Jul 26, 2022 Called Board Meetings

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I HEREBY CALL THE ROUND ROCK ISD BOARD MEETING TO ORDER.

[A. CALL TO ORDER]

TESTING. ALL RIGHT.

SO I HEREBY CALL THE ROUND ROCK ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING TO ORDER PRESENT.

TONIGHT WE HAVE ABSENT, PRESIDENT FELLER.

MYSELF, TIFFANY HARRISON PRESENT.

AMY WEIR, ABSENT.

DR. MARY BONE, PRESENT.

TRUSTEE COREY VESSA, PRESENT.

TRUSTEE DANIEL WESTON AND ABSENT DR.

KEVIN JOHNSON.

PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE.

[C. PUBLIC COMMENTS TO AGENDA ITEMS ONLY]

HOT MICS TONIGHT.

AT EACH BOARD MEETING, THE BOARD WILL SET ASIDE TIME TO AFFORD THE GENERAL PUBLIC AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON ITEMS UNDER CONSIDERATION ON THE AGENDA.

WE ASK THAT 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 REQUESTS THAT COMMENTS, WHETHER POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, BE COURTEOUS AND RESPECTFUL.

I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND THE AUDIENCE AND THE VIEWERS 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 THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE 37.105.

NO AUDIENCE MEMBER SPEAKER WILL BE PERMITTED TO ENGAGE IN ANY CONDUCT THAT IS DISRUPTIVE OR THREATENING TOWARD 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, AFTER AT LEAST ONE MORE INDIVIDUAL WARNING FROM THE PRESIDING OFFICER, AN 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 THE 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 2 MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.

TRUSTEE WEIR, WILL BE THE DESIGNATED TIMEKEEPER.

THE FIRST SPEAKER IS RICKY NELSON, SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEMS ONE, TWO AND THREE.

E ONE, TWO AND THREE.

AND DO YOU LIVE? YOU CAN USE THE, DO YOU LIVE IN THE DISTRICT? TELL ME WHEN I'M READY. DO YOU LIVE IN THE DISTRICT? I DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER THAT.

YOU KNOW THAT ANSWER TO THAT.

OKAY. YOU READY? WHO'S TIMING? OH, AMY. OKAY. AS GUNSHOTS ECHOED THROUGH THE HIGH SCHOOL.

A GEOGRAPHY TEACHER, SCOTT BINGLE, MY SON'S TEACHER, 35, PAUSED TO USHER STRAGGLERS INTO HIS CLASSROOM BEFORE LOCKING THE DOOR, ONLY TO BE SHOT AND KILLED HIMSELF AS THE SHOOTER STRODE BY ON 21428.

THE WORLD STOPPED TURNING FOR ME AND MY COMMUNITY.

AS I DROVE. SORRY, I'M NOT SURE WHAT AGENDA ITEM THIS REGARDING BECAUSE WE HAVE, IT HAS TO DO WITH THE GRIEVANCE.

AND AS AMY STATED OR AMBER STATED IN PREVIOUS, AS LONG AS I CAN TAILOR IT BACK TO WHAT I SAID, I'M ABLE TO SPEAK.

AND SHE WOULD GIVE LENIENCE AND I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE THAT DOCUMENTATION SHE GAVE ON THE DAIS.

OK YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO SPEAK ABOUT MATTERS ON THE AGENDA AND YOU'RE SAYING THIS IS ABOUT THE GRIEVANCE.

THE GRIEVANCE DOCUMENTS THAT I'VE READ ARE NOT ABOUT THIS MATTER.

IT'S ABOUT SAFETY AND SECURITY, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT MY GRIEVANCE WAS ABOUT THE LACK OF SAFETY AND SECURITY.

SO, I MEAN, IF YOU'RE GOING TO I'M JUST GOING BY WHAT AMY SET THE STANDARD FOR.

I MEAN, SHE ALLOWED EVERYBODY 2 MINUTES TO CALL US WHITE NATIONALIST, RACIST, HOMOPHOBIC, XENOPHOBIC.

I'M SORRY. THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA EITHER.

I UNDERSTAND. I'M JUST SAYING, YOU GOT TO PICK WHICH ONE YOU WANT.

EITHER YOU'RE GOING TO LET PEOPLE SPEAK PER THE STANDARD AMY GAVE ON THE DAIS OR NOT.

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I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S ABOUT.

I WILL SAY THAT THE PRESIDING OFFICER CAN MAKE THE FINAL DECISION.

HERE SHE IS THE SITTING OFFICER.

JUST AS LONG AS WE'RE CONSISTENT FOR EVERYBODY AND THE BOARD POLICY DOES SAY THAT IT HAS TO BE REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS. SO HOW MUCH OF IT I'M GOING TO DEFER TO LEGAL COUNSEL.

AS LONG AS YOU KEEP YOUR COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS, YOU MAY CONTINUE.

BUT IF LEGAL COUNSEL HAS TO STOP YOU AGAIN, THAT WILL BE THE END OF THAT.

THANK YOU. SO CAN YOU PLEASE PROVIDE EXACTLY HOW LONG I HAVE TO BRING IT BACK TO THE CONCLUSION OR EVERY WORD? BECAUSE I GUESS I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED AS TO BECAUSE THE LAST COUPLE OF MEETINGS THEY HAVE ONLY BEEN LIKE 20 SECONDS WORTH OF IT.

SO I DON'T KNOW.

I FEEL LIKE IT'S YOU'RE KIND OF USING A LITTLE DISCRETION HERE.

YOU'RE ALLOWING IT FOR SOME, BUT NOT FOR OTHERS.

I'M NOT THE PRESIDING OFFICER.

I'M TRYING TO MERELY STATE WHAT THE BOARD POLICY INDICATES AND IT SAYS IT CALLED BOARD MEETINGS MUST HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT DIRECTLY TO AGENDA ITEMS ONLY.

SO MY AGENDA ITEM.

THIS IS PROCEDURAL.

OKAY, SO I'LL JUST KEEP GOING BECAUSE I KNOW YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT SAFETY AND SECURITY ANYWAYS, SO ROUND ROCK ISD IS FAILING TO PROVIDE A SAFE CAMPUS.

I FIND IT IRONIC THAT TWO FATHERS CAN BE ARRESTED 30 DAYS AFTER A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING AND SPEND THE NIGHT IN JAIL.

BUT A SUPPORTER OF TIFFANY HARRISON THAT GAVE OVER $5,000 IS NOT EVEN REMOTELY HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR A SIMPLE ASSAULT AS DESCRIBED BY YOUR ROUND ROCK ISD POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WHEN WE FILED THE POLICE REPORT, WE WERE ASSURED THAT ALL VIDEO RELATING TO THE INCIDENT WOULD BE HELD FOR UP TO TWO YEARS, YET IT MYSTERIOUSLY DISAPPEARS.

SO YOU HAVE TO WONDER WHY MAYBE THIS CONNECTION TO TIFFANY AND THE BOARD PROTECTED HIM TO KEEP HIS SUPPORT.

I ALSO FIND IT IRONIC THAT THE BOARD HAS NOT MADE THE SAFETY AND SECURITY MEETINGS A PRIORITY.

THIS IS ALL IN MY COMPLAINT.

