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>> GOOD EVENING. I WILL CALL TO ORDER THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING FOR JANUARY 24TH,
[1. Call to Order]
2025 OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.IT IS 7:00 PM. LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT ALL TRUSTEES ARE PRESENT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CRAIG TIPPING.
PLEASE RISE FOR THE PRAYER LED BY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER DR. BENITA REID AND THE PLEDGES LED BY BOARD MEMBER MICHELLE NEWSOM AND THE PRESENTATION OF COLORS LED BY THE LAKE RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL JROTC.
[INAUDIBLE] WE THANK YOU THAT WE CAN COME TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE OUR CHILDREN AND ALL THE GREAT WORKERS [INAUDIBLE].
WE THINK THAT WE CAN CELEBRATE ALL THE GREAT WORKER EDUCATORS AND ALL OF THE PERSON.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING US AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME TOGETHER AND MAKE DECISIONS AND SERVE CHILDREN VERY WELL.
WE GIVE GLORY, HONOR [INAUDIBLE] HELP US TO STAY FOCUSED MAKE DECISIONS [INAUDIBLE].
PLEASE JOIN ME TO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
WELL, IT'S GREAT TO SEE A FULL HOUSE IN HERE TONIGHT.
WELCOME PARENTS AND STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS. WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE RIGHT INTO OUR DISTRICT RECOGNITIONS. DR. [INAUDIBLE]?
[4. District Recognition]
>> YES, MA'AM. I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF KICKING OFF OUR RECOGNITIONS THIS EVENING.
TO GET STARTED, I'D LIKE ALL OF OUR SCHOOL MEMBERS, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY DOWN TO THE RESERVE SEATING RIGHT DOWN HERE WITH THE AUDIENCE.
AS THEY ARE MAKING THEIR WAY DOWN, I WANT TO SAY THAT JANUARY IS SCHOOL BOARD RECOGNITION MONTH, AND MANSFIELD ISD IS CELEBRATING ITS TRUSTEES FOR THEIR DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT TO OUR DISTRICT AND TO OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES.
ALL THROUGHOUT THE ROOM THIS EVENING, YOU GUYS CAN SEE POSTERS AND NOTES CREATED AT EACH OF OUR CAMPUSES IN THIS YEAR'S THEME, SCHOOL BOARD ALL STARS, SHOWING THEIR APPRECIATION FOR OUR BOARD'S COMMITMENT AND LEADERSHIP IN MAKING MANSFIELD ISD A WINNING TEAM FOR OUR STUDENTS, OUR STAFF, AND OUR COMMUNITY.
THE WORK OF OUR SEVEN ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS INCLUDES OVERSIGHT OF THE MANAGEMENT OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, ENSURING FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY, AND ESTABLISHING POLICIES THAT SUPPORT THE DISTRICT'S MISSION, VISION, AND STRATEGIC PLAN, MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS GRADUATE COLLEGE, CAREER, AND LIFE READY.
THIS WORK THAT THEY DO IS ALL VOLUNTEER.
IT'S ALL ON A VOLUNTEER BASIS.
OUR BOARD GIVES OF THEIR PERSONAL TIME BECAUSE OF THEIR PASSION FOR STUDENTS AND STUDENT LEARNING THAT MEETS INDIVIDUAL NEEDS, OFFERING OPPORTUNITIES AND CHOICES FOR EVERYONE.
OUR BOARD ALSO SUPPORTS OUR STAFF TREMENDOUSLY SO THAT WE HAVE CARING ADULTS WHO SHOW UP EVERY SINGLE DAY TO DO GREAT THINGS FOR OUR KIDS, AND I'M SO GRATEFUL TO WORK ALONGSIDE THESE AMAZING ADVOCATES FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF AND FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION.
DURING THIS MONTH AND THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE YEAR,
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I WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK OUR BOARD MEMBERS AND HOPE THAT THEY KNOW HOW MUCH WE TRULY APPRECIATE THEM.I ALSO WANT TO THANK A FEW OTHER GROUPS THIS EVENING.
FIRST, OUR STUDENTS AND CHEFS FROM THE BEN BARBER CULINARY ARTS PROGRAM FOR PREPARING AN INCREDIBLE DINNER EARLIER FOR OUR BOARD TO HONOR AND CELEBRATE THEM.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE STUDENTS FROM OUR HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA UNDER THE DIRECTION OF ALEX YOUNG, WHO ENTERTAINED OUR BOARD DURING OUR DINNER THIS EVENING.
FINALLY, OUR CAMPUSES HAVE CELEBRATED OUR SCHOOL BOARD THIS JANUARY BY HOSTING THINGS LIKE BREAKFAST, CAMPUS WIDE ASSEMBLIES WITH SONGS AND DANCE AND CELEBRATION.
BOARD, I HOPE THAT YOU FEEL THE LOVE THIS MONTH AND EVERY MONTH FOR ALL YOU DO FOR MANSFIELD ISD.
NOW AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE A PERFORMANCE AT THE FRONT OF THE ROOM FROM THE LEGACY HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR DIRECTED BY JOSH PAL.
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>> WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE HERE IN MANSFIELD ISD TO HAVE SOME AMAZING STUDENT TALENT.
BEFORE THEY GET OUT OF HERE, LET'S GIVE THEM ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
[APPLAUSE] BOARD MEMBERS, WE HAVE ONE MORE TREAT FOR YOU.
I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU THAT WE ALL DIRECT OUR ATTENTION TO THE SCREENS FOR JUST A MOMENT.
>> HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER MAKES?
>> I THINK THEY GET PAID PROBABLY LIKE AROUND 300-500.
>> PROBABLY LIKE, I DON'T KNOW.
>> I THINK THAT THEY MAKE A LOT OF MONEY LIKE 200-$50.
>> I LIKE MAYBE 100,000 A YEAR?
>> WE LOVE OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.
>> GE. THANK YOU SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.
>> REALLY JUST SHOWS HOW DEDICATED THEY ARE TO PRODUCING CHANGE IN THE DISTRICT AND WORKING IN KIDS' LIVES BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT DOING IT FOR ANY BENEFIT OF THEMSELVES, BUT THEY'RE DOING IT FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE KIDS IN THE COMMUNITY AROUND US.
>> THANK YOU, SCHOOL BOARD FOR BEING BOTH THE CHEERLEADER AND CHAMPIONS OF OUR DISTRICT.
>> THANK YOU, MISD BOARD MEMBERS FOR ALL YOU DO.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING. THANK YOU.
>> I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR EVERYTHING YOU GUYS DO, POSTING DIFFERENT EVENTS FOR US AND JUST SHOWING HOW MUCH YOU GUYS CARE ABOUT OUR [INAUDIBLE].
>> THANK YOU, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.
WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.
>> IT REALLY SHOWS HOW HONORABLE THEY ARE.
THEIR JOB IS NOT EASY, AND IT JUST SHOWS HOW DEDICATED THEY ARE TO BETTERING OUR DISTRICT, AND THAT'S REALLY MEANINGFUL.
>> I APPRECIATE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS FOR ADVOCATING FOR OUR STUDENTS, STAFF, AND COMMUNITY.
NOT ONLY DO YOU REPRESENT MANSFIELD ISD, BUT TECHNICALLY ALL OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN TEXAS.
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THE TIME YOU GIVE UP, THE CONSIDERATION AND ALL YOUR PROJECTS, AND ALL BE [INAUDIBLE].
>> THANK YOU SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. [APPLAUSE]
>> THANK YOU AGAIN, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, FOR YOUR TIME, SUPPORT, AND COLLABORATION FOR THE KIDS AND FAMILIES OF MANSFIELD ISD.
NOW WE'D LIKE YOU TO MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE FRONT FOR A PHOTO. [LAUGHTER]
>> AS THEY MAKE THEIR WAY BACK TO THEIR PLACES, LET'S GIVE THEM ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
[APPLAUSE] NOW, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH THE REST OF OUR RECOGNITIONS, AND NOW IT'S TIME FOR OUR SCHOOL BOARD SUPERSTARS.
EACH MONTH DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, STUDENTS FROM OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ARE SELECTED TO RECEIVE THE SCHOOL BOARDS SUPERSTAR AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CITIZENSHIP.
THESE YOUNG STUDENTS HAVE BEEN CHOSEN FROM THEIR CAMPUS BASED ON THE VIRTUES OF OUTSTANDING CHARACTER, CITIZENSHIP, FAIRNESS, HONESTY, KINDNESS, RESPECT, RESPONSIBILITY, AND TRUSTWORTHINESS.
BEFORE WE BRING OUR SUPERSTARS UP, I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE TURN YOUR ATTENTION TO THE SCREENS TO LEARN WHAT MAKES THESE YOUNG SCHOLARS SO SUPER.
>> [MUSIC] BOSTON IS A SUPERSTAR BECAUSE HE'S ALWAYS TRYING HIS BEST AT EVERYTHING.
HE IS KIND AND HELPFUL, EVEN WITHOUT BEING ASKED.
>> I FEEL THAT I'M ONE OF THE FAVORITES BECAUSE I DO A LOT OF WORK AND I TRY MY BEST.
>> I CHOSE THANG FOR THE SUPERSTAR AWARD BECAUSE SHE'S ONE OF THE HARDEST WORKING SCHOLARS IN OUR CLASSROOM.
SHE'S ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP, NOT JUST ME, BUT FRIENDS AS WELL, AND HER ACADEMICS ARE JUST SOARING.
>> BEING A SUPERSTAR MAKES ME FEEL GOOD.
>> THERE ARE MANY REASONS WHY I PICK BAILEY TO BE A SUPERSTAR.
SHE'S JUST A POSITIVE LIGHT TO EVERYONE.
NOT ONLY THAT ON THE ACADEMIC SIDE, SHE WORKS REALLY HARD.
SHE'S ALWAYS TRYING TO DO HER BEST.
>> TO BE A SUPERSTAR, MAKES ME FEEL VERY GOOD AND PROUD OF MYSELF TO ACCOMPLISH THIS.
>> MELODY IS AN OUTSTANDING MILLER MUSTANG.
SHE IS KIND TO EVERYONE THAT SHE MEETS.
SHE'S AN AMAZING STUDENT, AND I'M SO PROUD OF ALL OF THE LEARNING AND THE PROGRESS THAT SHE HAS MADE THIS YEAR.
>> BEING A SUPERSTAR MAKES ME FEEL GOOD BECAUSE I'M GOOD IN CLASS.
>> THE REASON WHY I CHOSE ANTHONY IS BECAUSE HE COMES TO SCHOOL EVERY SINGLE DAY, AND WORKS HARD.
HE HELPS EVERY STUDENT IN THE CLASS WHENEVER THEY NEED IT.
HE'S KIND, HE'S RESPONSIBLE, HE'S DEDICATED TO SCHOOL.
>> I'M SHOCKED THAT I EVEN GOT THIS AND I'M HAPPY.
>> WHAT MAKES LEANNA A SUPERSTAR IS HER KINDNESS TO EVERYONE.
TO EVERY STUDENT, TO EVERY TEACHER, SHE TREATS EVERYONE LIKE A FRIEND.
NOT ONLY IS SHE AN INTELLIGENT STUDENT, AND SHE HAS GREAT GRADES ACADEMICALLY, HER CHARACTER IS WHAT MAKES LEANNA SPECIAL.
SHE'S HELPFUL, SHE'S KIND, SHE'S JUST AN ALL-AROUND SPECIAL STUDENT.
>> IT MAKES ME FEEL SPECIAL BECAUSE I'M SUPER KIND.
>> HALLIE IS A SUPERSTAR BECAUSE SHE'S ENGAGED IN THE LEARNING.
SHE COMES TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY, READY TO LEARN.
SHE'S ENGAGED IN A LESSON, AND SHE'S VERY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE LEARNING PROCESS, AND SHE ALSO SHOWS STRONG LEADERSHIP SKILLS, WHICH IS VERY AWESOME AT THIS AGE.
>> BEING A SUPERSTAR STUDENT MAKES ME FEEL HAPPY.
>> BRYSON WAS CHOSEN FOR THIS AWARD AS A SUPERSTAR STUDENT HERE AT THELMA JONES.
HE'S ALWAYS SHOWING THE THREE R'S.
HE'S RESPONSIBLE, READY, AND RESPECTFUL EVERY DAY TO ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF.
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HE IS A HARD WORKER.>> BEING A SUPERSTAR STUDENT MADE ME FEEL GOOD.
>> WELL, VALENTINA IS A SUPERSTAR BECAUSE SHE'S A VERY INDEPENDENT STUDENT.
SHE PAYS ATTENTION, IS ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT LEARNING.
>> SHE'S RESPECTFUL, SHE'S RESPONSIBLE, SHE'S KIND, SHE HAS A GREAT INFLUENCE ON OTHER FRIENDS, AND SHE'S A GREAT LEADER.
I'M SO PROUD OF YOU VALENTINA. CONGRATULATIONS.
>> BEING A SUPERSTAR IS REALLY GREAT AND MAKES ME FEEL PROUD OF WHAT I HAVE DONE.
>> I CHOSE KAMRYN TO BE THE SUPERSTAR OF THE MONTH BECAUSE OF HER KIND DISPOSITION IN THE CLASSROOM.
SHE IS A FRIEND TO EVERYONE, A HELPER TO EVERYONE, INCLUDING ME.
SHE TRIES HER BEST AT EVERYTHING SHE DOES, AND SHE IS EXACTLY THE STUDENT THAT WE WOULD HOPE EVERYONE WOULD BE.
>> I DIDN'T KNOW AT FIRST, BUT I THINK WHEN I HEARD IT, I GOT HAPPIER AND MAKE THE DAY A LITTLE BETTER.
>> [APPLAUSE] PARENTS AND SUPERSTAR STUDENTS, THIS IS YOUR SPECIAL TIME.
STUDENTS, AS I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND GO TO DR. CANTU TO GET YOUR RECOGNITION, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE YOU COME OVER AND STAND RIGHT IN THE CENTER UNTIL ALL OF OUR STUDENTS HAVE BEEN CALLED AND WE'LL TAKE PHOTOS.
FROM BRENDA NORWOOD ELEMENTARY, OUR FIRST SUPERSTAR IS LEANNA NERADADIN.
[APPLAUSE] FROM EMEGEN GIDEON ELEMENTARY, ANTHONY THANDI AKONDE IN THIRD GRADE.
[APPLAUSE] FROM JUDY K. MILLER ELEMENTARY, MELODY CHOICE IN KINDERGARTEN.
[APPLAUSE] FROM NANCY NEAL ELEMENTARY, WE HAVE BAILEY OKON, THIRD GRADE.
[APPLAUSE] FROM GLENN HARMAN ELEMENTARY, THANG NIANG, SECOND GRADE.
[APPLAUSE] REPRESENTING CAROL HOLT ELEMENTARY, HALLIE KURDSTONS, THIRD GRADE.
[APPLAUSE] REPRESENTING THELMA JONES ELEMENTARY, BRYSON WILLIAMS, FROM SECOND GRADE.
[APPLAUSE] FROM D. P. MORRIS ELEMENTARY, VALENTINA DE LA CRUZ IN FOURTH GRADE.
[APPLAUSE] FROM IRMA NASH ELEMENTARY CAMERON GRAY, THIRD GRADE.
[APPLAUSE] OUR FINAL SUPERSTAR THIS EVENING FROM JANET BROCKETT ELEMENTARY, BOSTON VIO THIRD GRADE.
[APPLAUSE] YOU ARE ALL READY FOR A PICTURE? LET'S GET EVERYONE TOGETHER.
[APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR SUPERSTARS.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS, TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS WHO ARE HERE WITH US TONIGHT AND HAVE HELPED SHAPE THESE YOUNG LEADERS.
LET'S GIVE ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
[APPLAUSE] MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT RECOGNITIONS,
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I'D LIKE TO INVITE FERNANDO BENEVIDES, ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT FOR CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION TO THE PODIUM.>> GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT FARRAR, DR. CANTU, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
TONIGHT, WE ARE RECOGNIZING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO HAVE MADE THE 2024 NATIONAL COLLEGE BOARD RECOGNITION LIST.
EACH YEAR, STUDENTS AROUND THE WORLD TAKE THE PSAT ASSESSMENTS AND ADVANCED SPECIMEN COURSES TO AID THEM IN THEIR JOURNEY FROM HIGH SCHOOL TO COLLEGE AND BEYOND.
THE COLLEGE BOARD RECOGNIZE STUDENTS EACH YEAR BASED ON THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA.
SCORE IN TOP 10% OF ALL TEST TAKERS IN THE STATE ON THE PSAT, TAKEN IN THE 10TH OR 11TH GRADE.
EARN A SCORE OF THREE OR HIGHER ON TWO OR MORE AP EXAMS TAKEN THE NINTH, 10TH, OR 11TH GRADE, EARN A CUMULATIVE GPA OF 3.3, OR IDENTIFY AS A FIRST GENERATION BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN, HISPANIC OR LATINO INDIGENOUS OR NATIVE AMERICAN.
