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          ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. WELCOME TO THE JUNE 2026 MEETING OF THE RICHARDSON ISD BOARD OF
TRUSTEES. 
          [I. CALL TO ORDER (Part 1 of 2)]
I AM CHRIS POTEET, PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD. WE HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT,
AND THIS MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:04 P.M. 
          DR. HELLER, WOULD YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE OUR GUESTS TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE? YES. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT POTEET. GOOD EVENING. 
          I'M VERY EXCITED TO INTRODUCE TO YOU SEVERAL MEMBERS OF OUR DESTINATION IMAGINATION TEAMS
THAT ARE BEING RECOGNIZED THIS EVENING WHO RECENTLY COMPETED AT THE GLOBAL. 
          SO I'M GOING TO ASK THOSE STUDENT LEADERS TO PLEASE STAND AND COME FORWARD THAT ARE GOING
TO ASSIST US WITH THE PLEDGES, AND WE'RE GOING TO INDIVIDUALLY RECOGNIZE THEM LATER IN THE AGENDA. 
          IF YOU COULD PLEASE STAND FOR OUR PLEDGES. 
          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. 
          ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. GREAT JOB,
STUDENTS. 
          [APPLAUSE]. WE LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING YOU SHORTLY. 
          ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU TO ALL THE STUDENTS AND STAFF. 
          JOB WELL DONE THERE. WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION OF THE MEETING. 
          THE PUBLIC WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE COMMENTS RELATED TO PUBLIC HEARING. 
          MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY COMMENT ON THE PROPOSED 2026-2027 BUDGET AND PROPOSED TAX RATE. 
          PERSONS WHO WISH TO ADDRESS THE BOARD CONCERNING THE BUDGET AND PROPOSED TAX RATE SHOULD
HAVE SUBMITTED A PUBLIC COMMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES STATED IN THE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE. MISS RENTERÍA, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING? MR. POTEET, WE DO NOT HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THIS EVENING. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU, MISS RENTERIA. IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 44.004 OF THE TEXAS EDUCATION
CODE, 
          [III. PUBLIC HEARING 2026-2027 BUDGET AND PROPOSED TAX RATE]
RISD PUBLISHED A PUBLIC NOTICE THAT THE BOARD WOULD HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT
CONCERNING THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND TAX RATE FOR 2026 AND 2027. 
          MISS BRANUM, I UNDERSTAND THAT MR. DAVID PATE,
RISD'S ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF FINANCE AND SUPPORT SERVICES, HAS PREPARED A BRIEF PRESENTATION FOR OUR PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          YES, SIR. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT POTEET, AND THANK YOU,
BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND COMMUNITY. 
          YES. AT THIS TIME, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO MR. PATE,
WHO IS GOING TO LEAD US IN TONIGHT'S BUDGET PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU. AND AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS SINCE JANUARY,
SO NONE OF THIS IS NEW. 
          THIS IS ALL INFORMATION WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT AND REVIEWED AND GIVEN INPUT AND REVISED IN
THE LAST SIX MONTHS. 
          SO ALL YOURS, MR. PATE. THANK YOU. MRS. BRANUM. 
          YES, JUST TO REITERATE, THERE IS NOTHING NEW IN THIS PRESENTATION. 
          AND AS MR. POTEET SAID, WE DO HAVE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC NOTICE OF THIS. 
          THE PUBLIC NOTICE STILL REQUIRES SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO PUBLISH A PUBLIC NOTICE FOR THE
ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET AND THE PROPOSED TAX RATE. 
          THE TAX RATE, AS IT HAS BEEN NOW FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS,
WE DO NOT ADOPT THE TAX RATE AT THIS MEETING. 
          THE TAX RATE WILL BE ADOPTED MOST LIKELY AT THE REGULAR MEETING IN SEPTEMBER. 
          THERE ARE ADDITIONAL STEPS THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE IN AUGUST WITH TEA TO GET OUR M&O TAX
RATE. 
          SO YES, WE WILL JUST BE ADOPTING THE BUDGET TONIGHT. 
          AND I WILL START. THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, WE WILL TALK THROUGH THE THREE FUNDS THAT THE
SCHOOL BOARD ADOPTS. 
          THE BUDGET FOR CHILD NUTRITION, DEBT SERVICE AND THE GENERAL FUND. 
          AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE NEXT STEPS. AND OF COURSE I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. 
          SO THE CHILD NUTRITION FUND, THAT IS THE FUND WHERE WE OPERATE THE CAFETERIAS IN THE
SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE SCHOOL BREAKFAST AND SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAMS. JUST AS WE'VE DISCUSSED WITH THE GENERAL FUND,
THE RAISE HERE IS STRUCTURED WITH 2% RAISE FOR CENTRAL AND CAMPUS PROFESSIONALS WORKING IN CHILD NUTRITION FUND, AND THEN 3% FOR OUR PARAPROFESSIONAL AND AUXILIARY STAFF. 
          SO ESSENTIALLY, OUR EXEMPT EMPLOYEES ARE A 2% RAISE,
OUR NONEXEMPT EMPLOYEES ARE A 3% RAISE. 
          WE DO HAVE 23 COMMUNITY ELIGIBILITY PROVISION CAMPUSES. 
          THAT IS THE SAME AS LAST YEAR. THERE'S NO CHANGE IN THOSE,
OR SAME AS THIS CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR. 
          THIS IS THE PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR. THERE ARE NO CHANGES IN THOSE CAMPUSES. 
          AND JUST A REMINDER, OUR CEP CAMPUSES, THOSE ARE THE CAMPUSES WHERE WE GET INFORMATION
FROM TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
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ABOUT THE NUMBER OF FAMILIES THAT ARE PRE-CERTIFIED FOR FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH PROGRAM. 
          AND SO WHILE THEY DON'T FILL OUT THE REGULAR FREE REDUCED LUNCH APPLICATION,
WE DO STILL NEED THEM TO SUBMIT A LOCAL INCOME FORM BECAUSE THAT HELPS WITH THE FUNDING ON THE GENERAL FUND SIDE. OUR NON CEP CAMPUSES,
NOTHING CHANGES FOR THEM, THOSE FAMILIES STILL FILL OUT THE REGULAR FREE REDUCED LUNCH APPLICATION. OUR PAID MEAL PRICE IS UNCHANGED FROM THE CURRENT YEAR,
SO WE'RE HOLDING THE BREAKFAST AND LUNCH PRICES THE SAME AT. 
          $2.10 FOR BREAKFAST AND EITHER $3.05 OR $3.20 FOR OUR LUNCHES. 
          HERE'S A COMPARISON OF THE BUDGET THAT WAS ADOPTED FOR 25-26 FOR THE CHILD NUTRITION FUND
AND THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 26-27. 
          WE'RE REDUCING THE EQUIPMENT PURCHASES. THAT PART OF THE REASON FOR THE DECLINE IN THE
CHILD NUTRITION EXPENDITURES. AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE'RE EXPECTING AN INCREASE IN FEDERAL REVENUES. 
          SO WE'RE BRINGING THE DEFICIT IN THAT FUND DOWN FROM $3.1 MILLION FOR THE 25-26 ADOPTED TO
$409,000 FOR 26-27. AND THAT FUND DOES HAVE SUFFICIENT FUND BALANCE. 
          AND THERE'S ACTUALLY LIMITS ON THE AMOUNT OF FUND BALANCE THAT WE CAN HAVE IN THE CHILD
NUTRITION FUND. 
          OUR DEBT SERVICE FUND IS THE FUND THAT WE USE TO MAKE PAYMENTS ON THE BONDS AUTHORIZED BY
OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO AS WE PRESENTED DURING THE BOND 2025 ELECTION PROCESS,
THE HIGHEST TAX RATE WILL INCREASE FROM $0.35 TO $0.39 WHEN THE TAX RATE IS ADOPTED IN SEPTEMBER,
BUT THE BUDGET WAS BUILT USING THE 39 CENT I&S TAX RATE. WE HAVE SOLD THE FIRST OF BOND 2025. WE SOLD $200 MILLION WORTH OF BONDS ON MAY
13TH. 
          AND SO THOSE PAYMENTS ON THOSE BONDS AND OTHER OUTSTANDING DEBT IS BUILT INTO THIS BUDGET. 
          OUR TAXABLE VALUE GROWTH, WE EXPERIENCED ABOUT A 1.22% DECLINE IN PROPERTY VALUES FOR THE
CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR. AT THIS POINT, WE'RE STILL ANTICIPATING 0% GROWTH FOR 26-27. 
          WE WILL BRING YOU AN UPDATE ON THAT WHEN WE GET CERTIFIED VALUES AT THE END OF JULY. 
          AND THEN WE'RE CONSERVATIVELY ANTICIPATING 1% FOR 27-28 AND 28-29,
AND THEN 2% FOR 29-30. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S CHANGED WITH THE DEBT SERVICE FUND IS STATE HOLD HARMLESS FUNDING
FOR THE INCREASE IN THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION IS NOW REDUCED DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR, TO THE EXTENT TAX COLLECTIONS AND STATE FUNDING EXCEED
SCHEDULED DEBT PAYMENTS. 
          AND SO YOU WILL SEE THE DISTRICT ISSUING BONDS A LITTLE MORE FREQUENTLY. 
          WE MAY DO A SMALLER SALE AND DO TWO SALES OF BOND 25 IN A YEAR INSTEAD OF JUST ONE LARGER, ONE LIKE WE USED TO DO. AND THAT IS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE MINIMIZING THE
LOSS OF STATE FUNDING UNDER THIS NEW REQUIREMENT. 
          OUR BOND RATINGS THAT WERE AFFIRMED WHEN WE WENT TO MARKET ON MAY 13TH,
WE ARE STILL AT AAA FROM MOODY'S, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST BOND RATING THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CAN HAVE. 
          AND THEN WE'RE AA+ FROM STANDARD AND POOR'S. JUST A REMINDER,
THAT IS THE PERFECT PLACE TO BE WITH YOUR BOND RATING. 
          IF WE WERE AAA FROM BOTH RATING AGENCIES, WE WOULD NOT QUALIFY FOR THE PERMANENT SCHOOL
FUND GUARANTEE FROM THE STATE. AND THAT GIVES. SO THE STATE'S COSIGNING A LOAN WITH THE PSF,
AND WE GET A SLIGHTLY BETTER RATE WITH THEIR AAA THAN WE WOULD IF WE WERE A NATURAL AAA ON OUR OWN FROM BOTH RATING AGENCIES. 
          SO HERE'S THE MULTI-YEAR FORECAST FROM THE FOR THE DEBT SERVICE FUND. 
          AGAIN, USING THOSE FACTORS THAT I WENT OVER EARLIER,
WE'RE LOOKING AT. 
          AT THIS POINT, IT'S A $15 MILLION DECLINE IN FUND BALANCE. 
          I DO NOT EXPECT US TO HAVE THAT DECLINE. WE'RE STILL WAITING ON SOME. 
          IT'S THE WAY THAT TRUTH IN TAXATION CALCULATIONS WORK WITH THE CERTIFIED ESTIMATES WE HAVE
NOW. 
          SO WE'LL BE REVISING THE DEBT SERVICE FUND BUDGET PROBABLY IN SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER ONCE
Y'ALL ADOPT THE ACTUAL TAX RATE FOR THE YEAR. 
          BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THAT. AND CERTAINLY WE WANT TO MAINTAIN AN APPROPRIATE
DEBT SERVICE FUND FUND BALANCE. 
          THE GENERAL FUND, AS WE'VE DISCUSSED MANY TIMES,
EVERYTHING ABOUT THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE NOW IS ALL DRIVEN BY THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT 
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WE'RE SERVING. AND SO OUR ENROLLMENT HISTORY AND ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS CERTAINLY ARE
IMPORTANT IN BUILDING OUR MULTI-YEAR FORECAST. 
          AND THE BUDGET FOR THE GENERAL FUND, YOU CAN SEE WE HIT OUR PEAK OF ABOUT 39,000 STUDENTS
IN 2020 DURING THE PANDEMIC, AND IT HAS BEEN DECLINING SINCE THEN. RICHARDSON ISD,
FOR THE AUDIENCE LISTENING, WE COMMISSIONED A DEMOGRAPHIC STUDY EVERY YEAR TO HELP US WITH THESE PROJECTIONS. AND RIGHT NOW,
THE CURRENT PROJECTION IS A DECLINE OF ABOUT 400 STUDENTS A YEAR. 
          THIS IS JUST LOOKING AT OUR ENROLLMENT EVERY MONDAY OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. 
          THE ORANGE LINE IS THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR AND THE OTHER TWO LINES OF THE PRIOR TWO SCHOOL
YEARS. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE HAD A LITTLE LARGER DECLINE THIS YEAR DURING THE YEAR THAN WE
HAVE IN PREVIOUS YEARS. 
          WE'VE LOST ABOUT 800 KIDS SINCE THE SNAPSHOT DATE. 
          OUR DEMOGRAPHER PROJECTIONS, JUST AS A REMINDER FOR EVERYONE,
DO NOT INCLUDE THE IMPACT OF VOUCHERS. 
          SO THAT THEN IS NOT FACTORED INTO OUR BUDGET. 
          WE DO HAVE A FEW EXPENDITURE INCREASES THAT WE NEED TO MAKE FOR 26-27. 
          WE ARE REQUESTING $200,000 FOR ADVERTISING AND MARKETING. 
          THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL DISCUSSIONS OF THAT IN PREVIOUS BOARD MEETINGS,
DOWN FROM AN INITIAL REQUEST OF $500 000. 
          SOME SPECIAL EDUCATION STAFF. AND THEN THE OTHER THINGS ARE REALLY MUCH SMALLER AND THINGS
THAT WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF CONTROL OVER. 
          THE PHONE BILL, OUR PROPERTY AUTO LIABILITY CYBER INSURANCE IS INCREASING. 
          FORTUNATELY, NOT AS MUCH AS WE'VE SEEN IN PREVIOUS YEARS. 
          THE UIL IS INCREASING OUR FEES FOR OFFICIALS. 
          WE NEED TO MAKE SOME INVESTMENT IN ART SUPPLIES,
AND THEN WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL CROSSING GUARD AT A CAMPUS THAT WE NEED TO FUND. 
          HERE'S THE SUMMARY OF OUR BUDGET EFFICIENCY CONSIDERATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN FACTORED INTO
THIS BUDGET WHERE WE'VE GOT DECREASES OF $25.7 MILLION. 25 POINT. YEAH, $25.7 MILLION. I THOUGHT I SAID THAT WRONG FOR A SECOND. 
          YOU KNOW, WE'RE TARGETING TRAVEL, FOOD. YOU KNOW,
WE'RE CONTINUING OUR REDUCTIONS IN OUR CENTRAL OFFICE COSTS TRYING TO STAY AWAY FROM PAYROLL TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE. WE'RE CONTINUING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR
STANDARD STAFFING MODEL. 
          ALL OF THIS REALLY IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY BUDGET STEERING
COMMITTEE AND THE DETAILED LIST OF THESE, AS IN PREVIOUS BOARD PRESENTATIONS. SO MULTIYEAR FORECAST ASSUMPTIONS ARE VERY SIMILAR TO
WHAT WE HAD WITH THE DEBT SERVICE FUND. THE PROPERTY VALUE GROWTH ASSUMPTIONS ARE EXACTLY THE
SAME. 
          OUR DEMOGRAPHIC STUDY FROM ZONDA DEMOGRAPHICS WAS USED TO CALCULATE THE ADA FOR OUR STATE
FUNDING TEMPLATE. THE NON PAYROLL EXPENDITURES, WE'VE GROWN THOSE AT 5%. 
          WE'RE CERTAINLY SEEING SOME INCREASED COST IN DIESEL FUEL AND OTHER AREAS,
LIKE EVERYONE IS EXPERIENCING IN THEIR OWN BUDGETS. 
          AND THEN JUST A REMINDER, THE M&O TAX RATE CURRENTLY IS,
FOR THIS PURPOSES, ESTIMATED AT $0.7552, WHICH IS THE SAME AS THE CURRENT YEAR. WE WILL KNOW MORE AND UPDATE YOU ONCE WE GET
CERTIFIED VALUES. 
          AND THEN, SO THE ESTIMATED TOTAL TAX RATE WHEN ADDING IN THE $0.39 IS $1.1452,
BUT THE BOARD IS NOT TAKING ACTION AGAIN ON THE TAX RATE TONIGHT. OUR GENERAL FUND MULTI YEAR FORECAST. 
          YOU CAN SEE OUR RECAPTURES HOLDING FAIRLY STEADY AT ABOUT $6 MILLION. 
          IT'S INCREASING SLIGHTLY AS WE ESTIMATE TO LOSE ENROLLMENT AND PROPERTY VALUE'S STILL
GROWING. 
          YOU CAN SEE THE RAISE OPTION THERE INCLUDED,
OPTION A, AND I HAVE A DETAILED SLIDE ON THAT HERE IN A MINUTE, OF $8.9 MILLION, OUR BUDGET INCREASES, THE REDUCTIONS OF $25.7 MILLION BRINGING US TO. 
          OH, SORRY. AND I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT, THE SECOND LINE THERE,
BECAUSE YOU WILL SEE THAT LATER IN TONIGHT'S AGENDA. 
          BUT THE TRANSFER IN FROM THE LOCAL PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND OF $9 MILLION TO COVER THE RAISE
THIS YEAR, BRINGING US TO A DEFICIT OF $20.7 MILLION, ENDING FUND BALANCE ESTIMATED TO BE 119,
ALMOST $120 MILLION, WHICH IS STILL ABOVE OUR TARGET OF 25% OF EXPENDITURES OR THREE MONTHS OF
OPERATIONS. 
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AGAIN, BOARD POLICY REQUIRES THE PREPARATION OF THE FORECAST. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE TWO LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS IN ANY FIVE YEAR FORECAST. 
          AND THIS FORECAST REPRESENTS, IF OUR SPENDING CONTINUES ON OUR CURRENT PATTERNS,
IT DOES NOT ASSUME ANY CHANGES IN FUTURE YEARS. 
          AND CERTAINLY, AS MISS BRANUM HAS SAID MANY TIMES,
WHEN WE RETURN FROM MASS BREAK, WE WILL BEGIN OUR WORK ON REDUCING THE BUDGET FOR 27-28. OUR PAY RAISE MODELING. AGAIN, IT'S $1,000. 
          EXCUSE ME. $1,000 INCREASE FOR OUR 1 TO 3 YEAR EXPERIENCE TEACHERS,
$2,000 FOR OUR 4 PLUS YEARS TEACHERS. 
          WE ARE CONTINUING TO KEEP THE DISTANCE BETWEEN EACH YEAR OF SERVICE OF $500 OR $1000. 
          WE ARE NOT INTRODUCING ANY COMPRESSION INTO OUR PAY RAISE. 
          OR EXCUSE ME, OUR SALARY STRUCTURE FOR OUR T TYPES. 
          THE BOARD WAS VERY CLEAR ABOUT THAT. AND WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT WE DO NOT DO THAT. 
          OUR STARTING SALARIES ARE BEING ADJUSTED TO 63,5 FOR OUR ZERO YEAR EXPERIENCE TEACHERS
THAT ARE CERTIFIED. 
          AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THAT IT'S $63,000 FOR UNCERTIFIED TEACHERS. 
          THAT IS A NEW LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENT THAT WE HAVE TO DIFFERENTIATE THE STARTING PAY FOR
CERTIFIED AND UNCERTIFIED STAFF. 
          AND THEN OUR OTHER EMPLOYEES, IT'S THE SAME RAISE WE PRESENTED FOR THE CHILD NUTRITION
FUND. 
          THAT WE NEED TO INCLUDE EXPLAINING THAT, YOU KNOW,
WHAT THE RAISE IS AND THAT TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR A RAISE, THE EMPLOYEE MUST RECEIVE A RATING OF AT LEAST MEETS EXPECTATION ON THEIR APPRAISAL FOR
THE CURRENT YEAR. 
          THIS IS, I KNOW, VERY HARD TO READ, BUT THIS IS THE OFFICIAL FORM OF THE BUDGET. 
          THE THREE FUNDS THAT YOU'RE ADOPTING, A TOTAL AND THEN TOTALS BY ENROLLMENT AND THEN SOME
ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURES THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE IN THERE. 
          AND THEN THE RAISE LANGUAGE IS THE PARAGRAPH AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT. 
          AND ONCE YOU TAKE ACTION ON IT AND IT BECOMES THE OFFICIAL BUDGET AND NOT THE PROPOSED
BUDGET, WE WILL BE POSTING THIS ON THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE. 
          AND THEN OUR NEXT STEPS. THE CALENDAR TONIGHT,
WE'RE HOLDING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND YOU'RE ADOPTING THE BUDGET. 
          IN JULY, KIND OF NO ACTION IS NEEDED UNTIL WE GET TO JULY WHEN WE RECEIVE OUR CERTIFIED
VALUES FROM DALLAS APPRAISAL DISTRICT. 
          WE DO HAVE TO PROVIDE CERTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT THOSE PROPERTY VALUES TO TEA BY AUGUST
1ST. 
          THEY HAVE UNTIL AUGUST 5TH TO PROVIDE OUR MAXIMUM COMPRESSED RATE. 
