Nov 15, 2022 Board Meetings

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>> [MUSIC] GOOD EVENING.

[1. Call to Order]

LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT ALL TRUSTEES ARE PRESENT.

WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM 3.1 AND ADJOURN TO CLOSE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE

[3. Closed Session (Part 1 of 2)]

551.071; CONSULTATION WITH THE BOARD'S ATTORNEY, 551.072; REAL PROPERTY, AND 551.076 TO CONTACT DELIBERATIONS REGARDING SECURITY DEVICES OR SECURITY AUDITS.

WE WILL NOW ADJOURN TO CLOSE SESSION AT 5:01 PM AND WE'LL RECONVENE AND APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES. THANK YOU.

>> GOOD EVENING. WE WILL NOW RECONVENE FROM CLOSED SESSION AT SEVEN O'CLOCK PM.

[4. Reconvene]

I WOULD LIKE TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT WE WILL BE RETURNING BACK TO CLOSED SESSION TOWARDS THE END OF THE MEETING.

AT THIS TIME WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE STAYED ON TIME FOR ALL OF YOU GUYS, SO NOT KEEP YOU WAITING.

NOW DOWN TO REAL DISTRICT BUSINESS HERE.

[5. Meeting Opening]

THE PRESENTATIONS OF COLORS LED BY THE SUMMIT HIGH SCHOOL JROTC, AND THE PLEDGES LED BY BOARD MEMBER MICHELLE NEWSOM.

>> [BACKGROUND]

>> NOW WE GET TO MOVE ON TO THE WHAT I LIKE TO SAY THE FUN PART.

WE'LL TAKE THIS ITEM NUMBER 6,

[6. District Recognition]

>> THERE SHE IS. SORRY, I DIDN'T SEE YOU.

ELIZABETH CAFFERTY, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD? I WAS LIKE, WHO'S GOING TO DO THAT TONIGHT? SO ELIZABETH.

>> I'M HIDING. THANK YOU DR. CANTU.

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TONIGHT I HAVE THE HONOR OF STARTING OFF OUR DISTRICT RECOGNITIONS WITH OUR SCHOOL BOARD SUPERSTARS.

AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND DR. CANTU FORWARD TO HELP US RECOGNIZE THESE VERY SPECIAL STUDENTS IN THE FRONT FEW ROWS.

THEY HAVE VERY LARGE CROWDS OF PEOPLE WITH THEM TONIGHT.

BIG PROPS TO FAMILIES, I THINK THIS IS LARGEST ENTOURAGE I'VE SEEN WITH OUR STUDENTS SO FAR THIS YEAR.

EACH MONTH DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, STUDENTS FROM OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ARE SELECTED TO RECEIVE THE SCHOOL BOARD SUPERSTAR AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CITIZENSHIP.

THESE YOUNG STUDENTS HAVE BEEN CHOSEN FROM THEIR CAMPUS BASED ON THE VIRTUES OF OUTSTANDING CHARACTER, CITIZENSHIP, FAIRNESS, HONESTY, KINDNESS, RESPECT, RESPONSIBILITY, AND TRUSTWORTHINESS.

PARENTS AND STUDENTS, THIS IS THAT SPECIAL TIME WE WERE TALKING ABOUT.

STUDENTS AS I CALL YOUR NAME PLEASE COME FORWARD AND YOU'LL GO SEE DR. CANTU AND GET YOUR SPECIAL RECOGNITION, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE YOU COME STAND IN THE FRONT, AND WE'LL HAVE ALL STUDENTS STAY UP IN THE FRONT FOR A PICTURE BEFORE WE GO BACK TO SIT DOWN.

OUR FIRST STUDENT FOR THIS EVENING FROM GLEN ARM AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, KINDERGARTENER LILLIAN ALSAKER.

[APPLAUSE] [NOISE] LILLIAN MAY NOT BE WITH US TONIGHT.

FROM CAROL HOLT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, FOURTH GRADER JACKSON LEE WILLIAMS. [APPLAUSE] FROM ANETTE PERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, KINDERGARTENER, OHENYO KWEYA.

[APPLAUSE] FROM ALICE PONDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, FOURTH GRADER, PIATRA PEREZ.

[APPLAUSE] FROM MARTHA READ LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, SECOND GRADER ADELAIDE COOPER.

[APPLAUSE] FROM MARY JO SHEPPARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THIRD GRADER VICTOR HONG.

[APPLAUSE] FROM ELIZABETH SMITH INNOVATIVE LEARNING ACADEMY, SECOND GRADER JOSHUA MOLINA.

[APPLAUSE] FROM CHORUS SPENCER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, SECOND GRADER HAZEL SHREDDER.

[APPLAUSE] FROM TAR VERANDA AND AGRICULTURAL LEADERSHIP, THIRD GRADER DEANNA DIGILORMO.

[APPLAUSE] FROM ROBERTA TIPPS STEAM ACADEMY, THIRD GRADER, ELIJAH SCARBOROUGH.

[APPLAUSE] WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A MINUTE AND GET EVERYBODY TOGETHER IN A PICTURE.

GIVE US THOSE BIG SMILES, SUPERSTARS.

WHILE WE'RE TAKING THESE PICTURES, I WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU TO OUR PARENTS AND OUR GRANDPARENTS AND TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS AND PRINCIPALS WHO ARE HERE WITH US TONIGHT WHO HAVE HELPED SHAPE THESE YOUNG SUPERSTARS TO BE THE YOUNG LEADERS THAT THEY ARE.

[APPLAUSE] LET'S GIVE ALL OF THOSE SPECIAL ADULTS AN EXTRA ROUND OF APPLAUSE AS WELL.

PARENTS, IF YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN YOUR SHOT, GET YOUR SHOT NOW.

GET THAT BEST PICTURE FOR FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, TWITTER, TIKTOK, WHEREVER YOU MIGHT PUT IT.

LET'S GIVE THESE AMAZING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THIS EVENING.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, SUPERSTARS, YOU CAN RETURN TO YOUR SEATS.

[APPLAUSE] THAT CONCLUDES THIS EVENING'S DISTRICT RECOGNITIONS.

>> WHICH TAKES US TO ITEM 7,

[7. District Introductions]

>> YES. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK DR STOKER TO GO AHEAD AND KICK OFF OUR INTRODUCTIONS FOR THIS EVENING. WE HAVE A FEW.

>> YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

BOARD MEMBERS THIS EVENING WE HAVE TWO FOLKS TO INTRODUCE TO YOU AS EITHER ADMINISTRATIVE PROMOTIONS OR NEW HARSH TO THE DISTRICT.

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FIRST STEP, WE HAVE HEATHER CARSON.

HEATHER IS GOING TO BE OUR NEW COORDINATOR OF COMMUNITY RELATIONS IN OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, AND SHE'S CURRENTLY THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT NORWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

>> THANK YOU, DR STOKER.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT WILSON, DR. CANTU, BOARD MEMBERS.

I AM SO EXCITED AND HUMBLED TO BE JOINED THE MANSFIELD ISD TEAM AS THE COORDINATOR OF COMMUNITY RELATIONS.

I HAVE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE TO WORK ALONGSIDE SOME GREAT LEADERS SUCH AS THELMA FOSTER FROM CAROL HOLT ELEMENTARY AND SHERYL SUCHSLAND THE PRINCIPAL AT NORWOOD ELEMENTARY.

I KNOW THAT IN ORDER TO BE A GOOD LEADER, YOU'RE FED BY GREAT LEADERS, SO THANK YOU TO MS YOUNG AND TO MS COBB FOR POURING INTO THEM SO THAT THEY CAN FEED INTO US AND IT'S BEEN SUCH A BLESSING.

I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING VISION 2030, AND DR. CANTU CAN DO'S IS PARTICULARLY THROUGH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND PARTNERS IN EDUCATIONS THAT WE CAN BUILD THOSE MENTORS AND VOLUNTEERS FOR OUR STUDENTS.

I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF MR. WILLIAMS AND THE SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, THAT GREAT THINGS ARE GOING TO BE COMING.

HERE WITH ME TONIGHT, I HAVE AMAZING SUPPORT SYSTEM.

MY SON BROCK, HE IS IN FIRST GRADE.

MY DAUGHTER, BROOKLYN, SHE IS IN KINDERGARTEN.

MY HUSBAND DREW AND MY SON, BRETT, HE'S SHOWING HIS AGE, HE'S TWO.

[LAUGHTER] THEY'RE IN THE IN THE WINDOW RIGHT THERE KNOCKING.

DREW IS ONE OF THE GREATEST LEADERS AND I'VE SAID IT IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS BEFORE.

HE LEADS OUR FAMILIES SO WELL BY ENCOURAGING US TO KEEP OUR FAITH FIRST, OUR FAMILIES SECOND, AND TO DO THE WORK THAT THE LORD HAS CALLED US TO DO, AND I'M EXCITED AND I'M FIRED UP TO DO THAT THROUGH THIS POSITION.

I THINK SHE INTRODUCED HERSELF TO YOU GUYS AS THE PRESIDENT OF NORWAY, BUT SHE IS THE PRINCIPLE OF NORWOOD.

SHERYL SUCHSLAND AND IT'S BEEN SUCH AN HONOR TO LEARN UNDER HER AND I'M JUST SO GLAD TO NOW CALL HER A DEAR FRIEND THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AND THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR MANSFIELD ISD.

[APPLAUSE].

>> NEXT UP WE HAVE CATHERINE WILLIAMS SHE'S COMING TO US AS OUR NEW COORDINATOR OF RESEARCH ASSESSMENT AND TESTING.

MOST RECENTLY, SHE'S COMING TO US FROM COPPELL ISD WHERE SHE'S SERVING IN A SIMILAR ROLE.

HOWEVER, SHE'S A FORMER MANSFIELD ISD TEACHER AS WELL. WELCOME BACK.

>> THANK YOU, DR STOKER.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT WILSON, BOARD MEMBERS, MEMBERS OF THE CABINET.

I'M SO EXCITED AND THRILLED TO BE RETURNING TO MANSFIELD ISD AS THE COORDINATOR OF RESEARCH AND ASSESSMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY.

I'LL BE WORKING ON THE STATE SIDE OF THE ASSESSMENTS DEALING WITH STAR TO HELP US ALL OF THOSE GREAT FUN TESTS THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO GIVE EVERY YEAR.

ALSO HAVE MY SUPPORT SYSTEM WITH ME HERE TONIGHT, MY HUSBAND PAUL OF 42 YEARS.

ONCE AGAIN, I'M JUST REALLY THRILLED TO BE BACK.

I LOVE MANSFIELD, AND I'M THRILLED TO BE HERE.

[APPLAUSE].

>> CONGRATULATIONS.

>> THANK YOU. [BACKGROUND]

>> ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE WHO WE'RE LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET NEXT ON OUR TEAM AND SOMETIMES RETURNS, ESPECIALLY EXCEPTIONAL TO SEE.

LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM 8 OUR INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS AND OUR ANSWER FUNDING UPDATE, DR. CANTU.

[8. Instructional Focus]

>> YES. TONIGHT AND INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS IS FOR US TO GIVE YOU A REQUIRED UPDATE ON EXTRA FUNDING AND HOW WE'RE SPENDING OUR MONEY.

BUT I WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO DR. SCOTT WHO'S GOING TO PROVIDE YOU WITH JUST A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION BEFORE HE INTRODUCES OUR PRESENTERS TONIGHT, DR. SCOTT.

>> I'VE ALWAYS WANT TO DO THIS PART.

MOMS AND DADS, IF YOU ALL WANT TO GO HOME FOR BATHS [LAUGHTER] OR TO CLEAN ROOMS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT NOW IS YOUR TIME TO RUN.

>> NO. I THINK THEY REALLY WANT TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY.

>> I'M SURE THEY DO.

[LAUGHTER]

>> FEEL FREE TO SAY [OVERLAPPING]

>> WE NEED TO GET A RADIO STATION SO THEY CAN TUNE IN AND LISTEN TO ON THEIR WAY HOME.

>> [LAUGHTER] HE'S SUPER EXCITING. [BACKGROUND]

>> BOARD, SINCE THE BEGINNING OF COVID, THERE HAVE BEEN FUNDS ALLOCATED THROUGH

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IT'S COME IN THREE DIFFERENT FORMS OVER TIME.

IT'S BROUGHT ALONG WITH IT SOME REQUIREMENTS ON THE PART OF THE DISTRICT TO ACCESS THOSE FUNDS.

THEY ARE OF COURSE, DESIGNED TO HELP US FILL THOSE GAPS THAT WERE CREATED BY THE PANDEMIC.

THIS EVENING, MICHELLE TRUNGUARD IS GOING TO COME AND INTRODUCE TO YOU AND GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE GRANT AND HOW IT'S CHANGED OVER TIME AND THE DIFFERENT VERSIONS.

MS MIRANDA BRAMLETT, WHO'S SO EXCITED TO DO HER FIRST PRESENTATION BEFORE THE BOARD.

SHE'S ALL ABOUT THE LIMELIGHT AND BEING THE CENTER OF ATTENTION BUT SHE IS INCREDIBLY GOOD, WORKS IN OUR BUSINESS AND AS WELL AS OUR BOND DEPARTMENT AND DOES A GREAT JOB FOR US.

SHE CAN TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE DETAIL ON THE DISBURSEMENTS, AND THEN MS. YOUNG WILL BE THERE AS OUR ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT FOR CNOT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE ABOUT OUR INTERVENTIONS OR ABOUT THE DEPLOYMENT ITSELF. MS. TRUNGUARD.

>> HI.

THANK YOU DR. SCOTT, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, PRESIDENT LACKEY WILSON, AND DR. CANTU.

YES, HE GAVE A GREAT INTRODUCTION TO THIS, BUT NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO GO WHERE DID THE MONEY GO? WE HAVE HAD AN UPDATE ON OUR WEBSITE.

IF YOU EVER GO OUT ON OUR WEBSITE AND MISS.

BRAMLETTS IS GOING TO SHOW YOU WHERE THAT WEBSITE IS, BUT IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO KNOW THAT IT'S OUT THERE AND WE'RE GOING TO RUN THROUGH THIS, ESSER III.

THERE WERE THREE POCKETS OF ESSER MONEY.

WE'VE GONE OVER ESSER I.

YOU CAN SEE THE DATES OF THE SPENDING TIMELINE ALL STARTED ON MARCH 13, 2020.

THAT WAS RIGHT WHEN THE COVID DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY WAS CONDUCTED FEDERALLY.

THEN YOU CAN SEE THE ESSER I HAD A 3 MILLION DOLLAR ALLOCATION AND IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SPENT BY SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2022.

ESSER II WAS SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023 WITH A 13.2 MILLION DOLLAR ALLOCATION.

WE'VE RECEIVED 7.3 MILLION OUT OF THAT FUND AND THEN ESSER III IS THE BIG ONE, THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN, THAT ONE WE HAVE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024, WHICH WE RECEIVED 29.8 MILLION OR ALLOTTED 29.8 MILLION.

IT WAS FUNDED BASED ON OUR TITLE 1 FORMULAS SIMILAR TO THAT SO DISTRICTS THAT HAVE THE FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH ALLOCATIONS.

THAT'S WHY WHEN YOU HAVE DISTRICTS RIGHT NEXT DOOR THAT MAY HAVE ARLINGTON ISD HAS A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF THAT.

THEY'VE GOT THREE TIMES THE AMOUNT OF OUR ESSER MONEY.

THEY'RE NOT ALL EQUAL, BUT THAT'S HOW IT WAS ALLOCATED.

THE AMOUNT RECEIVED SO FAR OUT OF THE 29.8 MILLION HAS BEEN 12.9 MILLION.

JUST TO GIVE YOU A QUICK OVERVIEW, ESSER I WE CALL IT THE CARES ACT.

IN THE BEGINNING WE ALL THOUGHT EVERYTHING WAS CARES ACT.

YOU GOT THE CARES ACT MONEY.

NO, THAT'S JUST THE ESSER I. ESSER I THE STATE USE THAT MONEY THAT 3 MILLION THAT YOU SAW TO SUPPLEMENT THE 19/20 FISCAL YEAR FOR OUR ATTENDANCE PERCENTAGE BECAUSE THE END OF THAT FISCAL YEAR WAS A SPRING AND WHEN EVERYBODY WAS PRETTY MUCH GOING HOME AT THAT TIME, THAT WAS COVID.

THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT MONEY, IT'S GONE.

THERE WAS NO ADDITIONAL MONEY.

HOWEVER, WE WERE NOT HELD HARMLESS FOR THE LOSS OF FUNDING BASED ON ATTENDANCE.

WE ARE ONE OF THE FEW SIX DISTRICTS IN THE NATION THAT IS FUNDED BASED ON ATTENDANCE VERSUS ENROLLMENT.

THAT'S HOW IT WAS FUNDED IN OUR STATE BACK TO US.

IN 2020, 2021, ESSER II, THEY USED THE 7.3 MILLION YOU SAW THAT WAS SPENT IN THERE.

THAT WAS THE AMOUNT OF 13.9 MILLION THAT WAS ALLOCATED.

ONCE AGAIN, WE HAD COVID DURING THAT YEAR.

BASED ON THE FUNDING FORMULAS ATTENDANCE PERCENTAGES, WE WOULD HAVE LOST 7.3 MILLION, BUT THEY GAVE US THAT BACK BASED ON SOME FORMULA FUNDING.

THEN ON ESSER II, THIS SHOWS YOU WHERE.

I THINK I SAID 13.9 MILLION, 13.2 MILLION, YOU'RE THINKING, WELL, OKAY, WHERE'S THE REST OF IT? WE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED INDIRECT COST TO ADMINISTER THE GRANT AND WE GET THAT PERCENTAGE ALLOCATED FROM THE GRANT TO ADMINISTER THAT AND OVERSEE IT.

