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[Call Meeting to Order]
GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND START PART TWO OR THE BOARD RETREAT.
IT'S BEING HELD AT THE LANCASTER ADMINISTRATION AUDITORIUM.
[1. Recap of Day 1 - Dr. Dance]
AND GET STARTED.DANCE, IF YOU'LL GIVE US THE RECAP FROM DAY ONE.
THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HAMILTON.
UH, THANKS AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY YOU GUYS TO BE.
YOU ALL AGREE THAT WE ALL CAME TO A GREAT PLACE TO WHERE WE REALLY UNDERSTOOD A FEW THINGS THAT REALLY OPERATE WITH WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO FOR YOU AS AN ORGANIZATION.
UM, WHAT WE DID LEARN TOO, IS THAT DURING THE CONVERSATION LAST NIGHT, WE HAD SOME PRETTY SPIRITED DEBATE ABOUT SOME PRETTY PASSIONATE TOPICS THAT INVOLVE THE STUDENTS HERE IN LANCASTER ISD.
AND SO ALL VOICES REALLY DO MATTER.
AND BECAUSE YOUR MEETINGS ARE PUBLIC BECAUSE YOUR MEETINGS ARE RECORDED, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE SHOW UP TO THE TABLE AND THAT WE STAY ENGAGED, BUT WE HAVE TO REALLY INVITE THE DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEWS TO THE TABLE SO THAT ALL VOICES REALLY DO BELIEVE.
THEY MATTER, FEEL THEIR MATTER AND ACTUALLY ARE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT, UH, WITH THE DECISIONS WE MAKE.
WE ALSO HAD SOME TIME, WE SPENT SOME TIME AROUND OUR BELIEFS, UH, AND, AND, UH, THERE WAS SOME SPIRITED DISCUSSION AROUND, DO WE HAVE TO MEASURE OUR BELIEFS? AND THE REALITY IS NO, WE DON'T.
OUR BELIEFS ARE WHAT GROUND US.
AND SO WHEN YOU FIGURE OUT WHAT SOMEONE BELIEVES IN, YOU ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND WHY HE OR SHE MAKES THE DECISIONS IN WHICH THEY MAKE.
AND SO WE HAD SOME WILL, WILL UPDATE US A LITTLE BIT TONIGHT AROUND THE SEVEN BELIEFS THAT WERE ON THE TABLE LAST NIGHT AND HOW WE WERE ABLE TO CONDENSE THOSE A LITTLE BIT, BUT STILL GROUND US IN OUR WHY WE TALKED ABOUT BOARD GOALS AND HOW THEIR OUTCOME GOALS.
UM, THEY'RE NOT PROCESSED WITH PERFORMANCE.
BARKER AND THE INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES TEAM.
WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT PERFORMANCE AND PROCESS GOALS AND GOES BACK INTO SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE DID, UH, WITH THE CAMPUS BASED LEADERS THIS SUMMER, BUT FOR THE GOALS, UH, FOR THE BOARD, YOUR GOALS WILL BE OUTCOME-BASED BECAUSE THEY'RE THEN GOING TO BE DRIVEN BACK TO THE SUPERINTENDENTS EVALUATION.
AND THEN I THINK WE ALL WILL AGREE THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, BECAUSE WE'RE CONTINUING TO BUILD A BOND THAT UNITES THE TEAM OF EIGHT STRATEGIC PLANNING WILL BE IN YOUR NEAR FUTURE.
AND WE DON'T HAVE TO GO WITH A FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN.
UH, BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO REALLY THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE OF LANCASTER ISD, YOU REALLY WANT TO DO IT WHERE YOU HAVE SOME OVERALL GOALS OF WHAT THE FUTURE LOOKS LIKE, BUT THEN YOU DON'T BOX YOURSELF IN TO WHERE YOU CAN ADJUST AS SOCIETY AS THE FUTURE ACTUALLY CREEPS UP ON US FASTER THAN REALLY WHAT IT HAS DONE IN THE PAST.
SO AT THAT PRISON AT HAMILTON, I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU TO REVIEW SOME OF THE BOARD OPERATING AGREEMENTS, OR IF THERE'S AN ADJUSTMENT WE NEED TO MAKE.
UH, BUT DEFINITELY WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE RECAP DAY ONE, AS WE GO INTO DAY TWO, WE WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
WE'LL MOVE IT DOWN TO LIKE THE BOTTLE FROM FIVE.
THANK YOU, CHRIS AND HILTON, UM,
[2. Our Story & Data Review - Dr. Perera & Dr. Barker]
AS DID WITH THE ADJUSTMENT IN THE AGENDA, UM, NEXT I'LL BRING FORWARD, UH, MY INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICE LEADERS, UH, DR.BARKER AND HIS BELL, UM, AND TO REVIEW SOME OF THOSE, UH, OUTCOMES FROM THIS PAST YEAR.
AND, YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME WE LOOK AT DATA I'M OF THE MINDSET THAT HOPEFULLY IT ALLOWS US TO MAKE SMARTER DECISIONS GOING FORWARD, LEARN FROM THE THINGS IN WHICH WE WERE CHALLENGES FOR US AND OR OUR WEAKNESSES, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHAT I LIKE ABOUT DATA, IT ALLOWS US TO IDENTIFY WHAT OUR STRENGTHS ARE AS WELL.
UM, AND ALTHOUGH THEY ARE FACTS AND FIGURES, MY TEAM WILL TELL YOU THAT MOST TIMES WHEN THEY SHARE DATA WITH ME, THEY KNOW MY RESPONSE IS ALWAYS, SO WHAT NOW? WHAT? SO WHEN WE SEE THOSE THINGS, SO WE HAVE INFORMATION TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS, BUT IT DOESN'T TELL YOU WHAT TO DO.
UM, AND SO TONIGHT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM DR.
BARKER AND SPELL REGARDING SOME OF OUR DATA FROM THIS PAST YEAR, AGAIN, TELLING OUR STORY IN WHICH I LIKE TO KNOW WHERE WE'VE BEEN, WHERE WE'RE GOING, I MEAN, WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE'RE GOING
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AND WITH THAT BARKER AND BELL.SO YOU WILL ACTUALLY HEAR MOSTLY FROM MS. BELL, THE ASK THEM HAS BELL WAS, UM, WHEN WE WERE GIVEN PRIVY TO DR.
DANCE'S PRESENTATION WAS TO TRY TO, UM, PUT THE DATA IN A SENSE OF, UM, WITH THE CORE TILES, THE BUCKETS OF WHICH YOU WILL TALK ABOUT YOUR BOARD GOALS.
SO INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES, THINGS AROUND COMMUNICATION, SAFETY, AND SECURITY AND FINANCE.
AND SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'LL HAND IT OVER TO THE STAFF AND LEARN MYSELF.
PARKER, UH, GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT, UH, DISTINGUISHED BOARD MEMBERS AND DR.
PERRERA TONIGHT, I WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR DATA STORY.
SO I'LL START OFF BY JUST REFERENCING BACK TO, UH, 2018, UH, AND 2019 ARE PRIOR TO ACCOUNTABILITY YEARS, UH, THERE IN 2018, IN 18, WE LANDED A 79 AND 2019.
WE LANDED AT 81 AND NOW IN 2022, UH, JUST SO SUPER EXCITED ABOUT WE LANDED OUR 88.
AND SO, UH, WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE'RE DEFINITELY SHOOTING AND AIMING FOR OUR A, UH, AS WE ARE OFFICIALLY A B RATED DISTRICT, UH, FOR OUR 2122 SCHOOL YEAR.
SO AS I BEGIN OUR STORY, I WANT TO START OFF, LIKE WE ALWAYS DO TALKING ABOUT WHO WE ARE, UH, OUR DEMOGRAPHICS, UM, AS OF 22, AUGUST, 2022, WE ARE SERVING 71, 7,000 ONE HUNDRED ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIVE STUDENTS.
UH, WE HAVE A 86% ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED POPULATION, UH, 9.2, UH, SPECIAL ED, UH, 9.2% OF SPECIAL ED POPULATION AND AN 8.3 PERCENTAGE, UH, ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER POPULATION.
I DO WANT TO ALSO CALL OUT ALL OF OUR SUBPOPULATIONS.
SO OUR BREAKDOWN WITHIN OUR POPULATIONS, WE HAVE 75.9% AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS, A 20.2% HISPANIC, 2%, TWO OR MORE, UH, 1.1, UH, WHITE STUDENTS, UH, 0.4 AMERICAN INDIAN 0.2% ASIAN AND 0.1% PACIFIC ISLANDER.
AND THIS INFORMATION IS ACTUALLY, UH, RETRIEVED, UH, DIRECTLY FROM TA'S INFORMATION.
SO A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT OUR DISTRICT WITH OUR STAFF INFORMATION.
I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE HAVE, UH, AS OF 20 20, 20 21, AND THIS IS ACTUALLY, UH, INFORMATION THAT WAS USED FOR ACCOUNTABILITY THE PRIOR ACCOUNTABILITY YEAR, AND, UH, WITH THE STAFFING INFORMATION, THEY ALWAYS GO BACK ONE YEARS IN THE REARS.
SO, BUT WITH THIS INFORMATION, WE, AT THAT TIME, WE HAD 876.3 FULL-TIME STAFF MEMBERS AND THEIR AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY AT THAT TIME WAS $59,639.
I ALSO WANT TO, UH, SHARE SOME REALLY GOOD NEWS WITH YOU.
THIS CHART THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS ACTUALLY SHOWING YOU OUR PERCENTAGE OF OUR ACCOUNTABILITY ACROSS, UH, THE COUNT ACROSS THE DALLAS COUNTY.
AND SO THIS IS ACTUALLY COMPARING LANCASTER TO ALL OF THE OTHER DALLAS COUNTY, UH, SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
AND WE RANKED FIFTH IN DALLAS COUNTY, AND I JUST WANTED TO CALL IT OUT.
THIS IS SOMETHING TOO, THAT'S VERY COMMENDABLE AND CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE SHOULD CELEBRATE ANOTHER BRIGHT SPOT IS THE FACT THAT OUR THIRD GRADE READING, I ACTUALLY, UH, OUTPACED THE STATE AS WELL AS DALLAS COUNTY.
AND SO, UH, WE HAD A 45% IN MEET, UH, PERFORMANCE.
AND I JUST WANT TO JUST, UH, ALSO SAY THAT THIS IS A REALLY GREAT NEWS FOR US AS WELL, UM, THAT WE'RE DOING SO WELL WITH OUR, WITH OUR MEETS LEVEL PERFORMANCE FOR THIRD GRADE.
SO THIS BRINGS US BACK TO OUR ACCOUNTABILITY RATING OF A B.
SO OVERALL WE HAD AN 88, OUR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT CAME IN AT 84, OUR SCHOOL PROGRESS AT 91%, UM, BEING AN A AND THEN OUR CLOSING THE GAPS CAME IN AT 81%.
SO WE'RE DOING A GREAT JOB, UH, PARTICULARLY WITH, UH, SCHOOL PROGRESS AND GROWTH.
WE HAD AN A IN THAT AREA, THE DATA THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW, THESE ARE ACTUALLY THREE CHARTS OR THREE TABLES THAT ARE EXPLAINING OUR APPROACHES MEETS AND MASTERS LEVEL PERFORMANCE.
AND SO THE PINK TABLE IS ACTUALLY OUR APPROACHES DATA THAT, UH, THE BLUE TABLE IN THE MIDDLE IS OUR MEETS DATA.
AND THE GREEN IS ACTUALLY OUR MASTERS DATA.
SO I WON'T READ EVERYTHING ON THE, ON THE CHARTS, BUT WHAT I, WHAT I WILL UNDERSCORE IS WITHIN OUR APPROACHES DATA, WE HAD 67% OVERALL AS A DISTRICT WITH ALL SUBJECTS AND SET IN COMPARISON TO THE STATE.
THE STATE WAS 74 AND WITH OUR MEATS
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DATA, UH, OVERALL ALL SUBJECTS, WE HAD 35%.AND WITH THE STATE, WE HAVE 48 AND YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M HAVING PROBLEMS SEEING THAT.
AND SO ALSO WITH OUR MASTER'S LEVEL DATA, WE HAD A 13% AND OVERALL WITH THE STATE IS 23%.
SORRY, THIS FONT IS REALLY SMALL FOR ME.
SO THIS NEXT CHART, UH, 2022, UH, IT IS COMPARING OUR ALL STAR DATA WITH OUR STATE COMPARISON.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT, UM, WITHIN THE APPROACHES DATA, THE MEESE DATA AND THE MASTERS LEVEL PERFORMANCE DATA, I'M COMPARING OUR INFORMATION TO THE STATE.
AND I'M LOOKING AT WHERE ARE WE CLOSING GAPS THE MOST AND WHERE, WHERE DO WE NEED TO CLOSE GAPS A LITTLE BIT MORE? SO WE'RE DOING A GREAT JOB, CLOSING OUR GAPS WITH OUR APPROACHES DATA.
IN THIS INSTANCE, UM, WE ARE SEVEN POINTS AWAY FROM THE STATE, BUT WITHIN THE MEATS, UH, PERFORMANCE, WE ARE 13 POINTS AWAY FROM THE STATE AND WITHIN OUR MASTER'S DATA, WE'RE 10 POINTS AWAY FROM THE STATE.
SO DEFINITELY WE CAN INCREASE OUR EFFORTS IN THOSE AREAS WITH MEESE LEVEL PERFORMANCE AND MASTERS LEVEL PERFORMANCE, AS COMPARED TO THE STATE.
THIS CHART, THE CHART THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT NOW IS THE DISTRICT ACCOUNTABILITY SUMMARY.
AND I WANT TO JUST BASICALLY POINT OUT THE COMPARATIVE BETWEEN OUR LAST ACCOUNTABILITY YEAR 20 18, 19 COMPARED TO 20 21, 20 22.
SO OUR STAR PERFORMANCE BEING A 38, THIS IS ACTUALLY A COMPONENT SCORE.
AND WE SCALE THAT, BUT THIS, UH, BUT THIS PARTICULAR SCORE IS A 38.
OUR COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS CAME IN AT A 71 AND NOTICEABLY 20 18, 20 19.
OUR COLLEGE CAREER READINESS WAS A 41.
AND THEN OUR GRADUATION RATE WAS AT A HUNDRED PERCENT.
WE MOVED ONE POINT SINCE 20 18, 19, UH, ACCOUNTABILITY YEAR, AND THEN MOVING RIGHT OVER TO OUR SCHOOL PROGRESS INFORMATION, UH, COMPARING 20 18, 19 TO 2122.
WE MOVED FROM 71 TO 74 WITH ACADEMIC GROWTH AND OUR RELATIVE PERFORMANCE DATA.
AND I WANT TO CALL THIS AREA OUT SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE WHAT THAT SAYS ABOUT OUR STUDENTS IS THAT, UM, WE'RE VERY RESILIENT FOR ONE THING.
BUT WHAT IT ALSO SAYS IS THAT WE HAVE A HIGH ECO DISC NUM, UH, NUMBER AND IN COMPARISON TO THE STATE WE PERFORM WELL.
AND SO WHEN YOU, WHEN THAT HAPPENS, YOU GET MORE POINTS IN THIS PARTICULAR CATEGORY.
SO I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSCORE THAT.
AND THEN FINALLY ARE CLOSING THE GAPS.
WE MOVED FROM 57 TO 64, AND WE GAINED SEVEN POINTS THERE.
AND CERTAINLY, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE AS YOU'RE TIGHTENING UP GAPS ACROSS, UH, ACROSS DISCIPLINES, ACROSS GRADE LEVELS AND ACROSS CONTENT AREAS AND SUBGROUPS AS WELL.
THIS IS OUR DISCIPLINE INFORMATION, AND IT IS ACTUALLY SPELLING OUT OUR OUT OF SCHOOL, DISCIPLINE IN SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS IN OUR DAP ASSIGNMENTS.
AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BLUE BAR, I WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE BLUE BAR.
UH, WE HAD 1,160, UH, OUT-OF-SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS LAST YEAR, THIS PAST SCHOOL YEAR, UH, IN-SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS.
WE HAD 836 AND WE HAD 170 AEP ASSIGNMENTS.
SO HOW ARE WE RESPONDING TO THAT? UM, WE ARE TIRING UP BY OFFERING SEVERAL PROGRAMS AND I'VE JUST, I'M NOT GOING TO MENTION OR GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE, BUT THEY ARE INCLUDED IN THE SLIDE DECK SO THAT THOSE PIECES ARE INFORMATION YOU CAN ACTUALLY REVIEW ON YOUR OWN.
AND THEN I WANT TO PASS THIS OFF QUICKLY FOR MR. GARRISON TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FINANCE, BUT THIS, THIS SLIDE IS ACTUALLY RELATED TO THE FIRST REPORT.
THAT'S OUR FINANCIAL INTEGRITY RATING SYSTEM.
AND, UM, THIS IS THE MOST CURRENT ONE THAT'S BEEN PRESENTED, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN LAST FALL, UH, WHICH WOULD BE FOR DATA FOR TWO YEARS AGO.
UH, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT, UH, WE'RE AT AN ADA, BUT I WILL ALSO TELL YOU THAT IN 19, IT WAS A 90.
AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT, UH, THEY'VE JUST CERTIFIED REPORTS RECENTLY WITHIN THE LAST TWO WEEKS FOR DATA FROM NOT THIS LAST YEAR, BUT THE YEAR BEFORE, IT'S ALWAYS A YEAR LAG BEHIND AND I'LL BE PRESENTING THAT AT SOME POINT IN THE FALL.
WE, UH, AGAIN, THEY WERE JUST RELEASED AND WE'RE ALSO A SUPERIOR RATING FOR IN THE FINANCIAL INTEGRITY.
AND I BELIEVE THERE'S 15 INDICATORS THERE THAT, UH, ACROSS, UM, DIFFERENT BANDS OF, OF FINANCIAL INDICATORS FOR THE DISTRICT.
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FROM FUND BALANCE, HOW MUCH WE SPEND ON ADMINISTRATION, DEBT, SERVICE RATIOS, UH, COMPLIANCE WITH REPORTING TO THE STATE AS WELL AS WITH THE AUDITOR.SO, UH, I THINK IT SHOWS A LOT, UH, OF INTEGRITY AND HARD WORK ON THE HALF OF THE BUSINESS OFFICE AND WHAT THE JOB THAT THEY DO IN MANAGING THE FINANCES.
SO AGAIN, THESE ARE ACTUALLY SOME OF OUR PARTNERS, THAT INFORMATION IS THERE JUST FOR INFORMATION FOR YOU AS WELL.
AND THEN I'LL ALSO INCLUDED SEVERAL COMMUNICATION SLIDES FOR YOU AS WELL, JUST SO THAT YOU CAN SEE WAYS THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY ENGAGING OUR COMMUNITY TO, AND THAT IS IT.
UH, THE VERY LAST SLIDE IS ACTUALLY A PADLET AND THERE'S MORE INFORMATION THERE FOR YOU TO LOOK AT AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
AND ACTUALLY AT ANOTHER LATER ON IN TIME, WE WILL HAVE AN ANOTHER LIKE QUARTERLY REVIEW AND WE'LL GET TO DIVE A LITTLE BIT DEEPER, MORE DEEPER INTO MORE OF OUR DATA PIECES.
AND THAT IS IT FOR ME AT THIS TIME.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? YES, MA'AM.
I DO HAVE A FEW, UH, GOING TO THE DISCIPLINE, UH, SLIDE WITH THE, UH, 1,160 OUT OF SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS.
DO WE HAVE A BREAKDOWN FOR THOSE AS FAR AS SECONDARY AND ELEMENTARY STUDENTS? I DO HAVE A CURRENT BREAKDOWN BY, UM, I COULD GET THAT FOR YOU THOUGH, BUT WE DO HAVE A, I HAVE A BREAKDOWN RIGHT NOW THAT I CAN SEND TO YOU THIS EVENING THAT SHOWS YOU LIKE THE, UM, DIFFERENT GRADE LEVELS.
UM, MOST OF THIS IS SECONDARY, BUT IT SHOWS YOU LIKE THE TYPES, UH, THE TYPES OF INCIDENTS, BUT YOU WANT IT BROKEN DOWN BY GRADE LEVEL.
THE OTHER IS BY INCIDENT OR INFRACTION ON THE OUT OF SCHOOL SIDE.
AND I KNOW WE WERE TIGHTENING UP ON OUR CODE OF CONDUCT.
SO I THINK SOME OF THIS PROBABLY LENT ITSELF THIS NUMBER BEING SO HIGH, BECAUSE WE WOULD NEED TO STREAMLINE THAT IS MY ASSUMPTION AT THIS POINT.
SO AS YOU GUYS JUST LET ME KNOW IF THAT'S PART OF THIS NUMBER BEING SO HIGH, BUT I ALSO KNOW WE'RE COMING OUT OF COVID AND THE KIDS ARE JUST GETTING SOCIALIZED AGAIN, COULD BE ANOTHER ISSUE.
UM, CAUSE ALL THESE NUMBERS ARE WELL, THE OUT OF SCHOOL AND SCHOOL PRETTY HIGH HISTORICALLY.
UM, AND YOU MENTIONED THAT THE ITEMS THAT YOU HAVE AFTER HERE, A PROGRAM THAT WE'VE IMPLEMENTED REDUCE THESE NUMBERS, AND I KNOW CAPTURING KIDS' HEARTS IS ONE THAT I'M FAMILIAR WITH, UH, AT THE THREE GRADE LEVELS, BUT WHAT WOULD WE PUT IN PLACE AT THE OTHER GRADE LEVELS AND HOW WE'LL BEGIN TO MONITOR THAT? SO WE'RE ACTUALLY, WE HAVE MOVED THIS WORLD, WHICH IS AN SEL PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE FOR PRE-K THROUGH ACTUALLY IT'S PRE-K THROUGH 12TH GRADE, UH, AND IT HELPS A GREAT DEAL WITH, UH, SEL ISSUES.
AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE THE RON CLARK ACADEMY, THAT'S DOING A PILOT WITH THREE OF OUR ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE OUR POWER-UP AND THEN DR.
BARKER CAN TELL YOU MORE BUT MORE ABOUT THIS PROGRAM, BUT IT'S UP TO YOU.
SO I ACTUALLY WANT TO GO PASS THAT TO HIM BECAUSE THIS PART RIGHT HERE ARE WHAT WE HAVE DONE WITH STUDENT SERVICES.
AND RE-IMAGINED THE WAY STUDENT SERVICES WORKS, WHICH IS A PART OF THE WORK THAT YOU WERE SPEAKING OF ABOUT THE, UM, ABOUT THE HANDBOOK FALLS UNDER MTSS.
