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[B. CALL TO ORDER]
IN ATTENDANCE TONIGHT WE HAVE TRUSTEE ZÁRATE, TRUSTEE WEIR JOINING VIRTUALLY, TRUSTEE WEI MYSELF, TRUSTEE MARKUM, TRUSTEE LANDRUM AND TRUSTEE ROSS.AMAZING. AMAZING JOB LADIES. THANK YOU FOR PERFORMING FOR US.
AND LET US STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THE TEXAS PLEDGE.
TONIGHT'S PLEDGE LEADERS. WE HAVE TWO PLEDGE LEADERS, Y'ALL FROM RIDGEVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL.
WOO WOO! 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. THANK YOU TO OUR PLEDGE LEADERS.
MOVING ON TO ITEM D, RECOGNITION OF STUDENTS AND STAFF AND I WILL PASS IT ON.
[D. RECOGNITION OF STUDENTS AND STAFF]
THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT HARRISON, TRUSTEES AND DR. AZAIEZ.AND THEN BEFORE WE BEGIN, COULD YOU ALL COME UP TO THE FRONT OF THE DAIS? OUR STUDENT RECOGNITION THIS EVENING IS FOCUSED ON OUR TWO EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS FROM RIDGEVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR BEING NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR ESPORTS SUCCESS.
EASTON THOMAS AND NATHAN HOUSTON COMPETED AND WON FIRST PLACE IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL E-SPORTS LEAGUE CENTRAL DIVISION FOR ROCKET LEAGUE 2V2, BEATING MORE THAN 85 OTHER TEAMS ACROSS THE NATION.
WILL EASTON, NATHAN, ROBIN YOUNG WHO IS THEIR ESPORTS MENTOR, MARISSA RAMIREZ AND DR.
NANCY GUERRERO, AREA SUPERINTENDENT PLEASE COME UP TO THE DAIS FOR A PHOTO [APPLAUSE].
AND NOW FOR OUR STAFF RECOGNITION. WE'RE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT ROUND ROCK ISD HAS RECEIVED THE AWARD OF MERIT FOR PURCHASING OPERATIONS FROM THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BUSINESS OFFICIALS. THE TASBO AWARD OF MERIT PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2009 TO RECOGNIZE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT DISPLAY EXCELLENCE IN THEIR PROCUREMENT POLICIES AND POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. THE EXTENSIVE APPLICATION PROCESS IDENTIFIES TOP DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE THAT WORK TO STREAMLINE PURCHASING OPERATIONS, COMPLY WITH REGULATIONS, AND SET THE STANDARD FOR HOW TO BEST USE TAXPAYER DOLLARS.
WILL DANNY POOLMAN, DIRECTOR OF PURCHASING AND MATERIALS MANAGEMENT, AND DENNIS COVINGTON, CHIEF FINANCIAL AND CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER PLEASE COME UP FOR A PHOTO [APPLAUSE].
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THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YOU MAY RETURN TO YOUR SEATS [APPLAUSE].SO IF CHEF AND HIS STUDENTS CAN COME UP, WE WILL TAKE A QUICK PICTURE.
THANK YOU. OH, I'M SORRY, Y'ALL, I MEANT ROUND ROCK HIGH.
I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY. I BLAME IT ON THE COLD.
I APOLOGIZE CLEARLY ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
NOW, YOU MAY RETURN TO YOUR SEATS [APPLAUSE]. SORRY.
OKAY. AND TO CONTINUE THE CELEBRATIONS FOR SCHOOL BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH, WE WANTED TO SHARE A VIDEO INVOLVING SOME OF OUR YOUNGER STUDENTS AND THEIR IDEAS ON WHAT A TRUSTEE IS AND HOW MUCH MONEY YOU MAKE, SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK.
[VIDEO] $1,000. $300 TO $400. 402. WELL, LIKE I HAD SAID, LIKE ONE FOR EACH SCHOOL.
PEOPLE WHO ARE LIKE AT THE VERY TOP OF LIKE THING AT LIKE THE CHART.
THINK A SCORE BOARD MEMBER IS THE ASSISTANT OF THE OF THE PRINCIPAL'S BOSS.
PRINCIPAL'S BOSSES BOSS. I THINK THAT A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER IS [SPANISH] . I THINK THEY TRY AND MAKE EACH SCHOOL BETTER FOR EACH AND EVERY STUDENT. [SPANISH]. LIKE WHEN WE WENT ON THE FIELD TRIP, THEY PROBABLY HELP US GET THE TICKETS.
$70 GRAND. DEFINITELY MORE THAN A TEACHER. MAYBE LIKE A HUNDRED OR LIKE $10,000.
[SPANISH] $72. $5 BILLION $ 5 MILLION. I THINK THEY MAKE AT LEAST $20 GRAND A YEAR. $50? [SPANISH] 12 HOURS LIKE, PRETTY MUCH ALL DAY, ALL DAY, EVERY DAY. DO THEY GET OFF ON THE WEEKEND? PROBABLY NOT. HALF A DAY. [SPANISH] LIKE A PLACE THAT KIDS THAT DON'T REALLY HAVE A LOT OF MONEY TO HAVE ANY SNACKS COULD GO.
MAYBE A LITTLE LONGER RECESS. HOW MUCH DID TEACHERS GET PAID? WE COULD HAVE A ZOO, WITH DOGGIE AND PUPPY. [SPANISH] PIZZA EVERY FRIDAY AND VEGETABLE EVERY DAY.
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AROUND THE ROOM, SO THANK YOU FOR MAKING US FEEL LOVED AND APPRECIATED.SO IF I LOOK SLEEPY, IT'S BECAUSE I'M FULL. WE ACTUALLY DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS TODAY, SO WE WILL START WITH ITEM F SUPERINTENDENT REPORTS AND F1 LSG MONITORING REPORT GOAL THREE COLLEGE CAREER MILITARY READINESS CCMR STUDENT OUTCOMES.
[F. SUPERINTENDENT REPORTS]
GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT HARRISON. HAPPY NEW YEAR.I DON'T THINK WE MET SINCE LAST YEAR, RIGHT, SO HAPPY NEW YEAR.
AND ALSO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR OUR DISTRICT, OUR STUDENTS.
THANK YOU. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU VERY MUCH.
SO IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR, JANUARY, USUALLY THAT'S WHEN WE DISCUSS GOAL NUMBER THREE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO REPORT ON THAT THIS EVENING.
WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOU, AND WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THE TIME AND EFFORT YOU PUT INTO US.
I'M HERE TO REPRESENT MY TEAM. WE ARE A TEAM OF PEOPLE IN SCHOOLS AND INNOVATION THAT COMPROMISES EVERYONE IN TEACHING AND LEARNING TO ALL OF THE AREA SUPERINTENDENTS AND ALL THE CAMPUSES AND THE WORK THEY DO EVERY DAY IN ORDER TO BRING THIS TO FRUITION.
WE'RE REPORTING ON BOARD GOAL THREE GOAL PROGRESS MEASURES SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES COLLEGE, CAREER AND MILITARY READINESS. AS WE KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID WITHIN THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS TO REALLY LOOK AT THE IDEA OF WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT TO US AS A COMMUNITY. AND ONE OF THE THINGS AT THE VERY TOP THAT OUR COMMUNITY OF PARENTS, STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND OTHER STAFF MEMBERS SPOKE TO WAS THE IDEA OF, WE WANT OUR KIDS TO GRADUATE READY FOR COLLEGE, CAREER OR MILITARY. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER EXPERIENCES THAT GO INTO EVERYTHING, BUT WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT WE WANT THEM TO TRANSITION FROM OUR INSTITUTION AND MAKE SURE THAT ANY HOPE AND DREAM THAT THEY HAVE FOR THEMSELVES CAN COME TRUE.
SPECIFICALLY, WITHIN BOARD GOAL THREE FOR CCMR, THE BOARD SET CERTAIN GOALS.
T HE END OF THE YEAR, GOAL FOR CCMR FOR THE YEAR 2025 IS 92%.
WITHIN THE GOAL IS ALSO BROKEN DOWN INTO GOAL PROGRESS MEASURES.
THERE ARE THREE GOAL PROGRESS MEASURES FOR THIS SPECIFIC GOAL 3.1, 3.2 AND 3.3.
SPECIFICALLY, THIS GOAL BOARD GOAL IS MADE UP OF THE AREAS FOR CCMR. SO FOR EXAMPLE 3.1 SPECIFICALLY SPEAKS TO EARNING COLLEGE CREDIT.
AND THAT IS PART OF HOW WE EARN OUR ACCOUNTABILITY.
AND THAT SPEAKS TO ADVANCED PLACEMENT, INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE, DUAL CREDIT AND ON RAMPS.
GPM 3.2 SPEAKS SPECIFICALLY TO THE PERCENTAGE OF SENIORS TESTING AS COLLEGE READY, MEANING SAT/ACT AND ALSO TSIA TWO AND GOAL PROGRESS 3.3 SPEAKS SPECIFICALLY TO OUR CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION.
AND WHAT IT SAYS IS NOT ONLY DO STUDENTS NEED TO PASS AN INDUSTRY CERTIFICATION, BUT THEY ALSO NEED TO MAKE SURE WITHIN THEIR PROGRAM OF STUDY THAT THEY ARE A COMPLETER. A NOTE IN REGARDS TO GPM 3.3 RIGHT NOW FOR THE STATE, THEY ASKED, NOT THAT YOU'RE A COMPLETER, BUT YOU'RE A CONCENTRATOR. BUT WE HAVE SET THE GOAL AT WHAT WILL BE THE END GOAL, WHICH WILL BE IN ANOTHER YEAR, IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SYSTEM IS USED TO THIS LEVEL.
FOR 3.1, OUR OVERARCHING GOAL IS 53% FOR 2025, 3.2 76%, AND 2025 18%.
NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS WE MAKE SURE TO DO AS AN ORGANIZATION IS WE ALIGN WHAT THE BOARD ASKS US TO ACCOMPLISH, TO WHAT GOES INTO OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND OUR CONCURRENT CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS.
BOARD GOAL FOUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN GOAL FOUR SPEAKS TO BOARD THIS BOARD GOAL.
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CAREER AND MILITARY READINESS. IF YOU LOOK AT OUR OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN, AFTER YOU HAVE AN OBJECTIVE, THEN THERE ARE SPECIFIC STRATEGIES THAT WE SPEAK TO.AND THEN THERE'S A RESULT THAT AN IMPACT THAT WE'RE WANTING IT TO HAVE.
SO WITHIN THAT PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE 16, WE HAVE STRATEGY ONE THAT SPEAKS TO SCHEDULING FOR FUTURE READINESS AS FAR AS THE PLANS THAT WE MAKE IN HIGH SCHOOL, THE FOUR YEAR PLANS FOR OUR STUDENTS.
STRATEGY TWO SPECIFICALLY SPEAKS TO MAKING SURE THAT WE STRUCTURE A SYSTEM TO WHERE WE HAVE MORE COMPLETERS WITHIN THE SYSTEM, AND THAT WE'RE TRACKING THAT AND PUTTING DIFFERENT SUPPORTS IN PLACE.
AND THEN WE HAVE STRATEGY THREE THAT SPECIFICALLY TALKS ABOUT HOW WE PROVIDE TSIA TESTING, AND ALSO A VEHICLE TO MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS HAVE THE INFORMATION NEEDED, THE CONTENT NEEDED IN ORDER TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
WHEN WE OVERARCHINGLY LOOK AT THE HISTORICAL HISTORICALLY WHERE WE'VE BEEN IN REGARDS TO BOARD GOAL THREE, WE SEE IN 2022 WE ACHIEVED THAT ABOUT 76%, IN 2023, WE ACHIEVED AT ABOUT 84%, LAST YEAR, 2024 90%, AND THIS YEAR TO DATE, WE ARE AT 66% OF OUR STUDENTS WHO HAVE ACHIEVED COLLEGE READINESS.
THIS IS A BREAKDOWN BY OUR DIFFERENT STUDENT POPULATIONS AS FAR AS WHERE THEY ARE.
NUMBER ONE, IT'S MEASURING WHERE WE WERE AS FAR AS LAST YEAR.
THE PART THAT IS COLORED REPRESENTED LAST YEAR, WHICH IS END OF 2024.
AND WHAT IT STATES, IT TELLS YOU WHERE WE WERE AT THE HALFWAY POINT OF THE YEAR.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL STUDENTS AND I CAN'T SEE THAT NUMBER YOU SEE IN THE PURPLE, IT SAYS 70%. SO AT THE TIME WE MEASURED LAST YEAR, WE WERE AT 70% OF OUR STUDENTS WERE ACHIEVING CCMR, WHILE RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT 66%. WE TRY TO MEASURE AROUND THE SAME TIME EVERY YEAR, BUT KNOW THAT THERE'S A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE OF A MONTH OR SO AS FAR AS FOR THESE TWO NUMBERS. AND THEN IN THE GREEN, IT JUST TELLS YOU AT THE END OF THE YEAR WHAT OUR NUMBERS WERE.
SO THAT IS WHAT THIS GRAPHIC, IF YOU'RE READING IT AS FAR AS HOW TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE UNDERSTANDING.
AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW IS ALMOST FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT POPULATIONS, WE'RE A LITTLE BIT BEHIND AS FAR AS WHERE WE ARE LAST YEAR FROM WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR. AND AS WE GO ON IN THE PRESENTATION, WE'LL KIND OF SPEAK TO THAT.
AND WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CAUSES FROM THAT AND THEN HOW WE WILL BE PLANNING MOVING FORWARD.
NOW GOING SPECIFICALLY INTO GOAL PROGRESS MEASURE 3.1.
AND THIS SPEAKS SPECIFICALLY TO ADVANCED COURSEWORK.