WE HAVE MANY STUDENTS THROUGHOUT MISD WHO HAVE MADE THIS LIST AND WILL WE RECOGNIZE STUDENTS FROM DIFFERENT CAMPUS OVER THE COURSE OF SEVERAL BOARD MEETINGS.
TONIGHT, WE ACTUALLY HAVE 76 STUDENTS FROM LAKERIDGE HIGH SCHOOL THAT RECEIVE THIS DISTINCTION, BUT ONLY FIVE ARE PRESENT TONIGHT.
WITHOUT FURTHER DUE, LET ME CALL THEIR NAMES.
DALIA, ABDALLA HERRERA, HISPANIC AWARD.
[APPLAUSE] LONDON HOLBROOK, AFRICAN AMERICAN AWARD.
[APPLAUSE] CHRISTAL AND DUB, AFRICAN AMERICAN AWARD.
[APPLAUSE] JAYLA SMITH, AFRICAN AMERICAN AWARD.
[APPLAUSE] JADON YOUNG, AFRICAN AMERICAN AWARD.
[APPLAUSE] WE'RE GOING TO GET TOGETHER FOR A PICTURE.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE STUDENTS.
LET'S GIVE THEM ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE. CONGRATULATIONS.
>> [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, MR. BENAVIDES, AND THAT CONCLUDES TONIGHT'S RECOGNITIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> [APPLAUSE] PARENTS, WE WOULD LOVE FOR EACH ONE OF YOU TO STAY IF YOU CAN, BUT WE TOTALLY UNDERSTAND IF YOU NEED TO GET YOUR KIDDOS AT HOME AND BATHED AND FED AND ALL THE THINGS.
FEEL FREE TO EXIT IF YOU'D LIKE, OR YOU CAN STAY AND JOIN US.
THAT IS GOING TO MOVE US TO ITEM 5,
[5. District Introductions ]
AT DISTRICT INTRODUCTIONS, DR. CANTU?>> YES, MA'AM. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK DR.
STOKE TO LEAD OUR INTRODUCTIONS FOR THE EVENING.
BOARD MEMBERS THIS EVENING, WE HAVE FOUR INDIVIDUALS TO INTRODUCE TO YOU AS ADMINISTRATIVE OF NEW HIRES OR PROMOTION.
FIRST UP, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE EJ.
HARRISTON. MR. HARRISTON IS OUR NEW COORDINATOR IN THE ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT.
HE'S COMING TO US FROM WAXAHACHIE ISD, WHERE HE SERVED AS DIRECTOR OF SPORTS MEDICINE.
>> THANK YOU, EVERYONE. PRESIDENT FARRAR, DR. CANTU, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I'M HONORED AND BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO BE HERE TODAY IN MANSFIELD ISD AS ATHLETE DEPARTMENT COORDINATOR.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING CLOSELY IN OUR ATHLETE DEPARTMENT TO BUILD OUR YOUNG KIDS, TO GIVE THEM A GREAT EXPERIENCE IN ATHLETICS, AS WELL AS HELPING OUR COACHES GROW AND PROGRESS IN THEIR CAREERS. THANK YOU.
>> [APPLAUSE] NEXT, WE HAVE CONNEKA NEIL.
CONNEKA IS A NEW ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT LAKERIDGE HIGH SCHOOL.
SHE'S COMING TO US MOST RECENTLY FROM HIGHLAND PARK, WHERE SHE SERVED AS A SPECIAL EDUCATION CAMPUS COORDINATOR.
HOWEVER, SHE'S ALSO SERVED AS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL IN A NEARBY DISTRICT.
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YELLING TOO MUCH AT BASKETBALL GAMES.
GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT FARRAR, DR. CANTU, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I AM HONORED TO BE NAMED ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT LAKERIDGE HIGH SCHOOL.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING THE FACULTY, OUR STUDENTS, THEIR FAMILIES, AND OUR COMMUNITY.
TONIGHT, I HAVE BROUGHT MY HUSBAND, JASON NEIL, AND I AM BLESSED TO BE HERE.
>> [APPLAUSE] COMING UP NEXT IS AISHA PICKENS, OUR NEW PIM'S COORDINATOR.
SHE'S COME ALL THE WAY FROM DRIPPING SPRINGS, ISD TO JOIN US.
SHE SERVED DRIPPING SPRINGS AS THEIR DISTRICT PIM'S COORDINATOR AS WELL.
>> GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT FARRAR, DR. CANTU, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I AM HONORED TO BE NAMED PIM'S COORDINATOR FOR MANSFIELD ISD.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE LEADERSHIP HERE AND MAINTAINING OUR COMPLIANCE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS, AS WELL AS OUR STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS. MY FAMILY DID NOT JOIN ME TONIGHT, UNFORTUNATELY, DUE TO THE IMPACTING WINTER WEATHER IN LOUISIANA AND HOUSTON.
THEY'RE ENJOYING THE SNOW TODAY.
[LAUGHTER] HOWEVER, THEY MAY BE JOINING US VIRTUALLY.
THANK YOU FAMILY FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
ALSO, THANK YOU TO MY IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT MICHELLE TRANGOA.
I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT SO FAR.
>> [APPLAUSE] I MAY OR MAY NOT SEE A CHEERING SECTION FOR THIS NEXT ONE.
NEXT STEP, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE IN HER NEW ROLE, MRS. ELATION.
SOME REVEALED THE NEW PRINCIPAL AT CAROL HOLT.
>> BOARD MEMBERS, AS YOU KNOW, SHE RECENTLY SERVED AS THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, BUT NOW SHE'S A HEAD PRINCIPAL.
>> I SAID I WASN'T GOING TO CRY.
GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT FARRAR, DR. CANTU AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I AM SO ELATED TO STAND HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY AS THE PRINCIPAL OF CAROL HOLT ELEMENTARY.
THIS MOMENT IS TRULY A DREAM COME TRUE FOR ME, AND I FEEL SO BLESSED FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
ACCOMPANYING ME TONIGHT IS MY SUPPORTIVE VILLAGE, MY FAMILY WHO HAS THE PHONES OUT RIGHT HERE.
FIRST, MY DEVOTED HUSBAND, IF YOU WILL PLEASE STAND, PRINCETON SOMERVILLE.
SWEETHEART, I THANK YOU FOR BEING A GOD FEARING LEADER TO OUR HOME.
YOUR LOVE AND ENCOURAGEMENT THROUGHOUT MY CAREER IS TRULY A REASON WHY I'M STANDING HERE TODAY.
MY DAUGHTER IS OVER THERE WITH HER OTHER FAMILY, CAROL HOLT, ROYALTY, WHO ASPIRES TO BE A SCIENTIST AND I TRUST CAROL HOLT SO MUCH, MY DAUGHTER GOES TO CAROL HOLT.
MY SON LEGACY, WHO IS A SPIRITED YOUNG BOY, BUT HE'S SITTING STILL A BIT RIGHT NOW, SO I'LL KEEP HIM THAT WAY.
MY FIRST TEACHER IS HERE TODAY.
MY MOTHER, JUNE RIVERS, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND? YOU POURED INTO ME AS A LITTLE GIRL.
YOU ENCOURAGE MY DREAMS TO BE A TOP TIER EDUCATOR.
YOU'RE A REASON WHY I'M HERE TODAY.
I THANK YOU, MOM, AND YOU GET TO SEE THE FRUITS OF YOUR LABOR.
THANK YOU. I'M BLESSED TO HAVE MY IN-LOVES HERE TODAY WHO SUPPORT ME SO MUCH.
THEY'RE NO STRANGERS TO CAROL HOLT, RUDY, AND CHARLOTTE SOMERVILLE, MY MOTHER IN LOVE, AND MY FATHER IN LOVE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT ALONG THE JOURNEY.
I ALSO HAVE MY END LOVES HERE, MY SISTER, JACKIE SOMERVILLE, TIFFANY JOHNSON, MY BROTHER IN LOVE, CAPTAIN JOHNSON.
WHO MADE SURE TO COME AND MY NEPHEWS ARE HERE, KATE AND JOHNSON, ZANE SANDERS AND CALEB JOHNSON.
THANK YOU ALL FOR SUPPORTING YOUR AUNTIE.
I'M FINISHING IT UP REAL QUICKLY.
I JUST WANT TO SAY, MY SECOND VILLAGE IS HERE, MY CAROL HOLT FAMILY.
MY GODMOTHER, PATRICIA ROBERSON IS HERE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT AND TO MY CAROL HOLT FAMILY.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
I WISH I COULD SAY YOU GET TO COME TO WORK LATE TOMORROW, BUT WE HAVE TO BE THERE SUPER EARLY.
LET'S CONTINUE TO BLAZE THE TRAIL.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BLAZE THE TRAIL AS YOUR PRINCIPAL.
I'M JUST THANKFUL FOR THE WAY YOU SHOW UP FOR ME, THE WAY YOU SHOW UP FOR EACH OTHER, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE WAY YOU SHOW UP FOR OUR SCHOLARS EACH AND EVERY DAY.
YOU'RE THE REASON WHY CAROL HOLT'S A MAGICAL PLACE. THANK YOU ALL.
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YOU JUST BROUGHT A LOT OF ENERGY SO WE LOVED IT. THANK YOU.
FAMILIES, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, TOO.
YOU ALL WERE AWESOME. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE TO ITEM 6,
[6. Instructional Focus]
WHICH IS INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS, DR. CANTU.I WOULD LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO FERNANDO BENEVIDES, AND DR. LEANNE TAMPLIN, TO TALK ABOUT CCMR, GIVE US THE UPDATE, AND THEN P-TECH AT SUMMIT HIGH SCHOOL, AND YOU GET TO FOLLOW THAT.
>> I NEED A WAKE A WAKE UP SONG OR SOMETHING IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
GOOD EVENING. ONCE AGAIN, PRESIDENT FARRAR, DR. CANTU, BOARD MEMBERS AND EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
DR. TAMPLIN, THE CT AND CCMR DIRECTOR AND I ARE HERE TO PROVIDE CCMR UPDATES AND INFORMATION ABOUT OUR P-TECH ACADEMY AT SUMMIT HIGH SCHOOL.
OF COURSE, CCMR P-TECH ALIGNED WITH OUR VISION 2030 STRATEGIC PLAN AND ALIGNED WITH GUIDANCE STATEMENTS THREE AND FOUR, PREPARING OUR STUDENTS TO BE LIFE, COLLEGE, AND OR CAREER READY.
WITHOUT GETTING TOO DEEP IN THE WEEDS WITH AF ACCOUNTABILITY, THAT'S ANOTHER PRESENTATION.
CCMR PLAYS A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN OUR HIGH SCHOOL AND DISTRICT ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES.
SIMPLY PUT DOMAIN 1 MEASURES WHAT STUDENTS KNOW, DOMAIN 2 MEASURES HOW BETTER STUDENTS DID THIS ACADEMIC YEAR COMPARED TO THE LAST ACADEMIC YEAR.
DOMAIN 3 MEASURES HOW WELL DIFFERENT STUDENT GROUPS PERFORM AT BOTH OUR CCMR ASSESSMENTS AND OUR STARTED EOC ASSESSMENTS.
THIS GRAPHIC SHOWS HOW CCMR IS CALCULATED IN DOMAIN 1.
CAN YOU GO BACK? SORRY. THAT'S RIGHT.
FORTY PERCENT, AND IT APPLIES ONLY TO THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE DISTRICT RATINGS FOR AN ACCOUNTABILITY YEAR.
BUT CCMR ALSO PLAYS A PART IN DOMAIN 2 PART B, RELATIVE PERFORMANCE, AND IT ALSO COUNTS IN DOMAIN 3, WHICH COUNTS 30%, WHICH IN THAT DOMAIN.
ONE FINAL NOTE ABOUT CCMR RATES, WE USE LAST YEAR'S COHORT GRADUATING CLASS FOR THIS YEAR'S ACCOUNTABILITY.
THAT MEASURES ALREADY DONE DISCOUNTED FOR, AND WE CAN LOOK AT THAT AS 40% OF DOMAIN 1 FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL.
NOW I WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO DR. TAMPLIN AND SHE'S GOING TO SHARE THE CCMR UPDATES FOR THIS YEAR.
IN MANSFIELD ISD, WE ARE SO PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CCMR, WE REALLY HONE INTO THAT GUIDING STATEMENT NUMBER 4, AND WE WANT EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT WE WANT OUR STUDENTS TO BE SUCCESSFUL ALL THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL AND GRADUATE COLLEGE CAREER READY.
WE CARE NOT ONLY ABOUT THEM WHEN THEY'RE IN SCHOOL, BUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AFTER THEY GRADUATE.
IF YOU'LL LOOK AT THIS TREND DATA 2022-2024, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE DOUBLE DIGIT GAINS FOR EVERY CAMPUS, AND THAT DID NOT HAPPEN WITHOUT A LOT OF HARD WORK FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
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WE'VE CREATED A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROCESSES THAT WE'RE GOING TO DIG INTO A LITTLE BIT TONIGHT.JUST AS A QUICK LITTLE RECAP, THE WAY CCMR IS MEASURED, THAT EACH STUDENT CAN EARN A POINT.
TO EARN A CCMR POINT, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF WAYS TO DO THAT.
JUST GOING LEFT OR RIGHT, STUDENTS CAN EARN AN ACCEPTABLE SCORE ON EITHER THE SAT, ACT, OR TSIA 2.
THEY CAN EARN A THREE OR HIGHER ON ANY AP EXAM WHILE THEY'RE IN HIGH SCHOOL.
THEY CAN EARN THREE COLLEGE HOURS IN EITHER A RLA OR MATH COURSE OR NINE COMBINED DUAL CREDIT HOURS IN ANY OTHER DUAL CREDIT COURSE.
OF COURSE, WITH OUR ECHS STUDENTS, THEY EARN THEIR ASSOCIATES DEGREE AND THEY ARE DEFINITELY COLLEGE READY.
THROUGH OUR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS, OUR STUDENTS EARN INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATIONS, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE TO COMPLETE A COHERENT SEQUENCE OF COURSES ALIGNED TO THAT CERTIFICATION.
FOR OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS, THEY GRADUATE WITH EITHER A WORKFORCE READINESS INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PLAN OR AN ADVANCED DEGREE PLAN AS DEFINED BY TEA.
THEN LASTLY, WE HAVE OUR STUDENTS THAT ENLIST IN THE US ARMED FORCES.
STARTING WITH STUDENTS THAT ARE TSI, TEXAS SUCCESS INITIATIVE MET.
MEANING THEY HAVE SCORED AN ACCEPTABLE SCORE ON BOTH RLA AND MATH ON EITHER THE TSI, SAT OR ACT.
YOU CAN SEE WE'VE HAD A TREMENDOUS GROWTH IN THAT JUST OVER THE PAST YEAR, AND THAT HAS BEEN AS A RESULT OF OUR NATIONAL DAY OF TESTING.
WE'VE MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO HOW WE DO OUR NATIONAL DAY OF TESTING IN OCTOBER.
OUR STUDENTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THE TSI EXAM ON THOSE DAYS.
THEN THERE ARE ACT AND SAT TESTING DATES THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR.
WE ARE NOW TESTING TSIA AT THE END OF JUNIOR YEAR AS WELL.
THE SENIORS THAT TAKE THE TSIA, THOSE ARE THE STUDENTS THAT MAYBE WEREN'T SUCCESSFUL THE FIRST TIME THAT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RETAKE AT THEIR SENIOR YEAR SO THAT THEY CAN BE PLACED APPROPRIATELY SHOULD THEY MOVE ON TO JUNIOR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY.
I WANT TO SHOW YOU A LITTLE BIT OF OUR AP DATA.
TERESA POLLOCK AND HER TEAM HAVE DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB.
THEY LOOK AT OUR STUDENTS PSAT SCORES, AND THEY CALL THOSE STUDENTS IN AND THEY SAY, HEY, WE THINK YOU WOULD BE REALLY GREAT OR DO REALLY WELL IN THIS AP CLASS.
YOU SEE A UPTAKE IN THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN OUR AP PROGRAM.
JUST AS A FRIENDLY REMINDER THAT THOSE AP EXAMS WHERE THEY EARN A THREE OR HIGHER, THEY'RE AWARDED COLLEGE CREDIT, DEPENDING ON THE INSTITUTION.
THIS GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT OF AN IDEA OF HOW THAT HAS PROGRESSED OVER THE PAST 2022-2024.
DEFINITELY A PERCENT POINT INCREASE FOR ALMOST EVERY CAMPUS.
I WANT TO GIVE A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO JENNIFER CASTRO.
SHE IS OUR POST SECONDARY COORDINATOR AND SHE'S IN CHARGE OF DUAL CREDIT.
DUAL CREDIT IS A MONSTER AND SO YOU CAN SEE HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE PARTICIPATING IN THAT AND HOW MANY COURSES THEY ARE PARTICIPATING IN FOR THE FALL OF 2024 SEMESTER.
THAT'S A DIFFERENT COURSES FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT STUDENTS, WE APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK SHE DOES TO MANAGE THAT.
THE MAJORITY OF THOSE DUAL CREDIT HOURS ARE THROUGH TARRANT COUNTY COLLEGE, OUR WONDERFUL PARTNER.
