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>> WELCOME EVERYONE TO A LITTLE BIT LATER JULY MEETING,
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BUT WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE BOARD MEETING THIS EVENING.WE'LL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
PLEASE LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT AND A QUORUM IS PRESENT.
THE TIME IS CURRENTLY 6:16 PM, THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
SO IF I CAN GET YOU TO PLEASE STAND, WHILE WE RECITE THIS PLEDGE THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING IS PUBLIC COMMENT.
[III. Public Comment]
WE DO HAVE A FEW PEOPLE WISHING TO SPEAK, AND I'M TRYING TO SEE.I THINK WE HAVE A FEW NEW PEOPLE COMING TO THE MIC TONIGHT.
SO JUST SO YOU KNOW YOU'LL COME UP HERE TO THE, IS IT THE FARTHEST MIC OR THE MIDDLE MIC?
>> THE FARTHEST MIC. YOU'LL COME UP TO THE FARTHEST MIC IN THE SEAT.
YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK, ELVIA WILL BE YOUR TIMEKEEPER.
SHE WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE LEFT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO STOP SPEAKING.
YOU CAN KEEP SPEAKING. SHE'S JUST LETTING YOU KNOW SO YOU CAN PACE YOURSELF.
IF THERE ARE ANY ITEMS THE BOARD WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ADDRESS YOU THIS EVENING.
WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING AND, ARE DEFINITELY LISTENING TO THE CONVERSATION AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT STAFF CAN DO, THEY CAN FOLLOW UP WITH AFTERWARDS.
SO WE WILL GO IN ORDER OF THE TIMES IN WHICH YOU SIGNED UP, WHICH MEANS THAT MS. CYNTHIA ALLEN-WILLIAMS IS FIRST UP SPEAKING ON THE SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION. HERE SHE IS.
>> [NOISE] GOOD EVENING SCHOOL BOARD.
MY NAME IS CYNTHIA ALLEN-WILLIAMS, AND I AM ADDRESSING COMMUNITY CONCERNS WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION.
A PETITION WAS STARTED ON JUNE 24TH, 2023, AND STATED THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE BEEN SCARED TO SPEAK OUT IN OPPOSITION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT DUE TO COUNTLESS INSTANCES WHERE STUDENTS, TEACHERS, AND PARENTS EXPERIENCE RETALIATION, HARASSMENT, AND INTIMIDATION.
TEACHERS AND STAFF FEAR RETALIATION IN THE FORM OF BEING REASSIGNED TO UNFAVORABLE POSITIONS IF THEY ASKED TOO MANY QUESTIONS OR VOICE THEIR OPINIONS.
TEACHERS ARE BEING CALLED INTO ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE, INTO HR AS A RESULT OF THEIR PEERS REPORTING SOMETHING THEY WROTE OR SAID AGAINST ADMINISTRATION.
IS THAT THE TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT THAT BUILDS SCHOOLS ENVIRONMENTS? DOES THAT BENEFIT EMPLOYEES? DOES THAT AID IN THE RETENTION OF HIGHLY QUALIFIED EDUCATORS FOR OUR STUDENTS? THE ANSWER IS A DEFINITIVE NO.
WE'RE TIRED OF ISSUES BEING WHITEWASHED INSTEAD OF BEING FIXED.
AS OF TODAY, THE PETITION HAS BEEN SIGNED BY 477 PEOPLE AND THAT IS WITH LIMITED RESOURCES.
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, I HOPE YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY PEOPLE CHOOSE OR CHOSE TO SIGN THE PETITION TO REMOVE THE SUPERINTENDENT FROM DEL VALLE HIGH.
>> [NOISE] HERE ARE SOME OF THE REASONS I LEFT THE DISTRICT I LOVED BECAUSE THE ABUSE OF POWER I SAW ON A DAILY BASIS COMING FROM HER OFFICE.
LEAVING DV WAS ONE OF THE BEST CAREER MOVES I COULD HAVE MADE.
I DIDN'T REALIZE JUST HOW SOUL-CRUSHING IT WAS TO WORK THERE.
THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS DUE TO THE INEPT POWER HUNGRY AND UNSUPPORTIVE ADMINISTRATION THAT WAS USHERED IN WITH THIS SUPERINTENDENT.
TIME AND AGAIN THEY LIE AND MANIPULATE, AND WILL NOT HESITATE TO THROW FACULTY AND STUDENTS UNDER THE BUS IN ORDER TO SAVE FACE.
THE TIME IS LONG OVERDUE FOR DV SCHOOL BOARD AND ADMINISTRATION TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
GREED, DECEIT, CORRUPTION, INTIMIDATION, GASLIGHTING, WE'RE NOT GOING TO STOP FIGHTING.
DEL VALLE STUDENTS AND STAFF DESERVE A QUALIFIED HONEST LEADER, WHO PRIORITIZE HIGH-QUALITY EDUCATION OF HIS STUDENTS, AND TRANSPARENT LEADERSHIP OF ITS EMPLOYEES.
ABUSE OF POWER, TOO MANY THINGS BRUSHED UNDER THE RUG.
TEACHERS BEING REMOVED WITHOUT NOTICE.
I'M A DV ISD PARENT AND OUR TEACHERS DESERVE BETTER THAN THIS.
IF YOU GET TO ACTUALLY DISCUSS THE SUPERINTENDENT'S EVALUATION TONIGHT, CONSIDER THESE THINGS.
ALSO CONSIDER THAT A FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT THAT INCLUDES BAND CANNOT BE USED TO SHOW THAT GOALS ARE MET,
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ESPECIALLY WHEN THE SAME STUDENT GROUPS HAVE BEEN DEGRADED AND TOLD THAT THEY ARE MEDIOCRE.THERE HAVE BEEN CHANGES WITH THE BAND, BUT WE WANT TO SEE MORE. THANK YOU [APPLAUSE]
>> THANK YOU. NEXT UP, WE HAVE STACI RAMOS.
I'M GOING TO MESS UP THE LAST NAME, SO I'M NOT GOING TO TRY [LAUGHTER] IF YOU CAN CORRECT ME WHEN YOU COME TO THE MIC, PLEASE. SPEAKING OF APPRECIATION.
>> GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE BOARD.
MY NAME IS STACI RAMOS ALMAGER [LAUGHTER] I AM VICE PRESIDENT OF THE PROUD CARDINAL BAND BOOSTERS AND I AM HERE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE APPRECIATION THAT I HAVE FOR THE BOARD AND MR. RUSH FOR HELPING SPEED UP THE PROCESS OF ACQUIRING NEW INSTRUMENTS AND EQUIPMENT SOLELY NEEDED FOR OUR BAND.
WE APPRECIATE HOW HANDS-ON HE'S BEEN RECENTLY, AND HOPE THAT IT CONTINUES.
WE LOVE THE HELP THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FEEDING OUR BAND KIDS DURING BAND CAMP.
I APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK THAT IT TOOK FOR MR. RUSH, JUST YESTERDAY TO HELP FIND US EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION FOR STUDENTS THAT WERE LEFT BEHIND BECAUSE THERE WAS MISCOMMUNICATION ON THE SCHOOL BUS ISSUE AFTER SCHOOL AFTER 5:30.
HOWEVER, THEY WERE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER TO GET ALL OF OUR KIDS DROPPED OFF.
SO I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THAT BEING LAST MINUTE.
IT DEFINITELY HELPED EASE MY MIND, BEING TWO HOURS LATE PICKING UP MY SON.
HOWEVER, WITH THE SCHOOL STARTING THIS YEAR IS ABOUT TO BEGIN, WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THAT EVERYONE WILL BE ENGAGING MORE IN SCHOOL FUNCTIONS AND HOPE THAT THE NEWS SOON-TO-BE-ELECTED MEMBERS HAVE BOTH THE TEACHERS' AND STUDENTS' BEST INTEREST IN HAND.
WE HOPE THAT THE BOARD AND ADMINISTRATION ARE WILLING TO ADVOCATE FOR THEM.
NO ONE SHOULD BE AFRAID TO SPEAK UP FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVE IN OR WHAT THEY THINK NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
WE HAVE LOST SO MUCH STAFF BECAUSE OF THE RETALIATION AND PUNISHMENT FOR SPEAKING UP.
TEACHERS AND STUDENTS BOTH SHOULD NOT FEEL THAT THEY ARE NOT SUPPORTED OR THAT THEY DON'T MATTER.
WE ONLY WANT A GREAT DEL VALLE ISD DISTRICT, THAT'S ALL WE WANT IS FOR OUR CHILDREN AND FOR OUR TEACHERS TO FEEL NOURISHED.
WE DON'T WANT OUR TEACHERS TO FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE TO ACCEPT ANY KIND OF RUDENESS COMING FROM THE STUDENTS.
>> WE ALSO DON'T EXPECT OUR STUDENTS TO GET RUDENESS FROM OUR TEACHERS.
WE WANT THERE TO BE A MUTUAL RESPECT, THAT WAY WE GROW TO BE A WAY BETTER DISTRICT.
NOW WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT IT'S A HORRIBLE, TERRIBLE DISTRICT, BUT THERE'S DEFINITELY PLENTY OF ROOM FOR ADVANCEMENT IN HOW WE TREAT OUR STAFF AND OUR STUDENTS. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU [APPLAUSE] NEXT UP, WE HAVE EFRAIN GARZA SPEAKING ON NEW OFFICER HIRES.
AGAIN, CORRECT ME IF I'VE MISPRONOUNCED THAT.
>> GOOD EVENING. IT'S EFRAIN GARZA.
I'M JUST WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT THE NEW HIRES FROM THAT BILL THAT JUST PASSED.
SO FAR MY EXPERIENCE WITH SROS HAVE BEEN VERY POSITIVE, THEY ARE HELPFUL, THEY'RE FRIENDLY AND WHAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE IS THAT, IF WE GO WITH THIS AND HIRING MORE SROS THAT WE STICK TO THE CURRENT LEVEL THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
OUR STANDARDS SHOULD NOT FALL CONSIDERING HOW SHORTAGE THERE ARE.
I BELIEVE LAST TIME I SAW A NEWS ARTICLE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO THAT APD WAS SHORT 300 OFFICERS.
SO WITH EVERYBODY, ALL THE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS TRYING TO GET SROS, WITH ALL OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT TRYING TO FILL THEIR POSITIONS.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS A DISTRICT WE STICK TO OUR STANDARDS, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW YOU SEE IN THE NEWS OFFICERS WHO THEY DID SOMETHING WRONG SOMEWHERE SO BEFORE THEY COULD GET ANY KIND OF PUNISHMENT, THEY QUIT AND NOW THEY'RE MOVING SOMEWHERE ELSE TO FIND OTHER JOBS.
WE WANT TO AVOID THAT SO THAT WAY WE CAN KEEP AT THE LEVEL OF PROFESSIONALISM THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU [NOISE]
>> THANK YOU [APPLAUSE] NEXT UP, WE HAVE SANDRA ZELS SPEAKING ON GREAT THINGS AT DV.
>> HI. MY NAME IS SANDRA ZELS AND I'M A TEACHER AT GILBERT ELEMENTARY.
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YOU HEARD ME SPEAK A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO WHEN I CAME TO TALK ABOUT MY PARTNER, TEACHER SISTER EVA MEDELES.BY THE WAY, IF YOU ARE THE BROTHER OF ERMA GARCIA AND YOU'RE HERE TONIGHT ROCK ON, WE GOT YOU.
BEFORE I START TALKING IN MY SUPPORT OF DR. SALLY I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I GREW UP HERE.
I ACTUALLY LIVED ON THE AIR FORCE BASE BEFORE IT BECAME AN AIRPORT.
WHEN MY PARENTS SPLIT UP, I GOT KICKED OFF THE AIR FORCE BASE AND LIVED IN SECTION 8 HOUSING OVER BY WHERE BETTIE USED TO BE.
I WENT TO POPHAM, AND THEN I WENT TO BETTIE, AND THEN I WENT BACK TO POPHAM.
THEN I WENT TO SMITH ELEMENTARY FOR A LITTLE WHILE AND THEN I WENT BACK TO POPHAM.
THEN I WENT TO DEL VALLE JUNIOR HIGH AND THEN I GRADUATED CLASS OF 2006.
I ALSO WANT TO TRUST YOUR WORD FROM SPEAKING AT THE BOARD, [LAUGHTER] BECAUSE I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A WHILE.
WHEN I SAY THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD A SUPERINTENDENT AS AMAZING AS DR. TIELLE IN ALL OF MY YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN ALIVE HERE IN DEL VALLE, LET ME TELL YOU THE GREAT THINGS THAT SHE'S DONE HERE, SORRY I'M A LITTLE SHAKY.
[LAUGHTER] I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT WHERE I COME FROM, I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT I DO, AND I'M HERE TO GIVE BACK TO MY COMMUNITY.
I'M STILL HERE BECAUSE OF DR. TIELLE.
SHE'S ONE OF THE MOST SUPPORTIVE SUPERINTENDENTS WE HAVE EVER HAD.
I'M SORRY THAT YOU GUYS HAVE HAD SOME NEGATIVE EXPERIENCE, BUT THAT HAS NOT BEEN MY EXPERIENCE.
IT HAS NOT BEEN THE EXPERIENCE OF THE PEOPLE AT MY SCHOOL.
WE LOST OUR PRINCIPAL LAURIE JURADO A LONG TIME AGO, DUE TO AN ILLNESS AND DR. TIELLE WAS AT HER FUNERAL.
SHE WAS ALWAYS BEEN SUPPORTIVE.
SHE HAS BEEN THERE FOR ME WHEN WE HAD ISSUES WITH PLC NOT HAPPENING THE WAY IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN.
I WAS ABLE TO GO TO DR. TIELLE, I EMAILED HER.
SHE INVITED ME TO COME TALK TO HER.
NOT SURE WHY EVERYBODY ELSE IS HAVING AN ISSUE TALKING WITH HER, BUT I DON'T.
NONE OF THE PEOPLE ON MY CAMPUS HAS EVER HAD AN ISSUE BEING OPEN AND HAVING THEIR PROBLEMS BEING TAKEN CARE OF BY HER.
SHE LISTENS NOT JUST THE TEACHERS, BUT TO STUDENTS.
THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A SUPERINTENDENT IN THIS DISTRICT THAT HAS EVER GIVEN STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK.
NEVER GIVEN THEM A VOICE, BUT THEY HAVE A VOICE NOW, BECAUSE OF HER.
I'VE NEVER SEEN A SUPERINTENDENT BE AS TRANSPARENT ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THIS DISTRICT BEFORE SHE CAME HERE.
WE DIDN'T HAVE MONEY FOR RAISES FOR OUR TEACHERS AND SHE CALLED A COMMITTEE TO GET GROUPED, TEAM WORK TOGETHER TO GET THOSE RAISES FOR OUR TEACHERS.
NOT A SINGLE SUPERINTENDENT HAS EVER DONE THAT.
WHEN YOU GUYS ARE MAKING YOUR DECISION AND TALKING ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT TO CONTINUE HER CONTRACT, I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER AND THINK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT SHE'S BROUGHT HERE.
THE PARTNERSHIPS WITH TESLA, THE NEW CANVASES THAT WE'RE HAVING, THE AMAZING FACILITIES THAT ARE HAPPENING AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
GUYS, SHE'S THE ONE THAT'S BRINGING THIS, IT'S HER LEADERSHIP, IT'S HER DEDICATION. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] NEXT UP WE HAVE CRISTELA ROCHA FROM ATPE. THANK YOU.
>> MINUTES HARD TO FOLLOW WITH THAT. [LAUGHTER] THANKS, STROM.
>> IT WAS MY COUSIN. TIME STARTS WHEN I SIT DOWN.
[LAUGHTER] JUST MAKING SURE, IT TAKES ME A MINUTE.
GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT AND BOARD MEMBERS.
>> YES, IT IS. [LAUGHTER] HELLO.
>> I GUESS I WAS JUST OVER HERE BECAUSE MY VOICE IS SO LOUD, MY TEACHER VOICE. HOW'S THAT, IS THAT BETTER?
>> GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, DR. TIELLE, STAFF, COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS CRISTELA ROCHA, PRESIDENT OF DEL VALLE ATPE.
BUT I'M ALSO AN ENGLISH TEACHER AT OJEDA MIDDLE SCHOOL.
I'VE BEEN IN A DISTRICT FOR OVER 20 YEARS, SEEN IT, DONE THAT, I SHOULD HAVE A T-SHIRT MADE JUST FOR ME.
I JUST WANTED TO TELL EVERYBODY WHO'S HERE, IT TAKES COURAGE.
LOTS OF COURAGE TO COME AND TALK, I KNOW, BECAUSE I CAN MAKE A FULL OF MYSELF IN FRONT OF KIDS, BUT IN FRONT OF ADULTS, THAT'S DIFFERENT.
BUT IT TAKES COURAGE TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT ARE NOT ALWAYS POPULAR WITH EVERYONE.
BUT WE KNOW THAT NO MATTER HOW HARD WE TRY, THERE'S ALWAYS NOT GOING TO BE 100% AGREEMENT.
BUT I'M GOING TO TELL YOU RIGHT NOW AND I'VE SAID IT TO DR. TIELLE AND I'VE SAID IT TO EVERYBODY WHO WOULD LISTEN.
WHEN YOU CAME INTO THE DISTRICT AND I TOLD YOU STRAIGHT TO YOUR FACE, I'M NOT YOUR BIGGEST FAN.
BUT I KNOW AND I'VE LEARNED THAT WHEN YOU COME WITH AN IDEA, IT COMES WITH RESEARCH.
IT'S NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT'S OFF THE CUFF AND SO I'VE LEARNED TO TRUST THAT.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT I DON'T STOP ASKING QUESTIONS.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT I STILL DON'T WONDER WHY.
BUT I KNOW THAT MOVING FORWARD THAT'S WHERE SOME OF THE DECISIONS AND SUGGESTIONS ARE COMING FROM.
BUT I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR A LOT OF THINGS.
THE 6% PAY RAISE, THE $5,000 SPED STIPEND,
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THE $7,500 BILINGUAL STIPEND.THE FREE LUNCHES RECENTLY FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY KIDS.
THE TRANSPARENCY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WHEN POSSIBLE, BECAUSE I'VE LEARNED AS A TEACHER AND ALSO ATPE MEMBER THAT, THERE ARE TIMES YOU CANNOT EVOLVE CERTAIN INFORMATION, BECAUSE IT'S PERSONAL, IT'S PRIVATE AND YOU CANNOT DIVULGE THAT TO THE PUBLIC, BECAUSE IT'S THEIR RIGHT TO SAY OR NOT SAY.
THE OTHER THING THAT I WANT TO SAY, IS MOVING FORWARD, ONE THING THAT I VALUE FROM THIS DISTRICT IS THAT WE ARE A TEAM.
WHEN WE STOP BEING A TEAM IS WHEN THINGS FALL APART.
DO WE MAKE MISTAKES? YES, WE DO.
I MAKE THEM EVERY DAY SOMETIMES.
I STILL CAN'T FLIP A PANCAKE IF YOU KNOW THAT. HOW TO DO THAT? LET ME KNOW.
BUT IF WE DON'T ENCOURAGE OTHERS WHEN THEY FAIL, [OVERLAPPING] TO CONTINUE AND MOVE FORWARD, WHERE WILL THIS DISTRICT BE? WE ARE A TREASURE, WE ARE A HIDDEN GEM, AND WE NEED TO BUILD OURSELVES AS SUCH, WE NEED TO ADVERTISE OURSELVES AS SUCH.
IF THERE ARE HURT RELATIONSHIPS, THEN WE NEED TO HEAL THOSE RELATIONSHIPS.
THAT'S NOT A ONE DONE, WE NEED TO TALK IT OUT.
I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST THIS COMING YEAR AND I CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE DECISIONS THAT ARE IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF OUR STUDENTS, OUR STAFF, AND OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU ALL DO.
>> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THAT CONCLUDED OUR PUBLIC COMMENT THIS EVENING.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CAME AND SPEAK TO US, I AGREE THAT IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY TO COME SPEAK, SO WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING AND VALUE YOU SPENDING YOUR TIME WITH US TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS AND CONCERNS.
NEXT UP ARE OUR RECOGNITION ITEMS.
[IV.A. Recognition of Certified Texas School Business Official (CTSBO)]
FIRST STEP, WE HAVE OUR RECOGNITION OF THE CERTIFIED TEXAS SCHOOL BUSINESS OFFICIAL OR CTSBO.I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DR. CARLIN-GONZALEZ FOR THAT.
>> GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT, DR. TIELLE, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
>> HOLD ON, LET SEE IF WE CAN, THERE YOU GO.
GOOD JOB. CAN YOU TURN THAT ONE OFF? THERE YOU GO.
