Sep 14, 2023 Called Board Meetings

[A. CALL TO ORDER]

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IT IS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER THE 14TH, 2023.

I HEREBY CALL THIS MEETING OF THE ROUND ROCK INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES CALLED BOARD MEETING TO ORDER.

IN ATTENDANCE TONIGHT ARE TRUSTEES WEIR, ZARATE, WESTON, LANDRUM, HARRISON, MARKHAM AND BONE.

SO, EVERYONE IS PRESENT.

WE DO HAVE A QUORUM.

BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I DO WANT TO HAVE A PROCEDURAL NOTE.

YOU'LL NOTICE THERE IS A SEATING CHANGE ON THE DAIS.

I HAVE BEEN WATCHING SOME OLD MEETINGS AND REALLY NOTICED THAT OUR TWO NEWEST TRUSTEES WERE DOWN AT ONE END BY THEMSELVES, AND I WANTED TO INTEGRATE THEM MORE INTO THE DAIS.

SO, I MADE A SEATING CHANGE.

I HOPE EVERYBODY LIKES IT.

WE CAN ALWAYS ADJUST IT IF IT DOESN'T WORK MOVING FORWARD.

HAVING SAID THAT, PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE.

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WE DO HAVE TO CALL IN PUBLIC SPEAKERS.

[C. PUBLIC COMMENTS TO AGENDA ITEMS ONLY]

PUBLIC SPEAKING SCRIPT AND THEN I'LL LET YOU KNOW IF WE HAVE ANY IN-PERSON SPEAKERS AT EACH BOARD MEETING.

THE BOARD WILL SET ASIDE TIME TO AFFORD THE GENERAL PUBLIC AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO ITEMS 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 THAT THE COMMENTS OF THE SPEAKERS REFLECT THEIR OWN POSITIONS OR OPINIONS.

AS THE SECOND REMINDER, THE BOARD ADOPTED AN ANTI-HATE RESOLUTION ON JANUARY 20TH, 2022, WHERE THE BOARD REAFFIRMED 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.

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 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, 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 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.

OUR FIRST PUBLIC SPEAKER IS MAISHA PARKER SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM F ONE.

AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT? DID I SAY THAT RIGHT? MAISHA.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING.

IT'S GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY AGAIN.

SO, MY CONCERN ABOUT THE STAR TEST AND ALL THE CHANGES THAT WILL OCCUR, SEEING THAT THE LAST YEAR'S STAAR TEST RESULTS WERE SO LATE AND DELAYED IN RETURNING, BUT STUDENTS WERE STILL ALLOWED TO PROGRESS OR STAY DEPENDING ON THE TEACHER'S, YOU KNOW, DETERMINATION.

I THINK THAT WE CAN RECOUP SOME FUNDING BY PAUSING THE STAAR TEST, SAVING THE PROJECTED.

WHAT I READ WAS $90 MILLION IN THE BUDGET AND FIND OTHER WAYS TO MEASURE ASSESSMENT THAT'S NOT SO EXPENSIVE.

IT ALSO GIVES THE STUDENTS A CHANCE TO HAVE CHILD CENTERED EDUCATION THAT'S NOT FOCUSED SO MUCH ON SORRY, I'M NERVOUS, SO FOCUSED ON TESTING, AND LET THE TEACHER DECIDE LIKE IT WAS BEFORE THE TESTING.

TESTING IS IMPORTANT.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO ASSESS, BUT THERE ARE CHEAPER WAYS TO DO IT.

AND I PROPOSE THAT WE DON'T, THAT WE PAUSE THE STAAR TEST FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AND FIND ANOTHER METHOD.

THAT'S WONDERFUL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE HAVE TWO SPEAKERS WHO CALLED IN BY PHONE.

SO GIVE US JUST A SECOND WHILE WE SWITCH OVER TO THAT.

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I'M THANKFUL I WAS ABLE TO EXPOSE THE HIGHLY CONCERNING SAFETY EMAIL FROM WILLIAMSON COUNTY REGARDING THE ROUND ROCK PD MOVING TO A SELF DISPATCHING 911 SYSTEM. WHY HASN'T THE COMMUNITY BEEN INFORMED AND WHEN WAS THIS DISCUSSED WITH THE BOARD AND PUT OUT FOR A VOTE? HOW MUCH ARE WE REALLY SAVING AT THE RISK OF OUR CHILDREN? AND WHAT COMPANY WILL WE BE USING? CHIEF WERNER SECURITY COMPANY ROUND ROCK ISD WILL NEED TO HIRE NEW DISPATCHERS BUYING.

HELLO, MY NAME IS CHRISTY SLAPE.

I'M SPEAKING ON ITEM D.1.

SUPERINTENDENT HAFEDH AZAIEZ HAS A YEARLY SALARY OF $350,000, PLUS 1800 YEARLY STIPEND FOR CELL PHONE SERVICES, 8400 YEARLY FOR TRAVEL EXPENSES AND EXCELLENT INSURANCE BENEFITS.

OUR TAX DOLLARS PAID HIM $10,000 FOR MOVING EXPENSES TO MOVE HIS FAMILY TO ROUND ROCK IN 2021, WHICH HE NEVER DID.

LAST SEPTEMBER, IN A 5 TO 2 VOTE, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES GAVE HIM A ONE TIME BONUS OF $28,900 AFTER HE RETURNED FROM A PAID LEAVE FOR INVESTIGATION INTO CREDIBLE ALLEGATIONS OF FAMILY VIOLENCE.

FACTS. TO THIS DAY, DR.

HAFEDH AZAIEZ HAS A PERMANENT SIGNED RESTRAINING ORDER FOR FAMILY VIOLENCE.

WE HAVE PAID HIM ALMOST THREE QUARTERS OF $1 MILLION, $730,000.

PERSONALLY, HE HAS SEVEN ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENTS WHO CARRY MUCH OF THE DISTRICT'S WORKLOAD.

WE HAVE A DECLINING ENROLLMENT.

DESPITE HIS ENTHUSIASTIC RECOMMENDATION TO OPEN ENROLLMENT OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT, AND HE CONTINUES TO KEEP HIS JOB BECAUSE THE BOARD MAJORITY HAS SET THE BAR SHOCKINGLY LOW AS TO THE STANDARDS TO KEEPING HIM EMPLOYED.

I'M REFERRING TO BOARD GOALS ONE AND TWO ON LITERACY AND NUMERACY FOR THIRD GRADERS.

THE BOARD NEEDS TO REASSESS THE EMPLOYMENT OF THEIR ONLY EMPLOYEE AND MAKE URGENT TIME SENSITIVE CHANGES THAT ACTUALLY BENEFIT STUDENTS, NOT ADULTS.

AND ON G2, I AM DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY LETTER TO ROUND ROCK ISD CONCERNING THE LAPSE IN EMERGENCY RESPONSE SERVICES.

UPON DOING A QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH, I FOUND THAT OUR CURRENT ROUND ROCK ISD POLICE CHIEF COULD POSSIBLY BE THE FOUNDER AND CURRENT OR PAST MANAGING PARTNER AT RESPONDER VENTURES.

THIS APPEARS TO BE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST THAT I THINK MAY BE WORTH LOOKING INTO.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.

WE'RE GOING TO GO ON TO AGENDA ITEM D ONE.

[D. CLOSED SESSION]

WE WILL NOT BE HEARING THE GRIEVANCE FROM CS AND DS.

SO PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 551.071 AND 551.074, THE BOARD WILL DISCUSS DELIBERATE AND CONSIDER PARENTAL COMPLAINTS PURSUANT TO BOARD POLICY F AND G LOCAL FILED BY A, D AND D.

IF YOU ARE NOT INVOLVED IN THIS GRIEVANCE, PLEASE GATHER ALL OF YOUR BELONGINGS AND EXIT THE ROOM AND WE WILL NOTIFY YOU WHEN CLOSED SESSION IS CONCLUDED AND YOU MAY COME BACK IN THE ROOM. I HAVE A POINT OF ORDER WHEN YOU MAY COME BACK IN THE ROOM FOR AGENDA ITEMS. F WHAT IS YOUR POINT? SO, MADAM PRESIDENT, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE SHOULD PROCEED OR IF WE NEED LEGAL COUNSEL, BUT I SEE MY NAME ON AN AGENDA ITEM FOR WHICH I HAVE NOT REQUESTED.

CAN WE TAKE CARE OF THAT AFTER THE GRIEVANCE? SURE. OKAY, GREAT.

THANK YOU. IT IS 8:38.

WE ARE BACK IN OPEN SESSION.

[E. CALL BACK TO ORDER/EXECUTIVE SESSION MOTIONS]

SECOND HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY COMMENTS? I JUST HAVE ONE STATEMENT THAT THE BOARD RECEIVED SOME ADDITIONAL CONFIDENTIAL ASSURANCES REGARDING PERSONNEL DECISIONS THAT THEREFORE DO NOT WARRANT AN OUTSIDE INVESTIGATION ON MY FOR MY OPINION AND I WILL BE VOTING NO.

SO, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TRUSTEE WESTON.

OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T GET INTO THE DETAILS OF.

WHAT WAS DISCUSSED IN THIS BECAUSE OF CONFIDENTIALITY WITH REGARD TO CHILDREN.

BUT I WILL SAY THIS.

THIS IS WHEN THIS IS WHY I WILL BE VOTING YES FOR THIS IMPORTANT MOTION.

THE CONCERNS BROUGHT TO THE BOARD IN A GRIEVANCE TONIGHT BRING ME GREAT DISTRESS AND WORRY FOR THE STUDENTS IN ROUND ROCK ISD.

I APPRECIATE THE GRIEVANCE COURAGE FOR SHOWING UP TONIGHT AND BRINGING THEIR CONCERNS FORWARD.

THIS BRAVERY IS WHAT IS REQUIRED TO ACTUALLY ADVOCATE FOR STUDENTS.

TRUSTEE. BONE. THANK YOU.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT AN INVESTIGATION IS ACTUALLY, IN MY OPINION, ALWAYS OPEN.

IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD THING.

IT'S NOT IT SHOULD NOT BE VIEWED AS A NEGATIVE THING.

AN INVESTIGATION IS SOMETHING THAT ALWAYS YOU KNOW, IF NOTHING IS FOUND, THEN IT'S GREAT.

IF SOMETHING IS FOUND, THEN IT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO TAKE CORRECTIVE ACTION.

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HEARING OUR COMMUNITY AND THEN DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

IT HELPS OFFLOAD OUR ADMINISTRATION AND IT GIVES OUR SUPPORT TO THE ADMINISTRATION AND SHOWS SUPPORT TO THE COMMUNITY WHEN THEY BRING THESE ISSUES BEFORE US, THAT WE TAKE THEM SERIOUSLY AND THAT WE'RE NOT JUST GOING TO, YOU KNOW.

YOU KNOW, MAYBE NOT TAKE ISSUES SERIOUSLY THAT BUT AGAIN, I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT INVESTIGATION IN THIS IS NOT MEANT TO COME OFF AS A NEGATIVE, BUT ACTUALLY A VERY POSITIVE THING AND SOMETHING THAT COULD, I FEEL HELP OUR ADMINISTRATION.

IT WOULD BE DOCUMENTED.

AND IT WOULD GIVE THE COMMUNITY EASE.

IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THEY COULD HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE ADMINISTRATION ABOUT.

AND THAT IS WHY I HAVE ASKED FOR AN INVESTIGATION.

I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

NO OTHER LIGHTS ON. ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL OPPOSED.

MOTION FAILS.

2 TO 5.

HAVING NO; ANY OTHER MOTIONS? TRUSTEE HARRISON? YES, I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS GRATITUDE TO THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT HAVE BROUGHT THEIR CONCERNS THIS EVENING.

WHILE WE ARE NOT AT LIBERTY TO SPEAK ON SPECIFIC SPECIFICS DUE TO CONFIDENTIALITY, BASED ON ADDITIONAL PERSONAL INFORMATION WE HAVE RECEIVED, I BELIEVE THAT THE CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED ARE BEING ADDRESSED.

I MOVE THAT THE BOARD TAKE NO FURTHER ACTION AT THIS TIME.

SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY COMMENTS? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR.

RAISE YOUR HAND. I HAD COMMENTS.

YEAH, YOUR LIGHT JUST POPPED ON.

YEAH. TRUSTEE BONE? YEAH, I HAVE COMMENTS.

I JUST WANT TO THANK THE PEOPLE THAT CAME TONIGHT AND MADE THE BOARD AWARE OF THE CONCERNS THAT I LISTEN INTENTLY, AND I LISTEN FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF OPENNESS.

AND AS A PARENT, AS AN EDUCATOR MYSELF, AND I JUST TAKE THESE CONCERNS WHEN BROUGHT BEFORE US.

ESPECIALLY WHEN.

YOU KNOW. WHEN THEY COULD IMPACT OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY.

I JUST I REALLY TAKE THEM SERIOUSLY.

AND TO TAKE NO ACTION, I JUST DON'T THINK IS IN GOOD FAITH.

SO, I'LL BE VOTING NO ON NOT TAKING ANY ACTION.

AND I REALLY HOPE IN THE FUTURE THAT WE MAYBE PAY CLOSER ATTENTION TO THE WORDS THAT ARE USED AND THE THINGS THAT ARE SAID.

AND I HOPE WE GET MORE DOCUMENTATION IN THE FUTURE, TOO, SO THAT WE ACTUALLY KNOW THAT THINGS ARE BEING DONE AND THAT WE DON'T JUST HEAR THINGS AND THEN DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE WRITTEN DOWN, DON'T KNOW IF THEY ACTUALLY EXIST.

WE REALLY DON'T KNOW. WE USE WORDS LIKE THEY SEEM TO OR MIGHT, BUT WE DON'T REALLY ENSURE THAT THINGS ARE DONE FOR OUR STUDENTS.

AND I JUST I HOPE IN THE FUTURE THAT INSTEAD OF TAKING NO ACTION, THAT THIS BOARD WILL ACTUALLY TAKE ACTION AND QUIT RUBBER STAMPING WHATEVER THE DISTRICT BRINGS BEFORE US.

I THINK IT HARMS OUR STUDENTS.

TRUSTEE. WESTON.

THE IDEA THAT AFTER HEARING WHAT WE HEARD TONIGHT THAT WE WOULD DO NOTHING IS OFFENSIVE TO MY SENSIBILITIES PERSONALLY.

AND I WILL JUST SAY THAT IN MY ALMOST HALF CENTURY ON THE PLANET, IN NO OTHER ASPECT OF MY LIFE WOULD CONCERNS AT THIS LEVEL WITH REGARD TO CHILDREN.

WOULD I DISMISS THEM AND NO OTHER ASPECT OF MY LIFE WOULD I DO IT AND I WON'T DO IT HERE TONIGHT.

I WILL BE VOTING NO TO DO NOTHING.

TRUSTEE. HARRISON.

THE BOARD. TAKING NO ACTION DOESN'T MEAN THAT NOTHING'S BEING DONE.

IT MEANS THAT IN MY MIND, THE ADMINISTRATION HAS HEARD THESE CONCERNS, IS TAKING THEM SERIOUSLY AND IS ACTUALLY MOVING AGGRESSIVELY TOWARDS A RESOLUTION THAT I BELIEVE THAT THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, SHOULD THEY BE ABLE TO KNOW EVERYTHING WHICH THERE'S PRIVACY CONCERNS WITH PERSONNEL WOULD BE SATISFIED WITH.

SO, LET'S NOT CREATE A NARRATIVE THAT SAYS WHEN WE TAKE NO ACTION ON A GRIEVANCE, THAT WE'RE NOT MOVING TOWARDS RESOLUTION BECAUSE THAT'S SIMPLY NOT TRUE.

AND WITH THAT POINT OF ORDER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE QUESTION SECOND.

I HAD A POINT OF ORDER.

SHE DID HAVE A POINT OF ORDER BEFORE.

CALL THE QUESTION. MY POINT OF ORDER IS TO ASK THE CHAIR TO INSIST ON DECORUM AND NOT MAKE ACCUSATIONS ABOUT A NARRATIVE.

I AM ENTITLED, AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, TO MAKE A STATEMENT.

TO HAVE THAT CHARACTERIZED AS A NARRATIVE IS PEJORATIVE, AND I WOULD ASK THE CHAIR TO ENFORCE SOME DECORUM.

I WILL REMIND EVERYONE THAT THEY NEED TO HAVE DECORUM ON THE DAIS.

THANK YOU.

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ALL IN FAVOR OF CALLING THE QUESTION.

RAISE YOUR HAND MOTION.

ALL OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 2.

ALL IN FAVOR OF TAKING NO ACTION.

RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES 5-2.

HAVING TAKEN NO ACTION, THIS HEREBY SATISFIES THE BOARD'S REQUIREMENTS TO STOP.

LOOK AND LISTEN. LOOK.

STOP, LOOK AND LISTEN.

ACCORDING TO ING LOCAL, THIS HEREBY CONCLUDES OUR LEVEL THREE COMPLAINT.

WE WILL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM F ONE, THE 2023 PRELIMINARY STAR DATA DOMAIN ONE, WHICH IS OUR STUDENT OUTCOMES DISCUSSION FOR THE EVENING.

[F. SUPERINTENDENT REPORTS]

AZAIEZ. GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT AND BOARD MEMBERS.

SO, I THINK WE ABOUT A MONTH AGO, A MONTH AND A HALF AGO, WE SHARED WITH YOU SOME OF OUR PRELIMINARY DATA BASED ON OUR 2023 STAAR DATA.

