Oct 26, 2023 Board of Trustees Regular Meeting

[3. Call Meeting to Order]

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>> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE WE WILL GET STARTED IF YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEATS. TODAY'S DATE IS OCTOBER 26, 2023 AND THE TIME IS 6:02 PM. THIS IS A REGULAR BOARD MEETING FOR THE LANCASTER ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES BEING HELD AT THE LANCASTER 422 S. CENTRE AVENUE LANCASTER, TX 75146.

THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT. I WILL TAKE ROLL AND ANNOUNCE THE QUORUM IS PRESENT.

[5. Recess to Closed Session]

WE WILL GO INTO CLOSED SESSION UNDER TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.071 LEGAL ADVICE WITH SCHOOL ATTORNEY 551.072, DELIBERATION REGARDING REAL PROPERTY, 551.074 PERSONAL MATTERS AND 551.076 DELIBERATION REGARDING SECURITY DEVICES OR SECURITY AUDITS.

THE TIME IS 6: WE WILL RECONVENE THE MEETING

[6. Reconvene in Open Session]

THE RECORD MR. KENDALL SMITH ARRIVED AT 6:33 PM AND BOARD MEMBERS REMEMBER EACH ITEM IS TWO MINUTES TO BE MINDFUL WE HAVE CLOCKS ON THE BACK WALL AND AT TWO MINUTES THE MICROPHONES WILL BE CUT OFF AT YOUR DAIS.

ALSO THE BOARD HAS BEEN THERE PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE SINCE WE LAST SAW YOU LAST MONTH AND WE WILL START PRACTICING THOSE TO MAKE OUR BOARD MEETINGS MORE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE.T THIS TIME BOARD MEMBERS ARE BACK AND WE WILL MOVE ON WITH OPENING CEREMONY AND THERE ARE SOME ADJUSTMENTS ON THE AGENDA SO IF YOU WILL BEAR WITH ME. THIS TIME IT'S THE PLEDGE OF

ALLEGIANCE. >> THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT I WILL HAVE MS. SIMPSON INTRODUCE OUR GUESTS TODAY TO THE BOARD

AND TO OUR COMMUNITY. >> GOOD EVENING BOARD PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DR. A. KATRISE PERERA I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE OUR STUDENTS FROM RUSSELL PARK ELEMENTARY TO LEADERS IN THE U.S. IN TEXAS PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

>> LOOKING SHARP I LOVE IT. >> I PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.

I PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. [INAUDIBLE] I RESPECT MYSELF AND OTHERS AND DO THE BEST IN ALL I DO.

I WILL TRY MY BEST TO BE ALL I CAN.

THANK YOU ALL. GREAT.

>> THANK YOU ROSA PARKS STUDENTS WE APPRECIATE THAT AND THANK YOU PARENTS FOR BRINGING THE CHILDREN OUT.

[8.A. Recognition of Students, Staff, Community Members, Donations and Gifts]

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ACCOMMODATIONS. >> I WILL BRING FORWARD MS. SIMPSON TO BRING THE CAMP INFORMATION TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE BOARD. MS. SIMPSON THE FLOOR IN SHORT.

>> BOARD PRESIDENT AND DR. A. KATRISE PERERA, FIRST OF ALL BOARD IF YOU DON'T MIND CAN YOU SHOW ME ON THE W ME ON THE FLOOR? OCTOBER IS NATIONAL PRINCIPLES MONTH AND WE'VE BEEN CELEBRATING OUR 12 WONDERFUL PRINCIPLES ALL MONTH LONG. SOME OF THE HARDEST WORKERS IN EDUCATION ARE CAMPUS PRINCIPALS AND THAT'S WHY WHEN IT'S TIME TO CELEBRATE CAMPUS LEADERS IS OUR JOB TO ENSURE THEY FEEL APPRECIATED. THIS GROUP HAS BEEN PAMPERED ALL MONTH LONG WITH SWEET TREATS, THOUGHTFUL GIFTS, SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN AND MOST OF ALL RECOGNITION FOR THE AWESOME JOB THAT THEY DO EACH DAY.

BOARD IS A PLEASURE FOR ME TO RECOGNIZE OUR WONDERFUL PRINCIPLES AND CALL THEM UP FROM THEIR SEATS SO THEY CAN BE OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED BY YOU ALL SO IF YOU ARE A PRINCIPAL PLEASE COME UP AND BE CELEBRATED.

(APPLAUSE) WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A GROUP PICTURE SO STAY IN YOUR POSITIONS. MAKE SURE YOU SMILE.

YOU KNOW HOW WE DO IT. >> 123.

123. 123.

>> THANK YOU PRINCIPLES. (APPLAUSE) I'M GOING TO ASK ONE OF OUR SUPERSTAR EDUCATORS TO JOIN US ON THE FLOOR MS. AMBER CHALMERS. (APPLAUSE) I MUST ALSO SAY SHE'S FROM THE WONDERFUL CLASS OF 2001.

WE ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT HOUSTON ELEMENTARY FIFTH GRADE SCIENCE TEACHER MS. AMBER CHALMERS IS THE SCIENCE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS OUTSTANDING ELEMENTARY SCIENCE TEACHER OF THE YEAR. (APPLAUSE) THE AWARD RECOGNIZES EXCELLENCE IN SCIENCE, TEACHING AND TEXAS PUBLIC PRIVATE OR CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT WE ARE PROUD THAT MS. CHALMERS IS REPRESENTING LANCASTER ISD AND THE ENTIRE STATE OF TEXAS WITH THIS AWARD. I'M PROUD OF YOU AND WE ARE ALL PROUD OF YOU WILL. CONGRATULATIONS (APPLAUSE) MS. HERNANDEZ IS A VERY PROUD PRINCIPAL AS WELL.

>> 123. >> CONGRATULATIONS AMBER.

I'M GOING TO ASK OFFICER BAKER TO JOIN US ON THE FLOOR.

(APPLAUSE) THIS EVENING WE WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE FAMILY IS CALLING OFFICER BAKER HER EFFORTS, THE EFFORTS BY HER HEROIC EFFORT. DURING THE LAST WEEKEND'S HOMECOMING GAME OFFICER BAKER NOTICE ONE OF HER STUDENTS SITTING IN A CHAIR AND SOMETHING DIDN'T LOOK RIGHT SO DUE TO HER ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND SURROUNDING SHE WAS ABLE TO INTERVENE IN THE MIDDLE OF A STUDENT HAVING A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. HER EFFORTS ARE APPRECIATED ESPECIALLY BY THE CHILD'S PARENTS WHO CONSIDERS OFFICERS BAKER'S QUICK THINKING HEROIC. THE STUDENT IS EXPECTED TO MAKE A FULL RECOVERY AND WE JUST WANT TO PUBLICLY THANK YOU AND LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT THE STUDENTS PARENTS DID REACH OUT

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(APPLAUSE) ONE MORE. I'M GOING TO ASK THE SOUTHWEST CHAPTER OF THE JACK AND JILL PARTNERSHIP TO COME UP.

AT THIS TIME WE WANT TO REPRESENT, I'M SORRY REPRESENTATIVES FROM JACK AND JILL HAVE JOINED US IN SEPTEMBER THE SOUTHWEST DALLAS CHAPTER OF JACK AND JILL OF AMERICA PARTNER WITH LANCASTER ISD TO HOST 123 YOUTH LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE. UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF LANCASTER ISD ALUMNI AND DECADAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIR NINA MORRIS RICHARDSON IT WAS A GREAT EVENT.

THE CONFERENCE FOCUSED ON PROMOTING LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND PROMOTING ENTREPRENEURSHIP TO STUDENTS IN ATTENDANCE.

VERY OWN DOCTOR MARCUS JACKSON GAVE ENCOURAGEMENT AND JACK AND JILL ALSO MADE A DONATION TO THE LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOL CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TO HELP SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP DREAMS THANK YOU NINA AND THE MEMBERS OF JACK AND JILL FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND HOSTING A GREAT EVENT FOR OUR STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY. WE TRULY APPRECIATE IT.

WHEN WE TAKE OUR PICTURE WE ALWAYS REQUIRE PEOPLE TO THROW THE L UP FOR THEIR SUPPORT. IT IS WITH YOUR RIGHT HAND.

(APPLAUSE) NINA IS ALSO FROM THE WONDERFUL CLASS OF 2001.

THANK YOU BOARD. THAT'S THE END OF THE IN PERSON RECOGNITION SO YOU GUYS CAN HAVE A SEAT.

ON OCTOBER 3, PARTICIPATE IN THE CITY OF LANCASTER ISD NATIONAL NIGHT OUT ACTIVITIES AND MEMBERS FROM LANCASTER ISD POLICE AND HUMAN RESOURCES AND TRUANCY PROVISION AND COMMUNICATIONS JOIN FESTIVITIES AND WE SPENT THE EVENING INTERACTING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND SHARE THE WONDERFUL THINGS HAPPENING IN THE DISTRICT. IT WAS A GREAT EVENT OF FUTURE PERFORMANCES BY OUR CHEERLEADERS AND TIGER MARCHING BAND. ON OCTOBER 12 THE DISTRICT PARTNERED WITH THE INLAND PORT AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO HOST A SUCCESSFUL STATE OF THE DISTRICT EVENT.

LUNCH AND PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE DISTRICT TO SHOWCASE STUDENTS STEAM PROJECTS AND HIGHLIGHT THE DISTRICT.

STUDENT TALENT WAS ON DISPLAY WITH OUR STUDENT EMCEES AND JROTC AND AMAZING CHOIR EVENT BROUGHT TOGETHER KEY STAKEHOLDERS FROM OUR COMMUNITY ALLOWING US TO PRESENT A COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF OUR PROGRESS AND FUTURE GOALS.

WE ARE PART OF THE COLLABORATION AND OPPORTUNITY PROVIDED TO REINFORCE OUR COMMITMENT TO EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE AND LANCASTER ISD. THEY WERE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CONCILIAR ROGRAM WE HAVE MORE THAN 30.

SIGN UP TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PARENTS AND LEADERS PROGRAM ALSO KNOWN AS TOWELS AND THE GROUP SESSION GIVES PARENTS THE CONFIDENCE AND TOOLS TO ENCOURAGE THE NGUAGE, MOTOR, SOCIAL EMOTIONAL AND OTHER SKILLS NEEDED FOR THEIR CHILDREN TO BE READY FOR KINDERGARTEN AND IN ADDITION THE PROGRAM EMPOWERS PRESS TO PARTNER WITH THE CHILDREN TEACHER IN SCHOOL. ONE PARENT SHARED HER PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH MS. BRENDA CORPUS, SHE SAID SHE FELT VERY SATISFIED TO FIND PEOPLE WHO CAN SPEAK IN HER LANGUAGE AND SHARE WHAT THEY KNOW WITH HER SO THAT SHE CAN BE A SUCCESSFUL PARENT. LANCASTER ISD BEGAN THEIR CONNECTION MEETING SERIES ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5 WE HELD OUR LAST ONE ON OCTOBER 24 THIS WEEK.

FIRST MATE TOOK PLACE VIRTUALLY AT 5:30 ELEMENTARY PARENTS AT 645 FOR SECONDARY PARENTS AT 5:30 ON THE 24TH SPANISH-SPEAKING COMMUNITY PARENTS.

THE MEETING PROVIDED PARENTS WITH INFORMATION ABOUT

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WHICH IS ON NOVEMBER 7. AS PART OF THE ECONOMIC GOVERNMENT CLASSES SENIORS WHO ARE 18 AND REGISTERED TO VOTE PARTICIPATE IN THE ANNUAL LHS STROLL TO THE POLLS EVENT OVER THE PAST SIX WEEKS THE STUDENTS HAVE LEARNED ABOUT THE VOTING PROCESS AND GAIN INSIGHT ABOUT CURRENT ITEMS ON THE BALLOT.

THE SUPPORT OF THEIR PARENTS BE STUDENTS SIGNED UP FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO WALK TO THE POLLING SITE AT THE MEMORIAL LIBRARY AND CAST A VERY OWN FIRST VOTES.

LEARN TO EXERCISE A CIVIC RIGHT CAN BE INTIMIDATING SO WE APPRECIATE OUR LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS FOR LAYING THE GROUNDWORK OF PREPARING OUR STUDENTS FOR THIS SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE. WHILE MOST OF THE CLASS OF 2024 STILL 17 THE PROSPECT OF VOTING HAS REALLY EXCITED.

AND FOR THE FEW THAT COULD VOTE TODAY THE RAIN DID NOT STOP THEM FROM BEING ENGAGED AND RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS.

SOME UPCOMING EVENTS AND GENERAL INFORMATION.

AS A REMINDER OF THE MULTICULTURAL BOWL IS SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 4 AND EVENT PROMISES TO BE AN EXCITING AND EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE. IN TOGETHER STUDENTS FROM ALL CAMPUSES TO SHOWCASE THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF VARIOUS CULTURES IT WILL BE A LANCASTER MIDDLE SCHOOL AND BEGIN AT 9:00 A.M.. NOVEMBER 7 IS ELECTION DAY AND AS A REMINDER DUE TO SEVERAL OF OUR CAMPUSES BEING UTILIZED AS POLLING SITES ELECTION DATE IS A STUDENT HOLIDAY FOR ALL STUDENTS IN LANCASTER ISD. GOING TO BE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING DAY FOR ALL STAFF MEMBERS.

WE WANT TO REMIND INDIVIDUALS TO GET OUT AND VOTE.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR RECOGNITIONS.

[9. Citizen's Communication]

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT IS CITIZENS CAN INDICATIONS THAT IS MS. SIMPSON.

>> WE HAVE TWO OF FIRST IT IT IS MS. MARK KARINA A MARK

KARINA MITCHELL. >> BOARD POLICY LOCAL STATE PUBLIC WILL BE LIMITED 30 MINUTES AND DIRECT COMMENTS TO THE BOARD PRESIDENT AND ATTENDING SPEAKERS MAY NOT USE AN INDIVIDUAL'S NAME IDENTIFIABLE TITLES WHEN ADDRESSING THE BOARD WITH THE SPEAKERS PRESENTING A COMPLAINT REGARDING A ERSON. THE BOARD CANNOT TAKE SPECIFIC ACTION ON CITIZENS CAN INDICATIONS TOPICS DUE TO LEGAL REQUIREMENTS THEY WILL HAVE THE TOPIC AND THE BOARD MAY HAVE THE ITEM PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA FOR ACTION OR REFER THE ITEM TO ABORT COMMISSION OR COMMITTEE OR REFER THE ITEM TO STAFF OR STUDENTS OR STUDY FOR CONCLUSION.

WE ASK YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS PRIOR TO SPEAKING AND IDENTIFY THE TOPIC YOU ARE COMMENTING ON.

I WILL BE IN THE TIME AFTER YOU STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS AND AGENDA ITEM. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO MAKE

YOUR COMMENTS. >> GOOD EVENING MY NAME IS MARQUITA MITCHELL AND I'M 1252 PEOPLE # LANCASTER TEXAS I JUST HAVE A A QUESTION. WHAT IS THE PROCESS TO ENSURE

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>> NEXT TO HIM BERNADINE BRANCH.

>> BOARD POLICY LOCAL STATE PUBLIC COMMENT DURING REGULAR BOARD THINGS WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES SO PLEASE DIRECT, TO THE BOARD PRESIDENT SUPERINTENDENT.

