Aug 26, 2025 Board Meetings

[1. Call to Order]

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>> GOOD EVENING, MANSFIELD ISD FAMILY.

IT'S NOW 6:00 PM.

LET'S COME TO ORDER FOR OUR AUGUST REGULAR MEETING OF OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT ALL TRUSTEES ARE PRESENT.

[3. Closed Session]

TRUSTEES, THIS ALLOWS US TO TRANSITION TO ITEM 3, CLOSED SESSION.

THEREFORE, WE WILL ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.074.

PERSONNEL TO DELIBERATE REGARDING THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT, EVALUATION, REASSIGNMENT, DUTIES, DISCIPLINE, OR DISMISSAL OF A PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE, OR TO HEAR A COMPLAINT OR CHARGE AGAINST AN OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE 551.071, CONSULTATION WITH THE BOARD'S ATTORNEY, 551.072 REAL PROPERTY, AND 551.076 TO CONDUCT DELIBERATIONS REGARDING SECURITY DEVICES, OR SECURITY AUDITS.

AT THIS TIME, WE WILL MOVE TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION 601.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, FAMILY.

[4. Reconvene]

THE TIME IS NOW 7:06 PM.

TONIGHT'S PRAYER WILL BE LED BY DR. CRUTCHFIELD AND THE PLEDGES BY MS. HORN.

>> PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME IN PRAYER. LET US PRAY.

GOD THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING US THROUGH THE FIRST FEW WEEKS OF OUR SCHOOL YEAR IN MANSFIELD ISD.

THANK YOU FOR THE GOOD NEWS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CELEBRATE.

THE GREAT STARTS IN OUR CLASSROOMS ACROSS OUR DISTRICT.

THE LITTLE FEET THAT WE SEE ENTERING OUR HALLS, LORD, WE PRAY THAT YOU HELP US TO TAKE OUR TASK SERIOUSLY, WHETHER WE'RE DIRECTLY IN THE CLASSROOM, WHETHER WE'RE IN CENTRAL OFFICE OR WHETHER WE'RE HERE ON THIS DIAS.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE CHILDREN, TO SERVE STAFF, TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY, HELP US NOT TO TAKE IT FOR GRANTED.

GIVE US WISDOM, LORD, AS WE ATTEMPT TO DO OUR VERY BEST WITH THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE THAT WE ARE CAREFUL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING THE BEST FOR EVERY SINGLE CHILD IN THE DISTRICT.

AGAIN, WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, CONTINUE TO KEEP US SAFE, AND CONTINUE TO BRING US TOWARDS SUCCESS.

IN YOUR SON'S NAME, WE PRAY AMEN.

>> MY APOLOGIES, FAMILY.

NOW WE WILL HAVE ARNOLD GUARD FROM MANSFIELD HIGH SCHOOL. THANK YOU.

[NOISE]

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>> [NOISE]

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>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MANSFIELD ISD FAMILY. THANK YOU.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING.

WE WANT TO THANK DR. CRUTCHFIELD AND MS. HORN FOR THE PRAYER AND THE PLEDGES, AS WELL AS MANSFIELD HIGH SCHOOL HONOR GUARD.

WE APPRECIATE THEM AND THANK YOU FOR OBLIGING US.

WE WILL MOVE NOW TO OUR DISTRICT RECOGNITION. DR. CANTU.

[6. District Recognition]

>> YES, MA'AM. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE LORD JOB UP TO THE PODIUM TO TALK ABOUT OUR DISTRICT RECOGNITIONS FOR THE EVENING.

>> THANK YOU, DR. CANTU. GOOD EVENING.

BOARD PRESIDENT, DR. REED, DR. CANTU, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, CABINET, AND MEMBERS OF OUR MISD COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE SEVERAL RECOGNITIONS TO SHARE WITH YOU THIS EVENING.

I'D LIKE TO START BY INVITING MICHELLE WOODALL, PRINCIPAL OF BEN BARBER INNOVATION ACADEMY AND FRONTIER STEM ACADEMY TO JOIN US FOR THE CTE RECOGNITIONS.

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

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRAG ON OUR STUDENTS.

THE FOLLOWING BEN BARBER INNOVATION ACADEMY STUDENTS PARTICIPATED AS MEMBERS OF THE MANSFIELD SHINE RUNNERS AND EARNED GOLD PLACEMENT IN THEIR VERY FIRST STUDENT FORMULA, USA F1 EVENTS.

[APPLAUSE] MEMBERS OF THE TEAM THAT ARE WITH US TONIGHT ARE TRENTON HAMANN, ISAAC PORTER, WARREN STRAING, CHARLES OGUNDEKO, MANNY SANCHEZ.

STUDENT FORMULA USA IS A COMPETITION WHERE STUDENTS DESIGNED, BUILT, AND RACED SMALL FORMULA 1 CARS IN WISCONSIN, BACK IN MAY, TEAMS ARE JUDGED ON ENGINEERING DESIGN, PERFORMANCE, AND RACING SKILLS, GAINING HANDS ON EXPERIENCE IN TEAMWORK AND PROBLEM SOLVING.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I THANK OUR INCREDIBLE INSTRUCTORS.

MR. HIGGS, MR. SHERWOOD, AND MR. HURT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR POURING INTO OUR STUDENTS AND GIVING THEM THIS OPPORTUNITY.

[LAUGHTER] THE FOLLOWING BEN BARBER INNOVATION ACADEMY STUDENTS, I LOVE THE SHIRTS, THEY LOOK SO SHARP, PLACED AT THE GERMAN STATE COMPETITION THIS PAST SPRING, KYLE ALFERINK, FIRST AT STATE, AKUMA TSUUNG, POETRY READING FIRST AT STATE, TIMED WRITING FIRST AT STATE, AND VOCABULARY FIRST AT STATE.

AVERY ALLEN, SECOND AT STATE IN SKIT LEVEL 1, SOPHIA HERITAGE, SECOND AT STATE, SKIT LEVEL 2.

ALEXIS KILLMAN, SECOND AT STATE, SKIT LEVEL 1, KIRBY KRUEGER, SECOND AT STATE, SKIT LEVEL 1.

THAT CONCLUDES THE STUDENTS THAT ARE WITH US TONIGHT.

I WANT TO DO A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO MRS. HONICK.

SHE HAS GROWN THIS PROGRAM INTO THE TREMENDOUS SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM THAT YOU SEE TODAY.

THE TEXAS GERMAN STATE COMPETITION IS THE LARGEST GERMAN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE CONTEST FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE US, AND IT IS HELD ANNUALLY AT TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]

>> THANK YOU, MICHELLE. NOW I'D LIKE TO INVITE DR.

DARWERT JOHNSON TO THE PODIUM FOR THE FINE ARTS RECOGNITIONS.

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

I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS WHO PLACED IN THE UIL STATE THEATER AND ACADEMICS COMPETITION.

TRISTAN DELOS, LEGACY, UIL STATE PERFORMERS FOR THEATRICAL DESIGN, KYLE ALFERINK, FRONTIER, BIOLOGY, SECOND AT STATE, KYLE ALFERINK, CHEMISTRY, FIRST AT STATE, BAO PHAN, TIMBERVIEW BIOLOGY, THIRD AT STATE, AND CHEMISTRY, THIRD AT STATE.

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MICHAEL YAMOAH, FRONTIER, SCIENCE TEAM, FIRST AT STATE, PHU NGUYEN FRONTIER, COMPUTER SCIENCE TEAM, THIRD AT STATE.

KADEN NGUYEN FRONTIER, COMPUTER SCIENCE TEAM, THIRD AT STATE.

DUSTIN NGUYEN, FRONTIER, COMPUTER SCIENCE TEAM, THIRD AT STATE, AARON SHIN, FRONTIER, COMPUTER SCIENCE TEAM, THIRD AT STATE, KYLE ALFERINK FRONTIER SCIENCE, FIRST AT STATE.

KADEN NGUYEN FRONTIER, COMPUTER SCIENCE, THIRD AT STATE, CHARLES LANDON PEUGH SUMMIT, PROS INTERPRETATION, THIRD AT STATE.

CONOR MIRE MANSFIELD, CURRENT ISSUES AND EVENTS, SECOND AT STATE.

SOPHIA WHITTLER, LEGACY, LINCOLN DOUGLAS DEBATE, FIRST AT STATE.

NICHOLAS BENSON, LAKE RIDGE, SCIENCE TEAM, SECOND AT STATE.

CHRISTOPHER DO, LAKE RIDGE, SCIENCE TEAM, SECOND AT STATE, BRYCEN TRINH, LAKE RIDGE, SCIENCE TEAM, SECOND AT STATE, AND JUDE PHAM, LAKE RIDGE SCIENCE TEAM, SECOND AT STATE, AND PHU NGUYEN FRONTIER PHYSICS, SECOND AT STATE.

THE UIL ACADEMICS PROGRAM WAS A STATEWIDE COMPETITION FOR TEXAS MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS OFFERING EVENTS IN SUBJECTS LIKE LANGUAGE, ARTS, MATH, SCIENCE, SOCIAL STUDIES, SPEECH AND DEBATE, AND JOURNALISM.

THESE CONTESTS ARE DESIGNED TO CHALLENGE STUDENTS ACADEMICALLY, PROMOTE CRITICAL THINKING, AND RECOGNIZE EXCELLENCE.

PARTICIPANTS CAN ADVANCE THROUGH DISTRICT, REGIONAL AND STATE LEVEL COMPETITION, GAINING VALUABLE EXPERIENCE AND ACADEMIC RECOGNITION ALONG THE WAY.

I ALSO LIKE TO CONGRATULATE ALL OF OUR COACHES AND SPONSORS ON THIS OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT.

PLEASE GIVE THESE GUYS A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

[APPLAUSE] [BACKGROUND] I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS WHO PLACED AT THE NATIONAL THESPIAN FESTIVAL FROM LEGACY HIGH SCHOOL, ZOE NAVARTE, SOLO ACTING SUPERIOR, ITZEL RAMIREZ, SOLO MUSICAL SUPERIOR, CAYDEN NEWKIRK, GROUP ACTING SUPERIOR, TRISTAN DALUZ GROUP ACTING SUPERIOR, CADE PICKRELL, DUET ACTING SUPERIOR, MICAH MILLER, DUET ACTING SUPERIOR.

MARLA DIONNE LORD, COSTUME DESIGN EXCELLENT, HANNAH ROBERTS, GROUP ACTING SUPERIOR, BRYNN THOMPSON, GROUP ACTING SUPERIOR, AND FROM SUMMIT HIGH SCHOOL, LAUREN PILLER, SOLO MUSICAL SUPERIOR, LANDON PEUGH SOLO ACTING EXCELLENT.

THE INTERNATIONAL THESPIAN SOCIETY IS A NATION'S HONOR SOCIETY FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL THEATER STUDENTS, RECOGNIZING EXCELLENCE IN BOTH PERFORMANCE AND TECHNICAL PRODUCTION.

HIS MEMBERSHIP BRINGS DISTINCTION TO STUDENTS AND THEIR THEATER PROGRAMS SERVING AS VISIBLE SYMBOL OF QUALITY.

INDUCTED STUDENTS ARE HONORED ON A NATIONAL LEVEL AND GAIN ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITIES AND RESOURCES THAT SUPPORT THEIR CONTINUED GROWTH IN THE ARTS.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THEIR TEACHERS AT LEGACY HIGH SCHOOL, JEREMY FURMAN AND SARAH CURLING, AND AT SUMMIT HIGH SCHOOL, KIRK CORLEY AND MICHELLE PHILLIPS.

LET PLEASE GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [APPLAUSE]

>> THANK YOU, DR. JOHNSON, AND LET'S GIVE ALL OF OUR HONORARIES ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE THIS EVENING.

[APPLAUSE] THAT CONCLUDES OUR RECOGNITIONS. [BACKGROUND]

>> CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO THOSE WHO WERE RECOGNIZED BY THE DISTRICT, WE APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK.

[7. District Introductions]

IN JUST ONE MOMENT.

THOSE KIDDOS ARE RUNNING HOME TO DO SOME EXTRA HOMEWORK OR SOMETHING.

TO CLEAN THEIR ROOMS IS WHAT MISS NEWSOM IS SAYING. DR. CANTU.

>> YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DR. STOKER.

WE HAVE A LONG LIST OF LEADERS TO INTRODUCE TO YOU THIS EVENING.

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>> YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU, DR. CANTU.

BOARD MEMBERS, THIS EVENING, WE HAVE 12 ADMINISTRATIVE NEW HIRES AND PROMOTIONS TO INTRODUCE TO YOU.

FIRST UP, WE HAVE TRISTAN BAKER.

TRISTAN IS OUR NEW BOND PROJECT MANAGER, AND HE'S COMING TO US FROM THE OUTSIDE WORLD, WHERE HE SERVED AS A COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATOR.

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

LIKE SHE SAID, MY NAME IS TRISTAN BAKER.

I AM THE NEWEST BOND PROJECT MANAGER WITH THE DISTRICT BOND DEPARTMENT.

I KNOW WHAT YOU MIGHT BE THINKING, YOU MIGHT LOOK AT ME AND BE LIKE, MAN, THAT'S PRETTY YOUNG.

[LAUGHTER] IT'S TRUE. I'M AWARE OF IT, BUT WHAT I DO SAY STANDING BEFORE YOU TODAY IS THAT I AM A PRODUCT OF A VERY SIMILAR MISSION TO THE VISION 2030.

WHILE I DIDN'T ATTEND SCHOOL HERE IN MANSFIELD, I DID ATTEND MY OWN DISTRICT WITH VERY SIMILAR GOALS TO PROVIDE OR TO PREPARE STUDENTS TO BE COLLEGE READY, CAREER READY, AND TO HAVE TRUE GRIT.

I CAN TELL YOU FIRSTHAND THAT THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING REALLY DOES IMPACT THE LIVES OF STUDENTS AND TEACHERS, FAMILIES, AND THE COMMUNITIES EVEN THOUGH NOT ALL THE TIME, WILL YOU FEEL APPRECIATED.

I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.

I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTRIBUTING TO THE VISION OF MANSFIELD ISD THROUGH THESE FACILITY UPGRADES WITH THE BOND DEPARTMENT, AND I APPRECIATE THE CHANCE THAT YOU GUYS TOOK ON A YOUNG PROFESSIONAL LIKE ME LOOKING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]

>> NEXT, WE HAVE TIFFANY CHANDLER.

TIFFANY IS THE PRINCIPAL AT WORLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND SHE PREVIOUSLY SERVED THE DISTRICT AS THE ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL AT MANSFIELD HIGH.