THOSE STUDENTS, I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY ALWAYS KNOW THE BENEFIT OF THE DUAL CREDIT THAT THEY'RE PARTICIPATING IN, BUT THEY SURE DO FIGURE IT OUT ONCE THEY GET INTO COLLEGE AND REALIZE THEY DON'T HAVE TO TAKE THOSE CLASSES AGAIN.
WE ARE CONTINUING TO ENCOURAGE OUR STUDENTS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF DUAL CREDIT.
THEN I WANTED TO JUST GIVE A SHOUT OUT.
WE HAVE A NEW DUAL CREDIT PARTNER WITH CARLTON.
WE STARTED WITH THE SCHOOL YEAR, GO TEXANS.
WE STARTED WITH THEM THE SCHOOL YEAR WITH OUR EDUCATION AND TRAINING STUDENTS.
WE KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO INCREASE THE EDUCATOR PIPELINE.
WITH OUR CTE EDUCATION PROGRAM, OUR STUDENTS ARE DOING DUAL CREDIT WORK WITH THEIR COURSEWORK.
THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY BY THEIR SENIOR YEAR TO HAVE THOSE NINE COLLEGE CREDIT HOURS AND NOT HAVE TO TAKE THOSE CREDITS IN THE UNIVERSITY SETTING.
WE'RE SUPER PROUD OF THAT PARTNERSHIP AND IT'S GOING VERY WELL.
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SUPER PROUD OF THIS.IT IS EXTREMELY HARD FOR A STUDENT TO EARN AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE WHILE THEY'RE GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL.
FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS, OUR EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM HAS HAD 100%.
THAT IS A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS, AND WE JUST APPRECIATE MISS ALGADO AND HER TEAM FOR THE WORK THEY DO TO POUR INTO THOSE STUDENTS.
ON THAT CTE SIDE, WE WANTED TO SHOW YOU THE TREND DATA FOR THAT AS WELL.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS TO TRY TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT ARE EARNING THOSE INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATIONS.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT HAVE INCREASED IN TAKING THE COURSES ALIGNED TO THE INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATION.
OUR GOAL THIS YEAR IS WE ARE GOING TO GET OVER 2000 STUDENTS A CERTIFICATION.
WE'RE DETERMINED TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
SUPER PROUD OF THE BEN BARBER TEAM AND ALL THOSE TEACHERS THAT HAVE POURED INTO THOSE STUDENTS AND HAVE MADE THAT POSSIBLE.
I'M GOING TO TURN IT BACK OVER TO MR. BENAVIDES.
>> WHEN I THINK OF OUR COLLEGE READY PROGRAM, IT'S MADE UP OF VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS WITHIN OUR CURRICULUM INSTRUCTION ASSESSMENT DIVISION.
OUR PROGRAM IS COMPREHENSIVE, IT'S INTENTIONAL, AND WE SUPPORT THE PROGRAM WITH TRAINING AND RESOURCES TO ENSURE OUR CLASSROOM TEACHERS AND CAMPUS LEADERS CAN EQUIP OUR STUDENTS WITH THE ACADEMIC KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND HABITS NECESSARY FOR POST SECONDARY SUCCESS.
THIS NEXT GRAPHIC SHOWS SOME EXAMPLES OF SOME OUTSIDE AGENCIES THAT SUPPORT OUR DISTRICT EFFORTS TO ENSURE OUR GRADUATING SENIORS ARE PREPARED FOR ADMISSION AND THE ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS NECESSARY TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN COLLEGE OR COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
THEN KEEPING UP WITH OUR VALUE OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT, WE ARE CONSTANTLY REVIEWING THE WAY WE OPERATE, THE WAY WE SUPPORT OUR CAMPUSES, AND ALLOCATE RESOURCES TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO HAVE EARNED A CCMR POINT OR A POST SECONDARY CREDENTIAL LIKE ACT CERTIFICATION.
>> HERE'S OUR SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO MONITORING.
IT TAKES OUR CLASSROOM TEACHERS, OUR CAMPUS LEADERS, MONITORING AGAIN WHERE KIDS ARE.
ARE THEY ON TRACK TO RECEIVE A CREDENTIAL? ARE THEY ON TRACK TO RECEIVE A CCMR POINT? SOME OF OUR KIDS COME TO US CCMR ALREADY OUT OF EIGHTH GRADE.
THEY ALREADY COME TO US AND THEY CAN HAVE MULTIPLE WAYS OF EARNING THAT CCMR POINT, BUT WE ONLY GET ONE POINT PER KID WHEN THEY GRADUATE.
NO MATTER WHAT YEAR THEY GRADUATE OR THE EARLY OR AGAIN, THE FOURTH YEAR OR EVEN THE FIFTH OR SIXTH YEAR.
THEN I'LL LET MISS [INAUDIBLE] FINISH.
>> LIKE WE MENTIONED EARLIER, THIS HAS REALLY BEEN A TEAM EFFORT IN MAKING THESE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PROCESSES.
TALKING ON THE DISTRICT LEVEL, WE WERE ALREADY DOING THE WORK BUT WE WEREN'T COLLABORATING NECESSARILY AS MUCH AS WE SHOULD HAVE, A FEW YEARS AGO.
BACK IN 2021, WE STARTED MEETING INFORMALLY AND WE JUST FORMED THE SMALL TEAM AND WE WERE ALL LEARNING FROM EACH OTHER BECAUSE ALL OF THIS WORK IS VERY INTRICATE, IT'S VERY DETAILED.
WHAT WE DEVELOPED WAS A DISTRICT LEADERSHIP TEAM.
THAT DISTRICT TEAM MEETS EVERY MONTH, AND WE SOMETIMES MEET IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE LEAD COUNSELORS AND JENNIFER POWERS AND HER TEAM SO THAT WE ALL ARE HEARING THE SAME THINGS, AND WE'RE ALL WORKING TOWARD THE SAME GOAL.
DOCTOR ANSONGO AND HIS TEAM ALSO ATTENDED OUR MEETINGS.
ACTUALLY, MISS PICKENS HERE, ON HER VERY FIRST WEEK ON THE JOB.
I MET HER AND I SAID, HEY, WE HAVE A CCMR MEETING COMING UP, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME? SHE SAID, YEAH SURE.
WE GOT HER INTO THE FOLD ON HER VERY FIRST WEEK, BUT IT REALLY DOES TAKE ALL OF US UNDERSTANDING THE PROCESSES.
ONE OF THE BIG GROUPS THAT I WANT TO MENTION IS EVERY HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS HAS FACILITIES, CCMR ADMINISTRATOR.
LIKE I SAID, THAT'S THE GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS THAT MEET MONTHLY AND WE SHARE IDEAS, THINK OF WAYS TO IMPROVE AND STARTED IMPLEMENTING THOSE PROCESSES.
TWO THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF THAT.
WHAT WE REALIZED FIRST WE NEEDED TO DO IS TO GET DOWN ON PAPER WHAT EVERYONE WAS DOING INDIVIDUALLY.
WHAT WAS ADVANCED ACADEMICS, CTE, WE CREATED A HANDBOOK.
I'M VERY PROUD OF IT AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT IF SOMEONE HAS A QUESTION ABOUT CCMR, THEY CAN GO TO THAT HANDBOOK AND FIND IT EASILY WHAT ARE WE DOING IN OUR DISTRICT.
THE SECOND THING WE DID WAS ACTUALLY DR. SCOTT'S IDEA.
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WE HAD A LOT OF RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO OUR FAMILIES FOR POST-SECONDARY READINESS, BUT THEY WEREN'T ALL IN THE EXACT SAME PLACE, SAME LOCATION ON THE WEBSITE.DOCTOR SCOTT CHALLENGED US AND SAID, HEY, WHAT IF WE MADE A WEBSITE THAT HAS EVERYTHING A ONE-STOP SHOP FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS THAT'S ALL RELATED TO CCMR? THE TEAM OF PEOPLE MADE THAT HAPPEN, AND WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK FROM OUR STUDENTS. HUGE SUCCESS.
THOSE ARE TWO REALLY BIG THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE LAST YEAR THAT HAVE HELPED US WITH IMPROVEMENT.
THEN I WANT TO MENTION ONE OF THE AREAS JUST FOR AN EXAMPLE, WHERE WE'VE SEEN TREMENDOUS GROWTH OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS.
TEA, LIKE I SAID DEFINES WHAT QUALIFIES AS A CCMR POINT.
WE GOT KENDRA FRANKLIN, DR. EDWARDS SCOTT TOGETHER, AND WE DEFINED WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE.
WE MADE SURE ALL THE DIAGNOSTICIANS KNEW WE HAD EVERYTHING LAID OUT SO EVERYONE UNDERSTOOD IT, AND THEN WE MADE SURE EVERYONE WAS CORRECTLY CODED IN OUR STUDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF SHOWING YOU HOW JUST LITTLE THINGS CAN LEAD TO THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.
THE LAST PIECE ON THIS THAT I WANT TO FOCUS ON IS, WE WANT TO CREATE OWNERSHIP WITH OUR STUDENTS.
FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS, THIS HAS REALLY BEEN AN ADULT-CENTRIC ACTIVITY.
THE STUDENTS HAVE MEETINGS WITH THEIR COUNSELORS, THEY TALK TO THEIR TEACHERS, AND THEY ARE LEARNING ABOUT CCMR FROM THE ADULTS IN THE ROOM.
WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE CREATING IN OUR CAREER PATHWAYS CLASS, WHICH IS IN THE EIGHTH GRADE.
WE'RE CREATING A MODULE SO STUDENTS CAN LEARN ABOUT CCMR AND THEY CAN START TO THINK TO THEMSELVES, AM I GOING TO BE A DUAL CREDIT STUDENT? AM I GOING TO BE AN AP STUDENT? I'M GOING TO BE A CTE STUDENT? HOW AM I GOING TO EARN MY POINT? WE WANT THEM TO HAVE THAT OWNERSHIP OF THAT POINT, SO THAT THEY ARE SPEAKING THE SAME LANGUAGE WE'RE SPEAKING.
WE THOUGHT THAT WILL GO A LONG WAYS TO HELPING THEM IN PREPARING FOR THEIR POST-SECONDARY READINESS.
I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF REMINDER OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN P-TECH AND EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL.
REMEMBER THE PURPOSE OF EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL IS TO GET THAT ASSOCIATES IN GENERAL STUDIES THAT CAN APPLY TO ANY COLLEGE MAJOR.
BUT WITH OUR P-TECH, THAT'S INDUSTRY-SPECIFIC.
THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY GOING FOR AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE, ALTHOUGH THEY COULD GET ONE.
THEY'RE GETTING A LEVEL ONE CERTIFICATE IN EITHER CYBERSECURITY OR COMPUTER PROGRAMMING.
THEN WE HAVE AN INDUSTRY PARTNER TO GIVE THEM WORK-BASED LEARNING EXPERIENCE, AND THAT INDUSTRY PARTNER IS MOUSER ELECTRONICS, OF COURSE.
THIS IS AN ACTUAL PICTURE FROM NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR, OUR STUDENTS HAD THEIR FIRST FIELD TRIP OVER TO MOUSER.
THEY GOT TO HEAR FROM THEIR IT PROFESSIONALS ABOUT CAREERS IN IT, WHICH WAS GREAT.
THEY ASKED A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT I DIDN'T KNEW THE ANSWER TO.
BUT THE IT PEOPLE WERE SO IMPRESSED WITH OUR STUDENTS, AND THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THESE STUDENTS TO HAVE PAID INTERNSHIPS IN BETWEEN THEIR JUNIOR AND SENIOR YEAR, AND ACTUALLY AFTER THEIR SENIOR YEAR.
THEY DO LOOK TO HIRE STUDENTS AFTER GRADUATION.
JUST A REMINDER, JUST WANTED YOU TO SEE WHAT THAT PROGRESSION IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE FOR THEM.
THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO START THEIR DUAL CREDIT, THEIR SOPHOMORE YEAR WITH TAKING A SPEECH CLASS.
BUT THE VAST MAJORITY OF THEIR COLLEGE HOURS ARE GOING TO BE THEIR JUNIOR OR SENIOR YEAR, AND THAT WILL DEPEND ON IF THEY DECIDED TO GO THE CYBERSECURITY TRACK OR THE COMPUTER PROGRAMMING TRACK.
BUT WE HAVE SPECIAL ACTIVITIES BUILT IN FOR EVERY SINGLE YEAR THAT THEY'RE IN THE P-TECH PROGRAM.
I'M HAPPY TO REPORT AS OF THIS MORNING, WE HAVE 43 APPLICANTS FOR NEXT YEAR'S FRESHMAN CLASS, AND SO THE POWER OF CHOICE CLOSES ON FRIDAY, SO WE HOPE TO GET EVEN MORE.
I JUST WANT TO GIVE AGAIN, A SHOUT-OUT TO THE FOLKS INVOLVED IN THE P-TECH PROGRAM, MISS HASH, MR. MUTTER, AT SUMMIT HIGH SCHOOL.
THEY HAVE BEEN TREMENDOUS PARTNERS.
THIS PROGRAM IS A SUCCESS BECAUSE OF THE COLLABORATION AND THE WORK OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS, AND THEN WE WANT TO OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS.
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I WILL START WITH MY BOARD MEMBERS TO THE RIGHT.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? DOCTOR REED?
>> THANK YOU FOR THEIR PRESENTATION.
FORGIVE MY VOICE, I'M A LITTLE UNDER THE WEATHER.
YOU ANSWERED QUESTIONS THAT I HAD PRIOR TO, I WANT TO JUST REITERATE THAT PARENTS AND STUDENTS CAN GO OUT AND SEE THE DIFFERENT AVENUES THAT THEY CAN IMPROVE IN THOSE AREAS AND THOSE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, SO THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT.
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YOU'RE SAYING THAT IF THEY'RE IN THE P-TECH PROGRAM AT SUMMIT HIGH SCHOOL, THE GOAL IS TO GET A CERTIFICATION, NOT NECESSARILY AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE, THOUGH IT COULD BE ATTAINED.>> YES, MA'AM. IT'S A LEVEL 1 CERTIFICATE.
NOW, SOME OF OUR P-TECH STUDENTS THAT ARE NOT INVOLVED IN FINE ARTS OR SPORTS ARE ALSO TAKING CLASSES AT BEN BARBER IN COMPUTER SCIENCE, AND THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EARN AN INDUSTRY-BASED CERTIFICATION ON TOP OF THE LEVEL 1 CERTIFICATE THAT THEY'LL EARN FROM TCC.
>> IF THEY TAKE THE COMPUTER SCIENCE CLASSES AT BEN BARBER.
>> THANK YOU. I WAS JUST TRYING TO GET YOU TO SAY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION, IT'S ALWAYS SUCH A JOY TO SEE SO MANY THINGS MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AS NORMAL.
BUT A FEW THINGS STUCK OUT TO ME, AP EXAMS. I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING UPWARDS OF 10 PERCENTAGE POINTS AND MORE EACH YEAR. TREMENDOUS WORK.
THEN, OF COURSE, THE INDUSTRY BOARD CERTIFICATIONS.
IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY YEAR, WE ADD MORE CERTIFICATIONS, BUT EVERY YEAR WE GET MORE AND MORE CHILDREN THAT WANT TO GAIN MORE AND MORE CERTIFICATIONS, SO APPLAUSE IS OFF TO YOU ALL.
THAT WAS ACTUALLY ALMOST DOUBLE IN '23, '24.
DOUBLE. IT'S CRAZY. THEN, OF COURSE, SPECIAL EDUCATION.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT FOR MANY YEARS HOW WE DIDN'T FEEL LIKE TEA WAS REALLY GIVING US THE BENEFIT, AND THAT WAS THE WHOLE STATE.
I LOVE IT THAT NOW WE CAN SHOW THE PROGRESS AND SHOW THAT OUR MOVEMENT IS THERE HERE IN MANSFIELD.
AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT.
>> IT'S OKAY, I WILL COLLECT THEM.
ONE THING THAT I ALWAYS DO LIKE TO POINT OUT, I LIKE FOR YOU TO REITERATE ONE MORE TIME.
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF OUR STUDENTS GRADUATED WITH AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE FROM COLLEGE READY?
>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL UNDERSTOOD THAT.
BUT IN ALL HONESTLY TOO, I LOVE THE FACT THAT WE WERE REALLY HITTING THOSE TARGETS AND STRIVING TO, WITH THE CCMR BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT IT'S GIVING KIDS ALL OPPORTUNITIES AND ALSO HELPING.
I HAVE A LARGE FAMILY AT HOME.
I KNOW ALL YOU GUYS ARE AWARE OF, SO ANY HELP THAT WE CAN GET AS FAR AS GETTING THOSE KIDS WORKING ON THEIR OWN AND OR GOING TO COLLEGE, WHATEVER THEY CHOOSE IS BENEFICIAL.
I NOTICED THAT YOU HAD THE FASFA HERE, AND MOSTLY JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, FOR FAMILIES TO HEAR AND KNOW.
DO WE OFFER HELP AND ASSISTANCE IN FILLING OUT THE FASFA DOCUMENTATION?
>> THOSE GO CENTERS ARE THERE FOR THAT REASON.
