[I. CALL TO ORDER]
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GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE MAY WORK SESSION MEETING OF THE RICHARDSON ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
WE DO NOT HAVE ANY ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TODAY.
[III.A. Strategic Plan Year 2 Update]
MISS BRANUM. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT POTEET. THANK YOU.BOARD. JUST TO CELEBRATE, WE ARE OFFICIALLY SIX DAYS UNTIL THE END OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR, AND SO AS WE ARE LOOKING AT PUTTING A BEAUTIFUL BOW ON THIS SCHOOL YEAR WITH GRADUATIONS COMING UP, WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A PRIME OPPORTUNITY JUST TO REMIND THE BOARD OF SOME OF THE STRATEGIC WORK THAT WE PUT FORWARD THIS YEAR.
PRIMARILY, WE PRESENTED THIS AS PART OF OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN, AND WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE BIG ITEMS, THOSE BIG TICKET ITEMS THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE FOCUSED ON AS A LEADERSHIP TEAM TO HELP MOVE THE DISTRICT FORWARD WITH OUR NORTH STAR GOAL.
ALL IN AN EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AGAIN MOVES FROM JUST WORDS ON A PAGE, AND IT MOVES TO MAKING A DIFFERENCE AND LEADS TO STUDENT OUTCOMES, AND SO I'VE JUST ASKED MELISSA HELLER TO PROVIDE A QUICK OVERVIEW AND JUST A REMINDER OF WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, AND THEN ALSO JUST A REMINDER THAT A LOT OF THE OR AT LEAST MOST OF THE QUANTITATIVE OUTCOMES THAT WE WOULD MEASURE, THE STRATEGIC PLAN WILL BE COMING TO US, YOU KNOW, AS EARLY AS THE END OF THIS MONTH AND THEN THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER AS WE CONTINUE TO AGGREGATE, WHETHER IT'S AP SCORES, SATS, TSI, ALL OF THOSE MEASURES THAT COME TO US ALL THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MELISSA. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE ARE WRAPPING UP YEAR TWO OF WHAT IS CURRENTLY A FIVE YEAR PLAN, AND THERE IS A LOT OF WORK THAT HAS HAPPENED AND, AND THAT IS WORTHY OF BEING CELEBRATED. SO JUST APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO UPDATE US BRIEFLY THIS EVENING.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT THIS WORK IS GROUNDED.
I REFER TO THEM AS SOME SPECIFIC ANCHORS IN TERMS OF WHAT ARE OUR TRUE NORTH'S AS WE ARE DEVELOPING OUR ANNUAL CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS? THOSE THAT DIRECTION IS SET. IT BEGINS WITH OUR NORTH STAR GOAL THAT YOU AS A BOARD DEVELOPED, AND ALL OF OUR OTHER IMPROVEMENT EFFORTS FALL UNDERNEATH THAT NORTH STAR GOAL.
WE HAVE IT. IT'S NOT JUST WORDS ON VISUALS IN ALL OF OUR MEETING ROOMS, BUT THIS NORTH STAR GOAL IS REALLY BECOMING EMBEDDED IN OUR CULTURE, AND THAT IS SOME OF THE EXCITING EXAMPLES AND EXEMPLARS THAT WE WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THIS EVENING.
THE STRATEGIC PLAN GROUP AND THE DISTRICT PLANNING COMMITTEE A COUPLE YEARS AGO TOOK YOUR NORTH STAR GOAL THEN AND DEVELOPED BELIEFS THAT ALSO WERE FOUNDATIONAL TO THE PLAN AS WELL AS WHAT WE BELIEVE IN TERMS OF OUR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT AND, AND WHY WE'RE HERE AND OF COURSE, THAT IS ALL AROUND ENSURING ACADEMIC SUCCESS FOR ALL OUR ISD STUDENTS.
THAT OTHER BIG ANCHOR THAT WAS DEVELOPED AS PART OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND THE TEACHING AND LEARNING GROUP, AS WELL AS OUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING TEAM HAVE SPENT A LOT OF OUR EARLY YEARS IN THIS STRATEGIC PLAN.
DOING IS MAKING SURE THAT LEARNER GROWTH EXPERIENCE FRAMEWORK BECOMES A REALITY FOR OUR STUDENTS AND THE LEARNING EXPERIENCES THAT ARE DESIGNED AND IMPLEMENTED IN OUR CLASSROOMS, AND YOU CAN SEE THOSE FIVE COMPONENTS IGNITE, DISCOVER, COLLABORATE, APPLY AND REFLECT, AND THOSE ALL ARE COME TOGETHER TO CREATE EMPOWERED LEARNERS.
THROUGH THE DESIGN OF QUALITY LEARNING EXPERIENCES FOR ALL STUDENTS.
THAT WAS A COMMUNITY DRIVEN EFFORT. WE HAD OVER, I BELIEVE IT WAS 6000 TOUCHPOINTS BETWEEN SURVEYS WITH PARENTS, STUDENTS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, PARTNERS. WE HAD IN-PERSON EVENTS.
SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER WE HAD THE STUDENT PANELS IN THE PDC AUDITORIUM.
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THAT WAS REALLY A COMMUNITY DRIVEN EFFORT TO BUILD SYNERGY AROUND WHAT IS IT THAT WE BELIEVE FOR EVERY ONE OF OUR STUDENTS? AND AGAIN, WE'RE GETTING READY TO CELEBRATE OUR CLASS OF 2025.WHAT IS IT WE WANT FOR ALL OF THOSE GRADUATES? THAT GRADUATE PROFILE IS THEN ANOTHER REALLY IMPORTANT ANCHOR THAT WAS USED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH THEN ONCE YOU ALL ADOPTED THE GRADUATE PROFILE, WE BEGAN OUR WORK IN THE FALL OF 2022.
SO IT WAS DURING THAT 22-23 SCHOOL YEAR THAT WE DEVELOPED OUT THE FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN.
WHERE THEN IT LED US TO THE FINAL ADOPTION OF THE PLAN IN THE SPRING OF 2023, AND THEN WE STARTED OUR FIRST YEAR IMPLEMENTATION LAST SCHOOL YEAR, AND SOME OF YOU MAY RECOGNIZE I PUT A SCREENSHOT UP THERE OF THE ACTUAL DOCUMENT PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED BY THE BOARD THERE IN THE SPRING OF 2023.
SO WE HAVE FIVE GOALS. THOSE WERE DEVELOPED AS PART OF THE DESIGN PROCESS.
THESE GOALS STAY WITH US EVERY YEAR. THE GOALS DON'T CHANGE.
WE MAY ADJUST SOME OF THE ACTION AND THE ANTICIPATED RESULTS BASED ON THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING, WHETHER THAT'S A LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WHETHER THAT'S BUDGETING CONCERNS, WHETHER THAT'S ENROLLMENT OR RECRUITMENT EFFORTS BUT THE GOALS STAY THE SAME, AND THOSE ARE AROUND INDIVIDUAL GROWTH. AGAIN, ALIGNING THAT BACK TO THAT NORTH STAR GOAL, OUR STAFF RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION. THIS WAS A GOAL THAT WE HAD IN OUR PREVIOUS STRATEGIC PLAN.
I THINK IT'S HEIGHTENED NOW JUST BECAUSE OF THE COMPETITION FOR EDUCATOR TALENT, NOT ONLY IN NORTH TEXAS AND TEXAS, BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY. CURRICULUM AND LEARNING.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. I STILL LEAN INTO I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF I KNOW MY PERSONALLY AND JUST FOR JUST FOR OUR TEAM AND OUR ORGANIZATION, ONE OF THE BIG LEARNINGS FROM COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC WAS OUR COMMUNITY REALLY WANTS TO ENGAGE AND REENGAGE WITH US, AND HOW CAN WE CREATE MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE ALSO TWO WAY SO HOW ARE WE WORKING WITH PARTNERS TO IDENTIFY TWO WAY OPPORTUNITIES TO REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF, AND THEN FINALLY, OF COURSE, FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP TOP OF MIND RIGHT NOW.
I KNOW WITH OUR CURRENT LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND BILLS AND HOUSE BILLS THAT MAY BE FILED OR NOT FILING, BUT HOW ARE WE BEING MOST EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE, AND BEING THE BEST FINANCIAL STEWARDS OF THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE AND HOW THOSE ARE TOUCHING OUR OPERATIONS, OUR PERSONNEL, ETC..
SO THOSE FIVE GOALS STAY THE SAME. THEY DRIVE OUR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT EFFORTS EVERY YEAR, AND WE DEVELOP OUR DIP, OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN, AS WELL AS OUR CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS FROM THOSE FIVE GOALS.
SO TO JUST SHARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS WE'VE BROKEN THEM UP FOR THIS YEAR, FOR YEAR TWO BY EACH GOAL.
SO IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN, WE DID IDENTIFY ACTION ITEMS THAT WERE ALIGNED WITH EACH GOAL FOR EACH YEAR OF THE PLAN. SO YOU CAN SEE FOR YEAR TWO, OUR FOCUS GOING INTO THIS YEAR REALLY, IT STARTED AT THE END OF LAST SPRING, OVER THE SUMMER, AND THEN GOING INTO THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR WAS TO TRAIN OUR STAFF, STUDENTS AND FAMILIES ON GOAL SETTING AND WHAT AND WHAT THOSE STRUCTURES LOOK LIKE AS WE ARE ROLLING OUT THAT NORTH STAR GOAL, AND HOW ARE WE MONITORING GROWTH FOR EVERY STUDENT LEADER AND TEACHER? AND THEN HOW ARE WE DEVELOPING AND COMMUNICATING TIMELINES AND METHODS FOR GOAL MONITORING PROGRESS MONITORING, AND THEN HOW WE'RE GROWING THAT THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM.
WITH ALL STAFF, INCLUDING OUR AUXILIARY SUPPORT STAFF, ETC., AND SO SOME OF THE BIG HIGHLIGHTS WITH GOAL ONE WERE MAKING SURE THAT YOU ALL KNOW A YEAR AGO, WE WERE WORKING WITH A FINITE GROUP OF CAMPUSES WHEN WE ROLLED OUT THE NORTH STAR GOAL AND LOOKING AT THE INDIVIDUAL GROWTH GOAL THAT HAS NOW GROWN TO EVERY CAMPUS, EVERY CAMPUS HAS BEEN TRAINED ON HOW WE ARE LOOKING TO SET STUDENT GROWTH GOALS TEACHER AND LEADER GROWTH GOALS, HOW THAT HOW THAT ALIGNS WITH THEIR TESTS AND T TESTS EVALUATIONS AND THEN AS YOU CAN SEE HERE THERE WERE OVER 900 SESSIONS THAT OUR STAFF, PRIMARILY HENRY AND HIS TEAM WITH INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY, AS WELL AS DR.
LEEPER AND TEACHING AND LEARNING. THEY SAT KNEE TO KNEE WITH TEACHERS ON LEARNING THE PLATFORM, UNDERSTANDING HOW WE WERE GOING TO WORK WITH STUDENTS TO SET THEIR GOALS AND TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS.
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WE HAVE A PICTURE HERE OF SOME OF OUR I TEAM WORKING, LIKE, AS I SAID, KNEE TO KNEE WITH TEACHERS HELPING THEM UNDERSTAND SCHOOLOGY, THE LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TOOLS THAT WE HAVE ADOPTED TO HELP TRACK AND MONITOR AND HAVE A WAREHOUSE OF THE WORK, IF YOU WILL, AND THEN THIS LAST MONTH, I TOOK A SCREENSHOT HERE.SO WE HAVE SOME ANALYTICS AND SOME DATA TO BRING BACK TO YOU TO SHOW YOU QUANTITATIVELY HOW MANY STUDENTS, HOW MANY HAVE REACHED THEIR GROWTH GOAL, WHERE ARE THEY IN THE PROCESS? HOW CAN WE CONTINUE TO SHOW GROWTH AS ONE COMPONENT OF MULTIPLE OTHER TOOLS THAT WE USE, INCLUDING MAP.
SO LOOKING AT GOAL TWO AND GOAL TWO ALIGNS BACK INTO OUR RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION EFFORTS.
DR. GOODSON AND HIS TEAM REALLY FOCUSING ON HOW HOW ARE WE BUILDING A CULTURE THAT MAKES EMPLOYEES FEEL HEARD AND VALUED, AND HOW ARE WE PROMOTING THAT CULTURE TO SUPPORT OUR RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION EFFORTS? WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE VIP EVENT THAT WE HOSTED EARLIER THIS SPRING.
THROUGH THE VARIOUS RECRUITMENT EFFORTS THAT HR AND SOME OF OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM ATTEND.
WE IDENTIFY WHAT WE CONSIDER THOSE VIP CANDIDATES THAT ALIGN WITH OUR TEACHER AND STAFF PROFILES, AND WE INVITE THEM IN A DAY EARLY BEFORE OUR TRADITIONAL JOB FAIR AND REALLY TREAT THEM TO A VIP BEHIND THE SCENES LOOK OF OUR ISD.