>> GOOD EVENING TO THE BOARD PRESIDENT, DR. REED, SUPERINTENDENT, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

I'M HONORED TO BE NAMED THE NEW PRINCIPAL OF ROGENE WORLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL.

YOUR CONFIDENCE IN MY LEADERSHIP MEANS A LOT TO ME.

I'M COMMITTED TO UPHOLDING THE HIGH STANDARDS AND VALUES OF MANSFIELD ISD.

THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AS I CONTINUE MY LEADERSHIP IN MANSFIELD, AND THANK YOU TO MY LOVED ONES WHO ARE HERE SUPPORTING ME THIS EVENING. THANK YOU.

>> NEXT, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE CORONDA DAVIS.

SHE'S A NEW ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL AT MARTINEZ INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL.

SHE'S COMING TO US FROM A NEARBY DISTRICT WHERE SHE SERVED AS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT A MIDDLE SCHOOL.

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

I AM HONORED TO BE NAMED ACADEMIC ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL AT ALMA MARTINEZ INTERMEDIATE AND ALSO NORWOOD ELEMENTARY.

I'M EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THIS COMMUNITY AND WILL WORK HARD WITH THE STUDENTS AND STAFF TO CONTINUE TO ACHIEVE EXCELLENCE.

I'VE BROUGHT MY WONDERFUL FAMILY, MY HUSBAND, RONNIE.

THAT'S MY BABY BRADEN, THE LOUD ONE.

BRANDON, AND THEN MY MOM IS ALSO ON HER WAY.

ALSO, THANK YOU TO MY WONDERFUL PRINCIPAL, DR. TILMAN YOUNG, WHO IS ALSO HERE.

THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

>> NEXT, WE HAVE CRYSTAL HUDSON, THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT CABANISS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND SHE'S COMING TO US FROM A NEARBY DISTRICT, WHERE SHE WAS ALSO AN ELEMENTARY ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD PRESIDENT, DR. REED, DR. CANTU, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK AT MANSFIELD ISD, A TRULY EXCEPTIONAL DISTRICT.

I AM HONORED TO BE NAMED AS THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL OF LOUISE CABANISS ACADEMY OF YOUNG SCHOLARS.

I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE THE GREAT WORK GOING ON AT CABANISS, AND I'M THANKFUL TO GOD TO WORK ALONGSIDE SUCH DEDICATED EDUCATORS.

TONIGHT, I'VE BROUGHT MY SUPPORT SYSTEM: MY MOM, FRANCINE HUDSON, WHO HAS SUPPORTED ME IN EVERY STEP OF MY JOURNEY.

I'M ALSO THANKFUL FOR THE SUPPORT OF MY PRINCIPAL, MRS. BOYD, AND MEMBERS OF THE CABANISS FAMILY.

AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

>> WE HAVE JASON LANINGHAM.

HE'S BEEN NAMED AS ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL AT MANSFIELD HIGH SCHOOL WHERE HE PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL.

>> THANK YOU, DR. STOKER. APPRECIATE IT.

HELLO, FINE PEOPLE. THAT'S HOW WE GET STARTED AROUND HERE.

GOOD EVENING, DR. REED, DR. CANTU, BOARD MEMBERS, OUR WONDERFUL DISTRICT STAFF, AND OF COURSE, OUR HONORED GUESTS.

AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE THIS EVENING.

I AM TRULY HONORED TO BE NAMED AS AN ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL AT MANSFIELD HIGH SCHOOL.

IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO CONTINUE TO SERVE AND I REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT.

WITH ME HERE TONIGHT IS MY WIFE ANGIE.

SHE HAS BEEN BY MY SIDE MOST 20 YEARS, WHICH IS AN ACCOMPLISHMENT IN AND OF ITSELF.

SO YOU-ALL SAY A LITTLE PRAYER FOR HER.

UNFORTUNATELY, OUR KIDS CANNOT BE HERE THIS EVENING. THEY'RE TEENAGERS.

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I TOLD HER THAT MEANT THAT TONIGHT WAS DATE NIGHT.

BUT APPARENTLY, SCHOOL BOARD MEETING OF FAST FOOD DIDN'T QUITE MEET THE CRITERIA.

WE'LL TRY IT ANOTHER NIGHT.

BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE.

I LOVE BEING A PART OF MISD, I LOVE BEING PART OF OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY, AND I ABSOLUTELY LOVE BEING A MANSFIELD TIGER.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

>> ANOTHER MANSFIELD TIGER COMING UP NEXT.

WE HAVE LONI LAWSON, WHO'S AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT MANSFIELD HIGH, AND SHE PREVIOUSLY SERVED THERE AS THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL INTERN.

>> YES. GOOD EVENING.

BOARD PRESIDENT, DR. REED, DR. CANTU, AND BOARD TRUSTEES.

I AM DR. LONI LAWSON AS OF LAST TUESDAY.

YES. THANK YOU FOR GRANTING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO SERVE MANSFIELD HIGH SCHOOL AS I TRANSITION FROM AN INTERN TO AN OFFICIAL ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL.

WITH ME, I HAVE MY SUPPORT GROUP AND I DEFINITELY NEED THEM TO STAND UP BECAUSE I WOULD NOT BE HERE IF IT WASN'T FOR THEM.

MY HUSBAND, DEVANTE, WHO'S A TCU ALUMNI, OUR CHILDREN, LANDON, LONDON, AND JALA.

I WAS BLESSED TO HAVE BEEN BORN INTO A FAMILY OF EDUCATORS, STARTING WITH MY FATHER, A FOOTBALL HALL OF FAMER AT UNIVERSITY OF UTAH.

I KNOW. I'M SORRY. I'M SO SORRY.

MY AUNT BELINDA, WHO IS IN HER 43RD YEAR AS AN EDUCATOR WITH FORWARD ISD.

MY UNCLE TODD, WHO'S IN HIS 29TH YEAR AS A HEAD FOOTBALL COACH AT DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOL, AND HIS WIFE, MY BEAUTIFUL DR. EVELYN LAWSON.

MY FAMILY HAS BEEN IN MANSFIELD FOR ALMOST 200 YEARS.

LAWSON BENNETT ROAD IS OUR NAMESAKE.

SO THERE'S A SPECIAL PLACE IN OUR HEART FOR MANSFIELD.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS AS WE STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE AND EXCEED EXPECTATIONS AT THE MANSFIELD HIGH SCHOOL.

>> NEXT, WE HAVE MICHAEL LINDEMAN, AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT WORLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND HE PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL INTERN AT LAKE RIDGE.

>> GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT, DR. REED, DR. CANTU, AND BOARD MEMBERS.

I JUST WANT TO START OFF SAYING THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PUTTING YOUR TRUST IN ME AND GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE THE NEXT ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT ROGENE WORLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL.

I ALSO WANT TO SEND A SPECIAL SHOUT JUST OUT TO ALL OF THE TEACHERS AND LEADERS ALONG THE WAY IN MANSFIELD ISD, WHO HAVE EXHIBITED THIS ALL IN MENTALITY OVER THE YEARS.

WITHOUT THEIR GUIDANCE AND LEADERSHIP, TODAY MAY NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE.

I ALSO WANT TO SEND A SHOUT OUT TO THE NEW WORLEY COMMUNITY, MY NEW WORLEY FAMILY.

MS. NOISE HERE TONIGHT AND, OF COURSE, MS. CHANDLER.

WE'VE GOT OFF TO A GREAT START AND I'M JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO AMAZING THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO FOR ALL OF OUR KIDS AT WORLEY. THANK YOU.

>> NEXT, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE GENESIS ROPER FRANCIS.

SHE'S ANOTHER BOND PROJECT MANAGER.

SHE'S COMING TO US AS A GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE US GOVERNMENT, WHERE SHE ALSO SERVED AS A PROJECT MANAGER.

>> YES. THANK YOU ALL. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

HOW YOU DOING DR. CANTU, DR. REED AND ALL THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF HERE.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

I'M GRATEFUL TO BE HERE.

MY LIFE GOT TURNED UPSIDE DOWN A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, SO I'M GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE SERVICE.

I SERVED EIGHT YEARS IN THE MILITARY.

I TOURED THE TWO TOURS OVERSEAS IN IRAQ.

SO IT'S GREAT TO NOW BE ABLE TO SERVE MY COMMUNITY IN THE SCHOOL.

I'M ALSO A PARENT.

WHO HAS TWO KIDS THAT GO TO MISD, SO I AM DEFINITELY VERY INVESTED ON WHAT WE DO WITH OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS HERE.

IT'S GOOD TO KNOW AND SEE WHAT THE BOND DEPARTMENT DOES AND HOW WE AS A DEPARTMENT KEEP OUR SCHOOLS GOING AND LOOKING GOOD.

I DO APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S TIME AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE.

>> COMING UP NEXT, WE HAVE DR. ZACHARY ERKART, AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT TIMBERVIEW HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE HE PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS AN AP INTERN.

>> DR. REED, DR. CANTU, BOARD MEMBERS, EVERYONE ELSE HERE.

IT IS MY GREAT HONOR TO CONTINUE TO SERVE THE STUDENT STAFF AND COMMUNITY OF MANSFIELD ISD AS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT TIMBERVIEW HIGH SCHOOL.

I WANT TO THANK MY WIFE, WHITNEY, AND IN ORDER THAT THEY'RE SITTING KIDS: GREEN, PEARSON, DOMINIC, AND MIA.

WITHOUT THEM, I WOULDN'T BE DR. ZEE, AND I WOULDN'T BE HERE IN THIS ROLE.

LASTLY, TO MY TIMBERVIEW FAMILY, DR. NEIL AND OTHERS HERE. NEWELS.

>> NEXT, WE HAVE AMBER SKINNER, PRINCIPAL AT GIDEON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

I SEE SOME GATORS BACK THERE.

MS. SKINNER PREVIOUSLY WAS THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT GIDEON.

>> ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT REED, DR. CANTU, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

I'M HONORED TO BE NAMED THE PRINCIPAL OF IMOGENE GIDEON ELEMENTARY,

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TONIGHT, I HAVE BROUGHT MY HUSBAND AND OUR TWO KIDS: RIVERS AND MAGNOLIA, WHO ARE CURRENT AND FUTURE GATORS.

THANK YOU AGAIN, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO A GREAT YEAR.

>> NEXT UP, WE HAVE BRITHANY TORRES., AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

SHE'S COMING TO US FROM A NEARBY CAMPUS WHERE SHE SERVED AS A SCHOOL COUNSELOR.

>> YES. GOOD EVENING, DR. CANTU, BOARD PRESIDENT, DR. REED, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

I AM SO EXCITED TO BE JOINING THE MANSFIELD ISD COMMUNITY FAMILY, WHICH TRULY I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR BEING EMBRACED IN THIS FAMILY.

I'M SO EXCITED TO BE AT KENNETH DAVIS, JOINING MR. BENDER IN THE INCREDIBLE STAFF.

I HAVE TO SHOUT OUT THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT THAT TEAM HAS DONE TO TURN AROUND THAT CAMPUS AND TO BE RECOGNIZED THIS YEAR AS AN A-RATED CAMPUS.

I'M SO EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO WORK ALONGSIDE THAT TEAM AND CONTINUE THAT WORK.

I WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF MY HUSBAND, FALSTO, MY DAUGHTER NAYELI, AND MY SON CALEB.

AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

>> FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE ERICA WOOD, WHO'S A NEW PRINCIPAL AT THE JANDRUCKO ACADEMY FOR EARLY LEARNERS.

SHE'S COMING TO US FROM THE WEST LAKE ACADEMY WHERE SHE SERVED AS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL.

>> GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS, DR. CANTU, AND BOARD PRESIDENT, DR. REED.

I'M VERY HONORED TO BE STANDING IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS TODAY AS THE NEW PRINCIPAL OF JANDRUCKO ACADEMY.

MY ENTIRE EDUCATION CAREER HAS BEEN IN EARLY CHILDHOOD, AND I WAS ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES THAT GOT TO TOUR JANDRUCKO, I THINK AROUND 2018, AND THE PRINCIPAL AND I TRIED OUR BEST TO MAKE OUR VERSION OF THAT ON OUR CAMPUS.

BUT FROM THAT POINT UNTIL JULY, ON MY INTERVIEW, I KEPT TELLING EVERYONE, I'M GOING TO BE THE PRINCIPAL OF THAT SCHOOL ONE DAY SO I CAN STAND HERE AND SAY, "THIS IS QUITE LITERALLY A DREAM COME TRUE FOR ME, AND I'M VERY HONORED AND HUMBLED TO SERVE THE STAFF, THE STUDENTS, THE PARENTS AND THE OVERALL MANSFIELD ISD COMMUNITY AS WE WORK WITH OUR EARLIEST LEARNERS TOWARDS VISION 2030."

>> [MUSIC].

>> TRUSTEES, WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE THEM AND SAY, THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF MANSFIELD ISD.

OUR FAMILY IS GROWING, AND THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT SYSTEM THAT CAME TO CELEBRATE THEM.

[8. Instructional Focus]

>> YES, MA'AM.

I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE DR. SCOTT AND DR. SPENCER TO THE PODIUM.

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>> GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT REED, DR. CANTU AND BOARD.

THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME YOU WILL SEE ME GEEK OUT OVER VISION 2030 AND IT WILL NOT BE THE LAST, BUT NOW I'VE GOT A PARTNER WHO'S AS BIG A GEEK OVER THE STUFF AS I AM.

THE REASON IT'S SO IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE VISION 2030 CREATES A STRUCTURE FOR US TO REALLY GENERATIONALLY CHANGE LIVES.

AND NOT JUST FOR THOSE KIDS, BUT FOR THE FUTURE.

WE HEARD, WHAT DID HE SAY? YOUNG PROFESSIONAL THAT INTRODUCED HIMSELF THIS EVENING THAT THIS TYPE OF WORK NOT ONLY CHANGED HIS LIFE, BUT IT CHANGED THE LIFE OF HIS KIDS AND HIS KIDS KIDS.

WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT HELPING PEOPLE GO ON THAT TRACK.

WE ALSO ARE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT AND THE PROCESSES THAT GO ALONG WITH IT, BECAUSE WE REALLY BELIEVE IT CHANGES THE NARRATIVE AND THE FOCUS FROM BLAME TO WORKING TOGETHER AND BEING ABLE TO BE VULNERABLE AND PROBLEM SOLVE.

