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IT IS 5:30, AND I HEREBY CALL ON 5:30 ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2022.
[B. CALL TO ORDER]
I HEREBY CALL THE MEETING OF THE ROUND ROCK INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGULAR BOARD MEETING TO ORDER.ALL SEVEN TRUSTEES ARE IN ATTENDANCE.
PLEDGE] WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEMS D ONE AND TWO, AND I AM THRILLED TO BE BRINGING STUDENT AND STAFF
[D. STUDENTS AND STAFF RECOGNITIONS]
RECOGNITIONS BACK TO OUR REGULAR BOARD MEETINGS, AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DR.PRESLEY. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT FELLER, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO HONOR A STUDENT AND A STAFF MEMBER THAT HAVE ACHIEVED SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL. I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO JENNY CAPUTO FROM OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT TO RECOGNIZE THESE FOLKS.
GOOD EVENING, TRUSTEES, PRESIDENT FELLER AND IT'S GREAT TO HAVE STUDENT RECOGNITIONS BACK. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
FIRST, I'M GOING TO ASK THE BOARD.
SOME YOU GUYS ARE NEW TO THIS, BUT IF YOU'LL COME AND STAND IN FRONT OF THE DAIS AND DR.
PRESLEY AS WELL SO THAT ONCE WE HONOR OUR STUDENT STAFF MEMBER, WE CAN TAKE A PHOTO.
SO FIRST TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO BE RECOGNIZING KRUPALI KUMAR, A SENIOR AT ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL, WHO BEAT OUT THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS TO BE ONE OF TWO SELECTED TO REPRESENT THE STATE OF TEXAS IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE YOUTH PROGRAM.
EACH YEAR, THE HIGHLY COMPETITIVE, MERIT BASED PROGRAM SELECTS TWO OUTSTANDING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM EACH STATE TO PARTICIPATE IN AN INTENSIVE WEEK LONG STUDY OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE PEOPLE WHO LEAD IT.
THE PROGRAM'S OVERALL MISSION IS TO HELP INSTILL WITHIN EACH STUDENT A MORE PROFOUND KNOWLEDGE OF THE AMERICAN POLITICAL PROCESS AND A LIFELONG COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE.
THE TEXAS STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES WILL JOIN SENATOR JOHN CORNYN, SENATOR TED CRUZ AND 104 STUDENT DELEGATES FROM ACROSS THE NATION FOR THE PROGRAM 60TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND ALSO RECEIVE A $10000 COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDY.
KRUPALI CURRENTLY SERVES AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY AT ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL AND HAS AN EXTENSIVE HISTORY OF LEADERSHIP ROLES.
THESE ROLES INCLUDE SERVING AS VICE PRESIDENT OF MODEL UNITED NATIONS AND CAPTAIN OF THE VARSITY POLICY DEBATE TEAM.
SHE'S ALSO THE FOUNDER OF THE AUSTIN LIBERATION YOUTH MOVEMENT, A GRASSROOTS STUDENT RUN ORGANIZATION FOCUSED ON SOCIAL JUSTICE ACTIVISM.
AND SHE ORGANIZED AN EVENT SUPPORTING THE BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT AT THE TEXAS STATE CAPITAL. AND MATT GROFF IS HER PROUD PRINCIPAL.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR KRUPALI KUMAR.
NEXT, WE'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MARLA VALK, ROUND ROCK ISD'S DANCE EDUCATOR AND FINE ARTS COORDINATOR, WHO WAS RECENTLY AWARDED THE TEXAS DANCE EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION'S 2021 LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.
THE AWARD IS IN RECOGNITION OF MARLA'S COMMITMENT AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO FURTHER DANCE EDUCATION DURING HER 25 YEAR CAREER.
BEFORE HOLDING THE FINE ARTS COORDINATOR POSITION.
MARLA TAUGHT AT WESTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL FOR 25 YEARS AND WAS THE SCHOOL'S DANCE TEAM DIRECTOR FOR 17 YEARS.
SHE'S AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE DANCE COMMUNITY, WORKING FOR A DANCE AND DRILL TEAM COMPANIES AS AN ADJUDICATOR, CHOREOGRAPHER, PRESENTER AND PROGRAM DIRECTOR.
MARLA IS ALSO A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PRESENTER THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF TEXAS AND HAS SERVED ON THE TDA BOARD.
HER EXPERIENCES INCLUDE BEING A KILGORE COLLEGE RANGERETTE, A THIRD COAST DANCE COMPANY PERFORMER AND A TEACHER AT SEVERAL DANCE STUDIOS IN THE AUSTIN AREA.
YEAGER LLOYD IS THE DIRECTOR OF FINE ARTS MUSIC AND TIM LOKEY IS A DIRECTOR OF FINE ARTS, VISUAL ARTS, AND I KNOW THEY'RE PROUD OF HER.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING FINE ARTS COORDINATOR MARLA VALK.
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THANK YOU, MARLA, AND CONGRATULATIONS.[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. AND AS YOU TAKE YOUR SEATS, BOARD MEMBERS AND DR.
PRESLEY ALSO WANT TO SET UP OUR VIDEO SPOTLIGHT FOR THIS MONTH.
WE'RE GOING TO BE HIGHLIGHTING ONE OF OUR NEWEST AND MOST CUTTING EDGE CTE PROGRAMS, DRONE AVIATION.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IT IN PRACTICE AT WESTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL, BUT LEARN MORE ABOUT THE SCOPE OF THE PROGRAM, WHICH IS AVAILABLE AT ALL FIVE OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS.
OUR DRONE PROGRAM IS AVAILABLE AT ALL FIVE HIGH SCHOOLS.
IT ACTUALLY BEGAN WITH THE PASSING OF BOND 2018.
IT'S EXCITING WITH DRONE AVIATION THIS YEAR WILL BE OUR FIRST GROUP OF STUDENTS ARE INAUGURAL GROUP TO TAKE THE FAA 10 PART 107 LICENSE, SO THE STUDENTS WILL ACTUALLY GO AND TAKE THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION LICENSE.
THEY'LL BE LICENSED PILOTS FOR DRONE OPERATION AND REMOTE DRONE AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
THE KIDS ARE LOVING THE PROGRAM.
JUST HEARING THE EXCITEMENT COMING THROUGH THE INSTRUCTORS IS WONDERFUL.
IT'S REALLY FUN. JUST THE CLASS IN GENERAL IS A LOT OF HANDS ON.
THERE ARE SOME LIKE CLASS WORK TIMES WHERE WE DO HAVE TO SIT DOWN AND TAKE NOTES, BUT IT'S MOSTLY JUST GETTING THE FEEL OF THE DRONE AND GETTING USED TO THE THE CONTROLS AND EVERYTHING. BEING THE MAIN REASON I TAKE IT IS JUST THAT IT SOUNDED A LOT OF FUN.
BUT I'VE ALSO BEEN THINKING ABOUT GOING INTO AEROSPACE ENGINEERING AND MAYBE BECOMING A DRONE PILOT. SO I'VE JUST BEEN TRYING OUT MANY DIFFERENT THINGS AND SEEING WHAT I LIKE AND DRONE AVIATION JUST HAPPENS TO BE ONE OF THEM, AND I HAPPEN TO LIKE IT QUITE A BIT.
OH, THERE YOU GO. REALLY HOPE TO SEE THESE STUDENTS NEXT YEAR REALLY OPEN UP, I'VE GOTTEN TO BE WITH THEM NOW FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS, WHICH IS REALLY NICE BECAUSE I'VE SEEN THEIR PERSONALITIES AND I'VE SEEN EVERYTHING.
AND SO I HOPE THAT THEY GET TO EITHER START THEIR OWN BUSINESSES.
I KNOW SOME OF THEM ACTUALLY EVEN WANT TO CONTINUE THE ROBOTICS ENGINEERING PART OF IT.
ONE IDEA THAT THE DISTRICT CAME UP WITH WAS A DRONE ON LOAN PROGRAM SO THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO BORROW OUT A DRONE.
AND WHEN THEY BORROW THAT DRONE, THEN AS THEY'RE COLLECTING MONEY FROM USING THE DRONE THAT'S BORROWED UP FROM THE DISTRICT, THAT MONEY THEY CAN THEN PUT ASIDE TO SAVE FOR THEIR OWN DRONE, THAT THEY CAN THEN BUY THEMSELVES AND THEN THEY DON'T HAVE TO BORROW A DRONE ANYMORE. AND ONCE THEY GRADUATE, THEN THEY HAVE A DRONE THAT THEY CAN USE AS PART OF THEIR EQUIPMENT.
HOPES LONG TERM FOR THE DRONE AVIATION PROGRAM, RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE A LARGE POPULATION OF STUDENTS THAT ARE INTERESTED AND WE SEE THAT GROWTH CONTINUING.
WE PLANNED IT WITH THREE COURSES FOR A TOTAL OF FOUR CREDITS BECAUSE FOUR CREDITS IS THE MINIMUM WITHIN THE STATE OF TEXAS FOR A PROGRAM OF STUDY AND TO EARN AN ENDORSEMENT FOR GRADUATION. SO ALL OF OUR ACADEMY SEQUENCES ARE BUILT OFF OF A MINIMUM OF FOUR CREDITS.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT POTENTIALLY ADDING A SECOND YEAR OF PRACTICUM, SO IF A STUDENT BEGAN THE DRONE PROGRAM IN THEIR FRESHMAN YEAR, THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO TAKE COURSEWORK ALL THE WAY THROUGH THEIR SENIOR YEAR.
THERE'S DEFINITELY AN INTEREST.
IT'S TAKEN OFF ACROSS ALL FIVE HIGH SCHOOLS, SOME WITH MULTIPLE SECTIONS, AND WE'RE JUST EXCITED TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.
IT'S PRETTY PHENOMENAL JUST TO THINK ABOUT HOW HIGH OUR DRONE PROGRAM COULD GO.
THAT'S WONDERFUL, THANKS SO MUCH FOR SHARING THAT WITH US.
TRUSTEES I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A CHANGE.
IS IT POSSIBLE FOR ME TO COMMENT ON THAT? YEAH, YOU CAN MAKE A COMMENT, IT'S ON THE AGENDA.
SO I JUST WANT TO COMMENT THAT THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT I CAN SEE ACROSS DISTRICT HAS SYNERGIES FOR EXAMPLE, THIS DRONE AVIATION PROGRAM HAS A LOT OF SYNERGY WITH ENGINEERING PROGRAMS SUCH AS ROBOTICS PROGRAM AND WE CAN DEFINITELY EXPAND TO MULTIPLE LIKE AREAS BECAUSE IN THE FUTURE, THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY, A LOT OF IT DEPEND ON ROBOTICS AND DRONE AND UNDERWATER VEHICLES, SO WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK INTO HOW TO BUILD MORE PROGRAMS IN THE FUTURE.
THAT'S MY COMMENT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OK. TRUSTEES, I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE A SLIGHT ADJUSTMENT TO OUR AGENDA TONIGHT, AND THAT WOULD BE TAKING AGENDA ITEMS M4, 5 AND 6 FIRST, WE DO HAVE AN ATTORNEY HERE THAT WE'RE PAYING BY THE HOUR, SO I'D LIKE TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS FOUR, FIVE AND SIX, THEN GO INTO CLOSED SESSION, TAKE CARE OF THOSE THREE ITEMS, THEN COME BACK INTO OPEN SESSION AND FINISH OUR AGENDA AS SCHEDULED.
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DO I HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE BOARD? GO AHEAD, MS. WESTON. SO YOU'RE SUGGESTING ITEM FOUR, FIVE AND SIX? YES, WE WOULD TAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING THOSE THREE AGENDA ITEMS FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THOSE THREE AGENDA ITEMS, THEN WE WOULD GO INTO CLOSED SESSION.WE WOULD ADDRESS FOUR, FIVE AND SIX IN CLOSED AND THEN WE WOULD COME BACK AND START BACK UP WITH PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR EVERYBODY ELSE AND THEN WE WOULD GO ON TO H1.
I'M NOT. I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF MAKING THE PUBLIC WAIT.
I'D RATHER GO AHEAD AND GET THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AS PEOPLE WERE PREPARED TO GIVE THEM, AND I ALSO HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE AGENDA.
I WAS GOING TO DO A POINT OF ORDER, BUT ITEMS M SEVEN, EIGHT AND NINE ARE ATTRIBUTED TO ME. THOSE WERE NOT INTENDED FOR CLOSED SESSION.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE THEM TO OPEN.
WE'LL HAVE TO WE CAN GO INTO CLOSED SESSION, DISCUSS IT WITH OUR ATTORNEYS AND THEN, IF NEEDED, WE CAN BRING THEM BACK INTO OPEN.
I JUST NEED TO CONSULT WITH OUR ATTORNEYS.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR FEEDBACK? TRUSTEE BONE. YES, I WOULD LIKE TO GO AND TAKE ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS SO THE PUBLIC DOESN'T HAVE TO WAIT ON US AND THEN PROCEED INTO CLOSED SESSION.
AND IF WE TAKE ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS, DO WE HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS TO THEN GO INTO AGENDA ITEMS FOUR, FIVE AND SIX, M FOUR, FIVE AND SIX AND THEN GOING BACK? CAN I ASK TRUSTEE.
HOW MANY HOW MANY COMMENTS WE HAVE? TOTAL SPEAKERS, WE HAVE 30.
SO WE'RE TALKING TWO HOURS OF PAYING ATTORNEYS TO SIT AND WAIT.
YEP. I WOULD RATHER SAVE THAT MONEY AND DO THOSE ITEMS FIRST.
WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY, LET'S SEE, FIVE [INAUDIBLE].
WE HAVE 18 THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON M FOUR, FIVE AND SIX.
CAN I JUST MAKE THE POINT THAT LOTS OF TIMES FOLKS WILL SIGN UP AND THEN THEY HAVE A COMMENT, MAYBE ON TWO AGENDA ITEMS AND THEY SIGN UP FOR ONE.
SO THAT'S WHY I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THEM ALL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ACTUALLY HEAR ALL THE COMMENTS. I MEAN, I KNOW AS A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC, IT'S HARD TO KNOW EXACTLY WHICH AGENDA ITEM SOMETIMES. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM OTHER TRUSTEES? TRUSTEE WESTON.
I'LL POINT OUT THIS IS WHY I REQUESTED THAT THOSE ITEMS BE A THEIR OWN MEETING EARLIER IN THE WEEK WAS. OK, WELL, THEY'RE ALREADY ON THIS AGENDA, SO LET'S PROCEED.
CAN I CAN I PLEASE FINISH WHAT I'M SAYING? YES. THAT IS WHY I SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED IN WRITING THAT THOSE ITEMS, WHICH CAME FROM THE BOARD MEETING FROM LAST WEEK, BE RESCHEDULED FOR EARLY IN THIS WEEK SO THAT WE WOULD NOT HAVE THIS PROBLEM.
ANY OTHER FEEDBACK FROM TRUSTEES? TRUSTEE VESSA.
I THINK TOO GIVEN THAT WE HAVE.
SAY IT AGAIN. GIVEN THAT WE HAVE WHAT, 30 OVER 30 COMMENTS THAT AREN'T RELATED TO M FOUR, FIVE AND SIX WE SHOULD PROBABLY JUST GO AHEAD AND.
OK. WE'LL DO ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS.
I MEANT TO GO AHEAD AND AND THEN WE WILL GO INTO CLOSED SESSION FOR FOUR, FIVE AND SIX.
WELL. THIRTY TIMES TWO THAT'S PROBABLY ABOUT AN HOUR.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY ATTORNEYS WE HAVE.
I WAS KIND OF ACTUALLY WITH TRUSTEE WEIR THAT MAYBE WE SHOULD JUST TAKE THOSE ITEMS, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW OTHER PEOPLE FEEL ABOUT THAT.
CAN YOU CLARIFY ON THE NUMBER THOUGH? IT'S 30 TOTAL RIGHT AND 18 OF THOSE ARE ON THESE.
SO IT'S 12. FIFTY FIVE PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TONIGHT, AND 30 OF THEM ARE ON AGENDA ITEMS FOUR, FIVE AND SIX.
30 ARE ON AGENDAS FOUR, FIVE AND SIX.
CORRECT. SO YEAH, I WOULD JUST TAKE THEM ALL.
CAN I GUESS I THOUGHT IT WAS THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE SAYING FEWER WERE ON FOUR, FIVE AND SIX.
IF IT'S IF THE MAJORITY ARE FOUR, FIVE AND SIX AND LET'S JUST.
ARE WE ARE WE SURE THAT WE WANT TO DO THE FULL TWO MINUTES GIVEN WE HAVE? OKAY, MY APOLOGIES. WE HAVE 18 SIGNED UP FOR FOUR, FIVE AND SIX.
AND THEN THE REST ARE FOR THE OTHER EITHER OTHER AGENDA ITEMS OR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA.
I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON QUICKLY, SO IF THERE'S NOT ANY OTHER FEEDBACK.
ALL RIGHT, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND JUST TAKE ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS.
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WE WE'LL JUST PAY FOR OUR ATTORNEYS TO SIT HERE SO.HAVING SAID THAT, LET ME GET THESE BACK REORGANIZED.
WE'RE GOING TO START WITH OUR STUDENT SPEAKERS FIRST, AND OUR FIRST STUDENT SPEAKER IS GOING TO BE [INAUDIBLE] NGUYEN.
YOU NEED TO READ THE INSTRUCTIONS.
I'M SORRY. SAY THAT AGAIN. THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE SPEAKERS.
I FORGOT I NEED TO READ THE PUBLIC COMMENT SPEAKER'S RULES.
AT EACH BOARD MEETING, THE BOARD WILL SET ASIDE TIME TO AFFORD THE GENERAL PUBLIC AN
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OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON TERM ON ITEMS UNDER THE AGENDA AND NOT UNDER THE AGENDA SINCE IT'S A REGULAR BOARD MEETING.WE ASKED THE CONCERNS OR COMPLAINTS REGARDING SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS NOT BE RAISED IN THIS PUBLIC FORUM. SPECIFIC CONCERNS ABOUT EMPLOYEES OR FORMER EMPLOYEES SHOULD BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY, ACCORDING TO APPLICABLE BOARD POLICIES.
THE BOARD REQUEST THAT COMMENTS, WHETHER POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, BE COURTEOUS AND RESPECTFUL. I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND THE AUDIENCE AND THE VIEWERS THAT THE COMMENTS OF THE SPEAKERS REFLECT THEIR OWN POSITIONS OR OPINIONS.
PLEASE NOTE THAT WHILE THE PUBLIC DOES HAVE THE RIGHT TO SPEAK, THAT RIGHT IS NOT UNLIMITED. PER TEXAS PENAL CODE 38.13 42.01 42.02 AND 42.05 AND TEXAS EDUCATION CODE 37.105 NO AUDIENCE MEMBER OR SPEAKER WILL BE PERMITTED TO ENGAGE IN ANY CONDUCT THAT IS DISRUPTIVE OR THREATENING TOWARDS ANY SPEAKER OR OTHER PERSON, OR TO VIOLATE THE PRIVACY RIGHTS OF ANOTHER PERSON.
THE BOARD SHALL NOT TOLERATE DISRUPTION OF THE MEETING BY MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE.
IF AT LEAST ONE IF AFTER AT LEAST ONE MORE INDIVIDUAL WARNING FROM THE PRESIDING OFFICER ANY INDIVIDUAL CONTINUES TO DISRUPT THE MEETING BY HIS OR HER WORDS OR ACTIONS THE PRESIDING OFFICER WILL REQUEST ASSISTANCE FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS TO HAVE THE INDIVIDUAL REMOVED FROM THE MEETING.
THE BOARD MAY NOT DISCUSS OR ACT UPON ANY MATTER THAT IS NOT LISTED UNDER THE ACTION ITEM PORTION OF THE AGENDA.
THEREFORE, BOARD MEMBERS MAY NOT DISCUSS THE COMMENTS OF SPEAKERS.
PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT A LACK OF RESPONSE FROM BOARD MEMBERS DOES NOT INDICATE AGREEMENT OR APPROVAL OF THE COMMENTS.
EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN TWO MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.
TRUSTEE HARRISON WILL BE THE DESIGNATED TIMEKEEPER, AND THE FIRST SPEAKER IS STUDENT [INAUDIBLE] NGUYEN. I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHY I DON'T LIKE MASKS.
ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL IN SECOND GRADE, MY BEST FRIEND COULDN'T RECOGNIZE ME BECAUSE I WAS WEARING A MASK.
AND IT WAS REALLY HARD TO BREATHE IN.
AND I COULDN'T HEAR WHAT OTHER PEOPLE WERE SAYING, AND IT WAS ALSO HARD TO RECOGNIZE SOME PEOPLE. IF YOU HAVE LIKE IF YOU HAVE ALLERGIES, THEN IF YOU SNEEZE IN YOUR MASK, THEN ALL THE SNOT WILL GET ON YOUR MASK AND IT'S GROSS.
AND SOMETIMES YOU FORGET THAT YOU'RE WEARING A MASK AND THEN WHEN YOU GO TO EAT LUNCH, YOUR MASK GETS REALLY DIRTY.
I'M GOING TO TELL YOU A LITTLE SECRET.
MY SECOND GRADE TEACHER WOULD LET US HAVE MASK BREAKS AND I WOULD AND I WOULD REALLY LIKE THEM. AND ALSO, THIS IS WHY I THINK MASKS NEED TO GO BECAUSE IF YOU TRY TO BREATHE IN THEM, IT CAN BE REALLY, REALLY HARD TO BREATHE IN THEM AND IT BECOMES IT CAN BECOME A HAZARD. GOOD JOB.
[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT, WE HAVE A VIRTUAL SPEAKER.
ELENA LOZANO, WHO IS A STUDENT.
THE PARTICIPANT LIST, IS SHE ON THE PARTICIPANT LIST? THAT'S IT. OK, WE'LL COME BACK.
EXCUSE ME. NEXT, WE'LL GO TO TAMMY CONRAD.
AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT AND YOU'RE SPEAKING ON ITEM J1.
I'M AN EDUCATOR IN THE DISTRICT AND I'M SPEAKING ABOUT STAFF RETENTION FOR THOSE WHO CAN'T BE HERE TONIGHT.
WE ALL KNOW IT'S A PROBLEM AND WHAT WE WANT TO KNOW IS WHAT IS THE DISTRICT GOING TO DO TO CHANGE WHAT'S GOING ON SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO LIVE THROUGH ANOTHER YEAR LIKE THIS ONE? HERE IS A LIST OF COMMON TEACHER CONCERNS.
THE HIGH COST OF LIVING AND INADEQUATE SALARIES.
THE COST OF HEALTH INSURANCE GOING UP WHEN SALARIES INCREASE.
THE INABILITY TO GIFT PERSONAL OR SICK DAYS TO COLLEAGUES.
NOT FEELING HEARD BECAUSE CLIMATE SURVEYS HAVE STOPPED.
INCOMPLETE COMMUNICATION AND TRANSPARENCY FROM THE DISTRICT AND CAMPUSES.
LACK OF RESPECT FOR OUR CONTRACT HOURS.
TEACHERS COVERING MULTIPLE FULL TIME POSITIONS WHEN THERE ARE VACANCIES, ABSENCES OR STAFF PLACED ON LEAVE RESULTS IN REDUCED PLANNING TIME.
SPECIAL ED SAFETY ISSUES AND DISPROPORTIONATELY HIGH LOSS OF FIRST YEAR TEACHERS, THOSE OF
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COLOR AND THOSE IN THE QUEER COMMUNITY, AND THEN THE EQUITY ISSUES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. THANK YOU.[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND I DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT.
AND YOU'RE SPEAKING ON ITEM J1.
CORRECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TRUSTEES.
THIS EVENING, I'LL BE READING ABOUT SOME SOLUTIONS TO THE CONCERNS EXPRESSED BY THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER.
CREATE AND ENFORCE CLASS SIZE LIMITS BASED ON TEXAS EDUCATION CODE 25.112 EVEN IN A DISTRICT OF INNOVATION YEAR, IMPLEMENT TRAINING FOR ADMINISTRATORS REGARDING HOW TO CULTIVATE A PSYCHOLOGICALLY SAFE WORK ENVIRONMENT BASED ON RESEARCH AND BEST PRACTICES.
LISTEN TO TEACHERS WHO ARE PART OF MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES AND GROUPS.
SUPPORT FIRST-YEAR TEACHERS BY EXPANDING THE MENTOR PROGRAM FOR THOSE WHO REQUEST IT.
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE ALLOW TEACHERS TO GIVE PERSONAL AND OR SICK DAYS TO FACULTY IN NEED. THERE IS BROAD SUPPORT FOR THIS AMONG TEACHERS.
SEND THE ANNUAL CLIMATE SURVEY AGAIN.
STUDENTS AND TEACHERS ARE STILL REQUIRED TO BE EVALUATED BUT WHAT WAS ONCE USED AS A METHOD FOR ADMINISTRATIVE ACCOUNTABILITY THE ANNUAL CLIMATE SURVEY HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED.
SEND OUT A STAFF RETENTION SURVEY TO COLLECT DATA ON WHAT WE WILL BE FACING NEXT YEAR.
ALLOW ANONYMOUS WAYS FOR TEACHERS TO OPENLY COMMUNICATE THEIR IDEAS AND CONCERNS.
UPDATE THE TRANSFER POLICY TO KEEP TEACHERS IN ROUND ROCK ISD.
ALLOW CHILDREN OF PART TIME FACULTY TO TRANSFER TO ROUND ROCK ISD SCHOOLS TO HELP FILL THOSE PART TIME POSITIONS AND SUPPORT OUR LGBTQIA2S PLUS COMMUNITY AND OUR STAFF OF COLOR BY REMOVING BLOCKED SITES FOR THE LGBTQIA2S PLUS COMMUNITY, ASKING DEEPER QUESTIONS ON STAFF SURVEYS TO EVALUATE THE TRUE CLIMATE IN ROUND ROCK ISD AND DETERMINE HOW SAFE AND SUPPORTED LGBTQIA2S PLUS STAFF AND STAFF OF COLOR FEEL ON CAMPUS.
IMPLEMENTING DISTRICT TRAINING AND POLICIES TO BEST SUPPORT OUR LGBTQIA2S PLUS STUDENTS AND MAKE OUR QUEER FACULTY FEEL SAFE IN THEIR WORK ENVIRONMENT.
CELEBRATING A DISTRICT WIDE PRIDE WEEK.
CREATING EQUITY CHECK INS THAT ARE NOT ONLY SELF EVALUATIVE BUT FOR THE CAMPUS AS WELL.
NEXT, YOU'LL HEAR SOME QUESTIONS DISTRICT TEACHERS WOULD LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT AND YOU'RE SPEAKING ON ITEM J1.
GOOD EVENING, TRUSTEES, THE FOLLOWING ARE THE QUESTIONS ALLUDED TO BY THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER. DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY ROUND ROCK ISD TEACHERS PLAN ON EXITING THIS YEAR AND THE NEXT THREE YEARS? FIVE.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF X NUMBER OF POSITIONS ARE OPEN? IS THERE A PLAN FOR 10 PERCENT OF TEACHERS NOT RETURNING 20, 30, 50 PERCENT? WHAT DO WE HAVE IN PLACE NOW TO RETAIN FIRST-YEAR TEACHERS AS THEY ARE LEAVING THE DISTRICT AT A AT A DISPROPORTIONATE RATE? WHAT DO WE HAVE IN PLACE NOW TO RETRAIN TEACHERS OF COLOR AND QUEER TEACHERS WHO ARE ALSO LEAVING THE DISTRICT AT DISPROPORTIONATE RATES? IS DATA BEING COLLECTED ABOUT THOSE LEAVING OR RETIRING EARLY? WHAT IS THE SAFETY PLAN FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION? WHY ARE EXIT SURVEYS WITH DIRECT SUPERVISORS? THIS DOES NOT LEAD TO HONEST FEEDBACK.
WILL WE HAVE CLASS SIZE LIMITS? HOW WILL DEPARTMENT CHAIRS TIME BE PROTECTED IF THEY'RE REQUIRED TO PLAN AND GRADE THE STUDENT WORK FROM A VACANT STAFF POSITION? HOW WILL ALL TEACHERS TIME BE PROTECTED? CAN WE START A ROUND ROCK ISD PRIDE WEEK FOR OUR STUDENTS? THIS WOULD ALSO HELP OUR TEAM RETAIN LGBTQIA2S PLUS TEACHERS.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR LISTENING TO TEACHER AND STAFF CONCERNS.
WE HOPE TO SEE SOME OF THEIR SOLUTIONS IMPLEMENTED SOON.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] NEXT IS MATT MARINUS.
YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT AND YOU'RE SPEAKING ON M4.
THANK YOU. SCHOOL BOARD. MY NAME IS MATT MARINUS.
WE'VE LIVED HERE 18 YEARS AND HAVE FIVE CHILDREN, FOUR OF WHICH HAVE MADE IT THROUGH THE SYSTEM AND WE STILL HAVE ONE AT CEDAR RIDGE.
I GUESS, AS I THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO BE IN YOUR SHOES REGARDING M4 IS WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN DISCIPLINING A SUPERINTENDENT.
AND IF OUR SUPERINTENDENT IS YOU GO BEHIND CLOSED DOORS AND SEE EVIDENCE THAT WE DON'T GET TO SEE WHAT IS THE BRIGHT LINE CRITERIA FOR WHAT'S WRONG ENOUGH? AT WHAT POINT IS THERE A POINT OF THIS IS NOT THE PERSON FOR THE JOB? AND SO I THOUGHT ABOUT IT.
NUMBER ONE, IF IT IS EVIDENCE THAT THERE HAS BEEN AN AFFAIR OUTSIDE OF MARRIAGE, THAT WAS DECEIT, CHEATING.
IF TWO IF THERE IS A THREAT OR TEXT OR VERBAL ASSAULT, THAT WOULD BE BULLYING.
AND NUMBER THREE WOULD BE IS THERE'S ACTUALLY A PHYSICAL TYPE CONFRONTATION THAT WOULD BE AN ASSAULT. I CHECKED THE CODE OF CONDUCT FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT CHEATING, LYING, THE BULLYING AND ASSAULT ARE ALL AGAINST THE CODE OF CONDUCT, SO AS YOU CONSIDER THIS, I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S NECESSARILY A BRIGHT LINE CRITERIA.
ANY OF THESE CRITERIA IS A FORM OF DISMISSAL.
THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT AND SPEAKING ON M7.
THANK YOU. DID I SAY YOUR FIRST NAME CORRECTLY, MYESHA.
SORRY, I WENT, I HAD ONE OR ONE WAY OR THE OTHER AND I WENT THE WRONG WAY, SO I APOLOGIZE.
SO I WAS DOING RESEARCH ON THE STAAR TEST, AND ACCORDING TO MY RESEARCH, ABOUT 90 MILLION
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DOLLARS ARE SPENT ANNUALLY ON THE STAAR TEST, AND THE MONEY COULD BE BETTER USED IN MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS SUCH AS WAS MENTIONED BEFORE.LADDERS TO LEADERSHIP IS A PROGRAM THAT I RECENTLY DISCOVERED THAT CONNECTS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO COMMUNITY LEADERS SO THAT THEY WOULD HAVE INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AND HAVE A CAREER TOWARDS THEIR INTERESTS.
I OWN A LEADERSHIP PROGRAM, A TUTORING CENTER CALLED EYE LEVEL.
WE ESTABLISH PERSONAL CONNECTIONS, BUILD TRUST AND GIVE DIRECTION AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY, PASSION. I RECENTLY LEARNED ABOUT DR.
KARY MULLIS, HOW THEY HAD A PASSION FOR SCIENCE IN THE THIRD GRADE, AND THAT THEIR INTERESTS FLOURISHED BECAUSE THEIR ENVIRONMENT SUPPORTED THEM AND THEY WERE NOT BOGGED DOWN WITH ALL THESE STANDARDIZED TESTS.
THE STUDENTS THAT COME INTO MY CENTER VERY SAD, VERY DEPRESSED LOVE TO HAVE A PASSION AND A REASON FOR LEARNING.
AND THEN THEY THRIVE AFTER THEY, AFTER EDUCATION MAKE SENSE AND THEY HAVE A GOAL.
SO WHAT DO WE PRIORITIZE MORE? TEST SCORES OR A PASSION FOR LEARNING? MY CONCERN IS THAT THE FUTURE HB4545 BILL HOW MUCH MORE MONEY WILL GO TOWARDS TESTING VERSUS TEACHERS AND MENTORS AND FUTURE LEADERS? THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT IS DENISE RAY SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM M3 AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SAFETY AND THE PANDEMIC OF BULLYING.
ACROSS THE NATION AND ACROSS MANY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE USING THE SOCIAL MEDIA CONFESSION ACCOUNTS TO SEND ANONYMOUS POSTS ABOUT ANYTHING AND ANYONE, STUDENTS, TEACHERS OR STAFF. THESE POSTS, WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT BE TRUE, ARE MADE PUBLIC AND USE ACTUAL STUDENT FIRST AND LAST NAMES.
