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>> [MUSIC] GOOD EVENING. IT IS 5:00 PM,
[1. Call to Order]
LET US PLEASE COME TO ORDER FOR THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT ALL TRUSTEES ARE PRESENT.
[3. Closed Session]
ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.074, PERSONNEL TO DELIBERATE REGARDING THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT, EVALUATION, REASSIGNMENT, DUTIES, DISCIPLINE, OR DISMISSAL OF A PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE.OR TO HEAR A COMPLAINT OR CHARGE AGAINST AN OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE, 551.071, CONSULTATION WITH THE BOARD'S ATTORNEY, 551.072 REAL PROPERTY, AND 551.076 TO CONDUCT DELIBERATIONS REGARDING SECURITY DEVICES OR SECURITY AUDITS.
WE WILL NOW ADJOURN TO CLOSE SESSION AT 5:01 AND WE'LL RECONVENE IN ABOUT FIVE MINUTES.
>> GOOD EVENING. WE WILL NOW RECONVENE FROM CLOSED SESSION AT 6:01 PM.
[4. Reconvene]
IS THERE ANY ACTION COMING OUT OF CLOSED SESSION? NO. MS. ANDERSON?>> I WOULD LIKE TO THANK DR. CANTU, SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEES, ADMINISTRATION, STAFF, AND COMMUNITY FOR YOUR PATIENCE DURING THESE VERY TRYING TIMES, FOR A PERSONAL MATTER, MY FAMILY AND I WENT THROUGH.
OFFICIALLY TODAY THIS CASE AND THE CHARGES HAVE BEEN DISMISSED AGAINST ME.
I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING BACK TO THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF SERVING THE STUDENTS, STAFF, AND FAMILIES OF MANSFIELD INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. THANK YOU.
>> WITH THAT, A MORE OF A POSITIVE NOTE IN CASE YOU HAD NOTICED, WE DECIDED WE WOULD CELEBRATE YOU GUYS IN FESTIVE WHERE ASK US FOR MORE FASHION TIPS AT A LATER TIME.
WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE FORWARD TO ITEM 5,
[5. Meeting Opening]
WHICH IS OUR PRAYER AND PLEDGES.I'LL ASK YOU TO PLEASE RISE AS THE PRAYER IS LED BY A TRUSTEE CRAIG TIPPING AND THE PLEDGES ARE LED BY TRUSTEE KEZIAH FARRAR.
>> PLEASE PRAY WITH ME. GRACIOUS, HEAVENLY FATHER WE JUST THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER DAY THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US, LORD, AND WE THANK YOU THAT YOU HAVE SO MUCH GRACE AND MERCY THAT YOU OFFER US EVERY DAY, LORD.
I THANK YOU THAT WE CAN CELEBRATE THIS TIME OF YEAR WHERE YOU DID OFFER THAT GRACE AND MERCY TO EACH ONE OF US.
LORD AS WE SPEND THIS TIME HERE TOGETHER I PRAY THAT YOU WILL GUIDE AND DIRECT US, GIVE US WISDOM IN DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE HELP US TO ALWAYS SHOW LOVE IN EVERYTHING THAT WE DO LORD.
LORD, I PRAY THAT FOR THIS UPCOMING BREAK, THAT YOU WILL KEEP US ALL SAFE, THAT YOU WILL BRING US BACK TO OUR SCHOOLS SAFELY LORD, AND THAT WE CAN ENJOY THE TIME THAT WE HAVE WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS DURING THIS TIME.
AGAIN, JUST GUIDE AND DIRECT US TONIGHT AND WE ASK ALL OF THIS IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST. AMEN.
>> [NOISE] THIS TAKES US TO ITEM 6,
[6. District Recognition]
OUR DISTRICT RECOGNITIONS. DR. CANTU.>> YES WOULD ELIZABETH CORMEDIE PLEASE COME FORWARD AND LEAD US IN OUR RECOGNITIONS FOR THE EVENING.
GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT WILSON, DR. CANTU, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, CABINET AND THE LARGE CROWD OF THE PUBLIC HERE TONIGHT.
TONIGHT I HAVE THE HONOR OF STARTING OFF OUR DISTRICT RECOGNITIONS WITH OUR SCHOOL BOARD SUPERSTARS WHO YOU CAN SEE FILLING THE FRONT ROWS OF THE MEETING THIS EVENING.
I'D LIKE TO INVITE DR. CANTU AND THE BOARD MEMBERS DOWN.
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
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THE VIRTUES OF OUTSTANDING CHARACTER, CITIZENSHIP, FAIRNESS, HONESTY, KINDNESS, RESPECT, RESPONSIBILITY, AND TRUSTWORTHINESS.PARENTS AND STUDENTS, THIS IS THE SPECIAL TIME WE TALKED ABOUT STUDENTS AS I CALL YOUR NAME, YOU'RE GOING TO COME FORWARD TO DR. CANTU AND IN THE RED JACKET AND SHE'S GOING TO GIVE YOU AS LITTLE SPECIAL TOKEN OF RECOGNITION.
AND THEN YOU'LL COME OVER AND STAND RIGHT IN THE CENTER FOR US TO TAKE PICTURES AND WE'LL STAY UNTIL ALL STUDENTS ARE IN THE CENTER.
FIRST UP FROM DR. SARAH K. JANDRUCKO ACADEMY FOR EARLY LEARNERS PRE-K STUDENT, JACK TAYS SING.
[APPLAUSE] FROM CHARLOTTE ANDERSON PREPARATORY ACADEMY, SECOND GRADER, AVERY WHITE.
[APPLAUSE] FROM JAIL BORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THIRD GRADE, MIA RANGEL.
[APPLAUSE] FROM JANET BROCKETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, SECOND GRADER, MASON PEERS.
[APPLAUSE] FROM WILLIE BROWN ACADEMY OF YOUNG SCHOLARS, THIRD GRADER, KENNEDY ROBINSON.
[APPLAUSE] FROM LOUISE CABANISS ACADEMY OF YOUNG SCHOLARS, SECOND GRADER, ELIZABETH MALL.
[APPLAUSE] FROM ANNA MAY DALTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, FOURTH GRADER, EMMA GONZALEZ.
[APPLAUSE] FROM KENNETH DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THIRD GRADER, LUCAS LEE.
[APPLAUSE] WE'RE GOING TO GET EVERYBODY TOGETHER IN THE CENTER.
WE'RE GOING TO GET ONE PICTURE FOR THE DISTRICT SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE CENTER, AND PARENTS AND FAN CLUBS AND THE AUDIENCE YOU'LL HAVE A MOMENT TO GET YOUR PHOTOS TOO.
LET'S SEE THOSE BIG SMILES SUPERSTARS, LOOK LIKE TODAY IS THE FIRST EVENING OF HOLIDAY BREAK.
NOW, PARENTS AND STAFF AND TEACHERS AND EVERYBODY HERE YOU HAVE THE GREAT TIME FOR YOU TO GET YOUR PHOTOS.
WE ALSO WANT TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORT OF YOUR SUPERSTARS WHO ARE STANDING UP HERE.
WE KNOW THAT THEY ARE NOT THE SUPERSTARS WITHOUT YOU.
LET'S GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR PARENTS, CAREGIVERS, STAFF, AND THE AUDIENCE TOO.
[APPLAUSE] LET'S GIVE ONE FINAL ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR AMAZING DECEMBER SCHOOL BOARD SUPERSTARS.
[APPLAUSE] SUPERSTARS, YOU CAN GO BACK TO YOUR SEATS.
AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, TAMMY LUSINGER TO THE PODIUM FOR OUR NEXT RECOGNITION.
>> GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT WILSON, DR. CANTU, AND SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.
IT'S MY PLEASURE TONIGHT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO A LEGACY HIGH-SCHOOL JUNIOR TOBY EATON, WHO RECENTLY COMPLETED A RECORD SETTING SEASON IN CROSS-COUNTRY.
HE SET A NEW SCHOOL RECORD OF 15 MINUTES AND 28 SECONDS AT THE SEPTEMBER LEGACY INVITATIONAL, AND THEN BROKE IT SOON AFTER THAT AT MAYBERRY INVITATIONAL.
TOBY THEN WENT ON TO QUALIFY AND COMPETE AT THE 68 CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP.
HE'S ALREADY UP HERE IN FRONT.
HERE IS TOBY EATON, WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU COMPETE IN TRACK THIS SPRING, TOBY. [APPLAUSE] WE'LL GIVE ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENT RECOGNITIONS THIS EVENING.
[APPLAUSE] THAT CONCLUDES RECOGNITIONS.
>> GOOD JOB KIDS. SUPERSTARS ARE A LOT BETTER DRESSED THAN WE ARE. YOU LOOK GREAT.
TOBY, I'D LIKE YOU TO KNOW THAT I'VE NOT EVER RUN ONE MILE IN 15 MINUTES.
[LAUGHTER] MAYBE TWO AND HALF.
[7. District Introductions]
SPECIFICALLY 7.1 RHR. DR. CANTU?>> YES. I WOULD LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO DR.
JENNIFER STOKOR TO WALK US THROUGH THE INTRODUCTIONS.
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I THINK WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THIS EVENING.>> WE DO. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU.
BOARD MEMBERS, THIS EVENING, WE HAVE TWO FOLKS TO INTRODUCE TO YOU AS EITHER ADMINISTRATIVE NEW HIRES TO OUR DISTRICT OR PROMOTIONS.
FIRST UP WE HAVE SERGIO ALMENDARIZ.
HE HAS BEEN WORKING AT BEN BARBER AS AN AV TEACHER, AND WE'LL BE JOINING OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM AS OUR COORDINATOR OF MULTIMEDIA AND MARKETING.
>> SORRY, I WROTE IT DOWN SO I REMEMBERED EVERYTHING.
GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT WILSON, DR. CANTU, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE MY CAREER IN MISD, TRANSITIONING FROM TEACHING AT BEN BARBER TO NETWORKING IN THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU, ALL THE ADMINISTRATORS, ALL THE TEACHERS AND STAFF AND STUDENTS IN A NEW WAY THAN WHAT I'VE BEEN PREVIOUSLY BEEN DOING FOR THE PAST THREE AND HALF YEARS.
TODAY I HAVE MY FAMILY HERE WITH ME.
MY MUM AND DAD THERE, MY MOTHER-IN-LAW AND HER BOYFRIEND, ROBERT, AND WATCHING AT HOME, MY LOVING WIFE WHO COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY.
FINALLY, I WANT TO THANK BEN BARBER FAMILY FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY DID FOR ME IN THE LAST THREE AND HALF YEARS.
THEN I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL AGAIN.
>> NEXT, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE DR. ASHLEY PARKS.
SHE IS OUR NEW ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME PROGRAMS. SHE'S COMING TO THIS FROM DESOTO ISD, WHERE SHE SERVED AS CO-DIRECTOR OF ACADEMIES FOR ACADEMIC ENHANCEMENT AND EXCELLENCE, WHICH IS A MOUTHFUL THAT SOUNDS REALLY IMPORTANT AND WE'RE SO HAPPY TO HAVE YOU.
>> [LAUGHTER] THANK YOU. I'M SO HAPPY TO BE HERE.
GOOD EVENING BOARD, PRESIDENT WILSON, DR. CANTU, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I'M HONORED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AS THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME PROGRAMS HERE IN MANSFIELD ISD.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING OUR FAMILIES AND STUDENTS TO SUPPORT LEARNING AND GROWTH IN OUR DISTRICT.
>> MOVING ON TO NUMBER 8 OF OUR AGENDA,
[8. Instructional Focus]
INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS AND DR. CANTU.>> YES. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE DR. TIFFANY SPENCER FORWARD, OUR AREA SUPERINTENDENT IN CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION TO VISIT WITH YOU GUYS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TEAS PROPOSED A-F ACCOUNTABILITY CHANGES. DR. SPENCER.
>> HELLO. I'M JUST FIGURING OUT HOW TO WORK THE CLICKER FIRST.
[LAUGHTER] GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT WILSON, DR. CANTU, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, HAPPY HOLIDAYS JUST IN CASE I DON'T GET TO SAY BEFORE I'M DONE THIS EVENING.
THIS EVENING I'LL BE PRESENTING THE ACCOUNTABILITY REFRESH FOR THE TEA PROPOSED UPDATES.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS PRESENTATION IS REALLY TWOFOLD.
THE FIRST BEING TO PROVIDE JUST AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROPOSED CHANGES FOR OUR EIGHTH REP ACCOUNTABILITY REFRESH AND PROPOSED IS A REALLY IMPORTANT WORD BECAUSE IT'S NOT FINALIZED.
I WILL GIVE YOU A TIMELINE OF WHEN WE CAN EXPECT FOR THE MANUAL TO BE FINALIZED.
TWO, IS TO SHARE THE PLANNING DONE BY THE CURRICULUM INSTRUCTION AND ASSESSMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY TEAM AND PREPARATION OF A-F ACCOUNTABILITY REFRESH AND JUST THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IN ORDER TO PREPARE.
THROUGH THIS PROCESS OF PREPARING FOR THE A-F ACCOUNTABILITY UPDATE, WE DISCOVERED THAT THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE OUT OF OUR CONTROL THAT WE HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO CONTROL OVER.
THEN WE'VE DISCOVERED THAT THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN CONTROL.
WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON WHAT WE CAN'T CONTROL.
WE CAN'T CONTROL WHEN TEA RELEASES INFORMATION TO US.
WE CAN'T CONTROL WHAT THAT INFORMATION IS GOING TO INCLUDE OR THE IMPACT THAT IT MAY HAVE FOR OUR ACCOUNTABILITY MOVING FORWARD.
THE THINGS THAT WE CAN CONTROL IS FOCUSING ON OUR VISION 2030, AND HOW OUR CORE PROCESSES IN CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION WORK TOGETHER AND REALLY TO JUST PROVIDE BEST INSTRUCTION AND BEST PRACTICES FOR OUR STUDENTS.
I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT THROUGH OUR VALUES AT THE BEGINNING AND HOW THOSE VALUES ARE REALLY ANCHORING US IN OUR WORK.
THEN I'M GOING TO SPEAK TO THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING THROUGH OUR VALUES THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE PRESENTATION.
FIRST, NO MATTER WHAT TEA RELEASES, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PUT OUR STUDENTS FIRST.
OUR STUDENTS FIRST MEANS THAT WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE QUALITY TIER ONE INSTRUCTION.
WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON OUR CURRICULUM AND WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR STUDENTS.
THE SECOND PIECE IS WE'RE GOING TO WORK THROUGH CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.
WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT. THAT'S JUST THE WAY THAT WE DO BUSINESS IN MANSFIELD ISD.
STA IS RELEASING INFORMATION TO DISTRICTS.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE INFORMATION,
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DETERMINING HOW IT WORKS WITHIN OUR CURRENT SYSTEM AND THEN MAKING ADJUSTMENTS AS NECESSARY.PART OF THAT, YOU SAW IT EARLIER ON IN PRESENTATIONS AS DR. SWEEZY PRESENTED IN OCTOBER ABOUT THE STAR REDESIGN AND THE NEW QUESTION AND ITEM TYPES AND REALLY HOW THAT'S IMPACTING OUR STUDENTS.
WELL, OUR CURRICULUM TEAM, OUR COORDINATORS AND OUR COACHES HAVE STARTED TO MAKE CHANGES AND ADJUSTMENTS IN OUR CURRICULUM.
BE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE EXPERIENCING THOSE TYPES OF QUESTIONS, OUR ASSESSMENT ITEMS ARE MATCHING UP.
THAT'S JUST PART OF THAT CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PIECE.
OUR COORDINATORS AND OUR COACHES HAVE ALSO BEEN WORKING WITH OUR CAMPUSES AND OUR TEACHERS THROUGH OUR PLC PROCESS.
WHAT DOES PLANNING LOOK LIKE? WHAT DOES DELIVERY OF INSTRUCTION INCLUDE AND BEING SURE THAT WE ARE CONTINUOUSLY MAKING PROGRESS IN ORDER TO MEET THOSE NEEDS.
OUR TIMELINE FOR OUR A-F REFRESH IN NOVEMBER, TEA RELEASES A PRELIMINARY A-F FRAMEWORK.
EVERYTHING THAT I'LL PRESENT TO YOU THIS EVENING IS BASED ON WHAT WAS RELEASED IN NOVEMBER.
IN JANUARY, WE WILL RECEIVE CUT POINTS.
CUT POINTS ARE SIMPLY HOW RAW SCORES FOR OUR CAMPUSES, SO WHAT RAW SCORE EQUALS AN A, A B, A C, ETC., FOR NOT ONLY OUR CAMPUSES, BUT FOR OUR DISTRICT AS WELL.
IN SPRING OF 2023, THEY WILL RELEASE A PROPOSED MANUAL, AGAIN, NOT FINALIZED.
THEN IN SUMMER OF 2023 IS WHEN WE WILL SEE THE FINAL PUBLISHED MANUAL.
THAT MEANS INSTRUCTION IS DONE, TESTING IS DONE, LIKELY OUR KIDS AND OUR TEACHERS AT HOME.
THAT'S WHEN THEY WILL TELL US HOW WE WILL BE EVALUATED.
THEN IN MAY AND JUNE, LATE MAY OR EARLY JUNE, THE STATE WILL RELEASE RAW SCORES.
THE RAW SCORES ARE REALLY FOR DISTRICTS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT GRADUATION POTENTIALLY SUMMER SCHOOL, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR HOUSE FOR 4545, JUST PROVIDING ADDITIONAL SUPPORT.
IN AUGUST OF 2023, THAT'S WHEN PARENTS AND FAMILIES WILL RECEIVE THE STAAR SCORES THAT THEY ARE TYPICALLY ABLE TO RECEIVE SO THEY CAN LOG INTO THE SYSTEM TO SEE THEIR SCORES.
KEEP IN MIND, IF YOU HAVE A SEVENTH GRADER CURRENTLY, YOU WILL LIKELY RECEIVE THEIR SCORES WHEN THEY ARE IN EIGHTH GRADE OR ENTERING EIGHTH GRADE.
THEN IN FALL OF 2023, WHICH IS WAY LATER THAN WHAT WE'RE USED TO RECEIVING IT, DISTRICTS AND CAMPUSES WILL RECEIVE THEIR A-F ACCOUNTABILITY AT THAT POINT.
NOW, ALTHOUGH SOME THINGS ARE CHANGING AS FAR AS A-F ACCOUNTABILITY IS CONCERNED, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE REMAINING PRETTY CONSISTENT IN THE SAME.
PART OF THAT IS HOW CAMPUSES AND DISTRICTS ARE EVALUATED THROUGH OUR ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM.
WE ARE REMAINING WITH THREE DOMAINS.
DOMAIN 1, WHICH IS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.
SCHOOL PROGRESS IS DOMAIN 2 AND DOMAIN 3 IS CLOSING THE GAPS.
I'LL GO SPECIFICALLY INTO EACH OF THOSE DOMAINS THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION.
THE STATE TAKES THE BETTER OF EITHER STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT OR SCHOOL PROGRESS, AND THAT COUNTS FOR 70 PERCENT OF EITHER THE CAMPUS OR THE DISTRICT SCORE.
THEN 30 PERCENT COMES FROM CLOSING THE GAPS THAT IS REMAINING THE SAME.
WE'RE GOING TO JUMP INTO DOMAIN 1 AND WHAT WE CAN EXPECT TO SEE AS FAR AS CHANGES OR SOME THINGS THAT ARE REMAINING THE SAME.
THE CALCULATION FOR DOMAIN 1 IS REMAINING THE SAME. IT'S NOT CHANGING.
FOR ELEMENTARY, INTERMEDIATE, AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS, 100 PERCENT OF THEIR SCORE FOR DOMAIN 1 COMES FROM STAAR PERFORMANCE.
FOR HIGH-SCHOOLS, 40 PERCENT COME FROM STAAR, 40 PERCENT OF THEIR PERFORMANCE COMES FROM COLLEGE CAREER AND MILITARY READINESS, OR CCMR AND 20 PERCENT COMES FROM GRADUATION RATES.
WHAT'S NEW? FOR OUR ELEMENTARY, INTERMEDIATE, AND MIDDLE GRADES, CHANGES IN DOMAIN 1 WILL NOT AFFECT THEM OR IMPACT THEM.
THE PROPOSAL IS THAT THEY REMAIN THE SAME.
THE CHANGES ARE GOING TO IMPACT OUR HIGH SCHOOL.
I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU SPECIFICALLY ABOUT ACCELERATED TESTERS, EARLY GRADUATION, INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATIONS AND CCMR. SO FAR, ACCELERATED TESTERS, CURRENTLY WE HAVE EIGHTH GRADERS THAT ARE TAKING ALGEBRA 1.
THEY TAKE THE END-OF-COURSE EXAM AS EIGHTH GRADERS, AND THOSE SCORES CURRENTLY COUNT FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN WHICH THEY ARE ATTENDING.
CURRENTLY, THOSE SCORES DON'T FOLLOW THEM TO HIGH-SCHOOL AS NINTH GRADERS.
THE PROPOSAL IS THAT, THAT COHORT OF STUDENTS, WHEN THEY BECOME NINTH GRADERS THAT THEIR ALGEBRA 1 SCORES WILL FOLLOW THEM.
THEY WILL COUNT FOR THEM IN MIDDLE-SCHOOL AND COUNT AGAIN FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUSES AS WELL, THAT'S THE PROPOSAL.
