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[1. Call to Order]
APPARENTLY, THERE'S SOMETHING EXCITING HAPPENING TONIGHT.WITH THAT, IT IS 6:00 PM, AND I WILL CALL THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR MISD TO ORDER.
WE WILL LET THE RECORDS SHOW THAT TRUSTEES PRESENT ARE DR. JANDEL CRUTCHFIELD, MICHELLE NEWSOM, AND DR. BENITA REED, AND MYSELF, COURTNEY LACKEY WILSON.
IT'S VERY EXCITING TO SEE SUCH A FULL ROOM.
ALTHOUGH I KNOW THAT YOU ALL WOULD LOVE TO HEAR ME TALK,
[3. Ceremony for Administering the Oath of Office to Newly Elected Board Members]
LET'S GET TO THE EXCITING PART OF THE SHOW AND WHY YOU SHOWED UP.JASON. I'M SORRY, I WAS READING IT BACKWARDS.
NOW, YOU ALL KNOW MY READING DISABILITY.
[LAUGHTER] IT'S OUT THERE FOR EVERYBODY.
MY APOLOGIES. IF YOU WILL COME TO THE MIC.
I SEE YOU HAVE SOMEONE, TRUSTEE [INAUDIBLE].
>> MY NAME IS GLEN LEWIS AND I AM HONORED TO PERFORM THIS DUTY FOR MY FRIEND JASON.
I AM A JUDGE, BY THE WAY, SO YOU ALL KNOW THIS IS LEGAL.
>> I DO KNOW THAT, SIR. [LAUGHTER] YOU'RE RECOGNIZABLE.
>> JASON, WOULD YOU RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, PLEASE? I, JASON L. THOMAS.
>> DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM.
>> DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM.
>> THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF MANSFIELD ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES, PLACE 3 OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. [LAUGHTER]
>> THAT WAS A MOUTHFUL. THAT I WILL.
>> THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE.
>> MANSFIELD ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
>> MANSFIELD ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
>> AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.
>> AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.
>> AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE.
>> PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
>> CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE]
>> PUT YOUR SIGNATURE THERE, OR IF YOU ALL WANT TO GO ON WITH THE MEETING, I'LL FIND IT AND TAKE IT OVER HERE, AND YOU GET OVER THERE.
>> JASON, IN A MOMENT, IF YOU WANT TO TAKE SOME MORE PICTURES, IF THERE'S OTHERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO JOIN YOU, WE'LL DO MORE PHOTOS HERE SHORTLY.
YES, ABSOLUTELY, TAKE YOUR SEAT.
[APPLAUSE] ONCE WE HAVE ALL THE NEW TRUSTEE SEATED, THEY'LL HAVE A MOMENT TO SPEAK TO THEIR CONSTITUENTS THAT HAVE SHOWED UP TO SUPPORT THEM.
NOW, I'M GOING TO GO IN ORDER THIS TIME, AND WE WILL MOVE TO ANA-ALICIA HORN FOR PLACE 4. [APPLAUSE]
>> WILL YOU PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME? I, ANA-ALICIA HORN.
>> THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE.
>> THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE.
>> THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICER OF MANSFIELD ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES PLACE 4.
>> THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICER OF MANSFIELD ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES PLACE 4. [LAUGHTER]
>> AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITIES.
>> AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITIES.
>> AND THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
>> AND THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
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SHE COMES.YES. [APPLAUSE] WELL, I DON'T EVEN HAVE TO TELL MR. CANNON TO GET ON UP HERE.
MR. CANNON, AS YOU ALL KNOW, BETTER THAN MYSELF, PLACE 5.
>> READY? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME.
JUST IN CASE SO I DON'T SEE THE WRONG HAND.
>> THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE?
>> THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE.
>> THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF.
>> THE DUTIES AND THE OFFICE OF.
>> MANSFIELD ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES PLACE 5.
>> MANSFIELD ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES, PLACE 5.
>> AND WILL TO THE BEST OF ABILITY.
>> AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.
>> AND THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
>> AND THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
I THINK WE'VE SAID THAT WITH BIG CHEERS, BUT LET'S START BACK.
I'D LIKE FOR EACH TRUSTEE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY A FEW WORDS.
>> FIRST, I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT SUPPORTED ME IN WHATEVER WAY YOU DID, WHETHER THAT WAS KNOCKING ON DOORS OR JUST STANDING OUT THERE AT THE POLLS WITH ME, OR JUST TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN AND WHAT WE WERE DOING.
I THOROUGHLY, THOROUGHLY, AND I APPRECIATE IT.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, ESPECIALLY TO MY WIFE WHO TOOK ON A LARGE UNDERTAKING [APPLAUSE] AND SUPPORTED ME THROUGHOUT THIS EFFORT AND HAS BEEN SUPPORTIVE AND HAS BEEN THE BACKBONE OF OUR HOME THROUGHOUT THIS CAMPAIGN AND TAKING CARE OF AARON AND JACKSON.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING MY LITTLE CANVASSERS AND HELPING TO SUPPORT ME AND RIDING WITH DADDY EVERY EVENING AS I WALKED AROUND ALL OF MANSFIELD, GRAND PRAIRIE, AND ARLINGTON.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING SO PATIENT WITH YOUR DADDY. [APPLAUSE]
>> YES, I JUST WANTED TO SAY I'M INCREDIBLY HONORED AND HUMBLED TO GET TO TAKE THIS OATH AND SERVE AS YOUR NEW TRUSTEE.
I'D LOVE TO THANK MY HUSBAND AND THREE GIRLS.
[LAUGHTER] THEY PICKED UP A LOT OF SLACK AND SHOWED NOTHING BUT SUPPORT, AND I WILL BE FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
MY PARENTS ARE HERE, MY IN-LAWS ARE HERE, I HAVE SO MANY FRIENDS AND PEOPLE OF THE COMMUNITY THAT SUPPORTED ME, AND IT WAS TRULY ONE OF THE MOST HUMBLING EXPERIENCES OF MY LIFE, THE WAY THAT SO MANY OF YOU SHOWED UP FOR ME AND SUPPORTED ME AND MY FAMILY THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE TIME.
I'M JUST EXCITED FOR WHAT'S NEXT.
I'M EXCITED TO WORK TOWARDS THE VISION THAT OUR COMMUNITY WANTS, WHICH IS THE BEST FOR EVERY KID IN THIS DISTRICT.
I JUST WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT I'M READY TO SERVE, I'M READY TO LISTEN, AND I'M READY TO GET TO WORK. THANK YOU AGAIN. [APPLAUSE]
>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. TONIGHT, I STAND OR SIT BEFORE YOU. I CAME PREPARED.
JUST REALLY FILLED WITH GRATITUDE AND THANKFULNESS FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THIS ROOM WHO SUPPORTED ME ON THIS JOURNEY, YOUR BELIEF, YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT, YOUR TIME, YOUR SUPPORT, ALL MADE THIS MOMENT POSSIBLE.
I WANT TO FIRST START OFF BY GIVING HONOR AND THANKS TO GOD FOR ALL THAT HE HAS DONE, TO MY WIFE AND MY FAMILY, FOR YOUR CONSTANT SUPPORT AND YOUR SACRIFICE THAT YOU'VE MADE SO THAT I COULD FULFILL THIS DUTY AND SERVE OUR COMMUNITY THAT HAS GIVEN SO MUCH TO ME.
I LOVE EACH OF YOU DEEPLY AND I COULDN'T DO THIS WITHOUT YOU.
A WALK IN THE HALLS OF MANSFIELD ISD AS A STUDENT, THEN EMPLOYEE, A PARENT, AND NOW A BOARD MEMBER,
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REMINDS ME OF HOW POWERFUL PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE, AND HOW WE HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE OUR STUDENT'S LIVES IN MANSFIELD ISD EVERY DAY.I STAND ON THE SHOULDERS WHO HAVE PAVED THE WAY BEFORE ME OF PEOPLE LIKE WILLIE BROWN AND JOHN WASHINGTON AND MAC MOODY AND BRENDA NORWOOD, MICHAEL LEVANS, DARRYL SNEED, WARREN DAVIS, AND MANY OTHERS WHO DID THE WORK AND WHO ARE NOT HERE TO WITNESS THIS POWERFUL MOMENT AND HOW THEIR WORK MADE SPACE FOR LEADERSHIP LIKE MINE TO GROW.
AS A BOARD, WE MUST BUILD TRUST, INCREASE TRANSPARENCY AND DELIVER ON THE PROMISES THAT WE MADE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, TO THE STUDENTS, TO THE STAFF, AND THE ENTIRE MANSFIELD ISD COMMUNITY.
MY ASK OF YOU IS THAT YOU HOLD EACH OF US ACCOUNTABLE TO DO JUST THAT.
I DIDN'T GET HERE IN ISOLATION AND I WILL NOT SERVE HERE IN ISOLATION, FACING THE RISING SUN OF OUR NEW DAY BEGUN.
THANK YOU. LET'S GET TO WORK. [APPLAUSE]
>> JESSE, I'M SUPER GLAD THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT ABOUT BEING AN MISD GRADUATE BECAUSE, AGAIN, LIKE YOU SAID, LOOK HOW GREAT WE TURNED OUT.
A LOT OF YOU ALL THAT PUT INTO US, AND NOW WE CAN BE HERE TO HELP THEM.
WE JUST GRADUATED A COUPLE OF YEARS APART IN CASE ANYBODY WAS CURIOUS.
[LAUGHTER] BUT WITH THAT, THE PICTURES, ANY REMAINING THINGS THAT YOU GUYS WANT TO DO, THIS IS YOUR CELEBRATION AND YOUR TIME, WE COULD MOVE FORWARD.
OR ANYTHING ELSE? WELL, IT'S A BIG MOMENT, SO I DIDN'T WANT TO JUST SKIP OVER IT LIKE IT WASN'T.
CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO ALL THREE OF YOU. WHAT DID YOU ASK?
>> ABSOLUTELY. WOULD YOU ALL LIKE TO STEP DOWN? WE KEPT COMMUNICATIONS ALSO AWARE THAT YOU MAY WANT SOME MORE PHOTOS.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO SIT DOWN WITH YOUR FAMILIES, THAT'S PERFECTLY FINE.
[APPLAUSE] HEY, GUYS, WELL, HONORS FAMILY IS MOVING UP HERE.
REALLY QUICK, WHAT WE'LL DO IS, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND RECESS POSSIBLY INTO CLOSED SESSION, BUT THAT WAY IT GIVES THE NEW TRUSTEES SOME TIME TO SPEND WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND THEIR GUESTS THAT HAVE SHOWED UP, AND SO MAYBE EVEN MORE PICTURES AND JUST MAKE IT A SMOOTHER TRANSITION.
EITHER WAY, WE WILL BE BACK BY 7:00, BUT JUST IN CASE WHILE THEY'RE TAKING THESE, I'LL READ THE CLOSED SESSION INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO READ BEFORE GOING.
IF ALL ELSE FAILS, WE'LL GO TO CLOSED SESSION AGAIN LATER, BUT WE'LL RECESS AND ADJOURN IN A CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO
[4. Closed Session]
TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.074,[00:15:01]
PERSONNEL TO DELIBERATE REGARDING THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT, EVALUATION, REASSIGNMENT, DUTIES, DISCIPLINE OR DISMISSAL OF PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE, OR TO HEAR A COMPLAIN OR CHARGE AGAINST AN OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE, 551.071, CONSULTATION WITH THE BOARD'S ATTORNEY, 551.072, REAL PROPERTY, AND 551.076, TO CONDUCT DELIBERATIONS REGARDING SECURITY DEVICES OR SECURITY AUDITS.FOR NOW, WE HAVE A BRIEF RECESS.
EITHER WAY, WE WILL BE BACK BY 7:00 FOR THE PUBLIC SIDE OF THE MEETING TO SEE THE STUDENT RECOGNITIONS.
>> WE ARE BACK FROM CLOSED SESSION AND WE ARE RECONVENING AT 7:08 PM.
[5. Reconvene]
OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM 6,[6. Organization of the Board]
THE ORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD AND THE SELECTION OF THE NEW OFFICERS.MAY I PLEASE RECEIVE A MOTION?
>> MS. WILSON, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE MAKE DR. BENITA REED PRESIDENT, MICHELLE NEWSOM VICE PRESIDENT, AND DR. JANDEL CRUTCHFIELD SECRETARY.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION MADE BY MR. CANNON FOR DR. REED AS PRESIDENT.
DR. REED IS PRESIDENT AND MS. NEWSOM IS VICE PRESIDENT, AND DR. JANDEL CRUTCHFIELD AS SECRETARY.
THEN WE HAVE A SECOND BY MR. MOORE.
WITH THAT, WE WILL HAVE A VOTE.
I HAVE ANOTHER FRIEND WITH NAMES.
MY APOLOGIES. I WILL GET IT STRAIGHT.
JUST DON'T ASK ME MY KIDS BIRTH DATES AT THE SAME TIME.
WITH THAT, WE WILL TAKE A VOTE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION AND SLATE OF OFFICERS, PLEASE, MAY I SEE YOUR SHOW HANDS. NONE OPPOSE.
UNANIMOUSLY, WE HAVE OUR NEW SLATE OF OFFICERS, 7-0.
[APPLAUSE] WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A QUICK SECOND, IF YOU'D LIKE.
IS THAT OKAY RIGHT NOW? MOVE TO YOUR SEATS.
NOW WE'LL SWITCH AND I'LL SCOOT DOWN THERE.
>> GOOD EVENING. WE'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
WE APPRECIATE THE COMMUNITY FOR BEING HERE TO CELEBRATE OUR KIDDOS, AS WELL AS THE VARIOUS SCHOOLS AND THEIR PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS, AND ALSO SUPPORTING OUR DISTRICT.
WE ALSO LIKE TO WELCOME AND THANK THOSE WHO ARE VIEWING ONLINE.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT AND YOUR ADVOCACY FOR MANSFIELD ISD.
AT THIS TIME WE'D LIKE TO HAVE THE PRAYER BY TRUSTEE DR. JAN DELL KOCHFELD, OUR SECRETARY AND PLEDGES BY TRUSTEE MICHELLE NEWSOM, OUR VICE PRESIDENT. THANK YOU.
GOD, YOU'VE BROUGHT US THROUGH ANOTHER ACADEMIC YEAR, ANOTHER YEAR OF SCHOOL WHERE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO FINISH TRIUMPHANTLY, LORD.
WE JUST THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US THROUGH ANY CHALLENGES.
THANK YOU FOR HELPING US TO HAVE A DISTRICT, A STAFF THAT WILL HELP OUR STUDENTS TO RISE TO ANY CHALLENGE.
WE PRAY LORD, THAT YOU KEEP US THROUGH THE SUMMER.
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THAT YOU KEEP US FOCUSED LORD, AND WE THANK YOU FOR THE END OF THAT CHAPTER.WE THANK YOU FOR NEW BEGINNINGS THAT WILL BE HAPPENING; NEW BEGINNING FOR OUR BOARD.
WE JUST PRAY THAT WE WORK TOGETHER ON BEHALF OF OUR STUDENTS ON BEHALF OF OUR STAFF SO THAT WE CAN BE WHAT YOU'VE CALLED US TO BE.
WE PRAY THIS IN YOUR NAME, AMEN.
>> AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE OUR DISTRICT RECOGNITION.
[8. District Recognition]
WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS, MS. LOJARO. THANK YOU SO MUCH.>> THANK YOU, BOARD PRESIDENT DR. REED, DR. CANTU, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, CABINET, AND TO THE PUBLIC WHO ARE HERE WITH US TONIGHT.
TONIGHT, WE BEGIN OUR RECOGNITIONS WITH OUR SCHOOL BOARD SUPERSTARS.
EACH MONTH, DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, STUDENTS FROM OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ARE SELECTED TO RECEIVE THE SCHOOL BOARDS SUPERSTAR AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CITIZENSHIP.
THESE YOUNG STUDENTS HAVE BEEN CHOSEN FROM THEIR CAMPUSES BASED ON THEIR VIRTUES OF OUTSTANDING CHARACTER, CITIZENSHIP, FAIRNESS, HONESTY, KINDNESS, RESPECT, RESPONSIBILITY, AND TRUSTWORTHINESS.
BEFORE WE BRING UP OUR SUPERSTARS, I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE TURN YOUR ATTENTION TO THE SCREENS TO LEARN WHAT MAKES THESE YOUNG SCHOLARS SO SUPER.
>> WHAT MAKES RILEY A SUPERSTAR IS SHE IS FIRST OF ALL AN AWESOME STUDENT.
SHE'S ALWAYS KIND, WHETHER IT'S TO ME, HER TEACHER, HER FRIENDS, OTHER PEERS, AND SHE'S JUST ALWAYS PREPARED FOR CLASS.
>> BEIN A SUPERSTAR MAKES ME FEEL GOOD.
>> DANIEL IS A SUPERSTAR BECAUSE HE'S AN ALL AROUND FANTASTIC KID.
HE IS SMART, HE'S KIND, HE'S CARING.
HE'S HELPFUL. HE'S A GOOD ROLE MODEL.
BECAUSE I ALWAYS TELL HIM, I HAVE TWO GIRLS, BUT IF I HAD A SON, I'D WANT HIM TO BE JUST LIKE DANIEL.
>> BEING A SUPERSTAR MAKES ME FEEL GOOD BECAUSE I KNOW THAT PEOPLE CAN DEPEND ON ME.
THEY WON'T BE SCARED TO ASK ME A QUESTION BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT I WON'T BE RUDE ABOUT IT.
>> LANA IS A SUPERSTAR DUE TO HER KINDNESS.
HER RESPONSIBILITY, IS KIND TO ALL HER FRIENDS AND JUST A SUPER RESPECTFUL GIRLY.
>> IT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD BECAUSE I THINK THAT MY TEACHER SAYS I AM A GOOD LISTENER AND A VERY HARD WORKER.
>> AIDEN'S A SUPERSTAR IN A LOT OF WAYS.
HE LISTENS. HE SITS IN CLASS, HE PAYS ATTENTION.
HE'S KIND TO ALL OF HIS FRIENDS.
WHEN HE'S PLAYING, HE PLAYS HARD.
WHEN HE'S WORKING, HE WORKS HARD.
HE REALLY ESTABLISHES THE MINDSET OF THE LEADER IN ME THAT WE DO HERE AT SCHOOL.
>> BEING SUPERSTAR IS EXCITING BECAUSE I'M A LEADER.
>> BREE IS A SUPERSTAR STUDENT BECAUSE NOT ONLY DOES SHE DO WHAT SHE'S SUPPOSED TO DO ACADEMICALLY.