          TO THAT, WE THEN ADD PENNIES THAT THE BOARD HAS APPROVED AND PENNIES THAT OUR VOTERS HAVE
APPROVED. 
          SO WE ADD THE $13.83 INTO THAT. AND THEN WE MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE TO PUBLISH A NEW NOTICE, JUST DEPENDING ON WHAT PROPERTY VALUES DO,
REALLY DRIVES THAT. 
          AND THEN WE'LL AGAIN EITHER ADOPT THE NEW TAX RATE,
EXCUSE ME, ON THE FIRST OR SECOND MEETING. I'VE PUSHED IT OUT HERE TO THE SECOND MEETING,
SEPTEMBER 17TH. 
          IT ALL JUST DEPENDS ON HOW FAST WE HEAR BACK FROM TEA AND WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE TO
REPOST. 
          THIS IS THE WORST CASE SCENARIO. AND THEN WE WILL MAIL TAX BILLS ON OCTOBER 1ST. 
          AND WITH THAT, THAT IS MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. PATE. AND FOR THE BOARD, JUST TO REMIND YOU,
WE WON'T OPEN THIS UP TO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS UNTIL WE HAVE AN ACTION ITEM LATER ON THE AGENDA. SO WITH THAT, THIS HEARING IS CONCLUDED AND NOW CLOSED. 
          THANK YOU. NOW, I REALLY WANT TO THANK OUR VISITORS THAT I ACCIDENTALLY SKIPPED OVER
RECOGNITIONS. 
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SO YOU GOT TO LISTEN TO THE PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH WAS AN EDUCATION IN ITSELF,
HOPEFULLY. 
          SO WE'RE NOW GOING TO CIRCLE BACK AROUND AND DO THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE MEETING. 
          SO, DR. HELLER, FOR RECOGNITIONS, PLEASE. THANK YOU,
PRESIDENT POTEET, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, SUPERINTENDENT BRANUM, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. 
          THE RICHARDSON ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES UNDERSTANDS THE IMPORTANCE OF RECOGNIZING THE
ACHIEVEMENTS OF STUDENTS, STAFF, SCHOOLS AND DEPARTMENTS. OUR TRUSTEES ALSO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS
OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS MAKE TO THE DISTRICT. 
          AT EACH REGULAR MONTHLY BOARD MEETING, WE TAKE TIME TO CELEBRATE THESE ACHIEVEMENTS. 
          WE ASK THAT ALL GUESTS AND VISITORS HELP CELEBRATE THESE RECOGNITIONS BY STAYING TO ENJOY
THE ENTIRE RECOGNITION PROCESS. 
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THIS ALLOWS EVERYONE TO SHOW THEIR APPRECIATION FOR EACH RECIPIENT. 
          THERE WILL BE A SHORT BREAK AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE RECOGNITIONS PORTION OF THE AGENDA. 
          ANY GUESTS WISHING TO LEAVE THE AUDITORIUM CAN DO SO AT THAT TIME. 
          AND SO THIS EVENING WE HAVE OUR FIRST PARTNER RECOGNITION. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE UP, WITH US THIS EVENING,
IS MR. ERIC, AND IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD AND WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO RECOGNIZE RICHARDSON
ISD AS WELL AS THREE OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS WHO HAVE RECENTLY BEEN AWARDED ECONOMIC MOBILITY AWARDS. 
          SO TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT WITH YOU,
THESE AWARDS RECOGNIZE K-12 DISTRICTS AND HIGH SCHOOLS REACHING HIGH LEVELS OF ACHIEVEMENT OR GROWTH IN THE TEXAS SUCCESS INITIATIVE, ALSO KNOWN AS THE TSI ASSESSMENT IN COLLEGE
ENROLLMENT. 
          THE RESULTS FOR RICHARDSON ISD PLACED IT AMONG THE HIGHEST PERFORMERS IN DALLAS COUNTY
PROMISE NETWORK, AND THAT IS A DIRECT REFLECTION OF THE PREPARATION AND DEDICATION OF OUR SCHOOLS AND THEIR
INVESTMENT IN OUR STUDENTS EVERY DAY. 
          RICHARDSON ISD RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING AWARDS FOR A TOTAL OF $8,000. 
          WE WON A DISTRICT LEVEL AWARD FOR THE TEXAS SUCCESS INITIATIVE OF $2,000. 
          AND THEN AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, BERKNER HIGH SCHOOL,
ONE FOR THE TSI ASSESSMENT, $1,500. 
          LAKE HIGHLANDS HIGH SCHOOL, ALSO FOR THE TSI ASSESSMENT,
$1,500. 
          AND RICHARDSON HIGH SCHOOL FOR BOTH THE TSI ASSESSMENT AND COLLEGE ENROLLMENT,
THEY ARE WINNING $3,000. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE]. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH DALLAS COUNTY
PROMISE AND THE ECONOMIC MOBILITY CENTER. AND WE'RE GOING TO GRAB A PHOTO SO WE CAN CELEBRATE THIS THROUGH OUR
CHANNELS. 
          AND I BELIEVE THAT THERE'S A POSTER FOR EACH HIGH SCHOOL,
AND WE'LL BE SURE THAT THEY GET THEIR BANNER. 
          ALL RIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE]. AND THANK YOU,
MR. BAND, FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT FOR RICHARDSON ISD. 
          I KNOW, IT'S GREAT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU AGAIN. 
          AND NEXT, WE HAVE SEVERAL STAFF RECOGNITIONS THIS MONTH. 
          IT'S ALWAYS EXCITING TO RECOGNIZE OUR STAFF. I KNOW MISS SONYA PARKER GOODE IS UP FRONT. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE MISS ALLISON DAVENPORT IF YOU CAN PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME. 
          [APPLAUSE]. AND AS ALLISON IS COMING FORWARD,
WE WILL SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY WE ARE RECOGNIZING BOTH ALLISON AND SONIA. 
          THIS EVENING, WE ARE RECOGNIZING TWO RECENT GRADUATES OF THE RICHARDSON CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE PROGRAM LEADERSHIP RICHARDSON. 
          YES. [APPLAUSE]. ALLISON SERVES AS OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE,
AND MISS SONYA PARKER GOODE SERVES AS OUR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. THE PROGRAM THAT THEY PARTICIPATED IN,
LEADERSHIP RICHARDSON, EXPLORES ALL ASPECTS OF THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING ARTS,
CULTURE, DIVERSITY, BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, CITY GOVERNMENT, REGIONALISM, HEALTH CARE, PUBLIC EDUCATION,
PUBLIC SAFETY, SOCIAL SERVICES, AND MORE, WHILE GROWING PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS OF PARTICIPANTS. 
          THE PROGRAM HAS OVER 1200 GRADUATES WHO HAVE GONE ON TO SERVE THEIR COMMUNITIES IN A
VARIETY OF WAYS. 
          MISS DAVENPORT AND MISS PARKER GOODE HAVE COMPLETED ALL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS AND RECENTLY
CELEBRATED THEIR GRADUATION AS PART OF LEADERSHIP RICHARDSON CLASS OF 41. 
          AND I HAVE TO SAY THIS, BUT I WAS IN THE CLASS OF 37. 
          BUT THEY ALWAYS SAY THE BEST CLASS. SO CONGRATULATIONS,
ALLISON AND SONIA. 
          [APPLAUSE]. AND AS THEY ARE ENJOYING THE RECEIVING LINE AND WE GRAB THAT PHOTO,
I'M GOING TO INVITE MISS GUNTER TO PLEASE COME FORWARD BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO CELEBRATE YOU NEXT. 
          [APPLAUSE]. AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO OUR PARTNER AND OUR FRIENDS AT THE RICHARDSON
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. 
          I SAW MISS CLARK HERE THIS EVENING, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          AND, JEANETTE. OH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE ANOTHER REALLY SPECIAL STAFF RECOGNITION THIS EVENING. 
          I'M EXCITED TO RECOGNIZE AND INTRODUCE ROBIN GUNTER,
WHO CURRENTLY SERVES AS OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY. 
          AND RECENTLY, SHE WAS RECOGNIZED FOR THE CONSORTIUM FOR SCHOOL NETWORKING,
ALSO KNOWN AS COSN, AS THE 2026 VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR. SO YES, CONGRATULATIONS. 
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[APPLAUSE]. COSN NAMED ROBIN AS THE 2026 VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR. 
          SHE SERVED AS A VOLUNTEER FOR SEVERAL COSN COMMITTEES,
INCLUDING THE STUDENT DATA PRIVACY COMMITTEE, THE AWARDS COMMITTEE AND THE CERTIFICATION GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE,
WHERE SHE SERVES AS THE CHAIR. 
          ROBIN HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN SUPPORTING THE PROCESS,
USING TO IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE CUSTOMER SERVICE FOR SOME OF THEIR PROGRAMING IN COSN. AND AS I MENTIONED, SHE CURRENTLY SERVES AND SUPPORTS OUR INSTRUCTIONAL
TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS ACROSS THE DISTRICT AND ALSO JUST RECENTLY CELEBRATED 28 YEARS IN RICHARDSON ISD. CONGRATULATIONS,
ROBIN. 
          [APPLAUSE]. AND AS WE ARE GETTING A PICTURE WITH ROBIN, I'M GOING TO INVITE MISS HAYMAN TO PLEASE COME FORWARD. 
          WE'RE GOING TO CELEBRATE YOU NEXT, KARA. 
          ALL RIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS, ROBIN. [APPLAUSE]. 
          WE ALSO HAVE A REALLY ANOTHER REALLY SPECIAL STAFF RECOGNITION. 
          I'M EXCITED TO INTRODUCE TO YOU MISS KARA HAYMAN. 
          SHE WAS RECENTLY RECOGNIZED THROUGH REGION 10 FOR RECOGNIZING GREATNESS IN A TRANSITION
EMPLOYEE DESIGNEE AWARD. 
          SO YES, LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR MISS KARA. [APPLAUSE]. 
          A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS AWARD. IT CELEBRATES PERSONNEL WHO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND TO FULFILL
THE DUTIES OF A TRANSITION AND EMPLOYMENT DESIGNEE, WHICH IS A SPECIALIZED STAFF MEMBER THAT IS REQUIRED BY TEXAS DISTRICTS TO ASSIST STUDENTS
WITH DISABILITIES TOWARDS MEANINGFUL POST-SECONDARY EMPLOYMENT. 
          KARA CURRENTLY SERVES AS THE TRANSITION COORDINATOR IN OUR SPECIAL STUDENT SERVICES
DEPARTMENT, AND I KNOW SHE WORKS WITH A BIG HEART FOR THAT PROGRAM AND ADVOCATES FOR THOSE STUDENTS. 
          AND WE'RE JUST SO PROUD TO RECOGNIZE YOU THIS EVENING. AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR
RISD. 
          [APPLAUSE]. AND AS KARA IS GOING THROUGH THE RECEIVING LINE,
WE ARE GOING TO RECOGNIZE OUR DESTINATION IMAGINATION STUDENTS. 
          SO IF YOU COULD PLEASE COME FORWARD AND YOU'RE GOING TO START GETTING ORGANIZED TO MY
LEFT, WE'RE GOING TO START WITH MERRIMAN PARK, THE MIGHTY PRINGLES. SO IF THEY WANT TO BE AT THE
FRONT OF THE LINE. 
          THE PRINGLES. OKAY, KARA, WE'RE GOING TO GET A PICTURE. 
          AND EVEN THOUGH SCHOOL IS OUT, WE'VE GOT SOME STUDENTS HERE FOR A RECOGNITION,
A VERY, VERY EXCITING RECOGNITION BECAUSE THEY'VE STILL BEEN WORKING AFTER SCHOOL WAS OUT, RIGHT? AWESOME. SO THESE STUDENTS, WE HAVE THE MIGHTY PRINGLES FROM MERRIMAN PARK
ELEMENTARY. 
          WE HAVE THE THOUGHTFUL THINKERS FROM BOWIE ELEMENTARY. 
          AND WE HAVE THE ONE STAR TEAM DINNER, WHICH I GOT THE SCOOP ON THE NAME OF THAT TEAM,
FROM PARK HILL AND WESTWOOD JUNIOR HIGHS. 
          LET ME SHARE A LITTLE BIT WITH YOU WHY WE ARE CELEBRATING THESE STUDENTS. 
          TEXAS DESTINATION IMAGINATION IS A SCHOOL BASED PROGRAM DEVOTED TO HELPING STUDENTS GAIN
PRACTICAL LIFE SKILLS THROUGH INTERESTING, ENTERTAINING, AND MIND BOGGLING CHALLENGES. THE PROGRAM IS CREATED AND GUIDED BY PARENTS,
EDUCATORS, AND COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS WHO SUPPORT THE ART AND SKILL OF CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING. 
          WHILE WORKING ON THE CHALLENGES, STUDENTS LEARN TO WORK AS A TEAM MEMBER,
BE COOPERATIVE, TAKE RISKS, STAY WITHIN A BUDGET, AND MEET DEADLINES. 
          THE PROGRAM DEVELOPS REAL LIFE SKILLS THAT DEVELOP AND HELP STUDENTS TO SUCCEED IN ANY
ENDEAVOR. 
          DESTINATION IMAGINATION HAS AFFILIATES IN 48 STATES AND IN 50 NATIONS. 
          TEXAS IS THE LARGEST OF THE 63 GLOBAL DESTINATION IMAGINATION AFFILIATES. 
          APPROXIMATELY 20,000 STUDENTS IN TEXAS PARTICIPATED IN DI THIS PAST SCHOOL YEAR. 
          THIS YEAR, RICHARDSON ISD HAD THREE TEAMS AGAIN REPRESENTING MERRIMAN PARK,
BOWIE ELEMENTARIES AND THEN THE COMBINED TEAM FOR PARK HILL AND WESTWOOD JUNIOR HIGHS THAT RECENTLY COMPETED IN THE GLOBALS IN KANSAS CITY LAST MONTH. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE]. AND TALKING WITH A FEW OF THEM,
THEY HAD A GREAT TIME GETTING TO TRAVEL OUT OF STATE AND TO MEET LOTS OF OTHER STUDENTS FROM ACROSS NOT ONLY TEXAS, BUT THE COUNTRY. SO AT THIS TIME,
WE ARE GOING TO INTRODUCE THE TEAM, THE MIGHTY PRINGLES FROM MERRIMAN PARK ELEMENTARY,
AND WE'RE GOING TO GET AN INDIVIDUAL TEAM PICTURE AFTER EACH SCHOOL. 
          SO WE HAVE SIDNEY BOYD. [APPLAUSE]. SCARLETT SALGADO. 
          [APPLAUSE]. JACKSON ANGINA. [APPLAUSE]. ALL RIGHT. AND SO THOSE ARE THE STUDENTS THAT WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT THIS EVENING FROM MERRIMAN
PARK, 
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THE MIGHTY PRINGLES. SO WE'RE GOING TO GET A GROUP PHOTO. 
          CONGRATULATIONS, MIGHTY PRINGLES. I LOVE THESE NAMES. 
          OKAY, WE NEXT HAVE THE THOUGHTFUL THINKERS FROM BOWIE ELEMENTARY. 
          WE HAVE LIBBY OYLER. [APPLAUSE]. ISABEL OLIVEIRA. 
          [APPLAUSE]. MAGGIE MULKEY. [APPLAUSE]. OLIVIA OSTROWSKY. 
          [APPLAUSE]. AND IVY MUNSELL. [APPLAUSE]. YES. 
          LET'S HEAR IT FOR OUR THOUGHTFUL THINKERS FROM BOWIE ELEMENTARY. 
          WAY TO GO, GIRLS. THEN WE'RE GOING TO GRAB A TEAM PHOTO. 
          AWESOME. WAY TO GO. THOUGHTFUL THINKERS. AND FINALLY,
WE HAVE THE COMBINED TEAM FROM PARK HILL AND WESTWOOD JUNIOR HIGHS, THE ONE STAR TEAM DINNER. AND THERE'S A REALLY FUN STORY BEHIND THAT,
IF YOU WANT TO LEARN ABOUT THAT TEAM NAME. 
          OKAY, WE HAVE MISS EMILY POOLE FROM WESTWOOD JUNIOR HIGH. 
          [APPLAUSE]. MISS ALLIE SHAFFNER FROM PARK HILL JUNIOR HIGH. 
          [APPLAUSE]. CINDY MANN FROM PARK HILL. [APPLAUSE]. 
          PYPER JONES FROM WESTWOOD. [APPLAUSE]. AND EVERETT PERRY FROM PARK HILL JUNIOR HIGH. 
          [APPLAUSE]. CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE AWESOME JUNIOR HIGH STUDENTS. 
          WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GET A TEAM PICTURE. 
          AND I SEE THEIR PRINCIPAL'S HERE. THAT'S AWESOME. 
          WE KNOW THAT THERE'S SEVERAL PARENTS AND FAMILY AND STAFF AND COMMUNITY HERE TO SUPPORT
OUR COMMUNITY AND THOSE THAT WE RECOGNIZE THIS EVENING, IF YOU COULD PLEASE STAND SO WE COULD RECOGNIZE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR BEING SO SUPPORTIVE
OF OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF. 
          [APPLAUSE]. AND WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES OUR RECOGNITIONS FOR THIS EVENING. 
          [IV. PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION]
MISS RENTERÍA, DO WE HAVE ANY PERSONS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO ADDRESS THE BOARD? WE DO, MR. POTEET. ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD, I WELCOME OUR VISITORS. 
          DURING TODAY'S MEETING, SPEAKERS MAY COMMENT ON BOTH AGENDA AND NON-AGENDA ITEMS. AS A REMINDER, SPEAKERS ARE REQUIRED TO FOLLOW THE PUBLIC COMMENTS PROTOCOL AS NOTED ON
THE RISD WEBSITE. 
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SPEAKERS, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AT THE FRONT OF THE AUDITORIUM WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME. 
          OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS MR. GRAYSON TUCKER. 
          MY NAME IS GRAYSON TUCKER, AND I'M A JUNIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL AND CO-FOUNDER OF AI SMART. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU TONIGHT ABOUT AN ISSUE THAT I BELIEVE IS
SHAPING THE FUTURE OF OUR CLASSROOMS. HOW STUDENTS ARE LEARNING TO USE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. 
          AI IS NOW A PART OF NEARLY EVERY STUDENT'S DAILY LIFE,
AND THE QUESTION IS NO LONGER WHETHER THEY WILL USE IT, BUT WILL THEY USE IT WELL? IN A RECENT SURVEY BY THE CENTER FOR DEMOCRACY AND TECHNOLOGY,
63% OF TEACHERS REPORTED STUDENTS BEING DISCIPLINED FOR THE USE OF GENERATIVE AI IN SCHOOL. THAT SAME RESEARCH FOUND THAT 72% OF STUDENTS SAID GUIDANCE ON
RESPONSIBLE AI USE WOULD BE HELPFUL. 
          THAT GAP IS THE REAL ISSUE AI SMART IS TRYING TO SOLVE. 
          MANY STUDENTS ARE NOT TRYING TO CUT CORNERS WHEN USING AI. 
          THEY SIMPLY DO NOT KNOW WHERE THE LINE IS. THAT IS WHY MY PEERS AND I FOUNDED AI SMART,
WHICH STANDS FOR STUDENTS MASTERING AI RESPONSIBLY TOGETHER. 
          WE ARE A STUDENT LED GROUP THAT DEVELOPS RESOURCES AND LEADS WORKSHOPS ON RESPONSIBLE AI
USE. 
          WE TEACH PRACTICAL SKILLS, HOW TO WRITE EFFECTIVE PROMPTS,
HOW TO RECOGNIZE WHEN AI GENERATES FALSE INFORMATION, AND HOW TO USE THESE TOOLS WITHOUT VIOLATING ACADEMIC INTEGRITY. 
          TO DATE, WE HAVE REACHED MORE THAN 6000 PEOPLE THROUGH COMMUNITY EVENTS,
LOCAL LIBRARY PARTNERSHIPS AND SPEAKING TO SCHOOLS IN THE NORTH DALLAS AREA. 
          I WANT TO COMMEND RICHARDSON ISD ON AI GUIDANCE. 
          THE DISTRICT RECOGNIZES THAT AI'S IMPACT ON TEACHING AND LEARNING CAN BE POSITIVE,
NEGATIVE, OR NEUTRAL DEPENDING ON HOW IT IS USED AND EMPHASIZES TRANSPARENT,
RESPONSIBLE USE WHILE PROTECTING ACADEMIC INTEGRITY AND DATA PRIVACY. RISD'S APPROACH, TREATING AI AS A SUPPLEMENT TO STUDENT WORK RATHER THAN A
REPLACEMENT AND REQUIRING PROPER CITATION WHEN IT IS USED, REFLECTS EXACTLY THE KIND OF THOUGHTFUL FRAMEWORK THAT STUDENTS NEED TO NAVIGATE THESE
TOOLS WELL. THE MAIN CHALLENGE IS THAT STUDENTS ALSO USE AI OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL, WHERE NO TEACHER IS AVAILABLE TO GUIDE THEM. A THOUGHTFUL POLICY ACHIEVES THIS GOAL WHEN
STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO APPLY IT IN PRACTICE. 