SO WE WANT TO DIG SOME MORE TONIGHT.

AND WE BROUGHT WITH US THE TEAM HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT THINGS.

UNFORTUNATELY, DOCTOR NICHOLS WON'T BE ABLE TO JOIN US IN PERSON.

SO, SHE'S ACTUALLY JOINING US VIRTUALLY TO HELP PRESENT THE DATA.

ALSO WITH US IS DR.

GUERRERO OR NANCY GUERRERO AND DR.

OLDHAM, ZACK OLDHAM, AND ALSO ERICA SIMMONS FROM OUR RESEARCH AND ACCOUNTABILITY.

SO WITH NO.

I DON'T KNOW WHO'S GOING TO START. I THINK NATALIE WILL BE STARTING FIRST.

ALL RIGHT. YES.

HELLO. GOOD AFTERNOON, ACTUALLY.

GOOD NIGHT, EVERYONE.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE CAN SEE AND HEAR ME.

DR. AZAIEZ. YES, WE CAN.

OKAY, PERFECT.

HELLO, PRESIDENT LANDRUM, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

DR. AZAIEZ, THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THE WORK OF OUR WONDERFUL DISTRICT ON BEHALF OF OUR AREA SUPERINTENDENTS, OUR TEACHING AND LEARNING DEPARTMENT, AND ALSO OUR WONDERFUL TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS, INTERVENTIONISTS, EVERYONE ON THE CAMPUS.

THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU'RE DOING.

SO STARTING NOW, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE SECOND SLIDE.

WE WANT TO TALK THROUGH, JUST GIVE A VERY BRIEF OVERVIEW AS FAR AS EXACTLY WHAT THE ACCOUNTABILITY IS.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY BE JOINING US FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE STAR A THROUGH F ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES MEASURES US ON THREE DIFFERENT THINGS ACHIEVEMENT, WHICH IS DOMAIN ONE STUDENT PROGRESS WHICH IS WHICH IS DOMAIN TWO AND CLOSING THE GAPS, WHICH IS DOMAIN THREE ACHIEVEMENT AND PROGRESS GROWTH PROGRESS EACH ARE 70%.

AND WHAT THE STATE DOES IS THEY TAKE THE HIGHER OF THE TWO AND THEN AFTERWARDS, CLOSING THE GAP IS 30%.

HERE TODAY, WE WILL BE DISCUSSING NEXT SLIDE, DOMAIN ONE SPECIFICALLY ACHIEVEMENT.

IF I CAN HAVE THIS ADVANCED ON THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

DR. NICHOLS, WE'RE GETTING A LITTLE BIT OF FEEDBACK.

OH, WAIT, NO, IT'S STILL THERE.

WE'RE GETTING A LITTLE BIT OF FEEDBACK IN THIS ROOM, SO I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S COMING FROM YOUR END OR IF IT'S OURS.

MADAM PRESIDENT, IT'S THE DRUMS PRACTICING.

IT'S THE DRUMS OUTSIDE.

OH, OKAY. SORRY.

IT'S THE BAND.

ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL BAND.

SO, I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER THAT FROM WHERE YOU ARE, SO I'LL LET YOU CONTINUE.

GO AHEAD. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

MY APOLOGIES. NO, WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS ACHIEVEMENT TODAY, WHICH IS DOMAIN ONE.

AND WITHIN OUR ACHIEVEMENT FOR EVERY GRADE, EVERY LEVEL, ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH, IT MAY LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, 100% OF DOMAIN ONE, OUR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IS BASED ON STAR FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL, IT IS THE SAME 100 OF IT IS 100% OF THAT SCORE IS BASED ON STAR. BUT FOR HIGH SCHOOLS, 40% IS BASED ON STAR, 40% IS BASED ON COLLEGE, CAREER AND MILITARY READINESS, AND 20% IS BASED ON OUR GRADUATION RATE.

NEXT SLIDE. NOW, WITHIN THAT, THEN, FOR EVERY GRADE LEVEL, THERE ARE DIFFERENT THINGS TESTED.

ELEMENTARY, THIRD, FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE.

EACH GRADE, THIRD, FOURTH AND FIFTH ARE TESTED ON READING LANGUAGE, ARTS, MATH, AND THEN FIFTH GRADE SPECIFICALLY IS TESTED ON SCIENCE IN SIXTH, SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE, AGAIN READING LANGUAGE ARTS AND MATH.

BUT IN EIGHTH GRADE, THEY ARE ALSO TESTED ON SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES.

IN THE HIGH SCHOOL WE HAVE WHAT WE CALL THE END OF COURSE, EXAMS BECAUSE THE STUDENTS MUST PASS THIS.

IT'S PART OF THEIR GRADUATION REQUIREMENT.

IN NINTH GRADE, THEY TAKE AN ENGLISH ONE EOC, THEY TAKE AN ALGEBRA ONE EOC IF THEY HAVEN'T ALREADY PASSED IT IN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

AND THEY ALSO TAKE BIOLOGY IN 10TH GRADE.

THEY TAKE THE ENGLISH TO END, OF COURSE, EXAM.

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THEY BECOME RE TESTERS AND THEY KEEP TAKING THAT TEST UNTIL THEY HAVE PASSED IT, HOPEFULLY BY THE 12TH GRADE.

NOW, ADDITIONALLY, IN THE 11TH GRADE IS WHEN STUDENTS WHO TAKE US HISTORY THAT SOCIAL STUDIES THEN TAKE THAT US HISTORY EOC AND ALL OF THOSE THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVELS ARE NEEDED IN ORDER TO MEET GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS.

NEXT SLIDE. NOW, SPECIFICALLY WITHIN THIS, IT MATTERS HOW STUDENTS SCORE ON THE STAR EXAM.

STUDENTS CAN SCORE EITHER AT THE APPROACHES LEVEL, THE MEETS LEVEL, OR THE MASTERS LEVEL.

NOW, BEFORE I MOVE ON, I WANT TO EXPLAIN ONE THING.

OFTENTIMES, THE WORD APPROACHES IS A BIT OF A MISNOMER AND PEOPLE WILL SAY, WELL, IF THEIR APPROACHING, DOES IT MEAN THEIR PASSING APPROACHES MEANS THAT THEY HAVE PASSED THE EXAM? WHAT MEETS OR HIGHER REPRESENTS IS THAT THE STUDENT HAS THE ABILITY IN ORDER TO PASS A COLLEGE LEVEL COURSE. SO MEETS ALIGNS WITH THAT IDEA OF THE STUDENT IS NOT JUST PASSING THE TEST, BUT THEY HAVE ENOUGH SKILL THAT WHEN THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO PASS A COLLEGE LEVEL COURSE.

AND THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT WHEN YOU SEE WITH OUR BOARD GOALS IN EARLY LITERACY AND ALSO EARLY NUMERACY THAT WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT THE THIRD GRADE LEVEL TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT STUDENTS ARE PASSING AT THE MEETS LEVEL AND NOT NECESSARILY JUST AT THE APPROACHES LEVEL.

SO, I WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR TONIGHT.

WHEN WE THEY TAKE THAT EXAM, WHAT HAPPENS THEN IS THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS WHO ARE SCORING APPROACHES OR HIGHER MEETS OR HIGHER AND OR MASTERS, THAT PERCENTAGE IS ADDED TOGETHER AND DIVIDED.

THAT COMPONENT SCORE THEN DICTATES WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE ABLE TO GET A STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT SCORE OF 90 OR HIGHER.

IT CORRELATES TO A SCORE WHICH ALSO CORRELATES TO A RATING.

SO ALTHOUGH THIS IS DOMAIN ONE, KNOW THAT IT'S STILL IMPORTANT THAT OUR STUDENTS NOT JUST PASS THE TEST, BUT THEY ACHIEVE AS AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS POSSIBLE. ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

AND SO WHAT THIS REPRESENTS IS WHAT WE SPOKE TO BEFORE, THE FACT THAT MY COMPONENT SCORE THEN CORRELATES TO A SCALED SCORE WHICH CORRELATES TO A RATING.

SO WE ALWAYS WANT TO MAKE SURE AS WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR STUDENTS, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THEM PASSING.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS PASS AT THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE LEVEL BECAUSE THOSE THREE SCORES, THE NUMBER OF KIDS WHO PASS AT APPROACHES ARE HIGHER, THE PERCENTAGE THAT PASS MEETS OR HIGHER, AND THE PERCENTAGE THAT PASS AT MASTERS ALL GET DIVIDED IN ORDER TO GIVE US OUR COMPONENTS.

NEXT SLIDE. NEXT SLIDE.

ALL RIGHT. SO THAT HAS STAYED THE SAME.

THE WAY APPROACHES MEETS AND MASTERS HAS STAYED THE SAME.

BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF CHANGES THAT THE STATE HAS PUT IN PLACE AND THAT THOSE CHANGES HAVE CAUSED A LOT OF DISRUPTION IN OUR SYSTEM.

NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO AS LEADERS IS THAT EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW IT WILL CAUSE A GREAT DEAL OF DISRUPTION, WE STILL HAVE TO EMBRACE THAT CHANGE.

WE DO REALIZE NEXT SLIDE THAT THE CHANGE, EVEN THOUGH IT WILL CAUSE MAJOR DISRUPTION AND BY MAJOR DISRUPTION, IT MEANS THAT THE MOST VULNERABLE OF OUR POPULATIONS AND SCHOOLS, YOU WILL SEE RATINGS LOWER THAN THAT WE'VE EVER HAD IN THE PAST.

THERE'S NO WAY THAT WE CAN COME OUT OF THIS UNSCATHED.

BUT WHAT WE DO KNOW THEN, IF WE EMBRACE THAT CHANGE AND WE'RE ABLE TO ACHIEVE AT HIGHER LEVELS, THEN THAT MEANS BETTER OUTCOMES FOR OUR STUDENTS.

WE ALWAYS LOOK AT EVERYTHING WITH THE END IN MIND AND THE END IN MIND FOR OUR STUDENTS IS COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS SO THAT THEY CAN GO OUT INTO THE WORKFORCE AND CHOOSE WHATEVER IS BEST FOR THEM, BUT THEY'RE READY FOR THE WORKFORCE.

AND SO WE KNOW THAT THE WAY THEY BEGIN WOULD DICTATE THE WAY THAT THEY END.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE THAT WE'RE EMBRACING THAT CHANGE SO WE CAN PUSH FOR HIGHER LEVELS OF SUCCESS FOR OUR STUDENTS.

NEXT SLIDE. NOW, ALSO, AGAIN, THESE ARE DISRUPTIONS.

WE'RE GOING TO EMBRACE THOSE TO MAKE SURE THAT AS LEADERS, OUR TEACHERS, OUR PRINCIPALS UNDERSTAND THAT WHILE WE MAY NOT ALWAYS AGREE WITH EVERYTHING OR IN THE SHORT TERM, THIS WILL CAUSE A LOT OF PAIN AND DISRUPTION TO OUR SYSTEM, THAT WE'RE FINDING A WAY TO GO THROUGH THAT ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE AND COME OUT BETTER ON THE OTHER SIDE.

SO WHAT EXACTLY ARE THOSE CHANGES? WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO LOOK LIKE? WELL, IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES, WE WILL DISCUSS THAT.

WE LOOK AT SPECIFICALLY WHAT THOSE CHANGES ARE.

WE'LL LOOK AT POTENTIALLY WHAT THOSE DISRUPTIONS ARE TO OUR SYSTEM AND TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT WHAT CHANGES WILL THAT NECESSITATE FROM OUR SYSTEM AND

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SO THIS REPRESENTS MANY OF THE CHANGES THERE.

WE'VE SAID IT BEFORE, BUT I REALLY WANT EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE STAR, AS WE'VE KNOWN IT, HAS CHANGED.

THIS NEW VERSION THEY'VE CALLED STAAR 2.0, AND IT HAS A LOT OF OPEN-ENDED VERSIONS BEFORE WHERE THE ONE BEFORE WAS SIMPLY MULTIPLE CHOICE.

SO, IT HAS A LOT OF CREDIBLE OPEN-ENDED RESPONSES.

SO, IT'S NOT A MATTER THAT THERE'S A GREAT CHANCE THAT STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO PICK THE RIGHT ANSWER.

ALSO IN THE READING LANGUAGE ARTS TEST, WHERE BEFORE ONLY AT THE FOURTH, SEVENTH AND ENGLISH ONE AND TWO EOCS, WHERE THERE WAS A WRITING COMPONENT WHERE THOSE GRADES HAD A WRITING COMPONENT.

NOW EVERY GRADE FROM THREE ALL THE WAY TO ENGLISH TWO HAS A WRITING COMPONENT ON THEIR TEST.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WHILE WE WERE TOLD THERE WOULD BE A WRITING COMPONENT, THE RELEASE OF THAT INFORMATION, AS FAR AS THE RUBRIC FOR THE WRITING COMPONENT, WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE, THOSE THINGS WERE NOT GIVEN TO US THE YEAR BEFORE IT CAME OUT.

DURING THAT TESTING YEAR, SO MANY DISTRICTS, INCLUDING OURSELVES, DID NOT HAVE A GREAT AMOUNT OF TIME IN ORDER TO REACT TO IT AND ALSO TRAIN TOWARDS IT.

ALSO, ONE OF THE THINGS TO KNOW THAT THEIR INCREASED CUT POINTS FOR GRADUATION RATE AND ALSO FOR COLLEGE, CAREER AND MILITARY READINESS, THOSE TWO THINGS ONLY IMPACT THE HIGH SCHOOLS.

AND THEN ALSO THERE'S A NEW METHODOLOGY FOR COMPUTING DOMAIN.

ONE, WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT THEY LOOK AT THE THEY LOOK AT THE SCHOOLS.

A SCHOOL WOULD GET THEIR RATING AND THEN THEY WILL SAY THAT THIS SCHOOL REPRESENTS THIS PERCENTAGE OF THE DISTRICT.

AND SO THEN IT WILL PROPORTIONATELY THEN IMPACT HOW THE DISTRICT IS GRADED FOR THAT DOMAIN.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE HAVE A SCHOOL, LET'S SAY ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL, AND LET'S SAY IT'S 12% OF OF OUR TOTAL STUDENT POPULATION, THEN ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL WILL WHATEVER IT ACHIEVES, IT WILL CARRY 12% OF THE THE GRADE FOR THE ENTIRE DOMAIN ONE.

NOW, ALL OF THESE THINGS TOGETHER UNDERSTAND THEN IT MAKES IT HARDER FOR OUR STUDENTS TO ACHIEVE AT THE MEETS AND MASTER'S LEVEL.

AND WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT? BECAUSE A DOMAIN ONE, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT PASSING THE TEST.

IN ORDER FOR US TO SCORE AT HIGHER LEVELS, TO BE ABLE TO GET AN A IN THIS DOMAIN MEETS AND MASTERS DICTATES WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN GET TO THAT HIGHER SCORE AND GET AN A AND SO BECAUSE NOW IT IS HARDER TO FOR OUR STUDENTS TO SCORE IT MEETS AND MASTERS MANY DISTRICTS WILL SEE WHERE THEIR SCORE HAS BEEN REDUCED AND ROUND ROCK ROUND ROCK INCLUDING.

ALL RIGHT. SO HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE SAY THAT THE TEST IS CHANGED IN THE BLACK IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE THIRD GRADE READING TEST. INITIALLY IT HAD FOUR SINGLE PASSAGES THAT OUR STUDENTS WOULD HAVE TO READ ONE POEM, 40 MULTIPLE CHOICE ITEMS. THE TEST THAT THE STUDENTS HAD TO TAKE THIS YEAR IN READING LANGUAGE ARTS, THEY HAD TO READ SIX SINGLE PASSAGES, PAIRED READING PASSAGES.

THEY HAD UP TO 30 MULTIPLE CHOICE ITEMS, TEN NON MULTIPLE CHOICE ITEMS. AND THEN THEY ALSO HAD A COMPOSITION.

AGAIN, LET'S DIG A LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO THE TEST AND REALLY UNDERSTAND THIS.

NOW, THE COMPOSITION WAS IS WORTH TEN POINTS AND THIS IS STATEWIDE DATA.

ONLY 1% OF THE STUDENTS STATEWIDE WERE ABLE TO GET FULL CREDIT FOR THAT TEST.

1%, 51% GOT PARTIAL CREDIT AND 42% GOT NO CREDIT AT ALL.

AND SO TO HAVE AN IDEA OF THE IMPACT OF NOT JUST THE COMPOSITION, BUT THE DIFFERENT OPEN ENDED RESPONSES AND HOW IT WILL IMPACT OUR STUDENTS.

NEXT SLIDE. IN ADDITION, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE GRADUATION RATE.

SO, GRADUATION RATE FOR HIGH SCHOOLS.

WHAT THAT MEANS IS IT'S TALKING ABOUT EITHER THE FOUR YEAR, FIVE YEAR OR SIX YEAR GRADUATION RATE.

AND WHAT HAPPENS THEN IS THE STATE PICKS THE HIGHEST OUT OF ALL THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS.

AND THAT'S WHAT COUNTS FOR OUR GRADUATION RATE.

NOW, THIS THE CUT POINTS FOR GRADUATION RATE WERE CHANGED.

AND SO, IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE THAT IT INCREASED BY TWO POINTS.

SO, ON THE LEFT REPRESENTS WHAT WAS AND, ON THE RIGHT, REPRESENTS THE NEW CUT POINTS IN ORDER FOR US TO GET CERTAIN AMOUNT OF

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WHAT'S IMPORTANT ALSO TO NOTE ABOUT THIS IS.

