ACTUALLY SHUT DOWN FOR THAT ONE DAY. SO ONE OF OUR SPEAKERS DIDN'T GET TO COME. AND SO I HAVE A COUPLE SLIDES HERE THAT THE NEXT ONE. SO MOMENT IN TIME. NOT THIS ONE. NOT THIS ONE. NOT THAT ONE. IT'S THE NEXT ONE. NOPE. NEXT ONE. ALL RIGHT, SO THE ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL ACT. THERE'S THREE BIG COMPONENTS FOR SUPERINTENDENTS TO BE AWARE OF. COST SHIFTING REFERENCE. SNAP. COST SHIFTING REFERENCE. MEDICAID AND CREATION OF THE NATIONAL VOUCHER PROGRAM. FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS ARE GOING TO BE DIRECT CERTIFICATION NUMBERS WILL GO DOWN. GIVEN MEDICAID AND SNAP DENIALS, WHICH WILL MAKE IT MORE COSTLY FOR DISTRICTS TO KEEP FEEDING KIDS. WHAT CAN YOU DO? DIRECT CERTAIN NUMBERS FOR THIS YEAR WILL LIKELY BE HIGHER THAN NEXT YEAR. SO GO AHEAD AND GET THOSE CERTS UP NOW INSTEAD OF WAITING. EVEN IF YOU HAVE ANOTHER YEAR ON THAT. BUT THE NEXT SLIDE SO THEY TALKED ABOUT THIS TAX CREDIT THAT ARE CALLED SGAUS, WHICH ARE VOUCHERS WITH ALL THE TALK WE'VE HEARD OF VOUCHERS. IS THERE NEXT SLIDE THERE. SO THE TIMELINE FOR IMPLEMENTING IMPLEMENTATION MOST PEOPLE HAVE NOT HEARD ABOUT THIS. I HADN'T HEARD ABOUT IT. BUT BY JULY, THE STATES ARE GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO HAVE THE OUTLINE OF HOW THIS IS GOING TO WORK. BUT EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE STATE SHOULD PROBABLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS. AND WE ASKED THE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION CANNOT USE THEIR 503 TO DO THIS, BUT IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT THEY MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT OR WE WOULD WANT TO LOOK AT TO DO THIS BECAUSE THIS VOUCHER IS ELIGIBLE FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. AND SO BY BY JULY THEY SAID IT HAS TO HAVE REGS IN PLACE. AND BY JANUARY 1ST DONORS CAN BEGIN TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE SGO. HOW THAT WORKS IS IF ME AS A TAXPAYER, I OWE $10,000 TO THE IRS, I CAN DIRECT $3,400 BECAUSE I'M MARRIED TO GO TO THAT NONPROFIT THAT THAT NONPROFIT THAT CAN GIVE SCHOLARSHIPS TO OUR STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT FOR TUTORING, FOR BAND. THINGS LIKE THAT. AND SO AND IT HAS TO BE DONATED TO THE SGAUS. AND I FORGET WHAT THE S STANDS FOR, BUT IT'S A GRANTING ORGANIZATION. AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE WHICH ALL THIS HAS A BIT OF A CONTRADICTION I'M HAVING TROUBLE SEEING. BUT WE HAVE OUR GOVERNOR HAS OPTED IN TO THIS AND THEY PUT SOME LIMITS ON WHAT THE GOVERNORS CAN AND CAN'T DO. SO THEY CAN'T CONTROL PROTECTIONS AGAINST WASTE, FRAUD AND ABUSE AND CIVIL AND DISABILITY RIGHTS PROTECTIONS. BUT THERE'S AND THEY HAVEN'T COME OUT WITH ALL OF THEM YET, BASICALLY. BUT THAT'S GOOD INFORMATION TO KNOW WITH ALL THE INFORMATION ON AND UPROAR WITH THE SCHOOL VOUCHERS. THERE IS SOMETHING OUT THERE FOR THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM THAT WE SHOULD TAKE PART IN. AND THEY ASK, SO ONE OF OUR SPEAKERS I'M DONE WITH THE SLIDES NOW. ONE OF OUR SPEAKERS, EDUCATION SECRETARY COULD NOT ATTEND. SO THEY PUT A MAKESHIFT PANEL TOGETHER. AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS, I JUST FOUND IT INTERESTING. WHAT SHOULD WE BE LOOKING FOR? FIVE YEARS OUT? [01:15:04] AND WHAT SHOULD WE BE THINKING ABOUT? AND ONE OF THE COMMENTS HE MADE WAS, WE'RE. WE'RE IN A GENERATION OF KIDS WHERE MOST KIDS GROW UP WITH NOT MANY BOOKS IN THE HOUSE, AND MOST OF THEM HAVE NEVER HAD A NEWSPAPER IN THE HOUSE. EVERYTHING IS ONLINE, IN SOCIAL MEDIA, AND SO WE NEED TO LOOK AHEAD TOWARDS MENTAL HEALTH AS WELL. I KNOW THAT'S A HUGE TOPIC, BUT BECAUSE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES ARE GOING TO BE SO MUCH MORE GREAT IN FIVE YEARS. SO AGAIN, THANKS FOR ALLOWING US TO GO. WE GOT FACETIME WITH BRANDON GILL AND TED CRUZ AND BETH AND THEIR STAFF AND LOTS OF INFORMATION. I INCLUDED ALL THE SLIDE DECKS FOR YOU ALL TO HAVE TO LOOK THROUGH. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING BACK THE SLIDE DECKS. BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS INFORMATION? OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING BACK THE INFORMATION FOR US. ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS DISCUSS DISTRICT PROPERTIES. BOARD MEMBERS, DO YOU NEED A QUICK BREAK? ANYBODY NEED A QUICK BREAK? YES. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A QUICK TEN MINUTE RECESS, SO WE'LL IT'S 6:47 P.M. AND WE'LL COME BACK AT 657. ALL RIGHT. THE TIME IS NOW 6:56 P.M., AND WE ARE BACK IN OPEN SESSION. AND WE ARE MOVING TO ITEM THREE D, WHICH IS DISCUSSION OF DISTRICT PROPERTIES. [3.D. Discuss District Properties] AND THIS ITEM WAS REQUESTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE BOARD BECAUSE WE WANTED TO HAVE A COLLECTIVE UNDERSTANDING OF ALL THE PROPERTIES WE HAVE AVAILABLE IN THE DISTRICT AND HOW THEY ARE OR ARE NOT UTILIZED. AND SO WE SPECIFICALLY ASKED DOCTOR ELDREDGE TO PUT TOGETHER TONIGHT SO THAT WE COULD HAVE A SOLID TEAM BASELINE UNDERSTANDING, BECAUSE SOME OF US HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND SOME OF US ARE NEWER. AND SO WE WANTED TO HAVE A STARTING PLACE THAT WE FELT LIKE AS WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS MOVING FORWARD THAT WE HAVE A, A FIRM FOOTING ON EXACTLY WHAT PROPERTIES WE HAVE. AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DOCTOR ELDREDGE TO INTRODUCE THE ITEM. WELL, FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MR. SHACKMAN BECAUSE WE HAD MANY PHONE CALLS, BECAUSE HE HAS THE HISTORY OF BEING ON THE BOARD FOR SO LONG. HE HAS A HISTORY OF ALL THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE IN OUR DISTRICT. AND WE ACTUALLY LAST YEAR DROVE AROUND AND LOOKED AT EVERY LITTLE PIECE AND WE PUT TOGETHER EVERY PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT THAT IS VACANT OR THAT IS, YOU KNOW, THAT ENCOMPASSES OUR DISTRICT THAT IS NOT BEING UTILIZED. AND SO I COREY GAVE MR. BLACKBURN GAVE A PRESENTATION AT THE BOARD MEETING LAST MONTH, AND HE TALKED ABOUT OUR EDUCATIONAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR WHAT WE LOOK FOR. AFTER HE DID MANY, MANY MEETINGS WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THE, THE CARROLLTON ELEMENTARY, WHAT ARE OUR SPECIFICATIONS FOR OUR CAMPUSES IN LOOKING IN THE FUTURE? AND SO WITH THAT, WE PUT TOGETHER THAT INFORMATION TO GO ALONG WITH OUR PRIORITY BASED BUDGETING AND WHAT OUR PROPERTIES ARE AND WHAT WE CAN UTILIZE THEM TO BE OR NOT TO BE. AND SO WITH THAT, I WANT TO THANK MR. MOORE AND HIS TEAM FOR THE HOURS. AND JACKIE, THANK YOU, JACKIE, FOR DOING ALL YOUR GREAT COMPUTER WORK BECAUSE THIS IS A COMPREHENSIVE BOOKLET OF EVERY PIECE OF PROPERTY AND THE VALUE AND ALL THE INFORMATION. SO I'M GOING TO LET MR. MOORE WALK US THROUGH IT AND THANK YOU AGAIN SO YOU CAN START. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. DOCTOR ELDRIDGE, PRESIDENT HADFIELD, TRUSTEES. FIRST OF ALL, YOUR EYES ARE NOT DECEIVING YOU. THIS IS NOT KAREN RODRIGUEZ SEATED TO MY RIGHT NEXT TO KIM CASTANON. THAT'S COREY BLACKBURN. HIS NAME IS ON THIS PRESENTATION, AND SO HE MAY CHIME IN FROM TIME TO TIME AS WELL. AND I THOUGHT IT'D BE A WHOLE LOT EASIER IF HE WAS SEATED THERE SO HE COULD JUST ADDRESS SOME THINGS. BUT AS DOCTOR ELDRIDGE MENTIONED, AND AS PRESIDENT HATFIELD MENTIONED, THIS IS REALLY TIMELY BECAUSE IT'S JUST TWO WEEKS AGO, YOU ALL ADOPTED THE EDUCATIONAL SPECIFICATIONS. AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO TALK THROUGH THE LAND. AND IT'S JUST AS CRITICAL FOR LONG TERM PLANNING SPECIFICALLY WITH REGARD TO UNDERSTANDING WHAT IT IS THAT WE LOOK FOR IN LAND, THE VACANT STRUCTURES OR THE VACANT LAND THAT WE HAVE LAND THAT HOW IT'S BEING UTILIZED, WHETHER THERE'S A FACILITY ON IT OR NOT. IS IT PARKING? AND SO WE HAVE, AS DOCTOR ELDRIDGE MENTIONED, PUT TOGETHER A LIST OF BASICALLY IT'S THE PROPERTIES THAT THERE'S NOT AN EXISTING STRUCTURE ON. IT MAY BE UTILIZED, IT MAY NOT BE UTILIZED. BUT WE'RE GOING TO TALK THROUGH SOME OF THOSE PIECES. BUT TO MAKE THE TIE IN THAT WAS JUST MENTIONED ED SPECS WERE WHAT YOU ALL ADOPTED A FEW WEEKS BACK. AND YOU CAN SEE THERE I WON'T RUN THROUGH ALL OF THAT BECAUSE YOU REVIEWED IT. BUT THEY THE GUIDELINES, THE EDUCATIONAL SPECIFICATIONS ARE THE GUIDELINES FOR THE BUILDINGS. IT INCLUDES THE MISSION AND THE GOALS. IT INCLUDES THE FACILITY TYPES. THERE'S SAFETY COMPONENTS, THERE'S MINIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE REQUIREMENTS. [01:20:01] OF COURSE, IT'S REQUIRED BY STATE LAW. AND IT REQUIRES BOARD APPROVAL. WE HAD ED SPECS AND WE UPDATED THEM. IT WAS ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF PROCESS. MR. BLACKBURN GUIDED THROUGH THAT. IT BEGAN. IT BEGAN IN 2024 EXTENSIVE INTERVIEWS WITH STAFF, WITH TEACHERS TO ENSURE THAT WHAT WE WERE DOING AND THE DIRECTION WE WERE GOING WORKED. AND THEN, OF COURSE YOU ALL ADOPTED THOSE NEW SPECS JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. SO THE SPECS, THEY DEFINE THE BUILDINGS, BUT THEY DON'T DEFINE THE LAND. SO HOW DO WE DEFINE THE LAND? WE USE THE ASSOCIATION FOR LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS TO HELP WITH A, WITH WITH DEFINING HOW IT IS AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN LAND. THAT'S AN EDUCATION FACILITY, ORGANIZATION GROUP. THEY'VE BEEN AROUND FOR MORE THAN 100 YEARS. THEY WERE FOUNDED IN 1921. THEY ARE UTILIZED INTERNATIONALLY. THEY HAVE A CHAPTER IN VIRTUALLY EVERY STATE IN THE, IN THE, IN THE, IN THE COUNTRY AUSTRALIA, CANADA. AND SO THEY ARE A, A VERY STRONG PRESENCE IN HOW YOU DEFINE THE LAND TYPES THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. THEY'VE GOT SEVERAL KEY ELEMENTS SITE SELECTION AND