          THIS EVENING, I RESPECTFULLY ASK THE BOARD TO CONSIDER PARTNERING WITH AI SMART. 
          WE OFFER HANDS ON STUDENTS WORKSHOPS ON ETHICAL AI USE,
EFFECTIVE PROMPT ENGINEERING, SPOTTING HALLUCINATIONS, BIAS, AND MISINFORMATION, ALONG WITH STUDENT FRIENDLY GUIDES AND CLASSROOM RESOURCES THAT
TEACHERS CAN USE DIRECTLY. 
          OUR GOAL IS SIMPLE. TO HELP STUDENTS TO USE AI TO STRENGTHEN THEIR EDUCATION RATHER THAN
SHORTCUT IT. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU,
MR. TUCKER. MR. POTEET, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THIS EVENING. 
          ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MISS RENTERIA. OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE
OATH OF OFFICE. 
          [V. ADMINISTER OATH OF OFFICE]
WE WOULD FIRST LIKE TO RECOGNIZE TRUSTEE RENTERIA AS SHE STEPS DOWN FROM HER SERVICE ON
THE BOARD. 
          THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR ENDLESS SUPPORT OF RISD. 
          [APPLAUSE]. I JUST WANT TO, ONCE AGAIN, JUST EXTEND MY EXTREME GRATITUDE. 
          I KNOW I'VE ALREADY SAID THIS IN PERSON, IN WRITING,
YOU KNOW, IN A VIDEO, BUT I'M JUST SO, SO GRATEFUL TO THIS AMAZING COMMUNITY WHO GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE IN THIS ROLE. 
          SO JUST THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND WE THANK YOU. 
          WE WILL NOW PROCEED WITH THE SWEARING IN OUR BOARD MEMBERS FOR SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT 3
AND AT LARGE PLACE 6, MISS BURNEY AND MR. EAGER, WILL YOU PLEASE GO TO THE PODIUM TO BE SWORN IN BY OUR NOTARY
AND BOARD MANAGER, MRS. VIRI GUTIERREZ. 
          BURNEY, MR. EAGER. ARE YOU READY? OKAY, HERE WE GO. 
          PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME. 
          OKAY. I, STATE YOUR NAME. 
          THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF TRUSTEE. 
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FOR SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT, STATE YOUR DISTRICT. 
          AND OF THIS STATE. 
          YAY! [APPLAUSE]. CONGRATULATIONS. 
          ALLOW MISS BURNEY AND MR. EAGER TO TAKE PICTURES WITH THEIR FAMILIES. 
          IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY WORDS TO SAY, EITHER MISS BURNEY OR MR. EAGER, FEEL FREE TO DO SO. WE'RE GOING TO START THE MEETING AT 6:55. 
          WE'LL RESUME. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO GET STARTED. 
          GOOD CELEBRATION THERE. WELCOME TO MISS BURNEY,
NEW TRUSTEE AND TO OUR RETURNING TRUSTEE, MR. EAGER, TO THE HORSESHOE. THANK YOU. OKAY. 
          [VI.A. Conduct Board Reorganization]
AT THE MAY ELECTION, TWO TRUSTEE SEATS WERE ON THE BALLOT. 
          THOSE SEATS WERE SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT 3 AND AT LARGE PLACE 6. 
          MRS. NAZLEE BURNEY WAS ELECTED FOR SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT 3. 
          MR. ERIC EAGER WAS ELECTED FOR AT LARGE PLACE 6. 
          BOARD MEMBERS, TONIGHT AS REQUIRED BY THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE,
WE WILL REORGANIZE OUR BOARD BY ELECTING THE POSITIONS OF BOARD PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY. THE FIRST NOMINATION WILL BE FOR BOARD PRESIDENT,
AND I WILL HAVE SUPERINTENDENT TABITHA BRANUM OVERSEE THE NOMINATIONS FOR THE POSITION OF BOARD PRESIDENT. THANK YOU,
TRUSTEE POTEET. 
          AND AT THIS TIME, I WILL ENTERTAIN NOMINATIONS FOR THE POSITION OF BOARD PRESIDENT. 
          I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE CHRIS POTEET. I HAVE A NOMINATION FROM MEGAN TIMME FOR CHRIS POTEET. 
          DO I HAVE A SECOND OR ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? SECOND FOR MR. POTEET. THANK YOU, MR. EAGER. ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. MOTION BY MEGAN TIMME AND A SECOND BY TRUSTEE
ERIC EAGER. 
          AND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS. 
          AND THE MOTION PASSES 7-0. AND AT THIS TIME,
I WILL TURN THE MEETING BACK OVER TO OUR CONTINUING PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, TRUSTEE CHRIS POTEET. 
          ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT BRANUM. NEXT,
WE WILL ELECT A VICE PRESIDENT FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. 
          DOES ANYONE WISH TO MAKE A NOMINATION? I NOMINATE RACHEL MCGOWAN. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU, MISS PACHECO, FOR THAT NOMINATION. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU,
MISS HARRIS, FOR SECONDING THAT. 
          ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? OKAY. HEARING AND SEEING NONE. 
          ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. 
          ALL RIGHT. THAT MOTION CARRIES 7 TO 0. OKAY. NEXT WE WILL HAVE AN ELECTION FOR OUR
SECRETARY. 
          DOES ANYONE WISH TO MAKE A NOMINATION? I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE MISS VANESSA PACHECO. 
          ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MISS MCGOWAN. WE HAVE A NOMINATION FOR TRUSTEE PACHECO. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, THANK YOU, MISS TIMME. 
          ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS FOR SECRETARY? OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR OF THIS MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. 
          ALL RIGHT. THAT MOTION PASSES 7 TO 0. OKAY. TWO FINAL ROLES THAT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER. 
          THE SELECTION OF A TASB DELEGATE AND ALTERNATE. 
          DOES ANYONE WISH TO MAKE A NOMINATION FOR THE TASB DELEGATE? I'LL NOMINATE ERIC EAGER. ALL RIGHT, MISS TIMME. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. 
          [00:45:04]
ALL RIGHT, MISS MCGOWAN. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS FOR TASB DELEGATE? OKAY. WITH THAT, ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION,
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. 
          OKAY. AND THAT MOTION PASSES 7 TO 0. WE ALSO ELECT AN ALTERNATE TO BE AVAILABLE IF OUR
DELEGATE CANNOT ATTEND A MEETING OR PERFORM OTHER DELEGATE RESPONSIBILITIES. DOES ANYONE WISH TO MAKE A NOMINATION FOR TASB DELEGATE
ALTERNATE? I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE TRUSTEE MEGAN TIMME. 
          ALL RIGHT, MISS HARRIS. THANK YOU FOR THAT. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL RIGHT, MISS MCGOWAN, THANK YOU FOR THAT SECOND. 
          ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS BEFORE WE VOTE? OKAY. SEEING AND HEARING NONE. 
          ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. 
          EXCELLENT. THAT PASSES 7 TO 0. AND WE NOW HAVE A TASB DELEGATE ALTERNATE. 
          OUR BOARD IS NOW REORGANIZED FOR THE COMING YEAR. 
          THANK YOU ALL. [APPLAUSE]. THAT'S RIGHT. IT TAKES A LOT TO RAISE YOUR HAND TO SERVE THE DISTRICT. AND THIS IS LIKE DOUBLE SERVING. 
          SO KUDOS TO ALL OF YOU THAT ARE SERVING IN THESE ROLES. 
          THANK YOU. OKAY. OUR NEXT ACTION ITEM IS THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          [VII. CONSENT / CONFIRMATION AGENDA ITEMS]
DOES ANYONE WISH TO PULL ANY CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION OR RECUSE
THEMSELVES? MR. POTEET, I'LL BE RECUSING MYSELF. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF REGION 10 CONTRACTS AND BIDS ON
THERE. 
          SINCE I DO WORK FOR REGION 10, I WILL BE RECUSING MYSELF FROM THE ENTIRE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? SO MOVED. OKAY. MISS HARRIS, THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. OKAY. MR. EAGER. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE CONSENT
AGENDA? OKAY. HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION,
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. 
          OKAY. AND THAT MOTION PASSES 6 TO 0. THANK YOU. 
          [VIII.A. Consider Gifts]
OUR NEXT ACTION ITEM IS TO CONSIDER GIFTS. MISS BRANUM. 
          THANK YOU, PRESIDENT POTEET. IT'S AN INCREDIBLE THING TO BE ABLE TO BRING FORWARD OUR LAST
MONTH OF GIFTS FOR THE 25-26 SCHOOL YEAR. 
          AND WHILE I'VE ASKED MR. PATE TO PREPARE TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION,
AND HE WILL BE GOING OVER THE SPECIFICS OF OUR GIFTS OVER $5000, I DO HAVE TO REMARK THAT WE HAVE ALMOST A $300,000 INCREASE OF GIFTS THIS YEAR OVER OUR
24-25 SCHOOL YEAR. 
          AND SO JUST AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF APPRECIATION TO OUR PTAS,
OUR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS, JUST OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHO CONTINUE TO STEP UP AND JUST PROVIDE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND SUPPORTS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR KIDS AND OUR
TEACHERS AND OUR CAMPUSES. 
          AND SO I JUST HAVE IMMENSE GRATITUDE FOR ALL OF THEM. 
          SO, MR. PATE, WILL YOU PLEASE PRESENT TONIGHT'S GIFTS? YES. THANK YOU, MISS BRANUM. I'M HAPPY TO PRESENT GIFTS RECEIVED THIS MONTH. 
          WE HAVE FIVE GIFTS OVER $5,000 SUBMITTED FOR BOARD APPROVAL. 
          THE ARAPAHO CLASSICAL MAGNET PTA DONATED $65,695 TO ARAPAHO CLASSICAL MAGNET. 
          THE LAKE HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY PTA DONATED $162,290.74 TO LAKE HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY. 
          THE NORTH LAKE ELEMENTARY PTA DONATED $34,105.69 TO NORTH LAKE ELEMENTARY. 
          THE MOHAWK ELEMENTARY PTA DONATED $10,151.40 TO MOHAWK ELEMENTARY AND THE SPRING CREEK
ELEMENTARY PTA DONATED $110,000 TO SPRING CREEK ELEMENTARY FOR A TOTAL OF $382,242.83. 
          AND WE HAVE 11 GIFTS LESS THAN $5,000 FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES TO CAMPUSES ACROSS THE
DISTRICT, TOTALING $16,176.87, WHICH WERE SUBMITTED FOR THE BOARD'S INFORMATION,
BRINGING OUR TOTAL GIFTS THIS MONTH TO $398,419.70. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. PATE. AND WITH THAT,
I DO RECOMMEND THAT THE BOARD ACCEPT THE GIFTS OF $5,000 OR MORE AS PRESENTED. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THE RECOMMENDATION. 
          DO I HAVE A MOTION FROM THE BOARD? SO MOVED. OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, MR. EAGER. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. 
          ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MISS MCGOWAN. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE MOTION,
RECOMMENDATION OF GIFTS? YES, MISS HARRIS. JUST A HUGE THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          I MEAN, THAT NUMBER IS ABSOLUTELY AWESOME, ESPECIALLY,
YOU KNOW, IN A TIME THAT WE ARE TODAY, 
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WHEN YOU LOOK AT BUDGETS AND YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE FINANCIALLY IN OUR OWN HOUSEHOLDS,
JUST TO COME UP WITH A NUMBER LIKE THAT IS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. 
          WE APPRECIATE ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, OUR FAMILIES. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. GREAT COMMENT. 
          YES, MISS PACHECO. YES. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND PTAS THAT
HAVE, YOU KNOW, RAISED THESE FUNDS AND SUPPORT THEIR SCHOOLS. 
          I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR MISS BRANUM. OF COURSE. 
          IF YOU COULD PLEASE HELP OUR, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND AND KNOW HOW WE CAN DONATE,
WHAT HAPPENS DURING THE SUMMER? DO WE STILL RECEIVE FUNDS DURING THIS SUMMER. 
          YES. SINCE WE'RE OFF OF SCHOOL? LIKE WHAT CAN COMMUNITY MEMBERS DO? YES, MA'AM. WELL, OF COURSE ANY OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE A PART OF OUR PTA OR
OTHER PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS, WE STILL ABSOLUTELY DO THE GIFT ACCEPTANCE FUND FORM. 
          AND SO WE JUST ENCOURAGE ANY PARTNER TO REACH OUT IF THERE'S A PARTICULAR CAMPUS THAT THEY
WANT TO PARTNER WITH, THEY CAN CONNECT WITH THAT PRINCIPAL, THEY CAN GO THROUGH THE NORMAL PROCESS THAT WE WOULD
USE. BUT ABSOLUTELY, ALL THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, BOTH OUR CENTRAL OFFICE AS WELL AS OUR PRINCIPALS WOULD BE
AVAILABLE TO HELP WITH THAT PROCESS. 
          WONDERFUL. AND THERE'S ALWAYS THE FOUNDATION AS WELL. GREAT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. GREAT QUESTION. THANK YOU FOR THAT ANSWER. 
          ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO THE MOTION? OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. 
          OKAY. THE MOTION PASSES 7 TO 0. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. 
          [VIII.C. Approve Final Amended Budget Status Report - 2025-2026 Annual Budget]
WE NOW TURN TO OUR ACTION ITEMS RELATED TO THE ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET AMENDMENT. 
          MISS BRANUM, DO YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE BOARD? THANK YOU, PRESIDENT POTEET. BEFORE WE TAKE UP THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE 26-27 BUDGET,
WE DO NEED TO CLOSE OUT OUR CURRENT BUDGET. 
          I RECOMMEND THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE 25-26 FINAL AMENDED BUDGET REPORT AS PRESENTED. 
          OKAY. AND THIS GOES BACK, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG,
TO SOME OF THE PRESENTATION WE SAW EARLIER. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? OR IS THAT THE NEXT ACTION ITEM? THAT'S THE NEXT ACTION ITEM. THIS IS SPECIFICALLY WHERE WE WILL END THE 25-26 SCHOOL YEAR. 
          YES, SIR. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU FOR THE RECOMMENDATION. 
          BOARD, DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THIS ACTION ITEM? SO MOVED. OKAY. THANK YOU, MISS TIMME. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. THANK YOU, MISS PACHECO. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? NO? OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. 
          OKAY. THAT MOTION PASSES 7 TO 0. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. 
          AND THAT'S A WRAP ON THE LAST BUDGET. SO OUR NEXT ITEM IS TO CONSIDER THE ADOPTION OF THE
2026-2027 BUDGETS. 
          [VIII.D. Adoption of the 2026-2027 Budget ]
MISS BRANUM. THANK YOU. YES. AND AGAIN, I WANT TO SHARE MUCH APPRECIATION TO THE ENTIRE
STAFF WHO REALLY BEGAN WORKING ON THE 26-27 BUDGET REALLY LAST AUGUST. AND SO OUR TEAMS INTERNALLY HAVE BEEN WORKING ALL FALL TO BE
READY TO BRING FORWARD RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD BEGINNING IN JANUARY AND TO START WORKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS. I ALSO WANT TO JUST CELEBRATE. 
          THIS IS MR. PATE'S OFFICIAL LAST ADOPTED PRESENTATION THAT HE IS BRINGING FORWARD TO A
BOARD AS HE WILL BE RETIRING IN AUGUST. 
          SO I KNOW HE HAS MIXED EMOTIONS AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION,
BUT WITH THAT, I DO RECOMMEND THAT THE BOARD ADOPT THE 2026-2027 BUDGET AS PRESENTED IN THE OFFICIAL BUDGET DOCUMENT. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THE RECOMMENDATION. 
          IS THERE A MOTION FROM THE BOARD? SO MOVED. THANK YOU,
MISS PACHECO. 
          A SECOND? SECOND. THANK YOU, MISS MCGOWAN. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS? AND AGAIN, FOR CLARIFICATION, THIS WAS WHAT WAS COVERED EARLIER ON IN THE PUBLIC HEARING. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. YES. MISS TIMME. YEAH, JUST FOR CLARITY'S SAKE,
IN THE PRESENTATION, THERE WAS A WHOLE SLIDE WITH LIKE $25 MILLION OF EFFICIENCIES. 
          RIGHT. AND WHEN YOU GUYS ARE SPEAKING OF EFFICIENCIES,
FOR CLARITY'S SAKE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CUTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE TO SAVE MONEY, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. EFFICIENCY. SO YOU FOUND $25.7 MILLION IN
EFFICIENCIES OR CUTS WITHIN OUR BUDGET TO PULL US CLOSER TO A BALANCED BUDGET, EVEN THOUGH THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE ADOPTING, BUT CLOSER TO THAT NUMBER. YES,
MA'AM. GREAT. AND THEN MY OTHER ONE WAS, I DID WANT TO THANK THE BOARDS. I KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO ASK FOR SOME PERMANENT SCHOOL
FUND FUNDS TO COME IN HERE. 
          PREVIOUS BOARDS HAD THE GOOD INSIGHT THAT, SHOULD WE HIT AN ECONOMIC CRISIS,
AS I WILL CALL IT IN EDUCATION, THAT WE WOULD HAVE A FUND THAT WE COULD PULL FROM THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO CONTINUE TO RUN A
BUDGET, 
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SUPPORTING OUR STAFF FOR GOOD STUDENT OUTCOMES. 
          AND BECAUSE BOARDS HAVE DONE THAT AND BECAUSE THAT THEY HAD THAT FORESIGHT,
WE WERE ABLE TO THEN USE THAT. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A THANK YOU TO OUR PREVIOUS BOARDS AND THEIR LEADERSHIP FOR
ALLOWING US AN OPTION BECAUSE IT'S GETTING PRETTY SLIM, OUR OPTIONS, AND WITHOUT THAT WE WOULD BE IN EVEN MORE FINANCIAL DISTRESS. 
          SO I DID WANT TO THANK OUR PREVIOUS BOARDS. GREAT POINT. 
          THANK YOU, MISS TIMME. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? YES. 
          MISS MCGOWAN. WE TALKED ABOUT LUNCH KIDS IN THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION. 
          AND JUST FOR THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH
FOR KIDDOS IN SCHOOLS. 
          THAT IS NOT CHANGING. NO, MA'AM. THERE ARE NO CHANGES FOR THAT AT ALL. 
          ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND I WANT TO NOTE IT'S BREAKFAST AND LUNCH PROGRAMS. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? OKAY. MISS PACHECO,
DID YOU? YES. YES. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK AND ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO DO AND
MOVE AND CHANGE AND MAKE DECISIONS ON TO GET US TO WHERE WE ARE. 
          AND I WANTED TO JUST KIND OF ASK, IF FOR SOME MIRACLE THINGS CHANGED OVER THE SUMMER OR
THINGS CHANGE BASED ON DECISIONS YOU MAKE. 
          ARE WE ABLE TO AMEND THIS AS WE MOVE FORWARD? YES, MA'AM. JUST AS YOU DO EVERY YEAR, EACH MONTH,
WE BRING FORWARD ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE BUDGET BASED UPON EITHER NEW INFORMATION OR UPDATES THAT WE HAVE OR, YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY THERE'S SOME EVENT THAT CAUSES US TO HAVE TO REDIRECT
MONIES IN SOME WAY. 
          ALL OF THAT WILL COME TO THE BOARD ON A MONTHLY BASIS. 
          OKAY. PERFECT. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL OF THE HARD WORK ON THIS. ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU, MISS PACHECO. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? YES,
MISS MCGOWAN. 
          JUST ONE MORE. I'M SORRY, I FORGOT TO ASK YOU THIS. 
          BECAUSE WE RECEIVED A LOT OF EMAILS FROM TEACHERS,
STAFF, ADVOCATES FOR TEACHERS, MANY DIFFERENT EMAILS ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY WANT TO SEE NOT CUT. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW THAT WE HEARD THEIR VOICES. 
          WE READ EVERY EMAIL AND UNDERSTAND THEIR CONCERNS AND TAKE THAT ALSO INTO CONSIDERATION. 
          WE DID OR DID NOT, JUST REMIND ME. WE DID OR DID NOT RAISE THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS
THAT THEY ARE HAVING TO PAY TO THE DISTRICT? SO JUST TO BE CLEAR,
RICHARDSON ISD DOES NOT SET THE INSURANCE PREMIUM RATES THAT ANY EDUCATOR WHO'S CHOOSING TO BE A PART OF THE DISTRICT PROVIDED INSURANCE,
WHICH IS TRS, WE DO NOT SET THOSE RATES. 
          THOSE ARE SET AT A STATE LEVEL. AND THEY ARE DEPENDENT UPON THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH
LIVING IN A CERTAIN REGION. 
          IT JUST HAPPENS THAT REGION 10 IS ONE OF THE MOST COSTLY REGIONS TO LIVE IN. 
          AND WE SAW THE MOST SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN PREMIUMS,
BUT THAT WAS NOT AT THE DISCRETION OR RECOMMENDATION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OR THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. WE DID HAVE A LONG CONVERSATION FOR MANY WEEKS AND AT SEVERAL BOARD MEETINGS,
WHETHER OR NOT, IN LOOKING AT THE COMPENSATION PLAN, WAS INCREASING HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS AND OUR
DISTRICT CONTRIBUTION, THAT MONTHLY CONTRIBUTION, WAS THAT A STRATEGY THAT THE BOARD WANTED TO CONSIDER? AND IN THE END, THE BOARD WEIGHED A COUPLE OF THINGS. 