SHE IS SO HELPFUL, JUST HELP EVERYBODY BE SUCCESSFUL.
SHE'S NOT JUST TRYING TO BE SUCCESSFUL HERSELF.
SHE WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL HER FRIENDS AND HER FELLOW STUDENTS ARE SUCCESSFUL.
I FEEL REALLY PROUD OF MYSELF.
>> I CHOSE LILIA FOR THE SUPERSTAR AWARD BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING SHE'S ACCOMPLISHED IN THE FACE OF THE MANY CHALLENGES SHE HAD.
SHE WORKED SO HARD IN THE CLASSROOM, AND SHE WANTS TO DO HER BEST.
I KNOW IN EVERY ASSIGNMENT, SHE'S GOING TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND.
NOT ONLY WILL SHE TRY HER BEST, BUT SHE WANTS TO HELP OTHERS SEE THEIR BEST, TOO.
>> NATALIA, SHE EXEMPLIFIES ALL OF OUR CORE VALUES HERE AT ALICE PONDER.
SHE'S COURTEOUS, SHE'S RESPECTFUL, SHE PAYS ATTENTION, SHE HELPS OUT OTHER PEOPLE.
SHE'S VERY RESPECTFUL OF EVERYBODY.
EVEN THE REST OF THE TEACHERS HAVE TOLD ME THE SAME THING ABOUT HER.
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I THINK THAT'S WHAT I PICKED HER FOR AS A SUPERSTAR STUDENT.>> BEING A SUPERSTAR IS GREAT.
>> ESTHER IS A SUPERSTAR BECAUSE SHE WORKS SO HARD EVERY DAY, FROM THE TIME SHE GETS HERE TO THE TIME SHE LEAVES.
SHE'S NOT ONLY WORKING HARD FOR HERSELF, BUT SHE WORKS HARD FOR OTHERS AROUND HER.
SHE'S ALWAYS LOOKING AT HOW SHE CAN HELP OTHER PEOPLE.
IF SHE SEES THE NEED, SHE FIXES IT.
IF SHE SEES SOMETHING THAT'S GOING ON, SHE WANTS TO BE THERE.
SHE LITTLE BIT OF A PERFECTIONIST.
BUT SHE JUST STRIVES FOR GREATNESS AND I THINK THAT'S WHY SHE DESERVES TO BE A SUPERSTAR.
>> I THINK I WAS CHOSEN FOR MY GOOD BEHAVIOR AND MY GOOD AMOUNT OF GRIT.
>> PARENTS AND STUDENTS, THIS IS YOUR SPECIAL TIME.
STUDENTS, AS I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND GO TO DR. CANTU TO GET YOUR SPECIAL RECOGNITION.
THEN WE'LL HAVE YOU COME OVER AND STAND RIGHT IN THE CENTER UNTIL ALL OF OUR STUDENTS HAVE BEEN CALLED AND THEN WE'LL TAKE PICTURES.
OUR FIRST STUDENT FROM ANNETTE PERRY ELEMENTARY IS ESTHER IWONIBE FROM 4TH GRADE.
[APPLAUSE] NEXT FROM MARTHA REID ELEMENTARY IS AIDEN GUTIERREZ, 2ND GRADE.
[APPLAUSE] FROM ROBERTA TIPPS ELEMENTARY, RILEY REED, KINDERGARTEN.
[APPLAUSE] REPRESENTING TARVER RENDON ELEMENTARY, LILLIA ZACON, 2ND GRADE.
[APPLAUSE] FROM ALICE PONDER ELEMENTARY, NATHALIA PEREZ, 1ST GRADE.
[APPLAUSE] FROM ELIZABETH SMITH ELEMENTARY, BRIANA FRANKLIN, 3RD GRADE.
[APPLAUSE] FROM CORA SPENCER ELEMENTARY, DANIEL WILKIE, 4TH GRADE.
[APPLAUSE] LET'S GET EVERYONE TOGETHER FOR A PICTURE.
CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO OUR STUDENTS.
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 SHAKE THESE YOUNG LEADERS.
MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT RECOGNITION, I'D LIKE TO INVITE MICHELLE TRANKER, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER TO THE LECTURE.
>> THANK YOU, MISS JOVA. GOOD EVENING.
MADAM BOARD PRESIDENT, DR. BENITA REED, AND BOARD MEMBERS, [LAUGHTER] DR. CANTU, TONIGHT, I'M PROUD TO SAY MY SUPERSTARS ARE IN THE BUSINESS OFFICE AND THEY WORK REALLY HARD, AND THEY CONCENTRATE VERY STRONG AND HARD EVERY DAY.
BUT I'M VERY SUPER PROUD OF THEM BECAUSE WE RECEIVE THREE NATIONAL AWARDS FOR BUDGET AND FINANCE.
AS YOU'VE SEEN IN LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WE ARE TAKING GOOD CARE OF YOUR MONEY AND WE ARE DOING THE BEST WE CAN TO BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS.
BUT I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THIS FINE GROUP OF PEOPLE. COME ON UP HERE.
AS WE WALK UP HERE, WE HAVE THE TASBO AWARD OF MERIT FOR PURCHASING AWARD.
WE HAVE THE TASBO AWARD OF EXCELLENCE AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT.
ONLY 28 SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS RECEIVE BOTH OF THOSE.
WE HAVE THE TOP HONORS FROM FINANCIAL INTEGRITY RATING SYSTEM OF TEXAS, FROM THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY.
THEN ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BUSINESS OFFICIALS, WE HAVE CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE AND FINANCIAL REPORTING AND THE NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ASBO MERITORIOUS BUDGET AWARD.
I JUST WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR HARD WORK, AND WE'RE HERE FOR EXCELLENCE IN DOING WHAT'S BEST FOR ALL OF US.
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>> UP NEXT, I'D LIKE TO INVITE DR. DARWAR JOHNSON, DIRECTOR OF FINE ARTS TO THE PODIUM FOR OUR FINE ARTS PROGRAMS.
>> GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT DR. REED AND DR. CANTU AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE TIMBERVIEW HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT, CHLOE MITCHELL, ON AN AMAZING PERFORMANCE IN THE ACDA NATIONAL TROUBLE HONOR CHOIR AT THE MEYERSON SYMPHONY CENTER IN DALLAS.
THE AMERICAN CORE DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION, ACDA, HOSTED A NATIONAL CONVENTION WITH OVER 6,000 ATTENDEES.
NOT ONLY WAS CHLOE ONE OF HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS SELECTED IN THE NATION, BUT SHE AUDITIONED SUCCESSFULLY INTO THE SOLO GROUP OF THE FIRST SONG GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO.
GIVE HER THE MULT-ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
>> I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE DANNY JONES MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT, KATIA MIJANGOS FOR MAKING THE AMERICAN CHORAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION, ACDA ON OUR CHOIR.
KATIA HAD AN INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE IN THE EIGHTH THROUGH TENTH GRADE TROUBLE ON OUR CHOIR THIS PAST MARCH.
SHE WAS ALSO ONE OF HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS WHO WERE SELECTED THROUGH A COMPETITIVE AUDITION PROCESS.
LET'S PLEASE JOIN ME, CONGRATULATING HER AND HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
UNFORTUNATE LEGACY, HIGH SCHOOL WAS NOT ABLE TO JOIN US TODAY, BUT WE WILL RECOGNIZE HIM ON ANOTHER DATE.
THE FOLLOWING MANSI STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN THE VISUAL ARTS CLASTIC EVENT AND QUALIFIED FOR THE STATE COMPETITION.
AMEYAA BOPPISETTI, LIAM CANDLER, HARPER CANTU, KENDRA ESTRADA, DILLON FOX, DOMENIC GRAY, ALEXA GRIESE, SARYS HERNANDEZ, SAMUEL HERRERA, MY HOANG, AUBRIELL JACOB, CINDY LEE, ELIZABETH MARTINEZ, TALIA MARTINEZ, ABIGAIL MILLIGAN, DANI MILLINER, CRYSTAL DUBE, COLLIN NDUNGU, KAITLYN NGUYEN, NICOLE RUBIO, YASMIN RZEZAK, EZRA SANCHEZ, ANGELITA TRAN, ALEENA WIDJAJA, YUTONG ZHANG, HIGH SCHOOL VASE ENTRIES NUMBER FROM AROUND 35,000 ENTRIES.
STUDENTS CREATE ARTWORKS, WRITE ABOUT THEIR CREATIVE PROCESSES AND UNDERSTANDING OF VISUAL ART, AND ARTICULATE INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR ARTWORK THROUGH AN INTERVIEW WITH A VASE JUROR, WHO EVALUATES THEIR WORK USING A STANDARDS-BASED RUBRIC.
A SET OF PERCENTAGE OF ARTWORKS WITH SUPERIOR RATINGS ADVANCED TO STATE EVENT, AND ARE PRESENTED IN AREA MIDLE.
ALL OF THESE STUDENTS QUALIFY FOR THE STATE VASE COMPETITION.
PLEASE GIVE THEM AROUND APPLAUSE.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR FINE ART STUDENTS.
NOW I'D LIKE TO INVITE VICTORIA WEBSTER, THE DIRECTOR OF STEM TO THE PODIUM.
>> GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT, DR. REED, DR. CANTU, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
TWO OF OUR SCHOOLS WERE RECOGNIZED AS AN IT EEA STEM SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE THIS YEAR.
CHARLENE MCKENZIE STEM ACADEMY AND JERRY KNIGHT STEM ACADEMY JOIN THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY OF 34 SCHOOLS FROM AROUND THE WORLD TO RECEIVE THIS RECOGNITION.
APPLICANTS COMPLETED A RIGOROUS PROCESS TO SHOWCASE MISD'S INTEGRATIVE STEM MODEL.
THIS SPECIAL DESIGNATION WAS CREATED TO CELEBRATE THOSE SCHOOLS WHOSE TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS ARE PROVIDING A MEANINGFUL STEM EDUCATION EXPERIENCE FOR STUDENTS AND TO INSPIRE OTHERS TO LEARN EFFECTIVE BEST PRACTICES AND INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES TO ENHANCE TO ENHANCE THEIR OWN PROGRAMS. BOTH OF THESE OUTSTANDING STEM ACADEMIES SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS THAT WERE MORE THAN 18 PAGES LONG AND INCLUDED EXTENSIVE DESCRIPTIONS OF HOW THEY INTEGRATE STEM PRACTICES IN THE CLASSROOM.
THEY HAD TO PROVIDE EVIDENCE OF THEIR APPROACH THROUGH VIDEOS, PICTURES, AND DATA.
WE ARE EXTREMELY PROUD OF THEIR DESIGNATION AS STEM SCHOOLS OF EXCELLENCE.
LET'S GET TOGETHER FOR A PICTURE, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE SCHOOLS.
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NEXT, SHAYAAN YOUSEF, A SEVENTH GRADER AT JERRY KNIGHT STEM ACADEMY, PLACED FIRST IN THE JUNIOR MATHEMATICS DIVISION AT THE TEXAS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR AT TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY THIS SPRING.HE WAS ALSO NOMINATED FOR THE THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC JUNIOR INNOVATORS CHALLENGE, WHICH IS OPEN TO THE TOP 10% OF AFFILIATED SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR PARTICIPANTS.
FROM HERE, SHAYAAN WILL SUBMIT HIS APPLICATION FOR THE JUNIOR INNOVATORS CHALLENGE, AND JUDGING WILL TAKE PLACE THIS SUMMER.
THERE WILL BE TWO MORE ROUNDS AS PART OF THIS PROCESS, AND IN THE FALL, WE WILL FIND OUT IF HE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NATIONAL FINALS HELD IN WASHINGTON, DC.
GOOD LUCK TO SHAYAAN AS HE CONTINUES TO COMPETE THIS SUMMER.
LET'S GET TOGETHER FOR A PICTURE.
SHAYAAN, IF YOU COULD STAY UP THERE BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT FINISHED.
SHAYAAN ALSO PARTICIPATED IN C SPANS ANNUAL NATIONAL VIDEO DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION, STUDENTCAM.
THIS COMPETITION ENCOURAGES STUDENTS TO THINK CRITICALLY ABOUT ISSUES AFFECTING THEIR COMMUNITIES AND THE NATION BY CREATING SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILMS ON A SPECIFIC THEME.
EACH YEAR, CSPAN SETS A DIFFERENT THEME FOR THE COMPETITION.
THIS YEAR'S THEME WAS A LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT.
SHAYAAN WON THIRD PRIZE IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL DIVISION FOR HIS DOCUMENTARY AI FOR JUSTICE, REVOLUTIONIZING CRIME DETECTION IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
LET'S GET TOGETHER FOR ONE MORE PICTURE AND PLEASE JOIN ME IN.
THE LAST RECOGNITION WE HAD, UNFORTUNATELY, IS UNABLE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING, BUT WE DID HAVE DANIIL KISEL WHO WON SECOND PLACE AT THE STATE LEVEL FOR THE TEXAS JUNIOR CITIZEN B. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, VICTORIA, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR STEM STUDENTS.
NOW I'D LIKE TO INVITE FERNANDO BENEVIZ, ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT OF CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION TO THE PODIUM FOR OUR ACADEMIC RECOGNITIONS.
>> GOOD EVENING, BOARD, PRESIDENT, DOCTOR RED, DOCTOR K, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE TWO NATIONAL SCHOLARS, BUT THEY COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT, SO WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY GOING TO BRING THEM BACK AT ANOTHER MONTH WHEN THEY CAN BE HERE.
NEXT, MANSFIELD ID IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT DR. SARAH K JANCO EARLY LEARNERS ACADEMY IS THE WINNER OF THE 2025 HEB EXCELLENCE AND EDUCATION AWARD FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD FACILITY.
THE AWARD IS GIVEN TO THE TOP PRE-K CAMPUSES IN THE STATE.
EACH YEAR, HEB ANNOUNCES A STATEWIDE CALL FOR NOMINATIONS AND APPLICATIONS TO RECOGNIZE OUTSTANDING EDUCATORS, CAMPUSES, AND DISTRICTS IN TEXAS.
THREE SEPARATE JUDGING PANELS SELECTED FIVE EARLY CHILDHOOD FACILITIES AS SEMIFINALISTS AND CONDUCTED SITE VISITS TO DETERMINE THE WINNER.
AS PART OF THE AWARD, JANUCO RECEIVED $25,000.
SINCE THE CANVAS OPENED IN 2019, JEN JURCO HAS BECOME A MODEL FOR OTHER DISTRICTS AROUND THE COUNTRY.
HUNDREDS OF EDUCATORS AND ADMINISTRATORS HAVE VISITED JEN JURCO FOR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING, COMING FROM AS FAR AWAY AS CALIFORNIA AND WISCONSIN TO LEARN HOW TO CREATE EXPONENTIAL LEARNING FACILITIES IN THEIR OWN DISTRICTS.
LET'S GIVE THE STAFF OF GENCO EARLY LEARNERS ACADEMY A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THEM. GOOD JOB.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. BENAVIDEZ.
NOW PLEASE WELCOME MICHELLE WOODALL, PRINCIPAL OF BEN BARBARA INNOVATION ACADEMY AND FRONTIER STEM ACADEMY TO THE PODIUM FOR CTE RECOGNITIONS.
>> GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT DR. BENITA REED, DR. CANTU, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
THE FOLLOWING DECA STUDENTS PLACED FIRST AT THE STATE CTSO COMPETITION IN DALLAS AND EARNED A SPOT AT OUR INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION IN ORLANDO.
THE FIRST THREE STUDENTS THAT WILL BE RECOGNIZED PLACED NOT ONLY FIRST AT STATE,
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BUT MANAGED A TOP SPOT IN THE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION, WHERE THEY COMPETED AGAINST OVER 250 COMPETITORS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE EVENTS.THOSE STUDENTS ARE KOFI ABC, ACCOUNTING, KOFI ALSO GOT TOP 20 AT INTERNATIONALS, ANALIA MARIS, SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT MARKETING AND DECISION MAKING, WHERE SHE ALSO GOT TOP 30 AT INTERNATIONALS, AVA GUTIERREZ, SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT MARKETING DECISION MAKING.
HALEY ALEJANDRO, PROJECT MANAGEMENT BUSINESS SOLUTIONS.
LAUREN ARWINE PROJECT MANAGEMENT BUSINESS SOLUTIONS.
ALSAMA ARSHAD, PROJECT MANAGEMENT BUSINESS SOLUTIONS.
LEWIS BRADFORD, SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT MARKETING SERIES, AND GREFEN NALLY, FINANCIAL SERVICES TEAM DECISION MAKING.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MR. CASEY CROW AND OUR BUSINESS MARKETING AND FINANCE TEAM OF TEACHERS.
MR. CROW'S LEADERSHIP AND COLLABORATION AS OUR DECA ADVISOR MAKE THESE MONUMENTAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR STUDENTS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU, MR. CROW.
MANSFIELD ISD BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS OF AMERICA PARTICIPATED IN BOTH THE STATE AND NATIONAL BPA COMPETITIONS.
BPA IS ONE OF THE NATION'S LEADING CTSOS FOR STUDENTS PURSUING CAREERS IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, FINANCE, OFFICE ADMINISTRATION, AND OTHER BUSINESS-RELATED CAREER FIELDS.
THE FOLLOWING BPA STUDENTS PLACED AT THE STATE AND NATIONAL CTSO COMPETITIONS.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT WE ARE ONE OF THREE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS TO MAKE IT ON THE NATIONAL STAGE.
WE'RE VERY, VERY PROUD OF THESE STUDENTS.
EDWIN MUNOZ, C PLUS PLUS PROGRAM AT NATIONALS.
CALEB CLEDERA, PYTHON PROGRAMMING.
SECOND AT STATE TOP 10 NATIONALS.
IF I COULD GET MR. DEON MARTINEZ TO JOIN HIS STUDENTS, HE IS OUR BPA ADVISOR AND HAS COUNTLESS HOURS SPENT POURING INTO OUR STUDENTS, MAKE THESE SUCCESSES POSSIBLE.
WE WERE MISSING A COUPLE OF OUR SENIORS TONIGHT.
THEY GRADUATED AND HEADED OUT.
THE NATIONAL PRO START CURRICULUM IS AN INNOVATIVE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS CREATED BY THE NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION.
IT INTEGRATES CULINARY ARTS AND BUSINESS EDUCATION, PROVIDING A COMPREHENSIVE INTRODUCTION TO THE RESTAURANT AND HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY.
NOW WE HAVE OUR RESTAURANT MANAGEMENT TEAM COMING UP ON THE STAGE, ARIAN RODRIGUEZ, SECOND AT NATIONALS.