THEY GET TO MEET THEY MET WITH SUPERINTENDENT BRANUM, THE CABINET.
THEY GOT TOURS. THEY GOT TO SEE DIFFERENT CAMPUSES AND REALLY ENCOURAGE THEM AND SHOW THEM WHY RISD SHOULD BE THEIR CHOICE AS THEY ARE SHOPPING FOR THEIR DISTRICT HOMES.
WE ALSO ARE CELEBRATING THE WORK THAT DR. GOODSON AND HIS TEAM HAVE DONE.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH DALLAS COLLEGE. WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH DALLAS COLLEGE, ESPECIALLY TO GROW OUR OWN IN TERMS OF HAVING THOSE PIPELINES HAVING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOME OF OUR PARAPROFESSIONALS WHO MAY HAVE OTHER TYPES OF CERTIFICATIONS AND DEGREES BUT MAY NOT BE CERTIFIED TO TEACH IN TEXAS, HOW CAN WE CREATE A PIPELINE FOR THEM TO COME AND TEACH IN OUR ISD? AS WELL AS PARTNERSHIPS WITH TEACH FOR AMERICA, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, ARLINGTON, SMU, AND THEN AGAIN, CONTINUING OUR FOCUSED, TARGETED RECRUITMENT EFFORTS.
FOR HIGH NEED AREAS, I CAN TELL YOU THAT WAS A LARGE FOCUS THIS LAST SPRING.
WE DID SOME VERY TARGETED SOCIAL MEDIA ADVERTISING, GOOGLE ADVERTISING TO REALLY TRY AND TARGET IN ON LIKE BILINGUAL AND SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS AND SUPPORT STAFF AND I KNOW HR WANTED TO SHARE SOME OF THESE PICTURES FROM SOME OF THE VARIOUS RECRUITMENT EVENTS, AND I WILL SAY YOU CAN SEE A COUPLE PHOTOS THERE.
WE THEY GOT TO SEE ONE OF THE REAL LEARNING SPACES, THE OMNI HOTEL LOUNGE OVER AT RICHARDSON HIGH SCHOOL FOR KIND OF LIKE AN AFTER HOURS SOCIAL EVENT THE NIGHT BEFORE OUR BIG JOB FAIR, AND I WILL TELL YOU, HOSTING THE JOB FAIR AT PEARCE WAS A PHENOMENAL SPACE TO HAVE THAT.
WE HAD A HUGE TURNOUT. IT WAS REAL EXCITING. THERE WAS A LOT OF ENERGY, AND I FEEL LIKE THAT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF OUR BETTER JOB FAIRS IN RECENT YEARS, AND A LOT OF THAT, TOO, WAS JUST THE WAY WE WERE ABLE TO UTILIZE THE PEARCE HUB SPACE AND THE NEW DESIGN OF THAT FOOTPRINT TO REALLY ACCOMMODATE AND CREATE A WELCOME WARMING SPACE FOR THESE PROSPECTIVE NEW RISD FAMILY. NOW LOOKING AT GOAL THREE, THAT'S FOCUSED ON ALL THINGS CURRICULUM AND LEARNING, AND DR. LEEPER AND HER TEAM CONTINUING TO WORK ON HOW ARE WE EMBEDDING THAT LEARNER FRAMEWORK INTO OUR CURRICULUM AS WELL AS OUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AS WELL AS THE GRADUATE PROFILE, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT ALL OF OUR CURRICULUM IN IMPLEMENTATION IS FOCUSED ON INDIVIDUAL STUDENT GROWTH, AND HOW ARE WE USING THAT LEARNER FRAMEWORK TO CREATE THOSE ENGAGING LEARNING EXPERIENCES FOCUSED ON GROWTH? I CAN TELL YOU A LOT OF WORK HAS HAPPENED, HAS HAPPENED AS WELL WITH OUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING, CREATING SYSTEMS, COMMUNICATION TOOLS, INCLUDING A CATALOG AN ONLINE WEBSITE, AND JUST USER FRIENDLY SYSTEMS SO THAT OUR TEACHERS AND LEADERS CAN FIND THOSE GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES THAT ALIGN WITH THEIR GROWTH GOALS THAT WILL ULTIMATELY SUPPORT OUR GOALS FOR STUDENTS.
THEY WANTED TO SHARE SOME OF THESE EXEMPLARS.
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FIND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES THAT ALIGN BACK INTO VARIOUS COMPONENTS OF THE LEARNER FRAMEWORK.AGAIN, TRYING TO MAKE INFORMATION AND GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES EASILY ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL OF OUR STAFF.
THE FOCUS WAS REALLY ON HOW ARE WE ENGAGING SOME OF THOSE RESIDENTS THAT MAY NOT BE PARENTS OR EVEN HAVE STUDENTS IN OUR SYSTEM ANYMORE, REMEMBERING THAT A LARGE MAJORITY OF OUR. I BELIEVE IT'S ABOUT 65% OF THE POPULATION IN RICHARDSON IS OVER 65.
SO HOW ARE WE CONTINUING TO ENGAGE THEM? AND SO OUR PLATINUM CLUB, I CAN TELL YOU, WE'VE GROWN THAT THIS YEAR WE HAVE OVER 1300 THAT WE COMMUNICATE WITH REGULARLY, AND WE'VE REALLY GROWN FROM BEYOND JUST PICKING UP YOUR CARD AND GETTING INTO A GAME OR A FINE ARTS EVENT FOR FREE BUT WE'VE CREATED DISCOVERY DAYS, SO EACH QUARTER WE HOST EVENTS OUT ON CAMPUSES.
WE HOSTED ONE AT RICHARDSON HIGH SCHOOL EARLIER THIS YEAR.
WE HOSTED ONE AT BERKNER HIGH SCHOOL AND STEM ACADEMY TO SHOW THEM THE REAL LEARNING LEARNING SPACES AND WHAT SCHOOL LOOKS LIKE TODAY VERSUS MAYBE WHEN WE WERE IN SCHOOL, AND I SAY WE BECAUSE I'M A PROUD, CARING MEMBER OF THE PLATINUM CLUB.
IF YOU ARE 55 AND OLDER, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET YOUR CARD AS WELL.
WE HAVE ALSO EXPANDED. I SEE YOU, MR. POTEET.
I SEE YOU . LOTS OF BENEFITS WITH THAT CARD. WE ALSO ARE REALLY PROUD OF OUR INTENTIONAL OUTREACH WITH OUR HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION AND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS. THIS YEAR WE HAVE A MONTHLY EMAIL COMMUNICATION THAT GOES OUT EVERY MONTH TARGETED, AND WE ALIGN IT WITH THE RELEASE OF KEEPING TABS, WHICH IS OUR MONTHLY VIDEO UPDATE TO THE COMMUNITY, WHICH THEN ALIGNS WITH IMPORTANT BOARD MEETING UPDATES.
WE SEND THAT OUT TO OUR HOA AND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION CONTACTS AND GIVE THEM BASICALLY OUR VERSION OF A MEDIA KIT WHERE THEY CAN CUT AND PASTE INFORMATION, PUT IT INTO THEIR HOA NEWSLETTERS SHARE IT ON THEIR HOA COMMUNICATION WEBSITES, ETC.
IT WAS A REALLY ENGAGED SESSION. WE HAD REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CITY OF RICHARDSON THERE.
TABITHA DID A GREAT END OF YEAR UPDATE. LIZ WAS THERE.
APPRECIATE HER ENGAGEMENT GIVING ALL THINGS LEGISLATIVE UPDATE, BUT REALLY TRYING TO INCREASE OUR ONGOING ENGAGEMENT WITH THIS IMPORTANT GROUP WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. AS YOU KNOW, THIS PAST MONTH, WE DID GRADUATE OUR SECOND AMBASSADORS COHORT.
INFORMATION GOES OUT TOMORROW FOR THE 25-26 YEAR AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO EXPAND THAT AND GROWING THAT GROUP AS THEY BECOME KEY COMMUNICATORS AND ADVOCATES, IF YOU WILL, ON BEHALF OF THE DISTRICT.
MANY OF THEM ARE ALSO SERVING ON DISTRICT AND CAMPUS COMMITTEES AND CONTINUING TO GIVE BACK TO THE DISTRICT AS THEY LEARN FROM THEIR LEARNING AND PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROGRAM. OUR WORK PARTNERS WITH ANGIE LEE AND HER TEAM VERY CLOSELY, AND SO WE ARE ALSO REALLY PROUD OF THE FAMILY ENGAGEMENT SURVEY THAT WE PUBLISHED THIS PAST FALL.
THAT WAS A SEPARATE SURVEY THAT WE DID TO REALLY DIG IN TO WAYS THAT WE COULD IMPROVE OUR ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS, AND WE HAD OVER 4000 PARENTS RESPOND TO THAT SURVEY.
THAT'S A VERY HIGH SURVEY RESPONSE RATE IN THE SURVEY WORLD, AND THAT IS DATA THAT OUR TEAM USES REGULARLY, THAT ANGIE WORKS WITH TEAMS AS WE ARE LOOKING TO IMPROVE AND BUILD UPON OUR FAMILY ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS, EVERYTHING FROM WHAT IDEAS DO THEY HAVE IN WAYS THAT THEY WANT TO ENGAGE? WHAT TIMES OF THE DAY? WORK DAYS OF THE WEEK? AND SO JUST REALLY TAKING THAT FEEDBACK AND USING IT TO, TO INFORM OUR PROGRAMS AND MAYBE THINK ABOUT THE WORK DIFFERENTLY SO THAT WE ARE HITTING AND REACHING ALL OF OUR FAMILIES AND THEN ALSO THE WORK THAT ANGIE AND HER TEAM HAVE DONE WITH OUR TITLE ONE GROWTH GOAL CAMPS.
SO THEY HAVE REVAMPED AS PART OF THE TITLE ONE FUNDING EXPECTATIONS.
THERE'S A PARENT ENGAGEMENT AND PARENT EDUCATION PIECE TO THAT, AND ALL OF THOSE HAVE.
ANGIE AND HER TEAM HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD WITH OUR TITLE ONE CAMPUSES, AND THOSE WERE ALL ALIGNED AS GROWTH GOAL CAMPS, INVITING PARENTS IN TO UNDERSTAND THEIR STUDENTS' GROWTH GOALS, HOW THEY CAN SUPPORT THEIR STUDENT'S GROWTH GOAL, WORK AT HOME, AND NOW THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPREAD THAT CONCEPT TO ALL R ISD ELEMENTARIES AND CAMPUSES IS IN THE WORKS GOING INTO YEAR THREE, AND THESE ARE JUST SOME EXEMPLARS WE SHARE WITH YOU THE LARGE AMBASSADOR CLASS THAT GRADUATED THIS LAST WEEK,
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AND JUST A SNIPPET FROM THE EMAIL. WE TRY TO MAKE IT JUST HOT LINKS AND INFORMATION OF SOME OF THE NEWS AND ACTION THAT YOU ALL ARE TAKING AS A BOARD EVERY MONTH, AND THEN IN LOOKING AT OUR NUMBERS, I'M REALLY PROUD TO SHARE THAT WE'VE HAD OVER 100% INCREASE IN OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT CONTACTS.WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE COLLECTIVE EFFORT OF ALL OF THE VARIOUS ENGAGEMENT TOUCHPOINTS THAT WE HAVE.
SO REALLY EXCITED TO MOVE THAT WORK FORWARD AND INCREASE THAT IN YEAR THREE AND BEYOND, AND THEN FINALLY, THAT FIFTH GOAL IS OUR OUTCOME THIS YEAR WAS ADVOCATING FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING WITHIN THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT WAS VERY INTENTIONAL, KNOWING THAT WE WOULD HAVE A LEGISLATIVE SESSION THIS YEAR, AND I THINK YOU CAN SEE HERE EVERYTHING FROM THE ADOPTION OF THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES AND THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DID WITH THAT AND THE LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE, THE TESTIMONY THAT YOU AND TABITHA AND THE LEADERSHIP TEAM HAVE DONE IN SUPPORT OF BILLS THAT ALIGN BACK INTO OUR PRIORITIES AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS WE'VE LIFTED UP A WEEKLY LEGISLATIVE CORNER SESSION OR PART OF THE WEBSITE. IT ALSO IS A REGULAR ARTICLE IN RICHARDSON ISD COMMUNITY NEWS.
THE WORK WITH THE BOND STEERING COMMITTEE AS WELL HAS ALSO SUPPORTED OUR GOALS FOR AND OUR OUTCOMES FOR GOAL FIVE THIS YEAR, AND JUST SHARING SOME SCREENSHOTS FROM THOSE PRIORITIES AND THE LEGISLATIVE CORNER THAT IS ALWAYS UPDATED WEEKLY, AND I APPRECIATE LIZ AND HER SUPPORT WITH THAT THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR.
