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[Call Meeting to Order]
LIKE THE WELCOME EVERYONE.TODAY'S DATE IS AUGUST 23RD, 2022.
THIS IS OUR ANNUAL BOARD RETREAT.
MEANING IT'S BEING HELD AT THE LANCASTER ADMINIS ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AT 4 22 SOUTH CENTER AVENUE.
THE TEXTS THAT THE MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED IN ACCORDANCE TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETING ACT, I WILL NOW CALL ROLE TO ESTABLISH A QUORUM.
MR. JONES, MS. MORRIS, MR. SMITH HERE, MYSELF PRESENT ABSENT.
WE HAVE MR. STEVENSON, MS. WOODVILLE AND MR. CLEWIS ABSENT AT THIS TIME.
WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON.
[1. Welcome & Expectations - President Hamilton & Dr. Perera]
AND EXPECTATIONS MYSELF GIVEN THE WELCOME I HAVE WELCOMED YOU ALL.SO I WILL LEAVE THAT WHERE IT WAS AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO DR WITH HER EXPECTATIONS.
UM, I'M NOT SURE IF I'M SETTING THE EXPECTATIONS, BUT I THINK IN GENERAL, WITH THE NORMS OF A, UM, OF A RETREAT, THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT I THINK WE KIND OF WILL, CAN ALL EXPECT.
UM, OF COURSE AT THE END, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WALK AWAY WITH SOME IDEAS OF WHAT'S IN THE, UM, WHAT WE HAVE IN THE END IN MIND.
UH, SO SOME GOALS THAT WE CAN WORK WITH AND WORK THROUGH.
UM, BUT MOST OF IT, MOST IMPORTANTLY, I THINK, UM, EXPECTATION IS I THINK FOR EVERYONE HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE HERE TO REPRESENT THE NEEDS AND THE INTERESTS OF OUR STUDENTS.
UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST, UM, I KNOW THAT EVERYONE HERE HAS ACCOUNTABILITY TO THEIR CONSTITUENTS, BUT OF COURSE, DEFINITELY, UM, THAT COMES WITH THE IDEA OF MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DOING WHAT'S RIGHT FOR KIDS.
AND THEN ALSO, UM, I ALSO, AS I SHARE WITH MY LEADERSHIP TEAM ON A REGULAR BASIS, THAT THE EXPECTATION OF EXCELLENCE BEGINS WITH EACH OF US HERE TODAY.
UH, AND AS WE MODEL THAT AND CONTINUE EXPECT EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, UM, AND ALSO THAT WE USE, WE ARE INTENTIONAL ABOUT OUR, UM, EXECUTION OF REVIEWING OUR MISSION, VISION, AND BELIEFS AND DEVELOPING SOME NEW GOALS OR REFINING THE ONES THAT WE HAVE AND THAT'S TO BE DETERMINED, UH, BUT ALSO TO BE CO-OPERATIVE AND BE CONSCIOUS, CONSCIENTIOUS, UH, COMMUNICATORS.
UM, SO THAT WE'RE THOUGHTFUL, UM, IN OUR, AND OPEN-MINDED IN OUR OPINIONS AND THOUGHTS AS WE GO THROUGH TODAY.
AND WITH THAT, UM, I'M GOING TO TURN IT BACK OVER.
WELL, ACTUALLY, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR GUEST.
UH, WHO'S HERE TODAY, OUR FACILITATOR, UH, DR.
DAN'S COMES WITH US AS MANY OF YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, AS WELL AS HAVING BEEN A SUPERINTENDENT, UM, DISTRICT OFFICE LEVEL CHIEF IN THE NATION'S SEVENTH LARGEST DISTRICT.
UM, AS WELL AS A PRINCIPAL FOR A FEW YEARS AS WELL, TEACHER.
AND I'LL LET HIM TALK ABOUT THE REST OF THAT.
UM, BUT HE ALSO LED OUR, OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM, OUR CABINETS RETREAT.
AND SO, UM, HAVING THEM COME BACK AND BE, HAVE THAT CONSISTENCY OF FACILITATING A SESSION IS WHY HE'S HERE WITH US TODAY.
[2. Team Building & Your Why - Dr. Dance]
TO TAKE US THROUGH, UH, THE TEAM BUILDING AND, UH, DEVELOPING THE Y THANK YOU, DR.CARRERA, PRESIDENT HAMILTON MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
UH, SO MY, MY GRANDMOTHER TOLD ME IF YOU'VE BEEN IN A PLACE MORE THAN THREE TIMES, YOUR, YOUR FAMILY IT'S HOME FOR YOU.
AND I, I, I THINK I'M RIGHT ON THE EIGHTH TIME THAT I'VE BEEN TO LANCASTER.
AND HONESTLY, I SIT AT THE RETREAT THAT WE DID WITH THE SCHOOL LEADERS, BUT I'LL SAY IT AGAIN HERE NOW TO SEE BOARD MEMBERS, UH, PARTICIPATE IN THAT TYPE OF PROCESS FOR THE SCHOOL LEADERS WAS, WAS TRULY REFRESHING TO ME.
BUT AS I HAD SIDEBAR CONVERSATIONS WITH MANY OF THEM, THEY WERE EXCITED THAT YOU WERE THERE.
THERE'S ALWAYS THIS LEVEL OF DISCONNECT THAT SOMETIMES EXISTS IN DISTRICTS WHERE FOLKS LIKE TO LOOK AT THE BOARD OVER HERE.
THEY LIKE TO LOOK AT THE SUPERINTENDENT HERE, CAMPUS LEADERS THIS WAY, AND THE MOST SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL SYSTEMS IN AMERICA ARE ONES WHERE FOLKS VIEW THEMSELVES AS A TEAM.
AND PARTICULARLY IN LANCASTER, THE MORE YOU GUYS CAN BE YOURSELVES AS A TEAM OF EIGHT, THE BETTER OFF YOU ALL GONNA BE.
UH, SO THE WAY I WOULD LIKE TO START TODAY, UH, BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE FORGET, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE JUST WENT THROUGH TWO YEARS OF COVID AND MANY OF US ARE STILL OBVIOUSLY, UH, LIVING THAT EXPERIENCE NOW.
UH, BUT SOMETIMES WE FORGET OUR WHY, UH, AND IT'S, AND IT'S VERY SIMPLE TO DO BECAUSE WE ALL DEAL WITH OUR OWN PERSONAL THINGS.
WE DEAL WITH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A VOLUNTEER POSITION FOR THE MOST PART.
UH, AND SO YOU HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE PULLING ON YOU THAT YOU'RE LIKE, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO BE DOING? BUT BEFORE WE GET INTO THAT, LET'S, LET'S BACK AND FORTH FOR A QUICK MINUTE.
RIVERA TALKED ABOUT SORT OF WHO AM I? AND I THINK SOME OF YOU GUYS SAW THIS, UH, AT THE RETREAT AND YOU SAW ALL THESE PICTURES.
SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST TOLD THAT THE BARKER, I HAVE A, A 13 YEAR OLD SON, HE JUST TURNED 13, UH, AUGUST THE FOURTH, UH, GOING TO THE EIGHTH GRADE.
SO, SO NOW SCHOOL IS GETTING REAL.
AND I THINK FOLKS ALWAYS SAID I WAS, UH, REASONABLY IMPATIENT PRIOR TO BECOMING A DAD.
I DEFINITELY BECAME REASONABLY A PATIENT ONCE I BECAME ONE.
UH, THE REALITY IS FOR, FOR THAT YOUNG MAN WHO IS TALLER THAN ME, SO I JUST WANT TO PUT IT ON THE RECORD.
UH, IT'S TOLD TO ME, UH, AND I JUST
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BOUGHT A PAIR OF SHOES FOR THAT IS A SIZE 12 AND A HALF, WHICH I'M JUST A LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT BECAUSE I'M ONLY AT A NINE AND A HALF.UH, BUT THAT, THAT LITTLE BOY IS GOING TO BE JUST FINE BECAUSE I KNOW THE SYSTEM.
SO IF THINGS ARE NOT WORKING WELL, I KNOW WHAT I NEED TO DO.
I KNOW THE POLICY I NEED TO GO TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT HE'S OKAY.
UH, MANY OF US IN THIS ROOM HAVE KIDS, SAME WAY THE CHALLENGES AND THE BIGGER ISSUE WE HAVE IS THAT EVERYONE DOESN'T HAVE THAT.
AND THE BIGGER PROBLEM EVEN AROUND THAT IS THAT EVERYONE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO HAVE THAT.
AND SO THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU GUYS ARE GETTING TOGETHER TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THIS.
THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR OPERATING PROTOCOL AS A BOARD, BECAUSE NOT ONLY ARE CAMPUS LEADERS LOOKING AT YOU AND TEACHERS AND EMPLOYEES AND STAFF, THIS ENTIRE COMMUNITY IS LOOKING AT YOU.
AND TO BE HONEST, BECAUSE OF THE PROGRESS THAT LANCASTER HAS MADE THIS PAST YEAR.
NOW YOU HAVE THE REGION AND THE STATE.
AND I WAS JUST IN ORLANDO ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO.
AND FOLKS WERE TALKING ABOUT, UH, WHO IS L I S D.
AND I SAID, WELL, WHO IS THAT? LIE IS THEY WE'D BE TALKING ABOUT CAUSE THERE'S SEVERAL, OBVIOUSLY LSDS.
AND THEY SAID, LANCASTER, A MATTER OF FACT, THEY SAID LANCASTER.
AND I ACTUALLY HAD TO CORRECT HIM CAUSE I WAS CORRECTED, UH, LAST TIME.
UH, SO BECAUSE SO MANY EYES ARE ON YOU, THE MORE YOU GUYS CAN OPERATE, YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU, MEN AND WOMEN CAN OPERATE AS A TEAM OF EIGHT, THE BETTER OFF YOU'RE GOING TO BE.
BECAUSE WHEN WE START THINKING ABOUT OUR WATT AND I SHARE THIS IN THE SUMMER, SO I'M NOT GOING TO GO THERE JUST THE TIME.
BUT THE WORK THAT WE DO ACROSS THE COUNTRY OBVIOUSLY IS THAT I BELIEVE THAT EVERY PROBLEM CAN BE SOLVED.
UH, IF SOMEONE SAID, ARE YOU AN OPTIMIST? ABSOLUTELY.
YEAH, BECAUSE IF WE WANT TO SOLVE A PROBLEM, IT ACTUALLY CAN'T BE SOLVED.
WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE GET THE RIGHT PEOPLE WITH THE RIGHT CAPACITY, WITH THE RIGHT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MIXED WITH THE RIGHT STRATEGY TO GIVE US OUR RESULTS.
NOW THE REALITY IS MOST PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO SOLVE PROBLEMS, UH, BECAUSE WHEN WE WANT TO SOLVE A PROBLEM, SOMEBODY IS GOING TO BE DISAPPOINTED.
AND THE REALITY IS WHEN YOU'RE TALKING WITH KIDS, SOMEONE SHOULD BE DISAPPOINTED.
SOMEONE SHOULD BE UPSET BECAUSE WE'RE STRUCTURED TO GET THE RESULTS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY GET.
WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY HAVE TO CHANGE ADULTS, NOT CHILDREN.
AND SO LET'S, LET'S FOCUS ON OUR WHY FOR A MOMENT.
AND I WANT US TO THINK BACK TO WHETHER YOU WERE IN YOUR LIVING ROOM, WHETHER A NEIGHBOR CALLED YOU OVER, UH, WHETHER YOU SAW A BOARD MEETING, WHETHER YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN A SCHOOL AND YOU GOT EXCITED, WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, PROMPTED YOUR INTEREST TO WANT TO, TO, TO REALLY DECIDE TO RUN FOR THE LANCASTER BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
I WANT TO KNOW WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO RUN FOR IT? AND NOT ONLY WHY? AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT NOT ONLY I KNOW THAT, BUT YOUR COLLEAGUES KNOW THAT YOUR SUPERINTENDENT KNOWS THAT YOUR COMMUNITY KNOWS THAT, BUT THEN WHAT WERE YOU HOPING TO ACCOMPLISH? AND SO IT'S A TWO PART QUESTION.
AS WE, AS WE GET TO KNOW OUR WHY, AND WE DO A LITTLE BIT OF TEAM BUILDING AROUND US, ONE, WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO RUN FOR THE BOARD? AND THEN THE SECOND PART TO THAT IS WHAT WERE YOU AND THAT MEANT.
AND THE EMPHASIS OBVIOUSLY IS ON YOU.
WHAT WERE YOU HOPING TO ACCOMPLISH? AND I THINK WE HAVE A THOUGHT EXCHANGE THAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO WITH IT.
BARKER FROM, I'M SAYING, DIRECTION'S WRONG, THERE'S A QR CODE AT YOUR SEAT.
UH, THAT YOU CAN GO ON YOUR PHONE.
YOU CAN, YOU CAN JUST OPEN YOUR CAMERA AND SCAN IT.
UH, BUT I WANT TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO DO THAT AND WE'RE GOING TO POPCORN OUT, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO DETERMINE WHO SAID WHAT, WHICH IS TOTALLY FINE.
WE REALLY JUST DON'T WANT TO JUST CAPTURE, UH, THE, THE, THE, THE ANSWERS TO IT.
AND IF YOU HAVE MORE THAN ONE REASON, PLEASE SHARE IT.
BUT I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT AS WE GO INTO THE LATTER PART OF THIS EVENING.
BUT ALSO AS WE GO INTO OUR GOAL-SETTING PROCESS, UH, FOR TOMORROW.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL PAUSE FOR A FEW MINUTES AND LET YOU LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, UH, ANSWER THAT AND WE'LL BE RIGHT THERE.
NO, IT'S ON YOUR DESK RIGHT THERE.
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BARTON, THE CAR IS CIRCLED IN LYFT.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO BE BACK THERE? JUST TO MAKE SURE THEY SAID I OBSERVED FREQUENT LEADERSHIP CHANGES AT MY CHILD'S SCHOOL, BUT I WASN'T SEEING ACADEMIC PROGRESS.
BEING MADE TO BE A POSITIVE CONTRIBUTOR TO HELP THE CHILDREN AND LAND CUFFS CAN LINKS TO BE COMPETITIVE GLOBALLY.
UH, ANOTHER TRUSTEE SAID, I RAN FOR THE LANCASTER, A BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THE REQUEST OF A FELLOW EDUCATOR, THE DISTRICT WHO THOUGHT I WOULD BE A CHANGE AGENT AT THAT TIME.
MY PURPOSE OF ACCEPTING THE CHALLENGE WAS TO EMPOWER MY FELLOW EDUCATORS THROUGH GOVERNANCE WHILE ELEVATING THE EDUCATIONAL LEVEL OF OUR STUDENTS.
ONE WORD THAT OBVIOUSLY STICKS OUT TO ME, THERE BEING AN ENGLISH MAJOR IS GOVERNANCE, UM, TO BE AN UNHEARD VOICE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH INCLUSION AND ACCEPT OTHERS, WHERE THEY ARE
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FACING THE CHALLENGES.UM, AND ANOTHER TRUSTEE SAID, I RAN AN EFFORT TO UPSET THE VOTING MAJORITY THAT CONSISTENTLY SUPPORTED THEIR OWN PERSONAL AGENDAS.
REMOVING ONE CANKER IS BOARD MEMBER WOULD ALLOW CLEAR LOGIC AND REASONING TO HAVE A FIGHTING CHANCE.
UH, THE REASON WHY I ASKED THAT, AND THE REASON WHY I WANTED TO FOCUS ON YOU IS BECAUSE MOST INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE PART OF GOVERNING BOARDS, DON'T RECOGNIZE THAT THEY CAN'T ACCOMPLISH ANY OF THIS.
SO THE REALITY IS AS A BOARD OF SEVEN, YOU NEED THREE OTHER PEOPLE TO ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING YOU WANT TO DO.
AND SO THAT'S WHY I WAS SAYING SORT OF EARLIER, THE TEAM OF EIGHT IS IMPORTANT FOR LINCOLN FOR STUDENTS TO REALLY BE SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE ALL OF THESE ARE NOBLE REASONS WHY INDIVIDUALS WILL RUN FOR THE BOARD.
THE REALITY IS NO BOARD MEMBER WANTS TO LEAVE THE DISTRICT.
ANY POSITION THAT'S NOT BETTER OFF THAN WHEN THEY WERE, WHEN THEY WERE FIRST ELECTED.
AND THAT'S ALWAYS WHETHER YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S CONTRACT, WHETHER YOU'RE EVALUATING CURRICULUM OR OTHER CONTRACTS, IS ARE WE BETTER OFF TODAY THAN WE WERE BEFORE WE HAD THAT? AND SO THE REALITY IS NO MATTER WHAT WE DECIDE TO DO AND WHY WE DECIDE TO RUN, WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITHOUT THREE OTHER MEMBERS.
AND SO THAT'S WHY I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE AT YOUR RETREAT.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, WHY SOME OF THE ELEMENTS OF THE RETREAT WAS PUT TOGETHER THE WAY IT IS.
UM, AND, AND, AND AN ELEMENT OF THAT WAS REALLY BECAUSE YOU NEED TO KNOW YOUR TEAM.
IF YOU NEED THREE OTHER MEMBERS TO GET THINGS DONE.
AND IDEALLY AS A BOARD, YOU WANT UNANIMOUS AS OBVIOUSLY AS MUCH AS YOU CAN DO.
UH, BUT IF YOU NEED THREE OTHER MEMBERS, YOU NEED TO KNOW YOUR TEAM MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, WHAT MOTIVATES THEM, YOU KNOW, WHAT DRIVES THEM, AND THEN WHAT ACTUALLY WILL BE PUT IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT WHATEVER GOALS YOU WANT IT TO ACCOMPLISH AS AN INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEE, THAT THE LANCASTER BOARD OF TRUSTEES AS A WHOLE ARE SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE YOU WERE THERE WOULD THAT AMOUNT OF PRESIDENT ALVA STOP.
I KNOW THERE'S SOME BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES THAT YOU WANT TO GO OVER.
WE'LL TAKE THAT, UH, AS YOU GO THROUGH IT TO MAKE SOME NOTES, AND THEN WE'LL FOLLOW BACK UP WITH THAT, WITH THE GOALS APP.
[3. Discuss & Revise Board Operating Agreements - President Hamilton & Board]
PRINTED OUT YOUR ART OR BROUGHT YOUR PRINTED COPY WERE Y'ALL ABLE TO REVIEW IT AND MAKE SOME NOTES ON IT SO WE CAN DISCUSS SOME CHANGES OR THINGS THAT YOU THINK NEED TO BE REMOVED.EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE A COPY IF THEY DID NOT BRING ONE, NEVER KNOW THERE'S ONE IN YOUR FOLDER.
WOULD IT BE HELPFUL IF WE WAIT TILL TOMORROW TO DO THIS PART, AND MAYBE OTHERS WILL JOIN US AND YOU'LL HAVE TIME TO KIND OF GO THROUGH IT.
IT'S NOT A LOT OF INFORMATION, SO WE WILL HOLD ON THIS AND LET YOU CONTINUE NO PROBLEM AT ALL.
AND THAT ACTUALLY WAS A PRETTY GOOD SEGUE TO TOMORROW BECAUSE THAT WILL THEN FEED RIGHT INTO, UH, THE GOALS DISCUSSION.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THIS SUMMER, UH, WITH THE CAMPUS LEADERS AND MANY OF US DO IT, AND WE DON'T OBVIOUSLY KNOW HOW FORMAL IT IS AND WE'RE DOING IT IS IN ORDER TO SORT OF MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR GOALS.
BUT THE CHALLENGE CHALLENGES WE HAVE TO DO A SWOT ANALYSIS IS REALLY LOOKING AT WHAT ARE THE STRENGTHS, THE WEAKNESSES, THE OPPORTUNITIES, AND THE THREATS THAT EXIST FOR US AS ORGANIZATION, IN ORDER FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD.
AND SO AS I GO BACK AND LOOK AT SOME OF THE WORK WE DID THIS SUMMER, YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS VERY, VERY SIMPLE, BUT IT'S REALLY, REALLY HARD.
AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE THERE, YOU KNOW, WHY IT WAS HARD BECAUSE IT REALLY REQUIRES US TO STOP AND REQUIRES US TO THINK.
SO REALLY, WE THOUGHT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR, OUR, OUR WORK IN THE DISTRICT, IF WE THINK ABOUT WHAT WE KNOW AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AS WE KNOW, MAYBE AS PARENTS, AS, AS TRUSTEES, WHATEVER ROLE WE'RE SITTING IN, BECAUSE YOU'RE WEARING VARIOUS HATS, UH, WHEN YOU'RE UP ON THAT, YES.
UH, IF YOU DO THAT THOUGH, WHAT ARE THE STRENGTHS THAT DRIVE US AS AN ORGANIZATION? WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET TO IT JUST YET.
UH, AND WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THAT, WHAT ARE THE UNIQUE RESOURCES THAT WE CAN DRAW ON? AND SO THE PRINCIPALS REALLY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO WALK THROUGH NOT ONLY STEPS THEY SAW OF THEIR CAMPUS, BUT REALLY STRENGTHS OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, SAME THING WHEN WE CAN S WEAKNESSES AND WHAT WE CAN IMPROVE UPON, AND WHAT DO WE SEE OR WHAT OTHERS SEE AS LIKELY WEAKNESSES FOR US.
BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH WE'VE HAD A LOT OF PROGRESS THIS YEAR, UNDERSTAND THAT THAT COULD QUICKLY QUICKLY FATE, IF WE DON'T REALLY STAY FORWARD THINKING.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THE, THE, THE, THE, THE TIME WE'RE IN, WHETHER IT'S COVID RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN AND AROUND US AS SOCIETY.
I'M PRETTY SURE PARENTS ARE CALLING YOU WITH THINGS THAT MAY HAVE HAPPENED THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL OR WHATEVER WE ALWAYS WANNA THINK ABOUT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AND THOSE STRESS THAT IF WE'RE NOT CAREFUL, THEY COULD TOTALLY, TOTALLY DISRUPT US AND TAKE OUR FOCUS AWAY FROM THE GOALS THAT WE SET.
WE WANTED TO GET DONE AS A BOARD.
SO WHAT I DID WAS I JUST WENT BACK AND YOU HAVE THIS IN YOUR, IN YOUR, UH, YOUR PACKET.
AND SO THIS WILL NOT JUST BE OBVIOUSLY A SIT AND GET WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME WORK.
WE'RE GOING TO DIALOGUE TOGETHER.
WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME, UH, SOME LITTLE TRANSFORMATIONAL WORK,
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BECAUSE THIS IS OBVIOUSLY GOING TO LEAVE AND TO THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING AS A BOARD.SO ENVISION 20, 25, YOU ALL LAID OUT.
AND I KNOW THREE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE TODAY, HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCESS, TOO.
WE LAID OUT OUR STRENGTHS, OUR WEAKNESSES, OUR OPPORTUNITIES, AND OUR THREATS.
BUT WE THINK ABOUT THIS THOUGH, THIS WAS PRE COVID.
WE DID NOT KNOW THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE UP ENDED.
WE DID NOT KNOW WE WOULD HAVE TO GO INTO OUR VIRTUAL LEARNING AS MUCH AS WE DID.
WE DID NOT KNOW WE'D HAVE TO HIRE A NEW SUPERINTENDENT.
WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT JUST NEW THINGS THAT WERE IN AND AROUND US AS A COMMUNITY.
