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TIME IS 6:30 PM THIS MEETING IS NOW ON CALL TO
[3. Call Meeting to Order]
HONOR.WE ARE CONDUCT THIS MEETING AT 4 22 SOUTH CENTER AVENUE, LANCASTER, TEXAS 7 5 1 46.
IT IS 6:30 PM I'M NOW IN TAG ROLL.
TRUSTEE LEWIS, PRESIDENT, SECRETARY MORRIS.
PRESENT, UH, MYSELF, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM.
I KNOW, UH, BOARD PRESIDENT IS ABSENT, BUT I BELIEVE SHE IS VEERING ONLINE.
UH, THANK THOSE OF YOU IN THE AUDIENCE AND THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING ON SWAGGART, WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE YOU DR.
UH, I'M GONNA CALL, DO, UH, TAKE CARE OF OUR, OUR, UH, PLEDGE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
I'M GONNA WELCOME UP THE STUDENTS FROM WEST MAIN ELEMENTARY, AND WHENEVER YOU GUYS ARE READY, YOU CAN GO ON AND START.
FOR OUR PLEASURE, IT'S GONNA ASK EVERYONE TO STAND FLAG UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND TWO, THREE FOR WHICH STANDS? ONE NATION UNDER GOD IN THE LIBERTY FOR ALL TWO, THE TEXAS, I SAY UNDER GOD, ONE VISIBLE.
THE VERY, UH, WE LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE PARENTS OF THOSE WONDERFUL WEST MAIN ELEMENTARY STUDENTS.
IF THEY'RE IN THE ARTIST, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND? YES.
WE GOT A AND ALSO STAFF OF WEST MAIN.
[6A. Recognition of Students, Staff, Community Members, Donations and Gifts]
AGENDA, RECOGNITIONS AND ACCOMMODATION.THANK YOU, UH, AGAIN, MS. SIMPSON, YOU'RE FLOOR.
UH, BOARD VICE PRESIDENT, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DR.
PERRERA, COULD YOU ALL JOIN ME ON THE FLOOR FOR OUR SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS? YEAH, ALL, WELL, IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD ALREADY, THE A TEAM IS IN LIKE STR SD AND THEY RESIDE AT WEST MAIN ELEMENTARY.
WE WANNA RECOGNIZE MS. GILL WRIGHT AND HER CAMPUS STAFF ARE RECEIVING AN A FOR THEIR CAMPUS ACCOUNTABILITY RATING FROM THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY.
LANCASTER, ID PRESENTED THE 18 WITH A BANNER, RECOGNIZING THEIR HARD WORK DURING THE TIGER TAILGATE THIS PAST FRIDAY AND THIS MONTH WE'RE GONNA HAVE ADDITIONAL SURPRISES FOR THE STAFF, BUT THIS BAN BANNER WILL HANG APPARENTLY OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL TO SHOW THE COMMUNITY THE GREAT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AT AT WEST MAIN ELEMENTARY.
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SO WE'RE GONNA INVITE THE CAMPUS UP TO BE CELEBRATED.I'M SORRY, Y'ALL SERVING AND WE'RE GONNA TAKE A GROUP PICTURE.
SO YOU GUYS HOLD THAT BANNER PROUDLY.
STAND RIGHT THERE WITH THE BOARD.
AND BOY YOU ALL COME DIRECTLY AROUND THEM.
LET'S CENTER OURSELVES AROUND THE BANNER SO WE CAN TAKE A GROUP PICTURE WITH THEM IN THEIR BANNER.
AND WE MIGHT NEED TO MOVE THE KIDS TO THE FRONT CUZ WE CAN'T SEE THAT.
THROW YOUR L UP WITH YOUR RIGHT HAND.
AND BOARD, WE'RE EXCITED TO RECOGNIZE THE FOLLOWING CAMPUSES FOR RECEIVING A TA ACCOUNTABILITY RATING OF B AND BOOSTING LANGSTER ISD TO AN ADA.
FIRST UP WE HAVE HOUSTON ELEMENTARY.
AND NEXT UP WITH ONE CAMPUS DISTINCTION.
WE HAVE LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOL.
COME UP JUST A LITTLE BIT RIGHT HERE.
AND NEXT, WITH TWO CAMPUS DISTINCTIONS.
WE HAVE LANCASTER MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND YOU GUYS COULD PROBABLY JUST COME RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE A LITTLE BIT.
COME UP AND YOU GUYS STAY RIGHT THERE TO SEE THE STUFF.
AND WITH TWO CAMPUS DISTINCTIONS, WE HAVE ROLLING HILLS ELEMENTARY.
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COME RIGHT HERE.AND WITH FOUR CAMPUS DISTINCTIONS, BELT LINE ELEMENTARY, THEY REALLY WANT THOSE BANNERS.
Y'ALL, THEY REALLY WANT THE BANNER.
I'VE ALREADY TOLD ROGER THAT Y'ALL ARE GONNA BE READY TO PUT THEM UP.
SO, AND WITH FIVE CAMPUS DISTINCTIONS, ROSA PARKS ELEMENT.
SO I DO WANNA GIVE OUR CAMPUSES ANOTHER APPLAUSE.
WE THANK YOU ALL FOR THE HARD WORK AND IT IS A PLEASURE FOR US TO CELEBRATE YOU ALL.
NEXT, WE HAVE SOME STUDENT RECOGNITIONS.
FIVE LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOL AND EARLY COLLEGE STUDENTS EARNED ACADEMIC HONORS FROM THE COLLEGE BOARD'S NATIONAL RECOGNITION PROGRAMS. SO THESE STUDENTS EARNED HIGH SCORES ON THEIR PS SATS AND APPLIED FOR RECOGNITION FROM THE COLLEGE BOARD.
THE RECOGNITION AWARDS CAN BE INCLUDED ON COLLEGE AND SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS AND WILL HELP THE STUDENTS STAND OUT DURING THEIR COLLEGE ADMISSIONS PROCESS.
WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE MS. ANGELA BROWN FOR THE NATIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN RECOGNITION AWARD AND THE NATIONAL HISPANIC RECOGNITION AWARD.
ESTABAN DE HOYA, NATIONAL HISPANIC RECOGNITION AWARD.
ALEXANDRIA WILTS, NATIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN RECOGNITION AWARD.
MIGUEL MILES, NATIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN RECOGNITION AWARD.
AND MS. TAYLOR ADAMS, NATIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN RECOGNITION AWARDS.
CONGRATULATIONS, MR. GREENWELL.
YOU'RE GONNA JOIN US UP HERE, SIR.
ALL RIGHT, BOY, YOU CAN TAKE YOUR SEAT.
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, SEPTEMBER HAS BEEN A BUSY MONTH FOR LANG TO I S D ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6TH, THE HALLS OF LANG SD CAMPUSES WERE FILLED WITH MAROON AND WHITE.
AS STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND STAFF HONOR EVAL, D C I S D AS THEY RETURNED FOR THEIR FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, WE WERE PROUD TO STAND WITH UVALDE AND CONTINUE THE, AND CONTINUE THE OUTPOURING OF LOVE TOWARD THAT SCHOOL.
UM, AND THERESA WOODARD FROM WFAA COVERED OUR STORY AND INTERVIEWED DR.
PERRERA AS THEY HIGHLIGHTED HOW IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR SCHOOLS ACROSS NORTH, NORTH TEXAS TO TAKE A STAND.
AND I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT DR.
PERRA WAS THE FACE OF THAT ON BEHALF OF ALL OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN NORTH TEXAS.
AND LATER THAT WEEK, CHANNEL LATE NEWS RETURNED TO LANCASTER ISD BECAUSE THEY LOVE US SO MUCH.
TO FEATURE OUR POWER UP ACADEMY, WE LOVE TELLING OUR STORY.
AND WE DID JUST THAT WITH DEMAND FERNANDEZ THIS WEEK.
THAT WEEK WE DISCUSSED OUR INNOVATIVE POWER UP ACADEMY AND HOW LANCASTER ISSD IS REIMAGINING EDUCATION WITH OUR RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION FOR EDUCATORS, THANK YOU TO OUR DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT, DR.
BARKER, CHIEF OF STUDENT SERVICES, DR.
JACKSON ROLLING HILLS ELEMENTARY, PRINCIPAL PIPKIN AND THE ROLLING HILLS TEAM.
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WHAT IT WAS.MIRA MI ON AT ROLLING HILLS ELEMENTARY.
KISH PRACTICING LESSON PLANS IN THIS EXCELLENCE ACADEMY.
SO YOU HAVE SIX MINUTES TO DEMONSTRATE IS HOW SOME TEACHERS LEARN TO PREPARE.
YOU'VE GOT PAPER, PENCIL, BUT THEY'RE ABLE TO MANIPULATE THE LETTERS.
AND IN AN INDUSTRY EXPERIENCING A NATIONWIDE TEACHER SHORTAGE, THIS TYPE OF PEER SUPPORT IS INTENTIONAL ON THIS CAMPUS AND ACROSS LANCASTER ISD, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS GET WHAT THEY NEED IN THE CLASSROOM.
AND THAT'S WHY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S LAUNCHING THE POWER UP ACADEMY ADMINISTRATORS CALL IT A STRATEGY THAT'S REIMAGINING EDUCATION AND FOCUSING ON RETENTION IN A UNIQUE WAY.
CASSANDRA BARKER IS DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT HERE, GROW YOUR OWN.
AND LANCASTER MEANS SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT FROM, UM, WHAT IT MAY MEAN IN OTHER DISTRICTS.
THE POWER UP ACADEMY INCLUDES TEACHERS WHO ARE NOT YET CERTIFIED, BUT HAVE A HEART FOR KIDS.
PARTNERING WITH NEWLY CERTIFIED TEACHERS AND VETERAN EDUCATORS.
THEY'RE ASSIGNED MENTORS FROM THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND A VARIETY OF RESOURCES AS A STRATEGY TO ENSURE SUCCESS.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT THEY'RE SUPPORTED BECAUSE ULTIMATELY THE INVESTMENT IN THOSE INDIVIDUALS IS AN INVESTMENT IN OUR STUDENTS.
AND SUPPORT THROUGH POWER UP COMES IN MULTIPLE FORMS, LIKE BEING MINDFUL OF MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS.
MARCUS JACKSON SAYS, EDUCATORS IN THIS DISTRICT ARE BEING OFFERED WEEKLY GROUP CHECK-INS CALLED WELLNESS WEDNESDAYS.
WE FOCUS ON STRESS, UM, HOW TO MANAGE STRESS, UM, UM, HOW IS IMPORTANT TO EAT HEALTHY.
WE PUT ALL OF THAT INTO WELLNESS WEDNESDAY AND IS ONLY 30 MINUTES.
THIS INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO RECRUITING, COACHING AND RETENTION IS DONE WITH PURPOSE.
CHERISH PIPKIN IS PRINCIPAL AT ROLLING HILLS WELLNESS WEDNESDAY GIVES THEM AN OUTLET, UM, EMPOWER UP.
IT TAKES WHAT WE'RE DOING ON THE CAMPUS AND SPREADS IT ACROSS THE DISTRICT SO THAT ALL OF OUR EDUCATORS ARE EMPOWERED.
PIPKIN SAYS, POWER UP ACADEMY IS ALREADY SHOWING SOME POSITIVE RESULTS HERE.
AND THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER KICKED OFF NATIONAL ATTENDANCE AWARENESS MONTH IN LANCASTER.
SEE, TRUANCY PREVENTION AND STUDENT SERVICES PLANNED SEVERAL EVENTS THIS MONTH TO INSPIRE STUDENTS TO STAY IN SCHOOL.
EARLIER THIS MONTH, MS. DONNA MITCHELL AND DR.
MARCUS JACKSON GAVE EACH CAMPUS ATTENDANCE, ROCKS, SNACKS, BA SNACK BASKETS, UM, SO THAT THEY COULD HAVE SOME SWEET TREATS.
BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 6TH AND THE 16TH, THERE WERE ESSAY CONTESTS FOR STUDENTS AT GWC LANGSTER MIDDLE SCHOOL, BAMO AND LANGSTER EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL.
THERE IS ALSO A CONTEST FOR ATTENDANCE CLERKS AND PRINCIPLES WITH THE MOST SPIRIT.
THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN DISCOUNTS ON OIL CHANGES.
AND TOMORROW THERE WILL BE A CAR INSPECTION INSPECTION DISCOUNT FOR ALL LANG STRIDED PARENTS AND STAFF MEMBERS COURTESY OF LANGSTER TIRE AND AUTO SERVICE.
THANK YOU TO LANG STRATTY TRUANCY PREVENTION FACILITATE FACILITATOR DONNA MITCHELL FOR COORDINATING NATIONAL ATTENDANCE AWARENESS MONTH INITIATIVES.
AND MS. DONNA MITCHELL, SHE'S IN THE BACK.
WE HAVE TO ALSO HIGHLIGHT HER.
UM, SHE'S NOT ONLY BEEN BUSY WITH TRUANCY PREVENTION, BUT SHE HAS ALSO BEEN BUSY WINNING A STATE FAIR TEXAS RIBBON.
MS. MITCHELL ALSO HAPPENS TO BE A TALENTED PAINTER.
AN ARTIST IN HER ACRYLIC ARTWORK RECEIVED THIRD PLACE IN THE FINE ARTS STAY FAIR THEME CATEGORY.
OUT OF MORE THAN 500 ENTRIES, THE THEME WAS TREATS OF TEXAS.
AND SHE HAS ALSO RECEIVED AN HONORABLE MENTION IN THE CREATIVE ARTS CRAFT'S GLUE.
MISS MITCHELL'S ARTWORK WILL BE ON DISPLAY AT THE STATE FAIR FROM SEPTEMBER 30TH THROUGH OCTOBER 23RD AND THE CREATIVE ARTS FINE ARTS AND CRAFT SECTION.
SO ON YOUR FAIR DAY, BE SURE TO CHECK OUT MISS DONNA MITCHELL'S ARTWORK.
AND EARLIER THIS MONTH, PLEASANT RUN ELEMENTARY RECEIVED A GENEROUS DONATION FROM QUALITY CUSTOM DISTRIBUTION.
THE COMPANY DONATED CLEAR BACKPACKS FILLED WITH SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR EVERY FIRST GRADE STUDENT AT PLEASANT RUN.
MORE THAN A HUNDRED BACKPACKS WERE DONATED TO THE STUDENTS, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR GENEROUS DONATION TO OUR STUDENTS FOR HELPING THEM TIGER UP THE SMILES ON THEIR FACES, SAY IT ALL IN THOSE PICTURES.
AND BEFORE THE LAST NIGHTS, SORRY.
LAST FRIDAYS, FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS STARTED WITH THE TIGER KINDERGARTEN KICKOFF TAILGATE.
AND OUR YOUNGEST LEARNERS, UM, ENJOYED THEMSELVES THOROUGHLY.
THE CLASS OF 2035, AND THEIR FAMILIES WERE INVITED TO THE BEVERLY D. HUMPHREY TIGER STADIUM TO GET A REAL TAILGATE EXPERIENCE.
IT WAS A GREAT EVENT AND FAMILIES WERE ABLE TO EXPLORE VENDORS TO SIGN THEIR STUDENTS UP FOR OUR DOLLARS FOR COLLEGE SAVINGS PRO PRO PROGRAMS. AT 6 45, THE TINY TIGERS RAN OUT
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TO THE FIELD.THEY WERE GREETED, AND, UM, IT WAS, IT WAS FUN.
I THINK COACH HUMPHREY WAS ABLE TO IDENTIFY A COUPLE OF STUDENT ATHLETES CUZ WE TOLD 'EM TO STOP AT THE 50 YARD LINE, BUT THEY KEPT RUNNING ALL THE WAY DOWN.
SO IT WAS A REALLY GREAT EVENT.
UM, OUR BOARD MEMBERS WERE THERE, SO I HOPE YOU ALL ENJOYED IT AS MUCH AS I DID.
BUT MY FAVORITE PART WAS ABSOLUTELY TELLING THEM TO RUN.
SO, AND HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH BEGAN ON SEPTEMBER 15TH AND LANG STRIVED CELEBRATING BY SHARING FACTS ABOUT HISPANIC HERITAGE AND HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF OUR VERY OWN HISPANIC AND LATINO STAFF MEMBERS ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
ON THE FINAL DAY OF HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15TH, THE DISTRICT IS HOSTING ITS ANNUAL HISPANIC HERITAGE BOWL AT LANCASTER MIDDLE SCHOOL.
STUDENT TEENS FROM ALL CAMPUSES WILL COMPETE IN THE ACADEMIC COMPETITION, AND THE EVENT IS FAMILY FRIENDLY AND THE COMMUNITY IS ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND AND SOME UPCOMING EVENTS.
LANCASTER, STEVE BEGAN HIS PARENT CONNECTION MEETING SERIES ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6TH AT LANCASTER MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AND THE MEETING SERIES CONTINUES THIS WEEK WITH, WITH CONTINUES THIS WEEK AT BARACK AND MICHELLE OBAMA.
NEXT MONDAY AND TUESDAY, WE WILL CONCLUDE THE SERIES AT LHS AND GWC.
AND THE MEETINGS ARE A JOINT EFFORT BETWEEN LIKE STRIVES THE STUDENT SERVICES, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT.
THE PARENT CONNECTION MEETINGS ARE DESIGNED TO INFORM PARENTS ABOUT CAMPUS SAFETY AND SECURITY, OUR EFFORTS WITH THAT, THE IMPORTANCE OF STUDENT ATTENDANCE, AND WE ALSO PROVIDE WAYS THAT PARENTS CAN BECOME INVOLVED IN THEIR CAMPUS AND BOARD.
WE WILL BEGIN THE DISPLAY CASE COMMITTEE MEETINGS ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 3RD AT 5:30 PM IF YOU'D LIKE TO NOMINATE A MEMBER TO THE COMMITTEE FROM YOUR DISTRICT, PLEASE DO SO BY COMPLETING THE FORM THAT IS IN YOUR WEEKLY BOARD NEWSLETTER.
AND THIS FRIDAY, THIS TIGERS ARE BACK IN ACTION.
VOLLEYBALL WILL TAKE ON THE 40 HORNETS AND FOOTBALL WILL TAKE ON LONE VIEW LOGOS.
THEY ARE RANKED NUMBER ONE, I BELIEVE WE ARE RANKED NUMBER TWO, SO IT'S GONNA BE A GOOD GAME.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT LINK TRID.ORG/TICKETS FOR GAME INFORMATION.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, LAST NIGHT ON NBC ON THE BOYS, IN CASE YOU MISSED IT, MR. KEVIN GRADUATE PERFORMED DURING THE BLIND, RECEIVED THE FOUR FIRST ON THE SHOW.
WELL, YEAR ALWAYS REMAINS WITH SUPPORT OF LIKE, SO I KNOW Y'ALL WANNA SEE THAT.
BUT WE POSTED THE FULL VIDEO ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE.
SHE'LL TUNE IN AND YOU CAN SEE 'EM AND BE SURE TO WATCH 'EM ON MONDAY AND TUESDAYS.
AND WHEN WE START VOTING, WE'LL BE SENDING THAT INFORMATION OUT SO WE CAN SUPPORT OUR VERY OWN.
AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR BOARD ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MS. SIMPSON, DO WE HAVE ANY CITIZENS COMMUNICATIONS? WE DO NOT.
UH, DEFINITELY WANNA APPLAUD THE, UH, ALUMNI, THE YOUNG MAN.
HE'S DID, DID A FANTASTIC JOB LAST NIGHT.
UH, AND THEY ALSO MADE A COMMENT ABOUT HIS PAJAMAS.
[8A. Targeted Improvement Plan Timeline (GWC) - (G1) Patonia Bell and Rosa Hernandez, Presenters]
OUR AGENDA IS, UH, INFORMATION ITEM TARGETED IMPROVEMENT PLAN TIMELINE.I'LL HAVE CALL FORWARD, UH, MS. BELL, I BELIEVE.
UM, AND MS. HERNANDEZ, GOOD AFTERNOON, VICE PRESIDENT, UH, VICE PRESIDENT JONES.
UH, MATT MADAM BOARD PRESIDENT IS ACTUALLY JOINING US, VIRTUALLY DISTINGUISHED BOARD MEMBERS AND DR.
WE WOULD LIKE TO, UH, SHARE INFORMATION AND VITAL INFORMATION ABOUT OUR TARGETED IMPROVEMENT PLAN, OUR TIP PLAN, AND OUR TIMELINE WITH YOU AS WE GET STARTED, UM, THIS EVENING, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST SAY THAT AS WE'RE SPEARHEADING THIS WORK OF SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT AT GWC SIXTH GRADE CENTER, MY ROLE WOULD BE, UH, THE ROLE OF, OF THE DS C I, WHICH IS A DISTRICT COORDINATOR FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT.
I WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THE INTERVENTION PLAN IS IMPLEMENTED AND RESOURCES ARE ALLOCATED TO THIS PROJECT TONIGHT.
I WOULD LIKE TO START OFF, UH, BY JUST MESSAGING OUR DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION.
UH, GWC AT THIS TIME, OR AT THE TIME OF OUR TAPER, 20 20, 21, 22, TAPER HAD 77 AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS, 18.9 HISPANIC STUDENTS, 1.1 WHITE, UH, STUDENT 0.7 OR 0.7
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AMERICAN INDIAN, 0.2, ASIAN 0.3 PACIFIC ISLANDER, AND 2.12 OR MORE RACES.GWC ALSO HAS 84.9% ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS, 12.5 SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS, AND 10.8 EMERGENT BILINGUAL ENGLISH LEARNERS.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS BASED ON OUR 20 21, 20 22 TAPER REPORT.
SO TONIGHT, I ALSO WANT TO JUST SPEND A LITTLE TIME HELPING EVERYONE UNDERSTAND THE WHY, UH, WHY IS GWC, UH, HAVING TO, UH, PROCEED WITH THE TIP PLAN OR THE INTERVENTION PLAN.
SO, UH, BASICALLY THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF ACCOUNTABILITY.
ONE, THEIR STATE ACCOUNTABILITY.
THAT INCLUDES ALL OF OUR STAR PIECES, UH, STAR PIECES, DOMAIN ONE, TWO, AND THREE.
AND THEN THERE'S ALSO OUR FEDERAL ACCOUNTABILITY, WHICH IS, UH, BASICALLY COMPRISED OF DOMAIN THREE, CLOSING THE GAPS.
AND SO TO THAT POINT, IF A SCHOOL MISSES, UH, MAJORITY OF THOSE CLOSING THE GAP PIECES THREE CONSECUTIVE YEARS IN A ROW, THEN IT PLACES THEM INTO, UH, COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT.
SO I WANNA JUST BREAK DOWN FOR YOU REALLY QUICKLY AT, AT A GLANCE.
UH, THE FOUR COMPONENTS OF THE CLOSING THE GAPS ACTUALLY INCLUDE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT.
UH, WE MISSED 15 OF THOSE 16 MARKERS THERE, OR INDICATORS ARE WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY'RE CALLED.
WE MISSED 15 OF 16 OF THOSE INDICATORS.
THERE'S A LAB, LAB STATUS THERE.
WE MISSED, UH, WE ACTUALLY MISSED THAT, UH, PARTICULAR INDICATOR.
AND THEN STUDENT SUCCESS STATUS, WE MISS ONE, UH, OF THOSE INDICATORS OUT OF EIGHT.
THE NEXT PIECE I WOULD LIKE TO JUST AGAIN, UH, REITERATE THAT, UH, THIS REALLY IS ABOUT US MISSING THE FEDERAL ACCOUNTABILITY.
SO FOR THE STATE SIDE, WE, WE DID MAKE THE STATE PIECES, BUT WE MISSED THE FEDERAL ACCOUNTABILITY PIECES.
UH, ALSO, I WANNA JUST POINT OUT THAT, AND I'LL SHOW YOU A, A SLIDE LATER ON IN THE PRESENTATION WHERE, UM, GWC ACTUALLY RANKED IN A BOTTOM QUARTILE AS COMPARED TO 40 OTHER SCHOOLS, OR LIKE SCHOOLS IN TEXAS.
SAYS, THIS SLIDE IS ACTUALLY JUST ILLUSTRATING, UM, THE OVERALL ACCOUNTABILITY SUMMARY FOR THE CAMPUS FOR GWC.
UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY EARNED A 63.
UH, THE THING THAT I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO FOCUS ON IS THAT THEY ACTUALLY MISSED, UM, THEIR ACCOUNTABILITY PIECES BY SEVEN POINTS.
AND SO AS A DISTRICT AND AS A CAMPUS, WE'RE GONNA BE REALLY FOCUSING HEAVILY ON OUR STRATEGY IS TO REALLY EMPHASIZE GROWTH.
AND SO MY NEXT SLIDE ACTUALLY SHOWING YOU THIS IS WHY WE'RE GONNA BE REALLY EMPHASIZING GROWTH.
IF YOU LOOK AT THAT CHART, YOU CAN SEE THAT OF THE CLOSING THE GAPS, UH, DOMAIN GROWTH ACTUALLY MAKES UP 50% OF THAT DOMAIN.
SO THAT IS ONE REASON WHY WE'RE REALLY GONNA BE HAMMERING OUT IN THE AREA OF GROWTH.
TWO, WE'VE ALSO BEGAN LOOKING AT OUR DATA FROM OUR PREVIOUS, UH, THE STUDENTS WHO ACTUALLY ARE SENDING, UH, TO GWC.
AND WE ARE LOOKING AT ENSURING THAT WHERE THEY ARE WITH THEIR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, WE'RE MAKING, WE'RE WE'RE PUTTING A PLAN IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE GO GOING TO REACH THEIR GROWTH GOALS.
THIS, THIS PARTICULAR CHART ACTUALLY JUST BREAKS DOWN FOR YOU.
AS YOU'RE HEARING ME MENTION, UH, THOSE INDICATORS IS ACTUALLY SHOWING YOU ALL OF THE VARIOUS INDICATORS AND THE TARGETS AND THE RED IS ACTUALLY HIGHLIGHTING THE AREAS THAT WE MISSED.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS I WANNA POINT OUT IS THIS DATA IS ACTUALLY, THE TARGETS ARE ACTUALLY DERIVED FROM 20 16 20 17, UH, STUDY THAT THEY DID.
AND THAT'S HOW THEY ACTUALLY CAME UP WITH THE TARGETS IF ANYONE WANTED TO KNOW THE INFORMATION.
UM, BUT AS OF NOW, RIGHT NOW WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS ACTUALLY SHOWING YOU THE VARIOUS TARGETS THAT WERE MISSED, UM, BY THAT CAMPUS.
I JUST WANTED TO WRAP BACK AROUND AND SHOW YOU OR PROVIDE FOR YOU THE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT INFORMATION, UH, FOR GWC, WHICH IS COMING FROM STAR DOMAIN ONE.
AND IT'S JUST OVERALL, JUST SHOWING YOU LIKE APPROACHES.
FOR EXAMPLE, UH, OUR APPROACHES READING DATA WAS AT 57% AND OUR READING DATA, UH, FOR MEETS IS 29%.
AND OUR MASTER'S LEVEL DATA DATA IS 20 10% AT MASTER'S LEVEL.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU, I WON'T READ EVERYTHING ON THIS SLIDE.
I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU THAT INFORMATION.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS OUR, THIS IS OUR STUDENT PROGRESS INFORMATION.
JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU THAT INFORMATION AS WELL.
WE RECEIVED A C IN STUDENT PROGRESS AND SOME OF THESE CHARTS I HAVE IN HERE JUST
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TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A, A MORE IN DEPTH LOOK AT THINGS.AND SO THIS CHART IS ACTUALLY SHOWING YOU OUR STUDENT PROGRESS MEASURES.
AND IT'S ACTUALLY SHOWING YOU, IT'S TELLING TWO STORIES.
ONE STORY IS SHOWING YOU, IF YOU LOOK VERTICALLY AT THE CHART, YOU'LL SEE THE DO NOT MEET APPROACHES ME SOME MASTER STUDENTS.
AND SO IT'S BASICALLY BREAKING DOWN FOR YOU HOW MANY STUDENTS, UM, MET OR DID NOT MEET, HOW MANY STUDENTS, UH, WERE APPROACHES, AND HOW MANY STUDENTS WERE AT MEETS AND HOW MANY STUDENTS WERE AT MASTERS.
AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GROWTH AT THE VERY TOP OF THAT CHART.
THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO HONE IN ON.
SO THAT CHART IS ACTUALLY SHOWING YOU THAT 245 STUDENTS DID NOT MEET GROWTH.
SO THIS HERE AGAIN, IS WHY THIS IS A BIG STRATEGY FOR US, CUZ WE WANNA FLIP THOSE NUMBERS AROUND.
AND AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND HAND IT OFF TO, UM, MS. HERNANDEZ AND SHE WILL TAKE IT FROM THERE.
UM, TIP REQUIRES, UM, THAT WE DEVELOP A CORE LEADERSHIP TEAM TO MOVE OUR CAMPUS GWC.
SO THAT TEAM, UM, MS. BELL ALLUDED TO, UM, STARTS WITH HER THE CSI, UM, MS. BELL, UM, I WILL SERVE AS A PRINCIPAL SUPERVISOR AND COACH AS A CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER.
KNIGHT WILL SERVE AS THE GRANT COORDINATOR.
UM, OUR PRINCIPAL, OF COURSE, IS THE CENTER OF THAT WORK.
AND, UM, ALONG THAT WILL BE OUR CAMPUS TEAM, WHICH CONSISTS OF OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, OUR COUNSELOR, UM, OUR TULSA FOR READING AND MATH, OUR MTS S MTSS, WHICH IS OUR MULTI-TIERED SUPPORT, UM, SPECIALISTS AND OUR ACADEMIC COORDINATORS FOR MATH AND READING.
THIS WILL BE THE TEAM THAT WILL BE THE MAIN TEAM DRIVING THE WORK ON A WEEKLY BASIS AND PROVIDING THOSE UPDATES FOR YOU.
UM, TIP REQUIRES US AND TA REQUIRES US TO, UM, HAVE PARTICULARLY TIMELINE.
STARTING AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER, UM, WE WERE REQUIRED TO ENTER THE DSI AND GRANT COORDINATOR, UM, AND IDENTIFY THOSE PEOPLE BY AUGUST 31ST.
THAT HAS BEEN COMPLETED BY, UH, SEPTEMBER 30TH.
TA REQUIRES ALL DISTRICTS TO SUBMIT THEIR TIP PLAN, INCLUDING THE GRANT BUDGET SUMMARY.
THE CAMPUS HAS IDENTIFIED TWO LEVERS AND ARE FINALIZING THE TEMP PLAN, THE TIP PLAN, AND WILL SUBMIT BY SEPTEMBER 30TH.
THE TIM GRANT GRANT WAS SUBMITTED FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 BY DR.
KNIGHT, OUR TIP GRANT COORDINATOR FOR THE AMOUNT OF 43,000, WHICH IS THE MOST ALLOWABLE AMOUNT THAT TA ALLOWS US TO APPLY FOR.
SO WE DID APPLY FOR THE FULL AMOUNT TA REQUIRES THE BOARD APPROVAL OF THE TIP PLAN AND SUBMISSION ONE ARTIFACTS BY DECEMBER 16, THEREFORE, TO MEET THE DECEMBER DEADLINES AND ADHERE TO OUR BOARD DEADLINES.
UM, THE FINAL TIP, PLAN AND SUMMARY OF THE GRANT WILL BE PRESENTED AT THE NOVEMBER BOARD MEETING FOR YOUR APPROVAL.
UM, SO THAT WE, UM, UM, BRING THAT PLAN TO YOU BEFORE WE SUBMIT IT TO TA.
IT DOES REQUIRE YOUR BOARD APPROVAL BEFORE DECEMBER 16.
UM, IN JANUARY, THE CAMPUS WILL BE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE A TA EFFECTIVE FRAMEWORK CALLED A ESF DIAGNOSTIC SURVEY.
UM, THEN TA REQUIRES A PROGRESS TO SUBMISSION BY MARCH 3RD, ALONG WITH SUPPORTING ARTIFACTS.
ARTIFACTS CAN INCLUDE BUT NOT, NOT LIMITED TO STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT DATA RESULTS AND REFLECTIONS ON OUR CYCLE PROGRESSES AND COMPLETION OF OUR ACTION PLAN.
TA THEN REQUIRES PROGRESS THREE SUBMISSION BY JUNE 30TH, ALONG WITH SUPPORTING ARTIFACTS AND THE ACTUAL 2023 DATA STAR DATA.
THIS SLIDE GOES ON INTO THE, UH, INNER WORKS OF THE EFFECTIVE SCHOOL FREE FRAMEWORK SURVEY PROCESS, WHICH IS DUE IN, UM, JANUARY, UM, 14 DAYS.
WE HAVE 14 DAYS TO TURN THAT AROUND AFTER JANUARY TO TURN IT INTO TA AND ENTER THAT INTO IS A.
SO WHAT ARE THE FIVE LEVEL LEVELS, LEVELS OF TARGET IMPROVEMENT? TA HAS FIVE THAT THEY'VE IDENTIFIED UNDER THE EFFECTIVE SCHOOL FRAMEWORK.
AND THOSE ARE, UM, ON THE SLIDE, STRONG SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND PLANNING.