IT'S WHETHER OR NOT YOU'VE TAKEN THE TEST AND PASSED AT A THREE OR BETTER.
IT'S THE SAME THING WITH INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE, THE STUDENT CAN BE IN AN IB CLASS AND PASS THE CLASS, BUT IT'S WHETHER OR NOT THEY'VE TAKEN THE CORRESPONDING IB TEST AND PASSED IT AT A FOUR OR HIGHER THAT GIVES THEM THE CREDIT FOR ADVANCED COURSEWORK.
FOR 3.1 THE END OF THE YEAR GOAL IS 53% FOR 2025.
WE SEE HISTORICALLY WHERE WE'VE BEEN AT THE START OF IN 2022, WE WERE AT 43%, AND THOSE REPRESENT END OF THE YEAR NUMBERS FOR THE CLASS OF 22, 23 AND 24. AND WHERE YOU'RE SEEING SO FAR FOR THE CLASS OF 25, AS OF DECEMBER, WE ARE ALREADY AT 50%. AND SO YOU SEE WITHIN HERE, THEN WHERE WE ARE REALLY PUTTING A LOT OF OUR STOCK BEHIND AND WHERE WE WANT OUR STUDENTS TO ACHIEVE. AND SO I WANT TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT AS FAR AS EXACTLY WHY WE'RE PUTTING A LOT OF OUR EFFORT WITHIN THIS AREA.
RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE'RE UNDERGOING IS TEA IS MAKING A LOT OF CHANGES EVERY DAY IN REGARDS HOW THEY MEASURE COLLEGE, CAREER AND MILITARY READINESS. AND WHAT WE SEE IS THEN OH. I'M SORRY. THREW ME OFF. AND SO WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS THE THE WAYS IN WHICH WE QUALIFY BECOMING MORE AND MORE STRINGENT. AND SO ONCE UPON A TIME, IF I WAS JUST SIMPLY IN A DUEL IN A CLASS, AN AP CLASS, I CAN GET CREDIT. WHERE OVER TIME, THEN THEY HAVE CHANGED EXACTLY WHAT ALLOWS YOU TO QUALIFY IN ORDER TO GET THAT CREDIT.
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IT IS OUR BELIEF THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS AS THEY MAKE CHANGES WITHIN THE SYSTEM.AND I'LL TALK TO YOU ABOUT SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT ARE HAPPENING. THIS IS THE LAST.
THIS WILL BE THE HARDEST FOR THEM TO CHANGE. SO IF AS AN ORGANIZATION, WE'RE REALLY STRONG HERE, AS OTHER THINGS FALL OFF, WE WILL ALWAYS BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN OUR NUMBERS, SPEAK VERY CLOSE TO OUR NUMBERS.
I KNOW IN THE PAST THAT SOMETIMES PART OF THE CONVERSATION HAS BEEN NOT EVERY STUDENT IS AN AP DUAL CREDIT ONRAMP STUDENT, BUT WHAT WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON IS REALLY CHANGING THAT MENTALITY, BECAUSE BASED ON WHAT THE WORLD OF WORK IS ASKING FOR, REALLY AND TRULY, YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE AT THIS LEVEL.
IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT EVERYONE HAS TO TAKE ALL OF THEIR CLASSES.
THE DIFFERENTIATION HAS TO BE NOW, NOT WHETHER OR NOT I'M TAKING AN ADVANCED COURSE.
BUT WHAT WE WANT OUR COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND, IT IS NECESSARY BASED ON WHERE YOUR STUDENT IS AT.
WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE SOME STUDENTS WITHIN CERTAIN PROGRAMS THAT CANNOT ACCESS THIS.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT POPULATIONS IN THIS GPM, WHAT WE SEE.
THEN AGAIN, THIS IS A YEAR OVER YEAR COMPARISON, ONE YEAR OVER THE OTHER.
AGAIN, JUST AS BEFORE, WE SEE WITHIN SOME AREAS IN 2024 WE ACHIEVED AT A HIGHER RATE THAN WE ARE CURRENTLY, SPECIFICALLY WITHIN THIS AREA. THERE ARE SOME POPULATIONS THAT ARE RIGHT THERE CLOSE A LITTLE BIT ABOVE, BUT BY AND FAR WE HAVE NOT OUTPACED OURSELVES FROM WHERE WE WERE WITHIN 2024 AT ABOUT THE CORRESPONDING TIME IN THE YEAR.
NOW WE ARE LOOKING AT GPM 3.2, WHICH SPECIFICALLY SAYS ARE OUR STUDENTS MATH AND READING READY.
A WORD HERE YOU ARE ABLE TO BE MATH OR READING READY BASED ON YOUR SCORE IN THE SAT, THE ACT, TSIA TWO, OR A COLLEGE PREPARATION COURSE AND ASSESSMENT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW JUST SO THAT EVERYONE HAS SOME BACKGROUND, THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WITHIN OUR OTHER BOARD GOALS, SPECIFICALLY WITHIN MATH AND READING, IT'S SO IMPORTANT THEN THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE ACHIEVING AT THE MEETS LEVEL, BECAUSE THE ABILITY OF OUR STUDENTS TO ACHIEVE AT THE MEETS LEVEL, WE'RE FINDING CORRESPONDS THEN FOR THEIR ABILITY TO BE MATH AND READING READY AS THEY TAKE THESE THESE COURSE, NOT THESE COURSES, THESE DIFFERENT TESTS THAT AND WHERE THEY'RE ABLE TO PERFORM AT A CERTAIN LEVEL.
SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THEN THAT OUR CURRICULUM IS WRITTEN AT A CERTAIN LEVEL OF RIGOR.
AND THAT'S ALSO OUR STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO PERFORM AT A CERTAIN LEVEL OF RIGOR AND EVEN PASS THE STAAR TEST AT A CERTAIN LEVEL, BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT IS WHETHER OR NOT IF THEY'RE PERFORMING AT A CERTAIN LEVEL, WE KNOW THAT THE SYSTEM IS TRIANGULATED TOWARDS OUR STUDENTS BEING MATH AND READING READY.
THE DATA, OUR END GOAL FOR THIS YEAR IN THIS GPM IS 76%.
WE SEE HISTORICALLY OVER TIME, WE'VE GONE FROM 63% IN 2022 TO 72% TO ABOUT 80%.
AND RIGHT NOW FOR THE 80%, THE 79.7 WAS END OF THE YEAR FOR THE CLASS OF 2024.
RIGHT NOW, FOR THE CLASS OF 2025, WE'RE AT 58% FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THIS IS JUST TO LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW WITHIN THIS YEAR, WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF RUNWAY LEFT IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR STUDENTS AND GETTING THEM WHERE THEY NEED TO BE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LOOK AT, NOT JUST IF WE'RE ON PACE, BUT IF DISPROPORTIONATELY WE HAVE CERTAIN CERTAIN GROUPS, CERTAIN POPULATIONS THAT ARE NOT DOING WELL AS OTHERS.
AND THEN HOW DO WE PLAN TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR? WHAT IS THE BEST OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS STUDENT IN ORDER TO BE COLLEGE AND CAREER READY? OUR THIRD AND FINAL GPM WITHIN THIS BOARD GOAL IS GPM 3.3, WHICH SPEAKS SPECIFICALLY TO BEING COLLEGE READY AS IT PERTAINS TO COLLEGE. I'M SORRY TO CTE. CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION.
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SO SOME OF THE THINGS TO KNOW THAT OVER TIME, THE STATE HAS SAID AT ONE POINT, IF YOU SIMPLY TOOK A CTE COURSE, ANY COURSE, YOU WOULD CONSIDER CAREER READY, WHICH GAVE YOU THE CCMR DESIGNATION.AND THEN IT CHANGED TO SAY, WELL, NOT ONLY DO YOU HAVE TO HAVE BE IN A COURSE, BUT SOMEWHERE WITHIN THAT PROGRAM OF STUDY, YOU HAVE TO PASS AN INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATION.
THEN IT HAS CHANGED TO I NEED YOU TO BE A CONCENTRATOR, WHICH MEANS I NEED YOU TO TAKE TWO, AT LEAST TWO COURSES WITHIN THAT PROGRAM OF STUDY.
AND WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR, IT WILL BE CHANGING WHERE IT SAYS, I NEED YOU TO BE A COMPLETER, WHERE YOU TAKE AT LEAST THREE PLUS YEARS WITHIN THAT PROGRAM OF STUDY AND ALSO PASS AT THE SAME TIME TO IBC.
WE WERE JUST ON A CALL TODAY WHERE WE GOT SOME MORE WONDERFUL NEWS AND THAT'S VERY TONGUE IN CHEEK, VERY SARCASTIC IF YOU WEREN'T ABLE TO READ THAT, WHERE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE DECIDED IS THAT NOW THEY'RE GOING TO TEAR THE IBCS, AND WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO SAY IS THE IBC IS A TIER ONE, 2 OR 3.
AND BASED ON HOW THEY DECIDE WHAT TIER IT IS, IS HOW MANY POINTS WE WILL GET.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SAY, AND THEY WILL DETERMINE THAT DESIGNATION BASED ON IF THEY CONSIDER IT HIGH WAGE, HIGH GROWTH AND HIGH SKILLED. NOW, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY INFORMATION AS FAR AS WELL, HOW EXACTLY DO YOU CATEGORIZE THOSE THINGS, SO WE KNOW WHAT FALLS INTO WHICH AREA.
SO A LOT. YES, SIR. I JUST WANT TO ADD SO IT'S ACTUALLY WE WERE ON THE SAME CALL.
AND WHAT'S SCARY ABOUT CCMR AS YOU KNOW IT'S ALWAYS ONE YEAR ONE YEAR ON THE REAR.
MEANING YOU KNOW OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE GOING TO BE, LET'S SAY GRADUATING THIS COMING YEAR.
YOU KNOW THEY WILL COUNT FOR NEXT YEAR ACCOUNTABILITY.
BUT ALSO IF THEY MAKE THE CHANGE BECAUSE THEY'RE MAKING IT FOR THE 26. BUT TECHNICALLY, THEY'RE REALLY MAKING IT FOR THE 25, 2025 GROUP OF STUDENTS WHO WHO MIGHT NOT EVEN HAVE TIME AS A DISTRICT TO ADJUST SO WE CAN MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS.
AT LEAST ALLOW FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, INCLUDING OUR DISTRICT, TO ADJUST TO OUR TEAM, OUR TEACHERS, OUR PARENTS, EVERYBODY CAN WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
BUT YOU DON'T JUST DO IT WHILE WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GAME, RIGHT? SO I JUST THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU SIR. AND ALSO, THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DECIDING EXACTLY HOW CERTAIN THINGS WILL BE MEASURED. SO THE, THE RULES TO SAY AS FAR AS EXACTLY HOW THIS WILL COUNT FOR US FOR THE COMING YEAR HAS NOT BEEN DEVELOPED AS YET. SO WE'RE NOT QUITE SURE. MORE THAN LIKELY, BASED ON WHERE THEY ARE WITHIN THE PROCESS, IT WILL NOT BE UNTIL WE'RE PROBABLY WELL INTO THE SCHOOL YEAR, WHERE WE FIND OUT WHAT THE RULES WILL BE FOR THAT SCHOOL YEAR THAT WILL COUNT FOR A NEXT SET OF STUDENTS WHERE WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO IMPACT OUR CURRENT ACCOUNTABILITY RATING.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS TO KNOW, I KNOW THAT PEOPLE SEE NUMBERS AND WE GIVE HISTORICAL NUMBERS.
BUT PART OF THE CONUNDRUM WITH THIS SPECIFICALLY IS THE FACT THAT IT'S CONSTANTLY CHANGING.
AND THE NUMBER AND WHAT WE'RE GIVEN IS NOT THE SAME RULES FOR EVERY YEAR.
SO JUST A LITTLE BIT UPDATE AS FAR AS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE COMING DOWN THE PIKE HERE, AND WE ARE DISCUSSING AND WAITING TO SEE WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OTHER CHANGES THAT ARE BEING MADE AND WHAT REACTIONS AND HOW QUICKLY WE CAN REACT TO THOSE AS WELL.
ONE OF THE THINGS THEY ALSO SAID WAS, NOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THIS PICTURE, ONE OF THE THINGS WE THINGS WE DISCUSSED IS THAT THE IBCS, THE CERTIFICATIONS, THERE ARE DIFFERENT CLASSES THAT HAVE IT ATTACHED TO THEM.
SO THERE MIGHT BE A CERTIFICATION IN THE FIRST CLASS I TAKE IN THE SECOND YEAR, THE THIRD YEAR, THE FOURTH YEAR. ONE OF THE THINGS THEY'RE ALSO SAYING IS THE IBC NOW HAS TO BE IN THE CAPSTONE CLASS.
SO IF NOW THAT IBC ONLY COUNTS, IF IT'S IN THE LAST CLASS IN THE PROGRAM OF STUDY, IT MEANS PRETTY MUCH ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT THE STUDENTS ARE TAKING WILL NOT COUNT IN ORDER FOR US IN OUR CCMR. SO LOTS OF DIFFERENT CHANGES THAT REALLY VASTLY IMPACT THEN WHAT THESE NUMBERS LOOK LIKE AND HOW WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO ACHIEVE CCMR FOR OUR STUDENTS WITHIN OUR DIFFERENT AREAS.
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AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST I'M SHOWING SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS OF STUDY AND SPECIFICALLY WHERE THE IBC LIVES FOR THEM CURRENTLY.WITHIN THIS GPM, OUR END GOAL IS 18%. AGAIN, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS THAT YOU'RE IN A PROGRAM OF STUDY, YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOU'RE A COMPLETER, MEANING THAT YOU HAVE AT LEAST THREE YEARS, THREE CLASSES OR MORE WITHIN THAT PROGRAM OF STUDY.