IF ADDRESSING AGENDA ITEM IDENTIFY THE ITEM WILL BE COMMENTING ON AND SPEAKERS MAY NOT USE ANY INDIVIDUALS NAMES OR IDENTIFIABLE TITLES WHEN ADDRESSING THE BOARD IF THE SPEAKERS PRESENTING A COMPLAINT REGARDING THAT PERSON.

THE BOARD CANNOT TAKE SPECIFIC ACTION ON CITIZENS COMMUNICATION TOPICS DUE TO LEGAL REQUIREMENTS THEY WILL HEAR THE TOPIC AND THE BOARD MAY HAVE ITEM PLACED ON FUTURE AGENDA ITEM FOR ACTION OR REFER THE ITEMS TO ABORT COMMISSION OR COMMITTEE OR REFER THE ITEMS TO STEP STUDY FOR CONCLUSION.

WE ASK YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS PRIOR TO SPEAKING AND IDENTIFY THE TOPIC YOU ARE COMMENTING ON I WILL BEGIN THE TIME YOU STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS AND AGENDA ITEM AND YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO MAKE YOUR COMMENTS.

>> GOOD EVENING I'M BERNADINE BRANCH AND I RESIDE AT 1946 TULIA STREET LANCASTER 75146. I HAVE WRITTEN A STATEMENT.

I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO COMMAND ONE OF THE DISTRICTS IN MY OPINION MOST DEDICATED EDUCATORS.

DILIGENT TEACHER SOMEHOW DEMONSTRATES UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO THEIR STUDENT'S EDUCATION.

METICULOUSLY PLAN AND PREPARE LESSONS ADAPTING THEM TO NEEDS OF THEIR STUDENTS THEY INVEST EXTRA TIME TO PROVIDE INDIVIDUALIZED SUPPORT AND CONTINUOUSLY SEEK WAYS TO IMPROVE THEIR TEACHING METHODS. A DILIGENT TEACHER NOT ONLY IMPARTS KNOWLEDGE BUT ALSO HAS A POSITIVE AND ENGAGING LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. THEY ARE DEDICATED TO THEIR STUDENT'S SUCCESS OFTEN GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND TO ENSURE THAT EVERY CHILD REACHES THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.

THIS IS HOW OUR CHILDREN AND PARENTS VIEW THE LANCASTER TIGER BAND DIRECTOR. I CAN CITE MANY EXAMPLES BEHIND EACH OF THESE DESCRIPTIONS FOR MY DAUGHTER ALONE.

IT HAS BEEN THIS WAY FOR HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS OVER THE LAST THREE AND HALF YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN A BAND PARENT.

HE'S A PART OF THE DISTRICT TO EDUCATE MY CHILD BUT MORE SO A MENTOR, SUPPORTER AND ABOVE ALL A PROFESSIONAL.

WHILE MANY OF THE OTHER ADMINISTRATORS WORRY THEMSELVES WITH POINTING FINGERS AND ANIMALS TO ADDRESS THE PERSON AND NOT POLICY THIS PERSON REMAINED POSITIVE THAT AN OPPORTUNITY COULD BE AFFORDED TO HIS STUDENTS THE STUDENTS REMAIN A PRIORITY OF THE SAME DEMONSTRATORS MAKE IT AN ISSUE THAT THE BAND SUPPORTERS HAVE USED SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS TO REMAIN CONNECTED AND INFORMED BUT HE USED THE PLATFORMS TO BRING ENERGY, ENGAGEMENT AND COMFORT IN KNOWING DETAILS OF OUR CHILDREN'S WHEREABOUTS. WE CALL IT TRUST.

THE TRUST FACTOR. WHICH IS A TOTAL CONTRADICTION TO THE MANNER I SAW THAT GREETED ME IN THE LOBBY TODAY.

I QUOTE THANKS TO SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS YOU CAN SHARE A MESSAGE WITH A DIVERSE GROUP OF PEOPLE WITH JUST ONE CLICK.

IT ALLOWS YOU TO NURTURE AND ENGAGE WITH YOUR COMMUNITY AND BUILD LASTING RELATIONSHIPS AND CREATE POSITIVE NARRATIVE AROUND YOUR DISTRICT AND FIELD OF EDUCATION.

AGAIN WE CALL IT THE TRUST FACTOR.

WITHOUT EDUCATORS LIKE THIS MANY STUDENTS WOULD FOLLOW THROUGH THE CRACKS BECAUSE THE FOCUS BECOMES MORE ABOUT CHASING POWER, PAPER TRAILS AND NOT FUTURE LEADERS DREAMS THE PRISONER COMMUNICATED INFORMATION ABOUT RECENT ACTIVITIES FOCUS MORE ON FINGER-POINTING TO DEVALUE AND HUMILIATE RATHER THAN ADDRESS A UNITED T THE PERSON SHOULD HAVE NO VOICE AS A COMMUNICATOR AND NO VOICE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE LEADERSHIP OF F STUDENTS. MY HOPE IS LANCASTER ISD LAWYERS TO BECOME A MORE PROFESSIONAL LESS FINGER-POINTING AND LESS ATTACKING UNITED FRONT WHERE IT COMES TO EDUCATING AND PROMOTING STUDENTS AND CHILDREN. NO NAMES NEEDED.

WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE. >> THAT'S IT.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. AT THIS TIME I'M GOING TO

[Additional Item]

DOCTOR FRANC'OIS? >> WAITING FOR THE CLICKER.

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I WILL BE PRESENTING THE SEPTEMBER 23 PROGRESS REPORT AND UPDATE ON THE LSD CORRECT ACTION ON PLAN.

COMMUNITY MEMBERS IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN SEEING THIS REPORT IS ON THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WEBSITE.

IT CAN BE FOUND UNDER THE MENU BOARD TAB.

EACH MONTH YOU WILL FIND THE INFORMATION THERE.

KEEP IN MIND WHEN I GIVE THESE REPORTS IT IS OCTOBER AND I REALIZE THE MONTH BUT I'M REPORTING ON THE PREVIOUS MONTH SO THIS IS SEPTEMBER'S REPORT. I WANT TO START WITH A CONGRATULATIONS THAT THE LANCASTER ISD HAS BEEN AWARDED A LOW START GOVERNANCE EXEMPLARY COHORT GRANT.

THAT'S GOOD NEWS AND LATER THE BOARD WILL BE ABLE TO VOTE TO ACCEPT THIS MONEY OR NOT. I HOPE YOU WILL IT IS $12,500 AND IT WILL BE USED TO PAY FOR AND SUPPORT THE LOAN START GOVERNANCE COACHING THAT YOU ARE RECEIVING AS TRUSTEES.

IT IS A DELIGHT TO MAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENT BECAUSE YOU WILL BE JOINING A NUMBER OF OTHER BOARDS AROUND TEXAS THAT HAVE BEEN SELECTED FOR THIS COHORT AND IT IS CONSIDERED QUITE AN HONOR. I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THE AGENCY IS RECOGNIZING THE BOARD TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE THIS WAY AND TO RECEIVE THIS GRANT. LET'S GET INTO THIS MONTH'S PROGRESS AND REMIND OURSELVES WHAT IS THE DESTINATION.

EVENTUALLY THE L ISD BOARD AND ADMINISTRATION WANT TO BE IS THAT A COMPLETED STATUS. COMPLETING THE CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN AND THE CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN CONSISTS OF FOUR EXIT CRITERIA GOALS. EIGHT GOAL PROGRESS MEASURES OR GPM'S AND 23 SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES.

THERE HAS BEEN SOME PROGRESS ON THE CAPSIDS MAY OF 2024.

I WILL GO THROUGH SOME OF THOSE IDEAS OR EXAMPLES OF HOW PROGRESS IS BEING MADE. LET'S FIRST START WITH THE STATUTORY AUTHORITY FOR THE DISTRICT HAVING CONSERVATIVE OR HAVING TO WORK THROUGH THE CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN.

AS YOU KNOW THE CONSERVATORY WAS PLACED IN THE DISTRICT EARLY THIS YEAR AND IS UNDER OVERSIGHT FOR THE NEXT TWO SCHOOL YEARS AS AUTHORIZED BY TEC SECTION CODE, TEC SECTION 30 9A .003. THAT PARTICULAR PART OF THE LAW GIVES AUTHORITY TO THE CONSERVATIVE TO DIRECT, APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE THE ACTION OF PRINCIPAL, SUPERINTENDENT AND THE BOARD IN A DISTRICT. THE WAY THAT THAT IS DONE IS THROUGH THE CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN.

EACH MONTH DR. A. KATRISE PERERA AND BOARD PRESIDENT HAMILTON ARE SENT A MONTHLY PROGRESS REPORT.

THAT IN TURN THEN IS GIVEN TO TRUSTEES AND THE BOARD BOOK AND POSTED ON THE WEBSITE FOR ANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO SEE.

I WANT TO POINT OUT SOME PARTICULAR PARTS OF THE CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN THAT WILL HELP YOU AS BOARD MEMBERS TO UNDERSTAND HOW THINGS UNFOLD.

I THINK YOU ALL ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE FACT THAT THERE ARE EXIT CRITERIA GOALS AND THE THERE ARE GPM'S AND THERE ARE ACTIVITIES. BUT THE PART OF THE PLAN I WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO IS THE VERY LAST COLUMN CALLED NEXT STEPS. SOMETIMES PEOPLE FORGET TO LOOK AT THAT COLUMN BECAUSE IN THAT COLUMN THAT IS WHERE PARTICULAR DIRECTION OR INSTRUCTIONS WILL BE GIVEN FOR WHAT HAPPENS NEXT AS IT RELATES TO THE SPECIFIC ACTIVITY, GPM OR EXIT CRITERIA.

IF AT ANY POINT YOU ARE WONDERING HOW OR WHY SOMETHING CAME TO BE OR DIRECTIONS HAVE BEEN HANDED DOWN YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOOK ANY FURTHER THAN THE NEXT STEPS COLUMN.

OF THAT REPORT. THAT'S WHERE YOU WILL FIND THE DELINEATION OF WHAT THE CONSERVATORY IS ASKING YOU TO DO. THE GOOD NEWS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE PROGRESS IN THE LAST MONTH.

THERE ARE EIGHT ACTIVITIES OUT OF THOSE 23 THAT HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN COMPLETED AND SO THEY ARE IN THE STATUS OF BEING MONITORED. CONGRATULATIONS AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT THE GREEN LIGHT IS ON FOR THOSE BUT I WANT TO CAUTION YOU TO NOT BACKTRACK AND FIND OURSELVES FORGETTING

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I WON'T GO THROUGH EACH OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE COMPLETE, YOU CAN SEE THOSE IN YOUR BOARD BOOK AND IN THE REPORT BUT I DO WANT TO TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT A HIGH LEVERAGE ACTIVITY THAT WAS COMPLETED THAT I BELIEVE AS TRUSTEES YOU WILL GET A LOT OF MILEAGE OUT OF THAT ACTIVITY STATES BY DECEMBER 31, 2023 THE DISTRICT INSTITUTES A METHOD FOR RIGOROUSLY EMBEDDING LEVEL I AND LEVEL 2 GRIEVANCES TO ENSURE THEY MEET BOARD POLICY REQUIREMENTS BEFORE ESCALATING TO LEVEL III GRIEVANCE STATUS.

I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT WELL BEFORE DECEMBER 31, BY SEPTEMBER 2023 WITHIN THREE MONTHS OF JOINING THE ADMINISTRATIONS LEADERSHIP TEAM THE GENERAL COUNSEL WORK TO ADDRESS AND COMPLETE REASON THI HIGH-IMPACT ACTIVITY IS BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO ALLOW TRUSTEES ONLY TO HEAR THE MOST SERIOUS GRIEVANCES I WILL CREATE A CULTURE OF ACCOUNTABILITY IN WHICH ISSUES ARE ADDRESSED AND SOLVED AT THE LOWEST LEVEL.

IN ADDITION TO THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE COMPLETE THERE ARE EIGHT ACTIVITIES THAT ARE ON TRACK AND THEY ALSO ARE IN THE STATUS OF BEING MONITORED. I ALSO WILL GO THROUGH ALL EIGHT OF THE ACTIVITIES BUT I WILL TALK ABOUT ONE I CONSIDER A HIGH LEVEL AND HIGH LEVERAGE ACTIVITY.

THIS ONE IN FACT WE HAVE STARTED TO INSTITUTE THE BOARD HAS DISSOLVED THE CURRENT COMMITTEE STRUCTURE AND INSTITUTE A NEW MEETING FORMAT THAT CONSIST OF TWO MEETINGS PER MONTH. THE WORK SESSION AND REGULAR BOARD MEETING TO CONDUCT BUSINESS.

AGAIN CONGRATULATIONS. YOU HAVE EIGHT ACTIVITIES THAT ARE COMPLETE AND EIGHT THAT ARE ON TRACK.

LET'S TURN OUR ATTENTION TO THE L ISD TRADE IN GENERAL.

REACHING THE DESTINATION BY MAY 31, 2024 IS GOING TO REQUIRE SOME ORE ENGINE POWER. THAT ENGINE POWER IS TEAMWORK.

THE ENGINE POWER OF TEAMWORK IS THE BOARD.

AND THEY AS BOARD MEMBERS I URGE YOU TO FOCUS ON COLLABORATION, COLLEGIALITY AND DEDICATION TO THE PRINCIPLES OF GOOD BOARD GOVERNANCE TO MEET THE CAP GOALS.

LET'S START WITH WHAT CAN BE IMPROVED.

OF THE 23 ACTIVITIES IN THE PLAN THREE HAVE NOT BEEN STARTED AND THESE CAN AGAIN BE FOUND IN YOUR BOARD DOCUMENTS AND ON THE LISD WEBSITE SO I WON'T READ THEM.

AMONG THOSE THREE THERE IS ONE HIGH-IMPACT ACTIVITY THAT HASN'T BEEN STARTED AND IT COULD ACTUALLY LEVERAGE SOME OF THE OTHER ACTIVITIES TO SUCCESS.

THIS ACTIVITY IS THE ONE THAT STATES BY MAY 31, 2020 FOURTH OF BOARD UPDATES FIVE LINES AND DEMONSTRATES SUSTAINABILITY OF IMPLEMENTATION OF BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

THIS IS A HIGH-IMPACT ACTIVITY BECAUSE WHEN COMPLETED TRUSTEES WILL HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR GROUND RULES, NORMS AND METHODS FOR OPERATING TOGETHER AS A COHESIVE BOARD.

THE POLICIES AND BOARD ETHICS ALREADY EXIST WHAT IS LACKING IS A GENUINE IMPLEMENTATION AND ADHERENCE TO THESE IN ADDITION TO THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE NOT STARTED THEREFORE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE ACTUALLY OFF-TRACK. OF THE 23 CTIVITIES THESE FOUR ARE SERIOUSLY OFF-TRACK. I WILL READ WHAT THEY ARE SINCE THEY ARE IN YOUR BOARD DOCUMENTS AND ON THE WEBSITE.

THERE IS ONE HIGH LEVEL ACTIVITY OFF-TRACK BUT CAN INFLUENCE ALL OF THE OTHER ACTIVITIES TOWARD SUCCESS.