WE DO THAT WITH STUDENT ATTRITION AND ALL THE OTHER FEDERAL GRANTS THAT WE HAVE AND SO WHAT THAT ALLOWS US TO DO IS TO CAPTURE SOME OF THOSE FUNDS BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND.

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THEN THE REST OF THAT IS FOR THINGS THAT WE HAVE RESERVED BECAUSE WE HAVE UNTIL THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR TO SPEND THAT.

BUT WE DON'T KNOW HOW THIS YEAR IS GOING TO PLAY OUT BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

WHAT WE CAN DO IS SUBSIDIZE THE GENERAL FUND SALARIES FOR THAT AND THEN ALLOCATE THAT TO GET US BACK INTO WHERE WE NEED TO BE.

FUND BALANCE, LEVEL OUT, ALL OF THAT GOOD STUFF.

WE HAVE IT RESERVED FOR RIGHT NOW, BUT WE ALSO HAVE SOME OTHER THINGS COMING AT US THAT ARE NEEDED.

ESSER III AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN.

THIS IS THE BIG ONE, WE WERE ALLOCATED 29.8.

THIS IS WHERE I BRING UP MS. MIRANDA, COME UP HERE.

SHE HAS, LIKE DR. SCOTT SAID, HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB OF MONITORING THIS.

I'D LIKE HER TO JUST TURN IT OVER TO HER AND LET HER TALK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU, MS.TRUNGUARD.

I'M HERE PRETTY MUCH TO GUIDE US THROUGH WHAT WE HAVE SPENT OUR MONEY ON WITH ESSER III FOR THE DISTRICT HERE.

I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH EACH CATEGORY HERE.

IT MAY BE HARD TO SEE, BUT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS IS HOW WE BUDGETED OUR FUNDS.

WITH CURRICULUM SUPPORT AND SOFTWARE, WE BUDGETED 1.5 MILLION AND WE'VE SPENT THAT AMOUNT.

THE CURRICULUM EXPENSE CONSISTS OF DIFFERENT SOFTWARE PROGRAMS SUCH AS CARDENEX, AND THAT'S AN ONLINE PLATFORM FOR MASTER SCHEDULE CREATION FOR BOTH MIDDLE AND OR HIGH SCHOOLS.

WE HAVE CTE CERTIFICATIONS.

WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PAY FOR STUDENTS TO TAKE CERTIFICATION TESTS AT NO COST TO OUR STUDENTS.

WE HAVE A PROGRAM CALLED TEST HOUND, WHICH IS USED BY THE ASSESSMENT DEPARTMENT AND CAMPUSES TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS NEEDING ACCOMMODATIONS ON STATE TESTING ARE GETTING THEIR NEEDS MET.

THE PROGRAM PLANS AND COORDINATE ASSESSMENTS WHILE KEEPING TRACK OF ACCOMMODATIONS AND MATERIAL INVENTORIES.

WE HAVE ADDITIONAL SOFTWARE PROGRAM ASSISTANCE WITH ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, INCLUDING AN ONLINE PLATFORM FOR OUR EL PROGRAM AND CURRICULUM SUPPORT.

WE HAVE A LITERARY RESOURCE FOR OUR SPANISH SPEAKERS AND A READING PROGRAM FOR OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS.

WE ALSO HAVE A PROGRAM CALLED MAP, WHICH PROVIDES ONLINE TESTING THREE TIMES A YEAR FOR READING, MATH, AND SCIENCE, AND THAT IS FOR GRADES 3 THROUGH EIGHT.

WE HAVE STEM SCOPES, AND THAT PROVIDES ONLINE RESOURCES FOR SCIENCE CURRICULUM GRADES K THROUGH EIGHT.

WE HAVE PROJECT LEAD THE WAY, AND THAT PROVIDES TRAINING AND SUPPLIES FOR ALL OF OUR STEM TEACHERS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE DISTRICT.

THE NEXT SECTION WE HAVE IS HOUSE BILL 4545 AND WE HAVE BUDGETED 1.6 MILLION.

WE'VE ONLY SPENT 370,000, BUT WE WILL BE CONTINUING TO SPEND THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR IN THIS AREA.

IN HERE, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE TUTORING FOR ALL CAMPUS LEVELS ALL THE WAY FROM ELEMENTARY TO HIGH SCHOOL.

ALL TUTORING HAS BEEN PAID WITH THIS.

WE HAVE PROGRAMS WHICH SUPPORT MATH AND READING INSTRUCTION, AS WELL AS TIER-1 AND INTERVENTION FOR READING, MATH, SCIENCE, AND SOCIAL STUDIES FROM GRADES 3 THROUGH EIGHT.

THEN THE NEXT CATEGORY, WE HAVE POSITIONS TO SUPPORT CURRICULUM.

WE WERE ABLE TO ADD POSITIONS TO HELP ALL OF OUR STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.

WE BUDGETED 3.4 MILLION AND WE'VE CURRENTLY SPENT 800,000.

AGAIN, THIS IS AN AREA WHERE WE WILL SPEND THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR.

THE POSITIONS THAT WE DO HAVE TO SUPPORT OUR CAMPUSES ARE WE HAVE BEHAVIOR INTERVENTIONISTS, AP INTERNS.

WE HAVE TWO-WAY DUAL LANGUAGE TEACHERS AND INSTRUCTIONAL LITERACY COACHES.

THEN IN ESSER III, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE OR TO COVER ALL OF OUR SUMMER SCHOOL.

WE'VE BUDGETED 1.2 MILLION AND WE'VE SPENT 913,000.

THIS IS ANOTHER AREA WHERE WE WILL BE SPENDING IN THIS UPCOMING SUMMER SCHOOL.

OVER THE PAST TWO SCHOOL YEARS, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE FREE ACCESS TO OUR MISD SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM, AND WE'VE SERVED OVER 3,000 MISD STUDENTS.

THIS INCLUDES SUMMER SCHOOL FOR CREDIT RECOVERY

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WE HAVE SUMMER BRIDGE MATH AND READING INTERVENTIONS FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES 3 THROUGH EIGHT.

WE'VE ALSO BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION FOR OUR SUMMER SCHOOL FOR ALL GRADE LEVELS AND INCLUDING OUR A SUMMER PROGRAM.

IN ADDITION, WE WERE ABLE TO INCREASE SUMMER SCHOOL SALARY PAY IN 2022 AS WELL.

THE NEXT SECTION IS MENTAL HEALTH.

WE BUDGETED 261,000 AND WE CURRENTLY SPENT 253,000.

WE HAVE HOPE SQUAD, WHICH IS A PEER TO PEER SUICIDE PREVENTION PROGRAM.

WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE TO ALL STUDENTS IN MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL.

WE HAVE CARE SOLACE, WHICH IS A HEALTH AND WELLNESS PROGRAM.

THIS ALLEVIATES BARRIERS IN FINDING ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE CHALLENGES.

ON THE TECHNOLOGY BUDGET, WE'VE BUDGETED 10.2 MILLION AND WE SPENT 9.4.

THESE FUNDS WERE SPENT TO GET OUR DISTRICT UP AND RUNNING.

WHEN STUDENTS AND STAFF RETURN TO IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION.

FUNDS WERE USED FOR HOT SWAPS, DATA STORAGE, CLASSROOM INTERACTION, INTERACTIVE BOARDS, T-MOBILE SERVICES, AND DEVICES.

DUE JUST SHIPPING LEAD TIMES.

WE ACTUALLY STILL HAVE SOME PRODUCTS ON THEIR WAY TO US. WE DON'T HAVE THEM YET.

WE BUDGETED 5 MILLION FOR THE ONE-TIME COVID-19 STIPEND AND THAT WAS FOR ALL EMPLOYEES.

INCLUDED IN THAT WE HAD THE SUB BONUS AND WE HAD A VIRTUAL TEACHER BONUS.

WE BUDGETED 5 MILLION AND WE'VE SPENT 5 MILLION.

IT WAS A ONE-TIME COST.

THEN WE HAVE A RESERVED AMOUNT HERE FOR 6.6 MILLION AND IT'S THE SAME THING THAT MICHELLE WAS TALKING ABOUT WITH ESSER II.

THIS IS A RESERVED AMOUNT TO HELP US WITH THE ESSER FISCAL CLIFF THAT WE MIGHT HAVE AND TO HELP US WITH ANYTHING THAT WE MIGHT NEED.

BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS YEAR AND NEXT, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

THEN OVERALL, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE BUDGETED OUR ENTIRE ESSER III BUDGET IS THE 29.8 MILLION AND WE'VE CURRENTLY SPENT 18.3 MILLION OF THAT.

HOW DO I GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE?

>> GREEN BUTTON.

>> GREEN BUTTON, OKAY.

WITH ESSER III, THIS HAS BEEN GREAT.

IT'S ASSISTED OUR DISTRICTS IN RESPONDING TO THE PANDEMIC AND THE IMPACT IT HAD ON OUR STUDENTS LEARNING.

IT'S HELPED US NOT HAVE TO SPEND OUR BUDGET, BUT TO ACTUALLY HELP US GET ALL THESE ADDITIONAL THINGS FOR OUR STUDENTS TO HELP THEM GROW AND GET BACK INTO WHERE THEY SHOULD BE WITHOUT THIS LEARNING LOSS.

TWENTY PERCENT OF THE ESSER III FUNDS, HALF HAS TO BE SPENT ON LEARNING LOSS.

WE'VE SPENT CURRENTLY 3.5 MILLION.

TO REACH OUR 20 PERCENT, WE MUST SPEND A TOTAL OF 5.9 MILLION.

WE'RE REALLY GOOD BECAUSE WE HAVE SEVERAL AREAS THAT WILL HELP US REACH THIS REQUIREMENT.

ANY REMAINING CURRICULUM PROGRAMS, CURRICULUM SUPPORT POSITIONS SO ALL THE POSITIONS AT THE SCHOOLS, WHICH IS THIS YEAR AND NEXT, WE HAVE ANY OF THE HOUSE BILL 45, 45 TUTORING IS ALL PART OF LEARNING LOSS.

ALL OF SUMMER SCHOOLS LEARNING LOSS AND ANY MENTAL HEALTH EXPENSES WILL ALSO GO UNDER THE LEARNING LOSS PIECE.

WITH ESSER WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO REQUIRED PLANS.

PLAN 1 IS A SAFE RETURN TO IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION AND CONTINUITY OF SERVICE PLAN.

WE MUST REVIEW THIS EVERY SIX MONTHS.

PLAN 2 IS THE USE OF FUNDS WHICH WE'VE BEEN DILIGENT WITH BUDGETING THESE FUNDS APPROPRIATELY AND TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS' NEEDS.

THIS WAS SOMETHING WE DID RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING.

AS SOON AS WE KNEW WHEN WE WERE GETTING ESSER MONEY, WE STARTED WORKING TO DETERMINE WHERE OUR NEEDS WERE AND HOW WE NEEDED TO SPEND THEM IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE FEDERAL GUIDELINES.

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IF THERE ARE BOARD MEMBERS, STAFF MEMBERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, STUDENTS, ANYONE, THEY CAN PROVIDE FEEDBACK OR COMMENTS AND SEND IT TO INFO@MISDMAIL.ORG.

IF ANYONE HAS QUESTIONS, WE ALSO HAVE AN ESSER III WEBSITE DEDICATED TO OUR DISTRICT AND EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING WHERE OUR EXPENSES ARE.

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET TO THAT [LAUGHTER] BUT IT IS ON OUR WEBSITE.

YOU CAN EASILY FIND IT UNDER THE BUSINESSES AND GO TO ESSER III OR YOU CAN GO IN THE SEARCH BAR AND JUST PUT ESSER AND IT SHOULD AUTOMATICALLY COME UP.

THAT'S AN ONGOING, UPDATED WEBSITE THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP UP WITH.

THE NEXT THING IS ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?

>> LET'S START ON THIS END. TRUSTEES ANY QUESTIONS? AT THIS SIDE? MS. MASON?

>> I HAVE A QUESTION BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.

THIS IS NOT ALWAYS EASILY DIGESTIBLE BY MOST FOLKS, EVEN US, HAVING TO LEARN THROUGH ALL OF THIS, WHAT ESSER WAS AND STUFF SO YOU ARE ON THE STRONG GUARD HELPING US LEARN THIS ALONG THE WAY.

IT'S BEEN MUCH APPRECIATED AS WE WORK TO TRY TO FIGURE THIS OUT.

I GUESS MY ONLY QUESTION IS, DO WE FEEL THAT THERE'S ENOUGH MONEY FOR THIS COMING YEARS FOR SUMMER SCHOOL AGAIN?

>> IF I GO BACK DO YOU HAVE A READ? BECAUSE I WANT TO GO BACK TO THAT.

LOOKING AT SUMMER SCHOOL, THAT'S TWO YEARS OF SUMMER SCHOOL RIGHT THERE, WHICH IS WHAT, 913,000.

SINCE WE HAVE THAT RESERVED AMOUNT, IF WE NEED TO PULL A LITTLE BIT MORE FOR ALL OF SUMMER SCHOOL, WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT BECAUSE ALL OF SUMMER SCHOOL THIS COMING YEAR WILL BE PAID ON TO ESSER III.

>> I JUST FELT IT WAS PRETTY IMPACTFUL.

I THINK THE FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY, FROM STUDENTS WAS THIS WAS SUCH, AND PARENTS WAS SUCH A DIFFERENT VERSION OF SUMMER SCHOOL THIS YEAR, EVEN THE PAST TWO YEARS.

THEY REALLY GOT SO MUCH MORE OUT OF IT.

IT WASN'T LIKE TIME SERVED.

I GUESS. IT WAS ACTUAL LEARNING THAT WENT ON.

WE JUST HAD EXCELLENT FEEDBACK.

I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S REALLY GOING TO BE IMPORTANT AS WE STILL WORK FOR ANOTHER FEW YEARS TO COMBAT THE CURVE THAT WE'RE STILL IN. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> ANYONE ELSE?

>> LOOK AT YOU GUYS ALREADY OUT OF THE HOT SEAT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR WORK. I APPRECIATE YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

[9. Presentation]

>> ONE OF THE ITEM 9.1 OUR TECHNOLOGY ANNUAL UPDATE AND PRESENTATION, DR. CANTU?

>> YES. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE SHAWNTEE COWAN TO COME FORWARD AND GIVE US OUR ANNUAL TECHNOLOGY UPDATE AND TALK TO US ABOUT WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON SINCE SHE WAS LAST UP HERE.

>> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DR. CANTU AND EVERYONE WHO IS HERE THIS EVENING.

AGAIN, I'M SHAWNTEE COWAN, CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO PRESENT TO YOU AN UPDATE FROM THE TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT.

I'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. I'D LIKE TO FIRST INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR TEAM.

WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 46 STAFF MEMBERS IN THE TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT.

IF YOU CAN JUST LOOK ACROSS THE TOP, YOU CAN SEE I HAVE A DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY WHO IS ACTUALLY HERE TODAY.

I HAVE ALSO TWO COORDINATORS WHO HELP US RUN OUR DEPARTMENT AND TWO SUPERVISORS AS WELL.

LOOKING ALONG THE BOTTOM LINE, WE HAVE OUR SECRETARY, WE HAVE OUR NETWORK TEAM OF EIGHT ACTUALLY, TWO INVENTORY STAFF MEMBERS, OUR LEAD TECHNICIANS WHO HELP US OVERSEE THE TECHNICIANS AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL, TWO HELP DESK TECHS AND 23 CAMPUS TECHNICIANS.

ALL IN ALL, WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM.

I'M DEFINITELY BLESSED TO WORK WITH THIS TEAM. MOVING ON.

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT TECHNOLOGY, A LOT OF TIMES WE THINK OF JUST COMPUTERS AND NETWORK, BUT I DO WANT TO JUST POINT OUT JUST THE DIFFERENT AREAS THAT WE COVER IN OUR DEPARTMENT.

AS YOU LOOK ALONG THE SPOKE IF YOU WILL, WE COVER DEVICES FOR OUR STAFF AND STUDENTS.

THAT COULD BE ANYTHING FROM LAPTOPS TO DESKTOPS, TABLETS, ETC.

WE ALSO PARTNER WITH OUR DIGITAL LEARNING TEAM FOR TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION.

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WE ALSO SUPPORT AUDIO VISUAL IN THE DISTRICT AND THE CAMPUS CLASSROOMS. THAT COULD BE ANYTHING FROM PROJECTORS, INTERACTIVE PANELS, ETC.

WE ALSO HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COVERING THE INVENTORY ASPECT AND TRACKING ALL OF OUR DEVICES.

WE HANDLE INFRASTRUCTURE, SO THAT COULD BE NETWORK SYSTEMS, SERVERS, ETC.

THEN LASTLY, WE ALSO COVER OUR CYBERSECURITY SIDE.

THIS IS JUST A SNAPSHOT OF WHERE WE ARE AS FAR AS OUR TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT IS CONCERNED.

THIS IS AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST, BUT IT DOES JUST HELP YOU SEE WHAT WE HAVE IN THE DISTRICT.

I'M NOT GOING TO TOUCH ON EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE ITEMS THAT YOU SEE HERE, BUT I WILL HIGHLIGHT A FEW.

ONE THING I WILL ALSO POINT OUT IS YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE ARE SOME AREAS THAT ARE END-OF-LIFE.

I'LL TOUCH ON SOME OF THOSE, BUT ALSO YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S SOME BLANK AREAS WHICH IS ACTUALLY GOOD NEWS, WHERE YOU DON'T SEE END-OF-LIFE COMMENTS BECAUSE THAT MEANS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING TO GET A LOT OF THAT EQUIPMENT UPDATED OR REPLACED.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE LATER.