AND ON TOP OF THAT, YOU'RE ABLE TO PASS THE IBC.
AGAIN WITH THE CHANGES COMING DOWN IT MIGHT TOTALLY CHANGE HOW WE SEE THIS GPM AND CHANGES THAT WE MAY HAVE TO MAKE BASED ON HOW WE REPORT THIS OUT TO THE BOARD. AND JUST TO ADD TO WHAT NATALIE IS SAYING IS THAT IF YOU SEE THE DROP.
SO WE WERE DOING FINE. AND THEN 22-23, THAT'S WHEN THE STATE STARTED MAKING THESE CHANGES TO YOU CANNOT JUST IN ORDER TO EARN THIS CREDIT, STUDENTS ALSO NEED TO HAVE CERTIFICATION AND SIT IN ONE CLASS AND FINISH SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE THAT CLASS.
THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THAT DROP, RIGHT? BUT WE'RE HOPING THAT WE CONTINUE GOING UP.
BUT REMEMBER, LIKE NATALIE'S SAYING, THERE ARE OTHER CHANGES NOW THEY'RE ASKING FOR TWO CLASSES AND THEY'RE GOING TO EVENTUALLY ASK FOR THREE. AND SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT, SO ALL THAT STUFF WE ARE AS WE ARE LEARNING ALSO ADDRESSING OUR PROGRAMS ARE ALSO WORKING, AS I SAID, WITH OUR TEACHERS, OUR STUDENTS, OUR PARENTS, SO THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE.
THANK YOU SIR. AND SO AGAIN WE HAVE OUR YEAR OVER YEAR COMPARISON BETWEEN OUR STUDENTS FOR GPM 3.3, THE DIFFERENT POPULATIONS AS FAR AS WHERE EVERYONE STANDS.
AND THEN FINALLY NEXT STEPS. SO PART OF THE STEPS, AS SOON AS WE GOT OFF THE CALL IMMEDIATELY MET WITH TEACHING AND LEARNING TO KIND OF TALK THROUGH HERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE CHANGING.
AND REALLY THEN GO INTO AND REALLY STUDY THE FULL CHANGES, MAKE GIVE FEEDBACK TO TEA, SEE IF ANY OF IT IS TAKEN IN REGARDS WHAT WE THINK SHOULD BE BEST FOR OUR STUDENTS AND HOW WE CALCULATE THIS.
SO THAT'S ONE THING IN REGARDS TO CTE THAT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT.
WE WON ONE TRAJECTORY AS FAR AS, OKAY, WE'VE HAD A HANDLE ON THIS.
WE'RE DOING WELL. HERE ARE THE TWEAKS WE'RE GOING TO MAKE.
AND THIS INTRODUCED SOMETHING ENTIRELY NEW WITHIN THE SYSTEM FROM AN ACCOUNTABILITY STANDPOINT.
SO WE ARE REALLY GOING TO HAVE TO SIT DOWN AND FIGURE OUT WHAT DO WE CHANGE AND WHAT OUR PLANNING.
WE'VE ALREADY MET, BUT IT'S JUST MORE SO TO GIVE INFORMATION TO THE PEOPLE THAT NEED TO KNOW IT AND STUDY IT FURTHER, SO WE CAN THEN BEGIN TO PLAN. IT'S REALLY WHERE WE ARE WE ARE WITHIN CTE.
WITH THE TWO OTHER GPMS, WE'RE IN A BETTER PLACE.
AND THAT'S WHY I SAID THAT WE FEEL THAT BASED ON HOW QUICKLY THEY CAN CHANGE, THEY CAN'T REALLY CHANGE THESE TOO MUCH, THAT THAT'S WHERE WE FOCUS OUR ENERGY AND TIME BECAUSE WE KNOW THEN BECAUSE THERE WON'T BE ANY CHANGE, WE CAN REALLY LEAN INTO THOSE AND PREPARE OUR STUDENTS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OUR COUNSELING TEAM TEACHING AND LEARNING THE AREA SUPERINTENDENTS AND THE CAMPUSES ARE WORKING REALLY HARD ON IS THAT TRANSITION FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL, OF COURSE, ELEMENTARY TO MIDDLE.
THEY'VE MADE A LOT OF CHANGES AS FAR AS HOW THEY'RE TESTING AND HOW STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO PERFORM.
AND SO WHAT WE SEE IS THAT OVERARCHINGLY, THERE'S BEEN A HARDER TIME FOR OUR STUDENTS MEETING THE MEETS LEVEL, BUT WE'RE STILL PUSHING FORWARD, MAKING CHANGE WITHIN OUR CURRICULUM AND REALLY WORKING THAT INTO OUR PLC PROCESS, WHERE WE TRAIN AND MEET WITH OUR TEACHERS IN ORDER TO GET BETTER WITHIN THAT AREA.
AND WE'VE WORKED REALLY ON CHANGING A LOT OF OUR CURRICULUM.
SIR, DID YOU HAVE A HAND? OKAY. I'M SORRY. SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.
WITHIN THE FIFTH TO SIXTH GRADE TRANSITION WE HAVE A VERY STRUCTURED APPROACH AS FAR AS PULLING STUDENTS WITHIN INTO THE ADVANCED MATH AND MAKING SURE THAT IF A STUDENT IS SHOWING THAT THEY HAVE THE ABILITY, THAT THEY DON'T FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS BECAUSE A PARENT HAS NOT ASKED FOR IT.
WE SEE THAT THAT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A SYSTEM TO FIND THESE STUDENTS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY REALLY HAVE THIS ABILITY, BECAUSE ONCE YOU'RE ON THAT TRAJECTORY WITHIN MATH, IT BECOMES EASIER THEN TO HAVE TO BE COLLEGE READY.
WHAT WE SEE AGAIN IS REALLY THE MATH THAT HOLDS A LOT OF STUDENTS BACK.
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FROM THE EIGHTH TO NINTH GRADE TRANSITION WHAT WE'RE TRULY WORKING ON IS CREATING FOUR YEAR PLANS WHERE STUDENTS ARE THE CONTENT HAS THEM A GREATER CHANCE FOR THEM TO BE COLLEGE READY.DURING ONE OF OUR ACADEMIC WORKSHOPS WE PRESENTED TO YOU.
THE IDEA THAT CONTENT IS WHAT DRIVES STUDENTS ABILITY TO BE TO BE CCMR. AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, THAT KIDS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AND ACCESS TO ADVANCED COURSEWORK, BECAUSE WE SEE A CORRELATION BETWEEN THAT ACCESS AND TAKING THAT OPPORTUNITY AND THE STUDENT'S ABILITY TO BE COLLEGE AND CAREER READY.
SO WE'RE REALLY WORKING HARD ON THAT EIGHTH, NINTH GRADE TRANSITION AS FAR AS TEACHING INTO THAT FOR THE PARENTS AND MAKING SURE THEY UNDERSTAND THE WHY BEHIND IT AND TO NOT BE AFRAID OF THIS OPPORTUNITY, THAT HERE IS HOW THE SCHOOL SYSTEM WILL SUPPORT.
I BELIEVE A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, DR. GERARD, WHO'S OVER STUDENT SERVICES, HE AND HIS TEAM PRESENTED TO ABOUT 250 PARENTS IN REGARDS TO THE EIGHTH AND NINTH GRADE. AS FAR AS HOW TO WHAT WE CALL SCHEDULE FOR SUCCESS BASED ON THAT PARADIGM AND THAT IDEA OF HOW DO YOU CREATE A SCHEDULE? HOW CAN YOU GO THROUGH AND EVALUATE AND GRADE THAT SCHEDULE TO SEE HOW CLOSE IT IS IN ALLOWING YOU TO BE COLLEGE READY? SO WHEN WE CREATE A FOUR YEAR PLAN, WHAT HAPPENS THEN WE'RE ABLE TO RATE IT AS FAR AS THIS HAS A HIGH CORRELATION FOR YOU BEING EITHER BELOW READY AT READINESS, GREATER CHANCE OF BEING HIGHLY READY.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE REALLY WORKING ON VERY HARD, VERY DILIGENTLY TO REALLY LEAN INTO THE FIRST TWO GPMS 3.1 AND 3.2 TO CREATE OUR STUDENTS THERE. NOW, AGAIN, DOES NOT MEAN WE'RE NOT WORKING ON CTE, BUT WE'RE SEEING SO MUCH CHANGE THERE SO QUICKLY IT'S VERY HARD TO KEEP UP BASED ON HOW QUICKLY THE CHANGES ARE COMING AT US.
I JUST WANT TO ADD ONE MORE THING. I DON'T KNOW IF NATALIE TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT.
WE ALSO HAVE WHAT'S CALLED WE ALSO DO WHAT'S CALLED THE COLLEGE PREP COURSES.
FOR YEARS WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO DEVELOP THESE COURSES.
SO EVEN TEA ALSO ON THE CALL TODAY THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT OR I GUESS TEA THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT ALSO MAKING SOME TWEAKS TO THAT ACC HAS TO APPLY TO GET SOME DIFFERENT PERMISSION NOW TO BE ACCREDITED BY THE STATE SO WE CAN BECOME WHICH IS LIKE I MEAN, WE KNOW ACC IS ACCREDITED COLLEGE, RIGHT? I MEAN, COMMUNITY COLLEGE, RIGHT.
BUT THEY WANT TO THEY WANT THAT TO BE ALSO ANOTHER LAYER.
THEY'RE ADDING ANOTHER BUREAUCRACY, RIGHT LAYER OF BUREAUCRACY THAT THEY'RE ADDING THEY WANT LIKE ACC IN THIS CASE TO APPLY FOR IT AND GET YOU KNOW, SO WE CAN WE CAN, WE CAN USE, USE THAT COURSE AS PART OF THE COLLEGE AND CAREER MILITARY READINESS FOR OUR STUDENTS.
RIGHT. AND THESE ARE ROBUST CLASSES. AS I SAID, WE WORK OUR TEAM, OUR STAFF WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH ACC TO DEVELOP THEM, IT'S NOT JUST ANYTHING. AND THEN AND ALSO THEY HAVE TO THE STUDENTS MUST BE SITTING DURING THEIR SENIOR YEAR TO TAKE IT.
SO IF YOU WANT TO START LIKE AN 11TH GRADE BECAUSE YOU HAVE AN EARLY STUDENT, MAYBE YOU'RE TRYING TO KIND OF GRADUATE FASTER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY FOR THEM. SO THERE ARE A LOT OF TWEAKS AND CHANGES THAT TEA IS PROPOSING.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO KIND OF SHARE WITH OUR BOARD TONIGHT. OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE ALSO STILL LEARNING AND KIND OF TRYING TO GET ACCLIMATED AND BUT OBVIOUSLY WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU WITH MORE DETAILS ONCE WE FIGURE THIS OUT.
AND ALSO WE SEE HOW WE'RE GOING TO CALIBRATE AGAIN TO HELP OUR STUDENTS ENSURE THAT THEY'RE COLLEGE AND CAREER READY, SO. I HAVE ONE QUESTION. I DON'T HAVE ANY. OH, I HAVE ONE LIGHT.
OKAY. GO AHEAD. WELL, I FEEL BAD ASKING THIS QUESTION BECAUSE YOU JUST RECEIVED THIS INFORMATION.
AND SO I'M JUST CURIOUS, LIKE WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT APPROACH IS GOING TO BE WITH THE TEARING OF THE CAREERS? I MEAN, THE REALITY IS ALL CAREERS ARE IMPORTANT.
WE JUST SAW THAT TONIGHT LIKE WE ATE, THAT'S IMPORTANT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A HIGH PAID CAREER. EXACTLY.
AND HOW THAT'S SO SILLY, BUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO PROTECT OUR STUDENTS IN THE COMMUNICATION OF THIS AND AND NAVIGATE, YES, OF COURSE WE WANT HIGH SCORES, BUT WE WANT WELL-ROUNDED, HAPPY STUDENTS.
SO THIS IS NATALIE OFF THE CUFF RIGHT NOW. AND SO HERE, HERE ARE MY THOUGHTS.
I DON'T WANT TO, PART OF WHAT WE LOVE ABOUT CTE AND JUST IN GENERAL, HOW HOW WE'RE SET UP AS A
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DISTRICT IS THE FACT THAT WE'RE ALWAYS ENCOURAGING STUDENTS TO FIND THE THING THAT YOU'RE REALLY GOOD AT AND EXPLORE THAT, AND TO UNDERSTAND THAT GIFTS SHOW UP IN VERY DIFFERENT WAYS.AND THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US. AS A DISTRICT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THE FACT THAT A GREAT MANY OF OUR STUDENTS PURSUE CTE, AND THEY PURSUE IT FOR DIFFERENT REASONS. I'VE HAD STUDENTS TELL ME THAT, HEY, I'M IN CULINARY NOT EXACTLY BECAUSE I WANT TO GO INTO CULINARY, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT I LOVE TO DO WITH MY GRANDPARENTS.
SO PEOPLE COME TO THIS AND DO THESE THINGS FOR A MULTITUDE OF DIFFERENT REASONS.
SO FOR ME, I DON'T WANT TO SQUASH THAT AND CHANGE THAT INTO, HEY, YOU HAVE TO SHOW UP IN THIS WAY.
I WANT US TO HAVE GREAT PROGRAMING, BUT I DON'T WANT THEM TO HAVE TO CHOOSE AND SAY, I'M NOT GOING TO CHOOSE THIS BECAUSE I WON'T GET THE FULL POINTS BECAUSE THIS IS A TIER THREE IBC. I DO FEEL THAT AS A SYSTEM, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE LEANING INTO GPM 3.1 AND 3.2 THAT WE HAVE SUCH ROBUST, ROBUST SYSTEMS WHEN IT COMES TO ADVANCED COURSEWORK.