AMBER AND BRAGO, RESTAURANT MANAGEMENT TEAM, SECOND AT NATIONALS.
RESTAURANT MANAGEMENT SECOND AT NATIONALS.
ABIGAIL LOPEZ, RESTAURANT MANAGEMENT, SECOND AT NATIONALS.
JOINING THEM IS OUR CULINARY ARTS TEAM, MAKAYLA STEPHENS, FIRST AT STATE AND SIX AT NATIONALS.
JULIE HODGES, CULINARY ARTS, FIRST AT STATE, SIX AT NATIONALS.
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HAYDEN HANSON, CULINARY ARTS.AGAIN, FIRST AT STATE, SIX AT NATIONALS.
ENRIQUE ENRIQUEZ, CULINARY ARTS.
FIRST AT STATE, SIX AT NATIONALS.
ROUNDING UP OUR CULINARY ARTS TEAM IS KADEN WALKER.
FIRST AT STATE AND SIX AT NATIONALS.
I'D LIKE TO THANK OUR INCREDIBLE ADVISORS, CHEF ROBERSON AND CHEF BAKER ROBERSON, FOR MAKING THESE OPPORTUNITIES POSSIBLE. THANK YOU, GUYS.
OUR NEXT CTSO FOR THE EVENING IS TPSA.
WE DO LIKE OUR ACRONYMS. THE TEXAS PUBLIC SAFETY ASSOCIATION OFFERS A UNIQUE CAREER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM DESIGNED TO IGNITE THE POTENTIAL OF STUDENTS INTERESTED IN THE FIELD OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
THROUGH A SERIES OF COMPETITIVE EVENTS HELD AT VARIOUS CONFERENCES, STUDENTS ARE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHALLENGE THEMSELVES, LEARN, AND GROW.
THESE EVENTS NOT ONLY FOSTER COMPETITION, BUT ALSO EQUIP STUDENTS WITH ESSENTIAL SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE TAYLOR TO SUCCEED IN THEIR CHOSEN CAREER PATHS.
THE FOLLOWING TPSA STUDENTS FROM BEN BARBARA INNOVATION ACADEMY PLACED AT THE STATE CTSO COMPETITION.
FIRST, WE HAVE HARMONY FAULTS, 911 CALL TAKING, THIRD AT THE STATE.
>> OUR BLOODSTAINED PATTERN ANALYSIS TEAM, HEATHER CHENG AND DAYANA CARLSON, 3RD AT STATE.
[APPLAUSE] OUR CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION TEAM, AYSLYN ARREDONDO, AND DAYANA CARLSON, 2ND AT STATE.
[APPLAUSE] WE HAVE ONE MORE, RACHEL TUCKER, I APOLOGIZE.
THAT WAS A TEAM OF THREE CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATIONS.
OLIVIA JACKSON, 3RD AT STATE FOR DISTURBANCE CALL.
[APPLAUSE] VICTORIA CONKLIN, 2ND AT STATE, AGILITY.
[APPLAUSE] THE NEXT TEAM, ONE 3RD AT STATE FOR PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE, ADDISON, BIONDI, AND LEWIS REED.
[APPLAUSE] LEWIS ALSO RECEIVED 1ST AT STATE FOR QUALIFYING AND EXPERT WITNESS.
[APPLAUSE] FINALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK AND CONGRATULATE MISS JESSICA SOTO, WHO IS OUR TPSA ADVISOR.
[APPLAUSE] IT'S HER LEADERSHIP AND PRIORITIZATION OF STUDENTS THAT MADE THIS POSSIBLE.
[APPLAUSE] ROUNDING OUT OF THE CTSOS THIS EVENING IS TSA.
TSA IS THE TECHNOLOGY STUDENT ASSOCIATION IS A NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STUDENTS ENGAGED IN STEM AND THE ARTS.
THE FOLLOWING TSA STUDENTS FROM BEN BARBER INNOVATION ACADEMY, PLACED AT THE STATE CTSO COMPETITION.
HILLARY DAO, COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, 2ND AT STATE [APPLAUSE] AND VICTORIA VUONG, WOOD MODEL KITS, 2ND AT STATE.
[APPLAUSE] I'D LIKE TO ADD THAT THIS IS OUR FIRST YEAR TO COMPETE IN TSA, AND WE COULDN'T BE PROUDER OF OUR ADVISOR AND HER INITIATIVE IN MAKING THIS OPPORTUNITY POSSIBLE.
THANK YOU, MRS. MARISSA ALSOBROOK.
[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, MICHELLE, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR CTE STUDENTS.
FOR OUR FINAL RECOGNITION OF THE NIGHT,
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I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE ALFRED BATES, TIMBERVIEW HIGH SCHOOL, TRACK COACH FOR OUR ATHLETIC RECOGNITION.BOARD PRESIDENT, DR. REED, DR. CANTU, AND BOARD MEMBERS.
AT THE UIL CLASS 5A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, TIMBERVIEW HIGH SCHOOL'S 4 BY 1 RELAY TEAM OF BRANDON GILMORE, TYLER MADISON, HARVEY SCOTT, AND COLBY SMITH MADE HISTORY WITH RECORD BREAKING PERFORMANCE.
THE TEAM SET A NEW SCHOOL RECORD OF 39.98 FASTEST TIME IN TEXAS 5A HISTORY AND SECURED A SPOT WITH A TOP 10 FASTEST TIME, 4 BY 1 RELAY IN US HISTORY.
>> LET'S GIVE ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR ALL OF THOSE RECOGNIZED TONIGHT.
[APPLAUSE] WHAT A GREAT NIGHT.
THIS CONCLUDES TONIGHT'S PRESENTATIONS. THANK YOU.
>> I'D LIKE TO THANK OUR ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT, LORD JOE, PLEASE FORGIVE ME FOR THAT MISTAKE FOR RECOGNIZING ALL OF OUR SUPERSTARS.
I'D LIKE TO THANK THE FAMILIES FOR COMING OUT WITH YOUR KIDDOS TO SUPPORT THEM WITH THEIR MANY ACADEMIC ACCOLADES, AND THE EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.
WE WANT TO THANK THEIR TEACHERS AND THEIR COACHES BECAUSE THEY HAVE PUT IN TIRELESS HOURS TO ENSURE THAT OUR BABIES ARE READY AND VERY SUCCESSFUL.
I HOPE YOU HAVE A VERY PRODUCTIVE AND PEACEFUL, ENJOYABLE SUMMER.
IF YOU LIKE TO LEAVE, YOU MAY, BUT I KNOW YOU WANT TO STICK AROUND.
AT THIS TIME, WE'D LIKE TO MOVE TO ITEM 9, DISTRICT INTRODUCTIONS,
[9. District Introductions ]
AND WE HAVE OUR ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT OF HR, THAT IS DR. JENNIFER STOKER.>> YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS.
THIS EVENING, WE HAVE SEVEN INDIVIDUALS WHO WILL BE RECOGNIZING AS ADMINISTRATIVE NEW HIRES AND OUR PROMOTIONS.
SHE IS GOING TO BE THE NEW PRINCIPAL AT LOUISE CABANISS ACADEMY, WHERE SHE HAS PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL.
>> GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT, DR. REED, DR. CANTU, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I'M HONORED TO BE NAMED PRINCIPAL OF LOUISE CABANISS.
OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF DEVELOPING A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY AND EMBRACING THE VALUES OF CABANISS.
I'M THRILLED TO CONTINUE LEADING AND SUPPORTING THE EXCELLENCE AND CARE WE HAVE ESTABLISHED TOGETHER.
TONIGHT, I AM GRATEFUL TO SHARE THIS SPECIAL MOMENT WITH MY WONDERFUL SUPPORT SYSTEM, MY HUSBAND, MY DAUGHTERS, MY CLOSE FRIENDS, MY CHURCH FAMILY AND MY SCHOOL FAMILY.
[APPLAUSE] THEY HAVE ALL ENCOURAGED ME EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.
THEIR UNWAVERING SUPPORT MAKES THIS ACHIEVEMENT MORE MEANINGFUL.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY, I'M EAGER TO STEP INTO THIS NEW ROLE, BUILD UPON OUR SUCCESSES AND MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON OUR STUDENTS, STAFF, FAMILIES IN EVEN A GREATER CAPACITY.
>> NEXT WE HAVE ALICIA FARMER.
MISS FARMER WILL BE THE NEW PRINCIPAL AT TARVER-RENDON SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURAL LEADERSHIP.
SHE'S COMING TO US FROM A NEARBY DISTRICT WHERE SHE IS SERVING AS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL.
IN THE PAST, SHE HAS ALSO BEEN A PRINCIPAL AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OUT OF STATE.
>> HI. THANK YOU, TARVER-RENDON FAMILY.
[APPLAUSE] GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT REED, DR. CANTU AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I'M HONORED TO BE NAMED THE NEW PRINCIPAL AT TARVER-RENDON AGRICULTURAL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY.
THOUGH I'M NOT YET A TRUE FARMER IN THE AGRICULTURAL SENSE OF THE WORD,
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I LOOK FORWARD TO LEARNING THE CRAFT AND SUPPORTING THE TARVER-RENDON FAMILY AND PLANTING AND CULTIVATING SEEDS OF SUCCESS SO WE CAN ALL BE OUTSTANDING IN OUR FIELD.TONIGHT, I'M GRATEFUL TO BE JOINED BY MY HUSBAND, DANIEL FARMER, WHO GRACIOUSLY SUPPORTS ME AND SHUFFLING OUR THREE CHILDREN TO THEIR EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, SHOWING UP TO LATE NIGHTS AT SCHOOLS AND JUST HELPING DO ALL THE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE AT SCHOOL AND WITH OUR FAMILY.
I LOOK FORWARD TO ANOTHER YEAR EDUCATING THE PEOPLE THE WORLD NEEDS MOST AND I'M GRATEFUL TO BE JOINING THE MANSFIELD FAMILY.
>> NEXT WE HAVE JENNIFER GOODSON, WHO IS THE NEW ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT BEN BARBER INNOVATION ACADEMY.
SHE'S BEEN SERVING AT BEN BARBER MOST RECENTLY AS A CTE SPECIALIST, BUT BEFORE THAT, AS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL INTERN.
>> GOOD EVENING BOARD PRESIDENT, DR. REED, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AND DR. CANTU.
SINCE JOINING THE DISTRICT IN 2012 AS A TEACHER, I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF GROWING BOTH PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY.
FIRST AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE INTERN, THEN AS A CTE SPECIALIST, AND NOW AS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL.
I'M TRULY GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE THE JOURNEY.
I'M EXCITED TO KEEP SERVING THE STUDENTS AND STAFF OF MISD AT BEN BARBER AND FRONTIER STEM ACADEMY, WORKING TO ENSURE OUR STUDENTS ARE COLLEGE CAREER AND LIFE READY.
JOINING ME THIS EVENING ARE MY HAND, ROB, MY TWO CHILDREN, CONNOR AND CARLY, AND MY INCREDIBLE WORK FAMILY.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT.
>> NEXT WE HAVE REBECCA HIM KER.
SHE HAS BEEN NAMED AS THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT CAROL HOLT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHERE SHE HAD PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS THE TITLE 1 INTERVENTION TEACHER AT HOLT.
>> GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT, DR. REED, DR. CANTU AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
NINE YEARS AGO, THE ADMINISTRATION AT CAROL HOLT ELEMENTARY, DECIDED TO TAKE A CHANCE ON A STUDENT TEACHER AND HIRED ME ON AS A FOURTH GRADE TEACHER.
I THEN TAUGHT FOR SEVEN YEARS AND MOVED INTO INTERVENTION AND INSTRUCTIONAL SPECIALIST AT CAROL HOLT.
NOW I AM HONORED TO BE MOVING INTO THE ROLE OF THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL.
I WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE MY CAMPUS AND ENSURE THAT ALL STUDENTS AND STAFF CONTINUE TO ACHIEVE EXCELLENCE.
TONIGHT, I AM JOINED BY MY AMAZING HUSBAND, IAN, OUR TWO CHILDREN, FINLEY AND COLTON, WHO DECIDED TO SIT WITH THE HOLT FAMILY BECAUSE THEY'RE LOVED JUST AS MUCH THERE.
MY WONDERFUL PARENTS WHO RAISED ME THROUGH MANSFIELD ISD SCHOOL SYSTEM, AND OF COURSE, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, MY AMAZING HOLT FAMILY WHO ALWAYS SHOWS UP.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT AND THANK YOU.
>> NEXT, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE BRELAN LANIER.
MR. LANIER WILL BE THE NEW PRINCIPAL AT JAMES COBLE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
HE'S COMING TO US FROM A NEARBY DISTRICT WHERE HE'S BEEN SERVE AGAINST AN ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL, AND HE'S ALSO WORKED IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, PARDON ME, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL AS WELL.
>> GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT, DR. REED, DR. CANTU, BOARD MEMBERS.
I'M TRULY HONORED TO BE NAMED AS THE NEW PRINCIPAL OF JAMES COBLE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
HERE SUPPORTING ME TONIGHT IS MY WIFE, MY MOM, MY DAUGHTER, MY FRIENDS, MR. MICHAEL MCDONALD, ALTON JACKSON, AND ALSO MY COBLE MIDDLE SCHOOL FAMILY.
[APPLAUSE] ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
I LOOK FORWARD TO JOINING THE MANSFIELD ISD COMMUNITY AND SERVING COBLE AND CONTINUING THE GREAT THINGS THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON.
>> THANK YOU ALL YOU TEACHERS FROM ALL THE CAMPUSES WHO REPRESENT.
TONIGHT, YOU'RE ON SUMMER. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
NEXT UP, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE DR. WINSTON MCCOWAN AND HE'S GOING TO SERVE AS OUR NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE CURRICULUM INSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT.
HE'S COMING TO US MOST RECENTLY AS A HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL IN A NEARBY DISTRICT.
>> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT, DR. REED, MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT, DR. CANTU.
I'M TRULY HONORED AND HUMBLED TO STAND BEFORE YOU AS THE NEWLY APPOINTED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HIGH SCHOOLS FOR MANSFIELD ISD.
I WANT TO BEGIN BY GIVING ALL HONOR AND GLORY TO GOD.
WITHOUT HIM, NONE OF THIS WOULD BE POSSIBLE.
I'D LIKE TO SINCERELY THANK YOU FOR ENTRUSTING ME WITH THIS OPPORTUNITY.
I'M EXCITED TO SERVE THIS INCREDIBLE DISTRICT AND SUPPORT THE SUCCESS OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, STUDENTS, AND STAFF.
TONIGHT, I'M BLESSED TO BE JOINED BY MY SUPPORT SYSTEM.
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MY AMAZING WIFE, LINDSEY MCCOWAN.[APPLAUSE] MY MOM, MISS LAWANDA MCCOWAN.
[APPLAUSE] MY DAUGHTER, BRIANA MCCOWAN, AND MY SON, NOAH MCCOWAN.
[APPLAUSE] I LOOK FORWARD TO THE WORK AHEAD, AND I AM COMMITTED TO LEADING WITH INTEGRITY, VISION, AND HEART.
>> OUR LAST INTRODUCTION THIS EVENING IS MR. DONALD WILLIAMS, WHO'S COMING TO US AS OUR NEW DIRECTOR OF LEGISLATIVE AND GOVERNMENT ENGAGEMENT.
HE PREVIOUSLY SERVED IN MANSFIELD ISD AS OUR ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT OF COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING.
>> THANK YOU. TO BOARD PRESIDENT, DR. REED, FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS, DR. CANTU AND EXECUTIVE TEAM, AND ALL THE STAFF, TRULY GRATEFUL, BLESSED AND HONORED TO BE ABLE TO BE BACK HOME.
I'VE TOLD SEVERAL PEOPLE TONIGHT THAT RETIREMENT IS ABSOLUTELY OVERRATED.
[LAUGHTER] I KNOW MANY OF YOU WILL PROBABLY SAY, YEAH, I'M READY FOR THAT, BUT JUST SO GRATEFUL FOR THE FACT TO BE ABLE TO BE BACK HOME TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THE KIDS AND FAMILIES OF MANSFIELD ISD.
IT'S TRULY A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE LEARNING AND TEACH, READY TO ROLL UP MY SLEEVES AND GET TO WORK.
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE KIDS AND FAMILIES AND TRULY BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO BE BACK.
MY WIFE IS ACTUALLY HOME WORKING WITH OUR DAUGHTER.
SHE JUST GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE.
SHE WILL BE THIRD GENERATION AS FAR AS BEING IN PUBLIC EDUCATION, SO SUPER EXCITED ABOUT.
AS FAR AS HER AND PRAYING THAT SHE GETS A JOB.
[APPLAUSE] WITH THAT STANDPOINT OF IT, AND EVENTUALLY, MY FIRST GRANDDAUGHTER WILL BE JOINING MANSFIELD ISD AS A PRE CARE OR AS A KINDERGARTNER.
SUPER BLESSED AND GRATEFUL TO BE BACK.
>> [MUSIC] AT THIS TIME, WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM 10 INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS,
[10. Instructional Focus]
AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DR. CANTU.>> YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE DR. TAMARA LIDDELL TO COME FORWARD.
I SEE HER RIGHT THERE TO PROVIDE US WITH OUR INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS ON PARENT AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT. DR. LIDDELL.
DR. BENITA REED, SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT, DR. CANTU, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO SHARE THE STORY OF PARENT AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT IN MANSFIELD ISD.
>> THE CLICKER- >> IS RIGHT HERE. [LAUGHTER] MANSFIELD ISD, THE DIVISION OF PARENT AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT.
I WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKSTORY.
WE OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED OUR DIVISION TWO YEARS AGO.
LAST YEAR, WE STARTED THE HEAVY LIFTING AND ALIGNING PROGRAMMING TO MEET THE NEEDS OF MANSFIELD ISD PARENTS.
EVERYTHING WE DO IS ALIGNED TO VISION 2030.
OUR VALUES, CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT, STUDENTS FIRST, OUR MOTTO AND GUIDANCE STATEMENTS, WHICH IS ACADEMICS, ALGEBRA 1, READING ON GRADE LEVEL, AND ALSO LOOKING AT COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS.
OUR WHY. THE REASON WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO IS BECAUSE OF FAMILIES.
WE LOVE GREAT FEEDBACK FROM OUR FAMILIES TO LET US KNOW THAT WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
BUT BEFORE I START AND SHARE WITH THAT, TITLE 1 PARENT AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT IS A REQUIREMENT THROUGH EVERY STUDENT SUCCEEDS ACT.