AGAIN, WE HAVE OUR ADVISING CORP FROM UNT DENTON, WHO CAME IN AND AGAIN, IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY GET FROM THE STATE, AND THEN THEY COME IN AND THEY PROVIDE THOSE SUPPORTS FOR OUR FAMILIES AND FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR COUNSELORS AS WELL.
>> YES. I LIKE TO HEAR THAT BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WHEN UNTIL YOU START THESE DAYS AND STARTING TO ENROLL IN CAMPUSES, OR APPLY AND APPLICATIONS AND ALL THE DOCUMENTATION THAT GOES WITH THAT, AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE PHOSPHOR PROGRAM AND EVERYTHING.
I'VE ALWAYS BEEN AMAZED AT THE STUDENTS THAT DO ALL THIS TOTALLY ON THEIR OWN AND DON'T HAVE THE ASSISTANCE, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT I ASSISTED MY CHILDREN, I ASSURE YOU.
BUT IT WAS STILL SOMEWHAT OF A BRAIN TEASER, AND ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE MULTIPLE CHILDREN AND A FAMILY.
I REALLY LIKE THAT BECAUSE YOU HATE FOR A CHILD OR STUDENT TO GO THIS FAR WITH WHATEVER THAT IS, OR CERTIFICATION, OR ASSOCIATES DEGREE, OR JUST EVEN THEIR HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA, BUT THEY REALLY MADE A DIFFERENCE AND THEN FOR THAT TO BE THE ONE THING TO HOLD THEM BACK.
ONE LAST THING, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY TO YOUR PRESENTATION, BUT IT IS BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED THEM REACHING THEIR GOALS AND HOW THESE STUDENTS OBVIOUSLY ARE OVERACHIEVERS IN A POSITIVE WAY.
I WISH I HAD BEEN JUST LIKE THEM AND HOPEFULLY, I WILL BE WHEN I GROW UP.
BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SAY THAT, AND I DO KNOW THIS FOR A FACT BECAUSE OF OUR WEEK THAT WE GOT TO HAVE LAST WEEK BEING ON CAMPUSES, THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE SO ABOVE AND BEYOND AMAZING.
LET ME PUT IT THIS WAY, LET ME GIVE YOU A DIRECT QUOTE FROM A STUDENT AT CABANISS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND I PUT IN BULL PRINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SO WE KNOW THE AGE BRACKET WE'RE TALKING.
AS THEY WERE MY HOST, SHOWED ME AROUND THEIR PERFECT CAMPUS.
THEY SAID, THE STUDENTS AT CABANISS ELEMENTARY SET ACADEMIC GOALS AND WE ACHIEVED THEM.
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WITH THAT, IF YOU THINK THAT'S THE START OF OUR DISTRICT, AND THEN YOU GUYS ARE FINISHING UP AND I LOVE IT.I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS, OF COURSE, AND THE REST OF THE STAFF AND ESPECIALLY OUR CAMPUS STAFF, THEIR HANDS ALL DAY LONG DOING THE JOB, THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND.
IT'S IMPRESSIVE, AND I'D LOVE TO SEE THOSE NUMBERS CLIMB.
>> I'LL JUST ADD, WE DIDN'T PUT THIS DATA POINT UP HERE BUT THE STATE AVERAGE FOR ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE IS IN THE 30S FOR THE STATE.
WE'VE HEARD THAT DATA POINT BEFORE.
>> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOU.
>> I'M GOING TO CALL DR. SCOTT REAL QUICK.
DID YOU JUST HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD TO?
>> I DID ON THE FASFA IN ADDITION TO THE GO CENTERS.
TOMORROW NIGHT IN THIS BUILDING, WE'LL BE HAVING THE FIRST OF FOUR FASFA HELP NIGHTS BECAUSE MISS WILSON PUT IT, IT CAN GET COMPLICATED AND NOT JUST FOR THE KIDS.
IT CAN GET COMPLICATED FOR THE PARENTS.
KIDS AND PARENTS, THERE'S REGISTRATION ONLINE.
WE'VE BEEN SENDING OUT REMINDERS, HIT THAT QR CODE AND REGISTER, AND COME UP TOMORROW NIGHT AND WE'LL WALK YOU THROUGH IT.
>> ALL RIGHT. MRS. [INAUDIBLE].
>> WELL, THANK YOU GUYS. YOUR PRESENTATION IS AMAZING, MOSTLY BECAUSE THE DATA SHOWS THE HEART OF EVERYONE THAT WORKS IN THE PROGRAM.
I DO THINK THAT SOME OF THIS HAS TO DO WITH SOME REALLY GREAT COMMUNITY PARTNERS TOO LIKE MOUSER.
I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE WHERE WE'D BE SHIPPING THESE KIDS OFF TO IN DALLAS OR SOMETHING TO BE ABLE TO GET TO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND WE'VE GOT A HOMETOWN COMPANY THAT CARES ABOUT OUR DISTRICT AND OUR KIDS, AND REALLY EMBRACES THAT.
I KNOW AS EVEN MORE THAN A PARTNER.
MY ONLY QUESTION THAT YOU DIDN'T ALREADY ANSWER WAS, YOU GUYS SAID THERE WAS 43 STUDENTS ALREADY ENROLLED, BUT WHAT IS YOUR CAPACITY PER CLASS? HOW MANY CAN WE TAKE?
>> FIFTY. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IT'S AMAZING WE LOOK FORWARD TO REPORTING ON THESE GREAT THINGS CONTINUOUSLY.
>> THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.
THIS IS DATA THAT IS VERY USEFUL FOR SHOWING THE VALUE OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS AT A TIME WHEN PUBLIC EDUCATION IS SOMEWHAT UNDER ATTACK.
IT SHOWS THE VALUE OF DISTRICTS THAT ARE INVESTING IN STUDENTS, AND SO CONGRATULATIONS.
I'VE ACTUALLY REPEATED THIS DATA, I KNOW MANY OF US HAVE TO ADVOCATE FOR OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
IT'S IMPORTANT, I THINK WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE APPROACH YOU HAVE TO MONITORING AT THE DISTRICT CAMPUS STUDENT AND TEACHER LEVEL THAT WE TALK ABOUT CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.
I WONDER IF YOU ALL CAN GIVE US AN OVERVIEW OF WHERE YOU SEE ANY GAPS.
BEING ABLE TO GO EVEN FURTHER IF THERE ARE ANY TYPES OF GAPS WE SEE IN THOSE SUBGROUPS, WE SAW A SLIDE ABOUT SPECIAL EDUCATION, MAYBE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS, STUDENTS THAT ARE SPEAKING ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE, AND THOSE GROUPS AS WELL.
>> THINKING ABOUT THE IMPENDING LITIGATION ON THE A THROUGH F ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM, AND THAT WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED FORMAL REPORTING FROM THE STATE IN A NUMBER OF YEARS, WE HAVE OUR OWN INTERNAL TRACKING THAT DR. ANSONGO'S OFFICE DOES.
WE HAVE MIDPOINT DATA THAT WE WERE GIVEN AT THE VERY END OF DECEMBER, AND THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF LAG DATA WITH OUR EMERGENT BILINGUAL AND OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS.
THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A GAP THERE, BUT THE PROJECTIONS SHOWS THAT THEY WILL CLOSE THAT GAP BY THE END OF THEIR SENIOR YEAR.
I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT IT LIKE THIS.
>> BECAUSE WE CREATE CUSTOM PLANS FOR OUR STUDENTS DEPENDING ON THEIR POST-SECONDARY GOALS, IF A STUDENT IS CURRENTLY IN A CTE PROGRAM WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO EARN A CERTIFICATION THIS SEMESTER, IT MAY CURRENTLY SHOW THAT THEY HAVEN'T MET CCMR, BUT THERE IS A PLAN FOR THEM TO MEET CCMR. THE CURRENT PROJECTIONS SHOW THAT WE WILL MEET OUR GOALS FOR ALL OF OUR SUB-POPS, BUT IT REALLY DOES GET DOWN TO THAT INDIVIDUAL STUDENT LEVEL AND HAVING A PLAN FOR EVERY STUDENT ON EVERY LINE OF THE SPREADSHEET AND KNOWING WHAT THAT PLAN IS FOR THEM.
I HOPE I ANSWERED THAT FOR YOU.
>> YOU DID. MAKING SURE THAT SUCCESS GETS DOWN TO EVERY STUDENT.
THAT WAS MY QUESTION. THANK YOU.
>> I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT ONE OTHER THING THAT YOU SAID THAT I ACTUALLY FORGOT TO SAY, WHICH IS YOUR CCMR FACILITATOR ON EACH CAMPUS.
I THINK THAT IS A VERY HUGE POINT.
I THINK A LOT OF TIMES WE FORGET ABOUT ALL THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE, NOT ONLY ONLINE, BUT IN EACH SCHOOL.
I APPLAUD YOU AGAIN FOR THAT, BUT I WANTED PARENTS TO KNOW, REMEMBER, AND PLEASE LET YOUR KIDS KNOW THAT WE HAVE A FACILITATOR RIGHT THERE TO HELP BUILD THAT PLAN.
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IT'S IN THEIR SCHOOL BOARD.ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT.
>> THANK YOU, MS. ANDERSON. JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS.
THEY TOUCHED ON IT, BUT JUST FOR A LITTLE BIT OF CLARIFICATION.
FOR OUR P-TECH ACADEMY, WE'RE AT 50 CAPACITY, IS THAT FOR EACH GRADE OR IS THAT THE ENTIRE PROGRAM FOR EACH GRADE?
>> YES, MA'AM, PER GRADE LEVEL.
>> THEN WE HAVE 43 ENROLLED FOR NEXT YEAR.
HOW MANY WERE ENROLLED THIS FIRST YEAR? DO YOU GUYS KNOW?
>> THERE ARE CURRENTLY 43 STUDENTS.
>> FORTY THREE ENROLLED THIS YEAR.
THEN I JUST WANTED TO TOUCH ON 100% TOO.
I'D WRITTEN THAT DOWN BECAUSE I REMEMBER I BELIEVE IT WAS THE "23/ "24 GRADUATION WHEN WE HAD OUR FIRST 100% THAT WERE EARNING THEIR ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE.
THE PRESIDENT OF TARRANT COUNTY COLLEGE JUST LOOKED AT US AND SAID, THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN.
IF I AM SPEAKING CORRECTLY, WE WERE THE ONLY DISTRICT THAT ATTAINED THAT, IS THAT CORRECT?
>> I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT HE TOLD US AND HE JUST WAS LIKE, THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE THING THAT YOU HAVE SAID AND THEN AGAIN TO DO IT AGAIN THIS PAST YEAR.
WE'LL BE LOOKING FORWARD AGAIN THIS YEAR.
I HOPE WE'RE ON TRACK FOR THAT.
>> INCREDIBLE JOB BECAUSE I AM ALWAYS BLOWN AWAY BY THE CCMR. IT JUST SEEMS LIKE SUCH A HUGE UNDERTAKING, AND YOU GUYS JUST CONTINUE TO IMPROVE IT EVERY SINGLE YEAR AFTER YEAR.
THANK YOU FOR INVESTING IN OUR STUDENTS AT THIS LEVEL.
>> THIS IS ONE OF THE LEADERS THAT IS MAKING IT HAPPEN.
ALL THE CREDIT GOES TO HER THIS YEAR. SHE'S BEEN AN AMAZING LEADER.
>> YOU GUYS MAKE AN AMAZING TEAM.
I KNOW IT TAKES EVERYBODY WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE IT HAPPEN, SO THANK YOU.
>> DR. CANTU, WE'LL MOVE RIGHT ALONG.
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>> YES. WE'RE ON TO PRESENTATION, 7.1.
I'D LIKE TO ASK MICHELLE TRONGAARD TO COME FORWARD.
IT'S BUDGET TIME. WE'RE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT THE '25-'26 BUDGET SO SHE HAS A BUDGET CALENDAR AND A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE FOR ALL.
>> GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT FARRAR, BOARD MEMBERS, DR. CANTU.
YES, AS DR. CANTU SAID, WE'RE GEARING UP AGAIN FOR THE BUDGET.
NOW IT'S '25-'26. CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT? THIS PLAN HASN'T CHANGED THAT I'VE BEEN DOING IT WITH YOU ALL.
IT'S THE SAME STUFF THAT IN JANUARY.
THIS IS HOW WE GET FROM PLAN A TO PLAN B TO GET TO THE ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET AND THE TAX RATE AS REQUIRED UNDER THE EDUCATION CODE 44.
THE BUDGET CALENDAR, WHICH IS PRESENTED TONIGHT, AND IF ALL RECALL FIVE YEARS AGO, THAT WAS MY FIRST DAY OF WORK AND I GAVE YOU THE BUDGET CALENDAR PRESENTATION.
THEN WE HAD OUR ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS.
I'LL GIVE YOU GUYS WHAT THAT NUMBER IS TONIGHT BASED ON THE DEMOGRAPHER'S REPORTS.
IN FEBRUARY, WE HAVE OUR ADDITIONAL REQUESTS THAT HAVE BEEN SENT OUT TO OUR PDC GROUP AND ASK THEM TO GET WITH THEIR TEAMS AND SEND ANY ADDITIONAL REQUESTS REQUIRED, AND THEN THE CAMPUS AND DEPARTMENT BUDGETS ARE DUE.
IN MARCH, THIS IS WHEN THE CABINET GOES THROUGH ALL THE REQUESTS.
WE WORK TOGETHER VERY COLLABORATIVELY.
THERE'S NOT A ONE PERSON THAT SAYS, ABSOLUTELY NOT AND EVERYBODY ELSE SAYS YES.
WE ALL WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE THAT COME TO A REALLY GOOD DECISION OF WHAT'S BEST FOR THE DISTRICT AND FOLLOWING OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND VISION 2030.
IN APRIL AND MAY, THAT'S WHEN WE DO BUDGET WORKSHOPS AS NECESSARY.
MAY IS TYPICALLY WHEN WE'LL DO IT, A WORKSHOP.
I THINK WE HAVE IN THE MIDDLE OF MAY.
THEN IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE MORE AFTER THAT, OF COURSE, IT'S LEGISLATIVE SESSION, THINGS COULD CHANGE ON A DIME.
THEN CERTIFIED ESTIMATES US WHAT DRIVES OUR PROPERTY VALUES THERE IN THE BEGINNING BY APRIL 30, WE'LL RECEIVE THAT.
IN JUNE, THAT'S WHEN WE SEND OUR NOTICE OUT AND THEN WE DO OUR PUBLIC HEARING TO ADOPT THE BUDGET FOR '25-'26.
THE LAST TWO STEPS IS JULY, THEN WE SEE OUR CERTIFIED VALUES.
THOSE ARE THE CHANGES FROM YOUR APRIL ESTIMATES TO OUR VALUES AT TARRANT COUNTY AND JOHNSON COUNTY.
IN AUGUST IS WHEN WE ADOPT THE TAX RATE.
NOW, WHAT DO WE LOOK AT? THERE'S FOUR MAIN THINGS THAT DRIVE THE BUDGET.
BUT REALLY THE TOP TWO ARE WHAT CHANGES OUR FUNDING LEVELS.
ENROLLMENT, THIS IS BASED ON THE DEMOGRAPHERS NUMBER OF 35,191 STUDENTS.
THAT'S A DECREASE OF 146 STUDENTS FROM OUR SNAPSHOT, WHICH IS THE LAST FRIDAY IN OCTOBER.
THEN THE AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE, I'M CONSERVATIVE, I'LL BUDGET A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN WHAT I THINK MIGHT HAPPEN BECAUSE I THINK OUR KIDS WANT TO BE HERE.
WE'VE BEEN RUNNING A LITTLE OVER 95.5 RIGHT NOW.
YOU NOTICE THE CHANGE IN THIS VALUE HAS BEEN NORMALLY 7,
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08, 9, 10% OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.WELL, TARRANT COUNTY AND JOHNSON COUNTY BOTH HAVE DONE REAPPRAISAL PLANS THAT SAID THEY WILL NOT INCREASE THOSE VALUES.
HOWEVER, THERE IS A CAP THAT'S BEEN IN THERE, THE HOMESTEAD CAP GOES UP TO 10%.
SOME VALUES STILL HAVE SOME GROWTH TO DO TO MATCH UP TO THE MARKET VALUE.
BUT THEY HAVE TOLD US THAT THEY EXPECT THE RATES TO STAY FLAT IN SOME AREAS.
BUT THERE IS NEW CONSTRUCTION.
HOW MANY HAVE EATEN AT THE PORTILLO'S? OR HOW MANY THINGS HAVE BEEN AROUND IN MANSFIELD? THINK OF THE APARTMENTS AS OF JANUARY THAT'S BEEN ON THE GROUND.
THE TAX RATE ALL DEPENDS ON THE PROPERTY VALUES.
AS THE INCREASE IN PROPERTY VALUES GO UP, THAT TAX RATE WILL GO DOWN.
HERE WE ARE IN OUR 89TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
IT BEGAN JANUARY 14TH, SINE DIE DATE, WHICH IS THE END IS JUNE 2ND.
