Dec 12, 2023 Regular Board Meetings

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GOOD EVENING.

[B. CALL TO ORDER]

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

IN ATTENDANCE, WE HAVE TRUSTEES WEIR ZARATE, UM, WESTON LANDRUM, HARRISON MARKHAM AND BONE.

WE HAVE A QUORUM. EVERYONE'S PRESENT.

PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE.

TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

[D. RECOGNITION OF STUDENTS AND STAFF]

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT LANDRUM.

TRUSTEES AND DOCTOR AZAIEZ.

IT'S THAT TIME OF THE EVENING WHEN WE SHOWCASE SOME OF OUR OUTSTANDING STUDENTS AND STAFF AND TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

SORRY. UM, COULD DOCTOR AZAIEZ AND THE TRUSTEES PLEASE JOIN US IN FRONT OF THE DAIS? FOR OUR FIRST RECOGNITION THIS EVENING.

SORRY, Y'ALL. UM, WE HIGHLIGHT WESTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR TANVI REDDY.

TANVI TOOK HOME THE TOP PRIZE AT THE GIRLS STATE CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP.

SHE WON FIRST PLACE IN THE HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIP CATEGORY, AND ALSO RECEIVED A $3,000 SCHOLARSHIP TO THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT RIO GRANDE VALLEY.

NEXT, WE HONOR THE OUTSTANDING ROUND ROCK ISD FINANCE DEPARTMENT.

THE TEAM HAS EARNED SEVERAL HONORS THIS YEAR, STARTING WITH THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 AUDIT.

THEY ALSO EARNED THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION AWARD FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 AUDIT, TRIPLE A RATINGS FROM BOTH MOODY'S AND FITCH, AND AN A RATING ON THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL INTEGRITY RATING SYSTEM OF TEXAS REPORT.

WELL, DENNIS COVINGTON, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, RONDA ROAD AND THE FINANCE TEAM, PLEASE COME TO THE FRONT FOR A PHOTO.

THANK. YOU.

THANK YOU.

FINALLY, WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE ROUND ROCK ISD PURCHASING DEPARTMENT, WHICH EARNED THE TASBO PURCHASING AWARD OF MERIT.

THIS PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2009 TO RECOGNIZE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT DISPLAY EXCELLENCE IN THEIR PROCUREMENT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.

THE ROUND ROCK ISD PURCHASING DEPARTMENT HAS RECEIVED THE AWARD OF MERIT EVERY YEAR SINCE THE PROGRAM'S INCEPTION.

WHILE DIRECTOR OF PURCHASING, DANNY PULLMAN AND HIS TEAM PLEASE COME TO THE FRONT.

OH, OKAY. OKAY, SURE.

IS SHE HERE?

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SHE WAS NAMED THE TEXAS MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION DISTINGUISHED ADMINISTRATOR.

UH THE TMEA.

TMA USES THIS AWARD TO RECOGNIZE UPPER LEVEL SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS THROUGHOUT THE STATE, WHO HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN PRESERVING QUALITY MUSIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS ON THEIR CAMPUSES AND IN THEIR DISTRICTS.

DOCTOR AZAIEZ AND TRUSTEES.

YOU'RE WELCOME TO RETURN TO YOUR SEATS.

THANK YOU. OF COURSE. OF COURSE.

I NEED TO SEE YOU NEXT TIME.

TONIGHT'S VIDEO HIGHLIGHT SHOWCASES THE ROUND ROCK POLICE DEPARTMENT'S BLOODHOUNDS.

EARLIER THIS YEAR, POLICE WELCOMED THE TWO NEWEST MEMBERS OF THE FORCE, BEAR AND FUZE, TO HELP OFFICERS FIND LOST STUDENTS.

BLOODHOUNDS ARE A GREAT RESOURCE.

THEY HAVE SO MANY THINGS THAT THEY HAVE A CAPABILITY OF DOING.

AND THE BIGGEST PART THAT WE I BROUGHT IT TO THE DISTRICT IS TO HELP OUR KIDS THAT RUN OFF, ESPECIALLY LIKE OUR SPECIAL ED STUDENTS OR OUR FOCUS STUDENTS.

I WAS NOT COMFORTABLE WITH NOT KNOWING WHERE THESE STUDENTS WERE ALL THE TIME, AND SO SOMETIMES IT TOOK US UP TO AN HOUR TO LOCATE THEM AGAIN.

AND I TOLD MY TEAM, WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN DO THIS BETTER.

UH, WE BEGAN LOOKING INTO THE BLOODHOUND, UM, OPPORTUNITY, AND WE FOUND A PROGRAM WHERE WE COULD GET THE DOGS ESSENTIALLY FOR FREE.

AND WE CAN GET THE TRAINING FOR FREE AS WELL.

MY NAME IS OFFICER SHORT.

THIS IS CANINE FUZE.

HE IS A TEN MONTH OLD BLOODHOUND.

SO WHAT HE'S DOING RIGHT NOW IS HE'S CASTING.

SO I'M MAKING A BIG CIRCLE AROUND OUR ITEM.

I CHOSE TO BE A CANINE HANDLER BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING FOR THE THE EXTRA MILE THAT I COULD GO HERE AT WORK TO HELP OTHERS.

I LOVE HELPING OUR COMMUNITY, AND I THOUGHT HAVING A BLOODHOUND WOULD BE A GREAT TIME.

YOU FOUND HER. YOU FOUND HER.

GOOD BOY.

YOU HAVE SOME RECOVERIES WHERE STUDENTS WERE FOUND 2 OR 3 BLOCKS AHEAD OF THE DOG.

BUT THE ONLY REASON WHY OFFICERS ARE LOOKING 2 OR 3 BLOCKS AHEAD WAS BECAUSE THE DOG WAS TRACKING IN THAT DIRECTION.

I'M OFFICER DANIEL MAGALLANES.

THIS IS MY CANINE BEAR.

SHE'S A SEARCH AND RESCUE BLOODHOUND AND SHE'S SEVEN MONTHS OLD.

NEED TO WORK. ARE YOU READY TO WORK? YEAH. YOU ARE.

SOMETIMES WE HEAR ABOUT, UH, LOVED ONES GOING MISSING.

UM, KIDS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, UM, OLDER PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA AND JUST BEING ABLE TO BE A PART OF TRYING TO HELP RECOVER THEM AND BRING THEM, RETURN THEM TO THEIR LOVED ONES IS SOMETHING I THOUGHT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO DO.

SIT. FIND THEM THERE.

FIND THEM. IT'S JUST REALLY HAVING A SENSE OF SECURITY AROUND THE THE CAMPUSES THAT HAVE STUDENTS THAT ARE LOW TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE MECHANISMS AVAILABLE TO THEM TO HELP FIND THOSE KIDDOS QUICKLY.

IT'S NOT JUST SPED STUDENTS THAT GO MISSING.

WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT CAN THAT CAN GO MISSING FROM THEIR HOME RUNAWAYS, AND WE ARE AVAILABLE TO THE LOCAL AGENCIES THAT RESPOND TO THE RUNAWAY, THE HOME OF THE RUNAWAY, WHERE WE CAN ALSO APPLY THOSE RESOURCES TO HELP TRACK THE DOG TRACK THE STUDENT FROM THEIR HOME.

WE ARE JUST RECOGNIZING TODAY HOW MUCH RETURN ON INVESTMENT WE'VE RECEIVED ALREADY, JUST IN A FEW MONTHS THAT WE'VE HAD THE DOGS, THAT WE ARE VERY HOPEFUL THAT DURING THE LIFE OF THESE DOGS, WE WILL SEE THE INVESTMENT RETURNED MANY TIMES OVER.

OKAY. YOU CAN'T STAND OVER IN THE CORNER WITH THOSE ADORABLE DOGS.

YOU HAVE TO COME UP SO WE CAN ALL SEE.

I WAS GOING TO SAY, DO WE NOT GET TO SHAKE THEIR HANDS? I KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHY WE HAD TO SIT DOWN EARLY.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THE HARD WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE PUT INTO THESE ANIMALS AND THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING.

OH SO PRECIOUS.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A SHORT RECESS WHILE WE CAN ALL PET THE DOGS.

NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO NOT REALLY GOING TO TAKE A RECESS, BUT I WILL LET THEM.

HI. HI.

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POINT. FAVORITE THING TO DO.

HI, CUTIE. HE SEES HIS BEST FRIEND AND HE'S LIKE, HOW ARE YOU? THAT'S SO CUTE.

THANK YOU ALL.

HI THERE. I JUST WANT TO PLAY WITH YOU.

LOOK AT YOU. DO IS SO CUTE.

OH, AND THANK YOU TO THE OFFICERS, TOO.

I MEAN, Y'ALL ARE CUTE, BUT YOUR DOGS ARE A LOT CUTER.

THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR SHOWING UP AND SHOWING OFF TONIGHT.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENT FOR TONIGHT, SO I DON'T HAVE A SPEECH TO READ.

[E. PUBLIC COMMENTS TO AGENDA ITEMS UNDER SECTIONS F, G, H, I AND L ONLY]

[F. THE BOARD WILL CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING: ELECTION OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES OFFICERS]

WE ARE ENTITLED TO GO INTO CLOSED.

UM, I DID NOT PUT IT ON THE AGENDA THIS YEAR, BUT, UM, DOES ANYBODY WANT TO GO INTO CLOSED PRIOR TO ELECTIONS? NOPE. ALL RIGHT.

UM, SO I HAVE A SCRIPT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UM, FOLLOW THIS ALONG THE WAY.

UM, TRUSTEES SUBMITTED AN EMAIL TO THE SUPERINTENDENT IF THEY WERE INTERESTED IN SERVING AS AN OFFICER.

UM, SO, BOARD MEMBERS, WE WILL TAKE OFFICER NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH PRESIDENT, FOLLOWED BY VICE PRESIDENT, THEN SECRETARY, PLEASE USE YOUR BUTTONS AND WAIT TO BE RECOGNIZED BEFORE MAKING A NOMINATION.

AND AS A REMINDER, YOU DON'T NEED TO BE RECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO SECOND IT.

THE BOARD WILL VOTE IN ORDER OF THE NOMINATIONS.

TRUSTEE WEIR THE THE THREE OF YOU THAT PUT YOUR NAMES IN DIDN'T SAY WHAT POSITION YOU WERE INTERESTED IN.

SO CAN WE MAYBE TAKE A MINUTE AND YOU CAN TELL US WHAT POSITION YOU WERE YOU HAD IN MIND? I DON'T. I JUST SAID I WAS WILLING TO SERVE.

I DON'T HAVE ANY.

SO JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THERE WERE THREE PEOPLE THAT PUT THEIR NAMES IN THAT WERE WILLING TO SERVE TRUSTEE, UM, HARRISON, TRUSTEE, MARKHAM AND MYSELF.

UM, SO I DON'T HAVE A PREFERENCE, BUT I WAS WILLING TO SERVE AGAIN.

UM, SO THAT WAS JUST MY THOUGHTS.

I'D LOVE TO REMAIN VICE PRESIDENT.

I'M WILLING TO SERVE AS SECRETARY.

ALL RIGHT. THEN I MOVE THAT WE NOMINATE AND ELECT, UM, AMBER LANDRUM AS PRESIDENT.

I SECOND. ALL RIGHT.

ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL NOMINATIONS? OKAY SEEING NONE, THEN, UM, TRUSTEE LANDRUM IS DECLARED PRESIDENT BY ACCLAMATION, SINCE THAT'S A CHANGE IN OUR BOARD POLICY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO NOW WE MOVE ON TO NOMINATIONS FOR VICE PRESIDENT.

DO I HAVE ANY MOTIONS? I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE TIFFANIE HARRISON I MOVE, I MOVE THAT WE NOMINATE AND ELECT TIFFANIE HARRISON FOR VICE PRESIDENT.

SECOND. ALL RIGHT, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE.

UM, NOMINATIONS FOR VICE PRESIDENT ARE CLOSED.

AND TRUSTEE HARRISON IS DECLARED VICE PRESIDENT BY ACCLAMATION.

CONGRATULATIONS. AND NOMINATIONS FOR SECRETARY.

DO I HAVE ANY MOTIONS? I MOVE THAT WE NOMINATE TRUSTEE ALICIA MARKHAM FOR BOARD SECRETARY SECOND.

ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO NO ONE ELSE TO BE NOMINATED.

SO, UM, THE NOMINATIONS ARE CLOSED, AND SINCE THERE'S NO VOTING TO BE DONE, TRUSTEE MARKHAM IS DECLARED SECRETARY BY ACCLAMATION.

CONGRATULATIONS. ALL RIGHT.

UM, SO THAT WAS FAST.

[G. SUPERINTENDENT REPORTS]

AND WHILE I PULL IT UP, LET ME JUST REMIND TRUSTEE MARKHAM THAT SHE SHOULD PULL OUT HER AGENDA AND START KEEPING THE TIME.

AND I THINK TRUSTEE WEIR WILL TRAIN YOU ON.

I ABSOLUTELY WILL HELP YOU, BUT I'M GOING TO BE GRATEFUL TO TURN IT OVER.

OUR NOVEMBER, OUR OVERALL NOVEMBER TIME TRACKER, WAS WE'RE NOT TO THE TIME TRACKER YET.

I THOUGHT WE WERE NO WE'RE SORRY GOAL PROGRESS MEASURES FOR LSC.

SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DOCTOR AZAIEZ TO START THAT OFF.

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THANK YOU. IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR.

UM, GOAL PROGRESS MEASURE UPDATE FOR STUDENT OUTCOMES.

BASED ON OUR CALENDAR, WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT 4.1, 4.2 AND 4.3.

AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS A NEW GOAL FOR US.

UM, THANKS TO OUR BOARD, THEY WANT US TO FOCUS MORE ON STUDENT WELL-BEING.

AND SO WE HAVE THE TEAM HERE.

I'M GOING TO LET I THINK, DOCTOR LEWIS, YOU'RE GOING TO START THE CONVERSATION.

AND SO WE SHARE WITH YOU SOME DATA ALREADY.

UM, AND BUT I WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO EXPAND ON IT AND OBVIOUSLY, UM, GIVE MORE DETAILS AND INFORMATION AND ANSWER ANY QUESTION THAT YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT GOAL NUMBER FOUR, DOCTOR LEWIS. THANK YOU.

SO, UM, GOOD EVENING.

WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING TO YOU SOME UPDATES FROM OUR BOARD GOAL.

UM, OUR CAMPUSES AND OUR DEPARTMENTS ARE VERY HARD AT WORK.

UM, AND WE WANT TO SHOWCASE SOME OF THE WORK THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING.

SO I'M NOT GOING TO SPEND MUCH TIME ON THIS SLIDE BECAUSE WE HAVE SHOWN THIS SLIDE TO YOU BEFORE.

BUT JUST AS A REMINDER, THIS IS A PANORAMA.

IT IS A RESEARCH BACKED TOOL THAT WE'RE USING TO TRACK OUR SENSE OF BELONGING, SELF EFFICACY AND STUDENT SENSE OF SAFETY ON THEIR CAMPUSES.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET TO THE DATA.

SO WE STARTED THIS SCHOOL YEAR WITH 54% OF OUR STUDENTS REPORTING THAT THEY HAD A POSITIVE SENSE OF WELL-BEING.

THIS INFORMATION WAS GATHERED FROM OUR STUDENTS IN THE SPRING OF 2023.

OUR DESIRE IS TO MOVE THIS NUMBER TO 57% BY THE END OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR, AND ULTIMATELY TO 65% BY 2026.

WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS THE OVERALL CHANGE FOR THE BOARD GOAL.

HOWEVER, ON SUBSEQUENT SLIDES, YOU WILL BEGIN TO SEE THE BREAKDOWN OF OUR GPMS. YOU SEE HERE THAT FROM SPRING 2023 TO FALL 2023, WE HAVE GROWN BY ONE PERCENTAGE POINT AS IT RELATES TO STUDENTS REPORTING A POSITIVE SENSE OF WELL-BEING.

AS IT STANDS, AT THE MOMENT, WE HAVE 55% OF OUR STUDENTS IN GRADES THREE THROUGH 12 REPORTING A FAVORABLE SENSE OF WELL-BEING WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS.

THIS SLIDE GIVES YOU THE DETAILS OF GPM 4.1, WHICH HAS A FOCUS ON STUDENTS SENSE OF BELONGING.

AS A REMINDER, WHILE WE DO ASK THE TEACHERS IN PRE-K THROUGH SECOND TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON BEHALF OF THEIR STUDENTS, OUR GOAL IS WRITTEN AROUND STUDENT RESPONSES.

SO YOU WILL ONLY SEE THE RESULTS FOR GRADES THREE THROUGH 12.

YOU WILL SEE THAT WE HAVE ALREADY MET OUR GOAL FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR, WITH 51% OF OUR STUDENTS REPORTING A POSITIVE SENSE OF BELONGING FROM THE 48% IN SPRING OF 2023 TO THE 51% THIS FALL.

THIS SHOWS THAT OUR CAMPUSES ARE BEING INTENTIONAL WITH CONNECTING WITH THEIR STUDENTS AND HELPING TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE STUDENTS CAN FEEL AS IF THEY ARE TRULY BELONGING. WE HAVE STUDENTS TAKE THE SURVEY AGAIN IN THE SPRING, AND WE HOPE TO SEE THAT CAMPUSES ARE ABLE TO AT LEAST MAINTAIN THIS GROWTH, BUT WE HOPEFULLY WILL SEE STUDENTS FEELING EVEN MORE CONNECTED.

WE KNOW THAT THE SPRING CAN BE A DIFFICULT TIME FOR OUR STUDENTS, SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR CAMPUSES TO DETERMINE HOW TO BEST INTENTIONALLY ADDRESS STUDENTS NEEDS AS THE YEAR PROCEEDS ALONG.

WE WANTED TO SHOW YOU HOW THE VARYING LEVELS ARE DOING WITH ADDRESSING SENSE OF BELONGING.

SO WE HAVE TEASED OUT ELEMENTARY STUDENTS FROM THE SECONDARY STUDENTS, YOU WILL SEE THAT OUR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS STARTED WITH A HIGHER SENSE OF BELONGING AND ARE NOW AT 68% OF STUDENTS REPORTING FEELING CONNECTED.

THE PERCENTAGE IS WELL ABOVE OUR NATIONAL AVERAGE.

YOU WILL ALSO SEE THAT OUR SECONDARY STUDENTS, AND THIS DOES ENCOMPASS SIXTH THROUGH 12TH GRADE, ARE BEHIND THE NATIONAL AVERAGE, WITH 43% OF STUDENTS FEELING CONNECTED. TO GIVE A BIT MORE EXPLANATION TO THIS SLIDE, YOU WILL SEE THAT SECONDARY STUDENTS WERE REPORTING AT 43% IN THE FALL OF 2022.

THIS WAS A PILOT FOR THE SURVEY AND DID NOT ENCOMPASS SIXTH THROUGH 12TH GRADE STUDENTS OR EVEN ALL OF OUR SECONDARY CAMPUSES.

WE DID NOT HAVE HIGH SCHOOLS INCLUDED IN THIS PILOT.

IN THE SPRING OF 2023, WE LAUNCHED DISTRICT WIDE, BUT WE DID NOT INCLUDE OUR SENIORS, AND WE WERE MADE AWARE AFTER THE SURVEY WERE TAKEN THAT SOME OF OUR SECONDARY CAMPUSES DID NOT PARTICIPATE. OUR SECONDARY STUDENTS ARE REPORTING MUCH LOWER THAN OUR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS IN SENSE OF BELONGING, IT IS COMMON ACROSS THE NATION TO SEE A SLIGHT DECREASE IN SENSE OF BELONGING AS STUDENTS GET OLDER.

AS A DISTRICT, OUR STUDENTS FOLLOW THIS TREND.

HOWEVER, OUR SECONDARY STUDENTS ARE REPORTING AN OVERALL PERCENTAGE THAT IS LESS THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.

IN PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS AND IN THE SLIDES PRIOR, WE SHOWED YOU THAT THE INFORMATION THAT PANORAMA PROVIDES TO US SHOWS THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS THAT REPORTS FAVORABLY.

AS WE'VE LEARNED MORE ABOUT HOW THE REPORTING IS DONE, WE REALIZE THAT THE PERCENTAGE DOES NOT SHOW THE VARYING LEVELS OF CONNECTEDNESS THAT STUDENTS ARE REPORTING.

WHILE WE DON'T GET A DISTRIBUTION LIKE YOU SEE HERE FOR THE DISTRICT, EACH CAMPUS DOES RECEIVE THIS DISTRIBUTION.

THIS I'M SORRY, THIS DISTRIBUTION IS DONE BY QUESTION.

YOU WILL SEE THE ANSWER DISTRIBUTION RANGE FROM COMPLETELY BELONGING TO NOT BELONGING AT ALL.

YOU WILL SEE THAT THESE PERCENTAGES IN THE GREEN FOR FALL 2023 MAKE UP THE 55% RESPONDING FAVORABLY TO THE QUESTION, WHICH IS 5% POINTS HIGHER THAN THE SPRING FOR THE SAME QUESTION.

THIS DOES NOT ACCOUNT FOR THE 30% OF STUDENTS.

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WE WANTED TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH YOU SO THAT YOU HAVE A MORE HOLISTIC PICTURE OF HOW STUDENTS ARE REPORTING.

SO IF WE GO BACK TO SLIDE, UM, SORRY, IF WE GO BACK TO THE SIX TO 12TH REPORTING ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, THIS ONLY SHOWS THAT 43% OF OUR STUDENTS FEEL AS IF THEY BELONG COMPLETELY OR QUITE A BIT, AND IT DOESN'T REPRESENT THOSE STUDENTS THAT FEEL AS IF THEY BELONG SOMEWHAT OR A LITTLE BIT.

TO GET THESE PERCENTAGES, WE WOULD HAVE TO VIEW EACH CAMPUS INDEPENDENTLY AND LOOK AT EACH QUESTION AS RELATED TO SENSE OF BELONGING.

SO AGAIN, WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU THE BREAKDOWN SO THAT YOU SEE THAT THE NUMBERS THAT WE PRESENT OVERALL SHOW YOU THE NUMBERS THAT ARE REPRESENTED THERE IN THE GREEN FOR THE ENTIRE DISTRICT.

BUT WE DO KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME STUDENTS THAT ARE REPORTING TO US THAT THEY FEEL AS IF THEY BELONG SOMEWHAT.

UM, AND WE ALSO HAVE STUDENTS THAT SHOW THAT THEY BELONG A LITTLE BIT, BUT THOSE DO NOT SHOW UP IN OUR OVERALL PERCENTAGES.

YOU'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. THANK YOU.

TO ADDRESS STUDENTS SENSE OF BELONGING.

THERE HAS BEEN TARGETED TRAINING WITH CAMPUSES STARTING IN THE SUMMER.

WE PROVIDED TRAINING FOR OUR PRINCIPALS AROUND ANALYZING DATA, AND THIS TRAINING HAS CONTINUED WITH OUR PRINCIPALS AND OTHER GROUPS ON OUR CAMPUSES.

THERE HAS BEEN EVEN MORE TARGETED WORK WITH OUR CARE TEAM CAMPUSES AND CARE IS OUR MTS FOR BEHAVIOR.

SO HOW DO WE SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS IN MOVING FORWARD AND DECREASING SOME BEHAVIORS THAT WE FIND LESS DESIRABLE DESIRABLE FOR THESE CAMPUSES? WE STRATEGICALLY TRAIN AND MEET WITH IDENTIFIED CAMPUS STAFF TO DEVELOP PLANS AROUND BUILDING CONNECTIONS WITH STUDENTS.

EXPLICIT SOCIAL EMOTIONAL INSTRUCTIONS, PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH INTENTIONAL FEEDBACK ON BEHAVIOR, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND CORRECTION PROCEDURES.

WE COACH AND MONITOR WITH FIDELITY AROUND THESE PROCESSES FOR OUR CAMPUSES FOR SENSE OF BELONGING.

YOU REMEMBER THIS SLIDE FROM SLIDE FOUR THAT AS A DISTRICT, WE'VE INCREASED FROM 48% TO 51% FROM SPRING OF 2023 TO THE FALL.

WHEN LOOKING AT GROWTH BY CAMPUSES, OUR AVERAGE GAIN FOR THAT TIME WAS AN INCREASE OF 6.7% FOR OUR CAMPUSES PARTICIPATING IN CARE, WE SAW AN AVERAGE GROWTH OF OVER 11%. WE WANTED MORE INSIGHT INTO WHAT OUR CAMPUSES WERE DOING, SO WE ASKED OUR CAMPUSES WITH THE HIGHEST GAINS IN THE TOPIC OF SENSE OF BELONGING, WHAT HAS PROVEN EFFECTIVE FOR THEM THIS SCHOOL YEAR? THEIR RESPONSES INCLUDED HAVING COMMUNITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES SUCH AS SPIRIT NIGHTS, SCHOOL CLUBS AND ASSEMBLIES.

OTHER CAMPUSES HAVE SPOKEN WITH STUDENTS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT STUDENT PERCEPTIONS AND INCREASE SKILLS IN THIS AREA, AS WELL AS HAVING STAFF GREET STUDENTS AT THE DOOR, AND THIS INCLUDES WHEN THEY'RE WALKING INTO THE BUILDING OR WHEN THEY'RE WALKING INTO THE CLASSROOM.

OTHER TEAMS CITED AN INTENTIONAL TIME ALLOTTED FOR PD AROUND SCHOOL ROUTINES AND BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS, INCREASED IMPLEMENTATION, AND FIDELITY OF SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING STRATEGIES FOR STUDENTS AND THEIR CARE TEAM.

PROCESS. WE KNOW THAT STRATEGIES ARE ONLY AS EFFECTIVE AS THE IMPLEMENTATION.

SO WE WANT OUR CAMPUSES TO BE INTENTIONAL WITH THEIR WORK AND TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE IMPLEMENTING STRATEGIES WITH FIDELITY.

SO EVEN FOR OUR CAMPUSES THAT ARE NOT PARTICIPATING IN CARE, THERE HAS BEEN NUMEROUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS PROVIDED TO THEIR STAFF.

AT OUR LAST PRESENTATION, WE MENTIONED THAT WE WOULD BE DOING FOCUS GROUP WITH OUR SECONDARY STUDENTS.

WE HAVE DONE THIS FOR ALL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, INCLUDING SUCCESS EARLY COLLEGE AS WELL AS THE ROC, AND WE'VE CONDUCTED FOCUS GROUPS IN ONE MIDDLE SCHOOL, PER VLC.

AFTER LOOKING AT STUDENT RESPONSES, WE SHARED THE INFORMATION WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE PRINCIPALS AND THEIR CAMPUS STAFF, AND THEY HAVE BEEN SHOWN HOW TO IDENTIFY STRATEGIES WITHIN PANORAMA TO IMPLEMENT SPECIFIC NEEDS.

YOU WILL SEE. HERE ARE THE QUESTIONS THAT WE WERE ASKING OUR STUDENTS FOR OUR FOCUS GROUP.

IF YOU'LL GO BACK JUST SO THEY CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE.

SO THESE, AGAIN ARE THE QUESTIONS THAT WE ASK OUR STUDENTS IN OUR FOCUS GROUP.

AND WE ASK THE SIMILAR QUESTIONS TO OUR OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS AS WELL.

ON THIS NEXT SLIDE, UM, YOU WILL SEE A FEW GLOWS AND GROWS THAT OUR STUDENTS FROM OUR HIGH SCHOOL FOCUS GROUP PROVIDED TO US AT THE TIME THIS PRESENTATION WAS SUBMITTED, WE WERE STILL IN THE MIDST OF CONDUCTING OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL FOCUS GROUPS, BUT THEIR RESPONSES WERE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE SAW WITH OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

YOU WILL SEE THAT OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FELT AS THOUGH THEY HAD STRONG CONNECTIONS WITH THEIR FRIENDS, AND THAT CAMPUSES PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO BE CONNECTED TO PEERS THROUGH CLUBS AND CLASSES.

BUT THEIR BIGGEST DESIRE FOR GROWTH WAS INTENTIONAL TIME TO CONNECT WITH THEIR TEACHERS AND TO CONNECT WITH PEERS THAT THEY WOULD NORMALLY NOT HANG OUT WITH.

ALL RIGHT. I'M NOW GOING TO MOVE ON TO GO PROGRESS MEASURE 4.2 WHICH IS SCHOOL SAFETY STUDENT SAFETY AT SCHOOL.

OUR CURRENT GOAL FOR GRADES THREE THROUGH 12 IS TO INCREASE THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS WHO RESPOND FAVORABLY ON SAFETY AT SCHOOL, FROM OUR BASELINE OF 60% IN SPRING 2023 TO 71% BY 2026.

OUR END OF YEAR CURRENT GOAL IS TO INCREASE TO 63%.

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OVERALL, WE INCREASED TWO PERCENTAGE POINTS IN THIS TOPIC FROM THE INITIAL BASELINE.

IN ADDITION, WE SAW GROWTH IN STUDENTS PERCEPTION OF SAFETY AT SCHOOL IN ALL OF OUR DEMOGRAPHIC CATEGORIES MEASURED.

WELL, NOW LOOK AT THIS GIRL.

GIRL BROKEN DOWN INTO THE GRAY BAND.

STARTING WITH GRADE THREE THROUGH FIVE IN SPRING 2023, OUR STUDENTS IN THIS GRADE BAND REPORTED A FAVORABILITY RATING IN THIS TOPIC OF 68%. UM, PLEASE NOTE THAT FOR SAFETY AT SCHOOL, WE DON'T COMPARE TO NATIONAL NORMS BECAUSE WE, UM, CUSTOMIZE THE QUESTIONS TO MEET OUR NEEDS.

SO FOR OUR FALL DATA POINT, WE INCREASED 1% ON THIS GRADE BAND.

ALL RIGHT. AND WE'LL AGAIN DO THE BREAKDOWN INTO THE QUESTIONS SCORING AS WE DID EARLIER FOR SENSE OF BELONGING.

SO YOU'LL SEE THE QUESTIONS IN THIS TOPIC LISTED ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN.

AND WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS IN ON QUESTION NUMBER SIX WHICH IS IF A STUDENT IS BULLIED AT SCHOOL, HOW DIFFICULT IS IT FOR HIM OR HER TO GET HELP FROM AN ADULT? FOR THIS QUESTION, OUR OVERALL FAVORABILITY SCORE WAS 67% IN THE FALL OF 2023.

THIS SCORE REPRESENTS THE TOP TWO ANSWER CATEGORIES IN GREEN OF NOT AT ALL DIFFICULT OR SLIGHTLY DIFFICULT.

WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE MIDDLE CATEGORY SOMEWHAT DIFFICULT ON THE GIVEN SCALE, YOU'LL SEE AN ADDITIONAL 17% OF STUDENTS RESPONDED IN THAT MANNER.

THIS SHOWS THAT ONLY 16% OF OUR STUDENTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT RESPONDED IN THOSE BOTTOM TWO CATEGORIES, THAT IT WAS QUITE OR EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO GET HELP FROM ADULT WHEN BEING BULLIED.

ALL RIGHT. THIS NEXT SLIDE IS THE BREAKDOWN OF THE GREAT BAND SIX THROUGH 12 FOR FALL OF 23.

OUR GOAL FOR THIS COHORT IS TO INCREASE STUDENTS RESPONDING FAVORABLY FROM THE BASELINE OF 56 TO 59 BY END OF YEAR.

AS OF NOW, WE ARE AT 58%.

SO WE HAVE ONE MORE POINT TO GAIN TO MEET OUR GOAL FOR END OF YEAR.

ALL RIGHT. OUR STRATEGIES FOR THIS PARTICULAR TOPIC ARE CENTERED AROUND THE TOPIC OF BULLYING.

OUR COUNSELOR SPECIFICALLY SUPPORTS STUDENTS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED BULLYING IN ADDITION TO WORKING WITH THE STUDENT OR STUDENTS ENGAGING IN THE BULLYING TO PREVENT FUTURE OCCURRENCES, OUR DISTRICT COUNSELING TEAM HAS PROVIDED COUNSELORS WITH BULLYING PREVENTION LESSONS.

THESE LESSONS CAN BE UTILIZED SCHOOL WIDE AND CLASSROOMS FOR SMALL GROUPS AND OR WITH INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS, DEPENDING ON THE IDENTIFIED STUDENT NEEDS.

BULLYING AWARENESS KITS HAVE BEEN MADE AVAILABLE TO ALL ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES TO SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS THIS TOPIC IN A STRUCTURED WAY, THROUGH CLASSROOM LESSONS AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL, OUR EXPLICIT SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING CURRICULUM SECOND STEP INCLUDES AN ENTIRE UNIT TO ADDRESS THE TOPIC OF BULLYING.

ALL OF THESE RESOURCES INCLUDE INCLUDE GUIDANCE FOR TEACHERS AND STAFF, AS WELL AS INTERACTIVE CONTENT FOR STUDENTS.

IN ADDITION, MOST OF OUR SCHOOLS PARTICIPATE IN RESTORATIVE PRACTICES TO DEVELOP A MORE INCLUSIVE AND CONNECTED SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT.

ADDITIONAL LESSONS AND SUPPORTS.

SOME EXAMPLES YOU CAN SEE HERE ARE PROVIDED THROUGH THE PANORAMA PLATFORM.

THESE ARE TARGETED AT ALL LEVELS OF STUDENTS AND SUPPORT FROM CAMPUS WIDE CLASSROOM, SMALL GROUP OR INDIVIDUAL.

