[1. Call to Order]
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          MEETING OF THE CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO ORDER AT 7:00 PM. IN A VERY ENERGETIC AND EXCITING BOARD ROOM TONIGHT. IT IS MARCH 5TH, 2026 AND IT IS 7:00 PM. BOARD MEMBERS, DISTRICT STAFF MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE. YOU ARE FREE TO JOIN ME IN STANDING AS ROB LANE PROVIDES A MESSAGE FOLLOWED BY THE READING OF THE PLEDGES BY MARJORIE BARNES AND THE LEADING OF OF THE US FLAG BY MARJORIE BARNES AND PAUL GILMORE, LEADING THE TEXAS STATE FLAG. JOIN ME IN PRAYER, YOUR GRACIOUS HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENCE BEING WITH US TONIGHT. AND LORD, WE ASK FOR THE BUSINESS AT HAND THAT YOU WOULD GIVE MUCH WISDOM AND DISCERNMENT. LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THOSE THAT WILL BE RECOGNIZED EARLIER THIS OR LATER THIS EVENING AND AS THEY ARE RECOGNIZED. LORD, WE JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THEM THE ABILITIES TO THRIVE. 
          LORD, AS WE ALL GATHER HERE, WE ALSO ASK LORD THAT YOU WOULD BRING PEACE INTO THE MIDDLE EAST AND TO ALL THE CONFLICT THAT IS IN THE ENTIRE WORLD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR GRACE AND FOR YOUR MERCY. WE LOVE YOU. IN CHRIST'S NAME WE PRAY. AMEN, AMEN. 
          WELL, THERE IS NOTHING BETTER THAN STARTING A BOARD MEETING WITH A ROOM FULL OF EXCITED PEOPLE ABOUT SCHOOLS. AND IT MUST BE SPRING BREAK IN THE AIR. I HAVE A FEELING THAT'S WHAT Y'ALL ARE REALLY TALKING ABOUT IS LET'S GET THROUGH THIS CRAZY WEATHER THIS WEEK AND ENJOY SPRING BREAK. SO WELCOME TO OUR MARCH BOARD MEETING. AS A DISTRICT, WE DEDICATE ALL OF OUR EFFORTS AND RESOURCES TO OUR GOAL OF HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR ALL. THE BOARD USES THIS GOAL TO GUIDE EVERY DELIBERATION, DECISION, AND ACTION AS ELECTED TRUSTEES. 
          THIS BOARD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING OVERSIGHT, SETTING THE STRATEGIC DIRECTION OF THIS DISTRICT, AND ENSURING ACCOUNTABILITY ALL IN SERVICE OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. YOU WILL WITNESS US CONDUCTING OUR WORK IN OPEN SESSION, EXCEPT FOR SPECIFIC ITEMS THAT MAY BE CONDUCTED IN CLOSED SESSION, AS PERMITTED UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW, THESE ITEMS TYPICALLY INVOLVE PERSONNEL MATTERS, CONSULTATION WITH OUR ATTORNEY, OR REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE AGENDA TONIGHT, IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT WE ARE IN THE BUSINESS OF SUPPORTING KIDS. WITH THAT IN MIND, WE ASK THAT EVERYONE PRESENT REMODEL RESPONSIBLE, RESPECTFUL AND CONSTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR AS THIS MODELS THE BEHAVIOR WE EXPECT OF OUR CHILDREN. FOR THE RECORD, BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT ARE KIM BRADY, ILIANA GARZA ROJAS, MARJORIE BARNES, CAROLYN BENAVIDES, PAUL GILMORE, RANDY SCHEKMAN, AND MYSELF, CASSANDRA HATFIELD. WE 
          [2. Special Presentations and Recognitions]
CONSTITUTE A QUORUM AND MAY CONDUCT BUSINESS ON BEHALF OF THE DISTRICT. OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER TWO, OUR SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS, AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MISS RODRIGUEZ. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT HATFIELD, ESTEEMED BOARD MEMBERS AND DOCTOR ELDREDGE, THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH CHICK FIL A TRINITY MILLS. I ALWAYS SAY MEALS, I DON'T KNOW CHICK FIL A. TRINITY MILLS, WE HONOR THOSE WHO DEMONSTRATE EXCELLENCE WITH THE CFB CHAMPION AWARD THIS MONTH, WE ARE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE BECKY PORTER WITH THE HEARTLAND CHURCH AS OUR MARCH CFB CHAMPION. THEY ARE A VITAL PARTNER TO OUR DISTRICT, CONSISTENTLY SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS, FAMILIES AND CAMPUSES. THEIR ANNUAL GIVING HOPE CHRISTMAS EVENT PROVIDED CLOTHES, TOYS, BIKES AND AND MORE TO OVER 150 CFB ISD FAMILIES THIS PAST DECEMBER. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THEY ALSO DONATE FOOD AND SUPPLIES FOR CAMPUSES AND RECENTLY SUPPORTED THE CFB ISD, GIVING HOUSE WITH 150 PAIRS OF NIKE SNEAKERS, SOCKS AND TOYS FOR OUR STUDENTS. WE ARE DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR THEIR GENEROSITY AND COMMITMENT TO THE CFBISD COMMUNITY. PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING OUR CFB CHAMPION, THE HEARTLAND CHURCH. REMAINING BOARD MEMBERS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO STAND? 
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NOW FOR OUR STUDENT RECOGNITION? CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD IS PROUD TO RECOGNIZE OUR OUTSTANDING STUDENT ARTISTS. GLYNIS CHASSIN MORAN OF TED POLK MIDDLE SCHOOL. HER ARTWORK, THE GREAT CHICKEN ESCAPE, HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR INCLUSION IN THE TEXAS ART EDUCATION ASSOCIATION'S YOUTH ART MONTH SPRING EXHIBITION. THROUGHOUT THIS MONTH, THIS PRESTIGIOUS STATEWIDE EXHIBITION SHOWCASES EXEMPLARY PRE-K THROUGH 12TH GRADE STUDENT ARTWORK FROM ACROSS TEXAS AT THE BULLOCK TEXAS STATE HISTORY MUSEUM IN AUSTIN, CFBISD IS PROUD TO CELEBRATE GLENNIS ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT AND HER REPRESENTATION OF THE CREATIVITY AND EXCELLENCE FOUND ACROSS OUR DISTRICT. 
          CONGRATULATIONS TO GLENNIS! AND BEST. AND IF THE FAMILY. OF THIS AMAZING, AMAZING. 
          AND THAT CONCLUDES TONIGHT'S RECOGNITIONS. IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO RAISE A CHILD, AND WE'RE SO THANKFUL FOR THE HEARTLAND CHURCH AND ALL OF OUR FAITH BASED LEADERS FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO SUPPORTING OUR KIDS AND OUR SCHOOLS. AND CONGRATULATIONS, YOUR ARTWORK IS GOING TO BE IN THE MUSEUM, THEY SAY. SO THAT'S SO EXCITING. 
          YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL TEACHER, AND WE'RE JUST SO THANKFUL THAT HERE IN CFB, WE CAN OFFER GREAT FINE ARTS PROGRAMS THAT ALLOWS YOU TO BE WELL-ROUNDED AND RECEIVE THAT RECOGNITION FOR THE GREAT WORK YOU DO. SO CONGRATULATIONS. ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE PRESIDENT'S REPORT. AND SO FOR TONIGHT I JUST WANT TO MAKE A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS. ONE, WE HAVE SOME OF YOU THAT ACTIVELY FOLLOW OUR AGENDA ITEMS. AND SO I WANTED JUST TO MAKE A NOTE THAT YOU WILL NOTICE THAT ON THIS MONTH'S AGENDA, I DID OMIT THE COMMITTEE REPORTS. THAT WAS INTENTIONAL BECAUSE THIS IS THE BUSINESS MEETING. AND ONE OF THE TRANSITIONS I'M MAKING IS WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR COMMITTEE REPORTS IN THE WORK STUDIES. AND SO IT IS NOT THAT WE DON'T WANT TO INFORM THE COMMUNITY OF WHAT'S GOING ON. THE WORK STUDIES ALLOW FOR US TO HAVE A DEEPER CONVERSATION AND REALLY FOCUS ON HAVING A MORE DIALOG RELATED TO ONGOING THINGS. SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THOSE TO THE WORK STUDIES. AND THEN THE FILING PERIOD FOR SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDACY CLOSED ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13TH. FOR THIS YEAR, THERE ARE TWO SEATS UP BASED ON THE ROTATION STIPULATED IN BOARD POLICY B B B LOCAL FOUR CANDIDATES HAVE FILED. AND AS A REMINDER TO THE COMMUNITY, WE USE CUMULATIVE VOTING HERE IN CFBISD. AND SO THAT MEANS THAT THROUGH CUMULATIVE VOTING THIS YEAR, YOU CAN CAST TWO VOTES AND YOU CAN CHOOSE TO CAST YOUR VOTES ANYWAY. SO THAT MEANS YOU CAN CAST TWO VOTES FOR ONE CANDIDATE. YOU CAN CAST TWO VOTES ONE FOR TWO DIFFERENT CANDIDATES. OR YOU CAN CHOOSE TO ONLY CAST ONE VOTE OR CAST NO VOTE AT ALL. SO YOU GET LOTS OF CHOICES HERE IN CFBISD BASED ON OUR VOTING MECHANISM. AND SO WE JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE AND ENSURE THAT YOU LOOK AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WEBSITE CFBISD EDU BACKSLASH ELECTIONS. AND THERE YOU'LL FIND INFORMATION ABOUT EARLY VOTING, WHICH BEGINS ON APRIL 20TH AND ENDS ON APRIL 28TH. AND ELECTION DAY IS ON MAY 2ND. 
          SO BE SURE TO TAKE NOTE AND VOTE, BECAUSE IT IS OUR RIGHT IN THIS DEMOCRACY, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS THE OPPORTUNITY. WELL THANK YOU. AND I THINK THAT IS ALL FOR MY ANNOUNCEMENTS TONIGHT. SO NEXT WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM TWO C WHICH IS DISTRICT ANNOUNCEMENTS. 
          AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DOCTOR ELDREDGE. IT'S ALLERGY SEASON. IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF TISSUES UP HERE IF ANYBODY NEEDS ONE. BUT ALLERGIES ARE HERE IN THE FULL MOON'S HERE AND EVERYBODY'S READY FOR SPRING BREAK. SO. BUT WE STILL HAVE A COUPLE MORE WEEKS. SO I WANT TO IF YOU ARE A MEMBER OF OUR FIRST ANNUAL COMMUNITY AMBASSADOR PROGRAM, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND? BECAUSE I SEE SOME OF YOU OUT THERE AND I'M SO EXCITED THAT, YAY, THESE ARE OUR COMMUNITY AMBASSADORS. AND IT WAS NOT HOMEWORK FOR THEM TO BE HERE TONIGHT. THEY 
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CHOSE TO COME HERE. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. OUR LAST I DON'T KNOW EVEN WHAT DAY IT IS, BUT A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, OUR FIRST COMMUNITY AMBASSADOR MEETING, OUR COMMUNITY AMBASSADORS GOT TO EXPERIENCE BEING AT EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL AND SEEING EXACTLY WHAT WE DO. AND IT WAS A GREAT VISIT. AND AND I'M SO THANKFUL YOU ALL GIVE YOUR TIME TO BE A PART OF THAT. THE SECOND THING I WANT TO SAY IS OUR FFA. AND SO I KNOW, MR. GILMORE, YOU PUT A LOT OF TIME IN OUR R.L. TURNER FFA STUDENTS. THEY THEY DID SO WELL AT THE FORT WORTH STOCK SHOW AND RODEO. THEY GOT A GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE RABBIT DIVISION AND FIRST PLACE FINISHES IN BREEDING GOAT CATEGORIES. AND I JUST THINK IF YOU HAVE NEVER UNDERSTOOD FFA, IT IS SUCH A GREAT DISCIPLINE FOR OUR STUDENTS. IT'S A GREAT RESPONSIBILITY AND IT SHOWS SO MUCH DISCIPLINE AND DEDICATION, AND I AM JUST SO PROUD OF R.L. TURNER, ALSO OUR TURNER AMAT STUDENTS, WHICH IS OUR COMMUNICATION AND ANIMATION. THEY WERE THE UIL STATE. THEY COMPETED IN UIL IN ANIMATION, AND THEY EARNED FIRST PLACE FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW. SO THAT IS JUST HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENTS ON WHAT OUR STUDENTS ARE DOING. WE HAD OUR PRE-K, LITTLE PRE-K. YOU DON'T REALIZE LITTLE PRE-K KIDS NOW COME TO BIG SCHOOL. AND SO WE HAD OUR FIRST EVENT AT LAS COLINAS ELEMENTARY, AND I WANT TO THANK OUR STUDENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. I THINK LIZ WAS STILL HERE. AND THANK YOU, LIZ, FOR ALL OF YOU DOING SUCH GREAT WORK AT THE PRE-K SHOWCASE. AND I WANT EVERYBODY TO THANK PTA. PTA EXTRAVAGANZA WAS WELL ATTENDED. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE TRAINING AND THE INVESTMENT IN OUR STUDENTS. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I WANT EVERYBODY TO GIVE US GOOD INTENTIONS BECAUSE NEXT TUESDAY IS OUR H-E-B VISIT AND WE PLAN ON WINNING. SO WE'RE IN THE TOP FIVE. SO THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU, DOCTOR ELDRIDGE. OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS ITEM 2D, WHICH IS AN UPDATE FROM PTA. SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MISS HOMAN. SORRY, WE GOT AWARDS TODAY. HI, DOCTOR ELDRIDGE, PRESIDENT HATFIELD AND ESTEEMED BOARD. I'M STACEY HOMAN, AND I AM PROUD TO SERVE AS THE PRESIDENT FOR THE ISD COUNCIL OF PTA'S FOR A COUPLE MORE MONTHS. AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE 5607 MEMBERS. WE'RE AT 91% OF MEMBERS FROM LAST YEAR. IF EVERY SCHOOL GOT 18 MORE MEMBERS BY THE END OF THE YEAR, WE'D INCREASE ABOVE WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR. THAT'S ANOTHER AWARD. WE LIKE AWARDS ANYONE CAN JOIN PTA AT, JOIN WW, ORG, OR YOU CAN BECOME A CFB CHAMPION MEMBER BY JOINING ALL THE PTAS OR HIGH SCHOOL FEEDER PATTERN AT CFB PTA THAT'S STILL OPEN. YOU CAN KEEP GETTING MEMBERS ALL THE WAY TO THE END OF THE YEAR. AND FOR THOSE OF YOU HERE FROM THE DIFFERENT PTAS, THERE ARE AWARDS EVERY MONTH THAT YOU'VE GOTTEN THE LIST THEY'RE POSTED AND WE GIVE THEM OUT EXTRAVAGANZA. SO YOU CAN KEEP GETTING AWARDS FOR YOUR SCHOOL, WHICH IS FUN. YOU GET LITTLE THINGS TO POST ON YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA. I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT TO OUR SPRING TRAINING EXTRAVAGANZA, AND A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR COMMUNITY SPONSORS. THEY HAVE REALLY HELPED US THIS YEAR IN PUTTING ON THE DIFFERENT THINGS WE DO FOR THE PTAS. SO THANK YOU TO ALPHAGRAPHICS FOR DENTAL KIDS TUTORS, KUMON, ADDISON RFB, OUR FCU, GALLANT AND LJ TWO. AND ALSO THANK YOU TO THOSE THAT CAME TO OUR STRAIGHT TALK WEBINAR FOR RAISING THE AI GENERATION. WE DID IT VIRTUALLY. 
          WE HAD GREAT REPRESENTATION FROM THE ADMINISTRATION. WE HAD IT. WE HAD COUNSELING SERVICES. 
          WE HAD SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO TALK ABOUT THE AI GENERATION AND HOW TO BENEFIT OUR STUDENTS FROM IT. WE ARE GOING TO BE POSTING THE SLIDES AND THE VIRTUAL EVENT FROM BOTH OF THESE THINGS ON OUR WEBSITE SHORTLY. ALL OF OUR PANEL MEMBERS THAT CAME TO TALK TO US HAVE AGREED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, POST FACTS. SO IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, YOU GO ON OUR SITE. 