ONE THING THAT DR. SCOTT AND I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN IS A NORTH TEXAS LEGISLATIVE COHORT, AND IT'S CALLED FUND SCHOOLS FIRST.
THERE'S A WEBSITE AND THIS IS ALL THE DALLAS SPORT WORTH, A LOT OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS HERE, HEADED UP BY PLANO FRISCO, DALLAS.
ONE THING WE SAID IS, WE'RE NOT HERE TO SAY, FULLY FUND PUBLIC ED.
THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO GO BACK TO 2019 LEVELS OF FUNDING.
THAT WAS WHEN HOUSE BILL 3 PASSED.
THIS IS WHAT THE FUND SCHOOLS FIRST WEBSITE LOOKS LIKE.
THERE'S A SLIDE RIGHT THERE IN THAT BLUE BAR.
YOU CAN SLIDE THAT BAR OVER TO THE LEFT OR OVER TO THE RIGHT.
THEN WHAT IT DOES IS IT TELLS YOU IF I HAVE AN INCREASE IN MY BASIC ALLOTMENT, AND I NEED $1,340 TO MATCH MY HOUSE BILL 3 2019 FUNDING LEVELS.
WHAT WILL THAT DO? THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS TIED TO THE BASIC ALLOTMENT, AND IT WILL CAUSE AN INCREASE IN THE RACE FOR OUR TEACHERS, COUNSELORS, LIBRARIANS, AND NURSES.
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED IN 2019 UNDER HOUSE BILL 3.
THAT'S THE AVERAGE FOR THE STATE, 5,505.
THEN YOU GOT SPECIAL ED THAT'S ALSO TIED TO A BASIC ALLOTMENT INCREASE, WITHIN AN INCREASE THAT SCHOOL SAFETY ALLOTMENT AS WELL, AND THEN IT DOES A DECREASE IN THE RECAPTURE.
IT CHANGES THE FUNDING FORMULAS FOR THOSE THAT ARE THE HIGHLY PROPERTY WEALTH OR EXCESS REVENUE, THEN LOCAL IS ASSIGNED.
HOW DOES THAT AFFECT MANSFIELD ISD? WE HAVE OUR OWN FLYER.
YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE THAT THE TEACHER PAY BASE WOULD INCREASE 5,372.
THESE ARE ALL ESTIMATES AT THE TIME BY 11.7 MILLION.
THESE ARE ACTUALLY BASED ON '22-'23 AUDITED NUMBERS BECAUSE THOSE WERE FACTS RIGHT HERE AT THE TIME WE DID IT.
WE'RE STILL FINALIZING A LOT OF THE OTHER NUMBERS IN THE FUTURE.
THEN YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE INFLATION COSTS FROM FUEL 104%.
OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, YOU'VE ALSO GOT YOUR PROPERTY VALUES AND OUR PROPERTY INSURANCE, YOUR UTILITIES, BUT EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION, THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT HAVE GONE UP.
WE SPEND 17 MILLION MORE IN TRANSPORTATION THAN THE STATE ALLOTS US.
WE'RE FULLY STAFFED, FULLY FUNDED POLICE FORCE FOR MANSFIELD ISD.
WE SPEND 10.4 MILLION MORE THAN WHAT IS GIVEN TO US.
I REMEMBER LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION THEY TALKED ABOUT TRYING TO PROVIDE MORE POLICE OFFICER FUNDING OR AT LEAST ARMED SERVICES FUNDING AND GIVING IT PER CAMPUS AND THAT RAN AWAY.
IT WENT 96 CENTS IN ADDITION FOR ADA.
THEN I'VE SAID THIS LAST YEAR, I KEEP SAYING THIS.
I KEEP THINKING, I'M GOING TO KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO KNOW FOR THIS BUDGET, BUT NO, MAYBE NOT.
MAYBE WE WE LOOKING AT ANOTHER YEAR OF UNCERTAINTY, MAYBE.
>> THANK YOU, MA'AM. I'M GOING TO START TO MY LEFT THIS TIME BOARD MEMBERS. DR. CRUTCHFIELD?
>> THANK YOU, MS. TRONGAARD FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
I THINK A LOT OF THE METRICS YOU'RE USING FOR BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS ARE ADDRESSED IN THAT AMAZING FLYER THAT WE HAVE AND A LOT OF THE GRAPHIC STATISTICS THERE LINE UP WITH OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES WE ADOPTED IN DECEMBER.
ONE KEY PIECE I THINK OF THOSE PRIORITIES IS FOR US TO ADVOCATE FOR FUNDING BASED ON OUR ENROLLMENT INSTEAD OF OUR AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE.
I LIKE PUTTING NUMBERS OUT THERE FOR PEOPLE SO COULD YOU TELL US HOW FUNDING BASED ON ENROLLMENT WOULD IMPACT OUR BUDGET?
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>> YES, MA'AM. IF WE WERE TO RECEIVE FUNDING BASED ON ENROLLMENT VERSUS AN AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE.
REMEMBER, WE'RE ONLY SIX STATES IN THE NATION THAT GET IT BASED ON AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE.
IT WOULD BE AN INCREASE OF APPROXIMATELY $17 MILLION IN FUNDING FOR MANSFIELD ISD.
>> THE DOLLAR AMOUNT. I KNOW MANY PEOPLE TUNED IN OR THAT ARE PRESENT ARE ADVOCATES, NOT JUST FOR MANSFIELD ISD, BUT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN GENERAL.
THOSE ARE WHY THE PRIORITIES ARE WHAT WE ADOPTED.
ADDITIONALLY, THE INFLATIONARY INCREASES IN OUR DISTRICT SINCE 2019, I THINK THOSE NUMBERS ARE ALSO VERY VALUABLE.
THE FUND SCHOOLS FIRST IS ALSO THE FIRST LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY THAT WE ADOPTED AS WELL.
AGAIN, THOSE ARE NUMBERS FOR US TO TAKE OUT TO TALK ABOUT THE PAY RAISES WE COULD GIVE OUR TEACHERS WITH ALL OF THESE INCREASES.
I WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT AND GET THAT CLARITY.
THANK YOU FOR BEING SO QUICK WITH THE NUMBERS.
>> WRAP IT UP. THANKS. THAT'S ALL I HAD.
>> DR. CRUTCHFIELD AND JUST TO PAY YOU BACK OFF A HEIRS AND THEN MRS. NEWSOM, YOU CAN GO RIGHT INTO IT.
WOULD YOU JUST EXPLAIN FOR THOSE LISTENING WHAT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE IS VERSUS THE ENROLLMENT JUST SO THEY HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE DIFFERENCE OF THE TWO?
BASICALLY, THE DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS GET FUNDED BASED ON KIDS ATTENDING SCHOOL, AND THEY NEED TO ATTEND DURING THEIR ATTENDANCE PERIOD, NOT BE AT A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT OR WHATEVER, IT NEEDS TO BE ON THE ATTENDANCE PERIOD THAT'S TAKEN.
THEN THEY GET WHAT'S CALLED THE AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE FOR THE YEAR ON THE KIDS THAT COME TO SCHOOL VERSUS ENROLLMENT IS BASED ON MAYBE OUR SNAPSHOT NUMBER, ASSUMING THAT'S WHAT THEIR ENROLLMENT WOULD BE BASED ON BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT CURRENTLY IS.
IF OUR SNAPSHOT IS 35,000 STUDENTS AND THOSE ARE ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING.
PRE K WOULD BE HALF OF THEIR NUMBERS THAT ATTEND PRE-K. WE ONLY GET FUNDED STILL BASED ON HALF.
WE WOULD TAKE THAT WHOLE NUMBER 35,000 STUDENTS BACK OUT OUR PRE-K AT HALF AND THAT BASICALLY WOULD BE WHAT WE WOULD GET ENROLLMENT FUNDING BASED ON.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE THAT. MRS. NEWSOM.
>> THANK YOU FOR THIS INFORMATION.
I LOVE WHEN YOU PUT IT ALL TOGETHER FOR US ON A NICE LITTLE CHEATER SHEET THAT WE CAN SHARE WITH FOLKS AS WE BROACH HAVING THIS CONVERSATION VERY REGULARLY AT THIS POINT.
MY QUESTION IS, I HAVEN'T BEEN TO FUNDSCHOOLFIRST.ORG YET.
BUT IS THAT A GOOD PLACE FOR FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY TO GO TO LOOK FOR SOME ACTIONABLE ITEMS OR PLACES WHERE THEY CAN DO SOMETHING, OR IS IT JUST INFORMATIVE?
>> NOW, IT'S INFORMATIVE ALTHOUGH DR. SCOTT MAY HAVE SOME OTHER INSIGHTS ON THAT.
I KNOW THAT HE AND I ARE GOING TO BE ATTENDING BIWEEKLY TEAMS MEETINGS WITH THIS GROUP.
I THINK THEY PROBABLY WILL BE EXPANDING ON THEIR WEBSITE, BUT RIGHT NOW, ALL I SEE IS YOU CAN ENGAGE WHAT WOULD IT DO TO YOU? THERE IS A VIDEO ABOUT IT.
BUT I SAY YOU CAN CERTAINLY START THERE AND I BET THEY'RE GOING TO EXPAND ON IT.
>> TO CLARIFY, IS SHE CORRECT?
THIS IS MS. JOE'S FIRST LEGISLATIVE SESSION WITH US.
WHILE WE WANT TO KEEP OUR MESSAGING SIMPLE, WE WANT TO DO THAT FOR TWO REASONS.
NUMBER 1, SO PEOPLE WON'T GET LOST IN ALL THE [INAUDIBLE] OF EVERYTHING'S GOING ON, BUT ALSO SO THAT PEOPLE CAN KNOW WHAT TO TALK TO THEIR REPRESENTATIVES ABOUT.
NOTHING THAT COMES FROM THE DISTRICT IS GOING TO BE ANYTHING OTHER THAN FACTS.
THAT FLYER THAT SHE JUST SHOWED, THOSE ARE ALL FACTS.
THOSE ARE BASED ON HOUSE BILL 3 LAW THAT WAS ALREADY PASSED BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
OUR MESSAGE TO THEM IS YOU ALREADY DID A GREAT JOB.
JUST KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING, PUT MONEY INTO WHAT YOU ALREADY PASSED.
WE DON'T NEED 17 MORE BILLS. THAT'S OUR MESSAGE.
>> THANK YOU. I WAS JUST LOOKING FOR SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOLKS TO, A, GET INFORMATION, AND THEN, B, TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ACTION.
I'M SURE MORE OF THOSE WILL COME ALONG AS TIME GOES ON AND MAYBE EVEN AT THAT WEBSITE.
>> YES. I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE WORKING ON A SERIES OF VIDEOS FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND IT WILL GO MORE INTO DETAIL ABOUT HOW THEY CAN CONTACT THEIR LEGISLATORS AND LEARN MORE.
>> CAN I ADD ONE MORE THING? ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT THIS WEBSITE IS FUND SCHOOLS FIRST, IT'S NOT JUST SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
IT'S A COLLECTION OF CHAMBERS IN THE NORTH TEXAS COMMISSION.
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IF YOU'RE PART OF PRETTY MUCH ANY MAJOR INDUSTRY, NOT JUST COMPANY, BUT MAJOR INDUSTRY IN THE NORTH TEXAS AREA, YOUR COMPANY IS A PART OF THE NORTH TEXAS COMMISSION.THIS GROUP HAS SAID THAT PUBLIC EDUCATION IS THE NUMBER 1 THING, THIS GROUP OF BUSINESS PEOPLE, FOR THE FUTURE ECONOMIC SUCCESS OF TEXAS AND NORTH TEXAS.
ONE OF THE OTHER WAYS THEY GET INVOLVED IN IS THROUGH THEIR PLACE OF BUSINESS BECAUSE THEY'RE PUTTING A LOT OF WORK, A LOT OF MONEY, A LOT OF TIME INTO EXPRESSING THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS.
>> THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE INFORMATION AND FOR SHARING.
ANYONE ELSE TO MY LEFT? TO MY RIGHT? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR THOROUGH JOB AS ALWAYS.
WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP THE FUND SCHOOLS FIRST.
I KNOW THAT THAT HAS REALLY STARTED PICKING UP SOME STEAM.
IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, I THINK MAYBE WFA SHARED SOMETHING WITH IT RECENTLY AND I'VE HEARD SOME CHATTER ON SOME OTHER NEWS STATIONS.
IT LOOKS TO BE LIKE THAT IS A GOOD COLLABORATION BETWEEN SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND BUSINESSES MOVING FORWARD.
WE'RE MOVING RIGHT ALONG STILL.
>> WE ARE. MR. BROGDEN, SHAWNTEE COWAN, IT'S TIME FOR OUR BOND 2024 UPDATE.
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT FARRAR, BOARD MEMBERS, DR. CANTU.
WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH IT REAL FAST BECAUSE WE ALSO HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR YOU TONIGHT FOR THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT OF OUR POLICE AND SECURITY BUILDING.
WE'RE EXCITED TO GET TO THAT TOO.
REAL QUICK, FOR CONSIDERATION ON THE BOARD AGENDA TONIGHT, I'M ASKING YOU, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT IN JUST A SECOND, TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF ADDITIONAL BUSES, AS WELL AS APPROVE THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT FOR THE POLICE AND SECURITY BUILDING PRESENTATION, WHICH YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE.
NOW, WE DID MOVE STRAIGHT TO DESIGN ON THESE.
WE SKIPPED RIGHT THROUGH THE SCHEMATIC.
THIS IS NOT A SCHOOL BUILDING, SO THERE'S NOT AS MUCH TEA REGULATION FOR US TO TALK ABOUT.
THIS WILL SPEED UP US GETTING TO THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT.
TONIGHT, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT.
EARLY LEARNERS ACADEMY, WE SHOWED YOU THE SCHEMATIC DESIGNS AT THE LAST MEETING.
IN FEBRUARY, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT.
STILL ON TARGET FOR A JULY 26 OPENING.
POLICE AND SECURITY, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT TONIGHT, AS I MENTIONED.
WE'RE STILL ON OUR BUDGET, 31.4 MILLION.
THE EARLY LEARNERS ACADEMY, WE STARTED THAT PRESENTATION LAST MONTH GIVING YOU THE WHY.
I REALLY LIKE THAT FORMAT BECAUSE IT'S BEEN EIGHT MONTHS SINCE THE VOTE FOR THE BOND AND IT'S BEEN OVER A YEAR SINCE WE REALLY TALKED ABOUT IT IN DEPTH.
TONIGHT, YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM THE DIRECTOR OF SAFETY AND SECURITY ABOUT WHY ARE WE BUILDING THIS BUILDING, AND THEN WE'LL GO INTO THE DESIGN OF IT.
THERE'S JUST A REMINDER OF WHERE IT'S GOING.
IT'S GOING BEHIND OUR NEW BUILDING ON BROAD STREET.
MIDDLE SCHOOL ORCHESTRA, COMING IN FEBRUARY, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE DESIGN.
WE'RE GOING TO BE BUSY IN FEBRUARY, BY THE WAY.
WE'LL TRY TO CONDENSE THESE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
SHOULDN'T BE MORE THAN A FOUR-HOUR PRESENTATION.
BUT IN FEBRUARY, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL ORCHESTRA SPACES.
YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO SEE BEN BARBER, WHERE ALL OF THOSE CERTIFICATIONS ARE HAPPENING.
THIS IS A VERY EXCITING PROJECT.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT FOR IT NEXT MONTH.
THIS REMINDER OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW.
SUBJECT TO CHANGE, BUT IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO LAY DOWN JUST LIKE THAT.
BASEBALL, SOFTBALL, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT FOR IT NEXT MONTH.
THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST TALKED ABOUT PROJECT.
THIS IS THE BASEBALL, SOFTBALL TURF, AS WELL AS THE COVERED BATTING CAGES.
WE'LL BE BRINGING YOU THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT IN FEBRUARY.
YOU SEE HOW FEBRUARY IS STACKING UP.
PROUD TO SAY THAT THE HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS COURT LIGHTING PROJECT, THAT'S SUMMIT, THAT'S LATE AT NIGHT.
YOU CAN SEE THAT IT IS WELL-LIT.
JUST ABOUT 60 MINUTES AGO, I GOT PICTURES OF TIMBERVIEW.
TIMBERVIEW LIGHTS ARE ON TONIGHT.
WE'RE DONE AT SUMMIT AND TIMBERVIEW.
I'M SURE THERE'S SOME FINAL ADJUSTMENTS, BUT THEN WE'LL BE MOVING TO MANSFIELD HIGH SCHOOL NEXT.
THIS PROJECT IS MOVING ALONG GREAT AND THE WEATHER IS PERFECT FOR PLAYING TENNIS RIGHT NOW.
IT'S A TOUGH CROWD. THE INTERIOR LIGHTING UPGRADE, YOU APPROVED THAT CONTRACT FOR ME RECENTLY.
WE'RE ABOUT TO START TO WORK ON IT.
WE HAVE OUR SHORT-FORM CONTRACT EXECUTED WITH OUR VENDOR, AND SO WE'LL BE GOING TO WORK ON THAT.
