Jun 27, 2023 Board Meetings

>> IF YOU LIKE BASEBALL OR SOFTBALL, YOU NEED TO GO WATCH THOSE LADIES PLAY NEXT YEAR, THEY'RE INCREDIBLE.

COACH BOBBI CRUFF AND HER TEAM ARE AMAZING. I'M VERY PROUD OF THEM.

TONIGHT, WE HAVE SOME ATHLETES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THIS YEAR'S STATE TRACK MEET.

ALL OF THESE ATHLETES MADE IT TO THE PODIUM, WHICH MEANS THEY WERE TOP 3 IN THAT ONE OF THEIR EVENTS.

FIRST OF ALL, IF YOU GUYS WILL STEP FORWARD.

TAYLOR FINGERS, SHE WAS THE STATE CHAMPION IN THE LONG JUMP.

>> SHE'S MAD, BECAUSE SHE WAS THE RUNNER-UP IN THE TRIPLE JUMPS. SHE'S AMAZING.

>> YOU GOT TO BE GOOD WHEN YOU'RE MAD FOR COMING IN AT NUMBER 2 IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

CRAZY. BUT AGAIN, TAYLOR FINGERS, AMAZING ATHLETE, AMAZING STUDENT.

CONGRATULATIONS TAYLOR.

ALSO FROM TIMBERVIEW HIGH SCHOOL, BROOKE MIDDLETON.

>> AND HANYLA MILLIGAN.

THESE FOUR LADIES CAME IN THIRD PLACE IN THE STATE IN THE 4X100 RELAY.

>> AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS LADIES.

THAT IS INCREDIBLE.

IF YOU KNOW HOW COMPETITIVE TRACK IS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, IT'S THE MOST COMPETITIVE TRACK ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

FOR THESE ATHLETES, THESE LADIES TO DO WHAT THEY DID IS PHENOMENAL.

THE TIMBERVIEW BOYS, WE HAVE TWO BOYS HERE TO RECOGNIZE. CAMERON BATES.

>> CAMERON IS AN UNDERCLASS MAN, HE'S A JUNIOR AND HE WAS THE STATE RUNNER-UP IN THE 300 HURDLES.

>> I SAY HE'S A JUNIOR, HE'S A SENIOR NOW, YOU'RE GOING INTO YOUR SENIOR YEAR.

ALSO, WE HAD ALEX MOORE.

>> ALEX CAME IN THIRD PLACE IN THE 110 METER HIGH HURDLES.

>> I WANT TO THANK THEIR COACHES FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.

I TOLD THEM WHEN YOU'RE NOT VERY GOOD, YOU GET TO STAY HOME THIS SUMMER AND ENJOY YOUR VACATION.

BUT WHEN YOU'RE REALLY GOOD, YOU GOT TO COME TO BOARD MEETINGS.

THESE GUYS ARE HERE TONIGHT.

BEKAH MORRISON IS HERE, RAISE YOUR HAND BEKAH.

>> ALSO JOINING THEM IS OUR NEW CAMPUS HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC COORDINATOR, AND HEAD FOOTBALL COACH THERE FOR THE COMING SEASON, COACH ROBERT DESANTO.

>> IF YOU GUYS WILL JUST NOT DO VERY GOOD NEXT YEAR, YOU'LL GET TO ENJOY YOUR SUMMER VACATION.

>> SO THE STAR OF THE SHOW TONIGHT IS A YOUNG MAN NAMED NATHAN BREESE.

NATHAN, WILL YOU STEP FORWARD, PLEASE? [APPLAUSE]

>> HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR COVID, NATHAN WOULD HAVE WON A MEDAL, MEANING THAT HE WOULD HAVE BEEN TOP 3 IN THE STATE HIS FRESHMAN, SOPHOMORE JUNIOR AND SENIOR YEAR.

BUT BECAUSE OF COVID, HE ONLY DID IT AS SOPHOMORE JUNIOR AND SENIOR YEAR.

[LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE]

>> NATHAN SPORT AND ALL OF HIS MEDALS, HE WAS THIRD PLACE IN THE SHOT PUT.

HE WAS SECOND PLACE IN THE 100 METERS, AND HE WAS SECOND PLACE IN THE 400 METERS. THAT'S NATHAN BREESE.

>> HIS COACH THAT PUTS IN SO MUCH TIME IS COACH MATT WALKER.

>> AGAIN, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE ATHLETES ON THEIR IMPRESSIVE SHOWING AT THE STATE TRACK MEET.

I WANT TO EXTEND AGAIN A SPECIAL APPRECIATION FOR THE COACHES WHO GAVE THEIR TIME TO BE HERE TONIGHT, WE HAVE AMAZING COACHES IN OUR DISTRICT.

THESE GUYS ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT THEY DO AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF THEIR HARD WORK.

>> ALL RIGHT. LET'S GIVE THEM ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

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>> THANK YOU SO MUCH TO COACH O'NEAL AND OUR OUTSTANDING STUDENT ATHLETES.

WOW, WE HOPE YOU'RE BACK NEXT SUMMER.

I'M SORRY, COACHES, WE WANT TO SEE YOU HERE TO CELEBRATE YOU AGAIN.

NEXT STEP, I'D LIKE TO INVITE DR. CHUCK ROE, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF FINE ARTS, TO THE PODIUM TO LEAD OUR FINE ARTS RECOGNITIONS.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT WILSON, DR. CANTU, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AND EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THIS EVENING I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF INTRODUCING SEVERAL OF OUR FINE ARTS PROGRAM RECOGNITIONS.

FIRST UP IS OUR MANSFIELD HIGH SCHOOL CURRENT EVENTS TEAM, AND OUR REPRESENTATIVE FROM THAT TEAM IS CONNOR MEYER.

THE MANSFIELD HIGH CURRENT EVENTS TEAM, LED BY SPONSOR ALISON FOSTER CAME IN THIRD AT THE UIL STATE COMPETITION.

THIS TEAM WAS DEFENDING ITS EIGHTH CHAMPIONSHIP FROM LAST YEAR AND DID EXTREMELY WELL.

THE STUDENTS ON THAT TEAM WERE JACKSON HARRIS, CLAIRE SPEAKS, CONNOR MEYER, AND BROOKE ATANA.

IN ADDITION TO THE TEAM'S THIRD PLACE VICTORY, CLAIRE SPEAKS PLACED SIXTH INDIVIDUALLY, AND JACKSON HARRIS PLACED THIRD INDIVIDUALLY.

CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL ON SUCH A GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT.

>> NEXT UP, I'D LIKE TO BRING FORWARD OUR MANSFIELD HIGH JROTC TEAM LED BY ARMY INSTRUCTOR SERGEANT FIRST-CLASS DANIEL KINNEL.

>> THE STORMING TIGERS ARM DRILL TEAM COMPETED FOR ARMY NATIONALS AND TOOK 1ST PLACE IN REGULATION, RESULTING IN 6TH PLACE OVERALL OUT OF 43 SCHOOLS.

IT IS THE STORMING TIGERS' SECOND NATIONAL TITLE IN FOUR YEARS.

THE STORMING TIGERS ARM DRILL TEAM THEN COMPETED IN ALL SERVICE NATIONALS AND TOOK 1ST PLACE IN THE REGULATION PHASE, 1ST PLACE IN THE INSPECTION PHASE, AND 3RD PLACE IN EXHIBITION PHASE, 2ND PLACE IN THE COLOR GUARD PERFORMANCE.

THIS RESULTED IN TAKING 1ST PLACE OVERALL IN THE THIRD DIVISION AND THE TEAM WILL MOVE INTO THE SECOND DIVISION IN 2024.

THIS TEAM HAS OVERALL TALENT.

THE LADY TIGERS FEMALE COLOR GUARD ALSO TOOK 4TH PLACE IN THE OPEN COLOR GUARD DIVISION OUT OF 32 SCHOOLS FOR THEIR FIRST TIME GOING TO ALL SERVICE NATIONALS.

LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

>> CONGRATULATIONS TO EACH OF YOU FOR SUCH AN IMPRESSIVE NATIONAL SHOWING.

[NOISE] [APPLAUSE]

>> TIGERS IF YOU WILL EXIT OUT THAT DOOR, THAT'D BE GREAT.

[NOISE]

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>> FINALLY, TONIGHT WE'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OUR STUDENTS WHO COMPETED AT THE TEXAS ART EDUCATION ASSOCIATIONS ANNUAL VISUAL ART SCHOLASTIC EVENT, WE CALL THAT VASE.

IT'S THE VISUAL ARTS VERSION OF UIL.

THESE STUDENTS, THEIR ARTWORK WAS SELECTED FOR THEIR EXECUTION AND ARTISTIC CONCEPT, TECHNIQUE, CRAFTSMANSHIP, AND CREATIVITY.

WE HAD TWO OF OUR STUDENTS, MOST OF THEM COULD NOT BE HERE TONIGHT.

THE TWO OF OUR STUDENTS RECEIVED THE GOLD SEAL AND THOSE STUDENTS ARE BRYNLEE BOWLES FROM MANSFIELD HIGH SCHOOL AND HUDA DORSETT FROM LAKE RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL.

THOSE TWO STUDENTS, THEIR ARTWORK WILL BE EXHIBITED IN VENUES ACROSS THE STATE FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR, CULMINATING WITH THE GOLD SEAL EXHIBITION AT THE ANNUAL TAEA FALL CONFERENCE, WHICH IS IN ALLEN, TEXAS THIS YEAR.

USUALLY THAT TOUR COMES THROUGH ARLINGTON AT THEIR PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.

WE'LL PUT THAT OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA SO YOU CAN GO SEE THAT.

ADDITIONALLY, 14 STUDENTS RECEIVED FOUR FOR THEIR WORK, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST NON-GOLD SEAL RATING IN THE TAEA OR TO THE STATE LEVEL.

THESE STUDENTS ARE BRYNLEE BOWLES FROM MANSFIELD HIGH SCHOOL, [APPLAUSE]

>> CRYSTAL NDUBI FROM LAKE RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL.

KIMBERLY MUNOZ FROM LAKE RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL.

>> EMILY JACKSON FROM LEGACY HIGH SCHOOL.

>> KATHY LE WHO'S HERE TONIGHT FROM TIMBERVIEW HIGH SCHOOL.

>> ALBERTO CACHO WHO'S ALSO HERE TONIGHT FROM TIMBERVIEW HIGH SCHOOL.

>> EDGAR MEDINA, HE'S ALSO HERE FROM TIMBERVIEW.

>> BIANCA MEDINA FROM LAKE RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL.

>> BENJAMIN LY FROM TIMBERVIEW HIGH SCHOOL.

>> AUBRIELL JACOB WHO'S HERE TONIGHT FROM MANSFIELD HIGH SCHOOL.

>> HUDA DORSETT, AGAIN FROM LAKE RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL.

>> YUTONG ZHANG FROM MANSFIELD HIGH SCHOOL.

>> CALEB GRAY FROM LEGACY HIGH SCHOOL.

KATIE JACKSON FROM LEGACY HIGH SCHOOL, AND LEAH DAVIS WHO HAS JOINED US TONIGHT FROM TIMBERVIEW HIGH SCHOOL.

>> CONGRATULATIONS TO THE STUDENTS.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR FINE ARTS RECOGNITIONS.

>> THAT CONCLUDES OUR DISTRICT RECOGNITIONS.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH AND CONGRATULATIONS.

IT'S ALWAYS AWESOME TO SEE HOW MANY STUDENTS WE HAVE EXCEL AND WHAT THEY CHOOSE TO DO.

WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 7 OUR DISTRICT INTRODUCTIONS, DR. CANTU.

[7. District Introductions]

>> YES. I WOULD LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO DR. STOECKER TO KICK OFF OUR DISTRICT INTRODUCTIONS FOR TONIGHT.

>> YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU BOARD MEMBERS.

THIS EVENING I'M EXCITED TO INTRODUCE TO YOU 10 INDIVIDUALS, ALL OF THEM ARE ADMINISTRATIVE NEW HIRES OR PROMOTIONS AND THEY'RE MAKING THEIR WAY TO GET INFORMATION THEMSELVES.

NOW, I'M NOT SURE THIS WILL BE EXACTLY LIKE WHEN ROTC CAME ACROSS [LAUGHTER] AND IT'S GOING TO BE SIMILAR.

I FEEL LIKE THEY'RE GETTING AN ORDER AS WELL. I THINK WE'RE READY.

SO FIRST STEP WE HAVE SHERRITA CALVIN.

MS. CALVIN WILL BE THE NEW ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT ALMA MARTINEZ AND SHE'S COMING TO US FROM GRAND PRAIRIE ISD WHERE SHE SERVED AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL COACH.

>> GOOD EVENING. PRESIDENT BOARD WILSON, DR. CANTU, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MANSFIELD ISD FAMILY, I AM SO EXCITED TO JOIN THIS AMAZING SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I'M SUPER EXCITED TO BE A PART OF ALMA MARTINEZ ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL.

I BRING WITH ME A SMALL PORTION OF MY SUPPORT TEAM, MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS, MY DAUGHTER, AND MY SISTER, AND I'M SUPER EXCITED ONCE AGAIN, I'M ELATED TO JOIN.

I HEARD GREAT THINGS AND I CANNOT WAIT TO GET STARTED WITH AMAZING THINGS.

>> NEXT UP, WE HAVE SHANA CELESTINE.

MS. CELESTINE IS OUR NEW ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION COMING TO US FROM EVERMAN ISD WHERE SHE SERVED AS DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION.

>> GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT WILSON, DR. CANTU, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

I'M EXCITED TO BE BACK AT MANSFIELD ISD AS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION.

SORRY, I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS. I'M GOING TO DO WHATEVER I CAN TO ASSIST OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT TO HELP US GET OUR KIDS TO SCHOOL SAFELY.

I BROUGHT MY AMAZING SUPPORT STAFF, MY WIFE CONSTANTS, AND MY SISTER-LAW, AS WELL AS SOME OF OUR TRANSPORTATION STAFF BACK IN THE BACK.

I'M JUST THANKFUL TO BE HERE. THANK YOU.

>> NEXT, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MS. NATASHA EPPS, WHO IS OUR NEW PRINCIPAL AT T.A.

HOWARD MIDDLE SCHOOL, COMING TO US FROM ARLINGTON ISD, WHERE SHE ALSO SERVES AS A CAMPUS PRINCIPAL.

>> GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT WILSON, SUPERINTENDENT DR. CANTU, ESTEEMED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AND EVERYONE HERE TONIGHT.

MY NAME IS NATASHA EPPS AND I AM HONORED TO BE NAMED PRINCIPAL AT T.A.

HOWARD MIDDLE SCHOOL.

FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK GOD FOR HIS FAVOR AND FOR MOLDING ME INTO THE WOMAN HE HAS BLESSED ME TO BE.

I'M A WOMAN COMMITTED TO GROWTH, PASSIONATE ABOUT HER WORK, AND DEDICATED TO HER TEAM.

I AM BLESSED TO BE JOINED BY SEVERAL FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS TONIGHT.

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THEY HAVE TRULY LOVED AND SUPPORTED ME THROUGHOUT THIS JOURNEY AND I AM FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

LASTLY, FORMER SUPERINTENDENT T.A.

HOWARD FAVORITE SAYING WAS "DO THE RIGHT THING BECAUSE IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO." AND WE KNOW THAT THE RIGHT THING TO DO IS WHAT'S BEST FOR KIDS AND WE THE KNIGHT'S FAMILY WILL DO JUST THAT AND MAKE MANSFIELD ISD PROUD.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

[APPLAUSE].

>> ALL RIGHT. COMING UP NEXT WE HAVE BRITNEY FORTNER, OUR NEW DIRECTOR OF SAFETY AND SECURITY.

SHE'S COMING TO US FROM THE HOUSTON AREA WHERE SHE ALSO SERVED IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM AS DIRECTOR OF SAFETY AND SECURITY.

>> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING.

BOARD PRESIDENT WILSON, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AND DR. CANTU, I AM HONORED TO ACCEPT THE POSITION OF DIRECTOR OF SAFETY SECURITY AND THREAT ASSESSMENT HERE AT MANSFIELD ISD.

I WILL WORK VERY HARD TO KEEP OUR STUDENTS, OUR STAFF, OUR COMMUNITY SAFE, WHILE ALSO UPHOLDING THE EXCELLENT REPUTATION THAT MANSFIELD HAS IN RELATION TO THREAT ASSESSMENT PRACTICES ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS.

I AM JOINED HERE BY MY BEST FRIEND, MY BIGGEST CHEERLEADER, MY HUSBAND, COREY.

>> WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO BE MOVING TO THE MANSFIELD AREA FROM HOUSTON, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU.

>> NEXT, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE GEORGE HERNANDEZ OUR NEW COORDINATOR OF LOTE, WHICH IS LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH.

PREVIOUSLY HE SERVED THE DISTRICT AS EL SPECIALIST AND BEFORE THAT HE WAS A TEACHER HERE IN MANSFIELD ISD.

>> GOOD EVENING. BOARD PRESIDENT WILSON, DR. CANTU, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I AM HONORED TO BE NAMED COORDINATOR FOR LOTE.

I WILL WORK HARD TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR OUR STAFF AND STUDENTS AND OUR MISD COMMUNITY.

TONIGHT I BROUGHT MY SUPPORT TEAM, MY WIFE, MARIA KRISTINA, MY TWO DAUGHTERS, KARINA AND MARISSA, MY SISTER VERONICA, AND MY NIECE, MIA. THANK YOU.

>> NEXT WE HAVE ASHLYN MATTINGLY, NEW ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT SUMMIT HIGH SCHOOL.

SHE'S WEARING HER SUMMIT BLUE TONIGHT.

PREVIOUSLY, SHE SERVED AS A DATA INSTRUCTIONAL SPECIALIST THERE AT SUMMIT AS WELL.

>> GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT WILSON, DR. CANTU, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I AM SO EXCITED TO BE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT SUMMIT HIGH SCHOOL.

I WANT TO EXTEND A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO JESUS, AND THEN DR. BROWN, AND MR. MODER FOR BEING AMAZING ALL YEAR, AND I BROUGHT WITH ME, MY FAMILY, MY GRANDPARENTS, NANNY, AND GRAMPS MATTINGLY, AND MY SISTER AND BEST FRIEND, EMERSON MATTINGLY.

I LOOK FORWARD TO A WONDERFUL YEAR.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> COMING UP NEXT WE HAVE LEANNE MCKINNEY, THE NEW ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT NANCY NEAL AND SHE WORKED PREVIOUSLY IN A DISTRICT AT HOLT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AS ESL TEACHER.

>> GOOD EVENING. BOARD PRESIDENT WILSON, DR. CANTU, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I AM HONORED TO BE NAMED ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT NANCY NEAL ELEMENTARY AND WILL WORK HARD TO HELP THE STUDENTS AND STAFF CONTINUE TO ACHIEVE EXCELLENCE.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE MY CAREER IN MANSFIELD AS AN ADMINISTRATOR.

TONIGHT I HAVE A NUMBER OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS HERE WITH ME.

I HAVE MY HUSBAND STEWART ALONG WITH MY DAUGHTERS, HALLEY AND LAUREN, WHO ALSO ATTENDED MANSFIELD SCHOOLS, AND MY PARENTS ARE HERE.

THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT.

I COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU.

THANK YOU. TO MY CAROL HOLT FAMILY WHERE I WAS FOR 16 YEARS. THANK YOU.

THELMA, FOSTER, ELLISIAN SUMMERVILLE, WHO IS NOT HERE TONIGHT FOR PROVIDING ME WITH MANY OPPORTUNITIES AND SUPPORT THROUGH THE YEARS, AND MY NEW NANCY NEAL FAMILY AND AS SOME OF YOU ARE HERE AS WELL, SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU NEXT YEAR AND BECOMING A PART OF NANCY NEAL FAMILY.

>> COMING UP NEXT WE HAVE TERESA POLLOCK, WHO IS OUR NEW DIRECTOR, ADVANCED ACADEMICS.

SHE'S COMING TO US MOST RECENTLY FROM RED OAK WHERE SHE WAS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, BUT BEFORE THAT, SHE WORKED MANSFIELD ISD IN OUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS DEPARTMENT. WELCOME BACK.

>> THANK YOU. HELLO, PRESIDENT WILSON, DR. CANTU, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

I'M EXCITED TO BE BACK HOME IN MANSFIELD ISD THIS TIME SERVING AS DIRECTOR OF ADVANCED ACADEMICS.

TONIGHT, I BROUGHT MY HUSBAND WAYNE, WHO HAS A VIDEO CAMERA.

HE IS THE PE TEACHER AT GLENN HARMON, AND OUR SON KYLER.

THEN I'M ALSO SUPPORTED [LAUGHTER]

>> BY MY WONDERFUL CURRICULUM INSTRUCTION TEAM THAT I HAD TO PLEASURE WORKING WITH THE LAST FIVE YEARS AND GET TO COME BACK HOME TO THEM.

>> NEXT STEP WE HAVE J. TAYLOR, ANOTHER MEMBER OF OUR THREAT ASSESSMENT TEAM.

[APPLAUSE].

SHE WILL SERVE AS OUR COORDINATOR OF THREAT ASSESSMENT.

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SHE'S COMING TO US FROM THE ARLINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT WHERE SHE HAS SERVED AS THE SCHOOL VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAM COORDINATOR.

>> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. PRESIDENT WILSON.

DR. CANTU, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I'M HONORED TO HAVE BEEN SELECTED AND NAMED THE THREAT ASSESSMENT COORDINATOR FOR MANSFIELD ISD.

I'LL CONTINUE TO WORK HARD FOR SCHOOL SAFETY AND STUDENTS' SUCCESS.

I'M EXCITED TO START MY FUTURE AT MANSFIELD ISD AND SEE WHERE THAT GOES.

I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE.

TONIGHT I BROUGHT MY HUSBAND JORDAN, AND MY SON JACKSON.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> FINALLY THIS EVENING WE HAVE MICHAEL URY, WHO IS THE NEW ACADEMIC ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL AT TIMBERVIEW, AND HE'S BEEN SERVING THE DISTRICT AT MANSFIELD HIGH AS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL.

>> GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT WILSON, DR. CANTU, THE BOARD, EVERYONE HERE IN ATTENDANCE TONIGHT.

I AM HERE WITH MY BEST FRIEND AND MY BRIDE OF 21 YEARS, BRANDY.

I'M SAD TO BE LEAVING MANSFIELD HIGH SCHOOL AFTER THREE YEARS UNDER THE INCREDIBLE LEADERSHIP OF TRADE OUT, WHO HAD A FAMILY ENGAGEMENT TONIGHT IN CHRISTY MILLER.

BUT I'M EXCITED TO BE JOINING THE TIMBERVIEW FAMILY UNDER THE GREAT LEADERSHIP OF DARRYL DOUGLAS, WHO'S ON VACATION WITH HIS FAMILY.

>> HONORED TO SERVE. THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] [BACKGROUND]

>> HAVE A GOOD ONE.

[BACKGROUND] [NOISE]

>> WELL, THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE THAT HAVE EITHER HAD PROMOTIONS OR DECIDED TO JOIN OUR TEAM BRAND-NEW.

IT'S ALWAYS EXCITING TO SEE THE EAGERNESS AND WILLINGNESS TO SERVE US.

WE WILL GO TO ITEM 8 ON INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS, DR. CANTU.

[8. Instructional Focus]

>> YES, MA'AM. WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON CCMR TONIGHT, TO PRESENT THAT TO YOU GUYS IS DR. TIFFANIE SPENCER, AND DR. LEIGHANN TAMPLEN.

THERE THEY ARE, SO WE ARE READY TO GO. THANK YOU, LADIES.

>> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT WILSON, DR. CANTU, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

I AM HONORED TO BE HERE THIS EVENING AND I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT WITH OUR AMAZING DIRECTOR OF CTE AND CCMR, DR. LEIGHANN TAMPLEN.

SHE IS IN THE WORK, I KNOW THAT I CAME TO PRESENT TO YOU ALL IN DECEMBER AND TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT IT'S GREAT TO HEAR FROM THE PERSON THAT IS REALLY IN THE WORK WITH THE PEOPLE IN DOING WHAT'S HARD SOMETIMES.

THIS IS A CCMR UPDATE, JUST THE PURPOSE, OVERALL, IS TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE OF THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO CCMR BASED ON TEA'S A-F ACCOUNTABILITY.

WHEN I CAME TO YOU IN DECEMBER, IT WAS AN OVERALL VIEW OF WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AS FAR AS A THROUGH F IS CONCERNED AND CCMR WAS FOLDED IN.

THIS EVENING WE'RE REALLY GOING TO FOCUS ON CCMR AND SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN EXPECT TO SEE.

THEN THE SECOND POINT, WE'RE JUST GOING TO SHARE CURRENT CCMR DATA AND JUST OUR FOCUS ON CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE JUST AS FAR AS PLANNING AND MONITORING TO ADDRESS THE ACCOUNTABILITY CHANGES THAT WE'RE GOING TO ENCOUNTER.

FIRST, WE'RE JUST GOING TO START WITH VISION 2030, THIS IS GROUNDED IN EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.

YES, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT CCMR, BUT THE REALITY IS OUR STUDENTS BEING LIFE AND CAREER, AND COLLEGE READY IS PART OF OUR GUIDING STATEMENTS.