SO LOOKING AHEAD TO YEAR THREE AGAIN, THE GOALS DON'T CHANGE, BUT SHARING FOR YOU KIND OF THERE IN THE RED WHERE SOME OF THE FOCUS IS IS GOING TO BE AS WE ARE PLANNING, WE'RE CLOSING OUT YEAR TWO, BUT AS WE'RE BEGINNING TO FORECAST AND PLAN FOR 25-26. GOAL ONE NOW IS REALLY GOING TO SHIFT.
NOW THAT WE'VE EMBEDDED THAT CULTURE WITHIN OUR STAFF AND OUR STUDENTS, KNOWING AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT IT MEANS TO S ET A STUDENT GROWTH GOAL, HOW CAN WE INCREASE THOSE PARENT ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS? SO HOW CAN WE EXPAND THOSE GROWTH GOAL CAMPS TO ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES? AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE AS WE ENGAGE PARENTS TO HELP SUPPORT THEIR STUDENT GROWTH GOALS? I KNOW FOR GOAL TWO, WE'RE LOOKING AT ENHANCED ONBOARDING.
SO WE KNOW I CAN'T HELP BUT THINK OF YOU NEVER GET A SECOND CHANCE TO MAKE A FIRST IMPRESSION.
SO THOSE FIRST INITIAL DAYS ON THE JOB AND WHAT ARE WE DOING TO INDUCT AND ONBOARD ALL EMPLOYEES, NOT ONLY AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL BUT AT THE CENTRAL OFFICE LEVEL ARE REALLY IMPORTANT.
SO HOW ARE WE ROLLING OUT THAT RED CARPET FROM DAY ONE AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY NEVER REGRET CHOOSING RISD AS THEIR PROFESSIONAL HOME? GOAL THREE IS LOOKING AT CONTINUING TO ADD WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT THE VALUE ADD LEARNING EXPERIENCES, AND I KNOW SUPERINTENDENT BRANUM IS VERY PASSIONATE AND HAS SOME MEETINGS SET UP WITH SOME OF US, LIKE HOW ARE WE REALLY LOOKING AT SOME OF OUR CAMPUSES AND STUDENT GROUPS THAT, ARE HITTING THEIR GROWTH GOALS, AND HOW ARE WE PUSHING THEM EVEN FURTHER AND ADVANCING AND CREATING ADVANCED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM? GOAL FOUR WE'RE REALLY LOOKING IN AT HOW CAN WE POSSIBLY LOOK AT OUR BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS DIFFERENTLY? ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO LIFT UP ARE MORE REGULAR QUARTERLY BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY ROUNDTABLE TYPE SESSIONS THAT WOULD BRING TOGETHER TARGETED INDUSTRY LEADERS, WHETHER THAT'S A CLAY COOLEY, WHETHER THAT'S THE FORD DEALER ON 75.
WE KNOW AUTOMOTIVE IS A REALLY POPULAR CTE PATHWAY, AND WE WANT EXPANDED PARTNERSHIPS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE THAT CERTIFICATION FOR MORE STUDENTS. HOW CAN WE CREATE LIKE A VIP OPPORTUNITY WITH SUPERINTENDENT BRANUM AND SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND DISTRICT LEADERS TO UNCOVER THAT NEXT REAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITY AND REAL SPACE? AND BEING VERY STRATEGIC ABOUT IT, AND THEN, OF COURSE, GOAL FIVE IS FOCUSED ON OUR BUILDINGS AND OUR LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR FACILITIES HAVE WHAT THEY NEED TO FUNCTION EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY, AND A LOT OF THAT WORK IS ALREADY HAPPENING THIS YEAR WITH THE BOND STEERING COMMITTEE AND WHAT THEY MAY AND WHAT THEY WILL BE BRINGING FORWARD IN TERMS OF A REPORT ON THEIR COMMITTEE WORK THIS YEAR AND ANY POTENTIAL RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO THIS IS FORECASTING AND KIND OF TEASING YOU A LITTLE BIT.
AS SUPERINTENDENT BRANUM MENTIONED, THIS WILL ALL BE EMBEDDED AS PART OF WHAT WE COME BACK AND SHARE FOR 25-26 WHEN WE DO OUR BEGINNING OF THE YEAR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLANNING, AND WE WILL REVIEW THIS WITH YOU AGAIN TO SHOW YOU THE ACTUAL ACTION STEPS AND WHAT THE WORK WILL LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF TIME AND EFFORT ON A DAILY
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BASIS. SO SOME KEY TAKEAWAYS I JUST WANT TO LEAVE WITH YOU IS THAT WE HAVE A CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PROCESS THAT'S ALIGNED WITH THE NORTH STAR GOAL, THE GRADUATE PROFILE AND THE STRATEGIC PLAN. WE ARE COMPLETING YEAR TWO OF A FIVE YEAR PLAN.I REALLY WANT TO CELEBRATE. EVIDENCE OF THE WORK CAN BE SEEN THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.
I'M REALLY EXCITED. YOU ALMOST CAN'T GO ANYWHERE.
SO EXCITED ABOUT HOW WE CAN BUILD UPON THAT AND WHAT THAT MEANS.
IN FACT, WE MET AS A DISTRICT TEAM JUST TWO WEEKS AGO, THAD, FROM ENGAGE TO LEARN, WAS HERE AND PROVIDED SOME FACILITATION IN TERMS OF GUIDING US IN MAKING SURE OUR PLANS WERE SET UP SO THAT THEY WILL THEN BE THAT DRIVER FOR OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLANNING.
ACTUALLY, THAT'S STARTING THIS MONTH AND GOING INTO THE SUMMER AND FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.
WITH THAT. I APPRECIATE YOUR ENGAGED ATTENTION TO THIS INFORMATION AND TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
IF I CAN JUST ADD, I DO. I DO BELIEVE THAT IF YOU WERE TO TALK TO THE MAJORITY, IF NOT ALL OF OUR STAFF, THEY REALLY WOULD RESONATE WITH THE NORTH STAR GOAL.
I THINK IT IS SOMETHING THAT UNIFIES ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES, WHETHER IT'S PERSONALLY WHAT IT MEANS TO GROW OR WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO POUR IN AND CREATE SYSTEMS THAT SUPPORT STUDENT GROWTH. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT YOUR NORTH STAR GOAL THAT YOU HELPED CRAFT EVEN WAS INSPIRATIONAL TO AUSTIN.
USING NATIONALLY NORMED ASSESSMENT LIKE A MAP ASSESSMENT, WHERE STUDENTS REALLY DO HAVE THAT BEGINNING, MIDDLE, AND END OF YEAR INSTEAD OF IT BEING THIS ONE DAY HIGH STAKES TEST, THERE'S THESE MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO MEASURE AND REPORT GROWTH NOT ONLY TO THE PARENTS, BUT ALSO TO THE STUDENTS AND FOR FOR THAT FOCUS TO BE ON THAT INDIVIDUAL GROWTH.
I ALSO REALLY DO WANT TO POINT OUT ONE OF OUR BIG PRIORITY ITEMS FOR NEXT YEAR.
WE KNOW WE HAVE A MORAL IMPERATIVE TO ENSURE OUR CAMPUSES, WHERE WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT HAVE THE GREATEST NEEDS THAT WE ARE, ARE EMPLOYING EVERY STRATEGY WE CAN AND EVERY RESOURCE TO ADDRESS, WHETHER IT'S CLOSING THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP, WHETHER IT'S ENSURING THEY HAVE ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPERIENCES THAT MAYBE THEY WOULDN'T OTHERWISE HAVE, BUT WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO EVALUATE AND STRENGTHEN THE PROGRAMS AND THE SUPPORTS THAT WE HAVE WHEN STUDENTS ARE ALREADY PERFORMING AT OR ABOVE GRADE LEVEL, AND HOW DO WE CREATE THOSE ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES WHERE OUR STUDENTS CONSISTENTLY FEEL CHALLENGED, WHERE THEY KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO WALK IN ON ANY GIVEN DAY AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A DISCOURSE IN A WAY THAT IS GOING TO ALSO ELEVATE AND PUSH THEIR GROWTH IN A WAY THAT IS CHALLENGING, MAYBE IN A NEW LEVEL.
SO WE'RE DOING SOME REALLY CREATIVE BRAINSTORMING WITH LOTS OF DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PARENTS, OUR COMMUNITY, OUR STAFF KNOWS GROWTH DOESN'T MEAN FOR SOME IT REALLY MEANS FOR ALL, AND WE OWE IT TO ALL OF OUR STUDENTS TO ENSURE AT LEAST A YEAR'S WORTH OF GROWTH.
SO I REALLY THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT ONE THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET INPUT AND THAT WE HAVE LOTS OF COLLECTIVE, COLLABORATIVE CONVERSATIONS AROUND PUSHING OUR WORK FORWARD.
I COULD NOT BE MORE THANKFUL TO OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM FOR THEIR EFFORTS.
IT IS REALLY EASY IN THIS WORK TO BE DISTRACTED.
IT'S REALLY EASY TO SOMETIMES HAVE YOU SEE SOMETHING, YOU HEAR SOMETHING AND TO NOT SAY, OOH, I'M GOING TO GO CHASE THAT DOWN, AND WE HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD AS A TEAM TO BE DISCIPLINED IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
THE NORTH STAR, THAT IS OUR FOCUS AND EVALUATING WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING NEW OR WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GOING TO DIVERT RESOURCES, WHETHER IT'S HUMAN OR FISCAL. DOES THAT ACTUALLY SUPPORT THE WORK OF THE NORTH STAR GOAL IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN, SO THAT REALLY HAS BECOME A PART OF OUR DISCIPLINE, OUR SELF-DISCIPLINE, SO THAT WE CAN STAY FOCUSED ON ACHIEVING WHAT YOU HAVE SET FORTH? SO I'M SO INCREDIBLY THANKFUL TO THIS TEAM AND TO OUR PRINCIPALS, JUST EVERY STAFF MEMBER WHO HAS MADE THIS HAPPEN AND SO WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY COMMENTS OR FEEDBACK FROM THE BOARD. ALL RIGHT.
WELL, LET'S OPEN IT UP TO COMMENTS. QUESTIONS?
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BOARD MEMBERS. YES, MISS TIMMY. I WANT TO. DITTO THAT.YOU HAVE SUCH A GREAT TEAM, AND YOU KNOW, YOU CAN ONLY YOU CAN ONLY HOPE THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE, RIGHT? YOU'RE OUR ONLY EMPLOYEE, RIGHT? LIKE, WE'RE NOT EMPLOYING ANYBODY ELSE, BUT I THINK IT DOES GO TO THE FACT THAT YOU HIRE GREAT PEOPLE, PUT THEM IN GREAT POSITIONS. YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO WORK REALLY HARD WHO ARE COMMITTED TO THE DISTRICT.
I DO WANT TO SAY THAT I'M SUPER THANKFUL THAT YOU SPECIFICALLY CALL OUT THE NORTH STAR GOAL AND LOOKING AND FINDING THE VALUE IN GROWTH OF EVERY STUDENT VERSUS SATISFACTION WITH A PROFICIENCY SCORE.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT THE FINAL DESTINATION, RIGHT? AND SO TO HEAR THAT SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT AS FAR AS LOOKING AT THE SPECTRUM OF OUR LEARNERS AND THAT INCLUDES OUR STUDENTS WHO WHO HAVE, YOU KNOW, SIGNIFICANT NEEDS THAT THEY MAY NEVER TEST AND HIT A PROFICIENCY.
SO REALLY, THANK YOU TO YOUR WHOLE TEAM AND TO YOUR PRINCIPAL, EVERYBODY WHO DOES THOSE THINGS.
WE JUST WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION. SO YOU GUYS ARE TALKING ABOUT THE PLATINUM CLUB? BEFORE THAT, THIS IS SECOND YEAR, RIGHT? BEFORE THAT, HOW LIKE HOW WHAT WERE WE DOING TO ENGAGE OUR RESIDENTS WHO DIDN'T HAVE KIDS HERE, BUT OBVIOUSLY ARE A BIG PORTION OF OUR DISTRICT IN OUR COMMUNITY? WHAT WERE WE DOING PRIOR TO ENGAGING THAT WAY? NOT A WHOLE LOT. I'M JUST BEING REALLY HONEST.
I ASKED THAT QUESTION. YEAH. WE REALLY WEREN'T WE HAD THE SILVER ADVANTAGE CLUB, AND BUT IT WAS MORE ABOUT COMING AND GETTING THE CARD, SO, AND WE PASSED OUT LOTS OF CARDS, BUT IT WAS A MISSED OPPORTUNITY NOT TO EXTEND THAT INTO SOME OTHER ENGAGEMENT EVENTS, AND SO AND OPPORTUNITIES AND INVITATIONS TO COME TO RICHARDSON ISD AND VOLUNTEER, AND SO I THINK WITH THE REVAMP OF THAT AND EXPANDING IT BEYOND, YES, WE WANT YOU TO COME AND SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AT ALL THESE GREAT ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS, BUT WE ALSO WE ARE IN NEED OF VOLUNTEERS. WE WANT YOU TO COME AND EXPLORE THIS NEW LEARNING SPACE THAT WE HAVE, AND CHECK OUT WHAT YOU KNOW, THIS CLASSROOM, AND LOOK AT WHAT OUR STUDENTS ARE GETTING READY TO DO POST-GRADUATION. SO NOT A LOT.