THE HIGH LEVERAGE ACTIVITY IS THIS BY MAY 31, 2024 THE CONSERVATORY OBSERVES NO INSTANCES IN WHICH TRUSTEES ENGAGED DISRESPECTFULLY OR DISCREETLY WITH OTHER TRUSTEES, STAFF OR COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN WRITING OR IN PUBLIC IN A WAY THAT VIOLATES THE BOARD MEMBER ETHICS POLICY OR RULES OF ORDER FOR BOARD MEETINGS. THE POLICIES AND BOARD ETHICS ALREADY EXIST IN THE GOVERN TRUSTEE BEHAVIOR AND DECORUM.

WHAT IS LACKING IS AGAIN GENUINE COMMITMENT TO AND CONTINUOUS IMPLEMENTATION AND ADHERENCE TO.

LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT THE CURRENT DESTINATION IS.

RIGHT NOW YOU'RE DESTINED TO HAVE A INCOMPLETE CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN BY MAY OF 2024. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THAT MEANS THAT TEC SECTION 30 9A .003 WILL CONTINUE TO BE IN PLACE. THAT IS A PIECE OF LAW THAT SAYS CONSERVATIVE DISAPPROVES OR APPROVES ACTIONS OF THE BOARD OR PRINCIPAL OR SUPERINTENDENT.

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THAT IS NOT WHERE THIS DISTRICT WANTS TO BE.

I WOULD HOPE THAT WE WOULD SEE THE CURRENT DESTINATION AS TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN IMPLEMENTING OR CONTINUING TO SEE 30 9A .003 OR IMPLEMENTING 30 9A 004.

HOW CAN WE CHANGE DIRECTION? IT IS PRETTY SIMPLE.

YOU NEED AN ALTERNATIVE DESTINATION.

THE BOARD IS GOING TO NEED TO ACT COLLECTIVELY TO ACCELERATE ITS WORK AND COMMIT TO MOVING LIKE A HIGH-SPEED TRAIN TO IMPROVE GOVERNANCE AND STUDENT OUTCOMES.

HOW DO YOU DO THIS? YOU GET ON TRACK.

YOU TURN THE ONTRACK ACTIVITIES INTO COMPLETED ACTIVITIES.

AND THEN ANY OFF-TRACK ACTIVITIES ARE GOTTEN ONTO THE TRACK. YOU COMPLETE ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES. AND THEN YOU DON'T DERAIL ANY PROGRESS THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN MADE.

AGAIN I CONGRATULATE YOU ON THE PROGRESS.

BUT IF IT HAS HAPPENED SINCE THIS CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN WENT INTO FORCE IN MAY. BUT THERE IS A LOT MORE TO DO.

AS TRUSTEES YOU HAVE THE ABILITY AND THE WHEREWITHAL AND THE TEAM TO DO IT. I URGE YOU TO AGAIN GET ON TRACK AND COMPLETE AND DON'T DERAIL.

BOARD PRESIDENT THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION SO I RETURNED THE FLOOR TO YOU AND IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS I'M HAPPY TO

ANSWER THEM. >> THANK YOU.

ANY QUESTIONS? >> I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE

CONSERVATOR. >> BASED ON INFORMATION I READ THAT THE BOARD HAD CHOSE NOT TO REORGANIZE AND I WOULD LIKE TO STATE THAT'S NOT 100 PERCENT CORRECT BECAUSE WE DID WANT TO REORGANIZE HOWEVER JUST FOR CLARITY WE WERE DIRECTED THAT IT WOULD BE BEST TO LEAVE EVERYONE IN THEIR PLACE ALTHOUGH COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN FOUND IN CONCERNS BROUGHT FORTH. WE WERE TO CONTINUE TO HAVE ISSUES THAT HAVE YET TO BE ADDRESSED AND WE HAVE NOT ADDRESSED THAT AS THE BOARD WITH YOU AS A CONSERVATOR HERE COLLECTIVELY TO GET DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THE ISSUES AND TO BE MORE DIRECT ABOUT THEM. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I COMMUNICATE THAT BECAUSE WITHOUT ADDRESSING THOSE ISSUES WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE ISSUES.

WE CAN MAKE THEM LOOK PRETTY ON THE OUTSIDE BUT THE INSIDE IT IS OF COURSE AN ISSUE. YOU ALSO STATED TRUSTEES HERE ONLY SERIOUS GRIEVANCES AND I'M CONCERNED ON HOW WE IDENTIFY OR WHO IDENTIFIES WHAT IS A SERIOUS GRIEVANCE AND INFINITE GRIEVANCE IS PLACED ON SOMEONE WHO ACTUALLY REFUSED THE GRIEVANCE AND IT'S ABOUT THAT PERSON THEN HOW DO YOU ADDRESS THAT? HOW DO YOU COMMUNICATE THAT?

>> I WILL START WITH THE FIRST POINT YOU RAISED.

I DID NOT SAY THE BOARD REFUSED TO REORGANIZE.

I STATED I DIRECTED THE BOARD TO REORGANIZE AN ORGANIZATION WAS TO REMAIN WITH THE TRUSTEES THAT WERE ALREADY IN PLACE AS OFFICERS TO YOUR LAST POINT OR ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED THEY CERTAINLY CAN BE ADDRESSED AND ALL YOU HAVE TO DO AGAIN IS SEND THEM TO ME AND I WILL LOOK INTO THEM.

IF THEY ARE NOT ESULT THE WAY A TRUSTEE WANTS IT RESOLVED OR ADDRESSED THE WAY A TRUSTEE WANTS IT ADDRESSED I CAN'T HELP THAT. I WILL LOOK INTO WHATEVER IS PRESENTED BUT THERE ARE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU AND YOU HAVE A LSD COACH AND THAT'S PART OF THE PROCESS OF BEING ABLE TO DEAL WITH THE CONCERNS AND ISSUES AND THAT'S WHY I DIRECTED THE COACH BE BROUGHT IN TO MEET WITH TRUSTEES ONE-ON-ONE. YOU ARE ABLE TO HAVE ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUR COACH AND ALSO ABLE TO TO HAVE INDIVIDUAL GROUP TRAINING SESSIONS WITH THE COACH AND SO THAT IS THE REMEDY THAT HAS BEEN PUT IN PLACE TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS AND THE LAST EM ABOUT GRIEVANCES.

THE GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE OF THE DISTRICT DID NOT REALLY EXIST IN A CODIFIED WAY. THE GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE, THE SERIOUS GRIEVANCES ARE TALKED ABOUT, ALL GRIEVANCES ARE SERIOUS BUT WHAT I'VE ASKED TO DO IS TAKE A LOOK AT HOW

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>> IT IS IN PLACE FOR THE DISTRICT AND WE ARE IN OPERATION WITH IT AND HAVE HAD SOME SUCCESS WITH IT TO RESOLVE

ISSUES AND CONCERNS. >> THE IDEA IS IF SOMETHING GOES TO A BOARD IT OUT TO RISE TO THE OCCASION AND SHOULD NOT BE A LOT OF ISSUES THAT COULD HAVE BEEN SETTLED AND WORKED OUT AT A LOWER LEVEL. THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> MR. DARYLE CLEWIS?

>> I BELIEVE SOMEWHERE IN THE GRIEVANCE POLICY LEVEL I AND TWO DON'T HAVE TO BE MET. LEVEL III CAN BE REQUESTED FROM ANYBODY THAT IS SITTING OUT THERE.

THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH ONE OR TWO.

AM I CORRECT? I WILL HAVE TO GO BACK AND PULL THE DOCUMENT I READ. I ALSO BELIEVE THAT WAS SOMETHING I MAY HAVE GONE FROM ONE OF THE TRAINEES.

I WILL PULL THE DOCUMENT AND PROVIDE TO YOU ALL.

>> CAN YOU BRING CLARITY TO THAT FOR ME?

>> TYPICALLY THE BOARD POLICIES SEEK RESOLUTION AT THE LOWEST LEVEL AND SO THAT'S WHY THE PROCESS STARTS WITH THE PERSON THAT CAN REMEDY THE SITUATION AT THE LOWEST LEVEL, TYPICALLY SUPERVISOR OR AT A CAMPUS PRINCIPAL AND THAT IT MOVES ON TO THE NEXT LEVEL. WE GENERALLY DON'T HAVE GRIEVANCES GO TO LEVEL III BECAUSE YOU ALSO NEED A RECORD SO THAT THE BOARD HAS AMPLE INFORMATION AND ADMINISTRATION HAS THE ABILITY TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION IN ORDER TO RESOLVE THAT MATTER PRIOR TO COMING TO THE BOARD.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. MS. MORRIS?

>> I WANT TO ADDRESS THE ATTORNEY.

IS THAT OKAY? TO MAKE IT CLEAR THERE HAS TO BE AN EXHAUSTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSES CORRECT? THAT'S ONE AND TO AND THREE AND IT CAN GO HIGHER IF NEEDED.

YOU CAN'T SKIP ONE TO GET TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL.

>> GENERALLY YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE ONE AND NUMBER TWO.

IT DEPENDS ON THE ITUATION. IF THE SITUATION COULD NOT BE D BY SOMEONE THAT WOULD TYPICALLY BE A LEVEL I OFFICER THAT SITUATION COULD RISE TO THE OCCASION OF LEVEL 2 BUT WITHOUT LOOKING AT ANYTHING THAT'S BEEN CHANGED IN THE PROCESS I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO IT MORE THAN THAT.

>> THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR

[10.A. September 2023 Financial Reports - CAA(LOCAL)-(G2) - Dr. Faith Ann Cheek, Presenter]

AT THIS TIME WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT.

A. SEPTEMBER 2023 FINANCIAL REPORTS MINUS CAA(LOCAL)-(G2) MINUS DOCTOR FAITH ANN CHEEK, PRESENTER . DOCTOR HEEK?

>> MADAM PRESIDENT, DR. A. KATRISE PERERA ESTEEMED TRUSTEES I'M GOING TO PRESENT THE SEPTEMBER FINANCIAL REPORTS. I WANT A REMINDER THAT FINANCIAL REPORTS ARE UNAUDITED ON A MONTHLY BASIS IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE DURING THE AUDIT PROCESS WHICH BEGINS NEXT WEEK.

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AS YOU CAN SEE WE ARE STILL COLLECTING ALL THE WAY BACK TO 2001. AS I PRESENTED DURING THE LAST PRESENTATION AS WELL WE HAVE STARTED USING FORECAST FIVE FOR OUR BOARD REPORTS. FORECAST FIVE IS A ADD-ON TO THE FRONTLINE TEAM SYSTEM WHICH IS PART OF OUR GENERAL LEDGER.

YOU WILL SEE THIS IS THE GENERAL FUND FUNCTION AND IT BASICALLY BY FUNCTION SAYS WHERE WE ARE WITH REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES AND SHOWS THE GRAPH ON THE BOTTOM ALSO BY FUNCTION. YOU WILL SEE AS WE PRESENT THESE EACH MONTH YOU WILL SEE THE GRAPH CHANGE AND YOU CAN THEN HAVE A VISUAL COMPARISON. THIS IS THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE DASHBOARD AND AGAIN EACH MONTH YOU SHOULD SEE THESE GRAPHS GROW. HERE IS OUR EXPENDITURE DASHBOARD. THE SAME YOU WILL SEE A GROW AND FLUCTUATE. BUT IT DOES BREAK IT DOWN ALSO BY FUNCTION IN THE TOP 10 EXPENDITURES BY FUNCTION YEAR TO DATE. WE ALSO HAVE OUR FOOD SERVICE FUND PULLED OUT SEPARATELY FOR YOU.

ALL THESE ARE FOR THE PERIOD ENDING SEPTEMBER 30.

HERE IS OUR DEBT SERVICE. TODAY WE HAVE NOT MADE ANY DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS AND WE'VE HAD SMALL FEES COMING UP BUT IN GENERAL THE BOND PAYMENTS ARE MADE IN FEBRUARY AND AUGUST.

AND HERE IS THE INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO FROM SEPTEMBER 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?

>> ANY QUESTIONS? >> MR. DARYLE CLEWIS.

>> DOCTOR CHEEK WE GO BACK TO THE FIRST SLIDE? I'M SORRY ONE MORE. THE NOTATION IN RED AND I CAN'T ACTUALLY READ THE NUMBER. IS THAT 6 MILLION? WHERE IT SAYS ENDING FUND BALANCE.

WOULD YOU EXPLAIN WHY THAT IS A NEGATIVE?

>> YES BECAUSE LET ME POINT OUT AGAIN UNAUDITED BECAUSE THE AUDIT STARTS NEXT YEAR AND THERE WAS MONEY PULLED OUT OF THE FUND BALANCE AND THERE WAS A BUDGET EXPENDITURE BEYOND WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY ADOPTED. HOWEVER ALL OF THOSE WERE BOARD APPROVED AND IT WAS PRESENTED IN THE FINAL AMENDMENT AS WELL AND THAT WILL CHANGE IN OUR AUDIT BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUND BALANCE WILL BE UNTIL THE AUDITORS HAVE CLOSED THE BOOKS. THAT IS SOMETHING WE WILL BE FINALIZED DURING THE AUDIT. THAT WILL BE PRESENTED TO YOU BY WHITLEY PENN AUDITORS ON THE NIGHT THEY PRESENT THE AFR.

>> OKAY. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?

[10.B. Campus Highlights]

. >> I WILL CALL FORWARD MR. SLAUGHTER TO PRESENT TO THE COMMITTEE AND BOARD AND THOSE ARE HIS LOVELY CHERUBS HERE DURING THE PLEDGE EARLIER.

>> THANK YOU AND PRESIDENT AND BOARD MEMBERS.

WE BRING YOU THE HIGHLIGHTS FOR ROSA PARKS ELEMENTARY CHOOL.

ON THE FIRST LIDE WE HAVE OUR TEAM.

MYSELF AS POSSIBLE AND PAMELA NEELY ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL.

JOSEPHINE CAN A NICHE COUNSELOR AND CAMPUS INTERVENTIONS MS. JOE WANTS TO GUIDE. THE FIRST SLIDE WE HOW WE HAVE AVE INCREASED BY 21 STUDENTS THIS SCHOOL YEAR SO WE ARE HAPPY TO REPORT WE ARE GROWING AS A CAMPUS.

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THIS YEAR WE HAVE A TEAM OF 26 TEACHERS.

22 OF THOSE TEACHERS HAVE BEEN FULLY CERTIFIED FOR WORKING ON THE CERTIFICATION AND WE ARE HAPPY TO REPORT OF THOSE FOR TWO OF THEM ARE ONE TEST AWAY FROM BEING COMPLETELY CERTIFIED. THAT IS GREAT NEWS TO REPORT.

THE WE HAVE OUR MAP DATA AND WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE ARE SEEING AT THIS POINT.

WE ARE SEEING THAT WITH THE GROWTH COMPARISON WE ARE ABOVE IN SOME AREAS AND THEN IN OTHER AREAS WE ARE RIGHT THERE AT THE COMPARISON RATES SO LOOKING REALLY GOOD AS IT RELATES TO OUR GROWTH. OUR STUDENTS ARE OFF TO A GOOD START SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT.

OUR CULTURE AND STUDENTS IN ATTENDANCE AND DISCIPLINE.