IF YOU CAN BE HONEST ABOUT WHERE YOU HAVE AN ISSUE AND YOU HAVE AGREED UPON SET PROCESS TO GO ABOUT TO SOLVE THOSE ISSUES, WELL, NO LONGER YOU'RE LOOKING FOR WHOSE FAULT IT IS, BUT ARE WE ALL CARRYING OUT THIS AGREED UPON METHOD THAT WE SAID WE WOULD DO? THE VISION 2030 IS A ONE-PAGE STRATEGIC PLAN.

OUR SCORE CARD IS A ONE-PAGE SCORECARD.

AND OUR CADENCE OF ACCOUNTABILITY IS A STANDARDIZED, CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PROCESS.

DR. SPENCER AND I WILL BE SHARING DIFFERENT ASPECTS, DIFFERENT COMPONENTS, DIFFERENT QUALITY TOOLS TONIGHT.

BUT ONE THING WE WANT TO POINT OUT AS WE GO THROUGH IS THAT FOR EACH DEPARTMENT, EACH CAMPUS, THEY'RE ALL USING ALL OF THESE TOOLS.

THEY'RE ALL USING ALL OF THESE PIECES.

WE'RE JUST GOING TO HIGHLIGHT DIFFERENT ONES.

>> VISION 2030 IS NOT NEW.

VISION 2030, THERE'S A LITTLE HISTORY BEHIND HOW WE GOT HERE.

WE ARE IN THE FIFTH YEAR OF A 10-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT PRIOR TO THAT, WE WERE IN VISION 2020, AND THAT ITSELF WAS A FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN.

DR. VASZAUSKAS WAS OUR SUPERINTENDENT AT THAT TIME.

HE APPROACHED SEVERAL OF US, MANY PEOPLE SITTING UP HERE ON THIS DAIS ABOUT CREATING A MORE STREAMLINED STRATEGIC PLAN.

HE CAPITALIZED ON SOME OF OUR PAST EXPERIENCES IN DOING THAT.

HER VISION 2020, DR. CANTU LED THE WORK ON THE MISSION VISION AND VALUES PORTION OF IT.

HOLLY TIGE LED TO WORK ON OUR GUIDING STATEMENTS.

THEN BECAUSE OF PAST EXPERIENCE THAT DR. VASZAUSKAS, HOLLY TIGE AND SOME OF THAT HAD IN PAST DISTRICTS BEING A PART OF A CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT CONSORTIUM THERE, HE ASKED MYSELF TO WORK HE ASKED ME TO WORK WITH HOLLY TIGE ON OUR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PROCESS.

THIS GOT ME REAL EXCITED BECAUSE THE DISTRICT BEFORE WE HAD BEEN VERY HEAVILY INVOLVED IN A VERY INCONCISE VERSION OF BALDRIDGE.

AS A YOUNG PROFESSIONAL, I ATE IT UP BECAUSE I SAW THAT AS OUR WAY FORWARD AND MY WAY TO HELP OUR TEACHERS AND HELP OUR KIDS.

JEFF OVER HERE IS A BLACK BELT AND SIX SIGMA.

HE CAN TELL YOU AS WELL EXACTLY HOW COMPLICATED THAT CAN BE.

DR. V SAID, I DON'T WANT TO DO ANY OF THAT.

I REALLY WANT TO NARROW IT DOWN.

I DON'T WANT TO DO FIVE YEARS OF TRAINING.

I WANT US TO GET ALL ON THE SAME PAGE AND THEN MOVE FORWARD AND CONTINUE TO GET BETTER AS WE GO.

HE HANDED US A BOOK CALLED THE ONE THING BY GARY KELLER AND JAY PAPASAN.

THERE'S THE TAGLINE ON THE BOOKS IF IS AN OLD RUSSIAN PROVERB, SUPPOSEDLY.

THAT IF YOU CHASE TWO RABBITS, YOU'LL CATCH NEITHER ONE.

HIS BIG BELIEF WAS THAT YOU PICK THE ONE THING THAT IS MOST IMPORTANT, THAT LOGGERHEAD, THAT IF YOU CONTINUALLY STRIVE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT ONE THING, IT WILL PULL ALL THESE OTHER PIECES ALONG WITH IT AND BETTER YOUR ORGANIZATION.

IT ALLOWS YOU TO FOCUS ON WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO.

THE OTHER BOOK THAT HOLLY, I BELIEVE, BROUGHT TO THE TABLE WAS THE 4 DISCIPLINES OF EXECUTION BY COVEY.

THAT BOOK IS USED VERY HEAVILY IN THE BUSINESS WORLD.

BUT THE ONE THING WE DID IN ADDITION TO OUR LEAD PERFORMANCE MEASURES, WE ADDED WHAT WE CALLED LEAD FIDELITY MEASURES TO THAT.

DR. SPENCER IS GOING TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT, BUT WE THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE INGREDIENTS IN THE SECRET SAUCE FOR US.

AGAIN, DR. CANTU LED THE GROUP FOR THE MISSION, VISION, AND VALUES.

OUR MISSION IS TO INSPIRE AND EDUCATE STUDENTS TO BE PRODUCTIVE CITIZENS.

OUR VISION IS A DESTINATION DISTRICT COMMITTED TO EXCELLENCE.

OUR VALUES ALWAYS IN THIS ORDER TO START OFF WITH, STUDENTS FIRST, CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT, INTEGRITY, COMMUNICATION,

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DONALD WILLIAMS ALREADY HAD OUR MOTTO IN HAND.

WE HAD IT ON T-SHIRTS AND ON BANNERS, SO WE DECIDED TO BE A GOOD ONE TO STICK WITH.

YOU'VE SEEN THE CITY IMITATE THIS TAG LINE MANY TIMES.

BUT MISD IS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, LEARN, AND TEACH.

WE CAME TO OUR GUIDING STATEMENTS.

VISION 2030 IS COLLEGE CAREER POST-SECONDARY FOCUS, COLLEGE CAREER LIFE FOCUS.

OUR GUIDING STATEMENTS COME DIRECTLY FROM THE METRICS IN OUR WORK WITH REDEFINING READY.

DR. CANTU IS THE NATIONAL CO-LEADER OF REDEFINING READY, AND SHE AND I HAVE BEEN A PART OF THAT SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING.

WE WERE PART OF THEIR ORIGINAL RESEARCH.

WE ACTUALLY GOT TO LEAD THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COMMITTEES ON COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS.

THE FIRST ONE IS A CARRYOVER.

IT WAS ALSO ON VISION 2020.

STUDENTS WILL READ ON LEVEL OR HIGHER BY THE BEGINNING OF THIRD GRADE AND WILL REMAIN ON LEVEL OR HIGHER THROUGHOUT THEIR TIME AS AT MISD STUDENTS.

STUDENTS WILL DEMONSTRATE MASTERY OF ALGEBRA 2 BY THE END OF 11TH GRADE.

NOW, WHEN WE DID 2020, THAT READ AS ALGEBRA 1.

THE METRIC FOR POST-SECONDARY READINESS FOR CAREER OR COLLEGE READINESS HAS ALWAYS BEEN ALGEBRA 2, BUT WE WEREN'T READY FOR ALGEBRA 2 YET.

WE WERE IN THE LOW 80S ON OUR ALGEBRA 1.

FOR OUR KIDS THAT WERE NOT TAKING ALGEBRA IN THE EIGHTH GRADE, THEY WERE NOT GOING INTO ADVANCED MATHEMATICS.

WE REDESIGNED OUR FOURTH THROUGH SEVENTH GRADE CURRICULUM, AND WE REDESIGNED OUR CURRICULUM FOR OUR NINTH GRADE, THE STUDENTS TAKING ALGEBRA IN NINTH GRADE.

THAT'S WHY IT'S BY THE END OF THE 11TH GRADE.

NOW, MY DAUGHTER, JUST ANECDOTALLY, WHO'S SITTING AS A 10TH GRADER IN A CLASS, SHE ONLY HAS ONE OTHER 10TH GRADE IN OUR ALGEBRA 2 CLASS BECAUSE OUR 11TH GRADERS ARE TAKING ALGEBRA 2 NOW, AND THEY'RE TAKING THOSE ADVANCED COURSES.

THE BIGGEST PART AND THE HARDEST PART OF DESIGNING VISION 2030, WHICH WAS AN INCREDIBLE COMMITTEE THAT AGAIN, ALL THESE FOLKS SAT ON AND I HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO LEAD AT THAT TIME WAS A DEVELOPMENT OF OUR STUDENT SCORECARD.

THAT'S WHERE OUR LIFE READINESS PIECE COMES FROM.

WE HAVE A K THROUGH 12 STUDENT SCORECARD.

THE LIFE READY IS ALL THOSE THINGS THAT YOU ALWAYS SEE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND I WISH THEY WOULD TEACH THAT IN SCHOOL.

WE DO DIRECTLY, AND THEN WE HAVE MEASUREMENTS FOR IT.

THAT HAS BEEN A HUGE BIG PART OF WHAT WE DO, AND THEN WE'RE ABLE TO AGGREGATE THAT DATA TO MEASURE NOT ONLY GO DOWN THE INDIVIDUAL KID TO SEE WHAT THEY NEED, BUT WE'RE ABLE TO AGGREGATE THAT DATA DISTRICT WIDE TO SEE WHAT PROGRAMS AND OFFERINGS WERE GIVEN FOR OUR KIDS AND HELP OUR INDIVIDUAL CAMPUSES IMPROVE.

THEN FINALLY, STUDENTS WILL GRADUATE COLLEGE AND OR CAREER-READY.

THAT'S OUR CCMR MEASURE.

THAT'S THE ONE THAT WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED TO SEE JUST EXPLODE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS TO THE WORK OF MR. BENAVIDES AND DR. TAMPLIN AND OUR HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AND OUR HIGH SCHOOL FACILITIES ASSOCIATES.

OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.

OUR BOARD AND OUR COMMUNITY, WE'VE BEEN REALLY FORTUNATE BECAUSE WE'VE TAKEN IT A STEP FURTHER.

THE BOARD VOTES ON OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.

BY LAW, THE BOARD VOTES ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN UP OR DOWN.

THEY'VE NOT ONLY DONE THAT.

THEY'VE GONE AND THEY'VE ADOPTED OUR STRATEGIC PLAN INTO OUR POLICY IN AE LOCAL.

VERY RARELY DID DISTRICTS DO THAT, PARTIALLY BECAUSE THEIR STRATEGIC PLANS ARE 40, 50, 120 PAGES LONG, AND THAT WOULD BE A BIT OF A LONG ATTACHMENT.

BUT IT IS ADOPTED AND A LOCAL, ALL IT DOES, IT READS VISION 2030, AND THEN IT HAS ABOUT A FIVE-PARAGRAPH EXPLANATION OF OUR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PROCESS.

BASICALLY, IF YOU IF WE'D ALL JUST READ THAT, DR. SPENCER AND I COULD SIT DOWN BECAUSE IT TELLS EXACTLY HOW WE'RE GOING TO CARRY THESE DIFFERENT PIECES OUT.

THE DISTRICT SCORE CARD, AGAIN, IS OUR ONE PAGE SCOREBOARD.

WE WANT THE BOARD'S POSITIVE FEEDBACK ON THAT.

THIS IS NOT SOMETHING YOU VOTE ON.

DR. SPENCER IS GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE HERE IN A MINUTE.

WE'RE GOING TO BRING YOU OUR WORK IN PROGRESS IN THE SPRING, AND THEN IN AUGUST, WE'LL BRING OUR FINAL MEASURES THAT WE'LL BE MEASURING FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

BUT IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD VOTES ON DIRECTLY.

YOU GUYS SET THE POLICY.

WE WORK ON HOW TO CARRY IT OUT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE REACH IT.

OUR SCORECARD, WE ARE IN THE LAST YEAR OF THE FIRST FIVE YEARS OF OUR SCORECARD, FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, WE MEANT TO HAVE TWO, FIVE YEARS BECAUSE TOO MUCH CHANGES IN THE WORLD, OUR ACCOUNTABILITY COVID, TWO CHANGES IN THE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM JUST SINCE WE SET THESE MEASURES.

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I DO WANT TO GO OVER A COUPLE OF THINGS.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT IT.

BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT, YOU SEE ITS DIVIDED INTO INTO NINE PARTS THERE.

THE FIRST PART IS OUR GUIDING STATEMENTS, AND THEN EVERY OTHER PART UNDER THAT IS OUR EIGHT DIVISIONS.

THOSE ARE THE TOP THREE GOALS.

HERE WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT ALIGNMENT.

THOSE ARE THE TOP THREE GOALS THAT LEAD US TO REACHING OUR GUIDING STATEMENT GOALS.

LOOKING AT OUR GUIDING STATEMENTS, AND HOW WE'RE DOING.

FOR THE PUBLIC, IF YOU LOOK IN THE PRESENTATION ATTACHMENT, I HAVE THIS FOR EVERY SECTION OF THE SCORECARD.

YOU CAN SEE A SLIDE LIKE THIS FOR EVERY SECTION OF THE SCORECARD.

I JUST WANT TO SHOW THIS ONE AS A SAMPLE TONIGHT.

YOU SEE OUR FOUR GUIDING STATEMENTS, YOU SEE ON THE LEFT THERE, YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT, THE COLOR CODING OF WHERE WE ARE.

WE ARE AT GOAL CURRENTLY FOR EACH OF OUR ITEMS EXCEPT FOR THREE AND FOUR, WHICH WE ARE ABOVE GOAL, OUR FINAL MEASURE.

THEN DOWN BELOW, YOU SEE OUR FINAL 25 26 MEASURE BRACKETS.

FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE DECIDED TO KEEP GUIDING STATEMENT NUMBER 4, WE WOULD HAVE TO ADJUST THAT GOAL.

WE WILL KEEP GUIDING STATE NUMBER 4, BUT WE WILL HAVE TO ADJUST THAT GOAL.

I WON'T BE 88% AGAIN.

CREATING ALIGNMENT THROUGH THE SYSTEM MEANS CREATING ALIGNMENT THROUGH OUR SCORECARDS.

YOU HAVE THE DISTRICT SCORECARD.

YOU HAVE THE BOARD SCORECARD, WHICH YOU ALL DISCUSSED AT THE CALLED MEETING LAST WEEK.

YOU HAVE EACH DEPARTMENT OR DIVISION HAS A SCORECARD, AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT CLOSER LOOK AT ONE HERE IN JUST A MINUTE.

THEN YOU HAVE THE STUDENT SCORECARD.

THE TOP IS JUST THE TOP BANNER OF WHAT THE AGGREGATED DATA FOR OUR SENIOR CLASS COMING INTO THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR.

WE CAN WORK WITH THAT AGAIN AND DIVE DOWN THAT.

WE CALL IT TWO-WAY FACING DATA.

WE CAN USE IT FOR PROGRAMMATIC CHANGES, AND WE CAN ALSO USE IT TO HELP INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS.