AND SO IF WE CAN JUST TAKE ABOUT ABOUT FIVE MINUTES, NO PROBLEM.
WE'LL TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER, BUT LET'S START JUST WITH FIVE MINUTES.
IF YOU LOOK AT JUST THE STRIPS, THAT'S ALL WE'RE GOING.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE THIS ONE BIT AT A TIME, AND I'LL TELL YOU WHERE THIS IS GONNA BECOME HELPFUL, BECAUSE IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IT'S VISION 2025.
AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE YEAR WE'RE ALREADY ABOUT TO, INTO 23.
AND SO IF WE ARE LOOKING AT BOARD GOALS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT BOARD NORMS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS ALIGNED BECAUSE THE MORE WE ARE ALIGNED, THE LESS TIME WE HAVE FOR PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY SORT OF PICK, IF WE'RE MORE ALIGNED THAN THE LESS OPPORTUNITY YOU HAVE, AGAIN FOR DISTRACTIONS.
AND AS THINGS COME UP, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO POINT TO NOTE, THIS IS OUR FOCUS AREA RIGHT HERE.
BECAUSE IF THAT, IF WE DON'T HAVE A PRIORITY AREA AS A BOARD MEMBER, THEN EVERYTHING BECOMES A PRIORITY AS A BOARD.
SO LET'S JUST SPEND FIVE MINUTES AND LET'S JUST FOCUS ON STRENGTHS.
AND WHAT I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU ALL TO DO IS JUST GO THROUGH THIS INDIVIDUALLY.
AND IF YOU THINK THIS IS STILL A STRENGTH FOR OUR DISTRICT, I JUST WANT YOU TO PUT A CHECK NEXT WEEK.
I'M GOING TO TAKE ABOUT FIVE MINUTES TO DO STRIPS.
UH, ONE MORE MINUTE ON THAT WE STARTED LOOKING AT
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WHERE DID THIS LIST COME FROM? SO THIS WAS PULL OUT A VISION 20, 25 PUBLIC DOCUMENT THAT THE BOARD VOTED ON AS A STRATEGIC DIRECTION.WHAT STANDS OUT TO THE BOARD, UM, AS THIS IS DEFINITELY STILL A STRENGTH FOR US AS A DISTRICT.
ANYONE ELSE HAS MORE AND HAVING A VISION TO MOVE FORWARD IN ORDER TO SERVE OUT THE STREETS? WELL, OUR COMMUNITY, UM, THE COMMITTED TEACHERS AND STAFF, THAT'S FINE.
UH, I THINK WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE HERE.
SO TRANSPARENCY WAS STAKEHOLDERS, WHICH MADE ME MADE ME QUESTION.
WHETHER INFORMATION CAME FROM TWO IS SAID, HADN'T ALWAYS BEEN THE CASE, BUT I DEFINITELY SEES IT AS A STRENGTH.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WITH THE CAMPUS LEADERS IS THAT ANY OF THESE AREAS, IT COULD BE VIEWED AS A STRENGTH TO ONE WHERE IT CAN BE VIEWED AS A WEAKNESS OPPORTUNITY TO THREAT TO ANOTHER.
SO EVERYONE BRINGS THEIR OWN VIEWPOINT.
WHEN THEY'RE DOING THIS, THE, THE, THE, THE GOAL IS TO GET YOU ALL AS A BOARD TO SAY, WHAT DID WE AGREE AS STRENGTHS ARE? WHAT ARE WE AGREE AS STRENGTHS ARE FOR OUR DISTRICT? NOW, THE REALITY IS, WE'RE SAYING SOMETHING'S A STRENGTH.
NOW, IF SOMEONE WERE TO COME BACK AND SAY, HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT? HOW CAN YOU PROVE THAT? HOW CAN YOU MEASURE THAT? WE'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THAT.
AND SO IF WE'RE SAYING, AND, AND I THINK PRESIDENT HAMILTON, UH, MENTIONED AT FIRST THAT WE HAVE A PASSION FOR STUDENTS, WE HAVE A CHILDREN FIRST MINDSET.
THEN AS A BOARD, WE'VE GOT TO THINK ABOUT IF WE'RE ASKED THAT, HOW MIGHT WE ANSWER THAT? NOW, THE REALITY IS AS A BOARD, YOU'RE MORE THAN LIKELY NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT UNLESS YOU'RE DOING IT THROUGH THE SUPERINTENDENT'S EVALUATION, BECAUSE THE ADMINISTRATION IS GOING TO BE THE ONE CARRYING OUT WHAT THE BOARD HAS GIVEN DIRECTIVES TO BE ABLE TO DO, BECAUSE THE BOARD CAN'T DO IT, RIGHT.
THE BOARD CAN DO IT NOW IN ITS POLICIES, THE BOARD CAN DO IT IN HIS BUDGET.
THE BOARD CAN DO IT, OBVIOUSLY IN HIS HIRING OF THE SUPERINTENDENT, AS IT'S REVIEWING, UH, YOU KNOW, CURRICULUM, ANY OF THE PRO, UH, PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS THAT COME UP, THAT RESULTS IN A BUDGETARY DECISION THAT HAS TO BE MADE OR A POLICY DECISION THAT HAS TO BE IMPLEMENTED.
UH, SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE ALWAYS WANT TO BE MINDFUL OF IS THAT EVERYONE BRINGS THEIR DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES TO THIS.
SO, VERY GOOD QUESTION, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THIS, THIS WAS A BIT OF TIME AGO, UH, AND MORE THAN LIKELY WHEN VISION 20, 25 WAS, WAS WRITTEN.
AND, AND AGAIN, I'M MAKING A LITTLE BIT OF A STRETCH HERE IN BOARD MEMBERS, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT THE WAY STRATEGIC PLAN PROCESSES GO, THEY'RE USUALLY STARTED A YEAR BEFORE THEY EVEN IMPLEMENTED.
SO MANY OF THESE STRESS PROBABLY WERE BASED ON COMMUNITY GROUPS, BECAUSE BASED ON HOW YOU PUT VISION 20, 25 TOGETHER, THERE WERE COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT CAME TOGETHER TO FORM WHAT THE PLAN LOOKED LIKE BASED ON THOSE COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT COULD BE VIEWED AS A STRENGTH TO ONE, WHICH MIGHT NOT BE VIEWED AS A DISTRICT TO ANOTHER TRUSTEE MORRIS.
UH, I WOULD SAY THAT I, OR A VISION 2020 VISION, 2025 CAME ALONE.
I GUESS THAT'S WHERE I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS THE THINKING FOR 2025 FOR THOSE BOARD MEMBERS THAT WERE PARTICIPATING BECAUSE THE VISION FOR 2020.
SO, YOU KNOW, HOW LONG THAT WAS, IT WAS TOTALLY DIFFERENT IF THIS IS WHAT THEIR STRENGTH WAS.
UH, BUT I GUESS, UH, I'M NOT CHALLENGING WHERE DID IT COME FROM? BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR, HOW DID IT GET TO THE QUESTION WHO THOUGHT OF IT? VERY, VERY GOOD QUESTION.
AND THE BEAUTY OF IT IS A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS LIKE TO WAIT TIL THE END OF THEIR CYCLE TO DO A STRATEGIC PLAN.
THERE IS NOTHING WRITTEN THAT YOU HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL 20, 24 TO START VISION 20, 25.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, SOME OF THE DISCUSSION IN THE ROOM WITH THE CAMPUS LEADERS THIS PAST SUMMER WAS ALMOST KICKING THAT PROCESS OFF NOW IS DR.
RIVERA GOES INTO HER SECOND YEAR.
SO IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE, IT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE TO BE CALLED VISION 27, 28, OR HOWEVER YOU WANT TO DO IT.
THAT'S REALLY THE BOARD'S CALL A DOCTOR FOR ONE OR TWO YEAR CYCLE.
I DON'T BELIEVE AT FIVE, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, AND BEST PRACTICE HAS ACTUALLY GONE TO THAT WHERE YOU CAN NOT GO THAT FAR ABSOLUTELY.
WHERE THERE ARE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WILL HAVE IN THEIR MIND WHAT THEY WANT TO VIEW AS FIVE-YEAR GOALS,
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BUT THEIR STRATEGIC OPERATING PLAN CLEARLY IS A TWO TO THREE-YEAR OPERATING DOCUMENT, UH, WHICH ALWAYS WORKS BETTER BECAUSE IT GIVES YOU MORE FLEXIBILITY TO GO BACK AND ADJUST IT.YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU PUT OUT A STRATEGIC PLAN TO THE COMMUNITY, THEY AUTOMATICALLY THINK THAT THAT WILL BE THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
THIS IS WHAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON, AND YOUR GOALS WILL GIVE YOU THE DIRECTION OF WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON.
BUT THE DAY THEY WORK IN PLAN AROUND THAT ULTIMATELY OBVIOUSLY WILL CHANGE.
AND A LOT OF FOLKS, OBVIOUSLY, AS WE ARE NOW IN OUR FOURTH SCHOOL YEAR WITH COVID, THEY'RE RECOGNIZING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO EVOLVE AS YOU DEAL WITH OTHER ISSUES THAT MAY COME UP, WHETHER IT'S PE STAFFING, WHATEVER IT GIVES YOU THE FLEXIBILITY TO ADJUST MUCH, MUCH EASIER.
UM, BUT HOW YOU DECIDE TO PUT TOGETHER THE STRATEGIC PLAN GOING FORWARD, UH, IS DEFINITELY A PROCESS THAT THIS BOARD WILL BE ABLE TO WORK ON WITH, WITH DR.
UH, I THINK A GOOD QUESTION THAT THAT WILL REMAIN, BECAUSE THIS IS A DOCUMENT THAT'S STILL AN OUTWARD FACING WORK FOR THE COMMUNITY.
IS, DOES THIS BOARD STILL BELIEVE THAT THESE ARE AGAIN, THE STRENGTHS, THE WEAKNESSES AND THE OPPORTUNITIES, THE THREATS THAT EXIST FOR YOUR COMMUNITY.
UM, AND, AND IT, WHETHER IT'S A PARENT, A STUDENT TEACHER OR STAFF, OR EVEN, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE SOMEONE, UH, YOU KNOW, IN, IN AN AGENCY IN THE COMMUNITY, WHETHER THEY BELIEVE THAT THEN, OR, OR NOW, UM, I THINK IT DOESN'T DO THE BOARD A GOOD SERVICE TO THINK BACK.
I THINK THE QUESTION WILL BE NOW IS, AND I THINK A TRUSTEE SMITH YOU'VE MENTIONED THIS, IF THERE IS SOMETHING ON HERE THAT YOU WANT TO BE A STRENGTH, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE WAY TO SORT OF LEAPFROG AND TO SAY, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS, WHEN WE DO A SWAT ANALYSIS IN THE NEXT TWO, THREE YEARS, THAT BECOMES, YOU KNOW, ONE OF OUR MAJOR STRENGTHS THAT IF WE ASK ANYONE, AND I KNOW WHEN WE GET TO THE SMART GOALS THAT WERE DEVELOPED THIS SUMMER, DR.
BARKOW TALK ABOUT HOW, UH, THE, THE GROUP CAME UP WITH ALMOST HOW THEY WILL GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY WITH A SMART GOAL AROUND BEING ABLE TO MEASURE SOME OF THIS.
SO THAT'S PROBABLY A GOOD JUMPSTART TO WHERE YOU'RE TRYING TO GO WITH IT.
UM, THE OTHER GOOD THING TOO, IS THAT AS YOU'RE DOING THIS PROCESS NOW, YOU KNOW WHAT I ALWAYS LIKE TO ADVISE PEOPLE AS MORE AS LESS.
AND SO IF YOU HAVE 20 STRENGTHS, YOU HAVE 20 WEAKNESSES, 20 OPPORTUNITIES, 20 THREATS.
YOU'RE GOING TO FIND SOMEBODY IN THE COMMUNITY WHO DOES NOT VIEW IT THAT WAY.
AND THE REALITY AGAIN, IS BECAUSE EVERYONE BRINGS THEIR OWN DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE TO THE TABLE, BUT I MIGHT USE A STRENGTH.
YOU MIGHT VIEW IT AS A WEAKNESS, RIGHT? SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND RIGHT THERE.
I THINK WHAT THE, THE GOAL HERE IS THAT IF WE CAN THINK THROUGH PROBABLY THE TOP FIVE IN EACH ONE OF THESE, THEN AS WE'RE THINKING THROUGH OUR GOALS FOR TOMORROW, THEN WE'RE FOCUSING OURSELVES ON HOW DO WE ACTUALLY MAKE SURE THAT IF SOMETHING IS PERCEIVED AS A STRENGTH, OR IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S A STRENGTH, EVEN IF WE DON'T BELIEVE IT TODAY, OUR GOAL SPEAK TO IT.
IF WE SEE SOMETHING AS A WEAKNESS, IT MAY BE A STRIP TO SOMEONE IN THE ROOM, BUT IF IT'S ON THIS LIST AS A WEAKNESS, OR WE PROCEEDED TO STILL BE A WEAKNESS, WE CAN FOCUS OUR GOALS TO MAKE SURE THAT WEAKNESS BECOMES A STRIP AGAIN, OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS, THINK THE SAME WAY.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT IT'S GOING TO BE CONSTANTLY EVOLVING RIGHT NOW.
THERE ARE PROBABLY ABOUT EIGHT TOP ISSUES THERE, AN EDUCATION RIGHT NOW, AND ALL OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS AS THEY COME TO THE FOREFRONT.
YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE GOALS THAT ACTUALLY SENT HER TO MAKE THEM STRENGTHS IF GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY.
SO THAT'S PROBABLY WHERE THE MAJOR FOCUS OF THAT IS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S A GOOD QUESTION FOR, FOR THE BOARD TO ASK, YOU KNOW, IF WE ADOPTED THIS BACK IN, YOU KNOW, IN, IN 2019 TO, TO BE A VISION 20, 25, DO WE VIEW THESE THE SAME WAY THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY OR THE GROUPS OR WHOMEVER PUT THIS TOGETHER, VIEWED IT THEN AS WE VIEWED NOW, IT'S A VERY GOOD POINT.
TRUSTEE MORRIS, I THINK TRUSTEE JONES, YOU START US OFF WITH THAT.
AS I'M THINKING BACK, WE'RE GOING TO DOCUMENT ITSELF.
UH, AND WE WERE FEBRUARY, MARCH, 2020.
AND AS I REFLECT BACK, I WAS PROBABLY THE FREEBIE TO TWO OF THOSE MEETINGS.
SO INPUT IS MEDICAL, BUT OF COURSE IT IS DOCUMENT APPROVED.
PROBABLY RUN ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE AT THIS POINT, YOU AT A VISIONARY.
SO IF WE TAKE A STEP BACK NOW, WE, WE, WE WE'VE LOOKED AT THIS QUADRANT.
WE SEE TONS OF THINGS THAT FOLKS HAVE SAID OUR STRENGTHS, REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY'RE VIEWING THEMSELVES AS A MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY.
IF NOW THE BOARD WERE TO SORT OF THINK ABOUT THIS NOW, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IF SOMEONE ASKS YOU TO TOP THREE STRENGTHS OF L I S D WHAT WOULD YOU SAY MEANING TODAY? MEANING TODAY WE SIT HERE TODAY, YOU SIT HERE TODAY, THE TOP STRENGTH THAT WE HAVE, THE TOP THREE STRENGTHS THAT LAFD HAS AS YOU SIT HERE TODAY IN 2022, UM, I MAY BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, BUT I'M SITTING NEXT TO HER.
I LIKE TO SAY, UH, TRANSPARENCY WITH STAKEHOLDERS, BECAUSE I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT I KNOW HAS BEEN THERE
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AND WE GO OVER AND BEYOND TO CORRECT THAT WE HAVE EXCEPTIONAL COMMUNICATION PERSONNEL IN THE ROOM WITH US RIGHT NOW.I THINK SOMEBODY HAS TO BE COMBINED LIKE FOR DEFINITELY LIKE THE PATIENT FOR STUDENTS, CHILDREN, FIRST MINDSET, UH, DEFINITELY STAFF RETENTION.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE DIFFERENT WORKED ON.
SO STAFF RETENTION COMPARED TO PAY THOSE THINGS COULD BE GROUPED TOGETHER.
THAT'S ACTUALLY HERE RIGHT NOW AND THE GROW YOUR OWN METHODS COULD BE THERE WITH THAT.
ALSO, LET'S SAY MY TOP THREE WOULD BE, UH, INNOVATION, INNOVATIVE LEADERSHIP, PASSION FOR STUDENTS INTO THEIR FINANCIAL STANDING THREE.
INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, THE THREE TO FOUR THAT YOU ALL PICKED AS A BOARD ARE THREE THAT ARE WITHIN YOUR PURVIEW TO CONTROL BECAUSE THE LEADERSHIP IN THE DISTRICT OBVIOUSLY IS A BOARD DECISION.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE WAY THE BOARD VIEWS STUDENTS AND STUDENT SUCCESS, UH, WHETHER IT IS A BOARD WHO VIEWS, UH, WE'RE GOING TO PUT STUDENTS FIRST AND THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE IN OUR BOARD MEETINGS, THEY'RE GOING TO BE STRUCTURED SO THAT STUDENTS ARE FIRST.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY YOUR, YOUR, YOUR BUDGET, YOU KNOW, THE SUPERINTENDENT CAN RECOMMEND, BUT IT'S ULTIMATELY GOT TO BE THE BOARD WHO ACTUALLY DECIDES WHAT THAT BUDGET IS.
AND OBVIOUSLY, AS THE ADMINISTRATION BRINGS, UH, PROPOSALS TO YOU FOR APPROVAL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, YOU DECIDE THAT IT'S YOUR DECISION.
UM, AND THEN THE TRANSPARENCY OF IT ALL THROUGH THE DIRECTORS THAT YOU GIVE TO THE ADMINISTRATION.
AND OBVIOUSLY THAT THE BOARD ITSELF GIVES TO THE COMMUNITY ARE ALL WITHIN YOUR PURVIEW.
UH, SO IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU ALL, I THINK WE'RE GOOD WITH STRENGTHS HERE.
UM, LET'S MOVE ON TO WEAKNESSES FOR, FOR A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE THIS IS ALWAYS THE HARD ONE, BECAUSE WHEN WE THINK ABOUT WEAKNESSES, WE THINK THAT, SORRY, I WANT, BEFORE YOU MOVE FORWARD.
YES, I WANTED TO, BECAUSE I NEED THIS FOR MYSELF.
AND SO WHEN YOU ASKED A QUESTION AND I SAID, I'M SITTING NEXT TO HER, I GUESS IN MY MIND.
I'M THINKING THAT ONE, WHEN BOARD MEMBERS GO OUT TO LOOK AT THE FUTURE FOR OUR STUDENTS, FOR OUR STAFF, WHAT RELATE TO OUR STUDENTS FIRST, IT'S GOING TO FLOW INTO THE COMMUNITY, BUT WE HAVE TO PUT THE RIGHT LEADERSHIP IN THE SPOT TO DO THAT BECAUSE TRUE ENOUGH, WE AS BOARD VOTE AND MAKE THOSE DECISIONS.
BUT WHEN WE MAKE THOSE DECISIONS, I GUESS I'M ALWAYS THE PERSON THAT LOOKED LIKE, YEAH, I MADE BELIEVE THAT I'M QUALIFIED TO DO IT, BUT IT'S SIX OTHER INDIVIDUALS HAVE TO VOTE FOR ME.
BUT WHEN YOU GOT TO QUALIFY A PERSON IN THAT SEAT, THAT'S WHY WE COME TO A UNIT.
AND I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO WHAT YOU SAID EARLY, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN THE ONE TO NOT PROMOTE THAT IN THE PAST.
BUT I DO PROMOTE THAT NOW THE TEAM OF EIGHT.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IS BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE THAT ONE EMPLOYEE THAT WE HAVE TO DEPEND UP ON TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING AND STAYING FOCUSED ON THE RIGHT THING FOR THE DISTRICT LAST YEAR, PROVED IT.
I DON'T WANT TO PICK MUCH TOO MUCH TIME BECAUSE WHAT WE WERE INVOLVED IN OUR DISTRICT AT DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION AND STAFF STAY FOCUSED.
THAT'S THE REASON WHY SAID TODAY AND RIGHT TODAY, THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE.
AND WHERE WE ARE, WHERE YOU WERE THAT HEARD ABOUT US WAS BECAUSE THEY STAYED FOCUSED.
NO, IT WAS VERY WELL POINT YOUR FINE VERBAL POINT.
STOP ME AT ANY TIME THIS, THIS, THIS IS THE BOARD'S RETREATING.
THE MORE INFORMATION THAT WE GET TONIGHT, IT JUST FEEDS VERY WELL INTO GOALS FOR THE MORNING.
SO, YOU KNOW, I PROBABLY WORK WITH CLOSE TO PROBABLY 200 GOVERNING BODIES OVER THE LAST, LITERALLY 10 YEARS.
RIGHT? AND SO I THINK THAT THERE'S ALWAYS A COUPLE OF THINGS.
UM, WHEN FOLKS LIKE TO SEE THEMSELVES AS A TEAM OF, OF A NUMBER AND THEY'RE COUNTING THE, THE CEO, WHICH ULTIMATELY YOUR SUPERINTENDENT IS, UH, FOLKS LOOK AT THAT AS A BAD THING.
AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE BOARD CAN MAKE ANY MOTION THAT IT WANTS DURING A BOARD MEETING.
IT'S JUST THAT EVEN IF THE MOTION IS, IS, IS, IS VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, SOMEONE HAS TO CARRY THAT OUT.
AND SO THE DIRECTIVE THEN IS GIVEN TO YOUR CEO OR YOUR SUPERINTENDENT TO DO THAT.
UH, SO THE MORE THAT YOU ALL ARE SEEN AS A TEAMMATE IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, THE MORE ONE IS A PROTECTION FOR THE ENTIRE BODY, BUT ALSO THE COMMUNITY SEES THAT YOU ALL ARE ALIGNED.
UH, WHEN, WHEN BOARDS ARE ALIGNED, WHEN STAFFS ARE ALLOWING ORGANIZATIONS IN GENERAL ARE ALIGN, IT LEAVES LESS ROOM FOR DISTRACTIONS.
UM, AND I THINK THAT WE PROBABLY RECOGNIZE OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS THAT ANYTHING IN MANY CASES CAN SERVE AS A DISTRACTION.
THERE WERE MANY BOARDS IN SCHOOL SYSTEMS
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THAT WERE QUITE PREPARED FOR COVID, EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD TO PIVOT AND DO A COUPLE OF THINGS, THEY WERE QUITE PREPARED BECAUSE THE GOVERNING ALIGNER WAS, WAS, WAS BREAK.THEY KNEW THE DIRECTOR THEY NEEDED TO GIVE TO THE SUPERINTENDENT.
THEY KNEW THE SUPERINTENDENT HAD TO CARRY IT OUT.
AND THERE WERE PERFORMANCE METRICS THAT WERE IN PLACE THAT THE COMMUNITY, THE SUPERINTENDENT HAD TO BRING BACK TO THE BOARD.
AND SO WHEN THE COMMUNITY SAYS, YOU KNOW, LOOK, THEY'RE, THEY'RE RUBBER STAMPING, UH, SOMETHING, WHAT, WHAT YOU ALL HAVE TO DO IN YOUR EFFORT TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT.