UM, GRADUATION RATE IS A LAGGING IDENTIFIER, WHICH MEANS THAT FOR 2023, WHAT WENT INTO OUR 2023 RATING FOR THE YEAR 2022-2023 WAS BASED ON DATA FROM 2021, 2022.

WE ONLY FOUND OUT ABOUT THE CHANGE AS FAR IN THIS CONVERSION TABLE IN THE 2022-2023 SCHOOL YEAR.

SO NOT ONLY DID WE FIND OUT WITHIN THE YEAR THAT THEY WOULD CHANGE THE WAY THAT THEY WOULD GRADE US, BUT ON TOP OF THAT, WE HAVE A LAGGING IDENTIFIER WHERE THAT SCORE WAS DONE IN THE YEAR PRIOR.

AND SO THERE WAS NO WAY THAT WE WOULD EVEN BE ABLE TO IMPACT THE NUMBERS COMING INTO THIS SCHOOL YEAR AS IT RELATES TO GRADUATION RATE.

NEXT SLIDE.

AND SO THE SAME THING WITH OUR COLLEGE CAREER AND MILITARY READINESS COMPONENT.

BUT EVEN AT A HIGHER LEVEL, WHAT WE SAW IS WHAT IT WOULD TAKE FOR US TO GET AN A IN THIS COMPONENT WENT FROM A 60 TO AN 88.

THAT IS A HUGE JUMP.

AND LIKE THE GRADUATION COMPONENT, THIS IS ALSO A LAGGING IDENTIFIER.

SO WHAT WE DID THE PREVIOUS YEAR IS WHAT DICTATED WHAT WENT INTO OUR SCORE FOR THIS YEAR.

AND AGAIN, WE ONLY FOUND OUT ABOUT THAT DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR THAT THIS WAS HOW THEY WERE GOING TO GRADE US.

SO THEY ENACTED A CHANGE, USED DATA FROM LAST YEAR AND ONLY TOLD US IN THE CURRENT YEAR AS FAR AS EXACTLY WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN TO US.

NOW, ANOTHER IMPORTANT PIECE TO RECOGNIZE IS THIS, THAT BETWEEN THE GRADUATION RATE AND THE COLLEGE CAREER AND MILITARY READINESS, THOSE TWO THINGS REPRESENT 60% OF HOW A HIGH SCHOOL IS RATED.

AND BECAUSE OUR HIGH SCHOOLS ARE ABOUT 34% OF OUR STUDENT POPULATION, THESE TWO THINGS, LAGGING IDENTIFIERS THAT WE FOUND OUT ABOUT WITHIN THE SCHOOL YEAR, THAT THEY WERE GOING TO CHANGE THE CUT POINTS.

THEY CARRIED 20% OF OUR TOTAL WEIGHT FOR THE DISTRICT AS IT RELATES TO DOMAIN ONE, 20% FOR LAGGING IDENTIFIERS THAT WERE CHANGED IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR CURRENT IN THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR.

AND SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS VERY CONCERNING TO MANY DISTRICTS AS FAR AS UNDERSTANDING THE DISRUPTION THAT IT WOULD CAUSE.

BUT ON TOP OF THAT, NOT EVEN HAVING A WAY TO IMPACT THAT NUMBER THAT WAS GOING TO BE USED TO GRADE US.

NEXT SLIDE.

SO, WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH NOW AND KIND OF SHOW YOU EXACTLY WHAT OUR PASSING RATES FOR EACH OF OUR DIFFERENT LEVELS ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH WITHIN ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT SUBJECT AREAS.

AND ALSO, THEN GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT BASED ON THE INFORMATION WE GAVE PREVIOUSLY IN REGARD TO THE SCORES AND WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE DISCUSSED SPECIFICALLY IN REGARD TO ELEMENTARY READING, THAT'S GRADES THIRD, FOURTH, FOUR AND FIVE IS ALL THE CHANGES THAT WERE PUT INTO THOSE TESTS. SO, TO UNDERSTAND THEN MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE, YOU HAVE THIRD GRADERS WHERE THEY'RE HAVING TO WRITE AN ESSAY ON A COMPUTER FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME FOR SOMETHING THAT WE DID NOT KNOW AS A DISTRICT.

ALL THE DISTRICTS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO, NOR WHERE WE HAD A SENSE OF HERE'S THE RUBRIC AS FAR AS UNTIL LATER ON IN THE SCHOOL YEAR AND KNOWING EXACTLY WHAT THIS WOULD LOOK LIKE.

AND EVEN WITH ALL OF THAT CHANGE, OUR CAMPUSES AND OUR STUDENTS WERE STILL ABLE TO PERFORM AT 85%, PASSING 66% FOR MEETS, WHICH IS TWO BELOW WHAT THEY DID THE PREVIOUS YEAR AND 39% FOR AMSTERS, WHICH IS 8% BELOW WHAT THEY DID THE PREVIOUS YEAR. WE'RE SEEING THAT CHANGE IN THE TEST HAD A MAJOR IMPACT DISPROPORTIONATELY ON THE LOWER GRADE LEVELS BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT USED TO WRITING AND NOT WRITING SPECIFICALLY IN THAT WAY.

NEXT SLIDE. AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL YOU SEE WHERE AN IMPACT BUT NOT TO THE DEGREE THAT IT HAD ON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

THEY WERE CONSISTENT ON APPROACHES HOW THEY SCORED ON MEETS.

THEY BEAT THEIR AVERAGE FROM LAST YEAR EVEN WITH THE CHANGES.

BUT ON MASTERS WE SEE WHERE IT DID REDUCE BY FIVE POINTS HOW THEY WERE ABLE TO ACHIEVE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL.

NEXT SLIDE. AND FOR ENGLISH ONE AND ENGLISH TWO.

OUR STUDENTS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN USED TO TAKING THE TEST THAT HAD A WRITING COMPONENT ON IT, SO THEY FARED A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

WHAT WE SAW IN THE APPROACHES LEVEL IN ENGLISH ONE AND INCREASED BY TWO IN THE MIXED LEVEL AND INCREASED BY THREE AND IN THE MASTER'S LEVEL AND INCREASED

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WE SEE A MARGINAL INCREASE OF 1% THAT APPROACHES 1% AND MEETS AND 2% AT MASTERS.

NOW, GOING INTO MATH, WHAT WE SEE IS OUR STUDENTS FEARED A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

A LOT OF WORK WAS DONE WITHIN THIS AREA.

AND SO, WE'RE PROUD OF WHAT THEY WERE ABLE TO DO.

EVEN AGAIN, WITH ALL OF THE CHANGES TO THE TEST, THE MORE TEST ITEMS, THE OPEN THE GRID TABLES, WHERE IT'S NOT JUST THE MULTIPLE-CHOICE TEST, OVERARCHINGLY ELEMENTARY MATH INCREASED BY 2% AND APPROACHES WE HAVE 6% AT THE MEETS LEVEL AND THEN AFTERWARDS THEY REMAIN CONSISTENT AT THE MASTER'S LEVEL. SO, WE REALLY APPLAUD THE WORK THAT OUR ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES PUT IN.

FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL.

AGAIN, A 2% INCREASE AT APPROACHES, 5% INCREASE AT MEETS AND ON TOP OF EVERYTHING, AGAIN, A 3% INCREASE AT THE MASTER'S LEVEL.

WE REALLY APPLAUD THE WORK THEY PUT IN.

AGAIN, DESPITE THE CHANGES TO THE TEST AT THE ALGEBRA ONE, WHICH WE USUALLY WILL HAVE EITHER AT MIDDLE SCHOOL OR FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, WE SEE THAT THEY DID VERY WELL AS FAR AS INCREASING.

WE WENT FROM A 77 TO 82% AT APPROACHES, 5% INCREASE, 55 TO 60% AT MEETS, AND THEN THEY REMAINED CONSISTENT AT THE MASTER'S LEVEL. SO WE APPLAUD THEIR WORK AS WELL.

AND SO THEN WE HAVE ROUNDING UP OUR SCORES, THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE IN SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES, FIFTH GRADE SCIENCE.

THEY DID DECREASE FROM A 77 TO 75% AT THE APPROACHES.

THEY DECREASED ANOTHER 2% AT THE MEETS LEVEL.

AND THEN ALSO THEY INCREASED BY 1% AT THE MASTER'S LEVEL.

FOR EIGHTH GRADE SCIENCE.

THEY REMAINED CONSISTENT AND APPROACHES.

THEY IMPROVE THAT THE MEETS LEVEL BY FOUR PERCENTAGE POINTS AND THEN THEY ALSO DECREASED AT THE MASTER'S LEVEL FROM A 46 TO 38%.

A BIOLOGY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL.

WE'RE SEEING AN INCREASE AT 3% IN APPROACHES, DOWN ONE AT MEATS AND THEN ALSO CONSISTENT AT MASTERS.

EIGHTH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES, WE HAD A DECREASE BY THREE POINT AT APPROACHES, TWO POINTS THAT MEETS.

AND THEN AFTERWARDS WE HAD, WHAT IS THAT, FOUR POINTS AT THE MASTER'S LEVEL.

AND LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, WE HAVE US HISTORY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, WHICH IS TYPICALLY TAKEN AT 11TH GRADE UNLESS WE'RE RETESTING OR A FIRST TIME TEST OR AT 12TH GRADE, WE WENT FROM A 93 TO 96, 81 TO 82, BUT DECREASED FROM A 59 TO A 56 AT THE MASTER'S LEVEL.

SO WHAT DOES THIS MEAN OVERARCHINGLY FOR US AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT AS FAR AS OUR RATING? SO YES, FOR THE NEXT SLIDE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A DETOUR AND GO BACK A STEP.

AND BEFORE WE GO FORWARD, THIS REPRESENTS DATA FROM TEXAS SCHOOLS.GOV IN REGARDS TO OUR DOMAIN SCORE LAST YEAR.

SO PREVIOUSLY WHAT YOU SAW IS AGAIN, YOU HAVE THREE DIFFERENT AREAS THAT WE ARE SCORING.

YOU HAVE OVERALL WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE STAAR TESTING, CCMR AND ALSO GRADUATION RATE THAT 91 FOR STAR OVERARCHINGLY, THE 95 FOR CMR AND THEN THE 95 THE GRADUATION RATE.

WHEN YOU APPLY THE PERCENTAGES TO THEM, IT CAME UP TO A 93.

BUT BECAUSE THE RULE IS THAT IF YOU HAVE A CAMPUS THAT IS HAS A D OR F, THEN YOU THE HIGHEST THAT YOU CAN GET, REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU'VE EARNED, THE HIGHEST THAT YOU CAN GET IS AN 89.

SO THAT'S WHY THAT EVEN THOUGH OUR DISTRICT AVERAGED A 93, WE STILL ONLY GOT A B BECAUSE WE HAD CAMPUSES WHERE THE RATING THEIR DOMAIN ONE RATING WAS A D OR F.

SO NEXT SLIDE.

SO WE WE GO BACKWARDS TO MOVE FORWARD.

SO WE HAD A 93 OVERARCHINGLY THAT 93 BECAUSE WE HAD D'S AND F'S WITHIN DOMAINS DOMAIN ONE AT A CAMPUS LEVEL WAS CAPPED AT 89.

SO HERE'S THE IMPORTANT PIECE.

THE STATE SAID IN ORDER FOR YOU TO HAVE DISTRICTS A SENSE OF WHAT YOUR SCORES WILL LOOK LIKE, I WILL TAKE YOUR SCORES FROM THE PREVIOUS SCHOOL YEAR AND PUT THE NEW METHODOLOGY ONTO IT.

SO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF HOW THIS WILL IMPACT YOUR SCORES.

SO THAT 93 THAT WE EARNED, BASED ON HOW THINGS WERE COMPUTED THE YEAR BEFORE, TURNED INTO AN 87.

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IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE NEW ASSESSMENT THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE TAKING WHERE YOU'RE SEEING COMPOSITION, MORE TEST QUESTIONS, MORE READING, WRITING ACROSS EVERY CONTENT AREA.

SO, IN OTHER WORDS, A HARDER TEST THAT IS HARDER TO WHERE IT'S HARDER FOR OUR STUDENTS TO SCORE AT THE MEETS AND MASTER'S LEVEL.

SO WHAT I WANT US TO UNDERSTAND IS WHILE THAT 93 AND 87 ARE APPLES TO APPLES BECAUSE THEY REPRESENT THE SAME DATA WITH A DIFFERENT METHODOLOGY PUT ON TOP OF IT TO GET THE 87, THE 87 TO THE 87 REPRESENTS TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.

IT REPRESENTS TWO DIFFERENT TESTS.

THE FIRST 87 REPRESENTS THE OLD STAR TEST WITH THE NEW METHODOLOGY.

OUR CURRENT 87 REPRESENTS THE NEW STAR TEST THAT IS MUCH MORE DIFFICULT FOR OUR STUDENTS TO SCORE AT HIGHER LEVELS WITH ALSO THE NEW METHODOLOGY.

SO, EVEN THOUGH THE NUMBERS ARE THE SAME, THE AMOUNT OF WORK AND THE LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE THAT WAS NEEDED TO SCORE AT THE SAME LEVEL WAS EXPONENTIALLY MORE.

AND SO, I KNOW THAT IS VERY SOMETIMES DIFFICULT TO EXPLAIN, BUT I REALLY NEED FOR US TO UNDERSTAND THAT THING THAT WHAT IF SCORE WAS BASED ON THE OLD TEST.

IT DOES NOT REPRESENT TRULY WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN IN OUR SYSTEM THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE IMPACT OF ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WAS HAPPENING BASED ON THE NEW TEST.

AND SO, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE MY AREA SUPERINTENDENTS, THE TEACHING AND LEARNING, THE INTERVENTIONISTS, THE PRINCIPALS, THE SYSTEM PRINCIPALS, AND OF COURSE, MOST DEFINITELY THE TEACHERS, BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT IT TOOK TO JUST KEEP UP WITH THAT NUMBER WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.

AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF OUR SYSTEM.

AND SO THIS IS A. STARTING POINT.

AND WE KNOW THAT BASED ON THE THINGS THAT WE'VE LEARNED, WE'RE ABLE TO EVEN DO BETTER.

NEXT SLIDE. SO WHAT DISRUPTIONS WILL THIS CAUSE IN OUR SYSTEM AND WHO EXACTLY WILL THIS IMPACT? SO WE KNOW THAT BASED ON THAT NEW METHOD, THAT NEW METHODOLOGY, THE NEW TEST, IT WILL DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACT TITLE ONE CAMPUSES.

WE CAN EXPECT TO SEE MAJOR DISRUPTIONS TO TITLE ONE CAMPUSES IN REGARDS TO DOMAIN ONE.

WE KNOW THAT IT WILL DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACT ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE COMPONENT OF.

WE HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.

WE DON'T HAVE MULTIPLE CHOICE THERE.

READABLE, OPEN ENDED RESPONSES.

THE WRITING, THE MORE READING THAT THEY HAVE TO DO THAT ALWAYS IMPACTS OUR ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES DISPROPORTIONATELY.

WE KNOW THAT IT WILL IMPACT OUR HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUSES WHEN IT COMES TO COLLEGE, CAREER AND MILITARY READINESS.

BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING FROM SAYING 60 IS AN A ALL THE WAY TO SAYING 88 IS AN A, AND SO THE AMOUNT OF CHANGE THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, THAT IS GOING TO GREATLY IMPACT THE HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUSES BECAUSE COLLEGE CAREER AND MILITARY READINESS IS 40% OF THEIR DOMAIN ONE SCORE.

WE KNOW THAT.

AND WE HAVE SEEN THAT THIS WILL IMPACT READING LANGUAGE ARTS SCORES, BECAUSE THAT WRITING COMPONENT NOW MAKES IT A LOT MORE DIFFICULT FOR OUR STUDENTS TO SCORE AT HIGHER LEVELS.

AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFICULT FOR US, MORE DIFFICULT FOR OUR STUDENTS TO SCORE AT MEETS AND MASTERS, WHICH IMPACTS STUDENT GROWTH IN DOMAIN TWO AND ALSO CLOSING THE GAP IN DOMAIN THREE.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IN DOMAIN THREE, WHAT WE'RE MEASURED ON, THEY SAY, LET ME CHOOSE YOUR MOST VULNERABLE LEARNERS.

THEY CHOOSE THE PLACES WHERE WE SCORE THE LOWEST, THE POPULATIONS WITH WHICH WE SCORE THE LOWEST.

AND THEY SAY, I YOU HAVE TO GET THOSE STUDENTS TO PERFORM AT THE MEETS LEVEL IN ORDER TO GET A GOOD SCORE IN DOMAIN THREE SO IF IT IS ALREADY HARDER FOR ME TO SCORE AT MEETS AND MASTERS FOR EVERYONE OVERARCHINGLY AND NOW I APPLY THAT METHODOLOGY THEN TO YOUR LOWEST PERFORMING STUDENTS AND YOUR STUDENTS MOST AT RISK.

WE OF COURSE, WILL SEE THAT DOMAIN THREE IS GOING TO GO DOWN NOW, SOMETHING I'M SURE WELL, MAYBE SOME OF US HAVE SEEN THE NEWS BECAUSE OF THAT.

TO TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY HAS PUT OUT A NEWS RELEASE SAYING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT

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WHAT WILL HAPPEN AT DOMAIN TWO AND DOMAIN THREE, THAT THEY FEEL THAT THEY MISCALCULATED IN THE IMPACT AS FAR AS THE NEW CUT POINTS.