HERE ARE A COUPLE OF ACTUAL POSTS THAT I'VE TAKEN USING FICTITIOUS NAMES INSTEAD.
JENNIFER JONES IS ACTUALLY SO EFFING RUDE SHE CLAIMS TO F ALL THESE GUYS, BUT NO GUY EVEN GOES NEAR HER. JOHN HENRY, HIS FRIEND, HARASSED A GIRL INTO ALMOST KILLING HERSELF AND MADE HER MAKE A RECORDING, SAYING HE DIDN'T RAPE HER AFTER HE ADMITTED DOING IT.
CAN YOU PAUSE HER TIME, PLEASE? MS. CARILLO, ARE WE ALLOWED TO MENTION STUDENT NAMES? THESE ARE FAKE NAMES. OH, THEY'RE FAKE NAMES.
SORRY, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY WE WEREN'T SAYING.
YEAH, I WAS NOT GOING TO USE STUDENT NAME.
DAVID SMITH SEXUALLY ASSAULTED ME AND HAS THE AUDACITY TO SAY THAT I'M A LYING B-WORD.
THESE ACCOUNTS NEED TO BE SHUT DOWN BEFORE THE UNTHINKABLE HAPPENS.
THIS ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL ACCOUNT HAS OVER TWO THOUSAND FOLLOWERS, SO IT'S VERY LIKELY YOUR STUDENT ACTUALLY FOLLOWS IT.
IT'S A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE YOUR CHILD FINDS THEIR NAME ON THERE.
SPEAKING OF BULLYING, MY CHILD SPOKE COURAGEOUSLY AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING SHORTLY AFTER A COMMUNITY MEMBER TWEETED, CALLING HER QUOTE A RIGHT WINGER STUDENT, PRESIDENT OF THE EXTREMIST STUDENT ORGANIZATION.
ANYBODY WHO SHOWS UP WITHOUT A MASK IS PART OF AN EXTREMIST FACTION.
WHEN DID PEOPLE THINK IT WAS OK TO TARGET KIDS? REMEMBER WEEKS AGO, WHEN SPEAKERS SHOWED UP AT A BOARD MEETING AND BULLIED OTHERS FOR EXPRESSING CONCERNS ABOUT THE SUPERINTENDENT.
RIGHT WING, WHITE SUPREMACIST, RACIST, BIGOTS.
AND THEN THERE'S DR. XIAO, WHO OPENLY DEGRADES OTHER TRUSTEES.
BULLYING IS NEVER OK, AND WE NEED TO PUT AN END TO IT.
I'M CALLING ON THIS BOARD IN THIS COMMUNITY TO SERVE AS BETTER ROLE MODELS TO HELP IN THE CYCLE OF BULLYING.
[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT IS LINDSAY [INAUDIBLE] SPEAKING ON ITEMS J ONE AND J FOUR. AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT.
YES MA'AM I DO. I'M HERE TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR THE ADDITIONAL $500 PAYMENT FOR TEACHERS. WHILE THIS IS NOT ENOUGH, IT DOES TELL THEM THAT WE KNOW THEY ARE VALUABLE AND HAVE GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND THIS YEAR.
I WOULD ALSO ASK THAT YOU CONSULT WITH THE CFO TO EXPLORE WHETHER THE LANGUAGE IN THIS RESOLUTION CAN BE CHANGED TO GRANTING A NET PAYMENT OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS OR TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS. SO OUR STAFF REALIZE THE FULL BENEFIT AND NOT HAVE IT REDUCED BY STATUTORY WITHHOLDING.
THIS WOULD REQUIRE A GROSS UP IN THE PAYROLL, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE A WORTHWHILE TO EXPLORE THAT. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO URGE THE BOARD TO ADDRESS RETENTION ISSUES BY SOLICITING HONEST FEEDBACK FROM TEACHERS ABOUT WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO KEEP THEM.
WHAT BOTH FINANCIAL AND OTHER RESOURCES ARE NEEDED.
CREATE A WAY FOR TEACHERS TO GIVE UPWARD FEEDBACK IN A SAFE WAY WITHOUT FEAR OF RETALIATION. THIS IS STANDARD AND SUCCESSFUL COMPANIES AND SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED TO MAKE ROUND ROCK ISD SUCCESSFUL.
PLEASE GET AS CREATIVE AS POSSIBLE WITH BUDGETING AS WE ENTER THAT SEASON, REDUCE INSURANCE COSTS OR PROVIDE BETTER POLICIES WITH LOWER DEDUCTIBLES.
PLEASE CONSIDER ADDING OTHER BENEFITS THAT COST NOTHING TO THE DISTRICT, SUCH AS A SICK LEAVE POOL FOR TEACHERS AND STAFF TO PARTICIPATE IN.
THESE ACCRUALS ARE AN EXPENSE REGARDLESS OF WHO USES THEM, AND STAFF WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS TO SUPPORT OTHERS AND RECEIVE SUPPORT WHEN NEEDED.
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I WOULD ALSO ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO LOBBY ELECTED LEADERS OUTSIDE OF YOU GUYS TO INCREASE THE ALLOTMENT PER STUDENT AND ADD A COST OF LIVING COMPONENT SO URBAN AREAS CAN AFFORD TO PAY THEIR TEACHERS HIGHER SALARIES DUE TO HIGHER COSTS OF LIVING.I ALSO WANT TO ADD IN SOME EXTRA SUPPORT FOR THE CALENDARS.
I THINK THE CALENDAR COMMITTEE DID A GREAT JOB IN HONORING THE REQUESTS OF OUR DIVERSE POPULATION IN THE DISTRICT, AND I JUST APPLAUD THEM FOR THAT AND I HOPE THAT YOU'LL APPROVE THEM. THANKS.
[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT AND SPEAKING ON M7.
AS AS A PROPERTY OWNERS, WE PAY A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF OUR OVERALL PROPERTY TAX DOLLARS DIRECTLY TO THE ROUND ROCK ISD.
AND THIS IS ALL FOR STUDENT OUTCOME AND SAFETY.
IN FACT, MY SCHOOL TAX PAYMENT IS MY SINGLE LARGEST ANNUAL EXPENSE, LARGER THAN MY FAMILY'S RETAIL SPENDING, FOOD SPENDING.
AND SURPRISINGLY LARGER THAN THE ANNUAL TAX PAYMENT I PAY THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK.
WE'RE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE WELL-MAINTAINED SCHOOLS, EXTRACURRICULAR OFFERINGS AND FACILITIES NICER THAN MOST DISTRICTS.
AND THE 14 YEARS I'VE HAD STUDENTS HERE.
OUR CHILDREN IN THE DISTRICT, I'VE ONLY COME ACROSS CARING, HARDWORKING TEACHERS, MANY WITH PLACARDS OUTSIDE THEIR DOOR THAT LISTS THEIR HARD EARNED EDUCATIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS WITH ARE WHICH ARE ALWAYS IMPRESSIVE.
HOWEVER, THE MORE I RESEARCH THE BOARD AND IT'S GOING ON, THE TRUSTEES HAVE DISAPPOINTED ME AS A TAXPAYER AND AS A PARENT AND AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER.
SO MUCH BACKBITING AND UNPROFESSIONALISM ASTOUNDS ME.
IT REALLY MAKES ME UNDERSTAND WHY THE DISTRICT IS LOSING STUDENTS AND LOSING TEACHERS.
ALL OF THE MONEY THAT WE'RE SPENDING, WASTING TIME ON EVERYONE AND ALL OF THESE COMMENTS.
AND IT JUST IT'S AMAZING TO ME AS A BUSINESSMAN.
NONE OF IT PERTAINS TO STUDENT OUTCOMES, TEACHER SALARIES OR EVEN THE LBGT COMMUNITY THAT WANTS TO HAVE MORE RECOGNITION AND A GAY PRIDE WEEK.
WE COULD SPEND THE MONEY THERE, JUST SPEND IT BETTER.
SO MUCH BACKBITING AND UNPROFESSIONALISM.
WEEK AFTER WEEK, WE WITNESSED FIVE TRUSTEES WHO ARE WILLING TO OVERLOOK INDISCRETIONS AND ANGER ISSUES OF THEIR ONLY EMPLOYEE, OUR SUSPENDED SUPERINTENDENT.
I'VE WITNESSED FOR MONTHS WITH OUR TRUSTEES LEGALLY CHALLENGE STATE LAW ON MASK REQUIREMENTS, WASTING MORE AND MORE SCHOOL FUNDS, KNOWING THAT THEY WOULD LOSE EACH TIME THAT MONEY COULD BE USED FOR STUDENT OUTCOME ACHIEVEMENT, STAFF SALARIES OR EVEN THE LBGT COMMUNITY'S PRIDE WEEK.
WHICH LEADS ME TO THIS TOPIC, AND IT WAS VERY EVIDENT Y'ALL ARE CONCERNED ABOUT IT.
IT APPEARS THE ROUND ROCK ISD SPENDS ON AVERAGE 111 THOUSAND A MONTH ON OUTSIDE ATTORNEY FEES. THIS, ALONG WITH A STAFF OF ATTORNEYS WHO ARE PAID BY THE DISTRICT AS EMPLOYEES.
WHY? WHY ARE WE PAYING? WHY ARE WE PAYING TAXES THAT SHOULD BE [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. NEXT IS HEIDI GOLDMAN SPEAKING ON ITEMS J1 AND I3 AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT.
TONIGHT, I ASK THAT ALL TRUSTEES BE UNITED IN REWARDING STAFF FOR THE FULL RETENTION PAYMENT FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN KEEPING SCHOOLS OPEN AND THEIR ROLE IN PROVIDING THE CONTINUITY OF EDUCATION FOR OUR STUDENTS.
DISCUSSION AROUND LONG TERM RETENTION SHOULD INCLUDE OPEN SUPPORT FOR THE BOARD, FOR THE PROFESSION OF TEACHING AND HOW TO MAINTAIN COMPETITIVE SALARIES AND MEET COST OF LIVING NEEDS. MOST URGENTLY, RETENTION INCENTIVE EFFORTS SHOULD ALSO BE FOCUSED ON SPED SPECIAL EDUCATION EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANTS WHO APPLY A UNIQUE SET OF SKILLS TO SUPPORT STUDENTS WITH UNIQUE NEEDS.
CURRENTLY, THE STARTING WAGE FOR A NEW EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANT IS THIRTEEN DOLLARS AND FIFTEEN CENTS.
THE CURRENT STARTING WAGE AT DAIRY QUEEN IS FIFTEEN DOLLARS.
WHILE ALL JOBS HAVE VALUE, I THINK WE CAN AGREE THAT THIS TYPE OF SKILLS AND EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM MUST POSSESS ARE MORE COMPLEX AND REQUIRE FAR MORE TRAINING THAN WORKING IN THE FAST FOOD INDUSTRY.
OUR EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANTS NEED TO BE APPROPRIATELY COMPENSATED AT THE ENTRY LEVEL AND BEYOND, AS WELL AS RECEIVE APPROPRIATE TRAINING AND SUPPORT.
IN REGARDS TO THE SUMMER LEARNING PROGRAM.
YOU'VE INCLUDED EXTENDED SCHOOL YEAR SERVICES FOR YOUR SPED OFFERING.
I JUST WANT YOU ALL TO BE AWARE THAT ESY SERVICES ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN AND REQUIRE PARENTS TO PREEMPTIVELY PROVE REGRESSION OF THE SKILLS TO QUALIFY FOR THIS PROGRAM. PLEASE PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS THAT HISTORICALLY RECEIVE ESY SERVICES.
AS MY GUESS IS, IT WOULD BE LESS THAN ONE PERCENT OF ALL SPED CHILDREN IN SPED, DYSLEXIA AND INTERVENTIONS NEVER BEEN PROVIDED TO ANY STUDENT THROUGH ESY OR ANY OTHER SUMMER PROGRAM AND, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, WILL CONTINUE TO NOT BE OFFERED OVER THE SUMMER.
ALSO NOTABLE IS THE RECONFIGURING OF THE LAUNCH PROGRAM, WHICH TRADITIONALLY SERVES STUDENTS IN GRADES ONE THROUGH THREE WHO ARE READING BELOW GRADE LEVEL.
AND NOW IT WILL ONLY SERVE STUDENTS IN GRADES THREE THROUGH FOUR BASED ON STAAR PERFORMANCE ALONE.
PLEASE DO NOT EXCLUDE ANY EARLY LEARNERS WHO DESPERATELY NEED THIS INTERVENTION.
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THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.NEXT TO JENNIFER ZIMMERMAN SPEAKING ON ITEMS I EIGHT, NINE AND 10 AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE JUST DISTRICT. HI, MY NAME IS JENNIFER ZIMMERMAN AND MY PRONOUNS, ARE SHE, HER AND HERS.
AND I JUST WANT TO START BY SAYING THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE TEACHERS.
WE HAVE SOME AMAZING TEACHERS AND ROUND ROCK ISD.
MY KIDS HAVE GONE TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT SCHOOLS OVER THEIR SCHOOL TIME PERIOD.
BUT THIS TEACHERS WE'VE HAD THIS YEAR HAVE BEEN AMAZING AND PHENOMENAL, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO MAKE THEIR LIVES EASIER.
WE CAN HELP THEM. WE NEED TO DO IT.
THEY DESERVE IT. TODAY, I WANT TO SPEAK ON THE AGENDA ITEMS RELATED TO THE BUILDING PROJECTS. WE'VE KIND OF BROUGHT THIS UP MULTIPLE TIMES BEFORE WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE A LINE ITEM ADDED TO OUR BID PROPOSAL APPROVAL PROCESS THAT SPECIFICALLY GIVES A NUMBER TO HISTORICALLY UNDERUTILIZED BUSINESSES.
WE STILL HAVE BIDS GOING TO COMPANIES THAT ARE NOT HISTORICALLY UNDERUTILIZED, AND WE DO HAVE OTHER DISTRICTS THAT ARE OFFERING THAT, AND I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO TANGIBLY EASILY.
YOU GUYS HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO THAT.
I THINK LAST TIME WE HAD A MEETING.
LET'S DO THAT. LET'S ADD A NUMBER.
LET'S GIVE THEM A NUMBER, NOT ADD IT TO THE THINGS TO BE CONSIDERED AN ACTUAL NUMBER WRITTEN DOWN THAT SAYS IF YOU'RE A HISTORICALLY UNDERUTILIZED BUSINESS, YOU GET POINTS PERIOD ACROSS THE BOARD.
ASIDE FROM THAT, I WANT TO SAY TOTALLY IN SUPPORT OF A PRIDE WEEK FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS, AND WE DO NEED TO OFFER SERVICES FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION OVER THE SUMMER, ESPECIALLY DYSLEXIA STUDENTS, BECAUSE THEY DO NOT QUALIFY RIGHT NOW.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[APPLAUSE] NEXT IS XIAO [INAUDIBLE], ELAINE LEE ITEMS J1 AND M6.
AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT.
YES, I DO. THANK YOU. I'M HERE TO SUPPORT ANY MEASURE THE DISTRICT CAN TAKE TO INCREASE TEACHER AND STAFF PAY SO WE CAN RETAIN THE BEST TEACHER.
LET'S PROVIDE THAT $500 BONUS, BUT PLEASE DO MORE.
A FAMILY FRIEND OF OURS HAVE WORKED IN THE DISTRICT KITCHEN FOR MORE THAN 15 YEARS.
SHE HAD TO REPORT TO SHE HAS TO REPORT TO WORK EVERY DAY BEFORE 5:30.
HER HOURLY SALARY IS LOWER THAN $13 AND THE RAISE WAS 19 CENTS PER HOUR FOR LAST YEAR.
SO MANY SURVEY CONDUCTED AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL AND IN TEXAS INDICATE CONSISTENTLY 50 PERCENT TO TWO THIRDS OF THE TEACHER AND STAFF, INCLUDING SUPERINTENDENTS, HAVE CONSIDERED LEAVING THEIR PROFESSION EARLY IN THE PAST YEAR.
I WANT TO RESTATE MY SUPPORT FOR DR.
AZAIEZ. THOSE OF US WHO INTERACTED WITH HIM WITH AN OPEN MIND.
I FIND HIM AN INTELLIGENT, RESPECTFUL AND ENGAGING.
AND IF THE BOARD ALLOWS A COMMUNITY MEMBER TO ATTACK HIM USING PERHAPS MISTAKES IN HIS PERSONAL LIFE, WOULD YOU ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN TO OTHER EDUCATORS, PRINCIPALS, TEACHERS OR FELLOW TRUSTEES.
FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE BOARD I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WHAT DO YOU DO.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND DO NOT GIVE UP THE POWER GIVEN TO YOU BY THE VOTERS. FOR THE MINORITY OF THE BOARD, YOU MAY FEEL YOU'RE SCORING THE VICTORY, BUT IF YOU'RE DAMAGING THE DISTRICT THAT YOUR OWN CHILDREN ATTEND, IS THAT A REAL WIN? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT IS CHRISTA LANE SPEAKING ON ITEM J ONE AND TWO AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT.
THANK YOU. MY NAME IS CHRISTA LANE, I'M A PARENT OF TWO CHILDREN IN THE DISTRICT, I'M ALSO PRESIDENT OF ACCESS EDUCATION RRISD, A GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATION OF LOCAL PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WANT THE DISTRICT TO STAY FOCUSED ON DELIVERING HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION FOR EVERY STUDENT.
PLEASE VOTE YES ON ITEMS J ONE THE INCENTIVE PAYMENT FOR STAFF AND J TWO SNOW DAY PAY.
EDUCATORS ARE LEAVING THE PROFESSION IN UNPRECEDENTED NUMBERS, WITH NO ONE TO STEP INTO THESE JOBS RETENTION IS KEY FOR ALL TEACHERS.
ROUND ROCK ISD HAS ALSO NEVER RETAINED A REPRESENTATIVE NUMBER OF BLACK TEACHERS OR ADMINISTRATORS, DESPITE THE EDUCATION GAP FOR OUR BLACK STUDENTS AND RESEARCH CONFIRMING HOW IMPORTANT TEACHER REPRESENTATION IS TO THEIR AND THEREFORE OUR DISTRICT'S SUCCESS.
PLEASE PASS THESE PAYMENTS AND THEN DO MORE.
FIND MONEY TO HIRE SUPPORT STAFF OR FIND OTHER CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO GIVE OUR TEACHERS MORE PLANNING TIME.
DO NOT IGNORE STAFFING SHORTAGES.
PUSHING THROUGH ONLY DRIVES MORE TEACHERS TO QUIT.
FIND THE MONEY TO PAY OUR TEACHERS MORE.
READ TEACHER FEEDBACK IN CAMPUS CLIMATE SURVEYS AND I GUESS RESTART THE CAMPUS CLIMATE SURVEY AND THEN TAKE ACTION ON EVERY ITEM YOU CAN BIG OR SMALL.
COLLECT DATA ON STAFF UNDERREPRESENTATION AND TAKE TARGETED ACTION TO IMPROVE HIRING AND RETENTION WITHIN THESE DEMOGRAPHICS.
WITHOUT HIGH QUALITY TEACHERS AND STAFF, THERE WILL BE NO IMPROVEMENT IN STUDENT
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OUTCOMES. SOME MAY SAY THAT THESE PAYMENTS ARE JUST A TOKEN.AND IF YOU AREN'T WILLING TO TAKE EVEN TOKEN ACTION, THEN WE ALSO CAN'T COUNT ON YOU TO DO MORE, WHICH OUR TEACHERS NEED SO THAT OUR STUDENTS CAN THRIVE.
PAYING, LISTENING TO, SUPPORTING AND RESPECTING TEACHERS ALL MATTER.
VOTE YES ON THESE PAYMENTS AND THEN ALSO DO MORE.
THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT IS RICKY NELSON SPEAKING ON M THREE, FOUR AND SIX.
AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT.
OK, SO FIRST OF ALL, I HAVE TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE RUMORS OR MISCONCEPTIONS OUT THERE.
YOU'RE RIGHT, THIS SUPERINTENDENT IS NOT ABOUT AN AFFAIR.
THIS IS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THE AFFAIR.
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN TRUSTEES PROTECT SOMEBODY WHO VIOLATED ANOTHER PERSON'S BODY.
THERE IS A PROTECTIVE ORDER, WHICH I HAVE IT HERE.
SO IF YOU THINK IT DOESN'T EXIST OR SHE'S NOT PREGNANT, YOU JUST DON'T WANT TO SEE THE FACTS. SHE DEFINITELY WAS PREGNANT.
SO I'M JUST GOING TO READ FROM THE PROTECTIVE ORDER AND ACTUALLY THE SCORECARD ARTICLE JUST TO LET YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WENT THROUGH HER HEAD AND HOW SHE FELT, BECAUSE APPARENTLY YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE WHAT'S RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU.
THIS WILL NOT MAKE ME LOSE EVERYTHING AZAIEZ CONTINUED.
THE RIGHT THING IS NOT POSSIBLE RIGHT NOW.
YOU CAN'T UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW THIS CAREER.
DON'T MAKE ME GO AFTER YOU AND MAKE YOU PAY THE CONSEQUENCES FOR YOU AND THIS BABY.
WHAT DID THE BABY DO IN ANY OF THIS? AND THE FACT THAT AT LEAST TWO TRUSTEES KNEW ABOUT THIS BEFORE AND DID NOTHING IS SAD.
THIS BABY IS GOING TO GO INTO A SITUATION THAT THEY DIDN'T SIGN UP FOR.
MR. AZAIEZ CAME INTO MY HOME AND STARTED TO ARGUE WITH ME, TELLING ME TO GET AN ABORTION, AND I REFUSED. HE BECAME SO ANGRY HE GRABBED MY ARMS WITH FORCE, SHAKING ME, SHOVING ME UNTIL HE THREW ME TO THE FLOOR.
I TOLD HIM I WOULD CALL THE POLICE AND HE GRABBED MY PHONE.
HE THEN STARTED TO SAY HE WAS SORRY AND SAID HE DIDN'T MEAN TO DO THIS.
HE ADDED THAT WEEK AND A HALF LATER, SHE CAME BACK TO FIND HOME THAT SOMEBODY HAD BROKEN TO HER HOME, THAT SHE VIOLATED SOMEBODY VIOLATED HER PRIVACY AND STOLE ALL OF HER PRIVATE THINGS, HER IPAD, HER COMPUTER ONLY THINGS THAT CERTAIN PEOPLE WOULD KNOW ABOUT.
THERE WAS EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THE EXISTENCE OF THE RELATIONSHIP AND HIS THREATENING BEHAVIOR. THIS IS ALL IN THE FILES THAT YOU CAN FIND ONLINE.
THIS MAN HAS LOST HIS SENSE OF REALITY, AND I BELIEVE HE'S VERY EMOTIONALLY UNSTABLE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SPEAKING.
[APPLAUSE] NEXT UP IS DON ZIMMERMAN SPEAKING ON M6, AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT.
DON ZIMMERMAN AND BEEN IN THE DISTRICT FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
I WANT TO SPEAK VERY BRIEFLY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED WITH OUR LAWSUIT FOR THE ILLEGAL TAXATION AND HOW IT AFFECTS MY DECISION.
MY REQUEST FOR YOU TO REPLACE THE SUPERINTENDENT.
BUT IT GOES DEEPER THAN THAT AT THIS POINT I DON'T THINK THIS DISTRICT IS COMPETENT TO PICK A NEW SUPERINTENDENT.
SO I JUST WANT TO ASK YOU GUYS, ALL OF YOU DISTRICT BUREAUCRATS WHO PUSHED THIS SUPERINTENDENT IN.
BRUSH UP YOUR RESUMES BECAUSE THIS IS THE LAST TIME YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ME.
I'M GOING TO BE WORKING ON REPLACING ALL OF YOU IN NOVEMBER.
BUT WHAT HAPPENED IN THE TAXATION LAWSUIT, IS WE DISCOVERED AND THE SUPERINTENDENT SAID UNDER OATH THAT HE DIDN'T KNOW THERE WERE TWO DIFFERENT NO NEW REVENUE SPREADSHEETS.
THESE ARE IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS BECAUSE THEY DEAL WITH WHAT THE TAX RATE CAN BE BEFORE YOU TRIGGER A ROLLBACK ELECTION FOR TAKING TOO MUCH REVENUE.
AND IT TURNS OUT THAT THERE WAS A 2.4 BILLION DOLLAR DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THESE TWO REPORTS. THE ONE THAT WENT TO WILLIAMSON COUNTY SAID THAT OUR DISTRICT HAD 2.6 2.4 BILLION DOLLARS MORE OF TAXABLE INCOME THAN THE OTHER REPORT, WHICH WAS SENT TO TRAVIS COUNTY. SO MY QUESTION FOR THE DISTRICT IS, HOW DO YOU MAKE A 2.4 BILLION DOLLAR MISTAKE IN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE TAXABLE PROPERTY BASE IS? THIS IS INEXCUSABLE.
IT RESULTED IN A $30 MILLION REVENUE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THESE TWO DOCUMENTS.
WILLIAMSON COUNTY VERSUS TRAVIS COUNTY.
AND BECAUSE OF THAT EXTRA $30 MILLION OF REVENUE, YOU WERE ABLE TO PUSH UP THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE TO WITHIN A FRACTION OF A 2.5 PERCENT REVENUE INCREASE.
SO WE ARE NOW PAYING 2.48 PERCENT HIGHER REVENUE.
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THAT'S JUST A HAIR BELOW THE ROLLBACK RATE OF 2.5 PERCENT, SO IT'S INCOMPETENCE AND YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE REPLACED.THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] NEXT IS JESSICA PRYOR SPEAKING ON M SIX.
AND IT'S NOT NOTED IF YOU LIVE IN THE DISTRICT OR NOT, YOU DO.
THANK YOU. TONIGHT, I'M HERE ONCE AGAIN DISTURBED BY ALL THE NATIONAL, STATE AND LOCAL MEDIA ATTENTION ROUND ROCK HAS GOTTEN.
NOT FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE, BUT STILL FOR SCANDAL AND FAILURE OF THIS BOARD.
I'D LIKE TO IMPLORE YOU ALL TO DO THE RIGHT THING, BUT AFTER ALL THESE MONTHS, I'M NOT EVEN CONVINCED THAT YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS ANYMORE.
IT'S TIME TO TURN THE PAGE AND SEEK NEW LEADERSHIP.
CLEARLY, THIS BOARD HAS FAILED.
OUR STUDENTS ARE STILL AT A DEFICIT AND WE ARE OVERWORKING OUR TEACHERS.
TEACHERS ARE RESIGNING AND WE'RE LOSING STUDENTS AT ASTRONOMICAL NUMBERS.
PARENTS DON'T FEEL CONFIDENT IN OUR SCHOOLS ANYMORE WHERE WE WERE ONCE A CELEBRATED SCHOOL DISTRICT. I'D LIKE TO THANK THE TEA FOR ATTEMPTING TO HOLD THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT ACCOUNTABLE.
NOW IS THE TIME FOR NEW LEADERSHIP.
THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT IS ALAN MARTINSON SPEAKING ON M1.
AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT.
THANK YOU. A LITTLE HARD OF HEARING.
THANKS FOR. SO I WONDER WHY ONE OF THE TRUSTEES IS MAKING COMMENTS ONLINE THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT THING IS RACIST.
IT'S ONE THING WHEN THE PUBLIC DOES THEIR WHOLE, YOU KNOW, BOY WHO CRIED RACIST ROUTINE, BUT WHEN ONE OF THE TRUSTEES DOES IT, IT REALLY DOESN'T SEEM APPROPRIATE.
SO IT MAKES ME WONDER WHAT THAT'S ALL ABOUT.
I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT, THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT IS CHRISTY SLATE SPEAKING ON M3 AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT.
HI, I'M CHRISTY SLATE AND I'M HERE SPEAKING ON M THREE AND M FOUR AND SIX IF I HAVE TIME.
TALKING ABOUT SAFETY AND SECURITY.
I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT ON OCTOBER 21ST, I WITNESSED TWO ASSAULTS HERE IN THIS BUILDING. ACTUALLY, ONE WAS RIGHT OUTSIDE OF THIS DOOR.
A PHYSICAL ASSAULT AND ONE OUTSIDE OF THE MAIN ENTRANCE, WHICH WAS A VERBAL ASSAULT.
ON OCTOBER 29TH, I MET WITH ROUND ROCK ISD POLICE TO REPORT THE ASSAULT, AND I WAS ASSURED THAT THE SECURITY VIDEO WOULD BE PRESERVED SO I COULD IDENTIFY THE PERSON.
WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE RUNAROUND AND BY ROUND ROCK ISD POLICE, AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO PROTECT WOMEN ON THIS CAMPUS AND IN THIS BUILDING AT NIGHT.
I WOULD LIKE TO PUBLICLY STATE THAT THIS INDIVIDUAL IS SITTING IN THIS ROOM RIGHT NOW HIDING BEHIND A MASK.
SO PLEASE BE AWARE WHEN YOU WALK OUT TO YOUR CARS AND WALK AWAY FROM SAFETY, IT'S VERY UNLIKELY THAT YOUR ASSAULT WOULD BE ON VIDEO.
MOVING ON ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 27TH, THIS BOARD VOTED FIVE TWO TO DIRECT THE DISTRICT'S DESIGNATED INVESTIGATOR TO CONCLUDE THE INVESTIGATION REGARDING THE SUPERINTENDENT'S ALLEGED CONDUCT.
AND THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO PREPARE A REPORT ON OR BEFORE THE NEXT REGULAR SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING, WHICH IS TONIGHT.
AND YET THIS WRITTEN REPORT IS NOT MENTIONED ANYWHERE ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
AND WHY IS THAT? ARE YOU HOPING THE PUBLIC IS GOING TO FORGET ABOUT THIS REPORT? BECAUSE WE'RE NOT.
YOU LED US TO BELIEVE THAT THE SAGA IS CLOSE TO AN END, BUT NOW IT SEEMS UNCERTAIN.
THE PUBLIC DESERVES TO KNOW THE TRUTH SO WE CAN SETTLE THIS ONCE AND FOR ALL.
THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO OUR VIRTUAL SPEAKER.
WE HAVE THE STUDENT, ELENA SARAH LOZANO ONLINE NOW.
OK. DEAR BOARD OF TRUSTEES, MY NAME IS ELENA LOZANO, AND I AM IN THIRD GRADE.
I AM ASKING THAT YOU VOTE YES TO J1 AND J2.
OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF WORK HARD.
WE CAN SHOW OUR APPRECIATION BY COMPENSATING THEM.
I ALSO WANT OUR SCHOOL CALENDAR TO BE INCLUSIVE OF ALL STUDENTS.
WE SHOULD INCLUDE HOLIDAYS LIKE INAUDIBLE], DIWALI AND ROSH HASHANA.
[APPLAUSE] WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO IN-PERSON SPEAKERS WHO SIGNED UP ONLINE.
NEXT IS MELISSA [INAUDIBLE] AND YOU'RE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS I4 J1 J2 J4 M
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6 AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT.HELLO, MY NAME IS MELISSA [INAUDIBLE], AND I AM THE PARENT OF TWO DAUGHTERS IN THE DISTRICT, ONE OF WHICH WHO IS IN SPECIAL ED CLASSES, AND I KNOW HER TEACHERS HAVE BEEN ESPECIALLY HIT HARD THIS YEAR AND THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT IS THE TEACHERS.
I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT THEY'RE GETTING A BONUS.
I THINK IT'S NOT ENOUGH AND WE MIGHT NEED TO REVISIT INCREASING TEACHER PAY IN OUR BUDGET TALKS. IN ADDITION TO THAT, I'VE BEEN SPEAKING TO SOME TEACHERS AND THEY WANT THEIR TIME TO PUT IT LIGHTLY. THE MONEY IS EXTRA NICE, BUT THEY WANT THEIR TIME BACK.
THEY'RE FEELING REALLY STRETCHED, REALLY THIN, AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT THEM IN THAT REGARD IS REALLY WHAT THEY WANT.
I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT WE'VE GOT ALL THOSE EXTRA NON-CHRISTIAN HOLIDAYS ON THE CALENDAR.
WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DIVERSITY, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COMING FROM NEW YORK. WE'VE HAD ALL SORTS OF HOLIDAYS ON THE CALENDAR AND IT IS A GREAT LEARNING OPPORTUNITY. AND THEN TO DR.
A. WE NEED OUR SUPERINTENDENT BACK.
IF YOU ARE SATISFIED WITH THE RESULTS OF YOUR INVESTIGATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, WE'D REALLY LIKE OUR SUPER BACK.
THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT IS REBECCA [INAUDIBLE] SPEAKING ON J1 AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT.
THANK YOU. SO FOR YEARS NOW, WE'VE BEEN HEARING THAT TEACHERS ARE HEROES. AND THAT SOUNDS KIND OF NICE, BUT THEY DON'T WANT TO BE HEROES.