ANALYSIS, FUNCTIONAL DESIGN SUSTAINABILITY, INTEGRATION OF THE FACILITIES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. BUT THE KEY PORTION THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT TONIGHT IS SITE PLANNING. AND THAT THAT YOU SEE RIGHT THERE, THAT'S, THAT'S THE BIGGEST PORTION OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO TALK THROUGH WITH THE ASSOCIATION FOR LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS AND HOW IT'S IMPACTING OUR OUR SITES IS THROUGH THEIR SITE PLANNING. AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT THAT WHAT THEY DO RIGHT THERE IN THAT FINAL BULLET. THEY TAKE A LOOK AT THE CONDITIONS OF THE SITE AND THESE TWO FIRST RIGHT THERE, THE ENSURING THE ADEQUATE SIZE AND AVOIDING WETLANDS. THOSE WILL PLAY INTO SOME OF WHAT WE TALKED THROUGH. BUT THE SITE PLANNING COMPONENT IS BASICALLY THAT'S THIS IS TO LAND WHAT THE SPECS ARE TO THE BUILDINGS. AND SO THAT IS ADEQUATE SIZE IS KEY. AND SO THOSE ARE THE GUIDELINES THAT THE ASSOCIATION FOR LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS USES TO HELP DETERMINE ADEQUATE SIZING FOR OUR PROPERTIES, AS THEY'RE RELATED TO THE CAMPUSES. YOU CAN SEE THERE THE TEN ACRES PLUS ONE ACRE PER 100 STUDENTS FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THEN 20 AND 30 FOR HIGH SCHOOLS, RESPECTIVELY. SO KEEPING IN MIND THE THE SPECIFICATIONS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO BUILD OUR, OUR NEW FACILITIES OF COURSE, THE LAND THAT WE HAVE AND WHERE THEY'RE BEING BUILT. IS WHAT WE HAVE. BUT MOVING FORWARD, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR WHETHER WE'RE LOOKING TO PURCHASE WHETHER WE'RE LOOKING TO MAINTAIN WHATEVER IT IS WE'RE DOING WITH BUILDINGS USING OUR SPECS WITH AN EIGHT, 800 STUDENT ELEMENTARY SPECIFICATION, THAT'S 18 ACRES, TEN ACRES, PLUS ONE ACRE FOR EVERY 100 STUDENTS. THAT'S AN 18 ACRE SITE WOULD BE THE MOST DESIRABLE BASED ON THESE GUIDELINES. FOR A MIDDLE SCHOOL, IT WOULD BE A 32 ACRE SITE THAT'S 1200 STUDENTS. SO THAT'S 20 ACRES, PLUS ONE ACRE FOR EVERY 100 STUDENTS. AND IDEALLY THE HIGH SCHOOL SITES, 52 ACRES WITH, WITH 2200 STUDENT BUILD OUT AT OUR LARGEST TARGETED CAMPUS. AND SO, AGAIN, THOSE ARE NUMBERS. THOSE ARE BALLPARK FIGURES, NOT BALLPARK THAT THAT'S SET IN WHAT WE LOOK AT. BUT THOSE ARE JUST GUIDELINES THAT WE USE ON HOW WE'RE DETERMINING THE THE LAND THAT WE HAVE AND WHAT WE'RE USING IT FOR. SO TONIGHT AND YOU ALSO, BEFORE I MOVE ON, YOU HAVE A COPY OF THAT YOU SHOULD UNDERNEATH YOUR BINDER MAYBE IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THAT WHILE WE'RE TALKING THROUGH THESE THINGS. TO KEEP THAT IN MIND TONIGHT'S LAND DISCUSSION, WE'RE GOING TO TALK THROUGH OUR VACANT PROPERTIES, AND I'LL EXPLAIN WHAT WE MEAN BY VACANT WHEN WE GET THERE. THERE'S 11 OF THOSE, AND WE'RE GOING TO REVISIT OUR FORECLOSED CAMPUSES. THE WE'VE SORTED IN YOUR BINDERS THERE THREE CATEGORIES. CATEGORY A THAT MEETS THE SITE PLANNING GUIDELINES. CATEGORY B DOES NOT MEET THE SITE PLANNING GUIDELINES. AND THEN CATEGORY C IS OUR CLOSED CAMPUSES. AND I WANT TO, FOR A SECOND GO TO A SLIDE WITH REGARD TO THE CLOSED CAMPUSES. BECAUSE IF YOU REMEMBER, LAST DECEMBER WHEN WE FINALIZED OUR FACILITY PLANNING ADVISORY GROUP FRAMEWORK THIS I WILL ZOOM IN, BUT THIS DOWN HERE, THIS WAS IN ADDITION, THE NIGHT OF THE MEETING WITHIN THE CONDITION AND ADEQUACY. A CONSIDERATION OF THAT GROUP WAS THAT WE CREATE A PLAN FOR THE NEXT USE OF A FACILITY THAT'S PLANNED FOR CLOSURE OR CONSOLIDATION. AND SO OF COURSE WE DID THAT. WE HAD PLANS FOR TEMPORARY USE FOR CONSTRUCTION OR WITH REGARD TO LONG AND CENTRAL. AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF WE HAD PLANS FOR MCCOY AND FOR NOW. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THOSE AND SEE WHAT PLAN WE USED, WHERE IT STANDS. AND SO JUST TO JUST TO REITERATE, THOSE WERE A DRIVING FORCE WITHIN OUR CLOSED CAMPUSES TO BE SURE AND HAVE A PLAN FOR THE NEXT USE OF A FACILITY SPECIFICALLY COMING OUT OF THAT MEETING, THAT CONSIDERATION CAME INTO PLAY BECAUSE OF STATED CONCERN AT THAT FACILITY PLANNING MEETING OF REFERENCES TO HUEY AND SHEFFIELD HAVING [01:25:01] SAT VACANT FOR SOME TIME AND AND NOT WANTING ANY OF OUR SITES TO TURN INTO THAT TYPE OF A SITUATION. IT WAS ALSO BROUGHT UP AT BOTH CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, WHERE I WENT AND SPOKE AND SHARED OUR CONSOLIDATION PIECES. GET BACK TO THE PRESENTATION HERE. AND KEEPING IN MIND, I ALSO WANT TO GO BACK TO SITE CATEGORY A AND B. WE'RE ONLY LOOKING AT THE ADEQUATE SIZE FOR ACREAGE. I'LL KIND OF TALK THROUGH THAT AS WELL. WHETHER IT MEETS THE SITE PLANNING GUIDELINES. WE LOOKED MAINLY AT THE THE ACREAGE AND THE SIZE OF THE LOTS FOR TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION, AND WE'LL GET THROUGH ALL OF THAT WITH A WITH A DIGITAL FLYOVER OF THE MAPPED LOCATIONS. SO IF YOU WILL