          ONE, APPROXIMATELY 60% OF OUR EMPLOYEES ARE A PART OF TRS. 
          AND AS A RESULT, IF THERE WAS AN INCREASE, THAT WOULD ONLY GO TO THE 60% THAT ARE ACTUALLY
ENGAGED WITH TRS. 
          THE SECOND IS, IF WE WERE TO INCREASE THAT MONTHLY PREMIUM,
THAT DOES NOT CALCULATE TOWARDS THEIR RETIREMENT. 
          SO WE BROUGHT THAT BENCHMARK INFORMATION AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WILL BRING FORWARD
ANNUALLY. 
          AND AT SOME POINT, THE BOARD MAY WANT TO MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT. 
          BUT WHERE WE WERE FINANCIALLY, WE COULDN'T DO ALL THE THINGS. 
          AND SO IN PRIORITIZING WHAT WE FELT LIKE WOULD HIT AND REALLY PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
ALL EMPLOYEES, IT WAS THE COMPENSATION STRUCTURE THAT WE BROUGHT FORWARD,
BUT WE ARE CONSTANTLY BENCHMARKING THAT, AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS IN FRONT OF THIS BOARD EVERY YEAR FOR COMPENSATION
CONVERSATION, TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S HOW YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO PROCEED. 
          THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? MR. EAGER. YES. I WANT TO THANK MR. PATE FOR ALL THE YEARS AND PROBABLY MANY EVENINGS SPENT
WITH A GOOD EXCEL SPREADSHEET AND HAVING TO DO PROBABLY COUNTLESS SIMULATIONS AND MODIFICATIONS. WHAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO DO CONSTANTLY YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT BASIS IS
PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST COMPLICATED FORECASTING MODELS THAT REQUIRES JUST A DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE. 
          [01:00:01]
I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK AND THE PRECISION OF EFFORT TO TRY
AND GET AS ACCURATE A BUDGET AS WE CAN. 
          AND WHEN YOU LOOK FORWARD ALSO PUTTING THOSE FIVE YEARS PROJECTIONS,
IT IS. 
          JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AND MENTION THAT IT HAS NOT GONE UNNOTICED. 
          THANK YOU. AND THE BUDGET COULD NOT BE PUT TOGETHER WITH THE EFFICIENCY AND ALL WITHOUT
THE EFFORTS OF THE ENTIRE DISTRICT. 
          IT IS NOT JUST ME. I MEAN, I HAVE A FABULOUS TEAM THAT SUPPORTS ME. 
          AND THEN JUST THE REST OF THE FOLKS AROUND THE HORSESHOE AND THEIR TEAM REALLY DO PULL
TOGETHER TO PUT THIS BUDGET TOGETHER. 
          SO IT IS ABSOLUTELY A GROUP EFFORT, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? SO IS THIS YOUR LAST BOARD MEETING OR IS AUGUST. 
          ARE YOU COMING FOR ONE MORE? 1 OR 2 MORE, IT DEPENDS ON WHAT. 
          YET. SO I DON'T WANT TO LOSE TRACK. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? OKAY. WITH THAT, WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. 
          OKAY. THAT IS 7 TO 0, THAT PASSES. WE HAVE A BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO KEEP MOVING THROUGH,
BASED ON TIME. 
          SO OUR NEXT ITEM IS AN INFORMATION ITEM REGARDING AN UPDATE ON FACILITIES LEASING. 
          [VIII.E. Facilities Leasing Update]
MISS BRANUM. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE POTEET. WE, AS WE ALWAYS WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE JUST
KEEPING THE COMMUNITY AND THE BOARD AWARE OF CHANGES THAT WE'RE MAKING, ONE OF THE COMMUNITY BUDGET STEERING COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATIONS WAS TO CONTINUE TO FIND WAYS THAT WE CAN INCREASE REVENUE AND ALSO DECREASE EXPENDITURE LINES SUCH AS OVERTIME. 
          AND ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED AS A TARGET AREA IN 26-27 IS DECREASING
OVERTIME, BECAUSE AGAIN, THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT LINE ITEM IN OUR BUDGET. 
          AND THANKS TO THE INCREDIBLE WORK OF MR. JASSO,
WE'VE IDENTIFIED SOME OF THE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS, ALL WITH GOOD INTENTION AND GOOD HEART IN WANTING TO PARTNER WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS,
BUT RECOGNIZING THAT WE'RE NOT IN A PLACE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOME THINGS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY IN ORDER TO MOVE TOWARDS A MORE BALANCED BUDGET. 
          SO I'M GOING TO LET MR. JASSO KIND OF SHARE A FEW OF THE DETAILS AROUND THIS SPECIFIC
INFORMATION ITEM. 
          YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU, MISS BRANUM. BOARD, GOOD EVENING. WE APPRECIATE JUST A LITTLE BIT
OF TIME TO UPDATE YOU ON THIS IMPORTANT TOPIC. 
          TONIGHT, AS MISS BRANUM ALLUDED TO, WE'RE PRESENTING AN INFORMATION ITEM REGARDING THE
UPDATE TO OUR FACILITIES LEASING FEE SCHEDULE, SPECIFICALLY THE CUSTODIAL SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. 
          OUR GOAL, OR OUR AIM, IS TO ENSURE THAT WHEN COMMUNITY GROUPS USE OUR BUILDINGS,
RISD BUILDINGS, THAT THE ASSOCIATED CUSTODIAL COSTS ARE FULLY COVERED,
PROTECTING OUR GENERAL BUDGET ALONG THE WAY. 
          THIS ADJUSTMENT, AS MISS BRANUM SAID, ALIGNS DIRECTLY WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM OUR
COMMUNITY BUDGET STEERING COMMITTEE TO PROTECT OUR EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES. 
          BY THE WAY, I HAVE VERY BAD MANNERS AND I'VE NEGLECTED TO MAKE MENTION OF MR. JAMES WATSON HERE AT THE FRONT. HE IS OUR SENIOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS AND
REALLY DESERVES A TON OF CREDIT FOR GETTING US TO THIS POINT. 
          WE HAVE THE FACILITIES LEASING TEAM THAT HAS ALSO WORKED VERY DILIGENTLY FOR WEEKS NOW TO
GET US TO THIS POINT. 
          SO I CERTAINLY WANT TO GIVE THEM CREDIT. SO A FEW OTHER ITEMS. SO WHO WOULD BE AFFECTED? WE HAVE TIERED GROUPS WITHIN OUR FACILITIES LEASING. 
          SO GROUP ONE IS SCHOOL SPONSORED GROUPS. GROUP TWO IS NONPROFIT AND YOUTH SPORTS
ORGANIZATIONS. 
          AND GROUP THREE ARE COMMUNITY AND COMMERCIAL USERS. 
          SO THE INCREASE TO OUR CUSTODIAL FEE WOULD ONLY IMPACT GROUPS TWO AND THREE,
NOT OUR INTERNAL SCHOOL SPONSORED GROUPS. 
          I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT DISTINCTION FOR US TO UNDERSTAND. 
          THE ACTUAL RATE CHANGE THAT WE ARE ADJUSTING TO,
AGAIN, FOR OUR CUSTODIAL RATE, WILL MOVE FROM $20 PER HOUR TO $30 PER HOUR. 
          AND THIS MORE ACCURATELY REFLECTS OUR ACTUAL EXPENSES FOR PROVIDING THAT SERVICE,
AGAIN, AS WE LEASE OUR FACILITIES. 
          SO IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ARE ALSO TRANSITIONING TO A NEW PLATFORM PRACTICE PLAN,
WHICH ALLOWS US TO UPGRADE OUR FACILITY SERVICES INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          IT WILL ALLOW FOR A MUCH EASIER DIGITAL PLATFORM FOR COMMUNITY USERS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
FACILITIES ARE AVAILABLE, THE COSTS, WHAT DATES ARE AVAILABLE, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. 
          AND SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT PARTNERSHIP IN ADDITION TO THE ADJUSTMENT TO OUR CUSTODIAL
RATE FOR FACILITIES LEASING. 
          BY AUTOMATING MANUAL TASKS THROUGH THE USE OF PRACTICE PLAN,
THIS DIRECTLY SUPPORTS OUR CENTRAL OPERATIONS EFFICIENCY GOALS AS WELL. 
          [01:05:05]
THEORETICALLY, WE CAN TURN OUR ATTENTION OF SOME OF OUR STAFF WHO HAS HAD TO MANUALLY LOOK
FOR CONFLICTS, LIKE DID WE ACCIDENTALLY SCHEDULE TWO PEOPLE AT THE SAME GYM THOSE TIMES? WE CAN TURN OUR ATTENTION TO OTHER THINGS SUCH AS THE M&O OR THE FACILITIES END OF THINGS
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROCESSING WORK ORDERS IN A TIMELY FASHION AND ALL THOSE IMPORTANT THINGS. SO THE KEY TAKEAWAY IS, BY MOVING TO A $30 PER HOUR RATE,
IT ENSURES A COST NEUTRAL OPERATION WHILE WE CONTINUE TO OFFER OUR FACILITIES OUT TO THE PUBLIC. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID,
I'M HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. AND I DO WANT TO JUST POINT OUT AGAIN,
MR. JASSO AND HIS TEAM, WE HAVE ALREADY REACHED OUT TO OUR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS SO THAT THEY
ARE AWARE AND WE ARE WORKING ON AN IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE SO THAT THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO AMEND AND ADJUST THEIR BUDGETS ACCORDING TO THIS NEW INFORMATION. 
          I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY KNOWS WE'RE NOT TRYING TO GENERATE REVENUE
NECESSARILY WITH THIS COST INCREASE. 
          WE ARE JUST TRYING TO PAY FOR, IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE CUSTODIANS THERE,
WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO COVER THE COSTS OF HAVING THAT CUSTODIAN THERE. 
          SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THERE FOR A 12 HOUR SHIFT. 
          AND MOST OF THE TIME WHEN OUR CUSTODIANS ARE THERE ON A SATURDAY OR A SUNDAY OR A FRIDAY
NIGHT THAT IS GENERATING OVERTIME PAY. 
          AND SO WE NEED THAT EXPENSE LINE TO BE COVERED BY THESE PARTNERS WHO ARE USING OUR SPACES. 
          AND MOST OF THE TIME OUR SPACES ARE BEING USED FOR A VERY NOMINAL FEE BECAUSE WE WANT OUR
CAMPUSES OPEN AND WE WANT TO PARTNER WITH OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. AND A REMINDER,
THIS IS AN INFORMATION ITEM. 
          SO GO AHEAD. AND IF WE'VE GOT QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. 
          YES, MISS TIMME. YEAH, I JUST HAD A COUPLE. THE NEW PLATFORM THAT YOU MENTIONED,
WHAT WAS THAT CALLED? PRACTICE PLAN. YES. HOW MUCH IS THAT COSTING US? IS IT? YEAH. SO ONE OF THE KEY PARTS OF OUR DECISION TO TRANSITION TO PRACTICE PLAN IS
THAT IT COMES AT NO COST TO THE DISTRICT, BECAUSE THEIR MODEL IS A SERVICE CHARGE TO THE GROUPS USING OUR FACILITIES. 
          AND SO AS OPPOSED TO PAYING AN ANNUAL FEE FOR FMX,
WHICH IS WHAT WE USE NOW, WE DON'T INCUR THAT COST. 
          GREAT. SO BETTER MANAGEMENT AND THEN THE COST IS NOT THERE. 
          CAN I JUST ASK A QUESTION THOUGH? YOU SAID LIKE ON THE WEEKENDS AND THINGS LIKE IF IT'S
OVERTIME, OVERTIME IS GOING TO BE MORE THAN THE $30 FOR CUSTODIANS, CORRECT? SO THAT PART WON'T BE COST NEUTRAL, BUT IF IT'S DURING LIKE A REGULAR TIME,
IT WOULD BE? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. IS THERE A CONSIDERATION FOR HAVING IT COST,
LIKE COVER THE COST THAT IT IS? YES. THAT'LL BE. SO WE WANTED TO STAIR STEP THIS FOR OUR PARTNERS. 
          SO WE MADE THIS INCREASE FOR YEAR ONE. AND THEN WE'LL EVALUATE HOW DOES THAT BRING DOWN
OUR OVERTIME. 
          AND THEN ONCE WE CAN JUSTIFY AND SAY HERE'S WHAT THE ACTUAL COST WAS VERSUS WHAT WE'RE AT, THEN WE WOULD INCREASE IT MORE. WE MIGHT BRING AN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ITEM FOR YOU IN
THE NEXT YEAR. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH. AND IF I COULD, MISS BRANUM MADE THE POINT THAT THIS IS STRICTLY
RELATED TO THE CUSTODIAL FEE. 
          WE'RE NOT RAISING OUR FACILITIES RENTAL FEES PER SE,
SO WE'RE NOT TRYING TO GAIN A PROFIT. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO COST NEUTRAL. YEAH. IT'S ONE STEP TOWARDS. 
          I AGREE. I'M JUST SAYING LIKE IF THEY'RE USING IT ON THE WEEKENDS OR WHATEVER AND WE'RE
GENERATING OVERTIME FUNDS, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. 
          IT'S STAIR STEPPING. AND MY QUESTION WAS, IT'S ACTUALLY NOT REALLY COST NEUTRAL BECAUSE
OVERTIME IS WHAT, TIME AND A HALF? YES, MA'AM. YEAH. WE DON'T EXPECT TO BE THERE YET NEXT YEAR,
BUT WE WOULD HOPE BY AN ADJUSTMENT FOR 27-28 WE WOULD MOVE CLOSER. 
          YES MISS MCGOWAN. SO LIKE PARTNERS LIKE SVAA,
RIGHT? YMCA. YMCA. SO WHEN YOU HAVE PARENTS OR SCHOOL TEAMS,
MAYBE NOT EVEN AFFILIATED WITH OUR SCHOOLS, RIGHT? OR PARENTS THAT WANT TO UTILIZE OUR FACILITIES,
ARE WE PUTTING OUT INFORMATION IN ANY PRINTED MATERIAL THAT. 
          IT'LL ALL BE. ANY PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS THAT USE OUR FACILITIES THAT QUALIFY UNDER THAT
TIER TWO OR TIER THREE, THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH OUR PRACTICE PLAN SOFTWARE. 
          EVEN BEFORE WE TRANSITION TO THIS NEW SOFTWARE,
THEY STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH OUR FACILITIES AND ALL OF THAT IS COMMUNICATED AT THAT TIME. 
          OKAY. AND ADDITIONALLY, FOR OUR TIER TWOS, OUR VALUED LONG TIME CUSTOMERS,
SVAA, YMCA, WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD A MEETING WITH THEM TO GIVE THEM A HEADS UP ABOUT THIS. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS,
DISCUSSION AROUND THIS ITEM? YES, MISS HARRIS. I WAS JUST KIND OF THINKING ABOUT IT,
BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS REALLY SOUNDS GOOD BECAUSE I KNOW PERSONALLY I'VE GOTTEN, YOU KNOW, PHONE CALLS INQUIRING ABOUT OUR FACILITIES,
THE COST. 
          AND SO THIS IS GOING TO BE REALLY, REALLY NICE. 
          AND THE FACT THAT WE ARE COMMUNICATING TO OUR PARTNERS. YES,
MA'AM. WHO CURRENTLY USE OUR FACILITIES, 
          [01:10:01]
SO. YES, MA'AM. TO YOUR POINT. YEAH, I LIKE THIS. 
          SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU. PLUS, I LIKE THE ZERO COST. 
          YES. ME TOO. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? OKAY. GOOD CONVERSATION. THANK YOU, MR. JASSO,
SUPERINTENDENT BRANUM. 
          [VIII.B. Approve Resolution of the Adoption of Committing Fund Balances]
OUR NEXT ITEM, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND DO AN ACTION ITEM HERE THAT WE HAVE. 
          AND I'LL LET SUPERINTENDENT BRANUM GIVE US A RECOMMENDATION. 
          BUT THIS IS PERTAINING TO THE ADOPTION OF COMMITTING FUND BALANCE. 
          THANK YOU. AND ACTUALLY, TRUSTEE TIMME, I THINK DID A BEAUTIFUL JOB IN THE ADOPTION OF THE
26-27 BUDGET OF ADDRESSING THE PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND AND THE PURPOSE BY WHICH THAT FUND WAS CREATED BY PREVIOUS BOARDS,
WHO DID HAVE THIS FORESIGHT TO RECOGNIZE THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS MOST CONCERNING ABOUT WHAT WE DO UP IN THIS HORSESHOE IS THAT PUBLIC SCHOOL FINANCE,
AND OUR BUDGET IS REALLY NOT UNDER OUR CONTROL AND HOW WE GENERATE REVENUE. 
          AND ALL OF THE INPUTS AND THE OUTPUTS ARE REALLY SOMETIMES NOT DECIDED BY US. 
          AND NOW IS AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE, IN ORDER FOR US TO CONTINUE TO GIVE US TIME TO FIND THE
ADDITIONAL EFFICIENCIES THAT WE NEED, WE RECOGNIZE, AS MR. PATE SAID, ANOTHER, IN AUGUST,
WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING TO FIND ANOTHER $20 MILLION WORTH OF BUDGET REDUCTIONS SO THAT WE CAN MOVE CLOSER TO A BALANCED BUDGET, BEING ABLE TO ACCESS THIS PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND
AND GIVE US ANOTHER YEAR TO CONTINUE TO FIND THOSE REDUCTIONS IN A WAY THAT WE FEEL LIKE STILL HONORS OUR TEACHERS, OUR SUPPORT STAFF AND THAT AS WELL STILL PROVIDES THE SUPPORTS,
THE SERVICES, THE RESOURCES TO OUR STUDENTS IS ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL. 
          AND AGAIN, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN ALMOST EVERY BUDGET MEETING THAT WE'VE HAD SINCE
FEBRUARY. 
          SO HOPEFULLY THIS IS NOT ANYTHING NEW TO OUR COMMUNITY OR TO ANYONE ELSE THAT IS
LISTENING. 
          BUT WITH THIS, I AM ASKING THAT THE BOARD TAKE ACTION TO COMMIT THE REVENUE SOURCES AND
FUND BALANCE OF THE NONMAJOR GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS LISTED HEREIN TO THE SPECIFIED PURPOSES ASSOCIATED WITH EACH FUND IN COMPLIANCE WITH GASB REQUIREMENTS AND
TRANSFER $9 MILLION FROM THE RISD LOCAL PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND IN 26-27. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT RECOMMENDATION. 
          BOARD, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED. THANK YOU,
MISS TIMME. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. EAGER. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION AROUND THIS ITEM? AND I DO WANT TO JUST REMIND THE COMMUNITY THAT THIS FUND IS NOT A FUND THAT ANYONE CAN
TAKE ACTION ON UNLESS IT IS BROUGHT FORWARD FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE ENTIRE BOARD. MR. PATE NOR THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS ACCESS TO THESE
FUNDS. 
          IT HAS TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS FOR THE BOARD'S CONSIDERATION. 
          EXCELLENT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? OKAY. 
          ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THAT MOTION PASSES 7 TO 0. 
          [VIII.F. Establishment and Roster Composition Framework for the Bond 2025 Citizens' Bond Oversight Committee (CBOC)]
OKAY. OUR NEXT ITEM IS AN INFORMATION ITEM REGARDING THE ESTABLISHMENT AND ROSTER
COMPOSITION FRAMEWORK FOR THE BOND 2025 CITIZENS BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. MISS BRANUM. 
          THANK YOU, TRUSTEE POTEET. ACTUALLY, THIS IS A OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE HAD FEEDBACK FROM
BOARD MEMBERS, FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THIS IS A PRETTY COMMON PRACTICE THAT EXISTS IN SOME SURROUNDING
DISTRICTS, AND I HAD ASKED MR. JASSO AND SOME OF HIS TEAM TO RESEARCH THIS,
UNDERSTAND WHETHER OR NOT WE BELIEVE THAT THIS WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL GREAT ASSET TO RICHARDSON ISD. AND CONSIDERING THE SIZE AND THE MAGNITUDE OF THIS IN BOND 2025
AND RECOGNIZING THAT IT WAS. 
          AND WE ASKED OUR VOTERS TO ENTRUST WITH US BOND FUNDS THAT EVEN REQUIRED A TAX INCREASE. 
          WE FELT LIKE THIS ADDITIONAL LAYER OF TRANSPARENCY WAS SOMETHING THAT WOULD SERVE US WELL. 
          AND SO I'VE ASKED MR. JASSO TO PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION FOR THE BOARD AND WHAT WE WILL BE
BRINGING FORWARD TO YOU ALL, AND SOME OPPORTUNITIES YOU WILL HAVE TO APPOINT INDIVIDUALS TO THIS BOND OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE. 
          SO, MR. JASSO, PLEASE PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW FOR OUR TRUSTEES. 
          YES. THANK YOU AGAIN, MISS BRANUM. EXCITING TIMES. 