THE OTHER PROPOSAL IS FOR AN EARLY GRADUATION INCENTIVE.
CURRENTLY, IF YOU HAVE A STUDENT THAT IS GOING TO GRADUATE IN 2024 AND THEY DECIDE, I WANT TO GRADUATE EARLY, I WANT TO GRADUATE IN 2023.
CURRENTLY, THOSE CAMPUSES ONLY RECEIVE CREDIT FOR THAT GRADUATION IN 2024, ALTHOUGH THE STUDENT GRADUATED IN 2023.
THE PROPOSAL IS THAT THEY WILL RECEIVE CREDIT WHEN THEY GRADUATE,
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AND IT WORKS BETTER FOR IT'S AN INCENTIVE FOR THE CAMPUSES BECAUSE IT COUNTS IN THEIR DENOMINATOR AND NOT IN THE NUMERATOR.SO IT PROVIDES THEM A LITTLE EXTRA CREDIT.
FOR COLLEGE CAREER MILITARY READINESS, REMEMBER THIS COUNTS FOR 40 PER CENT OF HOW HIGH SCHOOLS ARE EVALUATED IN DOMAIN I.
THERE ARE SEVEN INDICATORS IN WHICH A STUDENT CAN EARN A CCMR CREDIT.
THE FIRST BEING ACT, SAT PASSING IN BOTH READING AND MATH OR TSI.
ALSO EARNING A THREE OR GREATER ON AN AP EXAM, TO EARN THREE OR MORE HOURS IN DUAL CREDIT OR NINE OR MORE HOURS IN ANY SUBJECT.
THEY CAN EARN AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE, THEY CAN ALSO EARN AN IBC AND A TEA APPROVED CTE COURSE, AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COMPLETE A PROGRAM OF STUDY.
THIS IS IMPORTANT. WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO THIS ONE.
THEY CAN GRADUATE WITH THE WORKFORCE READINESS IEP, OR THEY CAN ENLIST IN THE US ARMED SERVICES.
THE US ARMED SERVICES WAS PREVIOUSLY A CCMR INDICATOR.
THEY TOOK IT AWAY FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS UNTIL THEY COULD DECIDE REALLY IF WE WERE ACCURATELY REPORTING THAT INFORMATION.
THEY BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE FIXED THAT, SO THAT HAS COME BACK.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO SPEND SOME TIME TALKING ABOUT THE CHANGES FOR OUR IBCS.
THAT'S OUR INDUSTRY-BASED CERTIFICATIONS.
THEY HAVE MADE SOME SIGNIFICANT CHANGES THERE AND I'M GOING TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
OUR INDUSTRY-BASED CERTIFICATION, BEFORE I GET INTO THE NITTY-GRITTY OF THE CHANGES, I DO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING THE WORK, PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE TRENCHES SO DR. LEANNE TAMPLIN IS OUR COORDINATOR OF CTE.
SHE WORKS VERY HARD IN THIS AREA TO BE SURE THAT OUR DISTRICT IS UP TO DATE ON ALL OF THE CHANGES.
SHE'S ALSO WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH MICHELLE WOODALL WHO IS OUR PRINCIPAL OF BEN BARBER INNOVATION ACADEMY.
OVER THE SUMMER, CHANGES ARE HAPPENING WITH THE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM.
WE RECEIVED A NEW INDUSTRY-BASED CERTIFICATION LIST END OF SUMMER, EARLY FALL.
THESE TWO LADIES WORKED TIRELESSLY TO GO THROUGH OUR OLD LIST AND GET RID OF ANYTHING THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE BENEFICIAL FOR OUR STUDENTS.
THEY CHANGED AND UPDATED AND PROVIDED THIS BEAUTIFUL CATALOG OF ALL OF OUR NEW IBCS.
JUST A LOT OF WORK WENT INTO THAT.
THE CHANGE IS COMING BECAUSE PREVIOUSLY, A STUDENT COULD TAKE A IBC, RECEIVE THEIR CERTIFICATION AND THEY RECEIVE THEIR POINT.
THE PROPOSED CHANGES THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO TAKE A PROGRAM OF STUDY COURSE WHICH IS ALONG THE IBC RANK FOR THEM, AND THEN TYPE THEIR IBC, WHICH IS NOT PREVIOUSLY BEEN THE CASE.
THEY HAVE TO MARRY THE TWO, THEY HAVE TO MARRY COURSEWORK WITH THEIR IBC.
THAT'S REALLY JUST TO PROVIDE A SKILL TALENT POOL THAT WE ARE PROVIDING REALLY WHAT THE LABOR MARKET NEEDS.
THE FIRST ONE IS JUST THE ALIGNMENT OF PROGRAMS WITH CREDENTIAL AND LABOR MARKET NEEDS.
WE HAVE EIGHT MAJOR MARKETING MANUFACTURERS IN MANSFIELD.
DR. TAMPLIN IS WORKING VERY CLOSELY TO BE SURE THAT OUR IBC LISTS ALIGNS WITH OUR CURRENT TALENT POOL AND WHAT IS NEEDED IN OUR LABOR MARKET.
A REINFORCEMENT OF APPLICATION THROUGH SKILLS AND WORK-BASED LEARNING EXPERIENCES, AGAIN, DR. TAMPLIN HAS BEEN WORKING TO BE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE PROVIDED GREAT INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AND THEY ARE HAVING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
THEN ASSESSMENT AND VALIDATION OF SKILLS WITH CREDENTIALS AND THEY HAVE IMMEDIATE VALUE FOR THEM.
THIS IS JUST SOME DATA TO SUPPORT THE WORK THAT IS HAPPENING.
IN 2017, YOU CAN SEE HOW MANY INDUSTRY-BASED CERTIFICATIONS WE WERE PRODUCING FROM MANSFIELD ISD, AND YOU CAN LOOK AT THE GROWTH BETWEEN 2017 AND 2021 AND 2022, IT'S JUST REMARKABLE.
THAT'S WHY I HAD TO GIVE CREDIT BEFORE I STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE IBC AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE REALLY DOING THE GREAT WORK, AND SO WE'RE SEEING THAT IN OUR DATA.
CCMR AGAIN ACCOUNTS FOR 40 PER CENT.
I TOLD YOU THAT THERE ARE SOME MAJOR CHANGES COMING FOR CCMR. JUST A REMINDER, CCMR DATA IS LAGGED DATA.
THE DATA THAT YOU SEE HERE THAT'S FOR MAY 2022 GRADUATES, THOSE ARE ONLY PROJECTIONS, BECAUSE WE WON'T GET FINAL SCORES FOR CCMR FOR THAT GROUP UNTIL JUNE OF 2023.
ON THE FAR LEFT SIDE IS TEA'S PREVIOUS CUT SCORE OF A 60.
THAT'S WHAT TEA SAID THAT A DISTRICT NEEDED FOR CCMR. IN 2021, WE WERE AT A 63.
WE GREW, OUR PROJECTION IS TO GROW 10 POINTS FOR OUR GRADUATING CLASS OF 2022, WHICH IS REMARKABLE TO GROW 10 POINTS.
THE CCMR PROPOSED FOR A DISTRICT TO RECEIVE AN A IN 2023 IS AN 88.
EVEN IF WE DO EVERYTHING RIGHT AND WE MAKE AN ADDITIONAL 10 POINTS THIS YEAR TO AN 83,
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IT'S STILL GOING TO BE HARD TO HIT THAT TARGET.TALKING ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IN ADVANCE, WE FIND OUT THIS INFORMATION, WHAT ARE WE DOING? AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, DR. TAMPLIN, ALONG WITH EVISON ANSANGO, DR. ANSANGO, WHO IS OUR DIRECTOR OF ASSESSMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY, THEY PULLED ALL OF OUR SENIORS WHO WAS MISSING A CCMR POINT, THEY MADE A LIST FOR ALL OF THOSE TEACHERS THAT THOSE STUDENTS WERE SITTING IN THOSE CLASSES AND PROVIDED SUPPORT.
THIS IS WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING.
THIS IS HOW WE CAN PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THESE STUDENTS.
THEY ARE WORKING AHEAD TO TRY TO CLOSE THE GAPS AND BEING SURE THAT WE ARE RESPONDING TO WHAT WE BELIEVE IS GOING TO BE THE PROPOSED CUT SCORE.
SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN DOMAIN I, SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT DOMAIN II, SCHOOL PROGRESS.
SCHOOL PROGRESS HAS TWO ASPECTS.
THE FIRST ASPECT IS PART A, WHICH IS STUDENT GROWTH.
STUDENT GROWTH LOOKS AT HOW STUDENTS PERFORMED IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR ON STAR COMPARED TO HOW THAT STUDENT PERFORMS ON STAR THIS YEAR.
LITERALLY TEA IS LOOKING FOR AT LEAST A YEAR'S WORTH OF GROWTH, OR THAT THAT STUDENT MAINTAINS THE LEVEL THAT THEY PERFORM THE YEAR BEFORE.
THE SECOND ASPECT OF SCHOOL PROGRESS IS RELATIVE PERFORMANCE.
RELATIVE PERFORMANCE LOOKS AT A CAMPUS OR A DISTRICT AGAINST THE LIKE CAMPUSES.
THEY USE A PERFORMANCE-BASED BASED ON THE NUMBER OF ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS THAT ARE SERVICED THROUGH THAT CAMPUS.
THEY LOOK TO SEE HOW YOU PERFORM COMPARED TO SCHOOLS THAT LOOK LIKE YOU, OR DISTRICTS THAT LOOK LIKE YOU.
TEA TAKES THE BETTER OF A STUDENT GROWTH OR RELATIVE PERFORMANCE.
THAT'S HOW DOMAIN II IS CALCULATED.
IN THE PROPOSAL FOR TEA AND THE ACCOUNTABILITY REFRESH, CURRENTLY THERE ARE NO PROPOSAL CHANGES FOR RELATIVE PERFORMANCE.
THIS EVENING, I WILL NOT SPEND A LONG TIME TALKING TO YOU ABOUT RELATIVE PERFORMANCE.
I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON PART A, STUDENT GROWTH, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE CHANGES ARE COMING.
WHAT'S NEW IN DOMAIN II SCHOOL PROGRESS? ACADEMIC GROWTH.
ACADEMIC GROWTH HAS BEEN MEASURED WITH THE WAY IN WHICH IT'S BEING MEASURED IS PROPOSING TO CHANGE.
ACCELERATED LEARNING FOR TEA IN THIS SENSE, MEANS THAT FOR STUDENTS THAT DID NOT OR WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL ON STAR IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
THESE ARE OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE RECEIVING HOSPITAL 45, 45 HOURS, AND SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORT.
THE TABLE AT THE TOP IS HOW GROWTH WILL BE CALCULATED OR THE PROPOSAL FOR GROWTH.
JUST A REMINDER, PREVIOUSLY, THE GROWTH CHART ONLY HAD DID NOT MEET, APPROACHES, MEETS, AND MASTERS.
THOSE WERE THE ONLY WAY TO RECEIVE GROWTH POINTS.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE NEW CHART, IT HAS, A LOW DID NOT MEET, A HIGH DID NOT MEET, A LOW APPROACHES, A HIGH APPROACHES, MEETS AND MASTERS.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF A STUDENT LAST YEAR WAS LOW DID NOT MEET, AND THIS YEAR, THEY MOVE TO HIGH DID NOT MEET, THEY STILL DIDN'T MEET, BUT THEY MOVED TO HIGH DID NOT MEET, THEY MADE PROGRESS.
THAT CAMPUS WOULD RECEIVE ONE POINT FOR THAT STUDENT.
THE DISTRICT WILL RECEIVE ONE POINT FOR GROWTH.
IF A STUDENT WAS LOW DID NOT MEET LAST YEAR, AND LOW DID NOT MEET THIS YEAR, THAT CAMPUS WILL RECEIVE ZERO POINTS, BECAUSE THEY DID NOT GROW THAT STUDENT, AND DID NOT HAVE ADEQUATE GROWTH.
GROWTH IS IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS EVEN LOOKING AT OUR MASTERS STUDENTS.
IF OUR STUDENTS IN THAT VERY LAST COLUMN, OUR MASTERS STUDENTS WERE TO PERFORM AT MASTERS LAST YEAR, AND THIS YEAR THEY PERFORM AT MEETS, THEY DID NOT MAINTAIN THEIR ACADEMIC SUCCESS, AND ALTHOUGH MEETS IS ON GRADE LEVEL, IT'S A REGRESSION FROM WHERE THEY WERE THE PREVIOUS YEAR, SO WE WOULD NOT RECEIVE ANY POINTS FOR THAT STUDENT.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT ALL OF OUR KIDS GROW.
THAT GOES BACK TO OUR GUIDING STATEMENTS.
THEY READ ON GRADE LEVEL AND THEY REMAIN ON GRADE LEVEL. IT'S THE SAME.
WE WANT THEM TO REMAIN AT THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AND WHERE THEY'RE PERFORMING.
THE SECOND PIECE, THAT'S A HUGE CHANGE IN JUST REALLY A CHANGE FOR OUR ACCOUNTABILITY IS THE ACCELERATED LEARNING.
LOOKING TO SEE IF OUR STUDENTS DID NOT PASS LAST YEAR, IF THEY ARE PASSING THIS YEAR.
AT THE END OF THE YEAR IN MAY, WE RECEIVED OUR STAAR RESULTS.
FROM THOSE STAAR RESULTS WE MAY PLANS, WE PROVIDED SUMMER SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS THROUGH SUMMER, SCHOOL, AND ACTIVITIES.
THROUGH THE FALL, WE HAVE PROVIDED AFTER SCHOOL TUTORING, BEFORE SCHOOL TUTORING, ANYTHING IN ORDER TO CLOSE THE GAPS IN THOSE EDUCATIONAL AREAS THAT THOSE STUDENTS MAY HAVE.
FOR THE PROPOSAL, IS FOR THOSE STUDENTS, IF THEY DID NOT MEET LAST YEAR, THEY CAN RECEIVE A POINT FOR BEING AT APPROACHES MEETS FOR MASTERS FOR THIS YEAR.
ESSENTIALLY, STUDENTS THAT ARE RECEIVING HOUSE BILL 4545 SUPPORT, THEY WILL COUNT IN THE ANNUAL GROWTH IN THE TOP CHART,
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AND THEY WILL COUNT AGAIN IN THE BOTTOM CHART FOR ACCELERATED LEARNING.THEY WILL COUNT TWICE FOR OUR CAMPUS, AND FOR US AS A DISTRICT.
WE WERE AWARE THAT THIS CHANGE WAS COMING, THAT THEY WERE GOING TO HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE IN SOME WAY FOR HOUSE BILL 4545.
THROUGH THE LEADERSHIP OF MISS YOUNG WHO IS NOT HERE THIS EVENING, SHE STARTED PLANNING AHEAD AND THINKING THROUGH HOW DO WE USE OUR SR FUNDS APPROPRIATELY, AND SO SHE STARTED ALLOCATING THAT MONEY TO CAMPUSES AND NOT ONLY ARE THEY USING IT IN THE FALL, BUT THEY HAVE STARTED PLANNING FOR THE SPRING.
HOW CAN WE DO SATURDAY CAMPS, OR ADDITIONAL AFTER-SCHOOL TRAINING OR ADDITIONAL BEFORE-SCHOOL TUTORING? THOSE PLANS ARE ALREADY IN ACTION BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WAS GOING TO HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR GROWING ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.
THOSE ARE THE MAJOR CHANGES FOR DOMAIN II.
CLOSING THE GAPS FOCUSES ON OUR STUDENT GROUPS, AND HOW WE'RE GROWING AND CLOSING GAPS FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.
WHAT'S NEW IN DOMAIN III FOR CLOSING THE GAPS? IT'S STUDENT GROUPS, AND HOW STUDENT GROUPS ARE LOOKED AT, AND THEN DISTRICT PROPORTIONAL RATINGS.
PREVIOUSLY JUST A REMINDER, CAMPUSES AND DISTRICTS WERE EVALUATED ON 14 STUDENT GROUPS.
ACROSS THE TOP IS HOW WE PREVIOUSLY LOOKED AT OUR STUDENT GROUPS IN DOMAIN III.
THE PROPOSAL IS TO UPDATE THOSE 14 STUDENT GROUPS WITH SIX STUDENT GROUPS THAT THEY ARE REFERRING TO AS SUPER GROUPS.
THAT MEANS ONE GROUP WOULD BE ALL STUDENTS, AND THEN FROM EACH CAMPUS, WE WILL LOOK AT THE TWO LOWEST PERFORMING STUDENT GROUPS FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
EACH CAMPUS COULD HAVE A DIFFERENT TWO GROUPS, DEPENDING ON WHICH ONES WERE THERE TWO LOWEST PERFORMING GROUPS.
THERE'S A HIGH FOCUS GROUP, AND IN THAT HIGH FOCUS GROUP, IT INCLUDES ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS, EMERGENT BILINGUALS, SPECIAL EDUCATION AND HIGHLY MOBILE, AND THEN SPECIAL EDUCATION FORMER STUDENTS, AND THEN CONTINUOUSLY ENROLL.
THE FORMER GROUP SIZE IN ORDER FOR A GROUP TO COUNT, ALL OF THE LIST OF 14 STUDENT GROUPS.
PREVIOUSLY, A CAMPUS HAD TO HAVE AT LEAST 25 STUDENTS IN THAT GROUP FOR THAT GROUP TO COUNT FOR DOMAIN III.
THE PROPOSAL IS FOR A CAMPUS OR A DISTRICT ONLY HAVE TO HAVE 10 STUDENTS IN A GROUP FOR THAT GROUP TO COUNT.
THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR ALL STUDENTS AND BEING SURE THAT ALL STUDENTS ARE INCLUDED IN THOSE GROUPS, SO THE GROUP SIZE IS SIGNIFICANT.
ALSO WHAT'S CHANGING IS THE CALCULATION AND HOW POINTS ARE AWARDED FOR OUR STUDENT GROUPS.
AT THE TOP IS OUR PREVIOUS REPORTS THAT WE WILL RECEIVE AS A DISTRICT AND AS A CAMPUS.
ACROSS THE TOP WOULD BE THOSE 14 STUDENT GROUPS AND WE WOULD JUST GET A YES OR NO.
DID THAT GROUP MEET THEIR TARGET? WHY DID THEY NOT MEET THE TARGET N? IT DIDN'T REALLY PROVIDE INFORMATION ON IF THEY WERE CLOSE TO MEETING THE TARGET OR NOT.
THE PROPOSED METHODOLOGY INCLUDES A 5-YEAR LONG-TERM TARGET FOR EACH STUDENT GROUP OR SUPER GROUPS, AS THEY'RE CALLING IT.
STUDENTS, INSTEAD OF RECEIVING AN N, A CAMPUS MAY RECEIVE A TWO.
THEY DID NOT MEET INTERIM TARGET, BUT THEY SHOWED EXPECTED GROWTH.
THIS GIVES THOSE CAMPUSES AND DISTRICT KNOWLEDGE TO KNOW WHERE THEY ARE IN MEETING THE TARGET, AND BE ABLE TO MAKE INTENTIONAL PLANS FOR STUDENTS.
THE OTHER MAJOR CHANGE IS DISTRICT PROPORTIONAL RATING.
PREVIOUSLY, OUR METHODOLOGY FOR THE STATE LOOKED AT THE DISTRICTS AS THE K THROUGH 12, SO THEY INCLUDED ALL STUDENTS, WHETHER THOSE STUDENTS TOOK A TEST OR NOT.
THE PROPOSAL IS THAT WE LOOK AT A WEIGHTED PROPORTIONAL RATING.
THE PICTURE TO THE LEFT IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE SAW IN A LOT OF TEXAS SCHOOLS.
THE DISTRICT COULD HAVE THREE DS, TWO CS, AND STILL END UP WITH AN OVERALL SCORE OF A B.
MOST OF THAT WAS FROM CCMR. YOUR CCMR COULD WEIGH YOU ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S ELEMENTARY, FIRST GRADE AND SECOND GRADE.
WE KNOW THOSE STUDENTS DON'T TEST, BUT THEY WERE INCLUDING THOSE STUDENTS IN THE DENOMINATOR.
THE PROPOSAL IS TO USE A PROPORTIONAL WEIGHTING METHODOLOGY, FOR EXAMPLE, ONLY LOOKING AT STUDENTS THAT TEST.
DISTRICTS WITH ENROLLMENT OF GRADES THREE THROUGH 12 WOULD HAVE, LET'S SAY, A DENOMINATOR OF THE 2,417, SO THAT WOULD BE THE DENOMINATOR.
CAMPUS 1, LET'S SAY, THAT'S AN ELEMENTARY CAMPUS.
IT MAY ONLY BE THEIR THIRD AND FOURTH GRADE STUDENTS THAT ARE TESTING, SO THAT 334 DIVIDED BY THAT NUMERATOR, THAT CAMPUS WOULD WEIGH 13.8 PERCENT INTO THE OVERALL RATING FOR THE DISTRICT.
THE LARGER THE CAMPUS, THE MORE KIDS THAT ARE TESTING, THE LARGER THE PERCENTAGE FOR THE OVERALL DISTRICT ACCOUNTABILITY.
DOES IT MAKE SENSE? 990 STUDENTS, THEY HAVE A WEIGHT OF 41 PERCENT FOR THE OVERALL DISTRICT RATING.
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THIS IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE.A DISTRICT AND YOU SAW ON THE PREVIOUS PAGE, DISTRICT HAD THREE DS, THREE CS, AND STILL WAS A B.