          YOU WATCH IT. YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OF OUR EXPERTS. THEY'RE HAPPY TO FIELD THOSE, AND WE'LL GET ANSWERS BACK TO EVERYONE AND POST THEM IN A COMMON PLACE. ON OUR WEBSITE, WE HAVE SOME PROGRAM UPDATES. WE'LL BE HOSTING A SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATE FORUM ON MONDAY, APRIL 6TH AT NANCY WHARTON CENTER IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE AAO. DOORS WILL OPEN AT 630 AND WILL START PROMPTLY AT 7:00 WITH THE FORUM. THE EVENT. THERE'S AN EVENT POSTED ON THE 
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FACEBOOK PAGE SO YOU CAN RSVP FOR THE EVENT, AND THERE'S MORE INFORMATION ON THERE. AND ALL FOUR OF THE CANDIDATES WILL BE THERE AS WELL. ON APRIL 15TH, WE'LL BE HOSTING OUR LIFETIME MEMBER CELEBRATION AGAIN AT NANCY WHARTON CENTER. PLEASE REMEMBER TO SUBMIT ALL THE CAMPUS LIFETIME MEMBER AWARD WINNERS FROM YOUR LOCAL CAMPUSES SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE TO INVITE THEM AND RECOGNIZE THEM AT OUR EVENT. AND FOR CAMPUSES OFFERING ALUMNI SCHOLARSHIPS, WE HAVE A LINK WHERE YOU CAN SUBMIT YOURS AND IT'S KEPT ON THE COUNCIL WEB PAGE. WE WORK WITH THE COUNSELORS AT ALL THE HIGH SCHOOLS, SO ALL FIVE HIGH SCHOOLS WILL HAVE SEND THEIR SENIORS TO OUR LINKS FOR ALL OF THE SCHOLARSHIPS FROM ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS. AND THE HIGH SCHOOLS THEMSELVES WILL ALSO HAVE COUNCIL SCHOLARSHIPS THAT OUR SENIORS CAN APPLY FOR. OUR COUNCIL DELEGATE ELECTION MEETING WILL BE HELD HERE IN THIS ROOM NEXT WEDNESDAY AT 12 P.M. AND THE NEW COUNCIL OFFICERS WILL BE VOTED IN FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. EACH MONTH WE HAVE A PTA CHALLENGE. SO OUR MARCH CHALLENGE IS STEAM CURIOSITY ACROSS SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, ARTS AND MATH. 
          IT'LL. AND THEN OUR LAST CHALLENGE OF THE YEAR WILL BE IN APRIL. AND IT'S EQUITY EVERY DAY. SO CREATE CREATING A CULTURE OF BELONGING. SO FOR THOSE OF YOU HERE FROM THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS, THINK ABOUT THOSE CHALLENGES AND WHAT EVENTS YOU CAN DO AT YOUR SCHOOLS. AND THEN APPLY BEFORE THE DEADLINES AT THE END OF THE MONTH. THEN YOU MAY BE RECOGNIZED HERE IN THE FOLLOWING MONTH. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GET TO TONIGHT. NOW, I HAVE THE HONOR OF PRESENTING THE FEBRUARY CHALLENGE WINNERS, WHICH WAS RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS CHANGING THE WORLD, ONE SMILE AT A TIME. OUR PRIMARY SCHOOL WINNER. HAD A KINDNESS CELEBRATION. AND THE RANCHI CHEERLEADERS, WHICH IS THEIR HIGH SCHOOL FEEDER, SHOWED UP AND HELPED THEM CELEBRATE BY GIVING A SPECIAL PERFORMANCE. 
          SO CONGRATULATIONS TO FREEMAN ELEMENTARY. THEY'RE MAKING THEIR WAY UP. THEY DIDN'T SIT IN THEIR ASSIGNED SEATS. THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE BACK. THEY WAS WORRIED. AND THEN FOR OUR SECONDARY SCHOOL WINNER, THEY WERE SHOWING LOVE BY TREATING STAFF TO TREATS, STUDENTS TO SNACKS. AND THEY HAD A THERAPY DOG TO LOVE ON. AND CONGRATULATIONS TO RANCHVIEW HIGH SCHOOL. OKAY, DIANE. SO WE HAVE TWO VERY SPECIAL AWARDS TO PRESENT TODAY. 
          TEXAS PTA HAS SOMETHING CALLED VOICE FOR EVERY CHILD, AND THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH HOW MANY MEMBERS YOU HAVE VERSUS HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE AT YOUR SCHOOL. WE HAVE TWO SCHOOLS IN OUR DISTRICT THAT HAVE ACHIEVED PLATINUM LEVEL. THAT MEANS THEY HAVE AT LEAST ONE PTA MEMBER FOR EVERY SINGLE STUDENT AT THE SCHOOL. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT THEM WITH A BEAUTIFUL BANNER THAT WE GOT FROM TEXAS PTA. THIS IS A HUGE ACHIEVEMENT. THEY'LL BE RECOGNIZED ON STAGE AT THE LAUNCH CONFERENCE THIS SUMMER. AND I WANT TO START WITH FOURTH TIME WINNER, COUNTRY PLACE ELEMENTARY. JUST SHOW YOU WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE. BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO UNFURL IT BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT IT TO GET RUINED. BUT THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. OKAY. AND THEN FOR THE THIRD TIME, ROSEMEAD ELEMENTARY, THEY BROUGHT A BIG CONTINGENT. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT. WE GET SOME OF THE BEST SUPPORT IN THE ENTIRE STATE, AND I'LL SAY THAT EVERY TIME WE ARE THE ONLY COUNCIL IN THE ENTIRE STATE THAT GETS A MONTHLY PLACE TO PRESENT PTA NEWS. AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND THANK YOU TO ADMINISTRATION FOR ALWAYS SUPPORTING US AND EVERYTHING TOGETHER WE ARE PTA. I THINK FORMER BOARD PRESIDENT LES BLACK WOULD SAY WE CAN'T DO SCHOOL WITHOUT PTA, AND THAT IS 100% TRUE. SO WE'RE SO THANKFUL FOR PTA AND HOW MUCH THEY INVEST IN OUR SCHOOLS AND ALSO IN OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT 
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WANT TO LEAD AND SUPPORT OUR SCHOOLS. AND IT TAKES ALL OF US TOGETHER. AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR AWARD WINNERS AND THANK YOU TO THEM FOR HOSTING US SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATE FORUM, SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS WELL INFORMED AHEAD OF THE ELECTION. ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM BEFORE WE TRANSITION TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO STAY FOR AS LONG AS YOU WOULD LIKE. TONIGHT. WE ALSO KNOW WE HAVE STUDENTS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT MAY HAVE HOMEWORK TO DO AND WANT TO GO HOME OR HAVE DINNER, AND SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO TAKE A BRIEF PAUSE AND ALLOW ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO STEP OUT OF THE MEETING TO STEP OUT BEFORE WE CONTINUE. BUT EVERYONE IS ALWAYS WELCOME TO STAY FOR THE ENTIRE TIME. 
          [3. Audience for Guests]
ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS AUDIENCE FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE. 
          PERSONS WHO WISH TO SPEAK DURING AUDIENCE FOR GUESTS MUST HAVE ELECTRONICALLY SUBMITTED AN ONLINE FORM FOR THIS PURPOSE PRIOR TO THE DEADLINE AND CLOSING AT 1 P.M. TODAY. AS OF THE POSTED DEADLINES, WE HAD FOUR SUBMISSIONS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD, SO I'LL SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR PROCEDURES. SO OUR PROCEDURES INCLUDE THAT EACH SPEAKER IS ALLOWED TO SPEAK ONCE DURING AUDIENCE. FOR GUEST SPEAKERS DESIGNATED AS A STAKEHOLDER WILL BE ALLOWED A MAXIMUM OF THREE MINUTES, AND SPEAKERS DESIGNATED AS NON STAKEHOLDERS WILL BE ALLOWED A MAXIMUM OF ONE MINUTE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD AS DICTATED BY BOARD POLICY. LOCAL. BECAUSE THE BOARD WANTS TO HEAR FROM AS MANY OF YOU AS POSSIBLE, WHILE ALSO KEEPING THE MEETING RUNNING EFFICIENTLY. IF YOU HAVE A GROUP OF MORE THAN FIVE PEOPLE WHO WISH TO PRESENT ON A PARTICULAR VIEWPOINT ON A TOPIC, WE ASK THAT YOU APPOINT ONE PERSON TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF YOUR GROUP. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THE BOARD CANNOT DELIBERATE ON ANY SUBJECT THAT IS NOT INCLUDED ON THE AGENDA ITEM FOR THIS MEETING. BOARD MEMBERS WILL LISTEN TO COMMENTS AND WILL NOT RESPOND OR ANSWER THE QUESTIONS, WITH EXCEPTION OF THE BOARD PRESIDENT, WHO MAY RESPOND WITH FACTS BASED ON POLICY. BED LOCAL. RECOGNIZING THAT STUDENTS ARE AT THE HEART OF OUR WORK HERE IN THE DISTRICT, WE ASK THAT SPEAKERS MODEL THE RESPECTFUL AND CONSTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR WE EXPECT OF OUR STUDENTS. PLEASE KEEP YOUR COMMENTS CIVIL AND COURTEOUS. AVOID PROFANITY AND 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 THAT YOUR COMMENT, IN THE JUDGMENT OF MYSELF, THE PRESIDING OFFICER, CONSTITUTES A COMPLAINT OR CHARGE AGAINST AN EMPLOYEE OR OFFICER, IT MAY BE NECESSARY FOR ME TO INTERRUPT YOU AND ASK YOU TO STOP OR DIRECT YOU TO PROCEED WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S FORMAL GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES. IF A SPEAKER IS SEEKING BOARD RESOLUTION ON A SPECIFIC COMPLAINT, THAT CONCERN SHOULD BE ADDRESSED USING THE DISTRICT'S OFFICIAL GRIEVANCE PROCESS, WHICH CAN BE FOUND ONLINE AND INCLUDE POLICIES GBA, F AND G AND GRIEVANCE FORMS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE. IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, I WILL REMIND YOU THAT THE BOARD WILL NOT RESPOND TO THE PUBLIC AND WILL ONLY ADDRESS AGENDA ITEMS WHEN THEY ARE LISTED ON THE AGENDA. THE TIMER WILL BE SHOWN ON THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU, AND YOU WILL BEGIN WHEN YOU ARRIVE AT THE PODIUM TO SPEAK. 
          SO OUR FIRST SPEAKER TONIGHT IS MARY LOVELL. GOOD EVENING. I'M MARY LOVELL, AND I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF CHAIRING THE CFBISD EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION. WE'RE A NONPROFIT FOUNDED IN 1997 TO PROVIDE RESOURCES TO THE SCHOOLS THAT OUR TAX DOLLARS SIMPLY CANNOT COVER. 
          AND I'M HERE TO SHARE A FEW QUICK, IMPORTANT UPDATES. FIRST, LAST MONTH, OUR FOUNDATION WAS HONORED BY THE CITY OF CARROLLTON AS ONE OF ITS OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO WHOMEVER NOMINATED US. THANK YOU TRULY. YOU HUMBLED US AND REMINDED US ABOUT HOW DEEPLY THIS COMMUNITY BELIEVES IN OUR SCHOOLS. AND IF IT WAS YOU, PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHO YOU WERE SO I CAN THANK YOU. SECOND, TWO OPPORTUNITIES TO GET INVOLVED WHICH REQUIRE TIME AND NOT MONEY. ONE IS OUR F STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS CLOSE MARCH 10TH, FIVE DAYS AWAY. WE EXPECT MORE THAN 400 STUDENT APPLICATIONS. WE NEED VOLUNTEERS TO READ AND SCORE THESE OUTSTANDING STUDENTS. WE PROVIDE THE TRAINING AND THE RUBRIC. AND IF YOU HAVE YOUNGER CHILDREN, ESPECIALLY MIDDLE SCHOOLERS, THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO SEE WHAT'S AHEAD FOR THEM AS THEY APPROACH HIGH SCHOOL. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, CONTACT ME, OUR WEBSITE OR DONNA WOLD, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE YOU GET IN CONTACT WITH OUR CHAIRMAN OF 
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THE SCHOLARSHIPS, WHICH IS VICTOR JOHNSON. SECOND, WE'RE ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS INTERESTED IN SERVING ON OUR BOARD. WE'RE WORKING BOARD, WHICH IS A POLITE WAY OF SAYING WE ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES. IF YOU CARE ABOUT PUBLIC AD AND WANT TO MAKE A TANGIBLE IMPACT, WE WOULD LOVE TO MEET YOU. WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU SERVE WITH US. AND FINALLY, AND YES, THIS IS ONE ASK FOR FUNDS. WE ARE SEEKING SPONSORS STILL FOR OUR ANNUAL TEACHER OF THE YEAR CELEBRATION. THIS DINNER HONORS THE INCREDIBLE EDUCATORS WHO SHAPE OUR STUDENTS EVERY DAY. LAST YEAR, PROCEEDS FROM THIS EVENT ALLOWED US TO PROVIDE $1,000 IN GREAT START GRANTS TO EVERY CAMPUS. THIS YEAR. WE WOULD LOVE TO DO EVEN MORE. JAN RUGG OF ATMOS ENERGY AND I ARE SERVING AS CO-CHAIRS, AND SPONSORSHIP INFORMATION IS ON OUR WEBSITE. OR JUST FIND ME. I'M AROUND AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS, OUR TEACHERS AND OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU, MISS LOVELL FOR THE UPDATES. OUR NEXT SPEAKER TONIGHT IS LIZ MENDOZA. LIZ MENDOZA. OKAY, WE'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT SPEAKER, DAVE JIMENEZ. 
          GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DAVE JIMENEZ. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO OFFER SOME CLARITY ON THE FEDERAL EDUCATION FREEDOM TAX CREDIT THAT WAS MENTIONED AT THE MOST RECENT BOARD WORK STUDY SESSION. DURING THAT SESSION, THERE WERE MENTIONS OF VOUCHERS AVAILABLE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR FAMILIES WITH STUDENTS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THERE ARE NO VOUCHERS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. MORE ON THAT LATER. I FEEL THIS REQUIRES CLARIFICATION BECAUSE ACCURACY AND CLARITY MATTERS, ESPECIALLY WHEN FAMILIES MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON WHAT THEY HEAR IN THIS ROOM. SO WHAT THIS ACTUALLY EXISTS OF AS OF TODAY. IN JULY 2025, CONGRESS CREATED THE FEDERAL EDUCATION FREEDOM TAX CREDIT, THE FIRST FEDERAL PROGRAM OF ITS KIND. AND GOVERNOR ABBOTT HAS STATED HE INTENDS TO OPT TEXAS INTO THAT PROGRAM, WHICH IS A REQUIREMENT. 
          THIS PROGRAM DOES NOT PROVIDE VOUCHERS TO FAMILIES OR TO THE DISTRICT. IT OFFERS INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYERS A DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR FEDERAL TAX CREDIT OF UP TO $1,500 FOR INDIVIDUALS, OR $3,400 FOR MARRIED COUPLES FILING JOINTLY WHEN THEY DONATE TO APPROVED NON-PROFITS CALLED SCHOLARSHIP GRANTING ORGANIZATIONS OR SGAUS. THOSE SGAUS POOL THE DONATIONS AND AWARD SCHOLARSHIPS TO ELIGIBLE STUDENTS. FAMILIES DON'T RECEIVE THE MONEY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, NOR DO THE DISTRICTS THEY APPLY TO THE NONPROFIT, AND THE AMOUNT DEPENDS ENTIRELY ON THE ORGANIZATION'S FUNDING AND MISSION. SO A FEW FACTS THAT THE COMMUNITY SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THIS, THIS TAX CREDIT IT HAS, WE KNOW IT'S IT'S OUT THERE. 
          IT'S NOT QUITE LAUNCHED YET. NO FAMILY CAN APPLY UNTIL JANUARY OF 2027 AT THE EARLIEST. 
          SCHOLARSHIP AMOUNTS ARE NOT GUARANTEED AT ANY FIXED DOLLAR FIGURE. THEY DEPEND ON HOW MUCH EACH SDO COLLECTS. ELIGIBLE. ELIGIBLE FAMILIES MUST EARN LESS THAN THREE TIMES THE AREA'S MEDIAN GROSS INCOME. CFBISD DOES NOT YET HAVE AN SGO. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS NOT YET RELEASED THE APPROVAL PROCESS FOR ESTABLISHING ONE. I BELIEVE OUR COMMUNITY SHOULD ESTABLISH ONE, BUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO DO SO HAS NOT BEEN CLARIFIED OR DOESN'T EXIST AS OF YET. THIS IS ENTIRELY SEPARATE FROM SENATE BILL TWO AND THE ESSA VOUCHER PROGRAM. 
          COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THING. IT'S A FEDERAL THING. IF THE MECHANISM, THE AMOUNTS AND THE TIMING OF OF THESE PROGRAMS ARE MISCHARACTERIZED, IT CAN. IT CREATES CONFUSION AND FALSE EXPECTATIONS THAT THE BOARD AND ADMINISTRATION CAN BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO. WHICH IS WHY I DECIDED TO SPEAK UP ABOUT THIS. I'M ALSO QUITE PASSIONATE ABOUT VOUCHERS, WHICH I'LL SHARE WITH YOU ALL IN A MOMENT. I WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT WHEN NEW FEDERAL OR STATE PROGRAMS ARE DISCUSSED AT FUTURE BOARD MEETINGS OR WORK STUDIES, THAT WE WE MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR ABOUT THAT AND THAT WE PROVIDE THE COMMUNITY WITH AS MUCH CONTEXT AS POSSIBLE. MR. JIMENEZ, YOUR TIME IS UP. OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS TONIGHT. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS NICHOLAS ORNELAS. NICHOLAS ORNELAS, 1117 EAST VANDERGRIFF DRIVE, CARROLLTON, TEXAS. 75006. AGENDA ITEM FIVE I RENEWAL OF THE DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM VENDOR IS DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS. WHAT IS THEIR SERVICE? PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY, BUT I'LL READ 
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FROM THEIR WEBSITE. HIGHLIGHTS DOCUMENT HAS HELPED DOZENS OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS MOVE AWAY FROM COSTLY PHYSICAL RECORD STORAGE POLICIES BY IMPLEMENTING THE PROVEN AND EASY TO USE DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SOLUTION. THIS ENSURES ACCURATE AND SECURE DATA COLLECTION WHILE CREATING A PORTABLE DATABASE OF ALL FORM DATA COLLECTED. THIS REDUCES ERRORS WITH EASILY SCAN AND INDEX ALL CURRENT STUDENT FOLDERS. THIS IMPROVES SECURITY, REDUCES THE RISK ASSOCIATED WITH TRANSPORTING FOLDERS FROM CAMPUS TO CAMPUS. HELPS WITH TRACKING COMPLETE AUDIT HISTORY OF WHEN A DOCUMENT WAS CREATED, WHEN IT WAS CHANGED, WHAT CHANGES WERE MADE, WHO MADE THE CHANGES, ETC. THE RENEWAL DATE FOR THIS CONTRACT IS THIS MONTH. I THINK IN TWO DAYS FOR 2026 TO MARCH 7TH OF 2027. THIS IS THE THIRD YEAR OF A CONTRACT THAT MEANS THEY WERE UNDER CONTRACT LAST YEAR, WHICH IS MARCH 7TH, 2025 TO MARCH 7TH, 2026. AND THEN THE BEGINNING OR THE INITIAL YEAR OF CONTRACT SERVICE WAS MARCH 7TH, 2024 TO MARCH 7TH, 2025. THIS IS PERPLEXING DUE TO A COUPLE REASONS, BUT I HAD A RECORDS REQUEST THAT PERTAINS TO A DATE RANGE THAT BEGINS IN SEPTEMBER OF 2024, 5 TO 6 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING THE DOCUMENT SERVICES. YET YOUR LAWYER SAID THAT DUE TO THE TIME FRAMES, THERE WILL REQUIRE GOING THROUGH ARCHIVED PAPER FILES AND DOCUMENTS TO RETRIEVE INFORMATION REQUESTED. THIS WILL TAKE A VOLUMINOUS AMOUNT OF HOURS AND LABOR, SO THIS MAY COST A LOT OF MONEY. ALSO, THERE WAS A HANDWRITTEN STAY AWAY AGREEMENT THAT WAS COMPOSED IN OCTOBER OF 2024. 
          AGAIN, SAME DATE RANGE. THERE WAS NO DOCUMENTATION ANYWHERE. SO WHICH WHO'S WASTING THE MONEY? ARE WE PURCHASING OR RENEWING A CONTRACT WITH A OBSOLETE SERVICE BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE IT OR IT'S OUT OF DATE? OR IS IT OUR EMPLOYEES THAT ARE NOT DOCUMENTING CORRECTLY BECAUSE WE'RE WASTING MONEY SOMEWHERE? WE'RE EITHER PAYING AN EMPLOYEE TO NOT DO THEIR JOB AND OBSTRUCT A SERVICE THAT WE'RE USING, OR WE'RE PAYING FOR A SERVICE THAT DOES NOT WORK. THIS IS THE THIRD BOARD MEETING THAT I'VE ASKED FOR. WHAT DO YOU CONSTITUTE AS A COMPLAINT? I NEED AN EXPLANATION OR THE ENTIRE DISTRICT, WHETHER IT'S ON THE WEBSITE OR YOU WILL BE LIABLE FOR YOUR TIME IS UP. THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING TONIGHT. 
          YOUR TIME IS UP. THANK YOU. OKAY. THAT CONCLUDES OUR AUDIENCE FOR GUESTS THIS EVENING. AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS OUR NON-ACTION ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION. A VERY IMPORTANT CONVERSATION. BOARD MEMBERS, DO WE NEED TO TAKE A RECESS? NO. 
          FIVE MINUTES, FIVE MINUTES. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK. IT IS ALL RIGHT. THE TIMS 737. AND WE ARE BACK IN OPEN SESSION. AND WE ARE MOVING 
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FORWARD WITH ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS OUR FIRST AND ONLY ACTUALLY TONIGHT NON ACTION ITEM FOR DISCUSSION, OUR FINANCIAL UPDATE. DOCTOR ELDRIDGE WOULD YOU INTRODUCE THE ITEM I GOT YOU OKAY. SO WE'RE HAVING A FINANCIAL UPDATE TONIGHT. AND IF YOU WERE HERE FOR PRE MEETING YOU HEARD MR. MORRIS TALK ABOUT HOW MUCH THE ELECTIONS COST US WHICH IS ANOTHER FINANCIAL IMPACT THAT YOU KNOW WE'RE NOT GIVING ANY MONEY TO FUND ELECTIONS. SO AS WE TALK ABOUT MONEY WE WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO WORK WITH WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR FIRST PRIORITY IS OUR STUDENTS. SO AS YOU LOOK AT THIS, IT WE'RE I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERY DEPARTMENT AND EVERY CAMPUS FOR HOW HARD THEY WORK ON MONITORING SPENDING AND WHAT COUNTS FOR KIDS. SO WITH THAT, I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU. WELL, GOOD EVENING, DOCTOR ELDRIDGE AND PRESIDENT HATFIELD AND OUR ESTEEMED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. THE CHALLENGES WE DO FACE AS A DISTRICT HAVE DEFINITELY BEEN DISCUSSED AT LENGTH, BUT TODAY I'D LIKE TO REVIEW SOME OF THE CONCRETE ACTION THE DISTRICT HAS TAKEN THIS YEAR SO FAR TO MITIGATE OUR REVENUE CHALLENGES, DRIVEN BY DECLINING ENROLLMENT, AND HOW WE ARE GOING TO FACE OUR BUDGET REALITIES FOR THE FUTURE. TO BE VERY DIRECT ABOUT WHAT THE DISTRICT IS FACING. THE SINGLE LARGEST CHALLENGE FACING OUR BUDGET IS PROJECTING STUDENT ENROLLMENT. ENROLLMENT HAS DECLINED A LITTLE OVER 6% THIS YEAR, AND SINCE THIS SLIDE WAS PUBLISHED, IT HAS DECREASED ABOUT 16 MORE STUDENTS. WE 
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ANTICIPATE APPROXIMATELY $9 MILLION LESS IN REVENUE, NOT TO MENTION ALL THE OTHER FACTORS LIKE INCREASED RECAPTURE THAT'S RELATED TO OUR FUNDING FORMULA. THAT'S OUR CURRENT REALITY, AND WE HAVE TAKEN STEPS THIS YEAR TO MITIGATE THAT REVENUE DEFICIT. RIGHT NOW, WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF STATISTICAL ANALYSIS FOR NEXT YEAR, AND WE COULD BE LOOKING AT ENROLLMENT FOR THE 2627 SCHOOL YEAR, ANYWHERE FROM OUR PROJECTED 21,561 STUDENTS DOWN ALL THE WAY TO POTENTIALLY 20,000 STUDENTS. AND WHY IS THIS HAPPENING? WE'VE IDENTIFIED SEVERAL KEY DRIVERS. WE HAVE DEMOGRAPHICS WHERE WE SEE FALLING BIRTH RATES THAT ARE DIRECTLY IMPACTING OUR KINDERGARTEN KINDERGARTEN COHORTS. WE SEE INCREASED PRESSURE FROM CHARTER SCHOOLS AND NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS, NOT TO MENTION FUTURE IMPACTS OF EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNTS AND HOW THAT WILL AFFECT PARENT CHOICE. THERE'S ALSO THE ECONOMICS OF OUR COMMUNITIES. WE HAVE AGING NEIGHBORHOODS AND SHIFTING MIGRATION PATTERNS THAT AFFECT HOW MANY FAMILIES WITH SMALL CHILDREN OR SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN LIVE WITHIN OUR BOUNDARIES. AND THEN, OF COURSE, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE RISING ROBIN HOOD OBLIGATIONS THAT ARE FUELED BY INCREASING PROPERTY VALUES AND DECLINING ENROLLMENT, THIS IS OUR REALITY. 
          AND SUPERINTENDENTS AND CFOS ACROSS THE STATE ARE EXPECTED TO PREDICT STUDENT ENROLLMENT AND PLAN FOR STAFFING FOR THAT ENROLLMENT, AND THEN HOPE THAT THEIR PREDICTIONS MATERIALIZE TO ACHIEVE THE REVENUE TARGET. YOU KNOW, THIS PART OF THE JOB USED TO BE PRETTY RELATIVELY EASY AND RELIABLE BECAUSE IT WAS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF MATH, RIGHT? AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS. 
          BUT AS WE LOOK BACK, WE USED TO HAVE A VERY INCREMENTAL CHANGE YEAR OVER YEAR. I CAN'T STATE THIS OFTEN ENOUGH THIS YEAR HOW WISE IT WAS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO TAKE ACTION TO CONSOLIDATE CAMPUSES. WHEN YOU DID, NO ONE COULD PREDICT THE SHARP DECLINE THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED THIS YEAR. NOT NOT TO MENTION THE STATEWIDE PUBLIC SCHOOL ENROLLMENT DROP. BUT OUR DISTRICT COULD HAVE BEEN IN A MUCH WORSE SITUATION HAD ACTION NOT BEEN TAKEN WHEN IT DID. YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T CONTROL BIRTH RATES OR THE BROADER ECONOMIC TRENDS THAT AFFECT OUR ENROLLMENT, BUT WE CAN CONTROL HOW WE RESPOND TO THEM. AND WITH EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNT PORTAL CURRENTLY ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS, THE DISTRICT COULD POTENTIALLY SEE THE SAME KIND OF DECLINE THAT WE DID THIS YEAR, AND IT WOULD BE IMPRUDENT NOT TO PLAN ON A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT BECAUSE THIS ISN'T A TEMPORARY BLIP. IT'S A PATTERN THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS WITH URGENCY. SO WHEN I MENTIONED RELIABLE MATH BEFORE, THESE ARE THE TABLES THAT WE USED TO USE TO TREND OUT OUR ENROLLMENT WHEN IT WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE PREDICTABLE, TRENDING DOWNWARD, YES, BUT INCREMENTALLY SO OVER A LONGER TIMELINE YOU COULD RESPOND INCREMENTALLY. TREND METHODOLOGY USED TO RETURN A PRETTY REASONABLE ENROLLMENT ESTIMATE. BUT YOU ALSO HAVE TO CONSIDER COHORTS NOW. AND IF YOU LOOK, FOR EXAMPLE, OUR 2122 KINDERGARTEN CLASS COHORT, IT STARTED OUT AT 2000 STUDENTS. AND AS YOU SEE, THE ENROLLMENT THROUGH THE YEARS, WE'VE SEEN HOW THAT ENROLLMENT SHIFTS THROUGH THE GRADES. YOU KNOW, SO WE HAVE TO LOOK AT HOW EACH GRADE LEVEL EXPERIENCES SIGNIFICANT LOSSES AND WHERE WE MIGHT BE LOSING STUDENTS AS THEY PROGRESS THROUGH OUR SYSTEM. THIS DATA INFORMS OUR RETENTION STRATEGIES AND HELPS US TARGET OUR RESOURCES WHERE THEY HAVE THE GREATEST IMPACT. 
          AND STILL, BECAUSE OF OUR FUNDING FORMULA, WHEN YOU AVERAGE ALL THOSE SCENARIOS, WE HAVE TO APPLY OUR ATTENDANCE RATE SO THAT WE CAN INFORM OUR ADA PROJECTION, WHICH IS THE BIGGEST DATA POINT. YOU KNOW, DIPPING BELOW 20,000 AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE DISTRICT'S HISTORY IS OUR REALITY. AND JUST A REMINDER THAT WHILE ENROLLMENT IS EASIER FOR US TO, YOU KNOW, REMEMBER, IT'S AN EASIER CONCEPT. WE ARE FUNDED ON THE AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE, AND THAT AFFECTS WHEN THE WHEN STUDENTS ENROLL IN OUR DISTRICT AND HOW OFTEN THEY ATTEND. SO WE WANT THEM EARLY. WE WANT THEM ENROLLED ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, AND WE WANT THEM TO HAVE EVERY CHANCE TO ATTEND EVERY DAY. AND IT IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF TRANSPARENCY TO REMIND THE BOARD OF THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE USE TO 
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BUILD REVENUE PROJECTIONS. WE HAD A SIGNIFICANT SHIFT DURING THIS YEAR, AND SO I WANTED TO JUST KIND OF PUT BEFORE THE BOARD AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THAT ASSUMPTION CHANGES FOR THE 2627 BUDGET. YOU KNOW, AND IF YOU REMEMBER, WE PREDICT REVENUE IN AUGUST WHEN WE ADOPT THE BUDGET AND THEN WE REVIEW AND MONITOR THESE ASSUMPTIONS ALL YEAR LONG TO BE ABLE TO PREDICT HOW WE WILL. AND THIS IS THE ACTUAL WORD, SETTLE UP IN SEPTEMBER WITH THE STATE ADMINISTRATION'S ROLE IS TO NOTIFY THE BOARD WHEN MATERIAL AND SIGNIFICANT CHANGES OCCUR THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. SO THIS IS WHY WE BRING IT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, AFTER THE FOURTH SIX WEEKS, BECAUSE AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE IS NOT GOING TO GET MUCH BETTER IN THE LAST TWO MARKING PERIODS FOR ATTENDANCE. SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE TRANSPARENT, ESPECIALLY ABOUT THESE NUMBERS, BECAUSE THEY FORM THE FOUNDATION OF ALL OF OUR PLANNING FOR REVENUE. SO I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE'RE PROJECTING 21,500. THAT'S DEFINITELY DOWN FROM WHERE WE THINK WE WILL END UP THIS YEAR AT 22 696. SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE. WE ARE GOING TO PREDICT OR PROJECT AT AT A BARE MINIMUM, A SIX, A 5 TO 6% DECLINE TO UNDER 20,000 STUDENTS. AND WE ARE GOING TO KEEP REFINING THIS PROJECTION. WE'RE STUDYING OUR DATA. WE ARE STUDYING OUR ATTENDANCE TRENDS. BUT I DID WANT TO LEAN IN A LITTLE BIT AND RECOGNIZE THE HARD WORK OF OUR STUDENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. BETWEEN THEIR TRIBUNAL EFFORTS AND THEIR RECRUITMENT AND ATTENDANCE EFFORTS, WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN THE PERCENT OF ATTENDANCE OF OUR STUDENT POPULATION. SO THAT'S THAT IS A MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. ALL OF THESE RELATED ASSUMPTIONS WHEN IT COMES TO 26, 27 RELATED TO PROPERTY VALUE GROWTH, THAT'S AN ESTIMATE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE PRELIMINARY PRELIMINARY VALUES YET. BUT THIS IS A SAMPLE OF WHAT THE TAX RATE WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR NEXT YEAR. OBVIOUSLY WE ARE GOING TO ADJUST THIS AND UPDATE THIS AS WE GO ALONG THROUGH THE PROCESS. AND I DID WANT TO MENTION THAT THESE ARE CONSERVATIVE ASSUMPTIONS. WE'RE NOT BANKING ON MIRACLES. WE'RE GOING TO PLAN ON GOOD DATA AND PRUDENT FORECASTING. BUT THE BOARD DOES NEED TO BE AWARE THAT THERE IS SOME DEBATE BETWEEN T AND THE COMPTROLLER ON OUR FROZEN LEVY. AND I WAS AT THE CONFERENCE LAST WEEK, AND SO WE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE THAT THERE ARE ACTIVE DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN THE TWO AGENCIES OVER A COMPROMISE ON SOME CONFLICTING GUIDANCE THAT THE COMPTROLLER GAVE OUR CADS. 