I WILL POINT OUT AT THE BEGINNING, WE ARE A ONE-TO-ONE DISTRICT.

THAT DOES MEAN THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE A DEVICE AND USE THAT DEVICE.

I WILL ALSO POINT OUT THAT WE ARE VERY HEAVY IN THE USE OF CHROMEBOOKS IN THE DISTRICT.

WE HAVE OVER 35,000 CHROMEBOOKS, THAT WE USE FOR INSTRUCTIONAL PURPOSES AS WELL AS FOR TESTING.

YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE ABOUT FIVE PERCENT OF THOSE THAT ARE END-OF-LIFE AND 75 PERCENT ARE NEARING END-OF-LIFE.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF YEARS WITH THOSE.

I'LL JUST MOVE ON OVER TO OUR PROJECTORS.

ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, WE HAVE OVER 4,700 OF THOSE IN THE DISTRICT CLASSROOMS IN PLACES SUCH AS THIS ONE.

WE HAVE ABOUT 80 PERCENT OF THOSE THAT ARE END OF LIFE.

WE ARE WORKING ON PLANS TO GET THOSE ADDRESSED.

IF YOU LOOK ALONG THE BOTTOM, IF YOU GLANCE THROUGH, I WILL ALSO LASTLY POINT OUT THAT WE DO HAVE OVER 216 SERVERS IN THE DISTRICT.

THAT COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM A PHYSICAL TO A VIRTUAL SERVER.

ALL IN ALL, WE MAINTAIN A LOT OF EQUIPMENT IN THE DISTRICT, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO DO SO.

WE KEEP ON MOVING.

A LOT OF THIS PRESENTATION WILL COVER AN UPDATE, JUST AN ANNUAL REPORT OF WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR AND HOW WE DID AS A DEPARTMENT.

BUT BEFORE I MOVE FORWARD, I DO WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE JUST TO TOUCH BASE WITH YOU ALL AND GIVE YOU AN UPDATE AS TO WHERE WE ARE AS FAR AS THE CYBER ATTACK THAT OCCURRED IN AUGUST.

MAYBE YOU KNOW THAT IN AUGUST 22ND, WE DID EXPERIENCE THAT INCIDENT.

I WILL SAY THAT OUR TEAM HAS DONE A GREAT JOB AT WORKING TO GET EVERYTHING UP AND RUNNING AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

WE ARE NEARLY COMPLETED WITH A LOT OF OUR PROJECTS.

WE HAVE A FEW OUTSTANDING AREAS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, BUT OVERALL, THE TEAM IS WORKING VERY HARD.

I WILL ALSO SAY ON BEHALF OF OUR TEAM, WE APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT FROM MANY OF YOU AND OTHERS IN THIS ROOM AS WE WORKED REALLY HARD TO GET EVERYTHING UP AND RUNNING.

WE APPRECIATE THAT YOU ALL WERE THERE AND HELPFUL AND WERE THERE TO SUPPORT US.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, I WILL ALSO SAY THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL SECURITY LAYER, WHICH IS A REALLY GOOD THING FOR OUR DISTRICT AND OUR DEPARTMENT.

WE HAVE NOW A PARTNERSHIP WITH A MANAGED SERVICE PROVIDER AND THEY ARE ASSISTING US WITH MANAGING OUR SYSTEMS IN AN ENVIRONMENT 24/7.

SOME OF THOSE VULNERABLE TIMES, THE EVENINGS, WEEKENDS, HOLIDAYS, THEY ARE NOW AN EXTENSION OF OUR TEAM AND THEY ARE WORKING TO SUPPORT ALONGSIDE US.

THEY HAVE BEEN A GOOD ADDITION TO OUR DISTRICT.

LASTLY, I WILL POINT OUT THAT OUR DEPARTMENT IS CONTINUING TO HARDEN OUR SECURITY LAYER.

THAT MEANS THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING ANY NEEDS FOR INSTRUCTION, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL TESTING, SUCH AS PENETRATION TESTING AND MAKING SURE OUR ENVIRONMENT IS SECURE.

OVERALL, WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS IN THAT AREA.

WE'RE PROUD OF OUR TEAM TO CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARDS GETTING US COMPLETELY 100 PERCENT UP AND RUNNING.

NOW I'LL GO OVER OUR TECHNOLOGY DATA FROM LAST SCHOOL YEAR.

I HAVE A DID YOU KNOW SLIDE.

IT IS BASICALLY POINTING OUT SOME RATIOS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN OUR DEPARTMENT.

I WON'T GO OVER ALL OF THESE, BUT I'LL TOUCH ON A FEW.

STARTING OFF WITH THE FIRST ONE, YOU CAN SEE OUR RATIO OF CAMPUS TECHNICIAN TO DEVICES.

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I WILL ALSO NOTE THAT TEA, THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY, DOES RECOMMEND A 1:350 RATIO.

NOW I WILL TELL YOU THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT TO MEET.

BUT WE HAVE MADE STRIDES IN THAT AREA BECAUSE LAST SCHOOL YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO ADD AT LEAST THREE OR FOUR ADDITIONAL TECHNICIANS.

I THINK THAT'S A GOOD THING.

MOVING ON, IF YOU LOOK TO THE RIGHT, WE HAVE THE RATIO OF TECH TO HELP DESK CALLS.

WE HAVE ONE HELP DESK SUPERVISOR AND TWO HELP DESK STAFF MEMBERS WHO ACTUALLY HELP US TAKE CALLS.

FOR EACH ONE THEY ANSWER ABOUT 4,000 CALLS EACH YEAR.

LASTLY, ON THIS SLIDE, I'LL POINT OUT OUR RATIO OF SERVER TECHNICIANS TO SERVERS.

WE HAVE, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, 263 SERVERS, AND WE HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL WHO SUPPORTS THOSE SERVERS.

WHEN I TALKED ABOUT THE MANAGED SERVICE PROVIDER, THAT IS HUGE FOR US BECAUSE THEY ARE ASSISTING THAT STAFF MEMBER WITH A LOT OF SUPPORT NEEDS FOR OUR SERVERS AS WELL.

I'LL KEEP MOVING. OUR COA DATA, TECHNOLOGY REPORTS ON THREE DIFFERENT DATA SETS EACH MONTH.

THAT STANDS FOR CADENCE OF ACCOUNTABILITY.

I'LL JUST BRIEFLY GO THROUGH THESE.

ONE OF THE REPORTING DATA POINTS WE GO OVER IS THE AVERAGE SCHEDULE UP TIME FOR CRITICAL SYSTEMS. THAT WOULD INCLUDE AREAS SUCH AS OUR INTERNET, OUR EMAIL SYSTEMS SKYWARD.

IF YOU LOOK AT EACH SLIDE AT THE BOTTOM LEFT-HAND CORNER, YOU'LL SEE OUR GOAL, AT THE TOP RIGHT-HAND CORNER, YOU'LL SEE WHERE WE ACTUALLY FELL FOR THE YEAR.

IF YOU SEE OUR GOAL FOR OUR UP-TIME, IT IS 98 PERCENT.

AT THE END OF THE YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO MEET 99.82 PERCENT, WHICH WAS OVER OUR GOAL.

WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THAT FOR LAST SCHOOL YEAR.

YOU SEE A COUPLE OF LITTLE DIPS THERE DUE TO POWER OUTAGES.

OUR NETWORK WENT DOWN DURING THOSE TIMES, AND SOME WIRELESS ISSUES.

BUT OVERALL, WE WERE ABLE TO MEET AND GO ABOVE OUR GOAL.

MOVING ALONG, WE HAVE OUR TOTAL WORK ORDERS COMPLETED WITHIN SEVEN BUSINESS DAYS.

OUR GOAL THERE IS 70 PERCENT, WE WERE ABLE TO MEET 80.5 PERCENT.

YOU CAN SEE AT THE SUMMER MONTHS, IT'S A LITTLE BIT LOWER BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ALL OF OUR STAFF AND STUDENTS THERE, BUT YOU CAN ALSO SEE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO WELL OVERALL FOR THE YEAR.

THEN LASTLY, WE HAVE, AGAIN, JUST A REMINDER, THIS IS LAST YEAR'S DATA.

IT'S OUR CYBERSECURITY, UNCOMPROMISED ENDPOINTS.

THIS DATA, YOU CAN SEE OUR GOAL WAS 99 PERCENT, AND WE WERE ABLE TO MEET 99.8 PERCENT.

I KNOW THIS SPECIFIC SLIDE WILL LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY NEXT YEAR BECAUSE OF THE INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED, BUT LAST SCHOOL YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO KEEP STEADY AND SO OVER OUR GOAL.

THIS IS MY FAVORITE PART OF THE PRESENTATION BECAUSE I GET TO BRAG ON MY STAFF.

I DO HAVE SEVERAL OF MY STAFF HERE TODAY, SO I APPRECIATE THEM JOINING THIS EVENING.

JUST SOME OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ADDRESS THIS YEAR.

I WILL JUST TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT OUR MIDDLE AND HIGH-SCHOOL DEVICE REPLACEMENTS.

AT THOSE CAMPUSES, WE WERE ABLE TO REPLACE STAFF DEVICES, AS WELL AS COMPUTER LABS IN ALL OF OUR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUSES.

ANOTHER FEATURE THAT I WILL ADD, SOME OF THE TEACHERS ASKED FOR THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE VISIBILITY INTO MONITORING THE STUDENT'S CHROMEBOOKS.

I KNOW I'VE TALKED TO SOME OF YOU ABOUT THAT.

WE WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE THAT THIS YEAR.

THERE'S A SYSTEM CALLED LIGHTSPEED CLASSROOM.

THE KIDS JUST LOVE IT BECAUSE THEIR TEACHERS ARE MONITORING THEM.

[LAUGHTER] MAYBE THEY DON'T, BUT THAT'S OKAY.

BUT IT ALLOWS OUR TEACHERS TO BE ABLE TO PUSH OUT CERTAIN LINKS, SHUT DOWN CERTAIN WEBSITES SO THEY CAN FOCUS ON CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

I WILL ALSO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR DIGITAL LEARNING TEAM BECAUSE THEY'VE HELPED US WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT PRODUCT.

OVERALL THAT'S GOING REALLY WELL.

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WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE SKYWARD FROM BEING HOSTED HERE ON SITE TO BEING HOSTED IN THE CLOUD.

THAT WAS ACTUALLY VERY BENEFICIAL TO US DURING THE INCIDENT THAT WE HAD BECAUSE ALL OF THAT DATA WAS STORED OFF-SITE THAT ALLOWED US TO HAVE ACCESS TO IT IN A PROTECTED WAY.

IT WAS A DEFINITELY A GOOD MOVE ON OUR PART FOR THE DISTRICT TO MOVE TO THE CLOUD LAST YEAR.

OUR CHROMEBOOKS FOR SECOND GRADE, THEY PREVIOUSLY HAD IPADS, AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO REPLACE THOSE IPADS WITH CHROMEBOOKS.

THEY HAVE THOSE ONE-TO-ONE DEVICES IN THEIR CLASSROOMS. WE ALSO HAD A NUMBER OF ONLINE SAFETY WEBINARS FOR OUR FAMILIES.

WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT DOING THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR.

WE ALSO HAD A REALLY GOOD TIME WITH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR BEN BARBER STUDENTS.

WE HAD 10 IN THE FALL, 10 IN THE SPRING, AND WE HAD NINE STUDENTS THAT WORK WITH US WITH A PAID INTERNSHIP OVER THE SUMMER.

WE'VE ALSO WORKED ON A DISTRICT WIDE PHISHING CAMPAIGN IN WHICH WE PHISHED ALL OF OUR STAFF TO MAKE SURE THEY WEREN'T CLICKING THE LINK.

I'M SURE YOU ALL KNOW WHAT THAT IS AND OPEN THE ATTACHMENT.

OVERALL, OUR DISTRICT DID PRETTY WELL.

WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR.

THEN LASTLY, WE HAD AN UPGRADE FOR A DATA CENTER, SO PROVIDED HARDWARE THAT WOULD HELP US WITH STABILITY.

THAT WAS LAST SCHOOL YEAR, I'M GOING TO FAST-FORWARD TO WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.

WE ARE WORKING ON A LOT OF PROJECTS, BUT I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT JUST A FEW.

FIRST ONE THAT YOU SEE HERE IS OUR WORK ORDER SYSTEM.

WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT IMPLEMENTING A NEW SYSTEM.

ACTUALLY THIS DECEMBER, THAT'S GOING TO HELP US WITH MUCH MORE ROBUST REPORTING AND EFFICIENCY.

WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON NETWORK INSTALLS.

RIGHT AT THIS MOMENT, WE HAVE TWO OR THREE STAFF MEMBERS THAT'S WORKING TONIGHT TO INSTALL A LOT OF OUR HARDWARE THAT WE NOW HAVE COMING IN FROM SR FUNDS, AS YOU JUST HEARD MENTIONED.

ACCESS POINTS, SWITCHES, CONTROLLERS, ETC.

LASTLY, YOU DID ALSO MAYBE HEARD THE NEW STORAGE AND BACKUP SYSTEM.

WE ARE VERY CLOSE TO HAVING THAT INSTALLED.

IF YOU WERE HERE THE LAST TIME I PRESENTED, I PRESENTED THIS SAME SLIDE AND I JUST WANTED TO BRING IT BACK TO YOU TO LET YOU KNOW WHERE WE FALL.

WHEN I FIRST CAME, THERE WAS INITIAL DISCOVERY THAT I REALLY TALKED TO EVERYONE, I MADE SURE I UNDERSTOOD WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN THE DISTRICT, LOTS OF INTERVIEWS.

THEN FROM THERE WE STARTED DRESSING ALL THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS THAT WE HAD IN THE DEPARTMENT.

THEN WE HAD OF COURSE, A TIME WHERE WE LOOKED AT A NEEDS ASSESSMENT.

THAT MEANS WE ARE LOOKING AT HAVING THIRD-PARTIES COME IN AND HELP US IDENTIFY NEEDS FOR THE DEPARTMENT SO THAT WE CAN PLAN FOR THE FUTURE AS WELL AS ADDRESS ANY EXISTING NEEDS OR CURRENT NEEDS.

WITH THAT DATA, WE, OF COURSE ARE PLANNING OUR LONG-TERM PLAN AND OUR REFRESHED CYCLES SO WE KNOW WHEN TO REPLACE EQUIPMENT SO IT DOESN'T STAY OUTDATED.

THEN WE'RE IMPLEMENTING AND MONITORING.

YOU CAN SEE WE'VE CHECKED OFF AT LEAST THREE OF THOSE BOXES.

THIS IS AN EXAMPLE, NOT AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST OF ALL THE NEEDS ASSESSMENTS WE CONDUCTED LAST SCHOOL YEAR, AND EVEN SOME BEFORE THAT.

BUT A LOT OF THIS INFORMATION WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO USE FOR OUR PLANNING PURPOSES ONCE AGAIN.

ONCE WE CONDUCT OUR ASSESSMENTS.

ALSO DIFFERENT INFORMATION THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM OUR STAKEHOLDERS, FROM OUR STAFF, FROM OUR STUDENTS, WE NARROW IT DOWN TO SOME PRIORITY NEEDS.

I HAVE FOUR LISTED HERE FOR YOU TODAY.

THE FIRST ONE WOULD BE OUR ADDITIONAL STAFFING NEEDS.

THERE'S A FEW THAT I HAVE LISTED, BUT I WILL POINT OUT THE NEED FOR A PROGRAMMER/DATABASE ENGINEER.

OUR DISTRICT, OUR SIZE, WE HAVE A LOT OF DATA THAT COME IN.

HAVING AN INDIVIDUAL WHO CAN TAKE THAT DATA AND MANIPULATE IT AND PROVIDE IT TO US IN A WAY THAT WE CAN MAKE DATABASE DECISIONS.

WE'RE DEFINITELY LOOKING FOR THAT POSITION.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE LOTS OF IPADS IN THE DISTRICT AND A LOT OF THEM ARE 8-10 YEARS OLD.

WE DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING THOSE REPLACED AND PUT IN A PLAN TO DO SO.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO PUT A PLAN IN PLACE WHICH WOULD BE FOR OUR PROJECTORS.

MANY OF THOSE ACROSS THE DISTRICT ARE OUTDATED, SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.

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WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PUTTING A PLAN IN PLACE TO REPLACE THOSE IN PHASES.

THERE'S A LOT OF EQUIPMENT THAT COSTS A LOT OF MONEY.

WE CAN'T SPEND IT ALL AT ONCE.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SMART WITH THAT.

LASTLY, I'LL JUST POINT OUT, WE TALKED ABOUT A PLAN.

IT'S CRITICAL TO HAVE A PLAN.

WE ACTUALLY HAD AN INTERNAL PLANNING COMMITTEE THAT MET EIGHT TIMES LAST YEAR.

WE HAD 28 MEMBERS, TECHNOLOGY AND ALSO INCLUDING SOME CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION MEMBERS.

THAT TEAM WORKED REALLY HARD TO CREATE OUR TECHNOLOGY FRAMEWORK.

SO YOU CAN SEE PICTURES THERE OF THAT TEAM WORKING VERY HARD.

WHAT WE PLAN TO DO THIS TIME IS TO INVITE EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS.

SOME OF YOU WILL BE ASKING YOU IF YOU WANT TO JOIN OUR PLANNING COMMITTEE AND OTHER STAKE HOLDERS TO FINALIZE THAT PLAN.

THAT'LL BE A THREE-YEAR PLAN THAT'LL HELP US MAKE DECISIONS FOR THE FUTURE.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, THAT'S ALL THAT I HAVE FOR YOU TODAY.

I LOVE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

>> WE'LL START ON THIS SIDE THIS TIME.