IF YOU READ THE DOCUMENT NEXT TO YOU, IT'S ALL THERE.

IF IT'S AND NOW I DO SEE THAT IT'S RELATING BECAUSE I READ THE DOCUMENTS FOR YOUR GROUP.

YES, MA'AM. SO THANK YOU. THAT PART IS, HOWEVER, THIS IS LISTED AS A CLOSED SESSION MATTER AND ANY CLOSED SESSION MATTER ITEMS THAT THE BOARD HEARS UNDER THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT UNDER 551074 RACE AGAINST EMPLOYEES.

THAT IS TO BE HELD BY THE BOARD AND CLOSED.

AND THAT'S WHEN YOU ARE TO RAISE THE ISSUES IN YOUR GRIEVANCE.

SO I CAN JUST NOT SAY HER NAME AND KEEP GOING.

YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO TALK ABOUT ANYTHING RELATED TO THE AGREEMENT, SPECIFICALLY IN A CLOSED SESSION.

OKAY. SO NOW YOU'RE BEING TOLD THAT ANYTHING HAVING TO DO WITH THE GRIEVANCE IS NOT ALLOWED.

MA'AM, WE'RE NOT HERE TO ARGUE WITH GENERAL COUNSEL.

SHE'S EXPLAINED. SHUT ME DOWN.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO CONTINUE YOUR COMMENTS? CAN SHE CONTINUE OR CAN YOU CLARIFY WHAT THE EXPECTATION IS? WHAT YOU CAN TALK ABOUT, RELATE IT TO YOUR GRIEVANCES? PROCEDURAL. LIKE, I DON'T LIKE HOW LONG IT TOOK TO GET TO THE BOARD, BUT SUBSTANTIVELY, ANYTHING ABOUT THE GRIEVANCE SUBSTANTIVELY BECAUSE IT'S SET FOR CLOSED SESSION AND IT WAS RAISED AGAINST EMPLOYEES.

551074 SAYS THE BOARD HAS THE RIGHT TO HEAR THAT IN CLOSED SESSION AND THAT IS HOW IT'S LISTED.

TO HEAR IT IN CLOSED SESSION, YOU MAY RAISE YOUR COMPLAINT GRIEVANCE REGARDING THIS MATTER TO THE BOARD IN CLOSED SESSION.

SO NOW YOU'RE LIMITING WHAT I CAN SAY AGAINST MY FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.

NO, MA'AM, I'M NOT. I'M SAYING THAT THE IF YOU CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT REGARDING THE AGENDA, BUT THAT MATTER SHOULD BE HELD IN CLOSED BECAUSE IT'S RAISED AGAINST EMPLOYEES.

YOU'RE GOING TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT NOTHING RELATED TO THE EMPLOYEES.

I CAN JUST SKIP THAT.

I PRETTY MUCH ALREADY SAID, BUT I SAID SO.

NO. AND I JUST WISH YOU WOULD EXPLAIN BECAUSE NOBODY EVER TOLD US IT HAD TO BE PROCEDURAL.

I FEEL LIKE IT CHANGES EVERY TIME.

SO NO.

SO MSD OPERATES OPERATED LIKE ROUND ROCK ISD IN UVALDE.

THE CULTURE BEING LAXITY [INAUDIBLE].

POLITICS OVER SAFETY.

NO CONSEQUENCES FOR SAFETY BREACHES, DOORS OPEN, UNSANCTIONED WALKED OUT, THINGS LIKE THAT THAT VIOLATE MAKE US FEEL UNSAFE.

THESE LITTLE THINGS NOT HOLDING PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR CONSEQUENCES ARE WHAT LEADS TO THESE MAJOR INCIDENTS.

THEY DON'T JUST HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.

THEY HAPPEN BECAUSE THE BOARD DOESN'T HAVE ANY CONSEQUENCES FOR PEOPLE.

NO PERSON SHOULD LAY THEIR HAND ON ANOTHER PERSON AND NOT BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE, IRREGARDLESS OF WHO THEY GIVE MONEY TO.

THAT, FOR ME IS WHERE I DRAW THE LINE.

THIS DISTRICT GOT RID OF THE VIDEO AND DID NOTHING TO PROTECT THIS WOMAN AND SHE FEELS UNSAFE.

NOT ONLY THAT, SHE GOT HARASSED ONLINE, SHE GOT DOXED ONLINE, EVERYTHING.

AND YOU KNOW, I FIND IT IRONIC THAT YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT PEOPLE GETTING DOXED LAST TIME.

NEXT, WE HAVE DONNA TUCKER SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEMS D1, E1, TWO AND THREE.

AND MS. TUCKER, YOU DO LIVE IN ROUND ROCK ISD SAYS.

YEP. SO I'VE ONLY BEEN ATTENDING SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS SINCE NOVEMBER.

BUT IN THAT TIME I'VE BEEN TOLD I DON'T LIKE CERTAIN PEOPLE.

I'VE BEEN TOLD I'M A XENOPHOBE.

I'VE BEEN TOLD CERTAIN THINGS FROM DIFFERENT MEMBERS OF YOU, ALL THE BOARD.

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BUT WE'RE PUSHING SOCIAL AGENDAS THAT PROBABLY SHOULDN'T BE PUSHED AT SUCH AN EARLY AGE.

AND THERE'S SO MANY THINGS GOING ON.

I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU.

I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS ALL NIGHT. I JUST NEED TO KNOW WHAT IT'S ABOUT ON THE AGENDA.

IT IS ABOUT WHICH ITEM? ABOUT OPENING.

I'M SORRY. IT'S ABOUT OPEN ENROLLMENT.

THE OK, THE D1.

YEAH. OK. SO I FIND IT, ALTHOUGH I HAVE HEARD VERY LITTLE ABOUT OF CONCERN ABOUT POLICIES THAT ARE NOT IN PLACE THAT WOULD PROTECT CHILDREN OR POLICIES THAT ARE IN PLACE THAT ARE REALLY NOT VERY GOOD.

I HAVE NOT HEARD MUCH TALKED ABOUT ACADEMIC STANDARDS OR IMPROVING SAFETY OR WHATEVER, AND NOW PEOPLE ARE JUST PARADING AND TAKING THEIR CHILDREN OUT OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

YOU'RE LOSING YOU'RE LOSING TEACHERS AND COUNSELORS AND ALL KINDS OF EMPLOYEES.

AND YET YOU WANT TO OPEN ENROLLMENT SO MY TAX DOLLARS CAN PAY FOR PEOPLE TO COME FROM OTHER AREAS TO WHAT SHOULD BE THE SCHOOLS FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE. THANK YOU.

NEXT UP, WE HAVE ROBERT LE JOUR SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM E3.

AND YOU DO RESIDE IN THE DISTRICT.

SO BACK IN DECEMBER WHEN YALL WERE DEBATING THIS ANTI HATE RESOLUTION, I STOOD UP HERE, MAYBE IT WAS A LITTLE BIT THAT WAY.

AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND I ASKED THE QUESTION WHAT THE NET OUTCOME, WHAT THE EXPECTED OUTCOME OF THIS WAS GOING TO BE AND WHETHER IT WAS GOING TO ACTUALLY BE ENFORCED.

AND AT THAT TIME, I EXPRESSED DOUBT.