THIS CAN CHANGE DRASTICALLY HOW A DISTRICT WAS EVALUATED AND RATED.
THIS DISTRICT IS OVERALL A C BUT IF THE DISTRICTS IF THE TEA WAS TO CHANGE NOTHING ELSE BUT DISTRICT PROPORTIONAL WEIGHTINGS, SO ALL THINGS REMAIN THE SAME.
THIS ALONE COULD CHANGE OUR ACCOUNTABILITY WEIGHTING JUST BY THE SIMPLE WEIGHTS OF HOW THEY'RE CALCULATING HOW EACH CAMPUS CONTRIBUTES TO THE OVERALL PERFORMANCE OF THE DISTRICT.
TEA ALONG WITH OUR COMMISSIONER HAS SAID YOU CAN NOT COMPARE YOUR WEIGHTINGS FROM PREVIOUS YEARS TO THIS YEAR'S 22, 23 WEIGHTING IT'S APPLES AND ORANGES BECAUSE OF THIS PROPORTIONAL WEIGHTING.
JUST A REMINDER OF OUR A THROUGH F REFRESH TIMELINE, THE FINAL MANUAL WILL BE PUBLISHED IN 2023 OF SUMMER.
PARENTS AND FAMILIES WILL RECEIVE THEIR RESULTS IN AUGUST OF 2023 AND WE WILL NOT HAVE OUR DISTRICT AND CAMPUS WEIGHTINGS UNTIL FALL OF 2023.
I SHARED A LOT OF INFORMATION WITH YOU TODAY ABOUT CHANGES AND I THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING PATIENT WITH ME BECAUSE I KNOW IT WAS A LOT.
BUT JUST A REMINDER, WE CAN'T CONTROL WHAT COMES FROM TEA.
WE CAN'T CONTROL WHEN THEY DO IT OR THE DECISIONS THAT THEY MAKE.
ALL WE CAN CONTROL IS WHAT WE DO FOR OUR KIDS, WHAT WE DO FOR OUR TEACHERS, AND WHAT WE PROVIDE FOR THEM.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE GREAT THINGS FOR THEM.
WE'RE GOING TO ACT WITH INTEGRITY SO WHEN WE RECEIVE INFORMATION FROM TEA, WE'RE GOING TO BE TRANSPARENT IN THAT INFORMATION.
OUR CNI TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING WITH MR. WILLIAM'S TEAM TO PUT OUT INFORMATION STARTING IN THE SPRING FOR FAMILIES, FOR PARENTS, FOR COMMUNITIES, FOR THEM TO UNDERSTAND HOW ACCOUNTABILITY WILL AFFECT THEM AND IMPACT THEM, WHAT THEY CAN EXPECT AS FAR AS THE TIMELINE SO THAT THEY'RE NOT LOOKING FOR THE SCORES IN MAY AND JUNE.
WE'RE ALSO JUST GOING TO FOCUS ON RESILIENCY.
WHATEVER COMES, WE'RE GOING TO DO GOOD WORK.
WHATEVER COMES, WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR STUDENTS AND SO WE JUST WANT TO KEEP THAT IN THE FOREFRONT NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS.
FINALLY, JUST A HISTORIC OVERVIEW OF ACCOUNTABILITY FOR MISD.
IN 2017, 2018, WE HAD A 90 WHICH EQUATED TO AN A.
IN 2018, 2019, WE HAD A 90 WHICH EQUATED TO AN A AND THEN IN 2019, WE HAD TWO YEARS WHERE SOMETHING CALLED COVID HAPPENED AND OUR TEACHERS WORKED REALLY HARD AND PARENTS WORKED REALLY HARD AT HOME AND WE WEREN'T RATED BUT THAT WORK CONTRIBUTED TO US BEING ABLE TO EARN AN 88.4 AND SO THAT WAS AN OVERALL B.
WE WORKED HARD, BUT THE REALITY IS WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NEW ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM WILL HAUL.
THE REALITY IS, THESE PIECES ARE NOT THE SAME WAY THAT WE WILL BE EVALUATED THIS YEAR.
I CAN'T GIVE YOU A PREDICTION OF WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE.
WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO WORK HARD FOR OUR STUDENTS AND WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT AND PROVIDING THE VERY BEST EDUCATION THAT WE CAN FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. ANY QUESTIONS?
>> THANK YOU. I DON'T KNOW DOUBT WHAT YOU JUST SAID.
I TOTALLY HAVE FAITH IN YOU, BUT I DO WANT TO GIVE THE SEASONAL AN OPPORTUNITY IF YOU HAD ANY QUESTIONS OR THOUGHT, MR. DAVIS.
>> THANK YOU. DR. SPENCER, GREAT JOB.
I'LL GIVE YOU A SECOND TO RECOVER FROM ALL THAT SPEAKING [LAUGHTER] THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THE TEAM THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THIS.
THE CNI TEAM AND OTHERS AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL.
I'M NOT GOING TO TRY TO RESIST THE TEMPTATION TO GO TOO DEEP ON ONE OF THE SLIDES BUT THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT STRUCK ME AS SOMETHING STOOD OUT AND SO THIS WAS UNDER DOMAIN 1 ON THE CCMR. WE SPOKE ABOUT RUNNING THE LIST AND REALIZING WHO MAY BE, MY WORDS, NOT YOURS, DEFICIENT AND REMEDY AND A PLAN TO TRY AND ADDRESS IT THIS YEAR, WHICH IS AWESOME.
I DO BELIEVE THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
THE QUESTION I WOULD HAVE IS GOING FORWARD, WHAT TYPE OF MECHANISM OR PROCESS WOULD WE HAVE IN PLACE SO THAT AS FOLKS FIND THEMSELVES HERE, IT'S NOT A RALLY AND CRY BECAUSE THAT COULD BE HARD TO RALLY THE TROOPS EVERY YEAR THIS WAY BUT WHAT TYPE OF PLANNING DO WE HAVE IN WAGON? WHAT LESSONS DO WE LEARN THAT WE CAN HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE AS SUSTAINABLE GOING FORWARD WHEN INVARIABLY WE HAVE SENIORS, I HAVE A JUNIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL THIS YEAR, AND WHO MAY FIND THEMSELVES IN A SITUATION, AND SO WHAT WE PLAN WOULD WE HAVE IN PLACE?
>> THANK YOU. I LOVE THAT YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION BECAUSE WE HAVE SYSTEMS IN PLACE ACTUALLY TODAY.
DR. ONSONGO WHO IS IN CHARGE OF OUR ASSESSMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY,
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SENT OUT A REPORT TODAY TO ALL OUR CAMPUS LEADERS, DISTRICT LEADERS, OF WHERE ALL OF OUR STUDENTS ARE 12TH GRADE FOR NEXT YEAR SO THE 2023 GRADUATING CLASS, OR 12TH GRADERS, OR 11TH GRADERS OR 10TH GRADERS.WHAT WE LEARNED THIS YEAR IS WHERE WE HADN'T DONE BEFORE AND SO THAT LIST THAT THEY PUT TOGETHER, WE HAD NEVER DONE THAT, AND SO WE HAVE LEARNED THAT PART OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT, THAT'S A PART OF THE SYSTEM THEY WILL HAVE IN PLACE GOING FORWARD.
FOR OUR JUNIORS, WHAT ARE WE DOING? ARE WE LOOKING TO SEE WHO HAS THOSE POINTS AND WHAT ARE WE DOING IN ORDER TO GUIDE THEM, FACILITATE THEM, AND REALLY COUNSEL THEM TO WHAT'S THE BEST OPTION? BUT I THINK DEFINITELY RUNNING THAT DATA MULTIPLE TIMES A YEAR AND I'M STILL LEARNING THE PROCESS, BUT I'VE RECEIVED QUARTERLY REPORTS ON WHERE WE ARE AS FAR AS OUR CCMR STUDENTS FOR 12TH GRADE, 11TH GRADERS, AND 10TH GRADERS.
>> I KNOW IT'S APPLES TO ORANGES, BUT DO WE HAVE A FEELING OF HOW WE MIGHT HAVE DONE IF WE HAD BEEN GONE UNDER THE PROPORTIONAL MODEL THAT'S COMING FORWARD? IF WE WERE TO LOOK BACK, I KNOW IT'S APPLES TO ORANGES, BUT DO WE HAVE A FEELING THAT IF IT WAS MORE PROPORTIONAL VERSUS A CAMPUS SPECIFIC WOULD WE MAY HAVE BEEN HIGHER OR LOWER BASED OF SOME OF THAT BASED ON POPULATION.
>> IT'S LIKELY THAT WE MAY BE LOWER, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING HOW MUCH CCMR IS PLAYING INTO THAT.
I THINK THAT WE WOULD PROBABLY CONSIDER IT'LL POSSIBLY BE LOWER AND WE HAVEN'T RAN THE NUMBERS IN THAT WAY.
AGAIN, IT'S IN THE PROPOSAL PHASES, BUT THOSE ARE NUMBERS THAT WE WILL BE RUNNING AS WE GET CLOSER AND THEY SOLIDIFY SOME OF THOSE THINGS.
>> MR. DAVIS, TEA HAS TOLD US THAT THEY ARE PLANNING ON RELEASING A WHAT-IF RATING PRIOR TO RELEASING OUR ACCOUNTABILITY RATING FOR NEXT YEAR, THEY WILL REALLY SAY WHAT IF RATING THAT WILL SHOW WHAT WE WOULD HAVE BEEN THIS YEAR HAD WE BEEN RATED UNDER THE NEW SYSTEM.
>> ANYMORE QUESTIONS? MRS. ANDERSON.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PRESENTING THAT, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT'S AN UNKNOWN AT THIS POINT.
PIGGYBACKING A LITTLE BIT OFF OF MR. DAVIS'S QUESTION ON CCMR IDENTIFYING GROUPS, AND THEN WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT LATER ON IN DOMAIN 3, 14 DIFFERENT GROUPS GOING DOWN WITH SUPER GROUPS.
ONE OF THEM SPECIFICALLY STOOD UP AS WE TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE, WHICH IS THE SPECIAL EDUCATION.
HOW, MAYBE WE DON'T KNOW YET, BUT HOW CAN THIS HELP? WILL THIS HELP LIKE IT SAYS ON HERE, HIGH FOCUS? WILL THIS HELP NOT ONLY IDENTIFY THEM, BUT HELP THE RATING SYSTEM AROUND THEM AS WELL, OR DO WE KNOW YET?
>> IT WON'T NECESSARILY HELP IDENTIFY, BUT WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY HAPPENED WHEN WE LOOKED AT 14 STUDENT GROUPS, ONE STUDENT COULD COUNT FOR US SIX DIFFERENT TIMES SO THAT STUDENTS COULD POSSIBLY BE HISPANIC, ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED, SPECIAL EDUCATION, HIGHLY MOBILE CONTINUOUSLY.
THEY COULD COUNT FOR US IN MULTIPLE AREAS.
SOME OF WHAT MAY HAPPEN WITH THE NEW ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM IS ACCOUNT.
IT TAKES IT DOWN BECAUSE THEY PUT ALL OF THOSE STUDENTS IN ONE GROUP INSTEAD OF THEM BEING SPREAD ACROSS SEVERAL.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I KNOW HOW DIFFICULT IT MUST BE TO REPORT ON SOMETHING THAT HAS SO MANY UNKNOWNS RIGHT NOW.
WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THAT AND I CAN RESPECT YOU NOT HAVING THE ANSWERS TO EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW.
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I DID HAVE ON THE CLOSING THE GAPS, AND IT'S THE GREAT AIDED POINTS FOR GROWTH, THE ZERO THROUGH FOUR.
HOW ARE THOSE GOING TO HELP US TO DETERMINE AT INDIVIDUAL CAMPUSES, WHAT LEVEL OF REMEDIATION WE MAY GIVE, OR THERE'RE GOING TO BE DIFFERENT TIERS OF IF THEY'RE AT A ONE DID NOT MEET BUT SHOWED MINIMAL GROWTH.
DOES THAT MEAN WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THIS MUCH EXTRA REMEDIAL TYPE WORK OR WILL THAT HELP TO GUIDE US IN THOSE AREAS?
>> I THINK IT CAN POTENTIALLY HELP TO GUIDE US.
WE DON'T HAVE THE SCOPE SET OF HOW WHAT LEVEL OF SUPPORT OR DIFFERENTIATED SUPPORT THAT THAT STUDENT OR THAT GROUP MAY RECEIVE.
I THINK AS WE GET CLOSER AND WE RECEIVE OUR FINAL REPORTS THEN THAT WILL HELP US TO PLAN EFFECTIVELY.
OF COURSE, WE'RE TRYING TO STAY AHEAD OF IT, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE A GREAT PLAN AND THEN TEA COMES OUT AND CHANGES SOMETHING AND WE'RE TOTALLY OFF PHASE.
BUT AGAIN TRANSPARENCY AS SOON AS WE HAVE A PLAN WHEN THINGS ARE FINALIZED, WE PLAN ON COMING BACK AND SAYING THIS IS OUR PLAN FOR THEM.
>> I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THEY PRETTY MUCH TOUCHED ON EVERYTHING THAT WAS CCMR RELATED.
BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING BACK FROM YOU ONCE WE HAVE SOME FINALIZED PLANS AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING MOVING FORWARD.
MINE IS JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK, I APPRECIATE IT.
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>> MS. THOMAS. MAYBE YOU CAN ANSWER THIS ONE.
I KNOW SOME OF OUR CAMPUSES NOW THAT ARE STRUGGLING, WE HAVE SR MONEY AND WE'RE GIVING THEM A LOT OF SUPPORT.
WITH THIS NEW ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM, ARE WE STILL GOING TO HAVE THOSE SUPPORTS IN PLACE? ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO FUND THAT TO CONTINUE THEM? BECAUSE I KNOW THEY ARE WORKING HARD.
THOSE CAMPUSES, THEY ARE WORKING HARD AND THEY'RE TIRED.
THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF EXTRA AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'VE GOT THAT SUPPORT GOING FORWARD, ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT ARE STRUGGLING NOW TO MAKE SURE WE STILL TAKE CARE OF THEM AND HAVE THAT SUPPORT IN PLACE, ESPECIALLY WITH THIS NEW ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM.
>> THE NEW ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM IS GOING TO TAKE US SR IS GOING TO LAST A LITTLE LONGER, AND SO WE'RE GOING TO USE SR AS LONG AS WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO.
AT THAT POINT WE'LL LOOK AT OTHER FUNDING SOURCES.
I KNOW TITLE IS PART OF IT, SO WE'LL JUST LOOK AT WHAT THAT CAMPUS HAS AND MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON THAT.
>> ANYONE ELSE? AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE CAN TELL HOW HARD YOU AND THE REST OF THE TEAM IS WORKING ON THIS, AND I AGREE WITH MRS. FARRAR, I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT YOU BRING US.
>> PERFECT. THANK YOU. HAPPY HOLIDAYS GUYS.
>> SAME TO YOU. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 8.2, DR. CANTU.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE DR. MARCUS BRANDON TO COME FORWARD AND SHARE.
HE'S OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
I COME FORWARD AND TALK TO US ABOUT OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR '22, '23. DR. BRANDON.
>> DR. CANTU, PRESIDENT WILSON AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE [INAUDIBLE].
FIRST-TIME, JUST GOT TO DIG IT A CLICKER OUT.
[LAUGHTER] GOOD EVENING ONCE AGAIN SO I HAVE THE WONDERFUL PLEASURE TO BRING YOU THE PROCESS IN WHICH WE USE TO DEVELOP OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR THE '22, '23 SCHOOL YEAR.
WE ARE GOVERNED BY BOARD POLICY WHENEVER WE BEGIN TO DEVELOP OUR PROCESS FOR OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
A BOARD SHALL ENSURE THAT A DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND IMPROVEMENT PLANS FOR EACH CAMPUS ARE DEVELOPED, REVIEWED, REVISED ANNUALLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF IMPROVING THE PERFORMANCE OF ALL STUDENTS.
A BOARD SHALL ANNUALLY APPROVE THE DISTRICT AND A CAMPUS PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES, AND SO THAT'S WHAT I HAVE FOR YOU HERE TONIGHT.
THIS SLIDE HERE MAY LOOK A LITTLE DIZZY, BUT JUST BEAR WITH ME.
OUR PROCESS HAS BEEN UNCHANGED, AND SO BACK IN 2016, OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE VISION 2020 AND THE PROCESS IN WHICH WE'VE ALWAYS USED HAS BEEN CONSISTENT FOR US HERE IN MANSFIELD IN TERMS OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.
WHAT WE HAVE HERE ARE THREE CATEGORIES.
WE HAVE THE BLUE CATEGORY THAT DENOTES OUR DISTRICT LEVEL PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS. THE RED CATEGORY YOU WILL SEE DENOTES OUR DEPARTMENTAL PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS. SO ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS WITHIN MANSFIELD ISD, SUCH AS COMMUNICATIONS, CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION, SPECIAL EDUCATION, AND ALL OF THE ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS. YOU WILL ALSO SEE TO THE FAR RIGHT, YOU SEE THE GREEN.
THE GREEN IS AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL.
YOU WILL SEE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN ALL THREE SYSTEMS AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME OF THE SAME PROCESSES OVERLAP, AND SO THAT'S JUST SIMPLY A PART OF OUR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PROCESS.
YOU WILL ALSO NOTE AT THE TOP THAT OUR DISTRICT MISSION, VISION, AND VALUES IS WHAT DRIVES THE PROCESSES FOR EACH LEVEL.
DENOTED AT THE BOTTOM, YOU WILL ALSO NOTICE THAT THE CADENCE OF ACCOUNTABILITY IS THE PROCESS IN WHICH WE USE, SO WE HAVE OUR CAMPUSES AND DEPARTMENTS.
THEY REPORT OUT QUARTERLY ON HOW THEY'RE DOING WITH THEIR GOALS AND WHAT PROGRESS THEY'RE MAKING TOWARDS THOSE GOALS, AND SO THIS IS THE PROCESS.
THIS IS JUST AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROCESS AND TRYING TO KEEP IT VERY SIMPLIFIED.
BUT THIS IS A PROCESS IN WHICH MANSFIELD ISD HAS BEEN USING FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS BACK SINCE 2016 AND HAS PROVEN TO BE SUCCESSFUL FOR US AND SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH THIS PROCESS.
HERE I HAVE THE PLEASURE TO TALK ABOUT THE ALIGNMENT OF THE SYSTEMS WITHIN OUR DISTRICT.
WE USE VISION 2030 AS A FILTER.
IT DRIVES OUR DECISION-MAKING.
EVERYTHING THAT WE PLAN TO DO FOR OUR DISTRICT IS CENTERED AROUND VISION 2030.
FROM THERE, FROM THE VISION 2030, WE THEN HAVE A ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS PROCESS.
THE ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS PROCESS IS A CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT TOOL.
SO WE ARE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, AND WHAT THAT ALLOWS US TO DO IS TO DRILL DOWN TO THE WHY SOMETHING MAY OR MAY NOT BE WORKING SO THEY WERE ACTUALLY TREATING THE PROBLEM,
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AND WE'RE NOT TREATING THE SYMPTOM OR SOMETHING THAT WE PREDICT WELL, WE FEEL IT MAY NOT BE WORKING BECAUSE OF THIS REASON, BUT WE REALLY GET DOWN TO THE ROOT CAUSE AS TO WHY SOMETHING MAY OR MAY NOT BE WORKING, AND THAT'S ONE OF OUR QUALITY TOOLS.NEXT, WE HAVE OUR PLAN ON THE PAGE.
EACH DEPARTMENT WITHIN MISD AND ALSO OUR CAMPUSES WILL HAVE A PLAN ON THE PAGE.
THE PLAN ON THE PAGE IS SIMPLY TO LAY OUT THE CAMPUS OR THE DEPARTMENT GOALS FOR THE YEAR, AND SO THAT'S WHAT THEY USE TO LAY OUT AS THEIR GOALPOST.
HOW DO WE MONITOR THOSE GOALS? THAT'S THE PDSA PROCESS PLAN-DO-STUDY-ACT.
THE PLAN-DO-STUDY-ACT PROCESS IS USED TO MONITOR DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS, AND SO IT'S ONE OF THOSE DOCUMENTS THAT IS A LIVING BREATHING DOCUMENT, AND SO DEPARTMENTS AND CAMPUSES, THEY CHECK IN WITH THOSE DEPARTMENTS, WELL, THOSE DOCUMENTS QUARTERLY AND THEY MAKE ADJUSTMENTS.
THEY CAN GET DOWN TO SOMETHING.
THEY CAN SAY THAT, "HEY, WE'RE NOT DOING QUITE AS WELL IN THIS AREA." THEY CAN GO BACK, THEY CAN DO THE ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS PROCESS, GET DOWN TO THE SYMPTOM AS TO WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON AND TREAT THAT, AND THEN MOVE FORWARD.
THE PDSA PROCESS IS A LIVING BREATHING DOCUMENT.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I PUT EMPHASIS ON THAT.
NEXT, HOW DO WE KNOW WE'RE DOING? HOW DO WE KNOW IT'S WORKING? WELL, WE CHECK OUR PROGRESS WITH OUR DISTRICT SCORECARD, WHICH ULTIMATELY WILL MONITOR OUR LAG MEASURES OR OUR END-OF-YEAR PERFORMANCE.
BEFORE WE GET TO THIS SCORECARD, WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE CALL A DASHBOARD.