          FIRST OF ALL, WE WANT TO ALWAYS START BY THANKING OUR COMMUNITY FOR THE SUPPORT OF BOND
2025. 
          A VERY EXCITING TIME AS WE MOVE INTO THE MID STAGE EXECUTION OF THAT BOND WHERE WE'RE
TURNING DIRT. 
          WE'RE STARTING TO BUILD THESE BUILDINGS. AND SO WITH THAT,
TONIGHT, WE WANT TO BRING YOU INFORMATION ABOUT THE ESTABLISHMENT AND COMPOSITION FRAMEWORK OF THE DISTRICT'S FIRST EVER CITIZENS BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. 
          THIS COMMITTEE IS PROPOSED TO ENSURE, AS MISS BRANUM ALLUDED TO,
FISCAL STEWARDSHIP, TRANSPARENCY AND PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY. 
          [01:15:07]
THIS IS COMMON PRACTICE IN OUR NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS AND ACROSS THE STATE AS WE UNDERSTAND
IT. 
          AND SO ALTHOUGH HISTORICALLY THE DISTRICT, RISD,
HAS USED STEERING COMMITTEES TO HELP DECIDE WHAT GOES INTO THE BOND AND GOES ON THE BALLOT, THIS OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE IS A NEW OPERATIONAL PRACTICE THAT WE ARE GOING TO PUT
INTO PLACE. 
          THE ROLE OF THE CBOC, THE CITIZENS BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE,
THEY WILL ACT AS A BOARD APPOINTED INDEPENDENT BRIDGE BETWEEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND OUR COMMUNITY. THE BOARD HAS, PER POLICY, THE AUTHORITY TO CREATE ADVISORY COMMITTEES,
WHICH THIS WOULD SERVE THAT PURPOSE. 
          THE COMMITTEE WOULD BE STRICTLY ADVISORY. A FORMAL CHARTER WILL BE BROUGHT TO YOU LATER
FOR ADOPTION, WHICH WILL EXPLICITLY STATE THAT COMMITTEE MEMBERS DO NOT HAVE ANY DECISION MAKING
AUTHORITY OVER SUCH THINGS AS VENDOR SELECTIONS, ARCHITECTURAL PARTNERS OR ESTHETIC CHOICES. THE CORE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE COMMITTEE
WOULD BE TO ENSURE BOND PROCEEDS ARE SPENT AS DESCRIBED TO THE VOTERS. TRACK PROJECT TIMELINES AND BUDGETS AND PROVIDE AN ANNUAL REPORT TO THE BOARD OF
TRUSTEES. 
          SO WHO WILL SERVE THE COMMITTEE SOURCING AND COMPOSITION? WE FEEL THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE TO HAVE CONTEXT AND BE ABLE
TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING, SO THAT THEY HAVE THE BASELINE KNOWLEDGE THE 10 TO 15 COMMITTEE MEMBERS WOULD COME FROM
INDIVIDUALS WHO HAD PREVIOUSLY SERVED ON BOND 2025 STEERING COMMITTEE OR THE COMMUNITY BUDGET STEERING
COMMITTEE, AGAIN, SO THAT THEY HAVE THE CONTEXT OF HOW WE GOT HERE AND THE TYPES OF DECISIONS THAT WE
HAD TO MAKE ALONG THE WAY. 
          THE SELECTION PROCESS WOULD BASICALLY INCLUDE THE ADMINISTRATION,
PROBABLY LED BY ME, WILL SEND AN INTEREST FORM OUT TO ALL PAST MEMBERS OF THE TWO STEERING COMMITTEES WE JUST MENTIONED. ANYONE THAT'S INTERESTED WOULD HAVE TO COMPLETE A MANDATORY
CHECK FOR CONFLICT OF INTEREST FOR ANY OF OUR ARCHITECTURAL FIRMS, VENDORS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS,
GENERAL CONTRACTORS. 
          AND OF COURSE, IF THERE WAS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST THAT WOULD ELIMINATE THEM FROM SERVING
ON THIS COMMITTEE. 
          THE BOARD WILL ACTUALLY APPOINT THE MEMBERS. AND AGAIN,
WE MENTIONED A SECOND AGO THAT IT'LL BE ABOUT A 10 TO 15 PERSON COMMITTEE, A CAP OF 15. WE THEORETICALLY WANT EACH BOARD MEMBER TO BE ABLE TO RECOMMEND UP TO TWO
ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE INTERESTED FROM THE LIST. 
          AND THEN THE FINAL COMMITTEE WILL BE APPOINTED VIA A PUBLIC BOARD VOTE AT A LATER MEETING. 
          SO AGAIN, AS WE GO THROUGH THIS, IT'S NOT UNCOMMON THAT PEOPLE MOVE AWAY FROM THE
COMMUNITY OR DECIDE THAT THEY DON'T NO LONGER WANT TO SERVE. 
          SO IN THOSE CASES THAT WE HAVE VACANCIES ON THE COMMITTEE,
THE BOARD WOULD CONTINUE TO FILL THOSE, WOULD APPOINT THE NEW REPRESENTATIVES, BUT THEY WOULD BE SOURCED FROM THE SAME TWO
STEERING COMMITTEES AS BEFORE. 
          SO THE PEOPLE ON THIS COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE AS A WHOLE WON'T WORK IN A VACUUM. 
          DISTRICT STAFF WILL CERTAINLY SUPPORT THEM. THAT BEING MYSELF,
MR. WATSON, WHO WAS JUST HERE, THE SENIOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS,
MISS ESTES, WHO IS OUR IN-HOUSE ARCHITECT AND INTERIOR DESIGNER, ALONG WITH OUR CFO, WHO MY BUDDY HERE IS GOING TO LEAVE ME,
BUT THERE'LL BE SOMEBODY IN HIS PLACE TO HELP US WITH THOSE. 
          AND WE WILL PROVIDE THE DATA AND THE REPORTS THAT THE COMMITTEE REQUESTS SO THAT THEY CAN
CONTINUE TO STAY UPDATED AND THEN EVENTUALLY UPDATE YOU. 
          SO THERE'S NO ACTION NEEDED TONIGHT. THIS IS AN INFORMATION ITEM. 
          SO AT THIS POINT I'LL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. 
          SO AGAIN, THIS IS JUST AN ADDITIONAL LAYER AND ADDITIONAL EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE
AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO OUR COMMUNITY, HERE'S HOW THIS PROJECT IS GOING. THIS IS HOW IT'S COMING IN UNDER BUDGET. 
          AND ALLOW THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THAT AND PROVIDE FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE TO THE
BOARD, HERE IS HOW WE FEEL LIKE THE BOARD, RICHARDSON ISD,
IS DELIVERING ON THE PROMISES THAT WERE MADE IN BOND 2025. 
          I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THIS IS BOND 2025 AND MOVING FORWARD,
WE WILL NOT BE GOING BACK TO BOND 2021. 
          THIS IS ABOUT THE CURRENT BOND. AND THOSE INVESTMENTS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          SO WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE, OF COURSE, ANY QUESTIONS FEEDBACK. ALL RIGHT. 
          GREAT INFORMATION ITEM. WE'LL START OUT. MISS TIMME. 
          YEAH I JUST WANT TO BE SURE I'M CLEAR. SO EXCUSE ME IF I'M SAYING THINGS. 
          SO THIS WOULD BE. WE WOULD STILL HAVE THE STEERING COMMITTEE. 
          AND THAT'S TYPICALLY A LARGER GROUP, RIGHT? THAT'S A REFLECTION PIECE THAT PROVIDE INPUT
AT WHAT GOES INTO THE UPCOMING BOND RECOMMENDATIONS TO US FOR THAT. 
          AND THEN ON THE BACK SIDE, THEN THIS IS THE COMMITTEE THAT WOULD THEN ENSURE THAT WHATEVER
WAS PUT ON THE BALLOT APPROVED BY VOTERS WOULD BE STATUS UPDATES FROM THAT 
          [01:20:04]
COMMITTEE. 
          CORRECT. VERSUS LESS. YES, MA'AM. 
          SAY, HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THIS QUARTER OF THE GIVE US INPUT REVIEW,
AGAIN, WHAT OUR EXPENDITURE LINES ARE, HOW WE'RE DELIVERING ON THAT PROMISE AND THEN BRING THAT FORWARD TO THE BOARD. GREAT. 
          IS THERE GOING TO BE. I KNOW THAT THERE ARE TIMES WHEN FOLKS SIGN UP FOR STUFF AND THEN
THEY THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO MAKE MEETINGS FOR WHATEVER REASON FOR VARIOUS, BUT NOT TECHNICALLY COUNTS AS A VACANCY. LIKE,
I'M WONDERING IF ATTENDANCE ON THOSE PIECES, JUST TO ENSURE THAT WE WOULD HAVE A ROBUST COMMITTEE IN SOME WAY,
SHAPE OR FORM, THE ABILITY TO COMMIT TO THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED. 
          YEAH, WE APPRECIATE THAT. YES. ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. 
          I MEAN, IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT, EVEN IF YOU WANT TO BE ON IT,
LIKE I WOULD LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY THEN BECAUSE TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WE ALL GET BUSY, BUT IF YOU CAN'T ATTEND, I WOULD LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY THEN TO ADD SOMEONE ELSE I FEEL
LIKE. YES, MA'AM. WHEN THEY GET SMALL, WE LOSE SOME OF OUR THINKING AND, YOU KNOW. 
          OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU. MISS BRANUM, IF I COULD,
YOU KNOW, WE SPOKE ABOUT THE UPDATES THAT THIS COMMITTEE WILL GIVE TO THE BOARD NOW THAT THE DISTRICT OPERATIONS AND FACILITIES WILL CONTINUE OUR JOB OF GIVING YOU UPDATES AS
WELL. 
          SO IT'S NOT EITHER OR. IT'S BOTH. ALL RIGHT. GOOD DISCUSSION. 
          OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? NO? OKAY. MISS HARRIS. SO THIS LAST BOND THAT WE PASSED WAS PRETTY PLENTIFUL. 
          YES, MA'AM. PRETTY LARGE. SO I APPRECIATE THE DISTRICT REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY,
MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE TRANSPARENT AND THAT WE ARE ENGAGING OUR COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE WE'RE MAKING THE BEST DECISIONS FOR THE DISTRICT. SO KUDOS. 
          THANK YOU MA'AM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I REALLY APPRECIATE MR. JASSO AND HIS TEAM. I ALSO
DO WANT TO MESSAGE THAT OUR BOND 2025 WEBSITE. 
          OF COURSE THAT IS LIVE AND WE WILL BE UPDATING THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY ON HOW WE'RE
DELIVERING ON THOSE PROMISES ON THAT WEBSITE AS WELL. 
          SO THERE ARE MULTIPLE DIFFERENT WAYS AND AVENUES FOR EVERYONE WHO INVESTED AND SUPPORTED
OR DIDN'T SUPPORT BOND 2025 TO KNOW HOW WE ARE PROGRESSING WITH THAT. OKAY. EXCELLENT. YES,
MISS PACHECO. 
          OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU, MR. JASSO, FOR THE INFORMATION. 
          JUST TO CLARIFY, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW I HEARD IT,
WE'RE GOING TO GET PEOPLE FROM THE 2025 BUDGET AND STEERING COMMITTEE? IS THAT THE LIST OR DOES THE LIST COME FROM PREVIOUS BOND AND STEERING COMMITTEE? SO WE HAVE THE COMMUNITY BUDGET STEERING COMMITTEE THAT'S ACTUALLY BEEN IN PLACE FOR THE
LAST THREE YEARS. 
          AND SO WE WOULD LIKE TO PULL MEMBERSHIP. AND AGAIN,
THAT COMMITTEE ALONE HAD OVER 65 INDIVIDUALS ON IT. 
          AND THEN WE HAD BOND 2025 STEERING COMMITTEE. 
          AND AGAIN, THAT ONE HAD WELL OVER 70 PEOPLE THAT WERE ON THAT COMMITTEE. 
          AND SO WE'RE ASKING BECAUSE THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE MOST AWARE OF CURRENT BUDGET CONSTRAINTS
AS WELL AS RECOMMENDATIONS AROUND WHERE WE ARE LOOKING WITH THE BUDGET THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PULL
FIRST FROM THOSE INDIVIDUALS. 
          THEY'VE ALREADY SHOWED A VESTED INTEREST. THEY ALREADY HAVE SOME BASELINE KNOWLEDGE. 
          SO WE WOULDN'T BE STARTING AT GROUND ZERO WITH THIS OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. 
          WE REALLY WANT IN MEETING ONE TO BE ABLE TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING WITH HAVING THEM REVIEW
WHERE WE ARE WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BOND. 
          SO THAT IS OUR RECOMMENDATION. BUT OF COURSE,
AGAIN, THE BOARD ULTIMATELY WE'RE ASKING YOU TO HELP APPOINT THOSE INDIVIDUALS. 
          SO IF THERE WERE OTHER INDIVIDUALS THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO TAKE UNDER CONSIDERATION,
THAT WOULD OF COURSE BE AT THE WILL OF THE BOARD. OKAY, GREAT. I THINK THAT'S A PRETTY LARGE POOL, IF WE'RE GOING TO DO 10 TO 15 MEMBERS. 
          YES, MA'AM. I AGREE WITH MISS TIMME THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER SOME SORT OF ATTENDANCE. 
          BECAUSE IT'S 10 TO 15 PEOPLE AND I GUESS THE LENGTH OF TIME I THINK IT SAID SEVERAL YEARS
ON THE INFORMATION, BUT IS IT LIKE SEVERAL YEARS, LIKE TWO, THREE? WE WOULD LIKE TO DO A TWO YEAR TERM. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. 
          AND ALL THAT, IT'S GOING TO BE DETAILED, I'M SURE. YES,
MA'AM. IT'LL ALL BE IN THE RESOLUTION FOR YOU. 
          SOUNDS GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LOOKING AT THIS,
THINKING ABOUT IT, GIVING ALL THESE PARAMETERS AROUND IT. 
          SO APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. BOARD, OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? NONE? OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION. AND LIKE MISS PACHECO SAID,
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE. 
          WHAT ARE WE CALLING IT? THE RESOLUTION? THE RESOLUTION. 
          THE RESOLUTION THAT COMES FORWARD WITH SOME DETAILS. THAT'D BE GREAT. THANK YOU,
MR. JASSO. OUR NEXT ITEM IS AN INFORMATION ITEM TO RECEIVE AN UPDATE ON INTRUDER ALERT. 
          [VIII.G. Intruder Audit Report]
THIS IS THE NIGHT OF MR. JASSO. YES, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU. 
          YES. I APOLOGIZE, BOARD, THAT YOU'RE HEARING SO MUCH FROM ME,
BUT I THINK MY FINAL PART IN OPEN SESSION IS AN UPDATE ON INTRUDER AUDITS. 
          [01:25:07]
AS ALWAYS, SAFETY AND SECURITY OF OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF IS OUR ABSOLUTE TOP PRIORITY. 
          AS THE BOARD REMEMBERS, WE WORK HAND IN HAND WITH THE TEXAS SCHOOL SAFETY CENTER TO
STRICTLY COMPLY WITH ALL STATE SAFETY AND SECURITY INITIATIVES. THAT INCLUDES THESE AUDITS. FOR ANYONE THAT MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH WHAT
ACTUALLY TRANSPIRES IN THIS PROCESS, THIS INVOLVES AN EXTERNAL AUDITOR WHO ATTEMPTS TO GAIN ACCESS TO A SCHOOL BUILDING THROUGH
OUTSIDE DOORS. 
          THEY LITERALLY GO AROUND PULLING ON DOORS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. 
          I'M HAPPY TO TELL YOU THAT AS PER CODE OR PER EXPECTATION,
ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES HAVE UNDERGONE AN IDA THIS YEAR. 
          IN MAY, PARK HILL JUNIOR HIGH RECEIVED AN INTRUDER DETECTION AUDIT FINDING. 
          AND SO WE'RE REQUIRED TO NOTIFY THE BOARD OF THAT FINDING. 
          THIS IS A NOTIFICATION IN OPEN SESSION. WE WILL BE BACK WITH YOU IN CLOSED SESSION WITH
MORE DETAILS ABOUT WHAT THAT EXACT FINDING WAS. 
          THANK YOU, MR. JASSO, AND THANK YOU FOR OUR PRINCIPALS AND THEIR VIGILANCE AROUND THE
IMPORTANCE OF IMPLEMENTING THESE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS. 
          AND ALSO WHEN WE DO HAVE A FINDING, MAKING SURE WE ADDRESS WHAT THAT ISSUE WAS
IMMEDIATELY, BECAUSE WE DO TAKE THAT VERY SERIOUSLY. SO THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. GREAT. THANK YOU. AND WE'LL HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE LATER ON IN CLOSED SESSION. 
          ARE THERE ANY. I'M SORRY. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON WHAT WE HAVE PRESENTED
RIGHT NOW? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. 
          SO OUR NEXT ITEM WILL BE A LONGER ONE, BUT A GOOD ONE HERE,
IS AN INFORMATION ITEM REGARDING AN UPDATE TO THE END OF THE YEAR MAP RESULTS. 
          [VIII.H. MAP End of Year Performance Update (25-26) ]
MISS BRANUM. I AM WELCOMING DR. GINA ORTIZ TO THE FRONT WHERE SHE IS GOING TO PROVIDE HER
END OF THE YEAR MAP UPDATE. 
          I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF APPRECIATION FOR OUR TEACHING AND LEARNING
TEAM, FOR OUR ACCOUNTABILITY AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT TEAM. 
          DR. SUSAN HERNANDEZ AND OUR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT TEAM JUST HAVE DONE INCREDIBLE WORK. 
          OUR AREA SUPERINTENDENTS, AND THEN ALSO JUST REALLY WANT TO SHARE IMMENSE APPRECIATION FOR
OUR PRINCIPALS AND OUR TEACHERS. 
          FROM DAY ONE TO THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL, WE HAVE BEEN INTENSELY FOCUSED ON MAKING SURE THAT
EVERY DAY COUNTS FOR OUR KIDS. 
          WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED NEW SYSTEMS, WE HAVE MADE SURE THAT WE ARE MONITORING QUALITY
INSTRUCTION EVERY DAY. 
          WE HAVE EXPERIENCED A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF GROWTH AS YOU'RE ABOUT TO HEAR FROM DR. 
          ORTIZ, I WANT TO ALSO REITERATE WE'RE NOT WHERE WE WANT TO BE YET. 
          YOU KNOW, UNTIL WE REACH OUR NORTH STAR GOAL,
WE'RE 100% OF OUR STUDENTS ARE MEETING OR EXCEEDING THEIR ACADEMIC GROWTH GOALS. 
          WE KNOW WE ARE IN CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT. SO WE STILL HAVE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK TO
DO, BUT I'M ALSO INCREDIBLY PROUD OF THE GROWTH AND THE FOCUS OF EACH AND EVERY ONE OF OUR
5400 EMPLOYEES WHO ARE ALL HERE TO SERVE AND LOVE AND GROW OUR KIDS. 
          SO DR. ORTIZ, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU. THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. SO I THINK THE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER TODAY IS JUST A
REFLECTION OF HOW WE LOOK AT EVERY TEACHER EVERY DAY, EVERY LEADER EVERY DAY, EVERY CHILD EVERY DAY WITH A FOCUS ON THAT NORTH STAR GOAL,
MAKING SURE THAT EVERY STUDENT, TEACHER AND LEADER ARE MEETING OR EXCEEDING THEIR ACADEMIC GROWTH GOALS. 
          WE'VE GONE OVER THIS GRAPHIC BEFORE. WE, RISD RESPOND TO DATA. 
          WE ARE IN THIS CONTINUOUS CYCLE OF IMPROVEMENT. 
          AND MAP IS ONE OF THE METRICS THAT WE USE TO GAUGE HOW OUR STUDENTS ARE PROGRESSING AND
MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE REACHING THEIR GOALS. 
          WE'VE HAD OUR BEGINNING OF THE YEAR PROGRESS MONITORING THAT WAS ADMINISTERED IN
SEPTEMBER. 
          WE HAD SOME NOTES ON THAT. AND THEN WE ALSO PRESENTED THE JANUARY RESULTS IN MARCH,
LOOKING AT OUR MIDDLE OF THE YEAR PROGRESS THAT WE HAD. AND TODAY WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER OUR END OF THE YEAR ASSESSMENT IN PREPARATION AS WE
WAIT FOR THOSE ACCOUNTABILITY REPORTS TO COME OUT IN AUGUST. 
          AND SO AS WE'VE SHARED BEFORE, THE MAP ASSESSMENT IS A GREAT WAY TO MEASURE AND TRACK
STUDENT GROWTH. 
          THE MAP ASSESSMENT USES A RIT SCALE WHICH IS A STABLE SCALE. 
          WE'RE ABLE TO COMPARE STUDENTS WITHOUT LOOKING AT THEIR AGE,
WHAT GRADE LEVEL THEY'RE IN. 
          WE'RE CONTINUOUSLY ABLE TO SEE THAT PROGRESS. 
          AND YOU'RE ABLE TO SEE A GRAPHIC ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT THAT SHOWS WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE
FOR A STUDENT, RIGHT? IT'S KIND OF LIKE A GROWTH CHART, WHEN YOU'RE MEASURING THE HEIGHT OF A STUDENT,
YOU'RE ABLE TO COMPARE IT. 