JACKSON BECAUSE ALL OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE MENTIONED HERE FALL UNDER THE MTSS UMBRELLA.
SO I'D LIKE FOR HIM TO SPEAK TO SOME OF THAT, OTHER THAN THE POWER OF WHICH YOU WILL HEAR MORE AT THE BOARD AT THE BOARD MEETING, THAT'S A SUPPORT FOR ADULTS.
UM, BUT, AND ULTIMATELY IT'S A SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS, BUT, UM, JACKSON, IF YOU COULD KIND OF TALK ABOUT THE UMBRELLA, UM, OUR HOPE IS THAT IT HELPS TO REDUCE THE DISCIPLINE THAT YOU SEE, BUT ALSO INCREASE ATTENDANCE FOR BOTH STUDENTS.
AND, AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A SMALL EXAMPLE AND I WILL START OFF WITH, UM, PARENT ENGAGEMENT, UM, WHEN STUDENTS HAVE CONFLICT WITH ONE ANOTHER AND THEY'RE FIGHTING, UM, PART OF THE RESOLVE IS ACTUALLY TO BRING THE PARENTS IN, UM, AND OUR NINTH GRADE CAMPUS.
WE'VE BEEN VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL WITH THAT THUS FAR, AS OPPOSED TO SUSPENDING THE STUDENTS.
WE ACTUALLY BRING THE PARENTS IN AND ALLOW THE PARENTS TO COMMUNICATE WITH ONE ANOTHER, UM, SINAI, NON, UM, UM, CONFLICT CONTRACT.
AND THAT HAS WORKED VERY, VERY WELL.
UM, THUS FAR, UM, THE, UM, UM, INCIDENTS OF FIGHTING AND CONFLICT IS ACTUALLY
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DOWN TREMENDOUSLY.UM, THE, UH, INCIDENTS WITH TEACHERS AND STUDENTS ARE ALMOST NON-EXISTENT DUE TO THE CAPTURING KIDS, HEART.
UM, TEACHERS ARE, ARE, UH, EQUIPPED WITH THE SKILLS OF DEESCALATING, UM, AS OPPOSED TO, UM, COMBATING WITH STUDENTS.
AND THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO RESOLVE, UM, UNDER THE MTSS, WHICH IS THE MULTI-TIERED SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR OUR STUDENTS, FOR OUR PARENTS, UH, FOR OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF.
UH, I GUESS TIED INTO THAT, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED ABOUT THE TEACHERS, WHAT OTHER TRAININGS ARE WE PUTTING IN PLACE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO DEESCALATE THOSE SITUATIONS? WELL, A COUPLE OF THINGS, UM, WE HAVE A SYSTEM IN PLACE WHERE EVERY ONE OF US AT THE CENTRAL OFFICE IS ACTUALLY CONNECTED TO THREE OR FOUR TEACHERS.
UM, MY TEACHERS JUST SO HAPPENED TO BE AT GWC.
I VISITED THEM MULTIPLE TIMES PER WEEK.
THIS IS THE CHARGE BY THE SUPERINTENDENT, DR.
PERRERA AND WE WORK ON CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT SKILLS, UM, AND ACTUALLY, UH, CULTURAL DIVERSITY, UM, A VARIETY OF ISSUES.
AND I'M ACTUALLY SPEAKING TO THOSE BECAUSE THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS I'M ACTUALLY WORKING ON WITH, WITH MY STUDENTS.
UM, CURRENTLY AT GW, I'M SORRY, MY TEACHERS, UM, WHO I MENTOR AT GWC.
SO THAT PROGRAM HAS BEEN VERY, VERY EFFECTIVE THUS FAR, THE FIRST COUPLE OF DAYS OF SCHOOL, FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL.
AND THIS WEEK HAS BEEN GREAT, CAUSE WE'VE BEEN OUT ON, UM, WE'VE BEEN OUT AT THE SCHOOLS AND THAT HAS BEEN, UM, PROVEN TREMENDOUS, UM, RESULTS THUS FAR.
AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THAT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND HOW ARE WE MEASURING THE SUCCESS OR INEFFECTIVENESS OR EFFECTIVENESS OF WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW, UM, OFFICE REFERRALS AND OF COURSE, SUSPENSIONS AND OUT OF SCHOOL SUSPENSION RATES.
AND THOSE ARE MINIMUM, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, LAST WEEK, UM, WE ONLY HAD, UM, TWO FIGHTS AT THE HIGHEST SCHOOL AS OPPOSED TO DOUBLE DIGITS ON THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL LAST YEAR.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MY NEXT QUESTION IS, OH, I'M SORRY.
I MEAN, IF YOU UNDERSTAND THE DISCIPLINE, MY OTHER ONES ARE ABOUT THE, UH, THE, THE SCORES ARE YOU ON? UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT CONCEPT IS REALLY GOOD, UM, BECAUSE IT STARTS WITH BEHAVIOR AND I THINK WHEN KIDS ARE FEELING COMFORTABLE WHERE THEY CAN RELATE AND PARTNERING WITH, UH, THE INSCRIPTIONAL TEACHER AND THE ADMINISTRATOR ON THE CAMPUS THAT DO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR YES, AND WE HAVE 86 NEW TEACHERS TO THE STAFF AND, UM, 44 OF THOSE TEACHERS ARE THE 40, 40, AND 50 50 TEACHERS.
AND, UM, EVERY WEDNESDAY WE ACTUALLY MEET WITH THEM FROM FOUR 15 TO 4 45 AND WE ASKED THEM, UM, HOW ARE YOU FEELING RIGHT NOW? AND WHAT DO YOU NEED ASSISTANCE WITH? AND WE TAKE THAT INFORMATION.
UM, WE COME BACK TO CABINET AND WE PUT A PLAN OF ACTION IN PLACE TO ADDRESS IT.
AND THAT HAS WORKED OUT GREAT THUS FAR.
AND WE'VE HAD GREAT FEEDBACK FROM THE TEACHERS WE PLAN ON CONTINUING THAT, OH, YOU THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT QUESTIONS ARE AROUND.
UM, THIS OF COURSE IS AN AREA WHERE I HAVE A LITTLE BACKGROUND, BUT NOT TOO MUCH THOUGH.
UH, AND WHEN I LOOK AT THE APPROACHES NUMBERS, THEN I MIXED NUMBERS.
I KNOW WE HAVE GAPS, UH, THAT WE DEFINITELY HAVE TO HAVE TO ADDRESS, UH, YOU KNOW, BUT YEAH, RIGHT IN THERE, RIGHT IN THERE, RIGHT IN THERE.
SO I'M READING, I KNOW I MENTIONED LITERACY LAST NIGHT AND WHEN I SPEAK LITERACY, NOT ONLY JUST THE READING SIDE, BUT ALSO MATHEMATICAL LITERACY.
SO, UH, LOOKING AT WHAT PROGRAMS THAT WILL PUT IN PLACE FOR THAT, WHICH YOU DON'T HAVE TO SPEAK TO THOSE RIGHT NOW, I KNOW THEY'LL COME UP AND WE, SOME OF THEM, WE MAY HAVE APPROVED ALREADY, UH, DURING OUR LAST BOARD MEETING, BUT I THINK THESE ARE DEFINITELY AREAS THAT WE NEED TO BEGIN TO HONE OUR SKILLS.
AND I FOCUS MORE SO ON THIRD, I'M SITTING ON SIXTH GRADE MATH AND ALGEBRA ONE BECAUSE THE PASSING PERCENTAGES ARE BELOW 40.
AND IF OUR SCORES, I DON'T KNOW WHAT, WHEN I'M OUT OF THE WARNING SCORES OR OUR GRADE SIX SCORES, BUT THOSE ARE DIFFERENT AREAS WHERE I THINK WE NEED TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION AND ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE GETTING WHAT THEY NEED FROM A FOUNDATIONAL PERSPECTIVE.
AND ALSO GETTING THEM AT A POINT WHERE THEY CAN PERFORM AT BETTER THAN A 36 OR 39% RESPECTIVELY.
SO WE DO NOT, UM, DISTRICT, WE DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOU AT ALL AND WHAT WE, AND WE STARTED SEEING SOME OF THE TRENDS WITH THAT, WITH OUR MAP DATA LAST YEAR, FROM WHEN WATER FROM OUR, UM, YEAR TO OUR END OF THE YEAR, JUST SEEING WHAT STUDENTS LEARNED AND WHAT THEY DIDN'T LEARN.
AND SO WHAT WE ARE KIND OF, IT'S INTERESTING, YOU POINT OUT SIXTH GRADE BECAUSE A, AT SIXTH, SEVENTH, AND EIGHTH, WE EXTENDED THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THEY HAVE IN THE CLASSROOM.
WE'VE BEEN VERY FOCUSED ON WHO THOSE 36 IS, ARE, AND
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BELOW, AND, UM, PLACED THEM KIND OF DOUBLE BLOCK, BUT ARE REALLY LOOKING AT THE CURRICULUM TO OFFER THAT STANDS IN THERE THAT ADDRESSES THEIR GAPS SPECIFICALLY.UM, THE TIME AND THE CLASS PIECE, WE WERE FINDING THAT ALTHOUGH, UM, STUDENTS WERE THERE TO KIND OF LEARN AND THEN THEY LEFT, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GO THROUGH THE FULL LESSONS, LIKE GO AND CHECK TO SEE WHAT THEY ACTUALLY LEARNED.
DID THEY GRASP IT? WERE THEY JUST SITTING THERE WAITING FOR THE BELL TO RING, TO MOVE TO THE NEXT CLASS? AND SO WE, WE LOOKED AT THAT WE'VE ALSO RE UM, RE-IMAGINED OR RE-EVALUATED SOME OF THE CURRICULUM THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, WE HAVE BEEN USING.
AND SO WE, A STEM SCOPES WAS SOMETHING THAT WE USED AT THE EARLIER GRADES.
WE WERE NOT USING IT AT THE UPPER GRADES.
AND SO THERE WERE QUESTIONS ABOUT ALIGNMENT.
UM, STUDENTS WERE LEARNING ONE WAY FROM GRADES K THROUGH FIVE, THEY GOT TO SIXTH GRADE, IT WAS SOMETHING, IT WAS, THE MATERIALS WERE VERY SIMILAR, BUT VERY DIFFERENT.
UM, AND, AND SO, UM, GOING, AND YOU ALL HAVE APPROVED THAT, UM, LOOKING AT STEM SCOPES FROM K AT LEAST THROUGH, UH, ALGEBRA ONE AND ALL THE WAY THROUGH SCIENCE, UM, THE TRANSITION, THE TRANSFER FROM, UH, CONTENT CONTENT, AS WELL AS GRADE TO GRADE, WE HOPE WILL BE SMOOTHER AND THAT'LL HELP THEM TO LEARN MORE AND GIVE US MORE TIME TO ADDRESS SPECIFIC GAPS THAT THEY MAY HAVE.
AND THEN, I GUESS ON THE VERTICAL ALIGNMENT SIDE, OR PULLING BACK TO IDENTIFY WHERE THEY WERE WEAK IN FIFTH GRADE, WE'LL ADDRESS THOSE AS SIX.
AND THEN AS WE WANTED TO TOTALLY DIFFERENT ANIMALS, SO THE DIFFERENT BEAST, BUT WE DID KIND OF BREAK PART ALGEBRA ONE AND START LOOKING AT SOME OF THOSE CONCEPTS, WHICH THE TEATS ALREADY CALLS FOR THAT, BUT IT LOOKS, WE'LL LOOK AT, UM, PUSHING SOME OF THOSE CONCEPTS DOWN SO THAT THEY AREN'T TOTALLY NEW.
WELL, ONE THING THAT WE DO KNOW IN SIXTH GRADE, IT'S LIKE 40, 50%, MAYBE 60% OF THE CONTENT IS IN NOT JUST IN MATH, IT'S COMPLETELY NEW.
AND SO IF WE'RE ABLE TO DISBAND SOME OF THE NEW CONCEPTS AND INTRODUCE THEM EARLIER, UM, WE ARE HOPING THAT THAT HELPS OUR STUDENTS AS THEY, AS THEY MATRICULATE THROUGH OUR SCHOOLS.
I REMEMBER YEARS AGO WHEN THE DISTRICT WAS INTRODUCED, UH, THE ALIGNMENTS AND KEEPING TRACK AND MONITORING STUDENTS FROM ELEMENTARY TO, UH, SIXTH GRADE TO MIDDLE SCHOOL.
WELL, IT WAS ALSO THAT YOU STARTED SEEING THAT TREND WHEN STUDENTS GOT IN, LIKE MAYBE THEY'RE IN THE EIGHTH GRADE, AND WHEN YOU LOOK BACK, YOU SEE A GAP AND THAT GAP WAS THAT TRANSITION FROM ELEMENTARY, GOING INTO THE SIXTH GRADE, BECAUSE IT WAS A NEW CONCEPT FROM WHAT THEY HAD LEARNED.
AND SO I APPRECIATE, UM, YOUR THOUGHT AND LOOKING AT THAT AND BEING ABLE TO STAY ON TRACK AND KEEPING THAT ALIGNED ON THE WAY WE ALSO CAME TO YOU LAST YEAR.
AND EARLIER IN THE, UM, I THINK THE LAST BOARD MEETING, WHERE THERE WAS A LIST OF PROGRAMS, LIST OF INITIATIVES FOR YOU ALL TO APPROVE.
UM, WE CAME AND TALKED ABOUT ENGAGED TO LEARN.
AND SO WE RE IMAGINE WHAT OUR CLUSTER AND PLC LOOK LIKE AND TRY TO ALIGN IT FROM SCHOOL TO SCHOOL, TO SCHOOL.
UM, SO SIXTH GRADE KIND OF THE TRANSITION TO SIXTH GRADE KEEPS COMING UP.
AND, UH, ONE THING THAT, UH, DR.
HERRERA AND I TALKED ABOUT EARLY ON IS IT WAS AS IF, UM, YOU KNOW, SIX DIFFERENT TYPES OF STUDENTS, EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE IN ONE DISTRICT OR GOING INTO ONE SCHOOL.
AND SO THEY HAD THE GAPS OF THAT PARTICULAR SCHOOL.
AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ALIGNMENT, WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT THOSE THINGS AND TRYING TO ADDRESS THEM IN CLUSTER AND PLC AS WELL ON EVERY CAMPUS IN THE SAME WAY, SO THAT THE TRANSITION IS ABOUT US AND NOT ABOUT THE STUDENTS THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE TRANSITION IS, BUT, UM, THE TRANSITION DOESN'T CREATE MORE GAPS IN LEARNING FOR OUR STAFF.
I MEAN, IS THERE ANY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OUT THERE BECAUSE I THINK ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT I'VE SEEN IN EDUCATION IS THAT AS EDUCATORS, WE EXPECT FOR OUR STUDENTS TO ADAPT TO US, RATHER THAN US ADAPTING TO THEM AND, AND WHAT METRICS ARE, AND IS THERE A SYSTEM OUT THERE THAT ALLOWS US TO PINPOINT THIS IS WHERE THE STUDENT WAS, THIS IS THEIR HISTORICAL HISTORY FOR IT TO BEGIN TO PINPOINT FOR THE TEACHER, HEY, THIS IS HOW YOU NEED TO ADDRESS THIS STUDENT, OR THESE GROUPS OF STUDENTS.
THAT'S MUCH HOW WE USE OUR MAP DATA.
UM, AND THE CONVERSATIONS AROUND OUR MAP DATA, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO ALIGN WHAT THE CONVERSATIONS ARE AND WHEN THEY HAPPEN.
UM, WE, UM, IN THE, WITH ENGAGED TO LEARN, UM, WE'RE ALSO GIVEN TOOLS THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THAT TOGETHER.
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AND THEN OUR COACHES CAN SCALE WHAT THEY LEARNED TO OUR TEACHERS.A LOT OF TIMES WE PUT A PROGRAM IN PLACE, AND I THINK THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE SPEAKING TO.
WE DON'T HAVE THE TEACHER TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PROGRAM IS, IS SUPPOSED TO TRANSFORM OUR STUDENTS.
AND THE TEACHER IS PRETTY MUCH WAVING A WAVERING.
THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
AND SO, UM, WHEN WE PARTNER WITH ENGAGED TO LEARN, TO BUILD OUR FRAMEWORK, THE WAY THAT WE NEEDED IT FOR OUR STUDENTS, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HOPE TO SEE, AND THEY, THERE IS A PLATFORM, UM, WHERE, UH, DATA IS ENTERED THERE, WHERE WE TRACK THE, THE TEACHER USAGE AND THE STUDENT DATA, AND TRY TO MAKE SOME CONNECTIONS THERE.
UM, OF COURSE WE'RE NOT THROUGH A FULL YEAR OF BEING ABLE TO USE IT, TO SPEAK TO THAT, UH, TO WHAT THE METRIC IS, IS TELLING US.
BUT WHAT WE THINK IT'S TELLING US IS THAT THE COACHING, UM, HELPS OUR TEACHERS TO THEN REALLY BECOME A PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY AROUND SPECIFIC STRATEGIES TO HELP OUR STUDENTS.
UM, AND, AND, UH, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF LIKE CROWDSOURCING IN A SENSE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE NOW EXPECTING OUR TEACHERS TO KNOW WHAT TO DO AS THEY GO FROM PLASTIC CLASS, BECAUSE WE'RE ALL SUPPOSED TO BE LEARNING TOGETHER.
UM, OR AT LEAST THAT'S THE WAY THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE STUDENTS TO, TO THINK ABOUT IT.
AND I GUESS LASTLY, ON THE ACCOUNTABILITY READY, I DEFINITELY APPLAUD, UH, YOU ALL, AS WELL AS THE TEACHERS FOR THAT WORK AND CLOSING THE GAPS, BUT THAT'S WHAT THAT 81, UH, THAT, THAT LETS ME KNOW THAT WE ARE GETTING AT LEAST ONE YEAR'S GROWTH, UH, FROM A LOT OF THE STUDENTS WHO, WHICH IS IMPERATIVE FOR US TO MAKE A TRUE IMPACT.
AND, UH, MY MOTTO MORE THAN A DIPLOMA THAT LEADING WITH MORE INFORMATION AND MORE EXPERIENCES THAT WE'LL HAVE TO PUT BEFORE THEM.
SO THAT CONCLUDES MY QUESTIONS.
MAY I INTERJECT AS WELL AND KNOWING THAT I'M IN ASSESSING THINGS ALL LAST YEAR WITH OUR TEAM AND KNOWING THAT WE NEEDED TO, UM, ALTHOUGH WE HAD SOME GOOD SUCCESS, I THINK IN ORDER TO SUSTAIN THAT AND ENSURE THAT WE DO THAT, CAUSE YOU REMEMBER WAS DIFFERENT KIDS EVERY YEAR, TAKING THOSE THINGS.
UM, AND SO AGAIN, THAT, THAT MTSS MULTI-TIERED SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT, I THINK REALLY IS SOMETHING THAT WILL HELP US.
WE REDESIGNED WHAT STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES DOES AND HAVE THEM ENFOLDED INTO MORE INTO THE ACADEMIC REALM OF ENSURING THAT, YOU KNOW, IT HAS GOOD PRACTICES FROM, UH, RTI, UM, COMPONENTS AS WELL AS THE POSITIVE BEHAVIOR, UM, SUPPORT SYSTEMS. AND THAT FRAMEWORK IN ITSELF INCLUDES A LOT OF THINGS FOR INCLUSION, UH, FOR OUR STUDENTS IN COLLABORATION, UM, THAT FAMILY ENGAGEMENT THAT, THAT DR.
JACKSON SPOKE OF, UM, AS WELL AS SOME EQUITY WORK THAT GOES ON THROUGHOUT THAT.
SO WHY I'M SHARING THAT IS BECAUSE THERE'S NO ONE OFF ALL THESE THINGS, ALL FOLD INTO THAT UMBRELLA OF MTSS, UM, AND ALLOWS US TO BE, UH, OUR TEAM TO BE DRIVEN BY, UH, SOME SHARED DATA AND LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH PROFESSIONAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, AS WELL AS, UM, THE FAMILY AND STUDENT ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
I KNOW THAT MARCUS AND HIS TEAM HAS REALLY BEEN WORKING FEVEROUSLY OVER THE SUMMER TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE POINTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WHERE WE'RE ENGAGING FAMILIES AND NOT WAITING FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN, BUT TO BE MORE PROACTIVE IN THAT REGARD.
UM, AND AGAIN, THAT CONTINUUM OF WRAPAROUND SERVICES, THOSE PARTNERSHIPS IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE SO KEY TO THE SUCCESS OF THE SCHOOL AND THE COMMUNITY, UH, BECAUSE IT DOES SUPPORT OUR KIDS AND OUR FAMILIES.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, ALSO MONITORING AS YOU WERE INDICATING, SOME OF THOSE INDICATORS THAT EARLY WARNING SIGN THAT ALLOWED US TO GET THAT A HUNDRED PERCENT GRADUATION RATE LAST YEAR, BECAUSE THEY BEGAN TO MONITOR STUDENTS AND MAKING SURE THEY HAD WHAT THEY NEEDED AND REALLY FOCUSED IN ON THAT.
WHEREAS, YOU KNOW, THE GRADUATION RATE WAS HIGH THE YEAR BEFORE, BUT WHY COULDN'T WE GET A HUNDRED TO ME A HUNDRED PERCENT IS WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING EVERY YEAR FOR OUR STUDENTS.
UM, BUT LIKE ATTENDANCE AND BEHAVIOR, KNOWING WHAT, UH, LEARNING STYLES STUDENT HAS TO ENSURE THAT OUR TEACHERS ARE ABLE TO MEET THEM WHERE THEY ARE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO ASSURE YOU THAT THAT UMBRELLA IS HUGE.
UM, AND IT'S NOT A SINGLE TURN OR ONE-OFF, EVERYTHING'S WORKING TOGETHER, UH, EXCEPTIONAL WAY INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES, STUDENT, UM, WRAPAROUND SERVICES AND, UM, TY NOW, OKAY, I GUESS WHEN YOU BRING IT UP AND WHAT THE WRAP AROUND SERVICES AND THINKING ABOUT OUR BUDGET, WE'RE 80% OF OUR BUDGET WAS ALREADY GONE.