TRUSTEES, DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO, OKAY. MR. DAVIS?

>> MS. KAREN THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, AND JUST A PAUSE TAKE THE TIME TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE AMAZING WORK YOU AND YOUR TEAM DID THROUGHOUT THIS THIS INCIDENT.

WE'LL BE REMISS WITHOUT THESE TAKEN A PAUSE TO REFLECT THAT OUR GRATITUDE FOR THAT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> SO THANK YOU, TO THIS PERIOD STATEMENT.

A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS OR THOUGHTS HERE.

MAYBE THE FIRST ONE FROM MS. TRUNK OR YOU MIGHT WANT TO JUMP IN ON THIS AS WELL.

IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE SOME OF THE ES MONIES THAT WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT THERE MAY BE AVAILABLE TO START LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN REPLACE EITHER SOME OF THE END-OF-LIFE MATERIALS OR NEAR END OF LIFE IS A WAY WE CAN MAYBE ADD THAT INTO THAT STAGE PROCESS.

I KNOW THAT'S NOT STUFF WE CAN DO FOR REOCCURRING COST.

BUT IF THIS IS A ONETIME PURCHASE, MAYBE PERHAPS WE CAN CONSIDER THAT.

I'LL PAUSE THERE FOR RESPONSE.

>> OH, YES, MR. DAVIS. THANK YOU.

THAT WAS A GREAT QUESTION. I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING.

NOW WE ACTUALLY ARE LOOKING AT THAT.

THERE'S A LOT OF PRIORITIES COMING AT US RIGHT NOW, BUT DEFINITELY TECHNOLOGIES AT THE FOREFRONT.

>> GREAT.

>> THEN LASTLY AS A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION, WITH 35,000 PLUS STUDENTS, 5,000 PLUS EMPLOYEES.

YOU'VE GOT SOME FOLKS HERE AS WELL WHO ALL HAVE ACCESS TO SYSTEM RESOURCES.

IS THERE SOME TRAININGS OR SOME THINGS THAT MIGHT BE COMING OUR WAY TO HELP EDUCATE US CONSISTENTLY IN TERMS OF HOW DO WE PROTECT OURSELVES AND THE DISTRICTS RESOURCES AS WE MOVE FORWARD, PARTICULARLY FROM MALWARE PROFICIENT AND THE LIKE?

>> ABSOLUTELY. TWO THINGS COME TO MIND.

ONE WOULD BE WE DO HAVE A PLATFORM.

I ACTUALLY MENTIONED THAT WE'VE USED FOR PHISHING.

IT HAS MANY OTHER TYPES OF RESOURCES THAT WE CAN USE FOR THAT.

WE JOKED ABOUT MAKING SURE YOU ALL GET PHISHED TOO, AND SO IT WILL BE COMING JUST SO YOU KNOW.

BUT THERE ARE OTHER WAYS THAT WE CAN TRAIN USING THAT SAME PLATFORM.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, FOR OUR STAFF, WE DO HAVE CYBERSECURITY TRAINING THAT WE DO EACH YEAR.

THAT'S ONE PIECE OF IT.

THEN ALSO PARTNERING WITH OUR DIGITAL LEARNING TEAM, JUST LOOKING AT DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE CAN TRAIN OUR END-USERS, OUR STAFF, EVEN STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY WITH DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP.

THAT'S AN AREA THAT WE KNOW THAT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST YEAR AND STARTED PLANNING.

BUT WE ARE WORKING ON LOOKING FOR A PLATFORM FOR THAT, FOR OUR STUDENTS.

>> THANK YOU.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME.

>> ANYONE ELSE? NO. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH AS HE STATED.

THANK YOU WITH A PERIOD BECAUSE I KNOW HOW HARD YOU GUYS WORKED AND IT WASN'T JUST HOURS, IT WAS HOURS UPON DAYS.

TRULY APPRECIATE IT AND SAVED AS A LOT OF HEADACHE AND THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING TO BE LEARNED FROM EVERYTHING BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU GUYS DID.

[LAUGHTER] UNFORTUNATELY, MAYBE THE REALLY HARD WAY, BUT YOU DID AND JOB WELL DONE.

WE APPRECIATE YOU AND HAVING YOU ON OUR TEAM.

WITH THAT THEN, I THINK YOU'RE OUT OF THE HOT SEAT NOW TOO.

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>> THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT.

>> WE'LL CARRY ON TO ITEM 9.2, OUR HEALTH SERVICES SYSTEM REPORT.

>> YES, I SEE MARGARET COMING TO THE FRONT ONCE AGAIN AND WE WILL HEAR [LAUGHTER] OUR HEALTH SERVICES SYSTEMS REPORT.

YOU HAVE BEEN A FREQUENT FLYER WITH US AND WE'D LOVE TO SEE YOU.

>> I KNOW. IT'S WONDERFUL.

>> WELCOME BACK.

>> GOOD EVENING, DR. CANTU, BOARD PRESIDENT LACKEY WILSON, AND FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS MARGARET COLDREN, I'M THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH SERVICES AND I GET TO GIVE YOU THE 2022 SYSTEMS REPORT.

WHERE'S MY CLICKER? OUR DEPARTMENT HAS 56 REGISTERED NURSES, FOUR LICENSED VOCATIONAL NURSES THAT TAKE CARE OF OUR STUDENTS ONE-ON-ONE, 22 HEALTH AIDES, AND TWO SUPPORT STAFF.

EVERY DAY, WE NEED 53 NURSES TO SAFELY COVER MANSFIELD ISD.

MANSFIELD ISD NURSES SERVED FOR OVER 4,000 EMPLOYEES, OVER 35,000 STUDENTS AT 46 CAMPUSES.

WE HAVE OUR HANDS AND PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING.

HEALTH SERVICES IS INVOLVED WITH SHAC, SCHOOL HEALTH ADVISORY COUNCIL.

WE HELP ORGANIZE PARTICIPATION WITH THE PARENTS, STUDENTS, COMMUNITY AND STAFF TO STRENGTHEN THE BOND BETWEEN HEALTH AND LEARNING.

HEALTH SERVICES HAS PARTNERED WITH THE SCHOOL SAFETY TO TRAIN STAFF ON STOP THE BLEED.

WE HAVE PLACED 795 TOURNEY KITS THROUGHOUT MANSFIELD ISD, AND THEN RECENTLY, WE ORDERED AN ADDITIONAL 5,600 SWAT TEAM TOURNIQUET, SO WE CAN PUT A TOURNIQUET IN EVERY CLASSROOM.

WE WORK CLOSELY WITH SPECIAL EDUCATION.

WE HAVE FOUR REGISTERED NURSE ASSIGNED TO FLS CLASSROOMS AT GIDEON, MARY JO SHEPPARD, AISA LOWE AT SUMMIT HIGH SCHOOL.

THEN WE ALSO HAVE THREE LVNS THAT TAKE CARE OF STUDENTS ONE-ON-ONE AT MARTHA REED ELEMENTARY AND MANSFIELD HIGH SCHOOL.

MOST OF OUR NURSING HOURS ARE IN THE CAMPUS CLINIC.

EVERY STUDENT THAT IS ENROLLED MUST MEET THE TEXAS MINIMUM STATE REQUIREMENT.

IMMUNIZATION RECORDS ARE VERIFIED AND ENTERED INTO SKYWARD BY HEALTH SERVICES STAFF, AND THEN MONTHLY SOMETIMES WEEKLY COMPLIANCE LETTERS ARE SENT OUT AND WE KEEP TRACK OF EVERYBODY'S IMMUNIZATION.

OUR NURSES CREATE CARE PLANS TO MANAGE CHRONIC ILLNESS ON CAMPUS.

THIS INCLUDES STUDENTS WITH ASTHMA, ALLERGIES, DIABETES, SEIZURES, ETC.

TO ADMINISTER MEDICATIONS IN MANSFIELD ISD, WE MUST HAVE A PARENT'S SIGNATURE AND A DOCTOR'S SIGNATURE FOR PRESCRIPTIONS.

SCREENINGS. MOST OF OUR SCREENINGS ARE DONE SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER AND SCREENING AND VISION AND HEARING IS FOR STUDENTS IN PRE-K KINDER, FIRST, THIRD, FIFTH, AND SEVENTH, AND THEN ANY STUDENT NEED ADJUSTMENT.

THAT IS A LOT OF STUDENTS.

SCOLIOSIS SCREENING MUST BE DONE FOR BOYS IN EIGHTH GRADE AND GIRLS IN FIFTH GRADE AND SEVENTH GRADE.

THEN EVERY STUDENT THAT DOES NOT PASS THE NURSE IN PULLS THEM OUT OF CLASS AND RESCREENS THEM AGAIN, AND SENDS A REFERRAL HOME TO THE PARENT.

DOCTOR'S ORDERS ARE REQUIRED FOR ANY PROCEDURES THAT ARE DONE IN THE CLINIC AND THEY MUST BE UPDATED YEARLY.

COMMON PROCEDURES INCLUDE G-TUBE FEEDS, TRACH CARE, URINARY CATHETERIZATION, OSTOMY CARE, AND WOUND CARE.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS MANAGED BY THE NURSE.

THE NURSE CREATES, TRAINS AND LEADS EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONSE TEAM ON CAMPUS.

THE TEAM MEMBERS ARE TRAINED IN CPR AND DO DRILLS EACH SEMESTER FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE.

WE'VE PARTNERED WITH COOK CHILDREN'S AND THE PROJECT ADAM PROGRAM, AND WE ARE HEART SAFE DISTRICT AS OF 2020.

NURSES ALSO TRAIN THEIR CAMPUS STAFF ON DIABETIC CARE, EPINEPHRINE, STOP THE BLEED, AND CPR, AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERY SCHOOL YEAR, WE ASK THAT OUR NURSES DO A CLINIC ACUITY REPORT.

THIS REPORT SHOWS THE STUDENT'S MEDICAL NEEDS ON CAMPUS.

THE BLUE LINE IS FROM LAST YEAR, 21, 22 STUDENTS.

THE RED IS THE SCHOOL YEAR.

WE'RE SEEING GREATER MEDICAL NEEDS ON CAMPUS THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

LAST YEAR, OUR NURSES ADMINISTERED OVER 100,000 MEDICATIONS.

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THEN OVER 5,000 PROCEDURES WERE COMPLETED.

WE LOVE SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITY.

AT THE BACK-TO-SCHOOL BASH WE PARTNERED WITH DR. COOK AND DR. PROCTOR THROUGH THE LIONS CLUB TO PROVIDE VISION SCREENING FOR 165 STUDENTS AND THEN 35 GLASSES WERE SET FREE OF CHARGE TO THOSE STUDENTS.

PINECO DENTAL CAME OUT AND DID 83 DENTAL EXAMS. TEXAS HEALTH HOSPITAL PERFORMED 118 SPORTS PHYSICALS, AND ACCENT HEALTH AND UNT HEALTH PROVIDED 88 STUDENTS THE IMMUNIZATIONS NEEDED TO START SCHOOL.

OUR NURSES PRESET NURSING STUDENTS FROM UTA, ALLEGHENY HOSPITAL AND THEN STARTING NEXT SEMESTER, TEXAS TECH.

MISD NURSES OFFERED STOP THE BLEED TRAINING TO THE COMMUNITY AT THE WONDERFUL FESTIVAL, AND THE LIST JUST GOES ON AND ON.

AS WE LOOK TO IMPROVE HEALTH SERVICES SYSTEMS, WE WOULD LIKE TO IMPLEMENT THE FOLLOWING.

CREATE CAMPUS LEVEL TEAM TIME TO INCREASE STAFF SATISFACTION AND RETENTION, CURRENTLY ARE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE KEYS ARE LOCKED SECURELY IN THE NURSE'S OFFICE.

AS AN ADDED LAYER OF SECURITY, WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD LOCK BOXES TO ALL THE CLINICS.

THEN TO HELP WITH REGISTRATION AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, AND TO STREAMLINE THE IMMUNIZATION PROCESS, WE'RE LOOKING TO ADD IMMUNIZATION ENTRY SUPPORT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.

I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR NURSES.

BECAUSE YOU KEEP GIVING ME THE MIC, I'M JUST GOING TO GO WITH IT.

IF YOU ARE MISD NURSE HERE, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I'M SPEAKING TO YOU.

AS I PREPARE THE DATA FOR THIS SYSTEMS REPORT, I WAS A LITTLE OVERWHELMED.

OUR NURSES DO SO MUCH AND SO MANY OF THESE THINGS THEY DON'T REALLY HEAR THANK YOU FOR.

SO MUCH OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DO IN THE CLINIC IS NOT DATA-DRIVEN AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I CAN CREATE A GRAPH OR TELL YOU A NUMBER FOR WHAT THEY DO.

IT'S OVER AND ABOVE SO MANY TIMES.

IT'S PUTTING SOCKS ON KIDS BECAUSE THEY REALIZE THAT THEIR SOCKS WERE WET FOR STANDING AT THE BUS STATION AND THE RAIN OR COMBING THROUGH SOMEONE'S HAIR BECAUSE IT'S PICTURE DAY AND MOM FORGOT.

I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OUR NURSES NOW.

THANK YOU FOR SERVING WITH A KIND HEART AND LOVING OUR STUDENTS.

THANK YOU FOR WORKING EVENINGS AND WEEKENDS THE PAST FEW YEARS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY HAVE SCHOOL, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING ONE OF THE BEST PARTS OF MISD, WE VALUE YOU.

[APPLAUSE] [MUSIC] ANY QUESTIONS? WOW, YOU DID ALL THAT TO ME RIGHT NOW.

I'M GOING TO HAND OFF TO ANOTHER TRUSTEE HOPEFULLY SO I CAN CATCH MY BREATH.

ON THIS SIDE, DID ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING? MR. TIPPING.

>> THANK YOU FIRST OF ALL FOR YOUR REPORT.

OBVIOUSLY, BEING CLINICAL, THEY HOLD A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART AS WELL.

THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.

JUST ONE QUESTION, YOU MENTIONED ON THE GRAPH WITH THE ACUITY REPORT AND HOW INCIDENCES WERE UP AND MORE WERE BEING TREATED.

[01:05:01]

>> WE DON'T. THIS IS MY FIRST YEAR AS THE DIRECTOR, I WISH THAT REALLY IN COVID I COULD GO BACK AND GET THE NUMBERS BETTER TO REALLY SHOW YEARS OF HOW THE NUMBERS HAVE TRENDED.

I DON'T REALLY HAVE A REASON THAT THEY'RE UP.

IT'S JUST MORE FOR OUR NURSES TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR.

>> THANK YOU.

>> ANYONE ELSE? THIS SIDE, MS. NEWSOM.

>> I THINK YOU KNOW WANT I'M GOING TO SAY, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT I THINK IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS, JUST LIKE TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM, NOBODY UNDERSTANDS THE DAY-TO-DAY, EVERY MINUTE OF WHAT THAT JOB ENTAILS.

WHEN I WAS IN NURSING SCHOOL, I HAD TO DO A CLINICAL ROTATION AS SCHOOL NURSE.

I'LL JUST NEVER FORGET THAT EXPERIENCE BECAUSE IT WAS MOST LIKE BEING AN ER NURSE.

CONSTANTLY HAVING TO FIGURE OUT WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS SMALL, MEDIUM, LARGE, THE SEVERITY OF ACUITY, WHAT YOU NEEDED TO DO, AND HOW YOU NEEDED TO ACT.

I THINK THAT SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T APPRECIATE WHAT THAT LEVEL OF NURSING SCHOOL NEEDS TO BE TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE ANYTHING THAT WALKS IN THE DOOR AT THAT MINUTE.

I GUESS MY HOPE IS THAT THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP SUPPORT YOU, LIKE THE TELEHEALTH STUFF, THE TELEMEDICINE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO GO ON TO HELP SUPPORT THE KIDS, WHICH ALSO IN TURN HELP YOU GUYS TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY MOVING FORWARD.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU GUYS DO EVERY DAY.

IT DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED.

>> THANK YOU.

>> WELL, I'LL REITERATE WHAT MY FELLOW TRUSTEES HAVE SAID, AND THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH BECAUSE YOU DO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND JUST WHAT THE TRADITIONAL, WHAT WE THINK IT WAS WITH THE BAND-AIDS AND THE FEVER TESTING.

[LAUGHTER] BUT WE DO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE TO OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS. ITEM 10.1.

[10. Public Comments]

ALL SPEAKERS WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES TO MAKE COMMENTS REGARDING ITEMS ON THE AGENDA UNLESS MODIFIED BY THE BOARD PRESIDENT BASED ON BOARD POLICY BED LOCAL.

COPIES OF PRESENTATION SHOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE TO ALL TRUSTEES AND THE SUPERINTENDENT.

BOARD POLICY PROHIBITS THE DISCUSSION OF COMPLAINTS AGAINST DISTRICT EMPLOYEES DURING AN OPEN FORUM.

MS. MOYA, I HAVE THIS AND ARE THERE MORE THAT YOU HAVE? WE WILL START FIRST WITH JANDEL CRUTCHFIELD.

>> GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT WILSON, DR. CANTU, AND BOARD.

I'M GOING TO BE READING A FEW EXCERPTS FROM THE BOOK, WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THE PROBLEM BY KOBI YAMADA.

I DON T KNOW HOW IT HAPPENED, BUT ONE DAY, I HAD A PROBLEM.

I WANTED IT TO GO AWAY.

I SHOOT IT, I SCOURED AT IT.

I TRIED IGNORING IT BUT NOTHING WORKED.

I STARTED TO WORRY ABOUT MY PROBLEM, AND THE MORE I WORRY, THE BIGGER MY PROBLEM BECAME.

