Apr 22, 2025 Board Meetings

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GOOD EVENING. IT IS 6PM. LET US PLEASE COME TO ORDER FOR THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

[1. Call to Order]

WE WILL NOW ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.07 FOR PERSONNEL TO DELIBERATE REGARDING THE APPOINTMENT,

[3. Closed Session]

551.071 CONSULTATION WITH THE BOARD'S ATTORNEY.

551.072 REAL PROPERTY AND 551.076 TO CONDUCT DELIBERATIONS REGARDING SECURITY DEVICES OR SECURITY AUDITS. WE WILL NOW RECESS INTO CLOSED SESSION AT 6:01PM.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. WE WILL NOW RECONVENE FROM CLOSED SESSION AT 7PM.

[4. Reconvene]

DEAR LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR TODAY. WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THESE BEAUTIFUL DAYS THAT YOU ARE GIVING US HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR BLESSINGS OVER ALL OF OUR CHILDREN, ALL OF OUR STAFF THIS WONDERFUL SCHOOL YEAR.

LORD, WE ASK THAT YOU KEEP TO CONTINUE TO GUIDE AND DIRECT OUR PATH HERE, LORD, AND THAT YOU WOULD WATCH OVER EACH AND EVERY INDIVIDUAL IN THIS COMMUNITY AND ALL THIS WE ASK FOR IN JESUS NAME. AMEN.

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PLEDGE]. RIGHT FACE. FORWARD MARCH! FOR ARMS! ALL RIGHT. THAT WILL MOVE US INTO ITEM NUMBER SIX ON OUR AGENDA.

[6. District Recognition]

I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO LAURA JO FOR DISTRICT RECOGNITIONS.

THANK YOU, DOCTOR CANTU. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING.

BOARD PRESIDENT FARRAR. DOCTOR CANTU. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD CABINET AND TO THE PUBLIC HERE WITH US TONIGHT.

TONIGHT WE'LL BEGIN OUR RECOGNITIONS WITH OUR SCHOOL BOARD SUPERSTARS.

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

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

BEFORE WE BRING OUR SUPERSTARS UP, I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE TURN YOUR ATTENTION TO THE SCREENS TO LEARN WHAT MAKES THESE YOUNG SCHOLARS SO SUPER.

THERE YOU GO. MILA IS A SUPERSTAR BECAUSE SHE'S ALWAYS PREPARED. SHE IS POLITE AND RESPECTFUL.

I THINK THAT MILA EMBODIES WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A DAULTON DRAGON, AND WE ARE JUST SO PROUD OF HER.

WE'RE GOING TO TRY THAT ONE MORE TIME AND SEE IF IT WILL WORK BETTER.

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SHE IS POLITE AND RESPECTFUL. I THINK THAT MILA EMBODIES WHAT IT MEANS TO BE DAULTON DRAGON, AND WE ARE JUST SO PROUD OF HER, AND EVERYONE SHOULD STRIVE TO BE LIKE MILA.

BEING CHOSEN IS EXCITING. I CHOSE MATTEO TO BE THE SCHOOL BOARD SUPERSTAR BECAUSE NOT ONLY IS HE GREAT ACADEMICALLY, BUT ALSO HE'S AN INCREDIBLE FRIEND. HE'S ALWAYS WORKING HARD TO HELP OTHERS, MAKING SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON, AND HE JUST SHOWCASES A LOT OF INTEGRITY. GIVING THE AWARD MAKES ME HAPPY.

I WAS CHOSEN BECAUSE I AM KIND AND I HAVE GOOD INTEGRITY.

HARMONY IS SUCH A WONDERFUL STUDENT. SHE COMES IN EVERY DAY AND EXUDES JOY.

SHE IS VERY POSITIVE. SHE ENTERS EVERY DAY ENERGETIC, AND SHE'S THE FIRST ONE TO VOLUNTEER TO DO SOMETHING OR TO HELP OUT ANY FRIEND THAT MIGHT BE IN NEED. SHE'S ALWAYS THE FIRST ONE TO START AND HELP THEM.

IT MAKES ME FEEL HAPPY, POWERFUL AND GREAT. TODAY WE'RE CELEBRATING LEIA. SHE IS A WONDERFUL STUDENT.

SHE HAS COMES TO SCHOOL READY TO WORK AND HELP OTHERS IN HER CLASS.

SHE'S VERY POSITIVE AND I'M SO PROUD OF HER. I'M SO GLAD THAT SHE'S BEING RECOGNIZED TODAY.

IT MAKES ME FEEL REALLY GOOD. I THINK I'M CHOSEN BECAUSE I'M KIND, FRIENDLY, AND I FOLLOW DIRECTIONS.

SIKEMI IS MY SUPER STAR BECAUSE SHE IS AN EXCELLENT ROLE MODEL FOR HER PEERS.

EVERY DAY SHE HAS A BRIGHT SMILE TO GIVE HER STUDENTS AND MYSELF AND HER TEACHERS.

SHE IS TRULY A SUPERSTAR. SHE IS A TRULY A GREAT ROLE MODEL.

BEING A SUPER STAR MAKES ME FEEL SPECIAL. SOPHIA IS DEFINITELY A SUPERSTAR.

I CHOSE HER FOR THE SECOND GRADE SUPERSTAR OF THE MONTH BECAUSE SHE WORKS EXTREMELY HARD.

SHE COMES IN EVERY DAY WITH A POSITIVE ATTITUDE.

SHE IS A EXEMPLARY STUDENT AND SHOWS POSITIVE ROLE MODEL FOR OTHER STUDENTS, AND I ENJOY HAVING HER IN CLASS.

IT MAKES ME FEEL EXCITED TO BE A SUPERSTAR. THE REASON I DAVIE IS A SUPERSTAR IS THAT SHE ALWAYS PUTS OTHERS BEFORE HERSELF.

SHE GOES OUT OF HER WAY TO HELP OTHERS, HELP CLEAN THE ROOM, HELP THEM WITH THEIR SCHOOLWORK, AND IS GENERALLY JUST A REALLY KIND PERSON. SHE EXCELS IN HER ACADEMICS.

SHE'S ALWAYS ON TOP OF ALL OF HER WORK, ALL OF THE TIME.

OVERALL, SHE'S A REALLY SWEET GIRL AND SHE'S JUST AMAZING.

WE LOVE HER BEING A SUPERSTAR, MAKES ME FEEL GOOD.

IT WAS A PRETTY EASY CHOICE TO PICK CRYSTAL AS THE FOURTH GRADE SUPERSTAR.

SHE IS KIND. SHE IS THOUGHTFUL. SHE IS HARD-WORKING AND TRUSTWORTHY.

I LOVE HAVING HER IN CLASS AND I LOVE BEING HER TEACHER.

I THINK I WAS CHOSEN BECAUSE I WAS DOING GOOD THINGS, LIKE BEING A LEADER.

WHAT MAKES ETHAN A SUPERSTAR STUDENT IS HIS ABILITY TO WORK.

HE LOVES TO WORK. HE'S JUST A WONDERFUL KID. HE'S VERY POLITE.

HE'S WELL-MANNERED. HE LOVES TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS JUST SO AND THAT'S WHAT'S SO SPECIAL ABOUT HIM.

MY NAME IS ETHAN. I HAVE A GREAT JOB. I LIKE TO GO TO [INAUDIBLE].

I LIKE TO READ, AND I LIKE MATH [INAUDIBLE]. I CHOSE ALIA TO BE THIS MONTH'S SUPERSTAR BECAUSE SHE IS THE EPITOME OF ALL THE THINGS THAT MAKE UP A SUPERSTAR.

NOT ONLY IS SHE INCREDIBLY BRIGHT, BUT SHE'S ALWAYS HARD WORKING, ALWAYS KIND TO OTHERS, AND I AM SUPER PROUD OF ALL OF HER HARD WORK AND CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHERE SHE ENDS UP IN THE FUTURE. I THINK I WAS CHOSEN BECAUSE I'M ALWAYS REALLY NICE.

SO PARENTS AND STUDENTS, IT'S YOUR SPECIAL TIME.

STUDENTS, AS I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND GO TO DOCTOR CANTU TO GET YOUR SPECIAL RECOGNITION.

AND THEN WE'LL HAVE YOU COME OVER AND STAND RIGHT IN THE CENTER UNTIL ALL OF OUR STUDENTS HAVE BEEN CALLED, AND WE'LL TAKE PICTURES TOGETHER. OUR FIRST SUPERSTAR FROM BRENDA NORWOOD IS KRYSTAL ANELE.

FROM JUDY K. MILLER. SIKEMI OYENIYA

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FROM NANCY NEAL ELEMENTARY SOPHIA FISHER.

FROM GLEN HARMON ELEMENTARY ALIA HUQ.

FROM ERMA NASH ELEMENTARY, LEIA MILLER.

FROM THELMA JONES, ETHAN AWOSANMI. EXCUSE ME.

IMOGENE GIDEON ELEMENTARY, JENEVIE NGUYEN.

FROM D.P. MORRIS, HARMONI THOMAS.

AND FROM MAY. FROM DALTON ELEMENTARY, MILA WILSON.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET EVERYBODY TOGETHER FOR A PICTURE.

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WE'D ALSO LIKE TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS, TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS WHO ARE HERE WITH US TONIGHT AND HAVE HELPED TO SHAPE THESE YOUNG LEADERS. LET'S GIVE ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES.

AND MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT RECOGNITION, I'D LIKE TO INVITE DOCTOR DARREN JOHNSON, DIRECTOR OF FINE ARTS, TO THE LECTERN. THANK YOU. NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OUR STUDENTS AT SUMMIT HIGH SCHOOL.

WIND ENSEMBLE. THE SUMMIT HIGH SCHOOL WIND ENSEMBLE PERFORMED IN INDIANAPOLIS TO REPRESENT MANSFIELD ISD ON THE NATIONAL STAGE AT THE MUSIC FOR ALL NATIONAL CONCERT BAND FESTIVAL ON FRIDAY, MARCH 14TH. THEY WERE ONE OF 20 HIGH SCHOOL BANDS SELECTED TO PERFORM.

OUT OF HUNDREDS THAT APPLIED LAST SPRING, THE PROCESS WAS MONTHS IN THE MAKING WITH HELP FROM DOZENS OF PEOPLE.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE STUDENTS AND THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING MANSFIELD ISD.

LET'S GET ALL THE SUMMIT HIGH SCHOOL IN THE SUMMIT TOGETHER FOR A GROUP PICTURE AND.

NOW, I'D LIKE TO INVITE THE BEN BARBER CHAMBER ORCHESTRA FOR THEIR INVITATION AND PERFORMANCE AT THE AMERICAN STRING TEACHERS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL CONVENTION.

BEN BARBER CHAMBER ORCHESTRA COMPETED IN THE NATIONAL ORCHESTRA FESTIVAL IN ATLANTA OVER SPRING BREAK.

THIS EVENT WAS HOSTED BY THE AMERICAN STRING TEACHERS ASSOCIATION AND FEATURED 20 INVITED STRING ORCHESTRAS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

THEY PERFORMED A 40 MINUTE CONCERT FEATURING WORKS FROM DIVERSE COMPOSERS, AND INCLUDING THREE LIVING COMPOSERS THAT WERE PRESENT AT THE IN THE AUDIENCE.

THEY EARNED HIGH SCORES IN THE OUTSTANDING CATEGORY, BUT ULTIMATELY DID NOT PLACE IN THE TOP THREE.

THESE STUDENTS HAD AN AMAZING TIME AT THE CONVENTION AND RETURNED TO MANSFIELD, EVEN MORE MOTIVATED TO CONTINUE THE GROWTH OF THE MISD ORCHESTRA PROGRAM.

I ALSO WANT TO ADD ONE NOTE THAT THIS IS OUR NINTH YEAR OF HAVING ORCHESTRA IN OUR DISTRICT, SO THIS IS THE VERY FIRST TIME WE'VE HAD ORCHESTRA INVITED TO A NATIONAL CONVENTION FOR ONE OF THE COMPOSERS, KATIE O'HARA. THE BEN BARBER ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCE OF ONWARD, A PIECE THAT WAS COMMISSIONED LAST YEAR,

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THEY PERFORMED IN A WAY THAT I COULD ONLY EVER IMAGINE.

NOW I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THESE GUYS A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

NOW, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE TIMBERVIEW HIGH SCHOOL TIMBER TENOR BASS ENSEMBLE.

THE TIMBERVIEW HIGH SCHOOL TENOR BASS ENSEMBLE WAS INVITED BY THE IMC TENOR BASS CHORALE CONSORTIUM AND THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA SCHOOL OF MUSIC TO PERFORM AT THE BIANNUAL IMC NATIONAL SEMINAR OF THE CAMPUS ON THE CAMPUS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA ON MARCH 7TH.