>> HELLO. GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT, DR. TIELLE, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE DARLICIA LINCOLN, OUR DYSLEXIA AND SPECIAL EDUCATION DATA MANAGER TO THE FRONT.
THE BUSINESS OFFICE IN THE CURRICULUM INSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT IS HONORED TO RECOGNIZE DARLICIA LINCOLN, DYSLEXIA AND SPECIAL EDUCATION GRANT DATA MANAGER FOR SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING THE REQUIREMENTS TO EARN THE DESIGNATION OF CTSB FROM THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARD BUSINESS OFFICIALS.
THIS CERTIFICATION IS EARNED THROUGH A COMBINATION OF SPECIFIED COURSEWORK, SCHOOL BUSINESS EXPERIENCE, AND TRAINING IN THE AREA OF SPECIALIZATION.
ONCE CERTIFICATION IS AWARDED, INDIVIDUALS ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE 60 HOURS OF CONTINUED EDUCATION EVERY THREE YEARS IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THEIR CERTIFICATION.
VERY NOTEWORTHY ACCOMPLISHMENT, CONGRATULATION, DARLICIA.
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE THE RECOGNITION OF DVISD POLICE OFFICER, CHRISTOPHER LEE.
[ IV.B.Recognition of DVISD Police Officer Christopher Lee]
I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MR. WEDDLE FOR THAT.>> GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, DR. TIELLE, I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO CALL UP OUR OWN POLICE CHIEF ROBERT VELA TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OFFICER CHRISTOPHER LEE, AND A SPECIAL GUESTS WE HAVE HERE TO HELP WITH THIS RECOGNITION.
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>> GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DR. TIELLE.
WE'RE HERE TO RECOGNIZE DEL VALLE ISD POLICE OFFICER CHRISTOPHER LEE FOR HIS SELFLESS ACTIONS HE TOOK ON HIS WAY HOME BACK IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR.
OFFICER LEE HAS BEEN WITH OUR DISTRICT FOR OVER A YEAR.
HE WAS ASSIGNED TO HIT A MIDDLE SCHOOL.
HIS ACTION THAT DAY EXHIBIT, WELL, I BELIEVE, ALL DEL VALLE ISD POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICERS REPRESENT.
WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE CHIEF SOLIS WITH US WITH MUSTANG RIDGE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND HE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS OF WHAT HE WITNESSED THAT DAY.
>> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS CHIEF SOLIS WITH THE MUSTANG RIDGE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
DEAR SUPERINTENDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, CHIEF ROBERT VELA.
I'M HERE TO EXPRESS MY PROFOUND APPRECIATION AND ADMIRATION FOR OFFICER CHRISTOPHER LEE OF THE DEL VALLE ISD POLICE DEPARTMENT.
ON 03/24/2023, APPROXIMATELY AT 16:54 HOURS, OFFICER LEE DEMONSTRATED EXCEPTIONAL BRAVERY AND QUICK THINKING IN RESPONSE TO A SEVERE COLLISION THAT OCCURRED AT US HIGHWAY 103 SOUTH IN SH 130 INTERSECTION.
OFFICER LEE WITNESSED A COLLISION BETWEEN A HONDA ACCORD AND A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE.
THE COLLISION WAS SO SEVERE THAT THE HONDA SPUN AROUND AND STARTED TO CATCH ON FIRE DUE TO THE DAMAGE TO THE GAS TANK.
WITHOUT HESITATION, OFFICER LEE TOOK IMMEDIATE ACTION TO EXTRICATE THE DRIVER OF THE HONDA ACCORD FROM THE VEHICLE BEFORE IT WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES.
I WAS DEEPLY MOVED BY OFFICER LEE'S SELFLESS AND BRAVERY IN FACING THIS DANGER.
HE PUT HIS OWN LIFE ON THE LINE TO SAVE THE LIFE OF ANOTHER, DEMONSTRATING A COMMITMENT TO DUTY, SERVICE, AND IT'S TRULY COMMENDABLE.
OFFICER LEE'S ACTIONS THAT DAY REPRESENT THE VERY BEST OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SERVE AS A SHINING EXAMPLE OF THE COURAGE AND DEDICATION POLICE OFFICERS DEMONSTRATE DAILY TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
I WANT TO EXPRESS MY SINCERE GRATITUDE TO OFFICER LEE FOR HIS OUTSTANDING SERVICE AND COMMITMENT TO HIS BRAVERY IN RESPONSE TO THIS INCIDENT.
I BELIEVE OFFICER LEE IS AN ASSET TO DEL VALLE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND I'M PROUD TO HAVE HIM SERVING OUR COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
>> SONIA'S LIKE, HOW DO I FOLLOW THAT? [LAUGHTER] I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO DO A FANTASTIC JOB DOING IT.
NEXT UP IS OUR INFORMATION ITEM AND IT'S LITERACY FIRST UPDATE.
[V. Information Item]
I THINK I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO DR. CARLIN-GONZALEZ.>> GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DR. TIELLE.
TONIGHT, WE HAVE JASON BUCKINGHAM HERE FROM LITERACY FIRST.
HE IS HERE TO SHARE SOME OF THE WONDERFUL SUCCESSES AND THE PROGRESS OF OUR PROGRAM FROM WHEN DR. TIELLE BROUGHT IT HERE SEVERAL YEARS AGO, THE PROGRESS WE MADE AND WHERE WE ARE TODAY AND THE IMPACT ON OUR STUDENTS.
SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO HIM.
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MY NAME IS JASON BUCKINGHAM WITH LITERACY FIRST.I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF TALKING TO YOU TODAY ABOUT A PROJECT WE'VE BEEN ENGAGED IN OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS THAT ACTUALLY BEGAN WITH DR. TIELLE'S THINKING WITH DR. ISAACS, MY FORMER BOSS.
THIS IS AN IDEA THEY CAME UP WITH AND IT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL, REALLY EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT IT TODAY AND I'LL TRY TO GO FAST BECAUSE I COULD DO THIS ALL NIGHT.
I FIRST BEGAN WITH LITERACY FIRST IN '96.
THAT'S ME, ACTUALLY THE NON-BALD GUY IN THE PICTURE.
[LAUGHTER] I WAS A LITERACY FIRST TUTOR AT ALLISON ELEMENTARY FOR TWO YEARS. THAT'S ACTUALLY MY WIFE.
I ENDED UP MARRYING THE WOMAN NEXT TO ME.
SHE FELL IN LOVE WITH TEACHING ALSO AND ME.
SHE'S STILL IN THE CLASSROOM AT [INAUDIBLE].
I'VE SEEN THIS PROGRAM EVOLVE OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS.
AS A CLASSROOM TEACHER WITH LITERACY FIRST, TUTORS IN MY CLASSROOM EVERY SINGLE YEAR AND THEN NOW ON STAFF FOR 13 YEARS, IT'S BEEN AMAZING.
I THINK THE BIGGEST, MOST IMPRESSIVE CHANGE IN EVOLUTION IN THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN THIS DISTRICT CAPACITY BUILDING MODEL.
NORMALLY, WHAT WE DO IS WE TAKE AMERICORPS MEMBERS WHO DEDICATE A YEAR OF THEIR LIFE TO NATIONAL SERVICE.
WE TRAIN THEM, SEND THEM OUT TO SCHOOLS TO TEACH READING TO LITTLE ONES IN KINDER THROUGH SECOND GRADE.
IN THIS TEACHER CAPACITY-BUILDING MODEL, DR. TIELLE AND DR. ISAACS FOUND A WAY TO BRING LITERACY FIRST HERE USING THEIR FUNDS AND RESOURCES FROM DEL VALLE.
WE JUST NEEDED TO TEACH YOU GUYS HOW TO DO IT.
WE'VE BEEN PARTNERING ON THIS FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS WITH GREAT SUCCESS. YOU CAN SEE THIS.
IN 2017, THIS IDEA WAS GENERATED BY DR. TIELLE, DR. ISAACS.
THEY LOOKED AT DR. CARLIN-GONZALEZ AND DR. HOWARD AND ME AND OUR TEAMS AND SAID MAKE IT HAPPEN.
THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
IN 2018, WE STARTED WITH A LIMITED PILOT AT HORNSBY-DUNLAP.
IT WENT SO WELL WITH OUR FIRST FOUR TUTORS THAT WE WENT DISTRICT-WIDE IN 2019.
CENTRAL TEXAS HAS STARTED TO TAKE NOTICE.
[INAUDIBLE] SAW THE RESULTS, HEARD ABOUT THE MODEL AND TOOK IT DISTRICT-WIDE IN THEIR FIRST YEAR, BACK IN 2021.
THEN WE'RE PROUD TO SAY NEXT YEAR WE FINALLY REACH THAT MILESTONE.
LITERACY FIRST IS BASICALLY WORKED OURSELVES OUT OF A JOB.
DEL VALLE NOW HAS A CAPACITY IN DISTRICT TO PROVIDE THIS SERVICE TO YOUR STUDENTS EVERY SINGLE YEAR MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE OF THE HARD WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE BY THESE WONDERFUL PEOPLE HERE.
NEXT YEAR THEY WANT TO PILOT THIS DCBM PROGRAM AT SEVEN OF THEIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AS WELL.
REALLY EXCITED TO TAKE IT THERE.
SO WHAT ARE OUR RESULTS THIS PAST YEAR? THIS PAST YEAR IN ALL DEL VALLE SCHOOLS, WE SERVED 480 STUDENTS.
YOU'LL SEE KINDERGARTEN THROUGH SECOND GRADE IS OUR MAIN BUCKET OF WORK.
THE THIRD GRADE IS REPRESENTED THERE ARE FROM THE LITERACY PLUS PROGRAM THAT DR. TIELLE AND HER TEAM DEVELOPED, TAKING OUR DAY TUTORS AND FINDING ANOTHER WAY TO SERVE STUDENTS IN AN AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM.
OUT OF THOSE 480 STUDENTS, BY THE WAY, THAT'S 24 CLASSROOMS OF KIDS RIGHT THERE THAT WE WORKED WITH.
THAT'S AMAZING NUMBER OF CHILDREN, 223 REACHED BARE GRADE LEVEL BENCHMARKS, AND 283, SO EVEN 60 MORE OF THOSE KIDS WERE RIGHT THERE AT THAT BENCHMARK JUST BELOW IT, MAYBE DIDN'T MAKE IT BUT MADE AWESOME GAINS.
THAT'S 59% OF THE STUDENTS WE WORK WITH THAT GOT AT OR NEAR GRADE LEVEL IN JUST ONE YEAR'S INTERVENTION.
YOU MIGHT WONDER, HOW DOES THAT COMPARE? WHENEVER YOU REPLICATE A PROGRAM, YOU ALWAYS WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE REPLICATING THE RESULTS.
OUR AMERICORPS PROGRAM THIS PAST YEAR GOT 51.9% OF STUDENTS AT OR NEAR GRADE LEVEL.
WE HAVE EVERY SINGLE BEAN COUNTER THAT WE'VE DONE LIKE THIS.
THE DCBM NUMBERS ARE HIGHER THAN OUR CORPS AMERICORPS PROGRAM, AND WE THINK WE KNOW WHY.
IT'S THE TUTORS AND THE PEOPLE HERE IN DEL VALLE.
WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT LATER.
YOU LOOKING AT THOSE 59% THEY'RE ON OR AT GRADE LEVEL, YOU MIGHT WONDER, WELL, WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER KIDS? WELL, THE WAY WE WORK IS WE HAVE AN UNROLLING CASELOAD OF STUDENTS.
EACH OF OUR TUTORS AS SOON AS THE KID GRADUATES, WE PICK UP A NEW ONE.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT 10-15% OF THE KIDS THAT WE WERE WORKING WITH AT THE END OF THE YEAR WERE RESPONDING VERY RAPIDLY TO OUR INTERVENTION.
WE JUST RAN OUT OF TIME WITH THEM THIS YEAR.
NOW, IF THAT'S A KINDERGARTENER OR A FIRST GRADER, THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO QUALIFY AND WE'LL GET TO SEE HIM, WE HOPE NEXT YEAR AND WORK WITH THEM.
THIRD GRADER, WE'RE TALKING TO SCHOOL PROFESSIONALS ABOUT CONTINUING SERVICES WITH OTHER SPECIALISTS AT THE SCHOOL.
TWELVE PERCENT OF THE KIDS WE WORKED WITH DISCONTINUED, SO THEY BEGAN SEEING SPECIALISTS QUALIFIED FOR OTHER SERVICES.
WE HAVE ABOUT 10-15% OF KIDS THAT FOR SOME REASON OR ANOTHER DID NOT SHOW A STRONG RESPONSE, AND A LOT OF TIMES THAT JUST MEANS THAT'S A KID THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED NEEDS MORE HELP THAN OUR TIER 2 INTERVENTION CAN PROVIDE.
WE ALWAYS TELL OUR TUTORS, EVEN SOME OF THOSE UNSUCCESSFUL INTERVENTIONS HAVE HELPED A SCHOOL IDENTIFY A STUDENT FOR TIER 3 SERVICES SPECIAL ED SUPPORT A YEAR OR TWO EARLIER THAN THEY WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE GOING THROUGH THE SYSTEM.
IN THOSE CASES, IT'S NOT A FAILURE AT ALL.
WHAT DOES LITERACY FIRST ADD TO CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION? IT MAKES SENSE. YOU GET CORE CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION.
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YOU TAKE A WELL-TRAINED CARING ADULT SITTING ONE-ON-ONE WITH THE KID, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE GOOD THINGS HAPPEN, AND THAT'S A REAL KID WITH THEIR REAL FLUENCY GRAPH, GOOD THINGS HAPPENING FOR THAT STUDENT.I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU A FEW OTHER GRAPHS HERE.
I'M GOING TO KEEP THIS BRIEF AND NOT GET TOO NERDY, I PROMISE.
BUT WE BENCHMARK OUR STUDENTS BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, MIDDLE YEAR, END OF THE YEAR.
WE HAVE OUR ENROLLING WAITLIST OF KIDS THAT QUALIFY.
UNFORTUNATELY, THERE IS NOT ENOUGH LITERACY FIRST TUTORS TO MEET ALL THOSE NEEDS.
SO WHAT WE CAN DO IS WE CAN COMPARE KIDS IN RED THAT HAVE HAD JUST CORE INSTRUCTION WITH KIDS IN BLUE REPRESENTED BY THE LINE THERE THAT HAD CORE INSTRUCTION PLUS LITERACY FIRST HELP.
WELL, IT MAKES SENSE THERE. YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR TO THE END OF THE YEAR.
BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, MOST OF OUR KINDERGARTEN KIDS CAN READ A FEW LETTERS SOUNDS.
BY THE END OF THE YEAR, YOU SEE THE ONES THAT HAD LITERACY FIRST SUPPORT READING 15 MORE LETTER SOUNDS THAN THEIR PEERS THAT DID NOT HAVE THAT SUPPORT.
WHAT ABOUT WHEN YOU ASK KINDERGARTENERS TO READ SYLLABLES OR WORDS? WELL, NOT SURPRISING, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR THEY SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO IF THEY DON'T.
LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENS BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
IF YOU GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF LITERACY FIRST SUPPORT, YOU CAN SEE CORE TEACHING IS WORKING WELL FOR THE KIDS IN RED, BUT YOU CAN SEE ADDING IN THAT LITERACY FIRST TUTOR, THEY'RE READING ALMOST 10 WORDS MORE BY THE END OF THE YEAR OR 10 SYLLABLES MORE IN SPANISH.
WHEN THE RUBBER REALLY HITS THE ROAD, WHEN YOU PUT A PASSAGE OF TEXT IN FRONT OF A STUDENT AND DO A FLUENCY MEASURE, HOW MANY WORDS CAN YOU READ IT ACCURATELY IN A MINUTE? YOU SEE A HUGE SPREAD HERE IN THE FIRST GRADE.
BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, A DIFFERENCE OF A FEW WORDS, THE END OF THE YEAR YOU'RE SEEING A DIFFERENCE OF ALMOST 30 WORDS JUST BY ADDING THAT CARING ADULT ONE-ON-ONE, LET ME SAY JUST BY ADDING, BUT THAT'S A LOT, THAT'S A BIG INTENSE INTERVENTION AND A LOT OF HARD WORK THAT GOES INTO GAINS LIKE THAT.
THIS MODEL THOUGH MEETS THIS COMMUNITY'S NEEDS AND IN MANY OTHER WAYS, A LOT OF IT WE DIDN'T EXPECT WHEN WE FIRST DREAMED THIS UP TOGETHER.
FIRST, I WANT TO SAY THAT LITERACY FIRST IS MEETING A GROWING NEED.
BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, WHEN WE TESTED KIDS IN SCHOOLS, WE FOUND THAT ABOUT 50% OF THE STUDENTS WE WOULD TEST QUALIFIED FOR NEEDING READING SUPPORT WE'RE SEEING THAT NUMBER BALLOON TO 70% AFTER THE PANDEMIC AND THE KIDS THAT ARE QUALIFYING ARE SOMETIMES A YEAR FURTHER BEHIND THAN THE KIDS WE WERE SEEING BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.
SO THEY'VE GOT A LOT LONGER TO GO, MAYBE NEEDING TWO YEARS OF INTERVENTION RATHER THAN JUST ONE.
YOU CAN ALSO SEE IN THIS GRAPH HERE THAT DESPITE ALL OF THE WONDERFUL RESOURCES AND MAN AND WOMAN POWER THAT WE PUT TOWARDS THIS PROBLEM, LITERACY FIRST CAN STILL ONLY SERVE ABOUT 32% OF THE KIDS THAT QUALIFY, THAT NEED READING SUPPORT.
SCHOOL-BASED SPECIALISTS COVER ABOUT 8%.
THERE'S 60% OF THE STUDENTS OUT THERE THAT NEED READING HELP THAT AREN'T GETTING IT YET.
IT'S REALLY GOOD ARGUMENT FOR MORE HIGH DOSAGE TUTORING, THE KIND THAT WE PROVIDE.
NOT ONLY HAVE WE SERVED ALMOST 500 KIDS A YEAR FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
THOSE ARE THE KIDS THAT WE CHANGED THEIR LIVES, THEIR READING TRAJECTORY.
THIS IS THE BIG PIECE OF THIS MODEL.
WE'VE BUILT THE CAPACITY TO DO THIS ON YOUR OWN.
WITH THESE TWO WONDERFUL WOMEN AND THE TWO SITTING NEXT TO ME, WE'VE BUILT CAPACITY OVER THE LAST TWO OR THREE YEARS.
LINDSEY KING, ROSA LEE TREVINO, HAVE FOLLOWED US AS COACHES AROUND AND LEARNED TO ADMINISTER THIS PROGRAM FROM GIVING AN ASSESSMENT TO A CHILD, TO LEADING A DATA MEETING.
EVERY SINGLE ASPECT, THEY CAN NOW ADMINISTER THIS PROGRAM DISTRICT-WIDE IN PERPETUITY.
THEY KNOW HOW TO TRAIN NEW MEMBERS.
YOU HAVE THAT CAPACITY IN DISTRICT.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME TO US FOR PRE-SERVICE TRAINING.
THEY CAN COACH, THEY CAN SUPPORT INTERNAL COACHES THAT ARE SUPPORTING TUTORS DAY TO DAY EVERY WEEK.
FIDELITY CHECKS, OBSERVATIONS, DATA ANALYSIS, THESE WOMEN KNOW AT ALL.
THEY'RE REALLY GOOD AT WHAT THEY DO.
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PARTS ABOUT THIS MODEL IS WHAT COMMUNITY-BASED TUTORS BRING.
THERE'S A MISCONCEPTION IN THE FIELD THAT TO DO THIS TYPE OF WORK, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A FEW YEARS OF COLLEGE.
I CAN SEE WHY PEOPLE MIGHT BELIEVE THAT.
THAT'S ACTUALLY NOT WHAT WE'RE FINDING.
WHAT WE'RE FINDING IS THAT WHEN YOU TAKE TAS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, EVERY SINGLE BEAN COUNTER THAT WE'VE DONE, WE'VE SURPASSED THE RESULTS THAT ARE ALREADY REALLY GOOD IN OUR AMERICORPS PROGRAM.
HERE'S WHY. LOCAL TUTORS HAVE CONNECTIONS WITH THE SCHOOL.
THEY GIVE THEM KNOWLEDGE WITH THE COMMUNITY.
THEY KNOW THE STUDENTS, THEY KNOW THE TEACHERS.
THEY'VE MANAGED STUDENTS ONE-ON-ONE, SMALL-GROUP, WHOLE-CLASS COVERAGE.
THESE ARE MOMS AND DADS FROM THE COMMUNITY SITTING NEXT TO A LITTLE KID AS OPPOSED TO ME AS A 27 COLLEGE KID SITTING NEXT TO A LITTLE KID FROM THE COMMUNITY.