I TRIED EVERYTHING I COULD TO HIDE FROM IT, AND THE MORE I AVOIDED MY PROBLEM, THE MORE I SAW IT EVERYWHERE AND SO I REALIZED THAT I HAD TO FACE IT.

EVEN THOUGH I DIDN'T WANT TO, I GOT READY AND TACKLED MY PROBLEM.

WHEN I GOT CLOSE TO IT, I DISCOVERED MY PROBLEM HAD SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL INSIDE, MY PROBLEM HAD AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO LEARN AND GROW, TO BE BRAVE TO DO SOMETHING.

NOW I SEE PROBLEMS DIFFERENTLY.

I'M NOT AFRAID OF THEM ANYMORE, AND EVERY PROBLEM HAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOMETHING GOOD, YOU JUST HAVE TO LOOK FOR IT.

WHAT IS THERE TO DO WITH THE PROBLEM OF A BOARD MEMBERS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASE? DO YOU RUN FROM IT, IGNORE IT, OR AVOID IT? NOBODY'S ASKING OUR BOARD MEMBERS TO BE PERFECT, EVERYBODY HAS PROBLEMS THAT COME UP.

BUT OUR STUDENTS, TEACHERS, AND PRINCIPALS FACE THEIR PROBLEMS. THEY'RE FACING CHALLENGES WITH TEACHING AND LEARNING EVERY DAY.

OUR DIRECTORS, OUR TRANSPORTATION, FOOD AND NUTRITION SAFETY, TECH DOES TALK TO US ABOUT HOW THEY'RE FACING ISSUES OF A CYBER ATTACK.

THEY'RE SHARING WITH US AT ALL OF THESE BOARD MEETINGS HOW THEY'RE TACKLING PROBLEMS. DR. CANTU AND HER TEAM ARE TRYING THEIR HARDEST TO GET OUR STUDENTS READY FOR 2030.

THE KIDS AND ADULTS IN OUR DISTRICTS ARE NOT RUNNING FROM PROBLEMS AND NEITHER SHOULD THE BOARD ELECTED TO LEAD THE DISTRICT.

A FEW MONTHS AGO, I ASKED THE BOARD TO KEEP US IN THE NEWS FOR GREAT THINGS.

BOARD MEMBERS MUST STOP ENGAGING IN ACTIONS THAT OVERSHADOW ALL THE GOOD THINGS HAPPENING IN MISD.

TRUSTEE ANDERSON, RESPECTFULLY, IF YOUR ACTIONS CONTINUE TO KEEP A NEGATIVE NEW CYCLE THAT HANGS A CLOUD OVER OUR DISTRICT ACCOMPLISHMENTS, PLEASE MAKE A STATEMENT ABOUT HOW YOU'RE GOING TO FIX THE PROBLEM.

IF YOU CAN'T, THEN CONSIDER RESIGNING TO STOP

[01:10:03]

YOU MIGHT ALSO CONSIDER RESIGNING IF THIS SITUATION PREVENTS YOU FROM FULFILLING YOUR BOARD DUTIES.

ONE OF THE METRICS OF ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE BOARD IS PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS.

TO MY KNOWLEDGE, YOU HAVEN'T PARTICIPATED IN ANY OF THOSE THIS YEAR.

ANOTHER BOARD ACCOUNTABILITY METRIC IS ATTENDING SCHOOL EVENTS AND I WONDER HOW THIS OPEN CASE MIGHT IMPACT YOUR ABILITY TO FULFILL THAT DUTY.

COULD YOU REALLY EXPECT THE REST OF YOUR BOARD MEMBERS TO DO THINGS THAT YOU'RE ACCOUNTABLE FOR? THAT WOULD SURELY BE AVOIDING THE PROBLEM.

I BELIEVE YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GROW, TO BE BRAVE, AND TO CONSIDER WHAT'S BEST FOR THE STUDENTS, PARENTS, TEACHERS, STAFF, AND LEADERS OF MISD THAT YOU WERE ELECTED TO SERVE.

THEY DESERVE TO HAVE THEIR EXCELLENT SHINE BRIGHT AND NOT BE OVERSHADOW.

YES, PROBLEMS HAPPEN, THAT'S LIFE.

WE SHOULD GIVE GRACE AND COMPASSION FREELY.

BUT GRACE AND COMPASSION DON'T MEAN WE RUN FROM PROBLEMS. IN ORDER TO FIX IT, YOU HAVE TO FACE IT.

[APPLAUSE]

>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BEN MASON.

>> GOOD EVENING. ON AUGUST 25TH, MANSFIELD POLICE WERE DISPATCHED TO A RESIDENT DUE TO A DOMESTIC DISPUTE.

THERE, POLICE FOUND A WIFE INTOXICATED AND BELLIGERENT.

THEY ARRESTED HER, CHARGING HER WITH FAMILY VIOLENCE, ASSAULT, CAUSING BODILY INJURY, AND TOOK HER TO THE TARRANT COUNTY DETENTION CENTER RATHER THAN THE MANSFIELD CITY JAIL DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE INCIDENT.

THE NEXT DAY, 1ST GRADE STUDENTS SHOWED UP TO A CLASSROOM WITHOUT A TEACHER ON MONDAY MORNING BECAUSE SHE WAS STILL IN THE COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY.

I'M ABLE TO SPEAK BECAUSE THIS TEACHER IS NO LONGER EMPLOYED IN MISD.

THE EMPLOYEE STANDARDS OF CONDUCT REQUIRE ANY EMPLOYEE TO NOTIFY THEIR SUPERVISOR WITHIN THREE DAYS OF AN ARREST FOR CRIMES INVOLVING MORAL TURPITUDE.

THE EDUCATOR'S CODE OF CONDUCT CHAPTER OF THE TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE STATES THAT THE EDUCATOR SHALL BE OF GOOD MORAL CHARACTER AND WORTHY TO INSTRUCT OR SUPERVISE THE YOUTH OF THE STATE.

THIS TEACHER WAS NOT AND WAS RELEASED FROM OUR CONTRACT.

THE FACTS OF MRS. ANDERSON'S ARREST ARE SIMILAR.

IT WAS THE SAME CHARGE, SHE WENT TO THE SAME COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY.

SHE MISSED A BOARD MEETING WHERE 50 STUDENTS SHOWED UP TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS, BUT MRS. ANDERSON DIDN'T FOLLOW THE HANDBOOK SHE APPROVED.

SHE DIDN'T REPORT THE ARREST WITHIN THREE DAYS TO THE PEOPLE THAT HAD HIRED HER.

PARENTS SAY SHE DIDN'T CONTACT THE STUDENTS ABOUT HER ABSENCE, AND PARENTS WHO HAVE EMAILED THE BOARD SINCE HER ARRESTS HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY RESPONSES FROM HER.

EARLIER THIS YEAR, AT THE BOARD MEETING ON JUNE 28TH, THERE WAS A PRESENTATION ABOUT DISCIPLINE NUMBERS ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

MRS. ANDERSON JOINED DISCUSSION ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF REVIEWING THE STUDENT HANDBOOK AND CODE OF CONDUCT IN ORDER TO STEM THE RECENT TREND OF INCREASING STUDENT BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS. MRS. FARRAR ECHOED THAT DISCIPLINE AND SAFETY AND SECURITY GO HAND IN HAND.

I QUOTE MRS. FARRAR, "I'M A BIG PROPONENT OF FOLLOWING RULES.

IF IT'S IN THE HANDBOOK OR POLICY, WE NEED TO BE FOLLOWING IT." THIS BOARD HAS ALREADY AFFIRMED THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR STUDENTS FOLLOWING THE HANDBOOK FOR WEARING IDS AND DRESS CODE FOR THE SAKE OF THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF OUR STUDENTS.

THIS BOARD IS ALREADY AFFIRMED THAT OUR DISTRICT CANNOT CONTINUE THE EMPLOYMENT OF A TEACHER TASKED WITH TEACHING OUR CHILDREN BECAUSE OF ISSUES REGARDING MORAL TURPITUDE.

WHILE THIS BOARD HAS STATED THEY CANNOT REMOVE MRS. ANDERSON, THAT IS NOT THE END OF WHAT THIS BOARD COULD DECIDE TO DO, BUT I DON'T WANT THIS BOARD TO BE FORCED TO TAKE MATTERS UP PUBLICLY.

I'M NOT INTERESTED IN HEARING MORE DETAILS ABOUT THIS.

I WANT THE BOARD TO DO YOUR JOB OF LEADING THIS DISTRICT AND BEING AN EXAMPLE TO OUR STUDENTS.

I WANT HEADLINES ABOUT MANSFIELD TO NOT BE ABOUT WHAT A TRUSTEE HAS DONE, BUT ABOUT WHAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE ACCOMPLISHED.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]

>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JESSICA CUNNINGHAM.

IS JESSICA CUNNINGHAM HERE? GRANT KROSSLIN.

>> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS GRANT KROSSLIN AND I WANTED TO ADDRESS BOARD ACCOUNTABILITY THIS EVENING.

[01:15:01]

A LITTLE MORE THAN TWO WEEKS AGO, SPECIFICALLY 6:30 IN THE MORNING ON HALLOWEEN, I SEND AN EMAIL EXPRESSING MY CONCERN ABOUT TWO OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS TO EVERY SINGLE BOARD MEMBER.

I HAVE ONLY RECEIVED A RESPONSE THAT RESEMBLED A HAIKU FROM ONE BOARD MEMBER AND THE REST OF THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE NOT RESPONDED TO MY COMMUNICATION.

THIS IS CONCERNING AS A PUBLIC OFFICIAL THAT YOU EITHER AREN'T CHECKING YOUR DISTRICT EMAIL OR YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO IGNORE MY COMMUNICATION.

NEITHER OPTION IS ACCEPTABLE.

MANY PEOPLE BECOME COMFORTABLE IGNORING WRITTEN COMMUNICATION, BUT IT REALLY IS EQUIVALENT AT ME SAYING SOMETHING TO YOUR FACE, YOU STARING AT ME AND TURNING AROUND AND WALKING AWAY WITHOUT SAYING ANYTHING, AND I EXPECT MORE FROM PUBLICLY ELECTED OFFICIALS.

I HAVE COUCHED SPORTS TEAMS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY FOR OVER A DECADE.

FOR FIELD HOUSE USA, YMCA, AND AAU, YOU'RE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT A BACKGROUND CHECK TO BE AROUND THE CHILDREN.

ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT CAUSE AN AUTOMATIC FAILURE IS HAVING AN OPEN FAMILY VIOLENCE CHARGE.

THERE'S A WHOLE SECTION ON THE AAU PAGE LISTING COACHES WHO HAVE THEIR CERTIFICATION SUSPENDED OR REVOKED BECAUSE OF THESE CHARGES.

HAVING OPEN FAMILY VIOLENCE CHARGE WOULD ALSO CAUSE ME TO FAIL A BACKGROUND CHECK IF I WANTED TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES OR CHAPERONE A FIELD TRIP AT MANSFIELD ISD.

PRECEDENT WITHIN THE DISTRICT HAS ALSO CAUSED A DISTRICT TO PLACE TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS ON LEAVE OR ASK THEM TO RESIGN WHEN THERE HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH FAMILY VIOLENCE.

SADLY, THE WAY THE LAW IS WRITTEN, WE CANNOT FORCE THE SAME RESOLUTION UPON SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAVE OPENED FAMILY VIOLENCE CHARGES AGAINST THEM.

AS LEADERS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE SHOULD NOT HOLD PARENTS, VOLUNTEERS, TEACHERS, AND ADMINISTRATORS, TO A HIGHER MORAL AND ETHICAL STANDARD THAN THE PEOPLE WHO SET THE DIRECTION FOR THE DISTRICT.

TRUSTEE, BIANCA BENAVIDES ANDERSON SHOULD RESIGN EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, WHILE SHE DEALS WITH HER OPEN FAMILY VIOLENCE CHARGE.

TRUSTEE ANDERSON IS PART OF THE SLATE OF CANDIDATES THAT WERE ENDORSED WITH MONEY FROM OUTSIDE OUR DISTRICT BY PATRIOT ACTION MOBILE.

THIS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE FREQUENTLY PEPPER THEIR CAMPAIGN MATERIALS WITH PROMISES STATING THEY WOULD KEEP OUR CHILDREN SAFE AND RESTORE INTEGRITY.

A RESIGNATION WOULD PUT ACTION BEHIND THOSE PROMISES AND WE'LL PROVE THAT THOSE PROMISES WERE NOT EMPTY PROMISES.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]

>> CLAIRE MILLER.

>> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS CLAIRE MILLER AND I'M A PARENT OF FOUR MISD STUDENTS.

I'M ASKING FOR MS. ANDERSON TO RESIGN FROM HER POSITION AS SECRETARY ON THE SCHOOL BOARD.

ACCORDING TO THE MANSFIELD POLICE DEPARTMENT, SHE WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH ASSAULT CAUSING BODILY INJURY, FAMILY VIOLENCE ON OCTOBER 22, 2022.

SOME BACKGROUND TO MYSELF AND MY FAMILY.

WE LIVED OVERSEAS FOR 10 YEARS, CAME BACK TO DFW AND INTENTIONALLY MOVED TO MANSFIELD BECAUSE OF THE REPUTATION OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

MY CHILDREN ARE KINDERGARTENER AND THE DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM, GRADE 5 AT THE FINE ARTS ACADEMY, SEVENTH GRADER AT WILLY MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND A NINTH GRADER AT LEGACY HIGH SCHOOL.

MY HUSBAND ALSO TEACHES HIGH SCHOOL IN THE DISTRICT AND I WORKED PART-TIME AS WELL.

YOU CAN SAY WE HAVE A VESTED INTERESTS IN THE CURRENT AND FUTURE STATE OF THE DISTRICT, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE SAFETY OF ALL OF THE STUDENTS IN THIS DISTRICT.

AGENDA ITEM 14.7 TONIGHT IS ABOUT BOARD ACCOUNTABILITY.

I WOULD LIKE TO ASK MS. ANDERSON TO RESIGN OR BE REMOVED LEGALLY AS PERTAINING TO THIS ITEM.

AS STATED IN THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS, A BOARD MEMBER MAY BE REMOVED FROM OFFICE FOR CONVICTION OF A BOARD MEMBER BY A JURY FOR ANY FELONY OR MISDEMEANOR OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT.

ALTHOUGH SHE HAS NOT BEEN CONVICTED WITH THE JURY YET, WE CAN SEE THE SERIOUSNESS OF THIS CHARGE.

AN INTERVIEW WITH MS. ANDERSON ON APRIL 13, 2022, SHE SAYS, AND I QUOTE," AS JOHN MAXWELL STATED, LEADERSHIP IS INFLUENCE, NOTHING MORE, NOTHING LESS.

WARREN BENNIS CALLED IT THE CAPACITY TO TRANSLATE VISION INTO REALITY.

THROUGH MY EXPERIENCE IN BUSINESS LEADING MANY TEAMS THROUGH MANY STATES, IT IS IMPERATIVE TO INCORPORATE CERTAIN TRAITS, SUCH AS BEING AN ACTIVE LISTENER, LEADING WITH INTEGRITY, AND COMMUNICATING CLEARLY, " ETC.

THE PROPER RESPONSE TO THIS UNFORTUNATE SITUATION IS FOR MS. ANDERSON TO LEAD WITH INTEGRITY BY RESIGNING SO THAT SHE IS NO LONGER AN INFLUENCER ON THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR THE SAFETY OF ALL OF OUR CHILDREN IN MISD.

[01:20:05]

>> EBONY TURNER.

>> TO THE BOARD MEMBERS, DR. CANTU, MY NAME IS EBONY TURNER.

I HAVE THREE CHILDREN IN MISD, AND I'M ALSO THE FOUNDER OF 2,500 MEMBER BLACK MAN'S FOR MOMS GROUP.

I'M ALSO REPRESENTING THEM HERE TODAY.

I'M STANDING TO SPEAK ON THE ISSUE OF ACCOUNTABILITY WITH REGARD TO BOARD MEMBERS, SPECIFICALLY THE ARREST AND PENDING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CHARGE AGAINST MS. BENAVIDES ANDERSON WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT LEGALLY MS. ANDERSON CANNOT BE FORCED TO RESIGN DUE TO THIS BEING A PROTECTED ELECTED POSITION.

IN THE LAST SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION, MANY OF YOU RAN ON A PLATFORM OF PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN.

THIS INCLUDES OUR REPUTATION AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THIS INCLUDES LEADING BY EXAMPLE AND WITH INTEGRITY.

AN EXAMPLE OF INTEGRITY IS DOING THE RIGHT THING, EVEN WHEN NO ONE IS LOOKING OR FORCING YOU TO.

BEING A LEADER COMES WITH MAKING HARD DECISIONS.

THE WORD TRUSTEE HAS THE WORD TRUST IN IT.

AS PARENTS IN THIS DISTRICT, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO TRUST OUR ELECTED LEADERS TO MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS FOR OUR BABIES.

I STAND BEFORE YOU AS A CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY WHO HAS REPRESENTED HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE CHARGED WITH ASSAULT CASES, RANGING FROM AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, SEXUAL ASSAULT, ASSAULT FAMILY VIOLENCE CAUSING BODILY INJURY TO SIMPLE ASSAULT, INCLUDING MANY STUDENTS RIGHT HERE IN MISD.

I KNOW AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE IS IN A COURT OF LAW.

WHAT I CAN TELL YOU FOR CERTAIN IS THAT NOT IN ONE OF THOSE CASES, DID MISD WAIT TO SEE HOW THE CASE WOULD PLAY OUT BEFORE THEY MADE IT OUT THERE PUNISHMENT.

THE LEGAL PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE DID NOT APPLY TO ANY OF MY CLIENTS WHO WERE STUDENTS IN MISD.