THE RAISES ARE NICE AND LONG OVERDUE.
I'VE TALKED TO SEVERAL TEACHERS AND WHAT THEY TOLD ME THEY REALLY WANT ARE RESPECT.
THEY WANT RESPECT FROM PARENTS, FROM THE COMMUNITY AND FROM STUDENTS.
THEY'VE BEEN TRAINED IN WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND CERTIFIED, SO RESPECT THEM ENOUGH AND TRUST THEM TO DO THEIR JOBS.
THEY WANT HELP WITH STUDENT MANAGEMENT.
THEY ARE BEING ASKED TO TAKE TIME OUT OF THEIR LITTLE LIMITED PLANNING PERIODS AND MONITOR HALLWAYS AND KEEP THE FIGHTS DOWN.
THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO.
THEY WANT ONE THING TAKEN OFF THEIR PLATE.
THEY DON'T REALLY CARE WHAT IT IS.
IT COULD BE STAFF DEVELOPMENT.
THAT WOULD BE AWESOME, BUT SOMETHING JUST NEEDS TO GIVE.
AND SADLY, ONE TEACHER SAID THEY JUST WANT PAPER.
THEY WANT THE BASICS TO DO THEIR JOB.
[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT IS CHEWY [INAUDIBLE] SPEAKING ON J ONE AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT. THANK YOU.
I'M THE PROUD FATHER OF THREE MARVELOUS STUDENTS IN THE MCNEIL LEARNING PATTERN, THE DISTRICT'S HEMORRHAGING INCREDIBLE TEACHERS RIGHT NOW.
BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, ONE STUDY PRESENTED THAT 50 PERCENT OF NEW TEACHERS LEAVE IN THE FIRST FIVE YEARS.
A NEWER SURVEY SHOWED THAT TWENTY FIVE PERCENT OF TEACHERS ARE CONSIDERING LEAVING THE PROFESSION DURING THIS PANDEMIC.
SOME OF THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE WAITED THEIR WHOLE LIFE FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF SHAPING YOUNG MINDS IN ORDER TO CREATE A BETTER COMMUNITY, COUNTRY AND WORLD.
PAY OUR TEACHERS WHAT THEY DESERVE.
WHILE THE TEACHER BONUS IS A GOOD START, IT'S NOWHERE NEAR ENOUGH.
THESE PEOPLE DESERVE HAZARD PAY FOR THE THINGS THEY HAVE TO ENDURE RIGHT NOW.
INCREASE THE BONUS TO REFLECT THE APPRECIATION THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR MOST IMPORTANT ASSET.
IF YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT PAYING FOR IT, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO MY GOOD FRIEND, CHIEF YARBROUGH, MAYBE WE CUT BACK THE OVERINFLATED BUDGET OF OUR POLICE FORCE A LITTLE BIT.
PLEASE TREAT THIS AS THE CRISIS THAT IT IS.
THE LAST THING ANY OF US WANT IS TO LOSE GREAT TEACHERS.
GIVE THEM A REASON TO CHOOSE STAYING IN RRISD OVER CHILI'S.
NOT THAT THE SERVICE INDUSTRY ISN'T A NOBLE PROFESSION.
I WAS THERE FOR 20 YEARS, BUT TEACHERS SHOULD BE TEACHING AND REACHING OUR STUDENTS, NOT ASKING INCONSIDERATE KARENS AND KENS IF THEY WANT JALAPENO PEPPERS WITH THEIR RIBS.
THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT IS [INAUDIBLE] ROY SPEAKING ON ITEM J FOUR.
AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT.
I'M A PARENT OF TWO KIDS IN ROUND ROCK ISD AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU BEING HERE AND LISTENING TO OUR CONCERNS AND FEEDBACK.
I'M HERE, HOWEVER, TO READ A STATEMENT FROM ANOTHER PARENT IN ROUND ROCK ISD ON THE ITEM J4. MY NAME IS THEA AND MY LAST NAME IS MASON-KAPOOR.
THE MASON PART IS FROM MY SIDE OF THE FAMILY.
THE KAPOOR PART IS MY MARRIED NAME.
MY BI-CULTURAL FAMILY CELEBRATES BOTH CHRISTMAS AND DIWALI.
I WANT TO SAY A HUGE THANK YOU TO THE COMMITTEE THAT HAS ADDED SEVERAL NON CHRISTIAN HOLIDAYS TO THE SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR NEXT YEAR.
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THIS IS HUGE.IT FEELS LIKE WE ARE NOT INVISIBLE, NOT TO MENTION THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY CELEBRATE ON DIWALI. I ALSO WANT TO EXPRESS SUPPORT AND GRATITUDE FOR ALL OF THE TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS WHO DO THEIR JOBS DILIGENTLY EVERY DAY.
LOOKING OUT FOR MY KID AND ALL KIDS, AND I HOPE WE AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO ENABLE THEM TO CONTINUE DOING THOSE JOBS WELL.
THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT IS WENDY [INAUDIBLE] SIGNING UP ON M SIX AND YOU DO NOT LIVE IN THE DISTRICT.
THANK YOU. JUST LISTENING TO EVERYBODY TONIGHT, I HAVE SOME ANSWERS TO SOME PEOPLE OVER HERE THAT WE'RE TALKING EARLIER.
YOU CAN OPEN UP TEACHER POSITIONS TO MILITARY VETS.
WHAT A BETTER WAY TO TEACH THE CHILDREN, YOU KNOW, AND STRUCTURE AND DISCIPLINE.
BUT ANYWAY, WHAT I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT WAS THE TWO DADS THAT WERE ARRESTED.
PERSONALLY, I DON'T THINK THEY WERE IN VIOLATION OF ANYTHING THAT WAS BACK IN THE SUMMERTIME. I THINK THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD IS SUPPOSED TO GIVE A WARNING FOR DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR, BUT THIS DID NOT HAPPEN.
BASICALLY, YOU JUST ROUNDED UP THE ROUND ROCK POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY JUST TOOK HIM OFF AND HE GOT HURT THAT DAY.
SOMEONE ON THE BOARD, OR MORE THAN ONE PERSON, ALONG WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT, ENCOURAGED A COMPLAINT AGAINST THE TWO DADS.
AND THEN A WARRANT WAS ISSUED BY A JUDGE THAT I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR AND WILLIAMSON COUNTY SHERIFF ARRESTED BOTH OF THEM.
IT BOTHERS ME, AND IT SHOULD EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM HOW ANYBODY COULD MANIPULATE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DURING THIS PROCESS.
THEY HAVE A PENAL CODE ABOUT THAT THICK.
THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW, AND I DON'T THINK THOSE DADS VIOLATED ANYTHING IN THAT PENAL CODE AND IT'S GOING TO COME OUT.
THE ROUND ROCK ISD POLICE ARE HERE TO PROTECT THE CHILDREN AND THE STAFF AND USED AND NOT FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE BOARD MEMBERS TO USE FOR THEIR PERSONAL OR THEIR PERSONAL GAIN. PERIOD.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY'S AWARE OF SOMETHING THAT I'VE JUST LEARNED ABOUT IF THEY'RE CALLED SURETY BONDS, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THAT SOON.
MAYBE SOME OF YOUR ATTORNEYS MIGHT KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, BUT I WILL SAY THIS FROM WHAT I CAN SEE WE NEED TO GET BACK TO THE BASICS AND WE'RE NOT, WE'RE FAILING MISERABLY AND JUST THIS ALONE AND ALL THIS PRIDE WEEK AND ALL THIS OTHER STUFF, THIS JUST NEEDS TO END. I'M JUST SERIOUS.
WE NEED TO GET BACK TO THE BASICS OF LEARNING.
AND THAT'S IT. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT IS JILL FARRIS, SPEAKING ON M SEVEN.
AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT.
THANK YOU. THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS FAILED ROUND ROCK.
WE HAVE A F RATING WITH TEA, OUR ENROLLMENT NUMBERS ARE GOING DOWN EVEN THOUGH THIS AREA IS EXPERIENCING EXPONENTIAL GROWTH.
WE HAVE SUCH TERRIBLE TEACHER ALLOCATION THAT WE HAVE BOTH A TEACHER SURPLUS AND A TEACHER SHORTAGE.
THERE ARE TOO MANY TEACHERS AT CEDAR RIDGE AND TOO FEW AT PATSY SUMMERS.
OUR TEACHERS ARE STRESSED AND OVERWORKED, AND THANKS TO INCOMPETENCE AND BUREAUCRACY, IT'S STILL TAKING MONTHS TO PROCESS AND HIRE NEW SUBS.
BUT YOUR BIGGEST FAILURE OF ALL IS THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE KILLING THEMSELVES AND YOU'RE DOING ZERO THINGS ABOUT IT.
SOME OF YOU MAY BE ASKING, HOW IS IT THAT YOU AS A BOARD HAVE MANAGED TO FAIL SO SPECTACULARLY WELL? YOU'VE BEEN FOCUSED ON HIRING AND THEN COVERING FOR AN UNQUALIFIED SUPERINTENDENT, A SUPERINTENDENT WITH CREDIBLE CRIMINAL COMPLAINTS INVOLVING THE ASSAULT OF A FELLOW EDUCATOR.
YOU'VE CONTINUED TO WASTE TIME AND MONEY, DEFENDING THE SUPERINTENDENT, DEFENDING YOUR CENSURE RESOLUTIONS, AND FIGHTING MASK MANDATES IN COURT.
NOW THE REAL QUESTION IS HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD? WHAT CAN YOU DO TO FIX ALL THE THINGS YOU'VE BROKEN? HOW DO YOU START TO IMPROVE THINGS? YOU START BY FIRING DR.
AZAIEZ AND HIRING A CREDIBLE, COMPETENT SUPERINTENDENT WHO SUPPORTS TEACHERS AND STUDENTS INSTEAD OF ASSAULTING THEM.
YOU STOP WASTING TIME WITH BOARD INFIGHTING AND IDENTIFY WAYS TO MAKE THE DISTRICT BETTER. TRY HAVING A MEETING WHERE THE GOAL IS TO NOT ONLY IDENTIFY BUT ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT SOMETHING THAT IMPROVES OUR SCHOOL AND HELPS OUR STUDENTS.
HOW ABOUT WE START SPENDING MORE MONEY ON COUNSELORS AND LESS MONEY ON ATTORNEYS? AND FINALLY, MAYBE LET'S KEEP OUR STUDENT AND TEACHER'S BEDROOM ACTIVITIES AND PREFERENCES IN THEIR BEDROOMS AND OUT OF OUR CLASSROOMS. IT'S TIME FOR YOU FIVE TO STOP RUNNING FOR COVER AND HIDING FROM YOUR MISDEEDS.
START FIXING THESE GIANT MESSES YOU MADE.
BUT DON'T WORRY IF YOU DON'T FIX THEM, WE WILL.
[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. NEXT IS ROB LELM ROB LELM.
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ROB LELM LELM YOU SIGNED UP FOR A ONE, WHICH IS OUR ORDER OF BUSINESS.YEAH. IS THERE? I DIDN'T KNOW SPECIFICALLY WHAT BECAUSE I DID IT WHEN I WAS AT WORK, SO I COULDN'T LOOK THROUGH THE WHOLE THING. SO ARE YOU SPEAKING TO SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA OR ARE YOU WANTING TO SPEAK TO SOMETHING OFF THE AGENDA? SPEAKING ON DR. AZAIEZ AND THEN.
OK. SO THAT'D BE M FOUR, FIVE AND SIX.
GREAT. THANK YOU. JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY.
THE EVIDENCE AGAINST AZAIEZ APPEARS TO BE CLEAR TO ANY PERSON THAT WILL LOOK AT IT FROM A NEUTRAL POSITION THAT THERE'S ENOUGH CONCERNS RAISED ABOUT HIS CHARACTER AND HIS WILLINGNESS TO USE FORCE AGAINST THOSE THAT DARE TO QUESTION HIM.
FURTHERMORE, SEVERAL BOARD MEMBERS HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO HAVE QUESTIONABLE ETHICS BY PUSHING HIM THROUGH THE HIRING PROCESS, DESPITE QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS CHARACTER.
OTHERS HAVE SEEN THEIR ROLE IS TO PROTECT AZAIEZ FROM BEING REPRIMANDED OR TERMINATED, EVEN WHEN THE ALLEGATIONS SEEM TO HAVE A LOT OF EVIDENCE TO BACK THEM UP.
THE SUPERINTENDENT NEEDS TO BE FIRED AND HIS EXORBITANT SALARY NEEDS TO BE TAKEN AND GIVEN TO THE VICTIM AND TO GROUPS THAT SUPPORT VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
ON THE EDUCATION FRONT, GET RID OF THE DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION DEPARTMENT IN ITS ENTIRETY. THE DEI DEPARTMENT DOES NOTHING TO EDUCATE CHILDREN AND IN REVIEWS OF ISDS WITH THE DEI DEPARTMENTS, THEY ACTUALLY CAUSE A REDUCTION IN STUDENT OUTCOMES.
DEI EMPLOYEES ARE ONLY CONCERNED WITH THE OUTSIDE APPEARANCE OF STUDENTS AND DO NOT CARE ABOUT BUILDING A STUDENT'S CHARACTER.
THEY CONTINUE TO LOWER THE BAR FOR EDUCATION, WHICH IS CALLED THE SOFT BIGOTRY OF LOW EXPECTATIONS. WE NEED TO QUIT FOCUSING ON RACE, GENDER AND SEXUALITY AND START FOCUSING ON READING, WRITING, MATH AND SCIENCE.
THE ONLY TRENDS WE SHOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT IS TRANSPARENCY.
WE NEED TRANSPARENCY OF WHAT IS BEING TAUGHT IN THE CLASSROOMS. AFTER ALL, HOW OUR PARENTS ARE SUPPOSED TO HELP THEIR CHILDREN GAIN HIGHER ACHIEVEMENT IF THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S BEING TAUGHT.
WORDS OF WISDOM FROM THOMASVILLE AND THIS IS DIRECTED TO THE MANY ACTIVIST TEACHERS PUSHING DEI AROUND THE COUNTRY.
OURS MAY BECOME THE FIRST CIVILIZATION DESTROYED, NOT BY THE POWER OF OUR ENEMIES, BUT BY THE IGNORANCE OF OUR TEACHERS AND THE DANGEROUS NONSENSE THEY ARE TEACHING OUR CHILDREN.
IN AN AGE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, THEY ARE CREATING ARTIFICIAL STUPIDITY.
THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THAT IS THE END OF IN-PERSON SPEAKERS SPEAKING ON THE AGENDA, HAVE I MISSED ANYBODY THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK IN PERSON ON THE AGENDA? WE'RE GOING TO GO TO VIRTUAL SPEAKERS NEXT AND THEN WE HAVE SOME IN-PERSON NOT ON THE AGENDA, BUT JUST MAKING SURE I HAVEN'T MISSED ANYBODY THAT SIGNED UP FOR IN-PERSON ON AN AGENDA. OK, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO OUR VIRTUAL SPEAKERS NOW.
WE'RE GOING TO START WITH DOUGLAS MCLEAN SPEAKING ON I ONE THROUGH 10, J ONE THROUGH FOUR, K1 AND M1 THROUGH 11.
AND HE DOES LIVE IN THE DISTRICT.
OK, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, SIR.
OK. I'M IN SUPPORT OF THE CALENDARS.
I APPRECIATE THAT Y'ALL ARE INCLUDING [INAUDIBLE], DIWALI.
I DO WANT TO GO BACK TO REMEMBER THE ECLIPSE APRIL 8TH 2024.
I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE HAVE KIDS GO BACK TO SCHOOL ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3RD, AS OPPOSED TO JANUARY 3RD BEING A DAY OFF AND HAVE THE DAY OFF BY APRIL 8TH 2024, WHICH IS A ECLIPSE WITH THE PATH OF TOTALITY GOING THROUGH ROUND ROCK AREA.
MOVING ON, I SUPPORT THE DRONE PROGRAM.
I SUPPORT RETENTION FOR TEACHERS AND THOSE PAY INCREASES.
I THINK THAT'S THAT'S GOOD AND WE NEED TO DO MORE.
I DEFINITELY SUPPORT PRIDE WEEK, SUMMER PROGRAMS FOR SPECIAL NEEDS.
I AM NOT IN FAVOR OF THE CHANGES WHICH WAS SENT OUT BY EMAIL TODAY.
THE COVID UPDATE FOR ROUND ROCK ISD WITH MASKS RELAXING THE MASK MANDATE, I DON'T THINK THAT'S ON THE AGENDA. I THINK Y'ALL SHOULD VOTE ON THAT AND RELAXING THE MASK MANDATE AND POSTING THAT AT 5:07 AFTER THE TIME FRAME, FOR PEOPLE TO SIGN UP ONLINE OR REALLY TO BE THERE AND TESTIFY IN PERSON, I THINK IS NOT WELL DONE.
SO I THINK THAT'S THAT'S VERY POORLY DONE.
I ALSO THINK IN REGARDS TO M9, TRUSTEE NAMES ON DIPLOMAS IS AN ABUSE OF THE POSITION BY WESTON AND XIAO TO GAIN UNUSUAL OR ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR THEIR OWN CHILDREN IN SO I DO APPRECIATE THE Y'ALL HAVE HAD THE MASK MANDATE IN PLACE THAT ALLOWED ME TO SEND
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MY DAUGHTER BACK. SHE IS ENJOYING IN-PERSON SCHOOLING AND I HOPE Y'ALL WILL KEEP THE MASK MANDATE THE OMICRON VARIANT AND OTHER VARIANTS ARE GOING THROUGH.I WISH THAT WE HAD GREATER VACCINATION RATES AND PEOPLE WOULD LISTEN TO THE SCIENCE, BUT PLEASE DO NOT RELAX THE MASK MANDATE.
KEEP THAT AND IF YOU ARE GOING TO CHANGE IT, HAVE IT BE PUBLIC OPEN AND VOTE ON YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT IS ROBYN [INAUDIBLE] SPEAKING ON J ONE, TWO, FOUR AND M SIX AND SEVEN. AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT.
I DO. I'M THE PARENT OF A THIRD GRADER.
I WITHDREW MY CHILD FROM THE DISTRICT WHEN THE VIRTUAL PROGRAM ENDED, AND GIVEN TODAY'S DECISION TO ONCE AGAIN PREMATURELY RELAX COVID PROTOCOLS AND STAGE FIVE, I'M GLAD I DID.
BUT WHEN I WITHDREW HER, I WOULD HAVE LOVED A FORMAL WAY TO INDICATE WHY WE WERE LEAVING, ALBEIT TEMPORARILY.
I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE INTENT OF ITEM M SEVEN, BUT WE SHOULD BE COLLECTING THOSE DATA.
SIMILARLY, WHEN TEACHERS AND STAFF LEAVE THE DISTRICT, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE ANONYMOUS FEEDBACK AND WE SHOULD SURVEY EMPLOYEES DURING THE YEAR TOO LIKE WE HAVE DONE.
BY ALL MEANS, VOTE YES ON J1 AND J2, BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE SYSTEMIC CHANGES TO IMPROVE EMPLOYEE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION.
THAT CAN INCLUDE FUNDING TEACHER PIPELINE STARTING IN SECONDARY SCHOOL AND INTERSECTIONAL SUPPORTS FOR EMPLOYEES FROM MARGINALIZED GROUPS.
REGARDING ITEM J FOUR, THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING MORE HOLIDAYS IN THE OFFICIAL SCHOOL CALENDAR. THIS IS A GREAT START TOWARD MORE INCLUSIVE SCHEDULING IN OUR SCHOOLS.
LASTLY, I SUPPORT REINSTATING DR.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT TO SARA LOZANO.
ITEM J ONE AND TWO AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT.
I DO. GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS SARA LOZANO, AND I'M A PARENT AND EDUCATOR IN ROUND ROCK ISD. TONIGHT, I ASKED THE BOARD TO PLACE HIGH PRIORITY ON RETAINING QUALITY TEACHERS AND STAFF. LAST YEAR, WHEN THIS BOARD BROUGHT UP THE GOAL OF TEACHER RETENTION, YOU WERE TOLD THAT TEACHER RETENTION HAS NEVER BEEN AN ISSUE IN ROUND ROCK ISD.
THAT CONTRADICTS WHAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING IN OUR SCHOOLS.
STUDIES ARE SHOWING AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF SCHOOL EMPLOYEES WHO ARE CHOOSING AN ALTERNATE CAREER DUE TO THE STRESS ADDITIONAL DUTIES AND UNHEALTHY WORKING CONDITIONS.
ONE RECENT NEA SURVEY SHOWS THAT FIFTY FIVE PERCENT OF TEACHERS WILL LEAVE TEACHING SOONER THAN THE ORIGINALLY PLANNED, AN INCREASE FROM THIRTY SEVEN PERCENT IN AUGUST.
CONVERSATIONS WITH TEACHERS ACROSS THIS DISTRICT ECHOED THE SAME THOUGHT WE'VE ALREADY HAD SO MANY GREAT STAFF BELIEVE THE BURNOUT IS REAL.
WHAT IS THE DISTRICT'S PLAN FOR AN UNDERSTAFFED SCHOOL YEAR? ARE WE LISTENING TO STAFF AND VALUING TEACHER INPUT, OR ARE WE JUST SENDING OUT A SURVEY AND CHECKING THE BOX? YOU ALL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THINGS BETTER FOR OUR STAFF AND OUR STUDENTS.
BUT WILL YOU? THANKS FOR LISTENING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT IS ORLANDO SALINAS SPEAKING ON M7 AND J1.
AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT.
YES, MA'AM, I DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT, THE CURRENCY OF A LEADER IS TRUST.
AND I POSIT THAT ONE OF THE REASONS WE'VE SEEN SUCH AN E-FLUX OF STUDENTS FROM ROUND ROCK ISD IS THAT PARENTS, TEACHERS, STUDENTS NO LONGER TRUST THIS BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
I HOPE I HOLD NO ILL WILL TOWARDS ANY TRUSTEES, BUT I THINK THAT WE NEED A MORE COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT UNIFYING OUR DISTRICT.
THIS BOARD HAS DIVIDED THE COMMUNITY INTO RIGHT WING AND LEFT WING AND HAS FORGOTTEN THAT BOTH RIGHT WING AND LEFT WING BELONG TO THE SAME BIRD.
THIS IS A TIME OF COMING TOGETHER.
I'VE HEARD GREAT THINGS SAID BY ALL PARTIES REGARDING TEACHERS, AND I BELIEVE THAT WE DO NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH TEACHERS.
I POSIT THAT THE DIVERSITY AND EQUITY DEPARTMENT SHOULD BE TRANSFORMED INTO A TEACHER AND STUDENT SERVICE DIVISION WHERE WE HIRE COUNSELORS AND TEACHERS ARE ALLOWED TO VISIT ANONYMOUSLY UP TO TWO TIMES A YEAR, PAID FOR BY THE DISTRICT FOR THEIR MENTAL HEALTH.
WE'VE SEEN THE TOLL IT'S TAKEN ON OUR TEACHERS.
THEY DESERVE MORE PAY AND THEY DESERVE RESPECT FROM THE BOARD AND FROM ALL OF ITS MEMBERS. AND ONE OF THE BEST WAYS THAT WE CAN DO THIS IS BY PAYING FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES FOR STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES.
SO THOSE ARE MY POINTS FOR TODAY.
WE CAN ALL WORK ON THIS TO MAKE ROUND ROCK A BETTER PLACE, AND WE'RE IN THIS TOGETHER.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT IS BRITNEY TRINITY SPEAKING ON J ONE J TWO K ONE M THREE M FOUR M SIX THROUGH 10.
AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT.
I WANTED TO FIRST SPEAK ON STAFF RETENTION.
WE DO NEED TO BE TRANSPARENT IN COMMUNICATION ABOUT EXPECTATIONS AND PLANS, AS WELL AS COMPENSATION IN THE DISTRICT.
RECENTLY, I GOT COVID TESTED POSITIVE, WAS PROMISED 10 DAYS OF LEAVE AND WAS NOT GIVEN IT
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TO ME UNLESS I WOULD GO IN FOR FMLA LEAVE, LEAVING TWO WEEKS UNCOVERED BECAUSE THERE IS NO OTHER STAFF MEMBER TO COVER ME.THIS IS PROBABLY A PROBLEM THROUGH ALL THE STAFF.
WE ALSO NEED APPROPRIATE TRAINING FOR EA'S AND FOR OTHER STAFF THAT ARE GOING TO BE SUPPORTING STAFF THAT ARE OUT ADDRESSING THE STAFFING NEEDS TO PROMOTE SAFETY AND COMMUNITY WITHIN ALL OF US SO THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER AND NOT HOLD THESE THINGS AGAINST EACH OTHER. IF PEOPLE NEED TO BE OUT FOR EXTENDED TIMES, BETTER COMPENSATION OVERALL.
SO PLEASE DO COVER THE SNOW DAY.
PLEASE ALSO PROVIDE THE FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS AND PLEASE GIVE US A RAISE.
WE NEED TO REALLOCATE TO GO TO DEPARTMENTS THAT NEED IT THE MOST.
THIS COULD BE DONE BY HIRING A CPA OR SIMILAR AND EXAMINING ANY OVER OVERPAYING FOR THINGS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE OR REDUNDANCIES.
NEXT, AS FAR AS WESTON'S INVESTIGATION REGARDING THE LOSS OF STUDENT ENROLLMENT, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT IDEA AND PLEASE CONDUCT A SIMILAR ONE FOR STAFF.
IT'S PROBABLY COVID AND MAYBE BECAUSE OF OTHER CAUSES THAT STUDENTS HAVE.
[INAUDIBLE]. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. PLEASE DO BRING UP LGBTQIA MATERIALS AS WELL AS CONSENT.
ARE YOU STILL THERE? YES, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, YOU HAVE ABOUT 15 SECONDS LEFT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. PLEASE BRING UP THE MASK MATRIX AGAIN.
IT DISAPPEARED THIS AFTERNOON.
IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT SINCE WE'RE IN STAGE FIVE STILL.
PEOPLE ARE STILL GETTING SICK FROM COVID.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE TO TAKE THESE PRECAUTIONS BECAUSE THERE'S ALSO STOMACH VIRUSES GOING AROUND AND PLEASE JUST STOP THE INVESTIGATIONS.
YOU'RE TIME HAS EXPIRED. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SPEAKING.
AND YOU DO NOT LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.
NEXT IS CRAIG BEERS SPEAKING ON J-1 AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.
YES, I AM IN SUPPORT OF THE RETENTION BONUS, I THINK IT'S A GREAT START.
I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD LOOK INTO GOING FURTHER, WHETHER INCREASING THAT OR SALARIES JUST HAS BECOME AN INCREASINGLY EXPENSIVE PLACE TO LIVE.
AND AS ANY HIRING MANAGER KNOWS, FINDING TALENT IS INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT RIGHT NOW, AND WE SHOULD BE TREATING OUR KEY EMPLOYEES LIKE, MY KIDS TEACHERS ARE FANTASTIC.
I KNOW EVERYONE ELSE COMMENDS THEIR TEACHERS.
LET'S MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE REWARDED APPROPRIATELY.
I'M ALSO IN FAVOR OF SURVEYS AND LEARNING ABOUT WHAT IS CAUSING POTENTIAL CHURN SO THAT WE KNOW WHY PEOPLE ARE LEAVING AND CAN ADDRESS IT AND MAKE SURE THAT'S TRANSPARENT.
BECAUSE AGAIN, BACKFILLING IS INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT AND WE DON'T WANT TO GO INTO THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR WITH A SHORTAGE.
AND THAT'S IT FOR ME. THANK YOU.
NEXT, I SEE OUR SPEAKER IS ACTUALLY IN PERSON, SO I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY MOVE YOU TO WHEN WE GO TO THAT [INAUDIBLE] SO I CAN CONTINUE WITH MY VIRTUAL, I'LL COME RIGHT BACK TO YOU.
THERE'S ONLY A FEW MORE LEFT VIRTUAL.
NEXT IS WANDA GRIFFIN SPEAKING ON M-6.
AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT.
HONEY, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES, MA'AM, GO AHEAD.
DR. PRESLEY AND TRUSTEE FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE INCENTIVE PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED FOR THE GUEST EDUCATORS.
I'M GUESSING THE SCHOOL BOARD DID APPROVE THAT.
ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP OUR TEACHERS IS GLADLY APPRECIATED FOR THEY DEFINITELY ARE OVERWORKED AND UNDERPAID.
I TO VOTE FOR THE $500 RAISE, EVEN THOUGH I DIDN'T PUT IT ON MY ON THE DEAL.
YEAH, I APPROVE. I AM FOR THAT ON ANY GIVEN DAY.
AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW WHAT THE GUEST EDUCATORS ARE.
THAT'S THE NAME IN ROUND ROCK THAT WE HAVE FOR SUBSTITUTE ON ANY GIVEN DAY.
I MAY SUB FOR TWO TO THREE DIFFERENT TEACHERS, SO I'M ECHOING WHAT A LOT OF THE EDUCATORS HAVE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT AND THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE SAID THE SHORTAGE.
WE'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING TO HELP GET OUR TEACHERS BACK.
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I MEAN, WE'VE GOT TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF INCENTIVE PLAN TO MAKE FOLKS WANT TO COME BACK TO ROUND ROCK AND MAKE THEM WANT TO STAY.THE TEACHERS AGAIN ARE OVERWORKED, UNDERPAID.
I YOU DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MANY TEACHERS CRY, I LISTEN TO CRY EVERY DAY BECAUSE OF THE SITUATION. ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO SAY ALSO THAT I HEARD TONIGHT WAS PEOPLE GOING ON AND ON AND ON ABOUT THEIR DISAPPOINTMENT WITH THE TRUSTEE BEHAVIOR.
I AM ALSO DISPLEASED WITH SOME THINGS THAT HAVE GONE ON, NOT JUST WITH THE NOT JUST WITH THE FIVE TRUSTEES, BUT WITH THE TWO THAT HAVE GONE ON NATIONAL MEDIA TO AIR OUR DIRTY LAUNDRY. I REALLY THINK THEY NEED TO STOP AS WELL BECAUSE ROUND ROCK DOESN'T NEED TO BE.
EVERYBODY DOESN'T NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH US.
OK? MY LAST THING IS I AM IN FAVOR OF DR.
HE IS AN ASSET TO ROUND ROCK ISD AND I HOPE TO SEE HIM BACK VERY SOON.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT IS JOSEPH MCAULIFFE SPEAKING ON M-6, AND YOU DO NOT LIVE IN THE DISTRICT.
OK, OUR LAST VIRTUAL ON THE AGENDA SPEAKER WILL BE SARAH GRIFFIN, SPEAKING ON M-7, AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, MA'AM, GO AHEAD.
CAN YOU UNMUTE YOURSELF? I'M SORRY, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? AND YOUR. YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU AND YOUR TIME BEGINS NOW.
OK. I PICKED M-7, BUT MY COMMENT IS MORE ABOUT ALL THE DISCUSSIONS IN CLOSED SESSION.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING THESE DISCUSSIONS.
I DO NOT SEE THEM AS A SIGN OF FAILURE, BUT AS A SIGN OF RESPECT.
I ENCOURAGE YOU AS YOU MOVE INTO THE CLOSED SESSION AND HAVE MANY DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS TO REMEMBER THAT WE ARE ALL IN THE COMMUNITY OF ROUND ROCK.
I ASK YOU TO APPROACH THESE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE GOAL OF HAVING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF POINTS OF VIEW THAT ARE DIFFERENT THAN YOURS.
GO INTO THESE DISCUSSIONS, NOT WITH THE MINDSET THAT YOU WERE RIGHT AND OTHERS ARE WRONG, BUT WITH A DESIRE TO LEAVE THE CONVERSATION WITH A DEEPER APPRECIATION FOR YOUR FELLOW TRUSTEES. AS PEOPLE LOOK FOR WIN-WIN SITUATIONS, NOT FOR PLACES TO POINT FINGERS, DO NOT THINK IF YOU WIN THEN I LOSE.
THAT MIGHT MEAN YOU NOTICE TIMES WHEN YOUR BELIEFS WERE INCORRECT ABOUT A SITUATION.
IT'S OK TO ADMIT YOU ARE WRONG AND IT'S OK TO FORGIVE OTHERS FOR THEIR MISTAKES.
LOOK FOR TIMES WHEN AN APOLOGY MAY BE NEEDED, AND FOR EVERYONE WHO JUST THOUGHT TO THEMSELVES, YES, THEY SHOULD APOLOGIZE.
I WANT YOU TO CHANGE THE PRONOUN AND CONSIDER THINKING, YES, I SHOULD APOLOGIZE BECAUSE WE ARE ALL GUILTY OF BREAKING RELATIONSHIPS, INCLUDING MYSELF.
WE'VE GOTTEN SO GOOD AT LIVING IN SILOS AND CASTING HATE ONTO PEOPLE WHO ARE OUR NEIGHBORS. WE HAVE TO STOP THIS.
THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT THERE ARE NO RULES, NOR DOES IT MEAN YOU HAVE TO AGREE ON EVERYTHING. WE CAN DISAGREE ABOUT THINGS AND STILL BE NEIGHBORS.
WE CAN HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS AND STILL BE A COMMUNITY.
GETTING YOUR WAY IS NOT THE GOAL.
PLEASE REMEMBER THIS DURING YOUR CLOSED SESSION.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT IS ROBERT LESSER, SPEAKING ON M-1, M-4 AND M-6.
AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT.
HOLD ON ONE SECOND, LET ME GET THE MICROPHONE.
ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING. WHY AM I SPEAKING ON THREE ITEMS I'M GOING TO READ FROM SOME SWORN TESTIMONY AND IT INVOLVES THE VICTIM OF THE ASSAULT THAT'S BEEN REFERENCED.
AND BUT THIS REALLY ISN'T ABOUT THE VICTIM, NOR IS IT ABOUT DR.
A. IS A SYMPTOM OF A LARGER PROBLEM.
I INFORMED HIM I NEEDED TO TELL THE TRUTH AND ASKED HIM SEVERAL TIMES TO INFORM HIS SCHOOL BOARD BEFORE THEY FOUND OUT VIA OTHER SOURCES OF INFORMATION.
AS MANY ROUND ROCK ISD EMPLOYEES ARE MY COLLEAGUES AND MY CLASSMATES IN MY DOCTORAL PROGRAM. HE SAID THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT WAS AWARE AND HAD OFFERED TO PROTECT HIM. SHE WAS INFORMING HIM OF EVERYTHING AND GUARANTEED HIM HE WOULD NOT LOSE HIS JOB.
IN THE PAST, I HAD HEARD CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN HIM AND THE SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT PLOTTING THINGS AND KEEPING THINGS FROM OTHER SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.
ON THE DAY OF THE VOTE FOR HIS HIRE, SHE PLANNED AND ASKED HIM TO BE PRESENT WITHOUT ANYONE ELSE KNOWING AND USED THE COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR TO CONTINUE THE PLANNING.
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I FELT VERY INTIMIDATED BY THIS WOMAN, AMY WEIR, THE SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT, AND AS SHE IS TELLING EVERYONE, I'M LYING ABOUT THE ABUSE, I'M SCARED TO REPORT IT, BUT I'M NOT LYING. THIS IS A FAILURE OF LEADERSHIP.IT'S A FAILURE TO FOLLOW BOARD POLICIES.
AND THIS NEEDS TO END, THIS IS WHY WE HAVE ALL OF THESE CLOSED SESSIONS.
IS THAT PEOPLE ARE ON THIS BOARD THAT FAIL TO FOLLOW THE POLICIES THAT THEY THEMSELVES HAVE PUT IN PLACE.
THESE ARE NOT OPTIONAL POLICIES.
NOWHERE IN THE WORLD DOES SOMEBODY PUT A POLICY IN PLACE FOR IT NOT TO BE FOLLOWED.
AND THAT'S ABSURD, ALTHOUGH THAT'S BEING ARGUED THIS PARTICULAR WEEK IN A COURT IN THIS DISTRICT. THIS REALLY NEEDS TO END.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT IS MICHELLE MCCOOL SPEAKING ON THE NON AGENDA ITEMS AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT.
I WANTED TO TRY TO BRING A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE INTO THIS BECAUSE I'VE BEEN COMING TO THESE MEETINGS FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS NOW.
I LIVE HERE, I'VE LIVED HERE 16 YEARS.
I PAY TAXES HERE AND I VOTE HERE.
I DON'T HAVE KIDS IN THIS FIGHT.
AND I WATCHED ONLINE AS ALL THESE STORIES WERE REPORTED ALL OVER THE COUNTRY OF THE HIDEOUS THINGS THAT WERE HAPPENING WITH THE SEXUALIZATION AND THE CORRUPTION AND THE RACE WARS AND EVERYTHING.
AND I JUST THOUGHT, THAT'S SO SAD, BUT IT'S NOT MY PROBLEM.
THAT I SAW MY FRIEND BEING ARRESTED, AND I'M I'M WATCHING THIS, NOT EVEN REALIZING THAT I KNOW THE MAN. AND I'M WATCHING IT HORRIFIED JUST ON THE SURFACE OF WHAT I WAS SEEING.
AND THEN I REALIZED IT WAS MY FRIENDS.
AND THEN I REALIZED IT WAS MY TOWN.
I'VE JUST BEEN APPALLED, AND I WANTED TO COME SEE FOR MYSELF WHAT WAS HAPPENING, AND SINCE I GOT HERE, EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT THE RACE ISSUES AND THE POLITICAL LIKE WHO WE VOTE FOR AND WE WANT TO KILL GRANDMA BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO WEAR A MASK.
THERE'S A LOT OF VITRIOL HERE SINCE I CAME TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS GOING ON IN MY TOWN. AND I JUST WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW THIS AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I'M ON THE OTHER SIDE. YOU ALL ARE TALKING ABOUT THE KIDS THAT ARE LEAVING AND WHY THEY'RE LEAVING.
I'M HEARING WHY THEY'RE LEAVING.
I'M HEARING TEACHERS, FORMER TEACHERS TELL ME, GOOD FOR YOU THAT YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR KIDS THERE. I'M HEARING THE OTHER SIDE OF IT.
YOU ALL NEED TO DO YOUR POLLS.
BUT I THINK A LOT OF US KNOW WHY PEOPLE ARE LEAVING, AND IT'S UNDER Y'ALL'S CONTROL IN YOUR POWER TO FIX IT.
FIX IT! I HEAR ALL THE TIME ABOUT HOW THIS IS NATIONAL NEWS.
NO, SWEETIES, I'VE SEEN THIS IN INTERNATIONAL NEWS.
YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SPEAKING TONIGHT.
AND, SIR, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO VIDEO, BUT CAN I ASK YOU TO TURN YOUR FLASH OFF BECAUSE IT'S IT WAS, IT'S OK.
IT WAS JUST REALLY BRIGHT IN EYES AND A LITTLE DISTRACTING, SO NO PROBLEM.
YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT SPEAKING ON A NON AGENDA ITEM.
YEAH, SO I'M A GRANDMA, AND I DON'T THINK YOU'RE TRYING TO KILL ME IF YOU DON'T WANT TO WEAR A MASK.
I REALLY WAS TALKING ABOUT, WAS WANTING TO TALK ABOUT THINGS ON THE AGENDA.
BUT FIRST I WANTED TO SAY THAT IT'S BEEN SAD, BUT INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT IT HAS TAKEN AN INTERNATIONAL PANDEMIC TO PULL THE CURTAIN BACK ON WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR PARENTS TO KNOW THAT THEIR CHILDREN WERE BEING TAUGHT THINGS THAT WERE INAPPROPRIATE TO THE PARENTS AND HEARING TEACHERS SAY ONLINE VIRTUAL LEARNING.
HEY, DON'T LET YOUR PARENTS SEE THIS.
DON'T LET YOUR PARENTS KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
BUT I WANT TO NOTE AS A LONG TIME ROUND ROCK ISD RESIDENT THAT THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR A LONG TIME. IT IS INAPPROPRIATE FOR PART OF THE CURRICULUM IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM TO BE DIVISIVE, TO DIVIDE CHILDREN FROM PARENTS AND TEENAGERS GROW UP AND THEY'RE GOING TO BECOME THEIR OWN PERSON. THEY'RE GOING TO QUESTION THEIR PARENTS ANYWAY.
THEIR TEACHERS DON'T NEED TO TEACH THEM THAT.
IT'S INAPPROPRIATE FOR US TO DIVIDE PEOPLE BY RACES OR BY RELIGIONS IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM FROM THE EDUCATORS.
HAVING SAID THAT, WHAT WE NEED IS FEWER LUXURY FACILITIES AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HIRE GOOD TEACHERS WHO UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT THE KIDS REALLY NEED IS MATH AND LANGUAGE SKILLS SO THAT THEY CAN GO ON AND LEARN THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.
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THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU SO MUCH.RICHARD GRIFFIN AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT ON A NON AGENDA ITEM.
SOMEBODY WAS HERE AND FILLED OUT THE FORM.
OK, WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO OUR VIRTUAL SPEAKERS.
FIRST, WE HAVE MR. PEACOCK SPEAKING ON ITEM J-1.
AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT.
MR. PEACOCK, ARE YOU THERE? OK, WE'LL MOVE ON NEXT, WE HAVE REBECCA MCCULLY SPEAKING ON AN ANON AGENDA ITEM AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT.
I DO SEE MR. PEACOCK IS IN THE WAITING ROOM.
WE ALSO HAVE AMELIA MCFARLAND SPEAKING ON A NON AGENDA ITEM, AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT. LAST CALL FOR ANYBODY THAT I MAY HAVE MISSED. OK, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC SPEAKING PORTION OF THE AGENDA. IT IS 6:56, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A TEN MINUTE RECESS AND WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN
[M. CLOSED SESSION (Part 1 of 3)]
FOR A CLOSED SESSION, WHICH WILL BE CONDUCTING IN THIS ROOM FOR ITEMS M-4, 5, AND 6.I NEED TO READ THOSE BEFORE WE GO AND TAKE OUR BREAK.
PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071 AND 551.074, THE BOARD WILL CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING STATUS OF THE INVESTIGATION REGARDING SUPERINTENDENT'S CONDUCT, AS ALLEGED IN A PROTECTIVE ORDER ISSUED BY TRAVIS COUNTY DISTRICT COURT PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071.
THE BOARD WILL MEET IN CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING EEOC CHARGE OF DISCRIMINATION NUMBER 31C-2022-00277 AND PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 551.071 AND 551.074.
THE BOARD WILL MEET IN CONSIDERATION AND CONSULTATION WITH AN ATTORNEY REGARDING THE SUPERINTENDENT'S EMPLOYMENT AND CONTRACT.
WE ARE TAKING A 10 MINUTE BREAK DURING THAT TIME.
CAN YOU PLEASE LEAVE THE ROOM AND TAKE ALL OF YOUR BELONGINGS WITH YOU? WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN WE'RE BACK IN OPEN SESSION.
[N. CALL BACK TO ORDER/EXECUTIVE SESSION MOTIONS (Part 1 of 3)]
IT IS 9:49, WE ARE BACK IN OPEN SESSION.DO I HAVE ANY MOTIONS COMING OUT OF CLOSED? YES, MADAM PRESIDENT, I MOVE TO MAKE THE DRAFT REPORT SUBMITTED ON JANUARY 30TH, 2022 FROM THE INVESTIGATOR ANN DIXON TO BE THE FINAL WRITTEN REPORT EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.
THE BOARD RESERVES THE RIGHT TO AMEND THE REPORT IN FUTURE MEETINGS.
I HAVE AN AMENDED. YOU HAVE AN AMENDED MOTION? I WOULD LIKE TO AMEND THAT MOTION TO, SINCE OUR INVESTIGATOR WAS NOT HERE TODAY TO AMEND THE MOTION TO CONCLUDE THE INVESTIGATION AND SUBMIT THE FINAL REPORT ON MARCH 8TH, NO WHEN SHE IS AVAILABLE. I WILL SECOND.
OK. I HAVE AN AMENDED MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY COMMENTS? I HAVE A COMMENT. OK.
I JUST FEEL THAT WE'VE ALREADY MADE ONE MOTION AT THE LAST MEETING THAT WE WOULD FINALIZE THIS TONIGHT, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOUR MOTION IS TAKING THAT AND EXTENDING THAT ANOTHER TWO WEEKS. I JUST THINK THIS IS A FAILURE OF LEADERSHIP AND THAT WE SHOULD MAKE THE REPORT FINALIZED TONIGHT.
THE INVESTIGATOR HAS INDICATED THAT THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY CHANGES.
SHE'S GOING TO BE HERE TO OFFER QUESTIONS AND ANSWER QUESTIONS.
EXCUSE ME, I'M NOT FINISHED YET.
AND YET AGAIN, IT TAKES ME A MINUTE NOW TO LIKE, GET BACK AND TAKE SOME MORE TIME.
SO PLEASE DON'T INTERRUPT, CHAIR, I HAVE THE FLOOR.
SO ANN SAID, THE INVESTIGATOR, THAT SHE WOULD ANSWER OUR QUESTIONS AT THE NEXT MEETING, BUT WE HAVE THE DRAFT REPORT.
WE SHOULD FINALIZE IT SO THAT WE CAN START MAKING DECISIONS OFF OF IT AND MOVE FORWARD.
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TRUSTEE WEIR? SO WE ARE NOT ABLE TO FINALIZE IT, IT IS FOR HER TO FINALIZE.THAT IS WHAT WE ASKED ON JANUARY 27TH, WITHOUT HER HERE.
SHE ASKED THAT SHE BE HERE WHEN SHE PRESENTED IT SO THAT SHE COULD ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THIS BOARD HAD WE NEED TO TO ALLOW THE INVESTIGATOR TO FINISH HER INVESTIGATION, WRITE IT UP AND ANSWER OUR QUESTIONS.
AND TRUSTEE WESTON HAS ASKED FOR THAT FINAL REPORT AND I THINK WE HAVE TO DO IT WITH FIDELITY AND NOT JUST THROW SOMETHING OUT THERE WHEN SHE'S NOT DONE.
ARE YOU? ARE YOU IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE INVESTIGATOR? BECAUSE I HAVEN'T HEARD THAT SHE SAID THAT WE HAD TO FINALIZE IT AND I HAVE NOT HEARD THIS LINE OF COMMUNICATION.
WAS THERE AN EMAIL THAT I MISSED WHERE SHE SAID? I'M GOING TO, THE MOTION THAT WE MADE ON JANUARY 27TH, TRUSTEE WESTON MOVED THAT THE BOARD DIRECT THE DISTRICT'S DESIGNATED INVESTIGATOR TO CONCLUDE THE INVESTIGATION AND PREPARE A REPORT ON OR BEFORE THE NEXT REGULAR SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING.
SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO DO THAT, AND SHE IS NOT HERE.
SO I AM AMENDING THIS AND TRUSTEE WESTON'S MOTION TO SAY THAT WE WILL ACCEPT HER PREPARED FINAL REPORT ON THE DAY THAT SHE IS AVAILABLE TO BE WITH US, WHICH IS MARCH 8TH.
I HAVE. MY LIGHT'S BEEN ON AND I WOULD LIKE TO CALL-- NEXT IS TRUSTEE HARRISON.
SECOND. I'LL SECOND CALLING THE QUESTION.
OK. WE HAVE TO STOP NOW AND VOTE ON CALLING THE QUESTION, AND IT TAKES FIVE TRUSTEES TO CALL THE QUESTION. SO ALL IN FAVOR OF CALLING THE QUESTION RAISE YOUR HAND.
I HAVE FIVE QUESTIONS, SEVEN MOTION AND A SECOND THAT ENDS DISCUSSION.
ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.
ALL OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES 5-2.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE ARE NOW AT--.
I HAVE ANOTHER MOTION COMING OUT OF CLOSED.
GO AHEAD. I MOVE THAT THE AGENDA FOR THE NEXT CONVENING OF THE BOARD INCLUDE THE ABILITY FOR THE BOARD TO TERMINATE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S CONTRACT.
SECOND. I MOVE THAT THE AGENDA FOR THE NEXT CONVENING OF THE BOARD INCLUDE THE ABILITY FOR THE BOARD TO TERMINATE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S CONTRACT.
SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY COMMENTS? TRUSTEE XIAO? I CALL TO QUESTION? CAN I HAVE A CALL TO QUESTION? I'LL SECOND THAT. OK, THANK YOU.
ALL IN FAVOR OF CALLING THE QUESTION? RAISE YOUR HAND. I HAVE FOUR VOTES TO CALL THE QUESTION.
FIVE? CAN YOU, IF YOU? SORRY, THERE'S NO DISCUSSION.
I DON'T, I DIDN'T KNOW THIS WAS COMING.
SORRY, THERE'S NO DISCUSSION ON THIS.
OK. DO I? YOU CAN TURN YOUR LIGHT OFF.
THERE'S NO DISCUSSION ON CALL THE QUESTION.
ALL IN FAVOR OF CALLING THE QUESTION RAISE YOUR HAND.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FROM TRUSTEE BONE TO INCLUDE TERMINATION ON THE NEXT AGENDA . ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.
ALL OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES-- MOTION FAILS 2-5.
ANY OTHER MOTIONS? NO? OK. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM H-1.
[H. SUPERINTENDENT REPORTS]
BOARD TO STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS TIME TRACKER THAT GOES TO TRUSTEE WEIR.THANK YOU. LET ME PULL IT UP REAL QUICK.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT OUR JANUARY 20TH TIME TRACKER, WE HAD 28 MINUTES OF STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS, DISCUSSION ON STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS.
WE HAD 36 MINUTES SETTING TIMELINES, DEADLINES AND PLANS.
WE HAD 65 MINUTES DISCUSSING, DEBATING AND VOTING ON ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA OR PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS NOT ON BOARD MEETING AGENDA.
AND THEN WE HAD 34 MINUTES ON ACTIVITY THAT DOES NOT MEET THE CONDITIONS.
I'M GOING TO HAVE TO ASK FOR QUIET FROM THE AUDIENCE, PLEASE.
SO WE HAD A TOTAL OF 163 MINUTES THAT COUNTED TO OUR TIME TRACKER.
TWENTY EIGHT OF THOSE WERE ON STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS, AND SO WE HAD A 17.8 PERCENT STUDENT OUTCOME GOAL MINUTES FOR JANUARY.
ANY COMMENTS FROM TRUSTEES REGARDING OUR TIME TRACKER FOR JANUARY? SEEING NO LIGHTS, THANK YOU SO MUCH, TRUSTEE WEIR FOR PREPARING THAT FOR US.
MOVING ON TO ITEM H-2 ACCELERATED LEARNING PROGRAMS HOUSE BILL 4545.
DR. PRESLEY. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT FELLER.
YEAH. TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU A REVIEW OF OUR PROGRESS ON HOUSE BILL 4545, WHICH IS A STATUTORY REQUIREMENT THAT WE ACCELERATE STUDENTS WHO HAVE FALLEN BEHIND AT THIS TIME. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO RYAN SMITH, OUR CHIEF OF TEACHING AND LEARNING.
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ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, DR. PRESLEY AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.IF YOU REMEMBER AT OUR LAST BOARD MEETING, WE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT ABOUT ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION IN 4545, SO WE WANTED TO PREPARE SOME DATA.
A QUICK OVERVIEW OF JUST HOW THIS IS PLAYING OUT ON CAMPUSES, OBVIOUSLY BEING ABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.
SO WE WILL SPEND SOME TIME TALKING ABOUT THAT TONIGHT.
I DID WANT TO MENTION ALSO THAT THAT WE WERE INITIALLY GOING TO TALK ABOUT TO ONE OF OUR GOAL PROGRESS MEASURES THIS EVENING.
AND I THINK I MENTIONED IN A BOARD UPDATE THAT DUE TO A LOT OF STAFF AND STUDENT ABSENCES IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY, WE HAD TO EXTEND THAT TESTING WINDOW A LITTLE BIT.
SO WE WILL BE SHARING AN UPDATE ON THAT IN THE BOARD UPDATE NEXT WEEK, AND WE'LL BE POSTING THAT UPDATE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO SEE AS WELL.
AND THEN IF THERE'S A DESIRE TO BRING THAT BACK NEXT MONTH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD ACCURATE DATA AND GIVE SOME EXTRA TIME FOR STUDENTS TO TAKE THOSE ASSESSMENTS.
SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THAT AND JUMPING IN THEN TO JUST A QUICK BACKGROUND ON HOUSE BILL 4545, WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT THIS BACK IN THE SUMMER, BUT THIS WAS A BILL THAT WAS PASSED DURING THE 87TH LEGISLATURE AND ESSENTIALLY WENT INTO EFFECT THIS SUMMER. AND WHAT IT DID, OR A FEW THINGS I'VE GOT LISTED ON THIS SLIDE RIGHT THERE.
IT ELIMINATED WHAT WE USED TO CALL THE STUDENT SUCCESS INITIATIVE.
SO IF YOU REMEMBER IN GRADES FIFTH AND EIGHTH, STUDENTS WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THE STAAR TEST MULTIPLE TIMES TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT GRADE LEVEL.
SO ESSENTIALLY NOW FIFTH AND EIGHTH GRADERS JUST TAKE IT ONCE.
BUT THEY ADDED IN THESE ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION OR TUTORING TIME FOR STUDENTS WHO WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL ON ANY OF THE STAAR EXAMS. SO JUST SOME BRIEF OVERVIEW HERE OF WHAT SOME OF THE STIPULATIONS THAT WENT INTO 45 45 AND REALLY THE MAIN PIECE THAT I WANTED TO SHARE TONIGHT WAS KIND OF HOW IT PLAYS OUT ON CAMPUSES WITH THE 30 HOURS THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE WHO ARE NOT SUCCESSFUL.
AND IN THE PAST, BUT FOR 4545, WE DEFINITELY HAD, YOU KNOW, PRETTY INTENSE INTERVENTION STRUCTURES ON CAMPUS.
AND THIS REALLY KIND OF CREATED MORE OF A ONE SIZE FITS ALL APPROACH TO HOW WE INTERACT AND PUT RESOURCES TOWARDS STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT SUCCESSFUL ON THAT EXAM.
SO THERE'S SOME BENEFITS TO THAT.
AND THERE'S ALSO SOME ELEMENTS THAT YOU KNOW, MIGHT NOT, YOU KNOW, FIT REALLY CLEANLY INTO OUR SYSTEMS. AND I THINK OVER THIS YEAR, WE'VE SEEN THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS, BUT I DON'T WANT TO PAINT A PICTURE THAT IT'S BEEN A DEFINITELY LIKE A SMOOTH TRANSITION ON CAMPUSES WITH SOME OF THE PROGRAMS. SO IT'S. YOU KNOW, I THINK A GOOD ANALOGY MIGHT BE FOR, WE'RE STARTING TRACK SEASON AT THE MOMENT AND A LOT OF OUR CAMPUSES AND.
AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT STUDENTS WHO ARE COMPETING IN MAYBE THE MILE RACE, RIGHT, AND I'VE GOT SOME SOME RUNNERS COMING ON MY TEAM AND I WANT TO GET THEM ALL DOWN TO ABOUT A FOUR MINUTE MILE. AND I'VE GOT ONE OR TWO STUDENTS WHO ARE COMING IN AND THEY'RE ALREADY RUNNING LIKE A 4:10.
AND I'VE GOT ANOTHER GROUP OF STUDENTS WHO ARE COMING AND RUNNING LIKE A FOUR MINUTE AND 30 SECOND MILE.
AS THE COACH, I NEED TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH BOTH THOSE GROUPS OF STUDENTS.
SOME STUDENTS ARE GOING TO NEED QUITE A BIT OF INTERVENTION, SOME ARE NOT GOING TO NEED AS MUCH TO GET DOWN TO THAT FOUR MINUTE MARK.
AND WHAT HOUSE BILL 4545 THAT WAS DONE AS REQUIRED OUR CAMPUSES TO GIVE THAT SAME AMOUNT OF TIME TO BOTH SETS OF STUDENTS? AND DEFINITELY THAT HAS, YOU KNOW, CREATED SOME ELEMENTS THAT WE'VE HAD TO WORK, YOU KNOW, WORK AROUND. PUT MY MASK DOWN FOR A SECOND.
SO I WANTED TO SHARE SOME DATA AS WELL OF HOW IT LOOKS ON OUR CAMPUSES AT THE MOMENT.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THIS, THIS SCREEN HERE, WE'VE GOT ABOUT 28,280 OF OUR STUDENTS WERE ESSENTIALLY TAKING THE STAAR TEST LAST YEAR ELIGIBLE TO TAKE IT.
OF THOSE, 28,280, CURRENTLY ABOUT 8,182.
SO AROUND 29, 30 PERCENT ARE RECEIVING SOME TYPE OF INTERVENTION RELATED TO HOUSE BILL 4545. AND THAT'S A SHIFTING NUMBER THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
AS WE'VE SAID MANY TIMES OVER THIS YEAR, A LOT OF OUR DATA COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC HAS BEEN PRETTY, YOU KNOW, MESSY.
WE'VE HAD DIFFERENT ASSESSMENTS THAT WE'VE HAD TO USE DUE TO VIRTUAL AND ON CAMPUS.
WE HAD ABOUT A 70 PERCENT PARTICIPATION RATE WITH OUR STAAR EXAM LAST YEAR.
SO A LOT OF THE STUDENTS THAT DID NOT TAKE STAAR EXAM IN THIS IN THE SPRING OF 2021 TOOK EITHER A LOCALLY DEVELOPED ASSESSMENT OR ONE OF OUR OTHER SCREENERS WHEN THEY CAME BACK TO DETERMINE THEIR ELIGIBILITY FOR 4545.
AND REALLY, WHAT THAT IS DONE, I THINK, IS GIVE A NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO ARE RECEIVING THOSE INTERVENTIONS THIS YEAR, WHICH MAY LOOK DIFFERENT NEXT YEAR.
YOU KNOW, ONCE THIS SPRING, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A VERY STABLE ASSESSMENT ENVIRONMENT WITH ALL STUDENTS BACK ON CAMPUS TAKING THAT STAR EXAM.
I THINK WE'LL BE IN A MUCH BETTER PLACE TO PREDICT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED AS FAR AS RESOURCES NEXT YEAR.
BUT LIKE I SAID, THIS IS A CHANGING NUMBER.
EVERY DAY OUR CAMPUSES ARE EITHER ON OUR HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUSES, STUDENTS ARE PASSING THE
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EOC EXAM AND THEN THEY'RE NO LONGER REQUIRED TO RECEIVE THIS INTERVENTION.AND WE'RE ALSO CONTINUING TO ASSESS STUDENTS WHO ARE WHO ARE ENTERING CAMPUSES AS WELL.
AND I KNOW WE ALWAYS LIKE TO ADD STUDENT GROUP BREAKDOWNS TO ALL OF OUR NUMBERS THAT WE SHARE. I WILL SAY THESE NUMBERS ARE VERY THEY'RE NOT INTO A SYSTEM, YOU KNOW, CURRENTLY.
SO THIS IS A MANUALLY DEVELOPED SET OF NUMBERS SO REALLY DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO BREAK THEM DOWN TO THE NORMAL LEVEL OF GRANULARITY THAT WE NORMALLY DO.
SO THAT WAS JUST BASICALLY A BACKGROUND KIND OF OF THE BILL ITSELF, WE WANTED TO TAKE SOME TIME TONIGHT ALSO TO SHARE JUST KIND OF WHAT SOME OF THE INTERVENTION PLANS LOOK LIKE RELATED TO 4545 ON CAMPUSES.
SO I INVITED OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF TEACHING AND LEARNING, MARIANNE MAXWELL IS GOING TO JOIN US TONIGHT, AND SHE'S GOING TO SHARE JUST SOME OF WHAT IT ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE ON CAMPUS. GOOD EVENING.
SO A FEW WAYS THAT THIS LOOKS DIFFERENT ON CAMPUSES, AND THEY'VE COME UP WITH SOME PRETTY INCREDIBLE SYSTEMS TO BE RESPONSIVE TO SOME PRETTY DETAILED LEGISLATION ABOUT HOW THEY WOULD GET THIS DONE.
THEY IT LOOKS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT ON ALL OF THEM.
THEY'VE THEY'VE ADJUSTED THEIR SYSTEMS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE TIME TO DO IT, BUT IT MAY BE INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTION THAT'S HAPPENING DEPENDING ON IF THAT'S THE STUDENTS NEED. IT SOMETIMES IT'S HAPPENING IN SMALL GROUPS, IT CAN BE IN THE CLASSROOM.
IT COULD TAKE PLACE IN THE FORM OF INTERVENTION GROUPS OR AN INTERVENTIONIST IS PULLING STUDENTS OR WORKING IN THE CLASSROOM WITH THE STUDENTS AND IN A SMALLER GROUP OR THE CLASSROOM. TEACHERS CAN BE DOING THIS THEMSELVES DURING THE DAY.
AND THEN QUITE A FEW OF OUR SCHOOLS HAVE ALSO GONE WITH EITHER BEFORE OR AFTER SCHOOL TUTORING, REALLY JUST TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THE THE STUDENTS THAT THEY HAVE IN THE VARIOUS WAYS THAT THEY REALLY NEED IT IN THESE CORE CONTENT AREAS.
AND SO ON THE NEXT SLIDE, WE HAVE HOW WE'RE SUPPORTING CAMPUSES WITH MONITORING.
AND SO WHEN THIS FIRST ROLLED OUT, WE HAD SOME TEAMS AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL GET TOGETHER AND TALK ABOUT WHAT IT IS THAT CAMPUSES REALLY NEEDED TO KNOW, ESPECIALLY TO DEFINE WHAT'S IN THE NEW LEGISLATION AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTOOD ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS AND THAT WE UNDERSTOOD ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS AS WELL.
AND SO WE HAD MEETINGS ABOUT THAT AND WE WENT OUT AND WORKED WITH GROUPS OF PRINCIPALS AND CAMPUS LEADERS AND ROLLED OUT MULTIPLE SESSIONS FOR THEM TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE WAS WELL, WELL, UNDERSTANDING AND WELL-TRAINED IN ALL OF THE PIECES OF 4545.
AND THEN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE STUDENTS THAT WE DID NOT HAVE STAR DATA, WE WERE REQUIRED TO FIND ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE ASSESSMENT THAT DID HELP THE CAMPUSES FIND OUT WHETHER OR NOT THE STUDENTS DID NEED SOME SORT OF ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE STAAR.
AND SO CAMPUSES HAD THE OPTION TO CHOOSE FROM SOME APPROVED STATE ASSESSMENTS OR SOME SCREENERS THAT ARE STATE APPROVED SCREENERS OR SOME OTHER SCREENERS.
AS LONG AS WE COULD SHOW THAT THEY COULD, THEY HAD A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF THE SCREENERS WOULD GIVE US THE RESULTS TO LET US KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THEY WERE MASTERING THE PREVIOUS YEAR SKILLS. SO THEY WERE, IT WAS FIRST FOR LOWER GRADES.
WE USE THE SCREENERS THAT WE TYPICALLY USE ON CAMPUS AND THEN FOR OUR VLP AT THAT TIME, BECAUSE WE HAD VIRTUAL OPTIONS WITH DREAMBOX AND ISTATION, THEY USE THOSE AT THAT TIME.
THEY ARE NOW USING THE ON CAMPUS MIDDLE OF YOUR SCREENERS FOR THAT, BUT THAT'S ALL IN THE DATA COMING SOON.
AND THEN WE HAD SOME STATE RELEASED BEGINNING OF YEAR ASSESSMENTS.
THEY COULD HAVE TAKEN THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S INTERIM ASSESSMENTS TO HAVE ACCESS TO THAT, TO SEE WHERE THEY WERE ON THOSE STANDARDS.
AND SO WHAT WE DID AS A DISTRICT, THEN AS WE TOOK ALL OF THAT ASSESSMENT DATA AND THEN WE CREATED SOME, SOME ACCESS FOR CAMPUSES TO BE ABLE TO PULL UP CURRENT REPORTS ON ALL OF THEIR STUDENTS WITH ALL OF THESE ASSESSMENTS TO SEE IF THEY STILL DID QUALIFY FOR 4545.
AND THEN WE CREATED AT OUR LEVEL JUST TO REALLY SUPPORT CAMPUSES IN HOW TO DO THIS AND HOW TO HAVE MEETINGS AND HOW TO INFORM PARENTS AS THIS WAS HAPPENING, THE DOCUMENTS THAT WENT OUT FOR THEM NOTIFICATION LETTERS AND THEN HELP THEM WITH THE STRUCTURE FOR THE INDIVIDUAL ACCELERATED LEARNING PLANS THAT NEEDED TO BE CREATED FOR THESE STUDENTS.
CERTAIN GRADE LEVELS DID HAVE REQUIRED MEETINGS, BUT EVERY STUDENT HAS AN ACCELERATED LEARNING PLAN THAT IS GOING THROUGH THIS.
IT'S JUST GOING TO LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BASED ON EACH STUDENT, BUT IT DOES INDIVIDUALIZE THAT LEARNING FOR THEM AND THE HOURS THAT THEY'RE REQUIRED FOR THEM.
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS TOO THAT WE ARE DOING FOR 4545, BUT THIS IS A LITTLE MORE COMPREHENSIVE. IT DOESN'T JUST INCLUDE 4545, BUT IT QUALIFIES FOR 45 45 REQUIREMENTS.
WE APPLIED FOR A TCLAS GRANT, A SECTION OF THE GRANT THAT IS INTENSIVE AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMING. AND SO IT IS BASED ON RESEARCH FOR HIGH QUALITY AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMING FOR UNDER HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED STUDENTS.