AND WE'RE WORKING WITH ACC IN A PARTNERSHIP TO DEVELOP AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE, NOT JUST IN OUR EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL, BUT IN OUR COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS AS WELL, WHERE THEY CAN ATTAIN THAT IF THEY WISH, WITHIN A COMPREHENSIVE SETTING.
SO FOR US, THEN WE FEEL THAT IF WE LEAN INTO THOSE, THEN WE CAN HAVE WE CAN REALLY MEET STUDENTS WHERE THEY ARE AS FAR AS DEVELOPING THE WHOLE CHILD IN ALL THINGS. YOU FIND A SPACE THAT NURTURES YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. I KNOW I'M REELING FROM LEARNING THIS INFORMATION, SO I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE TO BE REELING, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT RESPONSE. TRUSTEE LANDRUM, I SEE YOUR LIGHT, AND THEN WE'LL TAKE YOU TRUSTEE WEIR, I CAN SEE YOU. SO I WANT TO JUST CONCUR WITH WHAT TRUSTEE HARRISON SAID, THAT YES, WE NEED OUR DOCTORS AND LAWYERS, BUT WE ALSO NEED OUR TRASH COLLECTORS AND OUR POSTAL WORKERS AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN.
SO THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT, TRUSTEE HARRISON, BECAUSE I DO WORRY ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT THIS WILL HAVE ON KIDS DECISIONS TO MAYBE GO INTO A CAREER JUST BECAUSE IT'S DEEMED AS A HIGHER VALUE OR WHATEVER, WHATNOT.
AND THE SATISFACTION AND WE NEED ARTISTS AND WE NEED, YOU KNOW, WE NEED ALL OF THAT.
IS THAT CORRECT? SAME SIMILAR TYPE SITUATION? IN 24. AND IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS AMONGST MANY.
OKAY. SO I JUST THINK THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT TO TO REMEMBER AND HOPEFULLY THAT WE AS SCHOOL DISTRICTS CAN REMEMBER AND ADVOCATE FOR LOCAL CONTROL AS MUCH AS WE CAN AND BAND TOGETHER, BECAUSE I DON'T MIND IF THE RULES OF THE GAME CHANGE, BUT THEY HAVE TO BE FAIR FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND THEY CAN'T HAPPEN IN RETROSPECT WHEN WE HAVE NO WAY OF IMPACTING THOSE NUMBERS.
SO I DON'T TO ME, THERE'S TOO MANY TIMES LATELY THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE JUST KIND OF HAVING TO HAVING TO TAKE THINGS THAT ARE SHOVED AT THEM, AND IT'S NOT FAIR. AND THAT'S NOT THE WAY THAT WE OPERATE.
WE WOULD NEVER DO THAT TO KIDS. WE WOULD NEVER HAVE THEM GRADUATE OR FINISH THEIR SENIOR YEAR AND SAY, OH, BY THE WAY, YOU NEEDED THIS CLASS. AND SO NOW YOU'RE NOT REALLY A GRADUATE AND YOU JUST WOULDN'T DO THAT.
SO IT'S MORE OF AN EDITORIAL COMMENT ON THIS.
BUT IT IS VERY VERY DISCONCERTING ABOUT GETTING THIS NEWS LIKE THIS THAT THE VALUE IS NOT PLACED WHERE IN MY OPINION, IT SHOULD BE. SO THANK YOU FOR KEEPING UP THE GOOD FIGHT.
TRUSTEE WEIR. WE CAN'T HEAR YOU. I DON'T SEE YOU ON MUTE, BUT LET'S SEE.
OKAY, LET ME TRY AGAIN. YES. CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY. I CAN'T EVEN TALK ABOUT 3.3. OBVIOUSLY I AGREE WITH WHAT Y'ALL SAID, BUT I WANTED TO KIND OF SWING BACK TO GPM 3.1 IF WE ARE GOING TO FOCUS ON THAT. I KNOW SOME OF THE DUAL CREDIT AND THINGS DON'T COST A LOT, BUT AP EXAMS DO. SO IF WE'RE REALLY FOCUSING ON AP PLACEMENT AND TAKING THE TEST, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COSTS ARE FOR INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE, IF THERE'S COSTS FOR THOSE TESTS, WHAT DO WE HAVE IN PLACE TO TRY TO HELP THOSE STUDENTS WHO CAN'T AFFORD TO TAKE MULTIPLE TESTS AND AFFORD THAT $100 AND WHATEVER DOLLARS
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IT IS FOR EACH TEST? OUR CAMPUSES DO AN AMAZING JOB, AND SO WE ALWAYS HAVE WHAT WE CALL SCHOLARSHIP MONEY.AND SO IT'S NOT BASED IT PARTLY IS BASED ON YOUR YOUR ECONOMIC LEVEL.
BUT IT'S NOT ONLY BASED ON THAT. SO IF, FOR EXAMPLE, I HAVE A STUDENT AND THEY'RE CHALLENGING THEMSELVES AND THEY HAVE LIKE A LOT OF AP TESTS, IB TESTS OR WHATEVER THAT THEY'RE TAKING, AND THEY'RE LIKE, HEY, I'M TAKING FIVE.
THIS IS AN EXTREME COST AND SO CAN I BE HELPED OUT? AND SO THE CAMPUSES DO HAVE IT HAVE IT SET UP TO WHERE, THEN THE STUDENTS CAN BE HELPED OUT AND STUDENTS AND THE PARENTS CAN BE HELPED OUT WITH THE COST OF THAT. BASED ON THAT, IT'S NOT JUST BASED ON THEIR ECONOMIC LEVEL AS WELL.
IF I MAY ALSO ADD, I KNOW, I KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE PARENTS CHOICES AS FAR AS LIKE, I WANT MY STUDENTS TO TAKE AP STATISTICS TEST OR CLASS VERSUS, I DON'T KNOW, COLLEGE ALGEBRA WITH ACC.
AND SO STUDENTS WILL HAVE MULTIPLE CHOICES TO SHOW MASTERY AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND SO WE HAVE THAT MORE FLEXIBILITY ALSO WITH THOSE COURSES.
AND SO WE ARE REALLY LIKE WE ARE ENCOURAGING OBVIOUSLY.
BUT AGAIN IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE A PARENT AND STUDENTS CHOICE WHERE WE'RE ENCOURAGING OUR STUDENTS AND OUR PARENTS REALLY TO KIND OF LOOK REALLY AT AT THE POSSIBILITY OF PUTTING THEIR KIDS THROUGH A DUAL CREDIT CLASS WITH ACC IF THEY CAN, VERSUS MAYBE AN AP.
THEY ALWAYS CAN SIT DOWN AND TAKE THE AP TEST AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
YEAH, I GUESS I WAS JUST THINKING MORE OF THOSE STUDENTS THAT YOU KNOW, MAY WANT TO TAKE CALCULUS AND SOME OF THOSE CLASSES THAT REALLY AREN'T THE DUAL CREDIT TYPE CLASSES, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE REALLY STRONG IN THOSE AREAS, BUT MAYBE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO CONTINUE TAKING ALL OF THOSE? ABSOLUTELY. NOW I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, I DO NOT KNOW OF A TIME WHERE STUDENTS HAVE COME TO THE ADMINISTRATION, WHERE WE HAVE NOT FOUND A WAY. AND SO REALLY, WE ALWAYS PUT ASIDE A CERTAIN AMOUNT FROM THAT ACCOUNT AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH FOR THE STUDENTS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
THE CAMPUS PRINCIPALS AND THEIR TEAMS DO AN AMAZING JOB WITH THAT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE ROSS. SO I HAD A COUPLE DIFFERENT QUESTIONS.
ARE THE CTE CLASSES CONSIDERED ELECTIVES? THEY ARE CONSIDERED ELECTIVES.
WE ALL, IF THERE'S PARENTS HERE, PROBABLY HAVE KIDS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN MULTIPLE ACTIVITIES.
AND SO I'M WONDERING ABOUT HOW THIS POSSIBLY COULD AFFECT FINE ARTS AND ATHLETICS.
SO THAT IS WHY AS WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD. SO LET ME GO BACK TO THIS WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR DATA.
AND SO EVEN THOUGH WE'RE WANTING TO INCREASE WITHIN CTE, THE DIFFERENT WANTING TO INCREASE THE DIFFERENT WAYS IN WHICH STUDENTS CAN GAIN CCMR CREDIT. OFTENTIMES WHAT WE SEE, WE ONLY HAVE ABOUT MAYBE 2% OF OUR KIDS WHERE THEY ONLY GET IT THROUGH CTE.
SO OUR THOUGHT PROCESS IS BASED ON OUR POPULATION AND OUR DATA IF WE REALLY WORK ON THE OTHER ASPECTS, THEY CAN STILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS IN A WAY WHERE IT DOES NOT DETRACT AND WHERE THEY HAVE TO MAKE CHOICES.
WE DON'T NECESSARILY, EVEN THOUGH TEA CHANGES WE MAY NOT HAVE TO FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE BASED ON HOW MUCH WE'RE DEVELOPING OUR OTHER SETS OF PROGRAMS. AND BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR DATA, ONLY ABOUT 2% OF OUR STUDENTS GET IT ONLY THROUGH CTE THEN WE FEEL THAT IT'S A
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GOOD IT'S A GOOD STRATEGY FOR US TO FOCUS IN ON OTHER AREAS, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT SEEING AS MUCH CHANGE AS WE'RE DOING WITHIN THE CTE. CAN I ADD TO THAT, TOO? I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW, BUT 85% OF OUR STUDENTS TAKE AT LEAST ONE CTE COURSE IN THE COURSE OF THEIR HIGH SCHOOL, ABOUT 85%. SO BUT THEN WE'RE NOT WE DON'T HAVE 85% OF THEM EARNING THAT THE CERTIFICATION BECAUSE AS YOU JUST FOR YOUR TO YOUR POINT BECAUSE THEY MIGHT TAKE ONE COURSE ONE YEAR AND THEY SAID YOU KNOW WHAT, I DON'T WANT TO CONTINUE IN THIS OR BECAUSE NOW THEY ARE DOING MARCHING BAND AND NOW THAT'S DOUBLE BLOCKED, WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE SO THEN THEY CHANGE.SO WE OBVIOUSLY WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO WORK WITH OUR STUDENTS AND PARENTS BECAUSE ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW WHAT NATALIE WAS SAYING EARLIER ULTIMATELY WE WANT TO GIVE CHOICES AND OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR STUDENTS, AND WE WANT THEM TO SELECT THE STUFF THAT THEY REALLY LIKE AND ENJOY DOING EVERY DAY, RIGHT? SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO JUST FORCE THEM TO DO THIS THING JUST BECAUSE WE WANT TO GET CCMR CREDIT FOR THEM RIGHT.
NOW, WE CAN HELP THEM, YOU KNOW, IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS AND STUFF.
BUT AND ALSO THE OTHER GOOD THING ABOUT OUR DISTRICT, I KNOW NOT BELIEVE IT OR NOT, NOT A LOT OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, THEY DON'T HAVE THE BLOCK SCHEDULE, THE EIGHT PERIOD LIKE FOUR PERIOD IN ONE DAY.
SO WITH THIS FLEXIBILITY, WE WANT TO CONTINUE DOING THAT.
WE WANT TO, YOU KNOW, OFFER OPPORTUNITIES. WE WANT TO OFFER CHOICES FOR THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES.
BUT WE JUST AS I SAID, WE DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO ADJUST, LIKE NATALIE WAS SAYING.
BUT WE MAY HAVE TO TWEAK STUFF, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO JEOPARDIZE THE CHOICES, THE OPPORTUNITIES, AND THAT IS IMPORTANT FOR OUR STUDENTS AND FOR OUR FAMILIES.
AND THEN I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT. [INAUDIBLE] I WANT TO INTRODUCE MYSELF.
I HAVEN'T MET A COUPLE OF THE NEW, THE NEW ONES.
MY NAME IS ERICA SIMMONS. I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION.
AND USUALLY THE DATA BEHIND OUR LSG PRESENTATION COMES FROM MY DEPARTMENT.
AND AS WE WERE WORKING WITH THE DATA THIS TIME, BECAUSE WE WERE HAVING TO PULL IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT AND CREATING WAYS FOR IT TO BE TRACKED ON OUR DASHBOARD. THERE ARE LITERALLY KIDS WHO HAVE UP TO FIVE PROGRAMS OF STUDY THAT THEY'VE ALREADY QUALIFIED FOR.
AND SO IT'S JUST IT'S NOT THAT HUGE OF AN ISSUE.
AND TO REITERATE WHAT DR. NICHOLS SAID, LESS THAN 2% OF OUR KIDS ONLY GET AN IBC.
SO THESE CHANGES, WE DON'T WANT THEM TO BE COMING DOWN THE LINE.
BUT ROUND ROCK IS IN A GREAT POSITION THAT IT'S REALLY NOT GOING TO HIT OUR OUR CCMR THROUGH THE IBC THAT WAY, BECAUSE WE DO WANT OUR KIDS TO BE ABLE TO DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO AND NOT BE TRYING TO COLLECT ACCOUNTABILITY POINTS.
THANK YOU. AND THEN HOWEVER YOU GUYS FEEL APPROPRIATE TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER THIS AS THIS INFORMATION TRICKLES DOWN TO OUR COMMUNITY, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU GUYS COULD SEE PARENTS BEING ABLE TO HELP SUPPORT THEIR STUDENTS THROUGH THIS PROCESS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? YOU KIND OF BROUGHT UP LOCAL CONTROL, BUT JUST SEEING IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE YOU HAD IDEAS ON.
