Mar 25, 2025 Board Meetings

>> THANK YOU, DR. JOHNSON, AND CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO THESE STUDENTS.

AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE ANDREW SERIE, MANSFIELD ISD DIVING COACH TO THE PODIUM.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MISS JOB.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT FARRAR, DR. CANTU, AND BOARD MEMBERS.

TONIGHT, WE ARE HERE TO HONOR DANIEL HENRY, FROM TIMBERVIEW HIGH SCHOOL, FOR BECOMING THE 2025 UIL 5A STATE CHAMPION IN ONE METER DIVING.

[APPLAUSE] DANIEL HAS BEEN WITH THE MANSFIELD DIVING PROGRAM SINCE SEVENTH GRADE, WHERE HE DOVE FOR COBALT MIDDLE SCHOOL.

HE HAS GONE ON TO DIVE AT TIMBERVIEW HIGH SCHOOL WHERE HE'S BECOME A THREE-TIME NISCA ALL AMERICAN DIVER, THREE-TIME DISTRICT CHAMPION, THREE-TIME REGIONAL CHAMPION.

HE PLAYED SIXTH AT STATE IN 2023, FOURTH IN 2024, AND HE IS NOW THE STATE CHAMPION IN 2025.

[APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

HE IS A TREMENDOUS WORKER, AN OUTSTANDING STUDENT, OUTSTANDING ROLE MODEL.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO ALL OF THE THINGS THAT HE HAS IN STORE FOR HIS SENIOR YEAR.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COACH SERIE.

CONGRATULATIONS TO DANIEL.

AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO INVITE EMUND PRITCHETT, HEAD COACH FOR THE SUMMER HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAM TO THE PODIUM.

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

>> THAT'S A LOT OF THEM.

TONIGHT, I'M EXCITED TO PRESENT YOU THE SUMMER HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM, WHO ARE YOUR 5A DIVISION 2 STATE CHAMPIONS.

[APPLAUSE] I CAN SAY, WOW, WHAT A RIDE?

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I CAN TELL YOU THAT I WOULD NOT WANT TO BE ON A RIDE WITHOUT THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THOSE BLUE JACKETS AND DRESSED REALLY NICE UP IN THE FRONT.

I MEAN, THEIR RESILIENCE, THEIR DEDICATION, THEIR PASSION.

JUST BEING A PART, HAVING A BROTHERHOOD, AND COMING TOGETHER AS A FAMILY IS A TESTAMENT TO THE GOLD MEDAL THAT IS AROUND THEIR NECK.

NOT ONLY ARE THEY STATE CHAMPIONS ON THE COURT, THEY'RE STATE CHAMPIONS IN OUR HALLWAYS, THEY'RE STATE CHAMPIONS IN OUR CLASSROOM, THEY'RE STATE CHAMPIONS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND OUR COMMUNITIES.

THESE ARE GOING TO BE GREAT CITIZENS.

ABOVE ALL, I KNOW THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IS A GREAT THING, BUT I PROMISE YOU THIS WILL NOT BE THE HIGHLIGHT OF THEIR LIVES.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE BETTER MEN FOR HAVING GONE THROUGH THIS SEASON. I WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU.

I'M PROUD OF YOU, AND THEY PRESENT YOU WITH MEDALS, THE BOARD, BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR THIS, CARING ABOUT ATHLETICS, FIGHTING FOR ATHLETICS, AND GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS OURSELVES ON THE COURT, AND GIVING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GO TO A GREAT HIGH SCHOOL AND BE LED BY A GREAT PRINCIPAL AND COACH JASON MUTTERER.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]

>> MR. MUTTERER.

[LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE]

>> IF ALL OF YOU WOULD PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR JUST A FEW MINUTES.

WE HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST HERE WITH US THIS EVENING.

AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO INVITE CARRIE GONZALEZ, WHO IS REPRESENTING THE CITY OF ARLINGTON TO THE PODIUM.

>> [OVERLAPPING] OH, NO, IT'S ALL GOOD. HELLO, SUMMIT JAGUARS.

CONGRATULATIONS. I AM ACTUALLY HERE ON BEHALF OF CITY COUNCILMAN RAUL GONZALEZ AND MAYOR JIM ROSS.

Y'ALL HAVE ALREADY HEARD THE PROCLAMATION THAT WAS ISSUED MAKING MARCH 12TH, SUMMIT HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL DAY IN ARLINGTON.

AS ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS HERE KNOW, THIS IS A FAMILY AFFAIR.

HE HAS CITY COUNCIL IN ARLINGTON TONIGHT, SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE FOLLOWING UP.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL AGAIN BECAUSE YOU MAKE US SO PROUD.

WE WERE SUMMIT JAGUAR FAMILY.

OUR KIDS ALL WENT THERE.

I HAULED A WHOLE FORD EXPEDITION TO AUSTIN TWICE FOR THE GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIPS IN 2008 AND 2009.

I AM SO HAPPY TO HEAR THAT OUR MEN ARE ALSO STATE CHAMPIONS AND THAT YOU'LL ALWAYS BE HERE AND FANTASTIC FOR YOU, COACH PRITCHETT.

THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE AT THE PEP RALLY, THIS IS A FAITHFUL GROUP OF PEOPLE.

THEY LIVE THEIR FAITH, THEY LIVE THEIR JOURNEY.

THE FAMILIES ALWAYS ARE PART OF THIS, AND IT TOOK YOUR MOMS AND YOUR DADS AND YOUR GRANDMAS AND YOUR BROTHERS TO MAKE SURE YOU HAD THE RIGHT SHOES AND YOU GOT TO PRACTICE ON TIME AND THEN YOU HAD THE GOOD FOOD.

IT'S JUST FANTASTIC.

CONGRATULATIONS.

THIS IS JUST ANOTHER COPY, WHATEVER, OF THE CITY OF ARLINGTON PROCLAMATION FOR THE SUMMIT BOYS BASKETBALL, WHO WON THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP ON MARCH THE 8TH IN THE ALAMODOME.

IT'S JUST FANTASTIC. NO MORE PROCLAMATIONS BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY LONG, BUT GOD BLESS YOU, AND CONGRATULATIONS, AND GO JAGS.

>> MISS GONZALEZ, WOULD YOU LIKE A PHOTO? YEAH, COME ON.

>> I WILL.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE, MISS GONZALEZ.

EVERYBODY GOOD? LET'S GIVE ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO OUR STUDENTS.

THIS CONCLUDES TONIGHT'S RECOGNITIONS, BUT I BELIEVE DR. CANTU HAS A BRIEF ANNOUNCEMENT THAT SHE WANTED TO SHARE.

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>> I DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW YOU FOLLOW ANY OF THAT.

WE HAVE THE MOST INCREDIBLE KIDS AND INCREDIBLE EDUCATORS IN MANSFIELD ISD.

BUT I THINK WHAT I'M ABOUT TO ANNOUNCE IS RECOGNITION OF THAT.

THIS IS HOT OFF THE PRESS.

TODAY, I RECEIVED AN EMAIL AROUND LUNCHTIME THAT MANSFIELD ISD, AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT, HAS MADE THE EDUCATIONAL RESULT PARTNERSHIPS 2024 ON A ROLL LIST FOR TOP PERFORMING SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

[APPLAUSE] I'M ALSO SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THE REASON.

THIS AWARD RECOGNIZES PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHO OUTPERFORM THEIR PEERS IN CLOSING ACHIEVEMENT GAPS, PARTICULARLY AMONG HIGHER POVERTY AND HISTORICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENT POPULATIONS.

ONLY 63 DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, THAT'S A LITTLE LESS THAN 9%, MADE THE HONOR ROLL THIS YEAR.

WE ARE EXTREMELY PROUD OF EVERYONE WHO WORKS IN MANSFIELD ISD AND FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE FAMILIES, THE BOARD, AND THE WORK THAT OUR KIDS DO FOR THAT AWARD.

TERRAN COUNTY, THE ONLY DISTRICTS THAT MADE THE HONOR ROLL WERE US, HEB, HURST-EULESS-BEDFORD ISD, AND CARROLL ISD.

ADDITIONALLY, 12 OF OUR CAMPUSES ALSO MADE THE HONOR ROLL.

THEY DON'T KNOW THIS YET.

BUT WE HAD 12 CAMPUSES THAT MADE THE HONOR ROLL AS WELL.

THOSE CAMPUSES ARE FRONTIER STEM ACADEMY, [APPLAUSE] EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL AT TIMBERVIEW, WESTERN MIDDLE SCHOOL, SMITH ELEMENTARY, TIPS ELEMENTARY, REED ELEMENTARY, SPENCER ELEMENTARY, NEAL ELEMENTARY, NORWOOD ELEMENTARY OR INTERMEDIATE, LILLARD INTERMEDIATE, AND MARTINEZ INTERMEDIATE.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE CAMPUSES FOR DOING THE WORK.

[APPLAUSE] SUPER PROUD.

>> [OVERLAPPING] THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THAT.

WE APPRECIATE EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR AWARDS.

WE UNDERSTAND IF YOU NEED TO LEAVE AND GET YOUR LITTLE ONES HOME SO THEY CAN GET DINNER AND BED AND ALL THE THINGS, OR WE INVITE YOU TO STAY BECAUSE WE'VE GOT SOME PRETTY EXCITING THINGS TO SHARE WITH YOU GUYS THIS EVENING.

BUT THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE FOR THE AWARDS.

WE APPRECIATE IT SO MUCH.

[7. District Introductions ]

THAT'S GOING TO MOVE US RIGHT INTO OUR DISTRICT INTRODUCTIONS.

>> DR. STOKER, WOULD YOU PLEASE DO, I THINK WE HAVE ONE INTRODUCTION TONIGHT.

>> WE DO. THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS.

THIS EVENING, IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE TO MISS JENNY PARHAM, WHO IS OUR NEW DIRECTOR OF STUDENT NUTRITION.

SHE'S PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF NUTRITION OPERATIONS SINCE THE YEAR 2016. CONGRATULATIONS.

>> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] PRESIDENT FARRAR, DR. CANTU, AND BOARD MEMBERS, I AM HONORED TO SERVE IN THIS ROLE AS THE DIRECTOR OF STUDENT NUTRITION.

I AM A FOODIE, AND I EAT, SLEEP, AND BREATHE FOOD, AND SO I AM VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT CREATING DELICIOUS AND NOURISHING MEALS FOR OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF.

I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

I'M ALSO REALLY PROUD TO LEAD SUCH AN AMAZING TEAM THAT AMAZES ME EVERY DAY.

I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ON CONTINUING THE WELL BEING OF OUR STUDENTS AND TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY IN THIS WAY.

I HAVE MY FAMILY HERE WITH ME TODAY.

I HAVE MY HUSBAND, DEREK, WHO IS WRANGLING OUR TWO CHILDREN, AND THAT IS BOE AND EVY.

AS YOU CAN SEE, I AM VESTED IN MANSFIELD ISD FOR A VERY LONG TIME AS THEY ARE FUTURE MANSFIELD ISD STUDENTS.

LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS OPPORTUNITY.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]

>> THIS IS GOING TO MOVE US RIGHT INTO OUR INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS, DR. CANTU.

[8. Instructional Focus]

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>> THANK YOU. THIS EVENING AND UNDER INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS, WE HAVE A VERY COMPREHENSIVE PRESENTATION FOR YOU GUYS.

I'M GOING TO START OFF BY A BRIEF INTRODUCTION.

IT'S TITLED AHEAD OF THE CURVE, AND THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT.

MANSFIELD ISD FOR DECADES HAS ALWAYS SEEMED TO BE AHEAD OF THE CURVE.

FROM BACK TO WHEN VASZAUSKAS WAS THE SUPERINTENDENT, AND WE PURCHASED LAND THAT HAS CONTINUED TO SERVE US WELL AS WE'VE BUILT ALL THE BUILDINGS THAT WE'VE BUILT, AND WE STILL HAVE LAND TO SUSTAIN US GOING FORWARD FOR MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS.

TO OUR EARLY PARTNERSHIP WITH TCC, AND NOW WE'RE THEIR BIGGEST CUSTOMER.

TO STARTING OUR OWN POLICE DEPARTMENT IN 1993, WHEN SCHOOL DISTRICTS DIDN'T HAVE POLICE DEPARTMENTS, AND THEN PUTTING AN OFFICER ON EVERY CAMPUS IN 2017 WAY BEFORE LEGISLATION REQUIRED IT.

TO THE EVOLVE SYSTEM FOR SAFETY THAT WE HAVE NOW.

WE'VE TRIED TO STAY OUT IN FRONT.

A JANDRUCKO EARLY LEARNERS ACADEMY, THAT WE RECENTLY PASSED A BOND TO BUILD A SECOND ONE, THAT IS NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED AND REPLICATED ACROSS THE NATION.

PEOPLE COME HERE TO LOOK AT OUR ACADEMY.

AGAIN, AHEAD OF THE CURVE.

OUR ONE-PAGE STRATEGIC PLAN AND WRITING OWN CURRICULUM AND STUDENT AND DISTRICT SCORECARDS, ALL OF THE ALIGNMENT.

TO THE CHOICE AND INNOVATION AND EDUCATION THAT JUST IS MANSFIELD ISD.

WE'VE STAYED AHEAD OF THE CURVE.

ALL THE WHILE WE WERE DOING THESE THINGS, WE WERE GROWING.

WE WERE GROWING AS A DISTRICT.

WE WERE EVEN A VERY FAST GROWING DISTRICT FOR A WHILE, AS YOU ALL KNOW.

WHILE OUR INNOVATION HASN'T SLOWED, AND IN FACT, IT'S CONTINUED TO EXPAND, OUR STUDENT POPULATION GROWTH HAS SLOWED, AND IN FACT, IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR, WE'RE STARTING TO SEE A TEENSY BIT OF A DECLINE.

ADDITIONALLY, WE ARE EXPERIENCING SEVERE REDUCTIONS IN OUR RESOURCES, AND YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT THIS EVENING.

BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE ARE FACING A NEW ERA IN PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND WE ARE CONSTANTLY RECREATING OUR APPROACH TO FUNDING AND TO INNOVATION AND TO CHOICE.

WE'VE STAYED LOCKED IN ON SOLVING SO MANY CHALLENGES THAT HAVE COME OUR WAY, FROM SAFETY AND SECURITY TO FACILITY PLANNING AND BOND COMMITTEES, TO BUILDING USE AND CAPACITY, CONSTANTLY REVISITING OUR ATTENDANCE ZONES, CHOICE, EXPANSION, ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT CROSSROADS, AND WE REALLY NEED TO TAKE A SERIOUS LOOK AT LEGISLATION AND WHAT'S GOING ON DOWN IN AUSTIN, AND HOW IT'S IMPACT ON FUNDING AND BUDGET CHOICE ON ENROLLMENT AND INNOVATION, AND REALLY TALK ABOUT WHERE WE GO AND HOW WE RESPOND SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO STAY AHEAD OF THE CURVE LIKE WE ALWAYS HAVE.

AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, WE DO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PRESENTATION. IT'S GOING TO BE LONG.

IT'S REALLY COULD BE THREE SEPARATE PRESENTATIONS WE FOLDED INTO ONE, BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT THE SECTIONS ARE ALL INTERRELATED.

BUT YET SEVERAL OF THEM TONIGHT STAND ALONE ON THEIR OWN MERIT, BUT WE HOPE THAT YOU GUYS CAN SEE A THROUGH LINE ABOUT HOW THESE THINGS ARE CONNECTED TOGETHER.

>> WE WILL STOP PERIODICALLY FOR QUESTIONS AND DR. SCOTT WILL LEAD US IN THAT, BUT I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO DR. SCOTT, AND THAT'S THE END OF MY PORTION OF THIS PRESENTATION.

BUT WE HAVE DR. SCOTT AND SEVERAL FRIENDS THAT ARE DOWN THERE WAITING TO DO A SECTION OF THIS PRESENTATION TONIGHT.

DR. SCOTT, HE'S GOING TO KICK IT OFF WITH LEGISLATION.

>> THANK YOU, DR. CANTU.

AS YOU SAID, WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT LEGISLATION AND MOST SPECIFICALLY HOW THIS LEGISLATION IS AFFECTING FUNDING AND MISD BUDGETARILY.

THIS FIRST SLIDE IS ONE THAT YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN BEFORE IN SOME MATERIAL THAT WE'VE PUT OUT TALKING ABOUT OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.

BUT WHAT IT SHOWS YOU HERE IS FUNDING OVER THE YEARS, FROM 2016-2025, AND YOU SEE IT'S SPLIT UP BY LOCAL REVENUE, THE DISTRICTS HAD TO PAY RECAPTURE, STATE AID, AND THEN FEDERAL AID, YOU SEE A BIG JUMP IN 2021 THERE AND THEN IT NORMALIZES BACK DOWN AND WE'LL SEE ANOTHER DROP NEXT YEAR AS THAT GOES AWAY.

BUT THE BIG THING I REALLY WANT TO POINT OUT HERE IS THAT 2019 WHEN HOUSE BILL THREE WAS PASSED DURING THAT LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

THAT WAS A PRETTY REVOLUTIONARY PIECE OF LEGISLATION.

IT DID SOME THINGS WE DON'T LOVE LIKE ESTABLISH A-F, BUT THEN IT DID SOME REALLY INCREDIBLE THINGS LIKE PROVIDE FUNDING FOR CAREER TECH TO PUT AN EMPHASIS ON CTE.

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THAT'S THE FUNDING WE'RE ABLE TO USE TO GET UP TO A 96.5% OF OUR GRADUATES LAST YEAR? BEING CCMR. IT ALSO PROVIDED FUNDING SPECIFICALLY FOR THRESHOLDS WITHIN THAT FUNDING FOR NOT ONLY TEACHER RAISES, BUT THINGS LIKE TRANSPORTATION, SPECIAL EDUCATION, AND A HOST OF OTHER THINGS.

NOW, THE LINE I REALLY WANT YOU TO PAY ATTENTION TO IS THAT RED LINE BECAUSE THAT IS YOUR CONSTANT DOLLARS LINE.

IF YOU LOOK AT THAT, LOOK AT 2025, YOU'LL SEE THAT IT CONTINUES TO DROP AS INFLATION GOES UP.

IF WE WERE TO GO BACK TO 2019 2020 LEVELS OF FUNDING, WE WOULD NEED TO ADD $1,340 TO THE BASIC ALLOTMENT.

THE WAY THAT'S AFFECTED US OVER THE YEARS, AGAIN, WITH NO INCREASE IN THE BASIC ALLOTMENT SINCE 2019, AT THE SAME TIME, WE'VE EXPERIENCED 104% INCREASE IN OUR FUEL, A 360% INCREASE IN OUR GENERAL INSURANCE POLICIES.

OUR UTILITIES, EVEN THOUGH OUR CONSERVATION TEAM DOES AN INCREDIBLE JOB.

THEY CAN REDUCE THE WATTAGE AND THE AMPAGE, BUT THAT DOESN'T CHANGE THE COST OF WHAT IT IS.

WE SPEND 22% MORE NOW THAN WE DID IN 2019.

THAT 11% ON EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION LOOKS A LITTLE BIT SMALLER.

BUT WHEN YOU CONSIDER THAT 85-86% OF OUR BUDGET IS SPENT ON EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION, THAT'S ACTUALLY A BIG PIECE OF THE PIE THERE, IT'S GOING UP BY 11%.

WE WANT TO SEE THAT CONTINUE TO GO UP, SO WE CAN PAY OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STAFF WELL.

IN THIS LAST YEAR IN 2024, WE HAD SOME VERY LARGE FUNDING GAPS TOO.

BY NOT INCREASING THAT BASIC ALLOTMENT, WE SPENT $21.8 MILLION ON SPECIAL EDUCATION THAN WHAT THE STATE PROVIDE US, 17 MILLION ON TRANSPORTATION, AND 10.4 MILLION MORE ON SECURITY THAN THE STATE PROVIDES FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY.

THERE IS A FUNDING BILL FOR THE BASIC ALLOTMENT THIS YEAR WITHIN HOUSE BILL 2.

INSTEAD OF $1,340, IT PROPOSES A $220 INCREASE TO THE BASIC ALLOTMENT.

NOW, WHEN YOU TAKE 1,340 AND YOU SUBTRACT 220 FROM IT, YOU GET 1,120 AND THAT'S OVER FIVE TIMES BIGGER THAN THE AMOUNT THEY ACTUALLY PROPOSED.

THAT'S A LITTLE DISHEARTENING AND CAUSES US TO REALLY STEP BACK AND LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE DOING AND THE WAY WE'RE GOING ABOUT IT.

IT'S ALSO GOING TO CAUSE US TO PRESENT TO THE BOARD A DEFICIT BUDGET AGAIN THIS YEAR.

THERE ARE SOME OTHER EDUCATION FUNDING BILLS THAT ARE OUT THERE.

UNFORTUNATELY, SEVERAL OF THEM ARE IN THE FORM OF VOUCHERS OR EDUCATIONAL SAVINGS ACCOUNT.

THERE'S A S.B.2 THAT IS FROM CHAIRMAN OF THE SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE, CHAIRMAN CREIGHTON.

IT PASSES SENATE ON FEBRUARY 26 AND WAS REFERRED TO THE HOUSE PUBLIC EDUCATION COMMITTEE WHERE IT'S NOT YET RECEIVED A HEARING.

HOUSE BILL3 EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNT BY CHAIRMAN BUCKLEY, AND THE HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE HAD TWO HEARINGS, AS A MATTER OF FACT, AND IT'S AWAITING A VOTE IN THE HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE.

WE'RE WAITING TO SEE BECAUSE THOSE HAVE SOME DIFFERENT FUNDING ATTACHED TO THEM, DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OF MONEY ATTACHED TO THEM, AND THEY PRIORITIZE THINGS DIFFERENTLY, BUT THE LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD ESTIMATES THAT PRETTY GENERALLY THAT ABOUT A BILLION DOLLARS IN '26 '27, FIVE BILLION FOUR YEARS LATER AND UP TO 11 BILLION BY 2030.

THAT'S A LITTLE CONCERNING TO US FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A MINUTE.

WHEN WE REMEMBER FIVE BILLION DOLAR BEING TAKEN OUT OF EDUCATION IN 2011 WHEN THE STATE HAD A RECESSION.

THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER VOUCHER BILL CALLED SENATE BILL 2618.

WHILE HOUSE BILL 35 PAGES AND SENATE BILL 2 HAS 13, THIS IS THE ENTIRETY OF SENATE BILL 2618.

THIS IS WHAT IS KNOWN AS A UMBRELLA OR A TROJAN HORSE BILL.

THE WAY IT OPERATES IS IF THEY HOUSE AND THE SENATE CAN'T COME TO AN AGREEMENT AS A LARGE GROUP, AND THEY'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME TO ADMINISTRATIVELY GET A BILL THROUGH THE SESSION AS WE GET CLOSER TO SIDA, THEN THERE'S A GOOD POSSIBILITY THEY'LL HAVE SMALLER GROUPS MEET, NEGOTIATE, AND THEN TAKE THE BILL BACK SO THAT THEY CAN SKIP SOME OF THE COMMITTEE PROCESS PIECE.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE THINKING THAT THE FINAL VOUCHER BILL MAY COME IN THE FORM OF THAT 2618.

IT STOPS SOME OF THE BICKERING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE TWO CHAMBERS.

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YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES LOOKING AT BUDGET REDUCTIONS.

TO VERY AFFLUENT DISTRICTS HERE IN THE AREA ARE LOOKING AT SOME PRETTY SERIOUS BUDGET REDUCTIONS.

THE FIRST ONE IS SOUTHLAKE CARROLL ISD.

ON FEBRUARY 24, THEIR BOARD PRESIDENT AND SUPERINTENDENT MADE A PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD IN WHICH THEY GAVE A REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THEIR BUDGET REDUCTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

THIS IS THE COMMITTEE THAT HAD BEEN MEETING OVER MONTHS AND MONTHS, AND THESE ARE THE PIECES THAT THEY SPOKE ABOUT AND WE'LL COME BACK AND REVISIT.

BUT THEY INCLUDED BUDGET REDUCTIONS BY SELLING DISTRICT PROPERTY, INCLUDING THE NATATORIUM, ELIMINATION OF DISTRICT OWNED STUDENT COMPUTERS, SO NO ONE TO ONE PROVIDED BY THE DISTRICT, YOU PROVIDE IT BY YOURSELF OR YOU DON'T HAVE IT.

WE THINK, SOME PEOPLE LIKE THAT IT, SOME DON'T, BUT FOR TEACHERS, THAT IS A BIG CHANGE IN HOW THEY DELIVER INSTRUCTION.

OPEN ENROLLMENT, WHERE THEY HAVE STUDENTS COME FROM AN OPEN ENROLLMENT POLICY, WHERE THEY HAVE STUDENTS COME FROM OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT.

INCREASE THEIR PAY TO PLAY FEES.

CARROLL ALREADY HAS A PRETTY HEALTHY PAY TO FEE STRUCTURE TO PARTICIPATE IN EXTRA CURRICULARS THERE.

BUT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT INCREASING THOSE STAFF REDUCTION.

PASS SHORT TERM BONDS FOR ESSENTIAL REPAIRS.

GUYS, THIS IS THE SCARIEST ONE TO ME BECAUSE WHAT IT DOES IS WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE THEIR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION.

THEIR FACILITIES AND MAINTENANCE, THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE IT OUT OF THE M&O AND PUT IT INTO SHORT TERM BONDS.

EVERY 3-5 YEARS, THEY GO TO THEIR COMMUNITY AND THEY ASK THEM TO PASS A BOND SO THEY CAN PERFORM BASIC MAINTENANCE OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.

THEN FINALLY, '26 '27 CAMPUS CONSOLIDATION OR, AS IT SAYS ON THEIRS IS EXACT THE WAY THEY WROTE IT, SCHOOL CLOSURES.

NORTHWEST ISD, AN EXTREMELY FAST GROWING DISTRICT, HAS BEEN FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

I GOT A SNAPSHOT OF THE GROWTH THERE FROM 2020 THROUGH THIS YEAR.

DURING THAT TIME, THEY ADDED 6,894 STUDENTS.

THAT'S CEDAR HILL.

THAT'S A SIX A HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT ELEMENTARY THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL.

THAT'S A LOT OF FOLKS.

THEY ARE OPENING NEW BUILDINGS EVERY YEAR BECAUSE THEY'RE RUNNING OUT OF PLACES TO PUT PEOPLE.

BUT IN THEIR '25 '26 DRAFT BUDGET THAT THEY PRESENTED THIS LAST MONTH, WE'RE ELIMINATING WHILE OPENING A BUILDING 101 TEACHING POSITIONS.

USUALLY WHEN YOU OPEN A BUILDING, YOU ADD TEACHING POSITIONS.

THEY'RE HAVING TO ELIMINATE TEACHING POSITIONS DURING THAT TIME.

THEN THE ELIMINATION OF READING RECOVERY, THAT BITES PRETTY HEAVILY INTO OUR GUIDING STATEMENT NUMBER 1 AND ELIMINATION OF AVID.

WE WOULD NOT HAVE THE COLLEGE CAREER READINESS NUMBERS THAT WE DO.

WE WOULD NOT HAVE THE SUCCESS OF THE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL, 100% ASSOCIATE DEGREES WITHOUT HAVING THE AVID PROGRAMS COMING UP FROM OUR INTERMEDIATE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS.

SCHOOL CLOSURES.

UP HERE, YOU SEE, I BELIEVE I'VE GOT 15 SCHOOL DISTRICTS UP HERE.

YOU SEE PROPERTY RICH DISTRICTS, YOU SEE POOR DISTRICTS, YOU SEE HIGH SOCIOECONOMIC, LOW SOCIOECONOMIC.

ALL OF THESE DISTRICTS HAVE EITHER FULLY COMMITTED OR HAVE PUT ON THE TABLE THAT THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE SCHOOL CLOSURES IN THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO TO MEET BUDGET.

SOME OF THEM ARE VERY QUICKLY TURNING AROUND FOR NEXT YEAR.

FOR WORTH UP TO 20.

EVEN OUR FRIENDS UP IN FRISCO AND CAPEL ARE LOOKING AT IT.

IN ISD, ONE OF THE HIGHEST SOCIOECONOMIC DISTRICTS IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF TEXAS, IT WILL BE CLOSING CAMPUSES, AND THEY'RE ALL HAVING THE SAME BUDGET ISSUES.

THEY ARE NOT DOING THIS BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL.

THESE ARE THE LAST A THROUGH F GRADES.

WE CAN HAVE A PROBLEM WITH HOW A THROUGH F IS SCORED, BUT THIS IS WHAT IT IS PUBLICLY LOOKED AT.

YOU SEE DISTRICTS WITH 97, 95, HIGH 80S UP THERE, AND YOU SEE A DISTRICT WITH 77.

IT DOESN'T MATTER. THERE'S STILL CLOSING SCHOOLS.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE ALSO WORRIED ABOUT WITH BUDGET REDUCTION AND LEGISLATIVE AND IT'S A LITTLE DISCONCERTING BECAUSE WE HAD A TEACHER RETENTION AND RECRUITMENT TASK FORCE FROM THE GOVERNOR.

THEY HAD SOME REALLY GREAT RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE LAST SESSION.

VERY LITTLE OF THAT HAS BEEN FOLLOWED UP ON THROUGH LEGISLATION.

BUT I REALLY WANT TO LOOK.

WE HAVE A IS A SCORECARD GOAL FOR DR. STOKER AND OUR TEAM FOR HIGH TEACHER RETENTION.

I PULLED OUR REGIONAL COMPARISON DISTRICTS

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THAT WE USUALLY PRESENT TO YOU WHEN WE HAVE SR AND EOC DATA AND THAT TYPE OF STUFF.

I JUST STARTED ADDING OTHER DISTRICTS BECAUSE I WAS TRYING TO FIND A DISTRICT AROUND HERE THAT HAD A HIGHER RETENTION RATE THAN WE HAD.

I GOT UP TO 28 AND RAN OUT OF SPACE ON THE PAPER AND QUIT BECAUSE I COULDN'T FIND ONE.

THE ONLY ONE THAT IS TIED WITH US UP THERE IS THAT PESKY HEB.

THEY DO AN INCREDIBLE JOB EDUCATING THEIR KIDS, AND THEY'RE A GOOD THOUGHT PARTNER WITH US AS WELL.

THIS IS IN PART TO THE BOARD'S COMMITMENT TO A COMPETITIVE COMPENSATION PLAN EVERY YEAR AND SUPPORTING IT WHEN WE BRING IT AND PUSHING US TO PUSH IT HIGHER EVEN WHEN IT TAKES US INTO A DEFICIT BUDGET.

IT'S ALSO IN LARGE PART DUE TO THE INCREDIBLE PRINCIPLES WE HAVE AND THE WORK OF OUR HR TEAM, WHAT'S THE WORD I'M LOOKING FOR? I WROTE IT DOWN. TEACHER MORAL COMMITTEE, YES, THAT WE'VE HAD THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

THANK YOU TO DR. STOKER AND HER TEAM FOR DOING THAT THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SCARES US ABOUT THE VOUCHER BILLS IS MEANING MORE STUDENTS WILL BE GOING OUT OF OUR SCHOOLS, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST SAY, JUST COMPETE, JUST PERFORM BETTER.

PEOPLE WILL STAY, AND WE'RE ALL ABOUT COMPETING AND PERFORMING BETTER.

BUT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT A COUPLE OF THINGS TO YOU.

MENTION IN 2011 ABOUT HOW THE STATE LEGISLATURE WHEN WE HAD OUR SHORTFALL FOR THE STATE, THE FIRST PLACE THEY WENT WAS EDUCATION AND TOOK FIVE BILLION DOLLARS OUT OF EDUCATION.

YOU WERE IN EDUCATION AT THAT TIME.

THAT WAS AN INTERESTING TIME.