AND THE RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THE OUTCOMES FOR AN INTENSIVE PROGRAM LIKE THAT HAVE POSITIVE
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STUDENT OUTCOMES.PART OF THAT IS AN HOUR OF TUTORING, FOR SO PART, IS REQUIRED FOR THAT GRANT.
AND THEN THE OTHER PART IS IS A NICE ARRAY OF ENRICHMENT.
THIS IS ALL STILL BEING PLANNED RIGHT NOW.
WON'T BE ROLLED OUT UNTIL NEXT YEAR IN THE FALL, BUT IT WILL HAVE VARIOUS ENRICHMENT OPTIONS, ART AND STEAM THINGS AND SOME OTHER ROBOTICS AND SOME THINGS THAT OUR FUTURE READINESS DEPARTMENT IS WORKING ON.
IT DOES INCLUDE ONLINE ADAPTIVE CURRICULUM, LOTS OF OPTIONS FOR CURRICULUM AND ACCESS TO MATERIALS THAT ARE PROVIDED WITH THIS GRANT.
IT IS A SIGNIFICANT TIME AFTER SCHOOL, AND SO IT IS REQUIRED TO BE THREE HOURS FROM MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, FOUR DAYS A WEEK.
WE CHOSE MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY TO RUN THE PROGRAMING AND I BELIEVE THE DURATION NEEDS TO BE AT LEAST 20 WEEKS.
AND SO IT'S A, FOR THE MONEY, I THINK IT'S AN AMAZING THING FOR 300 STUDENTS, WHICH THERE COULD BE MORE IN THAT, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE CAN GET FOR FOR THE GRANT FUNDING THAT WE HAVE.
AND LIKE I SAID, THOSE STUDENTS THAT STAY FOR THAT TUTORING THAT ARE THERE FOR THAT, THAT WILL MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF 4545.
AND THEN ANOTHER WAY THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING THIS IS WITH OUR SUMMER LEARNING PROGRAM.
WE'VE REDESIGNED OUR PROGRAMS THIS YEAR.
SOME OF THEM ALREADY FIT THE REQUIREMENTS OF 4545, BUT WE EXPANDED OUR PROGRAMING FOR THE DIFFERENT GRADE LEVELS THAT WE TYPICALLY DO FOR ACCELERATED LEARNING IN THE SUMMER TO INCLUDE ANY STUDENT THAT IS TESTING THIRD THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE AND THEN THE EOC'S.
SO ANY OF THOSE STUDENTS WHO SHOW THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE MASTERY OF THE TEKS, THAT THEY WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL ON STAAR, THEY WILL BE PART OF THIS INVITATION FOR THE SUMMER LEARNING AND THEN THE.
HOPEFULLY, THE IDEA THERE IS THAT WE ARE ALSO WORKING THEN WITH CAMPUSES WHEN IT'S TIMELY, THEY JUST TOOK THE ASSESSMENT.
WE'D LIKE FOR THEM TO GET THE ACCELERATED LEARNING AS CLOSE TO THAT ASSESSMENT AS POSSIBLE AND THEN LAUNCH INTO THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR WITH A LITTLE MORE TIME WITH THOSE TEKS SO THAT THEY'RE MASTERING THE CURRICULUM A LITTLE A LITTLE MORE LIKELY THE NEXT YEAR AND THEN THAT HELPS US WORK WITH CAMPUSES, TOO, AND GIVES CAMPUSES THE FLEXIBILITY THAT THEY NEED TO HAVE SOME OF THE STUDENTS ALREADY HAVE THOSE 30 OR 60 HOURS TAKEN CARE OF AND READING OR LITERACY, AND THEN HAVE SOME OTHER OPTIONS FOR THOSE STUDENTS, FOR OTHER PROGRAMS THAT THEY MIGHT BE WORKING.
AND THEN THEY'VE OBVIOUSLY DONE AN AMAZING JOB AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU SEE THOSE OPTIONS, THERE ARE FLEX PERIODS, ADVISORY PERIODS IN CLASS INTERVENTION, INTERVENTION, BLOCK SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION.
SO IT GIVES THEM A LITTLE MORE TIME, I THINK, AND FEWER KIDS THAT WILL NEED THAT ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION DURING THE YEAR TO TO WORK WITH THE KIDS THAT THEY DO THAT DO STILL NEED IT. AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE'RE STILL LOOKING NEXT YEAR AT EXTENDING AFTER SCHOOL TUTORING SESSIONS AND STILL HAVING THOSE AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS THAT THAT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET EVERYTHING IN DURING THE DAY OR IF THAT JUST WORKS FOR THE CAMPUS.
SO I THINK BEFORE WE GO TO GO TO QUESTIONS, I JUST WANTED TO WRAP UP WITH JUST KIND OF A SUMMARY OF WHAT THE MAJOR CHANGES I THINK HAVE BEEN TO OUR ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION OR INTERVENTION WHOLE SYSTEM.
YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR IS REALLY IT'S FORCED US TO LOOK AT IT AS A YEAR LONG SYSTEM OF HOW WE WORK WITH STUDENTS WHO MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL ON A STAAR EOC EXAM.
REALLY, THE BIGGEST CHANGE IN LOGISTICALLY, PROBABLY ON CAMPUSES, IS THAT YOU HAVE THAT GROUP OF STUDENTS WHO, FOR WHATEVER REASON, THAT DAY OF THE EXAM THAT THEY DIDN'T PASS THE TEST WE WERE EXPECTING THEM TO AND THEY WERE CLOSE.
YOU KNOW, THEY MISSED IT BY A QUESTION OR TWO.
AND LIKE I SAID IN THE BEGINNING, I JUST WANT TO REITERATE IT AGAIN.
IN CASE IT WASN'T AS CLEAR AT THAT POINT IS THAT GROUP OF STUDENTS WHO JUST BARELY DIDN'T PASS STAAR WERE REQUIRED TO GIVE THEM THE SAME AMOUNT IN TIME OF INTERVENTION AS THE STUDENT WHO REALLY STRUGGLED AND IS GOING TO NEED MUCH MORE THAN 30 HOURS.
YOU KNOW, THEY'LL NEED MULTIPLES OF TIME, MORE THAN 30 HOURS.
SO IN ORDER TO HAVE THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED WITH THOSE STUDENTS, WE NEED TO LOGISTICALLY THINK OF OUR WHOLE YEAR AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THOSE STUDENTS WHO DID JUST BARELY NOT PASS.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR SUMMER LEARNING PROGRAM, IT DOES LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN IT DID LAST YEAR. AND THEN THAT'S VERY INTENTIONAL IN AND IS AN OUTCOME OR RESPONSE TO 4545 BECAUSE WE WANT TO GET AS MANY OF THOSE STUDENTS WHO JUST BARELY DIDN'T PASS THEIR INTERVENTIONS THAT THEY NEED IN THE SUMMER.
WE'LL STILL WORK, OBVIOUSLY, TEACHERS MONITOR THEM ALL ALONG THE WAY DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR. BUT IN ORDER TO OPEN UP THE TIME FOR OUR INTERVENTIONISTS AND FOR OUR TEACHERS TO REALLY FOCUS ON A LARGER NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO ARE GOING TO NEED EVEN MORE INTENSIVE TIME DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THE OTHER GROUP, PRIMARILY IN THE SUMMER. SO I KNOW THAT THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN HOW WE'VE LOOKED AT IT IN THE PAST.
AND AND HONESTLY, IF WE WERE DESIGNING OUR OWN INTERVENTION PROGRAM, WE WOULDN'T MANDATE THE SAME NUMBER OF HOURS FOR THE STUDENTS WHO PERFORMED WAY UP HERE AS THE STUDENTS WHO
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PERFORMED HERE, BUT THAT'S WHAT THE LEGISLATION HAS CREATED AND GIVEN TO US.SO WHEN I SAY IT'S BEEN DISRUPTIVE ON CAMPUSES THIS YEAR, THAT'S PROBABLY BEEN THE MAIN PIECE THAT OUR CAMPUSES ARE JUST NOW, YOU KNOW, REALLY FIGURING OUT HOW TO LOGISTICALLY MAKE THAT WORK BECAUSE IN THE BEGINNING, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU SEE THIS MUCH LARGER NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAN YOU'RE USED TO INTERVENING FOR NEEDING TO BE INTERVENED WITH, YOU KNOW, WHAT THAT DOES IS REALLY PUTS A LOT ON THE CLASSROOM TEACHER TO PUT MORE OF HER FOCUS, HIS OR HER FOCUS ON WORKING WITH A GROUP OF STUDENTS IN AN INTERVENTION ROOM.
WHEN IN THE PAST WHEN YOU HAD A LOWER NUMBER OF STUDENTS, THE INTERVENTIONIST HIM OR HERSELF MIGHT HAVE WORKED WITH THAT GROUP.
SO OUR TEACHERS ARE ADJUSTING TO IT.
I NEVER WANT TO COME UP HERE AND SUGARCOAT ANYTHING LIKE THIS HAS BEEN A REAL ADJUSTMENT, AND THERE'S GROWING PAINS WITH ADJUSTMENTS THIS YEAR.
AND MARY, NANA AND I WERE TALKING EARLIER THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE STARTING TO HEAR NOW THAT SOME OF THE BENEFITS, YOU KNOW, OF EVEN SOME OF THE EXTENDED TIME WITH SOME OF THOSE WHO HAVE A HARD TIME, LIKE QUANTIFYING THE HIGHER PERFORMING OF THE LOWER PERFORMING THAT. THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT IS THOSE KIDS THAT MIGHT HAVE PASSED THE YEAR BEFORE. AND FOR WHATEVER REASON, THEY JUST HAD A BAD EXPERIENCE THIS YEAR, AND WE EXPECT THEM TO GET RIGHT BACK TO WHERE THEY WERE BEFORE THAT BLIP KIND OF IN THEIR STAAR HISTORY. BUT LIKE I SAID, IT'S IT'S A NEW BILL, CAMPUSES ARE LEARNING IT.
WE'RE ADJUSTING OUR SYSTEMS. I THINK WE'LL CONTINUE TO ADJUST THEM.
AND I THINK WITH THAT, WE'RE READY FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
TRUSTEE VESSA? THANK YOU FOR THIS UPDATE.
YOU KNOW, IT WAS A VERY CONTENTIOUS BILL THROUGHOUT THE SESSION AND EVEN IN THE SPECIAL SESSIONS AFTERWARDS, THERE WAS A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS BILL.
EVEN THE GRANT THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WAS ACTUALLY IN PART OF ANOTHER BILL THAT WAS THAT I WAS INVOLVED IN.
SO IT'S GREAT TO GET THIS UPDATE AND I REALLY DO THINK THAT THAT THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING WITH 4545 AND AND THAT PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE COMMUNICATED TO OUR LEGISLATORS, ESPECIALLY THAT REPRESENT US, THAT THIS IS OUR EXPERIENCE WITH THIS LEGISLATION.
SO I'D SAY IF YOU HAVEN'T LIVED RUNNING A CAMPUS AND INTERVENING WITH GROUPS OF STUDENTS, AND IT MAKES SENSE, RIGHT? LIKE A KID DIDN'T, KIDS DIDN'T PASS.
SO EVERYBODY GETS THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME.
BUT IN REALITY, THERE'S SUCH A HUGE VARIANCE IN THAT GROUP OF STUDENTS WHO WEREN'T SUCCESSFUL THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO INDIVIDUALIZE INDIVIDUALIZED FOR THEM AND WE'RE FIGURING OUT HOW TO DO THAT WITHIN THESE FOLLOWING THE RULES AND WITHIN THE RULES, BUT IT'S IT'S A, IT DEFINITELY CUTS DOWN ON OUR ABILITY TO BE FLEXIBLE WITH STUDENTS THAT NEED IT. I DEFINITELY WANT TO SEND THIS PRESENTATION AND I DON'T KNOW IF THE BOARD'S OKAY WITH.
I MEAN, I CAN JUST TAKE A TRANSCRIPT OF THIS MEETING AND WRITE THAT UP FOR THEM.
BUT I THINK THAT IT'S UNLESS YOU WANT TO TAILOR IT TO SAY SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE TIGHTER. BUT I THINK IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT FEEDBACK FOR THEM AS THEY GO BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN THE FEEDBACK BECAUSE EVEN THROUGHOUT THE SPECIALS, THERE WAS A LOT OF CONCERN AND THERE WAS ALREADY FEEDBACK COMING BACK TO THEM THAT THE PROBLEMS THAT CAMPUSES WERE FACING.
SO I DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT FEEDBACK GOES BACK TO OUR LEGISLATORS AND THERE WERE BILLS ON THE DOCKET IN THE OTHER SESSIONS THAT WOULD HAVE MADE SOME CHANGES TO THIS.
IT JUST DIDN'T MAKE IT ALL THE WAY, ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
BUT THE OTHER QUESTION THAT I HAD AND I SENT AN EMAIL BEFORE WAS MY CONCERN WAS THAT WHILE THREE HOURS AFTER SCHOOL, THAT'S A BIG, HUGE COMMITMENT FOR A FAMILY TO MAKE, ESPECIALLY WHEN ONLY LIKE ONE HOUR OF THAT IS ACTUAL INSTRUCTION.
I MEAN, NOT THAT THE OTHER PART THE ENRICHMENT IS AN INSTRUCTION.
IT'S JUST LIKE ONE HOUR IS TUTORING FOCUSED ON THE.
SO MY QUESTION WAS, DOES THE FAMILY HAVE TO COMMIT TO ALL THREE HOURS EVERY DAY? COULD THEY MAKE A MODIFIED COMMITMENT? AND HOW DO WE CHOOSE THE THREE HUNDRED? BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED.
SURE. YEAH. SO WE DEFINITELY WILL HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, PRIORITIZE, YOU KNOW, IN CERTAIN STUDENTS ON CERTAIN CAMPUSES THAT KIND OF HAVE THE CAPACITY TO RUN A PROGRAM LIKE THIS.
I KNOW DR. DARDEN, HER TEAM AND FUTURE READINESS IS SCOPING OUT THE EXTENT OF THAT WORK.
AND I DO KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT IF A STUDENT SIGNS UP FOR IT, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO STAY. WE WANT THEM TO STAY THE WHOLE THREE HOURS AND IF THEY'RE USING OUR TRANSPORTATION, THEY'LL BE THERE THE WHOLE THREE HOURS.
BUT IT'S NOT LIKE YOU SIGNED UP.
SO YOU CAN'T LEAVE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE ONLY GOING TO BE THERE FOR AN HOUR.
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I MEAN, THE HOUR, IT'S A MATTER OF, YOU KNOW, WE TRACK THE NUMBER OF HOURS THAT STUDENTS WHO NEED THE 30 HOURS ARE GETTING AND THIS WOULD JUST GO TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, THAT AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THEM. SO IT'S DEFINITELY THERE IS FLEXIBILITY IN IT ON OUR END.MOST OF THE TCLAS GRANTS, THERE'S VERY LITTLE FLEXIBILITY FROM TEA, YOU KNOW, THAT WE WORK WITHIN. AND HONESTLY, IT'S A LARGE NUMBER OF, YOU KNOW, OVER A MILLION DOLLARS THAT WE GOT FOR THAT GRANT. BUT REALLY, EVEN TO MAKE IT WORK ON THE THREE CAMPUSES, WE'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE TO DEDICATE SOME LOCAL FUNDS TO MAKE IT WORK BECAUSE I DON'T THINK YOU CAN PAY FOR TRANSPORTATION, WHICH WE'LL WANT TO OFFER.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A LARGE AMOUNT AND IT'S DEFINITELY DOABLE.
AND FOR THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO ARE ABLE TO SERVE THE AMOUNT OF LOCAL MONEY THAT WILL PUT TOWARDS IT, IT'S GOING TO BE WELL WORTH THE WORTH, THE INVESTMENT.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT IT'S NOT 100 PERCENT GOING TO BE COVERED BY THAT GRANT. AND JUST SOME BACKGROUND ON THIS.
SO WHERE THIS IS COMING FROM IS FROM A POT OF MONEY THAT WHEN WE GOT THE FEDERAL COVID RELIEF FUNDS, 90 PERCENT THAT THAT CONGRESS ALLOCATED HAD TO BE DISTRIBUTED BASED ON TITLE ONE. SO DISTRICTS GOT THEIR ALLOTMENT BASED ON THE NUMBER OF BASICALLY OF LOW INCOME STUDENTS THE DISTRICT HAD.
AND SO WE GOT OUR ALLOTMENT BASED ON THAT.
EVERY OTHER DISTRICT IN THE STATE GOT THEIR ALLOTMENT IN THE NATION, ACTUALLY.
BUT 10 PERCENT OF THAT WAS FEDERAL MONIES WERE SET ASIDE THAT THE STATE COULD DETERMINE HOW TO ALLOCATE THE 10 PERCENT OF WE GOT LIKE $18 BILLION.
SO TEXAS DECIDED TO GIVE IT TO TVEA TO GIVE OUT IN GRANTS.
AND SO THIS IS ONE OF THOSE GRANTS.
SO THE MONEY IS COMING FROM THE ESSER FUNDS AND THE COVID RELIEF FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. AND HONESTLY, WHEN I SAW A MILLION DOLLARS, I WAS REALLY DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE I WORKED REALLY HARD TO GET US A LOT MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS AT THE LEGISLATURE BECAUSE I FELT LIKE A THIRD OF THE DISTRICTS IN THE STATE REALLY DIDN'T GET ALL THAT MUCH IN COMMON RELIEF FUNDS BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH LOW-INCOME STUDENTS TO QUALIFY FOR THE THE DRAWDOWN.
SO I WAS REALLY HOPING THEY WOULD USE THAT 10 PERCENT TO GIVE THOSE DISTRICTS A LITTLE MORE. AND THEY ASSURED ME THAT THIS WOULD BE THE EQUALIZER AND I JUST FEEL LIKE A MILLION DOLLARS. I HOPE THERE'S MORE BECAUSE I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THAT WAS THE EQUALIZER IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THAT DISTRICTS THAT REALLY DIDN'T GET ENOUGH MONEY TO REMEDIATE THE LEARNING LOSS AND OTHER OTHER EFFECTS OF THE PANDEMIC WERE WERE GIVEN RESOURCES TO DO SO.
AND I SO I'M HOPING, I'M HOPING WE HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITIES.
TRUSTEE XIAO? SO ONE OF MY QUESTIONS IS ALREADY ANSWERED ABOUT TRANSPORTATION.
THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS WE HAVE THIS ONE MILLION DOLLARS, WHICH CAN SERVE THREE 300 STUDENTS. YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE'S A POSSIBILITY TO HAVE FIND OTHER LOCAL FUNDS TO ACTUALLY MAYBE SERVE MORE STUDENTS BECAUSE I JUST FELT THAT 300 IS YOU HAVE TO PICK AND CHOOSE SOME STUDENTS NOT BE CHOSEN IN THE PROGRAM.
IS THERE ANY POSSIBILITY TO OTHER GRANTS, OTHER LOCAL FUNDS? I'D SAY WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR FOR OTHER GRANTS AND OTHER OTHER POSSIBILITIES.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALWAYS LIMITED, EITHER BY FUNDING OR BY STAFF AVAILABILITY OR ONE OF THOSE THINGS. I THINK THAT WITH THIS PROGRAM, WE FEEL THAT HAVING IT ON A CERTAIN NUMBER OF CAMPUSES AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE THE STAFF AVAILABLE.
A LOT OF THE MONEY WILL GO TO PAY STAFF, YOU KNOW.
TO WORK IN TERMS OF STAFFING, THERE'S NO PROBLEM, INCLUDING THE SUMMER PROGRAM.
YOU THINK THAT WE WILL HAVE THE STAFF TO SERVE THE STUDENTS? I HOPE SO. THAT'S ALWAYS A QUESTION, YOU KNOW, THAT WE GET TO BECAUSE IT'S, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY VOLUNTARY, YOU KNOW, WE RECRUIT AND WANT TO HIRE AS SOON AS WE CAN SO PEOPLE CAN START MAKING THEIR PLANS, YOU KNOW, FOR SUMMER.
BUT I KNOW LAST YEAR THAT WE, I THINK WE WERE ABLE TO FIND IS ABOUT AS MANY TEACHERS AS WE NEEDED. BUT IT IS ALWAYS A WE GO OUT THERE AND RECRUIT, YOU KNOW, INTERNALLY AND WANT TO GET TEACHERS SIGNED UP TO TEACH.
BUT IT'S UP TO THEM WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT TO.
SO I JUST WANT TO HAVE WE EVER DONE THOSE THOSE STUFF BEFORE, LIKE AFTER SCHOOL TUTORING ON A LARGE SCALE? WE FOUND THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY THE MONEY WE'RE SPENDING ON THOSE PROGRAMS. WELL, I THINK EVERY CAMPUS, THE PROGRAM ITSELF.
WE HAVEN'T HAD TOO MANY SYSTEMATIC APPROACHES TO IT.
EVERY CAMPUS OFFERS AFTER SCHOOL TUTORING AND DIFFERENT PROGRAMS LIKE THAT.
BUT AS FAR AS A SET FROM LIKE WE'RE GOING TO MEASURE FROM THIS TIME TO THIS TIME, I DON'T, AT LEAST IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE'VE NOT HAD THAT KIND OF STUDY HAPPENING.
OK, I HOPE IF IT IS EFFECTIVE, I HOPE WE CAN FIND THE MONEY.
YEAH. WELL, THIS ONE, SINCE IT'S PART OF A GRANT, IT'S A SET PROGRAM LIKE OUR DR.
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WANG AND OUR HE'S OUR DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH AND EVALUATION.HE'S WORKING CLOSELY WITH THIS TEAM.
SO FROM THE BEGINNING OF THIS ONE WILL BE EVALUATING THE PROGRAM.
OKAY, THANK YOU. TRUSTEE WESTON? SO I SEE 8,182 STUDENTS IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND THAT'S ALMOST ONE IN FIVE WITH MY ROUGH MATH. ARE SOME CAMPUSES MORE DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED WITH THE NEED OR IS IT PRETTY EVEN? I MEAN, AS YOU DID, AS YOU WOULD PROBABLY SEE WITH STAR PERFORMANCE.
SO I MEAN, I CAN PROBABLY GET IT BY CAMPUS AND SHARE THAT IN AN UPDATE.
NO, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT, I WAS JUST CURIOUS.
SO THERE IS? THERE'S DEFINITELY SOME CAMPUSES THAT HAVE MORE STUDENTS THAN OTHERS.
AND AGAIN, THE DATA THIS YEAR IS NOT CLEAN BECAUSE OF THOSE STUDENTS THAT DIDN'T TAKE STAAR IN THE SPRING. WELL, THAT'S ACTUALLY MY NEXT QUESTION, BECAUSE YOUR SLIDE THREE SAYS NUMBER OF STUDENTS ELIGIBLE.
CORRECT. AND AND THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS QUALIFYING FOR ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION.
BUT IF FOR ME TO BE A STUDENT, THAT'S GOING TO BE ONE OF THIS 8,182, I HAD TO HAVE TAKEN THE STAAR TEST. NO, YOU WOULD HAVE HAD TO HAVE BEEN IN A STAAR TESTED GRADE, STAAR EOC TESTED GRADE. SO THIRD THROUGH PROBABLY THE ELEVENTH.
RIGHT, BUT WE HAD A PERCENTAGE THAT A HIGHER PERCENTAGE THAT DID NOT TAKE THE STAAR EXAM.
SO THOSE STUDENTS, WHEN THEY CAME BACK IN THE FALL, THEY TOOK ONE OF THOSE EXAMS THAT WE IT WAS A DIFFERENT SLIDE. OH, SO THEY EITHER TOOK AIMS WEB.
IF THEY WERE AIMS OVERLAND CLASSES OR IN ELEMENTARY, THEY MIGHT HAVE TAKEN A LOCALLY DEVELOPED ASSESSMENT THAT WE CREATED THAT WAS, THIS WAS ONE YEAR WE WERE ALLOWED TO DO THAT. WE WON'T BE ALLOWED TO DO THAT NEXT YEAR.
WAS THAT THE BEGINNING OF YEAR ASSESSMENTS THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT? SO NO, THIS WAS LIKE A SOLE, SEPARATE ONE TIME THING.
SO THIS WE WERE ABLE TO SCREEN ALL STUDENTS AND CAPTURE EVERYBODY WHO HAD THE NEED.
OK, THANK YOU. WE WERE AND BUT I WOULD SAY THAT THE WAY WE SCREENED WAS NOT AS CLEAN AND SCIENTIFIC AS WE NORMALLY DO.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO AGREE WITH TRUSTEE VESSA THAT I WOULD ACTUALLY MAYBE EVEN LIKE TO SEE A REPORT FROM ROUND ROCK ISD TO OUR REPRESENTATIVES ABOUT HOW HB 4545 HAS IMPACTED US. WE'VE ACTUALLY GOT A FEW EMAILS ABOUT THIS TEACHER FRIENDS OF MINE, I THINK MAYBE ELEMENTARY WAS A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO IMPLEMENT THIS, BUT MIDDLE SCHOOL HAS BEEN REALLY INTERESTING. SO I THINK I WOULD LIKE I WOULD KIND OF LIKE A DEBRIEF, MAYBE AN OFFICIAL LETTER. MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN, I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED A A MOTION, BUT I TOTALLY AGREE THAT WE NEED FEEDBACK ON THIS.
I'M ALL ABOUT GIVING KIDS EXTRA HELP, BUT I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU, MR. SMITH, THAT YOU'VE GOT TO DO IT THE WAY THAT THE KIDS NEED IT.
AND THAT'S THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'RE GETTING, US, TOO, FROM TEACHERS.
AND I THINK YOU GUYS WERE REALLY GENEROUS AND KIND BECAUSE THE FEEDBACK I'M HEARING IS THAT THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF OUR SPEAKERS SAID IF TEACHERS COULD GET ONE THING OFF THEIR PLATE THAT THEY WOULD THIS WOULD, YOU KNOW, REALLY HELP WITH RETENTION.
AND I THINK THAT HB 4545 MIGHT BE ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT IF THEY COULD GET OFF THEIR PLATE, IT WOULD BE NICE.
PRESLEY TO HEAR THAT TOO, THAT I'M IN SUPPORT OF.
IF WE NEED TO GIVE SOME KIND OF FEEDBACK TEA, TO THE LEGISLATURES, I WOULD, I'M IN FAVOR OF THAT WITH. I WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE AND CLARIFY.
I'M SORRY. JUST REAL QUICK. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE JUST DOCUMENT THAT AS A BOARD.
SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT INITIATIVE AND I SUPPORT IT AS WELL.
SO THAT'S THREE FOUR LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE THE SUPPORT FROM THE FULL BOARD TO COME UP WITH SOME KIND OF SUMMARY THAT WE CAN SEND OVER TO OUR LEGISLATORS AND STUFF.
THAT'S A, THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT AND MAKING SURE THAT WE MAKE IT AS AN INITIATIVE FROM THE BOARD. YEAH, I THINK OUR DISTRICT, BECAUSE WE ARE I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE ARE SO LARGE. I THINK WE MAY HAVE A LITTLE INFLUENCE ON SAYING THIS IS HOW THIS IS REALLY IMPACTING US.
AND I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND, TOO, FROM THE STUDENT PERSPECTIVE ON HOW IT'S IMPACTING THE STUDENTS BECAUSE I KNOW AT MIDDLE SCHOOL, LIKE I SAID, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, I WAS HEARING THAT STUDENTS WERE HAVING TO GO DURING LUNCH.
YOU KNOW, WE CALL THEM TUTORIALS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S ALL THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS, BUT THEY WERE HAVING TO DO LUNCH TUTORIALS BEFORE SCHOOL TUTORIALS.
AND LIKE YOU WERE, YOU WERE USING THE ATHLETE.
BUT I WAS LIKE, IF YOU'RE AN ATHLETE AND HAVE TO DO HB 4545, THAT WAS REALLY IMPACTING.
SO I JUST, I DON'T THINK WE, I THINK YOU GUYS WERE GENEROUS IN THE WEIGHT OF THIS AND WHAT IT'S CAUSED THE DISRUPTION NOT ONLY TO THE TEACHERS, BUT TO THE STUDENTS THAT HAVE HAD TO DO THIS. SO I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO SEE MAYBE, YOU KNOW, JUST SOME COMMENTS FROM THE STUDENTS AND THE PARENTS THAT HAVE HAD TO GO THROUGH THIS.
I DO. I UNDERSTAND THE BENEFITS, BUT THERE IS A BENEFIT PAYOFF.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT AND AGREE WITH THAT.
AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT WHILE THIS IS 300 STUDENTS, WE HAVE MORE SUMMER PROGRAMS WE HAVE.
IT'S NOT JUST 300 STUDENTS FOR, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT RIGHT AND CORRECT.
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THE 300 STUDENTS IN THE TCLAS GRAND IS JUST ONE PIECE OF AN OVERALL SYSTEM OF THE SUMMER.SCHOOL WILL HAVE THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE TO TO ATTEND.
AND THERE'S OTHER PROGRAMS HAPPENING AFTER SCHOOL ON EVERY CAMPUS, AND THIS IS JUST ONE PIECE. AWESOME.
I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO CLARIFY THAT SO THAT PEOPLE DIDN'T THINK, OH, THREE HUNDRED. AND THEN I ALSO WAS INTERESTED ON HOW HB 4545 HAS IMPACTED K THROUGH TWO BECAUSE IT'S THIRD GRADE RIGHT THAT STARTS STAAR.
SO HAS THIS IMPACTED K THROUGH TWO? BECAUSE THEY DON'T TAKE THE STAAR.
SO HAS SOME OF THOSE TEACHERS BEEN PULLED TO HELP WITH HB 4545? SO IF YOU GUYS COULD DISCUSS THAT A LITTLE BIT.
WELL, I'LL START AND AND LET MARIANNE, WHO SPENT A LOT OF YEARS ON ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES, FILL IN AS WELL, BUT I WOULD SAY THAT YOU HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF ADULTS ON A CAMPUS; RIGHT? AND YOU HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF HOURS IN THE DAY.
AND IF YOU HAVE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT YOU'RE MANDATED TO SPEND 30 HOURS OF INTERVENTION WITH, AND THAT'S GOING TO HAVE AN EFFECT ON THE ENTIRE OPERATION.
BUT WE DON'T HAVE IT QUANTIFIED, YOU KNOW, OF HOW WE COULD LOOK INTO THAT.
BUT I DON'T SEE HOW IT COULD NOT HAVE SOME EFFECT.
I WOULD JUST GO THAT THAT ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU THINK OF INTERVENTIONISTS ON CAMPUS, WHEN YOU WHEN YOU ARE REQUIRED BY LEGISLATION TO GIVE CERTAIN INTERVENTIONS TO CERTAIN STUDENTS THAT MAY PULL AWAY FROM OTHER PROGRAMS THAT YOU'RE DOING.
I DO THINK THAT THE CAMPUSES HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB JUST IN DESPITE THE WEIGHT OF EVERYTHING AND REALLY MAKING IT WORK AND STILL LOOKING AT EVERY SINGLE STUDENT AND WHAT THEY NEED AND THEIR SSTS.
AND I DO KNOW JUST FROM EXPERIENCE, IF A SCHOOL IS RUNNING AN AFTER SCHOOL TUTORING PROGRAM, YOU WILL FREQUENTLY GET K-2 TEACHERS THAT SIGN UP FOR THAT BECAUSE THEY LIKE TO TUTOR THE OLDER STUDENTS AFTER SCHOOL.
SO BUT THAT WOULD BE ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS AND NOT SOMETHING THAT NECESSARILY PULLS FROM THE THE EVERYDAY HOURS.
AND IF I CAN JUST WRAP UP THIS QUESTION WITH LIKE, I DON'T WANT IT TO COME ACROSS A WORD LIKE A STRONG INTERVENTION PROGRAM ON A CAMPUS IS ESSENTIAL, YOU KNOW, FOR K THROUGH ELEMENTARY, THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT BY ANY MEANS SAYING THAT, SAYING THAT WE DON'T THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. WE'RE SEEING THIS KIND OF ONE SIZE FITS ALL APPROACH TO TREATING ALL THE KIDS WHO NEED INTERVENTION. THE SAME WAY IS I DON'T THINK IT'S HAVING THE EFFECT THAT IT MIGHT BE INTENDED TO HAVE; RIGHT? AND I GUESS JUST TO ADD, I WAS INTERESTED IN THAT.
WHEN YOU TAKE ALL THAT AND FOCUS ON THIRD AND ABOVE THAT, THERE MIGHT BE AN IMPACT TO K THROUGH TWO, WHICH MIGHT BE INTERESTING FOR US TO MONITOR AND WATCH AND GIVE THAT FEEDBACK TO THE LEGISLATOR.
THANK YOU ALL. I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER LIGHTS ON.