LEVEL ONE, LEVEL TWO, UM, STRATEGIC STAFFING, THREE, POSITIVE SCHOOL CULTURE.
FOUR, HIGH QUALITY IN INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND ASSESSMENTS AND FIVE EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTION.
AS A DISTRICT, WE ARE TASKED WITH IDENTIFYING OUR GREATEST TWO NEEDS.
UM, AFTER THE COMMITTEE, THE COMMITTEE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, WE MET AND WE ANALYZED THE DATA.
AND THESE ARE THE TWO PRIORITIES THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT AND FOCUS ON IS ONE, STRONG LEADERSHIP AND PLANNING, WHICH ALIGNS WITH OUR BOARD GOALS, ONE
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TO THREE AND FOUR.UM, THE CAMPUS WILL DEVELOP CAMPUS INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERS WITH CLEAR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, WILL FOCUS OUR PLAN AND DEVELOPMENT AND MONITOR, UM, CONSISTENTLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND FOCUS ON OUTCOMES.
UM, EFFECTIVE, UM, INSTRUCTION LEVEL FIVE IS OUR NEXT PRIORITY.
UM, WE WILL FOCUS ON EFFECTIVE CLASSROOM ROUTINE STRATEGIES, BUILD TEACHER CAPACITY, LOOK AT DATA TO DRIVE INSTRUCTION, AND, UM, LOOK AT MULTI-TIER STUDENT SUPPORTS TO CLOSE THAT ACHIEVEMENT GAP.
AGAIN, THESE TWO PRIORITIES WE BELIEVE ALIGN MOST WITH OUR FOUR, UM, BOARD GOALS.
DIGGING IN A LITTLE DEEPER, UM, WE LIKE TO SPEND SOME TIME TO GO OVER GO, UM, LEVEL ONE, WHICH IS STRONG SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND PLANNING.
UM, THERE ARE, UM, ESSENTIAL ACTIONS THAT TA REQUIRES.
SO IN THAT ORANGE PIECE, I LISTED THE ESSENTIAL ACTION THAT TA IS GOING TO LOOK FOR US TO, TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE DOING.
SO THAT'S DEVELOP A CAMPUS INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERS, DEVELOP OUR CAMPUS INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERS WITH CLEAR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
SO THAT'S OUR ASK FROM THEM, AND THIS IS HOW WE'RE GOING TO DELIVER THAT.
WE HAVE A SUCCESS CRITERIA PLAN AS FOLLOWED.
FIRST, WE, UM, MET AS A LEADERSHIP TEAM AND, UM, AND A NEW APPOINTED LEADERSHIP TEAM WAS APPOINTED TO GWC, STARTING WITH, UM, OUR WONDERFUL AND AMAZING PRINCIPAL, PRINCIPAL REDICK WHO COMES TO, UM, THIS CAMPUS WITH 11 YEARS OF SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE.
IN TURN, OUR PRINCIPAL HAS BEEN TASKED WITH HIRING IDENTIFIED CRITICAL LEADERS ON HER CAMPUS TO SUPPORT THAT WORK.
SHE HAS A NEW ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL WITH FOUR, UM, SCHOOL YEARS OF LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE.
UM, SHE HAS AN EXPERIENCED COUNSELOR.
SHE, UM, HIRED TWO LEADER, TEACHER LEADER ON SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS WE CALL 'EM, UM, FOR ONE FOR MATH AND ONE FOR READING.
SO IN COLLABORATION WITH THE IDENTIFIED LEADERSHIP TEAM AND THE DISTRICT SUPPORT, WE WILL BE SUPPORTING, UM, THE LEADERSHIP TEAM TO, UM, DEVELOP STRONG SYSTEMS AND MOVE OUR SCHOOL, UM, OUT OF, UM, SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT.
THE SECOND CRITERIA WE HAVE IS OUR NEWLY APPROVED T TEST, T TEST SYSTEM WITH MEASURABLE GOALS AND CONTINUOUS TEACHER FEEDBACK CYCLE.
THIS ALIGNS WITH A BOARD GOAL ONE, ENSURING THAT WE HAVE, UM, WORLD CLASS, UM, TEACHING AND LEARNING, HAVING IN ALL OUR CLASSES.
THE T TEST WILL ALLOW FOR THE PRINCIPAL AND ADMINISTRATION TO EFFECTIVELY EVALUATE TEACHING AND LEARNING AND PROVIDE THAT CONTINUOUS SUPPORT AND FEEDBACK TO IMPROVE AND CLOSE OUR ACHIEVEMENT GAPS.
THIS DIRECTLY ALIGNS WITH BOARD GOAL ONE, ALLOWING US TO PROVIDE CONTINUOUS FEEDBACK AND SUPPORT AROUND TEACHING AND LEARNING THROUGH OUR VIA GOAL SETTING, CONFERENCES, WALKTHROUGHS, OBSERVATIONS, AND POST, UM, POST AND PRE-POST SUMATIVE CONFERENCES.
OUR NEXT SUCCESS CRITERIA IS WEEKLY AND INSTRUCTIONAL MEETINGS.
TA REQUIRES THAT THE SCHOOL LEADERSHIP TEAM MEETS WEEKLY TO FOCUS ON STUDENT PROGRESS AND OUTCOMES.
THE CAMPUS INTENDS TO SUPPORT GOAL ONE BY INTENTIONALLY MEETING WITH CAMPUS INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERS WEEKLY TO FOCUS ON STUDENT PROGRESS, LOOK AT FORMAL OF DATA AND AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES THAT WOULD DRIVE EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTION.
AND WHERE AS LEAD, UM, GI GWC OUT OF IR.
OUR NEXT INITIATIVE IS OUR POWER UP ACADEMY.
IN PARTNERSHIP AND COLLABORATION WITH THE DISTRICT, THE CAMPUS, UM, FULLY INTENDS TO PARTICIPATE IN ALL POWER UP ACTIVITIES AND INITIATIVES THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR TO SUPPORT TEACHING AND LEARNING.
AND OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM, OUR PRIOR PRIORITIZE, LEVEL FIVE IS OUR, OUR NEXT PRIORITIZED ITEM, WHICH IS EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTION.
SO AGAIN, TA OUTLINES OUR ESSENTIAL ACTION, WHICH IS TO DEVELOP EFFECTIVE CLASSROOM ROUTINES AND INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES TO BUILD TEACHER CAPACITY THROUGH OBSERVATIONS AND FEEDBACK.
USE DATA TO DRIVE INSTRUCTION AND ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A MULTI-TIER STUDENT SUPPORT SYSTEM IN PLACE TO CLOSE THOSE ACHIEVEMENT GAPS.
HOW ARE WE GONNA DO THAT? WE HAVE A SUCCESS PLAN.
OUR SUCCESS PLAN IS AS FOLLOWED.
WE HAVE DOUBLE BLOCK READING AND MATH.
WE HAVE ESTABLISHED A, A MASTER SCHEDULE THAT INCLUDES A READING CLASSROOM AS WELL AS A READING INTERVENTION CLASSROOM.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE A MATH REGULAR CLASSROOM AS WELL AS A MATH INTERVENTION, A COURSE THAT STUDENTS WILL TAKE.
SO ALL SIXTH GRADE STUDENTS AT J WC WILL NOT ONLY GET READING, BUT THEY'LL GET A DOUBLE DOSE OF THAT ALONG WITH MATT, SO WE CAN CLOSE THOSE ACHIEVEMENT GAPS.
THIS WILL ALSO DOUBLE BLOCK MATH AND READING WILL ALSO, UM, SUPPORT OUR GOAL TO BY DECREASING TRANSITIONS, UM, FROM EIGHT PERIODS A DAY TO 40 TO, UM, FIVE 90 MINUTE PERIODS A DAY.
UM, THIS WILL ALLOW OUR SIXTH GRADERS TO, UM, NOT HAVE TO GO, UH, EXCHANGE CLASSES EIGHT TIMES.
UM, AT 45, THEY'LL ALLOW OUR TEACHERS TO
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DIG DEEPER INTO THE LESSON BECAUSE THEY'LL HAVE 90 MINUTES.UM, AND SO WE ARE, WE ARE, UM, ANTICIPATING, UM, TEACHERS BEING ABLE TO DELIVER, DELIVER MORE EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTION.
NEXT IS OUR STRUCTURED PLC TA REQUIRES AT LEAST ONE BLOCK WEEKLY FOR TEACHERS TO MEET WITH OUR MASTER SCHEDULE FOR 2223.
OUR, UM, PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES WILL MEET TWICE A WEEK, SO WE'RE DOUBLING THAT TIME.
UM, THE REQUIREMENTS ONLY ONCE WE'VE BUILT IN 90 MINUTES TWICE A WEEK TO MEET, TO GO OVER STUDENT PROGRESS, TO GO OVER STUDENT GOALS, AND TO DELIVER EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTION AND PLANNING.
UM, OUR NEXT INITIATIVE IS CAPTURING KIDS' HEARTS.
UM, TA REQUIRES THAT WE USE A FRAMEWORK FOR CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT THAT CONTAINS HIGH LEVERAGE PRACTICES FOR CREATING CULTURE, UM, SCHOOL CULTURE AND CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT.
CAPTURING KIDS' HEART PROVIDES, WHICH THE BOARD HAVE PROVED ALREADY AND TEACHERS HAVE BEEN TRAINED.
UM, CAPTURING KIDS' HEARTS PROVIDES THE STRUCTURED FRAMEWORK THAT ALIGNS WITH BOARD GOAL THREE, PROVIDING A SAFE AND SECURE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT BY CREATING A FRAMEWORK FOR THE CAMPUS TO SET SCHOOLWIDE EXPECTATIONS AROUND CULTURE, UH, CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES, AND ESTABLISH A CULTURE OF TRUST THROUGH ACTION.
UM, NEXT AGAIN, WE HAVE T TESTS AND I SPOKE ABOUT THAT EARLIER.
AGAIN, CONTINUING PROVIDING FEEDBACK AND THEN AND INSTRUCTION AND NEXT STEPS TO TEACHERS AS WE HAVE A LOT OF 40 BY FORTIES, 50 BY 50 S THAT WE'RE USING A TOOL THAT'S CONSISTENT, THAT ALLOWS TEACHERS TO HAVE INPUT AND, UM, REALLY ARE BEING SUPPORTED ALONG THE WAY.
UM, LAST, UM, CAMPUS WIDE EXPECTATIONS TA REQUIRES US TO BUILD SYSTEMATIC SYSTEMS, UM, FOR CLASS, UM, CAMPUS WIDE EXPECTATIONS.
UM, SO WE WILL BE DOING THAT BY CREATING, UM, INSTRUCTIONAL, UM, ACTIVITIES, UM, UM, CLASSROOM ROUTINES.
UM, THESE SYSTEMS, UM, WILL LOOK, UM, WILL LOOK AND NOT BE LIMITED TO, UM, HAVING A CAMPUSWIDE MISSION VISION, A SCHOOLWIDE, UM, CLASSROOM RULES AND PROCEDURES, UM, AND CLEARLY OUTLINING INSTRUCTIONAL BREAST PRACTICES THAT LEVERAGE OUR ABILITY TO PROVIDE EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTION.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE ARE PLANNING TO AGAIN, UM, IMPLEMENT POWER UP AND PARTICIPATE THAT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
SO THOSE ARE OUR TWO, OUR TWO, UM, PRIORITIES.
UM, THIS IS WHAT THE PLAN LOOKS LIKE, UM, FOR SUBMISSION.
THE TIMELINE FOR THE TARGET IMPROVEMENT PLAN INCLUDES A BEGINNING OF THE YEAR PLAN SUBMISSION, A PROGRESS ONE SUBMISSION, A PROGRESS TWO SUBMISSION, AND AN END OF THE YEAR SUBMISSION.
THE BOY, THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR SUBMISSION, WHICH IS DUE ON SEPTEMBER 30TH.
UM, WE WILL SUBMIT AN OVERALL PLAN AND AN ACTIVE PLAN FOR CYCLE ONE.
TA WILL SUPPORT US THROUGH A REGION 10 CONFERENCE CALL, WHICH MS. BELL HELD LAST WEEK.
UM, THEY ALSO ARE WALKING OUR CAMPUS TOMORROW AT ONE WITH OUR PRINCIPAL AND OUR CAMPUS, UM, LEADERSHIP TEAM, UM, TO GIVE US FEEDBACK BEFORE WE SUBMIT OUR PLAN.
OUR FIRST, OUR FIRST, UM, OUTLINE PLAN, PROGRESS TWO INCLUDES SUBMITTING CYCLE TWO REFLECTIONS AND DATA AND PLANNING FOR CYCLE THREE.
ARTIFACTS FOR CYCLE TWO ARE DUE.
TA WILL PROVIDE FEEDBACK THROUGH, UM, PLAN FOR LEARNING PLATFORM, AND THE CAMPUS IS REQUIRED TO SPEND 50% OF OUR BUDGET AT THAT TIME.
SO BY MARCH 30, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO SPEND 50% OF THAT AMOUNT.
UM, THE EOI INCLUDES SUBMITTING, UM, CYCLE THREE, WHICH IS OUR ACTUAL 22, I MEAN 2223 STAR DATA.
EOI REFLECTIONS, INCLUDING OUR CYCLE FOUR PLAN.
AND THESE ARE DUE BY MARCH 30TH.
TA WILL HOLD A CONFERENCE WITH THE COMMITTEE AND PROVIDE SPECIFIC FEEDBACK ON PLAN FOR LEARNING.
THIS WILL ALSO BE A TIME TO DISCUSS NEXT STEPS AND HOPEFULLY CELEBRATE THAT WE'RE OUT OF SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT.
UM, AND THEN PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR'S.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.
UM, WE, UM, BEFORE THIS IS OUR COMPARABLE DATA, OUR FOR COMPARABLE SCHOOLS, IF YOU WANTED TO KNOW HOW TA IDENTIFIED GWC, AND YOU'LL SEE WHERE WE'RE RANKED AT THE BOTTOM 5% OF THAT LIST, WHICH TRIGGERS US BEING A, UH, A SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT CAMPUS.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. AND IS ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? RIGHT? HEARING NONE, I WILL NOT ASK ANY EITHER.
UH, THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION AND I DEFINITELY LOOK FORWARD TO US EXITING, UH, THIS TARGET IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
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UM, TRUSTEE, UM, JONES, I'LL CALL FORTH, UM, MS. GAL WRIGHT FROM, UH, WEST MAIN ELEMENTARY TO GIVE A PRESENTATION AS, UH, BOARD WHAT WILL NOTE FROM LAST YEAR.UH, AT EACH BOARD MEETING, WE HAVE PRINCIPALS COMING IN TO HIGHLIGHT THEIR SCHOOLS AND GIVE YOU, UH, AN OVERVIEW OF THEIR IMPROVEMENT PLANS.
UM, AND THOSE ITEMS THAT ARE ALIGNED WITH OUR DISTRICT GOALS IS RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, GOOD EVENING, UH, BOARD PRESIDENT HAMILTON, WHO I BELIEVE IS JOINING US VIRTUALLY, UH, DISTINGUISHED TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT DR.
I AM GAL WRIGHT, THE PROP PRINCIPAL OF WEST MAIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
THIS IS A PICTURE OF MY LEADERSHIP TEAM.
I'VE BEEN WITH THEM, UH, FOR MANY YEARS.
WE HAVE MS. PERKINS, UH, WHO'S OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, DR.
RASHID, OUR COUNSELOR, MS. JONES, OUR TOK, AND MISS SATLER, UM, OUR TOK, AND OF COURSE, MYSELF.
THIS IS A, OUR DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION.
UH, WE, UH, DID, UM, OUR ENROLLMENT DECREASED A LITTLE BIT, UH, THIS YEAR FROM 6 53 TO 608, BUT THAT'S, UM, ALSO OUR ENROLLMENT BY GRADE LEVEL.
LOOKING HERE, THIS IS OUR, UH, DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FOR TEACHERS.
UH, WE HAD 38 TEACHERS IN 2020 1, 22.
THIS YEAR WE HAVE 36 TEACHERS.
UH, WE DID, UH, HAVE, UM, PRETTY MUCH ALL OF OUR TEACHERS WERE FULLY CERTIFIED IN THE 2020 1 22 SCHOOL YEAR WITH ONE WORKING ON THEIR CERTIFICATION.
HOWEVER, THIS YEAR WE HAVE SEVEN WORKING ON THEIR CERTIFICATION.
AND THEN WE HAVE 10 WHO I MOVED AROUND ON THE CAMPUS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD WEST MAIN EXPERIENCE AT EVERY GRADE LEVEL.
SO WE HAVE FULLY CERTIFIED TEACHERS OF 29, BUT I DID MOVE 10 OF THEM.
SO THEY'RE NEW TO THEIR GRADE LEVEL OR CONTENT.
THIS IS OUR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, OUR STUDENT ACADEMIC INFORMATION.
OVERALL, OUR RATING WAS AN A, SO WE'RE SUPER PROUD OF THAT.
I WAS, UH, PRETTY WORRIED ABOUT MAINTAINING THAT A COMING OFF OF COVID.
SO WHEN I FOUND OUT WE WERE A, I WAS SUPER EXCITED.
UH, WE DID INCREASE, EVEN THOUGH WE WERE COMING OFF OF COVID.
WE DID INCREASE, UH, OVER, UM, UM, OVERALL ACHIEVEMENT OF THREE POINTS.
UH, SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT DECREASED BY TWO POINTS, BUT SCHOOL PROGRESS INCREASED BY 12 POINTS.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL REMEMBER, BUT WE DID ACHIEVE A HUNDRED, UH, UH, HAD A HUNDRED IN CLOSING THE GAPS.
SO WE DECREASED A LITTLE BIT WITH EIGHT, BUT WE, UH, BY EIGHT POINTS, BUT WE STILL WERE ABLE TO GET AN A AND FORECLOSING THE GAPS.
SO, UH, THAT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT COMING OFF OF COVID WAS A C.
BUT, UH, I'M STILL SUPER PROUD OF THAT.
UH, THIS INFORMATION IS HOW WE PERFORMED FOR, UH, OUR, OUR PERFORMANCE THAT'S ALIGNED TO COLLEGE CAREER AND MILITARY READINESS.
UH, OVERALL WE DID REALLY, REALLY WELL.
UH, OUR STUDENTS MET PROJECTED GROWTH.
THE ONLY AREA THAT WE DID NOT MEET PROJECTED GROWTH IN WAS SECOND GRADE, BUT THAT WAS ONLY BY, UM, AND WE GOT 13 POINTS, BUT THAT WASN'T VERY MUCH.
UM, SO, UH, WE WERE PRETTY CLOSE THERE, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, WE MET PROJECTED GROWTH IN ALL OTHER AREAS IN READING, WE DID MEET PROJECTED GROWTH IN ALL AREAS.
SO I'M SUPER, SUPER PROUD OF THAT.
KINDER INCREASED BY 17 POINTS.
FIRST GRADE, 16 POINTS, SECOND GRADE, 15 POINTS, THIRD GRADE, 13 POINTS.
FOURTH GRADE WAS NINE POINTS, AND FIFTH GRADE WAS SEVEN POINTS.
NOW, UH, THE BOARD, UH, GOAL, UM, TO ALIGN TO CULTURE, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO ON OUR CAMPUS, UH, RELATED TO ATTENDANCE IS, UH, WE'RE TRYING, WE WANNA HAVE PIZZA PARTIES FOR, UH, CLASSES WITH 98% OR AND ABOVE.
UM, THEY WILL EARN PIZZA ALSO FOR, UH, WE WILL HAVE GREAT LEVEL HOMEROOM COMPETITION.
UM, SO ONE HOMEROOM WILL BE AGAINST THE OTHER COMP, UH, HOMEROOM FOR PRIZES.
UH, WE ALSO GAVE ATTENDANCE BRACELET AND ATTENDANCE CHARMS, UH, LAST YEAR.
SO WE PLAN TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
WERE SUPER EXCITED TO RECEIVE THOSE.
WE, UH, EVERY SEMESTER WE GIVE BIKES AWAY FOR ATTENDANCE.
WE GIVE K2 A BOY AND A GIRL A BIKE AWAY, AND, UH, K2 FOR A BOY AND A GIRL.
AND, UH, THREE FIVE A BIKE AWAY AS WELL, UH, FOR A BOY AND A GIRL.
AND WE DO THAT SECOND, BOTH SEMESTERS.
UH, WE PLANNED TO HAVE PRINCIPAL AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL FOR THE DAY.
OUR, WE DID THAT LAST YEAR, BUT I FELT LIKE I, WE WOULD TIE IT TO ATTENDANCE THIS YEAR.
STUDENTS WERE SUPER EXCITED TO DO THAT.
SO, UH, WE, UH, ANY STUDENTS WITH PERFECT ATTENDANCE, THEIR NAMES WILL GO INTO A DRAWING SO THAT THEY CAN BECOME PRINCIPAL AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL FOR THE DAY.
AND THEN OF COURSE, WE ALWAYS GIVE PERFECT ATTENDANCE TROPHIES.
ANOTHER THING IS, UH, STUDENT DISCIPLINE.
UH, WHAT WE WANNA DO IS, UH, WE ALWAYS HAVE, UH, GIVEN OUT THE TIGER PAUSE.
SO WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO DO THAT FOR ANY POSITIVE BEHAVIOR THAT IS WITNESSED IN THE COMMON AREAS.
AGAIN, OUR STUDENTS EARN DOJO POINTS SO THAT THEY CAN, UH, PER AND, UH, DOJO POINTS FOR DOLLARS SO THAT TAKE
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THAT MONEY AND THEY CAN PURCHASE, UH, THINGS IN THEIR CLASSROOM.UH, THEY ALSO, UH, EARN DOJO POINTS FOR FUN FRIDAYS AND ELECTRONIC FRIDAYS.
AND THEN SOME GREAT LEVELS USE PUNCH CARDS FOR POSITIVE BEHAVIOR.
SO DEPENDING ON HOW MANY PUNCHES THEY GET, PRIZES FOR THAT.
AND THEN WE ALSO ARE, UH, FROM CLASS TO CLASS, OUR STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY IN THREE THROUGH FIVE, THEY CARRY BEHAVIOR STICKS FROM CLASS TO CLASS SO THAT THEY, UH, THEIR BEHAVIOR IS MONITORED.
AND THEN SOMETHING NEW THAT WE'VE BEEN, UH, INCORPORATING, IT'S THE TOKEN ECONOMY SYSTEM WHERE STUDENTS WHO ARE UM, UM, UM, HAVE CONSISTENT, UH, BEHAVIOR ISSUES, HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TURN THAT AROUND FOR PRIZES AS WELL.
AND THESE ARE JUST SOME PICTURES OF SOME OF THE THINGS WE DO ON OUR CAMPUS TO HELP, UH, WITH OUR CAMPUS CULTURE AS FAR AS STUDENTS ARE CONCERNED.
UH, WHEN IT COMES TO TEACHER ATTENDANCE AND TEACHER RETENTION, SOME OF THE THINGS WE, UH, HAVE DONE IN THE PAST FOR TEACHER ATTENDANCE IS DRAWINGS EVERY SIX WEEKS FOR TEACHERS WITH PERFECT ATTENDANCE.
WE ALSO, UH, WILL HAVE GRADE LEVEL COMPETITIONS FOR LUNCH.
AND THEN WE'LL, UH, TEACHERS WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EARN FREE DRESS PASSES AND DUTY FREE PASSES.
THE DUTY FREE PRACTICE IS NEW THIS YEAR, BUT, UH, I'M SURE THEY WILL BE SUPER EXCITED THAT THEY GET TO SKIP OUT ON DUTY.
AND THEN FOR TEACHER RETENTION, UM, WE PLAN TO, I ALWAYS TRY TO, UH, PUT OUT SNACKS AND DRINKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, UH, EVERY DAY FOR THEM SO THAT IF THEY DON'T GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT FOR LUNCH, THEY HAVE SOMETHING TO EAT.
I'VE UPDATED THE, UH, BATHROOMS TO PUT THINGS LIKE BATHROOM BODY WORK, THAT KIND OF THING IN THERE SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE A NICE BATHROOM.
UH, WE DO QUITE A BIT OF, UH, TEAM BUILDING ACTIVITIES AND SOME OF THE OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT WE DO.
OUR MONTHLY STICK THEME, UH, POTLUCKS.
WE DO CHRISTMAS PARTIES WITH GIFTS.
UH, THEY HAVE DRESS DOWN DAYS AND WE HAVE A LOT OF, WE LOVE TO EAT OVER THERE.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF, UH, EVERY OPPORTUNITY WE GET TO EAT, WE DO THAT
SO, AND THEN THIS IS JUST SOME OF THE PICTURES OF THE, SOME OF THE THINGS.
UH, WE HAVE OUR BOOED UP THING COMING UP WHERE, UH, YOU HAVE TO FIND WHO YOUR BOOED UP WITH ON THE CAMPUS AND YOU GET TO TAKE A PICTURE FOR HALLOWEEN, THAT KIND OF THING.
AND THE PURPOSE, IT'S ALWAYS FUN, UH, FOR, UH, UH, FOR US TO DO THAT.
AND THEN FOR, UH, PARENT COMMUNITY AND BUSINESS PARTNER ENGAGEMENT, UH, SOME OF OUR PARENT ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES, OUR FAMILY NIGHTS, UH, WE ALWAYS ENJOY OUR LITERACY NIGHTS, DONUTS WITH DADS FATHER AND DAUGHTER DANCE MUFFINS WITH MOM.
AND WE'VE, IN THE PAST, WE'VE HAD, UH, PRE COVID WE HAD MOVIE NIGHTS, SO WE PLANNED TO BRING THAT BACK AND THAT'S WHERE THE PARENTS CAN DROP THEIR KIDS OFF FOR MOVIE NIGHT AND WE'RE KIND OF BABYSITTING FOR THEM ON A FRIDAY NIGHT.
THAT WAS A BIG HIT WHEN WE DID THAT.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE HAD, UH, PARENT WORKSHOPS WHERE I HAD SOMEONE COME IN, UH, TO, UM, HELP OUR PARENTS WITH STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS THEIR BABIES WITH ADHD AND THAT KIND OF THING, JUST TO, YOU KNOW, HELP THEM OUT AT HOME.
CAUSE SOMETIMES WE KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH IT AT SCHOOL, BUT THEY STRUGGLE WITH IT AT HOME.
AND THEN SOME OF OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS ARE THE FAITH CHURCH HERE IN LANCASTER.
THEY, UH, GIVE US COATS, ALL KINDS OF THINGS.
MOUNTAIN VIEW CHURCH OF CHRIST BOUGHT US BACKPACKS, OES, UH, SARAFINA GRAND CHAPTER.
THEY, THEY, UH, ACTUALLY ADOPT TEACHERS ON MY CAMPUS AND GIVE THEM MONEY AND BASKETS.
WE ALSO HAVE SONS OF LIGHT FREE MASONS.
THEY ALSO SUPPORT, UH, OUR STUDENTS AND WELL AS WELL.
AND THEN I WANNA GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO ONE PERSON THAT I DID NOT PUT ON THE SLIDE, BUT YOU ALL KNOW HER.
AND THAT IS, UH, TRUSTEE MORRIS.
UH, TRUSTEE MORRIS CAME TO OUR CAMPUS AND I HAD NO IDEA SHE WAS GONNA DO THIS.
AND SHE SAID, HEY, I HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOU.
AND SHE, I SAID, WHAT? AND SHE CAME, SHE CAME IN WITH ALL KIND, WITH A LOAD FULL OF, UH, BACKPACKS.
THE STUDENTS WERE, UH, SUPER EXCITED TO GET THEM.
SO I WANT TO GIVE HER A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT FOR DOING THAT.
AND SHE ALSO LET US KNOW ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED.
UH, I MEAN, SHE BROUGHT PENCILS AND ALL KINDS OF STUFF, SO SUPER, UH, WAS SUPER, SUPER HAPPY TO HAVE HER BABY ON OUR CAMPUS.
UM, ALSO, SOME THINGS THAT, UH, WE DO, UH, IN THE, FOR THE COMMUNITY IS WE, UH, PARTNER WITH SCHOOLS FOR INTERNSHIPS.
LAST YEAR WE HAD, UH, TEXAS A AND M COMMERCE.
WE HAD THREE INTERNS, UH, UH, FROM THEIR CAMPUS ON OUR, UH, CAMPUS.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE CLUBS THAT, UM, THAT PARTICIPATE IN THE SUSAN B. COLEMAN BREAST CANCER WALL.
WE'VE SUPPORTED THE WESTRIDGE NURSING HOME AND MILLBROOK REHAB CENTER.
UH, WE'VE GIVEN PURSES FILLED WITH TOILETRIES TO THE, UH, GENESIS WOMEN'S SHELTERS.
WE HAVE SISTER TO SISTER WHO SUPPORTS, UH, WHO HAS, UM, A SOULS FOR SOULS SHOE DRIVE FOR, UH, THE HOMELESS.
WE HAVE STUDENTS WHO HAVE, UM, PERFORMED AND WRITTEN LETTERS FOR OUR VETERANS IN THE AREA.
WE ALSO HAVE STUDENTS WHO HAVE SUPPORTED THE LEUKEMIA LYMPHOMA SOCIETY FOR BY DONATING CHANGE.
AND THEN WE ALWAYS, UH, ADOPT FAMILIES, UH, FOR THE SALVATION ARMY, ANGEL TREE.
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SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, SOME OF OUR SPECIAL GOALS, UH, THIS YEAR, AND I'M SUPER, SUPER PROUD OF IT BECAUSE I, UH, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER HAD TO HIRE AS MANY, UH, TEACHERS, UH, SINCE I'VE BEEN A PRINCIPAL.SO I WAS REALLY WORRIED ABOUT CULTURE.
AND WHEN I TELL YOU, UH, OUR CAMPUS CULTURE IS VERY POSITIVE, UH, UH, THE, UH, THERE'S A, A SENSE OF TEAMWORK AND A FEELING OF CAMARADERIE.
TEACHERS ARE RECEIVING, UH, THE SUPPORT THEY NEED, UH, TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
AND OUR CLUBS ARE UP AND RUNNING.
SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE CLUBS THAT WE HAVE, UH, UH, GOING AT THIS TIME.
UM, AND ALSO, UM, I'M, UH, SUPER EXCITED ABOUT OUR LITTLE TIGERETTES.
SO I KNOW YOU GUYS LOVE TO SEE OUR LITTLE BABIES.
ONE THING THAT, UH, IS ALSO, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF THE TIME AND WHAT'S GOING ON, UH, DR.
RASHID HAS BEEN ALREADY STARTED HER, UH, SEO SESSIONS.
UH, SO WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UM, SOME OF THE GROWS FOR, FOR OUR CAMPUS IS JUST PARENTAL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.
I WOULD LIKE TO IMPROVE IN THAT AREA AND JUST MAKING SURE THAT I CONTINUE TO REMEMBER TO MOTIVATE THE STAFF.
SOMETIMES I'LL GET SO BUSY AND WORK, UH, WITH WORKING, I'LL FORGET TO DO THAT.
AND THEN ALSO, UH, INCORPORATE MORE STUDENT AND TEACHER INCENTIVES AND INCREASING STUDENT GROWTH MEASURES.
AND THIS TIME I HAVE A PLAN TO GET THAT SCIENCE DISTINCTION.
SO THAT'S WHY I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I IMPROVE IN SCIENCE INSTRUCTION.
I, I MISS THAT EVERY YEAR, BUT I HAVE A PA A PLAN FOR THAT THIS YEAR.
BUT THAT CONCLUDES, UH, INFORMATION ABOUT WEST MAIN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MS. RIGHT.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I HAVE A QUESTION.
TRUSTEE WOODFIELD, HOW DO YOU DO IT? WELL, YOU KNOW, UM, I'M A LINEAR THINKER AND TO ME IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES IN PLACE.
AND I REALLY BELIEVE THAT STUDENTS DON'T NEED TO BE EXPOSED TO SOMETHING NEW YEAR, AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR.
WE SCAFFOLD THE INFORMATION, BUT WHAT WE DO IS WE KEEP THE SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES THE SAME.
I ALSO LET MY TEACHERS KNOW THAT STUDENTS SHOULDN'T BE IN ONE CLASS AND HAVE INSTRUCTION ONE WAY AND THEN, UH, IN A DIFFERENT CLASS.
AND INSTRUCTION IS A DIFFERENT WAY.
AND THEN FINALLY WE STICK TO THE CURRICULUM.
UM, WOULD YOU UNMUTE YOURSELF, PLEASE? I'M SORRY, FROM MUTE.
YEAH, I HAD SOME BAD NEWS TODAY, SO I'M A LITTLE BIT FIDGETY TODAY.
I APPRECIATE WHAT ALL OF YOU ALL EVERY SCHOOL DO FOR OUR CHILDREN AND NOT JUST WEST MAIN.
UM, JUST MY, ALL OF MY CHILDREN WENT THROUGH WEST MAIN
THANK, AND ALL OF YOU ALL FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR OUR CHILDREN.
UM, NEXT WE HAVE MS. MATTHEWS WHO COME UP AND PRESENT OUR INFORMATION ABOUT JD HALL.