GUIDING STATEMENTS 3 AND 4 ARE JUST THE WAY THAT WE DO BUSINESS AND WHAT WE EXPECT FOR OUR STUDENTS.

WE'RE JUST GOING TO TALK ABOUT TODAY, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND

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WHAT ARE WE DOING IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THAT CHANGE.

I'M JUST GOING TO PROVIDE A QUICK OVERVIEW OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND HOW WE RECEIVE OUR RATINGS.

I'M NOT GOING TO DIG DEEP, BUT JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW.

A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT HERE SAY, "WELL, WHY DO WE HAVE TO HAVE AN A-F ACCOUNTABILITY? WHY DO WE HAVE TO GET A GRADE?" WELL, IT'S STATE LAW, SO WE REALLY WANT TO BE ACCOUNTABLE.

THERE ARE THREE PIECES THAT WE REALLY HAVE TO FOCUS ON AND THAT ARE IMPORTANT IN THAT LAW.

ONE IS TO IMPROVE STUDENT PERFORMANCE, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE IT.

TWO IS TO ELIMINATE ACHIEVEMENT GAPS, SO BETWEEN OUR STUDENT GROUPS, BEING SURE THAT WE'RE CLOSING THAT GAP.

THEN THREE, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON THIS EVENING, IS REALLY TO PREPARE OUR STUDENTS FOR POSTSECONDARY SUCCESS, SO OUR STUDENT'S LIFE, CAREER, OR COLLEGE READY.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS REMAINED THE SAME THAT DID NOT CHANGE THROUGH OUR A THROUGH F REFRESH WE HAVE TO TAKE THOSE AS THEY COME BECAUSE IT'S NOT MUCH THAT DIDN'T CHANGE, BUT THIS DID NOT CHANGE, HOW WE RECEIVE OUR OVERALL ACCOUNTABILITY.

THERE ARE THREE DOMAINS, THE FIRST IS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, AND THAT'S JUST REALLY HOW OUR STUDENTS ARE PERFORMING.

I'LL GO A LITTLE DEEPER INTO THAT PARTICULAR ONE ON OUR NEXT SLIDE.

DOMAIN 2 IS SCHOOL PROGRESS, AND THAT'S JUST HOW DID OUR STUDENTS PERFORM, SO FROM YEAR-TO-YEAR, ARE THEY GROWING? ARE THEY GROWING OR ARE THEY MAINTAINING? ANOTHER PART OF SCHOOL PROGRESS IS RELATIVE PERFORMANCE.

OUR DISTRICT COMPARED TO DISTRICTS THAT LOOK LIKE US, HOW ARE WE PERFORMING, OR OUR CAMPUSES COMPARED TO CAMPUSES THAT LOOK LIKE OUR CAMPUSES, HOW ARE WE PERFORMING, THAT'S OUR SCHOOL PROGRESS.

THEN CLOSING THE GAPS IS 30 PERCENT, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY HOW OUR STUDENT GROUPS PERFORMING.

THE STATE TAKES THE HIGHER OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT OR SCHOOL PROGRESS.

IF WE DO BETTER WITH STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, THAT'S 70 PERCENT OF OUR SCORE, WITH 30 PERCENT OF CLOSING THE GAPS.

IF WE DO BETTER, OR A DISTRICT OR A CAMPUS DOES BETTER WITH SCHOOL PROGRESS, GROWING KIDS OR RELATIVE PERFORMANCE THEN THAT'S 70 PERCENT WITH THE CLOSING THE GAPS ACCOUNTING FOR THE OTHER 30 PERCENT, THAT HAS REMAINED THE SAME.

DOMAIN 1 AND CALCULATING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IS HOW THIS DOMAIN IS CALCULATED.

FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS, INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLS FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS IS INCLUDED IN ELEMENTARY, IS 100 PERCENT STAAR PERFORMANCE.

ALL OF THAT CALCULATION COMES FROM, STRICTLY, THEIR STAAR PERFORMANCE.

FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT, SO IT'S 40 PERCENT STAAR PERFORMANCE, IT'S 40 PERCENT OF THEIR COLLEGE CAREER AND MILITARY READINESS OR CCMR, AND IT'S 20 PERCENT OF GRADUATION RATES.

SO THAT'S A BIG CHUNK OF HOW THEY ARE EVALUATED.

THIS IS A CHANGE, SO HERE'S WHERE WE SEE OUR FIRST CHANGE.

PREVIOUSLY, OUR DISTRICTS WERE CALCULATED THE SAME WAY AS OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, IT WAS JUST ONE BIG POD.

BUT THE STATE OF TEXAS SAID, "SOMETHING'S NOT WORKING WITH IT." THERE WERE DISTRICTS THAT WERE RECEIVING BS OR AS, AND THEY HAD SEVERAL CAMPUSES THAT WERE CS OR DS.

AND SO IT JUST DIDN'T MAKE SENSE.

THEY WANTED TO CHANGE THE CALCULATION TO A DISTRICT-PROPORTIONAL WEIGHTING. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THAT MEANS CAMPUSES THAT HAVE MORE KIDS WILL WEIGH MORE FOR OUR DISTRICT'S OVERALL ACCOUNTABILITY, RATING.

THEY'RE NOT LOOKING AT ALL KIDS, THEY'RE ONLY LOOKING AT THE STUDENTS THAT ARE TESTING, SO GRADES 3 THROUGH 12.

IF WE LOOK AT MANSFIELD, OUR HIGH SCHOOL SPECIFICALLY, THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF THE PROPORTIONAL WEIGHTING.

THIS COULD CHANGE, BUT THIS IS WHERE WE BELIEVE WE ARE.

FOR EXAMPLE, LAKE RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL IS OUR LARGEST HIGH SCHOOL WITH OVER 2,600 KIDS OR STUDENTS.

THAT WILL ACCOUNT FOR APPROXIMATELY 9.5 PERCENT OF OUR OVERALL SCORE IN OUR DISTRICT RATING, SO DEPENDING ON HOW THEY PERFORM, THAT WILL ACCOUNT FOR 9.5 PERCENT.

OUR PHOENIX ACADEMY ONLY HAS 87 STUDENTS, THEY'RE TESTING, SO THAT WILL ONLY ACCOUNT FOR 3 PERCENT OF OUR OVERALL.

SO LARGER THE CAMPUS, THE MORE THAT THEY COUNT, SMALLER THE CAMPUS, THE SMALLER THAT THEY ARE PROPORTIONALLY WEIGHTING.

OVERALL, IT LOOKS LIKE OUR HIGH SCHOOLS WILL BE ABOUT 43 PERCENT OF OUR OVERALL PROPORTIONAL WEIGHTS FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR.

THAT IS A LARGE CHANGE AND I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT THE IMPACT THAT THAT HAS ON CCMR. I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU THROUGH TWO SCENARIOS, SO IN THE FIRST SITUATION, I SHOWED YOU THAT THEY TAKE THE HIGHEST OUT OF TWO.

SO IF I'M HIRING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, THAT'S WHERE MY POINTS ARE GOING TO PULL.

PREVIOUSLY FOR MANSFIELD ISD, WE'VE TYPICALLY PULLED FROM STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, SO DOMAIN ONE IS TYPICALLY HOW WE RECEIVE OUR POINTS, 70 PERCENT COMES FROM 40 PERCENT STAAR, 40 PERCENT CCMR, AND 20 PERCENT GRADUATION.

IF YOU LOOK, CCMR AND GRADUATION ACCOUNTED FOR APPROXIMATELY 60 PERCENT OF OUR OVERALL SCORE, AND THEN IN DOMAIN 3 ACCOUNTED FOR THE OTHER 30 PERCENT, WHICH I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT.

THAT'S OUR STUDENT GROUPS, THAT CCMR IS LIKE OUR FOUR AND FIVE AND SIX-YEAR GRADUATE,

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SO THOSE STUDENTS ARE HARDER TO PULL.

IF THIS WAS THE CASE THIS YEAR, BECAUSE OF THE PROPORTIONAL WAITING, CCMR IS ONLY GOING TO COUNT FOR A PORTION OF THAT 40 PERCENT.

WE CALCULATED IT TO BE, APPROXIMATELY, CCMR MAY ACCOUNT FOR APPROXIMATELY 13 PERCENT AND GRADUATION RATE AROUND 7 PERCENT.

INSTEAD OF THAT 60 PERCENT OVERHAUL, IT'S ABOUT 20 PERCENT, WHICH MEANS STAAR IS GOING TO COUNT MORE IF WE TAKE THAT SCENARIO.

A POSSIBLE CALCULATION FOR US THIS YEAR, IN ANY YEAR, BUT POSSIBLE THIS YEAR, IS THAT WE PULL FROM DOMAIN 2.

DOMAIN 2 IS SCHOOL PROGRESS, SO OUR STUDENTS GROWING FROM YEAR TO YEAR.

SO IF I SCORED A 75 AND I'M JUST GIVING THAT AS AN EXAMPLE, DID I SCORE A 75 OR BETTER THE FOLLOWING YEAR? THAT'S HOW WE GET GROWTH OR DID WE PERFORM BETTER THAN DISTRICTS THAT LOOK SIMILAR TO US? IN THAT CASE, CCMR DOESN'T ACCOUNT FOR THAT 70 PERCENT, ALL OF THAT IS STAAR PERFORMANCE, SO THAT'S VERY HEAVILY WEIGHTED ON STAAR PERFORMANCE.

THEN CCMR IS A SMALL PART OF THAT 30 PERCENT, SO IT'S A THIRD OR A LITTLE LESS THAN A THIRD OF THAT 30 PERCENT OF THAT DOMAIN 3.

THERE ARE TWO OPTIONS AND TWO WAYS THAT IT COULD GO, BUT ABSOLUTELY IT'S A CHANGE IN HOW CCMR HAS BEEN CALCULATED FOR US IN THE PAST, WE REALIZE THAT THOSE THINGS ARE DIFFERENT.

DR. TAMPLIN IS GOING TO TAKE YOU THROUGH JUST SOME CCMR UPDATES AND SOME DATA SO THAT YOU CAN SEE IN REAL-TIME WHAT WE LOOK LIKE COMPARED TO THESE CHANGES THAT ARE COMING. DR. TAMPLIN?

>> THANK YOU TO DR. SPENCER.

AS DR. SPENCER WAS TALKING ABOUT EARNING POINTS FOR CCMR, I WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

CURRENTLY, THERE ARE SEVEN WAYS THAT STUDENTS CAN EARN A POINT FOR CCMR. THE FIRST BEING THEY CAN EARN AN ACCEPTABLE OR PASSING SCORE ON TSIA, ACT, OR SAT TESTING IN BOTH READING AND MATH, THEY CAN SCORE A THREE OR ABOVE ON ANY AP EXAM THAT THEY TOOK, THEY CAN EARN THREE OR MORE DUAL CREDIT HOURS IN ELAR OR MATH, OR NINE OR MORE HOURS IN A DIFFERENT TYPE OF DUAL CREDIT COURSE.

THEY CAN EARN AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE, WHICH HAPPENS WITH OUR EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, THEY CAN EARN AN INDUSTRY-BASED CERTIFICATION FROM AN APPROVED TEA LIST, THEY CAN GRADUATE WITH A WORKFORCE-READY IEP, WHICH IS FOR OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS, OR THEY CAN ENLIST IN THE US ARMED FORCES.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU GUYS, BUT I WAS VERY INSPIRED BY OUR ROTC STUDENTS THAT WALKED THROUGH EARLIER.

THEY SHOULD ALSO GET THE CREDIT THEY DESERVE AND GET THEIR CCMR POINT, AND SO NOW THERE'S ACTUALLY A PROCESS TO DO THAT.

WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS CREATED A SYSTEM WHERE WHEN A STUDENT DOES ENLIST IN THE ARMED FORCES, THEY PROVIDE US WITH THEIR DD4 FORM, WHICH I HAVE LEARNED IS THE INTENT TO ENLIST IN THE ARMED SERVICES THROUGH THE COUNSELING OFFICE, THAT IS A WAY THAT THEY CAN GET THEIR CCMR POINT.

I WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT'S HAPPENED RECENTLY WITH INDUSTRY-BASED CERTIFICATIONS.

AS I MENTIONED, THERE IS AN APPROVED LIST.

SO TEA TELLS US WHICH CERTIFICATIONS WE CAN OFFER, AND WHICH WILL COUNT FOR CCMR. AND IT IS UPDATED EVERY THREE YEARS.

THIS LAST YEAR THEY UPDATED THE LIST, AND SOME OF THE MORE POPULAR INDUSTRY-BASED CERTIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN SUNSET.

AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR WE CAN NO LONGER OFFER THOSE CERTIFICATIONS.

THAT WAS DEFINITELY A CHALLENGE.

AND TO NOT JUST US BUT A LOT OF DISTRICTS, BECAUSE THOSE WERE CERTIFICATIONS THAT WERE VERY POPULAR.

SO WHAT WE DID IS WE PIVOTED AND WE LOOKED AT THE NEW LIST, AND WE ALIGNED THEM THROUGH CURRICULUM WRITING AND PROCESSES WE HAVE IN PLACE.

AND WE HAVE FOUND SIX NEW CERTIFICATIONS, THAT WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN OFFERING THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

I WANTED TO SHARE SOME EXCITING NEWS WITH YOU, ABOUT HOW WE'VE GROWN IN THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT ARE EARNING INDUSTRY-BASED CERTIFICATIONS.

AS YOU'LL SEE FROM 2017 TO THIS LAST SCHOOL YEAR, OUR BAR GRAPH HAS CONTINUED TO GROW.

WE HAD A RECORD NUMBER OF INDUSTRY-BASED CERTIFICATIONS EARNED THIS YEAR AT 1,292.

AND THAT NUMBER IS STILL GROWING, BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE STUDENTS COMING IN DURING THE SUMMER TO RETEST.

SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THIS WORK, AND THE TEACHERS THAT JUST SET THOSE PROCESSES IN PLACE,

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AND HAVE THOSE EXPECTATIONS AND THOSE KIDS THAT SHOW UP, AND GIVE IT THEIR BEST TO EARN THOSE CERTIFICATIONS AND GRADUATE CAREER READY.

I ALSO WANTED TO BRAG ON OUR DISTRICT PERFORMANCE, AS COMPARED TO THE STATE AND THE REGION.

ON THE RIGHT IF YOU'LL LOOK AT THE BLUE GRAPHS, YOU'LL SEE THAT OUR DISTRICT RATE OF INDUSTRY CERTIFICATIONS IS 20.5 PERCENT.

SO WE ARE SCORING HIGHER, THAN BOTH THE STATE AND THE REGION.

WE MET THE STATE TARGET FOR 2021.

BUT AS YOU'LL SEE JUST LIKE TEA LIKES TO DO, THEY LIKE TO MOVE THE GOAL POSTS EVERY YEAR.

AND SO THE STATE TARGET IS NOW 25 PERCENT.

BUT WITH THE WORK THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO DO, AND THE SYSTEMS WE HAVE IN PLACE, WE ARE VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE WILL MEET OR SURPASSED THE STATE TARGET.

ONE FINAL THING, I WANTED TO JUST PUT ON YOUR RADAR FOR INDUSTRY-BASED CERTIFICATIONS, THIS IS GOING TO BE OUR LAST SCHOOL YEAR THAT STUDENTS CAN EARN CCMR THROUGH TAKING A TEST AND EARNING THEIR CERTIFICATION.

STARTING NEXT YEAR, THEY WILL HAVE TO TAKE THE TEST, PASS THE TEST, AND ALSO COMPLETE A SERIES OF COURSES.

THAT IS A CHANGE THAT IS COMING THAT WE ARE PLANNING FOR, AND WE HAVE PUT SOME PROCESSES IN PLACE TO EFFECTIVELY MONITOR, AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE STUDENTS ARE ENROLLED IN THE CORRECT COURSES THAT ALIGNED TO THOSE CERTIFICATIONS MOVING FORWARD.

AND DR. SPENCER.

>> IN ADDITION, SO LOOKING AT PERFORMANCE AND OUR CCMR DATA, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ARE SHARED IN DECEMBER IS THAT WE WERE MADE AWARE IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER AFTER THE GAME HAD STARTED.

AND WE'RE IN AND WE'RE HUSTLING THAT THEY MOVE THE GOALPOST.

AND SO PREVIOUSLY IN 2018, TEA SET THE CUT POINTS FOR CCMR. IT'S 60, SO 60 WOULD GIVE US AN A.

AND SO MANSFIELD ISD, I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU ON THE NEXT SLIDE, WE WERE DOING GREAT.

SO WE KNEW WHAT OUR TARGET WAS, WE KNEW WHAT OUR GOAL AND WE WERE HEADED THAT WAY.

I'M DOING A GREAT JOB.

WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER ABOUT CCMR DATA IS THAT IT IS LAG DATA.

AND SO FOR OUR 2023 ACCOUNTABILITY, IT IS BASED ON OUR MAY 2022 GRADUATES.

SO LET'S SAY, IN MAY THOSE STUDENTS GRADUATED.

IN DECEMBER, OCTOBER THEY RELEASED, HEY, THE NEW CUT SCORE IS 88.

WELL, THAT'S GREAT. THOSE KIDS ARE GONE.

THEY'RE IN COLLEGE.

THEY'RE LIVING THEIR LIVES.

THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE CAN DO AT THAT POINT TO IMPACT THOSE STUDENTS.

AND THEN WE HAD A GROUP OF SENIORS, THAT ARE NOW ALMOST IN THEIR SECOND SEMESTER OF THEIR SENIOR YEAR, THAT IS REALLY HARD FOR US TO GO BACK.

LET'S LOOK AT THE DATA OF WHERE WE WERE.

SO THE CUT SCORE ON THE FAR LEFT IS WHAT THE PREVIOUS CUT SCORE WAS, WHICH WAS A 60.

IN 2021, WE SEE WE WERE AT 63 PERCENT.

AND FOR 2022, WHICH IS GOING TO COUNT FOR OUR ACCOUNTABILITY THIS YEAR, WHERE IT'S 63.

SO WHEN WE STARTED THE YEAR, WE THOUGHT THAT WAS AN A, AND WE WERE DOING A GREAT JOB.

IN NOVEMBER, WE DISCOVERED THAT THAT HAD CHANGED TO AN 88.

AND SO THIS YEAR, FOR OUR MAY 2023 GRADUATES WERE PROJECTED TO BE AT A 69.

THAT NUMBER CAN CHANGE.

STUDENTS ARE STILL TESTING, THINGS ARE COMING IN, SO THAT NUMBER MAY ADJUST.

BUT AGAIN, THEY'RE GONE.

THERE'S NOTHING FOR US TO DO TO IMPACT THAT.

AND THIS SCORE IS NOW AN 88.

SO WE UNDERSTAND THE DIFFICULTY OF THAT, BUT WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE A DISTRICT OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.

AND SO I REALLY WANT TO TALK TO YOU ALL THIS EVENING ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING TO EFFECTIVELY IMPACT HOW WE'RE SERVING OUR STUDENTS, AND BEING SURE THAT THEY ARE LIFE, COLLEGE, AND CAREER READY.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT, AND I HAVE TO GIVE KUDOS TO OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HIGH SCHOOLS, FERNANDO BENAVIDES.

HE BASICALLY LOOKED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND SAID, HEY, WE NEED TO GET SOMETHING ELSE TO HELP OUR STUDENTS.

AND SO HE INTRODUCED TEXAS COLLEGE BRIDGE.

WHAT IS TEXAS COLLEGE BRIDGE? IT IS AN ONLINE PREPARATORY COURSE FOR OUR STUDENTS TO TAKE TO MEET THEIR TSI EXEMPTION.

SO THEY CAN TAKE ENGLISH IF THEY NEED ENGLISH, MATH, OR THEY CAN TAKE BOTH.

BUT IT IS AN ONLINE SELF-PACED COURSE.

THIS COURSE IN TEXAS COLLEGE BRIDGE REALLY DEVELOPED AFTER COVID.

SO IT'S AN ACCELERATED INSTRUCTIONAL PIECE.

WE COULDN'T GET OUR KIDS AND TO TAKE TEST, AND TAKE TSI.

AND SO THIS TEST THAT WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING, SO THIS WAS THEIR RESPONSE TO THAT.

SOME DISTRICTS HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AND HAVE WORKED THROUGH THE KINKS.

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MR. BENAVIDES STARTED IN FALL OF 2022, WITH THE PHOENIX ACADEMY JUST AS A PILOT.

LET'S SEE IF THIS IS GOOD FOR US.

IT MAY HAVE WORKED OTHER PLACES, BUT LET'S SEE HOW IT WORKS HERE.

HE SAW SOME GOOD SUCCESS AT PHOENIX ACADEMY, AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET SOME OF OUR STUDENTS TSI MET THERE.

AND SO THEN IT ROLLED INTO OUR COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS IN SPRING OF 2023.

SO JUST ONE SEMESTER, THEY DECIDED TO DO IT IN OUR SENIOR LEVEL CLASSES.

SO LOOKING AT OUR SENIORS THEY HAVE NOT, THEY NEED A TSI POINT, AND THEY NEED TO MEET.

SO AN ENGLISH 4 IN OUR ADVANCED MATH, IS WHERE THEY STARTED.

SO TEACHERS WERE ASKED TO GIVE THEM 30 MINUTES A WEEK IN CLASS.

SO 30 MINUTES A WEEK IN CLASS, AND THEN THEY CAN WORK AT HOME AT THEIR OWN PACE.

IF THEY FINISHED, THEY GET THEIR POINT.

THEY FINISHED AND THEY SCORE THE APPROPRIATE PIECE.

SO HERE WE HAVE HOW MANY OF OUR KIDS PARTICIPATED IN THE COMPLETION RATE? WE WOULD LIKE COMPLETION RATE TO BE HIGHER.

BUT AGAIN, THIS WAS OUR TEST YEAR.

THIS WAS OUR PILOT YEAR.

MR. BENAVIDES HAS WORKED ALONG WITH HIS HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS, AS WELL AS THE COUNSELING DEPARTMENT TO PUT A SYSTEM IN PLACE FOR NEXT YEAR. SO WHAT ARE WE DOING? OUR COUNSELOR [INAUDIBLE], WHAT'S THE PROCESS? HOW DO WE MOTIVATE STUDENTS TO FINISH? AND EVEN STARTING EARLIER AS FAR AS THEIR JUNIOR YEAR.

AND THEM STILL HAVING A CHANCE TO TEST IN TSI, THEY NEED IT.

AND DR. TAMPLIN IS GOING TO TAKE YOU, THROUGH A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO MONITORING FOR CCMR.

>> WE FELT THE CRITICAL PIECE TO THIS WORK, IS THAT WE HAVE PROCESSES AT EVERY LEVEL, AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL, THE CAMPUS LEVEL, AND EVEN DOWN TO THE TEACHER LEVEL.

SO THAT EVERYONE IS INVOLVED IN THIS WORK.

SO AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL, WE CREATED SYSTEMS OF ACCOUNTABILITY FOR CCMR, TO ENSURE EACH CAMPUS HAS A FRAMEWORK, THAT WE KNOW WILL HELP THEM BE SUCCESSFUL IN MONITORING WHAT IS GOING ON ON EACH CAMPUS.

AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL, EACH HIGH SCHOOL WILL NOW HAVE A CAMPUS SUPPORT TEAM.

AND THAT WILL INCLUDE ADMINISTRATORS, COUNSELORS, SUPPORT STAFF, DIRECTORS, COORDINATORS, ANYONE THAT CAN BE THERE TO HELP THAT WORK.

THEY WILL MEET IN PLCS REGULARLY.

THEY WILL REVIEW CAMPUS DATA.

THEY WILL LOOK FOR AREAS OF REFINEMENT, AND THEY WILL CREATE PLANS FOR EVERY STUDENT TO ENSURE THAT THEY ALL GRADUATE COLLEGE, CAREER AND LIFE READY.

AND THEN THE MISSING PIECE THAT WE IMPLEMENTED THIS YEAR IS THE TEACHER LEVEL OF MONITORING.

TEACHERS ARE NOTIFIED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, IF THEY DO HAVE A STUDENT IN THEIR COURSE, THAT IS AT RISK OF NOT GRADUATING WITH THEIR CCMR POINT.

SO INTERVENTIONS CAN BE PUT IN PLACE TO SUPPORT THOSE STUDENTS AND FOR THEIR SUCCESS.

DR. TAMPLIN IS VERY HUMBLED.

SHE DOES A LOT OF WORK, SHE MAKES THE LIST, SHE GOES TO THE CAMPUSES, SHE SUPPORTS THE TEACHER, SHE'S VERY HUMBLE.

SO JUST TO CLOSE THIS OUT, I WANT TO REVISIT VISION 2030.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND.

WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR STUDENTS AND PUT OUR STUDENTS FIRST.

THIS PROCESS AND WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE CHANGES IN ACCOUNTABILITY IS JUST HELPING US TO LEAN INTO OUR PROCESS OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.