NO, IT'S NOT COMING ON. TRUSTEE HARRISON? THANK YOU, I WILL BE BRIEF.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CREATIVITY AROUND THIS.
I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF UNFUNDED MANDATES ARE OUR FAVORITE THING IN EDUCATION, SO I APPRECIATE THE CLARIFICATION ABOUT TRANSPORTATION.
I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE A LOT OF THE STUDENTS THAT ARE GOING TO NEED THIS PROBABLY DO NEED TRANSPORTATION.
SO THANK YOU FOR THINKING AHEAD OF THAT.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR BUDGET DISCUSSION SO WE CAN SEE HOW WE CAN SUPPORT THAT.
MY SECOND THING I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS, I AM CONCERNED ABOUT STAFFING.
I MEAN, RIGHT NOW, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE PLAN SUMMER SCHOOL INTO THEIR SCHEDULES, BUT THIS IS DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR.
HAVE WE EVER DONE ANY KIND OF THREE HOUR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMING DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR? AND HOW ARE YOU FEELING ABOUT BEING ABLE TO STAFF THAT? AND WILL THAT BE AT LIKE A REGULAR EXTRA HELP COMPENSATION RATE OR I BELIEVE THE PLAN RIGHT NOW IS IT WILL BE AT THE REGULAR.
I THINK IT'S STILL $25 AN HOUR RATE OF EXTRA DUTY.
SO I THINK A LOT OF THAT'S GOING TO BE, I THINK YOU SEE MORE PARTICIPATION IN THAT.
OFTENTIMES, WHEN IT'S YOUR CAMPUS, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S STUDENTS THAT YOU KNOW, AND IT'S YOU SEE, BECAUSE IT'S JUST HUMAN NATURE, YOU YOU'LL SEE THE BENEFIT IN YOUR CLASS THE NEXT DAY WHEN YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, SPENDING MORE TIME WITH KIDS ON YOUR CAMPUS AFTER SCHOOL. NOT THAT OUR TEACHERS WOULDN'T GO FROM CAMPUS TO CAMPUS, BUT I WOULD JUST IMAGINE THAT WILL BE MORE LIKELY TO FIND FIND THE STAFF.
AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE THE FIRST ATTEMPT.
AND THEN IF LIKE, IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS ON A CERTAIN CAMPUS AND MAYBE THERE ARE TWO OR THREE SHORT, YOU KNOW, THEN THEY'LL LOOK OUTSIDE AND MAYBE SOMEBODY WILL WANT TO COME OVER AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT OPPORTUNITY.
BUT I MEAN, I DEFINITELY SHARE YOUR CONCERN.
IT'S A CONCERN FOR SUMMER LEARNING.
IT'S A CONCERN FOR ANY KIND OF AFTER SCHOOL IN A NON-COVID REGULAR YEAR, IT'S TOUGH TO FIND ENOUGH TEACHERS THAT WANT TO TEACH IN THE SUMMER.
SO IT'S A CONSTANT KIND OF THING THAT WE WORK WITH.
ABSOLUTELY. WELL, I LOOK FORWARD TO DOING WHATEVER WE CAN TO HELP.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ENOUGH WE CAN DO, BUT I ALSO HAD A QUESTION AROUND HOW WILL THIS
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IMPACT OR WHAT ACCESS WILL STUDENTS RECEIVING SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES OR NEEDING DYSLEXIA INTERVENTION HAVE? WILL THEY BE HEAVILY REPRESENTED IN THAT 300, DO YOU THINK? WILL THERE BE SUPPORTS FOR THAT KIND OF LEARNING AS WELL? IN THE THREE HUNDRED? I MEAN, THEY'LL BE DEFINITELY ELIGIBLE AND PART OF THE STUDENTS THAT ARE INVITED. I THINK THE CAMPUSES THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IT AT, PROBABLY MOST OF THE STUDENTS SAID, WELL, WE'LL HAVE ENOUGH SPACE FOR THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT ARE GOING TO WANT TO PARTICIPATE OR BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE.SO YEAH, THEY'D BE INCLUDED IN EVERY OPPORTUNITY THAT'S AVAILABLE ON THE CAMPUS.
I THINK ONCE WE REALLY NAIL DOWN WHICH CAMPUSES IT'S GOING TO BE AT, THEN WE'LL WORK DIRECTLY WITH THAT STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT'S HAPPENING.
OK, THANK YOU. I MEAN, I THINK MAYBE WHAT I'M ASKING OR WANTING TO KNOW, AND THIS ALSO GOES KIND OF TOWARDS A CONSENT AGENDA ITEM TWO.
WITH SUMMER LEARNING PROGRAMS IS LIKE NOT JUST WILL THEY HAVE ACCESS, BUT WILL THEY BE PRIORITIZED HAVING THAT SUPPORT KNOWING THAT THESE PAST THREE YEARS IS PROBABLY MOST GREATLY IMPACTED THEM BASED ON JUST THAT LEARNING DISRUPTION.
AS PART OF DESIGNING THE SUMMER LEARNING PROGRAMS, WE DO HAVE A CAMPUS LEADERSHIP INPUT GROUP THAT STARTED WITH US FROM THE BEGINNING.
AND SO THEY ASKED THAT VERY QUESTION KNOWING THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, A STUDENT IN DYSLEXIA MAY HAVE 30 OR 60 HOURS FOR READING AND MATH AND ALSO HAVE DYSLEXIA SERVICES DURING THE YEAR.
AND SO THEY WANTED TO BE ABLE TO, WE WILL GIVE CAMPUS, ALL CAMPUSES, NUMBERS OF SLOTS OF INVITATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR WHAT WE HAVE.
AND THEN CAMPUSES WILL BE ABLE TO LOOK AT INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS THAT THEY KNOW AND THEN BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY A STUDENT WHO MAY BE RECEIVING MULTIPLE SERVICES THAT WOULD REALLY BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM DURING THE SUMMER TO TAKE CARE OF THAT 60 HOURS, FOR EXAMPLE, AND THEN STILL BE ABLE TO THEN PARTICIPATE IN THE DYSLEXIA SERVICES DURING THE YEAR SO THAT THEY'RE ALMOST GETTING DOUBLE DIPPED, IF YOU, IF YOU WILL, IN THE SUMMER, THEN DURING THE YEAR. AND SO THEY WILL DEFINITELY BE CONSIDERED FOR THE PROGRAMS BASED ON THE REQUIREMENTS OF 4545, BUT ALSO IN ADDITION TO THAT, JUST ON CAMPUSES KNOWING THE STUDENT'S INDIVIDUAL NEEDS AND THEN BEING ABLE TO INVITE THOSE STUDENTS.
OKAY, LAST QUESTION, I'M SORRY.
SO IN ADDITION TO THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE GOT AN UPDATE THAT SAID THAT THIS ATTENDANCE IS NOT COMPULSORY.
SO MY QUESTION IS, WHAT POWER DO PARENTS HAVE TO ELECT THEIR STUDENT INTO, ESPECIALLY WHERE THINGS ARE LIMITED, LIKE AROUND SPECIAL EDUCATION AND DYSLEXIA, TO ELECT THEIR STUDENTS INTO THOSE ADDITIONAL SERVICES, WHETHER IT'S SUMMER PROGRAM? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T I TRUST CAMPUS, I TRUST EDUCATORS.
AND YOU KNOW, WE GET A LOT OF EMAILS ABOUT PARENTS FEELING LIKE, I DON'T KNOW THAT MY STUDENTS GETTING ALL THEIR SERVICES.
SO IS THERE ANY KIND OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT FOR THAT? I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE THOUGHT THROUGH THE OPT IN TO THE OPEN SLOTS OPPORTUNITY YET, BUT I THINK AS WE FINISH THE PLANNING OF THE PROGRAM, WE WILL, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE THAT FIRST ROUND, YOU KNOW, OF INVITES, YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY AND THEN THEY'RE NOT ALL GOING TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND.
YOU KNOW, SO WHAT DO WE DO THEN WITH THAT NEXT ROUND, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE WE DO THINK THROUGH PRIORITIZATION, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE ONE PIECE, TOO, IT'S IN BACK TO THE JUST LOGISTICALLY, HOW DO YOU HANDLE THE NUMBER OF PROGRAMS AND HOURS OF SOME STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, NEED THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR? IS THAT FOR THIS TYPE OF INTERVENTION WITH THE ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION 4545, IF I'M A STUDENT RECEIVING DYSLEXIA SERVICES AND I'M IN THE WILSON PROGRAM AND I'M MOVING RIGHT ALONG IN MY STEPS, THAT DOESN'T COUNT AS MY INTERVENTION.
SO THAT'S IF I WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL ON STAAR.
AND I NOW NEED THE 30 HOURS AND I'M IN THE WILSON PROGRAM.
ME GOING TO MY WILSON PROGRAM, TIME IS NOT GOING TO COUNT AT ALL TOWARDS MY INTERVENTION TIME. SO WE NEED TO GET THOSE STUDENTS IN TO THE SUMMER PROGRAM, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE MAYBE ALMOST SUCCESSFUL ON THEIR EXAM SO THEY CAN GET THAT INTERVENTION TIME. SO BECAUSE THEIR DAY IS BUSIER ESSENTIALLY THAN STUDENTS WHO DON'T HAVE THAT SERVICE DURING THEIR DAY.
SAME WITH SPECIAL ED STUDENTS LIKE THEY'RE, IF THEY'RE IN A RESOURCE CLASS, YOU KNOW THAT DOESN'T COUNT AS THEIR INTERVENTION TIME.
THAT'S THEIR CLASS, YOU KNOW, SO THEIR INTERVENTION TIMES ON TOP OF THAT.
SO I THINK IT'S, WE'LL WORK WITH OUR CAMPUSES, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY IN EVERYBODY'S BEST INTEREST TO TO PRIORITIZE THOSE STUDENTS JUST SO THEY CAN GET THAT TIME, YOU KNOW, OPENED UP DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR.
TRUSTEE WEIR? I JUST HAD A REALLY PRACTICAL QUESTION TO FOLLOW UP ON MY COLLEAGUES, AND I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THREE HOURS AFTER SCHOOL IS A REALLY LONG TIME FOR EVERYBODY.
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IS FOOD INVOLVED AT ALL WITH THIS GRANT? I MEAN, ARE THERE IS THERE SOME WAY BECAUSE I MEAN, JUST SORT OF THINKING ABOUT HOW LONG THEY'RE GOING TO BE THERE? I WANT TO SAY THAT IF THEY HAD FOOD LIKE LUNCH, SOME OF THOSE ELEMENTARY KIDS HAVE LUNCH AT 10:50. I'M SURE WE'LL HAVE ALSO IN EVERYBODY'S BEST INTERESTS FOR SNACKS.YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S ANYTHING WE KNOW ABOUT ELEMENTARY STUDENTS, THE MINOR AND MIDDLE SCHOOL NOW. BUT WHEN THEY WERE IN ELEMENTARY, THEY NEEDED A SNACK.
SO THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE CAN'T PAY FOR WITH THE GRANT.
BUT IT'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT I'M SURE WE'LL I THINK WITHOUT EVEN TELLING THEY HAVE TO DO THAT. I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT WE'LL FOLLOW UP AND I'LL TALK TO LAURA ABOUT HAVING THAT JUST IN THE PLAN, JUST TO REMIND THEM.
BUT I'M SURE THERE'LL BE SNACKS, FRIED GOLDFISH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THANK YOU. TRUSTEE VESSA? AND I'M HESITANT TO ASK THIS QUESTION, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT CAME UP DURING THE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT 4545, YOU KNOW, AND SUBSEQUENTLY THAT WHAT IF PARENTS DON'T WANT THEIR KIDS IN ALL OF THESE HOURS THAT THEY'RE JUST LIKE, NO LEGISLATURE? I AM THE PARENT AND I SAY NO.
YES, MY CHILD DID NOT PASS THIS EXAM DURING THESE YEARS OF COVID AND I CHOOSE NO.
AND DO PARENTS HAVE THAT AUTONOMY WITHIN THE LEGISLATION TO SAY NO? OR WHERE DOES THAT PUT US IN THAT LIKE HOW? HOW DOES THE LEGISLATURE? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE TALKING A LOT STATEWIDE ABOUT PARENT PARENTS RIGHTS; RIGHT? PARENTS, RIGHT.
BUT DOES THIS LEGISLATION ALLOW PARENTS? AND IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO COMMENT ON IN TERMS OF OUR FEEDBACK TO THE LEGISLATURE, TO OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, IN TERMS OF OF THE COMPULSORY NATURE OF THE COMPLIANCE WITH THIS LAW, WHETHER OR NOT THE PARENTS WANT IT? WELL, I DON'T THINK I'M IN A POSITION RIGHT NOW TO SAY WHETHER OR NOT SOMETHING WE SHOULD ADVOCATE ON, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT IN THE BILL ITSELF, THERE'S NOT A PARENT OPT-OUT OPTION. OBVIOUSLY, THE TCLAS AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM, WE'RE NOT GOING TO FORCE ANYBODY TO GO TO THAT. BUT AS FAR AS MY, IF ONE OF MY KIDS OVER AT CHISHOLM DIDN'T PASS THEIR STAAR EXAM, THEY WOULD BE IN THE ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION PROGRAM AND RECEIVE THIRTY HOURS OF OF AN INTERVENTION, ESSENTIALLY DURING THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.
SO, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS INTENTIONALLY NOT PART OF THE BILL, BUT IT'S COME UP OVER AND OVER AND. MARYANN AND I, YOU KNOW, JOINED MULTIPLE TEA CALLS WITH OTHER DISTRICTS AND THE THE COMMISSIONER AND 4545 HAS AN FAQ THAT'S LIKE 70 QUESTIONS LONG.
SO THAT'S WHEN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A BILL THAT THAT IS TAKING A LOT OF WORK TO IMPLEMENT IS WHEN THE FAQ'S THAT LONG.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE FAQ, THE QUESTIONS THAT WAS BEEN THERE FROM THE BEGINNING IS IS WE KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING. WE KNEW IN THE SUMMER WE WERE GOING TO HAVE PARENTS THAT WANTED TO DO THAT, AND THAT'S JUST NOT PART OF THE THAT'S NOT AN OPTION WITH THE CURRENT LAW.
ALL RIGHT, I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER LIGHTS ON LAST CALL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEMS I-1-10.
[I. ACTION ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION BY CONSENT]
THESE ARE ACTION ITEMS BY CONSENT.I DID NOT RECEIVE ANY EMAILS FROM ANY TRUSTEES REQUESTING TO PULL ANY OF THESE AGENDA ITEMS THIS WEEK.
I DO HAVE A LIGHT ON WITH TRUSTEE WEIR.
I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE ITEMS I-1-10 BY CONSENT.
I'LL IN. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, DO I HAVE AN TRUSTEE WESTON? YES, I'D LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PULL FOUR AND SEVEN.
I JUST WANTED TO ACTUALLY READ THIS SHORT PARAGRAPH ON ITEM FOUR FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN I WANTED TO JUST BE ABLE TO VOTE SEPARATELY ON SEVEN.
SO IF I COULD JUST, IT'S UP TO YOU TO PULL FOUR, JUST LET ME READ THIS, BUT I DO WANT TO VOTE SEPARATELY ON SEVEN.
SO AT THIS POINT, I WOULD REQUIRE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION BECAUSE I HEARD OF A MOTION ON THE TABLE. OK, I'D LIKE TO AMEND THAT MOTION.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO APPROVE ITEMS. I-1, 2,3, 5,6,8,9 AND 10.
ANY DISCUSSION? TRUSTEE HARRISON? I JUST WANT TO MAKE A QUICK NOTE.
THIS IS NOT A LACK OF TRANSPARENCY, BUT WE GET THIS 11 DAYS BEFORE AND WE'RE ASKED IF WE'RE GOING TO PULL ANYTHING FROM CONSENT TO EMAIL THE BOARD CHAIR AND LET THEM KNOW.
I THINK THAT YOUR REQUEST TONIGHT IS SIMPLE AND I'LL VOTE IN FAVOR OF IT.
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HOWEVER, I HOPE THAT WE CAN MAKE A COMMITMENT TO FOLLOW THOSE PROCEDURES TO MAKE THE MEETING GO SMOOTHER AND FASTER.ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.
ALL OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES 6-1.
SO WE HAVE APPROVED ITEMS ONE, TWO, THREE, FIVE, SIX, EIGHT, NINE AND 10.
[I.4. Adoption of Resolution of Board to Convene the District’s School Health Advisory Council (SHAC) to RecommendCurriculum Materials for Human Sexuality Instruction]
YES, THANK YOU, THIS IS THE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION OF BOARD TO CONVENE THE DISTRICT'S SCHOOL HEALTH ADVISORY COUNCIL TO RECOMMEND CURRICULUM MATERIALS FOR HUMAN SEXUALITY INSTRUCTION.I JUST WANTED TO READ THAT THE BACKGROUND ON THIS IS THAT HOUSE BILL 1525 REQUIRES, AND THIS IS REALLY TO DRAW THE COMMUNITY'S ATTENTION TO THIS HOUSE BILL 1525 REQUIRES SCHOOL BOARDS TO PASS A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE STUDENT HEALTH ADVISORY COUNCIL TO REVIEW AND RECOMMEND CURRICULUM MATERIALS FOR HUMAN SEXUALITY.
THE DISTRICT'S CURRENT CURRICULUM LIVING WELL AWARE, WORTH THE WAIT IS NO LONGER SUPPORTED OR BEING RENEWED BY THE PUBLISHER.
THE RESOLUTION STIPULATES THAT THE SHAC IS ONLY MAKING A RECOMMENDATION.
THE SHAC WILL HOLD AT LEAST TWO PUBLIC MEETINGS, AND THE BOARD HAS THE FINAL APPROVAL IN THE RECOMMENDED CURRICULUM.
WE ARE ANTICIPATING THAT THE SHAC COMPLETE THIS WORK NO LATER THAN MAY OF THIS YEAR, AND THE CURRICULUM WOULD BE USED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE 2022-2023 SCHOOL YEAR.
THE CURRICULUM WILL BE USED IN GRADES SIX THROUGH EIGHT, AND WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM I-4.
ANY THE OTHER COMMENTS FROM TRUSTEES? AND THAT LANGUAGE THAT TRUSTEE WESTON READ IS ON THE AGENDA FOR ANYBODY IT WANTS TO REVIEW THAT.
ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.
ALL OPPOSED? SEEING NONE, MOTION PASSES 7-0.
[I.7. Adoption of Resolution Authorizing Travis Central Appraisal District Chief Appraiser to Act as Agent for Property ValueProtests and Audit Findings for Tax Year 2021]
THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.SO THIS IS THE ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TRAVIS COUNTY CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT CHIEF APPRAISER TO ACT AS AGENT FOR PROPERTY VALUE PROTESTS AND AUDIT FINDINGS FOR TAX YEAR 2021.
I DID ACTUALLY REQUEST A MEETING WITH THE ADMINISTRATION, WHICH MYSELF AND TRUSTEE VESSA AND TRUSTEE BONE SPENT, I THINK, 90 MINUTES OF OUR MORNING YESTERDAY, I THINK WITH THE ADMINISTRATION WEDNESDAY.
AND SO I GOT TO ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
BUT DUE TO MY, THE LACK OF CLARITY THAT I STILL HAVE ON WHY IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT OR OUR STUDENTS TO APPROVE THIS, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE NO. SO I'LL LET YOU GUYS IF YOU IF SOMEBODY WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THAT MOTION.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD ADOPT THE ROUND ROCK ISD RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TRAVIS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT CHIEF APPRAISER TO ACT AS AGENT FOR PROPERTY VALUE PROTESTS AND AUDIT FINDINGS FOR TAX YEAR 2021, AS PRESENTED.
I'LL SECOND IT. I'VE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM TRUSTEES? TRUSTEE BONE? YES, I JUST WANTED TO STATE THAT THIS MOTION THAT WAS JUST MADE AND THIS AGENDA ITEM TO ME IS MAKING OUR BOARD DECIDE BETWEEN TRAVIS COUNTY, THE TRAVIS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT AND THE COMPTROLLER OF TEXAS.
AND FOR THAT REASON, I JUST WILL BE VOTING NO BECAUSE I AM NOT GOING TO TAKE SIDES ON THIS. AND YES, VOTE IS SIDING WITH THE TRAVIS COUNTY CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT.
AND THEN TO ME, A NO VOTE JUST MEANS THAT I'M GOING TO LET THEM HANDLE THEIR LEGAL ISSUES, AND I JUST DON'T WANT TO SIDE WITH EITHER ONE HERE.
SO THAT IS WHY I'LL BE VOTING NO ON THIS.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? TRUSTEE VESSA? SO, JUST AS A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, WHAT THIS IS ABOUT IS, IS THAT OK, THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT HAS TO, YOU KNOW, PUT FORWARD A MECHANISM FOR APPRAISING PROPERTY; RIGHT? AND THE WAY THEY DID IT BEFORE THEY GOT INTO SOME ISSUES WITH, THEY COULDN'T DO IT THAT WAY ANYMORE. LET'S JUST STOP THERE, THIS WAS THE LEAST COMPLICATED WAY TO SAY IT.
AND SO ACTUALLY LAST YEAR, THEY WEREN'T EVEN ABLE TO REAPPRAISE THE VALUE IN TRAVIS COUNTY. AND SO THEY'VE GOT A NEW MECHANISM THAT THEY'RE USING, AND THEY DID IT AND THEY APPRAISED ALL THE PROPERTY.
AND THE. COMPTROLLER SAID, HEY, IT'S TOO DIFFERENT THAN HOW WE'RE APPRAISING IT, LIKE WHAT THE VALUES THAT WERE APPRAISING IT.
SO THEN THEY'RE GOING TO COURT TO SAY BASICALLY, IS YOUR NEW STRATEGY FOR APPRAISING
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PROPERTY IN TRAVIS COUNTY EFFECTIVE, ACCURATE OR NOT ACCURATE? AND SO BY VOTING FOR THIS, YOU'RE SAYING THAT YES, WE BELIEVE THAT TRAVIS COUNTY UNDERSTANDS HOW TO APPRAISE THEIR PROPERTY CORRECTLY.THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT, THE PEOPLE THAT WE PUT ON THAT BOARD BECAUSE WE ALL VOTED FOR IT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER TO PUT SOMEBODY ON THERE OR NOT THAT THEY'RE THE BEST PEOPLE TO DETERMINE THAT WE SUPPORT THEIR DETERMINATION OF HOW TO APPRAISE PROPERTY AND THAT WE WILL, YOU KNOW, SIGN ON IS THAT THEY CAN REPRESENT US IN THAT REGARD.
JUST TO, I THINK I SAID IT PRETTY WELL, IF ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO CLARIFY.
THAT'S FINE. TRUSTEE XIAO? I CALL THE QUESTION.
I'M GOING TO SECOND THAT. ALL RIGHT.
ALL IN FAVOR OF CALLING THE QUESTION RAISE YOUR HAND.
ALL OPPOSED. ALL RIGHT? MOTION PASSES 6-1.
SO THE QUESTION WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE I-7 AND A SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.
ALL OPPOSED? ABSTAINED. YOU'RE IN FAVOR? OK, SO MOTION PASSED 5-2.
ALL RIGHT, THAT TAKES US TO OUR ACTION ITEMS.
[J. ACTION ITEMS]
ITEM J-1 ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION FOR RETENTION INCENTIVE PAYMENT DUE TO COVID 19 PANDEMIC AND THE AMENDMENT TO THE ROUND ROCK ISD 2021-2022 COMPENSATION PLAN.DR. PRESLEY? YOU KNOW, AS ALL OF YOU KNOW, WE CAME IN THE FALL AND PROPOSED A $1000 RETENTION BONUS FOR STAFF. AND BECAUSE OF THE UNKNOWNS, I THINK THERE WERE A LOT OF UNKNOWNS.
THE BOARD APPROVED A 500, AND SO WE'RE COMING BACK TONIGHT TO ASK FOR AN ADDITIONAL 500 RETENTION BONUS FOR OUR STAFF, FOR ALL THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH.
AND TONIGHT WAS A GREAT EXAMPLE IN TALKING ABOUT THE HOUSE BILL 4545, JUST ALL THE STRESSORS THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH THE PANDEMIC.
AND SO WE VALUE OUR STAFF AND WE ARE WORKING ON A LOT OF RETENTION MEASURES AS WE ALWAYS HAVE BEEN. ROUND ROCK TRADITIONALLY HAS HAD OR HISTORICALLY, I GUESS I COULD SAY, HAS HAD A PRETTY HIGH, A PRETTY LOW TURNOVER RATE IN COMPARISON TO OTHER DISTRICTS.
AND THAT HASN'T. IT'S MOVED UP A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT HASN'T MOVED AS MUCH AS YOU MIGHT THINK FOLKS LIKE TO WORK HERE.
THERE ARE A LOT OF FACTORS INVOLVED IN THAT.
I THINK A LOT OF FOLKS THAT ARE MY AGE OR OLDER, I GUESS, BECAUSE I'M PRETTY OLD.
SOMETHING LIKE A PANDEMIC WILL MAKE YOU CONSIDER RETIRING A LITTLE EARLIER THAN MAYBE YOU THOUGHT YOU'D WANT TO RETIRE.
AND WE KNOW THAT OUR NEWER TEACHERS ARE MORE MOBILE AS THEY ARE IN ALL INDUSTRIES THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE MOVING AROUND.
THEY DON'T HESITATE TO TO CHANGE COMPANIES OR OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO BUT WE DO VALUE OUR TEACHERS ARE OUR NEW CHIEF OF HUMAN RESOURCES, IS WORKING DILIGENTLY WITH HIS STAFF AND SOME NEW FOLKS OVER THERE TO CONTINUE TO ENHANCE THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.
AND SO I THINK THE FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHT AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE END OF THE YEAR, WE'LL KNOW MORE ABOUT WHAT OUR ACTUAL ACTUAL RETENTION RATES ARE.
BUT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT ALL ALONG FOR MANY YEARS AND CONTINUING TO ONCE AGAIN ENHANCE WHAT WE'RE DOING.
SO WE THINK OUR TEACHERS DESERVE A MILLION DOLLAR RETENTION BONUS, BUT OUR STAFF, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY RIGHT NOW, BUT WE DO WANT TO HONOR OUR STAFF THAT HAVE BEEN THROUGH A LOT WITH THE $500 RETENTION BONUS.
THANK YOU. AND THIS ALSO RELATES TO A AGENDA REQUEST THAT I RECEIVED FROM TRUSTEE WESTON ON JANUARY THE 9TH THAT READS TO DISCUSS TEACHER, TO TACKLE TEACHER MORALE AND RETENTION, MORALE AND RETENTION.
TRUSTEE VESSA HAS HER LIGHT ON FIRST AND THEN I CAN GO TO TRUSTEE WESTON IF WOULD LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING WITH THAT. SO I HAD SENT ANOTHER QUESTION I JUST WANTED TO POINT IT OUT.
HOW ARE WE FUNDING THIS? WHERE ARE WE GETTING THESE MONIES? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WAS A LOT OF THE REASON WHY WE DIDN'T IMPROVE IT BACK IN NOVEMBER, AS WE WEREN'T CERTAIN ON THE MONIES.
AND I JUST WANTED TO TO ASK THAT QUESTION IN THE ABSENCE OF A CFO.
OH, OK. THOSE DOLLARS WILL COME FROM THAT ESSER II FUNDING.
SO IT'S NOT, I THOUGHT IN THE EMAIL, IT SAID IT WAS COMING FROM THE COUNTY MONEY, THE CARES ACT MONEY.
THE FUNDING THAT WE USE FOR THE CARES MONEY WAS FOR THE BONUSES THAT YOU ALL PAID BACK IN FEBRUARY OF 21.
NO, WHAT I MEAN IS IS THAT IN DECEMBER, THE COUNTY, WILLIAMSON COUNTY, APPROVED WHAT WAS ONE 125 DOLLARS A STUDENT TO OUR DISTRICT THAT FOR ALL THE STUDENTS THAT LIVE IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY AND I SENT AN EMAIL AND ASKED, LIKE, WHAT? AND I THOUGHT THAT THIS THREE MILLION WAS COMING FROM THE FIVE MILLION THAT WE GOT FROM
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THEM. NO, MA'AM.OK. AND THE MEMO SAID THAT THIS BONUS IS BEING PAID OUT OF ESSER II WHEN WE SENT THE PLAN EXPENDITURES FOR THE WINSTON COUNTY MONEY, WE PUT IN A REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE BONUSES THAT YOU ALL PAID IN FEBRUARY OF 21.
WELL, NONETHELESS, THANK YOU, WILLIAMSON COUNTY FOR THE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS THAT MADE THAT POSSIBLE TO FUND THE FALL SO THAT THIS IS POSSIBLE NOW.
TRUSTEE WEIR? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVED--.
I THOUGHT YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO CALL ME AFTER HER COMMENTS.
SORRY, I DIDN'T SEE YOUR LIGHT GO ON.
SO I WANTED, I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO SPEAK, SO SORRY.
I DID GIVE HER THAT OPPORTUNITY.
PRESLEY, DO YOU REMEMBER? WILL THIS BE THE THIRD $500 BONUS TOTAL? WE DID THE FIRST IN FEBRUARY OF 2021 OR MY COLLEAGUES, IF YOU REMEMBER AND THEN WE DID ONE IN NOVEMBER.
IS THIS NUMBER THREE ISD? IS HE NODDING? DOES THIS SOUND RIGHT? NUMBER THREE? OK.
I WILL TELL YOU, OBVIOUSLY I'LL BE VOTING FOR THIS, BUT I REALLY LIKE I SAID THAT IN THE NOVEMBER 18TH BOARD MEETING.
I SEE THIS AS A TACTICAL LEVEL DECISION.
I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR A STRATEGY.
I HAVE FAITH THAT THERE IS A STRATEGY, BUT I HAVE NOT SEEN THAT AND WE HEARD IT IN THE COMMENTS TONIGHT.
WE'VE HEARD IT IN COMMENTS BEFORE WE SEE IT IN THE EMAILS.
THERE ARE MULTIPLE ISSUES THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A STRATEGIC PLAN TO ADDRESS.
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE EMPLOYEE MORALE, YOU KNOW, OF A WORKFORCE, IT'S NUANCED AND EVEN OUR PUBLIC COMMENTERS HAVE SAID IT TONIGHT AND IN THE EMAILS IT HAS SAID PEOPLE HAVE, THEY'RE ALREADY SAYING IT. IT'S GREAT, BUT IT'S NOT ENOUGH.
AND SO I JUST MY EXPECTATION IS THAT MORE IS BEING DONE ABOUT THIS.
THANK YOU. CAN I JUST ADD ONE THING TO HER THING BEFORE WE GO TO AMY'S? I JUST BEFORE WE BEFORE I LEAVE THE COMMENTS FROM TRUSTEE WESTON, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE REALLY CLEAR DIRECTION AND THAT'S COMING FROM THE BOARD AS TO WHAT THE NEXT LIKE NEXT STEP IS FOR THIS.
SO DO YOU HAVE A PROPOSAL THAT YOU WANT TO LIKE OR A MOTION YOU WANT TO MAKE? OR SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO BRING TO THE BOARD TO SAY, OK, WE'RE ALL BEHIND THIS AND WE WANT TO SEE X, Y AND Z.
THE REASON I ASKED THAT IS TRUSTEE BONE WAS INVOLVED IN THE AGENDA SETTING FOR THIS, AND SHE MENTIONED A FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND NOT AS LIKE YOUR FINAL DECISION, BUT YOU SAID, I'M SURE THAT THERE IS A PLAN, BUT HOW DO WE GET THERE TO, YOU KNOW, LONG TERM? OR MAYBE IT WAS A THREE YEAR PLAN, BUT YOU ASKED FOR LIKE A LONG TERM MULTIYEAR PLAN.
AND I KNOW THE DISTRICT IS ALREADY DOING A LOT OF INITIATIVES ON TEACHER MORALE.
WE HAD A BOARD UPDATE ABOUT IT.
SO I WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR ON WHAT SPECIFICALLY WE WANT TO WEAR REQUESTING THE ADMINISTRATION TO PRESENT.
CAN I DO HAVE A MOTION FOR THIS? CAN I MAKE IT THAT IT WOULD CLARIFY IT.
WITH THE MOTIONS ARE WE STILL ON THIS PARTICULAR? I MEAN, YES, AND WE WERE TOLD BY DOUG IN THE AGENDA SETTING MEETING THAT I CAN MAKE THIS MOTION DURING THIS TIME.
OK, YOU WENT WITH HIM? YOU ALREADY CONFERRED WITH HIM? YEAH, OK, BECAUSE WE CAN ONLY MAKE MOTIONS ON ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA; RIGHT? RIGHT. AND HE SAID THAT SINCE THIS WAS PART OF THE RETENTION INCENTIVE, IT WAS SOMETHING THAT CAME OUT OF THIS, THAT WE CAN MAKE THE MOTION.