THE IMC PROVIDES A WEALTH OF INFORMATION PERTINENT TO CONDUCTORS OF TENOR, BASS, CHORUSES, AND THE NATIONAL SEMINARS CONCLUDE PERFORMANCES OF OUTSTANDING CHOIRS, READING SESSIONS, INTEREST SESSIONS AND SESSIONS GEARED TOWARDS THE STUDENT CONDUCTOR.

THIS CONFERENCE, SPECIFICALLY FOR TENOR BASS SINGING AND NOT ONLY ENCOURAGES MUSIC PERFORMANCE PRODUCTION FOR YOUNG MALE SINGERS, BUT ASSISTS IN NAVIGATING THEIR VOICE THROUGH PUBERTY AS WELL AS THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.

COLLEGES ATTENDING THIS NATIONAL. NATIONAL CONFERENCE INCLUDED TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY.

WICHITA STATE AND THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA.

PLEASE GIVE THESE GUYS A ROUND OF APPLAUSE AND CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU, DOCTOR JOHNSON.

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ALL RIGHT. NOW FOR OUR NEXT RECOGNITION. SUMMIT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS SYDNEY GILMORE WAS SELECTED AS AN OFFICIAL WINNER OF THE 2025 DISNEY DREAMERS ACADEMY ESSAY CONTEST. THE PRIZE PACKAGE INCLUDES AN INVITATION TO ATTEND THE DISNEY DREAMERS ACADEMY, WHICH WAS HELD AT WALT DISNEY WORLD RESORT IN FLORIDA IN MARCH.

THE DISNEY DREAMERS ACADEMY, A FOUR DAY MENTORING PROGRAM DESIGNED TO BROADEN CAREER AWARENESS AND CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR 100 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND TEENS FROM COMMUNITIES ACROSS AMERICA EACH YEAR. SYDNEY'S ESSAY WAS SELECTED OUT OF 10,000 APPLICATIONS.

BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE. ADDITIONALLY, SYDNEY WAS ONE OF TWO DREAMERS WHO RECEIVED A SPECIAL SURPRISE FROM ABBOTT ELEMENTARY STAR TYLER JAMES WILSON WILLIAMS. SYDNEY IS AN ASPIRING FILMMAKER AND LEARNED THAT SHE WILL TRAVEL TO LOS ANGELES TO WITNESS AN EPISODE FOR THE SHOW'S UPCOMING SEASON AND GAIN INSIGHT INTO TELEVISION PRODUCTION. LET'S GET TOGETHER FOR A PHOTO AND CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU. AND NOW I GET TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF MY OWN FROM THE COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING DEPARTMENT.

THE ANNUAL TEXAS SCHOOL PUBLIC RELATIONS ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE.

EMILY HOMLER, DIRECTOR OF DIGITAL MEDIA AND MARKETING, RECEIVED A GOLD STAR AWARD FOR DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT IN THE CATEGORY OF PRINT MAGAZINE FOR MANSFIELD ISD'S MANSFIELD TODAY MAGAZINE, AND KATIE FLOWERS, OUR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY RELATIONS, WAS RECOGNIZED AS A GOLD STAR RECIPIENT FOR THE DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT IN THE CATEGORY OF SPECIAL EVENTS FOR MANSFIELD ISD'S GOLDEN TOUR LAST YEAR.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE LADIES. VERY PROUD OF THEM. LET'S GIVE ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO ALL OF THOSE WHO ARE HONORED TONIGHT AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR RECOGNITION. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE THAT RECEIVED AN AWARD AND THAT WAS HONORED THIS EVENING. PARENTS,

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YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO STAY ALSO AND LISTEN TO ALL THE EXCITING THINGS.

BUT WE UNDERSTAND IF YOU NEED TO EXIT. SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR COMING.

ALL RIGHT. AND THAT IS GOING TO MOVE US INTO ITEM SEVEN.

[7. District Introductions ]

I WOULD LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO DOCTOR STOKER FOR OUR ONE RECOGNITION THIS EVENING.

RECOGNITION ONE INTRODUCTION THIS EVENING. THANK YOU SO MUCH, DOCTOR CANTU BOARD MEMBERS, IS DOCTOR CANTU MENTIONED THIS EVENING. WE HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL TO INTRODUCE TO YOU AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE PROMOTION.

I'D LIKE TO ASK TO COME TO THE PODIUM, MISS TAMMY BAGGETT.

SHE IS OUR NEW ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF NUTRITION OPERATIONS IN THE STUDENT NUTRITION DEPARTMENT.

SHE HAD PREVIOUSLY SERVED IN THE ROLE OF FIELD SUPERVISOR, ALSO IN THE STUDENT NUTRITION DEPARTMENT.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT FARRAR, DOCTOR CANTU AND DISTINGUISHED BOARD MEMBERS.

I'M HONORED TO BE APPOINTED AS THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF STUDENT NUTRITION IN MANSFIELD ISD.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT FARRAR, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND DOCTOR CANTU FOR YOUR INSPIRING VISION AND TO ALL BOARD MEMBERS FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO OUR STUDENTS HEALTH AND SUCCESS. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL TO ENHANCE OUR NUTRITION PROGRAMS AND POSITIVELY, POSITIVELY IMPACT OUR STUDENTS LIVES. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

ALL RIGHT AND THAT WILL MOVE US INTO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.

[8. Instructional Focus]

OKAY. GOOD EVENING. HELLO. GOOD EVENING, DOCTOR CANTU, PRESIDENT FARRAR BOARD OF TRUSTEES, I AM EXCITED TO PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION AND UPDATES FROM OUR ADVANCED ACADEMICS DEPARTMENT.

SO IN VISION 2030, THE WORK THAT OUR DEPARTMENT DOES REALLY IS GUIDED BY A GUIDING STATEMENT NUMBER FOUR AND SO IN OUR DEPARTMENT WE PROVIDE SUPPORT PROGRAMS, ADVANCED LEARNING, COLLEGE LEVEL ACADEMIC RIGOR TO REALLY ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS GRADUATE COLLEGE READY.

SO UP ON THE SCREEN YOU'LL NOTICE THE PROGRAMS THAT WE SUPPORT IN OUR DEPARTMENT.

FAR LEFT IS OUR GIFTED AND TALENTED PROGRAM AND THAT WILL LEAD IN.

I'LL GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION, SOME DATA ABOUT OUR ADVANCED PLACEMENT AP PROGRAM.

I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT COLLEGE TESTING THAT WE DO IN THE DISTRICT WITH PSAT, SAT AND TCIA AND THEN I'LL GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION AND PROVIDE YOU SOME DATA ABOUT OUR AVID PROGRAM.

AND THEN OUR DUAL CREDIT TCC PARTNERSHIP AND SO I'LL START RIGHT IN WITH GIFTED AND TALENTED.

SO YOU'LL NOTICE ON THIS GRAPH THAT 9% NUMBER.

AND SO WHAT THIS REPRESENTS IS THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN MISD THAT ARE IDENTIFIED AS GIFTED AND TALENTED AND WITH NATIONAL AND STANDARD GIFTED RESEARCH, ANY GIVEN POPULATION 7 TO 10% ARE IDENTIFIED AS GIFTED.

SO WE ARE WELL WITHIN THAT RANGE AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO TO ENSURE EQUITY AND ACCESS ACROSS THE DISTRICT IS WE UTILIZE A DISTRICT WIDE SCREENER FOR ALL OUR SECOND GRADERS. THEY ARE TESTED WITH COGAT COGNITIVE ABILITY TEST, AND THEY'RE MEASURED IN THREE DIFFERENT BATTERIES.

SO VERBAL, NONVERBAL AND QUANTITATIVE. AND SO FROM THAT WE ALSO UTILIZE LOCAL NORMS. AND SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE MEASURE MISD STUDENTS MISD STUDENT RATHER THAN USING NATIONAL NORMS.

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OKAY, UP ON HERE, I KNOW IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SEE. HOPEFULLY YOU CAN SEE IT ON HERE. THIS IS OUR GT SERVICE MODEL AT EACH OF OUR DIFFERENT CAMPUSES ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH. SO YOU'LL NOTICE IN THAT FIRST BULLET POINT.

SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A CLUSTER MODEL FOR INCLUSION.

SO TEA ASKED THAT WITH ANY IDENTIFICATION THAT 33% OF A COURSE BE IDENTIFIED AS GT AND THAT ENROLLMENT POPULATION HAS TO BE 33%. AND MISD, WE IDENTIFIED THAT AS FIVE ARE WHERE ENROLLMENT ALLOWS.

IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE IDENTIFICATION OF A CAMPUS IN ORDER FOR THAT TO REALLY WORK AND THAT SECOND BULLET POINT, YOU HAVE TO HAVE HIGHLY TRAINED GT TEACHERS AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT OUR DEPARTMENT PROVIDES AND PROVIDES SUPPORT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE TEACHERS WHO HAVE THOSE GT SECTIONS AND THOSE GT STUDENTS RECEIVE DIFFERENTIATION SUPPORT, BEST PRACTICES TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THOSE GT STUDENTS SITTING IN THEIR CLASSROOM.

IN THAT THIRD BULLET POINT, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT GT WIN TIME AND GT ADVISORY, THAT IS SOMETHING, AGAIN WITH OUR GT STUDENTS THAT WE PROVIDE THAT SEL SUPPORT FOR THEM.

THAT'S ALSO DURING THAT TIME IN THAT FOURTH BULLET POINT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR GT INDEPENDENT STUDY.

SO THAT IS A REQUIREMENT FROM TEA, THAT WE GIVE OUR GT STUDENTS THAT OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT, SOMETHING THAT GOES BEYOND THE STANDARD CURRICULUM, SOMETHING IN THEIR GRADE LEVEL AND CONTENT AREA.

SO A LOT OF THIS WORK HAPPENS DURING THE INDEPENDENT STUDY TIME, THAT WIND TIME AND THEY ARE UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF A CAMPUS GT SPECIALIST AND WE HAVE A CAMPUS GT SPECIALIST AT EVERY CAMPUS AND THEN THE LAST BULLET POINT YOU'LL NOTICE WHEN MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL IT SAYS GT ED TALKS.

IT DOESN'T SAY GT. INDEPENDENT STUDY. WE DID SOMETHING DIFFERENT THIS YEAR, SO WE HAD OUR DISTRICT GT FAIR JUST LAST WEEK IN THE SAME ROOM AND WITH MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL WE DID IT LIKE A TED TALK STYLE. SO OUR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS PRESENTED IT INSTEAD OF LIKE A FORMAL PRESENTATION OR A PRODUCT.

THEY DID A VIDEO. AND SO WITH MIDDLE SCHOOL, THEY JUDGED IT ASYNCHRONOUSLY ON THEIR RESEARCH AND THE PERFORMANCE.

IN HIGH SCHOOL, THEY ACTUALLY WERE ABLE TO PRESENT RIGHT THERE ON THE STAGE IN THE AUDITORIUM.

SO THAT WAS A NEW EXPERIENCE FOR THEM. AND SO UP ON THE SCREEN, YOU'LL SEE JUST A COUPLE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT OUR DEPARTMENT SUPPORTS FOR OUR GT STUDENTS.

BUT REALLY FOR ANY STUDENT THAT WANTS TO ADVANCE THEIR LEARNING WE HAVE OUR CAMP INVENTION, OUR STEM SUMMER CAMP, AS WELL AS DESTINATION IMAGINATION WITH THE OPEN ENDED CHALLENGES COMPETITION.

MATHEMATICS, PENTATHLON IS PROBLEM SOLVING, MATH GAMES, COMPETITION, AND WE ACTUALLY WERE THE SITE OF THE STATE K1.

SO KINDER AND FIRST GRADE MATHEMATICS PENTATHLON COMPETITION JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO.

THANK YOU. MANSFIELD HIGH SCHOOL. WE HAD IT IN THEIR GYMNASIUM. THEY LET US HOST IT THERE.

NATIONAL SPELLING BEE. SO AT THE DISTRICT BEE, THEY CAN COMPETE IN THE FORT WORTH REGIONAL BEE AND THEN THE SCRIPPS NATIONAL BEE, AS WELL AS ACADEMIC DECATHLON FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

IT'S A TEN EVENT COMPETITION TO TEST THEIR ACADEMIC KNOWLEDGE.

AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, ON THE FAR LEFT, YOU CAN SEE THE LOGO FOR OUR GT ACADEMY OPENING UP THIS FALL AT GLEN HARMON THAT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT. SO I'M GOING TO LEAD INTO AP. SO ADVANCED PLACEMENT ON OUR IN OUR ADVANCED COURSES AND THIS IS HOW WE SERVICE OUR SECONDARY GT STUDENTS AS THEY TRANSITION FROM SIXTH GRADE AND THEN INTERMEDIATE AND THEN MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL.