SO WHAT ARE WE DOING? HOW DO WE GET BETTER? LET'S REVISIT AND BEING SURE THERE WE'RE GOING BACK TO THE FIDELITY DATA IN THE PERFORMANCE DATA TO BE SURE THAT WE ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

I'M REALLY JUST COMMUNICATING FROM THE DISTRICT LEVEL TO THE CAMPUS LEVEL, TO THE TEACHER LEVEL, TO THE PARENT LEVEL.

WHERE ARE WE? AND WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO? IN ORDER TO BE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE GETTING WHAT THEY NEED.

AND FINALLY, IT'S A LOT OF RESILIENCY AND ALL OF THIS CHANGE THAT'S GOING ON.

BUT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK THAT'S NECESSARY FOR OUR STUDENTS TO RECEIVE THE BEST POSSIBLE EDUCATION THAT THEY CAN.

THAT IS ALL WE HAVE. ANY QUESTIONS?

>> BOARD MEMBERS WHO SAT ON MY RIGHT? MR. TIPPING?

>> YES. THANK YOU, LADIES.

GREAT PRESENTATION.

MY QUESTION IS IN REGARDS TO THE TEXAS COLLEGE BRIDGE, I KNOW YOU SAID THIS YEAR WAS A PILOT YEAR, SO THERE'S A LOT THAT I'M SURE YOU LEARNED THROUGH THIS YEAR AND MR. BENAVIDES DID AS WELL.

WHAT IS THE MOTIVATION FOR THE STUDENTS TO GO THIS ROUTE? IF I HEARD CORRECTLY, YOU SAID 30 MINUTES A WEEK IN THE CLASSROOM AND THEN THEY COULD DO AS MUCH OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM IS WHAT THEY WANTED, WHAT IS THEIR MOTIVATION TO GO THAT ROUTE?

>> SO IT DEPENDS IF A STUDENT DOESN'T FIND VALUE IN SITTING IN A CLASSROOM OR IN A TESTING ENVIRONMENT BECAUSE TSI, THEY HAVE TO GO AND SIT ON A PARTICULAR DAY AND TAKE A TEST.

SO IF I'M SELF-MOTIVATED AND I WOULD LIKE TO WORK THROUGH AND PASS UP MY OWN RATE.

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THERE ARE SOME STUDENTS THAT DON'T WANT TO SIT AND TAKE A LONG TEST.

JUST LET ME HAVE MY TIME AND WORK THROUGH.

SOME OF IT THEY'RE ALREADY SENIORS AND THEY DON'T HAVE THEIR POINTS, SO THEY'RE NOT VERY MOTIVATED.

AND SO THAT'S THE PIECE THAT IT'S OUR CHANCE TO REALLY POUR INTO THEM, MOTIVATE AND REALLY COMMUNICATE WITH PARENTS.

THIS IS AN OPTION THAT WE HAVE.

THIS IS ANOTHER OPTION.

WHAT DO YOU THINK WORKS BEST FOR YOUR STUDENT AND HOW CAN WE HELP YOU IN ORDER TO GET YOUR CHILD TO WHAT THEY NEED TO [INAUDIBLE]

>> MR. TIPPING, IF I CAN JUST ADD THAT PART OF IT TOO IS THE CCMR PART IS IMPORTANT TO US, BUT MORE IMPORTANT TO THE STUDENT THEMSELVES, IS IF THEY'RE ENTERING IN A TEXAS PUBLIC POSTSECONDARY INSTITUTION, EITHER A COMMUNITY COLLEGE, A FOUR-YEAR COLLEGE, OR EVEN SOME TRADE THAT HAS SOME OF YOUR BASICS THAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE.

THOSE STUDENTS WHO PASS TSI HAD THEIR TSI CREDIT WHICH THEY CAN EARN THROUGH THIS COLLEGE BRIDGE, DO NOT HAVE TO TAKE REMEDIAL CLASSES.

SO THAT'S THE BONUS FOR THE STUDENT.

AND I KNOW WE HAD A HEAVY EMPHASIS AT SUMMIT THIS LAST YEAR AND DR.

BROWN AND HIS TEAM WERE ABLE TO OPEN THE EYES OF SOME KIDS WHO PERHAPS DIDN'T SEE THAT AT COLLEGES HAS A POSSIBILITY FOR THEM.

THEY'RE BEING SUCCESSFUL IN COLLEGE LEVEL WORK NOW AND HAVE THE CONFIDENCE TO GO ON AND ENROLL IN THOSE CLASSES.

>> MS. THOMAS?

>> I HAVE A QUESTION AND I'M GOING TO TRY TO EXPLAIN THIS SO YOU UNDERSTAND WHERE I'M COMING FROM.

YOU PROBABLY HAVE TO READ BETWEEN THE LINES BECAUSE WHEN AFTER COVID WE DID THE ONE-ON-ONE TUTORING BASICALLY FOR THE KIDS.

AM I SAYING THAT RIGHT? WHERE I THINK THEY HAD TO HAVE 45 MIN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT A DAY.

AM I MAKING SENSE? DO YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? [NOISE]

>> TALKING ABOUT 4545?

>> YEAH, THAT'S REDUCED DOWN, RIGHT? ARE WE STILL DOING THAT?

>> YES. THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH TSIA TESTING THOUGH THAT'S BASED ON THEIR PERFORMANCE ON STAAR OR EOC.

BUT WHAT THE CHANGES TO HOUSE BILL 45 THROUGH HOUSE BILL 1416, THOSE MINUTES HAVE BEEN REDUCED.

>> AND SO WE'RE STILL DOING THAT AND IT JUST GOES ALONG WITH THE ACCOUNTABILITY PARTS OF THAT?

>> YES.

>> THANK YOU FOR STAYING ON TOP OF OUR CERTIFICATES FOR OUR KIDS AND CERTIFICATIONS.

AND I KNOW THAT'S CHALLENGING BECAUSE THEY HAVE CHANGED A LOT AND SOME OF THE MOST POPULAR ONES ARE NOT GOING TO BE OFFERED ANYMORE.

SO THANK YOU FOR LOOKING INTO THAT AND TRYING TO FIND THINGS TO REPLACE THAT TO HELP OUR KIDS. THANK YOU.

>> MS. ANDERSON?

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.

I KNOW THAT WE KEEP SAYING THAT THEY KEEP CHANGING REGULATIONS, ESPECIALLY NOVEMBER, THE SCHOOL HAS ALREADY STARTED.

MOVING ON, DO WE ANTICIPATE I KNOW THAT MS. YOUNG AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT AD NAUSEAM, I BELIEVE [LAUGHTER]

>> ABOUT THEM CHANGING EVEN REGULATIONS ON THE STAAR TEST TO ANYMORE OF THIS.

IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY HAVE THIS PRETTY MUCH SET NOW.

IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY. GREAT.

AND SO NOW WE'RE JUST WAITING ON THE END OF THE STAAR PORTION, CORRECT?

>> YES. AND SO THE FINAL ACCOUNTABILITY MANUAL WON'T COME OUT UNTIL THE END OF THIS MONTH.

SO THEY ARE FINALIZING NOW.

EVERYTHING IS STILL SUBJECT TO CHANGE, BUT THIS THEY HAVE PRETTY MUCH SAID IT WILL BE WHAT WE WILL SEE.

BUT THE FINAL ACCOUNTABILITY WILL COME OUT, MANUAL WILL COME OUT AT THE END OF JULY.

>> GREAT. BECAUSE AT LEAST NOT AS NOVEMBER. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> AGAIN AS FAR ON THE CTE SIDE, THE ONLY CHANGE THAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING IS THE PROGRAMS OF STUDY ADJUSTMENT.

THEY MAKE CHANGES TO THE SEQUENCE OF COURSES THAT COUNT IN A PROGRAM OF STUDY AND THOSE ARE SCHEDULED TO BE RELEASED IN AUGUST.

SO AS SOON AS THOSE ROLL-OUT, WE WILL LOOK AT WHAT WE OFFER, LOOK AT WHAT THE STATE CHANGES WERE, MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS IMMEDIATELY.

>> WELL, THANKS FOR STAYING ON TOP OF ALL THE CERTIFICATIONS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY WE'VE BEEN HEARING A LOT OF THINGS AS FAR AS TRADES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT. APPRECIATE YOU-ALL.

>> ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU.

>> TO MY LEFT, MS. FARRAR.

>> THANK YOU, LADIES SO MUCH FOR BREAKING IT DOWN.

I HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE AT 69 PERCENT FOR CCMR. THAT'S OUR PROJECTED COMPLETION RATE MONTHS [INAUDIBLE] 18.

AND WE'RE ANTICIPATING THE CUT RATE AT 88 PERCENT.

SO I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE IMPLEMENTED SOME NEW STRATEGIES MOVING FORWARD WHEN YOU BROKE IT DOWN TO THE DISTRICT LEVEL, CAMPUS LEVEL, TEACHER LEVEL, I LOVE THAT.

HOW LONG ARE WE ANTICIPATING IT TAKING TO GET TO THAT 88 PERCENT? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT 69 PERCENT.

IT'S A PRETTY STEEP CLIMB UP THERE.

DO WE HAVE ANY INDICATION HOW LONG IT'LL TAKE TO REACH THAT GOAL? I KNOW WE'RE DOING GOOD.

I KNOW IT CHANGED IN THE MIDDLE, SO I KNOW ALL THAT,

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BUT LOOKING FORWARD, WHERE ARE WE ANTICIPATING?

>> SO I CAN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION FOR YOU.

WHAT I CAN SAY IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO KEEP TRACKING.

I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN GIVE YOU A DEFINITE ANSWER.

I DON'T WANT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING THAT'S UNTRUE.

>> I'M NOT LOOKING FOR A SPECIFIC, LIKE WE'RE GOING TO BE HERE BY.

ARE YOU ANTICIPATING A TAKING A COUPLE OF YEARS TO GET THERE? ARE WE LOOKING AT FIVE-YEARS OUT? DO YOU HAVE ALL KIND OF SAT DOWN AND STRATEGIZE WITH THAT YET? [NOISE]

>> IT WILL TAKE ONE MORE YEAR THEN AFTER WE ACTUALLY GET THERE BECAUSE IT LAGS A YEAR.

SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE PIECES THAT THEY PUT IN WE'RE GOING TO GET TO PRESENT YOU WITH SOME VERY EXCITING DATA IN THE COMING WEEKS ABOUT LIKE THE BIG JUMP THAT SUMMIT HAD THIS YEAR.

WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN THE MID-'80S.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE BY FAR THE HIGHEST HIGH SCHOOL THAT WE HAVE.

WE'LL TAKE WHAT WE LEARNED THERE AND MR. BENAVIDES WILL WORK WITH DR. TAMPLIN AND THE HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS TO IMPLEMENT THAT NOW.

NO WAY THINK IT'S RESPONSIBLE TO TELL YOU THAT IN TWO YEARS WILL BE GOLDEN AGAIN, BECAUSE IF IT WAS THAT EASY, WE WOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN DOING IT.

GOING INTO COVID, WE WERE PROJECTING THAT COVID YEAR TO BE AT ABOUT 70 TO GET THERE THAT YEAR, SO GOING TO THE NEXT ONE AND THEN THAT CHANGED THINGS FAIRLY DRASTICALLY.

YOU'LL SEE THAT THE OLD DAY ON THAT ONE WITH THE HIGHLIGHTED THAT'S NOW CONSIDERED A D. KIDS THAT ALREADY GRADUATED, THEY SAID, HERE'S YOUR TARGET TO MAKE AN A, AND NOW THAT'S BELOW A 70, THAT'S SOMEWHERE IN THE D. IT'S QUITE A CHANGE AS WE MOVED ALONG AND WE'LL GET THERE.

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION, I'M EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT SOME MYTHS AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO USE THAT INFORMATION RECORD.

I DO JUST HAVE ONE OTHER QUICK QUESTION, SO WE HAD 1,292 I THINK IT WAS, CERTIFICATIONS EARNED.

I'M JUST CURIOUS, DO STUDENTS TYPICALLY EARN MULTIPLE CERTIFICATIONS? IS THAT TYPICAL OR DO STUDENTS TYPICALLY EARN SINGLE CERTIFICATIONS? WHAT DOES THAT USUALLY LOOK LIKE?

>> THE MAJORITY IS SINGLE EXCEPT FOR IN CULINARY AND HEALTH SCIENCE SO OUR HEALTH SCIENCE STUDENTS, IT'S NOT ATYPICAL FOR THEM TO EARN MULTIPLE CERTIFICATIONS AND THEN WE HAVE A STRUCTURE SET UP IN CULINARY ARTS WHERE THEY ACTUALLY COULD GRADUATE WITH TWO, SO THOSE ARE THE TWO.

>> THAT'S A LOT OF KIDS, THAT'S AWESOME.

GREAT JOB. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? NO, DR. REED.

>> GREAT JOB, DR. SPENCER AND DR. TAMPLIN.

EXCELLENT INFORMATION, I APPRECIATE YOU'RE IDENTIFYING THE SPECIFIC NUMBERS AND THE DATA, IT REALLY GAVE US AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND WHAT YOU'RE PLANNING TO DO.

I JUST HAVE TWO QUICK QUESTIONS, ONE I THINK YOU'VE ALREADY BEGUN ANSWERING.

THE FIRST QUESTION IS, I KNOW WE HATE TO GET RID OF THE IBCS, BECAUSE THEY ARE STILL RELEVANT NOW, BUT CAN YOU TELL US SOMETHING ABOUT THE SIX NEW IBCS THAT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN 23-24?

>> ABSOLUTELY. THREE NEW CERTIFICATIONS IN AGRICULTURE.

ONE OF THEM IS VET MED, ANIMAL SCIENCE, AND PLANT SCIENCE, WHERE WE HAD NEVER HAD A CERTIFICATION BEFORE.

WE HAVE TWO NEW ONES IN IT, ONE OF THEM IS PYTHON CERTIFICATION AND THE OTHER ONE IS A CYBERSECURITY CERTIFICATION AND THEN WE ARE REPLACING THE MICROSOFT WORD SPECIALISTS EXAM THAT IT'S SUN SETTING WITH A BRAND NEW CERTIFICATION IN THAT PROGRAM OF STUDY AS WELL.

IT'S MORE CHALLENGING, BUT I KNOW OUR STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO DO IT.

IT'S THE EXPERT-LEVEL WORD CERTIFICATION.

>> OUTSTANDING. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I THINK THAT DISPENSE YOU BEGAN ANSWERING THIS QUESTION, BUT COULD YOU TELL US IN REGARDS TO THE TEXAS COLLEGE BRIDGE PROGRAM THAT WAS PILOTED? HAVE YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP A STRATEGIC PLAN TO IDENTIFY HOW WE WILL GET TO THOSE? HOW WE WILL IMPROVE AND INCREASE OUR NUMBERS?

>> ABSOLUTELY. WE ACTUALLY HAD A MEETING LAST WEEK WITH MR. BENAVIDES, AND TALKING THROUGH WHAT HAPPENED AT SUMMIT HIGH SCHOOL, AND THE WORK THAT DR. BROWN DID WITH HIS STAFF AND WITH HIS COUNSELORS.

I'M REALLY PUTTING A PLAYBOOK IN PLACE FOR ALL OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS.

PART OF THAT IS STARTING WITH THE COUNSELORS AND BEING SURE THAT OUR COUNSELORS KNOW, WHO'S ENROLLED IN THOSE CLASSES AND HAVING SYSTEMATIC CHECK-INS WITH THOSE STUDENTS ABOUT PROGRESS.

WHERE ARE YOU AND YOUR PROGRAM CAN WE HELP? CAN WE SUPPORT AND WHAT INTERVENTIONS CAN WE OFFER? HE'S DEFINITELY LEADING THAT WORK WITH THE BLUEPRINT THAT DR. BROWN LIGHTED SUMMIT.

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>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, MR. BENAVIDES AND DR. BROWN.

>> MS. NEWSOM.

>> QUICK QUESTION, JUST CLARIFYING QUESTION, WE TALKED ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PLANNING AND THERE WAS TEST AND COURSES GOING FORWARD.

IS THE COURSES THE TEXAS BRIDGE PROGRAM OR ADDITIONAL CLASSWORK COURSES? IF THAT'S THE CASE, IS THERE ANY RISK THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TROUBLE MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE A BROAD CURRICULUM IF THEY NEED TO DO THIS?

>> THE COURSES ARE THE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION COURSES THAT ARE IN THE ALIGNED PROGRAMS OF STUDY THAT ARE PRESCRIBED BY TEA.

WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE MOVING FORWARD, IS THAT STUDENTS WILL NEED TO BE MORE SELECTIVE IN THEIR DESIGNATED PROGRAMS AND THEY'RE GOING TO NEED MORE COUNSELING ON THE FRONT END AS FAR AS COURSE SELECTION AND BEING MORE PRESCRIPTIVE IN CHOOSING COURSES.

WE ARE NOT BY ANY MEANS SAYING THAT STUDENTS CAN'T EXPLORE.

WE HAVE LOTS OF EXAMPLES OF STUDENTS WHO DABBLE INTO PROGRAMS OF STUDY JUST TO TRY THINGS OUT BECAUSE IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO IN HIGH SCHOOL, AS YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO FIND YOUR STRENGTHS AND YOUR PASSIONS AND GO FROM THERE.

WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE THAT, BUT WE WANT TO USE OUR NEW CTE CAREER COUNSELOR TO REALLY HELP SUPPORT THOSE STUDENTS IN THEIR COURSE SELECTIONS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW WHICH COURSES ARE ALIGNED IN THOSE PROGRAMS.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND BEST SLIDE EVER 1,292 IVCS.

CONGRATULATIONS, LADIES AND LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING ABOUT IT NEXT YEAR.

>> THANK YOU.

>> WELL, I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU BOTH AND I THINK YOU'VE HEARD SOME REALLY GOOD POSITIVE, I HOPE, POSITIVE NEWS FROM THE BOARD AND GOOD QUESTIONS.

I DID WANT TO SAY, I'M COMING FROM MY VERY LARGE FAMILY WITH NUMBER 5 AND 6 IN COLLEGE AND STILL NUMBER 7 TO GO.

THE TSI THING, GENIUS, MR. BENAVIDES, BECAUSE I MEAN REALLY, WHEN ONE OF THE TRUSTEES ASKED ABOUT, NOT NECESSARILY IMPORTANT, BUT WHAT IS THE NEED FOR IT? WELL, IS EXACTLY WHAT ONE OF YOU GUYS SAID.

THERE SOMETIMES PEOPLE JUST DON'T TEST WELL, AND I DO HAVE SOME NON-GOOD TEST-TAKERS IN THE HOUSE, I GUESS IT WAS WHY WE SAY THAT.

ALSO, WE ALREADY OFFER ALL THE CERTIFICATIONS AND THE DUAL CREDITS THAT SAVED FAMILIES LIKE MINE, A LOT OF MONEY.

THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING ELSE THAT WOULD SAVE ON BECAUSE IF THEY GET THERE AND THEN THEY DON'T PASS IT LIKE YOU SAID, THEY'RE FORCED INTO, I GUESS THEY CALL REMEDIAL COURSES.

WHICH IN A LOT OF CASES, OUR STAFF AND STUDENTS ARE SO OUTSTANDING THAT MOST OF KIDS HAVE HAD THAT LEVELS.

THEY'VE ALREADY PASSED IT AND GRADUATED OBVIOUSLY.

I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS ON THAT AND THE OTHER THING WITH THAT SAME PROGRAM AS I KNOW THAT WE ALWAYS WANT TO WIN, WE ALWAYS WANT 100 PERCENT, BUT REALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS, YOU'RE NEARLY 50 PERCENT ON TRULY A PILOT PROGRAM LIKE YOU JUST STARTED.

THAT JUST TELLS YOU WHERE WE'RE HEADED, BECAUSE OF THE KIDS ARE SO GREAT, AND YOU GUYS. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM 9 ON OUR PRESENTATIONS OF DR. CANTU.

>> YES, AND BEFORE I INTRODUCE OUR NEXT SPEAKER, I JUST WANT TO TAKE A QUICK MOMENT TO THANK DR. TAMPLIN, DR. SPENCER, AND EVERYONE ELSE JUST ON THE TEAM.

IT'S JUST INCREDIBLE WORK THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING TO CONTINUE TO RAISE THE BAR AS TEA MOVES THE GOALPOST AND CONTINUING TO BE INNOVATIVE AND CREATIVE TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR KIDS SO I WANT TO PERSONALLY TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK YOU ALL AS WELL.

>> THANK YOU. NOW WE HAVE DR. JENNIFER STOECKER WHO IS GOING TO COME FORWARD AND PROVIDE THE HR SYSTEMS REPORT. DR. STOECKER.

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>> YES. THANK YOU. DR. CANTU.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

PRESIDENT WILSON, DR. CANTU, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

DR. CANTU STATED I'LL BE PRESENTING TO YOU THE HUMAN RESOURCE SERVICES SYSTEMS REPORT THIS EVENING.

IN MANSFIELD ISD AND OUR HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE A MOTTO AND THAT IS OPTIMA PETAMUS.

THAT'S A LATIN TERM THAT IN ENGLISH MEANS, WE SEEK THE BEST.

WE SEEK THE BEST IN EVERYBODY WE HIRE IN EVERY POSITION, EVERY AREA OF OUR DISTRICTS.

FROM PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES, PARAPROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES, TUTORS, SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS, AUXILIARY EMPLOYEES.

WHATEVER THE CASE OF AN EMPLOYEE, WE SEEK THE BEST BECAUSE THAT MEANS OUR STUDENTS WILL HAVE THE BEST EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE WHEN WE'RE HIRING THE BEST FOLKS.

IN SEEKING THE BEST, THAT INCLUDES SOME ELEMENTS OF OUR HIRING PROCESS.

NUMBER 1, WE HAVE AN ELECTRONIC HIRING PROCESS, SO I'D SAY 99.9 PERCENT OF OUR APPLICANTS APPLY ELECTRONICALLY THE WHOLE WAY THROUGH, OCCASIONALLY WE MAYBE HAVE A LITTLE DIFFERENT SITUATION, BUT WE DO HAVE THAT ELECTRONICALLY WHICH HELPS TO STREAMLINE OUR HIRING OF THE PERSON.

ALL OF OUR APPLICANTS ARE REFERENCE CHECKED WITH REGARD TO THEIR FORMER EMPLOYMENT,

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THEN ALSO THEY ALL UNDERGO A CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECK AT BOTH THE STATE AND THE NATIONAL LEVEL.

I WANTED TO VISIT WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR DEPARTMENT AND HOW WE'RE BREAKING DOWN INTO DIVISIONS IN WHO DOES WHAT? YOU WILL SEE OUR LOVELY PHOTOS ON THE SCREEN THERE IN FRONT OF YOU.

I'LL START WITH A LADY WHO'S NEXT TO ME ON MY RIGHT, THAT'S DR. TRACEY PATTON.

SHE IS OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.

SOME OF HER MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE RECRUITING AND RETENTION, OUR KEEPS MENTORING PROGRAM, WHICH IS OUR MENTORING PROGRAM FOR FIRST-YEAR TEACHERS AND TEACHERS NEW TO MANSFIELD.

SHE'S ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS WORKING WITH ALL OF THEM AND THEN FINALLY, SHE WORKS AT OUR INTERMEDIATE CAMPUSES.

NEXT STEP, ALSO IN GREEN, WE HAVE JENNIFER BURNS.

SHE IS OUR DIRECTOR OF HR SERVICES.

SHE WORKS WITH ALL CAMPUSES OTHER THAN INTERMEDIATE BECAUSE DR. PATTON IS.

SHE WORKS WITH THE CAMPUSES ON HIRING, STAFFING, PERSONAL MATTERS, AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, SHE WORKS WITH OUR DEPARTMENTS AS WELL WITH THEIR PROFESSIONAL AND PARA EMPLOYEES.

WHEN I SAY PERSONNEL MATTERS, YOU DO WANT EMPLOYEES COME TO US AND MAYBE WEARING A LOT OF DIFFERENT HATS, THEY MAY COME TO US AS AN EMPLOYEE.

I HAVE AN ISSUE IN MY ROLE.

THEY MAY COME TO US AS A SUPERVISOR WITH A CONCERN AS A SUPERVISOR OR AS AN EMPLOYEE OR AS A SUPERVISOR WITH HIS OR HER SUPERVISOR OR HIS OR HER EMPLOYEE.

THEY COME IN WITH LOTS OF DIFFERENT SCENARIOS.

BUT WHATEVER THOSE ARE, WE STRIVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN HANDLE IT TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY TO TAKE CARE OF THE SITUATION SO WE CAN MOVE ON AND PROVIDE THE BEST OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR STUDENTS.

NEXT, WE HAVE TERETHA PATTERSON.

SHE'S OUR DIRECTOR OF DATA SERVICES AND HER ROLE IS BASICALLY ANYTHING TECHNOLOGY.

SHE HELPS US A LOT WITH OUR HARDWARE ITEMS, BUT MORE THAN THAT, OUR SOFTWARE ITEMS. AS YOU KNOW, OUR STUDENTS ARE IN THE SKYWARD MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, OUR EMPLOYEES ARE AS WELL, AND SO THAT'S WHAT TERETHA DOES PRETTY MUCH DAY IN, DAY OUT.