PRIMARILY, THAT'S OUR COMPLIANCE,
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BUT THE HEART OF THE MATTER IS THE QUOTE HERE THAT'S SHARED BY A PARENT BASED ON THE FEEDBACK.THE PARENT SHARED, "WE JUST MOVED TO MANSFIELD ISD TO HELP OUR STRUGGLING TEEN.
LONG STORY SHORT, I'M SO THANKFUL TO HAVE ATTENDED THIS TO START FINDING OUR VILLAGE.
THIS WAS SO HELPFUL AND ENCOURAGING." THAT IS WHAT MAKES US DO WHAT WE DO AND KNOW THAT WE'RE MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITY.
TONIGHT, I WILL GIVE YOU THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE THIS YEAR.
WE WORKED ON A MISSION AND VISION STATEMENT.
WE PARTNERED WITH MANY LOCAL BUSINESSES HERE IN MANSFIELD ISD, CHURCHES, AND ALSO IN THE SPIRIT OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT AND BUILDING CAPACITY.
WE HAVE RECEIVED AMAZING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THIS YEAR.
THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE, IT ALL ALIGNS WITH VISION 2030 AND PREPARING OUR PARENTS AND STUDENTS TO BE COLLEGE READY.
GOING BACK TO THE WORK THAT WE DID THIS YEAR, WE HAD TO FIRST START.
WHAT IS OUR PURPOSE? WHAT DRIVES WHAT WE DO? WE WROTE AND CREATED A MISSION STATEMENT THIS YEAR.
OUR MISSION STATEMENT IS MANSFIELD ISD DIVISION OF PARENT AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT.
THE MISSION IS TO EMPOWER AND ENGAGE MANSFIELD FAMILIES TO SUPPORT THEIR CHILD'S EDUCATION.
OUR VISION IS WHERE ARE WE GOING AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO IT? AS WE'RE WORKING TO EMPOWER AND ENGAGE OUR FAMILIES THROUGH OUR WORKSHOPS AND THROUGH OUR EVENTS AND THROUGH THE RESOURCES AND TOOLS WE GIVE PARENTS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE EQUIPPED AND READY TO SUPPORT THEIR CHILD'S EDUCATION.
THAT'S OUR MISSION, OUR PURPOSE, AND OUR VISION OF WHERE WE'RE GOING.
OUR PARTNERSHIPS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
WE HAVE PARTNERED WITHIN THE DISTRICT AND SEVERAL PARTNERSHIPS OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT, BUT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME THAT WE'VE DONE THIS YEAR IN ORDER TO HELP BUILD CAPACITY OF OUR PEERS AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
THE FIRST ONE IS THE DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL EDUCATION.
WE PARTNERED WITH A DIVISION OF SPECIAL EDUCATION TO SHARE OUR STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION PLAN.
ANYTIME WE HAVE AN EVENT, WE WANT PARENTS TO SHOW UP.
WE HAVE THE GREAT OPPORTUNITY OF TRAINING AND HELPING OUR FELLOW COWORKERS TO UNDERSTAND HOW DO WE GET PARENTS IN THE SEAT? THAT'S OUR STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION PLAN.
WE PARTNER WITH OUT OF SCHOOL TIME.
THEY HAVE A PARENT AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT PART FOR THEIR GRANT TOO AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT IS PARENT AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT? HOW DO YOU DO IT? WHAT DOES THE RESEARCH SHOWS THAT IS EFFECTIVE? WHAT ARE SOME OF THE BARRIERS THAT WE KNOW WE WILL OVERCOME? WE'RE VERY EXCITED, GOING BACK TO VISION 2030, NUMBER 4 AND NUMBER 6, PREPARING PARENTS BECAUSE PARENTS IS IN THIS JOURNEY TOO RIGHT ALONG WITH THEIR STUDENTS.
HOW DO I BE COLLEGE READY? HOW DO I BE CAREER READY AND BEING READY FOR THE NEXT STEPS? I CAN'T WAIT TO SHARE WHAT WE HAVE IN STORE FOR THAT AND THE WORK THAT WE'VE ALREADY DONE.
AS WE LOOK AT BUILDING CAPACITY, WE'VE HAD THE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO NOT JUST BUILD CAPACITY THROUGH OUR WORKSHOPS, BUT HERE IN OUR DISTRICT AT THE STATE LEVEL AND AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL.
CUSTOMER SERVICE TRAINING, I'LL FIRST START OUR MODEL IN MANSFIELD ISD.
IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, LEARN, AND TEACH.
FOR IT TO BE A GREAT PLACE FOR PARENTS TO BRING THEIR KIDS, WE WANT TO KEEP THE EXPERIENCE MAGICAL.
WE OFFERED A CUSTOMER SERVICE TRAINING IN THE SPIRIT OF BUILDING THE CAPACITY OF THE AMAZING FRONT OFFICE STAFF THAT OUR PARENTS SEE EACH AND EVERY DAY.
THAT TRAINING FOCUSED ON CUSTOMER SERVICE, PROFESSIONALISM, AND HOW DO WE SAY NO AND STILL HELP OUR CUSTOMERS? AS YOU'LL SEE HERE, OUR ATTENDEES AT THE END, THEY HIGHLIGHTED, WHAT DID THEY GLEAN FROM THAT? THAT WAS TO LISTEN, TO BE STILL AND KEEP THE EXPERIENCE MAGICAL FOR EVERYONE THAT WALKS INTO THE FRONT ROOM.
WE KNOW OUR PARENTS HAVE CHOICES AND SO WE WANT TO EQUIP OUR FRONT OFFICE TO BE READY TO SERVE AND SUPPORT THEM IN ALL THAT THEY DO.
THERE WERE 69 FRONT OFFICE ATTENDEES WHICH WAS RECEPTIONIST AND SECRETARIES THAT ATTENDED THAT TRAINING.
MOVING ON, SPEAKING OF CAPACITY BUILDING.
SANDRA PINION, I HAVE TO RECOGNIZE OUR COORDINATOR HERE.
THE GREAT WORK CANNOT BE DONE ALONE.
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IT IS ALWAYS DONE WITH THE VILLAGE AND SUPPORT.SHE'S RIGHT ALONE THERE WITH ME.
WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO HARVARD UNIVERSITY THIS YEAR, AND SO WE LEARNED FROM THE BEST OF THE BEST.
WE LEARNED FROM DR. KAREN MAPP.
SHE HAS THE FRAMEWORK OR CREATED THE FRAMEWORK, HOW DO YOU SERVE AND SUPPORT PARENTS? THAT WAS JUST ABSOLUTELY AMAZING EXPERIENCE TO HELP US TO CONTINUE TO GROW.
MOVING ON, I WILL HAVE ANOTHER EXPERIENCE IN ORDER TO HELP AT THE STATE LEVEL TO TRAIN LEADERS, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AT TEPSA THIS YEAR.
THE TOPIC IS THE THREE C'S OF BUILDING RELATIONAL TRUST WITH PARENTS.
THAT'S COMMUNICATION, HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE WITH PARENTS IN A WAY THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY FEEL HEARD? WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND THE POWER OF COLLABORATION AND ALSO BEING CONSISTENT.
HOW DO WE BE CONSISTENT IN WHAT WE DO TO MAKE SURE THAT PARENTS KNOW THAT WE'RE HERE TODAY, TOMORROW, AND ALSO WHEN IT GETS HARD? A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, I ALSO PRESENTED AT ACET, THAT IS A PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCE FOR FEDERAL PROGRAMS DIRECTORS AND MANY ACROSS THE STATE THAT DO THE WORK THAT WE DO, WHICH IS PARENT AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT.
I PRESENTED ON OUR PATHWAY TO COLLEGE INITIATIVE, AND I'LL SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT.
NEXT. CAPACITY BUILDING, MAKING SURE THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING THAT WE SEE THE DATA.
WE HAD AN INCREASE BY 23%, THE NUMBER OF FAMILIES THAT'S IN OUR SEATS.
THAT'S 170 FAMILIES FROM LAST YEAR UNTIL THIS YEAR, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO EVEN DOUBLING THAT NUMBER THIS COMING YEAR.
'24-'25, OUR FOCUS. OF COURSE, ALWAYS GO BACK TO THE WORK THAT WE DID THIS YEAR.
I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF.
WE OFFERED 12 PARENT UNIVERSITY WORKSHOPS.
WE OFFERED TWO COLLEGE TOURS, ONE CAMPUS TOUR, ONE DISTRICT WIDE INITIATIVE, AND WE HELPED 26 TITLE 1 SCHOOLS TO RETHINK PARENT AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT.
I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT OUR PRINCIPALS IN THE WORK AND HOW THEY'RE RETHINKING, HOW DO WE SERVE AND SUPPORT THE FAMILIES THAT IS WALKING TO OUR DOOR.
WE ALWAYS PARTNER WITH THEM AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE LOVED OUR EARLY MORNINGS AND BEING IN THE CAR RIDER LINE AND BEING FACE FORWARD WITH THE PARENTS TO LET THEM KNOW, WE HEAR AND BUILDING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND KNOW WHO'S SENDING THEM THOSE EMAILS.
I JUST WANT TO ALSO HIGHLIGHT WE STARTED THE YEAR AT THE BEGINNING FROM NEW PARENT ORIENTATION.
THAT IS ONLY TWO VIRTUAL EVENTS THAT WE'VE DONE THIS YEAR, BUT NEW PARENTS COMING INTO MANSFIELD.
WE REACHED OUT TO ATTENDANCE CLERK AND WE DID A TRAINING ON WHERE DO YOU MAKE DEPOSITS FOR THE LUNCH ACCOUNT? HOW DO YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND THE BUS? BECAUSE WE WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT WE'RE CONNECTING WITH YOU FROM THE BEGINNING AND YOU HAVE SOMEBODY RIGHT HERE WITH YOU THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF BEING IN MANSFIELD ISD.
ALSO, I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AS WE THIS YEAR LOOKED AT A NEED.
PARENTS ARE STOPPING US AT WORKSHOPS.
THEY'RE GIVING FEEDBACK THROUGH OUR SURVEYS AND THEY'RE ASKING US, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND, HOW DO WE START TODAY? MY CHILD IS IN THE 8TH GRADE, 6TH GRADE.
HOW DO I GET THEM TO COLLEGE? BECAUSE IT IS DIFFERENT FROM WHEN THEY ACTUALLY ATTENDED.
WE'VE DONE GREAT WORK WITH THAT FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
EIGHTH GRADE, WE'RE PARTNERING WITH THE COUNSELING DEPARTMENT ABOUT HOW DO WE UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS HERE IN 8TH GRADE, AND ALSO SUPPORTING THEIR TRAJECTORY OF MOVING TOWARD COLLEGE? WE ENDED THE YEAR WITH PROVIDING FREE RESOURCES TO ADDRESS THE SUMMER SLIDE TOO THAT ADDRESS THE SUMMER SLIDE, GIVEN OUT FREE RESOURCES, AND STARTED THAT SESSION OF, YOU HAVE A BOOK WITH 200 PAGES.
HOW DO WE CHUNK THIS? HOW DO WE BUILD THE RELATIONSHIP AND STILL GET THEM TO DO ALL THE THINGS WE NEED THEM TO DO AND HAVE A GREAT SUMMER? FATHERS READ.
WE KNOW THE RESEARCH IS WHEN A FATHER READS WITH THEIR CHILD, READING ACHIEVEMENT INCREASE.
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SO EXCITED. WE HAVE 548 DADS THAT SHOWED UP AT THEIR CHILD SCHOOL, AND THANK YOU TO OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS HERE IN FRONT OF ME, THANK YOU DADS FOR SHOWING UP THIS YEAR FOR FATHERS READ AND LETTING THEM KNOW THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO SEE MALES IN THE BUILDING.THE TOTAL THAT EXPERIENCED FATHERS READ THIS YEAR IS 719 DADS.
FEEDBACK FROM LAKE RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL.
LAKE RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL WAS VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT GETTING THE DADS IN THE BUILDING.
I WAS IN THE CLASSROOM AND SEEING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, NOT WITH A HOODIE ON, NOT WITH A PHONE OUT, BUT CAPTIVATED BY SEEING THE MEN IN FRONT OF THEM, THEY'RE SHARING THEIR CAREER.
THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN I WAS IN YOUR SEAT, I DO NOT LOOK LIKE I DO TODAY.
SHE WAS IMPRESSED BY THE ABILITY OF THE KIDS TO ASK QUESTIONS AND ENGAGE IN DIRECT CONVERSATION WITH THE DAD.
A STUDENT SAID THAT THIS WAS GOOD AND I AM GLAD I CAME.
OUR SCHOOL BOARD AND PRESIDENT, DR. BENITA REED, SHE CHARGED US TO LOOK AT MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS.
ONE THING I LOVE THAT DR. REED SAID IS THAT INSTEAD OF RUNNING FROM IT, WE HAVE TO DIRECTLY ADDRESS IT.
I AM SO GLAD WE DID BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT THAT IT HAS, WE ARE EDUCATION, BUT WE ALSO KNOW WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THE WHOLE CHILD.
WE OFFERED THIS WORKSHOP IN MAY.
I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO TAKE TIME TO LOOK AT THE FEEDBACK FROM A PARENT AFTER ATTENDING THAT WORKSHOP.
IT WAS BY LEVEL, EARLY ELEMENTARY, INTERMEDIATE, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL.
THE MOM SHARED, WHICH IS PROFOUND, "I HAVE BEEN RAISING A LITTLE VERSION OF MYSELF INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON MY DAUGHTER.
I NEEDED THIS MORE THAN I THOUGHT." WE WILL CONTINUE THE WORK OF WORKING WITH PARENTS IN MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS.
WE PARTNER WITH MANSFIELD ISD ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT AND LOOKING AT THE NEEDS OF ATHLETES AND THEIR MENTAL HEALTH AND HOW DO THEY TRANSITION FROM BEING IN HIGH SCHOOL AND ALL THAT'S TO COME AFTER THAT.
>> THIS YEAR ALSO, IN THE SPIRIT OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT, AND I SHARED, WE HAD 12 WORKSHOPS THAT WERE ON OUR CALENDAR THIS YEAR, BUT WE PIVOTED FROM PARENTS COMING AND SHARING THAT WE WANT TO SEE THE INSIDE OF SOME OF THE CAMPUSES.
WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT SOME OF THE SCHOOLS HAVE TO OFFER, AND SO WE SCHEDULED THAT TOUR OVER THE BEN BARBER.
THE AMAZING STAFF THERE, THEY WERE ABLE TO GO INTO A PHLEBOTOMY CLASS.
THESE ARE PICTURES THAT ARE HANDS-ON THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON, TECHNOLOGY CLASS, A PHARMACY CLASS.
THE BRIGHT SPOT THERE IS NOW WHEN PARENTS ARE MAKING THE DECISION, IT'S NOT WHAT I THINK THE SCHOOL LOOKS LIKE, BUT PARENT'S LIKE, I KNOW AND HAVE THE EXPERIENCE.
AFTER THAT TOUR, I HAD A MOM TO REACH OUT TO ME AND ASK, DR. LIDDELL, CAN YOU HELP OUR FAMILY MAKE A DECISION BASED ON THE INFORMATION WE HAVE NOW? I'LL SHARE MORE ABOUT HOW WE WILL PROVIDE GUIDED TOURS AND HOW WE PARTNER WITH MS. WEBSTER.
PREPARING PARENTS FOR COLLEGE, SO ANOTHER NEED BASE.
THIS PICTURE IN TWO MORE THAT I SHARED TONIGHT, IT SHOWS THE NUMBER OF PARENTS IN THE ROOM.
IT'S TELLING US THAT PARENTS NEED US, THEY WANT US, AND THEY WANT TO SUPPORT STEP BY STEP OF WHAT IS THE COMMON APP? HOW DO I APPLY FOR SCHOLARSHIPS? WHAT CLASSES SHOULD I BE TAKING? BECAUSE WE WANT PARENTS TO NOT FEEL THAT, OH, MY, IT'S TOO LATE.
IT'S NOT TOO LATE BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO GUIDE, HELP, AND SUPPORT YOU.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE VENDORS THAT WE PARTNER WITH IS INSPIRED, WHICH IS IN ALL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS.
THEY HELP SUPPORT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH ESSAYS FOR COLLEGE.
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS, WE PARTNER WITH THEM.
ADVANCED ACADEMICS AND THE DEPARTMENT OF GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING, THEY HAVE BEEN AMAZING AND HELPING DELIVER INFORMATION AND CONTENT THAT HAVE PARENTS COMING BACK OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND ASKING FOR A SECOND GO AROUND.
WE STARTED LAST YEAR AND WE CONTINUED THIS YEAR AND ADDED A SCHOOL FOR OUR COLLEGE TOURS?
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WE HAD TWO THIS YEAR, PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS.WE HAD 108 PARENTS AND STUDENTS FOR THAT TOUR, AND IT WAS TAILORED SPECIFICALLY TO MANSFIELD ISD.
YOU MAY ASK, HOW WAS IT TAILORED? WELL, GREAT QUESTION.
WE HAD PARENTS TO SUBMIT QUESTIONS BEFOREHAND.
WHAT INFORMATION DO YOU NEED TO KNOW? WHAT ARE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS YOU WANT US TO ASK? WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS ON THE TOUR? THIS IS WHAT WE WILL DO.
WHAT ARE WE MISSING? A PARENT SAID, WE WANT TO GO INTO THE DORMS. GUESS WHAT? WE HAD A TIMBERVIEW STUDENT AT UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS THAT DID THE TOUR THROUGH THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT, VERY PROUD MOMENT, VERY COOL.
GOING BACK TO GUIDING STATEMENT, NUMBER 4 AND 6, BEING PREPARED FOR LIFE READY AND BEING PREPARED FOR COLLEGE AND CAREER READY.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT SUMMIT AND TIMBERVIEW 25 STUDENTS THIS YEAR.
WE'RE GOING TO MENTOR THEM, HANDS-ON WORKSHOPS, GIVING GUIDANCE TO THEIR PARENTS ABOUT THOSE IMPORTANT DEADLINES, MAKING SURE THEY UNDERSTAND HOW DO KIDS END UP WITH NO HOUSING, BUT THAT WON'T BE OUR STUDENTS.
COLLEGE TOURS, APPLICATION ASSISTANCE.
WE'RE SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSING TIMBERVIEW AND SUMMIT BECAUSE THOSE SCHOOLS ARE TITLE 1 SCHOOLS, AND THAT'S HOW WE'LL FUND THIS INITIATIVE.
THE COMMITTEE WAS HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS, THERESA POLLOK, HER TEAM, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND FORMER MANSFIELD ISD STUDENTS THAT, ONE, JUST GAVE AWAY A SCHOLARSHIP THROUGH OUR DISTRICT.