SO IN MISD WE OFFER OVER 30 AP COURSES AND REALLY AP COURSES ARE THAT BRIDGE AND THAT TRANSITION BETWEEN HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE.

IT PROVIDES THEM WITH THOSE COLLEGE READY SKILLS THAT THEY WILL NEED, AS WELL AS GIVING THEM AN OPPORTUNITY.

YOU CAN SEE A RANGE OF COURSES UP THERE TO REALLY SPECIALIZE IN SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN, MAYBE SOMETHING THAT THEY FEEL LIKE MAJORING IN. AND THEN IF THEY CHOOSE TO DO SO, THEY CAN TAKE THE CORRESPONDING EXAM AT THE END OF THE COURSE AND POTENTIALLY EARN COLLEGE CREDIT JUST BASED ON THEIR QUALIFYING SCORE AND THE SCORES AND THE COLLEGES THAT THEY CHOOSE TO GO TO AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO AS A DISTRICT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE HIGHLY TRAINED TEACHERS THAT ARE TEACHING THIS COURSE FOR A COLLEGE BOARD.

THEY REQUIRE ATTENDANCE AT AN AP SUMMER INSTITUTE AND IN MANSFIELD ISD.

THAT IS EVERY THREE YEARS FOR OUR TEACHER. BUT ONE THING THAT IS NEW THAT IS NOT ON THE SCREEN IS THAT WE ARE PROVIDING A TRAINING THIS SUMMER FOR OUR ADVANCED TEACHERS.

SO THAT PATHWAY LEADING INTO OUR AP COURSES. SO SIXTH, SEVENTH, EIGHTH GRADE, AS WELL AS OUR A COUPLE OF OUR ADVANCED HIGH SCHOOL COURSES,

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HOW ARE THEY BUILDING THAT PROGRESSION. SO WHEN THEY GET TO THESE AP COURSES THEY ARE EVEN MORE SUCCESSFUL AND SO THIS GRAPH UP HERE, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN BEFORE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, AND I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE I SAY ALL THE NUMBERS RIGHT. BECAUSE THERE'S SOME GOOD DATA OUT OF HERE. THAT TOP LINE, THAT BLUE LINE. THAT'S THE NUMBER TOTAL NUMBER HISTORICALLY SINCE 2011 TO LAST SPRING FOR A NUMBER OF TOTAL OF AP EXAMS IN MISD. THE RED LINE IS OUR TOTAL NUMBER OF AP STUDENTS, AND I KNOW THEY'RE NOT CONNECTED.

WE HAVE AP STUDENTS THAT TAKE MULTIPLE EXAMS EACH YEAR AND THEN THAT GREEN GRAPH REPRESENTS EXAMS THREE OR BETTER AND SO IN AP YOU RECEIVE COULD POTENTIALLY RECEIVE COLLEGE CREDIT DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU'RE MAJORING IN AND WHERE YOU'RE GOING.

IF YOU SCORE A THREE, 4 OR 5 ON THE CORRESPONDING AP EXAM AND SO I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS TO NOTICE ABOUT THE BARS IS THAT IT'S ALL TRENDING UPWARDS.

SO AS OUR NUMBER OF STUDENTS GROW, AS THE NUMBER OF EXAMS GROW, OUR THREE OR BETTER KEEPS GROWING.

WHEN WE ACTUALLY ROSE FROM 43% IN SPRING 2023 TO 49% IN LAST SPRING, AND THAT CAME OUT TO 3621 EXAMS. AND THEN ALSO FROM THE GRAPH TO GIVE YOU SOME SPECIFIC NUMBERS, OUR TOTAL EXAM AMOUNT, WE WENT FROM 6173 IN SPRING 2023 TO 7338 IN SPRING 2024 AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR TOTAL NUMBER OF AP STUDENTS WENT FROM 3659 TO 4237.

A BIG JUMP IN THE INCREASE IN OUR DATA IS WE ADDED AP PRE-CAL LAST SPRING, AND WE WERE ONE OF THE FEW DISTRICTS IN TEXAS AND ACROSS THE METROPLEX TO REALLY JUMP FIRST INTO THAT AND A LOT OF DISTRICTS WEIGHED IT AND THEY ROLLED IT OUT THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

BUT OUR DATA FROM THAT, FROM THOSE STUDENTS WHO TOOK THE CORRESPONDING EXAM, 85% RECEIVED A THREE OR BETTER ON THAT EXAM LAST SPRING.

AND ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE AT OUR DEPARTMENT SUPPORTS CAMPUSES AND STUDENTS IS WE OFFER A FREE KIND OF A LAST PUSH AP REVIEW SESSION.

AND WE DO THIS ON SATURDAYS AND RIGHT HERE IN THE PACK, WE TAKE OVER ALL THE ROOMS AND THEY HELP US OUT.

WE BRING IN THOSE AP CONTENT EXPERTS, READERS, AND THEY REALLY HELP STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE HAVE ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY LAST CONTENT QUESTIONS. THEY MAY HAVE EXAM QUESTIONS AND REALLY, IT'S A WAY FOR US TO CONTINUE TO KEEP GROWING OUR PROGRAM AND SO UP HERE, YOU WILL NOTICE SOME AWARDS THAT A COUPLE OF OUR CAMPUSES RECEIVED AP HONORABLE PLATINUM, FRONTIER STEM, AP HONORABLE GOLD AT MANSFIELD HIGH SCHOOL, AND AN AP HONOR ROLL BRONZE LAKE RIDGE.

SO WHAT THIS MEANS IS IT'S BASED ON PERCENTAGES AND THE LEVELS CHANGE AT PLATINUM.

GOLD AND BRONZE IS THAT THEY WERE MEASURED IN THREE DIFFERENT AREAS.

SO THEY WERE MEASURED FIRST AT COLLEGE CULTURE.

SO WHAT'S THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS THAT HAVE TAKEN AT LEAST ONE AP EXAM? IN HIGH SCHOOL. AND THEN THEY WERE MEASURED ON COLLEGE CREDIT.

SO WHEN THEY'VE TAKEN THAT EXAM, DID THEY RECEIVE A THREE OR BETTER QUALIFYING SCORE AND THEN LAST COLLEGE OPTIMIZATION.

AND SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS ARE WE GROWING THE PROGRAM AS A WHOLE.

AND REALLY IS THE STUDENT STAYING IN AP COURSES.

SO THE LONGEVITY OF THE AP PROGRAM AND SO THAT MEANS THAT THEY HAVE TAKEN FIVE AP EXAMS WITH EITHER ONE BEING A NINTH OR 10TH GRADE.

AND THEN THOSE ARE THE CORRESPONDING PERCENTAGES FOR EACH COURSE OR FOR EACH CAMPUS.

AND YOU'LL NOTICE THE LITTLE BLUE CIRCLE UNDER MANSFIELD HIGH SCHOOL. SO THAT'S AP ACCESS AWARD.

SO THAT IS AWARD TO CAMPUSES THAT WHO'S UNDERREPRESENTED POPULATION LOW SES MIRRORS THEIR DEMOGRAPHICS, SO IT'S EITHER THE SAME OR GREATER. SO THEY ARE PROVIDING EQUITABLE ACCESS TO ALL STUDENTS TO ENTER THE AP PROGRAM.

NOT ON THIS SLIDE, BUT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZING 180 STUDENTS WHO HAVE NATIONAL RECOGNITION AWARDS SINCE OCTOBER.

WE HAD SO MANY THAT YOU GUYS HAD TO SPLIT THEM UP AT EACH BOARD MEETING.

AND SO THAT WAS BASED ON THEIR AP SCORES, THEIR PSAT SCORES, THEIR GPA, AND IF THEY IDENTIFIED AS HISPANIC, LATINO, FIRST GENERATION, BLACK, AFRICAN AMERICAN, INDIGENOUS, NATIVE.

SO YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN GIVING THAT AWARD TO THEM AND THEN ALSO NOT ON HERE, BUT JUST SOMETHING THAT CONTINUOUS GROWTH AND IMPROVEMENT IN OUR DEPARTMENT IS I'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH DOCTOR TAMPLIN. REALLY WORKING HOW WE CAN BRIDGE AP AND CTE TOGETHER.

OKAY. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR AVID PROGRAM. SO AVID IS ANOTHER WAY THAT WE SUPPORT OUR CAMPUSES IN BEING COLLEGE READY.

IT IS A COLLEGE READINESS SYSTEM THAT IS SCHOOL WIDE AND YOU CAN SEE ON THE CHART THAT ELEMENTARY,

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AVID IS DESIGNED TO SERVICE THE LEAST SERVE STUDENTS, BUT IT'S OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS BECAUSE WE REALLY JUST WANT TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE COLLEGE READY, THAT WE INCREASE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT ARE ENROLLED IN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITY.

AND SO ANY WAY THAT WE CAN DO THAT, TO GIVE THEM THOSE ACADEMIC, SOCIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS AND THEN OUR DUAL CREDIT PROGRAM IS ANOTHER WAY THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE GETTING THAT COLLEGE READINESS SKILLS AND THAT DIRECT ACCESS.

SO WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH TCC AND AGAIN, OUR STUDENTS HAVE FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE IN THEIR SCHOOL DAY AT THEIR CAMPUSES TO TAKE A COLLEGE COURSE AND WE DO THIS AT OUR ALL OUR HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUSES.

YOU'LL NOTICE WITH THE NUMBERS. SO THE SECOND GRAPH, THE ONE BELOW FALL, SPRING AND SUMMER.

YOU NOTICE HOW HIGH FALL AND SPRING IS, AND WE HAVEN'T EVEN ADDED SUMMER YET, SO IT DOES KEEP INCREASING BECAUSE THIS IS AT NO COST TO OUR STUDENTS AND OUR FAMILIES.

SO WE ARE ENSURING THAT THEY'RE HAVING THAT DIRECT ACCESS FOR FREE.

ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR COURSES IS OUR THAT FIRST LEVEL.

WHEN YOU GO TO COLLEGE, YOU KNOW, ENGLISH 1301, 1302.

SO WE MAKE SURE THEY GET THAT BASELINE CREDIT GOING IN THERE AND THEN WE HAVE CAMPUSES THAT HAVE SECTIONS OF COLLEGE ALGEBRA, COLLEGE STATISTICS. THAT FIRST, YOU KNOW, HISTORY COURSE AND A COUPLE OF GOVERNMENT AND ECONOMICS SECTIONS AS WELL, COLLEGE TESTING. SO ONE OF THE THINGS IN OUR DEPARTMENT THAT WE ALSO DO, AND WE PROVIDE AND FACILITATE FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUSES IS A FREE DAY OF COLLEGE TESTING. AND WE DO THIS. OUR BIG ONE IS IN THE FALL.

OUR FRESHMEN TAKE PSAT EIGHT NINE. OUR SOPHOMORES AND JUNIORS TAKE PSAT NMSQT AND THEN WE HAVE A SELECT GROUP OF SENIORS THAT TAKE TSIA, OR THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO A COLLEGE OR CAREER VISIT AND SO REALLY, BY PROVIDING THESE EXAMS AT NO COST TO OUR FAMILIES AND OUR STUDENTS, WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THEM, PARTICIPATION IN THEM, AND THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO AGAIN DEMONSTRATE THEIR COLLEGE READINESS FOR SAT. WE DO THIS IN THE SPRING FOR OUR JUNIORS ONLY.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO ALSO TO ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE PREPARED IS WE DO FREE PSAT AND SAT REVIEW SESSIONS BEFORE THESE TESTING DATES.

WE HAVE THEM AT THE PAC. WE DO A LOT OF EVENTS AT THE PAC AND SO WE DO IT IN THIS ROOM BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH SPACE FOR THEM.

BECAUSE WE OFFER THEM ON A SATURDAY AND WE HAVE ABOUT 200 TO 300 KIDS THAT SHOW UP TO REALLY GET ANY, YOU KNOW, LAST MINUTE KEY CONCEPTS, TEST TAKING STRATEGIES, THINGS THAT THEY MAY NEED AND SO THIS DATA RIGHT HERE ACTUALLY SHOWS OUR JUNIOR PSAT/NMSQT DATA FROM THE LAST TWO YEARS.

SO THAT IS FROM OUR COLLEGE TESTING DAY. YOU CAN SEE THAT THE TOTAL SCORE OUR AVERAGE IS INCREASING.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS WITH THIS EXAM IS SPECIFICALLY FOR OUR JUNIORS IS THAT THIS IS A NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP QUALIFYING TEST AND SO BASED ON THEIR SCORE AND WHEN STUDENTS RECEIVE THEIR SCORE, THEY GET A TOTAL SCORE.