SO, UH, WHAT ARE SOME AREAS THAT WE AS TRUSTEES NEED TO FOCUS ON FROM A LEGISLATIVE ON ADVOCACY PERSPECTIVE TO GET ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THESE WRAPAROUND SERVICES? I KNOW A LOT OF THESE ARE JUST COMING FROM OUR FUNDS AND NOT COMING FROM THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANSWERED NOW, BUT IF YOU CAN PUT THAT IN PLACE, UH, WITH THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION COMING UP, WE CAN BEGIN TO ARTICULATE THAT TO THE POWERS THAT BE, I WOULD SAY INCREASED STUDENT FUNDING.
TEXAS IS ONE OF THE LOWEST NUMBER,
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48 IS 6,100.THAT'S WHY WHEN I LOOK, YES, WHEN DR.
BARKER AND THE JACKSON AND PALER AND INDIVIDUALS COME TO US THAT ARE DOING CREEKS CURRICULUM, THOSE ARE DIRECT IMPACTS WHERE WE CAN HAVE IT INDIRECT BY LOOKING AT WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING, DOING SURE THAT OUR CHILDREN GRADUATE WITH EVERY OPPORTUNITY POSSIBLE.
WE JUST HAVE TO, THAT'S WHERE I'M WANTING TO GO.
THAT'S WHERE IT NEEDS TO GO AT ALL TIMES FACILITIES.
UH, BUT MOST OF ALL, FOR THAT CURRICULUM TO WORK WITH, YOU ALL PUT ME IN ATTENTION TO THAT, PUTTING THINGS IN PLACE.
I'M GOING TO ADD JUST ONE MORE THING AND THAT, I KNOW YOU SAID THE LEGISLATORS, BUT I ALSO BELIEVE THAT YOU ALL, AS A BOARD REALLY DO HELP MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR SYSTEM, BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT FOUR PEOPLE HERE THAT I'VE SEEN ALMOST AT EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE HAD THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THAT REALLY SUPPORTS THIS TEAM AS WELL, AND ALLOWS US TO DO THAT.
SO IT DOES TAKE A TEAM EFFORT.
AND ALTHOUGH I DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THE BOARD IN THE, IN THE MTSS, I CAN TELL YOU THAT ALLOWING US TO DO THE WORK THAT WE KNOW WE NEED TO DO FOR OUR KIDS, THAT'S A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE.
AND I HEAR FROM MY TEAM ALL THE TIME ABOUT THE SUPPORT THAT YOU ALL OFFER, UM, AND ALLOWS IT, ALLOW US TO DO THE WORK THAT WE NEED TO DO, BECAUSE SOMETIMES THINGS CAN BE DISTRACTED.
UM, BUT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO FOCUS AS WELL.
I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, JUST A COMMENT, JUST THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU DO, AND PLEASE CONTINUE TO DO IT.
WELL, THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HAMILTON.
I JUST WANT TO THANK THE BOARD AS WELL, AND THANK YOU, DR.
PERRERA FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP TO THANK YOU GUYS.
I'LL WAIT TILL IT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT YOU GOT WORK TO DO
[3. Next Steps - Dr. Dance]
THOUGH WITH NEXT STEPS.SO I'M SITTING HERE AND I'M SMILING.
UM, BECAUSE AS WE WERE DOING A, A BIT OF A REVIEW LAST NIGHT, A COUPLE OF MEMBERS OF MY TEAM AND I, WE, WE REALLY WERE LOOKING AT YOUR BELIEFS AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL HAD AN OPPORTUNITY AND WE VERY RARELY DO THIS, OBSERVE OURSELVES SPEAKING.
AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT COME UP WITH OUR VALVES AND EVERYTHING, BUT THE CONVERSATION JUST HAPPENED FROM AT THIS POINT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE TEAM OF FIVE WHO WERE UP HERE, BUT OBVIOUSLY OVERALL, A TEAM OF EIGHT, WE WERE GOING BACK AND FORTH ABOUT OUR BELIEFS LAST NIGHT.
AND YOU EXEMPLIFIED LITERALLY THE FIVE THAT WE SORT OF REDUCED DOWN TO, OR LOOK TO HOPE TO REDUCE DOWN TO JUST IN THE CONVERSATION YOU JUST HAD.
UM, AS, AS THE STAFF WAS TALKING ABOUT DATA, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EVERY SINGLE STUDENT AND BASED ON US TALKING ABOUT EVERY SINGLE STUDENT AND WHAT HE, OR SHE MAY NEED, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT YOU'RE BEING EQUITY AND BEING A HUMAN RIGHT, THAT THEY'RE GETTING WHAT THEY NEED, WHICH IS WE WERE GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH LAST NIGHT, THINKING ABOUT THE WORDING OF THAT AND WHAT IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THOUGH, I DR.
I THINK YOU SAID IT SAID IT BEST THOUGH.
WHEN PARENTS SEND THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL, THEY WANT THEIR KIDS TO FEEL SAFE.
AND A LOT OF TIMES WE THINK ABOUT THE MAINTENANCE PREVENTION SCHEDULES.
WE'D LIKE TO THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, DOORS BEING LOCKED.
AND WE'D LIKE TO THINK ABOUT OBVIOUSLY CAMERAS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND THAT IS SAFETY, BUT THE OVERALL GENERAL SENSE OF SAFETY, I THINK DR.
JACKSON WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT IS OUR STUDENTS MENTALLY WELL, THE WELLBEING OF STUDENTS, THE WELLBEING OF TEACHERS, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT YOUR BELIEFS AND FACTS SPEAK TO.
AND THE SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT THAT HAS BEEN PUT IN PLACE IS SOMETHING THAT OBVIOUSLY WAS BROUGHT TO THE BOARD IN TERMS OF A BUDGETARY ACTION THAT YOU ALL ACTED ON.
AND WE CAN GO THROUGH THE OTHER, THE OTHER LISTS, AND WE WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO GO BACK THROUGH THIS, BECAUSE THIS IS JUST A DRAFT.
OBVIOUSLY THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT, BUT BASED ON THE DISCUSSION WE HAD LAST NIGHT, AND THAT'S BEGINNING WITH THE STUDENT DATA OUTCOMES FROM ACADEMICS AND SAFETY, AND OBVIOUSLY THERE WERE SOME FINANCIAL AND COMMUNICATION THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT, IT'S ALL ALIGNING.
AND AS WE TALKED ABOUT, AND ALL OF YOU WERE, WERE THERE, THIS, THIS, THIS PAST SUMMER, WE TALKED LAST NIGHT, EVEN WHEN YOU WERE HERE AT TRUSTEE SMITH, IF THINGS ARE NOT ALIGNED, DISTRACTIONS WILL ALIGN YOU.
AND SO I WANTED TO COMMEND YOU ALL FOR THAT.
AND I THINK IT'S A VERY GOOD OPPORTUNE TIME FOR US JUST TO REALLY JUMP RIGHT INTO OUR GOALS.
BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT DR.
BARKER AND WITH THE STAFF WERE TALKING ABOUT WERE ALL PROCESSED PERFORMANCE GOALS.
THERE WERE LEGITIMATE CONVERSATIONS AND QUESTIONS THAT YOU ASK, AND I ENCOURAGE THE BOARD TO CONTINUE DOING THAT.
BUT WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THOSE PROCESS AND PERFORMANCE GOALS, YOU'RE GOING TO TIE THAT BACK TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S EVALUATION.
CAN WE TAKE FIVE MINUTES? ABSOLUTELY.
UM, SO THE BREAK, UM, SO I CAN EXCUSE, UH, THE CABINET WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WITH US LAST NIGHT, YOU WILL REMAIN
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PLEASED.THERE'S A ONE CHICK-FILET BOX MINIMUM IN THE BAG.
[4. Review & Develop District Goals - Dr. Dance]
UH, DIFFERENT ITEMS THEY WANT TO PURCHASE THAT WILL ACTUALLY GO TO SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO GET DONE.AND ACTUALLY THE QUESTION IS WHAT, WHAT YOU REALLY WANT TO DO.
UM, I WANT TO BACK UP AND SHARE TWO QUOTES THAT I ENDED UP SHARING, UM, WITH, WITH THE CAMPUS LEADERS THIS SUMMER.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF, IF, IF THE TRUSTEES WHO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE THERE SAW THESE, UM, BUT GOALS ARE SUPPOSED TO STRETCH US.
THEY ARE NOW THIS CHALLENGE WITH THE TRUSTEE SETTING, YOUR GOALS IS THAT AS WE SPOKE ABOUT YOUR GOALS ARE MORE, OPEN-ENDED, THEY'RE MORE BIG PICTURE, BUT HONESTLY, THEY STILL WILL STRETCH YOU BECAUSE WHEN YOU SAY QUALITY EDUCATION OR QUALITY TEACHING AND LEARNING, YOU START TO DEFINE THAT.
AND NOT ONLY DO YOU HAVE TO DEFINE THAT YOU STOPPED TO HOLD THE SUPERINTENDENT ACCOUNTABLE THROUGH VERY SPECIFIC OR PROCESS-BASED GOALS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU MAKE GOOD ON THEM, BUT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO STRETCHES.
THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE EASY.
SO I SHARED THIS QUOTE WITH THEM, BECAUSE I THINK THAT AS YOU GO INTO THIS YEAR, YOU'RE GOING TO STILL EXPERIENCE A LEVEL OF DISCOMFORT.
YOU WILL, IT'S GOING TO BE UNCOMFORTABLE.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT, OBVIOUSLY, AFTER WHAT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH.
AND IN THE REALITY IS AS SYSTEMS GET CLOSER TO A HUNDRED PERCENT GRADUATION RATES, IT'S TOUGH TO MAINTAIN THAT BECAUSE THAT'S JUST ONE KID WHICH GOES, AS IT GOES BACK TO AGAIN, EQUITY BEING AN EDUCATIONAL, RIGHT FOR INDIVIDUALS, WHICH IS A BELIEF OF THIS BOARD, ONE STUDENT COULD ABSOLUTELY OBVIOUSLY TAKE THAT 100% GRADUATION BACK DOWN TO 99 POINT SOMETHING.
ANOTHER THING WE TALKED ABOUT, OBVIOUSLY THE SETTING GOES TO TOO LOW AND PEOPLE DO IT ALL THE TIME.
UM, AND SO I DID SHARE THE GREATEST DANGER THAT WE FACE IS NOT THAT WE SET OUR GOALS TOO HIGH, UM, AND MISSED THE MARK, BUT THAT WE SET THEM TOO LOW AND WE ACTUALLY MEET THEM.
UM, AND SO I THINK HOW THE BOARD GOES ABOUT SETTING ITS GOALS.
IT'S REALLY GOING TO SAY A LOT TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT YOU VALUE AND WHAT YOU VIEW AS YOUR WORK OVER THE COURSE OF THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR.
I DO ALSO WANT TO PREFACE IT AND SAY SOMETHING THAT I SAID LAST NIGHT, THOUGH, THAT EVEN THOUGH YOU SET GOALS RIGHT NOW, YOU'RE NOT TIED TO THOSE GOALS FOR SUBSEQUENT SCHOOL YEARS.
AND SO OBVIOUSLY AS YOU GO THROUGH A STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS, YOU'RE GOING TO ADJUST THESE TO COINCIDE WITH THE PLAN THAT YOU HAVE.
IF THERE IS CONSTITUENT, UH, CONSTITUENT INPUT THAT YOU WANT, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A BIGGER PROCESS FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING.
YOU'RE GOING TO INCORPORATE ADDITIONAL GOALS INTO IT.
BUT OBVIOUSLY AS, AS A BOARD, YOU WANT BIG PICTURE ASPIRATIONAL GOALS THAT SHOW THE END RESULT, PARTICULARLY AS YOU GO INTO THE 2223 SCHOOL YEAR AND IS ALIGNED WITH OBVIOUSLY THE BOARD OPERATING AGREEMENTS THAT YOU HAVE SET FOR YOURSELVES.
SO LET'S JUMP RIGHT INTO IT BECAUSE THAT'S OUR WORK.
AND THAT'S OUR GOAL AS, AS WE GO INTO THE NIGHT.
AND SO LET'S JUST TAKE TWO MINUTES AND I WANT EVERY BOARD MEMBER TO JUST WRITE DOWN WHAT IS IT THAT WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH? AND OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS INDIVIDUALLY RIGHT NOW, BUT WE'RE GOING TO COALESCE THIS AROUND THE BOARD IN TERMS OF WHAT WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH FOR THIS YEAR, BECAUSE WE THINK ABOUT IT.
THIS IS THE ONLY ONE QUESTION THAT YOU HAVE TO ASK WHEN YOU'RE IN AN OUTCOME BASED GOAL SETTING SITUATION.
SO LET'S, WE'LL TAKE ABOUT TWO MINUTES TO ANSWER.
THE QUESTION IS, WHAT IS IT THAT WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH?
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WE'LL TAKE ABOUT ONE MORE MINUTE.ALL RIGHT, LET'S JUMP RIGHT INTO IT.
WHAT IS IT THAT WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH? AND WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT ANY PARTICULAR CATEGORY RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE JUST TALKING IN GENERAL.
I WOULD SAY DEFINITELY THAT FOREST GOALS FOR THE BOARD TO HAVE OUTCOMES THAT WE MAKE ESTABLISH GOALS THAT ARE ACTUALLY REALISTIC TO ACHIEVE.
AND OF COURSE AT THE END OF IT, THAT WE HAVE DOWN TO SUPPORT THE GROWTH.
PRESIDENT HAMILTON SAY THAT LAST PART ONE MORE TIME FOR ME, GOALS THAT ARE REALISTIC TO ACHIEVE, AND THAT WE HAVE DATA TO SUPPORT THE GROWTH.
I DOCUMENTED THREE ITEMS HERE.
ONE IS MAINTAIN A HEALTHY FINANCIAL STANDING.
UH, NEXT IS CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE EDUCATORS CAN THRIVE WHILE THEY EQUIP THE STUDENTS WITH KNOWLEDGE TO SOAR.
AND, UH, LASTLY, EACH STUDENT IS ABLE TO READ ABOVE GRADE LEVEL AND A COMPUTER CALCULATE ABOVE GRADE LEVEL.
THE GOALS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT NOW, OR AS A BOARD, WHAT WE BELIEVE, I DON'T WANT TO GIVE THEM TWO MINUTES TO WHAT OUR GOALS ARE.
AND SO IN SAYING THAT YOU ARE CORRECT YESTERDAY, THEN TODAY, YOU DON'T NEED ALL OF THAT
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IN A BELIEF.WHAT DID YOU WANT? I WROTE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE EVERY STUDENT WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO FINANCES AND THEIR NEEDS FOR QUALITY EDUCATION.
SECRETARY MORRIS, SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME FOR ME TO MAKE SURE I CAPTURE YOUR WORDS CORRECTLY, ABLE TO PROVIDE EVERY STUDENT WITH THAT OPPORTUNITY THROUGH FINANCE, THE FINANCES.
BECAUSE AS A BOARD, I BELIEVE THAT IF I SUPPORT THE FINANCES, THEN THEY GOTTA BE ABLE TO CARRY OUT THEIR DUTIES, BUT THE CHILD TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND PROVIDING THE NEEDS FOR QUALITY EDUCATION.
SO WHAT I WROTE IS PROBABLY MORE TACTICAL, UH, IN THE WAY OF STRATEGY, POSSIBLY EVEN FOUNDATIONAL I HAVE HERE, UH, REESTABLISH TRUST AND INTEGRITY, UM, JUST WITHIN THE BOARD AND FOR THE COMMUNITY.
I HAVE, UH, DEVELOP OR ESTABLISH A CULTURE WHERE WE DON'T JUST TALK, BUT WE DEMONSTRATE OUR LEADERSHIP AND COMMITMENT, UH, HAVE ESTABLISHED AND MAINTAIN HEALTHY, RESPECTFUL, CONSTRUCTIVE DEBATE WITHIN THE BOARD.
ANYONE ELSE ON WHAT YOU WANT, WHAT YOU WANT TO ACCOMPLISH.
I HAD ONE OF THOSE SIMILAR LIFE FOR THE BOARD OF CONVENIENT TO SUPPORT THE STAFF, TO SUPPORT OUR CHILDREN, THOSE KIND OF CLOTHES.
THE WOMEN'S MORGAN SAID, I GUESS THE FRAME IS
THE QUESTION IS PERTAINING TO WHAT WE, UH, WANTS TO ACCOMPLISH FOR THE DISTRICT THAT ACCURATE.
AND SO, FROM WHAT I'VE CAPTURED AROUND THERE, THERE IS THIS, THIS, THIS, THIS BELIEF THAT YOUR FIRST PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY AS A BOARD IS YOU WANT TO ENSURE ACCESS TO QUALITY EDUCATION.
THEN THERE IS THIS, THIS IDEA, AND OBVIOUSLY COMPLETELY SUPPORTED THAT YOU WANT TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE EDUCATORS CAN EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS CAN FEEL SAFE AND SECURE.
UM, THEN THERE'S THIS, UH, THIS BELIEF, OBVIOUSLY A MAINTAIN THE FISCAL STABILITY OF THE DISTRICT.
YOU TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE, THE RE-ESTABLISHING OF INTEGRITY, UH, FOR THE DISTRICT.
AND THEN, UH, SECRETARY MORRIS, YOU TALKED TO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT PROVIDING ALL STUDENTS WHAT THEY NEED, BASICALLY THROUGH THE FINANCES OF WHAT THE BOARD DOES.
THE REASON WHY I SORT OF CITED.
IF I LEFT OUT ANY, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
I KNOW PRESIDENT HAMILTON, YOU TALKED TO HIM ABOUT SUPPORT.
WE'LL UNPACK THAT A LITTLE BIT IN TERMS OF WHAT WE MEAN BY SUPPORT, UH, GOING FORWARD, UM, UNLESS YOU WANT TO, DO YOU WANT TO JUMP IN NOW WITH WHAT YOU DEFINED OR MEANT BY SUPPORT? IT COULD BE FINANCIAL.
IT COULD BE, UM, RIGHT NOW WE'RE DEALING WITH A LOT OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, WHETHER THEY'RE KIDS OR ADULTS AT THIS TIME.
SO BASICALLY AS LONG AS WE'RE SUPPORTING THEM IN EVERY ASPECT WHERE THEY'RE TO NEED.
AND THE REASON WHY I ASKED THAT IF YOU, IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE BUCKETS YOU KEEP PUTTING YOURSELF BACK INTO, WHICH IS GOOD, BECAUSE NOW WE'RE GETTING SOME CONSENSUS.
YOU'RE STILL PUTTING YOURSELF BACK INTO BUCKETS OF ACADEMICS, SAFETY, FINANCES, INTEGRITY, AND ALMOST TO A DEGREE, ALMOST LIKE COMMUNICATION AND TRANSPARENCY.
AND SO THE REASON WHY I DIDN'T WANT US LAST LAST NIGHT, I KNOW WE START A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN WE MOVE FORWARD ALMOST LIKE UNPACKING PAST.
AND THEN BASED ON THE DISCUSSION, WE, I DID A PIVOT AND SAID, OKAY, LET'S START WITH A BLANK SLATE NOW.
YES, YOU HAVE GOALS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN PLACE, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO KEEP THOSE SAME GOALS, OBVIOUSLY, AS YOU GO INTO THIS YEAR.
BUT WHAT I'M SEEING IS THAT THERE'S A COALESCING AROUND THE SAME FOUR BUCKETS.
AND NOW THERE IS THIS SORT OF, UH, ONE DESIRE TO ADD ALMOST A FIFTH ONE THAT LOOKS AT ALMOST LIKE THE INTEGRITY, THE FINANCES, THINGS LIKE THAT, AND ALMOST BUILD INTEGRITY BACK WITH WHAT THE BOARD IS TRYING TO DO WITH THE NEW DIRECTION.
IF I'M SAYING ANYTHING WRONG, PLEASE CORRECT ME.
BUT THAT'S SORT OF WHAT I SEE THERE.
WE DID HAVE WHERE THIS, THIS IS WHERE YOU, YOU SORT OF WERE, UH, LAST YEAR AND NOT SAYING THAT THIS WAS SORT OF WHAT WAS SORT OF ACTIVELY WHAT WAS WORKED ON LAST YEAR, BUT OBVIOUSLY WHAT WAS, UH, SORT OF PROVIDERS THAT AS A, AS A GOAL ONE, WE WANT TO PROVIDE QUALITY TEACHING AND LEARNING IN PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE AS A PRIORITY FIVE.
SO HOLD OFF FOR A MINUTE BEFORE WE GET INTO THE BULLETS, BECAUSE I THINK AS A BOARD, YOU HAVE NOW A DECISION YOU HAVE TO MAKE AND THE BOARD HAS
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TO HAVE A DECISION OF HOW BROAD DO YOU WANT YOUR GOALS ARE OR HOW SPECIFIC YOU'RE TRYING TO BOX YOURSELF IN.AND THE WAY I GET THAT FROM ALMOST AS YOUR GOAL REALLY IS, WE WANT TO PROVIDE, WE WILL PROVIDE QUALITY TEACHING AND LEARNING AND PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE AS A PRIORITY.
YOU'VE NOW CREATED MILE MARKERS FOR YOURSELF SAYING THAT YOU, AS A BOARD ARE GOING TO DO THESE FIVE BULLETS UNDERNEATH SOME OF THESE YOU MIGHT LOOK AT AND SAY, YEAH, WE ABSOLUTELY CAN DO THIS.
SOME, YOU MIGHT LOOK AT IT AND SAY, YOU KNOW, AS A BOARD, WE ABSOLUTELY CAN'T DO THIS, BUT WE CAN ABSOLUTELY WORK WITH THE ADMINISTRATION TO GET IT DONE.
SO THAT'S WHERE THE BOARD NOW HAS TO HAVE A CONVERSATION.
PRESIDENT HAMILTON IS, DO WE WANT BROAD GOALS WHERE WE'VE JUST BASICALLY STICK WITH WHAT THE GOAL IS OR DO WE WANT TO PUT PILLARS IN BULLETS UNDERNEATH THAT ACTUALLY WE'LL UNPACK THOSE OVERALL OVERARCHING GOALS.
AND AS WE GO INTO THE FOUR PILLARS TO ACTUALLY CREATE THEM TOGETHER AS A UNIT, I THINK THAT'S A QUESTION THAT WE PROBABLY WANT TO UNPACK QUICKER, UH, QUICKLY AS OPPOSED TO LATER.
SO WE KNOW THE DIRECTION IN WHICH WE WANT TO GO.
I THINK THAT SHOULD BE VERY SPECIFIC.
ALL THE BULLETS ARE IMPORTANT, BUT I THINK WE'RE THERE ALL THE BULLET POINTS COME IN, THIS REALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING, SUPERINTENDENT GOES, WE JUST PUT OUT SOME SEXUAL GOALS THAT WE WANT.