THIS MATTHEWS THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
BOARD PRESIDENT HAMILTON ONLINE, VICE PRESIDENT JONES, AND DISTINGUISHED TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT DR.
I BRING GREETINGS FROM JD HALL LEARNING CENTER AT ROCKY CHRIS.
OKAY, LET'S SEE IF I CAN GET IT RIGHT.
THIS YEAR OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM CONSISTS OF MYSELF, DR.
MATTHEWS, THE PRINCIPAL, MRS. VERONICA HAMILTON, OUR COUNSELOR, MR. GERALD HOLMES, THE TULSA OR TEACHER ON SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT, AND OUR SIX THROUGH 12 MATH TEACHER.
AND THEN MR. FRANK PATRICIO, WHO IS ONE OF THE STUDENT SUCCESS SPECIALIST.
HE IS ALSO SHARED WITH THE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL, AND HE IS ON MY CAMPUS ON WEDNESDAYS AT JD HALL LEARNING CENTER AT ROCKY CRES.
THERE ARE TWO PROGRAMS OF STUDY.
WE HOUSE THE ACADEMIC ACCELERATION ACADEMY, WHICH IS A CREDIT RECOVERY PROGRAM, AND WE SERVE AS THE DISTRICT'S DISCIPLINARY ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM, OR D A E P.
BOTH OF THESE PROGRAMS PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS TO REFOCUS AND RESET IN ORDER TO REMOVE OBSTACLES AND MOVE FORWARD.
AT JD HALL, IT IS OUR MISSION TO BECOME THE FIRST CHOICE IN SECOND CHANCES.
NOW, AS WE LOOK AT BOARD GOAL NUMBER ONE, WE HELP SERVE STUDENTS FROM EVERY CAMPUS IN THE DISTRICT IN GRADES THREE THROUGH 12.
I STARTED AT JD HALL IN 2018, AND THIS CHART SHOWS THE DEMOGRAPHIC OF STUDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN SERVED DURING THAT TIME AT JD HALL
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IN 2000, HE LEFT, I'M SORRY, 2021 TO 2022.WE SERVED 104 STUDENTS, AND ONE STUDENT WAS AT JJ A E P, WHICH IS THE JUVENILE JUSTICE ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM.
AS OF LAST FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER THE 16TH, WE HAVE SERVED 26 STUDENTS AND THREE STUDENTS ARE CURRENTLY AT JJ A P.
NOW, ONCE THE STUDENTS ATTEND D A P, ACCORDING TO T, THEY'RE CONSIDERED TO BE AT RISK, BUT AS WE LIKE TO CALL THEM, THEY ARE AT PROMISE.
SO ON THE CHART, YOU SEE THAT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS ARE A HUNDRED PERCENT AT PROMISE.
NOW WE'VE WORKED REALLY HARD TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE HIGH QUALIFIED TEACHERS AVAILABLE TO ASSIST OUR STUDENTS.
WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 13 ON OUR STAFF TOGETHER, AND SEVEN OF THEM ARE CLASSROOM TEACHERS.
LAST YEAR WE HAD FOUR TEACHERS WHO WERE FULLY CERTIFIED, AND THREE WERE WORKING ON THEIR CERTIFICATION.
BUT THIS YEAR WE HAVE SIX TEACHERS WHO ARE FULLY CERTIFIED AND ONLY ONE WORKING ON CERTIFICATION.
NOW, BECAUSE WE SERVE ALL CAMPUSES IN THE DISTRICT, THEN THE SLIDE THAT YOU SEE NOW IS THE DISTRICT'S REPORT CARD BECAUSE ALL STUDENTS FEED INTO US.
AND SO AS WE LOOK AT STUDENT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, WE LOOK AT IT FROM THE DISTRICT LEVEL.
NOW WE SUPPORT BOARD GOAL ONE THROUGH COLLEGE CAREER AND MILITARY READINESS IN THE FOLLOWING FOUR WAYS.
WE USE APEX LEARNING, WE HAVE CAREER PARTNERSHIPS.
WE PARTNER FOR A C T AND STAR END OF COURSE.
AND OUR STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN COLLEGE VISITS AND MILITARY VISITS.
OUR AAA STUDENTS USE APEX TO ASSIST THEM IN RECOVERING CREDITS AND COMPLETING THE END OF COURSE TUTORIALS TO CLOSE ACADEMIC GAPS AND ACCELERATE THEIR LEARNING LOSS.
WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH DALLAS COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT TO RECRUIT OUR STUDENTS WHO MEET THE CRITERIA INTO WELL PAYING JOBS OUTSIDE OF POLICE JOBS.
SO THEY HELP THEM WITH OTHER JOBS.
OUR STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN A C T VOCABULARY ACTIVITIES AND STUDENTS COMPLETE THEIR STAR EOC TUTORIALS DAILY.
EACH FALL AND SPRING STUDENTS VISIT COLLEGES AND WE HAVE MILITARY RECRUITERS COME TO SPEAK WITH THEM ABOUT THE ADVANTAGES OF THE MILITARY.
NOW WE SUPPORT BOARD GOAL TWO WITH CULTURE.
WE CREATE AN EMOTIONALLY SAFE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH OUR SEL OR SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING PROGRAMS. WE USE A MULTI-TIERED SYSTEM OF SUPPORT, FOCUS ON SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING.
STUDENTS AT JD HALL PARTICIPATE IN DAILY CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT CLASSES WITH OUR COUNSELOR, MRS. HAMILTON AND OUR STUDENT ADVISOR, MR. HAMILTON.
AND THOSE TWO ARE NOT MARRIED.
OUR STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN WHY TRY, WHICH IS A RESILIENCY PROGRAM THAT TEACHES THEM SKILLS TO BOUNCE BACK AND HOW TO PICK THEMSELVES UP WHEN THEY HAVE SETBACKS IN LIFE.
AND THEN THEY ALSO PARTICIPATE IN ADVISORY IN THE MORNING TO START THEIR DAY.
AND WE USE MOVE THIS WORLD, WHICH HELPS THEM TO UNDERSTAND AND LEARN STRATEGIES TO HELP THEM REGULATE THEIR EMOTIONS.
AND THEN BOYSTOWN SOCIAL SKILLS HELPS THEM LEARN HOW TO SOCIALIZE WITH OTHERS.
WE ALSO USE RESTORATIVE DISCIPLINE APPROACH INSTEAD OF A PUNITIVE APPROACH.
AND SO THE ENTIRE CAMPUS HAS ALSO BEEN TRAINED IN CAPTURING KIDS' HEARTS, AND WE WANNA THANK THE BOARD FOR THAT PURCHASING, FOR ALLOWING US TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT.
SO HERE YOU'LL SEE JUST, UM, SOME PICTURES THAT ACTUALLY SHOW CULTURE WITH STUDENT ATTENDANCE AND STUDENT DISCIPLINE.
NOW ON OUR CAMPUS, WE WANT EVERY PERSON THAT WALKS THROUGH THE DOORS OF JD HALL TO HAVE EXPERIENCES THAT MAKE THEM BETTER THAN WHEN THEY CAME, AND THEREFORE BETTER BECAUSE THEY CAME.
SO OUR CAMPUS INTENTIONALLY CREATES AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE STUDENTS ARE PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY SAFE.
AND WE DO THIS THROUGH OUR BETTER BECAUSE I CAME PROJECTS AND SUCH AS SOME OF WHAT YOU RECEIVE LAST YEAR, THE STUDENTS AS AUTHORS.
SO THE BOOKS THAT YOU RECEIVE WHERE STUDENTS BECAME PUBLISHED AUTHORS, THEY DO THE PAINTING WITH A PURPOSE, AND THOSE ARE PAINTINGS ARE INCLUDED IN THEIR BOOK AS WELL.
NOW, BACK IN 2012, THE CITY OF LANCASTER, MAYOR MARCUS KNIGHT AND THE CITY COUNCIL PROCLAIMED SEPTEMBER THE EIGHTH AS ROCKY CREDIT SCHOOL DAY.
AND SO THIS YEAR OUR STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN ACTIVITIES THAT WERE GEARED AT HELPING THEM UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ROCKY CRE SCHOOL AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF DR.
JD HALL AND HIS MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
ON THIS SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE HOW WE WORK WITH CULTURE AND BUILD CULTURE FOR OUR TEACHERS BY CELEBRATING THEIR ATTENDANCE BOTH DURING SCHOOL AND AWAY FROM SCHOOL.
SO WE HAVE A C3 COMMITTEE, WHICH IDENTIFIES MONTHLY TEAM BUILDING ACTIVITIES THAT WE PARTICIPATE IN, NOT ONLY WITH THE STAFF, BUT ALSO WITH OUR STAFF'S FAMILIES.
SO WE GET TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL AS WELL.
WE HAVE ACTIVITIES, AND AS MS. RICE SAID, WE ALSO LOVE FOOD.
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WE USUALLY INVOLVE FOOD AND EATING IN MANY OF OUR ACTIVITIES, AND WE COME TOGETHER AND SOCIALIZE THAT WAY.SO WE'VE GONE TO DAVE BUSTERS AND TO ALL CATS, WE COME TO THE LANGSTER ISD FOOTBALL GAMES.
AND WE'VE ALSO SHOWED OUR SUPPORT FOR UVALDE, AND WE DEFINITELY HAVE SHOWN OUR TIGER SPIRIT AT CONVOCATION.
SO THE PICTURE YOU SEE OVER THERE IS WITH OUR CONVOCATION SHIRTS WHERE, BECAUSE OUR THING WAS ABOUT FOOTBALL, WE ALL ARE FRANCHISE PLAYERS AT JD HALL
NOW WE ALSO PARTICIPATE IN A BOOK STUDY BECAUSE WE KNOW SELF-CARE IS IMPORTANT AND NOT JUST IMPORTANT FOR OUR STUDENTS, BUT FOR OUR TEACHERS.
SO WE PARTICIPATE IN SELF-CARE WITH ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS, AND WE DO 180 DAYS OF SELF-CARE FOR BUSY EDUCATORS.
WE NOMINATE EMPLOYEES OF THE MONTH, AND WE ALSO VOLUNTEER WITH OUR STUDENTS EACH MONTH.
AND SO YOU SEE JAN PRUITT COMMUNITY PANTRY THAT IS HERE IN LANCASTER.
WE DO A MONTHLY VOLUNTEERING WITH OUR, UH, STUDENTS AS WELL.
AND AT THE END OF THE YEAR, WE HAVE A RICE OF PASSAGE FOR OUR TEACHERS, JUST AS WE HAVE FOR OUR STUDENTS.
SO IN TERMS OF OUR PEER, OUR PARENT COMMUNITY, AND BUSINESS PARTNER ENGAGEMENT, BECAUSE OUR STUDENTS COME TO US WITH VARYING SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL NEEDS, WE UTILIZE THE FOLLOWING PARTNERS.
SO WE HAVE USED GRANT HALLIBURTON, WHICH HAS CONDUCTED PARENT ENGAGEMENT MEETINGS FOR OUR PARENTS.
WE USE RECOVERY RESOURCE COUNCIL AND CHILDREN'S HEALTH TO ASSIST US WITH OUR STUDENTS WHO MAY NEED INTENSIVE COUNSELING AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE ASSISTANCE.
WE USE HOME AND FAMILY SERVICES TO ASSIST AND PROVIDE SEL FOR OUR STAFF, AND THEY COME ONCE A MONTH DURING ONE OF OUR FACULTY MEETINGS.
WE ALSO USE EVERFI, WHICH IS FREE TO THE DISTRICT, AND THEY PROVIDE ONLINE MODULES FOR OUR STUDENTS COVERING A WIDE RANGE OF SEL TOPICS.
SO IN TERMS OF OUR GLOWS AND GROWS FOR THE 2223 SCHOOL YEAR, ONE GLOW OR HIGHLIGHT FOR THIS YEAR FALLS UNDER THE TE EFFECTIVE SCHOOLS FRAMEWORK LEVER 3.1, WHICH IS A COMPELLING AND ALIGNED VISION MISSION GOALS, VALUES FOCUS ON A SAFE ENVIRONMENT AND HIGH EXPECTATIONS.
SO WORKING WITH OUR EDUCATIONAL SERVICE CENTER, REGION 10 AND MISS JACQUELINE BYRON, WE UTILIZE THE TEXAS INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP SCHOOL WIDE CULTURE RESOURCES AND ROUTINES TO CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN OUR CAMPUS VISION, MISSION, GOALS AND VALUES, AND TO CREATE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT WITH HIGH EXPECTATIONS.
WE WILL ALSO THIS YEAR EXPAND OUR BETTER BECAUSE I CAME PROJECTS TO ALL OF OUR CORE CONTENT AREAS INSTEAD OF JUST ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS.
NOW, USING THAT SAME TE EFFECTIVE SCHOOL'S FRAMEWORK, ONE OF OUR GROWTH AREAS THIS YEAR FALLS UNDER LEVER 1.1, WHICH IS DEVELOPING CAMPUS INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERS WITH CLEAR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
SO THIS YEAR WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING TO, UH, FRANKLIN COVEY EDUCATION DIVISIONS LEADER IN ME PROGRAM.
AND INSTEAD OF ACTUALLY USING THAT WITH OUR STUDENTS, WE'RE GOING TO SEE HOW WE CAN IMPLEMENT THE COMPONENTS WITH THE STAFF TO MAKE OUR STAFF BETTER LEADERS, AND THEN LOOK TO USE THAT COMPONENT WITH THE STUDENTS NEXT YEAR.
SO I DID WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SHARE WITH YOU THE MANY WONDERFUL THINGS THAT ARE, ARE HAPPENING AT JD HALL LEARNING CENTER, BUT I ALSO WANT TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT AND THANK YOU BOARD, UH, FOR APPROVING THE ROOF THAT IS GETTING READY TO BE, UH, DONE ON MY CAMPUS.
I REALLY APPRECIATE IT, UH, WITH THE RAIN, AND WE THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND SO I DID WANNA TAKE THE TIME TO SAY THANK YOU AND I WILL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE BOARD? I HAVE A COMMENT.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, UM, I'VE BEEN IN THIS DISTRICT SINCE OH SEVEN AND JD HALL HAS COME A LONG WAY, ESPECIALLY, UM, SEEING WHAT I'M SEEING HERE.
I ACTUALLY HAD A SIGN THAT WANTED TO GO TO JD HALL
BUT TO SEE WHAT, UM, THE PROGRESSION AND THE POSITIVITY AND THE WORKING WITH THE STUDENTS IS NOT AN, IT'S AN ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL, BUT IT IS MUCH MORE YES THAN THE ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL, THEN AN ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL.
AND TO SEE THE ENERGY THAT IS PUT INTO THESE KIDS, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT SO MUCH AS TROUBLE KIDS THERE, THEY, THERE IS ALWAYS A CORE ISSUE.
AND IT'S GETTING TO THAT IS GETTING DOWN TO THAT CORE ISSUE.
BUT HAVING THAT OPPORTUNITY THERE TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST THEM AS WELL AS THE PARENTS, AND TO HAVE A STAFF THAT, YOU KNOW, CARES AND IS POURING THAT TIME AND THAT DEDICATION.
I'M, I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO SEE THAT.
AND I THANK YOU SO MUCH, UM, DR.
MATTHEWS FOR YOUR TIME IN YOUR DEDICATION.
AND I JUST WANNA SAY, I KNOW THAT A FEW OF MY STAFF MEMBERS
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ARE HERE, AND REALLY AND TRULY IT IS ALL OF THEM AND WHAT THEY DO.AND IF THEY WEREN'T BEHIND IT, IT WOULD NOT HAPPEN.
SO IF ANYBODY APOLOGIZE IF YOU COULD STAND UP, PLEASE.
MAKE SURE YOU GUYS PULL YOUR MICROPHONES DOWN.
MATTHEWS, UH, SECRETARY MORRIS.
I COULD NOT LET YOU SIT DOWN WITHOUT ME SAYING SOMETHING.
MATTHEWS, THE STAFF AT JD JD HALL, THANK YOU FOR THE PROMISE.
UM, AGAIN, IF I HAD A MILLION DOLLARS, I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU.
IS BECAUSE EVERY CHILD IN THIS DISTRICT NEED THAT PROMISE.
AND SO THANK YOU AND THANK YOU IS WELL ENOUGH.
DO WHAT Y'ALL DO AND DO IT WELL.
MATTHEWS, AS WELL AS, UH, PRINCIPAL WRIGHT FOR YOUR WORK.
NEXT, YOUR NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA AND BOARD, WE'RE GOING TO ATTEMPT TO UTILIZE OUR SYSTEM THIS EVENING.
SO WHEN YOU DECIDE TO MAKE A MOTION, IT SHOULD POP UP FOR YOU TO, UH, MAKE THAT SELECTION.
THOSE WHO WILL SECOND, IT WILL MAKE THAT SELECTION AS WELL.
THEN WE'LL GIVE YOU AN OPTION TO VOTE.
AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA TRY AND GO THROUGH THIS THIS EVENING.
[10. Adoption of Consent Agenda]
IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.WE HAVE A TOTAL OF, UH, SIX ITEMS. UH, THEY ARE BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN AND ON THE AGENDA.
SO THEREFORE, I WILL NOT READ THROUGH THOSE.
IF THERE'S ANY ITEM THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO PULL, PLEASE LET ME KNOW OR PRESENT.
HAVE A REQUEST TO PULL ITEM D.
ANY OTHER ITEMS NEED TO BE REQUESTED TO PULL? ALL RIGHT.
HEARING NONE, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS? A, B, C, E, AND F.
I'M, I KNOW THAT WE ACCEPTED, UH, ADOPTED, UH, CONSENT AGENDA.
WE'RE GONNA SEE IF WE CAN GET THE SYSTEM TO WORKFORCE OR NOT.
SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND, UH, DO IT VERBALLY AND WE'LL GET TO A POINT WHERE WE'LL GET THIS DONE.
GET A FEW ACTION ITEMS ON THIS SYSTEM TO TONIGHT.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY SECRETARY MORRIS.
IT, IT'S, I NEED TO READ THE MOTION CORRECTLY, BECAUSE I DIDN'T SAY WHAT THE EXCEPTION OF THE OKAY.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPTANCE AN AGENDA.
WE HAVE A SECOND FROM TRUSTEE WOODFIELD.
AND AGAIN, THAT WILL BE TO ACCEPT, UH, AGENDA ITEMS, EXCLUDING D I TAKE A VOTE.
[10D. Consider the approval of $5,000 donation from the Lancaster Education Foundation - (G2)]
DO HAVE IEM POOL, WHICH IS D UH, CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF A $5,000 DONATION FROM THE LANGUAGE EDUCATION FOUNDATION.UH, TRUSTEE LEWIS, YOUR QUESTION.
UM, SO I'D LIKE TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARIFICATION ON, GET A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARIFICATION IN REGARDS TO WHAT THE DISTRICT'S, UM, RELATIONSHIP IS TO THE LENGTH EDUCATION FOUNDATION AND WHY WE WOULD ACCEPT $5,000 AT THIS POINT FROM THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION, GIVEN ITS MOST RECENT HISTORY.
UM, KNOW THAT I'M THE BEST AT TALK ABOUT THE HISTORY OR WHAT
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THE STANDING IS.UM, I THINK THE BACKUP, EXCUSE ME.
I THINK THE BACKUP INFORMATION IN THERE IS, UH, WE SIMPLY RECEIVED THE CHECK FOR THE DONATION, UH, THAT INDICATED THAT THERE WAS ONE FOR THE TEACHER FOR TEACHER OF THE YEAR, AS WELL AS THE EQUIPMENT PROVIDED TO THAT.
I, I NEVER EVEN SPOKE TO ANYBODY, CAME VIA, UH, MAIL TO THE DISTRICT.
AND SO, UM, ANYTHING OVER $5,000 WE BRING TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL.
SO THIS DIDN'T GO THROUGH A NORMAL PROCESS.
UM, THE FOUNDATION, UM, WHAT I UNDERSTAND EACH YEAR, AND I DIDN'T SEE THIS LAST YEAR, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR.
I'M OBVIOUSLY MY SECOND YEAR HERE, BUT, UH, I UNDERSTAND THAT EACH YEAR THEY SELECT THE TEACHER OF THE YEAR, AND THEY HAVE A PROCESS THAT THEY UTILIZE, UM, TO SELECT AND THEY AWARD THAT INDIVIDUAL AND THE SCHOOL $5,000.
UH, I UNDERSTAND THAT INDIVIDUALS ALREADY RECEIVED HER, HER DOLLARS.
UH, THIS DONATION IS FOR THE SCHOOL ITSELF.
UM, AND AGAIN, I JUST, FOLLOWING POLICY OVER $5,000, I DO KNOW SOME OF THE HISTORY.
UM, AND AGAIN, I, I HAVE TO BRING IT FORWARD BECAUSE IT WAS DONATED TO THE SCHOOL.
UM, SO THE BOARD HAS THE OPTION TO SAY YAY OR NA TO THAT.
SO I GUESS MY NEXT QUESTION WOULD BE, I SAW WHERE TI THE MONEY ACTUALLY CAME FROM TEXAS INSTRUMENT FOUNDATION.
SOME OF THEIR DOLLARS DO, YES.
SO WHY DID THIS PARTICULAR MONEY NOT COME THROUGH THEM, BUT RATHER IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING THROUGH THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION? YEAH.
THEY, THEY MAKE A DONATION TO THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION ALONG WITH BAKING ONE AS OUR PARTNERS.
UM, AND I CAN'T EXPLAIN WHY THEY DIDN'T SEND A TEST US, BUT AGAIN, IT WENT THROUGH THE FOUNDATION.
IT'S MY, UH, ASSUMPTION AS HOW THAT WORKS.
SO, UM, AGAIN, WE RECEIVED THE CHECK.
I'M NOT CASHING THAT UNTIL THE BOARD SAYS YAY OR NA.
UM, IT'S A CHECK FOR $5,000 FOR A SCHOOL.
UM, SO I'M JUST FOLLOWING THE POLICY TRULY.
UM, I DIDN'T WANT IT TO, NOT TO JUST SIT THERE.
IF THE BOARD DID APPROVE A $70,000 DONATION BY THEM.
UM, BUT THAT HAS NOT, THIS IS NOT A PART OF THAT.
THIS IS IN ADDITION TO, SO DID RECEIVE THE 70,000, UM, I DON'T THINK SO AT THIS POINT, BUT I KNOW THAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DONATED TO US.
SO THE BOARD IT BROUGHT BEFORE YOU AND YOU ALL SAID, YAY, WE'D ACCEPT IT.
UM, I HAVE NOT, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING, BUT WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT WE KEEP THOSE FUNDS SEPARATE FROM OUR GENERAL FUNDS.
SO IF WE DIDN'T LIKELY RECEIVE 70,000 AS PROMISED TO, WHY WOULD WE TAKE FIVE MORE? I'M, I'M, I'M ONLY ASKING YOU BECAUSE IT'S POLICY.
SO THAT'S, I'M PUTTING THAT OUT IN THE AIR.
BUT I APPRECIATE YOU FOR RESPONDING.
AND I GUESS, AND I MIGHT ADD TO THOUGH, AS FAR AS, AND I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE 70, BUT THE FIVE WE DO HAVE IN HAND, I MEAN, THAT'S A CHECK THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE THAT WE DO HAVE THAT.
AND IF I COULD, FROM A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, UH, THERE WAS TYPICALLY A PROGRAM AT THE END OF YEAR, EVERY YEAR IN WHICH THERE WAS A TEACHER IDENTIFIED.
AND, UH, THAT TEACHER WAS SELECTED WAS A TOTAL OF $10,000, 5,000 WENT TO THIS TEACHER.
THE OTHER 5,000 WENT TO THAT TEACHER'S SCHOOL.
AND, UH, THAT HAD BEEN GOING ON, I THINK PROBABLY LAST, FIRST ONE I RECALL WAS 2012.
UH, MY FIRST YEAR ON THE SCHOOL BOARD, IT WAS CALLED I, I HAVE THE TIGER AWARDS PROGRAM.
SO THIS HAS JUST BEEN SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN CONSISTENTLY DONE.
IT WAS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TI FOUNDATION.
I THINK THAT WAS THE FIRST YEAR WE BECAME A STEM DISTRICT.
SO THAT WAS JUST ANOTHER WAY OF THEM PARTNERING WITH US, UH, ONE FOR THE TEACHER TO, UH, SHOW HOW MUCH THEY HAD DONE IN THE AREA OF STEM.
THEN THE OTHER PIECE WAS TO GIVE BACK TO THE RESPECTIVE CAMPUS FOR THEM TO GET SOME ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES RELATED TO STEM.
SO I, I, I DO RECOGNIZE WE HAVE SOME, UH, CHALLENGES RIGHT NOW WITH THE FOUNDATION, BUT THIS HAS JUST BEEN SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN CONSISTENTLY GOING ON, UH, WHICH I THINK WILL BE OUTSIDE OF THAT SITUATION THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY HAVING.
TRUSTEE MARS, WOULD YOU ACTIVATE YOUR MICROPHONE? AND I THINK I CAN GET THAT FOR YOU.
SO I'M GONNA GO BACK A LITTLE BIT FURTHER WITH SOME HISTORY WITH THE, UH, EDUCATION FOUNDATION, BECAUSE I WAS ACTUALLY ON THE BOARD WHEN IT FIRST CAME TO LIGHT SOMEWHERE DOWN THE ROAD, THE VISION GOT LOST.
THE, THE WHOLE NAME OF THE FOUNDATION AND THE REASON OF THE FOUNDATION GOT LOST.
IT WAS LANCASTER EDUCATION FOUNDATION FOR ALL OF THE STUDENTS, ALL OF THE TEACHERS, ALL OF THE PRINCIPALS AND SCHOOLS.
THEN IT GOT OFF AS IT WAS ONE SINGLE PERSON RUNNING THE SITUATION.
AND I'M GONNA GO PRETTY FAST TO GET US WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
AND SO, WHEN ONE SINGLE PERSON WAS SAYING, WHERE MONEY WOULD GO TO ME AS A BOARD MEMBER, TO ME, CARING ABOUT OUR, OUR CITY AND OUR DISTRICT AND OUR CHILDREN, EVERYBODY
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DIDN'T HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET SOME OF THOSE FUNDRAISERS BECAUSE IT WAS FUNDRAISERS IN THE NAME OF LANCASTER INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.SO NOW WE GET TO TODAY, THERE IS A LOT GOING ON.
EVERY DOLLAR IS NOT GOOD DOLLARS.
I'M THE FIRST TO SAY WE CAN GET ONE STUDENT, BUT WE CAN GIVE A WHOLE GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS, 300 AND SOME A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
AND SO WHEN ANYONE RAISE MONEY IN THE NAME OF THE DISTRICT, WE SHOULD NOT PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT WE ARE GOING TO ACCEPT WHEN IT'S A BIGGER PICTURE OUT THERE.
BECAUSE OUR DISTRICT HAVE INTEGRITY, WE HAVE HONESTY, AND WE WANT TO, AND THIS IS THE STATEMENT, MR. GARRISON, THIS IS NOT AT YOU, CUZ I'M LOOKING AT YOU TOO.
BUT IT IS MY STATEMENT OF HISTORY THAT I KNOW FROM THE BEGINNING, UP UNTIL NOW, EVERYTHING THAT HAD BEEN DONE, AND BETWEEN 2012, I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT.
BUT WHAT I DO KNOW, EVERY SINGLE CAMPUS SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR DOLLARS.
UM, I CAN SAY OUT OUT LOUD FROM ME, CAROLYN MORRIS, UH, REPRESENTATIVE OF DISTRICT SIX, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH OUR ATTORNEYS AND MOVING FORWARD WITH TAKING ANY MONEY UNTIL WE GET TO THE RIGHT DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT THIS DISTRICT IS OWED.
THANK YOU, SECRETARY MORRIS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? I HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, IF, HOLD ON JUST A SECOND, SECRETARY.
I MEAN, UH, TRUSTEE WOODFIELD, MAKE SURE YOU'RE OKAY.
UM, THE, GIVEN MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION AND MORE, UM, AS I, YOU KNOW, JOINED THE BOARD, UM, AND WHAT IS TAKING PLACE? WHY, WHY, WHY ARE THEY STILL REPRESENTING US NTI SENDING FUNDS THROUGH THEM TO US VERSUS DIRECTLY TO US GIVING WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THEM? ONLY THING I CAN SAY IS THAT THE DONATION WAS MADE TO THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION AT SOME POINT TO, FROM THE TI FOUNDATION, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHEN.
I DO NOT, UH, I DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR BOOKS.
SO I COULDN'T TELL YOU WHEN, UM, AND ARE WE ENTITLED TO THAT? MM-HMM.
SO WE HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE BOOKS.
BUT WE DON'T HAVE, SO IN MY EXPERIENCES, UH, TRUSTEE WOODFIELD IS THAT FOUNDATIONS A STANDING PART OF AN AGENDA AND BOARD MEETINGS, AND THEY COME AND GIVE A FINANCIAL REPORT EVERY MONTH TO THE ENTIRE BOARD ABOUT WHERE ARE THEY GETTING MONEY, HOW THEY'RE SPENDING IT, ET CETERA.
BECAUSE THEY ARE RAISING MONEY ON HIGH FOR THE DISTRICT.
UM, I KNOW THAT WE'VE TRIED TO BRIDGE THAT AND WE HAVE NOT NOT BEEN MET
SO, UM, I CAN'T, I CAN'T ANSWER WHY THEY'RE NOT.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT YOU DO BY RIGHT OF BEING A BOARD MEMBER, YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THAT INFORMATION.
I CAN'T TELL YOU WHY THEY'RE NOT HERE.
UM, AND ALSO, I JUST ALSO WANT TO ADD WITH THIS, THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS COMMUNICATED BACK IN THE SPRING, I THINK TO, TO US.
WE WAITED UNTIL THE BOARD MADE A DECISION ABOUT SOME THINGS.
UH, THE FOUNDATION WENT AHEAD IN, CONTACTED THE STAFF MEMBERS AND DID THIS ON THEIR OWN, UNBEKNOWNST TO US.
SO AGAIN, I'M OBLIGATED AS A SUPERINTENDENT TO BRING THAT BEFORE YOU, BEFORE I DO ANYTHING WITH IT.
UM, AND AGAIN, I'M ONLY DOING WHAT I'M OBLIGATED TO DO AS A BOARD.
YOU CAN SAY YAY OR NA TO THOSE DOLLARS.
UM, YOU SAID WE WERE, WE APPROVED 7, 7 0, 7,000.
AND WHEN DID WE DO THIS? OH GOSH.
WAS IT, OH, IT WAS A WHILE AGO.
DECEMBER LAST YEAR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I BELIEVE.
NOW YOU ASKING ME TO USE MY MEMORY ON THAT ONE? IT'S OKAY.
IT WAS, IT WAS BEFORE, BEFORE MY TIME.
I THINK THAT, UH, THAT INFORMATION CAME FORWARD.
UH, MR. VICE PRESIDENT, THIS SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING OF A, A STRAINED CONVERSATION.
AND THE BIG ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM IS WE ALL KNOW WE'RE AT AN INFLECTION POINT WITH THIS ORGANIZATION AND TO JUST HAVE MONEY COME.
IT'S NOT THE MONEY, IT'S JUST HAVE MONEY COME OUT OF THE BLUE WHEN WE KNOW WE SHOULD HAVE THINGS GOING ON.
SO I'M GONNA REQUEST THAT WE PUT THIS VERY ISSUE ON AN AGENDA UPCOMING, BECAUSE
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IT'S HIGH PAST TIME WE DID SOMETHING ABOUT THIS AND GOT, GOT THIS TAKEN CARE OF ONCE AND FOR ALL.MAYBE IT'S GOTTA GO IN, UH, EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UH, DO WE NOT IT, UH, SO THIS IS AN ITEM FOR ACTION.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE $5,000 DONATION FROM THE LANGUAGE EDUCATION FOUNDATION? MS. VICE PRESIDENT APPROVED THAT WE ACCEPT A DONATION OF $5,000 FROM THE L.
HAVE A MOTION FROM TRUSTEE STEVENSON.
DO I A SECOND? I HAVE A SECOND.
IT'S BEEN PROBABLY A MOTION AND SECONDED.
SO THE MONEY WILL GO TO THE, UH, WILL BE ACCEPTED.
WE WILL, UH, TALK TO GETTING THIS ON A FUTURE AGENDA FOR US TO GET THIS ISSUE RESOLVED WITH THE LANGUAGE EDUCATION FOUNDATION.
MR. JONES, WITH US ACCEPTING THESE FUNDS, DO THIS AUTOMATICALLY GO DIRECTLY TO THE TEACHER? OR WILL THESE FUNDS BE HELD UNTIL WE DISCUSS THIS ON THE AGENDA? THE TEACHERS ALREADY RECEIVED THEIR FUNDS.
IT WENT DIRECTLY TO THE, IT WENT DIRECTLY TO, DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT IT.
THESE FUNDS ARE COMING TO THE DISTRICT.
THIS 5,000 IS FOR THE DISTRICT PORTION.
5,000 WENT TO THE TEACHER, 5,000 GOES TO THE CAMPUS.