THEY GET A SECTION SCORE AND THEN THERE'S A LITTLE PIECE TALKING ABOUT THE NATIONAL MERIT INDEX AND SO IN THE STATE OF TEXAS THIS IS THEIR TOP PERCENTILE.

THEY ARE THE TOP OF THE TOP. AND THAT SCORE ROUGHLY HAS BEEN ABOUT 219.

IT AVERAGES OUT AGAIN OVER THE YEARS, WHICH EQUATES TO ABOUT A 1450 OR HIGHER FOR THEIR TOTAL SCORE.

AND SO WE'VE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH HERE AT MANSFIELD ISD.

WE HAD FOUR NATIONAL MERIT SEMIFINALISTS IN 23, 24, AND WE HAD 6 IN 24 AND 25.

AND ACTUALLY FROM OUR LAST ONE THAT WE DID IN OCTOBER.

WE IDENTIFIED 74 SOPHOMORES USING THESE CALCULATIONS OF THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE ABLE TO ENTER THE NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.

AND SO THEY WERE OFFERED THE OPPORTUNITY TO REGISTER FOR A SUMMER PSAT PREP PROGRAM.

AND SO WE'LL KNOW MORE WHEN THEY TAKE THEIR JUNIOR QUALIFYING TEST HERE, COMING UP IN OCTOBER FOR THEIR JUNIOR YEAR.

ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT I THINK SHOULD BE SAID IS THE FACT THAT WE ARE STARTING THIS JOURNEY EARLY FOR OUR STUDENTS.

SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR FRESHMEN, THAT EXPERIENCE WITH PSAT EIGHT NINE AND THEN HAVING OUR SOPHOMORES TAKE THE PSAT NMSQT, THIS AGAIN INCREASES THEIR CHANCES. AND THAT PREPAREDNESS FOR THAT NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLAR NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP QUALIFYING SCORE.

BUT THEN ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT WITH THIS PSAT DATA, WE CAN ACTUALLY UTILIZE THIS IN CONJUNCTION WITH AP AND COLLEGE BOARD.

AND SO THERE'S SOMETHING CALLED AN AP POTENTIAL TOOL.

AND SO IT MEASURES THEIR SCORE TO SEE LIKE OKAY, HOW WOULD YOU DO TAKING CORRESPONDING AP EXAMS. AND AGAIN, YOU'RE HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY ENROLL IN AND ENGAGE IN ADVANCED ACADEMIC COURSEWORK.

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SO THIS IS FOR OUR JUNIORS FROM THE LAST TWO YEARS.

AND IN MISD SAYS 2025. THAT WAS ACTUALLY JUST LAST MONTH.

AND YOU'LL NOTICE WITH OUR TOTAL SCORE THAT IS GROWING AS WELL AS OUR SECTION SCORE, WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS READING AND WRITING ARE MET WITH THAT PIECE. AND ONE OF THE GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES AND CONTINUOUS GROWTH I'M WORKING ON WITH OUR MATH DEPARTMENT IS MAKING SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE ALSO CMR MET IN MATH AND TSI IS ANOTHER EXAM THAT WE OFFER FOR COLLEGE TESTING.

SO WITH TSI, IF YOU WANT TO ATTEND A PUBLIC SCHOOL OR UNIVERSITY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, YOU HAVE TO TAKE TSAI AND MEET THE COLLEGE READY INDICATORS AND THERE ARE SOME EXEMPTIONS BASED ON YOUR SAT AND YOUR ACT SCORE. BUT ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE READY FOR THIS, BECAUSE IF THEY DO NOT HAVE THAT CORRESPONDING SCORE, OR IF THEY DON'T TAKE IT AT ALL AND THEY DON'T HAVE EXEMPTIONS, THEN THEY WILL HAVE TO ENROLL IN DEVELOPMENTAL COURSES IN COLLEGE AND THEY ARE NOT FOR COLLEGE CREDIT.

AND THEN FAMILIES STILL HAVE TO PAY FOR THEM.

SO WE ARE TRYING TO HELP OUR STUDENTS BY OFFERING THIS EXAM FREE AND SO WE DO THIS ACROSS ALL OUR CAMPUSES AND WE DO THIS THROUGH OUR ALGEBRA 2 AND ENGLISH 3 COURSES AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE ALWAYS EXCITED ABOUT IN OUR DEPARTMENT IS THE COLLEGE READY EVENTS THAT WE DO WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR CAMPUSES AND OUR STUDENTS.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT HIGHER EDUCATION, TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR POST-SECONDARY NEEDS.

AND SO YOU'LL SEE THAT FLIER ON THE FAR RIGHT THAT IS FROM OUR COLLEGE NIGHT.

THAT, AGAIN, WAS RIGHT HERE AT THE CENTER AND WE HAD OVER 120 COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES THAT SHOWED UP AND STUDENTS AND FAMILIES CAME OUT AND THEY CAN TALK ABOUT FINANCIAL AID, ADMISSION ANY QUESTIONS THAT THEY NEED TO ASK ABOUT MAJORS AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME OUT, WE'RE DOING IT. IT'S A LITTLE BIT EARLIER THIS YEAR. IT'S IN SEPTEMBER. BUT JUST KIND OF MARK THAT ON YOUR CALENDAR.

BUT IT'S AGAIN, ANOTHER WAY THAT WE'RE SHOWING OUR COMMITMENT TO OUR STUDENTS BEING COLLEGE READY. SO NOW WHAT? SO IN OUR DEPARTMENT, WE'RE REALLY COMMITTED TO CONTINUOUS GROWTH.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REFINING OUR PROGRAMS, KEEP OFFERING THAT SUPPORT FOR CAMPUSES AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO NAVIGATE THE COMPLEXITIES OF COLLEGE READINESS.

ONE OF THE WAYS THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR DEPARTMENT, AGAIN, SUPPORTS BEING COLLEGE READY IS MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE ALL THE TOOLS NECESSARY TO GRADUATE LIFE READY AND COLLEGE READY. AND THAT'S IT.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YEAH. BOARD MEMBERS I'LL START TO MY LEFT. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? MRS. NEWSOM. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

YEAH. WE ALWAYS LOVE TO HEAR ABOUT WHAT EXCITING AND GREAT THINGS YOU GUYS ARE DOING.

BUT YOU DID MENTION SOMETHING ABOUT KIND OF BRIDGING TOGETHER AP AND CTE.

CAN YOU TELL ME JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? I'M INTRIGUED.

YEAH. SO A COLLEGE BOARD IS ACTUALLY OFFERING THEY'RE STEPPING INTO THE WORLD OF AP CYBERSECURITY.

AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH DOCTOR TAMPLIN ON AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

AND THERE ARE PATHWAYS WE ALREADY HAVE FOR CYBERSECURITY AND CTE AND OUR CTE COURSES.

SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE ON AP AND HOW COULD THAT FIT IN.

VERY COOL. YEAH. THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS TO MY RIGHT.

NO, YOU WERE JUST SO THOROUGH THAT. THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU GUYS. THIS IS ALWAYS REALLY EXCITING TO HEAR ABOUT ALL OF THE GT AND AP THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. I LOVE HOW THIS REALLY JUST ALIGNS PERFECTLY WITH OUR GUIDING STATEMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR KIDS ARE GRADUATING COLLEGE READY.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT DO AND CONTINUE TO DO.

WE APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. YES, MA'AM.

ALL RIGHT. AND THAT MOVES US INTO OUR NEXT PRESENTATION. ITEM NINE ON THE AGENDA.

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ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT FARRAR.

DOCTOR CANTU, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND EVERYONE WHO'S JOINING US.

I AM THRILLED TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT OUR TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS REPORT AND JUST GIVE YOU A LITTLE INSIGHT INTO WHAT'S HAPPENING INTO OUR DEPARTMENT.

SO JUST KIND OF START US OFF. I HAVE AN AMAZING TEAM OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HELP ME LEAD THE DEPARTMENT.

I HAVE SIX INDIVIDUALS AND SOME OF THEM ARE HERE TODAY.

I WON'T MAKE THEM STAND UP. I TOLD THEM I WAS GOING TO EMBARRASS THEM, BUT I WON'T DO THAT TODAY.

I HAVE TWO DIRECTORS. ONE WHO OVERSEES INSTRUCTIONAL.

I'M SORRY. TECH SUPPORT AND THE OTHER ONE WHO OVERSEES INFRASTRUCTURE AND CYBERSECURITY AND THEN I ALSO HAVE A

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ALL RIGHT. I ALSO HAVE 52 INDIVIDUALS WHO SERVE IN MY DEPARTMENT.

WHEN WE ARE FULLY STAFFED, WE ARE CURRENTLY 94% FULLY STAFFED.

SO WE HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF POSITIONS WE'RE LOOKING TO FILL.

ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN YOU CAN SEE THE SUB DEPARTMENTS AND THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THOSE DEPARTMENTS.

JUST KEEPING IN MIND THAT WE DO SERVE ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES, ALL OF OUR STAFF.

JUST ABOUT 5000 OF THEM AND ALL 60 SITES. WE MAKE SURE THEY'RE UP AND WORKING.

THAT INCLUDES OUR CAMPUSES AND OUR FACILITIES.

SO AS A PART OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT AND, OF COURSE, OUR DISTRICT'S CORE VALUES WE ALL DO.

AND I MEAN, ALL I MEAN, ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES AND DEPARTMENTS HAVE A PLAN ON A PAGE, AND A PART OF THAT PLAN ON A PAGE IS OUR TECH VISION GOALS.

AND SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO KIND OF GO OVER SOME OF OUR GOALS FOR THE 23-24 SCHOOL YEAR AND SO WE SET OUT TO ACCOMPLISH REALLY MAKING SURE THAT WE FACILITATE OUR STUDENT LEARNING WITH INCREASED MONITORING OF OUR STUDENT TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES, IMPLEMENTING AN UPDATED INVENTORY SYSTEM, AND ALSO INITIATING A CYBERSECURITY AWARENESS PROGRAM AND I AM HAPPY TO SAY THAT OUR TEAM WAS ABLE TO MEET ALL THREE OF THOSE GOALS. SO WE DID LAST YEAR, 23-24 IMPLEMENT A NEW EXTENDED DETECTION AND RESPONSE SOLUTION.

THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE ROBUST, SO WE WERE HAPPY ABOUT THAT.

WE SAW LOTS OF SUCCESS WITH THAT PROGRAM. WE ALSO WERE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT AN UPDATED INVENTORY SYSTEM THAT WAS INTEGRATED WITH OUR TICKETING SYSTEM, WHICH REALLY HELPED US A LOT BECAUSE PREVIOUSLY WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT OPTION AND THEN LASTLY, WE WERE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT STRATEGIES TO ENHANCE CYBER AWARENESS FOR OUR FAMILIES AND FOR OUR STUDENTS.

SO WE'RE PROUD OF THAT WORK THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH.

ALL RIGHT. SO WE ALSO DEMONSTRATE COMMITMENT TO CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT THROUGH OUR COA DATA, WHICH IS OUR CADENCE OF ACCOUNTABILITY GOALS AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO TARGET AN AVERAGE OF 98% UPTIME FOR CRITICAL SYSTEMS. 80% COMPLETION RATE FOR WORK ORDERS OVER WITHIN A TEN, I'M SORRY, WITHIN A SEVEN BUSINESS DAY TIME FRAME, AND THEN ALSO A MINIMUM OF 99% DEVICES OPERATING WITHOUT COMPROMISE.

SO I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THE RESULTS OF THOSE VERY QUICKLY.

MOST OF YOU RECOGNIZE THIS TYPE OF FORMAT THAT WE HAVE.

SO THE FIRST ONE DEALS WITH OUR AVERAGE SCHEDULE UPTIME FOR CRITICAL SYSTEMS. SO WE WERE EXCITED TO SAY THAT WE MET OUR GOAL FOR THAT ONE.

WE REALLY WANTED TO EXCEED OUR GOAL FOR THAT ONE BUT WE DID HAVE SOME FIBER CUTS LAST YEAR AND SO THE GOOD NEWS IS WE'RE IMPLEMENTING A FIBER RING THROUGH THE BOND AND SO WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THOSE ISSUES IN THE FUTURE.

BUT WE ARE EXCITED THAT WE WERE ABLE TO MEET THAT GOAL.

ALL RIGHT. ALSO, WHEN LOOKING AT OUR WORK ORDERS, WE WERE ABLE TO EXCEED THAT GOAL.

THAT'S DEFINITELY A TESTAMENT TO THE HARD WORK THAT OUR TEAM HAS BEEN DOING TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF.

SO WE WERE PLEASED WITH THAT RESULT AND LASTLY, WE WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY EXCEED OUR GOAL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DID NOT HAVE COMPROMISED DEVICES ON OUR NETWORK.