          AND THAT HAS A DIRECT EFFECT ON THE ADDITIONAL STATE AID OR LIKE WE LIKE TO CALL IT, HOLD HARMLESS FUNDING THAT WILL IMPACT THIS CURRENT YEAR AND NEXT YEAR FOR BOTH THE GENERAL FUND AND THE DEBT SERVICE FUND. I DON'T HAVE A RESOLUTION FOR YOU YET, BUT I WILL KEEP YOU INFORMED. AND THEN RELATED TO RECAPTURE, BECAUSE OUR ENROLLMENT DID DECLINE, WE WERE PROJECTING AN INCREASE IN RECAPTURE FOR THIS YEAR UP TO $12 MILLION. AND IF OUR ENROLLMENT CONTINUES TO DECLINE AND OUR PROPERTY VALUES CONTINUE TO RISE, YOU CAN SEE THAT IT HAS THAT INVERSE REACTION AND AN INCREASE IN RECAPTURE FOR 27. AND THAT'S JUST THE FISCAL REALITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL FINANCE. SO LOOKING WHERE WE ARE MID-YEAR, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BOARD STAYED AWARE OF A FEW FACTORS IN EACH ONE OF THE BOARD APPROVED BUDGETS. IN THE GENERAL FUND. WE HAVE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE MAJOR FACTORS IMPACTING REVENUE. BUT IN THE NEXT SLIDE, I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ABOUT THE ACTIONS WE'VE TAKEN TO MITIGATE THAT IMPACT. BUT ENROLLMENT FLUCTUATIONS DO HAVE AN EFFECT ON THE CHILD NUTRITION FUND. SHOUT OUT TO KRISTIN HESS, WHO HAS PREVIOUSLY IMPLEMENTED, BEFORE THE SCHOOL YEAR STARTED, A CONSERVATIVE STAFFING MODEL AND A STRATEGIC SCHEDULING SO THAT THAT'S ABLE TO HELP HER KEEP HER STAFFING COSTS DOWN. WHILE HER MEAL COUNTS MIGHT FLUCTUATE. AND THEN AGAIN, ON THE DEBT SERVICE SIDE, WHILE YOU RARELY SEE CHANGES OR A NEED TO AMEND THE BUDGET, THAT FROZEN LEVY DEBATE DOES HAVE AN IMPACT ON THAT ADDITIONAL STATE AID. AND THAT WAS FACTORED INTO THE PLAN YOU HEARD FROM MR. HONEY, LAST, LAST SUMMER WHEN WE ADOPTED THE NEW DEBT SERVICE PLAN. SO THAT THAT IS JUST AN IMPORTANT NOTE 
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TO TO KEEP IN THE FOREFRONT OF YOUR MIND. BECAUSE THE DEBT SERVICE IMPACT COULD HAVE A POTENTIAL IMPACT ON THE FIRST RATING. AND SO THAT'S WHY IT'S AN INDICATOR TO WATCH. ALL RIGHT. SO I WANTED TO REALLY RECOGNIZE HOW VERY HARD ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN WORKING AND TO MITIGATE THE EFFECT ON THE SIGNIFICANT GENERAL FUND REVENUE DEFICIT THAT'S RELATED TO OUR DECLINE IN ENROLLMENT. MUCH OF THIS WORK IS ONGOING, BUT IT IS COMPLETELY APPROPRIATE AND TIMELY TO RECOGNIZE THE WORK OF DOCTOR SMOLSKIS AND HER AND HER TEAM IN HR AND THE WORK THEY'VE DONE TO OPTIMIZE STAFFING DURING UNPRECEDENTED, UNPRECEDENTED TIMES. YOU KNOW, HOLDING ON TO THOSE STAFFING RATIOS AND CLOSING POSITIONS WHEN POSSIBLE HAVE DECREASED OUR POSITION ROSTER BY 44 POSITIONS JUST THIS YEAR AT A SAVINGS OF ALMOST $3 MILLION. ADDITIONALLY, THE STRATEGIC HOLDING ON FILLING VACANT POSITIONS AND REDISTRIBUTION OF SOME OF THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES THIS YEAR WILL RESULT IN ABOUT $5 MILLION OF SAVINGS IN THE IN THE PAYROLL BUDGET. AND IF YOU REMEMBER, EARLIER IN THE YEAR, WE TOOK OUR PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE RENEWAL OUT TO MARKET INSTEAD OF GOING WITH THE CO-OP BID. AND SO WE ALSO NETTED $1.3 MILLION IN REDUCTIONS IN OUR PREMIUM. AND THE EFFORT THAT EVERY BUDGET MANAGER OR ANYBODY WHO SUPERVISES A TIME CARD HAS TAKEN A LASER EYE TO OVERTIME AND EXTRA HOURS. THIS YEAR. THE LATEST REPORT FROM MISS REBECCA IN PAYROLL THAT SHE SHARED THIS MONTH SHOWS THAT WE HAVE SAVED OVER $635,000 IN REDUCED OVERTIME AND EXTRA HOURS JUST THIS YEAR. SO, TRUSTEES, OUR STAFF IS WORKING VERY DILIGENTLY TO MITIGATE THE REVENUE LOSS WITH THE STUDENT STUDENT LOSS. AND WE'RE NOT DONE YET. OTHER COLLABORATIVE WORKS IN ACTION BECAUSE ALL IDEAS OF OPTIMIZATION ARE ON THE TABLE, INCLUDING FURTHER REFINEMENT OF THOSE STAFFING RATIOS TO RESPOND TO OUR ENROLLMENT REALITIES, WE ARE RANKING AND ORDERING ALL OF OUR EXPENDITURES THROUGH THE LENS OF THE PRIORITIES ESTABLISHED FOR US AND THE ARENA OF OPTIMIZATION. WE ARE ALSO EXPLORING A FISCAL YEAR CHANGE, WHICH WILL PROVIDE SOME OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES WHILE GIVING A ONE TIME INCREASE TO THE FUND BALANCE. THIS IS A HEAVY LIFT FOR THE ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT, BUT IT DOES PROVIDE BENEFITS TO STUDENTS WHEN PRINCIPALS ARE ABLE TO EXECUTE THOSE EXPENDITURES TO BE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL READY, AND THE PROPOSED TEN MONTH YEAR WOULD BE FOR THIS COMING YEAR, 2627. 
          BUT THE CAMPUSES WOULDN'T REALIZE THAT EFFICIENCY UNTIL NEXT SUMMER. THAT'S JUST THE T.A. RULES. WE EXPECT TO PUT THAT BEFORE THE BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION AT THE APRIL BOARD MEETING, AND THERE'LL BE LOTS MORE TO COME REGARDING THAT. BUT THERE IS A LOT OF WORK THAT AND THAT IS GOING INTO INVESTING IN RETENTION AND RECRUITMENT. AND SO ONCE WE RECEIVE OUR PRELIMINARY VALUES IN APRIL, ALL OF THIS WORK WILL BE CULMINATED IN A PRELIMINARY FIRST DRAFT OF THE BUDGET BY THE MAY WORK STUDY. AND AT THAT POINT, WE CAN DISCUSS COMPENSATION SCENARIOS AND MAKE A DECISION REGARDING OUR LARGEST INVESTMENT, OUR STAFF. 
          SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHERE WE'RE HEADED. AND I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A DRAFT PROJECTION. 
          THESE ARE THESE NUMBERS ARE REALLY ROUGH. BUT I WANTED TO DEMONSTRATE WHAT A FISCAL YEAR CHANGE DOES TO FUND BALANCE THERE AT THE BOTTOM. IT DOES GIVE US A SMALL BUMP TO STAY AT THREE MONTHS. FUND BALANCE A, WHICH IS ONE OF THE BOARD GOALS. BUT IT'S NOT A FINANCIAL STRATEGY. THIS IS JUST A ONE TIME BUMP IN FUND BALANCE, AND THE WORK STILL HAS TO HAPPEN TO DECREASE THE BUDGET DEFICIT AND GET TO A BALANCED BUDGET STATE BY 2728. YOU KNOW, WE DID REALIZE $9.8 MILLION IN SAVINGS THIS YEAR, AND THAT HAS MADE A SIGNIFICANT DENT IN A COMPLEX SITUATION, IN A COMPLEX SOLUTION. AND IT'S DIFFICULT TO TURN A SHIP AS LARGE AS A $300 MILLION EXPENDITURE BUDGET QUICKLY. BUT WE ARE MAKING SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS. THIS DRAFT IS NOT OUR REALITY. WE CAN'T CONTROL PROPERTY VALUES AND ALL THE UNKNOWNS RELATED TO ENROLLMENT. AND WHILE SIGNIFICANT BARRIERS ARE EXIST TO REACH A BALANCED BUDGET FOR 2627, EVERY EFFORT IS BEING MADE TO GET THERE. AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO THE ROAD TOWARDS 
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BUDGET ADOPTION, WE'VE REACHED THE MIDPOINT OF OUR CURRENT YEAR, AND WE'VE SHARED SOME OF THE ACTIONS TAKEN TO MITIGATE THOSE SIGNIFICANT REVENUE DEFICITS. AND IN THE NEXT MONTH, ADMINISTRATION WILL WRAP UP OUR WORK WITH NON-PERSONNEL BUDGETS AND BEGIN THOSE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT COMPENSATION SCENARIOS FOR THE MAY WORK STUDY. AS I MENTIONED, THE BUDGET DRAFT WILL BE READY BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE THOSE PRELIMINARY VALUES SO THAT YOU CAN PROPERLY INFORM YOUR DECISION ABOUT COMPENSATION IN JUNE. STATUTORILY, ALL OF THIS BECOMES VERY SOLIDIFIED AFTER CERTIFIED VALUES ARE RECEIVED ON JULY 25TH, AND THEN THE BUDGET AND TAX RATE WOULD BE ADOPTED IN AUGUST. AND AT THIS TIME, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU FOR THE DETAILED PRESENTATION, MISS SETTLE, AND NOT ONLY FOR SHARING OUR REALITY, BUT ALSO SHOWING THE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING TO MITIGATE AND RIGHTSIZE THINGS GIVEN OUR CURRENT CONSTRAINTS. BOARD MEMBERS, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MISS BRADY, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK, ALL OF THE DISTRICT'S HARD WORK, ALL OF Y'ALL WORKING THE STAFFING AND THE STUDENT, THE RATIOS. AND I KNOW YOU ALL ARE WORKING REALLY HARD TO SAVE US SOME MONEY. AND THIS IS SO HORRIBLE, I MEAN, HORRIBLE, THE LEGISLATURE IS SO HORRIBLE THAT THEY ARE MAKING ALL OF THESE RULES AND POLICIES AND LAWS THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING TAX CREDIT NOW FROM THE PROPERTY VALUES. WE'RE ELIMINATING PEOPLE TAKING TOO MANY TAXES OR NONE AT ALL. SO WHEN THAT HAPPENS, SCHOOLS DON'T BENEFIT. SO JUST SO YOU ALL KNOW AND I KNOW IT'S GREAT. AND ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE OVER 65 OR YOU GET SOME OF THOSE CREDITS AND YOUR TAX BILL SAID ZERO THIS YEAR, JUST KNOW THAT THAT'S MONEY WE'RE NOT GETTING. SO I KNOW THIS IS REALLY HARD, AND YOU GUYS HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB OF TRYING TO REDUCE ALL OF EVERYTHING. I KNOW, I KNOW, IT'S HARD. I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION ON THE TIER ONE ENTITLEMENT, AND I KNOW YOU'VE EXPLAINED THAT BEFORE BECAUSE YOU JUST BRIEFLY EXPLAINED IT AGAIN, A TIER ONE ENTITLEMENT. HOW HOW THAT EXACTLY WORKS. OKAY. SO THE TIER ONE ENTITLEMENT IS AT THE MOST BASIC LEVEL IS 6215, 6215 PER STUDENT. AND THEN THERE'S SOME WEIGHTED FUNDING IN THERE. YOU REMEMBER THE SLIDE WITH ALL THE COLORED LINES. EVERY ONE OF THOSE LINES COME WITH A LITTLE BIT OF ADDITIONAL WEIGHTED FUNDING. AND SO TIER ONE ENTITLEMENT PER STUDENT LOOKS DIFFERENT IN DIFFERENT DISTRICTS BASED OFF THE STUDENT POPULATION AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS. IN CFB, OUR TIER ONE ENTITLEMENT IS AVERAGING OUT TO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT $10,050 PER ADA. AND CURRENTLY I THINK WHAT WE'VE BEEN SHARING WITH OUR OUR TEAM AND OUR STAFF MEMBERS SO THAT THEY HAVE PERSPECTIVE, WE ARE SPENDING ABOUT $13,000 PER STUDENT, SO WE'RE OUTPACING OUR SPEND. TIER TWO IS A RESULT OF WHEN THE DISTRICT VOTED ADDITIONAL PENNIES FOR THE TAX RATE TO SUPPORT THE SCHOOLS, BUT BECAUSE OF THE PROPERTY VALUE INCREASES, A LOT OF THAT GETS WIPED OUT WITH RECAPTURE. 
          THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. OKAY, WELL, I HAVE A GO AHEAD. NO GO AHEAD OKAY OKAY. SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT POSITION CONTROL VERSUS STAFFING RATIOS, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE TWO OR THE SIMILARITIES. ABSOLUTELY. POSITION CONTROL. 
          IF YOU CAN THINK OF IT AS THE LIST OF POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR BUDGET, STAFFING IS WHO'S IN THAT POSITION. RIGHT. SO IF WE HAVE WE TRY NOT TO PUT TOO MUCH OF A HOLD ON THE BUDGET IF IF THE POSITION ISN'T NEEDED. SO THAT'S WHERE THE 44 POSITION REDUCTION IS REALLY IMPACTFUL. BUT THEN IF THERE'S NO ONE IN THE POSITION, THERE'S NO ONE ON THE STAFFING SIDE. 
          YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THAT THAT CREATES SAVINGS TO STAFFING RATIOS ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF OUR GUIDING RUBRIC OF SAYING WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE WE MAXIMIZE EVERY CLASSROOM, SAY IN ELEMENTARY, WE MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE 22 STUDENTS IN A CLASS FOR EVERY TEACHER UP THROUGH MISS HOLCOMB. YOU CAN REMIND ME, I THINK IT'S FIFTH GRADE, RIGHT WHEN WE GO TO 25, RIGHT. AND THEN WHEN YOU GET TO SECONDARY, IT'S A LITTLE HARDER BECAUSE THEY DON'T STAY IN THE SAME ROOM ALL DAY. SO WE DO KIND OF AN AVERAGE BETWEEN 26 TO 1 OR 28 TO 1. WE'RE MOVING. 
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WE'RE MOVING TO A MORE STRATEGIC STAFFING RATIO FOR THE SECONDARY LEVEL. SO THAT IS WHAT IS GUIDING OUR DECISIONS ON HOW WE ALLOCATE THAT POSITION. BUDGET PER CAMPUS STAFFING RATIOS ARE NOT ONLY APPLICABLE TO CAMPUSES, THEY ARE APPLICABLE TO DEPARTMENTS AS WELL. SO FOR INSTANCE, I'LL USE MY OWN DEPARTMENT AS AN EXAMPLE AS AS EXPENDITURES CONSTRICT, RIGHT, THE VOLUME MIGHT NOT BE THERE. AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE SAME KIND OF VOLUME OF WORK TO JUSTIFY EVERY POSITION. SO WE EVALUATE THAT AS WELL. SO IT'S DEPARTMENTS AND CAMPUSES ARE BOTH SUBJECTED TO STAFFING RATIOS. TASB IS A GREAT RESOURCE. AND THAT'S A LOT OF WHERE WE GET OUR ADVICE FROM. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT, ESPECIALLY THE FACT THAT WE'RE MAXIMIZING WHAT'S STAYING AS CLOSE TO THE STUDENT AS POSSIBLE, WHILE ALSO ENSURING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ADMINISTRATION TO AND REALLY FIND A BALANCE BECAUSE THE WORKLOAD SHIFTS NO MATTER WHERE IT IS. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE ATTENTION TO DETAIL ON THAT. YOUR TURN, MISS ROJAS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. MISS. THIS IS REALLY HARD INFORMATION, I THINK FOR OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL TO BE ABLE TO REFLECT ON IT. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO HEAR THIS BECAUSE IT'S COMING DOWN THE PIPELINE. BUT WE ARE NOT THE ONLY DISTRICT THAT IS IN THIS POSITION. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS VERY, VERY MUCH A TRUE STATEMENT. I WAS ON A CALL YESTERDAY. YEAH, YESTERDAY WITH SOME OTHER LARGER DISTRICTS AND, AND STATEWIDE WE JUST HAD A NEW UPDATE FOR WHERE ENROLLMENT LANDED AT SNAPSHOT IN OCTOBER, AND THE ENTIRE STATE SAW $120 MILLION DECLINE IN COMPENSATORY AND FUNDING. AND THAT'S BASED OFF THE STATEWIDE DECLINE IN STUDENTS. AND SO BUT NORTH TEXAS HAS BEEN HIT PROBABLY. YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO SAY MORE THAN OUR FAIR SHARE, BUT A FAIR SHARE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS AREA, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A LARGE PRESENCE OF CHARTER AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS. AND NOW WE HAVE A NEW ONE CALLED MICRO SCHOOLS. SO LOTS OF COMPETITION. 