AND SO, THEY'RE GOING TO GO BACK AND AMEND THAT.

SO, WE WERE GOING TO HAVE AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER OUR SCORES IN ALL OF THOSE DOMAINS AND ALSO OVERARCHINGLY HOW EACH OF THE SCHOOLS HAVE SCORED AND ALSO HOW EACH OF THE DISTRICT HAS SCORED.

BUT NOW THAT'S BEING DELAYED BY AT LEAST A MONTH TO THE END OF OCTOBER.

AND SO, AGAIN, WHILE WE KNEW HOW THIS WAS GOING TO IMPACT US, I THINK NOW ACTUALLY SEEING THE SCORE AND UNDERSTANDING THE LEVEL OF CARNAGE THAT WAS CREATED BASED ON THESE DIFFERENCES, I THINK TO MY WORD, NOT THEIRS HAS GONE BACK AND DECIDED TO REVISIT AGAIN WHAT DOMAIN TWO AND DOMAIN THREE WILL LOOK LIKE IN THAT METHODOLOGY.

NEXT SLIDE. AND SO WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO DIFFERENTLY AS A SYSTEM? SO, OF COURSE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, NUMBER ONE, WE HAVE TO RETHINK WHAT INTERVENTION SOUNDS, SOUNDS IT LOOKS LIKE USED TO BE THAT OFTENTIMES WHEN WE WOULD DO TESTING IN FEBRUARY, MARCH, TO KIND OF HAVE A SENSE OF HOW OUR STUDENTS WOULD DO, THEN WE WOULD GO INTO A REMEDIATION PROCESS TO GET OUR STUDENTS AT HIGHER LEVELS.

WE REALIZED THAT SHORT TERM, SHORT TERM REMEDIATION DOES NOT WORK.

AND SO WE HAVE ALREADY STARTED WORK.

AND THIS STARTED OVER THE SUMMER AND IT HAS CONTINUED WITHIN THESE LAST CURRENT MONTHS TO LOOK AT LONG TERM PROGRESS MONITORING AND FINDING DIFFERENT WAYS IN ORDER TO FIGURE OUT WHAT OUR STUDENTS WERE DOING HERE LATER ON IN THE IN THIS YEAR, IN THE FALL, AND CLOSER TO WHAT TEXAS WOULD CONSIDER A WINTER, WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH AND AT A BOARD WORKSHOP, REALLY DIG INTO THAT WITH THE BOARD SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT THAT MEANS AS FAR AS HOW WE CREATE PROFILES FOR OUR STUDENTS AND DO A BETTER JOB OF TIGHTLY ALIGNING THE THE INTERVENTIONS BASED ON THE STUDENTS PROFILES. AND THEN ALSO WE'VE COME UP WITH OUR MISS SIMMONS AND HER TEAM HAS COME UP WITH AMAZING WAYS TO PROGRESS MONITOR BASED ON THE SCREENERS AND TEST THAT WE GIVE TO.

YOU SAY, HERE'S THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE TWO, AND THEN HAVE A SENSE OF EXACTLY HOW WE WILL DO IN REGARDS TO DOMAIN ONE AND DOMAIN TWO AND DOMAIN THREE.

PULL UP SPECIFIC STUDENT LISTS AND THEN FIGURE OUT WHO WE NEED TO WORK ON STARTING RIGHT AWAY IN THE IN THE FALL.

SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

WE'VE ALSO LOOKED AT THE IMPACT OF EARLY LITERACY AS IT RELATES TO STUDENTS' ABILITY TO PASS THE STAAR AND ALSO THEIR ABILITY TO WRITE.

AND SO AGAIN, ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE LOVE WHAT THE SYSTEM IS DOING OVERARCHINGLY TO IMPROVE IN REGARD TO EARLY LITERACY, WHAT WE SEE FROM THE DATA IS THAT THERE'S A HIGH CORRELATION ABOUT A 0.8 OR HIGHER CORRELATION BETWEEN OUR EARLY LITERACY SCREENERS AND HOW STUDENTS DO ON THE STAR.

SO WE'RE ABLE TO KNOW AS WE PROGRESS, MONITOR USING THE SCREENERS AS AN INITIAL WAY TO LOOK AT THE AT OUR STUDENTS, THAT IF WE CAN REMEDIATE AND INTERVENE WITH THEM THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THAT THIS IS ABSOLUTELY WHAT WILL BE NECESSARY IN ORDER TO GET THEM WHERE THEY NEED TO BE.

WE NEED TO REESTABLISH A FOCUS ON WRITING AND A FOCUS ON WRITING SPECIFICALLY FOR OUR MOST YOUNGEST LEARNERS.

WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS THAT THEY'RE NOT USED TO WRITING AND THEY'RE SPECIFICALLY NOT USED TO CREATING PIECES ON A COMPUTER.

BUT THIS IS WHAT THIS NEW THIS NEW STAR IS REALLY ASKING OF OUR SYSTEM AND ASKING US OF OUR YOUNGEST LEARNERS.

SO IT'S NOT JUST THE IDEA OF WRITING AND PUTTING IDEAS ON THE PAPER, BUT ALSO GETTING THEM USED TO WHAT DOES THAT CREATION OF WRITING LOOK LIKE IF THEY HAVE TO DO IT ON THE COMPUTER? AGAIN, WE'VE BRIEFED ON THIS AS FAR AS ONE OF OUR PRIORITIES ARE FOCUSED ON MATH USING DATA DRIVEN INSTRUCTION.

OUR FOCUS ON COLLEGE CAREER AND MILITARY READINESS.

WE HAVE ALIGNED GOAL SETTING.

NEXT MONTH WE WILL COME BEFORE YOU WITH THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND ALL THE CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS, AND WHAT YOU WILL SEE IS A MORE ALIGNED GOAL SETTING, NOT JUST BETWEEN THE DISTRICT AND THE CAMPUSES, BUT ALSO FOR THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE DISTRICT AS FAR AS HOW THEY SUPPORT THIS PROCESS, ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CAMPUSES ARE SUCCESSFUL.

WE HAVE REVISED CURRICULUM, FOCUSING MOST OF OUR WORK RIGHT NOW ON OUR EARLY LITERACY AND ALSO ON OUR MATH.

AND THEN WE HAVE CREATED CURRICULUM BASED ASSESSMENTS AT ONE POINT WITHIN OUR DISTRICT.

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EVERYTHING THAT'S COVERED IN THE CURRICULUM IS WHAT THE STUDENTS ARE TESTED ON.

AND BASED ON THOSE CURRICULUM-BASED ASSESSMENTS, THERE'S 2 TO 3 EVERY NINE WEEKS.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE ABILITY THEN TO CREATE INTERVENTIONS BASED SPECIFICALLY ON WHAT THOSE IS IN THOSE ASSESSMENTS.

NEXT SLIDE. SO WHAT CHANGES ARE ALREADY IN OUR SYSTEM? AND I THINK I'VE ALREADY SPOKEN TO THOSE AND I'LL GIVE A MORE SPECIFIC EXAMPLE.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, OUR STATE AND FEDERAL DEPARTMENT, WITHIN OUR STATE AND FEDERAL DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE PARENT LIAISONS AND OUR PARENT LIAISONS WORK ON OUR TITLE ONE CAMPUSES.

THEY HAVE COME UP WITH AN AMAZING PLAN AS FAR AS WHERE IN WORKING WITH THE CAMPUSES AND SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT THE DATA.

AND WE HAD MENTIONED THIS, I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW FAR BACK IN ONE OF OUR MEETINGS IN REGARDS TO THE WORK BY DR.

MAPP IN REGARDS TO EARLY LITERACY, AS FAR AS HOW DO WE PARTNER THEN WITH PARENTS SPECIFICALLY TO BRING THEM IN, HELP THEM UNDERSTAND WHAT THE STUDENT'S DATA MEANS BASED ON THE SCREENER, AND THEN HELP THEM FIGURE OUT BASED AS A PARENT, NOT AS A TEACHER, WHAT SPECIFICALLY CAN YOU DO WITH YOUR STUDENT BASED ON THE AREA OF WEAKNESS IN ORDER TO MAKE THEM BETTER READERS? AND SO THEY WILL BE STARTING THAT WORK WHERE THEY WILL HAVE IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL SESSIONS AT ALL OF OUR TITLE ONE CAMPUSES IN ORDER TO WORK WITH THE PARENT WE HAVE WHERE WE'VE ALREADY DONE OUR DEPARTMENT HAVE DONE ALSO WORK WITH OUR OUR INTERVENTIONIST CAMPUS ACADEMIC INTERVENTIONISTS IN ORDER TO RETHINK THEIR WORK.

AS FAR AS HOW DO YOU PULL STUDENTS IN, HOW EXACTLY, WHAT IS THE PROCESS YOU GO THROUGH? AND THEN HOW DO YOU PROGRESS MONITOR, HOW OFTEN YOU PROGRESS MONITOR SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IN THE SYSTEM, IT'S EVERYONE FROM INTERVENTIONISTS TO PARENTS TO TEACHERS TO PRINCIPALS AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS.

THERE'S SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN PUT IN PLACE FOR EVERY ROLE WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION IN ORDER TO IMPROVE WHERE WE ARE IN REGARDS TO EARLY LITERACY, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT EARLY LITERACY THEN BASED ON ITS.

CORRELATION TO HOW STUDENTS WILL DO ON THE START.

IF THEY KNOW HOW TO BE AMAZING READERS, EVERYTHING ELSE WILL TAKE CARE OF ITSELF.

NEXT SLIDE.

AND SO I WILL END MY PRESENTATION THERE AND WELCOME.

ANY QUESTIONS TO MICE FOR MYSELF? DR. GUERRERO, DR.

ODOM, OR MISS SIMMONS, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DR.

NICHOLS, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

I HAVE A COUPLE OF LIGHTS ON, BUT WE'LL START WITH TRUSTEE ZARATE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DR.

NICHOLS AND STAFF FOR THIS PRESENTATION.

IT'S QUITE ILLUMINATING.

I GUESS MY QUESTION IS SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU CAN ANSWER, BUT WHAT IS THE JUSTIFICATION FOR THE STATE MAKING THIS ENORMOUS JUMP IN EXPECTATIONS WITHOUT WHAT SEEMS LIKE MUCH PREPARATION FOR OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS? DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA? I KNOW WHAT HAS BEEN PUT OUT AND SO I CAN GIVE YOU THAT ANSWER.

SURE. AND SO THE ANSWER BASED ON THE STATE IS THAT THEY WANTED TO INCREASE STUDENT OUTCOMES.

AND I THINK DR.

AZAIEZ HAS SPOKEN TO THIS.

THEY HAVE SOMETHING CALLED, WHAT IS IT, 60 BY 20, 30, 60 BY 30, AND WHAT IT MEANS.

THEY WANT 60% OF OUR STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO GO TO COLLEGE AND GRADUATE BY COLLEGE FROM COLLEGE BY THE YEAR 2030.

AND THEIR THOUGHT PROCESS IS BASED ON THE SCORES THAT THEY'RE SEEING.

THAT REALITY WILL NOT COME TO PASS.

AND SO, PART OF WHAT THEY FEEL THAT THEY NEEDED TO DO WAS THEN TO INCREASE WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FROM K-12 IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT 60 BY 30 A REALITY.

AND THIS IS ALL BASED ON THE STAAR TEST, RIGHT? YES, SIR. AND WHAT TEST DO WE GIVE OUR PRIVATE AND CHARTER SCHOOLS IN OUR STATE TO LIVE UP TO IN THIS RESPECT? WELL, TRUSTEE ZARATE I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE TO TAKE ANY TESTS.

THEY ARE NOT.

THAT'S ALL I NEED. THANKS.

TRUSTEE. BONE. THANK YOU.

AND CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND THEY ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE THE STAR TEST, WHICH I'M GETTING LOTS OF ADMINS NODDING IN HERE.

SO YES, CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, PRIVATE SCHOOLS.

I CAN'T SPEAK TO THEM.

I CAN A LITTLE BIT. BUT JUST TO CLARIFY THAT.

THANKS. YEP.

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I BELIEVE IT'S MR. MORATH TALK, BUT THE STAR REDESIGN ACTUALLY STARTED IN 2017, CORRECT? I MEAN, MAYBE BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN IN DIFFERENT POSITIONS IN THE DISTRICT, BUT I BELIEVE DISTRICTS HAVE ACTUALLY KNOWN ABOUT THIS SINCE 2017.

I MEAN, I KNOW.

AND SO, DR.

BONE, YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

SO BUT THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TELLING SOMEONE THAT, HEY, I'M GOING TO REDESIGN VERSUS TELLING US HOW YOU'VE REDESIGNED.

AND THAT IS MORE SO IS MORE SO THE ISSUE THAT WE'VE HAD, WHILE WE KNOW THAT THEY SAID THEY WOULD REDESIGN THE INFORMATION ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT THE REDESIGN WAS AND THEN WHEN CERTAIN PIECES OF INFORMATION WAS RELEASED SO THAT THEN CAMPUSES, NOT CAMPUSES, BUT DISTRICTS COULD THEN CHANGE CURRICULUM AND TRAIN THEIR TEACHERS AND ADMIN SPECIFICALLY SO THAT WE HAD MORE REACTION TIME.

THAT'S MORE. SO WHAT'S THE ISSUE? SO, YES, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

WE KNEW THAT A CHANGE WAS COMING.

THE ISSUE WAS MORE SO THAT WE WERE NOT AWARE OF WHAT THE CHANGE WOULD BE.

DID YOU WANT TO ADD? YEAH, I JUST WANT TO JUMP IN AND CLARIFY THAT THE STAR REDESIGN IS IS THE ASSESSMENT.

WE KNEW THAT THE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM WOULD BE RESET.

LIKE WHEN THEY CAME OUT, THEY SAID EVERY FIVE YEARS WE'RE GOING TO RESET IT.

WE'RE GOING TO GIVE EVERYBODY A CHANCE TO GROW TO THE TARGETS FOR FIVE YEARS.

AND IN FIVE YEARS WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK WITH WITH THE PERFORMANCE THAT WE'VE KNOWN AS THESE FIVE YEARS AND AND USE THAT AS BASELINE DATA TO SET OUR NEW CUT POINTS.

SO, WE'VE KNOWN THAT SINCE 2017, THE ACTUAL STAR REDESIGN WE KNEW PROBABLY STARTED IN THE 2022 SCHOOL YEAR.

I THINK WE INCORPORATED SOME OF THE ITEM TYPES INTO SOME OF OUR DCAS, OUR DISTRICT ASSESSMENTS, BUT WHAT WE DID AND USING THAT FOR GROWTH AND USING THAT FOR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND SETTING THOSE CUT POINTS, WE COULDN'T DO AS A DISTRICT.

WE COULD GET KIDS USED TO SEEING THESE DIFFERENT ITEM TYPES, BUT WE COULDN'T GET THEM SEEING THEM AT THE LEVEL THAT THE STATE WAS GOING TO TEST THEM.

EVEN WITH THE STAR INTERIM, WHICH THE STATE CREATES, THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE THOSE DIFFERENT ITEM TYPES ON THERE.

SO, THE KIDS JUST DIDN'T GET EXPOSED TO THE STATE LEVEL OF ITEMS THAT EVEN WITH THE DISTRICT, BUT EVEN WITH THOSE CUT POINTS AND EVERYTHING AND SEEING HOW KIDS ADDING THAT WRITING COMPONENT, THEY JUST IF YOU READ THEIR RELEASE, THEY JUST HAD NOW THAT THEY'VE SEEN THE DATA, THEY EVEN SAID WE SET THESE CUT POINTS BEFORE WE SEEN THE DATA. NOW WE SEE THE DATA, NOW WE REALIZE THAT WE NEED TO COME BACK AND TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE WITH THE DATA.

I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE YOU ARE SEPARATING THE TWO.

THE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM IS WHAT WAS 2017, BUT WE DIDN'T KNOW THE STAR REDESIGN UNTIL 2022 BECAUSE I REMEMBER THEY EVEN GAVE US A LITTLE PREVIEW MAYBE ALMOST A YEAR AGO. THEY BROUGHT IN YOU GUYS BROUGHT IN A LITTLE TEST FOR US TO TRY.

RIGHT. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY HAD CONTROL OVER.

THEY COULD HAVE THEY COULD HAVE THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO DO ALL OF IT AT ONE TIME, BUT THEY WANTED TO, RIGHT.

LIKE TAKE THIS BIG DOSE OF MEDICINE AND WE'LL JUST FIGURE IT OUT AS WE GO.

AND IT JUST IT JUST DIDN'T TURN OUT THE WAY THAT THEY THEY THOUGHT IT WOULD.

TRYING TO USE THE WHAT IF RATINGS USING THE OLD STAR AND PUTTING IN THE NEW SYSTEM IT JUST DIDN'T GIVE THEM THE LOOK THAT THEY THOUGHT THEY COULD TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS THAT THEY MADE. I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION I DID HAVE IS NOW THAT I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD A LITTLE BIT, I HAVE STARTED TO REALIZE THAT WE ACTUALLY, LIKE YOU SAID, WE HAVE DATA THAT WE GET INTO THE DISTRICT AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CUT POINTS.

DO YOU KNOW WILL WE GET THE CUT POINTS? BECAUSE NOW THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, OCTOBER, I BELIEVE, IS WHEN MR. MORATH SAID THAT WE WOULD GET OUR, YOU KNOW, THE FINAL RESULTS.

BUT THE DISTRICTS.

DO YOU BELIEVE THAT YOU'LL GET THE CUT POINTS BEFORE.