SO WE'RE STANDING HERE TONIGHT TALKING ABOUT HATE SPEECH OR WE WILL LATER.

AND MY COMMENT IS THIS AND IT'S REALLY MOSTLY DIRECTED TOWARDS THE COMMUNITY, WHICH IS TO FIND OUT WHETHER THAT ANTI HATE RESOLUTION ACTUALLY MEANS ANYTHING OR WHETHER IT WAS A COMPLETE WASTE OF THIS DISTRICT'S TIME OR Y'ALL'S TIME, REALLY.

WHETHER IT APPLIES TO EVERYONE OR WHETHER IT ONLY APPLIES TO CERTAIN PARTIES AT THE DISCRETION OF THIS BOARD.

SO WHAT'S IT GOING TO BE? DOES THAT? DOES THE RESOLUTION MATTER? IS IT GOING TO BE ENFORCED? IS IT FOR EVERYBODY OR JUST CERTAIN PEOPLE, CERTAIN IDEAS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

UP NEXT, WE HAVE STACEY LEDGER SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM THREE.

AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT.

OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, THERE HAS BEEN MISINFORMATION, DISINFORMATION AND HATE SPEECH DIRECTED TOWARD AUDIENCE MEMBERS AND SPECIFICALLY TOWARD FOCUS ON EDUCATION.

DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, I'D LIKE TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT ABOUT WHO AND WHAT FOCUS ON EDUCATION IS.

WE ARE MADE UP OF PARENTS, TEACHERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO DESIRE TO SEE ROUND ROCK ISD RETURN TO FOCUSING ON THE THINGS THAT MATTER.

ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE.

GETTING BACK TO THE BASICS AND EDUCATION.

SPENDING MONEY WHERE IT MATTERS IN COMMON SENSE.

PARENT PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT.

DESPITE WHAT AUDIENCE MEMBERS HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO SAY ABOUT US AND TO US DURING THESE MEETINGS.

IF YOU LOOK AROUND, YOU'LL SEE THAT OUR GROUP INCLUDES PEOPLE OF ALL RACES, CULTURES AND RELIGIONS.

WE ARE PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS, TEACHERS, TAXPAYERS, BLACK, BROWN, WHITE, VIETNAMESE, HISPANIC, CHRISTIAN, EUROPEAN, FIRST GENERATION AMERICANS, BUDDHISTS, NONRELIGIOUS BLENDED FAMILIES, BIRACIAL FAMILIES, AND MUCH MORE.

WE ARE NONE OF THE THINGS THAT AUDIENCE MEMBERS WHO ENGAGE IN HATE SPEECH HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO SAY.

WE ALSO PLAN TO SUPPORT ANY SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATE THAT SERVES THE BROADER NEED OF THE DISTRICT AND NOT JUST FOR THE SELECT FEW.

HATE SPEECH IS DEFINED AS ANY FORM OF EXPRESSION THAT INTENDS TO ATTACK A PERSON OR GROUP BY INCITING VIOLENCE OR PREJUDICE ON THE BASIS OF ATTRIBUTES SUCH AS RACE, RELIGION, ETHNICITY, SEX, DISABILITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND OTHERS.

TONIGHT, I ASK THAT THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES REAFFIRM ITS COMMITMENT TO UPHOLD THE ANTI HATE RESOLUTION THAT WAS ADOPTED EARLIER THIS YEAR BY PUBLICLY CONDEMNING ANY INDIVIDUAL WHOSE SPEECH SPECIFICALLY CALLS OUT INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS BY RACE, SKIN COLOR OR RELIGION IN AN ATTEMPT TO INCITE HATRED AGAINST OTHERS AND TO SOW DIVISION IN THE COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

NEXT UP, WE HAVE DENISE REA SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM THREE.

AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT.

FOCUS ON EDUCATION IS A RICHLY DIVERSE COMMUNITY FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE WHERE WE ARE OF VARIOUS FAITHS, CULTURES, ETHNICITIES, ABILITIES AND SKIN COLORS.

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WE REPRESENT THE DIVERSE ROUND ROCK ISD COMMUNITY OF STUDENTS, STAFF, PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS.

WE'VE BEEN VERBALLY ATTACKED AND BULLIED, AND THE PRESIDENTS ON THIS BOARD, WEIR AND FELLER HAVE ALLOWED IT.

I'VE SAID IT IN THE PAST THAT WHEN YOU TOLERATE BULLYING IN THIS BOARDROOM AND ON THAT DAIS, YOU'RE SENDING A CLEAR MESSAGE TO THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.

PEOPLE ARE WATCHING YOU, THE ADMINISTRATORS, THE TEACHERS, AND ULTIMATELY THE STUDENTS.

WHAT YOU DO AND WHAT YOU ALLOW IN HERE INEVITABLY TRICKLES DOWN TO DETERMINE THE CULTURE OF OUR SCHOOLS, AND ULTIMATELY IT PLAYS OUT IN HOW OUR CHILDREN TREAT ONE ANOTHER.

YOU ADVOCATE FOR FREE SPEECH, YET YOU DON'T OBEY THE LAW.

YOU EVEN VIOLATE YOUR OWN SELF IMPOSED ANTI HATE RESOLUTION.

NOWHERE IN THIS COMMUNITY SHOULD BULLYING BE ENCOURAGED OR CONDONED.

THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE STEPHANIE WIGHTMAN SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM E3 AND IT'S UNCLEAR WHETHER OR NOT YOU LIVE IN THE DISTRICT.

I DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER THAT.

ROUND ROCK INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT RESOLUTION CONDEMNING ACTIONS THAT DIVIDE OUR COMMUNITY AND INCITE HATRED.

WHEREAS THE UNITED STATES HAS A RICH HISTORY OF IMMIGRATION FROM NATIONS ALL OVER THE WORLD, CREATING DIVERSE COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.

INCLUDING ROUND ROCK INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND. WHEREAS, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES WE RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE THE DIVERSITY IN OUR COMMUNITY AND BELIEVE DIVERSE CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES CAN INSPIRE CREATIVITY, DRIVE INNOVATION, AND STAMP OUT DISCRIMINATION.

AND. WHEREAS, A BOARD OF TRUSTEES WE RECOGNIZE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT OUR COMMUNITY AND STATE HAVE HISTORICALLY STRUGGLED WITH ISSUES OF RACE, EQUALITY AND PREJUDICE.

AND. WHEREAS, ROUND ROCK ISD IS A RICHLY DIVERSE COMMUNITY WITH MORE THAN 90 LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN OUR SCHOOLS.

AND. WHEREAS, IN ROUND ROCK ISD, WE ARE COMMITTED TO CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE ALL CHILDREN CAN SUCCEED AND FEEL WELCOME AND ARE ALL VALUED.

AND. WHEREAS, WE RECOGNIZE THERE IS MUCH WORK TO BE DONE IN SECURING FAIR AND EQUITABLE TREATMENT FOR ALL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

NEXT UP, WE HAVE LINDA AVILA AND YOU'RE SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM THREE.

AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT.

CORRECT. WHEREAS RECENTLY THERE HAS ARISEN IN THE UNITED STATES AND ROUND ROCK ISD A GROWING NUMBER OF GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS WHO THREATEN OUR DEMOCRACY BY SEEKING TO INCITE HATRED AND VIOLENCE.