SO WE'RE ACCEPTING THAT AMOUNT THAT'S COMING TO THE CAMPUS.
AND I BELIEVE THAT IS FOR HOUSTON ELEMENTARY, I BELIEVE.
THIS WILL GO TO HOUSTON, CORRECT? OH, HELL, YOU KNOW, THE MONEY IS THE MONEY.
BUT TO ME, IT'S ALSO PROBLEMATIC THAT WE HAVE SOMEBODY COMMUNICATING DIRECTLY WITH STAFF.
AND THAT WAS COMMUNICATED TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE FOUNDATION THAT SHOULD NOT BE COMMUNICATING WITH OUR STAFF MEMBERS, UM, ABOUT THINGS LIKE THIS WITHOUT BOARD TAKING ACTION.
SO AGAIN, THAT WAS COMMUNICATED WITHOUT AMBULANCES TO US.
THEN WE GET A CHECK ALL OF A SUDDEN THAT IT'S BEEN AWARDED.
UM, AND SO AGAIN, I'M OBLIGATED SUPERINTENDENT, ANY DONATIONS TO BRING THEM BEFORE YOU.
I HAVE TO REITERATE, THIS SHOULD BE A VERY HIGH PRIORITY.
I WILL PROVIDE IT TO, UH, BOARD PRESIDENT, AND OF COURSE, DR.
SO I'M QUITE SURE THIS WILL BE PART OF OUR NEXT, UH, AGENDA, EITHER AT A CALL BOARD MEETING OR A REGULAR BOARD MEETING.
AND CONGRATULATIONS, UH, HOUSTON ELEMENTARY ON THIS, UH, RECIPIENT OF $5,000 THAT YOU CAN APPLY TOWARDS SOME OTHER STEM WORK AND, UH, MAXIMIZING THE USE OF THESE DOLLARS TO IMPACT STUDENT OUTCOMES.
[11A. Discussion and possible approval of roof restoration at JD Hall Learning Center - (G2, G3) - Roger Oster, Presenter]
ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF THE ROOF FRUSTRATION AT JD HALL LEARNING CENTER, WHICH, UH, DR.MATTHEWS SO ELOQUENTLY SPOKE ABOUT DURING HER PRESENTATION.
UH, FORWARD, UH, MR. STER WHO WILL PRESENT THAT INFORMATION TO YOU.
MR. OER, THE FLOOR IS YOURS, SIR.
GOOD EVENING, VICE PRESIDENT JONES AND DISTINGUISHED BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DR.
I'M HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT THE RECOMMENDATION FOR ROOF RESTORATION AT JD HALL LEARNING CENTER.
JD HALL LEARNING CENTER ROOF HAS SOME DEFICIENCIES, A MAJOR ONE BEING THE WOODS FA, THE WOOD FA SHOW AROUND THE ROOF'S PERIMETER.
I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU SOME EXAMPLES OF THAT.
THIS IS UP ON TOP OF THE ROOF, AND THIS IS, UH, THE PORTABLE.
SO THE PORTABLE IS MISSING SOME SH UH, SHINGLES THERE, AND SOME GRANULARS MISSING FROM THE SHINGLES AS WELL.
OVER TIME, THREE QUOTES WERE SOLICITED THROUGH OMNI PARTNERS COOPERATIVE.
LUCKILY, MCCLUNG ROOFING HAD GREAT REFERENCES AND THE BEST QUOTE FOR SAVINGS TO CONTINUE MORE CAPITAL OUTLAY PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT THIS YEAR.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MENTION THAT PAT RAINEY'S ROOF WAS INSTALLED BY MCCLUNG ROOFING AND WAS ONE OF THE FEW ROOFS IN THE DISTRICT THAT HAD NO LEAKS REPORTED.
AUGUST 22ND, THE DISTRICT RESPECTFULLY RECOMMENDS BOARD APPROVAL FOR ROOF RESTORATION AT JD HALL LEARNING CENTER AT A COST OF 198,850.
THE RESTORATION WILL ALSO COME WITH A 20 YEAR WARRANTY WITH YOUR APPROVAL, WE ESTIMATE STARTING OCTOBER 10TH AND COMPLETING OCTOBER 24TH.
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ANY, UH, QUESTIONS? I'M JUMPING AHEAD.IS THIS THE ONLY, UM, PROJECT OR ONLY ISSUE THAT'S GOING ON WITH JD HALL, OR IS THERE OTHER LIST OF ISSUES? THEY HAVE SOME OTHER ISSUES.
THIS IS A MAJOR ONE THAT THEY HAVE THOUGH.
SO ALONG WITH THIS, OF COURSE, UM, HAVE THE OTHER ONES HAVE ALREADY BEEN RESOLVED OR NOT YET? THIS IS THE FIRST THING WE'RE TARGETING.
WE'VE RESOLVED SOME, LIKE, THERE WAS SOME LOCKERS TO BE REMOVED, SOME PAINT THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE.
UM, SOME, THE SPRINKLER SYSTEMS HADN'T RAN IN A GOOD WHILE.
I CERTAINLY DIDN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT EITHER.
MR. JONES, TRUSTEE JONES, UH, SECRETARY MORRISS, THANK YOU.
UH, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS TO US.
AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, IF I HAD A MILLION, I WOULD GIVE IT TO JD HOME.
UNFORTUNATELY, I, BUT I WILL SAY THIS, THIS IS A START.
UH, WE DON'T WANT THE 40 DAYS AND 40 NIGHTS TO COME
UH, BUT WE DO LOOK FORWARD TO ONE DAY BEING ABLE TO VOTE ON A NEW JD HALL.
AND UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF DR.
UH, PERRERA, I FEEL CONFIDENT THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD.
WE GOTTA CRAWL A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE GETTING THERE.
CAN WE HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION? OH, TRUSTEE LEWIS, WITH THE SELECTION OF THE COMPANY THAT YOU CHOSE OR YOU'RE RECOMMENDING, WHY IT OVER THE OTHER TWO OTHER THAN ITS COST? UH, THEY HAD THE MOST EXPERIENCE OUT OF THE OTHER TWO, UH, OVER 20 YEARS.
AND, UH, THEY HAD THE QUICKEST TURNAROUND TIME.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, FULL, FULL REPLACEMENT IS PRETTY EVASIVE AND USUALLY IS DONE IN THE SUMMER.
THIS IS GONNA BE A REST RESTORATION.
AND IT'LL BE, UH, AUGUST 10TH THROUGH AUGUST 24TH.
WHAT, ONE LAST QUESTION FOR YOU.
WHAT TYPE OF MAINTENANCE WILL TAKE PLACE OR SCHEDULE OF MAINTENANCE WILL TAKE PLACE? I, I THINK ONE OF THE PHOTOS SHOWED, UH, TREES OR, YEAH.
SO, SO WHEN, WHEN THEY START THE PROJECT, WE'LL BE TRIMMING THOSE TREES BACK AWAY FROM THE BUILDING.
AND THIS IS JUST ONE OF MANY BUILDINGS THAT THIS NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
AND WE, WE ALSO NEED TO BE DOING THIS AT BELINE ELEMENTARY.
THERE'S SOME TREES THERE THAT HANG OVER THE BUILDING, AND IT'S SWEEPING AWAY SOME OF THE, THE ROCKS THAT ARE UP ON TOP OF IT.
AND, UH, THERE, THERE'S A FEW OTHER ONES OUT THERE.
I'D HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT FOR FAR AS THE TREES GO.
BUT WE'RE, WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE DISTRICT AND TRIMMING THOSE UP.
THERE NO OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, THIS WILL REQUIRE A MOTION, UH, TRUSTEE.
UM, JONES, MAY I MAKE A MOTION, PLEASE? I GRACIOUSLY, GRACIOUSLY MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE ROOF FOR JD HALL.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY SECRETARY MORRIS TO APPROVE THE ROOF RESTORATION AT JD HALL.
AND SECONDED BY TRUSTEE WOODFIELD.
I'D LIKE TO TELL STAFF TO, UH, BEGIN TO SEND SOME KUDOS TO, UH, DR.
HE'S SPEAKING STUFF INTO EXISTENCE.
SO,
OUR TOUR, TRUSTEE JONES ISEL WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT, UM, THIS WORK IS SUPPOSED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END, END OF OCTOBER.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE BOARD WERE AWARE OF THAT.
WEATHER, WEATHER PERMITTING,
THE, UH, NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA ALLOWS HIM TO REMAIN UP AT THE PODIUM, IS THE DISCUSSION
[11B. Discussion and possible approval of the lease agreement with Enterprise for eight (8) fleet vehicles - (G2, G3) Roger Oster, Presenter]
IMPOSSIBLE.APPROVAL OF A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH ENTERPRISE FOR EIGHT FLEET VEHICLES OUR CAREER.
MR. OSTER, YOU STILL HAVE THE FLOOR, SIR? GOOD EVENING.
I'M MUCH NEEDED, UH, THINGS AS WELL, SO I'LL LET YOU TALK.
UM, HERE AGAIN TO PRESENT THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO LEASE EIGHT FLEET VEHICLES FROM ENTERPRISE BEFORE DYLAN COLEMAN AND BOBBY GEORGE WITH ENTERPRISE PRESENTS.
I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW YOU THE VEHICLES OPERATIONS WOULD LIKE TO REPLACE 56.
THE TOP LEFT CORNER THERE IS A 1977
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CHEVY BOX TRUCK DIESEL WITH 184,000 MILES ON IT.UH, NUMBER 68 NEXT TO IT HAS A 1998 FORD F-150.
UH, HAS 122,000 MILES ON IT, AND THE AC IS CURRENTLY OUT ONE OF OUR GROUNDS LEAD.
ONE OF THE MAIN GROUNDS GUYS THAT TAKES CARE OF ALL OF OUR SMALL ENGINE REPAIRS, DRIVES THAT EVERY DAY.
AND, UH, HE, HE'S BEEN ASKING FOR SOME AC ALL SUMMER LONG, ONE OF THE HOTTEST SUMMERS ON RECORD.
HE'S BEEN ASKING FOR AC AND, UH, THERE'S SEVERAL VEHICLES ON THIS LIST.
ALL OF THEM ARE OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND MILES.
UM, THE MAJOR ONES, THESE ARE THE MAJOR ONES THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO REPLACE.
AND, UH, I'LL GIVE, UH, DYLAN THE FLOOR HERE.
UH, I DO WANNA THANK Y'ALL FOR, UM, ALLOW US TO COME OUT.
UM, AS ROGER STATED, MY NAME'S DYLAN COLEMAN.
UH, I'LL BE HERE WITH MY AREA MANAGER, BOBBY GEORGE.
UH, PRESENTING ON BEHALF OF ENTERPRISE FLEET MANAGEMENT.
UM, SO I DID HAVE THE PLEASURE OF GOING THROUGH, UH, THE PROCESS WITH ROGER, UM, AND TODD, UM, AND ANALYZING THE FLEE FOR, UM, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
UM, WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT, UH, THERE IS POTENTIAL, UH, FOR SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS, UM, IN ADDITION TO, UH, IMPROVED EFFICIENCIES WITHIN THE FLEET.
UH, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, BEING ABLE TO REPLACE SOME OF YOUR OLDER AGED UNITS WITH NEWER AND SAFER VEHICLES ON THE ROAD.
SO WHAT THIS WILL DO FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS NOT ONLY GIVE Y'ALL A BETTER BRAND IMAGE, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY HAVE YOUR EMPLOYEES AND STAFF AND SAFE VEHICLES ON THE ROAD.
UM, SO I WANNA KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH THE STATE OF THE UNION OF HOW THE FLEET STANDS TODAY.
SO, UM, IN ANALYZING, UM, YOUR FLEET, UH, ROUGHLY 80%, UM, IS EITHER AT THAT 10 YEAR AGE OR OLDER.
SO WITH THIS IS DOING, UM, IS DRIVING UP Y'ALL'S MAINTENANCE, UM, AND FUEL EXPENSES.
UM, SO AT THE CYCLE THAT Y'ALL ARE ON RIGHT NOW, WE ESTIMATE IT WOULD ROUGHLY TAKE ABOUT 17 YEARS TO BE ABLE TO CYCLE OUT THE FLEET.
SO WHAT CAN WE DO TO COME IN AND HELP THAT ONE? WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO HELP Y'ALL TAKE, UM, AND UTILIZE WHAT'S CALLED A MARKET EQUITY FINANCE.
SO INSTEAD OF Y'ALL GOING OUT AND BUYING THOSE EIGHT VEHICLES, UM, FOR THE FULL AMOUNT, WE'RE ABLE TO USE WHAT'S CALLED THE MARKET EQUITY FINANCE.
SO YOU'RE ESSENTIALLY FINANCING 80% OF THE VEHICLE, BUT ON THE BACK END, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS GONNA RETAIN 20% EQUITY.
SO WHAT THIS DOES IS HELP Y'ALL DO MORE WITH LESS.
UM, ON TOP OF THAT, WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO DRIVE DOWN Y'ALL'S OPERATIONAL COST.
UH, SO WE ESTIMATE ROUGHLY ABOUT 25% IN FUEL SAVINGS.
UM, AND THEN ON THE MAINTENANCE SIDE, RIGHT NOW Y'ALL ARE ROUGHLY SPENDING ABOUT $55,000 A YEAR.
ONCE Y'ALL ARE FULLY VESTED WITH US A COUPLE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, WE ESTIMATE THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO DRIVE THAT DOWN TO JUST WRITE OVER $15,000.
WE'LL ALSO BE ABLE TO HELP Y'ALL WITH A PROACTIVE FLEET PLAN RATHER THAN REACTIVE.
MEANING Y'ALL, WHEN A VEHICLE GOES DOWN, Y'ALL ARE IN A RUSH TO GO FIND A NEW ONE.
THE MARKER RIGHT NOW IS VERY UNIQUE.
IT'S VERY HARD TO FIND VEHICLES.
UM, SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TO HELP Y'ALL WITH.
UM, WHEN YOU TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE ACQUISITION SAVINGS, UH, THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO HELP Y'ALL, UM, DRIVE DOWN, AND THEN ALSO THE OPERATIONAL.
AND THEN ON THE BACK END, UH, WE'RE ENTERPRISE HOLDINGS.
SO WE ARE THE, THE LARGEST BUYER AND SOLAR VEHICLES IN THE WORLD.
SO, UM, WE ARE ABLE TO GO ON YOUR BEHALF AND SELL THESE VEHICLES ON THE BACK END TO UN TRAP EQUITY TO PUT BACK INTO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SO WHEN YOU TAKE ALL THAT INTO ACCOUNT, WE ESTIMATE SAVINGS OVER THE NEXT, UH, EIGHT YEARS TO BE ROUGHLY, UM, $82,500.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THAT? I DID.
UM, DID YOU SAY YOU HAD A QUESTION? YES, SIR.
MR. COLEMAN, UM, TRUSTEE WHITFIELD, WILL YOU BRING YOUR MICROPHONE DOWN? CAN YOU TURN THIS MIC ON? SORRY.
UM, WHAT IS THE AVERAGE COST TO PURCHASE THESE VEHICLES VERSUS LEASING? CUZ YOU'RE SPEAKING OF LEASING THE VEHICLES, CORRECT? YEAH.
SO, UM, AGAIN, THIS IS, IS GONNA BE A MARKET EQUITY FINANCE.
UM, IT'S NOT A DEALERSHIP LEASE.
SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THERE'S NO MILEAGE RESTRICTIONS AND THERE'S NO WEARING TEAR FEES.
SO JUST TO KEEP THE MOUSE SIMPLE, LET'S SAY THAT Y'ALL ARE GOING TO ACQUIRE A $30,000 VEHICLE INSTEAD OF YOU GOING ON BEHALF OF LANCASTER ISSD AND TAKING 30 GRAND OUT OF, UH, Y'ALL'S BUDGET.
AND OVER THE COURSE OF, LET'S SAY FOUR YEARS, YOU ONLY PAY 23 500 OF
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THAT.WE WOULD ACTUALLY WRITE THAT VEHICLE DOWN TO A REDUCED BOOK VALUE.
SO AT THE END OF THE FOUR YEARS, WHEN WE GO SELL THE VEHICLE FOR Y'ALL, Y'ALL ARE STILL OWE 6,500 ON IT.
WE WOULD ESTIMATE THAT WE COULD SELL THAT VEHICLE FOR LET'S SAY, 12,000.
Y'ALL NOW ARE IN A EQUITY POSITION OF 5,500.
NOW, SOME DISTRICTS WILL TAKE THAT BACK IN AS A CHECK.
UM, A LOT OF OUR, UM, CLIENTS WILL ACTUALLY ROLL THAT INTO THE NEXT VEHICLE.
SO NOW, INSTEAD OF GOING OUT FOUR YEARS LATER TO BUY A $30,000 VEHICLE, LET'S WITH INFLATION, UM, YOU'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY 27.
SO IT MAKES IT VERY SUSTAINABLE ON A LONG TERM.
WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU'RE UPSIDE DOWN? SO WE, WE ARE VERY AGGRESSIVE WITH OUR DEPRECIATION OF THESE.
UM, SO WHEN WE GO TO BUY THE VEHICLE, WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL THE COSTS ASSOCIATED.
UM, AND WE WILL GET INTO IT A LITTLE BIT LATER ON, UM, THE FINANCIAL ANALYSIS THAT WE SET TOGETHER.
BUT ANOTHER, UH, WE, WE LOOK AT THE ACQUISITION COSTS, ALL THE OPERATIONAL COSTS, AND THEN, UM, WHAT, WHEN IS THE RIGHT POINT TO SELL THAT VEHICLE FOR Y'ALL TO RUN THAT VEHICLE AT THE LOWEST COST PER MILE? AND ONCE A COMMENT ON THAT, I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD.
UM, I VERY RARELY SEE ANY GOVERNMENT ENTITIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS BE UPSIDE DOWN IN VEHICLES.
ONE, BECAUSE YOU DON'T PAY TAXES ON 'EM, RIGHT.
UM, BUT ALSO YOU HAVE GOVERNMENT BUY BOARD TIPS OR SOURCE WELL, THAT WE PIGGYBACK OFF OF.
SO YOU HAVE ONE OF THE STRONGEST BUYS OUT THERE.
SO ESPECIALLY IN THIS ENVIRONMENT, YOU'RE REALLY RIGHT SIDE UP, RIGHT OUT THE GATE.
SO, AND YOU OFFER THE, AND JUST CLARIFICATION, YOU OFFER MAINTENANCE, FREE MAINTENANCE FOR THESE VEHICLES.
SO WE DO HAVE A PROGRAM TO WHERE THESE VEHICLES LATER ON DOWN THE ROAD, UM, CAN GO ONTO A FULL MAINTENANCE RATE.
UM, SO IT WOULD BE COVERED THROUGH A FAT, A, A FLAT LINE FEE THAT WON'T CHANGE, UM, FROM MONTH ONE TO WHATEVER MONTH.
UM, IT ENDS UP CYCLING THAT NOW WITH, UM, GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH TODD, UM, AND, UH, ROGER, THEY HAVE, UH, UM, TO, TO BEGIN THE PARTNERSHIP WITH.
THEY JUST WANT TO KEEP THE, THE MAINTENANCE IN HOUSE.
SO ALL MAINTENANCE IS IN HOUSE.
SO WE STILL WILL HAVE TO COVER THE MAINTENANCE OF THE VEHICLES.
I MEAN, WE TAKE CARE OF THE MAINTENANCE OF THE VEHICLES.
THE MAINTENANCE WOULD STAY IN HOUSE, BUT YOUR MAINTENANCE EXPENSES ARE GONNA BE, UM, DRIVEN DOWN BECAUSE YOU'RE GETTING RID OF YOUR, YOUR OLDER VEHICLES THAT ARE PROBABLY COSTING THE MOST MAINTENANCE.
UM, AND HOW, AND AT THIS MOMENT YOU STATED THAT, UM, WELL, YOU MAY NOT HAVE STATED, BUT WHAT WOULD BE IDEAL? AVERAGE CONTRACT? WAIT FOR HOW LONG? HOW LONG A WEEK LEASE? YES.
SO WE ASSESSED YOUR FLEET AND FOR MAJORITY OF THE VEHICLES THAT Y'ALL ARE RUNNING MM-HMM.
NOW WITH THAT BEING SAID, Y'ALL ARE NOT HANDCUFFED INTO THAT.
THERE'S, THERE'S SOME CIRCUMSTANCES, ESPECIALLY HOW THE MARKET IS WHERE WE MAY MAKE A RECOMMENDATION FOR Y'ALL TO CYCLE OUT EARLIER MM-HMM.
WE HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION FROM TRUSTEE COURSE.
UH, IF I MAY ASK, WOULD YOU GO BACK TO THE STATEMENT YOU MADE ABOUT THE FUEL MM-HMM.
UM, SO AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, UM, WITH OVER THE NEXT EIGHT YEARS, WE ESTIMATE THAT WE'RE GONNA REDUCE Y'ALL'S FUEL ABOUT 25%.
AND THE REASON BEING IS, UM, WITH THE OLDER FLEET, YOU START LOSING, UH, FUEL MILEAGE THROUGH FUEL DEGRADATION.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE THE INFLATION WITH FUEL COST.
UM, THE MANUFACTURERS HAVE WHAT'S CALLED A CAFE REQUIREMENT.
SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS EVERY MODEL YEAR THAT THEY PUT OUT, THEY HAVE TO INCREASE THE FUEL TECHNOLOGY WITHIN IT.
SO BY REPLACING YOUR OLDER FLEET WITH NEWER FUEL TECHNOLOGY, YOUR FUEL COSTS ARE GOING TO BE DRIVEN DOWN.
SO MR. ORCHARD, I WOULD, MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE THE FUTURE LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING ELECTRIC.
SO WHY ARE WE TALKING GAS? I THINK WHAT I LOOKED AT EARLIER DOESN'T INDICATE ANY OF THESE EIGHT VEHICLES, UM, TO BE ANY PART OF HYBRID ELECTRIC OR ANYTHING.
WE'RE TALKING COMPLETELY GAS ENGINE.
ALSO, I THINK THE WOODFIELD ASKED A QUESTION AND THE ANSWER WAS FOUR YEARS.
UH, IF I'M CORRECT, I READ 60 MONTHS, WHICH EQUATES TO FIVE YEARS.
AM I, AM I MISREADING? SORRY, THAT WAS MY MISTAKE.
I WAS GOING OFF OF THE EXAMPLE JUST TO KEEP THE MOUTH ON THE MARKET.
THOSE ARE ALL EIGHT VEHICLES ARE GOING TO 60 MONTHS.
AND I, MY SUGGESTION WOULD ALSO BE NOT TO LEASE, BUT RATHER PURCHASE THE VEHICLES.
UM, I'VE LEASED VEHICLES IN THE PAST AND THINK THE LAST TIME I I LEASED IT, I MADE A DECISION WITH MYSELF THAT I WOULD NEVER LEASE AGAIN BECAUSE IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO LEASE A VEHICLE.
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A HIGH END CAR, BUT FOR WHAT I CAN AFFORD, IT DID NOT MAKE SENSE FOR ME TO CONTINUE ON WITH MY NEXT VEHICLE BEING A LEASE.SO I DON'T KNOW WHY, IF WE'RE NOT BUYING BUSES, I DON'T KNOW WHY THE DISTRICT WOULD EVEN ENTERTAIN A LEASE PURCHASE THE VEHICLE, BE DONE WITH IT.
THERE'S NO MAINTENANCE THAT COME, NO FREE MAINTENANCE THAT COMES WITH IT.
SO THERE'S NO INCENTIVE FOR US TO DO, TO DO IT THAT WAY, PURCHASE THE VEHICLES.
WE, WE HAVE TO DO IT IN HOUSE.
SO I, AND IN FACT, I THINK I'LL USE IT AS AN EXAMPLE.
IF, IF WE PURCHASE A F THREE 50, THAT VEHICLE HAS A WARRANTY THROUGH FORD FOR A NUMBER OF MONTHS ANYWAY.
SO, WELL, WE HAVE, WE HAVE A LARGE NEED.
THERE'S SEVERAL VEHICLES UP THERE AND THIS CAN GET US JUMP STARTED ON A REAL REPLACEMENT IN HOUSE GOING FORWARD.
UM, LIKE THAT BOX TRUCK, I THINK WE, WE HAVE BUDGETED NOW FOR 120,000 THIS YEAR FOR VEHICLES.
THAT BOX TRUCK WOULD RUN YOU ROUGHLY A HUNDRED THOUSAND FOR THAT BOX TRUCK.
UM, THIS WOULD GET US JUMP STARTED.
JUST THESE, THESE VEHICLES HERE IS EIGHT VEHICLES, AND THEN NEXT YEAR WE'LL BUY TWO IN-HOUSE AND SLOWLY GET OFF THE LEASE.
I, I, WELL LET ME ASK YOU THIS QUESTION.
HOW MANY VEHICLES TOTAL ARE WE TALKING IN YOUR LIGHT, MEDIUM DUTY? HOW MANY ARE WE TALKING? UH, WE, WE HAVE RIGHT OFF HAND.
CAN I, CAN I JUST ADDRESS THE LEASE? I THINK THERE, IT'S, IT'S WORTH MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S SOME CLARITY ON THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A TRADITIONAL LEASE LIKE YOU TALK ABOUT AND AN EQUITY OR MARKET FINANCE LEASE.
AS DYLAN WAS TALKING ABOUT YOU GUYS, IF YOU GO LEASE A VEHICLE TODAY, AND IT'S THE SAME REASON I WOULDN'T DO THAT FOR MY WIFE OR MYSELF.
I WOULD RUN THE VEHICLE AND LIKELY HAVE, YOU KNOW, MILEAGE TURN IN FEES, WEARING TEAR PENALTIES.
THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT COME ALONG WITH THE REGULAR LEASE.
SO AS THE AVERAGE CONSUMER, I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU AT LEAST DOESN'T TYPICALLY MAKE SENSE FOR A MARKET EQUITY FINANCE OR AN EQUITY LEASE.
IT'S JUST PURELY A CASHFLOW MECHANISM SO YOU RETAIN ALL THE EQUITY ON THE BACK END.
SO THAT'S A BIG DIFFERENTIATOR BETWEEN THE TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF LEASES.
SO I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP THAT IN MIND.
UH, BEFORE, UH, TRUSTEE JONES, AFTER MR. UH, TRUSTEE CLUELESS SPEAK, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING FOR MR. GARRISON COME UP.
CLUELESS, YOU COMPLAINED WITH YOUR QUESTIONS, MR. OR WHAT, WHAT IS THE, THE AVERAGE COST OF, OR DO YOU HAVE COST COMPARISONS TODAY? WERE YOU'RE ASKING FOR LEASE? UM, BUT I DON'T THINK I SAW ANY, ANY OF THE INFORMATION YOU PROVIDED WHERE YOU GAVE AN ACTUAL DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR AN F THREE 50.
I'M GONNA STEP IN AND SPEAK ON A LITTLE BIT OF THAT.
SO WHATEVER THE, THE AMOUNTS THAT ARE THERE, THEY'RE BASICALLY BUYING THESE THROUGH OUR COOPERATIVE.
SO WHATEVER PRICES THEY HAVE THERE, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO BE, WE'RE BASICALLY GIVING THEM THE AUTHORITY TO PURCHASE THOSE VEHICLES THROUGH LEASE THROUGH OUR PURCHASING COOPERATIVE.
SO, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY I 100% AGREE WITH YOU ON THE LEASE.
AND I WILL SAY THESE GUYS HAVE HAD SOME TOUGH CONVERSATIONS WITH ME BECAUSE I'VE TURNED THIS PROGRAM DOWN TWICE BEFORE IN A D DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCE.
BUT OUR CIRCUMSTANCES HERE, UM, THIS BENEFITS US IN A WAY THAT IT WOULDN'T HAVE IN A, IN ANOTHER DISTRICT.
AND THEY, THEY ALSO KNOW MY STANCE.
AND, AND ROGER MENTIONED THAT EARLIER, THAT WE DO HAVE SUCH A NEED THAT WE CAN, I AGREE WITH YOU, WE, WE, WE SHOULD DO IS GO PURCHASE THESE VEHICLES BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GONNA RUN.
I DON'T, I DON'T WANT STEAL YOUR THUNDER HERE AND GET ON STEP ON YOUR TOES, BUT I, I'LL, I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, AS A DISTRICT, I REALLY DON'T CARE HOW MUCH EQUITY WE HAVE IN A VEHICLE.
UM, WE'RE NOT HERE FOR EQUITY IN VEHICLES.
WE'RE HERE FOR RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION AND GET THE MOST USE AND MOST EQUITY OUT OF OUR DOLLARS FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING TO DO THAT WITH WHERE WE'RE AT TO GO BUY THESE VEHICLES.
ROGER MENTIONED THAT BOX TRUCK ALONE'S PROBABLY AT CLOSE TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT'S ACCURATE.
CAUSE WE PURCHASED, I PURCHASED ONE LAST YEAR AND IT WAS $90,000.
UM, SO WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BEING ABLE TO PUT EIGHT VEHICLES IN OUR FLEET AND ON THE GROUND AND FUNCTIONAL WITHIN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, WE WOULD, IT, IT, AS THEY SAID, IT WOULD TAKE US SEVERAL YEARS OR WE HAVE TO GO TO THE BANK, TAKE OUT A LOAN, WHICH IS THE ESSENTIALLY THE SAME THING AS THE LEASE.
DO A FIVE YEAR PROGRAM TO BUY THESE SAME VEHICLES TO MAINTAIN THEM AND START CYCLING THEM OUT.
AS, AS ROGER MENTIONED THIS, THIS REALLY HELPS US JUMPSTART THAT PROGRAM WHERE WE CAN PUT, PUT THIS IN, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A FIVE YEAR LEASE, WE CAN CASH OUT WITH THEM ANYTIME WE WANT.
AND TO YOUR POINT EARLIER, AGREED, MOST PEOPLE KNOW THAT A, A A VEHICLE'S A POOR INVESTMENT, YOU'RE, IT'S GONNA DEPRECIATE THE MINUTE YOU DRIVE IT OFF THE LOT THAT DOESN'T EXIST FOR
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US AS A DISTRICT.THAT F THREE 50 HE TALKED ABOUT, WE CAN PROBABLY GO BUY THAT TRUCK.
NOW, DON'T QUOTE ME ON THIS, BUT I'M JUST MAKING THIS UP WITHOUT EVEN SEEING THIS.
THE LAST ONE WE'VE HEARD THAT I WAS INVOLVED IN PURCHASING, WE PAID 30, UH, WAS IT 38? 48,000, 38.
THAT TRUCK WAS SELL FOR $67,000 OFF THE LOT OF THE DEALERSHIP.
SO BECAUSE OF OUR GOVERNMENT PUR PURCHASING WE'RE, WE DON'T PAY TAX, WE'RE GONNA GET THEM AT THE ROCK BOTTOM PRICE.
SO WE HAVE INSTANT EQUITY IN THESE VEHICLES.
AND SO WHEN THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT A FIVE YEAR LEASE, AND WE MAY BE SELLING 'EM IN TWO TO THREE YEARS, I WOULD NEVER PUT TIRES ON A VEHICLE THAT WE PURCHASE BECAUSE THERE ARE NO NEED TO.
WE CAN DRIVE IT FOR TWO YEARS, SELL IT FOR MORE THAN WE PAID FOR IT AND BUY ANOTHER ONE.
NEVER HAVE TO PAY A DIME FOR IT.
SO WHAT THIS DOES IS PUT US WITH EIGHT VEHICLES ON THE GROUND IMMEDIATELY SO THAT WE'RE IN THE MARKET, WE CAN START CYCLING THESE OUT.
AND WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST AND WHAT ROGER AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT IS IF WE HAVE VEHICLES THAT TRAVEL FAR, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TAKING, YOU KNOW, SAN ANTONIO, AUSTIN, THAT KIND OF THING, THAT NEED TO BE IN NEWER CONDITION, WE MAY CONSIDER KEEPING THESE ON A LEASE WHERE WE ARE ROTATING THEM OUT SO THAT THOSE ARE IN GOOD SHAPE.
OUR VEHICLES THAT ARE MAINTENANCE, THAT WE NEED 'EM TO BE FUNCTIONAL, HAVE AIR CONDITIONING BE RELIABLE.
THEY'RE NOT GONNA WANNA HEAR THIS, BUT WE CAN RUN THOSE VEHICLES FOR 10, 12 YEARS BECAUSE AGAIN, I DON'T CARE IF THEY HAVE EQUITY IN 'EM, WE CARE IF THEY'RE SAFE, THEY'RE RELIABLE AND WE CAN OPERATE OUT OF THEM.
BUT WE DO, YOU KNOW, THAT DOES PUT US IN A POSITION.
SO IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF A UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCE.
I'M, I'M VERY UPFRONT, I WANNA KNOW WHERE ARE YOU MAKING YOUR MONEY? HOW ARE YOU MAKING MONEY ON THIS? THEY MAKE A MANAGEMENT FEE, UM, TO HELP US SOURCE THAT.
BECAUSE AGAIN, FOR ROGER AND I TO GO OUT AND BID AND TRY TO TAKE ON THE PROJECT PURCHASING EIGHT VEHICLES, IT'S A LOT OF WORK TO GO DO THAT.