I JUST WANTED TO POINT OF CLARIFICATION. WHEN YOU SAY AS FAR AS PARENTS HELPING AS FAR AS WITH THE LEGISLATURE OR PERSONALLY WITH THEIR STUDENTS AND THE CHOICE FOR CHOOSING CLASSES? I WOULD ASSUME BECAUSE YOU SAID IT WAS TEA, SO THE LEDGE OR ANYTHING? ABSOLUTELY. CAN I JUST JUMP IN? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW LEGISLATORS JUST STARTED JUST TWO DAYS AGO.
BUT ALSO TEA, I THINK THEY HAVE THE OPENING, WHICH IS REALLY GOOD.
I HOPE THEY ACTUALLY TAKE TAKE THIS INTO CONSIDERATION, BUT THEY OPEN LIKE SOME KIND OF WINDOW FOR, FOR FEEDBACK AND INPUT. SO OUR PARENTS, OUR STAFF, ANYBODY REALLY OUR STUDENTS, IF THEY WANT TO, THEY CAN ACTUALLY PROVIDE FEEDBACK TEA ABOUT THEIR THEIR MANUAL, THEIR ACCOUNTABILITY MANUAL FOR THE NEXT YEAR 2026.
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AND SO THAT'S ALSO AVAILABLE ON TEA WEBSITE. MAYBE I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN MAYBE MAKE IT PUBLIC AT SOME POINT AND PUT IT SOMEWHERE WHERE EVERYBODY CAN SEE IT.BUT THOSE ARE TWO THINGS I CAN THINK OF, OF JUST JUST LIKE THAT.
AGAIN, CONTACT ANY, ANY LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE TO LET THEM KNOW ABOUT THE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM AND, AND ALL THAT. AND THEN TWO IS FOR TEA THEY HAVE ALREADY FEEDBACK OPPORTUNITIES RIGHT NOW FOR ANYONE TO TELL THEM, YEAH, THIS IS GOOD, THIS IS BAD. AGAIN, I HOPE THAT THEY WILL LISTEN RIGHT EVENTUALLY.
BUT YES, THEY'RE MAKING THAT AVAILABLE FOR EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU. DR. WEI. OH THANK YOU. I JUST HAD A QUICK REQUEST ABOUT THE SLIDE NUMBER 20. IF YOU CAN SHOW. I THINK YOU MENTIONED.
YEAH, THE GPA 3.3. SO I JUST WANT TO QUICKLY REQUEST THAT IF YOU CAN PUT A LITTLE NOTE FOR CLARIFICATION WHY WE NUMBERS JUMPING. YEAH. THEY'LL BE CLEARLY, YOU KNOW, CLEAR TO WHOEVER LOOK AT THE SLIDE WITHOUT LISTENING TO THIS BOARD MEETING.
IS IT POSSIBLE FOR SOME REASON MY CLICKER IS NOT WORKING.
CAN SOMEONE ON THE INSIDE GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE THAT DR.
WEI IS SPEAKING TO? YES. IS IT THIS ONE? YEAH.
THIS ONE. AND SO WE HAVE IT ON THERE AND MAYBE IT'S TOO SMALL.
SO WE HAVE DOWN AT THE BOTTOM. BUT AGAIN WE'RE TALKING JUST DISTRICTEES, AND SO IT MAY BE THAT WHERE IT SAYS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE FIRST TWO YEARS CAREER READY BY CTE AND IBC.
BUT LATER ON IT CHANGES TO WHERE OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
YOU SEE, BECAUSE THE PEOPLE LOOK AT THIS SLIDE, THEY CAN DOWNLOAD IT AND THEN LOOK AT THIS FIGURE AND SAY WHY WE HAD A NUMBER DROP BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE QUALIFICATION THERE. WE'LL UPDATE THAT BEFORE AND REPOST.
ALL RIGHT. THANKS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I DON'T SEE ANY MORE LIGHTS.
OKAY. MOVING ON TO F2 CLOSING THE GAPS IMPROVEMENT IDENTIFICATION DATA, STUDENT OUTCOMES.
AND YES, THEY'RE BEING SUED FOR THE 23 AS WELL AS NO, THE 23 AS WELL AS THE 2024 TO 2023, AS WELL AS THE 2024 ACCOUNTABILITY YEARS. SO THEY COULDN'T RELEASE THE STATE ACCOUNTABILITY, THE A THROUGH F RIGHT FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AS WELL AS FOR THE CAMPUSES.
BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, WHAT STARTED WAY BACK WITH NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND, I THINK EARLY 2000 THAT'S WHERE SCHOOL, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, ACTUALLY REQUEST DATA FROM SCHOOL DISTRICTS AROUND THE COUNTRY AND THEN ALSO MONITOR THAT DATA AND DETERMINE YOU KNOW, HOW THEY ARE DOING. RIGHT? FOR ON A DIFFERENT LEVELS, RIGHT? SO AGAIN SO THAT DATA HAS BEEN RELEASED. AND SO TONIGHT WE WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THE DATA THAT WAS SHARED WITH OR RELEASED BY TEA.
BUT THIS IS AS IT RELATES TO THE FEDERAL ACCOUNTABILITY, IF YOU WILL, NOT THE STATE BECAUSE THE STATE HAS BEEN SUED AGAIN, SO THEY CANNOT RELEASE THE DATA FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS.
SO NATALIE. THANK YOU, SIR. AGAIN DR. NATALIE NICHOLS SENIOR CHIEF OF SCHOOLS AND INNOVATION, AND I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF REPRESENTING AN ABSOLUTELY AWESOME TEAM FROM ERICA'S TEAM IN ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION TO MR. PORTILLO WITH THE ACADEMICS, DR. GERARD, AS IT RELATES TO STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES AND AS ALWAYS, MY STALWART AREA SUPERINTENDENTS REPRESENTING, WE CALL THEM THE FIVE FAMILIES REPRESENTING EACH OF THE THE VLCS AND THE WORK THAT THEY DO WITH THEIR CAMPUSES. SO I WANTED TO REALLY SAY THAT BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY THEIR WORK THIS CANNOT HAPPEN WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS, ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND THE THINGS THAT THEY DO TOGETHER AS A TEAM.
SO WE'VE NEVER PRESENTED ON THIS BEFORE. AND SO AS I GO THROUGH, I'LL TRY TO LAYER AN EXPLANATION AS FAR AS EXACTLY WHAT THIS MEANS AND EXACTLY WHY IT'S IMPORTANT. AS DR. AZAIEZ DESCRIBED, THIS IS BASED ON A FEDERAL ACCOUNTABILITY MODEL, BUT YET KNOW THAT IT STILL USES THE INFORMATION FROM THE STATE ACCOUNTABILITY IN ORDER TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE GOING TO BE ON ONE OF THE DISTANT LISTS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE HEADLINE, AS DR. AZAIEZ ALWAYS TELLS ME, DON'T BURY THE HEADLINE.
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TARGETED OR ADDITIONAL SUPPORT BASED ON FEDERAL GUIDELINES.NOW, LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY THOSE SPECIFIC THINGS MEAN.
SO IN ORDER TO DO THAT IT IS BASICALLY BASED ON DOMAIN THREE, WHICH IS CLOSING THE GAPS.
AND SO LET'S SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME THERE.
BY FOCUSING ON CLOSING GAPS TEXAS AIMS TO PROVIDE MORE EQUITABLE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND OUTCOMES FOR ALL STUDENTS, PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO HAVE ECONOMIC BARRIERS DUE TO SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, LANGUAGE, OR DISABILITIES.
CLOSING THE GAP ENSURES THAT THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IS NOT ONLY HELPING THE MAJORITY OF SYSTEMS SUCCEED, THE MAJORITY OF STUDENTS SUCCEED, BUT ALSO PROVIDING TARGETED SUPPORT FOR THOSE WHO ARE UNDERPERFORMING DUE TO SYSTEMIC FACTORS.
NOW, THERE ARE SPECIFIC THINGS THAT IT LOOKS AT WITHIN THIS AREA.
SPECIFICALLY WE'RE LOOKING AS HOW WELL THESE STUDENT GROUPS ARE DOING AS COMPARED TO THEIR PEERS.
THE DIFFERENT POPULATIONS ARE AFRICAN AMERICANS OR BLACK STUDENTS, HISPANIC, WHITE STUDENTS, ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED ENGLISH LEARNERS, STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, FOSTER CARE STUDENTS, HOMELESS STUDENTS, AND AT RISK STUDENTS. DOMAIN THREE PLAYS A MAJOR ROLE IN DETERMINING A SCHOOL OR DISTRICT'S OVERALL ACCOUNTABILITY RATING.
SCHOOLS AND DISTRICTS ARE REQUIRED TO MEET CERTAIN BENCHMARKS FOR CLOSING GAPS IN PERFORMANCE.
AGAIN, EARLIER WHEN WE SPOKE TO CCMR, WE TALKED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF STUDENTS PERFORMING AT THE MEETS LEVEL BECAUSE WE SAY IF THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM, STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO PERFORM AT THE MEETS LEVEL AND HIGHER, THEN THEY'RE ABLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND GET TO THE END GOAL, WHICH FOR US IS CCMR. SO WHAT THIS IS LOOKING AT IT SETS FOR EACH OF THOSE DIFFERENT POPULATIONS THERE'S A MARK THAT YOU HAVE TO HIT IN ORDER TO SAY THIS PERCENTAGE OF THIS POPULATION WITHIN YOUR SYSTEM IS PERFORMING, THIS IS THE PERCENTAGE OF KIDS PERFORMING AT THAT LEVEL AT THAT MEETS LEVEL.
AND THEN WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE GOOD TO GO OR NOT IS BASED ON IF YOU'RE HITTING THAT MARK.
AND SO THEN THAT'S HOW THEY LOOK, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF YOUR KIDS ARE PERFORMING.
SO THAT'S WHY THAT IDEA OF MEETS AND THE BOARD SETTING BOARD GOALS, SPECIFICALLY BASED ON ITS MEETS, MEETS AFFECTS US ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE SYSTEM.
NOW, EVEN THOUGH SOME STUDENTS MAY NOT BE PERFORMING AT THAT MEETS LEVEL, WHAT THEY ALSO GIVE US POINTS FOR PARTIAL POINTS IS WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE GAINING ON THAT. SO YOU DO WHETHER OR NOT STUDENTS ARE DOING BETTER.
WHAT PERCENTAGE HAVE MADE ADVANCEMENT AND NOT STAYING AT THE SAME LEVEL? WE'RE ABLE TO GET SOME POINTS BASED ON THAT. SO THAT'S WHY ALL OF THIS IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
NOW WE TALKED ABOUT THE THREE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF SUPPORT.
THE MOST STRINGENT LEVEL IS WE CALL THAT LEVEL ONE.
I'M CALLING IT LEVEL ONE COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT.
THEN WE HAVE WE GO DOWN A TIER TO TARGETED SUPPORT.
AND THE LOWEST LEVEL IS ADDITIONAL TARGETED SUPPORT.
SO FOR COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT, SCHOOLS ARE DESIGNATED FOR THIS LEVEL.
IF THEY IF THEY FALL IN THE BOTTOM 5% OF CLOSING THE GAPS AND THAT'S DOMAIN THREE.
THIS RANKING IS ONLY FOR TITLE ONE SCHOOLS AND THIS DESIGNATION IS DETERMINED BY SCHOOL TYPE.
SO FOR EXAMPLE ELEMENTARY MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL OR AN ALTERNATIVE CAMPUS.
SO IF YOU HAVE ALL THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND HERE ARE THE TITLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND I FALL WITHIN THE BOTTOM 5% WITHIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT ARE TITLE, THEN I GET THIS DESIGNATION. THIS IS OUR THREE YEAR TREND FOR OUR COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT.
IN 2019 WE HAD TWO CAMPUSES 2022 TWO AND THEN ZERO FOR 23 AND 24.
I KNOW WE SEE A JUMP FROM 2019 TO 2022. AND PEOPLE MAY ASK, DID YOU MISS DATA? NO. WHAT SPECIFICALLY THAT SPEAKS TO IS THE FACT THAT THOSE WERE OUR COVID YEARS WHEN THERE WAS NO STATE ACCOUNTABILITY.
AND SO THAT DID NOT COUNT THEN FOR THIS FEDERAL ACCOUNTABILITY AS WELL.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE GAP BETWEEN 2019 AND 2022.
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ONE OF THE THINGS PEOPLE MAY ASK IS, WELL, WHAT HAPPENS IF I'M DESIGNATED AS A COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT CAMPUS? SPECIFICALLY, THERE'S SOMETHING CALLED THE EFFECTIVE SCHOOLS FRAMEWORK. AND BASED ON THAT FRAMEWORK, YOU ASSESS YOUR CAMPUS AND THEN YOU FIGURE OUT THEN SPECIFICALLY BASED ON THAT FRAMEWORK, WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT AREAS WHERE IT WOULD BE BEST THEN MOST HIGH LEVERAGE IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE TO CREATE AN INTERVENTION PLAN FOR YOUR CAMPUS.YOU HAVE TO PUT A CAMPUS INTERVENTION TEAM IN PLACE, AND YOU HAVE TO CREATE WHAT'S CALLED A TIP, A TARGETED IMPROVEMENT PLAN. AND THAT'S MONITORED, YOU MEET WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM TEA WHERE THEY MONITOR YOUR PLAN AS FAR AS HOW YOU'RE IMPROVING, WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH YOUR DATA TO SEE IF YOU'RE MAKING GAINS IN ORDER TO COME OFF THAT TIP.
YES, SIR. IF YOU REMEMBER, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER, IF YOU KNOW BUT TEA TOOK OVER FOR EXAMPLE, HOUSTON ISD. RIGHT. AND ONE OF THE REASONS THEY WERE CLAIMING AT THAT TIME, YEARS AGO IS THAT THEY THAT THEY HAD A CAMPUS THAT HAS BEEN COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT FOR SEVERAL YEARS IN A ROW, AND THAT WAS THEIR EXCUSE AT THAT TIME TO TAKE OVER THAT CAMPUS.