WE HAVE A FEW PICTURES HERE TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE CULTURAL THINGS WE DO ON THE CAMPUS.

WE HAVE PICTURES SHOWING COUNSELOR AWARENESS OF BIRDS.

YOU SEE STUDENTS IN BOWTIES. THEY LIKE TO PUT THEIR BOWTIES ON TO MOCK THEIR PRINCIPAL. WE ALWAYS GET A BIG KICK OUT OF THAT. IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT-HAND CORNER WE HAD THE PLEASURE OF WINNING THE FIRST SIX WEEKS ATTENDANCE AWARD SO WE ARE EXCITED AND STUDENTS ARE SHOWING UP AT SCHOOL EVERY DAY SO WE ARE HOPING THEY WILL COME BACK AGAIN AT THE END OF THE SIX WEEKS TO TAKE THE TROPHY BACK AND SIT IT ON THE TABLE. OUR PARENTS COMMUNITY BUSINESS PARTNER ENGAGEMENT. WE SHOW HERE ONE OF THE BIG DAYS IN THE LIFE OF ROSA PARKS IS GRANDPARENTS DAY.

WE HAD TWO SESSIONS THIS YEAR AND EACH SESSION WE JUST HAD A HOUSE FOR THE GRANDPARENTS AND THEY WERE EXCITED TO BE THERE WITH HER STUDENTS. WE HAD AN ACTIVITY FOR THEM TO DO THIS YEAR AND THEY DID A HAND IN HAND ACTIVITY.

A REALLY REALLY FUN TIME. THE OTHER PICTURE WAS BACK-TO-SCHOOL NIGHT AND WE HAD A GREAT TURNOUT SO WE ARE ALWAYS EXCITED TO WELCOME OUR PARENTS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS INTO THE BUILDING. EXCUSE ME.

WE ARE EXCITED. EXCUSE ME.

I'M SITTING UNDER THE AIR-CONDITIONING.

THANK YOU. OUR CLOSE AND GROWS FOR THE 2023 24 SCHOOL YEAR. AGAIN HIGHLIGHT SO FAR THIS SCHOOL YEAR IS THE CAMPUS ATTENDANCE AWARD.

THEN WE ARE OFF TO A GOOD START WITH RTI PROGRAM.

WE HAD SOME STRUGGLES A LITTLE WITH THAT PROGRAM LAST YEAR BUT WITH OUR NEW CAMPUS WE ARE REALLY OFF TO A GOOD START AND ALREADY SEEING SOME GROWTH AND MOVEMENT AND A LOT OF HER STUDENTS. SOME OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO WORK TO GROW IS BUILDING THAT THAT CAPACITY WHICH HAS BEEN A STRUGGLE FROM US IN SOME GRADE LEVELS OVER WORKING DILIGENTLY EACH DAY TO BUILD COMPASSION THERE.

AND OUR PARENT NGAGEMENT. WE HAVE A CORE GROUP OF PARENTS WE CAN ALWAYS DEPEND ON THE MATTER WHAT IS GOING ON AND WE ARE REALLY WORKING TO EXPAND THAT SO THAT WE HAVE SOME NEW FACES TO JOIN US. THAT COMPLETES MY PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU.

2. GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER 6TH GRADE CENTER.

>> THANK YOU DOCTOR PRESIDENT I WILL CALL FORWARD MRS. GAIL WRIGHT, PRINCIPAL TO PRESENT THE INFORMATION TO OUR COMMUNITY AND BOARD THE SECOND BIG PRESENTATION OF THE DAY. WE'VE BEEN DOING DATA TALKS WITH OUR CAMPUSES AND HER CAMPUS WENT ON TODAY.

YOU WILL SLEEP WELL TONIGHT I'M SURE.

>> GOOD EVENING PRESIDENT HAMILTON SUPERINTENDENT DR. A.

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GOING STRAIGHT TO OUR ENROLLMENT AND DEMOGRAPHICS.

UNFORTUNATELY WE HAD A DROP IN ENROLLMENT AND ONLY A 430.

THAT IS OUR DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION WITH AFRICAN-AMERICAN POPULATION BEING 72 PERCENT.

ONE THING THAT STANDS OUT TO ME IS POPULATION AT 16 PERCENT.

THE DISPARATE POPULATION IS UP FROM LAST YEAR BUT ENROLLMENT IS DOWN. DID I GO TOO FAST? NEXT IT'S OUR NUMBER OF TEACHERS AND WE HAVE 31 TEACHERS AND 20 FULLY CERTIFIED.

11 WORKING ON THE CERTIFICATION.

I HAVE A INCREASE, VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT MAKING SURE I HIRED BELL TEACHERS AND WE HAVE 22 FEMALE TEACHERS AND THAT'S THE REST OF THE BREAKDOWN. ONE THING OUR STUDENTS WORKING ON THE CERTIFICATIONS MOST OF THEM ARE NOT IN MY GRADE VEL.

I MADE SURE THEY WERE IN OTHER R AREAS.

NOT GRADE LEVELS TESTED AREAS. NEXT IT IS MY STUDENT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE. PERFORMANCE FROM LAST YEAR AND AS YOU CAN SEE WE DID INCREASE IN READING HOWEVER WE HAD A LITTLE DECREASE IN MATH. WE ARE REALLY WORKING ON THAT AND THAT IS THE FOCUS AREA THIS YEAR.

THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR MAP DATA WE PERFORM THE 43RD PERCENTILE IN MATH AND THE 42ND PERCENTILE IN READING.

HOWEVER BASED ON THE SAME DATA WE OUTPERFORMED OUR PROJECTED TO DO IN ALL AREAS IN MATH, READING AND LANGUAGE USES AND SCIENCE WE OUTPERFORMED WILL BE PROJECTED TO PERFORM SO SHOUT OUT TO MY ELEMENTARY CAMPUS FOR SAYING THAT IS SOMETHING TO WORK WITH. THIS IS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS INITIATIVES.

TEACHING OUR STUDENTS STUDY SKILLS AND WE ARE FOCUSING ON THAT WE WANT TO FOCUS ON OUR WRITTEN AND ORAL COMMUNICATION SKILLS. HE ALSO WANTS TO FOCUS ON SOFT SKILLS SUCH AS CRITICAL THINKING AND COLLABORATION.

WE ARE DOING A LOT OF COLLABORATING AND HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES AND THAT KIND OF THING ON THE CAMPUS.

WE ARE TRYING TO BE VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT THAT.

WE ALSO ARE ENCOURAGING INDEPENDENT LEARNING WHERE STUDENTS ARE TAKING CHARGE OF THEIR OWN LEARNING.

TEACHING THEM TIME MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS.

OFTENTIMES IN ELEMENTARY STUDENTS ARE IN CLASSES OR MAYBE HAVE ONE OR TWO OTHER CLASSES ARE AS A GWC THEY HAVE 10 CLASSES THE TIME MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL PART OF IT IS VERY IMPORTANT. AS FAR AS OUR CULTURE IS CONCERNED WE ARE WORKING REALLY REALLY HARD TO MOTIVATE OUR STUDENTS AT WC SO WE HAVE SEVERAL THINGS UNDERWAY.

WE HAVE OUR TIGER PRIDE TICKETS FOR STUDENTS RECEIVING POINTS FOR BEING RESPECTFUL, RESPONSIBLE AND READY TO GO EVERY DAY. WE HAVE FAR PARTIES THAT ARE UNDERWAY WHERE STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN ORANGE OR STRAWBERRY CRUSH AND POPCORN AND STUFF LIKE THAT AND THEY LOVE THAT AND HAVE A LOT OF FUN.

WE HAVE OUR OWN ROLE PARTIES OF THIS IS FOR STUDENTS WHO MAY CAN'T GET THE HONOR ROLL OR DON'T ALWAYS HAVE OUTSTANDING CITIZENSHIP BUT THEY ARE SHOWING A LOT OF GROWTH.

WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE THOSE DUDES AS WELL.

WE ALSO ARE PLANNED HIGHLIGHT STUDENT OF THE MONTH WE HAVE THE PERFECT PUNCTUALITY WE ARE STRUGGLING AT GWC WITH PARTIES THE FIRST PERIOD. WE ARE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE OUR STUDENTS TO BE ON TIME AND THOSE CLASSES THAT SPELL OUT PERFECT PUNCTUALITY BY THE END OF THE MONTH WILL GET SOME KIND OF PARTY. THEN WE HAVE OUR GWC LUNCH MUCH WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT HAVE A LOT OF ISSUES AND PARENTS MAY HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH IT BEFORE WHERE THEY CAN COME AND HANG OUT WITH US IN THE FRONT OFFICE AND HAVE LUNCH WITH MYSELF OR MY COUNSELOR. THE OTHER THING IS HAVING THOSE GUIDANCE LESSONS. SOMETIMES WE HAVE SPEAKERS COME FROM THE OUTSIDE TO SPEAK WITH OUR STUDENTS AS WELL WHEN IT COMES TO SOCIAL EMOTIONAL ISSUES.

OVERALL TEACHER ATTENDANCE IS 90 PERCENT SO I'M VERY PROUD OF

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THAT IS IT THAT WE HAVE BUSINESS PARTNERS WHO ALSO HELP US AS WELL AND THERE'S A LIST OF PARTNERS AND A PICTURE OF THEM COMING UP TO HELP UNIFY THE CAMPUS BEFORE THE STUDENTS GOT THERE. SOME, TEACHERS RECEIVE EFFECTIVE UPFRONT TRAINING AND ONGOING COACHING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. CAMPUS CLUBS ARE UNDERWAY.

DISCIPLINE IS A PERFECT AND TEACHER BY AN IS POSITIVE ON OUR CAMPUS RIGHT NOW. A GROWTH AREA FOR US IS CREATING MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IN IMPLEMENTING STUDENT INCENTIVES TO KEEP STUDENTS MOTIVATED.

THESE ARE SOME OF THE PICTURES WE HAVE.

THE BASKET IS FOR STUDENTS WHO DO THEIR HOMEWORK.

YOU ARE ALL THAT AND A BAG OF CHIPS DID THEY GET THAT WHEN THEY DO THEIR HOMEWORK THERE'S ANOTHER GROUP OF PICTURES WE HAVE. THAT IS GWC.

[13.B. Discussion and possible approval of BE(LOCAL) Policy.]

(APPLAUSE). >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AT THIS TIME WE WILL MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT TO THE AGENDA AND BRING UP AN ITEM UNDER MORE MATTERS WHICH IS NUMBER 13 ON THE AGENDA. WE WILL GO TO B DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF BE(LOCAL) POLICY.

WE TALKED ABOUT THIS WORKSHOP WE'VE HAD MORE DIALOGUE WE HAVE ATTORNEY O'HANLON ON WITH US VIRTUALLY.

AT THIS TIME THIS IS A POSSIBLE ACTION ITEM.

IS THERE ANY CONVERSATION AMONG B LOCAL?

>> I HAVE A QUESTION. >> MR. DARYLE CLEWIS?

>> I DON'T UNDERSTAND OR I DO UNDERSTAND BUT I BELIEVE THAT THIS REVISION OF B LOCAL IS UNNECESSARY.

I THINK IT WAS A COMPLETE WASTE OF TAXPAYERS DOLLARS TO REVISE IT IN THE WAY IT HAS BEEN REVISED OR THE PROPOSED PROVISO OF IT. I THINK WE COULD'VE ADDED A FEW WORDS HERE AND TAKEN OUT A FEW AND DONE IT AT NO COST AT AT ALL LL DISAPPOINTED THAT WE DID THIS.

THERE ARE THINGS IN N HERE. IT'S AS IF THE NEXT T THING YOU TELL ME IS WE HAVE A DRESS CODE.

THIS IS FOR THE RECORD I DON'T AGREE WITH MUCH OF THE REVISION HAS BEEN ADDED HERE. IN FACT I WOULD ASK WE TABLE THIS TO GO BACK TO FURTHER CONVERSATION AS WE JUST RECEIVED THIS LATEST DOCUMENT TODAY.

>> ANYTHING ELSE ON B? I WILL MAKE A COMMENT.

AS TO WHY B LOCAL HAS BEEN REVISED IT HAS BEEN REVISED BECAUSE WE HAVE A CONSERVATOR IN OUR DISTRICT AND THE LAW WAS IMPLEMENTED TO ENSURE THAT THIS BOARD IS ABLE TO HAVE EFFECTIVE TIMELY BOARD MEETINGS AND ENSURE SOME OF OUR POLICIES ARE BEING FOLLOWED PROPERLY AND SOME THINGS DID REQUIRE TWEAKING AS WELL AS OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR BOARD MEMBERS TO PLACE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TO ENSURE IT IS A FAIR PROCESS FOR ALL BOARD MEMBERS. SINCE WE'VE HEARD DIALOGUE THAT ITEMS WERE NOT BEING PLACED ON THE AGENDA FOR BIAS REASONS.

THERE IS ALSO INFORMATION HERE THAT WAS ADDED ABOUT BOARD MEMBER HAGER'S AND WE ALL KNOW WHY SOME OF THIS INFORMATION WAS ADDED TO BASICALLY THIS IS TO HELP THE BOARD MEETINGS RUN EFFECTIVELY AND HELP US MEET OUR GOALS THAT DOCTOR FRANZ WALK PRESENTED IN OUR T. IF YOU LOOK AT PAGE 1 UNDER SPECIAL OR EMERGENCY MEETINGS I WOULD LIKE TO AMEND THIS PORTION SO IT WOULD READ VERSUS WHAT IT SAYS RIGHT NOW THREE OR MORE BOARD MEMBERS CAN CALL A SPECIAL MEETING.

I THINK IT SHOULD BE OR IS IT WOULD HAVE TO BE THE MAJORITY OF THE BOARD WHICH IS FOUR OF THEM SINCE WE HAVE A BOARD OF

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>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH MA'AM. I WANT TO ECHO BEHIND THE BOARD PRESIDENT THAT THIS IS VERY MUCH NEEDED.

PART OF RUNNING A GOVERNMENTAL BODY, THERE WILL ALWAYS BE LEGAL FEES. YOU HAVE TO WAIT OUT WHAT'S IMPORTANT AND WHAT IS NOT IMPORTANT.

FOR MYSELF SAYING THAT WE NEED OUR ATTORNEYS TO HELP US WITH THIS, FOR THE COMMUNITY YES WE DID.

WE HAVE GOALS WE HAVE TO MEET. WE WANT TO BE PRODUCTIVE.

AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A MEETING WITHOUT MUCH DISTRACTION WHERE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND BE ABLE TO BE CLEAR TO OUR COMMUNITY THAT DO NOT UNDERSTAND OUR AGENDA.

I JUST WANT TO ECHO THAT THERE'S NO CORPORATION, NO MUNICIPAL, NO SCHOOL DISTRICT CAN RUN WITHOUT EFFECTIVE POLICY. THAT PART IS EXPECTED.