          AND SO WHEN ENROLLMENT SHIFTS AND AND YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO STAFF FOR FOR EVERY STUDENT WE HOPE TO COME BACK, WE HAVE TO FACE THE REALITY THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY MIGHT GO TRY SOMETHING ELSE FOR ONE YEAR. BUT IN MY EXPERIENCE, THEY ALMOST ALWAYS COME BACK. THAT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT. OKAY, SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE A QUICK COMMENT ABOUT THIS, JUST BECAUSE I THINK SOMETIMES OUR COMMUNITY DOES NEED CLARIFICATION IN GENERAL ABOUT WHAT WHAT'S COMING OR WHAT HAS HAPPENED, OR I'M GOING TO READ JUST A LITTLE, A LITTLE SOMETHING. AS WE LOOK AT THE DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL OUTLOOK, IT'S CLEAR THAT MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS TEXAS, INCLUDING CFB, ARE FACING WHAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS A GROWING PUBLIC EDUCATION BUDGET CRISIS. RISING COSTS FOR TRANSPORTATION, UTILITIES, INSURANCE AND EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION CONTINUE TO INCREASE WHILE THE STATE'S BASIC ALLOTMENT, THE PRIMARY FUNDING FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, HAS NOT KEPT PACE WITH INFLATION OR THE REAL COST OF EDUCATING STUDENTS. AT THE SAME TIME, DISTRICTS ARE BEING ASKED TO MEET WITH AN INCREASING NUMBER OF UNFUNDED MANDATES REQUIREMENTS FROM THE STATE THAT DISTRICTS MUST IMPLEMENT WITHOUT RECEIVING THE FUNDING NECESSARY TO SUPPORT THEM. THESE MANDATES ADD ADDITIONAL PRESSURE TO ALREADY STRAINED BUDGETS AND FORCE DISTRICTS TO STRETCH LIMITED RESOURCES EVEN FURTHER. THIS PUTS DISTRICTS IN A VERY DIFFICULT POSITION. AS THE COMMUNITY CAN SEE, WE'VE BEEN LEFT TRYING TO BALANCE BUDGETS AND MAINTAIN HIGH QUALITY PROGRAMS WITHOUT THE LEVELS OF LEGISLATIVE FUNDING NECESSARY TO SUPPORT TODAY'S EDUCATIONAL NEEDS. I'D LIKE TO THANK THE STAFF OF CFB EVERYBODY, PRINCIPALS, OUR TEACHERS WHO ARE TRULY COMMITTED AND SHOW UP FOR OUR KIDS EVERY SINGLE DAY. I ENCOURAGE OUR BOARD TO CONTINUE ADVOCATING STRONGLY FOR ADEQUATE LEGISLATIVE FUNDING AND RELIEF FROM UNFUNDED MANDATES, SO THAT DISTRICTS LIKE US CAN CONTINUE SUPPORTING STUDENTS, FAMILIES, AND EMPLOYEES WITHOUT FACING ONGOING FINANCIAL STRAIN. OUR DISTRICT EMPLOYEES ARE DOING THEIR PART EVERY SINGLE DAY. NOW IT'S OUR TIME FOR THE STATE TO DO ITS PART, WHICH IS FULLY FUND PUBLIC EDUCATION AND STOP PLACING ADDITIONAL BURDENS ON OUR SCHOOLS WITHOUT THE RESOURCES TO MEET THEM. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS GARZA ROJAS. MISS SUTTLE, I THINK ONE THING THAT I KNOW WE'VE GONE OVER THIS BEFORE, BUT IT MIGHT HELP IN THE NEXT PRESENTATION TO ALSO POTENTIALLY SHARE SOME OF THE UNDERFUNDED AND UNFUNDED MANDATES WITH THE COMMUNITY. AGAIN, BECAUSE AS WE LAUNCH INTO THE BOARD IDENTIFYING OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES, I CAN TELL YOU THAT OUR INTENT IS TO ALIGN THEM TO OUR GOALS AND OUR GUARDRAILS, WHICH MEANS THAT IF WE HAVE A GOAL TO GET KIDS 
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READING ON GRADE LEVEL AT THIRD GRADE AND MATH ON GRADE LEVEL AT THIRD GRADE AND THEN FIFTH GRADE, AND THEN COLLEGE AND CAREER MILITARY READY, OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA IS GOING TO ALIGN TO THAT. BUT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE UNDERFUNDED AND UNFUNDED MANDATES. I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. WHILE THE STATE DID INCREASE THE SAFETY ALLOTMENT THIS YEAR AND INCREASE THE AMOUNT TO PAY FOR OUR SECURITY SPECIALIST IN THE CAMPUSES, WHICH 100% ARE NECESSARY, I WANT THEM ON CAMPUS. I BELIEVE IN THAT. IT DOES NOT FUND THEIR SALARIES STILL. AND SO WHEN MISS SETTLE SAYS THAT, WE'RE GETTING I THINK YOU SAID TEN, ABOUT 10,500, BUT THEN IT'S COSTING US 13,000 PER CHILD TO EDUCATE THEM. THAT INCLUDES THINGS LIKE UNDERFUNDED SECURITY SPECIALIST AND REALISTIC COSTS THAT ARE HAPPENING ON OUR CAMPUSES EVERY DAY. NOW, THE FLIP SIDE OF THAT IS WE WILL PROVIDE A HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION FOR OUR KIDS IN THIS DISTRICT, AND THAT IS EVIDENCED BY THE STATE OF THE DISTRICT WE JUST HAD, WHERE WE SEE THAT WE ARE UP FOR HEB SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE YEAR. YOU SAW FINE ARTS TONIGHT ON FINE DISPLAY. YOU HEARD ABOUT OUR ATHLETICS. WE ARE PRODUCING WELL-ROUNDED CHILDREN HERE IN CFB AND WE WILL NOT STOP. AND THIS IS OUR YEAR TO GO TO THE STATE, AND WE ARE GOING TO BE ASKING OUR COMMUNITY TO JOIN US. 
          AND SO YOU CAN ANTICIPATE I'M GOING TO BE VERY BOLD RIGHT NOW AND SAY THAT THIS BOARD WILL BE IN THE COMMUNITY THIS FALL ASKING FOR YOUR HELP AND EDUCATING YOU ON HOW TO SUPPORT US, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO THE CAPITOL. ANYBODY GOING WITH ME? THAT'S GOOD. MISS SETTLE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SORRY. WE MIGHT HAVE JUST GONE TO CHURCH IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO WITH THAT BOARD MEMBERS, ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET TO WORK FOR 
          [5. Consent Agenda]
KIDS. OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS THE CONSENT AGENDA. EVERYONE. THE CONSENT AGENDA IS A MECHANISM THAT WE USE TO APPROVE A NUMBER OF ROUTINE ITEMS, TOGETHER WITH A SINGLE VOTE. THESE ARE OUR BUSINESS ITEMS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT. THE PUBLIC NOTICE FOR THIS MEETING INCLUDES A LIST OF ALL CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS, AND THE BOARD HAS BEEN PROVIDED AMPLE INFORMATION ABOUT THESE AGENDA ITEMS IN ADVANCE. PRIOR TO TAKING ANY ACTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, BOARD MEMBERS MAY REQUEST WITHDRAWAL OF INDIVIDUAL ITEMS FOR CLARIFICATION OR DISCUSSION. BOARD MEMBERS DO I HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL ANY ITEMS TO BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AT THIS TIME? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS, DO I HAVE A MOTION REGARDING THE CONSENT AGENDA? MR. SHACKMAN? I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. I HAVE A MOTION FOR MR. SHACKMAN. I HAVE A SECOND FROM MR. GILMORE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AND ANY OPPOSED BY A VOTE OF 
          [6. Items for Discussion and/or Action]
SEVEN IN FAVOR? ZERO OPPOSED. THE MOTION CARRIES. OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER SIX. 
          ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION AND OR ACTION. WE DID NOT HAVE ANY ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. SO WE WILL SKIP ITEM SIX A AND PROCEED TO ITEM SIX B. ITEM SIX B IS OUR TARGETED IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR MCWHORTER ELEMENTARY. DOCTOR ELDRIDGE, WILL YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE THE ITEM? I'M JUST THANKFUL THAT YOU DIDN'T, LIKE START HAMMERING THE GAVEL. ANYWAY, IT WAS A THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THIS NEXT PRESENTATION IS REGARDING MCWHORTER ELEMENTARY. THEY WERE PUT ON A TARGETED IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR INSTRUCTION AND ACHIEVEMENT, AND I CAN'T BRAG ENOUGH ABOUT LOSE LOSE. SHE IS THE PRINCIPAL. AND HER HARD WORK. HER SMILE. IT'S HER FIRST YEAR AT THAT CAMPUS. WE CLOSED CENTRAL, BUT WE KEPT LOOSE BECAUSE SHE'S A KEY TO ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND IT'S GREAT TO VISIT MCWHORTER. THERE'S SO MUCH ENERGY THERE, AND EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE PUT ON A TARGETED PLAN IN A YEAR THAT SHE WASN'T THERE, IT COULD. THE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM IS LIKE THE FINANCE SYSTEM. IT'S ANOTHER THING THAT THAT IT COULD BE ONE STUDENT THAT DIDN'T ACHIEVE OR WHATEVER IT IS. BUT DOCTOR JULIAN'S GOING TO PRESENT THEIR PLAN. BUT I CAN TELL YOU LOSE IS ALREADY DOING MORE WORK THAN WHAT THE PLAN SAYS. AND I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT ALL THOSE STUDENTS ARE LEARNING AND THEY'RE SMILING AT THE SAME TIME BECAUSE OF YOU AND YOUR STAFF. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. LOSE. AND DOCTOR JULIAN, IF YOU'LL TAKE IT AWAY. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, DOCTOR ELDRIDGE, PRESIDENT HATFIELD, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. SO AS I CAME UP THIS MORNING, I COULDN'T HELP BUT THINK ABOUT WHAT TAM AND JOEY SAY BEFORE EVERY MEETING. RIGHT. 
          WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION? IS TO IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES. AND I'M EXCITED TO SHARE THIS PLAN BECAUSE I THINK IT GIVES SOME INSIGHT INTO NOT JUST WHAT'S THE GOAL, BUT HOW DO WE ACCOMPLISH THAT GOAL OF GETTING THOSE OUTCOMES. THIS IS OUR 
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STRATEGIC ROADMAP TO ENSURE THAT EVERY STUDENT AT MCWHORTER ELEMENTARY HAS ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTION AND THE SUPPORTS THEY NEED TO ACHIEVE ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE. IN TEXAS, WE HAVE TWO SEPARATE SETS OF MEASURES FOR ACCOUNTABILITY A STATE LEVEL AND A FEDERAL LEVEL MEASURE. BOTH SYSTEMS HAVE THREE LEVELS OF SUPPORT ASSOCIATED ACTIONS BASE, MODERATE AND INTENSIVE. THE STATES A THROUGH F'S ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM CONSISTS OF THREE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS ACCEPTABLE, NEEDS, IMPROVEMENT, AND UNACCEPTABLE. MCWHORTER IS CURRENTLY IDENTIFIED FOR NEEDS IMPROVEMENT DUE TO MULTIPLE YEARS OF A D LETTER RATING. THE FEDERAL ACCOUNTABILITY LABELS FOCUS ON SPECIFIC STUDENT GROUPS. THE THREE LEVELS OF IDENTIFICATION ARE TARGETED SUPPORTS, ADDITIONAL TARGETED SUPPORTS, AND COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORTS. THE FEDERAL MEASURES LOOK AT STUDENT PERFORMANCE AND GROWTH ON STAR ACROSS VARIOUS STUDENT GROUPS. SIMILAR TO THE STATE MEASURES MULTIPLE YEARS. MISSING A TARGET FOR A GROUP TRIGGERS ESCALATING LEVELS OF INTERVENTION. MCWHORTER IS IDENTIFIED FOR ADDITIONAL TARGETED AND SUPPORTS THE MIDDLE LEVEL. EACH LEVEL OF THE INTERVENTION, BOTH FEDERAL AND STATE, REQUIRES SPECIFIC ACTIONS REQUIRED OF THE CAMPUS. THE DISTRICT, AND THE BOARD. AS I PREVIOUSLY SHARED, MCQUARTERS ACTION IS DEVELOPMENT OF A TARGETED IMPROVEMENT PLAN OR A TIP? MORE DETAILED INFORMATION REGARDING ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES AND CALCULATIONS IS AVAILABLE ON TI'S WEBSITE AT TI, AND CAMPUS SPECIFIC ACCOUNTABILITY SCORES CAN BE LOCATED AT TEXAS SCHOOLS. GOV. FINALLY, SPECIFICS REGARDING MCQUARTERS TARGETED IMPROVEMENT PLAN ARE INCLUDED IN THEIR CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLAN, AND I BELIEVE YOU RECEIVED A COPY OF THE PLAN SUBMITTED TO THE STATE IN YOUR BOARD BOOK. A TARGETED IMPROVEMENT PLAN INVOLVES CONDUCTING A NEEDS ASSESSMENT WHICH WAS COMPLETED AND SUBMITTED. THE NEXT REQUIREMENT IS STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT, WHICH MISS SOTO DEMAS HAS ALREADY EXCEEDED THE REQUIRED ACTIONS. AND NEXT WE'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE TIP, WHICH WAS CONDUCTED EARLIER THIS EVENING. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE TIP MUST BE A BOARD APPROVED BY THE BOARD, A TARGETED IMPROVEMENT PLAN OR TIP IS A STRATEGIC SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT BLUEPRINT MANDATED BY THE TI, AND IT IS ALSO A MECHANISM THAT ALLOWS US TO ACCESS ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND STATE LEVEL SUPPORT SYSTEMS. ALTHOUGH MCWHORTER WAS NOT OFFICIALLY DESIGNATED AS NEEDS IMPROVEMENT THROUGH STATE ACCOUNTABILITY UNTIL AUGUST OF 2025, THE CAMPUS'S FEDERAL IDENTIFICATION LAST YEAR ALLOWED US TO PROACTIVELY BEGIN DEVELOPING THIS TARGETED IMPROVEMENT PLAN LAST YEAR. IN ADDITION TO THE DISTRICT AND BOARD SUPPORTED RESOURCES, MCWHORTER, ALONG WITH SHEFFIELD AND POLK, RECEIVED SUPPORT THROUGH A LASSO GRANT FOCUSED ON STRENGTHENING INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP. BECAUSE STRONG TIER ONE INSTRUCTION IS FOUNDATIONAL TO SCHOOL PERFORMANCE, A PORTION OF THESE FUNDS SUPPORT OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH RELAY GSC TO BUILD LEADERSHIP CAPACITY THROUGH MORE EFFECTIVE OBSERVATION AND FEEDBACK PRACTICES. THIS WORK ENHANCES, NOT REPLACES, THE EXISTING CURRICULUM, INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES, AND PERSONNEL AND SUPPORTS. DUE TO THIS IDENTIFICATION, WE ARE REQUIRED TO DEVELOP AND SUBMIT A PLAN OUTLINING HOW WE WILL ADDRESS PERFORMANCE GAPS. THIS PRESENTATION HIGHLIGHTS OUR STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE ACADEMIC OUTCOMES. ONE FINAL NOTE NICOLE GREENLEAF, THE DISTRICT'S SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT OFFICER, WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND THIS EVENING. HOWEVER, NICOLE WORKED SPECIFICALLY WITH THE MCWHORTER LEADERSHIP TEAM, PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ENSURING COMPLIANCE WITH ALL ASPECTS OF THE PLAN. 
          TRANSPARENCY WITH OUR DATA IS THE CORNERSTONE OF OUR GROWTH. THIS YEAR'S ACADEMIC TARGETS WERE DEVELOPED IN DIRECT COLLABORATION WITH REGION TEN, USING A DEEP DIVE INTO LAST YEAR'S STAR DATA TO ENSURE OUR PATH FORWARD IS BOTH EVIDENCE BASED AND INTENTIONAL. WHILE THESE FIGURES REPRESENTED OUR SPECIFIC TARGETED IMPROVEMENT PLAN MILESTONES, WE REMAIN STEADFAST IN OUR COMMITMENT TO THE BROADER BOARD GOALS REFLECTED IN OUR CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLAN. AND PLEASE NOTE THAT THE GOALS SET AS PART OF THE TIP ARE GENERALLY LOWER THAN THE GOALS ESTABLISHED IN OUR CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLAN. WE VIEW THE TIP GOALS AS THE FLOOR, NOT THE CEILING. AS PART OF OUR PLAN, WE HAVE PLACED A SIGNIFICANT FOCUS ON OUR INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERS, INCLUDING CAMPUS LEADERSHIP AND OUR CAMPUS BASED INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES, WHO ARE ABSOLUTELY CRUCIAL TO THE SUCCESS OF THIS WORK. WE OPERATE UNDER THE FIRM BELIEF THAT THE QUALITY OF INSTRUCTION CANNOT EXCEED THE QUALITY OF OUR LEADERSHIP. TO SUPPORT THIS, WE ARE PROUDLY PARTNERING WITH RELAY GSC TO SHARPEN OUR COACHING PRACTICES. 