NOT THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA BE PAID TO DO THAT, BUT THEY HAVE MORE BUYING POWER TO DO THAT.
THEY HAVE MORE CONTACTS TO DO THAT.
THEY CAN DO THAT MORE EFFICIENTLY.
SO THAT, I FEEL LIKE THAT THAT SERVICE FEE'S WORTHWHILE, UH, AGAIN, WE'RE USING OUR PURCHASING CO-OP, THEY'RE GONNA, WE'RE PURCHASING AT THE SAME RATE WE WOULD'VE GOTTEN 'EM, THEY'RE GONNA MAKE A SMALL MARGIN ON THAT AND THEY, AND THEY SHOULD, UH, I FEEL LIKE IT, UH, WHAT THEY'VE OFFERED US IS, IS BENEFICIAL TO US.
I FEEL LIKE THAT'S WHAT EVERY CONTRACT SHOULD BE.
IF THEY CAN'T MAKE MONEY, THEY WOULDN'T BE IN BUSINESS.
BUT IT'S ALSO BENEFICIAL IN MY OPINION FOR THIS PROGRAM FOR US AT THIS TIME.
AND THEN WE COULD CYCLE OFF OF THIS SLOWLY OR KEEP A SMALL PORTION OF THAT ON THERE WHILE WE'RE DOING THIS.
THE, LIKE YOU SAID, THE OTHER OPTION WOULD BE TO PURCHASE THE VEHICLES THAT RIGHT, BUT GO TO THE BANK AND TAKING OUT A LOAN, THEIR FEE IS GONNA BE REAL SIMILAR TO THAT.
SO YOU'RE TALKING PENNIES ON THE DOLLARS FOR WHAT THEY'RE MAKING VERSUS WHAT IT WOULD TAKE FOR US TO GO BUY THESE VEHICLES, SOURCE THESE VEHICLES, MANAGE, SELL 'EM OUT AT THE TOP END OF EQUITY AND THEN PAY AN INTEREST ON TOP OF THAT.
SO THE RECENT VEHICLE THAT WAS PURCHASED AND THAT BEING THE POLICE TRUCK, WAS THAT A LEASE OR WAS THAT A PURCHASE? PURCHASE? SO WHY DID WE PURCHASE IT AS OPPOSED TO LEASING? WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, CAUSE AGAIN, I THINK WE SHOULD BE PURCHASING JUST TO BE CLEAR AND WE'RE LOOKING AT PURCHASING ANOTHER VEHICLE AND I, I THINK WE SHOULD STILL BE IN THE MARKET OF DOING THAT.
SO WE'LL DO THE SAME THING WITH OUR POLICE FORCE.
I ACTUALLY TALKED TO CHIEF THIS WEEK ABOUT THAT.
I THINK WE HAVE ABOUT 10 VEHICLES WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING THAT.
AND THEN WE WOULD DO A REPLACEMENT EVERY YEAR.
AND SO I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD DO THE SAME THING ON THE LEASE.
WE'RE JUST SO FAR BEHIND IN THAT WE NEED, I THINK WE'VE GOT THREE TO FOUR VEHICLES IN THE POLICE FLEET THAT NEED TO BE UPDATED.
SO THIS WOULD PUT US ON A SIMILAR CYCLE WHERE WE COULD GET THIS STARTED AND THEN EVENTUALLY START PURCHASING AS WELL AND WORKING OFF OF THE LEASE TO WHERE WE ONLY KEEP A SMALL PORTION OF IT OR WE PUT A CYCLE IN PLACE TO DO THAT.
SO WHY NOT RETHINK IT? THAT'S, YOU'RE ASKING FOR EIGHT VEHICLES.
WHY NOT LEASE FOUR AND PURCHASE THE OTHER FOUR? BECAUSE AGAIN, YOU'RE TALKING, WELL NOW I'M SAYING YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE MONEY FACTOR, BUT THE, SO, SO ESSENTIALLY I I, AGAIN, WE CAN, WE CAN ENTERTAIN ANY OF THOSE THINGS, BUT WE'RE TALKING, I THINK THIS IS ROUGHLY $95,000.
WE, I MEAN WE'RE, WE'D BE DOING ROUGHLY THAT AS WELL.
I MEAN YOU'RE, YOU'RE STILL GONNA HAVE TO INVEST THAT MONEY UP FRONT PLUS DO THE OTHER, THIS, THIS WE TO, TO YOUR POINT, I THINK WE HAVE ABOUT 120, $140,000 BUDGET.
WE COULD PROBABLY GO BUY A COUPLE OF CARS AND DO THIS AND START WORKING ON THAT PROJECT.
SO WHAT HAPPENS TO THE REPLACE THE VEHICLES THAT ARE BEING REPLACED? UH, THEY'LL BE SOLD, THEY'LL BE SOLD.
THE MONEY WILL GO BACK TO, SO THE DISTRICT WILL SELL THOSE AUCTION, THOSE OFFER, THEY WILL AUCTION THOSE ON OUR BEHALF AND WE WOULD, WE WILL GET THAT INVESTED INTO THIS.
IS THAT CALCULATED INTO THE COST? YEAH, SO I PUT THE, UM, THE EIGHT YEAR MODEL UP HERE AND I KNOW THAT IS, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THOSE NUMBERS COULD BE ANY SMALLER, SO I APOLOGIZE.
I'M GET IN FRONT OF THE MICROPHONE HERE.
THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF SHOWING THIS IS, UM, WE SET A BASELINE FOR YOUR BUDGET.
SO ALL IN, WHEN YOU TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THAT THE DISTRICT ON AVERAGE IS ACQUIRING TWO VEHICLES, YOU GUYS ARE SPENDING ROUGHLY ABOUT $82,000 A YEAR ON THOSE VEHICLES.
THE MAINTENANCE IS IS JUST UNDER 55.
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SO YOU'RE ALL IN A ANNUAL FLEET BUDGET ON THIS ORANGE LINE IS 2 23 9 56.SO WHAT WE'RE SHOWING HERE IS IF YOU GO DOWN UNDERNEATH IT 2023, YOU'RE REPLACING EIGHT THIS YEAR.
INSTEAD OF THE AVERAGE OF TWO, THE DISTRICT'S LEFT WITH 26 OWNED, YOU'D HAVE EIGHT LEASED.
THERE'S SOME, UH, AN ACCOUNTANT FOR, UH, AFTERMARKET EQUIPMENT THAT'S GONNA GO ON A LOT OF THESE TRUCKS, BOX TRUCKS, F THREE 50 S, THINGS LIKE ALONG THOSE LINES.
YOU HAVE THE TOTAL SUM OF YOUR LEASE PAYMENTS, BUT YOU'RE ALSO CAPTURING SOME OF THAT EQUITY BACK AS WE GO SELL THOSE VEHICLES.
WE WE'RE, WE'RE ESTIMATING VERY CONSERVATIVELY THAT WE CAN RETURN $32,000 IN EQUITY BACK TO YOU.
THE MAINTENANCE IS GONNA BE DRIVEN DOWN CUZ YOUR FLEET'S NEWER, YOU'RE ALREADY STARTING TO GET NEWER.
YOU'RE STARTING TO DRIVE DOWN THE FUEL COST.
SO YOUR NET EFFECT JUST IN YEAR ONE BY REPLACING EIGHT VERSUS YOUR TYPICAL TWO IS ABOUT A 20 GRAND SAVINGS.
AGAIN, WE TRY TO KEEP THESE NUMBERS EXTREMELY CONSERVATIVE.
UM, BUT THE REASON WHY I WANTED TO GO TO THIS MODEL IS CUZ IT SHOWS YOU WHERE BY HAVING, I KNOW THAT YOU SAY THE EQUITY DOESN'T MATTER TO YOU, BUT THE EQUITY HELPS FUND YOUR FLEET BUDGET AND IT HELPS YOU WITH A SUSTAINABLE FOUR TO FIVE YEAR ROTATION ON YOUR FLEET.
AND THAT'S WHERE FOLKS LIKE MELISSA ISD CHD HAVE REALLY STARTED TO SEE THE BENEFIT AND THE IMPACT TO THEIR, IT'S SO ONE LAST QUESTION FOR YOU.
DO YOU ALL NOT OFFER ELECTRIC OR HYBRID VEHICLES? OH, WE ABSOLUTELY ARE.
ARE ARE JUMPING INTO THE ELECTRIC MARKET, IT'S JUST, IT'S STILL IN ITS INFANCY.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO CONSIDER IF YOU WANT TO GO THAT ROUTE.
THERE'S A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS THAT ARE GONNA HAVE TO BE RUN, UM, CHARGING STATIONS.
UM, ARE YOU, ARE YOU EQUIPPED WITHIN YOUR, UM, YOUR MAINTENANCE DEPOT TO HANDLE SOME OF THAT? AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF CONVERSATION GOING ON ENTERPRISE HOLDINGS AS A COMPANY.
OBVIOUSLY WE ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, TAKING IT VERY METHODICALLY AND THOUGHTFULLY.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE MAKING THE RIGHT RECOMMENDATIONS.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE ALIGNING OURSELVES WITH THE RIGHT PARTNERS TO HELP WITH THAT INFRASTRUCTURE.
UM, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF CONVERSATION GOING ON WITH THAT AND THAT CERTAINLY CAN BE SOMETHING THAT'S IN FUTURE CONVERSATIONS.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE THERE THAT IF, IF YOU GUYS WANT TO EXPLORE THAT DEEPER, WE'RE WE'RE THERE WITH YOU AS A PARTNER TO DO IT.
THAT IS ONE THING ALSO THAT I WANT TO SAY IS THIS IS ONGOING FLEET MANAGEMENT.
THIS ISN'T JUST COME IN FRONT OF YOU LEAST EIGHT VEHICLES.
UM, I WOULD ACTUALLY ASSIGN A CLIENT STRATEGY MANAGER AND AN ACCOUNT FLEET COORDINATOR TO YOUR ACCOUNT WHO'S GONNA MEET WITH YOU QUARTERLY TO ANALYZE YOUR FLEET.
THEY'RE GONNA BE HAND IN HAND WITH ROGER AND TODD.
UM, WE'RE GONNA REDO THE BUDGET EVERY YEAR.
WE'RE GONNA ANALYZE YOUR FLEET, WE'RE GONNA MAKE THE RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S YOUR DECISION ON WHICH ONES YOU REPLACE.
NEXT WE HAVE SECRETARY OF MARS.
YOU STOLE MY THUNDER
ME, MYSELF WOULDN'T LEASE A CAR, BUT I'M ONE PERSON.
BUT I DO UNDERSTAND, I, IT IS JUST SOMETHING THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS CUZ I HAD JUST HEARD A CASE, WE ARE THE RIGHT ENTITY TO LEASE OUT OF THIS ENTITY.
UM, ALSO REMEMBER WE ARE TRUSTEES OF THE DISTRICT'S FINANCES GOVERNANCE FROM TAXPAYERS.
SO HOW DO WE BEST USE THAT TO SAVE LEASING BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF WHAT WE NEED RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE SO FAR BEHIND, WE GOT TO GET AHEAD.
AND SO I APPRECIATE YOU ALL BRINGING THIS TO US.
IF YOU BRINGING ONE, I'LL SAY WE NEED TO TALK TO MR. CLOS DOWN HERE, BUT I UNDERSTAND AND WE NEED TO GROW MORE.
UM, AND THIS IS THE ONLY WAY THAT I COULD SEE US GETTING AHEAD.
YES, I UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE HYBRID.
UH, I HEARD MR. LOUIS ABOUT THAT, BUT YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE CITY OF LANCASTER.
WE, WE GOTTA, THERE HAS TO BE A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE TO GET A FLEET OF HYBRIDS AND THAT'S MONEY.
AND, AND, AND I I WANT TO PUT AT LEAST IN A CAR AS POSSIBLE AND MORE IN THE CLASSROOM AND IN OUR SCHOOLS, LIKE I SAID, $5,000 DON'T MEAN NOTHING TO ME, BUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS DUE.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BRINGING THAT.
AND I, I DO UNDERSTAND AND GUESS WHAT, THE LEASING COMPANY WON THAT CASE TOO BECAUSE IT DID MAKE SENSE
UM, BUYING THE, THE VEHICLES EIGHT
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VEHICLES IN BULK VERSUS, UM, THE LEASE.IT, I MEAN IT SEEMS TO ME IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD AVERAGE OUT.
CAUSE WHEN YOU BUY IN BULK IT, IT IS CHEAPER BECAUSE YOU STATED ON AVERAGE TO PURCHASE IT IS 30,000.
BUT IF WE DO A LEASE, WE'LL BE SAVING ABOUT $7,000.
YOU WANT TO, SO WHEN IT TAKES IN ACCOUNT TO THE AVERAGE OF THE TWO VEHICLES, IT'S TAKEN IN ALL YOUR DIFFERENT CAR CLASSES.
UM, IF YOU GO OUT AND BUY EIGHT VEHICLES BULK, ESPECIALLY THE VEHICLES THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED HERE, WHAT YOU ALSO HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT IS THE AFTERMARKET EQUIPMENT GOING ON TO THESE VEHICLES.
BUT WE HAVE TO TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT EVEN YES.
SO WHAT'S UNIQUE TO US, I MEAN, PIECE VEHICLE.
SO WHAT IS UNIQUE THROUGH OUR PROGRAM IS THE ABILITY TO NOT HAVE TO PAY UP FRONT FOR ALL OF THAT AFTERMARKET EQUIPMENT.
SO WHAT WE HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO DO IS CAP IN HALF OF THAT AFTERMARKET EQUIPMENT INTO THE LEASE.
SO IF YOU LOOK INTO THIS RIGHT COLUMN HERE WHERE WE PUT THE BUDGET MENU PRICING TOGETHER FOR YOU, UM, FOR THE FIRST TWO K U BODIES, THOSE JUST ALONE, THE BODY GOING ONTO THE VEHICLE ARE 20 GRAND EACH AND YOU'LL NEED TWO OF THEM.
YOU ALSO HAVE ANOTHER BOX TRUCK THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER 20 GRAND.
SO YOU HAVE 60 GRAND ON TOP OF JUST THE COST OF THOSE VEHICLES THAT NEED TO GO ONTO THE VEHICLES.
WITH OUR PROGRAM, WE'RE ABLE TO CAP IN HALF OF THAT COST INTO OUR LEASE.
SO JUST THAT ONE BOX TRUCK THAT WOULD COST YOU A HUNDRED GRAND, YOU'RE TAKING ALL THESE EIGHT VEHICLES, REPLACING 'EM FOR UNDER A HUNDRED GRAND WITH US IN YEAR ONE.
AND INSTEAD OF PAYING $60,000 IN AFTERMARKET EQUIPMENT, YOU'RE ONLY PAYING HALF OF THAT.
AND ALL THESE VEHICLES COME WITH ZERO MILES.
THESE ARE ALL BE BRAND NEW NOW.
AND ALSO TOO, WE'RE NOT GONNA COME, WE, WE HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO REPLACE ALL EIGHT OF THESE RIGHT.
REALISTICALLY WITH HOW THE MARKET IS, THESE ARE GONNA BE STAGGERED OUT.
SO, UM, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT BULK BUYING, WE, WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO, ONE UM, WAY WE'RE GONNA REALLY BE ABLE TO HELP Y'ALL IS BY FACTORY ORDERING THESE VEHICLES.
SO RIGHT NOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN Y'ALL GOING OUT TO A DEALERSHIP AND BUYING THESE VEHICLES AND GOING THROUGH US STRAIGHT FROM THE MANUFACTURERS IS ROUGHLY ABOUT SIX TO 10 GRAND PER VEHICLE.
SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ALMOST 80 GRAND IF THESE WERE, UH, FACTORY ORDERED.
NOW FOR SOME OF THESE THAT NEED TO BE IMMEDIATELY REPLACED, WE MAY HAVE TO GO SOURCE THESE OUT THE DEALERSHIP, BUT TO TODD'S POINT, WE'RE PIGGYBACKING OFF Y'ALL'S BUYBOARD AND GOVERNMENT PURCHASING POWER.
THE DIFFERENCE BEING IS Y'ALL AREN'T GONNA HAVE TO FRONT ALL THE CAPITAL FOR ALL THOSE EIGHT VEHICLES UP FRONT.
WHAT HAPPENS IF WE'RE DOING MAINTENANCE ON A VEHICLE AND SOMEBODY MAKE A OOPS AND CAN'T FIX IT? YEAH, SO, UM, AGAIN, THEY OPTED TO KEEP THE MAINTENANCE IN HOUSE, RIGHT? SO IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN, WE'RE STILL HERE TO ADVISE YOU.
SO IF LET'S SAY ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, WE WOULD TAKE A LOOK AT THAT VEHICLE AND ASSESS AND SAY, OKAY, IT'S, IT DOESN'T MAKE FINANCIAL SENSE TO DUMP MORE MONEY INTO THIS VEHICLE.
WE CAN GO SELL THIS VEHICLE, LET'S GET YOU FROM OUT UNDERNEATH THAT AND INTO A BRAND NEW VEHICLE POTENTIALLY COST US MORE MONEY OR STILL SAVING.
WELL, YEAH, IT, SO AGAIN, IF IT'S A IMMEDIATE NEED, WE WOULD HAVE TO GO OUTSOURCE THAT.
ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION FROM TRUSTEE LEWIS.
MR. COLE, COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
BOOK PRICE, IS THERE A REASON OR CAN YOU GIVE US THE COST OF WHAT, EIGHT VEHICLES WITH THE, UH, AFTERMARKET ITEMS ADDED TO IT? COULD YOU TELL US WHAT THAT WOULD BE? TO TOUCH ON BULK PRICING.
SO IF YOU WERE A COMMERCIAL, YOU KNOW, HVAC COMPANY AND YOU HAD A HUNDRED VEHICLES AND YOU WERE REPLACING 20, YOU COULD GO NO, NEGOTIATE A BULK BUY WITH FORD OR GM OR, UM, CHRYSLER MAYBE FOR A BUNCH OF TRUCKS.
THE NICE THING ABOUT GOVERNMENT ENTITIES AND GOVERNMENT BUYBOARD SOURCE WELL AND TIPS, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE THE CITY OF WAXAHATCHEE AND YOU HAVE 180 VEHICLES IN FLEET OR YOU'RE LANCASTER ISD AND YOU'RE RUNNING ROUGHLY 40 IN THIS TYPE OF FLEET, YOU GUYS ARE A, IT'S THE SAME PLAYING FIELD, YOU GET THE SAME BUY AS EVERYBODY.
UM, SO WE PIGGYBACK OFF OF THAT BUY AND THAT'S WHY WE USE TIPS A LOT, UM, WHICH IS ROUGHLY THE SAME AS GOVERNMENT BY BOARD, UM, OR SAY BY BOARD.
UM, AND WE WERE AWARDED THE RFP FROM TIPS TO GO OUT AND BE THERE, THE THE LEASE PROVIDER THROUGH THE TIPS PROGRAM.
SO WE PIGGYBACK OFF OF THAT ON YOUR BEHALF AND YOU GET TO THE ADVANTAGE OF THAT BUY.
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IT NOT POSSIBLE TO GET A COST FOR EACH OF THOSE EIGHT VEHICLES? UH, A TOTAL COST FOR EACH OF THE OR FOR THE EIGHT VEHICLES? YEAH.YEAH, WE CAN CERTAINLY GET YOU A BREAKDOWN ON THE, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE IT BROKEN OUT IN THE DIFFERENT PAYMENT BUCKETS.
SO YOU CAN JUST SEE THE NET IMPACT.
UM, I DON'T HAVE THE, THE TOTAL OF BASICALLY THE INVOICE COST OF ALL EIGHT OF THOSE RIGHT OFF HAND ON ME THOUGH WOULD, HOW LONG WOULD, BUT IT WOULDN'T DIFFER THAN WHAT IF YOU WERE TO GO, YOU KNOW, DOWN TO SAME PACK FIVE, FIVE STAR FORWARD AND YOU SAID, I WANT TO GO BUY THIS F THREE 50 AND I NEED THIS TYPE OF OUTFIT.
THAT PRICING DIFFERENCE IS NOT GONNA VARY FROM WHAT ENTERPRISE IS ABLE TO DO IF APPROVED.
HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE TO GET EIGHT VEHICLES? IT DEPENDS ON THE ONES THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO WAIT ON.
THE ONES THAT WE CAN WAIT, WE CAN GO AND WE CAN SPEC IT DIRECTLY FROM THE MANUFACTURER WITH THE OPTIONS YOU NEED.
SO YOU DON'T, YOU MAY NOT NEED CHROME BUMPERS, YOU MAY NOT NEED THIS OPTION OR WHATEVER.
UM, SO THOSE, WE WOULD WANT TO ASSESS WITH ROGER AND TODD ON WHICH ONES CAN BE DELIVERED OUT INTO THE SPRING.
SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, RIGHT NOW ON THIS TYPICAL TYPE OF VEHICLE, AN F THREE 50, YOU'RE LOOKING AT AROUND SIX MONTHS, SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS ON THE LONG END WHEN YOU ADD AN UPFIT, UM, SOME OF THESE CANNOT BE WAITED ON.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA GO AND SOURCE THESE DIRECTLY OFF OF A DEALER LOT ON YOUR BEHALF.
SO WE'RE GONNA VET OUT AND MAKE SURE WE GO TO THE RIGHT DEALERS THAT ARE HONORING GOVERNMENT STATE BY BOARD PRICING.
BEFORE WE DO THAT, WILL THE DISTRICT BE ABLE TO PUT ITS BRANDING ON THESE VEHICLES? ABSOLUTELY.
AND WE CAN HELP, UM, WE'LL WORK HAND IN HAND WITH TODD AND ROGER, BUT WE HELP WITH THE LOGISTICS ON THAT.
UM, WE DIDN'T EVEN TOUCH ON THE TECHNOLOGY PIECE THAT THIS IS OPENING YOU UP TO, AND I KNOW WE'RE, WE'RE PROBABLY GOING A LITTLE LONG, SO I APOLOGIZE.
UM, BUT WE HAVE INVESTED ROUGHLY A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS IN OUR IT INFRASTRUCTURE.
THIS IS JUST A SNAPSHOT OF THE PORTAL, BUT THE DISTRICT'S GONNA HAVE ACCESS TO GO IN HERE AND BE ABLE TO VIEW THEIR FLEET IN A WAY THAT THEY'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO LOOK AT IT BEFORE.
UM, WITH SOME PRETTY NEAT ANALYTICS.
SO CUSTOMIZABLE DASHBOARDS, UM, YOUR FLEET DATA IS GONNA BE AT YOUR FINGERTIPS.
AND AS WE WORK TOWARDS IMPLEMENTING THIS PARTNERSHIP, UM, IT HAS THE CAPABILITY TO TRACK YOUR MAINTENANCE REAL TIME HAS THE CAPABILITY TO TRACK YOUR FUEL EXPENDITURES REAL TIME AND DRILL DOWN TO A TRANSACTIONAL LEVEL.
AGAIN, WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF IT.
WE'VE PUT A TON OF MONEY INTO IT.
WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO GROW IT AND ENHANCE IT, UM, BASED OFF OF FEEDBACK FROM YOU AND OUR OTHER CLIENTS.
SO AID VEHICLES, AT ANY POINT THAT THE DISTRICT DECIDES THAT IT WANTS TO RETURN SIX OF THOSE VEHICLES, THERE'S NOTHING THAT TIES US TO, UM, NOT BEING ABLE TO SAY, OKAY, HERE ARE YOUR SIX VEHICLES BACK.
I MEAN, YOU, IF I DON'T DO A GOOD ENOUGH JOB WITH MY TEAM OF TAKING CARE OF YOU GUYS, AND YOU SAY, WE WANT TO TURN THESE IN, WE'RE DONE.
WE WILL GO SELL THEM FOR THE ABSOLUTE MOST AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE CAN, AND WE WILL RETURN THE EQUITY PACK TO YOU GUYS.
SO THAT IS A, AGAIN, THAT'S THE BIG DIFFERENTIATOR BETWEEN THIS TYPE OF LEASE VERSUS A TRADITIONAL DEALERSHIP LEASE, LIKE YOU THINK OF.
WE HAVE A QUESTION FROM, UH, TRUSTEE STEVENSON, JUST, JUST TO COMMENT.
WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS ADVANTAGE IN BEING ABLE TO SPREAD OUT PAYMENTS INSTEAD OF SPENDING A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY AT ONE TIME.
SECONDLY, MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, WHAT HAPPENS, DISTRICT COULD TAKE LONG-TERM BOND MONEY AND SPEND IT ON THESE SHORT-TERM.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA CALL A MOTOR VEHICLE AND ASSET.
THAT, BUT YOU SPEND LONG TERM BOND MONEY ON SOMETHING THAT'S NOT GONNA LAST AT ALL.
AND THESE FLEET VEHICLES LAST A WHOLE LONG, A LOT LONGER THAN A SCHOOL BUS.
WELL, AND WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT PAYING SCHOOL BUSES, SO WE NEED FOR THIS TO WORK.
STEVES, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I JUST HAVE ONE COMMENT, UM, WOULD LIKE TO SAY AGAIN, THANK YOU.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE HAVE ROGER AND MR. GARRISON THAT'S GOING TO DO A GOOD CONTRACT AND RUN IT THROUGH LEGAL TO MAKE SURE I HEAR AND TRUST EVERYTHING YOU ALL SAY.
BUT I'M A CONTRACT PERSON, SO WHAT'S IN WRITING IS WHAT STANDS.
SO WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF GOOD QUESTIONS TO YOU THAT WE CAN FUR BACK TO IN THE MINUTES, BUT THAT CONTRACT IS WHAT'S GONNA MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
SO WE'LL JUST WAIT TO SEE THAT.
AND YOU, I'M SORRY, WHO WAS THE PURCHASING? UM, OKAY.
SO WE DID PROVIDE A COPY OF THE TIPS CONTRACT AND THE MASTER LEASE AGREEMENT.
UM, WE SENT THAT OVER YESTERDAY.
BUT IF YOU NEED A COPY, WE'RE HAPPY TO GET YOU ON.
RIGHT? NO, UHUH, THEY ATTORNEYS.
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AND MR. GARRISON.THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. COLE AND MR. GEORGE.
UH, THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR, OR COMMENTS AT THIS POINT.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT AGAIN.
UM, COMING TO THE DISTRICT AND FINDING OUR FLEET IN THE SHAPE THAT IT'S IN IS VERY UNUSUAL FOR ME TO FIND THAT FLEET IN THAT THOSE CONDITIONS, UM, THIS CAN, HAS BEEN KICKED DOWN THE ROAD LONG ENOUGH.
AND SO I DO ASK FOR THE SUPPORT ON THIS SO THAT WE CAN GET OUR, ESPECIALLY OUR, UM, OUR MAINTENANCE CREW ON THE, IN SOME DEPENDABLE TRANSPORTATION WHERE THEY'RE NOT HAVING TO CATCH RIDES FROM EACH OTHER TO GO TO SITES OR PICKING UP EACH OTHER, OR, YOU KNOW, JUMPING EACH OTHER'S TRUCKS TO MAKE 'EM WORK.
UH, WORKING CONDITIONS IN MY OPINION, UH, AS WELL AS NOT HAVING AC THE OTHER ADVANTAGE IS THIS, IS THAT HAVING SOME FLEETS, UH, VEHICLES ON SITE THAT MY STAFF AND OR YOU ALL CAN UTILIZE FOR GOING TO WORK SESSIONS, ET CETERA, UH, THAT'S IMPORTANT.
UH, WE PAY A LOT OF MONEY TO PEOPLE TO GO TO REGION 10.
EVERYBODY GOES IN THEIR OWN CARS.
WE HAVE A VEHICLE HERE THAT PEOPLE CAN, UH, CARPOOL IN AND GO, WE'RE ONLY PAYING FOR THE CAR, WE'RE NOT PAYING FOR TRAVEL.
SO THOSE ARE SOME THINGS, AGAIN, THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT.
AND WE CAN BETTER BUDGET THAN ANTICIPATE THAT THAN, YOU KNOW, WHO KNEW WE WERE GOING TO TIPS MEETINGS THIS YEAR.
WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT NOW THEY'RE GOING FOUR OR FIVE PEOPLE GOING IN OUR OWN VEHICLES AND WE'RE PAYING THEM FOR MILEAGE THAT THOSE ARE DOLLARS WE HAVE TO FIND AND GIVE, MAKE SURE WE PROVIDE OUR EMPLOYEES AS WELL AS MR. LEWIS.
I KNOW WE'RE RENTING A CAR FOR YOU TO GO TO SAN ANTONIO.
THAT'S NOT A NECESSITY WITH, AS WE CAN GET OFF THE GROUND WITH THESE KINDS OF THINGS, WE HAVE CARS IN HOUSE.
SO AGAIN, I, I APPRECIATE YOU ALL SUPPORT ON THIS.
UM, WE'VE GOTTA GET OUR FLEET BACK UP.
IT'S JUST UN UNACCEPTABLE, UM, IN MY OPINION.
SO CARS FROM 1977, REALLY? ALL RIGHT.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? UH, TRUSTEE JOAN? UH, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION FOR LEASE AGREEMENT WITH ENTERPRISE FOR EIGHT FLEET VEHICLES.
MOTION BY SECRETARY MORRIS, SECOND BY TRUSTEE STEVENSON.
ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? CAN WE REQUEST THAT THEY DO, UM, PROVIDE NUMBER? THERE WE GO.
CAN WE, UM, UM, MAKE A REQUEST THAT THEY DO PROVIDE NUMBERS AS IT RELATES TO THE PURCHASE? I UNDERSTAND THE LEASE, BUT AS IT RELATES TO THE PURCHASE VERSUS THE LEASE, CUZ HE DID STATE IT'S GONNA TAKE ABOUT SIX MONTHS TO GET TO EVEN GET THE LEASE ONE OF THE VEHICLES.
SO IF MEANWHILE WITHIN, UM, YOU KNOW, AMPLE TIME THAT THEY PROVIDE DETAILS AS IT RELATES TO, UM, THE BULK PURCHASE VERSUS THE LEASE, ALL RIGHT.
IS THAT INFORMATION THAT YOU WANT FOR THE BOARD OR IS JUST FOR THE BOARD? FOR FOR THE BOARD FOR OUR REVIEW? BECAUSE AT, I MEAN, THEY STILL, WE, WE STILL HAVE TO APPROVE, UM, WHATEVER THEY PRESENT OR DO WE NOT, WHAT WE'RE PROVING RIGHT NOW IS FOR THIS AGREEMENT, IT'S RIGHT NOW.
AND, UM, I MEAN WE CAN, THE INFORMATION'S GONNA BE PROVIDED TO MR. GAR THEN PROVIDED TO US, BUT WHEN WE VOTE TONIGHT, IT'S MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS AND IT'S GONNA TAKE SIX MONTHS FOR THEM TO GET A CAR.
NOW, NOT ALL OF 'EM, I THINK IT'S JUST ONE OF, OF THE VEHICLES.
IS IT OKAY IF I ADDRESS THAT? THE, THE, THEY, EVEN WITH THE LEASE, THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO GET THOSE VEHICLES QUICKER THAN IF WE BUY 'EM BECAUSE AGAIN, THEY'RE, IT'S THE SAME PROCESS WHETHER WE LEASE THOSE OR BUY THOSE, BECAUSE AGAIN, THEY'RE USING OUR, THEY'RE, THEY'RE USING OUR VEHICLE, IF YOU WILL, TO GO THROUGH AND PURCHASE THAT.
AND WE WOULD DO THE SAME THING.
THE REASON WE GET THOSE PRICES, WE CAN GO BUY A NEW CAR CHEAPER THAN WE CAN BUY A USED CAR, BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE IT MANUFACTURED.
THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO, IS THEY'RE GONNA DO THE SAME WAY WE WOULD.
SO WHATEVER PROCESS THEY HAVE TO SECURE THESE VEHICLES AS FAR AS GETTING THEM MANUFACTURED IS THE EXACT SAME THING IT WOULD BE FOR US.
WE JUST HAVE A LOT MORE, UM, ASSISTANCE AND MANAGEMENT WITH THEM TO DO THAT.
AND THEN THE VEHICLES THAT WE ARE GONNA SOURCE, THEY'RE GONNA BE A LOT BETTER AND HAVE A LOT MORE RESOURCES TO DO THAT THAN ROGER AND I WE WOULD BE CONFINED LOCALLY.
THEY'RE A LOT BIGGER NETWORK TO DO THAT.
SO THEY WILL ACTUALLY EXPEDITE THE PROCESS OF SECURING THESE VEHICLES.
SO CLARIFICATION, OR ALL THESE VEHICLES TAKE SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS TO, FOR US TO RECEIVE? NO, UM, I, LET ME, UH, CLARIFY.
SO THE ONES THAT YOU NEED IMMEDIATELY, SO MAYBE THE ONE THAT DOESN'T HAVE AIR CONDITIONING OR THE 1977, THOSE WILL START AN IMMEDIATE STOCK.
I WASN'T TRYING TO PICK ON IT.
UH, THOSE WILL START AN IMMEDIATE STOCK SEARCH ON IS WHAT WE CALL IT.
AND SO, UM, TODD'S RIGHT, WE HAVE A WIDE NETWORK.