THERE ARE TUTORS HERE, DON'T HAVE PROBLEMS WITH CHILDREN REALLY AT ALL.
THEY'RE VERY GOOD AT MANAGING BEHAVIOR. THEY ALSO STAY.
AMERICORPS MEMBERS LEAVE AFTER HERE AND GO ON AND DO OTHER THINGS AND WE LOVE TO FOLLOW WHAT THEY DO.
OUR TUTORS HERE, WHEN I ASK THEM, ARE YOU COMING BACK NEXT YEAR? THEY'RE LIKE, YES, WHY IS MY JOB GOING AWAY? NO. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M RECRUITING YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE REALLY GOOD AT IT AND I WANT YOU TO STAY.
MOST OF THEM DO. AND SO THEY DEVELOP THIS CUMULATIVE EXPERTISE.
OUR PRINCIPLES OFTEN TALK ABOUT HOW THEY SPEAK LIKE READING SPECIALISTS AT DATA MEETINGS.
ALSO MAKES IT EASIER TO ONBOARD NEW PEOPLE BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT THREE EXPERTS SITTING THERE IN THE ROOM THAT CAN DO IT EVERY DAY.
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OTHER BIG FUNDS OF KNOWLEDGE HERE ARE THE NATIVE LANGUAGE SKILLS.OUR BILINGUAL TUTORS ARE BRINGING NATIVE LANGUAGE SKILLS TO THE TUTORING TABLE, WHICH MEANS BETTER INSTRUCTION FOR OUR EMERGING BILINGUALS STUDENTS.
HUGE PIECE OF OUR PROGRAM IS A BILITERATE PROGRAM.
WE'RE SEEING THIS AS A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE HAPPY ACCIDENTS.
OUR TUTORS DON'T USUALLY LEAVE.
THEY TAKE THIS WITH SERIOUSNESS, WITH PROFESSIONALISM AS THEY'RE SERVING THEIR OWN COMMUNITY, TEACHING THEIR NEIGHBOR'S KIDS.
I EVEN HAD ONE ONE TUTOR TEACH HER SON AT THE TUTORING TABLE.
THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. SHE'S NOW A TEACHER AT HORNSBY.
BUT WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS ABOUT 15-20% OF OUR DCBM TUTORS MOVE ON TO CAREERS IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION.
IT'S OFTEN WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WHERE THEY WERE TUTORING.
TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM, WE GOT A PARENTS SPECIALIST AT GILBERT, I BELIEVE.
HE WAS ONE OF OUR TUTORS, DULCE.
I THINK THE BIG POWER IN THIS IS YOU'RE WORKING WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND EMPOWERING THEM TO MEET THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES LITERACY NEEDS WHILE THEY'RE EARNING A LIVING WAGE.
WHAT THEY DO MATTERS TO THEM MORE SO THAN I CAN SAY IT MATTERED TO ME, EVEN THOUGH I REALLY CARED ABOUT MY JOB AS A TUTOR.
DR. TIELLE AND HER TEAM HAVE BEEN REALLY GOOD AT TAKING WHAT THEY'VE LEARNED FROM LITERACY FIRST AND EXTENDING IT INTO OTHER DOMAINS IN THE DISTRICT.
FOR EXAMPLE, THEY DESIGNED A LITERACY PLUS AFTER-SCHOOL TUTORING WHERE DAY TUTORS COULD EARN A LITTLE EXTRA MONEY AFTER-SCHOOL TUTORING KIDS THAT WERE IN THE AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM.
ANOTHER GREAT WAY TO MEET THEIR NEEDS, AND IT'S A WIN-WIN FOR THE TUTORS AS WELL.
SUMMER SCHOOL TUTORING, ANOTHER WIN-WIN.
YOU'VE GOT NOW NOT JUST KIDS IN CLASSROOMS WITH A TEACHER, BUT YOU'VE GOT ONE-ON-ONE SMALL GROUP TUTORING THAT CAN HAPPEN WITH TRAINED DAY TUTORS FROM THE SCHOOL YEAR.
THINGS LIKE HOME LEARNING PACKETS THAT WERE SENT HOME OVER THE PANDEMIC ALLOWED PARENTS TO SUPPORT THEIR STUDENTS' LITERACY DEVELOPMENT, EVEN WHEN WE WERE ALL STUCK IN OUR HOUSES AND SPRAY PAINTING SIGHT WORDS ON THE SIDEWALK, THINGS LIKE THAT.
THE WAY WE LOOK AT DATA, THE WAY WE LOOK AT EARLY LITERACY DATA AND MAKE INSTRUCTIONAL DECISIONS AND NOW WE STARTED A PROJECT WHERE WE'RE TEACHING THAT TO SPECIAL ED TEACHERS AND INTERVENTIONISTS, SO THEY CAN DO THE SAME THING WITH THEIR GROUPS OF STUDENTS AND OTHER SPACES.
THAT PILOT, WE STARTED LAST YEAR WAS AT TWO CAMPUSES AND WENT REALLY WELL, WAS VERY WELL RECEIVED BY PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS AND WE'RE GOING TO GO DISTRICT-WIDE NEXT YEAR TO TEACH THEM THE SAME THINGS.
WE'RE LOOKING AT DATA IN THE SAME WAY.
WE'RE ALSO ALL SPEAKING THAT SAME LANGUAGE.
FROM PRINCIPAL, TEACHER, INTERVENTIONISTS DOWN TO TUTOR, WE'RE ALL TALKING ABOUT EARLY INTERVENTION READING DEVELOPMENT, THE SCIENCE OF READING IN THE EXACT SAME WAYS.
I THINK THE BIGGEST THING ABOUT THIS PARTNERSHIP THOUGH, IS IT'S DRIVING INNOVATION IN CENTRAL TEXAS, AND I WOULD EVEN SAY BEING A PART OF A FEW NATIONAL TUTORING PROGRAMS. WHEN I SPEAK ABOUT OUR WORK HERE AND DEL VALLE, THE LITTLE CHAT ROOM STOPS AND LISTENS.
THEY'RE REALLY IMPRESSED, ESPECIALLY WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH COMMUNITY-BASED TUTORS HERE.
YOU CAN SEE THIS IS HAPPENING AROUND CENTRAL TEXAS.
ELGIN HAS FOLLOWED YOUR LEAD AND DEL VALLE.
EISD FINALLY, HAS FOLLOWED YOUR LEAD AND IS STARTING THIS PROJECT IN THEIR SCHOOLS.
THESE OTHER DISTRICTS ARE ALSO VERY INTERESTED IN WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH SPECIAL ED TEACHERS AND INTERVENTIONISTS.
WHAT WE'RE DOING IS SHOWING THEM HOW TO TAKE THE SCIENCE OF READING THEIR LEARNING AND READING ACADEMIES AND APPLY IT TO THEIR OWN KIDS AND THEIR DATA AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR GROUPS OF CHILDREN THAT THEY'RE WORKING WITH DIRECTLY.
WE DO THINGS LIKE PILOT CURRICULUM. I COULD GO ON AND ON.
I'M GOING TO STOP SO YOU GUYS CAN ASK QUESTIONS, AND JUST SAY, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PARTNERSHIP, REALLY EXCITED TO SEE WHAT OTHER THINGS WE CAN INNOVATE AND LEARN TOGETHER.
I'VE GOT ONE QUESTION OVER HERE, AND THEN I'LL COME OVER HERE TO SEE IF YOU GUYS HAVE QUESTIONS TOO.
>> THANK YOU. THIS WAS INFORMATIVE.
HOW MANY CAMPUSES IN ELGIN ARE DOING IT, PLEASE?
>> ALL THREE OF THEIR ELEMENTARY.
>> OKAY. I JUST WANT TO BE SURE HOW MANY THEY HAD. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION. THIS IS WONDERFUL.
MY QUESTION IS, YOU HAD MENTIONED IN ONE OF THE GRAPHS THAT THERE'S A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE NOT GETTING THE SUPPORT, BUT THEY ARE ACTUALLY IN NEED.
WHAT IS IT THAT YOU NEED FOR US TO BE ABLE TO REACH THESE FOLKS?
>> I THINK SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS THE FIRST STEP AS WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IN DEL VALLE FROM THE MOUNTAIN TOPS.
WE AT WORK AT UT, THE COLLEGE OF ED SHOULD KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS.
I THINK A FORUM LIKE THIS TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE WORK, OF COURSE, FUNDS, CONTINUING THE FUNDING FOR THIS PROGRAM, DEFINITELY.
ONE OF THE THINGS YOU ALSO MAY NOT KNOW BUT YOU'RE A RESOURCE TO THESE OTHER DISTRICTS.
THEY KEEP CALLING ME GOING, HOW DO DEL VALLE SET UP THE ONLINE POSTING? HOW DID THEY SET UP THIS? HOW DO THEY DO THIS? AND YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN A REALLY GOOD RESOURCE FOR THESE OTHER DISTRICTS THAT ARE STARTING TO EMBARK ON THIS WORK.
>> IN ADDITION, PART OF THE WORK THAT THE TEAM IS DOING WITH OUR SPECIAL ED INCLUSION AND RESOURCE TEACHERS
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AND OUR INTERVENTIONIST IS REALLY HELPING US EXPAND THE WORK INTERNALLY SO THAT WE CAN SEE MORE.NOW THAT WE HAVE OUR TUTORS SET UP AND ROLLING, AND THE TEAMS GOT THEM, NOW WE'RE GOING AND TRAINING MORE STAFF ON CAMPUS SO THEN WE CAN SERVE MORE STUDENTS WITH THIS MODEL AS WELL. THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THAT.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]
>> I THINK THIS IS GREAT, IT'S A GOOD START.
BASED OFF OF THE DATA THAT YOU PRESENTED, WE'RE AT 59% OVERALL ON OR NEAR GRADE LEVEL.
WHAT ARE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO IMPROVE THAT PERCENTAGE? BECAUSE IN MY MIND, THAT'S A FAILING GRADE IF I WAS IN CLASS AT A HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL OR ANYWHERE ELSE.
WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO INCREASE THAT, TO GET MORE STUDENTS ON THAT LEVEL AS A BOARD AND AS A DISTRICT?
>> GREAT QUESTION. I WOULD JUST SAY AS A FORMER TEACHER, IT LOOKS LIKE A FAILING GRADE TO ME TOO, ON ITS FACE.
BUT THAT'S ACTUALLY AN ASTOUNDING NUMBER IN THE FIELD OF HOW DOES TUTORING GO GET THAT MANY KIDS AT OR NEAR GRADE LEVEL.
I THINK SOME OF THE BIG THINGS ARE PARENT CONNECTIONS.
WHEN PARENTS KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH KIDS AND HAVE THE RESOURCES TO SUPPORT THEIR LITERACY DEVELOPMENT, EVEN IF IT'S JUST READING THAT FLUENCY PASSAGE WITH A KIDDO, THAT CONNECTION, I THINK WE CAN DO A LOT MORE AS A PROGRAM TO MAKE SURE PARENTS CAN SUPPORT THAT AND ALIGN THEMSELVES WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING.
I THINK SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAMMING AND LOTS OF THINGS LIKE BOOKS, GETTING GOOD BOOKS IN THE HANDS OF KIDS, AND GETTING EXCITED ABOUT THOSE BOOKS IS ONE OF THE GREAT WAYS TO ADOPT TO THE HEAVY INTERVENTION WORK THAT'S GOING ON.
BEING ABLE TO GIVE OUR GRADUATES OR KIDS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH ANY BOOKS IS ANOTHER GREAT WAY TO NATURALLY PROMOTE LITERACY, AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE ENGAGING IN READING OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL.
THERE'S SURE A FEW WAYS, CAN YOU GUYS THINK OF?
>> I THINK THE OTHER THING IS, SINCE IT'S A ONE-ON-ONE MODEL, AS STUDENTS GRADUATE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR, NEW STUDENTS ARE TAKEN INTO THE PROGRAM SO THEY CAN START ANYWHERE FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL APRIL OR MAY.
SOME OF THE STUDENTS THAT AREN'T MAKING THAT PROGRESS, IT'S NOT GIVING A CLEAR PICTURE BECAUSE THEY MAY NOT HAVE STARTED IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
IT'S A FLUID MODEL WHERE THEY CONTINUE TO ENROLL EVERY MONTH.
>> WE ARE SEEING A LOT, LIKE IN SECOND GRADE WHERE YOU'LL USUALLY BE ABLE TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF PHONICS SUPPORT, HERE'S HOW YOU SOUND OUT WORDS, BUT REALLY GETTING THE FLUENCY.
CAN YOU READ FLUENTLY? WE'RE HAVING A LOT MORE SECOND-GRADERS WHERE WE'RE HAVING TO GO BACK TO FIRST OR EVEN SOMETIMES KINDERGARTEN-LEVEL FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS TO SHOW THOSE UP FIRST.
THEY'VE JUST GOT A LITTLE LONGER ROAD TO TRAVEL.
WE WERE EXPECTING AFTER SCHOOL STARTED AGAIN TO SEE THAT 70% DROP BACK DOWN.
WE'RE NOT SEEING THAT YET AND THAT'S PERVASIVE.
NOT A DEL VALLE THING, THAT'S A CENTRAL TEXAS STATISTIC THAT WE'RE SEEING ALL OVER CENTRAL TEXAS.
I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF BIGGER CATCHING UP, SO TO SPEAK, THINGS THAT WE CAN DO AS WELL.
I WILL SAY THE ONE-ON-ONE SETTING IS REALLY GOOD FOR MENTORING KIDS.
A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE HEARING FROM THE KINDER IN FIRST-GRADE TEACHERS IS THAT KIDS ARE COMING TO SCHOOL WITHOUT THE SOCIALIZATION, THAT PASSES GRADE LEVELS [INAUDIBLE] GROUPS OF KIDS.
THAT ONE-ON-ONE MENTORING IS A HARD MEASURE.
[NOISE] WE CAN MEASURE READING GAMES REALLY WELL, BUT THAT ONE-ON-ONE MENTORING IS A REALLY HARD PART TO MEASURE, BUT IT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR WORK.
>> DO WE HAVE THE DATA FROM THE PREVIOUS YEARS? I'D LIKE TO SEE HOW THAT NUMBER EITHER INCREASE OR DECREASE OVER THE YEARS.
>> THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR NOW. THANK YOU.
>> REALLY QUICK, WHEN YOU SAY 70%, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AFTER THE PANDEMIC, THE 70% THAT QUALIFY FOR INTERVENTIONS.
IN GENERAL, YOU'RE SEEING THAT IN DEL VALLE AS WELL AS ALL OF THE DISTRICTS AROUND.
>> ALL OVER CENTRAL TEXAS. THE FIRST THING WE DO WHEN WE COME INTO A SCHOOL IS TEST ALL KIDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO TAKE THE TESTS DO SECOND.
WE CAN GET A GOOD GLIMPSE OF THE WHOLE PRIMARY GRADES.
IT'S NOT SURPRISING, BUT IT'S STILL A LITTLE SHOCKING AFTER THE PANDEMIC.
>> I KNOW MATT YOU HAVE A QUESTION BUT REALLY QUICK.
[NOISE] THE LITERACY FIRST TUTORS ARE PAID BY LITERACY FIRST.
>> PERFECT. I MIXED SOMETHING UP IN MY HEAD AND WANTED TO CLARIFY. THANK YOU.
>> FIRST, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE IT'S AN INCREDIBLE RESOURCE THAT THE DISTRICT HAS.
I GUESS MY ACTUAL QUESTION IS MORE JUST A CLARIFICATION.
FOR THE 59% FOR ON OR NEAR GRADE LEVEL, THAT I WOULD ASSUME IS EITHER MEETS, EXCEEDS, OR APPROACHES AS FAR AS STANDARDIZED TESTING. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT?
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>> HERE IS OUR KINDER THROUGH SECOND GRADERS.
THEY'RE NOT PART OF THE STANDARDIZED TESTING YET.
>> THEN WHAT WOULD BE THE METRIC THAT YOU'RE USING TO DETERMINE THAT?
>> [INAUDIBLE] IN DEL ARE USING PROGRESS MONITORING INSTRUMENTS THAT ARE EXACTLY MATCHED TO WHAT WE'RE TEACHING.
IF IT'S A PHONICS INTERVENTION, WE HAVE A PHONICS PROGRESS MONITORING ASSESSMENT WE'LL GIVE, AND WE'LL TRACK THAT BASED ON WHAT WE KNOW IS A GOOD SCORE FOR A GOOD READER IN CENTRAL TEXAS, THAT STATE OUR LOCAL NORM.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WHEN WE'RE SAYING AT OR NEAR.
THE ONES THAT HAVE HIT IT HAVE HIT THAT MARK AND HIT IT TWICE. WE DON'T JUST TAKE ONE.
THEY'VE GOT TO HIT IT TWICE FOR US TO GRADUATE A KID OR THE KID IS LIKE SO CLOSE, MAYBE THEY'VE HIT IT ONCE AND THEN DROPPED BACK DOWN OR THEY'RE WITHIN A FEW POINTS OF THAT.
IT'S THE WAY FOR US TO CAPTURE THOSE ALMOST THAT ARE REALLY RIGHT THERE, AND THE KID REALLY HAD A SUCCESSFUL YEAR AND TO TELL THAT STORY MORE FULLY.
>> YEAH, CAN YOU BREAK THAT UP? I WANT TO SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE NEAR AND HOW MANY ARE ACTUALLY AT THE GRADE LEVEL.
>> I WANT TO SAY IT WAS 223 THAT WERE AT GRADE LEVEL AND 283, 60 MORE IF I'M REMEMBERING.
>> TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-THREE GRADUATED, MET THE BENCHMARK TWICE, AND USUALLY IN MONTHS EARLIER THAN THEY SHOULD HAVE.
WE WILL GRADUATE A KID BASED ON THE END-OF-THE-YEAR SCORE IN THE SPRING.
>> ABOUT 60 MORE KIDS THAT WERE JUST RIGHT THERE OR MAYBE HIT IT ONLY ONCE AND NOT TWICE THAT END-OF-THE-YEAR BENCHMARK.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR THIS DATA. YEAH.
>> NOT QUITE A QUESTION, BUT EVERY YEAR YOU START IT'S NOT THE SAME KIDS.
YOU'RE STARTING WITH THAT NEW GROUP OF KIDS, AND WITHIN THAT, IF I UNDERSTOOD THE 480, SOME OF THOSE HADN'T FINISHED THE FULL YEAR, SO YOU CAN'T REALLY SAY 30, 40% FAILED BECAUSE THE WAY THEY ROLL THROUGH AND ALL.
>> EXACTLY, AND WE'LL SEE SOME KIDS THAT WILL NEED TO, SOMETIMES WE'LL HAVE A KID FOR KINDER FIRST AND SECOND GRADE.
I WILL SAY WE HAVE DONE LONGITUDINAL STUDIES THAT HAVE FOLLOWED KIDS INTO THE STAR PASSED AND WE DO SEE EFFECTS, NOT JUST IN THE READING SCORES, BUT IN THE MATH SCORES BECAUSE IT'S A READING TEST AS WELL.
YOU SEE THOSE EFFECTS STILL IN THIRD GRADE THAT ARE DIFFERENT FOR KIDS THAT HAVE HAD LITERACY FOR SUPPORT.
>> IT WAS REALLY GOOD TO SEE THE UPDATE BECAUSE I REMEMBER WHEN YOU BROUGHT THE PROGRAM TO US AND EXPLAINED IT AND HOW IT'S REALLY NICE THAT WE'RE THE PREMIER DISTRICT NOW IN CENTRAL TEXAS AND SUCH A GREAT MODEL.
THANK YOU TO DR. TIELLE AND TO LITERACY FASO FOR WILLING TO TAKE THIS AND MOVE WITH IT AND WHAT THE DISTRICT'S DONE WITH IT, SO APPRECIATE THAT.
>> APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH YOUR KIDS.
>> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] I THINK WE SHOULD JUST CLAP AFTER EVERY ITEM SO THAT NO ITEM FEELS LEFT OUT.
[LAUGHTER] THAT INCLUDES CONSENT, WE DON'T WANT THEM TO BE LONELY, JUST KIDDING.
CONSENT AGENDA IS OUR NEXT ITEM.
ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA WILL BE PASSED IN ONE ENCOMPASSING MOTION UNLESS THERE IS A DESIRE TO HAVE AN ITEM PULLED.
IS THERE A DESIRE TO HAVE AN ITEM PULLED AT THIS TIME? [BACKGROUND] OH, MY GOSH, I'M SORRY.
[LAUGHTER] WE COULD DO CONSENSUS, WE'RE ALREADY THERE, BUT NEVER MIND, I ACCIDENTALLY CHECKED IT OFF.
NEXT UP IS OUR DISCUSSION ITEM.