IN ADDITION, PANORAMA CONTENT COVERS THE DEVELOPMENTAL LEVELS APPROPRIATE FOR EACH OF OUR AGE GROUPS, WHETHER THEY'RE IN PRE-K ALL THE WAY TO 12TH GRADE. SO NOW WE TURN OUR FOCUS TO STUDENT SELF-EFFICACY.

FOR ALL STUDENTS GRADES THREE THROUGH 12, WE SHOW A SLIGHT DECLINE IN STUDENTS RESPONDING FAVORABLY TO QUESTIONS RELATED TO SELF-EFFICACY.

WE HAVE A FALL PERCENTAGE OF 52%, AND OUR TARGET GOAL FOR THE YEAR IS 56%.

WE'VE HEARD FROM CAMPUSES THAT PRINCIPALS DON'T KNOW IF STUDENTS FULLY UNDERSTAND THE QUESTIONS.

SO FOR OUR NEXT SURVEY, WE HAVE GATHERED A TEAM THAT IS GOING TO BE WORKING THROUGH CREATING VIDEOS FOR OUR STUDENTS TO HELP EXPLAIN THOSE QUESTIONS.

AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE DO HAVE SOME STUDENTS THAT FIRST LANGUAGE IS NOT ENGLISH.

SO WE WILL HAVE THOSE VIDEOS IN SPANISH AS WELL.

AND THEN FOR OUR EMERGENT READERS AND LANGUAGE SPEAKERS, WE ARE INCLUDING PICTURES THAT CORRELATE WITH THE LANGUAGE IN THE SLIDES AS WELL, TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND THE QUESTIONS A LITTLE BIT BETTER. UM, ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE SOME INTENTIONAL WORK THAT OUR COUNSELORS ARE DOING RELATED TO SELF-EFFICACY SO THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AS WELL.

SO AS I MENTIONED, WE DECLINED SLIGHTLY IN OUR FAVORABLE RESPONSE TO SELF EFFICACY.

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WE WENT FROM 64% IN THE SPRING TO 61% IN THE FALL.

WE DO WONDER IF THIS IS A NATURAL DECLINE SINCE WHEN THIS SURVEY WAS GIVEN.

IN THE FALL, STUDENTS WERE SETTLING IN INTO A NEW CLASSROOM WITH A NEW TEACHER FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS OVER OUR FUTURE SURVEYS TO HELP US FORMULATE MORE RATIONALE.

IF WE DO CONTINUE TO SEE THIS DECLINE FROM SPRING TO FALL WITH OUR 61% FAVORABLE, WE ARE STILL ABOVE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR OUR GRADES THREE THROUGH FIVE.

SO EARLIER I SHOWED YOU A BREAKDOWN FOR SENSE OF BELONGING WITH OUR SECONDARY STUDENTS.

SO HERE I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH OUR STUDENTS IN GRADES THREE THROUGH FIVE RELATED TO SELF-EFFICACY.

THE RESULTS SHOWN HERE ARE FOR THE QUESTION HOW? HOW SURE ARE YOU THAT YOU CAN LEARN ALL TOPICS TAUGHT IN YOUR CLASS? THESE RESULTS ARE SPECIFIC TO THIS QUESTION AND TO THE CAMPUS FOR THIS INFORMATION WAS PULLED.

SO GOING BACK TO WHAT I SAID EARLIER AND THESE WERE THE QUESTIONS THAT OUR STUDENTS WERE ASKED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

SO WE DO THINK SOME OF OUR DECLINE IS RELATED TO HOW COMFORTABLE THEY FELT BEING IN A NEW GRADE WITH A NEW TEACHER.

YOU WILL SEE HERE IN OUR SLIDE THAT 72% OF OUR STUDENTS IN THE FALL REPORTED THAT THEY ARE EITHER QUITE SURE OR EXTREMELY SURE THAT THEY CAN LEARN ALL THE TOPICS TAUGHT IN THEIR CLASS. THIS IS A 3% DROP FROM THE SPRING, BUT AGAIN, THESE STUDENTS ARE SURVEYING AT THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AND THIS MAY IMPACT SOME OF WHAT THEY ANSWER.

IF YOU NOTICE THE THREE RED BOXES IN THE FALL WINDOW, YOU WILL SEE THAT AS THE RESPONSES BECOME MORE FAVORABLE, THERE IS A SLIGHT INCREASE FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

YOU WILL SEE THAT MORE STUDENTS RESPONDED SOMEWHAT SURE, WHICH DECREASED THOSE RESPONDING SLIGHTLY SHORT.

AN INCREASE IN MORE FAVORABLE RESPONSES IS THE TREND WE WANT TO SEE FOR ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS AND STUDENT RESPONSES THROUGHOUT EACH OF OUR CAMPUSES.

NOT TO LEAVE OUT OUR STUDENTS AND SECONDARY, YOU WILL SEE THAT THEY ARE MAINTAINING A 48% FROM SPRING TO FALL.

THIS IS STILL BELOW OUR NATIONAL AVERAGE, BUT IT IS ONLY TWO PERCENTAGE POINTS AWAY FROM OUR END OF THE YEAR GOAL.

NOW LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT OUR ACTION PLAN FOR ADDRESSING STUDENTS AND THEIR SELF-EFFICACY.

WE WANTED TO INTENTIONALLY FOCUS ON SELF-EFFICACY AS IT RELATES TO SOME OF OUR OTHER BOARD GOALS.

SO FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS, WE HAD OUR COUNSELORS LOOK AT THE PANORAMA DATA FOR OUR STUDENTS AS WELL AS THE EARLY LITERACY DATA.

THE ELEMENTARY COUNSELORS CROSS REFERENCE STUDENTS THAT SCORED UNFAVORABLE IN SELF-EFFICACY, AND THOSE STUDENTS THAT SHOWED A NEED TO IMPROVE THEIR EARLY LITERACY SKILLS. THE COUNSELORS ARE WORKING SPECIFICALLY WITH THESE STUDENTS WITHIN THAT GROUP TO HELP IMPROVE THEIR SELF-EFFICACY, AND THEY'RE DOING SO IN MULTIPLE DIFFERENT WAYS.

FOR SOME, THIS IS PAIRING STUDENTS WITHIN THAT GROUP WITH HIGH SCHOOL MENTORS, WHICH ARE CALLED PALS.

AND FOR CAMPUSES WHERE PALS ARE NOT PRESENT, OUR COUNSELORS ARE PAIRING OUR STUDENTS WITH STUDENTS IN FIFTH GRADE TO HELP THEM INCREASE THEIR LITERACY SKILLS.

AND THEN FOR OTHERS, THEY'RE HELPING THEIR STUDENTS TO UNDERSTAND THEIR STRENGTHS THAT THEY MAY HAVE IN OTHER AREAS THAT THEY CAN MOVE INTO THEIR EARLY LITERACY NEEDS.

FOR OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, THE COUNSELORS ARE DOING VERY SIMILAR WORK, BUT THEIR FOCUS IS ON BUILDING MATH SKILLS TO HELP SUPPORT THE BOARD GOAL RELATED TO MATH ACHIEVEMENT. WE KNOW THAT HOW A STUDENT FEELS ABOUT THEMSELVES IS IMPACTED BY MANY FACTORS, SO HOW THEY RESPOND ON A SURVEY RELATED TO SELF-EFFICACY CAN BE IMPACTED BY WHAT IS HAPPENING AROUND THEM THAT DAY.

HOWEVER, WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT THE STUDENTS HAVE AS MANY TOOLS AS POSSIBLE TO PULL THEIR FROM THEIR TOOL BELT SO THAT THEY CAN FEEL A STRONG SENSE OF BELONGING AND A STRONG SENSE OF SELF-EFFICACY.

THERE ARE RESEARCH BACKED LESSONS WITHIN PANORAMA THAT CAMPUSES CAN USE.

THE STAFF CAN USE IN THEIR CLASSROOMS SO THAT THE CAMPUS CAN USE AS A SCHOOL WIDE ACTIVITY, BUT ALSO THAT CAMPUS COUNSELORS CAN USE IN SMALL GROUPS.

TO CLOSE OUT THE PRESENTATION.

WE WANTED TO LEAVE YOU WITH THIS INFORMATION.

AGAIN, THIS IS A SLIDE THAT YOU MAY HAVE SEEN MULTIPLE TIMES BEFORE.

UM, BUT WE WANTED TO POINT OUT THERE HAS BEEN A CHANGE TO THE SPRING WINDOW.

AFTER TALKING WITH OUR CAMPUS PRINCIPALS AND OUR COUNSELORS, WE REALIZED THAT WE NEED MORE TIME FOR THE CAMPUSES TO IMPACT CHANGE.

THE FALL DATA WAS PROVIDED TO OUR COUNSELORS.

I'M SORRY, TO OUR CAMPUSES IN MID-OCTOBER, WITH ADDITIONAL TRAINING ON HOW TO ANALYZE THE DATA THROUGHOUT THE REMAINING MONTH OF OCTOBER AND INTO NOVEMBER.

RECOGNIZING THAT WITH OUR ORIGINAL WINDOW IN FEBRUARY AND TAKING AWAY MULTIPLE DATES IN THE FALL FOR TESTING AND HOLIDAY BREAKS, WE NEED TO PROVIDE MORE TIME FOR OUR CAMPUSES TO WORK DIRECTLY AND INTENTIONALLY WITH OUR STUDENTS.

OUR NEW DATE WILL BE MARCH 25TH THROUGH APRIL 5TH.

UM, FOR THE SURVEY WINDOW AND FEBRUARY 20TH THROUGH MARCH 8TH FOR OUR PARENT OPT OUT WINDOWS.

AS A REMINDER, THOSE PARENTS THAT OPTED THEIR STUDENTS OUT IN THE FALL WILL NOT NEED TO COMPETE OR COMPLETE A NEW FORM FOR THEIR STUDENTS IN THE SPRING.

UM, THIS DATE, THIS NEW DATE THAT WE HAVE DOES ALIGN WITH OUR SPRING WINDOW FROM FALL OR SPRING OF 2022 AS WELL.

AND SO WE LEAVE THAT WITH YOU AND WE WILL OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS.

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TRUSTEES. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I DON'T HAVE ANY LIGHTS ON.

I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.

THEN. UM, FIRST WAS THE FEEDBACK THAT STUDENTS ARE NOT UNDERSTANDING SOME OF THE QUESTIONS ON THE SECURITY.

I THINK IT WAS SLIDE 17.

UM. IS PANORAMA AWARE OF THAT FEEDBACK? AND HAVE THEY EXPERIENCED THAT BEFORE AND DO THEY HAVE RESOURCES THAT ALSO SUPPORT IT? I LOVE THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING VIDEOS, BUT IS THERE ALSO SOME SUPPORT FROM PANORAMA IN THAT AREA? DO YOU WANT ME TO ANSWER? UM, THEY THEY HAVE LESSONS THAT ARE DESIGNED TO PREPARE THE STUDENTS FOR IT.

SO IT BREAKS DOWN LIKE WHAT IS SOMEWHAT MEAN? WHAT DOES? SOMEWHAT LIKELY, OR JUST ALL THOSE DIFFERENT ANSWER CHOICES MEAN.

AND HOW HOW DO YOU INTERPRET THAT? SO WE'RE GOING TO BE REALLY INTENTIONAL WITH OUR VIDEO WITH SENDING OUT THOSE PREPARED LESSONS.

WE'VE SENT THEM OUT BEFORE, BUT JUST MAKING SURE EVERYONE'S REALLY USING THOSE TO PREP THE STUDENTS AS WELL AS SOME OF THE LANGUAGE LIKE CONSIDERABLY AND DIFFERENT TERMS LIKE THAT, THAT CAN AND EVEN RESPECT THAT'S A, YOU KNOW, A CONCEPT THAT WE EACH HAVE A DEFINITION OF, BUT REALLY BRINGING THAT TO THE FOREFRONT AND HOW TO CONSIDER WHEN YOU'RE ASKED THIS PARTICULAR QUESTION.

SO WE'RE DOING SOME INTENTIONAL WORK AROUND THAT.

BUT THEY DO HAVE RESOURCES WE CAN USE.

AND I'LL ADD, WE ARE USING SOME OF THOSE RESOURCES TO HELP BUILD THE VIDEOS.

BUT WE FELT LIKE IF WE HAD A VIDEO THAT THE TEACHERS COULD ACTUALLY PLAY DURING THE TIME THAT THE STUDENTS ARE TAKING THE SURVEY AND TAKE THAT ONUS OFF OF THE TEACHER TO HAVE TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON AND HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY READY MADE FOR THEM WHEN THEIR TIME, WHEN IT'S TIME TO TAKE THE SURVEY.

GREAT. THANK YOU FOR THE FEEDBACK.

AND I JUST HAD ONE MORE COMMENT WAS I ATTENDED SOME MEETINGS WITH THE COMMUNITY, UM, LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, AND IT'S STILL A THEME.

AND JUST AS A REMINDER, THIS IS THE BOARD GOAL THAT CAME STRAIGHT OUT OF OUR COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND INTEREST SURVEYS.

AND IN THOSE COMMUNITY MEETINGS THAT I WAS IN THE STUDENT WELL-BEING AND INCLUDED IN THIS SOCIO EMOTIONAL LANGUAGE, UM, WELL-BEING, YOU KNOW, INCLUSIVENESS, ALL OF THAT IS STILL VERY MUCH A THEME WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT I WAS INTERACTING WITH.

SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE, UM, THE CHANGE THAT THIS COULD HAVE ON OUR DISTRICT.

SO I APPRECIATE YOU, UM, IMPLEMENTING THIS BOARD AND COMMUNITY PRIORITY.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER? ALL RIGHT, I HAVE NOTHING, NO OTHER LIGHTS ON.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT.

ALL RIGHT, WHILE WE'RE SWITCHING OUT PRESENTERS, OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM G TWO FACILITIES ASSESSMENT AND MASTER PLAN UPDATES.

AND, UM, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO, UH, DOCTOR AZAIEZ.

GOOD EVENING AGAIN.

UM, I JUST A QUICK REMINDER TO OUR BOARD MEMBERS AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY, UH, WE'VE BEEN ENGAGING, UH, WORKING WITH, UH, HPM TO DO OUR FACILITY ASSESSMENT.

THEY ALSO DID, UH, COMPLETED EDUCATION SPECIFICATION, AND OUR BOARD APPROVED THAT, UH, A FEW, I GUESS FEW BOARD MEETINGS AGO.

AND THEN THE NEXT THING IS FOR THEM TO, UH, THEY ARE ACTUALLY WORKING ON THE ADEQUACY STUDY AND ALSO STARTING THE FACILITY MASTER PLAN.

AND SO, UM, WE WANTED TO PROVIDE UPDATES TO OUR BOARD MEMBERS, FIRST OF ALL, BUT ALSO THE COMMUNITY WHERE WE'RE AT AND WITH THE WORK THAT WE ARE BEEN ENGAGED AGAIN WITH HPM TO CONDUCT WITH US. SO I DON'T KNOW IF DENNIS, IF YOU WANT TO KICK IT OFF.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT.

TONIGHT WE HAVE WITH US TRACY RICHTER.

HE IS THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR PLANNING SERVICES FOR HPM.

AND HE'S GOING TO WALK US THROUGH OUR FACILITY MASTER PLAN UPDATE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. DENNIS. DOCTOR AZAIEZ AND THE BOARD.

THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME PRESENT TONIGHT.

I'LL BE BRIEF AS I CAN BE.

I KNOW YOU GOT A LOT ON YOUR AGENDA, SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON, YOU KNOW, COMPREHENSIVE FACILITIES PLANNING AS YOU ARE WRAPPING UP YOUR LAST BOND PROGRAM.

AND AS YOU ENTER INTO A NEW PHASE OF WHAT YOUR BUILDINGS ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN THE NEXT FIVE, 10 OR 15 YEARS.

UM, YOU KNOW, GOING INTO, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE LONG RANGE FACILITY MASTER PLAN IS VERSUS WHAT IT'S NOT.

FIRST OF ALL, UM, YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, IT'S A LIVING DOCUMENT THAT'S GOING TO TO IDENTIFY YOUR FACILITY NEEDS COMPREHENSIVELY OVER TIME.

UM, IT'S NOT JUST A SIMPLE.

AND AS YOU GO, IT'S NOT JUST A CAPITAL BOND PROGRAM, WHICH IS A PRIORITY OF YOUR FACILITY NEEDS AND THE ABILITY TO FUND THOSE.

IT IS REALLY A LOOK FROM A LOT OF DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES OF HOW YOUR FACILITIES ARE SERVING YOUR STUDENTS IN THE FUTURE, TODAY AND IN THE FUTURE.

UM, IT DOES ALIGN WITH YOUR IT HAS TO ALIGN WITH YOUR MISSION AND GOALS.

WE BELIEVE THAT TO OUR CORE.

UM, IF IT DOESN'T ALIGN, THEN FACILITY PLANS FALL SHORT.

AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY SUPPORT ALL THE GOALS FOR STUDENT OUTCOMES AND SAFE AND SECURE ENVIRONMENTS FOR YOUR STUDENTS.

UM, IT IS A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND ROUND ROCK ISD.

UM, WE BELIEVE AS YOU DO, IT'S IT'S FULL OF TRANSPARENCY.

IT NEEDS TO INCLUDE COMMUNITY INPUT.

UM, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FACILITIES AND HOW YOUR COMMUNITIES USE THOSE FACILITIES, WE BELIEVE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW AND THEY SHOULD SEE DATA BEHIND THAT.

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AND SO THERE'S A LIST OF THINGS THAT GO THERE.

BUT WHAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OF IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A DIFFERENCE.

AND I KNOW IN THE STATE OF TEXAS IS, IS IS A LOT DIFFERENT THAN A LOT OF PLACES IN THE COUNTRY.

AND I GET THAT. UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING AS A BOND PLAN.

AND FIRST OF ALL, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE DOING.

WE'RE ACTUALLY COMPLETING A COMPREHENSIVE FACILITIES MASTER PLAN THAT WHEN YOU DECIDE, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE.

WHEN YOU DECIDE THAT YOUR NEXT BOND PROGRAM IS APPROPRIATE FOR ROUND ROCK.

UM, YOU'LL BE PREPARED FROM A COMPREHENSIVE VIEW ABOUT A PRIORITIZED LIST THAT YOU'LL GO THROUGH IN A PROCESS AS YOU MOVE TOWARD THAT.

SO IT IS.

IT IS A STEP BY STEP, AN ITERATIVE STEP.

I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THE ITERATION OF A FACILITIES MASTER PLAN THAT YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH A FIRST PHASE OF DISCOVERY.

AND I THINK THAT FIRST PHASE OF DISCOVERY AND I'VE AND I'VE USED THIS, THIS STOOL ANALOGY FOR, I DON'T KNOW, 20 OF THE 25 YEARS I'VE BEEN DOING THIS.

UM, BUT I DO BELIEVE IT REALLY GIVES A A GOOD PICTURE OF HOW FACILITIES SHOULD BE APPROACHED.

UM, FROM A DISTRICT WIDE PERSPECTIVE, YOU KNOW, AS IF YOU SEE FACILITIES THAT SIT ON A FOUR LEGGED STOOL.

YOU KNOW, WE APPROACH IT FROM BOTH AN EDUCATIONAL FRAMEWORK AND THE EDUCATIONAL FRAMEWORK BEING HOW YOUR DISTRICT SHOULD BE FROM A FROM AN INSTRUCTIONAL AND STRUCTURE STANDPOINT. IT TALKS ABOUT THINGS LIKE GRADE CONFIGURATION, SCHOOL SIZE, PROGRAM ALIGNMENT, TYPES OF PROGRAMS THAT YOU OFFER IN YOUR BUILDINGS.

I BELIEVE IT'S A CORNERSTONE OF A FACILITIES PLAN.

THIS IS PROBABLY 70% OF A FACILITIES PLAN.

FACILITIES ARE ABOUT 30%, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.

I BELIEVE BECAUSE I THINK THAT IF YOU CAN GET THE EDUCATIONAL FRAMEWORK RIGHT AND THE GUIDANCE BEHIND THAT, THAT GETS BUY IN FROM YOUR COMMUNITY, IT REALLY DOES SET A GOOD FOUNDATION FOR GOOD FACILITIES PLANNING.

YOU KNOW, THE SECOND PIECE IS YOUR FACILITY ASSESSMENT.

AND WE ALSO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CONDITION OF YOUR FACILITIES, WHICH WE'VE DONE A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW.

SO THAT EARLY DISCOVERY PHASE, UM, WE'RE PRETTY MUCH COMPLETED WITH UM, WE'VE DONE THE COMPREHENSIVE CONDITION REVIEW OF YOUR FACILITIES, LOOKING AT ALL MAJOR SYSTEMS, LOOKING AT ALL CONDITIONS OF THOSE FACILITIES, AND WALK THOSE BUILDINGS.

YOU HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE YOU'VE MOVED IT NOW INTO A COMPREHENSIVE CAPITAL PLANNING TOOL, UM, THAT IS, UM, FAR SOPHISTICATED FROM THE LAST PROGRAM.

AND IT HELPS YOU DO SOME ANALYTICS ON FUTURE NEEDS AND PREDICTIVE ANALYSIS FOR THAT.

BUT WE'VE ALSO DONE AN ASSESSMENT IS AN EDUCATIONAL ADEQUACY ASSESSMENT, WHICH HAS TAKEN YOUR EDUCATIONAL SPECIFICATIONS AND APPLIED THOSE STANDARDS ONTO ALL YOUR FACILITIES.

AND SO WE'VE WALKED ALL YOUR FACILITIES TO SEE HOW THEY MEASURE AGAINST YOUR EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS.

AND SO, UM, AND I THINK THIS IS ONE THING THAT AND THAT THIS ACTUALLY PUTS YOU IN A MINORITY OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT APPROACH FACILITIES LIKE THIS, UM, IN THAT, YOU KNOW, EDUCATIONAL ADEQUACY OR SUITABILITY CAN ADD 20 OR 30% TO, TO MOST BOND PROGRAMS. AND OFTENTIMES THAT GETS IGNORED EARLY ON.

AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF CORRECTIONS THAT HAVE TO GET MADE WHEN YOU GO INTO ANY CYCLE OF, OF A, OF A CAPITAL PROGRAM.

AND SO THIS IDENTIFIES THINGS LIKE THE SPACE TYPE, SIZE OF SPACE, ADJACENCIES, THE TYPES OF HOW YOU'RE SUPPORTING THOSE WITH THE RESOURCES LIKE FURNITURE, TECHNOLOGY, SAFETY, SECURITY, PARKING SITE, UM, IT MEASURES ALL OF THAT AND ALLOWS US TO THEN PUT SOME ESTIMATES ABOUT WHAT IT WOULD COST TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR BUILDINGS DO REACH A SUITABILITY THAT REACHES THE STANDARD THAT YOU'VE APPROVED.

AND SO, UM, IT IS A COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT, LIKE, AND WHEN I SAY COMPREHENSIVE, IT'S A DIFFERENT LOOK AT YOUR FACILITIES, UM, FROM THAT, UM, FROM THAT PARTICULAR ASPECT.

AND THEN THERE'S CERTAINLY DEMOGRAPHICS AND LOOKING AT YOUR DEMOGRAPHICS, AND WE BELIEVE THAT DEMOGRAPHICS AREN'T JUST AN ENROLLMENT PROJECTION.

WE BELIEVE THEY ARE UNDERSTANDING YOUR STUDENTS AND WHERE THEY ARE AND WHERE THEY'RE AND HOW YOU'RE SERVING THEM AND WHO'S BEING SERVED.

AND SO WE DO DEEP DIVES INTO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD BY NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE LOOK AT YIELDS. WE LOOK AT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE TYPES OF STUDENTS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH PROGRAMS. WE'RE TRYING TO ANTICIPATE, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE NEEDS ARE GOING TO BE.

YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES, YOU KNOW, WE WE'RE TRYING TO OFFER THESE COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAMS AND, YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES FULL LIBERAL ARTS PROGRAMS ACROSS YOUR SCHOOLS AND SOME, YOU KNOW, YOUR DISTRICT CHANGES VERY QUICKLY AND THE POPULATIONS AND ALL THAT CHANGES.

AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE BEING MORE PREDICTIVE, UM, NOT JUST WITH YOUR PROJECTION, BUT UNDERSTANDING WHY STUDENTS ARE MOVING AND WHERE THEY'RE MOVING TO AND FROM AS THEY GO, AS THEY MOVE FORWARD THROUGH THE DISTRICT.

AND SO DEMOGRAPHICS IS A REAL KEY PIECE TO THIS, AND IT CERTAINLY DOES MATTER TRYING TO PROJECT HOW MANY STUDENTS YOU ARE GOING TO SERVE.

AND SO THAT'S A BIG PIECE FOR US.

AND THEN FINALLY THAT FUNDING PIECE.

IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK AT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF NOT JUST FUNDING FROM HOW YOU FUND IT? UM, BUT THE ADVANTAGE OF, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITHIN AN HPM AVENUE THAT WE HAVE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN THE THE RECENT COST ESTIMATES AND WE'VE SEEN ALL OF HOW THAT WORKS.

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AND SO FUNDING FOR US IS A REAL IS A MORE COMPREHENSIVE, DEEPER DIVE INTO, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT COULD BE AS BEST WE CAN.

YOU KNOW HOW CRAZY IT IS OUT THERE.

BUT AS BEST WE CAN AND TO IDENTIFY THOSE EARLY SO WE HAVE A GOOD IDEA TO INFORM THE BOARD WHEN YOU ARE READY, UM, AT SOME POINT TO GO INTO A NEW CAPITAL PROGRAM.

YEAH. THIS IS JUST ONE INSTANCE OF THE KIND OF THE, A LOOK AT YOUR, YOUR CONDITION ASSESSMENT AND THE KIND OF DOLLARS IT TAKES TO MAINTAIN A DISTRICT.

UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT AS YOU GO ACROSS AND YOU TRY TO LOOK AT, WELL, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF HOW ARE WE REALLY CONDITION WISE? WELL, IN THIS PERSPECTIVE, WE THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, ANY DISTRICT THAT CAN STAY KIND OF BELOW THAT, YOU KNOW, 20% OR 15% IN THAT IN THAT RANGE IS LOOKING PRETTY GOOD.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WITH A DISTRICT OF THIS SIZE IN THE.

FULLY OF YOUR SIZE, EVEN 15% IN YOUR DEFICIENCIES AND YOUR DEFERRED MAINTENANCE IS STILL A BIG NUMBER.

AND SO A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE THINK ABOUT A CAPITAL PROGRAM AS THIS BUILDING PROGRAM OR NEW BUILDINGS AND ALL THAT.

BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, IS THAT AS, AS THE AS THINGS HAVE CHANGED IN TIME, AS DEMOGRAPHICS HAVE SLOWED DOWN A LITTLE BIT AND GROWTH HAS SLOWED DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

NEXT CAPITAL PLANS, AND I ANTICIPATE THIS ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS IS REALLY PROBABLY GOING TO BE MORE INTO THE INFRASTRUCTURE REINVESTMENT IS MAKING SURE THAT THE BUILDINGS THAT YOU HAVE ONLINE HAVE THE SYSTEMS THAT CAN EXTEND YOUR BUILDING LIVES ANOTHER 25 OR 30 YEARS.

AND SO TO DO THAT IS A LOT DIFFERENT LOOK THAN JUST SAYING, WE'RE GOING TO BUILD A NEW SCHOOL AND WHERE'S THAT NEW SCHOOL GOING TO BE? IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE HOW DO WE PRIORITIZE THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE INTO OUR FACILITIES THAT WE'RE GOING TO KEEP OVER THE NEXT 25 OR 30 YEARS? SO IT IS A DIFFERENT KIND OF LOOK THAN, THAN A LOT OF DISTRICTS IN TEXAS HAVE BEEN USED TO IN THE LAST 5 OR 10 YEARS.

UM, AND SO THEN YOU HOW DO YOU GET THERE AND HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU GET WHERE YOU'RE GOING? WELL, A LONG RANGE FACILITY PLAN USING THAT DATA REALLY DOES TRY TO GET OUT AND USE AS MUCH COMMUNITY COLLABORATION AS WE CAN, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH COMMUNITY COMMITTEES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY THEY KEEP A GOOD EYE ON THE DATA AND WHERE THE DATA IS GOING AND WHERE IT'S TAKING THEM AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE DATA MEANS.

UM, I'M A REALLY BIG FAN OF TRYING TO SHOW COMMUNITIES THAT DATA CAN BE PERCEIVED IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS, AND I DON'T WANT DATA TO BE OUT THERE AND TO TRICK PEOPLE.

I WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS DATA CAN LOOK THIS WAY TO SOME OR THIS WAY TO ANOTHER.

AND SO WHEN YOU'RE IN A FACILITIES PLAN, IT'S REALLY INTERESTING TO THINGS LIKE CAPACITY AND UTILIZATION OF CAPACITY AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE MAY OR MAY NOT UNDERSTAND, BUT THEY HAVE VERY DIFFERENT MEANINGS BY COMMUNITY.

AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE TAKE PEOPLE IN A VERY TRANSPARENT WAY TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE USING THE THINGS WE'RE USING TO PLAN, UM, OPTIONS DEVELOPMENT FOR US.

THERE ARE THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT PATHWAYS TO WHAT YOUR PORTFOLIO IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN THE NEXT FIVE OR 10 OR 15 YEARS.

AND WE WANT TO EXPLORE ALL THOSE AS YOU, AS YOU, AS YOU HAVE AREAS OF GROWTH, AREAS OF DECLINE, AREAS OF REINVESTMENT, AREAS OF CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS TO APPROACH THOSE, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THEY'RE, UM, ADDITIONS OR, YOU KNOW, NEW SCHOOLS OR COMBINING SCHOOLS OR WHATEVER IT IS.

THERE'S ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT YOU CAN APPROACH A FACILITIES PLAN TO ADJUST TO YOUR DEMOGRAPHICS AND CONDITIONS IN THE FUTURE.

WE WANT TO EXPLORE ALL THOSE, AND WE WANT TO TALK TO YOUR COMMUNITY ABOUT THOSE.

WE WANT TO TALK TO THE BOARD ABOUT THOSE, TO SEE WHAT THOSE BEST PATHWAYS ARE, TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO UNCOVER EVERY STONE AS YOU MOVE FORWARD INTO WHATEVER PROGRAM YOU'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO NEXT.

UM, AND THEN FINALLY IN THAT RECOMMENDATIONS PHASE, UM, YOU KNOW, A GOOD COMPREHENSIVE PLAN JUST DOESN'T TALK ABOUT THE BUILDINGS.

IT REALLY TALKS ABOUT YOUR TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP AND TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP IS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU BUILD A NEW SCHOOL, THERE'S ADDITIONAL OPERATION COSTS OUT THERE THAT OFTENTIMES NEVER GET TALKED ABOUT IN A FACILITIES PLAN OR A CAPITAL PLAN.

AND SO IF I BUILD A NEW SCHOOL, WELL, WHAT'S THAT MEAN FROM A PRINCIPAL STANDPOINT? YOU KNOW, DIETARY STAFF STANDPOINT, A CUSTODIAL STANDPOINT, A TRANSPORTATION STANDPOINT.

THAT'S WHAT A GOOD COMPREHENSIVE PLAN GOES INTO, NOT JUST YOUR FACILITIES BUT GIVES YOU THAT TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP.

YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY AS WE WALK THROUGH THIS AND DO COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND DO THOSE TYPES OF MEETINGS THAT ARE APPROPRIATE FOR ROUND ROCK, CERTAINLY, UM, KEEPING THE BOARD INFORMED AS WE GO THROUGH A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS VERY IMPORTANT.

UM, BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF DATA AND, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE INTENTS WE BELIEVE FOR THE DATA IS TO, YOU KNOW, AS AS I'VE NOTICED THIS IN 25 YEARS OF DOING THIS, BOARDS GET INFORMATION SEVERAL TIMES DURING THE YEAR, YOU GET DEMOGRAPHICS IN THE FALL, YOU GET SOME PROGRAM INFORMATION.

MAYBE IN THE SPRING YOU GET FUNDING INFORMATION AS YOU GO THROUGH BUDGET.

SO YOU GET ALL THESE PIECES OF INFORMATION THROUGH THE YEAR IN A COMPREHENSIVE FACILITIES PLANNING PROCESS.

WE INTEND TO BRING THAT TOGETHER IN ONE STORY.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE ALL THOSE ASPECTS THAT IMPACT THE DECISIONS THAT YOU'LL MAKE FOR THE FUTURE.

UM, AS YOU START TO MAKE DECISIONS ON FACILITIES THAT YOU AS, AS YOU MAKE MOVING FORWARD.

THE OTHER THING I'LL TELL YOU ON THIS ONE IS THAT.

YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS, ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THIS IDEA THAT ANY COMPREHENSIVE FACILITIES MASTER PLAN, THERE ARE TWO DRIVERS OF DECISION MAKING AND IT'S IT'S THE DATA CERTAINLY WITH THE

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AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT IF WE PAY TOO MUCH ATTENTION TO THE DATA, WE COULD IGNORE THE COMMUNITY NEEDS.

BUT IF WE PAY TOO MUCH ATTENTION TO THE COMMUNITY NEEDS, WE COULD IGNORE THE DATA.

AND SO GOOD PLANNING IS REALLY BALANCING THOSE TWO AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT FITS ROUND ROCK ISD FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE.