SO AGAIN, WE WERE AT 99.9% WITH THAT PIECE AND YEAH, WE MET THAT GOAL AND EXCEEDED IT.

YEAH. WOO HOO! THAT'S WHAT I SAY TO EVERY DAY.

ALRIGHT. TO ENSURE HIGH QUALITY CUSTOMER SERVICE, OUR TEAM DOES CONDUCT WEEKLY ASSESSMENTS AND WE DO WEEKLY DATA REVIEWS.

WE CHECK OUR TICKETS, CHECK OUR CALLS, AND CHECK OUR SLAS, OUR SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENTS, TO SEE HOW OUR TEAM'S DOING, BECAUSE WE WANT TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF WELL.

AND SO DURING THE 23-24 SCHOOL YEAR, OUR TWO PERSON HELP DESK TEAM WAS ABLE TO ANSWER OVER 11,600 CALLS, WHICH IS QUITE A BIT FOR A COUPLE OF FOLKS AND THEN OUR TEAM COMBINED, WE WERE ABLE TO ADDRESS OVER 37,700 WORK ORDERS AND SO WE WERE PRETTY BUSY LAST YEAR. BUT ENJOYING WHAT WE DO.

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SO LAST YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO SCAN AND PROTECT OVER 72 MILLION INTERNET REQUESTS.

WE WERE ALSO, OF COURSE, WE MONITOR DIGITAL FILES THAT GO ACROSS OUR NETWORK, AND WE WERE ABLE TO REVIEW AND PROTECT OVER 3 BILLION, LIKE 3 BILLION WITH A B. AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT THAT'S EQUIVALENT TO ALMOST 8.8 MILLION FILES EVERY SINGLE DAY.

SO THE TEAM WORKS HARD JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE SAFE.

SO BUILDING ON LAST YEAR'S DATA I'M GOING TO KIND OF START TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS YEAR SO YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE WORK WE'RE DOING AT THIS TIME.

YOU DID HEAR ME MENTION PART OF OUR VISION GOAL WAS TO IMPLEMENT A CYBERSECURITY AWARENESS PROGRAM.

AND WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BUILD ON THAT. AND SO, AS YOU CAN SEE IN SOME OF THE PICTURES, WE ARE CONTINUING TO GIVE INFORMATION TO OUR STAFF. WE HAVE TIPS FOR STAFF AND ALSO FOR PARENTS AND FOR STUDENTS.

WE SEND THAT OUT. AND THEN WE ALSO WERE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH AN ORGANIZATION CALLED PROTECT YOUNG EYES, WHO'S WELL KNOWN IN THAT INDUSTRY. AND THEY WERE ABLE TO PRESENT A WEBINAR TO EMPOWER OUR FAMILIES.

THAT WENT REALLY WELL. SO WE WERE PROUD OF THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM.

WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO PARTNER WITH MISD RETIREES, SO OUR TEAM IS ABLE TO TRAIN THEM ON INTERNET SAFETY SO THEY CAN STAY SAFE AS WELL.

WE'RE CONTINUING, OF COURSE, TO POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS AND ALSO LOOK FOR OTHER WAYS TO INCREASE JUST OUR CYBERSECURITY FRAMEWORK. AND SO JUST A COUPLE OF ITEMS THERE.

WE WERE ABLE TO ADD ANOTHER LAYER OF EMAIL SECURITY, WHICH I KNOW AT FIRST CAN BE A LITTLE TOUGH BECAUSE YOU'RE ADDING SOMETHING NEW TO THE SYSTEM. BUT AFTER YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, IT EVENS OUT AND WE ARE DEFINITELY MORE SECURE.

WE'VE ALSO BEEN ABLE TO IMPLEMENT ADDED CONTROLS FOR IDENTITY MANAGEMENT, WHICH WE HAVE SEEN SOME GOOD DATA FROM THAT.

AND THEN LASTLY I'LL SAY LAST YEAR WE DID A NETWORK ASSESSMENT AND DID REALLY WELL.

THIS YEAR WE DID ANOTHER ASSESSMENT BECAUSE WE WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE JUST TAKING OUR WORD FOR THE SUCCESS WE WANT OTHERS TO BE ABLE TO SAY, YES, THIS IS THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING AND YES, WE ARE IN THE RIGHT PLACE.

AND SO WE HAD ANOTHER ASSESSMENT DONE AND THE RESULTS WERE REALLY GOOD.

IN FACT, I DO WANT TO QUOTE WHAT ONE OF THE TESTERS SAID.

HE SAID THE SECURITY POSTURE FOR MY INTERNAL INFRASTRUCTURE IS ABOVE PAR IN COMPARISON WITH OTHER K-12 ORGANIZATIONS AND LOCAL SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS. SO IT'S NOT JUST US. I MEAN, THEY'RE GOING ACROSS THE COUNTRY DOING THESE TYPES OF TESTS.

AND WHEN THEY TELL US THAT KIND OF FEEDBACK OF COURSE IT ENCOURAGES US FOR SURE, BUT IT VALIDATES THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.

ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE THIS YEAR OF PRESENTING AT VARIOUS EVENTS, CONFERENCES AND WEBINARS.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE EXAMPLES THERE ON THE SCREEN.

I WILL JUST HIGHLIGHT ONE OF THEM. FOR NOW IN THE YELLOW AREA YOU CAN SEE THAT IS JESSICA BROWN OR HELP DESK SUPERVISOR WHO IS PRESENT IN THE ROOM TODAY.

AND SHE DELIVERED A WELL RECEIVED SESSION ON INTERN ACCOUNT SETUP.

AND WE HAD LOTS OF OTHER DISTRICTS WHO WERE ABLE TO WATCH THAT AND GAIN SOME VALUABLE INSIGHTS FOR THEIR DISTRICTS.

AND JUST A STEP FURTHER, WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO HOST AN EVENT HERE AT THE PAC THAT INVITED MULTIPLE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AROUND OUR AREA.

THAT CAME AT THAT TIME, AND WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO SHARE A BEST PRACTICES THERE AND GAIN SOME INSIGHT FROM THE EVENT ITSELF.

SO ALL IN ALL WE APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT'S GOING ON.

ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY BUSY. WE'VE HAD SEVERAL KEY PROJECTS THIS YEAR.

YOU CAN KIND OF SEE ON THE LEFT SOME OF THOSE AS WELL AS SOME OF THE PICTURES. I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM, BUT I WILL HIGHLIGHT JUST A FEW.

ONE OF THE PIECES THAT WE DID EARLIER THIS YEAR WAS WE REPLACED LAPTOPS AND RELATED EQUIPMENT FOR ALL OF OUR TEACHERS, ELEMENTARY THROUGH INTERMEDIATE. SO THAT MEANT THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO START THEIR LAPTOP AND WAIT 15 MINUTES FOR IT TO START UP RIGHT.

THEY WERE ABLE TO JUST JUMP ON IN WITH THESE BRAND NEW DELLS.

SO YOU CAN SEE A PICTURE OF THAT. THEY WERE REALLY EXCITED.

AND THEN ALSO JUST ANOTHER ONE TO HIGHLIGHT WOULD BE THE FACT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT SOME WI-FI MOBILE UNITS AND ALSO ACCESS POINTS IN GYMS TO HELP WITH STATE TESTING. SO, AS WE KNOW, WITH TESTING, LOTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS, OF COURSE, YOU JUST HEARD FROM ADVANCED ACADEMICS.

IT'S ONLINE. AND SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE EQUIPMENT.

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AND SO THAT WAS PART OF OUR SOLUTION. AND THEN LASTLY, I'LL JUST TOUCH ON THE FACT THAT WE WERE WE WERE ABLE TO HOLD DEPLOYMENTS FOR GRADES NINE AND TEN TO REPLACE THEIR CHROMEBOOKS. AND SO SOME OF THOSE CHROMEBOOKS WERE HERE SINCE COVID.

AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE GIVING THEM DEVICES THAT THEY COULD USE.

AND SO WE'VE HAD A GOOD TURNOUT WITH OUR DEPLOYMENTS.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO DO ANOTHER PUSH THIS SUMMER JUST TO MAKE SURE WE CAN CATCH ALL OUR OTHER STUDENTS.

SO THIS YEAR, WE'VE INTEGRATED BOND PROJECTS INTO OUR REGULAR TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES.

AND I'LL JUST SAY REALLY QUICKLY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

TO OUR COMMUNITY WHO APPROVED OUR BOND. BECAUSE OF THAT, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF MANY OF THE PIECES THAT WERE OUTDATED.

AND SO IF YOU LOOK ON THE SCREEN, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE ARE AREAS IN RED WITH PERCENTAGES OF COMPLETION.

AND WE HAVE AT LEAST FOUR AREAS THAT WERE 100% COMPLETE ALREADY.

AND WE HAVE ONE AREA THAT'S AT 90% THAT'S ACTUALLY THIS BUILDING.

SO SOME OF YOU WHO WORK IN THE DISTRICT, IF YOU'VE TURNED ON YOUR COMPUTER, YOU NOTICE YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WI-FI ISSUES OR THINGS LIKE THAT, BECAUSE AS OF THIS WEEK, THAT PARTICULAR NEED THAT WE HAD HAS ACTUALLY BEEN RESOLVED.

AND SO I KNOW FOR A LOT OF THE UPCOMING EVENTS THAT WE HAVE, TEACHERS WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT CHANGING PASSWORDS AND ALL THE FUN THINGS RELATED TO THAT. WE DO HAVE A ANOTHER PROJECT FOR OUR PHONES THAT'S 50% COMPLETED, AND THEN TWO OTHERS THAT ARE AT 10% BECAUSE WE'RE JUST GETTING KICKED OFF.

BUT WE WILL MAKE LOTS OF PROGRESS OVER THE SUMMER.

ALL RIGHT. AND I REALLY GET EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT THIS ONE.

WE'RE ALWAYS PUMPED ABOUT OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH BEN BARBER AND THEIR LEADERSHIP THERE.

AND WE HAVE SIX REALLY TALENTED INTERNS THIS YEAR.

AND WHAT WE ALWAYS TRY TO DO IS LOOK AT THE PROGRAM AND JUST KIND OF SAY, HOW CAN WE TWEAK IT TO MAKE IT BETTER EVERY SINGLE YEAR.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE TRIED TO DO. ONE OF THE KEY PIECES THAT'S DIFFERENT THIS YEAR IS THAT WE INTEGRATED OUR INTERNS INTO OUR TICKETING SYSTEM.

SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? BASICALLY OUR INTERNS WOULD COME AND THEY WOULD BE THEY WOULD GO ALONGSIDE WITH OUR TECHNICIANS, BUT OUR TECHNICIANS WOULD BE THE ONES THAT WOULD OPEN THE TICKET OR COMPLETE THE TICKET, GIVE COMMENTS ON THE TICKET, ETC.. NOW OUR INTERNS HAVE THEIR OWN ABILITY TO ABILITY TO LOG INTO THE SYSTEM AND COMPLETE THE TICKETS THEMSELVES.

AND SO NOW WHEN THEY'RE GOING ON THEIR WAY AND THEY HAVE THEIR RESUMES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THEY CAN SAY, NOT ONLY HAVE I USED THE TICKETING SYSTEM, BUT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO COMPLETE TICKETS SUCCESSFULLY.

SO WE WERE REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THAT. WE ALSO IMPLEMENTED SOMETHING CALLED CAREER SPOTLIGHTS, WHERE THEY WILL SHADOW US, ASK US QUESTIONS, UNDERSTAND OUR JOURNEY.

AND WE'VE ALSO INVITED INDUSTRY PARTNERS TO DO THAT WITH US.

WE'VE HAD ONE COME OUT, I THINK IT WAS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WHO DID A THREAT HUNTING ACTIVITY WITH OUR OUR INTERNS, AND SO THEY GOT TO SEE A LOT OF THE WORK THAT WE DO FIRSTHAND.

SO ALL IN ALL YOU CAN SEE IN THE RED BOX A LOT OF NEW PROJECTS THAT THEY'VE BEEN GIVEN.

JUST GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THAT HANDS ON LEARNING GET THEM LIFE, COLLEGE AND CAREER READY.

SO IT'S BEEN A GREAT YEAR WITH THEM. ALL RIGHT.

OF COURSE, WE ARE THE COMPANY. WE'RE THE GROUP THAT HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE END USER SUPPORT FOR OUR STAFF AND OUR STUDENTS. AND SO ONE OF THE PIECES THAT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER IS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A STRONG TEAM CULTURE, AND WE'RE ALSO LOOKING FOR WAYS FOR OUR DEPARTMENT TO COME TOGETHER BECAUSE WE'RE A VERY BUSY GROUP, BUT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE FUN AND RECOGNIZE OUR STAFF AS WELL.