AND THEN IT DEFINITELY, WHEN WE TALKED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT ON HER GOALS, IT'S BASICALLY HER DUTY TO KIND MAKE THEM COME TO FRUITION, YOU KNOW, WITH OUR SUPPORT.
SO ALL THE BULLET POINTS, I DON'T THINK YOU'RE ACTUALLY NECESSARY.
ANYBODY ELSE'S COMMENT ON THAT? OKAY.
MY APOLOGIES IS WE ALWAYS GET JOHNNY SECRETARY WHERE IT'S LIKE THIS.
I DID NOT MEAN JUST TO LOOK AT, LOOK AT YOU AFTER THAT TOO.
I THINK PART OF THIS RIGHT HERE WITH THESE GOALS, I REMEMBER THIS CONVERSATION BACK IN, UH, IT WAS 19, I BELIEVE WHERE WE BEGAN TO CREATE THESE AND THERE WAS PUSHBACK ON THEM BEING SO BROAD AND AS NEEDING TO BE SOMEWHAT SPECIFIC AND TYING THAT BACK, I THINK THE HOUSE BILL FIVE, AND WE HAD TO PUT THE FIVE YEAR METRICS IN THERE FOR DIFFERENT GRADE LEVELS.
AND, UM, I WAS PUSHING FOR US TO ACTUALLY INCLUDE THOSE IN, INTO THIS PARTICULAR DOCUMENT, INTO OUR GOALS.
UM, SO I THINK THAT DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING SPECIFIC, UH, AS WE RELATE TO, UH, WHAT IT IS WE WANT TO FOCUS ON AS A BOARD THIS YEAR.
AND A LOT OF THE THINGS I THINK, UH, WILL ALWAYS BE A GOAL, BUT THIS WILL BE OUR FOCUS AS, AS, AS A BOARD TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN APPROPRIATE RESOURCES AND PEOPLE IN PLACE.
SO WE'LL IDENTIFY WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
AND THEN WE, YOU KNOW, UH, AS I MENTIONED BACK THEN IT WAS LIKE, HEY, THERE'S PROGRESS BEING MADE.
THERE'S NOT A PROBLEM FROM, FROM MY LENS BECAUSE I'M CONTINUALLY GROWING AND WE HAVE ALMOST 7,000 STUDENTS AT DIFFERENT POINTS IN THEIR LIVES.
SO, UH, TRUSTEE JONES, BECAUSE I THINK THERE IS SOMETHING THAT, THAT IS BEING MISSED.
UM, THE STATE SAYS WE HAVE TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY AND THEN PROVIDING THAT OPPORTUNITY.
I HAD TO GO BACK AND, AND SEE, CAUSE THERE WAS SOMETHING AND MY STUDIES OF PSYCHOLOGY THAT THE MIND IS A DANGEROUS THING TO PLAY WITH.
AND SO WE'RE, AS WE SET GOALS, THAT'S WHY I ASKED THE QUESTIONS.
ARE WE SETTING THIS PARTICULAR BELIEF IN WHAT WE BELIEVE IN OR WHAT WOULD WANT OUR SUPERINTENDENT TO DO IT'S BECAUSE WE'RE, WE, I THINK WHAT I SEE WHEN I LOOK AT WHAT THE STATE SAYS THAT EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT HAVE TO DO, THAT'S, WHAT'S WRITTEN, WE HAVE TO DO IT ANYWAY.
THERE IS NOTHING ON ME HERE THAT THE STATE, IF WE DON'T DO THIS, WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET NO FUNDING.
AND SO I SAY THAT TO LEAD BACK, IF WE HAVE 7,100 HUNDRED STUDENTS, 4,000 STUDENTS MEET WHAT WE EXPECT FOR THEM TO MEET WHAT HAPPENED TO THE OTHER THREE.
THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THAT PICTURE.
SO WHO DO WE BLAME? THERE IS NO BLAME BECAUSE WE HAVE PUT THE RIGHT LEADERSHIP IN PLACE TO GIVE THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR EACH STUDENT.
THAT'S WHAT I KEEP GOING BACK TO.
AND WE HAVE TO DO THAT IN AND TRUST.
THEN IF WE PROVIDE THE FINANCES
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WE MAKE RIGHT DECISIONS WHEN THINGS ARE PRESENTED TO US, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT IN THE CLASSROOM, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS.AND SO INDIRECT, I SUPPORT THE SUPERINTENDENT THAT SHE'S GOING TO PUT THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN PLACE TO DO THE RIGHT THING, BUT THERE'S NO GUARANTEE I CAN SAY, I BELIEVE IT.
AND THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
AND BEING, YOU CAN USE THAT TOOL TO COME BACK AT EVALUATION TIME AND SAY, YOU DIDN'T DO IT BECAUSE WE FORGOT ONE THING THAT THE STATE SAYS THAT WE ARE MANDATED TO DO SUBRIGHT TO PROVIDE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
SO I DON'T WANT TO, IN MY MIND, I CAN'T GET MIXED UP IN WHAT DO I WANT TO SEE THE DISTRICT DO AND WHAT I'M GOING TO HOLD THE SUPERINTENDENT CHARGE TO DO? BECAUSE EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED IN THE DISTRICT, SHE IS RESPONSIBLE INDIRECT, BUT SHE WORKED FOR US.
AND SO WE GOT DALE, SOMEBODY, THEY DID IT WRONG.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF BOARDS MISS THAT CONCEPT, UNLESS YOU CAN PROVE SHE DIDN'T PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY.
AND THEY'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO RESPOND TO THAT.
I LIKE WHAT WE HAVE HERE, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THERE ARE.
UH, WELL, I BELIEVE IT'S A LITTLE BIT CONVOLUTED PERSONALLY.
I WOULD MUCH PREFER TO KEEP IT SIMPLE, THE SIMPLEST POSSIBLE.
AND, UH, NOT ONLY THAT I WOULD, IF IT WERE JUST ME AND THIS IS AN INDIVIDUAL SPEAKING, I LOVE THE WAY MY COLLEAGUES ALLUDED TO US BEING CONCERNED ABOUT THE WHAT, AND LEAVING THE HOUSE TO THE DEGREE PROFESSIONALS.
UM, THE, HOW I BELIEVE SHOULD PROBABLY BE MORE OF THESE BULLET POINTS.
AND I THINK WE SHOULD PROBABLY MAKE THAT GOAL A LITTLE MORE CONCISE AND MEASURABLE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW ON EARTH WE COULD QUANTIFY THIS STATEMENT.
UH, WE WILL PROVIDE QUALITY TEACHING AND LEARNING IN PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE AS A PRIORITY BY YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, EXACTLY.
SO, UH, BUT THAT'S MY THOUGHT, THAT'S MY THOUGHT.
WE'LL PROVIDE QUALITY TEACHING AND LEARNING.
YOU KNOW, IT CAN BE JUST THIS I'M THINKING OF QUALITY ENVIRONMENT AND LEAVE IT DEAD OR EITHER, OR, AND THEN MAKE SOME OF THE BULLET POINTS A LITTLE MORE CONCISE AND MEASURABLE.
AND A COUPLE OF THEM, WE CAN PROBABLY LOSE NOT SAYING THAT WE DON'T WANT TO PAY ATTENTION TO THOSE ITEMS. I'M JUST THEY, THEY ARE, BUT RIGHT AS IT STANDS, THIS IS, I DON'T SEE HOW YOU COULD EASILY MEASURE THESE, PARTICULARLY THE NUMBER ONE IN THE GOAL.
SO A COUPLE OF COMMENTS, UM, JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING ISN'T WRITTEN DOWN DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT A PRIORITY NOW.
SO I THINK A PART OF THAT IS JUST, HOW DO YOU MESSAGE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE DISTRICT? SO YOUR COMMUNITY KNOWS WHAT'S HAPPENING.
IF IT'S NOT COMPLETELY WRITTEN DOWN BECAUSE MOST ORGANIZATIONS DON'T PUT EVERY SINGLE GOAL OUT IN PUBLIC.
IF YOU GUYS SET A GOAL FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT, MORE THAN LIKELY, THAT'S GOING TO BE YOUR FLOOR, THE SUPERINTENDENT MAY ACTUALLY SET ADDITIONAL GOALS AND EXPECTATIONS FOR HER STAFF.
YOU WILL NEVER KNOW ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW.
THEY CALL THEM IN A MEETING AND SOMEONE SAYS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A GOAL THAT DOC FOR SET FOR MYSELF, OR SHE SAYS, THAT'S THE GOAL SHE SET FOR HERSELF.
SO WHAT YOU GUYS ARE REALLY DOING OR SAYING THAT THIS IS WHAT WE BELIEVE IS THE FLOOR OF WHAT OUR EXPECTATIONS ARE AS A, AS, AS A BOARD.
THE OTHER THING, AND, AND, AND SECRETARY MORRIS, YOU SORT OF SAID THIS, I WANT TO GO BACK TO IT.
I DON'T WANT US TO GET BELIEF IN A GOAL MIXED UP BECAUSE YOUR BELIEFS THAT YOU SORT OF SAID, YOU KNOW, IF YOU BELIEVE IN ONE THING, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD.
BUT IF THE BOARD SAYS IT COLLECTIVELY AGREES IN SOMETHING, THAT'S A BELIEF, IT DOES NOT HAVE TO TRANSLATE OVER TO A GOAL, RIGHT? BECAUSE THE BELIEF IS WHAT'S GROUNDING YOU.
THE GOAL IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS IMPORTANT FOR YOU FOCUS FOR THIS YEAR, RIGHT? AND THEN THE OTHER PART ABOUT IT IS THAT AS YOU, YOU SET YOUR OVERALL, UH, GENERIC OR BROAD GOALS, YOU'RE THEN GOING TO GO BACK AND SET VERY SPECIFIC GOALS FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT IN HER EVALUATION.
YOU'RE THEN GOING TO, THROUGH THAT EVALUATION TRUST, BUT VERIFY THAT SOME THINGS HAVE BEEN DONE.
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DOING AT EVERY SINGLE BOARD MEETING.
BARKER AND THE INSTRUCTIONAL TEAM CAME UP, YOU WERE TRUSTING THAT THEY WERE GOING TO PROVIDE CERTAIN THINGS LAST YEAR.
NOW YOU'RE VERIFYING THAT THOSE THINGS HAVE ACTUALLY TAKEN PLACE.
NOW THAT WE'VE GOTTEN SOME VERIFICATION, THAT THOSE THINGS HAVE TAKEN PLACE OR NOT TAKING PLACE.
THIS, OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE THINGS THAT HAPPEN.
AND OBVIOUSLY THEY SHARED WHERE THEY KNEW THEY FELL SHORT.
AT SOME POINT, YOU THEN CAN LEAP, FROG THAT TO SAY, OKAY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO NECESSARILY CREATE THIS AS A BOARD GOAL THIS YEAR, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT OUR LANE, BUT TO YOUR POINT, SECRETARY MORRIS, WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO SAY TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND YOUR EVALUATION THIS YEAR,
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WE WANT YOU TO HAVE A VERY SPECIFIC GOAL AROUND PACE.AND THAT ABSOLUTELY STILL GETS TO THE HEART THAT YOU'RE GOING TO PROVIDE QUALITY TEACHING AND LEARNING OR WHATEVER THE SAFETY GOAL IS THAT WE COMPOSE SAME THING WITH FINANCE AND SO FORTH.
SO I DON'T WANT US TO GET CAUGHT UP WITH THAT.
EVERY SINGLE THING THAT WE VIEW AS A GOAL HAS TO BE IN FACT WRITTEN DOWN, BECAUSE IN MANY CASES YOU HAD YOUR EXTERNAL FACING GOALS, WHICH IS WHAT YOUR COMMUNITY IS GOING TO SEE.
AND THEY'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY JUDGE YOU BASED ON, BUT THEN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE YOUR INTERNALLY FACING GOALS, WHICH PROBABLY GONNA BE MUCH MORE SPECIFIC AND MUCH MORE TIME SENSITIVE AND TIED TO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE, THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT WILL MIND, WHETHER THEY HAD HER DIRECT LINE OF, OF, OF REPORTING OR INDIVIDUALS WHO REPORT TO HER.
AND THEY'RE INDIRECTLY REPORTING TO HER THROUGH THEIR DIRECT SUPERVISOR.
UM, AND I WOULD SAY THOSE ARE IMPORTANT.
YOU KNOW WHAT THE COMMUNITY SAYS, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN BELIEFS.
WELL, YOU SHOULD'VE BEEN DOING THIS.
THIS IS WHAT THE STATES THAT YOU SHOULD BE DOING.
AND WE HAVE TO BE GROUNDED IN WHAT WE BELIEVE AND RESPECT EVERYBODY'S BELIEFS, BECAUSE ACTUALLY WE'RE ALL SAYING THE SAME THING.
I MAY BE SAYING ONE THING DIFFERENT, BUT WE'RE ALL SAYING THE SAME THING.
WE ALL WANT THE SAME THING, BUT HOW DO WE PUT IT IN A DOCUMENT? BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE SO COMPLEX THAT WHAT DID THEY REALLY MEAN? I THINK IT SHOULD BE JUST SIMPLE.
WHAT ARE WE AIMING FOR? IF WE HAD WHAT THE SPATE SAYS, EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS IS SO SIMPLE.
YOU KNOW WHY I KEEP SAYING OPPORTUNITY? CAUSE EVERY TIME YOU GO IN FRONT OF THE COMMISSIONER, EVERY TIME YOU DO SOMETHING, THAT'S WHY WE CAN'T JUST COMMUNITY.
CAN'T DO IT'S OUT SOUP US BECAUSE WE HAVE PROVIDED YOU AN OPPORTUNITY.
WELL, AND I THINK, AND I THINK THE BOARD WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO ANSWER BASED ON ITS FIRST BELIEF THAT YOU BELIEVE THAT EQUITY IS AN EDUCATIONAL, CIVIL RIGHTS, BASICALLY.
SO THAT ENCOMPASSES THE FACT THAT EVERY SINGLE STUDENT WHO LIVES WITHIN LINCOLN STAR ISD HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THEIR SCHOOLS.
AND IN MANY CASES, THERE ARE SOME FOLKS WHO, EVEN OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT WHO ATTEND OUR SCHOOL.
SO YOU'RE PROVIDING THAT LEVEL OF OPPORTUNITY.
WHEN, WHEN, WHEN LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES ARE DRAWN THAT WAY, WHEN THE BOARD SETS HIS GOALS, THOSE ARE REALLY JUST THE FLOOR, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO ABOVE AND BEYOND.
THAT IS REALLY YOUR STANDARD THAT YOU'RE SETTING FOR YOUR COMMUNITY.
THE W W W WE ALWAYS SORT OF ADVISE BOARDS, AND OBVIOUSLY IT'S STILL WITHIN YOUR PURVIEW TO DECIDE IS THE REASON WHY YOU WANT TO KEEP IT AS BROAD AND AS OUTCOME-BASED AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE EVERY SINGLE YEAR, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO ACCOMPLISH EVERY GOAL THAT YOU SET OUT.
AND IF THE BOARD HAS SAID THAT IT WANTS TO DO SOMETHING THAT ULTIMATELY THE COMMUNITY CAN COME BACK AND SAY, OKAY, THE BOARD SAID IT'S DOING IT.
SO WHY DID THE BOARD ACCOMPLISH IT? BUT THE REALITY IS THE BOARD IS PROVIDING THE OPPORTUNITY OF, YOU KNOW, QUALITY TEACHING AND LEARNING FOR ALL STUDENTS.
WHAT THEY'VE DONE NOW IS THEY'VE SET OUT VERY UNIQUE GOALS FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT TO MAKE GOOD ON THIS OVERALL GOAL, THAT IT WANTS A QUALITY TEACHING AND LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR ITS STUDENTS.
NO I'VE SEEN BOARDS WHERE THEY'VE HAD THEIR GENERIC GOAL OR THEIR BROAD GOAL.
THEY WILL HAVE THEIR SUPERINTENDENT'S EVALUATION.
OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A PERSONNEL DOCUMENT.
SO IT'S UP TO THE BOARD, THE SUPERINTENDENT, HOW, AND IF THAT EVEN GETS DISTRIBUTED.
UM, BUT IN ADDITION, THEY ALSO MAY HAVE SOME EXTERNAL FACING GOALS THAT THEY WILL SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY, TOO.
IT REALLY IS UP TO YOU, BUT FOR THE BOARD SPECIFICALLY, WHY WE'RE HERE AT NIGHT, THOUGH, THE MORE YOU KEEP IT, VERY BROAD, VERY OUTCOME BASED.
I THINK THE ONLY THING SOMEONE WILL ASK YOU IS WHAT DO YOU LOOK AT WHEN YOU SAY QUALITY AND WHAT IS THE PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE? AND THE REALITY IS THAT'S REALLY ABOUT THE MESSAGING, BECAUSE NO MATTER HOW MUCH WE WANT TO WORDSMITH THIS, THERE'S GONNA BE SOMEONE WHO'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO QUITE UNDERSTAND, OR WHO'S GOING TO UNDERSTAND QUALITY BEING VIEWED A DIFFERENT WAY THAN HOW YOU MEANT IT IN YOUR WORDS, WHICH IS AGAIN, WHY WE KEEP IT VERY BROAD AND VERY GENERAL WITH THE BOARD, HOW YOU STRUCTURE YOUR BOARD MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.
WE'LL ABSOLUTELY GO BACK TO WHETHER IT'S FOUR GOALS OR FIVE GOALS THAT THIS BOARD HAS SET.
EVERY SINGLE BOARD MEETING CAN BE SET UP IN A WAY THAT ACTUALLY GETS TO YOU ACCOMPLISHING YOUR TRANSPARENCY GOAL.
WE'LL PROBABLY BE TEACHING AND LEARNING.
IF THERE IS A THROUGH THE STRUCTURE OF THE BOARD MEETING, IF YOU HAVE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA THAT SPEAKS TO TEACHING AND LEARNING WITHIN YOUR DISTRICT, THE COMMUNITY KNOWS THAT THAT'S A PRIORITY FOR THE BOARD.
AND HENCE, THIS IS WHY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT, RIGHT? THEY DON'T NECESSARILY NEED TO KNOW THE FIVE BULLETS, BECAUSE IF YOU PUT THE FIVE BULLETS IN THERE, WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS COMMITTING YOURSELF OVER THE YEAR TO ACCOMPLISH THOSE FIVE BULLETS.
AND IF FOUR OF THOSE BULLETS GET ACCOMPLISHED AND ONE DOES NOT, THEN THE BOARD WILL HAVE TO SPEAK TO WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT ONE GOAL.
AND MORE THAN LIKELY, IT'S A GOAL THAT YOU COULD NOT NECESSARILY CONTROL BECAUSE IT WAS A DAY DAY-TO-DAY DAY ONE.
UM, BUT IF THERE IS A GOAL THAT YOU HAVE, OBVIOUSLY AGAIN, OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, AS YOU GO THROUGH YOUR BOARD MEETINGS, THERE'S GONNA
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BE BUDGETARY ITEMS THAT ARE GONNA COME BEFORE THIS BOARD THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO APPROVE.THAT'S GOING TO GET TO ONE OF THESE GOALS MORE THAN LIKELY.
EVERY BOARD MEANS IS HAVE SOMETHING WITH TEACHING AND LEARNING IN IT, ASKING YOU TO APPROVE SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY WILL GET TO SOMETHING THAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAS FELT THAT AS A DATA POINT THAT NEED TO CHANGE AROUND TEACHING AND LEARNING.
SO THAT GETS TO YOU WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, SECRETARY MORRIS, AROUND THIS TO A TRUST PART, BUT YOU WANT TO USE THAT WITH A TRUST, BUT VERIFICATION PART TWO, AND THAT'S ALL PRESIDENT HAMILTON, HOW YOUR MEETINGS WILL BE SET UP TO BE STRUCTURED AND RAISE THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE JUST ASKED ALL, GET TO WHAT THE BOARD VIEWS IS.
I THINK THE GOALS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE ON OUR WEBSITE THAT WE APPROVED PROBABLY ON A FOUR-THREE VOTE, UH, ARE, ARE SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S HERE.
UH, I APPRECIATE YOU GOING THROUGH, YOU KNOW, FROM, FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, BUT YEAH, AT THIS POINT HE DID LOOK AT WHAT ARE THE GOALS THAT WE WANT TO BEGIN TO IDENTIFY.
I NECESSARILY THESE, SO STARTING, STARTING A NEW, AND THEN I DO RECALL THE BULLET POINTS BELOW WERE JUST ITEMS THAT I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT MORE SO OF HOW CAN WE AS A BOARD HELP TO SUPPORT THIS GOAL, BECOMING A REALITY.
BUT THE REALITY OF IT IS, IS HOW DO YOU MEASURE IT? HOW DO WE KNOW WE RETAINED IT? AND I THINK THAT WAS A, THAT WAS THEN IT STILL IS THE ISSUE BECAUSE IT'S REALLY, ISN'T A MEASURABLE GOAL.
SO, UH, I THINK ONCE WE BEGIN TO IDENTIFY WHAT ARE THE GOALS? WHAT IS IT THAT WE WANT TO COMES FOR THE DISTRICT OVERALL? AND THEN IDENTIFYING AS I THINK THE NEXT SLIDE GOES INTO A SMART, YOU KNOW, PINPOINTING THOSE.
AND THEN WITH THE INPUT FROM DR.
PERRERA SPECIFYING, THAT'S GOING TO BE A STRETCH STRETCH, YOU KNOW, BUT IT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, AND, AND AGAIN, FOR ME, UH, SITTING IN THE SEAT AS A TEACHER CLASSROOM TEACHER, KNOWING THE STUDENTS SAYING, THIS IS JOHN, YOU WANT ME TO DO THIS? DO YOU KNOW WHERE I'M COMING FROM? I'M LIKE, YEAH.
SO, UM, I APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THIS, BUT I THINK THIS PART RIGHT HERE IS IN THE AIR AT THIS POINT.
AND WE JUST NEED TO BEGIN TO FOCUS ON WHAT ARE THOSE SMART GOALS? WELL, WE WROTE DOWN SOME STUFF YESTERDAY ABOUT A SMART GOAL, SO WE CAN PROBABLY GO BACK AND LOOK AT, AND I GUESS WHEN I'M MAKING THE GOLD ONE WAS A GOLD ONE, THEN IT'S DEFINITELY NOT A GOAL ONE FOR US NOW.
AND THAT'S WHY IN THE EARLIEST SLIDE I SORT OF STARTED WITH, LET'S JUST STOP BLANK SLATE.