2019 HOUSE BILL 3 IS WHEN THEY PUT THAT MONEY BACK, BUT THEY JUST PUT IT BACK.

THEY DIDN'T PUT A LOT MORE BACK, THEY JUST PUT IT BACK. WHAT HAPPENED? THE WAY DISTRICTS RESPONDED STARTING EARLY 2012 AFTER THAT SESSION WAS DISTRICTS STARTED TO PASS OPEN ENROLLMENT POLICIES.

I DON'T EVEN THINK MOST PEOPLE KNEW YOU COULD DO THAT BEFORE THEN.

BUT TWO OF THE MOST AGGRESSIVE WERE OUR NEIGHBORS, ARLINGTON AND GRAND PRAIRIE.

SINCE THAT TIME, YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE COME INTO THE DISTRICT, WHICH IS OUR STAFF KIDS.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF ANOMALY IN 13 14 IN THE WAY THE STATE TRACKED STAFF CHILDREN, BUT YOU CAN SEE IT PICKED BACK UP AND HAVE A NORMAL TREND AFTER THAT.

THEN OUR OUTFLOW, YOU SEE GOES FROM 1,059 ALL THE WAY TO 3,757 THIS YEAR.

THAT'S A DELTA OF 3,213 STUDENTS LEAVING THE DISTRICT.

NOW, OF THOSE OUTBOUND STUDENTS, 12.5% OF THEM GO TO A DISTRICT THAT SCORES HIGHER ON A-F THAN WE DO.

PARENTS ARE NOT LOOKING AT THAT.

THEY'RE CHOOSING FOR A MYRIAD OF DIFFERENT REASONS.

THERE MAY BE A CHOICE SCHOOL THEY CAN GET TO, IT MAY BE ON THEIR WAY TO WORK.

THERE MAY BE 1,000 DIFFERENT REASONS, I MAY JUST BE THAT THEY FELT LIKE THEY'RE MAKING A CHOICE.

THEY'RE MAKING A POSITIVE IMPACT FOR THEIR KIDS, AND THAT IS WONDERFUL.

BUT THEY'RE NOT JUST LOOKING AT A-F, 338 OF THOSE 470 ARE GOING TO ONE PLACE.

THAT'S THE ARLINGTON CLASSICS ACADEMY.

THEY HAVE A ADVANCED ACADEMICS GT FOCUS ON CLASSICAL LEARNING, MULTIGRADE TYPE WORK, AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW WE CAN DO SOME THINGS ALONG THAT LINE IN MANSFIELDISD HERE IN JUST A MOMENT.

THE INCOMING STUDENTS FROM OUR TEACHERS, 0%, ZERO OUT OF 544 CAME FROM A DISTRICT THAT HAD A HIGHER A-F. THAT LOOKS AT US, THAT IF WE CAN MARKET OURSELVES PROPERLY, THAT WE WILL BE ATTRACTIVE TO PARENTS WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE WELL BEING AND THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION THEIR KIDS ARE RECEIVING.

AS YOU SEE, WE'RE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO GROW A LITTLE BIT AND I'M GOING TO PUT ON WHAT FIRST TIME I'VE HAD TO WEAR READERS IN A PRESENTATION, I CALL THIS DAVID RIGHT CHIC.

BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE PRESENTATION JUST A LITTLE BIT, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO OUTPACE THE TRANSFERS OUT WITH OUR GROWTH, BUT WE WERE NOT ABLE TO DO THAT IN '24 '25.

THEN OUR DEMOGRAPHERS TELLING US FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SMALLER DECREASE, BUT CONTINUE TO HAVE A BIT OF A DECREASE THERE.

>> OPEN ENROLLMENT, INTRA-DISTRICT ENROLLMENT, WHATEVER WE WANT TO CALL IT.

THERE IS A BILL BEFORE THE STATE LEGISLATURE BY ANGELA PAXTON THAT REQUIRES DISTRICTS TO PASS AN OPEN ENROLLMENT POLICY.

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NOW, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF THIS BILL SO FAR, IT WAS VOTED OUT OF COMMITTEE ON MARCH 17TH AND IS WAITING ON A VOTE TO THE ENTIRE SENATE, BUT IT WAS PASSED 11-0 OUT OF COMMITTEE.

NOW, WHEN THEY SAY CAPACITY, THE WAY THIS BILL IS CURRENTLY WRITTEN, IT MEANS THE CAPACITY OF THE SCHOOL.

IF JEFF BROGDEN AND HIS TEAM WENT OUT AND SAID, WE'RE BUILDING THIS SCHOOL FOR 800 ELEMENTARY KIDS, THAT MEANS THAT YOU FILL THAT BUILDING TO CAPACITY.

IF YOU HAVE TO ADD TEACHERS, YOU HAVE TO ADD TEACHERS.

IF WE'VE GOT 600 SITTING IN IT AND 200 WANT TO COME, WE WOULD TAKE THOSE STUDENTS.

HERE ARE HER PRIORITIES AS IN THE BILL, TAKING PRIORITY ON ATTENDING A SCHOOL TO FILL IT TO CAPACITY, A RESIDENT OF MANSFIELD ISD, LIVE WITHIN THE BORDERS.

CURRENTLY A TRANSFER STUDENT FROM ANOTHER CAMPUS IN THE DISTRICT.

IF WE HAD ALREADY APPROVED A TRANSFER FROM ONE OF OUR CAMPUS TO ANOTHER, THAT STUDENT WOULD GET TO RETAIN THEIR SPOT AFTER THE KID WHO LIVED THERE.

THEN DEPENDENCE OF EMPLOYEES.

THIS IS WHERE IT REALLY STARTS TO CHANGE FROM WHAT WE HAVE.

NUMBER 4 WOULD BE SPECIAL EDUCATION.

NUMBER 5 AND 6 ARE MILITARY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT.

THAT LAW IS ALREADY IN PLACE, AND THEN SEVEN, FOSTER CARE COURT ORDER CONSERVATORSHIPS AND SIBLINGS OF CURRENT STUDENTS, WHICH WE TRY TO HONOR NOW ANYWAY.

THERE IS A SMALL PROVISION THAT'S A LITTLE VAGUE ABOUT BEING ABLE TO DENY FOR SOME DISCIPLINARY REASONS, BUT THAT'S THE ONLY PROVISION IN THERE ABOUT DENYING A TRANSFER.

WE'RE GOING TO BRING YOU SEVERAL PARTS OF THE PRESENTATION, AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO ADDRESS A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF OUR GROWTH AND ATTENDANCE ZONE COMMITTEE, WHICH MET FROM FEBRUARY THROUGH JUNE, I BELIEVE THEY HAD EIGHT MEETINGS, IF I REMEMBER RIGHT.

IT WAS A PRETTY INTENSIVE PROCESS.

THIS WAS WHAT WE BUILT A GOOD STARTING POINT FOR OUR BOND COMMITTEE FOR OUR 2024 BOND AS WELL.

THESE ARE THE RECOMMENDATIONS THEY CAME OUT WITH.

MANY OF THESE WERE EITHER DOING OR HAVE ALREADY DONE.

IN THE 2024 BOND, WE PASSED CREATING ADDITIONAL CAREER TECH SPACE AT BEN BARBER.

WE ALSO EXPANDED OUR CHOICE OPPORTUNITIES AND CREATED MORE CHOICES, SEATS.

MISS WEBSTER AND DR. SUEZ, YOU ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

PRESERVE THE INTEGRITY OF THE EDUCATIONAL SETTING, PAY ATTENTION TO TRADITIONAL.

AGAIN, I THINK OUR CCMR WORK IS SHOWN IN THAT.

OFFER MORE CLUBS AND COURSES.

WE HAVE THAT ON OUR INDIVIDUAL STUDENT SCORECARD AND OUR DISTRICT SCORECARD, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT GOING UP BY YEAR.

EXPAND PHOENIX ACADEMY.

MR. BENAVIDES IS GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT A PLAN ON THAT LATER ON.

ONE OF THE THINGS THOUGH THAT IS ON THIS, AS YOU SEE IS BELOW 50% AND SOMETHING WE WANT TO AVOID AT ALL COST, BECAUSE IT'S DIVISIVE AND MORE IMPORTANTLY HARMFUL TO OUR KIDS AND OUR EDUCATORS IS TO CLOSE A SCHOOL.

THIS IS A BIG DRIVER OF WHY YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE REST OF THE PRESENTATION YOU'RE GOING TO SEE TONIGHT.

WE DO NOT WANT TO LOSE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS.

WE ARE 100% BEHIND PARTNERING A NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL WITH A SCHOOL OF CHOICE IF WE HAVE THE FUNDS AND ABILITY TO PUT ONE THERE.

THE LAST PIECE THAT THEY HAD COMING IN AT 50%, AND IT'S A QUESTION, AND IT'S A QUESTION THAT THE BOARD IS GOING TO HAVE TO ANSWER THROUGH A POLICY PROPOSAL IS OPEN ENROLLMENT, AND THAT GROUP TALKED ABOUT PRE-K THROUGH EIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT KINDER THROUGH FOURTH GRADE.

I AM HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT PORTION BEFORE WE PASS IT ON TO MR. WRIGHT.

>> THANK YOU, DR. SCOTT. I'M GOING TO START TO MY LEFT.

BOARD MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? MRS. NEWSOM.

>> I DO REAL QUICK. DR. SCOTT, YOU MENTIONED IN SOME OF THE OTHER DISTRICTS WHERE THEY'RE CLOSING SCHOOLS, BUT THEY ALSO PROPOSED OPENING THEIR SCHOOLS AS WELL.

ARE THEY NOT GETTING A BENEFIT OUT OF THAT, OR HOW DOES THAT WORK OR JUST NOT ENOUGH?

>> I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'VE GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS ENOUGH.

CAROL IS ONE OF THE ONES THAT I MENTIONED, THEY HAVEN'T ADOPTED THAT POLICY.

I DON'T KNOW THAT STAFF HAS TAKEN THAT THROUGH ALL THE STEPS OF HOW MANY KIDS EXACTLY THEY WOULD LET IN AND WHAT THAT WOULD BRING IN.

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THANKFULLY, WE'RE IN A MUCH BETTER BUDGETARY POSITION.

AGAIN, THANKS TO MISS TRONGARD, AND THEN THE BOARD'S WORK AND STAFF'S WORK TO EVALUATE AND ELIMINATE THINGS THAT WE'RE NO LONGER USING RATHER THAN JUST PILE UP AND COME WITH CREATIVE SOLUTIONS, AND WE'RE REALLY LEAN AT THE ADMINISTRATION LEVEL.

THAT WAS ONE THING THAT KELLER CAME DOWN AND SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH US TO LOOK AT HOW WE HAVE OUR ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATIONAL CHART AND DUTIES AND THAT TYPE OF STUFF.

THEY WERE NOT NEAR AS LEAN AS WE WERE.

I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWERS TO ALL THOSE QUESTIONS, BUT I WILL SAY THAT FOR THE MOST PART, WE'RE IN A BETTER POSITION THAN A LOT OF THOSE DISTRICTS ARE.

THERE ARE 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD IN A MORE SERIOUS SITUATION THEY ARE DEPENDING UPON THE DISTRICT.

>> THANK YOU. MISS WILSON.

>> I THINK MOST OF MY QUESTIONS WILL BE COMING BECAUSE OF WHAT WE'RE ABOUT TO DISCUSS.

BUT REAL QUICK, I WANTED TO ASK AND YOU'VE MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT OF IT.

BUT THE DIFFERENCE BECAUSE I KNOW THAT I'VE SEEN IT PHRASED AS IN WITH SENATE BILL 686, WE WILL GET TO OR BE ABLE TO BE IN OPEN ENROLLMENT.

WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO GET TO OR BE ABLE TO BE IN OPEN ENROLLMENT LITERALLY FOR YEARS NOW BECAUSE A LOT OF DISTRICTS ARE AND HAVE BEEN, OUR SURROUNDING DISTRICTS ALL BUT MAYBE ONE I THINK HAS LEFT ALONG WITH US AND THEY'RE GOING TO IT AS WELL.

I GUESS WHAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT WAS THE DIFFERENCE IN US AGAIN, BEING PROACTIVE, AND OUR DISTRICT HAS BEEN, FORTUNATELY ON MANY ITEMS FROM SAFETY AND SECURITY LIKE DR. CANTU DISCUSSED ALL THE WAY TO SOME OF OUR ACADEMIC PROGRAMS. BY US BEING PROACTIVE ON THIS TOO BEFORE WHERE WE GET TO BE, BUT IT'S A FORCE IS WHAT IT REALLY MEANS TO BE THE PROPER TERM THERE.

HOW IS THAT OUR SAVING GRACE? IS IT BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY GOING TO HAVE OUR PARAMETERS SET UP AND ESTABLISHED AND NOW, WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE YOU IF YOU'RE NAUGHTY?

>> DR. SPENCER AND I WILL TALK ABOUT THAT IN MORE DEPTH FURTHER ON, BUT YES. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT IS.

WE DON'T EXPECT IT TO PASS IF IT PASSES BY TWO-THIRDS, WE EXPECT IT TO PASS BY A SIMPLE MAJORITY, WHICH MEANS IT WOULD TAKE EFFECT SEPTEMBER 1.

MOST PEOPLE HAVE MADE THEIR DECISIONS FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR BY THAT TIME.

THAT WOULD GIVE US A YEAR IN SOME PLACES.

NUMBER 1, IT GIVES US A YEAR PRACTICE.

NUMBER 2, IT GIVES US A CHANCE TO BRING KIDS THERE AND ALREADY HAVE THEM ESTABLISHED IN OUR DISTRICT, FOLLOWING OUR CRITERIA.

NOW WE MAY HAVE TO CHANGE THAT CRITERIA IF IT WAS A PASS.

THE OTHER THING WE SEE IS THIS IS DONE IN THE SPIRIT OF COMPETITION, AND IT'S LIKE THE PEOPLE THAT BROUGHT YOU WHATEVER MOVIE ARE NOW BRINGING YOU THIS.

THE PEOPLE THAT BROUGHT YOU CHARTERS ARE BRINGING YOU THIS.

THE PEOPLE THAT BROUGHT YOU VOUCHERS AND TRIED FOR YEARS AND YEARS.

THIS YEAR THEY MIGHT GET ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.

THIS IS THE SAME FOLKS.

WE DON'T SEE THEM PUTTING DOWN THIS MANTLE.

IF THEY DON'T GET IT PASSED THIS YEAR, WE EXPECT IT TO COME BACK IN TWO YEARS.

IF THEY'VE GOT VOUCHERS ACROSS THE LINE, WELL NOW THEY'VE GOT SOMETHING NEW TO FOCUS ON.

I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO GET THROUGH THE HOUSE THIS TIME, BUT IT'LL SURE BE BACK IN 2027.

>> WELL, I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THAT ACTUALLY BECAUSE BEFORE WE MOVE ON BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, MOST OF MY QUESTIONS, I THINK WILL BE FOR YOU GUYS, GET YOU ALL EXCITED.

BUT THAT IS A VERY GOOD POINT BECAUSE THE VOUCHERS, YOU SEE HOW BIG IT'S COME TO HEAD NOW.

NOW WE'VE GOT THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE SAY, NO, BUT WE'VE ALSO BEEN BATTLING IT FOR YEARS NOW AND TO THE POINT OF ALMOST EXHAUSTION, AND MAYBE THAT'S WHAT WORKS.

SOMETIMES MY KIDS USE THAT TACTIC TO BEAT ME DOWN TO GET THEIR RIGHT ANSWER.

BUT I'M ALSO GLAD THAT YOU DID POINT OUT THE FACT THAT ALTHOUGH IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU GUYS ARE TRYING TO COME UP WITH A PLAN THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO CONSIDER IT.

BUT CLOSING SCHOOLS IS JUST ON THE TABLE FOR EVERYBODY RIGHT NOW.

IT DOESN'T MATTER, LIKE YOU POINTED OUT, THE DOLLAR SIGN BEHIND THE DISTRICT, WHETHER IT BE HIGH LOW OPENING SCHOOLS AND STILL CONSIDERING CLOSING SCHOOLS.

NOT REALLY SURE HOW THAT WORKS OUT.

BUT IT IS LITERALLY ON THE TABLE FOR EVERYBODY BECAUSE OF THE MONEY THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING.

I KNOW THAT YOU FEEL SOMETIMES LIKE WE'RE ALL BEATING A DEAD HORSE AS THE OLD TIMERS WOULD SAY.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE CAN'T QUIT.

>> NO.

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>> BECAUSE IT MAY OR MAY NOT HAPPEN.

BUT THERE'S BEEN SOME DISTRICTS THAT AREN'T EVEN ON HERE.

DR. CANTU AND I TALKED WITH THEIR SUPERINTENDENT SEVERAL YEARS AGO, AND THAT'S ALLEN ISD, AND THEY WERE PROGRESSIVE ON THEIR CLOSURES BECAUSE THEY CLOSED TWO YEARS AGO, AND THEY'RE STILL GROWING.

IT'S JUST UNFORTUNATE, BUT IT IS WHERE WE'RE AT.

WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS AT LEAST PRESENTING THIS TO US AND LET'S CARRY ON BECAUSE I WANT TO HEAR THE REST OF IT.

>> THANK YOU, MISS WILSON. YES. MR. TIPPING.

>> YES. JUST ONE QUESTION.

YOU TOUCHED ON IT JUST A MOMENT AGO WITH THE SENATE BILL 686, WHAT IS OUR LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE OF IT PASSING, NOT PASSING? I KNOW YOU MENTIONED YOU DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WOULD MAKE IT THROUGH THIS YEAR.

>> I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT, IT'S GOING TO MAKE IT OUT OF THE SENATE BECAUSE THINGS DON'T MAKE IT THROUGH COMMITTEE UNLESS DAN PATRICK WANTS THEM TO MAKE IT THROUGH COMMITTEE.

IT'LL GET THROUGH THAT CHAMBER.

NOW, HOUSE MEMBERS ARE HEARING A LOT, AS MISS WILSON SAID FROM THEIR CONSTITUENTS RIGHT NOW ABOUT VOUCHERS.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY HAD THE STOMACH FOR THIS ONE THIS TIME AROUND.

BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE STOMACH FOR VOUCHERS LAST TIME.

NOW HERE WE ARE.

IT APPEARS THAT THEY DO THIS TIME.

WE'LL SEE BUT THAT IS JUST SHAWN. I DON'T KNOW.

>> DR. SCOTT, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.

THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME WE'VE SEEN THIS.

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME WE'VE SEEN THIS.

>> AT LEAST I THINK IT MAY HAVE BEEN THE ONE BEFORE TOO.

>> ANYONE ELSE TO MY RIGHT? DR. REED.

>> YES. THANK YOU, DR. SCOTT.

I APPRECIATE DR. CANTU AND DR. SCOTT AND YOUR TEAM FOR PROVIDING US WITH SO MUCH INFORMATION AND THE DATA AND COMPARATIVE ANALYSES WITH AREA PARTNERING SCHOOLS OR AREA SCHOOLS.

THAT GIVES US A VIEW OF WHAT WE'RE EXPECTED TO EXPERIENCE.

I REALLY DON'T HAVE A QUESTION.

I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY IN TERMS OF OUR FIGHTING FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION AND FIGHTING AGAINST VOUCHERS.

I'D LIKE TO TAKE A TRUSTEE PRIVILEGE, IF YOU WILL, TO ASK THOSE WHO HAVE NOT CALLED OR SENT IN LETTERS TO YOUR REPRESENTATIVES, BOTH STATE AND HOUSE.

PLEASE DO SO. AS A COMMUNITY, WE'VE ALWAYS DONE VERY WELL IN SUPPORTING NOT JUST OUR KIDDOS, BUT WE SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS.

WE DON'T WANT OUR TALENT TO LEAVE.

WE NEED YOU HERE.

I'D LIKE TO TAKE THAT PRIVILEGE TO PETITION THAT WE REALLY ADVOCATE AGAINST HOUSE BILL 3, AND THAT WE ASK FOR THE FUNDING THAT WE DESPERATELY NEED AND THAT WE NEEDED SINCE 2019.

I TALKED WITH FRED CAMPOS, ONE OF THE NEWLY TAT REPRESENTATIVES, AND HE IS ALSO IN AUSTIN FIGHTING AGAINST, I KNOW YOU DIDN'T MENTION THIS, DR. SCOTT, BUT I KNOW YOU'RE WATCHING THIS WITH THE HOUSE BILL 2787, WHERE HE IS ADVOCATING FOR AND PROPOSING FOR APPRAISALS EVERY YEAR.

WE DON'T HAVE TO LOSE ANY MORE MONEY.

I WANT US TO STAY ACTIVE AND ABREAST OF ALL THESE DIFFERENT HOUSE BILLS, SENATE BILLS.

THEY SEEM TO BE COMING AT RAPID RATE, AND I KNOW YOU KNOW THAT.

IT'S LIKE DARTS ON A BOARD.

I THINK WE CAN WIN THIS, BUT WE HAVE TO ADVOCATE AND RALLY TOGETHER.

I JUST WANT TO TAKE THAT PRIVILEGE AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE INFORMATION SO WE KNOW WHERE WE ARE SITTING, AND THAT AS DR. CANTU SAID, WE ARE CUTTING EDGE, WE'RE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING, SO WE DO NOT HAVE TO CLOSE CAMPUSES.

NEITHER DO WE HAVE TO TERMINATE PEOPLE.

THAT'S NOT WHAT WE WANT TO DO.

WE WANT TO KEEP OUR GREAT TALENT. THANK YOU.

>> I ACTUALLY DID NOT HAVE A QUESTION.

>> THANK YOU, DR. REED.

>> MRS. ANDERSON.

EITHER SEEMS LIKE EVERYONE ASKED THE QUESTIONS.

I KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT QUITE A FEW OF THESE THINGS, JUST BEING ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE AND FIGURING OUT BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN WATCHING THOSE LEGISLATIVE.

I ACTUALLY WAS OUT OF TOWN ONE TIME, STILL WATCHING IT, WHICH IS CRAZY.

>> IT'S THE SICKNESS. WE'RE [OVERLAPPING]

>> YOU CAN'T STOP. THERE'S A FEW THINGS THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE IDENTIFYING AND TRYING TO BE WHAT I CONSIDER PROACTIVE.

I FEEL LIKE WE ARE A VERY PROACTIVE CITY.

WE HAVE BEEN ALL THE WAY FROM THE EVOLVED SYSTEMS TO EVEN HAVING POLICE OFFICERS ON EVERY CAMPUS, ETC, THAT HAS ACTUALLY HELPED US IN THE END OF

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NOT SLASHING BUDGETS AND NOT TERMINATING PEOPLE.

AS YOU COULD SEE, WE HAD THE HIGHEST RETENTION RATE.

THESE ARE THE FEW THINGS.

YOU'RE JUST SAYING HERE I REMEMBER COMING ON THIS BOARD AND WE WERE ABOUT 80% OF OUR BUDGET, AND NOW WE'RE AT 86 OR 87% OF OUR BUDGET IS BUILT ON STAFF.

YOU'RE SAYING WE'RE HAVING 11% UPWARDS TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN OUR EDUCATORS.

I FEEL LIKE THAT MAKES US VERY COMMITTED.

THE SECOND THING IS, AS FAR AS MILLIONS TAKEN FROM US, AND THEN OF COURSE, VOUCHERS BEING ON THAT, VERY FAMILIAR WITH ARLINGTON CLASSICS ACADEMY.

THEY'RE VERY AGGRESSIVE AND THEY'VE BEEN GROWING VERY AGGRESSIVELY AND STILL WITH THE WAITING LIST.

THEN AS FAR AS OUR TEACHER MORALE COMMITTEE, TO HELP CONTINUE TO HAVE OUR EDUCATORS FEEL LIKE THEY'RE WARM AND WELCOME AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS KNOW THAT THEY'RE THERE FOR THEM.

ALL OF THESE THINGS, I WOULD SAY, AND FROM HEARING WHAT MAN, I HAVEN'T HEARD ALL OF IT YET, BUT I'VE SEEN IT OBVIOUSLY.

IN MY CORRECT END, THIS IS ALL THINGS THAT ARE US BEING PROACTIVE.

A, NUMBER 1, WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE SCHOOL CLOSURES.

I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT MOVING AROUND TO HAVE IN DIFFERENT AREAS AS FAR AS CHOICE SCHOOLS IN THAT WAY, IT'LL BE EASIER FOR ACTUALLY KIDS TO GET TO AND HAVE MORE KIDS ENROLLED, PRE-K OPENING UP ONE OF THOSE, ETC, WITH OUR BOND.

ALL OF THESE THINGS I THINK ARE WHAT I CONSIDER US BEING VERY PROACTIVE AND NOT HAVING TO COME OUT WITH THESE RICHARDSON, FIVE SCHOOLS CLOSED.

CAYLOR EXETRIC, AM I CORRECT IN SAYING THAT?

>> THANK YOU. PHRASE IT PERFECTLY AS 1A.

THAT'S THE VERY LAST THING WE WANT TO DO.

I THINK AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION, WE CAN SAY AGAIN, FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT FEW LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS.

LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WE'RE PRETTY CONFIDENT WE WERE GOING TO GET A PRETTY HEALTHY RAISE TO OUR BASIC ALLOTMENT.

THEN IT CAME DOWN, WELL, IF YOU'RE GOING TO FIGHT US ON VOUCHERS, WE'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU ANYTHING.

I THINK THE ONLY PLACE WE GOT MONEY WAS A 17 CENT INCREASE TO OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY.

LITERALLY A 17 CENT PER STUDENT.

>> I CANNOT GUARANTEE, BUT THIS IS TRYING TO TAKE AWAY THAT OPTION FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.

ALSO, GUYS THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE EVENTUALLY GOING TO TURN OVER.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE KIDS AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SHIFT AND IF WE MAY BE TAKING KIDS IN OVER HERE AND NO LONGER OVER HERE.

THINGS DO NOT STAY THE SAME.

I CAME TO MANSFIELD IN 2011 AND THINK ABOUT HOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED SINCE THEN.

DR. CANTU GOT HERE A LITTLE EARLIER THAN ME.

THINGS HAVE CHANGED A LOT SINCE THEN.

THIS IS NOT STATIC.

THIS IS NOT THE LAST TIME WE'LL EVER TALK ABOUT IT.

BUT WE BELIEVE THAT THIS SETS US UP IN A GOOD POSITION MOVING FORWARD FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, THAT WE WILL NO ONE WILL HAVE TO STAND UP HERE AND SAY, GOSH, GUYS, I THINK THE ONLY CHOICE WE GOT IS TO CLOSE THE SCHOOL.

>> WELL, THANK YOU, DR. SCOTT. I APPRECIATE YOU THE GROUNDWORK.

>> YES MA'AM.

I WOULD LIKE ALL MY FELLOW TRUSTEES TO TOUCH ON IS YOU GUYS BEING PROACTIVE.

I LOOK FORWARD TO I THINK A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS WILL GET ANSWERED AS WE MOVE ALONG THROUGH THIS.

BUT YOU'VE LAID THE PERFECT GROUNDWORK FOR US, HIGHLIGHTING ALL THE AMAZING THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE AND THEN WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING YOU GUYS. THANK YOU, DR. SCOTT?

>> YES, MA'AM. I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT THAT GROWTH AND OUR SOUTHEAST CORNER OF OUR DISTRICT IS GROWING.

DAVID WRIGHT IS GOING TO COME AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT A PLAN TO ADDRESS THAT.

>> THANK YOU, DR. SCOTT.

DR. SEAN SCOTT HAD JUST TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THE TENANTS OR THE GROWTH AND TENANTS ZONING COMMITTEE THAT HAD DONE THEIR WORK ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO.

AT THAT POINT TIME, ONE OF THE COMMITTEES THAT HAD DONE THAT WORK WAS REZONING FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND INTERMEDIATE, AND THAT WAS A REALLY FUN ORAL TO BE A PART OF, IF YOU CAN HEAR THE SARCASM IN MY TONE.

BUT IT NEEDED TO BE DONE.

ONE OF THE THINGS DR. SCOTT JUST TALKED ABOUT WAS THINGS ARE NOT STATIC.

THEY KEEP CHANGING.

WE DON'T WANT ATTENDANT ZONES TO CONTINUE TO CHANGE, BUT SOMETIMES THEY DO.

HERE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IT AGAIN.

WE HAD A SMALL ATTENDANT ZONING

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FOR ELEMENTARY THIS JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, AND IT REALLY WAS MAINLY ABOUT NORWOOD.

AS YOU REMEMBER, NORWOOD WAS ABOUT 845 STUDENTS.

IT WAS NOT OVER CAPACITY, BUT WE DID HAVE TO MOVE SOME STUDENTS FROM NORWOOD TO ANOTHER SCHOOL BECAUSE A GRADE LEVEL WAS OVER CAPACITY.

THAT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE THE NEXT TWO YEARS, IT'S JUST GOING TO GROW.

WE HAD TO PUT TOGETHER A COMMITTEE.

THAT'S THE WHY, WE HAD TO DO A COMMITTEE BECAUSE THE ATTENDANCE ZONES HAD TO CHANGE AND THEY HAD TO CHANGE FOR NEXT YEAR.

THAT WAS THE EVERYTHING I JUST TALKED ABOUT RIGHT THERE.

I CAN CHEW AND GUM AND I CAN WALK, BUT I CAN'T DO BOTH AT THE SAME TIME.

TYPICALLY, OUR PRIORITIES FOR ATTENDANCE ZONES ARE THESE FOUR THINGS, BUT REALLY WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THIS ATTENDANCE ZONE IS, WE'VE GOT TO RELIEVE THE CURRENT AND PROJECTED OVERCROWDING AND WE'VE GOT TO TRY TO DO SOMETHING TO PROVIDE SOME STABILITY OVER SOME TIME EVEN THOUGH IF IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A GREAT DEAL OF TIME.

HERE'S THE CURRENT ATTENDANCE ZONES.

IF YOU LOOK DOWN HERE IN THE SOUTHERN YELLOW PORTION, THAT IS THE NORWOOD ATTENDANCE ZONE.

WE'VE GOT THAT CIRCLED. IF YOU'RE GOING TO AFFECT AN ATTENDANCE ZONE, WHERE CAN YOU GET IT FROM? YOU CAN ONLY GET IT FROM THE ATTENDANCE ZONES THAT TOUCHES THEIR BORDERS.

THERE'S ONLY THREE ATTENDANCE ZONES THAT THAT TOUCH NORWOOD BORDERS.

THAT IS SMITH ELEMENTARY, BROWN ELEMENTARY, AND PERRY.

THE FOUR ATTENDANCE ZONES OR FOUR SCHOOLS WERE INVITED TO THE TABLE.

THEN WE ALSO KNEW THAT PERRY WAS NOT TOO FAR BEHIND NORWOOD AS FAR AS NEEDING TO BE LOOKED AT, AND IF WE WERE GOING TO AFFECT NORWOOD BY GIVING SOME OF NORWOOD'S ZONE TO PERRY, THAT'S JUST GOING TO MAY EXACERBATE THE SITUATION.

WE NEEDED TO LOOK AT WHAT CAN WE DO FOR PERRY AND THE ATTENDANCE ZONES THAT TOUCH PERRY OR NASH PONDER AND TARVER-RENDON.

THE ATTENDANCE ZONE COMMITTEE MET THREE TIMES.

THEY LOOKED AT A LOT OF THINGS AND THEY LOOKED AT FOUR DIFFERENT MAPS.

WE AGREED AS A DISTRICT WITH THEIR ASSESSMENT.

IT WASN'T UNANIMOUS, BUT WE AGREED WITH THEIR ASSESSMENT THAT MAP PLAN 4 WAS PROBABLY THE MAP THAT WAS PROVIDED THE BEST OPTIONS.

LET'S LOOK AT IT. FOR NUMBER 1, THIS SOUTHPOINT AREA THAT WAS YELLOW, MEANING IT WAS IN NORWOOD AREA WOULD GO BACK OR NOT NECESSARILY BACK, BUT IT WOULD GO TO SMITH ELEMENTARY.