MOVING FORWARD, LOOKING AT THE HIGHLIGHTS FOR '25-'26, WE HAVE OUR PROGRAMMING READY TO GO AND WE GO BACK TO ALWAYS LOOKING, WHAT ARE THE NEEDS OF THE FAMILIES, CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT, AND MAKING SURE, THROUGH THE FAMILIES, WE PUT STUDENTS FIRST.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE OUR PROGRAMMING EASILY ACCESSIBLE TO OUR FAMILIES, SO WE HAVE A DIGITAL RESOURCE, IT'S CALLED FLIPBOOK.
IT WILL BE SENT TO PARENTS A LINK TO THEIR CELL PHONE AND THEY HAVE ACCESS TO ALL OF OUR PROGRAMMING FOR THIS YEAR.
IT'S JUST A CLICK AWAY, THEY CAN REGISTER, SO SUPER EXCITED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SHARING THAT RESOURCE WITH PARENTS.
CAMPUS TOUR. VICTORIA WEBSTER, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, WE'RE PARTNERING WITH HER, JUST LIKE WITH BEN BARBER, TO GET PARENTS IN THE SCHOOLS AND ALLOW THEM TO SEE THE GREAT THINGS THAT MANSFIELD ISD HAS TO OFFER.
THERE WILL BE THREE STEM TOUR DAYS, ONE P-TECH, EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL TOUR DAY, OUR FINE ARTS ACADEMY, AND ALSO DUAL LANGUAGE TOUR DAY.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT, WHICH IS COMING SOON.
>> DR. LIDDELL, THAT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION.
I LOVE THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM ARE VERY INTENTIONAL, AND YOU THINK ABOUT THE ENTIRE FAMILY, NOT JUST THE STUDENT, THE CHILD, BUT YOU THINK ABOUT THE PARENTS AS WELL SO THEY STAY INFORMED.
BOARD MEMBERS, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? TRUSTEE MICHELLE NEWSOM.
>> THIS WAS GREAT. I THINK THAT PEOPLE HAVE NO IDEA, ALL THE MOVING PARTS THAT GO ON BEHIND THE SCENES HERE AND THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY HAVE.
BUT I THINK THAT PARENTS AND STUDENTS DO BETTER WHEN THEY CAN SEE AND TOUCH, JUST LIKE THE REST OF US, AND WE'RE ALL STILL A LITTLE RECOVERING FROM COVID WHERE WE DON'T GET TO DO THOSE THINGS.
I LOVE THAT YOU GIVE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AND NOT JUST AT A LITTLE BIT, A LOT OF IT. THAT'S REALLY GREAT.
BUT MY QUESTION IS, I KNOW THAT THERE'S SO MANY MORE PARENTS THAT NEED THIS, AND I LOVE HAVING IN-PERSON STUFF, BUT IS THERE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE MORE ONLINE OR INTERACTIVE? I WANT TO SAY TEAMS OR ZOOM OR SOMETHING WHERE PEOPLE CAN ASK QUESTIONS AND THINGS, OR WATCH A PRESENTATION.
THERE WASN'T ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY QUESTION.
>> GREAT QUESTION. THIS YEAR, WE DID FOR TWO OF THE WORKSHOPS, WENT LIVE DURING THE WORKSHOP TO TEST IT OUT, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR, HAVING THAT OPPORTUNITY TO GO LIVE DURING THE WORKSHOP FOR PARENTS WHO WERE NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT.
>> THAT'S GREAT. I THINK THAT'LL BE VERY HELPFUL.
WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS IS WONDERFUL.
>> YES. IT'S REALLY NEAT TO SEE ALL THESE DIFFERENT PIECES,
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AS MS. NEWSOM STATED, AND ALSO WITH DR. REED WHEN SHE SAID THAT REGARDING THE WHOLE FAMILY.BUT I LIKE SOME OF THE PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY, EVEN THE PATHWAY TO COLLEGE OR THE PARENT UNIVERSITY BECAUSE IT'S SO HARD, AND I REMEMBER THINKING SEVERAL KIDS AGO BECAUSE I COLLECT THEM.
THE FIRST ONE, TRYING TO GET ALL THE THINGS DONE FOR COLLEGE AND EVEN JUST LIKE THE FAST FOR THIS AND THINKING, WHAT DO SOME CHILDREN DO AND EVEN THE PARENTS? BECAUSE IT BECAME A SCIENCE PROJECT AND I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO WORK WITH SOMEONE THAT DOES WHAT YOU DO THAT HELPED ME THROUGH THAT.
NOW I'D LOVE THAT YOU ALL HAVE ALWAYS DONE THAT.
I LIKE THE TOURS AT PRAIRIE VIEW, AND WE HAD THAT SPECIAL PROGRAM AND YOU CAN REMIND ME THAT WHEN WE JOINED FORCES WITH THEM, SO TO SAY.
I THINK WE'VE SINCE ADDED A COUPLE MORE UNIVERSITIES WHERE THEY WOULD TAKE ABOUT THE TOP 20% OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.
I KNOW IT'S BEEN SEVERAL YEARS NOW SINCE WE STARTED, BUT DO YOU THINK THAT'S HELPED AN INFLUX? DO YOU THINK WE'VE SEEN AN INFLUX OF KIDS GO, WOW, I DIDN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT PRAIRIE VIEW, NOW THEY REALLY WANT ME.
DO YOU THINK WE'VE HAD MORE KIDS MAYBE TAKE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE OF THAT PARTNERSHIP?
>> YES. ACTUALLY, THERE ARE SOME STUDENTS WHO ATTEND THE TOUR FROM THE BEGINNING BECAUSE THEIR PARENTS ENCOURAGED THEM TO BE THERE.
BUT BY THE END OF THE TOUR, THEY'RE ASKING QUESTIONS AND SEEING PRAIRIE VIEW OR U&T AS A POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM.
YES. PARENTS ARE VERY IMPRESSED BY WHAT THEY SEE, SO I WOULD DEFINITELY SAY WE'VE HAD PARENTS TO SHARE THAT SENTIMENT.
>> THE FINAL THING WAS JUST I LOVE THE MENTAL WORK THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING WITH THE DIFFERENT VALUES TO THAT THAT ADDS A LOT OF VALUE FOR OUR STAFF.
I WAS GLAD THAT YOU MENTIONED OUR ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY'VE ALSO TAKEN ANOTHER ROT WITH THAT, THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T SEE ON NOT JUST EXPECTATIONS OF THEIR ATHLETES, BUT ALSO THE ADDED BENEFITS AND THINGS FOR THEM AS WELL.
I WAS GLAD THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT AS WELL, BUT THANK YOU OVERALL FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. THANKS A LOT.
>> DR. LIDDELL, IT'S CLEAR THAT YOU AND MS. PENA AND YOUR TEAM, YOU GET IT ABOUT CLOSING THOSE GAPS SO THAT OUR PARENTS AND STUDENTS CAN BE ABLE TO MEET THEIR COLLEGE, CAREER, AND MILITARY READINESS GOALS.
A LOT OF TIMES, WE THINK OF DIVISIONS AS MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD TOWARDS THE BOTTOM LINE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGY, ATHLETICS, HOW THAT'S RELATED.
WITH THE GOOD WORK YOU'RE DOING FOR PARENTS AND FAMILIES THAT ENGAGING THEM, CAN YOU GIVE US THAT BOTTOM LINE? HOW IS THIS WORK IMPORTANT TO MAKING SURE OUR STUDENTS GET THE BEST EDUCATION THAT THEY CAN?
WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO IS WHEN YOU EMPOWER PARENTS, THE ONE THAT IS MAKING THE DECISION, YOU CHANGE THE FAMILY.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING, CONNECTING WITH PARENTS IN OUR WORKSHOP.
I WANT TO GO BACK TO ONE OF THE WORKSHOPS THAT WE OFFER ABOUT HOW TO HELP YOUR CHILD AT HOME AND HELPING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES THEY COME IN AND FEEL LIKE, OH, MY GOSH, I HAVE TO BE THE TEACHER.
WE LOWER THAT FEELING OF STRESS AND GIVE THEM TIPS.
WE'RE CHANGING THE FAMILY DYNAMIC AND THE KNOWLEDGE OF PARENTS.
WE FEEL, WHEN WE DO THAT, THAT'S WHEN WE'LL SEE THE COLLABORATION AND THE CONNECTION BY WORKING DIRECTLY WITH THE PARENT.
>> BEFORE WE MOVE ON, SINCE YOU'VE TAKEN OVER THIS PROGRAM, I JUST NEED TO SAY, DR. LIDDELL, I WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GROWING THIS PROGRAM, BUILDING SUPPORTS, AND REALLY LISTENING AND DELIVERING ON WHAT PARENTS' NEED.
I WANT TO THANK YOU AND I WANT TO THANK SANDRA PENA BECAUSE YOU CONTINUE TO GROW THIS PROGRAM IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT'S JUST INCREDIBLE TO WATCH.
NOW I WOULD PUT IT UP AGAINST ANY PROGRAM IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
[APPLAUSE] I HAVE TO RECOGNIZE, WHEN I STARTED IN THE POSITION, IT PROBABLY WAS MY FIRST MEETING WITH MY LEADER, DR. TIFFANIE SPENCER, AND SHE SHARED THE VISION.
SHE SHARED THE FRAMEWORK OF THE EXPECTATION, AND WE HAVE WORKED HARD.
IT'S A PASSION PROJECT, BUT IT ALSO TAKES GREAT LEADERSHIP LIKE DR.
SPENCER AND OUR LEADERS HERE IN OUR DISTRICT. THANK YOU ALL.
>> [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, DR. LIDDELL, TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM.
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AT THIS TIME, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD TO ITEM 11.[11. Presentation]
THE PRESENTATION, DR. CANTU.>> YES, MA'AM. I SEE JEFFREY BROGDEN IS ALREADY THERE, READY TO ROLL WITH OUR 2024 BOND PROGRAM UPDATE. MR. BROGDEN.
FIRST, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE PRESIDENT, DR. BENITA REED, DR. CANTU, AND BOARD MEMBERS.
THERE ARE A LOT OF SLIDES, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT HAVING THREE BRAND NEW BOARD MEMBERS TO DO A QUICK OVERVIEW.
I'M GOING TO MOVE THROUGH IT FAST AND THEN BE READY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THE END.
BUT I WANT TO TAKE ONE QUICK SECOND BECAUSE I DID AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE FROM OUR BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
THERE'S PASTOR JOEL BOGAR IN THE VERY BACK, AND ALSO SAW MARY ANN KNIGHT.
I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THE WORK THEY DO FOR US.
THEY ACTUALLY HAD TO SIT THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION THURSDAY NIGHT, AND SO THEY CAME TO SEE IT AGAIN.
BUT THEY'RE GOING TO BE SURPRISED BECAUSE I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TWEAK IT A LITTLE BIT TODAY.
BOARD MEMBERS, THE TWEAK IS WE RECEIVED AN UPDATED PRICE ON ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT DROPPED OUR BUDGET SIGNIFICANTLY, AND SO I WANT TO MAKE THAT TWEAK TONIGHT.
WE ALWAYS START OUR PRESENTATIONS WITH WHAT WE HAVE FOR BOARD CONSIDERATIONS TONIGHT.
WHAT WE HAVE FOR YOUR REVIEW APPROVAL IS GMP 1 THAT'S AT THE GMP FOR WORLEY AND JOBE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
WE'RE ASKING FOR AN EARLY GMP SO WE CAN GET STARTED ON THE FLOORING AT JOBE.
YOU ALSO HAVE PACKAGE 2 AND EARLY GMP FOR COBLE AND HOWARD, AND THAT HAS FLOORING AT COBLE IS WHY WE WANT TO GET STARTED.
THEN FINALLY, ON PACKAGE 3, JONES AND WESTER MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THAT EARLY GMP IS FOR FLOORING AT DANNY JONES, AND IT'S FOR A LITTLE BIT OF ASBESTOS ABATEMENT AND DEMOLITION AT WESTER.
THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE GMPS FOR OUR BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL TURF AND BATTING CAGES FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT.
THESE ARE FINAL GMPS FOR MANSFIELD SUMMIT, LEGACY, LAKE RIDGE, AND TIMBERVIEW HIGH SCHOOL.
YOU MIGHT BE ASKING WHAT'S A GMP? THAT'S A GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE.
THAT'S WHERE WE'VE LANDED, AND THIS IS OUR FINAL GMP ON A1-A5.
ALSO FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, IN THE PURCHASING SECTION ARE FOUR ROOFING PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE, WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH THIS SUMMER, AND THAT'S IT, WILLIE BROWN, D.P.
MORRIS, CROSS TIMBERS INTERMEDIATE, AND DONNA SHEPARD INTERMEDIATE.
THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT.
GOING REALLY QUICK THROUGH THE PHASE 1 PROJECTS, JUST FOR A QUICK UPDATE, OUR EARLY LEARNERS ACADEMY IS TRENDING AT A CONSTRUCTION COSTS OF $46.8 MILLION.
THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OVER OUR ORIGINAL BUDGET, BUT REMEMBER WHAT WE DID.
WE ADDED 16 CLASSROOMS, AND WE ALSO DID AN ENCLOSED COURTYARD.
WE ALSO ARE WORKING DILIGENTLY ON SOME SITE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE PROBABLY GOING TO MAKE THIS PROJECT GO INTO LATE FALL INSTEAD OF AUGUST, AND SO I'VE UPDATED THE SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION TO BE THE FALL OF 2026.
JUST FOR A REFRESHER, THE TOP LEFT IS WHAT THE FLOOR PLAN LOOKS LIKE, AND THAT WHITE SECTION IS THE ENCLOSED PLAYGROUND FOR OUR PRE-K STUDENTS, COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY THE BUILDING.
QUICK LOOK AT THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING AND WHAT WE ANTICIPATED TO LOOK LIKE, ONE SHOT OF THE INSIDE AND THEN ON THE FAR RIGHT IS THE SITE PLAN AT BROAD AND RETTA.
[NOISE] POLICE AND SECURITY BUILDING, WE DO ANTICIPATE BEING ABLE TO FINISH THIS BY AUGUST OF '26.
THE CURRENT TRENDING BUDGET IS $26.8 MILLION.
WE'LL BE BRINGING THE GMP TO THE JUNE MEETING. HERE'S A QUICK LOOK.
I KNOW THAT'S REALLY SMALL, BUT WHEN WE BRING YOU THE GMP, WE'LL GIVE YOU A BIGGER FLOOR PLAN.
REMEMBER THIS GOES RIGHT BEHIND OUR NEW ADMINISTRATION BUILDING ON BROAD, SO THE ELEVATION RESEMBLES WHAT CITY HALL LOOKS LIKE.
OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL ORCHESTRA ADDITIONS, THE TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET FOR ALL OF THEM IS TRENDING AT $104.7 MILLION.
HERE'S WHAT WORLEY LOOKS LIKE, JUST A QUICK LOOK AGAIN AT WORLEY.
ON THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING, TRENDING AT 14.2 MILLION, WE'LL HAVE THESE NUMBERS FOR THE GMP FOR JULY.
QUICK LOOK OF WHAT THE ORCHESTRA SPACE LOOKS LIKE.
WORLEY IS ALSO ONE OF THE CAMPUSES THAT'S GETTING AN IMPROVED CHOIR ROOM, AND THAT'S JUST A SHOT ON THE RIGHT SIDE THAT SHOWS YOU THE ORIENTATION TO THE BUILDING.
JOBE MIDDLE SCHOOL, SAME THING.
WE'LL BE BRINGING THIS TO JULY.
IT'S CURRENTLY TRENDING AT $16.2 MILLION.
THAT'S THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING.
IF YOU'RE FACING IT, IT'S ON THE RIGHT.
IT IS CONNECTED BY AN ENCLOSED CORRIDOR.
THAT'S, IF YOU CAN SEE IT ON THE FAR RIGHT, HOW IT'S GOING TO LOOK.
ALL OF THESE ORCHESTRA SPACES ARE ESSENTIALLY THE SAME,
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AND QUICK OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO REMIND YOU THAT THEY'RE ALSO STORM SHELTERS.THESE ARE ALSO TORNADO SHELTERS FOR THE ENTIRE POPULATION OF THE CAMPUS.
LOOKING AT COBLE MIDDLE SCHOOL, TRENDING IN $19.2 MILLION, ALSO A GMP BY THE JULY BOARD MEETING.
A QUICK LOOK AGAIN, IT'S IN THE BACK OF THE BUILDING.
YOU SEE THAT RECTANGLE LOOKS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU'VE BEEN SEEING.
>> LOOKING AT HOWARD MIDDLE SCHOOL, IF YOU'RE FACING THE BUILDING, THIS IS GOING TO BE ON THE LEFT.
THIS PROJECT IS TRENDING AT $11.7 MILLION.
THE REASON IT LOOKS DIFFERENT IS HOWARD IS ALSO ONE OF THE CAMPUSES THAT'S GETTING AN IMPROVED CHOIR ROOM.
WE'VE TAKEN SPACE JUST INSIDE OF THE BUILDING TO CONVERT INTO THE CHOIR ROOM THAT WILL CONNECT TO THE ORCHESTRA SPACE.
IF YOU'VE BEEN TO HOWARD, LOOKING AT THE LEFT SIDE, YOU KNOW THAT IT'S NEAREST ATHLETIC FIELD.
P3, PROJECT 3, ACTUALLY, PACKAGE 3, JONES MIDDLE SCHOOL, TRENDING AT $20.5 MILLION.
THIS IS ALSO IN THE BACK OF THE BUILDING.
THERE'S THAT SAME SQUARE THAT YOU'VE BEEN SEEING.
THIS IS RIGHT NEAR THE TURNAROUND THAT'S IN THE BACK.
WE WILL BE MAKING SOME MODIFICATIONS RIGHT THERE TO MAKE THAT STILL ACCESSIBLE AND USABLE.
THEN FINALLY, WESTER MIDDLE SCHOOL, ALSO INCLUDES SOME IMPROVEMENTS FOR JERRY KNIGHT STEM ACADEMY IN THIS PRICE.
THIS IS A SECTION OF THE BUILDING THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DEMO DUE TO SOME STRUCTURAL ISSUES THAT WE HAVE WITH THE ADDITION.
WHEN WE GO BACK WITH WESTER, THEY WILL HAVE A BAND HALL THAT IS SIMILARLY SIZED OR EXACTLY SIZED LIKE THE REST OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS, SAME WITH THEIR ORCHESTRA SPACE, AND THEN AN IMPROVED CHOIR ROOM.
THEY ARE ONE OF THE THREE CAMPUSES THAT'S GETTING AN IMPROVED CHOIR ROOM.