IT'S WORKING WITH SKYWARD.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, RIGHT NOW, SHE'S WORKING TO GET THIS SCHOOL YEAR 2022-23 ROLLED INTO 2023-24 SO WE CAN ALL BE IN THE RIGHT POSITIONS AT THE RIGHT NUMBER OF DAYS, RIGHT CALENDARS.

ANYTIME YOU NEED SOMETHING WITH REGARD TO TECHNOLOGY, TERETHA IS OUR PERSON.

THEN FINALLY, LACYE GOAD IS OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.

SHE'S OUR NEWEST MEMBER OF THE TEAM.

SHE WORKS WITH THE AUXILIARY DEPARTMENTS AND COMPENSATION.

SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS UPON HIRE, SHE CALCULATES NEW FOLKS' SALARIES IF THEY TRANSFER, IF THEY EXIT, SHE WORKS THROUGH COMPENSATION FOR EVERYONE.

THAT'S WHERE THE MEMBERS OF OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM IF YOU LOOK AT THE ORG CHART BROKEN OUT THERE, YOU CAN SEE WHO'S WHERE.

I KNOW THAT'S A LOT OF NAMES.

WE HAVE 17 PEOPLE ALTOGETHER ON OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM.

WE HAVE FIVE AND THEN 12 OTHER EMPLOYEES.

YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE DATA SPECIALISTS.

WE HAVE THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR FINGERPRINTING, ONBOARDING, DATA ENTRY, LOTS AND LOTS OF DIFFERENT ROLES TO HELP MAKE THINGS MOVE SMOOTHLY, AND HUMAN RESOURCES.

LET'S TALK FACTS AND FIGURES OF THE DISTRICT.

WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU ON THE SCREEN IS A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT AREAS OF STATS.

FIRST OF ALL, EMPLOYEE-WISE, WE HAVE ABOUT 4,500 FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES.

HOW THAT BREAKS DOWN, AND I'LL ROUND.

IT BREAKS DOWN THAT WE HAVE ABOUT 2,400 TEACHERS, ABOUT 330 EDUCATIONAL AIDES, AND THEN ABOUT 1,250 AUXILIARY STAFF.

LOOKING AT THAT YOU CAN SEE TEACHERS AND AUXILIARY ARE REALLY OUR TWO BIGGEST GROUPS.

NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT TEACHER TURNOVER.

WAY BEFORE COVID, WE'VE BEEN FOCUSING ON OUR DISTRICT ON TEACHER RETENTION.

WE WANT TO KEEP AS MANY TEACHERS AS WE CAN.

IT'S ALWAYS BEEN OUR GOAL TO HAVE AT LEAST 90 PERCENT OF TEACHER RETENTION EVERY YEAR.

NOW WE UNDERSTAND THAT ATTRITION IS NATURAL.

PEOPLE LEAVE THEIR JOBS.

PEOPLE LEAVE THEIR JOBS A LOT OF TIMES FOR REALLY GOOD REASONS.

THEY RETIRE AFTER A LONG CAREER, ONE DAY THAT WILL BE ALL OF US.

THEY MAY BE PROMOTED SOMEWHERE ELSE, WHERE THEY WERE NOT PROMOTED HERE PERHAPS, DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, BUT MAYBE THEY DID SOMEWHERE ELSE.

IT COULD BE THEY'RE STAYING HOME WITH A FAMILY MEMBER OR FAMILIES RELOCATING, SO WE KEEP ALL THOSE THINGS IN MIND, BUT WE PROBABLY WANT TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO CONTROL THE THINGS WE CAN CONTROL, TO KEEP OUR GOOD PEOPLE IN OUR SEATS AS LONG AS WE CAN.

THE FIGURES YOU'RE LOOKING AT, I SHOULD FIRST TELL YOU THOSE YEARS, 18-19 THROUGH 21-22.

THOSE ARE FROM THE TAPR REPORT AND LIKE A MOMENT AGO WHEN DR. SPENCER AND DR. TAMPLIN WERE HERE, THEY TALKED ABOUT LOG DATA, SO OLD A YEAR BEHIND DATA.

THE TAPR REPORT FOR TEACHER TURNOVER IS JUST THAT.

IT'S A YEAR BEHIND.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT 18-19, THAT'S WHEN THE TAPR REPORT CAME OUT.

BUT THAT'S REFERRING TO THE TEACHER TURNOVER IN 17-18, SO KEEP THAT IN YOUR HEAD AS WE GO, IT MIGHT MAKE A LITTLE MORE SENSE WITH KEEPING COVID IN MIND.

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WE WANTED TO LOOK AT WHEN WE STUDY THIS OVER HERE.

BUT FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS PRESENTATION, WE WANTED TO LOOK SPECIFICALLY AT PRE-COVID WHEN THINGS WERE STILL PRETTY NORMAL TO NOW.

UP ON THE TOP RIGHT YOU CAN SEE OUR STATS IN MANSFIELD ISD.

YOU CAN SEE PRE-COVID ON 18-19 TAPR, WHICH AGAIN IS 17, 18 PEOPLE.

WE HAD ABOUT 10.4 PERCENT TURNOVER.

WE'RE ALMOST AT THAT 90 PERCENT WE WERE SO CLOSE.

FOR THE NEXT YEAR, WE WENT UP A LITTLE BIT WITH OUR TURNOVER.

AGAIN, THAT MEANS OUR ATTENTION WENT DOWN A LITTLE BECAUSE OUR TURNOVER WENT UP A LITTLE.

2021, THAT'S REALLY AFTER 1920, AFTER THE COVID SHUTDOWN HERE.

YOU CAN SEE THEN, WE'RE A LITTLE MORE STEADY, WE KEPT A FEW MORE PEOPLE.

THEN FOR 21-22 IS THE MOST CURRENT DATA WE HAVE, WHICH AGAIN IS 2021 AND PEOPLE WERE ABOUT 13.3 PERCENT.

WE HAVE INCREASED A LITTLE BIT FROM 18-19 TO PRESENT.

BUT I WANTED TO PUT THAT IN CONTEXT.

IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE BAR GRAPHS, CAN TELL YOU WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, ON THE FAR LEFT, I'M GOING TO CALL IT LAVENDER OR THE MORE PURPLEY LAVENDER, THAT'S US MANSFIELD ISD.

IT'S THE SAME YEARS I TOLD YOU 18-19 ALL THE WAY THROUGH 21-22.

THEY WERE COMPARING OURSELVES WITH THAT MAGENTA COLUMN IN THE MIDDLE, THAT'S REGION 11, SO THE FORT WORTH AREA, THEN THAT YELLOW COLUMN ON THE RIGHT, THAT'S THE STATE.

THIS IS LIKE THE LOWER IS BETTER.

IF YOU LOOK AT US, WE'RE LOWER IN ALL THOSE YEARS THAN THE REGION AND THAN THE STATE.

IT'S INTERESTING TOO AS I WAS REALLY DISSECTING THIS ALL YEARS TOGETHER.

WE'RE EBBING AND FLOWING WITH ONE ANOTHER TOO LIKE REALLY WE ALL GO UP BY ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT.

WE GET DOWN A YEAR AFTER COVID.

WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO KEEP THE PEOPLE WE HAVE, WHO WE HAVE CONTROL OVER FOR THINGS THAT ARE NOT OUTSIDE OF OUR SCOPE TO KEEP THEM HERE IN THE DISTRICT, ESPECIALLY WITH REGARD TO OUR TEACHERS.

WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT NOW WITH RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION AND SOME OF THE EFFORTS THAT WE TAKE AND I THINK I'LL START FIRST TALKING TO YOU ABOUT THE FRANCES BROWNLIE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.

THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION.

THAT'S A PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE IN THE DISTRICT THROUGH OUR EDUCATION FOUNDATION.

IT ESSENTIALLY HELPS PARAPROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES WHO ARE NOT EITHER DEGREED OR WHO ARE MAYBE DEGREED BUT NOT A CERTIFIED TEACHER, GO BACK TO SCHOOL AND EITHER EARN THEIR FOUR-YEAR DEGREE AND/OR EARN THEIR TEACHING CERTIFICATION.

WHAT'S SO NEAT ABOUT IT IS THESE PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM CAN GO BACK TO SCHOOL WHILE THEY'RE WORKING.

THEY NEVER HAVE TO QUIT THEIR JOB.

THEY NEVER HAVE TO MISS A DAY OF WORK.

IF THEIR STUDENT TEACHING, THAT'S PART OF THEIR WORK, SO THEY DON'T MISS FOR THAT AND THE BEST PART OF ALL, IT'S FREE.

IT'S AN AWESOME OPPORTUNITY FOR MANY OF OUR EMPLOYEES WHO PARTICIPATE.

HOW HR FACTORS IN, IS WE WORK WITH THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION JUST TO FACILITATE OUR PART.

FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN WE HAVE ORIENTATION SESSIONS OR INFORMATIONAL SESSIONS WERE THE ONES WHO LAID THOSE.

WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE PLAN FOR THE FALL, WE'RE HOPING FOR SPRING COHORT, SO WE LEAVE THOSE.

DR. PATTON AND HER OFFICE HELP FOLKS AS THEY'RE WORKING TO APPLY TO THE UNIVERSITIES.

SOME MAY START WITH TCC IF THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH HOURS.

SEND ME START DIRECTLY WITH CHARLTON IF THEY DO HAVE ENOUGH HOURS.

DR. PATTON AND HER PEOPLE HELP WITH THAT.

THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WE WORK THE GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING DEPARTMENT TO HELP THESE PEOPLE IN THEIR PROGRAM JUST HAVE A BETTER SUPPORT SYSTEM.

THEY HAVE A NEAT PROGRAM THEY DO FOR THEM.

THEN ULTIMATELY WHEN IT'S TIME FOR STUDENT TEACHING, IF THAT'S PART OF THEIR PROGRAM, WE PLACE THEM AND THEN MAYBE WE HELP THEM FIND A JOB WHEN THE TIME COMES.

THAT'S PLENTY FOR ME TO TELL YOU.

I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU A QUICK VIDEO PLEASE, FEATURING OUR FIRST FEW GRADUATES SO YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IT.

>> THAT IS SO STINKING CUTE.

>>THE FRANCES BROWNLIE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM WAS THE BRAINCHILD OF DR. V. HE REALLY WANTED TO GET A PROGRAM WHERE OUR PEER-PROFESSIONAL STAFF COULD GET THEIR CERTIFICATION AND ACTUALLY BE A TEACHER.

THIS YEAR WE HAVE THREE RECIPIENTS OF THE FRANCES BROWNLIE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.

>> THE USUAL REQUIREMENTS FOR BECOMING A TEACHER, YOU HAVE TO TAKE OFF THE SEMESTER TO DO YOUR STUDENT TEACHING AND YOU DON'T GET PAID.

BEING A SINGLE MOM, I NEVER WOULD'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT.

THROUGH THE FRANCES BROWNLIE SCHOLARSHIP, I WAS ABLE TO TAKE MY MASTER'S COURSES AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO START TEACHING AND NOT LOSE MY PAYCHECK.

>> IT FEELS FANTASTIC.

IT FEELS THAT YOUR SUPPORTED IN YOUR GROWTH AND IT FEELS LIKE YOU ARE PART OF THIS BIG TEAM AND EVERYBODY HELPS YOU.

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>> OUR DISTRICT REALLY DOES CARE ABOUT EVERY ONE OF ITS EMPLOYEES, WHETHER IT'S FROM THE LOWEST ONE ON THE TOTEM POLE TO THE HIGHEST ONE IN THE DISTRICT.

THEY'RE TRYING TO HELP US GROW AS PEOPLE, AS TEACHERS, AS PROFESSIONALS.

IT MEANS A LOT TO ME AND MAKES ME WANT TO BE A PART OF THIS DISTRICT EVEN MORE.

>> MOST PEOPLE THINK OF THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION AS SIMPLY FUNDING GRANTS FOR THE CLASSROOM, FOR CREATIVE, INNOVATIVE LEARNING.

BUT NOW WE'VE ACTUALLY REACHED OUT INTO HELPING OUR STAFF GET TO BE CERTIFIED TEACHERS.

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>> REALLY, AS YOU CAN SEE, JUST A WONDERFUL PROGRAM.

WE FEEL SO BLESSED THAT OUR FOUNDATION IS ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT FOR OUR EMPLOYEES AND WE'RE PLEASED AS THE HR DEPARTMENT TO BE ABLE TO TAKE PART IN THAT.

SO FAR WE'VE HAD 11 GRADUATES OF THE PROGRAM AND WE HAVE 10 CURRENTLY ENROLLED.

NOW, AS I MENTIONED, WE HOPE TO HAVE ANOTHER COHORT START NEXT SPRING, SO IT'S GROWING AND THEY'RE FLOURISHING. IT'S REALLY AMAZING.

AS I SAID, THAT WAS AN EXAMPLE OF RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION ROLLED INTO ONE.

NOW WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THOSE TWO TOPICS SEPARATELY.

LET'S TALK FIRST ABOUT RECRUITING.

OBVIOUSLY, WHEN WE GO RECRUITING, WE VISIT A LOT OF UNIVERSITIES AND THAT'S BEEN THE CASE FOR A LONG TIME.

WE VISIT UNIVERSITIES, WE HOST JOB FAIRS OURSELVES.

WE VISIT AREA JOB FAIRS.

THIS YEAR WE REALLY HAVE AMPED UP SOME OF WHAT WE HAVE DONE.

BY THAT YOU SEE SOME UNIVERSITY EMBLEMS ON THE SCREEN THERE.

WE VISITED IN TOTAL ABOUT 25 UNIVERSITIES THIS YEAR.

WE ADDED SOME UNIVERSITIES.

IN THE PAST, WE HAVE ATTENDED SOME OF YOUR MORE TRADITIONAL SCHOOLS IN TERMS OF RUN-OF-THE-MILL SCHOOLS THAT WE ALL KNOW.

THIS YEAR, WE ADDED SOME ADDITIONAL SITES THAT MAY BE NOT AS MANY PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT, BUT HAVE WONDERFUL EDUCATION PROGRAMS. THAT HAS BEEN WONDERFUL.

WE ALSO OURSELVES HOSTED TWO TEACHER JOB FAIRS, WHERE NORMALLY WE JUST HAVE ONE.

TWO AUXILIARY FAIRS AT HR WAS INVOLVED IN, AS WELL AS ATTENDING OUTSIDE EVENTS AS WELL.

WE'VE REALLY AMPED THAT UP, BUT THAT'S NOT REALLY ENOUGH.

ESPECIALLY SINCE COVID, THINGS HAVE CHANGED.

I KNOW WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT IT TONIGHT, BUT WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH THAT.

OUR COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING DEPARTMENT HAS REALLY HELPED US GO OUT THERE AND LOOK FOR EMPLOYEES IN WAYS WE NEVER HAVE BEFORE.

THEY'VE HELPED US PUT THINGS ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND THEY'VE HELPED US WITH A LOT OF VIDEOS.

NEXT, I'LL SHOW YOU A QUICK VIDEO THAT IS A RECRUITING VIDEO THEY CREATED FOR US THIS YEAR FEATURING SOME OF OUR VERY OWN EMPLOYEES THAT REALLY SEEMS TO HAVE GOTTEN A LOT OF MILEAGE AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS NEW ERA.

WE'RE IN WITH RECRUITING AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING THAT.

HERE'S JUST A VIDEO I'D LIKE TO SHARE.

>> IF YOU ARE CONSIDERING WORKING AT MANSFIELD ISD, JUST SAY YES.

WHAT I LOVE ABOUT WORKING AT MANSFIELD ISD IS THE RELATIONSHIPS.

>> I LOVE IT IN THIS COMMUNITY.

WE ARE SO DIVERSE AND THERE'S SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE.

>> IT'S JUST SEEMS LIKE ONE OF THOSE PLACES WHERE EVERYBODY IS MOVING IN THE SAME DIRECTION.

>> MY FAVORITE THING ABOUT WORKING AT MANSFIELD ISD IS WORKING WITH THE KIDS AND WORKING WITH THE PEOPLE I WORK WITH AND THE SCHOOLS.

>> LIVING HERE, WORKING HERE AND TEACHING HERE, I COULD DO IT ALL.

>> I WORK HERE, I LIVE HERE AND MY DAUGHTERS GO TO SCHOOL HERE AND WE LOVE IT.

>> MANSFIELD ISD IS THE BEST PLACE TO LIVE, LEARN AND TO TEACH.

>> AWESOME. I WANTED TO MOVE ON AND TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THE FUTURE LOOKS LIKE FOR THIS NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, FOR BOTH RECRUITING AND RETENTION.

I FEEL LIKE I'VE SHARED A GOOD BIT OF THIS ALREADY THUS FAR.

A COUPLE OF THINGS I HAVEN'T MENTIONED.

WE TALKED ABOUT BROWN LINE, AS WE GROW OUR OWN PROGRAM, BUT WE'RE LOOKING TO EXPAND OUR GROW OUR OWN PROGRAMS IN THE DISTRICT AS WELL.

FOR EXAMPLE, OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT THIS YEAR IS WORKING WITH THE UNIVERSITY TO HELP GROW OUR OWN SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST OR SPEECH THERAPISTS.

OVER THE YEARS AS HAVE BECOME MORE DIFFICULT TO HIRE, ESPECIALLY IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SETTING.

THEY'RE STARTING A PROGRAM THIS YEAR WHERE, THEY'LL HAVE SOME SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY ASSISTANCE WORKING TOWARDS THEIR FULL SLP CERTIFICATION.

WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO SEE HOW WE GET WITH THAT.

WE ALSO HAVE A COUPLE OF TOP SECRET THING WITHIN THE WORKS WITH DIFFERENT UNIVERSITIES TO SEE IF MAYBE THERE ARE OTHER WAYS WE CAN HELP PEREZ GO BACK TO SCHOOL TO BECOME CERTIFIED OR MAYBE EVEN START AS YOUNG AS WHEN THEY'RE IN HIGH SCHOOL AND WORK WITH US IN STUDENT TEACHING AND COME HERE TO TEACH FOR US.

WE HAVE SOME OTHER THINGS ON THE HORIZON AS WELL.

AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, WE CONTINUE TO ADD RECRUITING SITES.

WE JUST WANT TO HAVE MORE AND MORE OPTIONS TO GET MORE AND MORE APPLICANTS IN THAT POOL.

THEN ALSO RECRUITING EVENTS THAT WE HOST AND OTHER PEOPLE HOST.

I'M SUPER EXCITED TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF THE RECRUITING AND RETENTION THINGS THAT WE HAVE REALLY BEEN WORKING TOWARD, OUR MEASURES WE HAVE BEEN TAKING.

WE'LL TALK MORE NOW ABOUT RETENTION.

I HAVE A LONG LIST THERE, BUT I WANTED TO HIT REALLY SOME HIGH POINTS OF A LOT OF OUR EFFORTS THAT WE'VE STARTED THIS CURRENT YEAR THAT WE'LL CONTINUE INTO NEXT YEAR.

YOU MAY REMEMBER, WE HAVE A COMMITTEE CALLED THE TEACHER MORALE COMMITTEE.

THIS ACTUALLY STARTED TWO SPRINGS AGO, BUT IT'S REALLY JUST A KICKOFF TO GET US READY FOR THIS YEAR.

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THAT COMMITTEE HAS ONE TEACHER PER CAMPUS ON IT.

REALLY, THE IDEA IS TO GET FEEDBACK FROM REAL LIFE TEACHERS AT OUR CAMPUSES BASED ON THE SURVEY DATA WE RECEIVE FROM ALL THE TEACHERS IN THE DISTRICT.

WE AS HR LEADERSHIP TEAM AND A COUPLE OF OTHERS, STUDENTS SERVICES HELPS US, FINE ARTS HELPS US.

WE FACILITATE SMALL GROUPS.

AGAIN, ONE TEACHER PER CAMPUS BROKEN UP BY LEVEL.

JUST TO ASK QUESTIONS, ASK PROBING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SURVEY DATA WE RECEIVE AND TO GET MORE INFORMATION.

WELL, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE TO YOU? WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM US? JUST TO GET MORE INFORMATION, AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND WORK WITH CURRICULUM INSTRUCTION AND MAKE SOME CONCRETE CHANGES FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

OUR COMMITTEES THRILLED ABOUT IT.

WE'RE THRILLED ABOUT IT. THE TEACHERS ARE THRILLED ABOUT IT.

WE'RE OFF TO A GREAT START.

SOME OF THE SPECIFIC EXAMPLES OR SOME CHANGES THAT ARE ON THE HORIZON FROM THE TEACHER MORALE COMMITTEE HAVE TO DO WITH OUR PK-2 REPORT CARD IN OUR ELEMENTARY GROUPS.

WE LOOK FOR COMMON THEMES IN OTHER GROUPS.

FROM AN ELEMENTARY GROUPS, WE HEARD FROM SEVERAL OF THEM THAT THEY HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT IT AS A NEW REPORT CARD THIS YEAR, IT WAS STANDARDS-BASED.

THEY HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT MAYBE SOME OF THE STANDARDS, MAYBE HOW TO ASSESS THEM, MAYBE WHAT TO DO IF THEY HADN'T YET TAUGHT THEM, BUT THAT DIDN'T MEAN THE STUDENTS DIDN'T KNOW THOSE THINGS. LOTS OF QUESTIONS.

OUR CURRICULUM INSTRUCTION TEAM WORKS TOGETHER.

THEY'VE STREAMLINED THE REPORT CARD.

THEY HAVE SOME DIFFERENT TRAINING THEY'LL OFFER NEXT YEAR, ALTHOUGH THEY TRAINED THIS YEAR, OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE STILL SOME QUESTIONS.

THEY'VE PUT THEIR MINDS AT EASE KNOWING THAT THERE WILL BE SOME CHANGES IN THAT AREA FOR NEXT YEAR.

ALSO WITH OUR PLCS OR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES, YOU MIGHT REMEMBER FROM LAST MONTH AND MR. BENAVIDES SPOKE ON THOSE.

THERE ARE ALSO SOME QUESTIONS DISTRICT WIDE FROM DIFFERENT LEVELS, DIFFERENT CAMPUSES JUST ABOUT THE PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES.

IF YOU RECALL FROM LAST MONTH, SO THIS NEXT YEAR WE WILL HAVE SOLUTION TREE, THE PLC PEOPLE COMING IN AND TRAINING OUR CAMPUSES AND REALLY JUST HELPING US JUST LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PROCESS SO IT CAN BE BETTER STREAMLINED AND ALIGNED FROM CAMPUS TO CAMPUS.

LASTLY, FROM THEIR MORALE COMMITTEE, THERE WERE ALSO SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW ARE WE DOCUMENTING OUR 504 ACCOMMODATIONS, SPECIAL EDUCATION, NOT THAT THEY WEREN'T MAKING THOSE ACCOMMODATIONS.

IT WAS THEY FELT LIKE THE DOCUMENTATION PROCESS COULD MAYBE BE A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFICIENT.

SURE ENOUGH, OUR CURRICULUM INSTRUCTION TEAM WORKED IN SPECIAL EDUCATION, AND THEY'VE WORKED TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

VERY EXCITING STUFF JUST FROM GETTING THAT FEEDBACK FROM THAT COMMITTEE.

SOME OTHER DISTRICT WIDE EFFORTS THAT HAVE COME EITHER FROM THE COMMITTEE OR FROM WORK FOR THAT STUDENT'S SERVICES HAS DONE OR JUST FEEDBACK WE HAVE GOTTEN, YOU MIGHT RECALL THERE ARE CALENDAR FOR NEXT YEAR AS MODIFIED.

I BELIEVE YOU GUYS HAVE VOTED ON THAT A LITTLE BIT AGO AND TO GIVE THREE EXTRA DAYS FOR THE TEACHERS JUST TO WORK IN THEIR CLASSROOMS. THOSE AREN'T EXTRA DAYS THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE HOME.

IT'S EXTRA DAYS THEY WOULD ALREADY BE AT WORK.

BUT JUST TO TAKE CARE OF THINGS TEACHER WORKDAYS BECAUSE A LOT OF WHAT WE HEARD FROM OUR TEACHERS FELL UNDER THE CATEGORY OF TIME AND RESOURCES.

WELL, THEY HAVE LOTS OF RESOURCES, LOTS OF STUFF, BUT IT'S HARD TO GIVE TIME.

IT'S NICE TO HAVE THESE EXTRA THREE DAYS PUT IN.

ALSO, WE'RE WORKING TO REDUCE EVENING AND WEEKEND EVENTS.

ALL OF THOSE EVENTS ARE SO WORTHWHILE, BUT SOMETIMES THEY CAN ADD UP.

SOMETIMES SOME CAMPUSES MAY HAVE MORE EVENTS THAN ANOTHER CAMPUS.

WE'RE WORKING TO SEE IF WE CAN MAYBE COMBINE SOME OF THOSE EVENTS.

TO STILL HAVE ALL OF THE GREAT ACTIVITIES WE CURRENTLY DO, OR MAYBE COMBINE SOME OF THOSE THINGS.

ADDITIONALLY, THIS IS REALLY MORE FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE STANDPOINT, BUT IT WILL AFFECT THE CLASSROOM.

