Sep 23, 2025 Board Meetings

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NO, ALL OF CLOSED SESSION. GOOD EVENING, MANSFIELD ISD FAMILY.

[1. Call to Order]

LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT ALL TRUSTEES ARE PRESENT.

WELL, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF VICE PRESIDENT MICHELE NEWSOM, SECRETARY DOCTOR CRUTCHFIELD AND TRUSTEE JESSE CANNON II. OTHER THAN THAT, WE'RE ALL HERE, AND WE'RE GRATEFUL TO BE HERE.

AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO ITEM THREE, AND WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION.

[3. Closed Session]

IT'S A GOVERNMENT CODE 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. SO AGENDA ITEM ALSO 3.1.1 AND 3.1.2.

WE WILL BE DISCUSSING THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RETIREMENT AND THE SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH.

THE TIME IS NOW 6:01 P.M. THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING. IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU. WE WILL NOW RECONVENE TRUSTEES FROM CLOSED SESSION.

[4. Reconvene]

SO ALL TRUSTEES ARE ON THE DAIS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TRUSTEE MICHELE NEWSOM.

AT THIS TIME, WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM 5. TONIGHT'S PRAYER WILL BE GIVEN BY MISS HORN AND THE PLEDGES WILL BE GIVEN BY

[5. Meeting Opening]

GRANT US THE WISDOM TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT HONOR EVERY CHILD WE SERVE, AND HELP US TO REMEMBER THAT BEHIND EVERY POLICY AND DECISION ARE REAL STUDENTS AND REAL FAMILIES COUNTING ON US. I PRAY THAT OUR DISCUSSIONS WOULD BE RESPECTFUL, OUR DECISIONS WOULD BE WISE.

AND I JUST PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GUIDE US IN THE WORK AHEAD.

PLEASE BLESS OUR STUDENTS, OUR STAFF AND THE FAMILIES WE SERVE AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE.

IN YOUR NAME WE PRAY. AMEN.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

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[6. District Recognition]

I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE LAURA JOBE TO THE PODIUM FOR OUR DISTRICT RECOGNITIONS. THANK YOU, DOCTOR CANTU.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT, DOCTOR REED, DOCTOR CANTU, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, CABINET AND TO THE PUBLIC HERE WITH US TONIGHT.

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

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

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

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

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

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

AND THEN WE'LL HAVE YOU COME OVER AND STAND RIGHT IN THE CENTER UNTIL ALL OF OUR STUDENTS HAVE BEEN CALLED, AND WE'LL TAKE SOME PICTURES. SO OUR FIRST SUPERSTAR THIS EVENING IS FROM J.

L. BOREN ELEMENTARY, EASTON LOCKER.

NEXT FROM WILLIE BROWN ACADEMY OF YOUNG SCHOLARS, ZAKARY JOHNSON.

FROM JANDRUCKO EARLY LEARNERS ACADEMY, KING DAVIS.

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OKAY. FROM JANET BROCKETT ELEMENTARY, MICHAEL SIMMONS.

FROM KENNETH DAVIS ELEMENTARY, LAYLA ROBERTS.

CHARLOTTE ANDERSON PREPARATORY ACADEMY, HANIYA KAHN.

AND FROM ANA MAY DAULTON ELEMENTARY, ELAINA NORDIN.

OKAY, LET'S GET EVERYBODY TOGETHER FOR A PHOTO.

ARE YOU READY? ONE. TWO. THREE. GO! 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 SHAPE THESE YOUNG LEADERS. LET'S GIVE ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR FAMILIES.

MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT RECOGNITION, I'D LIKE TO INVITE DOCTOR DARWERT JOHNSON, DIRECTOR OF FINE ARTS, TO THE LECTERN. GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT, DOCTOR REED, DOCTOR CANTU AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

TO START OFF OUR RECOGNITIONS, CORINNE CONSTANTE, MANSFIELD HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT IS BEING HONORED FOR EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN CHOIR.