SO THIS IS PRETTY MUCH LIKE THIS IS PRETTY MUCH A WILL CALL FOR TEA INTERVENTION AT SOME POINT.
USUALLY THEY MAY PUT A CONSERVATOR AND EVENTUALLY MAY COME AND TAKE THE WHOLE DISTRICT DOWN BECAUSE OF 1 OR 2, LIKE IN CASE OF HOUSTON ISD, I THINK IT WAS ONE CAMPUS, ONE HIGH SCHOOL THAT THAT WAS THE REASON FOR TEA TO TAKE IT OVER.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S IT HAPPENS IN EVERY CASE, BUT THEY COULD IF THEY WANT, THEY COULD.
ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU SIR. SO NOW WE GO TO TARGETED SUPPORT.
THE NEXT LEVEL OF SUPPORT IS CALLED TARGETED SUPPORT.
A STUDENT GROUP THAT MISSES THE TARGET IN AT LEAST THE SAME THREE INDICATORS FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE YEARS IS CONSIDERED CONSISTENTLY UNDERPERFORMING AND DESIGNATED AS NEEDING TARGETED SUPPORT, BUT SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT STUDENT GROUP.
SO YOU DON'T OFFICIALLY HAVE A TIP PLAN LIKE YOU WOULD WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE, BUT IT IS EXPECTED THAT YOU KIND OF FOLLOW THAT PROCESS INFORMALLY IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE MONITORING THAT GROUP AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO MAKE EXPONENTIAL GAINS IN ORDER TO COME OFF AND NOT BE DESIGNATED ON THIS PLAN ANY LONGER. WHAT WE SAW THAT IN 2019, WE HAD 12 CAMPUSES THAT WERE ON TARGETED IMPROVEMENT SUPPORT. 2022, WE WERE ABLE TO GET DOWN DOWN TO 7.
NUMBER ONE, WE HAD COVID, AND WE HAVE WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO RECOVER STUDENTS FROM THAT COVID YEAR, WHERE THEY DID NOT GET THE SAME LEVEL OF EDUCATION THAT THEY WERE USED TO BASED ON BEING OUT OF SCHOOL OR HAVING TO GO VIRTUAL, AND ALL THE DIFFERENT DISRUPTIONS WITHIN THE SYSTEM.
BUT ALSO AT THE SAME TIME WITHIN THESE YEARS IS WHERE THEY CHANGED THE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM, AND WHERE MANY THINGS CHANGE IT WAS A LOT MORE STRINGENT AS FAR AS HOW THEN WE'RE ABLE TO GET A HIGHER RATING.
AND SO ALSO TO UNDERSTAND THAT TO HAVE THOSE TWO THINGS HAPPEN SIMULTANEOUSLY, AND THEN FOR US TO STILL BE ABLE TO IMPROVE WAS SOMETHING I'M REALLY PROUD OF OUR ENTIRE TEAM WITHIN ALL THE DIFFERENT AREAS WITH OUR CAMPUSES, AREA SUPERINTENDENTS, TEACHING AND LEARNING CURRICULUM. IT WAS A UNIFIED EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE DOING BETTER ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION AS FAR AS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING WHAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE SPECIFIC GROUPS ARE MAKING IMPROVEMENT IN HOW THEY'RE PERFORMING OVERARCHINGLY FOR OUR DISTRICT.
NOW, WHEN IT COMES TO ADDITIONAL TARGETED SUPPORT, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
THIS IS A SUBSET OF TARGETED SUPPORT. AND SO BASICALLY WHAT HAPPENED IS ANY TSI IDENTIFIED CAMPUS CAN BE IDENTIFIED AS AN ATS ADDITIONAL TARGETED SUPPORT CAMPUS.
FIRST THE CAMPUS MUST MEET THE MUST BE DESIGNATED AS TARGETED SUPPORT.
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THAT'S A MOUTHFUL. AND SO THEN THEY'RE A SUBSET.WE HAD ONE CAMPUS IN 2019, 1 IN 2022, AND NONE IN 23 OR 24.
OVERARCHINGLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL THREE OF THESE DIFFERENT LEVELS, WHAT YOU SEE IS THAT FROM 2019 TO 2024, WE'VE GONE FROM 15 CAMPUSES WITH ONE DESIGNATION OR ANOTHER DOWN TO FOUR.
AGAIN, A TESTIMONY TO THE HARD WORK BY ALL THESE DIFFERENT TEAMS WORKING TOGETHER IN COLLABORATION.
AND SO NOW WE WELCOME ANY TRUSTEE LANDRUM. SO I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION ON SLIDE 12. AND BY THE WAY, GREAT JOB ON MOVING THESE CAMPUSES OFF THIS LIST.
MY QUESTION IS, ESPECIALLY IN THE TARGETED IMPROVEMENT SUPPORT CATEGORY, WE'RE NOW DOWN TO FOUR.
HAVE THESE FOUR SCHOOLS BEEN ON SINCE 2019 OR DO THEY KIND OF COME AND GO? I DON'T WANT TO CALL OUT SPECIFIC SCHOOLS IN THIS FORMAT, BUT JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, DO THEY MOVE FROM, YOU KNOW, THE ADDITIONAL DOWN TO THE TARGETED AND STAY THERE FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, OR HOW DOES KIND OF HOW DOES THE PROGRESS WORK IN REMOVING, THE REMOVING THEM FROM THESE CATEGORIES? AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LOOKED AT AS FAR AS DO WE HAVE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE BEEN ON THERE CONSISTENTLY.
SO WHAT I WILL TELL YOU, FOR THE FOUR REMAINING SCHOOLS, WE HAVE ONE, TWO, TWO.
ONE SCHOOL THAT HAS. YEAH. NO. FOR THE FOUR REMAINING SCHOOLS IN TARGETED IMPROVEMENT SUPPORT WE HAVE A SCHOOL THAT HAS BEEN ON THERE ALL FOUR YEARS. I'M GOING THROUGH THAT. I HAVE IT, IT'S TWO SCHOOLS, TWO OUT OF FOUR TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, TWO OUT OF FOUR HAS BEEN THERE SINCE 2019 SO WE HAVE WORK TO BE DONE.
OKAY THAT HELPS THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I HAVE A QUESTION.
AND SO THIS ANSWER MIGHT NEED TO COME IN A BOARD UPDATE BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF ON THE SPOT.
BUT AS YOU WERE TALKING I STARTED THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BUDGET SEASON AND US MOVING INTO BUDGET SEASON AND HOW WE THINK ABOUT MONEY AND STRATEGIC IMPROVEMENT CAMPUSES WHERE WE HAVE ALLOTTED STRATEGIC FUNDS TO THOSE CAMPUSES.
ARE YOU HYPER AWARE, LIKE, COULD YOU TELL ME WHERE THESE ARE REPRESENTED HERE? AND IF THEY'RE REPRESENTED HERE? SO ONE OUT OF FOUR IS ONE OF OUR TARGETED STAFFING.
I CAN'T EVEN THINK RIGHT NOW. BUT YOU KNOW, THE THE MONEY, THE STRATEGIC STAFFING.
THANK YOU. SO IT'S ONE BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE BIG HOPES FOR THAT CAMPUS.
WE DO HAVE A SECOND. IT'S GOING TO BE OUR SECOND YEAR AS A PRINCIPAL.
WELL ACTUALLY STARTED MID-YEAR LAST YEAR. SO WE WERE ALREADY SEEING A LOT OF IMPROVEMENT ALREADY HAPPENING WORKING WITH OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF, OUR FAMILIES IN THERE. SO WE ARE VERY HOPEFUL.
WE'RE ALREADY SEEING LIKE LOOKING AT THE DATA THAT A LOT OF IMPROVEMENT.
SO THAT'S ONE THE SECOND ONE WE ARE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY MAYBE ADDING...
REAL QUICK, CAN YOU ALL TURN OFF YOUR MIC BECAUSE WE'RE PICKING UP FEEDBACK FROM Y'ALL'S MIC? DR.
NICHOLS OKAY. THANK YOU. SO SO YEAH. SO TO ASK TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
YEAH. SO WE HAVE WE HAVE ONE OF THE TWO SINCE 2019 IS A STRATEGIC STAFFING.
AND BUT AGAIN WE ARE VERY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT IT.
AND THE SECOND ONE I KNOW ALSO OUR PRINCIPAL THERE, OUR TEACHERS, OUR AREA SUPES ARE WORKING VERY CLOSELY TO, TO TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN SO THAT WE DON'T END UP ON THAT LIST AGAIN FOR THIS COMING SCHOOL YEAR.
THANK YOU. I MEAN, IT MAKES MORE SENSE TO ME THAT CAMPUSES THAT HAVE HIGHER NEEDS NEED MORE RESOURCES, OF COURSE. AND SO I THINK IT'S GOOD TO SEE CAMPUSES COME OFF THIS LIST.
AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I THINK I THINK TOO WHAT NATALIE'S SAYING, I THINK IT'S IT'S A IT'S A STARTING WITH HER WORKING WITH OUR SUPES, OUR PRINCIPAL, OUR TEACHING AND LEARNING. EVERYBODY IS WORKING TOGETHER, OUR SUPPORT SERVICES BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND LIKE WE DON'T WANT HONESTLY, WE DON'T WANT ANY CAMPUS, ANY OF OUR CAMPUSES TO BE ON THAT LIST REGARDLESS.
BUT WE ALSO UNDERSTAND, AS YOU KNOW, SOME OF SOME OF THE CHANGES, CHANGES MAY REQUIRE SOME TIME, SOME ADJUSTMENT, LIKE YOU SAID. ALSO, WE JUST ADDING FUNDING LIKE THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND WE'VE SEEN ALREADY MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTIONS, SO. THANK YOU. I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER LIGHTS. AM I MISSING A LIGHT?
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TRUSTEE WEIR ARE YOU GOOD? OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS UPDATE.TRUSTEES DO WE FEEL LIKE WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS BUDGET UPDATE, OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE A BREAK? WE CAN KEEP GOING. ALL RIGHT, LET'S KEEP GOING.
AGENDA ITEM F3 2024 -2025 BUDGET UPDATE. THANK YOU.
OKAY, SO WE HAVE OUR DENNIS, DENNIS, MR. COVINGTON WITH US TONIGHT, AND HE WANTED TO GIVE US AN UPDATE. THIS IS A UPDATE ON THIS CURRENT BUDGET, SCHOOL YEAR OR FISCAL YEAR I GUESS.
SO, DENNIS, IF YOU DON'T MIND, PLEASE. I KNOW RHONDA IS WITH US TOO.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE 24-25 BUDGET AS OF THE SECOND SIX WEEKS.
O NE LET'S MAKE SURE THIS WORKS.
OKAY. LITTLE TECHNOLOGY ISSUE HERE. THIS IS ON YOUR ONLY ON THE MAINTENANCE AND MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS FUND, AND THIS IS UPDATED, LIKE I SAID AS OF THE SECOND SIX WEEKS.
SO LET ME LAY OUT THE THE SLIDES. THE FIRST COLUMN ON YOUR LEFT IS WHEN WE ADOPTED THE BUDGET.
THE MIDDLE COLUMN IS THE UPDATE WE GAVE TO YOU ON 11/14 AT THAT BOARD MEETING.
AND THE FAR RIGHT COLUMN IS THE UPDATE AS OF TODAY, SO I WILL BE COMPARING THE UPDATE FROM THE MIDDLE TO THE RIGHT TO THE FAR RIGHT SLIDE. SO IN OUR REVENUES CATEGORY WE HAVE AN INCREASE IN TAX COLLECTION OF ABOUT $3.6 MILLION BETWEEN THE CURRENT TAX AND THE GOLDEN PENNIES.
JUST ALL THOSE OTHER CATEGORIES THAT ARE IN WHITE WERE NO CHANGES BETWEEN 11/14 AND 12/18.
AND THEN, AS YOU KNOW, IF WE GET MORE REVENUE IN FROM TAXES, OUR STATE REVENUE GOES DOWN.
SO THAT WAS A $773,000 DECREASE IN OUR STATE REVENUE.
SO ALL IN ALL, WE HAVE AN INCREASE IN OUR TOTAL REVENUES OF ABOUT $2.8 MILLION.
ON THE EXPENSE SIDE, YOU WILL SEE THAT WE HAVE ADDED A COUPLE OF CHANGES.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, OUR ENROLLMENT GREW FROM THE WHEN WE ADOPTED THE BUDGET.
AND SO WE HAD TO ADD ADDITIONAL TEACHERS FOR ENROLLMENT.
THAT'S ABOUT 45 TEACHERS AND AT ABOUT $3.1 MILLION.
BUT WHEN WE PAID IT OUT IN DECEMBER, IT WAS AT $3.5 MILLION.
SO OUR INCREASE IN EXPENSES FOR JUST SALARIES AND BENEFITS IS ABOUT $3.3 MILLION.
ON THE ALLOCATION SIDE T HE ONLY THING THAT WE ADDED WAS THE UNFUNDED BUDGET EXPENSES, WHICH IS THE SECOND YELLOW LINE BASED ON THINGS THAT WE'VE ADDED SINCE 11/14. WE HAD AN INCREASE IN OUR JJAEP CONTRACT OF ABOUT $48,000.
WE HAD A NURSE CONTRACT FOR OUR FOR A SPED STUDENT FOR ABOUT $40,000, AND WE HAD RETIREES THAT LEFT OUR DISTRICT, AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAVE TO PAY OUT THEIR DAYS AND THAT WAS ABOUT $619,000.