LOOKING AT THE FACILITIES AND OPERATION SCORECARD.

YOU HAVE THEIR TOP MEASURES THERE AT THE TOP, AND THEN YOU HAVE ALL THEIR DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.

THIS IS OUR BIGGEST.

THEY HAVE THE MOST NAMES UNDER THEIRS, AND WE DON'T EVEN HAVE SHANTZ IN THERE.

SHANTZ GETS HER OWN DIVISION.

BUT YOU HAVE EVERYTHING IN THERE FOR CUSTODIAL WORKERS COMP OR RISK MANAGEMENT UNDER THE AND TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS.

EACH OF THOSE INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS HAVE THEIR OWN SCORECARD THAT FEEDS INTO THIS SCORECARD.

IT GOES DOWN ALL THE WAY DOWN THROUGH THE SYSTEM.

TRANSPORTATIONS MAY NOT BE AS LONG AS THIS ONE, BUT THEY'VE GOT THEIR OWN PIECES OF THEIR EXPECTATIONS FOR THEIR DRIVERS, THEIR TRAINERS, ALL THE DISPATCH, ALL THE DIFFERENT FOLKS IN THEIR GROUP.

BECAUSE EVERYONE IN A DEPARTMENT OR A DIVISION IS NOT INVOLVED IN EVERY PIECE OF THE WORK.

WE HAVE A PLAN ON A PAGE FOR EACH DEPARTMENT.

THIS TELLS IT'S VERY DIRECT, ONE-PAGER, EVERYBODY CAN EASILY READ.

YOU CAN FIND THESE IN HIS DEPARTMENT, JEFF DEPARTMENT, THEY'RE ALL ON A GIANT WALL.

YOU GOING IN TO TECHNOLOGY, THEY'LL SPREAD AROUND THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, AND THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE DOING, WHAT THE OVERARCHING GOAL OF THEIR DEPARTMENT IS, AND THE WHY BEHIND IT, AND HOW IT ALIGNS TO OUR GUIDING STATEMENTS.

EVERYBODY ALSO DOES A PDSA.

DR. SPENCER IS GOING TO SHOW YOU THE SECOND STEP IN A PDSA, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST STEP FOR OUR RISK MANAGEMENT TEAM.

YOU SEE THE X ON THE RIGHT WITH IT IS A VISION 2030 GOAL.

IF YOU LOOK DOWN IN THERE A LITTLE CLOSER, YOU'LL SEE THEIR ROOT CAUSE TOOL, THE QUALITY TOOL THAT THEY USE TO COME TO THEIR ROOT CAUSE.

WE LEARNED FROM EACH OTHER.

THIS ONE IN RISK MANAGEMENT IS TALKING ABOUT WORKERS' COMPENSATION CLAIMS, AND THEY LEARNED FROM THE INCREDIBLE JUMP THAT CUSTODIAL DID, AND SO THEIR MEASURE IS NOT ONLY THEY HAD THE ROOT CAUSE, BUT THEY WERE ABLE TO SEE THAT IT WORKED DIRECTLY WITH THE CUSTODIAL DEPARTMENT.

THEIR CHALLENGE IS TO GETTING THE OTHER 4,500 EMPLOYEES IN THE DISTRICT TO GET ON THE SAME PAGE.

EACH MONTH ON THE BOARD'S AGENDA, UNDER THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT, YOU HAVE AN EXECUTIVE COUNSEL ACCOUNTABILITY DASHBOARD.

YOU HAVE OUR DENS OF ACCOUNTABILITY ON THERE.

FOR THE DASHBOARD, EVERYWHERE THERE'S AN X IS WE ARE REPORTING ON THAT DATA POINT THAT MONTH.

IF IT'S TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE'RE GOING TO DO WORK ORDERS WITHIN FIVE DAYS, YOU CAN LOOK ACROSS AND SEE WHICH MONTH WE'RE GOING TO BRING YOU THAT DATA.

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THEN WHEN YOU LOOK DOWN BELOW THAT, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE CADENCE OF ACCOUNTABILITY SLIDES.

THESE LOOK ON THE SAME ON THE CAMPUS AS THEY LOOK IN THE DEPARTMENT.

THE DESIGN OF THEM IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THEM, YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR EYES GO.

YOU KNOW THAT IF YOU LOOK TO THE TOP LEFT, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE NUMBER, YOU KNOW IF YOU LOOK TO THE TOP RIGHT, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE AN INDICATOR OF GREEN, YELLOW, RED, OR BLUE.

YOU KNOW THAT LEFT OR RIGHT, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE EACH MONTH THAT THEY ARE PRESENTING ON THAT.

I PUT THIS ONE UP HERE BECAUSE YOU HAVE A PERCENT OF TOTAL WORK ORDERS COMPLETED WITHIN FIVE BUSINESS DAY.

THAT IS A MAIN GOAL FOR THEM.

THE SECOND ONE IS A SUPPORTING GOAL.

IT'D BE REAL EASY FOR JEFF AND HIS GUYS JUST TO RESPOND TO WORK ORDERS, BUT WE KNOW THEY KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT THE BEST MOST EFFICIENT WAY TO TAKE CARE OF OUR BUILDINGS AND KEEP THEM LOOKING LIKE THIS BEAUTIFUL BUILDING RIGHT HERE.

THEY HAVE A SUPPORTING GOAL PERCENTAGE OF MAINTENANCE LABOR HOURS DEDICATED TO PREVENTATIVE WORK ORDERS.

THEIR PREVENTATIVE WORK.

THAT'S THEIR SUPPORTING GOAL, ONE SUPPORTS THE OTHER.

NOW, DR. SPENCER IS GOING TO TAKE US THROUGH SOME OF OUR OTHER TOOLS AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE ON THE CAMPUS LEVEL.

>> THANK YOU, DR. SCOTT. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

WHEN WE GET INTO, HOW DO WE GET TO OUR ONE THING? HOW DO OUR CAMPUSES GET TO THEIR ONE THINGS, OUR DEPARTMENTS, AND OUR DIVISIONS? THE FIRST STOP IN THAT IS REALLY CONDUCTING A ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS.

IT IS A COMMITTEE DECISION.

IT IS A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS THAT WE FOLLOW.

AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL, WE REALLY DEFINE A PROBLEM.

WHAT IS THE PROBLEM THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO IMPROVE IN THE PART OF OUR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PROCESS.

THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT VARIOUS PIECES OF DATA.

WE KNOW THAT ONE PIECE OF DATA DOESN'T TELL US ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO KNOW.

WE'RE LOOKING AT MULTIPLE PIECES OF DATA THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

SOME OF THAT COULD BE OUR MAP DATA THAT DR. SWIZE PRESENTS ON THREE TIMES A YEAR.

IT COULD BE OUR STAR DATA OR JUST FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS.

THE FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS WE'RE LOOKING MONTH BY MONTH, SIX WEEKS BY SIX WEEKS TO SEE IF WE'RE MAKING THE PROGRESS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE.

THEN IDENTIFYING ISSUES THAT WE CAN CONTROL AND THOSE THAT WE CAN'T.

IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO IDENTIFY THESE THINGS MAY BE A BURDEN TO A CAMPUS, BUT THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DIRECTLY IMPACT OR CONTROL.

WE SEPARATE THOSE THINGS BECAUSE TEACHERS NEED TO BE ABLE TO EXPRESS WHAT ARE THOSE OBSTACLES THAT THEY'RE FACING.

THEN WE USE QUALITY TOOLS.

THIS IS A PICTURE OF ONE OF OUR CAMPUSES CONDUCTING A ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS AND USING A PLUS DELTA.

TYPICALLY, THEY LAYER MULTIPLE QUALITY TOOLS IN ORDER TO GET DOWN TO THE ROOT CAUSE.

THEY MAY USE A PLUS DELTA, THEY MAY USE AN AFFINITY DIAGRAM, A 5YS, BUT WE TRAIN THEM ON MULTIPLE QUALITY TOOLS IN ORDER TO GET DOWN TO THE ROOT CAUSE THAT'S DEFINING THE PROBLEM.

THEN THEY DEVELOP A PLAN AND THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE OUR PLAN DO STUDY ACT IN THE PDSA.

THEY PUT THAT FIRST PAGE THAT DR. SCOTT SHOWED YOU.

THEY IDENTIFY WHAT THEIR ONE THING IS, HOW IT SUPPORTS VISION 2030 BECAUSE EVERYTHING GOES BACK TO VISION 2030, AND THAT WE'RE IN ALIGNMENT.

THEN THEY PUT ACTION STEPS IN PLACE OF WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO IN ORDER TO BE SURE THAT THEY ARE MOVING ALONG THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IN ORDER TO MEET THEIR MEASURES THAT THEY PUT IN PLACE, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT.

THEN THEY MONITOR, IMPLEMENT, AND EVALUATE.

THAT'S THE LAST PART OF THE PDSA.

ARE YOU STUDYING WHAT YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO DO TO SEE IF IT'S GOING TO WORK? THIS IS JUST A REALLY IMPORTANT PROCESS REALLY BECAUSE IT ENCOMPASSES ALL OF OUR MEMBERS OF OUR CAMPUS.

IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THIS IS NOT DONE SOLO.

WE TRAIN PRINCIPALS AND OUR STAFF.

THIS IS A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS AND EVERYONE NEEDS TO HAVE A VOICE BECAUSE EVERYONE HAS A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE AS TO WHY THE PROBLEM IS THE PROBLEM. THAT'S IMPORTANT.

>> THEN OUR COA MEASURES.

DR. SCOTT MENTIONED OUR FIDELITY MEASURES AND HOW THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN WHAT OTHER PEOPLE USE AS FAR AS CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT IS CONCERNED.

OUR FIDELITY MEASURES REALLY ARE ABOUT ADULT BEHAVIOR.

OUR PRINCIPALS, OUR DEPARTMENTS, OUR DIVISIONS, WE TALK ABOUT ADULT BEHAVIOR, AND WE HAVE IDENTIFIED A PROBLEM AND THE PROBLEM IS NOT OUR STUDENTS.

IT'S NOT THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING.

IS WHAT CAN WE CHANGE, NOT THAT THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG WITH OUR TEACHERS EITHER.

BUT WHAT CAN WE DO DIFFERENTLY IN ORDER TO HAVE AN IMPACT THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE? WE MAKE A SPECIFIC GOAL ABOUT WHAT ADULT BEHAVIOR WE WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE.

THE QUESTION THAT WE ALWAYS ASK IS, ARE YOU DOING WHAT YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO DO? THAT'S THE QUESTION. YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO DO THIS THIS YEAR? ARE YOU DOING IT? HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT IT'S WORKING? ALWAYS BEING SURE THAT THOSE FIDELITY MEASURES ALIGN TO OUR ONE THING.

WE DON'T WANT A FIDELITY MEASURE THAT'S JUST FLUFF.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S PULLING THE LINE AND TOWING

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THE SECOND PIECE THAT'S EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT IS OUR PERFORMANCE MEASURES.

IF OUR ADULT BEHAVIOR CHANGES, THEN WE EXPECT TO SEE AN IMPACT ON THE STUDENT PERFORMANCE SIDE OR ON THE EMPLOYEE SIDE.

IF WE'VE IDENTIFIED SOMETHING AND WE'RE GOING TO TRAIN OUR EMPLOYEES, THEN WE EXPECT FOR OUR SERVICE TICKETS TO GO DOWN OR FOR OUR STUDENT SCORES TO INCREASE.

WE REALLY ASK THE QUESTION OF, IS IT MAKING AN IMPACT? PART OF THAT CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PROCESS IS COMING BACK MULTIPLE TIMES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO CHECK TO SEE IS IT MAKING AN IMPACT? WE DON'T WAIT UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR TO SEE IF THAT IMPACT IS BEING MADE.

THEN WE FOCUS ON ARE THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES RELIABLE? IS IT MEASURING THE RIGHT THING? SOMETIMES IT'S NOT.

THAT'S PART OF THE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PROCESS AND WE HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND WE'RE REALLY THERE FOR SUPPORT.

YOU'RE DOING THIS, ALL OF THIS HARD WORK.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU WILL HEAR TEACHERS SAY ALL OF THE TIME IS WE WORK REALLY HARD, AND THEY ARE WORKING REALLY HARD, AND WE WANT THEM TO WORK REALLY HARD ON THE RIGHT THING.

WE WANT THEM TO SEE THAT YOU'RE WORKING HARD AND IT'S PAYING OFF.

IT'S DOING GREAT THINGS FOR KIDS.

SOMETIMES WE NEED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON IF WE NEED TO MAKE A CHANGE TO OUR FIDELITY MEASURE OR IF WE NEED TO LOOK AT SOMETHING DIFFERENT FOR OUR PERFORMANCE MEASURE.

IT'S JUST PART OF OUR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PROCESS.

DR. SCOTT SHOWED YOU THE FIRST PART OF THE PLAN DO STUDY ACT? HE SHOWED YOU THE PLAN PAGE.

THIS IS THE DO PAGE.

WHAT HAPPENS IS THREE TIMES A YEAR, OUR PRINCIPALS UPDATE THEIR PDSAS AND SO THEY LOOK TO SEE IF THEY'VE MET THEIR FIDELITY MEASURE AND IF THEY'VE MET THEIR PERFORMANCE MEASURE, AND THEN THEY SET NEW ACTIONS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO CARRY OUT FOR THE NEXT PART OF THE YEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE MEETING THEIR TARGETS.

IN THE FIRST PART, IT'S SPECIFICALLY ABOUT, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? WHAT ARE THE ACTIONS YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE DURING THIS PART OF THE YEAR? WHAT'S GOING TO BE YOUR MEASURE? ARE YOU ABLE TO PULL UP? ARE YOU DOING WHAT YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO DO? IS THAT THROUGH A WALK THROUGH? IS THAT THROUGH CALENDARING? HOW CAN WE LOOK TO KNOW THAT YOU WERE ON TRACK? THEN WHAT'S THE END DATE AND THEN THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE? SOMETIMES, REALLY ABOUT BUILDING CAPACITY AND LEADERSHIP ON CAMPUS, THAT PERSON IS NOT ALWAYS THE PRINCIPAL NOR SHOULD IT BE BECAUSE IT SHOULD BE A SHARED AND COLLECTIVE EFFORT ACROSS THE CAMPUS.

YOU WILL SEE DIFFERENT NAMES THERE IN DEPARTMENTS AND DIVISIONS BECAUSE IT IS AN ACCOUNTABILITY AS A TEAM AND AS A UNIT.