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MISS SOTO, DEMAS AND OUR CAMPUS RELAY COACH MEET WITH MEET WITH MISS GREENLEAF WEEKLY FOR INTENSIVE SIDE BY SIDE COACHING. IN PRACTICE, THE CAMPUS HAS IMPLEMENTED A TIERED FEEDBACK SYSTEM THAT PROVIDES STAFF WITH WEEKLY, BI WEEKLY AND MONTHLY FEEDBACK BASED ON SPECIFIC NEEDS. THIS ENSURES OUR NEWEST OR MOST STRUGGLING TEACHERS RECEIVE COACHING OR FEEDBACK EVERY SINGLE WEEK. WHILE OUR MOST EXPERIENCED EDUCATORS ARE SUPPORTED WITH FEEDBACK AT LEAST MONTHLY. TO KEEP THIS PROCESS STREAMLINED AND MAINTAIN HIGH LEVELS OF ACCOUNTABILITY, WE MAINTAIN A CAMPUS OBSERVATION AND FEEDBACK TRACKER. THIS TOOL ALLOWS US TO ENSURE THAT THE REAL TIME COACHING PROVIDED BY YOUR LEADER IS CLEARLY VISIBLE IN STUDENT WORK AND ACCURATELY REFLECTED IN OUR CAMPUSES DATA. TO MAKE THE COACHING PROCESS MORE TANGIBLE, LET'S LOOK AT HOW WE ACTUALLY TRACK AND USE OUR DATA. ON THIS SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE THE CAMPUS OBSERVATION TRACKER. THIS IS THE LIVE DOCUMENT WHERE EVERY COACHING INTERACTION IS LOGGED, AND THE CAMPUS CAN ENSURE EACH TEACHER IS BEING PROVIDED WITH COACHING SUPPORT EACH WEEK. AS OF FEBRUARY, THERE WERE 871 CLASSROOM VISITS. THIS IS THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO SHOUT OUT THE TIRELESS WORK OF BOTH THE CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS, AS WELL AS THE INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES WHO PRIORITIZE CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION EACH AND EVERY DAY. AN ADDITIONAL FUNCTION OF THE TRACKER IS THAT IT ALLOWS US TO SEE TRENDS ACROSS GRADE LEVELS, AND ENSURE THAT THE HIGH LEVERAGE ACTION STEPS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED DURING OUR COACHING CONVERSATIONS ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED IN THE CLASSROOM. 
          THESE COACHING FEEDBACK MEETINGS, WHICH ARE RECORDED EACH TIME AND UPLOADED INTO CAMPUS FOLDERS, ARE COLLABORATIVE SESSIONS WHERE TEACHERS AND LEADERS REVIEW LESSON, OBSERVATION FILM AND DISCUSS THE HIGH LEVERAGE ACTION STEP TO IMPROVE INSTRUCTION. AFTER THE ACTION STEPS ARE IDENTIFIED, THE INSTRUCTIONAL COACH FOLLOW UP WITH CLASSROOM TEACHER AND PROVIDE REAL TIME FEEDBACK WHILE IN THE CLASSROOM. OUR INSTRUCTIONAL FOUNDATION IS CURRENTLY BUILT ON FOR READING AND INVESTIGATIONS FOR MATH. 
          THESE CORE PROGRAMS ARE ESSENTIAL TO OUR DAILY CLASSROOM SUCCESS. TO SUPPORT THE INSTRUCTIONAL EFFORTS THAT WE HAVE ESTABLISHED, A CULTURE OF HIGH FREQUENCY COLLABORATION. 
          THIS BEGINS WITH GRADE LEVEL PLC MEETINGS WEEKLY ON THE COURSE IN THE COURSE SUBJECTS READING, MATH AND SCIENCE. ENGAGING IN SPECIALIZED SESSIONS 4 TO 5 TIMES PER SEMESTER TO ENSURE INTENTIONALITY AT THE START OF EACH INSTRUCTIONAL CYCLE, TEAMS ARE PROVIDED A HALF DAY PLANNING SESSION KNOWN AS MCWHORTER UNIVERSITY. PRIOR TO EACH NEW UNIT IN READING AND MATH. THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, ADMINISTRATORS AND COACHES FACILITATE DEEP DIVE DISCUSSIONS CENTERED ON STUDENT DATA AND STRATEGIC INSTRUCTIONAL PLANNING. FINALLY, STUDENT PROGRESS IS MONITORED THROUGH A COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT PLAN DESIGNED TO CATCH GAPS IN REAL TIME. THIS INCLUDES STANDARD UNIT ASSESSMENTS, MONTHLY ICP MONITORING FOR READING AND MATH TO TRACK FOUNDATIONAL GROWTH, AND MAP ASSESSMENTS TO PROVIDE A BROADER VIEW OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 
          MCWHORTER IS COMMITTED TO A PROACTIVE APPROACH, ENSURING WE DON'T WAIT UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR TO IDENTIFY WHEN A STUDENT NEEDS EXTRA SUPPORT BY LEVERAGING POWERFUL PLATFORMS LIKE BRANCHING MINES, PROGRESS LEARNING AND AMIRAH, WE MONITOR STUDENT PROGRESS IN REAL TIME, ALLOWING TEACHERS TO IMMEDIATELY RECOGNIZE CHALLENGES AND CRAFT PERSONALIZED INTERVENTION PLANS. WE ARE INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL TO THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR APPROVING THESE HIGH QUALITY RESOURCES. THEY PROVIDE OUR STUDENTS WITH THE SEAMLESS ACCESS TO OF THE STANDARDS TO BRIDGE FOUNDATIONAL GAPS, WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY ACCELERATING THEIR OVERALL INSTRUCTION TO ENSURE SUSTAINED GROWTH. MCWHORTER FOLLOWS A RIGOROUS SCHEDULE OF KEY MILESTONES AND CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. THIS PROCESS IS ANCHORED BY ONGOING FEEDBACK LOOPS, INCLUDING WEEKLY OBSERVATION AND FEEDBACK TRACKER REVIEWS, AS WELL AS MONTHLY RELAY ONE ON ONE COACHING FOR LEADERSHIP. 
          ADDITIONAL COACHING IS PROVIDED BY MATT POPE AROUND CULTURE, SYSTEM AND INSTRUCTIONS, AND OUR WONDERFUL MULTILINGUAL DEPARTMENT HAS PARTNERED WITH CARLENE THOMAS, WHO WORKS WITH CAMPUS TEACHERS TO SUPPORT LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT TO MAINTAIN ALIGNMENT WITH DISTRICT'S EXPECTATIONS, WE CONDUCT QUARTERLY NINE WEEK DATA MEETINGS WITH THE DISTRICT TEAM TO EVALUATE OUR PROGRESS TOWARDS SPECIFIC MILESTONES AND ADJUST STRATEGIES AS NEEDED. 
          OUR INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS REMAINS CENTERED ON HIGH LEVERAGE PRACTICES THROUGH CONTINUED TRAINING IN THE FUNDAMENTAL FIVE, WITH SPECIFIC EMPHASIS ON FRAMING THE LESSON AND MAXIMIZING TIME IN THE POWER ZONE. THESE PRACTICES ENSURE THAT EVERY STUDENT UNDERSTANDS THE OBJECTIVE AND THAT TEACHERS REMAIN ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN THE INSTRUCTIONAL SPACE. WE ARE PROUD OF THE WORK BEING DONE IN THE QUARTER, AND ARE CONFIDENT THAT THESE SYSTEMS WILL LEAD TO 
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THE MEETS AND MASTERS PERFORMANCE THAT OUR STUDENTS DESERVE. MCWHORTER ELEMENTARY WAS IDENTIFIED FOR AN ADDITIONAL TARGETED SUPPORTS AND TARGETED IMPROVEMENT PLAN IN 2526. THE CURRENT PLAN ADDRESSES THESE AREAS INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP, OBSERVATION AND FEEDBACK, PROGRESS MONITORING AND INTERVENTION, AND CURRICULUM PLANNING. I'D LIKE TO CLARIFY BRIEFLY THAT WHILE MCWHORTER WAS THE ONLY CAMPUS IDENTIFIED FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT IN 2526 ACCOUNTABILITY, MCWHORTER IS NOT THE ONLY CAMPUS IN CFB THAT HAS A TARGETED IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR THIS YEAR. YOU MIGHT RECALL THAT LAST YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO APPLY FOR AND RECEIVE THE LASSO GRANT BASED AND BASED ON THE GRANT, ALONG WITH MCWHORTER, SHEFFIELD AND POLK MIDDLE SCHOOL WERE ALSO INCLUDED IN THE GRANT APPLICATION. PART OF THE GRANT PROCESS IS TO SUBMIT A TARGETED IMPROVEMENT PLAN. SO TO BE CLEAR HERE, SHEFFIELD AND POLK WERE NOT IDENTIFIED FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT FOR THE 2526 SCHOOL YEAR. HOWEVER, THESE CAMPUSES DO HAVE A TARGETED IMPROVEMENT PLAN THAT ADDRESSES THE SAME AREAS. NICOLE GREENLEAF WORKS EQUALLY WITH ALL THREE CAMPUSES. ONE FINAL NOTE DURING OUR RECENT REGION TEN WALKTHROUGHS, MCWHORTER ELEMENTARY WAS ASKED, HOW'S THE DATA LOOKING? AND OUR RESPONSE WAS, I THINK WAS FAIR, RIGHT? WE WERE LIKE, CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC. SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE SITTING RIGHT NOW. WHILE I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF STANDING BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING AND SHARING THE TARGETED IMPROVEMENT PLAN, I WANT TO HONOR THE REAL HEROES OF THIS WORK THE STAFF, THE STUDENTS AND THE PARENTS OF MCWHORTER ELEMENTARY, LED BY MISS SOTO DIMAS AND HER TRUSTY SIDEKICK SARAH SANCHEZ AND MATT SMITH, THIS CAMPUS HAS SHOWN TREMENDOUS GRIT, PERSEVERANCE, AND PUT FORTH TREMENDOUS EFFORT, HOURS AND HOURS OF HARD WORK. 
          THESE EDUCATORS ARE TRULY MAKING THE DIFFERENCE OF THE LIVES OF THEIR STUDENTS LIVES AND OUR COMMUNITY. THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE TARGETED IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR MCWHORTER ELEMENTARY FOR THE 2526 SCHOOL YEAR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION AS WE REVIEWED THE TIP. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR AREAS WHERE WE CAN PROVIDE MORE CLARITY? THANK YOU, DOCTOR JULIAN. BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IT'S REALLY HARD TO ASK STRATEGIC QUESTIONS WHEN YOU ANSWER THEM ALL, BECAUSE I LITERALLY HAVE FOUR HERE THAT I SAT AND PLANNED AND YOU ANSWERED THEM ALL. SO THAT'S REALLY GOOD. 
          THAT'S GOOD THAT A THANK YOU FOR YOUR GUYS'S HARD WORK TO SHARE THE INFORMATION WITH US, BECAUSE IT'S THINGS LIKE THIS THAT BRINGS THE WORK TO LIFE FOR US, THAT HELPS US HAVE CONFIDENCE AND BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN TO THE COMMUNITY THE GREAT WORK THAT'S HAPPENING. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS CAMPUS. I FULLY RECOGNIZE THAT TRANSITIONING TO A NEW PLACE IS VERY CHALLENGING WHEN YOU POUR YOUR HEART AND SOUL IN A CAMPUS, BUT IT IS CLEAR, I THINK I EVEN SAW A AN ARTICLE THIS WEEK COME OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND SOMEWHERE ELSE FROM THE DISTRICT ABOUT THE TRANSITION. AND SO I JUST WANT TO REALLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE GROWTH IN THIS CAMPUS. CHANGE TAKES TIME AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT WHEN WE HAVE SYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES IN PLACE AND CULTURE REPRESENTED IN OUR SUPERINTENDENTS GOALS AND VALUES, IT'S GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR KIDS. AND ULTIMATELY THAT MEETS A MASTERS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT, BECAUSE WE WANT OUR KIDS TO BE ABLE TO GO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO. SO THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH. 
          WE APPRECIATE IT. BOARD. HE DID MENTION THAT THIS ITEM IS MARKED FOR ADDITIONAL ACTION. 
          SO I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY THE BOARD WOULD WISH TO TAKE ACTION. IS THERE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? MISS BARNES? I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE TARGETED IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR MCWHORTER ELEMENTARY. I HAVE A MOTION FOR MISS BARNES TO HAVE A SECOND. I HAVE A SECOND FOR MISS BRADY. 
          IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED BY A VOTE OF SEVEN IN FAVOR? ZERO OPPOSED. THE MOTION CARRIES. THE WORK WAS ALREADY IN PROGRESS, BUT WE APPROVE. ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS ITEM SIX C, WHICH IS OUR TASB POLICY UPDATE 126 DOCTOR ELDRIDGE, COULD YOU INTRODUCE THIS ITEM? SO POLICY UPDATE 126 WAS THE LARGEST NUMBER OF POLICIES SENT FROM TASB THIS YEAR. AND SO IT HAS TAKEN TIME TO GET ALL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS. AND I WANT TO THANK THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE FOR ALL THE HARD WORK YOU ALL HAVE DONE IN REVIEWING ALL THESE POLICIES. AND SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO LET THERE'S TWO THINGS TO THIS. THERE'S THE UPDATE, AND THEN WE'LL PAUSE AND DO THE LOCAL. SO DOCTOR SMOLSKIS. TRY THAT AGAIN. HERE WE GO. GOT IT NOW. ALL RIGHT. PRESIDENT HATFIELD, DOCTOR 
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ELDRIDGE AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AS DOCTOR ELDRIDGE MENTIONED, I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT UPDATE 126. AND THEN WE WILL PROCEED INTO THE LOCAL CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED IN FRONT TONIGHT AS WELL. SO LET'S GET STARTED. SO AS DOCTOR ELDRIDGE MENTIONED, THIS WAS THE LARGEST UPDATE IN THE HISTORY OF TASB. AND THERE WERE OVER 24 CHANGES, ALL IN THESE AREAS. I'M NOT GOING TO READ ALL OF THEM, BUT AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, CYBERSECURITY, DEVELOPING A PARENT PORTAL, ETC. ETC. YOU ALL RECEIVED THE SIDE BY SIDE COMPARISONS OF EACH OF THOSE POLICIES WITH ALL THE PROPOSED CHANGES. AND SO WITH THAT, I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU HOW WE GET TO WHERE YOUR POLICIES ARE PRESENTED. SO AFTER A LEGISLATIVE YEAR, TASB TAKES ALL THOSE CHANGES AND THEY START LOOKING AT OUR POLICY AND PROPOSING ALL OF THE CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE DEVELOPED FROM THAT. THEN THE DISTRICT RECEIVES THOSE POLICIES AND SOMEONE FROM THE DISTRICT KNOWN AS THE DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE, WHICH IS MYSELF, THEN TAKES THOSE POLICIES AND I SHARE IT WITH OUR DISTRICT LEADERS, AND I HAVE THEM LOOK AT ALL OF THE PROPOSED CHANGES BY TASB TO SEE IF IT ALIGNS WITH WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING IN THE DISTRICT, AND THEN WHAT WE DO IS WE GIVE THOSE POLICY CHANGES TO OUR GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE, CONSISTING OF PRESIDENT HATFIELD, VICE PRESIDENT BRADY AND TRUSTEE BARNES, AND THEY MET TO REVIEW ALL OF THE PROPOSED CHANGES FROM ADMINISTRATION. AND A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO YOU ALL, BECAUSE THAT'S A LOT OF WORK IN BEING THE LARGEST POLICY CHANGE THIS TASB HAS EVER SEEN. THAT WAS A LOT OF WORK ON THAT GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE. AND THEN ONCE THAT HAPPENS, THEN THEY BRING ME BACK TOGETHER AND WE DISCUSS ALL OF THE CHANGES THAT HAVE COME BEFORE YOU TONIGHT. DURING THAT REVIEW, THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED AND DETERMINED THAT OUR GRIEVANCE POLICIES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN PLACE, DBA FOR THE EMPLOYEES, OUR FENG FOR PARENTS AND STUDENTS, AND THE FOR COMMUNITY HAS ALREADY BEEN MET THROUGH THE CURRENT POLICY. AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD AS AS THE CURRENT POLICY IS IN PLACE BY BEING EXEMPT UNDER OUR DISTRICT OF INNOVATION. AND SO A HUGE SHOUT OUT AGAIN TO OUR GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE. THAT WAS A LOT OF WORK, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          AND SO IT IS THE DISTRICT'S ADMINISTRATIVE RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE TASB RECOMMENDED CHANGES. AND UPDATE 126 AS PRESENTED, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE GBA, F AND G AND AND WE WILL RETAIN ITS WE WILL RETAIN OUR CURRENT GRIEVANCE POLICIES BY THROUGH THE DISTRICT OF INNOVATION. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? THANK YOU BOARD MEMBERS. ANY QUESTIONS? I WILL JUST SHARE ON BEHALF OF MISS BRADY AND MISS BARNES WHEN SHE SAYS WE MET FOR TWO MONTHS. SO THE PROCESS THAT WE WENT THROUGH IS WE WERE GIVEN A SPREADSHEET WITH THE SIDE BY SIDE WITH WHAT THE CHANGES WERE. ADMINISTRATION HAD ALREADY GONE THROUGH THEM AND THEY HAD COMPARED EVERYTHING ON THEIR END. AND THEN WE SAID, DON'T MEET WITH US, WE'RE GOING TO MEET ALONE AND WE'RE GOING TO READ ALL THESE THINGS. AND SO WE READ THEM ALL AND WE CAREFULLY WENT THROUGH AND IF WE HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THEM OR CONCERNS ABOUT ANY OF THEM, WE DOCUMENTED ALL OF THAT. AND THEN WE GAVE IT BACK TO ADMINISTRATION. AND THEN WE HAD A MEETING, AND WE WERE ABLE TO WORK THROUGH THOSE TO ENSURE THAT THE CHANGES THAT ARE MADE IN POLICY THAT WE, THE BOARD OR THE GOVERNANCE SUBCOMMITTEE ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD, REALLY UNDERSTANDS THE RAMIFICATIONS, INCLUDING SOME OF THOSE ARE GOING TO REQUIRE SOME REGULATIONS BE DEVELOPED. AND THAT IS ONE THING THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO US, IS WE WERE BALANCING WHAT IS IN POLICY AND WHAT ARE WE SAYING VERSUS IN OUR LOCAL POLICIES, VERSUS WHAT IS THE ADMINISTRATION GOING TO DO AS A RESULT AND PUT IN REGULATION, WHICH IS A PROCEDURE. SO WE HAVE BOARD POLICY AND WE HAVE PROCEDURES. WE DO NOT HAVE DISTRICT POLICY, WE HAVE BOARD POLICY AND WE HAVE PROCEDURES. AND WE ARE REALLY WORKING ON THAT AS A DISTRICT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S VERY CLEAR THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO. AND SO I REALLY WANT TO THANK ADMINISTRATION BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN ALSO TRAINING WITH TASB ON POLICY VERSUS REGULATIONS AND PROCEDURES. AND SO WE'RE REALLY TIGHTENING THAT UP AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A SYSTEM AND STRUCTURES IN PLACE. AND MISS BRADY AND MISS BARNES, WE HAD GREAT THREE HOUR MEETINGS AND LOTS OF GREAT DISCUSSIONS. SO BOARD ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNANCE SUBCOMMITTEE, WE WANT YOU TO HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT WHAT YOU RECEIVED IN FRONT OF YOU HAS BEEN VETTED BY THE SUBCOMMITTEE BEFORE IT CAME BEFORE YOU TONIGHT. SO ANY QUESTIONS OF MY COLLEAGUES FROM THE FOR THE SUBCOMMITTEE. ALL RIGHT. SO WITH THAT, THIS ITEM IS MARKED FOR POSSIBLE ACTION. DOES THE BOARD WISH TO TAKE ACTION? MISS BARNES? AND I 
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MIGHT RECOMMEND WE READ IT LIKE THIS BECAUSE OF THE EXCLUSIONARY POLICIES, IF POSSIBLE. YES, IT IS ACTUALLY. YES IT IS. ALL RIGHT. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE TASB RECOMMENDATION OF. UPDATE 126 LOCAL POLICIES. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF DGB, LOCAL, F AND G, LOCAL AND GF LOCAL, CFB ISD WILL RETAIN ITS CURRENT GRIEVANCE POLICIES. ALL RIGHT. 