AND BECAUSE SOMETIMES ONE DOES DRIVE THE OTHER.

AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THOSE WHERE THOSE TWO MERGE TOGETHER.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN INTENDS TO GO.

AND ONCE YOU CREATE THE PLAN, YOU THEN IT'S THE DECISION THEN TO GO INTO YOUR BOND PLANNING.

UM, AFTER THAT IS COMPLETE, THE BOND PLANNING IS REALLY ABOUT PRIORITIZATION.

IT'S ABOUT SETTING GOALS FOR YOUR PRIORITIES.

YOU KNOW WHAT FITS WITHIN YOUR FUNDING PARAMETERS.

YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE YOU WILLING TO GO OUT WITH YOUR COMMUNITY AND WHAT IS THE NEXT STAGE LOOK LIKE? AGAIN, THERE'S PARAMETERS THAT FROM YOUR LAST BOND PROGRAM THAT THE STATE HAS INITIATED, THAT HOW YOU SAY LANGUAGE ON A BALLOT MATTERS.

UM, AND YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU CAN PUT ON DIFFERENT PROPOSITIONS MATTERS.

AND SO TRYING TO SET THOSE PRIORITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN INFORMS YOUR BOND PLAN, UM, THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN ROOTED IN GOOD COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

REMEMBER? I THINK PEOPLE THINK THAT, WELL, IF WE IF WE WAIT TO DO BOND PLANNING TOO LATE, THEN THE COMMUNITY DOESN'T KNOW.

WELL, THE THING ABOUT COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING IS THAT WE'VE EVOLVED THEM TO HELP DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

AND SO THEY'RE ALREADY SOMEWHAT INFORMED AS YOU WALK INTO MORE OF A BOND, MORE SPECIFIC DISCUSSION.

AND SO THERE IS COMMITTEE WORK AROUND THAT.

AND, YOU KNOW, FACTORS AND FACTS THAT YOU HAVE TO DO AND YOU WORK TOWARDS AND WHAT I BELIEVE SHOULD BE AN ACTIONABLE, DEFENSIBLE AND SUSTAINABLE RECOMMENDATION.

AND I THINK THOSE WORDS SHOULDN'T BE TAKEN LIGHTLY.

I MEAN, THEY HAVE TO BE ROOTED IN THE GOOD DATA AND WITH GOOD COMMUNITY INPUT, AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES THEM DEFENSIBLE AND ACTIONABLE.

BUT SUSTAINABLE MEANS THAT WHEN YOU WALK INTO AGAIN SOME DAY DOWN THE ROAD, WHEN YOU DECIDE THAT YOU WANT TO GO DOWN THROUGH A BOND PROGRAM, THAT IN YEAR 3 OR 4, YOU'RE NOT MAKING THESE THESE HARD DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT HAS TO COME OFF, BECAUSE WE CAN'T GET TO WHERE WE NEED TO GET TO BECAUSE WE WE NOT WE NOT, DIDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE THIS FULL, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

WE JUST HAD A BOND PLAN.

AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET IN FRONT OF THAT AS MUCH AS WE CAN.

AND SO ONCE AGAIN, NO PREDETERMINED I DON'T HAVE ANY PREDETERMINED IDEA OF WHEN THIS BOARD WILL GO AFTER A BOND PROGRAM, AND THAT WILL BE UP TO YOU.

CERTAINLY. UM, AND THERE'S A LOT OF FACTORS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE TO CONSIDER WHEN IT COMES TO THAT.

BUT FOR ME, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET A GOOD COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT CAN INFORM THAT FOR YOU IS OUR GOAL.

AND THAT'S THE INTENT OF OF WHERE WE NEED TO BE.

AND SO WITH THAT, THAT'S KIND OF THE END OF MY PRESENTATION.

I'LL TURN IT OVER FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

THAT'S WONDERFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.

UH TRUSTEE. WEIR.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.

UM, AND I KNOW YOU SAID THERE'S NO PREDETERMINED TIMELINE FOR THE BOND, BUT THIS MASTER PLAN NEEDS TO GO TO TIA, RIGHT? SO IS THERE I MEAN, I KNOW THIS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE WAS PASSED SEVERAL YEARS AGO, AND I DO APPRECIATE, DOCTOR AZAIEZ THAT WE'RE FINALLY GETTING AROUND TO TO DOING IT.

AND, AND YOU AND YOUR STAFF ARE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE COMPLIANT TO THIS, BUT WHAT IS THE TIMELINE FOR GETTING THIS PLAN TO TIA.

SO WE ANTICIPATE THIS WILL GET TO THE TIA IN THE SPRING.

UM, THE HEAVY LIFT IS THE DATA THAT WE'RE ALREADY DONE WITH.

UM, FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE TO LOOK AT THE DATA TO HELP US HELP SHAPE SOME OF THOSE LONGER RANGE VISIONS THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE ANTICIPATE THE SPRING IS GOING TO BE PLENTY OF TIME FOR US TO GET THIS ACCOMPLISHED.

AND THEN YOU CAN DECIDE WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE AFTER THAT.

TRUSTEES. DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

I KNOW THAT THE CPC OK IS GOING TO BE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN LOOKING AT THIS PLAN.

AND, UM, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE HUGE EMPHASIS ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN THIS, BECAUSE THIS ISN'T OUR DISTRICT.

IT'S NOT THE BOARD'S DISTRICT, IT'S THE COMMUNITY'S DISTRICT.

AND SO, UM, INCLUDING THEM IN THAT PLANNING AND UNDERSTANDING THE CONDITIONS AND, YOU KNOW, MAKING PRIORITIES, AND I THINK THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT HASN'T BEEN DONE IN A REALLY LONG TIME. AND IF IT'S EVER BEEN DONE THIS COMPREHENSIVELY BEFORE, I'M NOT REALLY SURE, BUT I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE HAVING THAT AS A LAUNCHING PAD.

SO WE KNOW BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A LOT OF PROPERTIES AND A LOT OF, UH, A LOT OF, UM, WONDERFUL THINGS IN THIS DISTRICT, BUT THEY ALL AGE DIFFERENTLY.

AND SO HAVING WON ALL OF IT IN ONE PLACE IS GOING TO BE VERY, VERY USEFUL FOR THIS DISTRICT.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. ALL RIGHT, TRUSTEES, NOW WE WILL GO TO TRUSTEE WEIR FOR THE TIME TRACKER.

[H. DISCUSSION ITEMS]

SO EXCITED TO NO LONGER BE SECRETARY.

I APOLOGIZE FOR JUMPING AHEAD.

UM, PRESIDENT LANDRUM, THOUGH.

MAY I MAKE A MOTION, THOUGH REGARDING.

DO YOU WANT ME TO DO THAT FIRST? I HAVE A MOTION. OOPS.

SORRY. YEAH, YOU CAN DO A MOTION FOR THE DISCUSSION ITEMS.

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SECOND. OKAY.

CAN YOU JUST REPEAT THAT ONE MORE TIME SO EVERYBODY IS AWARE IF YOU WANT TO MAKE NOTES OF THAT.

TRUSTEES THIS IS FOR ITEMS H THREE, FOUR AND FIVE.

AND WE ALSO GOT IT IN AN EMAIL.

YEP. UM FOR AGENDA ITEMS H THREE, H4 AND H5, I MOVED TO ALLOW THE TRUSTEE PRESENTERS FOR EACH ITEM TO PRESENT WITH NO TIME LIMITS TO EXPLAIN THE ITEMS, SO LONG AS IT DOES NOT BECOME SPEECH, AND THAT EACH TRUSTEE HAVE A TOTAL OF FIVE MINUTES FOR QUESTIONS FOR EACH ITEM.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TRUSTEE WESTON.

I HAVE TO SAY THAT I'M JUST PERPLEXED.

THIS IS A NEW POLICY THAT THE BOARD MAJORITY HAS USHERED IN, LIMITING THE SPEECH OF TRUSTEES TO TWO MINUTES AND QUESTIONS TO TWO MINUTES.

AND THIS IS NOW THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE MEETING IN A ROW.

WE HAD A MEETING LAST WEEK WHERE YOU VOTED TO NOT FOLLOW THIS.

THIS IS NOW THE SECOND MEETING IN A ROW.

YOU'RE VOTING NOT TO FOLLOW YOUR OWN POLICY THAT YOU IMPLEMENTED.

I VOTED NO ON THIS.

I DON'T THINK THERE SHOULD BE THESE KINDS OF ARCHAIC LIMITS.

SO I THINK IT SPEAKS TO THE LACK OF WISDOM BEHIND THE INITIAL POLICY CHANGE IN THE FIRST PLACE.

SO I WILL BE ABSTAINING FROM THIS.

I DON'T THINK IT'S GOOD GOVERNANCE TO BE BOUNCING AROUND FROM MEETING TO MEETING, AGENDA ITEM TO AGENDA ITEM, TO CHANGE THE RULES AND TO CONTROL THE SPEECH OF ELECTED OFFICIALS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR FEEDBACK, TRUSTEE WEIR.

UM, JUST TO CLARIFY, WE DID GET AN EMAIL AND IF YOU WILL LOOK THROUGH MY INITIAL EMAIL ON SATURDAY TO OUR BOARD, COUNCIL.

I ALSO EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT WE ARE HAVING TO DO THIS A COUPLE OF TIMES, AND THERE WERE SOME SUGGESTIONS IN THE RESPONSE, AND THAT I ASKED THAT IT BE ON AN AGENDA ITEM COMING FORWARD SO THAT WE ARE NOT DOING THIS EVERY MEETING.

UM, WITH THAT, I CALL THE QUESTION.

SECOND. ALL RIGHT.

I HAVE A MOTION TO CALL THE QUESTION.

ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES FIVE, TWO.

UH, WE HAVE A MOTION TO EXTEND TIME LIMITS, AS DISCUSSED BY TRUSTEE WEIR.

ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL OPPOSED? ABSTAINING. MOTION CARRIES 502.

ALL RIGHT, NOW TO AGENDA ITEM H ONE, UH, TIME TRACKER FOR NOVEMBER.

SO OUR, UM.

OUR THREE MEETINGS ON THE WELL ON 11 TWO.

WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY MINUTES ON STUDENT OUTCOME.

UM, ON 1116, OUR REGULAR BOARD MEETING, WE DID FAIRLY WELL.

WE HAD 32%, ALMOST 33% ON STUDENT OUTCOMES.

AND THEN OVERALL FOR THE MONTH, WE WERE AT 17.88% FOR NOVEMBER.

SO WE NEED TO DO BETTER.

AND HOPEFULLY OUR DISCUSSION ON COMING UP ON TWO WAY COMMUNICATION WILL HELP THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS TRUSTEES.

ALL RIGHT, NICK, THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE.

TRUSTEE WEIR.

NEXT AGENDA ITEM.

FIRST READING OF TASB POLICY UPDATE 122 AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MISS HILL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PRESIDENT LANDRUM.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

UM, I WANTED TO PREFACE MY PRESENTATION TONIGHT WITH, UM, ADDRESSING SOMETHING THAT HAS COME UP FROM BOTH BOARD MEMBERS AS WELL AS SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

UH, TONIGHT WE'RE ONLY LOOKING AT PROPOSED CHANGES TO LOCAL POLICIES.

I KNOW IF YOU ARE LOOKING ONLINE AND YOU LOOK AT THE ATTACHMENT AND YOU SEE AN ATTACHMENT FOR 941 PAGES, IT MAY BE SOMEWHAT, UM. UH, INTIMIDATING.

HOWEVER, THESE ARE ALL, UH, PRIMARILY, I WANT TO SAY AT LEAST 99% OF THEM ARE CHANGES TO THE LEGAL POLICY, WHICH WILL JUST BRING POLICIES UP TO DATE THROUGH THE 88TH LEGISLATION.

UH, THAT BEING SAID, WE HAVE HAD SOME QUESTIONS FROM NOT ONLY BOARD MEMBERS, BUT ALSO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

UH, WITH REGARD TO ONE OF THE, UH, POLICIES THAT TASBIH HAS SENT US AND THAT IS, UH.

EFC, IFBB LEGAL, WHICH HAS TO DO WITH OUR LIBRARY AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS.

AND AS SOME OF YOU KNOW, AND I BELIEVE, AS I HAVE DISCUSSED WITH THE BOARD AND DURING MEETINGS BEFORE, THIS SECTION IS, UH, BASICALLY THE READER ACT, WHICH IS SUBJECT TO A JUDICIAL CHALLENGE RIGHT NOW.

UH, RIGHT NOW, THIS, UH, THIS PROVISION OF THE LAW IS, UH, BEING DECIDED IN THE FIFTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS.

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SO THERE HAS BEEN A QUESTION OF WHY ARE WE DEALING ON THIS WHILE IT IS IN FLUX? UH, JUST TO REMIND, UH, REMIND OUR, OUR OUR PUBLIC, UH.

THIS. THE BOARD DOESN'T, UM, DOESN'T APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE ON LEGAL POLICIES.

THESE ARE NOT SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD CAN DO.

THE BOARD ONLY REVIEWS, UH, LEGAL POLICIES.

AND THAT'S JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW, UH, LEGAL POLICIES ARE WHAT THE STATE OF THE LAW ARE RIGHT NOW.

WHILE THERE IS A CHALLENGE TO THIS LAW, THIS IS THE STATE OF THE LAW RIGHT NOW.

IF THE LAW GETS OVERTURNED, THEN I AM SURE THAT TASB WILL SEND US A AN UPDATED VERSION OF THE LAW, JUST SO THAT BOARD MEMBERS ARE AWARE, AND I BELIEVE THAT I DID PUT THIS IN AN EMAIL.

BUT, UH, JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE, UH, HAVE HAD, UH, ORAL ARGUMENT IN THE FIFTH CIRCUIT ON THE REDIRECT CHALLENGE THAT OCCURRED, UH, LAST WEEK ON THE.

WELL, ACTUALLY, IT'S BEEN A WEEK AND A HALF NOW ON THE 29TH OF NOVEMBER, IF ANYBODY IS INTERESTED.

THERE IS YOU JUST WANT TO LISTEN TO THE ORAL ARGUMENTS AVAILABLE ON THE FIFTH CIRCUIT'S WEBSITE.

THIS IS A CASE THAT HAS BEEN ON AN EXPEDITED DOCKET.

SO WE'RE VERY HOPEFUL THAT WE WILL HAVE AN UPDATE FOR THIS BEFORE THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

UH, THAT BEING SAID, AND LIKE I SAID IT, IF YOU JUST LOOKED AT THOSE, UH, POLICIES, I DON'T WANT YOU TO TO WORRY TOO MUCH, BECAUSE TONIGHT, ALL WE'RE LOOKING AT ARE THE TEN LOCAL POLICIES THAT ARE GOING TO BE AFFECTED BY THAT.

SO I BELIEVE DONNIE HAS PUT UP, UH, OUR LOCAL POLICY CONSIDERATIONS.

AND I THINK, MICHELLE, CAN I ASK YOU ONE QUESTION ABOUT THAT BEFORE WE START ONTO THE MAIN TOPIC? ABSOLUTELY. IF THIS, UM, THIS IS JUST FIRST READING, SO WE'RE NOT APPROVING IT.

BUT IF THIS POLICY IS DOES GET APPROVED AT OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING WHEN WE DO THE SECOND READING.

UM, AND THERE HAS NOT BEEN A DECISION ON THIS FOR A COMMUNITY MEMBER.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW THAT WOULD WORK IF A COMMUNITY MEMBER SAID, WELL, THIS IS YOUR POLICY AND YOU'RE NOT FOLLOWING IT, CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW A COMMUNITY MEMBER WOULD UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE AS WELL? ABSOLUTELY. IF, UM, IF IF YOU IF YOU LOOK AT THE LEGAL POLICY NUMBER, FIRST OF ALL, YOU Y'ALL CAN'T APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE THAT IT'S IT'S Y'ALL DON'T VOTE ON ON LEGAL POLICIES.

SO IF THE A MEMBER OF ALL THE LEGAL POLICIES ARE A RESTATEMENT OF THE CURRENT LAW.

SO IF THE IF THE LAW HAS BEEN OVERTURNED, BUT IT'S STILL UP ON THE ROUND ROCK ISD WEBSITE, THAT DOES WHATEVER WE SAY OR WHATEVER WE POST DOESN'T ACTUALLY MAKE THE LAW.

SO THE LAW IS WHAT THE LAW IS ON THAT.

SO IF I'M A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY AND I SAY, UM, BUT THE LAW HAS BEEN CHANGED AND I SAY, BUT ROUND ROCK ISD, YOU HAVE THIS ON YOUR POLICY. I WOULD, UH, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN TO THEM, THIS IS NOT A ROUND ROCK ISD POLICY.

THIS IS JUST A RESTATEMENT OF THE LAW.

AND IF THE LAW IS CHANGED, THEN THAT WOULD BE WHAT WE WOULD BE FOLLOWING.

ALL RIGHT, SO LET ME SEE IF I CAN GET US THROUGH PAINLESSLY.

THE TEN POLICIES THAT WE THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT.

UH, FIRST OF ALL IS GOING TO BE POLICY NUMBER C CUBE LOCAL, AND YOU WILL SEE THAT THERE HAS BEEN AN ASSERTION BY TASBIH, UH, A RECOMMENDED INSERTION BY TASBIH TO INCLUDE IN THE SECURITY BREACH NOTIFICATIONS TO INCLUDE A NOTIFICATION OF A SECURITY INCIDENT AS DEFINED BY LAW.

UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAME UP IN SENATE BILL 271.

AND BASICALLY WHAT THAT IS, IS THAT IS A CYBER SECURITY BREACH.

SO WE ARE ADDING, WE WOULD BE ADDING THAT TO THE POLICY TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF SENATE BILL 271.

OKAY. THE NEXT POLICY THAT, UM, THAT WE ARE BRINGING TO YOU TONIGHT IS A BRAND NEW POLICY, AND THIS IS A CSA LOCAL.

THIS POLICY IS ON FACILITY SAFETY AND SECURITY, AND IT INCLUDES THE NEW RECOMMENDED PROVISIONS ADDRESSING AUDITS OF BUILDING ACCESS CONTROL SO AS TO COMPLY WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S NEW SCHOOL SAFETY RULES FOR FACILITIES, WHICH BECAME EFFECTIVE IN MAY OF 2023.

SO THIS IS A BRAND NEW POLICY, BUT THIS IS, UH, SO THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE.

WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S NEW REGULATIONS.

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THE REASON FOR THIS IS UM, AS IF, IF AND I KNOW IT'S DIFFICULT.

SO LET ME READ WHAT WE HAD BEFORE.

WE HAD TWO DIFFERENT SENTENCES SAYING THE EXACT SAME THING.

SO BASICALLY WHAT WE HAD IS UH UNDER THE OLD POLICY, IT READ THE BOARD DELEGATES TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, FINAL AUTHORITY TO HIRE CONTRACTUAL PERSONNEL.

AND THEN YOU'LL SEE RIGHT DOWN, UH, THE VERY NEXT POLICY WAS THE BOARD DELEGATES TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, FINAL AUTHORITY TO EMPLOY AND DISMISS NON CONTRACTUAL EMPLOYEES ON AN AT WILL BASIS.

BASICALLY WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS WE HAVE COMBINED, UH, UNDER THE RECOMMENDATION OF CASPARY'S RECOMMENDATION, WE HAVE COMBINED THOSE TWO POLICIES AND REWRITTEN IT TO SHOW THE NEW EXEMPTION WE HAVE FOR BUS DRIVERS, EMPLOYMENT OF BUS DRIVERS, UM, FROM THE NEPOTISM POLICIES.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE ARE GOING TO IHRB LOCAL.

IHRB LOCAL IS AN ADDITION THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING HERE.

AND SO THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH HOUSE BILL 3928.

UH, THESE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT REQUIRE THE BOARD TO ADOPT AND IMPLEMENT A POLICY WHICH REQUIRES THE DISTRICT COMPLY WITH ALL RULES AND STANDARDS ADOPTED BY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND GUIDANCE PROVIDED PUBLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER TO IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM TO TEST STUDENTS FOR DYSLEXIA AND RELATED DISORDERS.

ALSO TALKS ABOUT THAT.

WE WILL, UM, INCLUDE, UH, ADDITIONAL TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES, UM, THAT WE WILL PROVIDE REGULAR TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS.

OKAY. AND ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS SO THAT WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH, UH, HOUSE BILL.

UH, 3928.

THE NEXT POLICY AND YOU MIGHT GO, GOOD LORD, WHY ARE WE WHY, WHY WOULDN'T WHY WOULD WE POSSIBLY TAKE OUT THIS ENTIRE POLICY? THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT ON COMPENSATORY STUDENTS, UH, SERVICES AND INTENSE AND INTENSIVE PROGRAMS. UH, SO BEFORE, UH, THE PUBLIC WORRIES TOO MUCH ABOUT THAT, I'M GOING TO JUST SAY THIS HAS JUST BEEN RENUMBERED OUR RE.

AND IF YOU LOOK WE HAVE E H BCA WHICH IS.

PRIMARILY IN MANY WAYS THE SAME PROGRAM, BUT THESE HAVE BEEN REALIGNED TO COMPLY WITH THE CHANGES MADE IN HOUSE BILL 1461.

UM, THESE CHANGES WILL REFLECT THE NEW LAWS, UH, POLICY.

UH, THE BILL, THE PARENTS ABILITY UNDER THE NEW LAW TO REQUEST A PARTICULAR TEACHER AFTER A STUDENT FAILS TO PERFORM SATISFACTORY ON A STATE ASSESSMENT.

AND IT'S NO LONGER LIMITED TO JUST GRADES THREE, FIVE, AND EIGHT AS IT WAS BEFORE.

OTHER CHANGES.

DELETE THE REFERENCES TO THE ACCELERATED LEARNING COMMITTEE, WHICH HAS BEEN ELIMINATED, AND DISTRICT MUST NOW DEVELOP AN ACCELERATED LEARNING PLAN FOR CERTAIN STUDENTS.

AND PARENTS MAY STILL FILE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE PLAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH F N G.

ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT POLICY THAT WE ARE UPDATING IS ONE THAT I KNOW SOME OF OUR STUDENTS ARE GOING TO BE VERY EXCITED ABOUT.

WE ARE ADDING UP TO EXCUSED TWO EXCUSED DAYS PER FOR THEIR BOTH THEIR JUNIOR AND THEIR SENIOR YEAR FOR CAREER INVESTIGATION TO VISIT A PROFESSIONAL WORKPLACE FOR PURPOSES OF EXPLORING THE STUDENT'S INTEREST IN A PARTICULAR FIELD.

SO TWO DAYS AS A JUNIOR AND TWO DAYS AS A SENIOR.

ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT POLICY THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IS FAKE.

NOW, WHEN I LOOKED AT THESE CHANGES, I IMMEDIATELY WAS PULLED TO THE, UM, UH, THE DELETION

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HOWEVER, LET ME EXPLAIN WHY THERE'S NOTHING TO BE WORRIED ABOUT ON THAT WITH REGARD TO THIS POLICY.

UH, WE HAD ADDED UNDER OUR FAKE POLICY MANY THINGS THAT WERE ALREADY CONTAINED IN STATE LAW, WHICH ARE REFLECTED IN THE FAKE LEGAL POLICY.

FOR INSTANCE, UH, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE PUT IN OUR POLICY HAD TO DEAL WITH THE STUDENT SELF-MEDICATION.

THAT IS ACTUALLY A LAW.

IT'S NOT A DISTRICT OPTION OR A POLICY.

SO BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE TAKING ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE, UH, CONTAINED IN THERE THAT WERE UNNECESSARY.

AND WE'RE JUST GOING LEAVE THOSE IN THE LEGAL POLICY SO WHERE THEY BELONG.

AND WE ARE ALSO, UM, MADE SOME CHANGES WITH REGARD TO, UH, SENATE BILL 629, WHICH REQUIRES US TO ADOPT A POLICY REGARDING THE MAINTENANCE, ADMINISTRATION, ADMINISTRATION, UH, AND DISPOSAL OF OPIOID ANTAGONIST.

WHICH YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE HERE AND THROUGHOUT OUR POLICIES ON PAGE THREE OF THAT POLICY.

UH, IF YOU LOOK THAT, UM, UNDER THE OPIOID ANTAGONIST ON CAMPUS PROVISIONS.

JUST SO WE ARE VERY CLEAR, THESE ARE ALSO CHANGES THAT WERE RUN THROUGH OUR HEALTH SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

THEY HAVE REVIEWED ALL THESE CHANGES AND THEY'RE VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THEM.

UH, BUT UH, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ASSURE ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, UM, WHO, UM.

WHO HAVE STUDENTS WHO, UH, SELF-ADMINISTER EITHER ASTHMA MEDICATION, MEDICATION OR EPIPENS, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT THEY WOULD STILL, UH, AS LONG AS THEY FOLLOWED THE LAW, THEY'D STILL BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

ALL RIGHT. THE.

NEXT POLICY.

THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT IS FB LOCAL, FB LOCAL, UM, ADS, UH, RECOMMEND OR RECOMMENDATIONS TO ADD TO DIFFERENT TO DIFFERENT PROVISIONS.

FIRST ONE IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH H HOUSE BILL THREE UH THAT UH STUDENT REPORTS TO ADD IT TO THE STUDENT REPORTS. UM, AND WE ARE ALSO ADDING A PROVISION REGARDING AND, UH, A DISTRICT EMPLOYEE CONFIDENTIALITY, UH, FOR THOSE WHO REPORT A POTENTIAL, UH, THREAT DURING CRISIS INTERVENTION THAT IS IN, UH, COMPLIANCE WITH SENATE BILL 1720.

ALL RIGHT. I'M SORRY, IS THAT FB? I CAN'T SEE UP THAT FAR.

FFP. UM, OKAY.

WE'RE STILL ON FFP.

OKAY, THAT SHOULD BE FL.

OKAY. UM, FLE IS OUR, UM.

IT'S OUR, I BELIEVE, OUR FINAL ONE FOR THE EVENING.

UH, THIS IS, UH, IN, UH, THE PROVISIONS HERE ARE IN, UH, IN ACCORDANCE WITH HOUSE BILL 1461, WHICH REPEALS THE PROVISIONS RELATED TO ACCELERATED LEARNING COMMUNITIES, THE REFERENCES TO THE ACCELERATED LEARNING COMMITTEES HAVE BEEN REPLACED WITH REFERENCES TO THE ACCELERATED EDUCATION PLAN THAT NOW MUST BE CREATED FOR CERTAIN STUDENTS THAT FAIL TO PERFORM SATISFACTORY ON THE STATE ASSESSMENTS.

UM AND UM.

WE HAVE ALSO COME MADE SOME FAIRLY, UM, UH, LONG OVERDUE CHANGES, CHANGING WHO THE CUSTODIAN OF RECORDS ARE FOR CERTAIN THINGS. UH, THE SUPERINTENDENT, UH, WAS LISTED AS CUSTODIAN OF ALL DIFFERENT RECORDS.

THE CUSTODIAN OF RECORDS, UH, ON A CAMPUS LEVEL, WOULD BE THE PRINCIPAL FOR CURRENTLY ENROLLED STUDENTS.

UM, WE ALSO CHANGED THE PROVISIONS REGARDING, UH, SPECIAL ED STUDENTS.

UH, THE CUSTODIAN OF RECORDS WOULD BE OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL ED SLASH 504.

UH, AND, UM, THOSE ARE THE PRIMARY CHANGES OF THIS POLICY.

THOSE ARE THE LOCAL POLICIES THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.

IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO, UH, HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.

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ACTUALLY, WE ARE NOT ACTUALLY ASKING YOU TO APPROVE ANYTHING TONIGHT.

WE JUST WANTED TO BRING THESE TO YOUR ATTENTION.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UH, FIRST TRUSTEE IS TRUSTEE.

HARRISON. I JUST WANT TO REALLY QUICKLY SAY THANK YOU FOR THE VOICEOVER.

I THINK IT'S SUPREMELY HELPFUL, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

UM, AND I REALLY LIKE THE POLICY AROUND STUDENTS LIKE GOING TO VOCATIONAL VISITS.

I THINK THAT'S SO IMPORTANT. AND WE CAN'T SAY WE WANT MORE STUDENTS TO GO PURSUE CAREER, UM, AND NOT SUPPORT THAT.

SO YAY. THAT'S GREAT.

THANK YOU CINDY. YOU'RE WELCOME.

TRUSTEE WESTON. YES.

UM, WHEN I WAS LISTENING AT THE BEGINNING, MISS HILL, UH, SHE SAID TWICE, MAYBE THREE TIMES THAT TRUSTEES HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS, BUT I'M REVIEWING MY EMAIL AND DOCTOR AZAIEZ YOU GUYS ALWAYS SEND US THE TRUSTEE QUESTIONS FOR BOARD AGENDAS.

AND I DIDN'T GET ANY.

UM, AND THEN I'M ALSO, WE HAVE A NEW, UH, I DON'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS A IN THE, IN THE OPERATING PROCEDURES OR IF IT WAS JUST AN AGREEMENT WITH CONSENSUS HERE ON THE DAIS THAT THOSE QUESTIONS BE PUBLISHED AND MADE WITH THE AGENDA ONLINE.

I DON'T SEE ANYTHING THERE.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THOSE QUESTIONS WERE AND WHO ASKED THEM AND IF WE COULD.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

SO I'M AWARE OF UH, UH, ACTUALLY, PRESIDENT LANDRUM SENT AN EMAIL LATE LAST NIGHT.

I DID NOT GET TO IT UNTIL, LIKE, THIS MORNING, HONESTLY, TO SHARE WITH THE WITH THE WITH THE TEAM AND BECAUSE IT WAS A LATE.

SO WHAT WE WHAT ME AND CINDY WE TALKED ABOUT IS ACTUALLY WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS IT TONIGHT.

SO WE DID NOT SEND ANY ANSWER TO TO PRESIDENT LANDRUM.

IT'S BECAUSE IT CAME KIND OF LATE AND WE DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO SEND IT.

UM, WE ARE ALSO RECEIVED A COUPLE LET'S TALK AND A COUPLE OF EMAILS FROM THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS SO THAT WE I'M SURE SOME OF YOU PROBABLY WERE INCLUDED IN THOSE.

RIGHT. WE CAN SEE THOSE.

SO WHEN SHE SAID TRUSTEES QUESTIONS, IT WAS ONE TRUSTEE, ONE QUESTION, ONE TRUSTEE.

THAT'S THE ONE I'M AWARE OF. CINDY, DID YOU RECEIVE ANYTHING ELSE? I ONLY RECEIVE ONE FROM DOCTOR IF I MISSPOKE.

THAT'S THE ONLY ONE I ACTUALLY REMEMBER.

I APOLOGIZE IF I MISSPOKE.

IT WAS A TRUSTEE AND SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAD ALSO.

WHAT WAS THE QUESTION? THE QUESTION? SO IT WAS ME.

AND WHAT MY TYPICAL PROCESS IS, IS I GO THROUGH ALL MY MATERIALS, AND THEN I GO BACK THROUGH MY MATERIALS THE NIGHT BEFORE THE BOARD MEETING.

AND THAT'S WHEN I CAUGHT THIS ONE THAT I DID NOT CATCH MY FIRST TIME THROUGH BECAUSE, AS YOU STATED, THERE WERE LOTS OF POLICIES TO LOOK AT, AND I WAS LOOKING AT THE LEGAL ONES TOO, EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T HAVE A SAY ON IT.

BUT I SPECIFICALLY ASKED, UM, QUESTION ABOUT THE LIBRARY MATERIALS THAT'S CURRENTLY THE READER ACT AND ASKING ABOUT IF WE'RE GOING TO BE APPROVING THIS, BUT IT'S IN IN BEING HELD UP BY AN INJUNCTION.

UM, YOU KNOW, HOW IS THAT IS THAT CONFUSING FOR THE COMMUNITY? I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY.

AND I BELIEVE YOU SENT AN EMAIL TO THE FULL BOARD ABOUT IT AS WELL, ANSWERING IT.

YEAH, I SENT AN EMAIL LATE THIS AFTERNOON, UM, TO THE BOARD EXPLAINING BASICALLY THE SAME, UH, THE SAME THING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.

AND I'M SORRY WE DIDN'T.

I RECEIVED IT LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

WE RESPONDED, UM, I LITERALLY SAID IT SENT IT AT LIKE 830 LAST NIGHT WHEN I WAS WATCHING MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL.

930. OKAY. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU. AND SO I JUST DIDN'T AND I AND I EVEN TOLD HIM I'M LIKE, IF YOU DON'T HAVE TIME TO ANSWER IT, I CAN FOLLOW UP WITH IT LATER BECAUSE I KNEW THIS WAS JUST A FIRST READING, BUT IT WAS A QUESTION THAT HAD.

BUT I BUT TRUSTEE WESTON IS BRINGING A GOOD POINT.

I MEAN, WE WOULD LIKE WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOUR QUESTIONS BOARD MEMBERS EARLY BECAUSE NOT ONLY WE WANT, WE CAN TURN AROUND AND RESPOND TO, TO, TO YOU AND AND IN A TIMELY MANNER. BUT ALSO OUR NEW PRACTICE IS ACTUALLY POSTED ONLINE TOO.

SO WE WOULD LIKE OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND STAFF TO HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE ANSWERS AND TO THIS QUESTION AS WELL AS THE ANSWERS.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER LAST LAST BOARD MEETING, WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT, AND WE WELCOME YOUR QUESTIONS EARLY.