NUMBER 2, THIS BIRD SONG AREA, WHICH WAS YELLOW, WOULD BECOME BACK TO PERRY NOT BACK, BUT TO PERRY ZONE.

NUMBER 3, THIS DOWNTOWN AREA THAT WAS ORIGINALLY BLUE IN PERRY ZONE WOULD GO TO NASH, THIS CORRIDOR THAT'S RIGHT DOWN ABOVE BROAD STREET THAT WAS BLUE AND WAS PART OF PERRY WOULD NOW BE PART OF PONDER.

THIS AREA HERE THAT'S IN TAN, WAS BLUE AND WILL BECOME PART OF TARVER-RENDON.

LET'S LOOK AT THE NUMBERS.

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THIS DOES NOT GIVE US ALL OF THE SPACE THAT WE WOULD LIKE.

IT PROVIDES US ABOUT TWO YEARS OF RELIEF TO LET ME TURN HE PAGE, OUT TO 2028 FOR NORWOOD AND PERRY, YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBERS THERE OF 937 AND 815.

BUT WE WERE VERY INTENT ON LETTING THE COMMITTEE KNOW ABOUT THE NEW PRE K CENTER.

THE NEW PRE K CENTER WILL BE BUILT WITHIN THIS TIME FRAME.

THE PRE K MOST OF THESE SCHOOLS HERE THAT'S ON THIS MAP, THAT'S LISTED HERE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MAYBE SMITH, THEIR PRE KS, WILL BE GOING TO THE NEW PRE K CENTER AND SO THAT WILL PROVIDE MORE RELIEF TO ESPECIALLY NORWOOD AND PERRY, WHICH WILL GET US OUT TO 2030 '31.

IT GIVES US RELIEF FOR AT LEAST FIVE YEARS.

MOVING FROM THAT TO THE WINDOW, WE WOULD ALSO RECOMMEND.

WELL, LET ME BACK UP.

THE DISTRICT WOULD RECOMMEND PLAN FOR RECOMMENDATION AND A FOURTH GRADE AND SIBLING OPTION, AND THE WINDOW WOULD BE MARCH 31ST THROUGH APRIL 25TH OF 2025.

THAT IS. TIME FOR QUESTIONS.

>> THANK YOU, SIR. I'M GOING TO START TO RIGHT THIS TIME.

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? DR. REF?

>> I THINK AN OBVIOUS QUESTION IS, AND DR. SCOTT HAS ALREADY SAID THIS.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT JUST FOR A POINT OF CLARIFICATION AND EMPHASIS IS SINCE THE WINDOW IS NEXT WEEK, MARCH 31ST THROUGH APRIL 25TH, I THINK DR. SCOTT ALREADY SAID IT, BUT JUST FOR THE EMPHASIS AND CLARIFICATION FOR OUR PARENTS, WHY ARE WE MOVING SO QUICKLY? I THINK HE SAID IT BECAUSE IF THAT PARTICULAR BILL, THE PAXTON BILL PASSES, IF IT DOES, IT WILL BE EFFECTIVE IN THIS SUMMER.

IF NOT, IT WILL BE EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1, IS THAT CORRECT?

>> I'M MIXING THE ALL THINGS ALREADY.

>> YOU'RE MIXING WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GET TO NEXT.

INNER DISTRICT IN WHAT WE'RE DOING WITHIN OUR OWN BOUNDARIES.

THESE KIDS ALREADY LIVE WITH MIST.

THEY'RE NOT AFFECTED BY THAT BILL.

>> THIS WINDOW, MR. WRIGHT, WOULD ONLY NEEDS TO BE ACTION.

IF YOU'RE A FOURTH GRADER OR THE SIBLING OF A FOURTH GRADER WHO WANTS TO STAY AT THE SCHOOL THEY'RE CURRENTLY AT RIGHT NOW.

OTHERWISE, YOU JUST ENROLL IN YOUR NEW SCHOOL IF YOU HAVE BEEN HERE. [OVERLAPPING]

>> ENROLL IN YOUR AREA SCHOOLS.

>> THAT'S IN ESSENCE WHY THE SOMEWHAT OF A RUSH IS NOT SO MUCH ABOUT THE SIBLING OPTION.

IT'S TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOTIFYING EVERYBODY THAT IF YOUR ATTENDANCE ZONE HAS CHANGED, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY GETS THE MESSAGE THAT YOUR ATTENDANCE ZONES HAVE CHANGED AND THAT YOU HAVE AN OPTION FOR FOURTH GRADE OR IF YOU'RE A SIBLING OF A FOURTH GRADER.

>> MY APOLOGIES FOR MIXING THE TWO.

THEY JUST SEEM TO FLOW TO MESH TOGETHER JUST FOR CLARIFICATION.

THIS IS SAYING IF OLDER BABY IS AT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MY YOUNGER BABY CAN GO TO THAT SAME SCHOOL, AND THIS IS A NEW PROGRAM FOR US.

>> WE DO THIS EVERY TIME WE DO A REZONING.

THIS IS IN LINE WITH EVERY TIME WE REZONE.

IF IT'S IN ELEMENTARY, WE WILL LET THE FOURTH GRADER STAY, EVEN THOUGH THEY'VE BEEN REZONED.

IF THERE'S A FOURTH GRADER WHO ALSO HAPPENS TO HAVE A SECOND GRADER SIBLING,

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WE'RE NOT GOING TO SPLIT UP THE FAMILY, SO THE SECOND GRADER CAN GO AS WELL.

>> THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT.

I PROMISE I WILL NOT CONFUSE ANYTHING.

>> GOOD CLARIFICATION.

>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DR. REF. ANYONE ELSE, SORRY.

>> MR. TIPPING?

>> YES. I KNOW PREVIOUSLY WE HAD LOOKED AT THE DEMOGRAPHERS REPORTS AND THIS AREA OUTGREW OR GREW FASTER THAN WHAT THOSE REPORTS HAD ANTICIPATED.

DO WE FEEL LIKE THE PROJECTIONS OF GROWTH THAT THIS WILL BE THE ADEQUATE FIX FOR THAT?

>> YES AND NO. I BELIEVE THAT IT'S AN ADEQUATE FIX FOR FIVE YEARS.

IT BUYS THIS TIME.

IT'S NOT AN ADEQUATE FIX FOR BEYOND FIVE YEARS.

HERE'S PART OF THE PROBLEM.

IF IT WAS JUST NORWOOD, WE COULD BITE OFF MORE OF NORWOOD AND SEND IT FARTHER NORTH.

BUT IT'S NOT JUST NORWOOD, IT'S PERRY, AND THEN YOU'RE EXACERBATING THE PROBLEM WITH SENDING MORE TO PERRY AND NOW PERRY CAN'T HANDLE IT.

WE'RE TRYING TO BIDE TIME FOR FIVE YEARS.

THIS WAS THE BEST CASE SCENARIO SO THAT THE DISTRICT CAN DEAL WITH THAT AREA IN OTHER WAYS.

>> TO MY LEFT. LADIES, ANYTHING.

WELL, I APPRECIATE YOU GOING OVER EVERYTHING.

I DO HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

HOW WILL THE FAMILIES THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE TRANSFER BE NOTIFIED? THEN HOW WILL THAT BE COMMUNICATED OUT TO THOSE FAMILIES? IF THEIR CHILD IS BEING REDISTRICT TO A NEW CAMPUS, HOW DO YOU PLAN ON NOTIFYING THEM?

>> WE'VE GOT THAT COMMUNICATION READY TO GO AND WE WILL ACTUALLY SEND THEM COMMUNICATION THAT GOES DIRECTLY TO EACH FAMILY THAT IS REZONED, PLUS WE'LL SEND IT TO THE CAMPUS TO BE HANDED OUT AS WELL.

WE'LL MAKE COMMUNICATION DIRECTLY TO EVERY SINGLE FAMILY THAT IS REZONED.

>> THANK YOU. WELL, I JUST WANTED TO THANK ALSO ALL THE COMMUNITY OR THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT MET TO LOOK OVER THIS.

THEY'RE JUST AN INTEGRAL PART OF HELPING US MAKE DECISIONS DECISIONS FOR OUR DISTRICT.

I APPRECIATE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU IF YOU'RE LISTENING OR HERE THIS EVENING FOR PUTTING IN THAT WORK.

I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS TAKING ALL OF THIS AND REALLY DIALING IN BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT TO MAKE CHANGES.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS TO HAPPEN, BUT WE WANT TO AFFECT THE LEAST AMOUNT OF STUDENTS POSSIBLE.

I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING ALL THAT INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN YOU'RE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION FOR US. THANK YOU.

>> WE'LL CONTINUE MOVING RIGHT ALONG.

I'M NOT SURE WHO'S UP NEXT. DR. SCOTT.

>> I'M GOING TO INVITE DR. SPENCER TO COME UP WITH ME NOW, AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE INTER DISTRICT TRANSFER PROPOSAL.

>> WE WERE GOING TO HAVE A REVEAL.

YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN THIS SLIDE, WE'RE GOING TO REVEAL THESE LAST TWO LINES HERE ABOUT THE TIMING OF WHEN THE VOTE WOULD COME THROUGH.

BUT THANKS TO MRS. WILSON'S QUESTION.

WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT. AGAIN, TWO-THIRDS VOTE, SUPERMAJORITY WOULD TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN BOTH HOUSES, SO IT WOULD TAKE EFFECT 9/1/ 2025.

NOW I'M GOING TO BRING UP, DR. SPENCER.

>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

WE BEGIN EACH BOARD MEETING BY CELEBRATING AND ACKNOWLEDGING THE ACADEMIC SUCCESS OF OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR EXTRACURRICULAR SUCCESS.

I KNOW ONE OF THE QUESTIONS AND WE KNOW ONE OF THE QUESTIONS IS, HOW DO WE MAINTAIN THAT EXCELLENCE AND HIGH STANDARDS FOR MANSFIELD ISD WHEN CONSIDERING INTER-DISTRICT TRANSFERS? THE WAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT IS ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA AND HOLDING VERY TIGHTLY TO THOSE ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA.

THE FIRST BEING CONSIDERING MAINLY KINDERGARTEN THROUGH FOURTH OR KINDERGARTEN THROUGH FOURTH GRADE STUDENTS FOR THE '24/'25 SCHOOL YEAR AT IDENTIFIED CAMPUSES.

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DR. SCOTT, IN A FEW MORE SLIDES IS GOING TO SPEAK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT WHICH CAMPUSES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AND THEN ALSO PRESENT THE DATA AS TO WHY THOSE PARTICULAR CAMPUSES WERE IDENTIFIED.

WE'RE ALSO GOING TO LOOK AT PASSING THE STUDENTS IN THEIR PASSING STANDARDS AND BEING SURE THAT THEY HAVE PASSED ALL OF THEIR CLASSES WITH AN 80% OR HIGHER.

IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT KINDERGARTEN THROUGH FOURTH GRADE STUDENTS, FOR THE MOST PART, THIRD AND FOURTH GRADE STUDENTS HAVE LETTER GRADES OR NUMBER GRADES, AND SO THAT WILL BE EASY FOR US TO LOOK AT THEIR REPORT CARDS.

AS WE KNOW FOR KINDER FIRST GRADE AND SECOND GRADE STUDENTS, IT MAY BE A STANDARD SPACED REPORT CARD AS WE HAVE A MANSFIELD ISD.

IT WILL CAUSE US TO LOOK AT OTHER THINGS.

FOR EXAMPLE, FOR OUR STANDARD BASED REPORT CARDS FOR OUR KINDER FIRST AND SECOND GRADERS.

ONE, MAY BE THAT THEY HAVE MINIMAL UNDERSTANDING OR DEMONSTRATION OF A STANDARD AND UNDERSTANDING A STANDARD.

TWO, MAY BE THAT THEY HAVE SOME UNDERSTANDING OR DEMONSTRATION OF MASTERY OF A STANDARD, THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE BELOW THAT 80%.

LOOKING FURTHER AT STUDENTS THAT HAVE, MAYBE A THREE, WHICH SHOWS THAT THEY HAVE DEMONSTRATED MASTERY OF THEIR PARTICULAR STANDARDS, OR A FOUR, THEY HAVE COMPREHENSIVE IN DEPTH UNDERSTANDING OF A PARTICULAR STANDARD, THAT WOULD MEAN THAT THOSE THREES AND FOURS WOULD BE ABOVE THAT 80%.

WE HAVE A METHOD FOR LOOKING AT OUR KINDER FIRST AND SECOND GRADE GRADERS AND THEN HOW WE WOULD LOOK AT OUR THIRD AND FOURTH GRADERS AS WELL.

WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF ATTENDANCE.

THE MORE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE AT SCHOOL, THE MORE THAT THEY CAN BE INVOLVED, THE MORE THAT THEIR INSTRUCTION AND ACADEMICS WILL BE HIGHER PERFORMING.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR STUDENTS THAT HAVE AN ATTENDANCE RATE OR 96% OR HIGHER.

THAT'S IMPORTANT. THEN ALSO LOOKING AT OUR STATE ASSESSMENTS.

FOR KINDERGARTEN THROUGH FOURTH GRADE, THOSE ARE ONLY OUR THIRD AND FOURTH GRADERS AND THEY ONLY TAKE READING AND MATH.

WE WOULD LOOK TO SEE THAT THEY PASS BOTH OF THEIR STATE ASSESSMENTS IN BOTH SUBJECTS.

IF THEY'RE A KINDERGARTEN, FIRST GRADE OR SECOND GRADER, WE WOULD LOOK TO SEE THAT THEY ARE READING ON GRADE LEVEL, OF COURSE, ALIGNING WITH OUR GUIDING STATEMENT 1, TO BE SURE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT STUDENTS THAT ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT WE CONSIDER AND HOLD HIGHLY AS A DISTRICT.

DR. SWIZE PRESENTS THREE TIMES A YEAR TO YOU ALL ON CLASS DATA, AND THOSE ARE FOR OUR SMALLEST LEARNERS, OUR KINDERGARTEN, FIRST GRADERS AND SECOND GRADERS.

MOST DISTRICTS AROUND US, THEY HAVE TO HAVE SOME WAY TO MEASURE IF THEIR STUDENTS ARE READING ON GRADE LEVEL OR NOT.

THAT WOULD BE DATA THAT WE WOULD LOOK AT AND CONSIDER BEFORE ACCEPTING A STUDENT ON A TRANSFER.

ALSO LOOKING AT ACCEPTABLE DISCIPLINE RECORDS.

ACCEPTABLE MEANING THAT THE STUDENT IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR DID NOT HAVE ANY OUT OF SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS, IN SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS, OR DAEP PLACEMENTS.

THAT'S CRITICAL FOR OUR THIRD AND FOURTH GRADERS.

FOR OUR KINDERGARTENS, FIRST GRADERS AND SECOND GRADERS, WE DON'T OUT OF SCHOOL SUSPEND THEM.

WE DON'T PUT THEM IN ISS.

THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE DO AS A STATE, AND SO WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THEIR CONDUCT AND BEING SURE THAT THEY AREN'T HAVING ANY NEEDS IMPROVEMENT OR UNSATISFACTORY CONDUCT ON THE REPORT CARDS.

WE HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS.

THESE TRANSFERS WOULD ONLY BE GOOD FOR ONE YEAR.

EACH YEAR, THE DISTRICT WILL RE-EVALUATE TO BE SURE THAT PARENTS ARE APPLYING AND THAT EACH STUDENT IS MEETING THE CRITERIA YEAR AFTER YEAR, TO BE SURE THAT WE ARE IN ALIGNMENT AND HOLDING TIGHTLY TO ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA.

ADDITIONALLY, THE ELIGIBILITY ONLY APPLIES TO THE IDENTIFIED CAMPUSES.

AGAIN, DR. SCOTT IS GOING TO GO OVER WHICH CAMPUSES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AND ALSO PRESENT THE DATA AS TO WHY THOSE CAMPUSES WERE SELECTED.

ADDITIONALLY, THE SPECIALIZED CHOICE PROGRAMS WILL NOT BE OPEN FOR TRANSFERS FOR THE STUDENTS THAT ARE COMING IN.

THOSE ARE SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS FOR MISD STUDENTS, AND WE WANT TO BE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE FIRST CHOICE AND THAT WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.

MS. WEBSTER IS GOING TO PRESENT SOME OF THE DATA ON HOW MANY OF OUR KIDS ACTUALLY WANT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AND WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO HOLD TIGHTLY.

TRANSPORTATION WON'T BE PROVIDED FOR THESE FAMILIES.

THEY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION TO THEIR STUDENTS AND GETTING THEM TO SCHOOL.

THEN PARENTS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING ALL OF THE INFORMATION ON THE PREVIOUS PAGE.

THAT'S NOT REALLY NEW.

WHEN STUDENTS TRANSFER IN, WE WANT TO SEE THEIR REPORT CARDS AND THEIR ATTENDANCE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, BUT PARENTS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION, AND OF COURSE, WE WILL VERIFY.

THEN ALL STUDENTS THAT ARE BROUGHT IN ON THE TRANSFER WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE MISD TRANSFER REVOCATION PROCESS.

WE ALREADY HAVE A PROCESS IN STUDENT SERVICES.

DAVID WRIGHT AND HIS TEAM ALREADY LEADS THAT PROCESS.

BUT IF THIS WERE TO PASS, IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE DECIDE THAT WE WANT TO DO, WE WOULD NEED TO LOOK AT REVALUATING THAT THROUGH OUR DISTRICT OF INNOVATION TO BE SURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO LOOK MID YEAR AT THOSE CRITERIA AND MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON IF THOSE STUDENTS ARE MEETING THOSE CRITERIA.

WHAT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT IS THE TIMELINE. WHEN ARE WE DOING THIS? WHEN IS THIS GOING TO HAPPEN? THE FIRST DATE IS APRIL 8TH.

WELL, YOU ALL ARE GETTING THIS PRESENTATION TODAY, JUST INFORMATION.

THEN ON APRIL 8TH AT A CALL BOARD MEETING WILL BE THE FIRST READ OF FDA LOCAL.

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THEN AT THE BOARD MEETING ON APRIL 22ND, THAT IS A REGULARLY SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING WOULD BE THE SECOND READ.

IF THAT PASSES AT THAT TIME AND WE DECIDE THAT YOU ALL WANT TO GO FORWARD WITH THAT, THEN THE APPLICATION TIMELINE WOULD BE APRIL 28TH THROUGH JUNE 5TH, WHICH WOULD GIVE US TIME AS A DISTRICT TO MAKE THE DECISIONS AND MAKE THE ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE WOULD NEED TO MAKE.

THEN PENDING THAT APPROVAL, WE WOULD NEED TO REVISIT OUR DISTRICT OF INNOVATION AND UPDATE THAT TO ALLOW FOR MID YEAR REVOCATIONS BASED ON DISCIPLINE OR IF THE STUDENT IS NOT MEETING THE CRITERIA, BE ABLE TO MID YEAR, MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS, TO BE SURE THAT WE ARE HOLDING TIGHT TO THE EXPECTATIONS THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR STUDENTS IN MISD.

>> IN A MOMENT, I'M GOING TO PUT THIS PIECE UP ON THERE BECAUSE I WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE.

THIS IS NOT A PLAN, THIS IS NOT GUARANTEED DOLLARS.

WE DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS BEING A REVENUE PIECE.

AS EDUCATORS WE'RE REALLY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH ATTACHING A DOLLAR AMOUNT TO A CHILD, BUT THE STATE CHOSE TO FUND STUDENT.

REALLY, HOW OFTEN THAT STUDENT IS THERE.

A STUDENT WITH 100% ATTENDANCE RATE IS APPROXIMATELY $7,671, A CLASSROOM OF 20 STUDENTS, BEING A LITTLE BIT CONSERVATIVE, THAT MULTIPLIER TAKES IT UP TO $153,420 OF REVENUE.

THAT MINUS THE AVERAGE COST OF A TEACHER IS ABOUT ALMOST 75,000 NET PER CLASSROOM ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

WE WILL HAVE SOME START UP COSTS LIKE MS. COWAN IS OVER HERE WONDERING, ON APRIL 22ND, IF IT GETS PAST, SHE'S GOING TO BE HITTING SOME ORDERS ON SOME TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT AND THAT TYPE OF THINGS.

IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE ON FURNITURE, I THINK, BUT WE MAY HAVE TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS THERE.

BUT THERE ARE SOME START UP COSTS, BUT THEY'RE NOT RECURRING EVERY YEAR COSTS.

JUST CARRYING THAT OUT A LITTLE BIT.

IF WE TAKE THAT 75,000 ONLY MULTIPLY BY FIVE CLASSROOMS IN THE SCHOOL K-4, THAT TAKES YOU UP TO 374,000.

THEN IF YOU DID THAT AT SEVEN CAMPUSES, YOU'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT $2.6 MILLION.

IF YOU AVERAGE THAT OUT, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE REALLY THINKING WE COULD NET OUT IN A YEAR, WHICH DOESN'T SOLVE ALL OF OUR WILDEST DREAMS WITH OUR BUDGET, BUT IT CERTAINLY HELPS.

PROPOSED CAMPUSES.

WE HAVE ALL OF THEIR LOGOS UP HERE ON THE BOARD HERE, AND WE'RE GOING TO LOOK IN A MINUTE A LITTLE BIT MORE AT THE NUMBER AND THE CAPACITY OF THESE CAMPUSES.

BUT YOU SEE HERE THE ANDERSON, YOU SEE ROBERTA TIPPS, WHICH WAS JUST RECOGNIZED TONIGHT FOR CLOSING THE GAPS AND THE STEAM ACADEMY, LOUISE CABANISS ACADEMY FOR YOUNG SCHOLARS.

NOW, WE DID TALK EARLIER TONIGHT ABOUT HOW STUDENTS WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GO INTO THE SPECIALIZED SCHOOLS OF CHOICE.

IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, OUR POWER OF CHOICE PROGRAM HAS TWO AVENUES.

THE CAMPUS CAN BRAND THEIR CAMPUS AND DO IT DISTRICT WIDE, AS YOU SEE ANDERSON, TIPPS AND CABANISS HAVE DONE HERE.

THEN WE CAN ALSO HAVE A DISTRICT WIDE SPONSORED SCHOOL OF CHOICE.

THE NEXT ONE YOU SEE THERE IS HOLT AND NEXT YEAR, THEY WILL HAVE THEIR FIRST YEAR OF THEIR STEAM ACADEMY.

THE STUDENTS WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO TRANSFER INTO THE COMPREHENSIVE SIDE OF HOLT, BUT NOT THE STEAM ACADEMY.

YOU GO ON THROUGH THERE, IMOGENE GIDEON, JUDY K MILLER, KENNETH DAVIES, THE MIGHTY SHARKS, MARY JO SHEPHERD, THE CHEETAHS OF NANCY NEAL AND JANET BROCKETT.

THE CAMPUSES YOU SEE UP THERE IN GREEN ALL HAVE LESS THAN 500 IN CAPACITY TODAY AS WE SIT AND LOOK.

THAT'S WHERE WE DREW THE LINE.

THE ONLY OTHER CAMPUS THAT IS IN THAT SPACE WITH LESS THAN 500 IS GLENN HARMON, AND IN A MOMENT, YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR DR. SWIZE AND A REALLY COOL PROPOSAL SHE HAS TO HELP FILL THE CAPACITY OF GLENN HARMON WITH STUDENTS FROM MANSFIELD ISD.

THAT IS WHERE WE DREW THE LINE.

THE OTHER PIECE OF THIS, THAT 500 REALLY HELPED BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO FILL THESE CAMPUSES WITHOUT OVERLOADING CAMPUS.

ALSO, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PARENTS PROVIDING THEIR OWN TRANSPORTATION, MOST OF THESE DISTRICTS ARE IN THE NORTHERN SECTION OF OUR DISTRICTS.

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PARENTS CAN DRIVE THERE FROM ARLINGTON AND GRAND PRAIRIE.

THE TWO BIGGEST DISTRICTS THAT TAKE OUR STUDENTS, WE THINK WE'LL HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT WILL SWITCH SPOTS.

IT MAKES SENSE TO PUT THEM IN THAT AREA.

IF YOU REMEMBER, WE TALKED ABOUT THINGS AREN'T STATIC.

WHEN THOSE SCHOOLS WERE BUILT, THAT WAS OUR HIGHEST DENSITY AREA.

THOSE SCHOOLS WERE AS FULL AS SOON AS THEY WERE BUILT.

AS A FORMER PRINCIPAL AT LAKE RIDGE, I CAN TELL YOU, IT GOT REAL FULL REAL FAST.

ALL THOSE SCHOOLS UP THERE IN THAT NORTHERN CORRIDOR, HARMON, DAVIES AND ALL SCHOOLS USED TO BE BUSTING AT THE STEAMS. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU IN. THIS IS THE LAST LEG.

BEFORE WE START, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE INNER DISTRICT TRANSFER PORTION?

>> MR. CLARA, MISS WILSON.

>> NOT NECESSARILY QUESTIONS, BUT JUST KNOW SOME ITEMS THAT CONCERN A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR PARENTS OR BOTH AND ALL OF US.

JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, WHEN WE'RE TALKING THAT OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE IN MISD ZONE.

IF THEY ARE TRANSFERRING TO ANOTHER CAMPUSES ITS OUT OF THEIR FEEDER PATTERN, WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE FOR.

OUR STEAM ACADEMY, OUR FINE ARTS ACADEMY, THE SPECIALIZED SPED PROGRAMS, THEY WILL STILL, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE AN INTER-DISTRICT TRANSFER, THEY STILL COME FIRST BEFORE AN OUT OF DISTRICT.

>> [LAUGHTER] THOSE BABIES ARE INTRA, THINK OF LIKE INTRAMURALS.

WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE, WE'RE PLAYING THE KIDS ACROSS THE HALL, NOT THE UNIVERSITY, THREE STATES.

THE GOOD ATHLETES GOT TO GO PLAY THE OTHER COLLEGE, THAT WAS INTERCOLLEGIATE, THE REST OF US PLAYED INTRAMURALS.

THINK OF IT IN THOSE TERMS.

>> THE ANSWER IS, YES.

>> THAT DOESN'T CHANGE.

THE OPTIONS FOR OUR KIDS WHO ARE ALREADY HERE IN THE DISTRICT, THAT DOESN'T CHANGE.

>> THEN TO FURTHER GO WITH THAT.

IF WE HAVE A STUDENT THAT IS AN MISD STUDENT, BUT FOR WHATEVER REASON, THEY'VE CHOSEN TO GO OUT OF DISTRICT TO PRIVATE CHARTER, WHATEVER, OR THEY WENT TO ONE OF THE ALREADY OPEN ROLL DISTRICTS BECAUSE WE HAVE SEVERAL AROUND US.

WHEN THEY WANT TO COME BACK, THEY ALSO ARE ON THE FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS BECAUSE THEY ARE ALSO, I'M JUST MAKING SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT.

>> THEY ARE A RESIDENT OF MANSFIELD ISD.

>> THEN I LIKE THAT YOU GUYS BROUGHT UP THE DISCIPLINE CRITERIA BECAUSE THAT GOES BACK TO IN OUR FIRST PART OF THIS PRESENTATION, TALKING ABOUT THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ESTABLISH OUR PARAMETERS FOR SOMEONE THAT DOESN'T LIVE HERE AT US.

THAT WAS NICE THAT YOU GUYS BROUGHT IT UP.

ALSO IN CASE, I THINK PEOPLE MAY THINK THAT MAYBE SOME OF THE DISCIPLINE OR MAYBE WE WEREN'T ADDRESSING SOME.

I ALSO WANTED TO REITERATE THAT RIGHT NOW WE ARE TALKING K-4.

THAT'S WHY YOU DON'T SEE A MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOLS ON THE LIST HERE.

THEN ONE THING REAL QUICK TO, WHEN YOU MENTIONED THE ACADEMY NAMES BECAUSE THAT'S ALSO ONE OF THE PROACTIVE PLACES THAT WE'VE BEEN IN OUR DISTRICT AND JUST A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY TO THAT BECAUSE WE STILL GET QUESTIONS SOMETIMES ASKING, WHY WE ALL DON'T HAVE AN ACADEMY NAME.

JUST FOR THAT SAKE, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED GIVING THAT CHARGE, I GOT EXCITED AS WELL, I WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT SAID, WOW, THEY'RE THIS.

HOW CAN WE'RE NOT ALL SOMETHING, SUPERINTENDENT AT THE TIME SAID, WELL, BECAUSE COURTNEY WE'RE LETTING THE CAMPUS PRINCIPALS WORK WITH THEIR TEAM AND THEIR COMMUNITY TO DECIDE THAT.

WHEN I WATCHED IT ROLL OUT SLOWER, AN EXCITED COURTNEY WOULD HAVE DONE IT.

THEN IT REALLY WAS COOL BECAUSE THEN NOT ONLY DID IT GO WITH THEIR GROUP AND THEIR KIDS AND THEIR COMMUNITY, AND THEY ALL TOOK OWNERSHIP AND DEVELOPING THAT SPECIALIZED PLACE.

IT'S NOT BECAUSE WE CHOSE ONE SCHOOL OVER THE OTHER, OR THEY DID.

IT'S BEEN ON US AS THEY WORK THROUGH THAT PROCESS FOR EACH CAMPUS.

THAT'S BEEN NEAT TO SEE DEVELOPED AS WELL.

>> THAT'S BEEN REALLY COOL. YOU TALK ABOUT TARVERN, YOU TALK ABOUT THE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY LIKE A REED OR WHATEVER.

THOSE CAMPUSES WENT INTO DEEP AND WE WERE JUST ON THE SIDELINES TO ASSIST.

THE SCHOOLS OF CHOICE, THAT'S THE BRAND OF SCHOOLS.

THE DISTRICT HAS TAKEN A MORE FORMALIZED ROLE IN THAT PIECE.

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NOW THEY DO INFLUENCE EACH OTHER AND WHAT HAPPENS AT THE ACADEMIES AND THE LEADERSHIP INFLUENCES WHAT HAPPENED AND MORE OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE CLASSES, AND MS. WEBSTER IS GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT HERE IN A MOMENT.

IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE SAYING YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO GET ANY OF THOSE SERVICES.

IT'S JUST THAT THESE PARENTS ARE CHOOSING TO GO AND HAVE THIS DEDICATED WAY OF LOOKING AND LEARNING THAT THEY WANT THEIR KID TO BE IN THIS ENVIRONMENT.

I HAVE THREE KIDS.

I DON'T WANT TO FORGET ANY OF THEM.

[LAUGHTER] BUT I WAS THINKING OF TWO AT THE CURRENT TIME.

>> ONE OF THEM WILL GRADUATE FROM FRONTIER HERE, AND THAT'S THE EXACT RIGHT SPOT FOR EMMA SCOTT.

THE OTHER ONE IS A FRESHMAN LEGACY, AND THAT IS THE EXACT RIGHT SPOT FOR ABIGAIL SCOTT.

THEY'RE NOT BETTER, JUST DIFFERENT, AND THEY'RE BOTH IN THE PLACE THAT THEY SHOULD BE.

SO WE WANT TO PROVIDE THAT OPTION.

WE DON'T WANT TO DO EVERYTHING ONE WAY FOR EVERYONE.

THAT'S THE POINT OF CHOICE. WE USED TO DO EVERYTHING ONE WAY FOR EVERYONE, AND NOW WE'VE MADE THAT ADJUSTMENT.

>> MOSTLY, THAT WAS IT. I JUST WANTED A GOOD CLARIFICATION FOR ANY OF THE CONCERNED PARENTS AND GUARDIANS.

I JUST WANTED THEM TO KNOW THAT STUDENTS OF MISD WILL COME FIRST, NO ONE IS GOING TO LOSE A SEAT BECAUSE SOMEONE ELSE WANTED TO COME IN.

>> ABSOLUTELY. YES, MA'AM.