WE WORK WITH DEALERSHIPS ACROSS THE, REALLY ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
UM, OBVIOUSLY WE WANNA STAY LOCAL AND WITHIN
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THIS MARKET TO, UM, MINIMIZE TRANSPORT AND THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES.BUT WE HAVE A WIDE NETWORK OF DEALERSHIP PARTNERSHIPS WHERE WE CAN GO SOURCE VEHICLES OFF OF THERE A LOT, UM, AND NOT HAVE TO WAIT SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS.
SO HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE? DEPENDING ON THE OUTFIT, WE SHOULD, WE CAN TYPICALLY FIND, UM, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S AN F THREE 50 CHASSIS, IT MAY TAKE TWO TO FOUR WEEKS TO LOCATE THE RIGHT ONE WITH THE RIGHT SPECS.
UM, BUT THEN IT OBVIOUSLY, IF IT'S GONNA HAVE TO HAVE OUTFIT THAT'S GONNA DEPEND ON THAT.
THAT CAN TYPICALLY ADD ABOUT SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS, DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF OUTFIT OR AFTERMARKET EQUIPMENT THAT'S BEING PUT ON THE BACK OF THAT VEHICLE.
MR. LEWIS HAD A, A STATEMENT OR COMING.
SO OF THE EIGHT VEHICLES, WHICH ONES ARE MOST, UM, IMPORTANT AT THIS POINT TO REPLACED? YES.
IT, IT WOULD BE THE BOX TRUCK IN THE HALF TO, UH, F-150 THERE.
SO HOW OFTEN IS THE BOX TRUCK USED EVERY DAY AND SOME, SOMETIMES DIFFERENT DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.
TECHNOLOGY WILL BE WANTING TO USE IT AND MAINTENANCE AND CUSTODIAL WILL BE NEEDING TO DELIVER CHAIRS AND, AND, UH, AND COOLERS AND DRINKS AND EVERYTHING TO DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT CAMPUSES.
AND THE, UH, 68, THE F-150 THAT'S USED EVERY DAY BY OUR GROUNDS GUY, DO WE HAVE THE OPTION, SAY EIGHT MONTHS INTO IT TO PURCHASE THAT VEHICLE INSTEAD OF LEASING IT OR NOT? NO, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT A DEALERSHIP.
SO THAT IS, IS A LIMITATION, IF YOU WILL.
WE DON'T, WE DON'T DO PURCHASES, RIGHT? THEY'RE, THEY'RE EQUITY LEASES THOUGH.
SO YOU ALWAYS RETAIN THE EQUITY IN THESE, UM, IF FOR ANY REASON.
SO THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE, EVEN IF WE SET IT UP ON A FIVE YEAR TERM, UM, BUT IT'S VERY LOW MILEAGE APPLICATION.
YOU HAVE A, A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF, UM, YOU KNOW, INVESTMENT IN THE AFTERMARKET ON THE BACK.
UM, WE DO HAVE SOME AMENITIES THAT SAY, WELL, WE WANT TO EXTEND IT OUT ANOTHER YEAR.
WE WANNA RUN THIS TO ABOUT SEVEN YEARS.
WE NEVER REALLY RECOMMEND RUNNING A VEHICLE PAST SEVEN YEARS, UM, BECAUSE THERE'S STILL WEAR AND TEAR THAT HAPPENS.
TEXAS HEAT IS NOT NICE TO VEHICLES.
THERE'S STILL MECHANICAL ISSUES.
AND THEN YOU, YOU LOSE A LARGE CHUNK OF THE VALUE OF THE VEHICLE AFTER SEVEN YEARS REGARDLESS OF THE MEG MODEL YEAR, WHATEVER, OR TYPE OF VEHICLE.
BUT THE MILEAGE IS, ONCE YOU GO PAST SEVEN YEARS, BANKS WILL NOT LEND ON A TRADITIONAL LENDING SOURCE ON THE USED MARKET.
SO, UM, THE RESOURCES AND AVENUES WHERE WE CAN GO RESELL THAT VEHICLE START TO SLIM DOWN, AND SO YOU LOSE SOME OF THAT EQUITY PIECE.
UM, THE PLAN THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WITH ROGER WAS EVALUATING THESE VEHICLES.
WHEN WE GET TO ABOUT THAT FIVE, SEVEN YEAR MARK AND SEEING IF WE CAN DO WHAT'S CALLED A BODY SWAB.
SO TAKE THE THAT AFTERMARKET OFF OF THAT ONE, PUT IT ON A NEW CHASSIS AND ACTUALLY SELL THE CHASSIS.
AND YOU'RE STILL RETAINING THAT EQUITY AND CAPTURING IT BEFORE YOU START INCURRING SOME OF THOSE HIGHER OPERATING EXPENSE AND LOSING THE AMOUNT OF EQUITY THAT YOU'RE OWED.
SO AFTER MARKET BAR BELONGS TO THE IDS D IT DOESN'T BELONG TO YOU ALL.
YEAH, I MEAN, THINK I HEARD YOU SAY SOMETHING ABOUT FOR ALL INTENSIVE PURPOSES, YOU GUYS OWN THESE VEHICLES.
WE JUST HAVE TO HOLD THE TITLE BECAUSE WE'RE A LEASING ENTITY.
THE EQUITIES ALL YOURS, THE AFTERMARKET THAT YOU PUT ON THERE, WE, WE HAVE NO PLACE TO PUT THAT.
WE DON'T WANT THAT AFTERMARKET, THAT'S YOURS.
UM, IT, IT WOULDN'T DO US ANY GOOD.
WE'VE HAD, UH, IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED.
WE NOW ARE NOW IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ENTERPRISE.
RIGHT, THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA.
IS IT? OKAY? UH, WE HAVE A REQUEST TO TAKE A, UH, BIO BREAK.
WE WILL RETURN AT THIS DIAS AT 8 57.
WE HAVE RETURN LIKE TO THANK THE TRUSTEES AND, UH, SUPERINTENDENT PERRERA COMING BACK IN THAT, UH, SHORT TIME PERIOD.
[11C. Discussion and possible approval of the Strong Foundations Grant for the 2022-2023 school year ($100,000) - (G3, G4) - Dr. Angie Knight, Presenter]
OUR AGENDA IS THE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF THE STRONG FOUNDATIONS GRANT FOR THE 2020 2 23 SCHOOL YEAR.KNIGHTS AT THE PODIUM WAITING FOR US.
JUDY EVENING, MAD PRESIDENT, VIRTUAL VICE PRESIDENT JONES ESTEEM TRUSTEES, UM, AND DR.
SEEK APPROVAL FOR A GRANT THAT IS, THAT HAS BEEN RECENTLY AWARDED, IS THE EXCITING GRANT OPPORTUNITY WAS ESTABLISHED DURING THE MOST RECENT 87 LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
THIS GRANT PROVIDES FOUNDATIONAL PLANNING, SPORTS ALIGNING TO RESEARCH ENTITIES TO HELP BUILD DISTRICTS BUILD
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THE WHY BEHIND INSTRUCTIONAL.OH YEAH, I SCARED MYSELF BEHIND INSTRUCTIONAL CHANGES FOR ALL STAKEHOLDERS.
THE PREMISE AND INTENT IS TO INCREASE THE PERCENTAGE OF THIRD GRADE STUDENTS READING ON GRADE LEVEL.
LANCASTER ISD WAS CHOSEN AS A GRANT'S RECIPIENT AND WILL RECEIVE $100,000 IN FUNDING.
THE GRANT AWARD WILL BE UTILIZED TO CREATE AND IMPLEMENT A NEW LITERACY FRAMEWORK.
AND FUNDING WILL BE PROVIDED FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FROM AN APPROVED PROVIDER TO ASSIST THE DISTRICT IN CREATION OF A COLLECTIVE LEARNING SCOPE AND SEQUENCE FOCUSED ON RESEARCH AND LITERACY.
THE FUNDING WILL PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTICIPATION IN DISTRICT LEADER COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE TO HEAR PROGRESS AND APPROACHES FROM OTHER DISTRICTS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO OUR OWN.
THE STRONG FOUNDATIONS GRANT REQUIRES THAT 70% CONTRACTED SERVICES BE UTILIZED TO FUND THE PARTNERSHIP WITH AN APPROVED PROVIDER.
ALL APPROVED PROVIDERS WILL BE REQUIRED TO DESIGN A COLLECTIVE LEARNING SCOPE AND SEQUENCE ALIGN TO RESEARCH, SUPPORT, DELIVERY, AND FACILITATION OF COLLECTIVE LEARNING AND SUPPORT.
THE DISTRICT IN DEVELOPING A LITERACY FRAMEWORK ALIGN TO RESEARCH REVIEW THE DISTRICT'S FINAL PLAN TO PROVIDE INPUT ON ALIGNMENT TO RESEARCH AND DEVELOP A BRIEF CASE STUDY ON THE START TO FINISH PROCESS THE DISTRICT TOOK TO DEVELOP THE FRAMEWORK.
LANCASTER ISD ALREADY PARTNERS WITH ENGAGED LEARNING FOR TEACHER COACHING.
SO THIS ADDITIONAL ELEMENT, IF APPROVED, SHOULD WORK SEAMLESSLY WITH OUR CURRENT ARRANGEMENT AND FALLS UNDER THE $70,000 PROFESSIONAL AND CONTRACTED SERVICES GRANT THRESHOLD.
THIS GRAPHIC DETAILS THE DEPTH OF THE GRANTS REQUIRED MULTI-STEP PROCESS AND THE INTENSITY INVOLVED IN CREATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW DISTRICT LITERACY FRAMEWORK.
WE FEEL FORTUNATE TO HAVE BEEN SELECTED BY TE AND KNOW THAT IF APPROVED THIS GRANT AWARD WILL HELP FURTHER OUR CONTINUED MISSION OF ENSURING STUDENTS IN LANCASTER IS D OUR READING ON GRADE LEVEL.
I'D LOVE TO FILL ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.
THIS IS AN ITEM THAT REQUIRES ACTION.
DO HAVE A MOTION? TRUSTEE JONES? I KNOW THAT WE APPROVED A STRONG FOUNDATION GRANT FOR THE 20 22, 20 23 SCHOOL YEAR FOR A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT WAS PRESENTED.
I SECOND HAVE A MOTION BY SECRETARY MORRIS SECONDARY BY TRUSTEE WOODFIELD.
UH, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION NECESSARY? HEARING NONE, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS MONEY GOING INTO USE.
[11D. Discussion and possible approval of EdConnective (G1) - Susan Keen, Presenter]
ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS DISCUSSED IN POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF ED CONNECTIVE DR.UM, I'M GONNA CALL FORWARD, UH, MS. KEEN.
SUSAN KEEN IS THE PRESENTER ON THIS.
IS SHE STILL ONLINE? I DIDN'T SEE HER.
UH, VICE PRESIDENT JONES, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT PERRA THIS EVENING.
I BRING TO YOU ED CONNECTIVE, WHERE A CULTURE OF COACHING PROMOTES STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND OUTCOMES.
THE, UH, SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS ARE IN NEED OF, OF COACHING TECHNIQUES AS MUCH AS THEIR GENERAL EDUCATION PEERS.
SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS ARE CHALLENGED WITH MANY, MANY DUTIES AND IN OUR DISTRICT SPECIFICALLY, WE HAVE MANY NEW TO THE PROFESSION AND SEVERAL OF THEM ARE ALTERNATIVELY CERTIFIED.
SO OUR PLAN IS TO COACH FIRST, UH, FOR THE FIRST ROUND IF APPROVED RESOURCE AND INCLUSION TEACHERS, WHILE SPECIFICALLY FOCUSING ON RELATIONSHIP BUILDING AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT, DATA COLLECTION, DIFFERENTIATION OF INSTRUCTION, COLLABORATION WITH GENERAL EDUCATION TEACHERS, TIME ON TASK CO-PLANNING, AGAIN WITH GENERAL EDUCATION TEACHERS AND HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTION FOR CTE, SPECIFICALLY ACROSS TEXAS.
MORE AND MORE CTE UH, TEACHERS ARE EMERGENCY CERTIFIED AND COMING STRAIGHT FROM THE INDUSTRY.
THEY KNOW THE CONTENT, THEY KNOW THE MATERIAL, BUT THEY HAVE NEVER TAUGHT AND HAVE ESPECIALLY NEVER TAUGHT TEENAGERS OR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
AND SO WITH 50% OF LANCASTER STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN CTE, WE CERTAINLY WANT THEM ALSO TO BE INVOLVED IN ENGAGING CLASSROOMS AND
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STAY FOCUSED ON THEIR PATHWAY OR CLUSTER WITH THEIR CTE PROGRAMMING.LANCASTER IS D CREATE A CULTURE OF COACHING WHERE TEACHERS PARTICIPATE AND ARE SUPPORTED A WAY THAT IS PERSONALIZED, FOCUSED AND IMMEDIATELY USEFUL IN THE CLASSROOM.
SPECIFICALLY FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION, WE WILL BE USING THE INTENSIVE ONE-ON-ONE COACHING, AND CTE WILL USE BOTH ONE-ON-ONE AND SMALL GROUP.
THE ON ONE INTENSIVE COACHING INVOLVES SEVERAL STEPS IN SEVERAL COMPONENTS.
THE FIRST STEP IS COACH MATCHING, WHERE A TEACHER IS MATCHED WITH A COACH THAT HAS THE SAME BACKGROUND OR SIMILAR BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE AS THE TEACHER.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THE COACHING IS GOING ON IN AN ELEMENTARY SPECIAL EDUCATION, UH, WITH A, WITH A SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER, THEN THE COACH WILL HAVE HAD EXPERIENCE WITH, UH, TEACHING SPECIAL EDUCATION AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL.
NEXT COMES THE INTRODUCTORY MEETING WHERE A PARTNERSHIP IS ESTABLISHED.
AND IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE TEACHER TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS PARTNERSHIP IS GOING TO BE SUPPORTIVE AND NOT EVALUATIVE.
THAT THESE TWO PEOPLE WILL BE WORKING TOGETHER TO, TO IMPROVE OR TO COACH THE TEACHER, BUT NOT IN AN EVALUATIVE WAY.
THE FOCUS IS, AGAIN, ON INCREASING STUDENT OUTCOMES.
THE NEXT, UH, THE NEXT STEP IS TO SET DURING THIS MEETING IS TO SET GOALS, TO REVIEW THE ENTIRE PROCESS, AGREE TO ACCOUNTABILITY MEASUREMENTS, AND THEN TO SCHEDULE THE OBSERVATION.
AFTER THAT IS DONE, THAT'S WHEN THE FUN BEGINS.
THE TEACHER, UH, RECORDS HERSELF TEACHING AT LEAST A 20 MINUTE LESSON OR TEACHING FOR AT LEAST 20 MINUTES.
SHE, UH, SENDS THAT, UPLOADS THAT TO THE COACH, AND THEN THE COACH REVIEWS AND WATCHES THAT RECORDING SEVERAL TIMES, MAKING OBSERVATIONS ALONG THE WAY.
THEN NEXT COMES THE 30 MINUTE FEEDBACK SESSION.
THE COACH AND THE TEACHER REVIEW GOALS, THE COACH PROVIDES SOME GLOWS TO THE TEACHER, THINKS THAT WENT VERY WELL IN THE CLASSROOM, AND THEN SOME GROWS, SOME AREAS THAT, UH, THAT THE TEACHER CAN, CAN WORK ON AND FOCUS ON.
I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THIS 30 MINUTE FEEDBACK SESSION IN, IN AT LEAST 50% OR 15 MINUTES OF THIS SESSION IS SPENT ON PRACTICE WHERE THE COACH WILL GIVE A ROLE PLAY SITUATION.
THE COACH WILL MODEL THIS VERY SPECIFIC SKILL THAT THE TEACHER IS GOING TO BE, UH, WORKING ON.
IN THE NEXT LESSON, THE TEACHER WILL PRACTICE THAT SKILL, UM, AND THEN THEY WILL SET A NEW GOAL FOR WHAT THE COACH IS GOING TO SPECIFICALLY BE LOOKING FOR IN THAT NEXT LESSON OR THAT NEXT TEACHING TIME, AND THEN SCHEDULE.
THEN THEY SCHEDULE THE NEXT COACHING SESSION AT THAT TIME BY RECORDING ACTUAL INSTRUCTION.
COACHES CAN PROVIDE INSIGHT BASED ON DATA COACHING IS ALWAYS VERY PERSONALIZED, SPECIFIC, TANGIBLE, ACTIONABLE, AND PURPOSEFUL.
AND THERE IS A STUDY OUT OF THE CENTER FOR, UH, FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION.
I'M SORRY, I GOT AHEAD OF MYSELF.
THERE'S A STUDY FROM THE CENTER OF PUBLIC EDUCATION THAT SHOWS THAT WHEN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS MERELY JUST MERELY DESCRIBES THE SKILL, WHEN THE TEACHER IS SITTING THERE JUST LISTENING, THAT TEACHER IS ABLE TO REPLICATE THAT SKILL ABOUT 10% OF THE TIME.
BUT HOWEVER, WHEN COACHED AND THE SKILL IS PRACTICED, THE SKILL IS MODELED BY THE COACH AND PRACTICED BY THE TEACHER, THERE IS UP TO A 95% TRANSFER OF THAT SKILL INTO THE LESSON.
THE LAST SLIDE I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW YOU IS THE, IS THE, UM, WELL, IS IS BLANK.
THIS HAD, THIS HAD THE, OH, THERE IT IS.
IT WAS JUST A LITTLE SLOW COMING UP.
SO THIS SHOWS THE BREAKDOWN OF THE COST FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION AND THEN THE CTE, THE ONE ON ONE, AND THE, UM, AND THE SMALL GROUP.
AND BEFORE I DO, UH, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE, WE HAVE GINA MANNING HERE WITH US FROM ED CONNECTIVE.
SHE IS THE PARTNERSHIP, UH, AT ADVISOR FOR THE COMPANY.
AND SO DO YOU WANT TO JUST SAY IF YOU WORDS AND THEN WE'LL ALLOW YOU TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH.
THANK YOU TO SINGLE BOARD FOR HAVING US TODAY.
WE, WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT YOUR SPED TEACHERS AND CTE TEACHERS BECAUSE HISTORICALLY ACROSS THE
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COUNTRY AND SPECIFICALLY IN TEXAS, IT'S A VERY UNDERSERVED AREA.AND LIKE SUSAN MENTIONED, 50% OF YOUR CHILDREN ARE DOING CTE AND YOU KNOW, FUNDS OBVIOUSLY GO TO MATH AND SCIENCE, BUT THERE'S OTHER AREAS THAT ARE JUST UNDERS SUPPORTED.
AND WE MADE OUR COMPANY TO BE SCALABLE FOR YOU.
BRING THE RIGHT COACH TO YOU AT THE RIGHT TIME AND PROVIDE YOUR TEACHERS AGAIN WITH THOSE GLOWS AND GROWS AND PRACTICE.
CAUSE WE TALK A LOT ABOUT EMBEDDING, AND I CAN GUARANTEE YOU, NOW YOU CAN QUESTION ME ON THIS.
DOES YOUR FOOTBALL COACH, DOES YOUR VOLLEYBALL COACH, DO THEY COACH AND ACTUALLY FILM EVERY GAME THAT HAPPENS? I BET SO BET A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE TIME THEY'RE FILMING AND THEN THEY GO AND THEY HAVE THEIR, THEIR BREAKDOWN SESSION WITH THEIR PLAYERS AND THEY REALLY STRATEGICALLY LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, HOW DID YOU DO IN THAT SESSION? AND LET'S GET BETTER.
SO WHEN YOU GO TO A TEACHER, YOU DON'T TALK ABOUT, HEY, YOUR CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT ISN'T GOOD.
YOU TALK ABOUT A VERY SPECIFIC DEFINED SKILL.
SO WHEN YOU GO AN ATHLETE, YOU SAY, YOU DON'T SAY YOUR DEFENSE IS BAD, YOU SAY, HEY, YOU DIDN'T BEND YOUR KNEES, YOU DIDN'T SLIDE.
LET'S BE VERY SPECIFIC WITH OUR ACTION PLAN SO WE CAN GET BETTER.
SO THE GOAL OF ED CONNECTIVE AGAIN, IS TO GIVE YOU THAT SPECIALIZED SPED OR CTE BACKED COACH WHO CAN REALLY DEFINE THOSE OUTCOMES FOR YOUR TEACHERS SO STUDENT OUTCOMES CAN IMPROVE.
SO AGAIN, VERY MUCH APPRECIATE, UM, YOU GUYS HAVING US HERE TODAY.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR SUSAN AND I HAPPY TO ANSWER.
ANY QUESTIONS? HI TRUSTEE WHITFIELD.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, UM, ARE WHAT OTHER DISTRICTS ARE YOU WORKING WITH? I'M SORRY, WHAT OTHER DIS
SO SPECIFICALLY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, CORRECT? I'M SORRY.
IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, CORRECT.
SO IN THE STATE OF TEXAS WE'VE WORKED WITH DONNA ISD AND WE'VE DONE NEW TEACHER INDUCTION THERE.
WE'VE DONE A LITTLE BIT OF CTE, SPED LEADERSHIP COACHING, AS WELL AS MIDDLE SCHOOL SUPPORT ON TRAUMA INFORMED TEACHING.
UM, WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH REGION 13 AS WELL TO DIVERSIFY THEIR SERVICES.
UM, SO THEY NOT ONLY PROVIDE REGION 13 IN AUSTIN, SO THEY DON'T ONLY SUPPLY THEIR OWN COACHES THAT THEY'D SUPPLY ED CONNECTIVE COACHES.
UM, WE WORK WITH ALSO SILLS, B I SD IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
WE WORK WITH EDGEWOOD IN SAN ANTONIO, SOUTHWEST MEDINA VALLEY, WHO ALSO HAS A CTE PARTNERSHIP.
SO, YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE CURRENTLY SPEAKING WITH SOME OTHER DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE TO LOOK AT LEADERSHIP COACHING AS WELL.
AND AS SOME OF OUR FOLKS FROM DONNA ISD HAVE MIGRATED OVER TO HECTOR COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, A FULL SCALE, UM, VIRTUAL COACHING OPTION FOR THEM.
SO SEVERAL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE.
AND AT THIS TIME, UM, I TAKE IT THAT WE MS. KING.
WE DO NOT, WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE THESE, THIS PROGRAM IN HOUSE, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
WE CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE THIS PROGRAM AND WE HAVE NOT USED ANYTHING LIKE THIS FOR OUR TEACHERS FAR AS BED TEACHERS.
SO WE DO HAVE ANOTHER, A COMPANY THAT DOES SOME COACHING WITH GENERAL EDUCATION TEACHERS, UH, THAT'S CURRENTLY IN PLACE, BUT, BUT NOT FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS NOW.
AND, UM, WILL THERE BE ANY REPORTS AS FAR AS, UM, THE PROGRESS, UM, HOW EFFECTIVE THIS PROGRAM IS WITH OUR, UM, TEACHERS AND IF SO, HOW OFTEN? YES.
SO EVERY FRIDAY WE PROVIDE A REPORT TO SUSAN, UM, CTE AS WELL, AND THE PRINCIPALS, CUZ WE WANT THEM TO BE STAKEHOLDERS IN THIS.
SO THEY GET A, IT'S NON EVALUATIVE AGAIN.
SO THEY'RE GETTING A GROW A GLOW AND AN ACTION STEP EVERY FRIDAY.
SO OUR COACHES ARE ACTUALLY, THEY ARE TAKING SOME MEASUREMENTS DEPENDING ON WHERE THE TEACHER IS BEING VERY PERSONALIZED.
SO DO THEY NEED TO IMPROVE IN ACTIVE STUDENT RESPONSES OR WAIT TIME OR STUDENT ENGAGEMENT? SMALL GROUP.
SO WE'RE TAKING SOME BASELINE NUMBERS SO WE CAN SHOW GROWTH FROM FIRST SESSION TO EIGHT SESSION.
SO WHEN WE GET TO WEEK EIGHT, WE PROVIDE AN AGGREGATE REPORT FOR THE DISTRICT BROKEN DOWN BY SPED AND CTE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE IND INDIVIDUALIZED REPORTS THAT EACH COACH GOES OVER WITH THE PARTICIPANT BEFORE IT'S PRESENTED TO THE DISTRICT AS WELL.
SO THERE'S FULL, YOU KNOW, FULL ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY FOR WHAT THEY WERE MEASURING AND THE METRICS THEY WERE TAKEN.
AND I APOLOGIZE IF YOU ALREADY STATED, BUT AS FAR AS THE SURVEY IS CONCERNED WITH AN, UM, WILL THE TEACHERS WHO ARE RECEIVING THE TRAINING HAVE THE OPTION TO DO A SURVEY TO SEE HOW, UH, FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO, UM, BASICALLY STATE HOW EFFECTIVE THIS PROGRAM IS FOR THEM AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN THAT REITERATED? YEAH.
SO ON THAT INDIVIDUALIZED REPORT THAT THEY DO AT THE END OF THE EIGHT WEEKS, THEY HAVE A TEACHER REFLECTION AS WELL AS A COACHING REFLECTION FROM OUR STANDPOINT FOR WHERE WE FEEL LIKE THEY SHOULD GO NEXT AS A TEACHER AND
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WHAT THEY SHOULD FOCUS ON.SO MAYBE THEY FOCUSED ON STUDENT ENGAGEMENT, BUT THEY NEED TO GO MORE SO TO THOSE ACTIVE STUDENT RESPONSES.
THEY NEED TO GO TO A MORE RIGOROUS ENVIRONMENT.
WE WOULD SUGGEST THAT WOULD BE THEIR NEXT KIND OF GOAL.
AS A PART, I'M, I'M SO SORRY, I'M SPEAKING OF IT COMING FROM THE TEACHER.
IF IT'S EFFECTIVE FOR, IF THAT'S, IF IT'S EFFECTIVE, THE TEACHER REFLECTION.
SO YEAH, THAT EACH TEACHER HAS THE OPPORTUNITY.
WE HAVE SOME BASELINE QUESTIONS FOR THEM TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF RATE HOW THE PARTNERSHIP WENT MM-HMM.
SO EACH REPORT HAS A TEACHER REFLECTION ON IT.
AND IS THIS A A, IS THIS A ONCE, UM, ONE TIME A YEAR? OR HOW OFTEN ARE WE LOOKING TO, UM, HAVE THIS RELATIONSHIP WITH AIRNET? SO IN THE EYES OF EDUCATION, COACHING NEVER STOPS, RIGHT? THERE'S A GROWTHING GROWTH MINDSET, OBVIOUSLY, BUT WHAT WE USUALLY UTILIZE AS WE LOOK AT AND WE STRATEGICALLY LOOK AT A PARTNERSHIP WITH A DISTRICT, I SPED WE IDENTIFY IN AN AREA THAT HAS NOT BEEN TOUCHED BEFORE.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT TRYING TO AMP UP THESE TEACHERS AND BRING THEM TO, YOU KNOW, YEAR, YEAR FIVE AFTER EVEN THREE COACHING SESSIONS.
CUZ THE RESEARCH SHOWS THAT IF YOU DO A MINIMUM OF SIX SESSIONS, YOU CAN TAKE A YEAR ZERO TEACHER AND GET 'EM TO YEAR FIVE.
SO HOW LONG ARE YOU LOOKING FOR AS, UM, I GUESS WHAT I'M ASKING IS THE CONTRACT WISE, I'M SORRY.
SO I WENT BACK TO THIS TRUSTEE WILL FIELD, EXCUSE ME, I WENT BACK TO THIS SLIDE HERE ONE YEAR.
SO RIGHT NOW WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT ARE, UH, TO COACH A GROUP OF TEACHERS AND IT WILL BE FOR EIGHT SESSIONS.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE ARE COMMITTING TO RIGHT NOW.
SO THEY WOULD BE THE CYCLE THAT I SPOKE ABOUT OF, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL SET THEIR GOALS, THEY'LL TAPE RECORD OR THEY'LL RECORD THEIR SESSIONS.
THE CO THE COACH WILL LOOK AT IT, THEY'LL HAVE THEIR MEETING, THEY'LL SET A NEW GOAL THAT WILL, RIGHT NOW WHAT, WHAT I'M UH, ASKING FOR IS FOR, FOR EIGHT TIMES FOR OUR INCLUSION TEACHERS SPECIFICALLY.
DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YES.
UH, TRUSTEE STEVENS, UH, LET'S TALK ABOUT RECORDINGS.
SO ARE THE RECORDINGS JUST OF THE TEACHERS OR STUDENTS ALSO? SO IN ORDER FOR US TO GET A REAL ENGAGEMENT, WE LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE STUDENTS EITHER FROM THE BACK OF THE CLASSROOM OR FROM THE FRONT.
IF THERE'S NOT ALREADY A WAIVER THAT'S SIGNED FOR RECORDING RIGHT.
IN THE CLASSROOM, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO CARTOON OUT THE STUDENTS SO WE CAN AT LEAST SEE IF THEY'RE DOING PARTNER TALK OR IF THEY'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON THE TEACHER.
SO IF THAT IS OF AN ISSUE AND THERE'S NOT THAT, THAT FORM THAT THE PHOTOGRAPH FORM THAT COMES BACK, THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND CARTOON THE STRUCTURE OF IT.
SO YOU WOULD HAVE TO GET WAIVERS OF THE STUDENTS, RIGHT.
WE HAVE FROM THE STUDENTS' PARENTS, WE GET THOSE EVERY YEAR.
YOU DO BEGINNING OF THE YEAR? YES SIR.
WELL WHAT HAPPENS TO THE ACTUAL RECORDINGS? THEY BECOME OUR PROPERTY OR, SO THE RECORDING IS ALWAYS OWNED BY THE TEACHER.
SO WE USE THE SAME PROGRAM THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION USES.
SO THEY OWN IT WHEN THEY RECORD IT AND THEY ONLY UPLOAD IT TO OUR COACH.
OUR COACH CAN'T TAKE A RECORDING OF IT AND SHARE IT WITH ANYONE ELSE.
AS SOON AS THEY UPLOAD IT AND THEY HAVE THEIR COACHING SESSION, THE TEACHER CAN ALSO IMMEDIATELY DELETE IT.
SO IT'S NOT SAVED ANYWHERE AND IT CANNOT BE FORWARDED CUZ WE HAVE TO RESPECT THE PRIVACY OF THE TEACHER AND THE FACT THAT THEY'RE BEING VULNERABLE WITH THE COACH.
SO THAT'S WHY THAT RAPPORT BUILDING AT THE BEGINNING IS VERY IMPORTANT.
I'M CONCERNED WITH THE PRIVACY OF THE TEACHER, BUT MUCH MORE SO WITH SPECIAL NEEDS KIDS.
AND THAT'S KIND OF AN UNSETTLING THOUGHT FOR ME.
SO THERE'S A, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S WAYS TO, YOU KNOW, PUT THE CAMERA SO THAT IT IS AT THE BACK OF THE, YOU KNOW, THEY USUALLY USE THEIR IPHONE OR THEIR IPAD SO THEY COULD PUT IT IN THE BACK OF THE CLASSROOM.
SO WE ONLY SEE THE BACK OF THEIR HEADS.
BUT, UM, AGAIN, THAT CARTOON FORMAT IS USED REGULARLY, ESPECIALLY ON THE EAST COAST.
SO WE CANNOT SEE, YOU KNOW, STUDENT FACES AND THEIR BLURRED OUT.
BUT WE CAN SEE THE DIRECTION THAT THEY'RE MOVING.
WHAT'S THAT? RECORDINGS REMAIN HERE.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS PROGRAM TO US.
I KNOW THE NEED FOR COACHING TEACHERS, ESPECIALLY WITH CTE BECAUSE THAT IS A PART OF THAT TRANSITION PLAN AND TO PUT US ON THAT UPPER SCALE.
UM, I WILL SAY THAT FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, A PARENT CAN ASK TO HAVE A CLASSROOM RECORDED.
AND SO, UM, EVERYTHING WE DO IS,
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IS TRULY UNDERSTANDABLE BECAUSE I'VE HEARD AND SEEN PARENTS ASK A LOT OF TIMES I LIKE TO HAVE THE CLASSROOM, SO THANK YOU.COMINGS, THIS IS NOT AN ITEM THAT REQUIRES IN ACTION.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? UH, TRUSTEE JONES, I LIKE TO MOVE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE ED COLLECTIVE, UH, THAT PRESENTED BY MS. KING, A MOTION BY SECRETARY MORRIS.
VOTING AND THE AFFIRMATIVE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[11E. Discussion and possible approval of READ 180 (G1) - Rosa Hernandez, Presenter]
OUR AGENDA IS DISCUSSED IN POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF READ 180.UH, CALLING FORWARD, UH, MS. HERNANDEZ TO PRESENT THAT INFORMATION, READ 180.
UM, MADAM BOARD PRESIDENT HAMILTON, WHO IS JOINING US VIRTUALLY VICE PRESIDENT JONES, UH, DISTINGUISHED BOARD TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT DR.
I COME TO YOU TONIGHT TO REQUEST BOARD APPROVAL FOR READ 180 FOR GRADE SIX THROUGH EIGHT.
IF YOU WOULD INDULGE ME IN A SHORT VIDEO.