THERE ARE OTHER EXPENSES THAT PROBABLY WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO DO BUT I WANT TO CONCUR WITH THE BOARD PRESIDENT SAID THAT IT'S MUCH NEEDED AND I WANT TO THANK THE HELEN FIRM FOR PUTTING THIS FORWARD AND EVEN THAT WE MAY HAVE TO COME BACK AND DO SOME THINGS TO IT LATER ON IT'S A GOOD START AND THOSE THINGS WE

ARE ABLE TO DO OURSELVES. >> THANK YOU MS. MORRIS ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I HAVE A COMMENT REGARDING THE

B LOCAL. >> MY CONCERN IS I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH THE TRUSTEE MR. CLEWIS THAT WE SHOULD TABLE THIS AND HAVE A DISCUSSION. ONE IS THAT THERE HAS BEEN SOME CHANGES IN THIS INFORMATION HAS JUST NOW BEING PRESENTED AND NUMBER TWO POLICY IS NOT AT ISSUE.

IT IS FOLLOWING POLICY THAT IS THE ISSUE.

AND PER THE PARLIAMENTARIAN WORKSHOP A WAS DISCUSSED AND MADE VERY CLEAR OF THE BEHAVIOR AND DISCUSSIONS THAT WERE TAKING PLACE THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE TAKEN PLACE DURING THE BOARD MEETINGS AND ACTIONS THAT HAVE NOT TAKEN PLACE.

WITH THAT SAID I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING, INITIALLY ALL YOU NEED IS TO BOARD MEMBERS TO PLACE A ITEM ON THE AGENDA AND WE'VE BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH HAVING ITEMS PLACED ON THE AGENDA SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE DAIS.

NOW WE ARE GOING FROM 2 TO 3 AND NOW YOU'RE STATING 3 TO 4.

THIS IS PART OF THE PROBLEM. DICTATING AND CONTROLLING THE DAIS. NOW TRY TO DO THAT THROUGH POLICY. THIS IS A COUNTRY THAT EVERYTHING THE CONCERTA STATED TO COME TOGETHER AS A BOARD BEING ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER AS A BOARD AND MAKE DECISIONS TOGETHER AS A BOARD ESPECIALLY EXPLAINING WHY THESE CHANGES AND THIS IS A WASTE OF TAXPAYERS MONEY.

A LOT OF THIS INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN PLACED IN HERE WAS MORE DICTATED THAN ANYTHING. IT IS A WASTE OF TAXPAYERS

MONEY. >> THANK YOU AND FOR CLARITY IT WAS MENTIONED DOCUMENT WE HAVE BEFORE US IS A NEW DOCUMENT BUT THIS IS THE SAME DOCUMENT PROVIDED AT THE WORKSHOP.

WHAT IS DIFFERENT TODAY IS THIS IS A REDLINE THAT SHOWS YOU THE EDIT AND IT'S THE SAME VERBIAGE BUT YOU SEE RED LINES STANDING OUT IN THE COLUMN OF THE DOCUMENT BUT THE SAME FORM WE HAD PREVIOUSLY WE DISCUSSED. AT THAT TIME DURING THE WORKSHOP IF THERE WERE QUESTIONS BY TRUSTEES WE ASKED YOU TO SUBMIT THAT PRIOR TO THE MEETINGS SO THE QUESTIONS CAN BE ANSWERED. WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY QUESTIONS. DOCTOR FRANC'OIS I HAVE A QUESTION. IF YOU COULD BRING CLARITY AS TO YOUR ASPECT OR YOUR RATIONALE AS TO WHY THIS

DOCUMENT IS NEEDED. >> IN THE CORRECT ACTIVE PLAN THAT IS THE SECTION THAT TALKS KS ABOUT BOARD THE QUORUM.

AND SO THIS POLICY ADDRESSES THAT.

IN THE CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN THERE'S A PIECE THAT SPEAKS TO EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE MEETINGS AND SO ADDING TIME LIMITS ADDRESSES THAT. IN THE CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN THERE'S AN EXPECTATION THAT TRUSTEES WOULD HAVE A METHOD

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OUTLINED. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

MR. MR. CLEWIS? >> ONE LAST STATEMENT.

I THINK I HAVE TO SAY THIS FOR THE RECORD.

B LOCAL IS THEREFORE RECENT BUT ALL REVISIONS I DON'T AGREE WITH AGAIN. EACH TIME I COME HERE I FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO PICK A SIDE. I'M EITHER GOING TO PICK A SIDE OF THE CONTINUOUSLY FEUDING WITH EACH OTHER OR PICK A SIDE WITH THE THREE WHO ARE NOT. I THINK WITH THIS BOILS DOWN TO IT AS YOU SAID EARLIER CORPORATIONS.

MOST CORPORATIONS THIS WOULD BE CONSIDERED TARGETING.

YOU ARE TARGETING ONE OR TWO INDIVIDUALS AND AGAIN I FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO PICK A SIDE TO STAND ON.

I WON'T TAKE THAT SIDE. WHEN I FEEL LIKE IT IS THERE TO BE SET I WILL SAY IT. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS MANY OF YOU GUYS ARE DOING THAT NOBODY IS POINTING OUT.

NOBODY. THE CONVERSATIONS BEING HAD WHEN CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS ARE SPEAKING AND YET YOU GUYS PUT THIS BEFORE US AND AGAIN YOU ARE SIMPLY TARGETING ONE OR TWO PEOPLE. HOPEFULLY I'M NOT ONE OF THOSE TWO BUT AGAIN I'M NOT GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE TO PICK WHICH SIDE I'M GOING TO SIT ON EACH TIME WE COME TO THESE MEETINGS.

WE ARE DOING WITH THE PEOPLE REQUIRE US TO DO.

THOSE FOUR PEOPLE FEUDING WOULD HAVE BEEN DEALT WITH A LONG TIME AGO. DOCTOR FRANC'OIS I WILL SAY IT AND CONTINUE TO SAY IT YOUR PRESENCE IN THIS DISTRICT I THINK HAS MUDDIED THE WATER. STARTING WITH SOME OF THE THINGS YOU PUT IN PLACE AS A DIRECTIVE.

THIS IS ABOUT A CORPORATE. WHEN DOES THE BODY CORPORATE DO WHAT IT IS SUPPOSED TO DO? AGAIN AS IF I SHOULD JUST ALLOW YOU TO VOTE FOR ME. AND ME JUST SIT HERE AND SHUT UP IN YOUR DIRECTIVES GUIDE WHAT MY VOICE SHOULD SAY.

PEOPLE DID NOT PUT ME HERE AND I'M NOT STILL HERE TO PLAY A PART OF SOMETHING THAT WAS BEFORE ME.

A LOT OF WHAT I SEE NOW IS THE SAME THING THE PRIOR BOARD WAS

DOING. >> THANK YOU.

VISIBLE DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY TO THAT?

>> I WILL COME BACK FOR MY SECOND TWO MINUTES.

MR. MR. CLEWIS ONE THING I HEARD YOU SAY IS YOU FEEL THAT YOU NEED TO TAKE SIDES I WOULD WANT TO WARN YOU AS A LEADER DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU NEED TO TAKE SIDES AND DEVOTE YOUR CONSCIOUS BASED ON DECISIONS NEED TO MAKE FOR YOURSELF AND DISTRICT HE REPRESENTS. SAME THAT YOU MENTIONED CONSERVATOR BEING HERE. DOCTOR FRANC'OIS POINTED OUT WH SHE'S PLACE HEAR WHAT HER DUTIES ARE.

THOSE ARE HER DUTIES AS A CONSERVATIVE BASED ON THE STATE OF TEXAS AS TO WHY SHE DOES WHAT SHE DOES ALSO YOU SAID YOU DISAGREE WITH ITEMS IN THE DOCUMENT BUT YOU NEVER ONCE PINPOINTED IDENTIFIED INDIVIDUAL THINGS TO DENY OR DISAGREE WITH. I VOICE I'D LIKE TO AMEND THE SECTION OF SOMETHING I DO NOT AGREE WITH THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE CAN REVISE DOCUMENTS AS INDIVIDUALS PLOW THINGS AND MAKE SUGGESTIONS THAT THEY'D LIKE TO ADD OR CHANGE.

THIS BOARD, WE ALWAYS SAY AFTER WORKSHOPS OR MEETINGS IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE SEND THEM IN WRITING SO WE WILL HAVE THEM.

WE NEVER RECEIVED ANY INFORMATION.

THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. SURE MR. CLEWIS? LOOKS YOU ARE CORRECT YOU DID NOT RECEIVE FOLLOW-UP BY WAY OF EMAIL BUT I HAVE READ THAT WAS GOING TO BE COMPOSITION ON TONIGHT. AGAIN I ASK THIS BE TABLED WITH TO GET BACK TO A FUTURE WORK SESSION.

YOU GUYS JUST HANDED US THIS DOCUMENT AND YOU MADE IT AN AMENDMENT FROM 3 TO 4. AGAIN I SPECULATE THAT'S TARGETING. I WON'T GO THERE BUT THAT WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT LATER BUT THE FACT REMAINS I DON'T AGREE WITH IT AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS IN HERE THAT WE MAY AS WELL LEAVE HERE AND GO TO THE HIGHEST BUT A LOT OF WHAT WERE DOING RIGHT NOW IS CHILD'S PLAY.

WE ARE ALL ADULTS HERE AND I DON'T NEED SOMEONE TO TELL ME THAT I SHOULDN'T BE TEXTING DURING A MEETING.

IF I'M FOLLOWING PROTOCOL OR USE COMMON SENSE I KNOW THIS IS NOT TIME OR PLACE FOR ME TO HAVE MY PHONE IN MY HAND AND BE

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I'VE SEEN TALKING AND TEXTING FROM A NUMBER OF YOU ALL WHILE PEOPLE ARE TALKING BUT NOW IT IS HERE.

NEXT I AGREE WITH YOU BECAUSE WE ARE ADULTS AND WE SHOULD KNOW WHEN TO USE OUR PHONES. WE'VE SEEN SEVERAL THINGS HAPPEN, DIOCESE THAT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN FROM THIS DAIS FROM COMMUNICATIONS FROM OUTSIDE PARTIES COMING ACROSS THE DAIS AND THAT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN AND WE SHOULD KNOW BETTER.

THIS IS A BOARD ACTION ITEM. I HAVE NOT GOTTEN A MOTION SO AT THIS TIME I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE PE WITH THE MEMO I SUGGESTED TO ALLOW A MAJORITY, IF I DO NOT PLACE AS BOARD PRESIDENT ON OUR AGENDA THAT WE CAN BRING IT TO THE BOARD AND THE BOARD CAN DECIDE IF AN ITEM WILL BE PLACED ON

THE AGENDA. >> SECOND.

>> MR. SMITH? >> I MAY BE MISTAKEN.

I'D VERY MUCH LIKE TO PUT THIS ITEM TO REST BUT IF NOT MISTAKEN ARE WE REQUIRED TO HAVE TWO THIRDS MAJORITY VOTE? DO WE HAVE THAT? MISSING TWO PEOPLE?

>> IT WOULDN'T BE THAT BUT WE HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT.

HOWEVER IT GOES WE HAVE ENOUGH TO PASS THE VOTE OR TIE ABOUT GOOD COOKS I WILL LIKELY TRY TO CLARIFY Y THAT.

>> IT IS A QUORUM AND THAT'S WHAT YOU SAY WE HAVE A QUORUM ENT. THERE ARE SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE LAW THE EQUIRE THAT THOSE ARE VERY VERY SPECIFIC AND IT WOULDN'T BE A POLICY LIKE YOU'RE LOOKING .

THE BOARD WOULD JUST NEED A MAJORITY OF THE VOTES OF THE HE TRUSTEES THAT ARE HERE OW. YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE QUORUM FIRST AND FROM THAT QUORUM MAJORITY OF THE VOTES.

>> THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

IS THERE ANY CONVERSATION FROM THE DAIS?

>> I DO. >> MISS TEMIKA WHITFIELD?

>> I WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT REGARDING THIS.

AS IT RELATES TO THE CONCERNS IT'S BEEN PLACED THE POLICY AND HAND IS NOT AN ISSUE IT IS FOLLOWING POLICY THAT'S THE ISSUE. IT HAS BEEN A ISSUE.

THIS POLICY AND THE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE ARE VERY DICTATED. WE'VE HAD A ISSUE OR THE HUSBAND ISSUE WITH PRIOR ADMINISTRATION AS IT RELATES TO POLICIES SO IT WAS MENTIONED DURING OUR MEETINGS THAT THAT WAS AS SUCH THERE WAS A LOT OF CHANGES THAT WAS TAKING PLACE AND BEING PLACED IN POLICY IN ORDER TO CONTROL THE BOARD AND THIS IS NO DIFFERENT. HE CONTINUES TO TAKE PLACE AND AGAIN WE ARE ASKING, NOW I UNDERSTAND WHY IT WAS BEING REFERENCED AS SLUSH FUNDS OR WHAT HAVE YOU OR WHATEVER MONEY THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN REFERENCED TO AS SLUSH FUNDS BECAUSE MONEY HAS BEEN TAKEN AND USED HOWEVER SUCH AS PAYING ATTORNEY TO DO THIS WHEN THE REASON WHY THIS IS BEING DONE ANYWAY IS BECAUSE THE POLICY HAS NOT BEEN FOLLOWED.

>> MISS TEMIKA WHITFIELD CAN YOU PLEASE STICK TO THE SUBJECT ABOUT BE. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

IF THERE IS NO OTHER DISCUSSION I WILL CALL FOR THE VOTE.

[VOTING] MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU ALL WE WILL GO BACK TO PAGE ONE OF OUR AGENDA. EXCUSE ME BACK TO PAGE 2.

[11. Adoption of Consent Agenda]

C. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF ROSA PARKS CONCRETE REPAIRS.

D. CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF A DONATION FROM LBK ROOFING FOR $5,000.00. CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF A DONATION FROM JACK AND JILL FOR $300.00. CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF THE LSG EXEMPLARY COHORT GRANT FOR $12,500. CONSIDER THE APPROVAL AND ACCEPTANCE OF FISCAL 2023-24 GRANT FUNDS CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF THE OCTOBER BUDGET AMENDMENTS MR. CLEWIS? COOKS I WANT TO PULL SEVERAL OF THE ITEMS FROM CONSENT AGENDA.

STARTING WITH C.

. G AND H.

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>> MR., MR. CLEWIS I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO PULL THE FOLLOWING ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT A. LITERACY, D, F, G AND H.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. CLEWIS.

>> SECOND. WAS THAT MR. SMITH? TO PULL ITEMS SEE, D, F, G, AND

>> IF I CAN MAKE A QUICK SUGGESTIONMADAM PRESIDENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF PULLING D, F AND G, THERE'S NO SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS TO LOOK AT THE TIME. IT WAS AS EARLY AS THREE TODAY.

>> THAT WAS PART OF THE WORK SESSION AND HAD TO CHANGE HER

MOTION. >> IT MAY HAVE BEEN PART OF THE WORK SESSION BUT WHY NOT INCLUDE IT HERE FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC? THEY MAY NOT HAVE HAD KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT WAS GOING ON DURING THE WORK SESSION.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE IT TO US AT A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW IT MAKES ALL THE SENSE IN THE WORLD TO MAKE SURE THAT SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED.

>> WAS THIS FOR CLARITY FOR ADMINISTRATION IS THIS PLACE BECAUSE CHECKS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE DISTRICT AT THIS TIME? CHECKS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AND THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO APPROVE THEM? IS THERE STILL A NEED TO PULL THE DONATIONS?

>> IF NO ONE HAS A QUESTION THEN NO.