I MEAN, WE HAVE TO, RIGHT? IS THAT HOW IT WORKS? OR SO THEY DID WHEN THEY RELEASED THE ACCOUNTABILITY MANUAL AND ALL OF THE STAR.

MISS SIMMONS, COULD YOU GET A LITTLE BIT.

SORRY. THAT'S OKAY. THANK YOU.

IT'S OKAY. I'M USUALLY VERY LOUD, SO THEY DO GIVE US THE CUT POINTS IN ADVANCE.

WHEN THEY WERE DOING THE MATERIALS THEY PUT OUT THE THEY PUT OUT THE CUT SCORES.

DR. NICOLE SHOWED YOU WHERE THAT 60 NOW WAS A DEED THAT THEY PUT THAT OUT ALL THROUGHOUT ALL, LAST YEAR, THEY RELEASED THOSE THINGS LIKE, WILL THEY GIVE US THE NEW CUT POINTS IF THEY DECIDE TO CHANGE THEM BEFORE WE SEE THE ACTUAL ACCOUNTABILITY RATINGS? THEY HAVEN'T TOLD US THAT YET.

AND WITH THE BOARD BE TOLD THAT, OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT USUALLY ADMINISTRATION.

MAYBE THAT'S A QUESTION FOR DR. AZAIEZ.

IF WE GET THE CUT SCORES EARLY, WILL THE BOARD BE APPRAISED OF THAT? WE DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM SHARING THAT WITH YOU, DR.

BONE WITH THE BOARD, I GUESS.

THEY'RE PUBLIC DOCUMENTS, SO MAKING YOU AWARE THAT THEY'VE RELEASED THEM ON THE WEBSITE.

YEAH, I'VE ACTUALLY SIGNED UP FOR THE TO ACCOUNTABILITY, SO I GET THESE EMAILS, WHICH IS REALLY HELPFUL.

BUT THEN I'M TRYING TO CORRELATE TO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN INTO OUR DISTRICT? AND SOMETIMES THAT CONNECTION IS A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT.

AND I'VE JUST HAD TO BE ASKING DR.

AZAIEZ ALL THE TIME AND IT'D BE NICE IF IT WAS MORE OF A MAYBE WE CAN GET YOU THE WEBSITE THAT THEY THAT THEY POST THEM TO BECAUSE IT IS THEY'RE ON TO.

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DR. BONE IT'S NOT REALLY DOMAIN ONE.

IT'S REALLY HOW YOU CALCULATE DOMAIN TO PART A PART B AND DOMAIN THREE, BECAUSE THOSE THINGS ARE VERY HARD, VERY COMPLICATED, BECAUSE YOU'RE COMPARING OUR STUDENTS OFTEN TIMES TO OTHER STUDENTS FROM OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

AND WE USUALLY WAIT ON FOR TO TO PROVIDE EVEN MORE INFORMATION.

LIKE RIGHT NOW, LIKE WE CANNOT EVEN WE DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO LOOK LIKE DOMAIN TWO AND THREE.

WE ARE PREDICTING IT'S NOT GOING TO PROBABLY BE THE WAY THEY'RE SAYING.

THEY PROBABLY MAY NOT BE AS GOOD AS LAST YEAR, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING TO LAND JUST BECAUSE THEY KEEP CHANGING THE STUFF ON US AND WE DON'T HAVE LIKE A CERTAIN HOW THAT WILL LOOK LIKE.

SO DOMAIN WE DEFINITELY CAN SHARE WITH YOU.

DOMAIN ONE, DOMAIN TWO AND THREE IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE VERY HARD TO SHARE BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW.

AND I GUESS THE LAST QUESTION IS APPARENT.

WILL THIS CHANGE WHEN THEY'RE REDOING THIS EVALUATION? IS IT GOING TO DO THE CUT POINTS AFFECT APPROACH MEET? NO. SO THE STUDENT STAAR, THOSE WILL STAY THE SAME.

THIS IS JUST THE ACCOUNTABILITY SCORING, CORRECT? WE WERE ON A CALL WITH THE TEXAS SCHOOL ALLIANCE AND ONE SCHOOL DISTRICT SPECIFICALLY REACHED OUT TO TO ABOUT THAT.

THEY'RE NOT RESETTING WHAT IT TAKES TO GET APPROACHES MEETS AND MASTERS JUST WHAT IT TAKES TO BE AN A, B OR C.

OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND I KNOW WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO TALK ABOUT THIS, BUT LIKE I KNOW DR.

NICHOLS TALKED ABOUT THE DELAY FROM TO AND THEY'RE TRYING TO KIND OF I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO ABOUT THAT'S EXACTLY DOMAIN TO PART AND THEN DOMAIN THREE.

BUT ALSO, YOU PROBABLY HEARD IN THE NEWS THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS ALSO ARE TRYING TRYING TO STOP THIS FROM HAPPENING.

AND I DON'T WANT TO I KNOW WE'RE NOT POSTED FOR THAT, SO I'M JUST GOING TO LEAVE IT AS IS.

THANK YOU, SIR.

DO I HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM TRUSTEES? TRUSTEE WESTON.

NO, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY WHEN DR.

NICHOLS, WHEN YOU BY THE WAY, I LIKE YOUR OUTFIT TONIGHT WHEN YOU WERE WHEN YOU GOT YOUR FIRST QUESTION ABOUT WHAT MOTIVATES THIS, YOU KNOW, I HAD ALREADY PULLED UP WHEN YOUR PRESENTATION STARTED TO REFRESH MY MEMORY ABOUT THE 60 BY 30 GOALS.

SO YOU HIT IT RIGHT ON THE HEAD.

I THINK IT WAS MARCH OF 2021 WAS MY FIRST MEETING ON BOARD GOALS.

AND IN THAT FIRST MEETING I'D BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR FOUR MONTHS AND I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE 60 BY 30 GOALS, BECAUSE THE TRUTH IS THAT WE ARE PART OF WE ARE THE BEGINNING OF A PIPELINE AND THAT PIPELINE IS A STRATEGIC GOAL SET BY THE STATE.

I WOULD INVITE ALL TRUSTEES TO FAMILIARIZE THEMSELVES WITH THIS PLAN.

I WON'T READ IT TO YOU, BUT IT'S IN THE DOCUMENTS.

IT SAYS, WITHOUT BOLD ACTION, TEXAS FACES A FUTURE OF DIMINISHED INCOMES, OPPORTUNITIES AND RESOURCES.

AND IT GOES INTO WHAT THE FOUR SPECIFIC GOALS ARE.

AND IT ALSO TALKS ABOUT THE CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE STATE AND HOW OUR YOUTH, THE DEMOGRAPHICS SHOW THAT THE THE RISING YOUTH THAT TEXAS IS A MAJORITY MINORITY STATE AND MINORITIES HAVE HAVE OVER TIME, GENERALLY NOT HAD A LOT OF THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES GOING INTO HIGHER EDUCATION.

AND THE STATE IS TRYING TO ADDRESS THAT.

BUT JUST LIKE ANY TIME YOU WANT, YOU HAVE A BOLD GOAL.

YOU KNOW, YOU MAY NOT GET IT RIGHT AND YOU MAY HAVE TO TWEAK IT AND YOU MAY HAVE TO CHALLENGE IT.

AND BUT WE ALSO I LIKE YOUR RHETORIC ABOUT EMBRACING IT.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

ANYONE ELSE. I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER LIGHTS ON.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DR.

NICHOLS, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION TONIGHT.

AND WE APPRECIATE YOU JOINING US REMOTELY.

THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU TO MY TEAM.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND TRUSTEES. THAT BRINGS US TO CLOSED SESSION.

I WANT TO GO BACK TO TRUSTEE WESTON'S POINT OF ORDER.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BRING YOUR POINT OF ORDER BACK UP AGAIN.

YEAH, I'M NOT SURE.

I DON'T I DIDN'T KNOW HOW ELSE TO INTERJECT OTHER THAN A POINT OF ORDER, BUT MY NAME IS ON HERE FOR G2, BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY REQUESTS FOR ANY CLOSED SESSION ON SECURITY.

I COULD GO BACK AND I COULD READ YOU IF IF IT'S THE AGENDA ITEM THAT I ACTUALLY DID REQUEST.

IT WAS REGARDING A LETTER THAT'S ALREADY BEEN MADE PUBLIC BY THE COUNTY THAT CAME TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW WE GOT TO THE POINT WHERE THAT LETTER EVEN ARRIVED.

SO MY QUESTIONS ARE ABOUT LEADERSHIP AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

I'M NOT INTERESTED IN DISCUSSING ANY OF THE WEEDS.

I MEAN, WE HAVE WE HAVE EMPLOYEES THAT, YOU KNOW, EXECUTE SAFETY AND SECURITY.

IT'S CALLED ISSUES.

AND MY EMAIL TO YOU, I SPECIFICALLY SAID I WANT THIS LETTER ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE GOT TO THE POINT OF THE ARRIVAL OF THIS LETTER.

SO I WENT BACK THROUGH ALL OF THE EMAILS.

ON AUGUST 23RD, YOU REQUESTED AN EMERGENCY MEETING TO DIRECT ADMINISTRATION TO HALT THE PLAN MOVING FORWARD.

I DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY ADDITIONAL SECONDS FOR THAT.

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ON SEPTEMBER THE 8TH, DR.

BONE STATED THAT SHE WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS AND UNDERSTAND THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND RESOLUTION IN DETAIL.

THEN ON SEPTEMBER THE 9TH, TRUSTEE WESTON, YOU SAID YOU WANT TO DELIBERATE THE SAFETY CONCERNS RAISED IN A LETTER FROM WILCO AND WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS DOING IN RESPONSE.

THEN ON SEPTEMBER THE 12TH, WE RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM BOARD COUNSEL TO EVERYONE ON THE DAIS STATING THEIR CONCERNS AS TO WHY THIS IS IN CLOSED SESSION. THIS IS COVERED UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.076 TO DISCUSS ANY KIND OF SAFETY OR SECURITY CONCERNS, INCLUDING THINGS LIKE STAFFING PROCEDURES, HANDLING OF EMERGENCY CALLS, RESPONSE TIMES, CAPACITIES, WHATNOT.

AND IF ANY OF THAT INFORMATION IS DISCUSSED IN OPEN SESSION, IT COULD PUT OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF AT AN INCREASED SAFETY RISK.

YOU RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION AS TO WHY IT WAS BEING POSTED IN CLOSED AND ALSO THAT IF ANY OF THE DISCUSSION LED TO ANYTHING THAT COULD HAPPEN IN OPEN, WE WOULD PUNT TO OPEN SESSION AT THAT TIME.

YEAH, SO I'VE GOT IT RIGHT HERE AND IT SAYS MY REQUEST FOR AN AGENDA ACTION ITEM.

AND IT SAYS THAT THE BOARD WOULD DISCUSS DELIBERATE AND POSSIBLE ACTION WITH REGARD ACTION REGARDING SAFETY CONCERNS RAISED IN A LETTER INCLUDE THE DATE OF THE LETTER FROM WILLIAMSON COUNTY, ELECTED AND UNELECTED LEADERS ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA PUBLICLY.

AND THEN I WENT ON TO SAY, I WOULD THINK THAT ALL TRUSTEES WOULD HAVE MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MYRIAD OF CONCERNS RAISED BY THE.

THEN YOU WENT ON TO SAY AND WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS DOING IN RESPONSE.

SO THIS MAY BE A SITUATION WHERE THIS MAY BE PARTIALLY AN OPEN SESSION.

AND THEN IF WE GET INTO MATTERS THAT THE ATTORNEYS WOULD ADVISE US GOING INTO CLOSED SESSION, I THINK THAT WOULD BE REASONABLE.

BUT I DON'T SEE THIS, I DON'T SEE THE LETTER ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA AS I REQUESTED.

I DON'T SEE THE DATE OF THE LETTER INCLUDED.

I DON'T SEE MY REFERENCE OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY ELECTED AND UNELECTED LEADERS.

I DON'T. EARLIER YOU MADE MENTION YOU DIDN'T GET A SECOND FOR THIS.

WHAT DID YOU MEAN BY THAT? AND I DON'T KNOW. YOU REQUESTED AN EMERGENCY MEETING ON AUGUST THE 23RD.

I SAID EMERGENCY MEETING? ABSOLUTELY. OR AN AGENDA ITEM, WHATEVER WOULD MAKE THE MOST SENSE.

NOT ON THE 23RD.

WELL, THE 23RD WAS WHEN WE GOT THE ALARMING LETTER FROM THE COUNTY.

AND SO I WAS YES, I DID REQUEST AN EMERGENCY MEETING.

SO, HOW GIVEN THE LIMITATIONS THAT SURROUND ME REGARDING THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT, HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO GO AND APPROACH THE SEVEN OF YOU TO TRY TO GET I MEAN, THAT DOESN'T EVEN ALMOST MAKE SENSE.

SO THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT TO HAVE SEVEN PEOPLE REQUEST AN EMERGENCY MEETING? THAT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT ANYWHERE IN BOARD POLICY.

BUT THIS IS POSTED IN CLOSED SESSION UNDER ADVICE OF LEGAL COUNSEL, BOTH IN HOUSE AND BOARD COUNSEL.

IF THIS IS NOT WHAT YOU WANT, I AM HAPPY FOR SOMEONE TO MAKE A MOTION YOU CAN MOTION TO INDEFINITELY POSTPONE THIS AGENDA ITEM, BUT I TAKE AGENDA REQUEST. I STAFF THEM WITH OUR COUNSEL SO THAT THEY ARE AGENDA CORRECTLY TO PROTECT OUR STUDENTS, OUR STAFF AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT IS LEGALLY COVERED TO BE DISCUSSED IN WHETHER OPEN OR CLOSED SESSION.

SO WHERE IS THE WHY IS THE LETTER NOT ATTACHED? I EXPLAINED THAT TO YOU ALSO IN AN EMAIL WHEN I STATED THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS RECEIVED AN OPEN RECORDS REQUEST FOR THAT EMAIL.

THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS SOUGHT AN ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OPINION ON THAT, AND WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED A RESPONSE BACK ROUND ROCK ISD DID NOT RELEASE THE LETTER BECAUSE THERE ARE CONCERNS THAT THE LETTER EXPOSES SAFETY CONCERNS FOR OUR DISTRICT.

OKAY, SO HOW IS IT RECOMMENDED WHEN AN ALARMING LETTER COMES TO THE ELECTED BODY RAISING THAT OR THE LETTER ACTUALLY SAYS, I GUESS MAYBE IF YOU HAVEN'T RELEASED IT, BUT IT'S BEEN RELEASED BY THE COUNTY.

THIS IS NOT A SECRET.

I FIND IT INTERESTING THAT WE HAVE ONE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY THAT FEELS COMFORTABLE RELEASING IT PUBLICLY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT DOESN'T I DON'T KNOW IF THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE RELEASING IT OR NOT OR WHETHER IT WAS AN ERROR ON THEIR PART FOR RELEASING IT.

I CAN'T SPEAK TO WHY WILLIAMSON COUNTY CHOSE TO RELEASE THAT LETTER.

ALL I KNOW THAT OUR GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY HAS REQUESTED NOT TO RELEASE THE LETTER UNTIL WE RECEIVE AN ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OPINION.

WELL, I BELIEVE THAT OUR PARENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR STAFF HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW WHAT CONCERNS THE ELECTED AND UNELECTED MEMBERS OF BOTH POLITICAL PARTIES AND COUNTY GOVERNMENT.

EVERYBODY LITERALLY IN THE COUNTY SENT AN ALARMING LETTER TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I BELIEVE THE PUBLIC HAS A RIGHT TO KNOW WHAT IS THE METHOD TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION PUBLICLY.

AND ACCORDING TO LEGAL COUNSEL, THAT IS NOT A DISCUSSION THAT HAPPENS IN OPEN SESSION BECAUSE IT PUTS THE SAFETY AND SECURITY CONCERNS, AND IT PUTS OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF AT

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WE KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT A SPECIFIC CAMPUS OR A SPECIFIC SYSTEM OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT A FAILURE OF LEADERSHIP TO COMMUNICATE AND SOLVE PROBLEMS. POINT OF ORDER. WHAT IS YOUR POINT? YOU'RE LOBBING GRENADES AT OUR LEADERSHIP, AND THAT'S INAPPROPRIATE.

I WOULD REALLY LOVE MADAM CHAIR, TO CALL FOR THE ORDERS OF THE DAY AND GET ON WITH THE AGENDA.

SAY THAT AGAIN. I MOVED TO CALL FOR THE ORDERS OF THE DAY, MEANING TO FOLLOW THE AGENDA AND MOVE FORWARD.

WE'VE ALREADY BEEN ADVISED.

IT'S IN OUR EMAIL.

WE'VE BEEN ADVISED LEGALLY ON THIS MATTER.

WE SHOULD NO LONGER BE DISCUSSING IT IN OPEN SESSION AT THIS POINT.

SO, I MOVE TO CALL FOR THE ORDERS OF THE DAY.

DOES THAT REQUIRE A SECOND? I'M SORRY, I'M NOT FAMILIAR. IT DOES.

OKAY. I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT IS.

WE HAVEN'T USED THAT BEFORE.

CAN WE GET A READ FROM YOU? CAN'T MAKE A MOTION ON A POINT OF ORDER EITHER.

SO THAT'S NOT ORDER.

THAT'S NOT. YOU DON'T HAVE THE FLOOR TO MAKE A MOTION.

YOU HAVE A POINT OF ORDER.