          IT DOESN'T, AGAIN, TAKE THAT AGE INTO CONSIDERATION. 
          SO WE'RE ABLE TO SEE THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY GROWING. WE DID HAVE SOME UPDATES IN 25-26 FOR
OUR MAP ASSESSMENT. 
          [01:30:04]
NWEA, WHICH IS THE COMPANY THAT PREPARES THE MAP GROWTH ASSESSMENT,
HAD A ROLLOUT IN TEXAS WHERE OUR 2025 NORMATIVE DATA WAS UPDATED. THEY ALSO FULLY INTEGRATED THE ENHANCED ITEM SELECTION ALGORITHM,
WHICH MADE IT TO WHERE STUDENTS ARE GETTING ITEMS BASED ON THE LEVEL THAT THEY'RE PERFORMING, MAKING IT TO WHERE IT'S MORE RELEVANT TO STUDENTS,
SO INSTEAD OF GETTING THEM GETTING A LOT OF EASY ITEMS IF THEY'RE READY FOR THAT CHALLENGE, IT KIND OF MOVES THEM UP. IF IT'S A STUDENT THAT'S,
YOU KNOW, BEING CHALLENGED, IT'S NOT GOING TO MOVE THEM UP TOO QUICKLY. SO IT'S REALLY PUTTING THE TEST AT THE LEVEL
OF THE STUDENT. 
          THESE UPDATES IMPACT HOW STUDENTS GROWTH AND PROFICIENCY PERCENTILES ARE CALCULATED. 
          FOR 25-26, WE DIDN'T COMPARE STUDENT PERFORMANCE TO PRIOR YEARS BECAUSE OF THESE CHANGES. 
          IT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. 
          OUR HOPE IS TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THAT TO YOU,
NOW THAT WE'LL HAVE THE SAME ASSESSMENT AND THE SAME NORMS BETWEEN 25-26 AND 26-27. 
          WE'RE ALSO HOPING THAT IT'LL SHOW A TIGHTER CORRELATION BETWEEN THE PROGRESS MONITORING
RESULTS THAT WE SEE ON MAP AND OUR STAAR ASSESSMENT. 
          AND WE WILL BE EVALUATING THAT AS THOSE RESULTS COME IN. 
          AND WE WILL SHARE THAT WITH YOU ALL AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR OVERVIEW,
JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THAT'LL BE COMING DOWN THE ROAD AS WE GET THOSE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR RESULTS.AND WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO COMPARE THOSE SCORES IN 26-27 TO THE
PREVIOUS YEAR AND KEEP THAT ALIGNMENT TO BOTH OUR STAAR AND OUR NORTH STAR GOAL. SO NOW WE'LL GET INTO THE DATA. 
          SO WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR READING ENGLISH RESULTS,
WE ARE LOOKING AT THE STUDENTS WHO TOOK THE FALL 2025 MAP ASSESSMENT AND THE SPRING 2026 ASSESSMENT. WE WANTED TO KEEP IT TO THE STUDENTS THAT HAD RESULTS FOR BOTH AND BE
ABLE TO SHOW THAT GROWTH. 
          AND SO AS YOU CAN SEE, FOR EACH OF THE DIFFERENT GRADE LEVELS,
WE SEE GROWTH FROM WHERE WE WERE IN THE FALL AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. 
          BUT ALSO, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE NATIONAL NORMS AT THE VERY BOTTOM,
WE ARE ABOVE THE NATIONAL NORM EXPECTATION FOR EVERY SINGLE GRADE LEVEL FOR READING AND ENGLISH. SO WE ARE VERY EXCITED. WHEN WE LOOK AT SPANISH, WE'RE SEEING. OH, SORRY. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SUBGROUPS,
WE'RE ALSO SEEING GROWTH FOR EVERY ONE OF OUR SUBGROUPS. 
          ALL STUDENTS, YOU CAN SEE THE GROWTH THERE, BUT ALSO FOR SOME OF THE GROUPS THAT,
YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO CLOSE THOSE GAPS. YOU SEE THE GROWTH FOR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED
STUDENTS. 
          YOU SEE THAT TEN POINT GROWTH FOR OUR EMERGENT BILINGUAL STUDENTS. 
          SO WE'RE SEEING THAT MOMENTUM NOT ONLY FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS,
BUT IN OUR DIFFERENT SUBGROUPS AS WELL. 
          WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR SPANISH RESULTS, SPANISH WAS NOT NORMED THIS YEAR. 
          THAT'LL BE COMING DOWN THE LINE A LITTLE BIT. 
          BUT EVEN WITH THE PREVIOUS NORMS THAT WERE IN PLACE,
YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ARE SURPASSING THOSE NORMS AS WELL. 
          SO WE ARE, YOU KNOW, ON TRACK AT EACH OF THE DIFFERENT GRADE LEVELS ALL THE WAY THROUGH
FIFTH GRADE, WHICH IS THE LAST GRADE LEVEL WHERE SPANISH ASSESSMENT IS ADMINISTERED. FOR MATHEMATICS,
I DO WANT TO BRING UP A COUPLE OF POINTS. 
          WE ARE AN ALGEBRA FOR ALL DISTRICT. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR EIGHTH GRADE RESULTS FOR
MATHEMATICS, IT IS ONLY 252 STUDENTS. IT'S THE FEW STUDENTS THAT ARE NOT READY FOR THAT ALGEBRA FOR
ALL. 
          AND THEN A FEW STUDENTS WHO NEEDED THAT EXTRA SUPPORT IN EIGHTH GRADE,
OR WERE COMING FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE WHERE THEY HADN'T GOTTEN THAT FOUNDATION YET. 
          SO THEY'RE IN EIGHTH GRADE MATH CLASS. AS YOU LOOK AT EACH OF THE DIFFERENT GRADE LEVELS,
YOU'RE GOING TO NOTICE THAT ONCE AGAIN, WE HAVE SOME INCREDIBLE GROWTH FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR TO THE END OF THE YEAR IN
MOST OF THE GRADE LEVELS, AND THAT WE ARE AT OR ABOVE THE NORMS FOR EVERY SINGLE GRADE LEVEL EXCEPT FOR EIGHTH
GRADE. 
          SEVENTH GRADE IS THE ONLY ONE WHERE WE'RE RIGHT ON THAT NORM. 
          EVERYTHING ELSE, WE'RE ABOVE THE NORM. SO AGAIN,
ANOTHER GREAT CELEBRATION OF THE GREAT WORK THAT'S HAPPENING NOT JUST IN ONE GRADE LEVEL, BUT ACROSS THE BANDS ALL THE WAY INTO ALGEBRA I. 
          LOOKING AT THOSE STUDENT GROUPS, AGAIN, WE SEE THE GROWTH FOR ALL STUDENTS,
BUT IN EACH OF THE DIFFERENT SUBGROUPS, WE'RE SEEING GAINS, SIGNIFICANT GAINS. AGAIN IN OUR EMERGENT BILINGUAL,
ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED. 
          WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION SUBGROUP,
WE'RE SEEING THOSE BIG GAINS. 
          AND THEN THIS IS MY FAVORITE SLIDE. WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR STUDENTS FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE
YEAR TO THE END OF THE YEAR, THE NORM, THE EXPECTATION IS THAT AT LEAST 50% OF OUR STUDENTS MEET THEIR EXPECTED GROWTH. 
          AND I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO THINK THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT
THIS, ONLY 55% OF OUR STUDENTS GREW. NO, IT'S 55 MET THEIR EXPECTED GROWTH. 
          DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE OTHER 45 DIDN'T GROW. IT'S JUST THEY DIDN'T GET TO THE TARGET THAT
WAS SET FOR THEM AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. 
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BUT WE ARE FIVE PERCENTAGE POINTS ABOVE WHAT THE NATIONAL NORM IS FOR GROWTH IN READING
AND EIGHT POINTS ABOVE IN MATHEMATICS. 
          AND WE ARE AGAIN, VERY EXCITED TO SEE THAT COME TO FRUITION,
WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR CLASSROOMS AND IN OUR CAMPUSES. 
          YOU CAN SEE THE WORK IN THE RESULTS. SO WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF CAMPUSES THAT ARE HERE THAT
HAVE HAD SOME OUTSTANDING GROWTH FROM BEGINNING OF THE YEAR TO THE END OF THE YEAR IN MATH AND OR READING. 
          AND WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PRINCIPALS WITH US. [APPLAUSE]. 
          WE'D LOVE FOR OUR AMAZING PRINCIPALS TO COME FORWARD. 
          AND IF Y'ALL WILL JUST STEP FORWARD TO THE MIC FOR A SECOND,
BECAUSE I KNOW OUR BOARD WILL WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU ALL. 
          SO I WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THE AMAZING DEMARCUS GOREE,
WHO IS THE PROUD PRINCIPAL OF FOREST LANE ACADEMY. 
          AND THEN ALSO DR. SHARON NEWMAN WHO'S OUR AMAZING PRINCIPAL AT JESS HARBEN ELEMENTARY. 
          SO WILL YOU BOTH JUST MAYBE SHARE FOR THE BOARD AND OUR COMMUNITY,
WHAT ARE A FEW ACTION STEPS THAT YOU FEEL LIKE YOU TOOK THIS YEAR IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE OUTCOMES AND TO ACHIEVE THE OUTCOMES THAT WERE ON YOUR MAP SCORES? HELLO EVERYONE. I WOULD SAY THE FIRST THING THAT WE DID IS GET INTO THE MINDSET OF GOAL
OVERALL. 
          SO IT WAS ALL HANDS ON DECK WHEN IT CAME TO EDUCATING OUR STUDENTS,
WHICH MEANT THAT MYSELF, MY TWO ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES AND SPECIALISTS WERE ALL IN THE
CLASSROOM TEACHING. 
          I ACTUALLY TOOK ON TEACHING FIFTH GRADE FIRST AND SECOND BLOCK IN ADDITION TO DOING MY
PRINCIPAL ROLES. 
          SECOND THING WAS ENSURING THAT WE HAD EFFECTIVE TEACHERS IN PLACE IN EVERY CLASSROOM,
CERTIFIED TEACHERS, WHICH ISN'T ALWAYS EASY, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW,
AT A CAMPUS LIKE FOREST LANE ACADEMY. 
          BUT WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON BEING WORLD CLASS AND ENSURING THAT WE HAVE THOSE DEDICATED
TEACHERS IN PLACE. 
          THIRD WAS JUST ENSURING THAT THE STUDENTS KNEW THEIR GROWTH GOAL AND MAKING SURE THAT WE
HAD THOSE TOUCH POINTS THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR WHERE THEY SIT DOWN, THEY TALK WITH THEIR TEACHERS, THEY CELEBRATE IT,
MEETING THEIR GOALS WHEN THEY WERE NEAR AND ACCOMPLISHING THEIR GOALS. 
          AND JUST STICKING TO OUR BIG ROCKS, WHICH ARE DATA DRIVEN INSTRUCTIONS,
INTERNALIZATION, OBSERVATION AND FEEDBACK. 
          AND WE HAVE ONE MORE BUT IT WILL COME TO ME. OBSERVATION. 
          NO PRESSURE. DATA DRIVEN INSTRUCTIONS. OH. CULTURE AND CLIMATE. 
          YES. CULTURE AND CLIMATE IS THE OTHER. SO JUST STICKING TO THOSE THINGS AND MAKING SURE
THAT WE WERE DILIGENT ON EVERYONE MEETING THEIR GOALS. 
          AND THAT IS WHY YOU'RE THE ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR. 
          [APPLAUSE]. DR. NEWMAN, WHAT ARE SOME ACTION STEPS THAT,
YOU KNOW, JESS HARBEN TOOK THIS YEAR TO HAVE THIS KIND OF GROWTH? SO I WILL SAY, WHEN MAY HIT WHEN WE TOOK MAP,
KIDS HAD TEST FATIGUE BECAUSE THEY HAD JUST TAKEN STAAR AND WE COULD FEEL THE HEAVINESS. KIDS WOULD PUT SO MUCH ENERGY. 
          WHEN YOU THINK OF ELAR, OUR KIDS TOOK ALL DAY. 
          LIKE WE HAD KIDS TAKE ALL DAY FOR OUR ELAR STAAR ASSESSMENT. 
          SO WE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE KIDS WERE MOTIVATED AND READY. 
          SO WE HAD TO TREAT CART AND WE MADE SURE WE PUBLICIZED THE TREAT CART. 
          SO WE ROLLED AROUND THE SCHOOL AND BROUGHT THE TREAT CART AROUND TO ALL GRADE LEVELS. 
          KINDER THROUGH SIXTH GRADE. SO EVERYBODY GOT TO SEE THE REFRESHED ITEMS. WE HAD ITEMS LIKE SNACKS. THIS IS THE TWO TIMES A YEAR THAT I WILL BUY TAKIS FOR KIDS. 
          SO I PROMISE YOU, I DO NOT BUY THEM ALL THE TIME BECAUSE I REALLY DON'T BELIEVE IN THEM. 
          AND MY PARENTS KNOW THAT, THIS IS ONE TIME OF YEAR THEY WILL GET THEM. 
          BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY LIKE. AND THEN OF COURSE,
LITTLE ITEMS FOR KIDS THAT DON'T HAVE FOOD ALLERGIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          SO ANYWAY, WE GOT TO SHOW IT OFF TO THEM, WE GOT TO SHOW IT. 
          WE HAD MUSIC GOING. AND SO WE REMINDED KIDS ON THE ANNOUNCEMENTS EVERY TIME BEFORE THEY
TOOK THEIR MAP READING. 
          YOU KNOW, GUYS REMEMBER THE TREAT CART, YOU REMEMBER,
RIGHT? YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO PICK. AND SO THEN WHEN WE WENT AROUND AND CELEBRATED KIDS,
WE HAD KIDS, YOU KNOW, THEY GOT IT FOR MATH, FOR READING AND THEN FOR SCIENCE. 
          SO IF THEY MET THEIR GOAL IN EACH ONE, THEY GOT TO PICK. 
          SOME KIDS GOT TO PICK THREE THINGS. AND THEN WHEN WE HAD OUR AWARDS ASSEMBLY,
OUR PARENTS GOT TO SEE LIKE, LIKE ALL THE KIDS STOOD UP THAT GOT TO PICK FROM THE TREAT CART. 
          AND IT WAS JUST AMAZING TO SEE, YOU KNOW, THE ENERGY FROM THE PARENTS,
ENERGY FROM THE KIDS. 
          AND SO I THINK THAT, THE MOTIVATION PIECE REALLY HELPED. 
          AND THEN I ALSO ALLOWED MY TEACHERS TO DO A LOT OF. 
          [01:40:03]
SOME OF MY TEACHERS WERE LIKE, I WANT ALL THE KIDS IN ONE ROOM. 
          AND I SAID, WELL, WE CAN'T DO THAT BECAUSE NOT EVERY KID,
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE KIDS WITH IEPS THAT NEED SPECIAL THINGS. 
          BUT THEY SAID, WELL, COULD WE? AND SO, YES, WE TALKED THROUGH HOW WE COULD HAVE LIKE ONE
LARGE GROUP AND THEN ONE SMALLER GROUP AND THEN HAVE THAT TEACHER ROTATE THROUGH JUST TO KEEP THAT TEACHER THERE, YOU KNOW, LIKE, BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO ACT DIFFERENT IF IT'S
YOUR MATH TEACHER THAT'S WATCHING YOU TAKE YOUR MATH TEST AND IT'S COMING THROUGH AND MAKING SURE YOU KNOW YOU'RE FOCUSED. SO THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS WE DID. 
          WE REALLY JUST REALLY FOCUSED ON STUDENT MOTIVATION AND REALLY BUILDING THEM UP. 
          SO I LOVE THAT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR THANK YOU. 
          I LOVE THAT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT STUDENTS OWNING,
REAL QUICK, BECAUSE YOU KNOW HOW PASSIONATE I AM ABOUT STUDENT GOAL SETTING. 
          AND SO HOW HAS IT CHANGED THE WAY THAT STUDENTS TALK ABOUT THEIR GROWTH,
KNOWING WHEN THEY SET THEIR GOAL. 
          JUST IF BOTH OF YOU COULD JUST SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT LIKE,
WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE AND SOUND LIKE AT YOUR CAMPUSES? IT'S MORE OF THE GROWTH MINDSET. STUDENTS KNOW WHAT THEIR GOALS ARE. 
          THEY KNOW HOW TO COMMUNICATE THEIR GOALS. THEY TALK TO THEIR PARENTS ABOUT THEIR GOALS,
THEY'RE IN THEIR PORTFOLIOS. 
          EVEN WHEN I'M WORKING BREAKFAST CAFETERIA IN THE MORNING,
THEY'LL LET ME KNOW IF THEY'VE MET THEIR GOALS. 
          SO THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT. AND IT'S CHANGED THE TRAJECTORY OF THE WAY THAT THEY LOOK AT
THEIR SELVES. 
          AND I ALWAYS TELL EVERYONE THAT, WITH ME WORKING AT FOREST LANE,
I'VE BEEN THERE FOR TEN YEARS AND IT WILL BE MY 11TH YEAR GOING INTO NEXT YEAR. 
          BUT MY GOAL IS TO ALWAYS ENSURE THAT THE STUDENTS AT FOREST LANE GET THE EXACT SAME
EDUCATION THAT MY THREE CHILDREN WERE AFFORDED IN HIGHLAND PARK ISD. SO I ALWAYS MAKE SURE THAT I HAVE THAT IN MIND WHEN WE'RE THERE. 
          AND SO THE GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND AND THEY KNOW THAT THEY ARE AS
EQUALLY AS GOOD AS ANYONE, NO MATTER WHERE THEY ARE AT ANY TIME. AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON. 
          BUT WHEN THEY KNOW AND WE EMPOWER THEM TO CONTINUE TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR THEM AND TO DO
WHAT'S BEST FOR THE COMMUNITY AND PRODUCE GREAT CITIZENS, THEY'RE ALWAYS ABLE TO ARRIVE TO THE GOAL. WE SET THE BAR HIGH. 
          AND IF THEY REACH IT, I ALWAYS SAY IF WE GIVE THEM,
YOU KNOW, THE MOON, WE'RE GOING TO ASK THEM TO REACH THE MOON, WE'LL TEACH THEM TO FLY. SO AND THAT'S OUR GOAL. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT THEY DO. [APPLAUSE]. DITTO. BUT REALLY MAKING SURE KIDS KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE WORKING ON AND EXACTLY WHY THEY'RE WORKING ON IT. 
          OH, I LIKE THAT. WHY. AND JUST MAKING SURE EVERYBODY THAT WORKS WITH THAT CHILD KNOWS
EXACTLY THE PIECES, THE SKILLS, THE FOUNDATIONS THAT THE CHILD NEEDS TO GROW. 
          AND THAT'S THE PART THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE,
IN MY OPINION, THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT THAT CHILD NEEDS AND IS ABLE TO TARGET IT, SO. WHEN STUDENTS OWN THAT AND CAN VOICE THAT,
THAT'S INCREDIBLE. 
          IF Y'ALL WILL STAY BECAUSE THE BOARD MAY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS,
BUT GINA WILL AND Y'ALL ARE WELCOME TO SIT DOWN FOR A SECOND WHILE WE WAIT FOR THAT. BUT GINA, WE'LL LET YOU FINISH AND THEN ASK QUESTIONS. 
          ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE SOME I'M DONE. 
          CELEBRATIONS FROM CAMPUSES AROUND OUR DISTRICT. 
          YOU CAN SEE THE GLOW PARTY FROM RICHLAND ELEMENTARY. 
          WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF PICTURES OF THOSE TREAT CARTS. 
          AND THEN AT SPRING CREEK, YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY WERE DUCT TAPED TO THE WALL. 
          THEY MET THEIR GOALS. AND SO THEY HAD SOME FUN ACTIVITIES WITH THE STUDENTS. 
          THEY WERE SUPER EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO INTERACT WITH THE STAFF AND MEET THAT GOAL. 
          OUR PRINCIPALS PUT THEMSELVES ON THE LINE. THEY WERE WILLING TO BE DUCT TAPED TO THE WALL
AND MOVE THE CHAIR, YOU KNOW, THE STOOL OUT TO SEE IF THEY COULD STAY. 
          AND THEY DID. THEY BOTH HELD. SO, YOU KNOW, WE DEFINITELY. 
          LIKE MISS BRANUM SAID, WE'RE NOT DONE, RIGHT? WE STILL WANT TO KEEP GROWING. WE WANT TO KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING. 
          AND SO OUR NEXT STEP IS TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON THAT NORTH STAR GOAL AND CONTINUE GROWING
OUR STUDENTS. 
          WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO ANALYZE THAT DATA,
CREATE INDIVIDUAL GROWTH PLANS FOR EACH STUDENTS AS WE START THE 26-27 SCHOOL YEAR. 
          AND WITH OUR INSTRUCTIONAL PRIORITIES, WE'RE GOING TO HUNKER DOWN IN 26-27,
KEEP THE SAME PATH. 