SO THAT FOLKS RECOGNIZE THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT GOES INTO SPENDING WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT, LOOKING AROUND THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, LOOKING THROUGH THOSE PROPOSALS AND, AND LETTING THEM KNOW THAT A LOT OF THE DECISIONS, A LOT OF THE INFORMATION GATHERING IS NOT ALWAYS DONE AT BOARD MEETINGS.
AND SO THAT, THAT ABSOLUTELY CAN BE PUT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF THAT WAY.
AND IT'S REALLY THROUGH YOUR BOARD OPERATING AGREEMENTS IN YOUR NORMS. UH, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THOUGH, THE MORE YOU ALL ARE ALIGNED, THE BOARD NEVER HAS THE QUESTION, WHETHER IT'S DIRECTED THE SUPERINTENDENT OR THE CEO TO DO SOMETHING, AND WHETHER IT BE DONE OR NOT.
SO THAT'S WHERE THE ALIGNMENT PIECE REALLY, REALLY DOES COME IN.
AND EVEN AS YOU GUYS GO THROUGH THE, THE, THE DORMS, AND YOU'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THE GOALS, UH, OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS A GROUP, THIS DOESN'T STOP THE WORK BECAUSE EIGHT MONTHS LATER, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME BACK BASED ON YOUR OPERATING AGREEMENTS TO EVALUATE YOUR SUCCESS AROUND THOSE, THOSE, THOSE GOALS YOU PUT INTO PLACE.
SO THIS IS JUST THE FIRST STEP I CAN TELL YOU, THOUGH, UH, THERE ARE MANY BOARDS THAT WILL HAVE A DATE IN PLACE SAYING THEY'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING AND IT DOESN'T GET DONE.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS, IF YOU OPEN UP YOUR OPERATING AGREEMENTS, IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT BY THE END OF AUGUST, EVERY SINGLE YEAR, YOU ALL WILL MEET.
YOU WILL PUT YOUR GOALS IN PLACE FOR THE YEAR, AND YOU CAN DO YOUR SELF ASSESSMENT OR YOUR SELF EVALUATION AND APRIL.
UM, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THOUGH, YOUR SELF EVALUATION, YOUR SELF ASSESSMENT IS GOING TO INVOLVE YOUR LEADER BECAUSE THAT INDIVIDUALS WILL BE THE ONE HELPING YOU TO CARRY THOSE THINGS OUT.
SO VERY, VERY GOOD POINT THAT WHEN I DO HEAR THAT A LOT, UH, WHETHER IT'S SCHOOL BOARDS, WHETHER IT'S NONPROFIT BOARDS, EVERYONE ALWAYS WANTS TO THINK, AND IT REALLY HAPPENS.
UNFORTUNATELY, MOSTLY WITH SCHOOL BOARDS THAT FOLKS DON'T THINK THAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE A TEAM.
UH, THE REALITY IS YOU ALL CAME TOGETHER AS A TEAM AND THE HIRING OF YOUR SUPERINTENDENT.
IF THAT BRINGS THE BOARD TOGETHER, THEN THE REALITY IS YOU HAVE TO STAY TOGETHER AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
YEAH, THERE GOING TO BE DIFFERENCES.
UH, THEY'RE GOING TO BE TIMES WHERE THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME, SOME VERY PRODUCTIVE DEBATE.
UH, THERE MAY BE TIMES WHEN IT'S NOT A SEVEN O VOTE, UH, AND YOU, YOU HAVE TO KNOW FALL ON A FOUR, THREE OR SOMETHING GOES DOWN.
AND AT ANY RATE, THOUGH, THE COMMUNITY HAS SEEN THAT YOU GUYS STILL OPERATE AS A TEAM THROUGH YOUR NORMS, AND YOU ALL WERE ABLE TO HAVE HEALTHY DISCUSSION DEBATE AROUND A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE ADMINISTRATION.
SO VERY GOOD POINT, UH, THERE TRUSTEE, MORRIS, ANY, ANY OTHER FINAL COMMENTS ON STRESS BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD? I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CAPTURE ALL INPUT ON THAT.
AGAIN, I THINK THAT WE ALL AGREEMENT AROUND.
SO THE INNOVATIVE LEADERSHIP AND BOARDS WHO DO NOT, UH, HAVE INNOVATIVE LEADERSHIP AT THE TOP ALWAYS STRUGGLE, UH, BECAUSE THEY RECOGNIZE THAT THEY CANNOT DO IT THEMSELVES.
UM, YOU'RE MEETING, UH, YOU KNOW, MONTHLY, UH, YOU MAY HAVE SOME MEETINGS THAT YOU DO THROUGHOUT THE MONTH, BUT THE REALITY IS UNLESS THERE WERE FOUR VOTES FOR THE BOARD, NOT MUCH CAN GET ACCOMPLISHED AS WE RECOGNIZE FROM, FROM OUR UNDERSTANDING OUR WHY EARLIER.
BUT IF YOU ALL HAVE DECIDED AROUND YOUR INNOVATIVE LEADERSHIP, YOU'VE DECIDED AROUND YOUR CHILDREN, FIRST MINDSET, I'M WITH YOU, PRESIDENT HAMILTON, SOME OF THIS CAN BE COMBINED, UH, THE COMMITTED STAFF, UH, WHICH WAS ALSO A STRENGTH THAT CAME OUT, UH, WITH YOUR CAMPUS LEADERS, UH, YOUR GOOD FINANCIAL STANDING, AND THEN THE IDEA AND THE SPIRIT TO REMAIN TRANSPARENT, UH, WITH YOUR COMMUNITY ARE ALL STRENGTHS THAT HONESTLY THIS BOARD CAN, UH, CAN CONTROL AND WHICH WILL LEAD VERY WELL INTO OUR GOAL-SETTING TOMORROW, UH, WITH THE BOARD.
OKAY, LET'S MOVE OVER TO WEAKNESSES A LITTLE BIT.
UM, AND THE REASON WHY WEAKNESSES BECOME SO HARD FOR ORGANIZATIONS, BECAUSE THEY THINK THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING WRONG.
UH, IF SOMETHING'S A WEAKNESS OF OURS, THEN WE ARE, WE'RE PUTTING OURSELVES OUT THERE TOO MUCH.
WE, WE LEAVE ROOM FOR ERROR, WE LEAVE ROOM FOR PEOPLE TO PICK ON US, BUT THE REALITY IS WITH, WITH WEAKNESSES, WE THEN CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT DO WE REALLY NEED TO TARGET SO WE CAN STAY AS FOCUSED AS POSSIBLE.
SO WE CAN ACTUALLY TURN THAT WEAKNESS INTO A POTENTIAL STRENGTH FOR US AS A DISTRICT, OR GET OUR FOCUS BACK LASER LIGHT SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY VIEW THIS AS A WEAKNESS IN THE SENSE THAT WE VIEWED IT POTENTIALLY IN THE PAST.
AND SO, YEAH, LET'S TAKE A, ABOUT A GOOD THREE TO FIVE MINUTES.
LET'S DO THE SAME THING, UH, KNOWING THAT WE MAY NOT AGREE WITH ALL OF THEM THERE.
AND IF THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE THAT YOU BELIEVE, UH, THAT, THAT WE NEED TO INCLUDE, UH, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO DO SO.
SO WE'LL SPEND FIVE MINUTES ON THAT TOO.
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UM, QUESTION.SO, UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT I HEAR ALL THE TIME AND I, I JUST WONDER IF IT'S A MISCONCEPTION, EVEN WHEN WE, AS ELECTED OFFICIAL RUN FOR BOARD, I'M RUNNING FOR THE KIDS.
WELL, WE ARE INDIRECT TO THE KIDS.
AND SO WHEN THEY, WHEN YOU ACTUALLY GET ELECTED, YOU THROW IT OFF BECAUSE YOUR DIRECT IMPACT TO THE CHILDREN, IT'S MAKING THE HIGHER UP DECISIONS TO PROVIDE TO WHICH MAKE US INDIRECT.
AND I THINK THAT NEED TO BE KIND OF CLARIFIED SOMEWHERE, EVEN IN RUNNING FOR A SEAT, BECAUSE I HEAR IT SO MUCH.
YEAH, I THINK, UM, AND, AND I'M NOT ELECTED OFFICIAL.
UM, WE, WE DO HAVE, UH, ROUGHLY AROUND 15 ELECTED OFFICIALS, UH, AS PART OF OUR CLIENT LIST.
UH, I THINK WHAT FOLKS RECOGNIZE IS THAT, UH, CAMPAIGNING AND GOVERNING ARE DIFFERENT.
UM, AND WE SEE THIS A LOT THAT NOT TO TAKE US OFF TOPIC, WE SIT A LOT WITH INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE RUNNING FOR NO MAJOR OFFICES THAT ARE STATEWIDE, OR EVEN AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, UH, THAT ONCE YOU CAMPAIGN AND YOU GOVERN, YOU RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS THERE'S A DISCONNECT.
UM, BUT THE REALITY IS I WOULD PROBABLY SAY, OR IT COULD BE A DISCONNECT, I SHOULD SAY.
I THINK, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE ASKING THOUGH, TRUSTEE MORRISON IS A QUESTION THAT WE, AS EDUCATORS ALWAYS ASK OURSELVES WITH THE VARIOUS POSITIONS WE MIGHT GO INTO.
AND THE QUESTION REALLY IS WHO IS YOUR CUSTOMER? UM, YOU KNOW, AS A BOARD, YOU'RE MAKING DECISIONS THAT WILL IMPACT KIDS, BUT THE QUESTION DOES BECOME WHO IS YOUR CUSTOMER.
UM, AND SO EVEN AS SUPERINTENDENTS, SUPERINTENDENTS HAVE TO ASK THEMSELVES FOR THAT, YOU KNOW, WHO'S YOUR CUSTOMER, UH, BECAUSE YES, AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU'RE DOING THIS TO IMPACT STUDENTS, BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A DAY-TO-DAY
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IMPACT WITH STUDENTS IN TERMS OF FACE TO FACE.BUT YOUR DECISIONS OBVIOUSLY WILL, AND MANY SUPERINTENDENT WILL TELL YOU THAT THEIR CUSTOMERS ARE THE PRINCIPALS, BECAUSE THE PRINCIPALS HAVE THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED TO DO THE JOB.
AND OBVIOUSLY THEIR CUSTOMERS BEING TEACHERS, TEACHERS, CUSTOMERS, BEING, UH, BEING STUDENTS, AND OBVIOUSLY PRINCIPALS, CUSTOMERS BEING THEIR FAMILIES TOO.
UH, SO I THINK AS A BOARD EVERY YEAR, IT'S ALWAYS A, A GOOD THING TO GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL QUESTION OF WHY DIDN'T YOU DECIDE TO RUN AND WHAT WERE WE HOPING TO.
AND EVEN IF WE SAY IT'S FOR THE KIDS, UH, WHICH IS HONESTLY A VERY GREAT REASON TO RUN FOR THE BOARD, WE'VE GOT TO ASK OURSELVES, WHAT DO WE WANT TO NOW GET DONE ON BEHALF OF THE KIDS? UM, AND KEEPING THAT AS A CENTER, UH, WILL ALWAYS KEEP US IN FACT CENTERED.
UH, I THINK ALSO, UH, BOARDS WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY YEARLY LOOK AT THEIR MEETING AGENDA AND THE FORMAT FOR HOW THEY DO THEIR MEETINGS WILL ALSO SPEAK TO WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT TO, IF THE BOARD SAYS THAT WE HAVE A STUDENT FIRST MINDSET, THEN YOUR MEETING IS GOING TO SPEAK TO THAT.
UM, THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU ASK, THE STUDENTS THAT YOU RECOGNIZE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE THINGS THAT YOU DO AT SCHOOLS THAT KIDS WILL SEE, UM, OR EVEN THE RESOURCES THAT YOU PUT INTO VARIOUS THINGS THAT KIDS WILL BENEFIT FROM, UM, EVEN THE MESSAGING, UH, THAT THE BOARD HAS.
UM, AND, AND, AND WE WILL ALWAYS SAY THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY KIDS ARE WATCHING, RIGHT.
AND THE MORE THEY SEE THAT YOU CAN HAVE HEALTHY, UH, DISCORD, YOU CAN HAVE A PRODUCTIVE DISCUSSION THE BETTER OFF THEY'RE GOING TO BE.
UM, BUT I THINK WE ALWAYS HAD TO GO BACK TO THE ROOT OF THE QUESTION OF WHO ARE OUR CUSTOMERS.
AND SO IT'S A GOOD QUESTION FOR THE BOARD.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT I CAN SHARE WITH YOU WHAT THAT CUSTOMER IS.
I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD HAS TO COME TOGETHER BECAUSE THE DECISIONS THAT YOU MAKE AS ELECTIVE SPEAKS TO WHO THE CUSTOMER IS FOR THE BOARD, BUT VERY, VERY GOOD POINT.
THANKS BACK, WE'RE GOING TO FACE THAT IN THIS NEXT BOARD MEETING, BUT I WANT TO APPLAUD THE BOARD MEMBERS, MY COLLEAGUES THAT ARE HERE NOW, IT'S ALMOST LIKE A REPEAT FROM THE PAST BECAUSE WE WERE HERE.
AND SO READ THE Y COMMAND OUR BOARD MEMBERS.
THEY TRULY KNEW WHY THEY WERE SITTING ON THIS BOARD BECAUSE OF THE COMMITMENT IS NOT A, WHY IS WHAT EFFORT ARE YOU GOING TO PUT FOUR SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD TONIGHT WAS AN EFFORT TO DO IT.
AND, UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR ME, REALLY, THANK YOU ALL, UH, OUR BOARD PRESIDENT VIA AND CONTINUED TO DO WHAT SHE FEELS THAT IT'S NECESSARY FOR US TO BE A UNIT.
AND WITHIN THAT UNIT, IT HAS TO BE OUR ONLY ONE EMPLOYEE.
AND, AND, AND YOU'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESIDENT HAMILTON SAY, YOU'LL, UH, THE BOARD WILL DO AS COLLECTED TOMORROW, THE BOARDS OPERATING AGREEMENTS, WHICH HONESTLY I'VE, I'VE SEEN OPERATING AGREEMENTS THAT ARE OVER A HUNDRED PAGES, UH, FOR BOARD, YOURS WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST CONCISE, UH, THOROUGH, AND JUST STRICTLY TO THE POINT THAT I HAVE SEEN.
SO I DO COMMEND YOU ON THAT ONE, OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE YOU, AS A BOARD WILL LOOK AT DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES AND INDIVIDUALS, UH, WHO ARE ON THE BOARD, YOU'LL LOOK AT WHAT NEEDS TO BE ADJUSTED, WHAT NEEDS TO OBVIOUSLY STAY TO SAY, AND THEN AS A BOARD, WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN THE OPERATING AGREEMENTS MAY BE NOT, ARE ADHERED TO, UM, AND THAT'S A BOARD DISCUSSION, UH, AND YOU HAVE, UH, PROTOCOLS THAT YOU CAN FOLLOW, UM, THAT YOU ALL HAVE ADOPTED, BUT ALSO NO STATE THAT GIVES YOU A SORT OF SOME RECOURSE WHEN THINGS ARE NOT OPERATING, AS THE BOARD HAS VOTED, THAT IT WANTS IT TO OPERATE AS A UNIT.
UH, BUT AGAIN, I GO BACK TO THAT ORIGINAL QUESTION, TRUSTEE MORRISON, UH, AND THAT'S WHY I STARTED WITH IT.
UH, NO BOARD MEMBER CAN GET ANYTHING DONE BY HIM OR HERSELF, NOTHING.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE ARE, UH, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO BOARDS WHO ARE LOOKING AT SUPERINTENDENTS AND YOU MIGHT HAVE A BOARD GO UP, BOOM, GO OUT THERE AND REACH OUT TO HIS OR HER PREFERRED CANDIDATE.
IT DOES NOT MATTER BECAUSE YOU CANNOT BRING THAT PREFERRED CANDIDATE TO YOUR BOARD BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO TAKE, YOU CAN BRING HIM TO THE BOARD IF YOU WANT TO, BUT IN TERMS OF THAT INDIVIDUAL, GETTING A JOB, THEY'RE GONNA, YOU'RE GONNA NEED THREE OTHER BOOTS IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO DO SO.
SO THAT USUALLY IS THE COHESIVE MECHANISM THAT BOARDS HAVE TO DO TO BRING THEMSELVES TOGETHER.
CAUSE YOU HAVE TO COALESCE AROUND YOUR LEADER.
UM, AND IF THERE IS ANY, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING YOU'RE TRYING TO GET DONE AS AN INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER, YOU'RE STILL GONNA TAKE THAT BACK TO YOUR LEADER AND DEPENDING ON WHAT IT IS THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO GET DONE, YOU'RE GOING TO THEN VOTE ON IT AS A BOARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COLLECTIVE BODY AGREES AND UNDERSTANDS THAT.
AND THEN IT GOES ON THE RECORD, UH, SO THAT THE PUBLIC CAN NOT THEN SAY TO YOU, WELL, WE DID NOT KNOW, OR THE PUBLIC CAN'T SAY TO YOU, OKAY.
WE JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WHY X IS BEING DONE.
THE REALITY IS AS A BOARD, WE HAVE OUR OPERATING AGREEMENTS, WHICH TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, MANY TIMES, THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY TIMES DO WE, AND WE'RE SAYING, TRANSPARENCY IS WHAT WE'RE STRIVING FOR.
DOES THE BOARD, OR THIS COMMUNITY KNOW HOW THE BOARD OPERATES.
SO THE BOARD LET'S ME KNOW HOW THE BOARD MAKES THIS DECISIONS.
DOES THE COMMUNITY RECOGNIZE WHAT, WHAT SORT OF CENTERS THE BOARD AND GROUNDS THE BOARD.
IF WE'RE SAYING IT'S FOR KIDS,
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WHAT ABOUT KIDS GROUNDS THEM? AND, AND, AND, AND I DEFINITELY WOULD NOT TAKE THAT FOR GRANTED THAT THE COMMUNITY KNOWS THAT, UM, BECAUSE TRADITIONALLY, MOST COMMUNITIES ONLY GET INVOLVED WHEN THEY HAVE AN ISSUE AND THEY WANT TO SPEAK TO A GOVERNING BODY.UM, BUT THERE ARE WAYS THAT OBVIOUSLY, UM, AND I HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK TO, UH, MS. SAMPSON, BUT THERE ARE MANY WAYS THAT WE GET MESSAGES OUT THERE AND DIFFERENT FORMATS.
SO IT REACHES THE TARGET AUDIENCE.
AND WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE THAT OUT, WHO ARE THE AUDIENCES, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AND TRADITIONALLY THE AUDIENCES ARE NOT INDIVIDUALS WHO COME TO THE BOARD MEET THAT'S RIGHT.
AND, UH, I, OH, I SO AGREE WITH THAT, THAT EACH BOARD MEMBER SHOULD HAVE EITHER QUARTERLY OR, UM, SOME TYPE OF DIRECT COMMUNITY BOARD MEMBERS WITH THE LEADERSHIP ADDRESSING, UH, OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WE'LL SPREAD THAT TO INVITE EVERYBODY.
IT HAS TO HAPPEN THAT COLLABORATIVE BETWEEN, BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY WHAT I SEE.
I DIDN'T WANT TO SAY IT FOR, FOR, BUT MY CUSTOMER IS PULL, PAYS THE BILLS.
AND WHEN YOU DON'T COMMUNICATE WITH THEM, THAT'S GOING TO RUN INTO THE PROBLEM NEXT WEEK ABOUT OUR TAXES.
AND AGAIN, EVERYTHING GOES BACK TO YOUR BOARD OPERATING AGREEMENTS.
UM, AND I COMMEND YOU PRESIDENT HAMILTON FOR SAYING LET'S, LET'S, LET'S PAUSE AND DELAY IT FOR TOMORROW AS EDUCATORS, WE LEARNED TO PIVOT VERY QUICKLY ANYWAY.
AND SO IF WE COULD GET OTHER BOARD MEMBERS HERE AND HAVE THAT PRODUCTIVE DISCUSSION, IT'S JUST GOING TO MAKE THE BOARD STRONGER.
UM, AND AGAIN, WHAT IT DOES TOO, IS THAT IF, IF SITUATIONS ARISE, THEN NO, ONE'S ABLE TO PICK APART DIFFERENT BOARD MEMBERS BECAUSE OF SOMETHING.
THIS IS WHAT THE BOARD COLLECTIVELY HAS AGREED WITH.
IF THE BOARD AS A BODY HAS VOTED ON SOMETHING FOR UP, THEN THAT'S THE WHEEL OF THE BOARD.
UM, AND YOU HAVE AGAIN, OPERATING AGREEMENTS THAT, THAT SPEAK TO THAT, UM, THAT ACTUALLY EVEN TALKS ABOUT HOW YOU COMMUNICATE THAT WHO SERVES AS THE OFFICIAL SPOKESPERSON OF THE BOARD.
UH, THERE ARE MANY TO YOUR, TO YOUR POINT, UH, TRUSTEE MORRIS, UH, UH, TRUSTEES OR BOARD MEMBERS OR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ELECTED, WHO WILL GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY EVERY SINGLE MONTH, QUARTERLY, WHATEVER, UH, THE BEST RECOMMENDATION TO YOUR POINT IS TO HAVE ADMINISTRATION WITH YOU, WHETHER IT'S DR.
RARE OR AN ASSIGNED NUMBER OF STAFF, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, STILL WHATEVER SET AT THAT MEETING HAS TO COME BACK, UH, FOR THE ADMINISTRATION TO ADDRESS.
AND WE SAY ADMINISTRATION COLLECTIVELY, UH, LOOKING AT DR.
PEREZ, BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A TEAM, UH, AROUND HER.
THERE'LL BE ABLE TO ANSWER THOSE, BUT NO BOARD MEMBER WANTS TO ALMOST CREATE RISKS FOR THEMSELVES GOING OUT THERE.
THERE IS A COMMITMENT OR A PROMISE MADE, AND YOU REALLY CAN'T BACK IT UP.
UH, SO IT, SO IT REALLY YOUR OPERATING AGREEMENTS, UH, THE, WHAT WE, WHAT WE SORT OF WORK WITH GOVERNING BODIES ON ALMOST AS PROTECTION TO YOU AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, UH, BECAUSE IT, IT REALLY PROTECTS YOU SAYING THAT IF X HAS HAPPENED, AND THIS IS HOW WE'RE GONNA RESPOND TO IT.
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE, THE REAL PROTECTION COMES IN.
YOU WANT SOMETHING DONE, YOU'RE DIRECTING THE ADMINISTRATION, WHETHER STORE A BOARD VOTE OR A CONVERSATION, HOWEVER, WHATEVER THE ISSUE IS, OR WHATEVER THAT NEEDS TO GET DONE, YOU'D ASKING THE ADMINISTRATION OR DIRECTING ADMINISTRATION TO HANDLE THAT ON YOUR BEHALF.
UM, IN ADDITION, OBVIOUSLY AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, ONCE IT GETS DONE, THE BOARD OBVIOUSLY WILL GET THE CREDIT FOR IT.
SO IS THAT SOMETHING, AND JUST STOP ME IF IT NEEDS TO WAIT TILL TOMORROW, PLEASE.