[VI. Discussion Item]
TALKING ABOUT NEW SECURITY REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS RELATED TO HB3.I'LL TURN IT OVER TO SUZI WALLACE. I'M SORRY, SUZI.
>> NO WORRIES. GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DR. TIELLE.
TONIGHT I'D LIKE TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION WITH YOU REGARDING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR ARMED SECURITY GUARDS UNDER HB3.
I THOUGHT I'D SHARE SOME INFORMATION AND THEN WE CAN OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION.
ON JUNE 14TH OF 2023, SO JUST A FEW SHORT WEEKS AGO, GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT DID SIGN HB3 FROM THE 88TH REGULAR LEGISLATIVE SESSION INTO LAW.
THIS LAW GOES INTO EFFECT SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2023.
NOW, I WILL SAY I WAS IN A COMMISSIONER CALL WITH COMMISSIONER MORATH LAST THURSDAY I LISTENED IN.
HE SAID IT ACTUALLY GOES INTO EFFECT RIGHT NOW.
HE SAID THAT BOARD SHOULD TAKE ACTION AND I QUOTE, "PRETTY DARN SOON", THAT'S WHAT HE SAID.
WHAT THE LAW REQUIRES IS THAT SCHOOL BOARDS ENSURE THAT THERE'S
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AN ARMED SECURITY OFFICER AT EVERY CAMPUS DURING NORMAL SCHOOL HOURS.IT IS UP TO THE BOARD MEMBERS TO DECIDE HOW MANY SECURITY OFFICERS ARE NEEDED AT EACH CAMPUS.
WHAT IS LISTED AS AN ARMED SECURITY OFFICER; THE REQUIREMENTS INCLUDE A DISTRICT PEACE OFFICER, SO A COMMISSIONED PEACE OFFICER OR POLICE OFFICER ARE INTERCHANGEABLE.
I JUST WANTED TO REMIND YOU, OUR POLICE OFFICERS ARE COMMISSIONED PEACE OFFICERS.
YOU COULD HAVE A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER OR COMMISSIONED PEACE OFFICER THAT'S EMPLOYED AS SECURITY PERSONNEL.
CURRENTLY, DVISD HAS POLICE OFFICERS ASSIGNED TO DAILEY, DEL VALLE MIDDLE SCHOOL, OJEDA, DEL VALLE HIGH SCHOOL, AND THE DAP.
WE ALSO HAVE MOBILE POLICE OFFICERS THAT MOVE BETWEEN THE OC AND ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES.
WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU SOME POSSIBLE OPTIONS TO CONSIDER.
OPTION 1 IS AN ARMED SAFETY AND SECURITY COORDINATOR AND NINE ADDITIONAL POLICE OFFICERS, SO COMMISSION PEACE OFFICERS.
THIS WOULD MEET THE REQUIREMENTS UNDER HB3, THESE WOULD ALL BE ARMED PERSONNEL WHO ARE COMMISSIONED PEACE OFFICERS.
THEY WOULD THEREFORE THEN HAVE THAT EXTENSIVE TRAINING THAT COMES ALONG WITH THAT.
THESE POSITIONS MAY BE HARD TO FILL AS MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS MAY BE LOOKING FOR THESE POSITIONS.
THE COST OF THIS OPTION IS APPROXIMATELY $1.1 MILLION.
THE NEXT OPTION WOULD BE AN ARMED SAFETY AND SECURITY COORDINATOR AND NINE NEW FTES FOR EMPLOYEES WHO WOULD NOT BE COMMISSIONED PEACE OFFICERS BUT WOULD HAVE A HANDGUN AND WOULD HAVE COMPLETED THE APPROPRIATE SAFETY TRAINING.
THIS IS AN EXCEPTION THAT IT'S ALLOWED UNDER HB3.
IT WOULD PROVIDE ARMED STAFF AT EVERY CAMPUS WHO DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER ROLE AT THE CAMPUS OTHER THAN FOR PROTECTION.
NOW, SOMETHING TO CONSIDER IS COMMISSIONED POLICE OFFICERS MAY HAVE MORE EXTENSIVE TRAINING, THERE COULD BE POTENTIAL LIABILITY ISSUES, AND IT MAY BE CHALLENGING TO FIND THE APPROPRIATE 80-HOUR TRAINING.
THE COST OF THIS OPTION IS APPROXIMATELY 600,000.
THE NEXT OPTION IS SIMILAR TO THE SCHOOL MARSHAL PROGRAM.
THESE INDIVIDUALS WOULD BE CURRENT EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE ANOTHER ASSIGNMENT ON CAMPUS.
THEY WOULD CARRY A HANDGUN AND THEY WOULD HAVE COMPLETED THE APPROPRIATE TRAINING.
THIS IS ANOTHER EXCEPTION THAT IS ALLOWED UNDER HB3.
AGAIN, COMMISSION POLICE OFFICERS MAY HAVE MORE EXTENSIVE TRAINING, WE MIGHT HAVE THE SAME LIABILITY ISSUES AND CHALLENGES FINDING 80-HOUR TRAINING, AND THESE EMPLOYEES WOULD HAVE OTHER FULL-TIME DUTIES ON THE CAMPUS.
THE APPROXIMATE COST OF THIS OPTION IS ABOUT $135,000.
NOW, THIS HB3 DOES HAVE SOME INCREASED FUNDING.
SO THE SCHOOL SAFETY FUNDING ALLOTMENT INCREASED FROM $9.72 PER ADA TO $10, WHICH IS AN INCREASE OF $2,696 FOR DEL VALLE, AND THEN AN ADDITIONAL 15,000 PER CAMPUS FOR 13 CAMPUSES THAT QUALIFY.
THESE WOULD BE A PART OF THE STATE AID AND WOULD BE IN OUR GENERAL OPERATING FUND.
IF THE BOARD DOES SELECT AN OPTION TONIGHT, WE WOULD NEED TO COME BACK FOR A BUDGET AMENDMENT IN THE AUGUST BOARD MEETING.
NOW I WILL OPEN UP TO ANY DISCUSSION.
>> PERFECT. I SAW YOU COME, SO I'LL LET YOU GO FIRST, MATT.
DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I SAW YOU COME LIKE YOU ARE GOING TO PUSH OFF ME. NO.
>> OH, YOU WERE JUST ENJOYING THE TOTAL INCREASE IN DOLLARS THERE. GO AHEAD.
>> JUST BAFFLED BY THIS REQUIREMENT.
HAVE WE LOOKED INTO AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CONSTABLES OR BACK IN WITH THE SHERIFF, IS THAT ALSO INCLUDED INTO THIS ONE MILLION? NO.
>> THAT IS NOT ONE OF THE OPTIONS THAT I'M PRESENTING TONIGHT.
IF THAT IS SOMETHING THE BOARD WOULD LIKE ME TO DO, I'M HAPPY TO DO SO.
>> ONLY BECAUSE THEY'VE ALREADY HAD THE TRAINING AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO DO AN ADDITIONAL COST TOWARD LATER.
COOL. THAT WOULD BE PROBABLY MY RECORD.
>> MY QUESTION IS IF YOU COULD EXPLAIN OR GIVE MORE EXAMPLES OF JUST WHAT I HAVE IN MY BRAIN OF WHAT THE POTENTIAL LIABILITY ISSUES WOULD BE FOR OPTION 2 AND 3.
>> THERE IS NOT A LOT OF INFORMATION ON THIS REQUIREMENT JUST YET.
AT THE COMMISSIONER'S CALL ON THURSDAY, COMMISSIONER MORATH BASICALLY READ THE LAW.
I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO ATTEND A TRAINING ON FRIDAY OR A WORKSHOP ON FRIDAY WITH REGION 13.
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THEN THE TEA IS GOING TO HAVE SOME MORE INFORMATION LATER IN AUGUST.THIS WAS JUST CONCERNS ABOUT SOMEONE WHO'S NOT A COMMISSIONED POLICE OFFICER.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LIABILITY MEANS.
WE'RE LOOKING AT AN ARMED SECURITY COORDINATOR AND NINE CURRENT EMPLOYEES OR WHICHEVER, ANOTHER NINE POSITIONS.
WHAT IF SOMEONE'S SICK OR OUT THAT DAY?
>> THAT'S PART OF THE REASON OF THE NUMBER, WE DO HAVE ROVERS ALREADY TO HELP SUPPORT THAT.
I THINK YOU REFERRED TO HIM AS MOBILE, HOW MANY MOBILE DO YOU HAVE?
>> I BELIEVE THEY HAVE TWO NOW.
>> SO THAT THEY'RE NOT PERMANENTLY ASSIGNED TO THE CAMPUS.
>> NO,12 TOTAL, 10 WITH TWO MOBILES.
WOULD TWO MOBILES BE SUFFICIENT IF WE'RE COVERING NINE ADDITIONAL CAMPUSES? I MEAN, THEY WOULDN'T BE MOBILE.
WOULD TWO ADDITIONAL BE SUFFICIENT IF YOU'RE COVERING.
>> NINE ADDITIONAL CAMPUSES? TWO SUBSTITUTES, RIGHT.
BUT I'M THINKING YOU HAVE NINE ADDITIONAL CAMPUSES.
RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE TWO FOR THE FOUR THAT WE HAVE. [OVERLAPPING]
>>THE TWO OF [OVERLAPPING] THAT WE DON'T HAVE.
>> CHIEF, YOU'RE WELCOME TO JOIN MS. WALLACE.
>> THE TWO MOBILE ARE FOR THE ELEMENTARIES THAT DON'T HAVE.
>> I THINK THE QUESTION THAT YOU'RE ASKING IS.
>> IF WE HAVE BASICALLY 10 MORE FTES, WOULD WE STILL HAVE THE TWO MOBILE, AND IS THAT ENOUGH?
>> NO. SORRY. YES. IT COULD BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT SHE JUST ASKED AND MY QUESTION.
ARE THE TWO MOBILES, THEY'RE USED AS ROVERS, BUT ARE THEY ALSO SUBSTITUTES?
>> I GUESS MY QUESTION WAS, IF YOU HAVE NINE ADDITIONAL CAMPUSES, WOULD TWO MOBILE BE ENOUGH TO COVER THE NEEDS OF MOBILENESS AND SUBSTITUTENESS? [LAUGHTER]
>> WE WILL PUT NINE AND PLUS THE SECURITY COORDINATOR I BELIEVE WILL ALSO BE A POLICE OFFICER. I THINK SO, YES.
>> OKAY. PERFECT. THEN I'M GUESSING OPTION 335,000 WOULD THEN JUST BE FOR THE ARMED SECURITY COORDINATOR.
DOES THAT INCLUDE THE ADDITIONAL TRAINING?
>> THAT WOULD INCLUDE TRAINING AND POTENTIALLY HANDGUNS.
>> OKAY. AND THEN THE 600,000 IS THE ARMED SECURITY COORDINATOR, HANDGUNS, AND THE NEW PEOPLE BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE THEIR ONLY PURPOSE WOULD TO BE THERE FOR SECURITY.
>> BUT WHAT IS FACTORED THAT IS NOT JUST PAYROLL COSTS.
WE DID CONSIDER PAYROLL BENEFITS AND POTENTIAL TRAINING AND WEAPONS INVOLVED AND HANDGUNS.
>> IS THERE ADDITIONAL INSURANCE IN THINGS REQUIRED FOR OUR PURPOSES TO HAVE THESE PEOPLE ON?
>> WE HAVE NOT BEEN GIVEN ANY INFORMATION REGARDING THAT AT THIS TIME.
>> THERE'S GOING TO BE A CONTINUING WEBINAR THROUGH TEA STARTING IN SEPTEMBER ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS LAW.
>> DO WE KNOW WHEN IS THE DEADLINE WHEN THIS HAS TO BE IMPLEMENTED OR ANY OF THAT? SO THE QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED TO COMMISSIONER MORATH WAS, DO WE HAVE TILL NEXT YEAR TO IMPLEMENT THIS? HE SAID IT'S EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, YOU WILL NEED TO IMPLEMENT IT NOW.
>> DID HE SAY WHAT ARE THE REPERCUSSIONS OR ANY OF THAT?
>> OKAY. I JUST HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT EMPLOYEES GETTING HANDGUNS AND HAVING IN OUR DISTRICT WITHOUT HAVING THE PROPER TRAINING AS CONSTABLE AND SHERIFFS AND ALL THAT OTHER GOOD STUFF.
AND THEN US TRYING TO FILL THOSE POSITIONS IN SUCH A SHORT TIME WITH BACKGROUND, DOES THIS PERSON FIT IN OUR DISTRICT? I WOULD LIKE FOR THE BOARD TO MAYBE THINK ABOUT SOME TYPE OF ANY LOCAL AGREEMENT IN THE INTERIM UNTIL WE CAN POSSIBLY FILL THOSE POSITIONS WITH OUR OWN PD.
MAYBE THINK ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I STRONGLY DISCOURAGE THE OTHER TWO OPTIONS.
I'LL BE RIGHT WITH YOU AND RICHARD TOO.
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON FILLING THE POSITIONS, YOU'VE BEEN FILLING POSITIONS THROUGHOUT, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT?
>> WELL, CURRENTLY IN THE POOL WE HAVE SOME GOOD APPLICANTS RIGHT NOW.
>> WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS, I MET WITH ALL THE CHIEFS WITHIN THE REGION HERE, AND THEY'RE ALL GOING WITH POLICE OFFICERS IN THEIR DISTRICTS.
CHIEF AUSTIN ISD POLICE CHIEF MET WITH JOHN SCOTT.
HE'S A CHIEF OF SECURITY AND SAFETY FOR TEA.
AND WHAT HE'D, RESPONSE HE GOT FROM HIM WAS AS LONG WITH THE DISTRICT MAKE
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A GOOD FAITH EFFORT TOWARDS COMPLIANCE, IS WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.>> OKAY. SO IF WE WERE TO POST AND BRING IN SOME PEOPLE, AND THEN WE HAD A COUPLE OF POSITIONS LEFT OPEN BECAUSE WE WERE TRYING TO FILL THEM WITH DEL VALLE PEOPLE THAT WE WANT.
TO THE GENTLEMAN WHO SPOKE EARLIER THAT CONTINUES THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, THAT'S A GOOD FAITH EFFORT IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND WHAT YOU GOT FROM THAT.
>> ALL THE REGIONAL CHIEFS, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE. [OVERLAPPING]
>> THAT'S WHY I ASKED ABOUT ANY REPERCUSSIONS OF ANY OF THIS NOT.
>> I'M IN RIGHT AWAY, LIKE IF IT'S RIGHT NOW, THEN WHAT [OVERLAPPING]
>> YOU HAVE TO FIND NINE PEOPLE RIGHT NOW.
>> YEAH. AS LONG AS WE MAKE A GOOD FAITH TOWARDS COMPLIANCE [INAUDIBLE]
>> OKAY. I'LL GO DARLA, THEN WE'LL GO BACK OVER HERE. GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU. I REALIZED THIS ITEM IS JUST FOR DISCUSSION, BUT IS THERE A RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF AT THIS POINT?
>> THE LAW SAYS THE SCHOOL BOARD SHALL ENSURE THAT THERE'S AN OFFICER AT EVERY CAMPUS.
WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE IT UP TO THE BOARD TO MAKE THAT DECISION.
>> I FEEL COMFORTABLE OPTION 1.
>>RICHARD, MOVE YOUR MIC [INAUDIBLE]
>> I SAID I FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH OPTION 1.
>> WE HAVE AN ACTION ITEM ON THE AGENDA LATER.
I THINK THIS IS JUST THE DISCUSSION PIECE, RIGHT? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF? GO AHEAD.
>> YES. I KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE MENTIONED TO PRESIDENT BIRCH IS, THERE'S A SENATE BILL 838 THAT ALSO DEPENDS ON FUNDING FROM HB 3 FOR SILENT PANIC ALARM TECHNOLOGIES.
DID THE COMMISSIONER TALK ABOUT THAT AT ALL?
>> NO. THERE WAS NOT A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THAT.
THERE IS ANOTHER GRANT THAT WILL OPEN UP IN JANUARY OF 2024 THAT WILL HAVE A LOT MORE FUNDS.
BUT HE WAS NOT AWARE YET OF WHETHER THOSE GRANTS COULD BE USED FOR STAFF OR NOT.
THE GRANTS THAT CURRENTLY ARE OPEN ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR STAFF.
>> WE ACTUALLY HAVE THAT SYSTEM WITH RAFTER.
RAFTER IS WHAT WE USE FOR OBVIOUSLY SIGNING IN INDIVIDUALS.
BUT WE PURCHASED IT FOR THE WHOLE DISTRICT, WE PILOTED AT LAST YEAR.
IT'S GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTED ON EVERY CAMPUS, WHERE THERE IS AN APP ON EVERY STAFF MEMBERS, PHONE, IPAD, OR COMPUTER, AND THEY CAN ACTIVATE AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.
LET THE POLICE OFFICERS KNOW IMMEDIATELY, IF THERE'S [NOISE] AN INTRUDER AND THE WHOLE DISTRICT.
SO WE DID PURCHASE IT, WE SHOULD BE GETTING ADDITIONAL FUNDING, BUT WE ACTUALLY DID COVER THAT COST.
>> WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS EARLIER.
I THINK THERE WAS SOME UNCERTAINTY ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN USE CELLPHONES OR WI-FI BASED SYSTEMS UNDER SB 838.
SOME OF THE TRAINING AND GUIDANCE THAT THE LEADERSHIP SESSIONS FOR TASB, THEY WERE TALKING A LOT ABOUT RADIO BASED SYSTEMS IN RELATION TO SB 838.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING ABOUT IT.
IT POINTED TO HB 3 HAVING FUNDS BUT SORT OF THING.
BUT YOU GOT TO PICK WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO USE THE FUNDS FOR, WHETHER IT'S GOING TO BE THIS BASED SYSTEMS OR THE SROS.
>> YEAH. I'M HEARING THAT THE GUIDANCE COULD BE THAT YOU CAN'T REQUIRE AN EMPLOYEE TO USE THEIR CELLPHONE AS PART OF THE SILENT WHATEVER SYSTEM.
IF THAT'S WHAT'S RAFTER IS BASED ON.
>> BUT IT IS ALSO ON IPAD AND COMPUTER, SO THEIR IPADS AND COMPUTERS AS WELL.
>> SO IT'S JUST THE RADIO BASE FIRST.
>> I'M SORRY, SUZI. THE MONEY THAT'S AVAILABLE, THAT'S CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. WHERE CAN I FIND THAT?
>> FOR STAFF. SO THERE IS SOME CURRENT GRANTS AND WE HAVE ALREADY UTILIZED THOSE FUNDS, CORRECT.
THE NEW GRANT THAT WILL OPEN UP IN JANUARY IS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE MONEY, BUT THERE IS NOT GUIDANCE YET ON WHETHER WE COULD USE THAT TO PAY FOR THESE POSITIONS.
>> THESE POSITIONS WOULD HAVE TO COME OUT OF GENERAL FUND, AND WE DO NOT ANTICIPATE USING HB 3 DOLLARS FOR THEM.
>> THE 15,000 THAT THEY GAVE US SO GRACIOUSLY, WE CANNOT USE FOR STAFF.
>> NO. THOSE WE CAN'T BECAUSE THEY WILL GO INTO THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND WHICH WILL PAY STAFF.
>> OKAY. WANT TO DOUBLE-CHECK.
>> THAT WE ALREADY RECEIVED THIS YEAR HAS ALREADY BEEN SPENT AND IS NOT ELIGIBLE TO PAY FOR THE STAFF UNDER THIS POSITION AND THEY WERE NOT SURE ABOUT THE UPCOMING GRANTS.
>> I MEAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT DIDN'T WE HAVE BOND FUNDS FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY? IF WE DID, DO WE HAVE ANY FUNDS LEFT?
>> WOULD THAT BE FOR THE SILENT ALARM OR FOR THIS BECAUSE I DON'T THINK CAPITAL FUNDS
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CAN BE USED FOR STAFF.>> OKAY. YEAH. BUT YOU'RE NOT ASKING FOR THE STAFF?
>> [INAUDIBLE] WE USE TECHNOLOGY FUNDS FOR THE RAFTER PROGRAM.
WE BELIEVE IN INCORPORATION [INAUDIBLE] PROCESS.
WE'VE ALSO IMPROVED OUR SECURITY [INAUDIBLE] AND IN ADDITION TO THAT [INAUDIBLE]
>> OKAY. ARE THERE ANY FUNDS LEFT BASED OFF OF ALL THAT STUFF THAT WE HAVE ALREADY DONE?
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, GO FOR IT, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK.
>> FROM A DISCUSSION STANDPOINT, IF WE SAY OKAY, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD MAKE A DECISION ON THIS TODAY, AND SINCE IT IS ON THE BOARD TO DECIDE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, WOULD WE BE ABLE TO SAY GO FOR OPTION 1 AND THEN AFTER WE GET MORE INFORMATION AND ALL OF THAT AND WE DECIDE, YOU KNOW WHAT, MAYBE WE NEED TO MOVE TO DO OPTION 2 TO FILL SOME OF THESE POSITIONS.