>> WE NEED TO AMEND THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

COOKS I HAVE A QUESTION ARE THERE ANY DOCUMENTATIONS ABOUT

SUPPORTING THESE DONATIONS? >> THIS INFORMATION WAS IN THE WORK SESSION DOCUMENTS CORRECT? COOKS MADAM PRESIDENT WHICH

SESSION? >> THE LAST SESSION WE HAD IS

OCTOBER 11. >> JUST TO BE CLEAR YOU ARE SAYING THE THREE ITEMS AT QUESTION?

>> COULD SOMEONE PULL THIS UP FROM THE WORK SESSION?

>> I'M LOOKING AT IT NOW AND IF I'M WRONG SOMEONE CORRECT ME BUT I DO NOT SEE ANY OF THOSE ITEMS HERE WHERE WE DISCUSSED THEM DURING THE OCTOBER 11, 2023 WORK SESSION I COULD BE WRONG. SOMEBODY PLEASE CORRECT ME.

THAT IS NOT WHAT'S A QUESTION. FOR FOLLOWING RULES AND PROTOCOL INFORMATION BASED ON BE LOCAL WILL BE PROVIDED.

>> I CAN ADDRESS DONATIONS. DONATIONS ARE TAKEN IN TWO LOCATIONS USUALLY. ONE FROM THE MEDICATION'S DEPARTMENT AND NUMBER TWO SOMETIMES DELIVERED DIRECTLY TO THE BUSINESS OFFICE AT THAT TIME.

THEY ARE DEPOSITED AS PER OUR FINANCIAL CONTROLS.

IF THEY ARE OVER $5000 THEY NEED TO BE BROUGHT TO THIS BODY AND THE ONE FOR $300 DID NOT NEED TO BE BROUGHT TO THIS BODY PER POLICY BUT BECAUSE WE WERE RECOGNIZING IT AND PEOPLE WERE GOING TO BE HERE WE FELT IT WAS BEST PRACTICE TO PUT IT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. THE CHECKS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.

THE ONE FOR $5000 IS ACTUALLY IN THE SAFE UNTIL YOU APPROVE IT. THAT IS IT.

THEY DELIVER THE CHECK AND THEY SAY THIS IS A DONATION SO THERE IS NO DOCUMENTATION TO ACCOMPANY IT.

WE HAVE COME SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE WE PRESENTED THE DONATIONS THE SAME WAY. IF THERE WAS A COMPANY DOCUMENTATION WE WOULD PROVIDE IT.

>> MADAM PRESIDENT? >> I'M SORRY MADAM PRESIDENT.

THAT WOULD POSSIBLY GIVE INSIGHT ON D AND F.

WHAT ABOUT G WHERE IT ASKING FOR APPROVAL AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE FISCAL 22, 23, 24 GRANT FUNDS.

WHAT GRANT FUNDS ARE YOU REFERRING TO?

>> LET ME INTERJECT QUICKLY THERE WAS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. DO YOU WANT TO KILL YOUR

MOTION: >> WE ARE DISCUSSING OTHER

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EITHER WE WILL TABLE THE MOTION YOU REQUESTED OR KILL IT AND

CONTINUE WITH DISCUSSION. >> I'M SORRY GO BACK.

WE ARE WANTING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT.

DO I NEED TO REDO THE MOTION? >> I NEED YOU TO KILL THE MOTION ON THE TABLE IF YOU NO LONGER WANT THAT.

ASK WHAT IS THE MOTION ON THE TABLE?

>> YOU WANTED TO PULL SEE, D, G AND H.

>> WE WILL KEEP THE MOTION ON THE TAB.

>> YOU WANT THAT TO REMAIN ON THE FLOOR?

>> MY MOTION SHOULD BE AS IT WAS I BELIEVE INITIALLY WAS TO

PULL C, D, F, G AND H. >> MOTION STANDS AND WE HAVE A SECOND BY MR. SMITH AND THIS TIME THE CALL FOR A VOTE ON TABLING THE ITEMS. MISS TEMIKA WHITFIELD?

>> TABLING IT TO DISCUSS? >> TABLING TO PULL THE ITEMS. MR. SMITH? [VOTING]

>> WE ARE DISCUSSING? CLARIFICATION THAT FIVE D, C AND F IS ACCEPTED OR IS IT NOT CLEAR?

>> WE ARE PULLING C, D, F, G AND H IS WHAT THE MOTION

STATES. >> WITH DUE RESPECT MR. MR.

CLEWIS HAS THE RIGHT. >> MR. CLEWIS? MYSELF VOTING YES. MOTION PASSES WE HAVE TABLED THOSE ITEMS. BOARD DO YOU AGREE TO COLLECTIVELY VOTE ON CONSENT AGENDA A, B AND E?

AS ONE PUNCH? >> NO.

>> HOLD ON MADAM PRESIDENT WHICH ONCE AGAIN?

>> THE ONES YOU DID NOT PULL. A, B AND E I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION WE APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA WITH ITEM A APPROVAL OF FOLLOWING MINUTES FROM SEPTEMBER 28 2023 AND B CONSIDER APPROVAL CHAPLAIN RESOLUTION AND E CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF A DONATION FROM JACK AND JILL FOR $300.

>> SECOND. >> MOTION BY MYSELF AND A SECOND BY MR. SMITH. ANY DISCUSSION.

HEARING ON A CALL FOR THE VOTE. [VOTING] MOTION PASSED.

[11.C. Consider approval of Rosa Parks Concrete Repairs (G2, G3) - Roger Oster, Presenter]

WE WILL START WITH C. CAN YOU HAVE SOMEONE ADDRESS THAT FOR US? WE CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU

MAY HAVE. >> MADAM PRESIDENT.

>> MR. CLEWIS? >> BEFORE MR. OYSTER GOES THROUGH A OVERVIEW I HAVE ONE SIMPLE QUESTION AS TO THE

REASON WHY I PULLED THE. >> HE'S NOT GOING TO PRESENT AGAIN. JUST OPEN FOR UESTIONS.

>> THE ONE QUESTION I I HAVE IS THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 55,000 OR IS IT THE 49,773 WHICH IS THE ONE YOU ALL ARE ASKING FOR

APPROVAL ON? >> YES I'M ASKING NOT TO EXCEED THE COST OF 55,000 NOW. I WILL BE HOPEFULLY GETTING THE COST AT THE QUOTE AT 49,000. THIS IS OVER JUST FOR

CONTINGENCIES. >> A DIFFERENCE OF $5000 IS A CUSHION IF YOU WILL? THAT ANSWERED MY QUESTION IN

REGARDS TO THE. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS IN

REFERENCE TO C? >> THIS REQUIRES A MOTION SO WE

CAN PASS IT PLEASE. >> I MOVE WE PASS.

ITEM C. >> EMOTION BUT MR. SMITH TO PROOF CONCRETE REPAIRS AT THE SECOND BUT MS. MORRIS ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. HEARING NONE.

I WILL CALL FOR A VOTE. MISS TEMIKA WHITFIELD?

[01:30:05]

>> FOR CUSHION I TAKE IT THERE WAS NOT A CONTRACT SUBMITTED.

WAS THERE CONTRACT SUBMITTED OR NOT REGARDING THIS PROPOSAL I'M SORRY? COOKS WE HAD TWO PROPOSALS

SUBMITTED. >> OKAY IF I CAN REMEMBER THERE WAS A SET DOLLAR AMOUNT ON THAT PROPOSAL.

IS IT BEST PRACTICE OR RESPONSIBLE TO CREATE A CUSHION FOR A PROPOSAL THAT WAS SUBMITTED WITH THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT STATED HOW MUCH AS FAR AS THE WORK IS CONCERNED?

>> MADAM PRESIDENT I CAN ANSWER THAT.

WITH ANY CONSTRUCTION PROJECT YOU CAN ONLY SEE WHAT YOU CAN SEE AND KNOW WHAT'S THERE AND IN ORDER TO NOT HAVE ANYTHING COME BACK TO YOU FOR THESE THINGS IT IS CUSTOMARY FOR EVERY PROJECT OF THIS NATURE IS TO HAVE A CONTINGENCY FUND FOR UNKNOWNS AND UNEXPECTED ITEMS. I SPONSIBLE WITH DOING THAT TO SAY THIS IS THE COST AND THERE'S NO CONTRACT UNTIL YOU APPROVE OR NOT. THERE IS QUOTES THAT ARE THERE.

THEY WILL GIVE YOU PRESENT INFORMATION FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. EVERY PROJECT HAS CONTINGENCY FUNDS AND IT'S NOT CUSHIONED. LET'S BE CLEAR THERE

CONTINGENCY FUNDS FOR UNKNOWN. >> I UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT IS.

I DID SAY CUSHION. MY QUESTION IS MY CONCERN IS AS IT RELATES TO THE FUNDS, SINCE THE FUNDS IS A CONCERN FOR THIS DISTRICT AND WE ARE SPEAKING OF A CONCRETE REPAIR WE HAVE NOT HAD THIS ISSUE PRIOR WITH CONTINGENCY FUNDS, CONTRACT OR AGREEMENT WAS SUBMITTED AND WE APPROVED IT BASED ON THAT.

NOT $5000 CUSHION. >> I HAVE A COMMENT.

THESE ARE QUOTES NOT CONTRACTS. AS THE DOCTOR STATED THIS IS TO ENSURE ONCE THEY WERE GOOD IF ADDITIONAL MONIES ARE NEEDED THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND USE THOSE MONIES WITHOUT WAITING ON US TO HAVE A BOARD MEETING OR NEEDING TO DELAY A PROJECT.

>> FOR THE CONCRETE REPAIRS WE DO NOT USE CONTINGENCY FUNDS.

WE APPROVE IT BASED ON WHAT WAS SUBMITTED.

>> MS. WHITFIELD ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?

THANK YOU SMITH. >> EMOTION AND THE SECOND ON THE FLOOR. I WILL CALL FOR THE VOTE.

[11.D. Consider the approval of a donation from LBK Roofing for $5,000.00. (G2)]

WE WILL MOVE ON TO D CONSIDER APPROVAL FROM DONATION FROM L BK ROOFING FOR $5000. DR. A. KATRISE PERERA CAN YOU

CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVE? >> DOCTOR CHEEK WILL WILL COME

FORWARD. >> ANY QUESTIONS TO DOCTOR

CHEEK FOR THE ITEM PULLED? >> THIS WAS FROM L BK ROOFING.

HAVE YOU DONE WORK WITH THEM IN THE ST?

>> YES WE'VE DONE TWO ROOMS WITH L BK.

ROSA PARKS ELEMENTARY AND LINE ELEMENTARY.

>> THIS IS SIMPLY A DONATION. LOOKS LIKE AND CLARIFIED MADAM PRESIDENT IF YOU WOULD LIKE. OFTENTIMES WHEN WE HAVE DIFFERENT VENDORS WHO WANT TO SUPPORT THE DISTRICT WHO WE DO BUSINESS WITH COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT DOES REACH OUT TO THESE ENTITIES WHO PROVIDE SERVICES TO US.

THIS PARTICULAR CASE THEY PROVIDED A DONATION TO SUPPORT THE TEACHERS OF LANCASTER ISE FOR THE END OF THE YEAR CELEBRATION TO SEVERAL OF THE CHECKS INDIVIDUALS RECEIVE ARE TEACHERS OF THE YEAR WAS SUPPORTED BY L BK ROOFING.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MS. WHITFIELD?

>> JUST FOR CLARITY THERE'S NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST OR PROMISES MADE OR PROMISE OF WORK FOR L BK ROOFING?

>> NOT AT ALL. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I MAKE A MOTION WE APPROVED THE DONATION FROM L BK ROOFING FOR $5000. COOK'S SECOND BY MR. SMITH.

ANY OTHER CONVERSATION FROM THE DAIS I WILL CALL FOR THE VOTE.

[11.F. Consider the approval of the LSG Exemplary Cohort Grant for $12,500. (G2)]

NEXT ITEM IS F CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE LSG EXEMPLARY COHORT GRANT FOR $12,500. DR. A. KATRISE PERERA YOUR

REPRESENTATIVE? >> THAT IS MYSELF AND DOCTOR

FRANC'OIS. >> WERE THERE QUESTIONS ON THIS

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ITEM? >> I'M SORRY MADAM PRESIDENT IF YOU CAN GIVE US BACKGROUND ON THIS.

>> I CAN TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT.

WHEN WE WERE ASSIGNED A LEADERSHIP COACH THE LONE STAR GOVERNANCE COACH DISCOVERED THERE ARE GRANTS AVAILABLE TO OFFSET THE COST AND SO I DID APPLY FOR IT AND WE ARE REWARDED $12,500 TO OFFSET THE COST OF GOVERNANCE TRAINING.

THAT'S WHAT THAT IS. >> DO WE HAVE A ROUNDABOUT FEAR OF WHAT THIS COACH IS GOING TO COST US?

>> I HAVE BUDGETED 50 GRAND FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR BUT AGAIN EVERY TIME WE EMAIL, COPY AND TALK TO THE COACH AND CONSERVATOR AND LAWYERS WE ARE CHARGED EVERY SINGLE TIME SO I CAN TELL YOU THAT IS NOT MY STAFF EMAILING THE COACH AND CONSERVATOR OR THE LAWYERS. AGAIN TO ME I FELT LIKE THIS WAS IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE OFFSET SOME OF THE DOLLARS THAT

HAVE BEEN BUDGETED. >> I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE CONSERVATOR. MS. WHITFIELD? COOKS THE INFORMATION RESENTED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT, I RECALL THAT BEING BROKEN DOWN AS IF WE SENT AN EMAIL THAT WAS GOING TO CAUSE THE E BOARD AS AN EMAIL.

I DON'T RECALL HAVING A CONVERSATION IN REGARDS TO THAT BUT I RECALL HOW MUCH WE WERE TOLD IT WOULD CAUSE CONSERVATOR AS WELL AS THE COACH IS THERE ANY WAY YOU ARE THE COACH OR SOMEONE CAN SEND US A BREAKDOWN OF EXACTLY HOW THAT LOOKS AS WE WILL HAVE THAT FOR OUR RECORD IF WE CAN KNOW MOVING FORWARD?

>> EVERY MONTH THE AGENCY REVIEWS THE LSG COACHES AND VOICES AND THEN SENDS THOSE ONTO THE BOARD PRESIDENT AND SUPERINTENDENT FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL.

THE INFORMATION IS THERE AND AVAILABLE.

EXPANSION INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE BUT IT WAS SENT TO TRUSTEE HAMILTON AS A SUPERINTENDENT BUT THAT INFORMATION IS NOT SHARED AS A BOARD AND AS FAR AS THIS INFORMATION IS BEING PRESENTED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT AS OF NOW THIS WAS NEVER COMMUNICATED INITIALLY.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME HEARING AND LEARNING OF THIS AS WELL.

>> IN THE PLACEMENT LETTER FROM THE AGENCY THAT EXPLAINS THERE IS A COST AND EXPLAINS THE COST OF THE CONSERVATORY IS CHARGED TO A SCHOOL DISTRICT. I KEEP RECORDS OF THE TIME WE PUT IN AND PAID BY THE DISTRICT.

AS DR. A. KATRISE PERERA POINTED OUT IDEALLY GETTING TO THE END OF THIS PROCESS IS ONLY TO THE BENEFIT OF STUDENTS BECAUSE NOBODY HAS TO BE PAID TO DO THIS WORK ANYMORE.