SO THAT WILL ALLOW US TO TO INVESTIGATE, ANSWER IT, AND ALSO SHARE IT WITH THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR THE SAKE OF TRANSPARENCY AS WELL.

SO. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE.

WEIR. THANK YOU.

I ACTUALLY KIND OF WANTED TO I DO APPRECIATE THE VOICE OVER, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT PUTTING THIS IN WRITING, BECAUSE MAYBE I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.

FAC CAN YOU, UM, EXPLAIN THE NONPRESCRIPTION MEDICATION YOU SAID IF IF A STUDENT HAS ASTHMA MEDICATION OR AN EPIPEN, THEY WERE STILL ALLOWED TO IF THEY HAVE PARENTS WRITTEN CONSENT.

BUT WHAT ABOUT OTHER LIKE TYLENOL, IBUPROFEN, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE BEGINNING OF FFA, UM.

UM, THE, UM.

MEDICARE THAT THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE FALL UNDER THE MEDICATIONS PROVIDED BY PARENTS, WHICH WE AREN'T CHANGING.

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AND I WILL NEED TO DOUBLE CHECK TO MAKE SURE.

BUT BASICALLY WE DON'T, UM, WE WE DON'T WANT OUR KIDS TO BE JUST WILLY NILLY TAKING MEDICINE.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S OKAY WITH THEIR PARENTS, THAT WE HAVE PARENTAL PERMISSION.

IF IT'S THE SORT OF THING THAT WE DO HAVE PARENTAL PERMISSION FROM, THEN, THEN THERE WOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM.

AND AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE.

I SHOULD HAVE PUT THAT IN WRITING.

WHEN I READ THROUGH IT, I ASSUMED WE WERE TAKING AWAY THE ABILITY TO HAVE ANY OF THAT.

BY THE WAY, THIS READ.

SO IF WE COULD JUST GET MAYBE A WRITTEN CLARIFICATION AND MAYBE EVEN FOR OUR PRINCIPALS, UM, AND OUR PUBLIC SO THAT THEY KNOW.

UM, ABSOLUTELY.

AND I WOULD SUGGEST STRONGLY THAT WE AND I CAN HAVE JOHNNY PULL IT UP IF WE NEED TO, BUT, UM, FFA LEGAL HAS A LOT OF THE, THE, THE LEGAL ABILITY OF PARENTS TO PROVIDE DIFFERENT MEDICINES, UH, WHETHER THEY'RE PRESCRIPTION OR NOT TO, TO KIDS.

BUT WE ARE NOT JUST ALLOWING THEM TO WRITE.

THERE'S A LOT, RIGHT? THERE'S A LOT.

AND THERE ARE CONCERNS WITH OUR, WITH OUR, UM, NURSES THAT WE DON'T WANT, FOR INSTANCE, ONE STUDENT TO BE THE NONPRESCRIPTION, UM, DRUG GO TO OF OTHER KIDS.

YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO HAVE SOME UH, UH, PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PARENTS WHO DO NOT WANT THEIR KIDS TO BE TAKING, UH, NSAIDS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND, UM, SO WE ARE, UM, IF IF YOUR KID IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, THEN THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME CONTROLS OVER THAT.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT. THAT'S ACTUALLY WHY I ASSUMED MAYBE WE WERE TAKING THAT AWAY WITH THE WHOLE FENTANYL AND AND ISSUES LIKE THAT.

SO THANK YOU.

AND MY OTHER QUESTION ACTUALLY IS FOR DOCTOR AZAIEZ.

AND AGAIN, I DIDN'T EVEN OCCUR TO ME TILL WE WENT THROUGH THIS.

AND I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT PUTTING THIS IN A QUESTION AHEAD OF TIME, BUT GOING BACK TO FDA AND THESE VISITS THAT THE KIDS CAN HAVE AND AND THIS MAY BE SOMETHING YOU NEED TO SEND TO THE BOARD LATER IN WRITING.

ARE WE PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES? ARE WE CONNECTING STUDENTS TO DIFFERENT PLACES SO THEY HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO TAKE THOSE TWO DAYS AND GO VISIT DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS? THAT'D BE INTERESTING IN OUR CMR UPDATE.

YEAH, WE WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO TO GET MORE DETAILS OBVIOUSLY.

BUT THE THE REASON TO ADD TO TO ADD THOSE TWO DAYS IS EXACTLY THAT.

SO I KNOW SOME OF OUR PARENTS UH, WOULD BE UM, TAKING THEIR OWN STUDENTS, I GUESS, TO UH, TO, TO CERTAIN UH, COMPANIES, ORGANIZATION CORPORATION, BUT ALSO WOULD ALLOW US TO ALSO DO THOSE KIND OF THINGS AS WELL.

SO WE DEFINITELY ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS OF, OF AND I KNOW OUR CTE DEPARTMENT, UH, SHERRY.

UM, AND ALSO PEGGY, UM, THEY'VE BEEN REALLY, REALLY ACTIVELY TRYING TO GET MORE PARTNERSHIPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND ALLOW OUR STUDENTS ACTUALLY TO, UM, VISIT AND AND LEARN ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS.

AWESOME. SO, I MEAN, I MY, I GUESS AND I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE FULL BOARD.

BUT ONCE WE DO PASS THIS POLICY AND IT EXISTS, I WOULD LOVE TO GET AN UPDATE ON HOW MANY STUDENTS HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE AND HOW MANY WE TOOK VERSUS PARENTS.

THAT SORT OF THING WOULD BE GREAT.

I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER LIGHTS ON TRUSTEE AM I MISSING ANYBODY ON POLICY UPDATES? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MISS HILL, FOR THAT UPDATE.

AND WE WILL WE WILL.

WE EXPECT THE SECOND READING TO BE IN JANUARY? YES, MA'AM. WE WILL BE BRINGING YOU THE SECOND READING IN JANUARY.

THERE MAY BE A FEW CLEAN UP POLICIES THAT WE WILL ALSO BRING IN JANUARY.

UM, THAT, UH.

UH, WERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH OUR POLICY COORDINATOR.

UH, BUT WE, UM.

IF SO, THERE'S TWO THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THIS, UM, POLICY UPDATE THAT WE DIDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE, UH, BRINGING IN UNTIL WE HAD FURTHER CONVERSATIONS. SO IF WE ADD THOSE, WE'LL BRING THOSE SEPARATELY AND LET THE BOARD KNOW WELL IN ADVANCE THAT WE'VE GOT TWO EXPERTS.

AND IF, UH, BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, IF ANY TRUSTEES HAVE PROBLEMS FALLING ASLEEP AND THEY WANT TO READ THE 975 PAGE AND THEY GET A NEW QUESTION, THEY CAN BRING IT TO YOU BEFORE THE SECOND READING TO HAVE IT ADDRESSED.

ABSOLUTELY. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO BRING IT TO ME.

AND, YOU KNOW, WELCOME TO MY VERY EXCITING WORLD.

I KNOW Y'ALL ALL REALLY WANT TO READ 900 PAGES OF POLICY, SO.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OKAY. NOW WE'RE GOING TO ITEMS H THREE, FOUR AND FIVE.

AS YOU'LL NOTICE THEY HAVE TRUSTEES NAMES NEXT TO THEM BECAUSE THESE WERE AGENDA REQUESTS BY EACH OF THESE TRUSTEES.

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THANK YOU, PRESIDENT LANDRUM.

SO, UM, I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO ALLOW TRUSTEE WESTON TO VOICE OVER THIS.

BUT FIRST, WE WANTED TO GO THROUGH THE FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY FORUMS AND WHAT WE HEARD.

AND SO WHAT WE SAID WE WOULD DO FROM THIS TWO WAY COMMUNICATION COMMUNITY FORUMS IS WE COMPLETE ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES.

WE'D SYNTHESIZE THE FEEDBACK, WHICH I'M ABOUT TO GO OVER RIGHT NOW.

WE'D REVIEW THE FEEDBACK WITH THE ENTIRE BOARD, WHICH WE'RE DOING NOW.

OH MAN, I'VE NEVER HAD THE CLICKER BEFORE.

THANK YOU. UM, WE WOULD UTILIZE ANY INFO WE'VE LEARNED IN REDESIGNING STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS AND GUARDRAILS.

WE WOULD LOOK AT TOPICS FOR FUTURE TWO WAY COMMUNICATION, AND WE'D EVALUATE EFFECTIVENESS AND MAKE ANY CHANGES.

SO IT LOOKS LIKE THESE ARE A LOT OF SLIDES, BUT I THINK THAT THEY SHOULD GO PRETTY QUICKLY.

UM, AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN AD HOC COMMITTEE.

IT IS NOW, UM, SECRETARY MARKHAM AND TRUSTEE WESTON AND MYSELF WHO MEET TO TALK ABOUT THIS.

SO WE ENDED UP HAVING THREE WAY, UH, THREE, TWO WAY COMMUNITY FORUMS, ONE EAST, ONE WEST, AND THEN VIRTUAL.

AND SO WE HAD 14, 21 AND NINE ATTENDEES.

THOSE NUMBERS MAY BE LIKE SLIGHTLY OFF FOR PEOPLE THAT JOINED LATE OR ESPECIALLY FOR VIRTUAL.

WE HAD PEOPLE COMING IN AND OUT.

AND THEN IF YOU ARE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND YOU WANT TO LOOK AT MORE IN DEPTH RESPONSES, YOU CAN CLICK THE LINK ON THIS PDF AND IT TAKES YOU TO SOMETHING CALLED MURAL.

AND MURAL HAS BOTH THE VIRTUAL RESPONSES AND THE IN-PERSON RESPONSES NOW, BUT WE'RE JUST GOING TO LOOK AT A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW.

AND SO WHAT WE DID FOR THESE FORUMS WAS WE BROKE THIS DOWN BY THE CURRENT VISION AND VALUES OF THE DISTRICT.

SO THIS IS ONE OF THEM.

WE WILL ENSURE THAT ALL FACILITIES ARE SAFE AND ADVANCE LEARNING FOR EVERY STUDENT WHILE PLANNING WITH OUR COMMUNITY FOR SUSTAINABLE GROWTH.

AND SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT CAME ABOUT FROM THOSE THAT THAT ONE PROMPT.

UM, AND SO PEOPLE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE USAGE AND AGE OF PORTABLES AND NOT JUST THAT, BUT THE LACK OF FENCE FENCING, WET VERSUS DRY PORTABLES.

THEY APPRECIATED THAT WE HAVE AN OVERBUILT LIKE OTHER DISTRICTS, AND THEY'VE APPRECIATED TARGET HARDENING IMPROVEMENTS, LIKE HAVING TO BUZZ IN AT THE FRONT DOORS.

UM, THERE WERE CAFETERIA CONCERNS THEY NAMED SPECIFIC.

SO SPACE AT STONY POINT HIGH SCHOOL AND POOR FOOD QUALITY AT EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL.

THEY HAVE A FOOD TRUCK.

UM, THERE WERE SOME ISSUES WITH FOOD QUALITY AND FRESHNESS.

UM, PEOPLE WERE VERY SPECIFIC AROUND COMMUNICATION, AROUND SAFETY.

SO THEY WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THE STANDARD OF COMMUNICATION IS WHEN ANY SAFETY EVENTS CAN OCCUR.

CURIOSITY AROUND HOW CURRENT SAFETY LEGISLATION IS IMPACTING SAFETY.

IN ROUND ROCK ISD, THERE WAS A LOT OF CONVERSATION AROUND SAFETY FOR MARGINALIZED STUDENTS, SO EXAMPLES WERE SPECIAL EDUCATION, LGBTQ PLUS STUDENTS. AND THAT WAS A THEME THAT CAME UP OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN SAFETY.

UM, AND PRESIDENT LANDRUM SAID THIS, THAT INCLUSION AND BELONGING CAME UP A LOT.

SO IT COMES UP, YOU'LL SEE THAT THROUGHOUT THESE VARIOUS VISION AND VALUES.

BUT INCREASING INCLUSION AND BELONGING CAME UP QUITE A BIT.

THERE WERE SOME SPECIFIC CONCERNS AROUND SAFETY FOR POLICE DEPARTMENTS, AND PEOPLE WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT POLICE CAN MAKE STUDENTS FEEL BOTH SAFE AND UNSAFE, AND THEY WANTED SOLUTIONS FOR BOTH OF THESE THINGS.

UM, AND THERE WERE THEMES AROUND DISLIKE OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH BEING UNDER THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

PEOPLE WANTED MORE SAFETY PLANNING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH STUDENTS.

AND THERE WERE SOME MISCELLANEOUS THINGS LIKE CLIMATE DISASTER AND HOW THAT HAS IMPACTED OUR CAMPUSES.

SO WE'VE HAD, UM, TORNADOES, WE'VE HAD HAIL.

AND SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF FACILITY SAFETY AND THEN DECREASING CROWDING? SO THIS WAS AN EXPERIMENT.

UM, AND WHAT I'VE DONE HERE IS REALLY HIGHLIGHTED WHAT I THINK.

IS IN THE BOARD PURVIEW.

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE ARE THINGS ON HERE THAT AREN'T PART OF NECESSARILY WHAT WE DO AS THE BOARD.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT AND ADDRESS.

AND SO THE ADMINISTRATION HAS ACCESS TO ALL OF THIS FEEDBACK.

UM, BUT I THOUGHT WE COULD LOOK AT THIS AND SEE LIKE DID IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WAS MISSED.

IS THERE ANYTHING THAT IS A BOARD CONCERN OR IS THERE SOMETHING HIGHLIGHTED HERE THAT IT'S NOT A BOARD CONCERN? UM, JUST SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE DID RECEIVE THIS FEEDBACK.

WELL AND WE'RE FULLY EXPLORING IT.

I'LL PAUSE FOR A MOMENT.

I WAS NOT SUBJECT TO THE TEN DAY CONSTRAINT, SO I JUST FINISHED THIS.

SO. JUST TAKE A MINUTE TO TAKE IT IN AND SEE IS THERE SOMETHING HERE? AND I THINK THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO.

UM, WITH.

THE CLARITY AROUND THE BOARD ROLE IS MAKING SURE COMMUNITY KNOWS WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE SCHOOL BOARD VERSUS WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE ADMINISTRATION.

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IT IS ADMINISTRATION OR VICE VERSA.

CAN. I MEAN, FOUR OF THOSE THINGS ARE GOING TO BE THINGS HOPEFULLY, THAT OUR MASTER PLAN IS GOING TO BE LOOKING AT.

AND SO I HOPE THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, THE PEOPLE THAT HAD THOSE TYPES OF CONCERNS ON PORTABLES AND LACK OF FENCING AND UM, CAFETERIAS AND DECREASING CROWDING WILL VOLUNTEER AND BE A PART AND HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD.

ABSOLUTELY. AND THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT, IS LIKE THE MULTIPLE ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND HOW IT MIGHT BE CONFUSING.

YOU KNOW, WE HAD STRATEGIC PLANNING.

WE HAVE LONG, LONG RANGE FACILITIES, MASTER PLAN.

WE'VE HAD THESE FORUMS. AND SO, UM, I THINK THAT YOU'RE RIGHT THAT SOME OF THESE THINGS WILL BE ADDRESSED, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE CALLING FOR ENGAGEMENT AGAIN.

ALL RIGHT. I'LL KEEP GOING.

SO THE SECOND ONE WAS WE WILL PROMOTE ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE THROUGH LEARNING AND ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT ENGAGE AND INSPIRE EVERY STUDENT.

AND THERE WAS A LOT TO SAY ABOUT THIS.

SO THIS IS ONE THING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT.

HOW MIGHT WE BUILD COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS TO BOOST ENRICHMENT? UM, PEOPLE FELT THAT THERE WERE INCONSISTENT ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

THERE WERE SEVERAL BARRIERS THAT CAME UP FOR ENRICHMENT.

SO COST, ESPECIALLY AT UM, ELEMENTARY GRADE LEVELS WHERE AFTER SCHOOL ENRICHMENT COSTS MONEY, UM, TRANSPORTATION BEING A BARRIER.

HIGH SCHOOLS SOMETIMES HAVE LATE BUSSES, BUT MIDDLE SCHOOLS TYPICALLY DON'T HAVE THAT TO HELP MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS CONTINUE TO ENGAGE, AND ELEMENTARY STUDENTS AS WELL.

UM, SPECIAL EDUCATION SUPPORT WHEN COMING WHEN WHEN THINKING ABOUT ENRICHMENT, SPECIFICALLY, WHAT SUPPORTS ARE THERE SO THAT STUDENTS RECEIVING SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES CAN ENGAGE IN ENRICHMENT AND THEN ALSO LANGUAGE SUPPORT FOR SOME OF OUR NEW COMING STUDENTS? UM, HOW CAN THEY ENGAGE BEYOND THE SCHOOL DAY? ARE THEIR NEEDS CONSIDERED? SO ONCE AGAIN, ANOTHER THING THAT CAME UP TWICE IS, UM, OOPS, MAYBE I DIDN'T SWITCH OUT TWO OF THESE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO IGNORE THOSE LAST TWO, UM, ENRICHMENT FIELDS, PRINCIPAL DEPENDENT.

SO PEOPLE SAID THEY HAD INCONSISTENT EXPERIENCES WITH ENRICHMENT ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE DISTRICT WIDE ENRICHMENT STANDARDS SET.

THEY HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW MIGHT WE SUPPORT TEACHER PARTICIPATION WITHOUT PLACING ADDITIONAL BURDENS ON TEACHERS, BECAUSE THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE CONTRACT DAY. UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE NOTED TAG INCONSISTENCIES AND WANTED EARLY IDENTIFICATION.

AND THERE WAS THERE WERE QUESTIONS AROUND, UM.

WHAT INFORMATION EXISTS TO IDENTIFY WHO IS NOT PARTICIPATING IN ENRICHMENT.

SO WHAT DATA DO WE TAKE IN TO FIGURE OUT, LIKE WHO'S NOT BEING INCLUDED IN ENRICHMENT? SO OF THESE THERE WERE THREE, AND THERE WERE REALLY TWO BECAUSE I MESSED UP.

SO THAT IGNORE THAT ONE ON THE TOP.

RIGHT. UM, PATTY, I'LL GET YOU A IMPROVED COPY.

BUT SOME OF THOSE THINGS, THE BARRIERS AROUND COST, TRANSPORTATION, IT MIGHT BE A STRETCH, BUT WE SET THE BUDGET.

AND SO I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT TRUSTEE WEIR AND I HAVE ASKED EVERY YEAR IS WHAT ARE LATE BUSSES LIKE FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL? UM, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN INFLUENCE AND THEN TAG AS A MATTER OF FUNDING.

WE DON'T NECESSARILY DO ANYTHING PROGRAMMATICALLY.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE THAT COULD FALL UNDER THE PURVIEW OF FUNDING.

UM, ENRICHMENT REALLY BELONGS WITH ADMINISTRATION.

SO I HOPE THAT THIS FEEDBACK IS REALLY HELPFUL FOR ADMINISTRATION.

PEOPLE WERE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS CATEGORY IN PARTICULAR.

WE WILL IMPLEMENT INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS TO ENGAGE AND INFORM, BUILD TRUST AND DEVELOP PARTNERSHIPS WITH STUDENTS, STAFF, PARENTS AND THE COMMUNITY.

UM, AND SO THE GOOD PEOPLE DID LIKE LET'S TALK.

AND THEY DID LIKE THAT WE HAD COMMUNITY FORUMS. THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE FINALIZED STRATEGIC PLANS FOR CAMPUSES.

SO SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT HAD COME TO THESE PARTICIPATED IN STRATEGIC PLAN.

UM HAS AN ACRONYM, BUT I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER IT.

AND WHAT THEY SAID WAS THEY ENGAGED IN THIS PROCESS AND FELT GOOD ABOUT THE PROCESS, BUT THEN THERE'S NO MIDPOINT REVIEW, OR THEY'RE UNCLEAR ABOUT IF THEY REACH THEIR GOALS THROUGH STRATEGIC PLANNING.

UM, THEY FLAGGED DEI DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION, ENGAGING IN MEANINGFUL WAYS WITH COMMUNITY.

UM, THEY WANTED MORE ONGOING COMMUNICATION AROUND SAFETY AND POLICING AND WAYS TO BE INVOLVED IN THAT CONVERSATION.

THEY WANTED THE DISTRICT TO LOOK AT EQUITY ISSUES AND COMMUNICATION BEYOND LANGUAGE BARRIERS.

SO INTERNET ACCESS, UM, PEOPLE NOTED THAT THERE WAS A LONG WAY TO GO TO BUILD TRUST.

PEOPLE HAD MORE QUESTIONS AROUND HOW WE WERE SUPPORTING NEWCOMERS WITH COMMUNICATION.

AND, UM, THEY HAD SOME IDEAS.

THEY WANTED TO KNOW IF THERE WAS A WAY FOR THE DISTRICT TO CONNECT PARENTS AND AFFINITY GROUPS.

SO EVEN BEYOND PTA, IS THERE A WAY TO CONNECT PARENTS? I THINK EXAMPLES OF THAT WOULD BE LIKE CPAC SPECIAL EDUCATION PARENT ADVISORY COUNCIL, BUT COULD THAT BE DONE FOR OTHER GROUPS?

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AN EXAMPLE THAT SOMEBODY NAMED WAS, IF I ONLY HAVE YOUNGER KIDS AND I'M GOING INTO AN EXPERIENCE WHERE THEY'RE TRANSITIONING TO MIDDLE SCHOOL OR HIGH SCHOOL, COULD THERE BE AN INFRASTRUCTURE WHERE I CAN COMMUNICATE WITH PARENTS, WITH OLDER KIDS, OUTSIDE OF JUST MY SOCIAL CIRCLE? AND THEY ALSO FLAGGED THAT NEW PARENT INFORMATION WAS DIFFICULT TO FIND.

AND THIS IS WHERE WE INFLUENCE, UM, BUILDING TRUST IS SOMETHING THAT WE INFLUENCE, AND ALSO COMMUNITY FORUMS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WHICH WE'RE GOING TO TALK DEEPER ABOUT TODAY. AND NOW LOOKING AT LET'S TALK AS A MECHANISM FOR BOARD COMMUNICATION.

WE WILL IDENTIFY, DEVELOP, SUPPORT AND RETAIN A TALENTED TEAM OF TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS AND STAFF WHO ARE EQUIPPED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF EVERY STUDENT.

UM, THESE WERE SOME INTERESTING PIECES OF FEEDBACK.

SO THEY SAID UPWARD AND DOWNWARD FEEDBACK EXAMPLES WHERE THAT THERE ARE MAJOR CHANGES IN THINGS LIKE SCIENCE OF READING.

AND SO WHILE CURRICULUM CHANGES ARE BEING PUSHED DOWN, THEY WERE CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT THE FEEDBACK IS GOING UP ABOUT THOSE THAT, UM, CURRICULUM ALLOWED TEACHERS TO TEACH AND RESPECT, EXPERTISE AND CURRICULUM AND PLANNING MORE COUNSELORS FOCUSED ON COUNSELING VERSUS SCHEDULING.

THEY WANTED TO KNOW WHERE CAN POLICY SUPPORT STAFF EXAMPLES WERE BULLYING MORE GUIDANCE AROUND THINGS LIKE THAT? UM, THE GOOD THEY REALLY LIKE THE INTERNATIONAL TEACHING PROGRAM AND HOW TEACHERS, UM, AND EDUCATORS ARE BEING TRAINED UP.

THERE WAS FEEDBACK ABOUT LOOKING AT ADMIN SALARIES AND THE BUDGET PROCESS AND HAVING MORE EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE THAT CAME UP OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND MORE SUPPORT FOR THEM. UM, PEOPLE FLAGGED NOT ADDING UNPAID LABOR TO EDUCATORS AND ALSO EMOTIONAL SUPPORT FOR EDUCATORS WHEN BIG CHANGES OCCUR.

SO A COUPLE THINGS.

LOOKING AT ADMIN SALARIES IN THE CONTEXT OF THE BUDGET, THAT'S SOMETHING WE DO AS THE BOARD AT ASSISTANCE.

WE DON'T CHOOSE NECESSARILY THE WHAT OF THE BUDGET, BUT WE SUPPORT THE ASKS FOR THE BUDGET.

SO THAT FEELS LIKE SOMETHING THAT IS IN SOME WAY IN OUR PURVIEW AND WHERE POLICY CAN SUPPORT STAFF.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS IN OUR LANE, UM, AS BOARD MEMBERS.

WE WILL DEVELOP THE WHOLE CHILD, CULTIVATING THE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL SKILLS NEEDED TO THRIVE IN A DIVERSE AND EVER CHANGING WORLD.

SO THIS ONE WAS REALLY BASED AROUND SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING.

THEY SAID SEL SHOULD COME FROM SOMEBODY SKILLED IN WANTING TO SUPPORT.

SEL SHOULD NOT JUST BE DEPENDENT ON THE QUALITY OF THE TEACHER.

UM, THEY SAID THAT SEL EFFICACY DECREASES IN SECONDARY AND ONCE AGAIN FLAGGED THAT SEPARATE GUIDANCE COUNSELOR PRESERVED TIME.

YOU WON'T SEE ANOTHER SLIDE ON THAT BECAUSE THOSE ARE ALL ADMIN THINGS.

WE WILL PREPARE EVERY STUDENT FOR SUCCESS AFTER HIGH SCHOOL THROUGH A VARIETY OF EXPERIENCE AND LEARNING PATHWAYS.

THEY SAID THERE WAS A LACK OF CLARITY AROUND CTE PATHWAYS, WANTED TO PUSH FOR MORE TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL OPTIONS, STUDENT FLEXIBILITY AND COURSE SELECTION.

SO THERE WAS A LOT OF FEEDBACK AT THESE FORUMS AROUND STUDENTS WANTING TO MIX THEIR CLASSES AND NOT NECESSARILY HAVE TO PICK A TRACK.

UM, INCREASE IN 18 TO 22 YEAR OLD TRANSITION SERVICES, MORE MIDDLE SCHOOL CTE COURSE OFFERINGS.

THAT CAME UP A LOT AND FRUSTRATION THAT THE PATHWAY HAS TO BE DETERMINED IN EIGHTH GRADE.

ONCE AGAIN, THOSE ARE THINGS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION.

SO I HOPE THAT ADMIN WILL TAKE THAT FEEDBACK.

UM, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF FUTURE SESSION IDEAS.

SO INCREASING RIGOR IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, UM, STUDENT FORUMS HELD DURING THE DAY.

SO THERE COULD BE TWO WAY COMMUNICATION WITH STUDENTS.

PEOPLE SAID QUARTERLY COMMUNITY FORUMS. PEOPLE SAID SPECIFIC TOPICS OF SUSTAINABILITY, WHICH I THINK COULD BE A BOARD CONSIDERATION.

HONESTLY, UM, AND STAFF OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE TWO WAY COMMUNICATION THAT CAME UP SEVERAL TIMES DURING THESE FORUMS. SO THAT'S IT. IF ANYBODY HAS ANY THOUGHTS OR FEEDBACK ON THAT PORTION ON WHAT WE HEARD, ANYTHING SURPRISING? UM, DOES THIS MAKE SENSE? ANY THOUGHTS? WHAT TYPE OF FOLLOW UP IS THERE GOING TO BE EITHER FROM US AS A BOARD? HOW ARE WE GOING TO OFFICIALLY SHOW THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING UP ON THOSE BOXES THAT WE CONTROL, AND IS THERE GOING TO BE ANY FOLLOW UP FROM THE ADMINISTRATION IN A WAY TO SHOW THE COMMUNITY THAT? THAT FEEDBACK IS BEING CONSIDERED AND ADDRESSED.

I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION, AND I THINK THAT THAT'S UP TO US.

WHAT WE SAID WE WOULD DO IS WE WOULD UTILIZE THIS INFO IN DESIGNING STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS AND GUARDRAILS.

AND SO I BELIEVE WE WILL BE AT A POINT WHERE WE ARE LOOKING AT THOSE GOALS AGAIN.

UM, BUT I THINK THAT THAT'S PART OF THE CONVERSATION WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TODAY AS WE DECIDE HOW WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS TWO WAY COMMUNICATION AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

AS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION, I'LL LET DOCTOR AZAIEZ, UM, SPEAK TO TO THAT.

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UM, AND THAT MEANS ADMINISTRATION DIDN'T NECESSARILY GET TO HEAR ALL THIS FEEDBACK.

SO I AM CURIOUS ABOUT HOW ADMINISTRATION MIGHT LOOK AT SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT APPLY TO THEM.

YEAH, WELL, WE DEFINITELY, UM, AS A TEAM, WE WILL LOOK INTO ALL THESE SUGGESTIONS AND SEE, UM, OBVIOUSLY SOME OF SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE THINGS HERE I SAW, UM.

COULD BE DOABLE, I GUESS, RIGHT? BUT SOME OF IT PROBABLY GOING TO REQUIRE MORE FUNDING.

AND KNOWING THAT WHERE OUR STATUS QUO AS FAR AS FUNDING, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I WOULD LOVE TO, YOU KNOW, ADD MORE, ADD ASSISTANCE, RIGHT.

BUT THAT THE PROBLEM IS LIKE, DO WE HAVE CAN WE AFFORD THIS AT LEAST THE CURRENT STATUS RIGHT NOW? RIGHT. SO OBVIOUSLY WE WILL HAVE TO ASSESS ALL THESE SUGGESTIONS, THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THIS FEEDBACK AND AND SEE WHAT THINGS WE CAN IMPLEMENT.

SOME MAYBE WE CAN IMPLEMENT NEXT YEAR OR YEAR AFTER PLAN ACCORDINGLY.

REMEMBER WE ALSO LIKE YOU SAID, WE'RE ENGAGED IN THE STRATEGIC PLANNING ALSO.

AND THE FACILITY I MEAN, SOME OF ALL THE STUFF WE HOPING THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE A LOT OF, UM, THESE SUGGESTIONS OR INPUT, I GUESS, WHILE WE ARE TAKING CARE OF OTHER THINGS AT THE SAME TIME.

SO BUT DEFINITELY WE WILL ASSESS IT, WILL TAKE IT BACK TO THE TEAM AND WE CAN REALLY DIG DEEPER INTO ALL THESE RECOMMENDATIONS.

THANK YOU. I THINK SOMETHING WAS SAID EARLIER IN LONG RANGE PLANNING AND THAT WAS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT DATA AND EXPERIENCE.

SOMETIMES WE COULD LOOK AT ONE OR THE OTHER AND NOT REALLY GET TO THE HEART OF THE ISSUE.

SO I THINK THAT THERE ARE SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO DO A DEEPER DIVE ON.

AND FOR EXAMPLE, AS A CTE TEACHER, I THINK THAT, UM, SOME OF THE INFORMATION ABOUT CTE IS A LACK OF UNDERSTANDING, WHICH IS A LACK OF COMMUNICATION.

RIGHT. AND SO I DON'T WANT US TO RUSH TO SOLVE PROBLEMS THAT DON'T EXIST, BUT I DON'T WANT US TO IGNORE FEEDBACK.

WE HAVE TO FIND THE BALANCE OF THAT.

AND I AGREE WITH YOU. AND I THINK THAT PERFECT EXAMPLE, I KNOW, I THINK ONE OF THEM WAS, UM, OUR STUDENTS MAKING DECISIONS AS FAR AS THE PATHWAY IN EIGHTH GRADE, AND THEY DO MAKE DECISIONS, BUT THEY ALSO ARE ENTITLED AND THEY CAN ACTUALLY SWITCH PATHWAYS.

SO THEY ARE NOT REALLY STUCK IN THAT ONCE THEY MAKE THAT DECISION.

SO I THINK PART OF IT IS LIKE, ARE WE EXPLAINING TO OUR PARENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY LIKE THE CHOICES THAT THEY HAVE? SO WE ALLOW STUDENTS TO SWITCH PATHWAYS WHILE THEY ARE IN HIGH SCHOOL.

ABSOLUTELY. UM, I WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO TRUSTEE.

WESTON TO KIND OF SET THE STAGE FOR A REVIEW OF HOW WE THINK THESE FORUMS WENT AND THEIR LEVEL OF EFFECTIVENESS, AND THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHERE WE MIGHT WANT TO GO FROM HERE. SO THERE WAS AGREEMENT AMONG ALL THREE OF US SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS, TRUSTEE, MARKHAM, HARRISON, AND MYSELF THAT, UM, THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF MAKING BOARD MEMBERS MORE ACCESSIBLE TO THE COMMUNITY, UH, TO REACH VOICES UNHEARD OR PEOPLE THAT WE DON'T ALWAYS HEAR FROM THAT GOAL WAS NOT MET.

UM, TRUSTEE HARRISON SAID THAT THERE WERE 44 PEOPLE BETWEEN THREE UM, FORUMS, AND WE AGREED IN A MEETING THAT WE HAD, I THINK TWO WEEKS AGO THERE WERE NO NEW FACES.

UH, ALL OF THE PARTICIPANTS WERE PEOPLE THAT KNOW AT LEAST 1 OR 2, PROBABLY MORE BOARD MEMBERS PERSONALLY AND CAN REACH OUT TO THEM DIRECTLY AT ANY TIME.

UM, BUT WE AGREED THAT THAT'S OKAY.

THIS IS A PROCESS. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T PRETEND THAT YOU GET IT RIGHT ON DAY ONE.