UM, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE PUT IN OUR OPERATING PROCEDURE ABOUT HOLDING WITH THE ADMINISTRATOR OR DESIGNEE, UH, QUARTERLY OR SOME TYPE OF MEETINGS, EVEN IF IT'S ONCE A YEAR, JUST, WE NEED TO RESPOND NOT EVERY THREE YEARS, BUT WE NEED TO RESPOND AND ASSURED THAT'S TRANSPARENCY BECAUSE THE OPERATING PROCEDURES COULD BE HANDED OUT.
DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW WE OPERATE, CAN THAT BE ACTUALLY PLACED? AND THE OTHER ONE IS IF, IF IT CAN BE PLACED, HOW DO WE ENFORCE IT? IS THERE, UH, I KNOW IN THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE, WE HAVE TO RESPOND SOMEHOW WHAT PUBLIC HEARINGS AND THAT PUBLIC MEETINGS.
I'LL DEFER TO PRESIDENT HAMILTON FIRST.
AND THEN I CAN GIVE YOU SOME OF THE NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE I'LL DEFER TO PRESENT TO TOMORROW AND DISCUSSIVE AS TO ADD THAT TO OPERATING PROCEDURE.
BUT FOR AS, YOU KNOW, THE REPERCUSSIONS WERE VERY LIMITED ON WHAT WE CAN DO WITH EACH OTHER IF WE'RE NOT AT HEARING.
SO THERE'S ONLY LIMITED THINGS.
WELL, WE CAN DISCUSS IT TOMORROW WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ADDING TO THE TEACHERS.
AND NATIONALLY, I KNOW, UH, WHAT WILL END UP HAPPENING IS IF THE BOARD IS GOING TO HOLD COMMUNITY MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, MANY TIMES, THEY'D LIKE TO PUT THAT OUT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
SO IF WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING, YOU KNOW, MEETINGS IN EACH OF THE DISTRICTS, THESE ARE THE DATES THAT WE'RE DOING IN A TIME.
OBVIOUSLY IT'S ALWAYS SUBJECT TO CHANGE IF THERE'S NO INCLEMENT WEATHER OR ANYTHING THAT, THAT MAY NOT
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FORCED TO MEET OR NOT HAVE THE MEETING TO TAKE PLACE.BUT IF THE COMMUNITY KNOWS THAT SOMETHING IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE, UH, THEN THE BOARD HAS AGREED THAT THESE ARE GOING TO BE THE AGREED UPON MEETING DATES.
UH, BUT PRESIDENT HAMILTON IS JUST RIGHT AT THE BEST WAY TO DO IT, OBVIOUSLY TO HAVE A BOARD DISCUSSION AND THE BOARD DIDN'T VOTES, IF THAT'S THE ROUTE THAT, THAT IT WANTS TO TAKE, OBVIOUSLY, UH, ONE LOCATION, NO MATTER HOW CENTRAL IT MIGHT BE, WE'LL NEVER MEET THE NEEDS OBVIOUSLY OF THE, OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT, UH, AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, YOU ALWAYS THINK ABOUT IS WHERE IS MY COMMUNITY? WHERE IS THE COMMUNITY GOING? SO YOU'LL HAVE ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO MIGHT HOLD MEETINGS AT CHURCHES, UH, YOU KNOW, ON SUNDAYS AFTER SERVICE.
SO THEY MIGHT, YOU KNOW, DO IT ON SATURDAYS, UH, SOMEWHERE AFTER A YOUTH GAME, WHATEVER WORKS BEST FOR THAT COMMUNITY IS REALLY YOUR CALL, UH, BECAUSE NO, ONE'S GONNA KNOW YOUR COMMUNITY BETTER THAN YOU BECAUSE THEY ELECTED YOU TO SERVE IN THAT SEAT.
SO, VERY GOOD POINT ON THAT ONE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE? THANKS.
UM, IF WE LOOK AT WEAKNESSES NOW, WHAT, WHAT WOULD WE SAY IF WE JUST LOOK AT THIS LIST? NOT NECESSARILY ADDING ANYTHING JUST YET, WE WERE, WE'LL SAY, WHAT ARE WE GONNA HONEST? THIS IS A WEAKNESS FOR OUR DISTRICT.
W WHAT WOULD WE SAY? I SAID, AGENT.
SO THE MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT THE DISTRICTS, THEY MIX AND MEETING OUR WEAKNESSES, CONSISTENCY, AND MAINTENANCE ACROSS THE CAMPUS.
ANYONE ELSE? WELL, UM, I'M ALMOST NECK TO NECK WITH BOARD PRESIDENT.
UH, WHAT AGING AND MISCONCEPTION.
UH, I DID INTERNAL PARTNERSHIP.
M I'M SORRY, EXTERNAL PARTNERSHIP, BECAUSE I REALLY BELIEVE THAT WE CAN GROW STRONGER IF THERE IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN BOARD MEMBERS AND COUNCIL AND CITY LEADERS AND DISTRICT LEADERS.
UH, I THINK WE'RE, WE ARE, WE GET ON A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE ELECTED OFFICIALS, NOT THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE CITY.
SO THAT'S WHAT I MEAN BY EXTERNAL AND ADMITTING TO WEAKNESS, UH, EQUALITY AND, UM, TECHNOLOGY ACROSS THE CAMPUS, UH, AND, UH, REACTIVE VERSUS PROACTIVE APPROACH.
JESSE JONES, JESSE SMITH, I HAVE TO REACT VERSUS THE PROACTIVE APPROACH.
THEN THE OTHER WILL BE BETTER.
SO I HAVE, UH, I I'M MARKED THIS ONE UP PRETTY GOOD.
UH, I HAVE SOME REAL QUESTIONS ABOUT SOME OF THESE.
I THOUGHT IT WAS ODD THAT WE WOULD MAKE A STRENGTH OF OUR NEW FACILITIES, BUT MAKE A WEAKNESS OF AGING FACILITIES.
I'VE NOT MET A SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT DIDN'T HAVE AGING FACILITIES.
THAT'S MORE AN OPPORTUNITY IF YOU ASKED ME, BUT THAT'S NEITHER HERE NOR THERE.
UH, SO AGING, UH, FACILITIES, UH, ACTUALLY, THAT'S ONE OF THOSE QUESTIONABLE.
I ACTUALLY, I HAVE THREE OTHER QUESTIONS.
WELL, I THOUGHT THAT WAS QUESTIONABLE.
INTERNAL COMMUNICATION WAS QUESTIONED.
BOY, THIS WAS OBVIOUSLY DONE A WHILE BACK.
CAUSE I THINK OUR INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS ARE EXCELLENT.
I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY CAME FROM.
UH, ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT THOSE ITEMS THAT I HIGHLIGHTED WERE DISCIPLINE, UM, PROMOTIONAL OF PERSONAL WELLNESS SLASH SELF CARE.
NOW, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE DON'T DO THAT, BUT I'M NOT AWARE THAT WE PROMOTED THAT MUCH.
AND, UH, PARENT TRAINING, PARENTAL TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES.
AND I STILL, I GOT, GOTTA GO GOT QUESTIONS ABOUT FOUR MORE OF THESE, BUT I'M NOT GONNA DRAG THAT OUT.
AND AGAIN, KEEP IN MIND, THIS IS, THIS IS OLD DATA.
SO AS WE GATHERED NOW, THIS IS REALLY TRYING TO BRIDGE.
WHAT IS CURRENTLY NOW IN PLACE? DOES THIS OBVIOUSLY STILL DRIVES THE WORK OF THE DISTRICT BECAUSE AS PART OF YOUR, OF YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT AS YOU GUYS PUT YOUR GOALS IN PLACE FOR 22, 23, STARTED LOOKING AT YOUR NEW STRATEGIC PLAN AND WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE, IT'S IMPORTANT TO SORT OF TAKE THIS SORT OF PRESENT LOOK SO WE CAN SORT OF PROPEL GOING FORWARD UNTIL YOUR POINT, ESPECIALLY SMITH.
THERE, THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS WHERE FOLKS VIEW AS A WEAKNESS THAT REALLY COULD BE VIEWED AS AN OPPORTUNITY.
AND THERE ARE MANY SWAT ANALYSIS THAT PEOPLE WILL DO WHERE THEY'LL HAVE THE SAME THING IN MULTIPLE CATEGORIES, BECAUSE WHAT CAN BE VIEWED AS A STRENGTH FOR NEW FACILITIES IN SOMEONE IN ONE OF YOUR NEWER BUILDINGS COULD BE VIEWED OBVIOUSLY AS A WEAKNESS AND SOMEONE IN ONE OF YOUR, YOUR, YOUR OLDER BUILDINGS.
UM, AND OBVIOUSLY IT'S, YOU'RE LOOKING AT YOUR CAPITAL PROGRAM.
YOU, YOU DON'T HAVE UNLIMITED FUNDS.
AND SO THE BOARD DOES HAVE TO HAVE SOME PRETTY TOUGH DECISIONS WHEN YOU'RE GOING OUT FOR YOUR CAPITAL PROGRAM.
ARE YOU GOING TO UP THE BOND REFERENDA, YOU'RE LOOKING AT WHERE ARE THE NEEDS IN THE DISTRICT AND HOW DO WE MAXIMIZE OUR DOLLAR? AND OBVIOUSLY AT THE TIME NOW WE'RE, INFLATION'S MUCH HIGHER AND YOU MIGHT HAVE A MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT YOU THOUGHT WAS GOING TO COST 60 MILLION, AND IT'S COSTING NOW 85 TO 90 MILLION.
UM, AND HAVING THAT QUESTION, UM, AS I SEE YOUR SUPERINTENDENT IS SHAKING HER HEAD BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY YOU WANT THE FLEXIBILITY AND THE OPPORTUNITY.
THEN IF YOU DON'T NEED THAT SPACE THAT WAY IN 10 YEARS, THEN WHAT DO YOU DO WITH IT? BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT
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OF DISTRICTS, OBVIOUSLY RIGHT NOW, BUT A LOT OF NEW SCHOOLS.AND OBVIOUSLY, AS THEY'RE SAYING NOW, ENROLLMENT HAS DECLINED POSTCODE.
AND THEN THE QUESTIONS I HAD ASKED HIM, OF COURSE, WHAT WE DO WITH THOSE BUILDINGS.
UM, I DO WANT TO ASK THE BOARD OF QUESTION THOUGH, JUST SO I CAN GET A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION IS WHEN, WHEN WE THINK OF ALMOST THIS REACTIVE PROACTIVE APPROACH, WHAT COMES TO MIND, UH, WHEN, WHEN, WHEN YOU HEAR THOSE WORDS AND WHEN YOU SAY THAT THAT IS A WEAKNESS, UH, FOR THE DISTRICT, OR EVEN A PERCEIVED WEAKNESS, UH, FOR THE DISTRICT, WHAT COMES TO MIND? SO I CAN, SO I CAN UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
PREVIOUSLY, I DON'T THINK, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE ACTUALLY HAD A PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE FOR ANYTHING.
AND I KNOW MOST OF OUR CAPEX ITEMS SHOULD HAVE HAD A MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE OF SOME KIND, OKAY.
ANYONE ELSE SCRATCH OUT, BUT FIRST HAD GOING ON IN OUR HOSPITAL, UM, BRING A NEW ADMINISTRATION IN THE MIDST OF ALL OF THIS INSIDE THE OLD WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT.
UH, I HEARD ONCE FUCK HIS MOOD, YOU KNOW, WHICH ONE OF THE SNAKE TO GO JUMP OUT.
UM, I JUST ASKED WHY I'M SAYING WE NEED TO BE PROACTIVE.
WE NEED TO BE INVOLVED IN MAKING THE STATE FOCUS ON WHAT WE'RE HAVING.
ALL RIGHT HERE AS A BOARD TO THAT WAS WHAT, AND ALL THE BEDS.
THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE HEARING.
AND IF WE STAY FOCUSED ON THAT EMPLOYMENT, SHE GOT TO DO THE REST.
UM, BUT WE STILL HAVE ANOTHER YEAR TO GO.
SO I'M TALKING INTO HIS DISTANCE ONLY FROM PAST YEAR, FROM THE PAST.
ANYTHING ELSE FROM OUR WEAKNESSES? ALL RIGHT.
UM, WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THIS.
THIS IS, THIS IS A BLOCK, UM, THREATS AND OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, IF WE, IF YOU LOOK AT, CAUSE SOME OF THE SAME THREATS, OBVIOUSLY THAT EXISTED POTENTIALLY IN 2019 AND 2020, WHEN THIS WAS DRAFTED, MAY NOT BE VIEWED OBVIOUSLY THE SAME THREATS OR OPPORTUNITIES SORT OF RIGHT NOW.
SO IT, IT, IT, IT, IT IS ADVANTAGEOUS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO TAKE A MENTAL OF BLOCK, BUT WE WILL DO IT OBVIOUSLY WITHIN THE SAME TIMEFRAME.
IF WE LOOK AT THREATS AND WE'LL DO THIS AS A GROUP, IS, IS THERE ONE TO TWO THREATS THAT STAND OUT THAT WE WOULD SAY, THESE ARE STILL ACTIVE THREATS IN OUR DISTRICT THAT NEED TO BE ON OUR RADAR AS A, AS A TEAM OF EIGHT.
AND WE'RE DOING, WE'RE DOING IT AS, AS A, AS A GROUP ANYWAY.
SO, YOU KNOW, ONE THING THAT STOOD OUT ON THIS THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE WOULD, WHY IT WOULD EVEN BE A FAULT OF A GEORGIA SCHOOL, MAYBE BECAUSE OF THAT A CHARTER SCHOOL, YOU REALLY CANNOT COMPARE IT TO, BUT IT WAS BEFORE THAT BUILDING DAY, THAT WAS ABOUT THAT TIMEFRAME.
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AND THEY RAN THEIR OWN BED, BUT ACTUALLY TO ME, THAT'S REASON WHY I SAY IT.IT WAS A THREE, CAUSE IT WAS IN A UPSTATE MEETING ABOUT A CHOICE, SCHOOL CHOICE AND BATHROOMS, BUT THOSE FACTORIES WOULD GO TO CHARTER SCHOOLS.
BUT MY THOUGHT WADE BACK THEN WAS WHY WOULD WE BE WORRIED ABOUT THAT? IF WE PROMOTE OUR PUBLIC EDUCATION, LIKE WE SHOULD EVEN AS ELECTED OFFICIALS.
UH, AND I ONLY SAY THAT I KNOW WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE NEW SCHOOL, THAT WOULD FEEL RIGHT HERE ON PLEASANT RUN, BUT IT'S BEEN A CHARTER SCHOOL OVER 25 YEARS, RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FROM ME.
HE GOES TO 12TH GRADE, BUT IT WASN'T A BIG, IT WASN'T, BUT IT WAS THERE.
AND THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS TAUGHT FROM WAY BACK.
I WROTE THE NAME YOUR TIME WHEN THAT BUILDING WAS BUILT THERE, BUT YOU HEAR THEM IN COMMUNITY, BUT ON THE STATE LEVEL, CHARTER A THREAD, NOT JUST OUR DISTRICT, BUT IT WAS A THREAT TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND CHARTER SCHOOLS.
THAT, THAT WAS JUST MY QUESTION.
AND WHEN I FIRST SAW THAT, WHY IS IT A THREAT? CAN YOU ANSWER WHAT'S UP? SO ALL POLITICS ARE LOCAL.
UH, BUT, BUT, UH, OBVIOUSLY, UM, IF THERE'S A CHARTER SCHOOL IN YOUR COMMUNITY, IT'S GOING TO PULL FROM YOUR ENROLLMENT.
UM, MORE THAN LIKELY, UH, THERE OBVIOUSLY ARE OPEN ENROLLMENT OPPORTUNITIES, UM, IN, IN VARIOUS AREAS.
AND SO IF A LOT OF DISTRICTS, WHAT THEY'LL DO IS THEY WILL TAKE AN ENTIRE HEAT MAP.
AND THEY'LL SAY IF EVERY SINGLE KID CAME TO OUR DISTRICT WHO RESIDES WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, HOW MANY KIDS WOULD WE HAVE, AND THEY'LL TAKE THAT AND THEN THEY'LL COMPARE IT TO, IF THERE ARE OTHER EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT FAMILIES ARE TAKING A PART IN, WHETHER IT'S CHARTER, PRIVATE, HOMESCHOOL, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE.
AND THEY'LL SAY, OKAY, HOW MIGHT WE THEN CREATE PROGRAMMING THAT WILL PULL THOSE FOLKS BACK IN, OR AT LEAST GIVE THEM ANOTHER OPTION WHERE THEIR VIEW THAT THEY CAN SEE US AS AN OPTION OUTSIDE OF WHAT THEY MIGHT TRADITIONALLY BE GOING TO, OR LOOKING AT IF THEY'RE GOING TO A CHARTER OR A PRIVATE SCHOOL, OR EVEN A, UH, UH, UH, ENOUGH BROKER SCHOOL.
SO IT REALLY DOES DEPEND ON THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND THEN IT REALLY IS GETTING AN IN, INTO YOUR COMMUNITY SPACE.
WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHY ARE THEY CHOOSING THAT? SO THERE ARE A LOT OF DISTRICTS WHO THEY HAVE LARGE CHARTER SCHOOL POPULATIONS.
AND, AND OBVIOUSLY WHEN, UH, WHEN I WAS IN HOUSTON, WE EXPERIENCED THAT, UH, BIG TIME BECAUSE WE HAD INTERNAL CHARTER SCHOOLS AND EXTERNAL, UH, CHARTER SCHOOLS.
AND WE, IN MANY CASES, I REMEMBER LOOKING AT THE DATA, HAVING OVER 40,000 STUDENTS WHO WE WERE LOSING, BECAUSE THEY WERE GOING TO, UH, ANOTHER EDUCATIONAL OPTION OF WITHIN THE CITY.
BUT HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH THE COMMUNITY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR, WHAT THEY MIGHT NOT BE GETTING, OR WHAT'S THE PERCEPTION THAT THEY HAVE THAT MAY NOT NECESSARILY EXIST, BUT IT'S A PERCEPTION, NONETHELESS, THAT THEY STILL HAVE A, YOU MIGHT TALK TO A COMMUNITY MEMBER THAT, AND THIS HAPPENS A LOT WITH, WITH, WITH SCHOOLS IS THAT PEOPLE LIVE THEIR EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE, UH, THEIR OWN PERSONAL EDUCATION EXPERIENCE BACK THROUGH THEIR KIDS, UM, WHEN THEY BECOME ADULTS.
SO IF I HAD A ROUGH TIME IN THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE AS A PARENT, AND NOW I'M HAVING TO GO TO MY CHILD'S SCHOOL, I MAY HAVE A FLASHBACK TO MY TIME, UH, FOR THE, UH, GOOD, BAD OR DIFFERENT, I MAY HAVE A FLAT FROM.
SO I'M NOW LIVING MY, MY LIVED EXPERIENCE NOW THROUGH MY CHILD.
AND SO I MAY NOT WANT HIM OR HER TO BE ABLE TO DO SO, EVERYONE OBVIOUSLY DOESN'T THINK THAT WAY, BUT THAT MIGHT BE A PERCEPTION THAT OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS MEMBER HAVE.
UH, SO, SO I WOULD ALWAYS ADVISE DISTRICTS IF YOU'RE REALLY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY YOU'RE LOSING ENROLLMENT, WHAT IS A CHARTER SCHOOL OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF ED OPTION THAT FOLKS ARE CHOOSING EVEN HOMESCHOOL, UH, THAT YOU HAVE A LEGITIMATE OPEN CONVERSATION WITH THE COMMUNITY TO FIGURE OUT WHY? UM, I THINK A LOT OF DISTRICTS SAW THAT HOMESCHOOL ENROLLMENT WENT UP, UM, DURING, DURING, DURING COVID.
UH, AND MANY OF IT HAS STAYED UP, UH, SINCE COVID AND HAS GIVEN SCHOOL SYSTEMS THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY GO BACK AND RECALIBRATE ITSELF IN TERMS OF WHAT ARE THEY OFFERING STUDENTS AND FAMILIES.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WERE THERE VIRTUAL PROGRAMS, UH, THAT THEY'RE, THAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO DO.
SO IT REALLY IS ALL COMMUNITY SPECIFIC IN THE BEST WAY TO DO IS TO TALK TO THOSE FAMILIES WHO ARE THERE NOW, OBVIOUSLY, UH, THOUGH THAT THAT SCHOOL, UM, IS, IS, IS MORE THAN LIKELY COMPETITIVE TOO.
AND SO YOU TO BE VERY STRATEGIC ON HOW YOU HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS, OR EVEN IDENTIFY THOSE INDIVIDUALS, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE, THOSE, THOSE IMMEDIATE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM, RIGHT? YEAH, BECAUSE I SEE TIME IS WHAT THE STATEMENT SAID, BUT THE TAXPAYERS, THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY US TAXES.
THOSE TAXES ARE MORE THAN SEAT TIME, BUT THE STATE WON'T THE SEAT TIME.
SO I GOT THAT POINT, BUT WHAT I REALLY WANT BREAD AND BUTTER INDIVIDUALS TO KNOW TIME WILL REPEAT ITSELF IF YOU DON'T KNOW IT OR DON'T REMEMBER IT.
AND WE ARE REPEATING IT BECAUSE WHEN I LOOKED BACK IN THE 88 HERE IN LANCASTER, IT WAS FLIPPED 100%.
YOU MAY HAVE A 95 OTHER WHITE AND VERY FEW
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AFRICAN-AMERICAN MATCH, REVERSE HOMESCHOOLING WHAT JORDAN'S SCHOOLS.THEY WENT HOME SCHOOL, AND THEY TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THAT M AND M TRANSFER, WHICH THE STATE DON'T HAVE ANYMORE.
BUT IT'S VERY WELL LIT JUST ON IRIS NOW, AS THIS DISTRICT GROW TO THAT LEVEL, BUT THAT'S UNDERSTANDING WHAT HAPPENED.
SO YOU WON'T REPEAT IT, BUT I'M THERE, I'VE NEVER MYSELF EVER WORRIED ABOUT THE CHARTER SCHOOL BECAUSE WE DON'T GET THE TAX DOCS AND, AND, AND ALL THOSE, YOU ALL TALKED ABOUT, UM, A LARGE PART OF IT IS THE COMMUNICATION THAT GOES AROUND IT.
UH, YOU KNOW, W ONE OF THE THINGS THAT A LOT OF COMMUNITIES, UM, SEE IS THAT THEY DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW A LOT OF WHAT IS HAPPENING BEHIND THE SCENES WITH THESE.
AND SO HOW DO YOU THEN LEAN ON SPECIFIC PARTNERS WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITY SPECIFIC LEGISLATIVE, UH, LEGISLATIVE PARTNERS THAT YOU HAVE OTHER ELECTED, UH, COLLEAGUES THAT YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE AND UPDATE THEM ON WHAT THE IMPACT OF SOME OF THESE WOULD BE FOR YOU.
UM, AND THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD WANTS TO SORT OF LOOK AT IN TERMS OF ITS OPERATING AGREEMENTS, ITS NORMS OR WHATEVER.
HOW DO YOU EDUCATE PEOPLE WHO ARE OBVIOUSLY NOT WITHIN FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE NOT WITHIN LSD AROUND POTENTIAL CHANGES THAT COULD IMPACT LSD AND, UH, GOING BACK TO ALMOST SOMETHING THAT, THAT THE SECRETARY MORRIS SAID, UM, DOING IT IN SUCH A WAY THAT GOES BACK TO THE FISCAL IMPACT OF IT, UH, BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY OBVIOUSLY IS GOING TO LISTEN WHEN THEY RECOGNIZE A FISCAL IMPACT, UH, TO A DECISION.