I WILL SAY PROBABLY WHAT WHAT WAS HAPPENING MIGHT HAVE BEEN THROUGH, LIKE OUR RETIRED TEACHERS ASSOCIATION AND STUFF, BUT APPRECIATE AN OPPORTUNITY NOW JUST TO HAVE SOME MORE ATTENTION AND TO BUILD MORE OF A PROGRAM AROUND IT AND A SCHEDULE AND A CALENDAR SO THAT THEY CAN LOOK FORWARD TO SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOME MORE MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT FOR SUCH A BIG PART OF OUR COMMUNITY, THEY'VE EITHER HAD KIDS GO THROUGH HERE, POTENTIALLY THEY LOVE OUR COMMUNITY. WE ASK THEM, THEY WE ASK THEM AND THEY SHOW UP TO VOTE FOR BONDS, AND THEN WE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE MUCH FOR THEM ON THE OTHER SIDE, AND I KNOW THAT WE WOULD GET ASKED A LOT ABOUT THAT IN THE PAST, BUT I'LL SAY THAT I'VE HEARD SO MUCH ABOUT THE PLATINUM CLUB.
I'VE HEARD ABOUT THEM COMING AND CHECKING OUT SCHOOLS. I MEAN, I THINK THEY'RE FEELING MORE INVITED AND WELCOMED AND YOU KNOW, IF YOU REALLY LOOK AT THE VILLAGE THEORY AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS, LIKE, IT REALLY DOES TAKE ALL OF US IN OUR COMMUNITY, RIGHT, TO MAKE THIS TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN, AND THE FACT THAT WE'RE DOING MORE THAN JUST ASKING THEM TO VOTE AND HOPING THEY SHOW UP AND ACTUALLY ENGAGING THEM MAKES ME SUPER PROUD.
SO I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK ON THAT, AND MISS TIMME, IF I COULD JUST ADD, I THINK AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE'VE HAD WITH THAT AS WELL IT'S EASY SOMETIMES TO DEVELOP PERCEPTIONS OF A CERTAIN GENERATION OR WHAT IS OR IS NOT HAPPENING, ESPECIALLY JUST WITH THE AVAILABILITY OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND THOSE THINGS, AND SO FOR THE FACT THAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY INTERACTING AND THEY'RE HAVING THESE EXPERIENCES WITH STUDENTS, AND OFTEN THE REFLECTION OF LIKE, OH MY, LIKE, THESE KIDS ARE LIKE THEY'RE BLOWING ME AWAY WHEN THEY REALIZE HOW MANY DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES KIDS ARE INVOLVED IN AND THE KINDS OF OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY HAVE THAT THEY COULDN'T HAVE EVEN DREAMED OF.
SOME OF THEM, EVEN WHEN THEIR KIDS WERE IN OUR SYSTEM.
IT'S A REALLY NEAT THING TO KIND OF WATCH. WE ACTUALLY WHEN WE MET WITH THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, IT WAS KIND OF THAT SAME OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, LIKE, WE WANT YOU TO COME IN AND NOT ONLY DO WE WANT YOU TO COME IN, BUT WE ALSO THEN WANT YOU TO GIVE US FEEDBACK ON WHAT YOU'RE SEEING AND WHAT YOU'RE EXPERIENCING, AND THEY HAVE SOME GREAT INSIGHT FROM A PERSPECTIVE THAT MAYBE WE'RE SO PERSONAL TO IT. WE SOMETIMES DON'T SEE IT, BUT THEY'RE ABLE TO COME IN AND SAY, HEY, HAVE YOU THOUGHT OF OR I WONDER? AND THAT HAS BEEN, I THINK, AN UNINTENDED BENEFIT AS WELL, THAT THEY'RE GIVING US THIS FEEDBACK IN A WAY THAT HELPS US KNOW HOW DO WE BETTER COMMUNICATE THAT? HOW DO WE BETTER SHARE THAT PART OF OUR STORY THAT MAYBE WE DIDN'T EVEN THINK WOULD RESONATE WITH INDIVIDUALS? WELL, AND THEY HAVE SO MUCH HISTORICAL CONTEXT, RIGHT. THAT IS LIKE REALLY SO VALUABLE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT.
SO I DON'T KNOW. I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THAT ASPECT OF THE PROGRAM.
I THINK I DON'T WANT THAT TO BE UNDERSOLD BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A BIG DEAL, AND I'M GLAD YOU GUYS HAVE DONE THAT, AND I HOPE THAT WE ENCOURAGE TO EXPAND THAT, BECAUSE I THINK THEY WANT TO COME IN, AND I THINK IT'S JUST A MATTER OF FEELING WELCOME,
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HAVING THE RIGHT OPPORTUNITY MEET THE RIGHT SKILL SET.YOU KNOW, THEY LOOK AT SCHOOL BACK WHEN YOU'RE, WHEN THEY WERE IN SCHOOL BECAUSE THAT'S THEIR ONLY CONTEXT. RIGHT, AND WE CAN SHOW THEM WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TODAY. ALSO, IN GOAL TWO YOU GUYS WERE TALKING ABOUT ATTRACTING AND HIRING GREAT STAFF.
I DID I JUST WANTED TO BE SURE THAT YOU GUYS DIDN'T SELL YOURSELF SHORT IN THE FACT THAT YOU REALLY JUMPED OUT AND BROUGHT THE NEW SALARY SCHEDULE, AND THEN ALSO, WE'RE LOOKING TO RE-UP ON THAT COMING UP FOR THIS THIRD YEAR, AND THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE CHANGED THE WAY TEACHERS CAN HAVE INPUT IN THE DISTRICT AND HOW THEY CAN GET IN CONTACT WITH CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION, I FEEL LIKE THERE'S BEEN JUST SUCH A SHIFT INTENTIONAL, UNINTENTIONAL, JUST NATURAL. I DON'T KNOW, BUT WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEY DO FEEL LIKE THAT THEY CAN REACH OUT TO PEOPLE.
THEY DO FEEL LIKE THEY CAN TALK TO PEOPLE AGAIN. IT GOES BACK TO YOUR GREAT TEAM, RIGHT? LIKE IF YOU GUYS WEREN'T GREAT PEOPLE, THEY'RE NOT DOING THAT THEY CAN BE HEARD, AND I THINK THAT THEY ALSO SEE THAT WHEN WE'RE USING THOSE SURVEYS AND OTHER ASPECTS, WHEN THEY GIVE THEIR OPINION TO ACTUALLY MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS INSTEAD OF TRYING TO OUTGUESS WHAT THEY WANT. THAT IT ALLOWS US TO MAKE MORE MEANINGFUL DECISIONS, WHICH WE WANT TO DO RIGHT, BUT WE CAN ONLY DO THAT BECAUSE YOU ALL, AND THEN YOU BRING THAT TO US AS A DATA POINT.
SO I THINK THAT ALSO GOES INTO STRATEGICALLY KEEPING TEACHERS HERE OR ATTRACTING THEM.
RIGHT. SO I JUST I THINK THERE'S SO MANY GREAT THINGS THAT HAVE GONE ON THAT HAVE BEEN VERY STRATEGIC, THAT ARE NEW, THAT PEOPLE ARE ENGAGING IN, AND I APPRECIATE THAT AND I HOPE WE CONTINUE IT.
YES, WE FEEL THAT ABSOLUTE IMPERATIVE, THAT FEEDBACK FROM THE PRACTITIONERS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING IT EVERY DAY HAS TO BE A PRIORITY, AND WE ALWAYS NEED THAT INPUT IN ORDER FOR US TO KNOW HOW TO IMPROVE.
SO I ALSO WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT THERE'S NOT A GROUP THAT I'M NOT IN FRONT OF, THAT I DON'T CELEBRATE THE BOARD IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU ALL HAVE COMMITTED TO FOR TEACHER COMPENSATION, THE FACT THAT YOU MADE THE WORK WITH OUR DISCIPLINE BILL.
THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY THAT I THINK IS AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE THAT EVERYONE NEEDS TO HEAR, BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH LIMITED RESOURCES AND HOW WE PRIORITIZE THEM SAYS SOMETHING, AND YOU ALL HAVE MATCHED RESOURCES WITH YOUR LOVE AND COMMITMENT OF OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STAFF MEMBERS AND OUR KIDS.
SO I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW ALL OF THAT RECOGNITION IS BACK AT YOU EVERY OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE.
I WOULD JUST SAY THIS, I THINK I'M SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, BUT MAYBE OTHER PEOPLE ON THE BOARD FEEL THIS WAY, LIKE I DON'T I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CARE ABOUT BEING CELEBRATED AS MUCH AS WE CARE ABOUT DOING MEANINGFUL WORK AND MAKING DECISIONS THAT MAKE RICHARDSON BETTER, AND SO WE DON'T DO THAT WITHOUT YOU GUYS. YOU GUYS ARE DOING THE HEAVY LIFT TO BRING US THIS STUFF SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SOME DECISIONS, AND SO I CERTAINLY FEEL LIKE WE'VE BEEN PUT IN A POSITION WHERE WE CAN MAKE SOME MEANINGFUL DECISIONS THAT HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY MAKE CONDITIONS BETTER IN EDUCATION, WHICH TRANSLATES TO YOU EDUCATING OUR KIDS FOR BETTER OUTCOMES, AND I FEEL LIKE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BROUGHT THAT TO US.
SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS TIMME. OTHER BOARD MEMBERS COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? YES, MR. EAGER. COUPLE OF THINGS, TOO. ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS GOING TO DO IS, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT WORK AND THE TEAM.
STRATEGICALLY, IT IS HAVING AN IMPACT. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK.
ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS GOING TO ANOTHER KIND OF BENEFIT OF THE PLATINUM CLUB IS THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PART OF WITH ALL THE NARRATIVE ABOUT PUBLIC EDUCATION AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE HEARING, YOU KNOW, HAVING THE COMMUNITY COMING AND SEEING THE GREAT WORK THAT'S HAPPENING THAT, YOU KNOW A LOT OF THE THINGS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT BE HEARING MAY BE EXAGGERATIONS OR OTHER THINGS, GIVING THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME SEE AND ENGAGE THAT IN OUR COMMUNITY, WHAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE DOING.
THERE ARE SOME GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR KIDS. THERE'S GREAT THINGS HAPPENING.
SO AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR GETTING THOSE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT MAY NOT GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME OUT AND START TO SEE THE SCHOOLS THAT THEY KNOW AND LOVE ARE STILL THERE AND EVEN BETTER.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT, AND THEN SELFISHLY, ON GOAL TWO BEING A GRADUATE OF MEAN GREEN, AT UNT.
I KNEW AT THE TIME MANY YEARS AGO WHEN I WENT UP THERE WE WERE INSTEAD OF AI, WE WERE LEARNING ABOUT THIS THING CALLED FIRE, AND IT WAS A NEW THING THAT THEY WERE DISCOVERING.
WE DID HAVE A COLLEGE EDUCATION THAT THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION WAS DOING A GOOD JOB UP THERE.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO HELP TAP THEM BACK IN THERE.
WE KNOW SOME SOME GOOD, MEAN GREEN PEOPLE THAT CAN HELP US OUT.
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WAS NOT MEANT TO BE AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST. WE STAY CONNECTED WITH ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS BECAUSE THEY STILL HAVE VERY STRONG PROGRAMS, VERY ROBUST PROGRAMS, THE TRADITIONAL ROUTE. WE JUST WANTED TO EMPHASIZE, THOUGH, THAT FOCUSING ON GROWING OUR OWN USING CURRENT EMPLOYEES WHO ARE LOOKING TO TAKE THAT NEXT STEP INTO TEACHING, THIS WAS JUST AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HIGHLIGHT THAT, TOO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MR. EAGER ANYBODY ELSE? YES, MISS PACHECO? YES. THANK YOU, TEAM, FOR THE GREAT WORK.I KNOW IT TAKES A LOT. IT TAKES A LOT OF PLANNING, DECISION MAKING AND INTENTIONAL JUST WORK AND IDEAS AND CONTINUED FOCUS. I DO WANT TO JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT. I THINK IT'S GREAT.
I DIDN'T KNOW UNTIL RECENTLY THAT YOU GUYS HAD THE HOA NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT.
I THINK THAT'S REALLY AWESOME, BECAUSE THOSE ARE A DIFFERENT GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT MAY NOT FIT IN THE PLATINUM GROUP, AND THEY MIGHT NOT FIT IN THE PARENT GROUP AND DIFFERENT THINGS, AND SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY NEAT.