CORINNE EARNED A FIRST DIVISION RATING AND WAS NAMED AN OUTSTANDING PERFORMER AT THE TEXAS STATE SOLO AND ENSEMBLE CONTEST.

THIS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD RECOGNIZES STUDENTS WHO DEMONSTRATE SUPERIOR MUSICIANSHIP.

SHE ACHIEVED ACHIEVE THIS HONOR, A STUDENT MUST FIRST EARN A FIRST DIVISION RATING AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL, THEN BE SELECTED BY THE SOLO JUDGE TO PERFORM AT THE STATE CONTEST.

THIS AWARD IS HIGHLY SELECTIVE, WITH ONLY A SMALL FRACTION OF STUDENTS RECEIVING THE TOP DISTINCTION.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE HER TEACHERS AT MANSFIELD HIGH SCHOOL, MISS [INAUDIBLE] AND MISS [INAUDIBLE].

SORRY, GUYS. THEY ARE HERE, PLEASE COME UP AND TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOUR STUDENT.

LET'S GIVE THOSE GUYS A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

OKAY. THANK YOU, DOCTOR JOHNSON. AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO INVITE DAVID WRIGHT, ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT OF STUDENT SERVICES AND SUPPORT, TO THE PODIUM FOR OUR NEXT RECOGNITION. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT REED, DOCTOR CANTU, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

WE HAVE SEVERAL CONTINUING AWARDS FOR FINE ARTS.

SO SIT BACK. THERE'S GOING TO BE A FEW. SO IN CONTINUING WITH FINE ARTS WE'RE NUMBER ONE PROUD TO HONOR THE MANSFIELD INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT IN FINE ARTS FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING COMMITMENT TO MUSIC EDUCATION.

COMING FORWARD IS DOCTOR DARWERT JOHNSON, DOCTOR CHUCK ROE, BROOKE PARLIN, LEENORA MINTZ.

THIS THE DEPARTMENT OF FINE ARTS. THIS DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED BY THE NAMM FOUNDATION FOR THE BEST COMMUNITIES FOR MUSIC EDUCATION, DESIGNATED FOR THE FOURTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR THIS YEAR. THIS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD HONORS SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT DEMONSTRATE EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC ACCESS AND EDUCATIONAL TO ALL STUDENTS.

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THIS RECOGNITION REFLECTS EDUCATIONAL DEDICATION AND OUTSTANDING MUSIC PROGRAMS AND STUDENT MUSICIANS ACROSS THE DISTRICTS. LET'S GIVE THEM ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

AND THIS A GROUP OF THE TEACHERS THAT ARE ALSO WITHIN THE PROGRAM.

SO NEXT WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE THE SAME DEPARTMENT TO BE HONORED FOR THE TEXAS ART EDUCATION ASSOCIATION DISTRICT OF DISTINCTION AWARD. I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THAT TWICE.

THIS AWARD IS FOR PLACING AMONG THE TOP 8% OF PROGRAMS IN THE STATE FOR VISUAL ARTS.

TO PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE, THERE ARE ABOUT 1200 ELIGIBLE DISTRICTS IN THE STATE, AND ONLY 109 OF THOSE 1200 MET THE STANDARDS. MANSFIELD ISD WAS ONE OF THEM FOR 8%. THE TEACHERS YOU SAW COME UP ARE AWARDED THIS, AND THEY WERE SPONSORED BY THE VISUAL ART ADMINISTRATORS OF TEXAS, A DIVISION OF TAEA, RECOGNIZES THE DISTRICT AS A DEMONSTRATION, OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP IN PROMOTING THE ARTS, ACTIVE AND PARTICIPATION IN TAEA EVENTS, AND MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT WITH THEIR COMMUNITIES.

THIS RECOGNITION REFLECTS MISD COMMUNITY IN SUPPORTING STUDENT CREATIVITY EXCELLENCE IN THE VISUAL ARTS. GIVE THEM ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

AND ALSO. WE'RE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE THE FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT IN OUTSTANDING THEATER ARTS.