SO WE HAVE A $708,000 INCREASE IN OUR TOTAL ALLOCATIONS BUDGET.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT IT IN TOTAL, AS YOU SEE, OUR REVENUES GREW TO THE $458,987.
OUR EXPENSES ALSO GREW MORE THAN OUR REVENUE.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE A DEFICIT NOW OF ABOUT $1.1 MILLION.
THE SALE OF THE CYPRESS, WE ARE STILL ON TRACK TO CLOSE THAT IN MARCH.
AND SO THE SURPLUS FOR THE YEAR IS STILL PROJECTED AT $8.2 MILLION.
AND THAT, SIR, AND TRUSTEES, IS A BUDGET UPDATE AS OF 12 I MEAN,
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1/16. NOW WE ARE DOING SOME THINGS AND, AND HAVE THINGS UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR HOW WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK IN AS A BALANCED BUDGET. SOME OF THE TYPE THINGS THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING.NONE OF THIS IS SET IN CONCRETE YET. WE WILL BE FREEZING NON-MISSION CRITICAL VACANT POSITIONS.
WE'RE GOING TO BE MONITORING THE OUR STAFF VACATION AND NON-DUTY DAYS TO TO MAKE SURE OR TRY TO LOWER THE AMOUNT THAT WE PAY OUT FOR WHEN THEY RETIRE.
WE ALSO WILL BE MONITORING NON-MISSION CRITICAL EXPENDITURES FOR ALL DEPARTMENTS.
WE'LL BE EVALUATING OPERATING EXPENSES VERSUS CAPITAL EXPENSES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE MAXIMIZING THE BOND DOLLARS, TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT PAYING THINGS OUT OF OUR OPERATION BUDGET THAT SHOULD BE PAID OUT OF BOND DOLLARS.
AND THE SAME THING FOR OUR GRANT FUNDS TO MAKE SURE WE ARE MAXIMIZING OUR GRANT DOLLARS.
OPEN FOR QUESTIONS. I DO NOT SEE ANY LIGHTS, BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
YES, MA'AM. ON SLIDE THREE AND I FEEL LIKE MAYBE THIS IS A REALLY RUDIMENTARY QUESTION, BUT I'M GOING TO ASK IT ANYWAY. THE CURRENT THE PROJECTION FOR REVENUE FOR CURRENT YEAR TAX COLLECTIONS WAS $348,000. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT RATE ENDED UP BEING LOWER, BUT IS IT BECAUSE IT'S UNCOLLECTED TAXES THAT IT'S LOWER IN ACTUAL. NO, NO. OKAY. IT WAS THE PROPERTY VALUE STUDY.
OKAY. THAT'S HOW IT CAME OUT. OKAY. PERFECT. THANK YOU.
TRUSTEE LANDRUM. THIS MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE SINCE WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT FUND BALANCE TONIGHT, BUT I WILL JUST SAY THAT I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN EXPLORING PLANS FOR HOW WE CAN INCREASE OUR FUND BALANCE. AND I KNOW WE ARE IN TERRIBLE POSITION WITH THE LEGISLATURE AND OUR BASIC ALLOTMENT.
I UNDERSTAND THAT VERY WELL, BUT I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT OUR FUND BALANCE AND WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW WE CAN. I KNOW WE'RE AN $8 MILLION PROJECTED SURPLUS THAT HOPEFULLY WILL BE ADDED BACK TO OUR FUND BALANCE.
AND I AGAIN, NOT BEING A WHIZ AT BUDGET STUFF, JUST UNDERSTANDING IF THERE ARE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPLORE ANY UNUSED PROPERTIES. AND I'M NOT SAYING WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT ALL THAT TONIGHT, BUT JUST AS WE'RE ENTERING BUDGET SEASON LOOKING AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE TO GO AS LEAN AS WE CAN BECAUSE I WOULD RATHER SELL PROPERTY THAN, YOU KNOW, MAKE DECISIONS THAT ARE GOING TO AFFECT OUR KIDS.
I THINK WHAT DENNIS WAS TRYING TO SAY IS, IS WE DON'T WANT TO END UP IN THE NEGATIVE, RIGHT? ACTUALLY, WE WANT TO BE UP IN THE POSITIVE A LITTLE BIT, RIGHT, CREATE SOME BUFFER.
AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT WHAT HE WAS SAYING THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT POSSIBILITIES TO KIND OF GENERATE OR I GUESS CREATE SOME SOME BUFFER END UP IN THE POSITIVE, NOT IN THE NEGATIVE AT ALL, WITHOUT THE CYPRUS IS GOING TO FUND BALANCE.
WE'RE NOT EVEN COUNTING ON THAT ONE AT ALL. YEAH.
BUT WE'VE ALREADY TAPPED INTO $1 MILLION OF CYPRUS, WHICH I GET IT.
NO, NO, THAT'S HE'S JUST SHOWING IT AS FOR NOW, AS THE EXPENSES ARE ALL PROJECTED WE WOULD. YEAH, BUT THESE ISSUES WE'RE PUTTING IN PLACE AND EVALUATING, WE'RE HOPING THAT THE RED TURNS BACK TO GREEN, AND THEN ALL THE DISCIPLES WILL GO INTO FUND BALANCE.
RIGHT. AND AS FAR AS THE PROPERTY, I KNOW IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, BUT WE ARE LOOKING WITH OUR REALTOR AT PROPERTIES THAT WE HAVE THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY PUT ON THE MARKET.
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AND CONSTITUTIONALLY REQUIRED TO DO IS TO ADEQUATELY FUND PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.BUT WE HAVE TO WE HAVE TO BE REALISTIC AND LIVE IN OUR MEANS UNTIL WE HAVE THAT MONEY SIGNED INTO LAW, THAT SOMETHING HAS BEEN CHANGED. AND SO I AGAIN, I'M JUST GOING TO KEEP SAYING THAT I'M REALLY WORRIED ABOUT OUR FUND BALANCE.
AND I WILL SUPPORT ANY, ANY PROJECT AND ANY INITIATIVES THAT WE THAT WE CAN TO INCREASE THAT WITHOUT NEGATIVELY AFFECTING OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STUDENTS IN ANY WAY. I KNOW THIS YEAR HAS BEEN TIGHT AND HARD FOR SOME CLASSES WITH THE INCREASED CLASS SIZES, AND I JUST CAN'T PASS ON ANY OF THIS CRUNCH TO OUR TEACHERS AGAIN.
WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO HAVE A SLIDE AT THE END WITH ALL OF THE CONSIDERATIONS THAT YOU HAD MENTIONED? I KNOW THEY'RE NOT SET IN STONE, BUT JUST SO WE CAN PREP FOR THEM, ASK QUESTIONS.
THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL. FOR SURE. AND I THINK I THINK JUST TO CLARIFY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE SOME DECISION FROM NOW UNTIL LIKE BY THE NEXT TIME I THINK IN A COUPLE OF I THINK WE GO BACK, COME BACK IN MARCH, WE WILL HAVE TO DO SOME OF THIS STUFF PRIOR TO MARCH, RIGHT? IF WE WANT TO GENERATE ANY KIND OF SAVING ANYWHERE.
OKAY. THANK YOU. I DON'T SEE ANY MORE LIGHTS AND I DON'T SEE TRUSTEE WEIR.
SEEING NONE, I WOULD LOVE TO TAKE LET'S SEE A 15 MINUTE BREAK UNTIL 7:15 P.M..
SO WE ARE ADJOURNED UNTIL 7:15 P.M..
IT'S 7:15 AND I'M CALLING THE ROUND ROCK ISD BOARD MEETING BACK TO ORDER.
ALL RIGHT. MOVING TO G1 BOARD STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS.
[G. DISCUSSION ITEMS]
OH, THE THE MAIN EVENT IS COMING. BOARD STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS TIME TRACKER.I'M SORRY. THAT'S ME. I WAS LATE, I'LL ADMIT IT.
ALL RIGHT. WE HAD TWO MEETINGS IN DECEMBER. THAT HAS OCTOBER DATE ON IT.
BUT WE HAD TWO MEETINGS TOTALING UP 100, AND YEAH, THOSE NUMBERS ARE NOT RIGHT.
BECAUSE THE 175 AND THE 100 SHOULD MEET IN THE MIDDLE, BUT THE PERCENTAGE IS CORRECT.
WE HAD 36% OF OUR TIME IN DECEMBER WAS SPENT TALKING ABOUT STUDENT OUTCOMES.
I NEED TO MAKE SOME CORRECTIONS TO THAT SLIDE AND I'LL GET IT REPOSTED.
OUR DECEMBER REGULAR MEETING WE SPENT ZERO MINUTES ON STUDENT OUTCOMES, BUT WE DID HAVE OUR STUDENT ACADEMIC WORKSHOP EARLIER IN DECEMBER, WHICH 100% OF OUR TIME WAS SO THAT HELPED US OUT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. I DIDN'T LOOK AT IT AFTER IT WAS POSTED BECAUSE I CREATED IT AND I ASSUMED IT WAS RIGHT, BUT APPARENTLY I WAS NOT RIGHT, SO I WILL CORRECT THAT AND I MISSED IT.
SO THANK YOU. OUR GOAL, IF I'M CORRECT, IS 40% RIGHT, 40%.
SO WE'RE INCHING CLOSER TO GO TO OUR NEXT LEVEL OF OUR STUDENT OUR BOARD SELF-EVALUATION THEN.
YES, YES. OKAY. WELL, I BELIEVE IN US. LET'S DO IT.
GREAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, TRUSTEE LANDRUM. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO G2 CAPITAL PROJECTS COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, CPCOC BYLAWS REQUESTED BY TRUSTEE MARKUM AND BY ME.
SO AS YOU KNOW, WE PASSED $933 MILLION BOND LAST NOVEMBER.
AND SO WE ARE ABOUT TO START WORKING. WE ACTUALLY SOLD OUR FIRST $100 MILLION BOND AT A REALLY, REALLY, REALLY GOOD RATE INTEREST RATE. AND WE ARE ABOUT TO SELL ANOTHER $150 MILLION IN THREE WEEKS.
AND WE'RE HOPING TO GET ALSO A GREAT INTEREST RATE, BECAUSE THAT WILL SAVE OUR TAXPAYERS A LOT OF MONEY, BUT ALSO HELP US, YOU KNOW, SPEND MORE MONEY IN ACTUALLY FIXING SCHOOLS AND UPGRADING OUR CAMPUSES.
SO SO ACTUALLY IT'S A GOOD THING. SO BECAUSE OF THAT, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO START KICKING OFF SOME OF THIS PROJECT, WE WANTED TO DISCUSS THE CPCOC BYLAWS. WE DID POST IT ON OUR WEBSITE.
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AND WE ENCOURAGE OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO SUBMIT THEIR NOMINATION OR IF THEY WANT TO SERVE ON THE COMMITTEE, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO NEED, OBVIOUSLY, COMMITTEE MEMBERS.BUT TO DO THAT, WE ALSO NEED TO LOOK AT THE BYLAWS.
WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE THE BOARD DOESN'T HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION TONIGHT ABOUT IT.
WE THOUGHT THAT WE WILL SHARE THE DOCUMENT WITH YOU IF YOU WANT TO DISCUSS IT HERE AS A BOARD I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, FEEL FREE TO DO IT. IF NOT, YOU CAN ALSO WELCOME TO JUST, YOU KNOW, SHARE, YOU KNOW, COMMENTS TO US. AND SO WE CAN CAPTURE THAT AND BRING IT BACK TO YOU AGAIN NEXT BOARD MEETING.
THERE IS NO RUSH REALLY TO ADOPT OR MAKE THE CHANGES RIGHT NOW.
TONIGHT. MAKE IT A FINAL DECISION. THIS IS JUST A DRAFT.
IT'S A WORKING DOCUMENT. AND WE HOPE AND PROBABLY BY HOPEFULLY IN FEBRUARY, BY THAT TIME WE WILL KNOW MORE OR LESS OUR PROJECTS AND LISTS AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IN YEAR ONE AND SO ON AND SO FORTH, AND ALSO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY ALSO TO GET SOME MORE NOMINEES FOR THE COMMITTEE, FOR THE CPCOC COMMITTEE AND THAT WAY WE CAN HAVE EVERYTHING READY AT THE SAME TIME TO KICK OFF THIS WORK.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. I HAVE ONE REQUEST AND THAT IS CAN WE GET THE RED LINE COPY UP ON THE AGENDA RIGHT NOW? IT'S NOT A RED LINE. IT'S NOT SO I THINK. BUT WE HAVE ACCESS TO RED LINE AS THE BOARD.
TO POST IT. THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU TRUSTEES ANY QUESTIONS COMMENTS? I HAVE ONE QUESTION. RED LINED OUT SAID THE CPCOC WILL ALSO REVIEW THE CURRENT NEEDS OF THE DISTRICT AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS AROUND POTENTIAL FUTURE PLANNING.
WOULD YOU MIND ILLUMINATING WHY WE MIGHT HAVE REMOVED THAT? I HAVE AN IDEA, BUT I WOULD LOVE A VOICEOVER.
[INAUDIBLE] DENNIS GO AHEAD [INAUDIBLE]. THAT FUNCTION IS A CBC FUNCTION, NOT A CPCOC FUNCTION.
THE CPCOCS ROLE, IF I'M FULLY UNDERSTANDING IT, IS TO MAKE SURE THE ADMINISTRATION DOES WHAT WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD AND IN AND VOTED FOR APPROVAL BY THE COMMUNITY. SO THAT'S TO ME, THAT'S THE FUNCTION OF THE CPCOC IS TO LOOK AFTER WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED. AND SO TO LOOK FORWARD IS NOT THE ROLE OF THE CPC OC.
THAT'S THE CBC ROLE. AND THEN THE SUPERINTENDENT CALLS FOR A CBC TO BE FORMED.
