[I. Call to Order]
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I, UH, WANNA WELCOME EVERYBODY TO TONIGHT'S MEETING.
I OFFICIALLY CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT, 2, 4, 5, AND THAT NOTICE THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPEN TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
UM, LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT THE MEETING BEGAN AT 6:30 PM UM, SO TONIGHT WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, UM, BUT WE'RE GONNA START WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
SO TONIGHT WE DO NOT HAVE ANY ITEMS ON PUBLIC SESSION.
[IV. Closed Session]
UM, AND WITH THAT, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES WILL NOW ADJOURN INTO CLOSED SESSION UNDER THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS OF THE TECH MEETINGS ACT, TGC 5 51 0.71, CONSULTATION WITH BOARD ATTORNEY AND TGC 5 51 0 7 1, AND TG C 5 51 0 7 4.DISCUSSION REGARDING EXECUTIVE TEAM TRANSITION MATTERS INVOLVING THE EXECUTIVE TEAM, IE ACTING SUPERINTENDENT, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENTS.
THE TIME IS 6:32 PM GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ENDED ITS CLOSED SESSION AT 7:55 PM ON SEPTEMBER 5TH, 2024.
[V. Approve Action Items Discussed in Closed Session]
UM, AT THIS TIME, I WILL ENTERTAIN ANY ACTION ITEMS RELATED TO, UH, ITEMS DISCUSSED.IN CLOSED SESSION, I MOVE TO APPOINT BRETT A SPRINGS TO SERVE AS ACTING SUPERINTENDENT UNDER CONTRACT AS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION SECOND.
OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE TABLE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY OR RAISE YOUR HAND.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED, ALL THOSE ABSTAINING.
SO IT'S, UH, BITTERSWEET, UM, TO KIND OF BE HERE TODAY.
UM, BUT ACTING SUPERINTENDENT HARRIS, UM, HAS, HAS ALWAYS HAD AN INTENTION TO DESIRE OR, OR TO RETIRE.
UM, AND I THINK HIS HOPE WAS AT THE END OF LAST SCHOOL YEAR.
UM, BUT THE BOARD POLITELY ASKED THAT HE EXTEND HIS TIME HERE.
UM, AND I THINK HE'S, HE'S, UH, BEEN PURSUING A, A CAREER OUTSIDE OF EDUCATION AND HAS HAD A VERY LONG TENURE HERE AT DELL VALLEY, UH, SERVING STUDENTS, SERVING FAMILIES, SERVING STAFF.
UM, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE ORIGINALLY APPOINTED HIM TO THIS POSITION.
AND SO IT'S BITTERSWEET BECAUSE WE REALLY, REALLY LOVE JONATHAN AND APPRECIATE HIS SERVICE IN OUR DISTRICT.
UH, I HOPE THAT YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND AND, AND STAY IN THE DISTRICT, BUT, UM, I THINK WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE AND THAT YOU REALLY WANT TO KIND OF OFFICIALLY RETIRE AND TRANSIT INTO YOUR NEW CAREER, WHICH WE'RE ALL HAPPY FOR YOU AND ALSO BUMMED TO SEE YOU.
UM, BUT, UH, ACTING SUPERINTENDENT HARRIS KINDA CAME TO US AND, AND EXPRESSED THAT DESIRE.
AND, UM, AND I THINK THE BOARD HAS TAKEN ACTION TONIGHT THAT WE FEEL VERY POSITIVE AND STRONG ABOUT AND, AND COULDN'T BE MORE EXCITED ABOUT.
UH, FOR THIS, THIS EVENING FOR DR.
UM, AND SO JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU, JONATHAN, FOR YOUR SERVICE.
IT'S BITTERSWEET TO WISH YOU WELL, UH, BECAUSE WE ALL WANT YOU TO STAY HERE.
UM, BUT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU IF YOU'D LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING AT THIS TIME.
YOU KNOW, RETIREMENT HAS BEEN ON MY AGENDA FOR A WHILE, AND THE APPOINTMENT OF ACTING SUPERINTENDENT IN APRIL DELAYED IT A LITTLE BIT WHEN I JOINED THE DISTRICT IN JANUARY OF 2012.
AND SOME OF YOU WERE ON THE BOARD THEN.
RAISE YOUR HANDS, ALMOST ALL OF YOU.
YES, I KNEW THAT THIS WAS THE PLACE THAT I WOULD RETIRE FROM.
AND HERE I AM 12 YEARS LATER DOING THAT.
I HAVE BEEN SO HONORED TO SERVE THE STUDENTS,
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THE STAFF, THE FAMILIES, AND THE BOARD IN MULTIPLE CAPACITIES THROUGHOUT THE YEARS AS SHERIDAN MAY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION, I RECENTLY COMPLETED A DEGREE, A MASTER'S DEGREE IN CLINICAL MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING.AND NOW I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SERVING A DIFFERENT NEED, A GREAT NEED OF MENTAL HEALTH AND HEALING IN A DIFFERENT CAPACITY.
THERE ARE SO MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS THE DISTRICT IS ACHIEVING, AND I KNOW THAT SO MANY MORE ARE FORTHCOMING.