GO AHEAD AND TURN TO NO, I DON'T HAVE ONE OF THOSE. I COULD FOLD ONE UP REAL QUICK, BUT I MIGHT CRASH IT INTO THAT SCREEN. LET ME GET HERE, MR. MOORE. THEY ALSO HAD AN ASSIGNMENT TO GO AND DRIVE BY THE FACILITIES IN THE THE PLOT OF LAND. SO IF YOU DID NOT COMPLETE YOUR HOMEWORK, WE HAVE THIS GREAT MAP THAT WILL SHOW YOU ALL THE THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE LISTED IN THIS BOOKLET. WE DO. SO WE'RE GOING TO START AGAIN WITHIN THE THE FIRST SECTION IS MEETS THE SITE PLANNING GUIDELINES. AND AGAIN THIS IS JUST ON THE ACREAGE ALONE. AND IF YOU'LL FLIP TO THE FIRST ONE PAGER THAT IS THE PROPERTY AT 2106 LUNAR ROAD. ZOOM OUT A BIT. LATER DISAPPEARED. I'LL GO IN ONE MORE. SO RIGHT THERE YOU CAN SEE THE PEN, THE OUTLINE OF THE LAYER. THERE YOU GO. SO THIS IS BUSH RIGHT HERE. LUNA IS JUST TO THE RIGHT. THIS IS A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT WE HAVE. IT'S ZONED AS AS COMMERCIAL. YOU CAN SEE WITHIN THOSE, THOSE THE ONE PAGER THERE, IT'S GOT THE PARCEL NUMBER. IT IS DALLAS COUNTY. YOU'VE GOT YOUR LAND VALUES. ACCORDING TO DALLAS COUNTY, A COUPLE OF THE NOTES ON THIS PROPERTY. IT AGAIN, IT MEETS THE SITE PLANNING SIMPLY BECAUSE IT'S 36.7 ACRES. HOWEVER, IT IS IN A SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREA. AND SO WITH THAT SPECIFICALLY, THIS IS A ZONE, A FLOOD HAZARD AREA. AND THAT MEANS THAT THERE'S A 1% OR GREATER ANNUAL CHANCE OF FLOODING. THERE'S FEMA APPLICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS AND RULES FOR THIS. ANYONE WHO WOULD WANT TO PURCHASE THIS AND SECURE LIKE A FEDERAL FEDERAL LOAN, IF YOU WILL, THERE WOULD NEED TO BE FLOOD INSURANCE. THIS IS IN A HIGH RISK OF FLOODING. THAT'S WHY IT GETS THE ZONE A RATING, BECAUSE IT'S NEAR RIVERS AND STREAMS. BUT BACK TO THE CRITERIA THAT WE TALKED THROUGH. AND YOU'VE GOT YOUR SHEET THERE. THE THE WETLANDS ARE A CONSIDERATION WITH REGARD TO THE, THE GUIDELINES OF WHAT THE, THE SITE PLANNING LOOKS AT. SO THIS IS THE FIRST PARCEL, BUT IT IS DEFINITELY IN A WETLAND AREA. AS I ZOOM OUT, THAT PARCEL GOES AWAY. SORRY ABOUT THAT. BUT YOU CAN KIND OF GET A BETTER BEARING ON WHERE IT IS. THERE'S THERE'S 35. LUNA IS RIGHT HERE. GEORGE BUSH IS RIGHT HERE. SO THAT'S 2106. AND IF YOU FLIP TO YOUR NEXT PAGE, THAT'S JUST KIND OF AN OUTLINE OF THE THE FLOOD HAZARD LAYER THAT WE PULLED FROM FEMA FOR TONIGHT. SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHERE THE FLOOD RUNS THROUGH THAT ZONE A IS ON THE FAR EAST SIDE CLOSER TO THE TOLLWAY. MOVING TO THE NEXT SITE. IT IS 7600 VALLEY VIEW LANE. THAT IS JUST TO THE EAST OF THE WALTON CENTER. AND THIS IS AN INTERESTING MIX OF PARCELS RIGHT HERE. THAT IS THIS PIECE UP HERE. IT IS 17 ACRES, ACTUALLY. IT'S THE PIECE ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT HERE. MY APOLOGIES. IT'S 17 ACRES. YOU SEE THE THE APPRAISAL VALUES BASED ON DALLAS COUNTY AGAIN, THAT IS IN A WETLAND AREA BECAUSE THEY'RE IT'S A ZONE, A FLOOD HAZARD AREA. IF YOU WANT TO FLIP TO YOUR NEXT SHEET, YOU CAN SEE KIND OF ON THE FAR WEST SIDE AND THE FAR OR THE FAR EAST SIDE AND THE FAR NORTH SIDE. THERE IS A FLOOD ZONE ON THE NORTH AND THE EAST OF THAT AS IT CONTOURS AROUND AND THE LEVEE RUNS UP TO THAT EAST SIDE OF IT ON THE INSERT THERE. BUT THAT IS, THAT'S THE PROPERTY THAT ADJOINS THAT'S 76 VALLEY, 7600 VALLEY VIEW A AND I NAMED THIS NEXT ONE B BECAUSE THAT'S THE NEXT PARCEL. IT'S JUST NORTH OF IT. AND SO THOSE TWO COMBINED THERE IS THAT THAT SECOND PARCEL IS 21.5 ACRES. THE ONE JUST TO THE SOUTHEAST OF IT IS 17.9. SO AGAIN, THOSE ARE SEPARATE PARCELS, BUT IT'S THE SAME SECTION OF LAND THERE JUST ACROSS FROM VALLEY VIEW. [01:30:04] THERE IS SOME FLOOD BLOOD CONSIDERATION ALONG LA VALLETTA AND 635 RIGHT HERE ON THE SERVICE ROAD. THOSE WERE BASED ON SIZE AND ACREAGE ALONE. THE ONLY THREE OF OUR 11 VACANTS THAT DO MEET THE ACTUAL SITE PLANNING SPECIFICATIONS. THEY'RE THERE'S SIZE ENOUGH AT ALL THREE OF THOSE TO PUT SOMETHING ON BASED ON THE ACREAGE. HOWEVER, THEY HAVE SERIOUS WETLAND CONSIDERATION FOR WHAT COULD BE DONE THERE. IF YOU FLIP TO YOUR NEXT SECTION, THOSE THESE ARE THE PIECES THAT DO NOT MEET THE SITE PLANNING. AGAIN, BASED ON ACREAGE. THE FIRST PARCEL THIS IS AGAIN ONE OF THE THE THE TWO SECTIONS. IT'S JUST DIVIDED UP. IS 1821 PEARL STREET. IT'S JUST RIGHT NEXT TO US ACROSS THE STREET SOUTH OF CARROLLTON ELEMENTARY. NORTH OF THE ESDC. IT IS VACANT. HOWEVER, WE USE IT EVERY DAY FOR PARKING. THERE'S NOT A STRUCTURE ON IT, BUT THE LOT IS THERE. IT'S 2.9 ACRES, AND THEN THE YOU CAN SEE THE COST TO MAINTAIN ALSO. I'LL PUT THAT THERE IN THE NOTES. THAT'S BASICALLY CLEANING, TRIMMING, MOWING. ALONG WITH THOSE OTHER THREE PIECES. THOSE WERE IN THE NOTE SECTION AS WELL. ON THE PREVIOUS PROPERTIES I SHOWED YOU. BUT 1821 PEARL A AND THEN 1821 PEARL B, THAT'S THE SECTION RIGHT HERE, JUST NORTH OF IT. SO THOSE TWO COMBINED, THEY'RE