UM, AND IN MANY CASES, OBVIOUSLY THE WAY WE SPEAK, UH, WE SPEAK IN SUCH A WAY THAT IN MANY CASES DOES NOT REACH THE LEVEL THAT WE WANT TO REACH, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT SPEAKING IN THE LANGUAGE THAT THEY ABSOLUTELY NEED TO HEAR A VERY GOOD POINT ON THAT ONE.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE BOARDS WHO, UH, DECIDE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO ADOPT LEGISLATIVE AGENDAS AND THEIR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA SPEAKS TO WHY THEY SUPPORT OR DON'T SUPPORT SOMETHING.
AND THE FISCAL IMPACT THAT IT COULD HAVE FOR ITS COMMUNITY
UM, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, UH, WITH, WITH, YOU KNOW, ONE HIGH SCHOOL, UM, IN, IN YOUR DISTRICT, I KNOW IT'S, IT'S, IT'S PRETTY MUCH TWO, BUT IT'S REALLY ONE HIGH SCHOOL.
YOUR DISTRICT, WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL DOESN'T RECOGNIZE THAT X FUNDING TAKEN AWAY MAY RESULT IN X NOT HAPPENING, THEN THEY, THEN THEY DEFINITELY WANT TO LISTEN.
UM, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT KEPT COMING UP WAS OBVIOUSLY THE ACTIVITIES THAT LSD HAS, UH, WELL, THOSE ACTIVITIES OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO BE PAID FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, TRANSPORTATION, THOSE ACTIVITIES HAVE TO BE PAID FOR STAFFING FOR THAT HAS TO BE DONE.
AND SO THE MORE WE CAN TALK, OBVIOUSLY WHAT THE PROGRAMMATIC IMPACT, BUT THE FISCAL IMPACT, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S DEFINITELY THE WORK OF THIS BOARD.
UM, AND, AND YOU CAN DO IT IN A WAY THAT THE ADMINISTRATION CAN NOT DO, UH, BECAUSE, UH, YOU'RE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL.
SO OBVIOUSLY BEING ABLE TO SPEAK THAT WAY, HAVE COLLEAGUES WHO ARE ELECTED OFFICIALS BE ABLE TO EVEN, UH, DECIDE YOUR APPROACH EVEN TO THE MEDIA AROUND.
IT COULD BE IN A DIFFERENT WAY TO OBVIOUSLY THE ADMINISTRATION WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO, BUT OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE WORKING WITH THE ADMINISTRATION TO GET TO THE REAL IMPACT.
THAT WOULD BE WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
DALLAS INCIDENCE, BIG OPPONENT, NUMBER ONE, WE CAN SAY IT AGAIN TOMORROW.
ANY OTHER ONES ON THE THREATS BEFORE WE QUICKLY GO TO THE OPPORTUNITIES, BECAUSE SOME OF THE THREATS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT LITERALLY ARE, UH, OPPORTUNITIES, UH, THAT THE DISTRICT HAS.
AND I, AND I THINK, UM, WELL, LET ME, LET ME SAY THAT COMMENT UNTIL WE GO THROUGH THE OPPORTUNITIES RIGHT.
QUICK, UM, UH, DOING IT AS A GROUP ACTIVITY AGAIN, IS, UH, ARE THERE, UM, IS THERE ONE, OR, OR ARE THERE TWO, OR THAT WE COULD LOOK AT THAT WE COULD SAY THESE ARE STILL OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE TODAY, EVEN THOUGH WE HAD THESE, YOU KNOW, A FEW YEARS AGO, WHEN WE DEVELOPED VISION 20, 25, I THOUGHT THINGS LOOKED PRETTY GOOD.
HE'S PRETTY WELL ALIGNED WITH KIND OF WHERE WE'RE HEADED ALREADY, OR MAYBE WE'RE JUST STICKING TO THE MC OF MISSION.
SO THE INTERESTING PART WAS WHEN I, WHEN I LOOKED AT THIS AND I THINK I SHARED THIS WITH ONE OF THE PRINCIPALS, WHEN WE WERE THE CAMPUS, WE WERE TALKING IS MAY YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK TO STUDENTS AND THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO PROVIDE FOR STUDENTS, WHICH LITERALLY GOES BACK TO YOUR TOP STRENGTH THAT YOU SAID, BECAUSE BASED ON ALL OF THESE, THESE CANNOT HAPPEN, OR EVEN THE TOP TWO TO THREE, UNLESS YOU HAVE THE INNOVATIVE LEADERSHIP TO BE ABLE TO DO SO, UH, AND THE INNOVATIVE LEADERSHIP TO BE ABLE TO DO.
SO WE'LL THEN LOOK AT WHAT ARE THE FISCAL REALITIES OF BEING ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH IT.
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UM, AND, AND AS A DISTRICT, OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WE CAN'T DO EVERYTHING.AND SO, BECAUSE WE CAN'T, EVERYTHING, OUR RESOURCES ARE LIMITED.
WHERE DO WE PUT THE MAJORITY OF OUR TIME, OUR EFFORT, OUR DOLLARS FOR THE MAXIMUM IMPACT FOR OUR COMMUNITY, BUT ALL OF THESE, UH, AND, AND I WAS WITH YOU, TRUSTEE SMITH ON THIS ONE REALLY SPEAKS BACK TO WHAT YOU WANT TO PROVIDE FOR STUDENTS.
AND SO IT'S A GOOD WAY TO SORT OF IN THAT ONE, BECAUSE THE BOARD SAID AS A STRENGTH THAT YOU HAD A STUDENT FIRST MENTALITY, AND THAT THE MINDSET WAS GOING TO BE STUDENTS FIRST, AND OBVIOUSLY YOUR PROGRAMMING WILL ALWAYS SPEAK TO OBVIOUSLY WHAT YOU'RE DOING FOR STUDENTS, UH, IN YOUR COMMUNITY, ANY FINAL COMMENTS ON THE S ON THE SWAT ANALYSIS.
OBVIOUSLY I'M GOING TO HAVE SOME NOTES THAT, THAT I'LL BRING BACK AND I'LL SHARE, UH, WITH PRESIDENT HAMILTON, IT WAS SUPERINTENDENT PRAYER, UH, BUT VERY GOOD THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO POINT OUT.
AND I THINK ON MY LIST ABOUT 15 OF THEM THAT WE KNOW WE WANT TO SORT OF SPEAK TO, BECAUSE AGAIN, THAT'S GOING TO LEAD VERY WELL.
AND TO THE GOALS THAT WE SET AS A BOARD, UH, TOMORROW, EVEN AS WE LOOK AT THE CURRENT GOALS WE HAVE IN PLACE, UH, TO, TO, TO LOOK AT ALTERATIONS, ANY FINAL COMMENTS ON THE SPOT, GO AHEAD.
I WANT TO SAY THAT ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO GO BACK AND JUST TRENDS THAT WE HAVE HERE ON THIS BOARD THAT, UH, HAS BEEN CONSISTENT WITHIN THE LAST TWO WEEKS.
AND THAT'S ALLOWING OTHER BOARD MEMBERS TO EXPRESS THEIR CONCERNS FROM THE DIOCESE THAT HAS ALWAYS TO ME HAVE BEEN A JAIL.
SO I THINK THAT, THAT IF WE CONTINUE THAT, AND I FEEL THAT WE WILL, THE WAY OUR BOARD IS ORGANIZED, AND I'M ONLY GOING TO SHOW AROUND US, BUT IT'S GOING TO SHOW HER STAFF.
I SUPPORT IT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT.
THAT WILL, I ABSOLUTELY TOTALLY AGREE WITH THAT ONE.
AND, AND OBVIOUSLY AS, AS, AS A TEAM, AS A GROUP, AGAIN, GOING BACK TO NOTHING COULD BE DONE SOLO.
IF, IF BOARD MEMBERS FEEL LIKE THAT OPPORTUNITY IS THERE, UH, EVEN, EVEN IF THE VOTES ARE NOT THERE TO OBVIOUSLY DO ANYTHING OR EVEN THE BOATS MAY BE THERE, UH, I THINK THAT THAT PUBLIC DIALOGUE THAT YOU HAVE WILL SPEAK TO YOUR COMMUNITY.
UM, I THINK THE, THE BIGGEST THING, UM, THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT SORT OF GOVERNING BODIES AROUND THAT IS, IS REALLY THEIR DISCOURSE WITH EACH OTHER AND THE RESPECT FACTOR AROUND THOSE ONES.
AND CAN WE HAVE A HEALTHY DEBATE? WE CAN, WE CAN SHARE OUR POINTS OF VIEW, UM, AND NOT BE RIDICULED FOR IT, UH, THAT THE, THE LEVEL OF RESPECT DOES NOT GO DOWN, UH, FOR WORK.
THAT'S GOING TO SPEAK OBVIOUSLY TO YOUR COMMUNITY TOO, IN TERMS OF JUST HOW WE TREAT EACH OTHER AS A BOARD, UM, AND MANY BOARD SETS YOUR, TO YOUR POINT, SECRETARY, MORE SPEAK TO THAT IN YOUR OPERATING AGREEMENTS TO, UM, OF, OF HOW WE WILL TREAT EACH OTHER, HOW WE WILL CONDUCT OURSELVES, UH, IN MEETINGS, HOW WE WILL CONDUCT OURSELVES.
OBVIOUSLY WE WE'RE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, BECAUSE IN THE DAY, IF YOU LEAVE HERE, UH, AND, AND PRESIDENT OF HAMILTON IS, IS IN THE COMMUNITY.
THEY DON'T VIEW HER AS JUST A COMMUNITY MEMBER.
UM, AND EVEN IF SHE IS SOMEWHERE, UH, YOU KNOW, FURTHER AWAY FROM THE SHE'S STILL GOING TO BE VIEWED AS, AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE LSD, NO BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SAME THING, BUT OBVIOUSLY ANY OTHER BOARD TOO, BEFORE WE GO ON IS LOOK AT PRESIDENT HAMILTON OR DR.
IF THE BOARD WANTS TO TAKE A BREAK OR ANYTHING, OR WE WANT TO KEEP ROLLING, I'M GOOD FOR NOW, I'LL GO TAKE MY BREAK TO, BECAUSE WE GET CREDIT FOR BOTH, RIGHT? AND THERE ARE SOME BOARDS WHO DO THEY'LL DO THE ANNUAL RETREAT.
THEY MIGHT DO A QUARTERLY LOOK, EVEN AT DEBT.
I MEAN, THERE THAT'S ALL THE DECISION, UH, THAT, THAT, THAT THE BOARD HAS WITHIN HIS PURVIEW OF HOW MANY TIMES DOES HE WANT TO GO BACK TO, TO LOOK AT GOALS THAT PUT IN PLACE OR NORMS, OR EVEN, UH, TO HAVE THE ADMINISTRATION, UH, PRESENT ITEMS THAT THEY FEEL THAT THAT'S MOST IMPORTANT TO THE BOARD DOING WORK? UM, SAY IT AGAIN, PRESIDENT IT'S A, I MEAN, WHAT IT DOES, THE WHAT THE BEST BOARDS AND, AND IT REALLY GOES A LONG WAY FOR SCHOOL BOARDS ARE THE BOARDS WHO ACTUALLY KNOW EACH OTHER, THAT THEY SPEND TIME WITH EACH OTHER, AND THEN THEY RECOGNIZE AGAIN, THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
SO, YOU KNOW, I, I DO BELIEVE THAT NO ONE, UH, NO, MAYBE THIS IS JUST THE OPTIMIST.
I MEAN, NO ONE, NO ONE JOINS ANYTHING
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TO NOT GET ANYTHING DONE.UM, I CAN, UM, AND WHEN I SAY THAT, UH, NO, WHEN I SAY THAT, I THINK FOLKS WHO LOOK AT ME AND, AND IN ESSENCE, THEY KNOW SOMEONE COULD STILL BE GETTING SOMETHING DONE, EVEN IF IT'S NOT VIEWED AS BEING DONE BY SOMEONE ELSE.
UH, SO AGAIN, I DON'T THINK ANYONE JOINS ANYTHING TO NOT GET ANYTHING DONE.
UM, BUT WHEN YOU RECOGNIZE THAT ANYTHING DIDN'T GET ANYTHING DONE, THAT'S SUSTAINABLE.
YOU'RE GOING TO NEED OTHER PEOPLE, BECAUSE EVEN IF YOU ACCOMPLISH A SHORT-TERM GOAL, YOU HAVE, THAT'S STILL NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO TRANSLATE TO ANYTHING LONG-TERM.
UM, SO THE MORE THE BOARD CAN COME TOGETHER TO THINK ABOUT LONG-TERM GOALS THAT IT HAS.
AND HOW DOES IT SET THE SYSTEM UP FOR SUCCESS IN THE FUTURE? THE BETTER OFF IT WILL BE? UM, I THINK IT CAME UP, UH, I THINK TRUST IS SMITH.
YOU SAID, UH, IF WE KNOW THAT SOMETHING'S GOING TO BE IMPACTING US IN 2025, IT'S ABSOLUTELY FULLY, UH, PERTINENT FOR THE BOARD TO START HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS NOW.
UM, AND BEING ABLE TO COMMUNICATE THAT TO THE COMMUNITY IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY KNOW THAT IF WE DON'T TALK ABOUT THIS, NOW WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR IT LATER.
AND MOST THINGS, IF WE DON'T TALK ABOUT IT, NOW WE PAY FOR IT LATER.
IT'S MOSTLY WILL BE A FISCAL IMPACT BOND ELECTION.
UM, SO, SO LET'S, LET'S, LET'S MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE THIS REALLY GETS INTO THE NUTS AND THE BOLTS OF, OF THE WORK THAT, THAT WE WILL HAVE TO DO IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO LEAVE HERE AS SUCCESSING.
AND WE NOW HAVE GOALS, UH, AS A BOARD THAT, THAT WE'RE GOING TO USE FOR, FOR THIS YEAR.
[4. Review of District Mission/Vision/Beliefs - Dr. Dance]
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO JUST DO A REVIEW OF OUR VISION, OF OUR MISSION OF OUR BELIEFS, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY OF OUR NORMS. AND WE'RE GOING TO, UH, TAKE PRESIDENT HAMILTON'S LEAD, OBVIOUSLY PUSHED THE NORMS OBVIOUSLY TO TOMORROW.UM, BUT REALLY IT'S GETTING PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN WE, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT VISION, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT MISSION, IT REALLY IS WHAT W WHAT ARE WE HOPING FOR? WHAT ARE WE ASPIRING TO BE? AND THEN WHAT'S GOING TO DRIVE US IN ORDER TO GET THERE.
AND SO THERE, THERE IS A DIFFERENCE OBVIOUSLY IN THEM.
UM, AND SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE VISION, THE MISSION, THE BELIEFS, UM, AND THE NORMS OF, OF, OF, AS US AS A BOARD, I DIDN'T PULL THIS OUT AGAIN DIRECTLY FROM YOUR WEBSITE DIRECTLY FROM VISION 2025.
UM, AND I SEE THAT YOU GUYS SEE, YOU WANT EVERY GRADUATE, A SUCCESS.
THAT THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S OUR VISION.
WE, WE, WE ARE LOOKING TO THE FUTURE AND WE WANT EVERY GRADUATE, A SUCCESS, RIGHT? THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE WORDS WE DIDN'T GO TO.
WHAT DRIVES US, WHAT DRIVES US AS EMPOWERING ALL STUDENTS PURPOSE AND PASSION THROUGH QUALITY EDUCATION.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WE SEE OUR BELIEFS, WHICH ARE SEVEN OF THEM.
EQUITY AND EDUCATION IS A HUMAN RIGHT, UH, EDUCATORS, PARENTS, AND STUDENTS SHARING THE RESPONSIBILITY OF DEVELOPING GRADUATES, WHO ARE WELL-ROUNDED INDIVIDUALS ENGAGE, RELEVANT LEARNING EXPERIENCES, PREPARE STUDENTS TO LEAD PRODUCTIVE LIVES.
LEARNING IS A LIFELONG PROCESS AS ENHANCED BY TAKING RISKS.
GROWING FROM PAST EXPERIENCES, CREATES OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUTURE SUCCESS, PURPOSEFUL PLANNING TO MEET INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS' NEEDS, UH, LEADS TO INTENTIONAL OUTCOMES FOR STUDENT SUCCESS, WHICH I PERSONALLY LOVED THAT ONE.
UH, AND THEN ALL STUDENTS AND STAFF HAVE THE RIGHT TO A SAFE AND SECURE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.
NOW I TOLD YOU I WAS AN ENGLISH MAJOR.
SO AS AN ENGLISH MAJOR, THEN WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
NOW PULLING OUT A COUPLE OF, UH, WORDS IN RED, YOU KNOW, AS ENGLISH TEACHERS, WE HAD TO USE RED, A LIGHT.
I CHOSE A BLACK, BUT IF WE LOOK AT OUR WORDS, THEN WE HAVE TO REALLY UNPACK THIS, UH, BECAUSE A LOT OF, OF VISION STATEMENTS, MISSION STATEMENTS, BELIEFS ARE WORDS ON PAPER AND THEY'RE PERFUNCTORY ACTIVITIES THAT WE HAVE TO DO BECAUSE SOMEONE TOLD US TO DO IT, OR THEY'RE ACTIVITIES THAT WE'VE JUST CONTINUED TO JUST, YOU KNOW, COPY AND REPEAT FOR YEARS.
AND THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO RIGHT NOW.
SO WE WERE TO JUST TO LOOK AT OUR VISION RIGHT NOW, UM, YOU KNOW, TWO WORDS STAND OUT TO ME, IT'S EVERY, IN A SUCCESS.
AND SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT, AND NOT GONNA TOUCH ON EVERY YEAR, CAUSE WE'D LIKE TO GO THERE.
IF WE WERE TO SAY SUCCESS, WHAT DOES SUCCESS MEAN TO US AS A BOARD? IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS ASPIRATIONAL VISION FOR EVERY GRADUATE THEN, AND WE'RE SAYING SUCCESS, WE WERE PUTTING A LOT AND LITERALLY FOUR WORDS.
SO WHAT DOES SUCCESS MEAN IF WE THINK THAT FOR A MINUTE AND LET'S DISCUSS IT, WHAT DOES SUCCESS MEAN? AND, AND WE'LL DO SOME WEIGHT.
THOMAS, WE'LL GIVE YOU ABOUT A MINUTE TO THINK ABOUT IT.
WHAT DOES SUCCESS MEAN? UM, WHEN YOU READ IT ON THE PAPER THAT EVERY GRADUATE, UH, EVERY GRADUATE, A SUCCESS.
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YEAH.JESSE SMITH, MINE IS A LITTLE UNIQUE.
SO SUCCESS IS MORE OF A PERSONABLE ITEM IN MY PERSONAL OPINION.
SO, AND THAT IS KIND OF SEGWAYING INTO WHAT BROTHER JONES SAID.
UH, FOR EVERY INDIVIDUAL, IT CAN BE DIFFERENT.
UH, BUT WHAT WE WANT IS THE DETAILED ATTENTION AND ATTENTION TO THE WHOLE PERSON ENOUGH SO THAT WE CAN HELP THEM QUANTIFY SUCCESS FOR THEMSELVES.
SO MAYBE, MAYBE THEY DIDN'T GRADUATE WITH A 4.0 OR WHATEVER, BUT GOT INTO COLLEGE OR THEY GOT A SCHOLARSHIP.
UH, SO IT'S STILL A QUANTIFIABLE GOAL FOR THEMSELVES.
UH, BUT I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S A BIGGER QUESTION.
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT WORD MEANS FOR A LARGER POPULATION.
ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT A LOT OF FOLKS, UM, ASK STUDENTS, UH, WHEN THEY, THE INTERNET WILL TELL YOU THE BEST TIME OF YEAR IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE GRADUATION.
UM, AND, AND YOUR DIPLOMA, UM, AND ENVISIONED 2012 SPEAKS TO, UH, THE DIPLOMA BEING MEANINGFUL.
AND SO IF THE DIPLOMA IS GOING TO BE MEANINGFUL AND WE'RE TYING THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY AS A SYSTEM, YOUR GOAL IS TO GRADUATE STUDENTS.
AND SO THE DIPLOMA THEN HAS TO EQUAL SUCCESS.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN THOUGH? AND THAT'S A QUESTION THAT WE, AS A BOARD REALLY NEEDS TO THINK THROUGH, BECAUSE THIS IS OUR VISION.
THIS IS REALLY WHAT WE'RE ASPIRING TO AT THE END OF THE DAY.
MOST VISION STATEMENTS ARE JUST THAT ASPIRATIONAL STATEMENTS, THAT IN MANY CASES, WE'RE GOING TO BE CONTINUING TO, TO STRIVE TOWARD GAY, RIGHT? AND SO I, THAT WE HAVE TO OVER THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF DAYS WE SPENT WITH EACH OTHER REALLY THINK ABOUT IF WE'RE GOING TO KEEP EVERY GRADUATE, A SUCCESS, HOW DO WE DEFINE SUCCESS? OR DO WE CONTINUE KEEPING THIS AS OUR VISION, AS A DISTRICT? AND THERE IS NO RIGHT OR WRONG ANSWER TO THAT.
THAT'S A, THAT'S A BOARD QUESTION, BUT ULTIMATELY YOUR VISION AS A BOARD IS GOING TO DRIVE THE VISION FOR THE DISTRICT, WHICH IS GOING TO DRIVE THE BOOK, THE GOALS YOU SET FOR YOUR CEO OR YOUR SUPERINTENDENT.
AND SO WE HAVE TO UNPACK THAT ONE, BUT, BUT DEFINITELY FROM WHAT I'M, WHAT, I'M, WHAT I'M GETTING FROM IT.
UM, WELL, LET ME BACK UP FOR A MINUTE.
UH, SECRETARY MORRIS, YOU SAID YOU REWROTE IT.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO US WHEN YOU FIRST SAID IT? BECAUSE I READ AND WHY? WHAT CAME TO MY MIND? I WAS IN A MEETING AND I HAVE NO, LOOK IT UP, UH, OUR CONCERN THAT WE ARE NOT FOLLOWING WHEN YOU SAY IT, THAT, AND WHAT I REMEMBER ABOUT THAT, MAYBE WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY FOLLOWING UP THE STREET, WHAT THE STATE SAYS, ANYTHING TO EAT OUR WEEK, PROVIDING EVERYTHING COLLEGE OR WHATEVER THEY DESIRE.
IF WE FROM EARLY CHILDHOOD, CONGRATULATIONS, WE FEEL GOOD AS BOARD MEMBER ONE WEEK, ALL OF THE PART OF PROVIDING THIS JOB, ALL WE CAN GUARANTEE AND SUNSETS CAN COME IN ANY WAY.
FOR ME, IT COULD COME IN IN A WAY, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS AND DEFINITION, WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT IT.
IT'S FAILURE LOOKING AT, UM, THAT'S THE WAY WE VISUALLY THE VISION, BUT WE'RE NOT SAYING.
AND SO IF I'M A CHILD THAT LEARNED THROUGH REQUIREMENT TO GROW AT NIGHT, IF YOU CAN'T GO TO COLLEGE OR KNOW HOW TO UTILIZE THE SERVICES OR THE OPPORTUNITY.
YOU'RE YOU'RE YOU'RE STRUGGLING TO GO AHEAD.