THE DASHBOARD IS ALSO WHAT WE USE TO WORK IN TANDEM QUARTERLY WITH THE PDSA PROCESS, AND SO IT GIVES US CHECKPOINTS ALONG THE WAY SO THAT WE GO IN, WE EVALUATE, WE'RE MAKING SURE WE'RE HITTING OUR BENCHMARKS AND GOALS FOR EACH QUARTER.
AS I STATED EARLIER, SO WE BEGAN THIS CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT JOURNEY BACK IN 2016 WHEN OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTED THIS CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PROCESS WITH VISION 2020.
FROM THERE, WE STILL BEGAN TO GROW LIKE WE'RE GROWING TODAY, SO WE GROW THROUGH THE CHANGES.
IN 2017, 2018 SCHOOL YEAR, WE BEGIN TO HONE IN ON WHAT WE CALL THE LEAD FIDELITY MEASURES.
WHAT WE FOCUSED ON, WHAT OUR LEAD FIDELITY MEASURES ARE, THE ADULT ACTIONS AND BEHAVIORS THAT WE TAKE.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING SO WE CAN HAVE THE INTENDED OUTCOME FOR OUR STUDENTS.
WE HAD THE PROCESS APPROVED IN 2016-'17, THEN WE HONED OUR ADULT BEHAVIORS, WITH OUR LEAD FIDELITY MEASURES.
NEXT, WE FOCUSED ON IN 2018-'19, WE WANTED TO ALIGN OUR SYSTEM IN WHICH WE'LL HAVE TO DO ONCE MORE, WHICH YOU'VE HEARD FROM DR. SPENCER, WILL HAVE TO ALIGN OUR SYSTEM ONCE AGAIN TO THE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM.
IT WAS ALIGNED WITH THE SYSTEM FOR THAT TIME, WHICH WAS THE A THROUGH F RATING SYSTEM WHICH WAS EMERGING AT THAT TIME.
OBVIOUSLY, WE LIVED THROUGH COVID 19 AND SO ALONG WITH THAT.
WE HAVE A K THROUGH EIGHT, ADOPTION, INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES, DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE HAD TO ADOPT AS A DISTRICT.
WE HAD CHANGING IN TEACHING STANDARDS, SUCH AS THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS STANDARDS FOR K THROUGH EIGHT, AND SO WE NAVIGATED CHANGE THROUGH THOSE YEARS WITH THAT PROCESS.
NOW WE'RE STILL CONTINUING, SO WE'RE CONTINUING THE COURSE HERE, AND YOU NOTICE THAT IT SAYS '21-'23, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE SOME GAPS FROM THIS PAST YEARS, AND SO WE'RE CONTINUING THE COURSE TO RIGHT THE SHIP TO GET EVERYTHING BACK ON TRACK.
OUR DISTRICT EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT COUNCIL INCLUDES THE CAMPUS PROFESSIONALS, PARENTS, BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVES, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
WE HAVE ABOUT 60 MEMBERS THAT PARTICIPATE IN OUR REGULAR MEETINGS.
WHAT WE HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO DO IS OUR DEPARTMENT LEADERS HAD THEIR PLAN ON THE PLAY PAGES SUBMITTED TO THE DEIC COUNCIL.
WE HAVE A LANDING PAGE IN WHICH EACH COMMITTEE MEMBER OR COUNCIL MEMBER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO READ THE PLANS ON A PAGE.
THEY GAVE GREAT FEEDBACK, THEY GAVE CRITICAL FEEDBACK.
IN SOME CASES, THE DEPARTMENT LEADERS THEN IN NOVEMBER, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW ALL THE FEEDBACK SO WE SENT THAT BACK OUT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE VOICES WERE CAPTURED AND HEARD FROM THE COUNCIL.
THE DEPARTMENT LEADERS THEN ALSO MADE SOME OF THOSE CHANGES CONSIDERING THE FEEDBACK THAT WAS PROVIDED FROM
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DEIC AND THEN WE BROUGHT IT BACK ONCE MORE AT THE END OF NOVEMBER, THE BEGINNING OF DECEMBER, WE BROUGHT IT BACK, AND FOR FINAL APPROVAL OF DEIC AND SO WHAT I'M INTENDING TO SAY IS THAT IT'S BEEN A PROCESS.WE HAD OUR DEPARTMENT CREATE THE PLANS WITHIN THEIR DEPARTMENTS PLANS ON THE PAGE, THEY SET THEIR GOALS, THEY SUBMITTED IT TO THE DEIC, OUR REPRESENTATIVES FROM ACROSS OUR DISTRICT THEN PROVIDED FEEDBACK.
THE DEPARTMENT LEADERS THEN CONSIDERED THE FEEDBACK ONCE MORE, AND THEN WE WERE ABLE TO TURN THAT BACK OVER TO THE DEIC.
WHAT YOU WILL ALSO SEE TONIGHT, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION FOR APPROVAL IS CONSENT ITEM NUMBER NINE AND AS OUR FINAL DRAFT FOR OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND SO THIS WHAT WE HAVE PREPARED FOR YOU THIS EVENING.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK OUR DEIC COUNCIL FOR PUTTING IN THE TIME SPAN.
WE HAD WORKSTATIONS THAT OFTENTIMES WENT TO SEVEN AND ALSO 6:00 PM AND SO THEY WORKED DILIGENTLY THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
SOME OF THEM WORKED ON THEIR OWN OVER THE WEEKEND, REVIEWING PLANS AS WELL BY CHOICE AND I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR DEPARTMENT LEADERS.
SOME ARE STILL IN A ROOM AND SO THANK YOU FOR SUBMITTING THOSE PLANS ON TIME AND SO OUR GOAL WITH DEIC IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE CONTINUING WITH OUR PROCESSES FOR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO BE THE GREAT DISTRICT THAT WE ARE. THANK YOU.
THAT MEANS QUESTIONS. YOU READY?
>> YES. I HAVE NEW TEETH IN TONIGHT, SO THIS HAS BEEN TOUGH MY TRAY, BECAUSE IT LANDS.
IT'S NOT PHYSICALLY NEW TEETH, SO BEAR WITH ME BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A STRUGGLE. [LAUGHTER]
>> THAT'S AWESOME. [LAUGHTER] WHERE'S THAT ON THIS FIRST TRUSTEES, DID YOU-ALL HAVE ANYTHING OR ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS? LOOK AT YOU. YOU DID SO GOOD EVEN WITH YOUR CRAZY SLIDE, WHICH I WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT YES, AT FIRST APPEARANCE IS IT DOES, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU WALK IN LITERALLY EVERYONE THROUGH IT SO THEY CAN SEE THE STAGES AND THE WAY YOU COLOR-CODED IT.
>> WE DO APPRECIATE YOU GUYS AND EXPLAINING THIS FOR EVERYONE.
>> YES, MA'AM. ABSOLUTELY. WE APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. YOU HAVE A GOOD EVENING.
>> LET ME GET BACK TO MY AGENDA HERE.
[9. Presentation]
OUR PRESENTATIONS. DR. CANTU?>> YES. BEFORE WE GET GOING WITH THE PRESENTATION, I KNOW I WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO MICHELLE TRUNGARD OUR CFO.
I THINK SHE WANTS TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND THEN INTRODUCE OUR PRESENTERS.
>> THANK YOU, DR. CANTU, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THE INCREDIBLE JOB THAT HAS BEEN DONE BY MS. MONICA IRVIN AND OUR FINANCE TEAM AND THE INCREDIBLE JOB OF MR. LUPE GARCIA, OUR AUDITING PARTNER AT WHITLEY PENN.
IT HAS BEEN LONG HOURS OF PUTTING THIS AUDIT TOGETHER AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE VERY PLEASED WITH THE RESULTS.
I JUST WANT TO BRING THEM UP HERE, MS. MONICA IRVIN, GO AHEAD AND COME UP AND I JUST WANT TO SAY, I'M JUST SUPER PROUD OF THEM AND I WANT YOU TO BE AS PROUD WITH ME. THANK YOU.
DR. CANTU, BOARD PRESIDENT, WILSON, BOARD MEMBERS, GOOD EVENING AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS.
BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO OUR SPEAKER, I WANT TO JUST SAY JUST A COUPLE OF WORDS, REITERATE WHAT MICHELLE HAS SAID ALREADY, BUT I HAD A COUPLE OF WORDS, GRATITUDE AND PATIENCE CAME TO MIND.
A LOT OF GRATITUDE FOR OUR STAFF.
WE HAD SOME UNIQUE CHALLENGES AND HURDLES WE HAD TO OVERCOME THIS YEAR WITH THE CYBER ATTACK BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, OUR STAFF PERSEVERED, THEY GOT THROUGH IT AND SO I APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE, EVERYONE'S PATIENCE AS WE WORKED THROUGH THOSE THINGS, I APPRECIATE THE PATIENCE OF OUR AUDIT TEAM AS WELL.
NOW I WOULD LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO MR. LUPE GARCIA.
HE IS OUR AUDIT PARTNER WITH WHITLEY PENN.
>> GOOD EVENING, DR. CANTU, BOARD PRESIDENT WILSON, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
MY PRESENTATION TONIGHT WILL TAKE YOU THROUGH THE AUDIT PROCESS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022.
I'LL GO OVER THE AUDIT RESULTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDIT AND THE FEDERAL SINGLE AUDIT.
I'LL GO THROUGH SOME FINANCIAL STATEMENT HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT AND THEN I'LL END WITH REQUIRED COMMUNICATIONS AND I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS.
IN ADDITION TO MYSELF, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE ENGAGEMENT TEAM INCLUDED
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EILEEN COMPLE MAKALINTAL WAS THE SENIOR MANAGER.SHE WORKED WITH THE DISTRICT MANAGEMENT AND STAFF OBTAINING THE INFORMATION WE NEEDED THROUGHOUT ALL THE MONTHS THAT WE WERE PERFORMING THE AUDIT.
ARIEL ZHANG WAS A SENIOR ASSOCIATE, LEADING THE ASSOCIATES HERE THROUGH BOTH PHASES OF FIELDWORK AND TOM PETERSON WAS THE ENGAGEMENT QUALITY CONTROL REVIEWER.
HE'S THE SECOND LEVEL PARTNER REVIEW THE LEVEL OF QUALITY CONTROL.
HE REVIEWED THE SINGLE AUDIT REPORT, THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE REPORT AND KEYWORD PAPERS, AND OUR AUDIT FILE.
THE AUDIT PROCESS ITSELF BEGAN IN THE SPRING.
THAT'S WHEN PRELIMINARY PLANNING AND RISK ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES TAKE PLACE.
WE PERFORMED THE FIRST PHASE OF THE AUDIT WHICH IS FOCUSED ON YOUR PROCESSES, YOUR PROCEDURES, WE TEST INTERNAL CONTROLS.
WE DON'T RELY ON JUST BEING TOLD HOW YOU OPERATE.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO TEST TRANSACTIONS AT A DETAILED LEVEL IN VARIOUS AREAS IN ORDER TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT YOUR PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES ARE BEING FOLLOWED IN ORDER TO DETERMINE WHAT PROCEDURES WE PERFORMED LATER IN THE YEAR, ONCE THE FISCAL YEAR IS ACTUALLY OVER.
WHEN THE FISCAL YEAR ENDS, IT'S BEEN MENTIONED THERE WERE CHALLENGES EACH AND EVERY YEARS PRESENTS NEW CHALLENGES. THIS ONE WAS NO DIFFERENT.
WE FOCUSED ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, THE BALANCES THAT ARE REPORTED IN ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT IN THE SECOND PHASE OF THE AUDIT, HERE IN FIELD WORK.
WE CONFIRM INFORMATION WITH THIRD PARTIES.
WE PERFORM A VARIETY OF ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES.
WE COOPERATE THE BALANCES THAT ARE IN THE GENERAL LEDGER WITH DOCUMENTATION THAT'S PROVIDED BY THE DISTRICT AND OVER ALL THESE MONTHS, WE ACCUMULATE AUDIT EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT OUR OPINION ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS BECAUSE ULTIMATELY THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN ENGAGED TO DO.
AS EXTERNAL AUDITORS, WE CAN ISSUE A FEW DIFFERENT TYPES OF OPINIONS ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
A DISCLAIMER WOULD BE A SITUATION WHERE THE RECORDS DIDN'T EXIST OR WERE IN SUCH POOR CONDITION WE WEREN'T ABLE TO COMPLETE THE AUDIT.
QUALIFICATION WOULD BE A TYPE OF MODIFIED OPINION, MEANING EVERYTHING WAS FAIRLY STATED EXCEPT FOR THE ITEMS THAT WE LISTED IN OUR REPORT AND THEN ON THE FAR RIGHT, THE UNMODIFIED OPINION, THAT IS THE BEST OUTCOME IN A FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDIT, AND I AM HAPPY TO REPORT THAT OUR OPINION ON THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S FISCAL YEAR 2022 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IS UNMODIFIED, AND SO THAT'S THE VERY FIRST REPORT IN THE FINANCIAL SECTION AND THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT, THAT UNMODIFIED OPINION INDICATES THAT THE USERS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, THAT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES THAT ALL STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES HAVE TO FOLLOW AND THAT THE AMOUNTS PRESENTED IN THE REPORT ARE MATERIALLY CORRECT.
THERE ARE SEVERAL STAKEHOLDERS WAITING FOR THIS REPORT TO BE ISSUED.
OF COURSE, YOURSELVES, THE COMMUNITY HERE IN MANSFIELD, BUT THERE ARE ALSO SEVERAL FEDERAL AND STATE REGULATORY AGENCIES WAITING FOR THIS REPORT.
THERE'S THE CREDIT RATING AGENCIES, MOODY'S STANDARD AND POORS, YOUR BONDHOLDERS SO THERE ARE SEVERAL PARTIES WAITING FOR THIS REPORT TO BE ISSUED AND THEY'RE GOING TO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT OPINION IS UNMODIFIED AND IT IS.
WE ALSO ISSUE A SECOND REPORT ON THE DISTRICT'S INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING.
OUR AUDIT DID NOT IDENTIFY ANY WEAKNESSES THAT WE CONSIDERED MATERIAL OR DEFICIENCIES THAT WERE SIGNIFICANT, NOR DID WE IDENTIFY ANY MATERIAL NON-COMPLIANCE SO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
THEN BECAUSE THE DISTRICT DOES RECEIVE FEDERAL AWARDS, WE DO PERFORM THE FEDERAL COMPLIANCE AUDIT THAT'S REFERRED TO AS THE SINGLE AUDIT.
IN FISCAL YEAR 2022, THE MAJOR PROGRAMS AND THE SINGLE AUDIT INCLUDED THE CHILD NUTRITION CLUSTER, YOUR ESSER AWARDS, AND YOUR FUNDING IN FISCAL YEAR 2022 UNDER ESSER AND THEN TITLE II PART A.
OUR TESTING OVER THESE THREE MAJOR PROGRAMS DIDN'T IDENTIFY ANY QUESTION COSTS OR ANY NON-COMPLIANCE.
THIS IS GOOD NEWS HERE AS WELL BECAUSE THIS REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED TO A FEDERAL AUDIT CLEARINGHOUSE AND THAT'S HOW THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL BECOME AWARE OF HOW THE DISTRICT PERFORMED IN THE AUDIT AND SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR THIS REPORT WITHIN 30 DAYS.
>> THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ACTUALLY INCLUDE TWO SETS OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
THAT'S ONE OF THE UNIQUE ASPECTS OF GOVERNMENTAL FINANCIAL REPORTING.
THIS FIRST STATEMENT THAT I'M GOING TO COVER IS REFERRED TO AS YOUR GOVERNMENT-WIDE STATEMENT OF NET POSITION.
THIS IS A STATEMENT THAT'S VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT THE PRIVATE SECTOR USES.
IT'S THE ACCRUAL BASIS OF ACCOUNTING.
THIS REPORT IS ALL THE ASSETS THAT THE DISTRICT OWNS, EVERYTHING THAT YOU OWE AS OF THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
TOTAL ASSETS AND DEFERRED OUTFLOWS OF RESOURCES WAS JUST UNDER $1.2 BILLION OF THAT BALANCE.
IT'S PRIMARILY COMPRISED OF YOUR CASH AND INVESTMENTS AND YOUR CAPITAL ASSETS, YOUR LAND, BUILDINGS, CONSTRUCTION IN PROGRESS, FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT, VEHICLES, NET OF DEPRECIATION.
YOU HAVE TOTAL LIABILITIES AND DEFERRED INFLOWS OF RESOURCES OF $1.2 BILLION AS WELL.
THAT'S PRIMARILY COMPRISED OF YOUR OUTSTANDING BONDS PAYABLE AND ANY LEASES PAYABLE AND UNAMORTIZED PREMIUMS, AND THEN YOU HAVE TWO LIABILITIES THAT YOU REPORT IN YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS RELATED TO RETIREE BENEFITS.
I'M COVERING THESE BECAUSE THEY ARE BIG NUMBERS AND SOMEONE THAT'S LOOKING THROUGH THE REPORT THAT MIGHT JUMP OUT TO THEM.
THE DISTRICT PARTICIPATES IN TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF TEXAS FOR BOTH PENSION AND RETIREE HEALTH CARE, WHAT WE CALL OTHER POST EMPLOYMENT BENEFIT OR OPEB BECAUSE, AT THE STATE LEVEL AT TRS, THEY HAVE AUDITORS AND ACTUARIES THAT MEASURE THIS AMOUNT EACH AND EVERY YEAR.
THEY LOOK AT ALL THE ACTUARIAL ASSUMPTIONS THE DEMOGRAPHIC DATA OF
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MANSFIELD AND ALL THE OTHER EMPLOYERS IN THOSE PLANS AND THEY DETERMINE BASED ON CURRENT BENEFITS, BASED ON WHAT ARE BEING PROMISED TO RETIREES AND CURRENT EMPLOYEES INTO THE FUTURE.THEY'RE LOOKING OUT DECADES IN THE FUTURE.
THERE ARE DETERMINING, WELL, WHAT'S THAT? DO WE HAVE ENOUGH IN THE BANK TODAY TO FUND THIS BENEFIT? THE ANSWER TO THAT IS NO, THERE'S NOT THE MONEY IN THE BANK TODAY TO FUND THAT BENEFIT.
HOWEVER, FOR THE PENSION PLAN, IT IS A WELL-FUNDED PLAN.
THERE IS A NET PENSION LIABILITY WHICH REPRESENTS YOUR PROPORTIONATE SHARE OF THE OVERALL PLAN LIABILITY OF JUST UNDER 44 MILLION BUT IT'S ALMOST 90 PERCENT FUNDED.
THERE'S NO CONCERNS WITH THE PENSION PLAN WITH THE OPEB LIABILITY OR RETIREE HEALTH CARE, IT'S A MUCH LARGER LIABILITY FOR MANSFIELD, THAT'S 92.7 MILLION.
THAT'S YOUR PROPORTIONATE SHARE.
THIS IS A LIABILITY OR A BENEFIT THAT'S NOT FUNDED, MEANING ALL THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT COME INTO THAT PLAN EACH AND EVERY YEAR FROM EMPLOYERS, FROM THE EMPLOYEES, AND FROM THE STATE, IMMEDIATELY GO OUT TO PAY CURRENT-YEAR BENEFITS TO RETIREES.
THERE'S NOTHING BEING SET ASIDE TO FUND THAT BENEFIT INTO THE FUTURE SO THAT CONTRIBUTES TO THE HIGHER LIABILITY AND THEN THE FACT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HEALTH CARE AND SO THOSE COSTS INCREASE EACH AND EVERY YEAR.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOUR ASSETS AND YOUR LIABILITIES AND YOUR OUTFLOWS AND YOUR INFLOWS IS YOUR NET POSITION OR YOUR NET WORTH AND FOR MANSFIELD, AS OF THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, IT WAS A DEFICIT OF 74.8 MILLION.
NOW THAT SOUNDS BAD AND I WANTED TO MAKE A POINT TO EXPLAIN THAT THE REASON FOR THAT DEFICIT NET POSITION IS BECAUSE OF THOSE TWO LIABILITIES.
THESE LIABILITIES HAVE BEEN WITH US FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW.
EVERYONE IS ACCUSTOMED TO SEEING THAT.
THIS IS VERY COMMON IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SO ON THIS SLIDE, JUST FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES, JUST TO SHOW YOU THE EFFECT ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS THAT THESE TWO LIABILITIES HAVE.
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022, I JUST COVERED THE DEFICIT WAS 74.9 MILLION BUT IF WE REMOVE THE EFFECTS OF THE PENSION AND THE OTHER POST EMPLOYMENT BENEFIT LIABILITY, YOUR NET POSITION WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE BEEN 144.3 MILLION.
YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN POSITIVE 144.3, WHICH YOU CAN SEE WAS AN INCREASE FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR WHEN IT WOULD'VE BEEN 126.8 MILLION.
THIS IS JUST FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES.
THESE NUMBERS AREN'T IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, BUT JUST TO SHOW YOU, IF WE LOOK AT JUST THE NET POSITION OF THE RESOURCES THAT REALLY THE DISTRICT HAS UNDER ITS CONTROL BECAUSE ANYTHING RELATED TO PENSION AND OPEB, THOSE DECISIONS ARE MADE AT THE STATE LEVEL, YOU'RE MAKING YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS, YOU BUDGET FOR THOSE CONTRIBUTIONS SO YOU'RE DOING WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO THERE IN THAT REGARD.