FOR GOAL NUMBER ONE. I JUST WANT TO COMMENT THAT I LOVE THE PARENT ENGAGEMENT AND THE FOCUS, AGAIN, TO REACH THESE FAMILIES, BECAUSE WE KNOW WHEN OUR FAMILIES ARE INVOLVED, THEIR STUDENTS PERFORM BETTER.
THEIR ACADEMIC OUTCOMES IMPROVE, AND I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING A TON OF DIFFERENT THINGS WITH PROVIDING LANGUAGE SPECIFIC ITEMS FOR PARENTS SO THAT THEY CAN HELP THEIR STUDENT WORKBOOKS.
THEY CAN TAKE HOME CLASSES, LATE CLASSES IN THE LATE AFTERNOON.
SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE WHO STAYS LATE SO THAT OTHER PARENTS CAN STAY INVOLVED.
SO I LOVE IT. I'M GLAD THAT WE HAVE PARENT ENGAGEMENT TO CONTINUE THERE.
THE OTHER ONE THAT I WANT TO COMMENT ON IS GOAL NUMBER THREE, THE EVIDENCE BASE, AND I JUST WANT TO PIGGYBACK A LITTLE BIT ON WHAT YOU SAID, MISS BRANUM, ABOUT THE ENHANCED CURRICULUM OR PROVIDING MORE RIGOR AND CHALLENGING MATERIAL TO THE STUDENTS.
ARE YOU LOOKING, FOR EXAMPLE, TO LOOK AT ALL THE STUDENT GROUPS AND INCLUDING LIKE SPED AND JUST KIND OF ALIGNING THAT TYPE OF RIGOR BASED ON. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH, REALLY, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK AND WE CONTINUE TO DO A LOT OF WORK AROUND ENSURING THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE MOVING TO THAT GRADE LEVEL, AND , YOU KNOW, THAT THIRD GRADE HOUSE BILL, THREE, THIRD GRADE MATH AND READING THAT IS AT OUR CORE WHAT EVERY ONE OF OUR ACTIONS IS AROUND THIRD GRADE, SEVENTH GRADE AND NINTH GRADE, KIND OF INTERNALLY.
IF YOU REMEMBER, AT THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN, THOSE TRANSITION YEARS, WE REALLY IDENTIFIED AS OUR KEY AREAS AROUND ENSURING THAT THOSE STUDENTS ARE AT THAT GRADE LEVEL SO THAT THEY CAN ACCESS THEN EVERYTHING THAT MOVES FORWARD, BUT WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS WHO COME TO US, REGARDLESS OF AN IDENTIFICATION, WHETHER THEY ARE IDENTIFIED, SPECIAL EDUCATION, OR THEY MIGHT BE A STUDENT THAT IS ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED, BUT THEY ARE ALREADY PERFORMING AT GRADE LEVEL, AND WHAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE, AND WHAT WE TEND TO SOMETIMES SEE IN OUR MATH SCORES IS THAT OUR STUDENTS, WHEN THEY ARE YOUNGER, THEY ARE GROWING AND THEY'RE GROWING AT A KIND OF A PRETTY STRONG RATE AND THEN WE SEE SOME PLATEAUING, AND WE SEE THAT THERE ARE OTHER STUDENTS THAT BEGIN TO CATCH UP, WHICH IS WHAT WE WANT, WE WANT, WE WANT, WE WANT OUR STUDENTS. WHAT WE DON'T WANT IS WE DON'T WANT THIS.
WE WANT THIS, AND SO HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS HAVE THAT INCLINE UPWARDS SO THAT THEY ARE BEING CHALLENGED IN A WAY THAT HELPS THEM ALL GROW? WE ALSO WANT TO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES AND EXPERIENCES THAT OUR STUDENTS CAN CONNECT.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF THEY'RE NOT, IF FINE ARTS AND ATHLETICS, WE HEARD THE VALUE OF BEING CONNECTED WITH FINE ARTS AND ATHLETICS, WHETHER IT'S ATTENDANCE OR IF IT'S GRADES, BUT WE HAVE SOME KIDS THAT 'S NOT THEIR THING, AND SO HOW DO WE FIND OTHER WAYS TO ENGAGE THEM? AND FOR A LOT OF THEM IT IS THINGS LIKE CHESS CLUBS AND MATH CLUBS AND DEBATE CLUBS, AND SO HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES AND EXPERIENCES WHERE KIDS HAVE THAT PASSION, THAT THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE THAT? BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WHAT'S GOING TO DRAW THEM IN AND ALLOW THEM TO CONTINUE TO GROW.
SO IT'S REALLY JUST ABOUT CONTINUING TO REFINE WHAT WE DO AND PROVIDE MORE OPPORTUNITIES AND EXPERIENCES TO ENSURE ALL STUDENTS ARE GROWING BECAUSE LIKE AS A PARENT, EVERY CASE IS A HIGH ACHIEVING KID. HE'S NOT GT, BUT HE'S HIGH, HIGH ACHIEVING, AND I WANT AT THE END OF THE YEAR TO KNOW HE'S HAD AT LEAST HAD A YEAR'S WORTH OF GROWTH, AND WHAT ARE WE DOING AS A SYSTEM TO ENSURE THAT IS HAPPENING? AND I THINK WE HAVE SOME WORK TO DO THERE TO ENSURE THAT FOR ALL KIDS.
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PERFECT. THAT SOUNDS GREAT. I LOVE IT THAT YOU GUYS ARE PLANNING ON IT.THE VISION BEHIND IT IS REALLY GOOD AND I'M JUST EXCITED BECAUSE I DO AGREE, YOU KNOW, WE WANT KIDS TO CONTINUE TO GROW AND BE CHALLENGED AND NOT COAST BECAUSE IT'S EASY, RIGHT? IT'S JUST SIMPLE.
I'M PASSING. IT'S GREAT. DOES THIS ALSO MAYBE INCLUDE, LIKE, THE GT GROUP CURRICULUM? 01,000% MODIFICATIONS? 1,000%, YES. YEAH, AND I WOULD SAY LIKE OUR ELEMENTARY PROGRAM IS, IS IS PRETTY STRONG.
SO PROUD OF THE WORK OF OUR ADVANCED LEARNING TEACHERS THE THERE'S THEY'VE BEEN JUST WORKING ON THIS FIFTH AND SIXTH GRADE UNIT RIGHT NOW THAT IT WAS PHENOMENAL WHERE THEY WERE EXPLORING AND INTERVIEWING AND CREATING , UNDERSTANDING WHAT LEADERSHIP LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE.
I MEAN, IT'S THIS PHENOMENAL EXPERIENCE THEY HAD.
WHAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IS THAT CONTINUES EVEN WHEN THEY TRANSITION TO MIDDLE SCHOOL OR JUNIOR HIGH, AND SO HOW ARE WE CONTINUING THAT IF YOU'RE IN A GT CLASS OR IF YOU'RE IN A PRE-AP CLASS, WHAT DOES THAT CURRICULUM LOOK LIKE? AND IS IT CHALLENGING ENOUGH? YOU KNOW WE WANT THAT HEALTHY CHALLENGE.
WE WANT KIDS TO HAVE THAT A LITTLE BIT OF THAT PRODUCTIVE STRUGGLE.
SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE, AND HOW ARE WE SUPPORTING TEACHERS AND ENSURING THEY HAVE ACCESS TO LESSONS AND CURRICULUM RESOURCES THAT ALLOW THEM TO DO THAT JUST AS MUCH AS IF WE HAVE A STUDENT THAT'S BELOW GRADE LEVEL. WE HAVE RESOURCES AND TOOLS THAT HELP FILL IN THOSE GAPS.
SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE SUPPORTING ON BOTH ENDS.
WITH GOAL NUMBER TWO, OF COURSE. I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE BEEN DOING GREAT WORK AT RETAINING DEFINITELY OUR PROFESSIONALS, BUT ALSO RECRUITING GREAT PROFESSIONALS, AND THIS ENHANCED ONBOARDING, I GET IT.
FIRST IMPRESSIONS MATTER. SO I, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN GIVE ME ANY DETAILS, BUT THAT'S REALLY COOL THAT YOU'RE ENHANCING THE ONBOARDING, BECAUSE IF THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, 100%, THEN WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, A MISSED OPPORTUNITY, AND I'LL JUST SHARE.
AGAIN, WE'RE REALLY A PRETTY REFLECTIVE GROUP AND WE RECOGNIZE WHERE WE'RE DOING THINGS WELL, AND WE ALSO RECOGNIZE WHERE OH, THAT'S A GAP, AND AS A TEAM, WE'VE WORKED REALLY HARD TO CONTINUE TO REFINE HOW WE'RE SUPPORTING, FOR EXAMPLE, THE ONBOARDING OF NEW TEACHERS, BUT WHERE WE RECOGNIZE WE HAVE SOME SIGNIFICANT GAPS IS IF YOU ARE, FOR EXAMPLE, A NEW PARAPROFESSIONAL, PROFESSIONAL IN OUR ORGANIZATION, ESPECIALLY AT THE CAMPUS OR CENTRAL LEVEL.
T EACHING ALL THE SYSTEMS HOW TO USE THE STUDENT INFORMATION.
HOW DO YOU USE THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM THAT ONBOARDING? IT'S KIND OF HIT OR MISS. IT MIGHT BE WHAT YOUR SUPERVISOR PROVIDES.
IT MIGHT BE WHETHER OR NOT YOU CAN HIT ONE SESSION OR LIKE IT'S JUST NOT REALLY.
WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A SYSTEM AROUND IT, AND SO WE RECOGNIZE IF WE WANT TO SET EVERY INDIVIDUAL UP FOR SUCCESS, THEY NEED TO FEEL LIKE THEY'VE BEEN SET UP FOR SUCCESS, AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVEN'T BEEN DOING OUR PART. SO WE REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON HOW ALL EMPLOYEES DESERVE THAT KIND OF SUPPORT, AND I THINK WE'RE NOW AT A PLACE WHERE WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO BEGIN TO MOVE OUR NEW TEACHERS WE FEEL PRETTY GOOD ABOUT.
SO NOW WE HAVE SOME CAPACITY TO BEGIN TO ENSURE THAT ONBOARDING FOR ALL EMPLOYEES IS A POSITIVE ONE.
THAT'S GREAT. WE DO. WE NEED THEM ALL TO STAY, AND WE NEED THEM ALL TO FEEL CONFIDENT WITH EVERYTHING THAT THEY'RE USING AND EVERYTHING THEY'RE GIVEN. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. I LIKE IT, AND I'M EXCITED TO SUPPORT THIS ACTION PLAN.
FOCUS. THANK YOU. YES, MISS HARRIS, AND THEN MS. RENTERÍA. GO AHEAD, MS. RENTERÍA, THEN, MISS HARRIS.
I'M GOING TO GO TO THE FIRST ONE, WHICH IS I THINK IT'S ON PAGE TEN.
I PUT THEM DOWN BY TEN. I THINK THAT FIRST OF ALL, DR.
HELLER, I MEAN, YES, KUDOS TO YOU AND ALL YOUR TEAM, AND AS I LOVE WHAT TABITHA SAID EARLIER WAS ABOUT SHE SAID GROWTH FOR ALL, AND YOU CAN ABSOLUTELY SEE THIS IN THIS PRESENTATION, AND I JUST THINK IT'S SUPER EXCITING.
SO I THINK ON ON TEN ALSO, I JUST WANTED TO DITTO.
I LOVE THE VIP RECRUITMENT EVENTS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE.
I THINK THE WORK THAT DR. GOODSON. I MEAN, I'VE BEEN TO SOME OF THESE EVENTS, AND THEY'RE WONDERFUL.
I DIDN'T I DIDN'T MAKE. UNFORTUNATELY, THE ONE AT PEARCE, BUT IT'S SO GREAT BECAUSE YOU HEAR ABOUT IT, RIGHT? AND I KNOW THAT YOU LEAVE THOSE EVENTS AND THERE'S SO MUCH EXCITEMENT.
RIGHT? BUT ALSO JUST SO MUCH. THIS WELCOMING, JUST SO MUCH LOVE AND JUST, JUST LIKE, HEY,
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COME BE A PART OF WHO WE ARE. I THINK WHAT I LOVE IS THAT EVERYTHING IS ALWAYS SO APPROACHABLE.YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT INTIMIDATING IN ANY WAY BECAUSE SOMETIMES THESE EVENTS ARE INTIMIDATING, RIGHT? THERE'S JUST SO MUCH TO SEE. YOU SEE ALL THESE REALLY IMPORTANT PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO MAYBE HIRE YOU AND TO REALLY I MEAN, I'VE SEEN AND I'VE TALKED TO SOME THAT ARE JUST THEY JUST ALWAYS COMPLIMENT LIKE WHAT THESE YOU KNOW, WHAT THESE EVENTS DO. SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, KUDOS TO YOU AND PROVIDING THAT.