AND. WHEREAS, THE ROUND ROCK ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES REJECTS AND CONDEMNS ALL SUCH GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS WHOSE IDEOLOGIES ARE BASED ON HATE, VIOLENCE AND TOLERANCE.

AND. WHEREAS, THE ROUND ROCK ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES WISHES TO REAFFIRM ITS COMMITMENT TO THE WELL-BEING AND SAFETY OF ALL PEOPLE, REGARDLESS OF RACE, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN, RELIGION, SEX, GENDER IDENTITY, GENDER EXPRESSION, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, DISABILITY, AGE, OR POLITICAL BELIEFS, AND STANDS AGAINST SPEECH THAT INCITES HATRED AND VIOLENCE TOWARDS ANY PERSON.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF ROUND ROCK INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, THAT ANY GROUPS OR INDIVIDUALS WHO PROMOTE HATE, VIOLENCE AND INTOLERANCE ARE REJECTED AND CONDEMNED AND WILL NOT INTERFERE WITH THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES EFFORTS TO ADDRESS, ENGAGE AND LEAD THE DISTRICT IN WAYS THAT PROMOTE A DEEPER, SHARED UNDERSTANDING OF HUMANITY AND COMMUNITY.

TODAY, I ASK THAT THE BOARD STAND BY THEIR COMMITMENT TO REJECT AND CONDEMN THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO PROMOTE HATE.

THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO ATTACK US, MARGINALIZED MINORITIES, AND THEY GO UNPUNISHED.

UN REJECTED AND UN CONDEMNED.

PLEASE STAND BY YOUR WORD.

THANK YOU. NEXT STEP AND I HOPE I PRONOUNCE YOUR NAME CORRECTLY.

WE HAVE LENAY, MICHELLE, AND YOU'RE SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM E THREE.

AND YOU DO RESIDE IN THE DISTRICT? YES. AND YOU PRONOUNCE THAT PERFECTLY.

THANK YOU. SO ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I CHOSE TO BE A PART OF FOCUS ON EDUCATION IS BECAUSE IT SAYS IN THE NAME THAT THERE IS A NEED FOR FOCUS TO BE ON THE EDUCATION OF OUR STUDENTS.

IT JUST SO HAPPENS I AM A BLACK LATINA ANGLO CASE.

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS IN TEXAS.

MY BLACK FATHER MARRIED MY MEXICAN WHITE MOTHER AND HERE I AM.

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I MIGHT, I DON'T KNOW.

BUT ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I'M HERE IS BECAUSE THE FOCUS NEEDS TO BE CIRCLING BACK UP AND DOWN, SIDEWAYS ON EDUCATION.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, I'M OBSERVING A LOT OF BULLYING BEING ALLOWED.

LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE LAST TIME I CAME HERE, THE MIC WAS NOT TURNED OFF ON SOMEONE WHO LOOKED AT ME AND CALLED ME A WHITE RACIST NATIONAL CHRISTIAN.

I'M NOT EVEN SURE WHAT ALL THAT IS, BUT MY SHIRT DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT CHRISTIANITY OR PATRIOTIC PRIDE OR ANYTHING.

SO YOU ALL DID NOT SILENCE OR LEGAL DIDN'T SILENCE TO GET TO SPECIFICS OF THE GRIEVANCE.

YOU CANNOT SPEAK TO THE SPECIFICS OF THE GRIEVANCE.

SO IT HAS TO BE OKAY.

SO HERE'S THE DEAL ABROAD.

I JUST LISTEN TO OK I GOT YOU.

I LISTEN TO TIFFANY SAY THE PROTOCOL FOR THE MEETING AND A COUPLE OF WORDS REALLY STOOD OUT TO ME, COURTEOUS AND RESPECTFUL.

I'VE BEEN IN A LEGAL FIELD FOR OVER 30 YEARS, AND I'VE NEVER SEEN A LEGAL PERSON LIKE YOU BE THIS DISRESPECTFUL AND THIS COURTEOUS TO PEOPLE.

PLEASE STAY ON TOPIC.

THIS IS HOW THIS IS GOING TO GO.

THE CLOCK WILL KEEP RUNNING.

SO IF OUR LEGAL COUNSEL HAS TO STEP IN, THE CLOCK IS JUST GOING TO KEEP RUNNING.

WHAT ARE YOUR LEGAL NEEDS TO BE COURTEOUS AND RESPECTFUL.

YOU KNOW WHAT? I AM NOT DIALOGING WITH YOU.

I SAID WHAT I SAID.

TIME DIDN'T GO OFF ANYWAY. NEXT UP, WE HAVE RENATA SIMMS SPEAKING ON D1E3.

AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT? I DO.

GOOD EVENING, TRUSTEES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LETTING US SPEAK TONIGHT.

I WANTED TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION THAT WE ARE INDEED A VERY MULTI-ETHNIC, MULTICULTURAL, MULTILINGUAL COMMUNITY. AND WE WANT THE FOCUS TO BE ON EDUCATION.

AND THE PROBLEM IS THAT OF THE NINE CHILDREN THAT MY HUSBAND AND I ARE RAISING, OUR YOUNGEST FOUR WILL SADLY NOT BE ABLE TO CONTINUE WITH ROUND ROCK ISD BECAUSE OF SAFETY ISSUES.

AND THAT IS UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE WE DO, AS YOU SEE, HAVE A LOT TO OFFER IN TERMS OF DIVERSITY.

AND I WOULD REALLY LIKE FOR THIS DISTRICT TO COME BACK TO THE FOCUS ON THE THINGS THAT MAKE PARENTS WANT TO SEND THEIR CHILDREN HERE.

ONE OF THE BIG ONES IS SAFETY.

AND I HAVE BROUGHT A BIG SAFETY CONCERN TO YOUR ATTENTION QUITE FREQUENTLY, AND THAT IS ONE THAT I CANNOT COMPROMISE ON FOR MY GIRLS, AND THAT IS THAT YOU ALLOW BIOLOGICAL MALES INTO GIRLS RESTROOMS HERE.

AND THAT IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE WHEN YOU BRING OTHERTHAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA.

THAT'S NOT GOING TO HELP.

WHEN YOU BRING OTHER DISTRICT STUDENTS INTO THIS DISTRICT, YOU NEED TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEMS AT THE ROOT CAUSE.

YOU CAN'T JUST OBFUSCATE THE PROBLEM AND WIPE IT AROUND AND THEN THINK THE MESS IS CLEANED UP.

THAT'S JUST NOT HOW IT WORKS.

IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA.

I DON'T KNOW, HAVING OTHER DISTRICT CHILDREN HAVE ACCESS, BUT ONLY IF THIS IS A GOOD, SAFE DISTRICT.

LEGAL COUNSEL HAS ALREADY LET YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT ON THE AGENDA.

I AM STILL ON ON TOPIC IN TERMS OF OTHER STUDENTS COMING INTO THIS DISTRICT THAT IS ON MY AGENDA.

D1 SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, MAY I HAVE BACK MY TIME? THAT'S UP TO PRESIDING OFFICER.

I DON'T KNOW THAT ANY TIME WAS LOST QUESTIONING IT? I WHAT MATTER WAS SHE SIGNED UP FOR WHICH ONE AND EE THREE.