YOUR GENERAL FUND REVENUE WHICH IS YOUR MAIN OPERATING ACCOUNT, OVER 90 PERCENT OF YOUR REVENUE COMES FROM TWO SOURCES, YOUR PROPERTY TAXES AND YOUR STATE AID.
YOU HAVE OTHER STATE FUNDING WHICH IS PRIMARILY TRS ON BEHALF, WHICH MAKES UP FIVE PERCENT OF YOUR GENERAL FUND REVENUES AND THEN ANOTHER TWO PERCENT AND ONE PERCENT FOR MISCELLANEOUS LOCAL FUNDING AND FEDERAL FUNDING AND THE GENERAL FUND.
GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES TOTAL $327.3 MILLION IN FISCAL YEAR 2022, 61 PERCENT GOES TOWARDS INSTRUCTION AND INSTRUCTION-RELATED SERVICES.
YOU HAVE ANOTHER 11 PERCENT FOR FACILITIES MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS, EIGHT PERCENT FOR INSTRUCTIONAL AND SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND THEN EACH REMAINING CATEGORY OF FUNCTIONAL EXPENDITURES IS FIVE PERCENT OR LESS.
THE GENERAL FUND'S PERFORMANCE TO BUDGET, ACTUAL REVENUES WERE GREATER THAN BUDGETED AMOUNTS BY A MILLION DOLLARS.
YOUR ACTUAL EXPENDITURES WERE LESS THAN BUDGETED AMOUNTS BY $13.2 MILLION, SO TWO FAVORABLE VARIANCES THERE FOR YOUR REVENUES AND YOUR EXPENDITURES.
OVERALL, YOUR REVENUES AND OTHER SOURCES EXCEEDED YOUR EXPENDITURES AND OTHER USES, SO YOU ACTUALLY INCREASE FUND BALANCES AND THE GENERAL FUND DURING THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 BY $3.5 MILLION FOR AN ENDING BALANCE OF 116.2 MILLION.
THAT GETS REPORTED IN TWO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
YOU HAVE AMOUNTS FOR INVENTORY AND PREPAID THAT WE REFER TO AS NON-SPENDABLE FUND BALANCE THAT WAS JUST UNDER A MILLION AND THEN YOUR UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE IS 115.3 MILLION, WHICH IS THE FUND BALANCE THAT WAS AVAILABLE AS OF THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR TO SPEND ON ANY LAWFUL PURPOSE.
THIS IS YOUR WORKING CAPITAL, HOW THE DISTRICT OPERATES, PAYS EMPLOYEES, PAYS VENDORS FOR GOODS AND SERVICES PROVIDED.
THAT 115.2 MILLION OF UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE REPRESENTS 35 PERCENT OF YOUR GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES.
THE BOARD HAS A LOCAL POLICY THAT IT WILL TRY TO MAINTAIN BETWEEN 2-3 MONTHS OF TOTAL OPERATING EXPENDITURES AND UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE, WHICH TRANSLATES TO BETWEEN 17 AND 25 PERCENT.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE DISTRICT IS CURRENTLY MEETING ITS POLICY THERE, AND IT'S MET THAT POLICY IN EACH OF THE LAST FOUR FISCAL YEARS AS WELL.
CHILD NUTRITION AND DEBT SERVICE ALSO HAVE A BUDGET THAT'S APPROVED BY THE BOARD.
THE CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM HAD REVENUES THAT WERE GREATER THAN BUDGETED AMOUNTS BY $56,000, YOUR EXPENDITURES IN THE CHILD NUTRITION FUND WERE LESS THAN BUDGETED EXPENDITURES BY 4.1.
OVERALL, THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN YOUR CHILD NUTRITION FUND,
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WE HAD AN ENDING FUND BALANCE OF 4.9 MILLION.YOUR DEBT SERVICE FUND, WHICH IS WHERE THE INTEREST AND SINKING PORTION OF YOUR PROPERTY TAX RATE IS ACCOUNTED FOR.
THIS IS THE FUND THAT PAYS THE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON YOUR LONG-TERM DEBT.
REVENUES WERE LESS THAN BUDGETED AMOUNTS BY HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.
ACTUAL EXPENDITURES WERE LESS THAN BUDGETED EXPENDITURES BY 0.7 MILLION.
OVERALL, YOU HAD A SLIGHT INCREASE IN FUND BALANCE FOR YOUR DEBT SERVICE FUND FOR AN ENDING FUND BALANCE OF 58.1 MILLION AND THEN WE'RE IN THE FINAL PORTION OF MY PRESENTATION, YOU'RE REQUIRED COMMUNICATIONS SO WE DID REVIEW THE DISTRICT'S ACCOUNTING POLICIES.
YOU'RE FOLLOWING ALL CURRENT AND GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES.
DURING FISCAL YEAR 2022, THE DISTRICT DID HAVE TO IMPLEMENT A NEW PRONOUNCEMENT RELATED TO HOW LEASES ARE ACCOUNTED AND REPORTED IN YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
BEFORE GASB 87, THERE WERE TWO TYPES OF LEASES, OPERATING IN CAPITAL LEASES AND DEPENDING ON WHAT TYPE OF LEASE THAT WAS, IT HAD CERTAIN ACCOUNTING TREATMENT THAT'S BEEN REPLACED WITH A SINGLE FINANCIAL REPORTING MODEL THAT APPLIES TO ALL LEASES, [MUSIC] SO IT'S TO BE MORE CONSISTENT.
THE DISTRICT HAS IMPLEMENTED THAT IN ITS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.
THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS DO INCLUDE ESTIMATES.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO REALIZE THAT THERE'S NOT A PIECE OF PAPER FOR EVERY AMOUNT THAT THE DISTRICT RECORDS IN ITS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND THE SIGNIFICANT ESTIMATES YOU NEED TO BE AWARE OF.
ANYTHING RELATED TO STATE FUNDING AND STATE AID, THE REVENUES, AND ANY ACCRUALS THAT ARE RECORDED AS OF THE END OF THE YEAR ARE BASED ON A VARIETY OF FACTORS, SO THAT'S CONSIDERED AN ESTIMATE.
ANY ALLOWANCES FOR UNCOLLECTIBLE RECEIVABLES IS BASED ON HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS SO THAT IS AN ESTIMATE BY MANAGEMENT AND THEN ANYTHING RELATED TO PENSIONS AND OTHER POST EMPLOYMENT BENEFIT LIABILITIES, THAT BY FAR IS THE LARGEST ESTIMATE IN YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS THAT WE DISCUSSED EARLIER.
THAT INFORMATION COMES FROM TRS, THEIR AUDITORS, AND THEIR ACTUARIES THAT GETS MEASURED EACH AND EVERY YEAR.
YOU TAKE THE INFORMATION THAT'S APPLICABLE TO MANSFIELD ISD AND YOU RECORD THAT IN YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
MANAGEMENT'S BASIS FOR ALL THESE ESTIMATES IS ACCURATE AND REPORTED PROPERLY IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
GIVEN EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED THIS PAST YEAR, THE CHALLENGES THAT THE DISTRICT ENCOUNTERED DURING FISCAL YEAR 2022, WE STILL HAD THE DISTRICT'S COOPERATION.
WE WERE IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH THE DISTRICT.
INFORMATION THAT WE NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE AUDIT WAS PROVIDED IN A TIMELY MANNER.
I DO WANT TO THANK THE DISTRICT MANAGEMENT, THE ENTIRE TEAM, ALL THE DEPARTMENTS THAT WERE INVOLVED FOR THEIR COOPERATION, AND THEIR PATIENTS TOO WITH US AS WE WORK THROUGH THE AUDIT.
WE DIDN'T IDENTIFY ANY MATERIAL MISSTATEMENTS THAT WE HAD TO BRING TO MANAGEMENT'S ATTENTION.
NO DISAGREEMENTS WITH MANAGEMENT ON ANY MATTERS THAT WE HAVE TO REPORT TO YOU.
WE DO OBTAIN A LETTER FROM MANAGEMENT AT THE END OF THE AUDIT.
IN THAT LETTER, THEY STATE THAT THEY PROVIDED US WITH ALL THE INFORMATION WE'VE REQUESTED.
THEY'RE NOT AWARE OF ANYTHING THAT'S OCCURRING OR HAS OCCURRED, THAT WILL NEED TO BE RECORDED OR DISCLOSED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
AS FAR AS WE'RE AWARE, THE DISTRICT ISN'T CONSULTING WITH ANY OTHER AUDITORS OR ACCOUNTANTS ON ANY MATTERS.
THEN THE LAST BULLET ON THIS SLIDE, DURING THE YEAR, WE MAY ANSWER QUESTIONS, PROVIDE GUIDANCE AND INFORMATION TO THE DISTRICT BUT AT NO TIME DO WE FEEL THE WAY WE ANSWER OR THE INFORMATION WE PROVIDE IS A CONDITION AS TO OUR RETENTION AS THE DISTRICT'S EXTERNAL AUDITORS.
THAT COMPLETES MY PRESENTATION.
IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE AUDIT, THE REPORT, THE SINGLE AUDIT, I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE THOSE QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
>> YES. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK.
MS. TRONKA, MS. SERVIN, MR. FARSI, I KNOW THAT THAT'S A LENGTHY PROCESS AND WE APPRECIATE THE TIME AND THE EFFORT THAT WAS PUT INTO IT. THANK YOU FOR THAT.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR EXPLAINING THAT 74.8 MILLION THAT I THINK PEOPLE SEE THAT IN A REPORT AND IF THERE'S NO BACKGROUND BEHIND IT, THAT'S A SHOCKING NUMBER TO SOME, BUT THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THAT BETTER, THAT THAT'S REQUIRED TO BE REPORTED BUT IN ALL ACTUALITY, THAT'S NOT AN ACTUAL AMOUNT THAT'S THERE THAT WERE A DEFICIT OF SO I APPRECIATE YOU EXPLAINING THAT SO THAT ALL OF US CAN UNDERSTAND THAT BETTER.
AGAIN, MY MAIN THING IS JUST THANK YOU FOR THE EFFORT THAT YOU PUT INTO THAT.
>> THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE ON THIS SIDE? ABOUT THIS SIDE, THAT WAS A GREAT JOB YOU DID. WE APPRECIATE YOU.
>> THANK YOU. WE'RE PRETTY PROUD OF OUR TEAM TOO.
>> THIS TAKES US TO ITEM 9.2, DR. CANTU.
>> YES. I'D LIKE TO ASK MR. WRIGHT TO COME FORWARD AND SHARE WITH US ABOUT THE '23, '24 DISTRICT CALENDAR RECOMMENDATION.
>> THANK YOU, DR. CANTU, PRESIDENT WILSON, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
CALENDAR IS SOMETHING THAT I DO EVERY YEAR.
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IT'S REALLY EASY TO MANAGE.AS LONG AS YOU CREATE A CALENDAR THAT YOU START LATER, END EARLIER, AND HAVE MORE HOLIDAYS, EVERYBODY'S ON BOARD BUT THAT ALWAYS JUST CAN'T HAPPEN.
YOU CAN HAVE ALMOST ANYTHING YOU WANT.
YOU JUST CAN'T HAVE EVERYTHING YOU WANT IN A CALENDAR BECAUSE THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT JUST DRIVE THE CALENDAR.
WHATEVER START DATE AND THE TEACHER CONTRACT, WHICH IS 187 DAYS, REALLY DRIVE MUCH OF THE CONTRACT AND WHAT IS DONE.
JUST A REMINDER THAT THE COMMITTEE IS MADE UP OF A VARIETY OF PEOPLE, IS MADE UP OF DIFFERENT LEVELS, ELEMENTARY, INTERMEDIATE, MIDDLE, AND HIGH SCHOOL PEOPLE.
WE ALWAYS HAVE TO HAVE FINE ARTS AND ATHLETICS REPRESENTATION ON THERE.
WE HAVE CAREER TECH AND CURRICULUM AND ADVANCED PLACEMENT FOR THEIR INPUT.
WE ALSO HAVE COUNSELORS, PARENTS, STUDENTS, AND TEACHERS ON THE COMMITTEE.
WE ALSO INVITE TWO OF OUR REPRESENTATIVES FOR OUR UNIONS SO THAT WE HAVE A WELL-ROUNDED COMMITTEE.
THERE ARE SEVERAL STEPS THAT TAKE PLACE.
NUMBER 1, WE HAVE A FIRST COMMITTEE, CALENDAR COMMITTEE, OF WHICH WE USE TO GO OVER FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF CALENDARS TO LOOK AT THEM.
THEN AFTER THAT COMMITTEE, I TAKE SOME OF THE PREFERENCES.
WE TAKE SOME OF THE CALENDARS THAT WERE NOT SO FAVORABLE OUT, WE GO TO THE DEIC, AND LET THEM GIVE US SOME FEEDBACK.
WE ALSO GO TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S, SUPER SACK AND LET THEM GIVE US SOME FEEDBACK AND THEN WE GO BACK TO THE CALENDAR COMMITTEE FOR MORE RECOMMENDATIONS.
SOME OF THE PREVIOUS CALENDARS WITH SOME OTHER ONES THAT WE HAVE DETERMINED BECAUSE OF THE DEIC AND THE SUPER SAC THAT WE NEEDED TO CREATE AND THEIR JOB AT THAT POINT IN TIME IS TO NARROW DOWN TO THE TOP TWO CALENDARS TO TAKE OUT THE SURVEY.
AT THAT POINT IN TIME, WE GO TO CABINET JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE THE TWO WE WANT TO HAVE IT SURVEY AND THEN WE BRING IT TO THE BOARD AS WE'RE DOING TONIGHT.
CALENDAR B WAS THE OPTION THAT WAS VERY FAVORABLE TO EVERYBODY.
ALL TOLD WAS 62 PERCENT OF ALL THE VOTES.
THE STUDENTS LIKED IT AT 73 PERCENT.
THE STAFF LIKED IT FOR 67 PERCENT.
PARENTS WAS 58 PERCENT, AND THE COMMUNITY, THEIR VOTE WAS 60 PERCENT FOR CALENDAR B.
JUST SOME KEY POINTS AND THEN I'M NOT GOING TO POINT OUT ALL OF THEM.
I WOULD TELL YOU THAT THE STUDENTS ARE GOING TO GO TO SCHOOL FOR 172 DAYS IN THIS CALENDAR.
IF YOU LOOK AT HOUSE BILL 2610, AND THE NUMBER OF MINUTES THE STUDENTS GO TO SCHOOL, WHICH IS 450 MINUTES, THAT MEANS THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE 168 DAYS IN THE CALENDAR FOR STUDENTS.
THIS CALENDAR HAS FOUR MORE DAYS, TWO OF THEM FOR BAD WEATHER DAYS AND THEN WE LIKE TO HAVE A COUPLE OF MORE THAT IN THE PREVIOUS HISTORY, WE HAVE HAD UP TO FOUR BAD WEATHER DAYS IN OUR CALENDARS AND SO IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THOSE BUILT IN, WE WOULD HAVE HAD TO GO TO SCHOOL LONGER THAN
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THE ALLOTTED AMOUNT OF TIME OR WHEN WE WERE SUPPOSED TO FINISH.THERE'S FIVE DIFFERENT TEACHER WORKDAYS IN THIS CALENDAR.
THE OTHER THING I WANT TO POINT OUT IS THERE HAS BEEN A GROWING CONCERN BOTH FROM TEACHERS AND PARENTS ABOUT THE STUDENTS BEING IN THE BUILDING WHEN VOTING IS GOING ON, WHEN IT'S A POLLING STATION.
I BELIEVE 11 OF OUR SCHOOLS WERE POLLING STATIONS THIS YEAR ON WHEN IT CAME TIME AND THAT DATE FOR NEXT YEAR IS NOVEMBER THE 7TH.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT DAY OFF JUST BECAUSE OF SAFETY AND SECURITY AND SO WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT BEFORE.
ACTUALLY, WE DID IT ONCE BEFORE THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION BUT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THAT FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.
JUST FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY, GOT TOO MANY STUDENTS IN THE BUILDING, TOO MANY PEOPLE IN THE BUILDING AND FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY IS JUST MAKES A GOOD IDEA.
THEN THE LAST DAY IS THE 23RD FOR STUDENTS AND 24TH FOR STAFF.
WE ARE RECOMMENDING CALENDAR OPTION B AS THE CALENDAR FOR 23, 24 NEXT YEAR.
>> ANYONE ELSE ON LISTEN? MS. THOMAS.
>> I JUST APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE VOTING DAY INTO CONSIDERATION.
I KNOW WE DID THAT ONE TIME BEFORE AND I THINK THAT IT'S HARD TO MANAGE THE PEOPLE COMING IN AND OUT, SO I APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT AND TAKING THE KIDS SAFETY AND SECURITY AT THE FOREFRONT THERE.
I APPRECIATE THAT AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU DID ON THE CALENDAR.
>> I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I'M I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
I DIDN'T GET TO SIT IN ON ONE OF THE SESSIONS WHERE THE STUDENTS CAME IN AND LIKE YOU SAID, THEY ALL HAD THESE BIG IDEAS AND WE NEED THIS OFTEN THIS OFF AND THEN WHEN YOU'VE NARROWED IT DOWN, IT WAS JUST SEEING THEM WORK THROUGH EVERYTHING AND COMING UP WITH A PLAN.
APPRECIATE YOUR WORK AND APPRECIATE YOU INCLUDING A LOT OF PEOPLE MAKING YOUR DECISION.
JUST A QUESTION, SO OFTEN ON THESE COMMITTEES AND MS. [INAUDIBLE] THIS IS FOR YOU AND REALLY ANYBODY ON THE COUNCIL HERE.
WE GET GREAT INVOLVEMENT FOR PARENTS, STUDENTS, AND ALIKE AND WE MAY HAVE A PICTURE.
IS THERE A WAY OF MEMORIALIZING THIS IN SUCH A WAY THAT WE GET THAT OUT SO THAT WHEN THE COMMUNITY ASK, INVARIABLY IT COMES UP, WHO HAD A CHANCE TO WEIGH IN ON THAT? WE CAN SHOWCASE IT READILY AND MAYBE DIRECT THEM TO A WEBSITE, SOMEWHERE ON THE WEBSITE THAT IT HAS ENLISTED THAT SAYS THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATED AT THIS TIME ON THIS COMMITTEE, CONTRIBUTED IN THIS WAY.
BECAUSE AGAIN, THIS IS SOLID WORK AND I CAN'T THINK OF A TIME IN RECENT YEARS WHERE THERE WAS A SOUL ACT DONE THAT DIDN'T REALLY TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION MANY DIFFERENT VIEWS, AND I JUST THINK MAYBE IT MIGHT BE A MISSED OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW TO MEMORIALIZE AT BEYOND THE SNAP SIDE OF A REPORT OUT.
>> GREAT POINT MR. DAVIS AND I WOULD TELL YOU THAT EVERY TIME WE HAVE A COMMITTEE, IT IS POSTED WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE AND WHETHER THEY'RE A STAFF MEMBER OR A PARENT OR WHATEVER ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE.
THERE IS A PLACE ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE WHERE WE MEMORIALIZE, AS YOU PUT IT, WHAT THE COMMITTEE WAS ABOUT, WHAT THEIR FUNCTION IS GOING TO BE, AND WHO WAS ON IT.
>> THANK YOU, AND AS I JUST STATED, IT'S GREAT TO SEE HOW YOU PULL IT ALL TOGETHER AND TRY TO GIVE AS MUCH INPUT TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.
THEN ALSO I LIKE THAT YOU RECOGNIZE THAT WITH ELECTION DAY, JUST WITH ALL THE CHANGES WE'VE SEEN AND TRYING TO IMPROVE AND WE HAVE ON ALL THE SAFETY AND SECURITY, SO I APPRECIATE THAT.
>> THANK YOU. THIS IS THE ITEM 9.3, DR. CANTU?
>> YES. WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR YOU GUYS TONIGHT.
JUST LOOKING AT THE DEMOGRAPHERS REPORT, ATTENDANCE ZONES, BUILDING UTILIZATION, A TON OF THINGS THAT MR. BRODGEN AND SEVERAL MEMBERS OF AN INTERNAL TEAM HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT AND THESE ARE THE RESULTS
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AND SOME THOUGHTS WE HAVE GOING FORWARD, SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MR. BRODGEN, I BELIEVE DR. SCOTT AND MR. ROD AS WELL.>> YEAH. I'M THE GUY THAT DOES NOT OWN A RED SWEATER, BUT I'VE GOT SOME KILLER SOCKS AND SO I'VE SHOWN YOU ALL MY SOCKS TONIGHT.
DR. CANTU, PRESIDENT WILSON, BOARD MEMBERS, WE'RE PLEASED TO GIVE YOU THIS PRESENTATION TONIGHT.
I WANT TO OPEN THE PRESENTATION WITH GIVING YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROCESS.
A TYPICAL PROCESS FOR AN ATTENDANT ZONE REVIEW WOULD LOOK SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
WE WOULD RECEIVE THE PROJECTIONS FROM OUR DEMOGRAPHER AS WELL AS DATA THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE DISTRICT, WHAT OUR ATTENDANCE LOOKS LIKE, OUR SNAPSHOT LOOKS LIKE.
AN INTERNAL TEAM WOULD GET TOGETHER AND TAKE A LOOK AT THAT DATA AND DETERMINE IF ADJUSTMENTS ARE NEEDED.