WHAT IS IT THAT WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH AT THAT POINT? YOU GUYS GAVE ME FOUR TO FIVE BUCKETS THAT WE CAN PUT EVERYTHING IN THESE WORDS RIGHT HERE, DON'T MATTER AT ALL, BECAUSE YOU'VE ALREADY PUT INTO, AGAIN, FOUR BUCKETS THAT YOU WANT A GOAL AROUND ACADEMICS, AND IT WAS WORDSMITH, BUT AT LEAST TWO TRUSTEES AROUND WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
AND WE CAN OBVIOUSLY THINK THROUGH A LITTLE BIT MORE THE SAFETY PART, THE FINANCIAL PART, THE INTEGRITY PART, AND GETTING OUR, UH, SORT OF INTEGRITY BACK WITH THE COMMUNITY PART.
AND THEN THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A COMMUNICATION PART TOO.
THAT COULD BE FOUR BUCKETS OR $5, DEPENDING ON HOW YOU WANT TO WORD IT.
THIS WAS ONLY SHOWN TO SAY, OKAY, THIS IS WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
BUT THE REALITY IS THIS REALLY, TO YOUR POINT DOES NOT MATTER.
THE ONLY THING I WOULD CAUTION THE BOARD ON IF WE WERE TO GO BACK THOUGH, BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE CAUTIOUS AROUND THIS PARKLAND, BECAUSE WE ALWAYS BEEN IN, THIS IS WHERE THIS IS WHERE BEING ON A GOVERNING BODY GETS SO LIKE FRUSTRATING FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.
AND I'M ON A FEW BOARDS MYSELF.
SO I TOTALLY GET IT BECAUSE THE REALITY IS WHEN WE START THINKING ABOUT SMART GOALS AND STANDARD SETTING GOALS, WE AS A BOARD, CAN'T HAVE THOSE BECAUSE THE REALITY IS IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A SMART GOAL, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THINGS IN PLACE EVERY SINGLE DAY TO ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISH THOSE SMART GOALS.
THE BOARD DOESN'T HAVE THAT THE BOARD DOES HAVE THAT THROUGH THE HIRING OF HIS CEO THOUGH.
AND SO THAT'S WHY THE BOARD CAN SAY TO THE CEO, HEY, WE WANT TO SEE WHAT YOUR SMART GOALS ARE FOR THE YEAR.
THE CEO CAN PROVIDE THAT SAME SUPERINTENDENT CAN PROVIDE THAT SUPERINTENDENT PROVIDES THAT.
ULTIMATELY IT'S NOT A BOARD GOAL, BUT WHAT THE BOARD DOES, IT HOLDS THE SUPERINTENDENT ACCOUNTABLE THROUGH TRUST AND VERIFICATION.
YOU SAID, THIS IS ONE OF YOUR SMART GOALS.
NOW THIS DOES ALIGN WITH ONE OF OUR GOALS, MORE THAN LIKELY IT'S GOING TO FALL IN ONE OF THOSE FOUR TO FIVE BUCKETS ANYWAY.
AND THAT'S HOW YOU HOLD THE SUPERINTENDENT ACCOUNTABLE, UH, VICE PRESIDENT JONES FOR WHAT YOU WANT TO GET ACCOMPLISHED AS A BOARD THROUGH THAT INDIVIDUAL.
IT'S ALWAYS THE MOST FRUSTRATING PART BECAUSE AS A BOARD, WE WANT TO SAY WHAT WE WANT AS A GOAL TO BE TIME SENSITIVE, TIME BOUND.
BUT THE REALITY IS WE, AS A BOARD, CAN'T DO IT.
WE CAN'T DO IT THROUGH THREE THINGS THOUGH.
WE CAN DO IT THROUGH THE HIRING, OBVIOUSLY OF OUR SUPERINTENDENT.
WE CAN DO IT THROUGH ALL OF OUR BUDGETARY DECISIONS THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE.
AND YOU AS A BOARD HAVE WITHIN YOUR PURVIEW TO CREATE ANY POLICY THAT YOU WANT, OBVIOUSLY THAT COINCIDES WITH STATE AND FEDERAL LAW, THAT OBVIOUSLY WE'LL THEN BE ABLE TO DIRECT THE WORK THAT THE ADMINISTRATION DOES.
SO BASICALLY OUT OF THE FIVE BUCKETS, THE FIVE
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WORDS THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR BUCKETS BURST ON WHAT WE HAVE AN INTEREST IN.WE CAN JUST CREATE OUR GOALS BASED ON THOSE, THE SAFETY, THE FINANCIAL PIECE, THE ACADEMIC PIECE, BUT THE ONLY REASON WHY VICE PRESIDENT JONES, I BROUGHT UP THESE, IF YOU THINK ABOUT THESE IN THE ACCURATE, WE WILL PROVIDE QUALITY TEACHING AND LEARNING AND PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE.
AS A PRIORITY, WE WILL PROVIDE AN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM WHERE STUDENTS STAFF ARE SAFE, SECURE, AND DRUG-FREE, WE WILL BE FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE PREPARE FOR FUTURE FINANCIAL NEEDS.
WE WILL SERVE AS AMBASSADORS AND FOSTER PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN HOME SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY.
THOSE ARE FOUR BOARD GOALS, RIGHT? BUT AGAIN, NONE OF THIS MATTERS BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE TO KEEP ANY OF THOSE.
AND IT'S ALL SET THAT WE STILL NEED TO GEAR TOWARD.
AND WE PROBABLY JUST WANT TO REWORD THAT.
BECAUSE AT THAT POINT BY REWORDING PRESIDENT, HAMPSON, YOU'RE SAYING THIS IS A PRIORITY FOR THE BOARD, AND THIS IS HOW THE BOARD WANTS TO ARTICULATE THAT.
SO THEN ANY HELP FROM MS. SIMPSON AND HER TEAM, THE SUPERINTENDENT, AS YOU GO OUT, THERE IS AN ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT YOUR WORDS ARE, WHAT YOUR GOALS ARE STATE.
SO HOW DO YOU ALL WANT TO MOVE FORWARD? WE KIND OF KNOW WHAT THE FOCUS IS AND WHAT WE WANT TO AIM THE GOALS AT.
SO DO YOU ALL WANT TO TAKE A STAB AT TRYING TO CREATE SOME SPECIFIC GOALS? BECAUSE IF WE DON'T DO IT TONIGHT, WE'RE JUST GONNA, IT'S JUST GONNA BE LAGGING ON.
YEAH, I DEFINITELY THINK WE NEED TO DO IT.
UH, I THINK THERE'S ADDITIONAL DATA THAT WE WOULD NEED AS RELATES TO THESE STUDENT PERFORMANCE AND OUTCOMES.
I MEAN, WE CAN THROW SOMETHING OUT THERE.
I WOULD SAY NEEDING DATA FOR DR.
PEREIRA IS GOALS, BUT NOT OUR GOALS BECAUSE I CAN'T MEET ANY PERCENTAGES HERE AT THIS BOARD.
WELL, I SAID EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
SO, AND I'M, I'M LOOKING AT THEM, BUT I'M ALSO, I'M ALSO LOOKING AT, UH, UH, OTHER FORMS OF GOVERNANCE, LIKE LONE STAR GOVERNANCE IS ONE IN WHICH, UH, THEY DO IDENTIFY AS PACIFIC GOALS THAT THE BOARD OUTLINES IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT.
SO THAT GOAL MAY BE THAT AS I MENTIONED, EVERY KID IS AT GRADE LEVEL AND THEN DR.
PERRERA WOULD ARTICULATE, OKAY, THAT MEANS WE'RE GOING TO GET THIS PERCENTAGE HERE, THIS PERCENTAGE HERE.
AND THEN THAT'S WHERE THAT COLLABORATION COMES INTO PLAY.
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE SETTING GOALS AS A BOARD, BUT IT'S STILL A TEAM OF EIGHT.
SO HER INPUT IS GOING TO BE PIVOTAL IN US IDENTIFYING WHAT THOSE GOALS ARE.
WHO'S PLAYING FORWARD, WHO'S PLAYING POINT WHO'S THE CENTER AND HOW ARE THEY GOING TO GET THESE POINTS IN THE GAME OR WHO SHE NEEDS TO SUB IN.
SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE, WHEN WE LOOK AT IT FROM, FROM THAT, FROM THAT LENS, IT'S NOT JUST US COMING UP WITH SOME GOALS.
I MEAN, ONE IS GOING TO BE, WE WANT EVERY KID TO GRADUATE RIGHT NOW.
WE CAN SAY WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED THAT GOAL.
WE'RE ALL STUDENTS HAVE GRADUATED FROM LANCASTER ISD.
CAUSE LAST YEAR WE HAD A HUNDRED PERCENT LAST YEAR.
SO IF WE'RE GOING TO MAINTAIN THAT, THAT COULD BE ONE METRIC, BUT IS THAT GOING TO BE THE METRIC THAT WE WANT HER TO TRULY FOCUS ON OR IT'S GOING TO BE LITERACY OR IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING ELSE I'M ASKING YOU? OR ARE YOU SAYING BASICALLY HAVE THE KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS AS HER, HER OBJECTIVES ARE LIKE, THE GOALS BELONG TO US, BUT THOSE SUPPORTING METRICS OR WHAT WE HOLD THE SUPERINTENDENT TO.
SO IT'S BECAUSE I'M COMPLICATED.
IF YOU KNOW IT, YOU JUST GOT YOUR CLASSROOM ON YOUR INSTRUCTIONAL HEAD ON WHEN, AFTER WE SAID, ALL RIGHT, THEN AFTER WE DO OUR PART, THAT'S WHY I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO THAT QUESTION THAT WE HAVE TO REALIZE, WHAT DO WE WANT TO SEE? AND THEN WE GET INTO WHAT THE SUPERINTENDENT IS GOING TO BRING TO US AND MEET IT.
SO SOMEBODY TO OFFER ONE THAT, THAT BASKETBALL ANALOGY WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST I'VE HEARD.
UM, BUT WHAT MIGHT OFFER THIS, IF, IF THIS BOARD BELIEVES THAT EVERY KID NEEDS TO PERFORM ON GRADE LEVEL, THAT YOU COULD ABSOLUTELY ALTER YOUR FIRST GOAL TO SAY, WE'LL PROVIDE QUALITY TEACHING AND LEARNING IN PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE, WHEREBY EVERY SINGLE STUDENT IS PERFORMING ON GRADE LEVEL.
THAT IS COMPLETELY FINE BECAUSE THAT'S THE, WHAT THEN WITH DR.
CARET HER TEAM, THEY'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON HOW THEY GO ABOUT GETTING THERE.
SO YOU STILL ACCOMPLISHED YOUR GOAL AND SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE JUST NOT PUTTING THE, THE, THE TIME SPECIFIC, UH, ELEMENT IN THERE.
YOU'RE NOT PUTTING THINGS THAT ARE SORT OF VERY SPECIFIC IN THERE BECAUSE THE, HOW PART WILL GO TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, BUT YOU ABSOLUTELY CAN DO EXACTLY WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU JUST SAID.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO KEEP IT AS WE'LL PROVIDE QUALITY TEACHING AND LEARNING AND PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE.
YOU CAN SAY WHEREBY X IS HOW YOU BELIEVE QUALITY TEACHING AND LEARNING OCCURS AGAIN.
AND HER STAFF WILL, WILL GO BACK AND DO.
AND TO THE SECOND PART OF WHAT I THINK, UH, VICE PRESIDENT JONES WERE SAYING IS THE SUPERINTENDENT, ABSOLUTELY.
ONCE YOU SET FOUR OR FIVE GOALS, WHATEVER TONIGHT CAN GO BACK WITH HER TEAM AND SAY, OKAY, BASED
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ON THESE BOARD GOALS, BASED ON WHAT WE KNOW OUR DATA SPEAKS TO US, THIS IS WHAT MY GOALS FOR THIS YEAR WILL BE, WHICH MEANS THAT ALL, EVERY DIRECT REPORT THAT ALIGNS WITH HER, THEIR INDIRECT REPORTS ARE STILL GONNA ROLL BACK UP TO THE SUPERINTENDENT GOALS, WHICH ARE GOING TO ROLL BACK UP TO THE BOARD'S GOALS.ANYWAY, NOW YOU MIGHT, THE SUPERINTENDENT MIGHT HAVE 20 GOALS WHERE YOU GUYS ONLY HAVE FIVE AND THAT'S COMPLETELY FINE BECAUSE YOU ARE JUST SETTING A FLOOR FOR WHATEVER THE SUPERINTENDENT, YOU KNOW, GOAL SHOULD BE OR WHATEVER THE BOARD'S GOALS SHOULD BE.
THAT PERSON WHO THEN HAS THE PURVIEW TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT, ANY DAY, ALMOST SIMILAR SECRETARY MORRISON, WHAT YOU JUST SAID, THE STATE DOES, THE STATE SETS A VERY, A VERY BARE MINIMUM FLOOR OPPORTUNITY.
YOU CAN STAY WITH THAT, OR YOU CAN GO WAY ABOVE THAT IF YOU WANT TO, BUT YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY YOU'RE WITHIN YOUR PURVIEW.
IF YOU WANT TO DEFINE WHAT QUALITY TEACHING AND LEARNING IS, IF EVERY SINGLE STUDENT'S PERFORMING ON GRADE LEVEL, THAT'S WHERE YOUR THAT'S YOUR OUTCOME.
UM, AND I THINK IT SPOKE TO SOMETHING DR.
BARBARA, SORRY, EVERY SINGLE STUDENT SHOULD BE GROWING ONE ACADEMIC YEAR, EVERY YEAR THAT YOU'RE HERE WITH YOU.
WE CAN, YOU CAN WORD THAT VERY QUICKLY THAT WAY.
AND THEN THE HOWARD PART, WE JUST ROLL BACK TO THE SUPERINTENDENT GOALS.
AND OBVIOUSLY THAT WILL BE, DID ROLLED INTO THE SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION, WHICH IS YOUR VERIFICATION THAT, THAT TOOK PLACE.
AND ANOTHER PIECE THAT WILL BE THE PROGRESS MEASURES.
WHAT ARE WE USING TO IDENTIFY THAT WE'RE GETTING, THIS IS A SCAR IS SMART GOALS.
SO I THINK WE WERE LOOKING AT A COUPLE OF SMART GOALS LAST NIGHT, DR.
BARKER PRESENTED WHERE A CENTRAL OFFICE HAD A GOAL AROUND COMMUNICATION, AND IT TALKED ABOUT X PERCENT OF THE COMMUNITY DOING IT BY THIS TIMEFRAME AS IDENTIFIED BY THIS INSTRUMENT.
SO THEY'VE IDENTIFIED HOW THEY'LL GO ABOUT GETTING THERE.
THEN THAT WILL ABSOLUTELY MORE THAN LIKELY ROLL INTO ONE OF YOUR BUCKETS WHERE YOU TALKED ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS OR COMMUNICATION, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY THAT'S HOW YOU WOULD MEASURE WHETHER SOME OF THAT IS EVEN TAKEN PLACE.
SO IT'S ALL STILL ALIGNED WITHIN IT.
WHAT IT REALLY IS DOING IS JUST MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE IS OPERATING WITHIN THEIR LANE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ACTUALLY CAN ACCOMPLISH WHAT THEY'RE REALLY ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH WITH THE ROLE THAT THEY HAVE.
YOU CAN STILL SAY, UH, YOU KNOW, VICE PRESIDENT JONES THAT YOU HAVE NO, IN MY MIND, I WANT X NUMBER OF STUDENTS TO DO X WHAT'S.
YOUR DOING IS SAYING TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, HEY, IN YOUR GOALS, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE X.
AND IF THE BOARD SAYS THAT, THEN THE BOARD HAS MADE THAT AS A GOAL FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT.
THAT'S WHAT THE BOARD, THE ONLY THING THIS IS JUST OUTWARD FACING GOES TO THE COMMUNITY OF WHAT THE BOARD IS LOOKING TO ACCOMPLISH OVER THE COURSE OF THIS YEAR.
AND AGAIN, ADDING THE WHEREBY, UH, YOU KNOW, EVERY SINGLE STUDENT IS GROWING EVERY YEAR.
UH, GROWING ONE YEAR, ACADEMICALLY IS MORE THAN THE PROGRAM COME UP.
AND PERSONALLY, I JUST THINK WE NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING SURROUNDING ACADEMICS, FINANCIAL SAFETY, TRANSPARENCY, YOU KNOW, THERE'D BE INTEGRITY, RESPECT FACTOR.
WE JUST NEED TO PICK A FEW THINGS AND JUST CREATE A GOAL.
AND THEN WE CAN ALWAYS ELABORATE FURTHER INTO WHAT WE WANT DR.
PERRERA TO DO, THEN WHAT SHE CAN DO TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
AND THEN NOT THINK WE'RE GOING TO EVER GET THIS COMPLETED.
BECAUSE AGAIN, ALL YOU'RE SHOWING THAT THE COMMUNITY IS, AS A TEAM OF EIGHT GUYS ARE ALIGNED.
WE'RE ALIGNED AS A BOARD THAT THIS IS, THESE ARE OUR PRIORITIES, OUR BELIEFS, THESE ARE OUR PRIORITIES AND GOALS FOR THE YEAR.
THE SUPERINTENDENT NOW HAS HER GOALS FOR THE YEAR.
WE NOW FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO VERIFY THAT THOSE THINGS HAD, HAD BEEN ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH OUR ADMINISTRATOR.
WHO'S ACTUALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR CARRYING OUT THESE GOALS FOR US.
MORE, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS THAT MAKES ANYTHING IN THE LIST? BECAUSE THIS IS KIND OF, IS WHAT I'VE HEARD YOU ALL SAID IS IMPORTANT.
ACADEMIC SUCCESS IS IMPORTANT.
THE FINANCIAL STABILITY AT HIS DISTRICT IS IMPORTANT.
AND THEN WE ALWAYS HEAR ABOUT, UM, BUILDING THE REPUTATION IN BRANDON SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND THEN I'LL FALL INTO, YOU KNOW, BEING TRANSPARENT ALSO.
AND THEN, UH, SECRETARY MORRIS HAD ONE THAT IT REALLY WENT BACK INTO SORT OF THE MAINTAIN THE HEALTHY FINANCIAL ABILITY OF THE DISTRICT, BUT REALLY USING YOUR, YOUR FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO SUPPORT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH TEACHING AND LEARNING.
AND READING LAST, SAY, IF THAT, YOU KNOW, LIKE BY THE QUESTION, I'M SORRY, THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT PANTS EXPERIENCE.
WELL, TO EXPERIENCE COULD HAVE BEEN HOUR AGO OR YESTERDAY.
SO I RECALL CONVERSATIONS WITH THE BOARD ON SOMETHING THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE BOARD.
IT WAS MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT NEEDS FOR THE CHILDREN, ACADEMIC RESOURCES, MORE CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT.
THEN CONDUCIVE PLACES TO LEARN.
YOU CAN'T COMPARE THAT WE HAVE TO DO ON BOTH.
WE HAVE TO PROVIDE A PLACE FOR CHILDREN TO LEARN, AND WE HAVE TO PROVIDE MATERIALS TO BE UTILIZED.
YOU SHOULDN'T WAIT THE TWO DIFFERENTLY.
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SAY, AFTER WE GOT BRILLIANT MINDS AROUND THIS DIET, ESPECIALLY TONIGHT EDUCATED PEOPLE.AND SO WE DON'T HAVE TO THINK THAT HARD WITH THINKING TOO HARD TO PUT SOMETHING IN PLACE.
THAT'S WHAT WE HEARD THE SUPERINTENDENT TO DO IS TO LOOK AT WHAT WE BELIEVE THAT WE WANT FOR OUR DISTRICT.
FROM THAT POINT, SHE OUTLINES THE GOALS THAT SHE'S DIRECTING HER STAFF TO DO.
AND WHEN SHE DIRECT THOSE, SHE GOT TO MEASURE THOSE AND BRING THEM BACK TO US, PRESENTED THEM TO US WHILE WE'RE DOING HER EVALUATION.
ARE WE GOING TO TRUST IT? ARE WE GOING TO TRY TO USE, I BRING IN MINDS TO FIGURE OUT, DID SHE, DID SHE NOT DO IT? OR HE, OR DID HE, OR HE DIDN'T DO IT FOR ME? DAD DOES SUPPORT WHATEVER SHE'S PUTTING BEFORE US.
BUT I'M SAYING THAT WE NOW AT THIS POINT, BECAUSE WE HADN'T FINISHED OURS, WE JUMP FROM OURS GOING.
THAT'S WHERE I'M TRYING TO KEEP THE TWO SEPARATE.
TRUST ME, BECAUSE THE REALITY IS THERE STILL NEEDS TO BE ALIGNMENT BETWEEN BOTH.
BECAUSE AGAIN, IF YOU ALL HAVE THESE FOUR OR FIVE LANES AND DR.
CAREER HAS THESE FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT LANES THAT DON'T ALIGN WITH EACH OTHER.
NOW WE GOT, YOU KNOW, EIGHT TO 10 LANES.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK FROM THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.
AND THERE'S NO WAY THAT YOU CAN STRUCTURE YOURSELF OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR TO CARRY IT YOURSELF IN EIGHT LANES.
WHAT, WHAT YOU ALL ARE SAYING THOUGH, IS THAT AS OUR ONE EMPLOYEE, AS A BOARD, THIS IS WHAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE.
NOW WE'RE ASKING YOU TO DETERMINE HOW YOU'RE GOING TO MEET OUR GOALS, BECAUSE YOU'RE OUR EMPLOYEE.
THE SUPERINTENDENT NOW MAY ACTUALLY HAVE MORE GOALS THAT GO ABOVE THAT, BUT THESE ARE THE FLOOR THAT YOU'VE SET FOR HER.
SO WHILE YOU TALKED ABOUT SORT OF THE BIG FINANCIAL PICTURE FOR THE DISTRICT AND MAINTAINING THAT THERE MAY BE TWO TO THREE ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL GOALS THAT SHE HAS WITH THE CFO THAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT.
AND THE REALITY IS YOU PROBABLY SHOULDN'T BECAUSE YOUR ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE YOU MAINTAIN YOUR FINANCIAL STABILITY.
IF SHE HAS TO HAVE A GOAL THAT ACTUALLY IS IN PLACE IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT OCCURS THAT'S BETWEEN HER AND HER STAFF.
I GUESS THAT'S WHY I SAID WE WERE ALL SAYING THE SAME THING.