JUST AS A POINT OF ORDER, I'M GOING TO DEFER BACK TO TRUSTEE WESTON JUST BECAUSE I DIRECTED THAT QUESTION TO HER.
AND IF SHE DOESN'T WANT TO TAKE THE FLOOR, THEN I CAN YIELD TO YOU, MAKE AN EMOTION AS REGARDS TO THAT CONVERSATION AS WELL.
I DO HAVE THREE OTHER TRUSTEES WITH LIGHTS ON AS WELL.
SO, I HAVE AN OPEN MIND ON HOW TO PROCEED, BUT I AM READY TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE IS A DISCONNECT BETWEEN ME BEING TOLD BY THE ADMINISTRATION THAT THERE'S THIS ROBUST STRATEGY THAT'S, YOU KNOW, BEING EXECUTED.
THERE'S A DISCONNECT BETWEEN THAT AND THE FEEDBACK THAT I'M GETTING FROM BOOTS ON THE GROUND. AND I'M NOT GOING TO PRESUPPOSE THAT I KNOW THE BEST WAY TO BRIDGE THIS, BUT SOMETHING HAS GOT TO HAPPEN FOR THIS TO MAKE SENSE.
WITH WHAT YOU KNOW, OUR BOOTS ON THE GROUND ARE EXPERIENCING AND, MARY AND I HAVE NOT TALKED ABOUT THIS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE WHAT YOUR MOTION IS, BUT I'M HAPPY TO CEDE THE FLOOR TO YOU.
YEAH, IT'S REALLY SIMPLE AND I THINK IT WILL GET BROAD SUPPORT.
SO I JUST MOVED TO REQUEST A PRESENTATION REGARDING THE DISTRICT STRATEGY TO RETAIN AND RECRUIT STAFF.
SECOND. SECOND, I'M GETTING SOME FEEDBACK FROM OUR ATTORNEY.
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YOU SAID YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO.I'M SORRY, WHICH I MEANT TO REQUEST.
YEAH, I'M JUST ASKING TO REPEAT THE MOTION, I'M SORRY.
YEAH. A PRESENTATION REGARDING THE DISTRICT STRATEGY TO RETAIN AND RECRUIT STAFF.
SO THAT'S EXTENDING, THIS IS EXTENDING THE INCENTIVE PAYMENT AND RETENTION BECAUSE THIS IS A RETENTION AND INCENTIVE PAYMENT INCENTIVE.
LIKE HONESTLY, THE ACTION ITEM IS THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION.
SO IF THERE'S LANGUAGE THAT YOU'D WANT TO RECOMMEND AS A SOMETHING TO ADD TO THE RESOLUTION, I WAS GOING TO ACTUALLY PULL UP THE RESOLUTION RIGHT NOW TO SEE.
BUT THE ACTION ITEM, THE MOTION HAS TO BE RELATED TO THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION ITSELF. SO IF THERE'S SOMETHING MAYBE TO ADD.
WELL, CAN WE AMEND THE RESOLUTION? THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO LOOK UP TO SEE IF IT FITS.
HOW ABOUT THIS TRUSTEE BONE? YOU CAN IN K-1 YOU CAN DO FUTURE AGENDA REQUEST AND YOU CAN MAKE AN EMOTION IN THAT FOR A FUTURE AGAIN AN AGENDA REQUEST.
IF I DON'T, I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO SOME TROUBLES WHEN WE TRY TO WORDSMITH ON THE FLY WITH RESOLUTIONS.
IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT MOTION AS WELL.
WE HAVE A DIFFERENT ATTORNEY HERE WHO SEES IT DIFFERENTLY, THAT THAT HAPPENS.
YOU GET DIFFERENT ADVICE FROM DIFFERENT ATTORNEYS.
YEAH, IF YOU'RE GOING TO ALLOW THAT ONE, I THINK WE JUST I THINK WE HAVE BROAD SUPPORT FROM WHAT I'M HEARING OVERALL.
I MEAN, BUT IT'S JUST A MATTER OF PROCEDURALLY AND BEING WITH OPEN MEETINGS ACT THAT WE DO IT THE RIGHT WAY. OK.
SO CAN WE HOLD THAT MOTION UNTIL WE GET TO K-1 THEN? TRUSTEE BONE? YES.
SO I GUESS I NEED TO JUST WITHDRAW YOUR MOTION? I WITHDRAW MY MOTION AT THIS TIME.
OK, THANK YOU. NEXT, I HAVE TRUSTEE WEIR.
I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVED THE RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION FOR RETENTION AND INCENTIVE PAYMENT OF $500 DUE TO COVID 19 PANDEMIC AND APPROVED THE AMENDMENT TO THE 2021-2022 ROUND ROCK ISD COMPENSATION PLAN AS PRESENTED.
SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
I DO HAVE TWO LIGHTS STILL ON.
DO I HAVE ANY COMMENTS? TRUSTEE HARRISON? AND TRUSTEE VESSA, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, I'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS IN TERMS OF LIKE IT'S NOT A SALARY INCREASE, OK, BECAUSE THESE ARE PAID WITH ONE TIME FUNDS.
THEY GO AWAY AND AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I THINK THERE IS AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT WE GAVE A ONE PERCENT INCREASE LAST YEAR AND THAT THIS IS NOT THE SOLUTION.
THIS IS A SMALL THANK YOU AND I'M GLAD WE'RE CONSIDERING IN K-1 A MORE ROBUST AND CERTAINLY I THINK EVERYONE KNOWS HOW VEHEMENTLY I WORK ON THE FUNDING ISSUE SO THAT WE CAN FINANCE LONG TERM RAISES SO THAT WE CAN FINANCE LONG TERM FUNDING FOR OUR DISTRICT, OUR STAFF TO BE WHERE WE NEED TO BE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT THAT IN NO WAY DO I THINK THAT THIS IS LIKE WE SOLVED THE PROBLEM. THIS IS JUST A THANK YOU.
ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.
ALL OPPOSED? SEEING NONE MOTION PASSES 7-0 ITEM J-2 ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION FOR EMERGENCY AUTHORIZED RELATED AUTHORIZATION RELATED TO COMPENSATION OF EMPLOYEES ON FEBRUARY 3RD AND 4TH, 2022.
DR. PRESLEY? THANK YOU, PRESIDENT FELLER.
AS YOU KNOW, FEBRUARY 3RD AND 4TH, WE CLOSED FOR WINTER WEATHER WHEN WE HAD THE ICE STORM COME THROUGH. FORTUNATELY, IT WASN'T LIKE LAST YEAR'S ICE STORM, BUT WE DO.
WE ARE BRINGING THE RESOLUTION FORWARD SO THAT WE CAN PAY ALL THE EMPLOYEES WHO DID NOT WORK THOSE DAYS SO THAT THEY CAN BE COMPENSATED AT THEIR NORMAL HOURLY OR DAILY RATE FOR FEBRUARY 3RD AND FEBRUARY 4TH.
TRUSTEE WEIR. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD ADOPT THE RESOLUTION FOR EMERGENCY AUTHORIZATION RELATED TO COMPENSATION OF EMPLOYEES ON FEBRUARY 3RD AND 4TH 2022, AS PRESENTED.
SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
TRUSTEE HARRISON, YOUR LIGHT IS ON.
ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.
ALL OPPOSED? SEEING NONE MOTION PASSES 7-0.
MOVING ON TO ITEM THREE, APPROVAL OF THE DISTRICT OF INNOVATION.
DR. PRESLEY? THANK YOU, PRESIDENT FELLER.
WE'VE BEEN A DISTRICT OF INNOVATION FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND THIS YEAR IS THE TIME TO RENEW THAT. THE ONLY PIECES OF THAT WE'VE USED ARE A TEACHER MENTOR PROGRAM AND THE ABILITY TO HAVE FLEXIBILITY IN OUR CALENDAR, WHICH YOU ALSO HAVE ON THE AGENDA TO APPROVE TONIGHT OR TO CONSIDER APPROVING.
THAT ALLOWS US TO START SCHOOL A EARLIER SO WE CAN GET OUT BEFORE JUNE.
SO IT'S REALLY HAS NOT CHANGED FROM WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IN THE PAST.
THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION AND CONCERN WHEN DISTRICT OF INNOVATION WAS ROLLED OUT BECAUSE IT DOES ALLOW YOU TO DO A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
BUT IN ROUND ROCK, WE'VE ONLY DONE THOSE TWO THINGS AND THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO
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CONTINUE TO DO. I KNOW THE DISTRICT LEVEL COMMITTEE WITH MR. SMITH HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS AND AND HAVE APPROVED IT.AND SO WE'RE ASKING TONIGHT FOR THE BOARD TO APPROVE THE FOR US TO BE A DISTRICT OF INNOVATION MOVING FORWARD.
TRUSTEE WEIR? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVED THE DISTRICT OF INNOVATION PLAN AS PRESENTED.
ANY COMMENTS FROM TRUSTEES? TRUSTEE XIAO? I JUST HAVE ONE SMALL COMMENT, I JUST WANT TO SEE MORE INNOVATIONS BECAUSE WE TELL, WE SAID THAT WE'RE INTERESTED INNOVATION, BUT I JUST WANT TO SEE MORE.
THANK YOU. SEEING NO OTHER LIGHTS.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.
ALL OPPOSED? SEEING NONE, MOTION PASSES 7-0.
MOVING TO ITEM J-4 APPROVAL OF THE 2022-2023 AND 2023-2024 ACADEMIC CALENDARS.
DR. PRESLEY? THANK YOU, PRESIDENT FELLER MR. KIERAN'S HERE TONIGHT.
THE ACADEMIC CALENDAR FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS, WE'D LIKE TO DO THE TWO YEAR CYCLE SO FAMILIES HAVE AMPLE PLANNING TIME AND SO WE'RE, TONIGHT, WE'RE ASKING YOU TO APPROVE THE 2022-2023 AND 2023-2024 ACADEMIC CALENDARS.
AND GOOD THING WE JUST YOU APPROVED THE DISTRICT RENOVATION.
WE NEED TO HAVE THESE MORE FLEXIBLE CALENDARS.
SO MR. KIERAN'S HERE TONIGHT, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, THIS HAS BEEN VETTED AS SOME FOLKS HAVE ALREADY SAID TONIGHT BY A NUMBER OF PEOPLE.
I THINK FOR THE MOST PART, PEOPLE ARE PRETTY, PRETTY HAPPY WITH THE OUTCOME.
THANK YOU, DOCTOR PRESLEY. GOOD EVENING.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES. BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER, I JUST WOULD REALLY LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE TIME IN THE WORK OF OUR CALENDAR COMMITTEE.
SO WE HAD 38 REPRESENTATIVES ON OUR CALENDAR COMMITTEE.
THE HOURS THAT THEY PUT IN ARE ALL OUTSIDE THEIR REGULAR WORKDAY.
SO WE HAD TEACHERS AND DISTRICT STAFF, CENTRAL STAFF.
WE ALSO HAD CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS.
I THINK IT WAS 10 10 PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ACTUALLY PARTICIPATED AS WELL.
SO REALLY GREAT PARTICIPATION BY THAT COMMITTEE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO PUBLICLY THANK THEM FOR THEIR WORK AND ALSO TURN IT OVER TO CHRISTINA, WHO CHAIRED THE COMMITTEE AND DID A GREAT JOB.
YES. AND SO BECAUSE OF THE PASSAGE OF THE DISTRICT OF INNOVATION PLAN, THE COMMITTEE WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE AS THE PREFERRED DRAFT THE REVISED DOI DRAFT FOR BOTH 22-23 AND 23-24.
THE THE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE AFTER THE SURVEY WENT OUT AND WE DID A LOT OF STUDY OF THE RESULTS OF THE SURVEY AND THE FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY IN LOOKING AT THAT DOI DRAFT.
WE REMOVED THE NOVEMBER 8TH ELECTION DAY ON BOTH OF THE CALENDARS AND THEN MOVED THE TEACHERS START DAY, UP ONE DAY LATER ON BOTH VERSIONS, WHICH ACTUALLY BY DOING SO, GIVES THEM ANOTHER WEEKEND BEFORE THEIR SUMMER BREAK IS OVER.
AND I THINK THAT WILL BE VERY POPULAR.
THAT WAS ABLE TO BE DONE ON THAT FIRST DRAFT ADDED A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY ON OCTOBER THE 24TH FOR DIWALI.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS BENEFICIAL TO OUR STAFF WITH READING ACADEMIES AND PLANNING FOR HOUSE BILL 4545, AND IT ALSO ALLOWS OUR FAMILIES TO HAVE THAT ABILITY TO CELEBRATE IF THEY SO CHOOSE ON THAT DATE.
WE ALSO TOOK THE MARCH 10TH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY THAT WAS THE DAY BEFORE SPRING BREAK AND MOVED IT ON BOTH VERSIONS TO APRIL, WHICH WOULD ALSO ALIGN WITH EAD AND AGAIN GIVING FAMILIES WHO WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT THE ABILITY TO DO SO.
WE WOULD STILL HAVE OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY.
WE JUST SHIFTED IT IN JUST AS A REMINDER.
GOOD FRIDAY IS ALREADY BUILT IN ON BOTH CALENDARS.
ONE OF THEM, I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE EARLIER, THIS FIRST CALENDAR, IT'S APRIL 7TH.
THE OTHER ONE IS IN LATE MARCH.
AND THEN ON BOTH CALENDARS, WE ALREADY HAD PLANS TO HAVE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER. THAT LAST MONDAY OF SEPTEMBER.
AND IT JUST SO HAPPENS THE FIRST YEAR.
ON THE FIRST YEAR IT FALLS ON ROSH HASHANAH AND THE SECOND YEAR IT FALLS ON YOM KIPPUR.
SO WE, THE COMMITTEE, FELT VERY STRONGLY THAT THIS WOULD HONOR THE DIVERSITY OF OUR COMMUNITY AND STILL PROVIDE FOR THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAYS THAT OUR STAFF NEEDED.
TRUSTEE WEIR? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD ADOPT THE REVISED DOI DRAFT DISTRICT CALENDARS FOR THE 2022-2023 AND 2023-2024 ACADEMIC CALENDARS AS PRESENTED.
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I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. I HAVE A LIGHT ON FROM TRUSTEE WESTON.WHEN DOES THIS NEED TO BE APPROVED BY? THE CALENDAR FOR NEXT YEAR, I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF CALLS, PEOPLE ARE WANTING TO HAVE THAT FOR NEXT YEAR.
WE, AS A DISTRICT GO FORWARD A YEAR IN ADVANCE, WHICH IS A PRACTICE THAT OUR DISTRICT HAS DONE. IT'S BEEN APPRECIATED FOR LONG TERM PLANNING FOR SUMMER SCHOOL, THINGS LIKE THAT BECAUSE WE ARE ON A CYCLE WHERE WE COME IN FEBRUARY.
AND IT'S ALSO A LOT OF OUR FAMILIES TRAVEL DURING THE SUMMER.
AND SO HAVING THAT INFORMATION FOR WHETHER AT WINTER BREAK, SPRING BREAKS, SUMMER BREAK ALLOWS THEM TO PLAN OVERSEAS TRAVEL TO GO SEE FAMILY AND THINGS OF THAT SORT.
BUT THERE'S NOT A STATUTORY NO REQUIREMENT? THIS IS IN MOST DISTRICTS, IT'S AROUND JANUARY FEBRUARY TIMEFRAME.
WELL, HERE'S THE THING I PERSONALLY, I'M I'M OK WITH THE 2023-2023 CALENDAR, BUT I'M DISAPPOINTED IN THE 23-24 CALENDAR AND I THINK THE SOLUTION WAS ACTUALLY OFFERED BY A SPEAKER TONIGHT.
YOU KNOW, THE ECLIPSE ON APRIL 8TH OF 2024.
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW THAT I'VE IN MY LIFETIME.
THERE'S BEEN A THREE YEAR PLANNING HORIZON FOR A SINGLE DAY THAT PEOPLE HAVE LOOKED FORWARD TO PLAN TO TRAVEL TO SEE.
I MEAN, WE'RE GOING TO BE IN THE WHAT WE CALL IT, MARY THE THERE'S A WORD FOR IT, THE NOT THE EYE. IS IT THE EYE? APEX! WE'RE GOING TO BE IN THE APEX.
AND I LIKE THE THE PUBLIC SPEAKER'S IDEA OF PULLING OUT LIKE JANUARY 3RD, I THINK, OR THE 4TH AND THEN BUMPING THAT DOWN TO APRIL 8TH.
BUT THEN YOU'VE GOT THIS 8TH AND THEN THE 10TH.
BUT I JUST FOR ME, I THINK IT'S A LOST, IT'S A REAL MISSED OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING WITH THAT. SO I'M ONE PERSON, I HAVE ONE VOTE, BUT I WON'T BE.
I'M JUST A NO FOR THAT REASON, UNLESS THERE'S THE WILL OF THE BOARD TO PULL THE 23-24 CALENDAR OFF AND RECONSIDER.
TRUSTEE BONE? SO I HAVE THE SAME COMMENT KIND OF IN A DIFFERENT WAY BECAUSE I THINK WE COULD ACTUALLY REVISIT THIS NEXT SUMMER.
I JUST DON'T THINK PEOPLE I DON'T THINK A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ARE PLANNING YET, BUT I THINK AS APRIL 8TH APPROACHES IN 2024, I MEAN, THIS IS FEBRUARY OF 2022.
SO I THINK PEOPLE JUST AREN'T PLANNING THAT FAR AHEAD, BUT YES, I DO BELIEVE IF YOU GO ON THE AUSTIN CITY WEBSITE, THEY'VE ACTUALLY GOT A BIG THING PLANNED.
IT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF YOU KNOW, WHERE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO COME IN.
I DID GO LOOK AT WHEN THIS HAPPENED IN NORTH, I GUESS IT WAS AROUND MISSOURI ST.
LOUIS AREA. MOST OF THOSE SCHOOLS DID TAKE OFF THAT THE DAY THAT THE TOTAL ECLIPSE WAS IN THEIR AREA. SO AND I KNOW I'VE SEEN ON FACEBOOK, I'VE SEEN, I MEAN, THE INTERESTING THING FOR ME IS WE'VE GOTTEN EMAILS ABOUT THIS AND THIS IS 2024 AND THEN WE'VE GOT PEOPLE MAKING COMMENTS. I'VE ALREADY SEEN FACEBOOK PEOPLE SAYING, YEAH, I'M PULLING MY KID ON APRIL 8TH. IT'S A MONDAY.
I KNOW ON THE CALENDAR WE ACTUALLY HAVE APRIL 10TH THAT DAY OFF.
I JUST, I MEAN, WE CAN PLAN AHEAD OR I THINK WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS NEXT SUMMER, WE'LL HAVE TO COME BACK AND REVISIT BECAUSE I THINK WE'LL GET MORE PUSH THAN TO ACTUALLY PULL IT OFF. SO IT'S JUST WHAT THE BOARD WANTS TO DO NOW AT THIS TIME.
IF I COULD MAKE A COMMENT REAL QUICK, SO THERE HAS BEEN SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT, I MEAN, ME PERSONALLY AS A DAD, I WOULD I WOULD WANT MY, I THINK MY KIDS WOULD BE SERVED WELL BY BEING WITH THEIR TEACHERS TO WITNESS THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF KIDS WHO AREN'T GOING TO HAVE THEIR PARENTS ARE GOING TO BE WORKING, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A FAMILY EVENT TO WATCH THIS. AND SO I'VE HEARD THOSE SENTIMENTS FROM OUR STAFF.
I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE A BIG EVENT IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO PULL THEIR KIDS OUT EARLY OR SOMETHING TO DO A FAMILY THING, THAT'S FINE, BUT ALSO THINK WE HAVE TO BE COGNIZANT OF THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF KIDS WHO DON'T HAVE A FAMILY THAT HAS THE ABILITY TO DO THAT. SO THEY'LL BE SITTING AT HOME NOT REALLY KNOWING WHAT'S HAPPENING, WHERE THEY COULD BE WITH THE TEACHER AND HAVING A SCHOOL EVENT.
I THINK WITH OUR TALENTED STAFF, WE HAVE A LOT OF CAMPUSES THAT WOULD STAGE EVENTS TO MAKE THIS A BIG DEAL FOR THE DISTRICT.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THE CALENDARS.
THESE ARE NOT WRITTEN IN STONE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO YEARS FROM NOW.
SO IF YOU APPROVE THEM, YOU COME BACK NEXT YEAR AND HAVE THIS CONVERSATION AGAIN.
IF YOU WANT TO MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT FOR THE 23-24 SCHOOL YEAR, WHICH SOUNDS LIKE A LONG WAY OFF, BUT IT'S COMING FAST.
SO THOSE ARE JUST MY THOUGHTS.
TRUSTEE WEIR? WELL, I WAS ACTUALLY JUST GOING TO ASK STAFF TO ADDRESS THAT BECAUSE WE GOT THAT IN AN UPDATE AND THAT JUST COMING FROM A TITLE ONE SCHOOL, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF STUDENTS THAT DON'T TAKE PART IN OUR SCIENCE DAYS BECAUSE THEY DON'T, THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO GET THERE. AND IF YOU'VE GOT YOUR BUS SERVICE AND YOU'RE ALREADY AT SCHOOL, AND
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ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE ALLOWING FAMILIES TO COME UP TO THE SCHOOLS TO BE WITH THEIR KIDS, THOSE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO HAVE A FAMILY EVENT CAN DO IT AT THE SCHOOL.BUT THAT WAY, EVERY STUDENT GETS TO PARTICIPATE.
IT WAS A DISCUSSION OF EQUITY THAT CAME UP WITH THE COMMITTEE THAT WE WANTED IT TO BE RICH. WE WANT IT TO NOT BE JUST.
IT HAPPENED, BUT WE WANT THERE TO BE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THEY ARE WITNESSING AND TO MAKE IT AS EQUITABLE AS POSSIBLE FOR ALL OF OUR CHILDREN TO HAVE A RICH EXPERIENCE.
WE FELT THAT BEING IN SCHOOL WOULD BE IMPORTANT.
HOWEVER, WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY NEAT EVENT AND WE WANT TO INCLUDE OUR FAMILIES.
AND OF COURSE, THAT'S NOT THIS COMMITTEE'S SCOPE.
BUT THAT WOULD BE THE RECOMMENDATION TO THE TO THE DISTRICT IS TO LOOK AT HOW TO INCORPORATE THAT.
THAT WAS THE DISCUSSION AT THAT POINT IN TIME.
PRESLEY'S POINT THAT AMENDMENT IN CALENDARS CAN HAPPEN.
THIS SPRING BREAK IS AN ESTIMATE FOR NOT 22-23, BUT 23-24.
WE DON'T HAVE IT SET BY UT UNTIL NEXT YEAR.
AND SO WE IT'S AN ESTIMATED WINDOW OF TIME, SO THERE COULD BE A POSSIBILITY OF HAVING TO AMEND THAT AS WELL. TRUSTEE XIAO, I DON'T THINK YOUR LIGHT IS WORKING.
WELL, SOMETIMES IT DOES, AND SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T.
IT'S NOT WORKING RIGHT NOW. GO AHEAD.
IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE.
I JUST FEEL THAT THOSE PARENTS ARE WORKING PARENTS, THAT THOSE PARENTS THAT DOESN'T KNOW THERE'S A ECLIPSE, THEY'LL NEVER GO TO THE PODIUM AND TALK ABOUT ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
WE SHOULD NEVER FORGET THEM WHEN WE MAKE DECISIONS.
AND PERSONALLY, MY PAST EXPERIENCE OF THOSE, SORT OF THOSE EVENTS, DID HAPPEN AT SCHOOL WITH MY CLASSMATES, WITH MY TEACHER, THAT IS, THAT IS IMPRINTED IN MY MEMORY.
SO PERSONALLY, ABSOLUTELY, THIS SHOULD HAPPEN AT SCHOOL.
IT JUST PUTS A DIFFERENT PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? WE HAVE EMOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.
ALL OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES 6-1.
ALL RIGHT, WE ARE TO ITEM K1 BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS AND REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEM.
[K. BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS/REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]
I HAVE TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS.OOPS. FIRST ONE IS THERE WERE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS TONIGHT ABOUT CLIMATE SURVEYS.
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT WE ARE IN FACT STILL DOING CLIMATE SURVEYS.
WE ARE, IN FACT, THE NEXT ONE IS ACTUALLY SCHEDULED TO GO OUT THIS COMING MONDAY.
THE PREVIOUS OFFICIAL CLIMATE SURVEY WAS IN THE SPRING OF 2020.
HOWEVER, DURING THE 2020-2021 SCHOOL YEAR, WHEN WE HAD A VAST MAJORITY OF OUR STUDENTS VIRTUAL, WE CONDUCTED SEVERAL CHECK IN SURVEYS WITH FAMILIES AND STAFF ALONG THE WAY RATHER THAN THE TRADITIONAL CLIMATE SURVEY.
SO WE ARE STILL DOING CLIMATE SURVEYS IN THE NEXT ONE IS GOING OUT.
THE NEXT ANNOUNCEMENT THAT I HAVE IS INDIVIDUAL MAY HAVE SEEN THIS, BUT THERE HAS BEEN A CHANGE THAT DR.
PRESLEY HAS RECOMMENDED FOR OUR COVID PROTOCOLS.
BEGINNING MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21ST, MASKS WILL BE MOVED TO STRONGLY RECOMMENDED FOR STAFF, STUDENTS AND VISITORS WHILE INDOORS AND ONCE AGAIN VISITORS WILL BE ALLOWED BACK ON CAMPUS, SUBJECT TO THE DISCRETION OF THE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL.
JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS AWARE OF THOSE TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS? DR. PRESLEY? CAN I MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THAT REAL QUICK? I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS TODAY REGARDING WHAT DOES THAT MEAN ABOUT AT THE DISCRETION OF THE PRINCIPAL. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN LIKE THAT.
A PRINCIPAL ALWAYS HAS THE DISCRETION OF WHO CAN COME ON, BUT THE INTENT IS STARTING ON MONDAY. VISITORS CAN COME BACK AS THEY DID PRE-PANDEMIC IN PRE-PANDEMIC DAYS, BUT WE HAVE TO ALLOW OUR PRINCIPALS THE ABILITY TO HAVE SOME DISCRETIONARY SAY AND WHO COMES ON THEIR CAMPUS AND WHO DOESN'T.
SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT THAT'S NOTHING NEW BECAUSE I DID GET A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, ABOUT WHY, WHAT IS THIS ALL ABOUT? BUT IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THAT WAY.
IT'S NOTHING NEW. SO WE'RE HOPING THOSE VISITOR SYSTEMS SHOULD BE NORMAL ON MONDAY UNLESS THE PRINCIPAL DECIDES THAT THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON OR, YOU KNOW, TESTING OR SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING WHERE VISITORS ARE NOT ALLOWED.
TRUSTEE BONE. SO I WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE SURE TO REQUEST THIS AGENDA ITEM FOR THE FUTURE. AND I WANTED TO REQUEST A PRESENTATION REGARDING THE DISTRICT STRATEGY TO RETAIN AND RECRUIT STAFF.
AND I WOULD ADD FOR BOTH THE SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM.
SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME, JUST SO I DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK AND REPLAY IT FROM WHAT YOU ACTUALLY YEAH, I THINK I'M GOING TO ADD SOME MORE TO IT SINCE WE'RE MAKING THIS AN AGENDA ITEM REQUEST. SO I WANT TO REQUEST A PRESENTATION REGARDING THE DISTRICT'S STRATEGY TO
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RETAIN AND RECRUIT STAFF, BOTH SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM.DID YOU GET THAT? AND THEN INCLUDING THE DISTRICT'S PROJECTION ON STAFFING NEXT YEAR.
DO YOU WANT TO PUT A DATE ON THAT LIKE ON OR BEFORE THE MARCH REGULAR MEETING OR? YEAH, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED A DATE ON IT OR I KNOW THERE HAD BEEN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE DATE BECAUSE WE KIND OF NEED IT BEFORE APRIL, SINCE CONTRACTS WILL GO OUT.
SO I'M OK LEAVING THAT UP TO DR.
PRESLEY, DO YOU THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD HAVE READY FOR THE MARCH MEETING? I KNOW WE HAVE ONE WEEK OFF OF SPRING BREAK IN THERE, BUT.
YOU KNOW, AS I SAID EARLIER, THE RESIGNATIONS AND RETIREMENTS START ROLLING IN IN THE SPRING. SOME PEOPLE WAIT LATER RATHER THAN SOONER TO LET YOU KNOW THEY'RE NOT COMING BACK. BUT WE SHOULD HAVE SOME SOLID NUMBERS FROM OUR DEMOGRAPHER ABOUT WHAT OUR ENROLLMENT WILL BE AND WHAT OUR STAFFING NEEDS WILL BE.
SO I THINK WE CAN GET IT MAY NOT BE.
IT MAY BE SOMETHING IN MARCH AND THEN AGAIN IN APRIL, BUT WE COULD DEFINITELY BRING YOU SOME STRATEGIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT AT THE MARCH MEETING AND SOME NUMBERS, AS WE HAVE AS WE KNOW NOW, AS LONG AS THE BOARD UNDERSTANDS, THOSE NUMBERS MAY CHANGE APRIL AND MAY.
YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE RETIRING AND THAT SORT OF THING.
SO YEAH, WE CAN WE CAN HAVE SOMETHING READY FOR YOU IN MARCH.
I JUST HAVE A. I SECOND THAT TRUSTEE BONE, YOU SAID LONG TERM? CAN YOU CLARIFY WHAT YOU MEAN BY LONG TERM? YES, I WOULD BE OK LEAVING THAT UP TO DR.
PRESLEY IF HE WANTS TO DO, SO TO ME, SHORT TERM IS PROBABLY NEXT YEAR, BUT THEN LONG TERM WOULD BE PROBABLY AT LEAST THREE YEARS, FIVE YEARS OUT.
JUST KIND OF WHAT'S OUR LONG TERM STRATEGY? IT'S THE CLEARER WE ARE, THE BETTER.
YEAH, ABSOLUTELY, BUT I MEAN, DR.
PRESLEY, IF YOU THINK, I MEAN, I'M NOT AN EDUCATOR, SO IF YOU THINK TWO YEARS IS LONG TERM, TWO YEARS IS LONG TERM, THAT'S FINE, TOO.
SO. SO JUST TO CLARIFY A SECOND THAT.
SO I DON'T THINK WE HAVE MOTIONS, I THINK THESE ARE JUST REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH, I THINK AS LONG AS WE ALL AGREE, WE CAN GET CONSENSUS AND NOT WE DON'T HAVE TO VOTE AS LONG AS THERE'S CONSENSUS.
AND I JUST WANTED TO ADD ONTO THAT THAT I MEAN, THIS IS A HUGE FOCUS OF ADVOCACY FOR THIS NEXT YEAR, ESPECIALLY GOING INTO THE ELECTION AND GOING INTO THE SESSION.
SO I WANT I ALSO WANT REALLY STAFF TO THINK ABOUT NOT JUST WHAT IS CURRENTLY IN TERMS OF WHAT IS, YOU KNOW, WE WERE TALKING EARLIER ABOUT 4545 AND ADVOCACY ON NEEDED CHANGES TO HELP WITH, BUT THIS IS ACTUALLY A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THE DISTRICT TO GIVE LIKE THIS ACTUALLY COULD BE A DOCUMENT THAT ALSO GETS SENT TO OUR LEGISLATORS AND BECAUSE.
WE HAVE A STATEWIDE PROBLEM, IT'S NOT ACTUALLY JUST EVEN A STATEWIDE, IT'S A NATIONWIDE PROBLEM, BUT WE CAN ONLY ADDRESS IT HERE AT THE STATE LEVEL.
AND SO THIS TYPE OF LIKE THIS IS REALLY WHAT WE NEED TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN STAFF IS.
IT MAY NOT BE NECESSARILY JUST WHAT WHAT WE WHAT WE CAN DO RIGHT NOW, BUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO GOING FORWARD SO THAT WE CAN RECRUIT AND RETAIN STAFF.
AND THAT MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE GIVEN THE LIMITATIONS WE CURRENTLY HAVE BIT.
TRUSTEE VESSA? WE'RE JUST NOT, WE'RE NOT POSTED FOR A DISCUSSION.
LET'S DO DISCUSSION. SEE? I'M GOOD. I THINK I'VE MADE MY POINT.
I HATE TO CUT YOU OFF, BUT WE'RE NOT POSTING FOR DISCUSSION ON IT.
SO I APPRECIATE IT. YEAH, IT'S NOT REALLY A MOTION.
THAT'S WHY. SO YEAH. NEXT IS TRUSTEE WEIR.
OH, SORRY, TRUSTEE HARRISON WENT FIRST AND SAW HER LIGHT FIRST AND THEN TRUSTEE WEIR.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH, SO THANKS.
BLACK HISTORY IS ALL AROUND US, AND BLACK HISTORY IS ALSO U.S.