          I HAVE A MOTION FOR MISS BARNES TO HAVE A SECOND. I HAVE A SECOND FOR MISS BRADY. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED BY MOTION OF SEVEN IN FAVOR? ZERO OPPOSED. 
          THE MOTION CARRIES. OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS A LOCAL AND I BELIEVE. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ON THIS ONE OR I'LL TAKE THIS ONE. WELL, I WAS JUST GOING TO ALL I WAS GOING TO SAY, VERY IMPORTANTLY, THAT THIS PROPOSED CHANGE IS ONE THAT I MUST SAY IS A TESTAMENT TO THE COMMITMENT OF THE SCHOOL BOARD AND ITS FOCUS ON THE STUDENT OUTCOMES. SO I DON'T KNOW IF I STOLE YOUR THUNDER THERE, PRESIDENT HATFIELD, BUT WORKING WITH, AGAIN, PRESIDENT HATFIELD, PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT BRADY AND TRUSTEE BARNES, AND SITTING IN THESE WORK STUDY SESSIONS AND LISTENING TO THE GREAT CONVERSATION FOCUSED AROUND OUR STUDENT OUTCOMES AND HOW YOU ALL WANT TO REFLECT THOSE GOALS WITHIN A BOARD POLICY SPEAKS VOLUMES TO THE WORK THAT OUR YOU'RE EXPECTING OF US AND THE COMMITMENT THAT YOU HAVE FOR OUR STUDENTS. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. SO YOU CAN HAVE HAVE THE FLOOR NOW YOU'RE GOOD. AND THIS, LIKE SHE SAID, REFLECTS THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS IN THE WORK STUDIES. AND I THINK THE MAJOR, ONLY MAJOR CHANGE YOU COULD SEE IS A WE'RE PUTTING IT IN POLICY. SO WE ARE SAYING AS A BOARD THIS IS OUR EXPECTATION FORMALLY, EVEN THOUGH IT'S ALREADY IN OUR BOARD GOALS, BUT WE ARE ADOPTING IT IN POLICY AND VERY PROUD OF THIS YEAR. OUR BOARD SET A FOURTH GOAL, WHICH IS FIFTH GRADE MATHEMATICS. SO FIFTH GRADE MATH IS A VERY IMPORTANT POINT WHERE STUDENTS CAN IN SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF FIFTH GRADE, THEY'RE ABLE TO SELECT A ADVANCED MATHEMATICS PATHWAY IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH MEANS THAT WE WILL HAVE STUDENTS THAT ARE BETTER PREPARED TO TAKE COURSEWORK THAT CAN HELP THEM ADVANCE TO NATIONAL MERIT. SCHOLARS CAN HAVE DIFFERENT PATHWAYS FOR COLLEGE. AND SO THIS BOARD IDENTIFIED THAT THAT WAS A STRATEGIC THING FOR US. SO NOT ONLY ARE WE FOCUSED ON THIRD GRADE READING AND MATH, WE'RE ALSO FOCUSED ON FIFTH GRADE MATHEMATICS AND THEN COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS ULTIMATELY. AND SO WE ARE ADOPTING BOARD POLICY LOCAL POTENTIALLY TONIGHT WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT WE CARRY THOSE GOALS FORWARD THROUGH 2030. AND THEN WHOEVER IS IN PLACE IN 2030 WILL GET TO SET SOME NEW GOALS AND BOARD POLICY. SO WITH THAT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MISS BRADY. I MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE A LOCAL AS PRESENTED. I HAVE A MOTION FOR MISS BRADY. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I HAVE A SECOND FOR MISS GARZA ROJAS. IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED BY A VOTE OF SEVEN IN FAVOR? ZERO OPPOSED. THE MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. AND I'M HAPPY TO MOVE THESE POLICIES FORWARD. ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS THE POTENTIAL PURCHASE OF CAMPUS PERIMETER FENCING. DOCTOR ELDRIDGE, COULD YOU INTRODUCE THE ITEM? SO NOT ONLY ARE WE FOCUSED ON STUDENT OUTCOMES, WE ARE ALSO FOCUSED ON STUDENT AND STAFF SAFETY. 
          AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE IDENTIFIED IS PERIMETER FENCING. AND SO MR. MOORE WILL GIVE AN UPDATE ON CAMPUSES THAT NEED FENCING AND THE ONES THAT HAVE IT AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS IN OUR STUDENT WORLD TO KEEP OUR KIDS SAFE. SO, MR. MOORE, THANK YOU, DOCTOR ELDRIDGE, PRESIDENT HATFIELD. TRUSTEES. YES. TONIGHT, THIS THIS FOCUS IS SPECIFICALLY ON THE REQUEST IS FOR BLANTON'S ELEMENTARY PERIMETER FENCING. HOWEVER, THERE'S MORE OF A SCOPE LIKE THE TITLE SLIDE SAYS IT'S ELEMENTARY FENCING. UPDATE IN GENERAL. THOUGHT THAT TONIGHT WOULD BE GOOD TO GO THROUGH BLANTON SPECIFICALLY, AND THEN KIND OF TOUCH BACK ON THE OVERALL PROJECT AND HOW WE GOT HERE, BECAUSE OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT 12 MONTHS OR SO, YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO SEE THESE PROJECTS COME IN LIKELY ON THE CONSENT AGENDAS. AND SO YOU CAN REFLECT BACK ON THIS PROJECT AND, AND THINK ABOUT WHAT IT WAS THAT THAT WE BROUGHT HERE TONIGHT TO KIND OF EXPLAIN IT ALL. SO THE THE PROJECT ORIGINS KIND OF HOW WE GOT HERE, REALLY THE FUNDING CAME ABOUT THROUGH OUR CONSOLIDATION. THERE WAS $131.5 MILLION FOR THE FOUR CAMPUSES THAT WE CONSOLIDATED. AND SO WE CAME TO YOU ALL IN NOVEMBER WITH THAT BULLETED 
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LIST THERE ON THE BOTTOM WITH HOW WE COULD REDISTRIBUTE THOSE FUNDS. OF COURSE, THE MIDDLE SCHOOL RENOVATIONS, THE PRE-K, BOLTON'S, AND THEN DOWN AT THE BOTTOM, THE $11.5 MILLION SPECIFICALLY FOR THE ELEMENTARY FENCE UPGRADES. SO WHY DID WE BRING ELEMENTARY FENCES TO YOU? FOR US, IT REALLY HAD A LOT TO DO WITH WITH A STANDARDIZED FENCING PROFILE AND THE MEANS TO CORRECT IT. WE LOOKED AT 22 OF OUR CAMPUSES AS PART OF THIS EVALUATION. SO IT WAS 21 ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES AND OUR CDA THAT WE REALLY LOOKED AT WITH REGARD TO THAT STANDARDIZED FENCING PROFILE. I WANT TO PAUSE ON THAT NUMBER FOR ONE SECOND, BECAUSE THERE'S A FEW MORE I WANT TO THROW OUT, AND IF I THREW THEM UP THERE, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A LITTLE MORE CONFUSING. I ACTUALLY THINK I CAN EXPLAIN THEM A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN DISTRACTING YOU VISUALLY WITH ALL THESE FIGURES, BUT OF THOSE 22 CAMPUSES, WE ACTUALLY HAVE EIGHT SCHOOLS THAT DO HAVE A STANDARDIZED FENCING PROFILE. OUR FIVE CAMPUSES IN IRVING AND THREE OF THE FOUR CAMPUSES IN FARMERS BRANCH. THEY HAVE THE SPECIFICATIONS OF THE FENCE WITH WROUGHT IRON, SIX FOOT NON-SCALABLE, CRASH BAR EGRESS FROM THE INSIDE. AND WE WERE ABLE TO PUT THOSE EIGHT FENCES UP AS PART OF OUR TIFF FUNDS OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST TWO YEARS. SO IF YOU ARE AT STARK, IF YOU ARE AT MCLAUGHLIN, STRICKLAND, LA VALLETTA, LAS COLINAS, ANYTHING IN IRVING AND FARMERS BRANCH, WITH EXCEPTION TO FARMERS BRANCH ELEMENTARY BECAUSE THAT'S PART OF THE BOND CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. THOSE ARE THE FENCES IN THE CAMPUSES THAT ACTUALLY DO HAVE FENCING PROFILE. NOW, THE 13 THAT I'M GOING TO RUN THROUGH HERE SHORTLY, THOSE DO NOT HAVE THIS FENCING PROFILE. AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE WERE WANTING TO LOOK AT. 
          AND YOU SEE THAT BULLETED LIST THERE. JUST A COUPLE THAT I WANTED TO HIT ON THAT WE LOOKED AT FOR THE, FOR THE FOR THE NON-STANDARDIZATION, THE MATERIALS INCONSISTENCIES. SOME HAVE CHAIN LINK, SOME HAVE WOOD, SOME RELY ON PERIMETER FENCING OF THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS. THE MATERIALS ARE. IT'S LIKE AN UNEVEN DURABILITY, UNEVEN MAINTENANCE. IT'S TOUGH TO MAINTAIN FROM THAT WITH REGARD TO THE CONSISTENCY OF THE MATERIALS. THERE'S INCOMPLETE COVERAGE VERSUS THE FULL PERIMETER COVERAGE. SOME OF OUR CAMPUSES, IT'S PARTIAL COUNTRY PLACE YOU'LL SEE ON HERE IN A SECOND. THERE'S FENCE ALONG THE SIDES. AND THEN WE RELY ON NEIGHBOR RESIDENTIAL FENCES. AND THEN YOU GET TO A POINT WHERE SOMEONE'S DRIVEWAY, THEY DIDN'T WANT TO PUT THE FENCE UP. SO THE FENCE RUNS AND YOU'VE GOT A GAP BETWEEN THAT. ALL THE NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS FOLD DOWN THEIR DRIVEWAY AND COME ONTO THE COUNTRY PLACE PROPERTY. AND THEN REALLY, WITH THE PROXIMITY OF THE RISK, WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN A METROPOLITAN AREA, LOTS OF LOTS OF BRIDGES, LOTS OF STORM RUNOFF. SO YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THAT IN HERE TOO. 
          BUT THOSE ARE THERE THREE OF THE PRIMARY THAT WE LOOKED AT WITH REGARD TO THE TO THE NON-STANDARDIZATION. SO WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE 13, INCLUDING BLANTON THAT'S THAT'S UP HERE FOR TONIGHT AND KIND OF TALK THROUGH WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND WHAT YOU'LL SEE. WE'VE SHARED ALL OF THESE LAYOUT DESIGNS WITH THE CAMPUS PRINCIPALS TO ENSURE THAT WHAT WE WERE SUGGESTING WORKS INTO THEIR PLANS. AND SO THEY'VE ALL SEEN THESE AND WE'VE WORKED WITH THEM AND ADJUSTED. WE'LL START WITH SHEFFIELD. THERE'S A COUPLE IN HERE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE LIKE SHEFFIELD. IF IT IS GREEN THAT MEANS THAT THERE'S A FENCE THERE THAT IS COMPLIANT. IT MEETS THE STANDARDS AND THE SPECIFICATIONS. SHEFFIELD'S NEWER OF COURSE, SO IT'S GOT AREAS IN THE FENCE THAT ARE NON-SCALABLE AND THEY MEET HEIGHT REQUIREMENTS. BUT THERE'S A COUPLE OF REDS THERE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BUILD INTO THE EXISTING FENCE AND JOIN THAT UP. NO SENSE IN TEARING DOWN A PERFECTLY FUNCTIONING FENCE. SOME WE CAN MAKE IT WORK. MCCAMY YOU SEE THAT STRETCH THERE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN? THAT'S GEORGE BUSH. AND SO THAT'S AN ENTIRE STRETCH OF THE WALL ALONG THE SERVICE ROAD. 
          AND SO THAT'S NON-SCALABLE THE NORTH PORTION THERE. WE'RE GOING TO FENCE THAT IN. AND THEN DOWN AT THE BOTTOM THERE'S A LARGE STORM RUNOFF DOWN THERE THAT COLLECTS A LOT OF WATER. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF WATER RUNNING THROUGH THERE LAST NIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO PUT A FENCE UP ALONG THAT BOTTOM THERE AS PART OF THE DIFFERING ENVIRONMENTAL PIECES THAT I MENTIONED. 
          MACWHORTER LOTS OF AREA WE CAN INCORPORATE THERE AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT SPREAD OF LAND. GOOD. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT GOOD A COUPLE TIMES. IT'S REALLY GOT SOME INTERESTING PLAYGROUND LAYOUTS. IT WAS A VERY COMPACT SITE. OF COURSE IT WAS BUILT WHILE THE EXISTING STRUCTURE WAS THERE. SO YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CAMPUS AND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CAMPUS, THOSE ARE THE THE PLAYGROUND AREAS WILL FENCE THOSE IN. WE WENT AHEAD AND DID A LAYOUT WITH THAT PARCEL OF PROPERTY. AND WITHIN THE PLANS ON THAT, WE'VE STILL GOT TIME TO LOOK AT THAT. BUT RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT THAT ROPED IN OR FENCED IN, RATHER, BECAUSE THE CAMPUS DOES UTILIZE THAT, THAT PARCEL OF LAND THERE AT GOOD COUNTRY PLACE, I MENTIONED THAT IT'S IT'S A IT'S ONE OF THE MOST VERTICAL SITES THAT WE HAVE AT THE BOTTOM. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT IMAGE THAT'S THE POOL. THERE'S A POOL NEXT TO IT AS WELL. SO THAT'S THE RESIDENTIAL AREA. THERE'S TWO GAPS IN THE FENCES. AND SO WE RELY ON THAT. 
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AND THE NEIGHBORS THEY LIKE TO SEE INTO OUR, OUR, OUR PLAYGROUND AREA. SO THERE'S NO FENCE THERE. THERE'S NO BURDEN ON THEM TO PUT ONE UP. BUT WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO FENCE THAT IN TO KEEP OUR PLAYGROUND IN THE CDA. THAT'S A LARGE PIECE OF PROPERTY, BUT THEY DON'T NEED THAT MUCH SPACE. YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GOT LITTLE BITTIES THERE. AND SO WE VISITED WITH THE CAMPUS AND THEY DON'T NEED AS MUCH AREA. SO THAT FENCE IS NOT GOING TO BE QUITE AS ENCOMPASSING. THOMPSON AGAIN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT. THAT ROLL OFF DOWN BY THE BY THE BY THE CREEK AREA. THERE'S SOME SPACE THERE WE CAN WORK WITH. RIVERCHASE IS ANOTHER ONE THAT'S GOT THE GREEN. THAT'S MACARTHUR ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN. AND SO THAT'S THE VALLEY RANCH HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION FENCES THAT ARE THERE, THEIR BRICK, THEIR WROUGHT IRON. THEY DO MEET THE SPECIFICATIONS THAT WE NEED. AND THEN THAT NORTH SIDE, THAT NORTHERN PORTION OF THE OF THE LAYOUT, THAT'S ACTUALLY A RETAINING WALL THAT GOES INTO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S MORE THAN TEN FEET TALL. SO IT'S IT MEETS OUR NEEDS AS WELL. AND SO WE WILL JOIN THE FENCE THERE. RIVERCHASE HAS A SMALL ORNAMENTAL STRETCH ON THAT. 