IF THE ANSWER IS YES, THEN THAT TEAM WOULD RECOMMEND PUTTING A COMMITTEE TOGETHER TO DEVELOP AND STUDY OPTIONS THAT WOULD ULTIMATELY BE GIVEN TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S CABINET AND THEN BROUGHT TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR REVIEW.
WHAT HAPPENED IN THE LAST COMMITTEE WE HAD? I BELIEVE IT WAS 2015 OR 2016, THAT COMMITTEE WAS PUT TOGETHER TO DEVELOP THE ATTENDANCE ZONES FOR BRENDA NORWOOD, ALMA MARTINEZ, AND CHARLENE MCKINZEY.
PLUS THE COMMITTEE TOOK A LOOK AT THE GROWTH AND A LITTLE BIT OF THE OVERCROWDING AT LAKE RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL.
THAT COMMITTEE WAS LED BY DR. PAUL CASH AND DAVID WRIGHT.
WHERE ARE WE TODAY? TODAY WE HAVE RECEIVED THE THIRD QUARTER PROJECTIONS FROM OUR DEMOGRAPHER.
WE'VE GOT OUR SNAPSHOT, WE'VE GOT ENROLLMENT REPORTS AND OUR INTERNAL TEAM HAS MET, I'VE PUT THREE TIMES ON HERE, BUT I THINK WE'VE PROBABLY MET SEVERAL MORE TIMES THAN THAT.
WE HAVE REVIEWED THE DATA AND WE DO BELIEVE IT'S AN APPROPRIATE TIME TO PUT A COMMITTEE TOGETHER TO STUDY WHAT OUR GROWTH LOOKS LIKE AND SOME CHANGES THAT MAY BE NECESSARY GOING FORWARD.
A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. WHAT WE WOULD LIKE A 2023 COMMITTEE TO LOOK AT IS THE PROJECTED GROWTH IN OUR ATTENDANCE ZONES, BUT ALSO BUILDING CAPACITY AND WHAT OUR BUILDING UTILIZATION LOOKS LIKE TODAY AND THEN WE'D ALSO LIKE THE COMMITTEE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE IMPACT OF CHARTER SCHOOLS AND HOW WE'RE OPERATING THEM.
I'M GOING TO TURN OVER THE PRESENTATION TO DAVID WRIGHT AND HE'S GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THOSE PROJECTIONS AND THEN I'M GOING TO COME BACK AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHAT THE CAPACITY IS AND UTILIZATION AND THE CHOICE SCHOOLS.
>> THANKS JEFF. I'M GOING TO DRILL DOWN WITH SOME DIFFERENT NUMBERS AND CHARTS.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT HAVING TO LOOK AT ANY NUMBERS ON THIS CHART, WE'RE GOING TO DRILL DOWN FURTHER.
THE ONLY THING I WANT YOU TO DO ON THIS CHART IS LOOK AT THE NUMBERS THAT ARE IN YELLOW, BUT ALSO LOOK AT THE LEFT-HAND COLUMN, WHICH TALKS ABOUT WHAT IS THE CAPACITY OF A SCHOOL? AT INTERMEDIATE, IT'S 1,000 EXCEPT FOR MARTINEZ, THAT'S 1,200.
AT MIDDLE-SCHOOL, IT'S 1,000, EXCEPT FOR MCKINZEY, IT'S 1,200, AND AT A COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL IT'S 2,500, AND YOU SEE A LOT OF YELLOW THERE.
THE ORANGE COLOR IS THE PEIMS DATA SO IT'S THE CURRENT ENROLLMENT RIGHT NOW IN THE SCHOOL YEAR THAT WE'RE EXISTING IN.
THEN I WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE FAR RIGHT-HAND CORNER, OR COLUMNS, I SHOULD SAY THAT DEPICTS THE OPEN NUMBER OF SEATS AT THAT CAMPUS.
A CAMPUS HAS THE ORANGE COLUMN THAT SHOWS THAT THERE IS AN ENROLLMENT AND THEN YOU LOOK OVER ON THE FAR RIGHT-HAND COLUMN AND THAT'S HOW MANY OPEN SEATS, ACCORDING TO THAT 1,000 CAPACITY OR THAT 2,500 CAPACITY.
LET'S DRILL DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE.
HIGH SCHOOL, WE SEE A LOT OF YELLOW HERE.
WHERE WE ARE COMING FROM AND WHERE WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT HIGH SCHOOL IS REALLY IN THE '24, '25 OR THE '25, '26 SCHOOL YEAR.
WE SEE THAT LAKE RIDGE IS GETTING UP TO 2,800 OR 2,900 AS A STUDENT BODY AND LEGACY IS GETTING UP TO THAT 2,650 NUMBER IN '25, '26.
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BUT I WANT YOU TO ALSO REMEMBER THAT UNLIKE INTERMEDIATE, UNLIKE MIDDLE-SCHOOL, AT ANY POINT IN TIME, THERE'S GOING TO BE 250-300 STUDENTS AT A HIGH SCHOOL THAT ARE GONE TO BEN BARBER OR SENIOR RELEASE, AND SO WHERE THAT NUMBER RIGHT NOW SAYS 2,600, THAT'S THE ACTUAL NUMBER, BUT NOT THE REALITY OF THE NUMBER.BUT WE ARE GETTING UP WHERE WE ARE GETTING CONCERNED.
THEN YOU SEE THE SEATING CAPACITY.
WHAT I WOULD POINT OUT IS ACTUAL NUMBERS IN OPEN SEATS.
WE STILL HAVE MORE SEATS, AND IT'S ABOUT 1,000 OPEN SEATS AT OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, EVEN WITH OUR NUMBERS THAT GO TO BEN BARBER AND SENIOR RELEASE.
NOW LET'S LOOK AT IT, A BASELINE IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
AT MANSFIELD HIGH SCHOOL, THEY'RE JUST ABOVE 2,500 RIGHT NOW, BUT THEIR TREND LINE OVER THE NEXT EIGHT YEARS STARTING IN 23, SHOWS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUALLY DROP IN ENROLLMENT THROUGH '26, '27, THEY'RE GOING TO COME BACK UP JUST TO 2,500 STUDENTS.
LEGACY RIGHT NOW IS RIGHT THERE 2,500 BETWEEN '25 AND '26, 25-SOMETHING, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO STEADILY INCREASE OVER THE NEXT EIGHT YEARS AND BE AT ABOUT 2,700, THEY'LL PEAK IN '26, '27, ACCORDING TO DEMOGRAPHERS, AT ABOUT 2,715 '27, '25 AS YOU CAN LOOK AT IT.
RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE RIGHT AROUND 1,900 AND THEY CONTINUE A GROWTH PATTERN OF LESSENING THEIR STUDENT BODY DOWN TO ABOUT 1,500 OVER THE EIGHT YEARS.
TIMBER VIEW IS THE SAME, IT'S A STRAIGHT LINE AS IT IS EVER SO MOVING DOWNWARD IN THAT PERIOD.
LAKE RIDGE IS ALREADY OVER THE 2,500 AND THEY JUST INCREASE, IF UNCHECKED, ALL THE WAY UP TO 3,100 IN STUDENT BODY.
IF YOU LOOK AT THEM ALL TOGETHER IN ONE CHART, YOU SEE HOW DIFFERING PATTERNS.
WE SEE LEGACY AND LAKE RIDGE ARE INCREASING.
MANSFIELD IS REALLY STAYING THE SAME, IT'S NOT DEFERRING TOO MUCH, GOING DOWN AND COMING BACK, AND TWO SCHOOLS ARE DROPPING.
I HAVE PUT ON THIS BOX WHERE I REALLY THINK WHERE IN '24, '25, OR '26, '27, WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS, IF FOR NOTHING ELSE, LAKE RIDGE, BECAUSE WE CAN'T LET THEM GO OVER THAT '27 OR '28 NUMBER, THEY'RE GETTING A LITTLE BIT TOO HIGH, WHERE THEY'RE AT '29 AND '25, '26.
LET'S LOOK AT INTERMEDIATE AND MIDDLE-SCHOOL.
REALLY, OUR NUMBERS ARE PRETTY GOOD AT INTERMEDIATE AND MIDDLE SCHOOL.
MARTINEZ WAS REALLY NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY PROBLEMS UNTIL 2030 AND MCKINZEY
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IS NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY PROBLEMS UNTIL 2031.BUT IT'LL BE NICE TO HAVE A PLAN FOR THEM THROUGH THIS PROCESS, BUT THEY'RE ABOUT 6-7 YEARS OUT.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE ELEMENTARY NUMBERS, YOU DON'T SEE MUCH YELLOW.
ONE THING YOU WILL LOOK AT AND SEE WITH NORWOOD AND PERRY, PERRY BEING CAPACITY OF 800, NORWOOD BEING A CAPACITY OF 1,000, NORWOOD WILL BE AT 1,000 IN 2027.
THEN PERRY JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS AFTER THAT.
IT GETS PRETTY HEFTY AFTER THAT.
BUT I ALSO WANT YOU TO LOOK AT IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
MY NEXT TWO SLIDES WILL SHOW THIS.
BUT ONE THING I WANT YOU TO HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, THE TWO SLIDES THAT ARE FOLLOWING TAKES A LOOK AT WORST-CASE SCENARIO.
IF YOU LOOK AT BOREN, THEIR HIGHEST ENROLLMENT OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS IS GOING TO BE ABOUT THAT 600 NUMBER.
THAT'S THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO FOR BOREN.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT TARVER REDON, RIGHT NOW THEY'RE AT 538, BUT THEY'RE ALMOST GOING TO BE AT 600 IN SEVERAL YEARS.
THAT'S THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO FOR THEM.
WHAT I'M DOING IS TAKING WORST-CASE SCENARIO FOR EVERY SINGLE ELEMENTARY INTO ACCOUNT WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THE NEXT SLIDE.
THE NEXT SLIDE IS GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THESE OPEN SEATS THAT WERE DEPICTING ON THE FAR RIGHT.
IF WE LOOK AT IT FROM ELEMENTARIES THAT ARE NORTH OF DEBBIE LANE, AND WE'RE DOING THE HIGHEST ENROLLMENT IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS, WORST-CASE SCENARIO IS THE HIGHEST ENROLLMENT.
AT THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO, THEY'RE STILL GOING TO BE 3,759 OPEN SEATS.
THAT'S ALMOST FIVE FULL ELEMENTARIES VERSUS THE 12 ELEMENTARIES BELOW DEBBIE LANE.
IF YOU TAKE THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO OF ENROLLMENT AND YOU SEE THAT THERE'S ONLY ONE SCHOOL, REID THAT'S AT 539 AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS OF HIGH FIVES OR MORE.
YOU TAKE ALL OF THOSE NUMBERS AND YOU SEE THAT THE OPEN SEATS AT WORST-CASE SCENARIO IS 707 OPEN SEATS.
WE'VE GOT SOME OPEN SEATS, BUT WE'VE ALSO GOT SOME AREAS IN OUR DISTRICT WHERE THERE'S PLENTY OF AREAS TO GROW OR MOVE, AND WE GOT SOME AREAS WHERE WE NEED TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS OR CAN MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS.
AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I'M GOING TO TURN IT BACK OVER TO JEFF FOR TALKING ABOUT THE COMMITTEE AND LOOKING AT ANOTHER TASK OR A WAY TO LOOK AT THE NUMBERS.
>> SINCE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A COMMITTEE TOGETHER, I THINK IT WOULD BE PRUDENT FOR US TO TAKE A LOOK AT CAPACITY IN OUR CURRENT UTILIZATION.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THOSE TWO THINGS TOGETHER.
JUST A REFRESHER, DAVID MENTIONED IT,
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OUR ELEMENTARIES ARE SET FOR 800.WE DO HAVE THAT ONE EXCEPTION, SAME THING AT THE INTERMEDIATE AND MIDDLE.
ONE EXCEPTION IN BOTH OF THOSE CATEGORIES IN OUR HOSPITALS AT 2,500.
IT GIVES US A ROUGH SEAT VALUE OF 46,640.
AT THE TIME THAT WE PUT THIS PRESENTATION TOGETHER, OUR ENROLLMENT WAS 34,842, WHICH LEAVES US ROUGHLY 11,790 SEATS OPEN DISTRICT-WIDE.
I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT YOU HEARD ABOUT THE DIC FROM DR. MARCUS BRANDON EARLIER THIS EVENING AND ONE OF THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS WAS FOR US TO LOOK AT USING OUR FACILITIES EFFICIENTLY.
I THINK THE TIMING OF HAVING A COMMITTEE TOGETHER TO TAKE A LOOK AT CAPACITY AND UTILIZATION AND MAYBE MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS IS SPOT ON.
WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE HIGH SCHOOLS FOR A SECOND.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE INVERSE OF WHAT DAVID JUST TALKED ABOUT.
THE SCHOOLS THAT I HAVE HIGHLIGHTED IN THE ROSE COLOR, ARE CAMPUSES THAT ARE OPERATING AT 75 PERCENT CAPACITY OR LESS.
WE WANT TO GROW, BUT THERE'S A SILVER LINING RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW.
IF YOU LOOK AT THAT TOTAL NUMBER ALL THE WAY ACROSS FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS, WE HAVE CAPACITY FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
THE SILVER LINING IS WE CAN MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT NOW THAT CAN GO INTO EFFECT NEXT YEAR OR A YEAR AFTER NEXT, AND NOT HAVE TO COME BACK AND HAVE THIS DISCUSSION FOR 10 YEARS.
NUMBER 2 IS WE DON'T HAVE TO BUILD A HIGH SCHOOL RIGHT NOW.
I'LL TELL YOU WHY THAT'S A SILVER LINING TO ME IS I JUST HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN WITH OUR ARCHITECT AND TALK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN SURROUNDING SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
IN A HIGH SCHOOL WITH A SIMILAR FOOTPRINTS OR LEGACY OR LAKE RIDGE IS CURRENTLY BIDDING BETWEEN 300 AND $400 MILLION.
ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORS IS ABOUT TO EMBARK ON A $450 MILLION HIGH SCHOOL.
THREE HUNDRED MILLION IS MORE THAN THE BIGGEST BOND PROGRAM THAT WE'VE EVER HAD IN MANSFIELD.
THE OTHER SILVER LINING IS WE DON'T HAVE TO SPEND $300 MILLION RIGHT NOW AND POSSIBLY FOR LONGER THAN 10 YEARS.
LOOKING AT THE INTERMEDIATE MIDDLE SCHOOL, AGAIN, SAME THEME.
THE ROSE COLORED BANDS ARE CAMPUSES THAT ARE OPERATING AT 75 PERCENT OR SLIGHTLY LESS.
THAT CURRENTLY IS AT CROSS TIMBRES AND EISENHOWER AND LILLARD FOR INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLS.
ROUGHLY, WE HAVE ABOUT 2,000 SEATS OPEN AT THOSE CAMPUSES, AND EVEN AFTER 10 YEARS, WE STILL HAVE ROUGHLY 1,300 SEATS AVAILABLE.
ROUGHLY A LITTLE OVER ONE CAMPUS.
LOOKING AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, SAME THING, 75 PERCENT OR LESS AT HOWARD AND WESTER.
WHAT I WANT YOU TO PAY ATTENTION TO IS LOOK ALL THE WAY ACROSS THAT LINE AND YOU'LL SEE THE FLUCTUATION IS NOT THAT GREAT.
IT GOES UP OR DOWN JUST A FEW.
CURRENTLY WE HAVE ABOUT 1,700 SEATS OPEN AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND EVEN AFTER 10 YEARS, WE ARE STILL HOVERING AROUND 1,200, WHICH IS AN ENTIRE CAMPUS.
WITH LOT OF DATA RIGHT HERE, BUT I'M GOING TO DIAL DOWN FOR YOU, BUT THIS IS THE DISTRICT-WIDE PICTURE ON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT ARE BANDED IN YELLOW ARE CAMPUSES THAT ARE OPERATING AT 50 PERCENT CAPACITY OR LESS.
AGAIN, THE ROSE-COLORED IS BETWEEN 50 AND 75 PERCENT CAPACITY.
TODAY, WE HAVE ABOUT 7,000 SEATS OPEN INTO ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES.
TEN YEARS FROM NOW, WE STILL HAVE ABOUT 5,000, EVEN WHEN WE'VE GOT THAT WORST-CASE SCENARIO THAT DAVID WRIGHT PRESENTED TO YOU, WE STILL HAVE ABOUT 5,000 OPEN SEATS.
HERE'S WHAT I WANT YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT.
THOSE 5,000 SEATS ARE AT THE SAME 14 CAMPUSES.
IF WE DIAL IN, THOSE SAME 14 CAMPUSES HAVE ROUGHLY THOSE 5,000 SEATS STILL OPEN 10 YEARS FROM NOW.
I THINK THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A COMMITTEE TOGETHER THAT'S MADE UP OF OUR STAFF AND OUR COMMUNITY.
LET'S ASK THEM TO HAVE A SUBCOMMITTEE TO TAKE A LOOK AT HOW WE'RE UTILIZING OUR BUILDINGS AND SEE IF THERE ARE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT COME OUT OF THAT COMMITTEE.
IT TAKES CARE OF PROJECTED GROWTH, CAPACITY, AND UTILIZATION.
I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT CHOICE SCHOOLS REAL BRIEFLY, JUST ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY WHEN WE HAVE A COMMITTEE TOGETHER.
LET'S LOOK AT HOW WE'RE OPERATING CHOICE SCHOOLS AND SEE IF THERE MAY BE A MORE EFFICIENT WAY OR A RECOMMENDATION THAT CAN COME OUT OF THE COMMITTEE.
CURRENTLY WE HAVE 10 SCHOOLS THAT CREATE 47 SPECIALIZED ROUTES FOR OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.
BUT REMEMBER THOSE RIDERS CAN COME FROM ANYWHERE IN OUR DISTRICT.
WE TRAVEL ABOUT 2,500 MILES A DAY TO TAKE CARE OF OUR CHOICE SCHOOL STUDENTS.
NOW WE CURRENTLY HAVE ATTENDED ZONES FOR
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DAVIS AND NORWOOD AND CROSS TIMBRES AND MARTINEZ FINE ARTS ACADEMIES.THAT BOUNDARY LOOKS SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
IF YOU CAN SEE THAT BLACK LINE ACROSS THERE THAT GOES EAST TO WEST, IF YOU GO TO THE NORTH OF THAT LINE, THEN YOU WOULD ATTEND DAVIS AND ACROSS TIMBRES.
IF YOU'RE SOUTH OF THE LONDON, THEN YOU WOULD ATTEND NORWOOD AND MARTINEZ.
I THINK IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS INFORMATION TO OUR COMMITTEE AND SEE IF ANY RECOMMENDATIONS CAN COME FROM IT.
THAT TAKES CARE OF THE FOUR THINGS THAT I WANTED OUR 2023 COMMITTEE TO TAKE A LOOK AT.
I'D LIKE TO TURN THE PRESENTATION OVER TO DR. SHAWN SCOTT TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHERE ARE SOME OF THOSE KIDS THAT WOULD BE IN THE SEATS THAT I'VE TALKED TO YOU ABOUT.
>> THANK YOU, SIR. UP ON THE BOARD HERE, YOU HAVE A TRANSFER IN AND OUT OF THE DISTRICT AND THIS IS PULLED FROM A REPORT THAT TTA PROVIDES EACH YEAR.
THE LATEST DATA THAT WE HAVE IS FROM THE '21, '22 SCHOOL YEAR.
THERE ARE SOME HOLES IN HIS DATA, BUT IT GIVES YOU A GOOD IDEA OF WHERE YOUR STUDENTS ARE GOING OR WHERE YOUR STUDENTS ARE COMING FROM.
CHARTER SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN AROUND OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AND THEY DO TAKE AWAY OUR STUDENTS AND THEY ARE AN ISSUE.
THIS LAST YEAR, WE LOST ABOUT 1,835 STUDENTS TO CHARTER SCHOOLS.
THE ONE THING ABOUT CHARTER SCHOOLS IS ONCE THEY GROW UP AND BUILD THE CAPACITY, WE HAVE A PREDICTION OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO LOSE TO THEM AND IT STAYS PRETTY STEADY.
THE ONE THAT'S STILL WALKING, ITS WAY UP RIGHT NOW IS THE GREAT HEARTS JUST UP THE ROAD HERE.
THE OTHER ONES ARE KIND OF BUILT OUT.
THE ONE THAT IS A LITTLE BIT THAT WE REALLY WEREN'T EXPECTING SIDES BRACING FOR IS BECAUSE THE WAY WE WERE FUNDED BY STUDENT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, BY STUDENTS, BY ATTENDANCE.
THE ADA ARE SURROUNDING PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAVE OPENED THEIR DOORS.
THIS HAS CHANGED THINGS DRASTICALLY FOR US.
JUST GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF AN EXAMPLE.
THIS YEAR WE LOST 600 STUDENTS TO ISD. RUNNING STORE.
WE LOST 455 TO GRAND PRAIRIE ISD.
THOSE NUMBERS HAVE JUMPED FROM RESPECTIVELY 97 AND 57 OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS OR SO.
THOSE WERE MOSTLY WHEN YOU WERE LOOKING AT THEM WHERE TEACHERS' KITS.
WHEN YOU LOOK UP HERE AND YOU SEE THE KIDS THAT ARE COMING INTO MANSFIELD ISD.
JUST BOTTOM LINE, THIS IS ABOUT $27.8 MILLION IMPACT TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND LOST FUNDING ON THOSE STUDENTS.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT STATE AND LOCAL FUNDING IN 199 FOR THE STATE.