THAT IS THOSE 12 CAMPUSES THAT YOU SEE AT THE BOTTOM.
WE'LL BE GETTING THE FLUORESCENT FIXTURES REMOVED AND NEW LED LIGHTING INSTALLED.
I BROUGHT THIS TO YOU LAST MONTH.
JUST TO GIVE YOU A REMINDER, THE EVOLV SYSTEMS ARE 100% IN PLACE.
WHAT WE'RE ADDING IS ADDITIONAL CAMERAS THAT COVER EACH ONE OF THOSE LOCATIONS.
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WE'RE ABOUT 95% COMPLETE WITH THE INSTALLATION, AND THEN THOSE CAMERAS GET INTEGRATED INTO OUR SYSTEM, AND WE'RE ABOUT 50% COMPLETE WITH THAT.TRANSPORTATION. I'M ASKING YOU TO GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF ADDITIONAL BUSES TONIGHT.
IN THE BOND PROGRAM, WE BROKE UP THE PURCHASES OF THE 166 BUSES BECAUSE WE WANTED TO STAGGER THEIR ARRIVAL SO WE DIDN'T HAVE ALL THESE BRAND NEW BUSES COMING DUE AGAIN IN FIVE OR 10 YEARS OR WHEN THEIR MILEAGE IS UP.
THE INDUSTRY IS DOING THAT FOR US.
WE ISSUED THAT PURCHASE ORDER FOR THE 66 BUSES REGULAR ROUTE AND THE 26 SPECIAL POPULATION BUSES IN MAY.
THUS FAR, WE'VE RECEIVED SIX OF THE SPECIAL POPS AND 40 OF THE REGULAR ROUTES.
IT'S JUST THE INDUSTRY SPEED RIGHT NOW PRODUCING THESE BUSES.
I KNOW OF A ORDER OF THE BUSES THAT WE LIKE THAT JUST RECENTLY GOT CANCELED BY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
BY YOU APPROVING IT TONIGHT, I CAN OVERTAKE THAT ORDER OF 25 BUSES.
NOW, THEY'RE STILL IN MANUFACTURING, BUT THAT MEANS I'M GOING TO GET THOSE 25 ADDITIONAL BUSES EARLIER.
THEN THERE'S 12 OTHER BUSES THAT I'M ASKING YOU TO APPROVE TONIGHT.
THE SYSTEM OF BUS DELIVERY IS GOING TO TAKE CARE OF STAGGERING THEM SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE ALL THESE SAME BUSES COMING IN AT ONE TIME.
WE'RE WORKING ON SUMMIT AND MARY ORR.
MY TEAM IS FINALIZING ALL THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED FROM OUR FURNITURE FAIR AND SOON WE'LL BE BRINGING THAT PURCHASE ORDER.
THOSE WILL TAKE PLACE THIS SUMMER.
THIS IS THE UPGRADE AND REPLACEMENT OF CAMERAS THROUGHOUT OUR ENTIRE DISTRICT, AS WELL AS THE SERVERS THAT RECORD THE VIDEO.
WE'RE ABOUT TO HAVE OUR FIRST MEETING THIS THURSDAY.
OUR FOCUS IS GOING TO BE THE HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS FIRST AND THEN WE'LL WORK TO THE INTERMEDIATE ELEMENTARY AND THEN AUXILIARY FACILITIES, BUT THAT MEETING IS SCHEDULED THIS WEEK.
WE'RE EXCITED TO GET IT KICKED OFF.
SHAWNTEE IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY PIECE OF THE BOND.
>> HELLO. THANK YOU, MR. BROGDEN.
I AM EXCITED TO PROVIDE YOU ALL WITH AN UPDATE WITH THE TECHNOLOGY PORTION OF THE BOND.
WE ARE GOING TO START OFF WITH THE FIBER RING.
JUST A REMINDER, THE REASON WHY WE REQUESTED TO IMPLEMENT A FIBER RING WAS BECAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD RESILIENCY OR AN ALTERNATE PATH FOR A NETWORK TO TRAVEL SHOULD OUR FIBER ACCIDENTALLY GET CUT.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR KIDS AND OUR STAFF CAN CONTINUE TO WORK AND FUNCTION IF AN INCIDENT OCCURRED.
THAT WAS THE PURPOSE BEHIND THIS.
WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF ISSUING AN RFP, A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, THAT'S GOING TO GO OUT THIS WEEK.
WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE THAT OUT FOR THE STANDARD TIME THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO THAT.
DURING THE FEBRUARY TIME FRAME, OUR RFP WILL CLOSE, AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO START EVALUATING AND SCORING THAT AS A TEAM.
THEN AFTER THAT, WE WILL BRING TO YOU IN MARCH A RECOMMENDATION.
AT THAT TIME, IF EVERYTHING IS APPROVED AND WE CAN MOVE FORWARD, WE CAN THEN FINALIZE OUR CONTRACT WITH THE RECOMMENDED VENDOR, AND THEN GO AHEAD AND SHORTLY AFTER THAT START THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS.
SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION FOR THAT PROJECT WOULD BE SEPTEMBER 2025.
JUST SO YOU KNOW, THIS TYPE OF PROJECT, IT'S BIG.
THERE'S TIMES THAT ONCE THEY START DIGGING IN THE GROUND, THEY RUN INTO SOMETHING.
WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE PERMITS THROUGH THE CITY AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
JUST KNOW THAT THAT IS OUR GOAL AND WE DON'T SEE ANY ISSUES WITH BEING ABLE TO MEET THAT SEPTEMBER TIME FRAME. MOVING ON.
LOOKING AT OUR TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE, WE ALSO ARE REPLACING OUR OUTDATED PHONES, AND SO WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT PROJECT.
WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RECEIVE THE HARDWARE FOR THOSE PHONES, BUT WE ARE NOW IN THE PROCESS OF CONFIGURING THE PHONES SO THAT WHEN WE PUT THEM OUT IN THE ENVIRONMENT, THEY'RE FUNCTIONING WELL.
WE ALSO HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BACK END OF THE SOFTWARE AND ALL THE SYSTEMS ARE WORKING AND WE CAN MIGRATE OUR CURRENT SYSTEMS OVER.
OUR TEAM IS IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS TO DO THAT.
CONFIGURATION AND ALL OF THAT, IT'S ALL UNDERWAY.
ALSO HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE HAVE A PROJECT THAT WE WERE WORKING ON FOR OUR AUXILIARY BUILDINGS.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD ACCESS POINTS AND SWITCHES FOR THOSE BUILDINGS, AND WE ALSO HAD A HANDFUL OF CAMPUSES IN THERE TOO.
HAPPY TO SAY, DURING THE THANKSGIVING BREAK, WE FINISHED THAT PROJECT.
THEN, OF COURSE, WE'RE DOING A PROJECT IN THIS BEAUTIFUL BUILDING.
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IT'S BASICALLY A WIRELESS PROJECT.MANY OF YOU WHO HAVE LOGGED IN, YOU'RE LIKE, I NEED TO MAKE SURE I REMEMBER MY PASSWORD FROM 20 TIMES AGO.
WE'RE WORKING ON MAKING SURE THAT THAT PROJECT IS COMPLETED.
WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF REPLACING THE CABLING.
IF YOU WERE TO IMAGINE TAKING A LOOK BEHIND THE WALLS AND IN THE CEILINGS, WE'RE REPLACING ALL THE NETWORK CABLING.
IF YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW TALL THESE CEILINGS ARE, SOMEONE'S GOT TO GET UP THERE AND DO IT.
WE HAVE GREAT PARTNERS IN OUR TEAM THAT'S WORKING TO GET THAT COMPLETED.
WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON CONFIGURATION FOR ACCESS POINTS AND SWITCHES FOR THIS BUILDING AS WELL.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE HAVE OUR INTERACTIVE PANELS.
WE STARTED OFF WITH FIVE CAMPUSES THAT WE DID A PILOT.
YOU CAN SEE IN THE PICTURES THERE THAT WE TRAINED OUR STAFF ON HOW TO USE THE PANELS, AND THEN WE WENT AHEAD AND DID THE INSTALLATIONS.
AFTER THOSE FIVE AND DIFFERENT GRADE LEVELS, WE WERE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE DATA AND DETERMINE HOW WE WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD AND TWEAK OUR INSTALLATION PROCESS.
WE'VE CONTINUED TO INSTALL AT FOUR ADDITIONAL ELEMENTARIES AND ONE INTERMEDIATE, AND WE'RE JUST CONTINUING THE PROCESS.
BY THE MARCH, APRIL TIME FRAME, WE'LL HAVE ALL INTERMEDIATE, MIDDLE, AND HIGH SCHOOLS COMPLETED.
THAT'S WHAT I HAVE FOR THE UPDATE FOR TECHNOLOGY.
I'M GOING TO PASS IT BACK OVER TO MR. BROGDEN.
>> THANK YOU. OPENING UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
>> BOARD MEMBERS, I'LL START TO MY RIGHT.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NOTHING. TO MY LEFT? DR. CRUTCHFIELD.
>> THANKS. EXCITING PROJECTS HAPPENING.
CONGRATULATIONS. I'M LOOKING AT EVOLV ON GETTING THAT ROLLED OUT AND SET UP AND THE STUDENTS ARE GETTING USED TO IT.
EVERYBODY'S GETTING FAMILIAR WITH IT.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT AFTER IMPLEMENTATION HOW YOU GUYS ARE MONITORING AND POTENTIALLY IMPROVING AS NEEDED, OR IS IT STILL EARLY? JUST TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
>> I'D LOVE TO GO WITH MY NEXT CO-PRESENTER.
I'M GOING TO GO TO THE BULLPEN AND ASK BRETT TO COME UP AND TALK ABOUT IT.
>> HI. YES. THANK YOU, DR. CRUTCHFIELD.
FULLY IMPLEMENTED ON ALL OF THE CAMPUSES, BUT AS WE KNOW, TECHNOLOGY IS ALWAYS EVOLVING, AS ARE OUR CAMPUSES.
MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS AT EVOLV FOR ANY UPDATES THAT COME ALONG SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THE SYSTEM IS USED TO THE BEST OF ITS ABILITY, BUT ALSO MAKING SURE THAT IT'S MEETING THE NEEDS OF OUR CAMPUS.
WHEN WE HAVE WEATHER OUTSIDE, SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO HOW THAT PROCESS FLOWS.
JUST CONSTANTLY STAYING IN COMMUNICATION WITH OUR CAMPUS ADMINISTRATION, AS WELL AS OUR PARTNERS AT EVOLV TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT IT FULLY.
>> THANK YOU. THAT'S THE EVOLV QUESTION.
THE OTHER ONE WAS SOME TECH STUFF.
IT SEEMS LIKE, AND I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE ABOUT THE LANGUAGE, WAPS, AUX BUILDINGS, ALL OF THESE THINGS, HOTSPOTS, WHAT IS THIS STUFF? BUT I WONDER, I KNOW WE HAVE SOME NEWER BUILDINGS, OLDER BUILDINGS.
SOMETIMES ON CAMPUSES AND VISITING TEACHERS ARE NEEDING TO STEP OUT OF A ROOM TO USE THEIR PHONE OR SLOWER TO CONNECT.
ARE THE TECH UPDATES HERE ADDRESSING ANY OF THOSE THINGS NOW OR IS THAT A SEPARATE PROJECT COMPLETELY? CAN YOU SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT WITH US?
>> SURE. WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT CELL PHONES AND THE QUESTION YOU ASKED, THEY'RE STEPPING OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING, KEEP IN MIND THAT THAT IS RELYING ON CELL PHONE TOWERS OR CELLULAR TOWERS, AND SO THAT WOULD REQUIRE US TO BE ABLE TO DO CELL PHONE BOOSTERS IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO GET MORE OF THAT POWER.
NOW, WE ALSO HAVE BUILDINGS THAT HAVE CINDER BLOCK WALLS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
IT ALSO DEPENDS ON THE INDIVIDUAL'S PHONE.
THERE ARE TIMES THAT I'VE HEARD STAFF SAY THAT MAYBE I HAVE TO STEP OUTSIDE TO USE MY PHONE WHEN I'M TRYING TO AUTHENTICATE.
MANY OF YOU KNOW ABOUT MULTI-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION.
WHAT WE DO ASK THEM TO DO IS TO USE AN AUTHENTICATOR APP, WHICH DOES NOT REQUIRE WIFI.
ANOTHER OPTION THAT THEY CAN USE IS TO USE WIRELESS CALLING ON THEIR PHONES.
IF THEY'RE HAVING TROUBLE, A LOT OF TIMES THAT WILL ALLOW THEM TO BE ABLE TO HAVE AN ALTERNATE WAY TO USE OUR PHONES IF A CELL TOWER IS NOT CLOSE ENOUGH FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
IN ESSENCE, THAT WOULD BE A SEPARATE PROJECT.
>> IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE ARE ALREADY SOME FIXES FOR THOSE THINGS THAT YOU'VE RECOMMENDED FOR STAFF, SO THAT'S DIFFERENT.
>>YES. THAT WOULD BE DIFFERENT. YES, MA'AM.
>> THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAD.
>> MS. NEWSOM. NO. WELL, THANK YOU GUYS.
Y'ALL ROCKING AND ROLLING AS USUAL, SO LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING ALL OF THE NEW THINGS THAT ARE COMING IN FEBRUARY.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT ONE COMING UP IS WHAT JEFF PROMISED,
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OUR POLICE AND SAFETY AND SECURITY BUILDING.WE HAVE JEFF. WE ALSO HAVE JOSH COGBURN AND BRITNEY FORTNER TO PROVIDE US WITH THIS PRESENTATION.
>> YES. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT FARRAR, BOARD MEMBERS, AND DR. CANTU.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT PRESENTATION.
AGAIN, BECAUSE IT'S BEEN SO MANY MONTHS SINCE WE HAD THIS IN OUR BOND COMMITTEE, BRITNEY FORTNER, OUR DIRECTOR OF SAFETY AND SECURITY, IS GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH WHY ARE WE BUILDING THIS BUILDING, AND THEN JOSH COGBURN, OUR ARCHITECT WITH HUCKABEE, IS GOING TO GO OVER THE DESIGN, AND WE'LL BE HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
BOARD PRESIDENT FARRAR, DR. CANTU, BOARD MEMBERS, ESTEEMED COLLEAGUES.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY.
VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS PROJECT, WHEN WE MET WITH THE LONG RANGE PLANNING COMMITTEE, MY NOTES HERE I HAVE OCTOBER, BUT IT WAS ACTUALLY OCTOBER OF '23.
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT IS ALREADY 2025.
CHIEF MENTOR AND I BROUGHT UP SOME NEEDS OF OUR DEPARTMENTS.
SPECIFICALLY, A SAFETY OPERATION CENTER AS A HUB FOR ALL THINGS SAFETY AND SECURITY.
SOME OF THOSE NEEDS INCLUDED AN EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER, SAFETY TRAINING, ADDITIONAL DEPARTMENTAL TRAINING, UPGRADES TO OUR 247 DISPATCH, WHICH IS VERY UNIQUE AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT POLICE DEPARTMENT TO HAVE OUR OWN INTERNAL DISPATCH, SECURED STORAGE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SAFETY EQUIPMENT, AND MORE SPACE FOR MULTI-DEPARTMENTAL COLLABORATION.
WE'VE LONG MADE SAFETY AND SECURITY A PRIORITY, AND AS MASLOW IDENTIFIED IN '54, WE KNOW AS A DISTRICT, THAT OUR STUDENTS BASIC NEEDS MUST BE MET BEFORE THOSE HIGHER NEEDS CAN BE MET AND THOSE HIGHER NEEDS IS WHERE LEARNING HAPPENS.
WE KNOW THAT INVESTING IN THE SAFETY OF OUR STUDENTS IS ALSO INVESTING IN THEIR EDUCATIONAL FUTURE.
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR DEPARTMENTAL GROWTH, WHERE WE'VE MADE SOME OF THOSE INVESTMENTS ALREADY.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE 162 EMPLOYEES BETWEEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE SAFETY AND SECURITY DEPARTMENT.
HOWEVER, I WOULD ARGUE THAT HERE IN MANSFIELD, WE HAVE NEARLY 4,000 SAFETY AND SECURITY TEAM MEMBERS BECAUSE EVERY SINGLE STAFF MEMBER IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR SAFETY PLAN.
THIS DEPARTMENT BUILDING WILL SERVE THE ENTIRE DISTRICT.
IT'S GOING TO PROVIDE, LIKE I SAID, UPGRADES FOR OUR 247 MONITORING, AS WELL AS THAT NEEDED TRAINING THAT'S NEEDED, NOT JUST FOR OUR 162 EMPLOYEES, BUT ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
WHAT IS THAT SPACE GOING TO BE USED FOR? EMERGENCY RESPONSE.
MOST RECENTLY HERE, WE'VE BEEN ON WINTER WEATHER WATCH.
SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T STOP AT 5:00 P.M. OR THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS, BUT SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE MONITORED THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.
WE HAVE GAS LEAKS, WE HAVE MEDICAL EMERGENCIES ON CAMPUSES.