BEN BARBER FRONTIER STEM ACADEMY.
THIS IS WHERE I WANT TO GET A LITTLE BIT EXCITED.
THIS IS THE PROJECT THAT WE RECEIVED A NEW PRICE ON.
RATHER THAN $21.7 MILLION, WE ARE DOWN TO $18.9 MILLION, WHICH IS GOOD NEWS.
THAT HELPS US ON ALL THE REST OF OUR PROJECTS.
THIS IS ON THE BACK OF THE BUILDING.
THIS WILL BE THE HVAC LAB, THE MANUFACTURING LAB, AN IMPROVED CONSTRUCTION LAB.
ALSO, INSIDE THE BUILDING, WE'LL HAVE SOME BIOMEDICAL CLASSROOMS THAT WILL BE CONVERTED FROM EXISTING CLASSROOMS. THIS IS AN ENTIRE STORM SHELTER THAT WILL HOLD THE ENTIRE POPULATION OF THAT CAMPUS AT OUR BUSIEST POINT OF THE DAY.
THERE WILL BE NO DRAWINGS OR RAFFLES FOR THE TORNADO SHELTER.
EVERY KID AND EVERY STAFF MEMBER CAN BE IN THE STORM SHELTER.
QUICKLY, OUR HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS COURT LIGHTS ARE 100% COMPLETE, AND OUR KIDS ARE USING THEM, OUR COACHES ARE LOVING THEM.
OUR KIDS ARE GETTING MORE PRACTICE TIME.
THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.
WE'RE ALSO ABLE TO HOST EVENTS NOW IN THE EVENING.
OUR INTERIOR LIGHTING UPGRADE, WE'RE ACTUALLY ABOUT 99%.
WE'RE JUST TOUCHING ON A COUPLE OF WARRANTY ITEMS. THAT WAS 13 OF OUR FACILITIES THAT WE REPLACED SOME VERY OUTDATED FLUORESCENT FIXTURES WITH LED LIGHTING.
THIS PROJECT WILL SAVE US ABOUT 2.3 MILLION KILOWATT HOURS PER YEAR.
WEAPONS DETECTION, YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH OUR EVOLV SYSTEM.
YOU PROBABLY SAW IT IN ACTION AT GRADUATION.
THIS IS EVOLV FOR OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND STADIUMS, AND PART OF THAT PACKAGE ARE THE MOVABLE EVOLV SYSTEMS THAT YOU SAW IN OPERATION HERE DURING GRADUATION, 100% COMPLETE.
TRANSPORTATION. OF THE 95 REGULAR BUSES THAT WE'VE ORDERED SO FAR, WE'VE RECEIVED 79.
OF THE VERY IMPORTANT 26 SPED BUSES, OUR SPECIAL POPULATION BUSES, WE RECEIVED ALL 26 OF THOSE AND MAN WERE THEY NEEDED.
WE STILL HAVE 31 ADDITIONAL REGULAR BUSES TO BE ORDERED.
WE'LL PROBABLY WAIT UNTIL LATE FALL BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO GET ALL THESE BUSES AT THE SAME TIME AND HAVE THEM ALL COME DUE FOR REPLACEMENT AT THE SAME TIME.
WE'RE SPREADING THIS OUT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.
WE ALSO HAVE ORDERS IN FOR FIVE NEW ACTIVITY BUSES AND THREE SMALL NONE-PASSENGER BUSES.
REPLACEMENT FURNITURE, ALL THAT JOB KICKED OFF TODAY AND I KNOW I PROBABLY HAVE A COUPLE OF TIRED PEOPLE BEHIND ME THAT STARTED AT SUMMIT WITH THE FURNITURE REMOVAL TODAY.
THAT IS A PROJECT THAT WILL BE FINISHED BY THE END OF THE SUMMER AND IT'S A MASSIVE JOB.
THAT'S SUMMIT AND MARY ORR. ROOFING PACKAGES.
THIS IS ONE THAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING FOR US TONIGHT AT BROWN, MORRIS, CROSS TIMBERS, AND SHEPARD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL.
IF YOU APPROVE IT TONIGHT, WE'LL ISSUE THE NOTICE TO PROCEED AND WE'LL BE FINISHED BEFORE THE KIDS COME BACK TO SCHOOL.
OUR PACKAGE 1, PHASE 1 IS OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOLS.
WE'RE IN CONSTRUCTION DESIGN PHASE RIGHT NOW.
THAT WILL BE WRAPPING UP REALLY QUICK.
THEN I BELIEVE WE ACTUALLY COMPLETED ALL OF
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OUR WALKS AT OUR INTERMEDIATE AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.THEN THE LAST PHASE WILL BE OUR AUXILIARY BUILDINGS.
SOME OF YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING WHAT ARE AUXILIARY BUILDINGS? WHAT IS THAT? WELL, THAT'S RL ANDERSON COMPLEX, RL ANDERSON STADIUM, THE FACILITIES BUILDING, THE CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS, NEWSOM STADIUM, WEEMS NATATORIUM, OUR CURRENT TECHNOLOGY AND POLICE BUILDING, THE DANNY GRIFFIN COMPLEX, THAT'S OVER HERE ON MAIN STREET.
IT'S RIGHT UP THERE SOMEWHERE.
THEN OUR SIXTH STREET TRANSPORTATION CENTER, REED-STEWART AG CENTER, RON WOODSON AG CENTER, AND OUR STUDENT NUTRITION BUILDING.
THOSE ARE WHAT WE CONSIDER OUR AUXILIARY BUILDINGS.
FIBER RING, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF PERMITTING AND DESIGN, AND SO WE'RE STILL SHOOTING FOR A SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION OF 2025, AND JUST A REFRESHER.
THIS IS THE FIBER THAT'S GOING TO CONNECT OUR BUILDINGS ALTOGETHER IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.
RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF ONE-WAY CONNECTIONS.
IF WE GET A CUT, WE'RE OUT OF BUSINESS, AND SO NOW WE'LL HAVE TWO-WAY DIRECTIONS.
IF THERE IS A CUT, WE JUST ROUTE TRAFFIC A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.
THERE IS A STRONG POSSIBILITY WE'RE GOING TO GET A VERY LARGE REIMBURSEMENT FROM E-RATE ON THIS PROJECT.
THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR OUR PHONE UPGRADE, WE'RE IN PROGRESS THERE.
THE HARDWARE HAS ALL BEEN RECEIVED, THE CONFIGURATION IS UNDERWAY AT SHANTE'S PLACE.
THEN WE HAVE SOME WORK COMPLETED WHERE WE'VE UPDATED OUR ACCESS POINTS AT OUR AUXILIARY BUILDINGS, OUR SWITCHES, AS WELL AS WIRELESS ACCESS POINTS HERE AT THE CENTER AND OUR CABLING HERE AT THE CENTER.
IF YOU GO INTO THE AUDITORIUM RIGHT NOW WITH THE LIGHTS OUT, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE GOING INTO AN OBSERVATORY.
THERE ARE SO MANY LITTLE GREEN AND RED LIGHTS BLINKING ON THE CEILING, AND THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT UPGRADE.
REMEMBER, WE DID HAVE AN EVENT HERE WHERE EVERYONE THOUGHT, OH, MY GOSH, WE DON'T HAVE WIRELESS ACTIVITY.
WE DON'T HAVE INTERNET BECAUSE WE WERE SO FLOODED WITH ALL THE PHONES THAT WERE IN THE AUDITORIUM.
WE REMEDIED THAT PROBLEM WITH THIS BRAND NEW SYSTEM.
THIS IS ALL THE INTERACTIVE DISPLAYS AND WE ARE 100% COMPLETE AND THOSE HAVE BEEN INSTALLED AND OUR STAFF HAS BEEN TRAINED.
BATTING CAGES. THIS IS A1 THROUGH A5.
THIS IS OUR HIGH SCHOOL BATTING CAGES AND TURF.
WE DO ANTICIPATE HAVING SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION ON ALL FIVE BY DECEMBER OF '25.
CURRENTLY, MANSFIELD HIGH SCHOOL IS AT $5.9 MILLION.
THIS IS LARGER THAN THE BUDGET WE ORIGINALLY ESTIMATED IN 2023.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID NOT HAVE INFORMATION ON WERE WHAT THE SOIL CONDITIONS WERE GOING TO BE AND WHAT THE SOIL STABILIZATION WAS GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND WHAT THE ADDITIONAL DRAINAGE REQUIREMENTS WERE GOING TO BE.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT AS A REOCCURRING THEME ON ALL OF THESE PROJECTS.
BUT MHS HAS A GMP DENIGHT OF $5.9 MILLION SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION THIS DECEMBER, JUST IN TIME FOR BASEBALL SEASON.
THE SUMMIT HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT, $6.6 MILLION.
THERE'S A LOT OF DRAINAGE HERE AS WELL AS WE'RE BEING REQUIRED TO EXPAND THE DETENTION POND BECAUSE OF THE RUNOFF FROM THIS PROJECT.
THIS PROJECT IS A LITTLE BIT LARGER AS FAR AS FUNDING AS FAR AS WHAT'S REQUIRED ON DETENTION AND DRAINAGE.
LEGACY HIGH SCHOOL, THIS ONE, IT'S NOT TRENDING, IT'S DONE.
GMPS FOR YOUR APPROVAL TONIGHT AT $5.5 MILLION.
SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL COSTS THERE WERE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE FIRE LANE AS WELL AS DRAINAGE REQUIREMENTS AND SOIL STABILIZATION.
SAME THING AT LAKE RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL, GEOTECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS AND DRAINAGE.
THE GMP IS $5.8 MILLION TO CROSSLAND CONSTRUCTION.
AGAIN, SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION IN DECEMBER.
TIMBERVIEW HIGH SCHOOL, THIS IS A FANTASTIC PRICE FOR US.
THE GMP IS $5.6 MILLION, AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY.
WE HAVE SOME VERY VOLATILE SOIL CONDITIONS AT TIMBERVIEW HIGH SCHOOL.
WE HAVE A POTENTIAL VERTICAL RISE WHICH MEANS THE SOIL CAN COME UP OR DOWN 18 INCHES AT TIMBER VIEW, THANKS TO THE BENTONITE THAT'S BELOW THE SURFACE.
ONE OF THE REASONS IT'S ONLY $5.6 MILLION IS WE RECENTLY HAD TO SOIL STABILIZE THE BASEBALL FIELD.
JUST A FEW YEARS AGO, WE SPENT AROUND A MILLION DOLLARS STABILIZING THE BASEBALL FIELD.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOME SIMILAR WORK TO THE SOFTBALL FIELD, BUT FOR SOME REASON, IT'S NOT HAVING TO BE AS NEAR AS AGGRESSIVE.
WE'VE SEEN SO MUCH MOVEMENT ON THE BASEBALL FIELD PRIOR TO THE SOIL STABILIZATION THAT YOU COULD ACTUALLY GO OUT ON WEDNESDAY AND SEE A HUMP AND GO OUT ON THURSDAY AND SEE AN INDENTION.
BUT SINCE WE'VE DONE THE SOIL STABILIZATION, WE'RE CONFIDENT THAT WE'RE HAVING NO FUTURE PROBLEMS WHEN WE INSTALL THE TURF.
THEN FINALLY, I WANT TO GIVE YOU A QUICK OVERVIEW.
THIS IS THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
THIS IS WHERE I'M TWEAKING IT A LITTLE BIT.
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OUR PHASE 1 PROJECTS, WE HAD ESTIMATED TO COME IN AT $232 MILLION, AND ACTUALLY, I'M LOOKING AT IT RIGHT NOW AND THE SLIDE DID NOT GET UPDATED.$232.5 MILLION IS THE CONSTRUCTION BUDGET AND OUR CURRENT ESTIMATES IN GMPS ARE A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN $236 MILLION.
WHERE OUR ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS AND ESCALATION ARE IS ABOUT 3.9 MILLION.
WE'RE ABOUT $3.9 MILLION OVER OUR ORIGINAL PROJECTION.
THE GOOD NEWS IS WE SET ASIDE CONTINGENCY.
WHEN WE ESTIMATED THESE PROJECTS IN 2013, BOY, THAT'S A LONG TIME AGO.
2023 WHEN WE PUT THESE ESTIMATES TOGETHER, WE WERE SEEING AT ABOUT 1% ESCALATION A MONTH, 1% A MONTH.
AS WE GOT INTO 2024 AND OUR BOND PROGRAM GOT APPROVED, WE STARTED SEEING THAT SLOWDOWN AND SLOWDOWN TO LESS THAN HALF A PERCENT A MONTH.
EVEN THOUGH WE HAD FIGURED IT IN, WE DECIDED WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK AND CHANGE OUR ESCALATION TO A HALF PERCENT.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT OTHER HALF A PERCENT AND PUT IT IN A CONTINGENCY AND ESCALATION FUND, WHICH HAS $33 MILLION IN IT.
IT GIVES US A TRUER LOOK AT WHAT OUR BUDGETS ARE.
IT ALSO GIVES OUR BUSINESS OFFICE AN AREA THAT THEY KNOW THEY CAN TAKE AND INVEST ALONG WITH THE OTHER MONEY THAT WE'RE NOT CURRENTLY USING.
I HAVE TO DO A VERY DETAILED CASH FORECAST FOR MRS. TRONGARD, AT LEAST MONTHLY AND SOMETIMES BIWEEKLY TO SHOW WHEN I'M SPENDING THE MONEY.
THE MONEY THAT'S NOT ENCUMBERED AND NOT BEING SPENT, THE BUSINESS OFFICE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO INVEST THAT MONEY ON SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS AND SOMETIMES LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS.
BUT AS A RESULT OF THAT, THROUGH APRIL 30TH OF 2025, WE'VE EARNED $7.2 MILLION IN INTEREST.
THAT MORE THAN TAKES CARE OF ANY MONEY THAT WE'RE TAKING OUT OF OUR CONTINGENCY.
ACTUALLY, IF THE SLIDE HAD BEEN UPDATED CORRECTLY, YOU WOULD SEE THAT WE HAVE ABOUT 36, $37 MILLION IN OUR CONTINGENCY BALANCE.
SAYING ALL THAT, WE'RE RAMPING UP FOR PHASE 2 AND PHASE 3.
PHASE 3 WAS NOT GOING TO BEGIN UNTIL 2027, BUT WE'VE MADE THE DECISION TO DO IT ALL IN 2026.
WE'RE IN THE DESIGN PROCESS NOW.
THIS IS GOING TO SAVE US ESCALATION.
THE VALUE OF PHASE 2 AND 3 IS A LITTLE OVER $118 MILLION.
ACTUALLY, WE HAD A COUPLE OF TWEAKS THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE.
IT'S A LITTLE MORE THAN $118 MILLION.
BUT IF WE APPLY THAT SAME INTEREST THERE, IF WE SAY, YOUR PHASE 1 WENT UP 1.5% FROM YOUR INITIAL ESTIMATE.
IF WE SAID THAT RIGHT HERE, THEN WE'RE ONLY LOOKING AT ABOUT A MILLION-AND-A-HALF OF ESCALATION THAT WE MIGHT EXPERIENCE ON PHASE 2 AND 3.
I SAY ALL THAT TO TELL YOU THAT BASED ON THE INTEREST WE'RE EARNING AND WHERE WE THINK OUR PROJECTIONS ARE, WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE ABOUT 42, $43 MILLION LEFT OVER WHEN WE'RE ALL SAID AND DONE.
PHASE 1, 2, AND 3 IS THE HEAVY LIFTING OF CONSTRUCTION.
EVERYTHING OUTSIDE OF THAT IS A COMMODITY.
IT'S A COMMODITY THAT WE'RE BUYING FOR TECHNOLOGY, IT'S A COMMODITY THAT WE'RE BUYING FOR THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.
WE GET THE HEAVY LIFTING DONE ON OUR CONSTRUCTION WHERE THOSE VARIABLES ARE LIKE THIS WITH THE LABOR MARKET AND MAYBE A TARIFF OR TWO THAT COMES INTO PLAY.
WE GET THIS OUT OF THE WAY, THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE IN GREAT SHAPE.
I REALLY ANTICIPATE US HAVING A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY LEFT OVER.
THAT GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE BOND PROGRAM TAKES CARE OF FIVE YEARS OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE.
WE MAY WANT TO SIT DOWN AT THE END OF THIS AND GO, YOU KNOW WHAT? LET'S TAKE CARE OF FIVE MORE YEARS OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE OR MAYBE THERE'S ANOTHER PROJECT THAT WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE OUR EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES.
WE'LL HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THAT VISIT WITH OUR BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND WITH YOU, OUR BOARD. I NEED TO BACKUP.
WE HAVE 12 PACKAGES THAT ARE IN PHASE 2 AND 3, AND OUR RFP FOR OUR CONSTRUCTION MANAGERS AT RISK CLOSED ON APRIL THE 24TH.
WE HAD NINE RESPONDENTS THAT RESPONDED TO OUR RFP.
WE HAVE THREE OF THOSE THAT ARE VERY STRONG MWBE PARTNERS.
WE HAVE THREE VERY STRONG MWBE CONTRACTORS.
WE HAVE ONE THAT POTENTIALLY WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A JOINT VENTURE WITH ONE OF OUR LARGER FIRMS. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT HAVING SOME MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IN PHASE 2 AND 3.
THE INTERVIEWS WERE HELD ON MAY 14TH THROUGH THE 21ST, AND I'VE RECEIVED GREAT FEEDBACK.
I WAS UNABLE TO BE IN THE INTERVIEWS THIS TIME BECAUSE I WAS SICK ON ONE OF THE DAYS THAT WE HELD THEM AND SO I COULDN'T VERY WELL MISS TWO AND THEN SEE THE OTHER SEVEN.
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I RELIED ON MY TEAM, WHICH THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE HERE.I ASKED THEM TO COME TONIGHT FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS AND THEY'RE ALL HERE, AND SOME OF THEM STAYED AND SO I'M VERY HAPPY TO SEE THEM.
OUR BOARD TEAM IS RIGHT HERE ON YOUR RIGHT SIDE.
THE REST OF MY TEAM IS RIGHT HERE BEHIND ME. THIS IS AMAZING.
WE'LL BRING THE RECOMMENDATION ON WHO OUR CONSTRUCTION MANAGERS AT RISK WILL BE TO YOU AT OUR JUNE BOARD MEETING.
WE'LL HAVE IT WRAPPED UP BY JUNE.
WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING YOU SOME GREAT CHOICES.
ALSO, I WANT TO TELL YOU, IN OTHER BOND-RELATED NEWS, WE SPONSORED WITH ONE OF OUR CONTRACTORS, CORE CONSTRUCTION, A VERY SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITY PARTNER OUTREACH.