MY QUESTION IS, WHY ARE WE HOLDING OUR STUDENTS TO A HIGHER, HARSHER STANDARD THAN OUR ELECTED TRUSTEES? WE ARE CALLING FROM MS. BENAVIDES ANDERSON, TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND RESIGN OR AT LEAST CALLING FOR THE BOARD TO RELIEVE HER OF HER OFFICIAL DUTIES AS SECRETARY AND SUSPEND HER ABILITY TO CAST VOTES AND MAKE DECISIONS UNTIL THERE IS A RESOLUTION OF THE CRIMINAL CASE SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE TRUST IN ALL OF YOU, OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS. THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE].

>> ANN WIDER.

>> GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT WILSON, DR. CANTU, BOARD.

IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU THIS EVENING.

[NOISE] I COME BEFORE YOU TONIGHT TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF MS. BENAVIDES ANDERSON.

I CAME HERE FROM ARLINGTON ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO.

I MOVED HERE AND I WAS AN ADMINISTRATOR IN ARLINGTON, SO MANY TIMES I HAD IN FRONT OF ME STUDENTS.

I WAS AT AN ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL EVEN, SO I HAD STUDENTS THAT CAME BEFORE ME AND THEY WOULD TELL ME THEIR SIDE AND THEN SOMEBODY ELSE WOULD TELL ME THEIR SIDE.

I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST STARTED DOING THE JOB, I THOUGHT, WELL, THIS IS EASY.

I'LL JUST FIGURE OUT WHO DID SOMETHING WRONG AND FIGURE IT OUT, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? IT TAKES MORE THAN THAT.

IT TAKES STEPPING BACK AND LOOKING AT THINGS RATIONALLY.

THAT'S A HARD THING TO DO TO STEP BACK AND LOOK AT THINGS.

I DON'T WANT HER JUDGED RIGHT NOW.

I THINK WE SHOULD LET THINGS GO UNTIL THE FINAL DECISION IS MADE.

WE'RE NOT ON THE COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION.

WE SHOULD LET THE LAW DO IT AND WAIT.

I HEARD MS. TURNER SAY SOMETHING ABOUT LETTING HER BE SUSPENDED UNTIL WE COME THROUGH, BUT SHE NEEDS TO SERVE ON THIS BOARD.

SHE'S VERY GOOD AT IT.

SHE'S BEEN ON IT SINCE WHAT? APRIL OR MAY AND YOU DO A FINE JOB.

I THINK WE NEED ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS.

I THINK ALSO THAT WE NEED TO BE ROLE MODELS FOR OUR OWN CHILDREN.

WE NEED TO STOP [APPLAUSE] AND WOULD WE WANT OUR CHILDREN TO GO AHEAD AND JUDGE SOMEONE WITHOUT HAVING ALL THE EVIDENCE? NO. WE WOULD WANT TO HAVE ALL THE EVIDENCE AND I CANNOT WAIT UNTIL ALL OF THAT COMES OUT.

[01:25:06]

LET'S WAIT UNTIL THAT REAL TRUTH COMES OUT.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]

>> TERRY MOORE.

>> MY NAME IS TERRY MOORE AND I AM A RESIDENT OF THE DISTRICT ALONG WITH MY WIFE, ANITA.

WE HAVE THREE CHILDREN THAT HAVE GRADUATED FROM THIS GREAT DISTRICT AND IT HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE.

I DON'T SPEND MUCH TIME ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND THERE'S A GOOD REASON FOR IT.

IN THIS LAST WEEK, I MADE THE MISTAKE OF STICKING MY TOE IN THE WATER AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT CONCERNS ME GREATLY BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN THE FAIRNESS OF LIFE.

I BELIEVE IN THE FAIRNESS OF DOING THINGS THE WAY THAT WE SHOULD DO IT AND WHILE SOME REALLY GREAT THINGS HAVE BEEN SAID TONIGHT, SOME VERY IMPASSIONED THINGS, THERE'S BOARD POLICY IN REGARD TO EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE DIRECT CONNECTION WITH STUDENTS AND THE DISMISSAL OF AN EMPLOYEE, A TEACHER, A STAFF OF THE DISTRICT THAT COMES INTO DIRECT CONNECTION WITH STUDENTS IS VERY UNDERSTANDABLE.

SCHOOL BOARD IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

THEY ALL HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE NEAR STUDENTS, WHICH ARE NOT IN DIRECT CONNECTION ON DAILY BASIS.

STILL, STUDENT SAFETY IS JUST AS IMPORTANT.

LET ME START WITH THIS. I'M NOT HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT A SINGLE PERSON.

I AM HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT WE, AS ADULTS, AS PARENTS, AS LEADERS OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, SHOULD CONSIDER DUE PROCESS.

DUE PROCESS IS A COURSE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS ACCORDING TO RULES AND PRINCIPLES ESTABLISHED IN SYSTEM OF JURISPRUDENCE FOR THE ENFORCEMENT AND PROTECTION OF PRIVATE RIGHTS.

THE FIRST CONCRETE OF EXPRESSION OF DUE PROCESS APPEARED IN THE MAGNA CARTA IN 1215.

IT SAYS THAT NO FREE MAN SHALL BE TAKEN, IMPRISONED, DECEASED, EXILED, OR IN ANY WAY DESTROYED, EXCEPT BY THE LEGAL JUDGMENT OF HIS PEERS OR BY THE LAW OF THE LAND.

DRAFTERS OF THE US FEDERAL CONSTITUTION ADOPTED THE DUE PROCESS PHRASEOLOGY FROM THE MAGNA CARTA IN THE FIFTH AMENDMENT, RATIFIED IN 1791.

IT PROVIDES THAT NO PERSON SHALL BE DEPRIVED OF LIFE, LIBERTY, OR PROPERTY WITHOUT DUE PROCESS OF LAW.

SINCE THIS TIME, MANY ADVANCES HAVE BEEN MADE IN OUR SOCIETY.

SOME GOOD AND SOME QUESTIONABLY GOOD.

SOCIAL MEDIA HAS PROVIDED A PLATFORM FOR TREMENDOUS PERSONAL EXPRESSION IN OUR SOCIETY.

SOME OF THAT EXPRESSION CAN BE INCREDIBLY POSITIVE.

UNFORTUNATELY, SOME OF THAT EXPRESSION CAN BE EXTREMELY NEGATIVE AND THAT'S WHAT I SAW THIS PAST WEEK.

SOCIAL MEDIA CAN BE A PHENOMENAL TOOL AND ASSET FOR INDIVIDUALS, FOR ORGANIZATIONS TO COMMUNICATE.

IT CAN ALSO BE AN INCREDIBLE HANDICAP, A DRAIN, EVEN CATASTROPHIC TO INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS.

IT CAN RUIN LIVES.

DUE PROCESS IS NOT POSSIBLE IN SOCIAL MEDIA.

IF YOU OR A FAMILY MEMBER, OR MAYBE EVEN ONE OF YOUR CHILDREN WERE ACCUSED OF SOMETHING, WOULDN'T YOU WANT TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK, TO REPRESENT, TO DEFEND YOURSELF OR THEY THEMSELVES? WOULDN'T YOU WANT THE OPPORTUNITY TO TELL YOUR SIDE OF THE STORY? WOULDN'T YOU WANT TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALLOW A LEGAL JURY OF YOUR PEERS TO LISTEN TO CONSIDER ALL SIDES OF THE ISSUE, TO DECIDE THE OUTCOME OF WHATEVER IS IN QUESTION? I THINK WE ALL KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.

I THINK THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.

>> MR. MOORE.

>> YES.

>> I'M SORRY. I HAVE TO CUT YOU OFF. [LAUGHTER]

>> IT'S ALL RIGHT. I THINK YOU KNOW WHERE I'M COMING FROM.

[APPLAUSE]

>> CHARLENE CHODE.

>> I SWITCH GLASSES HERE TO BE ABLE TO READ THESE.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS CHARLENE CHODE.

I'M HERE THIS EVENING AS A RESIDENT, MANSFIELD, AND A PARENT WITH TWO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT.

I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THE RECENT EVENTS REGARDING TRUSTEE BENAVIDES ANDERSON.

AS HAS BEEN PUBLICLY SHARED, THERE WAS A DOMESTIC DISPUTE INVOLVING MR. AND MS. ANDERSON THAT RESULTED IN THE POLICE BEING CALLED TO THEIR HOME.

THERE HAS BEEN A GREAT DEAL OF EXAGGERATION AND MISINFORMATION SHARED BY VARIOUS MEDIA OUTLETS AND ON SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS, RESULTING IN SOME CALLS FOR HER RESIGNATION.

[01:30:03]

THE AMERICAN JUSTICE SYSTEM IS BASED ON THE PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE AND A POLICE OFFICER'S DECISION TO SEPARATE THE PARTIES THROUGH ARREST IN A DOMESTIC DISPUTE DOES NOT A GUILTY PARTY MAKE.

COURT DOCUMENTS OUTLINE IN DETAIL THE EVENTS OF THAT EVENING.

THE SIMPLE FACT THAT A PROTECTIVE ORDER WAS ISSUED BY A JUDGE IN MS. BENAVIDES ANDERSON'S FAVOR SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER THAT A PRESUMPTION OF GUILT IS NOT ONLY HASTY, BUT INACCURATE.

UNDERSTANDABLY, THE DISTRICTS CONCERN IS OPTICS.

MISD HAS BEEN UNDER NEGATIVE PUBLIC SCRUTINY FOR SEVERAL MATTERS AS OF LATE.

MY REQUEST IS THAT YOU TABLE THE MATTER REGARDING MS. BENAVIDES ANDERSON UNTIL SHE HAS HER DAY IN COURT.

ISN'T THAT WHAT WE WOULD ALL WANT IF WE FOUND OURSELVES IN A SIMILAR SITUATION? FORGET POLITICS, RISE ABOVE THE POLITICAL MOTIVATIONS THAT ARE FEELING SOME NEGATIVE PUBLIC COMMENTARY.

FORGET OPTICS.

WE ARE A STRONG DISTRICT DOING ENOUGH GOOD, OUTSHINE SOME NEGATIVE PUBLICITY.

DO WHAT IS JUST AND FAIR.

MS. BENAVIDES ANDERSON HAS PROVEN VALUABLE AND DEEPLY DEDICATED TRUSTEE.

HER ABILITY TO SERVE MISD STAKEHOLDERS HAS NOT CHANGED AND THE BOARD SHOULD BE FIRM IN ITS SUPPORT OF HER.

DON'T GIVE IN TO CANCEL CULTURE BASED ON SPECULATION, POLITICS, OR EMOTIONS.

SAVE THE COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION FOR ELECTION DAY.

I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU, AS A BOARD, GIVE TRUSTEE, BENAVIDES ANDERSON, YOUR SUPPORT UNTIL SHE HAS HER DAY IN COURT.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]

>> MYRA MILLER.

AS THE LAST SPEAKER JUST REFERRED TO THAT THERE WAS PUBLIC INFORMATION THAT WAS RELEASED ABOUT THE INCIDENT THAT EVENING, THERE WAS.

AS STATED, MS. ANDERSON WAS GRANTED A PROTECTIVE ORDER AGAINST HER HUSBAND AND HE WAS REMOVED FROM THE HOME DUE TO A VIDEO TAPE IN WHICH SHE HAS OF THE INCIDENT THAT EVENING.

AS I COME TO YOU AS A DOMESTIC ABUSE SURVIVOR, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO UNDERSTAND THE VICTIM IS NOT ALWAYS THE VICTIM AND THE ABUSER IS NOT ALWAYS THE ABUSER.

A JUDGE DOESN'T GRANT A PROTECTIVE ORDER AGAINST SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T DESERVE A PROTECTIVE ORDER.

WE'RE NOT HERE. WE'RE NOT HER JUDGE, WE'RE NOT HER JURY.

WE HAVEN'T BEEN SUBPOENAED TO COURT.

THEREFORE, LET'S LET THIS PLAY OUT AND LET'S SEE HOW THIS GOES.

MS. ANDERSON HAS SHOWN UP.

SHE MISSED ONE MEETING WHICH EVERYONE END UP MISSES THE MEETING, SO WHY ARE WE ALREADY CRUCIFYING HER? GIVE HER A CHANCE.

WHEN WE ARE AT THE COMMUNITY MEETING THE OTHER NIGHT, THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW THIS VIOLENCE WAS AFFECTING THEIR CHILDREN.

THERE'S ONLY THREE CHILDREN THAT'S BEEN AFFECTED BY THIS AND THAT'S MS. ANDERSON'S CHILDREN.

[APPLAUSE] MY CHILD HAS NOT BEEN AFFECTED BY THIS.

I'M SURE MS. ANDERSON IS DOING WHAT SHE NEEDS TO DO TO PROTECT HER CHILDREN.

AS WE WERE SETTING IN THE LIBRARY AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE VIOLENCE AND HOW THEY WERE SO FOR AGAINST THIS VIOLENCE AND THEY WANTED STATEMENTS PUT OUT HOW THE BOARD WAS AGAINST VIOLENCE, IT DAWNED ON ME.

I'M SURE MOST OF THESE CHILDREN THAT THEY'RE PROTECTING HAVE ALL PLAYED GAMES ON THEIR VIDEOS THAT HAD VIOLENCE.

I'M SURE THAT MANY OF THESE CHILDREN THAT THEY'RE SPEAKING ABOUT HAS SEEN VIOLENCE IN THEIR OWN HOME.

AS I STATED, THERE WAS PROBABLY 10 BOOKS I COULD HAVE WALKED YOU IN THAT LIBRARY THAT CONTAINS VIOLENCE, SEXUAL VIOLENCE, DRUGS, ALCOHOL, ALL THINGS.

HERE'S ONE QUOTE THAT I READ TO EACH ONE OF THE BOARD PEOPLE THAT WERE RUNNING IN THIS LAST ELECTION.

HE SANK TO HIS KNEES, HIS EYES ON THE FRUIT OF HIS DAUGHTER AND A BOLDED DESIRE RAN DOWN HIS GENTLES GIVING THE LENGTH AND SOFTENING OF HIS LIPS, HIS ANUS, THE TIGHTNESS OF HER VAGINA MORE THAN HE COULD BEAR.

THIS BOOK IS CALLED THE BLUEST EYES.

THIS BOOK IS IN SEVERAL OF OUR SCHOOLS.

OUR CHILDREN HAVE ACCESS TO THIS BOOK.

I KNOW WE HAVE A PROCESS TO GET THE BOOK OUT.

[BACKGROUND] OUR CHILDREN HAVE ACCESS TO THIS BOOK AND CAN BE IN ACCESS AT ANY POINT IN TIME.

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YOU'RE OUTRAGED OVER SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED PERSONALLY WITH MS. BENNEVITUS, BUT YOU'RE NOT OUTRAGEOUS BY THIS.

LET'S NOT BE THE JURY AND LET'S NOT BE THE JUDGE.

>> MS. MILLER WAS INTERRUPTED, I'M GIVING HER THE LAST FEW SECONDS TO CLOSE.

>> I'M GOOD. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU [APPLAUSE] JESSICA GRAY.

>> HI. MY NAME IS JESSICA GRAY.

THIS IS MY HOMETOWN.

I AM NOT A PUBLIC SPEAKER.

I'M MORE OF THE BEHIND THE SCENES KIND OF GIRL.

AS I'VE SEEN EVERYBODY WALK UP THEY ALL HAVE SCRIPTS AND I DO NOT HAVE A SCRIPT.

I WORKED TO 14,15 HOUR DAY TO DAY, RUSHED HOME, PUT A TWELVE-MONTH-OLD TO BED, MISSED DINNER WITH MY SIX-YEAR-OLD THAT GOES TO MISD HERE IN FIRST GRADE.

ALL BECAUSE THIS IS SUPER IMPORTANT TO ME I BELIEVE IN THIS BOARD, I TRULY DO.

THE WORK THAT MS. ANDERSON HAS PUT FORWARD TO THIS BOARD LIKE, I BELIEVE IN THE FUTURE AND I KNOW THAT SHE'S WORKING HARD.

WHAT HAPPENED TO INNOCENCE UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY? IS THAT JUST LOST ON EVERYONE? WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT? WHO ARE WE TO CAST STONES WITHOUT HAVING THE FACTS, WITHOUT KNOWING THE EVIDENCE.

WERE YOU THERE THAT NIGHT? WERE YOU THERE THE WEEKS LEADING UP TO IT? WERE YOU LIVE THERE THE MONTHS OR THE YEARS LEADING UP TO IT? I WASN'T. I DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING.

IT KILLS ME THAT EVERYONE IS SO QUICK TO JUMP TO CONCLUSIONS WHEN THEY DON'T KNOW. YOU DON'T.

INSTEAD OF CASTING STONES AND JUDGMENT, DROP TO YOUR KNEES AND LIFT HER UP IN PRAYER.

THANK YOU [APPLAUSE]

>> TAMMY HARLAN.

>> MY NAME IS TAMMY HARLAN AND I HAVE A SON THAT GOES TO MACKENZIE MIDDLE-SCHOOL. I DON'T KNOW.

MS. ANDERSON, BUT I AM THE FACE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, NOT AS AN ADULT, BUT AS A CHILD.

I WATCHED MY MOTHER BE ABUSED FOR YEARS AND SHE'D NEVER STOOD UP AND SHE NEVER FOUGHT BACK.

MS. ANDERSON, THANK YOU FOR FIGHTING BACK.

THANK YOU FOR FIGHTING FOR YOUR CHILDREN BECAUSE IN THE END, YOU PROTECT THEM AND I'M GLAD YOU PROTECTED YOURSELF. HOLD YOUR HEAD UP.

DON'T YOU WALK AWAY FROM THIS BOARD.

HOLD YOUR HEAD UP, WAIT FOR IT TO BE DECIDED IN THE COURT.