I LOVED HEARING ABOUT THE GROWTH WITH PARTNERSHIPS.
I THINK THAT'S ALWAYS SUPER EXCITING. AS YOU MENTIONED, DR.
HELLER, LIKE HOW WE CAN CONNECT OUR STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, AND I JUST THINK THAT SEEING THAT IS JUST REALLY EXCITING FOR ME, AND THEN OF COURSE, THE FOCUS TARGETING ON RECRUITMENT.
I'VE BEEN TO CAMPUSES WHERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN GREAT TO SEE AND HEAR WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT, OH, WE ONLY HAVE TO HIRE TWO PEOPLE THIS YEAR, YOU KNOW, OR ONLY THREE PEOPLE.
THE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO MENTION THAT REALLY STOOD OUT FOR ME WAS I HAVE IT HERE ON PAGE 14.
THE GOAL FOR SAME THING, TOO, AS EVERYBODY HAS MENTIONED, THE PLATINUM CLUB.
IS THAT THE SAME THING, DR. HELLER, THAT I REMEMBER? THIS IS BACK ABOUT, WHAT, FIVE YEARS NOW? AND I THINK WHICH IS THE ONE WHERE YOU'RE 55.
IT'S THIS ONE, CORRECT? OR WAS IT CALLED SOMETHING DIFFERENT? IT WAS CALLED THE SILVER ADVANTAGE. OKAY. THAT'S THE ONE YOU MENTIONED.
SO I REMEMBER THAT BECAUSE I REMEMBER THINKING ABOUT HOW THAT FOR MY SON, WHO WAS A SENIOR AT THE TIME, WHICH WAS 2020, AND ME TURNING A CERTAIN AGE THAT I WOULD QUALIFY FOR THAT, I THOUGHT, WE'RE BOTH SENIORS THIS YEAR.
SO IT WAS WONDERFUL TO KNOW, AND EVEN THOUGH I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND A WHOLE LOT OF WHAT IT ENTAILED, IT'S GREAT TO SEE HOW YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN SO INCLUSIVE WITH THAT AND THEN REALLY CHANGING.
SO I LOVE SEEING THAT WHOLE ASPECT OF IT TOO.
FOR ME, THE FAMILY ENGAGEMENT, I MEAN, YOU HAVE DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB, AND I LOVE THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU PARTNERED WITH MISS ANGIE LEE AND THE DEI DEPARTMENT. I THINK SEEING THE GROWTH THERE HAS BEEN WONDERFUL, HOW WE HAVE REALLY CONNECTED, HOW I'VE SEEN YOU NOT ONLY HOLD THE EVENTS THAT WE, YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAVE HELD TO KIND OF LET PEOPLE KNOW, BUT THAT YOU AND YOU KNOW, YOUR AREA OR YOUR DEPARTMENT, ALONG WITH ANGIE LEE'S, HAVE GONE INTO THE COMMUNITY.
I LOVE THAT YOU HAVE REALLY FOCUSED ON LIKE GOING TO WHERE THE FAMILIES ARE AND REALLY, AGAIN, BRINGING THAT APPROACHABLE AND, AND, YOU KNOW, INFORMATION THAT THEY ALL NEED AND TO SAY, HEY, COME ON OVER. THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE AND THIS IS HOW WE WANT YOU TO BE INVOLVED.
SO I THINK THAT HAS BEEN WONDERFUL. WONDERFUL TO SEE.
THE OTHER THING I HAD HERE, I THINK ONE OF THE LAST THINGS WAS, OH, I LOVED SEEING THIS REALLY MADE ME SUPER EXCITED WHEN I SAW THAT OVER 100% INCREASE IN THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT CONTACTS. I THINK THAT'S SUPER AWESOME BECAUSE, AGAIN, I THINK SOMEBODY MENTIONED HERE THE IMPORTANCE OF CONNECTING OUR FAMILIES AND ONCE THEY'RE CONNECTED BUT I THINK THAT BEFORE YOU CAN CONNECT THEM, YOU HAVE TO BE APPROACHABLE, RIGHT? I THINK THAT YOU HAVE TO OPEN YOUR CAMPUSES, YOUR OFFICES, YOUR DOORS, RIGHT? TO SAY, HEY, THIS IS WHO WE ARE, WHETHER YOU HAVE KIDS IN THIS DISTRICT OR NOT, BUT IF YOU LIVE IN ISD, YOU KNOW, IN RICHARDSON ISD AND YOU ARE A CONSTITUENT OF OUR DISTRICT, WE WANT YOU TO BE HERE, RIGHT? WE WANT YOU TO GET INVOLVED, AND I THINK EVERYBODY'S IMPORTANT AND EVERYBODY IS NEEDED IN ONE CAPACITY OR THE OTHER, AND YOU GUYS HAVE REALLY DONE A GREAT JOB OF DELIVERING THAT MESSAGE, AND I THINK THE LAST ONE THAT I HAD A COMMENT ON WAS PAGE 18.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS FOR ME WAS THAT MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES, AGAIN, JUST REALLY SOMETIMES I THINK THAT SO MANY THINGS THAT WE TALK ABOUT, THERE'S SO MANY COMMITTEES, THERE'S SO MANY BIG WORDS ABOUT BONDS AND COMMITTEES AND SO MANY ACRONYMS THAT IT'S OVERWHELMING.
RIGHT? I THINK FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, WHETHER YOU HAVE A KINDERGARTNER AND YOU'RE JUST COMING INTO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM OR YOU'RE A SENIOR AND YOU'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, LIKE, I'M KIND OF ONE FOOT OUT, BUT I'M STILL HERE.
SO I THINK THAT THE MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT IS SUPER, SUPER.
AND AGAIN, DEPENDING WHERE YOU ARE, AND FOR MANY OF OUR PARENTS, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A FOOT IN EVERY AREA, RIGHT? LIKE IN ELEMENTARY, JUNIOR HIGH AND HIGH SCHOOL, AND YOU'RE TRYING TO NAVIGATE ALL THREE SOMETIMES, RIGHT. SO I THINK THAT WHEN WE HAVE THE PERSONNEL AND AGAIN, GOING BACK TO TABITHA AND HIRING ALL THE AMAZING PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE THAT REALLY DELIVER THAT, YOU KNOW, CULTURE THAT EVERYBODY FEELS SO COMFORTABLE IN GOING TO AND I THINK FOR ME, ALL OF THIS JUST ENCOMPASSED A FEELING OF EXCITEMENT.
IT'S SUPER EXCITING FOR ME TO KNOW AS WE MOVE FORWARD, LIKE, WOW, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE'S SO MUCH I THINK MR. EAGER MENTIONED THERE'S SO MUCH NEGATIVITY ON PUBLIC EDUCATION, RIGHT?
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THERE'S SO MUCH LIKE, OH, YOU KNOW, THIS AND THAT ABOUT PUBLIC EDUCATION.SO TO SEE ALL OF THIS IS SUPER EXCITING. IT MAKES ME I KNOW WE'RE JUST WHAT IS IT TABITHA? SIX DAYS LEFT FOR YEAR? BUT IT MAKES ME SUPER EXCITED TO BE LIKE WOW, I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT WE DO COME AUGUST, YOU KNOW? SO AGAIN, KUDOS TO EVERYBODY AND SUPER EXCITING.
AS FAR AS TEACHERS, BUT ALSO FOR PARENTS WHO WANT TO GET ENGAGED.
EVERYONE MAY HAVE THEIR OWN DEFINITION OF PARENT ENGAGEMENT.
EVERYONE MAY HAVE THEIR OWN DEFINITION OF HOW WE MEASURE THAT, BUT WHAT I KNOW TO MY CORE AND WHAT I KNOW THAT IF YOU SPEAK TO EVERY PARENT, IN THE END, WHAT DO THEY WANT? THEY WANT TO KNOW HOW IS MY STUDENT DOING AND HOW CAN I SUPPORT THEM TO GET BETTER LIKE THEY THAT'S GIVE ME THE TOOLS, THE SUPPORT, WHAT THE INFORMATION I NEED SO THAT I CAN HELP MY CHILD CONTINUE TO LEARN AND GROW.
IF EVERY ONE OF OUR PARENTS CAN SAY, THIS IS WHERE MY CHILD IS, AND I KNOW WHAT I CAN DO TO HELP SUPPORT THEM IN LEARNING, AND SOMETIMES THAT MIGHT BE THAT THEY KNOW WHAT RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT THEIR STUDENTS SOCIALLY, EMOTIONALLY. IT MIGHT BE THAT THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND HOW THEY'RE GOING TO SUPPORT THEM IN THAT EXTRACURRICULAR, BECAUSE THAT EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY IS GOING TO BE THE DRIVER, AND WE'RE HERE TO FILL IN AND TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION WHEREVER IT IS AT, BUT IF OUR FOCUS CAN BE WITH OUR PARENTS, EVERY INTERACTION AND ENGAGEMENT IS GOING TO BE AROUND.
HOW DO YOU HELP YOUR CHILD LEARN, GROW AND THRIVE? LIKE THAT'S WHAT WE WANT OUR NOT? YES, WE WANT OUR PARENTS TO COME TO ALL KINDS OF SPRING EVENTS AND FUN THINGS.
THEN I WILL FEEL AS A SYSTEM. WE HAVE DONE A REALLY GREAT JOB, AND I HAVE TO SAY ABSOLUTELY, I MEAN AND AGREE WITH YOU. TABITHA, AND I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL BECAUSE EVEN RECENTLY I WAS ABLE TO GO TO A PARENT MEETING WITH OUR PADRES UNIDOS, AND THAT'S THE THING THAT YOU AND I TALK ABOUT ALL THE TIME, RIGHT? IT'S JUST SEEING THAT GROWTH WITH OUR PARENTS, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY PARENTS WHO COME IN AND HAVE NO IDEA WHAT ANYTHING IS OR JUST WHERE TO START, RIGHT? THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START. SO IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, EVEN IN THESE LAST DAYS AS WE'RE CLOSING UP THE YEAR, IT'S SO WONDERFUL TO SEE HOW PARENTS FEEL SO EMPOWERED BECAUSE THEY COME IN AS, LIKE, FRESHMEN AND YOU'RE TRYING TO FIGURE STUFF OUT, BUT NOW IT'S LIKE YOU CAN JUST SEE WHERE THEY JUST FEEL LIKE THERE'S BEEN THIS GROWTH, THEY KNOW SOMETHING AND THAT THEY'RE SHARING THAT WITH THOSE THAT ARE INCOMING.
SO, ABSOLUTELY. MS. HARRIS. ALL RIGHT.
SO GREAT JOB. JUST LIKE ALL MY COLLEAGUES SAID.
I'M SO GRATEFUL AND EXCITED AS WELL. I WANT TO DIG INTO JUST REAL QUICK.
I RECEIVED SO MANY COMPLIMENTS FROM PEOPLE WHO ATTENDED.
YOU KNOW, THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW PROFESSIONAL IT WAS, YOU KNOW, HOW JUST VERY ORGANIZED IT WAS, AND , YOU KNOW, TO MY COLLEAGUE'S POINT, SOMETIMES YOU GO TO THOSE THINGS, IT'S OVERWHELMING.
YOU DON'T KNOW ANYONE, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, BUT WHAT THEY WERE SAYING TO ME WAS IT WAS EXCELLENT, YOU KNOW, WHICH LETS ME KNOW THAT IF THIS IS DONE THIS WAY, THIS DISTRICT IS AWESOME.
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY A PLACE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO WORK.
SO KUDOS TO YOU ALL. IN REFERENCE TO THAT, IS THERE ANY TYPE OF FOLLOW UP THAT'S GIVEN TO THOSE PARTICIPANTS, WHETHER THEY'RE SELECTED OR NOT, OR JUST SOME KIND OF WAY TO SAY, HEY, THANK YOU FOR ENTERING OUR DOORS.
THANK YOU FOR COMING TO OUR CAMPUS. JUST SOME TYPE OF TOUCHPOINT AFTERWARDS.
YES, THEY FOR MANY OF THEM, THEY'RE GETTING INTERVIEWED ON THE SPOT.
WE NOTICED THAT AT THIS JOB FAIR IN PARTICULAR, AND I WILL SAY A LOT, ONE OF THE BIG REASONS THIS MOST RECENT JOB FAIR WAS SO SUCCESSFUL WAS THE COMPENSATION CHANGE THAT YOU APPROVED COMING INTO THIS YEAR.
WE HAD MORE CANDIDATES WHO WERE SEASONED TEACHERS FROM OTHER DISTRICTS VISITING WITH US.
WE DO FOLLOW UP. THE PRINCIPALS, KEEP TRACK OF THE RESUMES.
WE WILL SET UP INTERVIEWS FOR THE CAMPUSES AS WELL.