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BIG DEAL.SO THE REALITY IS I WOULD, WHEN I, WHEN I READ THIS AND, AND, AND LISTEN TO SECRETARY MORRIS, UM, WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE IS REALLY BUILT A PICTURE AROUND YOUR VISION STATEMENT, THROUGH YOUR MISSION AND YOUR BELIEFS YOU REALLY HAVE.
SO I DO THINK THERE IS A CONVERSATION WE GOTTA HAVE THOUGH, AROUND WHAT DOES SUCCESS MEAN DOES NOT NEED TO NECESSARILY BE IN YOUR VISION STATEMENT THOUGH? IT DOES.
WE JUST GOTTA BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THAT WHEN SOMEONE SAYS, WHAT DOES SUCCESS MEAN? IF WE'RE SAYING EVERY GRADUATE, A SUCCESS, BECAUSE IT'S VERY SHORT, VERY CONCISE, VERY MUCH TO THE POINT.
BUT IF EVERYONE WERE TO LOOK AT IT TO, TO, TO, UH, TRUST TRUSTEE JOSEPH'S POINT, EVERY SUCCESS WILL BE DIFFERENT.
AND SO WHAT I THEN GET DRAWN TO IS YOUR MISSION STATEMENT.
AND AS, AS AN ORGANIZATION, BECAUSE WHAT I GET FROM, I KNOW I SAID AN AND THEN THAT'S ONE OF MY HIGHLIGHTED WORDS, BUT THE REASON WHY I DIDN'T HAVE LIKE PASSION AND PURPOSE WAS BECAUSE I HIGHLIGHTED THE AMD BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT ASKING FOR ONE, YOU'RE ASKING FOR BOTH.
SO IDEALLY THE WAY YOU GUYS HAVE WRITTEN YOUR, YOUR MISSION STATEMENT IS THAT IF WE CAN TAP INTO A STUDENT'S PASSION, TAP INTO A STUDENT'S PURPOSE, THEN WHEN THEY GRADUATE THEIR SUCCESS, WHICH IS WHAT I'M HEARING.
AT LEAST WHAT I GOT FROM WITH TRUSTEE JONES JUST SAID THAT YOU, YOU SORT OF, UH, CO-SIGNED ON IT, ESPECIALLY SMITH.
AND THEN YOU WERE NODDING, UH, PRESIDENT HAMILTON ON IT.
WHAT, WHAT, WHAT SECRETARY MORRIS DID WAS BASICALLY TAKE ALL THREE, THE VISION, THE MISSION, AND THE BELIEFS, AND BROUGHT THEM ALL TOGETHER.
BUT IF SUCCESS MEANS PASSION AND PURPOSE FOR THE DISTRICT, THEN I THINK, WELL, WE'VE GOT TO GO A LITTLE BIT STEP FURTHER AND SAYING, HOW DO WE THEN ENSURE THAT EVERY SINGLE KID'S PASSION IS IGNITED WHEN THEY'RE WITH US AND THEY RECOGNIZE THEIR PURPOSE BEFORE THEY LEAVE.
AND THAT'S A, THAT'S A HEAVY LIFT, BUT ONE THAT ABSOLUTELY CAN BE DONE WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT EXPERIENCES AND YOUR BELIEF STATEMENTS, RIGHT? SO A LOT OF THE VISION AND MISSION STATEMENTS THAT ORGANIZATIONS HAVE THE REASON WHY THEY LOOK TO CHANGE.
SO HOW DID, HOW DO YOU MEASURE THAT? SO, SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE CSR AS A BOARD, YOUR JOB IS TO FOCUS ON OUTCOMES.
AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A LITTLE BIT.
SO I GOT, I GOT, I GOT A GREAT, UH, GREAT, UH, ANSWER FOR YOU ON THAT ONE.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU, AS A BOARD, YOU'RE GOING TO BE AT GRADUATIONS, YOUR, YOUR MAIN JOB AND, YOU KNOW, UH, SECRETARY MORE, SHE SAID, THE STATE HAS PARAMETERS.
YOU GUYS, YOU GUYS HAVE TO LIVE BY, BUT IN THE DAY THOUGH, THEY'RE GOING TO GET A DIPLOMA THAT HAS PRESIDENT HAMILTON'S NAME ON IT.
SUPERINTEND PREMIER'S NAME ON IS GOING TO HAVE THEIR, THEIR, THEIR PRINCIPAL'S, UH, NAME ON IT, STATE SUPERINTENDENT, HIS NAME ON ALL OF THAT.
THERE, THE REALITY THOUGH, IS FOR ALL OF US, WHEN THAT DIPLOMA'S HANDED SUCCESS HAS TO BE MEANINGFUL TO THAT STUDENT.
AND WHAT YOU ALL HAVE SAID AS A DISTRICT IS THAT THE STUDENT'S PASSION AND THE STUDENT'S PURPOSE IS GOING TO LEAD TO THAT STUDENT'S SUCCESS.
BECAUSE WHILE THE VISION IS REALLY TAKING US ASPIRATIONALLY, WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO GO, THE MISSION IS WHAT'S DRIVING US DAILY TO GET THERE.
CAN WE SAY THAT WITH FIDELITY, EVERY GRADUATE WILL BE A SUCCESS.
I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE WITH MCKAMEY WE CAN'T, BUT WE CAN SAY US THAT WE'RE DRIVING TO GET THERE EVERY SINGLE DAY.
WE MAKE DECISIONS, KNOWING THAT WE WANT EVERY GRADUATE TO BE A SUCCESS.
EVERY DAY WE COME TO WORK, WE'RE DRIVEN BY A MISSION THAT WE'RE GOING TO IGNITE THE PASSION AND THE PURPOSE OF EVERY SINGLE STUDENT.
THE WAY WE DO THAT IS THROUGH OUR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM THAT WE'RE DOING.
I THINK WHAT I WOULD GO TO YOUR, TO YOUR POINT, A TRUSTEE, UH, SMITH IS REALLY THINKING ABOUT ONE.
IF WE DEFINE SUCCESS, BEING THAT WAY, HOW DO WE DEFINE A QUALITY EDUCATION? AND THAT'S WHERE YOU ABSOLUTELY CAN GET INTO SOME, SOME PERFORMANCE METRICS THAT YOU WOULD THEN GO BACK TO HOLD THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR, RIGHT? BECAUSE THE QUALITY EDUCATION IS NOT JUST GOING TO BE IN THE CLASSROOMS EITHER.
IT'S GOING TO BE IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES THAT YOU GIVE YOUNG PEOPLE FROM THE TIME THEY ENTER YOUR DISTRICT, WHETHER THEY'RE ENTERING AND PRE-K OR KINDERGARTEN, OR THEY'RE ENTERING AT NINTH GRADE, OR THEY COME TO YOU JUST FOR THAT ONE YEAR, AS A SENIOR, YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT THE PASSION AND THE PURPOSE OF THAT STUDENT IS IGNITE THREE QUALITY EDUCATION THAT WE ABSOLUTELY CAN MEASURE.
AND IF WE'D DONE THAT WELL, THEN WE, AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE HAVE LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR OUR VISION TO BECOME A REALITY.
AND THAT'S WHY THOSE STATEMENTS BECOME SO HARD BECAUSE TO BE HONEST WITH YOU THERE, SO DIVISION IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE ASPIRATIONAL.
IT IS THE MISSION IS WHAT'S DRIVING THE SUPERINTENDENT RARE AND THE STAFF
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TO COME IN EVERY DAY WHEN YOU DON'T WANT TO COME TO A BOARD MEETING, YOU COME ANYWAY, THAT'S THE MISSION THAT'S DRIVING YOU, KNOWING THAT THE QUALITY EDUCATION IN MANY CASES RESTS ON DECISIONS, YOU HAVE TO MAKE IT TO A BOARD MEETING.IT DOES I GO THOUGH TO THE BELIEFS BECAUSE THE BELIEFS ACTUALLY GET TO WHAT YOU ALL BELIEVE ARE MOST IMPORTANT FOR ANY KID, UH, WHEN THEY'RE IN YOUR SCHOOLS, ANY EMPLOYEE WHO CHOOSES TO COME TO WORK HERE OR ANY COMMUNITY MEMBER WHO CHOOSES TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY AND IN LANCASTER.
SO WE THINK ABOUT THIS, WELL, WE'VE GOT TO ASK OURSELVES IS OUT OF THESE SEVEN NOW HIGHLIGHT EQUITY, BECAUSE I THINK AS A, A BOARD, YOU CAN HAVE A VERY PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION WITH YOUR SUPERINTENDENT AND WHAT THAT MEANS, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY VOCABULARY IS IMPORTANT.
AND SO EQUITY MIGHT MEAN ONE THING TO ONE BOARD MEANS SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT TO ANOTHER BOARD THAT WE WILL NOT GET INTO, UH, TONIGHT, BUT THAT'S A, YOU ALL HAVE TO HAVE, BECAUSE THAT IS YOUR BEDROCK PRINCIPLE.
A LOT OF FOLKS WILL LOOK AT BELIEF STATEMENTS AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? THESE ARE JUST SEVEN RANDOM THINGS.
NO, THESE ARE SEVEN IN THE ORDER OF IMPORTANCE FOR YOU AS A BOARD.
AND SO I WOULD PROBABLY SAY IF WE'RE GOING TO SPEND SOME TIME ON THIS ONE, IF THERE ARE SOME, SOME, UH, SOME COALESCING AROUND THE VISION AND THE MISSION WE'VE GOT TO SPEND TIME THINKING ABOUT, DO WE BELIEVE IN THESE SEVEN BELIEFS? AND THAT'S REALLY THE CRITICAL QUESTION THAT THE BOARD REALLY HAS.
'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF ANY BOARD MEMBER WILL ARGUE THAT PASSIONATE PURPOSE SHOULD BE GIVEN TO A STUDENTS THROUGH OUR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM, WHICH WE OBVIOUSLY WILL HOLD OUR SUPERINTENDENT ACCOUNTABLE FOR, FOR ENSURING THAT IT'S IMPLEMENTED BASED ON DECISIONS WE'VE MADE.
ULTIMATELY WE DO WANT EVERY SINGLE GRADUATE TO BE A SUCCESS THAT'S DEFINED BY HIM OR HER, UH, BECAUSE WE'VE IGNITED THEIR PASSION, THEIR PURPOSE, BUT THOSE SEVEN BELIEFS WERE RELEASED AT THAT, THAT DRIVE US.
AND SO I WOULD LOOK AT THAT RIGHT NOW AND SAY, DO WE BELIEVE IN, IN THESE SEVEN? AND I ALSO THINK IT'S VERY POWERFUL THAT YOU HAVE SAID, NOT ONLY DO WE BELIEVE IN THEM, BUT ARE THEY RANKED IN THE ORDER THAT WE FEEL ARE MOST IMPORTANT? ARE SOME OF THE WORDS THAT WE'RE USING WORDS THAT WE TRADITIONALLY WORK TOWARD, OR ARE THEY WORSE? ARE THERE BETTER WORDS OR MORE SUITABLE WORDS FOR WHERE WE BELIEVE THESE BELIEFS WILL SPEAK? BECAUSE EVERY BOARD MEMBER MEETING, WHEN FOLKS WANT TO COME AT YOU ALL, BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME DECISIONS YOU HAVE TO MAKE THAT, YOU KNOW, MAY NOT BE POPULAR.
AND SOME CASES YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT GROUNDS YOU AND YOUR BELIEFS GROUNDING THE VISION, AND THE MISSION IS GOING TO GROUND THE DISTRICT.
THE BELIEFS WILL GROUND THE BOARD.
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT FOR A MINUTE.
SO GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO, TO LOOK AT THEM AGAIN FOR ABOUT ONE MINUTE, AND THEN LET'S REALLY HAVE A FRANK CONVERSATION AROUND.
DO WE BELIEVE THAT
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SO ONE THING TO KEEP IN MIND TO THE BOARD, YOU DON'T HAVE TO KEEP ANY OF THESE.UM, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT THE INTENTION RIGHT NOW IS REALLY TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT WHAT'S CURRENTLY IN PLACE TO SEE IF YOU STILL BELIEVE IN THEM.
AND TO BE HONEST, THERE WAS A BOARD PREVIOUS TO YOU WHO ADOPTED THEM.
THIS BOARD THAT SITS NOW MAY NOT NECESSARILY AGREE WITH THOSE SEVEN.
YOU MIGHT WANT 20, RIGHT? YOU MIGHT WANT TO, UH, YOU MIGHT DECIDE TO KEEP ALL SEVEN OF THESE AND REWORK THEM.
WHAT WOULD IT REALLY BOILS DOWN TO IS WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE? UM, OUR FUNDAMENTAL EXPECTATIONS FOR EXPERIENCES THAT KIDS SHOULD GET IN LANCASTER ISD.
AND IF, IF AN EQUITY IS A, THE WAY WE'VE WORDED EQUITY EDUCATION, THE HUMAN, RIGHT, THEN WE'RE SAYING THAT REGARDLESS WHO YOU ARE, WHEN YOU ENROLL IN LANCASTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS OR LINKS TO ISD SCHOOLS, THAT WE ARE GOING TO GIVE YOU WHAT YOU NEED, OR AT LEAST STRIVE TO GIVE YOU WHAT YOU NEED, BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'RE ENTITLED TO AS A HUMAN.
THAT'S REALLY WHAT THAT SPEAKS TO THERE, BUT IT REALLY IS THIS BOARD, UH, PRESIDENT HAMILTON, IF HE WANTS TO GO IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES BOARDS NEED TIME TO THINK ABOUT THEIR BELIEFS A LITTLE BIT DEEPER ON IT, TOO.
UM, WHAT I USUALLY SEE IS THAT BOARDS REALLY WANT TO THINK THROUGH THE ORDER THAT THEY BELIEVE THAT THINGS ARE MOST IMPORTANT IN, BUT DO NOT FEEL OBLIGATED TO STICK WITH THESE SEVEN DON'T FEEL OBLIGATED TO, TO TINKER AROUND THE EDGES.
UH, IT'S REALLY YOUR DECISION BECAUSE IT'S YOUR BELIEFS AND NO ONE CAN CHALLENGE YOUR BELIEFS.
YOUR BELIEFS ARE YOUR BELIEFS, BUT ONCE YOU KNOW WHAT A PERSON BELIEVES IN, THEN YOU UNDERSTAND WHY HE OR SHE MAKES THE DECISIONS THEY MAKE.
AND THAT'S WHY A LOT, A LOT OF BOARDS AND ORGANIZATIONS DO THAT.
THE, THE AVERAGE PERSON, WHEN THEY SEE IT, THEY STILL WILL READ THE RANK ORDER WAY.
SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT, UH, MOST PEOPLE, WHEN THEY READ DOCUMENTS, VERY FEW PEOPLE READ DOCUMENTS ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
UH, AND SO IN SOME CASES, IF SOMEONE PICKS THIS UP AND THEY WANT TO LOOK AT THE TOP THREE, DO THE TOP THREE, GIVE THEM WHAT YOU AS A BOARD BELIEVING.
NO, AND THEY MAY READ ALL SEVEN, BUT IF THEY LOOK AT THE FIRST ONE, UH, ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT DEFINING WHAT YOU ALL WANT TO DO AS A BOARD? UH, AND IF WE WANT SOME TIME, THE PRESIDENT OF HAMILTON HAS SORT OF TO UNPACK THIS A LITTLE BIT AND, AND BEGIN WITH IT TOMORROW, LET ME KNOW.
UM, BUT, BUT IT REALLY DOES SPEAK TO, UH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WHEN PEOPLE START TO COME AT THE BOARD FOR DECISIONS THAT IT'S HAVING TO MAKE, UM, THAT MAY NOT BE POPULAR OR THEY MIGHT BE POPULAR.
UH, YOUR BELIEFS IS WHAT WILL GROUND YOU AS A BOARD.
AND WHEN THEY'RE TEACHING ON THE PAST, THEY ARE CREATING OPPORTUNITY.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE HERE, BUT WE NEED TO LEARN IT ONLY BECAUSE AT THE VERY END, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO FURTHER AND YOU, AND WE HEAR THAT EVERY DAY.
WE DON'T THINK OF IT LIKE THAT, BUT THE NEWS TALK ABOUT IT EVERY DAY THERE WASN'T.
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UM, DO WE REALLY, AND I WOULD SAY, AND FEAR TO ACTUALLY USE, UM, LOOKING AT OUR POPULATION NEBRASKA.SO THERE, THEY WILL REPEAT IT.
EVEN IF WE PROVIDE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY, WE DO A GOOD JOB.
AND SO THAT STOOD OUT WITH ME AND I THINK HE MAY HAVE STEPPED OUT, UH, WHEN WE MENTIONED IT.
BUT W WHAT I ENDED UP SAYING WAS THAT YOU TOOK A WAY OF LOOKING AT THE VISION AND MISSION AND THE BELIEFS AND WRAPPED IT INTO.
AND TO BE HONEST, THEY ALL SHOULD COINCIDE TOGETHER.
UH, IF WE REALLY BELIEVE IN THESE THINGS, AND OUR MISSION BECOMES CLEAR, ULTIMATELY THAT OUR VISION, AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE WILL BE REACHED.
UM, BUT, BUT WE HAVE TO BE GROUNDED IN SOMETHING.
AND THIS IS WHERE ALL OF MY PREDECESSORS I'M NOTICING THE SEVEN BULLET POINTS DID, DID WE JUST GO BACK AND ASK EACH BOARD MEMBER TO GIVE US A BELIEF? WE, WE DIDN'T KNOW THIS.
I WOULD SAY WHOEVER DID IT, I'M SURE THEY SAT DOWN AND THEY COLLABORATE AND CREATED THINGS SUCH AS WHAT WE SHOULD PROBABLY BE DOING LEMONADE NUMBER ALTERING TOMORROW, TOMORROW.
WELL, AND THAT'S WHERE I CAN SORT OF SUPPORT THROUGH, THROUGH THE WORDSMITHING OF IT.
IF, IF WE LOOK AT, UM, IF WE SORT OF UNPACK THEM AND TAKE THEM ONE BY ONE, WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS THAT EVERY, EVERY KID DESERVES AN EDUCATION BOTTOM LINE.
AND, AND AGAIN, THE WORD SNIFFING, WHAT, I DON'T WANT TO SEE IT AS GET TIED INTO THE, THE WORD SNIFFING OF IT, IF WE BELIEVE IN THE CORE VALUE OR BELIEF IN IT.
SO EVERYBODY HAVING A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO EDUCATION, DOES THE BOARD BELIEVE THAT? SO I, I CAN, UH, I CAN SHORTCUT SOME OF THIS AND SAY, I BELIEVE IN ALL OF THEM, BUT A COUPLE OF THEM ARE NOT COMPLETELY RELEVANT TO WHERE WE ARE OR APPROPRIATE.
LEARNING IS A LIFELONG PROCESS THAT IS ENHANCED BY TAKING RISKS.
I LOVE THAT, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT I TELL A KID THAT, UH, THAT'S JUST ME THOUGH, OR, OKAY.
I'M STILL FOLLOWING YOU NOW, BUT I'M WITH I'M WITH YOUR PRESIDENT.
I'M WITH YOU, PRESIDENT HAMILTON HAVE TO KEEP IT.
I LIKE MOST OF THEM, IT'S JUST A COUPLE OF THEM AND, YOU KNOW, OKAY.
SO WHEN WE ARRIVED, SHE OLDER LADY LATER, UM, I MEAN, IT WAS A LIFELONG PROCESS.
WELL, NO, NO, THAT'S ACTUALLY EXACTLY WHAT I WAS THINKING.
UM, AND OVER TO THE PARENTS, PARENTS IS TO SHARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF DEVELOPING GRADUATES WHO ARE, WELL-READ LOVE IT, PREACHER, WHERE YOU THINK IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S THE BOARD.
AND THE REASON WHY I SAY IT'S THE BOARD, BECAUSE I HIGHLIGHTED SHARE FROM THAT.
AND SO IF IT'S ONE OF YOUR BELIEFS THAT THEY HAVE TO SHARE, THEN TO YOUR POINT IN PRISON, RIGHT, THEN WE'VE GOT TO BE VERY INTENTIONAL THEN ABOUT SHARING THAT MESSAGE, BUT ALSO EDUCATING PARENTS ON HOW THAT MAY HAPPEN OR EDUCATING, UH, YOU KNOW, EVEN EDUCATING EDUCATORS ON HOW THAT HAPPENED.
EVEN EDUCATING STUDENTS ON WHAT THAT SHOULD BE.
SO WE BASICALLY BEAR AS A BOARD RESPONSIBILITY ON ALL THREE OF THOSE SEGMENTS, KNOWING WHAT'S NEEDED BECAUSE THEY ARE IN THERE BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO SHARE THE RESPONSIBILITY WITH US.
SO LET'S, LET'S LOOK AT IT THIS WAY.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT EDUCATORS, PARENTS, AND STUDENTS, UH, SORT OF LIKE THREE, LIKE A STOOL THERE, ARE THERE ANY, ANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHO SHARE IN THAT RESPONSIBILITY IN OUR COMMUNITY?
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OKAY.WE AT THE BOARD AND HAVE DIFFERENT AMOUNT BACK.
AND THAT'S WHERE THE PROBLEM FALLS INTO PLACE.
IF WE BELIEVE THIS, HOW ARE WE GOING TO PROMOTE IT TO THE COMMUNITY? HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET THEM TO SEE IT'S BECAUSE YOU GOT TO REMEMBER, UH, WE GOT IT.
YOU GOT TO BE ONE THING BEFORE YOU GET TO THE, AND IF YOU DON'T DO THAT OR PUT THAT OUT THERE TO WHOM EVER PARENTS OF STUDENTS SHARING ANY RESPONSIBILITY, SOME OF THESE 11 BEHAVIORS, YOU HAVE TO TEACH THEM, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO THEM TO SHARE IN THE RESPONSIBILITY THAT A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS DON'T EVEN KNOW THEIR RESPONSIBILITY.
AND I THINK THAT'S, THAT WENT BACK TO THE ORIGINAL QUESTION AROUND THAT.
IF WE BELIEVE THAT EDUCATORS, THE STUDENTS, OUR PARENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY, UH, BASICALLY SHARE RESPONSIBILITY IN THIS.
THEN WE'RE SAYING THAT MUCH OF THE WORK AS A BOARD, AND WE'RE GONNA OBVIOUSLY WORK WITH THE ADMINISTRATION ON IT.
MUCH OF OUR WORK IS GETTING THEM TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT REALLY EVEN MEANS THING.
WHEN YOU COME HERE, YOU HAVE THINGS LIKE YOUR ACADEMIES.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT OUR CAMPUS DO, THEIR BOOK, BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY MAY NOT BE HIGH, BUT THE PROGRAMS ARE THERE BECAUSE IT'S A LEARNED BEHAVIOR.
AND SO THE BEHAVIOR HAS TO COME FROM THE ELECTED OFFICIALS UNTIL PROMOTED WITHIN IT.
OH, WHAT OUR DISTRICT IS PROVIDING FOR THEM.
SO THEY, WE, THEY CAN BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE RIGHT NOW.
WE CAN'T, A LOT OF IT IS KNOWLEDGE.
I MEAN, YOU, YOU, MORE THAN LIKELY ANY COMMUNITY YOU GO INTO, NO MATTER HOW BIG OR HOW SMALL EVERYONE DOESN'T KNOW EVERYTHING THAT THE SYSTEM IS DOING IS THEY'RE NOT GOING TO KNOW.
OR IT MAY HAVE BEEN SOMETHING THAT WAS DONE IN THE PAST AND IT WASN'T DONE A PARTICULAR WAY.