AND SO SOME OF THE THINGS WE'VE DONE THIS YEAR IS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO SOME COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS, SOME TEAM BUILDING, AND ALSO LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

SO YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN SOME OF THE FUN ACTIVITIES WE'VE DONE.

BUT I'LL JUST HIGHLIGHT ONE. WE'VE DONE OUR SECOND ANNUAL CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT, AND SO THEY'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TOGETHER WITH GROUPS THAT MAYBE THEY DON'T ALWAYS GET TO WORK WITH AND BUILD TEAM UNITY AND HEALTHY CAMARADERIE.

AND SO THAT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT REALLY HAS BROUGHT THE TEAM TOGETHER.

SO WE ARE STEADILY MAKING PROGRESS IN TECHNOLOGY.

WELL, HOW DO WE KNOW THAT? YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE THINGS I JUST PRESENTED, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A TECHNOLOGY PLAN, AS YOU ALL KNOW. WE DO ALSO HAVE A TECHNOLOGY PLAN MONITORING COMMITTEE THAT CONSISTS OF 25 INDIVIDUALS WHO MEET FOUR TIMES A YEAR.

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ONE PIECE, I WILL TELL YOU AS WE COME TOGETHER.

WE HAVE HAD SO MUCH FUN IN THE SENSE THAT WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS.

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT SOME OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF GOALS THAT WE HAD, WE KIND OF THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE WE EVER GOING TO GET TO THESE? BECAUSE THEY'RE REALLY CHALLENGING GOALS.

BUT BECAUSE OF THE BOND, WE'VE BEEN ACTUALLY ABLE TO MAKE SOME OF THOSE GOALS HAPPEN A LOT FASTER THAN WE NORMALLY WOULD HAVE.

SO OUR TEAM HAS BEEN EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND BUILDING A LOT OF MORALE BECAUSE WE'RE SEEING THE STEADY PROGRESS HAPPEN EVERY SINGLE DAY.

AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I JUST HAVE A QUICK LITTLE VIDEO THAT WILL SHOW YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHO WE SERVE AND SOME OF THE STAFF MEMBERS THAT I HAVE IN MY TEAM AND SOME OF THE WORK THAT THEY DO.

ALL RIGHT, SO IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY FOLLOWED US ON SOCIAL MEDIA, I INVITE YOU TO DO THAT.

AND WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL HAVE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU MA'AM. ALL RIGHT, BOARD MEMBERS, I'LL START TO MY RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? DOCTOR REED.

YES. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION.

THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT YOU ALL DO ON A DAILY, ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS IS UNIMAGINABLE.

SO I APPRECIATE AND I APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION BECAUSE WE CAN SEE THAT YOUR TEAM IS GROWING, YET IT'S STILL A FAMILY, AND YOU'RE CULTIVATING AND FOSTERING A COMMUNITY WHERE SERVICE, EXCELLENCE AND SERVICE IS THE GOAL AT ALL TIMES.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DEMONSTRATING THAT TO US.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT, MRS. ANDERSON.

I REALLY DIDN'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS EITHER, BUT I DID WANT TO POINT OUT A FEW THINGS THAT I THOUGHT WERE PRETTY, PRETTY SIGNIFICANT, WHICH I MEAN, THE BIGGEST THING THAT I SAW ORIGINALLY SEEING THAT VIDEO WAS 17 MILLION BLOCKED YOU KNOW, EMAILS AND SUCH FROM THE FIREWALL. AND THAT IS HUGE TO ME.

I REMEMBER WHEN WE FIRST STARTED GETTING LITTLE TESTS FROM YOUR DEPARTMENT.

I THINK I FILLED THEM ALL THE TIME. SO I STARTED BEING MORE CAREFUL ALL THE TIME.

BUT YEAH, JUST THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THEN I THINK I KNOW THAT YOU ALL STRIVE VERY HARD TO GET EVERY WORK ORDER IN.

I MEAN, I KNOW I HAD SEVERAL KIDS THROUGH THE SYSTEM AND THEY KNEW EXACTLY WHERE THAT COMPUTER WAS AND HOW TO GET BACK TO IT.

AND SO I JUST COMMEND YOUR WHOLE STAFF AND YOUR DEPARTMENT.

IT'S NOT AN EASY TASK. IT'S BEEN MANY YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS IN IT, BUT I KNOW THAT PERIPHERALS CHANGE EVERY THREE MONTHS.

AND SO WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO KEEP UP WITH THAT.

BUT WHAT WE DO HAVE IS A SMART, INNOVATIVE AND LOOKING FORWARD STAFF.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE YOU. APPRECIATE IT.

MR. TIPPING. YES. NO QUESTION, BUT TWO THINGS THAT REALLY STOOD OUT TO ME.

THE INTERNSHIPS. I'M ALWAYS I ALWAYS LOVE SEEING THE HANDS ON APPROACH.

I THINK WE LEARN SO MUCH MORE. BY GETTING OUR HANDS IN THERE AND WORKING.

AND JUST THE EXPERIENCE THAT THAT OFFERS. I THINK IS INVALUABLE TO THOSE KIDS.

BUT THE SECOND THING WAS WITH JUST THE CYBER SECURITY ASPECT.

I KNOW WHEN I WAS ON THE COMMITTEE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS ONE OF THE KEY THINGS THAT I REALLY WANTED TO LEARN ABOUT AND SO FORTH.

[01:05:06]

BUT NOT ONLY THAT, THE WAY THAT YOU'RE GETTING THIS OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, THE PARENTS, THE STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, OTHERS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, I THINK IS SMART BECAUSE WE NOT ONLY WANT TO PROTECT THEM WHEN THEY'RE HERE ON CAMPUS, WE WANT TO PROTECT THEM AT HOME. AND WE WANT, YOU KNOW, THEM TO HAVE THOSE TOOLS THAT THEY MAY NOT HAVE HAD OTHERWISE.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT FORWARD THINKING TO, TO TRY TO TOUCH EVERY ASPECT OF THEIR LIFE SO THAT WE CAN PROTECT THEM.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT.

ALL RIGHT, MRS. WILSON. WELL, DOCTOR REED SAID JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING I WAS GOING TO SAY, EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU WHEN Y'ALL ARE GOING TO START WORKING.

SO IN ALL HONESTY, THOSE NUMBERS ARE AMAZING.

LIKE, I'M TRYING TO DO THE QUICK MATH IN MY HEAD ON HOW MANY THAT AVERAGES PER DAY, RIGHT? AND Y'ALL ARE DOING IT DURING SCHOOL DAYS, MOST OF IT RIGHT? BUT AND ALSO IT'S REALLY COOL TO SEE SOMEBODY THAT LOVES THEIR JOB BECAUSE AND I KNOW YOU LOVE YOUR TEAM THE SAME WAY.

SO IT REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE. AND OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S PRODUCTIVE BECAUSE I CRACKED UP AT ONE POINT BECAUSE YOU'RE SO TECHIE AND I'M SO NOT. AND YOU SAID AND THEN SOMETIMES WE HAVE SOME REAL FUN AND WE DO THIS AND THIS AND THIS, AND I'M GOING, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT IS Y'ALL DO, YOU KNOW. SO BUT REALLY, THANK YOU GUYS AND YOUR TEAM TOO BECAUSE I KNOW IT TAKES ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. MRS. NEWSOM. WELL, I GET THE GREAT HONOR OF GETTING TO BE ON THE TECH COMMITTEE THIS YEAR.

SO I LOVE THOSE MEETINGS, AND I'M ALWAYS REALLY BLOWN AWAY BY YOUR DATA, BUT YOUR TEAM IS VERY INVITING TO ME.

THEY'RE LIKE, THAT'S WHAT THIS IS. AND, LIKE, THEY'RE VERY PATIENT WITH ME.

BUT I ALSO RUN A BUSINESS AS WELL. SO SOME OF THESE NUMBERS ABOUT LIKE YOUR PERCENTAGE OF UPTIME AND STUFF LIKE.

LIKE DO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND HOW EXTREMELY INCREDIBLE THAT IS FOR ESPECIALLY WHAT KIND OF SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE HERE AND HOW MANY, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH WORKING PARTS THERE IS? IT'S TRULY INCREDIBLE.

BUT I ALSO LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU DO A NEWSLETTER FOR AN IT DEPARTMENT TO DO THEIR OWN NEWSLETTER AND KIND OF KEEP EVERYBODY ABREAST, AS WELL AS EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

I JUST LOVE IT. BUT IN ONE OF THOSE COMMITTEE MEETINGS, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT ACTUALLY SOME OF YOUR TEAM SHARED WITH ME THAT THEY LOVE, THAT THEY GET TO GO TO THE SAME CAMPUSES.

SO THEY TRY TO KIND OF THERE'S NOT ONE 1 TO 1 NECESSARILY, BUT THERE'S ALMOST 1 TO 1 AT LEAST SOME OF THE TIME.

AND THAT THEY GET TO KIND OF OWN THAT CAMPUS AND, AND THEY GET TO KNOW THEM AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. AND THAT ALSO HELPS YOUR TEAM WITH THAT CAMPUS TEAM TO FEEL LIKE THEY'RE REALLY, YOU KNOW, THEY WORK TOGETHER AND THAT THEY'VE GOT SOMEBODY TO CALL FOR THEIR PROBLEM.

THAT'S NOT JUST ON THE OTHER END OF A PHONE. SO I APPRECIATE ALL THOSE THINGS THAT YOU'RE DOING.

AND I'M BLOWN AWAY BY WHAT YOU GUYS ARE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DOCTOR CRUTCHFIELD. SO CONGRATULATIONS ON MEETING SO MANY OF THE METRICS THAT YOU ALL SET FOR THE CADENCE OF ACCOUNTABILITY TO YOUR TEAM. SO I WAS INTERESTED TO KNOW BECAUSE YOU ALL ARE DOING SO MANY THINGS, I LOOKED AT THE NUMBER OF CALLS FIELDED BY THE HELP DESK AND ALSO THE PERCENTAGE YOU HAVE ABOUT 6%, I THINK, OF UNFILLED POSITIONS POTENTIALLY.

CAN YOU SHARE WHAT AREAS THOSE MIGHT BE? AND I IMAGINE THERE'S PROBABLY A LOT OF DIFFERENT SUBGROUPS THAT NEED SOME HELP.

YEAH. SO THE POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, IT'S CAMPUS TECH, THAT'S ONE OF THEM.

AND THEN REPAIR TECH IS ANOTHER ONE. AND SO WE HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS PROMOTED FROM CAMPUS TECH TO THE NETWORK TEAM, WHICH WAS EXCITING FOR US AND FOR HIM BECAUSE HE'S WORKED REALLY HARD.

AND SO THAT LEFT A VACANCY IN THAT POSITION. AND THEN FOR REPAIR TECH, WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR THAT ROLE.

OKAY, GREAT. SO, SO WITH THE HELP DESK, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU THINK THOSE CALL TIMES ARE MANAGEABLE FOR THE TWO? THEY DON'T NEED A THIRD PERSON RIGHT NOW? WELL, NOW THAT YOU ASK.

NO. RIGHT NOW WE DO HAVE WE'RE ACTUALLY WITH ONE BECAUSE ONE WE HAVE A PERSON THAT'S ABOUT TO BE HIRED PRETTY SOON.

AND SO THAT POSITION WE PRETTY MUCH CALLED FILLED.

BUT WHAT'S BEEN GREAT ABOUT OUR TEAM, THEY ARE.

WE'RE JUST A FAMILY RIGHT. AND SO WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE JUST GOT ON A SCHEDULE, AND THEY'VE BEEN COMING FROM THE CAMPUS AND JUST VOLUNTEERING JUST TO COME IN AND SERVE IN THAT ROLE. OUR HELP DESK SUPERVISOR, JESSICA, IS AWESOME.

AND SHE WILL JUMP IN AND TAKE CALLS AND SUPPORT AS WELL.

BUT WE DO WATCH THE DATA, AND THERE ARE SOME TIMES THAT, YOU KNOW, WE COULD USE SOME SUPPORT.

BUT OVERALL WE'RE ABLE TO MANAGE. OKAY, GREAT.

THANKS SO MUCH. YES, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

ALL RIGHT. AND YES, THEY EVERYTHING THAT THEY'VE SAID I AGREE WITH I MEAN, JUST THE SHEER NUMBERS THAT YOU GUYS PRODUCE EVERY DAY OUT OF YOUR DEPARTMENT IS HONESTLY

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I THINK MY DAUGHTERS PROBABLY CONTRIBUTED A COUPLE HUNDRED OF THOSE.

MAYBE. BUT YOU GUYS JUST DO A PHENOMENAL WORK.