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HEY, YOU WERE ONE OF OUR VIPS. TALK TO US ABOUT WHAT LEADS YOU HAVE.YOU ARE ONE OF OUR OPEN CONTRACTS. HOW DID IT GO TODAY? BEFORE YOU LEAVE TODAY, LET ME KNOW WHO YOU GOT INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED WITH, AND SO WE WANT TO CIRCLE BACK WITH THEM.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, AFTER YOU APPROVED THE NEW COMPENSATION FOR 25-26 THROUGH FOCUS, WE CAN SEND OUT A N APPLICANT TRACKING, APPLICANT TRACKING, SORRY. THE OTHER ONE. SORRY.
WE'LL SEND IT IN FOCUS TOO WE'LL GET PARENTS I DON'T CARE.
YES. APPLICANT TRACKING IS WE CAN SEND AN EMAIL TO ALL OF THOSE.
EVERYONE WHO HAS APPLIED AND SAY, HEY, BY THE WAY, DID YOU KNOW AND SO THEN HR PROBABLY I ANTICIPATE SOMETIME AROUND MID-JUNE WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE ANOTHER UPDATE AROUND, HEY, THERE ARE STILL OPENINGS. CAMPUSES MIGHT STILL REACH OUT TO YOU.
SO WE DO TRY TO PROVIDE SOME INTERMITTENT COMMUNICATION SO THAT THEY KNOW, YOU KNOW, HEY, AN OPENING, THERE MAY NOT BE ONE TODAY, BUT ONE COULD POP OPEN TOMORROW.
THAT'S EXCELLENT. I, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
I SAY THAT BECAUSE I SPEND NOT A WHOLE LOT OF TIME, BUT SOME TIME ON LINKEDIN, RIGHT? AND YOU SEE SO MANY COMMENTS ON LINKEDIN ABOUT HOW I, YOU KNOW, I INTERVIEWED XYZ TIMES AND THEN I WAS JUST GHOSTED.
YOU KNOW, NO ONE GOT BACK TO ME, AND SO ALL THAT PERCEPTION THAT THEY, THEY RECEIVED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, I CAME TO THE JOB FAIR, I DID THIS IT WAS GREAT. EVERYTHING WAS WONDERFUL, AND THEN YOU JUST DROP ME, YOU KNOW, AND SO I WOULDN'T WANT US TO HAVE THAT LOOK IS BASICALLY WHAT I'M SAYING.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. SO THANK YOU ALL.
TEACH FOR AMERICA. SO I WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH TEACH FOR AMERICA, RIGHT.
UNTIL, YOU KNOW, MY SON HAD AN OPPORTUNITY AND THEY REACHED OUT TO HIM AND SAID, HEY, COME IN AND DO SOME INTERNSHIP WITH US, AND SO I GO TO TAB AND I'M LIKE, HEY, WHAT IS THIS, TEACH FOR AMERICA? AND SO SHE TOLD ME ABOUT IT AND SHE WAS LIKE, OH MY GOSH, THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY, AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE EXPERIENCE THAT HE HAS HAD THUS FAR WITH THIS ORGANIZATION IS TOP NOTCH.
THEY REACHED OUT TO ME. WE'VE HAD A CONVERSATION.
THEY'VE KIND OF TALKED TO ME ABOUT HOW ALL THIS STUFF IS GOING.
SO TO SEE THEM, YOU KNOW, ON OUR LIST, IT JUST IT MAKES ME FEEL PROUD.
I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE PARTNERING WITH AN EXCEPTIONAL COMPANY.
SO THIS IS THIS IS GREAT. SO I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
THIS IS GREAT. GO FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. LOVE LOVE LOVE THAT WE'RE REACHING OUT TO HOAS.
IS THERE A WAY OR ARE WE REACHING OUT TO COMMUNITIES THAT DO NOT HAVE AN HOA? WE'RE TRYING, WE'RE TRYING. EVEN OUR ENGAGEMENT ATTEMPTS WITH HOAS AND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS ALL OF OUR COMMUNICATIONS ALSO GO THROUGH THE CITY OF RICHARDSON AND THE CITY OF DALLAS.
THEY WILL NOT SHARE THEIR DATABASES, IF YOU WILL, THEIR LIST OF HOAS AND NAS.
SO WE ARE CONSTANTLY UPDATING OUR INTERNAL RECORDS.
SO FOR CITY OF RICHARDSON, IT'S A LITTLE EASIER BECAUSE THE CITY BY DESIGN HAS NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY SCHOOLS NAMED BASED ON THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS. CITY OF DALLAS IS A LITTLE BIT MORE CHALLENGING, BUT IT IS TOP OF MIND AND SOMETHING THAT WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH AND WORKING THROUGH OUR D10, D11, LIKE OUR VARIOUS REPRESENTATIVES WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH THOSE OFFICES SO THAT THEY THERE'S SOME RECIPROCAL, RECIPROCAL OPPORTUNITIES THERE TO CONTINUE TO GET THAT INFORMATION.
THERE ARE ALWAYS WE'RE NOT AT 100% WITH OUR CONTACTS.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T FINISHED OUR WORK. SO I THINK IT'S FIGURING OUT WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST COST EFFICIENT, MEANINGFUL WAY TO MAKE CONTACT, AND THAT'S WHY BUILDING THESE PARTNERSHIPS AND CREATING, WHETHER IT'S PLATINUM CLUB OR FAITH BASED PARTNERS OR BUSINESS PARTNERS OR AMBASSADORS, AND IF THEY CAN REACH FIVE, TEN, 15, IF WE CAN EXPAND THE NET THAT WAY, THAT THEN I THINK WE ALL KNOW WORD OF MOUTH CAN TRAVEL POSITIVELY AS WELL. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. YEAH.
YES, AND I REMEMBER THE APARTMENT BUILDING AND THAT REALLY WAS I MEAN, THAT WAS A VERY INTENTIONAL OPPORTUNITY AND CHANCE TO GET OUT AND JUST MAKE CONTACT WITH. I MEAN, IT WAS AMAZING TO SOME OF US THAT WHEN WE WENT IN TO TALK TO A MANAGEMENT OFFICE AND THEY DIDN'T REALIZE THEY WERE IN RISD.
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YOU KNOW, THEY THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE IN DALLAS AND WERE LIKE, NO, OUR BUS COME, YOU KNOW.SO I THINK BUILDING BUILDING ON THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
AN EXAMPLE. WE HAD A PLATINUM CLUB MEMBER ATTEND ONE OF THE DISCOVERY DAYS AT BERKNER.
THEY'RE THEY'RE ACTIVE IN THEIR HOA. THEY WENT BACK.
THEY CONTACTED US. HEY, CAN YOU HOST A DISCOVERY DAY FOR OUR HOA? HOW CAN WE REPLICATE THAT? OF COURSE WE WILL HOST THOSE.
WE HAVE 50 BEAUTIFUL CAMPUSES WITH INCREDIBLE LEARNING HAPPENING EACH AND EVERY DAY IN ALL THESE CLASSROOMS. SO LIKE WE WANT TO USE THAT AS A MODEL AS WELL TO CONTINUE TO SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT ALL THE AWESOME THINGS HAPPENING HERE IN RISD.
SO YEAH. ENGAGEMENT SURVEY. I JUST NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE SECRET WAS TO GET 4000 RESPONSES.
I'M LIKE, WHAT DID YOU GUYS DO? LIKE, OH, MY GOSH, THAT'S.
THAT IS AWESOME. I MEAN, WE DO SURVEYS ALL THE TIME ON MY JOB AND IT'S LIKE 4000 RESPONSES.
THAT WAS REALLY GOOD. SO I THINK IN THIS CASE IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF WE IT HAD WE HAVE NEVER TO MY KNOWLEDGE, SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE AND I CAME SHORTLY AFTER YOU, SUPERINTENDENT BRANUM, WE HADN'T DONE ONE FOCUSED EXCLUSIVELY JUST ON PARENT ENGAGEMENT FEEDBACK. OF COURSE WE'RE GETTING THAT. YEAH.
WITH OUR END OF YEAR SURVEY THAT IS CURRENTLY OUT AND FOR THOSE LISTENING, PLEASE COMPLETE YOUR PARENT SURVEY, YOUR END OF YEAR PARENT SURVEY AND STAFF COMPLETE YOUR CLIMATE SURVEY B ECAUSE THAT FEEDBACK IS IMPORTANT, BUT I THINK THE FACT THAT IT WAS TARGETED, I DO THINK THE TIMING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR WAS ADVANTAGEOUS TO US.
YOU KNOW, WE CONTINUE TO TRANSLATE IT IN THE TOP FIVE LANGUAGES.
SO MAKING IT ACCESSIBLE ALSO HELPED US ENSURE AND JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE WERE USING EACH AND EVERY TOUCHPOINT COMMUNICATION CHANNEL AT BOTH THE CAMPUS, THE CLASSROOM, AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT LEVEL.
YEAH. YEAH. WELL, BRAVO, REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
THIS IS REALLY ACTUALLY ONE OF MY VERY THIS IS MY PASSION IS THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE OUR PARENTS ARE ENGAGED. BECAUSE TO ME, IT'S THE FOUNDATION OF HELPING OUR STUDENTS SUCCEED.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK. I KNOW IT'S HARD, AND I KNOW IT'S HARD REACHING OUT, YOU KNOW, TO THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT DON'T TYPICALLY RESPOND.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS HARRIS.
ANYONE ELSE? GREAT COMMENTS. GREAT DIALOG. GREAT JOB, DR.
HELLER, TEAM. I KNOW THESE ARE EASY TO PUT TOGETHER, AND I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE PUTTING IT ON THE SHELF, NOT LOOKING AT IT AGAIN. I'VE BEEN IN ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE DONE THAT OVER AND OVER AND OVER.
SO I THINK THAT'S PART OF THE CULTURE WE'RE BUILDING AS WELL.
LET'S GO. TEN MINUTES. SO AND THEN WE HAVE ONE MORE PRESENTATION AFTER THIS.
SO IT'S 710 720 WE RECONVENE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
[III.B. 2025 - 2026 Budget and Compensation Presentation]
BUDGET AND COMPENSATION. MISS BRANUM . THANK YOU, MRS. BRANUM, MR. POTEET. I WILL NOT BELABOR THE NORTH STAR GOAL OR OUR STRATEGIC GOALS AS DR. HELLER COVERED THEM VERY WELL FOR US WHILE AGO.RISD IS THE ONE THIS NEW BRANDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEARNERS TAILORED TO EVERY STYLE AND ABILITY.
NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS THAT FOSTER FAMILY CENTERED COMMUNITIES AND EXPERIENCES BEYOND THE CLASSROOM THAT ENHANCE LEARNING, AND CERTAINLY THIS BUDGET TRIES TO BUILD TOWARDS RISD BEING THE ONE.
SO OUR AGENDA JUST VERY BRIEFLY WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER SOME GENERAL FUND BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS AGAIN, JUST REEMPHASIZE THE RAISE PRESENT THE GENERAL FUND MULTIYEAR FORECAST AND THE BUDGET CALENDAR IS INCLUDED FOR YOUR INFORMATION, BUT I WILL NOT BE GOING THROUGH THAT THIS EVENING.
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THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION ENDS ON JUNE 3RD, SO WE WILL BE ADOPTING A BUDGET, OR YOU WILL BE ADOPTING A BUDGET BASED ON CURRENT LAW.WE VERY LIKELY WILL NOT HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO HAVE THAT BUDGET ADOPTED BASED ON WHATEVER LEGISLATION PASSES BY THE END OF THE SESSION AND WE HOPE THAT THERE'S--WE HOPE WE DO NOT GO INTO A SPECIAL SESSION.
I AM I DID NOT EVEN WANT TO SAY THOSE WORDS. THE EXPENDITURE BUDGET REFLECTS OUR CONTINUED IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMMUNITY BUDGET STEERING COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS TO REDUCE CENTRAL EXPENDITURES BY $2 MILLION A YEAR FOR TWO YEARS.
SO WE ARE IN THE SECOND YEAR OF THAT PROCESS.
THERE IS AN ENROLLMENT DECLINE REFLECTED IN THE BUDGET OF 430 STUDENTS FROM 36,971 IN 24-25, 36,541 NEXT YEAR, AND THAT IS BASED ON OUR--THE 36,541 IS BASED ON OUR DEMOGRAPHY REPORT.
5% PROPERTY VALUE GROWTH FOR 2526 3% PROPERTY GROWTH FOR YEARS THEREAFTER.
IT'S WHAT WE GENERALLY HAVE DONE IN THE OUT YEARS, AND THEN OF COURSE, THE TAX RATE THAT THIS BUDGET IS BUILT AROUND IS BASED ON A CONTINUED CURRENT LAW, TAX COMPRESSION AND THE CURRENTLY CALCULATED TAX RATE OF 0.7405 REPRESENTS A 0.0147 CENT DECREASE FROM OUR CURRENT 0.7552 CENT TAX RATE, AND JUST LIKE LAST YEAR, I EXPECT THAT NUMBER TO COME IN LOWER WHEN WE ACTUALLY GET OUR TAX RATE FROM TEA, BUT AGAIN, BUILDING IT ON CURRENT LAW AND WHAT WE KNOW TODAY, AND THEN STAFF RAISES ARE DETAILED OUT ON THE FOLLOWING SLIDES, BUT THERE'S NO CHANGES FROM WHAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED PREVIOUSLY.