THEN YOU WILL ALSO SEE THAT IT'S COLOR CODED.

THE COLOR CODING MATCHES ALL THE WAY THROUGH AND IT'S IN ALIGNMENT.

IF OUR PRINCIPALS ARE ON TRACK AND THEY HAVE ACCOMPLISHED THAT, THEY WILL MAKE THAT ACTION GREEN, WHICH MEANS THAT THEY ACCOMPLISHED IT.

YOU SEE A COUPLE OF FEW YELLOW ON THIS SLIDE.

THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S ONGOING AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

THEY MAKE THOSE THINGS YELLOW.

SOMETIMES IT'S RED AND THEY GET A LITTLE HEARTBURN.

IT'S OKAY IF SOMETHING DIDN'T HAPPEN IT'S PART OF WE RUN OUT OF TIME, IT WASN'T GOOD TIMING, AND WE ARE LOOKING AT HOW OUR STAFF IS RESPONDING, AND IF IT'S A GOOD TIME TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SOMETHING SO THAT HAPPENS.

THEN OUR LEAD FIDELITY MEASURES THROUGH OUR WALK THROUGHS THEY EACH HAVE, IT LOOKS THE SAME FOR OUR CAMPUSES.

THEIR FIDELITY WALK THROUGH MEASURES OR THEIR FIDELITY MEASURES.

THEY'LL HAVE A SLIDE THAT SHOWS THEIR ADULT BEHAVIOR AND HOW THEY'RE MEASURING THAT ADULT BEHAVIOR.

AGAIN, IT'S COLOR CODED WITH THE BLUE, IF THEY ARE ABOVE GOAL, GREEN, IF THEY MEET, YELLOW, IF THEY'RE ON TRACK, BUT THEY'RE NOT QUITE THERE AND THEN RED.

THOSE ARE THE WAYS AND IT HAS THE NUMBER OF WALKS THAT THEY'VE DONE, JUST HOW THEY'RE TRACKING THE FIDELITY OF THEIR ACTIONS.

FOR OUR PRINCIPALS, OUR PRINCIPALS PRESENT THEIR CADENCE OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND THEY COME THREE TIMES A YEAR.

IN SEPTEMBER, THEY COME AND THEY PRESENT THEIR PLAN.

IN THEIR PLAN, THEY IDENTIFY HOW THEY CAME TO THEIR ONE THING.

WHAT IS THEIR ONE THING FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR? THEY SHARE THEIR PROCESS OF ROOT CAUSE.

THEY SHARE PICTURES, THEY SHARE THEIR QUALITY TOOLS THAT THEY USED, WHO WAS INVOLVED AND THEN THEY SHARE THEIR LEAD IN THEIR LAG MEASURES, FIDELITY AND PERFORMANCE.

WHERE ARE THEY EXPECTING TO BE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR AND END OF THE YEAR SO THAT THEY HAVE THEIR GOALS FOR THE YEAR.

THEN THEY ALSO TALK ABOUT PROFESSIONAL LEARNING BECAUSE IT'S GREAT TO SET A GOAL, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING TO SUPPORT THE GOAL.

WE CHARGE THEM TO LOOK AT THEIR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FOR THEIR STAFF FOR THE YEAR.

WHAT IS THE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO OFFER? IN FEBRUARY, THEY COME BACK AND THEY TALK ABOUT IMPACT, AND THEY SHOW US THE IMPACT OF WHAT THEY'VE DONE FROM THE FIRST PART OF THE YEAR AND WE REVIEW ANY COMMITMENTS.

SOMETIMES, THEY NEED HELP AND SUPPORT FROM THE DISTRICT LEVEL.

ALL OF US ARE THERE.

DR. CANTU, DR. SCOTT, ALL OF US ARE IN THE ROOM.

MS. TRONGAARD, HR, ALL OF OUR COORDINATORS, BECAUSE IT REALLY IS ABOUT SUPPORT, IF THEY NEED SUPPORT AT THAT TIME, THAT'S WHEN WE MAKE A COMMITMENT TO OFFER THE SUPPORT, AND IF THEY NEED WE NEED THEM TO DO SOMETHING, WE MAKE COMMITMENTS ON THAT AS WELL.

THEN THEY TALK ABOUT PROGRESS OF THEIR LEAD FIDELITY MEASURES AND PERFORMANCE MEASURES.

THAT'S THE RULE TIME THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT,

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THEN IN JUNE AND JULY, IT'S OUR END OF YEAR.

THEY COME AND THEY PRESENT THEIR PROGRESS ON THEIR LEAD MEASURES AND THEN THEY PRESENT THEIR LAG MEASURE, AND OUR LAG MEASURE IS THE END.

THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO TO INFLUENCE IT.

THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE LEAD.

WE CAN INFLUENCE A LEAD MEASURE.

IF WE SEE A LEAD MEASURE THAT WE DON'T LIKE, WE CAN INTERVENE, PUT SOME DIFFERENT PROCESSES IN PLACE AS FAR AS OUR ACTIONS ARE CONCERNED AND INFLUENCE A LEAD MEASURE.

THE LAG MEASURE IT'S DONE, IT'S STAR.

THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT AT THAT POINT, BUT THEY COME AND PRESENT THEIR DATA TO US IN JUNE AND JULY.

BUILDING CAPACITY AND OUR PRINCIPALS, DIRECTORS, AND COORDINATORS.

WE HAVE A PDC MEETING EVERY MONTH.

THAT'S A WAY THAT WE BUILD OUR LEADERSHIP CAPACITY IN OUR LEADERS IN THE DISTRICT.

LAST YEAR, OUR FOCUS FOR OUR PDC WAS ON CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.

WE DISCOVERED MR. BROGDEN AND RITA DON AND I, WE HAVE A GREAT PARTNERSHIP IN PUTTING ON PDC, AND IT REALLY IS A GREAT EXPERIENCE.

BUT WE DISCOVERED LAST YEAR, WE HAD A LOT OF NEW PEOPLE THAT HAD JOINED MANSFIELD ISD SINCE WE STARTED CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT, WHICH WAS YEARS AGO.

SOME PEOPLE WERE IN DIFFERENT POSITIONS.

THEY WEREN'T IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS.

THEY HAD HEARD ABOUT CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT, REALLY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE WHY OF WHAT WE WERE DOING AND SO WE HAD A RESET AND TRAINED EVERYONE.

I MEAN WE WENT ALL THE WAY BACK AND WENT THROUGH ALL OF THE PROCESSES AND THE WHY.

WE ALSO CONDUCTED A SURVEY AT THE END OF PDC LAST YEAR.

REALLY, WE JUST ASKED THE QUESTION, DID PDC HELP YOU THIS YEAR IN YOUR LEADERSHIP? EIGHTY THREE PERCENT OF OUR STAFF SAID ABSOLUTELY.

IT HELPED US TO UNDERSTAND WHAT CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT WAS, HOW WE MOVED FORWARD, IT HELPS ME IN MY LEADERSHIP AND IN MY DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS WHAT WE WANTED.

BUT NOW WE'VE MOVED FORWARD.

THEY HAVE THE TRAINING.

LOOKING FORWARD TO 2025, WE HAVE OUR FIRST MEETING ON THURSDAY AND SO SOME OF THIS WILL BE NEW PEOPLE ARE WATCHING.

BUT ONE THING IS WE'RE STILL GOING TO LAY THE FOUNDATION OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.

THAT'S ONE OF OUR VALUES.

WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT CORE VALUE.

BUT WE ALSO WANTED TO PROVIDE DIFFERENTIATION FOR OUR STAFF BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL LEADERS AND THEY'RE ALL IN DIFFERENT POINTS IN THEIR LEADERSHIP.

WE'LL HAVE BREAKOUT SESSIONS THIS YEAR.

WELL, THEY'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BREAK OUT AND REALLY TALK ABOUT COMMUNICATION AND POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS AND WHAT IT MEANS TO BUILD THOSE THINGS THROUGH OUR CORE VALUES.

THEY'LL HAVE SOME POSSIBILITIES OF DOING BREAKOUT SESSIONS FOR THAT.

THEN FOR OUR NEW EMPLOYEES, WE'RE STILL GOING TO ONBOARD THEM.

THEY'LL HAVE A COUPLE OF BREAKOUT SESSIONS THAT'S JUST DEVOTED TO ONBOARDING OF NEW STAFF TO BE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE THOSE GAPS ANYMORE AS FAR AS LEARNING AND UNDERSTANDING VISION 2030.

THEN AS DR. SCOTT SPOKE ABOUT, IT'S TIME TO PREPARE FOR OUR LAST FIVE YEARS AND SETTING OUR GOALS THROUGH OUR DEPARTMENTS AND OUR DIVISIONS.

WE'LL START HAVING SPECIFIC TIME FOR OUR DEPARTMENTS AND DIVISIONS DURING PDC TO COLLABORATE, TALK ABOUT DATA, TALK ABOUT WHAT THEIR NEW GOALS ARE GOING TO BE FOR CLOSE OR SUGGESTED GOALS WILL BE FOR THE REST OF VISION 2030.

FROM 2026 UNTIL 2030.

THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE JUST WORKING ON AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT'S TO COME AND SO I THINK THAT'S ALL WE HAVE FOR YOU. THANK YOU.

>> I THINK WE'RE SCOOTING UP TO OUR SEAT SO WE CAN ASK A TON OF QUESTIONS. I'M JUST KIDDING.

THANK YOU, DR. SCOTT AND DR. SPENCER FOR THE PRESENTATION ON VISION 2030.

CADENCE OF ALIGNMENT AND CADENCE OF ACCOUNTABILITY TRUSTEES, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? TO MY LEFT. SHE HAS TONS OF QUESTIONS.

>> I SHARE THE EXCITEMENT THAT YOU'LL HAVE.

DOES THAT PUT US IN A DIFFERENT CLUB? DID I FINALLY MAKE THAT CLUB IN HIGH SCHOOL? YEAH. BUT I AM GLAD AND YOU MENTIONED IT, WHEN YOU SAID THAT ABOUT HOW YOU RECOGNIZED AT THE PDCS, HOW MANY NEW PEOPLE WE HAVE IN THE DISTRICT ALONE.

I THINK THAT WE GOT SO EXCITED IN PROCESSES AND GOT USED TO THEM, TOO, THAT I WAS GLAD THAT ALL ACKNOWLEDGED THAT BECAUSE EVEN TONIGHT WITH THE ROOM THAT WE HAVE HERE, I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY GOOD TO HEAR BOTH OF YOU GUYS WITH YOUR PRESENTATION ON HOW IT CAME TO BE, BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES EVEN SOMETHING THAT MAY SEEM AS SIMPLE AS DISTRICT GOALS ARE ACTUALLY THE BOARD GOALS, LIKE YOU DEFINED THAT, THAT THE BOARD ALONG WITH THE ADMINISTRATION, OF COURSE, AND THE STAP COMES UP WITH THOSE.

THEN THE PROGRESS MEASURES, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL THEM.

SOME PEOPLE CALL THEM GUARDRAILS NOW.

THEY ALL HAVE SOMETIMES A NEW FANCY WORD, BUT IS FOR YOU GUYS TO COME UP WITH.

BUT I'D LOVE THAT YOU BROUGHT UP THE ONE THING, BUT AGAIN, SOMETIMES IS THAT THE EXPLANATION THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE, OKAY, WELL,

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IT'S NOT REALLY AS SIMPLE AS SOUNDS, BUT IT DID GIVE US GOALS AND THEY DIDN'T QUIT FOCUSING ON THE ONE THING ONCE THEY HAD THE ONE THING BECAUSE THAT WAS MY CONCERN, THAT THEN THEY HAND IT OVER TO THE AP OR WHATEVER, DEPENDING ON THEIR PROCESS AND THEIR CAMPUS AND THEY TAKE OFF WITH IT.

THE FACT THAT YOU DID MENTION THAT IT IS IN POLICY, ALSO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, AND I KNOW THAT DR. CRUTCHFIELD AND MS. HORN AND I WE SPOKE ABOUT THAT SINCE WE ARE THE BOARD OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE THAT IS TRYING TO GET OUR SCORECARD TO ALIGN WITH WHAT YOU JUST SHOWED EVERYBODY WITH THE DISTRICT SCORECARDS, A DEPARTMENTAL SCORECARDS AS WELL AS PROBABLY CAMPUS.

THAT WE ALL ALIGN TOGETHER BUT I KNOW THE THREE OF US TALKED ABOUT THAT IN OUR CONVERSATION AS COMMITTEE PARTICIPANTS, THAT BY HAVING THE CONSISTENCY IS WHAT HAS REALLY HELPED OUR DISTRICT, BE ABLE TO EXCEED TIME AND TIME AGAIN AND MEET GOALS AND GET TO CHANGE GOALS BECAUSE WE DID MEET GOALS OR MAYBE MAKING THEM A LITTLE HARDER OR WHATEVER, WHATEVER YOU ALL DECIDE BECAUSE YOU ARE PROFESSIONALS.

BUT BY HAVING THAT CONSISTENCY HAS REALLY BEEN A BIG BENEFIT FOR OUR DISTRICT AND NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE GET TO HAVE THAT.

THAT MEANS ALL THE FACES.

THAT DOESN'T JUST MEAN THE PERSON OVER FIVE HOURS.

I'M GLAD HE'S HERE. BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN JUST ONE POSITION.

IT MEANS ALL THE FACES AND WHETHER THEY'RE MOVING UP OR SLIDING OVER OR TAKING A DIFFERENT POSITION ALTOGETHER.

IT'S THAT, THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME TEAM AND ACROSS THE DISTRICT, YOU REPEATEDLY HEAR IT'S ALL ABOUT THE KIDS AND BECAUSE YOU REPEATEDLY HEAR THAT, THAT IS SHOWING.

I MEAN, I KNOW HOW EXCITED WE WE ALL I SAW YOUR COMMENTS WHEN WE GOT ALL THOSE SCORES THIS LAST WEEK.

IT'S ALL COMING TO PASS AND IT JUST IT'S TAKEN YES, IT WAS YEARS AGO, BUT YOU HAVE TWEAKED IT AND YOU'VE KEPT UP WITH THE TIMES AND YOU MADE THE PROCESSES HARDER AND BETTER.

>> I THINK YOU MADE A REALLY GOOD POINT ABOUT GOING DOWN TO THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL.

ONE OF THE ADJUSTMENTS WE'VE MADE OVER TIME IS THAT DISTRIBUTED LEADERSHIP.

ALL THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEASURES COME TO EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND WE REVIEW THEM AS A GROUP.

THE PRINCIPALS COME TO THEIR CADENCE OF ACCOUNTABILITY MEETINGS THREE TIMES A YEAR AND THEY BRING TO THE GROUP.