OUR STUDENTS SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS WORKED TO REALLY ENHANCE HOW THEY'RE HANDLING TRUANCY AND ALSO DISCIPLINE REFERRALS OR DISCIPLINE ISSUES.

WORKING WITH CAMPUS ADMINISTRATION, WHICH WILL ULTIMATELY HELP THE TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM TOO BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STUDENTS WHO PERHAPS ARE TRUANT OR WHO HAVE DISCIPLINARY INFRACTIONS, ETC.

COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS THAT WILL BE COMING FROM THE HR SIDE.

WE WOULD LIKE TO START FACILITATING FROM THE HR SIDE SOME DISTRICT LEAD TEACHER APPRECIATION EFFORTS.

THEY'RE ALREADY TEACHER APPRECIATION, THINGS THAT HAPPEN.

THERE'S TEACHER APPRECIATION DAY AND WEEK AND CRAZY STOCK DAY AND THAT SORT OF THING.

BUT WE'D LIKE TO DO SOME THINGS FROM OUR SIDE, MAYBE TO HAVE A MORE ALIGNED ACTIVITIES HERE AND THERE JUST TO LET THE TEACHERS NOW HOW MUCH WE CARE ABOUT THEM FROM THE DISTRICT LEVEL, BUT MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE UNIFORM CAMPUS TO CAMPUS.

THEN ALSO AS WELL, WE WOULD LIKE TO START CONDUCTING STAY INTERVIEWS.

THE OPPOSITE OF EXIT INTERVIEWS.

WHEN SOMEONE'S EXITING, THEY'RE GONE.

THEY'VE ALREADY MADE THE DECISION TO LEAVE OR THEY'VE ALREADY LEFT.

IT'S INTERESTING TO LEARN WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY, BUT THAT'S KIND OF THAT.

LIKE OUR CCMR KIDS, THEY'RE GONE.

WELL, STAY INTERVIEWS WOULD BE WHERE MEMBERS OF OUR HR LEADERSHIP TEAM WILL GO TO CAMPUSES,

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VISIT WITH THE TEACHERS.

SOME WHO'VE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME, SOME WHO WERE MAYBE NEWER AND ASK THEM, WHAT IS IT THAT MAKES YOU LOVE ME IN MANSFIELD ISD? WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE COULD DO BETTER IN MANSFIELD ISD? SEE WHAT WE CAN HEAR FROM THOSE TEACHERS, FROM THAT, WORK TO TAKE SOME ACTIONABLE STEPS.

LET OUR TEACHERS KNOW WE CARE ABOUT HOW THEY'RE FEELING, WHAT THEY'RE EXPERIENCING.

THEN ULTIMATELY HOPEFULLY HELP TO KEEP THEM STAY IN THE DISTRICT A LITTLE BIT LONGER.

WE WANT TO START THIS NEXT YEAR.

NEVER DONE THEM BEFORE, BUT WE'RE EXCITED AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE INFORMATION AND WHAT KIND OF GLEAN FROM THERE.

I WANTED TO SHARE BRIEFLY WITH YOU SOME OF OUR COA DATA THAT WE HAVEN'T ALREADY TALKED ABOUT.

WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF OUR AREAS OF EMPHASIS IN OUR DEPARTMENT.

WE TALKED ABOUT RECRUITING, WE TALKED ABOUT RETENTION AND SOME OTHER AREAS THAT WE'VE FOCUSED ON IS OUR GOAL TO AT LEAST ONCE PER QUARTER PROVIDE TRAINING TO MEMBERS OF PRINCIPALS, DIRECTORS OR COORDINATORS GROUP.

DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THE WHOLE GROUP ALTOGETHER, BUT THOSE INDIVIDUALS.

I'M PLEASED TO REPORT THAT WHEN I CREATED THIS SLIDE, WE HAD MET ALL FOUR QUARTERS.

BUT GREAT NEWS THIS MORNING LACYE GOAD HAD A TRAINING WITH OUR AUXILIARY DEPARTMENTS.

WE NOW HAVE NOW EXCEEDED THE GOAL.

NOW WE'RE FIVE OUT OF FOUR QUARTERS.

WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THAT THIS YEAR.

OUR NEXT AREA THAT WE WORK TOWARD IS STAFF SATISFACTION, WHOLE DISTRICT WIDE.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS A DISTRICT WIDE GOAL AT THE HR TEAM OWNS.

WE TAKE THIS FROM OUR END OF YEAR STAFF SURVEY.

OUR GOAL IS FOR 85 PERCENT OF OUR STAFF TO BE SATISFIED, THIS YEAR WERE AT 79.

WE'RE IN PROGRESS. WE'RE NOT QUITE THERE YET, BUT WE'RE GETTING THERE.

BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS LAST YEAR WE WERE 75.

WE'RE INCHING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

ALTHOUGH WE ARE ONE OF THE BEST EMPLOYERS IN THE STATE AND IN THE NATION, ACCORDING TO FORBES, WE ALWAYS KNOW THAT WE CAN GET BETTER AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING BETTER.

AGAIN, THAT'S JUST AN OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE GREAT THINGS HAPPENING IN HR.

I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

>> IT WILL START TO MY LEFT THIS TIME. TRUSTEES MS. FARRAR?

>> THANK YOU, DR. STOECKER.

I DON'T HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.

I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE FEEDBACK THAT YOU RECEIVED FROM THE COMMITTEES AND REALLY TAKING ACTIONABLE STEPS.

MOVING FORWARD ON WHAT WE CAN DO TO HAVE A BETTER WORKING ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR STUDENTS OR OUR TEACHERS.

WE HEAR FROM THEM ALL THE TIME.

THIS IS JUST A KUDOS TO YOU GUYS FOR DOING THAT.

I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHERE WE ARE AT THIS TIME NEXT YEAR.

HOW THESE THINGS WERE IMPLEMENTED AND HOW WE'VE IMPROVED ON THEM. THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> DR. ROE?

>> THANK YOU, DR. STOECKER FOR THAT WAS EXCELLENT.

I APPRECIATE THAT YOU ARE IDENTIFYING AREAS WHERE WE WANT TO IMPROVE, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE ONE OF THE BEST EMPLOYERS IN THE STATE, IN THE NATION.

I PARTICULARLY LIKE THAT YOU ARE IMPLEMENTING OR YOUR TEAM IS IMPLEMENTING THE STATE INTERVIEWS, AS WELL AS THOSE THREE DAYS FOR TEACHERS.

THOSE ARE IDEAS THAT WE SHOULD REALLY ADVERTISE.

THAT WILL BE VERY APPEALING TO OTHER PERSONS WHO ARE LOOKING TO BE HIRED OR WHO ARE LOOKING TO COME TO A DESTINATION DISTRICT, SO I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU.

>> YES, MA'AM THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE ON THIS SIDE?

>> [INAUDIBLE] MS. ANDERSON?

>> REALLY GREAT, THANK YOU.

THERE'S A FEW THINGS LIKE MS. REED, THAT I REALLY, REALLY THINK IT'S BENEFICIAL FOR OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY STATE INTERVIEWS.

NUMBER 1, BEING THAT WE'VE NEVER DONE THEM, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S CREATIVE AND WHICH LEADS ME INTO BEING CREATIVE AND GETTING INNOVATIVE WITH THOSE VIDEOS.

ACTUALLY, HEARING BACK FROM THE STAFF TO OTHER PEOPLE, HEARING THOSE EVEN MORE STORIES FROM OTHER PEOPLE THAT CAN RELATE.

IT'S A TESTAMENT TO YOU ALL DOING THESE FUNCTIONS TO THE 10 PEOPLE THAT WALKED ACROSS HERE.

IT'S EVIDENT OVER AND AND OVER OVER THAT WE KEEP RECRUITING OUR OWN FOLKS RIGHT BACK TO US.

THEY GO AND THEY COME RIGHT BACK.

>> THE BIGGER THING IS WITH RETENTION, WE WERE LITERALLY WITH QUITE A FEW PEOPLE THE LAST TWO WEEKS AROUND THE STATE.

AND WE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT.

WE WERE PROUD TO SAY, EVERY PERSON I TALKED TO WAS HIGHER THAN US.

EVERYTHING, I'M TALKING SURROUNDING CITIES THAT PEOPLE THINK WE ARE TAKING OUR PEOPLE, THEY'RE HIGHER.

I GREATLY APPRECIATE THE JOB THAT YOU'RE DOING ON THAT.

THE ONE THING THAT I WOULD ASK IS, WE KEEP HEARING THAT THERE ARE SOME UNIVERSITIES AND I KNOW WE'VE GOT IN CREATED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AND I KNOW WE'VE CREATED THE COMMITTEE, WE'VE GONE OUT TO MORE UNIVERSITIES.

WHAT I'VE HEARD IS SOME OF THOSE UNIVERSITIES HAVE STOPPED EVEN HAVING TEACHER CURRICULUM.

DO YOU FIND THAT STILL EVIDENCE? AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, LIKE LAST YEAR ALONE WE WENT TO ONE EVENT TO

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WHERE IT WAS TYPICALLY AN ALL DAY THING AND WE RAN OUT OF PEOPLE TO TALK TO AT TWELVE O’CLOCK, SO ARE WE SEEING THAT? WE ALWAYS KNEW THAT WAS IN THE SPECIAL ED DEPARTMENT, BUT NOW IT'S ROLLING OVER AND I KNOW THERE'S NO PARTICULAR ANSWER, BUT ARE WE STILL SEEING THAT EVIDENT TODAY, IN THOSE CURRICULUMS AND IN PEOPLE IN GENERAL?

>> I THINK TWO PART ANSWER, TO ANSWER THE FIRST PART OF YOUR QUESTION, WE'VE NOT ENCOUNTERED UNIVERSITIES.

WE HAVE VISITED HISTORICALLY AND WE CONTINUE TO VISIT.

WHO HAVE SAID WE NO LONGER HAVE A DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION? CORRECT, DR. PATTON? CORRECT. HOWEVER, THERE HAVE BEEN INSTANCES WHERE MAYBE WE DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS OF APPLICANTS WHO TYPICALLY WOULD VISITS TO THE TABLE.

I WILL SAY ON A POSITIVE NOTE AT THE NORTH CENTRAL TASK FOR JOB FAIR, WHICH IS A JOB FAIR, IS IN ARLINGTON, IT'S LOTS OF DISTRICTS FROM ALL OVER.

TWO YEARS AGO, IT'S NOT THIS YEAR, BUT LAST, AND THEIR PARTICIPATION WAS REALLY, REALLY LOW.

IT WAS NOT QUITE A GHOST TOWN, BUT AT TIMES ALMOST SEEMINGLY LIKE A GHOST TOWN, WHICH WAS ALARMING TO ALL OF US.

HOWEVER, THIS YEAR IT WAS BACK, IT WAS HOPPING.

IN THE PAST, WAY BEFORE COVID WE HAD IN MANSFIELD ALIGN LITERALLY AROUND THE WHOLE GIANT BALLROOM.

YOU SNEAK AROUND THE TIMER TOO.

IT WASN'T QUITE TO THAT LEVEL AGAIN, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY ON THE UPTICK.

I'M ENCOURAGED BY THAT, SO WE'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT COMES OF THE UPCOMING YEARS.

BUT IT DOES SEEM THAT THE LAW WE SAW A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK, AT LEAST THIS YEAR HAS BOUNCED BACK AND IT'S GETTING BACK TO WHERE IT HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY.

>> AWESOME. WELL, THANK YOU.

AGAIN, I'VE HAD PROBABLY THREE DIFFERENT PEOPLE COME UP TO ME, THAT ARE YOUNGER PEOPLE THAT THEIR GOAL IS TO GET INTO MANSFIELD ISD AND WORK FOR US, SO I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU.

>> HAVE THEM CALL ME, PLEASE.

YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU.

>> SORRY, I JUMPED AHEAD.

[OVERLAPPING] [LAUGHTER]

>> I APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORT THAT YOUR OFFICE IS DOING, BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN CHALLENGING, BECAUSE WE WERE A DISTRICT WHERE WE DIDN'T HAVE TO REALLY GO OUT AND RECRUIT, BECAUSE WE HAD SO MANY APPLICANTS COMING TO US AND WE COULD PICK WHOEVER WE WANT.

I THINK WITH COVID, IT HAS CHANGED.

OUR FOCUS IS DIFFERENT NOW, WE HAVE TO REALLY MARKET US.

WHAT SETS US DIFFERENT? WHAT DO WE OFFER OUR TEACHERS? WHAT DO WE GIVE THEM THOSE INCENTIVES? BECAUSE PAY IS A BIG INCENTIVE, BUT ALSO PEOPLE HAVE TO LOVE WHAT THEY DO, AND LOVE FOR THEIR WORK, AND THE MORALE IS BIG.

I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE THE KEY TO PULL PEOPLE IN HERE, BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS OFFERING PAY.

EVERYBODY IS DOING THIS, AND WE'VE GOT TO REALLY SET OURSELVES APART.

WE WERE AN OUTSTANDING DISTRICTS, SO I THANK YOU FOR DOING THE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION.

THAT'S SOME DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING AND GOING OUT THERE IN THE STATE INTERVIEWS AND JUST FOCUSING ON THE MORALE AND THAT THING.

I APPRECIATE THAT AND JUST MARKETING US A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN WHAT WE'VE EVER DONE IN THE PAST. THANK YOU.

>> YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU.

>> ONE AGAIN, THANK YOU. I'LL REITERATE WHAT SOME SEVERAL OF OUR TRUSTEES SAID THAT I APPRECIATE THAT YOU REALIZE THAT THINGS THAT THE TEACHERS WERE REQUESTING AND ASKING AND NOW YOU'VE SET ASIDE SPECIAL TIME TO ACTUALLY ASK THEM MORE.

THEN, WE ALL KNOW THAT THE MORALE HAS BEEN A LOT OF WHAT 'S GOING ON OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE WORKLOAD.

YOU'VE ACKNOWLEDGED ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

ALSO OUR DISCIPLINE, AND THEN BEING SUPPORTED IN THAT.

I JUST FEEL THAT I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE OF WHAT YOUR TEAM IS DOING, AND THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE ADDRESSING AND YOU CONTINUE TO ADDRESS WHEN YOU HAVE PLANS EVEN AS WE MOVE FORWARD. THANK YOU.

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

>> WE WILL NOW MOVE TO ITEM 10, OUR PUBLIC HEARING. DR. CANTU?

[10. Public Hearing]

>> YES, I SEE MICHELE TRONGAARD IS ALREADY UP AT THE PODIUM TO PRESENT TO US OUR '23-'24 RECOMMENDATION FOR BUDGET.

I KNOW AFTER THE PRESENTATION, I THINK AT THAT POINT, WE'LL SEGUE INTO THE PUBLIC HEARING. YES, MA'AM?

>> YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU.

>> I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.

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

ACTUALLY, WE'RE HERE TO ADOPT THE BUDGET TONIGHT.

UNDER EDUCATION CODE 44.002, WE ARE REQUIRED TO ADOPT OUR BUDGET BASED ON OUR FISCAL YEAR, AND OURS IS JULY THROUGH JUNE, AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TONIGHT.

I'M GOING TO GO OVER THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE CHANGES THAT WE'VE HAD FROM THE LAST ONE, SO WE DON'T GO THROUGH EVERY SINGLE PAGE.

BUT I WON'T SAY FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY IS SOMETHING THAT I'M VERY PROUD OF IN THIS DISTRICT,

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AND WE ALL ARE AND MONICA IRVIN IS HERE TO HELP US HERE.

BUT THREE NATIONAL AWARDS FOR BUDGET AND FINANCE, I'M PRETTY PROUD OF THAT ONE, AND YOU SHOULD BE TOO.

THE PURCHASING AWARD OF MERIT, AND THEN THE EXCELLENCE IN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, AND OF COURSE, THE SUPERIOR RATING ON THE FIRST.

THOSE ARE THE DECISION PRIORITIES, BUT LET ME GO BACK UP ONE.

THAT VERY TOP ONE, VISION 2030, THAT FIRST THING, AND ONE OF THE GUIDING STATEMENTS IS STUDENTS ARE FIRST.

I KNOW THAT WHEN WE MAKE THESE DECISIONS AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS, STUDENTS HAVE BEEN THE NUMBER 1 FOCUS IN OUR DECISION-MAKING ON ALL BUDGETS THAT WE'VE DONE, NOT JUST 2023-'24.

THE BUDGET IMPACT, ALL OF THOSE CRITERIAS HAVE BEEN A HUGE IMPACT ON HOW WE PUT THIS BUDGET TOGETHER.

ON THE FRAMEWORK, WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS OF PLANNING AND PREPARING, THE SETTING INSTRUCTIONAL PRIORITIES, HOW ARE WE GOING TO PAY FOR THEM, AND WE'RE IMPLEMENTING THE PLAN AND ENSURING THE SUSTAINABILITY.

ON THE BUDGET CALENDAR, WE WENT THROUGH SEVERAL OF THESE: THE BUDGET UPDATE, THE CERTIFIED ESTIMATE PROPERTY VALUES ON APRIL 30TH, THE BUDGET UPDATE ON MAY 23RD, TONIGHT, IT'S THE PUBLIC HEARING TO ADOPT THE BUDGET JUNE 27TH, AND THEN WE GET TO JULY 25TH, CERTIFIED PROPERTY VALUES, AND AUGUST 22ND IS THE LAST PIECE OF THE PUZZLE, WE HOPE IT'S AUGUST 22, AND ADOPT THE TAX RATE.

WHEN WE DO OUR PLANNING AND PREPARING, OUR BIGGEST FOCUS, STUDENTS FIRST, SO THOSE ARE THE NUMBERS, AND THAT'S WHAT WE BASE OUR BUDGET ON.

YOU CAN TELL FROM THE SLIDE, THERE'S A PRETTY GOOD DECREASE THAT WE HAD FROM COVID IN '19-'20 TO 2020-2021, WE LOST 542 STUDENTS, BUT WE GAINED THEM BACK.

WE'RE BACK TO WHERE WE WERE, AND WE'RE ACTUALLY GAINING A LITTLE BIT MORE.

THERE'S 124 THAT'S BEEN PROJECTED, 35,846 BASED ON OUR DEMOGRAPHER'S PROJECTIONS.

AS YOU LOOK AROUND, ONE THING YOU SEE IS A CFO, IS YOU LOOK AROUND AND SEE IF DIRT'S MOVING, ARE ROOFTOPS COMING ON, AND ARE PEOPLE MOVING IN THIS PLACE, AND THEY ARE, THEY ARE VERY MUCH SO.

YOU'LL SEE WHY IN A MINUTE, A LITTLE BIT LATER, WHY THOSE FTES ARE THERE.

YOU'RE LIKE, WELL, YOU ONLY ADDED 124 MORE STUDENTS.

WELL, OUR STUDENTS ARE FIRST, THEY HAVE NEEDS.

THERE'S SEVEN FINE ARTS ACADEMY, SIX FTES ARE FOR THE PRE-K, AND THEN 13 ARE CURRICULUM INSTRUCTION, AND THEN 17 IN SPECIAL ED, AND WE'LL POINT THAT OUT LATER THAT WE WENT OVER IN THE UPDATE LAST TIME.

THEY'RE ALL CAMPUS-BASED POSITIONS THAT WE WENT OVER ON THE LAST TIME.

THESE ARE THE NON-FTE COSTS.

I WILL SAY, THE BIGGEST CHANGE IN HERE, AND THERE WAS NO OTHER CHANGES SINCE THE LAST BUDGET UPTAKE, BUT WE HAVE CHANGED THE PRESENTATION SINCE THEN, AND THAT WAS ON PROPERTY INSURANCE.

WE ESTIMATED A 17.5 PERCENT INCREASE IN THE RATE OF THE PROPERTY INSURANCE, AND WE ENDED UP AT 35 PERCENT.

WE ARE NOT ALONE, WE'RE EVERYWHERE, SO OUR FIRST NUMBER ON HERE WAS OVER $400,000, AND SO IT WENT UP TO 1.38 MILLION, AND THAT'S A $916,000 INCREASE, THAT'S REFLECTED IN THIS BUDGET.

BUT ANYWAY, THAT IS MAINLY DUE TO ONE CONSTRUCTION COSTS, BUT THINK OF ALL THE CLAIMS ON PROPERTIES THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE.

FROM THE STORMS TO HAILSTORMS, WITH THE [INAUDIBLE] STORMS IN THAT, IT'S IN THE MILLIONS, BILLIONS PROBABLY.

THEN ALL OUR FOCUS IS ALL ON THAT VISION 20 AND HOW IT'S BROKEN DOWN BY THOSE THREE CATEGORIES: COLLEGE READY, CAREER READY, AND LIFE READY.

THEN WE DEPEND ON THOSE RESOURCES, ON THOSE DIFFERENT ITEMS THERE THAT BASICALLY WE'RE STILL WAITING ON A NEW TAX RATE, WAITING ON OUR CERTIFIED VALUES AND ENROLLMENT, THAT'S OUR SNAPSHOT THAT DRIVES OUR FUNDING.

AND THEN THE FEDERAL FUNDING WHICH WE HAVE ON THE FEDERAL FUNDING ASSISTANCE AND ANY LEGISLATIVE CHANGES.

LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT LEGISLATIVE CHANGES.

THE SIGN NIGHT DATE ENDED MAY 29TH, THEY STARTED A SPECIAL SESSION AND IT BASICALLY ENDED TODAY.

DR. CANTU AND I WERE TALKING AT FOUR IN THE AFTERNOON, I THINK WE GOT NOTICE, THERE'S ANOTHER SPECIAL SESSION COMING.

THE PRIORITY IS PROPERTY TAXES AGAIN, BUT IT'S OVER PROPERTY TAX RATE, NOT NECESSARILY ON THE APPRAISALS, VALUES, OR THE APPRAISAL CAPS, OR THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS.

WHAT I WANT YOU TO SEE IN THIS ONE IS HOW DID PUBLIC EDUCATION DO IN THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION? THAT CIRCLE RIGHT THERE,

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IT'S SMALL IN THE NUMBERS, BUT I'M GOING TO TELL YOU PUBLIC EDUCATION ON THE GENERAL REVENUE FUNDS WAS ABOUT 8.9, 8.7 BILLION OVERALL.

BUT HOW DID WE DO? THEY SEE IT AS GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATED AND THE STATE LEGISLATIVE BUDGET WAS $8.7 BILLION OR 8.9 BILLION.

BUT LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THAT 8.7 BILLION RIGHT HERE.

ON THAT GREEN CIRCLE RIGHT THERE, THE 4 1/2 BILLION, THAT WAS CONTINGENT ON LEGISLATION THAT DID NOT PASS.

THAT WAS WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT THE INCREASE IN THE BASIC ALLOTMENT, THAT TALKED ABOUT SCHOOL CHOICE, AND IT TALKED ABOUT VIRTUAL EDUCATION.

ALL OF THAT AS PART OF THE $8.7 BILLION WAS NOT PASSED, IT WOULD TAKE A SPECIAL SESSION FOR THEM TO COME BACK AND GET THAT PART APPROVED, SO IT DIDN'T GET DONE.

THE INCREASE IN NEW INSTRUCTIONAL FACILITIES ALLOTMENT, THE YELLOW PORTION THERE, IS BASICALLY TAKING US BACK TO WHERE WE WERE FUNDED IN 2019-'20 LEVELS.

THAT IS AN INCREASE IN INSTRUCTIONAL FACILITIES ALLOTMENT AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS.

WELL, HERE'S SOME OTHER NEW MONEY THOUGH.

SO WHAT IS IN THIS BUDGET THAT WE DO KNOW? THAT IS THE 500 MILLION IS NEW MONEY BASED ON THE 500 MILLION FOR CURRICULUM, THAT IS INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ALLOTMENT.

THEY CALL IT A PASS-THROUGH, WHICH MEANS IT'S NOT MONEY THAT I'M GOING TO SEE NECESSARILY ON MY STATE AID TEMPLATE PER SE, I MAY NOT SEE IT GOING INTO OUR BANK ACCOUNT, IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE JUST DRAW DOWN ON INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS.

IT HAS A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY THERE, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT, AND IT HAS A BIG PORTION OF THAT IS FOR TEA TO MONITOR THAT.

THEN NEW MONEY ALSO FROM HOUSE BILL 3 SCHOOL SAFETY ALLOTMENT, 15,000 PER CAMPUS.

THEY'RE STILL TRYING TO DEFINE WHAT THAT CAMPUS MIGHT BE BECAUSE WHAT IF YOU'VE GOT A GROUP OF STUDENTS THAT HAVE TO GO TO AN AGRICULTURAL CENTER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? SO 15,000 PER CAMPUS.

THEN WE TALKED ON THE CURRENT LAW IS THE GOLDEN PENNY YIELD.

THE LAST TIME WAS $9.6 MILLION.

THOSE ARE THE TWO ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THIS BUDGET FOR US THAT I PRESENT TO YOU ALL TONIGHT FOR ADOPTION.

WELL, THERE WE ARE. HOW DOES IT AFFECT THE MANSFIELD ISD? I GOT TO TALK AHEAD OF MY SCREEN, BUT THERE IT IS LINED UP.

THE 697,000 SCHOOL SAFETY AND THE GOLDEN PENNY YIELD OF 9.6 MILLION.