HISTORY. AND SO WHILE OUR COMMUNITY COMMEMORATES THE LEGACY OF SO MANY GREAT LEADERS FROM THE PAST, I WANT US TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE'RE RAISING UP FUTURE BLACK LEADERS AS WELL, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
IT IS MY GREATEST HOPE THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER AND STRENGTHEN OUR APPRECIATION AND SERVICE FOR THOSE TODAY AND IN THE FUTURE.
THERE'S STILL A REALLY LONG ROAD AHEAD IN TERMS OF ACHIEVING AN EQUITABLE ENVIRONMENT, LEARNING FOR ALL STUDENTS, AND SO I BELIEVE THAT TOGETHER WE CAN BE THE CHANGE AND WE CAN GIVE STUDENTS THE BEST EDUCATION POSSIBLE.
AND I JUST WANT TO ESPECIALLY SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE BLACK CHANGEMAKERS AND LEADERS THAT I SEE ROAMING THE HALLS IN THE CLASSROOMS EVERY DAY.
AND JUST AS OUR ANCESTORS, WE MUST NEVER GIVE UP.
SO THANK YOU AND HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
[03:00:01]
I HAD TWO THINGS.FIRST, I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING IS ACTUALLY A GRIEVANCE.
AND SO THERE WAS A MOTION EARLIER TO ADD DISCUSSION ABOUT THE SUPERINTENDENT AT THE NEXT MEETING, AND IT'S A GRIEVANCE AND SO NOT APPROPRIATE FOR ANYTHING ELSE TO BE DISCUSSED.
AND MY SECOND QUESTION ACTUALLY IS TO OUR MONITOR OR MAYBE TO YOU, I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO GET MONTHLY REPORTS.
AND SO I GUESS I DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW THAT WORKS, LIKE WHEN YOUR REPORTS ARE DUE AND WHEN THEY GO TO TEA AND WHEN THEY'RE PRESENTED HERE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY UPDATES FOR US ON THAT? THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT THAT WAS A QUESTION I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE CIRCLING WITH HIM TOMORROW ABOUT WHEN WE'RE GOING TO START ADDING THAT AS A REGULAR AGENDA ITEM.
YES, REPORTS ARE DUE FROM ME TO TEA ON THE WEEK OF THE FIFTH, WHEREVER THAT KIND OF FALLS.
AND THEN THEY REVIEW THEM, CHECK OVER, MAKE SURE THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING'S GOOD TO GO, AS WELL AS EXPENSE REPORTS.
AND THEN THEY SUBMIT THOSE TO THE DISTRICT.
TYPICALLY, I DON'T KNOW, FIVE TO SEVEN BUSINESS DAYS AFTER THAT.
AND SO I'VE JUST SUBMITTED THE SECOND ONE.
THE FIRST ONE WAS OVER THAT KIND OF WINTER BREAK THAT DECEMBER PERIOD, BUT WE COULD PUT THAT ON AS AN AGENDA ITEM ON THE REGULAR MEETING FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR YOUR REVIEW AND YOU CAN OBVIOUSLY SEE THOSE.
SO YOU DID COMPLETE? SORRY, WE'RE NOT POSTED FOR A DISCUSSION.
THANK YOU. NEXT IS TRUSTEE WESTON.
SO I PUT IN WRITING EARLIER THIS WEEK, AGAIN, A REQUEST THAT I HAVE HAD SINCE AUGUST OF 2021 AND THAT IS A SPECIAL MEETING REQUEST ON SUICIDE PREVENTION.
I KNOW THERE'S A FORUM THAT IS SCHEDULED.
YOU KNOW, IT WAS BARELY A BLIP ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
I DON'T KNOW HOW WIDELY THAT'S BEING ADVERTISED.
THIS IS AN URGENT AND IMPORTANT PROBLEM.
TRUSTEE BONE THANK YOU FOR SECONDING THAT PER BOARD POLICY.
WHEN TWO TRUSTEES MAKE A REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL MEETING, YOU WILL GET IT.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT AND I WILL ADD TO THE COMMENT EARLIER ABOUT IT'S NOT INAPPROPRIATE. IT'S ENTIRELY APPROPRIATE TO SCHEDULE AGENDA ITEMS AS THE WILL OF THE BOARD SEES FIT.
I MEAN, WE HAVE MEETINGS ALL THE TIME THAT HAVE A DIVERSITY OF AGENDA ITEMS. I THINK WHAT IS INAPPROPRIATE IS THAT HAD TO MAKE THAT REQUEST BECAUSE WE'VE NOT MET TO DELIVER ON A PROMISE THAT WE MADE IN THE JANUARY 27TH BOARD MEETING.
ALL RIGHT. I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER LIGHTS ON.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY JUST FOR I KNOW ALL OF THE TRUSTEES DON'T KNOW HOW MANY REQUESTS ARE COMING INTO THIS MEETING, WE HAD 24 AGENDA REQUEST FOR THIS MEETING.
OBVIOUSLY, THEY CAN'T ALL MAKE IT ON TO THE MEETING.
SO THERE'S SEVERAL, SEVERAL THAT ARE BEING PUSHED OVER.
AND THEN THERE ARE MORE NOW THAT ARE BEING ADDED.
SO I JUST NEED TO AGAIN REQUEST FOR PATIENCE IN GETTING THINGS ONTO THE AGENDA BECAUSE I CANNOT GET 24 ITEMS ONTO THE AGENDA WITHOUT US MEETING FOR 24 CONSECUTIVE HOURS.
I WILL CONTACT YOU AS I DID A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THIS COUPLE TWO WEEKS AGO ABOUT THE STATUS OF THEIR INVESTIGATION OF THEIR REQUEST AND WHICH ONES TOOK PRIORITY AND WHAT NOT TRYING TO HONOR THOSE AS MUCH AS I CAN.
BUT PLEASE UNDERSTAND THERE IS A HIGH VOLUME, HIGH VOLUME OF AGENDA REQUESTS COMING IN.
AND ONE THING THAT'S ALSO EQUALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE ABOUT THAT OF THE 24 AGENDA REQUESTS, ONE HAS TO DO WITH STUDENT OUTCOMES.
ONE. THEY CAME FROM TRUSTEE VESSA ON THE OUTCOMES FROM VIRTUAL LEARNING.
SO WE NEED TO REMEMBER WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR, WHAT WE'RE DOING, NOT SAYING ANY OF THE AGENDA REQUESTS THAT WE GOT ARE NOT IMPORTANT AND THEY'RE NOT THINGS THAT ARE PRESSING ON THE DISTRICT. BUT WE HAVE 24 NOW, THREE MORE RIGHT HERE.
27 AGENDA REQUEST AND ONE IS ON STUDENT OUTCOMES.
SO HAVING SAID THAT, I DON'T SEE OH, I SEE TRUSTEE BONE, YOUR LIGHTS ON NOW.
YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT SUICIDE PREVENTION HAS TO DO WITH STUDENT OUTCOMES, SO THANK YOU, TRUSTEE WESTON, BECAUSE WE CAN'T TEACH DEAD CHILDREN, WHICH WAS TOLD TO US ABOUT THE MASK WEARING, SO HERE WE GO.
[03:05:02]
AND WE'RE NOT IN A DISCUSSION PHASE.I WORK IN THIS EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE, SO I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF IT, BUT JUST AS REMINDER OF STUDENT OUTCOMES ARE THINGS THAT OUR STUDENTS CAN SHOW AND DO.
SO THAT'S THE DEFINITION WE'RE USING, AND THAT'S THE CRITERIA I USED IN SAYING THAT WE HAD ONE AGENDA REQUEST.
I WILL WORK ON MAKING THIS HAPPEN ASAP AND ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? YES, I EARLIER ASKED THAT SEVEN, EIGHT AND NINE AND BY THE WAY, THE WAY YOU HAVE IT ON THE AGENDA, THIS IS NOT HOW I MADE THESE INVESTIGATION REQUESTS.
I HAD ONE INVESTIGATION REQUEST, NOT 10, BUT I REQUEST THAT THESE BE PULLED INTO OPEN.
OK, SO WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION TO REVIEW THESE AND THEN.
CAN I MAKE A MOTION MADAM PRESIDENT? I SEE A LIGHT ON BY TRUSTEE WEIR.
YES, IT IS, IT'S 11:30, WE HAVE EIGHT MORE ITEMS ON THIS AGENDA, WHICH IS RIDICULOUS.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE POSTPONE INDEFINITELY 7-10.
A MOTION TO POSTPONE ITEMS M7-10.
I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO POSTPONE ITEMS M-7-10 INDEFINITELY.
ANY COMMENTS? TRUSTEE WESTON? I WOULD URGE THE BOARD TO EXERCISE CAUTION WHEN TRYING TO FAST TRACK INVESTIGATIONS OF SOME TRUSTEES WHILE TRYING TO DELAY HOLDING ALL TRUSTEES TO THE SAME STANDARD OF SCRUTINY. I WOULD ASK YOU TO EXERCISE CAUTION IF THAT IS WHAT YOUR INTENT IS.
TRUSTEE BONE? YEAH, I FIND THIS MOTION INTERESTING IN THE FACT THAT WHEN PRESIDENT WEIR WAS PRESIDENT, SHE'S TRIED TO SUPPRESS AND OPPRESS TRUSTEE WESTON AND I, AND YET AGAIN TONIGHT HERE YOU ARE TRYING TO DO THE SAME THING AND EXERCISE YOUR POWER BY SUPPRESSING.
POINT OF ORDER. CAN WE JUST STAY ON TOPIC? WE ARE. THIS IS I MEAN, HER MOTION IS ABOUT SUPPRESSING.
THESE ARE IN FACT YOU AGENDA THEM THAT SAY WESTON BONE.
AND HERE AMY IS ASKING FOR US TO NOT, I MEAN, SHE'S SAYING POSTPONE THESE INDEFINITELY.
I MEAN, THIS IS UNEQUAL TREATMENT OF TRUSTEES.
I MEAN, IF THIS WAS ANYTHING ELSE OTHER THAN THE ONES THAT TRUSTEE WESTON AND I HAD ASKED FOR, I WOULD SAY ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY.
BUT THIS IS AGAIN, YOU GUYS ARE SAYING, TRYING TO SUPPRESS THE MINORITY, WHICH YOU GUYS SET UP HERE AND BRAG ABOUT THAT YOU'RE ALL FOR MINORITIES, BUT YOU'RE NOT.
YOU'RE FOR MINORITIES THAT AGREE WITH YOU.
YOU ARE. WE, TRUSTEE WESTON AND I ARE THE MINORITIES ON HERE, AND AMY IS TRYING TO SILENCE US BY NOT ALLOWING US TO HAVE AGENDA TOPICS.
AND THESE AGENDA TOPICS ARE OBVIOUSLY IMPORTANT TO US.
AND I WOULD ASK THAT THE BOARD ALLOWED THEM TO CONTINUE ON.
WE GO IN AND CLOSED, AND I'VE SAID THIS A MILLION TIMES, IF YOU GUYS DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT THEM, THEN DON'T TALK ABOUT THEM.
WE COME OUT. IT TAKES 30 MINUTES.
BUT THE PROBLEM IS, YOU GUYS GO IN AND YOU GUYS CAN'T HELP YOURSELF BUT TALK ABOUT IT AND GO IN AND DON'T TALK ABOUT THEM.
AND THEN JUST LET TRUSTEE WESTON AND I SAY WHAT WE NEED TO SAY ABOUT THEM AND MOVE ON.
TRUSTEE HARRISON? WOW. SORRY, I JUST NEEDED A PAUSE.
I CANNOT BELIEVE WHAT I JUST HEARD.
HOWEVER, I FEEL LIKE WE'VE GONE THROUGH THESE BEFORE, HAVE WE NOT? AND SAID, DO WE WANT TO HEAR THESE IN CLOSED? NOT THESE PARTICULAR ONES.
THEY WERE ON THE SOME OF THESE WERE ON THE AGENDA IN JANUARY, AND WE POSTPONED THEM BECAUSE THEY WERE REQUESTS FROM TRUSTEE WESTON AND SHE WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND THAT MEETING.
SO THAT MAY BE WHAT YOU WERE THINKING IS THAT YOU HAVE READ THEM ON AN AGENDA BEFORE, BUT WE HAVE NOT ACTUALLY GIVEN APPROVAL OR A VOTE UP OR DOWN AS TO WHETHER WE WANT TO COMMENCE THESE INVESTIGATIONS.
SO I BELIEVE IF YOU CAN TURN YOUR LIGHT.
YOUR LIGHTS NOT WORKING. ARE YOU FINISHED? OK? TRUSTEE XIAO? SO AGENDA ITEM M-8 HAS ALREADY BEEN ON THE CLOSED SESSION BEFORE, AND IT'S A CHARGE BY TRUSTEE WESTON AGAINST ME.
[03:10:02]
I'M OK IF YOU WANT TO BRING AN OPEN I'M FINE, BUT I KNOW IT'S LATE, EVERYBODY'S MIND IS IT'S BUGGED UP. I'M FINE IF SHE WANTED TO BE OPEN.I'M FINE WITH THAT. AND ALSO FOR AGENDA ITEM M-9, I WAS CAUGHT BY SURPRISE BY TRUSTEE BONE COMPLAINT LAST TIME BECAUSE I COULDN'T BELIEVE MY EARS WHAT I HEARD.
BUT TRUSTEE WESTON REQUEST THIS TIME SEEMS SIMILAR, SO IT'S ABOUT ROBOTICS PROGRAM AGAIN? IS IT? I'M JUST ASKING THIS QUESTION, IS IT, BECAUSE IF IT IS, IT'S ABOUT ME, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST IT TO BOARD INTO OPEN, I'M OK WITH YOU BROUGHT IT TO THE OPEN SESSION.
SO I HAD TO DO WAS FOCUS ON THE MOTION AND WE NEED TO VOTE ALREADY.
YEAH. SO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE.
MY RECOMMENDATION IS WE GO INTO CLOSED SESSION.
WE DISCUSS WHAT THESE ARE REGARDING.
I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING IN SPECIFICS OTHER THAN WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA.
THEN WE CAN DISCUSS WITH OUR ATTORNEYS WHETHER THEY CAN BE BROUGHT BACK OUT INTO OPEN SESSION, DEPENDING ON THE SUBJECT MATERIAL.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO POSTPONE ITEMS M-7-10, INDEFINITELY.
ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.
ALL OPPOSED? ABSTAINING? MOTION PASSES 3-1, WAIT 4-1.
OH, YEAH, SORRY. IT FAILS, IT FAILS 4-2.
BONE, FELLER, WESTON AND VESSA WERE OPPOSED AND ABSTAINED WAS XIAO AND HARRISON, DID I GET EVERYBODY'S VOTE RECORDED CORRECTLY? OK, MOTION FAILS 1-4-2.
AND LET ME JUST TELL YOU, TRUSTEES, MY PLAN IS TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION TO HANDLE ITEMS
[M. CLOSED SESSION (Part 2 of 3)]
M-1,2, AND 3, COME BACK OUT INTO OPEN SESSION.ALLOW ANY MOTIONS THAT MAY NEED TO BE MADE SO THAT WE CAN ALLOW STAFF TO GO HOME.
GO BACK INTO CLOSED SESSION TO HANDLE AGENDA ITEM 7-11.
OK PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.074 AND 551.071 THE BOARD WILL CONSIDER AND DISCUSS THE QUARTERLY INTERNAL AUDIT REPORT AND LIGHTHOUSE COMPLAINTS OR CONCERNS AGAINST TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.072 THE BOARD WILL DISCUSS AND DELIBERATE ON THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY AND PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 55.071 THE BOARD MAY SEEK LEGAL ADVICE REGARDING THE PROPOSED CONVEYANCE SALE OF LAND PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.076 THE BOARD WILL MEET TO DISCUSS AND DELIBERATE THE DISTRICT AND BOARD SAFETY AND SECURITY MEASURES PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.071 AND AS REQUESTED BY TRUSTEE WESTON. THE BOARD WILL CONSULT WITH ATTORNEY REGARDING TRUSTEE DECISIONS AND POSSIBLE INVESTIGATION TO REVIEW THE LOSS OF THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS FROM THE ENROLLMENT ROLLS AND DETERMINE HARM TO THE DISTRICT PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071 AND IS REQUESTED BY TRUSTEE WESTON.
THE BOARD WILL CONSULT WITH ATTORNEY REGARDING TRUSTEE PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATIONS AND POSSIBLE INVESTIGATION TO REVIEW POTENTIAL UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURES REGARDING AN OPEN CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION ON A TRUSTEE SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071 AND 551.074 AND IS REQUESTED BY TRUSTEE WESTON CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY AND CONSIDERATION REGARDING POSSIBLE INVESTIGATION OF TRUSTEES ABUSING THEIR POSITION TO GAIN UNUSUAL OR ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR THEIR OWN CHILDREN IN ROUND ROCK ISD PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071, 551.4, AND 551.076 AND IS REQUESTED BY TRUSTEE BONE CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY AND CONSIDERATION REGARDING ENTERTAINING AND OUTSIDE INVESTIGATOR TO DETERMINE IF THE ROUND ROCK ISD POLICE DEPARTMENT'S POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ARE BEING FOLLOWED PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071 AND 551.074, THE BOARD WILL CONSULT WITH ATTORNEY TO DISCUSS THE DUTIES, ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF A PUBLIC OFFICER AND EMPLOYEES.
WE'LL TAKE A 10 MINUTE RECESS AND WE'LL CONVENE IN CLOSED SESSION AT 11:45.
I WASN'T TRYING TO BE BOSSY TO THE FOUR OF YOU ALL THAT CAME IN.
[03:15:01]
I WAS JUST TRYING TO BE LIKE, I DIDN'T WANT YOU TO GO ALL THE WAY OVER THERE, OK.FOR THOSE THAT ARE COMING IN, WE'RE LITERALLY MAKING TWO MOTIONS AND THEN WE'RE GOING BACK INTO CLOSED SESSION. SO I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE A QUICK IN, QUICK OUT. WE'RE RUNNING.
[N. CALL BACK TO ORDER/EXECUTIVE SESSION MOTIONS (Part 2 of 3)]
DO I HAVE ANY MOTIONS COMING OUT OF CLOSED? YES, MADAM PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD, EXCEPT THE ADMINISTRATION'S RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE REVISED ENCROACHMENT AGREEMENT TO THE HERNANDEZ MIDDLE SCHOOL WATER LINE EASEMENT AS PRESENTED IN CLOSED SESSION.I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TRUSTEE BONE? IS YOUR LIGHT ON? SORRY IT MIGHT BE FROM EARLIER.
OK, THANK YOU. ANY COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT, ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES 7-0.
MADAM PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD ACCEPT THE ADMINISTRATION'S RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE CONTINUATION OF THE PERPETUAL UTILITY EASEMENT TO THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK ALONG THE AW GRIMES FUTURE SCHOOL SITE, AS PRESENTED IN CLOSED SESSION.
ANY COMMENTS FROM TRUSTEES? SEEING NONE.
ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.
ALL OPPOSED? SEEING NONE, THE MOTION CARRIES 7-0.
BEFORE WE GO BACK INTO CLOSED, CAN I JUST ASK IF IF SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE OR 10 ARE ABOUT ME ? WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO CLOSED, I'M GOING TO LEAVE, ACTUALLY.
I MEAN, UNLESS THEY'RE ABOUT ME.
AND THAT WOULD BE TO TRUSTEE WESTON.
I'M ACTUALLY DON'T REALLY PLAN ON SAYING MUCH, I JUST HAVE A FEW MOTIONS TO MAKE.
OK. DO YOU WANT TO MAKE THEM WITHOUT ANY DISCUSSION ON THESE ITEMS? SO IS THIS FOUR, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, 10 AND 11? NOT 11. PROBABLY NEED TO CAPTURE 11 JUST TO BE SAFE.
ACTUALLY. YOURS ARE SEVEN, EIGHT AND NINE.
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANY DISCUSSIONS WHATSOEVER AND YOU JUST WANT TO MAKE MOTIONS, THEN WE DON'T HAVE TO GO IN CLOSED.
I'M THINKING THAT MIGHT NEED I THINK THEY'RE ALL KIND OF TIED TOGETHER, SO I'D LIKE TO COVER SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, 10 AND 11 AND THEN AND THEN AFTER WE DO ALL OF THEM, I'D BE COMFORTABLE MAKING THE MOTIONS.
OK, SO WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'LL GET YOUR QUESTION ANSWERED BEFORE THAT.
SO IT IS 1:18 AND WE ARE ENTERING CLOSED.
IS IT ABOUT ME OR NOT? IF IT IS ABOUT ME, CAN I REQUEST TO PUT IT OPEN? WE WILL DISCUSS THAT IN CLOSED.
WE NEED TO GO INTO CLOSED TO HEAR WHAT SHE IS REQUESTING FOR THE INVESTIGATION IF ANYONE WANTS THAT DISCUSSION BROUGHT OUT INTO OPEN.
WE WILL COME BACK OUT ONTO OPEN.
OK, BUT WE HAVE TO GO INTO CLOSED TO FIND OUT WHO SHE WANTS THIS INVESTIGATION TO BE.
IF THERE'S A SPECIFIC TARGET, THERE MAY NOT EVEN BE A SPECIFIC TARGET, BUT IF THERE IS A SPECIFIC TARGET, WE NEED TO DISCUSS THAT IN CLOSED SESSION.
AND THEN AT THAT POINT, IF YOUR NAME IS MENTIONED AND YOU WANT IT BROUGHT BACK INTO OPEN, WE CAN BRING IT BACK INTO OPEN AT THAT POINT.
OK, OK. IT IS 1:18 AND WE ARE IN CLOSED SESSION.
[M. CLOSED SESSION (Part 3 of 3)]
ALL RIGHT, WE'RE STREAMING, IT IS 1:55 A.M.[N. CALL BACK TO ORDER/EXECUTIVE SESSION MOTIONS (Part 3 of 3)]
WE ARE BACK IN OPEN SESSION.DO WE HAVE ANY MOTIONS COMING OUT OF CLOSED? I DO. I MOVE TO RETAIN AN OUTSIDE INVESTIGATOR REGARDING TRUSTEE AMBER FELLER'S POSSIBLE ABUSE OF POWER TOWARDS AN ALLEGED VICTIM DURING AN INVESTIGATION, AS WELL AS POSSIBLE VIOLATIONS OF BBFB LEGAL, SPECIFICALLY ABUSE OF OFFICIAL CAPACITY TO GAIN FAVOR FOR HER CHILD AND THE CONVENING OF WALKING QUORUMS. I'LL SECOND THAT. CAN YOU READ THAT ONE MORE TIME, PLEASE? I MOVED TO RETAIN AN OUTSIDE INVESTIGATOR REGARDING TRUSTEE AMBER FELLER'S POSSIBLE ABUSE OF POWER TOWARDS AN ALLEGED VICTIM DURING AN INVESTIGATION, AS WELL AS POSSIBLE VIOLATIONS OF BBFB LEGAL, SPECIFICALLY ABUSE OF OFFICIAL CAPACITY TO GAIN FAVOR FOR HER CHILD AND THE CONVENING OF WALKING QUORUMS. WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND, DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS.
I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE QUESTION, BUT I WILL GIVE THE COURTESY FOR ANY TRUSTEE YOU WANT TO SPEND TWO MINUTES.
I SECOND CALLING THE QUESTION.
OK, OK, WE HAVE A MOTION TO CALL THE QUESTION AND A SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.
THAT'S NOT ENOUGH TO CALL THE QUESTION.
[03:20:06]
I'M CALLING THE QUESTION RIGHT NOW AND THEN THEY CAN EXPLAIN IN THE MOTION.I MEAN, I GUESS I OPPOSE CALLING THE QUESTION BECAUSE I DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND WHAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT. LIKE WHAT? WHAT AM I? I DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED.
LIKE WHAT IS THIS ABOUT? SO WE ARE NOT ALLOWED ANY DISCUSSION IF THEY CALL THE QUESTION PASSES. I'M GOING TO CONFIRM IT ONE MORE TIME, ALL IN FAVOR OF CALLING THE QUESTION, RAISE YOUR HAND. FOUR, TO CALL IT.
ALL OPPOSED. THAT'S TWO ABSTAINING, ONE DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH TO CALL THE QUESTION.
TRUSTEE HARRISON, YOU HAVE YOUR LIGHT ON.
IT WAS AN ACCIDENT. I THINK I HAD IT ON EARLIER, BUT THAT IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE DISCUSSED IN CLOSED.
YEAH. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.
LIKE WHAT? WELL, I MEAN, THEN WE HAVE TO JUST VOTE ON IT.
WE JUST HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OK FOR, TO HAVE AN INVESTIGATION.
AN OUTSIDE INVESTIGATOR INTO ME? I COULDN'T EVEN WRITE IT. WE DIDN'T EVEN TALK ABOUT IT.
SO I HAVE NO IDEA. I'M GOING TO CLARIFY OR ASSUME, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO LIKE TO MAKE ASSUMPTIONS. BUT IS THIS REGARDING M-9? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE MAKING A MOTION OUT OF IN CLOSED? BECAUSE THESE ARE EXECUTIVE MOTIONS COMING OUT.
OK, I THINK 11 WASN'T REALLY A SPECIFIC ACTION, THOUGH, BUT OK.
ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.
ANY OTHER MOTIONS? I HAVE ANOTHER MOTION I MOVE TO RETAIN AN OUTSIDE INVESTIGATOR REGARDING TRUSTEE AMY WEIR'S ACTIONS AND POSSIBLY LYING TO THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC, ASKING A STAFF MEMBER TO WITHHOLD INFORMATION FROM SPECIFIC BOARD MEMBERS.
POSSIBLE TOMA VIOLATIONS, MISUSE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, AND ABUSE OF THE OFFICE OF BOARD PRESIDENT, OFFICIAL OPPRESSION IN THE AUGUST 16, 2021 BOARD MEETING AND THE CONVENING OF WALKING QUORUMS. CAN YOU CLARIFY WHICH ITEM THIS IS REGARDING IN CLOSED SESSION, PLEASE? BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO TAKE MOTIONS FOR.
THERE WAS NOTHING. YEAH, I DON'T SEE ANY.
LET'S WAIT FOR HER TO SAY WHAT SHE BELIEVES.
WE NEED TO HAVE ONE MORE SPECIFIC BECAUSE THAT WAS ABOUT THE DISCUSSION AND CLOSED THAT WE HAD TOWARDS THE END THAT I WON'T REPEAT HERE BECAUSE THAT WAS CLOSED SESSION DISCUSSION, BUT WE KNOW WHAT THAT LAST PART OF CLOSED SESSION WAS.
ITEM 11 IS DUTIES, ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF A PUBLIC OFFICER.
WE WEREN'T POSTED FOR DISCUSSION ABOUT .I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT WAS DUTIES, ROLES, OR RESPONSIBILITIES, YOU HAVE TO READ THAT AGAIN.
I KNOW IT WAS LENGTHY. I MOVE TO RETAIN AN OUTSIDE INVESTIGATOR REGARDING AMY WEIR'S ACTIONS IN POSSIBLY LYING TO THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC, ASKING A STAFF MEMBER TO WITHHOLD INFORMATION FROM SPECIFIC BOARD MEMBERS.
POSSIBLE TOMA VIOLATIONS, MISUSE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND ABUSE OF THE OFFICE OF BOARD PRESIDENT OFFICIAL OPPRESSION IN THE AUGUST 16TH, 2021 BOARD MEETING AND THE CONVENING OF WALKING QUORUMS. I WILL SAY THAT THAT'S TOO BROAD OF A TOPIC ON NUMBER 11.
IT NEEDS TO BE MORE SPECIFIED.
SO I WOULD ADVISE THAT THAT BE UTILIZED AT A DIFFERENT BOARD MEETING WHEN YOU WANT TO BE MORE SPECIFIC ON THE CLOSED SESSION ITEM TO VOTE ON.
HOW ARE YOU ABLE TO TALK ABOUT TRUSTEES THAN ON 11? WE CAN TALK IN CLOSED SESSION, BUT WHEN WE BRING MOTIONS OUT, IT NEEDS TO BE MORE SPECIFIC AND THAT WAS A VERY BROAD.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THIS IS HER LENGTHY MOTION IS ABOUT DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
THOSE WERE ALL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
IT'S ALL ADDRESSED IN THE INVESTIGATORS REPORT THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET ON MARCH 8TH.
SO I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY WE'RE DOING A SEPARATE MOTION.
THIS FEELS LIKE A BAIT AND SWITCH, WHICH IS NOT COOL, BECAUSE NONE OF THIS IS WHAT WE DISCUSSED. I'M GOING TO SAY I'M SORRY.
I'M REALLY. THIS COULD BE UNDER THE INVESTIGATION.
I'M GOING TO REALLY STATE AGAIN, I DO BELIEVE IT NEEDS TO BE ONE OF THE SPECIFIED ITEMS THAT ONE IS JUST TOO BROAD FOR THAT MATTER.
LET'S SEE. AMY JUST THOUGHT IT WAS ALL IN THE INVESTIGATION, SO FOR COUNCIL REGARDING STATUS OF INVESTIGATION REGARDING SUPERINTENDENT'S CONDUCT, IT'S IN THAT INVESTIGATION.
BUT THAT'S THE SUPERINTENDENT'S CONTEST, NOT MINE.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ADD IT TO ANOTHER AGENDA.
YEAH, I WOULD SAY THAT LIKE ANOTHER MEETING.
FOR THAT SPECIFIED, A LITTLE MORE SPECIFIC.
BECAUSE I DON'T WANT I MEAN, REALLY THE OUTCOME AS IT CAN BE AVOIDABLE ACTION BECAUSE IT'S NOT DONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH OMA, SO YOU REALLY DON'T WANT THAT OUTCOME.
[03:25:05]
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER MOTIONS COME IN FROM CLOSED? YES, I MOVE TO RETAIN AN OUTSIDE INVESTIGATOR TO DETERMINE TRUSTEE TIFFANIE HARRISON'S ROLE AND POSSIBLE ABUSE OF POWER TO INFLUENCE THE SUPERINTENDENT ON EMPLOYMENT ACTIONS REGARDING DIRECTOR LEVEL AND ABOVE STAFF MEMBERS.AND THIS IS REGARDING THE LIGHTHOUSE COMPLAINTS.
YEAH, I GOT THAT ONE. I'LL SECOND.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY COMMENTS? I CALL THE QUESTION.
ALL IN FAVOR OF CALLING THE QUESTION RAISE YOUR HAND.
WE HAVE FIVE CALLED THE QUESTION.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR OF REPEAT THE MOTION ONE MORE TIME, PLEASE INTO TRUSTEE TIFFANIE HARRISON.
I MOVE TO RETAIN AN OUTSIDE INVESTIGATOR TO DETERMINE TRUSTEE TIFFANIE HARRISON ROLE AND POSSIBLE ABUSE OF HER POWER TO INFLUENCE THE SUPERINTENDENT ON EMPLOYMENT ACTIONS REGARDING DIRECTOR LEVEL AND ABOVE STAFF MEMBERS.
OK, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.
ALL OPPOSED? ABSTAINING? MOTION FAILS FOR 2-4-1.
I THINK I MIGHT HAVE ACTUALLY SAID THAT BACKWARDS EARLIER, THE ONE AGAINST THE FIRST MOTION YOU MADE FAILED 2-4-1.
MAKING SURE THAT'S CORRECT IN THE RECORD.
ARE THERE ANY MORE MOTIONS? I HAVE ONE.
I MOVE THAT THE BOARD RETAIN AN OUTSIDE INVESTIGATOR TO DETERMINE IF THE ROUND ROCK ISD POLICE DEPARTMENT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES HAVE BEEN AND ARE BEING FOLLOWED.
SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
DO I HAVE ANY COMMENTS? I CALL THE QUESTION.
ACTUALLY, CAN I? SORRY. HOLD ON.
TRUSTEE WEIR'S GOT HER LIGHT ON.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT IN JUNE WE DID AUTHORIZE THE AUDITOR.
WE'VE ALREADY SHE'S GOING TO DO 350 HOURS WORTH OF REVIEW.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, PART OF HER AUDIT RATIONALE SELECTION AS IT'S A HIGH RISK AREA, WAS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BECAME FULLY OPERATIONAL IN JUNE 2021 AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SAFETY, SECURITY AND PROTECTION OF STUDENTS, STAFF AND DISTRICT PROPERTY.
SO SHE'S ALREADY SET TO REVIEW THAT AS PART OF HER INTERNAL AUDIT REVIEW FOR THIS YEAR.
AND NOW. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY OTHER COMMENT? I CALL THE QUESTION, CALL THE QUESTION.
ALL IN FAVOR OF CALLING THE QUESTION? FIVE FOUR. THAT'S ENOUGH, OK? WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR? TWO. ALL OPPOSED? FIVE. MOTION FAILS 2-5.
ANY OTHER MOTIONS? I'M HEARING NONE, HEARING NONE.
AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.