NOW, THAT'S ABOUT 10 MILLION FROM THE ISDS.
AT THIS TIME ABOUT 178 OR SO FROM THE CHARTER SCHOOLS.
YOU MAY ASK, WHY DO THEY WHY DID THEY LEAVE? WHY SO THEY GO? WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS PARENT FOR A MYRIAD OF REASONS.
WE HAVEN'T TALKED EVERY PARENT WHO'S LEFT, BUT WE CAN LOOK AT THE DATA OF WHERE THEY'RE GOING.
THERE IS NOT AN ACHIEVEMENT DATA POINT.
CCMR GRADUATION RATE FOR ANY STUDENT GROUP, WHERE WE'RE OUTPERFORMED BY ANY OF THE ISDS WHERE WE HAVE A DELTA.
THEY ARE SETTING A THRESHOLD THAT THEY'LL ACCEPT KIDS FROM OUR DISTRICT.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE'D WANT THE COMMITTEE TO LOOK AT AND SEE WHAT POSSIBLE IDEAS WE MIGHT HAVE HERE.
NOW, I CAN'T SAY THAT COMPLETELY ABOUT ALL THE CHARTER SCHOOLS BECAUSE THERE ARE A COUPLE OF CHARTER SCHOOLS ON THE LIST THAT ARE PERFORMING WELL, BUT FOR THE MAJORITY OF THEM, THAT IS THE CASE AS WELL.
WHEN YOU JUST LOOK AT THIS, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO OPEN OUR DOORS.
BUT I THINK WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES TO THE FUNDING OF OUR SCHOOLS AND PROGRAMS WE'RE OFFERING OUR STUDENTS.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED THE COMMITTEE LOOK AT.
WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE BUILDING UTILIZATION THAT MR. BRENNAN WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT.
WE WILL HAVE A WAVE ABOUT HIS HE TOLD YOU 11,798 SEATS OPEN THIS YEAR AND WORRIED ABOUT 76 PERCENT CAPACITY.
THEN WHEN YOU LOOK OUT TO WHERE WE'RE MAXED OUT IN 20,32, 33,
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WE GO UP TO ABOUT 83 PERCENT CAPACITY, BUT THAT STILL LEAVES US WITH 8,289 OR SO.JUST A LITTLE BIT OF AN IDEA IN 1995, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT TITLE FUNDS OR STATE COMP ED FUNDS ARE DIFFERENT PIECES, BUT JUST WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT 199 FUNDS TO OPERATE A STUDENT, A SCHOOL, GIDEON VERSUS SAY NASH WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CAPACITY OF THOSE SCHOOLS.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A $3,000 PER STUDENT DIFFERENCE AND WHAT IT COSTS TO OPERATE THAT SCHOOL.
BECAUSE WHILE WE STILL HAVE OUR 22, WE TRIED TO KEEP IT UNDER 22, BUT OUR 2022 TO ONE RATIO AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
WE STILL HAVE THE SAME NUMBER AGAIN, UNLESS WE'VE BROUGHT IN EXTRA HELP THROUGH TITLE FUNDS OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.
THE SAME NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATORS, SAME NUMBER OF COUNSELORS, SAME FOR PLAN TO HEAT THE BUILDING, HEAT AND COOL A BUILDING, STUDENT NUTRITION, ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT IT COSTS TO RUN THAT FACILITY.
MR. ROGERS WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE THIS UP.
>> CERTAINLY. WHAT WERE WE GOING TO DO IS LOOK FOR PUTTING TOGETHER A COMMITTEE OF WHICH THERE'LL BE 69 TOTAL MEMBERS.
THE MEMBERS THAT ARE APPOINTED BY THE BOARD MEMBERS WOULD BE 28 FOR A TOTAL OF 14.
THERE'LL BE 10 APPOINTED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THEN 20 FROM THE COMMUNITY, THE 15 FROM THE STAFF AND ADMINISTRATORS.
ALL OF THOSE WOULD BE CHOSEN AT RANDOM BY APPLICATION, BY FEEDER PATTERN.
WE WOULD HAVE SO MANY OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, BUT WE WOULD BE MAKING SURE THAT WE HAD A REPRESENTATION OF THE ENTIRE DISTRICT.
WE HAD A REPRESENTATION OF THE ENTIRE DISTRICT FOR STAFF AND A REPRESENTATION OF THE ENTIRE DISTRICT FOR ADMINISTRATORS BY APPLICATION TO MAKE 69.
THE PRIORITY THAT WE FEEL LIKE WE NEED FOR THIS IS TO IDENTIFY THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS TO BE SERVED BY EACH CAMPUS.
WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO RELIEVE CURRENT AND PROJECTED OVERCROWDING AND BUILDING UTILIZATION.
WE NEED TO ACCOUNT FOR NEIGHBORHOODS, FUTURE SITES, AND NATURAL AND MAN-MADE BARRIERS AND CONTRIBUTE TO STABILITY OVER TIME.
LUCKILY, WE SAID WE'RE LOOKING AT THE NEXT 8-10 YEARS FOR THIS.
WE HAVE REACHED THE POINT OF QUESTIONS.
>> BEFORE I ASK THE REST OF MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS, I DID WANT TO SAY THANKS DR. SCOTT, ESPECIALLY AT GEORGIA WHOLE PRESENTATION.
NOT REALLY BECAUSE I STILL HAVE PTSD FROM HISTORY, BUT I DID APPRECIATE YOU POINTING OUT, I'M SORRY.
IT'S JUST NOT DEFENDANTS THING IN THE WORLD.
BUT I DID APPRECIATE YOU POINTING OUT THE COMPETITION.
TO SAY, THAT SOME OF OUR CAMPUSES ARE GOING THROUGH BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT ANY OF THESE NUMBERS ARE NOT REFLECTIVE OF WHAT'S GOING ON THOSE CAMPUSES OR STUDENT PERFORMANCES.
I MEAN, WE ALL KNOW THAT WE TRIED TO GIVE EVERY STUDENT, EVERY CAMPUS THE BEST WE CAN.
IT IS TRULY I WORK IN A DISTRICT THAT HAPPENS TO HAVE THIS SAME BATTLE BECAUSE YOU JUST ARE AND YOU POINTED IT OUT PERFECTLY WHEN YOU HAVE ALL THE SURROUNDING DISTRICT OPEN ENROLLMENT.
THE MORE CONVENIENT TO THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS SCHOOLS.
I JUST HAD TO SAY THAT BECAUSE I JUST DON'T IN ANY WAY WANT ANYONE TO THINK THAT IT IS REFLECTIVE OF WHAT'S BEING DONE ON THOSE CAMPUSES BECAUSE IT'S NOT.
WITH THAT, DID WE HAVE ANYTHING ON THIS SIDE MS. FARRAR?
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
WITH FORMING THE COMMITTEE, WHEN DO YOU ANTICIPATE THEM BEGINNING TO MEET? WHEN ARE YOU HOPING TO TAKE A RECOMMENDATION FROM THEM? THEN WHEN ARE YOU HOPING TO START IMPLEMENTING SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS?
>> WE ARE LOOKING TO START WORKING ON THIS ROUTE WHEN WE GET BACK AND HOPING TO START THE FIRST COMMITTEE MEETINGS AT THE END OF JANUARY, MAYBE FIRST FEBRUARY.
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WE'RE LOOKING FOR Y'ALL TO HAVE YOUR TWO MEMBERS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO NOMINATE? PROBABLY BY THAT FIRST WEEK OR PROBABLY BY THAT FIRST WEDNESDAY WHEN WE GET BACK.>> IS THIS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WRAPS UP SPRING OF 2023, OR ARE WE LOOKING AT A YEAR-LONG PROCESS LIKE WALK YOU THROUGH? THAT PROCESS LOOKS LIKE.
>> WE EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS WRAPPED UP BY THE SPRING SEMESTER.
BUT WE NEED SOME FLEXIBILITY BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF ALL THE PARTS THAT ARE MOVING.
WE HAVEN'T SET ANY DATES YET OR THE NUMBER OF MEETINGS.
WE JUST HAVE TO PLAY IT BY EAR A LITTLE BIT.
WHAT ARE WE'VE HAD IN THEIR MIND? PROBABLY FOR 3-4 MEETINGS SO FAR.
WE REALLY WANT IT TO END BEFORE THE SEMESTER'S OVER THOUGH.
>> I'M THINKING YOU MIGHT NEED TO MAYBE PUT HIM MAYBE PLAN FOR A LITTLE BIT, MAYBE MORE THAN THREE MEETINGS.
I THINK IT MIGHT TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THREE MEETINGS [LAUGHTER] I'M JUST THINKING.
WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THERE'S A VERY DIVERSE GROUP AND REPRESENTATION FROM ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES ON THE COMMITTEE.
IT'S NOT JUST GOING TO BE HEAVILY WEIGHTED FROM VOLUNTEERS FROM ONE AREA. I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE EACH ONE OF OUR FEEDER PATTERNS IS REPRESENTED FAIRLY ON THE COMMITTEE.
THAT'S ONE THING THAT I WOULD LIKE US TO MAKE SURE WE DO.
>> ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S WHY WE'RE HAVING THE APPLICATION PROCESS SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE COVER ALL OF THOSE AREAS.
I WANT TO JUST GO BACK TO MS. RORIS QUESTION.
I THINK YOU ALSO ASK WHEN WOULD WE EXPECT THIS TO GO INTO EFFECT? THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THE COMMITTEE WOULD DISCUSS, BUT WE DON'T SEE THIS HAVING TO BE EFFECTIVE FOR A YEAR, MAYBE TWO YEARS.
WHERE WE HAVE THE ISSUES THAT WE WANT TO ADDRESS, WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.
THIS COULD BE SOMETHING THE COMMITTEE BRINGS FORWARD AND SAYS, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO, BUT WE WANT IT TO GO INTO PLACE IN 25, 26.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD WRAP UP IN THE SPRING AND IMMEDIATELY IMPLEMENT.
IT WOULD BE A YEAR, MAYBE TWO YEARS.
>> THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE DIDN'T THINK THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR WE'RE DOING IT, AND SO WE'VE GOT SOME TIME TO PLAN. THANK YOU.
I LIKE MY JOB, [LAUGHTER] SO WE WOULD NOT DO THAT.
WHAT OUR PRACTICE HAS BEEN IN THE PAST TOO, IS THAT JUST FOR THE PARENTS AND STUDENTS OUT THERE.
WE'VE HAD LET STUDENTS REMAIN AT THEIR CAMPUSES WHERE THEY'RE AT AND SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING LESS THAN THAT AND MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
>> JUST ONE MORE. WHEN YOU'RE ALL ARE LOOKING AT THE COMMITTEES, ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE IN CONSIDERATION ON SOME OF THESE CAMPUSES THAT HAVE LOW ENROLLMENT NOW BECAUSE THEY'RE PRE-K PROGRAM OVER AT SANDRA RICO OR SOME OF THOSE CHILDREN ARE AT NASH.
BECAUSE THAT CAN INFECT A RUMOR, THEY MIGHT NOT BE AT THAT CAMPUS, BUT THEY'RE IN THAT AREA AND JUST CONSIDERING THAT TOO, WANT MORE THINKING ABOUT THAT.
>> ABSOLUTELY. [NOISE] I THINK YOU'VE TOUCHED ON IT THAT WE WILL HAVE MORE MEETINGS BECAUSE IT'S COMPLEX AND YOU MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, BUT YOU HAVE TO MAKE CONSIDERATIONS OF HOW THAT TRICKLES DOWN TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, HOW THAT TRICKLES DOWN TO THE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL.
YOU CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN JUST NOT DO ANYTHING AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND TWO YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, YOU'RE RIGHT BACK IN THE SAME SITUATION.
IT'S COMPLEX AND THEN AGAIN, WE'RE ASKING THE COMMITTEE TO STUDY UTILIZATION AND CAPACITY AND CHOICE SCHOOLS.
THIS MAY GO A LITTLE BIT LONGER.
I DON'T SEE US JUST PUTTING A HARD DEADLINE ON IT.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FOUR MEETINGS.
WE'LL JUST HAVE TO FEEL OUR WAY THROUGH IT AND SEE WHAT PROGRESS EACH COMMITTEE AND SUBCOMMITTEE CAN MAKE.
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IT MAY LAST A LITTLE BIT LONGER, WHICH IS NOT A BAD THING.>> YOU'LL THROUGH DOWN HERE? NEXT ONE, MR. DAVIS.
>> GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
JUST MORE OF A COMMENT MORE OF A QUESTION.
WITH ALL THE VARIABLES THAT WERE CONSIDERED, I DON'T REMEMBER HEARING TRANSPORTATION AS BEING ONE OF THOSE THINGS CONSIDERED AND GIVE US SOME OF THE RECENT DIALOGUE WE'VE HAD ABOUT THE CURRENT STATUS OF OUR BUSES AND THE NEED TO GET MORE.
I JUST WANT TO AS YOU'RE SUGGESTING, IT'S PART OF THE PLANNING.
AGAIN, I DON'T REMEMBER BEING CALLED OUT, BUT I DON'T WANT TO TAKE FOR GRANTED THAT IT IS BEING CONSIDERED WHEN IT WASN'T MENTIONED.
WE WILL HAVE REPRESENTATION THERE BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS HERE CAN HAVE A HUGE IMPACT ON TRANSPORTATION.
YES, SIR. WE WILL DEFINITELY HAVE REPRESENTATION AND THAT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT WILL EDUCATE THE COMMITTEE ON GOING INTO THE PROCESS.
YES, SIR. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
CONSIDERING HOW MULTIFACETED THIS COMMITTEE IS GOING TO BE IN AND SO FORTH, COULD THE EXPECTATION MAY BE THAT THERE'S A ROLLOUT PLAN, MAY BE CERTAIN ASPECTS ARE PUT INTO EFFECT THAN MORE IMPLEMENTED LATER? OR IS THIS ALL AT ONE TIME, PUSH EVERYTHING OUT AT ONCE?
>> I REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW TO ANSWER THAT.
WE'RE LOOKING AT A VARIETY OF THINGS AND SO THAT CAN CERTAINLY BE A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMITTEE.
THERE COULD BE, WE WANT TO MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT HERE TO BALANCE THIS IS PHASE 1 AND THEN THIS WOULD BE PHASE 2.
IT'S JUST GOING TO HAVE TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE GROW OUT OF THE COMMITTEE.
I'LL TELL YOU THOUGH, WHEN IT COMES TO CHANGE AND ADJUSTMENT OF ATTENDANCE ZONES, IT'S BETTER TO DO IT.
IF THE RECOMMENDATION IS WE WANTED TO MAKE THESE CHANGES, IT'S BETTER TO DO IT AT ONE TIME.
BUT CERTAINLY THAT'S A POSSIBILITY THAT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT COMES OUT OF THE COMMITTEE.
AGAIN, JUST TO GIVE EVERYBODY SOME COMFORT, WE HAVE TIME AND WE HAVE CAPACITY.
THIS IS REALLY GOING TO BE A REALLY NICE ORGANIC, SLOW PROCESS.
WE'RE NOT UNDER THE GUN IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A PLEASANT EXPERIENCE.
>> I LOVE YOUR POSITIVITY THERE, JEFF.
>> I'M GOING TO RESPOND AT THIS MOMENT. MRS. ANDERSON.
>> IT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY.
IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO GET UP THERE AND ACTUALLY PRESENT THIS BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS THE HOT TOPIC AND THE HOT BUTTON AND NEVER THE ONE THAT EVERYBODY IS LIKE, YES, LET'S DO THIS.
BUT I THINK IT ALSO CONTRIBUTES TO WHERE WE'RE GOING AND WHERE ALL OF OUR DISTRICT IS HEADED.
I LOVE THAT YOU ALL PUT TOO MUCH TIME INTO IT, THINKING ABOUT IT, LOOKING AT IT FROM BOTH SIDES.
ANYWAY, SO JUST APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THIS.
I REALLY LOVE HOW THE COMMITTEE IS GOING TO COME TOGETHER AND YOU MIGHT EVEN HAVE SUBCOMMITTEES EVENTUALLY OF DIFFERENT POSSIBILITIES TO SEE HOW THEY WORK AND IDEAS. THANK YOU.
>> GUYS I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN.
LIKE I'VE SAID BEFORE, IT'S JUST NOT ALWAYS BEEN OUR MOST FUN THING TO WORK ON.
HOWEVER, WE'VE LEARNED A LOT OVER THE YEARS, SO I KNOW THAT [LAUGHTER] THIS PROCESS WILL GO LIKE YOU SAID.
ONE THING THAT THE DISTRICT'S ALWAYS TRIED TO DO I THINK, IS TO BE AS PROGRESSIVE AS POSSIBLE AND AHEAD OF THE GAME AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WITH THE ITEMS ESPECIALLY LIKE THIS SO THAT IT ISN'T SUCH A DRASTIC OVERNIGHT, RUSH GOT TO DO THIS BY FRIDAY.
WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS AND WE KNOW THAT YOU'LL LEAD OUR COMMITTEE WELL, AND BRING US BACK SOME AMAZING PLAN. THANK YOU.
>> THIS TAKES US TO ITEM 10, PUBLIC COMMENTS.
[10. Public Comments]
THE CORRECT PROCEDURE FOR ADDRESSING THE BOARD DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS IS AS FOLLOWS.EACH SPEAKER SHOULD ADDRESS THE BOARD FROM THE PODIUM MICROPHONE AND STATE HIS OR HER NAME BEFORE SPEAKING.
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.
ARE THERE ANY MORE WITH YOU MS. MARIANNE? I JUST WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT RESPECT THE MIC.
IF SOMEONE ELSE IS SPEAKING, DO PLEASE GIVE THEM THAT OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND EVERYONE WILL HAVE THEIR TIME.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS MS. DANIELLE CRUTCHFIELD.
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>> GOOD EVENING BOARD PRESIDENT WILSON, DR. CANTU, AND BOARD MEMBERS.
I'M HERE SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE TELEHEALTH POLICY.
WE KNOW HOW SOME KIDS DREAD ENDING THEIR WEEKENDS AND GOING BACK TO SCHOOL ON MONDAYS.
MY DAUGHTER IS THE OPPOSITE OF THAT.
SHE'S A THIRD GRADER AT URBAN ASH, AND SHE LOVES MONDAY, THAT'S HER FAVORITE DAY.
NOT BECAUSE OF SCIENCE, WHICH SHE LOVES, BUT BECAUSE OF ART.
THAT'S HER THING AND EVERY MONDAY IS ART AND SHE CAN'T WAIT.
BUT MY GIRL HAS HAD TO MISS A FEW MONDAY'S THIS YEAR BECAUSE SHE'S LIKE FIVE MILLION OTHER KIDS AROUND THE COUNTRY WHO HAVE CHILDHOOD ASTHMA.
IN A DISTRICT THE SIZE OF MISD THAT MEANS THERE'S THOUSANDS OF KIDS WITH ASTHMA POTENTIALLY MISSING DAYS OF SCHOOL.
FOR MY DAUGHTER TO GIVE OVER HER ASTHMA FLARE-UPS, SHE NEEDS A DOCTOR'S PRESCRIPTION FOR STEROIDS.
WHEN SHE SICK, SHE'S MISSING SCHOOL NOT ONLY TO SEE THE DOCTOR AT HIS OFFICE, BUT ALSO MISSING SCHOOL, JUST BEING SICK.
IMAGINE IF SHE COULD GET THAT PRESCRIPTION WITHOUT HAVING TO WAIT DAYS TO SEE A SPECIALIST.
SHE'LL BE TAKING THAT NEW STAAR TEST EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT.
SHE AND ALL OTHER KIDS REALLY CAN'T AFFORD TO MISS DAYS OF SCHOOL IT IMPACTS ISSUES LIKE TESTING IN EXAMS. FOR THE LAST FEW MONTHS, OUR HEALTH SERVICES STAFF HAS PRESENTED A TELEHEALTH OPTION THAT OFFERS PARENT CHOICE AND FOCUSES ON IMPROVING STUDENT PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES.
FIRST, PARENT CHOICE IS ALREADY BUILT INTO THE PROGRAM.
WE CLICK A LOT OF OPT-IN BOXES AS PARENTS IN MISD, I JUST CLICK THE OPT-IN BOX FOR MY FIFTH GRADER TO WATCH THEIR PUBERTY VIDEO, VERY GOOD VIDEO.
WITH TELEHEALTH, PARENTS WILL BE ABLE TO OPT IN AND CONSENT.
WE'LL LET THE NURSES FACILITATE FROM THERE AS WE CHOOSE.
WE KNOW IT'S A PILOT ROLL-OUT WITH THE CHANCE TO IMPROVE BEFORE EXPANDING AND NO ONE'S BEING FORCED TO ENROLL IN THIS.
THAT'S THE DEFINITION OF PARENT CHOICE.
SECOND, THIS OPTION BUILDS ON THE EXPERIENCE OF OUR NURSES.
WE TRUST OUR HEALTH SERVICES STAFF TO PROVIDE ALL CARE TO OUR KIDS ALREADY.
WE'RE NOT IN THE OFFICE WHEN THEY ARE TAKING CARE OF BOO-BOOS AND GIVING HEAT OR ICE PACKS OR EPINEPHRINE.
WE TRUST THEM ALREADY TO DO THOSE THINGS.
WHY NOT TRUST THEM TO CLICK A FEW BUTTONS TO FACILITATE A TELEHEALTH CALL THAT PARENTS HAVE ALREADY OPTED INTO.