THEN THE STATE AND LOCAL TAX REVENUES.

I'VE USED THIS SCREEN EVERY TIME TO TRY TO HELP EXPLAIN SCHOOL FINANCE IN A VERY SIMPLISTIC SCREEN.

WHAT GOES UP, COMES DOWN, VALUES GO UP, THE PROPERTY TAX RATE GOES DOWN, AS PROPERTY TAX REVENUE GOES UP, THE STATE REVENUE GOES DOWN, SO IT'S A NEUTRAL REVENUE STREAM.

ON THE PROPERTY TAX RELIEF, THIS IS WHERE IT LEFT YESTERDAY, IT WAS THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE SIDE, AND 5 PERCENT APPRAISAL CAP ON ALL REAL PROPERTY ON THE HOUSE SIDE, AND THEY TOOK AN ADDITIONAL 0.162 OFF EACH DISTRICT MAXIMUM COMPRESSED TAX RATE.

THEY ALL WENT HOME AND THEN SENATE HAD THEIR PROPOSAL 100K, AND THEIR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FROM THE 40K THAT'S CURRENTLY OUT THERE, THEY ADD AN ADDITIONAL 10 CENTS OFF ON THE MAXIMUM COMPRESSED TAX RATE, AND THEY ADDED AN ADDITIONAL GOING FROM THE 2.5 PERCENT PROPERTY TAX REVENUE CAP, THAT'S IN THE CURRENT LAW RIGHT NOW.

THEY'RE TRYING TO REDUCE THAT TO THE 1.75 PERCENT, WHICH WILL DROP THE TAX RATE AS WELL.

SO THEY'RE ALL TRYING TO DO THE SAME THING, JUST DIFFERENT WAYS.

ONE THING I WILL NOTE ON THIS SPECIAL SESSION PORTION IS THAT IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT'S AN APPRAISAL CAP OR A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, EITHER ONE OF THOSE NEEDS TO GO FOR AUGUST APPROVAL IN ORDER TO MAKE THE NOVEMBER BALLOT.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO KEEP OUR EYES ON BECAUSE IF NEITHER ONE OF THOSE HAPPENED BY MID-AUGUST WHEN I CALLED IT JUST LIKE WE HAD TO DO THE VATRE ELECTION IN THE MID-AUGUST.

SAME THING, WHATEVER GETS ON THE BALLOT HAS TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF APPROVAL BEFORE IT CAN GO TOWARDS NOVEMBER.

SO HOPEFULLY, THEY MIGHT HAVE SOME RESOLUTION.

OTHERWISE, IT LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT BE JUST THE TAX RATE REDUCTION.

THAT SEEMS TO BE THE DIRECTION.

IF I'M LOOKING AT THIS IN SIMPLISTIC TERMS, WHEN WE SAY WHAT'S THIS MAXIMUM COMPRESSED TAX RATE? THIS IS A WAY I CAN EXPLAIN IT IN A PICTURE.

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MAXIMUM COMPRESSED TAX RATE, AND THIS IS MANSFIELD ISD ON THE LEFT IS 0.8046.

THAT'S OUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS MAXIMUM COMPRESSED TAX RATE.

THAT'S A COFFEE CUP, AND THAT BLUE PORTION IS THE LOCAL SHARE, WHICH MEANS THAT'S OUR PROPERTY TAX REVENUES.

THEN THE ORANGE PORTION IS THE STATE PORTION, AND THEN YOU GO DOWN IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR, IT MIGHT LOWER TO A MAXIMUM COMPRESSED TAX RATE OF 0.7155.

THIS IS ALL PENDING LEGISLATION.

BUT NOTICE THE BLUE PART GETS A LITTLE BIT SMALLER AND THE ORANGE PART GETS A LITTLE BIT BIGGER.

BUT THE CUP DOESN'T OVERFLOW, SO IT STAYS AT THE SAME LEVEL.

THAT'S THE WAY THE MAXIMUM COMPRESSED TAX RATES ARE WORKING.

THEN ON THE PROPERTY VALUES, THE BUDGET INCLUDES THE 9 PERCENT INCREASE IN THE PROPERTY VALUES.

IT'S STILL ESTIMATED AT THIS TIME BECAUSE WE'RE STILL WAITING ON JULY 25TH CERTIFIED.

THAT TAX RATE HISTORY, YOU CAN SEE THERE THAT WE HAVE A BIG QUESTION MARK.

BUT FOR THE MOST PART, THE GREAT NEWS IS THE DECREASE IN THE OVERALL TAX RATE OVER SEVERAL YEARS IN THE PAST.

IT'S REALLY GONE DOWN AND TO THE TUNE OF 20 PENNIES, OVER 20 PENNIES, AND BASED ON CURRENT LEGISLATION, I FEEL LIKE THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO GO.

THEN FEDERAL FUNDING ASSISTANCE, I'VE GONE OVER THE ESSER III FUNDING WITH YOU ALL BEFORE.

I'M KEEPING IT OUT HERE FOR FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY, AS WELL AS ANYONE TO GO ON THE WEBSITE AND LOOK AT IT ANYTIME.

ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL AWARE OF IS THE FISCAL CLIFF, AND THAT AFFECTS OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE IT ENDS THIS NEXT YEAR.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER AS WE GO IN OUR PROJECTED BUDGET, BUT I WILL SAY WE'VE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB AS A WHOLE TEAM AND BOARD AS ONLY HAVING VERY LITTLE AS REOCCURRING EXPENDITURES, LIKE MAYBE LESS THAN 6 PERCENT.

SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE STRATEGIZED AND GOING FORWARD.

LET'S SAY, I TALK TO YOU SOON.

LET'S GO TO THE GENERAL FUND.

THAT'S THE BIG ONE THAT SUPPORTS OUR DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THE BIGGEST PORTION, WHICH IS ABOUT 84, 85 PERCENT OF OUR PAYROLL BUDGET, WE HAVE GONE THROUGH DIFFERENT SCENARIOS AND WE ARE NOW IN THIS PAYROLL BUDGET SUPPORTS A TEACHER STARTING PAY OF $63,000, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST ONE I'VE HEARD SO FAR, 4 PERCENT AND ITS MIDPOINT, OR IT COULD BE A MARKETING MEDIAN BASED ON TASB, WE ARE STILL WORKING WITH TASB ME ON THIS, SO IT'S A 15 DOLLAR HOUR MINIMUM PAY FOR ALL OF OUR STAFF.

NO MATTER WHAT POSITION IN FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE POSITIONS.

ADJUST THE SPECIAL EDUCATION PARAPROFESSIONALS ARE GOING TO GO UP AT PAY GRADE, VARIOUS MARKET ADJUSTMENTS AS RECOMMENDED BY TASB HR.

THEN WE WANT TO POINT OUT THAT SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION REDUCTION IN PAYROLL FOR VACANCIES IS CONTINUED.

THE REASON WE DO THAT IS WE'RE TRYING TO GET A MORE ACCURATE PAYROLL BUDGET BECAUSE WE START AT EVERY POSITION, EVERY FIELD, EVERY DAY AND THE COST OF THAT IS 100 PERCENT, BUT THAT'S NOT ALWAYS THE CASE.

WE HAVE CHANGES, WE HAVE VACANCIES, WE HAVE THIS AND THAT.

WE ALSO BUDGET ON A MIDPOINT.

SO THAT MEANS SOMEONE'S GOING TO COME IN, THAT'S A CONSERVATIVE BUDGETING.

BUT THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS HAPPEN EITHER THEY'RE TYPICALLY MAYBE LESS THAN EXPERIENCED OR THIS OR THAT.

SO IT LOWERS THE COST.

SO THIS CHOOSE IT UP SO WE CAN DIRECT MORE RESOURCES TOWARDS OUR CURRENT HARDWORKING STAFF.

THE SALARY RANGES AND THEN I'M GOING TO POINT THIS OUT AND I'LL TURN IT OVER.

BUT THE SALARY RANGES IN THIS 2023, 2024 ADOPTED BUDGET DO NOT REFLECT ANY STATUTORILY REQUIRED SALARY AND ALLOTMENTS ENACTED BY THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE IN THE 88TH SESSION.

THE DISTRICT RESERVES THE RIGHT TO ADJUST SALARY AMOUNTS FOR THE 2023, 2024 SCHOOL YEAR IN RESPONSE TO LEGISLATIVE CHANGES.

>> THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO ADD A COUPLE OF THINGS.

THAT SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION REDUCTION IN PAYROLL FOR VACANCIES.

JUST AS A REMINDER, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S SOMETHING WHERE A POSITION HAS BEEN VACANT ALL YEAR LONG.

IT COULD BE WHEN SOMEONE LEAVES AND THEY RESIGNED OR THEY LEAVE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR FOR PROMOTION OR WHATEVER THEIR REASON MAY BE.

IF THAT POSITION SITS VACANT FOR THREE WEEKS UNTIL WE CAN FILL IT, OBVIOUSLY,

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WE'RE NOT EXTENDING FUNDS AT THAT TIME FOR THAT POSITION, SO THOSE SORTS OF THINGS AS PEOPLE LEAVE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR FOREVER, HOW LONG THAT POSITION IS VACANT.

IT COULD BE TWO WEEKS, IT COULD BE A MONTH.

WE RECOUP THAT MONEY, BECAUSE WE BUDGETED FOR IT AT MIDPOINT AND NOW WE'RE NOT EXTENDING IT, SO THAT'S A PART OF THAT.

BUT ALSO JUST WANTED TO SAY, BASED ON WHAT THAT, QUOTE UP THERE THAT MICHELLE JUST WENT OVER IS, IT WAS JUST REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US.

I KNOW THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION IS NO POTENTIAL THEY STILL COME BACK FROM SPECIAL SESSION AND WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

BUT FOR US, FOR MANSFIELD ISD, IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO GO AHEAD AND JUMP OUT THERE AND GO AHEAD AND NOT WAIT AND GO AHEAD AND TAKE CARE OF OUR STAFF AND LET THEM KNOW SO THAT THEY CAN PREPARE AND BE READY FOR NEXT YEAR WHERE WE'RE GOING TO STAND AS A DISTRICT AND WITH THE RISES IN THE DIRECTION THAT WE WANT TO GO.

IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR US TO GO AHEAD AND STEP OUT THERE AND LET THEM KNOW THAT WE CARE ABOUT THEM, AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE TO LOOK FORWARD TO GOING INTO NEXT YEAR.

>> THANK YOU, DR. CANTU.

THOSE FACTS WE'VE GONE OVER AND WHEN NOTHING HAS CHANGED SINCE THE LAST PRESENTATION, BUT THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE AND THE BOARD'S GOAL IS 25 PERCENT OF EXPENDITURES FOR THREE MONTHS, AS YOU SEE ON THIS GRAPH, WE'RE AT 35, 33, 35 PERCENT.

WE'RE 10 PERCENT OVER THE BOARD'S GOAL AND MAIN REASON IS THE CASHFLOW, BECAUSE PROPERTY TAX REVENUES COME IN MAJORLY IN THREE MONTHS OF THE WHOLE YEAR.

THE FIRST INDICATOR, DAYS, WHICH IS THE FINANCIAL INTEGRITY RATING SYSTEM OF TEXAS, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE JUDGED ON, OR MARKED ON, OR SCORED ON.

THAT PART IT SAYS WE MUST TO HAVE OVER 90 DAYS OF CASH ON HAND, BUT MANSFIELD ISD HAS 138.67 DAYS OF CASH ON HAND AT THE TIME OF THIS SCORING, WHICH WAS IN 2022 AUDIT.

WE LOOK AT IT EVERY YEAR AND WE'RE STILL AT WAY ABOVE THE 90, SO WE'RE VERY IN GOOD SHAPE, THAT'S PHYSICALLY HEALTHY.

THESE ARE THE REASONS OF THOSE FTE INCREASES MAILING THOSE PROGRAMS MAINLY IN THE MIDDLE TWO IS THE BILINGUAL AND THE SPECIAL ED.

WHERE ARE WE, BEFORE WE GET TO 23/24, LET'S FINISH UP WITH WHAT WE THINK ON 22/23, 22/23 WE HAVE INCREASE IN OIL AND GAS REVENUES, WE HAVE INTEREST INCOME, WE STARTED WITH A BALANCE BUDGET, WE ALSO HAD SOME BUSES THAT WE PURCHASED, THAT WE THOUGHT WERE GOING TO COME IN BY JUNE 30TH, THEY DID NOT.

THEREFORE, IF THEY'RE NOT PART OF THAT JUNE 30TH DEADLINE, THEY DON'T GET ACCOUNTED FOR IN THAT BUDGET.

THEREFORE, ANY MONEY DESIGNATED FOR THAT WOULD GO INTO FUND BALANCE.

OTHER THINGS WERE THINGS LIKE SAVINGS, AND UTILITIES AND CONTRACTED SERVICES.

THOSE THINGS ADDED UP AND WE ANTICIPATE NOW WE THOUGHT IT WAS A CLOSE TO 10 MILLION, NOW IT'S BETWEEN PROBABLY, I'M THINKING MORE CLOSER TO 15.

I'VE ASKED YOU ALL TONIGHT LATER IN THE AGENDA ASKING FOR A CHANCE FOR UP TO 15 MILLION TO THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND FOR THIS PURPOSE TO USE FOR THINGS LIKE THE BUSES THAT DIDN'T COME IN, WE CAN REDO THOSE OVER THERE.

ANY KIND OF SAFETY AND SECURITY NEEDS THAT COME UP THAT WE CAN TAKE CARE OF, THAT WE'VE HAD TO DO IN THE PAST.

WE WERE ASKING FOR YOU ALL FOR THAT, SO THAT'S 22/23.

NOW LET'S GET TO 4 PERCENT OR THE 23/24 PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE GENERAL FUND INCLUDES THE 4 PERCENT ADJUSTMENTS, PLUS ADJUSTMENTS AND THE $63,000 STARTING TEACHER PAY.

YOU COULD SEE THE LOCAL STATE AND FEDERAL TOTAL REVENUES OF 345.4 MILLION IN 22/23 TO 365.4 MILLION IN 23/24 AT ABOUT 20 MILLION DIFFERENCE.

THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS THOSE GOLDEN PENNIES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, AND THE SAFETY, AND SECURITY THAT WAS INCREASE THERE, BUT SOME OTHER FACTORS AS WELL, BUT MAINLY THOSE WERE THE TWO BIG ONES.

THEN PAYROLL, THAT BIG INCREASE IS FROM THE 4 PERCENT INCREASE IN THE PAYROLL.

NON-PAYROLL IS THE OPPOSITE, IT GOES DOWN A LITTLE BIT, MAINLY BECAUSE OF THE PRE-K THAT WE HAD, WE STARTED OUT IN PRE-K, BUT WE HAD THOSE AS A NON-PAYROLL ADD ON THAT WERE FTES THAT MOVE INTO THE PAYROLL ITEM.

BOTTOM LINE, WE HAVE 23.3 MILLION DIFFERENCE IN OUR EXPENDITURES, PROJECTED REVENUES OVER EXPENDITURES IS THAT 3,261,524 DIFFERENCE.

WE NEED A LITTLE BIT HELP FROM OUR CAPITAL PROJECT'S FUND, BECAUSE OF THAT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT TRANSFER THERE.

WHEN WE MOVE THAT BACK IN,

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THEN WE HAVE AN OVERALL BALANCED BUDGET AND NET CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE IS ZERO.

ON THE STUDENT NUTRITION SIDE, THIS IS THAT INCLUDES THE 4 PERCENT MIDPOINT SALARY INCREASE TO $15 AN HOUR MINIMUM PAY, AND THE MAXIMUM FUND BALANCES THREE MONTHS OF EXPENDITURES.

MISREAD IT UNINTENTIONALLY, IT HAS A LITTLE BIT OF A DEFICIT HERE, BECAUSE WE NEED THAT FUND BALANCE TO STAY BELOW A CERTAIN AMOUNT.

THEN ON THE DEBT SERVICE SIDE, SAME THING, I WANT TO KEEP IN MIND THAT THE TAX RATE WENT DOWN IN 21/22 BY 13 PENNIES AND YET WE DO MAKE OUR BOND PAYMENTS, WE HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET.

WE'RE STILL DETERMINING THE PROPERTY TAX VALUES AND THE RATES THAT WILL DRIVE THAT, BUT IT DOES HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET BASED ON THAT.

THEN THE PROPOSED BUDGET, I'M NOT GOING THROUGH ALL OF THESE, BECAUSE BASICALLY IT'S JUST LINING THESE OUT ON BY FUNCTION, WHICH IS BY LAW TO HAVE YOU GUYS ADOPT THIS BUDGET BY FUNCTION, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE STARTED.

THE BIGGEST FACTOR IS HOW MUCH IS POURED INTO INSTRUCTION THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT, IS THE BIGGEST PORTION OF THAT BUDGET OF 200 AND I CAN'T KEEP UP WITH MY TALKING 219.2 MILLION.

WE'RE SUMMARYING UP WHAT'S NEXT? DO WE HAVE ANOTHER SPECIAL SESSION, WELL, I JUST ANSWERED MY QUESTION A MINUTE AGO, SO THAT WAS WRITTEN RIGHT BEFORE THIS.

THEN AUGUST 27TH, WE WILL ADOPT THE TAX RATE BASED ON THOSE JULY CERTIFIED VALUES AND IF ANYTHING COMES UP WHEN LEGISLATION AS WELL.

IN SUMMARY, THIS 23/24 BUDGET PRESENTED TO YOU BOARD MEMBERS, IT SUPPORTS VISION 2030.

IT'S A 4 PERCENT MIDPOINT RAISE STARTING TEACHER PAY OF 63,000, A MINIMUM $15 AN HOUR AND TASB MARKET ADJUSTMENTS.

IT'S A BALANCED BUDGET OVERALL IN THE GENERAL FUND AND DEBT SERVICE FUND, AND MAINTAINING ABOUT 25 PERCENT OF EXPENDITURES IN THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE.

WITH THAT, HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AND YOU OPEN UP PUBLIC HEARING.

>> EXACTLY. THE BOARD WILL NOW HEAR WE'RE MOVING TO OUR ACTUAL PUBLIC HEARING.

INSTEAD, THE BOARD WILL NOW HEAR COMMENTS FROM ANYONE WHO HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES FOR EACH SPEAKER AND THE COMMENTS MUST BE LIMITED TO THE SUBJECT MATTER.

I WOULD ALSO ASK THAT ANYONE ADDRESSING THE BOARD, PLEASE DO SO WITH RESPECT FOR THE PRIVACY OF OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF WHILE SPEAKING.

BOARD MEMBERS, IF YOU WISH TO ADDRESS THE AUDIENCE, ASK QUESTIONS OR ANSWER QUESTIONS, PLEASE WAIT UNTIL THE CONCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING.

ONCE WE'VE HEARD FROM EVERYONE WHO HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, I WILL OPEN THE FLOOR TO THE BOARD.

I WILL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 08:57 PM.

AND WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER THAT HAS SPECIFICALLY SAID THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TOWARDS THIS, AND THAT'S MR. MARK HAYES.

>> THANK YOU, BOARD. I ACTUALLY PUT TWO IN THERE, BUT ON THIS PARTICULAR ACTIVITY, ON THE BUDGET ITSELF, WE SPEND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON OUR LIBRARIES EACH YEAR AS WE STAND UP.

MANY OF THE LIBRARIES COST $10-12 MILLION.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AS WE MOVE FORWARD AS A BOARD WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR BUDGET, THAT WE INCREASE FUNDING FOR LIBRARY RESOURCES.

SPECIFICALLY, WHEN IT COMES TO THE PCS, IPADS, PROJECTORS, AND OTHER INFORMATION RESOURCES THAT GO IN TOWARDS THE BUDGET THAT ALLOWS THE LIBRARY TO BE MORE OF A RESOURCE IN GENERAL.

THAT'S THE SPECIFIC COMMENTS THAT I HAVE ON THE BUDGET ITEM.

THE OTHER PORTION IS THE NEXT SLIDE. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING THIS HEARING.

TRUSTEES, WOULD THERE'S ANYTHING, ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS YOU HAVE OR DO I NEED TO CLOSE THIS OUT FIRST?

>> CLOSE IT OUT FIRST.

>> CLOSE IT OUT FIRST? OKAY. PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED AT 8:59 PM.

WE WILL NOW CONCLUDE THAT THIS PORTION OF OUR PUBLIC HEARING AND BOARD MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS OR ANY QUESTIONS YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASK.

WE WILL DO SO AT THIS TIME.

I'LL START ON MY LEFT SIDE THIS TIME. MS. NEWSOM?

>> I THINK YOU WENT OVER THIS A LITTLE BIT, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REALLY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS.

OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE GOING INTO ANOTHER SPECIAL SESSION, SO WE'RE ADOPTING A BUDGET.

TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IF THERE'S ANY CHANGES?

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>> OKAY. THANK YOU.

YES, SO IF THERE ARE CHANGES, AND THEY DO IN A SPECIAL SESSION, AND THEY SAY, "HEY, WE WANT TO INCREASE THE BASIC ALLOTMENT." WELL, THEN WE CAN AMEND THE BUDGET AND DO ANYTHING THAT MAYBE WE COULD DO MORE WITH OUR RESOURCES ON CERTAIN THINGS THAT ANYMORE MARKET ADJUSTMENTS, OR ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO ON THE SALARIES, OR ANY BENEFITS, OR ANYTHING THAT WE NEED ON THAT SIDE OF IT.

>> SO THERE'S NO TIME LIMITS AND WE CAN MAKE CHANGES AS THIS COMES ALONG THE ROAD, RIGHT?

>> CORRECT, AND THAT WAS BASED ON THAT PARAGRAPH.

>> PERFECT, THANK YOU.

>> ANYONE ELSE ON THIS SIDE? MS. FARRAR?

>> JUST A COMMENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK.

I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING A LOOK AT IT.

IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE BOARD AS WELL AS ALL ADMINISTRATION TO TAKE A LOOK AT HOW WE CAN INCREASE THE BASE SALARY ALONG WITH RAISES FOR ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES.

THANK YOU. I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE THE WORK THAT YOU PUT IN TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN, AND SO WHICH JUST A GOOD JOB TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM.

>> I'D LIKE TO THANK HR AS WELL.

>> TO MY RIGHT? MS. THOMAS?

>> I'M JUST GOING TO FOLLOW A PIGGY BACK ON MS. FARRAR AND JUST SAY, THANK YOU.

I KNOW THE LEGISLATION HAS NOT MADE IT EASY FOR YOU TO PLAN THIS OUT, AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK, AND YOU JUST GUESSING WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO.

I APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK BEHIND ALL THIS.

>> THANK YOU. MS. ANDERSON?

>> I'M JUST GOING TO ECHO WHAT THEY'RE SAYING.

I KNOW THAT WE'RE ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE AND WE TALK ABOUT IT IN GREAT LENGTH OF HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR STAFF, AND DO THE BEST THING POSSIBLE, AND ALSO THE BEST THING POSSIBLE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

I JUST APPRECIATE YOU, AND HR, AND WHOMEVER ELSE THAT REALLY PUTS IN ALL THE TIME AND EFFORT. THANK YOU.

>> WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'LL DO THAT. WE APPRECIATE THAT.

WE REALLY WANT TO GIVE EVERYONE A RAISE, BUT WE LIVE A BALANCE BUDGET, TOO.

>> YOU GAVE US THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS, THANK YOU.

>> WE WILL NOW MOVE TO OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS SECTION.

[11. Public Comments]

MAKE SURE MICROPHONE'S ON.

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 A DISCUSSION OR COMPLAINTS AGAINST DISTRICT EMPLOYEES DURING AN OPEN FORUM.

WE WILL START NOW.

I HAVE MY FIRST CARD IS, JENNIFER REICH?

>> JENNIFER REICH, I HAVE COME BEFORE THIS BOARD THE LAST SEVERAL MEETINGS AND SHARED MY THOUGHTS AND CONCERNS.

I WANTED TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO SAY THANK YOU.

THE POLICY IS YOU ALL HAVE REVISITED IT FOR ACQUISITION OF LIBRARY RESOURCES, MIGHT NOT BE MY PERFECT WORLD, BUT I FELT LIKE YOU ALL LISTENED, AND I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU.

I CAN TELL YOU IN MY OVER 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE AS A SCHOOL LIBRARIAN, ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL COMBINED, I ONLY EVER HAD TWO PARENTS EXPRESS THE REQUEST TO RESTRICT WHAT THEIR STUDENTS READ, TWO IN OVER 20 YEARS.

THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT, I DON'T EVEN NEED MY THREE MINUTES.

>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CHRISTIAN CONATSER? AND FEEL FREE TO CORRECT ME.

>> YOU DID WELL, MY NAME IS CHRISTIAN CONATSER.

YOU DON'T EVER HAVE TO PRONOUNCE IT CORRECTLY. I UNDERSTAND THE TROUBLE.

I LIVE IN MANSFIELD AND HAVE THREE CHILDREN IN MISD SCHOOLS.

I'M HERE TO ADDRESS THE PROPOSED UPDATES TO INSTRUCTIONAL LEARNING MATERIALS POLICY.