IS THAT SOMETHING WE COULD DO OR IS THAT NOT? AT LEAST THEN WE COULD GET THE BALL ROLLING TO START GETTING THOSE PEOPLE.
>> ARE YOU ASKING ME IF YOU ALL VOTED ON OPTION 1 TONIGHT OR DECIDED ON OPTION 1 AND THEN WE HAD DIFFICULTY FILLING, COULD WE BRING IT BACK? I CERTAINLY BELIEVE SO, BECAUSE IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO MEET OPTION 1, YOU CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH AN EXCEPTION
>> [OVERLAPPING] BECAUSE THAT'S THE NEXT BEST, WE'RE NOT GOING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.
>> I DID JUST WANT TO SAY ABOUT THE GOOD FAITH EFFORT, COMMISSIONER MORATH DID NOT SAY THAT.
[LAUGHTER] HE DID NOT SAY THAT, SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT ON PAGE 9 OF THE LAW IN THERE IT DOES JUST TALK ABOUT TEAS.
THE COMMISSIONER MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTIONS, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, THERE WOULD BE MANY DISTRICTS.
>> CAN WE ALSO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ON WHERE OUR CURRENT OFFICERS I KNOW YOU'D HAVE THEM LIKE CURRENTLY ASSIGNED TO DALY BARRALLEGA.
OR IS IT ONE PER? BECAUSE, I MEAN, WE HAVE 12 THAT'S ONLY FIVE SCHOOLS THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY, OR THE TWO OFFICERS PER CAMPUS RIGHT NOW.
>> EVERY MIDDLE SCHOOL HAS AN OFFICER, AND HIGH SCHOOL HAS FOUR OFFICERS, AND THEN THE TWO ROVERS, AND THEN LIEUTENANT.
>> TECHNICALLY, WE HAVE ENOUGH ARMED OFFICERS TO MEET HB 3 PER CAMPUS.
>> [OVERLAPPING] THEY'VE GOT TO BE STATIONED AT THE CAMPUS.
>> THEY HAVE TO BE STATIONED AT THE CAMPUS?
>> [OVERLAPPING] YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
>> I GET WHERE YOU'RE GOING, SO SHE'S SAYING, TECHNICALLY, IF WE DID NOT HAVE FOUR OFFICERS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, BY LETTER OF LAW, WE CAN MEET THE PIECE, BECAUSE YOU HAVE 12 OFFICERS.
HOW MANY DO WE NEED? 13? DO YOU SEE WHAT SHE'S SAYING? THAT WE'VE ALREADY MADE A GOOD FAITH EFFORT BECAUSE WE'VE PULLED.
>> [OVERLAPPING] GOING TO STICK TO.
>> NOT TO SAY THAT THAT'S WHAT WE WANT.
>> BUT TECHNICALLY, BECAUSE WE HAVE THE AMOUNT OF OFFICERS THAT ARE ALREADY TRAINED, IF WE SOMEHOW MITIGATE THOSE EXTRA SECURITY PERSONNELS IN SOME OTHER WAY, WE STILL MEET THAT IF WE ASSIGN EACH OF THOSE OFFICERS TO OUR CAMPUS AND WE'D ONLY NEED ONE ACTUALLY TRAINED OFFICER TO.
>> I THINK YOU'RE ASKING INSTEAD OF HAVING FOUR STATIONED AT THE HIGH-SCHOOL, IF WE JUST HAD ONE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, AND THEN HAVE THE OTHER THREE AT ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES, WOULD WE NEED LESS? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING?
>> I THINK SHE'S SAYING IN THEORY, BY THE LETTER OF THE LAW, THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS WE HAVE EMPLOYED, NOT IN PRACTICE, NOT IN ACTUALITY, BUT THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS THAT WE HAVE EMPLOYED.
BECAUSE YOU JUST SAID THAT HE SAYS BY REASONABLE TIME PERIOD AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THESE PEOPLE EMPLOYED, TECHNICALLY, WE HAVE THEM EMPLOYED.
>> BECAUSE IT SAYS THE BOARD MUST ENSURE AT LEAST ONE ARMED SECURITY OFFICER PRESENT DURING REGULAR SCHOOL AT EACH DISTRICT CAMPUS.
TECHNICALLY, WE HAVE THAT, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THEM ASSIGNED TO EACH CAMPUS.
WE HAVE FOUR ASSIGNED TO THE HIGH SCHOOL.
>> THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE PRESENT AT THE CAMPUS.
>> THAT HELPS OUT, IT GIVES US A LITTLE BIT MORE WIGGLE ROOM
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>> FOR TIME, I THINK IF I'M UNDERSTANDING YOU CORRECTLY, AND TO WHAT THIS GENTLEMAN SPOKE TO EARLIER.
OUR GOAL IS NOT TO FILL THESE POSITIONS, OUR GOAL IS TO FIND DEL VALLE PEOPLE.
THEIR GOAL IS TO CONTINUE THEIR TRACK RECORD THAT YOU'VE HAD, SO A WARM BODY IS NOT GOING TO BE ENOUGH.
IF THAT'S THE CASE, WE DON'T WANT THE COMMISSIONER ON OUR BACK TO SAY YOU HAVE TO FILL IT WITH A WARM BODY, BECAUSE THAT DOESN'T SERVE OUR NEEDS REGARDLESS IF IT SERVES THE STATE'S NEEDS.
IS THAT WHERE YOU'RE GOING WITH THIS?
I MEAN, WE HAVE TONS OF SECURITY PERSONNEL AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, INCLUDING THE FOUR ARMED OFFICERS.
WOULD THAT BE ACCEPTABLE TO HAVE EACH ARMED OFFICER AT THE DIFFERENT CAMPUSES OR IS IT A REQUIREMENT TO HAVE FOUR OFFICERS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL?
>> THAT IS THE BOARD'S DECISION.
>> I THINK TECHNICALLY, RIGHT NOW
>> [OVERLAPPING] THAT'S SPECIFICALLY SAYS
>> WE NEED A SEPARATE ONE, WE NEED TO REALLY THINK ABOUT WHAT IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AND WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH? [BACKGROUND]
>> THE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS WE HAVE THERE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, ONE OR TWO OFFICERS IS NOT GOING TO WORK.
>> NO, I GET THAT, I UNDERSTAND THAT.
>> [OVERLAPPING] IN PRACTICE, WE TOTALLY GET IT.
WE'RE TRYING TO MEET THE LETTER OF THE LAW SO WE DON'T GO A FOUL WITH TEA.
THAT'S WHAT YOUR [OVERLAPPING] RIGHT?
>> YES. WE HAVE ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS TO HELP WITH SECURITY AND HELPING OUR HIGH SCHOOL AND OUR OTHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT DON'T REQUIRE AN ARMED PERSONNEL THERE.
SO I THINK THAT WE COULD STILL CONSIDER SOME OTHER OPTIONS
>> [OVERLAPPING] WHILE WE LOOK FOR THE OPTIONS THAT WE NEED TO FILL
>> I THINK WE ALSO NEED TO REMEMBER THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS WHERE ACTIVITIES FOR POLICE OFFICERS ARE NEEDED OR ASSIGNED.
CORRECT CHIEF? [OVERLAPPING] SO YOU CAN'T EXPECT THEM TO BE ON A CAMPUS AT 7:00 AM, AND THEN WORK UNTIL 10, 11 O' CLOCK AT NIGHT.
>> [OVERLAPPING] THAT WAS MY QUESTION ABOUT, IS THAT GOING TO BE ENOUGH?
>> THAT'S WHY I BELIEVE WE NEED FOUR OFFICERS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, TOTALLY.
>> BUT THAT DOESN'T APPLY TO HB 3.
HBC SAYS DURING SCHOOL ACTIVITIES WE CAN HIRE SECURITY OR SOME OTHER OUTSIDE FORCE FOR THESE GAMES LIKE OTHER DISTRICTS DO.
I'M SAYING, HOW DO WE MEET THIS LEGAL REQUIREMENT BY STATE?
>> BUT YOUR QUESTION IS WHERE MY QUESTION CAME FROM.
I DON'T KNOW THAT TWO ROVERS MOBILES ARE ENOUGH TO SUFFICE IF YOU'VE GOT THEM WORKING AT CAMPUSES NOW.
OR THAT YOU'VE GOT NINE ADDITIONAL PEOPLE THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE SICK.
IF YOU HAVE TWO OF THOSE SICK, THEN YOU HAVE NO EXTRA PEOPLE TO COVER THE HIGH SCHOOL IF SOMEBODY SICK, TO COVER MIDDLE SCHOOL IF SOMEBODY IS SICK, BECAUSE YOU'VE USED.
MY QUESTION IS, IS NINE SUFFICIENT TO DO AND YOU SAID YES, YOU THINK SO BECAUSE THE ARMED SECURITY COORDINATOR WOULD ALSO BE A COMMISSIONED OFFICER, CORRECT? THEY COULD FILL IN, IN LIEU OF?
>> THEY'RE MOBILE AS WELL, SO THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE SITTING AT A [BACKGROUND] POLICE STATION?
>> I KNOW THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM LATER, I THINK THAT IF THE BOARD COULD HAVE A DISCUSSION ON ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS TOGETHER AND DISCUSS WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
BECAUSE WE ALSO DON'T HAVE FUNDING TO SUPPORT A LOT OF THIS STUFF, SO WHAT WOULD WE DO? HOW WOULD WE DO IT? WHAT'S OUR CHEAPER OPTION? AND ALSO MEETING AND ALSO HAVING OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY FOR OUR STUDENTS.
BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT THAT RELAPSE, BECAUSE WE TOOK AWAY OFFICERS FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL.
WE WANT TO STILL HAVE PEOPLE FEEL THEY HAVE THAT SENSE OF SECURITY AND BE SAFE.
>> THIS IS WHERE I'M CONFUSED NOW, BECAUSE I THOUGHT WE WERE JUST SPEAKING ABOUT THE LETTER OF THE LAW.
IN MY DISCUSSIONS, IT WAS STILL A MATTER OF GOING WITH THE NINE, WELL MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE MORE THAN NINE, BUT NINE ADDITIONAL OFFICERS.
>> TO HIRE THEM, WE WERE JUST USING
>> [OVERLAPPING] SO IT'S GOING TO THE LETTER OF THE LAW, BUT ALSO WHAT CAN THE DISTRICT WON'T AFFORD, WHAT IS REASONABLE, WHAT IS REALISTIC, AND WHAT IS GOING TO ALSO KEEP THAT SENSE OF SECURITY AND SAFETY FOR OUR STUDENTS, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO NOT HAVE FOUR PEOPLE OR HOWEVER MANY PEOPLE WE HAVE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE NEED THAT SECURITY.
BUT WHAT ARE OUR ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS?
>> I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION BECAUSE THIS IS ONLY FOR CURRENTLY.
EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL DOESN'T COUNT?
>> NOT YET, AND I WILL SAY THAT WE HAVEN'T EVEN HAVE GOTTEN AN EXPLICIT DEFINITION OF CAMPUS.
>> I RATHER GO WITH THE NINE ADDITIONAL.
I MEAN, I KNOW THAT YOU ARE MAKING DECISIONS, BUT I RATHER GO WITH FOR SURE HAVING MORE KIDS SECURE.
>> [OVERLAPPING] IS THAT OPTION 1? BECAUSE ALL OF THEM ARE NINE, BUT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OPTION 1?
>> I HAVE A QUESTION, I ACTUALLY HAVE IT DIRECTLY TO YOU CHIEF VELA.
WHAT WOULD YOUR RECOMMENDATION BE FOR, NOT JUST THE HIGH SCHOOLS, BUT WE HAVE A POPULATION AND I THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK AT POPULATION AS WELL AS THE SIZE OF THE BUILDING AS WELL LIKE THE FACILITY.
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DO YOU REALLY FEEL LIKE ONE ARMED? I UNDERSTAND THERE WILL BE OTHER SECURITY OFFICERS AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE NUMBERS.IF YOU HAVE ONE ARMED, WHAT ABOUT ALL THE OTHER SECURITY? LIKE HOW MANY DO YOU HAVE PER CAMPUS, AND DO YOU FEEL LIKE THAT IS SUFFICIENT? BECAUSE YOU'RE THE ONE ON THE GROUND, YOU'RE THE ONE DOING THIS, NOT US, SO EVEN THOUGH IT FALLS ON US TO MAKE THE DECISION.
>> SORRY FOR INTERVENING, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAMPUSES?
>> ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, AND HIGH.
I MEAN, YOU'VE ALREADY GOT SOME.
>> ONE OFFICER PER CAMPUS, AND IF YOU ASKED ME WHAT I SUPPORT, IT WOULD BE OPTION 1 THAT WHAT I SUPPORT.
>> I THINK I HAVE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF THAT.
I'M CONFUSED ABOUT THE RATIOS NEEDED TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE ADEQUATE STAFFING, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
GOING BACK TO PRESIDENT BIRCH'S QUESTION ABOUT, IF WE'VE GOT 10 OFFICERS NOW, WE'VE GOT TWO ROVERS, YOU WOULD SAY THAT FOR EVERY FIVE OFFICERS YOU HAVE A ROVER. IS THAT FAIR?
>> SO IF YOU ADD MORE THEN IT'S SUGGESTING, AM I RIGHT, THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE FOUR ROVERS? I THINK IF YOU ADD TO WHAT TRUSTEE RENDON'S ANALOGY IS SAYING IS THAT, HEY, BASED OFF THE SIZE OF THE CAMPUS, WHAT ARE THOSE RATIOS THAT THE BOARD NEEDS TO BE THINKING ABOUT AS FAR AS ENSURING THAT THERE'S ADEQUATE STAFFING FOR SCHOOL SAFETY?
>> YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
>> I'M TALKING ABOUT EVERY CAMPUS, THE DISTRICT A BIT LARGE.
NOT JUST COMMISSIONED PEACE OFFICERS, BUT THE SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY STAFF THAT'S AT CAMPUSES.
>> CURRENTLY THE SECURITY STAFF AT EVERY SCHOOL, I THINK THEY HAVE TWO? [BACKGROUND] ELEMENTARIES DON'T HAVE ANY.
ALL I SUPPORT IS EACH OFFICER, EVERY ELEMENTARY CAMPUS, TWO ROVERS.
I MEAN, A GOOD FAITH EFFORT FOR ME WHILE I THINK FIVE OFFICERS, TWO ROVERS WOULD COVER WITH TWO CAMPUSES, TWO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AT ONE TIME UNTIL WE GET IT FILLED IN GOOD FAITH OF THE 10.
>> JUST TO FOLLOW UP [LAUGHTER], WHEN YOU SAY TWO ROVERS, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE TWO ROVERS THAT ARE ALREADY EXISTING?
>> SO NOT HIRING TWO ADDITIONAL ROVERS.
>> WE CAN HAVE THE ROVERS THAT WE HAVE NOW.
>> WOULD YOU RECOMMEND TWO OFFICERS AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL OR DO YOU THINK ONE OFFICER WOULD BE SUFFICIENT ENOUGH?
>> ONE OFFICER. THEN YOU WOULD RECOMMEND AT LEAST FOUR AT THE HIGH SCHOOL?
>> ONE OFFICER. WE HAVE NINE OR 10 ELEMENTARY?
>> THEN EACH THE OTHER BUILDINGS, THE ADMIN BUILDING, DO WE NEED AN OFFICER, IT'S CONSIDERED A CAMPUS?
>> I DON'T BELIEVE ADMIN WILL NEED AN OFFICER, BUT AS I SAID, THEY HAVEN'T DEFINED CAMPUS JUST YET.
>> COMMISSIONER MORATH SPECIFICALLY SAID THAT.
>> AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL MEET THE DEFINITION OF CAMPUS.
I THINK WHAT WE WERE TALKING IS NORTH AND SOUTH ARE RIGHT ON THE PREMISES OF THE ELEMENTARY AND THEN NORTH IS VERY CLOSE IN PROXIMITY TO THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE OC.
NOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF THE DEFINITION OF CAMPUS COMES OUT AND IT'S DIFFERENT, WE WOULD HAVE TO TALK AGAIN.
>> I THINK IT'S HILARIOUS AND FIND IT LAUGHABLE THAT SOMEBODY WOULD SAY YOU NEED TO IMPLEMENT THIS IMMEDIATELY, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU ANY GUIDANCE IN WHICH TO DO SO SO GOOD LUCK.
DO WE THINK THAT CAMPUS STUFF IS GOING TO BE DEFINED SOON? BECAUSE YOU'RE WANTING A BUDGET AMENDMENT NEXT MONTH.
>> DEA IS NOT GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER MEETING WITH US UNTIL AUGUST 24TH.
>> REGION 13, THE TRAINING OR WORKSHOP I'M ATTENDING ON FRIDAY MY GUESS IT'S GOING TO BE OTHER DISTRICTS HAVING SIMILAR CONVERSATIONS TO US AS WE ARE HAVING NOW.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT FRIDAY IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE I'M NOT PREDICTING THAT THEY COME IN WITH A LOT OF ANSWERS.
I COULD BE WRONG AND I'LL OF COURSE SHARE THAT IF WE GET A LOT OF GUIDANCE FROM THEM.
>> I THINK, COUPLE OF THINGS IS MAKING A GOOD FAITH EFFORT IS WE NEED TO ADOPT WHATEVER WE'RE GOING TO DO TONIGHT.
WE CAN ALWAYS ADD OFFICERS AS WE NEED.
ALSO IS THINGS CHANGE WITH TEA? WE CAN ALWAYS AMEND THE BUDGET AND WE DO HAVE A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE WE'RE NOT GOING INTO A DEFICIT TO DO THIS AS SO MANY DISTRICTS PROBABLY ARE GOING TO HAVE TOO.
I JUST THINK, WE CAN COME UP WITH ALL KINDS OF SCENARIOS.
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WHAT IF BUT I THINK JUST STARTING FROM THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE CHIEF OF, LIKE SARAH SAID, HE'S THE ONE ON THE GROUND DOING THE WORK AND SO I APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT AND I JUST THINK WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD TONIGHT WHEN WE DO VOTE.THEN WE CAN ALWAYS AMEND AND ADD MORE IF WE NEED MORE ROVERS AND WE SEE WE NEED THEM IN SIX MONTHS OR A YEAR AND WE JUST HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD AND WHATEVER TEA MEAN, IT IS STRANGE THAT THEY WANT US TO DO IT NOW, BUT I DON'T HAVE THE RULES IN PLACE.
>> OF COURSE AS THE WHOLE DISTRICT WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP YOU UPDATED WITH ANY INFORMATION OR GUIDANCE WE RECEIVE.
>> LAST QUESTION. [LAUGHTER] IS THE OPPORTUNITY CENTER INCLUDED?
>> I'M INCLUDING THAT. WE ARE INCLUDING THAT WITH RIGHT NOW.
>> YOU'RE INCLUDING AS IT CURRENTLY HAS AN OFFICER?
>> NO. THAT WOULD BE PART OF THAT.
>> [OVERLAPPING] PART OF THE NINE?
I WAS ENVISIONING SAFETY AND SECURITY COORDINATOR BEING AT ONE OF THE CAMPUSES.
>> WHAT IS THAT ALL UNTIL THE SECURITY OFFICER PERSON, IS THAT LIKE AN ACTUAL POLICE OFFICER? LET'S MOVE TO THE CHEAPER, HOW THAT DOES THAT WORK?
>> I THINK IT WOULD DEPEND ON WHAT OPTION SELECT.
REALLY, AS YOU CAN SEE, JUST THIS LAW IT'S VERY QUITE EXTENSIVE SO JUST MONITORING THE AUDITS, ENSURING COMPLIANCE, JUST REALLY BEING ON TOP OF ALL THE NEW SAFETY AND SECURITY REQUIREMENT.
>> WILL THAT PERSON ALSO DICTATE WHERE THE OFFICERS GO?
>> YOU ALL WOULD WORK TOGETHER TO FIGURE THAT OUT?
I THINK WE DO NEED TO GET ON IT AND GET THE BALL ROLLING BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF DISTRICTS LOOKING FOR OFFICERS AND THE SOONER WE GET IT POSTED, THE FASTER WE CAN HIRE THEM.
>> PERFECT. THANK YOU FOR SHARING AND COMING UP TO THE MIC AD HOC STAFF.
NOW, WE CAN GO TO CONSENT AGENDA.
[VII. Consent Agenda]
ITEMS IN THE CONSENT AGENDA WILL BE PASSED IN ONE ENCOMPASSING MOTION UNLESS THERE IS A DESIRE TO HAVE AN ITEM PULLED.IS THERE A DESIRE TO HAVE AN ITEM PULLED AT THIS TIME?
