[00:00:01] GOOD EVENING. IT IS 5:30 ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER THE 16TH, 2023. I HEREBY CALL THIS MEETING THE ROUND ROCK INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT'S BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGULAR BOARD MEETING TO ORDER. WE DO HAVE A PLEDGE LEADER TONIGHT, AND I WILL LET SOMEONE INTRODUCE OUR PLEDGE LEADER. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. SIMRAN JACOB IS GOING TO BE OUR PLEDGE LEADER FOR TONIGHT. SIMRAN IS A SENIOR AT WESTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL AND IS THE CAPTAIN OF THE STATE CHAMPION TENNIS TEAM THAT WE WILL BE RECOGNIZING TONIGHT. SHE ALSO WAS THIS YEAR'S HOMECOMING QUEEN. PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND CONGRATULATIONS. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO OUR RECOGNITION OF STUDENTS AND STAFF, AND I WILL TURN THAT OVER [D. RECOGNITION OF STUDENTS AND STAFF] TO DR. NICHOLS. BEFORE WE START WITH OUR RECOGNITION FOR OUR ILLUSTRIOUS STUDENTS AND STAFF, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE ANNIE DRABICKY, WHO IS OUR CHIEF OF COMMUNICATIONS. THANK YOU, DR. NICHOLS. I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE, AND I AM THANKFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE ROUND ROCK ISD COMMUNITY. SO WE'LL GET STARTED WITH OUR RECOGNITIONS. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT LANDRUM, TRUSTEES, DR. AZAIEZ. IT IS THAT TIME OF THE EVENING WHEN WE SHOWCASE SOME OF OUR OUTSTANDING STUDENTS AND STAFF AND TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. COULD DR. AZAIEZ AND TRUSTEES PLEASE JOIN US IN FRONT OF THE DAIS? OKAY. FOR OUR FIRST RECOGNITION THIS EVENING, WE WILL HIGHLIGHT THE WESTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS TEAM. AFTER BACK TO BACK WINS THE UIL 6A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. THIS IS WESTWOOD'S SECOND STRAIGHT 6A TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE AND ITS FOURTH IN THE PAST SIX YEARS. WELL, HEAD COACH TRAVIS DALRYMPLE, HIS TALENTED TENNIS TEAM AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL ADRIAN RAMIREZ. PLEASE COME TO THE FRONT FOR A PHOTO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT WE MOVE ON TO OUR STAFF R ECOGNITIONS. BLACKLAND PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAS NAMED A 2023 LEADER IN ME LIGHTHOUSE ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL SCHOOL BY FRANKLIN COVEY. THE LIGHTHOUSE ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL IS AWARDED ANNUALLY TO THE LIGHTHOUSE SCHOOLS WITH EXCELLENT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE. SCHOOLS EARN THIS RECOGNITION FOR EXEMPLARY ACADEMIC PROFICIENCY AND OR ACADEMIC GROWTH WITHIN A SCHOOL YEAR. TO BE RECOGNIZED, SCHOOLS MUST MEET RIGOROUS REQUIREMENTS TO ACHIEVE AND MAINTAIN LIGHTHOUSE SCHOOL CERTIFICATION AND SHOW EXEMPLARY ACADEMIC [00:05:03] GROWTH OR PROFICIENCY AS MEASURED BY STATE ACCOUNTABILITY STANDARDS. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. JOINING BLACKLAND PRAIRIE, TERRA VISTA ELEMENTARY ALSO RECEIVED THIS PRESTIGIOUS DESIGNATION AND WAS NAMED A 2023 LEADER IN ME LIGHTHOUSE ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL SCHOOL BY FRANKLIN COVEY. WILL PRINCIPAL MICHAEL WAKEFIELD AND HIS TEAM PLEASE COME TO THE FRONT. NEXT, WE WOULD LIKE TO HONOR THE OUTSTANDING COUNSELORS AT CANYON VISTA MIDDLE SCHOOL. THE AMERICAN SCHOOL COUNSELOR ASSOCIATION RECOGNIZED ARTI PANT, LAURA RILEY, AND NAOMI [INAUDIBLE] AS NATIONAL RECOGNIZED AMERICAN SCHOOL COUNSELOR ASSOCIATION MODEL PROGRAM AWARD WINNERS. THESE AMAZING COUNSELORS QUALIFIED FOR THE NATIONAL LEVEL AFTER RECEIVING A GOLD LONE STAR AWARD FROM THE LONE STAR STATE SCHOOL COUNSELOR ASSOCIATION. ONLY 16 TEXAS SCHOOLS HAVE EARNED THIS LEVEL OF ACHIEVEMENT TO DATE. DR. AZAIEZ AND TRUSTEES, YOU'RE WELCOME TO RETURN TO YOUR SEATS, AND NOW I BELIEVE DR. AZAIEZ HAS AN INTRODUCTION TO MAKE. WELL, THE STUDENTS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED OR RECOGNIZED TONIGHT. I DON'T THINK SHE MADE IT SO THANK YOU THOUGH. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL CONTINUE ON TO TONIGHT'S VIDEO HIGHLIGHT. TONIGHT'S VIDEO SHOWCASES THE ANATOMAGE TABLE. THE STATE OF THE ART 3D ANATOMY, VISUALIZATION AND VIRTUAL DISSECTION TOOL IS USED FOR ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY EDUCATION. EACH COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL HAS THIS TOOL AND USES IT TO HELP STUDENTS BETTER UNDERSTAND THE SCIENCE OF THE HUMAN BODY. LET'S TAKE A LOOK. IF WE LOOK AT IT'S A GREAT PIECE OF TECHNOLOGY FOR FOR KIDS TO USE TO BECOME MORE FAMILIAR WITH ANATOMY AND THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE BODY. HAVING THE VISUAL REPRESENTATION HELPS BECAUSE WE CAN, I DON'T KNOW, GRASP IT MORE IN OUR BRAINS BECAUSE IT'S SO BIG AND IT'S SO INTERACTIVE. I THINK IT'S REALLY EASY. YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT LABELS OF THE BODY, AND BECAUSE OF THAT YOU CAN LIKE INTERNALIZE IT BETTER. SO LET'S LOOK AT THAT VIEW. THIS IS ANOTHER TOOL IN THE TOOL BOX JUST TO ALLOW STUDENTS TO SEE THINGS DIFFERENTLY. IT'S EASY TO MANIPULATE AND TURN THINGS AROUND. SO YOU'RE NOT LOOKING AT JUST A FLAT IMAGE. YOU CAN REALLY CHANGE IT AND MOVE IT IN DIFFERENT WAYS. I THINK KIDS ARE DEFINITELY MORE ENGAGED WHEN THEY SEE IT. IT REALLY KIND OF HELPS CONNECT WHAT THEY LEARN FROM THE TEXTBOOK AND ABLE TO VISUALLY DO IT. MAXILLA, GOOD, SO THAT'S GOING TO BE THIS BONE RIGHT HERE. IT'S A VERY NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT WE'RE ABLE TO USE BECAUSE TIMES ARE CHANGING AND WE'RE ABLE TO ADAPT EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY INTO OUR LEARNING EVERY DAY. I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT, OBVIOUSLY, LIKE WE'VE BEEN GIVEN SIMULATIONS ON COMPUTERS AND STUFF, BUT THIS IS VERY IN-DEPTH AND VERY INTERACTIVE, WHICH I THINK IS REALLY GREAT FOR OUR STUDENTS TO REALLY GRASP AN IDEA ABOUT THE HUMAN BODY, HOW IT FUNCTIONS AND ITS SYSTEMS. THIS IS TYPICALLY SOMETHING THAT YOU SEE AT, YOU KNOW, AT THE MORE OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL, UNIVERSITIES, MEDICAL SCHOOLS. SO BEING ABLE TO HAVE THAT IN A HIGH SCHOOL CLASSROOM, I THINK IT'S A HUGE INVESTMENT FOR OUR KIDS. YOU COULD GO AHEAD AND LABEL THE SAGITTAL SUTURE. KIDS ARE DEFINITELY LEARNING DIFFERENTLY THAN WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL. OF COURSE, THAT WAS BACK IN THE 80S AND 90S. [00:10:01] THAT'S OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. [E. PUBLIC COMMENTS] AT EACH BOARD MEETING, THE BOARD WILL SET ASIDE TIME TO AFFORD THE GENERAL PUBLIC AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON ITEMS ON AND OFF 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 A 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 HATE SPEECH THAT INCITES HATRED AND VIOLENCE TOWARDS ANY PERSON. PLEASE NOTE 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 AT THE MEETING BY MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE. IF, AFTER AT LEAST ONE MORE INDIVIDUAL WARNING FROM A MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE, THE PRESIDING OFFICER WILL ASK THE SORRY IS IF, AFTER AT LEAST ONE 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 THE SPEAKERS. PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT A LACK OF RESPONSE FROM THE 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 OUR DESIGNATED TIMEKEEPER AND OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS WE HAVE TWO STUDENTS, ELENA LOZANO SPEAKING OFF AGENDA, AND YOU OBVIOUSLY LIVE IN THE DISTRICT. GOOD EVENING, DR. AZAIEZ AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES. HOLD ON ONE SECOND. KEEP TALKING UNTIL WE GET THAT MICROPHONE HOT. MY NAME IS ELENA LOZANO AND I'M A FIFTH GRADER AT UNION HILL. I WANT TO SHARE HOW I FEEL ABOUT SCHOOL THIS YEAR. I USED TO LOVE GOING TO SCHOOL. THAT'S CHANGED, AND MY SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE BEING UNSAFE, UNKIND, AND YOU KNOW WHAT, SWEETHEART? I DON'T THINK THE MICROPHONE IS ON. I'M GOING TO LET YOU START OVER. I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S BECAUSE I'M NOT ABLE TO HEAR YOU IN THE MEETING REAL QUICK. GO AHEAD. JUST SAY YOUR NAME. HELLO. THERE YOU GO. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO LET--IF YOU WANT TO START OVER, YOU CAN. OKAY, GREAT. WE'LL LET YOU START OVER. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, DR. AZAIEZ AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES. MY NAME IS ELENA LOZANO, AND I AM A FIFTH GRADER AT UNION HILL. I WANT TO SHARE HOW I FEEL ABOUT SCHOOL THIS YEAR. I USED TO LOVE GOING TO SCHOOL. THAT'S CHANGED, AND MY SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE BEING UNSAFE, UNKIND AND DISRESPECTFUL. AS A MEMBER OF THE NO PLACE FOR HATE GROUP, WE TALK ABOUT MAKING OUR SCHOOL A BETTER PLACE AND MAKING EVERYONE FEEL WELCOME, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY WORKING. KIDS ARE MAKING RACIST COMMENTS, SAYING INAPPROPRIATE THINGS, TALKING BACK AND ARGUING WITH THE TEACHER EVEN THOUGH SHE WORKS HARD TO MAKE HER CLASSROOM BETTER. I DON'T FEEL SAFE AT SCHOOL THE WAY I USED TO. WE SHOULD KEEP MAKING OUR SCHOOL A BETTER PLACE, BUT WE NEED HELP. THIS IS WHY I'M HERE TONIGHT TO ASK YOU FOR HELP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JOSHUA SMITH, A STUDENT SPEAKING OFF AGENDA, AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT. MY NAME IS JOSHUA SMITH. I AM IN FIFTH GRADE AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT SCHOOL SAFETY. THE PRINCIPAL WROTE IN HER NOTES THAT I SAID I FELT SAFE AT SCHOOL, WHICH IS COMPLETELY WRONG. I ONLY SAID THAT THERE WASN'T ANY PHYSICAL VIOLENCE, NOT THAT I FELT SAFE, LIKE I DID NOT WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL ANYMORE BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED. I THOUGHT THE PRINCIPAL WAS GOING TO HELP ME, BUT INSTEAD SHE TOLD EVERYONE IT DIDN'T HAPPEN. IT NEVER HAPPENED. IT STARTED OUT WHEN I WAS BEING BULLIED AT SCHOOL FOR BEING SHORT. THE COUNSELOR DID A MINI LESSON, BUT IT DIDN'T WORK. THE COUNSELOR TOOK ME AND TWO OF MY FRIENDS INTO HER OFFICE. SHE ASKED A BUNCH OF STUFF THAT I DON'T REALLY REMEMBER. THE BULLYING CONTINUED. LATER. I TALKED TO THE PRINCIPAL AND I TOLD AND TOLD HER WHAT HAPPENED. SHE TOLD MY MOM THAT I WAS SAYING STUFF THAT I DIDN'T SAY. SHE SAID LIKE SHE SAID THAT I SAID IT DIDN'T HAPPEN WITH THE KID THAT WAS DOING IT THE MOST. THE PRINCIPAL ALSO SAID THAT THERE WAS A BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN ME AND THE KIDS TEASING ME, BUT THERE WAS NO BACK AND FORTH. I DID NOTHING ABOUT IT. THE MAIN KID WAS MAKING FUN OF ME EVERY DAY IN THE CAFETERIA AND IN THE CLASSROOM FOR ALMOST THREE WEEKS. THE PRINCIPAL SAID THAT ANOTHER KID WAS BULLYING ME. [00:15:02] SAID THAT HE WASN'T BULLYING ME BECAUSE HE WAS SHORT TOO, BUT THE FIRST KID EVEN SAID THAT THE OTHER KID WAS INVOLVED. THE PRINCIPAL SAID THAT. I SAID THE KID STOPPED CALLING ME NAMES AFTER THE COUNSELOR'S LESSON. THAT'S NOT TRUE, I SAID. IT STOPPED FOR OTHER REASONS. WHEN THE PRINCIPAL NEVER RETURNED MY MOM'S EMAILS, MY MOM CALLED THEIR MOMS AND THAT'S WHAT IT STOPPED. SINCE I DIDN'T LIKE WHAT THE PRINCIPAL WAS DOING AND I DIDN'T FEEL SAFE, I HAD TO TRANSFER TO A NEW SCHOOL. I REALLY WISH THAT HADN'T HAPPENED. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SPEAKING TODAY. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS VICTORIA [INAUDIBLE], SPEAKING OFF AGENDA AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT. HI. WHILE I'M NOT HAPPY ABOUT THE STONY POINT HIGH SCHOOL CAFETERIA BILL TAKING PLACE IN 2025, ACCORDING TO IMPACT NEWSPAPER, I'VE RESIGNED MYSELF TO THAT FACT. I STILL THINK IT'S A SHAME AND A SLAP IN THE FACE TO THE TAXPAYERS IN THE STONY POINT HIGH SCHOOL LEARNING COMMUNITY. IF YOU LIVED IN OUR COMMUNITY AND HAD A KINDERGARTEN STUDENT IN 2017 AND YOU DECIDED TO JOIN THE BOND COMMITTEE FOR THE 2018 BOND TO BETTER YOUR CHILD'S SCHOOL EXPERIENCE, YOU WOULD BE COMPLETELY DISAPPOINTED AS YOUR CHILD WOULD STILL BE RELEGATED TO SITTING ON THE FLOOR DURING LUNCH, ASSUMING THEY MADE IT THROUGH THE LINE IN TIME TO ACTUALLY EAT THEIR LUNCH. BASICALLY TREATED NO BETTER THAN THE FAMILY PET. AFTER REVIEWING THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT'S BOARD MEETING, I WAS CONFUSED BY ITEM I. NUMBER SIX. AFTER ASKING A COLLEAGUE FOR CLARIFICATION, I COME TO FIND OUT THAT IT'S IN FACT AN ATTEMPT TO ELIMINATE PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THESE MEETINGS FOR ITEMS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH AGENDA, SOMETHING I AM ABSOLUTELY OPPOSED TO. AT MY FIRST BOARD MEETING, I WAS STUNNED TO SEE THE LACK OF DIALOG AND DISCUSSION THAT COULD HAVE BEEN THAT COULD HAVE TAKEN PLACE BETWEEN THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. I WAS FRANKLY APPALLED THAT THERE WERE MOTIONS TO SILENCE BOARD MEMBERS FROM HAVING FRANK DISCUSSIONS ON IMPORTANT TOPICS, AS I WOULD HAVE FELT BETTER INFORMED AND HAD A BIGGER DESIRE TO STAY AND LISTEN AND PERHAPS BE ENCOURAGED TO HELP FIND A BETTER SOLUTION. AS WE SEE THINGS, EVEN THOUGH WE SEE THINGS DIFFERENTLY, WE CAN ALL LEARN SOMETHING FROM ANOTHER'S PERSPECTIVE. I IMPLORE YOU TO RECONSIDER ITEM I. NUMBER SIX AND INSTEAD WORK TOGETHER TO FIND A BETTER SOLUTION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BRENDA [INAUDIBLE] SPEAKING ON ITEM F THREE, AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT AND YOU'RE AN EMPLOYEE. A GOOD EVENING. FIRST AND FOREMOST, THANK YOU TO ALL ROUND ROCK RESIDENTS FOR VOTING FOR PROP EIGHT. I WANT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO WELLS BRANCH ELEMENTARY. IT'S TRULY APPRECIATED, AND I BELIEVE THESE INTERACTIONS ARE VITAL FOR UNDERSTANDING THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY. I EXTEND MY SINCERE THANKS TO DR. AZAIEZ TRUSTEE WEIR AND TRUSTEE ZARATE FOR ENGAGING IN CONVERSATIONS WITH ME. ADDITIONALLY, I APPRECIATE THE PRESENCE OF TRUSTEE HARRISON, TRUSTEE ZARATE, AND DR. MERCER IN MY CLASSROOM, WITNESSING FIRSTHAND HOW MY STUDENTS NAVIGATE THEIR DUAL LANGUAGE ENVIRONMENT, ESPECIALLY DURING THEIR ALLOCATED ENGLISH MINUTES. I'D LIKE TO UNDERSCORE A CRUCIAL POINT REGARDING EQUITY. IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE ADDRESS POTENTIAL DISPARITIES AND ENSURE THAT NEWCOMERS ARE SUPPORTED ADEQUATELY, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO ACHIEVING GRADE LEVEL PROFICIENCY IN LANGUAGE THAT MAY BE UNFAMILIAR TO THEM. ON BEHALF OF EDUCATION ROUND ROCK, I COMMEND ROUND ROCK FOR ADVOCATING FOR PROP A, AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE ONGOING EFFORTS OF THE HR DEPARTMENT FOR ORGANIZING JOB FAIRS, AS THERE IS ONE TONIGHT. AS WE STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE, I PROPOSE A CONSIDERATION OF BILINGUAL STIPEND FOR THOSE EDUCATORS WHO PLAY A PIVOTAL ROLE IN MEETING THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF BILINGUAL STUDENTS. THIS INCLUDES INDIVIDUALS SUCH AS OUR ITS TEACHER, PE TEACHER, AND MUSIC TEACHER WHO CONTRIBUTES SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT OF OUR STUDENTS AT WELLS BRANCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO OUR STUDENTS AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF OUR EDUCATION IN OUR DISTRICT. YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT IS CRUCIAL AS WE WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE AN INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AT ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES, AND A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO FILEMON ALDAMA FOR THE TIME AND EFFORT HE ALWAYS PUT IN, IN LISTENING AND SUPPORTING THE STUDENTS AND STAFF AT WELLS BRANCH ELEMENTARY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ANN BERRYMAN, SPEAKING OFF TOPIC, AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT. GOOD EVENING. I WAS NOT EXPECTING TO BE HERE THIS EVENING, BUT HAVING REVIEWED THE AGENDA, I FELT COMPELLED TO ATTEND. I WAS SURPRISED THAT THE PLANS FOR THE STONY POINT EXPANSION WAS NOT AN ITEM TONIGHT, GIVEN YOUR ASSURANCES TO PRIORITIZE IT AT THE SEPTEMBER MEETING. I GATHER FROM MY FRIENDS THAT THE PROMISED COMMUNITY DISCUSSION HAS NOT HAPPENED. SO THE ONLY CONCLUSION IS THAT YOU DO NOT PLAN TO START BUILDING IT NEXT YEAR. THIS MEANS THAT A CHILD WHO WAS IN SECOND GRADE WHEN THIS BOND WAS APPROVED WILL BE LUCKY IF THEY DO NOT HAVE TO SIT ON THE FLOOR WHEN THEY START AT STONY POINT. [00:20:01] EIGHT GRADE LEVELS WILL HAVE HAD THIS UNHYGIENIC EXPERIENCE SINCE THE VOTERS AUTHORIZED YOU TO FIX IT. HOWEVER, MY MAIN REASON FOR BEING HERE IS I6. I AM LED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE INTENTION OF IT IS TO LIMIT PUBLIC CONTRIBUTIONS AT THESE MEETINGS. PERSONALLY, I'VE BEEN STUNNED BY THE VICIOUS RHETORIC AROUND DISCUSSION LIMITS FOR BOARD MEMBERS AT RECENT MEETINGS. AS AN IMMIGRANT MYSELF, I WAS TAUGHT DURING MY CITIZENSHIP PROCESS THAT OPEN DISCUSSION IS PART OF THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS, AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO LEARN ABOUT OTHERS POINTS OF VIEW. HAVING SAT THROUGH THE EMBARRASSING LIBRARY BOOK DEMONSTRATION WITH MY DAUGHTER SAT BESIDE ME. I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY YOU MIGHT WANT TO LIMIT DISCUSSION, BUT EVEN THOUGH I MAY NOT AGREE WITH WHAT THEY WERE DOING, I DID RESPECT THEIR RIGHT TO SPEAK AND APPRECIATED THAT YOU LET THEM DO IT. WHEN THE STONY POINT CAFETERIA WAS NOT INCLUDED ON THE AUGUST AGENDA, WE FELT COMPELLED TO ATTEND THESE MEETINGS AND RAISE THE ISSUE. IF SUCH A RESTRICTION HAD APPLIED BACK THEN, I SUSPECT THAT OUR CURRENT KINDERGARTNERS WOULD BE STILL SITTING ON THE FLOOR WHEN THEY REACH HIGH SCHOOL. IF YOU DO ADOPT THIS POLICY, THEN PLEASE MAKE SURE TO ADD A MONTHLY TOWN HALL MEETING TO LEARN WHAT THE WHOLE COMMUNITY WANTS. HAVING SEEN THE VOTING NUMBERS FOR THE RECENT ELECTION, PLEASE DO NOT ALIENATE THE COMMUNITY YOU VOLUNTEERED TO REPRESENT. WE WILL NEED EVERYONE TO VIEW THE NEXT BOND POSITIVELY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS NOÉ GUTIERREZ SPEAKING. AGENDA ITEM F THREE, AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT. DO NOT LIVE IN THE DISTRICT. YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT? YEAH. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. IT SAYS NO. I'LL CHECK MY ID. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO WORKED TO GET PROPOSITION EIGHT PASSED. I KNOW MR. COVINGTON AND HIS STAFF HAVE DONE ALL THEY COULD TO KEEP THIS DISTRICT ADEQUATELY FUNDED, DESPITE THE CONTINUED EFFORTS BY THE STATE AND NUMEROUS ENTITIES TO GRADUALLY DEFUND PUBLIC EDUCATION. WHILE THE RAISES THAT WILL RESULT FROM THIS ARE CONSIDERABLY LESS THAN WHAT OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF DESERVE, THEY WILL KNOW THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE COMMUNITY IS BEHIND THEM. I WAS ACTUALLY AMAZED HOW THIS MEASURE PASSED WITH A 3 TO 1 MARGIN. DESPITE THE BLIZZARD OF MISINFORMATION, DISINFORMATION, AND OUTRIGHT LIES DISSEMINATED BY THE OPPONENTS OF PUBLIC EDUCATION AND THEIR ELECTED ALLIES IN HERE. DESPITE THE OVERWHELMING RESULTS, TRUE TO THEIR PARTY'S MO, THERE IS NOW PUBLIC REPORTING INDICATING THESE PEOPLE WILL NOW TRY TO NULLIFY THIS PROPOSITION, USING THE FALSE CLAIM THAT THE BALLOT LANGUAGE WAS SOMEHOW ILLEGAL. THE MANDATED BALLOT LANGUAGE THAT WAS LEGISLATED AND PASSED INTO LAW BY THE PEOPLE THEY VOTED FOR IS SOMEHOW ILLEGAL. THE BALLOT LANGUAGE THAT WAS VETTED BY THE WILCO TAX ASSESSOR'S OFFICE. THEY VOTED INTO OFFICE IS SOMEHOW ILLEGAL. IF YOU BUY SOMETHING FOR $1.06, AND THE FOLLOWING MONTH THE PRICES DROPPED, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT DROPPED TO $0.93 OR TO $0.88, THE PRICE HAS STILL DROPPED. NOT BY ANY STRETCH OF LOGIC. CAN IT BE CONSTRUED THAT A DROP TO $0.93 VERSUS $0.88 IS AN INCREASE? ONLY DELUSIONAL OR DISHONEST THOUGHT WOULD CONSTRUE SUCH A THING, AND IT IS PROFOUNDLY TO BE HOPED THAT A COMPETENT ATTORNEY WILL ADVISE THESE PEOPLE THAT THEIR CAUSE IS FRIVOLOUS AND ACHIEVES NOTHING FOR ANYONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CHRISTY [INAUDIBLE], SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM F2 AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT. GOOD EVENING. I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS F2 THE LET'S TALK UPDATE. THE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PROCESS ARE MANY, BUT HERE ARE A FEW. WHY ARE WE REPLACING COMMUNICATION WITH OUR ELECTED TRUSTEES WITH A CHATBOT OR INFORMATION SURROGATE? THE ATTACHED AGENDA PRESENTATION DEMONSTRATES THAT WE WOULD SEND OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS A LET'S TALK MESSAGE, USING THE MESSAGES TO THE TRUSTEES FEATURE, AND THEN AN UNELECTED STAFF MEMBER RESPONDS ON THEIR BEHALF. WILL THE TRUSTEE BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY COMMUNICATE WITH THEIR CONSTITUENTS THROUGH EMAIL? WHAT IS THE COST OF THIS SERVICE? AND IS THIS FEATURE AN ADD ON TO THE EXISTING LET'S TALK FEATURE? AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, ARE THE RESPONSES SUBJECT TO OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS? AGENDA ITEM ONE SEVEN TRUSTEE WEIR. WHY ARE YOU DISCUSSING SIGNATURES ON DIPLOMAS? I HOPE THIS IS JUST A TECHNICALITY AND NOT A CRITICISM OF ONE OF YOUR COLLEAGUES. EVERY TRUSTEE EARNED THEIR POSITION ON THE BOARD AND DESERVE THE HONOR OF SIGNING DIPLOMAS OF GRADUATES, AND FINALLY, ITEM I6 I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF REMOVING THE PUBLIC'S OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK OFF AGENDA TOPIC AND VIA RECORDED MESSAGE. [00:25:01] YES, THESE OPTIONAL AVENUES FOR THE COMMUNITY ADDRESSING OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE SOMETIMES UNCOMFORTABLE OR CHALLENGING TO ORCHESTRATE, BUT ALLOWING THESE TO CONTINUE IS A GOOD FAITH EFFORT TO SHOW PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT THEY TRULY ARE AT THE TOP OF THE DISTRICT'S ORGANIZATIONAL CHART WHERE WE APPEAR. PLEASE CONSIDER KEEPING THESE PRACTICES INTACT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JILL FERRIS, SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM I7, AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT. AFTER MONTHS AND MONTHS OF MOTIONS TO LIMIT DISCUSSION ON THE DAIS, AND PLEASED TO BE RESPECTFUL OF STAFF TO KEEP MEETING SHORT AND TRUSTEE WEIR HAS FELT LIKE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT. THE ONLY THING THAT ACTUALLY DESERVES DISCUSSION IS WHETHER OR NOT TRUSTEES ARE GOING TO HAVE THEIR NAME ON DIPLOMAS, AND SERIOUSLY, DIPLOMAS ARE LAMINATED BUSINESS CARDS. THEY'RE LIKE THIS BIG. MY DAUGHTER HAS HERS, AND CURRENTLY THEY'RE BEING SIGNED BY A MAN WITH A PERMANENT RESTRAINING ORDER FOR FAMILY VIOLENCE, AND THAT'S OKAY, BUT TODAY WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE TIME TO DISCUSS WHY TRUSTEES CAN HAVE THEIR SIGNATURE ON SOME OF THE DIPLOMAS. TRUSTEE WEIR. I CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR HOW THIS DIPLOMA DISCUSSION IS GOING TO AFFECT STUDENT OUTCOMES, WHICH IS THE THING YOU KEEP SAYING YOU WANT TO FOCUS ON. I CHECKED, AND DIPLOMAS AREN'T AN LSG GOAL OR A LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY OR ANYTHING REALLY WORTH DISCUSSING, AND TRUSTEES ARE NOT PAID AND THERE REALLY ARE NO PERKS. IN FACT, BEING A TRUSTEE MEANS YOU SIT IN THESE MEETINGS INSTEAD OF BEING WITH YOUR FAMILY. YOU MISS EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO PUT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BEFORE YOUR OWN KIDS. LET'S BE CLEAR GETTING TO SIGN YOUR KID'S DIPLOMA IS REALLY ONE OF THE FEW PERKS OF BEING A TRUSTEE, AND SADLY, THE ONLY PERSON TRUSTEE WEIR IS HURTING RIGHT NOW IS THE TRUSTEES CHILD, AND I KNOW THAT WE WOULDN'T WANT TO DO THAT, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD, TRUSTEE ZARATE, FOR YOU, SHOWING HOW NONPARTISAN YOU ARE, BECAUSE YOU JUST SAID THAT IN THE LAST MEETING AND REACHING ACROSS THE AISLE AND WORKING TOGETHER WITH ALL THE OTHER TRUSTEES AND MAKING SURE THAT THIS SIGNATURE THING IS THE THING THAT WE CONTINUE BECAUSE YOU GOT TO BE ON YOUR KID'S DIPLOMA, AND I THINK THAT'S AWESOME. I THINK IT'S AMAZING, AND I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT WE COULD CONTINUE THAT TRADITION AND THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO PUNISH TRUSTEES JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T LIKE THEM OR WE DON'T FEEL LIKE IT BECAUSE. WE'RE RESPECTFUL AND WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING, AND WE REALLY SHOULDN'T EVEN HAVE THIS ON THE WE SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN PULLED FROM CONSENT AGENDA IN THE FIRST PLACE, BECAUSE YOU'RE THE FIRST ONE. TRUSTEE WEIR TO KEEP TELLING US THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. THANK YOU, [INAUDIBLE]. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SARAH LOZANO, SPEAKING OFF AGENDA, AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT AND YOU'RE AN EMPLOYEE. GOOD EVENING, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DR. AZAIEZ. MY NAME IS SARAH LOZANO AND I AM IN MY 17TH YEAR OF TEACHING PUBLIC EDUCATION, MY EIGHTH IN ROUND ROCK ISD. I AM ALSO A PARENT, WHICH MEANS I'M REALLY INVESTED IN THE STATE OF THIS DISTRICT. MY DISTRICT. I COME HERE TONIGHT EXTREMELY OUT OF MY COMFORT ZONE TO ASK FOR HELP AND CLARITY. AS A TEACHER, PART OF MY JOB IS TO ADVOCATE. SO HERE I AM. LAST MONTH, A PARENT SPOKE ABOUT THE ISSUES WITH DIRECTION AND DISCIPLINE AT ANOTHER ELEMENTARY CAMPUS IN AN EFFORT TO RESTORE AND GROW THEIR COMMUNITY. I AM ASKING THE SAME. THEY ARE NOT ALONE IN THEIR WANT FOR TEACHERS TO TEACH AND PROVIDE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL LEARNERS. I NOTICED THAT DISTRICT GOAL FOUR TALKS ABOUT IDENTIFYING, DEVELOPING, SUPPORTING AND RETAINING A TALENTED TEAM OF STAFF. I WONDER HOW THEY PLAN TO DO THAT. BESIDES INCREASING SURVEY PARTICIPATION AND DEVELOPING PIPELINE INITIATIVES TO FILL VACANCIES, I NOTICED THAT AT OUR CAMPUS. IN THIS SCHOOL YEAR ALONE, WE HAVE LOST TEACHERS, OFFICE PERSONNEL, A LIBRARY ASSISTANT, AND NOW ONE OF OUR CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS AND I WONDER WHAT PLAN AND SUPPORT THE DISTRICT HAS IN PLACE TO PREVENT MORE STAFF FROM LEAVING. I NOTICED THAT DISTRICT GOAL TWO PROMOTES ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE THROUGH LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES THAT ENGAGE AND INSPIRE EVERY STUDENT. I WONDER HOW ENGAGING AND INSPIRING THE LESSONS TRULY ARE, AND IF THE CONTENT OF THOSE LESSONS ALIGN WITH WHAT IS BEING ASSESSED BY THE DISTRICT, WRITTEN CBAS. I NOTICED THAT THE DISTRICT IS VERY FOCUSED ON DATA DRIVEN INSTRUCTION. I WONDER IF THEY REALIZE HOW MUCH INSTRUCTION AND LEARNING IS AFFECTED BY ONGOING SEVERE BEHAVIORS IN THE CLASSROOMS. I NOTICED THAT DISTRICT GOAL FIVE FOCUSES ON DEVELOPING THE WHOLE CHILD, AND THE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL SKILLS NEEDED IN TODAY'S WORLD. I WONDER HOW THAT IS HAPPENING WHEN STUDENTS ARE BEING TRAUMATIZED BY BEHAVIORAL EVENTS IN OUR CLASSROOMS, CAFETERIAS, HALLWAYS, AND SHARED SPACES. READING THROUGH CLIMATE SURVEYS, OUR CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLAN, THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND OTHER VARIOUS REPORTS IS CONCERNING. I NOTICED THAT WE CONTINUE TO BE REACTIVE INSTEAD OF PROACTIVE, AND IT'S GOING [INAUDIBLE]. YOUR TIME IS UP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KAREN PARSONS-SMITH SPEAKING OFF AGENDA, AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE [00:30:01] DISTRICT. HI, MY NAME IS KAREN SMITH. I LIVE IN THE DISTRICT AND I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT SCHOOL SAFETY. I FEEL STRONGLY THAT ROUND ROCK ISD SHOULD BE STRIVING FOR HONESTY, TRANSPARENCY AND ETHICAL SOLUTIONS THAT HAVE THE STUDENTS' BEST INTERESTS IN MIND RATHER THAN PROTECTING THE INSTITUTION AND PRETENDING BULLYING DOESN'T HAPPEN WHEN IT DOES. OUR SON DID NOT WANT TO GET IN THE CAR IN THE MORNING TO GO TO SCHOOL, EVEN THOUGH HE HAD PREVIOUSLY LOVED SCHOOL AND WAS EAGER EVERY DAY FOR SCHOOL IN YEARS PAST. HE ACTED DIFFERENTLY AT HOME AND WE KNEW SOMETHING WAS UP. MULTIPLE STUDENTS MADE FUN OF HIM FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, AND ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE WERE NO TEACHERS AROUND TO SUPERVISE. THERE WAS APPROVAL FROM OTHER STUDENTS INVOLVED, AND IT FIT THE CRITERIA FOR ROUND ROCK ISD'S DEFINITION OF BULLYING. WHEN I SPOKE WITH ADMINISTRATORS FROM OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THEY DESCRIBED HIS EXPERIENCE AS TEXTBOOK BULLYING. WE FIRST LEARNED ABOUT THE NAME CALLING WHEN MULTIPLE PARENTS CONTACTED ME TO LET ME KNOW WHAT THEIR CHILDREN OBSERVED, AND THOSE STUDENTS ALSO TOLD MULTIPLE ADULTS AT THE SCHOOL. THE GUIDANCE COUNSELOR DID A BULLYING WORKSHOP WHERE SHE CHOSE MY SON TO STAND IN FRONT OF THE CLASS AND ACT AS THE BULLY. I FEEL STRONGLY THAT THESE TYPES OF WORKSHOPS ARE NOT RESEARCH BASED AND SEEM TO BE SINGLING HIM OUT. LATER ON THAT DAY, ONE OF THE STUDENTS WHO HAD BEEN BOTHERING HIM MENTIONED THAT MY SON IS LUCKY THEY DID NOT CHOOSE ME TO BE THE BULLY. SO IT APPEARS THAT THE WORKSHOP TRIGGERED FURTHER INTIMIDATING REMARKS AND THE PRINCIPAL TOOK NEARLY TWO WEEKS TO RETURN MY MESSAGES, AND WHEN SHE FINALLY DID GET INVOLVED, SHE GRASPED AT STRAWS TO DENY THAT ANY BULLYING EVER OCCURRED. SHE TOLD US THAT SHE SPOKE TO THE MOTHER OF A PARTICULAR CHILD INVOLVED, WHO SAID HER SON WAS NEVER INVOLVED. WHEN I CONTACTED THAT MOM, SHE SAID THAT HER SON WAS INVOLVED AND SHE HAD NEVER EVEN SPOKEN WITH THAT PRINCIPAL. THE PRINCIPAL ALSO SAID. OTHER STUDENTS SAID IT NEVER HAPPENED, BUT ONE OF THE MOMS WHO HAD ORIGINALLY CONTACTED ME TOLD ME THAT HER DAUGHTER HAD MET WITH THE PRINCIPAL AND TOLD HER IT HAPPENED WITH THIS CHILD. WE SENSE THAT THERE WERE OTHER INTERESTS IN CONFLICT WITH. YOUR TIME IS UP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING TO SPEAK TONIGHT. WE HAVE 11 SPEAKERS WHO'VE CALLED IN, SO WE'LL START THAT NOW. HI, MY NAME IS KELLY HANSON AND I'M SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM I6, SPECIFICALLY BED LOCAL. I'M A ROUND ROCK ISD PARENT. I UNDERSTAND HOW AGGRAVATING AND FRUSTRATING IT MUST BE THAT CERTAIN GROUPS HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THE ABILITY TO SPEAK ON NON AGENDA ITEMS AND DELAY BOARD BUSINESS. HOWEVER, OVER THE YEARS I'VE ALSO HEARD STUDENTS, PARENTS AND STAFF SPEAK ON A WIDE VARIETY OF LEGITIMATE NON AGENDA TOPICS THAT I WOULD HAVE NEVER KNOWN WERE ISSUES OTHERWISE. WHEN THE COMMUNITY IS ABLE TO SPEAK PUBLICLY, IT IS NOT JUST AT THE TRUSTEES. IT IS OPEN TO US ALL TO HEAR AND TO MAKE SURE THOSE CONCERNS ARE BEING ADDRESSED. SUNLIGHT IS THE BEST THING FOR ANY GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY, AND AS SUCH, I DISAGREE WITH THE CHANGE THAT WILL REMOVE NON AGENDA COMMUNICATION FROM FUTURE REGULAR BOARD MEETINGS. IF THERE IS A NEED TO LIMIT SUCH NON AGENDA ITEMS FOR TIME, I WOULD LOOK INSTEAD TO ENACTING A ROTATING SYSTEM SIMILAR TO THE ONE THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN MAINTAINS. FURTHERMORE, WHILE TRUSTEES MAY BELIEVE THAT THEY WILL PUT THEIR BEST FAITH EFFORTS INTO KEEPING UP COMMUNICATION WITH STAKEHOLDERS, DESPITE THESE CHANGES, WE SHOULD NOT CHOOSE RULES BASED ON WHO IS CURRENTLY IN CHARGE, BUT RATHER WHO COULD GET VOTED IN IN THE FUTURE. ANY POLICY CHANGES YOU MAKE TONIGHT SHOULD BE VOTED ON WITH AN EYE TO THE FUTURE. YOU WON'T ALWAYS BE IN YOUR SEAT AND WHOEVER MAY FOLLOW YOU MAY HAVE THEIR OWN AMBITIONS AT HEART INSTEAD OF THE PUBLIC'S BEST INTERESTS. THE SYSTEMS WE CHOOSE TO PUT IN PLACE SHOULD WORK FOR OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR COMMUNITY IN ALL SCENARIOS, NOT JUST THE CURRENT ONE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. HI, I'M A PARENT AND ROUND ROCK ISD TAXPAYER AND I'M CALLING TO EXPRESS MY DISAGREEMENT WITH THE I6 AGENDA ITEM PERTAINING TO REVOKING THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO COMMENT OFF AGENDA DURING REGULAR MONTHLY SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS. I THINK THAT THE LONG HELD TRADITION IN ROUND ROCK ISD OF ALLOWING OFF AGENDA ITEMS DURING REGULAR MEETINGS IS A GOOD THING. IT PROMOTES TRANSPARENCY AND IT ENCOURAGES PARTICIPATION, AND THAT'S REALLY SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE PROMOTING MORE OF IN ROUND ROCK ISD, ESPECIALLY WITH SO MANY TEACHERS AND FAMILIES LEAVING THE DISTRICT, WE NEED TO KNOW. OUR STAKEHOLDERS THOUGHTS, NOT REDUCE OUR KNOWLEDGE OF THOSE THOUGHTS. SECONDLY, I DISAGREE WITH REVOKING THE RIGHT TO COMMENT BY PHONE. MANY STAKEHOLDERS, PARENTS ESPECIALLY ARE VERY BUSY WITH FAMILY, CHILDREN, WORK AND [00:35:07] HAVING TO FIGHT TRAFFIC AS WELL. ON TOP OF EVERYTHING ELSE, TO GET PHYSICALLY TO A BOARD MEETING IS JUST OFTEN UNREALISTIC, AND I THINK THAT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT OPTION THAT NEEDS TO STAY AVAILABLE. WE SHOULD AGAIN BE PROMOTING MORE COMMUNICATION WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS, NOT LESS. WE HOPEFULLY WANT TO KNOW THEIR THOUGHTS AND CONCERNS, NOT MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR OUR STAKEHOLDERS TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE BOARD. THANKS SO MUCH. BYE BYE. HI, MY NAME IS CHRISTINA. I'M A COMMUNITY MEMBER. THIS IS A GENERAL COMMENT. I HAVE A COMMENT REGARDING THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO REGULAR MONTHLY BOARD MEETINGS AND SPEAKING ABOUT OFF TOPIC ISSUES. I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT AGENDA ITEM, ONE THAT SHOULD NOT BE REVOKED FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC. I THINK IT IMPEDES OUR FREEDOM OF SPEECH, OUR RIGHT TO SPEAK, AND OUR COMMUNITY'S RIGHT TO BRING ITEMS TO THE TABLE THAT MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE BEEN KNOWN TO OTHER PEOPLE. I THINK THIS IS A DISGRACE THAT THIS IS EVEN ON THE AGENDA. THIS IS EVEN A TOPIC I THINK WE ALL HAVE THE RIGHT AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND TAXPAYERS ALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO SPEAK AT A BOARD MEETING ABOUT WHATEVER ISSUE OR WHATEVER TOPIC THAT WE FEEL IS A CONCERN TO US. MY CHILDREN GO TO THIS DISTRICT. THEY HAVE BEEN IN THIS DISTRICT FOR MULTIPLE YEARS, AND THIS IS GETTING RIDICULOUS THAT THIS IS EVEN AN ITEM. WE ARE SUPPOSED TO PROMOTE COMMUNICATION AND TRANSPARENCY IN THE DISTRICT, AND WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO LIMIT THIS. WE'RE SUPPOSED TO ACTUALLY ENCOURAGE PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO SPEAK UP, AND I THINK BY REVOKING THIS, IT ACTUALLY DOES THE OPPOSITE. PLEASE RECONSIDER REVOKING THIS AND NOT PUTTING THIS AS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE DONE. WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE OUR SPEECH NOT LIMITED. THANK YOU. HI, MY NAME IS DARA PATEL AND I'M A ROUND ROCK ISD PARENT AND I AM TALKING ABOUT ITEM SEVEN. I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S FAIR AND YOU WASTED STAFF TIME, AND NEED TO FOCUS ON STUDENT OUTCOMES AND THE GOALS AND LIMITING QUESTIONS IS NOT FAIR. I ALSO FEEL THAT TRUSTEE BONE'S SIGNATURE SHOULD NOT BE ON MY SON'S DIPLOMA THIS YEAR. SHE IS A WASTE OF TIME, AND I DEFINITELY DON'T LIKE ANYBODY REVOKING MY PUBLIC RIGHT TO COMMENT OFF ANY AGENDA. REGULAR MONTHLY SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS AND I DISAGREE WITH THAT, AND I THINK THAT YOU GUYS ARE A BUNCH OF NAZIS, AND I REALLY, REALLY AM NOT HAPPY IN THIS COMMUNITY, AND THE DISTRICT OF ROUND ROCK IS JUST LOSING KIDS LEFT AND RIGHT AND THE ONES THAT ARE THERE HAVE BECOME SO LEFT AND SO WOKE, AND THAT NORMAL KIDS WHO HAVE NO SEXUAL ORIENTATION ISSUES ARE BEING HARASSED. SO I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THIS AND YOU GUYS HAVE TO CLEAN THIS UP. I'M BECKY [INAUDIBLE], A DISTRICT RESIDENT, PARENT, GUEST, EDUCATOR, COMMITTEE MEMBER, AND VOLUNTEER. TOMORROW IS A BUSY DAY ON CAMPUS SO I CAN'T COME TO SPEAK TO ITEMS F2, I5, AND I6. I AM HESITANT TO JUMP TO CONCLUSIONS WHEN I READ ANY AGENDA, SINCE THERE IS A LOT HAPPENING BEHIND THE SCENES, BUT TONIGHT'S AGENDA CONCERNS ME. I'VE LISTENED TO ALMOST EVERY MINUTE OF EVERY BOARD MEETING FOR FIVE AND A HALF YEARS, SO I KNOW THAT OFF TOPIC PUBLIC COMMENT CAN BE LONG AND MISDIRECTED AND AWKWARD, BUT IT ALSO HELPS STUDENTS. THIS BOARD AND PREVIOUS ONES HAVE TAKEN ACTION AFTER SOMEBODY SPOKE OFF TOPIC. I'VE BEEN MOTIVATED TO VOLUNTEER AND BETTER SUPPORT PUBLIC EDUCATION BECAUSE OF OFF TOPIC COMMENTS. YOU CAN PUSH THESE COMMENTS TO THE END. GIVE THEM JUST ONE MINUTE EACH, BUT KEEP THIS VITAL LINK TO YOUR COMMUNITY. ONCE A MONTH. ALSO, PLEASE KEEP CALLING COMMENTS. THEY REFLECT SUCH A BROADER PERSPECTIVE THAN SIMPLY WHO IS ABLE TO BE THERE IN PERSON. YOU COULD GIVE THEM LESS TIME IF YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT THAT, BUT KEEP THEM, AND PLEASE DON'T TAKE ANY. LET'S TALK METRICS AS A TRUE REPRESENTATION OF THE COMMUNITY. I LOOK AT THE POLICY MANUAL A LOT TO HELP FRIENDS WHO KNOW HOW TO BETTER SUPPORT THEIR KIDS. I'M ALL WITH YOU ON CLEANING UP REDUNDANT POLICIES, BUT PLEASE NEVER PASS A LONG POLICY PACKET ON CONSENT OR WAIVE THE FIRST READING. PARENTS AND STAFF NEED TO TRUST THAT POLICY WILL BE LONG STANDING AND THAT IT WILL REFLECT OUR COMMUNITY. OFF CAMPUS PE IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF HOW OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY VALUES ARE REFLECTED IN OUR [00:40:05] POLICY. IT WOULD BE SIMPLE TO JUST ADOPT TEA OR TASB MODEL POLICIES FOR EVERYTHING, BUT ROUND ROCK ISD VALUES STUDENTS AND EDUCATION HIGHLY, SO WE COUNT ON YOU HEARING FROM US AND HAVING CONSISTENT POLICIES. THANK YOU. JENNIFER WHITE I6 AND I7. THE MAJORITY OF THIS BOARD DISGUSTS ME. AS YOU PUSH TO SILENCE THE STAKEHOLDERS WHO LIVE IN ROUND ROCK ISD. IT'S OBVIOUS AND BLATANT THAT YOU DO NOT WANT THE PUBLIC TO BE VOCALLY ADDRESSED TO VOCALLY ADDRESS MANY ISSUES CONCERNING THIS DISTRICT, WITH NO LONGER ALLOWING PUBLIC SPEAKERS TO COMMENT VIA RECORDINGS LIKE THIS ONE. YOU NO LONGER WANT THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK OFF TOPIC, AND YOU'RE ONLY ALLOWING 40 MINUTES TO SIGN UP BEFORE A MEETING TO SPEAK. THIS SHOULD ALERT THE PUBLIC THAT THERE IS MUCH THIS BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT WANT TO HIDE FROM THE TAXPAYERS, STUDENTS, FACULTY, PARENTS AND THE COMMUNITY. AS A REMINDER, THIS BOARD IS BEING SUED IN FEDERAL COURT FOR ARRESTING AND TRYING TO SILENCE PARENTS WHO WANTED TO SPEAK AT SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS AND THIS CASE IS GOING TO GO TO TRIAL, AND GUESS WHAT? PUBLIC? THEY ARE ILLEGALLY SPENDING OUR TAX DOLLARS TO DEFEND THEMSELVES. REGARDING REGARDING NOT ALLOWING TRUSTEE BONE TO SIGN GRADUATING SENIOR DIPLOMAS AGAIN SHOWS THE IMMATURITY AND JUVENILE BEHAVIOR OF TRUSTEE AMY WEIR. IF TRUSTEE BONE IS NOT ALLOWED TO SIGN DIPLOMAS, THEN I WOULD DEMAND THE SUPERINTENDENT BE FORBIDDEN TO ATTEND ANY GRADUATION DUE TO HIS PERMANENT RESTRAINING ORDER FOR FAMILY VIOLENCE. HE SHOULDN'T BE WANTING TO SHAKE STUDENTS' HANDS BECAUSE HE SHOULDN'T BE AROUND CHILDREN OR WOMEN WITHIN OUR DISTRICT EVER! EVER. YOU, WE, ALL OF US, THIS BOARD SHOULD BE SHOULD BE PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN FROM THIS MAN. SO BE AWARE. THIS IS KATIE [INAUDIBLE] AND I DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT. THIS COMMENT IS ABOUT ITEMS F2, I5, AND I6. LIKE THE REST OF THIS WORLD, THE DISTRICT FACED HUGE CHALLENGES DURING COVID. ROUND ROCK ISD, WITH THE HELP OF THIS DULY ELECTED BODY, HAS BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY OVER THE PAST YEAR TO RECOVER FROM OUR COLLECTIVE TRAUMA AND REBUILD TRUST WITH THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. ADOPTING POLICIES RESTRICTING STAKEHOLDERS FROM PUBLICLY BRINGING MANY OF OUR CONCERNS BEFORE THE TRUSTEES, UNLESS IT'S ON THEIR AGENDA, AND ELIMINATING THE COMMENT OPTION I'M CURRENTLY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THIS EVENING ONLY UNDERMINES THIS PAINSTAKING WORK. USING THE LET'S TALK APPLICATION, WHICH WOULD CONFINE ANY CONCERNS TO THE SILOED HALLS OF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES AND BOARD EMAIL NOTIFICATIONS, IS NOT A SUITABLE REPLACEMENT FOR PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY, HAVING OVER 146 PAGES WORTH OF POLICY CHANGES, INCLUDING DELETING THE PUBLIC PROCESS FOR SCHOOL BOUNDARY CHANGES, CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, PROTECTIONS FOR THE ACADEMIC FREEDOM OF TEACHERS INTER-DISTRICT TRANSFER REQUESTS, COURSE GRADING THAT'S PRIMARILY BASED ON CONTENT MASTERY. THE DISTRICT'S GRIEVANCE PROCESS, AND MANY OTHERS, AND THAT THESE POLICY CHANGES WERE INITIALLY ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA FOR ADOPTION, WAVING PUBLIC READING BY CONSENT ONLY FURTHER HIGHLIGHTS GOOD CAUSE FOR MY ALARM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. GOOD NIGHT. HELLO, MY NAME IS CHRISTINA AND I'LL BE SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM SIX. I JUST HAVE TO WONDER WHAT THE REAL INTENT HERE WAS, THAT THE FIVE OF YOU VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO ELIMINATE COMMENTING ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS AT FUTURE REGULAR BOARD MEETINGS. IF IT WAS TO CONTROL THE LENGTH OF THESE MEETINGS, THERE COULD BE OTHER WAYS TO DO THIS. FOR INSTANCE BY CUTTING BACK A LITTLE TIME ON OTHER REPORTS TO CUMULATIVELY OPEN UP TIME FOR ALL COMMENTS. THERE APPEARS TO BE A VERY CLEAR PATTERN HERE OF SILENCING CERTAIN BOARD MEMBERS AND NOW MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. COULD IT BE BECAUSE WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY DOESN'T ALIGN WITH YOUR AGENDAS, OR YOU WANT TO CONTROL NOT THE LENGTH OF THESE MEETINGS, BUT THE CALLING OUT OF THE INADEQUACIES AND DECEITFUL ACTIONS OF THIS BOARD'S MAJORITY? [00:45:01] I'LL END WITH WE ARE NOT INEPT. WE KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING, AND WE MOST CERTAINLY ARE NOT GOING TO BE QUIET ABOUT IT UNTIL THOSE DELIBERATELY SABOTAGING THIS DISTRICT FOR THEIR OWN GAIN AND NOT THE STUDENTS' BENEFIT EITHER CHANGE BECAUSE ANYONE CAN CHANGE AND START DOING WHAT IS RIGHT OR THEY ARE REMOVED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. MY NAME IS MARSHA STRICKLER, CALLING ON H2 APPROVAL OF QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT. THANK YOU TRUSTEE PLACE TOO FOR ALWAYS KEEPING US UPDATED ON THE STATUS OF THE FINANCIAL REPORTS. ONE OF THE NUMBERS THAT SHE CONTINUOUSLY MONITORS IS THE CERTIFIED ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT, AND THE DECLINE IN OVERALL PERCENTAGE OF EXPENDITURES SPENT ON INSTRUCTIONAL EFFORT AND DIRECT STUDENT SERVICES, WHILE THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES HAS INCREASED THROUGH THE DEFICIT SPENDING AND WITH THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF REVENUE PER STUDENT WITH RECAPTURE REMOVED TO MAKE A FAIR COMPARISON, HAS CONTINUED TO INCREASE. IN THE 2023, ONLY 50% OF TOTAL EXPENDITURES WERE SPENT ON INSTRUCTIONAL EFFORT AND ONLY 60% ON DIRECT STUDENT SERVICES, WHICH INCLUDES TRANSPORTATION, COUNSELING, AND NURSING. IN THE PAST, THE DISTRICT AND OTHER TRUSTEES HAVE SAID THAT THIS WAS DUE TO RECAPTURE, BUT YOU CAN SEE IN THE CHART THAT SHE PROVIDES ON HER WEBSITE, ON HER FACEBOOK PAGE, THAT EVEN THE RECAPTURE REMOVED IN THE DISTRICT IN 2023 SPENT ALMOST 3500 PER STUDENT, MORE THAN IN 2019, AND ADDITIONALLY, TO ADDRESS ENROLLMENT EVEN DEEPER, SHE INCLUDES TRANSFER DATA TO OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOLS, CHARTER AND ISDS, WHICH REFLECTS THAT IN THE 2022-23 SCHOOL YEAR. 5,723 STUDENTS FROM ROUND ROCK ISD TRANSFERRED TO OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THE 5723 THE DISTRICT HAS SEEN OVER 1800 STUDENTS. THAT IS APPROXIMATELY EQUIVALENT TO 75% OF MCNEIL HIGH [INAUDIBLE]. TRACY MCKEE SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM I6, I'M ASKING THE BOARD NOT TO VOTE TO LIMIT COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABILITY TO SPEAK ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS DURING REGULAR BOARD MEETINGS, WHICH HAS BEEN A LONGSTANDING PRECEDENT IN THE DISTRICT. THERE WAS A LOT OF TALK ABOUT STREAMLINING THE MEETINGS, BUT TAKING THE ACTION TO LIMIT SPEECH IS NOT THE WAY TO DO IT. COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE ONLY GIVEN TWO MINUTES AS IT IS, HAVING THE ABILITY TO SPEAK OFF AGENDA GIVES THE PUBLIC THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK FACE TO FACE ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THEM. MANY, MANY ISSUES IN THE DISTRICT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO THE COMMUNITY'S ATTENTION THROUGH THIS FORUM, SUCH AS EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL, STONY POINT CAFETERIA, AND PROGRAMS BEING CUT JUST TO NAME A FEW. WHEN LARGE GROUPS OF PEOPLE COME IN TO DISCUSS A TOPIC THAT IS NOT ON AGENDA, YOU ARE MADE AWARE OF THE IMPORTANCE TO THE COMMUNITY. THIS ALSO DISCOURAGES STUDENTS FROM TALKING, AS THEY OFTEN COME IN TO TALK OFF TOPIC ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THEM. LET'S TALK AND TWO WAY FORUMS ARE BEING PLANNED TO REPLACE THIS ABILITY. THEY COULD NOT BE READY TO RUN WITH EFFICIENCY BY NEXT MONTH. WHILE I THINK IT'S GREAT TO HAVE MULTIPLE WAYS TO ENGAGE WITH THE BOARD, YOU SHOULD NOT BE ELIMINATING ELIMINATING THIS AVENUE, MAKING IT MORE DIFFICULT TO HAVE YOUR VOICE HEARD. IF IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, IT JUST DOESN'T GET TALKED ABOUT IN FRONT OF THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU SERVE. YOU ALL GET TO DECIDE WHAT GETS DISCUSSED, NOT THE COMMUNITY YOU SERVE. ALSO, PLEASE PUT LEAVING THE VOICEMAIL OPTION BACK ON THE TABLE. WHILE I UNDERSTAND IT HAS PROBLEMS, MANY OF US CANNOT ATTEND MEETINGS DUE TO HECTIC SCHEDULES AT HOME AND THIS GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOICE OUR CONCERNS. INSTEAD OF SENDING AN EMAIL, WHICH OFTEN DOES NOT GET A REPLY, AND QUITE FRANKLY, SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST VERY NERVOUS ABOUT PUBLIC SPEAKING. I AM USUALLY LISTENING TO THE LIVE STREAM OF THE MEETING OR THE RECORDING, BECAUSE I SIMPLY CANNOT MAKE IT THERE MOST EVENINGS. IF THERE ARE A LOT OF SPEAKERS AND YOUR MEETING GOES UNTIL 2 A.M., THEN THAT IS YOUR SIGN THAT THERE IS SOMETHING OF IMPORTANCE THAT NEEDS TO BE HEARD. PLEASE LISTEN TO YOUR COMMUNITY. MY NAME IS JEREMY STORY. AGENDA ITEM I6. THE BOARD TODAY IS CURRENTLY BEING SUED AND HAS BEEN FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, ALMOST BECAUSE OF THEIR VIOLATION OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH, AND TODAY YOU DOUBLE DOWN AGAIN, AND [00:50:03] I HOPE THE COMMUNITY ON BOTH SIDES OF ALL ISSUES IS BEGINNING TO UNDERSTAND YOUR DESIRE TO WANTONLY WALK ACROSS FREE SPEECH TO THE TUNE THAT YOU PUT ME IN JAIL, TO THE TUNE THAT YOU ARE NOW BEING SUED, AND TO THE TUNE THAT NOW YOU'RE ADAPTING YOUR BOARD POLICIES, IN THIS CASE BED POLICY, TO NOT ALLOW COMMENTS ON OFF AGENDA ITEMS. THIS IS WHY YOU ARE BEING SUED, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW YOU BASICALLY CAN SAY SOMETHING IS NOT GERMANE AND NO ONE CAN CHALLENGE IT, AND IN FACT, YOU HAVE INADEQUATELY AND WRONGLY AND INAPPROPRIATELY APPLIED THAT DISCRETION WANTONLY TO VIOLATE FREEDOM OF SPEECH. YOU HAVE SOMETIMES SAID SOMETHING IS IN THE AGENDA, OTHER TIMES NOT, AND HAD NO CONSISTENT STANDARD OTHER THAN REALLY WHO YOU AGREE WITH, AND NOW YOU'RE DOUBLING DOWN BY INCREASING THAT POLICY AND MAKING IT TO WHERE THE COMMUNITY CAN'T EVEN SPEAK "OFF TOPIC" ON A REGULAR BOARD MEETING TIME. THEREFORE, COMPLETING YOUR CYCLE OF COMPLETELY SILENCING ANY VOICES EXCEPT THOSE THAT YOU AGREE WITH AND GIVING YOU THE POWER TO ESSENTIALLY DECLARE ANYTHING THAT ANYONE SAYS AS OFF THE AGENDA, WHETHER IT'S ON THE AGENDA OR NOT, TO SHUT THEM UP. THIS IS WHY YOU'RE BEING SUED, AND THIS IS WHY YOU ARE GOING TO LOSE THAT SUIT. IN ADDITION TO THAT, YOU ARE SILENCING BOARD MEMBERS. BOARD MEMBERS NOW HAVE TO SUBMIT THINGS TO THE PRESIDENT CAN'T REALLY GO THROUGH THE LEGAL COUNSEL ANYMORE. THEY HAVE TO ALSO, ACCORDING TO THESE POLICIES, SUBMIT IN ADVANCE OR ELSE THEY CANNOT MOVE THINGS OFF OF CONSENT, BUT OFTENTIMES YOU DON'T DISCLOSE WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO PUT ON THE NON CONSENT VERSUS CONSENT AGENDAS. SO YOU CAN RUSH THINGS THROUGH LIKE THESE POLICIES YOU TRIED TO RUSH THROUGH, AND TWO BOARD MEMBERS HAD TO REMOVE THEM FROM THE CONSENT SO THEY COULD BE DEBATED. PLEASE STOP. ALL RIGHT. THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A SHORT RECESS. IT'S 6:22. WE'LL BE BACK AT 6:30 ARE WE? THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT. IT IS 6:30. WE ARE BACK IN SESSION, AND BEFORE WE GET STARTED ON AGENDA ITEM F1, I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND TRUSTEES THAT OUR MEETING IS SCHEDULED TO END NO LATER THAN 11:59 TONIGHT, AND AT THE REQUEST OF BOARD COUNSEL, CAN YOU PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU REQUEST TO BE RECOGNIZED BEFORE SPEAKING. SINCE WE ARE TRACKING HOW MUCH TIME EVERYONE IS SPEAKING, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET RECOGNIZED PRIOR TO SPEAKING. POINT OF ORDER. WHAT IS YOUR POINT? MADAM CHAIR, MOVE TO MOVE ITEM H5 OFF OF CONSENT. THAT WAS NOT PROVIDED TO US TEN DAYS IN ADVANCE OF THIS MEETING. I'D LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER IT AND VOTE POSSIBLY ON IT SEPARATELY. CAN YOU BRING THAT UP WHEN WE GET TO THE CONSENT ITEM AND LET'S. OKAY. WELL, I DON'T WANT TO GET IN A SITUATION WHERE SOMEBODY MAKES A MOTION. SO I'M TRYING TO BE PREEMPTIVE. OKAY, SO DID YOU MAKE THEM? YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE A MOTION. I DID, I MADE A MOTION TO I MOVED TO PULL H5 OFF OF CONSENT BECAUSE WE WERE NOT I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT WAS GOING TO BE THERE UNTIL THIS MEETING WAS POSTED PUBLICLY ON MONDAY EVENING AND MOVE IT TO ITEM I. THAT'S MY MOTION. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY COMMENTS? TRUSTEE BONE. YES, I HAVE THE SAME ISSUE. THIS WAS JUST ADDED ON CONSENT AND I THINK WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND. WITH THE CHANGES ARE AND HAVE A QUICK DISCUSSION AND HAVE SOME EXPLANATION. THERE'S BEEN NO QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS FROM OTHER TRUSTEES TO DR. AZAIEZ, SO WE'VE GOTTEN NO RESPONSE. I KNOW WE GOT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PAPERS ABOUT IT, BUT I THINK IT NEEDS A QUICK DISCUSSION, AND IF TRUSTEE WESTON AND I ARE THE ONLY TWO THAT HAS COMMENTS, I THINK WE SHOULD BE GIVEN THAT OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THEM. SO I WILL VOTE FOR YOUR MOTION BECAUSE IT WAS NOT ON THE ORIGINAL CONSENT, BUT I WILL SAY THAT THIS IS A ONE WORD CHANGE TO A RESOLUTION THAT WAS APPROVED IN OCTOBER OF 2021, LITERALLY CHANGING THE WORD ADMINISTRATION TO SUPERINTENDENT. POINT OF ORDER. WHAT IS YOUR POINT? MADAM CHAIR? YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DISCUSS THE MERITS OF THE ITEM. WE'RE ONLY DEBATING WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE ALLOWED TO DISCUSS WHAT THE. NOT ALLOWED TO DISCUSS MOTION. NOT THE MERITS. THE JUST THE MOTION. [INAUDIBLE] IT'S NOT DEBATABLE. THE CHAIR SHOULD. WELL, THE CHAIR SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO MAKE HER POINT, AND THAT'S REALLY NOT DEBATABLE. THE CHAIR IS ALLOWED TO MAKE A CALL ON THIS, AND I AM ALLOWED TO MAKE A COMMENT ON YOUR MOTION, AND I SAID--MY MOTION IS ONLY TO MOVE IT. IT'S NOT THE MERITS OF WHAT'S I DIDN'T SAY THAT. [INAUDIBLE] TALKING ABOUT. I'M TALKING ABOUT THE MERITS OF MOVING IT. YOU MADE A POINT OF ORDER AND SHE RULED ON IT AND THAT'S NOT DEBATABLE. SO I WILL VOTE FOR IT WHEN WE CALL FOR A VOTE, BUT I DO NOT THINK IT IS NECESSARY TO MOVE IT OFF OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. SO ANY OTHER COMMENTS? TRUSTEE WEIR I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY IT'S ONLY A ONE WORD CHANGE AND THAT IT DIDN'T NEED TO BE MOVED OFF, AND BUT YOU'VE ALREADY SAID THAT WAS MY ONLY COMMENT AND I WILL NOT [00:55:02] BE VOTING TO MOVE THIS OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA. OKAY, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR OF MOVING ITEM I FIVE FROM CONSENT. SORRY H5 TO ITEM, IT WOULD TURN INTO I9. ALL IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL OPPOSED. MOTION FAILS 4 TO 3. POINT OF ORDER. WHAT IS YOUR POINT? MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE TO MOVE ITEMS I5 AND I6, WHICH GOT A LOT OF DISCUSSION TONIGHT IN PUBLIC COMMENT; MOVE TO CONSIDER THOSE IMMEDIATELY. RIGHT NOW, BEFORE WE START ITEM F. I DON'T THINK THAT CAN BE A MOTION TO CHANGE THE AGENDA. SHE CAN MAKE THE MOTION AND YOU CAN RULE ON IT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO MOTION TO MOVE ITEMS SIX AND SEVEN TO THE TOP OF THE AGENDA. OH, FIVE AND SIX. SECOND. OKAY, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. TRUSTEE WESTON. YES. THESE ARE VERY CONTENTIOUS POLICY PROPOSALS, AND THEY THEY SEEK TO WAIVE THE FIRST READING. WE HAD A LOT OF PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THESE TONIGHT, A LOT OF CONCERNS. PEOPLE ARE WATCHING. THEY'RE PAYING ATTENTION I THINK OUT OF RESPECT FOR THEIR TIME. THAT'S OBVIOUSLY A HIGH VISIBILITY HIGH--THOSE ARE HIGH VISIBILITY, HIGH INTEREST ITEMS, AND I THINK THAT WE OWE IT TO THE PUBLIC TO GO AHEAD AND BE RESPECTFUL OF THEIR TIME AND CONSIDER THEM FIRST. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE BONE. I AGREE THAT THERE ARE STILL COMMUNITY MEMBERS HERE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT TALKED ABOUT THESE. I THINK THESE HAVE A VERY HIGH INTEREST, AND I THINK IT WOULD SHOW GOOD FAITH FROM THE BOARD TO ACTUALLY DISCUSS THESE RIGHT AWAY IN FRONT OF THE PUBLIC TO ENSURE THAT THEY CAN HEAR THIS, BECAUSE THE SUPERINTENDENT REPORT IS PROBABLY GOING TO TAKE MAYBE A COUPLE OF HOURS. IT APPEARS SOME OF THOSE PRESENTATIONS ARE VERY LONG. SO I AGREE OF PULLING THOSE UP AND SHOWING OUR COMMUNITY THAT THEY ARE FIRST IN OUR THOUGHTS AND IN OUR ACTIONS, AND THAT THE ADMINISTRATION CAN STAY HERE LATER, BUT THE COMMUNITY IS OUR FIRST PRIORITY. I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER LIGHTS ON. ALL IN FAVOR OF MOVING ITEMS I FIVE AND SIX TO THE TOP OF THE AGENDA. RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL OPPOSED. MOTION FAILS, 2 TO 5. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH AGENDA ITEM F ONE WHICH IS STUDENT OUTCOMES, [F. SUPERINTENDENT REPORTS] WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO BE OUR MAIN FOCUS OF OUR MEETING IS TO START WITH STUDENT OUTCOMES. SO WE WILL START WITH AGENDA ITEM F ONE STATE ACCOUNTABILITY AND STUDENT GROWTH, AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DR. NICHOLS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, AND LET'S JUST GO AHEAD AND GET STRAIGHT INTO IT. SEE. THERE WE GO. SO THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. WHAT WE'RE SEEKING TO DO IS TO MAKE SURE WHEN WE GO INTO OUR DECEMBER BOARD MEETING, WE WILL BE GOING THROUGH A BOARD, AN ACADEMIC BOARD WORKSHOP, AND WE FELT IT WAS NECESSARY TO HAVE A PRECURSOR TO THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS UNDERSTANDING, BOTH FROM THE BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY, SO THAT ACADEMIC BOARD WORKSHOP WOULD BE AS PRODUCTIVE AS POSSIBLE, AND ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CLEAR UP SOME INCONSISTENCIES AND UNDERSTANDING AND THINGS THAT WE'VE PRESENTED SO THAT EVERYONE GETS THE APPROPRIATE CONTEXT. WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A WHILE AGO, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE IDEA OF AN ACADEMIC EQUITY GAP AND WHAT THAT SPECIFICALLY MEANS. THE STATE SETS THE DEFINITION. A LOT OF US HAVE OUR OWN DEFINITION OF EQUITY, BUT SPECIFICALLY IN REGARDS TO THE STATE, THEY SAY AN EQUITY CAN ONLY EQUITIES EXISTS BETWEEN THREE SETS OF STUDENT GROUPS. THAT WOULD BE WHITE AND AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS, WHITE AND HISPANIC STUDENTS, OR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED AND NON ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED. THAT IS HOW THEY DEFINE IT BETWEEN THOSE GROUPS. THEY ALSO SAY THAT HAS TO REPRESENT A GROWTH GAP, AND THIS IS SPECIFICALLY AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ACADEMICS, NOT NECESSARILY AN ACHIEVEMENT GAP, BUT THEY'RE SAYING AS FAR AS GROWTH. SO HOW FAR A STUDENT GROWS FROM ONE LEVEL TO ANOTHER. NOW THAT GROWTH GAP HAS TO EXIST OVER TWO OUT OF THREE YEARS AND TWO OUT OF THREE CONSISTENT YEARS AS FAR AS WHERE TESTING WAS INVOLVED. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WE TESTED IN 2019, WE DID NOT HAVE A TEST AGAIN THAT COUNTED UNTIL 2021. SO THOSE WOULD BE CONSIDERED CONSECUTIVE YEARS. SO IF WITHIN THREE CONSECUTIVE YEARS WE HAVE TWO OR MORE YEARS WHERE WE SEE THERE'S A 10% OR MORE GAP BETWEEN ANY OF THOSE TWO POPULATIONS, THAT IS CONSIDERED AN EQUITY GAP. SPECIFICALLY, THOUGH, AND THEN HOW THAT GAP IS CALCULATED IS AGAIN, IT'S BASED ON GROWTH, AND THERE'S A SPECIFIC WAY IN WHICH WE LOOK AT GROWTH, AND WE'LL GET INTO THAT [01:00:01] NEXT. WHEN WE'VE TALKED BEFORE ABOUT STAR TESTING, WE'VE SAID THERE ARE FOUR DIFFERENT WAYS IN WHICH A STUDENT CAN WAY THEY CAN EARN THEIR SCORES ON STAAR. THEY CAN BE DID NOT MEET. THEY CAN BE AT THE APPROACHES LEVEL, THE MEETS LEVEL OR THE MASTERS LEVEL. AGAIN, EVEN THOUGH THE WORDING SAYS APPROACHES, KNOW THAT MEANS THAT THE STUDENT IS ON GRADE LEVEL. IF A STUDENT SCORES, MEETS OR MASTERS, WHAT THAT IS DENOTING IS THE CORRELATION THAT THE STUDENT HAS A HIGH CHANCE OF BEING COLLEGE AND CAREER READY. THAT IS, THE CORRELATION BETWEEN MEETS AND MASTERS IS CORRELATING ALL THE WAY TO CCMR. COLLEGE AND CAREER AND MILITARY READINESS. NOW WHAT THE STATE HAS DONE IS THEY HAVE TAKEN THE DID NOT MEETS DESIGNATION AND THE APPROACHES DESIGNATION, AND THEY HAVE SEPARATED INTO TWO OTHER LEVELS, NOT SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO GIVING STUDENTS SPECIFIC SCORES, BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT GROWTH, AND SO WHEN THEY LOOK AT GROWTH, IT'S NO LONGER GROWTH OVER. YOU'VE MADE A YEAR'S WORTH OF GROWTH. THE TERMINOLOGY NOW IS I HAVE MADE A LEVELS WORTH OF GROWTH AND A LEVELS WORTH OF GROWTH MEANS I CAN GO FROM DID NOT MEET LOW TO DID NOT MEET HIGH APPROACHES LOW TO APPROACHES HIGH, AND WHEN IT COMES TO MEETS OR MASTERS YOU NEED TO RETAIN WHATEVER THAT SCORE IS. SO IF I SCORED AT THE MEETS LEVEL, I NEED TO EITHER STAY AT THE MEETS LEVEL OR ACHIEVE AT THE MASTERS LEVEL. IF I'M AT MASTERS, I HAVE TO STAY AT MASTERS. IF I'M AT MASTERS AND I GO DOWN TO MEETS, THAT MEANS I HAVE LOST A LEVEL. ALL RIGHT, SO WHEN THEY SAY YOU'RE GAINING A LEVELS WORTH OF GROWTH, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE MEANING. SO AS WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR SCORES, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO ACHIEVE. WE ALWAYS WANT TO PUSH FOR GROWTH, AND OUR HOPE IS THAT IF A STUDENT IS SCORING IN THE DID NOT MEETS RANGE, WE'RE LOOKING FOR EXPONENTIAL GROWTH TO MAKE SURE THAT GROWTH. TAKES THEM ALL THE WAY TO ACHIEVEMENT, THE APPROPRIATE ACHIEVEMENT LEVEL. SO WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE DEFINITION OF THAT IS. AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THE DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN THE GROUPS THAT TEA HAS DEFINED FOR US. SO NOW LET'S GET INTO WHY THOSE THINGS ARE IMPORTANT. BACK IN DECEMBER OF 2022, THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY SENT US A LETTER, AND THIS LETTER SAID, YOU HAVE AN EQUITY GAP. NOW, THERE WERE A WHOLE LOT MORE WORDS, BUT THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT THEY STATED. THEY DID NOT TELL US WHAT STUDENT GROUPS IN WHICH THE GAP EXISTED, WHAT SPECIFIC YEARS THAT TRIGGERED IT. THE IT IS NOW UP TO US WHEN THEY SEND US THAT LETTER TO DIG INTO OUR DATA BASED ON THE DEFINITIONS THEY'VE GIVEN US AND FIGURE IT OUT OURSELVES, AND TO EVEN FIGURE OUT WHAT SPECIFIC SUBJECT ARE WE SEEING THIS GAP IN WHAT'S CAUSING THIS SO WONDERFUL. ERICA SIMMONS AND HER TEAM THEN WENT INTO THAT RESEARCH, SO WE CAN FIGURE OUT SPECIFICALLY WHERE THE DISCREPANCY WAS. IT IS AT THAT TIME WHERE WE REALIZED THAT OUR DISCREPANCY WAS SPECIFICALLY BETWEEN ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED AND THE NON ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED GROUPS, AND SO OFTENTIMES THEN WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THOSE GROUPS AND WHEN YOU'VE SEEN THAT IN OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND OUR CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS, IT IS NOT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO OTHER GROUPS, BUT BECAUSE PART OF WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS TO MAKE SURE THOSE ARE WRITTEN INTO OUR PLANS, AND WE CREATE A PLAN WITH OURSELVES AND OUR CAMPUSES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THAT DISCREPANCY AND LESSEN THAT DISCREPANCY. SO WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS UNDERSTOOD. ALSO THE IDEA OF GROWTH, BECAUSE THERE IS A TEST YEAR OVER YEAR IN MATH AND READING LANGUAGE ARTS, THAT IS THE PLACE THEN WHERE WE'RE MEASURING GROWTH. NOW WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT GROWTH, THOUGH, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT IT OVERARCHINGLY SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SCORES, THE COMBINED SCORES AS FAR AS IN MATH AND READING, LANGUAGE ARTS, FOR OUR PURPOSES AS A DISTRICT, THOUGH, WHAT WE CHOSE TO DO IS TO BREAK THAT INFORMATION DOWN SO WE CAN SEE SPECIFICALLY WHERE OUR STRENGTHS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH ARE, AND ALSO LOOK AT IT FROM GRADE LEVEL TO GRADE LEVEL. NOW, ANOTHER THING I WANT TO NOTE, BECAUSE THIRD GRADE IS THE FIRST GRADE IN WHICH STUDENTS ARE TESTED IN STAAR, THERE WILL NOT BE A GROWTH MEASURE THERE. IT WILL ONLY BE IN GRADES FOUR AND UP BECAUSE IT'S A COMPARISON. AS FAR AS HOW DID YOU DO IN THE PREVIOUS GRADE LEVEL AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU GREW FROM THAT GRADE TO THE NEXT GRADE AFTERWARDS. SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS AN UNDERSTANDING THERE. SO WHEN WE WENT THROUGH OUR DATA, I'M SO SORRY. LET ME GO BACK. SOME THINGS TO KNOW IS THIS EVEN THOUGH THEN THAT WAS THEIR DEFINITION, AND THIS IS IN REGARDS TO STAAR AND IN REGARDS TO TESTED AREAS. [01:05:04] FOURTH GRADE ON UP IN MATH AND READING LANGUAGE ARTS. WE CHOSE THEN TO SAY WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND DIG A LITTLE BIT DEEPER. WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT READING AND MATH FROM KINDERGARTEN ALL THE WAY UP, BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE A GAP DOESN'T JUST START IN A GRADE. IT HAS A PLACE WHERE IT LAYS ITS FOUNDATION, AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE AMELIORATED THOSE DISCREPANCIES IN THE LOWER GRADES SO THEY WOULD NOT SHOW UP LATER ON. SO EVEN THOUGH THAT IS THE PLACE THAT IS WHAT'S NEEDED FOR TEA, WE MADE A CHOICE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WROTE WITHIN OUR PLANS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TAKING CARE OF THOSE DISCREPANCIES AS FAR AS ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED AND NON ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED, STARTING ALL THE WAY IN KINDERGARTEN, AND SO YOU'LL SEE THOSE THINGS REPRESENTED IN EACH OF THE CAMPUSES' IMPROVEMENT PLANS. SO THAT IS THE WHY BEHIND THAT. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS AND STARTED THIS WORK WITH OUR CAMPUSES IN JUNE OF LAST YEAR, AND WE'VE CONTINUED THAT WHERE THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING ON OUR AGENDAS IN ORDER TO WORK WITH THEM, AND IT'S ALSO THE WORK THAT YOU WILL SEE WITH OUR INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES, AS FAR AS MAKING SURE WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS THAT PLAN, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON READING OUR READING INITIATIVE AND ALSO SPECIFICALLY OUR INITIATIVE AS IT RELATES TO DATA DRIVEN INSTRUCTION, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE USING WITHIN MATH. UNDERSTAND THAT THOSE THINGS ARE WHAT WE CHOSE SPECIFICALLY IN ORDER TO AMELIORATE THOSE DISCREPANCIES. ALL OF THAT WAS STRATEGICALLY DONE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET AHEAD OF THAT, AND YOU CAN NO LONGER SEE THOSE DISCREPANCIES BASED ON A STUDENT'S POVERTY LEVEL. SO HERE'S WHAT THE DATA LOOKS LIKE. JUST A SNIPPET, AND THIS IS AN EXAMPLE FROM THE DISTRICT LEVEL. THE PART THAT THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY WOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT IS THE TOP LEVEL DATA. BECAUSE REMEMBER THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE COMBINATION OF READING LANGUAGE ARTS AND MATH. SO FOR 2019 YOU SEE THE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED AND A NON ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED GROUP. OVERALL ALL OF STAAR. THERE WAS A 15% DISCREPANCY IN 2019 AND AN 11% DISCREPANCY IN 2022, AND A 22% DISCREPANCY IN 2023. WHEN WE GO BACK TO THE DEFINITION, WHAT THEY SAID IS YOU HAVE TO HAVE A DISCREPANCY IN CERTAIN STUDENT GROUPS. WE HAVE NAMED THE GROUP WHERE THERE'S 10% OR MORE, TWO OR MORE YEARS WITHIN A THREE YEAR CONSECUTIVE PATHWAY, AND WE MET THAT DEFINITION SPECIFICALLY HERE. THIS IS THE DATA THAT LET US KNOW THAT THIS IS OUR ISSUE. WE CHOSE THEN TO BREAK IT DOWN EVEN FURTHER TO SEE WHERE THE ISSUE EXISTS BELOW. THAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THAT INFORMATION WOULD LOOK LIKE AND SO YOU SEE, WHEN IT COMES TO MATH, THERE WAS A 19% DISCREPANCY IN 2019, 14% IN 2022, AND A 21% DISCREPANCY FROM THIS LAST SCHOOL YEAR, AND IN READING LANGUAGE ARTS, 13%, 8%, AND THEN A 24% IN 2023, AND SO WE KNOW THEN MOST OF OUR ISSUE IS MORE SO IN MATH AS FAR AS WE HAVE THE DISCREPANCY THERE, AND AGAIN, THAT'S WHY WE'RE CHOOSING THE SPECIFIC STRATEGIES THEY'RE SEEING IN THE DISTRICT AND CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLAN. YES, SIR? I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE FOR OUR BOARD MEMBERS AND OUR COMMUNITY THAT FOR THE 2023 IS NOT THE OFFICIAL DATA THAT'S BASED ON US TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT ON OUR OWN. BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, TIA DID NOT RELEASE THIS INFORMATION YET, AND SO WE ARE JUST GUESSING, AND ALSO TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT 2023 IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT STAAR TEST. IT'S CALLED STAAR 2.0. SO AS I SAID, I THINK BEFORE IT'S VERY HARD. IT'S NOT APPLES TO APPLES. SO IT'S VERY HARD TO COMPARE 2023 TO 2022 BECAUSE IT'S COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TEST THAT WE'RE GIVING OUR STUDENTS IN MATH AND READING. ALL RIGHT, AND SO THIS IS A CAMPUS LEVEL EXAMPLE, AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANTED TO POINT OUT AGAIN WE HAVE DISCUSSED THE DEFINITION, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE SEEING DIFFERENTLY IS A NEGATIVE NUMBER, AND KIND OF HAVING AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THAT NEGATIVE NUMBER MEANS, THAT WILL TYPICALLY MEAN THAT THE, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THIS CASE, THE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENT GROUP ACTUALLY OUTPERFORMED THE NON ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED GROUP. SO THE DISCREPANCY ACTUALLY WORKS IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, AND BUT ONLY A 1% DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE TWO, AND NOT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING AFTER. WHAT WE'RE GOING AFTER IS THE ABILITY TO SAY YOU CAN'T TELL WHAT GROUP IS PERFORMING THAT. [01:10:06] YOU CAN'T SAY THAT BASED ON THE STUDENT GROUP, THAT NOMENCLATURE, I CAN FIGURE OUT WHO'S PERFORMING AT WHAT LEVEL, AND THAT'S THE PLACE WE WANT TO GET TO WITH THE DATA, WHERE YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO FIGURE THAT OUT BASED ON THE NUMBERS, AND AGAIN, YOU SEE IN BELOW IN MATH, IN THE YEAR 2022, AGAIN, A NEGATIVE NINE MEANING THEN THE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED GROUP OUTPERFORM, BUT UNDERSTAND ON SOME CAMPUSES YOU'RE SEEING THE PERCENTAGE BUT YOU'RE NOT SEEING THE RAW NUMBER. SO ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED GROUP DEPENDING ON THE CAMPUS COULD LITERALLY BE FIVE KIDS DEPENDING ON THE CAMPUS. SO WE ALWAYS HAVE TO KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WELL. IT'S NOT JUST GOING TO BE THE PERCENTAGE SOMETIMES WHERE HAMPERED OR NOT HELPED BY THE NUMBER OF KIDS, AND IT MAKES IT HARDER THEN TO MOVE THAT NUMBER ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANTED TO DO IS KIND OF BREAK DOWN WHAT THOSE GROUPS LOOK LIKE WITHIN OUR DISTRICT AND HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHO THOSE GROUPS WHO ARE IN THOSE TWO GROUPS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, AND ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR BOARD AND EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE STUDENT POPULATIONS THAT WE KNOW NEED THAT HELP, THAT THEY'RE NOT GETTING THE THINGS THAT THEY NEED AND SO WE WANTED TO BREAK THAT DOWN. SO YOU CAN SEE OUR THINKING BEHIND THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT LEAVING ANYONE BEHIND. SO LET'S START OUT WITH AND KIND OF EXPLAIN THIS OVERARCHINGLY YOU SEE AT OUR DISTRICT THE NUMBER AT THE TIME THAT THIS DATA WAS PULLED ON NOVEMBER 6TH, WHERE WE HAD 46,328 STUDENTS, THAT REPRESENTS 100% OF OUR STUDENTS OF THAT POPULATION, 27.1% OF THEM ARE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED. NOW, NEXT TO EACH OF THOSE DIFFERENT STUDENT GROUPS, YOU SEE THE RAW NUMBERS AS FAR AS WHAT THEY REPRESENT IN OUR DISTRICT, AND THEN ALSO YOU SEE THE MAKEUP OF THAT STUDENT GROUP. AS FAR AS WHAT OUR DISTRICT, IF YOU'RE TRYING TO ADD EVERYTHING UP FOR 100 TO 100. PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU'RE KIND OF SEEING APPLES AND ORANGES. YOU'RE SEEING RACE AND ETHNICITY, AND THEN YOU'RE ALSO SEEING PROGRAM. SO IT WON'T ADD UP TO 100% IF YOU'RE TRYING TO ADD UP TO 100% ONLY, THEN LOOK AT RACE OR ETHNICITY BY ITSELF, AND THAT WILL ADD UP TO THE 100 TO THE RIGHT OF THAT. WHEN IT SAYS PERCENT ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED. WHAT THAT IS SAYING, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT EVEN THOUGH THE ASIAN POPULATION IS 21.9% OF OUR OVERALL POPULATION WITHIN THE DISTRICT, THAT STUDENT GROUP ONLY REPRESENTS 5.4% OF OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED, SO THAT THERE IS AN UNDERSTANDING OF THAT NUMBER. YOU SEE, FOR EXAMPLE, WHILE BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN, STUDENTS MAKE UP 8% OF OUR DISTRICT, THEY REPRESENT 17.1% OF THE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS WITHIN OUR DISTRICT, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. WE WANT TO CALL OUT OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION AND EMERGING BILINGUAL PROGRAMS, WHERE 41.5% AND 43.2%, RESPECTIVELY, OF THOSE STUDENT POPULATIONS ARE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED. A DIFFERENT WAY TO SEE IT, IF IT'S EASIER TO SEE IN A PICTORIAL REPRESENTATION, THIS IS THE MAKEUP OF OUR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED POPULATION, AND THIS IS WILL ADD UP TO 100%. SO YOU SEE THEN WITHIN OUR DISTRICT, 55.1% OF OUR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED IS MADE UP BY OUR HISPANIC POPULATION, 17% BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN, 5.4% ASIAN, TWO OR MORE 6.1% AND OUR WHITE POPULATION REPRESENTS 15.8%. SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS GOING TO MOVE QUICKLY TO JUST KIND OF HAVE A SENSE OF EACH POPULATION, STUDENT GROUP BY ITSELF, AND SO THAT YOU CAN SEE WHAT PERCENT OF THAT STUDENT GROUP IS ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED. SO FOR OUR ASIAN POPULATION, 6.7% OF THAT POPULATION IS ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED. AFRICAN-AMERICAN POPULATION. OF THAT POPULATION, 57.8% OF THAT TOTAL POPULATION IS ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED. MET BY 47.8% FOR OUR HISPANIC STUDENT GROUP. 29.4% FOR OUR STUDENTS WHO REPRESENT TWO OR MORE DIFFERENT RACES OR ETHNICITIES. FOR OUR WHITE POPULATION 13.1% AND FOR OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS, 41.5%, AND FOR OUR EMERGENT BILINGUALS, [01:15:08] 43.2%, AND SO TO SUMMARIZE THIS, IN THE END, THE PIECE THAT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT BASED ON MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE POPULATIONS THAT HAVE OUR MOST FRAGILE WITHIN OUR SYSTEM. IF 27% OF OUR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED OF OUR STUDENTS ARE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED. SPECIFICALLY, I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN CONVERSATION AS FAR AS WELL. ARE WE NOT PAYING ATTENTION AND CALLING OUT THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE DISPARITIES BY RACE. SO WHAT I WANTED TO CALL OUT IS TO UNDERSTAND THEN, THAT WHILE 39% OF OUR STUDENTS IN OUR DISTRICT ARE BLACK AND OR HISPANIC, THESE TWO GROUPS MAKE UP 72% OF OUR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED POPULATION, AND SO LOOKING AT THE WHERE IDENTITY WE MEET IN REGARDS TO IDENTITY, MULTIPLE IDENTITIES, WE UNDERSTAND THAT IF WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE FOR OUR DISTRICT BASED ON OUR NUMBERS, OUR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED POPULATION, WE ARE MEETING WITH THE STUDENT LEARNERS IN OUR SYSTEM THAT ARE MOST FRAGILE. SPECIAL EDUCATION. EMERGENT BILINGUAL. AFRICAN AMERICAN. HISPANIC. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR BOARD UNDERSTANDS THAT NO ONE IS GETTING LEFT BY THE WAYSIDE, BECAUSE WITHIN HERE, WE'RE MEETING THE NEEDS, THE STUDENTS WHO STILL HAVE THAT NEED IN ORDER TO GET AHEAD ACADEMICALLY. SO NOW LET'S TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE EQUITY PLAN. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TRY TO DO AS A TEAM IS SEE THE OPPORTUNITY IN ANYTHING THAT'S PRESENTED TO US AND SO WHILE INITIALLY THIS CAME AS OKAY, THIS IS NOT SO GREAT NEWS, IT REALLY TURNED INTO SOMETHING QUITE PHENOMENAL. SO AS A DISTRICT OR IF YOU HAVE BEEN A TEACHER IN THE DISTRICT, ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE TESTED AREAS, YOUR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR, INSTRUCTIONAL COACH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TO DO IS TO SAY, OKAY, HERE'S HOW WE LOOK AT DOMAIN ONE, WHICH IS JUST PASSING RATE DOMAIN TWO, WHICH IS THE MATTER OF WHETHER OR NOT YOU GROW, HOW MUCH GROWTH THAT YOU MAKE WITHIN THE SYSTEM, AND DOMAIN THREE THAT MORE SO DEALS WITH GROWTH, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, AT THE INTERSECTION OF IDENTITY, WHO YOU ARE WITHIN THE SYSTEM AND HOW MUCH GROWTH YOU SHOULD BE MAKING WITHIN THE SYSTEM, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT BASED. THESE THINGS MEASURE THREE VERY DISTINCT THINGS, AND THE ABILITY THEN FOR SOMEONE WITHIN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM TO FIGURE OUT, WELL, WHERE THE KIDS ARE. I MAINTAINING THIS LIST VERSUS THIS LIST VERSUS HOW DO I KNOW IF YOU'RE GAINING IN THIS AREA VERSUS THIS AREA? IT'S VERY DIFFICULT AND VERY CONFUSING. SO WHAT HAPPENED IS WHAT WHEN THEY GAVE US THIS INFORMATION, I'M NOT QUITE SURE HOW WE GOT ONTO THIS PATH, BUT WE THOUGHT TO OURSELVES, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN MEASURE GROWTH AND FIGURE OUT, CAN YOU GROW ENOUGH IN ORDER TO GET TO ACHIEVEMENT SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A WAY OF A ONE STOP SHOP TO SAY, WE CAN GIVE THIS TO OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM TO FIGURE OUT, HERE'S ONE LIST THAT YOU NEED TO MAINTAIN. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO START MONITORING THIS LIST AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, TO FIGURE OUT THEN, WHAT ARE THE APPROPRIATE INTERVENTIONS YOU NEED TO PUT IN PLACE IN ORDER TO GROW STUDENTS TO ACHIEVEMENT, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME MONITORING THE IDEA OF EQUITY. SO A ONE STOP SHOP. SO PRETTY MUCH ALL I HAD TO HAVE WAS AN IDEA, AND MY AMAZING, AMAZING TEAM, THEY FIGURED OUT THEY PUT ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS BEHIND THE, WHAT WOULD YOU CALL IT, THE CODE BEHIND THE THOUGHT TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. SO PART OF WHAT WE WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND IS TO FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE. THEN, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A CHALLENGE, THAT CHALLENGE TURNED INTO AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE OUR SYSTEM A LOT BETTER AND TO START THESE INTERVENTIONS AND KNOW EXACTLY WHAT EACH STUDENT NEEDED, AND TO SERVE OUR PRINCIPALS AND THEIR TEAM A LOT BETTER SO WE CAN GET WHERE WE NEED TO GO. IN THE PAST, WHAT HAS HAPPENED? WE WILL TAKE OUR INTERIM ASSESSMENTS IN FEBRUARY/MARCH, AND WOULD BE A RACE AGAINST TIME TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE DATA MEANT, PUT STUDENTS IN GROUP AND WE WOULD HAVE A VERY SHORT AND LIMITED TIME IN ORDER TO GET STUDENTS WHERE WE NEEDED TO BE, AND SO YOU WOULD SPEND SO MUCH TIME ORGANIZING THAT YOU WOULD NOT HAVE ANY TIME TO DO THE WORK OF INTERVENING. WHAT WAS CREATED BY ERICA AND HER TEAM IS A WAY THAT WE CAN INTERVENE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, AND ONE LIST GETS US ALL THREE THINGS. [01:20:03] SO BECAUSE I AM AN ENGLISH TEACHER BY TRADE, THIS IDEA OF CEREBUS AND THE THREE HEADED MONSTER, THIS IDEA OF IF I ONLY HAVE TO KILL IT ONCE AND IT TAKES CARE OF ALL THREE DOMAINS. SO THE SYMBOLISM FOR ME JUST GIVE IT TO ME. THIS WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT RESONATED IN MY HEAD AND MAKES SENSE. ONE THING THAT WE HAVE TO DO, AND IT GETS TO ALL THREE HEADS OF THIS MONSTER ALL AT ONCE. SO THAT'S WHY WHEN YOU LOOK AGAIN, UNTIL I SIP AND DIP, THINGS ARE WORDED THAT WAY. IT IS A REACTION TO WHAT HAS BEEN ASKED US BY TEA. YOU HAVE TO CREATE A PLAN, AND PART OF THAT PLAN IS MAKING SURE THAT YOU ARE GOAL SETTING BASED ON WHAT YOU NEED TO GET THERE. SO WITHIN OUR PLAN, YOU WILL ALWAYS SEE A GOALS FOR MATH AND READING LANGUAGE ARTS SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO GROWTH AND LESSENING THE DISPARITY BETWEEN THOSE TWO GROUPS, BUT ALSO YOU WILL SEE AS FAR AS WHAT DO WE NEED TO GET INTO DOMAIN ONE, WHICH IS ACHIEVEMENT, WHICH IS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS PASSING AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE PASSING AT HIGH RATES. WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO IS SO THIS IS WHERE THE TRAINING START FIRST, WE HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY CAMPUS GOT ALL OF THEIR DATA, AND SO EVEN THOUGH FOR TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY PURPOSES, THIS IS ABOUT THE TESTED GRADES, WE DID THIS WITH EVERY GRADE FROM KINDERGARTEN ALL THE WAY UP TO HIGH SCHOOL. IN REGARDS TO GIVING THEM THE DATA IN REGARDS TO THESE GROUPS SO THEY CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS THAT THEY NEEDED TO DO. WE GAVE THEM PARAMETERS AND CRITERIA AS FAR AS HOW TO GOAL SET. SO THAT WAY YOU WOULD NOT LOOK AT A CAMPUS CAMPUSES THAT LOOK CLOSE TO EACH OTHER AS FAR AS DEMOGRAPHICS, AND YOU WOULD NOT SEE ONE PERSON'S GOAL IS OVER HERE WHILE THE OTHER IS VASTLY DIFFERENT. WE ALSO WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GIVING THEM PARAMETERS AS FAR AS HOW TO SET THE GOALS SO THAT THEY WERE APPROPRIATE BASED ON WHERE THEY WERE IN THE SYSTEM AND THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THEIR CAMPUS. SO HERE WAS THE FUN PART OF THE DATA, AND THIS IS WHAT YOU WILL BE GOING THROUGH NEXT WEEK, AND YOU WILL HAVE EITHER AN AREA SUPERINTENDENT OR ONE OF OUR CAMPUS PRINCIPALS TO GO THROUGH THIS WORK WITH YOU. SAY AGAIN, PLEASE. [INAUDIBLE] NEXT MONTH, YES. DID I SCARE SOME PEOPLE? THEY'RE LIKE, WHAT? WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS RIGHT NOW. I AM SO SORRY. I DIDN'T SEE THE FEAR IN YOUR EYES. [CHUCKLING] NEXT MONTH AT OUR ACADEMIC WORKSHOP, WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO, WHAT ERICA'S TEAM WAS ABLE TO DO WAS TO CREATE SOMETHING WHERE, BASED ON THE DISCREPANCY IN YOUR DATA, YOU WERE ABLE TO GOAL SET IN ORDER TO AMELIORATE THAT DATA, TO GET IT WITHIN THE RIGHT RANGE, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME SETTING A GROWTH GOAL AND THEN BEING ABLE TO SEE BASED ON THOSE INPUTS, WHAT WOULD YOUR ACHIEVEMENT DATA LOOK LIKE? AND SO YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO SAY, AM I ABLE? AM I CHOOSING TO GROW ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO GET TO THE RIGHT ACHIEVEMENT LEVEL? AND IF YOU SAW, THEN YOU KNOW WHAT? THAT'S REALLY NOT WHAT I WANT. I WANT TO BE AN A CAMPUS. I WANT TO BE A B CAMPUS. IT TELLS YOU, BASED ON WHERE THE STUDENTS IN YOUR SYSTEM PRESENTLY SIT, HOW MUCH GROWTH THEY HAD TO ACHIEVE IN ORDER FOR YOUR CAMPUS TO REACH A CERTAIN ACHIEVEMENT LEVEL STATUS. I'M OVERARCHINGLY, SO IN THAT WAY YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THREE DIFFERENT LISTS AT ONCE. YOU SET IT AND YOU JUST KNEW THEN THAT IS WHAT I HAD TO MONITOR. SO IN THIS EXAMPLE. THIS CAMPUS WANTS TO. I THINK THAT IS 79 AND 81%. YES. IN MATH, THIS CAMPUS WANTED 78% OF THEIR STUDENTS TO GROW, AND IF YOU SEE TO THE RIGHT OF THAT, IT EVEN DIFFERENTIATES HOW MANY STUDENTS WHO ARE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED NEED TO GROW VERSUS NON ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED, BECAUSE IT'S ALSO LOOKING AT THE DISPARITY BETWEEN THE TWO. SO IT'S DOING ALL THOSE THINGS AT THE SAME TIME, AND IT GIVES YOU THE NUMBERS FOR EACH GROUP, AND THEN BASED ON THAT RATE THAT IS INPUTTED INTO THE ACHIEVEMENT AREA, AND THEN YOU SEE IF I GROW AT THIS RATE, WHAT WILL HOW WILL IT AFFECT MY ACHIEVEMENT RANKING, AND IF IT'S NOT WHAT THEY WANT, THEN THEY GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND SAY, THIS IS NOT WHAT I WANT AND I NEED TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE AGGRESSIVE NOW. IT DOESN'T STOP THERE. ANYONE CAN GOAL SET. NOW IT'S PRETTY AMAZING THE FACT THAT YOU CAN SIMULTANEOUSLY GROW GOAL SET FOR ACHIEVEMENT, EQUITY AND GROWTH, BUT THEN WHAT IT SPECIFICALLY DOES IS THIS SYSTEM ALLOWS YOU TO LOOK AT IT TAKES OUR SCREENER DATA, AND IT [01:25:04] ALLOWS YOU TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE ON TRACK BASED ON THE GOALS THAT YOU SET. SO WE DO THIS FOR THREE TIMES A YEAR, AND THE SCREENER DATA THIS TEAM WENT THROUGH AND FOUND THE CORRELATION BETWEEN HOW THEY DO ON THE SCREENER DATA AND HOW THEY ACHIEVE ON THE STAR ASSESSMENT, AND WE'RE ABLE TO SET LIMITS WITHIN THE SYSTEM. SO IT TELLS THEM BASED ON HOW WE'RE DOING ON CBAS, SCREENER DATA, INTERIM TTAP ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE SYSTEM, WHETHER OR NOT THAT STUDENT IS ON TRACK AND WHERE THEY WILL BE SCORING, WHETHER OR NOT IT'S AT MEETS, AT MASTERS, YOU ARE AT APPROACHES. IT LETS YOU KNOW, BASED ON THAT SCREENER DATA, WHERE THE STUDENT HAS A GREAT CHANCE TO BE ABLE TO END UP. EVEN MORE SO. THIS IS A BREAKDOWN OF THAT. SO, YOU CAN SEE THAT A LITTLE BIT CLEARER. SO, I WILL SAY HEY HERE'S THE STUDENTS THAT PERFORMED AT MASTERS. HOW MANY OF THOSE STUDENTS WHO PERFORMED AT THE MASTER'S LEVEL PREVIOUSLY ARE ON TRACK TO PERFORM THERE AGAIN? AND IT DOES THAT WITH YOUR STUDENTS AT EVERY LEVEL IN ORDER TO SO THAT WE HAVE A SENSE OF WHERE THEY'RE AT IN THAT WAY. AND THIS IS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WE'RE OFTEN ASKED BY THE PARENTS. MY STUDENT IS NOT IN NEED OF INTERVENTION IN ORDER TO PASS THE TEST. WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO TAKE CARE OF MY STUDENT? AND SO IN THIS WAY, THE STUDENT REACTS TO THE STUDENT. THE SYSTEM REACTS TO THE STUDENT REGARDLESS OF THE LEVEL THAT THEY ARE AT, WHETHER IT MEETS OR MASTERS. WE'RE ENSURING THAT YOU BECOME YOUR BEST SELF. SO, IF YOUR MASTERS WERE ABLE TO SEE THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE INTERVENING TO KEEP YOU AT MASTERS. SAME THING WITH MEETS, STAY AT MEETS OR GO HIGHER AND ALL THE OTHER PLACES AS ARE YOU ACHIEVING? ARE YOU GROWING WITHIN THE SYSTEM? IT'S NOT ENOUGH FOR THE STUDENTS TO SIMPLY PASS, WHICH WAS ALL WE COULD SEE BEFORE IN THE SYSTEM. IT ALLOWS US TO SEE IF EACH STUDENT IS GROWING A LEVEL, AND IF STUDENTS WHO ARE AT THAT DID NOT MEET LEVEL. ARE WE ABLE TO GROW THEM EXPONENTIALLY SO THAT THEY CAN GET TO PASSING? THE OTHER THING THAT'S IMPORTANT IS THIS BECOMES REAL LIFE STUDENTS. NOW THIS IS JUST MASKED DATA, BUT IT'S AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THEN DOES ALL THAT DATA YOU SAW WITH. HERE'S THE STUDENTS WHO ARE ACHIEVING AT MASTERS MEETS APPROACHES. IT IS THEN ATTACHED TO SPECIFIC STUDENTS AND THEN THE CAMPUS IS ABLE TO SEE HEY! NATALIE'S NOT STAYING AT THE MASTER'S LEVEL. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S AN INTERVENTION. AND SHE'S IN THE RIGHT GROUP. AND WE'RE TAKING CARE OF THAT TO KEEP HER AT THE LEVEL WE NEED TO. SO, THIS TURNS INTO REAL LIFE STUDENTS, AND YOU CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE. AND YOU COULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE STRATEGIC AND TACTICAL ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT YOUR SYSTEM IS CREATING INTERVENTIONS FOR THEM. I'M GOING TO GO BACK A LITTLE. I KNOW THIS SEEMS VERY BUSY, BUT THERE'S AN IMPORTANT THING HERE. YOU ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO SEE WHERE YOUR SYSTEM IS STRONG. AM I STRONG AT KEEPING STUDENTS AT MASTERS MEETS AND MASTERS? AM I STRONG FROM FLIPPING? STUDENTS FROM DID NOT MEET TO PASSING. SO, YOU HAVE A SENSE OF WHERE THEN YOU NEED TO CREATE DO MORE WORK IN ORDER TO MAKE YOUR SYSTEM STRONGER. BECAUSE WE GO BACK AND ONE OF THE REPORTS THAT'S RUN IS WHAT PERCENTAGE FOR EACH OF THOSE DIFFERENT LEVELS, WHO'S GROWING AND WHO'S NOT GROWING. SO, WE HAVE A SENSE TO BE ABLE TO ANALYZE SYSTEM STRENGTH. AS FAR AS MY SYSTEM IS STRONG AT KEEPING STUDENTS AT MASTERS, BUT IT'S NOT STRONG AT INTERVENING AND GETTING KIDS TO PASS. AND SO, WE'RE ABLE THEN AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL TO SEE THE STRENGTH OF THE CAMPUS AND BE VERY, VERY SURGICAL ABOUT MAKING SURE WHERE WE'RE PROVIDING WHAT THEY NEED. WE GIVE IT IN THREE DIFFERENT LEVELS. WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THE CAMPUS. WE'RE ABLE TO ALSO LOOK AT IT AS A PLC. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A DISTRICT LOOK. SO, WE KNOW THEN OVERARCHINGLY AS A SYSTEM. IT MAY NOT BE THAT THE CAMPUS DOES NOT HAVE THAT STRENGTH. IT MAY BE OVERARCHINGLY. WE DON'T HAVE THAT STRENGTH. AND SO, WE THEN KNOW AT DISTRICT LEVEL WHAT WE NEED TO DO DIFFERENTLY. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW. IT'S A VERY COMPLEX SYSTEM. YES, THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT SCREENERS THAT WE TAKE, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE DIFFERENT SCREENERS WILL MEAN SOMETHING. WE DON'T WANT DATA FOR THE SAKE OF DATA. WE WANT DATA TO DRIVE INSTRUCTION. AND THIS ALLOWS US TO SEE WHERE WE'RE STRONG AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO DIFFERENTLY, NOT JUST WITH OUR CURRICULUM, BUT ALSO WITH HOW WE'RE INTERVENING AND THE STRENGTH OF OUR INSTRUCTION. SO WE MAKE SURE FOR ALL OF THE DIFFERENT TESTS THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN FEEL GOOD ABOUT, THE FACT THAT IT IS LEADING TO DATA AND THAT DATA IS DRIVING, THEN WHAT [01:30:04] WE'RE DOING SPECIFICALLY WITH THE STUDENT, BUT ALSO IN MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE STRENGTHENING THE SYSTEM AS FAR AS MAKING SURE THAT EVERY STUDENT, REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY ARE ACADEMICALLY, THAT THEY'RE GETTING WHAT THEY NEED IN ORDER TO SUCCEED AND TO BE THEIR ABSOLUTE BEST. THAT IS THE END OF OUR PRESENTATION. WE WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS. VERY THOROUGH. YEAH. GO AHEAD. I JUST WANT TO THANK OBVIOUSLY THE TEAM HERE, BUT ALSO THANK OUR PRINCIPALS, THEIR LEADERSHIP TEAM AND ALL OUR TEACHERS WHO ARE ACTUALLY INVOLVED WITH THE WORK. AS YOU KNOW, THEY ARE THE ONES ACTUALLY MAKING IT HAPPEN. WE CAN TALK ABOUT ALL DAY, BUT IF IT'S NOT HAPPENING IN THE CLASSROOMS WITH OUR STUDENTS, THEN WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEE GROWTH AND PROGRESS. SO, I THANK EVERYBODY JUST TO I KNOW IT'S KIND OF, IT'S RELATED, BUT IT'S AN ADDITION, I GUESS. YOU SAW AN EMAIL WE SAID DR. NICHOLSON LAST NIGHT, AND THAT ALSO CAME FROM SOME INFORMATION THAT WAS RELEASED THIS THIS WEEK. SO, I WANT TO ALSO HIGHLIGHT THE GREAT WORK THAT IT'S HAPPENING AND SOMEHOW RELATED TO THIS. RIGHT. AS YOU KNOW, A DEA DID NOT RELEASE THE ATF, ATF SYSTEM LIKE RATINGS AND ACTUALLY THE SCORES, BUT THEY DID RELEASE THE FEDERAL REPORTS FOR THE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT IDENTIFICATION. AND I DON'T KNOW IF OUR BOARD MEMBERS AND OUR COMMUNITY MEMBER, BUT WE HAD TWO CAMPUSES THAT WERE RATED AT COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT CAMPUSES, AND THUS WAS KELLISON ELEMENTARY AND HERNANDEZ. AND ONCE CAMPUSES ARE IDENTIFIED, THEY HAVE TO STAY, WORK HARD FOR TWO YEARS TO GET OUT OF THAT LABEL OR MOVE ON, MOVE OUT OF THAT LABEL. AND SO, WE ARE PLEASED TO SAY THAT BOTH CALLISON AND HERNANDEZ ACTUALLY MOVED OUT OF THAT COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT SYSTEM. SO, WE HAVE ROANOKE ISD HAVE ZERO CAMPUSES THAT ARE PART OF THAT. SO THAT'S AN AMAZING WORK. OUR PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS AND THEN AND THEN ALSO WHAT THE RELEASE ALSO BECAUSE WE HAVE ALSO CAMPUSES THAT ARE WHAT'S CALLED UNDER TARGETED SUPPORT. I DON'T KNOW IF OUR BOARD REMEMBER ALSO THIS INFORMATION, BUT BACK IN 2019 WE HAD 16 CAMPUSES THAT WERE LABELED TARGETED SUPPORT. AND THEN WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY RATINGS IN 2020 2021 BECAUSE OF COVID. AND THEN LAST YEAR, 2022, WE GET RAIDED AGAIN. AND THAT DROPS FROM DROPPED FROM 16 TO 10 FROM 2019 RATING TO 2022. AND THEN THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THE RELEASES AGAIN THIS YEAR WE ACTUALLY DROPPED TO SIX. SO, WE ONLY HAVE SIX CAMPUSES ARE STILL FROM 16 TWO YEARS AGO, THREE YEARS AGO TO NOW, TO SIX. SO AGAIN, THAT SPEAKS VOLUME OF THE HARD WORK OF OUR TEACHERS, OUR STAFF, OUR LEADERS, BUT ALSO OUR PARENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WORKING TOGETHER AND COMING TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS NEEDS ARE MET AND OBVIOUSLY TO SEEING THAT. SO, I JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT. THANK YOU. THAT'S WONDERFUL NEWS AND THANK YOU FOR MAKING SURE THAT THAT GETS OUT, BECAUSE IT DOES COME FROM THE REALLY HARD WORK AT THE CAMPUSES. SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM TRUSTEES? TRUSTEE BONE. I DO. I REALLY LIKE THIS WORK. I LIKE DATA, OF COURSE, BUT I DO UNDERSTAND IN A SYSTEM THAT'S FOCUSED ON STUDENTS AND NOT NECESSARILY THE SYSTEM, BECAUSE I HEARD A LOT OF SYSTEM TALK. AND I DO WONDER BECAUSE I DON'T THINK YOU MEANT FOR IT TO COME OFF THIS WAY, BUT IT KIND OF CAME OFF AS GAMEY AS, YOU KNOW. I MEAN, THE IDEAL WOULD BE TO HAVE 100% OF STUDENTS. PERFORMING AT THEIR TOP. SO CAN YOU KIND OF TALK ABOUT. HOW IT'S MAYBE NOT. IT KIND OF CAME OFF THAT WAY TO ME, AND I DON'T THINK YOU MEANT IT TO COME OFF THAT WAY, BUT ARE YOU PICKING OUT STUDENTS AND SAYING, YOU KNOW, HEY, THIS STUDENT IS JUST NEVER GOING TO MAKE IT? AND SO, WE'RE FOCUSING ON THIS STUDENT BECAUSE IT CAME OFF AS LIKE, HEY, AS LONG AS THIS CAMPUS IS A C, WE HAVE THESE TWO CAMPUSES IN A, I DON'T THINK THAT WAS THE INTENTION, BUT IT KIND OF COMES OFF AS A LITTLE BIT LIKE THAT. SO, CAN YOU KIND OF TALK ABOUT WHEN YOU'RE TARGETING STUDENTS. I MEAN, WE WANT ALL THOSE STUDENTS TO BE PERFORMING AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. SO, I WILL ADD HOPEFULLY THE CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF ALL THE PRESENTATIONS WE'VE DONE. FOR ME, THE ANSWER TO THAT IS YES. WE WANT ALL STUDENTS TO PERFORM AT THE ABSOLUTE TOP LEVEL. WHAT I WOULD SAY IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT I REALLY WANT TO EMPHASIZE IS THE IDEA OF WE WANT ALL STUDENTS TO GROW. IT IS VERY POSSIBLE THAT EVEN THOUGH A STUDENT IS PASSING, THEY'RE NOT GROWING. AND WHAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ENSURING IS WE'RE ENSURING THAT EVERYONE GROWS, REGARDLESS OF WHAT LEVEL YOU START AT. OFTENTIMES, WHEN IT COMES TO STAAR, THERE'S THIS IDEA OF WE WANT TO MAKE SURE STUDENTS PASS. WHAT WE'RE SAYING AND THE CHANGE THAT'S HAPPENING WITHIN OUR SYSTEM IS, YES, WE WANT YOU TO PASS, BUT THE GROWTH IS MOST IMPORTANT. WE WANT EVERYONE TO GROW REGARDLESS OF WHERE YOU START. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE ALREADY AT MIT. [01:35:01] I WANT TO KEEP YOU AT MEETS OR GROW YOU TO MASTERS. SO, IN MY MIND, AND I UNDERSTAND YOUR WORDING AS FAR AS BEING GAMEY, IT'S MORE SO THE SYSTEM HAS NOW BECOME MORE INDIVIDUALIZED. AND TO ENSURE THAT IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT PASSING BECAUSE SOMEONE CAN PASS, BUT WHAT YOU WON'T SEE, THEN THEY MAY HAVE ACTUALLY GONE BACK A LEVEL. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE CONTINUES TO GROW, AND WE EQUIP OUR TEACHERS WITH THE SKILL TO MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS ARE GROWING. ALSO, WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE CAPACITY, AND IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT OUR PRINCIPALS, OUR INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES, OUR TEACHERS, THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO KNOW HOW TO GROW THINGS EXPONENTIALLY. YOU'VE SEEN THE DATA AS FAR AS WHERE OUR DISPARITY LIES. THE ONLY WAY WE WILL GET OUT OF THAT IS NOT JUST TO EVEN IF THE STUDENT GREW THAT ONE LEVEL, IT WON'T GET THEM OUT OF THAT SENSE OF THEY WILL NOT GET TO THE IDEA OF ACHIEVEMENT. IF WE HAVE SAID THAT OUR GOAL IS TO GRADUATE A STUDENT COLLEGE CAREER AND MILITARY READY NOT JUST FOR THE SAKE OF BEING CCMR BUT FOR THE SAKE OF SAYING, YOU ARE NOW FREE TO CHOOSE ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO DO, RIGHT? YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TO COLLEGE, BUT YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO GRADUATE FROM ROUND ROCK ISD WITH THAT CAPACITY. AND THEN THE CHOICE IS YOURS. THE ABILITY TO DO THAT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL IS NOT FEASIBLE, UNLESS I GET YOU TO A CERTAIN PLACE WHERE YOU'RE ABLE TO ACHIEVE AND ACHIEVE AT HIGH LEVELS. IT MEANS WE HAVE TO HAVE THE SKILL TO GROW YOU EXPONENTIALLY. AND SO, I'M VERY SORRY THAT DIDN'T COME ACROSS, BUT THAT IS THE AIM OF THIS. WE CAN NOW LOOK AT OUR SYSTEM AND FIGURE OUT DO WE HAVE THAT CAPACITY AND WHERE IS THE SYSTEM. WEAK. SO WE KNOW EXACTLY THEN WHERE WE HAVE TO GO IN AND BE STRATEGIC TO IMPROVE THE SYSTEM. WE'VE NEVER BEFORE BEEN ABLE TO SEE THAT IN OUR SYSTEM. WE JUST SAW ACHIEVEMENT STRAIGHT UP PASSING, BUT WE COULDN'T SEE GROWTH. AND SO, WHEN WE STARTED THIS YEAR AND WE STARTED OUR PRESENTATION, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE SAID GROWTH IS THE NAME OF OUR GAME. REGARDLESS OF WHERE YOU START IN THE SYSTEM, WE WANT YOU TO GROW, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY STUDENT GROW TO WHERE THEY'RE ACHIEVING THAT DID NOT MEET. IT'S NOT THE PLACE TO BE. WE WANT EVERYONE TO GROW TO AT LEAST MEET, BECAUSE ONLY IF YOU'RE ACHIEVING AT MEETS IS THERE A GREATER CHANCE FOR YOU TO ACHIEVE THE CCMR. AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PUSHING FOR. AND THAT'S WHAT I HAD HOPED EVERYONE WOULD SEE. NOW WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT AC, SOME CAMPUSES AND THIS IS WHAT YOU WILL SEE IN THE ACADEMIC WORKSHOP. IT IS QUITE POSSIBLE BASED ON WHERE STUDENTS ARE STARTING OUT IN SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS, THAT EVERYONE GROWS. BUT THEY STILL DON'T EVEN GET TO A C. THEY STILL DON'T GET TO A OVERALL PASSING RATE, BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF EXPONENTIAL GROWTH THAT IS NECESSARY FOR THAT CAMPUS TO GET TO PASSING, THEY NEED THAT. SO EVEN WITH SOME CAMPUSES, THEY HAD TO GET TO WHERE IT'S CLOSE TO 90% OF THEIR STUDENTS HAD TO GROW IN ORDER FOR THEM TO EVEN GET TO A C. SO PART OF WHAT WE WANT TO SHOW YOU IS THIS THE EXPECTATION IS WE KNOW FOR SOME OF THOSE CAMPUSES, IT WILL HAVE TO BE REPEATED YEARS OF EXPONENTIAL GROWTH FOR THEM TO GET TO A C, BUT THEY MAY HAVE OUTPACED EVERY OTHER CAMPUS AS FAR AS THE AMOUNT OF GROWTH THAT HAPPENED ON THE CAMPUS. BUT THE GROWTH WASN'T ENOUGH TO GET TO A CERTAIN LEVEL OF ACHIEVEMENT. IT IS VERY POSSIBLE FOR A CAMPUS TO HAVE MORE GROWTH AND NOT GET TO AN A, AND SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS IS WHAT WE WILL EXPLORE AND WHAT WE WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND, SO THAT YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THESE CAMPUSES DIFFERENTLY. SOME OF THEM ARE EXPERTS AND ABSOLUTELY AMAZING AT CAUSING STUDENTS TO GROW. BUT BECAUSE STUDENTS COME IN SOMETIMES TO OUR SYSTEM AT A CERTAIN PLACE, UNLESS WE HAVE THAT SKILL, THE CHANGE THAT WE WANT AS FAR AS TO GET TO CCMR WILL NEVER HAPPEN. SO, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THE CONNECTION WITH ALL THOSE THINGS SO THAT THERE'S AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHY OUR EMPHASIS IS GROWTH AND WHY FOR SOME OF OUR CAMPUSES, THE SKILL NEEDS TO BE EXPONENTIAL GROWTH. AND YOU CAN EVEN CHOOSE A HIGH ACHIEVING CAMPUS. BUT DOES THE TEACHER HAVE THE SKILL TO GROW THE KIDS? AND SO, IF THEY DO NOT, MY JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT IN WORKING WITH MY TEAM, THEY DO HAVE THAT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT OUR PARENTS WANT. JUST BECAUSE I GAVE THEM TO YOU AT A CERTAIN LEVEL, IT DOES US NO GOOD IF EVERY YEAR THEY'RE LOSING GROUND AND THE SYSTEM DOES NOT PICK THAT UP BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT PASSING, BUT WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT KEEPING YOU AND GROWING YOU TO A CERTAIN LEVEL. SO, I AM VERY SORRY IF THAT CAME OFF AS GAMEY, BUT THAT IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE AND CHANGE AROUND WITHIN THE SYSTEM. SO THEN CAN YOU TALK ABOUT BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU'RE LOOKING AT THINGS FROM [01:40:02] A CAMPUS LEVEL AND YOU ARE LOOKING AT INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS. BUT I GUESS WHAT CAN HAPPEN SOMETIMES IS SOME STUDENTS WILL FALL REALLY FAR BEHIND BECAUSE IT'S A SMALLER PERCENTAGE, BECAUSE YOUR PERCENTAGES ARE ALL MOVING UP. RIGHT. BUT IT'S THAT DIFFERENTIAL WILL START GETTING BIGGER AND YOU'LL HAVE LIKE SOME KIDS NOW THAT ARE JUST TOTALLY FAILING. BUT IT'S OKAY BECAUSE THE OVERALL WILL LOOK BETTER. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M WONDERING. HOW ARE WE KEEPING TRACK OF THOSE KIDS? IT'S KIND OF WHAT PROBABLY HAPPENED. IT'S PROBABLY WHY WE GOT THE LETTER FROM TO WHEN YOU SAW THOSE DISCREPANCIES. AT SOME POINT WE LOST. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED WITH ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE, BUT THAT CAN HAPPEN, RIGHT? YOU CAN START HAVING THESE SIDE EFFECTS OF WHERE NOW YOU MAYBE, YOU HAVE LOWER PERFORMING STUDENTS. SO, I'M JUST WONDERING HOW ARE YOU LOOKING AT THE INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS AND HOW ARE YOU MAKING ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE INDIVIDUAL STUDENT AND NOT AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL? LIKE, WHERE'S YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE TEACHER? LIKE, HOW IS THAT ACCOUNTABILITY WORKING? SO, WE HAVE THAT AT EVERY LEVEL. I THINK WHAT WE SHOWED YOU IS WE'VE GONE DOWN TO THE STUDENT LEVEL. WE HAVE THE DATA AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL, TEACHER LEVEL. CAMPUS LEVEL. VLC LEVEL AND DISTRICT LEVEL. SO, THIS WILL BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU THE LOOK AT EVERY DIFFERENT LEVEL TO FIGURE OUT THEN WHERE DOES THE DISCREPANCY EXIST. SO IT MAY BE THAT IF I'M SEEING DATA AND A PATTERN OVERARCHINGLY FOR A CERTAIN GROUP OF STUDENTS AND I SEE THAT PATTERN ACROSS THE DISTRICT, THEN THE DISTRICT HAS TO OWN THAT ISSUE, THAT THERE'S SOMETHING ENDEMIC WITHIN OUR SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE TO FIX. IF I COULD SEE IT AT A CAMPUS LEVEL, THERE'S A DIFFERENT STRATEGY I WOULD PUT IN PLACE. IF IT'S A TEACHER LEVEL, THEN I KNOW THAT'S, I HAVE TO WORK WITH THAT TEACHER OR MAYBE EVEN A PLC. A CONTENT LEVEL OF TEACHER. I UNDERSTAND THAT I'M JUST ASKING BECAUSE WE DO ACCOUNTABILITY RIGHT AS A DISTRICT AND THEN WE DO CAMPUS ACCOUNTABILITY. BUT IT APPEARS THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO LIKE A LOWER-LEVEL ACCOUNTABILITY, WHICH I THINK IS GREAT. I'M JUST ASKING, HOW ARE WE DOING THAT? HOW ARE YOU DOING THE ACCOUNTABILITY? IF SOMEBODY'S GOING IN AND SAYING, THAT'S TWO MINUTES. YEAH. SO, LET'S NOT TALK ABOUT IMPORTANT THINGS BECAUSE MY TWO MINUTES IS UP. I AM SO SORRY THAT I WASN'T UNDERSTANDING THE QUESTION. AND. YEAH, AND YOU'LL HAVE ANOTHER TURN TO SPEAK AS WELL. TRUSTEE HARRISON. OKAY. JUST REAL QUICK. AND I THINK I COULDN'T HAVE COME TO THIS CONCLUSION WITHOUT THIS VOICEOVER, SO THANK YOU. I'VE BEEN THE ONE THAT'S PUSHED ON THIS. AND THIS IS GREAT CONTEXT FOR ENTERING THAT ACADEMIC WORKSHOP. I LOVE THIS BECAUSE IT VALUES EFFORT GROWTH. IT CAN BE REALLY DEMORALIZING FOR GROWTH NOT TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR THESE REAL POWERHOUSE CAMPUSES THAT ARE DOING A LOT AND MOVING THE NEEDLE A LOT. AND THEN I LIKE THE INDIVIDUALIZED LEARNING AND INTERVENTION. MY QUESTION IS A DATA QUESTION. SO MAYBE IT'S FOR YOU, MISS SIMMONS. AND THAT IS FOR GOAL FOUR. I THINK THAT SOMETIMES WE HAVE PEOPLE UNDERVALUE THE IMPORTANCE OF GOAL FOUR AND THE BELONGING. IS THERE A WAY TO ALSO LIKE ON SLIDE 29 WHERE IT SHOWS THE STUDENTS? IS THERE A WAY TO LOOK AT THAT? ALSO, ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF GOAL FOUR BELONGING SELF-EFFICACY AND PUTTING THOSE THINGS TOGETHER. OH, I CAN DEFINITELY TELL YOU THAT'S NOT A DATA QUESTION THAT HAS TOO MANY WORDS IN IT. SO, I'M GOING TO PASS THIS OVER TO DR. NICHOLS. THERE YOU GO. TRUSTEE HARRISON. COULD YOU ASK YOUR QUESTION AGAIN? YEAH. SO OKAY. COULD IS THERE A WAY TO OVERLAY SOME OF THE DATA FROM GOOGLE FOR THE BELONGING, THE SELF-EFFICACY, HOW STUDENTS RESPOND. LIKE IS IT POSSIBLE TO ADD THAT ON. RIGHT. IS THAT A WAY WE COULD VIEW TRENDS. IT IS A DATA QUESTION. YES. CAN I TAKE A STAB AT THIS BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN ANSWER. AND SO, I THINK LAST MONTH YOU MET DR. BYRON GIRARD. AND SO, WE ACTUALLY HAVE AT RISK COORDINATOR WITHIN THE DISTRICT. AND SO, WHAT WE JUST SPOKE ABOUT A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO IS LOOKING AT THE INTERSECTION OF ATTENDANCE VERSUS DISCIPLINE VERSUS GRADES. WAS THERE ONE MORE ON BYRON. WAS IT 3 OR 4 THINGS AND BEHAVIOR. SO, WE ACTUALLY JUST FINISHED LOOKING AT THAT IN ORDER TO FIGURE OUT THEN HOW IS ALL THOSE THINGS IMPACTING SPECIFICALLY STUDENT SELF-EFFICACY, WHICH IS WHAT LEADS THEN TO A REDUCED STATE OF BEING DOING WELL ACADEMICALLY. RIGHT. SO, WE ACTUALLY JUST FINISHED TALKING ABOUT THAT AND LOOKING THEN HOW DO WE USE THAT TO COME UP WITH CASELOADS IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT SOMETIMES THE INTERVENTION IS NOT AN ACADEMIC INTERVENTION. RIGHT. AND SO, WE WILL BE GLAD, DR. GIRARD, TO COME AND PRESENT ON THAT. SO, YOU CAN SEE HOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THE INTERSECTION OF THOSE THINGS AND HOW WE'RE DEVELOPING CASELOADS AS FAR AS WITH ATTENDANCE OFFICERS, WITH THE COUNSELORS, WE HAVEN'T YET SPOKEN TO THE SOCIAL WORKERS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT IS THE [01:45:04] ROOT CAUSE OF WHAT MAY BE IMPACTING YOU ACADEMICALLY. YAY. OKAY, SO THAT WAS THE ANSWER TO MY QUESTION, BECAUSE WE CAN'T LOOK AT GOAL FOUR AS JUST A TOUCHY-FEELY THING WHEN IT CAN HAVE ACADEMIC IMPLICATIONS. I JUST WANTED TO KNOW, IS THAT DATASET POSSIBLE? AND YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION. SO, THANK YOU. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MORE LIKE A WRAPAROUND SERVICES ALL COMING TOGETHER TO HELP THEM OUT. THAT'S RIGHT. I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER LIGHTS ON. I KNOW TRUSTEE BONE WANTED TO SPEAK AGAIN. I HAD A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS. CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW THIS CHANGES? HOW DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION COACHES AND WORKS WITH OUR PRINCIPALS, THE ACCESS TO THIS DATA? HOW DOES THAT CHANGE LIKE ADMINISTRATIONS INTERACTION WITH OUR CAMPUS PRINCIPALS? WHEN YOU SAY ADMINISTRATION, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AREA SUPERINTENDENTS. SO, THERE IS CONSTANT COACHING THAT IS HAPPENING. SO, WHAT HAPPENS THAT ONCE WE DO CHECKPOINTS. LET ME SEE. SO, THEY'RE GETTING THAT SLIDE. LET ME JUST SAY HOW IS IT DIFFERENT NOW THAN IT WAS BEFORE WE STARTED LOOKING AT DATA THIS WAY? THAT'S PROBABLY A BETTER WAY THAT I'M ASKING TO ASK THAT QUESTION, BECAUSE THEY'RE ABLE TO BE A LOT MORE SURGICAL, NUMBER ONE, AS FAR AS TEARING THEIR CAMPUSES. AND SO OFTENTIMES WHAT THEY'LL SAY IS HERE ARE ALL MY CAMPUSES. I HAVE A SENSE OF HOW THEY'RE DOING. AND SO WHO NEEDS MORE ACADEMIC TOUCHES IN REGARD TO WORKING WITH THEM? WHENEVER WE GET THE DATA, WE ALSO THEN DECIDE IF WE NEED TO CHANGE. AS FAR AS FOR INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES, IF WE NEED TO GIVE MORE SUPPORT. SO, EVERY TIME WE GET A DATA SET, IT DETERMINES WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE TO CHANGE HOW WE'RE SUPPORTING THE CAMPUS BASED ON HOW OFTEN THE AREA SUPERINTENDENTS ARE GOING TO THE CAMPUS, DOING WALK AND TALKS WITH THE CAMPUS AND WITH THE INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES AS WELL. EVERYTHING FROM WE WILL SIT DOWN WITH VERSED IN OUR INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP TEAM MEETING AND THEN DETERMINE IF WE NEED TO MAKE A CHANGE IN SUPPORT FOR THE CAMPUS. AND A CHANGE IN SUPPORT CAN MEAN A LOT OF THINGS. IT MIGHT BE DIFFERENT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. IT MIGHT MEAN WHEN WE GET TOGETHER AS PRINCIPALS, WE CHANGE WHAT OUR TEACHING WILL BE AND WHAT WE PRACTICE THEM. DIFFERENT DATA. WE MAY NEED TO MOVE DOWN AND WORK WITH A SPECIFIC TEAM AND OR COACH THEM. HOW TO WORK WITH THE TEACHER. THE DATA SPECIFICALLY TELLS US HOW DEEP WE NEED TO DIG. SO, REMEMBER WHEN WE GOT TO. AND WE WEREN'T ABLE TO BE THAT SURGICAL BEFORE. SO, WHEN WE GET DOWN TO THIS LIST, WE CAN SAY, IS IT A STUDENT ISSUE? IS IT A TEACHER ISSUE? IS IT A WHOLE GRADE LEVEL ISSUE? IS IT A CAMPUS ISSUE? SO, WE KNOW EXACTLY THEN WHO WE NEED TO WORK WITH. AND SO THAT WE'RE NOT TRYING TO PUT A STRATEGY IN PLACE THAT'S NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THE CAMPUS. AND WHAT HAPPENS IS THE WHOLE SYSTEM TRAINS AT THE SAME TIME. SO, WHENEVER WE HAVE A STRATEGY, WHAT YOU WILL SEE IS I CAN PULL UP AND SAY, HERE'S HOW THE INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES WERE TRAINED, HERE'S HOW WE TRAINED APS, HERE'S HOW WE TRAIN PRINCIPALS. SO, THE WHOLE SYSTEM IS TRAINED AT THE SAME TIME. BUT THEN WE SEE, JUST LIKE WITHIN THE CLASSROOM, FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT IS THE DATA WHO DIDN'T GET IT AND WHERE DO WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND PUSH IN AND WORK WITH THEM SPECIFICALLY SO WE CAN SEE THEIR THINKING, THEIR UNDERSTANDING, SEE THEM DO THE WORK IN ACTION IN ORDER TO FIGURE OUT WHAT CHANGES WE NEED TO MAKE. SO, OFTENTIMES, THE AREA SUPERINTENDENTS, IT MAY BE THAT WE SAID WE NEED TO GO. IF IT'S A GRADE LEVEL, THEY WILL GO INTO THE PLC, WATCH THE PLC WORK, GIVE FEEDBACK, WORK WITH THE PRINCIPAL AND COACH THE PRINCIPAL. AS FAR AS HOW TO WORK WITH THE PLC, WHAT DATA SHOULD YOU BE LOOKING AT? WHAT STRATEGIES? HOW DO YOU DO WALKTHROUGHS? HOW DO YOU GIVE FEEDBACK? ALL OF THAT IS PART OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW. JUST TO ADD REAL QUICK, I KNOW TWO OF THEM ARE ACTUALLY HERE, BUT SO THEY'RE FOLLOWING WHAT'S CALLED LEVERAGE LEADERSHIP STRATEGIES. THAT'S THEIR LAY. AND SO, THEY WENT LIKE THEMSELVES WENT THROUGH LIKE INTENSIVE TRAINING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND SO, THEY'RE IMPLEMENTING A VERY KIND OF ALMOST SCRIPTED WAY OF HOW TO CONDUCT THEIR VISITS. AND THEIR VISITS ARE NOW MORE PURPOSEFUL, LIKE THEY ALWAYS VISITED CAMPUSES AND THEY DO VISIT CAMPUSES WHEN UNANNOUNCED. I GUESS THEY SHOW UP AND WORK WITH THE PRINCIPAL, BUT ALSO IS MORE STRUCTURED. AND MANY OF THOSE VISITS ARE STRUCTURED AROUND DATA. SO, I THINK THAT'S WHAT DR. NICHOLAS WAS TALKING ABOUT AFTER LIKE A MAJOR ASSESSMENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THEY MAY 1ST OF THAT VISIT WOULD BE LET'S SIT DOWN, LET'S TALK ABOUT OR LOOK AT THE DATA AND SEE WHAT'S WORKING AND WHAT'S NOT WORKING. AND SEE ALSO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO MAYBE HELP THE STUDENTS DO BETTER WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR STUDENT OUTCOMES. RIGHT. SO, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO, IT'S VERY MORE STRUCTURED OR VERY MUCH MORE PRESCRIPTIVE PRESCRIBED, I GUESS. AND THAT'S ALSO BECAUSE OF THE TRAINING AND, AND THE COACH THAT THEY RECEIVE THEMSELVES. SO OKAY. [01:50:01] GREAT. SO THAT LEADS TO MY NEXT QUESTION. AND MAYBE IT RELATES TO SLIDE 27. BUT WHAT DO WE DO WITH THE STUDENT THAT PERHAPS CAME INTO OUR DISTRICT OUT OF STATE AND DOESN'T HAVE PREVIOUS YEARS TO LOOK AT GROWTH DATA? ARE WE STILL LOOKING AT THEIR DATA THROUGHOUT THE YEAR ON THEIR SCREENERS? HOW DOES THAT WORK? I DON'T WANT TO MISS. ABSOLUTELY. AND SO, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE DO, AND YOU MAY NOT SEE IT HERE. AND SO, WE JUST HAD OUR ON THE REPORT ITSELF. IT GIVES YOU A LOT OF DIFFERENT INFORMATION. AND ONE OF THE PIECES OF INFORMATION IS WE WANT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS TO PASS AND DO WELL, BUT IT ALSO TELLS US WHO'S IN OUR SNAPSHOT DATA. AND THE STUDENTS IN OUR SNAPSHOT DATA ARE THE ONES THAT WILL COUNT FOR ACCOUNTABILITY. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU'RE ABLE TO MONITOR ALL THE STUDENTS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY PASS AS WELL. SO, WE'RE ABLE, THEY'RE ABLE TO FILTER DIFFERENT WAYS AS FAR AS TO LOOK AT THEIR STUDENTS AND HAVE A SENSE OF WHERE THE STUDENT IS HEADING. THE CAMPUS IS SETTING. GO AHEAD. AND ALSO, WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING IN THERE WHERE THEY ARE AT EACH ONE OF THEIR CHECK POINTS. SO, FOR THOSE STUDENTS, YOU'LL BE LOOKING FOR IN YOUR GROWTH. SO, WHERE THEY WERE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, AND THEY CAN SEE ALL THREE OF THOSE LITTLE SNAPSHOTS. AND ARE THOSE KIDS GOING FROM MAYBE DID NOT MEET SLOW TO MAYBE A MEETS BY THE END OF THE YEAR WITH THAT SCREENER DATA. AND JUST CLARIFICATION, THOSE KIDDOS THAT WEREN'T WITH US THE YEAR BEFORE WOULD NOT BE IN OUR GROWTH DOMAIN, RIGHT? OKAY, CORRECT. NEXT QUESTION IS HOW IS THIS BEING RECEIVED AT THE CAMPUSES? THIS IS KIND OF A CHANGE AND SOMETIMES CHANGE IS HARD. BUT HOW IS THIS GENERALLY BEING RECEIVED? ABSOLUTELY. YOU JUST SAID ALL THE WORDS. AND SO, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT. SO, THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHERE WE'VE HAD TO PUSH THROUGH, AND OUR PRINCIPALS ARE NOT VERY HAPPY WITH US. SOME PEOPLE WHO LOVE THE DATA AND LOVE TO THINK THAT WAY. THEY'RE VERY EXCITED, BUT IT'S VERY, IT'S A MAJOR SHIFT, AND IT'S ALSO A MATTER OF ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE STRUGGLED WITH IS THE IDEA OF. THE STRUCTURE SOMETIMES CAN BE SEEN AS A LACK OF AUTONOMY AND ALSO THERE'S SOMETIMES FEAR. YOU'RE SEEING EVERYTHING THAT'S BEING DONE WHEN IT'S BEING DONE. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR ME AS A LEADER? AM I IN DANGER AS A LEADER? SO THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT FEELINGS THAT GO ALONG WITH THIS. AS FAR AS PEOPLE INDIVIDUALLY, HOW THEY'RE TAKING THIS, I THINK OVERARCHINGLY WE'RE IN A PLACE BECAUSE WE STARTED THIS SO FAR IN ADVANCE. WE STARTED THIS TRAINING ALL THE WAY BACK IN JUNE, AND THERE HAS CONSISTENTLY BEEN SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TRAINED THEM ON. I THINK WE'VE HAD ABOUT 3 OR 4 DIFFERENT TRAININGS ON THIS SO FAR, SO THEIR COMFORT LEVEL IS GETTING A LOT MORE COMFORTABLE. I THINK THE LAST TIME IN WAS IT OCTOBER, WHERE WE TRAINED THEM ON HOW TO PULL THEIR CHECKPOINT AND TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THEIR SYSTEM AND SEE IF THEIR SYSTEM IS MAKING GAINS AND HOW THEY WOULD LOOK AT IT, AND HOW TO PULL UP THE STUDENTS AND WHICH STUDENTS. I THINK THERE WAS AN EXCITEMENT THAT THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO TRY AND CREATE LISTS ALL BY THEMSELVES, I THINK. SO, I THINK IT'S BEEN OVERARCHINGLY POSITIVELY RECEIVED, BUT THAT'S COME WITH TIME. I THINK INITIALLY IT WAS JUST VERY DIFFICULT, AND IF YOU'RE NOT USED TO FILTERING AND DOING ALL OF THIS, THAT LEARNING MAKES YOU FEEL VERY UNCOMFORTABLE. I THINK THEY'RE IN A MUCH BETTER PLACE. AND I THINK EVERY SUBSEQUENT MONTH AS FAR AS WHEN WE TRAIN WITH IT, THEY GET BETTER AND BETTER AND GET MORE COMFORTABLE BECAUSE IT DOESN'T FEEL AS DANGEROUS. OKAY. AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS, IT FEELS LIKE WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE DATA ON LIKE SPECIFICALLY 26 AND 27, THAT LOOKING AT IT THIS WAY TAKES AWAY SOME OF THE SURPRISE FACTOR AT THE END OF THE YEAR. I LIKE IS THAT THE WAY THIS IS REALLY BECAUSE OFTEN TIMES OUR MAJOR STRATEGY WAS HOPE. I HOPE WE PASS. I HOPE EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING WORK OUT AND SO WE WANT TO. IT'S OKAY TO STILL HAVE HOPE AND TO PRAY TO WHATEVER GOD YOU THINK MIGHT DELIVER US, BUT IT'S BETTER TO KNOW AND TO KNOW EARLY ON IN THE YEAR. AND SO THAT'S THE MAJOR DIFFERENCE. WE REFER TO THIS AS THE CANARY IN THE MINEFIELD. I HAVE A SENSE OF WHERE MY CAMPUS IS AT, AND THEN THE WHOLE SYSTEM IS ABLE TO REACT. IF WE SEE THAT THERE'S DANGER IN A CERTAIN CAMPUS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE PUSH THE RESOURCES TO THAT SPECIFIC CAMPUS, THAT SPECIFIC TEAM WE RALLY, WE ARE ABLE NOW TO RALLY AROUND THEM. BUT ALSO AS A DISTRICT, WE'RE ABLE TO SEE WHERE OUR STRENGTHS ARE. OVERARCHINGLY BECAUSE THE ISSUE REALLY COULD BE MAYBE IT'S CURRICULUM. THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING OVERARCHINGLY THAT WE NEED TO OWN AS A DISTRICT, AND THE CAMPUS DOES NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO SUPPLY THAT OR DO THAT FOR THEMSELVES. SO, THEN WE KNOW WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENTLY. THAT'S WHY WE SAID EVEN THOUGH THIS IS VERY BUSY, IT ALLOWS YOU TO SEE AT WHICH LEVEL [01:55:05] WE'RE NOT GROWING. IT'S VERY POSSIBLE THAT YOU CAN HAVE WHERE EVEN THOUGH WE'RE PASSING AN ACHIEVEMENT MAY LOOK GOOD IN DOMAIN ONE, WE'RE NOT SEEING THAT THE KIDS ARE LOSING TRACTION AND THEY'RE GOING BACKWARDS VERSUS MAKING GAINS. AND WE TALKED ABOUT ALSO ASSESSING OUR TEACHERS. WE'VE STRESSED THAT THE SKILL IS IN BEING ABLE TO GROW YOUR STUDENTS. AND SO OFTENTIMES WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE CELEBRATED THE A'S IN OUR SYSTEM. AND THERE'S NO WAY IF I'M IN A TITLE CAMPUS TO BE ABLE TO BE CELEBRATED IN THAT WAY, THAT'S VERY DEMORALIZING WHEN THEY WORK THAT HARD TO BE ABLE TO NOT SEE THEIR WORK IN THIS WAY. OUR FOCUS ON GROWTH AND EXPONENTIAL GROWTH, WE'RE ABLE TO ALSO CELEBRATE EVERYONE IN THE SYSTEM. YOUR VALUE IS AND YOUR ABILITY TO GROW STUDENTS, REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY ARE AND YOUR ABILITY. THEN YOU ARE MASTER TEACHER IF YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO GROW THEM EXPONENTIALLY. FABULOUS. AND I THINK IT ALSO IS PROVIDES A SAFETY FACTOR FOR PARENTS TO KNOW THAT IF THEIR CHILD IS NOT IN THE DID NOT MEET, THEY'RE STILL GOING TO GET THAT FOCUS ON KEEPING THEM AT THE LEVEL OR GROWING THEM IF THEY'RE IN THE MEETS AND EVEN TO THE MASTERS, WE'RE GOING TO MAINTAIN THAT. SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL LIGHTS ON. SO, I'M GOING TO GO TO TRUSTEE WEIR. THANK YOU. I LOVE THE GROWTH TALK, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS. I WAS JUST ACTUALLY GOING TO CIRCLE BACK TO TRUSTEE BOWEN'S COMMENT. I THINK I CAN ASK HER A QUESTION, OR WHAT I THINK IS HER QUESTION A LITTLE MORE CONCISELY WITHOUT NEEDING TWO MINUTES TO BUILD UP. SO, I THINK TALKING ABOUT LIKE WHEN YOU'RE PULLING CHECKPOINTS. AND HER QUESTION WAS ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY. IF AS YOU'RE PULLING THOSE CHECKPOINTS, THERE'S ONE STUDENT THAT'S NOT MOVING AT ALL, WHERE IS THE ACCOUNTABILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT STUDENT IS ADDRESSED? AND SO, THERE'S ALWAYS ACCOUNTABILITY. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING WITHIN OUR SYSTEM IS AND WHEN I SAY INTERVENTION, I DON'T MEAN INTERVENTION. AS FAR AS NOT PASSING TO PASSING INTERVENTION TO ME IS WHATEVER LEVEL YOU'RE AT GROWING YOU TO THE NEXT LEVEL, OR IF YOU'RE ALREADY AT A HIGH LEVEL, KEEPING YOU THERE. AND SO IN REGARDS TO THE ACCOUNTABILITY, WE'RE LOOKING AT YOUR ABILITY TO HOW MANY STUDENTS YOU'RE MOVING AND WHO YOU'RE NOT MOVING, AND THEN BEING ABLE TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT SPECIFICALLY IS HAPPENING IN THE SYSTEM. THIS ALLOWS US TO DRILL ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE INDIVIDUAL STUDENT AND SEE WHO'S NOT GROWING AND WHY. ARE WE SEEING THAT THE PATTERN IS RACE ETHNICITY PROGRAM? IS IT A MATTER OF MAYBE THE DISTRICT HAS NOT GIVEN THEM THE PROPER RESOURCES IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO TEACH THOSE STUDENTS AT THE NEXT LEVEL? THIS ALLOWS US TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH EACH INDIVIDUAL SYSTEM, WITH EACH INDIVIDUAL STUDENT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT ALLOWS US TO SEE PATTERNS TO FIGURE OUT, ARE WE EVEN GIVEN THE TEACHERS THE RIGHT RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO GROW THEM? THE DEFAULT MAY NOT BE THEIRS. IT MIGHT BE A MATTER OF THERE'S SOMETHING WE'RE MISSING, AND WE DIDN'T SEE. SO, WHEN WE SEE THAT PATTERN AGAINST EVERYONE ELSE, WE'RE ABLE TO FIGURE THAT OUT. BUT GOING DOWN TO THE STUDENT LEVEL. ALLOWS US TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS. BUT THEN AT THAT LEVEL, THAT'S WHERE THE PRINCIPAL TAKES OVER. AS FAR AS ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS AND HAVING THOSE MEETINGS WITH THEIR INDIVIDUAL TEACHERS. HERE, THE STUDENTS WITHIN YOUR LIST, BECAUSE YOU CAN SORT BY TEACHER, BY GRADE, BY TEACHER AND SAY, OKAY, MS. NICHOLS, HERE ARE ALL THE KIDS. I'M SEEING THE PATTERN WITHIN YOUR DATA. THE MEETS AND THE MASTER'S KIDS ARE DOING GREAT, BUT I'M NOT SEEING THAT. HEY, YOU'RE GROWING THESE STUDENTS. OFTENTIMES, WE DON'T SEE THAT THE PATTERN IS JUST THAT ONE INDIVIDUAL STUDENT. IT'S USUALLY A LITTLE BIT MORE. BUT ALSO, WE CAN ASK THE QUESTION, IS THE STUDENT IN THE RIGHT INTERVENTION OR IS THE STUDENT IN THE RIGHT GROUPING IN ORDER TO GROW? IT HELPS US JUST TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE ISSUE AND HOW WE CAN HELP THE TEACHER AS FAR AS TO MOVE FORWARD. BUT ONCE WE GET TO THIS LEVEL, THAT IS WHERE THEN THE PRINCIPAL OR THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL TAKES OVER WITHIN THOSE CONVERSATIONS. WHEN THE AREA SUPERINTENDENTS MEET AND WORK WITH THE CAMPUSES, THEY'RE MORE SO OVERARCHINGLY LOOKING AT THE SYSTEM AND WHERE THE CAMPUS SYSTEM IS STRONG OR WEAK, AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE ON TRACK TO MAKE THEIR GOAL FOR THE YEAR, BOTH AS IT RELATES TO EQUITY, AS IT RELATES TO ACHIEVEMENT, AND SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO OVERALL SCORE. WE WANT TO GET EVERY STUDENT, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT THAT MIGHT NOT BE FEASIBLE. AND SO, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING BETTER AT THAT PART OF THE JOB EACH AND EVERY DAY. AND SO THAT IS JUST WHO WE ARE AS A SYSTEM. [02:00:02] AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT. TRUSTEE WESTON. THANK YOU. SO, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE DECEMBER 7TH ACADEMIC WORKSHOP. DO YOU EXPECT THAT THE BOARD WILL BE VOTING ON ACADEMIC GOALS IN THAT WORKSHOP? NO, THIS IS JUST FOR YOU GUYS TO UNDERSTAND, INTERACT WITH THE SYSTEM AND UNDERSTAND IT FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE CAMPUS LEADER. AND THEN LOOK, YOU'LL BE ASSESSING THE STRENGTHS OF THAT SYSTEM. BUT AGAIN, THE POINTS THAT WE BROUGHT OUT IS TO ALSO UNDERSTAND OUR CAMPUSES A LITTLE BIT BETTER. EVERY CAMPUS HAS A DIFFERENT MAKEUP. AND SO WITH IT CARRIES CERTAIN DIFFERENT CHALLENGES. AND SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS GIVE YOU REPRESENTATIVE CAMPUSES SO YOU CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND WHEN IT COMES TIME TO LOOK AT THE DATA. YOU'RE BETTER UNDERSTANDING WHAT THAT CAMPUS IS GOING THROUGH. AND WE CAN, EVEN IF YOU WANT THAT DURING WALKS, TO EVEN DRILL DOWN AND TO SEE WHERE THE CAMPUS IS. IN REGARDS TO THOSE THREE THINGS, HOW MUCH ARE THEY GROWING STUDENTS? WHAT IS EQUITY LOOKING LIKE ON THAT CAMPUS? AND THEN ALSO WHAT IS ACHIEVEMENT LOOKING LIKE AT THAT CAMPUS? OKAY, BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE USE THE WORDS ACADEMIC WORKSHOP, I THINK SOME PEOPLE MIGHT THINK WE MIGHT BE CHANGING THE GOALS OR VOTING ON THE GOALS OR DISCUSSING THE GOALS. SO, I APPRECIATE THAT CLARITY. ARE WE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT ALL CAMPUSES OR JUST A HANDFUL THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BRING EACH ROLE? EACH OF YOU WILL HAVE A CAMPUS THAT'S REPRESENTATIVE OF A CAMPUS WITHIN OUR DISTRICT. AND THEN YOU WILL HAVE WITH YOU EITHER AN AREA SUPERINTENDENT OR A CAMPUS PRINCIPAL, TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT WE DID WITH OUR CAMPUSES, WHICH IN THE END IS TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE THEY'RE UNDERSTANDING WHAT THIS DATA MEANS, AND THEN HOW DO I MAKE INSTRUCTIONAL DECISIONS IN ORDER TO MOVE THE CAMPUS TO THE NEXT LEVEL? SO, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO INTERACT WITH THAT AND UNDERSTAND HOW DID THEY GET WHY DID THEY MAKE PUT CERTAIN GOALS IN MOTION? AND THEN AFTERWARDS, WHAT THE WHAT DO THEIR INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES LOOK LIKE? WHY ARE THEY DOING THAT? WHAT ARE THE RESULTS OF THEIR INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES AS FAR AS MOVING THEM FORWARD TO MEET THEIR GOALS AND THEN EVEN BEING ABLE TO, AS I'VE SAID, TO UNDERSTAND THAT I CAN MAKE EXPONENTIAL GROWTH, BUT EVEN THOUGH I'M HIGH WITHIN GROWTH, IT DOES NOT MEAN I'M GOING TO BE HIGH OVERALL IN OVERARCHING ACHIEVEMENT. SO, TO EVEN SEE IT YOURSELF, AS YOU'RE WORKING WITH THOSE NUMBERS AND JUST UNDERSTANDING THOSE DYNAMICS, ALL THE NUMBERS AND THE TEA METHODOLOGY IS VERY HARD FOR PEOPLE TO COMPREHEND, AND WE WANT FOR YOU TO INTERACT WITH IT TO GET A BETTER SENSE OF WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THE DIFFERENT CAMPUSES WE'RE WORKING WITH. WE FEEL THAT THE CHARGE THAT YOU'VE GIVEN TO US IS THIS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THINGS AT A CERTAIN LEVEL, SO YOU CAN MAKE BEST DECISIONS ON BEHALF OF THE DISTRICT. AND WE FELT THAT THIS WAS IMPORTANT. SO, YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENT SLICES OF OUR DISTRICT AND WHAT THEY MAY NEED DIFFERENTLY IN ORDER TO GET TO THE NEXT LEVEL, AND WHY WE PUT CERTAIN EXPECTATIONS ON THEM. I APPRECIATE THAT, DR. AZAIEZ, I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU SAY THAT DR. NICHOLS SENT US AN EMAIL YESTERDAY OR THE DAY BEFORE. IS THAT RIGHT? BECAUSE I DIDN'T GET ANY EMAILS FROM DR. NICHOLS. DR. NICHOLS, I THOUGHT YOU SENT THE STUFF ABOUT THE ACADEMIC STUFF. RIGHT. IN REGARD TO THE IMPROVEMENT CAMPUSES. NOW WE TRY TO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. DID NO ONE GET THAT DATA? OKAY, THEN I'LL RESEND IT. I TRIED TO GET SLICK IN GOOGLE AS TO TRY A DIFFERENT SOMETHING AS FAR AS SENDING IT. AND SO, IT JUST MAY BE THAT MY LACK OF TECHNICAL SKILL GOT US IN THE END. SO, I WILL RESEND THAT TONIGHT. THAT IS TOTALLY RELATABLE. I APOLOGIZE, I HONESTLY, THAT'S WHAT WE THOUGHT IT WAS. YOU GUYS RECEIVED IT. SO, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR LETTING US KNOW IF YOU DON'T RECEIVE. OOPS. SORRY. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE WESTON. I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER LIGHTS ON, SO. TRUSTEE BONE, WOULD YOU LIKE THE FLOOR AGAIN? [INAUDIBLE] IT'S ON TRUSTEE ZARATE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT. I WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION. IT'S ILLUMINATING THE WAY YOU EXPLAINED IT WAS GREAT. I LOVED THE FACT THAT YOU USED CERBERUS ON THIS, BECAUSE THAT MEANS THAT OUR TEACHERS ARE HERCULES, I GUESS, AND THEY'RE GOING TO SLAY THAT THING. SO THAT WAS REALLY GREAT. AND JUST TO KEEP, YOU KNOW, KEEP AT IT. AND THIS IS LIKE, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT, WHAT PARENTS KIND OF WANT. WE TALK ABOUT TEACHING TO THE TEST SO MUCH. BUT THIS SO TEACHES TO THE INDIVIDUAL STUDENT. LIKE IT GETS RIGHT DOWN TO THE NUMBER. AND THAT'S JUST SUPER IMPRESSIVE TO ME. I MEAN, I'VE BEEN AROUND EDUCATION MY WHOLE LIFE AND THAT AND I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING THIS SPECIFIC. SO GOOD JOB. WELL DONE. TRUSTEE BONE. MADAM PRESIDENT, YES, WE HAVE A SPECIAL RULE ON GENERAL LIMITS OF DEBATE AND SO ON. [02:05:02] NON AGENDA ITEMS. THE TRUSTEES ARE LIMITED TO QUESTIONS ONLY AND ALSO TO TWO MINUTES. AND TRUSTEE BONE HAS USED HER TWO MINUTES. I THOUGHT A NON. THEY GOT A TWICE FOR TWO MINUTES. THAT'S ON AGENDA ITEMS. I'M SORRY. THAT'S ON ACTION ITEMS. THIS IS A NON-ACTION ITEM. SO, WE'RE LOOKING. SO, ACTION ITEMS ARE A TOTAL OF SIX MINUTES. AND NON ACTION ITEMS ARE A TOTAL OF TWO MINUTES. OKAY. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ALLOW TRUSTEE BONE THIS BECAUSE I WAS UNCLEAR. SO, I MOVED TO ALLOW TRUSTEE BONE AN ADDITIONAL TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK. AND ACTUALLY, ANYBODY ON THIS AGENDA ITEM, ADDITIONAL TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK. SECOND, BECAUSE I WAS UNAWARE. DID YOU SECOND IT? OKAY. ANY COMMENTS? OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES SIX ONE, SO EVERY TRUSTEE WILL HAVE AN ADDITIONAL TWO MINUTES ON THIS ITEM IF THEY NEED IT. THANK YOU. SO ACTUALLY, YOU'RE GETTING CLOSER BECAUSE WE ARE DOING ACCOUNTABILITY AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL. YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY AT THE PRINCIPAL LEVEL. SO NOW I'M EVEN TALKING ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY KIND OF AT THE TEACHER LEVEL, BECAUSE I'M PUTTING MYSELF IN THE TEACHER'S SHOES AND THERE WOULD BE A DESIRE TO BE, YOU KNOW, I CAN MOVE THIS KID UP AND DO A GROWTH OF 10% OR THIS OTHER KID'S REALLY HARD, AND, YOU KNOW, I'M ONLY CAN MOVE THIS KID UP LIKE 1% WITH ALL OF THIS EFFORT BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A REALITY THAT THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH TIME IN THE DAY. SO, THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, IS HOW ARE WE MAKING SURE THAT ACCOUNTABILITY AT THE STUDENT LEVEL, BECAUSE DATA IS IT BECOMES A GAME, RIGHT? YOU WANT TO ENSURE THAT TEACHERS AREN'T PICKING KIDS TO MAKE THEIR DATA. CAN YOU MAKE SURE YOU USE YOUR MICROPHONE? I APOLOGIZE. YOU WANT TO ENSURE THAT TEACHERS ARE MEETING THE NEEDS OF ALL KIDS AND NOT TRYING TO PICK OUT CERTAIN KIDS IN ORDER TO MEET THEIR TARGETS AND THEIR GOALS. RIGHT. I HOPE WE'RE NOT ENCOURAGING TEACHERS TO DO THAT, BECAUSE I COULD SEE THAT BEING VERY STRESSFUL AS A TEACHER MYSELF, BECAUSE I DO TEACH AND IF I HAD TO PICK OUT ONE STUDENT AND BE LIKE, I CAN SPEND AN HOUR WITH YOU AND GET 10% GROWTH, OR I CAN SPEND AN HOUR WITH THIS KID AND GET 1% GROWTH. WELL, THIS IS KIND OF, YOU KNOW, BUT THIS IS GOING TO MOVE MY CAMPUS UP. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I WANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN. CAN I TAKE A SHOT? IT'S REALLY THE IDEA IS TO GROW EVERY STUDENT. I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SAY HERE. IT ACTUALLY IS. AS A MATTER OF FACT, THAT'S WHAT USED TO BE THE GAME BEFORE. NOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, ROUND ROCK, I'M TALKING IN GENERAL, RIGHT? BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE SYSTEM IS SET UP WITH DEA IS IT'S PASS OR FAIL, RIGHT? SO, IF A KID IS ALREADY PASSING, I KNOW THE KID IS GOING TO PASS. I'M NOT GOING TO WORRY TOO MUCH ABOUT THIS STUDENT, BUT I'M GOING TO WORRY ABOUT THE STUDENT WHO IS NOT PASSING OR WASN'T PASSING. SO, I WILL BRING THAT KID. WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS GROWING EVERY STUDENT, REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY'RE AT. SO, IF ANYTHING, WE WANT OUR TEACHERS TO WORK AND ENSURE THAT OUR ALL OUR STUDENTS, REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY'RE AT, ARE GROWING. DR. BONE SO I UNDERSTAND I THINK I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM, BUT REALLY, WE ARE ACTUALLY CHANGING THE SYSTEM. THAT'S NOT THE WAY I GUESS SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS DO. WE ARE WANTING TO GROW EVERY KID, REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY AT, SO I HOPE, I KNOW I FULLY I ASK FOR AUDIENCE MEMBERS TO BE A LITTLE QUIETER, PLEASE. THANK YOU. YEAH, AND I FULLY AGREE WITH THAT. I'M JUST WONDERING, I WAS JUST ASKING IF THERE WAS ANY KIND OF ACCOUNTABILITY BEING PUT IN PLACE TO KIND OF KEEP CHECK OF THAT LIKE THAT. WE'RE NOT LETTING SOME KIDS, YOU KNOW, JUST TINY BITS OF GROWTH BECAUSE THEY'RE HARD TO GROW VERSUS SOME KIDS THAT ARE REALLY EASY TO GROW. AND WE'RE GROWING THEM FASTER TO PLAY SOME KIND OF GAME WITH THE ACCOUNTABILITY. BECAUSE I THINK I WOULD GET BROAD SUPPORT ON THIS, THAT MAYBE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE DON'T AGREE WITH ACCOUNTABILITY. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY BE TALKING ABOUT THAT TONIGHT. SO. BUT THIS IS ALL BASED ON THE STATE ACCOUNTABILITY, RIGHT? YES, BUT IT'S ALSO SPECIFICALLY, HOW DO I EXPLAIN IT? EVEN IF IT WAS NOT THERE. OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE GROWS. THAT REALLY SHOULD BE THE JOB OF EVERY TEACHER, BUT WE'VE NEVER HAD ANYTHING IN PLACE BEFORE. IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO EVEN SEE THE SYSTEM. WHAT HAPPENS IS THE PRINCIPAL'S JOB IS PART OF LOOKING AT TESTS, THE EVALUATION THEY WILL LOOK AT WHO ARE YOU GROWING AND HOW MUCH ARE YOU GROWING. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE PART OF THE DISCUSSION WITH THEM AS FAR AS WHEN THEY LOOK AT THE TEACHER'S DATA, AS FAR AS WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE GROWING THEIR STUDENTS. AND WHO ARE YOU GROWING, AND THEN HOW DOES THAT ADMINISTRATOR HELP THAT TEACHER GET TO THE NEXT LEVEL AS FAR AS MAKING SURE THAT HE OR SHE HAS THE ABILITY TO GROW KIDS IN ALL THE DIFFERENT AREAS, BECAUSE IT'S QUITE POSSIBLE. I HAVE A SKILL IN ONE AREA AND ONE GROUP OF STUDENTS AND NOT WITH ANOTHER, AND THEN IT'S THEN THE CAMPUS PRINCIPAL'S RESPONSIBILITY, ALONG WITH HELP FROM THE DISTRICT LEVEL. IN ORDER TO FIGURE OUT WHAT DO WE NEED TO COACH INTO THAT TEACHER IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE [02:10:02] THAT THEY HAVE THAT SKILL? BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ALL GOING TO BE SKILLED AT THE SAME LEVEL WITH EVERY GROUP. AND SO, ONCE THE DATA ILLUMINATES THAT, BECAUSE THE CAMPUS PRINCIPAL HAS THE ABILITY TO SORT THIS DATA BY TEACHER AND THEN LOOK AT THEIR, WHAT'S TO CALL IT, THEIR PATTERNS IN THEIR DATA TO FIGURE OUT WHERE IS THE TEACHER STRONG AND WHERE ARE OUR OPPORTUNITIES OF GROWTH FOR THAT, FOR THAT TEACHER. SO, WITHIN THAT EVALUATION PROCESS AND THAT WALKTHROUGH PROCESS AND THAT FEEDBACK LOOP, THAT'S WHERE THAT ACCOUNTABILITY HAPPENS FOR THE INDIVIDUAL TEACHER WITH THE GROUP OF STUDENTS, THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR. SURE. AND I ALSO WANT TO ADD THAT PART OF THE PROCESS, WHEN WE'VE GONE OUT TO CAMPUSES AND WE'VE SAT DOWN, IS THAT WE DON'T LOOK, WHEN WE LOOK AT TEACHERS, WE DON'T LOOK AT TEACHERS' OVERALL GROWTH, WE LOOK AT TEACHERS AND HOW THEY'RE GROWING EACH ONE OF THOSE GROUPS. SO, A TEACHER, YES, THE TEACHER MAY BE GREAT AT KEEPING A KID AT MASTERS, BUT THEN WE LOOK AT THAT TEACHER, THAT GROUP THAT SAYS THAT OR DID NOT MEET SLOW OR DID NOT MEET HIGH IS THAT IS THAT TEACHER GROWING THOSE KIDS AS WELL? SO, WE DON'T JUST LOOK AT A TEACHER'S OVERALL GROWTH. WE LOOK AT HOW ARE THEIR TRANSITIONING THESE EACH ONE OF THESE STUDENT GROUPS. AND IF THEY'RE WEAK IN A STUDENT GROUP, THEN THAT'S A CONVERSATION TO HAVE TO PROVIDE THAT TEACHER WITH SKILLS TO GROW THAT STUDENT GROUP. OKAY. I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER LIGHTS ON. SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. WE'RE GOING TO GO ON TO AGENDA ITEM F TWO AND JUST TRUSTEES ITEMS F TWO, THREE AND FOUR SHOULD GO RELATIVELY QUICKLY. SO, WE ARE GOING TO GO TO ITEM F TWO. LET'S TALK UPDATE. YEAH. WELL THANK YOU PRESIDENT LANDRUM. SO, WE HAVE THE TEAM HERE WITH US ANNIE. AND WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM A CHANCE JUST TO. TAKES THEIR SPOT. SO, AS YOU KNOW, AS A DISTRICT, WE START USING THAT STOCK, BUT MAINLY AS A AS A PLATFORM TO COMMUNICATE OR TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION WITH OUR, OUR PARENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. OUR STAFF AS WELL FOR THE I THINK WE HAD, WE HAD LET'S TALK FOR TWO YEARS AND THEN I THINK LAST BOARD MEETING WE HAD THE BOARD HAD A CONVERSATION AND THE CHARGE WAS FOR US MAYBE TO SEE IF WE CAN ALSO UTILIZE. LET'S TALK FOR A TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION WITH OUR BOARD AND OUR COMMUNITY. SO, I ASK ANNIE, AND ALSO, WE HAVE ALSO, IF YOU DON'T MIND ALSO INTRODUCING OUR GUESTS HERE TO DO A QUICK PRESENTATION ABOUT LET'S TALK AND THE FEATURES THAT THEY HAVE. AND THEN IT'S GOING TO BE UP TO OUR BOARD TO DECIDE OBVIOUSLY IF THIS IS SOMETHING THEY WANT TO USE OR NOT, IF THEY WANT US TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, BUT WE WANT TO HEAR FROM OUR BOARD MEMBERS. SO, WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW OUR GUESTS TO PRESENT HERE. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY, I'M SURE SHE'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. AND THEN AS AN ADMINISTRATION, WE'RE GOING TO WAIT FOR DIRECTION FROM YOU AS FAR AS HOW IF YOU WANT US TO PROCEED WITH ANYTHING LIKE THIS. THANK YOU. ANNIE. GOOD EVENING TRUSTEES. WE HAVE HILLARY HERE FROM. LET'S TALK. SHE HAS A SHORT PRESENTATION AND THEN YOU ALL HAVE TIME FOR QUESTIONS AS SOON AS SHE'S DONE. GOOD EVENING BOARD, I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TONIGHT. I'VE BEEN HELPING ROUND ROCK ISD WITH THEIR BOARD IMPLEMENTATION SINCE 2021. IF YOU WEREN'T FAMILIAR WITH WHAT THE LET'S TALK PLATFORM DOES, IT'S BEEN REALLY HELPFUL FOR ROUND ROCK ISD TO ACHIEVE STRATEGIC GOAL THREE IN ENHANCING AND NURTURING STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION AND BUILDING TRUST THROUGH ALL DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDER GROUPS THROUGH STUDENTS, PARENTS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND ALSO STAFF. SINCE THAT, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STRATEGICALLY INCREASE OUR VISIBILITY TO ANY DATA ISSUES THAT ARE HAPPENING WITHIN THE DISTRICT. WE STARTED OFF AS A DISTRICT LEVEL IMPLEMENTATION WITH THE CENTRAL OFFICE TO NOW FURTHER ENGAGE WITH HUMAN RESOURCES AWAY FOR THE STAFF TO RECOGNIZE OUTSTANDING EMPLOYEES, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND NOW EVEN AT EACH CAMPUS HAS THEIR OWN LET'S TALK PAGE. THIS DISTRICT WIDE COMMUNICATION TOOL HAS REALLY BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE ACCOUNTABILITY WITH AUTOMATION IF ANY DIALOGS ARE NOT GETTING ATTENDED TO. IF THEY'RE SITTING THERE AGING, THERE'S ACCOUNTABILITY OF RESPONSE TIME BY EACH STAFF MEMBER. AND THERE IS ALSO A WAY TO PROVIDE EQUITABLE ACCESS POINTS TO EACH COMMUNITY. I KNOW THAT THIS DISTRICT SERVES MANY NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING FAMILIES, AND SO WE HAVE THE AVAILABILITY TO MEET THAT LEVEL OF OFFERING SERVICES IN SPANISH, ENGLISH, TELUGU, HINDI, VIETNAMESE, CHINESE AS WELL. AND FROM THIS DATA, THERE'S MANY KEY METRICS THAT I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU HERE IN JUST A SECOND OF WHAT WE HAVE NOW HAVE ACCESS TO SEE. BUT WE ARE REALLY ABLE TO REALLY ENHANCE OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE AND TRACK THAT ANALYTICAL DATA FROM A MONTH OVER MONTH ANALYSIS TO A YEAR OVER YEAR SCHOOL YEAR CAN BE COMPARED. [02:15:05] WE CAN REALLY DRILL DOWN BASED ON THE DATA THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO MANIPULATE. SINCE 2021, AND TO DATE, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO INCREASE OUR CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE SCORE FROM AN 8.0 TO AN 8.7, FURTHER SOLIDIFYING THAT THE COMMUNITY IS REALLY ACTIVELY ENGAGING WITH THIS AND ALSO SEEING IMPROVEMENT WITH THIS, THAT THERE IS THREE TIMES THE AMOUNT OF POSITIVE EXPERIENCES SINCE USING THIS PLATFORM THAN NEGATIVE EXPERIENCES. LASTLY, WITH THIS, IT IS NOW DYNAMIC DATA THAT ALL STAFF MEMBERS THAT ARE IN THE LET'S TALK PLATFORM HAVE ACCESS TO SEE IN REAL TIME. SO, WITHIN THE LET'S TALK PLATFORM, WE HAVE THE AVAILABILITY TO REALLY DRILL DOWN TO SEE HOW MANY TIMES CERTAIN COMMUNITY MEMBERS OR CUSTOMERS ARE REACHING OUT. WHAT HAS BEEN THE LAST COMMUNICATION THAT HAS HAPPENED WITH THAT? HOW CAN WE REALLY FOSTER THAT INTERNAL COLLABORATION AND LOOP IN OTHER DIFFERENT STAFF MEMBERS FROM THE DISTRICT? IT PROVIDES A UNIFIED INBOX THAT DOESN'T ALLOW A SILOED APPROACH. WE CAN BE ABLE TO COLLABORATE INTERNALLY AND BE ABLE TO NOW PROVIDE THAT AT A DISTRICT LEVEL FOR DISTRICT LEVEL LEADERS TO SEE HOW IS THE DISTRICT DOING ON CERTAIN ISSUES, WHAT ISSUES ARE BUBBLING UP, AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO ADDRESS THAT IN REAL TIME BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE? ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO PROPOSE IS A WAY TO BETTER ENHANCE THIS FOR BOARD MEMBERS. AND SO, AS I'M STARTING TO INTRODUCE THIS, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THIS IS A TOOL THAT I'VE HELPED IMPLEMENT WITH OTHER DIFFERENT DISTRICTS AND OTHER DIFFERENT BOARDS AS WELL. THIS TOOL IS COMPLETELY CUSTOMIZABLE BASED ON THE FIT OF YOU ALL TONIGHT. SO, AS I'M SHOWING YOU RECOMMENDATIONS TONIGHT, JUST KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT AN END ALL BE ALL. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE MODIFIED TO BETTER SUPPORT YOU AS THE BOARD. RIGHT NOW. CURRENTLY, IF YOU WEREN'T AWARE, THE PUBLIC COMMENT TIMES THAT ARE COMING IN THE VOICEMAIL, THOSE ARE COMING THROUGH. LET'S TALK. SO, WHILE WE HAVE AN ACCESS POINT WHERE COMMUNITY MEMBERS OR CUSTOMERS OR PARENTS OR STAFF MEMBERS CAN REACH OUT ON AN ONLINE FORM, THEIR VOICE MAIL IS ALSO AN OPTION. AND THAT VOICE CALL TO VOICE IS AN EQUITABLE ACCESS POINT FOR YOUR COMMUNITY THAT DOESN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAYBE COME IN PERSON. AND SO, WITH THESE ACCESS POINTS, WE CAN REALLY STRATEGICALLY WORK TO MEET ALL OF THE NEEDS OF YOUR DISTRICT BY TAKING A GOOGLE FORM, LIKE WHEN WE ARE SIGNING UP FOR A PUBLIC COMMENT. PUBLIC COMMENT, TIME IN PERSON AND TAKING THAT IN. LET'S TALK. SO THAT WAY IT'S STARTING TO REALLY BUILD THAT CUSTOMER PROFILE OF SEEING HOW MANY TIMES HAS THIS PERSON REALLY WANTED TO COME TO SPEAK ON CERTAIN ITEMS, WHAT ITEMS ARE THEY CURRENTLY ASKING TO SPEAK ABOUT? AND SO, ALL OF THAT IS NOW BUILDING HISTORICAL DATA THAT CAN REALLY BE DRILLED DOWN AND ANALYZED FURTHER. AS I AM GOING TO DRILL DOWN AND SHOW YOU HERE. THE ACCESS POINT IS SOMETHING AGAIN THAT CAN BE CUSTOMIZED. SO, WHAT I HAVE HERE IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT YOU'LL SEE ON THE CURRENT WEB PAGE OF YOUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES PAGE, WHERE COMMUNITY MEMBERS DO HAVE THE OPTION TO CLICK ON THIS MESSAGE TO THE TRUSTEE'S TOPIC. THEY'LL THEN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION, OR THEY CAN REMAIN HIDDEN OR ANONYMOUS. THEY HAVE THAT LEVEL OF ANONYMITY IF THEY WANT TO REMAIN MORE PRIVATE. ON THE BACK END, THEY'LL AUTOMATICALLY RECEIVE A THANK YOU MESSAGE, LETS THEM KNOW THAT THEIR MESSAGE HAS BEEN RECEIVED, AND ALSO SETS THE EXPECTATION FOR WHAT IS TO HAPPEN NEXT. THIS DESIGNATED TOPIC IS GOING TO BE ASSIGNED TO A DESIGNATED STAFF, SUCH AS CHIEF TRUBISKY OVER HERE. TO BE ABLE TO GET THIS AT A DISTRICT LEVEL, BUT ALSO EACH BOARD MEMBER WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO AUTOMATICALLY RECEIVE AN EMAIL WHEN ANY NEW DIALOG COMES IN. SO, AT THE SAME TIME THAT CHIEF TRUBISKY IS GETTING THIS DIALOG, ALSO, BOARD MEMBERS ARE GETTING IT AT THE EXACT SAME TIME. FROM THAT INITIAL MESSAGE, I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU THAT THIS IS JUST A SAMPLE SCREENSHOT OF WHAT YOU'LL SEE HERE. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THE ACTUAL CONTENT OF THE MESSAGE FROM THE CUSTOMER THAT HAS SUBMITTED THEIR THOUGHTS. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THE TIME AND THE DATE THAT IT COMES IN, AND ALSO THE CUSTOMER TYPE THAT IT'S BROKEN DOWN. YOU CAN SEE FROM HERE THAT IT IS A PARENT THAT IS COMING AND ASKING THIS QUESTION, BUT [02:20:06] IN THE DATA, WE'LL BE ABLE TO DRILL DOWN TO SEE ARE WE HEARING FROM MORE STUDENTS OR PARENTS OR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. AND WHEN THIS COMES IN, THIS NOW PROVIDES BOARD MEMBERS THE OPTION TO NOT ONLY SEE THIS MESSAGE THAT'S COMING IN, BUT AS YOU'RE GETTING IT TO AN EMAIL, BOARD MEMBERS DO HAVE THE OPTION TO REPLY BACK TO THAT EMAIL, AND SO BOARD MEMBERS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REPLY BACK THEIR THOUGHTS. IT'LL GO BACK INTO THE DIALOG, SO EVERYTHING IS STREAMLINED AND KEPT IN ONE LOCATION. FOR DISTRICT ISSUES THAT MAY BE CHIEF TRUBISKY NEEDS TO LOOP IN OTHER TEAM MEMBERS. THE PLATFORM ALLOWS THE OPTION TO LOOP IN ANYBODY AT THE DISTRICT, FROM HR TO TRANSPORTATION TO PRINCIPALS. WE CAN EASILY LOOP THEM IN, AND THEY WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THE RIGHT RESPONSE. ONCE THE RESPONSE HAS BEEN DRAFTED UP COMMUNICATED, THAT RESPONSE WILL BE ABLE TO BE SENT BACK TO THE CUSTOMER, LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THEY'VE RECEIVED A RESPONSE TO THEIR INQUIRY, QUESTION, COMMENT, OR FEEDBACK. AT THE SAME TIME THAT THE CUSTOMER IS RECEIVING THEIR RESPONSE. BOARD MEMBERS ARE ALSO VISIBLE TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT THE RESPONSE WAS FROM THE DISTRICT. SO, I JUST WANTED TO ALSO HIGHLIGHT HERE THAT ONE OF THE ACCESS POINTS THAT I HAVE JUST SHOWED YOU HERE WAS A TYPICAL WEB-BASED COMMUNICATION, WHERE THEY CLICK THE FORM AND IT'S SENT IN. I THINK A BIG POINT HERE THAT OUR COMMUNITY REALLY LOVES IS THE OPTION TO PLAY THEIR VOICE MESSAGE AND LEAVE A VOICE RECORDING. AND SO I DON'T WANT TO LIMIT THAT. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS AN OPTION FOR YOU GUYS TO PLAY THE VOICE MESSAGE. IT'LL COME THROUGH THE TOPIC. IT'LL FUNCTION IN THE SAME WAY THAT I JUST SHOWED HERE THAT YOU'LL GET AN EMAIL NOTIFICATION. EACH OF YOU BOARD MEMBERS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE TRANSCRIPTION OF IT, BUT ALSO DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO THE VOICE MESSAGE IF YOU NEED TO. OTHER ACCESS POINTS THAT WE CAN PROVIDE TO OUR COMMUNITY ARE FOR TEXT MESSAGING. THEY CAN EMAIL. ALL OF THAT IS GOING TO COME INTO THE PLATFORM TO STREAMLINE IT. SO THAT WAY WE CAN START TO SEE ANY OF THE ANALYTICAL DATA. SO, THE PHONE CALLS THAT YOU JUST RECEIVED TODAY, FOR EXAMPLE, ALL THOSE WERE DONE THROUGH. LET'S TALK JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THE FEATURES THAT THESE ALREADY EXISTED. WE'VE BEEN USING IT ALREADY. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO TALK MORE ABOUT THAT. ABSOLUTELY. SO CURRENTLY THE PHONE CALLS THAT HAVE BEEN RECEIVED TONIGHT, IT WAS A DISTRICT NUMBER. THAT'S A LET'S TALK NUMBER THAT WAS POSTED ON THE COMMUNITY WEBSITE. AND SO, AS DISTRICT MEMBERS WERE ABLE TO CALL IN THAT CREATES A DIALOG. IT PLAYS A VOICEMAIL RECORDING THAT THEN BOARD I'M SORRY. EXCUSE ME, THAT DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR LEADERS CAN LISTEN TO ON THE RECORDING FROM THAT RECORDING, THEY'RE ABLE TO HEAR IT OUT AND SEE WHAT ACTION STEPS NEED TO BE TAKEN NEXT. SO, FROM THE PHONE RECORDING THAT'S COMING IN, THE DISTRICT CAN ALSO RESPOND BACK TO THAT COMMUNITY MEMBER VIA PHONE FROM THE PLATFORM, VIA EMAIL, FROM THE PLATFORM OR VIA TEXT. SO, WE CAN ENGAGE IN THAT TWO WAY BACK AND FORTH COMMUNICATION IN A MYRIAD OF METHODS. AND SO, IN JUST A SECOND, I'M GOING TO DRILL DOWN TO WHAT YOU'LL ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO SEE IN LIVE OF A OF A DASHBOARD REPORT. BUT I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A HIGH-LEVEL OVERVIEW THAT THE DATA THAT YOU HAVE TO REPORT ON IS GOING TO CREATE A SENTIMENT ANALYSIS WORD CLOUD. THE MORE DATA THAT WE HAVE COMING IN THROUGH THE PLATFORM, THE BETTER VISIBILITY THAT WE HAVE AS A DISTRICT TO SEE IN REAL TIME ANY POSSIBLE ACTION ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE. AND SO, FROM THIS WORD CLOUD, IT WORKS AS YOUR TYPICAL WORD CLOUD THAT THE MORE WORDS THAT ARE BEING SEEN, THE BIGGER THAT THEY ARE GOING TO APPEAR IN THE WORD CLOUD. BUT IT ENHANCES ON A MORE SENTIMENT LEVEL. SO, AS WE ARE SEEING THE WORD CLOUDS AND THE WORDS COMING THROUGH THE DIALOG, WE CAN START TO SEE WHAT ISSUES ARE OCCURRING, HOW MANY TIMES THEY'RE OCCURRING. AND ALSO, IS THE COMMUNITY FEELING A POSITIVE OR A NEGATIVE TYPE OF WAY ABOUT THIS? FROM THAT YOU WILL START TO SEE IN REAL TIME AGAIN, THE POPULATION GROUP THAT YOU'RE HEARING FROM THE MOST, AND YOU HAVE THE AVAILABILITY TO START TO TRACK AND LABEL EACH DIALOG. IF YOU WANTED TO START TO LABEL IT BY AGENDA ITEM, BY THEMATIC THEME, BY KEYWORDS, YOU CAN REALLY START TO USE THESE TAGS TO YOUR BENEFIT. [02:25:04] SO THAT WAY YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK TO YOUR EMAIL AND MANUALLY COUNT HOW MANY TIMES THIS IS REGARDING A CERTAIN AGENDA ITEM. THIS CAN BE DONE IN REAL TIME, AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE METRICS AROUND HOW YOU BEST SEE FIT FOR HOW YOU'D LIKE TO USE THIS DATA. SO ONCE A MONTH, WHAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE IS WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE A MONTHLY DASHBOARD. AND IN THIS MONTHLY DASHBOARD, BOARD MEMBERS WILL BE ABLE TO START TO SEE THE FIRST SIX KEY CARDS. SO YOU'LL START TO SEE THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE SCORE ON A SCALE OF 1 TO 10. HOW MANY POSITIVE EXPERIENCES, NEGATIVE EXPERIENCES, THE AVERAGE DIALOG AGE ANY THAT ARE GOING PAST DUE, THE DISTRICT EXPECTATION OF RESPONSE TIME, AND ANYTHING THAT IS UNRESOLVED OR CRITICAL? I'D LIKE TO ALSO MENTION HERE THAT THIS IS JUST A FICTIONAL DATA RIGHT NOW. THIS IS NOT ACTUAL DATA FROM ROUND ROCK ISD. JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXPERIENCE OF WHAT YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO. FROM THIS, YOU CAN START TO SEE THE COMMUNITY VOICE THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER, WHERE YOU'LL START TO SEE CERTAIN KEYWORDS THAT ARE BUBBLING UP. YOU'LL START TO SEE AS YOU HOVER OVER THEM ANY ISSUES THAT ARE COMING NOW. AND SO HOW MANY TIMES THIS HAS OCCURRED? HOW MANY DIALOGS HAS THIS WORD BEEN FOUND IN? IS THE INTENSITY OF THIS HIGH OR LOW FROM MY COMMUNITY, AND IS IT MORE ON A POSITIVE OR A NEGATIVE SCALE? SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE START TO SEE THINGS THAT ARE BUBBLING UP, SUCH AS CONCERN OR ANYTHING THAT IS REALLY POPPING OUT AT US, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THIS DATA IN THREE DIFFERENT VIEWS THE INTENSITY, THE SENTIMENT, AND ALSO BY A TABLE VIEW. AND SO, FROM THE TABLE VIEW THIS IS REALLY FOR THE DATA LOVERS THAT CAN START TO SEE HOW MANY TIMES ACTUALLY CERTAIN KEYWORDS ARE BEING BROUGHT UP. AND THEN FINALLY, THE LAST THING THAT YOU ALL WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO SEE AGAIN IS THAT BREAKDOWN OF THE CUSTOMER TYPE. THE BREAKDOWN OF CERTAIN DIALOG TYPES. SO AGAIN, IF WE'RE STARTING TO HEAR AND START TO SEE MORE CONCERNS VERSUS QUESTIONS, WE CAN REALLY START TO DRILL INTO THAT DATA AND SEE, YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE OUR CONCERNS COMING FROM AND WHAT ACTIONABLE STEPS DO WE NEED TO DO. EACH ONE OF THESE DIALOGS IN LET'S TALK IS ALSO SUBJECT TO PUBLIC RECORD REQUESTS AS WELL TOO. SO, ALL OF THIS INFORMATION IS ACCESSIBLE IF A COMMUNITY MEMBER REQUESTS THIS. FROM HERE. THIS DATA TOO IS WHERE YOU CAN START TO REALLY SEE BY TOPIC WHICH ONE IS STARTING TO TREND MORE. AND SO, AS YOU CAN SEE AN EXAMPLE HERE, THESE ARE JUST SOME TAGS THAT WE COULD START TO DRILL DOWN FURTHER. BUT YOU CAN USE THE TAGS IN A WAY POSSIBLE TO BEST SUPPORT HOW YOU'D LIKE TO START TRACKING ON CERTAIN THINGS TO BRING TO YOUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM. I'M SURE I SHOWED YOU A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT I WANT TO GIVE YOU TIME TO ASK QUESTIONS TO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION. TRUSTEE WEIR. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. MY FIRST ONE FOR CUSTOMER TYPE IS THAT SELF ID. THE CUSTOMER TYPE IS WHAT THE CUSTOMER IDENTIFIES THEMSELF AS. SO, THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO FILL OUT THE FORM IF THEY ARE A PARENT, A GUARDIAN, A PARENT GUARDIAN, A STUDENT, A STAFF MEMBER OR A COMMUNITY MEMBER AND THEY CAN BE IDENTIFIED AS MORE THAN ONE. OKAY. BUT, I MEAN, THERE'S NO CHECK OF IF SOMEBODY IS REALLY A PARENT OR A STUDENT. I MEAN, ANYBODY COULD CHECK THAT. THAT'S CORRECT. ALTHOUGH THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO INTEGRATE WITH A STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM, TOO. IN AN EMAIL ADDRESS IS MATCHING WITH THE RECORD IN YOUR STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM, THAT'S GOING TO BE A WAY TO CHECK AND VERIFY THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY A PARENT IN THE DISTRICT. OKAY. AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION IS IF BOARD MEMBERS ARE REPLYING, IF MORE THAN ONE BOARD MEMBERS ARE APPLYING, AND MAYBE THIS IS A LEGAL QUESTION, AND IT'S GOING INTO A CENTRAL DIALOG THAT WE'RE ALL LOOKING AT, HOW IS THAT WORKING WITH OPEN MEETINGS AND HOW ARE WE? HOW ARE WE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE NOT IN VIOLATION? I'M GONNA ANSWER THAT. IT'S A LEGAL QUESTION. SO, I'M LOOKING AT MICHELLE. BUT THAT'S WHY THE MECHANISM, I THINK. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HEARD THE FIRST PART WHEN SHE TALKED ABOUT. YOU KNOW, THERE IS NO I MEAN, I DON'T THINK OUR BOARD MEMBERS, ALL OF YOU CAN, CAN, LIKE [02:30:05] START AN EXCHANGE OF EMAILS OR DIALOG BACK AND FORTH HAS TO GO THROUGH, I GUESS ONE PERSON TO AVOID WALKING QUORUM. BUT I'M GOING TO LET MICHELLE MAYBE ANSWER THAT. I WOULD HAVE TO GET MORE INFORMATION ON HOW THAT'S GOING TO WORK. BUT CERTAINLY IF THE ENTIRE BOARD IS PRIVY TO THE SAME CONVERSATION, THAT WOULD THAT WOULD BE A CONCERN FOR FOR OPEN MEETINGS TO AVOID A BOARD, AN UNINTENDED BOARD MEETING. THAT'S NOT THAT'S NOT POSTED. SO HAVE YOU HAD THAT ISSUE BEFORE? HAS THAT BEEN ADDRESSED? IT HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED AS AN ISSUE BEFORE. AGAIN, EACH BOARD KIND OF CUSTOMIZES IT TO HOW THEY HAVE IT PERSONALLY, WHERE IT COULD BE SENT TO THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL, ONE INDIVIDUAL EMAIL ADDRESS RATHER THAN A GROUP EMAIL. IT'S REALLY LIVE IN REAL TIME. THAT CAN BE COMMUNICATED IF IF IT'S STARTING TO TREND AND SEE THAT THIS IS HOW MANY BOARD MEMBERS HAVE RESPONDED TO THEN THEN YOU CAN TAKE THAT ACTION STEP NEXT FORWARD. BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, NO, THIS HASN'T BEEN A CONCERN. THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP. AGAIN, THIS USE CASE CAN BE CUSTOMIZED AS THE BEST WAY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. SO SO LEGAL WOULD HAVE TO JUST LOOK AT THAT AND SEE HOW TO BEST APPROACH THAT. AND OUR NEIGHBOR TO AN OLEANDER. YOU'VE BEEN USING THIS FOR OTHER BOARD TOO, RIGHT? YES, THAT'S CORRECT. LEANDER HAS BEEN USING THIS SINCE 2017 WITH THEIR BOARD OF COMMUNICATION WITH THEIR BOARD OF TRUSTEES. EXCUSE ME, IN A SIMILAR FASHION. AND SO THAT WAY WHEN A DIALOG IS COMING IN, IT IS FUNCTIONING IN THE SAME WAY POSSIBLE THAT IT IS AUTOMATICALLY FORWARDING TO THEIR EMAIL. SO THAT WAY THEY HAVE THE VISIBILITY. AND TO SEE THAT, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, I DON'T WORK IN LEANDER, SC OBVIOUSLY, BUT I HAVE NOT HEARD ANY CONCERNS FROM THE BOARD THAT HAS BEEN USING THIS FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. IS THAT EVERYTHING? TRUSTEE. WEIR. OKAY. TRUSTEE. HARRISON. THANK YOU. WELCOME CHIEF TRUBISKY. WE ARE SO EXCITED YOU'RE HERE. WE'VE BEEN NEEDING YOU. SO WELCOME. I HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS. SO, I THINK THE BIG THING FOR US I LOVE THIS I THINK THAT IT'S GREAT BECAUSE I LIKE THE TRACKING. AND I LIKE THE TWO-WAY DIALOG AND COMMUNICATION. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S PERSONALLY VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. WHAT FEELS LIKE IT'S MISSING FROM HERE VERSUS A BOARD MEETING COMMENTARY IS HOW DO WE THEN SHOW THE COMMUNITY, AND HOW HAVE YOU SEEN BOARD SHOW THE COMMUNITY WHAT'S COMING IN? AND I THINK AISD HAS USED THIS. YES, MA'AM. THAT'S RIGHT. WE USE LET'S TALK. WE USE IT ALSO. NICE TO USE IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT SETUP FOR BOARD MEETINGS. SO, THEY HAVE TWO BOARD MEETINGS. THERE ARE DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IN AUSTIN. SO, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. BUT YEAH, YOU CAN YOU KNOW THIS INFORMATION CAN BE DOWNLOADABLE VIA PDF. AND SO IF YOU WANTED TO DOWNLOAD THIS DATA AND TO KIND OF BE THAT VISIBILITY WITH THE PUBLIC, YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE PDF AND THE DATA TO SHOW THAT IN A PUBLIC FORMAT, AS YOU SEE FIT ON A BOARD MEMBER AGENDA, THE DOWNLOADS CAN BE MANIPULATIVE OF HOW IF YOU WANT TO DOWNLOAD LIKE AN EXCEL RAW DATA OF CERTAIN QUESTIONS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH, OR IF YOU WANTED TO SHOW, LIKE I JUST SHOWED WITH THE DASHBOARD, A PDF OF THE HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF QUESTIONS, COMMENTS THAT BREAKDOWN WITH THE WORD CLOUD. TRUSTEE HARRISON. I WILL SAY THAT MY IDEA WAS TO TAKE THAT MONTHLY REPORT AND PUT IT ON THE BOARD WEBSITE SO THAT ANYBODY COULD GO TO OUR HOME PAGE. SO THAT WAS MY IDEA THAT I WAS GOING TO BRING UP IN A MINUTE. BUT IF THAT HELPS YOU WITH KIND OF THINKING ABOUT PLANS, THAT DOES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT'S MY QUESTION FOR NOW. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE MARKHAM. MY QUESTION WAS ALREADY ASKED. I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT OPEN MEETINGS AND HOW WE WOULD AVOID THAT WITH THE DIALOG, SO I'LL LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT THE SOLUTIONS ARE THERE. THANKS. TRUSTEE WESTON. YES. AND I'M SORRY. CAN YOU TELL ME AGAIN WHAT YOUR NAME IS? AND DO YOU WORK FOR MR. TRUBICKY? NO. I'M SORRY. MY NAME IS HILARY ROBBINS AND I WORK FOR K-12 INSIGHT. SO, I HELP ROUND ROCK PARTNER WITH THEIR LET'S TALK IMPLEMENTATION. SAY THAT AGAIN. YOU HELP YOU WORK FOR K-12. K-12 INSIGHT IS THE PARENT COMPANY OF LET'S TALK. AND SO, I AM THE CLIENT SUCCESS MANAGER THAT PARTNERS WITH ROUND ROCK ISD WITH THEIR IMPLEMENTATION. SO, AND OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS. YES. SO, WHAT OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS? I KNOW YOU SAID LEANDER. WHAT OTHER DISTRICTS MIGHT I HAVE HEARD OF THAT? OH, ABSOLUTELY. SO, WE ARE IN OVER 170 DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS FROM CLARK COUNTY IN NEVADA TO FAIRFAX COUNTY IN VIRGINIA TO AUSTIN ISD. WE'VE GOT LEANDER, EL PASO, DALLAS ISD, WE'VE GOT LOUDOUN COUNTY. WE'RE KIND OF ALL ACROSS THE THE US FROM WEST COAST TO EAST COAST, BUT SPECIFICALLY IN TEXAS. WE HAVE THOSE THAT I JUST MENTIONED, AS WELL AS SOME SMALLER ONES AROUND US LEANDER, GEORGETOWN, EAGLE MOUNTAIN, SAGINAW. YOU KNOW, I COULD GIVE YOU A PROVIDED LIST, BUT NO, NO, THAT'S OKAY. I APPRECIATE THAT, MA'AM. YOU TALKED EXTENSIVELY ABOUT THE CALL-IN OPTION, AND I WROTE DOWN SOME OF THE THINGS [02:35:03] YOU SAID. EVERYTHING THAT I WROTE DOWN WAS FAVORABLE, THAT YOUR OPINION OF IT WAS FAVORABLE TO THE IDEA OF CALL-IN COMMENTS. YOU EVEN SAID THAT YOU WOULD NOT WANT TO LIMIT THAT AND THAT YOU THOUGHT THAT IT WAS GOOD IS I UNDERSTAND THAT RIGHT. MY APOLOGIES IF I HAD AN OPINION TOWARDS THAT. MY ROLE IN MY JOB IS TO HELP THE DISTRICT RECEIVE FULL VALUE OF THEIR IMPLEMENTATIONS AND PROVIDE THE BEST ACCESS AND COMMUNITY TO THEIR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. AND SO, I AM GOING TO SAY THAT WHILE YOU HAVE ONE ACCESS POINT, YOU HAVE OTHER ACCESS POINTS THAT CAN BEST SERVE ALL OF YOUR COMMUNITY. AND THAT'S MY RECOMMENDATION. I'LL RETRACT MY FAVORABLE OF THAT'S MY PERSONAL WITH THE PLATFORM PRODUCT, NOT NECESSARILY AS A ROUND ROCK ISD. WELL, YOU SAID THAT IT INCREASES EQUITY BECAUSE IT CREATES MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR DIALOG FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN'T MAKE IT TO MEETINGS. WOULD YOU STICK BY THAT? I MEAN, WOULD YOU STICK BY THAT STATEMENT? WELL, THAT IS CORRECT. IT IS AN OPTION TO PROVIDE ALWAYS ON COMMUNICATION FOR THOSE THAT CANNOT MAKE IT. THEY HAVE OPTIONS TO SEND A VOICE MAIL OR A DIALOG MESSAGE THROUGH AN ONLINE FORUM PROVIDING MULTIPLE DIFFERENT ACCESS POINTS. YEAH, I APPRECIATE THAT. SO AS A BOARD MEMBER, WOULD WE HAVE LIKE A LOGIN? IS THAT HOW WE ACCESS THIS? NOT AT THIS TIME. RIGHT NOW, THE WAY THAT WE'VE PROPOSED THIS IS THAT IT'S THE COMMUNICATION IS BEING FORWARDED TO AN EMAIL ADDRESS. AGAIN, THIS IS JUST THE TOOL RIGHT NOW. WE CAN ALWAYS GO BACK AND MODIFY THIS IF WE NEED TO GO DOWN FURTHER. THERE ARE IMPLEMENTATIONS THAT WE'VE DONE WITH BOARDS WHERE THEY EACH HAVE HAD THEIR OWN LOGIN. THIS IS JUST THE FIRST ITERATION OF WHAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED. SO, YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE LIFE CYCLE IS SORT OF IT'S BORN. SOMEBODY GOES TO LET'S TALK AND WANTS TO TELL THE BOARD MEMBER SOMETHING GOOD OR BAD OR NEUTRAL. AND THEN THAT GOES TO OUR EMAIL. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING. THAT'S CORRECT. AT LEAST RIGHT NOW UNLESS YOU HEAR OTHERWISE FROM US. THAT'S CORRECT. SO GIVEN THAT ALL OF THIS THAT WOULD COME TO THE BOARD AT LEAST WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THE PIA. SO, THERE'S NO CHANGE THERE. WELL, YES. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY THOUGHTS? I GUESS MY LAST QUESTION WOULD JUST BE SORT OF OPEN ENDED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OR HIS DESIGNEE. CAN YOU JUST SHARE HOW YOU THINK THIS? BECAUSE I THINK I NOTICED IT'S LIKE A $200,000 ANNUAL EXPENDITURE, A LITTLE MORE THAN 200,000. HOW DOES THIS MAKE ROUND ROCK ISD BETTER OR IMPACT THE BOARD GOALS? JUST SOME THOUGHTS ON THAT. I THINK THAT WAS A MISUNDERSTANDING. AND I KNOW, I KNOW WE SENT THAT. AND WHEN I SAW THE NUMBERS AFTER THAT, I CAME BACK AND I WENT BACK, I THINK IT'S RHONDA OR DENNIS IS NOT 200. RIGHT. DO YOU REMEMBER. SO CAN YOU ANSWER THAT BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT WAS A MISTAKE. AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. THE DATA THAT YOU WERE SAYING THAT'S IN THE [INAUDIBLE], THAT'S THE LIFE CYCLE COST OF THAT CONTRACT. SO, THE LIFE CYCLE IS THE 211. BUT IS HALF OF THAT IS FOR PER YEAR. RIGHT. SO, IT'S HALF OF THAT IS PER YEAR. SO, IT'S ABOUT $100,000 OR SO. AND IT'S I CAN TELL YOU I THINK, I THINK WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH THAT STOCK, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT WHAT THIS IS. THIS IS THE BOARD DECISION. IT'S NOT IT'S NOT IT'S NOT OUR BUSINESS HERE. BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE WHAT THAT STOCK IS DOING OR WE'RE TRYING TO OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT DONE THAT YET. YET AS A DISTRICT IS REALLY TO IMPROVE CUSTOMER SERVICE TO OUR PARENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR STAFF. OFTENTIMES, WE RECEIVE EMAILS AND SOMETIMES WE RECEIVE A LOT OF EMAIL. AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE HUMAN BEINGS. SO, WHAT HAPPENS IS SOME OF THOSE EMAILS GET AND I'M NOT TALKING JUST FOR THAT ADMINISTRATION. THIS IS ALSO HAPPENING AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL, RIGHT? WHETHER IT'S PRINCIPAL APS COUNSELORS MAY BE RECEIVING THIS EMAIL. SO, IT'S ALL OF US WHO RECEIVE EMAILS IN THE DISTRICT. SO OFTENTIMES SOME OF THESE EMAILS GET LIKE STUCK BURIED IN OTHER, YOU KNOW, 100, 200, 300 EMAILS. AND THEN BY THE TIME YOU GET BACK TO IT MIGHT BE A WEEK LATER OR TWO WEEKS LATER. SOMETIMES YOU JUST, YOU KNOW, YOU NEVER GET TO IT. AND SO, AT THE SAME TIME, OUR PARENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY ARE WAITING FOR SOMEBODY TO ADDRESS THEIR EMAILS THAT CONCERN WHATEVER. WHAT THAT STOCK DOES IS, IS GIVE YOU THAT PLATFORM WHERE IT'S NEVER GOING TO GO AWAY, AND THEY WILL ACTUALLY SEND YOU A REMINDER. YOU GET A REMINDER LIKE YOU STILL HAVE A COMMENT OR YOU STILL HAVE A DIALOG, OR YOU STILL HAVE A CONCERN. YOU CAN ALSO TRACK IT AND TELLS YOU HOW LONG IT TAKES A PERSON OR A CAMPUS TO RESPOND THIS TO THESE EMAILS AND CONCERNS, TO OUR PARENTS, TO OUR STAFF. AGAIN, ALSO, YOU CAN RUN STATS ON IT AND DO ANALYTICAL STUFF, AND YOU CAN SEE IF MAYBE, MAYBE A PARTICULAR CAMPUS YOU'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF EMAILS AROUND, MAYBE [02:40:02] BEHAVIOR OR SAFETY. AND SO, YOU CAN ACTUALLY RUN THAT, AND YOU HAVE ALL THAT DATA TO HELP, HELP US HELP THAT CAMPUS ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS. WHEREAS WITH EMAILS YOU CAN LITERALLY HAVE TO GO AND TRACK THEM OR CHECK. ALSO, WHAT OFTEN HAPPENS IS LET'S SAY THE EMAIL WAS SENT TO ME HYPOTHETICALLY, BUT LIKE IT'S REALLY A TRANSPORTATION ISSUE. SO, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO FORWARD THAT OR SEND THAT STUFF TO THE TRANSPORTATION. AND I'M HOPING THAT OUR TRANSPORTATION I KNOW TINA IS GREAT, BUT SOMETIMES ALSO SHE MAY HAVE THAT ON THE BOTTOM OF HER. SO, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S ADDRESSED IN A TIMELY MANNER WITH THIS IS ALLOW YOU WITH THE ONE CLICK TO ASSIGN THAT. BUT YOU ALSO. I DON'T LOSE SIGHT BECAUSE I WILL. I CAN SEE BECAUSE I WAS SENT TO ME. I CAN SEE WHEN THAT DIALOG WAS CLOSED AND ADDRESSED, AND I CAN LOOK BACK AT IT AND SEE HOW LONG IT TOOK TINA TO ADDRESS IT. OUR DIRECTOR. RIGHT. AND I KNOW SHE'S GREAT. I'M JUST GIVING AN EXAMPLE. SO, THIS IS REALLY THIS LET'S TALK PLATFORM IS REALLY A WAY TO IMPROVE AGAIN OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE TRACK. IF THERE ARE ANY ISSUES, ANY CONCERNS, ANY THEMES AND ALSO PROVIDE LIKE AGAIN A BETTER WAY OF ADDRESSING EVERYTHING. THAT AND IT COULD BE ALSO WE USE THAT FOR COMMENTS FOR POSITIVE COMMENTS. I KNOW I THINK YOU MENTIONED OUR HR USE THAT FOR THE ROAR. SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE FOLKS WHO ARE LIKE, OH, I REALLY, YOU KNOW, APPRECIATE HOW, YOU KNOW, I WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS TO GET ALL MY PAPERWORK DONE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO, IT'S REALLY PROVIDING AN AREA OF THINGS TO HELP US REALLY MAKE THINGS BETTER FOR OUR DISTRICT AND FOR OUR COMMUNITY, FOR OUR STUDENTS. SO. SO, I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER LIGHTS ON. BUT I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. DR. AZAIEZ, CAN YOU TELL US WHAT OUR CURRENT POLICY OR PROCEDURE IS ON FOLLOW UP FOR PEOPLE WHO COME AND SPEAK AT BOARD MEETINGS? BECAUSE IT'S REALLY NOT THE WAY. IT'S A ONE-WAY COMMUNICATION. WE'RE I MEAN AGAIN I MEAN, I'M NOT, IT'S MORE LIKE A LEGAL QUESTION. MY UNDERSTANDING WE CANNOT ENGAGE BACK WITH I'M TALKING ABOUT OUR BOARD. RIGHT, RIGHT. CORRECT. LEGALLY THE BOARD CANNOT. HAVE A DIALOG WITH THE PUBLIC IN RESPONSE TO PUBLIC DIALOG. JUST A FOLLOW UP. IF SOMEBODY COMES AND SPEAKS AT OUR BOARD MEETING, SO DO WE HAVE A ? SO, I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE ADMINISTRATION. OKAY. I'M SORRY, I THOUGHT YOU WERE TALKING WHAT THE BOARD WILL DO ABOUT IT. RIGHT. SO THAT SO WE USUALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT ADMINISTRATION WE TAKE NOTE AND THEN WE FOLLOW UP AND SEE IF SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO ADDRESS IMMEDIATELY OR SOMETHING WE NEED TO FOLLOW UP ON IT AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO, WE DON'T, WE TRY TO KIND OF BE RESPONSIVE, RIGHT, TO THE CONCERNS OR THE CONCERNS. AND SOMETIMES I'M BEING VERY HONEST. I MEAN, SOMETIMES WE'RE AWARE OF THE CONCERNS AND SOMETIMES WE'RE NOT. SOMETIMES IT'S THE FIRST TIME WE HEAR ABOUT A CONCERN IS DURING A BOARD MEETING, FOR EXAMPLE, IS THERE EVER A TIME SOMEBODY MIGHT COME TO A PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN THERE'S NO FOLLOW UP? OFTENTIMES THERE IS NOW. NOW, WE MAY NOT COME UP WITH THE DESIRED OUTCOME BECAUSE THEY MIGHT'VE WANTED SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE CANNOT GET IT DONE FOR WHATEVER. THAT MAY BE THE REASON, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE DON'T WE DON'T LOOK AT IT. RIGHT, RIGHT. SO, AND I HAD ANOTHER QUESTION ABOUT THE VOICEMAIL ASPECT OF THIS. THE VOICEMAILS WOULDN'T HAVE TO JUST BE LEFT, LIKE WHEN A MEETING IS POSTED OR THINGS LIKE THAT. THAT'S CORRECT. IT COULD HAPPEN AT ANY TIME BECAUSE LIKE I'M LOOKING AT OUR DECEMBER MEETING, WE HAVE A MEETING ON DECEMBER 12TH AND THEN NOT ANOTHER ONE TILL JANUARY 18TH. RIGHT? SO, IF THE COMMUNITY WANTED TO INTERACT AND COMMUNICATE WITH THE BOARD IN BETWEEN THAT SIX WEEK, FIVE AND A HALF WEEK GAP, THAT THIS WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE AT ANY TIME OF THE DAY, ANY DAY OF THE WEEK. THEY COULD CALL IN OR THEY COULD LEAVE A VOICEMAIL ANYTIME. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. YES. IT'S AN ALWAYS ON COMMUNICATION THAT THEY CAN DO IT AT THE TIME THAT WORKS BEST FOR THEM. EVEN THOUGH THE DISTRICT MAY BE OFFERED CERTAIN BREAKS, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL BE THERE AND COLLECT THAT DATA FOR WHEN THE DISTRICT RETURNS BACK THAT THEY CAN PLAY AND SEE THAT. AND THEN NEXT QUESTION IS IF SOMEONE SELECTS THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND THAT EMAIL IS SENT TO EACH TRUSTEE, WILL THAT CONTACT INFORMATION BE INCLUDED SO THAT INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEES CAN FOLLOW UP WITH THAT CUSTOMER AS THEY SEE FIT? NOT AT THIS TIME. THE DECISION WAS TO NOT HAVE THE CONTACT INFORMATION THERE. THAT AGAIN IS CUSTOMIZABLE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT FURTHER. SURE. WE'LL TAKE YOUR GUIDANCE ON THAT. I MEAN, WE, EXCUSE ME, WE CAN INCLUDE THAT INFORMATION. TRUSTEES CAN RESPOND JUST AS THEY WOULD IF THEY'D GOTTEN AN EMAIL DIRECTLY FROM SOMEONE. AND THE LET'S TALK PLATFORM WASN'T PART OF IT. YES, MA'AM. SO THAT WOULD BE MY PERSONAL OPINION, JUST BECAUSE I THINK THAT WOULD HELP WITH THE ISSUES THAT IF SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, WENT THROUGH, LET'S TALK AND WAS ABLE TO LEAVE A MESSAGE, THEN THAT ALLOWED ME INDIVIDUALLY TO FOLLOW UP WITH THAT COMMUNITY [02:45:01] MEMBER AND ASK ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR THINGS LIKE THAT WITHOUT CONTACTING AND COMMUNICATING WITH MY FULL BOARD. YES, MA'AM. SO THAT WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE. I DON'T KNOW IF OTHER TRUSTEES HAVE A PREFERENCE ON THAT, BECAUSE IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS A TOOL TO REALLY ENHANCE COMMUNICATION RATHER THAN COMING TO A MEETING, HAVING TWO MINUTES, AND THEN IT'S REALLY UP TO A TRUSTEE TO REMEMBER WHO SPOKE. AND DO I NEED TO GO TO THAT CAMPUS AND SEE THAT TEACHER, OR DO I NEED TO GO AND DO THIS OR THIS? BUT REALLY IT IS A DOCUMENTED WAY TO FOLLOW UP ON, CORRECT? YES. THAT'S CORRECT. AND WITH THE CUSTOMER INFORMATION, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE VISIBLE WITHIN THAT, YOU'LL ALSO START TO SEE THAT CUSTOMER PROFILE OF HOW MANY TIMES A CERTAIN CUSTOMER MIGHT HAVE REACHED AND REACHED OUT BEFORE, AND IT'LL START TO BUILD A HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF THAT. THAT SEEMS TO ME LIKE IT COULD BE BENEFICIAL AS WELL AS SOMEBODY IS SUPER UNHAPPY, THEN MAYBE IT REQUIRES MORE THAN JUST AN EMAIL BACK AND IT REQUIRES A FACE TO FACE OR A PHONE CALL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. CORRECT. AND WITH THAT CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE SCORE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO KIND OF SEE THAT AS A PULSE METRIC IN REAL TIME TO ADDRESS A FAMILY, PERHAPS MOVING OUT OF THE DISTRICT. YOU CAN KIND OF CATCH THAT HEAD ON AND SEE WHY THEY'RE UNHAPPY ABOUT A CERTAIN EXPERIENCE. SO THAT WAY YOU KNOW HOW TO BEST COMMUNICATE GOING FORWARD, OKAY. AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION WAS, AND I MENTIONED IT WHEN TRUSTEE HARRISON SPOKE. BUT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH OUR COMMUNITY WHAT WE'RE RECEIVING. AND I DON'T WANT SOMEBODY TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH AN OPEN RECORDS PROCESS TO GET THE INFORMATION OF WHO'S COMMUNICATING WITH THE BOARD. SO, IS IT POSSIBLE? AND PERHAPS I ASKED DR. AZAIEZ, IS IT POSSIBLE TO ADD A PAGE TO OUR BOARD WEB PAGE WHERE MONTHLY REPORTS OF LET'S TALK 100%? WE CAN ADD WHATEVER YOU WANT. AS I SAID, WE WANT TO WE WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU AS MUCH INFORMATION AND GIVE YOU AS MUCH ANSWER AS MANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE, AND THEN YOU GUIDE US. LET US KNOW. WE'RE HAPPY TO WORK WITH K-12 AND ALSO OUR TEAM HERE TO TO TO MEET YOU GUYS NEED WHATEVER YOU GUYS WANT OKAY I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. TRUSTEE BONE. THANK YOU. THERE WAS A COMMENT, I THINK MAYBE IN THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ABOUT OUR EMAILS ON THE WEB, IS THAT PLANNING ON GOING AWAY, THAT WE WOULD GET RID OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES' EMAIL AND THAT WE WOULD GET RID OF EMAILS? NO, MA'AM. OKAY, SO THAT WOULD ALL SAY THE SAME. THIS IS JUST KIND OF ANOTHER PATH THAT THAT FOLKS COULD TAKE. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. AND THEN, YEAH, I STARTED THINKING ABOUT WHAT YOU JUST SAID. PRESIDENT LANDRUM WITH A RUNNING LOG. AND THERE'S THE FIRST IMPRESSION IS LIKE, I LIKE THAT. BUT THEN THE SECOND IMPRESSION IS, WELL, WE GET PARENTS, WE GET TEACHERS. SO, I THINK THAT MIGHT BE ANOTHER DISCUSSION POINT THAT WE WOULD WANT TO THINK ABOUT OF, IF PEOPLE WANT, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE CONTACTING US ABOUT THEIR KID AND IF THAT'S BEING PUT OUT THERE AND THEY'RE HAVING AN ISSUE OVER AND OVER. I WAS THINKING, JUST LIKE THE SUMMARY REPORT ON THE WEB PAGE OF, LIKE, THE NUMBER OF CONTACTS, THE TIME THAT WE TOOK TO RESOLVE IT, THE WORD MAP, THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING OF BEING POSTED. OKAY. NOT LIKE A RUNNING LOG. NO, NOT OF ALL THESE PEOPLE. JUST THIS METRIC. LIKE IF YOU WANT TO KNOW EVERYBODY THAT ACCESS, I THINK THAT PROBABLY SHOULD GO THROUGH OPEN RECORDS SO THAT THEY CAN DO ANY KIND OF REDACTING THAT MAY NEED TO HAPPEN. BUT JUST THE MONTHLY REPORT THAT LOOKS KIND OF LIKE THAT AND HAS THE WORD MAP THING, I THINK THAT WORD MAP IS VERY POWERFUL AS WELL. THAT'S ALL I WAS THINKING ABOUT THOSE MONTHLY REPORTS WITH THE WORD MAP TOO, JUST BECAUSE LIKE THAT ONE-WORD MAP HAS NAMES. SO, I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER LEGAL ISSUE. AND SORRY TO INTERRUPT, BUT THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO FILTER OUT CERTAIN THINGS IF WE NEEDED TO FILTER OUT FOR LEGAL ISSUES AS WELL. YEAH, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T START EXPOSING THINGS, AND HOPEFULLY THE COMMUNITY WOULD GIVE US FEEDBACK IF WE WERE, THAT WAS MAKING THEM HESITATE TO CONTACT US. BUT OTHERWISE, IT SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD PLATFORM. AND I WOULD ADD THAT I THINK WE WOULD ALL AGREE THAT EMAILS, SINCE THE TIME I'VE GOTTEN ON THE BOARD HAS BEEN AN ISSUE. WE YOU KNOW, AT ONE POINT WE HAD DIFFERENT WAYS OF IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE PRESIDENT THAT WAS GOING TO RESPOND. AND I MEAN, WE'VE GONE BACK AND FORTH, AND I THINK WE ALL HATE WHEN WE MISS EMAILS OR DON'T RESPOND TO SOMEBODY. AND THEN SOMEBODY SAYS, NOBODY HAS RESPONDED TO US AND WE'RE LIKE, WE'RE SO SORRY. SO, I THINK THIS IS WORTH A TRY. SO, I APPRECIATE THIS PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE HARRISON? ONE I REALLY LIKE THIS FOR TEACHERS. NOT EVERY TEACHER WANTS TO COME IDENTIFY THEMSELVES AND SPEAK AT A BOARD MEETING. AND THERE COULD BE SOME REAL CAMPUS OR DISTRICT WIDE ISSUES. SO, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT WAY FOR SKIP LEVEL FEEDBACK. BUT CAN YOU SAY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ANONYMITY? ANONYMITY, LIKE, AND THEN IF SOMEBODY CHOOSES TO BE ANONYMOUS, HOW DO YOU BUILD A CUSTOMER PROFILE FOR THEM? YES, I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN THERE. SO, WITH THE LEVEL OF ANONYMITY, IF THEY CHOOSE TO BE ANONYMOUS, IT IS A ONE-WAY COMMUNICATION. THEY'RE JUST SUBMITTING THEIR THOUGHTS THAT THE DISTRICT CANNOT RESPOND BACK TO. THERE IS AN OPTION THAT THEY CAN HIDE THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION FROM THE [02:50:02] DISTRICT AND STILL HAVE THE DISTRICT TO RESPOND BACK IN TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION. SO THAT IS A LEVEL OF ANONYMITY THAT IF A STAFF MEMBER WANTED TO SUBMIT SOMETHING PRIVATELY, THE DISTRICT DOES HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COLLECT THEIR FEEDBACK AND RESPOND BACK. STILL, IN THAT TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION, HOWEVER, THE ONLY TYPE OF HISTORICAL ANALYSIS WITH THE CUSTOMER PROFILE IS IF THEY ARE SHOWING THEIR CUSTOMER INFORMATION AND PROVIDING THAT. OKAY, THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. I JUST THINK PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW THAT IN ORDER TO FEEL THAT THEY CAN TRUST THE SYSTEM. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE MARKHAM? THANKS. I'M A HUGE FAN OF LET'S TALK. SO, I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE INFORMATION. ONE THING THAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING FROM THE PUBLIC IS BY GETTING RID OF OFF AGENDA ITEMS AND TRYING TO MOVE TOWARD MORE PLATFORMS LIKE THIS, THEY ARE LOSING THEIR ABILITY TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW ABOUT ISSUES THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE DISTRICT THAT THEY MIGHT OTHERWISE NOT KNOW ABOUT. SO, WHEN WE'RE PUBLISHING THOSE MONTHLY REPORTS, WE HAVE WE'VE HAD A LOT OF SPEAKERS FROM STONY POINT. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF SPEAKERS FROM EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL. WOULD THE REPORT PICK UP THOSE KEY WORDS SO THAT WHEN WE'RE PUBLISHING THOSE MONTHLY REPORTS, THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER PLACE FOR THE PUBLIC TO GO AND SEE WHAT ISSUES ARE POPPING UP IN THE DISTRICT THAT THEY MIGHT WANT TO ADVOCATE FOR. ABSOLUTELY. SO THIS PUBLISHED REPORT WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT AND SEE THAT THE BIGGER THE WORD, THE MORE THAT IT'S BEING SPOKEN FOR IN DIALOGS, AND SO WHEN THEY HOVER OVER THAT, YOU CAN START TO SEE IF IT WAS STONY POINT OR WEST POINT THAT IS HAPPENING SEVEN TIMES, AND SO THE BIGGER THAT IT'S HAPPENING, THE MORE THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN START TO SEE THAT THIS IS REALLY BECOMING AN ISSUE. IS THERE ANY VISIBILITY INTO THE SPECIFIC ISSUE THAT'S POPPING, THAT'S POPPING UP IN THOSE COMMUNITIES? NOT FOR THE CUSTOMER TYPE, FOR THE DISTRICT LEVEL. THERE IS WHERE THEY CAN DRILL DOWN FURTHER. ALL AGAIN, ALL OF THIS INFORMATION COULD BE EXPORTED VIA AN EXCEL DOCUMENT FOR THE RAW DATA TO KIND OF SEE, BUT FROM HERE, THIS IS WHERE THE DISTRICT CAN KIND OF TAKE THAT DATA AND THEN SHARE OUT BASED ON FURTHER ANALYSIS, WHAT THEY WANTED TO SHARE. THANK YOU. I WOULD THINK THAT WOULD BE MAYBE ONE THING TO THINK ABOUT IS THE SPECIFICITY. I CAN'T EVEN SAY THAT WORD TODAY. THE SPECIFICS ON THOSE PARTICULAR ISSUES THAT ARE POPPING UP JUST TO GIVE THE PUBLIC VISIBILITY, IF WE ARE GOING TO REMOVE THE OFF AGENDA ITEMS. THANKS, AND I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER LIGHTS ON, BUT I DID HAVE ONE OTHER ITEM TRUSTEES, TO THINK ABOUT ON THIS. WE COULD EVEN HAVE A STANDING ITEM LIKE WE DO OUR BOARD OUTCOME GOALS, TIME TRACKER, AND WE COULD HAVE THE MONTHLY REPORT ON OUR AGENDA IF WE NEEDED IT TO ASK QUESTIONS OR SAY, COULD WE GO A LITTLE DEEPER INTO THIS? AND THAT ACTUALLY INCREASES THE VISIBILITY AS WELL, RATHER THAN REQUIRING THE COMMUNITY ANOTHER STEP OF HAVING TO GO TO OUR WEBSITE TO ACCESS THAT REPORT. SO IT'S JUST ANOTHER IDEA OF HOW WE CAN ENHANCE AND THAT COMMUNICATION. TRUSTEE WEIR. THIS IS NOT AN ACTION ITEM. SO MY QUESTION IS WHEN ARE THESE DECISIONS BEING MADE? LIKE WHAT DECISIONS? WELL, LIKE, ARE WE GOING TO ADD THAT TO THE AGENDA ITEM. ARE WE GOING TO I THINK IF WE HAVE CONSENSUS TONIGHT ON SOMETHING, IF THEN I'M FINE WITH MOVING FORWARD LIKE THAT, AND THIS IS A LEARNING PROCESS AND WE PUT IT ON THE AGENDA A COUPLE OF MONTHS AND IT WORKS, THEN GREAT, AND IF IT DOESN'T THEN WE I CAN SAY OKAY, IN THE YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE THE JANUARY MEETING, I WOULD SAY, HERE'S OUR REPORT FOR OUR FIRST MONTH OF USING THIS, AND IF WE SAY, WOULD WE LIKE TO SEE THIS AGAIN ON THE AGENDA NEXT MONTH, OR DO WE WANT TO MAKE THIS A STANDING ITEM? AS LONG AS I HAVE A CONSENSUS, I'M FINE WITH THAT. OKAY, I HAVE ONE MORE THING, BUT I THINK I'LL ASK IT WHEN WE GET TO OUR BOARD SELF-EVAL. OKAY. TRUSTEE. WESTON. I JUST WANT TO CAUTION MY COLLEAGUES HERE THAT IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE YOU ALMOST HAVE TO REACH CRITICAL MASS ON A CONCERN FOR THE BOARD TO FEEL LIKE IT'S WORTHY OF CONSIDERING, AND SOMETIMES A SINGLE PARENT, OR A SINGLE TAXPAYER, OR A SINGLE COMMUNITY MEMBER OR A SINGLE STUDENT ALL BY THEMSELVES. JUST ONE PERSON. SOMETIMES THEIR VOICE MATTERS, AND I'M REALLY CONCERNED JUST BY WHETHER INTENDED OR NOT. SOME OF THE RHETORIC I'M HEARING IS THAT'S TWO MINUTES. I GET YOUR POINT, AND IT IS. I THINK EVERY VOICE MATTERS. TRUSTEE. OH, NO, I FORGOT TO TURN YOUR LIGHT OFF. TRUSTEE WEIR. TRUSTEE MARKHAM. YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS THAT. IT'S CERTAINLY NOT THE INTENT THAT WE WOULD IGNORE A SINGLE ISSUE POPPING UP. I WAS SPECIFICALLY TRYING TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED THROUGH EMAIL, THROUGH PUBLIC COMMENT THAT PEOPLE COME AND THEY SPEAK DURING PUBLIC COMMENT ON OFF [02:55:04] AGENDA ITEMS BECAUSE THEY WANT THE PUBLIC TO BE AWARE THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE IN THE DISTRICT THEY WANT TO TELL US, BUT THEY ALSO WANT THE PUBLIC TO BE AWARE IN CASE THERE ARE OTHERS THAT WANT TO ADVOCATE ALONGSIDE THEM FOR THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE. SO IT'S NOT SAYING I'M GOING TO IGNORE THESE BECAUSE I'M GETTING MORE OF THIS. IT WAS MORE JUST TRYING TO ADDRESS THAT PARTICULAR CONCERN THAT WE'VE BEEN WE'VE BEEN HEARING OVER THE LAST WEEK, AND I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER LIGHTS ON. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION, AND WE WILL START IMPLEMENTING THIS IN DECEMBER, AND WE WILL HAVE DECEMBER 12TH THROUGH JANUARY 18TH TO SEE HOW IT WORKS AND I FULLY COMMIT THAT IF THIS DOESN'T WORK, WE WILL GO BACK AND CHANGE OUR POLICY. WE'LL REVISIT, AND SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AS SECRETARY, IS IT GOING TO BE ON ME TO MAKE THIS PRESENTATION ALONG WITH THE TIME TRACKER EACH MONTH? I DON'T THINK SO. WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. OH, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THE VICE PRESIDENT DOESN'T HAVE SOMETHING TO TRACK, SO I WOULD BE HAPPY. OR THE VICE PRESIDENT. THAT WOULD BE A GOOD ROLE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. IT'S BEEN TWO HOURS SINCE OUR LAST RECESS. DO WE NEED A BREAK OR DO WE WANT TO GO DO PROP EIGHT? OKAY. LET'S TAKE A LET'S SEE. IT'S 8:34. LET'S COME BACK AT 8:45, 11 MINUTES. HELLO. THERE WE GO. IT IS 8:46. IT WAS 8:45 WHEN I STARTED TALKING, BUT THERE WAS NO MICROPHONE, SO WE DID COME BACK ON TIME. IT'S 8:46. WE ARE BACK IN SESSION AND WE WILL GO TO AGENDA ITEM F THREE PROPOSITION A ELECTION UPDATE. WELL THANKS AGAIN. THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU TO OUR BOARD FOR ALLOWING US TO TAKE PROP EIGHT TO OUR VOTERS, AND ALSO THANK YOU TO OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE FOR REALLY COMING OUT IN FORCE AND APPROVING THAT SO THAT'S REALLY, REALLY SAYS A LOT ABOUT ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY AND HOW MUCH THEY LOVE AND CARE ABOUT OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF AND AS OUR SCHOOLS AS A WHOLE. SO THANK YOU AGAIN. WITH US IS EDDIE AND DENNIS. THEY WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT NEXT STEPS WHEN IT COMES TO PROP A AND PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT IT, BECAUSE I KNOW OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF ARE EXPECTING TO GET THOSE PAY RAISES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU, DR. AZAIEZ. GOOD EVENING TRUSTEES. DENNIS AND I ARE GOING TO GET THROUGH THIS. THERE'S NOT TOO MANY SLIDES AND NOT TOO MANY DETAILS. OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE ALL VERY FAMILIAR WITH PROPOSITION A, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME HIGHLIGHTS TO KIND OF TOUCH ON TONIGHT. SO THAT'S JUST THE VOTER TURNOUT AND THE VOTERS IN FAVOR IN TERMS OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY AND TRAVIS COUNTY. IT WAS AN OVERWHELMING RESULT, AND SO WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL AND THANKFUL TO OUR VOTERS FOR RECOGNIZING OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF IN THAT WAY. I THINK THAT'LL ALLOW US, JUST AS A REMINDER TO THE COMMUNITY, IT'S $19 MILLION THAT WILL ALLOW US TO GENERATE IN TERMS OF ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION FOR OUR STAFF. SO, AGAIN, THANK YOU TO THEM FOR FOR MAKING THAT HAPPEN. THIS SLIDE REPRESENTS THE COMPARISON OF OUR TAX RATE TO THE SURROUNDING ISDS, AND BASED ON THE GREEN BAR, YOU WILL SEE THAT ROUND ROCK'S M&O TAX RATE IS THE SECOND LOWEST IN CENTRAL TEXAS, EVEN AFTER THE VOTER PASSES, AND THAT OUR OVERALL TAX RATE IS ALSO THE SECOND LOWEST IN CENTRAL TEXAS AND AS EDDIE JUST MENTIONED, THE THREE PENNIES THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE VADR AND THE VOTERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WILL EQUATE TO ABOUT $19 MILLION IN PAY INCREASES. THANK YOU SIR. OKAY, SO WE'LL GET INTO SOME MORE OF THE DETAILS NOW. SO HOW WILL PROPOSITION A BENEFIT OUR EMPLOYEES. SO SPECIFICALLY ALL TEACHERS WILL SEE A GENERAL PAY INCREASE OF $1,750. SO THAT'S AN INCREASE OF 3% OF THE MIDPOINT OF THE 23-24 TEACHER SALARY SCALE. SO THAT'S IN ADDITION TO THE $1,750 GENERAL PAY INCREASE THAT THEY RECEIVED EARLIER THIS YEAR. AS WELL, ALL OTHER ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES WILL RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL 3% GENERAL PAY INCREASE, AND THAT 3% IS BASED ON THE MIDPOINT RATE. CAREFUL ABOUT SAYING THAT WORD MIDPOINT RATE OF THE PAY GRADE FOR THEIR POSITION. SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT IF I'M IN A TEACHING ASSISTANT POSITION AND THE STARTING RATE IS 15.50 AND THE MIDPOINT RATE IS AND AGAIN, HYPOTHETICALLY 19.50, MY 3% WOULD BE CALCULATED ON THE 19.50, AND EVERYBODY IN THAT PAY GRADE WOULD RECEIVE THAT SAME AMOUNT ON THEIR, ON THEIR ADJUSTMENT, AND THEN THE LAST PIECE IS, I KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME SPEAKERS IN PUBLIC COMMENT IN RECENT TIMES TALKING ABOUT ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION. THAT WAS KIND OF ON HOLD UNTIL THE PASSAGE OF THE PROPOSITION A. SO SOME OF THOSE WERE OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION EVALUATION SERVICES, AND SO THE ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION WOULD INCLUDE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE'VE HEARD ABOUT FOR SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS AND OTHER SPECIAL EDUCATION EVALUATION SERVICES THAT WERE ON HOLD. [03:00:04] SO WE'RE REALLY GLAD ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY ALLOWED US TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE POSITIONS REMAIN COMPETITIVE TO MARKET. SO IT WAS A REALLY GOOD MOVE, AND SO IT'S DEFINITELY CREATED SOME SPACE NOW AND ALLOWED US AT A REALLY CRITICAL TIME FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE WELL POSITIONED TO THE MARKET FOR THAT. SO WHEN WILL THEY SEE THEIR INCREASES? SO ALL MONTHLY PAID EMPLOYEES WILL RECEIVE THEIR THEIR FIRST INCREASE. EXCUSE ME, THEIR FIRST CHECK WITH THE INCREASE IN IT IN JANUARY THE 25TH. OKAY. THAT'S THE FIRST MONTHLY PAYCHECK IN THE NEW YEAR. ALL SEMIMONTHLY EMPLOYEES WILL RECEIVE THAT IN THEIR JANUARY 30TH PAYCHECK. THEY GET TWO CHECKS EACH MONTH, AND SO THOSE PAY RAISES ARE RETROACTIVE TO THE START DATE FOR THE 23-24 SCHOOL YEAR, AND SO NOT ONLY WILL THEY SEE THE ADDITIONAL PAY RATE ADJUSTMENT OF 3% OR THE $1,750 PERCENTAGE FOR TEACHERS, BUT THEY'LL ALSO THAT'LL ALSO BE CALCULATED BACK, AND THERE'LL BE A LUMP SUM PAYMENT THAT WILL BE IN THEIR JANUARY CHECK AS WELL. SO JANUARY WILL ESSENTIALLY CATCH THEM UP FOR THE WHOLE YEAR AND PUT THEM ON THEIR NEW PAY RATE, AND SO ANY MONIES THAT THEY WERE OWED FROM THE START OF THEIR DUTY PERIOD ALL THE WAY THROUGH THAT PAY DATE WILL BE IN THAT CHECK AS WELL. SO THAT'LL BE A NICE CHECK TO RECEIVE, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE HOLIDAYS. THAT'S A LONG SPAN FOR OUR EMPLOYEES FROM THE DECEMBER PAYCHECK TO THE JANUARY PAYCHECK. SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT OKAY, AND THIS IS THE BIG QUESTION. SO WHY THE JANUARY PAYCHECK AND NOT SOONER. ALL RIGHT. WE WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT PAYOUT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, BUT THE STARK REALITY IS THERE'S NO MAGIC BUTTON TO THIS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK I NEED TO CALL OUT IS WE HAVE TWO SHORT MONTHS FOR PAYROLL PURPOSES. SO IN NOVEMBER, OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE THE FALL BREAK, AND THEN IN DECEMBER WE HAVE THE WINTER BREAK. WHAT THAT DOES IS IT REALLY CONDENSES YOUR PAYROLL SCHEDULES, AND IT MEANS THAT OUR STAFF HAVE REALLY TO RUN TWO PAYROLLS IN A FOUR WEEK PERIOD. OKAY. WE PAY EARLY FOR EACH HOLIDAY. SO OUR NOVEMBER PAYCHECK IS NORMALLY IN NOVEMBER. SORRY. THE MONTHLY PAYCHECK IS NORMALLY ON THE 25TH OF THE MONTH FOR THIS MONTH. WE PAID IT ON NOVEMBER THE 17TH. SO RIGHT BEFORE THE HOLIDAY AND THEN IN DECEMBER WE DO THE SAME THING. SO STAFF WILL ACTUALLY RECEIVE THEIR PAY BEFORE THE HOLIDAY, BUT WHAT THAT DOES FOR OUR HR AND PAYROLL STAFF IS IT REALLY CONDENSES THE TIME THAT THEY HAVE TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES. SO THAT'S ONE REASON. THE SECOND REASON IS WE HAVE OVER 6000 EMPLOYEES THAT WE HAVE TO CALCULATE THOSE INDIVIDUAL PAY INCREASES FOR IN ADDITION TO THAT RETROACTIVE PAY. SO THAT'S THE SECOND PIECE, BUT THE MOST COMPLICATED PIECE IS WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR NONEXEMPT STAFF, MANY OF THOSE STAFF MEMBERS ARE ELIGIBLE TO EARN OVERTIME AT TIME AND A HALF THEIR NORMAL HOURLY RATE. SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT ONE EMPLOYEE WHO MAY HAVE WORKED 15 HOURS OF OVERTIME FROM A PERIOD OF AUGUST ALL THE WAY THROUGH DECEMBER, WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND RECALCULATE THAT OVERTIME AT THE NEW PAY RATE ADJUSTMENT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THEM THE ACCURATE RETROACTIVE PAYMENT, AND THAT'S WHEN THINGS TAKE TIME, BECAUSE IT REALLY DOES REQUIRE THAT INDIVIDUAL CARE, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE GET PAID CORRECTLY. SO THAT'S WHY IT TAKES SO MUCH TIME, AND THAT'S WHY WE REALLY WE JUST ARE NOT ABLE TO GET THAT PROCESSED IN TIME FOR THE DECEMBER CHECK. SO THAT'S THE INFORMATION. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING THAT DENNIS WOULD LIKE TO ANSWER FOR YOU? I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS ALSO, BUT DENNIS GOES FIRST FOR ALL QUESTIONS. OKAY. TRUSTEE. BONE. THANK YOU. I DID HAVE A QUESTION AND SLIDES TWO AND FOUR ON BOTH OF THOSE SLIDES THAT SAID THAT WE'RE SPENDING THE WHOLE $19 MILLION ON INCREASES OF SALARY. IS THAT CORRECT? DID WE DECIDE TO DO THE WHOLE $19 MILLION? I THOUGHT IT WAS LESS. THAT IS CORRECT. THE VADR FOR THE THREE PENNIES WAS TO COVER THE 3% SALARY INCREASES FOR ALL STAFF, AND DOES THAT EQUAL $19 MILLION? THE INCREASES IN SALARIES. HOW MUCH IS THAT IN SALARIES? BECAUSE TWO AND FOUR IT SAID THAT THE 19 MILLION WAS FOR ALL SALARIES. IS THAT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT NUMBER IS? NO I DON'T. OKAY, BUT IT'S THE WHOLE 19 MILLION WILL GO TOWARDS SALARIES. YES, MA'AM. ALL THE 19 MILLION GOES TO SALARIES. OKAY, AND THEN HAS ANY EMPLOYEES TALKED ABOUT THE TAX IMPLICATIONS OR HAD CONCERNS OF GETTING THAT JANUARY CHECK BECAUSE. I MEAN, OUR TAXES GO RIGHT UNTIL DECEMBER 31ST. SO ANY CONCERNS ON TAX IMPLICATIONS FOR FOLKS THAT THEY'LL BE PAYING MORE TAXES ON THAT MONEY THAT THEY GET IN JANUARY BECAUSE IT WILL PUT THEM IN A HIGHER BRACKET OR I HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY COMMENTS FROM ANY OF OUR EMPLOYEES. OKAY. YEAH, AND I THINK BECAUSE IT'S MONEY THAT'S OWED TO THEM FROM A PREVIOUS AND I'M NOT A TAX ACCOUNTANT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THERE'S WE CAN DO A LITTLE RESEARCH AND GET A RESPONSE TO YOU ON THAT, BUT THERE IS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE RETROACTIVE PAYMENT, BUT AGAIN, I WON'T BE ABLE TO SPEAK [03:05:01] WITH ANY AUTHORITY ON THAT, BUT WE CAN GET SOME MORE INFORMATION. YEAH. IT'S JUST ALWAYS A CONCERN IN MY INDUSTRY WHEN SOMETHING'S PAID OUT AT THE END OF THE YEAR, THAT WE GET IT BEFORE DECEMBER 31ST OR THAT. YEAH, THAT IT'S DONE THE RIGHT WAY SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY TAXES ON IT THE NEXT YEAR. I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER LIGHTS ON. AM I MISSING ANYBODY? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M EXCITED TO PASS THIS ALONG TO OUR STAFF. NEXT ITEM IS F4 FACILITIES DAMAGE UPDATE FROM SEPTEMBER HAILSTORM. DR. AZAIEZ YES, THANKS AGAIN AND AGAIN, DENNIS WOULD BE TAKING US THROUGH A QUICK PRESENTATION, AS YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE HAD A REALLY, REALLY SEPTEMBER, A TERRIBLE HAILSTORM AND IT ONLY LASTED ABOUT 30 MINUTES, BUT HONESTLY, I KNEW THERE WAS SOME DAMAGE, BUT I DID NOT EXPECT TO BE THIS BAD, BUT I'M GOING TO LET DENNIS REALLY TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DETAILS AND ALSO NEXT STEPS, I GUESS, WHEN IT COMES TO THIS. OKAY. IF YOU JUST LOOK AT THE MAP THAT'S UP ON THE SCREEN, YOU WILL SEE THAT THE DAMAGE PRETTY MUCH CENTERED RIGHT AROUND THE, I GUESS, THE WESTERN SIDE OF I-35 AND AROUND HIGHWAY 620, EXCEPT FOR THE WELLS BRANCH SCHOOL DOWN IN 42. THOSE ARE THE ONES IN RED, WHICH IS OUR MOST DAMAGED SCHOOLS, AND THEN YOU SEE ALL THE YELLOW BUILDINGS. THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT COULD HAVE DAMAGE FROM OUR ADJUSTER, AND THEN THE GREEN SCHOOLS ARE THE ONES THAT THEY DON'T SEE MUCH DAMAGE ON, BUT LIKE I SAID, IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT PAGE, IT HIGHLIGHTS THE SCHOOLS AND WHICH COLOR THEY ARE IN AND ASSOCIATED WITH THE NUMBERS THAT'S ON THE PREVIOUS PAGE, AND SO YOU SEE THE RED BUILDINGS, THEY WERE MOSTLY SEVERELY DAMAGED, AND BASED ON OUR INSPECTION TEAMS, MOST OF THESE ROOFS WARRANT REPLACEMENT DUE TO THE DAMAGE. THE WHERE WE ARE TODAY, THE ASSESSMENTS BY THE ADJUSTER WILL BE FINISHED BY THE END OF NOVEMBER. AFTER THAT ASSESSMENT IS DONE, THEY WILL TURN THE ASSESSMENTS OVER TO US FOR REVIEW, WHERE WE WILL DISCUSS ANY QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE WITH THE REVIEW. FOLLOWING THAT AGREEMENT, THEY WILL PUT TOGETHER THE SCOPE OF REPAIR THAT WILL BE UTILIZED TO PREPARE THE BID PACKAGES FOR SOLICITING BIDS TO THE QUALIFIED VENDORS TO PERFORM THE REPAIRS, BUT AS THAT IS GOING ON, THEY WILL SUBMIT AN ADVANCE PAYMENT REQUEST TO PCAT FOR WHAT THEY SCOPE TO WORK OUT THE COST, AND SO WE WILL GET A CHECK IN ADVANCE OF THE WORK BEING DONE FOR THOSE RED BUILDINGS. IT WON'T COVER THE FULL COST OF THE RED BUILDINGS, BUT IT WILL BE FUNDING THAT WE NEED TO GET STARTED DOING THE WORK. THE DEDUCTIBLE FOR THESE BUILDINGS IS 2% PER BUILDING. IT'S NOT 2% PER CAMPUS. IT'S 2% PER BUILDING. NOW, THE YELLOW SCHOOLS, THE CONSULTANTS, THEY'VE DONE THEIR INITIAL INSPECTION. THAT'S WHY THEY'RE IN YELLOW, BUT THEY WILL BE RETURNING THE FIRST WEEK OF DECEMBER AND BEGAN TAKING ROOF SAMPLES TO FURTHER ANALYZE THOSE BUILDINGS TO SEE IF THERE ARE DAMAGES UNDERNEATH. THERE WASN'T ANY ANY VISIBLE FROM FROM JUST VISUAL INSPECTION, BUT THEY GOT TO TAKE SOME CORE SAMPLES TO SEE IF THERE ARE SOME WATER DAMAGES UNDERNEATH THOSE, AND THEY WILL SEND THOSE OFF FOR TESTING AND WHEN IT COMES BACK, WE WILL GET THEIR OPINION ON THE STATE OF THE DAMAGE OF THOSE, AND THE GREEN BUILDINGS, THEY SAY SHOW NO HAIL DAMAGE, BUT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THOSE BUILDINGS AND WE DO SEE THERE HAS BEEN SOME DAMAGES IN THE GREEN BUILDINGS, AND SO THEY WILL COME BACK WITH US AND GO OVER THOSE ONCE WE GET TOGETHER AND MEET ON, MEET ON THOSE BUILDINGS. SO I GUESS IN SUMMARY, SEPTEMBER 24TH WREAKED HAVOC ON ROUND ROCK ISD TO REPAIR ALL THE WORK. IT'S GOING TO TAKE MINIMUM OF 2 TO 3 YEARS. WE HOPE THAT IT'LL START IN JANUARY WITH THE RED BUILDINGS FIRST AND GET THOSE REPAIRED. WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW TO MITIGATE THE DAMAGES UNTIL WE CAN GET THE ROOFS REPAIRED. THE MAINTENANCE TEAM AND THE CUSTODIAL TEAM HAVE GONE OUT, AND WHERE WE SEE THE WATER DAMAGES, WE HAVE DONE SOME TEMPORARY REPAIRS ON THE ROOFS AND EVERY TIME IT RAINS, WE FIND MORE DAMAGES BECAUSE UNTIL IT RAINS YOU CAN'T FIND ALL THE HOLES. SO WHEN WE GET NOTIFICATION, ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT ARE AFFECTING CLASSROOMS AND INSTRUCTION, THOSE ARE OUR TOP PRIORITY. SO WE CAN GET THE KIDS EITHER PROTECTED IN IN THAT ROOM OR GET THEM MOVED TO ANOTHER [03:10:05] ROOM, AND ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL IS THE WORST DAMAGED BUILDINGS, AND IF WE HAD TO MOVE ALL THE KIDS OUT OF BUILDING 300 FOR THE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IN THAT BUILDING. I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT OBVIOUSLY WE ARE AND I THINK WE SENT YOU AN EMAIL. I THINK A BOARD UPDATE WITH SOME ESTIMATE, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT ANYWHERE BETWEEN 50 TO POSSIBLY $70 MILLION IN DAMAGE, POSSIBLY EVEN MORE. BECAUSE AGAIN, THIS IS OUR INITIAL ASSESSMENT, LIKE DENNIS IS SAYING, AND THEY HAVE TO COME BACK AND DO MORE ASSESSMENT, AN IN-DEPTH ASSESSMENT SO THAT NUMBER COULD GO HIGHER AND THINK ABOUT A 2%. I KNOW, LIKE DENNIS WAS SAYING AGAIN, IT'S 2% NOT OF THE DAMAGE, BUT IT'S 2% OF THE BUILDING. SO BUT EVEN IF IT'S A 2% OF THAT $70 MILLION, THAT'S ALMOST $1.4 MILLION THAT WE AS A DISTRICT, WE HAVE TO FUND, BECAUSE THAT'S OUR DEDUCTIBLE. RIGHT? SO IT'S JUST SAD LIKE WE ARE, BUT AGAIN, I MEAN, WE DIDN'T ANTICIPATE OR PLAN FOR THIS. NO ONE THOUGHT AGAIN, I MEAN, I KNOW IT WAS WE HAD HAIL AND IT WAS FOR 30 MINUTES. I DID NOT ANTICIPATE PERSONALLY THAT WILL HAVE THIS MUCH DAMAGE TO OUR BUILDINGS, BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS. TRUSTEES, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? TRUSTEE BONE. SO CAN THAT 1.4 MILLION OR WHATEVER IT'S GOING TO BE. CAN THAT COME OUT OF I&S SINCE THIS IS FOR REPAIRS? DO WE KNOW? NO, IT HAS TO COME OUT OF M&O. OH, IT CAN'T COME OUT OF THE I&S, BUT IT COULD COME OUT OF BOND BALANCES IF WE HAVE ANY. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. TRUSTEE WESTON. DID YOU JUST SAY 50 TO $70 MILLION? YES. [INAUDIBLE] THAT'S JUST MONEY THAT WE JUST HAVE TO COME UP WITH. INSURANCE COVERS ALL BUT 2% PER BUILDING. OKAY, SO WHEN YOU USE THAT FIGURE, THAT'S NOT OUR BURDEN. NO IT'S NOT. YES, IT'S NOT, BUT LIKE ALSO THE SO IT MEANS THAT IT'S A BIG DAMAGE. RIGHT, AND ALSO IT'S GOING TO TAKE US 2 TO 3 YEARS TO FIX IT BECAUSE IT'S JUST TOO MUCH TO FIX. YEAH. I MEAN I'M FROM THE MIDWEST. YOU'VE YOU'VE LIVED WHERE I GREW UP, MR. COVINGTON. I'VE NEVER SEEN VIOLENT HAIL LIKE THAT IN MY LIFE. OBVIOUSLY, I LIVE IN THIS ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL COMMUNITY, SO WE WERE HIT THE HARDEST. I'M LUCKY, IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, ALL WE DID WAS LOSE OUR ROOFS AND OUR FENCES AND OUR GARAGE DOORS, BUT THERE'S A NEIGHBORHOOD CLOSE TO ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL THAT I DROVE THROUGH THERE THE NEXT DAY. IT LOOKED LIKE A WAR ZONE WITH THE TARPS ON EVERY CAR HAD EVERY WINDOW BUSTED OUT, SO THERE WAS SOME REAL HARM THAT CAME NOT ONLY TO OUR SCHOOLS, BUT TO OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY. SO YEAH, JUST KEEP US POSTED ON ON THIS STUFF. THANK YOU. SO I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND SORRY. FIRST ONE IS AND YOU KIND OF TALKED ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT, BUT CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHY SOMETHING MIGHT TAKE 2 TO 3 YEARS TO BE REPAIRED. CAN YOU HELP? I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND, BUT JUST MAKING SURE IT'S CLEAR FOR THE COMMUNITY. A LOT OF IT'S GOING TO BE DUE TO MATERIALS, STAFFING FOR THE REPAIR COMPANIES, AND THEN YOU TRY TO DO MOST OF THE WORK WHEN THE KIDS AREN'T IN THE BUILDING. SO YOU PROBABLY HAVE TO SCHEDULE EACH SECTION OF THE BUILDING, ESPECIALLY OVER AT ROUND ROCK, BECAUSE A LOT OF THE NOT ALL OF THE BUILDINGS, BUT MOST OF THOSE BUILDINGS NEED AN ENTIRE ROOF REPLACEMENT AND YOU CAN'T HAVE KIDS IN THERE. OKAY. SO YOU MIGHT DO ONE SUMMER OR PART OF THE SCHOOL, THEN THE NEXT SUMMER DO THE OTHER PART OF THE SCHOOL. YEAH. THIS WAS ABSOLUTELY CATASTROPHIC. ONE LAST QUESTION FOR FOLLOW UP, AND IT KIND OF CAME FROM SOMETHING TRUSTEE WESTON SAID, BUT DID WE HAVE AN INCREASE IN NEED FROM OUR COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF LIKE SUPPORT FROM OUR SOCIAL WORKERS, OR DID YOU SEE AN INCREASE AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL OF FAMILIES WHO ARE NEEDING SUPPORT? YEAH. THAT ARE DISPLACED OR THAT HAVE SOME FINANCIAL HARDSHIPS NOW OR. IF WE DIDN'T SEE IT, AND I DIDN'T PREPARE YOU FOR THIS QUESTION, BUT, I MEAN, I CAN ALWAYS GO BACK AND CHECK WITH OUR FAMILY IN TRANSITION AND OUR SOCIAL WORKERS. RIGHT? BUT I THINK A LOT OF THE DAMAGE IS PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT COULD BE MITIGATED. LIKE, IN OTHER WORDS, LIKE THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO COMPLETELY MOVE OUT OF THEIR HOUSE COMPLETELY, BUT WE CAN GO BACK AND CHECK. I MEAN, I DID NOT SEE THAT. I JUST WONDERED IF THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN REPORTS FROM CAMPUSES THAT YOU WERE SEEING FAMILIES STRUGGLING AFTER THIS. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. COVINGTON, I APPRECIATE IT. OH, TRUSTEE BONE HAS A LIGHT ON AGAIN. YEAH, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADDRESS THAT BECAUSE TALKING ABOUT THE HAIL DAMAGE I THINK THERE WAS I MEAN, I SAW ON FACEBOOK THERE WAS FAMILIES THAT LOST THEIR VEHICLES. THAT WAS ONE OF THE MOST COMMON THINGS, AND THERE WERE PARENTS HERE AT ROUND ROCK HIGH [03:15:02] SCHOOL TRYING TO GET THEIR KIDS HERE, AND THEY COULDN'T PUT THEM ON THE BUSSES. THEY DIDN'T HAVE BUS SERVICE. THEY COULDN'T GET THEM HERE. SO I THINK THERE WAS IT MIGHT BE GOOD FOR US TO GO BACK AND HOTWASH WHAT HAPPENED AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PREPARED WHEN THINGS LIKE THIS DO HAPPEN. WE'VE HAD THE TORNADO, WE'VE HAD THIS, AND YEAH, I DID HEAR PARENTS THAT THEY COULDN'T EVEN GET THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL. THEY WERE LIKE WALKING THEM ALONG THE CRAZY CONSTRUCTION. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT ITEM IS AGENDA ITEM G ONE BOARD STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS TIME TRACKER FOR OCTOBER, AND I [G. DISCUSSION ITEMS] WILL TURN IT OVER TO TRUSTEE WEIR. ACTUALLY GOOD NEWS, WE DID REALLY GOOD IN OCTOBER. WE HAD 49.13% OF OUR BOARD MEETING WAS ON STUDENT OUTCOMES, SO WE ALMOST MADE 50% AND WHILE AUGUST IS STILL AT 4.5% SEPTEMBER I FORGOT WE HAD TWO WAY COMMUNICATION. WE HAD THREE SEPARATE TWO WAY COMMUNICATIONS MEETINGS. SO THAT IS GOING TO BE MY PITCH WHEN WE GET TO THE BOARD SELF-EVAL TO DO THOSE EVERY MONTH BECAUSE THAT BUMPED SEPTEMBER. ACTUALLY, THERE'S A REVISED ON THE AGENDA THAT BUMPED OUR SEPTEMBER UP TO 50.13% FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER. SO WE DID REALLY GOOD THE LAST TWO MONTHS. TRUSTEES DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? NO. ALL RIGHT, WE'LL GO TO OUR CONSENT ITEMS. [H. ACTION ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION BY CONSENT] MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE THAT WE ADOPT. WE APPROVE ITEMS H ONE THROUGH FIVE BY CONSENT. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY COMMENTS? TRUSTEE WESTON. YEAH. I WOULD LIKE TO VOTE FOR FOUR OF THESE, BUT SINCE I WAS DISALLOWED BY A BOARD VOTE TO PULL ITEM H FIVE, WHICH WE WERE NOT, WE DID NOT RECEIVE TEN DAYS PRIOR TO THIS MEETING. I UNDERSTAND THAT SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES LIKE TO MINIMIZE IT AS ONE CHANGE, BUT THIS IS THE PURCHASE OF LAND. THIS IS MONEY, AND I JUST SAT THROUGH LISTENING TO THE ADMINISTRATION TELL US THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO SPEND A LOT OF MONEY TO RECOVER FROM A HAIL STORM, AND SO I DID THINK THAT THIS TOPIC WAS WORTHY OF DEBATE AND DISCUSSION, BUT BECAUSE I WAS DENIED THAT, THAT'S WHY I'LL BE VOTING NO ON THIS. TRUSTEE WEIR. SO THIS WAS ACTUALLY VOTED IN OCTOBER OF 21, AND YOU DID VOTE FOR IT AT THAT POINT AND WE DID GET AN UPDATE OF IT. IT WAS EITHER IN THE BOARD UPDATE. I COULDN'T FIND IT, BUT WE WERE TOLD THAT IT WAS TO CHANGE THE ONE WORD. SO THE SUPERINTENDENT, WE WERE GIVEN NOTICE OF THAT. SO I, I THINK WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. SO I CALL THE QUESTION. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION TO CALL THE QUESTION. ALL IN FAVOR OF ENDING DEBATE AND VOTING ON THE MOTION ON THE TABLE. RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES FIVE TWO. I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS H ONE THROUGH FIVE BY CONSENT. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES FIVE TWO. TRUSTEES, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE ITEM I TWO TO THE FIRST ITEM THAT WE GO THROUGH TONIGHT. [I. ACTION ITEMS] BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SOME INDIVIDUALS HERE FOR THAT. SO WE'LL START WITH OUR FINANCIAL AUDIT APPROVAL OF OUR ANNUAL FINANCIAL AUDIT. GIVE EVERYBODY A FEW MINUTES TO GET SETTLED OR A FEW MOMENTS TO GET SETTLED, AND WE'LL. DENNIS, WOULD YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE OR RHONDA, WHO WILL BE INTRODUCING. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE AN ANNUAL EXTERNAL AUDIT OF OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS EVERY YEAR, AND WE HAVE ENGAGED THE FIRM OF WHITLEY PENN. THIS IS OUR SECOND YEAR AUDITING OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, AND THEY ARE HERE TONIGHT TO GO OVER A BRIEF PRESENTATION, AND THEN WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS. GOOD EVENING, BOARD OF TRUSTEES. WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT THE RESULTS OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 FINANCIAL STATEMENT, AUDIT AND FEDERAL SINGLE AUDIT. MY NAME IS LUPE GARCIA. I WAS THE PARTNER ON THE ENGAGEMENT, AND SITTING TO MY RIGHT IS ANDREW JENNETT. HE WAS THE MANAGER ON THE ENGAGEMENT. IN ADDITION TO US TWO OTHER MEMBERS OF THE TEAM, BRYCE RICHMOND, WAS THE SENIOR ASSOCIATE WORKING WITH THE DISTRICT THROUGH EACH PHASE OF THE AUDIT, OBTAINING THE NEEDED INFORMATION IN ORDER TO PERFORM AUDIT PROCEDURES. TOM PEDERSON WAS THE ENGAGEMENT QUALITY CONTROL REVIEWER. HE WAS THE SECOND PARTNER REVIEW ON THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT, THE FEDERAL SINGLE AUDIT REPORT, AND KEY WORKPAPERS IN OUR AUDIT FILES A LEVEL OF [03:20:01] QUALITY CONTROL. THE AUDIT PROCESS TAKES SEVERAL MONTHS TO COMPLETE. WE BEGIN WITH INTERIM FIELD WORK PROCEDURES IN THE LATE SPRING SUMMER PORTION OF THE YEAR, WHERE WE FOCUS ON TESTING THE DISTRICT'S INTERNAL CONTROLS. THOSE ARE YOUR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT YOU HAVE IN PLACE TO RECORD TRANSACTIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, ACCURATELY AND TIMELY. WE FOCUS HEAVILY ON HUMAN RESOURCES PAYROLL BECAUSE SALARY AND BENEFITS IS THE LARGEST PORTION OF YOUR BUDGET. WE ALSO PERFORM A LOT OF PROCEDURES IN THE AREA OF PROCUREMENT AND ACCOUNTS PAYABLE FOR PAYMENTS TO VENDORS, FOR GOODS AND SERVICES PROVIDED INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TO THE EXTENT THAT IT IMPACTS THE DISTRICT'S ABILITY TO PREPARE ACCURATE AND TIMELY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. FEDERAL PROGRAMS ATTENDANCE TEAMS AS WELL. ONCE THE FISCAL YEAR IS OVER, WE RETURN AND PERFORM FINANCIAL AUDIT PROCEDURES. THE DISTRICT HAS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO POST-CLOSING ENTRIES, PREPARE SCHEDULES AND RECONCILIATIONS. THE AUDIT PROCEDURES ARE FINANCIAL IN NATURE. AT THIS POINT, WE'RE CONFIRMING INFORMATION DIRECTLY WITH THIRD PARTIES. IT'S THE STRONGEST FORM OF AUDIT EVIDENCE THAT WE CAN OBTAIN IS GETTING BALANCES DIRECTLY FROM YOUR FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, CONFIRMING INFORMATION DIRECTLY WITH YOUR OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS, AND THEN WE PERFORM ALL THESE PROCEDURES OVER ALL THESE MONTHS IN ORDER TO OBTAIN ENOUGH AUDIT EVIDENCE TO EXPRESS AN OPINION ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY, THAT'S WHAT WE WERE ENGAGED TO DO, IS DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IN YOUR ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT ARE FAIRLY STATED. AS EXTERNAL AUDITORS, WE CAN ISSUE ONE OF SEVERAL OPINIONS ON A SET OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THE BEST OUTCOME IN A FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDIT IS ONE WHERE YOU RECEIVE AN UNMODIFIED OPINION, AND THAT'S OTHERWISE KNOWN AS A CLEAN OPINION. SO I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT IS THE OPINION WE'VE EXPRESSED ON THE DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023 THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE REPORT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FINANCIAL SECTION THAT WILL HAVE OUR LETTERHEAD AND OUR FIRM'S SIGNATURE, AND SO THAT WILL INDICATE TO THE USERS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT ONCE THIS REPORT IS MADE PUBLIC, THAT THE INFORMATION CONTAINED WITHIN THE REPORT IS MATERIALLY CORRECT AND THAT THE DISTRICT IS FOLLOWING ALL GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES. WE ALSO ISSUE A REPORT ON THE DISTRICT'S INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING AND ON COMPLIANCE MATERIALS TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THE RESULTS OF OUR AUDIT PROCEDURES DID NOT IDENTIFY ANY MATERIAL WEAKNESSES OR SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES IN INTERNAL CONTROL, NOR DID WE IDENTIFY ANY MATERIAL NONCOMPLIANCE TO YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, AND THEN THE THIRD AND FINAL REPORT THAT WE ISSUE IS ON YOUR ADMINISTRATION AND USE OF YOUR FEDERAL GRANTS. WE FOLLOW FEDERAL GUIDELINES AND REQUIREMENTS TO IDENTIFY THE MAJOR PROGRAMS THAT ARE TESTED EACH YEAR IN THE FEDERAL SINGLE AUDIT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023, THE THREE MAJOR PROGRAMS INCLUDED THE SPECIAL EDUCATION CLUSTER, YOUR SPENDING OF YOUR ESSER AWARDS, AND THEN THE SCHOOL HEALTH SUPPORT GRANT. EACH OF THESE GRANTS HAVE THEIR OWN COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS THAT APPLY AND ARE APPLICABLE, SO WE TEST THE DISTRICT AGAINST THOSE COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS. WE DID NOT FIND ANY QUESTION COSTS OR ANY NONCOMPLIANCE. SO WE HAVE AN UNMODIFIED OPINION HERE AS WELL, AND THIS IS GOOD NEWS BECAUSE WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THIS REPORT BEING ISSUED, THE DISTRICT HAS TO SUBMIT THIS INFORMATION TO THE FEDERAL AUDIT CLEARINGHOUSE, AND THAT'S JUST ONE WAY THAT STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES BECOME AWARE OF HOW THE DISTRICT PERFORMED AND THE FEDERAL SINGLE AUDIT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDIT. LOOKING AT YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE STATEMENT OF NET POSITION. THIS IS YOUR BALANCE SHEET ON AN ACCRUAL BASIS OF ACCOUNTING. BASIS OF ACCOUNTING. THAT'S VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT'S USED IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR. YOU HAVE TOTAL ASSETS AND DEFERRED OUTFLOWS OF RESOURCES OF $1.6 BILLION OF THAT BALANCE. THAT'S PRIMARILY COMPRISED OF YOUR CASH AND INVESTMENTS. AS OF THAT END DATE OF THE FISCAL YEAR, 554.6 MILLION, AND THEN YOU HAVE 945.7 MILLION IN CAPITAL ASSETS. THAT'S YOUR LAND, CONSTRUCTION AND PROGRESS, BUILDINGS, FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT AND VEHICLES, NET OF DEPRECIATION AND AMORTIZATION. YOU HAVE LIABILITIES AND DEFERRED INFLOWS OF RESOURCES OF $1.5 BILLION. OF THAT BALANCE, 909.7 MILLION IS COMPRISED OF YOUR LONG TERM BONDS AND RELATED UNAMORTIZED PREMIUMS ON THOSE BONDS, AND THEN YOU HAVE TWO LIABILITIES THAT YOU REPORT IN YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS RELATED TO YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE TEXAS RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF TEXAS, TEXAS RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF TEXAS TEACHER RETIREMENT. I KNEW THAT DIDN'T SOUND RIGHT. THE TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF TEXAS ONE IS THE PENSION LIABILITY AND THE OTHER IS THE NET OPEB LIABILITY, WHICH RELATED TO RETIREE HEALTH CARE. THESE AMOUNTS ARE MEASURED EACH AND EVERY YEAR BY TEACHERS AND THEIR AUDITORS AND ACTUARIES. THESE AMOUNTS REPRESENT YOUR PROPORTIONATE SHARE OF THE OVERALL PLAN LIABILITY. THOSE AMOUNTS ARE CONSIDERED ESTIMATES. WE REVIEWED MANAGEMENT'S METHOD FOR RECORDING THESE ESTIMATES IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, AND WE HAVE CONCLUDED THAT THEY'VE BEEN MADE PROPERLY. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOUR ASSETS AND YOUR LIABILITIES AND YOUR OUTFLOWS AND YOUR INFLOWS IS REFERRED TO AS YOUR NET POSITION OR THE NET FINANCIAL WORTH OF THE DISTRICT AS OF THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, AND THAT WAS $102.5 MILLION. [03:25:03] YOUR GENERAL FUND IS YOUR MAIN OPERATING ACCOUNT. FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023, TOTAL REVENUES WERE 577.6 MILLION. TOTAL EXPENDITURES WERE $577.6 MILLION. 50% OF THOSE EXPENDITURES WERE RELATED TO INSTRUCTION AND INSTRUCTION RELATED SERVICES, 20% WAS RELATED TO RECAPTURE. THAT'S THE $115.1 MILLION THERE. 8% WAS FOR FACILITIES MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS, 7% FOR INSTRUCTIONAL AND SCHOOL LEADERSHIP. YOU HAVE STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES OF 5%. STUDENT TRANSPORTATION WAS 3% AT $15 MILLION, AND THEN EACH REMAINING CATEGORY OF FUNCTIONAL EXPENDITURES THERE WAS 2% OR LESS. THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET TO ACTUAL SCHEDULE INCLUDED REVENUES THAT WERE GREATER THAN BUDGETED BY $1.9 MILLION. YOUR ACTUAL EXPENDITURES WERE GREATER THAN YOUR BUDGETED EXPENDITURES BY 23.2 MILLION, AND THAT WAS PRIMARILY DUE TO THE INCREASE AND RECAPTURE DURING THE YEAR. THAT EXPLAINS THAT VARIANCE. OVERALL, YOUR EXPENDITURES AND OTHER USES EXCEEDED YOUR REVENUES BY $45 MILLION. SO THAT MEANS FUND BALANCE IN THE GENERAL FUND DECREASED BY $45 MILLION DURING FISCAL YEAR 2023, FOR A TOTAL OF 125.1 MILLION. THAT 125.1 MILLION GETS BROKEN DOWN INTO A FEW DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. YOUR NON SPENDABLE FUND BALANCE OF 800,000 IS RELATED TO PREPAID ITEMS AND INVENTORY. YOU HAVE AMOUNTS THAT ARE EITHER EARMARKED BY THE BOARD OR BY MANAGEMENT FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES. THOSE ARE YOUR RESTRICTED AND ASSIGNED AMOUNTS, AND THEN UNASSIGNED. FUND BALANCE IS AVAILABLE FOR SPENDING AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR OF $107.7 MILLION. THAT $107.7 MILLION REPRESENTS 18.6% OF YOUR GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES. THAT'S A LITTLE MORE THAN TWO MONTHS OF YOUR GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES. YOU CAN SEE HERE THE DECLINE IN YOUR UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE IN THE GENERAL FUND OVER THE LAST FOUR FISCAL YEARS. SOMETHING DEFINITELY TO KEEP AN EYE ON AT TWO MONTHS OR A LITTLE OVER TWO MONTHS, YOU'RE STILL IN A RANGE THAT THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION CONSIDERS A RANGE YOU WANT TO BE IN 2 TO 3 MONTHS, BUT YOU REALLY DON'T WANT TO GO ANY LOWER THAN THAT BECAUSE TEA, THAT'S INDICATORS. WHEN THEY GO THROUGH THEIR FIRST RATINGS, THEY LOOK TO SEE HOW SOLVENT AND WHAT TYPE OF FUND BALANCE YOU HAVE IN THE GENERAL FUND. WHEN THE DISTRICT HAS RATING CALLS WITH BOND RATING AGENCIES, THEY PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT'S THE FUND BALANCE THAT YOU'RE CARRYING OVER FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DISTRICT IS HAS HEALTHY RESERVE IN THE GENERAL FUND. THE CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM HAD REVENUES OF 19.5 MILLION, WHICH ARE GREATER THAN BUDGETED REVENUES BY 600,000. EXPENDITURES IN THE CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM WERE 20.3 MILLION, WHICH WAS GREATER THAN BUDGETED EXPENDITURES BY 3.8 MILLION. OVERALL, THERE WAS A SLIGHT DECREASE IN FUND BALANCE IN THIS FUND OF 800,000 FOR AN ENDING FUND BALANCE OF 7.6 MILLION. THE DEBT SERVICE FUND IS THE FUND WHERE YOU ACCOUNT FOR THE INTEREST AND SINKING PORTION OF YOUR PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR THE REPAYMENT OF YOUR LONG TERM DEBT, THE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST. SO REVENUES HERE WERE 115.3 MILLION, WHICH WAS GREATER THAN YOUR BUDGETED REVENUES BY 6.8 MILLION. YOUR EXPENDITURES OF 101.6 MILLION WERE LESS THAN BUDGETED EXPENDITURES OF 6 MILLION. OVERALL, YOU HAD AN INCREASE IN FUND BALANCE IN YOUR DEBT SERVICE FUND FOR AN ENDING FUND BALANCE OF $114 MILLION AS OF THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. WE DID REVIEW THE DISTRICT'S ACCOUNTING POLICIES. THE DISTRICT IS FOLLOWING ALL CURRENT PRONOUNCEMENTS. DURING FISCAL YEAR 2023, THE DISTRICT DID IMPLEMENT A NEW PRONOUNCEMENT RELATED TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF GASB STATEMENT NUMBER 96, SUBSCRIPTION BASED INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ARRANGEMENTS GASB, WHICH IS THE BODY THAT SETS THE ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL REPORTING RULES FOR ALL LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES, HAS A REQUIREMENT NOW WHERE YOUR LONG TERM SOFTWARE SUBSCRIPTIONS AND SOFTWARE LICENSES NOW HAVE TO BE CAPITALIZED AND REPORTED AS AN ASSET IN YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, AND THE COMMITMENT OVER THAT LONG TERM PERIOD HAS TO BE REPORTED AS A LIABILITY. SO THE DISTRICT WENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS OF EVALUATING ALL THE CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS, IDENTIFYING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, AND IDENTIFYING THOSE AGREEMENTS THAT WERE APPLICABLE AND RECORDED THIS IN FISCAL YEAR 2023. I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT PENSION AND OPEB IS CONSIDERED AN ESTIMATE. STATE AID HAS A LOT OF VARIABLES INVOLVED IN CALCULATING THOSE AMOUNTS, AND THEN YOU HAVE YOUR ALLOWANCES FOR UNCOLLECTIBLE RECEIVABLES. IT'S BASED ON HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS. SO THOSE ARE THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ESTIMATES IN THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS THAT YOU NEED TO BE AWARE OF, AND MANAGEMENT HAS RECORDED THOSE IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES. I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY DIFFICULTIES IN PERFORMING AND COMPLETING THE AUDIT. WE DO ASK FOR A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF INFORMATION THROUGH INTERIM FIELDWORK AND YEAR-END FIELDWORK, ESPECIALLY DURING INTERIM FIELD WORK WHERE WE'RE INTERVIEWING DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS IN VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS. THAT'S WHEN THE DISTRICT REALLY FEELS THAT THE AUDIT IS GOING ON, AND BECAUSE WE'RE [03:30:04] MEETING FACE TO FACE, ASKING A VARIETY OF QUESTIONS RELATED TO THEIR AREA THAT IMPACTS THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, ANY INFORMATION WE REQUESTED WAS PROVIDED TO US IN A TIMELY MANNER. QUESTIONS WE HAD WERE ANSWERED IN A TIMELY MANNER. SO I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE DISTRICT MANAGEMENT AND STAFF FOR THEIR COOPERATION AND FOR THE IMPORTANCE AND THE PRIORITY THAT THEY PLACED ON THE AUDIT, BECAUSE WE'RE HERE PRESENTING THIS TO YOU ON TIME. THE DISTRICT DOES HAVE TO SUBMIT THIS REPORT TO THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY BY NOVEMBER 27TH, WHICH IS NEXT WEEK, SO THAT SUBMISSION IS GOING TO HAPPEN PRETTY SOON. THERE WEREN'T ANY MATERIAL MISSTATEMENTS THAT WE IDENTIFIED AS A RESULT OF OUR AUDIT PROCEDURES THAT WE HAD TO BRING TO MANAGEMENT'S ATTENTION, NO DISAGREEMENTS TO REPORT TO YOU IN THE APPLICATION OF ANY ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES OR ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES. THE LAST PIECE OF AUDIT EVIDENCE WE OBTAIN IS A MANAGEMENT REPRESENTATION LETTER. THAT LETTER INDICATES THAT THE DISTRICT HAS PROVIDED US WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE REQUESTED. NOTHING'S BEEN WITHHELD. THAT WOULD MAKE A MATERIAL IMPACT TO THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FROM EITHER NEEDING TO BE RECORDED OR DISCLOSED. AS FAR AS WE'RE AWARE, THE DISTRICT IS NOT CONSULTING WITH OTHER AUDITORS OR ACCOUNTANTS ON ANY FINANCIAL REPORTING MATTERS OR AUDIT ISSUES AND THEN THE LAST BULLET ON THIS SLIDE DURING THE YEAR, WE MAY ANSWER QUESTIONS AND PROVIDE GUIDANCE AND INFORMATION ON DIFFERENT ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL REPORTING RELATED MATTERS, BUT AT NO TIME DO WE FEEL THE WAY WE ANSWER THE POSITION WE TAKE ON ANY MATTER AS A CONDITION TO OUR RETENTION AS THE DISTRICT'S EXTERNAL AUDITORS. SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, THE AUDIT PROCESS, THE FEDERAL SINGLE AUDIT OR ANYTHING ELSE, I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE THOSE QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. POINT OF CLARIFICATION, DO YOU NEED A MOTION ON THIS ONE BEFORE WE START? BECAUSE THERE IS A MOTION. YES. OKAY. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE ROUND ROCK ISD ANNUAL AUDIT REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30TH, 2023 AS PRESENTED. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. SO ANY COMMENTS? TRUSTEE WESTON. SO AS PART OF THIS AUDIT, DID YOU SUBMIT ANY QUESTIONS TO THE ELECTED BODY MEMBERS? WE DO SEND AN AUDIT QUESTIONNAIRE TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. YES, AND THEN WHERE ARE THOSE ANSWERS CAPTURED IN THIS REPORT? THE ANSWERS ARE NOT ANYWHERE IN THIS REPORT. THE PURPOSE OF THE AUDIT QUESTIONNAIRE IS TO IDENTIFY MATERIAL NONCOMPLIANCE, MATERIAL ISSUES IMPACTING THE DISTRICT THAT COULD IMPACT YOUR ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, OR ANY MATERIAL MATTERS THAT MIGHT IMPACT THE DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL POSITION. SO IS THERE ANYTHING IN THIS REPORT THAT REFLECTS ANY CONCERNS THAT CAME TO YOU THROUGH THOSE QUESTIONS IN THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT? NO. OKAY. A LOT OF TIMES WHEN PEOPLE HEAR THE WORD AUDIT, THEY ASSIGN A VALUE JUDGMENT TO THAT, AND I KNOW AT THE BEGINNING YOU WERE CLEAR THAT YOUR STATEMENT IS UNMODIFIED AND CLEAN OPINION. DOES THAT MEAN THAT YOU THINK THAT WE'RE MAKING WISE FISCAL DECISIONS? THAT'S NOT WHAT THE UNMODIFIED OPINION INDICATES. THAT INDICATES THAT THE AMOUNTS PRESENTED IN THIS REPORT ARE ACCURATE, AND THAT THE FORMAT IN WHICH THE AMOUNTS ARE PRESENTED MEET GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES. NOW, YOU CAN USE THE INFORMATION IN THE REPORT TO DRAW CONCLUSIONS, BUT OUR UNMODIFIED OPINION IS NOT INDICATING ANYTHING ABOUT THE DISTRICT'S HEALTH OR THE DECISIONS THE DISTRICT IS MAKING AND HOW IT'S SPENDING ITS RESOURCES. I APPRECIATE YOU CLARIFYING THAT. CAN, CAN, CAN EITHER OF YOU SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON WHETHER YOU THINK, BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT SOME OF THE INDICATORS, ENROLLMENT GOING DOWN, FUND BALANCE GOING DOWN, REVENUE PER STUDENT GOING UP, SPENDING GOING UP, REVENUE GOING UP. CAN YOU SHARE ANY OF YOUR THOUGHTS? STATE AID IS TIED TO ENROLLMENT AND TO ATTENDANCE. WHEN YOU HAVE ENROLLMENT THAT'S DECLINING. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S CONCERNING WHEN YOU HAVE ATTENDANCE THAT HASN'T BEEN HISTORICALLY WHERE IT'S BEEN IN THE PAST. THAT ALSO IMPACTS FUNDING. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE MONITORED. YOU HAVE TO CONTROL COSTS AT THAT POINT. LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, SALARIES AND BENEFITS IS YOUR NUMBER ONE BUDGET LINE ITEM. SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE ANY MEANINGFUL IMPACT TO THE TO THE EXPENDITURES, IT'S UNFORTUNATELY GOING TO BE WITH SALARY AND BENEFITS, BECAUSE YOU CAN ONLY CUT SO MUCH FROM EVERYTHING ELSE BEFORE YOU JUST GET TO EMPLOYEES AND SALARIES AND BENEFITS AND SO DECLINING FUND BALANCE, DECLINING ENROLLMENT, ATTENDANCE CHALLENGES. THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT THE DISTRICT IS, IS WORKING WITH RIGHT NOW. THOSE ARE DEFINITELY CHALLENGES. SO IF THESE TRENDS THAT WE SEE IN THE REPORTS IN THIS REPORT CONTINUE, DO YOU THINK THAT ROUND ROCK ISD HAS A BRIGHT FISCAL FISCAL FUTURE? THE SUCCESSFUL VADER IS A SHOT IN THE ARM THAT IS GOING TO HELP STABILIZE THE GENERAL FUND THAT WE'LL SEE IN THE COMING YEARS WHAT THE STATE LEGISLATURE DOES ABOUT FUNDING FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, BECAUSE ROUND ROCK IS NOT ALONE IN THIS. THERE'S MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS STRUGGLING NOW IN THE IN THE YEARS POST ESSER POST THE PANDEMIC, ESSER HELPED MASK SOME OF THESE BUDGET CHALLENGES, BUT NOW THAT ESSER FUNDING [03:35:07] IS GOING AWAY, FISCAL YEAR 2024 IS GOING TO BE PRETTY MUCH THE LAST YEAR THAT MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE ANY ESSER FUNDING REMAINING TO SPEND. DISTRICTS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AND SEE HOW ARE THEY GOING TO FUND THEIR REOCCURRING EXPENDITURES WITH REOCCURRING REVENUES IN THE GENERAL FUND. DO YOU THINK THAT IF SOMETHING DOESN'T CHANGE BECAUSE REVENUE PER STUDENT HAS GONE UP RIGHT, I BELIEVE THAT'S IN THE REPORT. WELL, WITH WITH ENROLLMENT DECLINING REVENUE PER STUDENT WILL INCREASE. YES. RIGHT. YEAH, I'LL YIELD FOR NOW, BUT POSSIBLY COME BACK TO ME. THANK YOU. GENTLEMEN. TRUSTEE BONE. SO I WANT TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION ON THE PROCESS AND WHAT POLICIES YOU KIND OF CHECK UP AGAINST. DO YOU CHECK THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING POLICY, OUR DISTRICT POLICY. WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE ACCOUNTING PRACTICES, ARE YOU JUST LOOKING AT GOOD ACCOUNTING PRACTICES? WE'RE LOOKING AT THE DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL POLICIES AS IT RELATES TO THE PREPARATION OF THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, AND WHEN YOU SAY FINANCIAL POLICY, ARE YOU ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT OUR DISTRICT POLICY THAT WE HAVE ON WHO CAN SIGN OFF ON THINGS AND WHO CAN SPEND MONEY A CERTAIN WAYS? YES. SO DURING INTERIM FIELDWORK, WHEN I MENTIONED WE TEST HUMAN RESOURCES, PAYROLL, ACCOUNTS PAYABLE, PROCUREMENT, WE'RE LOOKING AT WHO HAS THE AUTHORITY TO APPROVE PURCHASE ORDERS, AND EVERY DEPARTMENT WHO HAS THE AUTHORITY TO ISSUE CHECKS OR CUT WIRES OR ISSUE ANY OTHER TYPE OF PAYMENT. WE LOOK AT PROCUREMENT CARD AUTHORITY AND APPROVALS. YES, WE DO LOOK AT THE TRANSACTION LEVEL APPROVALS, AND YOU JUST TAKE A SAMPLING OF THOSE. OR DO YOU LOOK AT 100%? NO, IT IS A SAMPLE. SO WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TEST 100% OF ALL THE TRANSACTIONS THAT OCCUR IN THE FISCAL YEAR, BUT WE DO TAKE A SAMPLE, AND BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THAT SAMPLE, WE DRAW A CONCLUSION ON THE OVERALL POPULATION. SO IT'S POTENTIALLY THAT YOU MISSED ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF THAT SAMPLE THAT WAS OUT OF POLICY. THOSE WOULD BE MISSED. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY, HOWEVER, TO MITIGATE THAT. WE HAVE SOFTWARE THAT WE UTILIZE IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY TRANSACTIONS THAT FOR SOME REASON ARE UNUSUAL IN NATURE, EITHER BY AMOUNT WHEN THEY OCCURRED, WHO APPROVED THEM, AND SO WE DO HAVE SOFTWARE TO HELP IDENTIFY TRANSACTIONS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT. SO WE DO USE THAT TO HELP MITIGATE THAT. THANK YOU, AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD IS AND THIS IS KIND OF NOT CLEAR TO ME IN HERE, IS WE APPROVE A BUDGET AS THE TRUSTEES, AND THAT BUDGET, I BELIEVE WE REMODIFIED IT IN JUNE. I THINK IN OUR JUNE MEETING WE MADE SOME MODIFICATIONS. DO YOU TAKE THAT APPROVED BUDGET AND CHECK THE EXPENDITURES ACCORDING TO THAT APPROVED BUDGET AND WHAT THE TRUSTEES APPROVED? ARE YOU JUST DOING PURE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES? SO FOR THE GENERAL FUND, THE CHILD NUTRITION FUND, DEBT SERVICE FUND, YOU HAVE A BOARD APPROVED BUDGET. THERE IS AN ADOPTED BUDGET ORIGINALLY, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE AMENDMENTS DURING THE YEAR AND YOU HAVE YOUR FINAL AMENDED BUDGET. SO BOTH OF THOSE ALL THREE OF THOSE BUDGETS ARE INCLUDED IN THAT REPORT. YES, AND IT SHOWS VARIANCES AGAINST THE FINAL AMENDED BUDGET. OKAY, AND DO YOU KNOW WHAT PAGE THAT IS ON? SO EXHIBIT G ONE IS THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET TO ACTUAL, AND SO THAT CAN BE FOUND ON PAGE 62, AND THEN THE OTHER TWO BUDGETARY COMPARISON SCHEDULES ARE PAGES 98 AND 99, EXHIBITS J2 AND J3. THANK YOU. THERE'S A LOT OF TABLES IN HERE. SO I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE IT WASN'T CLEAR WHICH ONE WAS WHICH, AND SO CAN YOU GO OVER 62. SO THIS IS THE BUDGET AMOUNTS AND THE FINAL BUDGET. SO THE BUDGET AMOUNTS THIS IS THE ONE THE BOARD HAS APPROVED. YES. THE BUDGETED AMOUNTS, BOTH THE ORIGINAL AND THE FINAL ARE BUDGETS THAT THE BOARD HAS APPROVED. OKAY, AND THEN WHERE IS WHERE IS THAT SHOWN AGAINST THE ACTUALS ON THE SAME SCHEDULE. SO SAME SCHEDULE. THE FIRST TWO COLUMNS ARE THE BOARD APPROVED BUDGETS. ORIGINAL FINAL ACTUAL FINAL BUDGET. POINT OF ORDER. COULD WE GET THAT SLIDE I KNOW THEY HAVE IT BACK THERE. COULD WE GET THE SLIDES TO THE PUBLIC CAN SEE WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. IT'S IN A DIFFERENT FILE I THINK THAN THIS. YEAH, SO WE'RE REFERRING TO PAGE 62, AND THIS IS THE SLIDE WHERE I DISCUSSED THE BUDGET, BUT THE ACTUAL PAGE 62 IS MUCH MORE DETAILED IN THE REPORT. SO THAT'S WHAT CAN YOU JUST CLARIFY THIS FOR ME. SO THERE'S ORIGINAL FINAL ACTUAL AND THEN FINAL BUDGET. WHAT IS FINAL BUDGET VERSUS FINAL THERE? I THINK THAT'S WHAT I'M. SO THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ACTUAL AMOUNTS AND YOUR FINAL BUDGET OKAY, BUT ALL OF THESE BUDGETS WERE APPROVED BY THE BOARD. THE ORIGINAL AND THE FINAL BUDGETS WERE AMOUNTS APPROVED BY THE BOARD. YES. THE ORIGINAL BUDGET WAS THE ORIGINAL ADOPTED BUDGET AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL YEAR. THE FINAL COLUMN, IS YOUR BUDGET REFLECTIVE OF ALL THE AMENDMENTS YOU APPROVED THROUGHOUT THE FISCAL YEAR? OKAY. I APPRECIATE THAT, AND THEN LAST YEAR. I FORGET WHO CAME, BUT SOMEBODY FROM YOUR YOUR CORPORATION CAME AND I THINK. WAS IT YOU? YEAH, IT WAS ME. [03:40:01] YEAH, THAT'S WHY I WAS LIKE YOU LOOK VERY FAMILIAR, AND THE STATEMENT WAS MADE THAT IF OUR FUND BALANCE GOT BELOW 25% APPROACHING 60 OR 30 DAYS, THAT WOULD BE A RED FLAG, AND YOU KIND OF STARTED GOING THERE TONIGHT. ALSO, CAN YOU EXPAND ON THAT AND CAN YOU EXPAND ON THE FIRST RATING? BECAUSE I BELIEVE WE'RE SET TO HAVE A $23 BILLION DEFICIT THIS YEAR EVEN WITH THE VADR PASSING. SO THAT WOULD GET US BELOW THE 25, 60 DAYS. SO CAN YOU KIND OF. EXPAND ON YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE FUND BALANCE. SURE. SO FUND BALANCE IS NOT YOUR SAVINGS ACCOUNT. THAT'S YOUR WORKING CAPITAL. THAT'S HOW THE DISTRICT OPERATES CASH FLOW WISE TO GET THROUGH THE FISCAL YEAR. BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, YOU ONLY COLLECT PROPERTY TAXES ONLY DURING CERTAIN PARTS OF THE YEAR. SO THAT FUND BALANCE IS NEEDED TO OPERATE, PAY EMPLOYEES, PAY VENDORS FOR GOODS AND SERVICES PROVIDED TO PUT IT INTO A INDIVIDUAL SCENARIOS LIKE YOU DON'T WANT TO LIVE PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK, RIGHT? YOU WANT TO HAVE FUNDS IN THE BANK IN ORDER TO OPERATE. SO THAT'S THE FUND BALANCE. GFOA THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION RECOMMENDS 2 TO 3 MONTHS. RIGHT NOW, YOU'RE A LITTLE OVER TWO MONTHS OF UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE IN THE GENERAL FUND. THE FIRST RATING, THERE IS AN INDICATOR THAT LOOKS AT THE AMOUNT OF CASH AND INVESTMENTS THAT YOU HAVE ON HAND IN COMPARISON TO YOUR YOUR EXPENDITURES, AND SO THAT IMPACTS ONE OF THE INDICATORS. SO NEXT YEAR, IF OUR FUND BALANCE IS $23 MILLION LESS, I MEAN, ARE WE IN A GOOD POSITION OR. IF YOU DECREASE FUND BALANCE BY ANOTHER $23 MILLION, IF WE'RE AT 107, DECREASE 23, ARE WE? IT'S TRENDING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. SO ACTION WOULD NEED TO BE TAKEN TO MAKE SURE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN. OKAY. THOSE ARE ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE FOR NOW. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE WESTON. SO THIS IS MORE A QUESTION, I GUESS, FOR ADMINISTRATION OR BOARD PRESIDENT. SO WE ASK QUESTIONS, THE BOARD MEMBERS ASK QUESTIONS WHEN WE RECEIVE THIS TEN DAYS IN ADVANCE, AND IT'S ON THE AGENDA. THE QUESTIONS, WHY DOES IT NOT HAVE OUR NAMES NEXT TO THE QUESTIONS? I'M NOT SURE THAT'S RELATED TO THIS AGENDA ITEM, BUT I DON'T KNOW, JUST I THINK IT'S VERY RELEVANT BECAUSE DR. BONE ASKED 14 QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM, THIS CONSEQUENTIAL ITEM THAT IMPACTS EVERY STUDENT, EVERY EMPLOYER, EVERY EVERY EMPLOYEE AND EVERY TAXPAYER, AND NOBODY CAN SEE ALL OF THE TIME THAT SHE HAS SPENT TO DO THIS, AND I GUESS NOBODY ELSE HERE HAD ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS CONSEQUENTIAL DOCUMENT AND YOU SAID, SIR, ON SLIDE 11, I WROTE IT DOWN. YOU SAID YOU NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON THIS, AND THEN YOU JUST TOLD DR. BONE THAT THIS COULD BE A REAL PROBLEM. WE'VE GOT 40 OR $35 MILLION LESS IN FUND BALANCE THIS YEAR OVER LAST YEAR. I'M VERY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THIS. I DON'T RUN MY HOUSEHOLD LIKE THIS. SO TO ME THIS IS RED FLAG TERRITORY. AM I THE ONLY ONE THAT SEES THAT? I DON'T THINK SO. I MEAN, I THINK THAT ONE REASON THE DISTRICT HAD THE VADR THIS YEAR IS TO ADDRESS THIS TREND, TO REVERSE THE DECREASE IN FUND BALANCE AND TRY TO STABILIZE THE GENERAL FUND. WE HAVE REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES EQUAL ONE ANOTHER. BUT EVEN GIVEN THAT WE'RE STILL AT A $23 MILLION DEFICIT, SO AM I GOING TO BE SITTING HERE NEXT THIS TIME NEXT YEAR WITH $23 MILLION LESS THAN 107 MILLION, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE OKAY. LET ME JUST CLARIFY A COUPLE OF THINGS, DOCTOR, I'M SORRY. TRUSTEE WESTON. I MEAN, LAST YEAR, BECAUSE ESSER THREE FUNDS WERE DONE WITH US IN OUR DISTRICT. WE WERE WE WANTED TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS, AND YOU HEARD MR. GARCIA TALKING ABOUT 85% OF OUR BUDGET IS IN PAYROLL. SO WE TRY TO WORK WITH OUR WITH OUR STAFF AND TO FIGURE OUT WHERE CAN WE CUT 85% AGAIN OF ALL THE BUDGET IS STAFF, AND THEN WE TRY TO IF YOU REMEMBER, ONE OF THE THINGS WHERE WE LOOKED AT IS FOR LIBRARY ASSISTANT, RIGHT. THAT WASN'T THE ONLY THING, BUT WE LOOKED AT HOW CAN WE ACCOUNT FOR THE END OF ESSER THREE FUNDS? SO WHAT I'M HEARING FROM YOU IS YOU'RE SAYING IT'S OKAY FOR US TO LOOK AT THAT SO WE CAN BALANCE THE BUDGET, BECAUSE IF THAT'S WHAT OUR BOARD WANTS US TO DO, WE'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO START THE WORK ON THAT. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT US TO DO OR NOT. YEAH I'VE LONG BEEN ADVOCATING TO SCRUTINIZE THE BUDGET, TO HAVE A BRIGHT FISCAL FUTURE FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND ALL OF OUR TAXPAYERS, AND TO IDENTIFY WASTE. I'VE BEEN IN THE MINORITY ON THAT, WHICH HAS BEEN VERY DISAPPOINTING. I SEE IN THE MEDIA THAT WE'VE GOT SCHOOL DISTRICTS LIKE PLANO AND SPRING BRANCH ISD DISCUSSING CLOSING SCHOOLS. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH. I'M WONDERING IF THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE SITTING HERE IN 12 TO 18 MONTHS. IF SOMETHING DOESN'T CHANGE AND WE DON'T, THE BOARD DOESN'T CHANGE ITS FISCAL PHILOSOPHY. I WILL SAY, WHAT IF THE BOARD VOTES NO ON THIS REPORT? [03:45:05] WHAT HAPPENS? SO THERE IS A CERTIFICATE OF BOARD THAT WILL INDICATE WHETHER THE BOARD APPROVED OR DIDN'T APPROVE THE REPORT. REGARDLESS, THIS REPORT WILL STILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY. THIS REPORT HAS TO BE UPLOADED TO EMMA. YOU HAVE BONDS THAT REQUIRE CONTINUING DISCLOSURE. SO YOU HAVE THIS REPORT WILL STILL BE RELEASED. IT'LL SIMPLY SIMPLY MEAN THAT ON THE CERTIFICATE OF BOARD, WHICH IS INCLUDED TOWARDS THE FRONT OF THE DOCUMENT, IT'LL BE MARKED THAT THE BOARD DID NOT APPROVE, BUT YOU DO HAVE TO PROVIDE A RESPONSE AS TO WHY THE BOARD DIDN'T APPROVE. OKAY. I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR ANSWERS AND YOUR PROFESSIONALISM. VERY IMPRESSED BY YOU. I WILL SAY THAT I'LL BE VOTING NO ON THIS BECAUSE THE TOOLS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO ME AS A TRUSTEE CHARGED WITH FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, BY THE WAY, MY NAME APPEARS IN THIS DOCUMENT, AND SO THE ONLY I'M VERY LIMITED ON THE TOOLS THAT I HAVE TO EXPRESS MY CONCERN ABOUT THE FINANCIAL DECISIONS BEING MADE BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. SO THAT'S WHY I WILL BE VOTING NO ON THIS, BUT THAT IS NOT A REFLECTION ON YOU OR YOUR FIRM. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE BONE. YOUR LIGHT WAS ON. THANK YOU. I DID HAVE SOME MORE QUESTIONS ON FUND BALANCE JUST TO GET CLARITY SO I UNDERSTAND THIS CLEAR. IN TEXAS, SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE A JUNE 30TH DATE TO END THEIR FISCAL YEAR, AND SOME HAVE A IS IT AUGUST? AUGUST 31ST. AUGUST 31ST DATE, AND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE TWO MONTHS I READ, I GOT THIS OFF OF THE WEB SITE AND SCHOOL DISTRICT FUND BALANCE, AND IT SAYS THAT THIS COULD BE INSUFFICIENT FOR MANY DISTRICTS, PARTICULARLY THOSE WITH A JUNE 30TH FISCAL YEAR, AND THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS 60 DAYS. SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO KIND OF ASK IS, SINCE WE HAVE A JUNE 30TH DATE, SHOULD WE BE EVEN MORE CONCERNED OR NOT AS CONCERNED? THAT'S TWO MINUTES. I THOUGHT WE HAD UNLIMITED QUESTIONS. POINT OF CLARITY. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES OF QUESTIONS, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT TWO TIMES TO MAKE COMMENTS UP TO TWO MINUTES. SO ANOTHER FOUR MINUTES FOR COMMENTS. YEAH, I NEED A POINT OF CLARITY. IF YOU LOOK AT THIS. LET'S GO BACK TO HOW IT'S WRITTEN. IT SAYS QUESTION SHALL NOT BE COUNTED AS SPEAKING TIME. SO I DON'T HAVE SPEAKING TIME. SO DO YOU JUST WANT ME TO SPEAK AND JUST I'M JUST GOING TO SPEAK. I'M JUST GOING TO. OKAY. I'M JUST GOING TO KEEP. THIS DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. LIKE THIS POLICY. TRUSTEE BONE. THIS IS NOW AN ACTION ITEM. SO YOU WOULD HAVE YOU WOULD BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK FOR A TOTAL OF TWO TIMES ON ANY DEBATABLE ACTION ITEM ON THE AGENDA. EACH TIME A TRUSTEE SHALL SPEAK FOR UP TO TWO MINUTES, BUT THEN YOU GET TWO [INAUDIBLE] DEBATABLE MOTIONS. OR WE HAVE A THERE'S A MOTION ON THE TABLE. OKAY, SO TRUSTEE WILL BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK A TOTAL OF TWO TIMES. OKAY, I'M NOT SPEAKING. I'M ASKING QUESTIONS. RIGHT. OKAY, AND THIS SET OF QUESTIONS WILL NOT BE COUNTED AS SPEAKING TIME. RIGHT SO YOU'VE GOT FOR YOUR COMMENTS, YOU'VE GOT A TOTAL OF FOUR MINUTES TO MAKE COMMENTS, DEBATE THE MOTION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE GOING TO YOU WANT TO APPROVE OR NOT APPROVE THE MOTION. YOU HAVE A TOTAL OF TWO MINUTES TO ASK QUESTIONS. YOUR QUESTIONS IF YOU ARE USING YOUR SPEAKING TIME TO MAKE COMMENTS AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THE MOTION SHOULD BE APPROVED OR DENIED. IF YOU'RE ASKING QUESTIONS, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE COUNTED TOWARDS YOUR SPEAKING TIME. I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHO'S SAYING THAT I'M SPEAKING OR ASKING QUESTIONS. WHO'S MAKING THAT DETERMINATION? BECAUSE I'M SPEAKING. THE WAY ROBERT'S [INAUDIBLE]. RIGHT. SO WERE YOU TIMING ME ON QUESTIONS? YES, JUST ON QUESTIONS. I WASN'T ASKING QUESTIONS, I WAS SPEAKING. OKAY, THEN YOU'VE GOT FOUR MINUTES. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO SINCE WE WERE INTERRUPTED AND I HAVE KIND OF FORGOTTEN WHERE WE WERE AT, BUT HOPEFULLY I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE JUNE 30TH AND I THINK I'D ASKED YOU, DO WE HAVE WITH JUNE 30TH DATE, DO WE HAVE ENOUGH FOR THE 60 DAYS? WHY DOES TASB SAY THIS THEN IS KIND OF WHAT I'M GETTING AT? THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE TO YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS BETWEEN A SCHOOL DISTRICT, WITH THE JUNE 30TH FISCAL YEAR END VERSUS THE AUGUST 31ST YEAR END, IS YOU THINK ABOUT THOSE EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE THE SCHOOL YEAR ENDS AT THE END OF MAY. HOWEVER, THEY'RE STILL GETTING PAID THROUGH THE SUMMER FOR WORK THEY'VE ALREADY COMPLETED AND SO WITH THE JUNE 30TH FISCAL YEAR END, THOSE SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT PAYROLL THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE PAID OUT OVER JULY AND AUGUST AS AN ACCRUAL. SO ROUND ROCK ISD HAS THAT ALREADY RECORDED AS A LIABILITY. SO AS OF DECEMBER, JUNE 30TH ASSIGNED. IS IT CALLED ASSIGNED? RIGHT. IT'S ALREADY IT'S ACTUALLY REFLECTED IN YOUR UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE. SO AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, ROUND ROCK ISD IN THE GENERAL FUND HAD ACCRUED WAGES PAYABLE OF $45 MILLION. SO THAT REPRESENTS THE PAYROLL THAT WAS DUE TO EMPLOYEES IN JULY AND AUGUST. SO THAT'S ALREADY REFLECTED IN YOUR FUND BALANCE. IT'S BEEN SUBTRACTED OKAY. SO IT'S OUT OF THE 107, YOU'RE SAYING IT'S NOT PART OF THAT. IT'S NOT PART OF THE 107. IT'S ALREADY BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR AND RECORDED. THAT'S A COMMON PRACTICE FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS. WITH THE JUNE 30TH--POINT OF ORDER, THAT WAS LIKE FOUR QUESTIONS IN A ROW. [03:50:02] YOU SAID YOU WERE JUST SPEAKING AT THIS POINT AND YOU'VE ASKED FOUR QUESTIONS. IS SHE ALLOWED TO ASK MORE QUESTIONS? SO YOU'RE LIMITED TO YOUR QUESTIONS TO TWO MINUTES. YOU'RE SPEAKING TIME IS WHEN YOU ARE COMMENTING OR DEBATING WHETHER OR NOT THE MOTION SHOULD PASS OR FAIL. A POINT OF INQUIRY, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT IN POLICY WHERE IT'S DEFINED THAT SPEAKING TIME VERSUS QUESTIONS. BECAUSE I'M AN ENGINEER, I KIND OF SPEAK IN QUESTIONS. SO THAT'S ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER, BUT IF THE BOARD WANTS HER TO ALLOW TO ALLOW, I HAVE IT RIGHT HERE. CAN YOU SHOW ME WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT SPEAKING TIME VERSUS QUESTIONS? POINT OF ORDER. POINT OF INQUIRY. WHAT IS YOUR POINT? CAN WE PLEASE NOT CUT OFF COUNSEL AND TREAT STAFF WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT? SO ADVISED. THANK YOU. POINT OF ORDER. CAN WE PLEASE NOT CUT OFF TRUSTEES WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO DO BUSINESS WITH THE DISTRICT AND OUR STUDENTS? EVERYONE'S ALLOWED TO MAKE A POINT OF ORDER. YEAH I'M ASKING THE CHAIR. CAN WE PLEASE NOT GET CUT OFF WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO DO BUSINESS FOR THE DISTRICT? I CAN'T ADVISE PEOPLE NOT TO MAKE A POINT OF ORDER IF THEY SO FEEL INCLINED. I WOULDN'T ADVISE YOU THAT. I WOULDN'T ADVISE ANYBODY ELSE ON THE DAIS. IF THEY WANTED TO MAKE A POINT OF ORDER TO NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY, TO MAKE A POINT OF ORDER. ARE WE MOVING ON? WHAT ARE WE DOING? NO, I'M WAITING FOR A POINT OF INQUIRY. BECAUSE I HAVE ROBERT'S RULES RIGHT HERE, AND IT DOESN'T, THERE'S NOTHING ABOUT QUESTION TIME VERSUS SPEAKING TIME. IT'S IN OUR SPECIAL RULE REGARDING GENERAL LIMITS. SPECIAL RULE? IT'S A SPECIAL RULE, AND THAT'S WHY I'M JUST SAYING WHAT. WHO DEFINES SPEAKING TIME VERSUS AM I SPEAKING RIGHT NOW? I'M SPEAKING I SPEAK THROUGH QUESTIONS. SO I'M SPEAKING. THEY JUST HAPPEN TO BE QUESTIONS. OH SHOULD IT SAY STATEMENTS. SO I HAVE TO MAKE STATEMENTS DURING MY SPEAKING TIME. SO IT'S STATEMENT TIME VERSUS QUESTION TIME. I'M REALLY TRYING TO GET CLARITY BECAUSE THE RULES ARE JUST RIDICULOUS. SO I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THEM. SO MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE SPECIAL RULE IS THAT FOR ALL ACTION ITEMS, WHICH THIS IS ON AN ACTION ITEM AGENDA, YOU WILL HAVE TWO TIMES TO SPEAK UP TO TWO MINUTES, AND IF YOU DON'T USE YOUR FULL TWO MINUTES, YOU'VE EXHAUSTED YOUR TIME. SO IF YOU WANT TO USE YOUR TIME TO ASK A QUESTION THAT'S GOING TO EXHAUST ONE OF YOUR SPEAKING TIMES, BUT FOR QUESTIONS, IF IT'S JUST QUESTIONS, YOU'VE GOT TWO MINUTES TO ASK AS MANY QUESTIONS AS YOU WANT. IF YOU WANT TO USE YOUR SPEAKING TIME TO ASK A QUESTION, THEN WHAT THE RULE SAYS IS THAT YOU WILL HAVE UP TO TWO MINUTES. SO IF YOU TAKE FIVE SECONDS TO ASK A QUESTION, THAT'S ONE TIME YOU CAN ASK ANOTHER QUESTION AND IT'LL BE TWO TIMES, BUT YOU HAVE UP TO TWO MINUTES. SO IF YOU WANT TO JUST ASK 4 OR 5 QUESTIONS AND STOP, BUT WHEN YOU STOP, YOU'VE EXHAUSTED YOUR ONE TIME, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING. WHERE'S THE POLICY ON THAT? BECAUSE IT'S NOT IT SAYS SPEAK A TOTAL OF TWO TIMES. SO I'M SPEAKING HIM AND I ARE SPEAKING AND I CAN SPEAK ONE TIME. I MEAN, YOU'RE SAYING THAT IF I PAUSE, THAT'S. SO IF YOU JUST STOP--THAT'S THE WAY ROBERT'S RULES WORKS AS FAR AS LIMITS ON DEBATE. SO THE DEFAULT RULE IS USUALLY--THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING WHERE'S THAT AT IN ROBERT'S RULES. SO THERE'S LIMITS ON DEBATE IS WHERE IT IS. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE INDEX AND GO ON LIMITS ON DEBATE, YOU'LL FIND IT. POINT ME TO THE PAGE. I'VE GOT IT RIGHT HERE. OKAY. POINT OF ORDER. WHAT IS YOUR POINT? I'M LOOKING RIGHT HERE. IT'S ON PAGE 367. I'VE TOLD YOU GUYS THIS BEFORE. IT SAYS A MEMBER HAS TEN MINUTES. SO THANK YOU. YEAH, RIGHT, BUT THAT WAS ADJUSTED BY THE BOARD WHEN THE BOARD ADOPTED A SPECIAL RULE, AND THIS MAKES IT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO PERFORM OUR OFFICIAL DUTIES HERE. THIS IS THE CERTIFIED ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE DISTRICT. SO THAT WASN'T A POINT THAT I COULD RULE ON. SO TRUSTEE BONE YOU HAVE HOWEVER MUCH TIME YOU HAVE LEFT TO MAKE STATEMENTS ABOUT WHETHER YOU'RE GOING TO VOTE FOR OR NOT, THIS AGENDA, THIS MOTION. WELL, I THINK WE ACTUALLY NEED TO PAUSE THIS WHOLE MEETING AND FIGURE OUT THIS RULE. I MEAN, I HAVE IT RIGHT HERE AND NOBODY SEEMS TO KNOW. EARLIER, PRESIDENT FELLER YOU DIDN'T OR PRESIDENT LANDRUM. I APOLOGIZE. YOU WERE CONFUSED ABOUT THIS. NOW WE HAVE PEOPLE SAYING THAT. SENTENCES AND QUESTIONS AND YOU CAN'T HAVE SENTENCES AND QUESTIONS TOGETHER. I'M REALLY CONFUSED. SO I THINK I NEED CLARITY, AND THEN THESE ARE NOT. IT TALKS ABOUT DEBATABLE MOTIONS BUT THEN IT SAYS QUESTIONS SHALL NOT BE COUNTED AS SPEAKING TIME PROVIDED A TRUSTEE IS MERELY ASKING A QUESTION, NOT MAKING A COMMENT. SO. I THINK WE HAVE SOME POLICY ISSUES. BIG TIME. DOES ANYBODY ELSE NEED FURTHER EXPLANATION OF THIS? YEAH, I THINK YOU'RE THE ONLY. IT'S UNCLEAR TO ME. QUESTIONS SHALL NOT BE COUNTED AS SPEAKING TIME. RIGHT. YOU GET TWO MINUTES FOR QUESTIONS. WELL, I'M USING MY SPEAKING TIME AND THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING. WHO'S SAYING THAT? I'M ASKING QUESTIONS VERSUS SPEAKING. SO I MEAN, ARE WE GOING TO STOP? I JUST WANT TO KNOW THE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT, BECAUSE IF SOMEBODY IS SPEAKING AND THEY ASK A QUESTION, I YOU ALL KNOW ME. I WILL STOP YOU AND BE LIKE, YOU'RE ASKING A QUESTION. OH, THERE'S YOUR TIME. YOU'RE DONE. THAT WAS QUESTION TIME. SO I MEAN, IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT ON THE BOARD, WE NEED TO [03:55:01] UNDERSTAND THEM. SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO SAY THAT DURING OUR SPEAKING TIME, YOU MAY NOT ASK A QUESTION, THEN PLEASE LET ME KNOW BECAUSE I WILL. THAT'S WHAT WE JUST SAID. OKAY. SO IF THAT'S THE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT, THAT'S GOING TO BE FUN, AND I THINK IT'S RIDICULOUS AND I THINK IT'S NOT PRODUCTIVE AND IT DOESN'T HELP WITH STUDENT OUTCOMES. SO PLEASE CLARIFY WHAT TIME OR WHAT QUESTIONS I HAVE LEFT. YOU HAVE A TOTAL OF TWO TIMES TO COMMENT UP TO TWO MINUTES, SO YOU'VE GOT A TOTAL OF FOUR TIMES AND THAT'S FOR YOU TO USE IT. SO IF YOU WANT TO USE A MINUTE OF ONE TIME, THEN YOU'VE USED THAT MINUTE. YOU DON'T GET THE FULL TWO MINUTES. IF YOU WANT TO USE THE FULL TWO MINUTES, YOU GET THE FULL TWO MINUTES, BUT YOU HAVE TWO TIMES UP TO TWO MINUTES TO COMMENT. OKAY, WELL, I WILL YIELD TO SOMEBODY ELSE. TRUSTEE WEIR. I'M NOT CONFUSED AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT'S HAPPENED ON THIS AUDIT, AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF OUR STAFF TIME, AND I CALL THE QUESTION. SECOND. OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION TO CALL THE QUESTION. ALL IN FAVOR OF LIMITING DEBATE AND VOTING ON TRUSTEE WEIR'S MOTION. RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES FIVE TWO. I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AUDIT AS PRESENTED. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES FIVE TWO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. UNDER ITEM I ONE APPROVAL OF GOAL. PROGRESS MEASURES 4.1, 4.2, 4.3. PULLED FROM CONSENT BY TRUSTEES WESTON AND BONE. I DIDN'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS THAT WERE SUBMITTED ON THESE AGENDA ITEMS AS TO WHY YOU WANTED TO PULL THEM FROM CONSENT, SO I WILL LET ONE OF THE TWO OF YOU. EXCUSE ME. ONE OF THE TWO OF YOU BEGIN, BUT I NEED A MOTION BEFORE WE CAN START DEBATE. MY LIGHT IS ON FOR THE MOTION. OKAY. MOTION. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE. GOLD PROGRESS MEASURES 4.1, 4.2, 4.3. AS PRESENTED. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. TRUSTEE WESTON. YEAH, I PULLED THIS BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M ON THE RECORD, AS ALWAYS, VOTING AGAINST GOALS THAT OUR LSG COACH SPECIFICALLY TELLS US ARE INCONSISTENT WITH LSG. SHE HAS TOLD US THAT THIS SENSE OF BELONGING IS NOT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT STUDENTS KNOW OR CAN DO, AND YET YOU GUYS ADOPTED THIS, AND HONESTLY, ONE OF THESE IS THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS WHO RESPOND FAVORABLY ON THE SENSE OF BELONGING IN GRADES THREE THROUGH 12 WILL INCREASE TO 59%. I'M NOT OKAY WITH 41% OF OUR STUDENTS NOT FEELING LIKE THEY BELONG. SO, AND THERE ARE SOME OTHER OTHERS ON HERE THAT ARE BIZARRE. PERSONALLY, IN MY OPINION, OFFENSIVELY LOW. SO AS A MOM OF FIVE CHILDREN, EVERY CHILD IS IMPORTANT. EVERY CHILD NEEDS TO FEEL LIKE THEY BELONG, AND I CAN'T HAVE MY NAME ATTACHED TO THIS. SO I'LL BE VOTING NO. TRUSTEE WEIR. WE ACTUALLY SPENT 113 MINUTES ON THIS ON OCTOBER 19TH, SO I DON'T REALLY FEEL LIKE THERE WAS A NEED TO PULL THIS FROM CONSENT. I CALL THE QUESTION. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION TO CALL THE QUESTION. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES FIVE TO. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE GOAL PROGRESS MEASURES 4.1, 4.2 AND 4.3. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES FIVE TWO. WE'RE ON TO AGENDA ITEM I THREE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SELF-EVALUATION AND ADJUSTMENTS TO THE BOARD MONITORING CALENDAR. MARSHA WAS UNABLE TO JOIN US TONIGHT BECAUSE SHE IS ILL. SO TRUSTEE WEIR IS GOING TO WALK US THROUGH THIS SELF EVALUATION, BUT IN TERMS OF LIMITS, DO WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION SPECIFICALLY TO NOT COUNT HER TIME BECAUSE SHE'S GOING TO BE THE FACILITATOR FOR THIS ITEM? WELL, SHE'S MAKING A MOTION OR SHE'S JUST THE FACILITATOR. SHE'S GOING TO WELL I DON'T KNOW WHO'S GOING TO MAKE THE MOTION, BUT SHE'S GOING TO GO THROUGH. WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH EACH ONE OF THESE CATEGORIES TO SEE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO RANK OUR. NORMALLY WE HAVE OUR COACH HERE THAT WOULD BE DOING THAT, BUT SINCE SHE'S SICK, TRUSTEE WEIR IS GOING TO WALK US THROUGH VISION AND GOALS ONE, VISION AND GOALS TWO. I THINK THE BOARD SHOULD JUST VOTE TO EXTEND THE TIME FOR TRUSTEE WEIR TO PRESENT THE GOALS. SO I MOVE NOT TO COUNT TIME TOWARDS TRUSTEE WEIR WHILE SHE'S FACILITATING THE DISCUSSION, IF SHE HAS PERSONAL COMMENTS TO COUNT THAT SEPARATELY. SECOND. OKAY, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY COMMENTS? TRUSTEE WESTON. YEAH, THIS IS JUST MORE SILLINESS AND FOOLISHNESS HAVING TO VOTE ON THIS KIND OF STUFF. IT JUST REALLY REFLECTS POORLY ON US. THANK YOU FOR YOUR OPINION. TRUSTEE BONE. I DIDN'T HAVE MY LIGHT ON, BUT SINCE I'LL GIVE MY TWO CENTS. I AGREE, THIS IS, I APOLOGIZE TO THE PUBLIC [04:00:02] BUT WHEN SOMETHING IS REALLY RIDICULOUS, WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO IS JUST DEMONSTRATE HOW RIDICULOUSLY IT IS AND HOW IT DOES NOT GO TOWARDS THE GOALS THAT YOU'RE GOING AFTER, AND YOU JUST HAVE TO EXPOSE THAT, AND THAT IS WHAT TRUSTEE WESTON AND I HAVE TO DO UP HERE BECAUSE OF THIS RIDICULOUS STATEMENT. GET A COPY OF THE SPECIAL RULE REGARDING GENERAL LIMITS OF DEBATE, AND NO, IT'S NOT CLEAR. GO BACK. REWIND. YOU'LL SEE THAT EVEN PRESIDENT LANDRUM DIDN'T UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT WAS GOING ON AND WAS LIKE, OH, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE TIMING WAS. POINT OF ORDER. THEY'RE JUST GOING TO. YEP. LET'S JUST INTERRUPT EACH OTHER. WHAT IS YOUR POINT? THIS DOESN'T RELATE TO THE AGENDA ITEM AT HAND. IT WAS TO INCREASE TIME. I WOULD SAY FOCUS YOUR COMMENTS ON THE MOTION. YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE SPEAKING TO THE MOTION. YEAH, THE MOTION IS TO INCREASE TIME. THE ONLY REASON WE'RE MAKING THE MOTION IS BECAUSE WE HAVE A RIDICULOUS RULE THAT NOW WE HAVE TO INCREASE THE TIME. SO I'LL BE VOTING NO. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. TRUSTEE HARRISON [INAUDIBLE] I HADN'T ENDED I DIDN'T FINISH MY TWO MINUTES. I STILL HAVE TIME, RIGHT? YES. YEAH. SO THE WHOLE POINT IS THAT WE ARE HAVING TO VOTE TO INCREASE TIME BECAUSE WE HAVE A RULE, AND OH, AND WE'RE GIVEN TRUSTEE WEIR MORE TIME, AND EARLIER WE HAD TO GIVE TRUSTEE BONE MORE TIME. WHY DON'T WE JUST OPEN UP THE FLOOR AGAIN? GET RID OF THIS RIDICULOUS RULE AND ACTUALLY, WE CAN VOTE ON THIS RULE ANY TIME, RIGHT? YEAH, WE COULD JUST GET RID OF IT, RIGHT? JUST MAKE A MOTION. YEAH SO I THINK THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT, OF GETTING RID OF THIS RULE. IT'S ALSO WE HAVE SOMEBODY THAT WE'RE PAYING OVER HERE WHO ALSO IS HAVING TO DO THE TIMING AND NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO MAYBE ALL THE LEGAL ISSUES THAT COULD BE GOING ON BECAUSE THEY'RE HAVING TO DO THE TIMING. SO WE'RE PAYING SOMEBODY, I DON'T KNOW, $300 AN HOUR TO DO TIMING OF TRUSTEES AND KEEP IT STRAIGHT. JUST RIDICULOUS. TRUSTEE WEIR. TRUSTEE HARRISON. SORRY, TRUSTEE HARRISON WAS FIRST. THANK YOU. I'D ACTUALLY LIKE TO MOVE THAT. WE JUST HANDLE THIS IN DECEMBER SO WE DON'T EVEN HAVE TO ADDRESS THIS. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A SUBSTITUTE MOTION OR WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE TO TABLE. IT'S NOT RELATED TO THE MOTION AT HAND. RIGHT. SO IT'S A NEW MOTION. YEAH. OKAY. SO I CAN JUST MAKE IT. THERE'S A PENDING MOTION. YEAH. SO WE HAVE TO VOTE UP OR DOWN ON THAT MOTION FIRST. OKAY. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE WEIR I WAS GOING TO CALL THE QUESTION SO WE COULD JUST CALL THE QUESTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? OKAY, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO CALL THE QUESTION. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ALL OPPOSED. OH, ABSTAINING. OKAY. MOTION CARRIES 5-1-1. OKAY, SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ALLOW TO EXTEND TIME TO TRUSTEE WEIR FOR FACILITATING. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL OPPOSED? ABSTAINING. MOTION CARRIES 5-1-1. [INAUDIBLE]. YOU VOTED AGAINST? SORRY, I DIDN'T SEE THAT. SO 4-2-1. OKAY. MOTION CARRIES 4-2-1. ALL RIGHT. SO I PROMISE TO BE FAST BECAUSE I DON'T REALLY THINK MUCH. ANYTHING HAS CHANGED. OKAY. I BROUGHT MY BOOK, BUT YOU CAN PULL IT UP ONLINE. VISION AND GOALS ONE, TWO, THREE AND FOUR. WE HAVE BEEN STUCK ON THOSE FOR THE ENTIRE TIME WE'VE BEEN DOING IT. HAS ANYONE'S OPINION OF OUR VISION AND GOALS CHANGED? I DON'T THINK SO BECAUSE IT REQUIRES ALL BOARD MEMBERS. YEAH, OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF ANY IF ANYONE HAD CHANGED THEIR MIND. THE PROGRESS AND ACCOUNTABILITY LAST TIME WE HAD 12 A PROGRESS AND ACCOUNTABILITY ONE 25% OR MORE OF OUR MINUTES FOR THE QUARTER ARE ON STUDENT OUTCOMES AND WITH OUR ADDITIONAL. THREE TWO WAY COMMUNICATIONS. WE WERE AT 34.6% FOR THE QUARTER, SO WE DID MEET 12, BUT WE DID NOT MEET 15. SO I THINK THAT NUMBER IS STILL THE SAME. PROGRESS AND ACCOUNTABILITY TWO, LAST TIME WE GAVE OURSELVES A TWO. I BELIEVE WE'RE STILL AT A TWO BECAUSE I HAVE NOT RECEIVED A STAFF TIME TRACKER, AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO GET TO A FOUR. SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES. WE WERE AT A FOR THIS ONE I'M UNCLEAR ON. IT SAYS ALL CONSENT ELIGIBLE ITEMS WERE PLACED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, AND MORE THAN 75% OF ITEMS WERE VOTED ON USING THE CONSENT AGENDA AND THAT'S FOR AUGUST, SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER. [04:05:03] THEN YES, WE DID MEET THAT. OKAY. SO THEN I THINK WE'RE STILL AT A FOUR BECAUSE WE AVERAGE MORE THAN THREE HOURS PER MEETING AND WE ALSO HAVE FIVE OTHER TOPICS PER MEETING. SO I THINK WE'RE STILL AT A FOUR ON THAT ONE. ADVOCACY AND ENGAGEMENT. WE ACTUALLY ARE STILL AT A ONE ON THIS ONE BECAUSE WE GAVE OURSELVES A ONE. I'M NOT SURE WHY, BECAUSE WE HADN'T DONE OUR TWO WAY COMMUNICATION YET, BUT I GUESS WE HAD PLANNED IT, BUT SO WE'RE STILL AT A ONE ON THAT ONE. WHY ARE WE NOT AT A THREE? BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HOST A COMMUNITY MEETING TO DISCUSS PROGRESS TOWARDS STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS WITHIN EACH FEEDER PATTERN, WITH LOW PERFORMING CAMPUSES DURING THE PREVIOUS 12 MONTH PERIOD, AND ALSO THE ACCOMPLISHED THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED ARE JUST TOWARDS STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS, NOT. OUR GENERAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WE NORMALLY DO AT OUR MEETINGS. SO WE'RE STILL AT A ONE ON THAT ONE. OKAY, AND THEN I THINK ON SYNERGY AND TEAMWORK. I THINK WE'VE HAD AN AVERAGE ATTENDANCE OF 70%. WE'VE HAD QUITE A FEW ABSENCES, BUT I BELIEVE WE'RE STILL AT 70% BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE AT 80, AND I DON'T THINK THAT WE ALL BOARD MEMBERS AGREE THAT MEMBERS HAVE ADHERED TO ALL POLICIES GOVERNING BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. SO I THINK WE'RE STILL AT A THREE. SO THAT KEEPS US STILL AT 35 POINTS. YEAH, WE'RE STILL AT 35. OKAY. SO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON. NO I DON'T HAVE WE HAVEN'T WE HAVEN'T DONE IT YET. SO I MEAN I GUESS DO WE DOES ANYONE FEEL LIKE WE CAN CHANGE OUR TARGETS FOR NEXT TIME. NOT AT THIS POINT. OKAY, SO THEN OUR TARGETS ARE THE SAME. JUST TO HOLD STEADY FOR THREE, TWO, 12, TWO, FOUR, ONE AND THREE. ALL RIGHT, SO THEN I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE QUARTERLY PROGRESS TIME TRACKER AS DISCUSSED. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. TRUSTEE WESTON. SOME OF THE WORDS THAT YOU JUST USE TRUSTEE WEIR ABOUT WORKING TOGETHER AND ALL THIS GIVEN THE RULE THAT THE BOARD MAJORITY HAS IMPOSED TO LIMIT THE ABILITY TO SPEAK, TO ASK QUESTIONS, I THINK ACTUALLY ACTUALLY LIMITS ARE REASONABLE, BUT THE LIMITS ARE SO SEVERE THAT YOU'RE IN A TERRITORY WHERE YOU HAVE MEMBERS OF THE BODY WHO DON'T BELIEVE THEY CAN PERFORM THEIR DUTIES. SO IT COMPLETELY UNDERMINES THIS SELF-EVALUATION THING. I MEAN, IT'S REALLY SILLINESS AND FOOLISHNESS IS WHAT I HEAR. IT REALLY MAKES A MOCKERY, AND SO WE'RE NOT JUDGED ON WHAT WE SAY, WE'RE JUDGED ON WHAT WE DO, AND THE SAME WAY A HUSBAND CAN TELL HIS WIFE THAT HE LOVES HER, BUT IF HE'S HITTING HER OVER THE HEAD WITH A BASEBALL BAT, THAT MEANS MORE THAN HIS WORDS. SO YOU KNOW YOUR WORDS THAT YOU'RE SAYING RING HOLLOW. THEY FALL SHORT SILLINESS AND FOOLISHNESS, AND IT'S A TOTAL MOCKERY OF OUR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES. AS I SEE IT, IT'S A JOKE. I'LL BE VOTING NO. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. NO OTHER LIGHTS ON. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES FIVE, TWO. WE ARE NOW ON TO AGENDA ITEM I FOUR AND ADOPTION AND RESOLUTION TO CAST VOTES FOR ELECTION OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY. WILLIAMSON CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT. BOARD OF DIRECTORS PULLED FROM CONSENT BY TRUSTEES BONE AND WESTON. TRUSTEE HARRISON. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD ADOPT THE ATTACHED RESOLUTION, AND THAT 1085 VOTES BE CAST FOR MICHAEL WEI AS THE ROUND ROCK ISD NOMINEE FOR THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY WILLIAMSON CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. TRUSTEE. WESTON. YEAH, I PULLED THIS BECAUSE I WAS KIND OF WONDERING, LIKE, WHO IS THIS PERSON WHO ENJOYED THE SUPPORT OF YOU FIVE IN THE LAST MEETING AND I'D NEVER HEARD OF THIS PERSON, AND THEN I WAS TOLD, WELL, THE OTHER GREAT APPLICANTS, THEY DIDN'T APPLY IN TIME, WHICH I FOUND A LITTLE BIT DUBIOUS BECAUSE THEY THEY DID APPLY. I WOULD HAVE LIKED THE OPPORTUNITY TO VET THE CANDIDATES, BUT FOR SOME REASON, TO ME IT FELT LIKE YOU GUYS RAMRODDED THIS INDIVIDUAL FORWARD, AND SO SINCE THAT, I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF LOOK INTO THIS INDIVIDUAL, AND I SEE THAT WE'VE GOT TRUSTEES UP HERE WHO GO ON HIS YOUTUBE CHANNEL WHEN THEY'RE RUNNING FOR OFFICE, AND I ALSO CAN'T [04:10:01] FIND HIM AS A PROPERTY OWNER IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY. SO I'LL BE VOTING NO ON THIS. I'M VERY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THIS SELECTION. I THINK THERE'S STUFF GOING ON HERE THAT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT, AND BEFORE I YIELD, I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES. I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN TO THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD MEETINGS MULTIPLE TIMES. I'VE TALKED TO THE CHIEF APPRAISER AT THESE MEETINGS MULTIPLE TIMES. I'M HEAVILY ENGAGED IN THIS OUTFIT AND WHAT THEY DO. CAN WE JUST GO AROUND AND TELL ME HOW MANY MEETINGS EACH OF YOU HAVE BEEN TO AT THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT? WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH ANYTHING? BECAUSE YOU'RE MAKING AN APPOINTMENT, AND SO MY QUESTION IS FOR YOU GUYS, IF YOU EVEN GO TO THESE MEETINGS, IF YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY DO, YOU'RE APPOINTING THIS PERSON TO A CRITICAL POSITION, AND I WANT TO KNOW IF YOU'VE EVEN BEEN TO ONE OF THEIR MEETINGS. I'VE BEEN TO ONE OF THEIR MEETINGS AND I KNOW WHAT WE DO. SO CAN WE MOVE ON? OKAY. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE HARRISON. YOU'VE BEEN TO ONE MEETING. I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE OTHERS. BELIEVE ROBERT'S RULES TALKS ABOUT QUESTIONING YOUR FELLOW. I HAVE NOT COME ACROSS THAT RULE, BUT I CAN LOOK. OKAY. I'M NOT SURE HOW IT'S GERMANE TO THE DISCUSSION. IF ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO ANSWER MY OPINION, IT'S GERMANE. I'D LIKE AN ANSWER. THAT'S FINE. YOU'RE WELCOME TO ASK THE QUESTION, BUT NOBODY'S REQUIRED TO RESPOND TO YOUR QUESTION. TRUSTEE BONE. YOUR LIGHT IS ON. THANK YOU. I WILL ALSO BE VOTING NO. WHEN THIS WAS VOTED ON, I ACTUALLY BELIEVE ONE OF US ASKED, DOES ANYBODY KNOW THIS PERSON OR DOES ANYBODY? AND THERE WAS LIKE, NO, NO, NO, AND I SEE PEOPLE SHAKING THEIR HEADS THAT THEY DO KNOW THIS PERSON. I THINK WE SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE TRANSPARENCY UP HERE AT THE BOARD, AND I FEEL LIKE THERE WAS NOT TRANSPARENCY WHEN THIS PERSON WAS PUT FORWARD. I BELIEVE WE HAD OTHER QUALIFIED CANDIDATES THAT WERE UP FOR THIS THAT HAVE SERVED THIS BOARD VERY WELL, AND I AGREE WITH TRUSTEE WESTON THAT WE REALLY SHOULD UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS BOARD DOES. I HAVE NOT ATTENDED A MEETING, BUT I HAVE FOUND OUT WHAT THEY DO. I HAVE ENGAGED WITH THEIR PROCESSES AND UNDERSTAND THAT WE ACTUALLY, I BELIEVE, PAY THEM $2 MILLION A YEAR OR A LITTLE $3 MILLION A YEAR TO PERFORM THEIR DUTIES AND COLLECT ALL OF OUR TAXES, AND I BELIEVE THAT THE PERSON SHOULD BE A PROPERTY OWNER IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY, AND I BELIEVE THE QUICK ANSWER WE GOT IS THAT THE PERSON ACTUALLY LIVES IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS VERIFIED OR WHO SAID THAT OR IF THAT WAS JUST A CHECK OFF. SO I JUST THINK THERE SHOULD BE TRANSPARENCY AND FIDELITY IN OUR PROCESSES, AND I FEEL LIKE THIS IS NOT TRANSPARENCY AND FIDELITY IN THIS PROCESS, AND I ALSO BELIEVE THAT BOARD MEMBERS SHOULD BE VERY FORTHCOMING WITH RELATIONSHIPS. WHEN WE'RE PUTTING SOMEBODY IN CHARGE OF SOMETHING THAT WE PAY $3 MILLION FOR. SO I WILL BE VOTING NO ON THIS. DO YOU HAVE YOUR LIGHT ON? TRUSTEE ZARATE. I KNOW MICHAEL WEI, AND HE'S A VERY WELL RESPECTED MEMBER OF THE ASIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY, AND HE IS A PROPERTY OWNER, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE I ASKED HIM IF HE WAS. I DID FOLLOW UP ON THIS. HE WAS ALSO, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THE ONLY PERSON THAT FILED IN TIME TO BE TO GET OUR VOTES OR TO GET OUR NOMINATION. POINT OF CLARIFICATION. HE'S THE ONLY ONE THAT COMPLETED ALL OF THE STEPS CORRECTLY. RIGHT. WE HAD TWO PEOPLE, THREE PEOPLE THAT APPLIED BUT DIDN'T SUBMIT. TWO OF THEM DID NOT SUBMIT THE FULL PART OF WHAT WAS REQUESTED. HE DID. WE HAD ONE OTHER PERSON WHO APPLIED, BUT IT WAS AFTER THE DEADLINE, SO WE HAD FOUR TOTAL APPLICANTS, ONE THAT WAS PAST THE DEADLINE, TWO THAT DIDN'T COMPLETE THE APPLICATION PROCESS IN ITS ENTIRETY. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION, BUT YEAH, I DO KNOW HIM AND HE'S A VERY UPSTANDING INDIVIDUAL. I WOULD TRUST HIM FOR THIS AND I'M GOING TO VOTE FOR HIM. OKAY. I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER LIGHTS ON. TRUSTEE BONE. I APPRECIATE THAT, TRUSTEE ZARATE, AND I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR THAT THIS SHOULD NOT REFLECT ON MY OPINION OF OF THE PERSON, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THEM. IT SHOULD REFLECT ON THE BOARD AND THE WAY WE MAKE DECISIONS, AND IT SHOULD ALSO REFLECT THAT WE TALK ABOUT THIS PROCESS THAT WE HAVE, AND I'M SURE IT'S OF HIGH FIDELITY, AND THAT IT WAS CLEAR THAT YOU HAD THAT YOU MUST SUBMIT ALL OF THESE THINGS TO BE CONSIDERED. IF I HAD TO GUESS, THAT PROBABLY WAS NOT CLEAR TO PEOPLE WHEN THEY APPLIED AND THEY WEREN'T REACHED OUT TO. SO I JUST DON'T THINK THIS WAS DONE IN FIDELITY, AND I DON'T THINK IT WAS DONE WITH TRANSPARENCY, BECAUSE I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE BEEN JUST VERY FORTHCOMING. WHEN YOU KNOW SOMEBODY AND YOU'RE PUTTING THEM UP FOR A POSITION THAT'S $3 MILLION OVERSIGHT, THAT YOU SHOULD JUST BE VERY CLEAR THAT I KNOW THEM. [04:15:01] I WAS ON THEIR PODCAST. I WAS I'M BEST FRIENDS WITH THEM. I'M MARRIED TO THEM. WHATEVER IT IS, I THINK WE SHOULD BE VERY CLEAR IN THE FUTURE, AND SO I WILL STILL BE VOTING NO. ALL RIGHT. TRUSTEE WEIR. I CALL THE QUESTION. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR OF CALLING THE QUESTION, RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES FIVE, TWO. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION. TRUSTEE HARRISON MADE. RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES FIVE TWO. WE ARE TO AGENDA ITEM I FIVE. WAIVE FIRST READING AND ADOPTION OF ADDITIONS, REVISIONS, DELETIONS TO THE D, E, F AND G LOCAL POLICIES RESULTING FROM THE LOCAL POLICY AUDIT PULLED FROM CONSENT AGENDA FROM TRUSTEES BONE AND WESTON. DO I HAVE A MOTION? TRUSTEE WEIR. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD ADD, REVISE AND DELETE LOCAL POLICIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROPOSED CHANGES RESULTING FROM THE LOCAL POLICY AUDIT WITH AN ADOPTION DATE OF NOVEMBER 16TH, 2023 AS PRESENTED. SECOND. OKAY, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TRUSTEE HARRISON. CINDY, DO YOU MIND DISCUSSING OR TELLING US THE LOGIC OF THESE POLICY CHANGES AND HOW THESE HAPPEN? ABSOLUTELY. I THINK OUR I THINK EARLIER IN THE SUMMER, WE HAD DONE THE FIRST PART OF THIS, AS WE HAD PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED, AND JUST TO BRING THE COMMUNITY BACK UP TO DATE, GENERALLY, TASB DOES AN AUDIT OF POLICIES EVERY ABOUT FIVE YEARS, AND WHEN WE LOOK BACK, THERE HAD NOT BEEN AN AUDIT OF ANY OF THE ROUND ROCK ISD POLICIES FOR OVER 20 YEARS. WHEN WE STARTED LOOKING AT LOCAL POLICIES, MOST DISTRICTS HAVE BETWEEN 30 TO 60 INDIVIDUALIZED POLICIES. ROUND ROCK HAD OVER WAY OVER 200. SO WHAT WE DID IS WE WENT THROUGH EACH OF THE INDIVIDUALIZED LOCAL POLICIES, AND SOME OF THOSE POLICIES HAD NOT BEEN LOOKED AT SINCE THE EARLY 90S, AND SO WE REVIEWED EACH OF THOSE POLICIES WHERE POSSIBLE. THE ON SOME OF THE POLICIES, THEY WERE THINGS THAT SOMEONE PERHAPS HAD JUST CHANGED. CHANGED SOME GRAMMATICALLY, SOMETHING GRAMMATICALLY. EVERY TIME WE MADE ANY CHANGES TO A POLICY, EVEN IF THAT'S ONLY LIKE 1 OR 2 WORDS FOR HOSTING THAT POLICY, IT WAS IT COST US DOUBLE FOR EACH POLICY THAT IS INDIVIDUALIZED. SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS GET OUR POLICIES IN LINE WITH WHAT IS RECOMMENDED BY TASB. TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE WITH THE FIRST HALF OF THIS, WE STILL HAVE 30. WHEN WE DID THE FIRST PART, THE A, B, C, AND PART OF D, WE GOT IT DOWN TO 37. FOR THE FIRST HALF WE GOT IT DOWN TO 37 INDIVIDUALIZED POLICIES, AND SO WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS TRYING TO GET OUR POLICIES IN LINE WITH EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE STATE. THANK YOU, AND I DO HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION AND MAYBE IT'S FOR THE ADMINISTRATION. DO YOU THINK SINCE POLICY IS A BIG PART OF THE BODY FOR THE BOARD, IS THERE MORE TRANSPARENT OR ENGAGED WAY FOR US TO REVIEW POLICY? I KNOW THESE ARE VERY SIMPLE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDED THAT PEOPLE ARE SUGGESTING ARE MORE NEFARIOUS THAN WHAT WE SEE. IS THERE ANOTHER, MORE TRANSPARENT WAY THAT WE CAN GO THROUGH THESE POLICIES? YOU KNOW, IF IN THE EVENT WE EVER DO ANOTHER POLICY AUDIT, I CAN TELL YOU IT WAS IT WAS PAINFUL, BUT YOU'RE CERTAINLY WELCOME TO JOIN US FOR THAT. IT WAS BASICALLY FOUR DAYS OF TROLLING THROUGH POLICIES FROM THE EARLY 90S, BUT BESIDES THAT, WE TRIED TO MAKE THE BOARD. THAT'S WHY I TRIED TO GIVE THE BOARD THIS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I KNOW WE ONLY HAVE TO GIVE THOSE TO YOU TO TEN DAYS IN ADVANCE, BUT THAT'S WHY I PURPOSELY GAVE THEM TO YOU GUYS WELL IN ADVANCE. THESE POLICY CHANGES, I THINK, HAVE BEEN MISCONSTRUED, AND IF I COULD MAYBE TOUCH ON ONE THAT I KNOW THAT THE BOARD MEMBERS HAD GOTTEN SOME CONCERNS ABOUT, AND THIS IS ACTUALLY A VERY, VERY GOOD EXAMPLE. I KNOW SEVERAL OF YOU HAD RECEIVED EMAILS REGARDING POLICY E, H, A, C, AND IF WE COULD GO TO PAGE 23 OF THE DOCUMENT, THAT'S OVERHEAD. [04:20:14] SHOULD BE ON PAGE 23. IF YOU GO TO THE SIDE, YOU CAN PUT THAT IN. IS THAT? NO. NO. THAT'S IT, DELETE POLICY PRIVATE OR COMMERCIALLY SPONSORED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY? YEAH. SO, FOR INSTANCE, SOMETIME BACK IN 1994, THE BOARD THEN FELT THE NEED TO PUT IN A SPECIFIC POLICY ABOUT PRIVATE OR COMMERCIALLY SPONSORED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PROGRAMS, AND WHATEVER'S UP ON THE THING IS NOT CORRECT. IT'S POLICY E, H, A, C. OKAY. GO AHEAD. OKAY. ANYWAY, AND IT TALKS ABOUT FOR INSTANCE, IT TALKS ABOUT SECONDARY CREDIT FOR PE CLASSES THAT ARE DONE OFF CAMPUS, AND FOR INSTANCE, LIKE IF YOU ARE AN OLYMPIC LEVEL PROGRAM, YOU CAN GET PE CREDIT FOR THAT. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S CONTAINED IN THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION'S REGULATIONS ALREADY. SO THERE WAS REALLY NO NEED FOR A LOCAL POLICY REGARDING THIS, AND JUST TO SHOW YOU WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH, WITH BRINGING THESE UP TO STANDARDS BACK IN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS AND THE AND THE COMMISSIONER'S REGULATIONS, JUST OVER THE LAST NINE YEARS, THIS PARTICULAR POLICY HAS BEEN HAS BEEN TWEAKED NINE OF THE LAST NINE YEARS, SEVEN TIMES. THIS POLICY THAT WE HAVE IN HERE, BECAUSE IT IS AN INDEPENDENT, IT IS A SPECIFIC LOCAL POLICY FOR US, HASN'T BEEN REALIGNED WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S REGULATIONS BECAUSE IT'S AN EX-LOCAL POLICY. SO WHEN WE DO THINGS LIKE PUT PUT THINGS THAT DON'T NEED TO BE IN POLICY, THEY DO NOT GET UPDATED AS WELL AS THEY COULD. SO JUST GOING TO THIS PARTICULAR POLICY, I KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAD SOME CONCERNS FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS EXPRESSED TO YOU THAT SAY, I'VE GOT KIDS WHO ARE IN THESE OUTSIDE PROGRAMS THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE. THAT IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE. ALL WE'RE SAYING IS THAT IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE IN A BOARD LOCAL POLICY. IT IS ALREADY IN OUR COMMUNITY, OUR COURSEWORK HANDBOOKS THAT WE GIVE TO EVERY ONE OF OUR PARENTS, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DO ALL THE TIME. WE'LL JUST HAVE TO WE APPLY TO WAIVER, AND THAT'S UP TO THE COMMISSIONER TO GRANT. THANK YOU. WELL, DR. AZAIEZ, I MEAN, MAYBE YOU CAN ADD. BECAUSE JUST HOW DO WE GET THE COMMUNITY VISIBILITY EARLIER INTO THIS PROCESS? I THINK WHAT WE POSSIBLY CAN DO, AND I KNOW I'M GOING TO LET CINDY AND HER TEAM, MAYBE WE CAN MAYBE TRY TO POST THIS EARLIER OR SHARE THIS, MAKE IT MORE TRANSPARENT WITH OUR COMMUNITY EARLIER. I KNOW FOR WITH OUR BOARD, I THINK CINDY SENT IT BACK ON OCTOBER 30TH, BUT MAYBE MAKE IT AVAILABLE AT THAT TIME FOR THE COMMUNITY. ALSO, GIVE THEM ENOUGH TIME TO SEE IT BECAUSE I AGREE WITH YOU. I KNOW SOME OF OUR PARENTS WHO SAW IT GET. THEY WERE ALARMED. THEY THOUGHT, I MEAN, BECAUSE IT WASN'T CLEAR, RIGHT? THEY THOUGHT THAT WE ARE CHANGING THE WAY WE DO THINGS WHEN IT COMES TO OFF CAMPUS PE CREDIT OR HOURS. SO MAYBE MAKING IT MORE OF A SO THAT WAY WE CAN GET FEEDBACK EARLY ON, MAYBE SOMETIMES POSTING IT'S NOT ENOUGH AND IT NEEDS A VOICEOVER, RIGHT, BECAUSE IF I JUST READ THE DELETION OF THAT POLICY, I MIGHT BE ALARMED AS WELL, BUT HEARING CINDY VOICE IT OVER IS HELPFUL. SO SHOULD THERE BE A MEETING TO VOICE OVER WHEN WE HAVE POLICY CHANGES LIKE THAT AT A LARGE SCALE? AND I'M NOT NEGATING ALL THE HARD WORK BECAUSE I KNOW YOU SAT IN A ROOM FOR FOUR DAYS. IT WAS IT WAS A DIFFICULT FOUR DAYS WITH A VERY ENTHUSIASTIC AND CHEERS TO OUR TASB POLICY CONSULTANT, AND I KNOW THAT ALL OF THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM WHO HAD TO DEAL WITH HER CAN CAN TELL YOU HOW MUCH SHE JUST LIVES FOR POLICY. WE CAN IF THE BOARD WOULD LIKE. WE WILL. CERTAINLY WE CAN IF THE BOARD WANTS US TO BRING THIS BACK IN DECEMBER, WE CAN [04:25:05] ALSO DO THAT. WE WERE TRYING TO GET CAUGHT UP BECAUSE WE ARE ABOUT TO GET UPDATE 122, WHICH IS THE POST LEGISLATIVE UPDATE AND WE WON'T GET THAT. THEY WON'T PREPARE THAT FOR US UNTIL WE HAVE CLEAN POLICIES, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. OUR POLICY CONSULTANT WANTS US TO DO THIS FIRST. THANK YOU. MICHELLE, DO I STILL HAVE TIME FOR ONE MORE OR MY QUESTION I GUESS I DON'T WANT TO SAY WHAT THE WILL OF THE BOARD IS, BUT POLICY IS OUR MAIN THING, RIGHT? IT'S ONE OF OUR MAIN DRIVERS, AND YOU KNOW, I, I UNDERSTAND THIS POLICY WE HAVE DISCUSSED I GET IT. HOWEVER, JUST MOVING FORWARD, I'M WONDERING IF WE MIGHT NOT THAT I WANT TO ADD ANOTHER MEETING TO OUR SCHEDULE, BUT IF WE MIGHT HAVE A CALLED MEETING TO VOICE OVER POLICY JUST SO THERE'S NO CONFUSION. I HATE THAT PARENTS GET UPSET ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE NOT IT'S NOT TRUE. A LOT OF PARENTS ARE VERY WORRIED, AND I HATE THAT THEY WERE WORRIED FOR EVEN A MINUTE. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I THINK I'M SORRY, CINDY, I WAS GOING TO SAY ANYTIME IN THE FUTURE, IF THE BOARD WOULD LIKE, WE CAN YOU KNOW, WE DO GENERALLY KEEP A MEETING EARLY IN THE MONTH IN CASE WE HAVE ANY GRIEVANCES. WE CAN ALSO WHEN WE HAVE A LARGE POLICY UPDATE, WE CAN DO THAT AT THE SAME TIME. THAT MIGHT BE AN EFFICIENT WAY TO DO THAT. THAT WOULD GIVE IT TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE BOARD WOULD EVEN THINK ABOUT APPROVING AND THAT MEANS WE WOULD PUSH THAT OUT FOR A WORKSHOP OR SOMETHING. THE LAST THING I'M SORRY, IF I MAY ADD, JUST TO CLOSE THE TOP. THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR POLICY, WE ACTUALLY EXPANDING IT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW SHAC COMMITTEE R ECOMMENDED HAVING A LEVEL TWO. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER THIS THE LEVEL ONE FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL. THERE'S LEVEL ONE AND LEVEL TWO PE FOR SECONDARY FOR HIGH SCHOOL, AND THERE IS LEVEL ONE FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND THE RECOMMENDATION WAS TO GO TO LEVEL TWO. SO ACTUALLY WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF ADDING THAT FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. SO WE WILL HAVE THAT ALSO TO EXPAND OUR PE OFFERING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS AND FLEXIBILITY TO HEAR THAT CONCERN. I APPRECIATE YOU. TRUSTEE MARKHAM. TRUSTEE HARRISON VOICED THE SAME THING THAT I DID. I WAS ACTUALLY IDEALLY I WOULD THERE WOULD BE SOME WAY TO ANNOTATE THE AGENDA WHERE WE COULD GIVE THAT REMINDER TO THE COMMUNITY OF WHY WE WERE MAKING THIS SWEEPING POLICY CHANGE, BUT I AGREE THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME SORT OF IF THERE'S NO WAY TO ANNOTATE IT IN THE AGENDA, THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME TYPE OF VOICEOVER. I THINK, AGAIN, NOT TO ADD TO ANYONE'S PLATE, AND AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND WHY THIS WAS DONE, AND I REMEMBER WHEN YOU FIRST PRESENTED IT TO US OF WHY WE WERE MOVING THROUGH THIS QUICKLY AND THAT WE WEREN'T MAKING SWEEPING CHANGES, BUT IT LOOKED IT LOOKS BIGGER THAN THAN WHAT'S ACTUALLY BEING DONE. SO YEAH, I WOULD APPRECIATE ANYTIME THERE'S A BIG CHANGE THAT WE HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO JUST REMIND THE COMMUNITY OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. THANKS. TRUSTEE WESTON. SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE REASON THAT THIS IS ON FOR ACTION AND DISCUSSION IS BECAUSE DR. BONE AND I PULLED THIS. IS THAT CORRECT, MADAM PRESIDENT? YES. YOU ASKED TO PULL IT OFF CONSENT? YES, AND WE'VE ALREADY GOT 15 MINUTES HERE OF TRUSTEES OUTSIDE OF MYSELF AND DR. BONE WHO ARE CONCERNED. SO I FIND IT INTERESTING THAT I WAS ALARMED BY THIS WHEN I REVIEWED THE AGENDA TEN DAYS AGO, BUT I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW DR. BONE WAS GOING TO PULL. SO YOU PULLED IT, TOO. SO YOU AND I WERE THE ONLY ONES THAT WERE ALARMED BY THIS, BUT THEN ONCE WE GET TO THE MEETING, THEN EVERYBODY ELSE IS CONCERNED. OKAY, SO I WILL TELL YOU THAT I'VE GONE THROUGH ALL 146 PAGES OF THIS. WE USED TO HAVE A POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE. SO YOU GUYS ARE TALKING ABOUT MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE A MEETING. YEAH, WELL, WE USED TO HAVE THAT. IT WAS CALLED THE POLICY COMMITTEE, BUT ACTUALLY, THE REALLY GOOD THING, GUYS, IS THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A FIRST READING AND A SECOND READING. IS THAT RIGHT, MISS HILL, TRADITIONALLY? YOU CAN HAVE WHATEVER YES, YOU CAN HAVE FIRST AND SECOND, BUT YOU CAN ALSO WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETIMES WHEN WE HAVE BIG POLICY UPDATES LIKE THIS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE FAIRLY MINOR, WE ASK FOR WAIVER OF FIRST READING BUT IT CAN GO EITHER WAY. SO MINOR IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER, BUT THE GOOD THING, THE GOOD PRACTICE I THINK, IS LET'S NOT WAIVE FIRST READING. LET'S JUST NOT DO THAT. LET'S PUT IT OUT INTO THE PUBLIC AS A FIRST READING WHERE WE DON'T VOTE ON IT, AND THAT'S WHERE CONCERNS CAN BE BROUGHT TO US. SO LET'S JUST AGENDA THIS IN THE SPIRIT OF TRANSPARENCY, BECAUSE IT'S ONE THING TO SAY WE'RE FOR EQUITY TRANSPARENCY, AND THAT THE COMMUNITY IS AT THE TOP OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL CHART, BUT IF IN REALITY IT'S THE OPPOSITE OF THAT THAT COMES THROUGH, AND THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE IN THESE PROPOSED POLICY CHANGES TO D, E, F AND G. THERE WAS ONE OF THEM. I MEAN, I'VE GOT A LIST HERE, BUT I'M PROBABLY GOING TO GET [04:30:02] TOLD I'M AT MY TWO MINUTES BEFORE I EXHAUST IT, BUT THESE ARE THE REASONS WHY I'LL BE VOTING NO ON THIS, IS THAT THERE WAS ONE OF THEM ON PAGE 53 THAT HAD THE WORDS ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND THAT WAS REDLINED, AND THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE THAT EMPOWERED THE SUPERINTENDENT WITH MORE POWER AND AUTHORITY, WHICH I THINK WE SHOULD DISCUSS, THAT I THINK THE PUBLIC SHOULD REVIEW THAT. THERE WAS ANOTHER THING ABOUT BOUNDARY CHANGES AND EITHER ELIMINATING OR CHANGING THE WAY WE ANNOUNCE BOUNDARY CHANGES TO OUR COMMUNITY. I MY GUT REACTION WOULD BE TO OPPOSE THESE THINGS, BUT AT A MINIMUM, I THINK OUR COMMUNITY DESERVES THE TIME TO GIVE US FEEDBACK ON THAT. THAT'S TWO MINUTES, BUT IT'S A ACTION ITEM. YOU HAVE TWO MORE MINUTES TO MAKE MORE STATEMENTS IF YOU WOULD LIKE. OKAY. IT GIVES EVERYBODY A CHANCE TO MAKE A STATEMENT AND THEN I CAN COME BACK TO YOU. SO IF YOU WANT ME TO COME BACK TO YOU, JUST PUSH YOUR LIGHT AND THEN YOU'LL GET YOUR TIME AGAIN. TRUSTEE BONE. CAN I HAVE A POINT OF INQUIRY? WHEN DOES OUR TIME START AND CAN I GET A THIRTY SECOND OR CAN I GET LIKE A MINUTE WARNING AND THEN A THIRTY SECOND WARNING? YES. OKAY, SO WHEN DOES MY TIME START THOUGH? WHEN YOU START SPEAKING. OKAY. SO I LIKE TRUSTEE WESTON. PULLED THIS BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERNING CHANGES IN HERE, AND I THINK TO BRUSH THEM OFF AS SMALL CHANGES IN OUR COMMUNITY JUST IS CONFUSED. IT SEEMS THAT EVERYBODY IS CONFUSED EXCEPT MAYBE FIVE TRUSTEES, BUT I DON'T THINK I'M CONFUSED BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF BIG CHANGES THAT DO AFFECT THE COMMUNITY. ONE OF THEM IS ON THE LEVEL TWO GRIEVANCE. IT'S CHANGING THE TEN DAYS. IT USED TO HAVE SOME THINGS WITH MAIL AND PEOPLE STILL MAY MAIL THEM IN. SO, AND THERE SHOULD BE SOME CONVERSATION IF TEN DAYS IS ENOUGH. SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A CHANGE THAT AFFECTS OUR COMMUNITY. THE GRIEVANCE DISMISSAL THAT TRUSTEE WESTON TALKED ABOUT BY THE SUPERINTENDENT CAN JUST DISMISS A LEVEL THREE GRIEVANCE BEFORE IT'S EVEN HEARD BY THE BOARD. ABSOLUTELY NOT. OKAY. WE'RE GETTING RID OF TAG POLICY. WE WERE GETTING RID OF THE PE POLICY, WHICH, OBVIOUSLY, IF THERE'S SOME KIND OF PE POLICY THAT'S BEING MADE, WE NEED A PLACE FOR THAT. IT NEEDS TO HAVE A HOME. SO WHERE IS THAT HOME GOING TO BE? SO THAT WE CONTINUE TO KNOW WHICH LEVELS THAT WE HAVE. THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AT THE VERY BEGINNING. WHY ARE WE MAKING THESE CHANGES? WHAT CHANGES ARE BEING MADE? THE TRANSFERS, THERE WAS CHANGES MADE TO HOW YOU CAN TRANSFER YOUR KIDS. THERE WAS ONE THAT REMOVED COMMUNITY BASED FINE ARTS AS BEING ABLE TO BE COUNTED AS FINE ARTS CREDIT. I WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION ON THAT, AND WHY IS THAT? THE ACADEMIC FREEDOM. THERE WAS ONE ABOUT SERVICE DOGS THAT WAS BEING REMOVED. THE COMPLAINT PROCESS HAD MULTIPLE CHANGES. THANK YOU, AND GB LOCAL, IT'S DELETING THE SUPERINTENDENT'S ROLE, THE PRINCIPAL'S ROLE ETCETERA. AGAIN THERE'S A LOT OF CHANGES IN HERE. I DON'T THINK OUR COMMUNITY WAS CONFUSED. I ACTUALLY WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY FOR BRINGING SOME OF THESE TO OUR ATTENTION BECAUSE AS YOU SEE, THERE'S A LOT OF RED LINES IN THERE AND SOMETIMES OBVIOUSLY, SOMETIMES THESE DON'T CATCH ANY OF THEM, AND SOME OF US CATCH A LOT MORE AS--TIME. TRUSTEE WEIR. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK, MISS HILL AND YOUR TEAM. I KNOW IT IS REALLY HARD. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT TRUSTEE BONE JUST MENTIONED, THOUGH I WILL SAY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN DONE IN THIS AND I KNOW IT'S JUST CLARIFICATION ON SOME OF THESE AND, AND I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO. ACT LIKE IT IS MORE THAN IT REALLY IS. OUR POLICY IS OUR POLICY. IT IS IN THE HANDBOOK. IT IS IN THE COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. IT IS NOT IN OUR LOCAL POLICY, WHICH IS NOT EVEN UP TO DATE TO WHAT LEGALLY IS REQUIRED. WE CAN DELETE THAT. IT IS NOT A PROBLEM. I JUST IT'S 10:24 I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND MY COLLEAGUES THAT WE ARE WE'VE GOT AN HOUR AND A HALF LEFT AND WE STILL HAVE A LOT TO GO. SO I CALL THE QUESTION. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION TO CALL THE QUESTION. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES FIVE TWO. MOVE TO APPROVE THESE POLICIES AS A MOTION THAT WAS ALREADY MADE AS PRESENTED. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES FIVE TWO. [04:35:02] WE'RE ON TO ITEM I SIX. WAIVE FIRST READING AND ADOPTION OF LOCAL POLICIES BDD, BE, BED AND GBBA PULLED FROM CONSENT BY TRUSTEES BONE AND WESTON. I HAVE A MOTION. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD WAIVE FIRST READING AND ADOPT LOCAL POLICIES BDD, BE, BED, AND GBBA, AS PRESENTED WITH AN ADOPTION DATE OF NOVEMBER 16TH, 2023. SECOND. TRUSTEE WESTON. SO THESE PARTICULAR POLICY CHANGES ARE AMONG THE MOST EGREGIOUS RADICAL. ANTI EQUITY, ANTI TRANSPARENCY, ANTI COMMUNITY THAT I THINK I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY YEARS OF COMING TO BOARD MEETINGS BEFORE I WAS ELECTED AND THEN SERVING AS AN ELECTED TRUSTEE. OUR SPEAKERS TONIGHT WERE RIGHT. THERE IS VALUE WHEN PEOPLE COME TO THAT MICROPHONE AND THEY EXPOSE THINGS. IT'S OFTENTIMES HOW WE GET MEANINGFUL CHANGE. I AM NOT AFRAID OF THESE COMMENTS. I'VE SAID BEFORE, SOMETIMES PEOPLE COME TO THE MICROPHONE AND THEY LOBBY ALL SORTS OF BIZARRE ACCUSATIONS AGAINST ME. THAT'S OKAY. I MEAN, THAT'S PART OF THIS JOB. WE SHOULDN'T FEAR THAT. WE ALSO SHOULDN'T FEAR THAT IT TAKES TIME TO LISTEN TO OUR COMMUNITY. WE HAD A DURING THE LET'S TALK, THE SPEAKER TOLD US THAT BEING ABLE TO CALL IN TO MAKE YOUR COMMENTS IS A MOVE TOWARDS EQUITY, BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE CAN'T MAKE IT TO YOUR MEETINGS AND YOU'RE GOING TO VOTE TO TURN THAT OFF. ALSO, SPEAKING OFF TOPIC, I JUST I CAN'T WE HAD SPEAKERS TONIGHT INCLUDING TWO STUDENTS THAT SPOKE OFF TOPIC. SO AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING, ALL OF THOSE SPEAKERS WILL BE TOLD THERE'S THE DOOR. JUST GO AHEAD AND SUBMIT SOMETHING ON. LET'S TALK. HAVE A NICE DAY. I CANNOT HAVE MY NAME ATTACHED TO THIS. THIS IS NOT A GOOD MOMENT FOR ROUND ROCK ISD AND I WOULD CAUTION MY COLLEAGUES ABOUT VOTING FOR THIS. OH, I GOT 30 MORE SECONDS. SO I'LL JUST END WITH YOU'LL HEAR FROM THIS BOARD MAJORITY WORDS LIKE EQUITY, TRANSPARENCY AND COMMUNITY AT THE TOP OF THE ORG CHART, AND THEY'LL DISLOCATE THEIR SHOULDERS PATTING THEMSELVES ON THE BACK TO SAY THAT, BUT WHAT WE SEE WITH THE ACTION IS ACTUALLY INEQUITY. DECISIONS BEING MADE BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, AND THIS FIVE MEMBER MAJORITY IS AT THE TOP OF THE ORG CHART. IT'S A SAD DAY. TWO MINUTES. TRUSTEE BONE. I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH EVERYTHING TRUSTEE WESTON JUST SAID, AND I'M GOING TO REITERATE SOME OF IT, BECAUSE MAYBE SOME OF YOU NEED TO HEAR IT MORE THAN ONE TIME. WE HAD TWO STUDENTS. I'VE SAID ON THIS BOARD FOR THREE YEARS, THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME THAT STUDENTS HAVE CAME. IN FACT, MOST OF THE TIME STUDENTS COME. THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT US. I REMEMBER FONDLY WHEN THE STUDENTS FROM WESTWOOD CAME WITH ROBOTICS, AND I THINK THEY CAME FOR, WHAT, 2 OR 3 MEETINGS? THEY WERE DEDICATED. I LOVE IT. LIKE IT'S ACTUALLY PART OF THE JOY THAT I HAVE, EVEN SOMETIMES IF THEY COME, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT I DON'T AGREE WITH, LIKE SEEING THE STUDENTS AND PARENTS. I MEAN, WE HAVE THREE LADIES SITTING RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF US. LIKE, THAT'S HOW THEY CAME. THEIR AGENDA TOPIC WAS NOT ON. IN FACT, THEIR AGENDA TOPIC WASN'T ON TONIGHT AGAIN, BUT THEY COME, AND THEN I LOOK AT THIS BOARD, AND I KNEW SOME OF YOU BEFORE I WAS ON THIS BOARD, AND THE WAY I KNEW YOU IS I SAW YOU ON SPEAKING. I SAW YOU SITTING IN THESE CHAIRS, BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER. I SAW YOU SIT IN THE CHAIR. I SAW YOU SPEAK BECAUSE I SAW YOU SPEAK. I'M LIKE, OH, THAT RESONATES WITH ME, AND THEN I COULD HEAR IN YOUR VOICES THAT YOU WERE ENGAGED AND YOU KNEW OF THESE ISSUES THAT THE BOARD WAS NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT, AND THIS IS GOING THE WRONG DIRECTION, AND HONESTLY, I THINK IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE THIS ACTUALLY BENEFITS TRUSTEE WESTON AND I BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY DEMONSTRATES TO THE COMMUNITY EXACTLY WHAT WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH, AND IT ACTUALLY SHOWS THEM THAT NOW, HEY COMMUNITY, YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE WRATH, NOT JUST TRUSTEE WESTON AND I; IT'S FILTERING OUT, AND YOU KNOW WHAT? I DON'T WANT THAT. DON'T SHOW THE COMMUNITY THE WRATH. PULL IT BACK. PULL YOURSELVES BACK. SHOW SOME CONTROL. IF OUR MEETINGS HAVE TO GO TO 5 A.M., IT'S FOR THE STUDENTS. THIS IS EVERYTHING WE DO. SHOULD BE FOR THE STUDENTS. TWO MINUTES. SO TRUSTEE HARRISON IS NEXT, BUT I'D LIKE TO MAKE ONE COMMENT IN THAT I. [04:40:07] I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMITMENT THAT WE ANALYZE THIS AFTER 90 DAYS AND SEE IF IT'S WORKING AND IF IT'S NOT WORKING. THIS IS NOT A SET IN STONE POLICY THAT CAN NEVER BE CHANGED. THIS IS LOCAL POLICY. IT'S BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, THINGS THAT CAN BE ADJUSTED AT ANY TIME. ALL IT REQUIRES IS AN AGENDA REQUEST FROM SOMEONE AFTER WE ANALYZE THE DATA TO SEE IF IT'S WORKING OR IF IT'S NOT WORKING, IF IT CHANGES HARD. WE TALKED ABOUT THIS EARLIER. IF IT DOESN'T WORK, THEN WE CHANGE IT BACK. IT'S VERY EASY TO SEE IF A NEW PROCESS ACTUALLY ENGAGES WITH OUR COMMUNITY MORE. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M INTERESTED IN, TO SEE IF WE CAN INCREASE THE ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR COMMUNITY, RATHER THAN HAVING SOMEONE JUST COME AND TALK TO US AND NOT GET ANY RESPONSE. IF IT DOESN'T WORK, THEN WE CHANGE IT BACK. IT'S A VERY SIMPLE PROCESS TO DO. TRUSTEE HARRISON. THANK YOU. SO I WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND THE MEETING WHERE THIS WAS ORIGINALLY DISCUSSED. I HAD A WORK COMMITMENT, AND SO I DID HAVE SOME SERIOUS CONCERNS. ONE OF MY CONCERNS IS THE CALL IN AND NOT ALLOWING ACCESS TO PEOPLE WHO MAY BE DISABLED OR MAY STILL BE AT WORK. THAT BEING SAID, I SPENT A LOT OF TIME THINKING ABOUT THIS AS SOMEBODY WHO DOES ADVOCATE FOR EQUITY, AND I THOUGHT A LOT ABOUT WHO WAS CALLING IN AND WHO WASN'T. I THOUGHT A LOT ABOUT STAFF SITTING THERE LISTENING TO CALLS FROM PEOPLE IN PENNSYLVANIA OR WHEREVER THAT HAD NO INFLUENCE ON OUR DISTRICT. IF YOU KNOW ME, YOU KNOW I AM DEEPLY COMMITTED TO TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION, AND THERE'S LOTS OF WAYS TO DO THAT DON'T INVOLVE PEOPLE JUST SPEAKING AT US AND US NOT BEING ABLE TO ENGAGE THEM, AND WE'VE ALREADY STARTED THE PROCESS OF TWO WAY COMMUNICATION, OF WHICH MY TWO COLLEAGUES THAT ARE THE BIGGEST ADVOCATES AGAINST THIS HAVEN'T REALLY SUBSTANTIALLY PARTICIPATED IN. SO THAT SEEMS VERY INTELLECTUALLY DISHONEST, TO BE QUITE FRANK. POINT OF ORDER. WHAT IS YOUR POINT? I WOULD ASK THE CHAIR TO CALL FOR DECORUM AND NOT PERSONAL ATTACKS. I WILL CALL FOR DECORUM. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. WITH THAT BEING SAID, THIS IS A BUSINESS MEETING. PEOPLE ELECTED US TO TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS ON THE DAIS AND ALSO IN CLOSED SESSION. SO WHEN IT'S MIDNIGHT, 1:00, 2:00, WE ARE HEARING THINGS ABOUT SAFETY, WE ARE HEARING LEGALITIES, AND I CAN'T BE CLEAR MINDED ENOUGH TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS THAT PEOPLE HAVE ENTRUSTED ME AND ELECTED ME TO MAKE. THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE. I DON'T WANT TO USE PUBLIC COMMENT AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR VERY MEANINGFUL AND REAL TWO WAY DIALOG AND COMMUNICATION THAT CAN BE EVIDENCED BY PTAS ASKING US TO COME IN AND TALK TO THEM, AND I DO. I ATTENDED A PTA MEETING EARLIER THIS WEEK. THEY ASKED, WE CAME AND I THINK THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON THE TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION IN A MEANINGFUL WAY, AND NOT USE PUBLIC COMMENT AS A SUBSTITUTE. I AGREE WITH THE 90 DAY COMMITMENT. TRUSTEE WEIR. THANK YOU. I MEANT TO BRING IT UP WHEN WE DID OUR BOARD SELF-EVAL ABOUT THE TWO WAY COMMUNICATION AND OUR COMMITMENT TO THAT. I, HAVING BEEN A PERSON THAT SPOKE MULTIPLE TIMES AND GOT NOTHING OVER AND OVER AND OVER IT, IT REALLY WAS NOT MY PUBLIC COMMENT. IT WAS MY EMAILS. IT WAS OTHER THINGS THAT I DID. IT WAS MY ADVOCACY IN OTHER WAYS THAT ACTUALLY GOT CHANGE DONE, AND EVENTUALLY GOT ME ELECTED. SO I CAN SAY FROM EXPERIENCE, IT IS FRUSTRATING TO COME AND STAND GIVE YOUR TWO MINUTES AND NOTHING CHANGES AND WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MAKE THINGS CHANGE, AND FOR OUR STUDENTS, WE NEED TO COMMIT TO TWO WAY COMMUNICATION WITH OUR STUDENTS AND GOING TO THEM AND MEETING THEM WHERE THEY ARE NOT. AT 5:00 MAYBE GOING AT LUNCH, MAYBE DOING SOMETHING, WHICH WE DID AT PTA AT MCNEIL WHEN WE HAD MEETINGS AT LUNCH AND PROVIDED FOOD FOR THE STUDENTS. I WILL SOUNDLY DISAGREE WITH THE FACT THAT A MEETING THAT GOES TO 5 A.M. HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH STUDENTS. IT HAS TO DO WITH PEOPLE ON WANTING TO SPEAK AND HAVING THEIR VOICE HEARD, AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS HOW THEY FEEL ON DIFFERENT THINGS, AND THAT IS NOT PRODUCTIVE, AND I AGREE WITH TRUSTEE HARRISON. IT IS INCREDIBLY HARD TO MAKE IMPORTANT DECISIONS REALLY LATE AT NIGHT AND IT IS NOW 10:34 AND I CALL THE QUESTION. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION TO CALL THE QUESTION. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES FIVE, TWO. ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING POLICIES AS LISTED. RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES FIVE TO. ALL RIGHT, WE'RE ON TO AGENDA ITEM I SEVEN. APPROVAL TO ADD SIGNATURE TO HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMAS. REQUESTED BY TRUSTEE BONE AND PULLED FROM CONSENT BY TRUSTEE WEIR. [04:45:01] DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? SURE I DO. WHERE'S THE LANGUAGE. I'M LOOKING FOR LANGUAGE FOR I SEVEN. IT'S RIGHT THERE. THERE IT IS ON THE AGENDA. THERE WAS A DELAY HERE. I APOLOGIZE FOR THE DELAY. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE ADDING TRUSTEE BONE SIGNATURE TO THE CEDAR RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL. DIPLOMAS FOR THE 2024 SENIOR CLASS. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY COMMENTS? TRUSTEE WEIR. I HAVE SO MANY COMMENTS. I WILL NOT TAKE MY FULL TWO MINUTES, BUT I WILL SAY THIS MY PULLING IT WAS NOT A MISTAKE. I DO NOT FEEL LIKE ANYTHING IS EARNED OR JUST DESERVED ON THIS DAIS. I DON'T THINK THAT WE ARE JUST AUTOMATICALLY ENTITLED TO SPECIAL FAVORS, AND IT IS ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY AND IT IS ABOUT CONSEQUENCES, AND IT IS ABOUT ACTIONS, AND IT IS ABOUT, IN MY OPINION, STANDING UP AGAINST PUBLIC EDUCATION, STANDING UP AGAINST THIS BOARD, STANDING UP AGAINST THIS DISTRICT, AND THEN SITTING AND SAYING, OH, I'M FOR STUDENTS AND YET GOING AND TESTIFYING AGAINST FUNDING FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND THAT'S JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG. POINT OF ORDER. WHAT IS YOUR POINT? THIS IS MY REASON FOR VOTING NO, AND I CAN SPEAK. EXCUSE ME. POINT OF ORDER. POINT OF ORDER. WHAT IS YOUR POINT? I WOULD ASK THAT THE TRUSTEES REFRAIN FROM LYING ABOUT OTHER TRUSTEES, AND THAT THEY NEED TO MAKE POINT OF ORDER. YOU CAN'T SAY LYING. YOU CAN'T SAY LYING. WELL, YES. NO, BUT I'M ASKING. I THINK THEY SHOULD NOT BE LYING. POINT OF ORDER, AND YOU PROBABLY SHOULD WAIT UNTIL THE CHAIR DECIDES ON THAT. NO, I'M ACTUALLY SAYING THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE JUST DOING. SO OKAY COULD SHE REFRAIN FROM SPEAKING NON-FACTS ABOUT ANOTHER TRUSTEE? I'M NOT SURE HOW I CAN RULE ON THAT AS A CHAIR, I DON'T. WELL, DO YOU THINK THE TRUTH SHOULD BE TOLD ABOUT TRUSTEES, OR DO YOU THINK THAT NON-FACTS SHOULD BE TOLD? A POINT OF ORDER IS SOMETHING I CAN RULE ON. I HAVE IT'S A POINT OF ORDER. THE POINT OF ORDER IS I ASK THAT YOU ASK THE OTHER TRUSTEES TO REFRAIN FROM GIVING NON FACTUAL INFORMATION AND MADE UP THINGS ABOUT TRUSTEES AT THE DAIS. CAN WE, I MEAN, YOU WANT WE CAN JUST MAKE UP STUFF ABOUT EACH OTHER AND JUST SAY IT HERE? I CALL THE QUESTION. OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION TO CALL THE QUESTION. POINT OF ORDER. WE'VE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEBATE THIS. IT WAS STILL MY. I WAS CALLED ON YOU. DO WE NEED TO DEBATE THE RULES? THE MINORITY HAS TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD. YOU MADE THE MOTION. I'M THE MINORITY. I HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. TRUSTEES, PLEASE WAIT TO BE CALLED ON. IF YOU HAVE A POINT OF ORDER, PLEASE ASK, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ARGUING BACK AND FORTH ON THE DAIS, SO PLEASE WAIT TO BE RECOGNIZED. SO I HAVE A POINT OF ORDER. WHAT IS YOUR POINT? MY POINT IS THAT TRUSTEE WEIR, WHO'S PULLED THIS FROM CONSENT TAKING UP TIME, HAS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADVOCATE FOR HER POSITION. NO ONE WHO HAS AN OPPOSING POSITION HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADVOCATE. I DON'T THINK WE CAN CALL THE QUESTION UNTIL WE'VE HAD BOTH SIDES. I DON'T THINK THAT SHE MADE THE MOTION, BUT I DON'T THINK SHE'S MADE HER POINT. SO I WOULD AGREE THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD HEARD BOTH SIDES OF THIS. IS THERE A MOTION PENDING? YES. TO APPROVE IT SO YOU CAN MAKE A WELL, SHE'S GOT TO HAVE THE FLOOR, BUT THERE CAN BE A MOTION FOR A PREVIOUS QUESTION THAT ACTUALLY TRUMPS THE ORIGINAL MOTION. SO TRUSTEE WEIR HAD THE FLOOR. SHE WAS INTERRUPTED BY TRUSTEE BONE POINT OF ORDER, AND SO TRUSTEE WEIR STILL HAS THE FLOOR. YOU WOULD HAVE TO DECIDE THE POINT OF ORDER, AND THEN TRUSTEE WEIR WOULD HAVE THE FLOOR. I DIDN'T FEEL IT WAS RULE TRUSTEE WEIR WOULD HAVE THE FLOOR. SO TRUSTEE WEIR HAS THE FLOOR AND SHE'S CALLED THE QUESTION. YOU CAN CALL THE QUESTION WITHOUT BOTH SIDES OF THE DEBATE BEING HEARD. THAT IS ALLOWABLE. IF YOU WANT TO DECIDE THAT AS THE CHAIR, YOU CAN DECIDE TO. I MEAN, BASICALLY, IF SHE CALLS THE MOTION FOR PREVIOUS QUESTION, IT HAS TO GO TO VOTE ON THE BOARD. SO THE BOARD HAS TO DECIDE THAT OKAY. IF THE BOARD WANTS TO ALLOW DEBATE, THEN THEY WOULD NOT VOTE ON THE MOTION TO CALL THE QUESTION. OKAY. SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO CALL THE QUESTION. ALL IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL OPPOSED. MOTION FAILS 2 TO 5. TRUSTEE HARRISON, YOUR LIGHT IS ON. THANK YOU. I DON'T TAKE PLEASURE IN THIS, BUT I WILL BE VOTING NO ON THIS. [04:50:02] I'VE GIVEN THIS A LOT OF THOUGHT, AND I FEEL THAT THERE ARE A GREAT MANY STUDENTS WHILE I DON'T HAVE CHILDREN AND TRUSTEE BONE YOU LOVE TO POINT THIS OUT ALL THE TIME. I'M WELL AWARE I DON'T HAVE CHILDREN YET. I BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE GREAT MANY STUDENTS FOR WHOM YOUR SIGNATURE ON THEIR DIPLOMA WOULD ACTUALLY BE HURTFUL AND HARMFUL. THAT IS A--POINT OF ORDER I. WHAT IS YOUR POINT? THAT WAS A VERY HURTFUL AND HARMFUL STATEMENT. I WOULD ASK THE CHAIR TO INSIST ON DECORUM. SO THAT'S HER OPINION AND SHE'S ENTITLED TO STATE HER OPINION. I DON'T HAVE TO AGREE WITH IT. YOU DON'T HAVE TO AGREE WITH IT, BUT SHE IS ENTITLED DURING HER TWO MINUTES TO STATE HER OPINIONS AS TO WHY SHE. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE TRUE. IT'S HER OPINION. SO I'M ASKING YOU TO CALL FOR DECORUM. I'VE ALREADY CALLED FOR DECORUM, RIGHT? I'M NOT BEING NASTY. POINT OF ORDER. NAME CALLING. WHAT IS YOUR POINT? YES. I WOULD LIKE YOU TO RULE ON ROBERT'S RULES THAT SAYS THAT YOU CANNOT MAKE PERSONAL ATTACKS AGAINST OTHER MEMBERS, AND THAT IS A PERSONAL ATTACK. IT'S NOT A PERSONAL ATTACK. I'M STATING--THAT'S NOT DEBATABLE, TRUSTEE HARRISON. IS IT A PERSONAL ATTACK? WHAT? I SAID TRUSTEE BONE HAS A POINT OF ORDER, AND THE CHAIR HAS TO RULE ON THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. I THINK SHE'S STATING HER OPINIONS. I DON'T THINK SHE'S PERSONALLY ATTACKING YOU FOR ANYTHING YOU'VE SAID OR DONE. SHE'S STATING HER OPINION ON WHAT SHE BELIEVES. SO GO AHEAD. TRUSTEE POINT OF ORDER. WHAT IS YOUR POINT? I APPEAL THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR. SHE CAN APPEAL YOUR DECISION ON THE POINT OF ORDER, AND THEN THE BOARD HAS TO VOTE ON THAT. ALL RIGHT. SO IS IT A VOTE? SO THE MOTION IS TO APPEAL THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR ON THE POINT OF ORDER, AND SO THE BOARD DISAGREES WITH YOUR DECISION. SO IF YOU BELIEVE. ALL IN FAVOR OF REVERSING MY OPINION IN SAYING THAT TRUSTEE HARRISON IS MAKING A PERSONAL ATTACK. RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL OPPOSED. MOTION FAILS TWO, FIVE. GO AHEAD. TRUSTEE. HARRISON. THANK YOU. I'M NOT MEANING TO MAKE A PERSONAL ATTACK. I'M TELLING YOU MY RATIONALE FOR WHY I WILL NOT BE VOTING FOR YOUR SIGNATURE ON STUDENT DIPLOMAS. I FEEL LIKE THERE ARE STUDENTS WHO ARE MARGINALIZED, WHO HAVE SEEN YOUR BEHAVIOR ON THIS DAIS, WHO HAVE SEEN YOUR BEHAVIOR TOWARDS STAFF, WHICH IS OFTEN INAPPROPRIATE AND RUDE IN MY OPINION, AND I FEEL LIKE YOUR SIGNATURE ON THEIR DIPLOMAS WOULD BE HURTFUL AND HARMFUL, AND THAT IS MY OPINION, AND THAT IS WHY I WILL BE VOTING NO ON THIS TRUSTEE. I JUST WANT TO SAY VERY QUICKLY, I VOTED AGAINST THIS LAST YEAR WHEN MY NAME WAS GOING ON THEM, AND I WILL VOTE NO AGAINST IT THIS YEAR AS WELL. I'M NOT IN THIS FOR PERKS. NONE OF US SHOULD BE. WE'RE IN THIS FOR STUDENTS. WE'RE WASTING TIME. LET'S MOVE ON. TRUSTEE BONE. SURE I DON'T TAKE THIS AS A PERK. I ACTUALLY, I DID THIS ACTUALLY TO SEE IF TRUSTEE WEIR WOULD ACTUALLY SHOW EXACTLY WHAT SHE IS SHOWING. THIS IS ACTUALLY JUST ANOTHER DISPLAY FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE THE TYPE OF PEOPLE THAT YOU HAVE ELECTED. IF YOU THINK YOUR CHILDREN ARE BULLIED, BY THE WAY, WELCOME TO WHY THEY WILL CONTINUE TO BE BULLIED WITH THE MAJORITY OF THIS BOARD HERE. THIS IS NOT A IN YOUR OPINION. IN MY OPINION, ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. HOPEFULLY I GET THAT TIME BACK SINCE SHE INTERRUPTED ME, IT WAS A POINT OF ORDER, WHICH MEANS IT STOPS AND SO IN YOUR OPINION, THAT'S YOUR WHAT YOU'RE STATING CORRECT. THAT'S IN MY OPINION. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE ON FULL DISPLAY TO SEE IF THE PETTINESS, YOU KNOW. MY FAMILY WILL BE OKAY EITHER WAY, AND TO ADDRESS TRUSTEE HARRISON. THERE ARE PLENTY OF KIDS I WAS JUST UP THERE THE OTHER DAY. ONE YOUNG GENTLEMAN MAKING SURE HE HOLD THE DOOR. HEY, MARY. I MEAN, I'VE BEEN WITH THESE KIDS SINCE THEY WERE VERY, VERY YOUNG. MANY OF THESE SENIORS KNOW EXACTLY WHO I AM. I'M SURE SOME OF THEM PROBABLY DON'T CARE FOR ME, JUST LIKE MOST OF THEM DON'T CARE FOR YOU ALL, IN MY OPINION, AND SO. AGAIN, THIS AGENDA ITEM WAS ACTUALLY JUST A DISPLAY AND I WOULD ASK THAT TRUSTEE WEIR GO BY OUR POLICY, AND SHE ACTUALLY ALREADY STATED THAT SHE WOULD NOT BE VOTING FOR ME AFTER SHE CALLED ME THE B-I-T-C-H WORD, AND SO SHE IS NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A FAIR DECISION IN OUR POLICY. ETHICS REQUIRE THAT SHE WOULD RECUSE HERSELF FROM THIS VOTE. SO I WOULD ASK THAT SHE RECUSE HERSELF. TRUSTEE WESTON POINT OF ORDER, CAN I RESPOND? I MEAN, OKAY. SORRY. TRUSTEE WESTON. YEAH, SO THIS IS THIS IS WHY STUDENTS LEAVE OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT BECAUSE WHEN I WAS IN THE MILITARY, WE HAD A PHRASE THAT SAID A FISH ROTS FROM THE HEAD AND THE PERSON WHO IS SUPPOSEDLY MONITORING OUR DISCIPLINE WITH LSG IS PULLED AN ITEM OFF [04:55:05] OF CONSENT JUST FOR THE REASON OF BEING PETTY. SHE'S ALREADY MISSTATED THE FACTS. DR. BONE HAS NEVER GONE TO THE CAPITOL AND SPOKEN ABOUT NOT FUNDING PUBLIC EDUCATION. THAT HAS NEVER HAPPENED. DR. BONE IS ALSO UNLIKE TRUSTEE WEIR, SHE'S NOT THE TARGET OF A FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS LAWSUIT. SO I THINK WE NEED TO EXERCISE CAUTION WHEN WE'RE DRAWING JUDGMENTS ABOUT PEOPLE'S NAMES APPEARING ON THE DIPLOMAS. WHAT'S THE PHRASE? PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN GLASS HOUSES SHOULDN'T THROW STONES, BUT THIS PETTY, MEAN AND THE ADULT BEHAVIORS IS EVERYTHING THAT IS WRONG WITH PUBLIC EDUCATION TODAY. YOU ARE DISPLAYING IT TRUSTEE WEIR YOU ARE DISPLAYING IT, YOU ARE MAKING THIS ABOUT YOU. YOU WERE RIGHT BEHIND ME AFTER YOU CALLED DR. BONE A CUSS WORD AND YOU SAID, I CAN'T WAIT TO VOTE NO ON HER SIGNATURE. SO YOU WERE PRESUPPOSING WHAT YOUR DECISION WAS GOING TO BE ON A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS INCONSISTENT WITH BOARD ETHICS, AND YOU SHOULD ABSOLUTELY RECUSE YOURSELF, AND I WILL TELL YOU GUYS THAT YOUR VOTES HERE ARE GOING TO YOU NEED TO THINK ABOUT WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO STAND THE TEST OF TIME. 30 SECONDS. THANK YOU. YOU HAVE NEVER VOTED TO DENY A TRUSTEE'S NAME APPEARING ON THE DIPLOMA WHEN THEY HAVE A GRADUATING SENIOR. YOU NEED TO THINK ABOUT PUTTING CHILDREN FIRST. YOU NEED TO THINK ABOUT THE PRECEDENT YOU ARE SETTING AND WHETHER IF YOU GUYS DECIDE TO DOUBLE DOWN ON THE PETTINESS AND THE ADULT BEHAVIORS THAT ARE DYSFUNCTIONAL AND HATEFUL AND HARMFUL. THAT SAYS A LOT ABOUT YOU, AND WE CAN EXPECT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO CONTINUE TO DECLINE IF YOU DOUBLE DOWN ON THAT. DR. BONE, I'M SORRY THAT YOU HAVE TO ENDURE THIS. TRUSTEE MARKHAM. THANK YOU. FIRST, THIS IS NOT WHY PEOPLE ARE LEAVING SCHOOLS. IT'S A NATIONWIDE TREND. SO TO ATTRIBUTE THAT TO THIS IS DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT IF I COULD MOVE FORWARD THE WAY THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS, IT WOULD BE THE SAME AS WHAT I REQUESTED WITH TRUSTEE WESTON LAST YEAR, AND THAT YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO SIGN YOUR CHILD'S DIPLOMA AND NOT ANYBODY ELSE'S, AND THAT'S JUST I FEEL LIKE WE'RE NOT ELECTED TO FOR FAVORS, TO ASK TO PUT OUR NAMES ON EVERYONE'S DIPLOMA, BUT FOR YOUR OWN CHILD, I WOULD ASK FOR THAT IF IT WAS NOT EXTRA WORK FOR ADMINISTRATION, BUT IT IS, SO I WON'T BE ASKING FOR THAT. I BELIEVE THAT THE PRECEDENT HAS BEEN SET THAT TRUSTEES CAN REQUEST THIS, AND IT'S TYPICALLY GRANTED. SO I WILL BE VOTING FOR IT FOR THAT REASON, BUT IF I COULD HAVE IT DIFFERENTLY WHERE IT WOULDN'T PUT EXTRA WORK ON THE ADMINISTRATION, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU WOULD PLEASE JUST BE ABLE TO SIGN YOUR OWN CHILD'S DIPLOMA AND MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN THINK ABOUT GOING FORWARD IN THE FUTURE. TRUSTEE WEIR, THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ADD IS THAT, IN MY OPINION, THE UTTER HYPOCRISY OF ASKING ME TO RECUSE MYSELF BECAUSE I HAD ALREADY MADE MY DECISION. WHEN I HAVE COLLEAGUES THAT COME IN WITH WRITTEN SPEECHES ABOUT AND KNOW EXACTLY HOW THEY'RE GOING TO VOTE ON, ALMOST EVERY SINGLE ITEM THAT COMES UP ON THE AGENDA IS REALLY TRUSTEE WEIR I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO COME BACK TO THE IT IS BEYOND TO ASK ME TO RECUSE MYSELF FROM THIS. I WILL NOT BE RECUSING MYSELF FROM THIS, AND I WILL ABSOLUTELY BE VOTING NO, AND I CALL THE QUESTION, OH, I CAN'T DO IT. I ALREADY DID IT. NEVER MIND. OKAY, I HAVE A MOTION TO CALL THE QUESTION. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES FIVE TWO. ALL IN FAVOR OF PUTTING ADDING TRUSTEE BONE SIGNATURE TO THE CEDAR RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMAS FOR THE 2024 SENIOR CLASS. RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL OPPOSED. MOTION FAILS 3 TO 4. OKAY. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION TO CAST VOTES FOR THE ELECTION OF TRAVIS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS. DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD ADOPT THE ATTACHED RESOLUTION AND THAT A VOTE BE CAST FOR THE ROUND ROCK ISD NOMINEE, CORY VESSA FOR THE TRAVIS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY COMMENTS? TRUSTEES. NO COMMENTS. TRUSTEE BONE. SURE AGAIN, GOING BACK TO TRANSPARENCY, BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST TUNING IN TO THE BOARD BECAUSE COREY VESSA WAS A TRUSTEE JUST RECENTLY, AND I WOULD JUST ASK THAT MY COLLEAGUES, IF THEY HAVE TALKED TO HER ABOUT THIS POSITION, THAT JUST OUT OF TRANSPARENCY, WE ARE VERY CLEAR THAT WE TALK TO HER OUR. [05:00:03] IF THERE IS ANY KIND OF CONVERSATION OR PROMISES, I WOULD JUST ASK THAT. TRUSTEES, I HAVEN'T PERSONALLY HAD THAT, BUT I THINK IT'S JUST GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY OUT OF TRANSPARENCY, TO BE VERY CLEAR, BECAUSE SHE WAS SUCH A CLOSE CONNECTION TO MANY OF US. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER. THIS WAS IT WAS MY IDEA THAT TO SEE IF CORY WAS INTERESTED IN THIS. I DIDN'T HAVE HER CONTACT INFORMATION, SO I ASKED PRESIDENT LANDRUM TO REACH OUT TO HER AND ASK HER IF SHE WAS INTERESTED, AND SHE SAID YES. I TEXTED HER, SO IF YOU NEED A COPY OF MY TEXT MESSAGES THAT YES, I DID TEXT HER, WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN BEING A NOMINEE? BUT I DIDN'T HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH HER. THANK YOU. I JUST APPRECIATE THAT. I JUST LIKE GETTING THAT ON THE RECORD BECAUSE SHE WAS SUCH A CLOSE CONNECTION AND THERE. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. LITERALLY DIDN'T HAVE EVEN A CONVERSATION WITH HER. I JUST TEXTED HER. I SAID WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY. AS YOU RECALL, WE PUT OUT THE COMMUNITY FEELERS JUST LIKE WE DID FOR THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY. WE GOT NO RESPONSE FROM ANYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY WHEN WE DID THE PUSH TO SUBMIT A RESUME, SUBMIT AN APPLICATION, ZERO RESPONSES, RATHER THAN HAVING NOT A SINGLE NOMINEE COME FROM ROUND ROCK ISD. TRUSTEE MARKHAM HAD THAT IDEA. SHE DIDN'T HAVE HER CONTACT INFORMATION. SO I TEXTED CORY AND SHE ACTUALLY SAID, LET ME CHECK WITH MY FAMILY TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE THIS IS A COMMITMENT, AND THEN SHE TEXTED ME BACK AND SHE SAID, YES, I WOULD BE WILLING TO SERVE AS A NOMINEE AND POSSIBLY SERVE ON THE BOARD. SO THANK YOU. I THINK THAT'S THE FULL EXTENT OF IT. YEP, THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU TO TRUSTEE VESSA FOR BEING WILLING TO PUT HER NAME IN. YEP. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. TRUSTEES, WE HAVE A MOTION, AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. WE ARE TO BOARD BUSINESS. [J. BOARD BUSINESS] J ONE FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS. REQUEST FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND CALENDAR RSVP'S. WE HAVE A FEW MEETINGS COMING UP TOMORROW AT 2:00. WE WILL HAVE OUR CANVASING MEETING. QUORUM IS TWO TRUSTEES. I CURRENTLY SHOW MYSELF TRUSTEE MARKHAM AND TRUSTEE ZARATE ARE YESES AND TRUSTEE BONE IS A MAYBE. IT'S WHAT I SHOW. YEAH. YOU'RE STILL A MAYBE? YEAH. OKAY. OKAY, AND TRUSTEE WESTON. I DON'T HAVE A RESPONSE FROM YOU. YOU'RE A NO. OKAY, THEN WE HAVE OUR ACADEMIC WORKSHEET WORKSHOP. WORKSHEET WORKSHOP ON DECEMBER THE 7TH. WE REFERENCED IT TONIGHT AND I HAVE YESES FROM TRUSTEES LANDRUM, WEIR MARKHAM AND HARRISON AND MAYBES ON ZARATE AND BONE AND TRUSTEE WESTON. I DON'T HAVE A RESPONSE. SO AS OF THIS IS USUALLY COMPILED AT LIKE 2 OR 3:00 THE DAY OF THE BOARD MEETING. SO AT THAT POINT I DIDN'T HAVE A OKAY, SO NOW YOU'RE A YES OKAY, AND THEN ON DECEMBER 12TH. PLEASE TAKE NOTE. THAT MEETING WILL BE ON A TUESDAY. THAT'S OUR NEXT REGULAR BOARD MEETING. DECEMBER THE 12TH. I HAVE YESES FROM LANDRUM, WEIR, MARKHAM, HARRISON AND BONE, AND I HAVE MAYBE FROM ZARATE, AND I DON'T HAVE A RESPONSE FROM YOU. YOU'RE A YES. NO. OKAY, PERFECT. AGAIN, WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THIS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY ANOTHER FINAL. YES. THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY THAT CAME OUT AND VOTED. I WAS DISAPPOINTED IN THE ACTUAL VOTER TURNOUT. I KNOW THIS WASN'T A ATTRACTIVE ELECTION FOR PROP A, THERE WEREN'T PEOPLE ON THE BALLOT TO GO IN SUPPORT, BUT THERE WERE A LOT OF CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS ALONG WITH COUNTY PROPOSITIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THANK YOU TO THOSE THAT DID COME OUT. I THINK VOTING IS A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THIS. I ALSO WANTED TO SEND A BIG THANK YOU OUT TO ALL OF OUR VETERANS. I KNOW VETERANS DAY WAS THIS PAST SATURDAY. THANK YOU TO ALL OF THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED. WE HAVE A FORMER MILITARY ON OUR DAIS. WE HAVE EMPLOYEES WHO ARE VETERANS. SO THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO HAS SERVED. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT VETERANS DAY PROGRAMS DURING THE DISTRICT THIS YEAR, AND IT'S ALWAYS SUCH A DELIGHT TO GET TO HONOR OUR VETERANS. FUTURE MEETINGS. AFTER THE WINTER BREAK, WE HAVE A TENTATIVE CALLED BOARD MEETING. I THINK WE'RE ARE WE FINALIZED ON THAT, PATTY, THAT IT IS FOR SURE GOING TO BE JANUARY 11TH? OKAY. SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A TEAM OF EIGHT BOARD TRAINING AND POSSIBLY A GRIEVANCE. I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL END UP HAVING A GRIEVANCE THAT DAY OR NOT, BUT TRUSTEES, MAKE SURE YOU'RE LOOKING AT YOUR CALENDAR FOR 2024. HARD TO BELIEVE THAT'S ALREADY HERE. WE DO HAVE FALL BREAK. ONE MORE DAY OF SCHOOL TOMORROW. EIGHTH GRADERS ARE GOING TO CEDAR RIDGE TO PREPARE. I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M GOING TO HAVE A HIGH SCHOOLER. [05:05:01] SO LAST DAY OF SCHOOL TOMORROW BEFORE A WEEK, VACATION NEXT WEEK. SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR TEACHERS. I'VE SEEN A COUPLE OF THEM POSTING. I CAN MAKE IT TWO MORE DAYS SO I KNOW THEY'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE LONG REST WITH THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILIES. I ALSO WANTED TO SAY A BIG THANK YOU TO THE MUSICIANS THAT PERFORMED BEFORE OUR MEETING. I SAY THIS EVERY WEEK OR EVERY MONTH. IF YOU GET HERE. IF YOU GET HERE, THEN PLEASE GET HERE 15 MINUTES EARLY SO YOU CAN LISTEN TO THESE AMAZING STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE PERFORMING. THIS WEEK WAS OR THIS MONTH WAS ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL'S SAXOPHONE CHOIR, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF ANDREW VU AND DAVID MOBLEY. THEY WERE AMAZING. THEY WERE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. TENOR SAX, ALTO SAX, BARITONE SAX, BASS SAX. IT WAS AMAZING. SO THANK YOU TO THOSE THAT CAME OUT FOR THAT, AND THANK YOU TO THE PERFORMERS THAT WERE PERFORMING, AND I THINK DR. AZAIEZ HAS SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS AS WELL. THANK YOU. IT WILL BE QUICK, AND I WANT TO ECHO WHAT YOU YOU SAID ABOUT THE PASSING OF THE PROP A. I THINK, AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE FOR REALLY COMING OUT AND MAKING THAT HAPPEN. IT'S JUST, AGAIN, WE'RE PROUD OF THE SUPPORT OF OUR COMMUNITY AND REALLY THE LOVE FOR OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF. ALSO, VETERANS DAY, AND I WANT TO ALSO ECHO WHAT YOU SAID TO ALL OUR VETERANS, INCLUDING OUR OWN TRUSTEE HERE TRUSTEE WESTON, AND I SEE NATALIE AND AS WELL AS DENNIS, THEY BOTH ARE ALSO SERVING OUR COUNTRY FOR SEVERAL YEARS. SO I WANT TO THANK THEM AS WELL. A COUPLE OTHER THINGS. ALSO, WE TALKED ABOUT MUSIC AND MARCHING BANDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WE HAD A OUR UIL COMPETITION STATE COMPETITION A FEW WEEKS AGO, AND ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND FINISHED 13TH IN THE STATE, AND ALSO WESTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL FINISHED 16TH IN THE STATE, WHICH IS REALLY AMAZING AND THEY REALLY, REALLY PERFORM REALLY WELL. MCLEAN HIGH SCHOOL, THE MAVERICKS FOOTBALL TEAM ACTUALLY WILL BE GOING TOMORROW FOR THE AREA GAME. THEY'LL BE PLAYING CIBOLO STEELE TOMORROW AT 7 P.M. AT THE RATTLER STADIUM IN SAN MARCOS. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME THEY ACTUALLY GOT TO THAT POINT IN 19 YEARS. LAST TIME THEY DID 19 YEARS AGO. SO WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE THEM BACK, AND I KNOW A LOT OF FOLKS WILL BE TRAVELING, INCLUDING MYSELF, TO WATCH THEM PLAY, HOPEFULLY WIN TOMORROW. YOU HEARD ME SAYING TALKING EARLIER ALSO ABOUT WE HAVE CALLISON AS WELL AS HERNANDEZ MIDDLE SCHOOL. THEY BOTH ARE OFF THE COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT LIST. THAT'S REALLY I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT'S A LOT OF WORK BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO DO IT FOR TWO YEARS IN A ROW, AND I KNOW AGAIN, OUR PRINCIPALS, OUR TEAMS, EVERYONE REALLY WORK REALLY HARD TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. SO I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEM ONE MORE TIME FOR THEIR HARD WORK, AND THEN EARLIER I MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE SEVERAL SCHOOLS WHO ARE OFF THE TARGET SUPPORT LIST, AND THOSE ARE JOLIE JOHNSON, STONY POINT HIGH SCHOOL, VOIGT AND GATTIS ELEMENTARY, AND AGAIN, THAT BIG THANKS TO. ALL OUR LEADERS THERE. OUR SUPPORT STAFF OUR TEACHERS EVERYONE OUR PARENTS STUDENTS EVERYONE WHO WORK HARD. SO THAT'S REALLY ALSO A GREAT TO SEE THEIR HARD WORK IS PAYING OFF. LASTLY, WE JUST YESTERDAY AND WE DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT IT. AND WE'LL BE SENDING YOU AN UPDATE ABOUT THIS. THE MOODY'S RATING JUST CAME UP YESTERDAY, AND SO I'M GLAD TO REPORT TO YOU THAT WE KEPT OUR TRIPLE A RATING FOR ANOTHER YEAR, AND THAT'S A BIG THING AS YOU KNOW. YOU KNOW BECAUSE THAT WILL IMPACT OUR IF WE'RE GOING TO GO FOR OUT FOR A BOND THAT CAN IMPACT OUR INTEREST RATE AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO AGAIN, I'M GLAD TO REPORT TO YOU THAT WE KEPT OUR TRIPLE A RATING AGAIN WHEN IT COMES TO THE BOND RATING. SO LASTLY, THANKSGIVING BREAK NEXT WEEK. EVERYBODY IS READY FOR IT. I WANT TO JUST THANK OUR THANK OUR ENTIRE TEAM. I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG FIRST SEMESTER. YOU HEARD ABOUT A LOT OF CHANGES WE'RE DOING AND FOR THE BEST INTEREST OF STUDENTS AND NEW THINGS AND ALSO REALLY TRYING TO, AGAIN, WHAT CAN WE DO TO CLOSE THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP AND ALSO IMPROVE OUR STUDENT OUTCOMES. SO AGAIN, I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF WORK ON OUR ENTIRE TEAM AND OUR CAMPUSES, BUT ALSO I WANT TO ALSO THANK OUR SUPPORT STAFF, WHETHER THEY ARE THE BUS DRIVERS, OUR CUSTODIANS, OUR HR OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE, ALL EVERYBODY REALLY BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD TO SUPPORT, SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE BEING SUCCESSFUL. SO I HOPE THANK YOU ALL. I WANT TO THANK THEM ALL AND I HOPE EVERYBODY HAS A SAFE AND ALSO RESTFUL BREAK NEXT WEEK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. TRUSTEE BONE. YEAH, I HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM REQUEST. I'D LIKE AN AGENDA ITEM, AN UPDATE ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND A BRIEFING ON ANY CURRENT OR COMPLETED INVESTIGATION INTO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON. SO ACCORDING TO BOARD POLICY, YOU NEED TO PUT THAT IN WRITING TO BOARD PRESIDENT AND THE SUPERINTENDENT. I CAN START IT THAT WAY. OR DOES THERE NEED TO BE A VOTE? [05:10:02] NO, IT NEEDS TO GO THROUGH BOARD POLICY. OKAY. SO BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T MADE THAT REQUEST, THE ONLY REASON IT WOULD GO TO A VOTE IS IF YOU'VE MADE IT AND IT'S BEEN DENIED, BUT YOU HAVEN'T MADE THAT REQUEST. OKAY. SO I'LL SEND IT AN EMAIL RIGHT NOW. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. TRUSTEE WESTON. I JUST WANTED TO EXTEND A HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO OUR COMMUNITY, AND JUST A REMINDER THAT FAMILY AND FRIENDS ARE EVERYTHING AND. YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN IT MIGHT BE SOMEONE'S LAST THANKSGIVING. SO HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO OUR COMMUNITY. I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR VETERANS. THERE ARE A LOT OF VETERANS THAT WORK FOR ROUND ROCK ISD. WE HAVE A LOT OF FORMER STUDENTS SERVING ON ACTIVE DUTY TODAY. PERHAPS ONE DAY WE WILL HAVE ALL OF OUR TRUSTEES THAT PARTICIPATE IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. PERHAPS THAT WILL HAPPEN ONE DAY. IT'S NOT CURRENTLY HAPPENING, WHICH IS DISAPPOINTING TO ME, BUT HAPPY VETERANS DAY TO ALL OF THE VETERANS OUT THERE. I SEE YOU, MY FAMILY SEES YOU, AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. OKAY. WE ARE GOING TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION. I'M GOING TO READ ALL THE POINT OF ORDER. WHAT IS YOUR POINT? MADAM CHAIR, MOVE TO CHANGE THE ORDER OF THE CLOSED SESSION ITEMS TO OBVIOUSLY WE CAN DO K [K. CLOSED SESSION] ONE FIRST BECAUSE I THINK WE PROBABLY HAVE STAFF FOR THAT, BUT TWO, THREE AND FOUR, CAN WE HEAR THOSE IN THE ORDER IN WHICH YOU RECEIVED THOSE REQUESTS? THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT I WAS GOING TO BE SAYING. THANK YOU. YEP. SO PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071 AND 551.076, THE BOARD WILL REVIEW, DELIBERATE AND DISCUSS THE SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE REPORT REGARDING THE INTRUDER DETECTION AUDIT FINDINGS PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071 AND AS REQUESTED BY TRUSTEE HARRISON, THE BOARD WILL CONSIDER, DISCUSS, AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE INTERVENING IN A LAWSUIT AGAINST TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.074 AND AS REQUESTED BY TRUSTEE WESTON, THE BOARD WILL DISCUSS THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SUPERINTENDENT PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071 AND 551.074, AND AS REQUESTED BY TRUSTEES BONE AND TRUSTEE WESTON, THE BOARD WILL DELIBERATE REGARDING COMPLAINTS AGAINST TRUSTEES ARISING OUT OF THE ACTION OF THE BOARD TAKEN ON JUNE 20TH, 2023. APPROVING AGENDA ITEM K FIVE. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE CLOSED SESSION IN THIS ROOM. IT IS 11:02. WE HAVE 57 MINUTES LEFT UNTIL OUR MEETING WILL END. SO WE WILL SEE YOU BACK WHEN WE'RE FINISHED WITH CLOSED SESSION. IT IS 11:31 AND WE ARE OUT OF CLOSED SESSION. [L. CALL BACK TO ORDER/EXECUTIVE SESSION MOTIONS] DO I HAVE ANY MOTIONS COMING OUT OF CLOSED? YES. I NEED LIGHTS. I HAVE TRUSTEE HARRISON AND THEN TRUSTEE WESTON. THANK YOU. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE ROUND ROCK ISD'S SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE REPORT AS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION. SECOND. OKAY, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY COMMENTS? OKAY SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER MOTIONS COMING OUT OF CLOSED TRUSTEE WESTON. YES. SO THIS THESE MOTIONS STEM FROM ITEM K FOUR ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, WHICH WAS REQUESTED BY TRUSTEE BONE AND MYSELF, AND IT SAYS WE WOULD DELIBERATE REGARDING COMPLAINTS THAT DERIVE OR AROSE OUT OF ACTION FROM THE BOARD ON JUNE 20TH, 2023, AND THAT AGENDA TO THAT MEETING, WHICH WAS K FIVE, AND SO I HAVE SOME MOTIONS. MY FIRST MOTION IS GOING TO BE. AS REQUIRED. I MOVE THAT AS REQUIRED BY THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.141, THAT THE BOARD VOID THE MOTION ON ITEM K FIVE FROM THE JUNE 20TH, 2023 BOARD MEETING. THAT THEY VOID. YES. IT'S ITEM FOUR ON PAGE NINE OF THE PACKET. I'M STARTING WITH THAT ONE BECAUSE THAT CODE WAS NOT MENTIONED IN CLOSED SESSION. I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. WELL, THAT'S JUST THE CODE THAT TALKS ABOUT VOIDING A MOTION. DID YOU RUN THESE PAST LEGAL TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE ARE THE CORRECT? WE WERE JUST IN CLOSED SESSION. WE HAD WITH THE ATTORNEY. WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT YOUR MOTIONS IN CLOSING. NO, I SAID I WAS GOING TO BE DOING THIS LIST AS MY MOTIONS, BUT DID YOU RUN THEM PAST LEGAL TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE? I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE I CAN DO, BUT TELL LEGAL THAT MY MOTIONS AND THESE AGENDA ITEMS STEM FROM THIS GRIEVANCE THAT I FILED, AND THEN I TOLD HER IN CLOSED SESSION THAT MY MOTIONS WOULD BE A READING OF THESE. [05:15:02] I DON'T KNOW WHAT MORE I CAN DO TO NOTIFY THE ATTORNEY. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY COMMENTS? TRUSTEE WESTON. YES. SO I WAS DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE LETTER THAT IS ATTACHED TO K FIVE. THAT IS A MATTER OF PUBLIC RECORD BECAUSE IT DERIVES A PEJORATIVE OR IT ASCRIBES A PEJORATIVE COMPLAINT AGAINST ME. SPECIFICALLY THE LINE THAT SAYS IN THE LETTER THAT YOU ALL SENT TO THE TEXAS BAR THIS. THESE COMPLAINTS ARE MEANT TO INTIMIDATE AND THREATEN THE ATTORNEYS IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET THE ATTORNEYS TO CHANGE THEIR LEGAL ADVICE TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. I WAS OUT OF THE COUNTRY WHEN THIS BOARD VOTED TO CODIFY THAT ACCUSATION AGAINST ME, AND I HAD NO, I WAS NOT AFFORDED ANY RIGHT TO SPEAK FOR MYSELF OR HAVE THIS HELD AN OPEN SESSION. I'M GIVING THIS BOARD AN OPPORTUNITY. TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND TAKE A STEP BACK FROM THIS OVERREACH. TRUSTEE BONE. THIS LETTER, I FEEL LIKE HAS DONE ME HARM. FOR ONE THING, IT'S IN THE PUBLIC RECORD. IT WAS NOT AGENDIZED PROPERLY, WHICH I THINK WE'LL GET TO HERE IN A LITTLE BIT IN MY OPINION, AND I THINK THIS GIVES THE BOARD AN OPPORTUNITY TO RIGHT A WRONG THAT WAS DONE. JUST BECAUSE YOU GUYS CAN VOTE ON SOMETHING DOESN'T MAKE IT LEGAL OR RIGHT, AND I WOULD. I HOPE THAT YOU GUYS WOULD. LISTEN TO EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE HEARD AND THAT YOU WOULD VOID THIS LETTER, AND THINK ABOUT WHEN YOU'RE PUTTING PEOPLE'S NAMES OUT IN PUBLIC WITH STATEMENTS LIKE THIS THAT HARM CAN COME FROM THAT, AND THAT YOU KNOW THAT THIS TYPE OF LETTER COULD BE DONE BY ANYBODY, AND THESE AND THIS WAS OFFICIALLY DONE BY THE BOARD, WHICH THIS WAS OFFICIALLY DONE BY THE DISTRICT. SO WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE TAKING CARE OF CHILDREN AND WORRIED ABOUT CHILDREN, AND I'D ALSO SAY THAT THERE WAS MONEY BEHIND THIS LETTER THAT WE LATER FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS ACTUALLY MONEY BEHIND THIS LETTER AND CONVERSATIONS THAT ACTUALLY WEREN'T TOLD ABOUT. SO I THINK THERE WAS A LOT OF INDICATIONS BEHIND THIS LETTER THAT THINGS WERE NOT ON THE UP AND UP TO SAY, AND I WOULD JUST HOPE THAT YOU ALL WOULD RIGHT A WRONG. IT'S ANOTHER CHANCE TO RIGHT A WRONG. SO IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT YOU ALL DO, BUT I WOULD IMPLORE YOU TO RIGHT THIS WRONG. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? THE ONLY THING THAT I WILL SAY IS I CAN RELY ON PREVIOUS LEGAL ADVICE THAT THIS BOARD RECEIVED AND HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO ANALYZE HOW 551.141 APPLIES IN THIS SITUATION. SO THAT'S ALL I KNOW. SO ANY OTHER COMMENTS? AND, MADAM PRESIDENT, TECHNICALLY WE DON'T HAVE A SECOND, SO WE THINK WE NEED THAT SECOND ON THE MOTION. YES, SHE SECONDED. OH I'M SORRY. YEAH. TRUSTEE BONE SECONDED IT. ALL RIGHT, SO ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL OPPOSED? [INAUDIBLE] YOU ALREADY I CALLED ON YOU WITH YOUR LIGHT ON, [INAUDIBLE] I'VE ALREADY CALLED FOR THE VOTE. I'M SORRY, BUT YOU ALREADY SPOKE. [INAUDIBLE] DO YOU NEED TO MAKE ANOTHER COMMENT? DO YOU HAVE NEW INFORMATION? GO AHEAD IF YOU NEED TO; YOU'RE RIGHT. YEAH I JUST I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT JUST BECAUSE TO CLARIFY THE LEGAL ADVICE THAT YOU GOT WAS ACTUALLY ABOUT THE PERSON THAT THIS LETTER WAS TRYING TO DEFEND. SO I JUST WANT TO GET THAT INTO THE RECORD THAT THE LEGAL ADVICE MAY HAVE NOT BEEN THE BEST BECAUSE THE PERSON YOU GOT IT FROM. THIS WAS KIND OF DEFENDING THEM. SO JUST MAKING THAT POINT. OKAY, ALL IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL OPPOSED? ABSTAINING. MOTION FAILS 2-4-1. I HAVE A COUPLE MORE MOTIONS, MADAM PRESIDENT. OKAY, I MOVE TO OFFICIALLY RECALL THE LETTER IN QUESTION BY NOTIFYING THE RECEIVER, WHICH IS THE STATE, TEXAS STATE BAR, AND OR WHOMEVER ELSE IN WRITING THAT THE LETTER WAS NOT PROPERLY CONSIDERED OR APPROVED BY THE BOARD IN THE JUNE 20TH, 2023 BOARD MEETING. SPECIFICALLY, THE SENTENCE IN THE LETTER THAT ALLEGES, QUOTE, THESE COMPLAINTS ARE MEANT TO [05:20:03] INTIMIDATE AND THREATEN THE ATTORNEYS IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET THE ATTORNEYS TO CHANGE THEIR LEGAL ADVICE TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TRUSTEE WESTON. SO YET AGAIN, IT WOULD BE THE RIGHT THING TO DO. WE'VE GOT A LETTER HERE THAT IS ASCRIBING A COMPLAINT AND A MOTIVE, ACCUSING ME AND DR. BONE OF INTIMIDATING AND THREATENING ATTORNEYS IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET THE ATTORNEYS TO CHANGE THEIR LEGAL ADVICE. THIS IS FALSE. I WAS NEVER GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHALLENGE THIS OR DEFEND MYSELF. I WAS NEVER GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THIS HEARD PUBLICLY. I WAS OUT OF THE COUNTRY WHEN THE BOARD DID THIS. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU GUYS TO RIGHT A WRONG. I RECOMMEND YOU TAKE IT. TRUSTEE BONE. I WOULD REITERATE EVERYTHING THAT TRUSTEE WESTON JUST SAID. I WOULD ALSO CLARIFY YET AGAIN THAT THIS LETTER. THE STATEMENTS THAT ARE MADE IN IT. COULD BE HARMFUL TO PEOPLE. THAT PUBLIC RESOURCES MIGHT HAVE BEEN BEING USED TO WRITE A LETTER THAT WASN'T ON THE AGENDA AT ALL. TRUSTEE WESTON'S NAME NOR MINE SHOWED UP ON THE AGENDA. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO GET IT IN THE PUBLIC RECORD THAT I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT I WAS GOING TO BE ON THE AGENDA. I BELIEVE TRUSTEE WESTON THE SAME THING. SHE WAS OUT OF THE COUNTRY, SO THE COMMUNITY DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK ON THIS HIGHLY. PUBLIC INTEREST TOPIC. SO IT WOULD BE THE RIGHT THING TO RECALL THE LETTER, AND IF YOU WANTED TO I MEAN AGENDA THE AGENDA PROPERLY AND THEN WALK BACK THROUGH THIS, BUT AT THIS POINT AND MAYBE THINK ABOUT THE LETTER AND THE WORDINGS AND THE HARM THAT IT COULD DO, SAYING SUCH THINGS ABOUT OTHER TRUSTEES IN AN OFFICIAL LETTER FROM THE DISTRICT THAT. IS NOT CORRECT IN MY OPINION. OKAY, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED. MOTION FAILS TWO TO FIVE. I HAVE ANOTHER MOTION. I MOVE TO ISSUE A PUBLIC PUBLIC APOLOGY FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO TRUSTEES, BONE AND WESTON FOR DENYING THEIR RIGHTS, AS DEFINED IN THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE IN SECTION 551.074 REGARDING A LETTER ATTACHED TO THE JUNE 20TH, 2023 BOARD MEETING, ITEM K FIVE, SPECIFICALLY IN THE LETTER WHICH SAYS A COMPLAINT AGAINST ME AND DR. BONE THAT WE INTIMIDATED AND THREATENED ATTORNEYS IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET THE ATTORNEYS TO CHANGE THEIR LEGAL ADVICE TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. THIS IS YEAH, THAT'S MY MOTION. SECOND. SECOND, SORRY QUESTION REAL QUICK. IS THAT A MOVABLE ITEM? CAN YOU REQUIRE SOMEBODY TO ISSUE A PUBLIC APOLOGY? I THINK SHE CAN MAKE THE MOTION. OKAY. JUST MAKING SURE. ALL RIGHT, SO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TRUSTEE WESTON. ELECTED. CAN I CHECK SOMETHING? I BELIEVE IN LOCAL POLICY WE CAN'T REQUIRE. I KNOW YOU CAN'T REQUIRE SOMEBODY. YOU CAN'T REQUIRE. YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION, OBVIOUSLY, BUT WITH REGARDS TO GRIEVANCES, I THINK, AND WE'RE NOT TREATING THIS AS A GRIEVANCE. WE'RE TREATING THIS AS A BOARD COMPLAINT. SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT. IF WE NEED TO LOOK AT BOARD POLICY WITH REGARDS TO ANYTHING. SO DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER MOTION, TRUSTEE WESTON. AFTER THIS ONE. YES. OKAY, SO I'D LIKE TO COMMENT ON THIS MOTION, BUT WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE IS DO YOU NEED TIME TO DO SOME RESEARCH ON THAT. SO CAN WE GO TO ANOTHER MOTION AND THEN COME BACK TO THIS ONE I THINK I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY DOUBT THAT THE BOARD CAN PASS A MOTION THAT SAYS, WE APOLOGIZE. AS A FULL BOARD. I THINK AS A BOARD YOU CAN PASS THE MOTION THAT SAYS THAT. YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION. I'M JUST SAYING THERE IS NO WAY THAT WE CAN FORCE ANY PARTICULAR BOARD MEMBER. I'M NOT ASKING THAT. OKAY. OKAY. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. TRUSTEE WESTON. YES. SO I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL AS ELECTED OFFICIALS WHEN WE CODIFY INTO A DOCUMENT USING PUBLIC RESOURCES TO GENERATE AND THEN DISTRIBUTE THAT DOCUMENT IN WHICH WE NAME INDIVIDUALS, IN THIS CASE TWO COLLEAGUES, MYSELF AND DR. BONE, AND WE MAKE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT IN THAT DOCUMENT SAYING THAT THESE COMPLAINTS, MEANING A COMPLAINT THAT I MAY BE ACCUSED OF BEING FILED, I DON'T REALLY KNOW. [05:25:02] THESE COMPLAINTS ARE MEANT TO INTIMIDATE AND THREATEN THE ATTORNEYS AND ATTEMPT TO GET THE ATTORNEYS TO CHANGE THEIR LEGAL ADVICE TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. I'VE NEVER INTIMIDATED OR THREATENED ANY ATTORNEY IN MY LIFE, AND THIS WAS VOTED ON BY THIS BODY TO CODIFY THIS WHEN I WAS OUT OF THE COUNTRY. IT'S WILDLY INAPPROPRIATE AND IF YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO TREAT ME AS AN EQUAL THIS WAY, GOD HELP THE INNOCENT CHILDREN OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE DECISIONS THAT YOU COULD MAKE THAT COULD COME TO HARM, THAT COULD COME TO THEM AT YOUR HANDS. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO RIGHT A WRONG TRUSTEE BONE. FIRST, THE COMPLAINTS THAT TRUSTEE, WESTON AND I HAD ORIGINALLY FILED WITH THE BAR THAT WAS REFERENCED IN THIS LETTER. THOSE RESULTED IN SOME ACTION WITH AN ATTORNEY. SO THERE'S ACTUALLY EVIDENCE THAT THOSE WERE LEGIT COMPLAINTS. THE SECOND COMPLAINT THAT WAS FILED, WERE THEY ALL DISMISSED? THEY WERE NOT DISMISSED. NO TWO OF THEM. YOU CANNOT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE. YOU CAN'T KNOW, AND NO, THEY WERE NOT DISMISSED. WE HAVE THE LETTERS. THEY WERE NOT DISMISSED. LIKE "DISMISSED, DISMISSED." SO THERE'S DIFFERENT LEVELS. SO WE COULD GET INTO THAT, DIFFERENT LEVELS OF DISMISSED. THERE'S DIFFERENT LEVELS OF YES, THEY'RE DISMISSED AT DIFFERENT LEVELS. YEAH. MICHELLE LIKES IT. YEAH. [INAUDIBLE] OH I'VE BEEN INTERRUPTED LIKE TEN TIMES. SO, AND HOW MUCH TIME DO I HAVE LEFT? YEAH IT'S I MEAN, WE HAVE PEOPLE INTERRUPTING, SO THEY WERE THERE'S EVIDENCE THAT THOSE WERE THERE AND THEN THE SECOND COMPLAINT THAT WAS FILED WAS ONLY FILED BY ME, AND YOU HAVE TO KNOW THE PROCESS. SO THE PROCESS DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT EVERYTHING WAS GOOD AND DANDY, AND THE OTHER THING IS, IS PEOPLE FILE COMPLAINTS ALL THE TIME THAT, HEY, I THINK THIS HAPPENED. THAT'S WHY THE PROCESS IS THERE. THE PROCESS ISN'T THERE TO BE LIKE, OH, I SAW YOU, I SAW YOU DO THAT, AND I'M THE JUDGE AND JURY. IT'S TO SAY, I SAW YOU DO THAT, AND I'M PRETTY SURE. SO I NEED TO SEND IT TO A JUDGE AND JURY. SO HINDERING TRUSTEES FROM GOING THROUGH PROCESSES AND POLICIES THAT ARE IN PLACE. THAT ARE OUT THERE TO BE USED AND TO INTIMIDATE TRUSTEES THAT WAY, AND THEN TO WRITE LETTERS TO THOSE ORGANIZATIONS WITH FALSE ACCUSATIONS IN THEM. I THINK IT'S REALLY BAD FORM, AND MY WHOLE POINT IS, THE FIRST ONES THAT TRUSTEE WESTON WERE PART OF WENT SOMEWHERE. THE SECOND ONE, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE COMPLAINING ABOUT, IT WAS JUST ME. SO WHY IS TRUSTEE WESTON'S NAME IN HERE? AND YOU GROUPED US TOGETHER? SO AGAIN, THIS IS JUST INTIMIDATION AND BULLYING. I MEAN, THIS IS LITERALLY BULLYING FROM THE DAIS. IT'S AMAZING, AND YOU GUYS HAVE WE'RE GIVING YOU WE'RE ACTUALLY GIVING YOU AN OPPORTUNITY LIKE WE'RE GIVING YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO CORRECT IT. SO CORRECT IT. APOLOGIZE, VOID THE LETTER, AND DO THE RIGHT THING, BUT AGAIN, THIS ISN'T ABOUT DOING THE RIGHT THING. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ABOUT KIDS, AND I CAN GUARANTEE THIS WILL BE ANOTHER 2 TO 5 VOTE, BUT. YOU KNOW. THERE'S CONSEQUENCES TO ACTIONS, YOU ALL, CONSEQUENCES TO ACTIONS. TIME. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL OPPOSED? MOTION FAILS 2 TO 5. MADAM. OKAY, I HAVE ANOTHER MOTION. DO YOU HAVE A POINT OF ORDER? BECAUSE SHE STILL HAS THE FLOOR FOR MOTIONS. OKAY. OKAY. I MOVE TO HAVE THE BOARD ISSUE A PUBLIC APOLOGY TO THE COMMUNITY FOR NOT HEARING AGENDA ITEM K5 FROM THE JUNE 20TH, 2023 BOARD MEETING IN OPEN SESSION, PER THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT. SECOND TRUSTEE WESTON. I'LL DEFER TO TRUSTEE WEIR AND GO AFTER HER. I DON'T HAVE A LIGHT ON FOR TRUSTEE WEIR. TRUSTEE WEIR. I WAS GOING TO SAY, AND I KNOW YOU WERE NOT THERE. TRUSTEE WESTON, BUT TRUSTEE BONE ABSOLUTELY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THIS IN OPEN AND CHOSE NOT TO AT THAT MEETING. SO IT WAS NOT THAT WE WERE DOING SOMETHING NEFARIOUS. IT WAS A CHOICE, AND WE'RE GOING TO GET TO HEAR YOU READ THE SAME SECTIONS AGAIN. SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND LET YOU DO THAT. TRUSTEE WESTON. YEAH. [05:30:03] SO AGAIN IN THIS LETTER IT THIS NOTHING IN THIS LETTER IS CONFIDENTIAL OR HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF A PUBLIC OFFICER. THE AGENDA DOESN'T SAY WHICH PUBLIC OFFICERS. SO I THIS BOARD CAN AND SHOULD APOLOGIZE TO THE PUBLIC FOR NOT OFFICIALLY AND PROPERLY NOTIFYING THE PUBLIC OF WHAT YOU ALL WERE DELIBERATING AND DISCUSSING. THIS LETTER IS NOTHING. THAT'S CONFIDENTIAL. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE COMPLETELY IN THE LIGHT OF DAY. NOBODY SHOULD BE SURPRISED ABOUT THINGS THAT EMERGE FROM CLOSED SESSION, I WAS SHOCKED. THIS LETTER ACCUSES ME OF INTIMIDATING AND THREATENING ATTORNEYS. IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET THE ATTORNEYS TO CHANGE THEIR LEGAL ADVICE TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. I'VE NEVER INTIMIDATED OR THREATENED AN ATTORNEY IN MY LIFE, AND I NEVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTEST THIS, AND THE PUBLIC HAD NO WAY OF KNOWING THERE WAS NO REASONABLE PERSON WOULD HAVE READ K5 FROM THE JUNE 20TH, 2023 BOARD MEETING AND THOUGHT THAT SOME SORT OF LETTER LIKE THIS WOULD EMERGE. IT'S OFFENSIVE TO THE RIGHTS THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS, AND I'M GIVING YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO CORRECT THAT. IN FACT, WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? IT'S NOT ME WHO IS INTIMIDATING AND THREATENING ANYBODY. IT WAS THE BOARD HERE WHO, THROUGH THE CODIFICATION OF THIS DOCUMENT WITH PUBLIC RESOURCES, IS IS SEEKING TO INTIMIDATE AND THREATEN ME INTO EXERCISING MY RIGHTS. THAT IS WHAT IS ACTUALLY GOING ON HERE. TRUSTEE BONE. YEAH FOR CLARIFICATION, AND SINCE I CAN TALK ABOUT THE LETTER IN OPEN SESSION, THERE WAS MULTIPLE TIMES THAT I ASKED TO GO INTO OPEN SESSION DURING THAT MEETING, AND THERE WAS DEBATE ON THAT LETTER WAS NOT ABOUT ME AND THAT I DIDN'T HAVE THAT RIGHT BECAUSE THAT LETTER WAS NOT ABOUT ME. SO LET'S GET THAT ON THE RECORD THAT I ASKED MULTIPLE TIMES TO GO INTO OPEN SESSION, AND I WAS TOLD MULTIPLE TIMES THAT LETTER WAS NOT ABOUT ME, AND I ALSO ASKED, I SAID, TRUSTEE WESTON IS NOT EVEN HERE. TRUSTEE BONE, YOU CAN'T TALK ABOUT THE DISCUSSIONS THAT HAPPENED IN CLOSED SESSION, AND YOUR MEMORY OF IT MAY NOT BE THE MEMORY THAT EVERYBODY ELSE MY MEMORY OF IT, BUT YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO SPEAK ABOUT [INAUDIBLE] POINT OF ORDER, AND THIS IS THERE'S NOTHING THIS IS NOTHING CONFIDENTIAL. I'M SORRY, I'M TURNING THE MICROPHONES OFF. WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE MULTIPLE PEOPLE SPEAKING AT ONE TIME, BUT I WILL REFER TO OUR ATTORNEYS ABOUT DISCUSSING CONVERSATIONS THAT HAPPEN IN CLOSED SESSION. ALL THE TRUSTEES BY ETHICS. YOU CANNOT DISCUSS WHAT HAPPENED IN CLOSED SESSION SO THAT WOULD NOT BE APPROPRIATE. SO I CAN'T SAY WHAT I SAID. I MEAN, POINT OF ORDER. TRUSTEE WEIR JUST SAID THAT--I'M STILL RULING ON THIS ONE. OKAY. IT'S NOT DEBATABLE. RIGHT. SO THAT'S THE ADVICE GIVEN BY ATTORNEY. I HAVE A POINT OF ORDER. I'M STILL RULING ON THIS ONE, TRUSTEE WESTON; I WILL GET TO YOU. WHO HAD A POINT OF ORDER? I HAD A POINT OF ORDER. OH, YOU HAD A POINT OF ORDER. YES. I HAD A POINT ABOUT DISCUSSING CLOSED SESSION. I'M GETTING LEGAL ADVICE AND I'M GOING TO RULE ON IT THAT SHE SHOULD NOT BE TALKING ABOUT CONVERSATIONS THAT HAPPEN IN CLOSED SESSION, AS CONFIRMED BY ATTORNEYS. YOU HAVE A POINT OF ORDER. [INAUDIBLE] HAVE A POINT OF ORDER. [INAUDIBLE] TRUSTEE WESTON. YOU HAVE A POINT OF ORDER. SO MY POINT OF ORDER MIGHT BE. IT'S A POINT OF CLARIFICATION. THE ATTORNEY CAN LET ME KNOW. I NOW HAVE TWO. NUMBER ONE, CAN THE CHAIR RULE ON HER OWN POINT OF ORDER, YES OR NO? YES. SO SHE CAN HAVE A POINT OF ORDER, AND THEN SHE CAN RULE ON HER POINT OF ORDER. SHE'S THE BOARD PRESIDENT. SO IF SHE MAKES A POINT OF ORDER AND SAYS, THIS IS MY DECISION ON THIS POINT, SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO HAND OFF THE GAVEL. NO. OKAY, I APPRECIATE THAT, AND MY OTHER POINT OF ORDER IS WHERE DOES IT SAY I THOUGHT THAT CLOSED SESSION, IT WAS ONLY TOPICS THAT ARE JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING IS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN'T DISCUSS. IF WE GO INTO CLOSED SESSION AND SOMEBODY SAYS, I'M WEARING AN UGLY SHIRT, I CAN COME OUT AND I CAN SAY TRUSTEE ZARATE SAID MY SHIRT WAS UGLY. THAT'S NOT I DON'T THINK YOU CAN DISCUSS WHAT WHAT HAPPENED IN CLOSED SESSION. I DON'T THINK THAT'S APPROPRIATE. I THINK IT'S JUST IF ITEMS THAT ARE LEGALLY CONFIDENTIAL, NOT JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING WAS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION. I CAN PULL YOUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURE AND YOUR CODE OF ETHICS FOR TRUSTEES, BUT I APPRECIATE MY ADVICE HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO NOT DISCUSS, AND I BELIEVE THAT YOUR YOUR BOARD POLICY ALLOWS YOUR BOARD CHAIR TO MAKE A DECISION ON THAT, AND SHE'S MADE THAT DECISION AND IT'S NOT DEBATABLE AT THIS POINT. TRUSTEE BONE POINT OF INQUIRY. WHAT IS YOUR POINT? MY POINT IS WE COME OUT AND TALK ABOUT STUFF FROM CLOSED SESSION ALL THE TIME. NO WE DON'T. THAT'S NOT WE ACTUALLY DID. YOU'RE NOT INQUIRING ON SOMETHING THAT I CAN RULE ON. YOU MADE A STATEMENT. I'M ACTUALLY INQUIRING TO OUR LEGAL COUNSEL THAT WE DO [05:35:02] THIS ALL THE TIME. HOW DO WE DO IT ALL THE TIME? WE JUST DID THIS LAST MEETING WHERE WE CAME OUT AND TALKED ABOUT A GRIEVANCE, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN CLOSED. SO PLEASE EXPLAIN WHAT I CAN TALK ABOUT, WHAT I CAN'T BECAUSE WE DO DO THIS. I AM GOING TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, BUT I'M GOING TO REMIND THE BOARD THAT WE DID ADOPT RULES, THAT THE QUESTIONS WOULD GO THROUGH THE BOARD CHAIR BUT I'LL ANSWER THE QUESTION. IT'S KIND OF WE CAME OUT OF CLOSED SESSION EARLIER AND SAID, AS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION. SO YOU MAKE REFERENCE THAT THERE WAS DISCUSSION IN CLOSED SESSION BUT NOT DETAILED WHAT DISCUSSION WAS HAD IN CLOSED SESSION. SO WHEN YOU JUST HAD THE PREVIOUS MOTION, YOU DIDN'T GET INTO DETAILS TO WHAT WAS DISCUSSED. I'M TALKING ABOUT THE PREVIOUS MOTION, I'M TALKING ABOUT LAST TIME WE HAD A GRIEVANCE, WE CAME OUT AND HAD FULL DISCUSSION ABOUT CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THERE. WE JUST DIDN'T TALK ABOUT LEGAL ADVICE, WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT CONTRACTS, BUT WE CAME OUT AND TALKED ABOUT THAT GRIEVANCE OUT IN OPEN AND HAD A DEBATE AND DISCUSSION. SO HOW DID WE DO THAT? AND WE DO THIS. WE COME OUT AND DEBATE ABOUT CLOSED SESSION TOPICS ALL THE TIME AND TALK ABOUT WHAT WAS SAID. I DON'T THINK THAT YOU CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT WAS SAID, AND AGAIN, I THINK THE BOARD CHAIR HAS THE FINAL AUTHORITY ON WHAT YOU CAN ON THAT POINT OF ORDER. SHE'S MADE HER DECISION, AND I THINK THAT'S NOT DEBATABLE AT THIS POINT. OKAY. SO IT'S REALLY THAT SHE MADE A POINT OF ORDER. IS WHY I CAN'T TALK ABOUT IT. LET'S GO BACK TO YOUR COMMENTS ON THE MOTION THAT WE HAVE. SO MY COMMENT IS WHAT TRUSTEE WEIR SAID WAS NOT HOW I RECALL IT. I RECALL THAT I WAS NOT GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME OUT OF CLOSED, AND I RECALL THAT I ASKED TO COME OUT OF CLOSED AND I WAS NOT AFFORDED THAT OPPORTUNITY. I ALSO RECALL THAT I DID MENTION THAT TRUSTEE WESTON WAS NOT HERE PHYSICALLY, AND THAT WE WERE PASSING A MOTION, AND BY THE WAY, I BELIEVE YOU CAN GO BACK, AND THIS WAS ALL STATED IN OPEN SESSION WHEN WE ACTUALLY WERE DEBATING THE LETTER. SO TRUSTEE WESTON I ALSO SAID HEY, SHE'S NOT HERE. THIS WOULD NOT BE GOOD TO VOTE ON IT. SO WHAT TRUSTEE WEIR JUST SAID LIKE, OH, SHE HAD THE CHANCE. NO I DIDN'T. SO AGAIN, YOU GUYS CAN RIGHT A WRONG, AND IT'S YOUR CHOICE. OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL OPPOSED. MOTION FAILS 2 TO 5. ALL RIGHT. MY NEXT MOTION ACTUALLY HAD A LIGHT ON FROM TRUSTEE HARRISON. CAN YOU YIELD TO HER SINCE YOU'VE HAD THE FLOOR FOR A LITTLE WHILE? WHAT WAS YOUR MOTION TRUSTEE HARRISON? I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHAT WAS YOUR QUESTION? COULD GO INTO CLOSED FOR TWO SECONDS TO DISCUSS MY AGENDA ITEM BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THEY'RE RUNNING OUT THE CLOCK ON PURPOSE. WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TIME TO GET IN AND GET OUT AND CLEAR THE ROOM BY 11:59. YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION TO EXTEND THE EVENING, OR I CAN. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, I MOVE THAT ALL FIVE BOARD MEMBERS WHO VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ON ITEM K FIVE IN THE JUNE 20TH, 2023 BOARD MEETING RECEIVE IN-DEPTH TRAINING ON THE REQUIREMENTS OF BOARD MEETING AGENDAS PER THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH ITEMS MAY BE DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION. SECOND. CAN YOU REQUIRE A TRUSTEE TO ATTEND TRAINING? I'M SORRY THE MOTION CAN BE MADE, BUT AGAIN, CAN YOU FORCE SOMEONE TO DO SOMETHING? NO. YOU CANNOT. THE MOTION CAN BE MADE. OKAY, GREAT. TRUSTEE BONE. I MEAN, TRUSTEE WESTON. IT'S THE ONLY LIGHT I HAVE ON. OKAY, AND WE WILL BE ENDING THE MEETING IN TWO MINUTES. SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WHEN WE ARE SETTING AGENDAS, WHEN WE'RE VOTING ON THINGS, THAT WE HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE LAW AS IT'S WRITTEN AND OUT OF RESPECT FOR IT, THAT WE AGENDA THINGS PROPERLY, AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE MEMBERS WHO VOTED FOR THIS LETTER, WHICH ACCUSES ME OF INTIMIDATING AND THREATENING ATTORNEYS IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET THE ATTORNEYS TO CHANGE THEIR LEGAL ADVICE, WHICH I'VE NEVER THREATENED OR INTIMIDATED ANY ATTORNEYS IN MY LIFE. THAT IS FALSE. SO I THINK THAT THE TRAINING WOULD BE GOOD FOR THOSE WHO VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. TRUSTEE BONE. YES. I THINK THE CONVERSATION THAT WE WERE JUST HAVING GOES TO THIS IN THE FACT THAT IT IS VERY LIMITED, WHAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT IN CLOSED SESSION, AND PEOPLE DO HAVE RIGHTS, AND WHEN YOU HAVE A LETTER THAT HAS PEOPLE'S NAME IN IT AND IS ABOUT THEM AND THEY BEG TO GO INTO OPEN SESSION PER THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, THOSE RIGHTS SHOULD BE UPHELD AND I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT HAPPENED. SO I THINK TRAINING OF THE BOARD MEMBERS TO UNDERSTAND EXPLICITLY WHAT THEY CAN GO INTO CLOSED SESSION FOR AND WHAT THEY CANNOT. I THINK THIS WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE DISTRICT, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THIS BOARD. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? [05:40:01] I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL OPPOSED? MOTION FAILS 2 TO 5. I HAVE ONE FINAL MOTION. UM, OKAY. I MOVE TO REFER SELF-REPORT THIS GRIEVANCE TO THE TEXAS THE NOT THIS GRIEVANCE BUT THIS LETTER THAT'S IN THIS AS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION FROM THE JUNE 20TH, 2023 BOARD MEETING, ITEM K FIVE REFER IT TO THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY. WILLIAMSON AND TRAVIS COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THE TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL TO DEMONSTRATE GOOD FAITH AND PROTECT ROUND ROCK ISD RESOURCES. POINT OF ORDER. IT'S 11:59. IT IS 11:59. I HAVE TO HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN, BECAUSE I CAN'T ADJOURN BY MYSELF BECAUSE WE HAVE PENDING ITEMS. I DON'T THINK YOU CAN INTERRUPT ME TO MOVE TO ADJOURN. IT'S 11:59, AND OUR POLICY SAYS THAT WE WILL ADJOURN. SO I'M SORRY YOU CANNOT FINISH THAT. NOBODY MADE A MOTION TO EXTEND THE MEETING. I MOVE TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES FIVE TO TWO. IT'S 11:59. WE ARE ADJOURNED ACCORDING [INAUDIBLE]. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.