NOT OFFICIALLY A A SECTION OF THE CARROLLTON ELEMENTARY CAMPUS. HOWEVER, YOU CAN SEE THIS MAP IS DATED JANUARY 3RD. SO THIS IS A THIS IS A REALLY RECENT MAP. WE DO HAVE THE PORTABLE BUILDINGS HERE FOR THE CARROLLTON ELEMENTARY CONSTRUCTION. AND WHILE THERE'S NOT NECESSARILY A FACILITY THAT WE MAINTAIN ON THESE PROPERTIES, THERE UTILIZED A GREAT DEAL, WHETHER IT'S PARKING. AND THIS JUST TURNED INTO A GOOD SECTION TO HAVE THESE PORTABLES IN. SO WHILE WE DON'T NECESSARILY WE COULDN'T PUT ANYTHING HERE AND THERE'S NOT A STRUCTURE THERE CURRENTLY THOSE THOSE PROPERTIES ARE UTILIZED PRETTY PRETTY REGULARLY BY THE DISTRICT. THE NEXT PIECE IS 1950 HUTTON DRIVE. AND I THOUGHT OF MISS GARZA ROJAS EVERY TIME I PULLED THIS UP IN PREPARATION FOR THIS MEETING THE LAST WEEK, BECAUSE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE SIZE OF OF THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY. IT'S A WHOPPING 0.35 ACRES. AND SHE WAS LIKE, CAN YOU EVEN PARK A CAR ON THERE? AND COULD WE PROVIDE SOME LEVEL OF OF RATIONALE FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND HOW BIG IT IS? WELL, IT'S 0.35 ACRES. AND I JUST DID A QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH BEFORE WE STARTED TONIGHT. AND I THINK YOU COULD PARK ANYWHERE FROM 20 TO 40 CARS ON THREE ACRES. BUT THERE'S TREES. THERE'S EASEMENTS. YOU MIGHT GET TEN ON HERE, I DON'T KNOW, BUT THEN THAT'S THAT'S THE INTERESTING PIECE OF PROPERTY BECAUSE HUTTON TRAILS NORTH AND SOUTH AND THEN IT JUST CURVES OVER. IT CUT INTO WHAT WAS OUR STANDARDS AREA AND JUST LEFT THAT LITTLE PARCEL RIGHT THERE. WE DO NOT MAINTAIN THAT PROPERTY. WE DON'T MOW IT. WE DON'T. WE'D EAT IT. AND I'M HOPING THAT WHOEVER IS, IS NOT WATCHING THIS TONIGHT AND BEGINS ASKING US IF WE WILL START DOING THAT. BUT IT IS THREE ACRES. IT'S JUST A SLIVER RIGHT THERE ACROSS FROM STANDARD STADIUM. THE NEXT WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO THE LA VILLITA AREA. IT'S ANOTHER INTERESTING LITTLE SLIVER. IT ALL WORKS TOGETHER, BUT WE JUST WANTED YOU GUYS TO SEE HOW THESE WERE DIVIDED UP. SO THIS IS ESSENTIALLY PART OF THE PREVIOUS TWO PARCELS. HOWEVER YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE THAT IT'S IN IT'S JUST AN INTERESTING CUT RIGHT ALONG THE WESTERN EDGE OF THESE TWO PARCELS. IT RUNS NORTH UP TO THE THE THE TOLLWAY RIGHT HERE, AND IT CUTS DOWN. IT'S AN EASEMENT JUST ALONG BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD AND ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE ROAD. ONCE YOU GET TO THIS SECOND PARCEL UP HERE, 2.9 ACRES IN TOTAL, BUT ESSENTIALLY IT CONNECTS WITH ALL THREE OF THESE PIECES TOGETHER. AND THE COST TO MAINTAIN THAT, OF COURSE, IS THE EDGING AND THE MOWING AND THE AND THE THE MAN HOURS ON THAT. NEXT PROPERTY IS 2115 FRANKFORD. THAT'S A PROPERTY THAT YOU ARE ALL EXTREMELY FAMILIAR WITH, AS WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT A GREAT DEAL OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO. THAT IS THE FORMER HUEY SITE. AND AGAIN, THIS IS A VERY RECENT MAP. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S NO MORE HUEY. THEY'VE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB OF GOING IN AND GRADING AND ESTABLISHING THIS THIS AREA HERE. [01:35:01] JUST AS A REMINDER FOR FOR THOSE WHO MAY BE LISTENING OR WATCHING, THAT PROPERTY IS DECLARED SURPLUS AT THE FEBRUARY BOARD MEETING, AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF ENGAGING WITH TO BEGIN TO SELL THAT PROPERTY. NEXT IS A VERY SIMILAR PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT IS AT KELLY BOULEVARD. WHICH IS THE FORMER SHEFFIELD SITE. THEY HAD NOT YET BEGUN. FINISHED BUSTING UP THE FOUNDATION OR REMOVING THAT. THAT'S ALL GONE NOW. IT LOOKS A LOT LIKE FRANKFORT. BUT AGAIN, THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED SURPLUS, AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF ENGAGING TO SELL THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY. BUT THERE ARE STILL COSTS OF MAINTAINING THAT. AS YOU CAN SEE THERE, THIS YEAR, THAT PROPERTY HAS PROPERTIES COST US $7,500 TO TO MAINTAIN, AND THE HUEY WAS $4,300 TO MAINTAIN. NEXT IS 1012 STUDY LANE. THIS PROPERTY IS JUST NORTH WEST OF GOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. IT'S ANOTHER INTERESTING SLIVER. I'LL ZOOM OUT FOR A SECOND SO YOU CAN GET A BETTER BEARING. THIS IS OLD DENTON ROAD. HERE'S STUDY, AND THERE'S DENTON DRIVE. GOOD IS RIGHT HERE. THERE IS ONE EASEMENT TO GET INTO THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY RIGHT THERE. THERE'S A FENCE ALONG THIS RIGHT SIDE. ALONG THIS EAST SIDE. IT KEEPS IT FROM THE CABLE COMPANY. I BELIEVE IT'S CABLE COMPANY. UTILITIES COMPANY? THERE IS NO. AND A FENCE JUST TO THE NORTH WHERE THESE WATER TREATMENT FACILITIES ARE. NO FENCE ALONG THE WEST. SO THAT ADJOINS TO. GOOD. YOU WANT TO ADD SOME TO THAT ONE? JUST ONE