WE APPRECIATE IT SO MUCH. I DO HAVE JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION. YOU HAD TOUCHED ON THE FIBER RING. DO WE HAVE AN UPDATE OF WHEN THAT WILL BE COMPLETED? I THINK IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, ON THE SCREEN IT SAID, WAS IT 10% COMPLETE RIGHT NOW? THAT'S CORRECT. SO WE JUST AFTER WE WERE APPROVED FOR THE BOARD FOR YOU ALL.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR DOING THAT. WE HAD OUR FIRST CALL AND THEN WE HAD A CALL LAST WEEK WITH OUR PROJECT MANAGER.

AND SO WE'RE STILL ESTIMATING IS THAT SEPTEMBER WE SHOULD STILL HAVE SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION.

SO WE'RE STILL ON TARGET. THE BIGGEST PIECE WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW WILL BE THE PERMITS.

SO THAT'S GOING TO TAKE THE MOST TIME. BUT WE'RE HOPING BY THE END OF MAY WE'LL START SEEING SOME OF THOSE PERMITS COME THROUGH.

GREAT. SO A LOT OF WORK OVER THE SUMMER. LOTS OF WORK OVER THE SUMMER.

WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR TEAM. THANK YOU FOR THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT YOU GUYS DO. THANK YOU ALL. APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT.

[10. Discussion ]

AND I'M GOING TO KIND OF READ THROUGH THAT. GIVE ME JUST ONE SECOND TO GET THAT INFORMATION.

ALRIGHTY. AS BOARD PRESIDENT, I'M REQUIRED TO ANNOUNCE THE NAME OF EACH BOARD MEMBER WHO HAS COMPLETED THE REQUIRED CONTINUING EDUCATION, HAS EXCEEDED THE REQUIRED CONTINUING EDUCATION, AND IS DEFICIENT IN MEETING THE REQUIRED CONTINUING EDUCATION.

WITH THAT, TO THE EXTENT APPLICABLE TO EACH BOARD MEMBER, I WILL ANNOUNCE THE COMPLETION OR DEFICIENCY AS AS REQUIRED.

AS TO THE REQUIRED TRAINING, THE FOLLOWING FIRST YEAR BOARD MEMBER HAS COMPLETED THE LOCAL DISTRICT ORIENTATION TRAINING.

DOCTOR JANDEL CRUTCHFIELD. THE FOLLOWING FIRST YEAR BOARD MEMBER HAS COMPLETED THEIR ORIENTATION OF THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE TRAINING.

JEAN DALE CRUTCHFIELD. THE FOLLOWING BOARD MEMBER HAS COMPLETED THE POST LEGISLATIVE UPDATE TO THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE TRAINING.

JANDEL CRUTCHFIELD. THE FOLLOWING BOARD MEMBERS HAVE COMPLETED THE ANNUAL TEAM BUILDING TRAINING.

KEZIAH VALDES FARRAR, COURTNEY LACKEY WILSON, CRAIG TIPPING, MICHELLE NEWSOM, JANDEL CRUTCHFIELD, BIANCA BENAVIDES ANDERSON AND BENITA REED. THE FOLLOWING BOARD MEMBERS HAVE COMPLETED THE ADDITIONAL CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS.

KEZIAH VALDES FARRAR, COURTNEY LACKEY WILSON, CRAIG TIPPING, MICHELLE NEWSOM, JANDEL CRUTCHFIELD, BIANCA BENAVIDES ANDERSON AND BENITA REED. WE HAVE NO ONE DEFICIENT AT THIS TIME.

THE FOLLOWING BOARD MEMBERS HAVE COMPLETED THE BIANNUAL TRAINING ON EVALUATING STUDENT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AND SETTING GOALS.

KEZIAH VALDES FARRAR, COURTNEY LACKEY WILSON, CRAIG TIPPING, MICHELLE NEWSOM, JANDEL CRUTCHFIELD, BIANCA BENAVIDES ANDERSON, AND BENITA REED. THE FOLLOWING BOARD MEMBERS HAVE COMPLETED THE BIANNUAL TRAINING ON IDENTIFYING AND REPORTING ABUSE AND TRAFFICKING.

KEZIAH VALDES FARRAR COURTNEY LACKEY WILSON CRAIG TIPPING, MICHELLE NEWSOM, JANDEL CRUTCHFIELD, BIANCA BENAVIDES ANDERSON, AND BENITA REED. THE FOLLOWING BOARD MEMBERS HAVE COMPLETED THE BI ANNUAL TRAINING ON SCHOOL SAFETY.

SCHOOL SAFETY KEZIAH VALDES FARRAR, COURTNEY LACKEY WILSON, CRAIG TIPPING, MICHELLE NEWSOM, JANDEL CRUTCHFIELD, BIANCA BENAVIDES ANDERSON, AND BENITA REED.

NOW FOR THE CREDIT HOURS, BOARD MEMBER KEZIAH VALDES FARRAR HAS EXCEEDED THE REQUIRED AMOUNT OF CONTINUING EDUCATION WITH 24 HOURS.

BOARD MEMBER COURTNEY LACKEY WILSON HAS EXCEEDED THE REQUIRED AMOUNT OF CONTINUING EDUCATION WITH 53.5 HOURS.

BOARD MEMBER CRAIG TIPPING HAS EXCEEDED THE REQUIRED AMOUNT OF CONTINUING EDUCATION TRAINING WITH 25 HOURS.

BOARD MEMBER MICHELLE NEWSOM HAS EXCEEDED THE REQUIRED AMOUNT OF CONTINUING EDUCATION WITH 20 HOURS.

BOARD MEMBER JAN CRUTCHFIELD HAS EXCEEDED THE REQUIRED AMOUNT OF CONTINUING EDUCATION TRAINING WITH 47.5 HOURS.

BOARD MEMBER BIANCA BENAVIDES ANDERSON HAS EXCEEDED THE REQUIRED AMOUNT OF CONTINUING EDUCATION TRAINING WITH 29 HOURS.

AND BOARD MEMBER BENITA REED HAS EXCEEDED THE AMOUNT OF CONTINUING EDUCATION TRAINING WITH 35.5 HOURS.

SO THAT IS ALL THAT I'M REQUIRED TO READ. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS BY ANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS? OKAY.

[11. Public Comments]

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 PRESENTATIONS SHOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE TO ALL TRUSTEES AND THE SUPERINTENDENT.

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

[01:15:06]

HAD TO GO THE LONG WAY AROUND. SORRY. GOOD EVENING.

I WAS GOING TO FINISH WHAT I STARTED LAST MEETING.

BUT I KIND OF FEEL LIKE IT'S REDUNDANT AT THIS POINT.

YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND, YOU KNOW, KEEP THE COMPANY THAT YOU KEEP.

SO I JUST KIND OF FEEL LIKE IT'S BROUGHT ME TO SAY THIS, BUT YOU KNOW, KEZIAH, CRAIG, COURTNEY, BIANCA. I THINK A LOT OF US ARE HONESTLY BEYOND SICK OF EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING AND HAD NO ACCOUNTABILITY.

I MEAN, I HAD LISTS OF THE CODE OF ETHICS, AND I WAS READING THEM AND READING THEM AND READING THEM, ALMOST EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM. I MEAN, THERE'S NO ACCOUNTABILITY HERE.

WHY DO WE EVEN HAVE THE CODE OF ETHICS? WHY? I MEAN, CAN DOCTOR CANTU SEND OUT A THING SAYING, THIS IS WHY? THIS IS THE HISTORY, THIS IS WHY WE DO IT? BECAUSE Y'ALL DON'T FOLLOW THEM.

I MEAN, OUR CHILDREN ARE AT STAKE HERE, MY CHILDREN.

AND Y'ALL JUST FRIVOLOUSLY USE YOUR POSITION BECAUSE YOU JUST WANT IT.

YOU WANT POWER, YOU WANT SAY, WHATEVER. I MEAN, IT SAYS A LOT THAT YOUR SIGNS ARE RIGHT NEXT TO PEOPLE WHO ARE RUNNING FOR MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. DOES THAT NOT SAY ANYTHING TO Y'ALL? I MEAN, IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS IT DOESN'T TAKE AN IDIOT.

I MEAN, IT'S FRUSTRATING. I MEAN, Y'ALL SWORE ON A BIBLE, A BIBLE.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY Y'ALL CAN WEAR VOTE BIBLICALLY SHIRTS, SWEAR ON A BIBLE, AND THEN NOT FOLLOW WHAT YOU SWORE.

HOW CAN YOU DO THAT? Y'ALL, ARE Y'ALL OKAY WITH THAT? CAN Y'ALL GO TO BED AT NIGHT, BEING ABLE TO RELAX, KNOWING I DID THIS AND I'M FINE? AND THEN GO AND BLAST WORSHIP MUSIC AT SUB COURTHOUSE AND GO AND LAUGH AND JUST BE TOTALLY FINE AND NOT FOLLOW WHAT YOU PREACH.

THERE ARE REAL LIVES HERE WHEN YOU JUST MAKE POLICIES THAT DON'T ACTUALLY HELP PEOPLE.

Y'ALL GONE AND JUST CAMPAIGNED ON LIES AND FEAR MONGERING, TELLING PARENTS THERE'S A FIRE.

THERE'S A FIRE WHEN Y'ALL ARE THE FIRE. I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.

AND NOT ENOUGH PARENTS ARE UPSET BECAUSE Y'ALL SHOULD NOT BE HERE.

AND HOPEFULLY Y'ALL WON'T BE HERE LONG. AND HOPEFULLY Y'ALL WILL BE VOTED OUT.

I MEAN, WE WERE HERE LAST YEAR. WE LITERALLY GAVE PROOF THAT COURTNEY WAS PART OF THINGS TECHNICALLY ILLEGALLY.

DID ANYTHING HAPPEN? NO SLAP ON THE WRIST. TONIGHT, POLICY CHANGE, JUST A SLIGHT LITTLE POLICY CHANGE.

THAT'S NOT ENOUGH. IT IS NOT ENOUGH. AND WE'RE TIRED OF IT.

I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE. THANK YOU, MRS. FERGUSON.

[12. Human Resources Report]

MRS. NEWSOM.

THIS EVENING I'VE GOT QUITE A FEW. FOLKS THAT ARE RETIRING THIS YEAR.

EXCITED TO SAY THAT ALL OF THESE FOLKS ARE RETIRING AND WILL GET TO ENJOY A MUCH NEEDED BREAK MOVING FORWARD.

BUT I DO WANT TO THANK THEM FOR ALL THAT THEY'VE DONE FOR THE STUDENTS OF MISD.

SO WITH THAT, OUR OVER 20 YEARS RETIRING ARE CYNTHIA ATKINSON, 21 YEARS IN EDUCATION WITH 20 YEARS IN MISD, SHARON AUSTIN, 36 YEARS IN EDUCATION, 28 WITH MISD.

NICOLE BOGDANOVIC. 27 YEARS, 23 IN MISD. KIMBERLY BROOKS WEST, 30 YEARS IN EDUCATION AND 20 WITH MISD. DONALD COUNTS, 25 YEARS WITH MISD.

JOHN DAVIS, 27 YEARS IN EDUCATION, 24 WITH MISD.

TINA DOBSON. 30 YEARS IN EDUCATION. 22 WITH MISD.

CANDACE DRISCOLL, 24 YEARS WITH MISD. OLGA PHELAN, 31 YEARS, 22 WITH MISD.

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BRITTANY GUICE. 31 YEARS IN EDUCATION AND 30 YEARS WITH MISD.

RENEE GRIMALDO, 33 YEARS IN EDUCATION, 21 WITH MISD.

JAMIE HART, 34 YEARS WITH MISD. JENNIFER HARDY 28 YEARS IN EDUCATION 22 WITH MISD.

LYNNE SLAUGHTER 31 YEARS IN EDUCATION 26 WITH MISD.

KELLY TITSWORTH, 32 YEARS WITH, IN EDUCATION AND 23 IN MISD.

TIFFANY WALKER, 29 YEARS WITH MISD AND RICHARD WICKEL, 22 YEARS IN EDUCATION, 20 IN MISD.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THE STUDENTS OF MISD.

THANK YOU, MRS. NEWSOME. ALL RIGHT. THAT MOVES US TO ITEM 12.2.

THERE'S NO ACTION TO TAKE ON THAT ITEM THIS EVENING.

THAT MOVES US ON TO BUSINESS, ITEM 13, BUSINESS ITEMS REQUIRING ACTION.

[13. Business Items Requiring Board Action]

OKAY, THAT MOVES US TO ITEM 13.2. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ACTUALLY MOVE TO ITEM 13.3 BEFORE DETERMINING IF WE NEED TO TAKE ACTION ON ITEM 13.2.