BOTH WHAT'S ON THE CARD.

YEAH, IT'S ON THE CARD.

SHE DID NOT CONNECT THAT BACK TO LETTING STUDENTS INTO THE DISTRICT.

I SAID IT TWICE.

I WOULD LIKE FOR THIS DISTRICT TO BE MORE DIVERSIFIED.

HOWEVER, WHEN YOU DON'T CLEAN UP THE ROOT CAUSE OF WHY FAMILIES LIKE OURS HAVE TO LEAVE, THEN THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE HELPED BY LETTING OTHER YOUR TIME UP STUDENTS IN. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. OUR LAST IN-PERSON SPEAKER.

OH, I LIED.

NEXT UP, WE HAVE KRISTI SLATE SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEMS D ONE, E ONE AND E TWO.

AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT.

I DON'T MIND SPENDING MY FIRST MOMENTS OF MY PUBLIC COMMENT SAYING THAT USUALLY THE BOARD PRESIDENT WILL READ THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA THAT THE SPEAKER IS SPEAKING ON.

SO THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO LEGAL COUNSEL.

ALSO ON FEBRUARY 22ND OF THIS YEAR, A COMMUNITY MEMBER FILED A LEVEL THREE GRIEVANCE AND HAD A HEARING, AND SHE GAVE HER FRIENDS ALL OF THE INFORMATION ABOUT

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AND THEY SPOKE DURING PUBLIC COMMENT ALL ABOUT THAT TOPIC.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT REALLY CLEAR.

THAT'S WHY THESE PEOPLE TODAY ARE DOING THE SAME THING.

OK ON ITEM D ONE, STUDENTS ACROSS THE COUNTY ARE BEING RECRUITED TO LEAVE THEIR OWN SCHOOL DISTRICTS WITH OUR DISTRICT'S TAX DOLLARS THROUGH TEXT MESSAGING AND FULL COLOR MAILERS TO LEAVE THEIR OWN DISTRICTS AND COME TO ROUND ROCK ISD.

I HAVE PERSONALLY RECEIVED SIX TEXT MESSAGES THIS MONTH AND TEN EMAILS SINCE MAY.

THE FACT REMAINS THAT 11% OF ROUND ROCK ISD STUDENTS HAVE CHOSEN AN EDUCATIONAL OPTION OTHER THAN ROUND ROCK ISD.

THIS YEAR, THE DISTRICT HAS MADE NO EFFORT TO TRULY UNDERSTAND THE CAUSES FOR THE STUDENTS SEEKING ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION AND CONTINUES THROWING MONEY AT THE PROBLEM TO FILL SEATS.

I TRULY HOPE THAT ROUND ROCK ISD BUDGET DOES NOT SUFFER DUE TO LOW ENROLLMENT THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

BUT IF IT DOES, CAN YOU HONESTLY SAY THAT YOU'VE DONE YOUR DUE DILIGENCE TO BRING BACK THE STUDENTS WHO LIVE IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOODS AS OUR SCHOOL? MOVING ON TO E 2 THE GRIEVANCE THAT WAS FILED BY DUSTIN CLARK AND RICKY NELSON PERTAINS TO ME AS IT CONCERNS POLICE REPORTS FILED IN OCTOBER WHEN A COMMUNITY MEMBER AGGRESSIVELY SHOVED A WOMAN. AND. I'M SORRY, ARE YOU PART OF THIS GRIEVANCE? I. DID YOU FILE IT? I WAS STANDING NEXT TO BOTH OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE ASSAULTED.

SO I'D LIKE TO JUST GIVE MY PERSPECTIVE IN BOTH CASES, SAYING IS THAT THERE IS A GRIEVANCE, IT'S FILED.

SO IT'S ABOUT THIS.

THE BOARD WILL HEAR IT AND CLOSE.

I WAS STANDING BESIDE EACH VICTIM AND OBSERVED THE BEHAVIOR OF THIS MAN WITH MY OWN EYES AND EARS.

WHY HAS ROUND ROCK ISD ADMINISTRATION AND POLICE DEPARTMENT BEEN SO HESITANT TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE? WHY DID THE PARENTS GET THE RUNAROUND WHEN WE REQUESTED VIDEO SURVEILLANCE OF THE INCIDENT? WAS IT BECAUSE THE MAN BEHAVED BADLY FOR YOUR TIME IS DONATED TO A TRUSTEE? NEXT UP, WE HAVE ERIC NORBIT SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEMS, E2 AND E3.

AND IT'S UNCLEAR WHETHER OR NOT YOU YOU DO RESIGN NEXT.

SO, YES, I'M SPEAKING ON E TWO, AND WE ALL KNOW THE SUBSTANTIVE MATTER OF THIS GRIEVANCE NOW.

SO MY HOPE TONIGHT IS THAT THIS BOARD WILL TAKE MEANINGFUL, DECISIVE ACTION TO STAND BEHIND YOUR WORDS, AND THAT IN THAT RESOLUTION THAT YOU PASSED WHERE YOU SAID YOU DON'T STAND BY VIOLENCE AND YOU CONDEMN IT AND DON'T CONDONE IT.

SO I RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS THE LAST ATTEMPT TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF THE DISTRICT.

IF THIS BOARD CONTINUES TO IGNORE THIS ISSUE, THE NEXT STEP WILL BE TO SEEK RESOLUTION OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT AND IN A MUCH MORE PUBLIC MANNER.

THANK YOU. NEXT UP, WE HAVE JOEL WINTHER SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM C2.

SORRY. THAT'S THREE.

I TRIED TO CORRECT IT.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

E3 AND YOU DO RESIDE IN THE DISTRICT? YES. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME.

YOU SPEND A LOT OF TIME HERE AND THAT'S APPRECIATED.

AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER, I WANT TO SPEAK ON E3.

THE GRIEVANCE PROCESS IN GENERAL, JUST AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER, HOW I VIEW THIS SHOULD BE PRODUCTIVE AND CONSTRUCTIVE.

I DON'T SEE IT AS A PERSONAL ATTACK.

I SEE IT AS A THE INTEREST OF THE COMMUNITY FIRST.

SO AS YOU GO INTO CLOSED SESSION, MY GENERAL REQUEST WOULD BE THAT YOU SEE IT THAT WAY.

IT'S NOT A PERSONAL ATTACK.

IT'S THE COMMUNITY COMING FORWARD AND WORKING OUT DIFFERENCES IN A PRODUCTIVE, STEPPED WAY.

RIGHT. THERE'S A WARNING.

THERE'S PERSONAL CONTACT.

IF THAT JUST DOESN'T WORK THINGS OUT, WE GO TO THE NEXT STEP.

SO A LEVEL THREE, THAT'S HOW I SEE THIS.

AND THAT'S PRODUCTIVE. THAT'S GOOD.

IT'S GOOD. WE HAVE THAT.

IT'S MY PERSONAL FEELING.

I THINK A GOOD SAYING IS THAT TRUST IS A COMBINATION OF TRUTH AND TRANSPARENCY.

I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT BE CONTEMPLATED RETROSPECTIVELY AT A PERSONAL LEVEL.

MY GREATEST GRATITUDE IS TOWARD PEOPLE WHO COME TO ME WHEN I LOSE MY WAY AND LOSE PERSPECTIVE.