>> YEAH. CAN YOU PLEASE PULL ITEM K, THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL TECHNOLOGY ALLOTMENT.
>> YES. ANYTHING ELSE? DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO PASS ITEMS A THROUGH J AND L AND M AS PRESENTED.
>> [OVERLAPPING] JUST A SECOND. L AND M. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE.
MAKE SOME MOTION, RICHARD IS THE SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? HERE YOU GO LISA.
>> PERFECT. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC QUESTION, SUSANNA?
>> YEAH. I JUST WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND WHERE AND HOW DO TEACHERS GO AND ASK FOR ADDITIONAL MATERIALS THAT ARE REQUIRED APPROVAL? HOW DOES THAT WORK? BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE I FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT.
THEN ALSO BASED OFFICER, COMMENTS FROM PREVIOUS BOARD MEETINGS WHERE TEACHERS SAYING THAT THEY DON'T HAVE BOOKS AND WHATNOT, HOW DOES THAT ALL WORK? CAN YOU GIVE ME A LITTLE PROCESS FOR THAT?
>> ABSOLUTELY. TEACHERS, IF THEY NEED ADDITIONAL MATERIALS, FIRST AND FOREMOST, THEY SHOULD CONSULT THEIR TEXTBOOK COORDINATOR ON THEIR CAMPUS BECAUSE SOMETIMES MANY OF THOSE MATERIALS ARE ALREADY ON CAMPUS AND THEIR TEXTBOOK COORDINATOR CAN HELP THEM LOCATE THEM.
IN ADDITION, THEY CAN ALWAYS CONTACT THEIR CURRICULUM COORDINATION STAFF.
OUR CONTENT COORDINATORS ARE FULLY AWARE OF ALL THE MATERIALS THAT ARE ON CAMPUSES AND THEN ALSO TRY TO KEEP A PULSE ON SAYING, HEY, WE NEED TO ORDER ADDITIONAL MATERIALS, ADDITIONAL CONSUMABLES AT HILLCREST OR WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE.
THEN IF THERE ARE NEW MATERIALS THAT PERHAPS A TEACHER AND, OR A PRINCIPAL WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND FOR CONSIDERATION WE HAVE WHAT WE CALL A RESOURCE VETTING COMMITTEE AND THERE'S A LINK ON THE ADMINISTRATOR PORTAL WE ASK THAT THAT GO THROUGH THE CAMPUS PRINCIPALS BECAUSE WE WOULD LIKE FOR THE CAMPUS PRINCIPALS TO BE ABLE TO VET THOSE ITEMS FIRST THAT TEACHERS ARE ASKING TO BE PURCHASED, AND THEN THEY COME FORWARD AND A PRINCIPAL, SOME CAMPUS STAFF SIT ON THE COMMITTEE AND ALONG WITH CONTENT COORDINATORS OF SORTS, SO THAT THEY CAN USE A RUBRIC THAT REALLY MAKES SURE THAT IT MEETS THE STANDARDS, THE TEXAS ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS.
THEN WE'LL ADD IT TO AN APPROVED LIST, WHETHER THE PRINCIPAL IS GOING TO PURCHASE IT WITH CAMPUS FUNDS,
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WHETHER IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BRING FORWARD AND PURCHASE DISTRICT WIDE WITH INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ALLOTMENT.NOW, KNOW THAT THIS ALLOTMENT IS RESERVED TO ALSO BUY OUR PROCLAMATION SO FOR INSTANCE, NEXT YEAR WE'LL HAVE A SCIENCE PROCLAMATION, WHICH MEANS NEW MATERIALS WILL BE UP FOR ADOPTION.
THIS ALLOCATION IS ALSO USED TO PURCHASE THOSE MATERIALS AS WELL.
>> GREAT. BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO ASK HOW DID YOU VERIFY THE NEED FOR THIS SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL BECAUSE THIS IS AN ADDITION TO WHAT WE'VE ALREADY ALLOTTED FOR OUR BUDGET BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THIS IS SAYING.
>> THIS IS A BIENNIUM ALLOCATION THAT WE GET FROM THE LEGISLATOR EVERY LEGISLATIVE YEAR.
WE INTENDED TO BRING THIS NEXT MONTH AS I POSTED IN THE BI, BUT WE DIDN'T RECEIVE THE ALLOCATION FROM THE LEGISLATURE TILL THE END OF JUNE SO WE'RE BRINGING IT NOW AND SO WE BRING THIS AS A REGULAR AGENDA ITEM EACH YEAR.
IT'S ANY MATERIALS THAT WERE NEEDING TO BUY, INCLUDING THOSE PROCLAMATIONS OR ADOPTED MATERIALS FROM THE STATE OR ANY SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS LIKE YOU'LL SEE THINGS FOR OUR CTE PROGRAMS ON THERE AS WELL SO MATERIALS THAT THEY MAY NEED TO PURCHASE FOR USE IN THEIR CLASSROOMS.
>> THESE ARE ALL BASICALLY STATE MANDATED OR?
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS WHILE WE HAVE IT OPEN?
>> DO YOU WANT TO MAKE THE MOTION?
>> YEAH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM K AS PRESENTED.
>> SUSANNA MAKES A MOTION. DO I HAVE OVIA ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? PERFECT. THANK YOU.
JUST AS A SIDE NOTE, I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW HAPPY I AM ABOUT THE ROBOTICS AND DESIGN LABS.
JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT IN THERE.
IT GETS WELL-DESERVED AND THE KIDS WILL REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
NOW TO OUR ACTION ITEMS SO OUR FIRST ITEM IS TO CONSIDER AN ACT ON
[ VIII. A. Consider and Act on New Security Requirements for Public Schools related to HB3]
NEW SECURITY REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS RELATED TO HB3.>> YEAH, WE CAN DISCUSS AFTER HE MAKES THE MOTION. GO AHEAD.
>> I SAID I MOVED TO APPROVE OPTION 1.
>> YEAH. I REALLY WOULD LIKE THE BOARD TO CONSIDER ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS AND REALLY EVALUATE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AS A DISTRICT AS A WHOLE AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS MEANS FOR OUR DISTRICT BEFORE WE PREEMPTIVELY JUST APPROVE SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO COST US $1.1 MILLION AND CONSIDERS STRATEGIC ITEMS THAT DOES THIS FIT SAFETY, DOES THIS FIT THE SECURITY? DOES THIS FIT OUR CAMPUS NEEDS? I DON'T THINK THAT WAS GIVEN ENOUGH INFORMATION FOR THAT TODAY.
>> WHAT'S REQUIRED OF US IS AN ARMED OFFICER AT EVERY CAMPUS.
WE COULD HAVE BASED OFF OF WHAT WE HAVE NOW.
>> WELL, THAT WOULD MEAN THAT YOU WOULD TAKE THEM FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL.
YOU WOULD HAVE 3,500 STUDENTS WITH ONE OFFICER.
>> WHICH IS WHAT I'M SAYING FOR US TO REALLY EVALUATE WHAT WE NEED IN THIS DISTRICT BECAUSE WHO'S TO SAY FIVE IS ENOUGH OR FOURS ENOUGH AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, MAYBE WE NEED FIVE OR SIX BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE NEW ADDED BUILDINGS.
I DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS ENOUGH INFORMATION RIGHT NOW TO US TO REALLY EVALUATE THIS ONE.
YES, WE TECHNICALLY CAN ALREADY MEET THIS BILL BUT IS THIS SUFFICIENT ENOUGH TO PROVIDE SECURITY AT OUR CAMPUSES?
>> I THINK YEAH, MY UNDERSTANDING IS I DIDN'T ASK THIS QUESTION EARLIER.
IF OPTION ONE IS APPROVED TONIGHT, THEN CAN WE GO AHEAD AND POST OR DO YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE BUDGET APPROVED?
>> WE CAN POST. THE IDEA OF DO WE NEED MORE BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE JUST THINKING ROVERS NEED TO BE.
>> I GUESS WE CAN. CAN WE GET AN IDEA PLAN OF WHAT A SECURE DISTRICT LOOKS LIKE FOR WHAT WE HAVE AND NOT NECESSARILY WHAT IS REQUIRED, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WE WOULD MEET THAT BASED OFF OF THIS, BUT I WANT TO SEE WHAT IS ACTUALLY NEEDED AND FROM A SAFETY STANDPOINT, DOES THIS MEET OUR AS A BOARD SAFETY REQUIREMENTS?
>> I THINK IN ORDER JUST TO MEET THE STANDARD OF THE LAW RIGHT NOW, WOULDN'T WE NEED TO APPROVE FOR MORE?
>> TECHNICALLY, WE DON'T BECAUSE WE HAVE ALMOST [OVERLAPPING]
>> THEN YOU WOULD BE COMFORTABLE IF WE WENT INTO THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR?
>> REMOVING A STAFF MEMBER OR TWO FROM THAT.
>> I'M SAYING, I WANT MORE INFORMATION AND I WANT A PLAN ON WHAT THE IDEAL DISTRICT WILL LOOK LIKE.
>> WE'RE AT THE END OF JULY, SCHOOL STARTS IN THE MIDDLE OF AUGUST IF WE DON'T START POSTING.
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>> BUT WE HAVE A GOOD FAITH TO HAVE A YEAR TO MAKE [OVERLAPPING]
I'M SAYING FOR US RIGHT NOW, WE START THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR.
YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE OKAY TO MOVE THREE OFFICERS FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL AND PUT THEM ON AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAMPUS TO MEET THE NEEDS.
>> THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M SAYING. LISTEN TO WHAT I'M SAYING.
WE CURRENTLY AREN'T MAKING THAT STATEMENT.
HE'S ASKING FOR NINE TO MEET THIS PARTICULAR HP, WHICH WE DON'T TECHNICALLY HAVE TO MEET UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR TECHNICALLY.
>> WE HAVE A GOOD FAITH EFFORT INTO HIRING PEOPLE AND POSTING STUFF OUT THERE.
IF WE WANTED TO, WE COULD SAY THE OFFICERS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE THROW THEM AT A DIFFERENT CAMPUS, HIRE SECURITY MONITORS TO HELP WITH THE CAMPUSES THAT WE HAVE AT A CHEAPER RATE THAT WE HAVE, BECAUSE CURRENTLY WE HAVE SECURITY OFFICERS AT OUR CAMPUSES RIGHT NOW, OR SAFETY STAFF, OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CAN CALL THEM.
>> THEN WE WOULD TERMINATE THEM WHEN WE FIGURED OUT WHAT WE NEEDED FOR POLICE OFFICERS?
>> I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO REALLY DETERMINE AS THE DISTRICT, WHAT'S GOING TO MEET OUR NEEDS.
HOW ARE WE GOING TO FEEL SAFE, JUST APPROVING A $1,000,000 PLAN IS THAT GOING TO BE JUSTIFIED? IS THAT GOING TO BE ENOUGH?
>> THE BUDGET AMENDMENT ISN'T TONIGHT.
>> IF HE GOES AND HIRES NINE PEOPLE FROM NOW UNTIL AUGUST WHEN WE APPROVE IT, THEN THAT'S $1.1 MILLION THAT WE JUST KNOW SAID WE'RE GOING TO DO BASED OFF OF THIS.
>> I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TIME TO SPEND MONTHS DEVELOPING A SECURITY PLAN.
THIS IS TEA TELLING US NOW, AND I REALLY DO THINK THE HIGH-SCHOOL TEACHERS BACK THERE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE HAPPY IF WE REMOVE SEVERAL POLICE OFFICER.
>> I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE'RE GOING TO REMOVE THEM.
>> WHAT IF THE AUDITORS COME IN FROM REGION 13? I'M ASSUMING PART OF TEA WILL BE NOW, WE WANT TO SEE AN OFFICER ON EVERY CAMPUS.
OH, WELL, THIS OFFICER, THEY'RE REALLY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, BUT WE HAVE THEM OVER HERE ON PAPER.
THAT'S NOT GOING TO FLY, HAVING THEM ON PAPER.
>> THAT'S WHY I ASK, WHAT ARE THE REPERCUSSIONS IF WE DON'T MEET THOSE NEEDS?
>> WELL, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE, THAT'S THE PROBLEM.
WHAT IF AUDITORS SHOW UP IN THE END OF AUGUST, WHICH THEY MIGHT TO LOOK AT OUR SAFETY THINGS, CHECKING DOORS AND THINGS.
I JUST THINK WE'RE RUNNING A RISK IF WE DON'T GO AHEAD AND ADOPT THE OPTIONS TONIGHT.
>> FIRST OF ALL, TELLING OUR COMMUNITY THE ISSUES OF WE DON'T WANT TO HIRE MORE POLICE OFFICERS.
WE JUST HEARD A SPEAKER IN THE COMMUNITY TELL US THEY WANT MORE PROFESSIONAL POLICE OFFICERS.
>> TRUSTEE WOODY, WOULD YOU BE OPEN TO US SAY WE GO WITH OPTION 1? I'M JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE.
SAY WE DECIDED ON AN OPTION TONIGHT, BUT THEN ALSO MAKE IT A POINT TO HAVE ANOTHER AGENDA ITEM OR I DON'T KNOW THE TECHNICALITY OF IT, BUT WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT SAYS, LOOK, WE REALLY DO WANT TO LOOK AT THE SAFETY AND SECURITY PLAN ALTOGETHER BECAUSE I AGREE WITH THAT.
>> THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I JUST SAID IN THE BEGINNING.
>> WE NEED TO EVALUATE IT AS A WHOLE BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST THIS ARMED OFFICER.
WE'VE HEARD FROM PUBLIC COMMENT AND WE'VE HEARD MANY THINGS ABOUT HOW, ESPECIALLY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, THAT SAFETY AND SECURITY IS SUCH A BIG ISSUE.
I'M WITH YOU, I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO DISCUSS THEM ALL, WE CAN'T JUST SIGN OFF AND SAY WE'VE DONE A REQUIREMENT AND MOVE FORWARD.
>> I DON'T WANT THIS TO BE THE ONLY THING THAT WE DO JUST BECAUSE THIS IS A MANDATE FROM THE STATE, BECAUSE FROM LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY, THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY JUST FOR OFFICERS JUST MEETING OUR NEEDS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL RIGHT NOW.
WHAT IS OUR PLAN AS A DISTRICT TO GO FORWARD TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR KIDS IN OUR COMMUNITY FEEL SAFE? WE DON'T HAVE THAT. WE'RE JUST APPROVING BASED OFF OF THIS.
>> WOULD YOU BE OPEN TO [BACKGROUND] DOING THE VOTE OR WHATEVER DECIDING TODAY ON THE OPTION FOR THIS REQUIREMENT, BUT THEN ALSO HAVING US ADD AN ITEM TO WHETHER IT BE A SPECIAL MEETING OR WHETHER WE DO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING OR WHATEVER IT IS TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AND GET A PLAN BECAUSE I AGREE WE NEED THAT RECOMMENDATION.
>> DIDN'T WE JUST SAY EARLIER THAT WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD IN HIRING MORE OFFICERS IF WE NEEDED THEM? TONIGHT WE WOULD JUST APPROVE THIS WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT IF WE NEED MORE, WE HAVE THAT OPTION IF WE FIND OUT THAT WE HAVE TO DO THAT.
>> I KNOW WE HAVE TO MEET THE REQUIREMENT UNDER HB3, AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER IS THAT OUTSIDE OPTION 1, YOU HAVE TO SUBMIT A PLAN THAT GETS APPROVED BY TEA.
THERE'S A HUGE DEARTH OF GUIDANCE AROUND HOW YOU ACTUALLY GO ABOUT MEETING THAT.
I KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO MEET THAT REQUIREMENT AND I ALSO EMPATHIZE WITH A LOT OF THE TESTIMONY THAT WE'VE HEARD TALKING ABOUT THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL SCHOOL SAFETY.
TWO TRUSTEE ROUNDS IN HARRIS'S POINT,
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AND ALSO TO TRUSTEE WOODY'S POINT, I THINK IT'S WORTHWHILE TO HAVE AN EXPANDED CONVERSATION AROUND SCHOOL SAFETY.I THINK THAT DOESN'T JUST INCLUDE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS OR POLICE OFFICERS, COMMISSION PEACE OFFICERS, I THINK THAT INCLUDES MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCE ON CAMPUSES.
I THINK I WOULD ABSOLUTELY BE ON BOARD WITH HAVING AN EXPANDED CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT'S A BROADER STRATEGY.
BECAUSE A LOT OF THE SCHOOL SAFETY CONVERSATION, I KNOW OFTEN COMES DOWN TO COMMISSION PEACE OFFICERS, BUT WHEN YOU GO TO A LOT OF THESE TRAININGS, THEY DO TALK ABOUT INCREASED MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES THAT STUDENTS AND COMMUNITIES ARE EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW.
ENSURING THAT WE HAVE A MUCH BROADER CONVERSATION AROUND SCHOOL SAFETY IS ALSO REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT AND SO I WOULD SUPPORT THAT EXPANDING CONVERSATION.
>> PERFECT. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH NEXT MONTH WHEN WE HAVE THIS BUDGET ITEM? I'M REALIZING THAT WE'RE ALREADY A WEEK LATER THAN WE NORMALLY ARE.
>> FOR THE CHIEF SPEAKS. REBECCA AND I ARE ON THE DISTRICT STATE-REQUIRED SAFETY AND SECURITY AND WE MEET SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR, REQUIRED BY THE STATE.
BUT I KNOW THE CHIEF HAS SHARED A LOT OF THE DIFFERENT SAFETY THINGS THAT I KEEP UPDATING AND MOVING FORWARD.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD AND YOU'VE SHARED SOME THINGS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION BEFORE, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO BE ABLE TO SHARE A LOT OF THE NEW THINGS AT SOME POINT WITH THE BOARD BECAUSE IT'S CONSTANTLY ONGOING.
>> MAYBE NOT TONIGHT, BUT ONGOING IN ANOTHER DISCUSSION BECAUSE AT THE COMMITTEE, YOU'RE ALWAYS SHARING THE UPDATES ON WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
>> I DON'T WANT TO PUT IT ON THE AUGUST AGENDA AND YOU'LL NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT.
WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO FULLY LOOK THROUGH AND THINK THROUGH IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL SAFETY AND SECURITY NEEDS THAT YOU CONSIDER OR IS THAT EVEN CHIEF VELA'S PLACE? DOES CHIEF VELA ONLY DEAL WITH THE OFFICERS, AND THAT WOULD BE DR. TIELLE.
>> EVEN ADDITIONAL OFFICERS THAT ARE ALREADY AT ESPECIALLY AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUSES, BECAUSE I'VE HEARD SEVERAL OFFICERS BEFORE, SAY IN AN EXPRESS LIKE, HEY, IT WOULD BE BETTER IF WE HAD AT LEAST AN ADDITIONAL OFFICER AT THIS PARTICULAR CAMPUS FOR WHATEVER REASON TO HELP OUT WITH SURROUNDING THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON AS WELL.
WITH THAT INFORMATION WOULD ALSO HELP US UNDERSTAND, THIS $1.1 MILLION, THIS IS JUST TO FIT THIS, BUT DOES THIS MEET OUR DISTRICT NEEDS, AND THAT'S WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO START CONSIDERING.
>> REMEMBER NOT EVERYTHING SAFETY-WISE CAN BE SHARED IN OPEN SESSION. REMEMBER THAT [OVERLAPPING]
>>YEAH. A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE BUDGET 4 WOULD HAVE TO BE AN OPEN SESSION.
WE HAD A MOTION ON THE TABLE FOR RECOMMENDING OPTION 1, WHICH IS ARMED SAFETY SECURITY COORDINATOR, PLUS HIRE ADDITIONAL NINE DISTRICT POLICE OFFICERS ALONG WITH A SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED? ALL THOSE ABSTAINING. PERFECT.
>> MINE IS JUST A CLARIFYING QUESTION.
DID WE JUST ASK CHIEF VELA TO COME BACK IN AUGUST WITH A NEW SCHOOL SAFETY PLAN?
>> NO. NOT A NEW ONE, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT HE WOULD HAVE ANY DISCUSSION BECAUSE IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION ABOUT A BUDGET ITEM, IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL ITEMS THAT WE NEED THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED THAT SHOULD GET DONE AT THAT TIME.
>> YES. I DO WANT TO JUST THROW OUT AN IDEA.
I KNOW THAT AUGUST IS A HECTIC TIME FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND SO MAYBE NOT ASKING STAFF TO COME WITH AN EXPANDED CONVERSATION IN AUGUST, MAYBE SEPTEMBER.
>> AS LONG AS THE BOARD IS COMFORTABLE WITH APPROVING A BUDGET AMENDMENT NEXT MONTH BECAUSE WE HAVE TO APPROVE IT WITHOUT THE DISCUSSION BECAUSE THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY WANTED A DISCUSSION.