WE ABSOLUTELY ARE ALL FOR THAT, WHATEVER WE DO IN TERMS OF REWORDING, WE JUST ADD A WHEREBY WHERE YOU CAN ADD ONE OTHER CAPSULE TO IT THAT WOULD GET TO SOME OF THE ELEMENTS THAT THAT VICE PRESIDENT JONES IS SAYING.
AND AGAIN, IT GOES BACK TO WE'LL PROVIDE A QUALITY TEACHING AND LEARNING IN PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE, WHEREBY EACH STUDENT IS GROWING ONE ACADEMIC YEAR, EVERY YEAR OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT.
SO WHERE THEN, YOU KNOW, QUALITY TEACHING AND LEARNING IS MINT WITH STUDENTS GROWING ONE ACADEMIC YEAR AT ME EVERY YEAR, AT LEAST ONE ACADEMIC YEAR, RIGHT? SAME THING WITH SAFETY WE CAN DO WHEREBY WE CAN SAY SOMETHING THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT, BECAUSE SAFETY IS NOT JUST ABOUT SECURING THE BUILDINGS.
THERE ARE OTHER, OTHER PARTS TOO, WHEREBY STUDENTS AND STAFF ARE MENTALLY AND EMOTIONALLY SAFE.
SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WHATEVER THE BOARD FEELS IS THE PRIORITY.
THEN THE SUPERINTENDENT'S GOALS WHEN SHE GOES BACK AND ESTABLISHED TO THEM AND BRINGS THEM TO YOU.
THEY'RE TAKING THESE AS A FLOOR AND SHE MAY EVEN GO A LITTLE BIT FURTHER IF SHE WANTS TO, BUT SHE'S ABSOLUTELY MET YOU AT THE FLOOR THAT YOU SAID, UH, CAN I ASK OUT OF LISTENING TO ALL OF US? I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY.
WHAT DID YOU GET OUT OF? WHAT ALL OF US STEPS THERE AND TELL US WHAT WERE YOUR THOUGHTS? I THINK HE PROBABLY ASKED ME THREE QUESTIONS IN ONE, UM, W W WHAT I SEE, UM, AND I THINK PEOPLE TELL YOU WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET WITH ME.
UM, I, I SEE A, A BOARD THAT WANTS TO OPERATE AS A TEAM OF EIGHT, BUT HAS IT THROUGH HIS BOARD OPERATING AGREEMENTS, FIGURE OUT HOW BEST TO DO THAT.
I THINK THERE'S A, I SEE A BOARD THAT WANTS TO BE A TEAM OF EIGHT, WHO WANTS TO FIGURE OUT HOW DOES IT ALIGN ITSELF? SO THERE'S NOT A DISCONNECT BETWEEN THE BOARD MEMBERS, BUT ALSO THAT ROTE SPINS INTO A DISCONNECT BETWEEN THE BOARD AND THE SUPERINTENDENT, UM, WHICH CAN DESTROY ANY SCHOOL SYSTEM.
UM, AND THEN I SEE A BOARD THAT WANTS TO GET IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME WITHOUT MAKING ANY ERRORS.
BUT KNOWING THAT YOU'RE STILL GONNA TAKE A RISK, NO MATTER WHAT YOU PUT ON PAPER, THAT'S KIND OF A STRANGE ONE OF THE STATE REPS SAID THAT TO THE COMMISSIONER AND I WAS IN A MEETING.
AND I HEARD THAT I REALLY, I, I DID.
UH, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S AMAZING FOR YOU TO PHRASE THAT LIKE THAT, BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE ALL SAYING THE SAME THING.
IT SHOULDN'T BE THIS HARD D THE COME UP WITH ONE EFFECTIVE GOAL TWO OR THREE AND MOVE ON IT'S BECAUSE WHAT'S GONNA END UP HAPPENING.
IF WE DO ONE, OR IF WE DO THREE, OR IF WE DO FIVE,
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THE SUPERINTENDENT MAY HAVE 20, SHE'S DEALING WITH A LARGER, AND WE SHOULD NOT CROSS THAT BOUNDARY BECAUSE WE WILL ONLY HOLD HER ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT WE BELIEVE, WHERE WE WANT OUR DISTRICT TO GO.SO I'M ALWAYS GO BACK TO OUR BELIEFS, WHICH WE ARE, WE WOULD MAYBE SAYING IT DIFFERENTLY, BUT I THINK THAT WE COULD WASTE ANOTHER 30 MINUTES OR AN HOUR TALKING ABOUT, LET'S JUST DO IT.
ONE THING, THIS IS A WORKING DOCUMENT.
WE CAN COME BACK BECAUSE I DOWNFALL.
IT'S ONLY FOUR OF US HERE TONIGHT.
I THINK, I THINK ONE OF THE, AND I'LL LOOK AT PRESIDENT AND ON THIS ONE, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO IS LOOK AT ONE, WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE GOING TO BE THE BUCKETS THAT WE PLACE OUR GOALS IN.
I THINK THAT WE HAVE FOR RIGHT NOW, BUT I'VE HEARD ALMOST SOME GOING BACK AND FORTH AROUND BILL REBUILDING, INTEGRITY, UH, YOU KNOW, AROUND THE WORK OF THE BOARD AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I THINK THE SECOND PART IS, IS, YOU KNOW, DO WE ADD A STATEMENT ASIDE FROM THAT, THAT ALMOST GETS INTO, UH, ALMOST WHAT, WHAT VICE PRESIDENT JONES WAS SAYING WAS, DO WE DO A WHEREBY? AND THEN WE ADD ANOTHER COMPONENT TO IT, OR WHEREABOUTS DOES NOT NEED TO BE EVERY SINGLE GOAL.
UM, AND THEN I THINK THAT THE BOARD THEN HAS AN AS A DECISION TO MAKE WITH IT BEING A QUORUM PRESENT.
DO WE VOTE ON THOSE AS GOALS FOR THE BOARD, OR DO WE TABLE THOSE AS GOALS FOR THE BOARD UNTIL THE FULL BOARD CAN JOIN? THAT'S, THAT'S LITERALLY A CONVERSATION, UH, FOR THE BOARD, BUT, BUT THE FIRST PART OBVIOUSLY IS THE DRAFTING OF IT.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS WHY I SORT OF JUST START WITH THE GENERIC QUESTION.
I WAS, I WAS, UH, PLEASED TO HEAR THAT.
LITERALLY, WE ALL GOT TO THE SAME AGREEMENT AROUND SOME OF THE SAME BUCKETS THAT ARE IN YOUR CURRENT GOALS, BUT WHERE THE CURRENT GOALS SPEAK TO THE, HOW IS WHERE YOU WANT TO BACK UP, BECAUSE YOU DEFINITELY WANT TO ALLOW THE SUPERINTENDENT TO DISCUSS THE HOUSE SO THAT THEN YOU CAN TRUST IT.
VERIFY THAT THAT HOUSE HAS TAKEN PLACE IS THE DAY YOU'RE STILL FOCUSED ON THE, WHAT THE I'VE HEARD.
OTHER BOARD MEMBERS SAY, UM, IT'S THE SUPERINTENDENT LEADING THE BOARD? NO, WE'RE MAKING A DECISION.
SUPERINTENDENT DON'T VOTE, BUT YET WE S WE HAVE TO STAY IN POLICY.
SO IT IS UP TO US THROUGH OUR MANDATED TRAINING TO GET THE TRAINING, TO UNDERSTAND THE POLICY BECAUSE THE POLICY AND OUR GOALS GOT TO GO TOGETHER.
AND WE, WE, WE JUST CAN'T THINK OF SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT THE STATE MANDATE US TO DO.
SO TO YOUR POINT, THAT THE CRAFTING OF THE WORDS BEHIND, AND THAT'S ACTUALLY THE EASY PART, UM, W W WHAT I'M TAKING NOTES ALMOST IS THE DISCUSSION, BECAUSE THE DISCUSSION MAKES THE WORDING A LOT EASIER BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT ALL POINTS OF VIEWS IN TO THE WORDING OF, OF THE ACTUAL GOAL.
AND THE MORE THAT YOU GUYS ARE ALIGNED WITH THE WORDING OF THE GOAL, THE MORE ALIGNED THE SUPERINTENDENT CAN BE WHEN SHE ACTUALLY STARTS THINKING ABOUT HOW SHE GOES ABOUT GETTING THERE.
IF THERE'S ANY AMBIGUITY BETWEEN HOW YOU GUYS MET THE GOAL TO BE VERSUS HOW IT'S, IT'S WRITTEN DOWN, THEN THERE'S GONNA BE AMBIGUITY.
AND WHEN WE START THINKING ABOUT HOW THEY GO ABOUT GETTING THERE AS, SO I GUESS FROM, FROM MY VANTAGE POINT, AGAIN, WITH THE EDUCATOR HAT ON, UH, I'M LOOKING AT HOW DO WE CLOSE THOSE GAPS BETWEEN APPROACHES MEETS AND MASTERS? SO A GOAL FOR ME, WOULD, COULD BE POTENTIALLY TO INCREASE OR DECREASE THE GAP WITHIN THEIR APPROACHES AND MEETS FOR ALL STUDENTS TEST, YOU KNOW, AND THEN LIKE FOREVER, THEY COME BACK AND SAY, WE CAN LOOK BASED OFF OF WHERE WE HAVE THAT NUMBER SHOULD BE 7%.
YOU KNOW, WE CAN GET A DECREASE FROM THAT.
THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING AT AS FAR AS THE GOAL ITSELF, BECAUSE NOW IT'S STUDENT OUTCOME-BASED AND SHE'S ABLE TO KIND OF PROVIDE THAT TARGET WITH THE DATA THAT SHE HAS BEFORE HER AND OUR TEAM TO KIND OF SAY, OKAY, WE GOT A COUPLE OF KIDS RIGHT HERE ON THE CUSP OF GETTING THERE, AND THAT MAY BE A STRETCH GOAL.
AND AGAIN, WITH A STRETCH GOAL, WE NOW CAN IDENTIFY, WE HAVE MORE STUDENTS GETTING TO A POINT OF BECOMING RICH COLLEGE AND CAREER READY BASED OFF THOSE, IF WE WANT TO USE STARS ONLY METRIC, BUT IF WE'RE USING NWA MAP, WHATEVER OTHER SOURCES THAT YOU IDENTIFY, THEN THAT'S GREAT.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT I'M LOOKING AT AS FAR AS STUDENT OUTCOME BASED GOALS, UM, LIKE THE FINANCES, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SHE HAS TO DO, YOU KNOW, IF THE FINANCING IS GOING TO TANK AND THEY'RE GONNA MAKE HER LOOK GOOD, KNOW WHAT TO MAKE US LOOK GOOD.
SO I THINK SOME THINGS ARE JUST, AS YOU MENTIONED, UH, THE FLOOR, THOSE HAVE TO HAPPEN.
NOW, DO WE WANT A SUPERIOR RATING ON OUR FIRST? YES, DEFINITELY.
BUT I THINK, UH, MR. GARRISON AND DR.
RAY, WE'RE GOING TO WORK FOR US TO CONTINUALLY HAVE THAT, IS THAT THE HIGHLIGHT FOR US AS A BOARD TO SAY, MAKE SURE TO FIND
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IT, THE FINANCE HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF FOR YEARS? UH, NOT SAYING WE SHOULDN'T STILL SPOTLIGHT IT, BUT I THINK THAT'S ON HER RADAR.YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S BEEPING, BOOP EVEN AT THE SUPERINTENDENT MONITORING THAT, THAT STILL WILL COME BACK AS A, TO THE BOARD, BUT OBVIOUSLY THE BUDGET IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY.
UH, MY OFFER THAT, UH, THERE, THERE, THERE PROBABLY IS A SEPARATE MEETING THAT SHOULD BE HELD ONCE THE BOARD HAS ITS GOALS WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT AFTER SHE HAS PUT TOGETHER HER GOALS.
IF THERE ARE GOALS THAT THE BOARD MIGHT WANT THE SUPERINTENDENT TO CONSIDER.
AND THE REASON WHY I OFFER THAT IS NO MATTER WHAT YOU, IF YOU PUT A METRIC IN THIS, YOU'RE TELLING YOUR COMMUNITY THAT'S, WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU.
SO IF YOU PUT STUFF, IF YOU PUT LIKE, UH, CLOSE THE GAP BETWEEN MEETS AND APPROACH OR APPROACHES AND MEET, WHICH YOU'RE SAYING TO YOUR COMMUNITY IS THAT STAR IS HOW WE MEASURE STUDENT PERFORMANCE IN THE DISTRICT, WHICH IS PROBABLY NOT HOW YOU WANT TO BOX YOURSELF IN BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHER WAYS THAT YOU'RE MEASURING STUDENT GROWTH.
AND SO THAT WAY, IF THAT IS A GOAL YOU WANT TO HAVE, THOUGH, IT ABSOLUTELY CAN BE A GOAL FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT THAT, HEY, WE WANT YOU TO CONSIDER THIS AS A GOAL.
AND THEN THE SUPERINTENDENT WILL FIGURE OUT THE HOW BEHIND THAT.
AND YOU CAN VERIFY THAT THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE WHOLE YEAR, AS YOU PERFORMANCE, YOU KNOW, YOUR PERFORMANCE MONITOR THAT EACH QUARTER, EACH NINE WEEKS OR EVEN SIX WEEK PERIOD.
WHEN I ASK
I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S ALL OVER THE BOARD.
AND AGAIN, YOU CAN HAVE KIDS FROM A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT LEARNING STYLES COME TOGETHER AND CREATE SOMETHING AMAZING THAT THEY WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO INDIVIDUALLY.
HOW DO YOU MEASURE THAT? RIGHT? HOW DO YOU PUT THAT IN? SO, UH, I GET THE, I GET THE STAR PIECE, BUT THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE OFF.
I KNOW THAT'S HOW THE PUBLIC ASSESSES US.
UM, BUT OUR KIDS ARE SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT.
AS, AS WE'VE TALKED TO YOU ABOUT RE-IMAGINING STEM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE STEM, JUST THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS, YOU KNOW, WHY CAN'T, YOU KNOW, THE T ALSO BE FOR TEACHING.
CAUSE WE NEED EDUCATORS THROUGH GROWING YOUR OWN.
YOU'VE CHALLENGED US WITH DOING THAT OR THE EDB SOMETHING, UH, ENTREPRENEURSHIP.
CAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF OUR KIDS ARE PAIRED ON ALL KINDS OF THINGS ON THE END.
SO WHY CAN'T WE HARNESS THOSE THINGS AS WELL? UM, AND I THINK DR.
DAN SAID IT BEST LAST TIME BOX OURSELVES.
OH NO, OUR KIDS REALLY NOT US.
THAT'S NOT FOSTER KIDS INTO ONE MEASURE.
AND I, AGAIN, I KNOW THE STATE OF TEXAS IS STAR BOUND.
JUST, IT ACHES ME TO KNOW THAT OUR KIDS CAN ONLY BE SUCCESSFUL BY THE STAR OUTCOMES.
I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT PERSONALLY, TO BE ALL OUT.
I'VE HEARD THAT FROM A JUDGE HAS GOTTA BE ALL OF THE CHILDREN.
I'VE SEEN HIM WITH HIS SODA TONIGHT AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT IT HAS TO BE ALL UP.
THEY HAD A YOUNG MAN THAT'S ARTISTIC HIGH PERFORMANCE.
SO WHEN WE MAKE THESE GO, WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND, EVERY CHILD LEARNS DIFFERENT.
AND SO IF EVERY CHILD LEARNS DIFFERENT AND THEY DON'T MEET THOSE NEEDS, THEY DON'T MEET THAT.
BUT IN THEIR OWN WAY OF LEARNING, THEY BECOME SICK.
ARE WE LEAVING THEM? THAT IS EVERY JOB.
SO WE THINK ABOUT SMART CHILDREN.
WE THINK ABOUT CHILDREN THAT ARE JUST AUTOMATICALLY ACHIEVEMENT.
WE'VE GOT 7,100, AGAIN, 4,000 OF THEM COULD GO STRAIGHT TO CALL IT, GET THE DATA FROM BELLEVUE COLLEGE.
OUR STUDENTS ARE GOING, BUT IT'S A LOT OF STUDENTS.
THERE IS A LARGE GAP FROM 12 YEARS THAT EIGHT YEARS OF EDUCATION GAP.
SO MIGHTA OFFER, UM, AND LISTENING TO THE DISCUSSION AND LISTENING, LOOKING AT, GOING BACK TO YOUR BELIEF STATEMENTS, ONE WAY THAT YOU POTENTIALLY COULD LOOK AT YOUR FIRST, UH, ACADEMIC GOAL.
UM, AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST, JUST, JUST POTENTIALLY, UH, FOR CONSIDERATION, UH, WE WILL PROVIDE WORLD-CLASS TEACHING AND LEARNING EXPERIENCES WERE ABOUT EACH STUDENT IS GROWING AND DEVELOPING AT LEAST ONE GRADE LEVEL EVERY ACADEMIC YEAR.
I'M JUST A PERSON, A FEW WORDS, BUT SAY IT AGAIN.
UM, WE WILL PROVIDE, WE WILL PROVIDE WORLD-CLASS TEACHING AND LEARNING EXPERIENCES WHEREBY EACH STUDENT IS GROWING AND DEVELOPING AT LEAST ONE GRADE LEVEL EVERY ACADEMIC YEAR.
AND IT'S UP TO STAFF AND DEFFER TO MAKE SURE IT HAPPENS.
AND WE'VE SEEN THAT IT'S ALREADY HAPPENING.
AND SO WITHIN THE ADMINISTRATION WILL HAVE TO DO IS FIGURE OUT HOW DID WE MEASURE GROWTH, WHICH OBVIOUSLY YOU THERE'S SEVERAL MEASURES IN WHICH YOU'RE ABLE TO DO THAT.
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THE BOARD GOES BACK BUDGETARILY THOUGH, APPROVING THE CURRICULUM AND MATERIALS AND PROGRAMS IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.BUT ULTIMATELY THIS IS YOUR MAIN GOAL THAT SETS YOU OUT FOR WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.
AND THEN THAT ALLOWS THE SUPERINTENDENT, HER STAFF TO FIGURE OUT HOW THEY GO ABOUT GETTING THAT THAT'S GOING TO COST THEM MONEY.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, SO WE CAN CHECK ONE OFF AND MOVE TO TWO.
LET'S KEEP ROLLING TERMINAL AND, AND MADAM PRESIDENT, I GUESS I WOULD ADD ONE SQUARE, IDENTIFY THESE GOALS FOR THE NIGHT.
WE CAN ADD THAT TO OUR BOARD MATTERS AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION BOARD MEETING NEXT WEEK TO KIND OF PRESENT THAT THERE.
SO WE HAVE COVERED ACADEMIC SUCCESS.
AND THE SECOND THING IS GOING TO BE, UM, ARE YOU ALL WANTING TO EXPLAIN THE FINANCIAL, SINCE WE'VE DONE A GREAT JOB WITH FINANCIAL AND JUST GO TO SAFETY BECAUSE YOU DON'T SPEAK FOR, THEY'RE DONE ALREADY MANDATED WHERE WE NEED TO GO.
ORANGE HAS A MENTAL HEALTH, BUT JUST KIND OF BASED ON WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE WORLD.
IF WE WERE TO LEAVE SAFETY OUT OF OUR GOALS, I THINK WE'D BE FROWNED UPON.
NO, I'M NOT SAYING LEAVE IT AT HOME.
I'M I'M SAYING THAT ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS FOLLOW THE PATTERN BECAUSE REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE SAID, THE STATE HAS ALREADY MANDATED WHAT EACH GROUP.
SO WE NEED TO COME UP WITH SAFETY GOALS TO SAY, BUT THE MANDATE IS THERE, RIGHT? BUT AS A BOARD, WE WANT TO SET A GOAL JUST TO SAY THAT WE ARE SUPPORTING SAFETY.
SHE'S GOING TO TAKE CARE OF IT.
THE HELL IS HELL, SHE'S GOING TO MAINTAIN IT.
YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING LIKE, SO I DEAL WITH PROVIDE A SAFE AND SECURE ENVIRONMENT FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF.
IT'S JUST AS SIMPLE AS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU MAY MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE FANCY.
WHAT, YOU KNOW, BECAME DETERMINED, DRUG FEVER.
FOR ONE, WE'RE NOT DRUG TESTING, OUR STAFF AND WE'RE NOT DRUG TESTING.
THE KIDS THEY'RE RANDOMLY DRUG TESTED.
WE DON'T DRUG TEST STAFF THAT THERE.
SO WE MEASURE THE DRUG FEE FREE THOUGH, AND DRUG FREE SCHOOLS.
HOW DO WE MEASURE IT FREE? I SAID, HOW DO WE MEASURE IT? WE DON'T HAVE TO MEASURE THAT.
WE DON'T HAVE TO MEASURE THAT.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN PLACE.
WE BELIEVE WE WANT DRUG DRUG-FREE FOOD.
NOW, WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE NOT GONNA, I MEAN, IF A CHILD IS THE DRUG, WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT DEALS WITH THE J JJ AND ALL THIS STUFF.
THAT'S A DISCIPLINE, IT'S A LAW, BUT HOW DO WE ENFORCE IT ON A CAMPUS? WE DON'T HAVE DRUG SNIFFING DOGS.
THE TEACHERS ARE NOT BEING RANDOMLY DRUG TESTED.
SO HOW ARE WE GOING TO ENFORCE IT? HOW ABOUT FOR SAFETY FOR US? WE THINK ABOUT THE HAMMER.
WHAT ARE WE DOING RIGHT NOW TODAY TO ENSURE THAT OUR CAMPUS IS A DRUG FREE? TECHNICALLY WE'RE NOT WHATEVER YOU SAY.
I KNOW ATHLETICS IS BEING DRUG TESTED JUST FOR POSSIBLE URL, VERY RANDOMLY FULL OF DRUGS.
I BET WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND DISCUSS IT AS A BOARD.
UM, LET ME JUST BE QUIET CAUSE WE DON'T RECORD IT.
AND LET ME JUST ASK NICE MS. MORRISON.
SHALL WE CONTINUE? I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW DR.
PEPPER IS GOING TO FORCE THE DRUG-FREE PIECE.
SHE GOT THE HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE SAFETY.
THEY'RE TASKED WITH THINGS TO DO, TO KEEP THE KIDS AND STAFF SAFE ON OUR CAMPUSES.
I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT I CAN SAY TO SOMEBODY WHEN IT COMES TO, OH, WELL WE DO THIS TO ENSURE THAT OUR CAMPUSES ARE DRUG FREE.
I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT US HAILING MEASURES RIGHT NOW.