IT SHOULD BE GOING INTO THE STUDENT SUPPORT.

THE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AND TOLD IN THE PLACEMENT LETTER THE COST WOULD BE BY THE DISTRICT.

>> LIVING FORWARD CAN INFORMATION BE SHARED WITH THE

BOARD AS A BOARD? >> I WILL ANSWER THAT.

WHAT I WILL SAY IN REFERENCE IS REMEMBER THERE ARE SERVICES THAT ARE PAID BY THE DISTRICT AND ONLY DUE TO CERTAIN DOLLAR AMOUNT HAS TO COME TO THE BOARD OR BE SHARED WITH THE WHOLE BOARD. WE ARE NOT SPENDING $50,000 A MONTH ON CONSERVATOR OR ALGAE COACH SO DR. A. KATRISE PERERA IS NOT OBLIGATED TO SHARE THAT WITH THE BOARD.

WE WILL BE SENDING YOU SOMETHING ALL WEEK FOR THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN PAID OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THOSE ARE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATION DUTIES. COOK'S WHICH IS UNDERSTANDABLE BUT WHAT SHE STATED IS INFORMATION TO YOURSELF SO I'M ASKING FOR YOU NOT THE SUPERINTENDENT TO SHARE THAT

WITH THE BOARD. >> MS. WHITFIELD I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU LATER. COOK'S MADAM PRESIDENT.

>> I WANT TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD MAYBE WE FORGOT SOMETHING. THANK YOU DOCTOR FRANC'OIS FOR BEING HERE AND DOCTOR LLOYD. THE TWO, THE COACH AND THE CONSERVATOR WAS APPOINTED TO US FOR CERTAIN REASONS AND IS BOARD GOVERNANCE. IT IS LIKE ANY OTHER THING YOU DO HAVE TO PAY WENT TO HIGH AUTHORITY CHARGES YOU FOR SOMETHING. I'M EMBARRASSED DOCTOR FRANC'OI THAT YOU ARE HAVING TO ANSWER THAT BECAUSE YOU SHARE WITH US MANY TIMES HOW YOU FELT ABOUT BEING HERE AND YOU ARE HERE BECAUSE THE COMMISSION CHOSE YOU AND YOU ARE HERE TO HELP

[01:40:05]

I WANT TO THANK YOU AND I WANT TO SAY THIS IS NOT EXPENSIVE TO WHERE IT COULD LOOK LIKE IT'S A LOT OF FUNDS.

IT COULD BE A LOT TO THE DISTRICT TO HELP INDIVIDUALS APPEAR THAT YOU ALL DO NOT KNOW AND HAVE NO INTEREST IN OUR COMMUNITY. PLEASE BEAR WITH US.

THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO DO AND THANK YOU DOCTOR PEREIRA AND MADAM PRESIDENT FOR THE MEETING AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE

TO SAY. >> THANK YOU.

I MAKE A MOTION WE APPROVED THE COHORT GRANTS FOR $12,500 AND I BELIEVE THERE WAS A SECOND MR. SMITH CORRECT? I WILL CALL FOR THE VOTE. [VOTING] THANK YOU AND WE APPRECIATE THIS GRANT TO HELP US WITH THESE EXPENSES.

[11.G. Consider the approval and acceptance of Fiscal 2023-24 Grant Funds (G2)]

>> DOCTOR BARKER WILL BE PREPARED TO ANSWER ANY

QUESTIONS. >> DOCTOR BARKER IF YOU CAN GIVE US MORE INFORMATION ON THIS ITEM.

>> THESE ARE GRANTS BROUGHT BEFORE YOU LAST SCHOOL YEAR.

GRANTS ARE NOT A PART OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET.

THEY ARE HIGHLY REGULATED AS TO BE HAVE TO MEET SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS OF HOW THE MONEY IS UTILIZED.

THAT IS EDUCATE TEXAS WHICH IS THE TI GRANT, TOYOTA, TOYOTA GRANT AND HIGH-TECH HIGH HEELS AND UNITED WAY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> MOTION WE ACCEPT.

>> YOU MAKE A MOTION WE ACCEPT THE GRANT FUNDS AND I ACCEPT THAT. ANY DISCUSSION? I WILL CALL FOR A VOTE. [VOTING] MYSELF VOTING YES

[11.H. Consider the approval of the October Budget Amendments. (G2)]

OCTOBER BUDGET AMENDMENTS. >> THANK YOU I WILL CALL FORWARD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

>> ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM THAT WAS PULLED?

>> YES MADAM PRESIDENT. MRS. CHEEKS IF YOU WILL IN THE PAST WHEN I'VE SEEN BUDGET AMENDMENTS AND I HAVEN'T SEEN ONE WE'VE DONE HERE OVER THE LAST YEAR WHERE IT SPECIFICALLY HAS BEEN NOTED. THE PASS OF INITIATION WOULD GENERALLY THERE WOULD BE A LINE ITEM AND EXPLAIN WHAT THE AMENDMENT IS FOR. CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHEN I LOOK AT AN AMENDMENT OF 22,003 OR $10, CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THE AMENDMENTS ARE OR WHAT THE PURPOSE RATHER WAS FOR.

>> FROM TAKING OUT OF FUNCTION 11 AND MOVING INTO FUNCTION 31 IS BECAUSE IT WAS A STANDARDIZED TESTING EXPENDITURE. I POINTED OUT THAT EVEN THOUGH IT HAD BEEN PAID OUT OF FUNCTION 11 PREVIOUSLY IT CHANGES AND UPDATES AND NOW REQUIRE ANYTHING HAVING TO DO WITH STANDARDIZED TESTING MUST BE PAID OUT OF FUNCTION 31.

THE OTHERS OF THE 7000 HAS TO DO WITH STUDENT TRAVEL.

WE WERE NOT PLANNING ON BRINGING ANY AMENDMENTS TO YOU WHEN WE ARE GOING TO KNOW THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION AND ALSO WE HAVE OUR FIRST SIX WEEKS ATTENDANCE WHICH WITH 88 WILL CHANGE ORIGINAL PROJECTIONS FOR BUDGET.

HOWEVER BECAUSE THESE WERE RELATED TO STUDENT TRAVEL AND WE WANT TO GET THOSE RESERVATIONS BOOKED AND LET STUDENTS BE ABLE TO TRAVEL IT WAS NECESSARY NOT TO WAIT AND

BRING THEM TO OCTOBER. >> MADAM PRESIDENT IF I MAY.

THIS IS A COMMENT FOR BOTH YOURSELF AND DOCTOR PEREIRA.

THE ITEMS I PULLED SIMPLY IF THEY HAD ENOUGH MEAT IF YOU ILL I WOULD NOT HAVE HAD TO PULL THOSE ITEMS. WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS DISCUSSED AND IN THIS

CASE. >> MR. CLEWIS LET ME INTERRUPT YOU YOU'RE GOING OFF TOPIC ON THE ITEM WE ARE DISCUSSING.

>> IT IS ON-TOPIC AND I CAN GIVE YOU TOPIC IS SIMPLY IF THE INFORMATION WERE PROVIDED INITIALLY I WOULD NOT HAVE AND ASK OR HAVE DOCTOR CHEEKS OR ANYONE ELSE COME DOWN TO

[01:45:01]

MOVE FORWARD. >> IS THERE A MOTION?

>> MOTION FOR ACCEPTANCE. >> I SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD? HEARING ON.

[12.A. Discussion and consideration for approval of district/campus improvement plans (required by law (G1-G4) - Dr. Cassandra Barker, Presenter]

WE WILL MOVE ON TO ACTION ITEMS. I WILL CALL FORWARD DOCTOR BARKER TO RECEIVE (REQUIRED BY LAWG1-G4) MINUS DOCTOR CASSANDRA BARKER, PRESENTER . THERE ARE POSTERS AROUND THE ROOM THAT CAME FROM OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO

PARTICIPATED PRIOR TO THE. >> GOOD EVENING THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING MADAM BOARD PRESIDENT AND ESTEEM BOARD MEMBERS AND SUPERINTENDENT DR. A. KATRISE PERERA WANT TO GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE DIP. AS YOU KNOW I COME TO YOU A COUPLE TIMES A YEAR AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT SOME OF THE WORK IN THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN IS SIMPLY STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE DISTRICT. ADVISOR GROUP MEMBERS, WE SENT OUT AND ASKED FOR OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND THEY WANTED TO BE A PART OF THE ADVISORY GROUP, THE DISTRICT ADVISOR GROUP AND THEY WERE WELCOME TO COME.

THERE IS NO YOU CAN'T BE A PART OF IT OR EXTRA SELECTION AND THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO EXPRESSED INTEREST WHEN WE SENT OUT TO OUR PARENTS AND THE COMMUNITY. I SENT THEM AN EMAIL AND SAID GIVE US ADVICE ABOUT THE DISTRICT.

THIS GROUP HAS BEEN GREAT WITH GIVING US FEEDBACK EVEN AS RECENT WHILE YOU ALL WERE IN CLOSED SESSION WE TALKED ABOUT STUDENT TRAVEL GUIDELINES. THEY DO THEIR HOMEWORK AND THEY READ UP ON WHATEVER WHATEVER WE ASKED THEM TO AND THEY GIVE US FEEDBACK. THEY ALSO ASKED THE PEOPLE AROUND THEM. IF YOU LOOK IN THE PRESENTATION YOU WILL SEE NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE DISTRICT STAFF AND PARENTS BUT WE HAVE STUDENTS AND EVEN WHEN WE BROKEN THE GROUPS WE HAD A STUDENT TO STAND UP AND SHE WAS THE SPEAKER FOR HER GROUP. I DO WANT TO SAY THAT THIS WAS A VERY LIVELY DISCUSSION. WE MET AND WE INTRODUCED OURSELVES AND TALKED ABOUT THE WHOLE FLOW OF THE DIP AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE FOUR GOALS AND THE PURPOSE OF THE BOARD GOALS.

WE TALKED ABOUT THAT THE DIP WAS PUT GETHER AS ANY STRATEGIC PLAN SHOULD BE PUT UT TOGETHER. YOU SHOULD ENTER AN WITH THE IDEA THAT IT IS FOR MULTIPLE YEARS CONSECUTIVE YEARS.

IF YOU DON'T DEVELOP A STRATEGY AND CHANGE THE STRATEGY COMPLETELY IN THE NEXT YEAR. AS YOU LOOK AROUND THE ROOM THERE ARE SEVERAL OF YOU WHO GAVE US FEEDBACK AS FOR FOLLOW-UP AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

ON A COUPLE OF THESE. FOR THE MOST PART THESE ARE CONTINUATIONS OF SOME OF THE STRATEGIES I CAME TO YOU, IT MAY HAVE BEEN JUNE OR JULY OF THIS YEAR FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR. ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO DIFFERENTLY IS WE LOOKED AT SOME OF THE PROBLEM STATEMENTS AND THINGS WE'VE COME TO YOU ALL AND TALKED ABOUT AS PROBLEMS FOR THE DISTRICT WE ARE TRYING TO SOLVE.

WE ASKED THE GROUP TO PRIORITIZE THEM.

IN FRONT OF THE DAIS YOU WILL SEE TOP PRIORITIES FROM THREE GROUPS THAT WERE PULLED TOGETHER AND YOU WILL ALSO SEE SOME PRIORITIES OF THE GROUPS. COULD WAIT.

IF YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AND IF YOU'RE SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE PLEASE VISIT THE BOARD ROOM AND READ ABOUT THE PRIORITIES AND YOU WILL SEE THE GREEN PAGES ON THE PRIORITY AND DOCUMENTS AND THOSE OTHER RATIONALES AS TO WHY THEY ARE COMMUNITY OUR DECK THOUGHT THEY SHOULD BE PRIORITIES.

YOU ASKED THEM TO GO AROUND AND GIVE US INDIVIDUAL FEEDBACK.

ONE OF THE THINGS I SAID WAS INDIVIDUAL FEEDBACK ON THE GOALS AND PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES THAT THIS WOULD STAY UP IN THE BOARD MEETING AT LEAST THROUGH NOVEMBER MEETING.

WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO COLLECT SOME FEEDBACK AND THERE MAY BE THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN THE COMMUNITY OR THINGS YOU BECOME AWARE OF IN THE BOARD ROOM IS OPEN FOR YOU TO COME AND GIVE US FEEDBACK. THEN WE DISCUSSED FUTURE MEETING DATES. I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH EACH OF THE FOUR GOALS. YOU ALL TALK ABOUT THOSE THINGS AND USE THEM AS YOUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES IN THE MEETINGS.

WE DID MENTION OR TALK ABOUT THE HP THREE GOALS.

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WE HAVE A GOAL OF 51 PERCENT AND MATH.

WE HAD A SLIGHT DROP THIS YEAR. WE HAD A SLIGHT DROP IN READING BUT WE ARE VERY CLOSE TO OUR GOALS.

AS FOR SUSIE AND MARK WE'VE EXCEEDED THOSE GOALS WILL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING. ONCE THE TAPER REPORT IS RELEASED WE WILL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING BUT ALSO A PUBLIC HEARING IN NOVEMBER THAT GIVES YOU MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE HP THREE BONUS. I WOULD ASK IF YOU CAN KEEP YOUR QUESTIONS UNTIL THAT TIME YOU WILL GET MORE INFORMATION THAN. I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THE PROBLEM STATEMENTS REALLY QUICKLY.

I WILL GO A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH WHEN I TALK ABOUT THE PROBLEM STATEMENTS THAT ARE COMMUNITY THAT SHOULD BE PRIORITIES. THERE ARE FOUR AREAS WE LOOK AT FOR PROBLEM STATEMENTS FOR DEVELOPING THE DIP AND THE CAP AND THE FIRST ONE IS IDENTIFY DEMOGRAPHIC NEEDS.

THE FIRST PROBLEM STATEMENT ENROLLMENT DATA SHOWS THE NEED TO DEVELOP COMPREHENSIVE RECAPTURING A RETENTION PLAN TO ENSURE PARENTS KNOW THE BENEFITS OF STAYING IN LANCASTER ISD WE HAVE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES THAT HAVE OPTED FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS OR CYBER SCHOOLS RATHER THAN THE DISTRICT FURTHER EDUCATION. THE SECOND PROBLEM STATEMENT IS WE ARE EXPERIENCING AN INCREASE IN MERGE A BILINGUAL POPULATION OF TWO PERCENT A YEAR. THAT DOES NOT SEEM LIKE A LARGE NUMBER BUT IT'S ABOUT, 50 AND 70 STUDENTS PER YEAR.

THEY ARE SPREAD OUT THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.

IT WAS 50 OR 70 STUDENTS IN ONE SCHOOL THAT WOULD BE 2 TO 3 CLASSROOMS BUT WHEN THEY ARE SPREAD OUT THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT BECAUSE OF GRADE LEVELS THAT POSES A PROBLEM AS TO MAKING SURE THAT WE SERVICE THAT POPULATION LIKELY WOULD SERVICE ANY OTHER. THE SECOND IS IDENTIFYING STUDENT LEARNING NEEDS. STUDENTS FROM ALL DEMOGRAPHICS AND BACKGROUNDS NEED TO BE READY TO ACCESS A VARIETY OF COLLEGE CAREER MILITARY AND LIFE READINESS TOOLS.