BE THAT FROM A PROVERBIAL ECHO CHAMBER, PERHAPS, OR I NEED TO STEP OUT OF MY COMFORT ZONE AND CONSIDER THE THOUGHTS OF SOMEBODY ELSE IN A FAMILY COMMUNITY.

THAT'S A LOT EASIER IN A PUBLIC COMMUNITY LIKE YOU ALL HAVE TO JUGGLE, THAT'S VERY DIFFICULT.

AND SO I RESPECT YOU FOR HOW YOU'RE YOU'RE WILLING TO DO THIS.

RIGHT. THE PUBLIC IS VERY DIVERSE.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE DIVERSITY.

SO LET'S DO THIS RIGHT.

TRUTH. WE'RE STRUGGLING WITH TRUTH.

AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER, I'M COMING TO YOU AND SAYING, WHAT IS THE TRUTH? FOR EXAMPLE, IN ARRESTING A PARENT, WHEN YOU KNOW DARN WELL THAT IF THERE ISN'T A PARENT THERE, THEIR CHILDREN, GO TO CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES WITH NO WARNING.

[00:30:05]

THAT'S VERY CONCERNING.

TRUTH, TRANSPARENCY.

EDUCATION IS GOING DOWN.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, TEACHERS ARE LEAVING.

SO JUST RESPECTFULLY, PLEASE CONSIDER.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. MCGINTY. WE WILL BE MOVING TO VIRTUAL.

FIRST UP, WE HAVE DUSTIN CLARK SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM E TWO.

AND YOU DO NOT LIVE IN THE DISTRICT.

MR. CLARK WILL GIVE A MOMENT TO GET THAT UP.

MR. CLARKE, CAN YOU HEAR US? I CAN. CAN YOU HEAR ME? WE CAN. YOUR TIME BEGINS NOW.

THANK YOU. CAN I GET SOME CLARIFICATION ON WHAT I'M ABLE TO SPEAK ABOUT BEFORE THE TIME BEGINS? PLEASE. MR. CLARKE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WERE ABLE TO SEE THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, BUT THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT WERE SIGNED UP, I GUESS, INCLUDING YOURSELF, THAT HAVE A PENDING MATTER THAT IS A PENDING GRIEVANCE THAT THE BOARD IS SCHEDULED TO HEAR IN CLOSED SESSION UNDER THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT UNDER 551074.

SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT THE SUBSTANCE OF AGREEMENTS THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN CLOSE WITH THE BOARD AS IT'S POSTED, IF IT'S NOT ABOUT THE SUBSTANCE OF THE GRIEVANCE, THEN YOU CAN PROCEED SOMETHING LIKE PROCEDURE OR YOU'RE UPSET.

MAYBE YOU THINK IT MIGHT BE TAKEN TOO LONG TO GET TO THE BOARD OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT.

BUT SUBSTANTIVELY, THE GRIEVANCE NEEDS TO BE HEARD IN CLOSED SESSION BECAUSE IT'S RAISED AGAINST EMPLOYEES OR PUBLIC OFFICERS UNDER 551074.

YEAH, THE GRIEVANCE IS IN 551074 DOES ALLOW THE BOARD TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION WHEN IT'S REGARDING PERSONNEL.

UNDERSTAND THAT. I'M NOT GOING TO MENTION ANY PERSONNEL TONIGHT AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GETTING THE PROCEDURAL THING.

IF YOU COULD MAYBE POINT US TO THAT, WHERE THAT SAYS THAT OR IN A POLICY THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

MR. CLARKE, I'M GOING TO TREAT YOU THE SAME WAY I TREATED EVERYONE ELSE.

WE'RE GOING TO. YOU DON'T, THOUGH.

WE ARE GOING TO.

I'M LETTING YOU KNOW THAT ONCE YOU BEGIN SPEAKING, WE'RE GOING TO START THE CLOCK.

IF LEGAL NEEDS TO BREAK IN, WILL CONTINUE THE CLOCK.

OKAY, THEN I'LL JUST KEEP TALKING.

THANK YOU. I'M SPEAKING TONIGHT TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT WITH THE COMMUNITY AND SPECIFICALLY COMMUNITY MEMBER REGARDING THE LEVEL THREE HEARING TONIGHT THAT THE BOARD WILL HEAR ON OCTOBER 21ST, THERE WAS AN ASSAULT.

A MAN GRABBED, A WOMAN SHOVED HER.

I'M NOT GOING TO NAME ANY NAMES HERE.

THIS WAS CAUGHT ON VIDEO, BUT THERE IS A COMMUNITY MEMBER WHO SEEMS TO THINK THAT THIS HEARING OR THIS LEVEL THREE GRIEVANCE IS A WAY TO FRAME HIM. HIS NAME IS JACK CHILDS.

WE'RE NOT TRYING TO FRAME HIM IN ALL THE EMAILS HE'S POSTED ONLINE WHEN HE HARASSED AND DENIGRATED US CLEARLY SHOW THAT WE WERE ASKING THE DISTRICT TO CONFIRM OUR SUSPICIONS BECAUSE HE HAD TALKED ABOUT CONCEALING HIS IDENTITY.

SEE? SEE, THIS IS THE PROBLEM.

IT'S RELATED TO THE GRIEVANCE.

BUT LET US TALK ABOUT THE GRIEVANCE.

YOU CAN'T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS.

YOUR TIME TO TALK TO THE BOARD AND CLOSED SESSION.

TO CONFIRM THIS.

I HAVE A POINT OF ORDER.

THE CHAIR MY TIME IS STILL RUNNING.

IS MY TIME STILL RUNNING? PRESIDING OFFICER HAS TO RECOGNIZE THAT AND I HAVE NOT SO CONTINUE.

OKAY. AND SO ANYWAY, YOU KNOW, WE WEREN'T TRYING TO FRAME THIS MAN.

IN FACT, WE DID FIND OUT WHO IT WAS BECAUSE WE FOUND HIM IN PERSON.

I'M NOT GOING TO NAME ANY FURTHER NAMES OTHER THAN THE PERSON WHO CONTINUES TO HARASS US AND OTHERS.

ONLINE SHOWS UP AT OUR PARENT MEETINGS, CONCEALED, CONCEALING HIS IDENTITY.

AND SO I JUST HOPE THAT THE DISTRICT WILL LOOK AT THIS GRIEVANCE TONIGHT, AND WE'LL REALLY LOOK AT IT FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF SAFETY AND SECURITY, BUT ALSO THE HATE RESOLUTION THAT'S BEEN MENTIONED THAT THIS MAN COMMITTED AN ACT OF VIOLENCE, AN ACT OF HATE AGAINST AN ASIAN WOMAN.

AND THAT WOMAN, YOU KNOW, DIDN'T WANT TO COME BACK TO BOARD MEETINGS.

AND IT'S VERY CONCERNING.

SO I HOPE THAT THE PROCEDURES, IF WE'RE TALKING PROCEDURAL HERE, DEFINITELY THE BOARD DID NOT HEAR THIS IN A TIMELY MANNER.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS ADMINISTRATION OR LEGAL DECISION, BUT IT WASN'T ADDRESSED.

HERE WE ARE SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT MONTHS LATER.

TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

I HAVE A POINT OF ORDER.