>> THANK YOU, MRS. WILSON, MRS. JASON.

>> DR. SCOTT, I THINK I JUST HAD THIS MIND-BLOWING MOMENT RIGHT HERE.

>> LET ME GET A PEN.

>> I DID SOME MATH HERE, WHICH IS PROBABLY NOT GOOD.

BUT IF RIGHT NOW OUR CAPACITY IS 18,400 SEATS, RIGHT?

>> YEAH.

>> CHILDREN IN THE DISTRICT FOR WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ON THESE CAMPUSES.

AND IF THAT BILL 686 PASSED TODAY, WE'D BE REQUIRED TO TAKE THE DELTA OF THAT, AND I DID SOME QUICK MATH, 05,838 STUDENTS, WE'D BE REQUIRED TO TAKE THEM IMMEDIATELY.

>> IF THEY WANTED TO COME.

>> IF THEY CHOSE TO COME.

LET'S BE CLEAR, WE SHOULD PROBABLY BE A LITTLE MORE QUIET ABOUT HOW GREAT WE ARE.

[LAUGHTER] BECAUSE Y'ALL, WHAT DO YOU MEAN? THAT'S A LITTLE BIT SCARY TO GO THAT FAST, AND IT WOULD BE A MANDATED LAW FOR US.

WE WOULDN'T HAVE A CHOICE.

WE COULDN'T BE LIKE, CAN WE TAKE 1,000 EACH YEAR FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS?

>> JUST SCALE UP OR WHATEVER.

>> THAT'S NOT AN OPTION.

IT'S NOT AN OPTION TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BUILD THE SEATS, HOW TO BUILD THE TEACHERS, HOW TO MAKE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR SPECIAL NEEDS, OR ANY OF THOSE THINGS.

IF YOU JUST ROUND UP, IF WE'RE THINKING ABOUT 6,000 KIDS AND IT COSTS OVER 7,000, WE'RE LOOKING AT A NUMBER GREATER THAN $42 MILLION, AND THAT'S MY LITTLE, YOU KNOW, SIDE OF THE NAPKIN MATH RIGHT HERE. OH, MY GOD.

>> I WILL TELL YOU, WHEN DR. CANTU AND I, BACK IN OUR BURLESON DAYS, WE WERE FIRST-YEAR PRINCIPALS TOGETHER, AND IN 2007, 2008, AND AROUND THAT AREA, WE WERE GROWING EXTREMELY FAST, NOT LIKE MANSFIELD, BUT Y'ALL HAD PASSED BONDS WHEN WE WERE BUILDING SCHOOLS.

WE WERE PUTTING UP AN ENTIRE SCHOOL OF PORTABLES.

AT CHRISTMAS TIME, ONE YEAR, MY CAMPUS, WHICH HAD 328 KIDS AT IT, BECAME THE OVERFULL SCHOOL.

THAT WAS THE WAY THEY HANDLED IT. THIS SCHOOL WAS THE OVERFULL SCHOOL UNTIL IT WAS FULL, AND THEN THAT SCHOOL WAS THE OVERFULL SCHOOL UNTIL IT FILLED.

WHEN WE CLOSED THAT DAY OF SCHOOL, WE STARTED WITH 320, WE WENT TO CHRISTMAS AT 328, WE ENDED THE SCHOOL YEAR AT 662.

THAT'S HARD TO MANAGE, GUYS.

THE OTHER POINT IS ANY PARENT WHO'S LOOKING AT TRANSFERRING IN, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH SENATE BILL 686 OR THE BOARD DECIDES TO ADOPT POLICY, THE WAY THE TEACHERS AND OUR STAFF GOT THROUGH THAT AT FRAZIER ELEMENTARY IS WE LOVED EACH ONE OF THOSE KIDS AS OUR KIDS.

IF WE HAVE A KID, THROUGH WHATEVER MEANS, COMES INTO MANSFIELD ISD, THEY'RE OUR BABY, AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE AND MEET THEIR NEEDS.

THAT'S THE COVENANT WE'RE MAKING FROM OUR SIDE.

THE BONUSES, IN THIS CASE, WE GET TO TALK TO PARENTS A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE COVENANT FROM THEIR SIDE.

WHEREAS WITH OUR KIDS THAT JUST SHOW UP OFTEN AFTER LABOR DAY BECAUSE WE NEVER STARTED BEFORE LABOR DAY, THAT COVENANT IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

WE'RE TRYING TO CONVINCE THEM TO JOIN IN THIS VOLUNTARY OPERATION WITH THIS.

THIS OTHER WAY, WE HAD A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A HEY, GUYS, IF YOU WANT TO DO THIS, WE NEED THIS FROM YOU.

>> MY OTHER COMMENT IS JUST ABOUT THE FACT THAT SITTING IN OUR SEATS, I THINK SOME OF THE BIGGER CONCERNS ARE THE FACT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO

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MANDATE WHO GETS TO COME INSTEAD OF US GETTING TO CHOOSE WHO COMES.

WE TALK ABOUT CHOICE AND WE TALK ABOUT PARENTAL RIGHTS, AND WE TALK ABOUT LOCAL CONTROL, AND IT ACTUALLY FEELS, RIGHT IN THIS MINUTE, SITTING IN THIS SPOT, THAT ALL THAT GETS TAKEN.

>> THAT'S ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT I WANTED TO ADD, IS JUST POINTING OUT AGAIN, IF 686 COMES DOWN THIS YEAR OR IN TWO YEARS, TO YOUR POINT, WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER THIS, WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER THAT.

IF WE SET UP OUR OWN INTRADISTRICT TRANSFER PROCESS, WE ARE IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT.

WE ARE IN CONTROL OF THAT.

WE GET TO SET THE CRITERIA, THE MANSFIELD ISD STANDARD, AND SO IT'S REALLY JUST TWO WAYS OF LOOKING AT HOW THAT GOES DOWN, AND AGAIN, GETTING OUT IN FRONT OF IT.

>> WE SHOULD HAVE RENAMED THIS PRESENTATION, BEATING THEM TO THE PUNCH.

[LAUGHTER] I'M JUST GOING TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.

>> WE SHOULD HAVE COME TO YOU FIRST. [LAUGHTER]

>> I'M AVAILABLE ANY TIME.

>> DR. CRUTCHFIELD. MRS. NEWSOM, WERE YOU DONE? DR. CRUTCHFIELD.

>> ALL YOU GUYS HAVE TO DO IS SAY ASKED AND ANSWERED IF I'M ASKING SOMETHING THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN TALKED ABOUT.

THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME JUMP IN HERE.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SENATE BILL 686 AND OUR OWN POLICY.

IF WE ADOPT OUR OWN POLICY AND SENATE BILL 686 PASSES, HOW WOULD THAT BILL THEN IMPACT THE POLICY WE'VE ADOPTED? IF THAT QUESTION MAKES SENSE. [OVERLAPPING]

>> JUST LIKE ANY TIME AFTER THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WE WORK WITH TASBY, AND WE WORK WITH OUR LOCAL COUNSEL HERE, AND WE DO A REVIEW OF OUR POLICY JUST BASED ON THE PAST BILLS TO SEE WHICH ONES WE NEED TO REVISIT.

ABSOLUTELY, THERE IS THE CHANCE THAT IF IT WERE TO PASS THE POLICY COMMITTEE, AND DAVID WRIGHT WOULD NEED TO REVISIT THAT.

>> IT COULD SUPERSEDE WHAT WE'RE DOING, POTENTIALLY. [OVERLAPPING]

>> YES, IF THERE IS LEGAL, WE WOULD HAVE TO WRITE A POLICY THAT IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THAT LEGAL.

>> BUT THE STUDENTS THAT WOULD COME IN PRIOR TO.

>> WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO.

>> WOULD STILL BE WITH US, YES.

>> YOU MAY HAVE ADDRESSED PLANS POST-ELEMENTARY.

HAVE WE TALKED ABOUT THAT AT ALL?

>> WE'VE NOT.

>> NOT. IF STUDENTS ARE ACCEPTED IN THROUGH INTER-DISTRICT TRANSFERS, I KNOW IT'S ONLY FOR ONE YEAR, BUT DO WE HAVE PLANS YET TO OPEN THIS UP AT HIGHER LEVELS?

>> WE DO NOT AT THIS TIME YET.

THERE IS THE CAPACITY THERE AT THE INTERMEDIATE AND MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL, THAT IF WE CHOSE TO DO THAT IN THE FUTURE.

BUT JUST LIKE WE DO AS WE MATRICULATE UP OUR SCHOOLS OF CHOICE AND MANY OF OUR OTHER PROGRAMS, WE TRY NOT TO GET TOO FAR OUT AHEAD OF OUR SKIS.

WE PUT THINGS IN PLACE, WE SEE HOW THEY'RE WORKING, WE MAKE ADJUSTMENTS, WE COME BACK AND MAKE OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS.

SO THAT'D BE THE APPROACH WE WOULD TAKE HERE AS WELL.

>> GREAT. THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD, I THINK YOU MAY POTENTIALLY ADDRESS IN THE NEXT SLIDE, BUT JUST THE TIMELINE FOR POTENTIAL POLICY ADOPTION LOOKS TIGHT, AND SO JUST THINKING ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY TO WEIGH IN, IF YOU COULD SHARE THAT WITH US, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'LL GO TO THIS SLIDE OR SHARE SOME OF THE LISTENING CIRCLES, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

>> YEAH. A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I'M GOING TO ASK LAURA JOBE TO STEP IN AND HELP US OUT HERE A LITTLE BIT AS WELL.

BUT A COUPLE OF THINGS WE HAVE WITH SOME PUBLIC COMMENTS TONIGHT.

WE ALSO WILL HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THE APRIL 8TH AND APRIL 22ND BOARD MEETING.

IN ADDITION, THIS IS A SIDE GROUP, BUT IT'S A GROUP THAT WE DEPEND ON QUITE HEAVILY.

DR. SPENCER IS GOING TO PUT AN INFORMATIONAL SESSION ON HER DEIC.

AND WHILE THEY WILL NOT BE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION OR APPROVAL, THEY WILL CERTAINLY BE A GOOD BODY TO GIVE US FEEDBACK, AND THAT'S A GROUP WHO'S VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT WE DO IN THE DISTRICT, BECAUSE WE TAKE A LOT OF PIECES THROUGH THERE.

NOW, MS. JOB, WILL YOU TALK TO US ABOUT THE OTHER PIECES?

>> ABSOLUTELY. AS YOU REMEMBER, WE CHANGED UP OUR COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS FORMAT A LITTLE BIT THIS YEAR, AND WE HAVE TWO FORMATS.

ONE IS CALLED A LISTENING CIRCLE, OR WHAT WE'VE TITLED INSIDE EXCHANGE.

THAT IS A MORE INTIMATE, SMALLER GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTUALLY INVITED, USUALLY PEOPLE WHO ARE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY WHATEVER QUESTION WE'RE GOING TO EXPLORE AT THAT TIME.

WE DO HAVE A MEETING LIKE THAT SET UP THIS COMING THURSDAY AT 11:30.

IT IS NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AS I SAID, IT IS AN INVITATION-ONLY, BUT WE ARE SPECIFICALLY PICKING PEOPLE BECAUSE WE WANT TO HEAR THEIR SPECIFIC OPINIONS, BECAUSE IT AFFECTS THEM DIRECTLY, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

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WE DO HAVE THAT SET UP FOR THIS THURSDAY AT 11:30.

THEN WE WILL BE BRINGING IN PEOPLE WHO ARE AT THE AFFECTED CAMPUSES THAT WE WOULD BE PROPOSING.

THAT WOULD INCLUDE STAFF AND PARENTS AT THOSE CAMPUSES.

THE NEXT OPPORTUNITY FOR FEEDBACK IS OUR FEEDBACK FORUM.

IF YOU'VE BEEN TO ONE OF THOSE THIS YEAR, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

IT'S NOT REALLY A TOWN HALL TYPE OF FORMAT.

IT ALLOWS PATRONS TO COME IN AND SIT DOWN DIRECTLY WITH A BOARD MEMBER AND HAVE A ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATION.

THE VALUE THAT IS IN THESE CONVERSATIONS IS THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE INTIMIDATED TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF A LARGE GROUP, OR THEY HAVE A VERY PERSONAL QUESTION THEY MIGHT WANT TO ASK.

THIS ALLOWS OUR BOARD MEMBERS TO SIT DOWN WITH THEM FACE TO FACE, ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS, HEAR THEIR THOUGHTS, AND I THINK IT GIVES OUR BOARD MEMBERS A BETTER PERSPECTIVE ON THE PERSONAL IMPLICATIONS OF A POLICY LIKE THIS.

>> JUST TWO FOLLOW-UPS.

DR. SCOTT, CAN YOU REMIND EVERYONE WHAT DEIC IS? WHO THAT IS COMPRISED OF FOR THE COMMITTEE?

>> I'LL LET THE CHAIR.

>> [LAUGHTER] WHAT PEOPLE ARE IN THAT GROUP?

>> THE COMMITTEE CONSISTS OF TEACHERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, BUSINESS MEMBERS, DISTRICT STAFF, AND THEY'RE ON A TWO-YEAR ROTATION BASIS, AND SO IT'S NOT THE SAME PEOPLE EVERY YEAR.

ON THE CAMPUS LEVEL, THEY VOTE FOR WHO HOLDS THOSE POSITIONS, AND IT'S TEACHING AND NON-TEACHING.

SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE FROM THE CAMPUS ARE ADMINISTRATORS BECAUSE THEY HAVE NON-TEACHING AND THOSE ROTATE, AND SOME OF THEM ARE TEACHERS.

WE HAVE A WIDE VARIETY.

WE'VE HAD A GREAT GROUP THIS YEAR, AND THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'RE AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND WE BRING THEM INFORMATION.

BUT THEY KEEP US ACCOUNTABLE, AND THEY ASK GREAT QUESTIONS AND GIVE GREAT INSIGHT.

OUR NEXT MEETING THAT THIS WILL BE ON THE AGENDA, WILL BE THE APRIL 17TH MEETING, AND SO WE'LL SEND OUT INFORMATION ABOUT THAT FOR THEM.

>> GREAT. THEN THE ONLY OTHER FOLLOW-UP, MS. JOB, THANK YOU FOR TALKING ABOUT THE INSIDE EXCHANGE AND TARGETING CAMPUSES THAT WOULD BE IMPACTED.

DO YOU YET HAVE A PLAN FOR REACHING OUT TO THOSE PARENTS AND STAFF?

>> YES, WE ARE WORKING ON SOME INFORMATIONAL SESSIONS.

I BELIEVE THAT SOME OF THOSE ARE ALREADY SET THROUGH OTHER DEPARTMENTS.

>> THANK Y'ALL.

>> IF I COULD, I DON'T THINK I ACTUALLY MENTIONED THE DATE FOR THE FEEDBACK FORUM.

IT IS APRIL 17TH FROM 6:30-8:00 PM IN THE GREAT ROOM AT THE ADMIN BUILDING.

>> I WANTED TO JUST PIGGYBACK ON THE FEEDBACK FORUM REAL QUICK.

IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO COME TO ONE OF THOSE, THEY HAVE BEEN GREAT.

WE'VE HAD REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK FROM THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE ATTENDED.

THEY'RE VERY MEANINGFUL CONVERSATIONS, AND LIKE MRS. JOB HAD MENTIONED, A LOT OF TIMES, PEOPLE AT THE TOWN HALLS DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE ASKING THEIR QUESTIONS, ESPECIALLY STAFF MEMBERS, OR EVEN PARENTS.

THEY WANT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION THAT'S MEANINGFUL WITH US, AND SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU, IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO ATTEND ONE OF THOSE, THE NEXT ONE AGAIN WILL BE APRIL 17TH, AND I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE ANYONE TO ATTEND.

WE'RE HAPPY TO STAY AND HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

IT'S BEEN REALLY MEANINGFUL, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. YES, MRS. NEWSOM.

>> SORRY, WHEN DR. CRUTCHFIELD ASKED ABOUT THE PLAN FOR HIGHER GRADE LEVELS AND SUCH, I'M ASSUMING, LOOKING AT THE DATA THAT I'M LOOKING AT, WE CAN'T ACCOMMODATE IN HIGHER GRADE LEVELS.

EVEN IF WE BROUGHT THEM IN OR ARE REQUIRED TO BRING STUDENTS IN UP INTO THROUGH INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, THEY'RE LIKELY GOING TO GET TO A POINT WHERE THERE'S TOO MANY FOLKS THAT LIVE IN MISD THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ACCOMMODATE.

>> IN OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, IT GETS TOUGH.

>> [OVERLAPPING] WE'RE SITTING HERE TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE ARE AT CAPACITY AT MOST OF OUR PLACES THERE.

THAT IS A SOLUTION IN AND OF ITSELF.

IT'S NOT A GREAT SOLUTION FOR THOSE KIDS, BUT AT LEAST THEY GET THE TIME THAT THEY'D HAVE THERE.

BUT IN MY MIND, WHEN I THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, THEY WOULD GET TO A POINT, AND I WOULD IMAGINE, TO A CERTAIN POINT, THERE WOULDN'T BE A SPOT TO GO, AT LEAST RIGHT NOW.

>> THERE MAY NOT BE, BUT YOU LOOK AT ARLINGTON CLASSICS ACADEMY, IT GOES KINDERGARTEN THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE, AND THEY DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM ATTRACTING STUDENTS.

THE MINDSET IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN EVEN WHEN I WAS GOING TO SCHOOL.

FOR US, IT WAS THAT'S YOUR SCHOOL, WE'RE GOING TO STAY HERE, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT BETTER IF IT'S NOT GOOD.

THAT'S JUST PLAIN NOT THE MINDSET ANYMORE.

WE HAVE INCREDIBLE PARENTS WHO ARE DOING INCREDIBLE WORK FOR OUR PTAS AND OUR CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS, AND THEY'RE THERE ANY TIME YOU CALL THEM.

BUT THERE'S ANOTHER POPULATION OF FOLKS WHO ARE LOOKING CONSTANTLY BECAUSE THEY THINK THAT'S WHAT'S BEST FOR THE KID, TO LOOK AND FIND THAT BEST SITUATION.

THE SETTING IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN IT WAS, I THINK, A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE WERE COMING UP.

NEITHER ONE IS RIGHT, NEITHER ONE IS WRONG.

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IT'S JUST THE MINDSET, I THINK IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

I DON'T THINK THAT FOR THE FOLKS THAT ARE GOING TO APPLY, THAT THAT IS AS SHOCKING OF A CONCEPT TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.

IT MAY NOT BE THE DECISION I WOULD MAKE BECAUSE I WANT THAT YEAR-OVER-YEAR STABILITY.

BUT THE FOLKS WHO WOULD APPLY, THEY HAVE OTHER PRIORITIES, AND THAT IS PUTTING, AS THEY SEE IT, THEIR CHILD IN THE ABSOLUTE BEST POSITION TO SUCCEED NOW.

>> I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ADDRESSING THAT, ONLY BECAUSE THAT'S COME FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS A WHOLE LOT FOR US, ABOUT THE HIGH SCHOOL CONCERNS AND YEARS IN THE PAST, MYSELF AND MS. WILSON, I'LL TELL YOU THAT'S BEEN EVERYBODY'S BIGGEST CONCERN WITH THOSE THINGS.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WAS UPFRONT AND ADDRESSED FOR WHAT WE SEE THAT PICTURE LOOKING LIKE.

>> YES.

>> BOARD MEMBERS FROM MY RIGHT, MR. TIPPING.

>> THANK YOU. I KNOW TRADITIONALLY HERE IN MISD, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TREPIDATION REGARDING OPEN ENROLLMENT AND SO FORTH, AND A LOT OF PUSHBACK IN REGARDS TO THAT.

UNDERSTANDING THAT IF IT'S SENATE BILL 686 THIS YEAR OR ANOTHER BILL, TWO YEARS DOWN THE ROAD OR WHATEVER IT MAYBE COULD FORCE US INTO THAT IF WE DON'T HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE ALREADY SET.

MY QUESTION, AND YOU MAY HAVE TO PULL OUT YOUR CRYSTAL BALL HERE A LITTLE BIT.

BUT DO WE FEEL LIKE THIS PLAN WOULD SATISFY A LOT OF THE NUMBERS? WHAT WOULD BE OUR EXPECTATIONS OF THE NUMBERS COMING IN TO GET TO THAT POINT OF CAPACITY SO THAT WE'RE NOT FORCED INTO THOSE DECISIONS? I KNOW THAT'S A HARD QUESTION TO ANSWER, BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO PREDICT THE FUTURE HERE.

>> I'LL STEP IN HERE AND SAY, IT DEFINITELY WOULD TAKE A CRYSTAL BALL.

WE KNOW HOW GREAT WE ARE.

WE KNOW THE AWARDS THAT WE WIN AND THE GREAT EDUCATION THAT WE OFFER, AND WE GET ASKED A LOT OTHER PLACES FROM DISTRICTS THAT ARE SURROUNDING US, ARE YOU GUYS PLANNING ON OPENING UP ANYTIME SOON? I THINK I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF INTEREST.

ABSOLUTELY. BUT WHAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE, IT IS COMPLETELY UNPREDICTABLE, BUT I DO THINK WE WILL HAVE THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME DEFINITE INTEREST THERE.

I THINK THERE ARE DISTRICTS AROUND US, INCLUDING MIDLOTHIAN, EVERYONE HAS DONE IT RIGHT EXCEPT FOR US AND MIDLOTHIAN AND IT'S ON THE TABLE FOR THEM AS WELL.

BUT DEFINITELY INTERESTS 100%.

>> WE ALSO WANT TO HAVE CONTROLLED GROWTH, WHICH IS WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.

IN '25/26, THE NUMBER MAY BE LOWER THAN IT IS IN '26/27.

THAT'S NOT THE CAMEL SNEAKING ITS NOSE UNDER THE TENT.

THAT'S TRYING TO ADDRESS CHANGE MANAGEMENT IN A CONTROLLED FASHION.

WE'RE BEING UP FRONT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING, AND IT MAY BE BIGGER IN FUTURE YEARS, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING UNCONTROLLED IN YEAR 1.

WE'LL SEE WHAT THE RESPONSE IS.

WE'LL TALK TO DR. STOKER AND HER TEAM ABOUT CAPACITY FOR HIRING TEACHERS, AND JEFF WILL LAY IN AND MS. COWAN LAY IN.

WE'LL ALL SIT DOWN AND WE'LL TALK AND WE'LL COME BACK AND WE'LL SAY, HEY, THIS IS THE NUMBER THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT BRINGING, AND THIS IS WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT BRINGING THEM IN.

THIS IS THE REASON THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING THAT.

>> I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP THE POINTS OF, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF INTEREST FROM OTHER DISTRICTS BECAUSE I THINK THAT PIGGYBACKS OFF OF MS. NEWSOM'S STATEMENT OF, WE ARE SO GREAT OF A DISTRICT THAT THERE COULD BE A FLOOD OF INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS WANTING TO COME BACK INTO THIS DISTRICT, MAYBE THAT HAVE LEFT OR FROM AREAS THAT JUST WANT TO BE A PART OF SOMETHING GREAT, WHICH WE ARE.

THAT CONTROLLED GROWTH, I THINK, IS A KEY COMPONENT TO THAT.

I HAD JUST ONE OTHER QUESTION, AND THIS GOES BACK TO THE MID YEAR REVOCATION.

I KNOW WE DISCUSSED THAT IT COULD BE DISCIPLINE OR OR THERE MAY BE OTHER CRITERIA, AND I KNOW WE HAVE TO YOU MENTIONED, WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT AGAIN AND LAY OUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, BUT DO WE HAVE ANY INITIAL THOUGHTS OF WHAT THOSE CRITERIA MIGHT BE?

>> WE ALREADY HAVE A REVOCATION PROCESS THAT'S IN STUDENT SERVICES.

IF WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT IT AND IF WE HAVE TO MAKE TWEAKS, WE'LL MAKE TWEAKS.

BASICALLY, THE WAY IT'S OUTLINED RIGHT NOW IS THAT,

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PRINCIPALS CAN START THAT PROCESS.

WE ASK THEM TO HANG ON TO KIDS FOR T MIDTERM UNLESS IT IS A SEVERE SCENARIO, THEN THEY CAN REVOKE AT ANY POINT IN TIME, AND THEN IN THE SECOND SEMESTER, THEY CAN REVOKE AT ANY POINT IN TIME AT SIX WEEKS.

BUT IT ALL HAS TO COME TO STUDENT SERVICES AND IT'S PRESCRIPTIVE.

IN OTHER WORDS, THERE'S PAPERWORK.

WE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'VE TALKED TO PARENTS.

YOU JUST CAN'T GET FED UP WITH A KID AND KICK THEM OUT.

>> BUT LET ME ADD WHEN WE LOOK AT JUST THAT OTHER CRITERIA BULLET, I THINK WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE CRITERIA TO COME IN, ONE OF THOSE IS 96% ATTENDANCE.

IF A STUDENT HASN'T COME TO SCHOOL IN THREE WEEKS, THAT'S PROBLEMATIC.

YOU CAN'T LEARN IF YOU'RE NOT HERE, AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

MAYBE THE PARENT THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE REALLY EASY TO DRIVE THEIR STUDENT HERE EVERY DAY AND THEN THEY REALIZE IT'S MORE OF A STRUGGLE THAN THEY EXPECTED, THEN THAT'S A CONVERSATION AND THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE WOULD CONSIDER OTHER CRITERIA.

>> MRS. ANDERSON.

>> I HAVE TWO-FOLD.

ONE IS JUST CLARIFYING WHAT I'M HEARING, AND THEN THE SECOND THING IS A QUESTION.

WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT, OBVIOUSLY WE WANT THIS CONTROL, WHICH AS EVERYONE HAS SAID, OVER AND OVER.

WE'RE STARTING AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE THE MOST OPEN.

MEANING, WHERE WE HAVE THE MOST POTENTIAL TO HAVE A FLOOD OF KIDS COMING IN, CORRECT? THEN, OF COURSE, NEXT WOULD BE INTERMEDIATE AND THEN JUNIOR HIGH, WHICH IS MORE NOMINAL.

THEN THE SECOND PART OF IT IS, OBVIOUSLY, NO KIDS IN THIS DISTRICT WOULD EVER BE TURNED AWAY.

IT'S JUST ADDING KIDS FROM OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT, AND WE WOULD HAVE THE CERTAIN PARAMETERS, CORRECT?

>> THEN, I GUESS, MY QUESTION IS, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M HEARING EVERYTHING EXACTLY CORRECT.

QUESTION IS, OPTIMALLY, THIS WON'T GO THROUGH RIGHT NOW, IT'LL GO THROUGH THE NEXT YEAR.

WE CAN HAVE A YEAR, IF WE DECIDE TO DO THIS, UNDER OUR BELT OF KNOWING HOW DID WE SET THE PARAMETERS CORRECTLY? DID WE MAKE IT SUCCESSFUL IN THE CERTAIN FACILITIES? THEN WOULD WE THE NEXT I DON'T KNOW YEAR OR WHATEVER, OPEN UP, INTERMEDIATE OR JUNIOR HIGH? MY QUESTION FOR THAT IS, WHAT IS THE POTENTIAL RISK OF IF THEY DO PUT THAT BILL IN PLACE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE LIKE, WILL YOU HAVE ROOM OVER HERE, AND WE HAVEN'T STARTED THAT YET.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THAT'S EVEN A RISK ON THE TABLE, BUT IT'S JUST A QUESTION THAT I HAVE.

>> LET ME TAKE IT IN PART.

NO, RIGHT NOW, WE'RE ASKING K-4.

WE'RE NOT MAKING A RECOMMENDATION FOR BEYOND FOURTH GRADE AT THIS TIME.

THIS BRINGING KIDS IN NEXT YEAR.

WOULD GIVE US A CHANCE TO LOOK AND SEE HOW WE HANDLE THAT, HOW OUR SYSTEM HANDLES IT.

THEN IF IT WAS THE WILL OF THE BOARD, WE COULD CERTAINLY LOOK AT THAT INTERMEDIATE OPTION.

AS MRS. NEWSOM SAID IN PREVIOUS ITERATIONS OF THIS, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT DIFFERENT POINTS THROUGHOUT OUR HISTORY BACK TO WHEN DR. VISHASKEZ WAS HERE.

REALLY, WE HAD TROUBLE GETTING PAST.

OUR HIGH SCHOOLS ARE BIG NOW, BUT THEY'RE NOT 5,000 KIDS BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY ONE FIRST CLARINET, THERE'S ONLY ONE SHORTSTOP.

IF YOU HAVE A SCHOOL OF 2,200 KIDS VERSUS 5,000, THAT MEANS NOW YOU'VE GOT TWO SHORTSTOPS, YOU GOT TWO FIRST CHAIRS, AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT THAT'S GOING TO BLOSSOM INTO.

THEY DIDN'T WANT KIDS COMING INTO THE HIGH SCHOOLS AND TAKING THOSE EXTRACURRICULAR AND ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES FROM OUR STUDENTS.

THE BOARD CAN ALWAYS CHANGE THEIR MIND ON THAT.

WE HAVE NOT HAD A DISCUSSION AS STAFF ABOUT THIS BEING A POSSIBILITY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT THAT BEING A POSSIBILITY.

>> MY QUESTION WAS, IF THE BILL PASSES THE BILLS.

IF HADN'T, THAT'S MY QUESTION.

I'M ASKING, I UNDERSTAND, I FEEL LIKE I HAVE A GOOD GRASP UPON WHAT WE'RE DOING AT THE MOMENT,

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BUT IF IT DOES PASS, AND WE HAVEN'T TAKEN PRECAUTIONS AND MITIGATE THE RISK OF HAVING ADDITIONAL STUDENTS THAT WE WANT HERE, HOW DO WE NEGATE THAT RISK OF THEM SAYING, WELL, YOU HAVE SPACE HERE IN JUNIOR HIGH OR YOU HAVE SPACE HERE, I GUESS, THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING.

>> DEPENDING UPON THE LANGUAGE OF THE BILL, I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.

THAT COULD CHANGE DRASTICALLY FROM WHAT IT IS TODAY.

BILLS NEVER GET PASSED THE WAY THEY GET PASSED OUT OF ONE CHAMBER.

THEY CHANGE UP A LOT.

WE'LL BE WATCHING, AND WE EXPECT TO SEE SOME CHANGES.

IF IT IF IT EVEN GETS A HEARING OR IT MAY GET A HEARING, BUT THEN NOT GET A VOTE IN THE HOUSE.

CALENDAR COMMITTEE IS VERY POWERFUL COMMITTEE, AND WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

>> JUST I WANT TO PIGGYBACK ON HER QUESTION REAL QUICK.

THE BILL THAT WE'RE PROPOSING THE 686, AS IT'S WRITTEN RIGHT NOW, IT'S NOT LIMITED TO CERTAIN GRADES, IT'S K-12, CORRECT?

>> YES, MA'AM. CORRECT. ON THE TIMELINE THAT YOU MENTIONED, EITHER WAY, WE FEEL LIKE WE HAVE NEXT YEAR, BECAUSE WE DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO PASS WITH A SUPERMAJORITY TWO-THIRDS.

SESSIONS ARE EVERY TWO YEARS.

WE REALLY BUY OURSELVES 2-3 YEARS IF IT DOESN'T PASS THIS SESSION.

I GIVES 2-3 YEARS, WE GET A CHANCE TO FILL OURSELVES OUT AND CONTINUE TO PROGRESS IN A WAY THAT'S GOOD FOR MANSFIELD ISD.

IF WE READ THE TEA LEAVES AND WE SEE, HEY, WE'RE TWO YEARS INTO THIS AND WE'RE FEELING GOOD, WE'RE FEELING LIKE WE CAN HANDLE MORE CAPACITY AND WE'RE RECRUITING ALL THESE INCREDIBLE TEACHERS, AND WE SEE THE BILL COMING, WHATEVER VERSION IT IS IN THE 90TH SESSION COMING, MAYBE WE ADJUST FOR THAT.