>> WE CAN APPROVE THIS AS INITIALLY IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO PRIOR THAT PLAN.
THIS IS AN INITIAL START TO MEET HB3, BUT FOR A DISTRICT-WIDE CONVERSATION, YES, LET'S HAVE MORE TIME BECAUSE PERSONALLY, I DON T THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAPPEN IN A MONTH WITHOUT GETTING FEEDBACK FROM THE PRINCIPALS AND THE COMMUNITY.
THAT'S ALL-ENCOMPASSING WITH THAT REQUEST.
>> THAT'S BETTER. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IF WE WERE HAVING A BUDGET DISCUSSION THAT YOU WANTED ADDITIONAL ITEMS IN THAT AND I DIDN'T WANT TO HOLD UP THE BUDGET FOR SOMETHING THAT WE JUST PASSED.
>> WELL, I THINK THE BOARD JUST REALIZED THAT IF THERE'S GOING TO BE ADDITIONAL COSTS, WE MAY HAVE TO COME BACK TO GET AN AMENDMENT AND THAT THEY HAVE TO BE OKAY WITH THAT.
>> [OVERLAPPING] THAT'S PERFECT.
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NEXT ITEM IS TO CONSIDER AN ACT TO RETAIN A CONSULTANT,
[VIII.B. Consider and Act to retain a consultant to conduct a third-party employee engagement survey and to set a maximum budget for the consultantB. Consider and Act to retain a consultant to conduct a third-party employee engagement survey and to set a maximum budget for the consultant]
TO CONDUCT THE THIRD PARTY EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT SURVEY, AND TO SET A MAXIMUM BUDGET FOR THE CONSULTANT.THAT IS WHAT WAS EMAILED TO US, IS IN YOUR YELLOW FOLDERS AS WELL.
>> I CAN TAKE THIS ONE. [OVERLAPPING] MIGHT AS WELL, [OVERLAPPING] LET'S KEEP MOVING.
BOARD MEMBERS, WE HAD ALL OF THIS EMAILED OUT TO YOU ABOUT A WEEK AGO.
BASICALLY THE CONTENTS OF WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT IN THE REQUEST FOR A VENDOR FOR THIS, YOU GUYS HAVE IT, SO I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL THE DETAILS OF IT RIGHT NOW.
YOU GUYS CAN LOOK AT IT, YOU ALSO HAVE IT IN FRONT OF YOU.
TODAY, WHAT WE REALLY JUST NEED OR WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE APPROVED, IS JUST THE MAXIMUM BUDGET AT THE 200,000 IS WHAT WE WERE LIKE, IT'S GOING TO BE THE MAXIMUM BUDGET.
WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO USE, THIS IS JUST WHAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK FOR.
ON THE SECOND SIDE, THERE'S ALSO AN IDEAL TIMELINE, THAT TRUSTEE WOODY AND I PUT TOGETHER SOME ARBITRARY DATES AND THERE'S SOME DATES IN THERE JUST TO HAVE A TIMELINE.
WANTED TO SEE IF YOU HAD ANY FEEDBACK ON THERE, IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT INCLUDED.
WHEN WE GET APPROVAL OF THIS, THEN OUR NEXT STEP WOULD BE THEN TO PUT THIS IN THE DEL VALLE TEMPLATE THAT WE USE FOR REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS.
I BELIEVE WE'VE REQUESTED IT, HAVE WE RECEIVED IT YET?
>> YEAH. IF WE CAN GET THAT TO US AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, THAT WAY WE CAN ACTUALLY PUT IN THE CONTENTS AND GET THIS MOVING. THANK YOU.
SO ANY QUESTIONS? DO YOU WANT ME TO GO OVER ANY DETAILS IN PUBLIC? DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION?
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR Y'ALLS WORK.
I KNOW Y'ALL COMMITTEE DID A LOT OF THIS TOGETHER, SO THANK YOU FOR THIS EFFORT.
>> WOULD THERE BE A SMALL COMMITTEE OF BOARD MEMBERS THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE SUBMISSIONS.
IS IT THIS COMMITTEE THAT CURRENTLY EXIST OR WOULD THERE BE ADDITIONAL?
>> WE DID ASK FOR TRUSTEE WORTHINGTON TO HELP US OUT IN THE INTERIM, BECAUSE WE NO LONGER HAVE THE TRUSTEE [INAUDIBLE], SO HE HAS AGREED TO DO THAT, [OVERLAPPING] AND HE HAS SOME GOOD RECOMMENDATIONS ON WHAT WE SHOULD LOOK FOR IN SURVEYS AND COMPANIES.
UNLESS YOU WANT TO GET ANOTHER PERSON ADDED.
>> YEAH. WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO HAVE OTHER PEOPLE ADDED IF THERE IS ANYBODY WHO'S INTERESTED [OVERLAPPING] OR WOULD LIKE TO JOIN [OVERLAPPING]
>> THERE WOULD BE ONE ADDITIONAL SLOT OPEN.
>> I WOULD JUST SAY, AT THE TASB LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HEARD FROM SEVERAL DISTRICTS, WAS JUST THE EFFORTS THAT HADN'T BEEN UNDERTAKEN TO DO MORE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORK, NOT JUST WITH THEIR STAFF, BUT WITH THEIR COMMUNITY.
SPECIFICALLY HIGHLIGHTING THAT PRETTY MUCH ONLY TIME THAT MOST DISTRICTS GO OUT AND TRY AND ENGAGE WITH THEIR COMMUNITY, IS WHENEVER BONDS COME AROUND, AND HOW THEY HAD SHIFTED THEIR THINKING AROUND THAT, AND DECIDED TO INVEST IN MORE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT RESOURCES, AND HOW THAT'S BEEN A HUGE ASSET FOR THEIR DISTRICTS.
MONTGOMERY ISD AND HAYS ISD WERE TWO OF THE DISTRICTS THAT HAD SHOWN SOME INCREDIBLE GAINS IN THEIR DISTRICT, BOTH WITH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND JUST OVERALL SATISFACTION AND APPROVAL OF BONDS.
>> WAS THAT BASED ON SURVEY TYPE ENGAGEMENT OR OTHER TYPE ENGAGEMENT?
>> YEAH. THEY BOTH WERE USING THE SAME VENDOR, AND THIS VENDOR WORKS WITH THOUSANDS OF DISTRICTS, AND BASICALLY HAS THE RESOURCES TO COMPARE A DISTRICT AGAINST OTHER DISTRICTS THAT ARE LIKE THEM, AND SHOW WHERE THEY STAND ON VERY SIMILAR QUESTIONS.
>> YEAH. THEY ALSO HAD A RESOURCE THAT ALLOWED COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO ENGAGE WITH THE DISTRICT IN AN ODD FASHION, SO NOT JUST PARENTS, BUT PEOPLE THAT EVEN DIDN'T HAVE KIDS IN THE DISTRICT.
>> THE RFP WOULD BE SENT OUT ON THE DISTRICT PART?
>> YEAH. WE WERE BASICALLY PUT IT ON THE PLATFORM AND WE'RE BASICALLY WAITING FOR, WOULD SEE WHO WOULD WANT TO ACTUALLY BID ON IT AND ACTUALLY PROVIDE INFORMATION, AND WE PUT IN HERE WHAT OUR REQUIREMENTS ARE, AND WHAT WE WANT THEM TO PRESENT.
WE DIDN'T PUT SUPER DETAILED INFORMATION IN THERE LIKE WE WANT THIS BUSINESS, BECAUSE WE WANT THEM TO COME FORWARD AND SAY, THIS IS OUR SPECIALTY, THIS IS WHAT WE CAN DO FOR YOU.
WE ALWAYS HAVE THAT OPTION TO GO BACK AND ASK THEM FOR MORE INFORMATION AND SUBMIT MORE,
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BUT THESE ARE THE MAIN PIECES THAT WE CAME UP WITH.THIS DID INCLUDE THE BOARD MEMBERS' FEEDBACK AS WELL, WHOEVER EMAILED AND PROVIDED THE INFORMATION IT'S [OVERLAPPING] INCLUDED IN HERE.
>> THEN AS FAR AS THE IDEAL TARGETS, OBVIOUSLY STUDENTS, PARENTS, THE CURRENT STAFF WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD EASILY, FORMER STAFF, WOULD IT BE INCUMBENT UPON THIS DISTRICT TO GIVE A LIST OF THAT?
>> WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS WOULD BE REALLY HARD TO GET, BECAUSE FROM A DATA STANDPOINT AND ALSO PRIVACY AND JUST THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT WE WANTED TO PUT IT ON THAT, BECAUSE THIS IS OUR IDEAL TARGET.
>> MAYBE SOME OF THESE VENDORS HAVE IDEAS OR THEY HAVE OTHER THINGS THAT THEY'VE DONE IN THE PAST THAT WE WOULD LOVE TO SAY LIKE, THIS IS OUR IDEAL.
SAME WITH TEXAS COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS, THAT'S HARD TO GET, BUT IT WOULD ALSO BE OUR IDEAL AUDIENCE.
>> BOARD MEMBERS, I ASK IT SOME OF LEADERSHIP ABOUT WHEN WE WERE IN MEETING.
MAINLY THEY DO THE STAFF, STUDENTS AND PARENTS, AND SOME DO IT EVERY YEAR, THE SMALLER DISTRICTS DO IT EVERY YEAR, I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING VERY SMALL DISTRICTS THAT CAN AFFORD THAT, BUT BASICALLY THAT'S THE ONES THEY TEND TO DO.
>> THE MAXIMUM THAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR TONIGHT, THAT'S WHAT YOU GUYS FOUND TO BE THE UPPER END OF IT? I CAN'T REMEMBER THE CONVERSATION, WAS IT UPPER END?
>> THAT'S WHAT WE AS COMMITTEE HAVE DECIDED THAT WE DON'T WANT TO GO ANY FURTHER THAN THAT.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, WE COULD GO [OVERLAPPING] AND HAVE A $1.1 MILLION SURVEY, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.
AN AVERAGE OF 200K IS WHAT EVER JUST BEEN DONE AROUND THE DISTRICTS AND EVEN INCLUDING OUR OWN.
I MEAN, WE SPENT MORE THAN THIS ON OTHER AUDITS AND SURVEYS, SO THIS WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT WE DECIDED.
ANYTHING OTHER THAT WOULD BE TOO EXPENSIVE FOR US.
>> IF WE FIND THAT THERE IS A VENDOR OR SOMETHING THAT COMES FORWARD AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT OVER THIS, BUT IT LOOKS AMAZING AND HAS THESE, THE GREAT THINGS WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD AND SHARE THAT WITH YOU GUYS, BECAUSE HOPEFULLY IT IS LOWER THAN THAT, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GATHER THE FEEDBACK AND SEE.
>> IT MAY ALSO BE THAT MAYBE ONE COMPANY CAN DO A CERTAIN ASPECT OF THE SURVEY WHILE ANOTHER COMPANY, AND THEN THE COMBINED TOTAL IS 200K.
WE DON'T KNOW THAT YET, BUT THIS IS JUST THE MAXIMUM BUDGET RIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKING FOR.
>> IDEALLY ONE, BECAUSE IT'S LESS TO ADMINISTER AND ALL OF THAT, BUT WE'RE OPEN.
I THINK WE JUST WANT TO SEE WHAT WE GET OUT OF THEM.
>> THEN DID YOU GUYS HAVE A DISCUSSION IF WOULD IT BE A STAFF PERSON THAT WOULD BE A POINT OF CONTACT FORUM? DID YOU HAVE THAT DISCUSSION YET OR IS THAT YOU ARE WAITING?
>> I ACTUALLY HAVE THIS DISCUSSION WITH FOLKS AT ONE OF THE CONFERENCES THAT I WENT TO.
TYPICALLY IT WOULD BE A STAFF, BECAUSE BOARD MEMBERS ARE TYPICALLY NOT INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS, NOT EVEN THIS PROCESS, BUT GIVEN OUR CIRCUMSTANCES, WE ARE.
GOING FORWARD, IT WOULD BE A POINT OF CONTACT WITH BOARD MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ALSO BEING TAGGED ON THOSE EMAILS.
>> PERFECT. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THEN THE MOTION ON THE TABLE, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HAVE THE ADMINISTRATION, IS TO RECOMMEND THAT THE BOARD RETAIN A CONSULTANT TO CONDUCT THE THIRD PARTY EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT SURVEY NOT TO EXCEED A MAXIMUM BUDGET OF $200,000.
>> CAN WE AMEND THAT? THAT SAYS EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT SURVEY.
>> [OVERLAPPING] YES. EMPLOYEE AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OR JUST THE COMMUNITY, JUST ENGAGEMENT?
>> STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT. OKAY. THEN I WILL RE-READ.
THE MOTION ON THE TABLE IS TO, FOR THE BOARD TO RETAIN A CONSULTANT TO CONDUCT A THIRD PARTY STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT SURVEY, AND TO SET A MAXIMUM BUDGET OF $200,000. DO I HAVE A MOTION?
>> OKAY. MATT HAD HIS HANDS UP [LAUGHTER], HE DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING UP, SO I'LL CHOOSE IT.
WE GET DARLA AND MATT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
PERFECT. THEN JUST SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONFUSION ON THIS NEXT STEPS, LISA, YOU CAN SHARE.
>> YEAH. I WAS GOING TO ASK, WHO DO YOU WANT THE COMMITTEE TO WORK WITH?
>> I THINK PROBABLY THE BEST PERSON WOULD BE JONATHAN FOR THE SURVEY,
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SHE COULD WORK THROUGH THE RFP PROCESS, BUT JONATHAN COULD BE THE POINT OF CONTACT TO.>> GREAT. HE'S OUT OF THE ROOM AND SO YOU CHOOSE HIM, THAT'S HOW IT WORKS.
YOU GUYS GOT EVERYTHING YOU NEED THEN?
>> ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE OFF OF THIS, ANY QUESTIONS FROM STAFF, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL WHILE YOU HAVE US HERE?
>> NO. IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN JOINING THAT COMMITTEE, JUST SEND ME AN EMAIL.
>> IT'S ONLY ONE ADDITIONAL PERSON, JUST FYI WE CAN'T BREAK ANY RULES.
>> OKAY. [LAUGHTER]. ALL RIGHT.
DOUG, DOES THAT CHANGE GIVEN OUR CURRENT MAKEUP OF THE BOARD?
>> SO YOU'RE STILL A BOARD OF NINE, YOU JUST HAVE A VACANCY.
AND SO THE RULE UNDER THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> IS THAT A QUORUM OF THE BOARD CANNOT MEET WITHOUT POSTING A MEETING.
SO A QUORUM OF YOUR BOARD STILL REQUIRES FIVE PEOPLE.
>> WE GOT THAT ONE. NEXT ITEM IS WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO MOVE THIS ONE TO VOTE ON AFTER CLOSED SESSION, BECAUSE THERE'S SOME DISCUSSION THAT MIGHT INCLUDE PERSONNEL, THAT WE WANTED TO DO SO IN THE BACK ROOM.
SO WE'LL MOVE ITEM C AFTER CLOSED SESSION, WHICH TAKES US TO ITEM D,
[VIII.D. Consider and Act in Memorial Garden at Newton Collins Elementary School ]
WHICH IS TO CONSIDER AN ACT IN MEMORIAL GARDEN AT NEWTON COLLINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.I TURN IT BACK OVER TO SHAIRA FOR THAT, AND BOARD MEMBERS YOU RECEIVED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, AND THEN THERE'S INFORMATION IN OUR PACKET.
>> SO THIS ONE IS ONE THAT WAS BROUGHT FORWARD FROM THE NEWTON COLLINS ELEMENTARY PTA.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD, AND JUST GIVE SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC HAS THIS INFORMATION.
Y'ALL DID RECEIVE IT IN AN EMAIL, AS WELL AS SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE PROPOSAL.
WE DID NOT INCLUDE THIS IN THE AGENDA, BECAUSE WE WANTED TO PROTECT SOME OF THE NAMES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AS WE HADN'T ASKED PERMISSION TO POST THAT PUBLICLY.
SO ON BEHALF OF NEWTON COLLINS ELEMENTARY PTA, WE WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE A MEMORIAL GARDEN IN HONOR OF A NEWTON COLLINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER, WHO PASSED AWAY THIS YEAR MISS.
HEATHER CHICKA. MS. CHICKA WAS A PASSIONATE AND BELOVED THIRD GRADE TEACHER AT COLLINS.
FROM THE TIME THE SCHOOL OPENED IN 2018-2022 HER IMPACT IS MONUMENTAL IN THE DEVELOPMENT, AND PROGRESS OF READING PROGRAMS AND SYSTEMS AT COLLINS.
AND HOW PASSIONATE FOR SUPPORTING THE SCHOOL POURED OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY, ACTUALLY CONVERSED WITH HESITANT PARENTS TO ENROLL THEIR CHILDREN AT COLLINS, AND SUPPORTED THE SCHOOL AS A PTA EXECUTIVE MEMBER.
THEY HAD THE CHICKA MEMORIAL GARDEN WILL BE FUNDED BY THE NEWTON COLLINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PTA, ALONG WITH COMMUNITY FUNDRAISING.
INITIAL COSTS ARE ESTIMATED TO BE $2,500, WITH AN ANNUAL MAINTENANCE FEE OF $50.
THAT THE NEWTON COLLINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PTA WILL SUPPORT DROUGHT RESISTANT, AND EASY TO MAINTAIN.
PLANTS WILL BE PLANTED ALONG WITH THE PLAQUE, THAT DESCRIBES THE MEMORIAL GARDEN.
ONGOING MAINTENANCE WILL BE COORDINATED AMONG THE EASTERN PARK GARDEN CLUB, AND NEWTON COLLINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PTA MEMBERS, COMMUNITY INTERESTS, AND THE SUPPORT AT THE MEMORIAL GARDEN IS ESTABLISHED.
AND SEPARATE LETTERS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED BY NEWTON COLLINS ELEMENTARY PARENTS, STAFF, AND STUDENT AND SUPPORT AT THE HOW THE CHICKA MEMORIAL GARDEN.
IN ORDER OF HOW THIS PASSION FOR EDUCATION AND PLANTS, TEXAS STATE STANDARDS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED FOR TEACHERS, TO INCORPORATE THE MEMORIAL GARDEN PLANTS INTO THEIR SCIENCE LESSONS WITH A FIVE-YEAR PLANT, OF IMPACTING THE COMMUNITY WITH THE PLANTS PRODUCED.
SO IT'S A VERY WELL THOUGHT OUT PLAN.
AND WE DO HAVE A MEMBER HERE OF THE PTA, AND FORMER TEACHER IN THE DISTRICT AS WELL.
SO IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, IF ANY OF YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THIS WOULD ENTAIL.
A LOT OF RESEARCH, A LOT OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE.
BUT THIS IS JUST AN ITEM THAT PER POLICY IS SOMETHING, THAT BOARD WOULD NEED TO APPROVE.
SO THAT'S WHY IT'S BEING BROUGHT FORWARD TODAY.
>> SORRY. SO THIS WILL BE VEGETABLES AND FLOWER PLANTS BOTH.
>> HI, MY NAME IS LAUREN HALLMARK.
THE GARDEN WILL JUST BE PLANTS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO DO ALOE VERA PLANT, SHE HAD.
WE EXCHANGE ALOE VERA PLANTS PREVIOUSLY, AND SO SHE GREW THEM AND GAVE THEM TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN EASTERN PARKS.
SO THAT'S GOING TO BE THERE AS WELL, AS SOME COLORS THAT REPRESENT THE SCHOOL, BUT NO VEGETABLES JUST THE PLANTS, AND THEN THE PLANTS THAT PRODUCE LIKE PUPS ARE JUST THAT WE COULD DIG UP.
AND THEN IN THE FUTURE LIKE FIVE-YEAR PLANT WOULD MAYBE SELL THEM,
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AND THEN CONTRIBUTE TO THE SCHOOL AND DIFFERENT REPROGRAMS THAT SHE WAS PASSIONATE ABOUT.>> I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING THE TEXAS STATE STANDARD, OF IDENTIFYING TEACHERS TO INCORPORATE THE MEMORIAL PLANT INTO THEIR SCIENTISTS.
AND THAT'S NOT MANDATORY OR ANYTHING, RIGHT? IT'S JUST SOMETHING IF THEY WANT TO DO AND GO OUT TO THE GARDEN, THEY CAN TALK ABOUT SORT OF THINGS.
>> IT'S JUST AN EXTRA ADDITIONAL BENEFIT OF THIS GARDEN.
>> OKAY, THAT'S PERFECT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL CRIME.
>> I'LL SAY I KNOW WE HAD A CONVERSATION IN THE PAST, ABOUT NAMING ANOTHER PIECE OF PROPERTY AT NEWTON COLLINS AFTER A RELATIVE OF THE SCHOOL'S NAMESAKE.