WHAT IS YOUR POINT? I'M DEEPLY TROUBLED BY AN INCONSISTENT STANDARD THAT'S BEING APPLIED TO SPEAKERS TONIGHT VERSUS OUR FEBRUARY BOARD MEETING, WHEN WE HAD GRIEVANCES ON THE AGENDA.

AND IN THAT BOARD MEETING, PUBLIC SPEAKERS WERE ALLOWED TO GO ON AND ON AND ON ABOUT THE DETAILS OF A GRIEVANCE.

AND TONIGHT'S SPEAKERS ARE BEING TREATED DIFFERENTLY.

THIS IS PART OF THE PROBLEM IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT TODAY.

I FIND IT COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR POINT.

[00:35:02]

AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT.

INDEED YOU DO.

AS DUSTIN SAID, HE MAY HAVE NOT KNOWN MY NAME, BUT HE AND HIS FRIEND CERTAINLY USED INFORMATION GAINED FROM THAT AND MY HARASSMENT IN ORDER TO ATTEMPT TO IMPLICATE ME IN THIS INCIDENT.

NOW, WE'VE SEEN PROOF POSITIVE THAT HE AND HIS HAVE LIED REPEATEDLY ABOUT THIS EXCUSE ME THROATS SORE HAVE LIED REPEATEDLY ABOUT THIS.

WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THE I DIDN'T EVEN SEE THAT.

WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THE MATTER AND NOT THE SUBSTANCE OF THE GRIEVANCE.

SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT THIS IS REGARDING.

IN THIS CASE, IT SPEAKS TO THE CREDIT EXCUSE ME.

IT SPEAKS TO THE CREDIBILITY OF THOSE PUTTING IN THE GRIEVANCE.

ALL RIGHT. AND I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD IN CLOSED AND PROVIDE THEM WITH ALL THE MATERIAL THAT I'VE GAINED ABOUT THIS, INCLUDING ORRS.

OKAY. I THINK WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THE MATTERS ON THE AGENDA.

SO I THINK YOU SIGNED UP FOR E TWO AND E THREE.

AS I'VE STATED TO THE OTHER SPEAKERS, YOU JUST CAN'T SPEAK ABOUT THE SUBSTANTIVE NATURE OF THE GRIEVANCES THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN CLOSE.

[D. ACTION ITEM FOR CONSIDERATION BY CONSENT]

APOLOGIES. I'M NOT I DON'T PLAN ON GIVING ANY DETAILS ABOUT THE INCIDENT ITSELF OR SUCH.

MR. CHARLES, YOUR TIME IS RUNNING.

SO JUST KNOW THAT AND THEN I'LL BE BRIEF AND MOVE OVER TO THE LAST BIT.

IN REGARDS TO FOCUS IS CREDIBILITY ABOUT THEIR ALLEGATIONS AND SUCH.

I WOULD STRONGLY REMIND THEM AND EVERYONE THAT THEY OWN ACCESS ORRS DOT COM, THAT SAYS ENOUGH.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. AND THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.

NEXT ON THE AGENDA, WE HAVE A D ONE ACTION ITEM FOR CONSIDERATION BY CONSENT WAIVING THE FIRST READING AND ADOPTION OF POLICY.

FDA LOCAL ADMISSIONS.

INTER-DISTRICT TRANSFERS.

TRUSTEE WESTON? YEAH, I JUST HAVE A FEW WORDS TO SAY ABOUT IT.

DO YOU WANT TO WAIT UNTIL THE MOTION OR MAY I DO IT NOW? PLEASE GO AHEAD. SO I'LL BE VOTING NO ON THIS ITEM TO CHANGE THE POLICY TO ALLOW INTER-DISTRICT TRANSFERS AT THIS TIME.

THE REASON THAT I'LL BE VOTING NO IS THAT DOING THIS RIGHT NOW DOES NOT ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I'VE SPOKEN ABOUT IT BEFORE.

I DON'T BELIEVE IN ADDRESSING ANY PROBLEMS WITH EXTERNAL SOLUTIONS UNTIL UNLESS AND UNTIL WE'VE EXHAUSTED ALL INTERNAL OPTIONS AND EXPLORED THEM. AND I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT HAS HAPPENED.

AS THE SPEAKER SAID TONIGHT, AT LEAST 11% OF THE K THROUGH 12 STUDENTS WHO LIVE IN THE ROUND ROCK ISD HAVE OPTED OUT OF OUR SCHOOLS. THAT'S OVER 5000 STUDENTS.

I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A REAL PROBLEM.

I'VE GOT PEOPLE FROM NEIGHBORING SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ARE SHOWING ME FLIERS DOWNTOWN AT THE CAPITOL TODAY THAT THEY RECEIVED IN THEIR MAILBOXES FROM OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, SOLICITING THEM TO WITHDRAW THEIR CHILDREN FROM THOSE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND ENROLL THEM HERE.

IN THE MEANTIME, I'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, NEIGHBORS AND PEOPLE THAT I KNOW WHO ARE WITHDRAWING THEIR STUDENTS.

I WAS CHASED DOWN TODAY AT THE CAPITOL BY TWO FAMILIES THAT LIVE IN ROUND ROCK ISD TO TELL ME WHY THEY WITHDREW THEIR OWN CHILDREN FROM OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE THERE AT THE CAPITOL TO ADVOCATE FOR THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO OPT OUT OF OUR SCHOOLS.

AND I SAY THIS AS SOMEBODY WHO, ALONG WITH MY HUSBAND, WE HAVE FIVE CHILDREN WHO SPENT ALL OF THEIR SCHOOLING IN PUBLIC EDUCATION TO INCLUDE THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT AND HAVE ALL RECEIVED GREAT EDUCATION.

SO IT DOESN'T BRING ME ANY JOY TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE REALITY, BUT WE CAN'T CHANGE WHAT WE DON'T ACKNOWLEDGE.

SO I'LL BE VOTING NO.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE WEIR? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD WAVE FIRST READING AND ADOPT POLICY FDA LOCAL AS PRESENTED WITH AN ADOPTION DATE OF JULY 26TH, 2022.

I WILL SECOND THE MOTION HAVING A MOTION AND A SECOND ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTARY.

I'LL JUST SAY THAT FOR ME, THIS IS ABOUT ADDRESSING A NEED.

I MEAN, CERTAINLY WE YOU KNOW, WE HAVE CERTAIN PEOPLE IN OUR DISTRICT THAT HAVE OPTED OUT FOR MANY REASONS TO GO TO NOT ATTEND OUR SCHOOLS.

AND CERTAINLY, I KNOW THAT THAT YOU HAVE MADE EFFORTS TO FIND OUT WHY AND TO RECRUIT THEM BACK INTO OUR DISTRICT SO THAT THERE ARE EFFORTS BEING MADE TO TO BRING THOSE STUDENTS BACK INTO OUR DISTRICT.

BUT THERE ARE OTHER ALSO SCHOOLS WHERE THE COST OF LIVING IN THAT AREA HAS GONE UP.

SO INCREDIBLE, JUST SUCH AN IMMENSE AMOUNT.

AND THAT HAS BEEN OVER TIME.

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IT'S JUST BEEN EXACERBATED IN THE LAST YEAR.