AND SO THEN A LEARN BELIEF OR PERCEIVED LEARNED BELIEF EXISTS FROM IT.
AND THEN ALSO, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES YOUR COMMUNITY OBVIOUSLY EVOLVES.
AND IF YOUR COMMUNITY EVOLVES, WHAT MIGHT'VE WORKED FIVE YEARS OR 10 YEARS AGO MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY WORK NOW.
AND IF THIS IS STILL A BELIEF OF OURS, WE HAVE TO CHANGE OUR APPROACH TO IT.
WE CHANGE OUR APPROACH BY THEN MAKING IT A RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ADMINISTRATION SAYING THAT THIS IS A GOAL THAT WE HAVE.
AND THEN WE MONITOR THAT GOAL FOR THE ADMINISTRATION.
BUT I THINK FOR THIS, IT'S REALLY THINKING THROUGH THE, WE BELIEVE THAT EVERYONE HAS A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY AND DOING THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, UH, WITHIN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, THAT'S ONLY GOING TO BE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME EVERY SINGLE DAY, AND YOU KNOW, A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONTHS EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
AND IF EVERYONE SHARES THAT, THEN WE CAN FIGURE OUT THE HOW VERY EASILY.
WE'LL GET TO THAT QUESTION BECAUSE WE'RE, I'M THINKING FROM US WHERE WE'RE SITTING HERE, WHATEVER IT COMES IN, THOUGHTS WITH THE SOUP, WITH THE SOUP.
SO LET'S, LET'S BACK UP FOR A MINUTE.
I, I THINK IF, AND I DON'T WANT TO TAKE A TICKET THIS WAY, BUT I AM.
IF I TELL YOU, I BELIEVE IN GOD, YOU CAN'T MEASURE THAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE MY WORD THAT I BELIEVE IN GOD AND YOU'LL JUDGE MY ACTIONS OR WHETHER I BELIEVE IN GOD OR NOT.
SO YOU CANNOT TRULY MEASURE A BELIEF.
YOU MEASURE A BELIEF THROUGH SOMEONE'S ACTIONS.
SO THAT'S WHY I SAID, DON'T, DON'T GET INTO THE SORT OF QUANTIFIABLE PART JUST YET, BECAUSE WE'LL GET TO THAT LITERALLY IN THE NEXT LOT.
BUT, BUT THESE ARE THINGS THAT GROUND YOU.
SO THAT AGAIN, IF THERE'S A DECISION THAT HAS BEEN MADE WHERE YOU SAY, WE NEED PARENTS INVOLVED IN X, OR WE NEED OUR COMMUNITY TO DO X, IF THAT DECISION IS MADE, AND THAT'S ONE OF YOUR BELIEFS, THEN YOU'RE GROUNDED.
THE COMMUNITY KNOWS THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MATTERS TO YOU.
AND THIS IS WHY AS A BOARD, IT'S ONE OF OUR BELIEFS.
NOW, IF IT REALLY IS THAT IMPORTANT TO YOU AS A BOARD, YOU CAN SAY SUPERINTENDENT CAREER.
WE WANT TO HAVE EGO THAT LOOKS AT INCREASING, YOU KNOW, THE SHARED RESPONSIBILITY THAT MIGHT EXIST AMONG PARENTS AND TEACHERS AND STUDENTS AROUND MAKING THEM WELL-RUN THE STUDENTS.
NOW I WILL PUSH ON THAT JUST A TAD BIT, BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE VERY, VERY SPECIFIC ON WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO GET TO.
SO THE GOAL WILL MAP, MEASURE WHAT YOU'RE REALLY TRYING TO ACHIEVE, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO MEASURE A BELIEF.
A BELIEF IS SOMETHING THAT GROUNDS SOMEONE.
IF SOMEONE SAYS THEY BELIEVE IN A HEALTHY MARRIAGE, YOU CAN'T REALLY MEASURE THAT, RIGHT? THE PERSON THAT WOULD MEASURE IT OBVIOUSLY WOULD BE THE PERSON ON THE OPPOSITE END OF THAT MARRIAGE.
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IS A HEALTHY MARRIAGE MAY NOT BE WHAT YOU BELIEVE.THAT'S THE BELIEF OF THAT PERSON DON'T WANT TO TAKE US TOO FAR DOWN THEIR ROAD, BUT ALMOST GETTING TO THE POINT THAT A BELIEF THOUGH, YOU WILL HAVE A HARD TIME TRYING TO MEASURE IT BECAUSE IT KEEPS YOU GROUNDED.
AND SO YOUR ACTIONS WILL BE THE MEASUREMENT THAT THE PUBLIC WILL SEE.
NOW, THE, THE SAYING EVERYTHING SORT OF STOPS WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT.
I PUSH A LITTLE BIT, UH, SECRETARY MORRIS, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THE ORGANIZATIONAL CHART OF THE DISTRICT, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS AT THE TOP.
TRULY THE COMMUNITY IS AT THE TOP BECAUSE THE TRINITY COMMUNITY KNOW ALEXIS, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THINGS WILL GO DOWN TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, HER STAFF, TEACHERS, STUDENTS, WHATEVER IT'S GOING TO FILTER BACK UP.
IF THERE'S A COMMUNICATION METHOD TO FILTER IT BACK UP.
NOW, ULTIMATELY WHEN, WHEN, WHEN, WHEN, WHEN A PROBLEM OR CHALLENGE COMES INTO THE DISTRICT AND YOU GUYS HAND IT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, MORE THAN LIKELY IT'S BEEN HANDLED.
AND SO THE SHARING BACK OUT TO YOU OR TO THE COMMUNITY, YOU MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY BE INVOLVED WITH BECAUSE THE SUPERINTENDENT IS HANDLED THAT CHALLENGE, RIGHT? IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS WANT TO GO BACK UP, THEN THAT'S SOMETHING YOU WOULD PUT IN YOUR OPERATING AGREEMENTS IN YOUR NORMS. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, EVERYTHING IS GOING TO GO UP AND DOWN TOWARDS YOU GUYS IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO I DON'T WANT US TO GET TO, UH, YOU KNOW, TOO ANALYTICAL ON OUR BELIEFS.
THE QUESTION IS JUST, DO WE BELIEVE IT? AND WE CAN, WE CAN DO THAT.
IF THE, THE ESSENTIAL GOAL IS THAT THERE'S A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY, WE ABSOLUTELY CAN WORDSMITH AROUND THAT.
BUT THE BOARD BELIEVES AS A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY AND STUDENT SUCCESS, THAT IS A, UH, A COMBINATION OF WHAT WE DO AS EDUCATORS, WHAT PARENTS DO, WHAT STUDENTS DO AND WHAT THE COMMUNITY DOES.
SO, SO YOU CAN, DON'T GET INTO THE HOUSE JUST YET.
SO IF I BELIEVE THAT, IF I SAY, I BELIEVE IN GOD, I WON'T GET INTO THE HOUSE WITH YOU.
NOW WE WANT TO CREATE IT AS A GOAL.
WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, ENGAGED, RELEVANT LEARNING EXPERIENCES, PREPARE STUDENTS TO LEAD PRODUCTIVE LIVES.
UM, I THINK THERE WAS SOME CONCERN AROUND FOUR AND FIVE LEARNING IS A LIFELONG PROCESS AND ENHANCED BY TAKING RISKS.
THERE WAS CONCERN THAT, CORRECT.
GROWING FROM PAST EXPERIENCES CREATES OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUTURE SUCCESS.
AND THERE WAS A CONCERN AROUND BOTH ARE GOOD, BUT I DON'T THINK THEY'RE COMPLETELY RELEVANT HERE IN THIS CASE.
I DON'T REALLY SEE HOW THEY SUPPORT THE REST OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.
UM, YOU RIDE, BUT I ACTUALLY, UH, I GUESS FIVE BUCKS A DAY IN A PANIC, I TODAY IS A PAST EXPERIENCE.
AND WE FORGET THAT AND MOVING FORWARD, WELL, DON'T, YOU KNOW HOW CHILDREN WITH, AND WE WILL REPEAT IT WHERE REPEATING IT AND WE'RE IN A RETREAT, RIGHT? SO THE FOUR OF US WAS HERE WHEN DR.
PEREIRA CAME IN, THE FOUR OF US IS SITTING HERE, BUT WE'RE COMMITTED REGARDLESS OF WHAT MAY I GENDER WHAT HAPPENED AT AN EARLY DATE? SO IT WASN'T REPEATED NOW BREAK THE CHAIN.
BUT WITH BACK WHEN WE STARTED FROM, THAT WAS MY REASON AS IF WE DO IT AS AN ADULT, DEFINITELY INTUBATE OUT WITH THAT ARTICLE.
I HEARD THE NEWS THIS MORNING, IF WE, ANY OF THE TRUSTEE, LIKE, WHAT DOES IT HAVE TO BE?
I KNOW WE HAVEN'T THINK ABOUT THE PAST, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO OUR BELIEFS, I BELIEVE,
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WELL,I MEAN, THAT'S PART OF THE CURRICULA.
WELL, EVEN THE PANTS IT'S, IT'S TALL.
AND IF WE BELIEVE THAT IT IS, IF WE BELIEVE THAT IT'S ESSENTIAL FOR INDIVIDUAL TO KNOW THAT, TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD AND THEN SUCCESSFUL, YOU KNOW, WHAT, IF WE SCRATCH IT OUT AND YOU KNOW, WE'D SAY ONE THING I'LL BE QUIET BECAUSE WHEN THE MAJORITY SAY IT, I CAN STILL BELIEVE IT BECAUSE THAT'S ME.
THAT'S WHAT I BELIEVE IT HAS PROVEN SUCCESS FOR ME.
SO, SO ONE, ONE WAY TO MAYBE LOOK AT THIS IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BOARD OPERATING AGREEMENTS TOMORROW, YOU HAVE BOARD NORMS IN THAT.
AND SO A BELIEF DOES NOT HAVE TO GO INTO BELIEF CATEGORY.
IT COULD GO INTO WHAT THE BOARD NEEDS TO DO TO NORM ITSELF.
SO IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT ADHERES TO AS A UNIT, YOU WOULD MORE THAN LIKELY TO PUT THAT IN YOUR OPERATING AGREEMENT.
SO WHERE IT'S INTERNALLY FACING WITH THE BOARD, AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY EXTERNALLY FACING WITH YOUR BELIEFS TO YOUR COMMUNITY.
AND I THINK THAT WOULD GET TO, I THINK THAT WOULD, I THINK THAT WOULD GET TO WHAT PRESIDENT HAMILTON JUST SAID, UH, TRUSTEE SMITH.
AND THEN YOU DID TO SECRETARY MORRISON.
SO WE'RE IN AGREEMENT, PRESIDENT HAMILTON.
SO LISTEN TO HER DISCRETION, TIME KILLED HIM, OR I DON'T SAY SCRATCH, I'D SAY THAT IT SHOULD BE MORE EXPANDED ON, BUT WHEN YOU SAY MORE, THE WAY, I JUST BASICALLY SAID THAT IN THE BEGINNING, I THINK VALUE OF PAST EXPERIENCE, PAST TEACHING LEARN BEHAVIOR.
SO IF I COLLECTIVELY PUT ALL OF THOSE TOGETHER, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.
YOU KNOW, THEY SHOULD BE MORE, THIS IS LIKE DRAWING FROM PAST EXPERIENCE, CREATES OPPORTUNITY FOR FUTURE SUCCESS TO DO LIKE, THIS IS OUR BOARD BELIEVING.
BUT I THINK AS I'M HEARING YOU TALK ABOUT IT, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, I GUESS WHEN THINGS ARE HAPPENING IN FRONT OF THE BOARD, MORE THAN PASSIVE, THEN YOU'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT
HOW ABOUT ELABORATING ON THAT? I WAS GIVING EXAMPLES AND OTHER WORDS, I WAS SAYING HOW IMPORTANT IT IS, UH, FOR IF WE CAN GROW ON WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO FROM PAST EXPERIENCE, IT WON'T BE REPEATED, BUT THAT'S, I WILL ACCEPT.
YOU HAVE A MAJORITY OF THE BOARD SAY THAT IT'S NOT REVELENT OR IT'S NOT ONE OF THE ONES I'M OKAY WITH THAT, BECAUSE IT IS A RELIEF.
IT'S ONE INDIVIDUAL BELIEF COLLECTIVELY.
YET WE HAVE TO SEE HOW THE BOARD MEMBERS BY THAT WALKING AND WE HAVE HAPPENED.
SO WE'RE GOING TO SCRATCH THIS GIRL FROM PAST EXPERIENCE, IF YOU ALL THEY'RE WAY TOO LOOKING AT THEM.
AND IF I HAD TO PUSH THEM OR BY THEY GAIN RELEVANT LEARNING.
SO IT'S LIKE, I WANT TO LET THE LIGHT GO WAY DOWN WITH THE WORD, PRETTY PIECE OF IT.
MAYBE AN EASIER WAY TO KIND OF KNOW WHAT THE BLUE ARE LIKE WHEN YOU WERE MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT THAT'S, WHERE IT HAS TO BE GROUNDED.
AND WHEN PEOPLE QUESTION OR CHALLENGE THE DECISIONS YOU'RE MAKING IS BECAUSE WE BELIEVE IN EQUITY, EDUCATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS, WHATEVER IT, WHATEVER THE WORDS COME OUT TO BE IN THE END, THESE ARE YOUR THINGS THAT YOU REFER BACK TO, AS OPPOSED TO I DO THIS, OR I JUST READ THAT THIS IS WHAT THE BOARD, THE MORE WE CAN HAVE SOME VARIATIONS OF INDIVIDUALS, BUT THIS IS TRULY A REPORT.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO BASE? ALL DECISIONS THAT YOU MAKE HERE? WHAT DOES IT RELATE THAT TO BE GOING OUT AND GREEN? BUT IF THEY SEE THAT THERE TRULY IS A BRIEF OF THE BOARD AND WHAT ELSE DID THEY DO, I'LL HAVE TO LIKE IT.
I HAD THE HONOR OF THE FACT THAT IT IS THE WORD, THE, ALL OF YOUR DECISIONS.
YES, WE SHOULD ENVISION, BUT THAT'S HOW WE CAN GET OUT THOSE THINGS.
WHAT YOU GROUND YOUR DECISIONS AS WE ALL DO PERSONALLY, NO PERSONAL BELIEFS AND VALUES AND ALWAYS AGREE.
BUT AGAIN, FOR THE MOST PART, WHAT YOU BASE YOUR I'LL HAVE THOSE VALUES.
WE'RE TAUGHT THE FABRIC AFTER THE BOOM ON MY VALUES FROM MY EXPERIENCES, MY VALUES GROUP.
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TO MIND THAT WE ARE ELECTED OFFICIALS.WE WERE FINDING A DOCTOR, FINALLY, THESE BELIEFS, UH, AS WE WENT THROUGH THIS PROCESS, INITIALLY, WHAT'S THE BEST PROCESS TO GO THE MISSION, VISION BOARD GUYS RIGHT NOW TO FIND OUT WHEN DID WE ACTUALLY APPROVE THIS? SO, UH, THOSE ARE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE, BUT THERE I'M SAYING, THIS IS WHAT MY CONSTITUENTS, RATHER THAN JUST SAYING, THIS IS WHAT, AS YOU MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, THE TREES VERSUS THE SUPERINTENDENT WE HAVE THERE.
UM, I'M ALSO REPRESENTING THE Y I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO KIND OF FIND IT, YOUR RESPONSE TO THAT, OTHER THAN WHAT I'M GIVING YOU RIGHT NOW IS HOW TRULY ARTICULATED IT'S GETTING MORE INPUT FROM WHICH MAY MEAN.
THE WHOLE WORLD HAS BEEN TURNED AROUND WITH THE EDUCATIONAL SECTOR RIGHT NOW.
UM, CAUSE AGAIN, I REMEMBER GOING TO MEET YEAH.
SO AGAIN
AND IT IS AN ITERATIVE PROCESS.
SO I DON'T WANT US TO LEAVE HERE TOMORROW THINKING THAT WE'RE DONE.
UH, AND SO I WOULD, I WOULD OFFER THAT THE VISION AND THE MISSION MORE THAN LIKELY IT WAS APPROVED AND THE BOARD APPROVED THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND SO EVERY, WHEN YOU APPROVE THAT DOCUMENT, YOU'RE APPROVING WHAT WAS IN THE DOCUMENT.
UM, AS A WHOLE, WHETHER THE PROCESS WE CAN, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GO BACK AND REFINE THE PROCESS, GOING FORWARD, WHATEVER PROCESS YOU WANT, YOU CAN DESIGN IT.
UH, BUT, BUT THE BOARD'S BELIEFS, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER NOW IS WHAT'S GOING TO DRIVE YOU TO 2223 SCHOOL YEAR.
THIS BOARD MIGHT OVER THE COURSE OF THIS YEAR, AS IT GOES THROUGH A STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS OR WHATEVER YOU DECIDE TO DO TO SET YOU UP FOR THE NEXT FIVE, YOU'RE MORE THAN LIKELY TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS.
THAT'S GOING TO BE A MAJOR COMMUNITY EVENT THAT AT THAT POINT IS GOING TO GET A LOT OF DIFFERENT OPINIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT THEN WE'LL EMBED POINT MAY RESULT IN COMMUNITY BELIEFS THAT WE HAD AND THE COMMUNITY BELIEF DIDN'T DRIVE.
AND SO IF THE BOARD HAS ACTUALLY ADOPTED THE COMMUNITY BELIEFS, IT ACTUALLY GIVES YOU MORE FIRM FOOTING WHEN YOU'RE ACTUALLY MAKING SOME TOUGHER DECISIONS BECAUSE YOU BEEN TAKEN THAT TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
SO IF YOU FEEL THAT SEVEN IS NOT WHAT YOU WANT, THAT IS COMPLETELY FINE.
YOU KNOW WHAT I SAY? NOT TO HAVE ANY BELIEFS, I WOULDN'T DO THAT, BUT YOU MIGHT SAY THAT OVER THE COURSE OF YEAR, WE WANT TO JUST FOCUS ON THESE THREE.
ARE WE GONNA FOCUS ON THESE FIVE, WHATEVER THEY ARE, THAT THAT'S YOUR NUMBER.
AND SO I KNOW THAT CAREER AND I THINK, UH, UH, PRESIDENT HAMILTON SAID, TOO, IF YOU WANT TO COMBINE SOME OF THESE, YOU ABSOLUTELY CAN.
UM, I, I TOTALLY, I TOOK SOME NOTES AROUND THAT, THE GROWING FROM PAST EXPERIENCE.
AND I, I TOTALLY THINK I GET WHERE SECRETARY MORRIS IS COMING FROM.
AND IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SPECIFIC THINGS, WE CAN PUT THEM IN THE SPECIFIC PLACES THAT THEY PROBABLY NEED TO BE, WHICH MIGHT NEED TO BE THE BOARD, NO OPERATING AGREEMENT.
BUT IF WE, AS A BOARD, BELIEVE THAT LEARNING IS A LIFELONG PROCESS, THAT CREATES OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUTURE SUCCESS.
THEN THAT THAT'S COMPLETELY FINE.
RIGHT? BECAUSE THEN WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS THAT WE BELIEVE THAT YOU DON'T STOP LEARNING JUST WHEN YOU GRADUATE WITH US.
RIGHT? AND SO THEN TO, TO DUCKWORTH POINT, WE WANT TO LOOK AT SORT OF ENGAGED, RELEVANT LEARNING EXPERIENCES AND COMBINE THAT WITH SOMETHING YOU ABSOLUTELY CAN DO THAT.
THIS, THESE ARE YOUR BELIEFS, BUT JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE DOING THIS FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR, YOU'RE NOT TIED
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TO THESE FOR THE REST OF YOUR TERM AS BOARD MEMBERS OR, YOU KNOW, FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS FOR THE DISTRICT.YOU'RE NOT WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS SAYING THAT AS WE START THIS SCHOOL YEAR, THIS IS WHAT IS, THIS IS WHAT'S GROUNDING US AS WE GO INTO THIS SCHOOL YEAR.
AND I WAS LISTENING TO A BUNCH OF PRESIDENT JONES AND HIS COMMENT YOU'RE WEARING A LOT OF HATS.
I HEARD THAT I'M A VOTE FOR YOU BECAUSE YOU, THAT TELLS ME THAT FROM MY, FROM THEIR PAST EXPERIENCE WITH ME.
AND THESE ARE JUST EXAMPLES FROM WHAT I HEARD, THIS DID NOT HAVE AN ADDED.
AND SO MS. JONES IS RIGHT WHEN YOU HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY OF THAT, AND YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT THAN I'M NOT GOING TO PUT AGE IN YOU, BUT YOU KIND OF HAVE TO LOOK WHERE I HAVE PAIN FROM AND WHAT I HAVE SEEN TO LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
BUT EVEN FOR ME TO DO A COMPARISON, LOOK AROUND THE DIAGNOSIS TODAY, WE STARTED LIKE THIS TWO YEARS AGO, IT STARTED IT AND IT IS A REPEAT, WHERE DID WE GO WRONG? I ASKED, WHAT DID I DO WRONG? I DID ASK MYSELF, WHAT DID I WRONG AS I REMEMBER IN OUR NOT TO.
AND I THINK THAT THE BOARD, IF I, IF I CAN OFFER THIS, THINK THE BOARD, WHEN YOU, UH, IT'S MY UNDERSTAND, YOU GONNA HAVE A, AN UPCOMING TRAINING, UM, AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO, UM, AS A BOARD.
I THINK THOSE ARE THINGS THAT IF THEY'RE BOARD SPECIFIC, THAT THE BOARD PUTS IT OUT THERE AS BEING CLEAR ON WHAT IT IS, IT'S BOARD SPECIFIC.
AND IF IT'S BOARD SPECIFIC, THEN YOUR BOARD OPERATING AGREEMENTS AND NORMS ARE WHAT'S GOING TO DRIVE THAT IT REALLY WILL.
AND, AND, AND WHILE MOST PEOPLE LOOK AT THE OPERATING AGREEMENT AS AN INTERNAL DOCUMENT FOR ALL OF YOU, YOU KNOW, IT'S STILL AS A PUBLIC DOCUMENT.
AND EVERY OPPORTUNITY THE BOARD GETS TO SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY, THINGS THAT IT BELIEVES ITS AGREEMENTS ARE, AND WHAT'S GOING TO DRIVE THE WORK THAT IT DOES, THE BETTER OFF YOU ARE, BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE DECISIONS AND, AND FRUSTRATE SOME PEOPLE AS, AS LIKE THE OFFICIALS, YOU DO, UH, YOU KNOW, GOOD, BAD, OR INDIFFERENT, OR EVEN AS YOU KNOW, THE ADMINISTRATION, UH, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE SOMETHING SIMPLE AS A SNOW CALL.
UH, WE'RE IN INCLEMENT WEATHER, YOU'RE GOING TO ANGER SOMEBODY.
AND SO, AS LONG AS YOU HAVE SOME THINGS THAT GROUND YOU WITH YOUR BELIEFS, IT MAKES IT A LOT FROM FOOTING, UH, FOR FOLKS TO UNDERSTAND WHY YOU'RE MAKING THE DECISIONS YOU'RE MAKING, BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE THE DECISIONS BASED ON YOUR BELIEFS, THE WAY YOU OPERATE AS A BOARD THOUGH, ARE YOUR BOARD OPERATING AGREEMENTS IN NORA.