IS THERE ON THERE NOW? WHAT? IT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT WE JUST DON'T KNOW ABOUT AS A BOARD.
DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA FOR SAFETY? DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE SOMETHING THAT THEY LIKE TO PUT OUT THERE FOR THE SAFETY GOAL? AND I LIKED THE, UH, THE SPIN READ THE DANCE.
I'M TRYING TO CALL YOU PREACHER, GETTING MAD, UH, ABOUT THE MENTAL WELLBEING AND OVERALL WELLBEING OF STUDENTS AND STAFF.
WHAT DOES THAT FALL INTO SAFETY? FOURTH.
UH, I'M LOOKING FOR MY NOTES, MY NOTES, BUT IF HE HAS SOMETHING TO SHARE AND NOW WE CAN GO IN AND GO WITH THAT.
DO YOU RECALL WHAT YOU SAY WHEN YOU ADDED THAT PIECE ABOUT THE MENTAL HEALTH, MENTAL WELLNESS? I DON'T RECALL WHAT I SAID THAT PARTICULAR PART, BUT WHAT MIGHT OFFER THAT THE WAY
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TO LOOK AT THE SORT OF SECOND GOAL, AND THIS IS JUST WORDSMITH IT HOWEVER YOU LIKE, UH, WE WILL PROVIDE, SO YOU'RE THEN STAYING WITH THE SAME PATTERN.UH, WE WILL PROVIDE SAFE AND SECURE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS WERE ABOUT ALL STUDENTS AND STAFF ARE PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY SAFE.
AND SEE, I WOULD SAY DROP THE LEARNING BECAUSE WE WANT THEM SAFE AT ANYTHING.
IT DOESN'T MATTER IF WE SAY THE ACADEMIC YEAR, I'M AT A ATHLETIC EVENT, I WOULD DROP THE LAW.
THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T INCLUDE IT.
CAUSE WE'VE HAD ISSUES WITH ATHLETICS.
IT'S NOT JUST LEARNING ACTIVITIES ON CAMPUS BEFORE WE CAN DO THAT, BUT SPORTS.
BUT AT THAT POINT WE'LL BE, WE WILL PROVIDE SAFE, SECURE ENVIRONMENTS FOR ABOUT ALL STUDENTS AND STAFF ARE PHYSICALLY, EMOTIONALLY SAFE.
YOU HAVE ANY INPUT AND AGAIN, THE HOW PART, THAT'S WHERE THE GOALS OF THE SUPERINTENDENT COMES IN.
RIGHT? AND EVEN THEN THE GOALS OF THE SUPERINTENDENT, UH, DECIDES TO DO, WE'LL STILL HAVE TO COINCIDE WITH WHATEVER BOARD POLICY, UH, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S IN PLACE OR STATE LAW.
SO WE HAVE AN ACADEMIC IN SAFETY.
WHAT OTHER ONES I LIKE TO INCLUDE FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY WITH, WITH INTEGRITY, IF WE CAN, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD WORK OR IF WE NEED TO KEEP IT SEPARATE, BUT I'D LOVE TO SEE SOME TYPE OF FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY ALONG WITH COMMUNITY AND INTEGRITY AND VISIBILITY, ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.
I THINK THERE'D BE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS THERE FOR SURE.
BUT I THINK SPECIFICALLY FOR US, THEY KIND OF, THEY KIND OF GO HAND IN HAND GIVEN SOME OF THE STUFF THAT'S TAKING PLACE HERE, YOU KNOW? WELL WE'RE FINANCIALLY WE'LL DEFINITELY BE MAINTAINED.
AND I THINK FOR US, I HAD TO PUT NOT FOR MINE.
I PUT MAINTAIN FINANCIAL STABILITY AND DEVELOP OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS IN THAT AREA.
HE SAID IT ONE MORE TIME, PRESIDENT HIM, I JUST HEARD THAT ALLIES DO A, MAINTAIN FINANCIAL STABILITY AND DEVELOP OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENT OR ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, YOU KNOW, TO, TO INCREASE OUR, UM, FINANCIAL STABILITY.
BUT MAINTAIN IS DEFINITELY A KEY WORD BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY THERE.
HOW DOES IT FEEL YOU OVER THINKING NEXT TO ME? I AM, UH, I THINK FROM A FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE, WE'RE IN A GREAT PLACE.
NOW I'M LOOKING AT MORE INNOVATIVE WAYS FOR US TO INCREASE OUR FUNDING, UH, BE IT THROUGH CC, MR. UH, KIDS GETTING MANAGERS, HE CMR, BUT, UH, UH, INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATIONS, OTHER PROGRAMMING.
UM, SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOAL THERE.
AND I DON'T KNOW THE PERCENTAGES THAT WE CAN INCREASE THE DR PERRERA OR, YOU KNOW, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S A PERCENTAGE TO INCREASE IT IN THAT MANNER.
UM, I THINK WE CAN BE, UM, MORE PRUDENT WITH OUR FINANCES IN AN EQUITABLE WAY BECAUSE WE, WE, WE WE'RE WORKING, WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS A SCENARIO WITH ZERO-BASED FUNDING WHERE WE ARE PROVIDING WAS EQUITABLE AT A CAMPUS AND NOT EVERY STUDENT GETS IT.
NOT JUST YOU HAVE THE SAME NUMBER OF STUDENTS.
IF YOU HAVE MORE STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, YOU DESERVE MORE THAN MY, MY CAMPUS, RIGHT.
OR IF YOU HAVE A HIGHER LEVEL OF TAIWAN AND YOUR CAMPUS, ANOTHER CAMPUS, WE'VE, WE'VE BASICALLY BEEN DOING THE FAIR MODEL.
EVERYBODY GETS THE EXACT SAME AMOUNT PER KID.
AND I, I THINK FOR US TO BE MORE UPROOTED IN AN AREA, WHICH WE ARE LOOKING AT, WHAT'S EQUITABLE FOR OUR KIDS.
AND I KNOW SOMETIMES WE DON'T ALWAYS THINK ABOUT THAT, UM, IN OUR SCENARIOS.
HOWEVER, IT IS A NECESSITY FOR US NOW, WHETHER THAT'S THE HOW FOR ME OR WHETHER THAT'S A GOAL FOR YOU, I'M JUST SHARING.
WELL, WE CONSTANTLY GO THROUGH A PROCESS OF LOGIC MODEL OF ASSESSING HOW WE'RE USING, HOW EFFECTIVE IT IS REALLY WHAT'S THE COST AND DO WE NEED TO CONTINUE DOING IT OR NOT? UM, I KNOW STRUGGLE ON THE SERVICES LAST YEAR, WE DID ALMOST 2 MILLION.
WE WERE ABLE TO REAPPROPRIATE GET RID OF STUFF AND REAPPROPRIATE IN OTHER WAYS, BUT THE PRUDENT USE OF IT IN AN EQUITABLE WAY ON OUR CAMPUSES HAVE NOT ALWAYS BEEN THERE.
WE'RE GETTING WE'RE REMOVED IN THAT DIRECTION BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA DO THE ZERO BASE.
UM, AS WELL AS ASSESSING LIKE THE, UH, WHAT IS IT, THE WATER, WHATEVER THE WATERWAY HERE IN TEXAS, UM, WITH THEIR FUNDING.
NOW, THOSE FUNDS, THOSE PERCENTAGES ARE FROM THE EIGHTIES.
THAT'S THE FORMULA YOU USE? SHOULD IT BE UPDATED? YES.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I, I MEAN, FROM AGAIN, THAT'S THE HOW TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS.
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A VA A YEAR AFTERNOON.AND I THINK ANOTHER AREA THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE, UH, OUR INVESTMENT POOL, YOU KNOW, FINANCE SOME DIFFERENT WAYS FOR US TO YIELD MORE MONEY, BUT THAT AGAIN, THAT WILL BE YOU AND YOUR TEAM KIND OF FIGURING THAT PART OUT.
SO I LIKE ALL OF THAT, BUT THAT'S, DOESN'T QUITE SOUND LIKE FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.
IT SOUNDED MORE LIKE MAYBE MORE, I GUESS, TO SAY IT BETTER AS A, LIKE YOU SAID, BEING A GOOD STEWARD OF OUR FUNDS, OUR COMMUNITY FUNDS, PAYERS DOLLARS.
AND I THINK THAT IS KINDA THAT THAT WORD IS IMPORTANT TEXT FOR YOUR DOLLARS.
THOSE WORDS ARE IMPORTANT FOR A BOARD TO BE COGNITIVE OF.
THAT'S ALL THE WAY WE FUNCTION OTHER THAN GRANTS, FEDERAL FUNDING.
SO MAYBE WE REORG RE REWORD AS BEING EXACTLY TAXPAYER GOOD STEWARDS OF TECH, TAXPAYER DOLLARS, MAINTAIN FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, FINANCIAL AND TEGRITY BY BEING, YEAH.
I THINK THE USE OF FINANCIAL INTEGRITY DEFINITELY IS GOOD.
IT KIND OF CLOUDS IN LINE WITH THE FIRST RATING, WHICH IS FINANCIAL INTEGRITY OF GOD.
FILL THE LETTERS WITH YOU ON THE FIRST WRITING.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO THINK OF? YEAH, BUT I KNOW THE FIRST IS FINANCIAL AND EYES INTEGRITY.
I FORGOT WHAT THE RST ARE, BUT I THINK WE'RE GOOD.
SO DO YOU HAVE SOME JOT DOWN DR.
DAN'S FOREST, BUT REROLL THAT I WAS MAKING NOTES AS YOU, AS YOU ALL WERE, WE'RE TALKING, IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD, KRISTEN SMITH.
I WAS JUST SAYING THAT WE WOULD BE GOOD STEWARDS OF TAXPAYERS' FUNDING OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS, BUT YOU STARTED OFF WITH MAINTAINING FISCAL AND TARGET.
MAINTAIN FISCAL INTEGRITY WHILE BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF YES.
AND FIRST IS FINANCIAL INTEGRITY RATING SYSTEM OF TEXAS.
SO THE ONLY THE FIRST TWO LETTERS ARE VERY IMPORTANT.
AND THE OTHER IS THAT YOUR STANDARD, WE WILL MAINTAIN FISCAL INTEGRITY WHILE BEING OUR ACTING AS GOOD STEWARDS OF TAXPAYER SCHOLARS.
THAT'S THREE ACADEMICS, FINANCIAL AND SAFETY.
BUT THE THING IS, WE'RE ALREADY DOING IT AND I LOVE IT.
I JUST THINK IT NEEDS TO BE STATED SOMEWHERE.
SO LIKE RIGHT NOW, I LOVE AND APPLAUD THE FACT THAT Y'ALL HEARD ME SAY BEFORE THAT WE DO COMMUNICATIONS, LIKE NEVER BEFORE WE'RE PROACTIVELY MANAGING OUR PUBLIC FACING PROFILE.
SO MAYBE SOMETHING LIKE PARTNERSHIP.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND I GUESS WITH THAT BEING SAID, IF WE WERE TO STILL MAINTAIN GOAL NUMBER FOUR, AS IT'S WRITTEN, BUT THAT WOULDN'T BE ANYTHING FOR DR.
HERRERA TO DO AS IT RELATES TO SUPERINTENDENT GOES, CAUSE THAT GO FOR REALLY SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO THE BOARD OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
I THINK YOU CAN ADD THEM TO YOUR PERSONAL GOALS.
YOU NEED SOMETHING, THAT'S NOTHING FOR YOU.
I HAVE TO BE AN AMBASSADOR FOR THE DISTRICT.
AND THAT COULD BE RELATED TO WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT YESTERDAY, ABOUT BOARD MEMBERS.
WE RAN TO BE ELECTED TO DO SOME WORK, NOT TO SIT HERE AND PUT THINGS DOWN AND WE NOT DO THAT'S FINE.
PROBABLY NEVER BE USED, GOT A WEEK.
THE BOARD HAS NEVER DONE ANYTHING WITH THEM TO THE STUDENTS.
SO WHY AREN'T YOU DOING SOMETHING
UM, WE WILL REESTABLISH, OR WE WILL ESTABLISH, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO SAY IT.
UM, TRUST AND INTEGRITY WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH PARTNERSHIP.
WE'RE ABOUT, WE DEVELOP A CULTURE OF TRUST DIRECTION.
I LIKED THE WAY HE SAID WE WILL ESTABLISH
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VERSUS A RUBY OR RE-ESTABLISHED.UM, MAYBE THAT'S JUST SOMETHING NEW THAT WE DO THIS HERE.
YOU KNOW, WE JUST DO A CALENDAR AND JUST SAY, WE'RE GOING TO START HAVING THESE MEETINGS.
AND, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF IT'S JUST, CAN YOU HOLD IT HERE IN THIS BUILDING FOR YOUR DAY? WE'LL LOVE TO, WOULD LOVE TO THE WEEK WE BACK THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THE
I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE MY OWN TOWN HALL.
AND WE'LL TRY TO GET THAT ON A BOOKS.
SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO START DOING IS I ACTION WOULD LOVE TO.
SO ARE WE SATISFIED WITH THE FOUR GIRLS? WHY DON'T YOU RECAP THEM FOR US AFTER DANCE SO WE CAN HEAR WHAT WE'VE DONE? SO THE FIRST GOAL WE WILL PROVIDE WORLD-CLASS TEACHING AND LEARNING EXPERIENCES WHEREBY EACH STUDENT IS GROWING AND DEVELOPING AT LEAST ONE GRADE LEVEL.
EVERY ACADEMIC YEAR, NUMBER TWO, WE WILL PROVIDE SAFE AND SECURE ENVIRONMENTS WHEREBY ALL STUDENTS AND STAFF ARE PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY SAFE.
NUMBER THREE, I WANT TO MAKE SURE I GOT THIS RIGHT.
WE'LL MAINTAIN FISCAL INTEGRITY WHILE ACTING AS GOOD STEWARDS OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS.
UH, AND THEN FOR, UM, WHERE DID I PUT FOUR? WE WILL ESTABLISH TRUST AND INTEGRITY WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH PARTNERSHIP.
WE'RE ABOUT, WE DEVELOP A CULTURE OF TRUST DIRECT.
I THINK WE DID GOOD ONCE WE GET STARTED GUYS, THANKS FOR YOUR HELP.
AND A LARGE PART OF THIS OBVIOUSLY WAS JUST A DISCUSSION.
SO AGAIN, THE BOARD GUIDE EXACTLY.
BACK TO WHERE YOU ALL WERE, BUT IT'S IN YOUR WORDS NOW.
AND YOU KNOW, NOW WHERE EACH OF THE BOARD MEMBERS STAND ON CERTAIN ISSUES.
WELL, IT CALLS ME TO DO A RECAP FROM BOTH DAYS.
DO YOU ALL THINK THAT'S NECESSARY FOR HIM TO DO A RECAP HERE? YES.
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WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO OUR BOARD OPERATING GUIDELINES.WHAT ADMINISTRATION DID WAS THEY TOOK THE SUBTITLES OF EVERYTHING IN OUR BOARD, CEDARS, AND THEY STARTED OVER HERE ON THIS LEFT WALL, LIKE FOR SAY, THE FIRST ONE IS, UM, THERE'S A CODE OF CONDUCT OR BOARD MEMBER ETHICS OVER HERE.
WELL, LET'S JUST START WITH THE, UH, LET'S GO TO PAGE TWO OF YOUR CODE OF CONDUCT.
WE HAVE STICKY NOTES AT OUR DESKS.
SO AS YOU DECIDE, IF YOU WANT TO, WE'LL JUST GO STICK THEM ON THE WALL, COLLECT THEM, THEN WE CAN HAVE MONEY OR SOMEBODY TO COMPILE ALL THE INFORMATION FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DISCUSS WITH OTHER BOARD MEMBERS.
SO I DIDN'T MAKE ANY CHANGES ON MY PAGE TOO.
CAUSE BASICALLY IT WAS JUST KIND OF, THIS IS WHAT I CALL THE CONDUCT AND STANDARDS ARE FOR LIKE SIZE D YOU KNOW WHAT? I HAD A PROBLEM WHEN I LOOKED AT THIS, IF I WAS A COMMUNITY MEMBER AND I, WELL, DON'T FORGET, THIS IS ONLY FOR THE BOARD.
A COMMUNITY MEMBER DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH OUR BOARD OPERATING FOR TWO YEARS, THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO IT.
IT'S OURS, IT'S OUTWARD, BUT YOU DIDN'T LET ME FINISH OUT WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY, BECAUSE ON THIS WORK WE BELIEVE AS A BOARD, UM, AND OUR ROOMS, IT DON'T, WELL, LET'S GO BACK TO PAGE TWO FIRST.
LISTEN, THE STUFF WHERE, WHAT PAYS TO, I JUST WANT TO FINISH THAT STATEMENT NOW.
AND THAT STATEMENT IS THAT I DID NOT SEE ANYTHING RELATING TO HER POLICY.
IF WE DON'T WANT TO PUT IT THERE AND WE WANT TO LEAVE IT I'M OKAY.
I SAID, NO, WE'RE ON THE PAGE.
THIS LOOK WHERE I'M LOOKING AT.
WELL, MY PAGE, YOUR NUMBERS AT THE BOTTOM, IT SAYS, NO GUESS WHAT? MY PAGE NUMBER IS TWO AND THREE IS OVER.
SO I'M SORRY THAT YOUR DOCUMENT IS DIFFERENT.
THAT'S WHY CONVERSATION IS DIFFERENT HERE.
WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, THE BLUE STUFF, I WAS SHOWING YOU THIS.
SO YOU'RE SAYING NO POLICY INFORMATION IS LISTED HERE ABOUT THE POLICE CONDUCT REFERENCE.
THAT'S ALL NO REFERENCE, BUT THAT IS KNOW ME TO BE, AND THAT'S OKAY.
BUT WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING? THE CODE OF CONDUCT IS IN OUR POLICY BY OPERATING PROCEDURE IS IN AFRICAN POLICY.
AND SO WE COULD HAVE THESE REFERENCES BECAUSE YOU CAN HAVE BOARD MEMBERS NOT HERE.
WHERE DID THEY GET THIS PROMPT? SO WHAT DO YOU RECOMMEND? I RECOMMEND TEAR ME DOWN AND I'M JUST LOOKING, BECAUSE I LIVED THROUGH THIS.
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IF YOU LOOK AT, GO TO PAGE FIVE, WHERE ACTUALLY STARTS ON PAGE FOUR, COME BACK IN BOARD MEETINGS BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY ACTUALLY, WELL, YEAH, I HAVE A FIVE.YOU ACT ON A FINE PALSY AND YOU'RE REFERENCING, I'M ONLY SAYING THIS PAGE TO REFERENCE.
SO MY QUESTION TO YOU IS WHAT POLICY DO YOU THINK NEEDS TO REFLECT HERE? WE HAVE A POLICY FOR CODE OF CONDUCT AND STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVING A DIALOGUE ON IT? THAT'S WHY I WANT TO KNOW TO MAKE IT EASIER TO PULL IT UP, TO SHOW IT REAL QUICK, PULL THE POLICY UP.
UH, I WILL, I WILL SEARCH FOR IT.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT EXISTS AS IT RELATES TO OPERATING PROCEDURES THOUGH, BUT I WILL DO MY SEARCH MADAM PRESIDENT, AS I'M DOING THAT TO REPLAY MARK ACT AS A SUBSTITUTE OF STATE ADMINISTRATIVE RULES, ALL THAT'S ALL MY THING I'M SAYING, TOM'S GOING TO LOOK IT UP.
WE CAN GO HERE AND MOVE THE BOARD MEMBER ETHICS AS HE FINDS SOMETHING.
WE'LL COME BACK TO IT JUST IN LITTLE TIME.
CAUSE IT'S GETTING CLOSE TO EIGHT.
SO WHEN THE BOARD MEMBER ETHICS, WAS THERE ANYTHING THAT ANYBODY WANTED TO DISCUSS POOL OR THINK SHOULD NOT BE THERE? ACTUALLY, I DID WANT TO STRIKE UP A COUPLE OF WORDS ON THAT FIRST PAGE.
IN FACT, THE FIRST SENTENCE, WHICH FIRST PAGE, THE PAGE THREE FOR BOARD ETHICS OR BACK TO THE OTHER PAGE, BACK TO THE OTHER PAGE, PAGE TWO, WHERE IT SAYS IN THE VERY FIRST SENTENCE.
UH, THE CODE OF CONDUCT AND STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES IS, IS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION THAT WILL HELP WITH THE QUESTIONS.
AND I'D SAY STRIKE WITH THE QUESTIONS AND JUST RIGHT TO HELP PAVE THE WAY TO SUCCESSFUL BOARD MEETINGS.
I THINK QUESTIONS MAY VERY BE VERY IMPORTANT THAT WHERE AM I BE IMPORTANT AT THIS TIME? READ IT OUT.
THE PURPOSE OF THE, I SEE WATER TRUSTEES CODE OF CONDUCT AND STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES IS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION THAT WILL HELP WITH QUESTIONS AND PAIN.
I THINK THE WORD THEY HELP WITH THE QUESTION HELP WITH TAKE OUT STRIKE D FOR SURE.
HELP WITH QUESTIONS AND PAVE THE WAY FOR A SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.
I DON'T THINK PAY THE WASTE TO EVEN BE THERE.
YOU KNOW, IT SHOULD PROBABLY BE PROVIDING INFORMATION.
WELL, I SAY SCRATCH ALL OF IT THEN TO HELP, HELP WITH SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL BOARD, BECAUSE I DON'T GET, WHO'S ASKING THE QUESTIONS HERE.
I'M JUST SAYING I DON'T FIND THAT.
SO I'M GOING BACK TO INFORMATION THAT WILL HELP PRODUCE SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS THAT WORKS, THAT WORKS AS LONG AS IT MAKES MORE SENSE THAN WHAT IT DOES PRODUCE, FACILITATE WITH WORDS YOU CALL IT.
ANYTHING ELSE ON PAGE TWO? MADAM PRESIDENT ALSO.
THAT'S WHY I WANT TO KNOW WHICH POLICY, MY PHONE TO LOOK IT UP, BUT I'M LOOKING AT IT ALL THE TIME.
BUT I LOOK IN, LIKE YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT WHAT'S THAT MAYBE, BUT WE DON'T HOST MEETINGS OR IN OUR POLICY, THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE ACTUAL FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE NOT HERE.
AND THEY READ THIS BECAUSE THE FIRST THING
BUT THERE ARE SOME STATEMENTS IN THIS THAT REFERENCED YOUR CALLS AND IF WE READ IT AND WE KNOW WHAT OUR POLICY IS, WE CAN PUT THAT IN PARENTHESIS.