AND SO WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT WAS PERHAPS IT MIGHT BE A BETTER USE OF, UM, IT MIGHT LEAD TO MORE FRUIT IF WE LEVERAGED COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT ALREADY EXIST WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, WHETHER IT'S THE ROTARY OR SERTOMA OR ANY NUMBER OF OTHER GROUPS THAT ALREADY MEET ONCE A MONTH OR TWICE A YEAR, OR AND THEY ALREADY HAVE MEMBERS, UM, ACROSS DIFFERENT PARTS GEOGRAPHICALLY AND OTHER DEMOGRAPHICS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

AND WE TALKED WITH, UM, YOU SAID DR.

BECKY, MISTER BECKY.

YES. ABOUT BECAUSE SHE WAS IN THE MEETING WITH US, UM, THAT THE DISTRICT ALREADY KNOWS WHO A LOT OF THESE GROUPS ARE, AND IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF THE ADMINISTRATION REACHING OUT TO THESE GROUPS. WHEN DO YOU GUYS MEET? AND PUTTING TOGETHER A SCHEDULE AND MAKING THAT AVAILABLE TO BOARD MEMBERS? UM, SO THAT A BOARD MEMBER COULD SAY, YOU KNOW, I'M AVAILABLE SOMETIME IN MARCH.

I'LL GO TO A MEETING IN MARCH IF THEY'RE INTERESTED.

IT COULD BE ONE, 2 OR 3 BOARD MEMBERS AND JUST SORT OF RATHER THAN TRYING TO CREATE OUR OWN FORUMS. WE COULD ATTEND FORUMS THAT ALREADY EXIST WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, IF THAT MAKES SENSE, AND JUST MAKE THAT AVAILABLE TO BOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE INTERESTED.

UM, SO DID I LEAVE ANYTHING OFF? UM, I THINK THE OTHER THING IS THINKING HYPER LOCALLY.

UM, ONE THING THAT YOU BROUGHT UP, OR MAYBE YOU BROUGHT UP, SOMEBODY BROUGHT UP THAT A LOT OF TIMES PARENTS WANT TO GO TO THINGS ON THEIR CAMPUS.

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IT'S NOT BY NECESSARILY A LEARNING COMMUNITY.

SO THOSE CAMPUSES ARE BROKEN UP.

AND WE WANTED TO ASK OURSELVES AND OUR COLLEAGUES, WHAT IF WE MADE A COMMITMENT TO ATTEND ONE OR MORE EVENTS ON OUR ASSIGNED CAMPUSES, WHETHER THAT'S PTA, WHETHER THAT'S A FAIR SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY HAPPENING, WHERE THOSE PARENTS ARE ALREADY GOING TO BE THERE TO ENGAGE THEM ON THEIR HOME CAMPUS, WHERE THEY MIGHT FEEL A LITTLE BIT SAFER AND A LITTLE BIT MORE ENGAGED.

UM, ONE MORE THING THAT WE DISCUSSED, AND THIS IS THIS IS WHERE FEEDBACK COMES IN.

SO WE COULD SOLIDIFY THE PLAN BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T CREATED A PLAN AND WE'RE BRINGING IT TO YOU.

WE WANT TO OPEN THE CONVERSATION IS HAVING SOMETHING ON OUR, UH, THE BOARD WEBSITE WHERE PEOPLE CAN REQUEST THAT WE COME OUT TO THEIR MEETINGS.

SO WHETHER IT IS, UM, A CHURCH, YOU KNOW, A CHURCH MAY WANT TO HEAR THAT'S PART OF THE COMMUNITY.

AND THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF SOME PEOPLE'S COMMUNITY.

THEY MAY WANT US TO COME OUT AND SPEAK TO THEM AND SPEAK TO THEIR PARENTS.

UM, MAKING IT SO THAT PEOPLE CAN REQUEST THAT WE COME TO THEM, WE WOULD ALLOW THEM TO REQUEST WHO OR SAY, JUST ANYONE, UM, STARTING TO THINK MORE ABOUT GETTING INTO WHAT'S ALREADY HAPPENING INSTEAD OF EXPECTING PEOPLE TO COME TO US.

THIS IS A PROTOTYPE.

I KNOW NOT EVERYONE IS COMFORTABLE WITH PROTOTYPING.

PART OF MY BACKGROUND IS IN DESIGN AND HUMAN CENTERED DESIGN, SO I LOVE A GOOD PROTOTYPE, AND I THINK IT'S OKAY TO SAY THAT I DON'T KNOW THAT THIS YIELDED THE OUTCOME, THAT WE WANTED IT TO YIELD, BUT WHAT IS IT THAT WE'RE SEEKING? AND I THINK WE'RE SEEKING TRUE CONNECTION ACROSS OUR DISTRICT, AND EVERYONE'S VOICE IS BEING HEARD, ESPECIALLY AHEAD OF ANY PROCESSES LIKE BONDS, REDISTRICTING, ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THAT CAN BE TOUGH AND CONTENTIOUS SO THAT WE ALREADY HAVE EXISTING AND MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR COMMUNITIES.

UM, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? YEAH. THE ONLY OTHER PIECE I HAVE TO ADD IS THAT PART OF TWO WAY COMMUNICATION, TOO, IS MAKING SURE OUR COMMUNITY KNOWS WHERE THEY CAN GET INVOLVED IN THE DISTRICT.

SO WE DISCUSSED, AGAIN, POTENTIALLY CREATING, UM, SOMETHING ON THE THE WEBSITE, LIKE A ONE LANDING PAGE WHERE COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN GO TO SEE WHERE ALL THE COMMITTEES ARE IN THE DISTRICT THAT THEY CAN, UM, APPLY FOR, AND THEN HAVING THAT ALSO BE WHERE THEY CAN REQUEST ONE OF US TO COME SPEAK.

SO ALMOST SORT OF CREATING LIKE A A BOARD COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PAGE WITHIN OUR, OUR DISTRICT WEBSITE.

THAT'S ONE LIKE A ONE STOP SHOP FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

SO I PERSONALLY LIKE ALL OF THOSE IDEAS.

LAST YEAR I JOINED ALL THE TAS.

I ONLY HAD ONE OF MY SCHOOLS REACH OUT TO ME LAST YEAR AND INVITE ME TO EVENTS, AND I WENT TO THEM.

UM, THANK YOU, STONY POINT HIGH SCHOOL FOR INVITING ME.

UM, I HAVE NOT DONE AS GOOD OF A JOB THIS YEAR, BUT I ALSO FELT LIKE IF I JOINED THE PTA AND I WAS JUST GETTING THEIR EMAILS, THAT WASN'T REALLY AN INVITATION.

SO I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW IF THEY WOULD WANT ME TO SHOW UP.

SO I LOVE THE IDEA OF HAVING IF WE GOT AN INVITATION FROM THE SCHOOL OR FROM THE PTA, RATHER THAN US JUST SHOWING UP OUT OF THE BLUE TO AN EVENT THAT THEY HAD.

UM, SO I DO REALLY LIKE THE IDEA OF SIGNING UP ON THE WEB PAGE AND INVITING US OUT.

UM, I, I WOULD ASK THAT IT BE ON THE FIRST PAGE, BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT'S FIVE CLICKS THROUGH OUR WEB PAGE TO FIND WHAT YOU NEED.

UM, I EVEN GO TO ABOUT BOARD.

I MEAN, THAT'S HOW I GET TO OUR PAGE.

SO I, I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE IT VERY, VERY EASY FOR PEOPLE TO GET THERE, BUT I THINK THOSE ALL SOUND GREAT.

THAT'S RIGHT. A LITTLE BIT OF FEEDBACK ON THIS, WHICH THANK YOU FOR PUTTING ALL THIS TOGETHER.

UM, I ATTENDED TWO OF THE THREE, UM, FORUMS IN SEPTEMBER, AND THIS IS NOT AT ALL CALLING ANYBODY OUT, BUT ONE THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS GREATER PARTICIPATION BY ALL TRUSTEES.

UM, I KNOW WE'RE ALL BUSY, AND I KNOW IT'S DIFFICULT TO, YOU KNOW, TO GIVE UP A NIGHT FROM YOUR FAMILY IN ADDITION TO THE OTHER COMMITTEES THAT YOU SERVE ON.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE GREATER PARTICIPATION BY MORE TRUSTEES WHEN WE DO THIS.

UM, ANOTHER THING THAT I THOUGHT, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A LOT OF FAMILIAR FACES AT THE TWO THAT I ATTENDED, ONE THING TAKE AWAY THAT I REALLY GOT WAS THE COMMUNITY REALLY ENJOYED BEING ABLE TO TALK TO US, BECAUSE SO OFTEN THEY GO TO EVENTS, UM, HERE OR ON THEIR CAMPUS AND THEY'RE TALKED TO AND THEY TAKE THE INFORMATION IN AND THEY GO HOME AND THEY MAY SEND A FOLLOW UP EMAIL.

BUT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT.

OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REALLY LISTEN AND NOT TALK TO THEM.

I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO PRESERVE EVEN IN THIS.

AND THIS IS JUST ME SPEAKING.

AND PEOPLE, OTHER TRUSTEES MAY DISAGREE, BUT I THINK THAT WE WANT TO PRESERVE THAT PART OF THESE FORUMS TO ALLOW FOR A TRUE LISTENING

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I NEVER REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP TONIGHT.

AND SHE'S BEEN IN EDUCATION FOR, YOU KNOW, 20 YEARS.

AND SO.

JUST ALLOWING THE COMMUNITY TO SPEAK TO US, I THINK WAS SO, SO VALUABLE.

UM, THE OTHER THING THAT I THINK HOWEVER WE MOVE FORWARD IS HAVING IT CALENDARED SOMEWHERE BECAUSE.

IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO REACH THIS COMMUNITY ROUND ROCK ISD ANYWAY, BUT THEN TO THROW OUT NEW INFORMATION AND YOU'RE SAYING, HEY, NEXT WEEK OR IN TWO WEEKS WE'RE HAVING A COMMUNITY FORUM.

AND IF THEY DON'T, IF THEY'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, REALLY PAYING ATTENTION TO THE EMAILS OR THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA AT THAT TIME, THEY MISS THAT OPPORTUNITY.

SO IF THERE'S A POSSIBILITY TO GET THESE CALENDARS TO SAY, HEY, THIS SCHOOL REACHED OUT AND TWO TRUSTEES WILL NOW BE ATTENDING, WE PUT IT ON A CALENDAR. UM, YOU KNOW, ON OUR BOARD PAGE OR WHATEVER.

AND THAT WAY THE COMMUNITY CAN FOLLOW ALONG AND PLAN.

HEY, IN MARCH I HAVE SOME FREE TIME, AND I KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE TRUSTEES AT THIS PARTICULAR EVENT, AND I'M GOING TO MAKE THE TIME, BUT NEXT WEEK I'M ALREADY BOOKED OUT.

AND SO THOSE WERE MY THREE KEY TAKEAWAYS IN PLANNING FOR NEXT STEPS.

UM, I APPRECIATE THE THREE OF Y'ALL MEETING AND SUMMARIZING AND DOING THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE SO FAR.

AND I'M HAPPY TO ALLOW YOU TO CONTINUE THAT PROCESS.

BUT I THOUGHT THAT THOSE WERE THREE REALLY IMPORTANT TAKEAWAYS FROM THE THE PROCESS THAT I SAT THROUGH ALREADY.

THOUGH I WILL SAY ON THE ONE THAT I DID THE LAST ONE AT PEARSON, THERE HAD NOT BEEN MUCH COMMUNICATION OUT, LIKE I THINK THERE HAD ONLY BEEN ONE, MAYBE EMAIL, MAYBE A SOCIAL MEDIA POST.

AND SO WE DID HAVE ONE NEW PERSON THAT I'D NEVER MET, BUT EVERYBODY ELSE WERE PEOPLE THAT FOLLOWED THE DISTRICT.

SO I DO THINK IN ADDITION TO THE CALENDAR, WE DO STILL NEED TO GET OUR COMMUNICATION OUT THERE MUCH BETTER.

THE BUTTON WASN'T WORKING.

SO FIRST I'D LIKE TO SAY, AS I SIT HERE AND LISTEN.

IT'S REALLY INTERESTING THAT WE'RE SITTING HERE TALKING ABOUT TWO WAY COMMUNICATION, WHICH I THINK IS GREAT.

UM, BUT I'LL JUST SAY IT AGAIN, I THINK IT STARTS HERE IN THE BOARDROOM.

SO I FIND IT INTERESTING THAT WE TOOK AWAY ALL THE AGENDA ITEM TOPICS.

SO I THINK THE FIRST MOVE IS TO ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT OFF AGENDA ITEM TOPICS AND VIRTUAL SPEAKING BACK INTO OUR BOARD MEETINGS.

I THINK THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO START THAT INITIAL CONTACT AND THAT TRUST WITH THE COMMUNITY.

UM, BECAUSE I HAVE TO ASK MYSELF, YOU KNOW, I WASN'T ALWAYS ON THIS BOARD.

AND WHEN I WASN'T ON THE BOARD, WHAT WOULD HAVE IT TAKEN FOR ME TO GO TO A TWO WAY COMMUNICATION? UM, IF I'M GOING TO GIVE UP MY EVENING, IF I GO, I HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO LISTEN AND THAT THEY WANT TO LISTEN AND THEY ACTUALLY WANT TO, LIKE, SOLVE SOME PROBLEMS AND WORK WITH ME.

UM, AND SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO, TO BUILD.

I DON'T THINK PEOPLE ARE JUST GOING TO COME TO THESE IF THEY IF WE HAVEN'T BUILT THAT TRUST.

SO I THINK FIRST OF ALL, WE NEED TO IMPLEMENT THOSE BACK.

UM, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO START THAT TRUST AND GET THAT TWO WAY COMMUNICATION.

UM. AS I SIT HERE AND LISTEN, I ALSO THINK ABOUT THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT COME TO US.

WE KNOW MANY OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE IN OUR DISTRICT.

THEY DON'T SURPRISE US.

I'M VERY RARELY. THERE ARE THINGS THAT DO, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US ACTUALLY INVITE PEOPLE TO THE BOARD ROOM, INVITE GROUPS AND EXAMPLE.

WHEN THE STONY POINT HIGH SCHOOL, UH, COMMUNITY STARTED SHOWING UP ABOUT THE CAFETERIA, INVITE THEM, PUT IT ON AN AGENDA AND INVITE THEM TO HAVE A TWO WAY COMMUNICATION WITH THE BOARD. WE CAN TOTALLY DO THAT.

WE HAVE OUR LEGAL SETTING OVER THERE.

THEY CAN LOOK INTO HOW WE MAKE THAT WORK, BUT YOU SEE IT ALL THE TIME.

INVITE THE COMMUNITY TO OUR BOARDROOM WITH ALL SEVEN OF US SITTING HERE AT THE DAIS.

UM, BECAUSE I DO.

WHILE I APPRECIATE TWO WAY COMMUNICATION, I THINK ALSO FOR FOLKS THAT ARE ENGAGED, MOST FOLKS UNDERSTAND HOW THE BOARD WORKS, AND THEY UNDERSTAND THAT IF THEY'RE ONLY TALKING TO THREE OF YOU, THEY'RE NOT TALKING TO THE BOARD.

SO IT'S REALLY NOT TWO WAY COMMUNICATION WITH THE BOARD.

SO IF WE REALLY WANT TRUE TWO WAY COMMUNICATION, BRING THEM TO THE BOARD ROOM.

MAYBE WE HAVE A SECOND MEETING A MONTH THAT IS FOR GROUPS TO COME.

FOR, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT'S BOOSTER CLUBS, MAYBE IT'S THE DEBATE CLUB.

YOU KNOW, THAT WESTWOOD, YOU KNOW, HAD AND MAYBE WE WOULD INVITED THEM.

MAYBE IT'S THE STUDENTS THAT WE HEAR THAT HAVE BULLYING ISSUES.

AND WE WE INVITE THEM TO COME BACK TO A SECOND MEETING AND WE ACTUALLY PUT IT ON THE AGENDA.

AND WE ACTUALLY LET THEM TALK TO US.

AND WE WE HAVE A TWO WAY COMMUNICATION AND WE SET THAT UP.

I THINK THAT'S TRANSPARENT.

IT WOULD BE DOCUMENTED.

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IT WOULD ACTUALLY BE TWO WAY COMMUNICATION WITH THE BOARD.

SO THOSE ARE SOME OF MINE.

UM, I DO HESITATE WITH SOME OF THE INDIVIDUALS GOING TO THINGS BECAUSE NONE OF US SPEAK FOR THE BOARD.

NONE OF US ARE THE BOARD.

THREE OF YOU ARE NOT THE BOARD.

ONE OF US IS NOT THE BOARD.

SO IF ONE OF US GOES, THAT'S NOT TWO WAY COMMUNICATION WITH THE BOARD.

IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, ONE WAY.

IT'S TWO WAY COMMUNICATION WITH ONE BOARD MEMBER.

UM, SO I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE TRUE TWO WAY COMMUNICATION WITH THE BOARD.

AND I REALLY I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO START WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY TO SOLVE PROBLEMS. LIKE I LOOK OUT AND I SEE, UM, ESPECIALLY ONE COMMUNITY MEMBER OUT IN THE AUDIENCE RIGHT NOW THAT I WOULD LOVE TO GIVE THEM A PLATFORM TO, TO WORK SOME ISSUES OUT WITH THE BOARD, BECAUSE THEY'RE MUCH MORE OF AN EXPERT ON THINGS THAN WE ARE SOMETIMES AND HAVE BEEN IN THE, YOU KNOW, FIGHT FOR THEIR AREA OF EXPERTISE.

AND THAT TYPE OF TWO WAY COMMUNICATION, I THINK, WOULD NOT ONLY BE GOOD FOR THE BOARD, I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE ADMINISTRATION, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND I KNOW I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.

I DO KNOW THAT WE EACH INDIVIDUALLY HEAR THINGS, UM, AND LIKE, YOU KNOW, GIVING THE REPORT TONIGHT, YOU ALL HEARD ALL THE BACKGROUND TO THOSE TOPICS.

UM, AND NOT EVERYBODY WAS AT ALL OF THEM.

RIGHT. SO WHILE YOU GUYS HEARD THEM, NOT EVERYBODY HEARD THE SPECIFICS AROUND THEM.

SO I DO LOOK FORWARD.

I'M GLAD THIS IS BEING BROUGHT UP.

AND I HOPE YOU GUYS, UH, HEARD WHAT I WAS SAYING WITH GENUINE HEART AND DESIRE TO HAVE REAL, TRUE, TWO WAY COMMUNICATION BECAUSE WE ALL LOVE OUR STUDENTS IN ROUND ROCK.

I ACTUALLY DOCTOR BONE, I BROUGHT THAT UP IN OUR COMMITTEE MEETING.

MY CONCERN THAT, UH, PEOPLE COME TO THESE THINGS OR IF WE SHOW UP, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO BE CLEAR THAT THEY'RE NOT ENGAGING THE BOARD. THEY'RE ENGAGING A COUPLE OF TRUSTEES WHO CANNOT DO ANYTHING UNILATERALLY.

AND I YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, I VOTED AGAINST THE DECISION TO PREVENT OFF TOPIC AGENDA SPEAKERS.

I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE WITH YOU.

I JUST I DON'T SEE THAT WILL ON THIS WITH THIS MAJORITY.

I THINK IT'S DISAPPOINTING.

UM, I SEE THIS AS A WAY TO TAKE TOPICS AND CONCERNS OUTSIDE OF THE BOARD MEETINGS AND THE BOARD ROOM AND PUT THEM IN OTHER PLACES.

AND I THINK SOME FOLKS MIGHT THINK THAT THAT'S MORE PRODUCTIVE OR THEY MIGHT THE RHETORIC MIGHT BE THERE.

BUT THE TRUTH IS THAT OFTENTIMES THE BIRTH OF CHANGE IN THIS DISTRICT.

IS THAT THAT MICROPHONE.

AND UNLESS AND UNTIL WE OPEN BACK UP TO THE COMMUNITY, TO ANYBODY TO COME TO THAT MICROPHONE TO TALK ABOUT WHATEVER THEY WANT TO.

I THINK THE WORK HERE IS FUTILE.

THAT'S MY OPINION.

THANK YOU FOR THAT FEEDBACK.

UM, I'D LOVE TO COME TO SOME CONSENSUS AROUND WHAT WE WANT TO PURSUE IN THE NEXT STEPS OF TWO WAY COMMUNICATION.

UM, I WOULD SINCERELY AND GENUINELY LIKE TO, UM, REMIND TRUSTEES BONE AND WESTON THAT WE DID SAY WE WOULD REVISIT PUBLIC COMMENT AND HOW THAT'S WORKING IN 90 DAYS.

DO I HAVE THAT RIGHT? OKAY, SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL BE DOING, UM, IN GOOD FAITH.

AND SO I THINK WE CAN LEAVE THAT CONVERSATION THERE FOR NOW.

UM, BUT WHAT I WANTED TO DO WAS MAYBE GO THROUGH SOME OF THE THEMES THAT I HEARD AND, AND CAN WE BECAUSE WE'RE IN OPEN, CAN WE TAKE A STRAW POLL ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT THAT TO BE A DIRECTIVE TO THE ADMINISTRATION? DO WE HAVE TO VOTE ON EVERY ITEM? I SO THIS IS NOT FOR AN ACTION ITEM.

SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU NOT TO DO THAT.

OKAY. UM, IF YOU WANT TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA FOR A FUTURE AGENDA AND AN ACTION ITEM, AND I WOULD DISCOURAGE YOU FROM TAKING A STRAW POLL.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

SO WHAT DO WE WANT TO DO? CAN I JUST SUGGEST THAT THE COMMITTEE, NOW THAT YOU'VE HEARD, COME BACK WITH A LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU CAN BRING BACK TO US? I CAN AND I CAN TELL YOU THE RECOMMENDATIONS WE'VE HAD SO FAR, JUST BASED ON WHAT WE HAD A CONVERSATION ON AS A COMMITTEE AND WHAT WE'VE HAD A CONVERSATION HERE.

IT'S JUST THAT IN BETWEEN, I MEAN, HOW MANY MORE TIMES DO WE WANT TO PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA, I GUESS IS MY QUESTION.

WELL, WHAT ARE THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU HAD FROM THE COMMITTEE? AND SO THERE WERE A COUPLE, NUMBER ONE, MAKING OURSELVES AVAILABLE ON ASSIGNED CAMPUSES.

SO CIRCLING BACK AND REACHING OUT TO PRINCIPALS AND ASKING THEM TO CONSCIOUSLY INVITE US TO EVENTS ON CAMPUSES, UM, SO WE CAN DIALOG WITH PARENTS. NUMBER TWO, SPEAKING REQUESTS OF THE BOARD ON THE FIRST PAGE OF THE, UM, OF THE BOARD WEBSITE SO THAT CLUBS, ORGANIZATIONS CAN REACH OUT TO US TO COME AND SPEAK WITH THEM AND MEET WITH THEM.

UM, NUMBER THREE, THE DISTRICT PREPARING A LIST OF CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS TO TAP INTO AND TO ENGAGE.

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I WROTE THAT DOWN. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THAT MEANT.

SORRY. UM, NUMBER FIVE, DO WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO CONSIDER FORUM OPPORTUNITIES? IS THIS SOMETHING WE WANT TO PRESERVE? IF SO, WHAT'S THE CADENCE OF THEM? UM, NUMBER SIX IMPLEMENT OFF AGENDA TOPICS AND VIRTUAL SPEAKING.

I NOTED THAT WE ARE EVALUATING THAT AGAIN IN 90 DAYS.

AND NUMBER SEVEN, WHAT I HEARD TODAY WAS CAN WE HAVE TWO WAY COMMUNICATION AT A BOARD MEETING.

AND THAT IS A QUESTION FOR LEGAL PROBABLY ENCLOSED.

OR IT COULD BE AN OPEN I DON'T KNOW.

IF YOU REPEAT THAT. I'M SORRY.

THE THOUGHT PROCESS WAS, CAN WE HAVE TWO WAY COMMUNICATION AT A BOARD MEETING? COULD WE EVER CALL A BOARD MEETING WITH ALL SEVEN MEMBERS OF THE BOARD WHERE WE DIALOG WITH COMMUNITY? ONLY IF IT'S ON AN ON THE AGENDA.

SO THE PERSON WOULD HAVE TO BRING AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA TO SPEAK WITH THE BOARD AND HAVE THAT DIALOG.

OTHERWISE, NO. AND THAT IS WHAT I WAS MENTIONING.

IS THAT LIKE WHEN THE STONY POINT MOMS AND COMMUNITY WERE COMING, THAT AT THAT POINT WE CAN'T, BUT WE COULD AT THE NEXT MEET, WE COULD SCHEDULE A MEETING AND PUT IT ON THE AGENDA THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT STONY POINT CAFETERIA AND ACTUALLY HAVE THEM AS INVITED GUEST.

SO IT'S ON THERE.

IT. AND IT'S ON AS A DISCUSSION ITEM.

SO THAT THAT WAS MY THINKING.

CAN I SUGGEST THAT THE ADMINISTRATION JUST SEND AN EMAIL ASKING WHICH BOARD MEMBERS WOULD AGREE TO DO THOSE THINGS? AND IF YOU, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE LIKE THE CALENDAR REACHING OUT TO OUR CAMPUSES, I MEAN, I THINK AS AN INDIVIDUAL, I WILL DO THAT.

ANYWAY, I DID THAT LAST YEAR.

UM, BUT. THEN THE ADMINISTRATION CAN SEE.

OKAY, I'LL REACH OUT TO AND SEE.

AND THESE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE SAID THEY'RE WILLING TO GO TO COMMUNITY FORUMS. I MEAN, I DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT WE NEED A MAJORITY OF US IF IF EVEN TWO PEOPLE WANTED TO GO DO THAT, THEN LET'S SEE.

OKAY. UM, I THINK THE ONLY OTHER THING TO MAYBE DISCUSS OR JUST TO THINK ABOUT AND CONSIDERATION IS WHAT'S OUR ACCOUNTABILITY FOR WHAT WE'VE HEARD AND HOW DO WE IF THIS IS TRUE, TWO WAY HEAR RESPOND DIALOG AND THEN HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR MOVING THINGS FORWARD.

SO CAN I. CAN I MAKE A SUGGESTION FOR THAT? I MEAN, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AND I THINK MAYBE THE COMMUNITY WOULD I MEAN, MAYBE WE HAVE A FACEBOOK PAGE WITH.

YOU KNOW, THE TOPICS WE'RE WORKING ON, KIND OF THE MATRIX TYPE OF TOPICS THAT YOU WERE GIVEN.

AND WE HAVE UPDATES LIKE THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON TWO WAY AND AND KIND OF GIVE FEEDBACK, KIND OF LIKE IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE BOND PAGE.

YOU KNOW, THE BOND PAGE WOULD HAVE LIKE BOND UPDATES ON HOW THE BOND PROJECTS.

SO AS WE COME UP WITH TOPICS FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY HAVE A MAYBE EVEN LIKE A POINT OF CONTACT ON, YOU KNOW, WHO DO YOU CONTACT IF YOU WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS AND ETC..

SO JUST. KIND OF A WEB PAGE.

AND ACTUALLY, TO PIGGYBACK ON THAT, YOU KNOW, TRUSTEE VESSA ALWAYS ASKED IF WE COULD DO BOARD BRIEFS, UM, THE WAY LEANDER DOES.

AND IT COULD BE MORE THAN JUST THE MEETING.

IT COULD BE BOARD BRIEFS THAT THAT GO OFF ON, ON QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ASKED IN TWO WAY COMMUNICATION.

TRUSTEE HARRISON. MAY I SUGGEST THAT I KNOW WE HAD A VERY PRODUCTIVE MEETING WITH, UH, WITH YOU? UH TRUSTEE. WESTON AND, UH, AND THE SECRETARY.

I'M SORRY. MARKHAM.

UM, UH, WHEN WE MET WITH WHEN YOU MET WITH OUR TEAM, MAY I SUGGEST THAT WE MAYBE HAVE A SECOND, UH, ANOTHER MEETING, FOLLOW UP MEETING TO DISCUSS SOME OF THESE, UH, SUGGESTIONS. AND, UH, I CAN SEE SOME OF THAT STUFF, UM, THAT YOU SUGGESTED WOULD BE PROBABLY EASILY IMPLEMENTED.

AND SOME OF THE STUFF MAY BE, AS I SAID, WE MAY HAVE TO PLAN FOR IT OR BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD, BUT WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO A FOLLOW UP AND SEE WHAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT IN AN IMMEDIATE FUTURE.

THAT SOUNDS GREAT. OKAY, SO, UM, AD HOC COMMITTEE, LET'S PLAN TO MEET IN JANUARY, AND THEN LET'S CONTINUE TO MOVE THIS CONVERSATION ALONG.

AND THANK YOU, UM, TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR REALLY ENGAGING IN PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION, I APPRECIATE IT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. TRUSTEES.

IT IS 734.

I'D LIKE TO TAKE A LET'S TAKE A 11 MINUTE RECESS, AND WE'LL COME BACK AT 745.

ALL RIGHT. IT IS 746.

WE ARE BACK IN OPEN SESSION AND WE ARE GOING TO MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM H FOR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES SPECIAL EDUCATION UPDATE UPDATE AS REQUESTED BY TRUSTEE MARKHAM.

THANK YOU.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU GUYS A BRIEF UPDATE ON SOME LEGISLATIVE WORK THAT PRESIDENT LANDRUM AND I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN REGARDING SPECIAL EDUCATION FUNDING.

UM, THE CENTRAL TEXAS HOUSE DELEGATION, INCLUDING REPRESENTATIVE BUCY, WHO DOES REPRESENT A LARGE PART OF OUR DISTRICT.

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SO OBVIOUSLY, WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT DISABILITY AND HOW WE SERVE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES HAS CHANGED A LOT IN 32 YEARS.

THE 2022 TEXAS COMMISSION ON SPECIAL EDUCATION FUNDING REPORT OUTLINES A NUMBER OF FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT THE PARAMETERS FOR THE FORMULA BASED RECOMMENDATIONS ARE VAGUE.

AND, UM, WHILE IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT THEY'RE VAGUE, IT DOES LEAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO REALLY DEFINE AN APPROACH THAT BETTER SERVES OUR STUDENTS.

SO PRESIDENT LANDRUM AND I, ALONG WITH TRUSTEES AND ADMINISTRATION FROM SURROUNDING DISTRICTS, WERE ABLE TO MEET WITH MEMBERS OF THE CENTRAL TEXAS DELEGATION TO OFFER OUR INSIGHT ON OUR PERSONAL EXPERIENCES WITH SPECIAL EDUCATION IN OUR DISTRICTS, AND THEN WALK THEM THROUGH THE PROGRAMS THAT WE OFFER, AS WELL AS THE RESOURCES NECESSARY TO FULLY SUPPORT THOSE PROGRAMS. UM, THE FOR SPECIAL SESSION HAS ENDED.

UM, AND ALTHOUGH IT'S ENDED WITH VERY LITTLE MONEY ALLOCATED TOWARD PUBLIC EDUCATION, THE GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE OUR LEGISLATORS HAVE A FULL UNDERSTANDING OF THE INTERVENTION AND SUPPORT NECESSARY TO PROVIDE FAPE AND EDUCATE STUDENTS IN THEIR LEAST RESTRICTIVE ENVIRONMENTS.

SO WHETHER THE OPPORTUNITY ARISES IN A SPECIAL SESSION OR WE NEED TO WAIT UNTIL THE 89TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE ALL OF THE INFORMATION IN THEIR HANDS TO DEFINE THOSE FUNDING PARAMETERS.

UM, AND THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT WE DID WITH OUR LEGISLATORS WAS SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH THAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BOARD WAS FULLY AWARE THAT IT WAS TAKING PLACE.

UM, AND FELT LIKE IT WAS GOOD INFORMATION FOR ALL OF US TO HAVE HEADING INTO JANUARY, WHEN WE'LL DO OUR OUR TEAM OF EIGHT ON LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.

AND MY HOPE IS THAT BECAUSE THERE IS INTEREST IN THIS, THAT WE CAN, UM, KIND OF PUT A FOCUS ON IT WHEN WE SPEAK.

DID YOU ALL JUST ANSWER QUESTIONS OR DID YOU PROVIDE DATA THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD SHARE WITH US, WHAT YOU PROVIDED? SO OUR DISTRICT IN PARTICULAR JUST TALKED ABOUT WE MORE JUST PROVIDED INFORMATION ABOUT THE TYPE OF PROGRAMING THAT WE OFFER, WHERE WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT PROGRAMING GO, ESPECIALLY IN EARLY INTERVENTION.

UM, IN, IN OUR PRE-K PROGRAMS, SOME OF OUR TRANSITION PROGRAMING, WRAPAROUND SERVICES, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT FULLY FUNDED WHAT WE COULD REALLY DO WITH THAT TO MAKE MEANINGFUL CHANGE IN SPECIAL EDUCATION.

SO THAT WAS OUR DISTRICT IN PARTICULAR.

SOME OF THE OTHER DISTRICTS DID PROVIDE DATA FOR THEIR DISTRICTS.

AND I THINK IF THIS IS SOMETHING WE WANT TO FOCUS ON, THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE LOOKING AT THAT DATA FOR ROUND ROCK ISD IN PARTICULAR, AND OFFERING THAT TO OUR LEGISLATORS WHO ARE WANTING TO.

AND IT'S IT'S A GOOD AMOUNT OF THE CENTRAL TEXAS DELEGATION THAT WANTS TO WORK ON THIS, SO WE CAN PROVIDE THAT GOING FORWARD.

IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO DO.

AND I WOULD JUST SAY THAT I APPRECIATE TRUSTEE MARKHAM WORKING ON THIS.

SHE DEFINITELY HAS BEEN THE LEADER ON THIS INITIATIVE.

AND WE HAVE TRUSTEES FROM LEANDER, PFLUGERVILLE, HAYS, LEANDER, PFLUGERVILLE, AND EONS AND EONS.

OKAY. AND, UM, SPECIFICALLY TRUSTEES LIKE SHE SAID THAT ARE SERVING THAT ALSO HAVE A STUDENT WHO'S IN SPECIAL EDUCATION.

AND THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE DID HAVE WITH SOME OF OUR LEGISLATORS WAS WHAT SURPRISED ME THE MOST WAS THEIR SURPRISE, UH, AND HOW MUCH THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW THAT THEY THOUGHT THEY KNEW ABOUT SPECIAL EDUCATION AND THE FUNDING AND HOW COMPLICATED THE REIMBURSEMENT MODEL IS AND HOW MUCH DISTRICTS ACTUALLY SPEND ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT'S ACTUALLY ALLOCATED TO DISTRICTS.

AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THEY WERE ACTUALLY REALLY AWARE OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, THAT DISTRICTS ARE HAVING TO DO BECAUSE WE'RE FEDERALLY MANDATED TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES.

AND IF THE STATE DOESN'T PAY FOR IT, THE MONEY HAS TO COME FROM SOMEWHERE.

AND I DON'T THINK THAT THEY REALIZED THEY THOUGHT THAT THE CHANGES IN HOUSE BILL ONE IN THE 87TH LEDGE, UM, CORRECTED A LOT OF THE FUNDING STREAMS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION. IN REALITY, THEY DIDN'T.

AND SO THERE WAS ACTUALLY QUITE A BIT OF OF SURPRISE FROM OUR LEGISLATORS ON HOW THIS, UM.

AND IN HOW ITS FUNDING AND A LOT OF REQUESTS IN HOW CAN THEY WORK ON LEGISLATION FOR THE 89TH SESSION TO HELP CORRECT SPECIAL EDUCATION? BECAUSE IT'S EASY TO SAY WE WANT MORE FUNDING FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES, BUT YOU CAN'T JUST WRITE A BILL THAT SAYS, SPEND MORE MONEY ON SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES.

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THERE'S GOT TO BE, YOU KNOW, ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT GO INTO STATE LAW.

SO THEIR WILLINGNESS TO ACCEPT FEEDBACK ON AND ADMIT THAT THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY DON'T KNOW AND THAT THEY WERE WILLING TO LEARN, I THOUGHT WAS WAS REALLY, UM, UH, INSPIRING AND GAVE US SOME HOPE THAT THERE COULD BE SOME POSSIBLE CHANGES, MAYBE GOING INTO THE 89TH SESSION AND EVERYTHING WE'VE LEARNED.

WE ARE SUPPOSED TO START TWO YEARS AHEAD OF TIME.

IF THERE'S, YOU KNOW, LEGISLATION THAT WE FEEL IS IMPORTANT TO THE DISTRICT.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT JANUARY TRAINING COMING UP AND THEIR INTEREST, I JUST REALLY THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO BRING THIS TO YOU GUYS AND JUST HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND BEFORE WE GO BEFORE WE GO INTO THAT TRAINING.

TRUSTEE WESTON YOU HAVE YOUR LIGHT ON? YES. THANK YOU. SO THERE'S NO ATTACHMENT.

TO THE AGENDA ON THIS ITEM, IS THAT CORRECT? BUT YOU. YOU PROVIDED THAT YOU WERE HAVING MEETINGS AND THERE WERE PERSONS FROM DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND FROM THE CAPITAL, AND THERE WERE DIFFERENT TOPICS.

IS IT REASONABLE TO ASK THAT THAT A SUMMARY OF THAT BE PROVIDED IN A BOARD UPDATE? SURE I CAN DO THAT.

OKAY. I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

I THINK IT'S JUST PROBABLY A LOT OF OUR OWN ADVOCACY THAT WE ALL DO.

YOU KNOW, WE ALL HAVE MEETINGS THAT WE DO AS TRUSTEES, AND WE PROBABLY DON'T COMMUNICATE THAT WITH EVERYBODY OF WHO YOU'RE MEETING WITH AND WHO YOU'RE TALKING TO.

SO IT WASN'T THAT WE WERE.

AND IT'S ACTUALLY WHY TRUSTEE MARKHAM HERE, WE WEREN'T TRYING TO GO BEHIND ANYBODY'S BACK, BUT REALLY WORK WITH OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAD SIMILAR INTERESTS.

AND THEN THAT'S WHAT HOW IT KIND OF TRANSLATED TO.

AND THE TRUSTEES FROM OTHER DISTRICTS THAT WERE ALSO A PART OF THESE MEETINGS, A LOT OF THOSE DISTRICTS HAVE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES.

SO THEIR WORK HAPPENS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY THAN OURS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A COMMITTEE.

SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO GIVE.

THE SUMMARY I'M GIVING IS WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE TALKED ABOUT WITHIN THEIR LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE.

UM, AND MOVED ON WITH THE WORK.

UM, AND I DIDN'T REALLY FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD MOVE ON ANY FURTHER, DO ANYTHING ELSE UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO BRING THAT TO THE BOARD.

AND THEN, LIKE I SAID, THAT OPPORTUNITY IN JANUARY WILL REALLY BE OUR CHANCE TO REALLY TALK ABOUT WHAT WE WANT TO FOCUS ON AND IF THIS IS SOMETHING WE WANT TO FOCUS ON.

BUT, UM, THEY ALL OPERATE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.

BUT THAT GROUP DID DECIDE, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE NEED TO BE UPDATING OUR BOARDS ON JUST THAT.

WE'RE HAVING THESE, THESE CONVERSATIONS.

OH, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS JANUARY INITIATIVE.

BUT THE REASON I'M ASKING ABOUT TO GET SOMETHING IN WRITING ABOUT THIS IS BECAUSE THIS IS ON ONE OF OUR AGENDAS.

SO THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN SIDE MEETINGS AT ANY INDIVIDUAL IS FREE TO HAVE THIS IS ON A REGULAR MEETING AGENDA.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE AMENABLE TO PUTTING TOGETHER A SUMMARY OF SORT OF JUST THE WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHY, JUST SO THAT WE ALL, YOU KNOW, CAN BE CLEAR ON THAT. SO YOU SAID, UM, TRUSTEE MARKHAM, THAT IN JANUARY A TEAM OF EIGHT LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.

TO ME, THIS IS INCONGRUOUS.

UM, SO IF YOU COULD HELP ME UNDERSTAND.

SO THERE'S A STATUTE THAT TALKS ABOUT, UM, IT'S ACTUALLY NOT TEAM OF EIGHT TRAINING.

THE STATUTE SAYS, UH, TEAM BUILDING.

I'M NOT SURE THAT WE'RE POSTED FOR THIS.

THIS IS JUST. I'M NOT EITHER.

SHE BROUGHT IT UP. THAT'S WHY I'D LIKE TO KNOW.

BUT WE'RE NOT POSTAGE.

LIKE IT WAS JUST AN OFF THAT THIS CONVERSATION MIGHT LEAD INTO THAT TRAINING, BUT WE'RE NOT POSTED TO TALK ABOUT OUR TEAM OF EIGHT TRAINING.

I'LL DEFER TO OUR ATTORNEY ON THAT.

IF SHE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT OUR TEAM OF EIGHT TRAINING AND WHY WE CHOSE THAT TOPIC, OR WHY WE'RE HAVING A SPECIFIC, I ADMIT I DIDN'T BRING IT UP.

THE PRESENTER BROUGHT IT UP.

I THINK THAT WAS I THINK THAT'S FOR THE BOARD PRESIDENT TO DECIDE.

SO IF YOU FEEL LIKE IT'S NOT GERMANE, I'M, I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IT'S A TOMA VIOLATION TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA.

THAT IS CORRECT. I NEED A LEGAL OPINION AS TO WHETHER WE CAN GO DOWN THAT ROAD TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION.

I WOULD TRY TO KEEP THE DISCUSSION TO THE AGENDA TOPIC.

THAT IS LISTED. SO IF YOU COULD JUST.

I'M JUST HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT SOMETHING THAT THE PRESENTER BROUGHT UP.

SHE BROUGHT UP A JANUARY WHAT SHE CALLED I WROTE IT DOWN TEAM OF EIGHT LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES MEETING.

I THINK YOU CAN ASK HER A QUESTION ABOUT THAT.

RIGHT. SO, UH, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE TEAM BUILDING REQUIREMENT? WE'VE ALREADY EMAILED ABOUT THIS.

TRUSTEE WESTON.

YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT SHE'S REFERRING TO.

OKAY. PRESIDENT LANDRUM, I WOULD ASK FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE MY TIME TO ASK WHAT I'D LIKE TO ASK OF THE PRESENTER ABOUT SOMETHING THAT SHE SAID.

OKAY. UM, I WON'T I WON'T GO INTO MUCH DETAIL SINCE WE'RE NOT POSTED FOR IT, BUT I JUST SIMPLY MEANT THAT WE'VE ALL GOTTEN AN EMAIL ABOUT THE RAISE YOUR HAND TEXAS LEADING TEAM OF EIGHT TRAINING FOR US AND THE WHOLE.

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SO I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE SPIRIT AND INTENT OF THE TEAM BUILDING REQUIREMENT THAT'S IN THE STATUTE.

SO I HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH SCHEDULING THAT.

THAT WOULD BE MY ASK OF THE ATTORNEY TO ADVISE ON THAT.

ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS TOPIC? OKAY. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THIS ON.

ALL RIGHT. IT IS 757.

WE ARE ON TO AGENDA ITEM H FIVE SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS AS REQUESTED BY TRUSTEE HARRISON.

THANK YOU. UM, SO LAST YEAR, I TABLED THIS CONVERSATION.

WE WERE HAVING IT, UM, AND I FELT LIKE WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME.

OUR TIMELINE WAS VERY SHORT FOR MEANINGFULLY ENGAGING COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY THE COMMUNITIES THAT TEND TO BE, UM, UNDERREPRESENTED ON OUR SCHOOL BOARD.

SO I PROMISED THAT I WOULD BRING IT BACK.

SOME THINGS TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS, AND I MAY NEED SOME LEGAL CORRECTION, BUT THIS IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S BASED ON THE 2020 CENSUS COUNT. AND SO WE WANT WE WOULD WANT SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS TO BE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL.

UM, THIS WOULD REQUIRE MUCH, MUCH DEEPER DISCUSSION.

AND THIS IS JUST A DISCUSSION ITEM.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO VOTE ON THIS.

UM, BUT I THOUGHT WE COULD DISCUSS IT.

I'M NOT A PERSON THAT HAS DECIDED ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, BUT I DID PROMISE I'D BRING IT BACK SO THAT WE COULD EXPLORE IT.

IT IS A FAIRLY PERMANENT DECISION.

UM, TRUSTEE WEIR, I KNOW YOU KNOW THE REQUIREMENTS.

IF YOU EVER WANTED TO REVERSE SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS SO I CAN LET YOU SPEAK TO THAT.

UM, THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS TO DO IT, BUT MORE DISTRICTS ARE BECOMING SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS INSTEAD OF AT LARGE.

AT LARGE IS VERY DIFFICULT TO RUN FOR AN ELECTION.

UM, WE HAVE OVER 100,000 ELIGIBLE VOTERS IN THE ROUND ROCK ISD FOOTPRINT.

I THINK IT'S CLOSER TO 130,000.

AND THAT IS AN INCREDIBLE BARRIER FOR PEOPLE WHO DESERVE TO REPRESENT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SO THAT'S ONE REASON WHY I'M RAISING IT.

UM, ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR WAYS TO DO SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS IS HYBRID.

SO IT'S A52 SPLIT, FIVE DISTRICTS, TWO AT LARGE.

AND THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN I KNOW WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS, THERE'S A SCIENCE TO IT.

PEOPLE WOULD THINK IT WOULD AUTOMATICALLY BE BROKEN INTO LEARNING COMMUNITIES, AND THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE CASE.

SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT AS WELL.

UM, IT'S IMPERATIVE, I THINK, WHETHER WE'RE AT LARGE OR SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT, TO UNDERSTAND THAT EVERY TRUSTEE REPRESENTS EVERY STUDENT IN ROUND ROCK ISD, AND THAT'S HOW IT SHOULD BE.

I THINK MY RESERVATIONS ABOUT THIS CONVERSATION ARE IF IT WOULD INTRODUCE TRIBALISM OF US VERSUS THEM VERSUS US LOOKING AT THE ENTIRE DISTRICT AND EVERY STUDENT UNDER OUR CARE.

BUT AS WE REFLECT ON DECISIONS THAT WERE MADE EVEN BEFORE I WAS ON THE BOARD WITH STONY POINT AND EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL, I WONDER HOW SOME OF THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT AROUND BOND PROJECTS, ETC.

IF THERE WAS SPECIFIC REPRESENTATION FOR THOSE COMMUNITIES ON THE BOARD, AND IF THERE WAS NOT SUCH AN INCREDIBLE BARRIER TO RUN FOR SCHOOL BOARD.

UM. WITH DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFTS ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS, WE SEE MORE DISTRICTS THAT HAVE GONE FROM AT LARGE TO HYBRID, AND SOMETIMES IT BECOMES A LEGAL ISSUE BECAUSE OF LACK OF REPRESENTATION OF BLACK AND HISPANIC COMMUNITIES TO WHERE YOU HAVE TO GO TO A SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT.

SO I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE AT RISK FOR THAT, AND THAT COULD BE FAR OFF INTO THE FUTURE, BUT WE MIGHT WANT TO THINK ABOUT IT.

IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO GO BACK.

I THINK WE'D HAVE TO DO SOMETHING WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE.

SO IT WOULD BE A FAIRLY PERMANENT DECISION, AND I WOULD LOVE TO OPEN THE FLOOR TO DIALOG ABOUT THIS.

TRUSTEE WEIR. WELL, I APPRECIATE VERY MUCH YOU BRINGING THIS BACK.

UM, AS I AM PROBABLY THE BIGGEST PROPONENT OF THIS AND THE ONLY ONE ON THIS DAIS WHO COULD NOT EVER PUT THIS BACK ON AN AGENDA, SINCE I WAS THE ONLY ONE LEFT THAT WAS ON THE LOSING SIDE OF THE LAST VOTE.

SO I DO APPRECIATE YOU, UM, GIVING US THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THIS AGAIN.

I WILL SAY THAT IN MY EXPERIENCE, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE OF US ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE DISTRICT WHERE TRAVIS COUNTY AND AUSTIN ARE OFTEN FORGOTTEN. UM, NOT EVEN TALKING ABOUT THE LACK OF REPRESENTATION THAT WE HAVE WITH SOME OF OUR INDIVIDUAL GROUPS.

UM, JUST AREA WIDE THERE.

THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PROBLEM IN ROUND ROCK ISD IN MY IN MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.

UM, IT'S ODD NOW THAT WE HAVE TWO MCNEIL PEOPLE, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY FROM WESTWOOD.

WE DON'T. AGAIN, WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY FROM STONY POINT.

UM, AND.

AND I KNOW, UM, THERE'S ALWAYS A LOT OF TALK ABOUT.

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AND I DON'T THINK THAT I'M THE TYPE OF PERSON THAT WOULD EVER VOTE AGAINST SOMETHING BECAUSE IT WAS IN THE CEDAR RIDGE LEARNING COMMUNITY, IF IT WAS BEST FOR THE DISTRICT.

BUT I THINK IN THE PAST.

WHO'S DECIDED WHAT'S BEST FOR THE DISTRICT.

IT'S JUST RECOMMENDATIONS COMING FROM STAFF AND WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE INPUT.

AND THAT'S NOT A KNOCK ON DOCTOR AZAIEZ OR EVEN OUR PREVIOUS SUPERINTENDENTS.

BUT THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION THAT COMES AND.

THIS BOARD HAS USUALLY CONSISTED OF TWO LEARNING COMMUNITIES AND.

WE HAVEN'T HAD ALL THE VOICES PRESENT.

AND SO FOR ME, I WOULD REALLY BEG MY COLLEAGUES.

I KNOW PEOPLE THAT HAD SUPPORTED IT IN THE PAST, DECIDED THEY DIDN'T EVEN WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT LAST TIME.

AND I HOPE NOW THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT AND WE CAN REALLY EXPLORE IT, AND IT IS SOMETHING WE WON'T COME BACK FROM.

AND, AND AND MAYBE THAT'S TOO SCARY FOR SOME PEOPLE, BUT I THINK WE'VE DONE THINGS THE SAME WAY FOREVER, AND WE'VE NOT EVER HAD TRUE REPRESENTATION ON THIS BOARD GEOGRAPHICALLY, ETHNICALLY, EVEN RIGHT NOW, GENDER WISE.

IF YOU LOOK AT US, UM.

YOU COUNT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, ONE OUT OF ONE OUT OF SEVEN, I MEAN, AND SOMETIMES IT'S BEEN THE OTHER WAY.

RIGHT? OBVIOUSLY FOR MOST PROBABLY THE HISTORY OF THIS DISTRICT, IT WAS PROBABLY THE OTHER WAY WHERE THERE WAS MORE MEN.

BUT. WE DON'T HAVE THAT NOW.

AND PART OF IT IS HOW HARD IT IS TO RUN.

PART OF IT IS HOW MUCH TIME AND MONEY AND ENERGY IT TAKES.

AND WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT, IN MY OPINION.

TRUSTEE ZARATE. I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS THE THE POINT OF, UH, OF REDISTRICTING, UH, BEING FORCED UPON US BECAUSE OF, UH, RACIAL INEQUITIES IN THAT I DON'T THINK IN THE AT LARGE, IN THE AT LARGE MODEL, UH, WE WOULD BE I DON'T CAN THEY CAN THEY COME AND FORCE US TO DO THIS, TO GO INTO INTO, UH, YEAH, INTO SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS.

WE DID IT WITH LEWISVILLE, I.S.D.

THEY ABSOLUTELY CAN.

AND TEXAS, OVERALL, THE DEMOGRAPHICS ARE SHIFTING, SO IT'S STARTING TO HAPPEN MORE.

RIGHT? WELL, IF IF THAT WERE THE CASE THAT WE WERE, UH, WHICH WE DO, WE DO HAVE SOME INEQUITIES IN THE DISTRICT AND THAT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS.

AND REPRESENTATION ON THE BOARD THAT'S NOT EQUAL.

UH, UH, AT LEAST IN APPEARANCE.

I MEAN, I KNOW I TRY MY BEST TO DO AND I THINK WE ALL DO TRY TO DO OUR BEST TO, TO REPRESENT EVERYONE.

BUT, UH, IF THAT WERE THE CASE, I WOULD THINK IT'D BE IMPERATIVE TO GET SOMETHING LIKE THIS DONE BEFORE.

IT'S. IT'S FORCED UPON US SO THAT WE CAN DO IT ON OUR TERMS, YOU KNOW, AS A DISTRICT.

AND FOR WHAT? UH, DO IT IN A WAY THAT MAKES MORE SENSE FOR OUR DISTRICT.

TRUSTEE. MARKHAM. UM, YEAH.

I WENT BACK AND WATCHED THE CONVERSATION.

THE LAST CONVERSATION THAT WAS HAD BY THE BOARD ON SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS.

UM, AND I THINK I REMEMBER THE PRESENTATION WE HAD THAT THEY SAID WE'RE NOT AT RISK YET FOR BEING FORCED TO DO THAT.

UM, BUT LIKE YOU SAID, THE DEMOGRAPHICS ARE SHIFTING.

AND, YOU KNOW, I LOVE WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT HOW YOU KNOW THAT WE SHOULD WE SHOULD BE A LEADER IN THAT AND NOT NOT SOMETHING WE'RE FORCED TO DO.

RIGHT. UM, BECAUSE THAT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

UM, SO SOME POSITIVES OUT OF THAT CONVERSATION THAT I HEARD WERE BECAUSE OF THE COST OF CAMPAIGNING.

UM, AND THE TIME NEEDED.

UM, SOME SOMEONE WHO IS A YEAR OFF OF CAMPAIGNING, THAT WAS, UM.

IT WAS A SHOCK TO ME HOW MUCH I HAD TO RAISE AND HOW MUCH I, YOU KNOW, HAD TO PUT HOW MUCH TIME I HAD TO PUT INTO CAMPAIGNING.

BUT I WAS ABLE TO DO IT.

AND THERE ARE THOSE WHO WOULD HAVE TO BACK OUT OF THAT FOR SURE.

UM, SO THE COST, THE TIME, UM, IT IT REALLY DOES PREVENT HAVING BALANCED REPRESENTATION.

UM, AND I LIKE THAT IT WOULD OPEN US TO A MORE DIVERSE POOL OF CANDIDATES.

UM, MY, MY CONCERNS ARE REALLY JUST THE THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS ARE DISTRICT GROWTH.

AND WHAT HAPPENS AS WE GROW AS A DISTRICT.

WILL WE HAVE THE NUMBER OF, I GUESS, WITH THE TWO AT LARGE SPACES? THAT MIGHT BE THE ANSWER, BUT WILL WE HAVE THE NUMBER OF, UM, SEATS TO REALLY GET TO THE REPRESENTATION WE'RE LOOKING FOR? AND THEN I BELIEVE IT IS A 10% MARGIN WITHIN THE, THE VOTING BLOCS.

AND SO THEN IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT.

PEOPLE BEING PUSHED INTO A VOTING BLOC THAT'S NOT THEIR ACTUAL LEARNING COMMUNITY.

HOW DO YOU SOLVE THAT PROBLEM TO WHERE THE WHOLE POINT IS TO GIVE PEOPLE A VOTE IN THERE? YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T SAY IT WOULD BE FOR SURE DRAWN ON LEARNING COMMUNITIES, BUT THAT'S KIND OF THE MOST NATURAL WAY TO DO IT.

BUT THERE IS GOING TO BE THAT MARGIN OF ERROR IS GOING TO BE THERE.

AND SO HOW DO YOU SOLVE THAT WHERE PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY VOTING, WHERE THEY FEEL LIKE THEIR VOICE MATTERS THE MOST?

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OKAY. SO SOMEBODY WOULD HAVE TO FILE A LAWSUIT TO ALLEGE THIS.

THERE'S ACTUALLY A PROVISION IN THE STATUTE THAT ALSO ALLOWS, UM, A PETITION FROM THE PUBLIC.

SO THAT'S ALSO AN OPTION.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR CLEARING THAT UP.

IT'S NOT LIKE ONE DAY THEY JUST KNOCK ON THE DOOR AND SAY YOU'RE IN VIOLATION.

I MEAN, THERE IS SOME, UM, ACTION THAT IS REQUIRED ON THE PART OF PERSONS TO INITIATE THIS, SO THANK YOU.

YES. THANK YOU.

UM, WE ACTUALLY I'M HEARING SOME RHETORIC ABOUT CONCERNS ABOUT GEOGRAPHICAL DIVERSITY.

AND I JUST REFLECT ON THE LAST ELECTION WHERE WE HAD TWO CANDIDATES FROM THE STONY POINT LEARNING COMMUNITY.

ONE WAS HISPANIC, WHO I SUPPORTED, ONE WAS AFRICAN AMERICAN FOR ANOTHER SEAT.

AND THE FIVE OF YOU DID NOT SUPPORT ANY OF EITHER OF THOSE CANDIDATES.

SO I JUST THINK IT'S I SOMETIMES DOUBT THE THE GOOD FAITH HERE.

I JUST I CAN'T HELP IT JUST BASED ON ACTIONS.

AND, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS ALSO A CANDIDATE FROM WESTWOOD THAT RAN THAT DID NOT ENJOY THE SUPPORT OF THE PERSONS HERE AT THIS DAIS.

SO I JUST WONDER IF THIS IS GOOD FAITH.

PERSONALLY, I DON'T KNOW IF I'M FOR OR AGAINST SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS.

I THINK I COULD MAKE A CONVINCING CASE EITHER WAY, BUT WHAT I'M NOT HEARING TONIGHT, I'M HEARING A LOT OF SYMPATHY FOR ADULTS. WELL, I HAD TO RAISE A LOT OF MONEY.

WELL, IT TOOK A LOT OF MY TIME.

WELL, IT'S REALLY HARD FOR ME TO RUN AND OR ANY PERSON.

BUT OUR SCHOOLS DON'T EXIST FOR ADULTS.

OUR SCHOOLS EXIST FOR STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND WHAT HAS NOT BEEN OFFERED HERE TONIGHT, BUT THAT I STAND READY TO HEAR IS THE CASE BEING MADE FOR CHANGING THE WAY THE ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE ELECTED, AND FOR IT TO BE HOW STUDENTS BENEFIT FROM THAT.

SO I WILL SIT HERE AND I WILL CONTINUE TO ANXIOUSLY AWAIT THAT.

I'VE I'VE DONE A LITTLE BIT OF GOOGLING OVER THE YEARS.

I HAVEN'T COME ACROSS ANYTHING THAT DEMONSTRATES THAT A SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT MODEL BENEFITS STUDENT OUTCOMES.

PERHAPS I'VE MISSED IT.

IF SOMEBODY HAS A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC OR SOMEBODY ON THIS DAIS, IF YOU'VE COME ACROSS SOMETHING THAT WOULD INDICATE THAT I'D BE EAGER TO REVIEW IT.

UM, SO, TRUSTEE HARRISON YOU HAVE YOUR LIGHT ON.

UM. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT, BUT IF YOU LIKE, YOU JUST KIND OF PRESENTED IT, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ACTUALLY PRESENTED YOUR SIDE AS WELL.

I WANTED TO GIVE EVERYBODY A CHANCE TO PRESENT KIND OF THEIR THOUGHTS ON IT BEFORE DOING REPEATS FOR YOUR FIVE MINUTES.

SO IF YOU WANT TO PRESENT YOUR SIDE OR WHY YOU WOULD BE FOR OR AGAINST IT, OR I KNOW YOU SAID YOU'RE KIND OF AGNOSTIC, BUT TAKE THAT TIME AND THEN I'LL TAKE MY TIME BEFORE I START DOING REPEATS.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT LANDRUM.

DOES THAT COUNT AS PART OF MY TIME? OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE CHAIRING THE MEETING? UM. I THINK THAT TRUE REPRESENTATION OF THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS ABSOLUTELY IMPACTS STUDENT OUTCOMES.

AND THAT'S HOW I OPENED THIS CONVERSATION BY SAYING I FELT THAT IF THERE WAS REPRESENTATION.

IN THESE COMMUNITIES THAT.

SOME OF THE ISSUES OR THE ADVOCACY THAT WE'RE SEEING FOR STONY POINT OR EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL.

THOSE THINGS WOULD HAVE BEEN CAUGHT EARLIER, ESPECIALLY AS WE LOOK AT, UM.

AS WE EVALUATE FACILITIES AND WE LOOK INTO THE FUTURE TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED A BOND, THOSE ARE THE MOMENTS WHERE WE NEED THAT REPRESENTATION.

AND I ALSO DON'T APPRECIATE ANYONE'S INDIVIDUAL, ANYBODY'S INDIVIDUAL VOTING CHOICES HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE WILL OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

BUT I THINK GIVING THE COMMUNITY CHOICES FOR REPRESENTATION IS DEEPLY IMPORTANT.

THE GOOD IS THAT I WOULD LOVE FOR OUR MEETINGS TO BE SO TENABLE, SO TIMELY, THAT A PARENT WITH YOUNG CHILDREN COULD REPRESENT ON OUR BOARD.

THE REALITY IS THAT WHEN WE MEET TILL MIDNIGHT OR THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT'S NOT A POSSIBILITY.

THE REALITY IS, WHEN IT TAKES A LOT OF MONEY TO RUN AND YOU'RE HAVING TO REACH SO MANY VOTERS AND BE CONNECTED, THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY A POSSIBILITY.

BUT I THINK THAT THE BENEFITS OF SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS ARE STRONGER REPRESENTATION ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

I THINK THE DOWNSIDES OF SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS ARE THAT THEY MAY NOT BE CLEAR CUT INTO LEARNING COMMUNITIES, AND THAT COULD BE CONFUSING AND THAT COULD BE FRUSTRATING, AND THAT COULD LEAVE PEOPLE IN A LURCH TO WHERE THEIR VOICES ARE HEARD AND WHERE THEIR ADVOCACY IS HEARD, UM, OR NOT HEARD.

AND SO ULTIMATELY, THESE CONVERSATIONS DO BENEFIT STUDENTS BECAUSE THEY DO BENEFIT STUDENT OUTCOMES.

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AND THOSE STUDENTS AREN'T NEGATED BY WAY OF WHICH COMMUNITIES HAVE THE MOST TIME, THE MOST ENERGY, UM, THE MOST ACCESS TO ADVOCATE FOR THOSE STUDENT POPULATIONS.

SO I THINK THAT I REQUESTED THIS CONVERSATION BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IT'S A MUCH DEEPER LEGAL CONVERSATION.

IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT HOW ANYONE FEELS.

THERE'S A LOT OF LEGALITIES IN THIS, AND I, I REALLY WANT TO KNOW IF WE'RE INTERESTED IN EVEN EXPLORING THIS DEEPER.

UM, I KNOW I WANT TO KNOW MORE INFORMATION BECAUSE THE BEST INTENTION COULD HAVE A DOWNSIDE.

AND AS I SAID LAST TIME, I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE HAD TIME TO MEANINGFULLY ENGAGE IN LIKE, REALLY? I THINK THE FIRST RECOMMENDATION FOR THE FIRST COMMUNITY THAT WAS UP WAS STONY POINT, AND IT WAS LIKE THREE DAYS LATER OR SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THEM A WEEK LATER.

UM, AND FOR SOME COMMUNITIES, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO MORE WORK TO BUILD TRUST AND ENGAGE THOSE COMMUNITIES FULLY.

SO I'M WEIGHING THE OPTIONS, AND I'M REALLY INTERESTED TO HEAR WHAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE TO SAY.

ALL RIGHT, SO BEFORE I START WITH REPEATS, UM, I HAVE A FEW THINGS.

I. THE IDEA OF SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS IS VERY APPEALING BECAUSE IT WOULD INCREASE THE AVAILABILITY FOR MORE PEOPLE TO RUN.

HOWEVER, WHAT REALLY CONCERNS ME ABOUT IT IS, UM, THE PORK, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, THAT YOU CAN HEAR ABOUT PEOPLE FEELING LIKE THEY HAVE TO BRING BACK SOMETHING BACK TO THE VOTERS THAT ELECTED THEM.

UM, BECAUSE IF I NEED A CERTAIN AREA TO REELECT ME AND I GO BACK IN FOUR YEARS AND THEY SAY, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME LATELY? AND I SAY, WELL, I GOT AND I LIVE IN THE CEDAR RIDGE ATTENDANCE AREA.

AND I SAY, WELL, I GOT WESTWOOD, A NEW, YOU KNOW, FOURTH PHASE OF THEIR MASTER PLAN.

I GOT EARLY COLLEGE, HIGH SCHOOL, A BUILDING AND NOT ME PERSONALLY, BUT ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

UM, WHAT DID YOU DO FOR THE CEDAR RIDGE? WELL, NOTHING, BECAUSE THE CEDAR RIDGE LEARNING AREA DIDN'T HAVE AS GREAT A NEEDS AS OTHER PLACES IN THE DISTRICT, AND SO I DIDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT BRINGING THINGS BACK TO OUR DISTRICT. BUT IF PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR A REASON TO REELECT ME.

IT. WE SEE IT ALL THE TIME IN OUR NATIONAL POLITICS, EVEN IN OUR STATE POLITICS, EVEN IN THE THE VOUCHERS AND NON VOUCHERS THAT THE RURAL LEGISLATORS DIDN'T WANT TO VOTE FOR IT BECAUSE IT DIDN'T BENEFIT THEM.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS, IS ARE WE GOING TO TURN INTO A, UM, SILOED AREA THAT WE HAVE TO JUST TAKE CARE OF OUR AREA? THE OTHER THING I WENT BACK AND LOOKED IN 2018 WHEN I RAN, I HAD JUST OVER 28,000 VOTES, AND IN 2022 I RECEIVED JUST OVER 39,000 VOTES.

AND I FELT LIKE.

WELL, A LOT OF PEOPLE PROBABLY JUST CLICKED MY NAME AND DIDN'T KNOW WHO I WAS.

I STILL HAD 39,000 PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR ME.

IF YOU TAKE THOSE NUMBERS AND DIVIDE THEM BY SEVEN AND TAKE INTO ACCOUNT DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE DISTRICT HAVE LOWER VOTER TURNOUT THAN OTHER LOWER VOTER TURNOUT, YOU COULD HAVE SOMEBODY THAT WOULD GET ELECTED TO THIS BOARD WITH LESS THAN 4000 VOTES.

AND I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT'S REPRESENTATIVE OF SOMEBODY WHO'S REPRESENTING THE ENTIRE ROUND ROCK ISD DISTRICT.

AND SO THAT I STILL REMEMBER WHEN I CAMPAIGNED IN 2018, I KNOCKED ON THE DOOR IN THE CARAWAY ATTENDANCE AREA, AND TO MY DEFENSE, SHE DID NOT HAVE A DOOR, A STICKER OR A NOTE ON THE DOOR.