ALLOW FOR THE CHAIR, IT HAS TO BE SOMETHING THE CHAIR CAN RULE ON.

I WILL ALLOW FOR YOU TO MAKE THAT MOTION.

THANK YOU. NO, THAT'S NOT A POINT OF ORDER.

THAT'S NOT A POINT OF ORDER. THE POINT OF ORDER IS MAKE YOUR POINT.

ASK THE CHAIR TO RULE ON IT.

IT'S NOT A MOTION.

I MAKE MY POINT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO CALL FOR THE ORDERS OF THE DAY.

NO, THAT'S A.

THAT'S NOT A POINT OF ORDER.

THAT'S NOT A POINT OF ORDER. YOU CAN'T INTERRUPT SOMEBODY.

WELL, I'VE GOT FOUR PEOPLE ON THE MICROPHONES.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE DOING THAT.

ONE MICROPHONE, ONE VOICE.

OKAY. WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE FOUR PEOPLE SPEAKING AT THE SAME TIME.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I WILL REFER BACK TO COUNCIL ON ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDERS AND HELP ME WITH THIS ONE.

I WILL. I HAVE TAKEN A LOT OF CLASSES IN ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDERS, BUT I HAVE NOT USED THE ORDER OF THE DAY MOTION BEFORE.

SHE CALLED FOR A POINT OF ORDER.

I RECOGNIZED HER.

SHE ASKED TO MAKE A MOTION.

AND I CAN ALLOW FOR THAT.

CAN I NOT ALLOW FOR THAT? IS THERE A STAAR TEST ON THIS? I DIDN'T. I FELT LIKE THERE WAS A LOT OF SPEAKERS SPEAKING AND I DON'T KNOW IF THE POINT OF ORDER GETS TO INTERRUPT THE SPEAKER. OKAY.

SO THE POINT OF ORDER WAS SHOULD HAVE BEEN RULED ON WHETHER THEY WERE.

IN ORDER OR OUT OF ORDER.

AND THEN I THINK YOU NEEDED TO RECOGNIZE TRUSTEE HARRISON TO TAKE A MOTION.

SO, THERE WAS A POINT OF ORDER YOU NEEDED TO SAY THE POINT OF ORDER IS WELL TAKEN OR NOT WELL TAKEN, JUST WELL TAKEN.

OKAY. THAT WE NEEDED TO GET BACK TO OUR AGENDA ITEM.

BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL POINT OF ORDER WAS WHY IS MY NAME ATTACHED TO THIS? I'VE GIVEN THE WHICH IS NOT REALLY EVEN A POINT THAT I CAN RULE ON.

SO, HER ORIGINAL POINT OF ORDER IS NOT SOMETHING THAT I CAN RULE ON.

BUT I DID ALLOW FOR EXPLANATION AS TO WHY THE POINT OF ORDER SHE PULLED UP.

I GAVE A VERY DETAILED EXPLANATION, SO I CAN'T RULE ON YOUR POINT OF ORDER, TRUSTEE WESTON.

TRUSTEE HARRISON HAS MADE A POINT OF ORDER TO GET BACK TO THE AGENDA.

I AGREE.

AND NOW SHE HAS MADE A MOTION IN ALIGN WITH THAT.

I HAVE A SECOND. I BELIEVE I HEARD DOWN HERE ACTUALLY THAT'S WHERE YOU MISSED A STEP, THOUGH.

TRUSTEE WESTON HAD THE FLOOR.

SHE HAD A POINT OF ORDER, WHICH WAS NOT SOMETHING I COULD RULE ON, TRUSTEE BONE.

BUT SHE THE POINT OF ORDER WAS WAY BACK.

IT WAS WAY BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY RECOGNIZED HER.

THE CHAIR. NOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THE POINT OF ORDER THAT TRUSTEE WESTON BROUGHT UP.

YOU RECOGNIZED HER.

POINT OF ORDER, RIGHT? YOU RECOGNIZE TRUSTEE WESTON.

ON HER POINT OF ORDER.

ON HER POINT OF ORDER, AND SHE HAD THE FLOOR.

BUT SHE DID NOT BROUGHT UP SOMETHING THAT I CAN RULE ON.

SO, HER POINT OF ORDER IS OVER.

LIKE THAT'S HOW ROBERT'S RULES WORKS.

NO. SO, TRUSTEE HARRISON THOUGH, IF YOU WANTED TO DO THAT, THAT WOULD BE QUESTIONABLE.

BUT TRUSTEE HARRISON DID A POINT OF ORDER TO TRY TO STOP HER.

YOU CAN'T DO THAT. YOU HAVE TO GIVE IT BACK TO TRUSTEE WESTON AND SAY, OKAY, TRUSTEE WESTON WE GOT TO GET BACK TO THE ORDER OF THE DAY AND THEN YOU CAN, THEN IF TRUSTEE WESTON CAN'T DO THAT, THEN YOU CAN SAY AS THE CHAIR, YOU CAN TAKE IT BACK.

YOU COULD STOP HER AND TRY TO TAKE IT BACK AND THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING IF WE STARTED DOING THAT.

BUT WE LITERALLY JUST HAD LEGAL TELL US WHAT TO DO.

ACTUALLY, LEGAL WAS TELLING YOU THAT SHE SAID YOU HAD TO DO YOUR POINT OF ORDER.

NO. AND THEN WE JUST FOLLOWED THE PROCEDURE.

OK. ENOUGH. TRUSTEE WESTON, YOU DID NOT BRING UP A POINT OF ORDER I CAN RULE ON.

SO NOW WE WILL GO BACK TO OUR AGENDA, AND I WILL READ US INTO CLOSED SESSION.

IF THERE IS ANYTHING ELSE, UNLESS SOMEBODY WANTS TO.

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THOUGH ABOUT G.3 AND SET SOME PARAMETERS ON TIME.

OKAY. SORRY.

YOU'RE CALLING FOR A POINT OF ORDER? NO, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.

OKAY. MAKE A MOTION RECOGNIZED FOR A MOTION.

I MOVE THAT WE LIMIT THE TIME FOR G.3 TO 35 MINUTES.

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TEN MINUTES FOR EACH SIDE AND THEN TEN MINUTES FOR QUESTIONS.

SO 35. AND WE HAVE A SECOND.

I'M WRITING THIS DOWN, MAKING SURE FIVE MINUTES FOR READING, TEN MINUTES FOR EACH SIDE AND TEN MINUTES FOR QUESTION FOR A TOTAL OF 35 MINUTES.

HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. TRUSTEE WESTON.

I SEE YOUR LIGHT. OKAY.

CAN YOU, BEFORE I ASK MY QUESTION OR MAKE MY COMMENTS, CAN YOU REPEAT WHAT YOU JUST SAID? WHAT DO YOU HAVE WRITTEN DOWN? FIVE? SHE HAS A MOTION TO REQUEST 35 MINUTES ON AGENDA ITEM G.3, FIVE MINUTES FOR READING THE EMAILS AND THE INTRODUCTION.

TEN MINUTES FOR EACH SIDE TO PRESENT THEIR GRIEVANCE WHATEVER TO EACH OTHER AND THEN TEN MINUTES FOR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD.

SO WHY WOULD WE? MY QUESTION WOULD BE FOR THE PERSON MAKING THE MOTION, WHY WOULD WE SET AN ARBITRARY LIMIT? AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

HOW WOULD WE HAVE YOU ALREADY? HAVE YOU ALREADY SPOKEN TO OTHERS? AND THERE'S YOU DO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE YOU RECEIVED ANOTHER EMAIL FROM BOARD COUNSEL TELLING YOU WHAT KIND OF EMAILS WERE GOING TO BE PROVIDED.

NO, IT DIDN'T SAY WHAT KIND.

IT SAID TO AND FROM.

AND THEN I WAS GIVEN THIS, AND I HAVE NOT EVEN LOOKED AT THESE EMAILS.

THAT'S FIVE MINUTES. SOME OF THEM.

I MEAN, MY NAME IS ON HALF OF THEM.

SO, BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN.

AND THAT'S WHY I MEAN.

FIVE MINUTES SHOULD BE PLENTY OF TIME, EVEN ON A STAAR TEST TO READ THROUGH THIS AMOUNT OF EMAILS.

RIGHT. I COULD PROBABLY HOPEFULLY I COULD READ THIS IN FIVE MINUTES.

I'M JUST SAYING, WHY WOULD WE SET ARBITRARY LIMITS OF TIME ON A TOPIC THAT I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S ALL GOING TO BE INVOLVED EITHER.

BUT WE DO THAT FOR OUR GRIEVANCE.

I MEAN, I PICK TEN MINUTES BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT WE GIVE OUR PARENTS.

THAT'S WHAT WE GIVE THE ADMINISTRATION.

I DON'T THINK THIS BOARD NEEDS TO SPEND HOURS AND HOURS BEATING EACH OTHER UP.

WE CAN USE THE SAME RULES THAT WE USE FOR OUR GRIEVANCE PROCESS AS WE USE FOR THIS.

G.1B.

WELL, I THINK WE SHOULD. THAT WAS MY MOTION AND A SECOND AND I RIGHT.

AND SO AND I'VE STILL BEEN RECOGNIZED.

THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTION.

SO I JUST I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE I'M NOT FOR SETTING AN ARBITRARY LIMIT ON A TOPIC THAT I'VE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE AT ALL.

TRUSTEE HARRISON? IT'S LATE. IT'S 10:00.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU ALL, I CAN ONLY SPEAK PERSONALLY, BUT THERE COMES A LIMIT TO WHERE MY BRAIN STILL FUNCTIONS IN A REASONABLE MANNER.

SO, I WOULD LOVE TO MOVE THIS ALONG.

I'D LOVE TO CALL THE QUESTION ON THIS MOTION.

I SECOND, SINCE I HAVE TO DRIVE TO SAN ANTONIO, I HAVE A MOTION TO CALL THE QUESTION.

ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL OPPOSED.

MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 2.

A MOTION ON THE TABLE IS TO LIMIT THE ITEM G.3 TO 35 MINUTES.

ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL OPPOSED.

MOTION CARRIES FIVE TWO.

WE'RE GOING INTO CLOSED SESSION.

[G. CLOSED SESSION]

THE BOARD WILL DISCUSS WILL CONSULT WITH ITS ATTORNEY TO DISCUSS THE DUTIES, ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SUPERINTENDENT PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071 AND 551.076 AND AS REQUESTED BY TRUSTEE WESTON AND TRUSTEE BONE.

THE BOARD WILL REVIEW, DELIBERATE AND DISCUSS SAFETY AND SECURITY ISSUES AND DISPATCH SERVICES PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071 AND 551.074 AND AS REQUESTED BY TRUSTEE BONE, THE BOARD WILL CONSULT WITH ITS ATTORNEY TO DISCUSS THE DUTIES, ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF A PUBLIC OFFICER AND EMPLOYEE, INCLUDING DISCUSSIONS OF BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, CONDUCT DURING BOARD MEETINGS, SECTIONS G.1B AND POSSIBLE G.1C WITH REGARDS TO TRUSTEE WEIR AND JUST A PROCEDURAL, I WOULD LIKE TO DO G.2 FIRST, BECAUSE WE HAVE STAFF THAT ARE HERE, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE CARE OF THAT AND ALLOW THOSE STAFF MEMBERS TO GO HOME.

SO WE WILL ONCE WE GET INTO CLOSED, WE WILL HANDLE ITEM G.2 FIRST AND THEN WE'LL MOVE TO G.1 AND WE'LL FINISH UP WITH G.3.

IT IS 948.

WE'RE ENTERING CLOSED SESSION.

PLEASE TAKE ALL YOUR MATERIALS WITH YOU AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING.

I DON'T HAVE TO READ THEM AGAIN. RIGHT? NO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

IT IS 1125 AND WE ARE OUT OF CLOSED SESSION.

IT IS 11:26.

WE ARE BACK IN OPEN SESSION.

I APPRECIATE THE UPDATES THAT WE RECEIVED AS THEY RELATED TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.076.

TRUSTEE WESTON. I WILL TURN THAT BACK OVER TO YOU NOW FOR DISCUSSION OF THINGS THAT CAN BE HAPPENING IN OPEN.

THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. WE ARE IN ITEM G TWO.

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IT'S ADDRESSED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND TO YOU, CHIEF WEINER, AND IT EXPRESSES SOME CONCERNS.

IT SAYS THE LETTER IS FROM THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY JUDGE'S OFFICE, EMERGENCY SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THE COUNTY TECHNOLOGY SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. AND IT SAYS WE ARE WRITING TO EXPRESS OUR DEEP CONCERN OVER SOME THE WAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING SOME OPERATIONS.

MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, MY FIRST QUESTION TO YOU, SIR.

WERE YOU SURPRISED TO RECEIVE THIS LETTER? AND IF THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS YES, CAN YOU HELP US UNDERSTAND HOW YOU THINK WE GOT HERE? THANK YOU. I'LL REPEAT MY EARLIER ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.

I WAS SURPRISED.

I WAS SURPRISED, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE I HADN'T RECEIVED ANY PHONE CALLS AHEAD OF THE LETTER ASKING ME ABOUT THOSE SPECIFIC CONCERNS THAT THEY RAISED IN THE LETTER.

SO WE HAD BEEN MAKING HAVING REGULAR COMMUNICATION WITH WILCO, EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION SERVICES, NOT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND NOT THE JUDGES, BUT SPECIFICALLY THE CONTRACT PROVIDER FOR US.

AND WE HAD CONVERSATIONS BEFORE THE NEW MODEL CAME OUT ABOUT THE SERVICE LEVEL ISSUES THAT WE WERE EXPERIENCING AFTER THE MODEL CAME OUT. WE HAD INDICATED THAT WE WERE EXPLORING MOVING TO INTERNALIZE THOSE DISPATCH SERVICES THAT ARE TRIGGERING THOSE COSTS THAT WERE FOR INTER-AGENCY INTRA AGENCY COMMUNICATIONS.

SO BETWEEN OUR OWN STAFF AND WE WERE BEING CHARGED EVERY TIME A RADIO TRANSMISSION IN EFFECT WAS BEING MADE.

AND SO WE FELT WE COULD TAKE THAT BODY OF WORK OFF THE COUNTY SYSTEM AND INTERNALIZE IT, REDUCE OUR CONTRACT SERVICES COSTS AND JUST HAVE THEM FOCUS ON 911 CALL TAKING AND TRANSFERRING CALLS TO US.

AND WE WANTED TO REPLICATE THAT MODEL NOT JUST WITH WILLIAMSON COUNTY, BUT WITH THE OTHER 911.

CENTERS IN AN EFFORT TO KIND OF REDUCE THE PROCESSING TIME FOR THOSE 911 CALLS.

SO BECAUSE IT WAS NOT THE WAY WE WERE SEEING IT, WHAT WE WERE BUILDING INTERNAL CAPACITY AROUND WAS NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY IMPACT, ADVERSE IMPACT ON COUNTY SERVICES.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, IT WAS GOING TO HAVE THE EXACT OPPOSITE.

IT WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO REDUCE THE IMPACT ON CALL VOLUMES FOR THEM.

SO SO IN OUR MIND, WHAT WE WERE DOING IS WE WERE JUST BUILDING INTERNAL SYSTEMS. WE HAD BEEN TALKING WITH THEM ABOUT OUR INTENT TO DO THAT ALONG THE WAY AND THAT WE WERE GOING TO KEEP THEM ABREAST OF OUR TIMELINE AND THAT I HAD COMMUNICATIONS WITH THEM INDICATING OCTOBER 1ST WAS OUR GOAL BECAUSE IT WAS ALSO THE START OF THE NEXT CONTRACT PERIOD.

AND SO THAT'S WHY IT WAS SHOCKING TO ME WHEN THIS LETTER CAME TO US INDICATING ALL OF THIS CONCERN THAT THEY WERE RAISING WHEN WE HAD BEEN HAD OPEN COMMUNICATIONS UP UNTIL THAT TIME.

AND HAD YOU BEEN MEETING YOU AND OR YOUR DESIGNEE.

YEAH. WE'RE OPEN. ARE WE? YEAH. HE STUCK HIS HEAD OUT.

HAD YOU OR YOUR DESIGNEE BEEN IN ANY PRIOR MEETINGS? WERE THERE COMMUNICATION LINES THAT HAD BEEN ESTABLISHED AND WERE BEING EXERCISED? SO WE HAD. BECAUSE TO BE CLEAR, THE LETTER, I THINK AND TELL ME IF YOU DISAGREE WITH MY ASSESSMENT, THE LETTER SEEMS TO POINT MOSTLY AT A LACK OF COMMUNICATION.

SO CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT, PLEASE? SURE, SURE. SO, I CAN SAY THAT DURING JULY WE HAD A FACE TO FACE MEETING WITH THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES STAFF AT WILLIAMSON COUNTY.

SO WE TRAVELED TO WILLIAMSON COUNTY AND GEORGETOWN.

WE SAT DOWN WITH THEM AT THEIR REQUEST.

THEY WANTED TO HAVE A FACE TO FACE TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT WE WERE DOING, AND WE HAD A LENGTHY CONVERSATION REPRESENTED IN THAT MEETING WAS THE RADIO SHOP, WAS THEIR IT SERVICES PROVIDER, WAS THEIR EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR.

I BELIEVE SHE'S THE DIRECTOR.

WE HAD CAP, COG RADIO SYSTEMS. ACTUALLY, THE 911 COORDINATOR FOR THE REGION WAS ON THE PHONE WITH US REMOTELY.