AGAIN AS PRESENTED LAST BUDGET PRESENTATION. DIFFERENTIATED PAY RAISES TEN OR MORE YEARS FOR OUR T TYPES OF $2500 OR $3000 FOR 11 OR MORE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.
IT'S CURRENTLY TEACHERS, LIBRARIANS, COUNSELORS AND NURSES. THE 3% RAISE FOR NON T TYPES, AND THEN I JUST WANT TO REEMPHASIZE FOR EVERYONE THAT THE MARKET ADJUSTMENTS, IF I COULD TALK ARE IN ADDITION TO THE RAISES NOTED ABOVE, THAT IS NOT AN INSTEAD OF BUT IT'S ON TOP OF OR IN ADDITION TO THE RAISES DETAILED ABOVE THERE. OUR T TYPE PAY INCREASE.
A RETURNING TEACHER TYPES WILL SEE A EXCUSE ME STARTING SALARY STARTING AT.
ADJUSTING UP TO 63,000 FROM THE CURRENT 61,000, BUT OUR RETURNING T TYPES WILL SEE A $2500 OR $3000 RAISE, DEPENDING ON YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, AND AGAIN, THIS DOES NOT INTRODUCE COMPRESSION.
IT MAINTAINS ALL OF THE SEPARATION. PUT INTO OUR SALARY SCHEDULE THAT YOU ADOPTED LAST YEAR, AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. I'VE SEEN THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OVER THE YEARS OF INTRODUCING COMPRESSION INTO IT, AND I APPLAUD YOU FOR KEEPING THE COMPRESSION OUT OF OUR SALARY SCHEDULE.
HERE'S JUST THE DETAILS ON THOSE MARKET ADJUSTMENTS REFERENCED EARLIER FOR THE VARIOUS GROUPS, ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AND SO FORTH, AND AGAIN, THIS IS ON TOP OF THE PREVIOUSLY STATED RAISES AND THEN OUR GENERAL FUND MULTIYEAR FORECAST.
YOU CAN SEE TOTAL REVENUE BUILT ON THE AGAIN ALL OF THIS IS CURRENT LAW 5% PROPERTY VALUE GROWTH FOR 25-26 3% THEREAFTER RECAPTURES UNDER CURRENT LAW. I GREW THE RECURRING COST.
THE NON-PAYROLL PORTION OF RECURRING COST IS GROWING AT 5% A YEAR, AS THE ESTIMATE FOR INFLATION OF 24-25 IS OUR LAST YEAR OF ANY ESSER SUPPLANTING.
THAT WAS THE LAST LITTLE BIT OF RUNOFF, AND I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT RISD DID NOT LOSE ANY OF THE ESSER FUNDING. WE SPENT IT ALL. WE REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT BEFORE ANY OF THE NOTIFICATIONS CAME OUT.
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I KNOW THERE ARE DISTRICTS IN OTHER STATES, POSSIBLY EVEN SOME IN TEXAS, THAT GAVE UP OR LOST ACCESS TO THEIR ESSER FUNDING.WE DID NOT. WE GOT EVERY PENNY COMING TO US. THANKS TO THE GREAT WORK OF DR.
BEUTEL AND THE GRANTS DEPARTMENT, AND ALLISON AND THE FINANCE TEAM WORKING TOGETHER.
WE DIDN'T LOSE A PENNY ON THAT. THE NET BUDGET CHANGES THERE.
THAT IS THE NET OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE PREVIOUSLY PRESENTED TO YOU, INCLUDING THOSE ADDITIONAL ALLOCATED POSITIONS BUDGET REDUCTIONS WITH THE $2 MILLION THAT WE'RE REDUCING IN CENTRAL COST AND THEN A FEW SMALL INCREASES.
WE PRESENTED TO YOU PREVIOUSLY. WE'VE GOT PROCEEDS FROM OUR PROPERTY SALES COMING IN TO HELP US WITH THE 25-26 YEAR, AND THEN THERE'S THE RAISES, THE 25-26 RAISE THAT WE DISCUSSED, ADDING IN THERE EVERY YEAR, AND YOU CAN SEE HOW FUTURE RAISES WOULD LAYER IN FOR US.
YOU CAN SEE THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES THERE, $28 MILLION DEFICIT IN THE GENERAL FUND IN 25-26, INCREASING DEFICITS IN FUTURE YEARS. AGAIN, CURRENT LAW AND ASSUMED RAISES.
WE DO KNOW, OF COURSE, THE LEGISLATURE'S INACTION RIGHT NOW.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO, AND THEN THE 26, EXCUSE ME, THERE'LL BE ANOTHER LEGISLATIVE SESSION IN THE SPRING OF 27 AND ANOTHER LEGISLATIVE SESSION IN THE SPRING OF 29. THAT WILL CHANGE THESE NUMBERS.
SO THE IMPORTANT THING REALLY TO FOR THE MULTI-YEAR IS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KIND OF ALL ON THE SAME PAGE OF THE IMPACT OF ONGOING COST INCREASES, BUT THIS IS NOT MANDATED. THIS IS NOT THIS IS THIS DOES NOT HAVE TO BE OUR FUTURE, BUT IT IS A PLACE TO START THE CONVERSATION, AND THEN AGAIN, THERE'S THE BUDGET CALENDAR.
HERE WE ARE ON MAY 15TH. I WILL JUST REMIND YOU, THIS IS THE SAME BUDGET CALENDAR THAT WE STARTED WITH AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS IN JANUARY, AND SO THIS BUDGET CALENDAR DOES HAVE DATES ASSOCIATED WITH THE VA.
THAT DOES NOT MEAN WE ARE CONDUCTING A VA THAT WAS JUST PUT THERE AT THE START OF THIS PROCESS, BECAUSE THAT WAS A RECOMMENDATION COMING OUT OF THE COMMUNITY BUDGET STEERING COMMITTEE FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER, AND I JUST HAVE NOT TAKEN THOSE DATES OUT YET? SO. WITH THAT, I WILL BE GLAD TO ADDRESS ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON ANY OF THIS INFORMATION? I THINK MOST OF IT WE'VE SEEN UP TO THIS POINT.
SO THERE'S NO CHANGES. THERE'S NO CHANGES REALLY JUST IN A WAIT PATTERN ON LEGISLATIVE IMPACTS, WHICH WE PROBABLY WON'T REALIZE BEFORE WE HAVE TO ADOPT THE BUDGET ANYWAY. CORRECT.
OKAY, AND SO YOU WILL AGAIN, I JUST REITERATE, YOU WILL BE ADOPTING A BUDGET.
WE WILL BRING YOU INFORMATION. WE WILL AMEND THAT BUDGET IN SEPTEMBER, WHEN WE KNOW WHAT PROPERTY VALUES ARE, WHEN WE KNOW WHAT THE TAX RATE IS, AND HOPEFULLY BY THEN WE HAVE SOME DEFINITION.
NOW THAT THE BUDGET'S ADOPTED AND HIGHLY AMENDED IN THE FALL.
UNDERSTAND . ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THIS INFORMATION? YES, MISS TIMMY. I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION ON THE ENROLLMENT PART.
WHEN IT SAYS THAT A DECREASE OF 430, THAT'S BASED ON THE DEMOGRAPHER'S REPORT, THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE POTENTIALLY US, LIKE RECAPTURING SOME FOLKS FROM OPEN BORDERS OR THINGS LIKE THAT.
YES, MA'AM, AND AGAIN, LIKE THIS YEAR WE HOPE THAT WE WILL EXCEED WHAT THE DEMOGRAPHER ANTICIPATED FOR OUR ENROLLMENT, BUT WE DO WANT TO PROVIDE FOR THE BOARD OR AS REALISTIC OF OUR DATA POINT.
THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO BE SURE. THANKS, BUT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO. OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YES. MR. EAGER. JUST TO KIND OF STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF MAKING SURE YOUR VOICE IS HEARD DOWN IN AUSTIN.
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YOUR BOSS COMES TO YOU AND SAYS IT'S 2018. HEY, I KNOW THINGS ARE TIGHT.CAN'T GIVE YOU A RAISE. THEN NEXT YEAR ROLLS AROUND.
CAN'T GIVE YOU A RAISE. OH, WELL, WE KNOW THIS COMPANY IS DOING PRETTY WELL.
RECORD PROFITS. CAN'T GIVE YOU A RAISE. NEXT YEAR COMES AROUND.
GOOD PROFIT. CAN'T GIVE YOU A RAISE. THEN, SAY YOU'RE PATIENT, WE'RE PATIENT.
WE'RE GOING, HEY, WE'LL WAIT OUR TURN. THEN YOU KNOW, IT'S A SMALL GROUP, GETS A BIG RAISE, AND YOU SEE A BIG CELEBRATION. THEY'RE HAVING A PARTY, THERE'S CAKE, AND YOU'RE FINALLY GOING AND SAYING, OKAY, HERE'S MY TURN NOW. SIX YEARS, YOU'RE GOING, ALL RIGHT, WHERE'S MY RAISE? IT'S 6.5%. SIX YEARS, 6.5%, AND THEN, AND THEN YOUR YOUR BOSS GOES.
WHOA, HANG ON A SECOND. THAT'S THE 6.5% RIGHT NOW.
YOU'VE BEEN TIGHTENING UP EVERYWHERE YOU CAN, BUT I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF I CAN GIVE YOU THE 6.5%.
OKAY. THAT'S THE REAL WORLD WE'RE DEALING WITH, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND.
WE NEED. WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THE 6.5%, BUT PLEASE CALL DOWN AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY.
BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHEN YOU PREPARE BUDGETS AND YOU SPEND MONEY, YOU SPEND MONEY WHERE YOU PUT YOUR PRIORITIES, AND SO HOPEFULLY HERE IN R ISD, THIS BOARD AND MY FELLOW COLLEAGUES, WE HAVE OVER AND OVER AGAIN PUT WHAT'S IMPORTANT AND WHERE WE SPEND AND ALLOCATE OUR DOLLARS, AND I HOPE THAT THEY BRING US SOMETHING BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS, WE CAN ONLY OPERATE THIS WAY FOR SO LONG, AND YOU KNOW, JUST MAKE SURE YOUR VOICES ARE HEARD, MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE TO FUND PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND IT DOES MATTER WHEN YOU CALL DOWN, AND LISTEN, I KNOW MISS MORRIS WOULD AGREE WITH THAT, THAT THEY ARE LISTENING. SO AGAIN, I'LL GET OFF MY MY COMMENTARY, BUT AGAIN, JUST TRY TO PUT IT THE IMPORTANCE THAT THEY DELIVER SOMETHING BECAUSE IT'S GETTING HARDER AND HARDER AND HARDER FOR US TO CONTINUE TO RECOGNIZE THE GOOD WORK THAT THE TEACHERS AND THE WHOLE COMMUNITY IS DOING HERE AND I APPRECIATE THAT INPUT, AND JUST FOR THOSE THAT WEREN'T AWARE, AND I KNOW SOME OF THE COMMUNITY, WE DON'T HAVE THIS THIS ISN'T ALL YOU KNOW, WE DON'T ANNOUNCE ALL THE ALL THE EFFORTS THAT WE'VE GOT, BUT WE WERE DOWN IN AUSTIN LAST FRIDAY ADVOCATING WE MET WITH THE POLICY STAFF OR ELECTED MEMBERS OF, I BELIEVE, THREE SENATORS AND FOUR HOUSE MEMBERS, AND A QUICK DAY TRIP DOWN THERE AGAIN, JUST TO REINFORCE OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES, KNOWING WHAT WE KNOW NOW COMPARED TO WHAT WE KNEW AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SESSION, AND SO WE'RE CONTINUING THAT WORK, BUT IT WAS A CRITICAL PIECE THAT WE FELT LIKE WE NEEDED FACE TIME, AND THAT MEANS WE'VE GOT TO GO TO THEM. SO ANYWAY, THOSE EFFORTS ARE DEFINITELY BEING REINFORCED AND CONTINUED EVEN FACE TO FACE DOWN IN THEIR OFFICES. SO, G OOD POINT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS BOARD MEMBERS? OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU, MR. PATE, MISS BRANUM, FOR THAT UPDATE AND PRESENTATION.
[IV. CLOSED MEETING]
TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 551.071 CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY AND SECTION 551.074 PERSONNEL MATTERS AND DUTIES OF PUBLIC OFFICER. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY. THE BOARD IS RETURNING TO OPEN SESSION AT 9:20 P.M., HAVING TAKEN NO ACTION WHILE IN CLOSED SESSION.THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 9:20 P.M. ON 15TH OF MAY,
2025.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.