BUT I WOKE UP HER KID AND SHE CAME OUT SCREAMING AT ME AND SHE'S LIKE, YOU JUST WOKE UP MY KID WHO WAS NAPPING.

AND I WAS LIKE, OH, I'M SO SORRY.

BUT I STILL REMEMBER WALKING THE STREETS IN THE CARAWAY ATTENDANCE AREA BECAUSE I'D HAD KIDS IN THE CEDAR RIDGE ATTENDANCE AREA MY ENTIRE TIME, AND I DIDN'T KNOW MANY PEOPLE IN THE WESTWOOD ATTENDANCE AREA, AND I DON'T REMEMBER HER NAME, BUT I STILL REMEMBER HER FRONT DOOR WAS BLACK.

BUT YOU KNOW, BUT I HAVE THOSE EXPERIENCES OF ENGAGING THE WESTWOOD LEARNING COMMUNITY IN MY, ESPECIALLY MY 2018 CAMPAIGN, BECAUSE NOBODY HAD EVER HEARD OF AMBER FELLER IN 2018, BECAUSE I WASN'T INVOLVED OUTSIDE OF PTA IN MY LOCAL SCHOOLS, AND I DON'T WANT ELECTIONS TO TURN INTO.

I HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS IN MY COMMUNITY AND I'M GOING TO GET ELECTED.

AND SO I COULD GET BEHIND IF DISTRICTS WERE DRAWN WHERE THEY EXPANDED OUT OF YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, OR IF THEY CROSSED ATTENDANCE BOUNDARIES, OR IF WE. AND IT MAY NOT EVEN BE LEGAL.

BUT IF WE HAD A REQUIREMENT THAT SAYS YOU CANNOT RUN IN A DISTRICT THAT YOU LIVE IN.

BECAUSE THEN YOU HAVE YOUR COMMUNITY THAT YOU'RE CONNECTED WITH BECAUSE YOUR KIDS GO TO SCHOOL OR YOU LIVE THERE, OR YOU GO TO CHURCH THERE, BUT THEN YOU DON'T HAVE ANYBODY THAT YOU KNOW, IN THE MCNEIL ATTENDANCE AREA, BUT YOU REPRESENT THEM NOW.

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I'M NOT I'M NOT SAYING I COULD NEVER GET ON BOARD, BUT THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE CONCERNS, AS I INITIALLY THINK ABOUT THIS.

AND LIKE YOU SAID, IF WE GO THIS WAY, WE CAN'T COME BACK.

IT'S VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TO COME BACK FROM IT.

SO I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH TIME I USED, BUT THOSE ARE MY INITIAL THOUGHTS ON IT.

THE ONE LAST QUESTION I HAVE FOR LEGAL THAT MAY REQUIRE US LIKE TO DO A LITTLE RESEARCH AND COME BACK IN THE MEETING THAT WE HAD IN JUNE OF 22 ABOUT THIS TOPIC.

UM, MISS LEONE PRESENTED AND WAS TALKING ABOUT THEY WOULD ABOUT INCUMBENTS AND THEY WOULD TRY TO DRAW BOUNDARIES WHERE INCUMBENTS WERE NOT DRAWN OUT OF THEIR POSITION. AND TRUSTEE BONE AND I LIVE WITHIN A COUPLE OF MILES OF EACH OTHER.

WE HAVE THREE ON THIS BOARD THAT LIVE IN THE ROUND ROCK ATTENDANCE AREA, AND WE HAVE TWO, TWO THAT LIVE IN THE MCNEIL ATTENDANCE AREA.

SO IT WOULD REALLY BE DIFFICULT TO DRAW BOUNDARIES WHERE SOMEBODY WASN'T DRAWN OUT OF THEIR SEAT.

AND SO I WOULD REALLY WANT TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE SHE JUST SAID WE WOULD TRY TO DRAW BOUNDARIES WHERE INCUMBENTS WEREN'T DRAWN OUT OF THEIR SEAT.

AND SO I CAN'T SELL MY HOUSE.

IF I WANTED TO RERUN IN 2026, I MEAN, I'M, I'M THERE.

SO LIKE THAT'S SOMETHING I NEED TO UNDERSTAND DEEPER OF.

WHAT IF WE CAN'T DRAW IN BOUNDARIES WHERE INCUMBENTS CAN STILL KEEP A SEAT? OKAY. NEXT UP IS TRUSTEE WEIR.

OKAY, I PROBABLY DON'T HAVE VERY MUCH TIME.

FIRST OF ALL, TO THE IDEA OF SILOED AREAS, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A CBC.

WE HAVE A CITIZENS BOND COMMITTEE THAT WOULD COME AND BRING TO THE FULL BOARD RECOMMENDATIONS.

SO IT'S NEVER GOING TO BE US NECESSARILY PICKING AND CHOOSING JUST FOR OUR AREA.

AND IF WE ARE TRULY GOING TO TAKE THE COMMUNITY IMPACT INPUT FROM A CBC, WE SHOULD NEVER GET INTO THAT.

WHERE THERE IS PORK GOING TO OUR AREA BECAUSE OF WHERE WE LIVE AND TO THE IDEA OF DIFFERENT NUMBERS.

I MEAN, I WON THE ELECTION WITH 72% OF THE VOTE, AND I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER HOW MANY THAT WAS, BUT IT WAS WAY MORE THAN 28,000.

AND THEN THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T EVEN GET 50% OF THE VOTE.

AND THEY WERE EQUALLY ON THIS BOARD, NO MATTER HOW MANY WE GOT.

SO TO SAY THAT SOMEBODY'S GETTING LESS VOTES DOESN'T MAKE THEM WORTHY TO SIT UP HERE.

DOESN'T PASS THE TEST FOR ME IF IF THAT IS WHO THEIR COMMUNITY DECIDED WAS THE BEST PERSON, EVEN IF ONLY 4000 OF THEM VOTED.

THEN THAT'S THE BEST PERSON FOR THEM, AND THEN THEY NEED TO MAKE A DIFFERENT DECISION GOING FORWARD.

UM, AND, AND I WILL JUST SAY HERE AND NOW IF WE TALK ABOUT THIS NOW, I TRULY I FEEL SO STRONGLY ABOUT THIS, I WILL GIVE UP MY SEAT TO STONY POINT OR WESTWOOD.

I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WILL TAKE FOR US TO HAVE A MEANINGFUL CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THE FACT THAT CHEWIE AND I LIVE CLOSE TOGETHER IS SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT STANDS IN THE WAY OF THAT.

THIS I THINK WE CAN WORK AROUND IT.

AND AND I WOULD BE VERY WILLING TO STEP ASIDE IN 26 AND GIVE WESTWOOD OR STONY POINT OR HOWEVER WE DRAW THE BOUNDARIES IF THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.

AND GOING BACK TO THE IDEA OF STUDENT OUTCOMES, I HAD ASKED DOCTOR BONE 10S TO PROVIDE US WITH DATA THAT SHE CLAIMS SHE HAD IN JUNE OF 2022. UH TRUSTEE.

UM TRUSTEE BONE.

THANK YOU.

SO I WANT TO GO BACK TO STUDENT OUTCOMES BECAUSE FOR ME, UM, AND FOR ALL TRANSPARENCY, WHEN I FIRST GOT ON THIS BOARD, UM, I WAS FOR SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS, BUT AS I'VE SERVED, UM, TRUSTEE LANDRUM, YOU ARTICULATED SOME OF THE CONCERNS I DO HAVE AND THE WAY I'VE SEEN PEOPLE BEHAVE EVEN WHEN WE'RE AT LARGE.

UM, AND THEN IF THEY WERE TO GO TO SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS.

SO FOR ME, THIS ISN'T THIS ISN'T NEW, RIGHT? LIKE YOU GUYS WERE TALKING ABOUT, THERE'S OTHER DISTRICTS IN TEXAS THAT HAVE GONE TO THIS.

SO I THINK WE WOULD BENEFIT IN GOING BACK TO AN EARLIER PRESENTATION.

I THINK WE WOULD BENEFIT FROM A DEEP DIVE.

UM, TRUSTEE WEIR IS CORRECT.

I HAVE READ A TON OF LITERATURE THAT IS PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ABOUT THE PROS AND CONS OF SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS.

LOTS OF WHAT'S OUT THERE IS WITH CITY COUNCILS, BUT YOU KNOW, WE ARE THE SIMILAR DEMOGRAPHICS.

IT WOULD PROBABLY WORK SIMILAR.

UM, AND THERE REALLY ARE PROS AND CONS.

UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE BIG CONS I SAW WAS AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN DO BECOME UNDERREPRESENTED IN SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS.

UM, SO THERE ARE THERE ARE SOME CONS THAT I THINK WE NEED TO HEAR ABOUT, AND WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS FOR OUR STUDENTS, BECAUSE I THINK THIS ALL TIES, THIS HAS TO TIE BACK TO WHAT IS GOING TO AFFECT OUR STUDENTS.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A DEEP DIVE.

UM, AND MAYBE WE TASK THE ADMINISTRATION WITH THIS.

OR MAYBE WE HIRED OUT.

BUT BEFORE I WERE TO MAKE A DECISION I WOULD LIKE TO SEE.

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AUSTIN ISD HAS DONE THIS.

I DID TRY TO GO BACK AND FIND IT, BUT WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, I HAD FOUND A VERY GOOD ARTICLE THAT WENT THROUGH AUSTIN ISD AND WENT THROUGH SOME OF THE NUMBERS, AND ALL I RECALL IS THAT THEY ACTUALLY SAID THAT AT THAT POINT, SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS HAD NOT BEEN GREAT FOR AUSTIN ISD.

UM, SO BUT OF COURSE, I DIDN'T FIND I CAN'T FIND IT AGAIN.

I NEED TO GO SEARCH MORE, BUT IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR SOMEBODY TO COMPILE THAT.

UM, AND THEN LET US SEE HOW HAS SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS AND OTHER DISTRICTS AFFECTED STUDENTS? AND THEN I THINK THAT WOULD HELP ALL OF US DECIDE.

UM. ON IF WE WANT TO GO THAT WAY, SINCE IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN'T GO BACK FROM AND WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.

AND I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT, I MEAN, WHEN I GOT ON THE BOARD, I WAS ALL IN ON SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS, BUT NOW THAT I'VE SERVED ON THE BOARD, I DO HESITATE A LITTLE BIT AND I WOULD RATHER SEE IT DATA DRIVEN AND GET THAT CLEAR PICTURE SO THAT WE HAVE A VERY GOOD STANCE ON TRUE DATA THAT'S ALREADY OUT THERE IN TEXAS.

IT'D BE GREAT TO LOOK AT SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ARE EVEN SIMILAR TO ROUND ROCK THAT HAVE GONE THIS WAY, AND SEE THE PROS AND CONS, UM, AND HOW IT AFFECTED THEIR STUDENTS.

DID IT, YOU KNOW, WERE THERE STUDENT OUTCOMES BETTER OR WERE THEY WORSE? SO THAT WOULD THAT WOULD WOULD BE WHAT I PROPOSE GOING FORWARD IS, IS US TASKING SOMEBODY WITH DOING THAT AND GETTING A CLEAR PICTURE OF.

CURRENT SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS.

TRUSTEE WESTON. SO PRIOR TO BECOMING A BOARD MEMBER, I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN FOR SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS.

PRIOR TO BECOMING A MOTHER, I HAD CERTAIN, UH, THOUGHTS ABOUT WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO BE A MOTHER, UM, PRIOR TO BECOMING A WIFE OR A MILITARY MEMBER.

LOTS OF HATS THAT I'VE WORN.

BUT ONCE YOU CROSS THE RUBICON INTO SOME OF THESE ROLES, YOU SEE THINGS THAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW BEFORE.

YOU HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY YOU LEARN THINGS THAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW BEFORE.

AND HOPEFULLY YOU TAKE THOSE THINGS INTO ACCOUNT AS YOU MAKE DECISIONS AND ATTEMPT TO SOLVE PROBLEMS, WHICH IS WHAT WE ARE CHARGED WITH IN THESE SEATS. AND SO AGAIN, I'M LISTENING.

AND WHAT I DON'T HEAR IS SOMETHING THAT I ALWAYS NEED WHEN I'M CONSIDERING MAKING ANY DECISION OR SOLVING ANY PROBLEM.

AND THAT IS FOR THE EVIDENCE, THE RESEARCH, THE DATA.

TO BE BROUGHT TO ME AND PRESENTED TO MAKE THE CASE.

AND FOR ME, THE CASE IS NOT MADE BY SOMEBODY SAYING, WELL, I THINK OR I FEEL THAT THIS WILL INCREASE REPRESENTATION.

WHAT I NEED IS STUDIES, DATA, FACTS, INFORMATION.

JUST BRING IT TO ME. AND I THINK THE I THINK THE REASON I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW, BUT I WOULD I WOULD PONDER THAT THE REASON THAT'S NOT BEING BROUGHT HERE TONIGHT IS BECAUSE IT DOESN'T EXIST.

MY GUESS IS THAT THERE IS NO DATA OR RESEARCH TO INDICATE THAT STUDENTS BENEFIT, THAT LITERACY RATES INCREASE, THAT MATHEMATICS ABILITIES INCREASE, THAT COLLEGE CAREER AND MILITARY READINESS RATES INCREASE, THAT ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT WE TALK ABOUT, THAT WE CARE ABOUT.

JUST BRING ME THE DATA, SHOW ME THE PROOF.

BECAUSE ONCE THAT SITS IN FRONT OF ME, THEN I THINK I CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION.

RIGHT NOW, I'M NOT REALLY.

I WOULD SAY I LEAN AGAINST, BUT I HAVE AN OPEN MIND.

AND SO I AND I, AND I WILL ALWAYS HAVE AN OPEN MIND.

SO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SHARE IT WITH ME.

BUT I NEED MORE THAN WILL I FEEL OR I THINK WHEN IT COMES TO 46,000 STUDENTS IN A 6000 MEMBER WORKFORCE. TRUSTEE ZARATE.

WELL, I DON'T KNOW HOW I THINK OR FEEL ABOUT IT YET.

I THINK THERE ARE GOOD POINTS ON BOTH SIDES OF IT.

UH, I, UH, I THINK THAT THE THING THAT HITS ME IS THAT VOTER APATHY IS A THING, AND SYSTEMIC VOTER APATHY FOR MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES IS DEFINITELY A THING.

UH, SO I WOULD THINK IF WE WERE GOING TO MAKE A CHANGE LIKE THIS AS A DISTRICT, WE WOULD WANT TO HAVE SOME SORT OF EDUCATION FOR OUR, OUR PUBLIC IN THOSE COMMUNITIES, AND THAT NOT EVEN EDUCATION AS MUCH AS JUST OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, YOU KNOW, VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVES AND, UH, YOU KNOW, EDUCATION ON, UH, ON WHAT THE WHAT THE SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS WOULD MEAN TO THEM AND HOW, HOW IT, HOW THAT SORT OF REPRESENTATION IS IMPORTANT TO THEM.

UM, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S ON US AS A DISTRICT TO MAKE SURE IF WE MAKE A SUCH A DRASTIC CHANGE THAT WE MAKE A SOFT LANDING FOR THE COMMUNITIES THAT MAYBE, UH, DON'T HAVE TIME TO BE AS INVOLVED WITH THESE MEETINGS AS WE ARE BECAUSE THEY'RE OUT THERE WORKING AND THEY'RE OUT THERE SURVIVING.

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SO THE DATA WOULD PROBABLY COME WHEN WE GET A LITTLE MORE SERIOUS ABOUT THE SITUATION.

AND I'M ALL FOR THAT. LET'S HEAR SOME LET'S HEAR SOME, SOME STORIES AS TO HOW THIS AFFECTS.

BUT I THINK WE CAN ALL SAY THAT, UH, THAT VOTER REPRESENTATION DEFINITELY AFFECTS STUDENTS IN EVERY ASPECT OF POLITICS, PERIOD.

I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE LIGHTS ON, BUT I DO HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION FOR LEGAL.

UM, IN FOLLOW UP ON THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU GO TO A SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT AND NOBODY FILES IN THAT DISTRICT? UM, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE I THINK THE, I WOULD SAY THEIR PROS AND CONS, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE CONCERNS, IS THAT YOU MAY NOT GET ENOUGH CANDIDATES IN A CERTAIN DISTRICT, BUT BUT WHAT HAPPENS IF IS THERE A SIX MEMBER BOARD? IF SOMEBODY DOESN'T FILE FOR THAT SEAT, THERE CAN BE.

AND THEN YOU JUST. YEAH.

AND THEN THE BOARD WOULD NOT APPOINT SOMEONE.

NO, NO.

THE BOARD WOULD NOT APPOINT SOMEONE.

WOULD NOT APPOINT SOMEONE.

I GUESS YOU COULD DO A SPECIAL ELECTION.

BUT WHAT I DO KNOW IS YOU CAN'T APPOINT.

YOU HAVE TO FIND SOMEBODY TO RUN.

SO I WOULD HAVE TO ASK.

LOOK AT THAT FURTHER TO SEE ABOUT A SPECIAL ELECTION.

INTERESTING. OKAY.

I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER. I CAN CERTAINLY ANSWER THAT IN AN EMAIL WHEN I GET THE ANSWER TO THAT.

I DO THINK ONE OF THE LOGICAL NEXT STEPS IS TO REACH OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY TO SEE HOW THEY FEEL.

UM, AS WE SAW THAT, WE DIDN'T GET A WHOLE LOT OF ATTENDANCE AT OUR FORUMS WITH SHORT NOTICE.

PERHAPS WE COULD EVEN DO A SURVEY.

I KNOW SURVEY FATIGUE IS A REAL THING, BUT I'M NOT SURE WE'VE EVER SENT A SURVEY OUT THAT'S JUST FROM THE BOARD.

UM, AND SO PERHAPS IF WE SENT A SURVEY OUT THAT WAS FROM THE BOARD OF.

HEY, THE BOARD IS CONSIDERING THIS.

WE'D LOVE YOUR FEEDBACK.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, THAT'S JUST AN OPTION, BUT I THINK THAT WE REALLY HAVE TO I DON'T THINK THAT THIS DECISION IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE MADE BY THE SEVEN OF US THAT WILL AFFECT GENERATIONS TO COME IN ROUND ROCK ISD.

UM, I'M NOT THAT OVERINFLATED TO THINK THAT I HAVE THE WISDOM TO MAKE A DECISION THAT BASICALLY IS IRREVERSIBLE, UM, FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS TO BE VOTING STYLES IN ROUND ROCK ISD. SO I REALLY FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ENGAGING OUR COMMUNITY MOVING FORWARD.

UM, I CAN'T DIRECT ADMINISTRATION, BUT IT WOULD BE GOOD TO MAYBE HAVE SOME NEXT STEPS ON THIS.

IT DOES SEEM LIKE THERE'S INTEREST IN LEARNING MORE.

SO, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE GOT INFORMATION.

WE GOT A PACKET, WE HAD A PRESENTATION THE FIRST TIME WE LOOKED AT THIS.

I WOULD ALSO BE CURIOUS, AND THIS IS MORE A QUESTION FOR LEGAL TO KNOW WHAT WOULD A TIMELINE BE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO WHERE WE WOULDN'T BE RUSHING IT, AND WE COULD HAVE MEANINGFUL FEEDBACK BEFORE HAVING TO MAKE A DECISION EITHER WAY.

ACCORDING TO THE STATUTE, THE ORDER HAS TO BE DONE 120 DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION, AND THEN THE ACTUAL UM, DRAWINGS OF THE DISTRICTS HAVE TO BE DONE WITHIN 90 DAYS.

SO THOSE ARE THE DEADLINES.

THANK YOU. SO WE'RE STARTING THIS CONVERSATION APPROPRIATELY EARLY EARLY EARLY.

YES. THAT'S GOOD TIME.

THANK YOU. I DO THINK THAT WE COULD TAKE SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PRESENTED IN JUNE OF 22.

AND WHAT WAS THE DATE OF THAT MEETING FOR ANYBODY THAT.

JUNE 2ND. JUNE 2ND OF 2022.

IF ANYBODY WANTS TO GO BACK IN BOARD DOCS AND WATCH IT.

UM, THERE WAS A PRETTY ROBUST CONVERSATION.

UM, I BELIEVE WE ALSO HAD A MEETING IN MAY OF 22 AS WELL.

UM, THAT WE WE DECIDED WE WOULD COME BACK WITH MORE INFORMATION.

UM, I DIDN'T GO BACK AND REWATCH THAT ONE, BUT I DO BELIEVE THERE'S TWO MEETINGS THAT HAPPENED IN MAY AND JUNE OF 2022 FOR THE COMMUNITY.

IF THEY WANT TO GO BACK AND AND HEAR SOME OF THAT.

UM, BUT I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE, UM, LOGICAL TO PERHAPS, UM, MAYBE HEAR FROM MICHELLE.

I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS YOUR EXPERTISE OR IF SARAH NEEDS TO COME BACK AND KIND OF OUTLINE A PLAN AGAIN, KIND OF LIKE WHAT THEY DID ABOUT, UM, COMMUNITY OUTREACH. AND, UM, BEFORE WE DECIDE TO MAKE THAT RESOLUTION OF LIKE, WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE IF WE GAVE THEM SOME OF THE MAPS THAT WERE DRAWN UP AND ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS ABOUT INCUMBENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT? UM, THEN GIVE THAT INFORMATION TO OUR COMMUNITY AND SEE WHERE IT TAKES.

AND MAYBE BY SPRING BREAK, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S NO DECEMBER 12TH.

AND IF WE HAD TIME TO MAYBE HEAR THAT INFORMATION IN JANUARY.

UM, AND THEN GET TWO MONTHS OF A CYCLE TO GET FEEDBACK FROM OUR COMMUNITY, THEN PERHAPS BY SPRING BREAK.

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I MEAN, I DON'T MEAN TO STEAL YOUR TOPIC, BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK ABOUT WAYS TO MOVE THIS FORWARD.

WE COULD DEFINITELY PUT IT ON THE AGENDA AGAIN IN JANUARY FOR A PRESENTATION, UM, ON WHAT THAT PLAN MIGHT LOOK LIKE, KIND OF LIKE WHAT WAS LAID OUT IN JUNE OF 22. RIGHT.

AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT A LOT OF THAT WORK HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE.

AND SO SARAH WOULD COME BACK AND COULD GIVE YOU A BETTER PRESENTATION THAN I CAN.

I HAVE I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS, BUT SARAH WOULD BE ABLE TO I THINK SHE'S THE ONE THAT.

SO DO I HAVE ANYBODY THAT'S OPPOSED TO HEARING LIKE NEXT STEPS AND KIND OF HEARING THAT PRESENTATION? ALL RIGHT, AMY, I KNOW YOU'RE OPPOSED TO IT.

OKAY. BUT JUST NEXT STEPS OF JUST WHAT A COMMUNITY OUTREACH PLAN WOULD LOOK LIKE AND HOW WE COULD ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY TO SEE WHAT THEIR THOUGHTS ARE ON THIS.

YEAH. GIVEN THAT, NO, I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYBODY COMING TO US.

NO. STILL, NOBODY HAS SHARED HOW THIS BENEFITS STUDENTS.

I'M NOT FOR PUTTING THIS ON A THIRD AGENDA.

NO. OKAY.

ANYBODY ELSE OPPOSED? YEAH, I WOULD AGREE. IF IT COMES BACK, I WANT TO SEE HOW DOES IT BENEFIT STUDENTS ALONG WITH I MEAN I'D BE OKAY WITH IT COMING BACK ON.

BUT LIKE I SAID IT NEEDS TO.

EVERYTHING WE DO SHOULD FOCUS ON STUDENTS.

SO I WOULD JUST WANT TO SEE HOW DOES THIS.

FOCUS STUDENTS. AND I DO BELIEVE THERE WERE THINGS BROUGHT UP LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT THIS.

SO I MEAN, THERE WERE SOME MAPS, SOME INITIAL INITIAL MAPS, BUT ALSO WHAT WAS TALKED ABOUT IN THE JUNE 22ND MEETING WAS THOSE MAPS WOULD GO TO THE COMMUNITY TO KIND OF LOOK AT THEM.

AND DID THEY MISS ANYTHING? BECAUSE SINCE THEY'RE NOT DRAWN EXACTLY ACCORDING TO OUR ATTENDANCE BOUNDARIES, UM, THERE WOULD BE SOME POCKETS OF CHANGE.

AND SO MAYBE SOME FEEDBACK OF, OH, HEY, THIS COMMUNITY IS ACTUALLY REALLY TIGHTLY CONNECTED TO THIS COMMUNITY OVER HERE BECAUSE THEY ALL, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT I'M SO THAT'S WHAT THE MAPS WOULD GO TO THE COMMUNITY FOR.

FEEDBACK ON WHETHER THEY LIKED THE WAY THE MAPS WERE DRAWN, I THINK I REMEMBER AND I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T THINK SARAH HAD IT ON THE LAST MAPS, BUT IN ALL MY RESEARCH WITH SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS, IF YOU'RE TRYING TO GET UNDERREPRESENTED POPULATIONS, IF THAT'S ONE OF OUR GOALS TO HAVE THEM ON THE BOARD, THEN THE WAY THE MAP IS DRAWN HAS TO TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT.

IT ONLY TAKES THAT INTO ACCOUNT.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS IF THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH REPRESENTATION, BUT OTHERWISE I THINK THAT.

RIGHT. WELL, YEAH.

I MEAN IF YOU HAVE AN ISSUE, YOU HAVE TO.

RIGHT? YOU'RE FORCED TO.

BUT I JUST LIKE TRUSTEE WESTON TALKED ABOUT, I'M VERY DRIVEN BY WHAT ARE OUR GOALS HERE.

AND TO BE CLEAR TO THE COMMUNITY WHAT OUR GOALS ARE.

IF OUR GOALS AND OUR GOALS AS A BOARD, I MEAN, IT MAY NOT BE MY GOALS, BUT WHAT OUR GOAL IS, WHAT IS OUR GOAL IS OUR GOAL TO HAVE EACH HIGH SCHOOL REPRESENTED.

THEN I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION IS OUR GOAL.

I HEARD TRUSTEE ZARATE SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, HE WANTED MORE REPRESENTATION ON THE BOARD.

AND IF THAT'S OUR GOAL, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR MAPS REPRESENT OUR GOALS.

AND HOW WOULD WE DO THAT? AND I'D LIKE THAT DISCUSSION ALONG WITH THEN HOW THAT IMPACTS STUDENTS.

I CAN TRY TO ANSWER SOME OF THAT.

THE STATUTE REQUIRES ONE PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE, UH, THE THE BOARD CAN ACTUALLY ISSUE AN ORDER FOR A SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT. UM, AND I THINK SARAH HAD PROPOSED EARLIER FIVE PUBLIC HEARINGS.

YOU CAN DO MORE THAN ONE.

BUT AT THOSE HEARINGS, THAT'S WHEN YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET INPUT AND REALLY CHANGE THOSE MAPS.

THE MAPS THAT WERE BROUGHT WERE SAMPLES, EXAMPLES.

THEY CERTAINLY WEREN'T ANYTHING.

UM, THAT WOULD BE FINAL.

THAT'S A THAT'S A WORK PROCESS.

YEAH. I THINK MY POINT IS I STILL HAVEN'T GOT CLARITY FROM THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS ON WHAT THEIR GOAL IS.

WHAT IS OUR GOAL WITH THIS? MY GOAL WOULD BE THAT.

ITS STUDENT OUTCOMES ARE IMPACTED IN A POSITIVE MANNER.

THAT'S MY MAIN GOAL.

AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE OUR THREE GOALS? WHAT ARE OUR TWO GOALS? I MEAN, IS IT TO MAKE CAMPAIGNS CHEAPER? I MEAN, I DON'T I MEAN WHAT IS THE GOALS OF DOING THIS.

AND THAT WOULD DRIVE WHY WE'RE DOING IT.

IT COULD DRIVE THE MAPS.

THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING.

OKAY. TRUSTEE HARRISON YOUR LIGHTS ON.

I THINK FOR ME, THE GOAL IS TO GET MORE INFORMATION, TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION.

RIGHT. AND THAT CAN'T BE DONE.

IT'S NOT LIKE I, AS A BOARD MEMBER, AM SUPPOSED TO BRING YOU ALL A PRESENTATION ON THAT.

I JUST WANTED TO FOSTER THE DISCUSSION TO SEE IF THERE WAS EVEN INTEREST, AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW MORE.

I WOULD LIKE TO REVISIT THOSE MAPS.

WE HAVE NEW PEOPLE ON THE BOARD.

THEY NEED THAT INFORMATION AS WELL.

CAN. CAN I ASK THOUGH? I MEAN, DO YOU HAVE A GOAL, THOUGH? I MEAN, IS THIS JUST TO DO IT, TO DO IT OR I MEAN, WHAT IS THE MAIN GOAL? THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING. I MEAN, I THINK WE EACH MAY HAVE OUR IDEA OF WHAT OUR GOAL IS HERE, BUT DO YOU HAVE A GOAL THAT I FEEL LIKE I'VE SAID THIS MULTIPLE TIMES IS THAT I WANT TO REVISIT IT, TO HEAR MORE INFORMATION, TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL.

I'M THE ONE THAT CLOSED OUT THE CONVERSATION LAST TIME, AND I SAID I WOULD BRING IT BACK BECAUSE I WASN'T FOR OR AGAINST.

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AND SO HERE WE ARE, UM, SEVERAL SEVERAL MONTHS LATER, AND I'M OPENING THIS BACK UP SO THAT WE CAN HEAR.

AND I'VE NOT MADE A DECISION EITHER WAY.

UM, I'D LIKE TO KNOW MORE INFORMATION AND HAVE THAT INFORMATION PRESENTED TO US.

SO I DON'T HAVE A PREDETERMINED GOAL FOR THIS.

IF IT SERVES OUR COMMUNITY BETTER, GREAT.

IF IT DOESN'T, WE'LL MOVE ON.

BUT I SAID THAT WE SHOULD BRING BACK THE INFORMATION.

I'M LOOKING BACK THROUGH MY EMAILS AND SEEING THAT PEOPLE AT THAT POINT IN TIME WERE LIKE, UH, IT COULD BE GOOD, IT COULD BE BAD, BUT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH TIME FOR US TO DISCUSS IT. AND THIS IS A VERY LONG RUNWAY FOR US TO MORE MEANINGFULLY GET INFORMATION.

YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT.

WHAT KIND OF INFORMATION. TRUSTEE.

BONE. HOLD ON. CAN YOU MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE RECOGNIZED? BECAUSE IT'S HARD FOR OUR TIME KEEPER IF WE JUST ARE PING PONG ENOUGH OF EACH OTHER.

SO THAT WAS A REQUEST BY OUR TIME KEEPER IS DON'T PING PONG OFF OF EACH OTHER AND USE YOUR LIGHTS IN A DISCUSSION LIKE THIS.

SO TRUSTEE BONE.

NO, THAT'S I THINK TRUSTEE HARRISON ANSWERED.

I JUST THINK THAT TO GET THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO BE BROUGHT BACK, SOMEBODY WHO'S BRINGING US THAT INFORMATION NEEDS TO KNOW WHAT INFORMATION WE NEED.

SO TO ME, IT IN MY LOGIC, YOU HAVE TO KNOW THE GOALS SO THAT THEY CAN GO AND RESEARCH.

LIKE WHEN YOU SAY BENEFITS OUR COMMUNITY.

SO NOW PEOPLE CAN GO OFF AND BE LIKE, OKAY, LET'S GO SEE HOW OTHER SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS BENEFITED THEIR COMMUNITY.

SO I THINK IT'S JUST 10S WE JUST NEED TO UNDERSTAND, UM, WHAT OUR GOALS ARE SO THAT WE CAN GET THE RIGHT INFORMATION BACK.

OKAY. WELL, YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT, IF TRUSTEE HARRISON YOU WANT TO MAKE ANOTHER AGENDA REQUEST TO PUT IT ON THE, UM, ON A MEETING IN THE FUTURE, THEN THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE BEST WAY TO GET IT ON THE AGENDA.

AGAIN. THANK YOU.

OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I DON'T KNOW WHO HAS TIME'S LEFT, BUT, UM.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UM, WE ARE ON TO ITEMS.

[I. ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION BY CONSENT]

TWO ON THE BOARD MONITORING CALENDAR.

I JUST WANTED TO AGAIN THANK THE ADMINISTRATION FOR ADJUSTING.

I KNOW DUE TO TIA AND THE LAWSUIT AND AND RATINGS NOT BEING RELEASED, WE HAD TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO OUR BOARD MONITORING CALENDAR.

SO I APPRECIATE THE ADMINISTRATION BEING FLEXIBLE AND STILL ENSURING THAT WE'RE GETTING TIMELY UPDATES ON STUDENT OUTCOMES.

ON AGENDA ITEM I NINE ON THE ACADEMIC CALENDAR.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE ADMINISTRATION AGAIN FOR, UM, CONTINUALLY GOING BACK AND LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND WORKING WITH THE OTHER IN ORDER. DO WE EACH GET TIME TO TALK ABOUT EACH ITEM? UM, I'M JUST MAKING AN INTRODUCTION, INTRODUCING THE TOPIC, OKAY.

AND JUST SAYING THANK YOUS.

AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS CAN WE ALL SAY THANK YOUS? THEN YOU'LL HAVE A MOMENT TO MAKE A STATEMENT AFTER IT'S AN ACTION ITEM.