I LOOK FORWARD TO AND AM COMMITTED TO ASSISTING MY SUCCESSOR TO ENSURE A SMOOTH TRANSITION AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, TO CONTINUE ON A GREAT TRAJECTORY.
KEEPING STUDENTS AT THE CENTER OF OUR WORK IS PARAMOUNT TO ME.
AND I HAVE BEEN INSPIRED TO WORK ALONGSIDE SO MANY THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, INCLUDING OUR SCHOOL BOARD, WHO ASCRIBED TO THIS PHILOSOPHY IN CLOSING.
AND AS I SHARED WITH EVERYBODY AT CONVOCATION, ALL OF YOU ARE RECOGNIZED AND VALUED.
OUR COLLECTIVE EFFORTS ARE EVIDENCED BY THE STUDENT SUCCESSES EXPERIENCED ON A DAILY BASIS IN DELL VALLEY, ISD DV, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
AND THANK YOU TO THE MOST AMAZING TEAM THAT WE HAVE IN THE STATE, IF NOT THE NATION.
YOU'VE BEEN AMAZING TO WORK WITH.
AND YOUR HEARTS HAVE NEVER WAVERED FROM WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR STUDENTS, OUR STAFF, OR FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
I'M GONNA CARRY YOU WITH ME, AND I'M JUST A PHONE CALL AWAY TO SOME OF YOU,
I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN TO, UH, JONATHAN, MR. HARRIS.
UM, AND ALSO THANK YOU FOR BEING WILLING TO SUPPORT OUR NEW ACTING SUPERINTENDENT, DR.
UM, I THINK THE BOARD IS VERY EXCITED ABOUT DR.
SPRINGSTEEN'S, UH, SERVICE IN OUR DISTRICT, UM, THAT WILL START NEXT WEEK.
AND WE, UM, WE, WE, WE CHOSE HIM IN PART 'CAUSE HE'S A SEASONED SUPERINTENDENT AND ALSO HAS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE SERVING DISTRICTS DURING, UH, PERIODS OF TRANSITION.
AND SO AS WE FINISH OUR SEARCH, I THINK WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT WORKING WITH DR.
SPRINGTON AND ALSO EXCITED ABOUT JONATHAN AND HIS SUPPORT OF DR.
SPRINGTON AND, AND ALSO OUR, OUR PERMANENT SUPERINTENDENT.
SO, UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.
UM, IT'S BEEN AN HONOR AND THANK YOU BOARD FOR, FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
UH, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS? I, I DO HAVE A COMMENT.
UM, I'VE BEEN HERE FOR A VERY LONG TIME AND THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME AND GONE.
AND I WILL SAY, YOU ARE THE ONE THAT I'M GOING TO MISS THE MOST.
AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO RETIRE, I'M JUST SAYING, I'M JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE,
BUT, UH, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR OUR DISTRICT.
I KNOW FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART THAT YOU'VE ALWAYS HAD OUR STUDENTS IN YOUR HEART AND THAT MEANS A LOT TO ME.
SO WHAT SHE SAID, YOU KNOW WHERE I'M AT AND I APPRECIATE YOU AND THE DOOR'S OPEN.
DOES EVERYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? I WILL MISS YOU, BUT I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA STALK YOU.
I DID WANNA SAY, AS THE NEWEST BOARD MEMBER, I WANNA JUST SAY THAT I APPRECIATE YOU EVER SINCE I WALKED INTO THE BOARDROOM.
YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN VERY WELCOMING, VERY NICE, PASSIONATE.
AND EVEN WHEN I TALK TO OTHER BOARD MEMBERS, I'M LIKE, I REALLY LIKE JONATHAN.
SO I JUST WANNA SAY I REALLY APPRECIATE WHO YOU'VE BEEN TO ME AND IT'S LIKE, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN CONSISTENT AND I CAN APPRECIATE CONSISTENT.
AT THIS TIME, UH, WE WILL, UH, IN A BITTERSWEET WAY MOVE ON, UH, FROM THAT DISCUSSION, UH, AND THAT ACTION ITEM.
[VI. New Business/Future Board Agenda Items]
AND, UH, I'LL OPEN THE FLOOR TO NEW BUSINESS OR FUTURE BOARD AGENDA ITEMS. I HAVE SEVERAL THAT JUST IN TRANSITION DON'T WANNA LOSE OFF OF OUR RADAR.THE ATTORNEY RFQ, THE HANDBOOK AND DRESS CODE THAT WE HAVE NOT ADOPTED FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR.
I WANT TO LOOK AT REZONING OR POTENTIALLY NEEDING TO, I GUESS GETTING AN ASSESSMENT TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED TO REZONE OUR SCHOOLS.
AND THEN THE LAST THING IS GOING TO BE, UM, BOARD OFFICERS.
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YOU.ARE THERE ANY OTHER NEW BUSINESS OR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? I ALRIGHT.
WITH NO OTHER NEW BUSINESS, UH, TO DISCUSS, I WILL MOVE OR ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 8:05 PM I.