WE HAD 86 VENDORS SIGN UP RIGHT HERE IN THIS VERY ROOM.
WE HAD SENT IT TO SOME OF MY FRIENDS AT THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MINORITY CONTRACTORS FOR THEM TO PUSH OUT FOR US, AND I THINK THE RESULTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.
WE HAD 86 FOLKS SIGN UP AND THESE ARE VENDORS LOCALLY.
THESE MINORITY VENDORS, THESE ARE SPECIALTY VENDORS THAT CAME TO LEARN HOW TO DO BUSINESS WITH US HERE IN THE 2024 BOND PROGRAM.
PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT IT. I KNOW THAT WAS A LOT OF SLIDES AND I WENT FAST, BUT I'M TOTALLY READY FOR QUESTIONS.
>> THAT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION, MR. BROGDEN.
I APPRECIATE THAT YOU ARE VERY THOROUGH AND THAT THOSE WHO ARE LISTENING ONLINE CAN GO TO VIEW THIS ONLINE, BUT ALSO WE HAVE A WEBSITE FOR THE BOND.
PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO MENTION THAT.
IF THEY ARE KEEPING UP WITH OUR WEBSITE, THEY KNOW OF ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.
>> THAT SHOULD BE MY CLOSING SLIDE. GO TO THE WEBSITE.
>> NO, YOU'RE GOOD. THANK YOU.
>> BOARD MEMBERS TO MY RIGHT, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR MR. BROGDEN?
>> MR. BROGDEN, JUST THANKING YOU FOR A COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE ARE WITH THE BOND.
SINCE WE SHARED WITH THE UPDATES WITH TRANSPORTATION, I DID WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MR. MERCHANT AND HIS TEAM.
AS DR. JANDEL TALKED ABOUT CUSTOMER SERVICE, THAT'S ONE OF OUR DEPARTMENTS THAT I'VE EXPERIENCED FIRSTHAND IS RIGHT UP ON PAR WITH THAT.
I APPRECIATE HOW WE'RE EXPANDING THAT AS WE OFFER TRANSPORTATION TO STUDENTS AND FAMILIES IN OUR DISTRICT.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, I ALSO APPRECIATE YOU BEING TRANSPARENT WITH WHERE WE ARE IN ADVERTISING MWB SO THAT WE CAN SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH THE COMMUNITY AS THAT'S A QUESTION THAT HAS COME UP.
I APPRECIATE THAT AGAIN. THANK YOU.
>> YES. THANK YOU FOR THE COMPLIMENTS.
>> THANK YOU. I'LL ECHO THAT COMMENT.
I'M NOT SURE WHICH BOARD MEETING.
I ASKED YOU ABOUT THE UPCOMING OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL AND MINORITY AND WOMEN BUSINESS OWNED ENTITIES TO GET A PIECE OF THIS WORK BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY HAS SUPPORTED US.
THANK YOU FOR BEING RESPONSIVE TO THAT, AND THAT'S IT.
>> YES. MR. BROGDEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION.
I'VE BEEN IN YOUR WORLD FOR A LONG TIME NOW.
DESIGNING BUILDINGS, I TOUCHED BUILDINGS ALL OVER THE METROPLEX, MOST RECENTLY A CLASS A BUILDING IN UPTOWN, DALLAS, WHERE I HAD OPPORTUNITY TO JUST CREATE AND WORK WITH ARCHITECTURAL FIRMS. I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, HAVING DEALT WITH THESE PROJECTS, CAN YOU WALK THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE PROCESS OF GETTING THESE PROJECTS BECAUSE IT SEEMS SO FAST TO ME.
HOW DO WE GO ON THE BOND TO DESIGN AND NOW WE'RE ABOUT TO TURN DIRT? BECAUSE I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE RECOGNIZED AND IT NEEDS TO BE TALKED ABOUT BECAUSE THAT'S CRITICAL.
IN FACT, WE HAD DONE SOME OF THE GROUNDWORK PRIOR TO THE ELECTION.
THAT'S HOW WE DEVELOPED WHAT OUR ESTIMATES WERE GOING TO BE.
BUT AS SOON AS THAT ELECTION WAS COMPLETE, WE SAT DOWN WITH OUR ARCHITECT AND IMMEDIATELY LAID OUT WHAT OUR SCHEDULE WAS GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND WE PRIORITIZED WHAT PHASE 1 WAS PURPOSELY BECAUSE PHASE 1 TOGETHER IS THE LARGEST PACKAGE.
RECOGNIZING THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE UP AGAINST SOME UNSURE ESCALATION AND UNSURE INFLATION, WE JUST WENT TO WORK.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE HELD IN A SINGLE DAY.
WE'RE NOT JUST DESIGNING THOSE BUILDINGS.
WE'RE MEETING WITH THE STAFF EARLY LEARNERS ACADEMY, FOR INSTANCE, WE IMMEDIATELY STARTED MEETING WITH THAT STAFF AND GOING, HEY, WHAT WORKED IN JANDRUCKO AND WHAT DIDN'T WORK? WHAT DO WE NEED TO CHANGE? WHERE DO WE NEED TO GO VISIT? ALL OF THIS IS GOING ON SIMULTANEOUSLY WHILE WE'RE MEETING WITH
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THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE STAFF AND VISITING THE NEW MANSFIELD POLICE HEADQUARTERS.WE'VE PUSHED IT. WE BROUGHT IN OUR FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT.
WE'VE MET WITH THEM ON HEY, WHAT DO THESE ORCHESTRA SPACES NEED TO LOOK LIKE.
QUITE HONESTLY, I'M NOT SURE HOW WE DID IT.
JOSH COBURN IS RIGHT THERE, AND JOSH IS PROBABLY LIKE HE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE A WHOLE DIFFERENT TAKE ON IT.
THEY DROVE ME, THEY DROVE ME HARD.
WE JUST SCHEDULED MEETING AFTER MEETING WITH OUR STAFF TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE NEEDS WERE, TO GET THIS ON PAPER, TO GET IT DESIGNED.
OBVIOUSLY, AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE HAVING TO MEET WITH OUR MUNICIPALITIES TO TALK ABOUT WHAT ARE GOING TO BE THE REQUIREMENTS, OF CODE REQUIREMENTS? WHAT ARE GOING TO BE THE SITE REQUIREMENTS? ALL OF THIS IS GOING ON SIMULTANEOUSLY.
WITH REALLY NOT A VERY LARGE STAFF.
THAT'S PAM HOFFMAN IN THE FRONT.
GARY WALKERS OUR PROGRAM MANAGER.
CAMERON MASON IS OUR ASSISTANT PROGRAM MANAGER.
HE'S ALSO A REGISTERED ARCHITECT.
LACY BECKLER IS ONE OF OUR PROJECT MANAGERS.
WE'RE JUST MISSING TWO PEOPLE.
BUT KICKING OFF PHASE 2 AND 3, WE'RE GOING TO SEE A REAL UPTICK IN WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR OFFICE.
WE DO HAVE TWO POSITIONS POSTED.
WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL PROJECT MANAGER AND ASSISTANT PROJECT MANAGER.
I WISH YOU WOULD HAVE TALKED TO ME ABOUT THAT INSTEAD OF RUNNING FOR BOARD.
WE COULD HAVE YOU ON THE TEAM [LAUGHTER].
SORRY. [LAUGHTER] I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE.
>> THE OTHER QUESTION IS, WHEN YOU SAY OUR ARCHITECT, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT? IS THAT IDIQ ARCHITECT OR?
>> WE DID AN RFQ FOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR OUR ARCHITECT.
WE SELECTED HUCKABEE AND ASSOCIATES IS OUR PRIMARY ARCHITECT, AND OUR SECONDARY ARCHITECT IS PBK.
WE HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING WITH PBK YET BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MANAGE THE CAPACITY WITH HUCKABEE AND ASSOCIATES.
THEY'VE BEEN A LONG TIME PARTNER AND THEY'VE DESIGNED THE MAJORITY OF THE BUILDINGS HERE IN MANSFIELD ISD AS WELL AS A MAJORITY OF THE RENOVATIONS.
I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WHEN WE HIRED HUCKABEE FOR THIS PROGRAM, I ASKED THEM, I NEED YOU TO MAKE SOME PARTNERSHIPS WITH SOME MINORITY FIRMS AND SOME OF OUR LOCAL FIRMS. AT SOME POINT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO SEE A PRESENTATION FROM SMITH AND COMPANY, WHICH IS A MINORITY ARCHITECT THAT HUCKABEE HAS PARTNERED WITH.
THEY'RE DOING OUR TRANSPORTATION FACILITY.
THEY'RE DOING THE RENOVATIONS FOR OUR MAIN STREET AND OUR NEW BUILDING AT 6TH AVENUE.
ALSO, HUCKABEE IS WORKING WITH A VERY SMALL FIRM HERE, VERY SMALL MINORITY FIRM, DIVERSE STUDIOS.
WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM SOME OF THE PACKAGE TWO AND THREE WORK TOO, AND THEY'RE RIGHT HERE IN OUR BACK YARD AND THEY'RE IN MANSFIELD, TEXAS.
THEY'RE GOING TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF THE ARCHITECTURAL WORK AS WELL.
>> LAST QUESTION, HOW MANY PHASES TOTAL?
>> THIS ROUND OF RFQS. THAT'S IT.
>> THIS IS IT. LAST RFQ, AND WE'LL BRING YOU THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS IN JUNE.
THE REMAINDER OF OUR WORK IS THAT COMMODITY WORK.
THAT'S BUYING ALL THE VERY EXPENSIVE EQUIPMENT FOR CHANTE CHALLENGE GROUP, THE TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT AND BUSES, AND THEN THE SAFETY AND SECURITY CAMERAS, MOSTLY COMMODITIES AFTER THIS.
>> UNFORTUNATELY, I WANT TO BE HERE IN JUNE 15 YEAR ANNIVERSARY TRIP. I ALREADY PLANNED IT.
MY WIFE WON'T LET ME MISS IT TOO [LAUGHTER].
I LOOK FORWARD TO IN PRESENTATION.
>> I'LL GET YOU THE PRESENTATION AHEAD OF TIME.
>> I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR POINTING IT OUT THAT CHANTE COSTS US THE MOST MONEY AND ALL OF THIS.
>> NO, IT'S NOT ACTUALLY THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT HURTS.
IT'S THE REOCCURRING DOLLAR AMOUNT.
SHE WON'T BUY ANYTHING THAT LASTS 10 YEARS.
>> YES. SOMETIMES NOT EVEN TWO.
BUT YOU GUYS, I DO APPRECIATE BECAUSE I RECOGNIZE THAT PHASE 2 AND 3.
YES, I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS PUSHING BECAUSE IT'S ALSO A LOT AND IT'S A LOT FASTER.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, THE SAVINGS THAT I DO KNOW IS PART OF THE FOCUS, BECAUSE OF THE SAVINGS IT'LL GIVE US, WOULD LABOR MATERIALS RIGHT THERE ALONE.
BUT I DID WANT YOU TO MAYBE MENTION BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF SAVINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO FROM TRUSTING YOU AND A LOT OF YOUR TEAM HAS BEEN HERE FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
WHAT ARE THE THINGS HAVE WE BEEN ABLE TO DO WITH OUR EXTRA BOND MONEY?
>> WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL HOW WE TALK ABOUT THAT NOW BECAUSE THE LAW IS CHANGED.
>> NO, IT'S ALWAYS IN THE BUILDING.
>> ABSOLUTELY. WE'RE SITTING IN A BUILDING
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RIGHT NOW THAT'S PAID FOR BY FUNDING THAT WAS LEFT OVER FROM T BOND PROGRAM?>> YES. THEN WHAT ABOUT JANDRUCKO?
>> JANDRUCKO WAS ALSO SAVINGS THAT WE SAW IN OUR 2011 AND 2017 PACKAGE TOO.
>> WE HAVE REAPED THE BENEFITS AND YOUR PROMPTNESS, BUT YOUR DETAIL IN YOUR WORK.
THEN ALSO THE ULTIMATELY SAVING US SOME MONEY AS TRONGARD SIZED ME OVER HERE.
BUT WE JUST APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU GUYS DO, AND I DO KNOW IT'S A LOT.
IF YOU HAVE ANY INSIGHT, I'M GOING TO START CALLING MR. MOORE BECAUSE APPARENTLY THAT'S WHAT I'M KIDDING, JASON, MY NEW SIDE CHICK.
BUT HE MENTIONED IT AS WELL WITH HIS KNOWLEDGE OF IT, SO IT'S APPRECIATED AND IT'S DULY NOTED OF HOW HARD YOU GUYS ARE WORKING AND PUSHING.
>> IT'S EXCITING TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE SOME CRISIS IN SCHOOL FUNDING.
IF WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE CARE OF MORE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE, RIGHT NOW, WE'RE GOING TO THE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE TO 2029.
IF WE HAVE MONEY LEFT OVER, MAYBE WE CAN TAKE CARE OF 2030, 31, 32, 33 AND LESSEN THE BURDEN ON OUR BUDGET.
>> I DO APPRECIATE THAT YOU'LL TRY TO GET AS MUCH DONE AS YOU CAN DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS.
SOMETIMES WE'RE ABLE TO GET STUFF DONE EVEN DURING THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY BECAUSE OF WHAT THAT CAN SAVE US AS WELL, AND WE PLAN SWING SPACE.
YOU'VE DONE A LOT OF DETAIL FOR A LONG TIME AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. THAT'S TO THE WHOLE TEAM.
>> I JUST HAVE A FEW QUICK WORDS.
>> I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR 10 YEARS.
IT WAS THE VERY FIRST PROBLEM AT MY VERY FIRST BOARD MEETING LIKE WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO ABOUT BUSES, AND WE'RE NOW ABLE TO SEE IT COME TO FRUITION.
DUE TO THE CRISIS THAT WE HAVE IN PUBLIC EDUCATION RIGHT NOW, THIS IS HOW LONG IT TAKES US TO GET WHERE WE NEED TO BE.
WITH THAT, I DON'T WANT THIS MOMENT TO PASS WITHOUT SAYING THAT THESE FOLKS THAT ARE SITTING RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF US THAT ALL CAME TOGETHER, AND YOU GUYS HAVE SUCH AN INCREDIBLE TEAM YOU WORK SO SEAMLESSLY TOGETHER, AND YOU DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW SEAMLESS THEY WORK TOGETHER UNTIL YOU SEE A TEAM THAT DOESN'T WORK SEAMLESSLY TOGETHER IN OTHER PLACES.
BUT YOU GUYS ARE COMING UP WITH THE SOLUTIONS THAT ARE HELPING US TO SOLVE THIS CRISIS THAT WE'RE IN EVERY SINGLE DAY TO SERVE STUDENTS, AND IT'S REALLY AMAZING.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE ALL THESE LONG MEETINGS AND HAVING TO WORK WITH JEFF.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT PEOPLE YOU ARE.
HERE IN MISD, WE HAVE TO BE SUPER CREATIVE RIGHT NOW, AND WE HAVE BEEN.
BUT YOU GUYS KNOCK IT OUT OF THE PARK WITH THESE THINGS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS. IT'S APPRECIATED.
THE SUPPORT THAT WE RECEIVED FROM OUR BOARD AND OUR COMMUNITY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. BROGDEN.
YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB.
YOU'VE BEEN VERY THOROUGH IN SHARING WITH US IN THE COMMUNITY AND INTENTIONAL ABOUT IDENTIFYING AREAS WHERE YOU HAD TO GO BACK OR MOST IMPORTANTLY AREAS WHERE WE'VE SAVED SOME MONEY, MISS TRONGARD.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR TRANSPARENCY.
WE APPRECIATE ANSWERING ALL THE QUESTIONS AND YOUR TEAM, THANK YOU ALL FOR WORKING SO CLOSELY TOGETHER TO BUILD US A BETTER MISD.
>> NOW WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM 12, PUBLIC COMMENTS.
[12. 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.
AS A REMINDER, THE REGISTRATION PROCESS FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS IS NOW ON AN ONLINE REGISTRATION PROCESS.
THOSE WHO WISH TO PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE REQUIRED TO REGISTER ONLINE BEGINNING WHEN THE AGENDA FOR THE MEETING IS POSTED, WHICH IS NO LATER THAN 72 HOURS TO THE START OF THE MEETING.
ONLINE REGISTRATION IS AVAILABLE UNTIL 1:00 PM.
THE DAY OF BOARD MEETINGS THAT BEGIN AT 6:00 PM.
OR UNTIL 1:00 PM, THE DAY BEFORE MEETINGS THAT BEGIN PRIOR TO 6:00 PM.
ALL PUBLIC COMMENT SUBMISSIONS MUST BE TIED TO A SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEM AND TOPIC AS INDICATED IN THE BOARD AGENDA FOR THE MEETING.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO SIGN UP, YOU CAN VISIT THE SCHOOL BOARD PAGE ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE.WE APPRECIATE YOUR COLLABORATION IN STREAMLINING OUR PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE HAVE TWO COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES TO SPEAK TODAY AND THAT.
JOANNA CARDOZA, PLEASE FORGIVE ME FOR MISPRONOUNCING YOUR NAME.
>> GOOD EVENING, DR. CANTU, BOARD PRESIDENT, DR. REED AND BOARD MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS EBONY TURNER, AND I AM A MAMA IN MANSFIELD ISD.
ON BEHALF OF THE BLACK MANSFIELD MOMS GROUP, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE EACH OF THE NEW SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.
YOUR ELECTION HAS GIVEN ME A RENEWED SENSE OF HOPE FOR ISAIAH, MY SPECIAL NEED SON, WHOM YOU HAVE ALL MET.
YOUR ELECTION HAS GIVEN US A NEW FAITH IN LEADERS WHO ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT PUBLIC EDUCATION AND ARE COMMITTED TO ENSURING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL THE KIDS IN OUR DISTRICT, AND NOT JUST THOSE WHO LIVE IN A CERTAIN AREA OR RESIDE IN A CERTAIN FEEDER PATTERN.
YOUR ABILITY TO ANALYZE DATA AND STRATEGIZE ARE MUCH NEEDED ASSETS TO TACKLE THE ISSUES FACING THE DISTRICT.
I WATCHED YOU GROW UP AT BBC AND INTO THE MAN, HUSBAND, FATHER, AND EDUCATOR YOU HAVE BECOME, AND I COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD OF YOU.
YOUR UNMATCHED EXPERIENCE AS A STUDENT, EMPLOYEE, AND PARENT IN THIS DISTRICT, COUPLED WITH YOUR UNIQUE APPROACH TO PROBLEM SOLVING ARE GOING TO SERVE YOU AND US WELL IN THIS DISTRICT.