BUT THAT'S A DISCUSSION FOR TWO, THREE YEARS FROM NOW.

>> GOOD. I MEAN, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE STARTING HERE BECAUSE THIS IS OUR MOST, I GUESS.

>> WHERE WE HAVE THE SEATS.

>> YES. UNFORTUNATELY, WHERE WE HAVE OUR MOST OPEN.

WE HAVE A PATTERN OF DOING THIS.

LIKE I SAID STATED BEFORE WITH THE POLICE OFFICERS, ETC, OUR SAFETY, DIFFERENT THINGS. I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND.

I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THAT MITIGATION RISK, BECAUSE WHAT I'M HEARING IS, DEPENDING ON HOW THEY WRITE IT, THEY CAN STILL PRESSURE US INTO DOING SOME THINGS.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> DR. HENRY.

>> WELL, POINTS OF CLARIFICATION.

>> THANK YOU, MS. JOE FOR FOR LETTING US KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME FORUMS AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND HEAR THE COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS AND THEIR CONCERNS.

AT THOSE FORMS, WE WILL HAVE THE DATA SO THAT THEY CAN SEE THE MATERIAL, SO THEY CAN SEE THE REASONS WE'RE DOING THIS.

WE'RE DOING THIS BECAUSE IT IS A PROBABILITY THAT SENATE BILL 686 IS LIKELY TO PASS.

IF NOT, WE WANT TO BE AHEAD OF THE GAME.

WE WANT TO BE AHEAD OF THE GAME BECAUSE WE WANT TO HAVE AMPLE TIME TO HIRE THOSE GREAT TEACHERS AND GATHER THE RESOURCES ESSENTIAL TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS WELL.

THEN WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SET CRITERIA AS OPPOSED TO BEING TOLD WHAT TO DO.

ALTHOUGH, THEY MAY TRY TO TELL US WHAT TO DO.

ANYWAY, BUT WE WILL SET THOSE CRITERIA. IS THAT CORRECT?

>> THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT HAVE BEEN SELECTED THOSE ARE THE UNDERPOPULATED, THEY HAVE THE SPACES, AND SO THAT'S WHY WE SELECTED THOSE PARTICULAR SCHOOLS?

>> I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY. THANK YOU.

>> I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS AND THEN I'LL COME BACK AROUND IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS SOME FOLLOW UPS.

I HAD SEVERAL OF THEM WERE ALREADY ANSWERED OR TOUCHED ON.

ONE OF MY QUESTIONS IS, DO WE KNOW HOW MANY OPEN SEATS ARE JUST AT THE CAMPUSES THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED? IF YOU DON'T KNOW THAT, I CAN GET THAT NUMBER.

>> YES, I MEAN, WE HAVE IT AS OF LAST SET OF NUMBERS.

I'M GOING THE WRONG WAY.

HOLD ON. THIS ONE?

>> THE TOTAL. [OVERLAPPING]

>> IF YOU LOOK AT THE SECOND COLUMN, THAT'S CAPACITY.

THEN YOU LOOK AT THE CURRENT ENROLLMENT.

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THANK YOU. CURRENT ENROLLMENT, THAT'S JUST A SIMPLE LITTLE SUBTRACTION PROBLEM ON THOSE.

BUT THEN YOU CAN SEE IT AGGREGATED DOWN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TOTALS.

DO WE HAVE THE VACANCY UP THERE?

>> JUST AT THE CAMPUSES THAT WE'RE PROPOSING.

>> OH, JUST AT THE ONE?

>> THEN THAT'S OKAY IF YOU DON'T ANSWER. I CAN FIGURE IT OUT AS WELL.

I DIDN'T CRUNCH THE NUMBER.

I DO APPRECIATE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT MAYBE CAPPING OR CONTROLLING THE GROWTH AT LEAST THE FIRST YEAR, SO WE'RE NOT OVERLOADED WHEN DECIDE HOW THIS IS WORKING.

LET'S JUST PRETEND THAT THE BILL DOES NOT PASS, WE LOOK AT THIS, WE MAKE A POLICY UPDATE, AND THEN WE DECIDE AFTER A YEAR, THIS IS NOT FOR US.

THIS ISN'T WORKING.

THIS WAS NOT WHAT WE IMAGINE IT WAS GOING TO BE.

WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE AFTER A YEAR OF REASSESSING WHAT WE DID?

>> YOU DO IT THE SAME WAY YOU DID IT.

>> THAT WOULD TAKE ANOTHER POLICY UPDATE.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH IT, WE CAN REASSESS IT IN A YEAR, AND DECIDE IF THIS IS WORKING GREAT FOR US, SO WE CAN CONTINUE DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING.

IF WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS, WE CAN UPDATE THE POLICY AT THAT POINT OR IF WE DECIDE THIS IS NOT WORKING, WE CAN CHANGE THE POLICY BACK TO WHAT CURRENTLY IS.

>> POLICY GIVES US, AS A STAFF, A FRAMEWORK TO WORK WITHIN, AND IF YOU'RE NOT HAPPY WITH WHAT WE'RE WORKING, YOU CAN TIGHTEN IT, YOU CAN CANCEL IT, YOU CAN DO WHATEVER WE WANT

>> THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION BECAUSE I THINK SOME OF THE CONCERN THAT I'VE HEARD JUST OVER SINCE YESTERDAY OR TODAY IS, ARE WE STUCK WITH THIS ONCE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH IT? JUST TO MAKE CLARIFICATION THAT WE CAN REASSESS THIS AT ANY POINT AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS NEEDED.

>> EXCUSE ME. I'M SORRY.

>> GO AHEAD.

>> I APOLOGIZE. I WAS WAVING, BUT NO ONE WAS LOOKING THIS QUESTION. [LAUGHTER]

>> I'M FOCUSED ON THIS MICROPHONE.

>> I WANTED TO JUST ASK ONE MORE QUESTION FOR CLARIFICATION.

ALTHOUGH WE'RE PLANNING TO DO THIS, IN LIGHT OF SENATE BILL 686, THIS WILL SERVE US WELL.

THIS WILL BE A FINANCIAL BENEFIT TO US IN TERMS OF OUR BUDGET.

>> IT WILL NOT SOLVE ALL OF OUR PROBLEMS.

>> IT WON'T SOLVE ALL OF OUR PROBLEMS, BUT WE GET PAID BASED ON ADA.

>> WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY ANYMORE IN UTILITIES IF WE PUT 700 KIDS INTO SCHOOL INSTEAD OF 413.

WE'RE ABLE TO CAPITALIZE ON WHAT WE'RE ALREADY PUTTING OUT THERE.

WE'RE NOT RAISING OUR TRANSPORTATION COSTS.

THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS THAT WE'RE NOT DOING THAT WE WOULD NORMALLY DO.

>> THIS PROBABLY PRECLUDES US FROM HAVING TO RELIEVE OUR GREAT TALENT.

WE WON'T HAVE TO TERMINATE ANYONE.

THIS DOES BENEFIT US IN TERMS OF OUR FINANCES AND BUDGET.

>> THAT'S PART OF THE PLAN IS TO TAKE CARE OF OUR PEOPLE ALWAYS THE TOP PRIORITY.

THAT'S THE TOTAL? THANK YOU, DAVID.

DAVID SAYS THIS IS JUST THOSE SELECTED ELEMENTARIES IN GREEN.

SHE WANTS THE ONE THAT'S JUST IN GREEN.

>> WE'RE LOOKING AT WE HAVE A MEETING APRIL 8, WHICH IS A BUDGET WORKSHOP THAT WE HAD PLANNED ALREADY. THAT WOULD BE FIRST READING.

SECOND READING WOULD BE AT THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING, APRIL 22.

CAN YOU JUST REMIND US THIS SEEMS LIKE A VERY TIGHT TIMELINE.

THERE ALSO BEEN CONCERNS THAT I'VE HEARD.

CAN YOU LET US KNOW WHY WE'RE LOOKING AT MOVING THIS THROUGH SO QUICKLY? IS IT SO THAT WE CAN ALLOW PARENTS TO MAKE PLANS FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR? WHAT IS THE REASONING BEHIND THAT?

>> IT'S TO ALLOW PARENTS TO MAKE DECISIONS, IT'S ALLOW US TO RAMP UP AND MAKE DECISIONS AS A STAFF.

HIRE THE PEOPLE WE NEED TO HIRE, ORDER THE COMPUTERS WE NEED TO ORDER.

THERE'S NO PHYSICAL ADJUSTMENTS TO THE ROOM, BUT DO WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO MAINTENANCE WISE THERE.

WHILE WE'VE WATCHED THIS CLOSELY, PREDOMINANTLY, WE'RE ON THE TIMELINE WE'RE ON BECAUSE WE'RE REALLY DISAPPOINTED AND DISCOURAGED BY THE FUNDING.

IF THEY CAME TO US WITH 1,340 A KID, THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE THAT WE'RE TALKING TO YOU ABOUT THIS, BUT WE'RE TALKING TO YOU ABOUT IT FOR NEXT YEAR OR WE'RE SAYING, HEY, THE ONLY THING WE'RE REALLY CONSIDERING HERE IS SENATE BILL 686.

DO YOU GUYS WANT TO GET AHEAD OF IT?

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THE URGENCY IS CREATED BY A BUDGETARY CONCERN, AND WE THINK WE CAN ADDRESS THAT IN A POSITIVE MANNER.

>> I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS REALLY LOOKING AT THIS AHEAD OF TIME BECAUSE YOU KNOW IF THIS PASSES THAT WE'LL BE FORCED TO DO IT ANYWAYS.

I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS.

WE'VE SAID A MILLION TIMES TONIGHT JUST GETTING AHEAD OF THE GAME.

I THINK JUST ONE OF MY KEY TAKEAWAYS IS IF WE DO OPEN THE DISTRICT WITH OUR OWN PARAMETERS BEFORE THE BILL IS PASSED.

THIS IS GOING TO ALLOW US TO FILL SOME SEATS WITH STUDENTS THAT WE'VE ALREADY ACCEPTED THAT THAT HAVE MET THAT CRITERIA.

I THINK THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE FOCUS ON THAT, THAT WE CAN GET STUDENTS IN THE SEATS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BRING SO MUCH VALUE TO OUR DISTRICT.

THAT'S EXCITING TO ME.

I ALSO APPRECIATE THAT THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TAKE ANY CHOICE SEATS.

WE ALREADY HAVE WAITING LISTS ON ALL OF THOSE, AND SO I'M THANKFUL THAT WE'RE STILL PRIORITIZING, AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR FAMILIES TO UNDERSTAND.

WE'RE STILL PRIORITIZING OUR MANSFIELD ISD FAMILIES.

THEY HAVE FIRST PRIORITY IN INTRA DISTRICT TRANSFERS, THEY HAVE FIRST PRIORITY IN OUR CHOICE PROGRAMS. THESE ARE JUST A FEW VACANT SEATS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE.

THANK YOU FOR REALLY THINKING ABOUT OUR FAMILIES FIRST AND FOREMOST.

COURTNEY HAD SOMETHING TO ADD FIRST, AND THEN I'M GOING TO GO TO MISS ANDERSON.

>> I WANTED TO CLARIFY A LITTLE BIT WHAT DR. CRUTCHFIELD BROUGHT IT UP EARLIER.

I THINK IT WAS SEVERAL PEOPLE AGO.

THEN I KNOW DR. REED SEEMED TO TOUCH ON IT AS WELL.

I BELIEVE YOU HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH WHAT MISS FARRAR IS TALKING ABOUT WITH THE WAY THE DIFFERENCE IN US DOING IT NOW, BEING PROGRESSIVE ON IT AS OPPOSED TO WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS IN THE FORCED.

I BELIEVE EARLIER, DR. SCOTT JUST TO CLARIFY THAT IF IT IS A FORCED ON US SITUATION, THAT RIGHT NOW THEY'VE ONLY GOT ONE CRITERIA LISTED AS OPPOSED TO A COUPLE OF HANDFULS OF CRITERIA THAT WE'VE ALREADY HAVE ESTABLISHED FOR EVEN JUST OUR INNER DISTRICT.

THE OTHER THING TOO IS IT'S NOT ALL JUST ABOUT A POTENTIAL BILL COMING THAT WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE VOUCHERS, HOW WE'VE BEEN BATTLING THAT FOREVER AND FOR MANY YEARS.

NOW EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE COMING AHEAD AND HERE IT IS.

BUT IT IS ALSO, AS YOU JUST MENTIONED, DR. REED AND SHAWN, AND I THINK MISS FARRAR TOUCHED ON IT TOO, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT BEING AHEAD OF A BILL THAT'S GOING TO TELL US WE HAVE TO PLAY WITH OUR NEIGHBORS.

IT IS ACTUALLY ALSO TO MAKE IT FOR OUR FUNDING, TO AVOID CLOSURES OF SCHOOLS THAT WE'VE ALSO TALKED ABOUT, THAT MANY DISTRICTS, EVEN VERY SUCCESSFUL DISTRICTS THAT ARE FINANCIALLY STABLE AND MUCH MORE THAN A LOT OF US.

THEY ARE CLOSING SCHOOLS, AND THEN WE EVEN TALKED ABOUT A NEIGHBOR THAT'S CLOSING THE SCHOOL AND OPENING A SCHOOL.

WE'VE NOT FIGURED THAT ONE OUT YET.

MAYBE THEY CAN TELL US SOMETHING.

BUT WITH THAT, ON ONE OF YOUR EARLIER SLIDES, JUST TO GIVE AN EXAMPLE, YOU LISTED JUST THREE ITEMS, AND VERY IMPORTANT ITEMS, HOWEVER, BUT BECAUSE THEY ARE MANDATED BY THE STATE ITEMS, JUST THOSE THREE ITEMS ALONE PUT US IN THE HOLE, TECHNICALLY SPEAKING, NEGATIVE $50 MILLION.

WE'RE NOT FUNDED TO DEFICIT OF $50 MILLION, JUST THOSE THREE ITEMS. WE ALL KNOW WE OFFER A LOT MORE THAN THREE THINGS IN THIS DISTRICT.

JUST FOR EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND THAT SPEAKING TO BECAUSE I KNOW SOME OF MY CONSTITUENTS HAVE MENTIONED, WHAT'S THIS LOOK LIKE MOVING FORWARD INTO THE SECONDARY LEVELS OR SECONDARY PRIMARY AND THEN SECONDARY IS THAT I THINK TO MY KNOWLEDGE, AND YOU CORRECT IF I'M WRONG ON THAT.

UNTIL NOW, IT'S TYPICAL THAT IF PARENTS ARE GOING TO PULL STUDENTS FROM THEIR SAID PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM AND WHETHER THAT BE HOME SCHOOL, PRIVATE SCHOOL, CHARTER SCHOOL, WHATEVER, THEY TYPICALLY DO IT MOSTLY IN THE YOUNGER YEARS, AND WE TEND TO GET THEM BACK AROUND MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL, AND THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THOSE NUMBERS BIGGER.

ALSO THE FACT THAT WE'VE ALL SEEN IT ON FACEBOOK.

IT'S A LOT MORE AFFORDABLE FOR THE OLDER PARENTS THAT LIVE HERE.

YOU HAVE ALL THOSE THINGS THAT WE MAY NOT NECESSARILY EVER HAVE TO DO IT FOR OUR SECONDARIES.

>> WE'RE AN UPSIDE DOWN DISTRICT.

OUR BIGGEST CLASSES ARE 8TH, 9TH, 10TH, AND 11TH, WHICH IS UNUSUAL.

>> WE ALWAYS GRADUATE MORE THAN WE GET.

THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING TOO.

IT MAY WORK AND THEN IT MAY NOT ANYWAY.

I DO THINK WE'RE FANTASTIC ENOUGH TO GET SOME OF THESE KIDS.

>> MISS ANDERSON.

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>> HONESTLY, I WAS JUST GOING TO TALK BENITA BROUGHT UP A POINT OF LIKE WE'RE TRYING TO BE AHEAD OF THE GAME, ALL THESE THINGS.

I ALSO WANTED TO SAY WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO COMBAT OUR STENOGRAPHERS REPORT OF US DECLINING A LITTLE BIT IN STUDENTS.

SO THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT DECLINING, AND SO WE CAN STOP THAT DECLINE BY ALLOWING A CERTAIN PARAMETER OF CHILDREN IN HERE.

>> WE CAN STUDY OUT THAT NUMBER.

>> THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT. THANK YOU, MISS ANDERSON.

ARE WE READY TO MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT PRESENTATION?

>> THIS IS THE FUN PART. THIS IS THE GOOD PART.

[LAUGHTER] WE'RE GOING TO DO A POWER OF CHOICE UPDATE, AND THIS IS GOING TO BE A TEAM EFFORT WITH DR. SWIZE AND VICKI WEBSTER.

THEN FERNANDO BENAVIDES IS GOING TO CLOSE US OUT WITH AN UPDATE ON THE PHOENIX ACADEMY.

>> YES, WE GET THE FUN PART.

WE'RE READY TO SHOW YOU THE FUN.

THIS IS REALLY EXCITING, THE THINGS WE'RE GOING TO GET TO TALK ABOUT TODAY.

I'M GOING TO START US OFF.

AS ALWAYS WHEN WE START OUR PRESENTATIONS, WE START WITH THAT VISION 2030, BUT WE FELT IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO SHOW SOME RESPECT TO OUR VISION 2020 THAT WE HAD BEFORE.

IF YOU'LL REMEMBER ONE OF OUR GUIDING STATEMENTS IN VISION 2020 WAS TO, GOODNESS, I CAN'T READ FROM THIS FAR AWAY.

OUR PARENTS AND STUDENTS WILL HAVE CHOICES WITH EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.

WHILE WE TOOK IT OUT OF VISION 2020, WE DID THAT BECAUSE IT BECAME A PART IN A NATURE OF JUST WHO WE ARE. IT'S WHAT WE DID.

WE DIDN'T NEED TO HAVE THAT IN OUR GUIDING STATEMENTS.

IN HONORING THAT AND LOOKING AT OUR CHOICE PROGRAMS, IT HAS BEEN IMPORTANT TO US FOR A LONG TIME TO BE CONSTANTLY EVALUATING AND LOOKING AT WHAT DOES OUR NEXT CHOICE SCHOOL? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WHAT ARE OUR STUDENTS AND WHAT DOES OUR COMMUNITY NEED? WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK WITH THAT AND JUST A QUICK HISTORY.

ON THE TOP, YOU'VE GOT STEM ON THE LEFT AND FINE ARTS ON THE RIGHT.

THE NEXT COLUMN, YOU'VE GOT THE MCKENZIE AND THE MARTINEZ AND NORWOOD, MCKENZIE BEING STEM AND MARTINEZ AND NORWOOD ACTUALLY HAVING TWO CHOICE PROGRAMS WITHIN THEIR CAMPUSES.

WE HAVE OUR DUAL LANGUAGE CAMPUSES AT NASH, ANDERSON, AND MORRIS, AND THEN OF COURSE, OUR EARLY COLLEGE AND OUR MOST RECENT ONE THIS YEAR WITH OUR P-TECH ACADEMY.

I GET THE BEST PART OF THE NIGHT.

I GET TO INTRODUCE TO YOU THE NEW CHOICE PROGRAM FOR '25, '26.

WE ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS CHOICE PROGRAM.

GUYS, THIS HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS, I THINK SINCE 2017, IF SOME OF YOU MAY EVEN REMEMBER THEN, LOOKING AT A PROGRAM THAT WE CAN DO TO SERVE AND GIVE SOME TIME EFFORT AND ENERGY TO OUR GIFTED AND TALENTED LEARNERS.

AS I MARCH INTO THIS LITTLE PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION, I WANT TO GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE, AND I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THREE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE IN THE ROOM WITH US TONIGHT.

I HAVE MISS CARDENAS, WHO IS OUR GT COORDINATOR, MISS POLLOCK, WHO'S OUR DIRECTOR OF ADVANCED ACADEMICS, AND MISS WEBSTER, WHO YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM A MINUTE, THAT IS OUR DIRECTOR OF STEM ACADEMY.

THESE THREE LADIES HAVE WORKED TIRELESSLY OVER THIS MANY SEVERAL MONTHS AND JUST TIME AFTER TIME.

MISS CARDENAS FOR YEARS HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT.

I KNOW SHE IS SUPER EXCITED THAT HAS FINALLY COME TO FRUITION.

WHAT IS IT? [LAUGHTER] WE ARE GOING TO OPEN AN ALPHA ACADEMY FOR GIFTED LEARNERS.

THE ALPHA ACADEMY IS AN ADVANCED LEARNING PROGRAM FOR HIGH ACHIEVERS.

THIS IS GOING TO OPEN THIS FALL.

WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO HOUSE IT AT GLEN HARMON ELEMENTARY.

AS YOU SAW A LITTLE BIT EARLIER WITH DR. SCOTT, OUR NUMBERS, WE HAVE ROOM AND SPACE AT GLENN HARMON ELEMENTARY TO HOUSE THIS PROGRAM.

WHILE GLENN HARMON ELEMENTARY WILL STILL BE THE EAGLES AND WE'LL HAVE A GREAT COMPREHENSIVE TRADITIONAL SCHOOL, AS THEY ALWAYS HAVE, WE'RE SUPER EXCITED TO ADD IN ADDITION TO THAT CAMPUS WITH SOME OF THE SPACE THAT'S AVAILABLE THERE.

THIS WILL BE FOR OUR THIRD AND FOURTH GRADE STUDENTS TO APPLY FOR IN MANSFIELD ISD.

WE'LL TAKE THIRD AND FOURTH GRADE THIS YEAR, TWO SECTIONS OF THIRD AND TWO SECTIONS OF FOURTH.

THEN THE FOLLOWING YEARS, THOSE FOURTH GRADERS WILL MATRICULATE UP TO FIFTH GRADE AND THEY'LL BE STAYING THERE AT THE GLEN HARMAN ALPHA ACADEMY FOR GIFTED LEARNERS, AND THEN WE'LL BE WORKING ON PLANS AFTER THAT.

WHAT DOES THAT NEED TO LOOK LIKE? FALL THIS COMING YEAR, SO SUPER EXCITING. WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? HOW DOES THE ALPHA ACADEMY LOOK DIFFERENT THAN THE SERVICES THAT OUR GIFTED AND TALENTED STUDENTS MAY RECEIVE ON THEIR HOME CAMPUS? I'M GOING TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT INSTRUCTIONAL FRAMEWORK AND HOW THIS LOOKS DIFFERENT.

WHEN KIDDOS COME TO THE ALPHA ACADEMY, THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE AN ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENT FOR THEIR GIFTED ABILITIES, SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT THEIR CREATIVITY AND LEADERSHIP GIFTED ABILITIES, AND HOW THOSE CAN BE INCORPORATED INTO A PERSONALIZED LEARNING PATHWAY FOR THOSE STUDENTS.

WHEN WE THINK ABOUT A TRADITIONAL CLASSROOM, MAYBE YOU GREW UP OR MANY OF OUR CAMPUSES NOW, A TEACHER DELIVERS A LESSON RIGHT.

THEY DO SOME GROUP WORK WITH IT AND THEN THEY'RE RELEASED FOR SOME INDIVIDUAL PRACTICE.

WE CALL THAT A GRADUAL RELEASE OF RESPONSIBILITY TO THE STUDENT.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE'D LIKE TO DO AND WE KNOW WORKS FOR GIFTED LEARNERS IS REVERSE THAT.

WE HAVE A REVERSE GRADUAL RELEASE MODEL.

THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THESE STUDENTS WHO COME TO US WITH MANY SKILLS ALREADY,

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MASTERY OF MANY CONCEPTS, TO EXPLORE SKILLS, TO EXPLORE CONCEPTS IN AN INDEPENDENT FORMAT AND THEN PAIRING UP WITH THEIR PEERS, THEY LEARN SO MUCH FROM EACH OTHER.

THE TEACHER IS A FACILITATOR OF THAT AND IS ABLE TO FOLLOW UP WITH THE INDIVIDUALIZED LEARNING AND THE PINPOINTING AND TARGETING THE SKILLS THAT THOSE STUDENTS NEED SPECIFICALLY.

CERTAINLY NOT A ONE TIME SIT AND GET MODEL, JUST THE ABILITY TO REALLY HAVE THOSE LEARNERS DIVE INTO THEIR OWN LEARNING PATHWAYS AND WE CAN FACILITATE THAT.

THAT'S REALLY EXCITING. ONE OF THE WAYS WE'LL DO THAT IS THROUGH PRE ASSESSMENTS WHERE WE CAN GIVE STUDENTS A PREASSESSMENT AT THE BEGINNING, DETERMINE WHAT IT IS THAT THEY ALREADY KNOW AND JUST HOW DEEP WE CAN GO INTO THE CONTENT AND MATERIAL WITH OUR STUDENTS.

THEN FINALLY, THAT DEPTH AND COMPLEXITY AND JUST FOSTERING THAT DEEPER CONNECTION WITH CONTENT USING THOSE DEPTH AND COMPLEXITY TEACHING STRATEGIES.

THAT'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THE ALPHA ACADEMY WILL LOOK DIFFERENT.

WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FROM HERE OUT? WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING A LOT OF COMMUNICATING.

WE MADE A FUN LITTLE VIDEO TODAY.

YOU'LL GET TO SEE IT SOON.

OUR APPLICATION WINDOW IS GOING TO BE OPENING NEXT MONDAY, MARCH 31, THROUGH APRIL 25, AND ANY THIRD AND FOURTH GRADE STUDENT.

I GUESS IT'S ACTUALLY OUR SECOND GRADE STUDENTS AND OUR THIRD GRADE STUDENTS CURRENTLY WHO WILL BE ROLLING INTO THIRD AND FOURTH GRADE ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.

THEY WILL HAVE THE APPLICATION WINDOW.

WE'LL ALSO BE HAVING SOME PARENT MEETINGS, SOME INFORMATION MEETINGS.

IF YOU'RE LISTENING ONLINE OR IF YOU'RE HERE AND YOU THINK THAT THIS MIGHT BE A GOOD FIT FOR YOUR KIDDO FOR THE GIFTED ACADEMY, YOU MAY WANT TO COME APRIL 3 AND APRIL 16, AND ONE OR THE OTHER.

SOME INFORMATION WILL BE COMING OUT ABOUT WHERE THOSE WILL BE.

ONE WILL BE A GLENN HARMON AND THEN ONE WILL BE IN A CENTRAL LOCATION.

THEN OUR STUDENTS WILL EAGERLY AWAIT TO MAY 2 TO SEE IF THEY CAN GET IN.

MAY 2, WE'LL HAVE A LOTTERY AND OUR STUDENTS THAT HAVE APPLIED WILL BE ACCEPTED INTO THAT ACADEMY AND NOTIFIED.

THEN DURING THE MONTH OF MAY, WE'LL BE WORKING WITH TEACHERS AND HAVING SOME SESSIONS WHERE TEACHERS CAN LEARN ABOUT THIS PROGRAM AND SEE IF THIS MIGHT BE A GOOD FIT FOR THEIR TEACHING ABILITIES AND STYLES, IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO COME BE A PART OF THE TEACHING STAFF AT THE ALPHA ACADEMY.

THEN THIS SUMMER, ALL THE FUN BEGINS WITH THE TRAINING AND THE WORKING THROUGH THE LOGISTICS AND THE EXCITING PART OF WELCOMING OUR STUDENTS FOR OUR FIRST INAUGURAL CLASS AUGUST 13.

THAT IS WHERE WE ARE WITH THE ALPHA ACADEMY.

THEN WE'RE GOING TO LET MISS WEBSTER TALK THROUGH THE STEM ACADEMY THAT'S COMING ALSO IN THIS FALL THAT YOU'RE ALREADY AWARE OF AND MR. BENAVIDES TALK THROUGH A PORTION OF HIS, THEN WE'LL TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS AT THE END. MISS WEBSTER, ARE YOU READY?

>> THANK YOU, DR. SWIZE, BOARD AND DR. CANTU.

WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT ALPHA ACADEMY.

WE'RE EQUALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT'S COMING UP WITH STEM.

I'M JUST PLAYING. [LAUGHTER]

>> I GET TO TALK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT STEM TONIGHT.

I ALWAYS WANT TO START WHENEVER I TALK TO ANYONE ABOUT STEM, IS WHAT REALLY GUIDES US? WHAT STATISTICS SHOW US, IS WHERE OUR NORTH STAR IS OUR WHY.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CREATING CONDITIONS THAT ALLOW LEARNERS TO REALLY BUILD A STEM IDENTITY AND BE GIVEN A PATHWAY TO STEM CAREERS.

BECAUSE WHEN WE ENGAGE THEM IN HAVING A STEM IDENTITY AND BE ON A PATHWAY TO HAVE A STEM CAREER, WE TRULY CAN ENSURE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC MOBILITY FOR OUR STEM LEARNERS, AND WHEN WE DO THAT, WE IMPACT THEM, BUT WE ALSO IMPACT THEIR CHILDREN AND FUTURE GENERATIONS FOR THEM.

THAT'S WHY THAT'S OUR NORTH STAR.

WE DO THAT BY FOCUSING ON OUR STEM HABITS OF MIND.

A LITTLE ILLUSTRATION UP THERE.

IT'S A LOT TO READ, SO LET ME SUMMARIZE IT.

BASICALLY, IT'S JUST OUR FRAMEWORK WHERE WE ARE CONDITIONING THE WAY THEY THINK BY BEING A SYSTEMS THINKER, BY LOOKING AT SOLVING REAL-WORLD PROBLEMS, BEING THOUGHTFUL, INNOVATIVE, AND RESPONSIVE.

BUT ALL OF THAT SERVES TO ALLOW US TO REALIZE VISION 2030, WHICH IS MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE COLLEGE CAREER AND LIFE READY.

WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? ALL THOSE FANCY WORDS.

BASICALLY, WE JUST TAKE THE LEARNING BEYOND THE CLASSROOM.

WE PARTNER WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

OUR SIXTH-GRADERS AT ONE OF OUR STEM ACADEMIES, JUST PARTNERED WITH THE NORTH TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS TO LOOK AT HOW MASS TRANSIT SYSTEMS CAN MAKE LARGE COMMUNITIES CONNECTED, AND THEY LOOKED AT THE CONCEPT OF CONNECTIVITY THROUGH THAT.

THEY WORKED CLOSELY ON SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH THAT COUNCIL TO LEARN WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN THE REAL WORLD, AND THEN THEY PROPOSED SOLUTIONS TO THAT COUNCIL.

WE HAD 11 AND 12-YEAR-OLDS COMMUNICATING WITH THAT NORTH TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS ON MCKENZIE'S LOOKING AT GONDOLAS AS MASS TRANSIT SOLUTIONS, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FROM MANSFIELD, ARLINGTON, GRAND PRAIRIE AS WE TRY TO INCREASE CONNECTIVITY? WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE LATEST AND GREATEST AND MOST INNOVATIVE TOOLS THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN.

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THAT'S NOT ALWAYS TRANSLATED INTO A COMPUTER THAT'S 3D PRINTING. THAT'S BUILDING.

WE GET THIRD GRADERS THAT BUILD WITH HAMMERS AND NAILS AND DRILLS VERY SAFELY UNSUPERVISED, BUT THEY STILL DO IT.

THEN JUST MAKING SURE THAT THEY LEARN HOW TO EMPATHIZE, DESIGN, AND ITERATE.

WE, LIKE THIS WHOLE PRESENTATION, ARE FACED WITH VERY CERTAIN REALITIES RIGHT NOW GIVEN OUR STEM APPLICATION NUMBERS AND THEN THE NUMBER OF SEATS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GROW.

WE HAVE THREE MAIN REALITIES.

WE HAVE AN INCREASED INTEREST AND THAT'S BEEN GROWING SINCE 2017.