SO THEY CAN GRADUATE IN POWER TO SUCCEED IN WHATEVER PATH THEY CHOOSE. WE TALK A LOT ABOUT CCM ARE HERE. THOSE METRICS CHANGE AND SO WE DO SEE THAT SOMETIMES AS A PROBLEM AS WE LOOK AT INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS AND THEIR NEEDS REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITIES OR CHALLENGES. I HATE CALLING THEM DISABILITIES. THEY MAY HAVE CHALLENGES BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ENSURE THAT THEY ARE CCM ARE READY.

THE OTHER IS WE WANT TO KEEP AT THE FOREFRONT THAT WE DID HAVE A DISRUPTION OF LEARNING DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

JUST A REMINDER IN THIS DISTRICT WHEN THE PANDEMIC LOCKDOWN HAPPENED ALL OF HER STUDENTS WERE OUT OF THE SCHOOL BUILDING AND WERE TAUGHT VIRTUALLY.

UPON RETURNING WE HAD 25 PERCENT TO RETURN TO THE BUILDING EVEN IN YEAR ONE WHEN DR. A. KATRISE PERERA WAS HERE WE HAD ABOUT 20 PERCENT OF POPULATION THAT WERE ELEMENTARY WHO REMAINED REMOTE. THAT TIME SPAN OF 2020 TO 2022, THE IMPACT LOOKS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN LANCASTER THAN IT DOES IN OTHER PLACES. THE OTHER AREAS HAS TO DO WITH DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF OUR BUDGETARY AND FISCAL PLANNING PROCESSES. WE HAVE A CHALLENGE, WE TALK ABOUT RIGHTSIZING BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD A DECLINE IN ENROLLMENT OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS.

THE SECOND STATEMENT I ALWAYS SAY IS A BIT COURAGEOUS ON OUR PART TO SAY IT IS A PROBLEM STATEMENT.

TO CALL IT THAT WE SENT THE ASSESSMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM IS LIMITED TO ONE TEST SYSTEM AND THAT START.

WE KNOW OVER AND OVER HER STUDENTS SHOW THEY CAN BE SUCCESSFUL ON MANY DIFFERENT PLATFORMS. THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY MEASURED IN THE STATE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM. ONE IN PARTICULAR I WILL POINT OUT IS AT THE END OF THE YEAR OUR CHOIR TO STATE AND THEY PERFORMED REALLY WELL. SKILLS USA THEY PERFORMED REALLY WELL AND I WOULD DEEM THAT THE SUCCESS.

THEY COMPETED AT A HIGH LEVEL AT THE STATE LEVEL HOWEVER THAT IS NOT PART OF THE WAY WE ARE MEASURED BY THE STATE.

LASTLY THE PERCEPTION WE'VE TALKED QUITE A BIT ABOUT THE NATIONAL TEACHER SHORTAGE. WE POINTED OUT THERE'S A LABOR SHORTAGE AS WELL. WE COMPETE WITH WALMART WAREHOUSE. WE COMPETE WITH THE DOUGHNUT SHOP. WE COMPETE WITH THE TIRE

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BECAUSE MANY OF THOSE PLACES PAY JUST AS MUCH OR MORE THAN WE DO IN SOME OF OUR POSITIONS. AT ONE POINT WE WERE THE LARGEST EMPLOYER IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT IS NO MORE.

AT THAT TIME WHEN WE WERE THE LARGEST EMPLOYER WE WERE COMPETING WITH THE LIKES OF DESOTO AND CEDAR HILL AND DALLAS. NOW THAT MARKET HAS WIDENED AS WE LOOK FOR TALENT. THE LAST ONE IS THAT WE WANT TO KEEP AT THE FOREFRONT THAT OUR PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING OF OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF DOES HAVE DIRECT IMPACT ON THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AND OVERALL CULTURE OF OUR SCHOOLS.

DR. A. KATRISE PERERA ALWAYS SAYS WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS FEEL SAFE. BEFORE THEY CAN OPEN THEIR MINDS FOR LEARNING. WE ASK THE GROUPS, WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO GIVE THEM 30 MINUTES.

IT ENDED UP BEING 45 MINUTES TO AN HOUR THEY REALLY WANTED TO TALK THROUGH THE PROBLEMS OF WHAT WOULD BE THE TOP PRIORITIES. SO THE ENROLLMENT DATA COMPENSATE RECAPTURING PLAN IS ONE THAT THEY POINTED OUT AND THEY FELT LIKE IF WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE A PLAN TO PULL OUR STUDENTS BACK INTO THE DISTRICT, THAT CAN HELP SOLVE THE PROBLEMS AROUND OUR FISCAL AND BUDGET BEING ABLE TO MAKE SURE WE DO THAT. WE TALKED ABOUT THE ROOT CAUSE AND LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN LANCASTER.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS BROUGHT UP IS THERE ARE NOT ANY NEW APARTMENTS THAT ARE BEING BUILT.

WE HAVE FOLKS WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO AFFORD TO BUY A HOME.

THAT THERE ARE OTHER AREAS THAT ARE A BIT MORE AFFORDABLE FOR THEM TO USE, TO MOVE. WITH A COMBINATION OF AN AGING CITY POPULATION. THAT IS AFFECTING US.

REDUCTION IN BIRTH RATES AND THERE'S A MISPERCEPTION ABOUT THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION IN THE MIDDLE GRADES WE DO OUR BEST TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE HAVE A BLUE RIBBON PRINCIPAL AT OUR SIX GRADE CAMPUS. WE DO ALSO HAVE A NEW LEADER AT OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUS. THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS WE TRY TO DO. THE SECOND ONE AND EVEN THOUGH I'M SAYING FIRST AND SECOND THIS GROUP DID NOT SAY THAT THIS WAS THE MOST, THEY SHOULD BE NUMBER ONE BUT THESE WERE THE TOP FOUR. THEY POINTED OUT ABOUT THE PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING OF OUR STUDENTS.

WE HAD A STUDENT TO SPEAK TO US ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR HER TO FEEL PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY STATE AT SCHOOL.

WE TALKED ABOUT HOW THAT AFFECTS ER AND HAS IMPACT ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS A SAFE AND SECURE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.

THE LAST TO THE NATIONAL TEACHING AND LABOR SHORTAGE.

WE TALKED ABOUT THAT AND THEN ALSO A PRIORITY WAS ABOUT THE INCREASE IN EMERGING BILINGUAL POPULATION.

AS I MENTIONED TO THEM I WILL SAY TO YOU ALL AND TO OUR COMMUNITY THAT IS WATCHING I WANT TO REITERATE THAT THE STRATEGIES WILL BE HERE. IN THE BOARDROOM AS THEY HAVE BEEN. THEY ARE ON OUR WEBSITE WE ARE REQUIRED BY LAW TO POST THEM ON OUR WEBSITE.

WE ARE REQUIRED BY LAW TO REALLY AND TRULY ONLY COME TO YOU ALL WITH IT ONE TIME. FOR PURPOSES OF MAKING SURE WE WANT TO BE COLLABORATIVE AND MAKING SURE THE COMMUNITY IS A PART OF THE PROCESS OF MAKING SURE SHAPING OUR DISTRICT THAT WE WILL LIKELY COME IN JANUARY AND JULY AGAIN.

I WILL SAY THAT LAST TIME, LAST SCHOOL YEAR THERE WAS A SUGGESTION MADE ABOUT OFFERING THE BEATINGS VIRTUAL.

THE MEETING WE HAD TONIGHT WAS VIRTUAL.

IT WAS VERY INTERESTING BECAUSE THERE WERE A COUPLE PARENTS COMING FROM WORK THAT WERE IN THEIR CAR AND ABLE TO JOIN BY THEIR PHONE. AGAIN TRYING TO BE OPEN TO DIFFERENT WAYS TO COLLABORATE WITH OUR COMMUNITY RATHER THAN ALWAYS COMING HERE. THAT CAME FROM THE DAIS TO OFFER IT VIRTUALLY. I APPRECIATE THAT.

I WILL TAKE SOME QUESTIONS. AS I MENTIONED AGAIN FOR THE PUBLIC THE DAP ANSI APS ARE ALL ON INE AND AT THIS TIME I WILL

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TAKE YOUR R ESTIONS. >> MS. ORRIS?

>> THANK K YOU AND FORGIVE ME HAVING TO WALK OUT WHEN YOU'RE SPEAKING. COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE SECOND PICTURE? I WANT TO SHARE SOMETHING ABOUT THAT PICTURE. GO BACK.

THE PICTURES OF THE AUDIENCE. RIGHT THERE.

I WANT TO SHARE SOMETHING AND THANK YOU DOCTOR BARKER BECAUSE YOU ALLOWED THE COMMUNITY TO GIVE INPUT.

IT WAS SO WELL ORGANIZED IF YOU SEE THE GROUP OVER TO YOUR RIGHT, THE LADY WITH THE ORANGE.

I THINK SHE WAS THE STUDENT THAT SPOKE.

SHE ARTICULATED VERY VERY WELL. THE LADY SITTING IN THE GREAT IS A RETIRED TEACHER. HER WHOLE FAMILY WAS HERE.

THEY JUST PUT IT TOGETHER AND IT WAS A STRONG CONCERN ABOUT THAT FIRST GROUP ABOUT THE CULTURE AND BILINGUAL IN THE COMMUNITY. TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING.

AND QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW WE WOULD BE ABLE TO BE FUNDED.

BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE'S A TEACHER SHORTAGE.

THE SELECTION IS SO IMPORTANT. SO IMPORTANT.

IF IT WAS UP TO ME ALL OF THE TEACHERS WOULD MAKE 650.

I CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THAT ONE BUT IT WOULD BE NICE.

THIS IS A START. >> 650 OR SIX FIGURES?

>> SIX FIGURES. >> I WANT TO MAKE SURE.

>> DID 50 COME OUT? THAT'S THE BRACES.

THAT IS ME TALKING I DON'T HAVE NO POWER OVER THAT ONE.

I WANTED TO REITERATE THESE ARE COMMUNITY PEOPLE.

I WAS SO PROUD TO SEE IT. IT GAVE ME ENERGY.

I MAY NOT HAVE AGREED SOME THINGS BUT THE COMMUNITY OVERPOWERED ME SO LET ME SHUT UP.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE YOUNG LADY IN ORANGE IS MR.

THORNHILL STUDENT. >> ANY QUESTIONS FOR DOCTOR

BARKER? >> I HAVE A STATEMENT.

NOT SO MUCH A QUESTION. NOT FOR YOU DOCTOR BARKER BUT THANK YOU AND FOR THOSE WHO PARTICIPATED.

THIS QUESTION IS FOR MY LLEAGUES.

THE AND BQ BE HAVE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS THAT WE SHOULD BE MEETING. I DON'T BELIEVE WE'VE MET A NUMBER OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS. ONE OF THEM BEING EVERY TWO YEARS THIS SHOULD BE EVALUATED. I'VE BEEN HERE ROUGHLY 2 YEARS.

YET HAVE WE REVISED THIS. I'VE ASKED THIS QUESTION.

>> WHEN YOU SAY REVISED? >> I WON'T TROUBLE YOU TO READ BQ. BQ A AND B QA.

>> IS THIS IN REFERENCE TO WHAT DOCTOR BARKER PRESENTED? SO THE RECORD FOR EVERYONE TO BE CLEAR ELABORATE.

>> IT SPEAKS TO THOSE PARTICULAR POLICIES THAT SPEAK TO THE CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT. THE COMMITTEE AND HOW IT'S MADE AT A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT THINGS AND ALSO SPEAKS TO THE FACT THAT THOSE COMMITTEES ARE SUPPOSED TO PLAY A PART IN THE BUDGET FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR. THE CURRICULUM.

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS THERE.

THAT SHOULD BE BEING DONE BUT I DON'T SEE AND I BRIEFLY LOOKED AT THE DOCUMENT BUT I KNOW FROM PAST EXPERIENCE I'VE BEEN IN THE DOCUMENT IN THE DISTRICT HAS NOT FOR A FACT EVALUATED IN

A LONG TIME IF IF EVER. >> DOCTOR BARKER?

>> LET ME PUT A PAUSE TO IT. IT IS JUST TO SAY TO THE BOARD THAT WE NEED TO DO OUR PART AND GO BACK SO THAT WASN'T ON YOU BUT FOR THE BOARD. I GAVE THREE POLICIES.

AS I HEAR SO MUCH LATELY TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO READ THEM AND YOU WILL UNDERSTAND WHAT THE POLICIES SAY.

I'M NOT MAKING IT UP. I DID NOT CREATE THE POLICIES,

THEY ARE THERE. >> I DO HAVE AND ASK THAT THERE BE A VOTE ON THIS AND CIP. I DID NOT PUT A ASKED QUESTION AND I KNOW IT'S AN ACTION ITEM BUT I DID NOT PUT A ASK SLIDE IN MY PRESENTATION. I APOLOGIZE.

>> ANY QUESTIONS ON THE CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS?

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>> IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE WANTING?

>> I CAN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. >> YOU ARE DOING BOTH THE

DISTRICT AND THE CAMPUS. >> BOARD THIS IS ACTION ITEM IS

THERE A MOTION? >> MADAM PRESIDENT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION WE APPROVE THE DISTRICT CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLAN PRESENTED BY DOCTOR BARKER.

>> SECOND. >> A MOTION BUT MS. MORRIS TO IMPROVE THE DISTRICT CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND THE SECOND BY SMITH. HEARING NONE.

I WILL CALL FOR A VOTE. [VOTING] MYSELF VOTING YES

[13.A. Discussion of the electronic Google form for Trustees’ Board requests located on website/board newsletter.]

MOTION PASSES. >> WE MOVE ONTO BOARD MATTERS.

A. DISCUSSION OF THE ELECTRONIC GOOGLE FORM FOR TRUSTEESB REQUESTS LOCATED ON WEBSITE/BOARD NEWSLETTER. DR. A. KATRISE PERERA?

>> PRESIDENT HAMILTON, TRUSTEES AND IN 16 WE WILL DISCUSS THIS ON NOVEMBER 8 AT THE WORK SESSION.

[13.C. Upcoming Board Events/Reminders]

>> THANK YOU WE'VE HANDLED AND OUT C IS C. UPCOMING BOARD EVENTS/REMINDERS 1. UPCOMING BOARD/WORK SESSIONS: B" NOVEMBER 8, 2023 MINUS NOVEMBER WORK SESSION 5:30 P.M.

PM B" NOVEMBER 16, 2023 MINUS REGULAR MEETING. 6:00 PM .

DECEMBER 6, 2023 MINUS DECEMBER WORK SESSION 5:30 P.M. PM . DECEMBER 14, 2023 MINUS REGULAR MEETING 6:00 PM DUE TO THE HOLIDAY THAT MONTH.

NUMBER TWO THE BOARD WILL GO TO NABSE CONFERENCE IN NEW ORLEANS, LA MINUS NOVEMBER 29 MINUS DECEMBER 3, 2023 . ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT UPCOMING MEETINGS OR THE CONFERENCE? I HEAR NONE.

NEXT ITEM IS ADJOURNMENT. IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? ALL IN FAVOR. WE ARE

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