SO YOU'LL HAVE AN ITEM, AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A STATEMENT.

DOES THIS GO AGAINST OUR TIME THEN.

SO. POINT OF ORDER HAS BEEN RULED ON, AND I WILL LET YOU MAKE A STATEMENT AS SOON AS THERE'S A MOTION MADE.

AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS JUST TO THANK YOU TO TRUSTEE, HARRISON, AND WEIR FOR WORKING WITH THE COC ON REVISING AND FINALIZING THEIR NEW BYLAWS.

SO THAT'S MY INTRODUCTION OF THE TOPIC.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? MADAM PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE ITEMS I ONE THROUGH TEN BY CONSENT SECOND.

ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY COMMENTS? TRUSTEE. BONE? YES.

ON THE I9, THE ACADEMIC CALENDAR.

WHEN THIS CAME OUT.

THERE WAS ACTUALLY TWO CALENDARS, AND THERE STILL WAS TWO CALENDARS, AND THERE WAS ACTUALLY LIKE THREE CALENDARS.

IT WAS SLIGHTLY CONFUSING.

UM. AND THEN I SAW THE MOTION LANGUAGE WHICH COMES OUT WITH THE AGENDA.

UM. BUT I NINE THE ACADEMIC CALENDAR.

I THINK THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A DISCUSSION TOPIC WITH ACTION.

I FIND IT INTERESTING THAT IT WAS JUST THROWN IN THE CONSENT AFTER THERE'S BEEN LOTS OF DISCUSSION ABOUT IT.

SO. UM, I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO MAKE AN AMENDED MOTION, WHICH I BELIEVE I'M ABLE TO DO.

RIGHT. SO THE MOTION IS TO ADOPT THE CONSENT AGENDA.

AND SO YES, YOU CAN MAKE AN AMENDED MOTION.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO AMEND THAT JUST TO A I MOVE.

SO I MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE MOTION TO.

APPROVE I ONE THROUGH EIGHT AND I TEN ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

SECOND. OKAY.

I HAVE A MOTION TO, UM, TO AMEND THE MOTION.

AND SO FIRST YOU'RE VOTING ON WHETHER YOU WANT TO ACCEPT THE MOTION.

YOU'RE NOT VOTING YES OR NO.

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UM, AND ANY COMMENTS BEFORE WE VOTE, WE'RE VOTING TO ACCEPT THE AMENDED NO.

IF YOU WANT TO EVEN VOTE ON AN AMENDMENT.

IT'S IT SEEMS VERY BACKWARDS, BUT IT'S HOW YOU HAVE TO VOTE IN ROBERT'S RULES.

UM, THE ONLY COMMENT I HAVE TO MAKE IS THAT YOU'VE HAD THIS MATERIAL FOR EIGHT DAYS, AND YOU COULD HAVE PULLED THIS FROM CONSENT AT ANY POINT ALONG THE WAY.

SO IT WENT OUT, UM, LAST MONDAY ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, AND ANYBODY COULD HAVE PULLED IT.

SO THAT'S MY COMMENT.

CAN I MAKE A COMMENT BACK? I'M WAS EXPECTING IT.

GO AHEAD. UM, YES.

AND AS I MENTIONED, THERE WAS THREE CALENDARS ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA.

AND THE ONLY THING I DIDN'T CATCH WAS THAT THE MOTION LANGUAGE WAS THAT WE WERE APPROVING ONE, THE THE OPTION ONE.

AND JUST LIKE YOU HAD EARLIER, I REVIEW EVERYTHING THE NIGHT BEFORE.

AND I CAUGHT IT. BUT WE HAVE THIS 48 HOUR THAT YOU CAN'T PULL CONSENT 48 HOURS.

SO I CAUGHT THAT. IT SAID THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY ACCEPTING ONE ON THE FINAL AGENDA.

AND ACTUALLY I DIDN'T GO BACK AND COMPARE IT TO THE ORIGINAL AGENDA, BECAUSE EVERYBODY SHOULD KNOW THAT OUR ORIGINAL AGENDA THAT WE SEE ISN'T ALWAYS THE SAME AS THE ONE THAT ENDS UP GETTING POSTED.

SO YES, I DIDN'T CATCH THAT IN THE MOTION LANGUAGE.

IT WAS ONE. BUT I CAUGHT IT TODAY AND.

I WOULD LIKE TO.

UH, DO THIS SEPARATELY.

OKAY, SO FIRST WE'RE VOTING TRUSTEE.

WEIR. CAN I JUST MAKE ONE COMMENT? BECAUSE I WAS THE ONE THAT POINTED IT OUT THAT THERE WAS MORE THAN ONE AND THERE WAS NO, UM, AND PATTY DID SEND ON DECEMBER 7TH TO THE FULL BOARD, UM, A NOTICE THAT THIS CONSENT AGENDA HAD BEEN UPDATED.

SO IT WASN'T JUST THAT IT APPEARED ON THE AGENDA.

WE ACTUALLY GOT AN EMAIL SPECIFICALLY SAYING WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION'S RECOMMENDATION WAS, AND SHE APOLOGIZED FOR THE CONFUSION.

YEAH. AND CAN YOU LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW HOW MANY EMAILS TRUSTEE BONE, PLEASE WAIT TO BE RECOGNIZED.

OH, SORRY. I THOUGHT YOU POINTED AT ME.

NO. I'M SORRY. NO, NO, NO, I FOR OUR TIME KEEPER PURPOSES, YOU HAVE TO BE RECOGNIZED.

AND SHE'S. YOU'VE SPOKEN ONCE, SO YOU'VE GOT TWO TIMES TO SPEAK UP TO TWO MINUTES.

YOU'VE YOU'VE USED ONE OF THOSE TIMES.

YOU SPOKE A MINUTE, 36 SECONDS.

SO YOU WOULD HAVE ANOTHER TWO MINUTES IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK AGAIN.

TRUSTEE. BONE.

TRUSTEE BONE. YOU'RE.

YOU WERE ABOUT TO SPEAK AND YOUR LIGHT WAS ON.

DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE TO SAY I CAN'T SPEAK.

YOU HAVE TWO MORE TIMES TO SPEAK.

NO, SHE JUST SAID I HAD ONE MORE TIME TO SPEAK, SO I CAN'T SPEAK.

YOU HAVE ANOTHER TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK AND THEN YOU'VE GOT TWO MINUTES FOR QUESTIONS.

ALL RIGHT. SO YEAH, I'M NOT USING MY TWO MINUTES, SO I'M NOT SPEAKING.

OKAY. TRUSTEE HARRISON I'D LIKE TO CALL THE QUESTION SECOND.

I HAVE A PENDING MOTION.

AND THEN I CALL THE QUESTIONS.

SO IT GOES BACK TO DECIDING ON WHETHER THIS IS A CALL IN THE QUESTION TO END DEBATE ON WHETHER YOU WANT TO ACCEPT THE AMENDMENT.

BECAUSE I ALREADY HAVE TWO. OKAY, SO THE CALL THE QUESTION IS ON THE AMENDMENT.

OKAY. YES. UM, ALL IN FAVOR OF CALLING THE QUESTION IN ANY DISCUSSION, RAISE YOUR HAND.

I'M SORRY. CAN YOU CAN YOU TELL ME AGAIN WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON? WELL, RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST VOTING TO END THE DISCUSSION AND THEN VOTE.

AND THEN I WILL EXPLAIN WHAT THE VOTE IS AGAIN.

SO WE'RE JUST VOTING ON THE CALLING THE QUESTION ON WHETHER TO VOTE FOR MARY'S AMEND, JUST VOTING ON WHETHER TO CALL THE QUESTION, WHICH MEANS WE WILL END DISCUSSION. AND THEN I WILL EXPLAIN WHAT THE NEXT VOTE IS.

SO ALL IN FAVOR OF CALLING THE QUESTION RAISE YOUR HAND.

I'LL OPPOSED.

ABSTAINING. MOTION CARRIES FIVE TWO.

NOW WE ARE VOTING ON TRUSTEE.

BOWEN'S AMENDED MOTION AS TO WHETHER WE WANT TO EVEN ACCEPT AN AMENDED MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS I, ONE THROUGH EIGHT AND TEN, ALL IN FAVOR OF ACCEPTING THE AMENDED UM, ALLOWING US TO VOTE ON AMENDED MOTION.

RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL OPPOSED.

MOTION FAILS, 2 TO 5.

NOW WE GO BACK TO TRUSTEE WEIR'S ORIGINAL MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS ONE THROUGH TEN BY CONSENT.

ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL OPPOSED.

ABSTAINING. MOTION CARRIES 511.

OKAY. IT IS 845.

WE HAVE NO ACTION ITEMS FOR THIS EVENING, SO WE ARE ON TO BOARD BUSINESS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.

[K. BOARD BUSINESS]

SOME OF THEM ARE RSVP'S.

UM, WE HAVE AN WE HAVE TWO UPCOMING MEETINGS IN JANUARY.

UM, ONE IS OUR TEAM OF EIGHT, UM, TEAM BUILDING TRAINING FOR JANUARY 11TH.

I HAVE YESES FROM LANDRUM, MARKHAM, ZARATE, WEIR AND HARRISON.

A MAYBE FROM BONE AND NO RESPONSE FROM WESTON.

AND THEN FOR OUR REGULAR BOARD MEETING, I HAVE YESES FROM LANDRUM, MARKHAM, WEIR, HARRISON AND BONE, MAYBE FROM ZARATE, AND NO RESPONSE FROM

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UM, SECOND ONE, NOW THAT WE HAVE DONE ELECTIONS, IT'S ALSO THE TIME OF THE YEAR WHERE WE WILL SHUFFLE BOARD COMMITTEES AND COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS. AND SO AS A REMINDER, THESE ARE THE COMMITTEES THAT WE, UM, APPOINT PEOPLE TO THE CPC OK, WHICH IS THE CAPITAL PROJECTS COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.

WE HAVE THE CENTRAL TEXAS SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION, WE HAVE THE CITY OF AUSTIN REGIONAL AFFORDABILITY COMMITTEE, UM, TRUSTEE ZARATE IS A MEMBER OF THE MEXICAN AMERICAN SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION.

WE DON'T REALLY APPOINT ANYBODY TO THAT.

BUT IF ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO JOIN THAT, LET ME KNOW.

UM, TRUSTEE WEIR HAS BEEN SERVING ON THE PI FOUNDATION AND SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE IS MYSELF, TRUSTEE MARKHAM AND TRUSTEE WESTON.

UM, AND JUST AS A REMINDER, OF COURSE, WE DON'T WE NOT APPOINTING RIGHT NOW, BUT DOCTOR AZAIEZ IS OUR REPRESENTATIVE ON THE ROUND ROCK CHAMBER.

UM, THE ONLY COMMITTEE THAT THERE IS NO CHOICE FOR.

I HAVE TO SERVE ON THE SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE BECAUSE IT'S MANDATED BY STATE LAW.

UM, BUT OTHERWISE, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE EVERYBODY TAKE A NEW POSITION, UM, AND CHANGE YOUR ORDER.

ARE WE ARE WE AGENDA FOR THIS? YES WE ARE. THIS IS MY ANNOUNCEMENT.

WE'RE NOT DISCUSSING. THIS IS MY BOARD ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT CALENDARING.

SO BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS ABOUT COMMITTEES.

AND YOU WANT TO SEE PEOPLE. I'VE RULED ON YOUR POINT OF ORDER.

TRUSTEE BONE. THAT YES, WE ARE CALENDAR.

WE ARE. YOUR POINT OF ORDER IS NOT DEBATABLE.

SO SHE'S SHE'S MADE A DECISION.

YEAH. YEAH. WELL, IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT COMMITTEES.

NO MORE NO MORE DISCUSSION.

OKAY. SO, UM, PLEASE SEND ME AN EMAIL BY DECEMBER 29TH.

AS TO THE TOP THREE CHOICES THAT YOU HAVE FOR WHAT COMMITTEE THAT YOU WANT TO SERVE ON, IF ANY.

UM, NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION IS IN APRIL THIS YEAR.

UM, EARLY REGISTRATION IS IN JANUARY.

UH, THIS IS NOT TYPICALLY SOMETHING THAT WE GO TO EVERY YEAR.

UH, IF WE DO HAVE SOMEBODY WHO IS INTERESTED, MY PERSONAL OPINION, IT WOULD BE SOMEBODY WHO HASN'T ATTENDED BEFORE, UM, JUST TO SPREAD THE WEALTH AND THE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES. BUT IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, LET ME KNOW.

UM, AND THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT FINANCES AND BUDGETS AND WHAT WE CAN AFFORD BASED ON WHO WANTS TO GO.

IT'S IN NEW ORLEANS, APRIL 6TH THROUGH THE EIGHTH.

UH, JUST AS A REMINDER TO THE PUBLIC, TONIGHT WAS OUR FIRST NIGHT TO THE CHANGE IN THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THE BOARD MEETINGS.

UM, IN PERSON COMMENTS ONLY AND ON TOPIC AGENDAS ONLY.

UM, THE I DID ASK THE ADMINISTRATION TO PROVIDE A QR CODE.

SO IF YOU GET HERE AND YOU DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THE POLICY HAS CHANGED, YOU CAN SCHEDULE THE, UM, I MEAN, YOU CAN SCAN THE QR CODE, IT WILL TAKE YOU STRAIGHT TO LET'S TALK.

AND SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO TRY AND FIND IT ON THE WEBSITE ANYWHERE.

UM, AGAIN, LET'S TALK IS ALWAYS OPEN.

SO EVEN THOUGH WE'RE ABOUT TO BE CLOSING FOR THE HOLIDAYS, LET'S TALK.

WE'LL BE ACTIVE AND BE ABLE TO BE USED OVER THE BREAK.

AND, UM, THERE IS A COMMITMENT TO REEXAMINE THIS AFTER 90 DAYS TO SEE THE EFFECTIVENESS.

AND IF WE WANT TO CONTINUE WITH IT.

CAN I HAVE ANOTHER POINT OF ORDER? YOU KEEP TALKING ABOUT LOTS OF TOPICS.

THESE ARE OUR BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS.

THESE ARE NOT I THESE THIS IS DEBATABLE BECAUSE THIS IS TOMA VIOLATIONS.

THESE ARE NOT YOU'RE GOING EXTENSIVELY INTO THINGS I'M OKAY WITH ANNOUNCEMENTS BUT THIS IS NOT OKAY.

UM, I WILL ASK OUR ATTORNEY.

MAY I MAKE THESE ANNOUNCEMENTS? YES. YOU CAN MAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENTS IN THE PUBLIC HAS SUFFICIENT NOTICE WITH THE AGENDA ITEM.

THERE IS NO DISCUSSION ON THESE AGENDA.

I MEAN, ON THESE TOPICS.

THAT'S WHY THEY'RE NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA.

NOBODY CAN MAKE A COMMENT ON THE DAIS ABOUT IT.

IT IS LITERALLY AN ANNOUNCEMENT.

THE LAST ANNOUNCEMENT THAT I HAVE IS THE DISTRICT IS CLOSED, UM, DECEMBER 18TH THROUGH JANUARY 2ND, 2024.

I HOPE EVERYBODY HAS A MERRY CHRISTMAS.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS, WHATEVER YOU'RE CELEBRATING, ENJOY YOUR TIME OFF, UM, OF REST AND RELAXATION.

AND JUST THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR THE DISTRICT.

UM, DOCTOR AZAIEZ HAS SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS AND THEN I WILL GO TO IF IF ANY TRUSTEES HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS.

OKAY. WELL THANK YOU.

I JUST WANT TO AGAIN THANK ECHO WHAT YOU JUST SAID.

I WANT TO THANK OUR BOARD MEMBERS, OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY FOR THE PASSAGE OF, UH, PROP A THAT WILL HELP US NOW, UH, BRING SOME RAISES, UH, VERY DESERVED AND ALSO NEEDED RAISES TO OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF.

UH, THEY WILL SEE THAT HOPEFULLY IN THEIR, UH, JANUARY PAYCHECKS.

UM, ALSO, I WANT TO JUST THANK OUR STAFF AND REALLY TEACHERS FOR REALLY THEIR HARD WORK.

UH, WE'VE BEEN SEEING A LOT OF A LOT OF, UH, GREAT THINGS HAPPENING.

UH, ACADEMICALLY, OUR STUDENTS ARE SHOWING UP EVEN A BIGGER GROWTH THAN EVER, BUT ALSO, UM, FROM AN ATHLETIC SIDE OR FINE ARTS.

IT'S JUST LIKE CONTINUING DOING AMAZING THINGS AND ALSO HAVING OUR STUDENTS REALLY EXCELLING AND REALLY REPRESENTING OUR DISTRICT.

SO AGAIN, A LOT OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS THIS PAST SEMESTER.

SO, UH, AGAIN, I WANT TO ALSO ECHO WHAT, UH, PRESIDENT LANDRUM SAID IS THAT WE WOULD LIKE FOR EVERYONE TO REALLY TAKE THIS TIME OFF TO ENJOY THEIR FAMILY, LOVED ONES AND,

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AND AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING ALL OF YOU BACK NEXT YEAR.

ALL RIGHT. TRUSTEE. ZARATE.

UH, JUST REAL QUICKLY, I WANTED TO SAY THAT I WAS, UH, VERY HAPPY TO BE INVITED BY, UH, DOCTOR NICHOLS TODAY TO WORK WITH THE PRINCIPALS, UH, DOING SOME IMPROV AND SOME TEAM BUILDING AND THAT AND, UH, WE HAD A VERY GOOD TIME.

AND I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT, SINCE HE'S HERE, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SAY IT, THAT, UH, DENNIS COVINGTON COULD BE ON STAGE.

UH, JUST SO YOU KNOW.

ALL RIGHT. AND EVERYBODY HAVE A HAPPY HOLIDAY AND WHATEVER WAY YOU CELEBRATE.

THANKS, TRUSTEE.

WESTON. SO MY BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS ARE TO EXPRESS MY CONCERN THAT PRESIDENT LANDRUM WENT INTO SUCH DETAIL ABOUT MULTIPLE TOPICS REGARDING BOARD COMMITTEES AND ASSIGNMENTS, AND THE DIFFERENT COMMITTEES AND THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS.

SHE ADVOCATED FOR PEOPLE TO TELL HER WHAT THEY WERE INTERESTED IN DOING, TALKED ABOUT THE RECENT POLICY CHANGE ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENTS.

UM, TALKED ABOUT QR CODES AND HOW TO DO POINT OF ORDER.

WE'VE HEARD THESE ANNOUNCEMENTS ALREADY ONCE.

IS THERE A NEED TO REPEAT THAT MAKES A DISCUSSION IN TALKING ABOUT IT? BUT GET TO YOUR POINT, PLEASE.

YES, I'D LIKE TO FINISH MY BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS, WHICH IS MY CONCERN THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT ALL OF THESE TOPICS, WHICH WE ARE NOT AGENDIZED FOR.

AND I'M CONCERNED THAT THERE MAY BE A TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT VIOLATION.

THE OTHER BOARD ANNOUNCEMENT THAT I HAVE IS MY CONCERN ABOUT THE RHETORIC THAT I'M HEARING TONIGHT ABOUT A TURNING THE TEAM BUILDING TRAINING REQUIREMENT INTO A TEAM OF EIGHT POLITICAL ADVOCACY MEETING IN JANUARY.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S WISE.

AND THAT'S MY ANNOUNCEMENT.

AND MY LAST ANNOUNCEMENT IS TO WISH EVERYBODY IN ROUND ROCK ISD A MERRY CHRISTMAS.

TRUSTEE BONE. YES, I WANTED AN UPDATE ON MY AGENDA ITEM REQUESTS FOR THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE, I BELIEVE, EITHER CHIEF OR ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF, AND IF THAT'S GOING TO BE ON A BOARD AGENDA.

I IT WAS RECEIVED IT DIDN'T GET ON THIS MONTH BUT I DID RECEIVE IT.

DOES THAT MEAN IT HAS BEEN DECLINED BECAUSE THAT'S BEEN ALMOST A MONTH AGO? NO. IF IT WAS DECLINED, I WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU I WAS DECLINING IT.

POINT OF ORDER.

I FEEL LIKE WE CAN'T DISCUSS PERSONNEL LIKE THAT.

UM. WE CAN'T DISCUSS PERSONNEL DISCIPLINARY MATTERS.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE PRACTICE OF THE BOARD IS NOT TO SPECIFY.

I'M JUST. I WOULD JUST DISCOURAGE AGENDA ITEM.

IT HASN'T BEEN SCHEDULED YET, BUT IT HASN'T BEEN DECLINED.

ALL RIGHT. I DIDN'T KNOW WHO WAS GOING TO BE BOARD PRESIDENT AFTER TONIGHT.

SO I HAVE NOT DONE ANY PLANNING FOR ANY CALENDARING IDEAS ITEMS PAST TONIGHT.

WELL, OKAY. IT'S STILL AN AGENDA ITEM THAT I WOULD LIKE.

YEP, I HAVE IT ON MY REQUEST.

THANK YOU. AND I WOULD LIKE MY MY ANNOUNCEMENT IS I WOULD LIKE TO WISH EVERYBODY A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND ENJOY YOUR TIME OFF AND GET READY FOR A HAPPY 2024. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. WE HAVE ONE ITEM LEFT ON THE AGENDA.

[L. CLOSED SESSION]

MADAM PRESIDENT, MAY I MAKE A MOTION? YES. UH, POINT OF ORDER IS, I THINK WHAT YOU WANTED TO SAY.

RIGHT. POINT OF ORDER AND ARE.

ARE YOU WANTING TO MAKE A MOTION? THERE'S NOTHING FOR ACTION.

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO LIMIT THE TIME IN CLOSED.

OH, YES. YOU CAN MAKE A SHE CAN MAKE A MOTION TO EXTEND OR LIMIT THE TIME.

I MOVE TO LIMIT CLOSED SESSION TO TEN MINUTES TOTAL.

MY. MY ONLY REQUEST IS SINCE IT'S TRUSTEE WESTON'S ITEM IS.

ASK HER IF THAT'S ENOUGH TIME OUT OF RESPECT BECAUSE THAT'S HER ITEM.

BUT, UM.

AND DID YOU GET A SECOND FOR IT? SECOND. SECOND.

OKAY. BUT YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO EXTEND THAT IF YOU DON'T WANT TO.

CAN YOU PRESENT? YOUR ITEM IN TEN MINUTES.

TRUSTEE. WESTON. TRUSTEE.

WESTON. SO TWO THINGS.

UM, REALLY, ALL I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU GUYS TO DO WAS READ TWO EMAILS THAT BOARD COUNSEL HAS, AND THEN IF YOU GUYS HAD ANY QUESTIONS.

SO I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT TAKES YOU TO READ THESE LENGTHY EMAILS.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

I WILL SAY I FIND IT INTERESTING THAT ON THE AGENDA ITEMS THAT HAD TRUSTEE HARRISON AND TRUSTEE MARKHAM TRUSTEE WEIR, YOU MADE A MOTION TO UH, UH, REDUCE THE, UH, SPEAKING TIMES THAT YOUR POLICY HAS AND ON WHEN IT COMES TO AN AGENDA ITEM WITH MY NAME ON IT, YOU

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YOU WANTED TO ALLOW MORE TALKING TIME.

AND FOR MINE, YOU WANT TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF TIME.

AND I THINK THAT THAT THOSE THE, THE, THOSE TWO, UH, DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSITE VIEWS AND ACTIONS AS FAR AS LIMITING DISCUSSION, UH, DEPENDING ON WHO THE TRUSTEE IS, IS REVEALING.

AND I THINK THAT OBSERVERS CAN DRAW THEIR OWN CONCLUSIONS.

I'LL BE VOTING NO ON THIS, ACTUALLY.

CAN I CHANGE MY MOTION AGAIN? I YOU NEED TO WITHDRAW IT.

AND YES, WITHDRAW.

HIS SECOND POINT OF ORDER.

SHE WASN'T RECOGNIZED BY THE CHAIR, AND I BELIEVE I WAS NEXT.

TRUSTEE BONE. THANK YOU.

I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS MOTION.

BECAUSE. NO, BUT I'M JUST JUST THE THOUGHT OF IT BEING MADE IS HIGHLY CONCERNING.

BECAUSE REMEMBER EARLIER, IT WAS TO HAVE NO TIME LIMIT FOR TRUSTEES.

AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TO SOMETHING THAT TRUSTEE WESTON HAS HER NAME ON, IT'S LET'S LIMIT IT.

AND I REALLY HAVE CONCERNS BECAUSE THERE ARE LAWS THAT PROTECT PEOPLE THAT HAVE OPPOSING VIEWS.

AND WHEN YOU TRY TO LIMIT.

AND IF THAT'S WHAT I JUST THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE NOW FOR ALL MEETINGS.

AND I KNOW YOU'RE I'M JUST MAKING A POINT HERE BECAUSE I ACTUALLY HAVEN'T GONE BACK.

BUT IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO GO BACK TO LAST MEETING OR WHENEVER WE STARTED AND SEE.

IF THIS IS GOING TO BE A PATTERN WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO DO UNLIMITED TIME FOR CERTAIN PEOPLE AND UNLIMITED AND THEN LIMIT OTHER PEOPLE'S TIME, BECAUSE THERE ARE LAWS THAT PROTECT PEOPLE THAT HAVE OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS.

AND EVEN ON THE DAIS, I THINK WE'RE TREADING INTO DANGEROUS LEGAL TERRITORY OF LIMITING CERTAIN PEOPLE'S SPEECH, ESPECIALLY TWO TRUSTEES THAT HAVE OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS TO THE MAJORITY OF THIS BOARD.

SO JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, BEFORE I CALL ON TRUSTEE WEIR, SHE MADE THE EXACT SAME MOTION LAST MONTH THAT WE HAD THREE ITEMS ENCLOSED, AND SHE MADE A MOTION TO MOVE FOR TEN MINUTES FOR EACH ITEM. SO IT'S CONSISTENT FOR WHETHER IT'S ADMINISTRATIVE REQUEST OR WHETHER IT'S A ANYBODY WHO ACTUALLY IS REQUESTED IT.

SHE'S MADE THIS MULTIPLE TIMES.

AND I SPECIFICALLY REMEMBER IN NOVEMBER THAT IT WAS TEN MINUTES FOR EACH ITEM ENCLOSED.

AND WE ONLY USED LIKE 2 OR 3 MINUTES WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT ONE OF THE ITEMS. BUT THIS IS A CONSISTENT MOTION THAT SHE MAKES TO GOING INTO CLOSED.

OKAY. YOU WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE YOUR MOTION.

THE SECOND HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN.

YOU'VE WITHDRAWN YOUR MOTION.

NOW YOU MAY MAKE A NEW MOTION.

WELL, I DIDN'T ACTUALLY WITHDRAW MY MOTION BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE THE FLOOR.

SORRY. UM, AND SO BEFORE I WITHDRAW MY MOTION, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THIS WAS NOT PUT AS A PRESENTATION BY TRUSTEE WESTON IN THE AGENDA. IT WAS DISCUSSED.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

AND WE'VE.

YES, THERE IS A DIFFERENCE, BUT I WANT TO WITHDRAW MY MOTION.

SO IF YOU'LL LET ME. UH UH UH, WE'RE WE ARE NOT INTERRUPTING EACH OTHER.

I CANNOT DO THAT WITH OUR TIMEKEEPER.

WE WILL NOT BE INTERRUPTING EACH OTHER.

TRUSTEE WEIR HAS THE FLOOR.

I WITHDRAW MY MOTION, AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A DIFFERENT MOTION.

I MOVE TO ALLOW TRUSTEE WESTON UNLIMITED TIME TO PRESENT HER ISSUE.

SO LONG AS IT DOES NOT BECOME SPEECH, AND THAT EACH TRUSTEE HAVE A TOTAL OF FIVE MINUTES FOR QUESTIONS FOR THE ITEM THAT SHE PRESENTS.

SECOND MOTION UNLIMITED.

PRESENT TIME FIVE MINUTES PER TRUSTEE FOR QUESTIONS.

THE EXACT SAME MOTION FROM EARLIER, SO TRUSTEE WESTON CAN PRESENT FOR FIVE MINUTES WITH NO TIME LIMITS, SO LONG AS IT DOES NOT BECOME SPEECH, AND THAT EACH TRUSTEE HAVE A TOTAL OF FIVE MINUTES FOR QUESTIONS FOR EACH ITEM.

OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY COMMENTS? SEEING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL OPPOSED? UH, MOTION CARRIES FIVE TWO.

WE'LL READ US INTO CLOSED.

UH, PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.074, AND AS REQUESTED BY TRUSTEE WESTON, THE BOARD WILL DISCUSS THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITY OF THE SUPERINTENDENT.

THIS IS REPOSTED FROM THE NOVEMBER 16TH MEETING.

IT IS 9:00 UP, STRAIGHT UP AND WE WILL BE HAVING CLOSED SESSION IN THIS ROOM.

SO PLEASE GATHER YOUR BELONGINGS AND HAVE A GREAT EVENING AND MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY NEW YEAR AND ALL THE OTHER HOLIDAYS AS WELL.

IT IS 1015.

WE ARE BACK IN OPEN SESSION.

DO I HAVE ANY MOTIONS COMING OUT OF CLOSED? I DO TRUSTEE WESTON.

I MOVE TO DIRECT THE SUPERINTENDENT TO REVISIT THE MOTION DIRECTIVE FROM THE DECEMBER 8TH, 2022 BOARD MEETING THAT ORIGINATED FROM A GRIEVANCE.

THE BOARD HEREBY DIRECTS THE SUPERINTENDENT TO CREATE A SPECIFIC LIST OF ALL REQUIREMENTS IN TEXAS EDUCATION CODE 28 .004 AND INDICATE COMPLIANCE OR NONCOMPLIANCE OF EACH REQUIREMENT, AND PROVIDE THIS CHECKLIST TO THE

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I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY COMMENTS? TRUSTEE BONE YOUR LIGHTS ON SET FOR ANOTHER.

IT'S FOR ANOTHER MOTION. OKAY.

UM, I WILL JUST SAY I WILL BE VOTING AGAINST THIS BECAUSE I'M PERFECTLY HAPPY WITH THE, UM, UH, PRODUCT THAT WAS PROVIDED TO THE BOARD BACK IN MARCH OF 2023. SO ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL OPPOSED? ABSTAINING. MOTION FAILS, 2 TO 5.

I HAVE ANOTHER MOTION. YES, I MOVED TO PLACE ON A FUTURE AGENDA AND EMPLOYMENT EVALUATION FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR NOT FOLLOWING THROUGH ON GRIEVANCE MOTION DIRECTIVES FROM THE BOARD. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY COMMENTS? TRUSTEE WESTON.

YEAH, I THINK GIVEN WHAT WAS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION TONIGHT AND OTHER EVENTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED WITH GRIEVANCES AND MOTIONS THAT EMERGED, I THINK IT'S, UH, IT WOULD BE WE WOULD BE DERELICT IN OUR DUTIES NOT TO EXERCISE THE PROPER OVERSIGHT OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE SUPERINTENDENT.

UM, AND I DON'T THINK THAT IT IT DOES OUR CHILDREN ANY GOOD TO TURN A BLIND EYE TO THINGS THAT WE KNOW NEED TO BE DISCUSSED AND ADDRESSED PROPERLY.

SO I WILL BE VOTING.

YES. TRUSTEE BONE.

YES. THE REASON I HAVE MADE THIS MOTION I'LL BE VOTING YES ALSO, IS THAT I BELIEVE THIS HAS BECOME A PATTERN, AND SO I THINK IT NEEDS TO GO ON A FUTURE AGENDA, ITEMS THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT.

UM, THIS TOPIC.

AND PROVIDE PROPER OVERSIGHT AND GIVE FOLKS THAT COME HERE AND, UH, GO THROUGH THE GRIEVANCE PROCESS, AND THEN WE MAKE MOTIONS. UM, THE PROPER END TO THEIR GRIEVANCE THAT WE SET HERE AND PROVIDE THEM.

SO I WOULD ASK THAT THE BOARD, UH, VOTE YES ON THIS.

AGAIN TO PROVIDE THAT PROPER OVERSIGHT.

I CAN THINK IN MY HEAD OF AT LEAST TWO.

I BELIEVE THERE'S THREE GRIEVANCES THAT WOULD FIT IN THIS THIS MOTION.

AND I WOULD I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THOSE IN A FUTURE AGENDA.

IF YOU HAVE AN AGENDA REQUEST, YOU NEED TO PUT THAT IN AN EMAIL TO THE BOARD PRESIDENT.

UM, I WILL BE VOTING AGAINST THIS MOTION.

THE MAJORITY OF THE BOARD DID NOT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS PRODUCT WHEN IT WAS PRODUCED, AND I CANNOT VOTE FOR A MOTION BECAUSE SOMEONE THAT A TRUSTEE IS A FRIEND WITH AND SPEAKS WITH ON THE TELEPHONE HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE PRODUCT THAT WAS PRODUCED.

POINT OF ORDER. WHAT IS YOUR POINT? HOW WAS YOUR COMMENT THERE RELATED TO HER MOTION? SHE'S ASKING FOR AN EMPLOYMENT ACTION.

JUST. SAYING MY COMMENT.

OKAY, I THAT SEEMS WILDLY INAPPROPRIATE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR FEEDBACK.

ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL OPPOSED? MOTION FAILS. 2 TO 5.

SEEING NOTHING ELSE ON THE AGENDA.

IT'S 1018 AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.