BUT IN THEIR DEPARTMENT MEETINGS, THE DIFFERENT LEADS OVER DIFFERENT MEASURES, THEY'RE BRINGING THOSE MEASURES FOR.

THEY'RE TALKING TO THEM ABOUT WHY IT'S WORKING, WHY IT'S NOT WHAT THEY NEED.

WE INTRODUCED SEVERAL NEW PRINCIPLES TONIGHT.

IT IS HARD, IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE.

IF YOU'VE BEEN A AP IN THIS DISTRICT AND YOU HAVEN'T OWNED AND GONE THROUGH THE CLA PROCESS, ON YOUR CAMPUS, IF YOUR PRINCIPAL HAS NOT GIVEN YOU THAT OPPORTUNITY, THEY'RE REALLY KEEPING YOU FROM THE OPPORTUNITY.

NUMBER 1, THAT THE CAMPUS IN THE BEST SHAPE IT CAN BE, AND NUMBER 2, TAKING AWAY THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO ADVANCE.

THAT DISTRIBUTED LEADERSHIP THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO KEEPING THIS GOING.

>> IT IS, AND THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THAT TOO ABOUT THE CADENCE OF ACCOUNTABILITY.

I STILL CARRY AROUND MY BIG FIRST TIME THEY HANDED HIM OUT.

IT'S A THREE RING BINDER [INAUDIBLE].

IT'S LIKE A PICTURE BOOK FOR ME I LOVE IT.

BUT THEN YOU ALL WENT TO FLASH DRIVES, WE GOT FANCY.

BUT NO, I APPRECIATE YOU SAYING THAT BECAUSE IT IS TRUE, IT IS HINDERSOME TO SOMEBODY IF WE'RE NOT SHARING THAT KNOWLEDGE IN THOSE PROCESSES WITH SOMEBODY.

ANYWAY I CAN KEEP GOING. I WANT TO TALK.

>> THANK YOU. TRUSTEES TO MY LEFT.

TRUSTEE THOMAS, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT OR A QUESTION?

>> WELL, COMMENT AND THEN A QUESTION.

FIRST OFF, THANK YOU FOR TYING ALL THE PIECES TOGETHER BECAUSE I HEAR ABOUT THESE THINGS THROUGH MY WIFE ABOUT CADENCE OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND ALL THESE THINGS.

NOW IT'S COMING TOGETHER AND SEEING HOW IT'S A TOP DOWN EFFECT.

IT TRICKLES DOWN. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

ONE THING I MISSED IS WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT, I NOTICED THAT THERE IS A DROP OFF ON THE STAFF SURVEY SCORE FROM YEAR TO YEAR, AND WE DROPPED OFF A LITTLE BIT.

I WAS WONDERING WHAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE DECREASE FROM YOUR POINT OF VIEW AND YOU WHAT, IF ANYTHING, ARE WE LOOKING TO DO ON A GO FOUR BASIS?

>> I CAN LET DR. STOKER SPEAK TO A LOT OF THE PIECES THAT THEY HAVE FROM THEIR STAY SURVEYS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

SOMETIMES WE HAVE REALLY GOOD MEASURES AND OTHER TIMES WE'RE STRUGGLING TO KEEP UP WITH OUR MEASURES.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE USED IN YEARS PAST WAS A SURVEYING COMPANY TO GIVE STUDENT AND TEACHER OUR STAFF SURVEYS.

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IT WAS AN INVENTORY SURVEY WHERE YOU WOULD HAVE A GROUP OF AN INVENTORY QUESTION THAT LED BACK TO A SINGLE MEASURE.

THE PUSHBACK WE GOT ALONG WITH THE COST OF THAT, WE DISCONTINUED THAT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND WE WENT TO A SINGLE QUESTION SURVEY.

>> REALLY WHERE WE CAN MEASURE CCMR THIS IN 2022, IT MEANS THE SAME IN 2025.

WE DON'T HAVE THAT, IT MEANS THE SAME THING HERE.

THAT IS SOMETHING WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT, HOW DO WE CHANGE THAT MOVING INTO THE SECOND HALF OF VISION 2030.

BUT I'LL LET DR. STOKER TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO TO TRY TO GAIN THAT.

>> SURE. THANK YOU, DR SCOTT.

SOME OF WHAT DR. SCOTT IS REFERRING TO IS SOME OF OUR TEACHER INDICATORS WE USE AND OUR TEACHER STAY EFFORTS WE HAVE.

FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW WE'VE HAD A TEACHER MOLE COMMITTEE THAT CONSISTS OF A TEACHER FROM EVERY CAMPUS.

THEIR PURPOSE IS TO HELP US GET SOME QUALITATIVE DATA FROM THE DISTRICT-WIDE TEACHER SURVEY WE SUBMIT TO EVERYONE.

WHAT'S SEEN ON THE SCREEN THERE IS AT THE END OF THE YEAR, EVERY STAFF MEMBER AND EVERY DEPARTMENT HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN A SURVEY.

THERE'S A QUESTION THAT SAYS, I AM SATISFIED WORKING IN THIS DISTRICT.

THAT'S THE ONE QUESTION WE USE RIGHT NOW TO DETERMINE SATISFACTION.

IT'S INTERESTING THIS YEAR IN PARTICULAR BECAUSE WE ALSO GIVE A SURVEY TO OUR TEACHERS THAT ASK SIMILAR QUESTIONS, BUT IN MULTIPLE WAYS, NOT JUST THE ONE QUESTION.

ON THAT, WE WERE DOING CAR WHEELS THE TEACHERS WERE SO HAPPY, EVERYTHING WAS SO GREAT.

WE HAD GREAT PARTICIPATION.

THEN FOR WHATEVER REASON, WE GOT THE SURVEY AT THE END OF THE YEAR FROM EVERYBODY WITH FEWER PARTICIPANTS, WHERE THE SCORES WEREN'T QUITE AS POSITIVE.

BUT IN THE TEACHER MORALE COMMITTEE, WE ASKED THE TEACHERS IN THE GROUP VERY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS LET'S SAY THERE'S AN AREA MAYBE WE FEEL LIKE THEY DON'T FEEL APPRECIATED.

TALK TO ME ABOUT WAYS YOU FEEL APPRECIATED OR YOU COULD BE APPRECIATED FROM THIS GROUP.

HOW COULD YOU FEEL APPRECIATED BY THIS GROUP AND REALLY PULL FROM THEM WHAT IS THEY'RE SEEKING? THEN WE CAN SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH THEIR PRINCIPALS.

THAT'S ONE THING WE DO TO GAUGE WHERE OUR TEACHERS ARE.

WE ALSO DO SOMETHING CALLED STAY INTERVIEWS WITH OUR TEACHERS.

WE FOCUS ON DIFFERENT CAMPUSES EVERY YEAR AND SPEAK TO SEVERAL TEACHERS FROM THAT CAMPUS, ASK A FEW QUESTIONS THAT'S BASICALLY, WHY DO YOU STAY HERE? WHAT IS IT YOU LOVE ABOUT MANSFIELD ISD? WHAT IS IT YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR CAMPUS? THEN WE ALSO ASK, IF YOU HAD A MAGIC WAND, AND IF YOU COULD CHANGE ONE THING, WHAT WOULD IT BE? THEN AS AN HR TEAM, WE GET TOGETHER TO SEE WHAT ARE OUR TRENDS? WHAT DOES EVERYONE SAY THEY LOVE? WHAT IS EVERYONE SAYING THAT THEY ARE NOT EXCITED ABOUT? WHAT'S THAT MAGIC WAND ANSWER? IS THERE SOME SIMILARITY THERE? CAN WE DO ANYTHING ABOUT THESE? CAN WE WORK WITH OUR PRINCIPLES? CAN WE MAKE THEIR MAGIC WAND DREAMS COME TRUE? WE DO HAVE A LOT OF MEASURES IN PLACE TO GAUGE WHERE PEOPLE ARE.

BUT ONE OF THE ASPECTS WE'RE WORKING ON FOR NEXT YEAR IS NOT JUST HAVING THAT SINGLE QUESTION, DETERMINE HOW PEOPLE ARE FEELING TO HAVE LOTS OF QUESTIONS THAT GAUGE SATISFACTION.

I FEEL LIKE I TALKED A LOT. DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION A LITTLE BIT?

>> NO, YOU DID.

>> I TALKED A LOT OR I ANSWERED OR BOTH.

>> [LAUGHTER] ONE THING, I'M VERY BIG ON WINNING AND THE STAR SCORES AND EVERYTHING WE JUST GOT, WE WON, AND A BIG PART OF WINNING IS HAVING A WINNING TEAM AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE AS A BODY ARE KEEPING THE BEST COACHES AND PLAYERS ON THE FIELD SO THAT WE CAN WIN.

THAT'S A MACHE FOOTBALL SEASON. IT STARTS THIS WEEKEND.

>> ALSO SEE OUR PARTNERS FROM UEA IN THE BACK LEFT CORNER BACK THERE.

HEY TARA, HEY SHANE.

WE MEET WITH THEM ONCE A MONTH AS WELL AND THEM AND ATPE AND THEY HELP SHARE WITH US TEACHER CONCERNS SO THAT WE CAN DIRECTLY ADDRESS THOSE AND IF WE KNOW WHO THE PERSON IS, WE DIRECTLY GO TO THAT PERSON, BUT THEN WE ALSO PROVIDE JUST SAY, HEY, THESE ARE THE CONCERNS WERE BROUGHT, DR. STOKER COMPILES IT AND WE PUT BACK OUT, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING OR WE NEED MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS, WHATEVER THE ANSWER IS, WE PROVIDE THAT TO EVERYONE.

>> IF THERE'S ANY HELP YOU NEED FROM ME IN TERMS OF FACILITATING AND HELPING WITH THAT MORALE, JUST LET US KNOW.

I'M SURE ALL THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS WOULD BE WILLING TO ASSIST AND HELP WITH GETTING TO ROOT CAUSE OF ANY PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVING.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANKS.

>> MISS LESON.

>> I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU.

I THINK THAT HEARING THE STORY OF THE LEGACY AND THEN UNDERSTANDING THE PEOPLE THAT WERE PART OF THE LEGACY IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

DOCTOR CAN TOO, YOURSELF, DR. SPENCER, WE HAVE A ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE HERE WHO'VE BEEN WITH THE DISTRICT FOR A LONG TIME AND BEEN ON THIS JOURNEY FOR A LONG TIME.

IT'S REALLY TO SHARE THAT FAST FORWARD WITH EVERYBODY, BUT TO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU GUYS WERE THE PLAYERS LONG AGO, AND THAT YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED THESE GREAT GOALS, AND I THINK THAT OUR RECENT SCORES THAT WE JUST GOT PROVE THAT WE GOT THE WINNING TEAM.

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[LAUGHTER] THIS IS A TEAM SPORT, AND WE GOT THE WINNING TEAM.

>> THANK YOU, MISS LESON, TO MY RIGHT, TRUSTEES. DR. CRUTCHFIELD.

>> YES. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

I THINK ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE WAY THAT YOU PRESENTED IT IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE STRENGTH OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND SO I'M NOT HIDING FROM CHALLENGES AND PROBLEMS, BUT FOCUSING ON CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.

THANK YOU FOR GIVING PUBLIC SCHOOLS OR PUBLIC EDUCATION A SHOT IN THE ARM, SAYING EVERY DEPARTMENT ACROSS OUR DISTRICT IS FOCUSED ON CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.

I JUST HAD A FEW QUESTIONS.

THE TIMELINE OF THE COUNCIL OF ACCOUNTABILITY WHEN THE PRINCIPALS COME BEFORE YOU THREE TIMES A YEAR.

IT MAKES IT SEEM LIKE OUR PRINCIPALS ARE WORKING ALL THE TIME.

I NOTICED IN SEPTEMBER, THEY'RE PRESENTING THEIR PLAN, AND THEN JULY, THEY'RE FINISHING THAT UP AND PRESENTING THE END.

AT WHAT POINT ARE THEY DOING THE WORK TO IDENTIFY STUFF TO BRING TO YOU IN SEPTEMBER? ARE THEY DOING THAT IN AUGUST, OVER THE SUMMER?

>> THEY'RE DOING IT ALL THE TIME.

WHEN SCORES COME IN, THEY GET RAW SCORES AT THE END OF MAY.

OUR CAMPUSES HAVE THEIR RAW DATA STARTING IN MAY.

THEY START LOOKING AT, WHAT ARE MY TRENDS FROM LAST YEAR? WHAT AM I SEEING THAT'S CARRYING OVER? WHAT'S CARRYING OVER FROM MY MAP DATA AND MY FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT DATA? THEY START LOOKING AT THAT DATA AT THAT POINT.

THEN AS A CI LEADERSHIP TEAM, DURING OUR BACK-TO-SCHOOL PD WITH THEM THAT WE HAVE WITH THEM IN JULY, WE START HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

WHAT ARE YOU THINKING? WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE STANDING OUT TO YOU? THEN WE RETRAIN EVERYBODY.

HERE'S WHERE WE ARE ON OUR QUALITY TOOLS, SO WE START PLANTING THOSE SEEDS.

THEN JUST IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, DR. PATTON LED A DATA DEEP DIVE WITH SEVERAL OF OUR PRINCIPALS IN A SMALL GROUP.

BEFORE THEY START WITH THEIR STAFF, LET'S REALLY DIG INTO THE DATA WITH YOU.

HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THIS? HAVE YOU LOOKED AT THAT? WE REALLY ARE SPENDING A LOT OF QUALITY TIME JUST DIGGING INTO DATA WITH THEM SO THAT WHEN THEY GET TO THE POINT WHEN THEY'RE WITH THEIR STAFF, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY'VE ALREADY MOLD UP SINCE MAY.

WHEN THEY GET TO SEPTEMBER, THEY HAVE AN IDEA OF THEIR PROBLEM STATEMENT.

THEY'RE REALLY TRYING TO GET DOWN TO WHAT THEY'RE ONE THING AND HOW THEY MAKE IT IN A STATEMENT FORM.

BUT THEN THEY'RE DOING THE WORK.

FROM SEPTEMBER, WE DON'T WAIT, SO THEY'RE PRESENTING TO US IN SEPTEMBER, BUT THEY'RE STARTING THE WORK IN AUGUST.

WE'VE ALREADY PUT OUT TO THEM.

WE EXPECT FOR YOUR ROOT CAUSE TO BE DONE AT THIS POINT, YOUR ONE THING.

BY THE TIME THEY COME TO US IN SEPTEMBER, THEY'VE ALREADY STARTED THE WORK.