THOSE TYPES OF THINGS AGAIN, DON'T JUST ALWAYS HAPPEN DURING BUSINESS HOURS, SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT DEDICATED EMERGENCY RESPONSE SPACE FOR THAT WHERE WE CAN STAY UP ALL NIGHT AND WORK WITH OUR METEOROLOGISTS, OUR PARTNERS IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR THE DISTRICT.
AS WELL AS A COMMAND POST FOR LARGE EVENTS.
EVENTS LIKE TOYS FOR TOTS, WHERE WE CAN HAVE FOLKS STATIONED KEEPING AN EYE ON OUR RESOURCES, AS WELL AS OTHER EVENTS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE IN THE COMMUNITY.
THEN I PUT THE WORLD CUP UP THERE BECAUSE ARLINGTON IS GOING TO BE A BIG PART OF THE WORLD CUP THAT'S COMING TO OUR AREA, AND WE COULD SEE SOME IMPACTS.
HAVING SPACE WHERE WE COULD UTILIZE A COMMAND POST FOR EVENTS LIKE THAT COULD BE VERY IMPORTANT.
INTERAGENCY COORDINATION FOR FULL SCALE DRILLS AND TRAINING.
WE WORK WITH A LOT OF LOCAL, STATE, EVEN FEDERAL PARTNERS IN OUR AREA WHEN IT COMES TO TRAINING AND RESPONDING TO EVENTS.
THEN LASTLY, JUST OUR DAILY OPERATIONS.
AS I MENTIONED, WE DO HAVE A 24-HOUR DISPATCH, UNIQUE FOR A SCHOOL DISTRICT TO HAVE THAT.
THEY MONITOR ALL OF OUR SAFETY SYSTEMS LIKE OUR FIRE ALARMS, OUR BURGLARY ALARMS, OUR CAMERA SYSTEMS. THEY ALSO DO ALL OF OUR PARKING PERMITS AND OUR ID CARDS.
THEY DO CREDENTIALING FOR OUR CONTRACTORS.
THERE'S A LOT OF BUSINESS THAT'S TAKING PLACE THERE AND HAVING US CO LOCATED WITH THE NEW DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION BUILDING IS GOING TO BE PARAMOUNT FOR US.
THAT IS ALL FOR MY PORTION. THANK YOU.
>> I'D LIKE TO START BY RECOGNIZING THE MEMBERS OF OUR DESIGN COMMITTEE WHO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH FROM THE BEGINNING.
THOSE INDIVIDUALS, IF THEY'RE PRESENT, WOULD THEY PLEASE STAND CHIEF MENTOR, ASSISTANT CHIEF ROBERTSON, AND BRITNEY FORTNER.
AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE PROJECT, WORKING THROUGH THE FLOOR PLAN OF THE BUILDING, ALL THE WAY TO SELECTING FINISHES.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE THEIR TIME AND COMMITMENT TO HELPING US GET TO WHERE WE ARE FOR THIS PROJECT.
JUMPING RIGHT INTO THE SITE PLAN.
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AS MENTIONED EARLIER, THIS NEW SAFETY OPERATION CENTER BUILDING IS LOCATED DIRECTLY BEHIND THE EXISTING CITY HALL BUILDING.YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE BASICALLY EXTENDING THE DRIVES AND THE PARKING TO THE WEST SIDE ENTRANCE OF THE NEW SAFETY OPERATION CENTER.
THE BUILDING DOES FACE WEST FOR THE MAIN ENTRANCE.
AS WE'RE LOOPING AROUND THE BUILDING, WE ARE PROPOSING TO CONNECT THE DRIVE AT THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING TO THE EXISTING TAX OFFICE TO THE LEFT AND THE MANSFIELD ACTIVITY CENTER TO THE RIGHT.
THAT DRIVE WILL LOOP AROUND THE BACK SIDE OF THE BUILDING AND CONNECT BACK UP TO THE EXISTING DRIVE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE CITY HALL BUILDING.
LOOKING AT AN OVERALL VIEW OF THE FLOOR PLAN.
IT'S REALLY BROKEN DOWN INTO A FEW MAIN AREAS.
IN THE UPPER LEFT CORNER AND THE YELLOW IS THE POLICE ADMINISTRATION PORTION OF THE BUILDING.
WE HAVE OUR MAIN ENTRY ON THE WEST SIDE, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, AND THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER AND GREEN ARE THE SHARED SPACES FOR THIS BUILDING.
THE TIL GREEN COLOR IN THE CENTER IS THE SAFETY AND SECURITY PORTION OF THE BUILDING.
THEN AS WE LOOK AT THE BACK SIDE OF THE BUILDING, WE HAVE A MECHANIC SHOP, A DETENTION AREA, AND THEN A POLICE DEPARTMENT TECHNICAL SPACES THAT I'LL GET IT INTO ON THIS SLIDE.
THIS IS TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT THE FLOOR PLAN IN MORE DETAIL.
THE YELLOW AREA IS THE POLICE ADMINISTRATION PORTION OF THE BUILDING.
THIS IS WHERE THE OFFICES, THE CONFERENCE SPACES, RESTROOMS ARE LOCATED FOR THIS PORTION OF THE BUILDING.
WE HAVE OUR MAIN ENTRY ON THE WEST SIDE, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER.
BEHIND THAT IN BLUE IS THE DISPATCH.
THIS WILL HAVE A MUCH MORE ROBUST VIDEO MONITORING SYSTEM THAN WHAT IS CURRENTLY AT THE EXISTING FACILITY.
BEHIND THAT IN THE GREEN COLORS, THE EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER FOR THIS BUILDING, THIS SPACE WILL ALSO FUNCTION AS THE STORM SHELTER FOR THIS BUILDING.
BEHIND THAT IN THE ORANGE COLOR IS THE DETENTION SPACE FOR THE BUILDING, AND THEN IN THE PURPLE ARE THE LOCKER ROOM SPACES, FITNESS AREA, ARMORY, AND EVIDENCE SPACES.
ONE LAST THING TO MENTION ON THIS SLIDE AND THE FOLLOWING SLIDE.
YOU MAY SEE CERTAIN ROOMS NOTED AS GROWTH, THAT'S INTENTIONAL.
WE'RE NOT DESIGNING FOR THE CURRENT NEED, WE'RE PROVIDING SPACE FOR THOSE PROGRAMS TO BE EXPANDED IN THE FUTURE INTO THOSE ADDITIONAL OFFICE SPACES THAT WERE PROVIDING.
IN THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER IN THE GREEN IS THE SHARED SPACES, THE TRAINING ROOM, BREAK ROOM WORK ROOM, AND RESTROOMS. THEN WE MOVE INTO THE CENTER OF THE GREEN AREA WITH THE SAFETY AND SECURITY DEPARTMENT AND THE MECHANICAL SHOP AT THE BACK OF THE BUILDING.
BECAUSE THIS BUILDING IS LOCATED DIRECTLY BEHIND THE EXISTING CITY HALL BUILDING, THIS AERIAL SHOWS HOW THOSE TWO BUILDINGS RELATE TO ONE ANOTHER.
LOOKING CLOSER AT THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING, WE'RE TYING INTO THOSE EXISTING FINISHES THAT ARE AT CITY HALL WITH THE RED BRICK, THE LIGHT, BLOCK COLOR, THE REPETITIVE COLUMNS AT THE FRONT OF THE ENTRY TO THE SAFETY OPERATIONS BUILDING, TIE IT BACK INTO WHAT IS EXISTING AT THE CITY HALL BUILDING.
THEN ANOTHER VIEW LOOKING BACK FROM THE OTHER DIRECTION OF THE SAFETY OPERATIONS CENTER WITH THE CITY HALL IN THE BACKGROUND.
THEN LASTLY, OUR SCHEDULE, WE ARE WRAPPING UP DESIGN DEVELOPMENT THIS MONTH.
WE'LL MOVE INTO CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS, WHICH WE'LL WRAP UP IN MARCH, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE INTO THE BIDDING AND PERMITTING PHASE OF THE PROJECT AND THEN CONSTRUCTION AFTER THAT. ANY QUESTIONS?
>> ALL RIGHT. BOARD MEMBERS, I THINK I'M ON MY LEFT. MISS WILSON.
>> MOSTLY, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS TO YOU GUYS AND FOR LISTENING TO OUR TEAM AND WHAT THEIR NEEDS WERE SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE IT BE MET BECAUSE AS BRETT SAID EARLIER, IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE SET OUT FOR TO MAKE SECURITY AND SAFETY OF OUR STUDENTS A TOP PRIORITY SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND SEVERAL BONDS AGO.
WE KEEP IMPROVING, AS YOU SEE, AND AS YOU GUYS HAVE HELPED WITH.
I LIKE THE FACT I DON'T KNOW IF A LOT OF PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT OR KNOW THAT, I WANT TO SAY I UNDERSTAND THAT.
KNOW THAT YOU MENTIONED A STORM SHELTER AND THOSE ARE ACTUALLY CODE NOW.
DON'T WE HAVE TO BUILD IN A STORM SHELTER IN THE NEWER BUILDINGS?
>> WE HAVE THEM ALREADY ON SEVERAL CAMPUSES, CORRECT?
>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNEW THAT ALTHOUGH WE WANT TO PROTECT OUR RELEASE, WE PUT THEM IN FOR OUR KIDDOS TOO, WE'RE ABLE, OF COURSE.
THE AESTHETICS. I LOVE THE FACT THAT IT GOES ALONG WITH THE CURRENT BUILDING THAT'S THERE.
SOMETIMES IT'S AN ISLE WE TRY TOO HARD.
[LAUGHTER] THEN WE GET THOSE PRETTY BUILDINGS THAT ARE SITTING OUT FRONT OF OUR ADMINISTRATION BUILDING NOW.
WE DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO HOW THEY LOOK. THANK YOU.
>> WE ARE PAYING SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THAT?
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>> ANYONE ELSE TO MY LEFT? DR. REED.
I THINK YOU MISS FORNER, YOU DID ANSWER THE QUESTION.
I HAD AND THAT QUESTION WAS RELATED TO OFFERING TRAINING TO OTHER AGENCIES AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.I'M THINKING LIKE, MISS TRONGAARD, MAYBE THEY COULD PROVIDE ADDITIONAL REVENUE BECAUSE WE'RE OFFERING THAT TO THOSE OTHER AGENCIES OUTSIDE OF MISD.
>> YES, MA'AM, IT WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SPACE FOR US TO BRING IN TRAINING.
BUT ALSO, AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE ALREADY DO A LOT OF TRAINING WITH OUR PARTNERS, BUT TYPICALLY WE GO OUT TO CAMPUSES AND TRAIN ON SITE.
WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR THEM TO BE OFF OF CAMPUS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THIS WILL PROVIDE US MORE TABLETOP TYPE SPACE FOR THOSE TRAININGS.
>> DR. REED, I WAS GLAD YOU MENTIONED THAT ABOUT DOING THE TRAINING AND TO OUR STAFFS CREDIT.
I KNOW YOU GUYS DON'T HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN THAT JUST A FEW SHORT YEARS AGO, ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORING SCHOOL DISTRICTS WERE BASICALLY LEFT HIGH AND DRY OVERNIGHT WITH NO SECURITY AND THERE A NICE SIZED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WITH A REALLY LARGE HIGH SCHOOL.
THEY WERE LEFT HIGH AND DRY OVERNIGHT WITH NO SECURITY OR POLICE OFFICERS BECAUSE OF AN OUTSIDE SO CONTRACTED.
OUR TEAM HERE STEPPED UP AND TRAINED THEM AND SHOWED THEM AND EVEN USED OUR STAFF WHEN THEY WEREN'T WORKING HERE.
THEY WENT AND DID SHIFTS OVER THERE AND THEIR CAMPUSES.
SO MUCH SO THAT THEY TOLD ME LATER WHEN I SAW ONE OF THEIR ASSISTANT SOPS, THAT THEY WERE THINKING OF MAKING A DRIVE ON CAMPUS IS MANSFIELD DID.
[LAUGHTER] BECAUSE THEY JUST WERE REALLY THANKFUL THAT WE WERE HERE TO SELL AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE SHARED THAT, BECAUSE NOT TO BE FORGOTTEN THAT YOU GUYS ARE HELPING WITH THE TRAINING AND SHARING WITH OTHER PLACES.
>> WONDERFUL. I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS SO MUCH. THANK YOU.
>>ALL RIGHT. AND WE'LL CONTINUE MOVING ALONG.
>>PRESIDENT FARRAR, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO BRING FORWARD FOR 7.4 RIGHT NOW, WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND WE'RE NOT READY TO BRING THAT FORWARD AT THIS TIME, SO IF WE CAN PASS OVER 7.4 AND MOVE ON TO.
>> ALL RIGHT. THAT MOVES US TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THE MEETING.
[8. Public Comments]
THE CORRECT PROCEDURE FOR ADDRESSING THE BOARD 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 PRESENTATIONS SHOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE TO ALL TRUSTEES AND THE SUPERINTENDENT.
BOARD POLICY PROHIBITS THE DISCUSSION OF COMPLAINTS AGAINST DISTRICT EMPLOYEES JUR IN AND OPEN FORM.
WE DO HAVE I BELIEVE THREE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
OUR FIRST ONE WILL BE EBANE TURNER.
>> GOOD EVENING, DR. CANTU, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
MY NAME IS EBANE TURNER, AND MY SON GOES TO MARY O INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL.
I'M RISING TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT THE UPCOMING SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION.
AFTER LAST YEAR'S EMBARRASSING FIASCO, WHERE MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD, THROUGH NEGLIGENCE AND ORFSANCE, ALLOWED AN INELIGIBLE CANDIDATE TO BE PLACED ON THE BALLOT AND VOTED ON BY THOUSANDS OF CITIZENS IN THIS DISTRICT, KNOWING THAT HE COULD NOT BE SEATED IF HE WON, WHICH I BELIEVE AMOUNTS TO VOTER DISENFRANCHISEMENT.
ALL WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY ALLOWING THE ONLY ELIGIBLE CANDIDATE IN THE SAME RACES NAME AND FAMILY TO BE DISPARAGED.
I SHUTTER TO THINK WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR THE TEXT MESSAGE READ AROUND THE WORLD.
WE COULD HAVE HAD A SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE WHO HAD NOT VOTED IN THIS DISTRICT, WHO LIKELY DIDN'T LIVE IN THIS DISTRICT, AND OTHERWISE HAD NO ACTUAL TIES TO THIS DISTRICT, MAKING DECISIONS FOR OUR CHILDREN, MINE AND YOURS, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE THEM, ALL BECAUSE OF PARTISAN POLITICS.
BECAUSE WHAT MAN MEANT FOR EVIL, HE TURNED AROUND FOR OUR GOOD, AND DR. CRUTCHFIELD WON HANDILY AND WE ARE SO THANKFUL FOR HER LEADERSHIP.
I WANT TO KNOW WHAT SAFEGUARDS HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE TO ENSURE THIS NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN.
WILL APPLICATIONS BE DOUBLE CHECKED FOR ACCURACY AND AT A BARE MINIMUM, ADDRESSES AND VOTER REGISTRATION ACTUALLY VERIFIED INSTEAD OF JUST RELYING ON A CHECKED BOX? HOW CAN WE AS CITIZENS AND CANDIDATES TRUST THIS ELECTION PROCESS? WHEN THE BOARD HASN'T BREATH A WORD ABOUT LAST YEAR'S DEBACLE, OR HOW ARE YOU PLAN TO PREVENT A RE OCCURRENCE IN THIS UPCOMING ELECTION?
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HAS THERE BEEN MORE TRAINING ON PROCESSES OR THE LAW? ONCE AGAIN, THE WORD OF THE DAY, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IS INTEGRITY. LET'S HAVE SOME.IN THE MEANTIME, I AGREE WITH YOU ALL.
WE NEED TO BE LOBBYING OUR LEGISLATURE AND FIGHTING LIKE HECK AGAINST VOUCHERS AND FOR FULLY-FUNDED PUBLIC EDUCATION.
REMEMBER, IT'S NOT POLITICAL. IT'S PERSONAL.
>> THANK YOU, MISS TURNER. NEXT IS SHARON RICHARD.
>> GOOD EVENING, DR. CANTU AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
MY NAME IS SHARON RICHARD, AND I RISE TODAY TO SPEAK IN REFERENCE TO AGENDA ITEM 10.1.
AFTER HAVING AN INELIGIBLE CANDIDATE'S NAME APPEAR ON THE BALLOT LAST YEAR, I HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT ELECTION INTEGRITY.
DESPITE THIS BOARD ACKNOWLEDGING THAT ANGEL HIDALGO, WHO SEVERAL OF YOU SUPPORTED WAS, IN FACT, INELIGIBLE TO RUN FOR THE MANSFIELD ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THIS COMMUNITY HAS NOT YET RECEIVED A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT OF WHAT WENT WRONG AND WHAT SAFEGUARDS HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE TO PREVENT IT FROM HAPPENING AGAIN.
THIS IS A FAILURE OF LEADERSHIP AND IN TRANSPARENCY.
FAR TOO OFTEN, THIS BOARD SEEMS TO OPERATE WITH A HOPE EVERYONE FORGETS ABOUT THIS POLICY, RATHER THAN ADDRESSING THINGS HEAD ON.