LIKE, IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING TO ME.
YOU DON'T HAVE IT SO THAT YOU'RE NOT PUTTING IT OUT TO ME.
THAT'S WHY I'M HAVING A PROBLEM IN CO-LOCATING WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
THAT'S WHY I'M HAVING PROBLEM.
UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BECAUSE I'M SAYING THAT YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT THERE ARE POLICIES TO SUPPORT THIS, BUT YOU CAN'T TELL ME WHERE THEY ARE, WHAT THE, WHAT THEY ARE THEM, WHY YOU DIDN'T UNDERSTAND ME, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK YOU HEARD WHAT I'M SAYING, BECAUSE WHAT I JUST SAY IT WAS, IF WE TAKE THIS OUT OR MEETINGS, THAT'S IN OUR POLICIES, WE CAN REFERENCE THAT.
SO IF SOMEBODY, IF LEAVE IT ALONE, OKAY.
AND YOU'VE MET A PRESIDENT, UH, I SPOKE WITH, UH, TRUSTEE STEVENSON.
I THINK HE'LL BE CHAIRING THE POLICY FOR ME.
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THAT THE POLICY COMMITTEE, UH, POTENTIALLY REVIEW THE OPERATING PROCEDURES.I'M JUST PROVIDING THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED TO ME.
AND THEN THEY BRING ANY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHANGES BACK AS WELL.
UH, ONCE THE POLICY COMMITTEE MET YES, AT THIS POINT, WHY DON'T WE EVEN HAVE THE OPERATING TEACHER? IF IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S POINTLESS, BUT IF YOU'RE TELLING THEM THAT, SO WHAT'S THE POINT OF USING IT OR ALL RIGHT.
ONLY THING THAT I AM SAYING IS THAT AT SOMETHING IN PARENTHESIS WHERE THAT WAS SAVE FROM ANY OF THE SEASONED BOARD MEMBERS EXPLAINING TO NEW BOARD MEMBERS, WELL, WHERE DID THEY GET THIS FROM? AND THEN WHEN YOU SAY, WHAT PART OF IT IS THEN OUR POLICY AND WE HAVE IDENTIFIED WHAT PART OF THE POLICY IS AT.
AND SO IF THEY READ THIS, THEY CAN, THIS IS REALLY JUST SOMETHING THAT SOMEBODY MADE UP.
THIS WAS NOT PULLED FROM POLICY.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SOME BOARD MEMBERS SET UP AND WROTE.
SO SECRETARY, MADAM, PRESIDENT, MADAM PRESIDENT, LET'S SAY THAT IF THERE ARE SOME AREAS THAT ARE MISSING POLICY, WE WILL ADD THOSE BEFORE THIS DOCUMENT IS PUBLISHED.
THAT'S ALL AT LEAST LOOK AT THAT.
I WOULD LOVE TO SAY THE ALICE, THIS ONE WE'RE DOING TONIGHT IS LOOKING AT IT.
AND WHAT I'M SAYING IS IF THERE'S MISSING POLICIES SOMEWHERE, WE'LL MAKE SURE POLICY, IS THAT OKAY? SO ONTO PAGE THREE BOARD MEMBER ETHICS, ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING THERE? I THINK WE HAVE A POLICY BBF LOCAL.
I DON'T THINK ALL OF THESE ALIGNED WITH WHAT WE HAVE IN BBF LOCAL.
SO WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE IN BBF LOCAL MATCHES WAS THE BOILING BAY ETHICS HERE.
THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT SOMEBODY ELSE SET UP IN A ROW.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING ABOUT THIS PAIN.
WE THAT'S, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS LOOKING AT THIS WHERE WE CAN ALIGN IT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PROCEDURES THAT WE'RE IN PLACE.
BBF LOCAL WOULD BE, UH, HAVE IDENTIFIED THAT AND I'VE IDENTIFIED THE LIST OF ETHICS THAT ARE HERE, WHICH SOME OF THOSE DIFFER FROM WHAT'S ON THIS PAGE RIGHT HERE IS WHAT YOU GOT TO UPDATE.
RULES OF ORDER FROM BOARD MEETINGS.
UM, AGAIN, I'LL SUPPORT WHAT YOU WERE SAYING FOR PRESIDENT BECAUSE FEED ROOMS AND ORDER, A LOT OF THESE CAME BECAUSE OF ME.
WELL, I CAN PLAY, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT.
THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING, ARE THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO STRIKE YOU NEED TO REWORD OR YOU FEEL NEEDS TO BE ADDED? WELL, I PROBABLY COULD REWRITE.
I DON'T THINK YOU ARE REVIEWING THINGS BEFORE TONIGHT.
UH, WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND IS THAT, UH, THE BULLET NEAR THE BOTTOM, IT SAYS SHOW ADDRESSED TO THE BOARD PRESIDENT AND NOT OTHER BOARD MEMBERS ARE REMARKS IN DISAGREEMENT WITH ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER.
I THINK THE PART OF OUR REMARKS AND DISAGREEMENT, IT SHOULD BE STRICKEN.
BUT I THINK WE DEFINITELY DID HAVE SOME FORM OF RUBBER SHOES OF ORDER TO WHERE THE BOARD PRESIDENT RECOGNIZES EVERY PERSON BEFORE THEY SPEAK.
SO I THINK THAT PART, WHICH IS THE FOURTH ONE FROM THE BOTTOM COULD BE MOVED UP AND WE REMOVED THAT PART ABOUT DISAGREEMENTS BECAUSE REALLY JUST WAS HAVING DIALOGUE.
UH, WELL ACTUALLY IF YOU LOOK TIRED, IT'S THE FOURTH BULLET FROM THE TOP.
SO FIRST SEEK RECOGNITION FROM THE BOARD PRESIDENT.
IF THEY WISH TO COMMENT ON TOPIC BEING DISCUSSED, THE STRIKE, THE FOURTH ONE IN ITS ENTIRETY, THE FOURTH ONE AND ITS ENTIRETY THEN, AND LET'S MOVE THAT ONE TO THE TOP BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE THAT'S CURRENTLY NOT OCCURRING ON A CONSISTENT VOICE.
OKAY? NO STRIKE THE FOURTH ONE FROM THE BOTTOM AND THE FOURTH ONE FROM THE TOP.
THE RECOGNITION FROM BOARD PRESIDENT, IF THEY WERE TO COME IN ON IT.
SO BASICALLY BEING RECOGNIZED BEFORE YOU STARTED SPEAKING ON THE DIOCESE, YOU GOT ONE TO LOOK AT, MAYBE A NESTING BULLING, NUMBER THREE SHALL ENSURE THAT ALL DELIBERATIONS DIRECTLY RELATE TO THE ITEMS LISTED ON THE AGENDA FOR THE MEETING.
I MEAN, I, I AGREE WITH THE SPIRIT OF EVERYONE JUST SAYING IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE BETTER WORDED OR THINK NOW I KNOW WE DISCUSSED EARLIER THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THOSE
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ABOUT PAST EXPERIENCE AND WE MOVED THAT ONE TO THE TOP.THE FOURTH WENT TO THE BOTTOM.
MAY I, WE JUST SAY, WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO ONE SHALL SEEK RECOGNITION FROM THE BOARD PRESIDENT.
IF THEY WISH TO COME ON A TOPIC BEING DISCUSSED.
CAN WE BEGIN TO UTILIZE THAT NOW? BEFORE WE STARTED SPEAKING, WE HAVE NOW, BUT IN THE FUTURE, IF WE DO THIS, THE BOARD PRESIDENT CAN SAY, NO, YOU CAN'T TALK AND THAT YOU DON'T THINK THAT, BUT IT SHOULDN'T BE HAPPENING.
YOU CAN TELL SOMEBODY TO BE QUIET.
THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT'S A LEVEL OF RUBY IS TELL SOMEBODY THAT THEY'RE OUT OF ORDER AND THEY'RE SPEAKING OUT OF TURN.
MAYBE WE NEED TO IDENTIFY A POINT OF MATERIAL.
OH, THE THING THAT I'M DOING A PAST, NOT TRYING TO LIVE IN THE PAST, I'M TRYING TO GO FORWARD.
WELL, IF YOU, IF YOU DON'T THINK ABOUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED, YOU, WE MADE THAT.
UM, BUT HOPEFULLY WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE PEOPLE THAT COME THROUGH HERE LIKE THIS.
IF YOU DON'T, DON'T LEAVE THAT DOOR.
LET'S PUT SOMETHING ELSE THERE.
CONSIDERATION MADAM PRESIDENT, MAY I SPEAK WITH MY PRESIDENT? AND THE OTHER POINT I LIKE TO STATE IS THAT THESE ARE READY.
PROCEDURES WILL BE IN PLACE FOR THIS YEAR.
THEY MAY MODIFY BASED ON THE BOARD.
AT THAT POINT, YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO KEEP THESE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN JUST SAY FOR RULES OUGHT TO FOLLOW BARBERS RULES ORDER.
AND WE DON'T EVEN HAVE TO USE THIS, THE WHOLE THING.
THE WHOLE THING CAN BE SCRATCHED, BUT I DON'T.
BECAUSE THE INTENT IS TO BE GONE BY 8:30 PM.
HOW MANY DAYS IN ADVANCE YOU RECEIVE YOUR INFORMATION PRIOR TO THE BOARD MEETING? ALL LESS THAN EIGHT? WELL, I BET.
SO WE'RE SATISFIED WITH A 1, 2, 3, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO BE PLACEMENT OF SPECIAL ITEMS ON THE SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA.
UH, THIS REFERENCE TO POLICY, BASICALLY HOW TO DO, GO ABOUT DOING THAT SAME THING WITH C ON THE EMERGENCY MEETING, D TALKS ABOUT CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS, ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING THERE.
AND THEN THERE'S BOARD MEMBER PREPARATION FOR REGULAR MEETINGS.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY INPUT ON THAT? WE STILL OKAY WITH WHAT THEY READ FOR ONE AND TWO.
UNDER ROMAN NUMBER TWO, CONDUCTING BOARD MEETINGS, UM, ON, UNDER A I HAVE LISTENED JUST TO ALSO LIST A IS ELECTRONIC DEVICE SHALL BE TURNED OFF SLASH SILENCE.
THE BOARD MEMBER WITH EMERGENCY NEEDS OUTSIDE THE, UM, NE NEEDING OUTSIDE EYE CONTACT DURING A STAFF MEETING WILL BE NOTIFIED, NOTIFY THE WORK, PRESENT PROXY MEETING.
IT'S LIKE, WE'RE ALL ADULTS JUST BE RESPONSIBLE.
WHAT DO AND MAKE SURE YOU'RE FOLLOWING THE SILENCE.
AND JUST AS A PROFESSIONAL COURTESY, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T SIT ON DYSON TEXTS BACK AND FORTH TO EACH OTHER WHILE WE'RE HERE IN A SESSION.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS FOR YOU HAVE KIDS OR YOUR SPOUSE NEEDS TO READ YOU SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
OR IF IT'S YOUR WORK LIFE THAT YOU NEED TO STAY CONNECTED TO LICIOUS BE PROFESSIONAL.
SO I THINK WE SHOULD STRIKE A, UH, OPEN RECORDS REQUEST, RIGHT? EVERYBODY IN GRANTS WITH THAT ONE.
I GOING TO BE POLO, BUT BEFORE, BEFORE YOU GO ON, DO, DO WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND SPECIFY THE THIRD THURSDAYS RIGHT OFF THE BAT? YOU DON'T WANT TO JUST SAY WHATEVER MEETING THAT WE RECOMMEND.
I'M SAYING THAT BECAUSE WE WE'VE TALKED.
SO IF YOU SAY AT THE FOURTH, THIRD, IT'S THE FOURTH THURSDAY, THE LAST THURSDAY, WHAT I'M SAYING, DON'T EVEN PUT THAT.
JUST SAY WHATEVER SPECIFIED, BECAUSE IT'LL CHANGE DURING THE SUMMER AND THEN SUBJECT TO CHANGE AGAIN.
I THINK WHAT WE CAN DO IS ACTUALLY ADD, UH, THE ACTUAL CALENDAR AS AN APPENDIX TO THIS DOCUMENT.
THEY DIDN'T MAKE REFERENCE TO IT AS THE, THOSE ARE THE DAYS FOR THIS YEAR'S MEETING, BUT IF IT'S NOT, BUT IF THE MAIN, YOU ALL VOTED FOR FOUR THURSDAY, WE SHOULD JUST PUT FOR THURSDAY, YOU KNOW, WHAT A POSSIBILITY OF A MARRYING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
CAUSE YOU ALL VOTED FOR FOUR THURSDAY.
I'M JUST SAYING IT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO DO IT WAS THURSDAY, YOU KNOW, SUBJECT TO CHANGE, PLEASE REVERT THROUGH THE CALENDAR OR SOMETHING.
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'CAUSE I THINK THAT WAS GOOD IDEA BECAUSE SOME OF THEM ARE SAYING, OKAY, SO WE'RE IN AGREEANCE WITH ADDING FOUR FOR THURSDAY AND PUTTING AN ATTACHMENT WITH THE DATES ARE REFERRING THEM TO THE CALENDAR ON THE WEBSITE.WHAT'S THE PREFERENCE ON THE CALENDAR AND THE ATTACHMENT OF THE CALENDAR.
YOU HAD A HELL AND MS. MORRISON LAST NIGHT.
UM, I HAVE A NEW ONE NOW WHEN HE CAME DOWN.
I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE STUFF THAT I'M ADDING.
SO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN IT.
I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE OTHER STUFF ON THE PLACEMENT OF ITEMS ONLY, UH, ONLY AGENDA, UM, GO BACK BACK TO EIGHT.
I THINK WE HAVE EVERYTHING LISTED.
I JUST THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PULL THAT INFORMATION DIRECTLY FROM THE AGENDA.
SO IF THIS IS BEING LOCAL, MAKES SURE WE HAVE THOSE ITEMS FROM BEING LOCAL THERE.
AND THEN, UM, CAUSE RIGHT NOW IT JUST SAYS, AND LET ME PULL UP.
I THINK WE MAY BE MISSING ONE ITEM FROM BE ON THREE, THREE IS SOMETHING THAT WE MADE UP LIT YOU KNOW, GETTING SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS.
AND SO THREE DAYS CALENDAR TODAY'S SO, UH, TRUSTEE JONES, ARE YOU SAYING, BECAUSE THEN ARE YOU SAYING REFERENCE, REFER TO THE POLICY OR ACTUALLY JUST TAKE THE POLICY, PLUGGING IT INTO THIS DOCUMENT RATHER THAN SAYING, SEE LIKE ON B IT SAYS, SEE POLICY BE LOCAL WOULD HAVE THAT PART.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO LEAVE NUMBER THREE, WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE A, B AND C.
WE JUST WANT YOU TO ACTUALLY INSERT WHATEVER THE POLICY SAYS.
WORD YOU SAY IT'S B ACTUALLY COPY AND PASTE, WHATEVER IT SAYS.
I THINK A IS ACCURATE IF IT'S NOT THIS COPY THAT PART AS WELL.
AND ONE DAY WE CAN GO BACK OVER NOTES JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE SAME THING.
NOW I THINK PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AT BOARD MEETINGS ARE, I THINK WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, THAT CHAIN WHEN WE CAN BE, UM, A CRISIS.
AND SO, BUT WHAT I REALIZED ON THAT AGENDA IS STILL STAY LIKE THAT BECAUSE THE NOTIFICATION, WHETHER THEY GET THE MAIL, I STOPPED.
AND THEY SAY LIKE THAT 12 O'CLOCK ON THE BOARD MEETING THEN YOU KNOW, HERE.
SO IS THERE TWO OPTIONS THAT THEY CAN REACH OUT TO YOU ALL VIA EMAIL? OR THEY CAN GET HERE A FEW MINUTES PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
SO YOU'RE NOT HONORING THEM BEFORE THE BOARD MEETING AT SIX 30.
SO I GUESS WE HAVE, BUT WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT TIME DEADLINES ON IT.
SO IT'S EITHER WE JUST SCRATCHED THE COMPLETE 12 O'CLOCK THING SINCE WE'RE NOT DOING VIRTUAL MEETINGS ANYMORE.
IT WAS, THAT WAS KIND OF THE PURPOSE WAS FOR VIRTUAL.
SO I THINK WE JUST SCRATCHED THAT 12 O'CLOCK OPTION AND STILL GIVE THEM PRIOR TO THE BOARD MEETING TO GET HERE, TO FILL OUT THE CARDS SINCE WE'RE IN THE BUILDING.
SO YOU SCRATCH IT, EMAIL PERIOD.
EMAIL, NOT FOR CITIZENS COMMUNICATIONS.
I, I MISSED, UH, I HEARD YOU CAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS LIKE, ANYTIME I'M LIKE, WE CAN'T HAVE IT.
LET'S JUST RIGHT AFTER THE BOARD MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER AND THEY IT'S TOO LATE.
NO, IT HASN'T HERE TO PROVIDE LIKE THE DISTRICT FIVE MINUTES PRIOR TO BEGINNING OF THE MEETING.
AND THEN THE ONLY THING ABOUT THIS, IT SAYS PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF REGULAR MEETING, WE HAVE STUDENTS COMMUNICATION THAT ALL MEETINGS I'D SAY SCRATCH REGULAR.
CAUSE THERE WAS AN OPTION AT EVERY MEETING FOR CITIZENS, COMMUNICATIONS YA'LL AND GRIDS WITH THAT NUMBER TWO.
ANY COMMENTS ON THREE GOING STRAIGHT TO YOU SAID WHAT NOW? I'M UNDER ROMAN NUMBER TWO CONDUCTING BOARD MEETINGS.
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OKAY.OH, I THOUGHT YOU SAID MOVING TO ROMAN NUMERAL THREE.
NOW I'M WITH YOU AND BASICALLY THREE IS JUST POLICY TO, OH, YOU HAVE SOME, YEAH, BUT YOU'RE ON PAGE FIVE RIGHT AT THE TOP.
SO THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN THE FIVE MINUTES THAT WE HEAR THEM EARLIER.
WE HAVE FUN WRITTEN SOMEWHERE ELSE.
UM, THE FIVE MINUTES TO ARRIVE, TO SIGN UP, TO SIGN UP, TO SPEAK AGAIN OF EACH MEETING.
WE OKAY WITH THREE, FOUR AND FIVE? WELL, NOT QUITE FOUR.
SO I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS EXPLAINING THE THREE MINUTES, BUT I WOULD CHANGE MAY NOT TO SHELL.
WE'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD MAY NOT USE ANY INDIVIDUAL'S NAMES.
EVERYBODY AGREE WITH THE WORD TIME MS. MORRIS, I DON'T HEAR YOU.
I WANT TO SEE RESPONSE TO PUBLIC COMMENTS AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE UNDER A, IT HAS REFERRED THE SPEAKER TO THE FOOTBALL BOARD POLICY.
SO I THINK ASIA WOULD BE SCRATCHED.
WHAT DO Y'ALL THINK? I KIND OF LIKE THE IDEA OF REFERRING THEM TO APPLICABLE POLICY.
THE THING THAT I WOULD SAY NOT IS BECAUSE WHAT IF I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE POLICY IS TO BE REFERRING TO NOW.
WE MAY NOT, WE MIGHT NOT JUST KNOW EXACTLY WHAT POLICY IT PERTAINS TO, YOU KNOW, SO I WOULDN'T WANT TO REFER THEM TO THE POLICY ON THE WHIM LIKE THAT.
YOU CAN ALWAYS REFER TO US TO FOLLOW UP WITH THE THAT'S.
WHAT HAS BEEN DONE IN THE PAST IS INTENDED TO ANSWER OR RESPOND TO IT.
DON'T HAVE TO, OH, SAY YOU MAY DO THE FOLLOWING.
IT'S LIKE IN RESPONSE TO PUBLIC COMMENTS ABOUT WHAT PRESIDENT MAY DO THE FOLLOWING.
AND I WAS JUST REFERENCING A, I'VE NEVER SEEN IT DONE IN A BOARD MEETING SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD ALL THIS TIME.
USUALLY THE OBJECTIVE WAS JUST TO LISTEN TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY SAY.
AND THEN EITHER WE HAVE ADMINISTRATION AND FOLLOW WITH THESE PEOPLE TO ADDRESS THE CONCERN OR IF IT'S SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WELL, IF YOU DO DECIDE TO LEAVE IT, YOU CAN SAY REFERRED TO THE SPEAKER.
UM, BUT IF YOU GO DOWN TO WHAT IS THIS? IT SAYS I, BUT I THINK IT'S PROBABLY TO BE SEEN.
WHAT DOES HIS HAIR BE? ONE, I GUESS, I DON'T KNOW, FROM UNDER THE FEET, BUT THAT'S THE NUMBER
I CAN'T HEAR IF YOU SAY NO, NO, WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF DECIDED WE WANT TO DO A COMMITTEE TO ADDRESS THIS BOARD OPERATE PROCEDURE VERSUS US TRYING TO DO IT.
WE HAD LIKE 15 MINUTES LEFT AND WE'RE ONLY ON PAGE FIVE.
IT CAN BE DONE, BUT JUST IN LOUIS' TIME FOR THAT MADAM PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT.
WE CREATE A, UH, BOARD OPERATIONS COMMITTEE TO BRING BACK RECOMMENDED CHANGES.
WE CAN ADD IT TO THE, UM, AGENDA ON THE BOARD PROCEDURES.
THE BOARD ISSUES ARE FOR THE UPCOMING BOARD MEETING AND WE CAN DISCUSS, OKAY.
WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE ON THE COMMITTEE? THAT WOULD BE A DIFFERENT THING.
SO IT'LL BE IN PLACE FOR THIS YEAR.
MADAM PRESIDENT FOR A GREAT RETREAT.
UH, MADAME PRESIDENT, AM I BEING ACKNOWLEDGED? WE'RE GOING TO THE POLICY COMMITTEE IS MRS. STEVENSON, BUT THIS'LL BE THE BOARD OPERATING COMMITTEE.
AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS UPCOMING BOARD MEETING AND SEE WHO WANTS
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TO BE ON THE COMMITTEE.THERE'S A LOT OF TIME WHEN I PUT DOWN THE AGENDA.
SO THAT'S THE DANCE AGAIN? WE LIKE TO TELL YOU, THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT AND SUPPORTING US DURING THIS RETREAT.
AND TO STAFF, THANK YOU ALL AGAIN.
LAST THING WE HAVE IS A GERMAN MINT AND SO WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN EIGHT TIMES EIGHT, 15:00 PM.