13.3 IS THE CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF THE PROBATIONARY CONTRACT FOR A TEACHER.

DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR THIS ITEM? SECOND. OKAY, I HAVE A MOTION BY COURTNEY WILSON.

A SECOND BY MICHELE NEWSOM. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? ITEM PASSES SEVEN ZERO. ALL RIGHT. THEREFORE, WE WILL NOT NEED TO TAKE ANY ACTION ON ITEM 13.2.

ALL RIGHT AND THAT'S GOING TO MOVE US TO ITEM 14, THE CONSENT AGENDA. LET ME REMIND YOU THAT WE VOTE THE CONSENT AGENDA UP OR DOWN UNLESS

[14. Consent Agenda]

OKAY. TWO.

ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO PULL 14.4 AND 14.6.

IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. SO WE ARE GOING TO VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA EXCLUDING 14.4 AND 14.4 14.6. ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED? OKAY. OKAY. SO JUST WE'LL REDO IT AGAIN.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? OKAY, SO MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO. ALL RIGHT.

[14.4. Consideration and Approval of Second Reading of MISD Policy: FDA (LOCAL)]

MAY I PLEASE RECEIVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS? SO MOVED. SO I HAVE A MOTION BY CRAIG TIPPING.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND. BY COURTNEY WILSON.

ALL RIGHT. DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? DOCTOR CRUTCHFIELD. SO I JUST WANTED TO PULL THIS ITEM JUST TO SUMMARIZE AND TO MAKE SURE IF MR. WRIGHT, IF YOU CAN HELP ME TO MAKE SURE THAT I HAVE THIS RIGHT.

SO FOR THE COMMUNITY, FDA LOCAL IS OUR TRANSFER POLICY.

SO WE ALREADY HAVE THE POLICY THAT IS RELATED TO TRANSFERS WITHIN OUR DISTRICT.

AND SO THIS CHANGE IS REFERRING TO INTER DISTRICT TRANSFERS, MEANING STUDENTS COMING TO US FROM SURROUNDING DISTRICTS THAT DON'T RESIDE IN MANSFIELD ISD. AND SO IT WAS PRESENTED AT THE MARCH 25TH BOARD MEETING.

THE FIRST READING WAS AT OUR LAST APRIL MEETING.

AND SO WE'RE VOTING ON THIS TONIGHT, AND IT WILL BE ADOPTED IF APPROVED BY THE BOARD AND POTENTIALLY BEING IN EFFECT IN THE FALL OF THIS YEAR. AND SO CURRENTLY THERE ARE TEN SCHOOLS LISTED THAT ENROLL UNDER 500 STUDENTS THAT WOULD BE OPEN AS OPTIONS FOR STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO TRANSFER IN.

AND SO THIS IS ALREADY A POLICY WE HAVE. THE ADDITIONS THAT YOU SEE IN BLUE ARE WHAT WE'RE VOTING TO ADD TONIGHT.

SO DIDN'T WANT TO MISS ANYTHING. DID I MISS ANYTHING.

WITH ONE CAVEAT. IT'S 11 SCHOOLS 11 AND NOT TEN, BUT ABSOLUTELY.

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AND SO THE LAST AND PROBABLY IMPORTANT THING I WANT TO POINT OUT, OR MAYBE IT'S A QUESTION IF PARENTS DO OR COMMUNITY MEMBERS DO STILL HAVE QUESTIONS, WHO SHOULD THEY ASK? ANY QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ASKED, THEY CAN CONTACT STUDENT SERVICES.

BUT ONCE THIS PASSES ALL THIS INFORMATION WILL SOON BE UP ON THE STUDENT SERVICES WEB PAGE.

SO THAT WILL IT'S IT, THEY CAN ASK QUESTIONS, BUT THEY CAN ALSO LOOK ON THE STUDENT SERVICES WEBSITE.

OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU. AND THERE'LL BE AN FAQ THAT WILL GO UP AS WELL.

GREAT. APPRECIATE IT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I'LL JUST MAKE A COMMENT. I JUST WANTED TO COMMEND YOU AND YOUR STAFF DOCTOR CANTU, FOR REALLY THINKING THIS THROUGH.

YOU KNOW WHEN YOU INITIALLY BROUGHT IT TO MY ATTENTION AND I'M SURE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS, I KIND OF PAUSED FOR A MOMENT LIKE, OH, DO WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS? BUT AFTER KIND OF LOOKING AT EVERYTHING AND REALIZING THAT THIS IS PROBABLY THE BEST, THIS IS THE BEST MOVE FORWARD TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE UTILIZING OUR FACILITIES PROPERLY THAT WE'RE NOT HAVING TO CONSIDER CLOSING ANY CAMPUSES.

YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAVE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB OF MEETING WITH PARENTS, ANSWERING ALL OF THOSE CONCERNS, ANSWERING ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS. AND SO I COMMEND YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE POURED INTO THIS.

AND I KNOW THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO STOP TONIGHT. I KNOW THAT NOW THE WORK IS REALLY GOING TO BEGIN, IS REALLY TRYING TO IMPLEMENT THIS. SO THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE.

I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. OKAY. WITH THAT WE'LL GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON 14.4.

SO AGAIN THIS IS THE CONSIDERATION APPROVAL OF THE SECOND READING OF THE MISD POLICY FDA LOCAL I HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND.

SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

SO MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO. THAT WILL MOVE US TO ITEM 14.6.

[14.6. Consideration and Approval of Board Operating Procedures]

DO I CAN I PLEASE RECEIVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS? OKAY. MOTION BY MICHELLE NEWSOM. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT. DOCTOR JANDEL CRUTCHFIELD.

ALL RIGHT. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? SURE.

SO I WONDERED IF THE COMMITTEE AND I THANK YOU ALL FOR DOING WORK TO UPDATE OUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

I WONDER IF ANYONE ON THE COMMITTEE COULD SHARE WITH US YOUR PROCESS FOR UPDATING THE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

ESPECIALLY ME BEING THE NEW BOARD MEMBER. AND I KNOW I COULDN'T TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT OUTSIDE OF THIS MEETING, SO. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. DO YOU HAVE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO.

YEAH. OKAY. DOCTOR REED TO START. IS THAT OKAY? YEAH. OKAY. SO WE ALL MET AND WE TALKED ABOUT, WELL, WE HAD A LIST, AND DOCTOR SCOTT CAN JUMP IN AND ADD TO THAT.

RIGHT. WELL, WE ALL HAD A LIST OF THINGS THAT WE THOUGHT WOULD BE SIGNIFICANT TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE GOOD GOVERNANCE, TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE TRANSPARENT WITH OUR COMMUNITY, ALSO ENSURE THAT WE UPHOLD OURSELVES TO A LEVEL OF EXCELLENCE WHEN WE'RE SERVING AND HAVE INTEGRITY. SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE CHANGED WERE FOR OUR BENEFIT, TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE STAYING WITHIN PARAMETERS THAT ARE NECESSARY SO THAT WE SERVE EACH OTHER, SERVE OUR DISTRICT VERY WELL, AND SO THAT WE ENSURE WE ARE BEING ETHICAL AND HAVE A HIGH STANDARD OF INTEGRITY. SO WE HAD A LIST OF THINGS WE AFTER THAT LIST WE ALL DOCTOR SCOTT WAS REALLY GREAT.

HE WAS OUR TEACHER. AND SO HE SAID, WHAT'S ON YOUR LIST? AND WE SHARED OUR LIST. SOME OF THE THINGS WE HAD SOME OF THE SAME THINGS ON THE LIST.

AND THEN HE COMPILED SOME THINGS TOGETHER FOR US SO THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO SAY YAY OR NAY TO THOSE THINGS, THOSE ITEMS. AND SOME OF THE THINGS WERE LIKE ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER.

WE SHOULD PROBABLY GET THAT EVERY THE BEGINNING OF EVERY SCHOOL YEAR BECAUSE IT CHANGES OR THEY CHANGE FREQUENTLY OR ARE THERE ALTERATIONS.

AND SO IT'S JUST TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE'RE STAYING ABREAST.

AND AS I SAID BEFORE, WE HAVE GOOD GOVERNANCE AND THAT WE ARE ENSURING THAT WE ARE DOING OUR JOB WITHIN THE PARAMETERS NECESSARY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YES. I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD A LITTLE BIT TO THAT.

SO WITH THE BOARD POLICY ONE THING OR OPERATING PROCEDURES, ONE THING THAT WE DO HAVE GOING FOR US HERE ORIGINALLY IT, IT WAS AND LIKE A LOT ARE ALMOST LIKE A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, LIKE A CLASSROOM SET OF RULES AND, AND THAT IS JUST WHAT IT IS, TECHNICALLY SPEAKING.

BUT AND SEVERAL YEARS BACK I HAPPENED TO BE ON THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO IT AT THAT TIME, TOO, AS IT WAS WITH MISS NEWSOM AND RAUL GONZALEZ.

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AND LIKE YOU SAID, WITH DOCTOR REED BEING NEW TO THE COMMITTEE AND THAT WE IF YOU ALL NOTICE IT ALL IS RELEVANT TO OUR POLICIES ALSO, IF IT PERTAINS, YOU KNOW, AND THEN AGAIN, IT'S A PRETTY SIMPLE AND WE DO IT ONCE A YEAR AT LEAST.

AND THE LAST TIME BEFORE WE'RE ABOUT ON TIME BECAUSE WE DID IT AT THE END OF THE LAST, YOU KNOW, SCHOOL YEAR. AND SO WE TRY TO WE REALLY JUST, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WALK THROUGH IT.

AND DOCTOR SCOTT, LIKE SHE SAID, IS VERY GOOD ABOUT HELPING US ORGANIZE IT, ASKING THE QUESTIONS IF WE NEED SOME OUTSIDE YOU KNOW REFERENCES OR RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEN ALSO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOMETIMES IT'S JUST LIKE OUR POLICY, IT'S JUST MOVING THE VERBIAGE INTO A BETTER LOCATION WITHIN THE, WITHIN THE TOPIC.

SO. OKAY. THANKS. YES, MA'AM. NOT MUCH TO ADD THERE, BUT IT REALLY IS A MANUAL PROCESS WHERE WE JUST KIND OF BRAINSTORM.

WE ALL CAME WITH A LIST. AND MUCH TO DOCTOR SCOTT'S DISMAY, WE ACTUALLY READ EVERY WORD THROUGH TOGETHER AND SECTION AND DISCUSSED IT DURING THIS MEETING THAT WE HAD. HE'S A CHAMP, Y'ALL. AND BUT WE THERE'S THINGS THAT WE BRING UP THAT WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE ASK AN ATTORNEY OR SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR WHATEVER THAT THAT TAKES.

SO BUT SOME OF THOSE THINGS ARE LITTLE THINGS THAT MAYBE WE'VE MET, WE'VE TALKED OR WE'VE COME ACROSS IN THE PAST YEAR THAT WE'VE KIND OF MADE A MENTAL NOTE OR AN ACTUAL NOTE, AND WE ALL KIND OF CAME WITH A LIST OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

AND SO MAYBE PROBLEMS HAVE ARISEN BEFORE THAT WE MAYBE NEED TO TWEAK TO MAYBE TIGHTEN UP, OR IT NEEDS TO BE WORDED DIFFERENTLY SO THAT PEOPLE REALLY UNDERSTAND.

TO MAKE SURE WE DO THAT. SO IT'S A, IT'S A IT'S A PRETTY MANUAL PROCESS FOR US.

I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU IT'S, IT'S THERE'S SOMETHING MORE THAN THAT. BUT IT SHOULD BE IT SHOULD BE LIKE THAT.

RIGHT. AND WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SAY WHO'S ON THAT.

THAT POLICY COMMITTEE. WHO'S ON THAT BOARD? OPERATING COMMITTEE. COMMITTEE.

YOU KNOW, HEY, I'VE REALLY NOTICED THIS. CAN YOU GUYS TALK ABOUT THAT IN COMMITTEE? AND STUFF LIKE THAT. AND SO THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT WE'VE THERE'S SEVERAL THINGS THAT WERE TAKEN FROM SOME OTHER FOLKS AS WELL. SO GREAT.

THANK YOU ALL. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS COMMENTS CONCERNS.

OKAY. SO WITH THAT ITEM 14.6 CONSIDERATION APPROVAL OF THE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES I HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND.

SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO. THAT MOVES US TO ITEM 15, THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.

THIS IS FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY. IS THERE ANYTHING LISTED IN THE REPORT THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS WITH DOCTOR CANTU AT THIS TIME? ALL RIGHT.

AND THAT WILL MOVE US TO ITEM 16. ADJOURN, WE WILL ADJOURN AT 8:32 P.M.

I HOPE EVERYONE HAS A WONDERFUL EVENING.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.