WE'VE HAD A 500% INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF ACADEMIES THAT WE'VE OPENED.

WE STARTED WITH ONE IN THE FALL OF 2017.

WE WILL HAVE SIX STARTING IN THE FALL OF 2025.

WE'VE HAD 1,026% INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS, AND WE'LL LOOK AT THAT IN JUST A MOMENT.

WE'VE HAD AN INCREASE IN ENROLLMENT WITHIN OUR STEM ACADEMIES.

THIS IS JUST OUR APPLICATION-BASED ACADEMIES.

THIS DOESN'T TAKE TIPPS STEAM INTO CONSIDERATION BECAUSE THEY ARE A BRAND AT SCHOOL.

THEY'RE NOT APPLICATION-BASED.

WE ALSO HAD A HUGE INCREASE IN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

LET'S LOOK AT OUR INCREASED INTEREST IN STEM.

AGAIN, WE'VE HAD 126% INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE SPRING OF 2017, THAT'S WHEN WE STARTED TAKING APPLICATIONS FOR OUR ONE STEM ACADEMY AT THE TIME, JERRY KNIGHT STEM ACADEMY.

WE OPENED THAT IN THE FALL OF 2017.

WE HAD 75 SEATS FOR OUR FIRST GROUP OF SIX GRADERS, WE HAD 125 APPLICANTS.

SUPER EASY TO COME CLOSE TO MEETING THE DEMAND.

THEN WE STAY OPEN.

APPLICATIONS INCREASE OVER THE COURSE OF THREE YEARS, BUT WE REALIZE OUR EIGHTH-GRADERS FROM JERRY KNIGHT NEED A PLACE TO GO AND SO WE OPEN FRONTIER STEM ACADEMY.

AT THAT POINT, WE HAVE 100 SEATS AVAILABLE FOR SIXTH-GRADERS AT JERRY KNIGHT AND 100 SEATS AVAILABLE FOR NINTH-GRADERS AT FRONTIER, BECAUSE KEEP IN MIND THAT WE BRING IN A CLASS, THOSE LEARNERS GET TO MATRICULATE UP THROUGH THE SYSTEM BECAUSE WE WANT A ELEMENTARY THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL PIPELINE TO BUILD THAT STEM HABITS AND THOUGHT PROCESSES.

WE HAD 415 APPLICATIONS FOR 200 SEATS.

AGAIN, WE'RE ALMOST MEETING 50% OF THE DEMAND.

THEN SPRING OF 2021 HAPPENED, AND WE OPENED THREE STEM ACADEMIES AT OUR THREE NEW CAMPUSES.

WE INCREASED EXPONENTIALLY THE NUMBER OF SEATS THAT WE HAD.

WE ALSO INCREASED EXPONENTIALLY THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS.

WE STAY OPEN FOR A WHILE AND THEN THIS SPRING HAPPENED AND WE ARE OPENING CAROL HOLT STEM ACADEMY IN THE FALL.

ALTHOUGH IT'S ELEMENTARY, THIRD AND FOURTH GRADE, WE'RE TAKING IN LESS THAN 100 KIDS.

OUR APPLICATIONS ACTUALLY INCREASED BY OVER 300.

FOR 468 SEATS, WE HAVE 1,408 APPLICATIONS THAT WE JUST FINISHED PROCESSING. I LOVE MY JOB.

IT'S THE BEST JOB ANYONE COULD EVER HAVE UNTIL THIS WEEK WHEN WE HAVE TO NOTIFY ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT WE DON'T HAVE A SEAT FOR THEM.

THEN I GO BACK TO LOVING IT AFTER WE COMMUNICATE THAT.

WHAT THIS HAS MADE US REALIZE IS THAT WE ABSOLUTELY CANNOT OUTBUILD THE DEMAND.

THAT'S THE REALITY OF IT.

WE'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO CREATE ENOUGH STEM-FOCUSED SEATS THAT MEETS THE DEMAND OF THE COMMUNITY.

SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'RE INVOLVED IN RIGHT NOW IS HOW CAN WE TAKE SOME OF WHAT WE'RE DOING IN OUR STEM ACADEMIES AND NOT REPLICATE IT BECAUSE THAT'S DIFFICULT TO DO IN A COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENT, BUT AT LEAST GIVE SOME OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES IN A COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENT.

AS WE MENTIONED BEFORE, WHAT WE DO IN OUR CHOICE ACADEMIES CAN INFLUENCE THE SCHOOLS THAT THEY'RE LOCATED AT.

I JUST REALIZED THIS WHEN DR. CANTU ANNOUNCED THOSE SCHOOLS EARLIER THIS EVENING.

FIVE OF THOSE SCHOOLS LISTED HAVE A STEM ACADEMY AT THEM FOR CLOSING THE GAPS.

THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD NUMBER.

WE KNOW THAT WHAT HAPPENS AT OUR STEM ACADEMIES CAN INFLUENCE.

OUR STEM ACADEMY MODEL, THIS IS FROM TEA.

WE STARTED IN 2017 WORKING ON STEM.

TEA DECIDED TO FOLLOW OUR LEAD AND IN 2020, THEY GAVE US WHAT STEM IN TEXAS LOOKS LIKE.

IT LOOKS A LOT EXACTLY LIKE WHAT WE DO IN MANSFIELD ISD.

THE FULL IMMERSION MODEL, THE ADVANCED MODEL FOR STEM IN TEXAS IS WHAT WE DO AT OUR ACADEMIES.

WHAT WE CAN DO IS LEVERAGE THE OPPORTUNITY OF

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A PARTIAL IMMERSION APPROACH TO BRING SOME OPPORTUNITIES INTO OUR COMPREHENSIVE CAMPUSES.

THAT'S ONE WAY WE'RE DISCUSSING POSSIBILITIES OF DOWN THE ROAD, SERVING SOME OF THE DEMAND.

THE OTHER WAY THAT WE'RE IMMEDIATELY SERVING THE DEMAND IS WITH THE OPENING OF CAROL HOLT STEM ACADEMY.

WE STARTED THIS PROCESS A LITTLE BIT AGO, BUT WE STARTED IN THE FALL WITH INFORMING OUR COMMUNITY THAT THIS WAS COMING UP THROUGH OUR POWER OF CHOICE EXPO.

THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF AT CAROL HOLT ATTENDED THAT.

IT WAS WELL RECEIVED.

LOTS OF EXCITEMENT.

WE'VE HAD PARENT MEETINGS, WE MADE SURE TO UPDATE THE POWER OF CHOICE WEBSITE.

WE SEND OUT BLASTS THAT THIS IS HAPPENING, APPLICATIONS ARE OPENING, AND NOW WE'RE PREPARING TO OPEN.

WE'VE FINISHED THE APPLICATION PROCESS.

WE'VE NOTIFIED PARENTS AS OF MARCH 14.

WE'RE FINISHING UP THE REMODELING AND GETTING SUPPLIES AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT, AND WE'RE ABOUT TO ENTER THAT WINDOW OF HIRING OUR STEM DESIGNERS.

THIS SUMMER AND IN THE FALL, WE WILL TRAIN OUR STEM DESIGNERS.

WE WILL HOLD A STEM EXPLORATION CAMP FOR THOSE LEARNERS THAT HAVE BEEN INVITED TO ATTEND, AND WE WILL OPEN IN THE FALL WITH 44 THIRD-GRADERS AND 44 FOURTH-GRADERS.

OUR NEXT STEPS THOUGH, IS TO DETERMINE WHERE WITHIN THE PROXIMITY OF CAROL HOLT, CAN WE GIVE THOSE THIRD AND FOURTH-GRADERS A PLACE TO ROLL UP TO FOR INTERMEDIATE AND MIDDLE.

THOSE ARE THE NEXT STEPS IN OUR CONVERSATIONS.

ALL OF THOSE INCREASES, WE'VE ALSO HAD A HUGE INCREASE IN ENROLLMENT.

WE'VE HAD A 1,662% INCREASE OF ENROLLMENT, STARTING IN THE FALL OF 2017 WHEN WE HAD 75 LITTLE STEM ACADEMY SIXTH-GRADERS AT JERRY KNIGHT, PROBABLY THE BEST FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL EVER IN MY LIFE.

ALL THE WAY UNTIL THE FALL OF 2025, WE WILL HAVE ABOUT 1,322 LEARNERS IN OUR STEM ACADEMIES.

WE'LL INCREASE TO SIX STEM ACADEMIES TOTAL,71 STEM DESIGNERS.

THAT'S WHAT WE CALL OUR STEM TEACHERS BECAUSE THEY DESIGN AND FACILITATE LEARNING EXPERIENCES THAT WILL BE TRAINING AND MAKING SURE THEY STAY UP TO DATE ON RESEARCH TO PRACTICES.

BUT WE'VE ALSO HAD AN INCREASE IN ENGAGEMENT.

OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF THINGS WITH THE POWER OF CHOICE EXPO, THE INNOVATION EXPO THAT WAS JUST HOSTED EARLIER THIS MONTH.

ENGINEERS WEEK IS REALLY BIG FOR OUR STEM ACADEMIES.

WE MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE HAD UNT'S SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING RACECAR AT MCKINZEY STEM ACADEMY INSIDE, BUT WE'LL KEEP THAT ON THE DOWN-LOW.

WE GET A LOT OF GUEST SPEAKERS, A LOT OF INDUSTRY PARTNERS.

WE ALSO HAD OUR FIRST DISTRICT SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR THIS YEAR.

WE HAVE INCREASED OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL AND STATE UNIVERSITIES WITH THE AASA INNOVATION FOR TRANSFORMATION CONSORTIUM, AS WELL AS LOCAL BUSINESS PARTNERS SUCH AS MAUSER.

THEN WE ARE CONTINUING TO OUTPERFORM OUR EXPECTATIONS WITH LOCAL STATE AND NATIONAL ASSESSMENTS.

I JUST WANT TO CLOSE WITH A COUPLE OF STEM SUCCESSES THAT I WANT TO CALL OUT THAT HAS JUST HAPPENED THIS YEAR.

WE DO HAVE A LEARNER COMPETING THIS WEEKEND AT THE STATE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR AT TEXAS A&M, AND OUR HOPE IS THAT HE WILL CONTINUE ONTO THE NATIONAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR.

THERE'S A LOT OF SCHOLARSHIP MONEY ASSOCIATED WITH THESE, SO WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE OUR KIDS TO DO THAT.

WE ALSO HAVE OUR MCKINZEY TAME GROUP, THAT'S THE TEXAS ALLIANCE FOR MINORITIES IN ENGINEERING.

THEY JUST COMPETED EARLIER THIS MONTH AND THEY HAVE A GROUP THAT WILL BE COMPETING AT STATE IN MAY.

THEN I HOPE TO RECOGNIZE TWO CAMPUSES LATER THIS SPRING.

THEY WERE RECOGNIZED AS STEM SCHOOLS OF EXCELLENCE BY ITEEA.

THAT'S AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION, AND WE'RE ON A LIST WITH A SCHOOL FROM CHINA, GERMANY, PARAGUAY, CALIFORNIA, WASHINGTON, NEW YORK, ALL ACROSS THE WORLD.

WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

THEN ONE OTHER THING I LEARNED ABOUT TODAY IS IT'S BEEN REPORTED TO ME THAT WE HAVE TWO LEARNERS THAT HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED INTO MIT, ONE WITH A FULBRIGHT SCHOLARSHIP.

WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

[APPLAUSE] NOW I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MR. BENAVIDES SO HE CAN TALK TO YOU ABOUT PHOENIX ACADEMY.

>> THANK YOU, MRS. WEBSTER. GOOD EVENING.

I WANT TO FIRST THANK FOR THIS PART OF THE PRESENTATION.

THANK MR. GARZA, THE PRINCIPAL OF THE PHOENIX ACADEMY.

HE'S IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY.

HE WORKED WITH CABINET IN CREATING THIS PORTION OF OUR PRESENTATION AS WELL AS DEVELOPING THE EXPANSION PLAN.

AS DR. SCOTT INDICATED EARLIER, 100% OF THE CAPACITY UTILIZATION COMMITTEE MEMBERS VOTED THAT WE SHOULD OFFER MORE OPTIONS FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE AT RISK OF DROPPING OUT.

THAT IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TODAY.

OUR FIRST SLIDE SHOWS OUR CURRENT CAPACITY AT BOTH ON THE DAEP SIDE AND THE ACADEMY SIDE.

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AS YOU SEE, ON THE DAEP SIDE, WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO SERVE 130 STUDENTS TOTAL.

THAT'S 75 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, 45 MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS, AND 10 ELEMENTARY OR INTERMEDIATE STUDENTS.

ON THE ACADEMY SIDE, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO SERVE 100 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH OUR CURRENT STAFFING AND JUST THE CURRENT WAY WE'RE USING OUR BUILDING.

NOW, LET'S EXAMINE THE NEED FOR THE EXPANSION.

AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE INCREASED OUR NUMBER OF ADVERSE STUDENTS IN MANSFIELD OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

THE STATE HAS 13 CRITERIA THAT THEY USE TO DETERMINE IF A STUDENT IS AT RISK OF DROPPING OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL.

HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF THOSE ADVERSE INDICATORS THAT WE SEE AT ALL OUR HIGH SCHOOLS ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

A STUDENT WHO HAS BEEN RETAINED ONE OR MORE YEARS FROM KINDER TO SIXTH GRADE, A STUDENT THAT HAS FAILED TWO OR MORE SUBJECTS IN GRADE 7 THROUGH 12, A STUDENT ASSIGNED TO DAEP OR EXPELLED TO JJAEP, A STUDENT THAT IS CONSIDERED HOMELESS, A STUDENT THAT IS PREGNANT OR AS A PARENT, A STUDENT THAT IS UNDER THE CARE OF CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES, OR A STUDENT THAT HAS ALREADY DROPPED OUT OF SCHOOL.

OUR STUDENT SERVICE DEPARTMENT DOES A GREAT JOB AND OUR GUIDANCE COUNSELORS DO A GREAT JOB WORKING WITH OUR ADMINISTRATORS TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MONITOR THE EARLY WARNING SIGNS OF KIDS DROPPING OUT, AND WE LOOK AT ABSENCES, WE LOOK AT FAILING GRADES, AND WE LOOK AT BEHAVIOR THAT LIMITS THEIR ACCESS TO THE INSTRUCTION.

BUT AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS SLIDE, AND OUR DROPOUT DATA, WHAT WE'RE DOING AT OUR SEVEN HIGH SCHOOLS, SOMETIMES IS NOT ENOUGH.

THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS WHO DROP OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL GO FAR BEYOND WHAT WE HAVE AT OUR COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOLS, WHICH IN COURSE, OF COURSE, IMPACTS OUR GRADUATION RATES AND OUR ACCOUNTABILITY.

BUT WHAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT, WHAT'S WAY MORE IMPORTANT THAN AN ACCOUNTABILITY SCORE, IS THE NEED TO MEET THE INDIVIDUAL NEEDS OF OUR AVERAGE STUDENTS.

PHOENIX IS DESIGNED FOR THAT.

IT OFFERS MORE SUPPORT BECAUSE IT'S DESIGNED THAT WAY.

IT'S DESIGNED TO LOWER STUDENT RATIOS PER TEACHER.

AGAIN, WE OFFER THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE CREDIT RECOVERY OPTIONS THROUGH OUR EDGENUITY PROGRAM, PERSONALIZED TUTORING, AND SUPPORT FROM OUR TEACHERS.

THE TEACHERS OF THE PHOENIX ACADEMY ACT AS MENTORS, THEY ACT AS COUNSELORS, AND THEY USE STANDARD-BASED METHODS TO ALLOW STUDENTS TO DEMONSTRATE PROFICIENCY IN ORDER TO MEET COURSE STANDARDS AND ULTIMATELY EARN CREDITS TO GRADUATE.

I'M VERY PROUD TO SAY FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, 100% OF THE PHOENIX ACADEMY GRADUATE STUDENTS GRADUATE CCMR READY, MEANING THEY CAN CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION, TAKING COLLEGE-LEVEL COURSE WORK AT ANY PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OR COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

TWO MORE THINGS I WANT TO SHARE.

FIRST, OUR TRADITIONAL HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUSES HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB OF IMPLEMENTING WHAT WE CALL ON-CAMPUS PHOENIX SCHEDULES FOR STUDENTS THAT ARE SIGNIFICANTLY BEHIND ON CREDITS.

IT ALLOWS STUDENTS TO ACCELERATE RECOVERING CREDITS, THE SAME PLATFORM USED AT PHOENIX, CALLED EDGENUITY, BUT THE MODEL IS LIMITED.

IT'S LIMITED IN ITS SCOPE AND ITS DESIGN BECAUSE OF THE CONSTRAINTS OF STAFFING AND THE MASTER SCHEDULE.

THE OTHER PROGRAM THAT WE OFFER IS OUR OPTIONAL FLEXIBLE SCHOOL DAY PROGRAM OR THE NIGHT SCHOOL.

THIS IS FOR OUR WORKING STUDENTS.

THE PROGRAM IS PRIMARILY FUNDED THROUGH STATE COMP ED AND THAT COMES FROM OUR TRADITIONAL CAMPUSES AS WELL AS SUPPORT FROM THE DISTRICT.

OUR FIRST YEAR IN 2023, WE GRADUATED SEVEN IN THAT PROGRAM.

THE SECOND YEAR IN 2024, WE GRADUATED 14, AND THEN THIS YEAR, WE EXPECT TO GRADUATE 22 STUDENTS IN OUR NIGHT SCHOOL PROGRAM. VERY PROUD OF THAT.

THIS EXPANSION, WHAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD FOR NEXT YEAR, IS WE'RE GOING TO OFFER 35 MORE SEATS ON THE DAEP SIDE AND 50 ADDITIONAL SEATS ON THE ACADEMY SIDE.

AGAIN, THROUGH WORKING WITH JEFF BROGDEN AND HIS TEAM, WE ARE GOING TO UTILIZE THE SPACE THAT WE HAVE NOW, RENOVATE SOME CLASSROOMS THAT WERE NOT USED AS CLASSROOMS, AND THEN PROVIDE THE STAFFING NECESSARY TO ADD THOSE ADDITIONAL SEATS.

THIS WILL ALSO NEED TO INCREASE SOME TECHNOLOGY, SOME CARD READERS FOR THE ADDITIONAL KIDS AND STAFF THAT WE'LL HAVE.

THEN YOU CAN SEE THOSE TWO WHERE THOSE ENTRY POINTS ARE NEEDED.

AGAIN. MR. GARZA IS WORKING WITH JEFF AND SHAWNTEE COWAN IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THE WORK, AND WE WANT TO THANK MR. GARZA ONCE AGAIN FOR HIS EXPANSION PLAN.

THAT IS ALL WE HAVE.

>> THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO ASSERT MY RIGHT THIS TIME. MRS. ANDERSON.

>> WELL, I'M SUPER EXCITED TO SEE ALL THE GT THINGS COME FORTH.

I THINK THAT MRS. YOUNG AND I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR YEARS AD NAUSEAM.

I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR PROBABLY BOTH OF YOU.

FOR THE ALPHA ACADEMY, YOU SAID ROUGHLY 44 AND 44, ABOUT 80-90 KIDS.

YOU ALSO MENTIONED LOTTERY.

I KNOW WHEN YOU FIRST STARTED STEM, YOU TOOK FROM EACH OF THE SCHOOLS AND YOU ONLY TOOK A CERTAIN AMOUNT AND THEN YOU HAD A LOTTERY AND WHATNOT.

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WHAT I DID LEARN IS IT DISCOURAGED SOME KIDS OF THAT BECAUSE THEIR SCORES WERE HIGHER, AND I THINK IT'LL BE HARDER TO ACTUALLY FIGURE OUT BETWEEN A THIRD AND A FOURTH GRADER.

MY QUESTION IS NUMBER 1, WILL IT BE REQUIRED THAT THEY'VE ACTUALLY ALREADY PASSED THE GT? BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU TAKE ASSESSMENTS YOU HAVE TO IN THE SECOND GRADE.

WILL THAT BE A REQUIREMENT NUMBER 1? THEN WHERE ARE THE OTHER TWO REQUIREMENTS? I GUESS WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS IS WE TALKED ABOUT IT AS WE'RE FAILING OUR GT STUDENTS, JUST BECAUSE WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO CLOSE GAPS AND EVERYTHING ELSE AND YOU'VE GOT THESE KIDS, AND I KNOW SOME VERY PERSONALLY, THAT WOULD SLEEP IN CLASS AND WHATNOT.

THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TO DO AND THEY NEVER TRIED.

I LOVE THIS CHALLENGE OF TRYING TO GET IT THERE.

THE BIGGER QUESTION IS, HOW WILL WE ENSURE THE CRITERIA IS SET SO HIGH TO EVENTUALLY GET TO WHERE, JUST LIKE IN DALLAS, THERE'S JUST REALLY SUPER GREAT SCHOOL IN OAK CLIFF WHERE I GREW UP, AND ALMOST EVERY YEAR HALF OF THE CLASS GOES TO MIT.

HOW DO WE STRIVE BY THE TIME THEY GRADUATE STEM THAT WE HAVE THE PROGRAMS THAT NO ONE CAN EVEN COME IN BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT FAR ENOUGH ALONG? YOU GET WHAT I'M SAYING? WHERE YOU HAD TO HAVE STARTED AND YOU HAD TO BE HERE AND YOU HAD TO BE IN OUR PROGRAMS. THAT'S A LONG QUESTION, AND I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE THE FIRST YEAR, SO IT'S A NEW CRITERION.

THAT'S THE FIRST QUESTION.

>> YOU'RE RIGHT. A LOT OF IT WE WILL BE LEARNING AS WE GO.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DEFINITELY STARTING WITH TO ADDRESS THE FIRST PART OF WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT IS STUDENTS THAT ARE ALREADY IDENTIFIED GIFTED AND TALENTED.

YES, WE'VE GIVEN THOSE ASSESSMENTS IN SECOND GRADE.

WE HAVE ACCESS TO ALL THAT SO AS PEOPLE APPLY, WE'RE ABLE TO LOOK AT THEIR SCORES AND CONFIRM AND VALIDATE THAT.

TRYING TO REMEMBER THE SECOND THING YOU TALKED ABOUT.

I'M GOING TO LET MS. WEBSTER COME EXPLAIN IN JUST A MINUTE, THE PROCESS THAT WE USE AND WE WANT TO STICK CLOSE TO THE SAME PROCESS THAT WE'VE USED THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT IN IDENTIFYING STUDENTS INTO CHOICE ACADEMIES THROUGH THAT LOTTERY SYSTEM.

SHE HAS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE WITH THAT SYSTEM, SO I'M GOING TO LET HER EXPLAIN WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND HOW IT WORKS SO THAT YOU GUYS CAN KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THAT PART OF IT.

I HEARD YOU MENTION A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT ACCELERATED LEARNING AND ALL THE KIDDOS GETTING INTO MIT, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

WHILE AT THE BEGINNING WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY LOOKING AT TAKING OUR STUDENTS AND SAY, THIRD GRADERS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE YOU ON A SEVENTH-GRADE MATH LEVEL, WE'RE GOING TO REALLY DIG DEEP INTO THAT.

HOWEVER, WE KNOW BY THE TIME THEY GET TO FIFTH GRADE, WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME ADVANCED OPPORTUNITIES AND PREPARING THEM SO THAT IF THEY DO TRANSITION BACK TO OUR INTERMEDIATE OR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL, THEY'RE TRULY READY TO TAKE THOSE AP COURSES, THOSE HIGH LEVEL.

WE'RE HOPING THESE KIDS ARE IN THAT BC CALCULUS AND NOT JUST THE AB AND ALL THOSE DIFFERENT TYPES OF MODELS AND REALLY PREPARING THEM TO TAKE ALL THE ADVANCED LOAD OF CLASSES.

BUT LET ME LET MS. WEBSTER ADDRESS THAT LOTTERY SYSTEM AND STAYING CLOSE TO THAT PROCESS.

>> WHILE YOU'RE ADDRESSING THAT, MS. WEBSTER, MY QUESTION FOR YOU WAS YOU HAD MENTIONED STEM OPPORTUNITIES, AND SO WE EXPLAINED WHAT THAT IS. GO A LITTLE MORE IN-DEPTH.

>> ABSOLUTELY. LET ME ADDRESS THE LOTTERY QUESTION FIRST THEN I'LL ADDRESS STEM OPPORTUNITIES.

WITH THE LOTTERY, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PULLING FROM ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

YOU ALWAYS ARE GOING TO HAVE MORE THAT APPLY THAN YOU HAVE SEATS FOR.

THAT'S JUST THE REALITY OF IT.

THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THOSE SPECIFIC FEEDER PATTERN LOTTERIES.

WE DON'T SPLIT IT UP BY ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS NOTICED, BUT I LIKE NUMBERS.

IT COMES DOWN TO 1.5 KIDS PER ELEMENTARY.

WE GROUP THEM WITHIN AN INTERMEDIATE FEEDER PATTERN.

THAT'S HOW WE DO THAT.

THAT WAY, WE DO HAVE THAT REPRESENTATION FROM ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

REPEAT YOUR QUESTION ABOUT STEM. SORRY. [LAUGHTER]

>> YOU HAD JUST MENTIONED FOR OTHER OPPORTUNITIES.

SOUNDS LIKE JUST KITTY GOING IN-DEPTH OF WHAT ARE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.

>> WE'RE BEGINNING THE CONVERSATIONS ON HOW WE CAN BRING SOME OF THESE STEM EXPERIENCES, AGAIN, NOT REPLICATE WHAT'S AT OUR STEM ACADEMIES, BECAUSE THAT'S HIGHLY FOCUSED.

WE TRAIN THE ENTIRE STAFF.

THEY HAVE ONBOARDING TRAINING THAT'S REQUIRED, THEY HAVE UPDATE TRAINING REQUIRED, THOSE THINGS.

BUT SOME OF THOSE STEM HABITS OF MIND AND OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN COURSEWORK AT OUR COMPREHENSIVE CAMPUSES, BUT LEVERAGING THAT PARTIAL IMMERSION DESCRIPTORS THAT THE STATE HAS GIVEN US FOR STEM IN TEXAS.

>> IF I'M UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY, YOU'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE A CRITERIA.

EVEN IF THEY APPLY, THEY HAVE TO MEET A MINIMUM CRITERIA.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> I REMEMBER FOR FIFTH AND SIXTH THEY HAD TO GO THROUGH TESTING.

WHAT WILL THEY DO FOR THIRD AND FOURTH TO FIGURE OUT IF THEY FIT, BESIDES BE ALREADY AWARDED GT?

>> FOR ALPHA? I'M SORRY.

REPEAT THAT AGAIN. I THINK I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT I'M SEEKING A STEM WHEN YOU SAID THAT, [LAUGHTER] WHAT YOU DID.

>> SORRY. WELL, I JUST REMEMBER WHEN EACH KID GOES INTO STEM OR TRIES TO GO INTO STEM,

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THEY HAVE A TESTING THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND THEY ALREADY HAD TO GO THROUGH A CERTAIN TESTING AND MAKE CERTAIN INDICATOR POINTS IN ORDER TO EVEN BE WILLING TO BE LOOKED AT.

I WONDERED HOW WE WOULD DO THAT FOR A THIRD AND FOURTH GRADER OUTSIDE OF, THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN IDENTIFIED AS GT.

>> OUR STEM PROGRAM LOOKS AT THE ASSESSMENTS THAT THEY'RE ALREADY TAKING WITHIN THE DISTRICT, AND LOOKING AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT OF THOSE ASSESSMENTS AND COMPILING THOSE RESULTS TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE ON GRADE LEVEL, THEY ARE A GOOD FIT FOR THAT PROGRAM.

WE ARE LOOKING AT THE SECOND-GRADE COGAT ASSESSMENT.

IF THEY ARE FROM ANOTHER DISTRICT OR THEY WEREN'T HERE IN SECOND GRADE, THEN WHAT WE'LL DO IS HAVE CAMPUSES ADMINISTER THAT ASSESSMENT TO THEM.

WE DON'T THINK IT'LL BE AN OVERWHELMING NUMBER OF STUDENTS.

IF A PARENT IS LIKE, WELL, I WASN'T HERE IN SECOND GRADE, WE DON'T HAVE THAT, WE HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN TESTED, NO PROBLEM.

WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH THE PRINCIPALS AND THE CAMPUSES AND HAVE LOTS OF COMMUNICATION ON HOW THOSE KIDDOS CAN GO AHEAD AND BE ASSESSED.

ONE THING I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT, GIFTED AND TALENTED, IT'S A SPECIAL SERVICE.

YOU TRULY THINK DIFFERENTLY.

THIS IS SOMETHING I WANTED TO MENTION EARLIER, BUT THEY TRULY THINK DIFFERENTLY AND WE'RE PROVIDING A SERVICE TO THESE STUDENTS SO THAT THEY CAN LEARN IN THE MANNER THAT BEST FITS FOR THEM.

THAT IS ALSO PART OF THAT PROCESS; IS REALLY ENSURING THAT WE'RE PROVIDING THE SERVICES THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR STUDENTS TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

BUT TO BACKTRACK, YES, STEM, THEY DEFINITELY LOOK AT A WIDE RANGE OF SCORES THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE WITHIN THE DISTRICT, AND WE WILL ALSO DO THAT TOO.

THERE WILL BE SITUATIONS WHERE WE HAVE TO LOOK AT CRITERIA BEYOND JUST THAT ONE TEST, ONE ASSESSMENT ON ONE DAY.

THAT'S SOME THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH TOO.

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>> I'M GOING TO CLARIFY ONE THING ON STEM BECAUSE THERE IS SOME DEVIATION HERE.

THE PROCESS MAY BE SIMILAR, BUT WITH OUR STEM ACADEMIES AT NORWOOD, MARTINEZ, AND MCKENZIE, THEY ARE REALLY STEM FOR ALL.

WE DO NOT BELIEVE THAT ONLY A CERTAIN SELECTION OF KIDS SHOULD HAVE A STEM EXPERIENCE, AND SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THOSE BROAD RANGE OF LOTTERIES, SO THAT WE DO OPEN IT UP SO THAT WE GET MORE KIDS INTO THAT STEM PIPELINE, AND THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT FOR THE ALPHA ACADEMY.

I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.

>> WELL, I'M JUST SUPER EXCITED BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR YEARS, SO THANK YOU ALL. APPRECIATE IT.

I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THE PHOENIX ACADEMY BECAUSE THAT'S ALSO SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR QUITE A WHILE.

I APPRECIATE ELI'S INPUT ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE EXPANDING THAT.

THAT'S GOING TO BE SUPER GREAT.

EVERY TIME WE HAVE GRADUATION, THOSE KIDS JUST LITERALLY LIGHT UP.

THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

>> DR. REED

>> YES. I HAVE A STEM QUESTION.

I DIDN'T HEAR YOU SAY IT, YOU MAY HAVE IT, BUT WILL OUR STAFF HAVE FIRST OPPORTUNITIES TO APPLY FOR THOSE STEM POSITIONS THAT BECOME AVAILABLE?

>> ARE WE GOING BACK FOR HOLT? IT IS LEARNERS THAT ARE ZONED TO MANSFIELD ISD.

>> STAFF.

>> STAFF, I'M SORRY. STAFF DOES APPLY.

WE DO NOT AUTOMATICALLY ADMIT STAFF LEARNERS.

THEY GO INTO THE LOTTERY, JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.

[BACKGROUND] SORRY. THANK YOU.

YES. IT'S 9:52.

[LAUGHTER] SORRY. WE SENT THAT BLAST OUT.

WE FIRST LOOK INTERNALLY, AND THEN WE DON'T OPEN IT UP EXTERNALLY UNTIL WE'VE TRIED TO FIND THE BEST INTERNAL CANDIDATES.

>> THANK YOU, BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE GREAT.

I WANTED TO ASK THAT QUESTION.

YES. I'M TRYING TO GO IN ORDER.