COMMENT ON ON THAT PROPERTY. I DID TALK TO THE PRINCIPAL THE OTHER DAY. I DO THINK THEY USE AT LEAST A PORTION OF THAT FOR OUTDOOR PLAY FOR GOOD. SO I DO THINK THEY GET SOME USE OUT OF THAT PROPERTY. MR. MOORE, THAT PART THAT'S LABELED 2120, WE DON'T OWN THAT. THAT IS CORRECT. WE DO NOT OWN THAT. THERE IS NO FENCE THERE. I, I REACHED OUT TO THE COMPANY THAT DOES OWN THAT JUST TO VISIT WITH THEM A BIT. I'VE NOT GOTTEN MUCH FEEDBACK. I'M TRYING TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THEM TO TO DISCUSS SOME THINGS, BUT WE DO NOT OWN THAT. THAT'S CORRECT. THERE IS NO FENCE LINE THERE CURRENTLY. THERE IS ONE RIGHT THERE TO SEPARATE THOSE OUR PROPERTY FROM THE WATER TREATMENT AREAS. AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE HERE WHERE THAT FENCE COMES IN. THERE'S A GATE. IT'S GATED AND AN EASEMENT TO GET INTO THAT PROPERTY RIGHT THERE THAT THEY UTILIZE, OK MR. BLACKBURN SAID. FOR PLAY AREAS AND THINGS. THE NEXT PIECE IS OFF WEBB CHAPEL. IT'S THE IT'S THE FORMER MCLAUGHLIN SITE. THIS IS A PROPERTY THAT WE RECEIVE PHONE CALLS ON REGULARLY. YOU CAN SEE IF I COULD GET IT TO HIGHLIGHT. THERE YOU GO. NINE ACRES. SO IT'S JUST UNDER TEN ACRES. BUT AGAIN, THERE'S A ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM IT. BUT IT IS ON A VERY IT'S A IT'S A LUCRATIVE PIECE OF PROPERTY. WE WE RECEIVE MULTIPLE CALLS A MONTH ON THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY. INQUIRING AS TO OUR PLANS ON THAT. IT RANGES FROM HOME SALE TO. THERE'S ALL SORTS OF THINGS WE RECEIVE CALLS ON. BUT THAT'S PRETTY, PRETTY LUCRATIVE PIECE. YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT IS. RIGHT THERE AT WEBB CHAPEL AND FIKE JUST OVER HERE FROM TURNER. I HAVE A QUESTION ON THAT ONE, ACTUALLY, MR. SHACKMAN, I WAS WONDERING ON THAT PROPERTY IN PARTICULAR BECAUSE I BELIEVE YOU WERE ON THE BOARD WHEN STRICKLAND, MCLAUGHLIN. STRICKLAND WAS BUILT IN, THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY WAS DEMOLISHED. DO YOU RECALL CONVERSATIONS AT THAT POINT ABOUT STRATEGIC PLANNING AND WHY THEY DIDN'T SELL THEN? IT WAS ACTUALLY IT WAS PURCHASED AND BUILT BEFORE I EVER GOT ON THE BOARD. IT WAS IT WAS DETERMINED TO BE, A BETTER BUILD TO PUT MCLAUGHLIN AND STRICKLAND TOGETHER AND JUST THE SIZE OF THE ENROLLMENTS THAT THE TWO CAMPUSES. AND TO AVOID THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS TO WALK ACROSS THE STREET AND AND ISSUES THERE WITH TRAFFIC. [01:40:08] WE HAD A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO THERE ON FIKE, AND THERE WERE SEVERAL THINGS INVOLVED. BUT THE DECISION WAS MADE TO GO AHEAD AND CONSOLIDATE THOSE TWO SCHOOLS INTO WHAT IS CURRENTLY NOW WITH THE NEW BUILDING. THAT WAS AN ADDITION PUT ON TO THE STRICKLAND CAMPUS. SO, YEAH. OKAY. SO NOW IN YOUR BINDERS WILL TRANSITION TO OUR CLOSED CAMPUSES FROM OUR CONSOLIDATION. FIRST IS 1600 SOUTH PERRY ROAD. LET ME ZOOM INTO THAT. THIS IS THE CENTRAL CAMPUS, AND YOU CAN SEE THERE THE PROPERTY IS MUCH MORE THAN JUST THE CENTRAL CAMPUS. AND THAT'S AS WE'VE SAID MANY TIMES WHEN WE WERE PRESENTING IT, REALLY CENTRAL IS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TURNER BACKWARD L FOOTPRINT. BUT THIS IS THE THE PROPERTY HERE. THIS IS CENTRAL. AND OF COURSE, CENTRAL IS CURRENTLY BEING USED FOR THE AMOUNT OF THE CONSTRUCTION. IT FREED UP 6 TO 700 STUDENTS FROM TURNER EVERY DAY THEY TRAVEL DOWN PERRY, ENTER IN HERE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING. AND SO THAT HAS WORKED WONDERFULLY THIS YEAR. SAVED US AT LEAST $2 MILLION IN PORTABLES. AND SO WE WILL CONTINUE FINISH THAT OUT THIS YEAR AND THEN NEXT YEAR, THE CENTRAL CAMPUS WILL SERVE AS A SITE FOR THE FARMERS BRANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. CONSTRUCTION, MUCH IN THE WAY THAT IT IS NOW FOR FOR TURNER. DRAGGING MY FINGER. OKAY, THE NEXT SITE. LET ME BACK UP. I WANTED TO SHOW YOU HERE. THAT'S AN ACTIVE FACILITY. SO THE COST TO DATE IN THAT SHEET THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, THOSE ARE FOUR MONTHS OF COSTS FROM SEPTEMBER OF 25 TO DECEMBER OF 25. AND SO THAT'S THE ACTUAL COST TO DATE. AND THEN THE DOWN BELOW HIGHLIGHTED THERE, THE THE THE ESTIMATE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR FOR THE UTILITIES AND FOR THE LANDSCAPING TO WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO, TO FINISH OUT THE YEAR. SO WHILE THAT ONE IS BEING USED BECAUSE IT'S AN ACTIVE CAMPUS. THE NEXT SITE IS 2525 FRANKFURT, WHICH IS THE FORMER LONG MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT IS CURRENTLY BEING UTILIZED IN THIS FRONT PORTION HERE BY OUR SECURITY DEPARTMENT. IT'S ALSO BEING UTILIZED AS INVENTORYING WITHIN SOME PARTS OF THE BUILDING. AND ALSO NEXT YEAR IT IS GOING TO BE USED AS A MUCH LIKE CENTRAL IS NEXT YEAR, IT'S GOING TO BE USED AS A TEMPORARY SITE FOR SALAZAR THE DEA PROGRAM WHILE THAT FACILITY IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION THROUGHOUT THE 2627 SCHOOL YEAR. AND YOU CAN SEE THERE AGAIN THE COST TO DATE THROUGH THE FOUR MONTHS. AND THEN WHAT WE ANTICIPATE THE UTILITIES AND THE COSTING US THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR. NEXT IS 3210 FOR NO LANE. YOU ZOOM OUT HERE. OF COURSE, THAT'S THE FORMER FOR NO ELEMENTARY. YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE. COST TO DATE. THERE IT IS NOT FOR NO IS NOT CURRENTLY BEING UTILIZED FOR NO. AND MCCOY NEITHER OF THE TWO THAT WILL FOLLOW, NEITHER OF THOSE CAMPUSES ARE CURRENTLY BEING UTILIZED. AND YOU'VE GOT THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR ESTIMATE FOR THE UTILITIES ON THAT. A REMINDER ON THESE TWO SCHOOLS FOR NO WAS WITHIN THE CREEKVIEW FEEDER. AND WITHIN THIS FEEDER SPECIFICALLY, THERE WERE FIVE CAMPUSES THAT WERE WITHIN ONE MILE OF EACH OTHER. SO THERE WERE FIVE ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES WITHIN ONE MILE OF EACH OTHER. FOR NO WAS ONE OF THOSE CAMPUSES. AND SO THERE'S NO USE FOR, FOR NO THERE'S NO FUTURE PLANS FOR, FOR NO. AND THIS IS THE MOST THIS WAS THE MOST HEAVILY DID THE MOST DENSELY POPULATED AREA WITHIN ALL OF OUR FOUR HIGH SCHOOL FEEDERS, FOR ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES, AND THE. IT LOOKS LIKE THE ACREAGE IS 8.65, WHICH IS ACTUALLY WHEN I LOOK AT THE LIST OF ALL OF OUR PROPERTIES, ALMOST THE SMALLEST PROPERTY WE HAVE. THAT WAS AN ELEMENTARY CAMPUS. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. AND THEN LAST ON THE LIST OF THE FORMER CAMPUSES THAT WERE CLOSED, IS MCCOY 24. [01:45:05] 25 MCCOY ROAD. OF COURSE, THE FORMER MCCOY ELEMENTARY. AND YOU CAN SEE THERE IT IS NOT BEING UTILIZED. YOU'VE GOT THE COST ESTIMATES FOR MCCOY WAS ANOTHER CAMPUS WHERE AT ONE POINT IN THAT FEEDER, THERE WERE FOUR FOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT WERE WITHIN ONE MILE OF ONE ANOTHER. SO STILL, IT'S A VERY DENSELY POPULATED AREA. WITH REGARD TO ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES. WE HAVE NO PLANS FOR THIS AREA, FOR THIS SITE. AND A NOTE ON BOTH MCCOY AND FERNO. THEY HAVE BOTH BEEN BROKEN INTO ALREADY ONE TIME SINCE THE SCHOOL YEAR BEGAN IN DECEMBER OVER THE CHRISTMAS BREAK, AND THEN ONCE OVER THE EXTENDED MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY HOLIDAY. AND SO BOTH HAVE BEEN BROKEN INTO, WE'VE HAD TO REINFORCE THEM TO SOME EXTENT. BUT YOU CAN SEE THERE ON, ON THESE TWO PROPERTIES AND REALLY ALL OF THEM, THERE'S CLOSE TO $45,000 WORTH OF OF CAMERAS INSIDE THAT WE'RE STILL MAINTAINING UTILITIES TO KEEP THEM RUNNING, TO MAINTAIN SECURITY, TO MAINTAIN THE ALARM SYSTEM, TO MAINTAIN THE FIRE SYSTEM. AND SO THERE'S STILL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ALL FOUR OF THOSE SCHOOLS. AGAIN, TWO OF THEM ARE BEING UTILIZED LONG AND CENTRAL FOR NOW. AND MCCOY ARE NOT. SO WE WANTED TO SEE THE COSTS ON ON THOSE AS WELL. AND AGAIN, I THINK I MENTIONED THIS WAS ONE OF THE THIS FEEDER HAD FOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WITHIN A MILE OF EACH OTHER, WHICH AGAIN WAS THE REASON IT WAS SELECTED. BUT THE ACREAGE ON THIS DOESN'T MEET THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT FOR AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THE FUTURE ANYWAY. IT'S JUST UNDER THE WELL, TEN'S THE THRESHOLD AND THEN YOU ADD 100 STUDENTS PER. SO NO, MA'AM. ON ACREAGE ALONE, IT DOES NOT ON THOSE GUIDELINES. THAT IS ALL WE HAVE WITH REGARD TO THE PRESENTATION. HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE FROM THE PRESENTATION. AND I KNOW THERE'S ALSO A CLOSED SESSION AFTERWARDS. SO HOW WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO LOOK THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION, LOOK BACK THROUGH THE SLIDES, ANSWER ANYTHING YOU ALL MAY HAVE. YES, MA'AM. ARE THE MARKET VALUES CURRENT OR ARE THEY FROM 2023? THOSE MARKET VALUES THAT YOU SEE ARE THE MOST RECENT THAT WE COULD PULL FROM BOTH DALLAS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT AND THE DENTON CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT. WE'VE NOT DONE OUR OWN APPRAISALS ON ANYTHING. THAT'S THAT'S OF THE VACANT CAMPUSES. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. MISS BRADY. SO WHAT ARE OUR NEXT STEPS? THAT'S FOR US TO DECIDE. WELL, YOU CAN TELL US WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE. RECOMMENDATIONS ARE. THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR NEXT STEPS FOR THIS. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO TALK THROUGH THAT IN CLOSED SESSION WITH REGARD. WONDERFUL QUESTION. BUT I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK THROUGH REAL ESTATE PROPERTIES AND DISCUSSIONS ON ALL ALL OF THESE PROPERTIES IN THE CLOSED SESSION. OKAY. YES, MA'AM. SO BECAUSE IT IS PROPERTY, WE DO HAVE THE AVAILABILITY. AS TRUSTEES OF THE DISTRICT, WE ARE ENTRUSTED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE LOOKING AT THE LONG TERM PLANS AND THINK BEYOND. SO WE ARE NOT REPRESENTATIVES OF PEOPLE WE ARE IN TRUSTEES ENTRUSTED TO. THINK IN THE LONG RANGE PLANNING OF THIS DISTRICT AND DETERMINE HOW WE CAN BEST UTILIZE THE PROPERTY AND THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE TO SERVE THE CHILDREN THAT WE ARE SO ENTRUSTED WITH. AND ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT BEING TRUSTEES IS WE WE ARE IMPACTING TWO PEOPLE'S FAVORITE THINGS, THEIR CHILDREN AND THEIR MONEY. AND SO THIS IS SOMETHING WE TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY. AND THAT'S WHY WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE, I MEAN, THIS IS A BOARD REQUEST TO GET ON THE SAME PAGE ABOUT THE PROPERTIES WE HAVE AVAILABLE. BECAUSE THERE'S SOME QUIRKY ONES IN HERE. AND WE NEED TO REALLY DETERMINE IF WE ARE UTILIZING THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US AND THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY, BECAUSE EVERY DOLLAR THAT GOES TO A PIECE OF PROPERTY IS ALSO A DOLLAR THAT DOESN'T GO TO A CHILD. HOWEVER, ON THAT OPPOSITE VEIN IS THIS DISTRICT IS GOING TO BE AROUND FOR A LOT OF YEARS, AND WE CANNOT MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON TODAY ONLY. AND WE HAVE TO REALLY THINK THROUGH THIS. AND SO THAT'S WHY I REALLY WANT TO THANK THE INFRASTRUCTURE SUBCOMMITTEE. THEY'VE BEEN WORKING AND ASKING ADMINISTRATION QUESTIONS THAT HELP PREPARE FOR TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION. BECAUSE THE BOARD REALLY WANTS TO THINK DEEPLY ABOUT THIS. THIS IS A WORK STUDY. THERE WILL BE NO DECISIONS MADE TONIGHT. WE ARE NOT VOTING ON ANYTHING TONIGHT. WE MAY NOT VOTE ON ANYTHING. NEXT MEETING. WHAT WE ARE DOING RIGHT NOW IS FACT FINDING AND ENSURING THAT WE UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT WE HAVE. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO SEEK ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM ADMINISTRATION SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THE BEST POSSIBLE DECISIONS. [01:50:01] ANY BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON THAT? MR.. SHACKMAN. FROM A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, EVERY PIECE OF PROPERTY IN OUR NOTEBOOKS THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED HAS BELONGED TO THE DISTRICT SINCE PRIOR TO MY TIME, WHICH IS NOW 12 YEARS ON THE BOARD. AND SO HOW WE ACQUIRED SOME OF THIS, I DON'T EVEN KNOW. AND WHY WE ACQUIRED THE. DON'T KNOW THAT I KNOW, BUT WE'VE HELD A LONG TIME. YEP. GREAT POINT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. MOORE. BASED ON THAT, OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER FOUR, CLOSED SESSION AS AUTHORIZED UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, [4. Closed Session as Authorized Under Texas Government Code, Including but Not Limited to Section 551.071 – Consultation With Attorney; 551.072 – Real Property; 551.074 – Personnel Matters; 551.076 – Security Devices; 551.082 – School Children/District Employee Disciplinary Matter or Complaint; 551.0821-Personally Identifiable Student Information; 551.084 – Investigation] INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SECTION 551 .071 CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY 551 .072. REAL PROPERTY 551 .074. PERSONNEL MATTERS 551 .076. SECURITY DEVICES 551 .082. SCHOOL CHILDREN DISTRICT EMPLOYEE DISCIPLINARY MATTER OR COMPLAINTS 551 .0821. PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE STUDENT INFORMATION 551 .3084 INVESTIGATION. WE ARE MOVING INTO ITEM FOUR A PURSUANT TO SECTION 551 .072 REAL PROPERTY DISCUSSION OF DISTRICT REAL PROPERTY AND THE TIME IS NOW 07:32 P.M.. YOU ARE WELCOME TO STAY AS LONG AS YOU WOULD LIKE. OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM WHEN WE RETURN IS JUST ANY REMAINING REMARKS FROM THE AGENDA ITEMS, AND THEN WE'LL CLOSE FOR THE NIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY, THE TIME IS 821, AND WE ARE BACK IN OPEN SESSION. [5. Reconvene In Open Meeting] RECONVENING AN OPEN MEETING. AND OUR FINAL AGENDA ITEM IS COMMENTS FROM BOARD MEMBERS REGARDING POSTED AGENDA ITEMS. [6. Comments from Board Members Related to Posted Work Study Agenda] AND I'LL JUST SAY WE REALLY I THINK THE BOARD WANTS TO EXPRESS THEIR APPRECIATION TO ADMINISTRATION FOR THE AMOUNT OF HOURS THAT WERE INVESTED INTO GETTING US A DISTRICT PROPERTY GUIDEBOOK SO THAT WE COULD THOROUGHLY LOOK AT THINGS. AND THANK YOU TO SETTLE FOR BEING HERE TO TALK ABOUT ANYTHING RELATED FINANCIAL TO THESE PROPERTIES. REALLY APPRECIATE IT. BOARD MEMBERS, YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ABOUT THE POSTED AGENDA? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE. THE TIME IS NOW. 822 AND WE ARE ADJOURNED. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.