WE'RE JUST PROVIDING FEEDBACK AND SUPPORT ALONG THE WAY.

THEY'RE WORKING IN BETWEEN THOSE TIMES JUST TO LOOK AT THEIR FIDELITY MEASURES AND THEIR PERFORMANCE MEASURES.

>> THAT SOUNDS LIKE CONTINUOUS.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> OKAY, GOT YOU. THEN MY ONLY OTHER QUESTION.

I HEARD THAT AT THE TIME THAT THEY'RE PRESENTING TO YOU ALL, MAYBE IN FEBRUARY, THEY'RE NOTICING SOME THINGS THAT THEY MAY NEED SUPPORT ON.

WHEN THEY ASK YOU ARE AVAILABLE, ARE THERE OTHER THINGS THAT TRIGGER THE NEED FOR SUPPORT? YOU TALKED ABOUT DIFFERENTIATION.

IS THERE SOMETHING FROM YOUR LEVEL, CENTRAL OFFICE THAT SIGNIFIES TO YOU, HEY, YOU'RE NOT ASKING, BUT WE SEE YOU NEED.

>> YES. FOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS FOR CI LEADERSHIP, WE LOOK AT ALL OF OUR DATA.

SOME OF IT IS QUALITATIVE, LIKE WHEN COORDINATORS ON CAMPUSES OR SPECIAL POPULATIONS, OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION, OUR EMERGENT BILINGUAL SPECIALISTS.

WE'RE LOOKING AT QUALITATIVE DATA, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT DATA AS WELL.

WE HAVE REALLY DEFINED HOW ARE WE GOING TO DIFFERENTIATE SUPPORT.

WE OFFER SUPPORT BASED ON WHAT WE SEE.

BUT WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE IT A TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION THAT THEY CAN ASK FOR SUPPORT.

WE'RE GOING TO OFFER, AND THEN YOU CAN ASK.

SOMETIMES WE'RE OFFERING SUPPORT AND THEY WANT SUPPORT IN ANOTHER AREA.

YES, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU THIS, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO LAYER ON TOP OF WHAT YOU WANT AS WELL.

IT REALLY IS A LAYERED APPROACH.

>> THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

MISS [INAUDIBLE]?

>> SOMETHING THAT'S JUST REALLY EXCITING AS YOU GO THROUGH THIS IS WHEN WE THINK ABOUT HOW BIG OUR DISTRICT IS THAT WE ARE INTENTIONAL ABOUT NOT TAKING A ONE SIZE FITS ALL APPROACH AND THAT WE REALLY CATER TO EACH CAMPUS AND THE KIDS AND THE FAMILIES THAT LIVE ON EACH CAMPUS, AND I THINK THAT'S VERY CLEARLY REFLECTIVE AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I'M VERY PROUD OF IN THIS DISTRICT.

FOR THE COMMUNITY OR FAMILIES, THIS MIGHT SEEM LIKE A VERY ELEMENTARY QUESTION TO YOU GUYS BECAUSE IT'S YOUR WHOLE JOBS, BUT JUST SO THAT WE CAN TIE IN HOW WE GO FROM A HUGE DISTRICT GOAL TO A CLASSROOM GOAL, CAN YOU GIVE WHAT A CAMPUS GOAL OR ROOT PROBLEM WOULD BE THAT ONE CAMPUS FOCUS ON,

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>> ABSOLUTELY. GUIDING STATEMENT 1 IS THAT ALL OF OUR KIDS WILL READ ON GRADE LEVEL OR HIGHER BY THE BEGINNING OF THIRD GRADE AND REMAIN THERE AS AN MISD STUDENT.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LOOK AT IS OUR STUDENTS AND HOW THEY'RE PERFORMING ON IN-CLASS.

THAT'S AN INDICATOR OF READING READINESS, IF THEY'RE ON TRACK, AND THAT'S WHERE WE END AT SECOND GRADE.

SECOND GRADE DETERMINES IF THEY'RE READING ON GRADE LEVEL OR HIGHER BY THE BEGINNING OF THIRD GRADE.

ONE OF THE THINGS THEY MAY LOOK TO SEE THAT THEY HAVE KIDS NOT MEETING A PARTICULAR PART IN IN-CLASS, THEY MAY BE READ.

ONE OF THEIR QUESTIONS IS, WHY ARE 50% OF OUR STUDENTS NOT MEETING STANDARD ON IN-CLASS IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA.

THEY'LL START WITH PLUS DELTA, WELL, WHAT ARE WE DOING WELL? THEY WILL SEPARATE INTO THINGS THAT WE CAN DO AND THINGS THAT WE CAN'T? SOME PEOPLE WILL SAY, WELL, NOBODY HELPS THEM WITH HOMEWORK.

WELL, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CONTROL.

WE CONTROL WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY STEP THROUGH OUR DOORS AND WHEN WE TAKE CARE OF THEM.

WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING? WELL, WE'RE NOT DOING SMALL GROUP GUIDED READING WITH FIDELITY.

OUR TEACHERS HAVEN'T BEEN TRAINED WITH SMALL-GROUP GUIDED READING.

THEY NEED MORE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING.

THEY GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE THINGS, BUT WHAT IS THE ONE THING THAT'S GOING TO MAKE THE BIGGEST IMPACT? THAT ONE THING MAY BE TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FOR OUR TEACHERS ON HOW TO CONDUCT SMALL GROUP GUIDED READING ON THIS PARTICULAR TASK.

THEY SET OUT TO SAY, OUR TEACHERS ARE GOING TO TEACH SMALL GROUP GUIDED READING WITH FIDELITY FOR 20 MINUTES DAILY ON THIS PARTICULAR TASK.

THEN WHAT WE SAY IS THAT OUR PERFORMANCE MEASURE, THAT'S OUR FIDELITY MEASURE ADULT BEHAVIOR, BUT OUR PERFORMANCE MEASURE IS THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE GOING TO INCREASE IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA OF IN-CLASS AND WE'RE GOING TO TRACK THAT BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, MIDDLE OF THE YEAR, AND END OF THE YEAR.

>> YEAH. THAT'S AWESOME. AGAIN, ECHOING DR. CRUTCHFIELD, JUST THE CONTINUOUS NATURE OF ALL OF THIS IS JUST VERY IMPRESSIVE AND I JUST APPRECIATE THE CARE THAT IT SHOWS PER KID.

AGAIN, JUST NOT THIS ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL MODEL AND THAT REFLECTED ON.

>> I WANT TO EMPHASIZE. I GIVE YOU A LITTLE CHEAT CODE ON BEING A GOOD INSTRUCTIONAL SUPERVISOR.

IF YOU WALK INTO A CLASSROOM AND YOU HAVE YOUR ROSTER, SHE WOULD JUST SAY, YOU MAY HAVE A LITERACY INVENTORY.

YOU KNOW WHICH KIDS WEAR.

IF YOU CAN WALK UP TO A SIX-YEAR-OLD AND THEY CAN TELL YOU WHAT THEY KNOW AND WHAT THEY DON'T KNOW AND HOW THEY'RE GOING TO LEARN WHAT THEY DON'T KNOW AND WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO LEARN IT.

THAT TEACHERS DOING HER JOB.

THOSE KIDS ARE GOING TO PROGRESS.

IF THE TEACHERS NOT SURE ABOUT WHICH KIDS ARE WARE AND THE KIDS DON'T KNOW, THEY'RE JUST HAPPY OR FRUSTRATED DEPENDING UPON THEIR TEMPERAMENT, THAT'S A CLASSROOM THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAXIMIZE WHAT WE NEED TO DO.

WE'VE TALKED A LOT HERE TODAY ABOUT SUPPORTS THAT WE PROVIDED FROM CENTRAL OFFICE.

BUT I ALSO WANT TO TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT WHAT WE'VE LEARNED.

WE ALWAYS TALK A LOT, SPEND A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S TIGHT AND WHAT'S LOOSE.

WHAT DO WE HOLD TIGHT BECAUSE WE KNOW IT WORKS, AND WHAT DO WE LOOSEN UP SO WE HAVE ROOM FOR INNOVATION? TWO OF THE BIGGEST JUMPS WE'VE TAKEN HAVE BEEN CAMPUS INNOVATIONS.

ONE OF THEM WAS IN LITERACY.

YOU HEAR ALL OVER THE STATE NOW ABOUT THE INTENTIONAL INSTRUCTION OF THE PHONICS.

WE HAD A CABANIS ELEMENTARY AT THAT TIME.

THEY WENT TO THEIR AREA SUPERINTENDENT AT THE TIME THAT WAS OVERSEEING THEM AND WANT TO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN WE'RE LEARNING IN OUR READING ACADEMIES.

WE WANT TO DO X, Y, AND Z, AND THIS IS MEASURE AND WE SAID GO FOR IT.

THEN SHE DID IT, AND SHE WAS A MENTOR PRINCIPAL.

THEN THE NEXT YEAR SHE HAD THREE MORE DOING IT.

WELL, WHEN WE GOT TOGETHER FOR THAT MID-YEAR, WE WERE LIKE, WELL, DEAD GO.

ALL FOUR OF THOSE CAMPUSES HAD THIS BIG JUMP.

WE'VE GOT TO CHANGE WHAT WE'RE DOING AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL.

WE CAN'T EXPECT 24 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS TO GET THERE ON THEIR OWN.

BUT WE HAD SOME PRETTY BIG CHEERLEADERS OUT FRONT FOR US VOUCHING FOR IT.

THE OTHER THING WAS WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LOT OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.

SUMMIT WAS THE FIRST ONE TO JUMP OUT WAY AHEAD WITH THE CCMR. MR. BENAVIDES WENT TO THEM AND SAID, WHAT DID YOU DO? THEN HE GOT ALL OF THE PRINCIPALS AND HE SAID, DESIGNATE YOUR FACILITIES ASSOCIATE.

THEN THEY WROTE A HANDBOOK ON HOW TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE CCMR MET.

THEN YOU SAW THE OTHER CAMPUSES JUST TAKE AND THEY FOLLOW THE SAME PROCESS.

THEY MEET ON A REGULAR CADENCE OF ACCOUNTABILITY TO TAKE THOSE MEASURES AND MAKE SURE THE KIDS ARE ON TRACK AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE ALL MEASURING THINGS THE SAME WAY, TO MAKE SURE THEY ALL UNDERSTAND THE DATA THE SAME WAY AND TALK ABOUT RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED.

TWO OF OUR VERY BIGGEST JUMPS WERE NOT CENTRAL OFFICE JUMPS.

CAMPUS DID IT, AND THEN EVENTUALLY WE JUMPED IN AND SAID, HEY, LET US GIVE YOU THE RESOURCES TO ORGANIZE EVERYBODY ELSE TO GET ON THE RIGHT TRACK.

>> THANK YOU BOTH FOR THOSE NITTY-GRITTY EXAMPLES BECAUSE AGAIN,

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I THINK IT'S JUST REALLY HELPFUL FOR OUR PARENTS AND COMMUNITY. THANK YOU, GUYS.

>> MR. CANNON.

>> HAVE ABOUT THREE PAGES OF QUESTIONS. I'M JUST KIDDING.

NO. THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION.

I KNOW, AS MS. HORN JUST SAID, FOR US THAT DO THIS EVERY DAY, IT MAKES SENSE, AND I JUST WANT TO APPLAUD EACH OF YOU, EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS WITH CURRICULUM INSTRUCTION, OUR CAMPUS PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS THAT ARE DOING ALL OF THE THINGS, DOING THE WORK.

EVERYONE IS ALL IN AND SO YOU TALK ABOUT FIDELITY, THE GAINS THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED AS A DISTRICT ONLY HAPPEN WITH THE CADENCE OF ACCOUNTABILITY THAT YOU ALL HAVE ESTABLISHED, SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

BUT ALSO THAT EVERYONE IS COMMITTED TO NOT ONLY THE CURRICULUM FIDELITY, BUT AS WE GO INTO CLASSROOMS, WE SEE THOSE THINGS HAPPENING.

I ALSO THANK YOU FOR THE MEASURES, THE FIDELITY MEASURES AND THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES BECAUSE THOSE MAKE A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE.

AS MUCH AS WE WOULD LIKE TO CATER TO ADULTS, WE'RE IN THE BUSINESS OF STUDENTS.

I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT AS WE WANT TO GO EVEN HIGHER THIS YEAR.

WE MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP STUDENTS AT THE CORE OF WHAT WE ARE DOING.

JUST THANKING YOU ALL FOR KEEPING OUR DISTRICT STAFF, CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS IN LINE WITH THAT.

JUST THANKING YOU ALL FOR THE WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WE CAN CELEBRATE THESE GAINS, BUT AS JASON STATED, WE ARE PRETTY COMPETITIVE, SO LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL GAINS TO HAPPEN THIS YEAR AND WE KNOW THAT THEY WILL. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEES.

DR. SCOTT, DR. SPENCER, THANK YOU FOR THEIR PRESENTATION.

EVERYONE HAS SAID EVERYTHING.

I CAN JUST ECHO WHAT THEY SAY.

THE ALIGNMENT AND THE CADENCE OF ACCOUNTABILITY YOU'VE SHOWN IS FOR EVERYONE.

NO ONE IS EXEMPT, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT.

WE KNOW THAT, BUT WE APPRECIATE DEMONSTRATING THAT THE ILLUSTRATIONS, AS WELL AS YOUR EXPLANATIONS, NOW CAN BE SEEN BY THE COMMUNITY, AS YOU STATED, DR. SCOTT.

EVERYONE WILL SEE THAT WE'RE ALL IN, ALL WORKING TOGETHER AND HOLDING EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE.

I APPRECIATE THAT AND PROVIDING THE SUPPORT THAT EVERY DEPARTMENT, EVERY AREA NEEDS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. DR. CANTU, DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT THAT?

>>THEY DID A GREAT JOB. I'M PROUD OF ALL THE WORK.

NOW, WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM. THANK YOU.

>>THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[9. Presentation]

>>YES, MA'AM. I SEE MICHELE TRONGAARD MAKING HER WAY TO THE PODIUM TO PROVIDE US WITH SOME INFORMATION ABOUT OUR 2025 TAX RATE ADOPTION.

>>THANK YOU, DR. CANTU.

DOCTOR PRESIDENT, MADAM PRESIDENT, DR. REED, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, BEFORE I BEGIN, AS YOUR FINANCE LEADER JOINING MANSFIELD ISD 2020, I EXPERIENCED MY FIRST COA MEETING AND I WAS BLOWN AWAY BECAUSE THAT WAS THAT AHA MOMENT FOR ME WHERE I SAW HOW WE ALIGN OUR RESOURCES TO MEET OUR STRATEGIC GOALS, YOUR GOALS, AND IT HELD EVERYBODY ACCOUNTABLE.