TO TRUSTEE HUAN ANNA, [FOREIGN].
YOUR HEART AND PASSION FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION IN STUDENTS AND YOUR EVEN KILLED TEMPERAMENT ARE JUST WHAT WE NEED TO FACE THE CHALLENGES THAT LIE AHEAD.
TO THE REST OF THE BOARD, I LOOK FORWARD TO YOU ALL WORKING TOGETHER FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE STUDENTS, PARENTS, FACULTY, AND STAFF IN MISD.
TOGETHER, WE CAN TRULY MAKE THIS THE BEST SCHOOL DISTRICT IN TEXAS.
>> GOOD EVENING. PRESIDENT DR. REED.
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND DR. CANTU.
I'M A SEMI-HIGH SCHOOL MOM, PUBLIC EDUCATION ADVOCATE, AND COMMUNITY LEADER.
BEFORE I BEGIN MY COMMENTS, I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE NEWLY ELECTED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I HOPE THAT EACH OF YOU WILL GET BACK TO WHAT MATTERS TO THE MISD COMMUNITY.
PROVIDING A QUALITY EDUCATION FOR ALL OF THE MISD STUDENTS, CELEBRATING THE GOOD THINGS HAPPENING ACROSS THE DISTRICT, INCLUDING THE AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN UNDERREPRESENTED, UNDERSERVED, AND NEGLECTED IN THE PAST.
WELCOMING TO ALL STUDENTS, PARENTS, FACULTY, AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS, A WELCOMING CULTURE STARTS FROM THE TOP AND TRICKLE STAN.
AS AN ELEMENTARY ESL STUDENT, I KNOW FIRSTHAND THE IMPACT THAT CARING, INVESTED, AND LOVING TEACHERS CAN MAKE ON A STUDENT IN THE PROCESS OF LEARNING TO SPEAK AND WRITE A NEW LANGUAGE.
I KNOW THAT EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM BELIEVES THAT PARENT INVOLVEMENT IS CRITICAL TO THE SUCCESS OF EACH STUDENT'S ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT.
IN ORDER FOR MISD TO CLOSE THE HUGE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT GAP AMONG THE EMERGING BILINGUAL LEARNER STUDENT POPULATION, THE DISTRICT MUST TAKE A DEEP LOOK AT ITSELF AND ASK, HAVE WE BEEN TRULY INTENTIONAL IN OUR FAMILY ENGAGEMENT OUTREACH TO THE DIVERSE COMMUNITY THAT MAKES UP MISD? FOR YEARS, I HAVE ADVOCATED FOR BILINGUAL FAMILY WORKSHOPS, AND I KNOW THAT THE FAMILY WORKSHOPS ARE AMAZING, BUT IF IT'S NOT REACHING AND AVAILABLE TO EVERY PARENT IN THIS DISTRICT, IT'S NOT DOING A SERVICE TO EVERY STUDENT AND PARENT IN THE DISTRICT.
DISTRICT COMMUNICATION TO BE TRANSLATED IN SPANISH FOR SPANISH-SPEAKING PARENTS.
IF WE ARE TRULY INTERESTED IN MAKING A DENT IN THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT GAP FOR OUR EBO STUDENT POPULATION, WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO DO BUSINESS AS USUAL OR PASS THE BUCK TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
THIS SHOULD BE A DISTRICT-WIDE COLLABORATIVE.
THE LONG-TERM EMERGING BILINGUAL LEARNER COMMITTEE IS A GOOD START.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HEAR YOU TALKING ABOUT MWB PARTICIPATION, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
I THINK IT IS GOING TO HELP A LOT OF COMPANIES.
THE COMPANY THAT I WORK FOR WE HAVE A PARTNER AT OUR DFW AIRPORT LOCATION, AND WE WORK TOGETHER.
I KNOW IT'S GOING TO HELP A LOT OF MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES IN THE COMMITTEE. THANK YOU.
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THANK YOU, MS. CARDOZA, FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
NOW WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM 13 ON OUR AGENDA,
[13. Human Resources Report]
HUMAN RESOURCES REPORT, TRUSTEE VICE PRESIDENT NEWSOME.>> I WANTED TO READ TO YOU GUYS A LIST OF OUR OVER 20 YEARS HR REPORT.
WE HAVE RETIRING FOR US IS JENNIFER FOSTER WITH 28 YEARS IN EDUCATION, 23 WITH MISD, LISA GRIFFIN, 29 YEARS IN EDUCATION, 21 WITH MISD, REINA LONG, 31 YEARS IN EDUCATION, 21 WITH MISD, BRENDA MCMULLAN, EXCUSE ME, 30 YEARS WITH MISD, DONALD MILLER, 27 YEARS IN EDUCATION AND 25 WITH MISD, HOLLY NAJA, 29 YEARS IN EDUCATION AND 22 WITH MISD, MEGAN PIERCE, 27 YEARS WITH MISD, STEVEN SHARP, 29 YEARS IN EDUCATION AND 26 WITH MISD, AND JAN SHEPPARD, 22 YEARS IN EDUCATION AND 20 WITH MISD.
I WANT TO THANK YOU TO THESE EDUCATORS THAT HAVE POURED INTO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF OUR STUDENTS HERE IN MISD.
YOUR LONG CAREER IN EDUCATION SHOWS YOUR DEDICATION TO PUBLIC EDUCATION.
>> NOW, WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM 132, NEW HIRES FOR BOARD APPROVAL, DR. CANTU.
>> YES, MA'AM. I WOULD JUST ASK THAT YOU APPROVE THE HR REPORT AS PRESENTED.
MOTION WAS PROPERLY MOVED AND MOVED BY TRUSTEE COURTNEY LACKEY WILSON AND SECONDED BY TRUSTEE VICE PRESIDENT MICHELLE NEWSOM.
DO WE VOTE NOW? WHAT IS OUR VOTE? SHALL WE VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR.
YES, THANK YOU, TRUSTEE THOMAS.
[LAUGHTER] THE MOTION IS SO MOVED 7-0. THANK YOU.
THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS 14, THE CONSENT AGENDA,
[14. Consent Agenda]
AND USUALLY WE VOTE THE AGENDA, THE CONSENT AGENDA UP OR DOWN, UNLESS SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO PULL AN ITEM FROM THE AGENDA?>> YES. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT 14, 19.
>> TRUSTEE, JASON THOMAS, WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEM 14, 19.
MAY I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA IN 14, WITH THE EXCLUSION OF 14, 19?
>> TRUSTEE ANA-ALICIA HORN AND TRUSTEE JASON THOMAS, BOTH FIRST AND SECOND. MOVED PROPERLY.
I KNOW I'M USING A LOT OF WORDS. JUST BE PATIENT.
SHALL WE VOTE? RAISE YOUR HAND. SHOW HANDS.
A VOTE OF 7-0 FOR THE MOTION TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA OF ALL OF THE ITEMS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 14, 19.
NOW IS YOUR DISCUSSION. [INAUDIBLE].
>> YES. NOW, MAY WE HAVE A MOTION TO DISCUSS 14, 19?
>> MOTION TO APPROVE. THE SECOND? YES?
>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE SECRETARY DR. JANDEL CRUTCHFIELD, FOR A SECOND.
NOW, MAY WE HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 14, 19?
[14.19. Consideration and Approval of Resolution 25-17 - Hazardous Walk Zones]
>> FIRST, IT'S GREAT THAT WE'RE PRIORITIZING SAFETY.
I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THIS NOT BECAUSE OF A BAD THING, BUT SIMPLY BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A GREAT THING THAT WE'RE DOING, BECAUSE I LIKE THE FACT THAT WE'RE PRIORITIZING THE SAFETY OF OUR KIDS BY PROVIDING THIS TRANSPORTATION TO AVOID HAZARDOUS TRAFFIC CONDITIONS.
BUT I'D LIKE TO CHALLENGE US TO BOTH THE DISTRICT AND
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THE MUNICIPAL PARTNERS TO WORK TOGETHER ON ELIMINATING SOME, IF NOT ALL OF THESE HAZARDS, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE STRIVING FOR AS A DISTRICT, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S PART OF VISION 2030.I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
THEY'RE PRETTY SIMPLE QUESTIONS.
FIRST ONE IS THAT CAN WE ADD ATTACHMENT WITH THE SATELLITE IMAGES JUST TO SHOW WHERE THOSE HAZARDS ARE AS THEY RELATE TO EACH FACILITY? I THINK THAT'S GOOD FOR TRANSPARENCY TO THE PUBLIC TO SHOW, HEY, WE SEE THEM.
IN THE EVENT THAT WE MISS SOME, THE PUBLIC WILL COME BACK AND TELL US, HEY, YOU MISSED THIS ONE HERE.
>> I SEE RITA DENTON UP THERE AT THE PODIUM.
I'M THINKING SHE WANTS TO ANSWER THAT, OR IS IT YOU, OR IS MR. [OVERLAPPING]?
>> [INAUDIBLE]. GOOD EVENING. CONGRATULATIONS, DR. REED.
MY NAME IS RITA DENTON, AND I OVERSEE OPERATIONS IN THE DISTRICT, SO I'D LOVE TO ANSWER THAT.
YES, WE CAN PROVIDE THE SATELLITE IMAGES.
>> WE WOULD LOVE TO BE TRANSPARENT AND HAVE THOSE FOR YOU.
>> THEN THE SECOND THING, AND I SENT THESE QUESTIONS EARLIER, SO HAVE WE, AND IF WE HAVEN'T, CAN WE START FORWARDING THIS RESOLUTION ON AN ANNUAL BASIS TO OUR CITIES AND OUR TXDOT PARTNERS, AND TXDOT SIMPLY BECAUSE WHAT THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT, THEY WON'T FIX.
I WORK MY DAY JOB IS WITH THE COUNTY IN ROADS AND BRIDGES IS DOWN HERE IN PRECINCT 2.
ONE GREAT EXAMPLE OF MUNICIPAL PARTNERS HELPING US OUT WOULD BE WHERE THE CITY OF MANSFIELD THEY PARTNERED WITH TARRANT COUNTY, AND THEY DID AN $11 MILLION PROJECT OVER ON DAY MYER.
IT WAS $11 MILLION. THEY WENT AND THEY WIDENED THE ROAD.
THEY INSTALLED TURN LANES, INSTALLED SIDEWALKS, SAFETY SIGNALS, AND THE PROJECT JUST FINISHED THIS FALL OF 2024.
NOW, FOOT AND BICYCLE TRAFFIC IS AVAILABLE TO GO TO DANNY JONES, MARY LILLARD, AND TO LAKE RIDGE, COMING FROM THE NORTH DIRECTION.
I THINK THAT IS A GREAT THING.
>> IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING OVER THERE.
>> IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING, AND A LOT OF PARENTS ARE HAPPY ABOUT IT.
THEY WEREN'T HAPPY WHEN IT WAS BEING CONSTRUCTED. I WAS ONE OF THEM.
>> BUT I THINK THAT'S A GREAT THING, AND BY HIGHLIGHTING THOSE THINGS AND PUTTING IT ON THE DESK OF OUR MUNICIPAL PARTNERS, IT WILL ALLOW US TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES BECAUSE PARENTS DID COME UP TO ME AND TALK ABOUT HAZARDOUS AREAS WITHIN THE DISTRICT, SPECIFICALLY, LEGACY HIGH SCHOOL, AND ONE, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A TXDOT ROAD I WOULD DEFINITELY NEEDS TXDOT'S ATTENTION.
IF THEY'RE ON THAT LIST, LETTING THEM KNOW THAT IT'S AN ISSUE, MONEY WILL APPEAR.
WE DON'T FORMALLY PRESENT A LIST TO TXDOT OR TO THE CITIES RIGHT NOW, BUT I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA AND SOMETHING WE CAN DO.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE DID HAVE 27 HAZARD AREAS FALL OFF OF LAST YEAR'S LIST.
THERE IS PROGRESS ABSOLUTELY BEING MADE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE DON'T HAVE FACE-TO-FACE MEETINGS ROUTINELY OR ANNUALLY OR ANYTHING LIKE YOU SUGGEST.
BUT AGAIN, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA FOR SPECIFICALLY ON THIS TOPIC.
RIGHT NOW, IT'S MUCH MORE GRASSROOTS.
THESE CONVERSATIONS DO HAPPEN.
WE DO MEET, BUT IT'S NOT ON ANY ROUTINE BASIS.
>> JUST KNOW THAT THERE ARE FUNDS AVAILABLE.
LIKE MY MOM ALWAYS SAID, GOD REST HER SOUL, "CLOSED MOUTHS DON'T GET PAID." IF WE AREN'T TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT OUR ISSUES AND OUR PROBLEMS AND ASKING THEM TO COLLABORATE THE CITIES AND TXDOT, THEY TAKE CARE OF THE ROADS.
>> THEY TAKE CARE OF THE SIDEWALKS.
IF WE LET THEM KNOW, THEY WILL HELP US, I PROMISE.
>> I WANT TO POINT OUT ONE MORE THING.
I DO WANT TO ALSO POINT OUT THAT IT'S NOT ALWAYS INFRASTRUCTURE.
>> ABSOLUTELY. THOSE THINGS EXIST FOR THINGS LIKE WINDING ROADS OR CHILDREN THAT HAVE TO PASS SEVERAL STREETS, CROSS STREETS.
IT'S NOT ALWAYS INFRASTRUCTURE, NECESSARILY.
THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT HAZARDS.
MR. MERCHANT AND HIS TEAM WORK DILIGENTLY ON DOING A VERY ROUTINE FORM, AND SO WE ARE REQUIRED TO BRING THESE TO YOU EACH YEAR.
WITH YOUR APPROVAL, I AM EXCITED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE DO GET REIMBURSED FOR THESE MILES.
IT'S STILL $1 PER MILE, JUST LIKE OUR REGULAR RIDERSHIP.
WE'RE ALLOWED TO HAVE UP TO EVEN 10% OF OUR TOTAL REIMBURSEMENT WITH THESE HAZARD ROUTES.
IF WE MADE THEM ALL DISAPPEAR TONIGHT WITH A WAVE OF A WAND BASED ON LAST YEAR'S NUMBERS, WE WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE A REDUCTION IN FUNDING OF $150,000, AND NOT BEING ABLE TO REDUCE THAT MANY EXPENSES. JUST TO KEEP THAT IN MIND.
>> A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR TAKING 27 OFF THE LIST BECAUSE THOSE ARE HAZARDS THAT ARE NOW GONE.
>> THAT MEANS YOUR EYES ON THE PRIZE AND YOU'RE TAKING CARE OF OUR MOST IMPORTANT ASSET, OUR STUDENTS.
I APPRECIATE THAT AS A PARENT.
>> THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO, AND I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT OUR WINS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
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>> FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS, ARE THERE OTHER QUESTIONS? MAY I HAVE A SHOW OF HANDS OF THOSE WHO WILL APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 14, 19? WE HAVE 7-0 AS THE VOTES.
[15. Superintendent's Report]
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT, DR. CANTU.>> I THINK THIS IS JUST AN OPPORTUNITY, IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT ANYTHING IN THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT?
>> YES. IT IS INFORMATIONAL, SO IS THIS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR DISCUSSION, OR DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT? NOW WE'RE AT ITEM 16.1, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING BEFORE.
I'D LIKE FOR THE NEWLY ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE WHO WERE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND HERE.
DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE LISTENING AT HOME, WHO ARE WATCHING AT HOME, AND MAY NOT HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE YOUR STATEMENTS EARLIER? YES, JASON THOMAS, NOT MOORE. TRUSTEE JASON THOMAS.
>> I KNOW JASON MOORE IS A NICE GUY.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE FOR YOUR WELL WISHES, AND THANK YOU FOR ACTUALLY SELECTING ME TO BE ON THE SCHOOL BOARD.
IT'S A GREAT RESPONSIBILITY THAT I TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY, AND I AIM TO PUT THE FOCUS ON OUR KIDS AND MAKING SURE THAT ALL OUR KIDS ARE COLLEGE-READY AND LIFE-READY BECAUSE THAT IS IMPORTANT TO ME.
I HAVE TWO WHO ARE IN THE FEEDER PATTERN OF LAKE RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL.
I WANT THEM TO BE COLLEGE CAREER AND LIFE READY.
THAT'S MY PURPOSE AND WORK TO FOCUS ON THE KIDS. THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.
I ASK THAT EVERYBODY, THE COMMUNITY, THE PUBLIC, NO QUESTION IS TOO TOUGH.
DO NOT HESITATE TO ASK FOR WHAT YOU WANT BECAUSE THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.
I'M HERE TO SERVE THE PUBLIC AND TO SERVE OUR KIDS, TEACHERS, AND THE EDUCATORS.
>> WE USED TO GOING IN NUMBER ORDERS. THANK YOU.
[LAUGHTER] ONCE AGAIN, IT IS AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY JUST TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.
THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE THAT I THANKED EARLIER, THAT, IF YOU'RE LISTENING AGAIN, MY WIFE AND MY FAMILY, AT THE VERY BEGINNING.
THERE'S SO MANY INFLUENTIAL EDUCATORS WHEN I WAS A STUDENT HERE IN MANSFIELD ISD, BUT ALSO AS A NEW TEACHER THAT CAME.
FIRST PERSON THAT COMES TO MIND IS KRISTI KOPP, WHEN I WAS AT EISENHOWER, WHO WE DID LUNCH DUTY A LOT TOGETHER AT EISENHOWER.
LOOKING FORWARD TO SUPPORTING EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY AND JUST MAKING THE MAIN, THE MAIN THING AGAIN. THAT'S MANSFIELD ISD.
>> AGAIN, I'M JUST VERY GRATEFUL AND HUMBLED FOR THIS EXPERIENCE THROUGHOUT THE CAMPAIGN.
I FREQUENTLY ASK THE COMMUNITY THAT I WAS WANTING TO EARN THEIR TRUST TO BE THEIR TRUSTEE, AND I'M VERY THANKFUL THAT WITH THE VOTING THAT WAS SHOWN, BUT I AM ALSO COMMITTED TO KEEPING YOUR TRUST.
IN THIS ROLE, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH DR. CANTU, HER TEAM, MY FELLOW TRUSTEES.
LIKE I SAID EARLIER, I'M READY TO LISTEN.
I'M READY TO SERVE. LET'S GET TO WORK. I'M EXCITED.
>> WITH THAT BEING SAID, ALL MINDS CLEAR? I'M JUST KIDDING. WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE HAVE AGENDA ITEM 16.
WE WILL ADJOURN AT 9:16. HAVE A GREAT EVENING.
WE SERVE TOGETHER. THANK YOU, MANSFIELD.
[MUSIC]
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.