          WE'RE NOT CHANGING ANYTHING. WE'RE JUST GOING TO KEEP MAKING THINGS BETTER AND KEEPING THE
STRATEGIES THAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE. 
          WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO DATA DRIVEN INSTRUCTION IN K-12. 
          HAVING THOSE WEEKLY DATA MEETINGS ON THE CAMPUSES IN 26-27. 
          DEEPER FOCUS ON THOSE TARGETED INTERVENTIONS AND ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES,
AND ALIGNING OUR SYSTEMS TO SUPPORT THE HIGH EXPECTATIONS THAT WE WANT FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS IN 26-27. WE NEED TO HAVE A SHARED OWNERSHIP AND CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT WITH
CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION AND OUR BEHAVIOR IMPLEMENTATION SYSTEMS, 
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WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT SUPPORT STAFF. FROM THE AREA SUPERINTENDENTS,
TO OUR TECHNOLOGY STAFF, PROFESSIONAL LEARNING, OUR INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES. EVERYONE IS GOING TO HAVE THAT SAME
MESSAGE ALIGNED TO OUR INSTRUCTIONAL PRIORITIES BECAUSE ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS ARE SUPPORTING THAT SAME GOAL WHERE WE'RE LOOKING FOR GROWTH OF OUR STUDENTS,
HIGH EXPECTATIONS. 
          AND LIKE TAB SAYS, KEEP IT AT 70. AND SO SOME OF OUR KEY TAKEAWAYS IS IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT FOR OUR EVERYONE IN THE DISTRICT AND FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE DATA THAT WE GET FROM THE MAP ASSESSMENT IS INTENDED TO DRIVE THAT
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT EFFORT FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND CAMPUSES. 
          IT IS AN INTEGRAL PIECE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS FOR OUR STUDENTS AND
KNOW WHAT INTERVENTIONS THEY NEED, AND WHAT ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS OR WHAT ENRICHMENT THEY NEED. 
          THE DISTRICT HAS MET THE MAP NORMS WITH GROWTH ABOVE THE 50% IN BOTH READING AND MATH,
AND WE SEE THAT RISD PERFORMANCE IS AT ABOVE THOSE NATIONAL NORMS FOR END OF THE YEAR. WE RECENTLY WERE ABLE TO SEE THE DATA FOR THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR. 
          MAP IS A LITTLE LATE IN RELEASING THAT. SO THEY JUST RECENTLY,
A FEW WEEKS AGO, RELEASED THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR AND WE WERE SUPER EXCITED TO SEE THAT WE WERE ABOVE THE STATE AND NATIONAL PERFORMANCE FOR THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR. 
          AND WE HOPE TO SEE THE SAME THING FOR END OF THE YEAR ONCE THAT BECOMES PUBLICLY
AVAILABLE. WHEN WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT STAY IN RISD FOR THE FULL YEAR, WE ARE SEEING GROWTH THAT IS OUTPACING THEIR PRIOR YEAR PERFORMANCE,
AND THAT FOR US IS JUST REALLY EXCITING. 
          THANK YOU DR. ORTIZ. AND AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK THE ENTIRE TEAM. 
          AND AS WE SAID, WE ARE NOT WHERE WE NEED TO BE. BUT WE ARE INCREDIBLY PROUD OF THE GROWTH
THAT WE HAD IN 25-26. 
          SO WITH THAT, WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK FROM THE BOARD. ALL RIGHT. 
          YES, THANK YOU, DR. ORTIZ. BOARD MEMBERS, COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THE MAP PRESENTATION? MISS TIMME, YOU LOOK TIMID. I JUST ALWAYS AM FIRST ON THESE PRESENTATIONS. 
          I WAS TRYING TO SEE IF ANYBODY ELSE CAN RAISE THEIR HAND FIRST. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
THAT. 
          FIRST OFF, I WANT TO SAY THAT TEST FATIGUE IS REAL. 
          AND SO THE UNDERSTANDING THE MOTIVATING FACTORS IS CERTAINLY A BIG DEAL. 
          AND CERTAINLY A FACTOR IN THAT. ONE THING I HEARD FROM THE PRINCIPALS,
FIRST OFF, REALLY GOOD JOB. 
          LIKE THAT'S FANTASTIC. BUT I REALLY HEARD, I THINK UNDERLYING THAT BOTH OF YOU GUYS HAD
REALLY CLEAR GOALS AND CLEAR EXPECTATIONS FOR YOUR STAFFS. 
          AND THEN YOU GUYS HELD ACCOUNTABILITY TO THAT. 
          I KNOW THAT DIDN'T JUST COME ON THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL. 
          ON THOSE TESTS, I KNOW YOU GUYS DID THAT REALLY WELL ALL YEAR LONG,
RIGHT? OR YOU DON'T SEE THESE KINDS OF GROWTHS. SO I THINK THAT'S FANTASTIC. 
          CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU GUYS AND CONGRATULATIONS. YOU GUYS HAVE SUCH GOOD PRINCIPLES IN
PLACE. MAKES IT GREAT. 
          JUST ONE THING. A COUPLE OF THINGS ON THE SCORES THEMSELVES. 
          I NOTICED THAT OUR SCORES REALLY SHOWED SOME GOOD GROWTH ON THAT. 
          OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS, I KNOW IT'S BEEN A FOCUS AREA IN LOTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS,
BUT THEY WERE OUTPACING A LOT OF THAT GROWTH ON THERE. SO I WAS EXCITED TO SEE THAT BOTH IN MATH AND READING REALLY ALMOST BOTH IN DOUBLE
DIGITS. 
          SO THAT WAS GREAT. DID I HEAR YOU SAY THAT THEY'VE CHANGED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE WAY THAT
THEY'RE ASKING QUESTIONS, IN THE SENSE OF IT'S AT THE STUDENT LEVEL. SO SOME COULD BE BELOW GRADE LEVEL AND SOME
COULD BE ABOVE GRADE LEVEL? YES. AND SO THE RIT SCORE IS WHAT REALLY DETERMINES WHAT THEIR LEVEL IS LIKE. 
          IT'S KIND OF LIKE HEIGHT. RIGHT. RIGHT. BUT THE TEST IS NOW ADAPTED TO WHERE THE STUDENT
IS AT AND TO ENSURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO CHALLENGE. 
          SO IF YOU'VE GOT A STUDENT THAT IS PERFORMING AT A REALLY HIGH LEVEL,
THEY'RE GOING TO GET QUESTIONS THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT HARDER. 
          STILL AT THE GRADE LEVEL. AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE NICE THINGS ABOUT THIS REVAMP,
IS THAT NOT ONLY DID IT. 
          BECAUSE IT ALWAYS CHALLENGES THE STUDENTS A LITTLE BIT MORE,
BUT THESE ARE BETTER ALIGNED TO OUR STATE STANDARDS. 
          SO IN THE PAST, WE WOULD GET A COUPLE OF CONCERNS,
ESPECIALLY WITH OUR STUDENTS THAT WERE PERFORMING A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, THAT THEY WERE SEEING MAYBE TOO MANY QUESTIONS THAT WERE A LITTLE TOO HIGH IN THE NEXT GRADE LEVEL
BRACKET. 
          THEY'RE DOING A BETTER JOB OF FINDING MORE CHALLENGING QUESTIONS ON GRADE LEVEL FOR
STUDENTS. 
          AND THAT WAY, AS THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THE TEST,
IF THEY HAVE A HIGHER RIT SCORE, THEY'RE GOING TO GET MORE CHALLENGING QUESTIONS THE NEXT TIME THEY TAKE THE ASSESSMENT. BUT THE SAME WOULD BE TRUE THAN IF THEY WERE BELOW GRADE
LEVEL, RIGHT. 
          DO YOU GUYS KNOW WHO THE STUDENTS THAT THOSE ARE AS WELL,
LIKE WHO ARE GETTING LIKE BELOW GRADE LEVEL OR ABOVE GRADE LEVEL? YES. 
          SO IF WE HAVE A RANGE WHERE IF YOU'RE A THIRD GRADER,
THIS SHOULD BE THE AVERAGE RIT SCORE THAT WOULD BE IN PLACE FOR A THIRD GRADER. 
          AND THAT ALLOWS US TO KNOW STUDENTS ON BOTH ENDS OF THE SPECTRUM. 
          IF WE HAVE A STUDENT THAT REALLY THEIR RIT SCORE SHOWS THAT THEY'RE REALLY PERFORMING AT
THAT FIRST GRADE LEVEL, THEN IT SHOWS THIS IS THE INTERVENTION WORK THAT WE NEED TO DO TO ACCELERATE,
TO GET THEM TO BE GRADE LEVEL. 
          BUT ALSO, IF WE HAVE A THIRD GRADER AND THEIR RIT SCORE IS AT A SIXTH GRADE LEVEL,
THAT LETS US KNOW THAT ON THAT DAILY TIER ONE INSTRUCTION, WE NEED TO BE PROVIDING ADDITIONAL DEPTH AND COMPLEXITY. 
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SO IT REALLY PROVIDES THE TEACHER WITH THAT INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED TO KNOW. 
          THIS IS HOW I NEED TO GROUP AND DIFFERENTIATE FOR THE KIDS THAT I'M SERVING. THAT'S GREAT.
WELL, SO THEN I GUESS THAT BEGS THE QUESTION. YOU'RE REALLY NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO CORRELATE
THAT TO START. CORRECT? I MEAN, IT WOULD MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT, RIGHT? IF THOSE QUESTIONS ARE EITHER BELOW GRADE LEVEL OR SO FAR ABOVE. 
          YES. SO WE'RE HOPING THAT WHATEVER THEY'VE DONE WITH THEIR REALIGNMENT WILL SHOW CLOSER. 
          IT'S NOT GOING TO BE EXACT. RIGHT. BUT THAT IT'LL BE A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO WHERE STUDENTS
SHOULD BE JUST BECAUSE THERE'S MORE ITEMS ON GRADE LEVEL. 
          SO EVEN THOUGH I'M A STRUGGLING STUDENT, I MAY BE GETTING A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE BASIC,
BUT IT'S STILL THE SAME STATE STANDARDS. 
          SO THEY'RE SAYING THAT THAT ALIGNMENT TO STAAR SHOULD BE BETTER. 
          AGAIN, WE DON'T HAVE OUR DATA YET TO BE ABLE TO SAY YAY OR NAY. 
          BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY'VE TOLD US DURING ALL OF THE INFORMATIVE SESSIONS THAT WE'VE HAD WITH
THEM. 
          AND TO BE REAL, TRUSTEE TIMME, WE PROBABLY WILL NOT KNOW,
I WOULD SAY UNTIL THE POTENTIAL OF THE 27-28 YEAR, WHEN THEY DO THE CORRELATION STUDIES TO LET US KNOW,
IS THAT RIT SCORE AND HOW THE STUDENT PERFORMS ON MAP. 
          IS THAT A STRONG PREDICTOR OF STAAR? BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO NEED TWO YEARS OF THESE
CHANGES TOO. 
          AND MAP WILL. NORMALLY, NWA WILL CONDUCT THAT CORRELATION STUDY TO LET US KNOW,
IS THERE REALLY A TIGHT ALIGNMENT? YEAH, I LOOK FORWARD TO THEM EXPLAINING THAT ONLY JUST BECAUSE I'M HAVING A HARD TIME
UNDERSTANDING IF THEY'RE BELOW GRADE LEVEL, HOW THEY COULD, BUT ALSO TO JUST IN TIME FOR THE TEST TO CHANGE. AMAZING. YEAH, THAT TOO. THAT TOO. 
          YES. BUT NO, I DO APPRECIATE THAT. THAT HELPS ME BECAUSE THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN HOW
THEY'VE DONE THAT IN THE PAST. 
          SO I WAS HAVING A HARD TIME KIND OF RECONCILING THOSE TWO. 
          I DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT TOO. I KNOW YOU GUYS TALKED ABOUT HOW WE'RE BEATING THE NATIONAL
NORMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND THAT'S GREAT. I THINK THE THING THAT I WAS LOOKING AT MORE,
AND I AM SUPER PROUD OF FOR THE HARD WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE AND THAT EVERY TEACHER, EVERY PRINCIPAL HOLDING ACCOUNTABLE EVERYBODY IN CENTRAL OFFICE IS THAT WE'RE OUTPACING
THE GROWTH ON THE NATIONAL SCALE TO NOT JUST EXCEEDING THE SCORE, BUT OUTPACING THE GROWTH THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE GETTING. 
          AND ALMOST EVERY SINGLE CATEGORY IN READING,
MATH, ENGLISH, YOU KNOW, AND THEN THE ENGLISH AND SPANISH VERSIONS TO YOUR POINT, WE'RE NOT WHERE WE WANT TO BE, BUT IF WE'RE NOT OUTPACING THOSE NUMBERS,
WE'RE NOT GOING TO EVER GET THERE. AND SO THE FACT THAT WE'RE SHOWING THAT KIND OF OUTPACING ON THE AMOUNT OF GROWTH FROM WHERE WE STARTED TO WHERE WE GO COMPARED TO WHERE
THE NATIONAL NORMS ARE, THAT'S REALLY SHOWING THAT SOME OF THESE SYSTEMS ARE SHOWING THAT GAIN. 
          AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT CONTINUED ACCELERATION GOING FORWARD. 
          YES, MA'AM. SO REALLY GOOD JOB. THANK YOU GUYS. 
          GREAT DISCUSSION. TRUSTEES, OTHER COMMENTS? YES,
MISS HARRIS. 
          SO THIS IS REALLY EXCITING FOR ME. I MEAN THIS REALLY KIND OF FLOATS MY BOAT. 
          I LOVE THIS. I MEAN ALL THIS INFORMATION IS ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC. 
          GREAT WAY TO END THE YEAR, RIGHT? OUR LAST BOARD MEETING. 
          I'M LOVING IT. I DO HAVE A QUESTION IN REFERENCE FOR OUR PRINCIPALS ACTUALLY,
IN REFERENCE TO PARENTAL ENGAGEMENT. 
          THERE'S NO WAY THAT YOU CAN GET THESE NUMBERS WITHOUT GETTING SOME TYPE OF GREAT PARENTAL
ENGAGEMENT. 
          I GOT TO KNOW HOW YOU DID IT BECAUSE THAT IS TOUGH. 
          SO WHAT IS THE TRICK? SO AT JESS HARBEN WE HAD A PARENT GROWTH CAMP IN LATE SEPTEMBER. 
          SO WE HAD OUR PARENT GROWTH CAMP AND PARENTS WERE ABLE TO COME IN AND LOOK AT HOW THEIR
KIDS DID. 
          AND THEN THEY WERE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE SKILLS,
LOOK AT THE THINGS THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE. 
          OF COURSE, TEACHERS AND PARENTS ARE IN CONSISTENT COMMUNICATION,
ABLE TO TALK ABOUT SKILLS AND SENDING HOME EXTRA WORK. 
          I HAVE LOTS OF TEACHERS THAT SEND EXTRA THINGS WITH PARENTS THAT WANT IT TO GO OVER
THINGS, AND I ACTUALLY HAVE TEACHERS THAT SEND HOME THINGS EVEN WITH PARENTS THAT DON'T ASK. 
          BECAUSE WE HAVE LOTS OF STUDENTS THAT DON'T HAVE ACTIVE PARENTS AT HOME AND THE STUDENT
WILL TAKE IT ON THEMSELVES BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY HAVE TO WORK ON IT. 
          AND SO THE TEACHER AND THE STUDENT WILL WORK TOGETHER TO DEVELOP THAT PLAN OUTSIDE OF
WORK, OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL, HERE YOU DO WORK ON THESE EXTRA THINGS. 
          WE ALSO DO SATURDAY SCHOOL TO ALSO BOOST UP THE SKILLS FOR OUR STUDENTS. 
          SO WE DID THREE IN THE FALL AND THREE IN THE SPRING IN ORDER TO REALLY HELP BOOST. 
          AND KIDS LOVE SATURDAY SCHOOL. IT'S LIKE AN EMPTY BUILDING AND IT'S SO DIFFERENT THAN
NORMAL SCHOOL AND THEY LOVE IT. 
          IT'S MUCH MORE ENERGIZING THAN AFTER SCHOOL TUTORING,
SO THEY LOVE IT. 
          AND SO OUR PARENTS WORK WITH OUR TEACHERS. AND LIKE I SAID,
THE GROWTH GOAL CAMP STARTS IT. 
          AND THEN WE CONTINUE JUST WORKING WITH PARENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. OURS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT AT FOREST LANE ACADEMY. 
          WE HAVE A TEACHER RUN PTA AND THE MAJORITY OF OUR PARENTS ARE NOT INVOLVED. 
          WE HAVE ROUGHLY 40 TO 43% MOBILITY RATE AND WE ONLY SERVICE THE APARTMENT. 
          SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, THE TEACHERS AND THE STAFF ARE PRETTY MUCH IT. 
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SO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE DO COMMUNICATE WITH PARENTS. 
          WE DO SEND HOME THE MAP REPORTS, WE DO HOLD MAP ACADEMIES AND DATA MEETINGS FOR OUR
PARENTS TO ATTEND, BUT THE PARTICIPATION IS VERY LIMITED. SO ONCE AGAIN,
BEING WORLD CLASS, WE KNOW WHAT TO DO AND HOW TO DO IT. 
          AND WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT FOR OUR STUDENTS AND SHOW UP EVERY DAY AND SHOW THEM THAT,
WHILE THERE MAY BE LITTLE YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES PARENT PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT, YOU HAVE YOUR TEACHER AND YOU HAVE YOUR
ADMINISTRATORS, YOU HAVE THE FULL STAFF OF FOREST LANE ACADEMY BACKING YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THAT
GOAL AND MEET THAT GOAL AND CHEERING YOU ON. 
          THAT IS ABSOLUTELY AWESOME. AND YOU HAVE TO JUST SEE,
MISS HARRIS, LIKE WHEN A STUDENT REACHES THEIR MAP GROWTH GOAL AT FOREST LANE ACADEMY, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE THE KIDS WILL COME AND THEY WILL FIND MR. GOREE AND THEY WILL SAY, BECAUSE THEY SOMETIMES THAT MIGHT BE THE ONLY PERSON THAT IS
GOING TO CELEBRATE. 
          WHEN THEY GO HOME, THEIR PARENT MAY NOT UNDERSTAND IT,
OR MAYBE THERE WON'T BE A PARENT THERE, BUT THEY WANT MR. GOREE TO KNOW THAT. 
          LOOK AT WHAT I DID ON MY MAP GROWTH AND THEY WILL SEARCH AND SEEK HIM,
FIND HIM OUT, THEY WILL FIND DR. 
          LAKE. THAT, I THINK, IS THE POWER OF WHAT OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STAFF DO WHEN WE KNOW
SOMETIMES IT'S MORE DIFFICULT AND MORE CHALLENGING FOR PARENTS TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE. 
          THEY STILL DO. THEY STILL MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT OPPORTUNITY IS THERE. 
          BUT WHEN, NOT THEY STAND IN THE GAP. YEAH, I MEAN,
IT'S DEFINITELY A STORY THAT SHOWS THAT, YOU KNOW, IT CAN BE DONE. IT CAN ABSOLUTELY BE DONE. 
          I'M VERY WELL AWARE OF THE CHALLENGES OVER AT FOREST LANE ACADEMY. 
          SO THAT'S EXACTLY WHY I ASKED THE QUESTION BECAUSE I WANTED TO KNOW,
YOU KNOW, HOW DID YOU DO THIS? YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE TRICK? AND TO LET OTHERS OUT THERE KNOW THAT IT ABSOLUTELY CAN BE
DONE. 
          AND I REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT BOTH OF YOU HAVE DONE. 
          YOU KNOW, KUDOS TO BOTH OF YOU. I MEAN, THESE STORIES ARE GREAT. 
          I MEAN, I LOVE IT. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. GREAT DISCUSSION. 
          YES, MISS PACHECO. THANK YOU BOTH, MR. GOREE. 
          DR. NEWMAN, I'M SO PROUD TO SEE THE ENGAGEMENT AND DEFINITELY THE BUY IN OF OUR STUDENTS,
AND TO TAKE THAT OWNERSHIP OF THEIR GOALS FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR ALL THE WAY TO THE END. 
          ALSO MOTIVATING KIDS. I MEAN, THAT WAS ACTUALLY A QUESTION LIKE,
HOW DO WE KNOW WE'RE MOTIVATING THEM AND THAT THEY'RE ENGAGED WHILE THEY'RE TAKING THE TEST? BECAUSE IT'S HARD, RIGHT? DURING THOSE TIMES,
THEY'RE TAKING STAAR, THEY'RE DOING OTHER THINGS IN THEIR LIFE. 
          AND THE SUPPORT YOU ALL GIVE THE TEACHERS, THE STAFF,
BUT ALSO LETTING THEM KNOW YOU OWN THIS. 
          YOU CAN MAKE THAT CHANGE YOURSELF. IF YOU TAKE THESE STEPS AND THESE ARE THE STEPS THAT
YOU NEED TO TAKE. 
          I MEAN, WE'RE REALLY WALKING THEM THROUGH TO SUCCESS TEACHING THEM EARLY ON HOW TO DO
THEIR WORK. 