AND IT'S REALLY CAUSING THOSE SCHOOLS TO HAVE LOW ATTENDANCE.

AND I LIVE IN ONE OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THE COST OF LIVING HAS JUST SKYROCKETED.

AND OUR THE MY NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS, YOU KNOW, HAS JUST HAD FEWER AND FEWER STUDENTS AS FEWER AND FEWER PEOPLE CAN AFFORD TO LIVE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND THE BACK HALF OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS IN ANOTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SO. IT'S YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE RESOURCES FOR ALL OUR STUDENTS. AND THERE WAS SOMEONE SAYING THAT BEFORE THAT, YOU KNOW, BRINGING MORE STUDENTS INTO THE DISTRICT MEANS THAT THERE'S LESS DOLLARS PER STUDENT.

BUT THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS.

EACH STUDENT BRINGS THE MONEY WITH THEM.

AND SO WHEN WE HAVE OUR SCHOOLS ARE WE HAVE HIGHER ENROLLMENT.

WE HAVE MORE RESOURCES, NOT FEWER RESOURCES.

SO FOR THAT REASON, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THIS POLICY.

THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED.

MOTION CARRIES THREE ONE.

VALERIE, LEGAL QUESTION WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO READ US INTO CLOSED FOR ALL THREE ITEMS?

[E. CLOSED SESSION(Part 1 of 2)]

I THINK WE'VE GOT PEOPLE HERE FOR TWO AND THREE.

CAN THEY BE PRIORITIZED AND HEARD FIRST? I THINK WE HAVE A LEGAL COUNCIL THAT WILL BE DOING A VIDEOCONFERENCE WITH YOU ALL ON NUMBER ONE.

SO IT'S UP TO YALL AND NO LEGAL COUNSELS ON STANDBY, FOR THAT MATTER.

SO IT'S UP TO THE BOARD HOW YOU WISH TO DO THAT.

DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA? IS THIS A QUICK UPDATE OR IS THIS AN IN-DEPTH? I BELIEVE IT IS.

I BELIEVE IT IS.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071, THE BOARD WILL CONSULT WITH ITS ATTORNEY TO DISCUSS THE STATUS OF THE CASE IN CIVIL ACTION.

NUMBER 120CV00496DAEML ROUND ROCK ISD VERSUS AMY M IN THE US DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS AUSTIN DIVISION, PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 551.071 AND 551.074.

THE BOARD WILL DISCUSS, DELIBERATE AND CONSIDER THE PUBLIC COMPLAINTS FILED BY DUSTIN CLARK AND RICKY NELSON PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 551.071 AND 551.074.

THE BOARD WILL DISCUSS, DELIBERATE AND CONSIDER THE PUBLIC COMPLAINT FILED BY STACY LAZOR ON BEHALF OF FOCUS ON EDUCATION.

WE ARE NOW IN CLOSED SESSION.

SURE. WE'RE DOING THAT OTHER MATTER FIRST.

SO WE WILL BE MEETING WITH THE ATTORNEY FIRST AND WE'LL HAVE SOMEONE COME GET YOU WHEN IT'S TIME.

[F. CALL BACK TO ORDER/EXECUTIVE SESSION MOTIONS(Part 1 of 2)]

. IT IS 849.

AND THE BOARD IS NOW BACK INTO OPEN SESSION.

ARE THERE ANY MOTIONS? AND THE [INAUDIBLE] AND EMOTIONS REGARDING E ONE AND E TWO.

REGARDING E ONE, I MOVE TO PROVE PAYMENT AS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND SEEING NO DISCUSSION.

ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES FOUR ZERO.

ANY OTHER MOTIONS COMING OUT OF CLOSED OR COMMENTS? I HAVE NO MOTION, BUT WE DID DIRECT STAFF TO COMPLY WITH THE AG OPINION AS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION.

I THINK SHE HAS. DO YOU HAVE A SCRIPT TO READ FOR THE OPEN SESSION?

[00:45:02]

BUT IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.

MADAM CHAIR. MAY I? SORRY, WE'RE JUST HAVING A THIS IS A LITTLE BIT NEW.

IT'S NEW TO HER. IF THERE ARE NO MOTIONS, NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN, THUS LEAVING THE DECISION OF LEVEL TWO IN PLACE.

GOT IT. AND YOU HAVE A COMMENT?

[E. CLOSED SESSION(Part 2 of 2)]

[F. CALL BACK TO ORDER/EXECUTIVE SESSION MOTIONS(Part 2 of 2)]

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

WANT ME TO REPEAT MY THING? AND ALSO, WE ARE DIRECTING THE BOARD OF DIRECTING STAFF TO COMPLY WITH THE AG OPINION AS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED.

THANK YOU. ALL THAT BEING SAID, IT IS 8:51 P.M.

AND WE WILL GO BACK AND CLOSE TO HEAR OUR LAST GRIEVANCE.

OKAY. THE BOARD IS NOW IN OPEN SESSION.

THE TIME IS 10:06 P.M..

AND DO I HAVE A MOTION REGARDING THE LEVEL THREE COMPLAINT? AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS REGARDING E THREE.

AND THERE WAS NO PREVIOUS ONE.

SO WE HAVE TO MOVE SOMETHING.

CORRECT. I'M SORRY.

I THINK THIS GRIEVANCE WENT STRAIGHT TO LEVEL THREE.

SO DO WE HAVE TO MOVE SINCE THERE WAS NO PREVIOUS DECISION TO UPHOLD? OH, NO, I HAVE A SCRIPT.

I THINK THAT MAY INDICATE IF THERE'S NOT A LEVEL TWO DECISION.

DO YOU SEE THAT QUARTER UNDER PAGE THREE? NUMBER FOUR? YES.

SO NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN, THUS LEAVING THE DECISION OF LEVEL TWO IN PLACE.

OR IF NO LEVEL TWO IS ISSUED IN THIS MANNER, THEN THE BOARD'S ACTION TO HEAR THE GRIEVANCE SATISFIES ITS OBLIGATION TO STOP, LOOK AND LISTEN TO THE GRIEVANCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BOARD POLICY. GF LEGAL.

ANY COMMENTS? THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT I APPRECIATE THE GRIEVANT BRINGING HER CONCERNS TO US.

TONIGHT, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AND A CRITICAL PART OF OUR SYSTEM AND OUR PROCESSES HERE FOR GRIEVANT TO BRING THOSE CONCERNS TO US.

AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE ADMINISTRATION FOR BRINGING THIS GRIEVANCE TO US IN A TIMELY MANNER.

I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO THE INTEGRITY OF THE GRIEVANCE PROCESS TO HAVE GRIEVANCES HEARD IN A TIMELY MANNER.

WE AS A BOARD ARE GOING TO ASK THE BOARD CHAIR TO ADD A REMINDER OF THE ANTI HATE RESOLUTION TO THE SCRIPT IN OUR BOARD MEETINGS BEFORE PUBLIC COMMENTS GOING FORWARD.

WE ALL AGREED ON THAT.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE ASKING THE BOARD CHAIR TO DO.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, TRUSTEE WESTON.

ALL RIGHT. THAT CONCLUDES OUR BOARD BUSINESS FOR TONIGHT.

AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, I NOW ADJOURN THIS MEETING AT 10:08 P.M..

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.