THEN I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT ALPHA ACADEMY.

[LAUGHTER]

>> WE'LL HAVE THE SAME THING IF IT COMES TO THE TEACHERS.

WE'LL BE SENDING INTEREST OF INVENTORIES FOR OUR INTERNAL TEACHERS IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THAT BEFORE WE PUT IT OUT TOO.

>> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU.

WITH THE DECISION TO SELECT HARMON AS WHERE YOU PLACE THE ALPHA ACADEMY, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT? WHY DID WE MAKE THAT DECISION?

>> A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT REASONS.

THEY WERE UNDER THE 500 THRESHOLD AS WELL, AND THEN THEIR POSITIONING, QUITE FRANKLY, AND THEY'RE CLOSE TO ARLINGTON CLASSICS ACADEMY, SO IT'S NOT REALLY A CHANGE IN DIRECTION THERE.

THAT CORRIDOR WAS REALLY THIN UP IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE DISTRICT, WHICH IS WHY YOU HAVE SCHOOLS STACKED THE WAY YOU HAVE THEM STACKED.

IT GIVES US EXPOSURE FOR OUR OTHER SCHOOLS TO COME IN, BUT THEN IT'S ALSO FAR ENOUGH DOWN, IN THAT OUR STUDENTS FROM ALL OVER THE DISTRICT CAN GET THERE.

IT'S REALLY BECAUSE WE WANTED TO TAKE ONE OF

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THESE CAMPUSES AND DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS INTERNALLY, AND HARMON HAD THE BEST LOCATION TO DO THAT.

>> A COUPLE OF OTHER QUESTIONS HERE.

HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THIS? I KNOW THAT THIS IS A PART OF THE PLANNING PROCESS, AND I'M CERTAIN THAT YOU'LL ASSESSING AND TAKING THE DATA.

DO WE ALREADY HAVE A PROGRESSION PLAN IN PLACE FOR OUR ALPHA STUDENTS AS THEY MATRICULATE INTO INTERMEDIATE AND THEN THE OTHER? NOW, THEY MAY GO INTO OTHER CHOICE PROGRAMS. I'M AWARE OF THAT.

>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT AT THE INTERMEDIATE LEVEL, THAT'S PROBABLY MORE APPROPRIATE THAN AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL.

I'M NOT SAYING THAT THAT'S NEVER A POSSIBILITY.

WE'RE NOT SEEING A LOT OF GOOD MODELS OUT IN THE WORLD FOR STRICTLY HIGH SCHOOL GT.

A LOT OF TIMES OUR FRONTIER STUDENTS, PART OF THEIR CHOICE IS THAT THIS CYCLE OF LEARNING THAT COMES FROM THE STEM ACADEMY, THIS IS THEIR EXTRACURRICULAR.

THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE FOCUSED ON FULL-TIME.

MY OLDEST DAUGHTER MADE THAT DECISION.

SHE'S NOT MARCHING IN A BAND.

SHE'S NOT DOING THIS, DOING THAT.

WE DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S REALLY APPROPRIATE FOR OUR GT STUDENTS AT THAT LEVEL.

WE DON'T HAVE A FINAL ANSWER ON EXACTLY HOW FAR IT WILL MATRICULATE THROUGH, BUT THE GREAT THING IS MISS POLLOCK AND MS. HADINEZ AND HER TEAM, THEY'RE MAKING STRATEGIC MEASURES, AND YOU SAW AN INCREASE THIS YEAR IN OUR NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARS.

THEY'RE MAKING VERY STRATEGIC DECISIONS ON HOW TO SERVE OUR REALLY HIGH-PERFORMING KIDS AND THIS GT ACADEMY AT ALPHA ACADEMY AT HARMON WILL BETTER PREPARE THOSE KIDS TO GO INTO THAT PROGRAMMING AS THEY GET OLDER.

>> ONE LAST QUESTION. I THINK YOU JUST SAID IT.

I WAS GOING TO ASK IF AFTER EVALUATING ABOUT A YEAR OR SO OF THE ALPHA ACADEMY AT HARMON, ARE THERE PROBABLE PLANS TO ROLL IT OUT TO OTHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

ARE WE JUST GOING TO KEEP IT THERE AT HARMON?

>> YOU GOT TO HAVE A CONTROLLED LAYOUT.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE INTENSITY OF IT FOR THE STUDENT.

WELL, IT'S ALSO THE INTENSITY OF IT FOR THE TEACHER.

OUR STEM TEACHERS ARE COMPLETELY RETRAINED ON HOW THEY FUNCTION WITHIN A CLASSROOM AND HOW TO SCHOOL WHAT THEIR ROLE IS AS A TEACHER.

THIS IS GOING TO BE A SIMILAR SCENARIO. CHANGE MANAGEMENT.

IF WE DID THIS BOOM AT MULTIPLE PLACES, WE WOULD NOT DO A GOOD JOB.

WE WOULD JUST HAVE A SIGN ON A BUILDING, AND THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE WANTING TO DO.

I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE WON'T EVER TAKE IT SOMEPLACE.

LOOK AT THE GROWTH WE'VE HAD WITH STEM, BUT THAT WAS SINCE 2017, WITH A YEAR PRIOR TO THAT PLANNING.

THAT WAS NOT IN 2023 OR 2024 THAT WE STARTED THAT.

IT COULD, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

>> YES, THANK YOU. [LAUGHTER]

>> MR. TIPPING.

>> YES. YOU'RE OFF THE HOOK WITH QUESTIONS.

I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF STATEMENTS.

FIRST OF ALL, THE PHOENIX ACADEMY, THIS REALLY WARMS MY HEART BECAUSE HAVING BEEN ON THE SITE-BASED COMMITTEE AT PHOENIX ACADEMY FOR YEARS PRIOR TO BEING ELECTED TO THE BOARD, I SAW THE NEED THERE FOR MANY YEARS.

LIKE I SAID, IT REALLY WARMS MY HEART TO SEE THAT GROWTH AND THAT EXPANSION TO BE ABLE TO REACH MORE AT-RISK STUDENTS, SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THIS AND EXPANDING IT BECAUSE IT'S BEEN NEEDED.

MY SECOND STATEMENT IS REALLY JUST I LOVE THAT WE'RE FINISHING WITH CHOICE PROGRAMS AFTER TALKING ABOUT LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS THAT MAY BE COMING BECAUSE THIS IS THE BATTLE THAT WE CONTINUE TO FIGHT.

IF YOU NEED TALKING POINTS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY TO TAKE TO YOUR LEGISLATURE, THIS IS IT. WE OFFER CHOICE.

WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS AND PARENTS, AND SO THE NEED FOR VOUCHERS, ESAS, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL THEM, WE DON'T NEED THAT.

WE HAVE THAT. WE OFFER SO MANY THINGS TO OUR STUDENTS, SO IF YOU NEED THOSE TALKING POINTS, THIS IS IT RIGHT HERE.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT STATEMENT.

>> ALL RIGHT, TIMMY. TO MRS. NATHAN.

>> NO QUESTIONS, JUST COMMENTS.

YOU GUYS ARE REALLY INCREDIBLE ABOUT THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX.

WE'VE COME DOWN TO A CRUNCH TIME WITH PEOPLE THROWING LEGISLATION AT US IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME AND HOLY COW, WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE COME UP WITH TO MAKE ALL OF THIS COME TOGETHER TO NOT SHUT DOWN SCHOOLS.

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THAT'S HOW WE STARTED THIS CONVERSATION TONIGHT WAS, OH, MY GOSH, I'M CONCERNED THAT WE HAVE NO MONEY.

WE'RE GOING TO SHUT DOWN SCHOOLS.

THIS IS WHAT WE ACTUALLY ENDED UP TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT.

IF EVERYBODY COULD THINK ABOUT WHAT THIS CONVERSATION IS AND HOW FULL CIRCLE WE'VE COME, I'VE BEEN IN THIS DISTRICT LONG ENOUGH TO KNOW AND IN THIS COMMUNITY AND LOVED MID FOR A LONG TIME, BUT TO BE ABLE TO SEE THINGS LIKE THE ALPHA ACADEMY COME TO LIGHT AFTER SO MANY YEARS.

TO GET TO SEE THE PHOENIX ACADEMY, NOT ONLY COME TO LIFE, BUT TO GROW AND TO EXPAND IS JUST AMAZING.

JERRY KNIGHT STEM ACADEMY AND STEM IN GENERAL.

I GOT TO BE THERE ON THE FIRST DAYS.

THERE'S NO WORDS TO EXPLAIN WHAT IT'S LIKE TO GO INTO THESE PLACES AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS TO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND SOMETIMES EVEN TO PARENTS UNTIL THEY SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH STUDENTS.

THANK YOU. I WROTE A NOTE HERE WHEN WE WERE TALKING AND DR. SCOTT, YOU SAID CHANGE MANAGEMENT IN A CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT.

THAT RIGHT THERE IS WHAT YOU GUYS AND THIS TEAM ARE DOING RIGHT NOW.

YOU GUYS ARE TRYING TO DO SUCH INTENSE CHANGE MANAGEMENT IN A CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT THAT DOESN'T HURT OUR COMMUNITY, DOESN'T HURT MONEY.

IT HELPS PARENTS, IT HELPS TEACHERS, IT PROTECTS JOBS, AND IT SAVES CAMPUSES.

NUMBER 1, IT'S REALLY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT WE COULD DO FOR EVERY SINGLE STUDENT IN THIS COMMUNITY.

EVERYTHING YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT TALKS ABOUT EVERY SINGLE STUDENT IN THIS DISTRICT.

WE DIDN'T JUST TALK ABOUT ANY ONE PARTICULAR GROUP.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE THE WAY YOUR MINDS WORK, I'M IN AWE.

THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE SUCH AN INTENSE PASSION FOR THIS, AND YOU GUYS CAN COME TOGETHER AND NOT JUST BRAINSTORM, BUT GUYS ARE MAKING IT HAPPEN AND FIGURING OUT HOW TO GET OVER THESE SPEED BUMPS AND THESE LEGISLATION, 68, SIX AND SOMETHING SPEED BUMPS.

THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THIS HAS BEEN AN AMAZING CONVERSATION TONIGHT AND I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU GUYS ARE BRINGING TO THE TABLE FOR US.

>> I ECHO THAT. I APPRECIATE THE COLLABORATION FOR WHAT OBVIOUSLY HAS BEEN A BIG LIFT TO COME UP WITH A PRESENTATION OF THIS BREADTH.

>> DR. CRETEL.

I THINK WE'VE LEARNED A LOT.

THANK YOU FOR THE INTENTIONALITY AND THE DETAIL.

I HAVE A THOUGHT ABOUT THE ALPHA ACADEMY AND POTENTIALLY WHAT YOU'VE LEARNED FROM HAVING DEDICATED STEM ACADEMIES.

I THINK THE NUMBER IS MINIMAL WITH THE 44 AND 44 AND THIRD AND FOURTH.

BUT DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OR AN INKLING OF WHAT THE ACADEMIC IMPACT MIGHT BE TO THE REST OF THE DISTRICT OF DRAWING THOSE HIGH PERFORMING ELEMENTARY STUDENTS INTO ONE LOCATION AND AWAY FROM THE REST OF THE CAMPUSES AROUND THE DISTRICTS.

MAYBE WE'VE SEEN SOME OF THAT WITH STEM.

MAYBE WE HAVEN'T, AND WE KNOW OBVIOUSLY, TEA POTENTIALLY AND HOPEFULLY COULD CHANGE HOW THEY EVALUATE OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

BUT WE KNOW RIGHT NOW IT'S THAT STAR PERFORMANCE.

>> YEAH. IT DOES AFFECT IF A KID WHO'S GOING TO SCORE MASTERS ON EVERY TEST HE TAKES, WALKS OUT THE DOOR.

IT ABSOLUTELY DOES AFFECT, BUT IN ADDITION TO MAKING SURE WE SERVE ALL KIDS EVERYWHERE, OR THEY AT LEAST HAVE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO BE SERVED.

ANOTHER ADVANTAGE OF USING INTERMEDIATE FEEDER PATTERN IS THAT IT DOESN'T CANNIBALIZE ONE SINGLE SCHOOL.

PULL 10 KIDS OUT OF A SECTION WHERE THEY MAY HAVE ONLY THREE SECTIONS OF THIRD GRADE AND WE'RE 66 KIDS, AND WE'RE TAKING 10 OF THEM AND THEIR HIGHEST ACHIEVERS AND SENDING THEM AWAY.

WE'RE THINKING ONE TO TWO KIDS MAYBE THREE IN A GRADE LEVEL OR CAMPUS.

>> DO A FEEDER PATTERN.

IT'S ABOUT SIX FOR INTERMEDIATE FEEDER PATTERN.

FOUR BY SEVEN ISH.

IT'S NOT A TON. BUT ALSO THIS OPENS UP.

ALPHA WILL ACTUALLY HELP TO SERVE THOSE REALLY EXTENSIVE WAIT LISTS THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR STEM ACADEMIES FOR THIRD AND FOURTH GRADE RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE TALKING OVER 100 KIDS ARE WAITING FOR THIRD GRADE AND FOURTH GRADE SEATS TO OPEN UP.

WE WOULD HAVE TO TURN OVER COMPLETE ROSTERS AT OUR STEM ACADEMIES THREE TIMES TO CYCLE THROUGH ALL THOSE KIDS.

AGAIN, I LOVE NUMBERS.

I WENT IN AND I DUG AND I STARTED, CAN I ANTICIPATE BY LOOKING AT NUMBERS? I ANTICIPATE A GOOD NUMBER OF THOSE KIDS SITTING ON A WAITLIST AT NUMBER 100, HEY, I'M GT AND ALPHA ACADEMY'S OPENING INSTEAD OF STAYING ON THIS WAITLIST.

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NOW I HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR NEXT YEAR.

>> GREAT. THAT'S IT.

>> MISS WILSON, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING?

>> NO, I WON'T KEEP ALL.

IN FACT, THE NEXT TWO PRESENTERS CAN THANK THE FIRST TWO BORN CHILDREN, THE MIDDLE AND THE OLDEST.

AWARENESS THAT NOW, I'M KIDDING, YOU ALL DID GREAT A LOT TO TAKE IN AND A LOT OF POSITIVES TOO.

I AGAIN DID WHAT MISS NEWSOM SAID THAT I APPRECIATE THE NEW ACADEMY.

I TOLD YOU ALL THAT STARTING BACK, I WAS EXCITED ABOUT ALL OUR ACADEMIES.

I THINK THIS IS A REALLY COOL AND ALSO APPRECIATE DR. CREECH'S QUESTION BECAUSE THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD POINT.

WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DUMP ALL MY FIRST BORN KIDS AND NOT THOSE OTHER TWO BOYS INTO ONE [INAUDIBLE].

BUT ANYWAY, YOU ALL DID A GREAT JOB I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING MORE AND MORE AS WE GO.

>> JUST TO FOLLOW UP. I ECHO EVERYTHING THAT EVERYONE HAS SAID AS WELL.

I THINK SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND IS REALLY EACH PIECE OF THIS PRESENTATION WORKS TOGETHER.

IT'S REALLY AMAZING TO SEE HOW INTENTIONAL EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU WERE WITH YOUR PART OF THE PRESENTATION AND HOW IT FITS INTO THIS ENTIRE PLAN MOVING FORWARD.

I APPRECIATE THAT. I'M EXCITED TO SEE HOW THIS IS GOING TO LOOK IN OUR DISTRICT.

WE LOOK AT THE ACADEMIES THAT WE HAVE NOW AND THEY'RE INCREDIBLE.

I THINK IT'S A TESTAMENT TO HOW MANY KIDS ARE WILLING TO BE ON WAITLIST TO BE ABLE TO GET INTO THESE ACADEMIES.

I THINK I MAY HAVE SQUEALED JUST A LITTLE BIT WHEN I FIRST HEARD ABOUT THE GIFTED AND TALENT ACADEMY IS AMAZING.

WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT EXPANDING PHOENIX ACADEMY.

I KNOW SINCE THE FIRST YEAR THAT I WAS ON THE BOARD.

THIS IS REALLY EXCITING TO SEE THIS COME TO FRUITION AS WELL.

I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> [INAUDIBLE] RECORD.

>> [INAUDIBLE]

WE ARE GOING TO MOVE INTO OUR PRESENTATIONS, DR. CANTU?

>> MOVING RIGHT ALONG.

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>> YES, PATIENTLY WAITING HAS BEEN DR. ASHLEY PARKS.

SHE HAS OUR SYSTEMS REPORT ON OUT OF SCHOOL TIME PROGRAM, SO I'LL HAND IT OVER TO YOU, MADAM.

PRESIDENT FARRAR DR. CANTU, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

GOOD EVENING.

I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT OUR OUT OF SCHOOL TIME PROGRAMS. WE HAVE TWO PROGRAMS THAT FALL UP UNDER OUR UMBRELLA.

WE HAVE OUR A PROGRAM AND THAT IS OUR NEEDED MLOE 21ST CENTURY COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTERS GRANT.

IT'S A FEDERALLY FUNDED GRANT, AND WE RECEIVE THAT FROM TEA.

IT IS A FIVE YEAR GRANT AND WE ARE CURRENTLY IN YEAR 4.

WE ALSO HAVE OUR QUEST PROGRAM AND THAT IS OUR FEE BASED PROGRAM AND SO PARENTS CAN OPT IN AND PAY A WEEKLY TUITION.

FOR OUR VISION AND MISSION, I REALLY WANT TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME HERE AND JUST TALKING ABOUT AS WE PLANNED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, AND WE STARTED DOING R ONE THING.

WE WERE LIKE, WHAT IS IT THAT WE WANT TO DO AND OUR MISSION THAT WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH FOR OST? FOR US, IT WAS REALLY ABOUT GETTING PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE REALLY DO AND GETTING PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE NOT DAYCARE, BUT WE'RE REALLY A PROGRAM WHERE LEARNING EXTENDS BEYOND THE SCHOOL DAY.

WE CAME TOGETHER AND WE SAT AS A TEAM AND WE DID SOME AFFINITY DIAGRAM MAPPING, AND WE CAME UP WITH THESE SEVEN PILLARS OF WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO AND WHAT WE PROVIDE TO MISD BECAUSE WE TRULY BELIEVE THAT WHAT WE DO IN OUR PROGRAMS REALLY DOES HELP TO MOVE THE NEEDLE AND PRODUCE LIFE READY STUDENTS.

WE FOCUS ON JUST HAVING A SAFE ENVIRONMENT, THAT ACADEMIC SUPPORT, COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS, COMMUNITY AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT, ENGAGING ENRICHMENT AND INCREASING FUNDING.

HERE YOU SEE QUEST.

THIS IS OUR STUDENT ENROLLMENT.

QUEST IS AT 23 OF OUR CAMPUSES HERE IN MANSFIELD.

WE SERVICE PRE-K-6 GRADE FOR OUR QUEST PROGRAMS. YOU'LL SEE HERE ALTHOUGH WE WERE IMPLEMENTED IN 2017, I CHOSE TO FOCUS ON JUST THE LAST FOUR YEARS OF DATA AFTER COVID.

YOU'LL SEE THAT EVERY YEAR WE ARE INCREASING OUR STUDENT ENROLLMENT.

CURRENTLY YEAR TO DATE, WE SERVICE ABOUT 1,400 STUDENTS AND TOTAL SERVICE SINCE AUGUST IS ABOUT 1,655 STUDENTS.

WE'RE CONTINUING TO GROW AND I THINK THAT WE'LL SURPASS OUR GOAL OF LAST YEAR, WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING TO US.

LAST YEAR DURING THE BOARD PRESENTATION, FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT FROM THE BOARD WAS ASKING A QUESTION WAS, WHY ARE STUDENTS LEAVING QUEST? WE THOUGHT IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO START COLLECTING THAT DATA.

NOW WHAT WE DO IS WE IMPLEMENT AN EXIT SURVEY.

WHEN PARENTS WITHDRAW, THEY HAVE TO SEND A FORMAL EMAIL AND WE HAVE MADE IT A PART OF THE WITHDRAWAL PROCESS.

THEY FILLED OUT AN EXIT SURVEY, AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO REPORT OUR DATA AND THAT

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MOST PARENTS ARE LEAVING OUR PROGRAM JUST BECAUSE THEY NO LONGER NEED OUR SERVICES.

THAT'S WHAT THAT PIE CHART SHOWS AND IT SHOWS THE OTHER PERCENTAGES OF WHY PARENTS LEAVE.

WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WASN'T BECAUSE THEY WERE UNSATISFIED WITH OUR SERVICE.

OUR REVENUE OVER THE YEARS.

THIS IS ON OUR SCORE CARD.

AGAIN, I CHOSE TO FOCUS ON THE LAST FOUR YEARS.

ON THE TABLE, YOU'LL SEE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE THAT IS OUR REVENUE THAT WE'VE GENERATED EACH YEAR.

THE INDIRECT COST ON THE RIGHT SIDE IS WHAT WE GIVE BACK TO THE DISTRICT EVERY YEAR AND WE GIVE THAT IN ABOUT JUNE.

LAST YEAR, WE GAVE ABOUT $457,000 IN INDIRECT COSTS.

THIS YEAR, YEAR TO DATE, WE'RE AT ABOUT $2.6 MILLION IN REVENUE, BUT REALLY IT'S A LOT MORE.

THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE MARCH.

THIS IS JUST UP UNTIL FEBRUARY.

OUR GOAL FOR OUR SCORECARD IS ABOUT $3.6 MILLION, AND SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE AVERAGING ABOUT $306,000 A MONTH.

I BELIEVE WE'RE PROJECTED TO MAKE ABOUT FOUR MILLION DOLLAR THIS YEAR, SO WE WILL EXCEED OUR GOAL, WHICH WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT.

IF YOU SEE THERE IS THE GRAPH, YOU SEE IN JULY, IT'S RED ONLY BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINS, AND SO WE INCLUDED IT, BUT THAT'S CAMP DESTINATION.

THAT'S REVENUE THAT WE GENERATED FROM CAMP DESTINATION, WHICH IS ABOUT 175 STUDENTS THAT WE SERVICE ALL SUMMER IN OUR SUMMER CAMP.

YOU'LL SEE IN YELLOW WE WERE RIGHT BY OUR GOAL, BUT WE BARELY MISSED IT FOR AUGUST, NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, AND THAT'S ONLY DUE TO A VARIANCE IN WEEKS.

WE DIDN'T START UNTIL THE THIRD WEEK IN AUGUST, AND THEN NOVEMBER THANKSGIVING BREAK AND THEN DECEMBER IS CHRISTMAS BREAK.

SOME GLOWS FOR OUR QUEST PROGRAM IS ENHANCED ACTIVITY OFFERINGS.

WE REALLY ARE TRYING TO FOCUS MORE ON STUDENT VOICE AND CHOICE.

AGAIN, TO PRODUCE IF READY CITIZENS.

WE REALLY TRY TO REVOLVE EVERYTHING THAT WE DO AROUND VISION 2030.

IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO SEE WHAT THE KIDS WANT TO DO.

I'M VERY HAPPY OF THE OFFERINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GIVE TO OUR STUDENTS.

OUR SUMMER CAMP, VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

LAST YEAR, WE SOLD OUT IN ABOUT EIGHT MINUTES AND TODAY WAS REGISTRATION DAY AND WE BEAT IT BY ONE MINUTE AND WE SOLD OUT IN SEVEN MINUTES THIS YEAR.

SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

OBVIOUSLY, TALKS ARE IN THE WORK ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO FOR NEXT YEAR TO OPEN IT UP FOR MORE STUDENTS.

WE IMPLEMENTED A CURRICULUM TEAM THIS YEAR AGAIN BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT WHAT WE DO TRULY ALIGNS WITH VISION 2030 AND HELPING TO MOVE THE NEEDLE FOR MISD.

WITH THAT CURRICULUM TEAM, THEY COME TOGETHER ONCE A MONTH AND THEY SIT DOWN AND THEY TRY TO MAKE CURRICULUM THAT IS ALIGNED TO VISION 2030, JUST SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS ARE SOCIALLY, ACADEMICALLY READY, AND WE'RE PROVIDING THOSE STEM EXPERIENCES FOR THEM AND JUST THOSE CAREER AND LIFE READY EXPERIENCES.

SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.

WE'VE ENHANCED OUR SOCIAL MEDIA TECHNIQUES TO BE MORE FREQUENT BECAUSE WE WANT TO GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT THE GREAT THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING IN OUR PROGRAMS. WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE PRE-K ROUND UP.

WE LOVE GOING TO THOSE AND SO WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT TOMORROW FOR PRE-K. FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, WE'VE BEEN FOCUSING VERY HEAVILY ON IN PRESCRIBE PER SE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE STARTED COLLECTING DATA FROM OUR STAFF MEMBERS ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT.

AGAIN, WE MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS ALIGNED TO DISTRICT INITIATIVES AND WHAT WE PROVIDE.

WE'VE BEEN VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT THAT.

I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE BEEN GETTING BECAUSE THEY FEEL LIKE WE'RE LISTENING TO THEM.

WE ALSO DID A CTE ROUND UP.

AGAIN, THAT COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS PIECE.

WE PARTNERED WITH BEN BARBER AND SO OUR INTERMEDIATE STUDENTS GOT TO GO AND TAKE A TOUR AND WE CALLED A CTE ROUNDUP AND THEY GOT TO SEE ALL THE AMAZING PATHWAYS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM IN MISD.

MOVING ON TO OUR AC PROGRAM.

AGAIN, THIS IS OUR FEDERALLY FUNDED GRANT AND WE ARE IN YEAR 45.

THE TOTAL FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVED FOR THIS YEAR WAS ABOUT $1.6 MILLION.

WE DID HAVE A REDUCTION IN FUNDING BECAUSE WE ARE SUPPOSED TO RECEIVE $1.7 MILLION.

WE DID RECEIVE A REDUCTION LAST YEAR BECAUSE WE DID NOT MEET OUR PARENT NOR STUDENT NUMBERS AT TA HOWARD, OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL.

WHAT WE DID WAS WE CAME UP WITH A VERY STRATEGIC PLAN OF SUPPORT.

WITH THAT, YOU WILL SEE IN GREEN ARE ALL OF THE METRICS THAT WE HAVE MET ALREADY.

YOU WILL SEE THAT TA HOWARD, AS OF THIS WAS BACK IN FEBRUARY, ACTUALLY FOR THIS DATA.

THEY'VE ALREADY MET THEIR PARENT ATTENDANCE THIS YEAR, AND YOU WILL SEE THAT THEY ARE WELL ON THEIR WAY TO MEETING THEIR STUDENT ATTENDANCE.

THEY HAVE UNTIL JUNE 27 TO MEET ALL CAMPUSES DUE, AND I THINK THAT WE WILL DEFINITELY MEET ALL OF OUR GOALS FOR STUDENT AND PARENT ATTENDANCE THIS YEAR.

YOU'LL ALSO SEE THAT FOR A, A HEAVY FOCUS OF WHAT WE DO IS PROVIDING ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT AND SUPPORT AND INTERVENTIONS FOR MATH AND READING.

STUDENTS WHO HAVE MET 45 DAYS OR MORE HAVE TO SHOW AT LEAST 80% OF GROWTH IN BOTH MATH AND READING.

YOU WILL SEE AGAIN IN GREEN THAT A LOT OF OUR CAMPUSES ARE WELL

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ON THEIR WAY TO MEETING THAT AND THAT'S JUST FROM BEGINNING AND MIDDLE YEAR DATA.

AND SO WE'LL TAKE SOME MORE DATA FOR END OF YEAR AND THEN WE'LL GET A COMPREHENSIVE NUMBER.

VERY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

YOU'LL ALSO SEE IN THE MIDDLE COLUMN, IT SAYS TARGET HIT STUDENTS.

THAT'S OUR HIGH IMPACT TUTORING AND THAT'S A PART OF HOUSE BILL 1416.

WE REALLY WANTED TO SEE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AS WE WERE PLANNING, WHAT CAN WE REALLY DO TO HELP CAMPUSES MOVE THE NEEDLE ACADEMICALLY?

>> THIS IS NOT REQUIRED. WE'RE CYCLE 11.

IT IS NOT REQUIRED FOR OUR GRANT, HOWEVER, WE ARE SOME GO-GETTERS AND I JUST FELT LIKE THIS WOULD REALLY TRULY HELP PRINCIPLES BECAUSE IT'S REALLY HARD TO DO HIGH-IMPACT TUTORING BECAUSE IT REQUIRES A 1:4 RATIO OR A 4:1 RATIO, AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE A HIGH-QUALITY MATERIAL TOOL.

WE DID PURCHASE OUR EXCEL LICENSES FOR CAMPUSES TO BE ABLE TO HELP WITH THIS INITIATIVE.

YOU'LL SEE THAT WE JUST DID A SMALL NUMBER OF STUDENTS FOR HIT JUST TO GET OUR SITE SUPERVISORS PREPARED.

BUT YOU'LL SEE THAT A LOT OF THEM, THE NUMBER ON THE RIGHT IS HOW MANY STUDENTS WERE REQUIRED.

THE NUMBER ON THE LEFT IS HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE ACTUALLY CONSIDERED HIT STUDENTS FOR THOSE CAMPUSES.

YOU'LL SEE THAT OUR STAFF JUMPED RIGHT ON BOARD, AND A LOT OF THEM EXCEEDED THEIR NUMBERS.

VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING IN AS.

ON THE LOWER RIGHT-HAND SIDE, YOU'LL SEE THAT IT SAYS THE HEALTH MONITORING ITEMS SUMMARY.

TEA HAS COME OUT WITH A HEALTH SCORE THAT THEY GIVE US AND THEY GRADE US EVERY SINGLE MONTH BASED OFF OUR QUALITY PROGRAMMING THAT WE'RE DOING.

YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'RE 92% ON TRACK.

AS OF TODAY, WE ACTUALLY ARE 96% ON TRACK, AND WE'RE ONLY 4% OFF TRACK, AND THAT IS JUST DUE TO DRAWDOWNS.

IT'S A REIMBURSABLE GRANT, AND THEY WOULD LIKE FOR US TO DO DRAWDOWNS MONTHLY, BUT WE DO DRAWDOWNS ABOUT QUARTERLY.

THIS IS NOT A BAD THING AT ALL, AND SO WE ARE JUST DOING REALLY GREAT THINGS AND VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THOSE GREAT THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING, WE WERE SELECTED BY THE AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH TO DO A SITE INTERVIEW BECAUSE IT'S A HIGH-QUALITY PROGRAM THAT WE'RE DOING.

WE'RE GETTING THE WORD OUT THERE THROUGH THE GREAT THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING.

THE CAMPUS THAT WAS CHOSEN WAS THELMA JONES ELEMENTARY.

WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND CAN'T WAIT TO RECEIVE THAT DATA BACK.

WE ALSO HOSTED THE NORTHWEST TEXAS ACE REGIONAL MEETING.

WE HOSTED THAT BACK IN THE FALL, AND WE'LL ACTUALLY BE HOSTING ANOTHER ONE IN APRIL.

THAT'S BASICALLY ALL OF THE GRANTEES FROM THE NORTHWEST REGION.

WE WANT TO PUT MISD ON THE MAP AND SHOW THEM THE GREAT THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING, SO WE VOLUNTEERED.

THAT WAS VERY EXCITING FOR US.

ALSO, BECAUSE OF THE GREAT PARTNERSHIPS AND BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE COMMUNITY, WE GOT RECOGNIZED BY TEA PERFORMANCE COACH TO BE A GRANTEE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION SPOTLIGHT.

THEY'RE TALKING GREAT ABOUT US UP IN THEIR TEA MEETINGS, WHICH IS REALLY GREAT.

OUR PROGRAM COORDINATOR WILL ACTUALLY PRESENT SOME INFORMATION IN APRIL.

VERY PROUD OF OUR GOBBLE AND GATHER EVENT.