          PROBABLY EVEN TIME MANAGE HOW TO STUDY SO THAT THEY CAN BE MORE SUCCESSFUL,
RIGHT? ONCE THEY GET TO HIGH SCHOOL AND LIFE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          I'M JUST SO HAPPY. I'M EXCITED, YOU KNOW, FOR ALL OF OUR OTHER SCHOOLS YOU KNOW,
EVERYTHING. 
          THE SCORES ARE JUST DOING GREAT. I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF WORK FROM ALL OF YOU. 
          I MEAN, THE ENTIRE DISTRICT TO RIDE THE SHIP,
GET THEM DONE. 
          GET ALL THESE KIDS TO SIT DOWN, BE MOTIVATED,
AND IMPROVE THESE SCORES. 
          SO, YEAH, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. I MEAN, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE
INDIVIDUALLY AT SCHOOLS JUST TO SEE HOW THEY'RE GROWING. 
          AND WHAT STEPS ARE BEING TAKEN, RIGHT? IN SCHOOLS THAT ARE NOT GROWING AS MUCH AS WE WOULD
LIKE. 
          AND YOU KNOW, I GUESS YOU GUYS ANSWERED THE QUESTION ON MOTIVATION,
SO I DON'T THINK I HAVE THAT QUESTION ANYMORE. 
          BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE TEAM AND THE STAFF FOR WORKING SO
HARD WITH OUR STUDENTS AND ALIGNING YOU KNOW, TOP DOWN AND BOTTOM UP, LIKE, BECAUSE IT TAKES ALL OF US TO TAKE CARE OF ALL OUR KIDS AND
GET THEM TO WHERE THEY NEED TO BE. 
          WAS JUST SAYING, WE DON'T SEE THEM AS CHALLENGES. 
          WE PRESENT THEM AS OPPORTUNITIES. AND SO IT IS THE ADULTS AND ALWAYS TELL THE ADULTS IN
THE BUILDING THAT IT'S THE ADULTS WITH THE SOMETIMES NOT GROWTH MINDSET. 
          THAT'S PERFECT. POSE OUR THOUGHTS AND BELIEFS ON CHILDREN AND TELL THEM WHAT THEY CAN'T
DO. 
          BUT I LIKE TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT THEY CAN DO AND WHAT THEY'RE CAPABLE OF DOING,
AND THAT'S WHY THEY ALWAYS RISE TO THE OCCASION. 
          I LOVE THAT REFRAMING AND HOW TO SEE THEMSELVES. 
          RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. ANOTHER. YES,
MISS MCGOWAN, I AM SO EXCITED. 
          WE'RE ALL SO EXCITED. WE'RE LIKE, YES, SO EXCITED. 
          CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR SCHOOL ELEMENTARY. 
          SO I HAVE A KIDDO IN A TITLE ONE SCHOOL AND I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THE GROWTH THAT WE'RE
SEEING AT YOUR SCHOOL. 
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AND I KNOW WE'RE SEEING IT AT A TON OF OTHER TITLE ONE SCHOOLS ACROSS OUR DISTRICT. 
          SO I'M EXCITED TO BE A PARENT IN A TITLE ONE SCHOOL AND HAVE A KID THERE TODAY. 
          YOU HAVE MOTIVATED ME EVEN MORE, SO. BUT LISTENING TO YOU TALK,
I THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS RELATIONAL. 
          IT'S ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE KIDS THAT YOU AND YOUR STAFF AND THE ADMINISTRATION,
YOUR ADMINISTRATION, YOU KNOW, ALL OF US HAVE WITH KIDS AND FAMILIES IN OUR DISTRICT. 
          SOMETIMES PARENTS CAN'T BE THERE AND THAT'S OKAY. THEY GOT US,
RIGHT? THE SUPPORT, THE EXPECTATIONS ARE THERE AND REPRESENTATION MATTERS. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE, I'M SO EXCITED TO HEAR THAT YOU LEFT YOUR OFFICE AND WENT AND STOOD
IN FRONT OF A FIFTH GRADE CLASSROOM AND TAUGHT LIKE GO OVER ROLE. YES. THIS IS LIKE ALL OF OUR JOBS,
RIGHT? AND THIS IS WHAT WE SHOULD ALL BE DOING. SO I'M JUST PUMPED. 
          I'M LIKE, WHERE CAN WE TEACH? WHAT CAN WE DO? HOW CAN WE GET MORE INVOLVED? BUT MAINLY, REALLY,
IT'S OUR SUPPORT AND HOW WE CAN SUPPORT YOU GUYS AND YOU AND, YOU KNOW, ALL THE PLANS THAT ARE SET AND THAT WE SET INTO ACTION TO DO THIS AT ALL OF OUR
SCHOOLS IN EVERY CAMPUS ACROSS THE DISTRICT. 
          SO CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE KIDS. 
          FIRST, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS AND TO THE PARENTS,
BECAUSE THIS IS GAME CHANGING. 
          LIKE THIS IS GOING TO CHANGE THE TRAJECTORY OF KIDS LIVES FOREVER. 
          SO AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL. OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MR. EAGER. AGAIN, YEAH, I'M. ALL MY COLLEAGUES. 
          THE SAME THING. THESE ARE THE RESULTS OF A LOT OF HARD WORK IN THE EXTRA TIME OF EVERYBODY
INVOLVED. 
          SO A THANK YOU BECAUSE THE DAY IN AND DAY OUT,
JUST DOING THE WORK TO HELP OUR KIDS. 
          BUT WHAT I'M ALSO EXCITED ABOUT IS THAT THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE TEACHING THEM. 
          THESE ARE LIFE SKILLS. THESE ARE SKILLS THAT THEY WILL TAKE FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES
OF, YOU KNOW, HOW TO SET A GOAL. HOW DO YOU DUST YOURSELF OFF? AND MAYBE WE DON'T GET THAT GOAL TO START HARD,
YOU KNOW, HARD WIRING, SOME GRIT IN THERE AND COMING BACK AND DOING THESE EXTRA THINGS. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY WE'RE ALL HERE IS THAT WHEN WE HAD THE HONOR OF HANDING THOSE
DIPLOMAS OUT LAST WEEK AND SAYING, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE DID AS OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY,
WE SET THEM OFF FOR SUCCESS. 
          AND SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK. THESE,
YOU KNOW, THE STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS AND THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ALL PULLED TOGETHER IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. WE'RE ALL STARTING TO SEE THE RESULTS OF THAT HARD WORK. 
          AND SO YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH, THE EXCITEMENT,
THE SIGNALS OF SAYING, WOW, THIS STUFF IS REALLY STARTING TO WORK. SO, YOU KNOW. BUT WHAT CAN BE GOOD CAN BE BETTER AND WHAT CAN BE BETTER CAN BE BEST. 
          SO THIS IS KIND OF THE FIRST STEP IN THAT JOURNEY,
BUT WE ARE HERE SUPPORTING YOU. 
          WE'RE OBVIOUSLY UP HERE. WE'RE YOUR BIGGEST FANS. 
          WE WANT TO SAY THAT. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE EXTRA HARD WORK,
THE EFFORT AND THE RESULTS BECAUSE IT'S MAKING OUR COMMUNITY PROUD. 
          I GOT JUST A COUPLE. AND I DON'T THINK THEY'RE REDUNDANT. 
          SO FIRST, YOU USE THE TERM WORLD CLASS. I MEAN,
IS EVERYBODY USING IT? IF THEY'RE NOT, THEY SHOULD BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IF YOUR VISION AND YOUR GOAL IS
NOT WORLD CLASS, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO FALL BEHIND. SO I LOVE THAT YOU USE THAT TERM BECAUSE THAT'S THE
MINDSET THAT'S GOT TO BE AT THE TOP AND PERMEATE DOWN THROUGH THE REST OF THE CAMPUS AND THE DISTRICT AND EVERYBODY ELSE. SO I LOVE THAT YOU USE THAT TERM. 
          THE ALIGNMENT I THINK IS CRITICAL FROM TOP FROM THE ADMINISTRATION ALL THE WAY THROUGH. 
          AND I THINK WHEN WE SEE THESE SCORES THAT DR. 
          ORTIZ PRESENTED, IT SHOWS THAT IT IS ALIGNED THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT BECAUSE THIS ISN'T
JUST AN ISLAND HERE AND AN ISLAND THERE WHERE WE'RE SEEING THAT KIND OF PERFORMANCE. 
          WE'RE SEEING CONSISTENT NOW. THEY'RE ALL NOT THE SAME RATE. 
          SOME ARE A LITTLE FASTER, SOME ARE A LITTLE SLOWER. 
          BUT WE SEE THAT CONSISTENT RESULTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT. 
          AND TO ME THAT GOES BACK AND TELLS ME THAT WE'VE GOT ALIGNMENT IN THAT NORTH STAR GOAL IN
THE CULTURE AND THE VISION WITHIN THE FISTRICT. 
          AND THAT SAYS A LOT. I MEAN, TO ERIC'S POINT,
YOU KNOW, WE ALL WORKED ON THAT NORTH STAR GOAL FIVE YEARS AGO, 
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WHENEVER IT WAS. AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WOULD CATCH. 
          I DIDN'T KNOW HOW FAR IT WOULD GO IN THE DISTRICT. 
          I SENSE NOW SEEING THESE RESULTS. WE'RE SEEING IT WORK. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S AMAZING TO SEE. A LITTLE BIT ON WHAT MR. EAGER TALKED ABOUT WAS, YOU KNOW, YOU TALK ABOUT MOTIVATING THESE STUDENTS BY GIVING THEM
GOALS, WORKING, SETTING THE BAR HIGH, REWARDING THEM. 
          I MEAN, THESE ARE THINGS THAT WORK WITH ADULTS. THESE ARE THE EXACT SAME THINGS YOU WOULD
DO IS TALK TO YOUR EMPLOYEE IN A WORK ENVIRONMENT, HAVE GOALS, HELP THEM GET THOSE GOALS, HAVE THEM REWARDS IN THERE. 
          I MEAN, THESE ARE THE SAME THINGS. AND SOMETIMES I THINK WE DON'T GIVE STUDENTS YOUTH THE
CREDIT THAT THEY DESERVE THAT MAYBE WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE THE SUPPORT AT HOME OR. THEY COULD DO IT, THEY CAN DO IT. THEY'RE BUILT FOR THIS. 
          AND SOMETIMES WE JUST TAKE THAT FOR GRANTED THAT THEY'RE YOUNG,
THEY HAVEN'T EXPERIENCED LIFE. 
          YOU KNOW, THEY CAN'T DO THAT. SO IT'S GREAT TO HEAR THAT THEY'RE GRABBING ON TO THIS AND
RUNNING WITH IT. 
          BUT YOU CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT LEADERSHIP. SO YOU GUYS ARE DOING AMAZING THINGS AS LEADERS. 
          AND THAT BRINGS ME TO MY LAST TWO COMMENTS. ARE WE SPREADING THE BEST PRACTICES? YOU HAD YOUR BEST PRACTICES THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          YOU HAD YOURS AS WELL. ARE WE SPREADING THOSE THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT? AND THEN MY FOLLOW ON TO THAT IS, ARE THEY SUSTAINABLE? CAN YOU TEACH FIFTH GRADE EVERY YEAR? CAN YOU. 
          HE DOES. ARE THESE THINGS THAT, I MEAN, WE'RE THROWING EVERYTHING WE CAN AT IT. 
          ARE WE DOING THAT EVERY YEAR? CAN WE DO THAT EVERY YEAR? OR CAN WE MAKE THEM TO WHERE THEY'RE A SUSTAINABLE PROCESS? SO TO YOUR FIRST POINT, YES. AT EVERY REAL MEETING,
WHICH IS OUR MONTHLY PRINCIPAL MEETING, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE ARE HIGHLIGHTING PRACTICES,
WHERE THEY'RE SHARING AMONGST ONE ANOTHER. 
          THEY'RE VISITING CAMPUSES, THE AREA SUPERINTENDENTS LEAD A WEEKLY CONNECTION WITH THEIR
LEARNING COMMUNITY PRINCIPLES, AND THAT IS OFTEN WHERE THOSE BEST PRACTICES ARE SHARED. 
          SO, FOR EXAMPLE, AT THE END OF A MIDDLE OF THE YEAR MAP UPDATE,
WHEN THEY GOT THEIR SCORES, THE AREA SUPERINTENDENTS WILL SIT WITH THEIR PRINCIPALS AND THE PRINCIPALS WILL ACTUALLY
PRESENT, HERE'S WHAT WE DID AND HERE'S WHAT WE THINK CONTRIBUTED TO THAT. 
          AND SO IT MIGHT BE THAT IF I'M LIKE COLLINS ELEMENTARY,
I'M LISTENING TO WHAT FOREST LANE ACADEMY DID AND SAID, OH, I NEED TO DO THAT, OR I HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT A TREAT CART. 
          IF I'M AT AUDELIA CREEK AND I HEAR THAT DR. NEWMAN'S DOING THAT AT JESS HARBEN. 
          SO YES, THAT COLLABORATION. WHAT I ABSOLUTELY APPLAUD OUR AREA SUPERINTENDENTS AND OUR
PRINCIPALS IS THAT THERE IS NOT ANYTHING THAT'S LIKE, I'M GOING TO PROTECT THIS AND I'M NOT GOING TO SHARE. EVERYTHING IS,
HEY, LET'S HELP AND LIFT EACH OTHER UP BECAUSE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME TEAM. 
          I WANT TO GO BACK TO, THAT IS SUSTAINABILITY IS MY EVERYTHING. 
          AND WE KNOW AND THERE ARE THINGS THAT PEOPLE MIGHT SEE OR READ IN THE MEDIA AROUND QUICK
TURNAROUNDS AND QUICK SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT EFFORTS. AND THE QUESTION IS ALWAYS AROUND,
CAN YOU SUSTAIN THAT? AND SO OUR MANTRA IN ALMOST EVERY PRINCIPAL MEETING,
EVERY TIME WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT AS A LEADERSHIP TEAM, IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO KEEP IT 70. BECAUSE IF YOU'RE GOING 100,
YOU CAN'T GO 100 ALL THE TIME. 
          IF YOU GO 100 ALL THE TIME, YOU'RE GOING TO GET IN A WRECK. YOU'RE GOING TO GET IN
FATIGUED. YOU'RE GOING TO LEAVE A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE BEHIND. YOU CAN'T SUSTAIN THAT AND YOU CAN'T SUSTAIN THAT SAFELY. YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE PEOPLE ALONG THE WAY. IF YOU GO 50
BECAUSE YOU DON'T FEEL URGENCY, THEN YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO GET TO YOUR DESTINATION. 
          YOU'RE GOING TO LEAVE KIDS BEHIND. AND OUR KIDS CAN'T AFFORD THAT. 
          SO WE'RE GOING TO GO 70 IN RISD. WHILE WE'RE GOING 70,
WE MIGHT CHANGE OUT THE TIRES BECAUSE WE REALIZE, HEY, WE GOT TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, HIGHER PERFORMANCE TIRES. 
          WE MIGHT USE A DIFFERENT KIND OF FUEL BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO BE,
YOU KNOW, MORE PERFORMANCE. 
          I DON'T KNOW CARS VERY WELL, BUT YOU GET THE POINT. 
          WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE OUT OUR WINDSHIELD WIPERS,
WHATEVER. LIKE WE MIGHT BE UPGRADING AND ELEVATING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE CAR, BUT WE'RE GOING TO KEEP IT 70 BECAUSE WE'RE NOT TRYING TO JUST GET A SCORE FOR A SCORE
SAKE. 
          WE'RE GOING TO IMPLEMENT THE RIGHT PRACTICES,
THE RIGHT STRATEGIES TO MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS ARE GROWING AND THAT OUR TEACHERS, WE'RE INVESTING IN POURING INTO THE TALENT DEVELOPMENT OF OUR TEACHERS AND THE PERFORMANCE
DEVELOPMENT OF OUR TEACHERS SO THAT THEY STAY AND THEY HELP GROW OUR STUDENTS. 
          SO WE ARE CONSTANTLY MONITORING AND CHECKING ONE ANOTHER TO REMIND,
HEY, REMEMBER, WE CAN'T DO THIS AT ALL COSTS BECAUSE WHEN YOU DO IT AT COST, YOU LOSE CULTURE,
YOU USE CLIMATE. 
          I MEAN, THERE'S, THERE'S LOTS OF OTHER POTENTIAL RISKS THAT COME WITH THAT. 
          SO WE HAVE TO HAVE URGENCY, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO DO IT AT SUCH A RATE THAT WE CAN'T
SUSTAIN IT, AND WE CAUSE OURSELVES TO LOSE REALLY KEY CRITICAL LEADERS AND TEACHERS AND EVEN KIDS
ALONG THE WAY. 
          [02:10:03]
EXCELLENT. AND IF YOU CAN'T TEACH FIFTH GRADE,
I THINK RACHEL VOLUNTEERED EARLIER TO STEP IN. 
          SO YOU GOT THAT. 
          YEP. JUST TWO THINGS THAT YOU MENTIONED. ONE IS,
IS IT SUSTAINABLE? AND IT'S SUSTAINABLE WHEN YOU HAVE EFFECTIVE PRINCIPALS IN PLACE THAT CAN DO THE WORK AND
ARE GREAT TIME MANAGERS, IT'S SUSTAINABLE WHEN YOU HAVE LEADERS THAT ARE INSTRUCTIONAL AND NOT OPERATIONAL. 
          SO THAT'S WHEN IT BECOMES SUSTAINABLE. SO YES,
IT IS SUSTAINABLE. 
          AND THEN WE OPERATE AT FOREST LANE. FOR ALL OF THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN TO FOREST LANE AND KNOW
FOREST LANE, I'M A LEADER THAT I WILL NOT MICROMANAGE. IF I FEEL LIKE IF I HAVE TO GO IN AND
MICROMANAGE, THEN YOU NEED TO GIVE ME HALF YOUR PAYCHECK. THAT'S ONE. 
          BUT I DO LEAD, IN A SENSE, TO WHERE WE WORK SIDE BY SIDE. 
          IT'S NOT A TOP DOWN. IT'S NOT A BOTTOM UP. IT'S SIDE BY SIDE. 
          AND I ALWAYS TELL MY TEACHERS THAT, YES, IF SOMEBODY THROWS A ROCK AT YOU AND IT ONLY HITS
YOU, THEN I'M NOT STANDING CLOSE ENOUGH TO YOU. SO THAT GOES WITH ANYTHING THAT WE DO AT FOREST
LANE ACADEMY, WHETHER IT BE THE SCORES, WHETHER IT BE ANYTHING. 
          IF THOSE THINGS ARE THROWN AT YOU AND IT DOESN'T HIT MR. GOREE, I'M NOT STANDING CLOSE ENOUGH TO YOU. SO THAT'S OUR MODEL. 
          THAT'S HOW WE GET THE TEACHERS VESTED IN EVERYTHING THAT WE DO. 
          THAT'S HOW WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN THE TEN YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN THERE,
GOING FROM A CAMPUS THAT HAD TEACHERS, THAT TURNAROUND RATE WAS 20, 25 TEACHERS A YEAR GOING TO NOW WE'RE DOWN TO 5,
6 A YEAR DUE TO DOI. 
          SO IT IS SUSTAINABLE WHEN TAB AND THE BOARD AND EVERYONE PUTS EFFECTIVE LEADERS IN PLACE. 
          YEAH. EXCELLENT. ALL RIGHT. SOUNDS WORLD CLASS. 
          SO. YES, MISS HARRIS, YOU GOTTA FOLLOW. I JUST WANT TO MAKE THIS COMMENT JUST REALLY,
REALLY QUICK TO SAY THAT I HAVE JUST EXPERIENCED PRE-K OVER FOREST LANE ACADEMY FOR THE FIRST TIME A FEW YEARS AGO. 
          AND WHEN I TELL YOU WHEN I WALKED IN THERE, I WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZED. 
          I WAS LIKE, WHAT IN THE WORLD? AND IF THAT FOUNDATION IS BEING BUILT OVER THERE LIKE THAT, THAT I SAW THAT DAY, THE EXPECTATIONS THAT WE HEAR TODAY ARE JUST PHENOMENAL AND EXPECTED. 
          SO YES, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR ALL THE HARD WORK FOR BOTH OF YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. NO OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THAT? THANK YOU VERY MUCH DR. ORTIZ. THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE AND GIVING US SOME INPUT. 
          [APPLAUSE]. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE STAFF,
OUR VISITORS AND MY COLLEAGUES FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING. 
          AT THIS TIME, THE BOARD WILL TAKE A BRIEF BREAK AND WE'LL RECONVENE IN CLOSED SESSION IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, 
          [IX. CLOSED MEETING]
TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SECTION 551.071,
CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY AND SECTION 551.074, PERSONNEL MATTERS AND DUTIES OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND SECTION 551.076,
DELIBERATION REGARDING SECURITY DEVICES OR SECURITY AUDITS. WE WILL RECONVENE UPSTAIRS IN 15 MINUTES. 
          08:45. THANK YOU. 
          [X. RECONVENE]
P.M. HAVING TAKEN NO ACTION IN CLOSED SESSION. 
          THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 10:17 P.M. ON JUNE 4TH,
2026.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.