WE HAD OUR CONSULTANT WITH US ON THE PHONE REMOTELY AND WE HAD A VERY LONG CONVERSATION AROUND WHAT OUR GOALS WERE, WHAT SYSTEMS WE WERE LOOKING TO PUT INTO PLACE, WHAT OUR TIMELINE WAS, WHAT OUR OPERATIONAL PERIOD WAS LOOKING TO BE.

AT THAT TIME. WE WERE REALLY HOPING TO GO 24/7 FROM THE BEGINNING.

SINCE THEN, SINCE WE DECIDED, WE WERE JUST GOING TO REDUCE COUNTY SERVICES, WE FELT WE COULD GO BUSINESS HOURS NOW.

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BUT I CAN SAY THAT NONE OF THE NONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT WERE VOICED IN THAT LETTER WERE EMPHASIZED IN THAT MEETING. AND SO I THOUGHT THAT THAT WOULD BE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE AN OPEN DISCUSSION.

AND WHAT REALLY CONCERNED ME WAS THAT THE THE LEAD FOR THE CHIEF OVER EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS WAS NOT IN THE MEETING THAT DAY.

AND SO WHEN HE HAD INDICATED THAT HE WAS FRUSTRATED THAT THERE WAS A LACK OF COMMUNICATIONS, I SAID, WELL, IF YOU REFERENCE OUR MEETING WITH YOUR TEAM IN JULY, WE WERE THERE, BUT YOU WERE NOT IN ATTENDANCE IN THAT MEETING.

AND SO THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR HIM TO VOICE ANY CONCERNS HE MAY HAVE HAD.

SO I CAN TELL YOU I WAS FRUSTRATED AND SURPRISED, BUT I CAN'T SPEAK TO THEIR MOTIVATION.

WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT.

SO THE LETTER IS DATED AUGUST 23RD, 2023.

TODAY IS SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2023.

CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE THE FEEDBACK YOU'RE GETTING FROM THEM TODAY AS FAR AS THEIR COMFORT LEVEL WITH THIS TRANSITION? I CAN. AND SO, THE DAY AFTER WE RECEIVED THE LETTER, WE HAD ALREADY A PRESCHEDULED MEETING WITH THEM, AND WE KEPT THAT MEETING IT WAS IT WAS HOSTED BY US HERE IN THE DISTRICT.

WE INVITED THEM TO COME DOWN.

THEY BROUGHT A VERY LARGE STAFF WITH THEM AGAIN.

AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE SHERIFF WAS IN ATTENDANCE WITH US AND SOME REPRESENTATIVES OF ELECTED OFFICIALS IN THE AREA AS WELL.

AND IT WAS A VERY PRODUCTIVE MEETING.

IT REALLY SO WHAT WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME DOING WAS DIVING INTO THEIR CONCERNS IN THE LETTER TO TO BE ABLE TO MEET THE CONCERNS AND ADDRESS THEIR CONCERNS.

BY THE TIME WE LEFT THAT MEETING THAT DAY, IT WAS IT WAS MADE CLEAR TO ME THAT THE ESSENCE OF THEIR CONCERNS INVOLVED THE INTEROPERABLE COMMUNICATIONS PIECE.

AND WHEN WE TALK THROUGH HOW WE WERE GOING TO MAINTAIN OUR CURRENT RADIOS, ACCESS TO THE RADIO SYSTEM AND THAT WE WOULD HAVE A MANUAL PATCH BECAUSE A TECHNOLOGY PATCH WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

SO THAT MEANS THAT WE'LL HAVE A PERSON MONITORING BOTH RADIOS, PUSHING COMMUNICATIONS BACK AND FORTH.

THEY WERE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.

AND WHEN WE LEFT THAT DAY, THERE WAS NO OUTSTANDING ISSUE OTHER THAN SOME SLIGHT PROTOCOL MODIFICATIONS THAT WE WOULD WORK THROUGH.

AND BY PROTOCOL MODIFICATIONS.

WHAT I'M WHAT I'M SAYING IS WE WANTED TO SEE IF OUR TRANSFERS OF THOSE CALLS TO US WERE GOING TO BE THE SAME OR WAS IT GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

IT TURNS OUT IT'S GOING TO BE VERY MUCH THE SAME.

THEY'RE REALLY NOT GOING TO HAVE TO CHANGE ANYTHING.

ALL THEY'RE GOING TO SEE IS A REDUCTION IN OUR RADIO TRAFFIC.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THE ANSWERS YOU'VE PROVIDED TO MY QUESTIONS HERE IN OPEN SESSION, AS WELL AS THE ITEMS THAT YOU BRIEFED US ON.

UNDER 551.076.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.

ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? TRUSTEE HARRISON. CHIEF, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE CLARITY, AND I REALLY JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT YOU ALL DEALT WITH THIS PRETTY EXPEDIENTLY AFTER YOU GOT THAT FIRST EMAIL. YOU HAD THE MEETING THE NEXT DAY AND REALLY IT FEELS LIKE EVERYTHING WAS RESOLVED.

AND WE HAVE THIS AS AN EMAIL CONFIRMATION ON AUGUST 25TH.

SO THANK YOU FOR MANAGING THOSE PARTNERSHIPS AND RELATIONSHIPS SO QUICKLY AND FOR FULLY RESOLVING THE ISSUE.

THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER LIGHTS ON.

JUST MAKING SURE I'M NOT MISSING ANYBODY.

OKAY. IT IS 11:35.

WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK INTO CLOSED SESSION NOW TO DEAL WITH ITEMS G.1 AND G.3.

SO AGAIN, IF YOU ARE NOT A PARTICIPANT IN THAT, I'LL ASK YOU TO LEAVE.

IT'S 1135.

WE ARE IN CLOSED SESSION.

IT IS. 1241.

[H. CALL BACK TO ORDER/EXECUTIVE SESSION MOTIONS]

DO I HAVE ANY MOTIONS COMING OUT OF CLOSED? MADAM PRESIDENT, I DO.

GO AHEAD. I MOVE THAT THE THAT PER ROUND ROCK ISD BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES ADOPTED ON SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2022, UNDER SECTION TITLED CONDUCT DURING BOARD MEETINGS IN SUBSECTION G1C THAT THE BOARD FORMALLY REMOVE TRUSTEE AMY

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NUMBER ONE, VIOLATION OF THE CODE OF CONDUCT, QUOTE USING PROFANITY OR VULGAR LANGUAGE, UNQUOTE, BY SAYING FROM THE DAIS WHAT A B-I-T-C-H, I WILL NOT SAY THE WORD DURING A BREAK AT THE AUGUST 17TH, 2023, BOARD MEETING.

NUMBER TWO VIOLATION OF BBF LOCAL QUOTE.

I WILL SHARE MY VIEWS WHILE WORKING FOR CONSENSUS UNQUOTE.

NUMBER THREE VIOLATION OF BBF LOCAL.

I WILL REFUSE TO SURRENDER JUDGMENT TO ANY INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP AT THE EXPENSE OF THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE.

NUMBER FOUR VIOLATION OF BF LOCAL QUOTE.

I WILL BE FAIR, JUST AND IMPARTIAL IN ALL MY DECISIONS AND ACTIONS.

I WILL AFFORD OTHERS THE RESPECT I WISH FOR MYSELF.

I WILL ENCOURAGE EXPRESSIONS OF DIFFERENT OPINIONS AND LISTEN WITH AN OPEN MIND TO OTHERS' IDEAS, END QUOTE.

NUMBER FIVE VIOLATION OF BDD LOCAL INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS SHALL CHANNEL LEGAL INQUIRIES THROUGH THE SUPERINTENDENT, BOARD, PRESIDENT OR BOARD'S DESIGNEE AS APPROPRIATE WHEN SEEKING ADVICE OR INFORMATION FROM DISTRICTS GENERAL AND OR OUTSIDE COUNSEL.

NUMBER SIX FOR PERFORMING AN INVESTIGATION REGARDING ANOTHER TRUSTEE WITHOUT BOARD APPROVAL THAT RESULTED IN INCURRED EXPENSE OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS WITHOUT ANY BENEFIT TO THE DISTRICT, BUT ONLY FOR THE PERSONAL BENEFIT OF TRUSTEE AMY WEIR NUMBER SEVEN AND FOR HER EMAIL RESPONSE TO TRUSTEE MARY BONE, DATED AUGUST 21ST, 2023, WHICH READS, AND I WILL READ THIS EMAIL INTO THE RECORD.

TRUSTEE BONE? THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO WORK WITH YOU.

YOUR PRACTICE OF NEVER WORKING FOR CONSENSUS IS FRUSTRATING FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE TRYING TO ADHERE TO OUR OATH AND WORK TO IMPROVE THE DISTRICT AND PUBLIC EDUCATION.

YOUR HABIT OF MAKING AMBUSH AND ILLEGAL MOTIONS IS NOT CONSENSUS BUILDING, SINCE YOUR INITIAL ACTIONS ARE IN VIOLATION OF POLICY AND PROCEDURES, THEN BY DEFINITION ALL RESPONSES YOU RECEIVE WILL AUTOMATICALLY FALL OUTSIDE POLICY AND PROCEDURE.

PLEASE KNOW THAT I ALWAYS TRY TO GIVE YOU THE GRACE THAT I WOULD GIVE ANYONE WITH SUCH PROFOUND MENTAL ILLNESS.

BUT THE NARCISSISTIC AND ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER THAT YOU DISPLAY ON THE DAIS IS TRULY THE WORST THING I HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH IN 55 YEARS ON THIS PLANET.

I TRY TO IGNORE YOUR BAD BEHAVIOR AND NOT TO REACT AND TO NOT TAKE THE BAIT YOU LOVE TO SET.

AS I KNOW THIS IS PART OF YOUR ILLNESS, AND I ALWAYS STRIVE TO BE A GOOD PERSON.

YOU HAVE TALKED OF YOUR CHILDHOOD TRAUMAS ON THE DAIS, AND IT SEEMS CLEAR THAT YOUR TRAUMA HAS CREATED YOUR LACK OF EMPATHY, YOUR GRANDIOSE SENSE OF SELF AND INABILITY AND TO KNOW WHAT IS ACTUALLY THE TRUTH AND YOUR NEED FOR SPECIAL TREATMENT.

WHEN I READ THE FALSEHOODS IN YOUR VERY FIRST PARAGRAPH AND THE EXAGGERATIONS AND MANIPULATIVE STATEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE EMAIL, I UNDERSTAND YOU CANNOT HELP IT. THEREFORE, I WILL NOT RESPOND TO THOSE THINGS THAT COME FROM YOUR DISORDER.

FICTIONAL NARRATIVE.

I HAVE ALSO NOTICED RECENTLY THAT YOUR INABILITY TO UNDERSTAND SIMPLE ANSWERS FROM STAFF DURING MEETINGS AND YOUR INABILITY TO EVEN REALIZE HOW FAR FROM REALITY YOUR STATEMENTS HAVE BOTH INCREASED.

FOR EXAMPLE, YOUR ERRONEOUS STATEMENTS ABOUT QUANTITATIVE DATA AND YOUR INABILITY TO UNDERSTAND THAT MINUTES IN A DAY IS NOT THE SAME AS THE NUMBER OF DAYS IN THE CALENDAR.

DESPITE BEING GIVEN THE ANSWER IN WRITING PRIOR TO THE MEETING AND BEING TOLD THE SAME THING FIVE TIMES DURING THURSDAY'S MEETING WERE CONCERNING.

YOU MAY NEED TO CHECK WITH YOUR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL TO DISCUSS THESE ISSUES.

I KNOW FROM OUR EARLIEST CONVERSATIONS WHEN YOU WERE FIRST ELECTED TO THE BOARD AND YOU WERE TRYING TO RECRUIT ME AS AN ALLY, THAT BEING A MASTER MANIPULATOR IS SOMETHING YOU ARE VERY PROUD OF AND THAT YOU HAVE AN INTENSE NEED TO FEEL LIKE YOU ARE THE SMARTEST PERSON IN THE ROOM.

I UNDERSTAND THAT BOTH OF THESE THINGS ARE PART OF YOUR MENTAL ILLNESS AND TRAUMA RESPONSE, AND WHILE I AM FRUSTRATED BY YOUR CONTINUED

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MADE BY YOU BOTH IN YOUR EMAIL AND ON THE DAIS.

DEFINITION FROM BLACK'S LAW DICTIONARY, "HEARSAY: TERM APPLIED TO THAT SPECIES OF TESTIMONY GIVEN BY A WITNESS WHO RELATES NOT WHAT HE KNOWS PERSONALLY, BUT WHAT OTHERS HAVE TOLD HIM OR WHAT HE HAS HEARD SAID BY OTHERS.

HOPEFULLY YOU WILL BE ABLE TO REREAD YOUR EMAIL AND BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY ALL THE STATEMENTS THAT WOULD FALL UNDER THIS DEFINITION IF YOU WERE A WITNESS GIVING TESTIMONY.

I WILL NOT BE RESPONDING TO ANY OF THEM.

I WILL SAY THAT YOU NEED TO STOP FISHING FOR INFORMATION ON MY FAMILY.

BEING ON THE SCHOOL BOARD SHOULD NOT BE PERSONAL OR INVOLVE PERSONAL ATTACKS.

WE BOTH SWORE TO DO WHAT IS BEST FOR THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE.

I UNDERSTAND THAT PERSONAL ATTACKS ARE ALL YOU HAVE GIVEN ALL YOUR FAILURES ON THIS BOARD.

I ALSO UNDERSTAND, LIKE SO MANY THINGS, YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO CONTROL YOURSELF GIVEN THE SEVERITY OF YOUR DISORDERS.

AS STATED ABOVE, ONE OF THE SYMPTOMS OF NARCISSISM IS A GRANDIOSE SENSE OF SELF.

THEREFORE, IT'S NOT SURPRISING THAT YOU FEEL LIKE YOU CAN READ A STATUTE AND PROBABLY TRULY BELIEVE THAT YOUR INTERPRETATION IS THE CORRECT AND LEGAL ONE.

SADLY, THIS IS FAR FROM THE TRUTH.

YOU SHOULD HIRE SOUND LEGAL COUNSEL TO ADVISE YOU ON THE LEGISLATIVE INTENT AND CASE LAW OF OFFICIAL OPPRESSION AND COERCION OF A PUBLIC SERVANT TO PREVENT FURTHER EMBARRASSMENT FOR YOURSELF.

I COULD HAVE STAYED ON THURSDAY TO FORMALLY RECUSE MYSELF FROM THE VOTE, BUT I HAD ALREADY TOLD PRESIDENT LANDRUM I COULD NOT STAY LATE DUE TO A SCHEDULED APPOINTMENT AT 8 A.M.

ON FRIDAY MORNING.

ANY TRUSTEE CAN LEAVE AT ANY TIME, AS YOU YOURSELF HAVE DEMONSTRATED TIME AND AGAIN.

THAT YOU TOOK MY LEAVING AND THAT YOU TOOK MY STATEMENT OF WATCHING THE END OF THE MEETING LATER AS ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE OBVIOUS REASONS, AGAIN SHOWS A CONCERNING PATTERN OF MISREPRESENTING FACTS TO FIT WITHIN YOUR ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER FRAMEWORK.

I WILL DO MY BEST TO REMEMBER YOU ARE ILL.

AND STRIVE NOT TO GET FRUSTRATED BY YOUR IRRATIONAL AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR WHILE WE ARE ON THE DAIS.

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, I WILL PRAY THAT YOU GET THE PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL HELP THAT YOU NEED.

MENTAL HEALTH IS AS IMPORTANT AS PHYSICAL HEALTH.

THAT CONCLUDES THE EMAIL AND THUS CONCLUDES MY MOTION.

I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION.

SO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

COULD YOU REPEAT THAT? SORRY. I USUALLY REPEAT THE MOTION LANGUAGE, BUT I CAN'T REPEAT ALL OF THAT.

LET ME JUST SUMMARIZE THE ORIGINAL SEVEN VIOLATIONS THAT ARE A PART OF THE MOTION.

A CODE OF CONDUCT VIOLATION FOR LANGUAGE.

THREE VIOLATIONS OF BBF LOCAL, A BBE LOCAL FOR CONTACTING LEGAL WITHOUT BOARD PRESIDENT APPROVAL, PERFORMING AN INVESTIGATION AND THEN AN EMAIL FROM TRUSTEE WEIR TO TRUSTEE.

BONE. DOES THAT SUMMARIZE THE SEVEN PARTS OF YOUR MOTION THAT YOU MADE? YES, AND I HAVE PUSHED MY BUTTON FOR DISCUSSION.

YEAH, I HAVEN'T CALLED THAT YET, BUT TRUSTEE WEIR ACTUALLY PUSHED HER BUTTON FIRST, SO COMMENTS ABOUT THE MOTION.

TRUSTEE. WEIR? YEAH, I'D JUST LIKE CLARIFICATION ON WHAT INVESTIGATION WAS INVOLVED IN THIS G.1B WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT IT IN CLOSED SESSION, SO I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT'S REFERRING TO.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER.

WE CAN'T. IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDED TO BE DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION, THEN THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE TIME TO MENTION THAT.

BUT THERE WAS NO DISCUSSION OF AN INVESTIGATION IN CLOSED SESSION.

SO, YOU DON'T YOU DON'T WANT ME TO ANSWER THAT? THAT WOULD BE AMY'S DECISION IF SHE WANTS IT DISCUSSED IN OPEN OR IF WE NEED TO GO BACK INTO CLOSED FOR THAT.

I DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO GO BACK INTO CLOSED.