PEOPLE BACK YOU, WE BELIEVE YOU, I READ YOUR STATEMENT.

I READ WHAT YOU GAVE THE JUDGE TO GET YOUR PROTECTIVE ORDER.

I BELIEVE YOU. I'VE LIVED THAT LIFE.

I DON'T LIVE IT NOW BECAUSE I DON'T PUT UP WITH IT.

BUT AS A CHILD, I DIDN'T HAVE A CHOICE.

I'M GLAD YOU'RE GIVING YOUR CHILDREN A BETTER CHOICE, AND I'M GLAD YOU'RE PROTECTING YOURSELF AND YOU PROTECTED YOURSELF THAT NIGHT.

HE SHOULD BE THE ONE WHO WENT TO JAIL.

STAND UP, HOLD YOUR HEAD UP AND DO NOT WALK AWAY FROM THIS [APPLAUSE]

>> NIGEL LEWIS.

>> PRESIDENT WILSON, BOARD TRUSTEES THAT CAME TOO, I CAME HERE TODAY TO DISCUSS TWO POINTS.

LEADING BY EXAMPLE AND LEADING WITH HONESTY, INTEGRITY AND ETHICS.

LEADING BY EXAMPLE.

AS A COMMUNITY, WE MUST RESPECT EVERYONE'S RIGHTS TO

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HOWEVER, MANSFIELD COMMUNITY EXPECTS THAT IT'S ELECTED OFFICIALS IN WHICH WE ENTRUST ARE ACTING IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF US TO ENSURE PERSONAL MATTERS DO NOT NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE MISD COMMUNITY.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE PERSONAL MATTERS OF AN ELECTED MISD OFFICIAL, CONTINUE TO NEGATIVELY IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY.

AS WE STRIVE TO RETURN BACK TO A A-RATED DISTRICT, WHICH IS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, LEARN AND TEACH, WE CANNOT AFFORD COSTLY MATTERS WITHDRAW US AWAY FROM OUR SHARED GOAL.

THIS ISSUE NOT ONLY HURT OUR ABILITY TO RETAIN AND ATTRACT GIFTED TALENTED, BUT IT ALSO CAST OUR COMMUNITY IN A HIGHLY NEGATIVE SPOTLIGHT ACROSS THE MEDIA AND COUNTRY AS A WHOLE.

PART OF BEING A LEADER IN OUR GREAT MISD IS TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE.

MUCH LIKE THE CASE OF OUR BOARD PRESIDENT, TRUSTEE LACKEY WILSON, WHO RECOGNIZE THAT IN ORDER TO EMPOWER OUR ISD, SHE MUST BE ABLE TO GIVE HER BEST EFFORT ALL THE TIME.

A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN SHE HAD A PRIVATE MATTER, APPARENTLY, SHE ACKNOWLEDGED IT AND RESIGNED AND GAVE HER FULL ATTENTION TO THOSE MATTERS.

WHEN SHE WAS ABLE, SHE BROUGHT HER LEADERSHIP BACK TO THE TABLE TO BE RE-ELECTED AS A TRUSTEE.

THE POINT IS, SHE RECOGNIZED THAT AS A TRUSTEE AND A LEADER, NO ONE IS ABOVE THE COMMUNITY'S BEST INTERESTS AND CHOSE TO PUT HER COMMUNITY'S INTERESTS FIRST AS A RESULT, I ASKED TO TRUSTEE ANDERSON TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE AND PLACE THE COMMUNITY'S BEST INTERESTS FIRST.

NUMBER 2, THE SECOND POINT.

I ASK THAT ALL TRUSTEE LEAD WITH HONESTY, INTEGRITY, AND ETHICS.

MISD COMMUNITY RELIES ON THE ELECTED OFFICIALS TO ACT WITH HONESTY, INTEGRITY, AND ETHICS.

WHEN WE VOTED JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO, A TRUSTEE TIPPING, RAN ON THOSE THREE KEY TRAITS, SO MUCH SO THAT HE RAN AS THE ONLY ETHICALLY SUPERIOR CANDIDATE AGAINST HIS OPPONENT.

HOWEVER, TRUSTEE TIPPING HAS BECOME THE ONLY MANSFIELD ELECTED OFFICIAL WHO HAS VIOLATED THE TEXAS ETHIC COMMISSION AND ONLY TOOK OWNERSHIP FOR HIS VIOLATION AFTER THE CONCERNS FROM THE COMMUNITY AROSE.

IT IS DISAPPOINTING TO SEE THAT A SUCH A TRUSTEE IS UNABLE AND UNWILLING TO DISPLAY THE HIGH STANDARD OF HONESTY, INTEGRITY, AND ETHICS THAT HE RAN ON AND IS EXPECTED OF AN ELECTED OFFICIAL.

AS A COMMUNITY, WE DESERVE BETTER, WE REQUIRE BETTER.

WE CONTINUE TO ASK OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS ACT ABOVE REPROACH AND IN THIS CASE OF THOSE WHO DON'T, WE ASK THEM TO CAREFULLY TO CONSIDER IF THEY ARE TRULY SERVING OUR COMMUNITY OR SERVING THEMSELVES.

THANK YOU [APPLAUSE]

>> THANK YOU, MR. LEWIS.

>> OUR FINAL SPEAKER IS ANGIE THOR.

>> GOOD EVENING. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOW ME NORMALLY, I DON'T SPEAK FROM A SCRIPT, BUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HAS AFFECTED MY FAMILY VERY CLOSELY, AND SO I'M GOING TO READ FROM THE SCRIPT BECAUSE OTHERWISE, I'M GOING TO SIT HERE AND I'M GOING TO CRY AND I'M PROBABLY GOING TO RAMBLE, SO I'M PROBABLY GOING TO CRY ANYWAY.

I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MINUTE TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR MS. ANDERSON, I KNOW THAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CUTS ACROSS ALL SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC LINES.

AS SOMEONE WHO HAS A CLOSE FAMILY MEMBER WHO IS A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, I CAN SAY WE WILL NEVER KNOW WHAT GOES ON BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.

THE ABUSER OFTENTIMES INFLICTS ABUSE THAT DOESN'T LEAVE PHYSICAL MARKS.

YET WHEN THE ABUSED ATTEMPTS TO DEFEND THEMSELVES, THEY MAY LEAVE SIGNS.

BEING PULLED OUT OF BED BY YOUR HAIR, DOESN'T LEAVE VISIBLE MARKS, BUT TRYING TO GET AWAY BY SCRATCHING OR PUNCHING DOES, SO SOMEONE MIGHT ASSUME THAT THE AGGRESSOR IS ACTUALLY THE VICTIM.

OFTENTIMES THE ABUSED IS PUBLICLY OSTRACIZED BY THE ABUSER.

THEY ARE MADE TO BE THE LIAR, THE CRAZY ONE, ALL THE WHILE THE ABUSER IS CHARMING AND FUNNY, THREATENING TO TAKE THIS PUBLIC AND NO ONE WILL BELIEVE YOU OR YOU WILL BE SORRY.

NO ONE KNOWS WHAT WENT ON, BUT I DO KNOW THAT ABUSERS OFTEN CONTINUE TO VICTIMIZE BY FORCING THE ABUSED INTO HIDING OR TO REMOVE THEMSELVES FROM POSITIONS AND ROLES THAT THEY HAVE WORKED VERY HARD TO ACHIEVE, AND THAT INDEPENDENCE CAN EVEN TRIGGER THE ABUSER WHEN THEY NO LONGER CAN CONTROL THE VICTIM.

WHEN SOMEONE YOU LOVE IS A VICTIM, IT BECOMES VERY PERSONAL, YOU VIEW THINGS IN A VERY DIFFERENT LIGHT.

I'M HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE FOR ME, THIS IS PERSONAL.

I'VE SEEN WHAT ABUSE CAN DO TO A PERSON AND TO THEIR FAMILY, WHAT PUBLIC ACCUSATIONS CAN DO TO THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN ABUSED.

LET'S LET THE COURTS HANDLE THE JUDGMENT, AND AS FOR ME,

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[APPLAUSE].

>> THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 11,

[11. Human Resources Report]

MS. THOMAS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ THEM?

>> YES.

>> ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF COURSE.

>> WE HAVE ONE TONIGHT.

KIM MERRIFIELD, THE ASSESSMENT ACCOUNTABILITY SPECIALIST IN THE CURRICULUM INSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT.

SHE HAS 28 YEARS IN EDUCATION AND 23 WITH MISD.

SO WE WILL MISS YOU, KIM.

[APPLAUSE]

>> ITEM 11.2 OUR BOARD APPROVED NEW HIRES.

MAY I PLEASE RECEIVE A MOTION FOR THE RECOMMENDATIONS?

>> SECOND.

>> THIS MOTION MADE BY MS. NEWSOM, IS THERE A SECOND?

>> NO, IT WAS MS. THOMAS AND I WAS THE SECOND.

[OVERLAPPING]

>> MS. THOMAS MADE THE MOTION AND MISS NEWSOM MADE THE SECOND.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY DISCUSSION YOU HAVE THAT YOU CAN USE, NO? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, MAY I PLEASE SEE A SHOW OF HANDS? ALL THOSE WHO OPPOSED? THE MOTION PASSES SEVEN, ZERO.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 12,

[12. Business Items Requiring Board Action]

ITEM 12.1, CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF ACTION OF TEACHER CONTRACT ABANDONMENT.

MAY I PLEASE RECEIVE A MOTION?

>> SO MOVED.

>> MOTION MADE BY MS. THOMAS. IS THERE A SECOND?

>> SECOND.

>> THAT'S OKAY. I HAD MISSED FOR FIRST, MR. DAVIS, [LAUGHTER] MY GENTLEMAN DOWN HERE, MADE THE SECOND.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS? ALL THOSE FOR THE MOTION, CAN I PLEASE SEE A SHOW OF HANDS? ALL THOSE OPPOSED? THE MOTION PASSES SEVEN, ZERO.

MOVING ON TO ITEM 12.2, CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF AMNESTY POLICY FFAC LOCAL.

MAY I PLEASE RECEIVE A MOTION?

>> SO MOVED.

>> MOTION MADE BY MS. THOMAS AND SECOND BY MR. DAVIS.

ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? MS. FLORA.

>> GOOD EVENING. I KNOW I'VE TOUCHED ON THIS, I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS SEVERAL TIMES.

I CONTINUE TO ASK IF PARENTS ARE GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO BE ON A MEDICAL TELEHEALTH APPOINTMENT, SO I WANTED TO SEE WHAT THE POLICY CURRENTLY IS READING THAT'S IN FRONT OF US AND HOW WE CAME TO THAT POINT.

>> THANK YOU FOR, IS THIS ON? NOW, CAN YOU HEAR ME?

>> THERE WE GO.

>> I REALLY LIKE TO SIT DOWN WHILE TALKING.

THE POLICY THAT YOU SEE IN FFAC LOCAL DOES NOT ADDRESS WHAT A PARENT MUST DO, BUT WE DO HAVE IN FFAC REGULATIONS THAT A PARENT SHALL JOIN NOT MAY, BUT SHALL JOIN THE TELEHEALTH VISIT IN ORDER FOR THE TELEHEALTH TREATMENT TO OCCUR.

IT HAS TO OCCUR, WE STOPPED SHORT OF SAYING THAT IT HAD TO BE 100 PERCENT.

NOW, THE REASON WE STOPPED SHORT OF THAT IS THAT NUMBER 1, I BELIEVE THAT ALMOST ALL OF THOSE TELEHEALTH CALLS OR

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THEY'RE ALL ON THE CALL AT THE SAME TIME, AND SO CONNECTIONS OF WIFI CAN BE SPOTTY, PARENTS CAN BE COMING TO SCHOOL TO PICK UP THEIR CHILD AND NOT WANTING TO TALKED ABOUT THE MEDICAL SITUATION AND THEY'RE ON THEIR WAY AND THEY'RE ON THEIR PHONE, BUT AS YOU GO THROUGH TUNNELS OR EVEN LOW DEPTHS OR EVERYTHING, THAT CAN BE SPOTTY AS WELL.

WE DO HAVE PARENTS THAT JUST DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO STAY ON THE PHONE LONG WITH THEIR JOBS, AND SO WE DIDN'T WANT OR AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WHAT WE HAVE IN REGULATIONS IS JUST SHORT OF MAKING THE PARENT BE THERE 100 PERCENT OF THE TIME.

SO THAT IF THE NURSE AND THE DOCTOR HAVE EVERYTHING THEY NEED FROM THAT PARENT, THEY STILL CAN MAKE THE CALL TO GIVE THE STUDENT WHAT THEY NEED BECAUSE THE PARENT HAS ALREADY SIGNED THE DOCUMENTATION FOR THE TELEHEALTH PREVIOUSLY, AND THE PARENT, THE DOCTOR, AND THE RN HAD ALREADY BEEN ON THE PHONE, I SAY PHONE, IT MAY BE A ZOOM TYPE VISIT ANYWAY, ENOUGH THAT THEY'VE SETTLED ON WHAT THEY NEED TO SETTLE ON.

NOW, THAT'S GOING TO BE UP TO THE NURSE AND THE DOCTOR.

IF THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION, THEN THEY CAN REFUSE TREATMENT.

THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW.

NOW THE OTHER PART OF THIS IS IS, IT'S IN REGULATION.

I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT THIS IS A PILOT, IT'S JUST SEVEN OR EIGHT CAMPUSES, AND WE CAN CHANGE THIS PRACTICE WITHIN THE REGULATION AT ANY POINT IN TIME THAT WE SEE FIT.

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION.

I THINK LIKE ONE WEEK INITIALLY THIS WAS TOLD TO US WE WERE ABOUT THIS FAR APART.

THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAVE THE QUESTIONS HAVE GOTTEN ANSWERED.

I FEEL LIKE WE'VE GOTTEN CLOSER AND CLOSER TO COMING TO SOME AGREEMENT THAT I THINK FOR ME PERSONALLY AND SOME OTHER MEMBERS MAYBE, THAT THIS COULD WORK IN THE DISTRICT, BUT I WOULD LIKE THAT TO SAY MUST BE ON THE CALL RATHER THAN SHALL.

I RECENTLY TOOK MY DAUGHTER TO AN APPOINTMENT AND SPECIFICALLY ASKED THE DOCTOR IF HE WOULD SEE MY DAUGHTER IF I JUST DROPPED HER OFF AT THE MEDICAL APPOINTMENT.

HE SAID, ABSOLUTELY NOT.

I'M NOT ABLE TO TAKE MY DAUGHTER INTO A DOCTOR'S OFFICE THAT SHE HAS BEEN SEEN IN FOR OVER A DECADE.

THAT'S THAT WORD I'M GETTING HUNG UP ON.

I WOULD LIKE THE PARENT TO BE REQUIRED TO BE ON THE PHONE CALL.

>> THE PARENT IS REQUIRED TO BE THERE.

THE POINT, AND I'M NOT DISAGREEING WITH YOU, WHAT I'M SAYING IS, RIGHT NOW, IT'S STOPPING SHORT OF 100 PERCENT OF THE TIME, NOT THAT THE PARENT DOESN'T EVER HAVE TO BE THERE.

THE PORT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

THE SHALL AND MUST REALLY MEAN THE SAME THING.

IF WE WERE GOING TO CHANGE IT, WE WOULD CHANGE IT INTO ANOTHER FACTOR THAT WOULD INDICATE SOMETHING THAT IT HAS TO BE 100 PERCENT.

>> FOR ME, I GUESS, I WOULD LIKE IT TO BE 100 PERCENT.

>> MS. THOMAS, YOU HAD YOUR OWN OPINION.

>> NO, I WAS JUST GOING TO CONFIRM WITH DAVID,

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>> THE PARENT IS GOING TO BE CONTACTED AND THE PARENT MUST BE ON THE PHONE CALL, YES.

>> SO THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF THIS GETTING HELP FOR THE CHILD.

>> CORRECT.

>> THE PARENT IS GOING TO BE CONTACTED, THEY'RE GOING TO BE INCLUDED ON THAT, THEY MIGHT NOT BE THERE 100 PERCENT OF THE TIME BECAUSE PARENTS LIKE I'VE ALREADY OKAY THIS, I'M CHECKING OFF BECAUSE I'M GOING TO GET IN THE CAR, I'M COMING TO GET MY KIDS.

THEY'RE OFF, THE NURSE FINISHES UP, THEY GET THEIR CHILD.

>> CORRECT.

>> THAT'S WHERE THE LEEWAY IS.

>> JUST THE LEEWAY. IF THE PARENT IS NOT ON THE CALL, THEN IT'S A NO-GO, REALLY.

PARENTS WHO ARE ON THE CALL, THEN THE TELEHEALTH, AND THE NURSE HAS NO AUTHORITY.

WE'RE NOT GIVEN AUTHORITY TO GET THE PRACTICE OF THE TELEHEALTH IN TO HELP US DO IT.

>> MR. RIGHT, I THINK THE ISSUE IS THAT WE DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT LANGUAGE BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT CONVEYS WHERE WE DRAW THAT LINE.

I THINK WE UNDERSTAND THOSE EMERGENCY SITUATIONS, SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT NEEDS TO SAY LIKE ACTUALLY SPELL IT OUT IN FIVE SENTENCES.

BUT THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT CAN BE CONSTRUED THE WRONG WAY, IF THAT MAKES SENSE, WHERE WE DO MAKE SURE THAT THE PARENT IS ON THE CALL AND UNLESS THERE'S EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES OR I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, OR IF THEY'VE GIVEN A VERBAL OKAY THAT THEY HAVE TO GET BACK TO WORK, BUT THEY'RE OKAY FOR THIS TO CONTINUE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT NEEDS TO LOOK LIKE, BUT I THINK WHERE WE GET STUCK IS IN THE LANGUAGE.

CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. THE WAY YOU'RE EXPLAINING IT I THINK YOU MAKE SENSE, BUT IT'S TAKING A FEW SENTENCES SO THAT ONE WORD IS [LAUGHTER] NOT QUITE SUFFICIENT.

>> WELL, AT THE MOMENT, REAL QUICK, THE WAY IT READS WAS SHALL JOIN THE TELEHEALTH CALL.

GOING FROM WHAT MY FELLOW TRUSTEES WERE SAYING THAT I THINK MAYBE IF IT SAYS SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF SHALL BE ON THE CALL, BECAUSE IT IS LEAVING IT AT THE AIR TO WHERE I DECIDED TO CHECK OUT AND NOT SHOW UP FOR THE CALL.

MS. THOMAS, YOU HAD SOMETHING ELSE?

>> MY QUESTION, THIS IS THE POLICY AND THEN THERE'S REGULATIONS THAT YOU'LL GIVE TO THE NURSES, AND THAT'S MORE DETAILED OUT OF EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

VERY MUCH LIKE I THINK THE LIBRARY POLICY THAT WE PASSED.

WE PASSED THE POLICY AND THEN WE HAD REGULATIONS FOR OUR LIBRARIANS.

I THINK THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO THAT.

THAT THIS IS THE POLICY AND THEN THERE'S GOING TO BE REGULATIONS THAT OUR NURSES ARE GOING TO HAVE TO FOLLOW.

>> YES, THAT'S HOW I UNDERSTOOD IT.

I JUST WOULD LIKE THE PARENT TO BE REQUIRED ON THE CALL THE ENTIRE TIME.

>> IS THAT ON THE REGULATION THEN?

>> THAT'S MY HOPE FOR ADDING THIS INTO THE REGULATION THAT THE WORD SHALL IS CHANGED TO THE PARENT HAS TO BE ON THE CALL.

ANYTHING ELSE FROM THIS SIDE BEFORE I MOVE ON?

>> DOES IT NEED TO CHANGE IN THIS PART OR CAN IT CHANGE IN THE REGULATION?

>> TO BE CLEAR, I'M TRYING TO GIVE YOU CLARITY ON WHAT THE ENTIRE PRACTICE WILL BE.

YOU'RE REALLY MAKING A DECISION ON WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TELEHEALTH PERIOD IN LOCAL POLICY.

THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW ARE GOING TO BE IN REGULATIONS WHICH YOU DON'T HAVE TO DETERMINE OR MAKE A DETERMINATION ON RIGHT NOW.

I'M JUST TRYING TO GIVE YOU THAT TO GIVE YOU PEACE OF MIND ABOUT WHAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT OR WHAT WE NEED TO CHANGE.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? I'M NOT SURE.

>> TELL ME IF I'M UNDERSTANDING THIS CORRECTLY.

THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN RIGHT NOW WOULD BE APPROPRIATE BECAUSE THE CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE WOULD BE ADDRESSED IN THE REGULATIONS.

>> CORRECT.

WHATEVER THE BOARD WANTS, WE WOULD ADDRESS THAT IN REGULATIONS, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO BE VOTING ON WHETHER OR NOT TO HAVE TELEHEALTH ON THE FIRST READING IS WHAT WE'RE DOING TONIGHT. YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT.

>> SO I'M COMPLETELY FOLLOWING YOU.

I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND.

IF WE'RE NOT VOTING ON REGULATIONS TONIGHT AND WE'RE JUST APPROVING TELEHEALTH,

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I THINK THAT'S WHERE I'M GETTING HUNG UP ON, IS I UNDERSTAND THE TELEHEALTH COMPONENT OF IT AND THE REGULATION, BUT WE'RE NOT VOTING ON THE REGULATION.

IF WE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE REGULATION IS GOING TO BE, I'M NOT SURE HOW WE'RE GOING TO VOTE TO PASS THIS IF WE'RE NOT IN AGREEMENT ON THE REGULATION.

>> WE SHOULD HAVE PROBABLY HAD ANOTHER COMMITTEE MEETING IF THAT BOTHERED YOU. I'M JUST SAYING.

>> I'VE BEEN PRETTY UPFRONT ABOUT THIS SINCE THE VERY FIRST MEETING THAT WE'VE HAD.

>> BECAUSE IT'S ON HERE AND WE COULD HAVE READ IT.

I'M JUST SAYING THAT WE COULD HAVE MET TOGETHER AND TRIED TO WORK THIS OUT INSTEAD OF HAVING IT RIGHT NOW AND THEN IT'S GOING TO GET DELAYED AGAIN. THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING.

>> I BROUGHT THIS UP IN OUR VERY FIRST MEETING.

I'VE TALKED TO DAVID ABOUT IT AGAIN TODAY.

DAVID, THIS ISN'T A SURPRISE.

DAVID KNOWS THAT THIS HAS BEEN A CONCERN OF MINE ONGOING FOR MONTHS.

>> ME PERSONALLY, I THINK WE CAN ADDRESS THE ISSUE THAT WE ALL HAVE WITH THE PARENT BEING ON THERE.

I THINK WE CAN ADDRESS IT IN THE REGULATIONS.

WE NEED TO REMEMBER IT'S A PILOT PROGRAM, SO WE'RE TRYING IT OUT, AND SO WE CAN TWEAK IT AS WE GO.

>> I'D STILL LIKE TO GIVE THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE AN OPPORTUNITY.

NO FINS GIRLS. [LAUGHTER] GREG.

>> I JUST HAVE A QUESTION IN REGARDS TO THE ACTUAL REGULATIONS AND THE PROCESS WITH THAT.

IF WE'RE SAYING WE CAN ADDRESS THESE ISSUES WITHIN THE REGULATIONS, WHAT'S GOING TO BE THAT PROCESS AS WELL? ARE WE GOING TO HAVE MULTIPLE READINGS OF THAT? ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO TWEAK THOSE THINGS? HOW ARE WE GOING TO GO ABOUT GETTING TO WHAT WE WOULD ALL BE COMFORTABLE WITH?

>> LET ME TALK ABOUT, IN GENERAL, TYPICALLY, THE BOARD DOESN'T ADDRESS REGULATIONS.

NOW, HAVING SAID THAT, THESE THINGS THEY HAVE TO BE LINKED A LITTLE BIT, AND SO I WOULD THINK THAT WE WOULD COME BACK TO POLICY REVIEW JUST TO LOOK AT IT AND TALK ABOUT IT.

ALTHOUGH YOU DON'T VOTE ON IT.

IT MAY BE THE TOP POLICY REVIEW, AND I'M SPEAKING AS IF I'VE TALKED TO DR. CANTU AT LENGTH ABOUT THIS, BUT SOMETHING TO HAPPEN ALONG THAT LINES, YOU HAVE TO BE COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT WE ARE DOING IN THIS, AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE INS AND OUTS OF THE REGULATIONS ARE GOING TO BE.

SO WE CAN'T DO THAT IN THIS CASE WITHOUT BOTH OF THEM BEING LINKED REALLY.

>> WELL, AND THAT'S WHY I ASKED THAT QUESTION BECAUSE IF I DON'T HAVE WHAT THE REGULATIONS ARE GOING TO BE IN FRONT OF ME AND I DON'T HAVE SAY OF WHAT THOSE REGULATIONS ARE, THEN ASKING ME TO VOTE ON A POLICY WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT THOSE REGULATIONS ARE [APPLAUSE] IS A CHALLENGE TO ME, JUST BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY QUESTIONS.

AGAIN, I'VE POSED SOME OF THE SAME QUESTIONS IN OUR LAST MEETING IF THE CONCERNS WITH PARENT INVOLVEMENT, BEING IN THE MEDICAL FIELD AND INVOLVED IN TELEHEALTH TO CERTAIN DEGREES.

I KNOW PERSONALLY AS A CLINICIAN, I WOULDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE TREATING A MINOR PATIENT OF MINE WITHOUT A PARENT THERE AND AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT.

ONE, IT PROTECTS ME, GUARDS ME AGAINST THINGS, AND I REALIZED, I TRUST OUR NURSES, THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE, I DON'T WANT THEM TO THINK THAT IT'S NOT A TRUST ISSUE WITH THEM BECAUSE I'VE FULLY TRUST THEM BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A NEW DOCTOR THAT'S NEVER SEEN THIS PATIENT BEFORE.

A NEW ISSUE THAT THEY'RE DEALING WITH, SOMEBODY THAT THAT CHILD MAY NOT TRUST OR KNOW.

THEREFORE, I JUST THINK IT OFFERS SOME CHALLENGES AND FOR ME NOT KNOWING WHAT THOSE REGULATIONS ARE AND HAVING THOSE MORE CONCRETE, IT'S A CHALLENGE TO VOTE ON THIS PRIOR TO HAVING THAT, IS ALL I'M SAYING.

ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S SOMETHING THAT I FEEL LIKE COULD INVOLVE THE HEALTH, WELLBEING, PROTECTION OF OUR KIDS AND SO FORTH.

>> MS. [INAUDIBLE] DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING? MS. ANDERSON, ANYTHING?

[02:05:08]

>> I'M SORRY. MS. WILSON.

>> I JUST HAD ONE MORE COMMENT JUST BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY AS A NURSE, SOMETIMES FOR CHILDREN, THEY'RE NOT GREAT HISTORIANS.

I DO BELIEVE WITH OUR YOUNGER FOLKS, AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT NEEDS TO BE SOME CONSIDERATION FOR HOLD EVEN WHEN A PARENT COULD CONSIDER THAT THEY COULD ALLOW THEM TO DO IT.

BUT YOUNGER STUDENTS, THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY'RE ALLERGIC TO, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT MEDICATIONS THEY TAKE, IT'S PINK.

SO I THINK THAT WE HAVE SOME OF THOSE ISSUES THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY GET ADDRESSED AND SOME OF THOSE THINGS, I DON'T KNOW.

>> I DON'T WANT TO KEEP BEATING A DEAD HORSE.

I'M SORRY, BUT I THOUGHT SHE COVERED OVER THAT.

THAT THERE WAS A FORM THAT WAS GOING TO BE VERY DETAILED THAT THE PARENTS WERE GOING TO FILL OUT.

I WISH SHE WAS STILL HERE.

THAT IT'S GOING TO COVER ALL OF THOSE QUESTIONS, MICHELLE.

I MEAN, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO TREAT A CHILD WITHOUT THE PARENT FILLING OUT THAT FORM, JUST LIKE YOU WOULD DO WHEN YOU GO INTO A DOCTOR'S OFFICE AND YOU SIT DOWN AND THE PARENT FILLS OUT THE FORM OF ALL THE HISTORY OF YOUR CHILD.

THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT PRIOR TO ANYBODY TREATING ANY OF OUR KIDS WITH TELEHEALTH.

IF THEY DON'T HAVE THAT FORM AND THAT PARENT HAS NOT GIVEN THAT, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET TREATED, OUR NURSES ARE NOT GOING TO BE CALLING AND TREATING KIDS.

THAT PART IS ALREADY AN ADDRESS.

THAT'S JUST PART OF THE PROGRAM.

THEN, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, IF THE NURSE CANNOT GET A HOLD OF THE PARENT, THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY CONTACT WITH THE DOCTOR.

THE PARENT HAS TO BE CONTACTED, THAT'S WHAT HE'S SAYING RIGHT HERE.

NOW, WHERE IT GETS SKETCHY IS THEY CALL, AND THEY'VE TALKED TO THE PARENT, THE PARENT SAYS, YES, GO AHEAD, I GET WHAT THE DOCTOR SAYS, I'M GOOD WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO GET OFF THIS CALL BECAUSE I NEED TO GET MY CAR AND I NEED TO DRIVE THERE.

THE NURSE IS STILL ON THE PHONE GETTING THE NUMBER TO CALL IT IN OR WHATEVER, GET THE NUMBER TO THE DOCTOR TO CALL THE PRESCRIPTION.

IF WE GO WITH ALL THE TIME, THEN THE PARENT HAS TO SAY ON THE PHONE THE WHOLE ENTIRE TIME, I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GETTING INTO SOME LITTLE DETAIL THERE.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? BUT FROM MY UNDERSTANDING HOW THIS READS AND WHAT WE'RE GOING FORWARD WITH, FROM SPEAKING WITH MARGARET AND GOING FORWARD WITH THAT, THAT'S HOW I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR NURSES DO.

I'M I CORRECT OR DID I MISUNDERSTAND THAT?

>> NO, YOU'RE UNDERSTANDING IT PERFECTLY CLEAR.

THAT'S THE ONLY CAVEAT THAT'S UP FOR DEBATE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS, WHICH WE CAN DO, ARE WE GOING TO MAKE THE PARENT SIT THERE ON THE CALL 100 PERCENT OF THE TIME OR ARE WE GOING TO ALLOW THE NURSE AND THE PHYSICIAN TO MAKE THE CALL IF THEY'RE NOT THERE 100 PERCENT OF THE TIME? BECAUSE OF A DROPPED CALL, SPOTTY INTERNET.

IF THEY DON'T CALL, THERE'S NO TREATMENT FOR TELEHEALTH.

THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT HERE.

EVERYTHING ELSE I FELT THAT WAS ANSWERED WHEN MARGARET AND THE PERSON FROM TELEHEALTH CAME AND SPOKE TO YOU LAST MONTH.

>> IN RESPONSE TO WHAT MS. NEWSOM SAID REGARDING CHILDREN AND HISTORY.

WE ALL KNOW FOR A SIX-YEAR-OLD, THAT MEANS AS MUCH AS THIS MORNING, MAYBE LUNCHTIME.

I DO HEAR WHAT HER POINT TO MAKE WITH THAT, IS, YES THE DOCUMENT CAN BE ALL FILLED OUT, MAYBE I TOOK MY CHILD TO A CLINIC THIS WEEKEND, THEY'RE ALREADY ON AN ANTIBIOTIC, THEY'RE ALREADY ON CERTAIN KIND OF MEDICATIONS AND BECAUSE I DIDN'T SIT IN FOR THE WHOLE CONVERSATION, THE CHILD IS NOT GOING TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE IN THAT.

THEY DON'T KNOW IF I GAVE THEM A FLINTSTONES VITAMIN, OR AN ANTIBIOTIC.

THAT'S I THINK SOME OF THE HISTORY THAT YOU WERE REFERRING TO MS. NEWSOM THAT KIDS DON'T ALWAYS HEAR THAT.

WHAT I DO WANT TO ASK, [NOISE] IN REGARDS TO SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE HAS HERE,

[02:10:07]

SO WITH THE FIRST READING GOING THROUGH WITH THAT, THEN KICKOFF, FOR LACK OF BETTER WORDS BECAUSE WE WERE IN FOOTBALL SEASON, BUT WITH THAT KICKOFF THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMITTEE TO START THIS PROCESS ON THE REGULATIONS YOU'RE REFERRING TO.

BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT GAVE SOME PEOPLE SOME HEARTBURN WITH THAT BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS AND WE'RE PROVING IT.

IF THE FIRST READING COMES TO PASS, WILL THAT THEN GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE POLICY COMMITTEE TO SIT WITH YOU GUYS AND WORK ON THESE REGULATIONS BEFORE IT COMES BEFORE THE SECOND READING?

>> YES, IT WOULD. THE BOARD HAS THE AUTHORITY TO VOTE DOWN A POLICY AT FIRST READING JUST LIKE THEY HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO VOTE DOWN A POLICY AT SECOND READING.

THIS HAS TO COME BACK TO SECOND READING IN DECEMBER.

YOU COULD COME AND VOTE IT DOWN AT THAT POINT IN TIME AS WELL.

SO YES, THAT COULD WORK VERY WELL.

>> SO THIS IS NOT A FIRST AND FINAL READING?

>> NO. THIS IS NOT A FINAL READING.

>> WHAT ARE THE CHANCES OF HAVING THOSE REGULATIONS IN PLACE BY THAT SECOND READING? SO THAT WE HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING.

>> A HUNDRED PERCENT.

>> YEAH, WE WOULD BRING IT BACK FOR SECOND READING UNTIL THOSE ARE READY.

>> TRUE.

>> SO MS. WILSON, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO ACTUALLY SUGGEST TO YOU.

THIS IS THE FIRST READING, [OVERLAPPING] THEN WE CAN GO BACK NUANCE THE REGULATIONS AND HAVE ALL THAT SET AND READY TO GO FOR YOU GUYS FOR YOUR REVIEW PRIOR TO WRITE AND THEN BEFORE WE BRING IT BACK FOR A SECOND READING.

>> I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

IF WE CAN HAVE THE REGULATIONS WHERE WE READ THROUGH THEM, I THINK THAT [OVERLAPPING] WOULD HELP.

>> DID ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? WITH NOTHING ELSE, MAY I PLEASE SEE A SHOW OF HANDS FOR ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, SEVEN-ZERO.

THIS TAKES US TIED WITH 13 OR CONSENT AGENDA.

[13. Consent Agenda]

DOES ANYONE WANT TO PULL AN ITEM AT THIS TIME? WITH THAT, MAY I PLEASE SEE A SHOW OF HANDS OF ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

THE MOTION PASSES SEVEN-ZERO.

THE CONSENT AGENDA BEING APPROVED.

TAKES US TO ITEM 14, THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.

[14. Superintendent's Report]

IS THERE ANYTHING LISTED ON REPORT THAT ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS WITH DR. CANTU AT THIS TIME? SEEING NOTHING, WE'RE GOING TO

[3. Closed Session (Part 2 of 2)]

WE'LL PLAN ON RECONVENING IN CLOSED SESSION IN ABOUT FIVE MINUTES.

AT 9:58 PM, WAS THERE ANY ACTION THAT CAME OUT OF CLOSED SESSION? NO. THEN THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 9:58 PM.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.