YOU WOULD GAIN SO MUCH MORE TRUST AND RESPECT BY SIMPLY BEING TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT VIRTUALLY ALL OF YOU CAMPAIGNED ON.
IT IS NOT FAIR FOR THIS COMMUNITY OR CANDIDATES TO WONDER IF THIS UPCOMING OR ANY FUTURE ELECTION WILL BE ONE OF INTEGRITY.
I URGE YOU TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND PROVIDE US WITH ASSURANCES AND PROOF THAT THIS ENTIRE ELECTION PROCESS WILL BE ABOVE BOARD. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MRS. RICHARD. OUR LAST SPEAKER IS CLAYTON WATERS.
>> GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT FARRAR, DR. CANTU AND TRUSTEES.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK WITH YOU THIS EVENING.
MY NAME IS CLAYTON WATERS AND I'VE LIVED IN MANSFIELD ISD SINCE 2010, AND I HAVE TWO STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE DISTRICT.
IN HONOR OF SCHOOL BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH, I WANT TO EXPRESS A HEARTFELT THANK YOU TO EACH ONE OF YOU WHO SERVE ON THE BOARD.
IT'S NOT LOST ON ME THAT YOU FACE COMPLEX AND DEMANDING CHALLENGES IN YOUR ROLES.
I THANK YOU FOR VOLUNTEERING YOUR TIME AND EXPERTISE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
SINCERELY, WE APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
I HAVE A FEW TOPICS TO DISCUSS TONIGHT, SO THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR TAKING THE JOURNEY WITH ME.
FIRST, I WANT TO COMMENT ON TONIGHT'S P-TECH PRESENTATION.
MR. BENAVIDES, DR. TAMPLIN, AND THE SUMMIT ADMIN, HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB LAUNCHING THIS NEW PROGRAM IN OUR DISTRICT.
THE SUMMIT P-TECH ACADEMY IS AN OUTSTANDING EDUCATIONAL PATHWAY THAT PREPARES STUDENTS FOR CAREERS IN PROGRAMMING, SOFTWARE DESIGN, COMPUTER ENGINEERING, AND OTHER TECHNOLOGY FIELDS.
AS A HIRING MANAGER FOR A LOCAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, I WOULD VIEW ENTRY LEVEL APPLICANTS WITH THIS EXPERIENCE ON THEIR RESUMES AS STANDOUT CANDIDATES.
I LOOK FORWARD TO FUTURE UPDATES ABOUT THE SUMMIT P-TECH ACADEMY AND THE EXCITING THINGS THESE STUDENTS WILL DO.
IN FACT, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE ONE OF MY OWN CHILDREN PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM ONE DAY.
SECOND, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO COMMEND MS. TRONGAARD.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, HER TEAM'S WORK IS CRITICAL TO OUR DISTRICT SUCCESS.
I APPRECIATE HER INFORMATIVE UPDATES AND CANDID OUTLOOK ON EACH LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND HOW PENDING LEGISLATION MIGHT IMPACT OUR DISTRICT.
WHILE MANY DISTRICTS IN OUR AREA FACE SIGNIFICANT BUDGET SHORTFALLS BECAUSE OUR STATE LEGISLATURE HAS FAILED TO INCREASE THE BASIC ALLOTMENT, MANSFIELD ISD REMAINS FINANCIALLY STRONG UNDER MRS. TRONGAARD'S LEADERSHIP.
A HUGE THANK YOU TO YOU, MRS. TRONGAARD, AND YOUR TEAM, OUR COMMUNITY SINCERELY APPRECIATES YOU.
LASTLY, I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THE TOPIC OF THE UPCOMING SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION.
WHILE I'M EXCITED TO ENGAGE IN THE CIVIC PROCESS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT, IT WOULD BE IRRESPONSIBLE NOT TO EXPRESS MY CONCERNS ABOUT THE INTEGRITY WITH WHICH THE LAST TWO SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS HAVE BEEN ADMINISTERED.
IN RESPONSE TO THE RECENT SCANDALS EMBARRASSMENT AND NEGATIVE PRESS, I HOPE THE DISTRICT'S POLICIES, PROCEDURES, AND ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES ON ELECTION ADMINISTRATION HAVE BEEN REVIEWED AND REVISED TO ENSURE AN ETHICAL, FAIR AND SCANDAL FREE ELECTION.
I ENCOURAGE THE DISTRICT TO ACT WITH URGENCY AND TRANSPARENCY WHEN COMMUNICATING ABOUT ELECTIONS WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
TO MY FELLOW PARENTS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, BUSINESS LEADERS, OR ANYONE ELSE WHO SHARES MY CONCERNS ABOUT THE UPCOMING SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION IN MANSFIELD ISD, I INVITE YOU TO VISIT MISDFUTUREPACK.COM TO LEARN ABOUT HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED, GET EDUCATED, AND PLAY AN ACTIVE ROLE IN THE FUTURE OF MANSFIELD ISD. THANK YOU.
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>> THANK YOU, MR. WATERS. THAT MOVES US TO ITEM 9,
[9. Human Resources Report]
HUMAN RESOURCES REPORT, MRS. NEWSOM.YES. THIS EVENING, WITH OVER 20 YEARS OF SERVICE, WE'VE GOT MICHAEL CHESNER, 27 YEARS OF SERVICE, AND 22 WITH MISD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND EFFORT AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE POURED INTO OUR STUDENTS HERE IN MISD.
>> WE'RE GOING TO MOVE RIGHT INTO ITEM 10,
[10. Business Items Requiring Board Action]
BUSINESS ITEMS REQUIRING BOARD ACTION, 10.1, CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF THE ORDER OF ELECTION FOR MAY 3RD, 2025, GENERAL ELECTION FOR THE MANSFIELD ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES.MAY I RECEIVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS RECOMMENDATION?
>> I HAVE MS. NEWSOM MOVE, SECONDED BY COURTNEY WILSON.
DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? DR. CRUTCHFIELD.
>> SURE. I WAS WONDERING IF WE CAN SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY HOW WE'RE VETTING CANDIDATES FOR THE ELECTION THIS YEAR.
IS ANYBODY ABLE TO SHARE THAT WITH US?
>> THANKS FOR THE QUESTION. A COUPLE OF THINGS.
WELL, SEVERAL THINGS ACTUALLY HAVE OCCURRED SINCE THE LAST ELECTION.
ONE BEING WE NOW HAVE INSTEAD OF HAVING ONE PERSON THAT'S IN CHARGE OF ALL THE THINGS, WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE WHO ARE SHARING THAT RESPONSIBILITY, ALSO SERVING AS BACKUP FOR ONE ANOTHER.
BOTH OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN FULLY TRAINED RECENTLY IN DECEMBER AT A STATE TRAINING ON ALL RELATED ELECTION LAWS AND PROCESSES AND ALL OF THAT.
THEN THEY HAVE SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES, BUT ALSO SERVE AS EACH OTHER'S BACKUP. THAT'S HAPPENED.
WE ALSO HAVE A NEWLY DEVELOPED CANDIDATE PACKET THAT HAS A CHECKLIST.
IT'S INCLUSIVE OF ALL THE REQUIREMENTS AND THE DEADLINES, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, INCLUDES STEPS TO EITHER ACCEPT OR DENY AN APPLICATION.
THOSE ARE DETAILED OUT ALONG WITH THE FACT THAT THAT WILL HAPPEN WITHIN FIVE DAYS OF RECEIPT OF THAT APPLICATION.
SEVERAL THINGS LIKE THAT HAVE GONE ON, A BRAND NEW PACKET THAT'S GOING TO BE DISTRIBUTED RIGHT WITH ALL THE THINGS TO PEOPLE WHO ARE WANTING TO BECOME A CANDIDATE FOR MISD SCHOOL BOARD.
THAT JUST ALSO MAKES THEM AWARE OF ALL THE THINGS THAT COME WITH IT, ALL THE DATES, ALL THE TRAININGS, ALL THOSE THINGS AS WELL.
BUT SPECIFICALLY TO THAT QUESTION, THOUGH, THE CHECKLIST DETAILED OUT STEP BY STEP.
>> CHECKS AND TWO PEOPLE INVOLVED.
>> TWO PEOPLE, SO CHECKS AND BALANCES. YES, MA'AM.
>> THANK YOU, MA'AM. ANYONE ELSE, QUESTIONS?YES, DR. REED.
>> JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
ON FEBRUARY 14TH, 2025 IS THE LAST DATE OF FILE? OUR STUDENTS ARE OUT THAT DAY, BUT THE DISTRICT IS OPEN, CORRECT?
>> THANK YOU AGAIN. IS THAT IT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THIS RECOMMENDATION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
>> I'M SORRY. PLEASE FORGIVE ME FOR INTERRUPTING AS WE'RE VOTING.
ON THE DOCUMENT, CAN WE JUST MAKE A NOTATION THAT IT IS 2025 INSTEAD OF 2024?
>> CAN YOU REPEAT THAT ONE MORE TIME?
>> IS IT TYPED IN INCORRECTLY?
>> THANK YOU FOR CATCHING THAT. I APPRECIATE IT.
ANYTHING ELSE? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THIS RECOMMENDATION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES, 6, 0.
MOVING TO ITEM 10.2, APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT TO THE LAND LEASE AGREEMENT AND AMENDED MEMORANDUM OF LAND LEASE AGREEMENT.
MAY I PLEASE RECEIVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS RECOMMENDATION?
>> NO. I DON'T KNOW IF BIANCA, DID YOU SECOND THAT?
>> ANYTHING? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR MAY I PLEASE RECEIVE A SHOW OF HANDS? ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES 6, 0.
10.3, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 25-15 TO EXTEND WAGE PAYMENT FOR EMPLOYEES DURING EMERGENCY CLOSINGS.
[02:00:02]
MAY I PLEASE RECEIVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS.MRS. ANDERSON, SECOND? [INAUDIBLE] I KNEW I HEARD TWO VOICES.
I WASN'T SURE WHO THAT ONE WAS.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL THOSE OPPOSED.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO THE ITEM 11,
[11. Consent Agenda]
WHICH IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.LET ME REMIND YOU THAT WE VOTE THE CONSENT AGENDA UP OR DOWN UNLESS SOMEONE WANTS TO PULL AN ITEM, DOES ANYONE WANT TO PULL AN ITEM AT THIS TIME?
>> I'D LIKE TO PULL ITEM 11.5, THE CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF MISD TARGETED IMPROVEMENT PLANS FOR MORE DISCUSSION.
>> I'M GOING TO PULL ITEM 11.5.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO PULL? WE ARE GOING TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH ITEM 11.5 PULLED.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED. THE MOTION PASSES 6, 0.
THAT WILL MOVE US TO ITEM 11.5,
[11.5. Consideration and Approval of MISD Targeted Improvement Plans (TIP) ]
CONSIDERATION APPROVAL OF THE MISD TARGETED IMPROVEMENT PLAN.MAY I PLEASE RECEIVE A MOTION. COURTNEY WILSON, MOTION.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND BY MICHELLE NEWSOM.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. DR. CRUTCHFIELD.
>> SURE. I THOUGHT BEFORE WE TOOK ACTION ON THIS, IT'D BE HELPFUL TO GET SOME OF THE BACKGROUND ABOUT THESE PLANS.
PEOPLE MORE FAMILIAR WITH THEM MAY ALREADY HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
I THOUGHT IT COULD BE HELPFUL IF SOMEONE COULD SHARE JUST WITH US WHAT AN IMPROVEMENT PLAN IS, WHY A SCHOOL WOULD NEED ONE OF THOSE.
>> DR. SWIZE OR MR. [INAUDIBLE]. DR. SWIZE.
TEA HAS A DIVISION OF SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT, AND YOU CAN BE LABELED IN SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT THROUGH A PROCESS, AND WHAT THEY BASICALLY DO IS RANK ALL OF THESE SCHOOLS, THE TITLE 1 SCHOOLS, AND IF YOU FALL WITHIN THE BOTTOM 5%, THEN YOU WOULD BE LABELED A SCHOOL THAT NEEDS COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT.
THERE ARE OTHER TYPES OF SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT WITH ADDITIONAL AND TARGETED, BUT WE DO HAVE TWO SCHOOLS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT.
OUR FIRST SCHOOL GLENN HARMON WAS IDENTIFIED WITH THE STAR DATA FROM THE SPRING OF 2022 AND RECLASSIFIED IN THE SPRING OF 2024.
THEN KENNETH DAVIS WAS IDENTIFIED FOR COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT WITH THE START DATA FROM 2023.
IT IS A TWO YEAR COMMITMENT, NO MATTER WHAT, YOU CANNOT COME OUT OF SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT UNTIL YOU'VE BEEN IN THAT FOR TWO YEARS.
LAST YEAR, HAD KENNETH DAVIS BEEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY.
THEY HAD A PROJECTION TO BE A B AND WERE WELL ON THEIR WAY OUT, HOWEVER, THEY ARE STILL IN IT BECAUSE THAT IS HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS.
THEY HAVE TO DO A TARGETED IMPROVEMENT PLAN BY THE STATE.
HONESTLY, THE TEMPLATE THAT THE STATE PROVIDES ISN'T VERY DETAILED IN WHAT ACTIONS THAT THEY'RE DOING.
MANSFIELD ISD REQUIRES A LITTLE BIT MORE OF OUR CAMPUSES, AND WE DO THAT THROUGH OUR CURRENT SYSTEM WITH OUR CADENCE OF ACCOUNTABILITY.
OUR SCHOOLS HAVE A ONE THING AND BOTH OF THOSE SCHOOLS IS SPECIFICALLY TARGETING TIER 1 INSTRUCTION THROUGH EFFECTIVE COACHING AND FEEDBACK AND OBSERVATION CYCLES.
THAT IS WHERE WE ARE, AND THAT IS HOW WE ARE IDENTIFIED AND ARE DEFINITELY WORKING TO GET OUT AND HOPE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT ONE THIS SPRING AND THEN ONE NEXT SPRING BECAUSE IT'S A TWO YEAR COMMITMENT.
>> GREAT. JUST ONE MORE THING ABOUT THOSE PLANS.
CAN YOU SHARE WITH US STAKEHOLDERS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO MAKING THOSE PLANS?
>> ABSOLUTELY. PART OF THE REQUIREMENT WHICH WE DO ANYWAY AS A FORMER PRINCIPAL IN MANSFIELD ISD, WHEN WE HAVE OUR SITE BASED COMMITTEE DECISION MAKING COMMITTEE GROUPS MEET, WE ALWAYS GO OVER THOSE PLANS, BUT WE RECEIVE COMMUNITY INPUT ON THOSE PLANS, NOT ONLY JUST FROM OUR STAFF AND STAKEHOLDERS, BUT OUR COMMUNITY, AND THAT FEEDBACK IS THEN INCORPORATED INTO THE PLAN WHEN APPROPRIATE, AND WE HAVE MINUTES FROM THOSE MEETINGS AND WE UPLOAD THOSE ALONG WITH ALL THE APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTS.
THAT'S DEFINITELY IMPORTANT PART OF THE PROCESS.
>> IT SEEMS LIKE IN THE TRAJECTORY, DAVIS AND HARMON WOULD BE ABLE TO COME OUT OF THAT STATUS AND WHAT'S THE TIMELINE?
>> KENNETH DAVIS, DEPENDING ON START DATA FROM THIS SPRING COULD EXIT, AND GLENN HARMON HAS AN ADDITIONAL YEAR AFTER THIS YEAR, SO THE SPRING OF 2026 THEY COULD COME OUT.
>> THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> ANYONE ELSE? WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON 11.5.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THIS RECOMMENDATION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES 6, 0.
THAT MOVES US TO ITEM 12, THE SUPERINTENDENT REPORT.
[12. Superintendent's Report]
[02:05:01]
THIS IS FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY.IS THERE ANYTHING LISTED IN THE REPORT THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS WITH DR. CANTU AT THIS TIME? THEN THAT MOVES US TO ITEM 13.
WE DID NOT DO CLOSED SESSION AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR MEETING LIKE WE TYPICALLY DO BECAUSE WE HAD A DINNER PROVIDED TO US, SO WE ARE GOING TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION NOW.
[13. Closed Session]
ADJOURNED TO CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.074, PERSONNEL TO DELIBERATE REGARDING THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT, EVALUATION, REASSIGNMENT, DUTIES, DISCIPLINE, OR DISMISSAL OF A PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE, OR TO HEAR A COMPLAINT OR CHARGE AGAINST AN OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE.551.071, CONSULTATION WITH THE BOARD'S ATTORNEY, 551.072 REAL PROPERTY, AND 551.076 TO CONDUCT DELIBERATIONS REGARDING SECURITY DEVICES OR SECURITY AUDITS.
WE WILL RECESS INTO CLOSED SESSION AT 9:06 PM.
WE ARE BACK AND WE ARE GOING TO RECONVENE FROM CLOSED SESSION AT 9:21 PM.
[14. Reconvene]
THAT MOVES US TO ITEM 15, WHICH IS ADJOURNED. YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.