IT HELD ME ACCOUNTABLE TOO, AND IT CAME ACROSS THE BOARD.

I REALLY APPRECIATED DR. SPENCER, DR. SCOTT'S PRESENTATION BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE MEET AND COME TOGETHER.

BOARD MEMBERS, IT'S OUR 2025 TAX RATE ADOPTION PRESENTATION.

IT'S OUR LAST PIECE OF THE PUZZLE WHEN WE FINISH OUR BUDGET.

THIS IS JUST A LAYOUT OF THE PLAN HERE OF HOW IT GETS DONE.

RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE THERE, THE LAST TIME WE MET WAS IN JUNE WHEN WE ADOPTED THE BUDGET, WE RECEIVED THE CERTIFIED VALUES, JULY 25TH, AND THEN WE HAVE ABOUT FIVE DAYS TO TURN THAT AROUND TO TEA TO CALCULATE OUR MAXIMUM COMPRESSED TAX RATE.

THEN WE GO OUT AND ONCE WE GET IT BACK AND CONFIRMED, WHICH WE HAVE, AND NOW WE'RE HERE TO FINISH THE PROCESS OF ADOPTING IT.

THERE WAS THE 140K HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION WAS DONE OUT THERE IN THE LEGISLATION, ALONG WITH OVER 65 A NO DISABLED EXEMPTION.

HOWEVER, IT GOES TO THE VOTERS IN NOVEMBER.

THEN WITH THAT IN MIND, THIS TAX ROLE DOES INCLUDE THESE EXEMPTIONS.

IN FACT, THE AVERAGE TAXPAYER AND AVERAGE HOMEOWNER IN TARRANT COUNTY WILL RECEIVE A SAVINGS OF ADDITIONAL $400 ON THE REGULAR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION TO UP TO $900 IF THEY'RE UP FOR THE OVER 65 DISABLED AND THE HOMESTEAD.

OVERALL, BOTH COUNTIES DID GO WITH THEIR REAPPRAISAL PLANS.

[01:25:02]

I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT STANDS AS OF TODAY, BUT THESE WERE PASSED BY THEIR CERTIFIED VALUES APPRAISAL DISTRICTS AT THESE VALUES.

TARRANT COUNTY WENT DOWN 4.4%, AND IN JOHNSON, IT'S REALLY STILL GROWING OUT THERE AT 6.43%, OVERALL, SLIGHTLY A 3% DECREASE.

IN SIMPLISTIC TERMS, WHEN WE SAY, WELL, WHAT'S THAT MAXIMUM COMPRESSED TAX RATE? WE KNOW IT'S DONE BY THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY AND IT'S ON THIS FIRST TIER LAYER.

WE HAVE OUR TIER 1.

I KNOW YOU HAVE INSTRUCTIONAL TIER 1, BUT IN FINANCE TIER 1, ITS TIER 1 IS THE TAX RATE, AND IT'S 6169, AND THAT'S BASED ON A FORMULA THAT SAYS, WHAT IS THE STATE AVERAGE INCREASE IN PROPERTY VALUES? THAT COMES FROM THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE.

THEY SAY IT'S 5.6% IS ESTIMATED.

IT'LL BE VALUED IN JANUARY.

BUT BECAUSE OUR VALUES ARE LESS THAN THE OVERALL STATE AVERAGE, WE HAVE A MAXIMUM COMPRESSED RATE, EITHER IT'S GOING TO GO UP, OR GO DOWN, OR STAY THE SAME.

WELL, WE CAN'T GO UP UNLESS WE ASK FOR A VOTER APPROVED TAX RATIFICATION ELECTION.

WE'VE ALREADY DONE THAT. BOTTOM LINE IS WE'RE THE SAME WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR.

WE CAN'T GO UP, SO WE'RE 0.6169, SAME AS PRIOR YEAR.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BREAKDOWN OF IT AND COMPARE IT TO LAST YEAR, YOU SEE THAT THOSE ARE THE BREAKDOWNS, 0.7869 IS OUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS, AND INTEREST AND SINKING IS 0.36, THE SAME FOR BOTH YEARS.

THERE'S OUR TAX RATE HISTORY.

IT SHOWS YOU HOW WE'VE DECREASED OVER THE YEARS.

THE RED IS THE INTEREST AND SINKING FUND TAX RATE AT $0.36, AND THEN THE BLUE IS THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS RIGHT THERE.

THEN AT THE VERY END HERE, I'M GOING TO SAY, THERE'S A SPECIAL MOTION THAT IS REQUIRED FROM LEGISLATORS AND THAT SAYS, IF YOUR NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE IS CALCULATED FOR THEIR TOOTH IN TAXATION, WHICH WE'VE DONE FOR THE DISTRICT, IF IT'S LOWER THAN THE PROPOSED TAX RATE, THEN YOU NEED TO MAKE THIS SPECIAL LANGUAGE.

IT'S VERY CONFUSING.

IT'S BECAUSE IT SAYS, WE'RE GOING TO RAISE THE TAX RATE.

IT'S EFFECTIVELY AN INCREASE IN THE OVERALL TAX RATE.

WELL, ACTUALLY, THE M&O TAX IS DECREASING BY 1.5 MILLION.

THE CONFUSION PART OF THIS IS THAT THE WAY THEY CALCULATE THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE IN SIMPLISTIC TERMS, IF WE WOULD STAY STILL AND NOT RAISE ONE PENNY AND NOT HAVE INCREASED FUNDING, NOT HAVE A LEGISLATIVE SESSION, NOT CHANGE ONE CHILD, NO INCREASE, THEN WE MIGHT HAVE A STAY NO NEW REVENUE RATE.

BUT WE HAD HOUSE BILL 2.

WE HAVE INCREASE IN ENROLLMENT, WE MIGHT HAVE SOME DECREASE, WE MIGHT HAVE SOME CHANGES IN FUNDING, BUT MAJOR IMPACT WAS HOUSE BILL 2.

WELL, THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE OUR FUNDING.

IF I TOOK THAT AMOUNT AWAY THAT WE GOT AN INCREASE IN, WE'D BE RIGHT THERE WITH A NO NEW REVENUE.

WE CAN'T DO THAT.

THEREFORE, WE HAVE THIS SPECIAL MOTION THAT I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO DO.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THREE MOTIONS TO READ LATER WHEN WE DO ITEM 12.1, WHEN WE ADOPT THE LEVY, AND THAT SAYS ONE THING, AS I MOVE THE PROPERTY TAX RATE, IT'S A CRAZY THING, EFFECTIVELY AT 6.56% INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE.

THAT'S THE REASON FOR THAT, AND THAT'S IT. ANY QUESTIONS?

>> THANK YOU, MRS. TRONGAARD FOR THAT PRESENTATION AND THAT IN DEPTH EXPLANATION THAT CLARIFIES SOME THINGS.

TRUSTEES, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS TO MY RIGHT? TO MY LEFT? THANK YOU, MRS. TRONGAARD.

WE APPRECIATE YOU AND ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEES, THIS LEADS US TO ITEM NUMBER 10, PUBLIC COMMENTS.

[10. Public Comments]

THOSE WHO WISH TO PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE REQUIRED TO REGISTER ONLINE BEGINNING WITH THE AGENDA FOR THE MEETING THAT IS POSTED, WHICH IS NO LATER THAN 72 HOURS PRIOR TO THE START OF THE MEETING.

ONLINE REGISTRATION IS AVAILABLE UNTIL 1:00 P.M. THE DAY OF BOARD MEETINGS THAT BEGIN AT 6:00 P.M, OR UNTIL 1:00 P.M. THE DAY BEFORE MEETINGS THAT BEGIN PRIOR TO 6:00 P.M. ALL PUBLIC COMMENT SUBMISSIONS MUST BE TIED TO A SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEM AND/OR TOPIC, AS INDICATED IN THE BOARD AGENDA FOR THAT MEETING.

FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO SIGN UP, YOU COULD VISIT THE SCHOOL BOARD PAGE ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE, AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR COLLABORATION IN STREAMLINING OUR PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION.

[01:30:04]

AGAIN, 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 THE 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.

AT THIS TIME, WOULD MR. CROWL PROCEED TO THE PODIUM? I DON'T BELIEVE MR. CROWL IS HERE AT THIS TIME.

[11. Human Resources Report]

ITEM 11.1 IS NEW HIRES FOR BOARD APPROVAL.

WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN IN EDUCATION FOR 20 PLUS YEARS. SHALL WE DO THAT?

>> ACTUALLY, THIS EVENING, I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE NEW 20 PLUS YEARS.

JUST NEW [INAUDIBLE] FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, PLEASE, SAM.

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.

NEW HIRES FOR BOARD APPROVAL.

TRUSTEES, THIS MOVES AGAIN.

THIS IS ITEM 11.1.

MAY I PLEASE RECEIVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE HIRING OF NEW CONTRACTUAL PERSONNEL? IT'S PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED.

TRUSTEE LACKEY WILSON AND TRUSTEE DR. CRUTCHFIELD.

IS THERE A DISCUSSION? ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE, TRUSTEES, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE HIRING OF NEW CONTRACTUAL PERSONNEL? WOULD YOU PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND? ANY OPPOSE? NONE OPPOSE.

THE MOTION CARRIES WITH SEVEN AND NO VOTE.

[12. Business Items Requiring Board Action]

THESE ARE THREE BUSINESS ITEMS THAT REQUIRE OUR APPROVAL.

MAY I RECEIVE A MOTION FOR ITEM 12.1?

>> I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BE INCREASED BY THE ADOPTION OF A TAX RATE OF $1400.69, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY A 6.56% INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE.

>> SECOND.

>> IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED BY TRUSTEE NEWSOM AND TRUSTEE THOMAS.

SHALL WE VOTE, TRUSTEES? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSE? THE VOTE CARRIES WITH 7:0. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THIS MOVES US TO ITEM 12.2. MAY I RECEIVE A MOTION?

>> I THINK IT'S STILL ACTUALLY PART OF THE 12.1.

BUT I MOVE THAT THE ADOPTION OF THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS TAX RATE OF 0.7869 BE APPROVED.

>> SECOND.

>> IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED BY TRUSTEE LACKEY WILSON AND TRUSTEE THOMAS.

SHALL WE VOTE, TRUSTEES? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, WOULD YOU RAISE YOUR HAND? ANY OPPOSE? THE VOTE CARRIES 7:0.

WE'VE ALREADY ASKED THE QUESTION, SO THAT IS THE REASON WE'RE MOVING PRETTY QUICKLY HERE.

AND 12.3? MAY I RECEIVE A MOTION FOR 12.3, PLEASE?

>> I MOVE THAT THE ADOPTION OF THE INTEREST AND SINKING TAX RATE OF 0.36 CENTS BE APPROVED.

>> SECONDED.

>> IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED BY MS. HORN AND DR. CRUTCHFIELD.

SHALL WE VOTE, TRUSTEES? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND. ANY OPPOSE? THE VOTE CARRIES WITH A 7:0.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, TRUSTEES.

THANK YOU, MS. TRONGAARD.

NOW WE MOVE TO 12.2, TEACHER CONTRACT ABANDONMENT.

TRUSTEES, I'D LIKE TO RECEIVE A MOTION FOR CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF THE ACTION OF TEACHER CONTRACT ABANDONMENT.

[01:35:05]

>> MOTION.

>> SECOND.

>> IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED BY MISS NEWSOM AND MISS LACKEY WILSON.

SHALL WE VOTE, TRUSTEES? ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND? ANY OPPOSE?

>> POINT OF ORDER. CAN YOU BACK UP ON THAT ONE?

>> YES, SIR.

>> THE MOTION.

>> WHAT IS THE MOTION FOR 12.2? CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF ACTION OF TEACHER CONTRACT ABANDONMENT.

THIS 12.2 REQUIRES A BOARD ACTION.

>> WE'RE APPROVING THE ABANDONMENT?

>> YES, WE'RE APPROVING IT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AGAIN, FOR CLARITY PURPOSES, TRUSTEE, SHALL WE VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND, PLEASE. ANY OPPOSE? THE VOTE CARRIES 7:0 FOR ITEM 12.2.

12.3, CONSIDERATION ALL MATTERS INCIDENT AND RELATED TO THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF MANSFIELD INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, UNLIMITED TAX REFUNDING BONDS SERIES 2025, INCLUDING THE ADOPTION OF AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH BONDS, ESTABLISHING PARAMETERS FOR THE SALE AND ISSUANCE OF SUCH BONDS, AND DELEGATING CERTAIN MATTERS TO AUTHORIZED DISTRICT OFFICIALS. TRUSTEES?

>> MOTION.

>> SECOND.

>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE NEWSOM AND TRUSTEE LACKEY WILSON.

PROPERLY MOTIONED AND SECONDED.

SHALL WE VOTE, TRUSTEES? WOULD YOU RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU APPROVE? ANY OPPOSE? THE VOTE CARRIES WITH 7:0.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, TRUSTEES.

[13. Consent Agenda]

AS WE ARE REMINDED THAT WE VOTE THE CONSENT AGENDA UP AND DOWN UNLESS A TRUSTEE OR TRUSTEES WOULD LIKE TO PULL AN ITEM.

ANY TRUSTEES WHO'D LIKE TO PULL AN ITEM FROM 13, CONSENT AGENDA? HEARING NONE, SHALL WE VOTE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR ITEM 13? ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND? ANY OPPOSE? SEEING NONE, THE VOTE CARRIES WITH A 7:0 FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[14. Superintendent's Report]

LET US REMEMBER THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT IS FOR DISCUSSION ONLY.

TRUSTEES, WOULD YOU LIKE TO DISCUSS AN ITEM FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT?

>> WE'RE GOING INTO CLOSED SESSION?

>> YES. SEEING NONE AT THIS TIME, WE WILL ADJOURN INTO CLOSED SESSION INSTEAD OF ADJOURNING THE MEETING.

TRUSTEE, SHALL WE ADJOURN AT 8:43 INTO CLOSED SESSION. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

TRUSTEES, WE ARE RECONVENING FROM CLOSED SESSION AT 9:42.

IS THERE ANY ACTION THAT WE NEED TO TAKEN.

WE'VE COVERED ALL BUSINESS FOR THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU, MANSFIELD ISD FAMILY.

WE APPRECIATE YOU FOR LISTENING AND PARTICIPATING.

[OVERLAPPING] WE ARE ALL IN FAMILY, AND WE ADJOURN AT 9:42. THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.