WE HAD ABOUT 608 FAMILIES THAT WERE THAT SHOWED UP.

WE GAVE AWAY ABOUT 181 FOOD BAGS, WE GAVE AWAY ABOUT 1,000 BOOKS THAT WERE DONATED FROM HALF PRICE BOOKS, AND ALSO FROM BOOK ANGELS.

WE HAD ABOUT 19 VENDORS, WE HAD TONS OF VOLUNTEERS, AND MANY OF THOSE VOLUNTEERS WERE ACTUALLY MISD HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

WE REALLY WANTED TO MAKE IT A FULL CIRCLE MOMENT.

THAT WAS A REALLY HUGE AND GREAT EVENT THAT WE DID.

WE'VE BEEN REALLY TRYING TO FOCUS ON OUR FAMILY ENGAGEMENT RESOURCES AND REALLY TRYING TO DO PERCEPTION SURVEYS TO OUR FAMILIES SO WE CAN REALLY TRULY MEET THEIR NEED, AND WE ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE NASA STEM CHALLENGE.

HERE YOU'LL SEE ALL OF OUR PARTNERSHIPS.

WE HAVE OVER 30 PLUS PARTNERSHIPS.

THE NEW POSITION THAT WE CREATED WAS THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND GRANTS, AND HE IS DOING AN AMAZING JOB, ALONG WITH OUR ACE FAMILY ENGAGEMENT SPECIALISTS, AND SO THEY'VE GOTTEN US ALL THESE WONDERFUL PARTNERSHIPS.

YOU'LL SEE THAT A LOT OF THE LOGOS ARE MANSFIELD ISD LOGOS BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN VERY INTENTIONAL IN MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE TAPPING INTO THE TALENT AND THE KNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE DISTRICT.

YEAR TO DATE, WE'VE RAISED ABOUT $35,000, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S IN THE FORM OF DONATIONS, RESOURCES, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S ACTUALLY LIKE MONETARY MONEY.

WE HAVE RAISED SOME COMMISSION MONEY FROM MOYA, CHIPOTLE, AND TEXAS ROADHOUSE, AND THAT'S BASICALLY IT'S A FAMILY NIGHT COME OUT, AND A PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS GO TO OST.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE USING THOSE FUNDS FOR LARGE OST EVENTS AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT EVENTS FOR ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES.

SOME DEPARTMENT GLOWS, WE CREATED A NEW LOGO AS WE WERE REBRANDING,

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SO I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT OUR NEW LOGO.

ALSO, IT'S OUR FIRST COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

WE WANTED TO REALLY SEE WHAT THE COMMUNITY HAS TO SAY.

WHAT ARE OUR STAKEHOLDERS SAY? BECAUSE AGAIN, WE ARE CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVING HERE IN MANSFIELD ISD AND IN OUR DEPARTMENT, WE TAKE THAT VERY SERIOUSLY.

WE'VE HAD TWO SO FAR, AND WE'VE GOTTEN GREAT FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE OUR SPRING OLYMPICS COMING UP ON MAY 3RD.

WE ARE HOPING FOR ABOUT 2,500 PEOPLE.

IT'LL BE AT LEGACY HIGH SCHOOL, AND WE ARE JUST REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT OPPORTUNITY IN A LARGE-SCALE FAMILY ENGAGEMENT EVENT FOR ALL 33 OF OUR CAMPUSES.

FAMILY ENGAGEMENT RESOURCES, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO A REALLY GOOD JOB AT THAT.

IN THE TOP RIGHT-HAND CORNER, YOU'LL SEE IT'S ONE OF OUR FAMILY FRIDAY FACTS THAT WE SEND OUT TO FAMILIES.

IT'S BASICALLY JUST GIVEN TIPS AND RESOURCES AND DIFFERENT STRATEGIES TO HELP THEM AS A PARENT, THEIR CHILD, JUST ACTIVITIES THAT THEY CAN DO TO HELP BETTER ENGAGE WITH THEIR CHILDREN AT HOME.

WE'RE ALSO VERY PROUD OF OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES THAT WE'RE MAKING, AND AGAIN, OUR FUNDRAISERS THAT WE'RE DOING. FUTURE PLANS.

WE DO INTEND TO PURSUE ADDITIONAL GRANTS.

THAT'S WHAT OUR AD FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND GRANTS IS FOR.

WE ALSO HOPE TO PURSUE THE 21ST CENTURY CCLC ACE GRANT FOR CYCLE 13.

AGAIN, WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THOSE FEDERAL FUNDS.

BUT IF IT DOES COME OUT, WE DO HOPE TO GO FOR THAT.

WE HOPE TO CONTINUE TO SECURE ADDITIONAL MOUS WITH ADDITIONAL PARTNERS.

WE WANT GREATER OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROJECT-BASED LEARNING AND STATED WITHIN OUR PROGRAMS AND SO WE'RE GOING TO CHALLENGE OUR CURRICULUM TEAM, AND I'M CHALLENGING OUR TEAM JUST FOR US TO GET SOME MORE TRAINING IN THAT AREA AS WELL, SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE PROVIDE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS.

WE WANT TO DO MORE COLLEGE VISITS FOR THAT COLLEGE AND CAREER LIFE READY PIECE, MORE INTENTIONAL FAMILY ENGAGEMENT EVENTS ABOUT TO REALLY HELP THE PARENTS AND MOVING FROM THAT INVOLVEMENT PIECE TO ENGAGEMENT.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DO SOME MORE SERVICE LEARNING PROJECTS FOR OUR STUDENTS TO TEACH THEM HOW TO BE COMMUNITY CITIZENS AND GIVE BACK. QUESTIONS.

>> THANK YOU, MA'AM. I'M TO START TO MY LEFT, MS. WILSON.

>> I HAVE NO QUESTIONS.

I HOPE YOU KNOW HOW GREAT YOUR PROGRAM IS AND HOW YOU GUYS ARE.

>> IT'S OFTENTIMES I SEE OUT THERE PUBLICLY.

MAYBE A YOUNG WHEN I SAY YOUNG FAMILY, MEANING EARLY ELEMENTARY AGE STUDENTS MOVE INS OR TRANSFER INS AND ALL THOSE THINGS THEY'RE LOOKING FOR HELP, NINE TIMES OUT OF 10, HAVE YOU LOOKED INTO QUEST? YES. THAT'S REALLY COOL.

I REALLY NEED TO KNOW THAT ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE ARE REFERRING YOU GUYS. WE APPRECIATE YOU.

>> ANYONE ELSE? DR. CRUTCHFIELD?

>> YES.

>> NICE JOB FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU FOR HELPING US UNDERSTAND BETTER THE METRICS AND THE WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE TO DO IN TERMS OF ATTENDANCE AND REACHING OUT TO YOUR PARENTS AND FAMILIES.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY, COUNSEL THAT YOU'RE CREATING AND SO BEING RESPONSIVE TO FEEDBACK.

DATA, AS YOU SEE IT, JUST PERSONAL TESTIMONY, I SAW MS. MCCARTY'S FACE ON THERE FROM NASH.

WE WAITED THREE YEARS TO GET INTO ACE, AND WE FINALLY DID WHEN MY DAUGHTER WAS IN FOURTH GRADE, PHENOMENAL. THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU DO.

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT FEEDBACK, TOO.

>> ANYONE ELSE ON MY LEFT. DR. RICK.

>> YES. GREAT PRESENTATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

NOT ONLY DID I HEAR, BUT I SAW YOU GAVE US GREAT INFORMATION.

THE DATA WAS EXCELLENT, AND JUST THE INTENTIONALITY IN EVERY DETAIL IS COMMENDABLE. I APPRECIATE THAT.

YOU'RE NOT ONLY SERVING THE ENTIRE CHILD, BUT YOU'RE ALSO DEVELOPING NEW LEADERS AND PARTNERING WITH AREA BUSINESSES AS WELL AS OUR IN-HOUSE OR MISD AUXILIARY AREA.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

>> I JUST WANT TO SAY, I REALLY APPRECIATE HOW THIS IS A 360 APPROACH.

>> MISS ANDERSON.

IT HAS EVOLVED SO MUCH JUST IN THE TIME, 10 YEAR HAVE BEEN HERE.

BUT MORE THAN THAT, SEEING US GO FROM NOT ONLY GT TO PHOENIX TO ALL OF OUR EXTENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO OUR ELEMENTARY, BUT THEN ROUNDING IT OUT.

THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.

I COMMEND YOU AND YOUR TEAM. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> MR. TIPPING.

>> JUST ONE QUICK COMMENT.

I APPRECIATE THE PARENT AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT ASPECT OF IT.

I THINK THAT'S CRITICAL AND SO IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, BUT ESPECIALLY STUDENTS IN THIS PROGRAM.

DO YOU MIND SHARING A LITTLE BIT OF FEEDBACK THAT YOU'VE GOTTEN FROM THAT COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE HEARD?

>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

A LOT OF THEM ARE SAYING,

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WE DIDN'T KNOW ALL THESE THINGS THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING.

YOU GUYS ARE DOING ALL THIS GREAT STUFF, AND WE HAD NO IDEA.

THAT'S WHY WE WERE LIKE, OKAY, WELL, WE REALLY NEED TO REV UP OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, APPROACHING OUR TECHNIQUES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING OUR WORD OUT.

ANOTHER ONE WAS THEY WERE SAYING THAT THEY WANT TO TAP IN SO MUCH TO DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND THEY DON'T KNOW HOW AND SO IT WAS WORKING TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THEM HELP MORE, EVEN FOR OUR SPRING OLYMPICS THAT'S COMING UP ON 3RD OF MAY.

THEY GAVE SUCH GREAT FEEDBACK ABOUT, DID YOU ASK THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE TO VOLUNTEER? THEY HAVE BEEN WANTING TO DO SOME WORK WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

IT'S JUST BEEN REALLY GREAT FEEDBACK THAT THEY'VE BEEN GIVING US, EVEN PARTNERS THAT WE CAN REACH OUT TO.

IT'S JUST AMAZING WHEN YOU HAVE THIS ADVISORY COMMITTEE WITH MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDERS, WE ALSO HAVE KIDS, STUDENTS FROM MISD WHO ARE ALSO ON THE COMMITTEE.

THEY JUST GIVE REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK ABOUT HOW THEIR FRIENDS CAN COME IN AND VOLUNTEER AND HELP.

WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT IT AND JUST THANKFUL FOR THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE BEEN GETTING.

>> WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.

I TOO, APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.

WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT FAMILY ENGAGEMENT IS TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR STUDENTS.

THE WORK THAT YOU DO JUST IS SO IMPORTANT ENGAGING THOSE FAMILIES SO THAT ULTIMATELY OUR STUDENTS ARE SUCCESSFUL HERE.

APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE MY TEAM.

[LAUGHTER]

>> OUR NEXT PRESENTATION, JEFF BROGDEN FOR 2024 BOND UPDATE.

>> GREAT NEWS. IT'S GOING TO BE FAST.

THIS IS REALLY TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP OF WHAT'S COMING IN MAY OR MAY MEETING.

OUR EARLY LEARNERS ACADEMY, WE'RE CLOSING THE GAP ON OUR CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS, AND THOSE ARE GOING TO BE SIGNED AND SEALED IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.

WE SHOULD HAVE A GMP COMING TO YOU IN MAY, SO WE CAN GET THIS PROJECT OFF THE GROUND.

SAME IS TRUE FOR THE POLICE AND SECURITY BUILDING.

DOCUMENTS ARE CLOSING IN ON 100%, SO WE'LL BE HOPEFULLY BRINGING THE GMP IN MAY FOR THIS PROJECT, AS WELL AS OUR ORCHESTRA PROJECTS.

MAY'S GOING TO BE BUSY.

ALL THREE OF THOSE PACKAGES WILL BE COMING IN MAY, HOPEFULLY WITH THE GMP AS WELL AS BEN BARBER.

YOU CAN SEE MAY IS GOING TO BE SUPER BUSY, AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A WHOLE LOT OF ACTIVITY IN THE MANSFIELD ISD AS FAR AS CONSTRUCTION AND RENOVATION.

ALSO, WE'RE AT 99%.

WE MAY BE CLOSING IN ON 100% ON THE BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL TURF AND COVERED BATTING CAGES, AND A WHOLE LOT MORE.

WE'LL BE BRINGING THOSE GMPS, AND OBVIOUSLY, RIGHT WHEN BASEBALL SEASON IS OVER, WE WILL START CONSTRUCTION IN HOPES OF BEING FINISHED BY THE TIME BASEBALL SEASON STARTS AGAIN.

IT'S A PRETTY TIGHT SCHEDULE, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE MOTHER NATURE AND THE WEATHER COOPERATE WITH US TO PULL OFF THIS AMAZING PROJECT.

BUT HOPEFULLY, I'LL BE BRINGING THE GMPS FOR THIS IN MAY AS WELL.

HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS COURT LIGHTS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE SCHOOL, WHICH SHOULD BE LIT UP ON FRIDAY, WHICH IS LEGACY HIGH SCHOOL. WE'RE 100%.

I JUST TOOK SOME COOL PICTURES.

THAT'S MANSFIELD. ACTUALLY, I DIDN'T TAKE THEM.

ONE OF MY PROJECT MANAGERS WITH THE DRONE TOOK THEM, AND THAT'S MANSFIELD HIGH SCHOOL, LAKE RIDGE, TIMBERVIEW, AND THERE IS SUMMIT.

THE BEST PART IS I DON'T HAVE A PICTURE OF THE KIDS PLAYING IN THIS PRESENTATION, BUT COACH OMA SENT ME SOME, AND PEOPLE ARE ECSTATIC ABOUT KIDS BEING ABLE TO PRACTICE AFTER DARK.

THIS IS A GREAT PROJECT AND I'M HAPPY THAT WE'RE ALMOST FINISHED WITH IT.

TRANSPORTATION. ACTUALLY, I'VE GOT AN UPDATE THERE.

WE'VE ACTUALLY RECEIVED 56 OF OUR REGULAR BUSES AND 25 OF OUR SPECIAL POPULATION.

WE'VE GOT 18 MORE OF THOSE COMING BEFORE THE END OF THIS MONTH, AND A FEW MORE WILL BE TRICKLING IN.

NOT ONLY IS IT GREAT TO HAVE NEW BUSES, BUT SOME OF OUR METRICS IN TRANSPORTATION ARE TO MEASURE THE AMOUNT OF TIME BUSES ARE OUT OF SERVICE AND OFF THE ROAD.

THAT NUMBER IS GOING DOWN.

ALSO, WE MEASURE THE AMOUNT OF PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE THAT WE DO, HOW MUCH TIME WE SPEND ON PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE, AND THAT NUMBER IS GOING UP, AND THANK GOODNESS TO THESE NEW BUSES.

WE'RE ACTUALLY OVER 30% ON PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE, WHICH IS AMAZING, AND THAT NUMBER IS JUST GOING TO CONTINUE TO CLIMB AS NEW BUSES COME IN.

REPLACEMENT FURNITURE IS GOING GREAT.

ALL THE PURCHASE ORDERS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR PHASE 1, AND THAT'S MARY ORR AND SUMMIT.

WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE NEW FURNITURE THIS SUMMER.

ONE OF THE COOL THINGS WE'RE DOING, MY TEAM HAS SCHEDULED LET'S SHARE.

WE GOT TO LET'S SHARE EVENTS.

WE'LL BE TAKING OTHER CAMPUSES OVER TO ORR AND SUMMIT, AND THE FURNITURE THAT IS IN GOOD CONDITION THAT CAN BE REPURPOSED.

WE'RE GOING TO REDISTRIBUTE THAT TO OTHER CAMPUSES.

LET'S SHARE EVENTS COMING SOON, AND THEN WE'LL START RECEIVING NEW FURNITURE.

SAFETY AND SECURITY CAMERAS ARE MAKING GREAT PROGRESS ON THIS.

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YOU'RE GOING TO SEE PHASE 1 COMING OUT.

WE'LL BE BRINGING DESIGN DEVELOPMENT DRAWINGS PRETTY SOON.

PHASE 1 IS GOING TO BE THE HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL, OUR NUMBER 1 PRIORITY, GETTING OUR CAMERAS UPDATED IN ADDITIONAL CAMERAS AT THOSE CAMPUSES.

THEN TONIGHT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA IS THE SELECTION FOR THE FIBER RING INSTALLATION.

THAT IS CANTERA AFTER AN EVALUATION.

YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE CONSENT AGENDA, AND AS SOON AS WE GET YOUR APPROVAL, WE'LL GET THE CONTRACT EXECUTED, AND WE'RE GOING TO STILL SHOOT FOR SEPTEMBER COMPLETION.

>> THAT'S GOING TO BE A FAST TIME, SHANTE.

I'M GLAD THAT'S YOUR PROJECT.

>> INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY, SHANTE AND HER TEAM HAVE GOT ALL THE INSTRUCTIONAL PANELS DELIVERED 100%.

WE'RE STILL DOING A LITTLE BIT OF TRAINING, BUT THAT PROJECT IS GOING GREAT.

HOW FAST WAS THAT?

>> THAT'S A RECORD YOUR TIME. I LIKE IT.

>> ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT PROJECTS COMING YOUR WAY?

>> I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT.

WE LOVE THE PRESENTATIONS EACH MONTH SO THAT COMMUNITY SEES WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU.

>> YES, MA'AM. THE NEXT ONE WILL BE IN MAY, SO WE WON'T HAVE ONE NEXT MONTH, BUT FOR THE COMMUNITY, REMEMBER THAT YOU CAN GO ON OUR WEBSITE AND LOOK AT ANY PROJECT AND LOOK AT A BUDGET AT A GLANCE.

>> I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT THE WEBSITE.

>> DR. REF.

>> I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT SOME OF THE WORK AND THE PROJECTS, AND HOW YOU GUYS ARE REACHING OUT TO LOCAL AND SMALL BUSINESSES.

CAN YOU GUYS JUST SHARE A BIT ABOUT SOME OF THAT OUTREACH, SO PRE-BID EFFORTS, WHAT'S BEEN DONE TO TRY TO REACH OUT TO LOCAL AND SMALL BUSINESSES FOR SOME OF THESE UPCOMING OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE BOND?

>> ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.

JUST DELIVERED TO PURCHASING LATE MONDAY NIGHT, THE RFP FOR PHASE 2 AND PHASE 3.

WE'VE COMBINED THE REST OF THE PROJECTS.

WE'RE GOING TO DO THEM AT ONE TIME.

WE'LL BE SEARCHING FOR SMRS FOR PHASE 2 AND PHASE 3, AND THAT'S A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT'S OVER $100 MILLION.

I BELIEVE IT MAY BE CLOSER TO $200 MILLION.

I'M GOING TO DO VICKI WEBSTER.

ITS HIGHEST IS 1,030.

I CAN'T COME UP WITH THAT NUMBER RIGHT NOW.

BUT IT'S A LOT OF MONEY, AND THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES.

THERE'S A LOT OF SMALL PROJECTS.

IT FITS A LOT OF OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES.

IT'S NOT A $100 MILLION BUILDING.

IT MAY BE A $100,000 JOB.

IT'S GOING TO REALLY FIT IN THE WHEELHOUSE OF A LOT OF OUR LOCAL COMPANIES.

THAT'LL HIT THE STREETS HOPEFULLY BY THE 27TH.

IT'LL BE ON OUR WEBSITE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DOWNLOAD IT ON OUR WEBSITE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GET IT FROM THE PURCHASING WEBSITE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GET IT FROM OUR ARCHITECT, AS WELL AS WE'LL REACH OUT TO OUR MWBE AND HUB FRIENDS AND LET THEM KNOW THAT IT'S ON THE STREET FOR BITS.

THE SECOND THING WE'LL DO TO TRY TO INCREASE LOCAL PARTICIPATION IS WHAT I MENTIONED EARLIER IN MY PRESENTATION, WE'RE WORKING ON ALL THOSE GMPS.

THAT MEANS OUR SMRS ARE GOING TO BE BIDDING EACH DIVISION OF THE WORK.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE BIDDING THE ELECTRICAL, THE PLUMBING, THE FOUNDATIONS.

WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO SEE THOSE BIDS AND PARTICIPATE IN THOSE BIDS WITH OUR CONSTRUCTION MANAGERS.

DO THE BEST WE CAN TO GET A LOT OF INVOLVEMENT.

>> GREAT. I APPRECIATE THAT.

>> MRS. NISA.

>> I HAVE ONE WORD BUSES.

[LAUGHTER] I'M JUST SAYING I'VE BEEN DOING THIS A LONG TIME, YOU ALL BUSES. SO GOOD.

>> MS. WILSON, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING? YOU GOOD?

>> ALL, GOOD.

>> WELL, APPRECIATE IT. I'M ALWAYS AMAZED AT THE WORK THAT YOU JUST CONTINUE TO PUSH THROUGH EVERY SINGLE MONTH.

JUST GETTING STUFF DONE.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS AND YOUR TEAM, SO THANK YOU CONTINUE TO KEEP UP THE GOOD.

>> THANK YOU. I'M EXCITED FOR THE COMMUNITY TO SEE IT.

ONCE EVERYTHING STARTS TURNING, PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO LAY THEIR EYES ON STUFF. THANK YOU.

>> EXCITING STUFF. THAT'S GOING TO MOVE US INTO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

[10. Public Comments]

THE CORRECT PROCEDURE FOR ADDRESSING THE BOARD, DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS IS AS FOLLOWS.

EACH SPEAKER SHOULD ADDRESS THE BOARD FROM THE PODIUM MICROPHONE AND STATE HIS OR HER NAME BEFORE SPEAKING.

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

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

BOARD POLICY PROHIBITS A DISCUSSION AND COMPLAINTS AGAINST DISTRICT EMPLOYEES, JOURNAL, AND OPEN FORM.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER THIS EVENING WILL BE CLAYTON WATERS AND FOLLOWED BY CLAYTON WATERS WILL BE TOMMY FUENTES.

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>> I'D JUST LIKE TO START BY SAYING IT'S 10:30, AND WE'RE WELL OVER AN HOUR PAST MY BEDTIME.

HAVE SOME GRACE FOR ME.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT FARAR, DR. CANTU, AND ESTEEMED TRUSTEES.

MY NAME IS CLAYTON WATERS, AND I'VE LIVED IN THE MANSFIELD ISD DISTRICT FOR ALMOST 15 YEARS NOW.

WITH EVERYTHING HAPPENING IN OUR STATE REGARDING PUBLIC EDUCATION, THERE'S GREAT CONCERN IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR DISTRICT.

TONIGHT, I WANT TO TALK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT BOARD ACCOUNTABILITY.

ON MARCH 4TH, I ATTENDED THE FUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS PEP RALLY, AT WHICH YOU ALL READ FROM SCRIPTED REMARKS, CAREFULLY THREADING THE NEEDLE OF WHAT'S ETHICALLY PERMISSIBLE AND POLITICALLY BENEFICIAL.

THE NIGHT'S MESSAGE WAS FUN PUBLIC SCHOOLS FIRST.

I WAS SHOCKED TO FIND THAT INFORMATION FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE HELEN KIRWIN, THE DISTRICT'S LAND LEGISLATOR SERVING ON THE HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE, WAS MISSING FROM THE NIGHT'S PRESENTATION.

WHEN I INQUIRED, I WAS INFORMED IT WAS A SIMPLE OVERSIGHT.

PREPARATIONS WERE MADE TO SECURE A SPACE FOR THE EVENT, CRAFT WRITTEN REMARKS, AND VET THE ETHICAL PERMISSIBILITY OF THE EVENT ITSELF, BUT NOT TO VERIFY THE STATE REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATORS THAT REPRESENT THIS DISTRICT.

ON MARCH 6TH, I ATTENDED A CAMPAIGN EVENT WITH THE THREE TRUSTEES SEEKING RE-ELECTION.

AT THE EVENT, I ASKED ONE OF YOU WHY THE DECEMBER BOARD SCORECARD SHOWED NO OUTREACH TO OUR DISTRICT'S LEGISLATORS.

I WAS ASSURED THAT SUBSEQUENT BOARD SCORECARDS WOULD SHOW MORE ADVOCACY.

GREAT. THAT'S WHAT WE NEED AT THIS TIME.

IN THE BOARD SCORECARD FOR FEBRUARY, THIS MEASURE APPEARS TO SURPASS THE GOAL.

BUT UPON CLOSER INSPECTION OF THE DATA, THE UNDERLYING DATA SHOWS THAT MISD TRUSTEES CONTACTED OUR STATE SENATORS AND STATE HOUSE REPS A COMBINED TOTAL OF FIVE TIMES.

IN THE BOARD SCORECARD ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, THERE IS NO REPORT OF TRUSTEES CONTACTING ELECTED OFFICIALS TO INFORM THEM OF OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.

THREE STATE SENATORS AND FOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES COVER MISC.

BUT AMONG SEVEN TRUSTEES, YOU ONLY MANAGED TO INITIATE CONTACT FIVE TIMES.

ACCORDING TO YOUR OWN METRICS, YOU UNDERPERFORMED WHEN THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT NEEDED YOUR ADVOCACY THE MOST.

IN COMPARISON, AT LEAST ONE TRUSTEE FROM ARLINGTON ISD TESTIFIED BEFORE THE HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE LATE INTO THE NIGHT, FORMER TRUSTEES FROM THIS VERY BOARD SPENT THEIR OWN TIME AND MONEY TRAVELING TO AUSTIN TO ADVOCATE FOR MISD.

THE VOLUNTEERS AND MEMBERS OF OUR COUNCIL OF PTAS ATTENDED RALLY DAY IN AUSTIN TO ADVOCATE FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION.

HOWEVER, THE MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD SEEKING RE-ELECTION COULDN'T EVEN BE BOTHERED TO SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENTS OPPOSING THIS LEGISLATION BEFORE THE HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE.

TWO OF YOU CONFIRMED TO ME IN PERSON THAT YOU HAVE DAVID COOK'S PHONE NUMBER IN YOUR PHONE AND COULD GIVE HIM A CALL AT ANY TIME. WHY HAVEN'T YOU? WHEN YOU TRAVELED TO AUSTIN ON FEBRUARY 18TH, DID YOU DIRECTLY DISCUSS VOUCHERS OR ESAS DURING YOUR IMPROMPTU MEETING WITH REPRESENTATIVE COOK, OR JUST TO POSE FOR PHOTOS FOR YOUR CAMPAIGN'S FACEBOOK PAGES? HONESTLY, TONIGHT, I WOULD HAVE RATHER BEEN WATCHING MY NINE-YEAR-OLD PLAY BASEBALL AT MICHAEL SKINNER.

THEY WON 10-5.

BUT INSTEAD, I'M HERE WITH YOU ALL, HOLDING YOU ACCOUNTABLE FOR YOUR ACTIONS BECAUSE THE KIDS OF MANSFIELD ISD, MY KIDS, DESERVE BETTER. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, MR. WATERS. TOMMY FUENTES, IS HE HERE? NO. I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO BRAIN AND BRADY.

ONA HORN. NIGEL LEWIS.

>> GOOD EVENING. GLAD TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TONIGHT.

LITTLE SORRY THAT MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE GOING TO SPEAK ARE NOT HERE, AND I THINK WE SHOULD FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE IT SO YOU CAN GET SOME PUBLIC COMMENTS.

I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE PRESENTATIONS THAT HAPPENED TODAY.

THEY'RE VERY THOROUGH, VERY IN-DEPTH.

MY CONCERN IS AROUND URGENCY AND SCALE.

URGENCY. ARE WE DOING ALL THAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE FUNDING FOR THESE AHEAD OF THE CURVE PRESENTATIONS AND ALL THE OTHER SCHOOLS THAT WE'RE LOOKING INTO? THAT'S MY CONCERN,

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WHETHER OR NOT THE BILL PASSES, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE FUNDING IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THESE SCHOOLS ARE SUCCESSFUL.

THAT'S ONE. TWO, THERE ARE A LOT OF CHOICE SCHOOLS, AND I THINK THAT'S FANTASTIC.

I KNOW WE'VE BEEN PLANNING FOR THAT FOR OVER THE YEARS AND I THINK 22 AND 23, WE LOOKED AT THAT.

MY OTHER CONCERN AROUND THAT IS, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS ARE REALLY GETTING ALL THE ATTENTION THAT THEY NEED? HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT THE SPECIAL EDUCATION OR NEURODIVERSE STUDENTS ARE GETTING THEIR NEEDS ADDRESSED IN THIS PROCESS AS WELL? I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.

I DID HEAR THE LAST PART OF THE PRESENTATION THAT THERE IS A DECREASE IN FEDERAL FUNDING, AND THE CONCERN ABOUT THE FEDERAL FUNDING WILL IMPACT OUR DISTRICT ABOVE AND BEYOND THE STATE FUNDING THAT WE'RE SIGNIFICANTLY UNDERNEATH.

THAT'S THE URGENCY PIECE.

I DON'T FEEL THE URGENCY, AND I'M NOT EVERYWHERE, BUT WE HAD A GREAT AMOUNT OF URGENCY FOR THE BOND.

ANYWHERE YOU LOOKED 200-300 PRESENTATIONS AROUND THE DISTRICT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE AWARE.

I DON'T FEEL THAT ANYWHERE.

THIS RIGHT HERE IS WAY MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE BOND, AND THE BOND IS IMPORTANT.

BUT IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY FUNDING, FOLKS GOING AFTER FOLKS THAT ASK THEM TO PLEASE FULLY FUND, THEN WE'RE IN TROUBLE.

I DON'T SEE THE ENERGY, AND SO TO THAT POINT IS, HOW ARE WE GOING TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY? SCALE. WE GOT SOME BIG DECISIONS TO MAKE IN APRIL FOR THIS CHOICE AND FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTED.

HOW WE'RE GOING TO REACH THESE FOLKS SO THEY CAN REALLY TALK AND GIVE YOU THEIR INSIGHT? THE DIALOGUE THAT HAPPENED TODAY THIS EVENING, THREE HOURS.

IT WAS HELPFUL. I WATCHED EACH OF YOU GLEAN SOME OF THE INSIGHT.

WELL, THE CITIZENS, THE TAXPAYER NEED THE SAME OPPORTUNITY TO DO IT, NOT IN A SHORT TIME SPAN, BUT IN THE TIME THEY CAN DIGEST INFORMATION, ALL OF IT.

I'M ASKING THAT YOU DO SOMETHING BEYOND JUST DOING THE FEEDBACK SESSIONS, BECAUSE I HADN'T HEARD ANYTHING FROM MY FEEDBACK SESSION WHEN I SAT WITH BOARD MEMBERS AND THEY TOOK THE NOTES.

I HADN'T HEARD ANYTHING THAT WAS NOVEMBER, AND I'M NOT CRITICIZING IT, BUT I AM SAYING YOU CAN'T CREATE SCALE AND UNDERSTANDING THAT WAY WITHOUT THAT DIALOGUE. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, MR. LEWIS. THAT MOVES US TO ITEM 11,

[11. Human Resources Report]

THE HUMAN RESOURCES REPORT, MRS. NEWSOM.

>> YES, MA'AM. I'VE GOT SEVERAL FOR YOU THIS EVENING.

FIRST ON THE LIST IS LINDA ALFARO WITH 36 YEARS, 22 YEARS IN MISD, MILTON BARNUM, 30 YEARS IN EDUCATION, 22 WITH MISD, DONNA KIRCHER, 27 YEARS IN EDUCATION, 20 WITH MISD, SHERI LODADO, 30 YEARS WITH 20 YEARS AT MISD, REGINA STEGMAN, 34 YEARS IN EDUCATION, AND 27 WITH MISD, DONNA WON WEBBER, 20 YEARS WITH MISD.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR YEARS, YOUR MONTHS, YOUR DAYS AND YOUR MINUTES THAT YOU POURED INTO THE HUNDREDS OF MISD STUDENTS OVER YOUR TENURE IN EDUCATION.

WE'RE FOREVER GRATEFUL AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.