THIRD AND LAST, IT'S FOCUSED ON IMPROVING STUDENT OUTCOMES, WHICH IS THE BOARD'S MAIN FOCUS.
I KNOW LOOKING AT SCHOOL BOARD SOMETIMES IT'S NOT CLEAR WHAT THE FOCUS IS, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY STUDENT OUTCOMES.
THIS TELEHEALTH OPTION FOCUSES ON THE WHOLE CHILD, CAN REDUCE TIME OUT OF SCHOOL AND AS AN EXAMPLE OF MINDING THOSE STUDENTS PERFORMANCE GAPS AND TRYING TO IMPROVE THE DISTRICT RATING THAT OTHERS TALKED ABOUT DR. SPENCER AND DR. BRANDON, AND IT'S GOING TO BE HARD WORK.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT CAN HELP.
WE CAN'T ON THE ONE HAND SAY WE WANT TO CLOSE THOSE PERFORMANCE GAPS AND THEN ON THE OTHER HAND, FAIL TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS THAT HELP DO THAT VERY THING.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE BOARD FOR WORKING TOGETHER TO IMPROVE THE POLICY AND WRAPPING IT UP IN A NICE HOLIDAY GIFT BAG FOR US. HAPPY HOLIDAYS.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MS. MYRA MILLER.
MILLER NOT OUT HERE? NEXT SPEAKER IS JOANNA CARDLIZA.
>> GOOD EVENING SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, AND DR. CANTU.
[NOISE] SOMETHING IS STUCK IN MY THROAT, SO I'M TRYING TO GET THROUGH MY COMMENTS.
I'M HERE TONIGHT TO REPRESENT THE MANSFIELD ISD COUNCIL OF PTAS.
I AM THE VICE PRESIDENT OF PROGRAMS HERE SPEAKING TODAY FOR OUR ADVOCACY CHAIR, CLARE VIAGARMY WHO'S OUT SICK TODAY.
BUT SHE WANTED TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION IN REGARDS TO THINGS WE'RE DOING TO ADVOCATE FOR OUR COMMUNITY WITH OUR TEXAS LEGISLATORS AND THE UPCOMING RALLY DAY.
BEFORE I START, THE MANSFIELD ISD COUNCIL OF PTAS EXECUTIVE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, DR. CANTU AND HER EXECUTIVE BOARD, AND OUR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND STAFF FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND IN PARTNERSHIP, SUPPORT SUCH AS MEETING SPACE FOR OUR PTA MEETINGS, YOUR TEXAS PTA MEMBERSHIP, AND OTHER ITEMS SUCH AS HELPING WITH COOKIE CELLS.
WHEN WE'RE BEHIND ON BAKING COOKIES AT SOMEWHERE, WHEN I SEE DEZ COMING THROUGH THE DOOR, THAT PROVIDES SO MUCH RELIEF BECAUSE I KNOW SHE'S GOING TO HELP US CATCH UP.
TEXAS PTA RALLY NEXT YEAR WILL BE ON FEBRUARY 27TH, 2023, WHICH IS A MONDAY.
THE MANSFIELD ISD COUNCIL OF PTAS EXECUTIVE BOARD, ALONG WITH SOME OF OUR 7,100 LOCAL MEMBERS AND OTHER PTA MEMBERS FROM ACROSS THE STATE ARE ALREADY MAKING
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PLANS TO TRAVEL TO AUSTIN AND MEET WITH OUR LOCAL LEGISLATORS TO ADVOCATE FOR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO US.THESE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES INCLUDE AND EACH ONE OF YOU SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF OUR TEXAS PTA PRIORITIES.
I'M GOING TO TRY TO READ THIS BECAUSE IT'S SO SMALL.
PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING SYSTEM VOUCHERS WILL OPPOSE LEGISLATION THAT AUTHORIZES STATE FUNDS TO BE USED TO PAY FOR PRIVATE SCHOOL TUITION AND RELATED COSTS.
TEACHER AND STAFF SHORTAGE AND RETENTION PURSUE LEGISLATION THAT ADDRESSED THIS TEACHER AND STAFF SHORTAGES AND IMPROVES RETENTION.
STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH PURSUE MENTAL HEALTH LEGISLATION INCLUDING SYSTEMS TO IDENTIFY STUDENTS IN NEED OF INTERVENTION AND PROGRAMS AND SERVICES DESIGNED TO HELP KEEP STUDENTS MENTALLY STRONG AND PREPARED TO COPE WITH PERSONAL CHALLENGES AND THROUGH ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM.
PURSUE LEGISLATION IMPACTING THE STATE THROUGH A SYSTEM, ADVOCATE FOR AN ACCOUNTABLE SYSTEM THAT MORE BROADLY REVIEWS SCHOOL PERFORMANCE, AND INCLUDE THE FAMILY ENGAGEMENT COMPONENT.
THERE'S OTHER PRIORITIES ON HERE ON THIS PAGE.
ONCE AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP.
THANK YOU AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MS. CYNTHIA DANIELS.
>> HI. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO DR. CANTU, PRESIDENT WILSON, AND THE REST OF THE BOARD.
CAN I ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION BEFORE MY STATEMENT? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I HEARD SOMETHING CORRECTLY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING.
>> WE CAN'T RESPOND RIGHT NOW TO PUBLIC COMMENTS UNLESS IT WAS ON THE AGENDA.
I DON'T KNOW, I'VE NEVER HAD BEEN ASKED LIKE THAT.
BUT YOU CAN ASK AND WE CAN GET BACK WITH YOU.
>> I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I HEARD BIANCA CORRECTLY SAY THAT HER CASE HAD BEEN COMPLETELY DROPPED.
YES. IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN MY STATEMENT IS A MOOT POINT, SO THANK YOU, AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS.
>> THANK YOU. MANDY STONE CAFER.
>> GOOD EVENING, DR. CANTU, PRESIDENT WILSON, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
TO MISS BENAVIDEZ ANDERSON, I'D LIKE TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS ON THE DISMISSAL OF THE CASE BROUGHT AGAINST YOU.
THIS DISMISSAL SHOULD SPEAK VOLUMES TO THE DETRACTORS AND NAYSAYERS WHO HAVE WRONGFULLY INSISTED THAT YOU DIVULGE DETAILS OF YOUR PERSONAL LIFE HERE.
I'D LIKE TO COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR PERSEVERANCE UNDER THESE CHALLENGING CIRCUMSTANCES.
I BELIEVE YOU'VE SET AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE FOR STUDENTS, PARENTS, AND RESIDENTS IN OUR DISTRICT BY HANDLING YOURSELF WITH DIGNITY AND GRACE.
I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT IN SPITE OF LIFE'S CHALLENGES.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SERVICE TO OUR DISTRICT DURING THIS TRYING TIME. MERRY CHRISTMAS.
>> THANK YOU. THIS TAKES US TO ITEM 11,
[11. Human Resources Report]
SPECIFICALLY 11.1, OUR HUMAN RESOURCES REPORT, AND OUR 20-PLUS YEAR RECOGNITIONS.MS. THOMAS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE THOSE WITH US?
WE HAVE SEVERAL TONIGHT AND JUST WANTED TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYBODY THAT SAID THEIR 20-PLUS YEARS ON THE LIST AND HAPPY RETIREMENT.
SHE IS A NURSE AT TIMBER VIEW, 21 YEARS AND 10 WITH MISD, RAMONA MONTOYA AT THE LINDA JOB.
SHE HAD 29 YEARS, WITH 16 WITH, MISD, JOHN ROWE WITH ALMA MARTINEZ, 30 YEARS IN EDUCATION AND 16 WITH MISD, CATHERINE SULFUR MOSHA FROM LAKE RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL, 26 YEARS WITH FOUR WITH THE MISD LEVY TURNER AND JELLY, BOREN, 23 YEARS IN TEACHING AND ALL 23 WITH MISD AND MR. MARK WILLIAMSON.
WE WILL MISS YOU GREATLY 21 YEARS AND 21 WITH MISD.
>> WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM 11.2 OUR BOARD PROVED NEW HIRES.
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MAY I PLEASE RECEIVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATIONS? MOTION MADE BY MS. THOMAS AND A SECOND MADE BY MR. TIPPING. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE MAY I PLEASE SEE A SHOW OF HANDS FOR ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION.[12. Business Items Requiring Board Action]
CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL THE 2021, 2022 ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT.MAY I PLEASE RECEIVE A MOTION?
>> MOTION MADE BY MS. ANDERSON AND THE SECOND MADE BY MS. FARRAR.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE MAY I PLEASE SEE A SHOW OF HANDS FOR ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION.
WITH THAT THE MOTION PASSES 7, 0.
WE'LL NOW MOVE TO ITEM 13 OR CONSENT AGENDA.
[13. Consent Agenda]
LET ME REMIND YOU THAT WE BOTH THE CONSENT AGENDA UP OR DOWN, UNLESS SOMEONE WANTS TO PULL AN ITEM.DOES ANYONE WANT TO PULL AN ITEM AT THIS TIME? NOW, MS. FARRAR.
>> FIVE, 7 AND 9 MAY I PLEASE RECEIVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS IT APPEARS WITH THE EXCEPTIONS OF ITEMS 13.5, 13.7, AND 13.9? WE HAVE A MOTION MADE BY MS. NEWSOME AND A SECOND MADE BY MS. THOMAS.
[NOISE] ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, MAY I PLEASE SEE A SHOW OF HANDS.
THOSE ITEMS PASS WITH A VOTE OF 7-0.
[13.5. Consideration and Approval of the Second Reading of MISD Policy FFAC (LOCAL) ]
THE CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF THE SECOND READING OF THE MIS DAY POLICY, FFAC LOCAL MAP.MOTION MADE BY MS. FLORES OR A SECOND, MS. NEWSOME.
WAS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS TOPIC?
>> YES. I WAS HOPING THAT YOU COULD JUST TOUCH ON WHAT WILL BE IN THE REGULATIONS FOR THIS TELEHEALTH APPOINTMENT AND I'LL JUST ASK THE SAME QUESTION THAT I'VE ASKED FOR THE LAST FEW MONTHS IF PARENTS WILL BE REQUIRED TO BE ON THE CALL.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
PARAPHRASING, YOU SEE AT YOUR TABLE, I'VE GIVEN EACH OF YOU THE REGULATION PHRASING, BUT TALKING THROUGH IT PRIOR TO ANY APPOINTMENT, THE PARENT AS I SAY PARENT, I'M INCLUDING GUARDIAN.
I'M GOING TO SAY IT EVERY TIME BUT A PARENT ONE MUST REGISTER FOR TELEHEALTH PRIOR TO.
THEN THE STUDENT COMES TO THE OFFICE AND PRESENTS FOR WHATEVER ILLNESS THAT THEY HAVE.
THE RN WILL ASSESS WHAT THAT ILLNESS IS AND THEN DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THAT STUDENT COULD BENEFIT FROM A TELEHEALTH APPOINTMENT.
NOT ALL AND PROBABLY MOST TRIPS TO THE NURSE WILL NOT BENEFIT THE TELEHEALTH APPOINTMENT.
THEN THE NURSE WILL CHECK TO SEE IF THE PARENT HAD ALREADY PRE-REGISTERED, THEN THE PARENT WILL CALL.
IF THERE WERE PRE-REGISTERED, THE PARENT WILL CALL.
IF THE PARENT SAYS, NO, I DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH TELEHEALTH AND THAT'S THE END OF THE TELEHEALTH APPOINTMENT, IF THE PARENT SAYS YES, THEY DO WANT TO, THEN THEY'RE OFFERED THE TELEHEALTH, THEN THE PARENT, THE RN, AND THE TELEHEALTH DOCTOR WHOEVER THAT IS WILL JOIN EACH OTHER ON THE VISITS.
THEY WILL BE ON THE PHONE CALL TOGETHER AT THE SAME TIME.
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THE DOCTOR WILL GIVE THE ORDERS, THE NURSE WILL DOCUMENT IT AND SCOUR IT, AND THEN WHATEVER ORDERS IT COULD BE THAT THE STUDENT GOES BACK TO CLASS.IT COULD BE THAT THE STUDENT GOES HOME.
IT COULD BE THAT THE PARENT'S GOING TO GET MEDICATION, WHATEVER THOSE ORDERS ARE IS WHAT WILL BE FOLLOWED.
>> DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO RESPOND?
>> ALL QUESTIONS ANSWERED FOR CLARIFICATION.
WITH THAT SINCE WE HAVE RECEIVED A MOTION AND A SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION MAY YOU PLEASE SEE WITH A SHOW OF HANDS? THAT MOTION PASSES 7-0.
WE'LL GO TO ITEM 13.7, WHICH IS THE MAXIMUM.
[13.7. Consideration and Approval of the TEA Optional School Day Program Application]
CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL, THE TA OPTIONAL SCHOOL DAY PROGRAM APPLICATION.MA'AM, PLEASE RECEIVE A MOTION?
>> MOTION MADE BY MS. THOMAS AND A SECOND BY MS. NEWSOME.
>> I GUESS I WAS HOPING DR. SCOTT COULD JUST GIVE US A QUICK BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT THIS PROGRAM IS AND WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE MOVING FORWARD AT THAT APPLICATION.
>> YES, ABSOLUTELY. BACK OFF A LITTLE BIT.
[LAUGHTER] WE HAVE A STUDENT WHO DROPS OUT OF SCHOOL, TRANSFERS OUT OF THE DISTRICT THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE.
THEY'RE CODED AS 98 AND SO THIS OPTIONAL FLEXIBLE SCHOOL DAY IS MEANT TO ADDRESS THOSE STUDENTS WHO ARE CODED AS 98.
IT WILL GO AND RECRUIT THOSE KIDDOS.
WE DO THIS ALREADY THROUGH PHOENIX, BUT MANY OF THEM COME BACK AND ARE SUCCESSFUL, BUT MANY OF THEM TELL US, I HAVE THIS RESPONSIBILITY OR WHATEVER AND I CAN'T COME DURING THOSE TIMES.
THIS WILL GIVE US A WAY TO GO AND ADDRESS THOSE STUDENTS.
THE COURSES THEY'LL BE TAKING ARE THROUGH EDGE ANNUITY, WHICH IS OUR ONLINE LEARNING PLATFORM.
BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE A CERTIFIED TEACHER OVERSEEING THAT INSTRUCTION.
WE'LL OFFER ON MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND FRIDAY FROM 4:30-8:30.
THEN AGAIN ON SATURDAYS FROM 8:30-12:30.
WE'LL OFFER AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE STUDENTS TO COME AND RECEIVE THAT INSTRUCTION AND TO MATRICULATE THROUGH THOSE COURSES.
MANY OF THEM MAY ONLY NEED 1, 2, 2.5 CREDITS OR WHATEVER.
THEY HAD TO BE THERE FOR AT LEAST 45 MINUTES EACH SESSION IS MY UNDERSTANDING IN ORDER TO NOT FOR THE WORK TO COUNT BUT FOR US TO GAIN CREDIT FOR FUNDING.
THE WAY WE'RE FUNDING THIS IS AT A STATE COMP ED MONEY, WHICH IS A FUND SET ASIDE BY THE STATE FOR STUDENTS WHO EITHER DON'T PERFORM WELL ON STATE ASSESSMENTS STAR, OR THERE'S A DISPARITY AND THE RATE OF HIGH SCHOOL COMPLETION BETWEEN THE EDUCATIONAL DISADVANTAGE AT-RISK STUDENTS AND ALL OTHER STUDENTS.
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT PHOENIX ACADEMY IS SET UP TO DO.
FOR THE SPRING SEMESTER, WE'RE LOOKING AT SPENDING AROUND $50,000 IN STATE COMP EDUCATION MONEY, AND THEN ANY MONEY WE'RE ABLE TO RECUPERATE VIA THEIR ATTENDANCE WILL GO INTO 199, THE GENERAL FUND.
>> THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THAT.
I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE HOW THIS PROGRAM IS LAID OUT AND HOW IT CONTINUES TO IMPROVE SO WE CAN GET MORE KIDS GRADUATED. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> WITH THAT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR LET ME MAKE SURE NO ONE ELSE HAD ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT REAL QUICK. NO, WE'RE GOOD.
BACK TO ITEM 13.7 IN VOTING ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
MAY I PLEASE SEE A SHOW OF HANDS? THE MOTION PASSES 7-0.
[13.9. Consideration and Approval of the 2022-2023 District Improvement Plan]
OUR CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF THE 2022, 2023 DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN.MAY I PLEASE RECEIVE A MOTION?
>> MOTION MADE BY MS. THOMAS AND THE SECOND MADE BY MS. ANDERSON.
DO YOU HAVE ANY DISCUSSIONS OR QUESTIONS?
>> YEAH. I JUST HAD A COMMENT.
I'M NOT EXPECTING A SPECIFIC ANSWER TONIGHT ON IT.
BUT AS I WAS READING THROUGH THIS, TONS OF GREAT INFORMATION, I LIKE ALL THE PRIORITIES THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON AS FAR AS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.
AS I WAS GOING THROUGH A LOT OF THE, I GUESS, CATEGORIES, YOU CAN CALL THEM.
WHEN WE CAME TO SCHOOL, CULTURE, AND CLIMATE, A LOT OF THE SUMMARY OF NEEDS WERE STATED.
A LOT OF IT WAS PARENT CONCERNS, STUDENT CONCERNS,
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CULTURE IN THE DISTRICT THAT WE KNOW THE CULTURE ON CAMPUSES WILL ULTIMATELY LEAD TO STUDENT SUCCESS AND OUTCOMES, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON.A LOT OF IT IS CONTINUING TO IMPLEMENT OUR DISTRICT'S SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING FRAMEWORK AND THAT'S GOOD.
MY CONCERN THOUGH IS THE SEL TOUCHES ON SCHOOL CULTURE, ALSO CURRICULUM INSTRUCTION, FAMILY, AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.
IT'S ALL INTERTWINED IN EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.
I'VE SHARED MY CONCERNS WITH JENNIFER YOUNG AT SOME POINT THAT THERE'S NO WAY FOR US REALLY TO ACCESS ANY OF THE LESSONS THAT THEY'RE LEARNING IN OUR SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL DEPARTMENT.
AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW THIS PROGRAM, I WOULD STILL LIKE TO SEE IF THERE'S A WAY THAT PARENTS ARE ABLE TO ACCESS, NOT ONLY THE PROGRAMS THAT THEY'RE LEARNING IN CLASS OR THE CURRICULUM THAT THEY'RE COVERING BUT A LOT OF IT EVEN TALKS ABOUT ENGAGING PARENTS AT HOME AND HOW WE CAN ENGAGE THOSE THAT INSTRUCTION AT HOME.
BUT WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO ACCESS ANYTHING AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ALL OF THAT LOOKED AT.
I KNOW THERE'S CHALLENGES TO BEING ABLE TO DO THAT.
I'VE TALKED TO MY KIDS. ONE KID CAN TELL ME WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN SEL AND THEN MY OTHER KID HAS NO IDEA WHAT SEL IS.
AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, IF WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO USE IT AT A DISTRICT LEVEL, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE TRANSPARENCY AS FAR AS WHAT'S BEING TAUGHT IN THE CURRICULUM IN THE CLASSROOM SO THAT PARENTS CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND GO FROM THERE.
I'VE SHARED THOSE CONCERNS BEFORE.
THE BULK OF THIS IS FANTASTIC INFORMATION, SO IT'S NOTHING.
I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS AT ALL.
IT WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT I WANTED TO STATE THAT I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT HOW WE CAN MAKE THAT A LITTLE BIT.
>> WE CAN CONTINUE TO LIVE AT REFINING THAT.
JUST FOR POINT OF CLARIFICATION AS A REMINDER, ANY PARENT WHO DOES WANT TO SEE A LESSON RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THEY CAN'T JUST GO ON THE WEBSITE AND CLICK ON IT AND VIEW CAN SIT DOWN WITH MINI GREGORY AND COME UP TO THE SEL AND SIT DOWN AND DO THAT CURRICULUM AT THAT TIME.
>> THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING THAT.
THEY ABSOLUTELY CAN, BUT IF THERE'S A WAY THAT WE CAN MAKE IT EVEN MORE ACCESSIBLE TO PARENTS, JUST LIKE WE DO WITH ALL THE OTHER CLASSES, I THINK THAT'S WORTH LOOKING INTO.
>> WITH THAT, ARE THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? WITH THE MOTION AND A SECOND ON ITEM 13.9, MAY I PLEASE SEE A SHOW OF HANDS FOR APPROVAL? MOTION PASSES 7-0.
THIS TAKES US TO ITEM 14, THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
[14. Superintendent's Report]
THIS IS FOR DISCUSSION ONLY.IS THERE ANYTHING MISSING ON THE REPORT THAT ONE OF YOUR TRUSTEES WOULD LIKE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT? [LAUGHTER] ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS WITH DR. CANTU AT THIS TIME? SEEING NONE.
FIRST, I WANT TO TELL OUR STAFF, ESPECIALLY THANKS FOR BEARING WITH US.
I KNOW THAT YOU SHOULD ALREADY BE HOME AND YOU'RE WARM AND COZY PJS, CHRISTMAS ONES, MAKING SOME HOT CHOCOLATE BY THE FIRE.
ALSO THANKS TO OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT HAVE SENT THIS OUT WITH US, AND WE HOPE THAT YOU ALL HAVE A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND AN EVEN BETTER NEW YEAR.
WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT YEAR. THANK YOU.
WE ADJOURNED AT 8:28.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.