AND THOSE WERE AGAIN, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU JUST GET TO KNOW YOUR, YOUR TEAM MEMBERS, YOU KNOW THAT THERE THERE'S, SOME TEAMS ARE GOING TO PUT THINGS OUT ON THE TABLE, AIN'T GOING TO SEE WHAT IT IS.
YOU ALSO HAVE SOME TEAM MEMBERS WHO MIGHT NOT PUT EVERYTHING COMPLETELY OUT, BUT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO READ IT FROM THEIR FACE, RIGHT? AND THAT'S JUST KNOWING, KNOWING, KNOWING THE MEMBERS WHO ARE, WHO ARE SITTING NEXT TO YOU AND ACROSS FROM YOU, THAT'S REAL.
BUT, BUT FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS, I DON'T WANT YOU ALL TO GET STUCK THAT YOU NEED TO HAVE SAID, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER HAS TO BE WORDED A CERTAIN WAY.
IF WE BELIEVE THE EQUITY, UH, EVERY KID IS, YOU KNOW, DESERVES AN EDUCATION.
AND WE BELIEVE THAT IT'S A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY.
WE BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO GIVE THEM A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT LEARNING EXPERIENCES TO ACTUALLY ENGAGE THEM.
IF WE BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN'T STOP LEARNING, UH, WHEN THEY GET THEIR DIPLOMA, THEY HAVE TO KEEP GOING.
UM, IF WE BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO PLAN FOR THEM TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
AND IF YOU BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A RIGHT, WHICH IS WHAT I HEARD FROM AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, THREE, THREE MEMBERS.
THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO A SAFE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.
IF WE BELIEVE THOSE, WE CAN WORDSMITH THOSE TO SAY, OKAY, WE HAVE POTENTIALLY FOUR BELIEFS, UH, THAT GUIDE US, OR THREE TO FIVE BELIEFS THAT GOD HAS.
AS WE GOING THROUGH THIS SCHOOL YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BIGGER PROCESS AS WE DEVELOP OUR STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE COURSE OF THIS YEAR, IF THE WHOLE BOARD BELIEVED THAT THEN, AND DO WE REALLY BELIEVE THAT NOW HAVE THE RIGHT TO A SAFE AND SECURE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT? WELL, WE DON'T, WE HAVE THE RIGHTS, BUT DO WE ACTUALLY BELIEVE IT? BECAUSE IF WE BELIEVE THAT WE WERE, LET'S SEE NC, THIS GROUNDS YOU AND GOING FORWARD.
SO, SO A PART OF THE RETREAT WORK IS THAT IT'S A LITTLE TOUGH BECAUSE WE LIKE TO STAY, YOU KNOW, W WITH WHAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE HAPPENED.
BUT WHEN YOU DO THIS, YOU'RE GOING FORWARD NOW.
AND YOU'RE SAYING, AS A BOARD, THIS IS WHAT'S GROUNDING US, YOU KNOW, FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR.
AND EVEN THOUGH SOMETHING MAY HAVE HAPPENED OR MAY NOT HAVE HAPPENED LAST YEAR.
WE, WE CAN STILL KEEP IN THE BACK OF OUR MIND, BUT WE GOT TO MOVE FORWARD AT SOME POINT.
YOU KNOW, YOU ACTUALLY HAVE THAT AS A BOARD, THAT
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RIGHT.AND, AND WE DIDN'T LOOK AT FACILITIES ONE WAY IN THE PAST, AS LONG AS WE DO THAT NOW, GOING FORWARD, WHICH I BELIEVE I HEARD YOU ALL SAY THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE STARTING TO, JUST FROM THE SIMPLE MAINTENANCE OF YOUR BUILDINGS, UM, AND EVEN BEING ABLE TO BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING, WHAT'S NOT HAPPENING THEN.
THAT IS A BELIEF OF THIS BOARD.
WELL, I'M, I'M, UM, I BELIEVE IN THE MAINTENANCE, WHAT I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS, AND I HAVE LET IT BE KNOWN THAT, UH, AND I WOULD REFER TO, WE ARE, YOU ARE THREATENED, BUT I WAS REFERRING TO
NOT SO MUCH OF SOMETHING THAT I MAY HAVE REMEMBERED IN MY BED, BUT INDIVIDUALS DID FOR A NEW SECURITY RE I STATED
AND WE USED TO HAVE SIGNED IN FRONT OF ALL THE CRAPPY OPENINGS.
[5. What are SMART Goals & How to Use Data - Dr. Dance & Dr. Barker]
WHAT WE'LL END UP DOING IS I THINK I GOT ABOUT 14 NOTES.UM, I'LL TAKE A SHOT AT THIS TONIGHT, AND I'LL BRING THAT BACK FOR THE BOARDS.
UM, BECAUSE I THINK WHAT, WHAT YOU'RE GETTING TO, UM, SECRETARY MORRIS REALLY IS, UM, IS THIS PART, AND, AND AS YOU ALL THINK THROUGH YOUR GOALS, UM, THAT WE'LL BE STARTING UP TOMORROW AND THINKING THROUGH GOALS ARE DIFFERENT AND WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF GOALS, UH, IT WILL LEAD TO A MAJOR LEVEL OF FRUSTRATION, UH, PARTICULARLY FOR BOARDS, UM, BECAUSE BOARDS ALWAYS WANT TO JUMP TO THE HOW AND THINGS GET DONE.
AND IF WE THINK ABOUT PROCESS GOALS OR PERFORMANCE GOALS, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO HOLD THE ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTABLE FOR.
AND THESE ARE ONES THAT YOU'LL HEAR DR.
BARKER TALK ABOUT SMART GOALS AND WHAT WE DID OVER THE COURSE OF THE SUMMER.
THEY CAN GET VERY SPECIFIC WITH IT.
THEY CAN REALLY GET TO A TIME ON IT, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN MAKE SURE THAT IT'S BASED ON CERTAIN PIECES OF DATA, BECAUSE THEY'RE DAILY DOING THAT WORK.
AND FOR THE BOARD, YOURS HAS GOT TO BE FOCUSED ON OUTCOME GOALS.
AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT ORGANIZATIONS AND THEIR GOVERNING BODIES BORE UP GOALS, YOU'LL SEE A BIG ACADEMIC GOAL.
YOU'LL SEE A BIG FINANCIAL GOAL.
YOU MIGHT SEE A COMMUNITY GOAL.
YOU MIGHT SEE OTHER GOALS THAT ARE VERY SPECIFIC TO THAT COMMUNITY.
AND THEY'RE OUTCOME-BASED BECAUSE YOU CAN'T CONTROL IT FROM A PROCESS OR FROM A PERFORMANCE, YOU HAVE TO CONTROL IT FROM A BIG PICTURE.
AND SO THE WAY YOU DO IT THEN, UH, TO, TO, UH, TO TRUSTEE SMITH'S POINT IS THROUGH YOUR SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION.
AND SO IF THERE'S A, A PROCESS OR PERFORMANCE GOAL THAT THE BOARD BELIEVES IS IMPORTANT TO IT, WHETHER IT'S SAFETY AND SECURITY IN SCHOOLS, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO MEASURE A PARTICULAR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE STAFF RETENTION, WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE, UH YOU'RE THEN GOING TO PROCESS THAT BACK TO THE SUPERINTENDENT TO SAY, OKAY, THIS IS, THESE ARE YOUR GOALS FOR THE YEAR, OR THE SUPERINTENDENT KNOWS THAT YOU'RE FOCUSING ON THAT.
AND THEN SHE MAKES IT GOALS FOR THE YEAR.
YOUR EVALUATION OF HER WILL THEN ABSOLUTELY GET TO HOW YOU WANT TO ACCOMPLISH PROCESS OR PERFORMANCE GOALS.
BUT YOURS AS A, AS A BOARD WILL HAVE TO BE A BIG PICTURE OF ACADEMICALLY WHERE YOU WANT TO SEE THE STUDENTS, NOT AS BIG PICTURE AS, AS VISION.
AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT TOMORROW.
WE'RE NOT DOING THAT ASPIRATION, BUT IT WILL BE MORE PRECISE, BUT IT'S STILL AN OUTCOME BASED, BASED ON THE ACADEMIC THAN LIKELY OUTCOME BASED, BASED ON SAFETY.
AGAIN, I'M JUST TAKING MY, WHAT, I'M, WHAT I'M HEARING SO FAR FINANCIALLY.
WE WANT TO KEEP OUR, OUR, OUR FISCAL PICTURE THE WAY IT IS.
IT MAY BE A COMMUNICATION OR TRANSPARENCY, ONE THAT'S THAT'S IMPORTANT.
AND THEN YOU OBVIOUSLY MAY WANT SOMETHING THAT INVOLVES THE COMMUNITY OR PARTNERSHIPS, WHICH I HEARD A FEW BOARD MEMBERS, A FEW TRUSTEES MENTIONED, RIGHT? SO I THINK THAT WILL GET THEN INTO THE, INTO THE WORK TOMORROW.
AND THEN THE LAST PART AROUND THAT, UH, PRESIDENT, HAMPSON'S WHAT YOU AND THE BOARD WE'LL GET TO TOMORROW.
AND THAT'S AROUND YOUR NORMS IN TOO.
BUT, BUT YOUR VISION, YOUR MISSION, YOUR BELIEFS AND YOUR NORMS ARE WHAT'S GROUNDING THE BOARD.
AND THEN AS YOU MOVE INTO THE GOAL SECTION, YOU MIGHT WANT TO KNOW WHY.
SO I'VE FOCUSED SO MUCH ON THAT WITHOUT THOSE FOUR, THE GOALS WON'T WON'T MATTER
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BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO GET DISTRACTED.IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WHERE, WHERE YOU'RE TRYING TO GO, AND WHAT'S DRIVING YOU EVERY SINGLE DAY, IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT, YOU KNOW, HOW YOU'RE NORMING AS, AS A BODY AND AS A GOVERNING BODY, PARTICULARLY, AND THEN WHAT YOU'RE BELIEVING, BECAUSE TO, TO SECRETARY MORRIS, YOUR POINT, YOU MIGHT BELIEVE SOMETHING INDIVIDUALLY, BUT THE BOARD COLLECTIVELY MAY NOT.
THAT MEANS WHEN YOU BRING YOUR, UH, YOU KNOW, YOUR PERCEPTION TO THAT DISCUSSION, IT'S COMPLETELY FINE BECAUSE YOUR BELIEF IS WHAT'S DRIVING THAT.
BUT AS A BOARD, WE'RE SAYING THAT WE AGREE WITH THESE, AND THAT'S WHY YOU MAY HAVE SOME BOARDS WITH NO THREE OR FOUR BELIEFS.
YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN A BOARD THAT ONLY HAS TWO, AND THAT'S COMPLETELY FINE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY ALL CAN AGREE ON.
AND EVEN THOUGH YOU DON'T GET YOUR WAY OR THINGS MAY NOT GO EXACTLY WHAT YOU THOUGHT THEY WOULD GO.
IF THE BOARD CAN BELIEVE ON THESE TWO, THAT'S WHAT YOU MOVE ON, BECAUSE DECISIONS YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE ARE GOING TO BE GROUNDED IN THOSE TWO BELIEFS.
AND SO THAT'S WHY I SAID THE NUMBER DOESN'T MATTER.
OBVIOUSLY WHEN WE START GETTING INTO, YOU KNOW, DOUBLE DIGITS, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT A LOT OF THINGS YOU'RE GROUNDING YOURSELF ON.
AND SO IF EVERYTHING BECOMES A PRIORITY, NOTHING'S REALLY A PRIORITY.
BUT IF YOU CAN SAY TO YOUR COMMUNITY, THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, THREE TO FIVE THAT WE AGREE ON.
OR EVEN IF IT'S TWO, THEN ANY DECISION THAT YOU MAKE, THEY NOW KNOW WHY YOU MADE IT RIGHT.
WHEN, WHEN THE ADMINISTRATION BRINGS SOMETHING TO YOU, AND IT MAY ONLY BENEFIT, YOU KNOW, 200 KIDS.
AND YOU GUYS ARE ASKING THAT WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF KIDS IN OUR DISTRICT.
WELL, THE REALITY IS, IF WE SAID, EDUCATION IS A HUMAN, RIGHT? AND IT CAN HELP THESE 200 OR 500 KIDS.
THEN WE KNOW WHY WE VOTED TO GO FOR THAT.
AND WE MIGHT HAVE A BUDGETARY DISCUSSION OF WHETHER WE CAN AFFORD ALL THAT, BUT IT STILL GOES BACK TO YOUR BASIC BELIEFS, RIGHT? AND SO PEOPLE CAN GET ANGRY WITH YOU AS MUCH AS THEY WANT.
BUT THE REALITY IS YOU PUT YOUR BELIEFS OUT THERE AS A BOARD.
SO WHEN YOU MAKE THOSE DECISIONS, THEY KNOW HOW YOU MADE THOSE DECISIONS.
AND TO BE HONEST AS AN ELECTED BODY, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT.
IT, THEY'RE LOOKING AT DECISIONS YOU MAKE AND HOW YOU IN FACT MAKE THEM WELL, IF YOU HAVE BELIEFS AS A GOVERNING BODY, THEN YOU'RE ACTUALLY COVERED WITH IT.
BUT TH THIS IS DEFINITELY WHERE WE'LL START TOMORROW, BECAUSE WHEN MANY OF YOU WERE AT THE SUMMER TRAINING, UH, FOR OUR PRINCIPALS, YOU HEARD US TALK ABOUT THE THREE ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS.
AND THESE ARE THREE ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS THAT YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO ASK YOURSELF WHEN YOU WERE IN PROCESS AND PERFORMANCE.
ALL RIGHT, WHAT AM I TRYING TO DO? HOW AM I GOING TO DO IT? AND THEN HOW WILL I MEASURE IT? BECAUSE I'M PROCESSING, I'M IN PERFORMANCE.
I'M ACTUALLY HAVING GOALS THAT ACTUALLY I HAVE MORE CONTROL OVER, BUT WHEN YOU ARE, AND WE'LL GET BACK TO THAT, DR.
BARKER, ONE MORE TIME WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT THIS, WHICH IS WHERE WE'LL START TOMORROW.
THIS IS THE ONE QUESTION THAT YOU ALL WILL ASK YOURSELF.
WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT YOUR BIG PICTURE GOALS, BOARD GOALS, WHAT IS IT WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH AROUND ACADEMICS, AROUND SAFETY, FINANCIAL COMMUNITY, WHATEVER AREAS WE DECIDE TO COME UP WITH.
UH, BUT MORE THAN LIKELY YOU DEFINITELY HAVE YOUR ACADEMIC YOU'LL HAVE YOUR SAFETY.
BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE SAID THAT WAS A MAJOR BELIEF OF OURS.
WE'LL HAVE OUR FISCAL, WE'LL HAVE OUR COMMUNITY, AND IF THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE, THEN WE CAN WORK THROUGH IT.
AND SO BRIEFLY, I DO WANT TO, WE WANT TO JUST TAKE A STEP BACK AND LOOK AT JUST A SMART GOALS OF IT.
AND I'M LOOKING AT PRESIDENT HAMILTON AND MAKING SURE SHE'S GOOD WITH IT, BUT YOUR COOL WHAT'S T ENDED UP FOR DR.
MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD THIS BECAUSE YOU READ THE SUMMER, UM, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT FOR PRINCIPALS TO, I WANT TO SAY, I AGREE WITH YOU.
I WAS GOING TO GO ALONG WITH THE BOARD AND I STILL AM ABOUT, EVEN THOUGH THAT'S NOT THE WAY I WOULD ACT UNDER, WELL, I THINK IT SPEAKS TO YOU A DIAPER.
I THINK IT SPEAKS TO YOUR YOU'RE SAYING EARLIER, FEEL LIKE THEY'RE HURT.
AND THAT'S ALL REALLY, THAT MATTERS IF YOUR COMMUNITY FEELS LIKE THERE'S HEALTHY DISCOURSE IN THE CONVERSATION, BUT THAT IT'S HEALTHY AND IT'S RESPECTFUL, THEN WHATEVER THE BOARD DECIDES, OBVIOUSLY IT'S THE WILL OF THE BOARD, BUT YOU HAVE GONE ON THE RECORD.
[6. Recap - Dr. Dance]
I WANTED TO GO BACK HERE REALLY QUICK, BECAUSE, UM, AS YOU LOOK AT THE GOALS THAT WE SET DURING THE RETREAT, UM, AND IF WE THINK ABOUT WHAT PROCESS GOALS ARE, PERFORMANCE GOALS AND OUTCOME GOALS, UM, WHEN WE BUILT THE SMART GOALS, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE AS SPECIFIC AS WE COULD BE.AND SO WE'RE AT THE VERY END OF THE PROCESS PIECE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THOSE WITH YOU, BECAUSE MANY OF YOU WERE IN THE ROOM AS WE STARTED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THE SMART GOALS WERE, BUT YOU DIDN'T GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT YOUR EYES ON WHERE WE ENDED UP.
AND SO WE BROKE UP INTO THREE GROUPS.
IF YOU RECALL, WE HAD THE CENTRAL OFFICE GROUP, WE HAD THE ELEMENTARY PRINCIPALS, WE HAD THE SECONDARY PRINCIPALS.
UM, WHAT WE FOUND WAS, UH, IN THE DISCUSSIONS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL REMEMBER, BUT DR.
WE WERE CARRYING IT AROUND JUST SO THAT SHE COULD LISTEN IN AND BE A PART OF IT.
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WERE, UM, VERY SIMILAR, SO MUCH SO IN THE ELEMENTARY AND THE SECONDARY.SO I'LL START WITH THEIR FIRST THAT WE THOUGHT THAT WE NEEDED A BIG GOAL AROUND ATTENDANCE.
UM, AND, AND HERE WE TALKED ABOUT STUDENT ATTENDANCE, BUT WE, WE ENDED UP KNOWING THAT IF THE TEACHER ATTENDANCE, WASN'T A FOCUS THAT THE STUDENT ATTENDANCE, WE COULDN'T MAKE THE STUDENT.
AND SO WE'RE REALLY SPECIFIC AROUND WHAT WE WANTED IT TO, WHAT IT WAS AT 92% OR 95% FOR THE TEACHERS AND WHERE WE WANTED THAT TO GO.
UM, THAT WAS, UH, WE WERE ALSO CHARGED WITH ATTENDANCE EARLY ON FROM DR.
HERRERA AND LOOKING AT ANY OF OUR GOALS THAT WE WANTED TO ACCOMPLISH, UM, IN THE CLASSROOM AND OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM HAS, AS WE KNOW THAT, UM, OUR ATTENDANCE DRIVES, UM, OUR ENROLLMENT, OUR ATTENDANCE DRIVES OUR FUNDING.
AND SO WE PUT THAT RIGHT ON THE FOREFRONT FOR OUR TEACHERS.
UM, IT'S INTERESTING, UM, TRUSTEE JONES THAT YOU POINTED OUT LITERACY AND HAD NOT SEEN THESE, UM, BECAUSE AS I SAID, WHERE WE ENDED UP, MANY OF YOU WERE AT, WERE AT THE, IN THE CONVERSATION AT THE BEGINNING, BUT NOT NECESSARILY AT THE END.
AND SO AT BOTH ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY INCREASED LITERACY WAS GOAL TO HAVE WHERE OUR CAMPUS PRINCIPALS THOUGHT THAT WE SHOULD BE.
AND SO, UM, NOTICE THAT IN GOAL TWO, THERE IS NOT A PERCENTAGE THERE, UM, BECAUSE WE WERE STILL KIND OF REFINING WHAT SOME OF OUR SPRING MAP DATA WAS, BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE'LL FILL THAT IN.
AND THEN THE, THE THIRD ONE, I DIDN'T WANT TO, I DON'T WANT TO SAY THE LAST ONE IS AROUND SAFETY AND SECURITY.
AGAIN, VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU ALL HAVE TALKED ABOUT HERE, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR DATA IN REVIEWS 360, THAT'S WHERE WE CAPTURE, UH, STUDENT DISCIPLINE, UM, UH, INFRACTIONS THAT IT INCREASED BY 30%, UH, THERE WAS A ROBUST DECREASE, I'M SORRY, NOT INCREASING VERY ROBUST CONVERSATION AROUND HOW WE WOULD DO THAT, UH, SYSTEMS THAT WE WOULD PUT IN PLACE, PEOPLE THAT WE WOULD PUT IN PLACE AND HOW WE WOULD RESPOND TO TWO INCIDENTS WHEN IT HAPPENED.
SO I'M GONNA ROLL BACK UP TO CENTRAL OFFICE.
UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE VERY TOP, UH, THE VERY TOP GOAL THAT'S THERE, UM, OR THE FIRST SCHOOL THAT'S LISTED, BECAUSE AGAIN, THESE WERE NOT IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE HAS TO DO WITH CLIMATE AND COMMUNICATION, UM, DOES SPEAK TO THE, INTO THE INSTRUMENTS OF HOW WE COLLECT THAT DATA.
BUT THE DISCUSSION WAS AROUND MAKING SURE THAT OUR CLIMATE WAS VERY WELCOMING AND THAT PEOPLE FELT COMFORTABLE, UH, GIVING US COMMUNICATION, BUT ALSO RECEIVING IT.
AND, UM, THE LAST ONE THAT I'LL SPEAK TO IS THAT BY THE END OF THE YEAR, THAT CAMPUS WILL RECOGNIZE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, UM, ACHIEVED STUDENTS ACHIEVING A MINIMUM OF ONE YEAR'S GROWTH.
AND SO AT THE MINIMUM ONE YEAR'S GROWTH, WE'VE ALREADY STARTED EFFORTS AROUND THAT REALLY, UH, GAINING COMMON LANGUAGE AROUND WHAT THAT MEANS AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR AN INDIVIDUAL STUDENT, WHAT THAT MEANS FOR A CLASSROOM OF STUDENTS AND HOW WE GET THERE.
AND SO THIS IS A, JUST A RECAP OF THE, THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAD.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE A SMART GOAL FORMAT, UM, AND THAT THEY WERE VERY MUCH TIME BOUND.
UM, BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WE SET BIG AUDACIOUS GOALS, BUT WE DON'T, UM, HAVE, UH, ANY METRIC TO MEASURE IT.
AND WE ALSO, THEY ALSO ARE NOT TIME BOUND.
SO THAT'S A RECAP OF A TWO DAY OF THE RETREAT.
UM, I THINK EVERYONE LEFT IN, UM, THE SPIRIT OF NOW WE HAVE A DIRECTION THAT WE WANT TO GO IN TOGETHER, UM, THAT WE FEEL THAT THESE GOALS ARE REGARDLESS OF WHERE YOU ARE IN THE ORGANIZATION, THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ADD TO, UH, THE GOALS THAT YOU ALL WILL BE DEVELOPING AS A, AS A BOARD.
AND THEN ALSO TO GIVE SOME, A COMMON MINDSET OF, AS WE TALK THROUGH THINGS, AGAIN, REGARDLESS OF WHERE YOU SIT WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION, THAT WE ARE, UM, CONTRIBUTING TO HER.
I JUST WANT HER PROBABLY NOT AT THE TOP OF THE REHAB.
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THIS POINT.I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO PRESIDENT HAMILTON AND SUPERMAN AND CAREER.
BUT I THINK WE HAVE ENOUGH THAT WE NEED FOR TOMORROW, ALL IN FAVOR OF THE GERMAN EMOTION FENCES, WINTER TIME,