I MEAN, I'M GOING TO ABSTAIN, BUT I JUST IT WAS SUCH A BIZARRE THING TO HAVE THROWN IN THERE.

I WAS JUST CURIOUS. BUT NO, I DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO GO BACK INTO CLOSED.

OKAY. TRUSTEE WESTON? SO, I HEAR EVEN BEFORE I GOT ELECTED, WHEN I WOULD ATTEND THESE SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS.

AND NOW THAT I'VE BEEN ON THE DAIS FOR ALMOST THREE YEARS, I HEAR A LOT OF RHETORIC FROM BOARD MEMBERS ABOUT FEELING SAFE AND ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS AND HOW THEY REALLY HAVE A PASSION FOR IT.

AND YET I SEE ABUSIVE LANGUAGE BEING DIRECTED FROM ONE TRUSTEE TO ANOTHER, WHICH HAS PROMPTED ME TO OFFER THIS MOTION. AND IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT WE'VE GOT MULTIPLE POLICY VIOLATIONS.

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I THINK, MOST REASONABLE PEOPLE I WOULD NEVER EXPECT ANY OF OUR STUDENTS, ANY OF OUR TEACHERS, ANY OF OUR STAFF TO BE SUBJECTED TO WHAT MARY BONE DR.

MARY BONE HAS BEEN SUBJECTED TO.

WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO LIVE WITH DISAGREEING WITH EACH OTHER AND HAVING THINGS, MOTIONS MADE, AND DECISIONS MADE THAT WE DON'T LIKE, BUT WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO COEXIST.

AND AGAIN, I GET LECTURED ON, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE WATCHING AND THE TREATMENT THAT WAS DIRECTED AT DR.

MARY BONE, NOT ONLY IS IT MULTIPLE POLICY VIOLATIONS AND A CODE OF CONDUCT VIOLATION, IT'S UNBECOMING.

IT SETS A TERRIBLE EXAMPLE FOR OUR CHILDREN.

AND IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHERE THE VOTES FALL ON THIS, GIVEN THIS BODY'S HISTORY ON SANCTIONING TRUSTEES.

TRUSTEE WESTON, REAL QUICK, BEFORE I GO TO TRUSTEE BONE YOU MENTIONED REMOVE FROM OFFICER POSITION, A FORMAL REPRIMAND.

AND WHAT WAS THE THIRD THING? I PUT. YEAH.

THE OTHER THING IS ATTEND ETHICS AND ANGER MANAGEMENT TRAINING IN THE NEXT 60 DAYS.

AND CAN THAT BE REQUIRED OF A TRUSTEE? THAT LANGUAGE SAYS RECOMMEND THAT SHE ATTEND ETHICS AND ANGER MANAGEMENT TRAINING.

TRUSTEE BONE? THANK YOU. FROM DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAD IN CLOSED, WHICH I'M NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT, BUT I AM GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE FEELING OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS BY THE NONCHALANT MANNER THAT THIS HAS BEEN TREATED.

IT DOESN'T SURPRISE ME THAT WE HAVE SO MANY FAMILIES IN OUR DISTRICT THAT ARE LEAVING.

I AM A PERSON.

I AM A PERSON SITTING RIGHT HERE.

AND FOR ANYBODY TO TREAT ANYBODY LIKE THAT.

AND I KNOW THERE'S LOTS OF EXCUSES THAT WANT TO BE MADE, LOTS OF EXCUSES, AND THAT'S ALL THEY ARE.

WE HAVE PROPER PROCEDURES TO DEAL WITH THESE TYPE OF SITUATIONS, TO USE THAT KIND OF LANGUAGE.

ABOUT ANOTHER TRUSTEE OR ANYBODY IS NOT OKAY FROM THE DAIS.

UM, BUT IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE.

UM. I KNOW.

SETTING UP HERE, YOU GUYS ARE THINKING, OH, AND AMY, I THINK YOU MADE THE COMMENT THAT ONLY 35 PEOPLE ARE GOING TO CARE ABOUT THIS.

THERE'S MORE PEOPLE THAN 35 THAT CARE ABOUT THIS.

PEOPLE ARE WATCHING OUR BEHAVIOR.

PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT OUR BEHAVIOR AND PEOPLE ARE WATCHING FOR US TO FINALLY DO THE RIGHT THINGS.

AND TO ALLOW THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR TO A TRUSTEE.

PEOPLE JUST WONDER WHAT KIND OF BEHAVIOR DO YOU ALLOW TO CHILDREN? PEOPLE WONDER IF THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS HERE.

WHAT HAPPENS TO THEIR KINDERGARTNER THAT CAN'T VERBALLY TALK TO THEM? WHAT HAPPENS TO THEIR HIGH SCHOOLER WHEN THEY COME HOME AND MAYBE SAY SOMETHING THAT THE PARENTS LIKE? OH, I COULDN'T IMAGINE THAT WOULD EVER HAPPEN.

BUT OH, I LOOKED AT THE DAIS AND THIS IS WHAT THEY ALLOW AT THE DICE.

AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF THE SCHOOL BOARD.

BUT WE HAVE ALLOWED UP HERE.

AND FOR YOUR SMIRKS, AMY, YOU SET UP HERE AND SMIRKED.

YOU SAT AND SMIRKED WHILE DANIELLE WAS READING.

IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING, AND I HOPE OTHER PEOPLE WATCHED WHILE DANIELLE IS READING THAT EMAIL, WHICH IS HIGHLY INAPPROPRIATE.

AND AGAIN, YOU CAN MAKE ALL THE EXCUSES YOU WANT, AND YOU CAN SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, OH, MARY YOU WROTE EMAILS LIKE THAT.

OKAY, WELL, BRING THEM TO THE DAIS AND LET'S TALK ABOUT THEM.

BUT FOR THAT TYPE OF EMAIL.

AND TO IGNORE.

THE REAL I MEAN, PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, MENTAL HEALTH IS A REAL STRUGGLE FOR PEOPLE.

AND I SEE TRUSTEE WESTON SHAKING HER HEAD.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING TO BE USED LIGHTLY AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING TO BE THROWN AT SOMEBODY THE WAY THAT TRUSTEE WEIR DID.

AND I'M REALLY INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT THE OTHER FOLKS ON THIS DAIS DO.

I REALLY DON'T. I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE TO WONDER.

I MEAN, WE ALL KIND OF KNOW HOW THIS IS GOING TO WORK.

IT'LL BE A 5-2 VOTE, AS IT ALWAYS IS.

BUT WE'RE JUST WAITING.

I JUST KEEP WAITING FOR THE DAY.

THEN MAYBE ONE OF YOU.

JUST ONE OF YOU ACTUALLY FINALLY DOES THE RIGHT THING.

AMY ADMITTED TO WHAT SHE DID.

THE MOTION'S ON THE TABLE.

IT'S LAID OUT CLEARLY THAT THOSE ARE VIOLATIONS.

AND AGAIN, IF WE ALLOW TRUSTEES TO TREAT EACH OTHER THIS WAY.

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WE ARE THE PARENTS OF THIS DISTRICT.

IF PARENTS ARE GOING TO ACT THIS WAY, WHAT DO YOU THINK THE KIDS ARE ALLOWED TO DO? AND OH, MY GOODNESS, WE HEARD A PARENT GRIEVANCE ALREADY TONIGHT.

NO WONDER IF THIS IS THE WAY WE'RE ALLOWING THIS TO HAPPEN ON THIS DAIS.

I MEAN, I SEE WHY OUR ENROLLMENT NUMBERS ARE GOING THE WRONG WAY.

SO, I HOPE YOU GUYS JUST PAUSE AND THINK ABOUT IT.

AND FINALLY, ONE OF YOU MAY BE JUST ONE OF YOU.

THINK ABOUT? WELL, I MEAN, THIS IS A CLEARLY A VIOLATION.

THIS ISN'T PARTIZAN.

THIS IS NOTHING.

YOU KNOW, EVEN IF YOU'RE ANGRY, DO YOU GET TO SAY THOSE THINGS AT THE DAIS? MY ANSWER WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY NOT.

YOU DON'T GET TO SAY THOSE THINGS AT WORK.

A STUDENT WOULD.

A STUDENT WOULD THAT BE OKAY IF A STUDENT GOT REALLY ANGRY AND SAID THAT TO THEIR TEACHER, WOULD IT BE OKAY IF THEY WERE SETTING UP HERE IN FRONT OF US? AND THE TEACHER WAS HERE AND THERE WAS A TEACHER AND STUDENT AND THE IS LIKE, OH, YOU KNOW, I CALLED THIS, I CALLED THE TEACHER THAT.

AND THE TEACHER IS LIKE, YEAH, THAT'S AGAINST CONDUCT.

AND THEY'RE BEING REPRIMANDED.

I THINK. WHAT WOULD YOU ALL SAY? IT SHOULD BE THE SAME THING AT THIS DICE.

IN FACT, IT SHOULD BE A MUCH STRONGER MESSAGE FROM THIS DICE.

AND I'M INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

AND AGAIN, ALL I CAN HOPE IS THAT WE FINALLY START TURNING AROUND AND CHANGING THINGS.

AND BY THE WAY, UNTIL WE START HOLDING PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING ON THIS DAIS, NOTHING'S GOING TO CHANGE.

SO YOU GUYS REALLY DO HAVE A LOT OF POWER TO CHANGE WHAT'S HAPPENING.

LET'S CHANGE THE DIRECTION OF THIS DISTRICT.

AND PART OF THAT STARTS BY OUR BEHAVIOR, WHICH WE CAN'T CONTROL, OR AT LEAST SOME OF US CAN.

TRUSTEE ZARATE. THE AMOUNT OF HYPOCRISY THAT COMES ACROSS THIS DAIS FROM CERTAIN MEMBERS DRIVES ME INSANE. SOMETIMES WHEN YOU CAN, IN ONE BREATH SAY THAT YOU FEEL UNSAFE AND YET YOU WILL STILL SAY THINGS LIKE TRANS STUDENTS ARE DANGEROUS.

WHEN YOU WILL TALK OUT OF ONE SIDE OF YOUR MOUTH AND ON THE OTHER.

WORK AGAINST THE DISTRICT ACTIVELY.

I THINK WORDS.

WORDS ARE OUR THINGS AND THEY'RE SAID.

AND STICKS AND STONES MAY BREAK YOUR BONES.

BUT SOME OF THESE WORDS MAY NOT HAVE EVEN HAPPENED.

I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER LIGHTS ON, BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR TRUSTEE WESTON REGARDING YOUR MOTION.

I 100% CONFIRMED THAT THERE WAS NOT A VIOLATION OF BBC LOCAL AND WE DID NOT TALK ABOUT AN INVESTIGATION IN CLOSED SESSION AT ALL.

SO IF YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO REVISE YOUR MOTION TO A CODE OF CONDUCT VIOLATION AND A FORMAL REPRIMAND, I COULD POSSIBLY GET BEHIND THAT.

BUT AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, I CONFIRMED THAT THERE WAS NOT A POLICY VIOLATION.

AND SHE DID CONSULT ME, WHICH I GAVE HER APPROVAL TO GO TO BOARD COUNSEL TO DISCUSS THIS.

THAT IS CLEARLY NOT A VIOLATION.

AND I CAN'T VOTE FOR YOUR MOTION WHEN I CAN CONFIRM THAT BB LOCAL WAS NOT VIOLATED.

SO CAN WE JUST TAKE SEPARATE VOTES ON THE SEVEN DIFFERENT ITEMS. YOU HAVE TO MAKE SEVEN DIFFERENT MOTIONS.

WELL, ACTUALLY, IT WAS SIX DIFFERENT VIOLATIONS BECAUSE, WELL, THE SEVENTH WAS FOR THE EMAIL.

YEAH. SO, THERE WERE SEVEN DIFFERENT.

YOU SAID YOU WANTED TO RECOMMEND THREE DIFFERENT THREE ACTIONS FOR SEVEN VIOLATIONS.

YEAH. AND AS IT'S WRITTEN RIGHT NOW, I 100% CANNOT VOTE FOR THIS BECAUSE WE NEVER DISCUSSED AN INVESTIGATION, AND SHE DID NOT VIOLATE BB LOCAL BECAUSE SHE CONTACTED ME.

OKAY. SO THAT WOULD BE NUMBER SIX AND NUMBER? NUMBER FIVE AND NUMBER SIX.

NUMBER FIVE AND NUMBER SIX.

OKAY, I'LL TAKE THOSE OFF THE TABLE.

SO, WE'LL KEEP ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR AND SEVEN.

I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT YOU SAID.

TWO, THREE AND FOUR WERE.

I JUST WROTE BBF LOCAL.

WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO REPEAT THOSE? YES. SO, NUMBER TWO WAS VIOLATION.

IT NEEDS TO BE SORRY, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE A? IT HAS TO BE A MOTION.

YEAH. YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE A NEW MOTION.

YEAH, BUT TELL ME WHAT THOSE TWO, THREE AND FOUR WERE.

OKAY. AND THEN I'M HAPPY TO MAKE A NEW MOTION.

WELL, I'LL JUST MAKE THE NEW MOTION THEN AND READ THOSE.

WELL, BUT MAYBE JUST TELL ME WHAT THEY ARE AGAIN AND SEE IF THERE'S.

OKAY. WELL NUMBER TWO WAS VIOLATION OF BF LOCAL THAT'S BOARD ETHICS UNDER.

I WILL SHARE MY VIEWS WHILE WORKING FOR CONSENSUS MARY SPEAKS TO THAT WHEN SHE EMAILED AMY HER ORIGINAL CONCERNS IF YOU SO IF YOU REFER TO THE EMAIL, YOU'LL SEE THAT NUMBER THREE WAS VIOLATION OF BBF LOCAL.

I WILL REFUSE TO SURRENDER JUDGMENT TO ANY INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP AT THE EXPENSE OF THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE AND NUMBER FOUR VIOLATION OF BBF LOCAL.

I WILL BE FAIR, JUST AND IMPARTIAL IN ALL MY DECISIONS AND ACTIONS.

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I WILL ENCOURAGE EXPRESSIONS OF DIFFERENT OPINIONS AND LISTEN WITH AN OPEN MIND TO OTHERS IDEAS.

SO, I COULD GET BEHIND THE CODE OF CONDUCT BECAUSE OF WHAT SHE SAID.

BUT CONSENSUS AND SURRENDERING JUDGMENT AND FAIR AND IMPARTIAL, I CAN'T GET BEHIND THOSE.

SO, IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION ON CODE OF CONDUCT AND A FORMAL REPRIMAND, THEN I COULD GET BEHIND THAT.

I WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE THE MOTION AS IT WAS ORIGINALLY.

OH, WAS THAT YOUR PREFERENCE? I THINK WE JUST LEAVE IT ORIGINAL AND JUST MOVE ON.

OKAY. I'LL DEFER TO DR.

BONE'S WISHES, AND WE'LL JUST LEAVE IT AS ORIGINAL.

AND I APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT ON THAT, DR BONE.

WE'LL JUST LEAVE IT AS IT IS.

THANK YOU. SO, SINCE YOU SAID THAT, I WILL SAY THAT THIS MOTION CONTAINS THINGS THAT ARE 100% INACCURATE BECAUSE THERE'S AN ALLEGATION THAT TRUSTEE WEIR VIOLATED, BBB LOCAL AND NOT CONSULTING THE BOARD PRESIDENT OR THE SUPERINTENDENT BEFORE SEEKING LEGAL COUNSEL.

AND SHE DID. SHE CONTACTED ME VIA PHONE.

THERE'S NOTHING IN POLICY THAT REQUIRES THAT CONTACT TO BE WRITTEN DOWN, AND SO I HAVE CONFIRMED THAT SHE DID CONTACT ME.

POINT OF ORDER. SORRY, I'M. A POINT OF ORDER.

YEP. I THOUGHT WE COULD NOT, I THOUGHT AMY HAD TO GIVE CONSENT TO TALK ABOUT.

I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT MINE.

I HAVE CONFIRMED THAT THIS WAS, I'M NOT.

I MEAN, WE DIDN'T TALK IN OPEN SESSION ABOUT, WE DIDN'T DELIBERATE THAT.

SO, I'M JUST SAYING, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SHOULD BE GETTING INTO THE SPECIFICS OF WHAT WE DISCUSSED.

I'M TALKING ABOUT WHAT I DID, BUT I WON'T SPEAK ANY FURTHER.

I CAN CONFIRM THAT BB LOCAL WAS NOT VIOLATED, SO I WILL BE VOTING AGAINST THIS MOTION.

I COULD HAVE GOTTEN BEHIND AND VOTED ON A MOTION IF IT CONTAINED FACTUAL EVIDENCE THAT IT WAS TRUTH.

SO, TRUSTEE HARRISON? I'D LIKE TO CALL A QUESTION.

SECOND.

A MOTION TO CALL THE QUESTION.

ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL OPPOSED.

MOTION CARRIES 5-2.

I HAVE A LENGTHY MOTION THAT RECOMMENDS ATTENDING ETHICS AND ANGER MANAGEMENT TRAINING REMOVED FROM OFFICER POSITION AND A FORMAL REPRIMAND FOR SEVEN VIOLATIONS, INCLUDING CODE OF CONDUCT, THREE BBF LOCAL VIOLATIONS, A BBB LOCAL VIOLATIONS, A CONDUCTING AN INVESTIGATION AND AN EMAIL. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL OPPOSED? ABSTAINING? MOTION FAILS, 2-4-1.

WE HAVE NOTHING ELSE ON THE AGENDA.

IT IS 1:04.

WE ARE ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.