I KNOW THAT WE HAD SAID, THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER THESE KINDS OF THINGS, SO I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.
ALSO I WENT TO HEATHER'S MEMORIAL AFTER HER PASSING AND I THINK THAT WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THIS, IT FELT VERY RESONANT WITH ME, BECAUSE SO MUCH OF THE COMMUNITY WAS PRESENT AT HER MEMORIAL AND THE AMOUNT OF KIDS, SPECIFICALLY THAT HEATHER HAD TAUGHT SPOKE IN SUPPORT OF HER, AND WHO SHE WAS.
SO I WOULD ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT THIS, AND ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO AS WELL.
>> AND I'M JUST GOING TO THROW OUT THERE.
I HAVE A PERSONAL CONNECTION TO HER AS WELL, SHE TAUGHT MY DAUGHTER, SHE WAS A HUGE COMMUNITY MEMBER.
THEY'RE JUST A FRIEND, AND A SUPPORTER FOR OUR FAMILY TOO.
SO I'M A PERSONAL ADVOCATE FOR THIS, BECAUSE I HAVE THAT PERSONAL CONNECTION TOO.
>> I GUESS THE FIRST THING I THOUGHT THAT AS WELL.
[LAUGHTER] I SEE IT IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THOUGH, BECAUSE YOU'RE CREATING SOMETHING SEPARATE.
IT'S NOT TAKING A LIBRARY OR TAKING.
>> A BUILDING. ADDITIONALLY, THIS IS PAID FOR BY EXTERNAL DOLLARS NOT BY DISTRICT DOLLARS, BECAUSE I THOUGHT OF THE SAME THING.
I WAS LIKE WE JUST HAD ONE OF THESE.
BUT I SEE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM, JUST A LITTLE DIFFERENCE.
I'M NOT SURE THAT NO ONE MAKES A DIFFERENCE, BUT I DID SEE A DIFFERENCE.
I'M SURE THAT I READ THIS, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE PRINCIPAL THAT SUPPORTS THIS IS BEHIND THIS TOO.
>> OKAY, PERFECT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I THOUGHT I SEEN IT.
>> I THINK HER LETTER OR THERE WAS A PIECE IN THE PROPOSAL AS WELL.
WHAT'S HER NAME IN THAT TOO? MS. FRED, I CAN'T REMEMBER.
I FEEL LIKE IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN, BUT MAYBE NOT.
>> I DON'T BELIEVE SO, BUT IF YOU NEED DOCUMENTATION OR ANY TYPE OF.
>> NO, I WAS JUST CHECKING. THANK YOU.
>> I HAD THE SAME THOUGHT THAT YOU HAVE THERE, BUT I CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE TOO.
THE FACT THAT IT'S THE PTA AND THEIR FUNDING IT, AND THEY'RE BUILDING IT [NOISE] WHERE IT'S NOTHING THAT'S BUILT NOW.
SO I HAD DID, WE STILL PROBABLY NEED TO WORK ON THAT POLICY, WHICH REMINDS US.
BUT NOW I CAN SEE THE NUANCE DIFFERENCE TO SO I AGREE WITH YOU.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? THANK YOU FOR COMING TO THE MIC, AND TALKING WITH US.
THEN DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE NEWTON COLLINS ELEMENTARY? WAIT, WHERE IS IT? I'M SORRY, THE HEATHER CHICKA MEMORIAL GARDEN AT NEWTON COLLINS ELEMENTARY.
I HAVE A MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SORRY SHE JUMPED UP.
>> I CAN KEEP MISSING. [LAUGHTER].
>> PERFECT. YOU WILL BE NEXT, I PROMISE I'M GOING TO ONLY LOOK AT YOU.
PERFECT, NOW WE GET INTO THE REALLY FUN STUFF.
THE NEXT ITEM IS TO CONSIDER AN ACT ON A TASB BOARD NOMINATION.
[VIII.E. Consider and Act on TASB Board Nomination]
SO EVERY SO OFTEN AND IT COMES MORE THAN ANNUALLY.I MEAN, IT'S NOT ALWAYS ANNUALLY.
>> IT DEPENDS ON WHEN THEY'RE UP.
>> YES, THE POSITIONS UP, YES.
>> ALL OF YOU SHOULD HAVE AND I HAVE THE DATE AND I JUST LOST IT.
ALL OF YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM MARY.
>> MARY JANE HATRICK. YEAH, THEY HAD TO SEND REQUESTING OUR SUPPORT OF IT.
I'M NOT AWARE OF ANYONE ELSE RUNNING AT THIS TIME, ARE YOU?
>> NO, THERE WAS SOMETHING TASB SENT OUT.
I THINK IN OUR REGION 13, BUT IF I UNDERSTAND THAT IF ENOUGH BOARDS SUPPORT A CANDIDATE, THEN THEY'RE AUTOMATICALLY SHE BE ADD IF AUTOMATICALLY ELECTED.
NO ONE COULD RUN AGAINST HER AT THE CONVENTION, AT THE DELEGATE ASSEMBLY.
HONOR, STAND CORRECTLY IF ENOUGH BOARDS DO ENDORSE HER CANDIDACY.
>> YEAH, SO IF A MAJORITY OF THE ACTIVE MEMBERS OF THE REGION ENDORSES A CANDIDATE, THAT INDIVIDUAL BE ELECTED TO THE TASB BOARD.
IF AT LEAST 25% BUT NOT A MAJORITY ENDORSED THE CANDIDATE, THAT INDIVIDUAL BE INCLUDED IN THE OFFICIAL BALLOT AT DELEGATE ASSEMBLY.
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>> I DID NOT RECEIVE AN EMAIL FROM MARY JANE.
>> I GOT AN EMAIL BUT ITEM F ABOUT THE DELEGATE, BUT NOT ABOUT THE TASB BOARD.
>> I WILL SAY THAT MARY JANE IS A BOARD MEMBER IN DRIPPING SPRINGS, I BELIEVE SHE'S NOW AN OFFICER OF TASB, WHICH IS ELECTED INTERNALLY BY THE BOARD.
>> BUT I KNOW SHE'S ALWAYS BEEN GREAT, WHEN WE'VE HAD CONCERNS FOR IT.
WHEN I WAS BEEN THE DELEGATE FOR THE DELEGATE ASSEMBLY, AND HAD CONCERNS ON SOME OF THE RESOLUTIONS.
SHE'S REACHED OUT PERSONALLY, AND ASKING REACHED OUT WHAT OUR ISSUES WERE IN DRIPPING SPRINGS IN DEL VALLE ARE QUITE DIFFERENT IN THINGS.
I WAS ABLE TO EXPLAIN TO HER, WHY WE FELT THIS WAY AS OPPOSED TO.
SHE'S BEEN VERY OPEN TO LISTENING TO ME, WHEN I'VE SHARED CONCERNS WITH HER GOING INTO DELEGATE ASSEMBLY.
IT WAS ADDRESSED TO DEL VALLE BOARD, AND I ASSUMED THAT IT WENT TO THE WHOLE BOARD.
THAT WAS MY FAULT FOR NOT OPENING IT UP, AND SEEING THAT IT WAS ONLY TO THE OFFICERS. I APOLOGIZE.
I HAVE JUST FORWARDED IT TO YOU, IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT IT QUICKLY.
IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO SEE BEFORE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION.
>> IS SHE THE ONE THAT'S ALSO PART OF THE LEGISLATIVE [NOISE] FORWARDS THAT GOES DOWN TO THE STATE.
>> NO, WELL SHE MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST, BUT THIS YEAR IT WAS HEATHER FROM ENS AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD, FIRMLY UNDER WHOSE NAME IS ESCAPING ME, AND I FORGET THAT.
>> I THINK MAYBE, I'M THINKING OF HEATHER.
>>THIRD-PERSON. I THINK MARY JANE HAS BEEN BEFORE, BUT SHE ISN'T THIS YEAR. I DON'T BELIEVE.
>> I DON'T HAVE ANY FORMS AGAINST FOR HER, SO WHATEVER.
>> OKAY. I'LL GIVE IT A SECOND, BECAUSE I KNOW YOUR READING.
GO AHEAD. DID YOU GET A CHANCE TO SEE IT?
>> I WAS JUST HIGHLIGHTING THAT [OVERLAPPING].
>> I DIDN'T SEE AND THAT'S MY FAULT.
>> I DON'T KNOW THAT ANYBODY HAS ANY ISSUES OF MARY JANE.
>> SHE'S SUCH A SWEET LADY, BUT IT'S JUST MORE ABOUT GETTING INFORMATION.
>> NO, AND THAT'S MY FAULT FOR NOT OPENING IT UP TO SEE IT, BECAUSE IT SAID DEAR DEL VALLE BOARD AND I JUST ASSUMED IT WENT TO THE WHOLE BOARD.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE MARY JANE HATRICK, AS OUR NOMINEE FOR THE TASB BOARD FOR REGION 13.
>> I TOLD YOU I WAS LOOKING AT YOU.
>> AS THEY SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? PERFECT.
THEN NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TO CONSIDER AN ACT ON
[VIII.F. Consider and Act to designate a Delegate and Alternate for the TASA-TASB Convention]
A DESIGNEE AS A DELEGATE AND ALTERNATE FOR TASA/TASB CONVENTION.EVERY TASA/TASB CONVENTION, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO NOMINATE A DELEGATE AND AN ALTERNATE THAT WILL BE OUR REPRESENTATIVES AT THE DELEGATE ASSEMBLY, WHICH THIS YEAR THEY WON'T CHOOSE THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES BECAUSE IT'S AN OFF-YEAR COMING IN.
>> BUT THERE ARE RESOLUTIONS THAT ARE PUT FORTH BY DISTRICTS THIS YEAR.
WE DID NOT SUBMIT ONE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T GET IT IN.
BUT THERE RESOLUTIONS THAT ARE SUBMITTED PER FROM OTHER DISTRICTS THAT ARE CONSIDERED.
SOMETIMES THOSE RESOLUTIONS ARE GREAT.
SOMETIMES THOSE RESOLUTIONS ARE NOT SO GREAT FOR DISTRICTS LIKE OURS.
WE HAVE THE ABILITY IN WHICH WE CAN FIGHT AGAINST THOSE RESOLUTIONS.
PUT OR MAKE SURE THAT THE VOICES OF DISTRICTS LIKE OURS ARE HEARD ON THOSE.
YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION.
LIKE I SAID, I DON'T THINK THEY'LL VOTE ON THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES BECAUSE IT'S A NON LEGISLATIVE YEAR.
IN NEXT YEAR, YOU WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO SO.
ANY BOARD MEMBER CAN ATTEND YOU DO IT ON THE SATURDAY [OVERLAPPING] SATURDAY AFTERNOON LUNCH IS PROVIDED.
THERE ARE SOME HOURS ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
IF YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT YOUR HOURS, I THINK EVERYBODY HAS.
HAS EVERYBODY SERVED? ISN'T IT RIGHT? EVERYBODY SERVED. YEAH. [BACKGROUND]
>> WELL, YEAH. OBVIOUSLY [LAUGHTER] NOT. OBVIOUSLY NOT THE NEW ONES.
I WAS LOOKING AT MY OTHER ONES WHO'VE ATTENDED A TASA/TASB.
>> I WILL SAY IT REALLY IS INTERESTING.
YOU MEET WITH THE REGION SO YOU CAN GO THROUGH, AND THAT'S WHEN WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SHARE WITH THE OTHER DELEGATES, NOT EVERY DISTRICT SENDS DELEGATES TO IT.
I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT DOES GIVE YOU A WHOLE IDEA OF THE ENTIRE STATE.
WE'VE TAKEN A LOT OF GREAT RESOLUTIONS AND MOST OF THEM HAVE PASSED, SOME HAVEN'T, BUT WE'RE PRETTY WELL-KNOWN AT TASB DELEGATE ASSEMBLY FOR OUR RESOLUTIONS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY.
IT'S NOW ONLINE, BUT YOU'LL GET WHOEVER'S THE DELEGATE, ALTERNATE,
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GET THE BOOK THAT YOU CAN GO THROUGH ALL THE RESOLUTIONS AND EVERYTHING SO YOU CAN BE PREPARED AHEAD OF TIME.THERE'S ALWAYS A SPEAKER, SOMEBODY FROM THE LEGISLATURE SPEAKS.
WE USUALLY GO AND SOMETIMES SIT AND IF WE HAVE RESOLUTIONS TO SUPPORT, BUT IT'S REALLY INTERESTING TO SEE THE WORK OF TASB AND IT'S A LITTLE CONTROLLED BY THE BOARD, BUT IT'S STILL INTERESTING TO LOOK.
>> THERE'S NOTHING REQUIRED OTHER THAN TO SAY, HEY, I'D LIKE TO BE THE DELEGATE AND I'D LIKE TO BE THE ALTERNATE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO SUBMIT NAMES, BUT THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT'S REQUIRED.
IF YOU PLAN ON ATTENDING TASA/TASB IN THE END OF SEPTEMBER, BEGINNING OF OCTOBER.
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, THEN WE WOULD HIGHLY ENCOURAGE.
>> WE NEED TO VOTE TONIGHT OR DO WE HAVE.
>> YES. WELL, I DON'T KNOW. DO WE HAVE UNTIL NEXT? I DIDN'T THINK WE HAD UNTIL OUR MEETING BECAUSE OF WHEN OUR MEETING FELL.
>> I THINK THE DEADLINE IS REQUIRED NEXT MEETING.
>> [OVERLAPPING] YEAH. [BACKGROUND].
>> DO YOU KNOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO THE CONVENTION IN DALLAS? ARE YOU INTERESTED IN BEING A DELEGATE?
>> YOU'RE LOOKING AT HIM TO GO. YOU'RE LOOKING AT HIM.
>> IT'S AT THE CONVENTION. IT'S PART OF THE CONVENTION
>> DO BOTH THE DELEGATE AND THE ALTERNATE GO?
>> BUT ONLY THE DELEGATE IS ALLOWED ON THE FLOOR AT ONE.
ONLY ONE PERSON IS ALLOWED ON THE FLOOR AT A TIME.
IT'S USUALLY THE DELEGATE, BUT YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO BE LIKE ALTERNATE, YOU GO ON THE FLOOR NOW.
>> I WOULD PREFER TO BE THE ULTIMATE [LAUGHTER] VERSUS THE DELEGATES.
>> DO YOU WANT TO BE THE DELEGATE?
>> I FIND IT EXTREMELY FASCINATING.
THEY THINK I FIND IT EXTREMELY FASCINATING.
>> NO, IT'S DEFINITELY INTERESTING.
>> YEAH, IT'S DEFINITELY A GOOD EXPERIENCE, ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE VERY INTO [OVERLAPPING] THE PROCESS ON HOW THAT ALL WORKS OUT.
BUT DO NOTE THAT IF YOU NEED EXTRA CREDITS FOR EDUCATION.
[OVERLAPPING]. IT DOES TAKE UP YOUR ENTIRE DAY, JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND.
>> ABOUT AN HOUR-AND-A-HALF, MAYBE.
>> YOU USUALLY GET TO MAKE THE LAST GENERAL SESSION.
>> I DON'T WANT TO ASK. [BACKGROUND]
DO YOU GUYS FEEL LIKE YOU NEED ANOTHER MONTH TO DECIDE?
>> NO, I'M NOT GOING TO LIE. LIKE MY CALCULATION WAS ABOUT CHILDCARE.
SO [LAUGHTER] NOW REALIZING THAT IT'S ALREADY PART OF THE DALLAS CONFERENCE, I'M LIKE, OKAY.
>> SO THEN DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE TRUSTEE WORTHINGTON AS THE DELEGATE, TRUSTEE RAMZANALI AS THE ULTIMATE,.
>> DARLA SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
NO YOU CAN VOTE FOR YOURSELF [LAUGHTER] GO AHEAD.
>> YOU'RE GOING TO BE LIKE, NO, WE DIDN'T WANT THAT.
PERFECT. I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING YOUR THOUGHTS ON IT.
>> SORRY. [BACKGROUND]. I THOUGHT YOU WERE TALKING TO ME.
I WAS LIKE YEAH, BUT I WAS TALKING [LAUGHTER]. ARE YOU TELLING ME TO HIDE? [LAUGHTER].
THE BOARD WILL NOW ADJOURN INTO CLOSED SESSION UNDER THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS.
[IX. Closed Session]
SECTION 551.071 CONSULTATION WITH BOARD ATTORNEY, AS WELL AS CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY REGARDING POTENTIAL RECAPTURE OPTIONS, 551.076 TO REVIEW REPORT REGARDING SECURITY AUDITS, 551.072, DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE, OR REAL VALUE OF PROPERTY 551.074 AND 551.071 DISCUSSION REGARDING EMPLOYEES COMPLAINT, AND THEN 551.074 TO REVIEW AND APPROVE EMPLOYMENT RESIGNATIONS AND TERMINATIONS OF PROFESSIONAL STAFF, AS WELL AS DISCUSSION OF PERSONNEL MATTERS CONSIDERING EXTINCTIONS OF ABANDONMENT, DISCUSSIONS OF SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION AND CONTRACT, AND DISCUSSION OF BOARD SELF-EVALUATION.THE TIME IS NOW. [OVERLAPPING] YES.
>> CAN YOU ALSO ADD THE FRATERNIZATION POLICY ON.
>> OH, YES. SORRY, AND TO DISCUSS THE POSSIBLE LOCAL POLICY CHANGES REGARDING FRATERNIZATION UNDER 5.
>> PERFECT. UNDER 551.074 AND 551.071, THANK YOU.
THE BOARD HAS SEVERAL ITEMS COMING OUT OF CLOSED SESSION? YES. THE BOARD ENDED THIS CLOSED SESSION AT 12:55 A.M. THANK YOU AND NOTED THE AM.
WE ARE NOW BACK IN OPEN SESSION.
I MOVE TO APPROVE THE EMPLOYMENT RESIGNATIONS AND TERMINATIONS OF STAFF AS PRESENTED.
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PERFECT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.DARLA. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S EVALUATION AS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION.
AND THE SECOND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED. WHERE ARE WE AT NOW? 651.
GOT IT. JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE.
THEN THE LAST ITEM THAT WE MOVED FROM EARLIER IS TO CONSIDER AN ACT ON POSSIBLE LOCAL POLICY CHANGES REGARDING FRATERNIZATION.
[VIII.C. Consider and Act to make possible local policy changes regarding fraternization]
THE DISCUSSION THAT THE BOARD HAD TO THE ITEM THAT WAS IN THE AGENDA PACKET WAS A COUPLE OF EDITS.THE NEW POLICY WILL READ AND WE'LL GET THIS TYPED UP AND SENT.
>> IF PASSED, YEAH. NO, I'M SAYING THE NEW POLICY THAT WE'RE VOTING ON TONIGHT, WILL READ NO EMPLOYEES EMPLOYED AFTER AUGUST 1ST OF 2023 WHO ARE IN A ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP OR RELATED BY BLOOD WITHIN THE THIRD-DEGREE OR BY MARRIAGE WITHIN THE SECOND-DEGREE, SHALL BE ASSIGNED TO POSITIONS WHERE ONE MIGHT SUPERVISE THE OTHER UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.
THAT IS THE NEW POLICY THAT IS BEING PUT FORTH.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS READ?
>> I ACTUALLY SECOND THIS ONE.
>> I ACTUALLY JUST WANT TO ASK A QUESTION.
I KNOW WE HAD TWO BOARD MEMBERS THAT HAD TO LEAVE TONIGHT.
IS THERE ANY INTEREST IN POTENTIALLY WAITING UNTIL NOW?
>> WHO IS THIS? WHO MADE A MOTION? [OVERLAPPING].
>> I DO. I'M NOT OPPOSED TO PART OF THIS, BUT I AM OPPOSED TO THE ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS BECAUSE I THINK THAT PUTS OUR HR DEPARTMENT IN A REAL BIND ON TRYING TO MONITOR THIS.
I THINK IT CAN CREATE A LOT OF ISSUES WITH PEOPLE PUTTING OUT, OH, THEY'RE IN A RELATIONSHIP, THEY'RE NOT.
OH, I SAW HIM HERE, I SAW HIM THERE.
I THINK WE'RE MICRO-MANAGING STAFF TOO MUCH ON THIS, ON THAT ADDING THAT.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT COMMENT.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION FROM DARLA A SECOND FROM MS. SUSANNA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? FOUR. ALL THOSE OPPOSED.
PERFECT. HAVING NO ADDITIONAL ITEMS ON THE AGENDA THAT I CAN THINK OF, IF YOU'LL GIVE ME A SECOND.
HAVING NO OBJECTION FROM THE BOARD HERE, I'M GUESSING THE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM.
WE CAN ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 12:59 A.M.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.