AND IF YOU CAN, IT'S AGAIN, IT'S AN OVERSIGHT.
SO IT'S LOOKING AT THE REAR LIKE LOOKING AT HOW THE PROJECT GOING OR GETTING DONE THE WAY IT WAS PROMISED, LIKE DENNIS WAS SAYING. SO OBVIOUSLY I MEAN, AGAIN, WE'RE OPEN TO ANY SUGGESTIONS OUR BOARD FEELS, YOU KNOW, NECESSARY TO ADD OR CHANGE, BUT THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE OUR UNDERSTANDING.
THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME. BUT THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
TRUSTEE LANDRUM. SO I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE MEMBERSHIP SECTION WHERE THE LINE IS STRICKEN ABOUT THE EXISTING APPOINTEE WILL NOT BE REMOVED FROM THE COMMITTEE, BUT NEW TRUSTEES WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY. JUST CLARIFICATION.
BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO KICK US. WE'RE NOT GOING TO TELL THEM TO.
HEY, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THAT IF THAT'S THE PLAN, THAT SEEMS LIKE THE RED LINE THAT'S STRICKEN OUT ELIMINATES THAT BECAUSE IT SAYS THE EXISTING APPOINTEE WILL NOT BE REMOVED FROM THE COMMITTEE, BUT WILL SERVE OUT THE REMAINDER OF THEIR TERM IF DESIRED. BUT THAT'S STRICKEN OUT.
NOW IF THEY DECIDE I DON'T WANT TO SERVE ANYMORE THEN OBVIOUSLY WE NEED TO NOMINATE SOMEBODY ELSE.
TRUSTEE MARKUM. OKAY, SO JUST A FOLLOW UP TO THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO UNDO THE RED LINE ON THAT, JUST CLARIFICATION ABOVE WHERE IT SAYS UPON THE ELECTION OF NEW TRUSTEES, THEY WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPOINT AN ADDITIONAL MEMBER.
IS THAT IN ADDITION TO THE EXISTING APPOINTEE? THAT'S THAT'S CORRECT. AND I THINK WE DO THAT, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY WITH SHAC TOO THAT'S SIMILAR.
BUT LET'S SAY IT CAN GROW FROM 14 MAYBE TO 16 OR 18.
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IN OTHER WORDS, THE NUMBER DOESN'T HAVE TO BE STEADY.THOSE WILL CONTINUE TO BE GATHERED AND WILL GO ON WHATEVER AGENDA, EVEN IF IT'S NOT AN AGENDA ITEM YET IN THE FUTURE, WILL THOSE QUESTIONS STILL BE COLLECTED AND POSTED? THAT'S CORRECT.
SO THE NEXT TIME WHAT WE'LL DO, WE CAN EVEN WE CAN WE CAN PUT PUT THE CHANGES.
AND AGAIN WE'LL BRING IT UP TO THE, TO THE BOARD SO THEY CAN DISCUSS IT TOGETHER.
AS YOU KNOW WE DON'T WANT TO BREAK QUORUM. RIGHT.
THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS COMMENTS. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO US AT OUR REQUEST.
AND I'M GLAD THAT WE STILL HAVE TIME TO GIVE SOME FEEDBACK.
ARE YOU THINKING WE WILL DO THIS IN FEBRUARY? THAT'S THAT'S CORRECT. AND I KNOW I KNOW LAST TIME AND I KNOW AMY DID A REALLY GOOD JOB WITH IT WITH THIS BECAUSE WE'RE WE COULD ALSO HAVE WHEN WE CAN HAVE 1 OR 2 BOARD MEMBERS BECAUSE WE CANNOT AGAIN, WE CANNOT HAVE A WALK ON QUORUM.
MAYBE YOU CAN JOIN US AND WE CAN DISCUSS IT TOGETHER.
AND LIKE A FUTURE MEETING IN PREPARATION OF THE NOVEMBER BOARD MEETING.
AND THEN WE'LL BRING IT BACK WITH SOME OF THE SUGGESTIONS OF THOSE TWO BOARD MEMBERS.
WE CAN DO IT ANY, ANY, ANY WAY THE BOARD WANTS US TO DO AGAIN WITHOUT BREAKING QUORUM.
RIGHT? YEAH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE OUR AGENDA FORWARD TO H ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION BY CONSENT.
[H. ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION BY CONSENT]
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MADAM PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ITEMS H 1 THROUGH H6 BY CONSENT.SECOND. MOTION. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
THESE ARE BY CONSENT, SO THERE REALLY SHOULDN'T BE ANY DISCUSSION.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR? ALL OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. OKAY, SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE NO ACTION ITEMS TONIGHT.
I PROMISE I AM NOT A MORE EFFICIENT BOARD PRESIDENT.
IT'S JUST THAT THE BUSINESS IS MOVING QUICKLY.
SO STILL SHOUT OUT TO FORMER PRESIDENT LANDRUM BECAUSE SHE DID AN AMAZING JOB.
WE JUST HAVE NO ACTION ITEMS. SO YOU WILL NOT HEAR ME COMPLAINING ABOUT ENDING EARLY.
YOU DID ALL THE HARD WORK. BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS, CALENDAR RSVP'S REQUEST FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS.
[J. BOARD BUSINESS]
DR. AZAIEZ, DO YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? OKAY, I'M GOING TO GIVE HIM A SECOND TO DO THAT.WHILE DR. AZAIEZ IS DOING THAT, HAPPY NEW YEAR.
WELCOME BACK. IT IS SO LOVELY TO WELCOME OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF BACK.
SO WE'RE SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE YOU BACK SAFE. SO GRATEFUL AS WE NAVIGATE THE WEATHER AND THE UPCOMING WEATHER THAT EVERYONE IS SAFE AND WELL AND BACK IN OUR SCHOOLS. WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR YOU.
AND SO WE GO TO THE COUNCIL OF PTA LUNCHEONS ONCE A MONTH.
AND IF YOU ARE INTERESTED EVER IN GIVING THE BOARD UPDATE, WILL YOU PLEASE EMAIL ME? BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MULTIPLE PEOPLE HAVE THE OPTION AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO AHEAD AND GIVE THE BOARD UPDATE AT THOSE COUNCIL PTA MEETINGS.
AND FOR OUR NEW TRUSTEES, YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW THAT THAT IS AN OPTION.
AND SO IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, IT IS NOT A REQUIREMENT BUT IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN GIVING THAT, PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND WE WILL WORK TOGETHER TO SCHEDULE THOSE UPDATES.
AND THAT'S IT FOR ME. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SO AGAIN I WANT TO FIRST OF ALL HAPPY NEW YEAR AGAIN TO EVERYBODY.
AND WELCOME BACK. WELCOME BACK TO OUR STUDENTS, STAFF FAMILIES.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO AN AMAZING ANOTHER AMAZING 2025 SCHOOL YEAR, OBVIOUSLY.
2024 FINISHED, THE SECOND SEMESTER OF THE 2024 -2025 SCHOOL YEAR.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK AGAIN OUR BOARD MEMBERS.
AND I KNOW OUR STUDENTS, SOME TALK ABOUT YOU MAKING $100,000 PLUS, BUT WE KNOW YOU MAKE NOTHING.
AND SO THANK YOU FOR VOLUNTEERING AND AND FOR REALLY VOLUNTEERING AND REALLY SERVING OUR COMMUNITY AND REALLY LIKE, ALWAYS PUTTING OUR STUDENTS FIRST IN EVERY DECISION. THE BILLION OR THE MILLION [LAUGHTER]. I KNOW THE BILLION.
YEAH. I ALSO I WAS SAYING EARLIER, WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE AS A, AS A DISTRICT WE SOLD OUR FIRST $100 MILLION PART OF THE BOND WHEN I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER WHEN RUDY MEJIA, OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR, WAS PLANNING THIS WHOLE THING.
HE WAS WHEN HE DID THE INTEREST RATE. I'M SORRY, THE TAX RATE FOR THE NEXT TEN PLUS YEARS.
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AND HE ACTUALLY BUDGETED AT A 4.5% INTEREST RATE.AND SO WE'RE HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THAT FIRST $100 MILLION WAS ACTUALLY THE INTEREST RATE WAS AT 3.33 AT A RECORD LOW, KNOWING THAT THE INTEREST RATE OVERALL, AS YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY HIGH. SO WE GOT REALLY, REALLY FORTUNATE AND LUCKY TO HAVE THAT.
AND THAT WILL SAVE OUR TAXPAYERS MONEY. AND AND ALSO IN THE LONG RUN HOPEFULLY HAVE WE HAVE MORE MONEY AVAILABLE AGAIN TO FIX AND ADDRESS ANY NEEDS THAT WE MAY HAVE ON OUR BUILDING. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW, BUT ALSO TOMORROW IS NATIONAL CUSTOMER SERVICE DAY.
AND THE WORK OF OUR STAFF TAKES HEART AND THAT WORKS BEGINS WITH US PUTTING PEOPLE FIRST.
AND THAT'S WHY WE SAY IT STARTS WITH US. BECAUSE IT STARTS WITH US. WE HAVE TO SHOW AND SHOW, BE THE MODEL OF WHAT WE EXPECT OUR STUDENTS AND OUR EVERYONE REALLY AROUND US TO DO AND BEHAVE.
SO THANK YOU TO THEM FOR REALLY DOING AN AMAZING JOB.
AND I KNOW OUR OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM ALSO WILL BE THERE.
WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO LEARN TOGETHER OVER THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS, NEXT, NEXT TWO DAYS.
THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. AND I HAVE A COUPLE MORE THINGS.
I SAW PATTY LOOKING AT ME LIKE, GIRL, I GAVE YOU A LIST OF THINGS.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING? YES, MA'AM. JANUARY 30TH, THE CALLED BOARD MEETING SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION.
EVERYONE HAS RSVP'D YES. THANK YOU FOR THOSE RSVP'S.
FEBRUARY 13TH CALLED BOARD MEETING GRIEVANCE.
SO I HAVE YESES FROM MYSELF, FROM TRUSTEE MARKUM, FROM TRUSTEE LANDRUM AND TRUSTEE ROSS.
EVERYBODY ELSE, IF YOU COULD, PLEASE RSVP THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
AND THEN FEBRUARY 20TH REGULAR BOARD MEETING ALL HAVE RSVP'D YES.
AND THANK YOU. IT IS SO LOVELY TO HAVE COLLEAGUES THAT RSVP CONSISTENTLY.
SO THANK YOU. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? OH, I HAVE ONE.
IT'S LIKE THE 26TH MAYBE OR 27TH YEAR MLK MARCH ROUND ROCK MLK MARCH THIS WEEKEND ON THE 18TH.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT TIME IT STARTS? YES, IT STARTS AT 1:30.
AND I KNOW KAREN. KAREN HAS BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD WITH SOME OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS TO MAKE IT TO WORK, COLLABORATE. SO IT'S 1:30 TO 3:30. OKAY, PERFECT.
I SHOULD KNOW BECAUSE I'M ON THAT BOARD FOR ROUND ROCK ORGANIZATION.
YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS IT. IT IS INCREDIBLE.
BRING TISSUES FOR YOURSELF AND FOR CHEWY. THEY ARE.
THEY ARE SO INCREDIBLE YEAR OVER YEAR. I KNOW THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE LOOKED FORWARD TO LONG BEFORE I WAS EVEN A TRUSTEE REALLY SEEING THOSE STUDENTS, AND THEY'RE SO AMAZING. SO IF YOU CAN PLEASE COME OUT.
WE'LL MARCH TOGETHER AND THEN SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS.
ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? OKAY. WELL, SEEING NONE, IT IS TIME FOR US TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION,
[K. CLOSED SESSION]
SO, AND WE WILL HAVE CLOSED SESSION IN HERE. THE BOARD RESERVES THE RIGHT TO ENTER INTO CLOSED SESSION ON ANY AGENDA ITEM AS PERMITTED BY THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, SECTION 551.071. HOWEVER, PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 551.071 AND 551.076, THE BOARD WILL REVIEW, DELIBERATE AND DISCUSS THE SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE REPORT REGARDING THE INTRUDER DETECTION AUDIT FINDINGS.AND PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 551.071 AND 551.074, THE BOARD WILL MEET, IN CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY, TO CONSIDER AND DISCUSS LIGHTHOUSE COMPLAINTS OR CONCERNS AGAINST THE SUPERINTENDENT AND TRUSTEES.
BECAUSE TRUSTEE WEIR IS VIRTUAL. OH, WE'LL TAKE IT TO THE BACK.
WE'RE IN CLOSED SESSION. ALL RIGHT. IT IS 8:03
[ L. CALL BACK TO ORDER/EXECUTIVE SESSION MOTIONS]
P.M. AND WE ARE OUT OF CLOSED SESSION. DO WE HAVE ANY MOTIONS COMING OUT OF CLOSED SESSION? MADAM PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE ROUND ROCK ISD SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE REPORT AS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION.SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION. SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION ON THE TABLE?
[01:45:02]
ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. JUST WANTED TO CLOSE OUT AND SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH TO OUR COMMUNITY FOR CELEBRATING US AS TRUSTEES. IT IS OUR ABSOLUTE HONOR AND OUR PLEASURE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.IT IS 8:03 P.M. AND WE ARE OUT OF CLOSED SESSION.
DO WE HAVE ANY MOTIONS COMING UP? WE'RE HEARING AN ECHO HERE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE ADMINISTRATION AND TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO THE SCHOOLS FOR THE LOVELY CELEBRATION.
WE ARE SO GRATEFUL. ANY OTHER COMMENTS, CONCERNS? ANYTHING? SEEING NONE, IT IS. I'M GOING TO WAIT UNTIL A ROUND NUMBER, THREE SECONDS.
IT IS 8:05 P.M. AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.