          THAT RED PORTION THAT'S ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN. THAT'S ABOUT A 3 TO 4 FOOT FENCE. IT'S JUST ORNAMENTAL. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REMOVE THAT AND PUT A PUT A SIX FOOT FENCE UP THERE. 
          RAINWATER, LOTS OF SPACE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO TAKE IN AT THE RAINWATER CAMPUS. 
          DAVIS AND KENT, MUCH THE SAME. I'M GOING TO BE ABLE TO TO PUT THE FENCES UP AND MAKE MORE EFFECTIVE USE SAFELY OF THE SPACE THAT THEY'VE GOT THERE. KENT'S AN EXAMPLE OF WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL AND THE PRINCIPAL. THEY THEY UTILIZE AN AREA ON THERE THAT WE DID NOT KNOW THEY UTILIZED. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO TAKE IN SOME OF THAT AREA FOR PRE-K ON THAT SMALL TOWARD THE RIGHT OF THE SCREEN. AND THEN ROSEMEAD, MUCH THE SAME, TAKING A LOT MORE SPACE. AND THEN BLANTON, I WILL SAY DISREGARD THE GREEN ON BLANTON. BLANTON IS THE FIRST ONE THAT WE DID. AND SO WE WEREN'T QUITE COLOR CODED AT THAT POINT. SO THAT GREEN MEANS THE SAME THING AS THE RED, BECAUSE BLANTON IS A SCHOOL THAT HAS NO FENCE, AND THAT'S WHY IT'S PROPOSED TONIGHT TO BE THE FIRST ONE, THAT EVERYTHING THAT YOU SEE ALONG THE MOST EXTERIOR PERIMETER ON THE NORTH, THE WEST AND THE SOUTH, THAT'S RELIANT ENTIRELY ON RESIDENTIAL FENCES, WOODEN FENCES, CHAIN LINK FENCES. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO PUT A FENCE UP THERE AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL BRING IT IN THERE AROUND THE SIDES. YOU CAN SEE THE GATES AND THE EASEMENTS. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THESE WILL HAVE DOUBLE SWING GATES. ALL OF THEM WILL TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE WHAT, THE WHAT THE PRINCIPAL SHARED WITH US WHERE WE COULD ACCOMMODATE AND THE FIRE LANES AS WELL. AND SO AGAIN, TONIGHT'S TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE SPECIFICALLY FOR BLANTON. YOU'LL SEE MORE OF THESE COMING OVER THE NEXT 12 MONTHS WITH THE REMAINING PROJECTS. AND THEN JUST A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT ITSELF, ABOUT 60 DAYS FROM START TO FINISH, DEPENDING ON THE WEATHER. OF COURSE, ONCE WE BEGIN WITH THE PROJECTS. AND SO WITH THAT, I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BOARD MEMBERS? WELL, THANK YOU FOR MAKING AN EFFICIENT USE OF OUR TIME. SO WE COULD HAVE THIS PRESENTATION AND THEN PUT IT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FROM NOW ON. LOTS OF INTERESTING. I DIDN'T KNOW ALL THESE FACTS ABOUT OUR FENCES, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES, MA'AM. BOARD MEMBERS, THIS ITEM IS MARKED FOR POSSIBLE ACTION. DOES THE BOARD WISH TO TAKE ACTION? MR. GILMORE? I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF PERIMETER FENCING FOR BLANTON ELEMENTARY. 
          DELEGATE AUTHORITY TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OR HER DESIGNEE. TO EXECUTE PURCHASES AND CONTRACTS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE DISTRICT. ITEM SIX E. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION FOR MR. GILMORE TO HAVE A SECOND. HAVE A SECOND FOR MISS BENAVIDES. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? I VOTE IS SEVEN IN FAVOR. THE MOTION CARRIES ZERO. 
          OPPOSED. ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS ITEM SIX F, WHICH IS CONSIDERED APPROVE OF MISSED SCHOOL DAYS AND LOW ATTENDANCE WAIVERS. DOCTOR ALDRIDGE, COULD YOU INTRODUCE THE ITEM? SO AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAD FOUR MISSED SCHOOL DAYS WITH THE STORM RECENTLY. AND SO WE HAVE TWO THINGS TO ASK FOR APPROVAL TONIGHT. ONE IS TO APPROVE THE MISSED SCHOOL DAYS, WHICH WE HAVE TWO OF THOSE BECAUSE THE OTHER TWO WERE COVERED BY OUR BAD WEATHER DAYS AND THEN OUR LOW ATTENDANCE WAIVERS. WE ARE ALLOWED TO SUBMIT A REQUEST TO T ANYTIME. 
          OUR ATTENDANCE IS 10% BELOW WHAT IT WAS THE LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME. AND SO WITH THAT, I'LL GIVE IT TO DOCTOR SMOLKA FOR ALL THE DETAILS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU AGAIN. PRESIDENT HATFIELD, DOCTOR ELDREDGE AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AS DOCTOR ELDREDGE MENTIONED THAT I'M HERE TONIGHT TO REQUEST AND HAVE THE BOARD APPROVED THE MISSED SCHOOL DAYS WAIVER AND THE LOW ATTENDANCE WAIVER. AND AS YOU RECALL, BACK IN JANUARY, WE MISSED FOUR DAYS OF SCHOOL. AND DID YOU KNOW IT WAS CALLED WINTER STORM FERN? WELL, WINTER STORM, WINTER STORM FERN CAUSED US TO MISS FOUR DAYS OF SCHOOL. AND T REQUIRES NO LONGER DAYS OF MISS. 
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BUT NOW IT'S INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTES. AND THAT'S 75,600 MINUTES. AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT THIS VISUAL, IT'LL REALLY HELP YOU UNDERSTAND. WE HAD ENOUGH MINUTES IN OUR THE ACADEMIC CALENDAR, ADDING THE FIVE MINUTES STARTING ON FEBRUARY 9TH TO COVER TWO OF THOSE DAYS THAT WE MISSED. THEN THE DISTRICT CAN GO TO THE GO TO T AND REQUEST WAIVERS FOR TWO OF THE OTHER DAYS. SO WE HAVE TO USE TWO DAYS WITH OUR BANKED INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTES AND THEN GO TO THE STATE FOR WAIVERS. BUT THE WAIVERS HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD. AND SO WITH THAT, WE ARE ASKING FOR THE BOARD TO APPROVE THE TWO ADDITIONAL WAIVER DAYS. IN ADDITION, AS DOCTOR ALDRIDGE MENTIONED EARLIER, AS THE AT THE BEGINNING, WE WENT DOWN 10% ON TWO OF THOSE DAYS AROUND THOSE BAD WEATHER DAYS. AND WHEN WE DO THAT, WE CAN ASK FOR LOW ATTENDANCE WAIVER REQUESTS. AND THE BENEFIT OF THAT IS THAT IT EXCUSES THE ADA FROM OUR FUNDING, AND IT ALLOWS US TO BE ABLE TO REMOVE THOSE DAYS FROM THE ADA CALCULATIONS WHEN IT'S PROJECTING FOR FUNDING. AND SO THAT IS ANOTHER WAIVER THAT WE ARE ASKING FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD. SO THIS IS OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD TO APPROVE THE MISSED SCHOOL DAY WAIVERS AND THE LOW ATTENDANCE WAIVER AS PRESENTED. MISS BETTY, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? OH, YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION? OKAY, WELL, I HAVE ONE QUESTION. SORRY. SO I KNOW WE'RE WE ADDED THE FIVE MINUTES TO THE DAY AND THE STUDENTS ARE ON MINUTES, BUT THE TEACHERS ARE ON DAYS. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. SO DO THE TEACHERS HAVE TO MAKE UP THE DAYS OR DO WE HAVE TO APPROVE ANYTHING TO CONSIDER? NOPE, NOPE. IT'S ALL ABOUT THE INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTES. OKAY. SO OUR TEACHERS ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO COME IN ON BAD WEATHER DAY EITHER. THAT IS CORRECT. GREAT. IS THAT GOING TO BE COMMUNICATED TO THEM? YES. 
          WONDERFUL. ALL RIGHT. ANY MISS BARNES? I ALSO HAVE A QUESTION JUST FOR CLARIFICATION. SO THIS EXTRA FIVE MINUTES THROUGH THE END OF THIS YEAR IS NOT ALSO GOING TO BE STARTING IN AUGUST OF NEXT YEAR FOR AN ADDED FIVE MINUTES OF SCHOOL DAY, WE WILL BE GOING BACK TO OUR ORIGINAL END TIMES. THAT IS CORRECT. THANK YOU. GREAT QUESTION. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. MISS BRADY IS ITCHING TO MAKE A MOTION. I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE MISS SCHOOL DAYS WAIVER AND THE LOW ATTENDANCE WAIVER AS PRESENTED. 
          I HAVE A MOTION. MR. BRADY, DO I HAVE A SECOND? I HAVE A SECOND FOR MISS GARZA ROJAS. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED BY MOTION? SEVEN IN FAVOR? ZERO OPPOSED. THE MOTION CARRIES. WOOHOO! FOR NOT HAVING TO COME TO THE. I THINK IT'S EASTER 
          [7. Closed Meeting 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 Complaints; 551.0821 – Personally Identifiable Student Information; 551.3084 – Investigation]
WEEKEND. WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO. YES. GOOD FRIDAY. ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER SEVEN CLOSED MEETING 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 COMPLAINTS 551 .0821 PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION AND 551 .3084 INVESTIGATION ITEM SEVEN A AND SEVEN B WILL BE CONSIDERED TOGETHER IN CLOSED SESSION, SO PURSUANT WITH SECTIONS FIVE, 51.074 AND 551 .082. TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE DISCUSSION REGARDING NOTIFICATION TO THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION DIVISION OF CONTRACT ABANDONMENT BY TEACHER LEE SIMMONS, AND SEVEN B, WHICH IS THE SAME WITH CONTRACT ABANDONMENT BY TEACHER LISA SERNA. THE BOARD WILL NOW MOVE INTO CLOSED SESSION AUDIENCE MEMBERS. YOU ARE WELCOME TO STAY IN THE AUDIENCE WHILE WE MOVE INTO CLOSED SESSION. WE WILL BE BACK AT SOME POINT, BUT WE ARE NOW IN RECESS, 
          [8. Reconvene in Open Meeting for Possible Action on Items Discussed in Closed Session]
OKAY, WE ARE BACK IN OPEN SESSION AS THE TIME IS 9:08 P.M. WE ARE ON ITEM EIGHT A CONSIDER POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING NOTIFICATION OF THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION DIVISION, STATE BOARD OF EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION OF CONTRACT ABANDONMENT WITHOUT GOOD CAUSE BY LEAH SIMMONS, DOCTOR ELDREDGE. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT IT ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS EDUCATION CODE SECTION 21.2 10C AND 19 TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 2.4 914J. THE BOARD APPROVE A FINDING THAT NO GOOD CAUSE EXISTS FOR ABANDONMENT OF HER TWO YEAR TERM, CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT, ABANDONMENT OF HER POSITION, AND ATTEMPT TO RESIGN FROM CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD WITHOUT CONSENT OF THE BOARD OR DESIGNEE ON JANUARY 16TH, 2026, WHICH WAS AFTER THE 45 DAY PENALTY FREE RESIGNATION DEADLINE IN LESS THAN 30 DAYS 
          [01:45:04]
BEFORE THE FIRST DAY OF INSTRUCTION FOR THE 2526 SCHOOL YEAR, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE BOARD SUBMIT A WRITTEN COMPLAINT WITH THE INFORMATION REQUIRED BY 19 TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 20 49. 14J TO THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION DIVISION, STATE BOARD FOR EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION, SEEKING SANCTIONS FOR ABANDONMENT OF EMPLOYEE CONTRACT. THANK YOU, DOCTOR ELDREDGE. BOARD MEMBERS. 
          WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? MISS BRADY, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD RENDER A FINDING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE, SECTION 21.210, C TWO AND 19. ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 249 .14 J. THAT NO GOOD CAUSE EXISTS FOR LEAH SIMMONS, A TEACHER ON A TWO YEAR TERM CONTRACT, ABANDONMENT OF HER EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT, ABANDONMENT OF HER POSITION, AND ATTEMPT TO RESIGN FROM THE CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD WITHOUT CONSENT OF THE BOARD OR DESIGNEE ON JANUARY 16TH OF 2026, WHICH WAS AFTER THE 45 DAY PENALTY FREE RESIGNATION DEADLINE IN LESS THAN 30 DAYS BEFORE THE FIRST DAY OF INSTRUCTION FOR THE 2526 SCHOOL YEAR. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD AUTHORIZE THE BOARD PRESIDENT TO SUBMIT A WRITTEN COMPLAINT WITH THE INFORMATION REQUIRED BY 19 TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 249. 14J TO THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION DIVISION, STATE BOARD OF EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION, SEEKING SANCTIONS AGAINST MISS LEAH. LEAH SIMMONS, A TWO YEAR TERM CONTRACT TEACHER, FOR ABANDONMENT OF HER EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT WITH CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD. 
          I HAVE A MOTION FOR MISS BRADY. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I HAVE A SECOND FROM MISS BENAVIDEZ. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED BY MOTION IS SEVEN IN FAVOR AND ZERO OPPOSED. THE MOTION CARRIES. OUR NEXT ITEM IS ITEM EIGHT B, WHICH IS CONSIDER AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING NOTIFICATION TO THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION DIVISION, STATE BOARD OF EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION OF CONTRACT ABANDONMENT WITHOUT GOOD CAUSE BY LISA SERNA, DOCTOR ELDREDGE. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS EDUCATION CODE SECTION 21.2 10C AND 19, TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE SECTION 249. 14J, THE BOARD APPROVES A FINDING THAT NO GOOD CAUSE EXISTS FOR LISA SERNA'S ABANDONMENT OF HER TWO YEAR TERM CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT, ABANDONMENT OF HER POSITION, AND TO RESIGN FROM CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD WITHOUT CONSENT OF THE BOARD OR DESIGNEE ON JANUARY 20TH, 2026, WHICH WAS AFTER THE 45 DAY PENALTY FREE RESIGNATION DEADLINE IN LESS THAN 30 DAYS BEFORE THE FIRST DAY OF INSTRUCTION FOR THE 2526 SCHOOL YEAR, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE BOARD SUBMIT A WRITTEN COMPLAINT WITH THE INFORMATION REQUIRED BY 19 TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 249 .14 J TO THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION DIVISION, STATE BOARD FOR EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION, SEEKING SANCTIONS FOR LISA SERNA'S ABANDONMENT OF HER EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT. THANK YOU, DOCTOR ALDRIDGE. DO I HAVE A MOTION? I HAVE A MOTION FOR MISS BARNES OR MISS BARNES. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD RENDER A FINDING IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS EDUCATION CODE SECTION 21.210, C TWO AND 19. TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 249 .14 J. THAT NO GOOD CAUSE EXISTS FOR LISA SERNA, A TEACHER ON A TWO YEAR TERM CONTRACT. ABANDONMENT OF HIS HER EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT, ABANDONMENT OF HER POSITION, AND ATTEMPT TO RESIGN FROM CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD WITHOUT CONSENT OF THE BOARD OR DESIGNEE ON JANUARY 20TH, 2026, WHICH WAS AFTER THE 45 DAY PENALTY FREE RESIGNATION DEADLINE AND LESS THAN 30 DAYS BEFORE THE FIRST DAY OF INSTRUCTION FOR THE 2025 2026 SCHOOL YEAR. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD AUTHORIZED THE BOARD PRESIDENT TO SUBMIT A WRITTEN COMPLAINT WITH THE INFORMATION REQUIRED BY 19 TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 249 .14 J TO THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION DIVISION, STATE BOARD FOR EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION, SEEKING SANCTIONS AGAINST LISA SERNA, A TWO YEAR TERM CONTRACT TEACHER, FOR ABANDONMENT OF HER EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT WITH CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD. 
          I HAVE A MOTION FOR MISS BARNES TO HAVE A SECOND. I HAVE A SECOND FOR MR. SHAKMAN. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED BY A VOTE OF SEVEN IN FAVOR? ZERO OPPOSED. 
          THE MOTION CARRIES. OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS ITEM NINE. COMMENTS FROM BOARD MEMBERS REGARDING POSTING AGENDA ITEMS. BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY COMMENTS ABOUT TONIGHT'S AGENDA? SEEING NONE AND HEARING NONE, WE ARE AT THE END OF OUR AGENDA AND THE TIME IS 930
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