FIRST, I WANT TO SHOW MY APPRECIATION, IT'S BEEN SAID FOR THE CHANGES MADE TO THE POLICY UPDATE.

IT'S GOOD TO KNOW OUR VOICES WERE HEARD, AND ACTION WAS TAKEN TO REMOVE ANY RHETORIC THAT ALIENATES THE PRECIOUS LGTBQIA2S+ PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THE NEXT MOST APPROPRIATE STEP WOULD BE TO ISSUE AN OFFICIAL APOLOGY TO ALL THOSE IN THE QUEER COMMUNITY FOR INCLUDING SUCH AN EGREGIOUS ATTACK ON THEIR EXISTENCE, I MEAN, EVEN MENTIONING THEM IS AN ATTACK IN ITSELF.

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FURTHER, IF THIS POLICY UPDATE IS ADOPTED, THEN PLEASE BUILD IN PROTECTIONS TO FURTHER ENSURE SUCH TARGETED ATTACKS ON THE QUEER COMMUNITY CANNOT TAKE PLACE.

AS THE POLICY UPDATE CURRENTLY READS, THERE IS ROOM FOR SUCH ATTACKS, AND YOU CANNOT IN GOOD CONSCIENCE ALLOW THIS TO OCCUR.

NOW, THE ACTUAL NEXT MOVE IS TO COMPLETELY REMOVE THIS POLICY UPDATE FROM CONSIDERATION.

THE FIRST REASON, IS BECAUSE THE POLICY REQUIRES NO UPDATE.

THE POLICY WORKS AS IT IS.

AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, NO SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE HAS BEEN SHOWN TO MERIT ANY UPDATES.

IF SO, PLEASE NAME THE ISSUE SPECIFICALLY LINE BY LINE ALONG WITH SPECIFIC ELEMENTS OF HOW THE RECOMMENDED POLICY CHANGES RESOLVE THOSE ISSUES.

IT SEEMS CLEAR THAT THE ATTEMPTED UPDATE IS BASED ON RECOMMENDATIONS FROM OUTSIDE VOICES, WHICH HOLD NO RELEVANCE TO OUR COMMUNITY, AND USE FEAR MONGERING AS THEIR STRATEGY TO PUSH AN UNNECESSARY AND BIGOTED AGENDA FOR INCREASED CONTROLS.

IF THE BOARD INSIST ON RAMMING THIS THROUGH, WE ARE SINCERELY ASKING FOR THE REASONS BEHIND IT.

THE POLICY AS IT STANDS, POSES NO THREAT TO VALUES OR PARENTAL-AUTONOMY.

I MUST ALSO POINT OUT THAT THIS UPDATE WOULD GO AGAINST YOUR OWN INTEREST AS WELL.

IT MAY BE TEMPTING TO AWARD MORE CONTROL TO THE SCHOOL BOARD AND ADDITIONAL APPOINTEES, BUT WHO'S TO SAY THAT IN THE NEAR FUTURE THIS BOARD, AND WHO ARE APPOINTED, AND THOSE APPOINTED ARE CONTROLLED BY MEMBERS WHO HAVE A WHOLLY DIFFERENT VALUES THAN YOUR OWN.

WITH THIS UPDATE, THEY WOULD THEN BE ABLE TO THREATEN THE LEARNING MATERIALS YOU MOST CARE ABOUT AND RELY UPON.

THIS IS THE REASON THAT MYSELF AND OTHERS HAVE STEPPED AND TO FIGHT IT.

WHO'S TO SAY IT WOULDN'T BE, YOU FIGHTING OFF OTHER ATTEMPTS TO UNDERMINE YOUR OWN VALUES IN THE FUTURE WITH AN UPDATE LIKE THIS, THINK ON IT.

THE CURRENT POLICY AS IS WITH NO CHANGES TICKS THE BOXES.

A BROAD RANGE OF RELEVANT LEARNING MATERIALS FOR STUDENTS IN ALL WALKS OF LIFE, PARENTAL-AUTONOMY WITH TRANSPARENCY AROUND THE MATERIALS THEIR CHILD HAS ACCESS TO.

A CAREFUL PROCESS FOR SELECTING AND LABELING BOOKS ACCORDING TO STATEWIDE STANDARDS, AND LOCALLY A BAND OF 50 LIBRARIANS WHO TAKE PRIDE IN THEIR WORK, AND HAVE THE EDUCATION, AND EXPERIENCE TO DO IT BETTER THAN ANY OF US COULD.

THE CURRENT POLICY WORKS, UPDATES ASSERT CONTROL INTO THE WRONG HANDS, WHETHER BE TODAY OR IN THE FUTURE.

IT'S TIME TO EXERCISE YOUR WISDOM AND CARE AS MISD BOARD MEMBERS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KRISTEN HENDRIX.

[NOISE]

>> HELLO. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY AND REMOVING THE RESTRICTION OF GENDER FLUIDITY FROM THE PROPOSED LIBRARY POLICY.

AN EXTRA THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE BOARD MEMBERS WHO'VE RESPONDED TO ALL OF THE CONCERNS, CITIZENS, EMAILS, PHONE CALLS, LETTERS, ETC.

I PERSONALLY WANT TO THANK YOU TO THOSE OF YOU THAT REACHED OUT TO ME.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT WILSON, I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY ELSE WHO HAS RESPONDED FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.

THANK YOU FOR SHOWING THAT MISD IS AN INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

SO FROM THE DEEPEST MY HEART THANK YOU FOR MOVING THAT PIECE FOR THE PROPOSED POLICY, THAT'S IT.

>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ANA HORN AND JUST FOR SPEED'S SAKE, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MYRA MILLER CASTLES.

>> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ANA HORN AND WHILE I'M STILL HESITANT AS TO WHY A STANDING POLICY THAT WORKS IS BEING UPDATED.

AND I'M NOW A LITTLE CONCERNED AT SOME VAGUENESS IN THE LANGUAGE THE NEW POLICY CONTAINS.

I TOO, WANT TO THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY AND TAKING TO HEART THE MANY EMAILS, PHONE CALLS, PEOPLE COMING UP HERE TO SPEAK OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS.

I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS LISTENING AND DOING THAT.

THE PERSON BEFORE ME SAID, I'M STILL SHOCKED AT THE HARMFUL LANGUAGE THAT WAS IN THE PROPOSED POLICIES THAT TARGET GENDER FLUIDITY AND THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY.

BECAUSE HARMFUL RHETORIC MASQUERADING AS POLICY NORMALIZES BULLYING AND GIVES PERMISSION TO RADICAL PEOPLE TO CONTINUE DOING HATEFUL THINGS.

HARMFUL RHETORIC WRAPPED IN SCHOOL DISTRICT POLICY ACTIVATES PARENTS AND TURNS THEM INTO ASSETS TO WIN POLITICAL GAMES.

IT CREATES A FULL BATTLE CRY OF PARENTAL RIGHTS THAT

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REALLY JUST MEANS RIGHTS FOR SOME, NAMELY ONLY THEM.

IT MOBILIZES A CONCRETE EFFORT TO OTHER OPPRESS AND ERASE ALREADY MARGINALIZED PEOPLE.

SCHOOLS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WELL-BEING OF EVERY STUDENT.

THAT MEANS RESPECTING EVERY FAMILY AND LGBTQ STUDENTS AND FAMILIES DESERVE TO FEEL SAFE AND RESPECTED IN MANSFIELD SCHOOLS.

LGBTQ STUDENTS SHOULD HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN AND THRIVE AS OTHER STUDENTS BUT THEY OFTEN ALREADY STRUGGLED WITH MORE BULLYING AND HARASSMENT THAN OTHER STUDENTS AND ALTHOUGH REMOVED, I HATE THAT THEY KNOW THAT SUCH LANGUAGE WAS EVER EVEN CONSIDERED IN THE POLICY.

BUT NOW, AS THE POLICY PROGRESSES IN WHATEVER FORM, I HOPE YOU REMEMBER THAT TELLING STORIES THAT REFLECT LGBTQ+ IDENTITIES IS A SMALL, YET POWERFUL WAY TO AFFIRM THEIR LIVES.

I IMPLORE YOU TO NEVER ALLOW POLICY PASSED BY THIS BOARD TO BE WEAPONIZED AGAINST PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

POLICIES SET BY THIS BOARD SHOULD NEVER BE THE CATALYST, LET ALONE THE MEANS TO DEHUMANIZE ALREADY MARGINALIZED GROUPS.

AND SHE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY BRANDON MANNING.

>> MYRA MILLER CASTLES.

YOU'RE IN THERE.

>> GOOD EVENING. TONIGHT AS WE COME TO THIS FINAL CHAPTER, I WANT TO SAY I'VE BEEN PRAYING FOR EACH OF YOU, PRAYING THAT GOD HAS SPOKEN TO YOU AND THAT YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT HE HAS CHOSEN YOU TO DO.

THIS BATTLE HAD BEGUN IN SEPTEMBER OF 2021.

SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN ON THIS JOURNEY SINCE THE BEGINNING AND SOME OF YOU WHO HAVE JUST STARTED THE PATH.

EITHER WAY, KNOW THAT GOD CHOSE EACH OF YOU FOR A TIME, JUST LIKE THIS, AS IT SAYS IN THE BIBLE, "FOR I KNOW THE PLANS I HAVE FOR YOU DECLARES THE LORD.

PLANS TO PROSPER YOU AND NOT HARM YOU, PLANS TO GIVE YOU HOPE FOR THE FUTURE.

THEY WILL CALL ME AND COME AND PRAY AND I WILL LISTEN TO YOU." FROM THE FIRST TIME I NOTIFIED THE DISTRICT OF THE GRAPHIC SEXUAL CONTENT IN SOME OF THESE BOOKS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN OUR DISTRICT LIBRARY, GOD HAS ASSURED ME THAT HE WOULD CARRY ME THROUGH ALL OF THE HATEFUL WORDS.

THE WORDS THAT HAVE BEEN SPOKEN OR POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AS WELL AS WHAT HAS BEEN SAID ABOUT YOU, THE NAMES AND THE BIGOTRY THAT'S BEEN TOWARDS YOU, THAT HE WOULD GUARD OUR HEARTS FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THESE BOOKS SEEM TO BE INAPPROPRIATE.

AT TIMES IT HAS BEEN DIFFICULT AND WE BECOME WEARY OR LOST HOPE OR EVEN WANTED TO GIVE UP.

WE HAVE STOOD STRONG.

GOD HAD SAID TO TAKE REFUGE AND KNOWING THAT AS CHRISTIANS, THAT GOD PROMISED THAT HE WOULD HEAR US IN ALL THE SITUATIONS, NO MATTER HOW DIFFICULT IT BECOME.

I KNOW SOME FEEL THAT THIS LANGUAGE HAS CHANGED.

I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING THE STATEMENT ALL NEW AND CHALLENGED BOOKS THAT EXPOSE A VIEW THAT CONTRADICTS LAWS ADOPTED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS WOULD BE CONSIDERED PURSUANT TO THE GUIDELINES AND MUST COMPLY WITH ALL LANGUAGE PASSED IN THE 88TH LEGISLATION AND SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR.

THOSE LAWS WOULD INCLUDE SB 14, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE THE GENDER FLUIDITY, AS WELL AS SB 4520, WHO COULD BE DECIDED WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH CERTIFICATES IN RETIREMENT IF WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO GO DOWN THIS ROAD.

AT THE END, I JUST WANT TO SAY, I'VE LED THE FINAL CHAPTER AND GOD WINS.

>> BRANDON MANNING. SORRY, I DIDN'T HAVE MY SPEAKER ON.

>> GOOD EVENING BOARD. MY NAME IS DR. BRANDON MANNING.

I'M AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AT TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY.

I'M A FORMER HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER.

I'VE GOT THREE WONDERFUL MANSFIELD ISD STUDENTS, AND I'M ALSO THE SON OF A FORMER SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, AND SO I KNOW THESE ARE LONG DAYS AND THERE ARE MORE DAYS, AND SO I APPRECIATE YOU ALL.

I'M HERE TO ONE ECHO A SENTIMENT OF THINGS AROUND YOU ALL CHANGING SOME OF THE LANGUAGE IN THE INITIAL POLICY.

AS A PROFESSOR OF LITERATURE, I RECOGNIZE THAT STUDENTS COME TO TEXT.

ONE, TO SEE THE WORLD AROUND THEM BUT ALSO TO SEE THEMSELVES AND SO IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT.

TWO, MAYBE IT'S THE ANALYTICAL SIDE OF ME.

I DON'T MEAN TO GET GRANULAR BUT AS WE'RE LOOKING TOWARDS THE POLICY AS IT IS STATED, THERE ARE STILL MOMENTS OF PAUSE, SPECIFICALLY THE INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS REVIEW.

WELL, A LOT OF THE POLICY IRONS OUT IN REAL DETAIL WHAT THE PROCESSES ARE,

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BOTH INFORMAL AND FORMAL.

THAT LEAVES A LOT OF AMBIGUITY AND VAGUENESS IN TERMS OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE MOVING FORWARD.

IN ADDITION, I'M ALSO INTERESTED IF YOU ALL VOTE TO EXTEND THIS POLICY AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SECOND WHAT FOLKS HAVE SAID BEFORE.

I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED THE POLICY AT ALL.

BUT IF WE DO MOVE FORWARD IN THIS WAY, THEN I'M INTERESTED IN HOW YOU CAN ENSURE THAT THE RECONSIDERATION COMMITTEES WILL BE DIVERSE.

TO ME, THAT SEEMS SO IMPORTANT.

I'VE BEEN IN FRONT OF CLASSROOMS, WHERE I HAVE READ A TEXT AND STUDENTS HAVE COME UP TO ME AND SAID, THANK YOU, I FEEL SEEN, I FEEL RENEWED AND THAT SAME TEXT IN OTHER FOLKS HAS BEEN DEEMED OFFENSIVE.

AND THE LINE BY WHICH THAT DEMARCATION HAPPENS IS ONE THAT IS INTERESTED IN SURVEILLING WHAT GETS TAUGHT IN CLASSROOMS, WHAT LIMITS ME AS AN EDUCATOR, AND ULTIMATELY WHAT STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO GLEAN FROM TEXTS.

EVEN AS YOU ALL HAVE GONE TO GREAT DETAIL TO TRY AND DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS BECAUSE LITERATURE AND TEXTS IN AND OF THEMSELVES ARE INHERENTLY SUBJECTIVE.

I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU IRON OUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU IRON OUT WHAT IS DEEMED OFFENSIVE.

HOW DO YOU QUANTIFY THAT? I WOULD JUST ASK THAT YOU EITHER GO INTO MORE DETAIL AND OR DROP THE POLICY IN ITS ENTIRETY.

>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS REVEREND DR. KATIE HAYES, AND SHE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY TAMMY HARLAN.

>> HEY, NEIGHBORS. I'M KATIE HAYES.

I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU THAT LANGUAGE THAT WAS SO OFFENSIVE TO SO MANY IN THE LAST TIME THIS POLICY CAME UP FOR ITS FIRST READING GOT DROPPED.

I AM APPRECIATIVE OF THE LISTENING EARS OF THIS BOARD. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I WANT TO SAY ABOUT THIS POLICY AS A WHOLE, HOWEVER, THAT EVEN WITHOUT THAT OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE, I'M WORRIED ABOUT IT AS A TAXPAYER, AS A MOM OF FORMER MISD STUDENTS, AND AS A CHRISTIAN PERSON.

I THINK THAT THIS POLICY HAS COME TO MANSFIELD ISD FROM AN OUTSIDE PLAYBOOK.

I THINK THIS IS PLAYING OUT IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND WE KNOW THE ONES IN OTHER PLACES, AND THAT IT HAS BEEN ESSENTIALLY LIFTED FROM THOSE SPACES AND DROPPED INTO MANSFIELD IS SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO WITH.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO. I DO A LOT OF WORK NOT ONLY ON JUSTICE FOR LGBTQ PEOPLE, BUT WITH A LOBBYING GROUP CALLED PASTORS FOR TEXAS CHILDREN.

OCCASIONALLY, AT PASTORS FOR TEXAS CHILDREN EVENTS, I HAVE RUN INTO MANSFIELD SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.

AND WE LAUGH SOMETIMES TO SAY THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW AREAS WHERE WE ACTUALLY AGREE ON A LOT OF THINGS.

THAT IS TO SAY, PASTORS FOR TEXAS CHILDREN LOBBIES THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE ON ONE THING ONLY, AND THAT IS KEEPING PUBLIC MONEY IN PUBLIC EDUCATION.

IT'S A NO VOUCHERS GROUP OF CLERGY PEOPLE ACROSS THE STATE WHO GO TO AUSTIN AND DO THE HARD WORK OF EXPLAINING TO LEGISLATORS WHY VOUCHERS ARE A BAD IDEA FOR INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS ALL ACROSS THE STATE.

AND WHAT WE FEEL AT PASTORS FOR TEXAS CHILDREN IS HAPPENING IS THAT LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS ARE BEING MANIPULATED BY OUTSIDE FORCES FOR THE PURPOSE OF UNDERMINING THE PUBLIC'S CONFIDENCE IN THEIR LOCAL SCHOOLS.

WHEN YOU TAKE THE BAIT ON STUFF LIKE THAT AND YOU START TO DO THINGS LIKE THIS TRULY UNNECESSARY LIBRARY APPROVAL POLICY, WRESTING CONTROL ON ACQUISITIONS AND CHALLENGES FROM YES, YOU'RE VERY CAPABLE LIBRARIANS, THE ONES THAT YOU WISH YOU COULD GIVE A RAISE TO IF WE ONLY HAD THE MONEY, BECAUSE WE TREASURE OUR EMPLOYEES SO MUCH, WE VALUE HOW VERY GOOD THEY ARE AT THEIR JOBS.

I WANT THAT TO BE TRUE.

YOU DON'T NEED TO TAKE THIS JOB AWAY FROM THEM, THEY ALREADY KNOW HOW TO DO IT AND YOU DON'T WANT THIS JOB.

IT'S NOT WHAT YOU RAN FOR, IT'S NOT WHAT WE ELECTED YOU FOR, IT'S NOT, NO OFFENSE, WHAT YOU'RE EDUCATED FOR.

IT'S JUST NOT, UNLESS YOU'RE A LIBRARIAN, YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THAT WORK, SO DON'T TAKE IT UP.

IT'S SOMEONE ELSE'S AGENDA BEING IMPOSED HERE FOR THE SAKE OF UNDERMINING PEOPLE'S CONFIDENCE IN THIS PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.

MY KIDS GOT A TERRIFIC PUBLIC EDUCATION HERE.

IT DID NOT DO ONE THING TO HARM THEIR DEEPLY EMBEDDED CHRISTIAN FAITH.

I'VE GOT YOUNG ADULTS WHO ACTUALLY GO TO CHURCH.

IT'S A REAL RARE THING THESE DAYS.

[BACKGROUND]

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>> THEY GRADUATED FROM THESE SCHOOLS IN THE TOP 10 PERCENT.

SO DON'T DON'T DO THIS, IT'S UNNECESSARY.

IT'S NOT YOUR AGENDA, IT'S NOT OUR AGENDA. THANKS.

SHE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY PRESTON HORN.

[BACKGROUND]

>> MY NAME IS TAMMY HARLAN, AND I DO LIVE IN MANSFIELD.

WORK HERE, MY KIDS GO TO SCHOOL HERE.

I'M NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE BOOKS, I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE PHONE POLICY.

I HAD AN EYE-OPENING EXPERIENCE AT MY HOUSE WHEN MY NIECE GRADUATED FROM MANSFIELD HIGH.

I HAD A PARTY AT MY HOUSE FOR HER, I HAD 30 KIDS FOR MANSFIELD HIGH SCHOOL IN MY BACKYARD.

I GOT THE MOST DISTURBING STORIES FROM THEM ABOUT THE PHONES IN THE SCHOOLS, AND THEY GET TAKEN AWAY AND THESE STUDENTS ARE HITTING TEACHERS.

WHAT ARE WE DOING? THEY GO, THEY TAKE THEM DOWN, YOUR ADMINISTRATORS ARE SENDING THEM BACK TO CLASS.

WHY ARE WE NOT PROTECTING OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STUDENTS? WHY IS DISCIPLINE IN MANSFIELD HIGH APPARENTLY NOT A FORETHOUGHT? THESE KIDS ASKED ME, THEY'RE LIKE WHY WOULD A STUDENT HIT A TEACHER? I CAN'T ANSWER THAT BECAUSE IF MY KID EVER HIT A TEACHER, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT DISCIPLINING BECAUSE I WOULD.

BUT OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE LACKING SOMEWHERE IN THIS DISCIPLINE, AND I KNOW YOU'RE LOOKING AT CHANGING THE PHONE POLICY, BUT YOUR ADMINISTRATORS NEED TO BACK UP THESE TEACHERS.

IF A STUDENT HITS A TEACHER, THAT SHOULD BE SERIOUSLY TAKEN, THAT KIDS SHOULDN'T BE BACK IN THE CLASSROOM THE NEXT DAY.

IT TELLS THESE KIDS, THEY DON'T MATTER.

THESE KIDS ARE BEGGING THEIR PARENTS TO PULL THEM OUT OF MANSFIELD HIGH TO GO HOME-SCHOOL THEM, BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO BE THERE BECAUSE THEY DON'T FEEL SAFE AND THEIR TEACHERS DON'T FEEL SAFE.

SHAME ON THE MANSFIELD HIGH SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION BECAUSE THESE KIDS WERE SOPHOMORES, JUNIORS, SENIORS, BRAND NEW GRADUATES, KIDS COMING INTO YOUR SCHOOL AND THEY'RE HEARING THIS.

AND SOME OF THEM ARE LIKE, WE DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.

AND AS A MOM, I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY DISCIPLINE IS RESTORATIVE.

OBVIOUSLY, YOU'RE NOT DOING ENOUGH IF TEACHERS ARE GETTING HIT BY STUDENTS AND IT'S OKAY BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TELLING THEM.

THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TELLING THE KIDS WHEN THEY COME BACK INTO THE CLASSROOM THE NEXT DAY.

LOOK, THERE'S NOBODY GETTING ANY CONSEQUENCES FOR PUTTING THEIR HANDS ON A TEACHER.

BUT IF THAT TEACHER PUT THEIR HANDS ON THE STUDENT, THEY'D BE FIRED.

YOU GUYS NEED TO HAVE EQUAL, YOU NEED TO PROTECT THEM EQUALLY.

I THINK IT'S REALLY SAD WHEN A GROUP OF YOUNG ADULTS EXPRESS THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO GO TO THAT SCHOOL ANYMORE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT SAFE.

AND THAT'S REALLY SAD, YOU'RE LOSING KIDS EVERY DAY FOR THAT EXACT REASON.

PLEASE START TAKING DISCIPLINE SERIOUS, NOT PLAYING GAMES WHERE JOHNNY DOESN'T GET HELD RESPONSIBLE; JOHNNY SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE IF HE PUTS HIS HANDS ON A TEACHER.

>> PRESTON HORN. HE'LL BE FOLLOWED BY JENNIFER SWEGLER.

>> HEY, Y'ALL. I'M PRESTON HORN, ONCE AGAIN I'M WEARING MY DAD'S HAT, WHICH NOW CERTAINLY FALLS SQUARELY INTO THE TERRITORY OF REQUIRED BOARD MEETING ATTIRE FOR ME.

GUYS, THANKS SO MUCH.

AS MANY PEOPLE HAVE SAID, WE'RE EXCITED TO HEAR THAT NOT ONLY ARE YOU MAKING DECISIONS THAT SEEM GOOD, ALSO YOU'RE LISTENING TO COMMENTS MADE BY THE COMMUNITY.

WHILE THE CHANGES MADE TO THE LIBRARY POLICY ARE REALLY, TRULY, DEEPLY RELIEVING, THERE'S STILL PLENTY OF CONCERN WITH THE NEW POLICIES SPECIFICALLY AROUND THE NEED TO UPDATE IT.

SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE MENTIONED THIS.

HAS THAT BEEN ADDRESSED BY YOU AT SOME POINT? I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO ANSWER THAT NOW.

MAYBE IT HAS AND WE MISSED IT, MAYBE IT'S SQUARELY AVAILABLE AND NO ONE HAS TOLD ME OR SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT.

BUT GIVEN THE OVERWHELMING RESPONSE FROM THE COMMUNITY, I HOPE THAT THE BOARD WILL ADDRESS THAT SPECIFIC QUESTION TONIGHT DURING THE DISCUSSION BEFORE APPROVING TO A THIRD READING.

REALLY APPRECIATE IT. LASTLY, I'D LIKE TO REFERENCE AN UNOFFICIAL SURVEY.

I'M NOT SURE IF ANYONE'S GOT IT.

I DON'T HAVE IT TO PRESENT TO YOU TODAY.

BUT A SURVEY DONE TO LIBRARIANS.

WE HAVE 44 LIBRARIANS AND 33 OF THEM RESPONDED TO A SURVEY, AND THAT'S 75 PERCENT OF LIBRARIANS IN MISD.

A 100 PERCENT OF THE RESPONSES SAID THAT THEY OPPOSED THE CHANGES.

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SO 75 PERCENT OF LIBRARIANS OPPOSE CHANGING THE POLICY AT ALL.