WE BELIEVE, UM, THAT EVERY CHILD IN LANCASTER ISD BE, UM, DESERVES TO READ.
WITH THAT IN MIND, WHAT IS READ 180? READ 180 IS A BLENDED LEARNING SOLUTION THAT ACCELERATES LEARNING FOR STRUGGLING READERS.
IT'S DESIGNED TO SUPPORT STUDENTS READING TWO OR MORE GRADE LEVEL TWO OR MORE YEARS BELOW GRADE LEVEL.
IT LEVERAGED THE THE PLAYING FIELD BY BEING AN ADAPTED TECHNOLOGY TO PERSONALIZE INSTRUCTION AND PROVIDE POWERFUL DATA FOR DIFFERENTIATING INSTRUCTION FOR NOT ONLY STUDENTS, BUT FOR TEACHERS.
RESEARCH SHOWS THAT IF THIS PROGRAM IS USED WITH FIDELITY AS A, IT HAS PROVEN TO CLOSE THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP IN READING.
IT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT DIGITAL AND, AND IS AN ONLINE PLATFORM.
IT ALIGNS WITH BOARD GOAL ONE BY PROVIDING WORLD CLASS TEACHING AND LEARNING EXPERIENCES WHERE EACH STUDENT WILL GROW AND DEVELOP AT LEAST ONE GRADE LEVEL.
UM, MS. BELL AND I SPOKE EARLIER AND EXPLAINED SOME ACCOUNTABILITY DATA WHEN WE PRESENTED G W UM, GWC.
AS YOU KNOW, GWC IS IDENTIFIED AS A NOT RATED CAMPUS IN OUR DISTRICT, THEREFORE, PUTTING GWC ON A TARGET IMPROVEMENT LIST FOR READING AND MATH TONIGHT.
THE DATA TELLS US VERY CLEARLY THAT WE ARE IN NEED OF A PROGRAM TO SUPPORT OUR, OUR MOST STRUGGLING LEARNERS IN READING.
UM, THE DATA TELLS US THAT 187 OUT OF 337 STUDENTS, THAT IS ABOUT 55% OF OUR GW TWO STUDENTS DID NOT MEET GROWTH LAST YEAR IN READING 96 OF THE 336 KIDS, WHICH IS ABOUT 29%, UM, ONLY REACHED APPROACHING.
AND SO I WANNA EXPRESS THAT APPROACHING IS PASSING BUT IS NOT READING ON GRADE LEVEL.
IT IS STILL READING BELOW GRADE LEVEL.
IT IS SHOWING GROWTH, IT IS PASSING COMPARED TO TA, BUT IT IS NOT READING ON GRADE LEVEL MEETS OR MASTERS IS.
AND ONLY 15% OF OUR STUDENTS AT JWC LAST YEAR MET, UM, MET THE LEVEL OF MET OR OR HIGHER ON THE STAR LAST YEAR.
THIS DATA FURTHERMORE SHOWS US, UM, LOOKING AT THE COHORT OF STUDENTS, UM, AT LMS, UM, 225
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OF 810 STUDENTS AT LMS, OR 28% OF THE STUDENTS DID NOT MEET GROWTH OR DID NOT MEET STANDARD ON THE READING TASK LAST YEAR, UNDER 21 OF THE 800 810 STUDENTS, WHICH IS ABOUT 15% ONLY REACHED APPROACHING LEVELS.SO I, I'M SHARING BOTH LMS DATA AND, UH, GWC FOR A REASON.
UM, THOSE STUDENTS THAT WERE AT GWC ARE NOW AT THOSE 55% AT LMS IN SEVENTH GRADE.
AND THOSE SEVENTH GRADERS THAT WERE AT ONLY 28% ARE NOW OUR EIGHTH GRADERS AT LMS. WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO CREATE IS TWO SCHOOLS NEXT YEAR.
WE WANT TO, WE WANNA GET PROACTIVE, WE WANNA GET AHEAD OF THE GAME.
WE WANNA NOT ONLY SUPPORT GWC, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE ALSO SUPPORTING THOSE COHORT STUDENTS THAT MOVED ON TO SEVEN AND EIGHTH AT LMS. SO THIS PROGRAM WILL ALLOW US TO DO BOTH OF THAT AND HIT OUR MOST STRUGGLING READERS.
WE BELIEVE READ 180 IS AN INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM THAT WILL PROVIDE US A LEVERAGE TO CLOSE THE ACHIEVEMENT GAPS AT BOTH OF THOSE CAMPUSES.
SO WHEN THEY ENTER HIGH SCHOOL, THEY'RE READY FOR THOSE E C EXAMS AND THEY'RE READY TO READ.
READ 180 WILL OFFER OUR SIX THROUGH EIGHT GRADERS A PERSONALIZED INSTRUCTIONAL EXPERIENCE.
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE PACIFIC PEAKS STANDARDS AND READINESS OR SUPPORTING STANDARDS THAT THEY NEED TO CLOSE THAT ACHIEVEMENT GAP.
IT WILL PROVIDE TEACHERS AND ECOSYSTEM THAT WILL SERVE SIX INSTRUCTIONAL GAPS THAT STUDENTS ARE CURRENTLY MISSING.
IT WILL PROVIDE INTENSIVE, UM, INTERVENTION SOLUTIONS DURING OUR DOUBLE BLOCK READING.
AGAIN, REMEMBER I SHARED EARLIER THAT WE HAVE CREATED OUR MASTER SCHEDULE TO ENSURE DOUBLE BLOCK READING AND READING AND MATH.
SO STUDENTS WHO WILL GET INSTRUCTION FOR 90 MINUTES IN READING AND THEN HAVE THIS PROGRAM AS A SUPPLEMENTED INSTRUCTION TARGETED TO THEIR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS SO THAT WE CAN PUSH THAT ONE YEAR ACADEMIC GROWTH OR MORE ALIGN WITH OUR BOARD GOALS.
WE WANNA BE VERY INTENTIONAL HOW WE DO THAT WORK THIS YEAR.
SO HOW DOES IT WORK? UM, I LIKE TO SPEND A FEW MINUTES ON THIS.
UM, STUDENTS ARE GONNA TAKE A TEST AND THEY'RE GONNA TAKE A, A VERY ADAPTIVE SOFTWARE TEST IN THEIR INTERVENTION CLASS.
THIS IS NOT GONNA TAKE AWAY FROM OUR READING, UM, INSTRUCTION.
SO WE'RE GONNA TEACH OUR REGULAR READING, UM, SCOPE AND SEQUENCE.
THIS IS IN THEIR INTERVENTION CLASS THAT WE'VE ALREADY PRE-PLANNED.
IT'S ALREADY IN THE WORKS RIGHT NOW.
IF APPROVED, THEY'LL GO IN AND TAKE THIS ASSESSMENT.
THE ASSESSMENT WILL TELL US FOR EVERY KID IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, SIX THROUGH EIGHT THAT DID ARE NOT ON APPROACHES OR DID NOT SHOW THAT GROWTH, IT WILL GIVE US A A LEXI SCORE.
THE LEXIO SCORE WILL TELL US TWO THINGS.
ONE, UM, THERE ARE TWO GRADE LEVELS BELOW, WHICH IS WHAT WE ARE EXPECTING AND WHAT THE DATA IS SHOWING.
UM, AND THEY'LL SEND US TO READ 180.
UM, SO IF THE STUDENT SCORES ALEXA LEVEL FOR SECONDARY, I KNOW I'M SHOWING ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY, BUT WE'RE PURCHASING IT JUST FOR SECONDARY.
BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, I STUCK THAT UP THERE.
SO IF THEY'RE SCORING A 600 OR GREATER, THEN THEY'RE GONNA GO INTO ONE OF OUR LEVELS OF READ 180.
THEY'RE GONNA GO INTO LEVEL ONE, LEVEL 2, 3, 4, 5, AND SIX.
AND THESE ARE ALL INSTRUCTIONAL LEVELS.
UM, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, UM, THEY MIGHT, UM, GO INTO, UM, LEVEL ONE, WHICH IS PROBABLY THE LOWEST LEVEL, BUT NOT SO LOW THAT WE, THEY HAVE SOME COMPREHENSION SKILLS.
SO THEY'LL GO INTO TO ANYTHING GREATER THAN 600 MEANS THEY HAVE PHONETIC AWARENESS IN FLUENCY.
WHAT THEY DON'T HAVE IS COMPREHENSION SKILLS AND STRATEGIES TO ATTACK THAT TEXT AT THEIR LEVEL.
SO THEY'LL GO INTO THAT PROGRAM.
HOWEVER, IF THEY SCORE LESS THAN, UM, 600 DAD TELLS US THEY NEED SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT AND WE WANNA BE ABLE TO, UM, ASK FOR BOTH OF THEM NOW INSTEAD COMING BACK LATER.
SO THIS PROGRAM GIVES A FLEXIBILITY OF, UM, STUDENTS ARE ONLY HAVING ISSUES IN COMPREHENSION, BUT THEN STUDENTS WHO ARE SCORING LOWER THAN THAT TWO GRADE LEVELS, WHICH WE HAVE KIDS BASED ON THEIR DATA, THEY'LL GO INTO, UM, SYSTEM 44 AND SYSTEM 44 WILL PREPARE THEM FOR PHONICS, UM, UM, FLUENCY, UM,
AND SO IT WILL ALLOW US TO, UM, ADDRESS OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS, UM, IN A DIFFERENT WAY THAT WE'VE NEVER DONE BEFORE.
TOO OFTEN TEACHERS GO TO SCHOOL AND THEY LEARN HOW TO BE A READING TEACHER.
BUT, UM, MOST MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL READING TEACHERS REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW TO TEACH FANATIC AWARENESS OR THONGS OR CONSTANT PLANS.
THE PROGRAM IS GOING TO SPECIALIZE AND PROVIDE THAT DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION FOR THEM, WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING AND MUCH NEEDED.
UM, I DID GIVE YOU SOME DATA AROUND LIFESTYLE SCORES AND RANGES.
UM, UM, JUST SO THAT YOU HAD THAT INFORMATION.
ON AVERAGE, THE LEXI RANGE IS SUGGESTED.
SO IF THEY'RE AT 570, UM, YOU CAN GO A HUNDRED, UM, YOU CAN GO A HUNDRED BELOW AND THEY USUALLY GO ABOUT 50 UH ABOVE.
AND THAT SETS A RANGE FOR, UM,
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FOR LEXI READING LEVELS TO BE MEASURED.UM, AND ACCELERATION IS OUR GOAL HERE WITH READ 180 IS TO MOVE OUR KIDS AT LEAST ONE ACADEMIC GRADE LEVEL, IF NOT MORE.
IF WE CAN CLOSE THAT TWO YEAR GAP, THAT'S OUR GOAL, RIGHT? OR THREE YEAR GAP OR GET 'EM AS FAR ALONG THAT READING LINE AS WE CAN.
SO HERE'S THE AVERAGE, TYPICAL READING MEASURES BY GRADE LEVEL, NEXT HOUSE.
AND THEN THIS IS WHAT RE 180 WILL SUPPORT WITH.
UM, AND SO IF YOU NOTICED, UM, I PUT A KIND OF ANOTHER DIFFERENT SCALE ON TOP OF THAT.
SO IF A STUDENT, UM, IS IDENTIFIED AT 670, I'M JUST PICKING 670, THAT'S A TYPICALLY TWO GRADE LEVELS BELOW TWO TO THREE GRADE LEVELS BELOW, UM, THAT LEXI, HOW RANGE WILL GO A HUNDRED BELOW AND A 50 ABOVE, WHICH WOULD PUT US EITHER AT A FIVE 70 RANGE TO A SEVEN 20 RANGE SO THAT STUDENTS BELOW TWO TO THREE GRADE LEVELS, UM, THEY'LL TAKE THE TEST AND THEN THEY'LL GIVE 'EM ADAPTIVE INTENSE INSTRUCTION, UM, BY AND BY UM, DEFICIENCY AREA.
THE PROGRAM DOES THIS WITHOUT THE TEACHER HAVING TO THINK.
SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT 63 TEACHERS ON OUR CAMPUSES WHO HAVE NEVER BEEN IN THE CLASSROOM, THIS IS, HERE'S THE MAP TO SUCCESS AND UM, HERE'S THE COACHING THAT YOU WANT, UM, WITHOUT ALL THE FUSS.
UM, SO THAT'S WHAT THIS PROGRAM ALLOWS US TO DO.
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THIS PROGRAM ALLOWS US TO DO.
UM, READ 180 HAS SIX ZONES OF INSTRUCTION THAT I'M SUPER EXCITED.
UM, CURRICULUM IS MY BACKGROUND.
I'VE USED IT IN PREVIOUS DISTRICTS TO MOVE SCHOOLS OUT OF IR.
YOU, THIS WAS ONE OF THE PROGRAMS I USED BEFORE, SO I CAN SPEAK TO ITS FIDELITY AGAIN.
FIDELITY, WE BUILT IN THAT FIDELITY ALREADY.
THESE TEACHERS ARE WAITING TO GET THE SUPPORT THEY NEED TO LEAVE THAT WORK.
THERE HAS AN EXPLORER ZONE, WHICH, UM, FRONT LOADS THE STUDENT WITH ACADEMIC VOCABULARY AND ACQUISITION.
UM, IT HAS A READING ZONE WHERE STUDENTS GET TO READ AT THEIR LEXI BETWEEN THOSE RANGES, I WAS TELLING YOU, A HUNDRED BELOW AND 50 ABOVE.
SO WE'RE STILL STRETCHING, ALWAYS STRETCHING THE THE STUDENTS.
A LANGUAGE ZONE WHICH BUILDS AND EXPANDS THEIR ACADEMIC VOCABULARY.
A FLUENCY ZONE CUZ WE STILL WANNA FOCUS ON FLUENCY, UM, TO MAKE SURE THEY MAKE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN DECODING AND INCODING.
YOU KNOW, WITH STAR REDESIGN THERE IS A WRITING PIECE IN ALMOST EVERY STAR TEST, READING, MATH, SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES WHERE THEY HAVE TO RESPOND TO OPEN RESPONSES.
AND LASTLY, A SUCCESS ZONE WHERE THEY KIND OF, UM, BRING EVERYTHING TOGETHER AND ALLOW STUDENTS TO STRETCH THEIR INDIVIDUAL EXILES BY READING AND REFLECTING AS DARK DESIGN QUESTIONS.
UM, WHAT'S ALSO EXCITING IS THAT BECAUSE WE BUILT IN THE BLOCKS, WE GET THE, UM, MAX OUT THE, UM, ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, UH, POTENTIAL BECAUSE WE GET TO GO 80 MINUTES OR ADVANCE.
YOU CAN DO 20 AND YOU CAN HAVE SUCCESS, YOU CAN DO 40, YOU CAN STILL HAVE SOME SUCCESS.
BUT REALLY BETWEEN THAT 60 AND 80, IT'S A ZONE THAT SHOWS THE GREATEST BANG FOR YOUR DOLLAR.
WE BUILT IN A 90 MINUTE INTERVENTION SYSTEM AT OUR SIX THROUGH EIGHT GRADE CAMPUSES.
THEY'VE GONE FROM TRADITIONAL TO BLOCK SCHEDULING.
UM, IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO BLEND IN BLENDED LEARNING.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO WHOLE GROUP INSTRUCTION.
THEY'LL BE ABLE TO DO SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO DO INDEPENDENT INSTRUCTION.
THE TEACHER CAN LEAD A LESSON FOR 20, 30 MINUTES AND GIVE THAT DIRECT FEEDBACK TO A SMALL GROUP OF KIDS.
SAY THERE'S 20 KIDS, I MIGHT DO DIRECT TEACH WITH THE 10 AND THEN HAVE THE OTHER 10 WORKING ON THEIR INDEPENDENT READING AND THOSE INDEPENDENT LEXI STYLE SCORES TO GET THAT GROWTH AND THEN MIGHT SWITCH THE GROUP OUT.
UM, SO THAT GIVES US THE ABILITY TO DO, UM, WHOLE GROUP AND SMALL GROUP, WHICH IS REALLY GONNA MOVE THAT TARGET FOR US.
AGAIN, BEING VERY INTENTIONAL.
UM, IT ALSO SUPPORTS OUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS AND OUR SPED.
THESE ARE INDICATORS THAT I THINK MS. BELL POINTED OUT.
WE POINTED OUT EARLIER THAT OUR RED FLAGS FOR THREE YEARS OF CONSISTENT, UM, UM, NOT HITTING THE TA TARGET.
SO IT WILL HELP OUR STUDENTS WITH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION.
IT WOULD ALSO HELP OUR BEST STUDENTS WHO ARE 2, 3, 4 GRADE LEVELS, EVEN FIVE GRADE LEVELS BELOW AND PROVIDE THAT FLUENCY, THAT SENTENCE FRAME.
UM, AND WE ALSO HAVE SOME MATERIALS IN SPANISH FOR OUR, OUR LEFT LEARNERS.
UM, WE ALSO GET A REALLY NICE, UM, COACHING PACKET.
UM, SO WE DON'T WANNA JUST SAY, HEY, TEACHERS DO THIS PROGRAM, BUT WE ALSO WANNA SAY, HEY, THERE'S THIS STUDIO WHERE YOU GET TO, UM, CLICK ON SOMETHING.
MAYBE I DON'T KNOW HOW TO TEACH INFERENCE.
THERE IS A TEACHER'S CORNER WHERE THEY CAN GO IN, LOG IN, WATCH A VIDEO, SEE SOMEONE SUCCESSFULLY DOING IT, AND THEN BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT IT.
THEY ALSO, WE ALSO GET FOUR DAYS OF FULL COACHING AS WELL AS EIGHT 30 MINUTE ONLINE SESSIONS FOR ALL OUR TEACHERS.
SO THEY GET EIGHT INDIVIDUAL LESSONS THAT THEY GET TO CHOOSE WHEN THEY WANNA GO IN.
AND NO ONE NEEDS TO KNOW BUT THEM THAT THEY WANT THAT EXTRA SUPPORT.
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SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO, UH, REACH OUT TO THE AN ADMINISTRATOR.THEY HAVE THAT IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO GET THAT PERSONALIZED TRAINING FOR THEM.
AND THAT'S SO IMPORTANT WITH ALL THE NEW TEACHERS WE HAVE ON CAMPUS AND MAKING SURE THEY HAVE WHAT THEY NEED.
UM, MY ASK TONIGHT, OUR ASKED TONIGHT IS FOR YOU TO APPROVE READ 180.
UM, THAT GIVES US, UM, ABOUT A THOUSAND LICENSES FOR A SIX TO EIGHT.
WE'RE ASKING FOR GWC AND LMS FOR THAT REASON IS THOSE GWC STUDENTS ARE GOING UP TO SEVENTH GRADE.
THOSE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS WHO AREN'T SUCCESSFUL ARE GOING UP TO EIGHT.
AND THEN WE HAVING, WE'RE HAVING THE FIFTH GRADERS COME INTO SIXTH GRADE.
UM, SO THIS WILL COVER THE WHOLE MIDDLE SCHOOL SPECTRUM.
THE COST IS $90,600 AND IS OUT A TITLE ONE FUND.
UM, I'LL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS.
MS. HERNANDEZ HAS ANY QUESTIONING COMMENTS ON THIS SIDE.
UH, MR. LEWIS, MS. HERNANDEZ, ONE QUESTION FOR YOU.
WHY NOT IMPLEMENT THIS PROGRAM AT THE FIFTH GRADE LEVEL? CAUSE AS YOU MENTIONED, THE FIFTH GRADERS OR SIXTH GRADERS RATHER THAT WERE THERE LAST SCHOOL YEAR, THEY'RE NOW IN THE SEVENTH GRADE.
SO WHY ARE WE NOT IMPLEMENTING THIS STARTING AT THE FIFTH GRADE, SIXTH GRADE AND SEVENTH GRADE? GREAT QUESTION.
SO ONE OF OUR, ONE OF THE BOARD GOALS IS USING, UM, UM, OUR BUDGET STRATEGICALLY AND BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF OUR TAX DOLLARS.
SO WHAT I'M PROPOSING IS, LET'S TRY IT AT 6 0 8, LET'S MAKE SURE IT WORKS.
AND WE'RE GETTING THE BEST BANG FOR OUR DOLLAR.
LET'S MONITOR THE REPORTS, LET'S MAKE SURE THIS WORKS FOR LANCASTER.
LET, UM, ALSO, UM, WE BOUGHT, THE DISTRICT BOUGHT REALLY GREAT READING FOR ELEMENTARY.
SO THEY HAVE A PROGRAM THAT WE, WE BROUGHT TO THE BOARD EARLIER THIS SUMMER.
YOU GUYS APPROVED THAT FOR THE ELEMENTARY.
SO THEY HAVE A, UM, NOT THE, QUITE THE SAME PROGRAM, BUT THEY DO HAVE A PROGRAM TO MEET THEIR FLUENCY AND LITERACY AND DECODING SKILLS.
SO WE DON'T HAVE ONE FOR SECONDARY.
UM, CUZ MOST PEOPLE THINK, OH, THEY'RE SECONDARY.
THEY DON'T NEED FLUENCY OR THEY DON'T NEED THE CODING.
AND OUR TEACHERS HAVE NO WAY TO TEACH, KNOW HOW TO TEACH IT.
THEY DIDN'T GO TO SCHOOL FOR IT.
SO WE WANNA BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THEM THE SKILLS.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTION, COMMENTS? I DO.
TRUSTEE WHIFF WILL PULL YOU MIC DOWN.
UM, HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE THERE BETWEEN THE SIXTH AND SEVENTH GRADE? WE HAVE ABOUT 800, UM, UM, 810, UM, MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS AND ABOUT 400 AND, UM, 490, 486 KIDS AT GWC.
AND WHAT OTHER PROGRAMS HAVE THIS, UM, HAVE THE PROGRAM THAT YOU PRESENTED, UH, READ 180.
HAVE YOU COMPARED THIS TWO? OR, AND OR WHAT MADE YOU WANTED TO SELECT READ 180? UM, I DID A LITTLE RESEARCH AROUND WHAT THE SOUTHWEST SCHOOLS WERE DOING IN OTHER DISTRICTS.
PLANO, ARLINGTON, MANSFIELD, UM, ROCK WORLD, MCKINNEY.
THESE ARE JUST A FEW TO NAME THAT HAVE HAD, UM, GOOD GROWTH MEASURES AROUND THIS PROGRAM.
UM, PERSONALLY, UM, TRUSTEE WHITFIELD, I'VE USED THIS PROGRAM WITH 16 TURNAROUND CAMPUSES.
UM, AND I'VE HAD TREMENDOUS GROWTH AND TREMENDOUS SUCCESS WITH THIS PROGRAM.
SO THIS PROGRAM IS, UM, IS IN FACT BEING USED AND HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE WITH, UM, THE BEST SOUTHWEST AND, UM, AND NORTH, NORTHERN OF DALLAS? YES, MA'AM.
UM, DALLAS, PLANO, ARLINGTON, MANSFIELD, ROCK WORLD AND MCKINNEY ARE JUST A FEW.
THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT HAD TO HU THE BIGGEST GAIN GROWTH, UM, THAT THEY SHOWED ME AND PRESENTED TO THE INSTRUCTIONAL CABINET.
DO YOU, UM, UM, DO YOU HAVE THOSE REPORTS THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO SUBMIT TO THE BOARD FOR RE JUST, UM, FOR US TO TAKE A LOOK AT? UM, I CAN DEFINITELY SUBMIT SOME OF THOSE ITEMS. SOME OF IT IS ATORY.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE THEIR, THEY'RE THEIR DISTRICT DATA.
UH, IS THERE A MOTION? UH, TRUSTEE JONES, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE READ 180 PROGRAM AS PRESENTED BY, UH, MS. HERNANDEZ, MY SECOND FOR MOTION BY SECRETARY MORRIS AND SECOND BY TRUSTEE WOODFIELD.
IN YOUR DISCUSSION, HEARING NONE, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE.
MYSELF, VOTING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE PASSAGE UNANIMOUSLY.
LOOK FORWARD TO THE, UH, IMPROVEMENTS THAT THIS WILL MAKE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVELS.
AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU.
THIS IS AN INVESTMENT IN OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS AND I TRULY, TRULY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT IN PUTTING KIDS FIRST AND MAKING READING A PRIORITY.
[11F. Discussion and possible approval of Maximun Class Size Waiver - (G1) Wendy Hawthorne, Presenter]
ON OUR AGENDA IS DISCUSSION AND[03:00:01]
POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF THE MAXIMUM CLASS SIZE WAIVER.UM, I'M GONNA CALL FORWARD, UH, MISS HAWTHORNE.
UM, BUT ALSO WANTED TO JUST ADD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT R 180.
I TOO HAVE HAD SUCCESS WITH IT IN OTHER STATES, IN OTHER PLACES, UM, FROM MY PRINCIPALSHIP IN OH NINE ALL THE WAY TO COMING HERE.
AND, UM, IT'S REALLY A PRODUCT THAT I REALLY DO BELIEVE IN.
UM, AND INTERESTING, CLUELESS, I LIKE TO START SMALL BEFORE I SCALE OUT.
MAKE SURE IT'S WORTH OUR MONEY.
GOOD EVENING, MADAM BOARD PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT JONES, DISTINGUISHED BOARD MEMBERS AND SUPERINTENDENT DR.
I STAND BEFORE YOU TONIGHT TO REQUEST OUR ELEMENTARY CLASS SIZE WAIVER.
FIRST OF ALL, WHAT IS A CLASS SIZE EXCEPTION? A CLASS SIZE EXCEPTION IS ANY CLASS, AND THIS IS EXCLUDING OUR PE OR THE ARTS.
UH, PRE-K THROUGH FOURTH GRADE WITH A STUDENT ENROLLMENT THAT EXCEEDS THE 22 ST STUDENT CLASS SIZE LIMIT THAT IS REQUIRED BY TEXAS EDUCATION.
SO CURRENTLY IN OUR DISTRICT, IN OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 41 TOTAL CLASS SIZE EXCEPTIONS.
AND LET ME JUST SAY THIS, NUMBER CHANGES SEEMS LIKE EVERY DAY.
UM, AND SO I'VE HAD TO, UM, MODIFY THIS PRESENTATION AS I GET NEW NUMBERS.
UM, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT AT BELT LINE WE HAVE ONE, UH, WEST MAIN BEING OUR, UM, LARGEST NUMBER AT 11 AND PLEASANT RUNNER RULES OF PARKS WITH 10.
SO YOU CAN SEE THERE WHERE OUR CLASS SIZES ARE OVER THE 22, UM, REQUIREMENT BY TE NOW HERE IN OUR DISTRICT, WE DON'T GO PAST 24 AT ELEMENTARY.
AND SO WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IS, UH, THIS PARTICULAR CLASSROOM AT ROSA PARKS, THIS IS A CLASSROOM THAT HAS TWO ADDITIONAL STUDENTS IN IT.
UH, AND SO WE, UM, WE STAFF WITH THAT NUMBER.
UM, SO WE DO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE SUPPORTING OUR CLASSROOMS. ALL OF OUR CLASSROOMS HERE IN OUR DISTRICT, WE HAVE EMPLOYED, UH, WHAT WE CALL OUR RTI PARAPROFESSIONALS.
THEY ARE ASSIGNED TO EACH ELEMENTARY CAMPUS.
UH, WE HAVE, UM, A PARA AT KINDER FIRST AND SECOND GRADE.
THIS IS OUR SECOND YEAR WITH OUR RTI PARAPROFESSIONALS.
AND I CAN JUST SAY THANK YOU
SO OUR PER PROFESSIONALS, YOU'LL BE PLEASED TO KNOW, ARE DOING A GREAT JOB IN MAKING A DIFFERENCE.
WE ALSO HAVE, UH, AN INTERVENTIONIST AT EACH OF OUR ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES AS WELL AS TWO TEACHERS ON SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT WHO SUPPORT IN THOSE CLASSROOMS. SO WE DON'T LEAVE THOSE CLASSROOMS UNSUPPORTED, SUPPORTED.
UH, A DISTRICT MUST SUBMIT A REQUEST FOR A CLASS SIZE WAIVER FROM THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION.
THE REQUEST MUST BE SUBMITTED BY OCTOBER 1ST AND THE COMMISSIONER AND, AND MAKING HIS DETERMINATION, HE'S GOING TO SEE IF THIS CLASS SIZE CREATES AN UNDUE HARDSHIP ON THE DISTRICT.
SO IF WE ARE FORCED TO STAY AT ONE TO 22, THAT WOULD MEAN THAT WE WOULD NEED AN ADDITIONAL 41 TEACHERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE CLASSES ARE 22 VERSUS THE 24, WHICH IS A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY WHEN YOU START CALCULATING THAT.
BUT EVEN BEYOND THAT, MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE ALREADY HAVE A TEACHING A STAFFING SHORTAGE.
SO NOW I'VE GOTTA GO FIND 41 MORE TEACHERS.
AND SO WE STILL ARE WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE SITTING IN FRONT OF TEACHERS AND NOT SUBS OR, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT THE OBJECTIVE ONE, THE GOAL ONE THAT YOU HAVE, MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE, UM, ENSURING THAT INSTRUCTION IS GOING FORWARD WITH THE BEST TEACHERS.
AND SO ONCE AN EXCEPTION IS GRANTED, WE DO, UM, UH, HAVE TO SEND OUT A, A LETTER TO OUR PARENTS IN WRITING EXPLAINING THAT THEIR PARTICULAR CLASS IS, UH, UH, OVER THE 22 REQUIREMENT.
SO WE ARE TONIGHT REQUESTING BOARD APPROVAL TO APPLY FOR THE CLASS SIZE WAIVER.
AND WE DO WANNA MEET THAT OCTOBER THE FIRST, UH, DEADLINE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH MS. HATHOR.
PERRA, I JUST WANNA MAKE A COMMENT BEFORE THEIR QUESTIONS.
UM, I, I WOULD JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD, THIS IS, I WOULDN'T SAY A CHALLENGE, BUT IT'S A WELCOME CHALLENGE TO HAVING MORE PEOPLE COME INTO OUR DISTRICT.
CUZ AGAIN, WE PLAN BASED ON WHAT OUR, WE KNOW OUR NUMBERS WILL BE TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR AND TRY TO PREDICT GOING FORWARD.
UM, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW HOW MANY KIDS WILL SHOW UP.
UM, AND SO I WILL SAY TO YOU, THIS IS SOMEWHAT OF A GOOD PROBLEM TO
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HAVE, IF YOU WILL, UH, BECAUSE THAT MEANS THAT WE ARE GETTING MORE PEOPLE OR MORE STUDENTS INTO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.SO, UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE THAT COMMENT BEFORE THERE ARE QUESTIONS.
UM, THIS OVERSIZED CLASS, I, I CANNOT SAY THAT I 1% AGREE WITH, UM, DR.
UM, I SEE A PRO AND A CON WITH IT MORE OF A CON AS IT RELATES TO AN OVERSIZED CLASSROOM.
UM, THAT MEANS THAT'S MORE WORK FOR A TEACHER AND IT'S AN OVERSIZED CLASSROOM.
SO EXACTLY WHAT TYPE OF ATTENTION ARE THESE INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS ABLE TO RECEIVE IF A TEACHER HAS TO, UM, MANAGE MORE STUDENTS, UH, MORE STUDENTS.
AND THEN AT THE SAME TIME, UM, I MEAN YES, WITH WELCOMING MORE STUDENTS INTO THE DISTRICT AND, UM, FOR THE NUMBERS PER SE, WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR MORE MONEY OR WHAT HAVE YOU, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT BOTH SIDES OF THAT SPECTRUM.
CUZ AT THE END OF THE DAY, YES, WE NEED, I MEAN, WE CAN USE MONEY, BUT, BUT AT WHAT COST? AND ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO THESE STUDENTS.
SO WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT IS THAT MAKING SURE THAT THESE STUDENTS IS GETTING THE ATTENTION THAT THEY NEED.
AND FROM WHAT I'M HEARING TODAY, WE HAVE A LOT OF GROWTH THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE HAVE STUDENTS WHO NEED THAT ATTENTION AND WE'RE TAKING AWAY FROM THAT ATTENTION.
WILL THERE BE ANY ADDITIONAL TEACHERS, UM, INCLUSIONS ASSISTANCE PLACED WITH THESE TEACHERS, WITH THESE OVERSIZED CLASSROOMS AND WITH THIS WAIVER, WHAT WILL BE THE NEW MAX, IF ANY? OUR WAIVER IS GOING TO REQUEST THE ONE TO 24.
UM, AS I STATED BEFORE, WE DO HAVE SEVERAL SUPPORTS.
FOR PROVIDING THOSE PARAPROFESSIONALS.
UM, THEY RECEIVED THE SAME TRAINING AS OUR TEACHERS.
LIKE TODAY, OUR TEACHERS RECEIVED TRAINING ON THE REALLY GREAT READING.
THE PARAPROFESSIONALS WERE IN THERE READING, UH, RECEIVING THAT TRAINING AS WELL, SO THAT WHEN THEY PULL THEIR SMALL GROUPS, BECAUSE OUR HOPE IS TO MAKE THE GROUP SMALLER.
OUR, OUR PARAPROFESSIONALS PULL THOSE SMALL GROUPS BASED ON THE TEACHER'S COLLECTION OF DATA.