THAT'S A REALLY ALARMING RED FLAG TO ME.

DO WITH THAT WHAT YOU WILL, MAYBE CONSIDER LOOKING INTO IT, BUT MAKING A POLICY THAT SO MANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE DECISION-MAKERS INVOLVED DISAGREE WITH IS SOMETHING TO AT LEAST TAKE PAUSE AND DISCUSS.

SO I HOPE THAT YOU WILL TONIGHT BEFORE APPROVING.

THANKS SO MUCH, BYE.

>> JENNIFER SWEGLER. SHE'S FOLLOWED BY CYNTHIA DANIELS.

>> GOOD EVENING TO THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AND EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, AS WELL AS DR. CANTU AND THE CONSTITUENTS OF MANSFIELD ISD.

MY NAME IS JENNIFER SWEGLER.

SHE/HER PRONOUNS.

I JUST FINISHED MY 14TH YEAR AT LAKE RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE I HAVE BEEN FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS AS A FULL-TIME TEACHER.

I'VE BEEN HONORED TO BE A DISTINGUISHED EDUCATOR FOR MISD OF OUR TOP 10 GRADUATES OF THREE OF THE LAST FOUR YEARS.

I REGRET TO SAY THAT MY CONSCIENCE HAS LED ME TO RESIGN TODAY DUE TO THE CONCERNS I'M HERE TO PRESENT TO THIS BOARD.

WHEN THE FIRST READ OF THE TASB 120 POLICY CAME OUT OF AN ORIGINALLY UNSCHEDULED MAY 16TH MEETING, THE BOARD HEARD FROM MANY OUTRAGED STUDENTS, PARENTS, TEACHERS, AND LIBRARIANS.

I STILL HAVE NOT HEARD A GOOD REASON WHY WE ARE REPLACING OUR POLICY THAT WAS CREATED AND APPROVED BY SIX OF THE PRESENT BOARD MEMBERS JUST LAST SUMMER.

WAS IT ONLY BECAUSE IT FAILED TO GET RID OF BOOKS CHALLENGED THIS LAST YEAR? BUT SINCE WE ARE ON THE SECOND READ, LET'S COVER THE UPDATED POLICY AND MY CONCERNS WITH THEM.

THE POLICY STATES THAT THE PURCHASE OF ANY NEW MATERIALS CAN BE PAUSED BY ANY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, HOWEVER, THERE IS NO TIME LIMIT LISTED AS TO HOW LONG A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER GETS TO HOLD UP A BOOK.

NUMBER 2, WHEN BOOKS ARE CHALLENGED, WHY DOES THE POLICY ALLOW THE BOARD TO CHOOSE OVER HALF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE OF WHO CAN REVIEW THE BOOK? NUMBER 3, THERE ARE NO CAVEATS OF WHO THE BOARD MIGHT CHOOSE FOR THE CHALLENGE COMMITTEE.

THERE IS NOTHING ABOUT EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS OR EDUCATIONAL LEVELS.

I BRING THIS UP AS A CONCERN AS IT HAS BEEN EVIDENT AS OF FIVE DAYS AGO, THAT A CERTAIN MAMA BEAR HAS PUBLICLY STATED THAT PEOPLE WITH THEIR COLLEGE DEGREES ARE INDOCTRINATED, BUT ESPECIALLY CERTAIN MISD LIBRARIANS WITH THEIR MASTERS.

I FIND THIS PARTICULARLY INSULTING AS ALL TEACHERS IN MANSFIELD ISD HAVE BACHELOR DEGREES OR HIGHER DEGREES SUCH AS MASTERS AND DOCTORATES.

MOST IF NOT ALL OF THE BOARD MEMBERS HERE PRESENT HAVE THEIR COLLEGE DEGREES INCLUDING AN MBA AND A PHD.

OUR OWN DR. CANTU HAS A DOCTORATE IN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP FROM A&M.

DOES THIS BOARD THINK THAT PEOPLE WITH DEGREES ARE ALSO INDOCTRINATED? I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO SKIP TWO OF MINE BECAUSE I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME, BUT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO DO NUMBER 4.

WHY DOES THIS POLICY HAVE OVER 50 PERCENT OF THE VERBIAGE IDENTICAL TO THE KYLER ISD POLICY IF IT HAS BEEN CLAIMED TO BE WRITTEN BY THIS BOARD? FINALLY, I JOINED THIS DISTRICT BECAUSE I HEARD THE MOTTO, "MANSFIELD ISD IS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, LEARN, AND TEACH." I'M LEAVING MANSFIELD BECAUSE I CANNOT AFFORD TO LIVE IN MANSFIELD DUE TO MY PAY AND INSURANCE COSTS IN THIS DISTRICT.

I'M LEAVING BECAUSE I HAVE LEARNED THAT THIS DISTRICT IS HYPER POLITICAL AND IT FEELS LIKE THIS BOARD DOES NOT TRUST THE TEACHERS AND LIBRARIANS.

MANSFIELD IS A GREAT PLACE TO TEACH THOUGH BECAUSE OF OUR STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN PHENOMENAL TO TEACH FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS AND I WILL MISS THEM FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.

>> BEN MASON, IS NEXT.

>> GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS CYNTHIA DANIELS.

FIRST, I WANTED TO SAY AS SO MANY HAVE, THANK YOU TO THE BOARD FOR LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY, AND THE LETTER THAT WAS ALSO SENT BY THE ACLU BY REMOVING THE THEME, "DISCUSSION OF DEPICTION OF GENDER FLUIDITY" FROM THE ORIGINAL POLICY REWRITE.

I HAVE READ THE AGENDA FOR THIS PROPOSED POLICY AGAIN, AND I WILL IMPLORE YOU AGAIN TO STICK WITH THE CURRENT POLICY WHERE LIBRARY MATERIALS ARE CONCERNED.

THE POLICY THAT IS CURRENTLY IN PLACE WAS JUST VOTED ON AND PUT INTO PLACE AS SOME OTHERS HAVE SAID JUST THIS PAST SUMMER.

I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD BE, WHY THE NEED FOR THIS NEW POLICY? IF THE TWO BOOKS THAT WERE CHALLENGED WERE REMOVED FROM THE LIBRARY WOULD THIS POLICY REWRITE EVEN BE HAPPENING? IT SURE SEEMED TO HAPPEN IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE BOOK CHALLENGE COMMITTEE SUBMITTED THEIR DECISION.

THIS NEW POLICY WILL ALSO BE A FORM OF CENSORSHIP.

[02:30:03]

MANY BOOKS IN OUR LIBRARIES WILL HAVE TO BE PULLED.

FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE GO WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MATERIAL, WHOSE DEFINITION ARE YOU USING? I KNOW SOMEONE CONSIDER JUST THE MERE MENTION OF LGBTQ PLUS CHARACTERS AS SEXUALLY EXPLICIT.

IT'S A SLIPPERY SLOPE YOU'RE ON AND I REALLY HOPE THAT MANSFIELD ISD SCHOOL BOARD WILL FALL ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY.

AS THE POLICY CURRENTLY STANDS, PARENTS CAN PUT ANY RESTRICTIONS ON THEIR CHILD'S LIBRARY ACCOUNT INCLUDING A PARENT HAVING TO GIVE PERMISSION BEFORE ANY BOOK IS CHECKED OUT, PUTTING THE DECISION SOLELY IN THE PARENT'S HANDS.

I HEAR SO MANY PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT PARENTAL RIGHTS.

THIS NEW POLICY REWRITE INFRINGES ON MY PARENTAL RIGHTS TO MAKE DECISIONS ON WHAT BOOKS MY CHILD WANTS AND GETS TO READ.

I'M ALSO CONCERNED THAT THE NEW POLICY WOULD STILL PUT THE BOARD IN CHARGE OF THE PURCHASE OF ANY LIBRARY BOOKS.

I DO APPRECIATE THAT YOU WILL BE CONSULTING WITH THE LIBRARIANS AND DISTRICT LEVEL LIBRARY SUPERVISORS FOR BOOKS SELECTIONS, BUT WHY NOT TRUST THE LIBRARIANS TO DO THEIR COMPLETE JOBS? DO ANY OF YOU HAVE A MASTER'S IN LIBRARY SCIENCE TO BE QUALIFIED TO DO THIS JOB? IS THIS REALLY ACTUALLY WHAT YOU WANT TO SPEND YOUR TIME DOING? OUR DISTRICT HAS SO MANY AREAS TO WORK ON TO TRULY GET OUR KIDS LIFE READY, CAREER READY, AND COLLEGE READY AS YOU SEE IS OUR VISION 2030.

CENSORSHIP IS NOT GOING TO DO THAT.

>> BEN MASON. THEN BEN MASON WILL BE FOLLOWED BY MARK HAYES.

>> PRESIDENT WILSON, DR. CANTU, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

I'D LIKE TO ALSO EXPRESS APPRECIATION FOR THE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE IN THE LIBRARY BOOK POLICY, BUT I HAVE A PETITION HERE THAT I'D LIKE TO READ TO YOU AND I'LL DISTRIBUTE AFTER THIS.

TO THE BOARD PRESIDENT COURTNEY LACKEY WILSON, WE URGE YOU TO FOCUS ON THE ISSUES THAT ALIGN WITH OUR VISION 2030 MISSION, VISION, VALUES, AND MOTTO, "MANSFIELD ISD, A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, LEARN, AND TEACH." REWRITING A BOOK POLICY TO REMOVE MORE BOOKS OUT OF CIRCULATION DOES NOT ALIGN WITH THESE VISION 2030 STATEMENTS.

WE SUPPORT PARENTS RIGHTS IN USING THE SYSTEM ALREADY IN PLACE TO ADDRESS CONCERNS AND KEEP CHILDREN SAFE.

THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT MANSFIELD ISD IS NOT LIKE SO MANY TYRANT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT WE'VE BEEN LUMPED IN WITH.

WE ARE DIVERSE IN THOUGHT, IN CHARACTER, AND IN PRACTICE.

MANSFIELD ISD RESIDENTS AND PARENTS DO NOT WANT ONE IDEOLOGY TO RULE BUT TO PRACTICE WHAT WE PREACH ABOUT BEING A DESTINATION DISTRICT COMMITTED TO ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE.

WE DON'T WANT MANSFIELD ISD TO DEVOLVE INTO A DISTRICT KNOWN FOR PUTTING A MUZZLE ON OUR DIVERSITY, BUT TO FOCUS ON THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT MAKE MANSFIELD ISD GREAT.

WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT TRUSTEES HAVE MANY DEMANDS FOR THEIR TIME AND BELIEVE THE DISTRICT SHOULD RELY ON THE HIGH EDUCATED, QUALIFIED LIBRARIANS TO MAKE COLLECTION CURATION DECISIONS THAT ALIGN WITH THE POLICY GOALS THE BOARD SETS FORTH.

THE PROPOSED POLICY RUBRIC TAKES A NARROW VALUE SYSTEM, ENFORCES IT UPON OUR COMMUNITY TAKING AWAY PARENTS RIGHTS.

MORE THAN 1,300 PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED THIS PETITION, AND WE HAVE ALL SIGNED IT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT OUR COMMUNITY STANDS BEHIND OUR LIBRARIANS, AND THAT WE WANT YOU TO FOCUS YOUR TIME AND THE DISTRICT'S MONEY ON THE REAL ISSUES OUR STUDENTS ARE GRAPPLING WITH AND TO FOCUS ON LEADING THE DISTRICT AND NOT ON MICRO-MANAGING OR APPROVING BOOKS.

YOU HAVE SO MANY BIGGER ISSUES GOING ON THAT WE'VE HEARD ABOUT TONIGHT, TEA RATINGS, TEACHER RETENTION, LOSING ESSER FUNDS.

FOCUS ON MAKING MANSFIELD GREAT, NOT ON MAKING MANSFIELD GREAT AGAIN BY FOCUSING ON SOMEONE ELSE'S TALKING POINTS INSTEAD OF WHAT MATTERS TO MANSFIELD ISD.

>> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MARK HAYES.

>> MARK HAYES.

I COME IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT TO SUPPORT THE POLICY CONSIDERATION, AND URGE YOU TO VOTE YES ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE POLICY.

I TRULY BELIEVE WE SHOULD DEPLOY STUDENT SAFETY FIRST POLICIES, AND PROCEDURES ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

NOW THAT HB 900 IS SIGNED IN THE LAW THAT GOES OVER SEXUAL CONTENT AND IDENTIFIES THAT PARTICULAR, WE DON'T HAVE TO GO INTO THE DETAILS.

HB 4520 GOES INTO THE CRIMINALITY OF LEAVING SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONTENT IN OUR LIBRARIES.

WE DON'T HAVE TO GO INTO THOSE DETAILS, WE JUST NEED TO FOLLOW THE LAW AND THOSE WILL BE COMING INTO PLACE LATER THIS YEAR AND BY THE EARLY PART OF 2024.

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I WILL NOT BE ADDRESSING SPECIFIC BOOKS OR CONTENT IN WHAT I HAVE TO TELL YOU TODAY OR ASK YOU TO SUPPORT.

WHAT I WANT TO ADDRESS AND URGE IS THAT THE BOARD SUPPORT AND PUT IN PLACE A CHECK AND BALANCE SYSTEM.

LIKE WE ALL HAVE IN EVERY OTHER EXPENDITURE WE HAVE IN THIS DISTRICT WHEN WE'RE SPENDING FEDERAL, BOND, STATE, OR DISTRICT FUNDS.

WE DON'T LET ONE PERSON DETERMINE HOW WE'RE GOING TO SPEND OUR MONEY.

IT TYPICALLY GETS PUT IN PLACE AFTER A REVIEW, A COMMITTEE LOOKS AT IT, AND THEN IT COMES TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL.

ESPECIALLY WITH EDUCATIONAL TOPICS, CURRICULUM, OR SPENDING FUNDS ON MATERIALS.

I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THE STUDENT FIRST SAFETY POLICY AND PROCEDURES.

THAT'S A CHECK AND BALANCE SYSTEM JUST LIKE EVERYTHING WE HAVE IN THIS DISTRICT WHEN IT COMES TO CURRICULUM, RESOURCE MATERIAL, AND PURCHASES WITH THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE.

FRANKLY, IN MY OPINION, IF THE RIGHT SCRUTINY AND APICAL FORETHOUGHT HAD BEEN USED BY THE REQUESTERS OF THE BOOKS THAT STARTED THIS CONVERSATION, WE MAY NOT BE HERE TODAY, AND I THINK THERE'S SOME ACTIVITIES THAT MAY NOT HAVE FOLLOWED THROUGH THAT FOLLOWED THE ADDITIONAL OR THE IN-PLACE STATE GUIDELINES AS WE LOOK TODAY.

BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE STATE GUIDELINES THAT ARE IN PLACE TODAY ON RECOMMENDATIONS, IT WOULD NOT HAVE ALLOWED THE TWO BOOKS IN QUESTION.

FOR THOSE REASON I RECOMMEND AND URGE THE BOARD TO VOTE YES TONIGHT, AND AS I STAND IN FRONT, I RECOMMEND THE THREE STEP PROCESS.

ALLOW THE LIBRARIANS TO RECOMMEND THE BOOKS, PUT THOSE BOOKS IN FRONT OF A COMMITTEE TO FINALIZE A RECOMMENDATION, AND THEN BRING THAT TO THE BOARD TO VOTE THEM IN.

THAT WOULD GIVE US A CHECK AND BALANCE SYSTEM THAT PROTECTS OUR DISTRICT.

>> THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS PORTION.

BUT BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE HUMAN RESOURCES REPORT, WE WILL ALSO WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW OF UPCOMING CHANGES THAT WE MADE TO THE PUBLIC COMMENTS PROCESS.

BEGINNING WITH THE JULY REGULAR BOARD MEETING, THE REGISTRATION PROCESS FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL TRANSITION TO ONLINE REGISTRATION.

THOSE WHO WISH TO PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL BE REQUIRED TO REGISTER ONLINE, BEGINNING WHEN THE AGENDA FOR THE MEETING IS POSTED, WHICH IS TYPICALLY 72 HOURS.

NOT TYPICALLY IT IS FOR SURE, IT COULD HAS TO BE.

HOURS PRIOR TO THE START OF THE MEETING, ONLINE REGISTRATION WILL BE AVAILABLE UNTIL 1:00 PM THE DAY OF THE BOARD MEETING.

THIS ONLINE REGISTRATION PROCESS WILL BE REQUIRED FOR ADDRESSING THE BOARD AT ALL BOARD MEETINGS MOVING FORWARD.

ON-SITE REGISTRATION WILL NO LONGER BE AVAILABLE FOR MANSFIELD ISD BOARD MEETINGS.

THE MANSFIELD ISD COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT WILL BE SHARING MORE INFORMATION WITH LINKS TO THE NEW REGISTRATION FORMS AND PROCESS TO THE COMING WEEKS.

IN ADDITION, THE LINK TO REGISTER FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL ALSO BE INCLUDED IN BOARD MEETING REMINDER, EMAILS, AND TEXTS.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR COLLABORATION AND STREAMLINING OUR PUBLIC COMMENT PROCESS AND MOVING FORWARD.

NOW, WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM 12 OR HUMAN RESOURCES REPORT.

[12. Human Resources Report]

WE WILL START WITH 12.1 OR 20 PLUS YEAR RECOGNITIONS.

MS. THOMAS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE THE LIST WITH EVERYONE?

>> YES, I WOULD LOVE TO.

WE HAVE SEVERAL THAT ARE 20 YEARS OR OVER.

FIRST OF ALL, I JUST LIKE TO THANK EACH AND EVERY NAME THAT I'M ABOUT TO READ.

THANK YOU FOR DOING WHAT YOU DO AND TAKING CARE OF OUR KIDS.

YOU DO WHAT YOU DO BECAUSE YOU LOVE YOUR STUDENTS, AND YOU'VE DEDICATED SO MANY YEARS OF YOUR LIVES TO THEIR EDUCATION, AND THEIR SUCCESS.

THANK YOU EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, FOR ALL OF THAT YOU'VE DONE.

MELISSA ALLEN, SHE IS 20 YEARS.

WENDY BAZEMORE, 25 YEARS.

JENNIFER BEST, 22 YEARS.

MARIA BRADFORD, 24 YEARS.

STEVEN BUCHAN, 26 YEARS.

MELANIE BRYANT, 25 YEARS.

ANITA SURTON, 24 YEARS.

ALFREDO CHAVEZ, 22 YEARS.

JAMIE DAVIS, 22 YEARS.

CARMEN DONATO, 22 YEARS.

KRISTI DUNN, 24 YEARS.

STACI FERGUSON, 25 YEARS.

BRANDI GARRETT-GRIMSLEY, 26 YEARS.

PAMELA GILLIAM, 20 YEARS.

KATHLEEN HARRISON, 22 YEARS.

JENNIFER HERNDON, 22 YEARS.

LARISA MCCOWAN KELLY, 20 YEARS.

RUBEN MOLANERA, 25 YEARS.

DEMBRASKI MOORE, 27 YEARS.

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PAULA NORVELL, 22 YEARS.

REBECCA [INAUDIBLE], I HOPE I SAID THAT RIGHT.

IF NOT, I APOLOGIZE, 21 YEARS, CHRISTY SCROGGINS, 23 YEARS.

TARA SUBLETTE, 35 YEARS.

BLANCA TORRES, 22 YEARS.

LAURA WILLIAMS, 30 YEARS, AND REGINAL WRIGHT, 21 YEARS.

AGAIN, WE THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO YOUR STUDENTS.

>> YES. THANK YOU. THAT'S AMAZING.

HOW MANY TEACHERS ARE RETIREES THAT WE HAVE AT 20 PLUS YEARS.

I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE BEING THAT ALL MUCH LESS WORKING THAT LONG, SO [LAUGHTER]

>> IT BRINGS IT INTO PERSPECTIVE, DOESN'T IT? WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 12.2.

OUR BOARD APPROVED NEW HIRES.

>> MOTION. A MOTION MADE BY MS. THOMAS, AND A SECOND MADE BY MS. ANDERSON.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK WITH MR. GOMEZ? HOPE YOU CAN DO THAT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR IN MOTION, MAY I PLEASE SEE A SHOW OF HANDS.

THE MOTION PASSES 7-0.

WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 13.

[13. Business Items Requiring Board Action]

OUR BUSINESS ITEMS REQUIRING BOARD ACTION.

FIRST ONE IS ITEM 13.1, CONSIDERATION APPROVAL BOARD RESOLUTION NUMBER 23-18.

APPOINT OFFICER OR DISTRICT PERSONNEL TO OVERSEE MISD TAX RATE.

>> A MOTION MADE BY MS. FARRAR. DID I HEAR A SECOND?

>> I SECOND.

>> A SECOND MADE BY MS. NEWSOM.

ARE THERE ANY DISCUSSION? WITH THAT, MAY I PLEASE SEE A SHOW OF HANDS FOR ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? THE MOTION PASSES 7-0.

ITEM 13.2, CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF ADOPTION OF THE 2023-2024 BUDGET.

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

>> A SECOND MADE BY MR. TIPPING. ARE THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR THE MOTION, MAY I PLEASE SEE A SHOW OF HANDS? WITH THAT, CONGRATULATIONS, MS. [INAUDIBLE].

MOTION PASSES 7-0.

ITEM 13.3, CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF PROPOSED FINAL BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR 2020-2023.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION MADE BY MS. FARRAR.

>> A SECOND BY MS. THOMAS, OR DID I HEAR ONE DOWN HERE? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THEM. OH, AND LET ME START FIRST.

DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS REGARDING THIS TOPIC? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, MAY I PLEASE SEE A SHOW OF HANDS? MOTION PASSES 7-0.

ITEM 13.4, CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF TRANSFER OF FUNDS UP TO 15 MILLION FROM GENERAL FUND TO CAPITAL PROJECTS.

>> MOTION MADE BY MS. NEWSOM.

>> [INAUDIBLE]

>> A SECOND MADE BY MS. THOMAS.

>> WHO WAS THAT?

>> [INAUDIBLE].

ARE THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, MAY I PLEASE SEE A SHOW OF HANDS? AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS [INAUDIBLE].

WE HAVE MOTION PASSES, 7-0.

LOT MORE WORK FOR YOU TO DO.

THE ITEM 13.5, CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF DEPOSITORY CONTRACT.

>> MOTION MADE BY MR. TIPPING'S, AND A SECOND BY MS. NEWSOM.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, MAY I PLEASE SEE A SHOW OF HANDS? THE MOTION PASSES 7-0.

CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF THE FIRST READING OF MISD AT THE LOCAL POLICY.

>> A MOTION MADE BY MS. THOMAS, AND A SECOND BY MS. NEWSOM.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS TOPIC? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, MAY I PLEASE SEE A SHOW OF HANDS? MOTION PASSES 7-0.

ITEM 13.7, CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF NOMINATION OF A CANDIDATE FOR THE REGION 11 POSITION CC ON THE TASB BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

MAY I PLEASE RECEIVE A MOTION FOR A NOMINATION OR A NOMINATION WITH A MOTION?

>> SO MOVED. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A NOMINATION TO NOMINATE

[02:45:01]

BIANCA BENAVIDES ANDERSON TO THE TASB BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION MADE, AND THEY WILL HAVE MS. ANDERSON BY MS. FARRAR. IS THERE A SECOND?

>> A SECOND MADE BY MR. TIPPING. ARE THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS?

>> I DON'T KNOW IF WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING.

BIANCA DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB REPRESENTING US AS OUR TASB DELEGATE THIS PAST YEAR.

IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO ADD TO YOU?

>> I JUST GROWN AND LEARNED A LOT THIS PAST YEAR.

WE'RE ALMOST 90 HOURS OF TRAININGS AND WHATNOT.

DELEGATE, I GOT SOME BIG PAST THAT WE HADN'T BEFORE, AND I THINK I WOULD REPRESENT THE BOARD WELL.

>> ANYTHING ELSE? ANYMORE DISCUSSION OR IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER DONE THIS PART BEFORE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE NOMINATION AND MOTION, MAY I PLEASE SEE A SHOW OF HANDS? OH, THERE'S OPPOSE.

THE MOTION PASSES 6-1.

ITEM 13.8, CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL TO PROVIDE NOTICE OF INTENT TO TERMINATE THE TERM CONTRACT OF A TEACHER DURING THE CONTRACT TERM.

>> MOTION MADE BY MS. FARRAR.

IS THERE A SECOND?

>> SECOND MADE BY MR. TIPPING. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS FOR THIS TOPIC? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, MAY I PLEASE SEE A SHOW OF HANDS? THE MOTION PASSES 7-0.

AGAIN, THERE'S A LOT OF BUSINESS.

LET'S GET TO ITEM 14.

[14. 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? WITH THAT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED, MAY I PLEASE SEE A SHOW OF HANDS? I CONSIDER AGENDA PASSES AS A WHOLE WITH A VOTE OF 7-0.

WE NOW MOVE TO ITEM 15 OUR SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.

[15. Superintendent's Report]

THIS IS FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY.

IS THERE ANYTHING LISTED ON THIS REPORT THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE AT THIS TIME? OH, TALK TO DR. CANTU THAT, I SHOULD SAY. YOU CAN SEE IT THERE.