UM, AND THEN THEY WORK WITH THOSE STUDENTS, UM, AND BASED ON THEIR TARGETED, UM, INDIVIDUALIZED NEEDS.
AND SO WE BELIEVE THAT WE'RE MAKING THE BEST IN OUR SITUATION.
AND I THINK BRINGING IN OUR INTERVENTIONS, WE ALSO HAVE OUR INTERVENTIONISTS ON THE CAMPUS, SO WE HAVE SUPPORTS IN PLACE.
I THINK WE'VE BEEN VERY INNOVATIVE IN THE WAY THAT WE'RE UTILIZING OUR RESOURCES IN THAT WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR THOSE STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM.
AND I DON'T DOUBT THAT, UM, TO FOCUS ON WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
THEY'RE CERTIFIED TO BE PARAPROFESSIONALS.
SO WITH THAT SAID, UM, ALLOWING, LET'S SEE WHERE, I PROMISE YOU WE HAVE IT
WE DO HAVE, UM, AGAIN, I THINK YOU MISREAD MY COMMENT A MOMENT AGO IN THAT I WAS NOT INDICATING THAT WE WERE PUTTING MORE KIDS IN THE CLASS JUST TO GET MORE MONEY.
WE DEFINITELY HAVE SUPPORT SYSTEMS IN PLACE, UM, AS A RESULT OF OUR, OUR OUTCOMES FROM THE LAST YEAR.
UM, IT, IT IS ONE AREA THAT I CAN TELL YOU I KNOW THE MOST ABOUT.
AND I THINK WHAT WENDY IS SHARING WITH YOU WITH THE SUPPORT SYSTEMS OF RTI, WE'RE READY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? TRUSTEE? TRUSTEE STEVENSON? YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT, UH, RATINGS OF SCHOOLS, THE BEST SCHOOLS, THE FIRST THING THEY MENTION IN EVERY SINGLE CASE IS CLASS SIZE.
AND THEY ALWAYS GO WAY UNDER 20 FOR THE BEST SCHOOLS.
SO, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST THING YOU SAY IS, WELL, WE WOULD NEED 41 MORE TEACHERS.
I MEAN, THERE IS NOTHING WE EXIST OR ACCEPT TEACHERS.
I MEAN, WE CAN'T DO WITHOUT 'EM.
AND THAT 2.46 MILLION OR WHATEVER IT IS, WE SHOULD WAIT.
WE SHOULD NOT SPEND ON A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER THINGS AND SPEND FOR THAT.
UH, THE ONE THING WE HAVE TO DO IS CLASS.
THAT, THAT'S WHY I WAS SO CONCERNED WITH THE DISTRICT OF INNOVATIONS, BECAUSE THE VERY THINGS THAT THEY CUT BACK ON AND ALLOW A DISTRICT TO CUT BACK ON ARE THE MAIN THINGS THAT CREATE A GOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND IT IS JUST, IT BOGGLES THE MIND.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE, UH, CAMPUSES THAT HAVE DOUBLE DIGIT CLASSROOMS WITH OVER THE LIMIT ON PUPIL, STUDENT STUDENT TO TEACHER RATIO.
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MEAN, WE NEED TO BE WORKING TO FIX THAT.NOT ACCEPT IT AS SOMETHING GOING, I KNOW WE HAVE A TEACHER SHORTAGE AND WE HAVE THESE PARAMETERS THAT WE GOTTA DEAL WITH, BUT WE SHOULD BE MOVING TO FIX THAT.
NOT JUST ACCEPT IT AS THE WAY THINGS GO, AS THE WAY IT IS.
TR I'M NOT, THE THING I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS THAT WE GET COMFORTABLE AND ACCEPT THAT.
I ACTUALLY CALCULATE OUR PUPIL TEACHER RATIO BY THE STATE OF TEXAS NUMBERS.
IF YOU CALCULATED THE WAY THE STATE OF TEXAS DOES, UM, THEY COUNT LIBRARIANS, THEY COUNT, UM, SELF-CONTAINED, ET CETERA.
OUR NUMBERS, AS YOU WILL SEE ON TAPER, ARE LIKE 16 TO 18 TO ONE.
AND THAT'S WHAT, HOW THE STATE OF TEXAS CALCULATED THIS DISTRICT HAS TAKEN AN EXTRA STEP AND NOT INCLUDE THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN OUR PUPIL TEACHER RATIOS.
SO BY THE STATE OF TEXAS TA YOU ARE UNDER.
UM, HOWEVER, UH, WE ALSO KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE OTHER SUPPORT SYSTEMS IN PLACE TO INSIST WHETHER THERE'S 22, 20 24 18 IN A CLASSROOM.
UH, WE ARE CONTINUOUSLY ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO IMPROVE OUR INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES THAT BEST DELIVER, UH, FOR OUR STUDENTS.
UH, READING IS, AGAIN, ONE THING I CAN SHARE WITH YOU.
EACH OF YOU, YOU DON'T KNOW, NUMERACY AND LITERACY, NOTHING ELSE MATTERS.
UM, AND SO I KNOW THAT IT'S EVEN MORE CRITICAL AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A NEW THING FOR OUR SCHOOLS TO BE OVER.
AND I'M NOT SAYING IT'S ACCEPTABLE THING, BUT I'M JUST GONNA USE WEST MAIN AS AN EXAMPLE.
THEY HAVE MORE THAN ANY AND HAVE HAD FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS.
UM, I, WE HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD STAFF MEMBERS.
AND AGAIN, I'M NOT ACCEPTING IT, BUT I ALSO CAN TELL YOU I DON'T HAVE 41 CLASSES, UM, TO EVEN MAKE THAT POSSIBLE.
UM, ESPECIALLY AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL.
TRUSTEE JOHN, ARE YOU DONE? ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH MS. HARTH ON, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING PROACTIVE.
I WANNA THANK THE BOARD FOR ALLOWING THAT ADDITIONAL SUPPORT INSIDE THE CLASSROOM.
CLASSROOM WAIVER FOR EDUCATORS IS NOT A MISHA.
NOBODY WANTS IT, BUT IT HAPPENS.
AND WE HAVE TO ADMIT, WE AS A BOARD HAVE TO ADMIT THERE IS A SHORTAGE.
AS TEA SAID, YOU GOING IN THE CLASSROOM AND THEN BREEDING A MATH, YOU GONNA BE CERTIFIED AND QUALIFIED.
SO I WANNA THANK YOU FOR BEING PROACTIVE.
AND I DO UNDERSTAND I AM NOT ADVOCATING FOR CLASS SIDE WAIVERS.
I THANK YOU FOR BEING PROACTIVE SO OUR CHILDREN CAN HAVE THAT SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED IN THAT CLASSROOM.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, ARE THE STUDENTS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, ARE THEY IN DISTRICT OR OUT OF DISTRICT OR A COMBINATION? UM, CAUSE I THINK IF WE'RE, AT THIS POINT, IF WE'RE STILL ACCEPTING STUDENTS THAT ARE OUT OF DISTRICT AND WE'RE IN THIS CURRENT SITUATION, THEN THAT'S LIKE WE'RE, WE'RE NOT MANAGING SOMETHING.
THE MAJORITY OF OUR STUDENTS ARE IN DISTRICT.
UM, WE HAVE, WE HAVE LIMITED OUT OF DISTRICT STUDENTS.
ESPECIALLY WHERE WE DON'T HAVE SPACE MM-HMM.
SO THEY ARE INFORMED OF THAT, AND THEY HAVE TO GO BACK TO THEIR, THEIR LOCAL CAMPUS.
I KNOW MISS JANE WAY IS, UH, WE HAVE OUR CENTRALIZED ENROLLMENT, SO SHE'S ABLE TO MANAGE THAT BETTER.
SO THE MAJORITY OF OUR STUDENT, THESE ARE OUR STUDENTS.
THESE ARE SO, AND I KNOW I SAID ONE QUESTION, I'M SORRY FOR INTERRUPTING YOU, BUT IN, IN, IN A, IN A SCENARIO WHERE THE, THE COMMISSIONER DOESN'T APPROVE THIS.
HE WILL, WHERE, WHERE WOULD THAT PUT US? I MEAN, I, I'M SURE HE WOULD, BUT IF HE DOES, THAT WOULD PUT US, UM, HAVING TO FIND 41 TEACHERS.
BECAUSE IF WE'RE, IF WE'RE MANDATED TO, MANDATED TO STAFF AT ONE TO 22, UM, WE HAVE 41 CLASSROOMS THAT ARE NOT THERE RIGHT NOW.
SO WE'D HAVE TO FIND THE 41 PEOPLE AT THIS POINT.
UH, IF THE BOARD APPROVES IT, IT'S APPROVED.
IT GOES THROUGH THE FORMALITY MM-HMM.
UM, OF, OF GOING THROUGH THEIR WEBSITE, THEM HAVING THE OVERSIGHT, AND THEN THERE'S AN ACTUAL RECORD THAT THE BOARD APPROVES IT.
SO ALREADY, UM, THE, THE WAIVER, WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, WE WOULD PUT IN BY GRADE LEVEL HOW MANY BY SCHOOL AND UPLOAD
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THE BOARD AGENDA ONCE IT'S BEEN APPROVED AND THEN GOES TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND IT'S APPROVED.SO LOCAL CONTROL, UM, YOU ALL SAY THAT IT IS OKAY FOR US TO HAVE THIS EXEMPTION AND THAT YOU SUPPORT IT.
I CAN TELL YOU ALSO, TRUSTEE CLEAR, THIS IS ANOTHER UNFUNDED MANDATE BY THE STATE.
THEY TELL YOU YOU MUST DO IT, BUT THEY'RE NOT GONNA GIVE YOU ANY EXTRA DOLLARS TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
SO WE, WE, WE GO, OF COURSE, HAVE A, A SOLUTION THAT WE KNOW THAT WORKS AND PROVEN THAT IT HAS.
WHEN I JUST REQUEST MY TRUSTEE WOODFIELD AND MICROPHONE PLEASE.
UM, IF, UH, I DIDN'T HEAR IT, MAYBE YEAH, I DIDN'T HEAR IT.
UM, WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DON'T APPROVE IT?
DID WE, DID YOU ANSWER THAT QUESTION? I GUESS IF I, I COULD, I CAN, IF I CAN EXPRESS THE RESPONSE WITH THIS WOULD BE, IF WE DO NOT APPROVE IT, YOU WOULD HAVE A DISRUPTION FOR A LOT OF FAMILIES.
CAUSE KIDS AT BELTLINE MAY NOT HAVE ENOUGH TEACHERS IN.
THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER CAMPUS.
AND THE SAME THING AT PLEASANT RUN OR ROSA PARK, LOOKING AT DIFFERENT GRADE LEVELS STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM WITH A SUB.
THERE ARE NO CERTIFIED TEACHERS OUT THERE, SO WHO'S GOING TO TEACH THEM? SO EITHER WE GET REALLY CREATIVE WITH BEING ABLE TO SCALE OUR SKILL AND EXPERIENCE INTO THE CLASSROOM TO SUPPORT WITH THESE EXTRA SUPPORTS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, OR OUR STUDENTS HAVE A SUB EVERY DAY.
SO, I MEAN, THAT'S THE ALTERNATIVE THAT WE FACE ALL THE TIME.
I MEAN, I SPEAK WITH MY, MY TEAM ALL THE TIME ABOUT, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO THINK REALLY DIFFERENTLY ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CLASSROOM.
PEOPLE ARE RETIRING, UH, EDUCATION PROGRAMS ARE NOT PUTTING OUT THE NUMBER TO REPLACE THE RETIREES.
FOLKS FIGURED OUT THEY CAN WORK FROM HOME AND DO OTHER THINGS.
I MEAN, THERE, THERE ARE SO MANY COMPETING FACTORS WITH WHO'S OUT THERE TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN.
SO THAT'S WHY WE, WE SPOKE ABOUT THE POWER UP ACADEMY, THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING TO STRENGTHEN THE CLASSROOM.
AND SOMETIMES IT MEANS THAT YOU HAVE ONE OR TWO EXTRA KIDS IN THERE, AND THAT WE BRING EXTRA SUPPORT AROUND OF ANOTHER ADULT.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I POSE THE QUESTION BACK, THE, OR, OR ANSWER THE QUESTION THAT'S BEEN POSED.
THE ALTERNATIVE IS THAT THEY HAVE A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER WHO A LOT OF TIMES IS SOMEONE WITH A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA WHO IS NOT CREDENTIALED.
BUT WE STILL HAVE THE SAME, THE SAME EXPECTATION FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS TO, TO REACH THE GOALS THAT YOU ALL, THAT YOU ALL SET OF GROWING ONE YEAR.
AND I THINK THAT THAT IS SOMETHING VERY UNREALISTIC FOR ME TO ASK SOMEONE WHO HASN'T BEEN TRAINED, JUST IN THE EXAMPLE THAT WAS BEFORE, TO TEACH KIDS HOW TO READ.
AND THEY MAY NOT SHOW, SHOW UP THE NEXT DAY.
IF YOU'RE A SUB, YOU'RE NOT COMMITTED TO COME BACK THE NEXT DAY.
YOU COMMIT TO US FROM EIGHT TO THREE 30 ON THAT PARTICULAR DAY, AND THEN WE START OVER WITH WHATEVER PLAN OR TRAINING WITH WHOMEVER SHOWS UP THE NEXT DAY.
SO, UM, THAT, THAT'S KIND OF THE SITUATION AT HAND.
AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, UM, WE'RE ONLY REQUESTING TWO ADDITIONAL CHILDREN.
AND WITH THESE, UM, TEACHERS, THEY DO HAVE ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE IN THE CLASSROOM FOR THESE, MA'AM? YES.
AND THIS IS HOW WE ARE, ARE SET UP.
RTI COMES FROM OUR TITLE I FUNDS.
OUR INTERVENTIONIST COMES FROM COMPED AND ART IS, UM, UTILIZED THROUGH OUR SR DOLLARS.
SO THE EXTRA FUNDING THAT WE GET FROM DIFFERENT POCKETS, UM, WE TRY TO BE AS CREATIVE AS WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CLASSROOMS ARE SUPPORTED.
TRUSTEE JOHN? SECRETARY MARSH.
AND YOUR STAFF FOR BRINGING THIS TO US.
I WAS, YOU WERE THE SUPERINTENDENT AND I WAS TELLING YOU THANK YOU AND YOUR ADMINISTRATION FOR BRINGING THIS TO US AND BEING PROACTIVE, UH, WITH OUR CLASSROOM.
BECAUSE ONE THING, ME AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL FROM THE COMMUNITY, DO NOT WANNA TELL A PARENT THAT THEIR CHILD CANNOT COME INTO THEIR SCHOOL BECAUSE WE CAN'T SCRATCH IT.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? UH, TRUSTEE JONES? UH, I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MAXIMUM CLASSROOM CLASS SIZE WAIVER THAT WAS PRESENTED BY MS. HARON.
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A MOTION BY SECRETARY ARIS.BY TRUSTEE S WHEN I TAKE A VOTE.
VOTING AND AFFIRMATIVE PASS UNANIMOUSLY.
24 TO ONE MAN ILU YOU TO THE TAX.
[11G. Discussion and possible approval of TASB Policy Update 119 (G1) - Dr. LaBotta Taylor, Presenter]
ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE P OF TASK B POLICY UPDATE 119.TAYLOR, UH, BEFORE YOU GET STARTED, UH, TRUSTEE STEVENSON, WHO WAS ALSO ON THE POLICY COMMITTEE CHAIR, THE POLICY COMMITTEE, DO YOU HAVE ANY WORDS YOU WANNA SHARE NOW OR AFTER SHE PRESENTS POLICY? NO, WITH AFTERWARDS.
REALIZE, UH, MADAM PRESIDENT HAMILTON IS ONLINE VICE PRESIDENT JONES, DISTINGUISHED BOARD MEMBERS DR.
PERRA HERE TO PRESENT ON SBY POLICY UPDATE ONE 19.
AGAIN, IT'S VICE PRESIDENT JONES MENTIONED.
TRUSTEE STEVENSON IS THE CHAIR FOR THE POLICY COMMITTEE MEETING.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING ADDITIONAL TO ADD, UM, WE DID MEET ON SEPTEMBER 6TH.
WE HAVE NINE POLICIES BEFORE YOU TONIGHT.
THEY ARE CPC LOCAL OFFICE MANAGEMENT, RECORDS MANAGEMENT.
DMA LOCAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT REQUIRES STAFF DEVELOPMENT.
EHA, LOCAL BASIC INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM REQUIRED INSTRUCTIONAL FOR ALL LEVELS, EH, B, LOCAL CURRICULUM DESIGN, SPECIAL PROGRAMS, EH, B A A, LOCAL SPECIAL EDUCATION IDENTIFICATION.
EVALUATION AND ELIGIBILITY, EH, B B LOCAL SPECIAL PROGRAMS GET AND TALENTED STUDENTS EIF, LOCAL ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT GRADUATION, F B A LOCAL CRISIS INTERVENTION TRAUMA INFORMED CARE F H, LOCAL STUDENT WELFARE, FREEDOM FROM DISCRIMINATION, HARASSMENT AND RETALIATION.
YOU CAN REFER TO YOUR EXPLANATORY NOTES AS WELL AS THE POLICY INFORMATION IN YOUR PERSONNEL FOLDER.
FIRST WE HAVE DMA LOCAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
THIS ONE WAS FOR SENATE BILL 1267, WHICH REQUIRED THE BOARD TO ANNUALLY REVIEW THE STATE BOARD FOR EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION ASPECT CLEARINGHOUSE REGARDING BEST PRACTICES AND INDUSTRY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS ADOPT THAT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY BASED ON ANY TRAINING RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE CLEARING HOUSE, UM, WITHIN A MORE PACKET.
THIS ONE WAS FOR NEW PROVISIONS THAT WERE RECOMMENDED BASED ON SENATE BILL NINE, IMPOSING SEVERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR INSTRUCTION ON THE PREVENTION OF CHILD ABUSE, FAMILY VIOLENCE, DATING, VIOLENCE, AND SUCCESS TRAFFICKING.
UM, THIS WOULD ALSO INCLUDE A BOARD POLICY ON ADOPTING CURRICULUM MATERIALS IF APPROVED TONIGHT.
THEN AT THE NEXT, UH, MEETING, WE WILL GET WITH THE, UH, SHACK IN BETWEEN THAT TIME TO BRING FORTH THE, UH, RESOLUTION AND FOR THEM TO REVIEW THE PARENT CONSENT FORM THAT'S ALSO REQUIRED EHB LOCAL ON CURRICULUM DESIGN AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS. THIS POLICY REQUIRED THE DISTRICT TO PROVIDE REGULAR TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEACHERS OF STUDENTS WITH DYSLEXIA.
THIS HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED TO MEET THE TA POLICY REQUIREMENTS FOR ONGOING TA, SPECIAL EDUCATION, CYCLICAL MONITORING REVIEWS, EH, B B AA LOCAL SPECIAL EDUCATION IDENTIFICATION, EVALUATION AND ELIGIBILITY.
THIS POLICY IS FOR TRANSITIONING FROM EARLY CHILDHOOD ECI, OR IF THEY HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL EDUCATION PROGRAM I P DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENTED BY THE CHILD'S THIRD BIRTHDAY.
THAT'S A RECOMMENDATION TO MEET THE TA POLICY REQUIREMENTS.
ALSO, EH, H B B LOCAL SPECIAL PROGRAMS FOR GIFTED AND TALENTED STUDENTS.
UM, THIS ONE IS RECOMMENDED FOR DELETION OF THE CORRESPONDING LOCAL POLICY PROVISION.
THE HOUSE BILL 1525 REMOVE THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENT FOR A DISTRICT TO ANNUALLY CERTIFY TO THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION THAT THE DISTRICT'S GT PROGRAM.
GIFTED AND TALENTED IS CONSISTENT WITH THE TEXAS STATE PLAN FOR GIFTED AND TALENTED STUDENTS.
E LOCAL ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT GRADUATION IS REVISED.
ADMINISTRATIVE CODE RULES REQUIRE THE BOARD POLICY TO ADDRESS THE METHODS BY WHICH A STUDENT CAN CONFIRM COMPLETION AND SUBMISSION OF FINANCIAL AID APPLICATION TO MEET GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS.
THE RECOMMENDED TEXT ALIGNS WITH TA GUIDANCE AND ADDRESSES METHODS FOR BOTH THE FREE APPLICATION FOR FEDERAL FINANCIAL AID AND TEXAS APPLICATION FOR STATE FINANCIAL AID.
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THAT ONE WAS A, UH, TOPIC OF DISCUSSION.SO I JUST WANNA JUST MAKE SURE THIS ONE, UH, IS A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILED.
THE EIF LOCAL, IT REQUIRES A CONFIRMATION OF A STUDENT'S COMPLETION AND SUBMISSION OF A FREE APPLICATION FOR FEDERAL STUDENT AID OR A TEXAS APPLICATION FOR STATE FINANCIAL AID.
THE DISTRICT SELLERS ACCEPT THE FOLLOWING FOR STUDENTS.
A SCREENSHOT THAT INCLUDES A PROCESS DATE FIELD AND APPLY TEXAS COUNSELOR SUITE NOTIFICATION SUCH AS A COPY OF A EMAIL FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, VERIFYING COMPLETION, A COPY OR SCREENSHOT OF THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT PAGE, A SCREENSHOT OF THE SUBMISSION ACKNOWLEDGEMENT PAGE IF THEY'RE SUBMITTING FOR TEXAS APPLICATION FOR STATE FINANCIAL AID, AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT RECEIPT FROM AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER ED, A COPY OF THE FINANCIAL AID AWARD LETTER FROM THE I E, WHICH IS THE INSTITUTION OF HIGHER ED.
AND THEN THERE'S ALSO INFORMATION IN THE LEGAL, WHICH WE'RE NOT HERE TO ADOPT, BUT FOR STUDENTS WHO CHOOSE NOT TO COMPLETE AND SUBMIT, UH, THAT REQUIRED INFORMATION.
SO I JUST DID WANNA GO INTO THAT ONE THERE.
NEXT WE HAVE F B A LOCAL CRISIS INTERVENTION TRAUMA INFORMED CARE SENATE BILL 1267 REQUIRES TRAINING AND TRAUMA INFORMED CARE TO BE PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BOARD'S PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY.
THEREFORE, A TRAINING REFERENCE HAS BEEN ADDED, UM, TO THAT DISTRICT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
YOU CAN SEE DMA LOCAL, UM, FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
AND THEN THAT SENATE BILL ALSO FOR 1267, WE BILLED THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE DISTRICT TO ANNUAL REPORT TO TA THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES WHO PARTICIPATED IN TRAUMA INFORMED CARE TRAINING.
SO THAT RECOMMENDATION WAS TO DELETE THE LOCAL POLICY PROVISION, F F H, LOCAL STUDENT WELFARE, FREEDOM FROM DISCRIMINATION, HARASSMENT AND RETALIATION, AND SENATE BILL NINE.
THIS WAS RECOMMENDED TEXT THAT IT IS REQUIRED FOR A NOTICE APPEARANCE.
IT REQUIRES A DISTRICT UPON RECEIPT OF REPORT OF DATING VIOLENCE TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE PARENT OF THE STUDENT IDENTIFIED AS AS ALLEGED VICTIM OR PERPETRATOR.
OUR DISTRICT POLICY MUST ALSO INCLUDE REPORTING PROCEDURES AND GUIDELINES FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE VICTIMS OF DATING VIOLENCE AND INCLUDE A CLEAR STATEMENT THAT DATING VIOLENCE IS NOT TOLERATED AT SCHOOL.
THESE ARE THE RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, FOR TONIGHT FOR TAS B UPDATE ONE 19.
I CAN TURN HER OVER TO, UH, CHAIR OF POLICY COMMITTEE, STEVENSON FOR ANY COMMENTS OR STATEMENTS.
TAYLOR, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR GETTING THE POLICY ONE 19 OUT TO EVERYBODY.
I THINK EVERYBODY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW EVERYTHING.
WE, THIS IS THAT SAME THING, RIGHT? YES.
WELL, THAT'S, IT'S KIND OF UNUSUAL CUZ THE ONES WE'VE HAD BEFORE, I HAD LIKE FIVE MINUTES TO REVIEW 'EM BEFORE BEING ASKED TO VOTE ON IT.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING, UH, I'D LIKE TO DO IN THE FUTURE TO MAKE SURE THE BOARD GETS AT LEAST 30 DAYS TO REVIEW ALL OF THE POLICY UPDATES.
AND THEN WE COULD MAYBE HANDLE THAT JUST LIKE WE DO A CONSENT AGENDA.
YOU PULL ANYTHING YOU HAD A CONCERN ABOUT, DISCUSS IT, AND THE REST WE VOTE ON AND GET OUT OF THE WAY AND KIND OF STREAMLINE, STREAMLINE THE PROCESS.
SO, UH, THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
THESE ARE ROUTINE HOUSEKEEPING ISSUES AND NOTHING OF ANY GREAT CONCERN.
UH, HOWEVER, I DID HAVE ONE CONCERN, UH, THE NEW POLICY UPDATES ONLINE.
DO YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT? YES.
I THINK, UM, MS. BRYAN HAD CHECKED WITH HER, UM, SHE, UH, SENT OUT ALSO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT HAD BEEN SENDING, UH, EMAILS.
AND SO IT HAS A BRAND NEW, UH, FORMAT, UH, WHICH WE'RE STILL LIKE LOOKING FOR SOME INFORMATION AND TRYING TO GET USED TO IT.
I GUESS IT'S KIND OF LIKE, UH, CHANGING PHONES OR SOMETHING.
BUT, UM, IT'S MUCH MORE USER FRIENDLY.
UM, WELL FROM THE INFORMATION PROVIDED TO US FROM SBY, UM, SO I GUESS THEY SPEND A LOT OF TIME, UM, WE DIDN'T HAVE A CHOICE TO KEEP LIKE THE OLDER, THE NEW, IT'S JUST, UH, HERE IT IS.
SO MY CONCERN WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, IT'S, I DON'T KNOW, AM I THE ONLY ONE DIDN'T KNOW THIS WAS COMING BECAUSE IT WAS LIKE RIGHT OUTTA THE BLUE TO ME AND I FIND IT COM COMPARED TO THE OLD POLICY ONLINE, IT'S COMPLETELY INCOMPREHENSIBLE.
FURTHERMORE, UH, YOU HAD SHARED BEFORE THAT WE DON'T HAVE A POLICY BOOK.
SO WE DID HAVE A POLICY BOOK AT ONE TIME, RIGHT? YES.
IT, UH, THERE WAS AN EXPENSE AND THEY WOULD SEND A, A REALLY HEAVY, UH, BINDER HERE.
BUT THE PROBLEM, WELL, THE PROBLEM I SEE NOW IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE A POLICY BOOK.
WE HAVE A NEW AND COMPLETELY INCOMPREHENSIBLE POLICY
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ONLINE, AND WE CAN'T VERIFIED THAT IT'S ACTUALLY ACCURATE.SOMEBODY SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT A BOOK.
WHERE'S THE BOOK? YEAH, WE'LL ADDRESS IT AFTER YOU FINISH UP.
SO MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS NUMBER ONE, UH, BOARD HAS TO APPROVE ALL POLICIES.
AND THEY CHANGED THE POLICY BOOK WITHOUT TELLING ANYBODY, NOT EVEN THE SUPERINTENDENT THAT, YOU KNOW, NO SIR.
WE, WE'VE NOT HAD A BOOK SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, BUT WE HAVE IT DIGITAL.
SO THAT, THAT'S BEEN MY EXPERIENCE AS WELL AS DIGITAL.
SO I DON'T KNOW FROM THE PAST IF WE'VE HAD BOOKS.
UH, I'M UNAWARE I DIDN'T HAVE, I DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO ANY BOOKS.
WELL, THE PROBLEM WITH THE DIGITAL IS HOW DO WE DO, HOW DO WE FIND OUT IF THEIR ERRORS ARE EMISSIONS? I KNOW MISTAKES AND, AND TRANSCRIBING ALL THE THINGS FROM THE OLD POLICY ONLINE.
I KNOW ONE OF THE REASONS FOR, UH, FROM THE POLICY CONSULTANT FOR THE, UH, ONLINE IS IF THEY, YOU KNOW, MAKE CHANGES TO LIKE THE LEGAL, THEN IT'S AUTOMATICALLY, UH, THERE.
BUT IF YOU HAVE THE BOOK, THEN IT MAY NOT REFERENCE LIKE THE MOST UPDATED, UM, IT WAS QUICK, THE, THE CHANGE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY GO OVER THAT AT THE CONFERENCE.
UM, WE DIDN'T GET LIKE A SURVEY TO ASK IF, YOU KNOW, WE WANTED TO CHANGE OR IS CHANGING.
IT WAS, UH, ORGANIZATIONAL DECISION FROM THE INFORMATION.
AND UH, THEN WE JUST RECEIVED A NOTICE.
THE NOTICE THAT I GOT WAS AFTER THE, UH, POLICY COMMITTEE MEETING.
UM, AND I EX, UH, MS. BRYAN, IF, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU HAD GOT THAT AND SHE SAID SHE SHARED THAT WITH Y'ALL.
UM, OUR POLICIES ARE CHANGED AT EVERY LEGISLATIVE SESSION, UH, STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION FROM THE LEGISLATIVE FLOOR, FROM THE REPRESENTATIVE TO THE HOUSE, FROM THE HOUSE OF THE, UH, SENATE, THEN TO THE, IT, IT STARTS WITH THE SECRETARY OF, I MEAN THE TEXAS SCHOOL BOARD.
IT'S LATE, YOU ALL THE SCHOOL BOARD, BUT NOTHING HAS CHANGED WITHOUT LEGISLATION.
AND SO LEGAL LEADS DOWN TO LOCAL EVERYTHING IN OUR LOCAL POLICY THAT IS ONLINE FROM TASSE.
IT HAS YOUR TEXAS EDUCATION CODE OUT OF THAT BIG BLACK BOOK THAT WAS SHOWED US IN THE MEETING.
UM, AND I GUESS I KNOW THAT BECAUSE I GO TO AUSTIN SOMETIME, I'VE SIT IN, I'VE SIT AT THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND SO I KNOW HOW ALL OF THAT TAKE PLACE AND IT FILTERS DOWN TO LITTLE O US.
BUT WE HAVE NO CONTROL OF WHAT LEGISLATION DO WHEN IT COMES TO EDUCATION LAW UNLESS WE ARE GONNA SEND A REPRESENTATIVE DOWN THERE TO LOBBY FOR US.
THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS OF QUESTIONS ON THIS TOPIC.
UH, THE POLISH COMMITTEE HAS RECOMMENDED THAT WE, UH, ACCEPT, UH, THE APPROVAL OF TAS V UPDATE 119.
UH, CAN I ACCEPT IT AS YOUR MOTION? I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.
SO CHAIR, UH, STEVENSON HAS MADE THE MOTION.
ALL SECOND TRUSTEE WHITFIELD SECONDS.
ALL MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY WITH ME VOTING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.
[12. Recess to Closed Session]
OUR AGENDA IS TO, UH, ON THE CLOSE SESSION.THE TIME IS NOW 10:13 PM UH, WE ARE GOING IN THE CLOSED SESSION UNDER CODE 5 5 1 0.074.
DO YOU GUYS NEED TIME HEARS? ALL RIGHT.
[13. Reconvene in Open Session]
NOW 10:45 PM WE ARE RETURNING FROM, UH, CLOSED SESSION.THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS DISCUSSION IMPOSSIBLE APPROVAL OF THE 2020 2 23 DISTRICT COMPENSATION PLAN.
UH, IS A PRESENTATION NEEDED BOARD? NO.
UH, BASED ON THE INFORMATION WE'VE BEEN PRESENTED WITH, THIS IS AN X ITEM.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? UH, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE, UM, THE 20 22 23 DISTRICT COMPENSATION PLAN.
ADDENDUM ES EXTRA DUTY G TWO G THREE.
[03:35:01]
WE HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE WOODFIELD, SECOND BY SECRETARY MORRIS.[14A. Lancaster ISD Presentation - CUBE Conference in Miami, FL - September 28 - October 1, 2022.]
ON AGENDA IS BOARD MATTERS.UH, WE WILL BE AT THE CUBE CONFERENCE IN, UH, MIAMI, FLORIDA, IN WHICH WE WILL BE PRESENTING.
AND LET ME TELL YOU THE TOPIC THAT WE'LL BE PRESENTING ON.
UH, IT'S ENTITLED A TRANSITION PLAN FOR EXCELLENCE, UH, WHICH KIND OF GOES BACK TO A NEW SUPERINTENDENT AND NEW BOARD MEMBERS.
AND A DESCRIPTION CAN BE FOUND ON THE NSBA WEBSITE UNDER CUBE.
AND THAT WILL, UH, OCCUR ON, I BELIEVE, FRIDAY AT 1:00 PM UH OH.
SO, UH, THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH.
NEXT ADAM ON OUR AGENDA OVER ADJOURN
NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS ADJO.
AND WE'VE BEEN SO MOVED AND SECONDED.