MISD HAS BEEN HONORED BY THE TEXAS EDUCATIONAL THEATER ARTS ASSOCIATION AS A DISTRICT OF DISTINCTION IN THEATER ARTS EDUCATION.

THIS PRESTIGIOUS RECOGNITION HIGHLIGHTS DISTRICTS AND THEATER ART PROGRAMS THAT DEMONSTRATE EXCELLENCE IN ACHIEVEMENT, RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT, DIVERSITY, AND ADVOCACY FOR THEATER ARTS AT THE SCHOOL, THE DISTRICT, AND THE STATE LEVEL. THE TEACHERS YOU SAW COME UP REFLECT MISD COMMITMENT TO THE PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH THE HIGHEST QUALITY THEATER EDUCATION AND FOSTERING A VIBRANT ARTS EDUCATION ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MR. WRIGHT.

AND CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO ALL OF OUR FINE ARTS RECIPIENTS.

I'D NOW LIKE TO INVITE AREA SUPERINTENDENT DOCTOR GEORGIE SWIZE TO JOIN US FOR OUR NEXT RECOGNITION.

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

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IT'S ONE OF OUR TOP HONORS THAT STUDENTS CAN RECEIVE WHEN IT COMES TO TESTING FOR THEIR COLLEGES.

SO FOR THIS RECOGNITION, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS AS SEMIFINALISTS FOR THE NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.

WE HAVE DANIEL OGIOZEE FROM SUMMIT HIGH SCHOOL.

JACKSON BOYD FROM FRONTIER STEM ACADEMY. JOSHUA OYEROKUN FROM FRONTIER. AND BRENDON BOX FROM LAKERIDGE HIGH SCHOOL.

WELL, ONE OF OUR RECIPIENTS CAN'T BE HERE TONIGHT. WE'LL BE SURE AND HONOR HIM AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

BUT I WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT THESE STUDENTS. SO BEING NAMED A SEMIFINALIST IN THE NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM IS A REALLY PRESTIGIOUS ACHIEVEMENT THAT RECOGNIZES STUDENTS FOR THEIR EXCEPTIONAL ACADEMIC ABILITIES AND THEIR DEDICATION TO LEARNING.

THIS PROGRAM, WHICH DATES BACK TO 1955, IDENTIFIES AND HONORS SOME OF THE MOST ACADEMICALLY TALENTED HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

SEMIFINALISTS ARE SELECTED BASED ON THEIR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE ON THE PSAT NMSQT TEST.

I CAN BARELY SAY THOSE LETTERS, MUCH LESS PERFORM LIKE THESE GUYS DID.

THEY ARE AMONG THE TOP SCORERS IN OUR STATE. THIS HONOR REFLECTS THEIR HARD WORK, THEIR PERSEVERANCE, AND THEIR COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE. IT OPENS DOORS FOR THE NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP, A DISTINCTION THAT CAN PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR THESE GUYS IN COLLEGE. SO AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS GUYS. WELL DESERVED.

THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU DOCTOR SWEZI. LET'S GIVE ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO ALL THOSE HONORED TONIGHT.

AND THIS CONCLUDES TONIGHT'S RECOGNITIONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING. YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY OR.

YOU HAVE TO GET HOME FOR HOMEWORK, I KNOW, YES, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING.

TRUSTEES,

[7. District Introductions]

DOCTOR CANTU. YES, MA'AM. DOCTOR STOECKER, WOULD YOU PLEASE LEAD US IN OUR DISTRICT INTRODUCTIONS TONIGHT? YES, MA'AM. I'LL BE HAPPY TO. THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS, THIS EVENING WE HAVE FOUR INDIVIDUALS TO INTRODUCE TO YOU AS OUR ADMINISTRATIVE NEW HIRES OR PROMOTIONS. COMING UP, FIRST, WE HAVE LAWENDA DRUMGOOLE, WHO'S THE NEW ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT DELLA ICENHOWER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, WHERE SHE PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS A SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER.

OH. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT REED, DOCTOR CANTU AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

I AM HONORED TO BE HERE TONIGHT SERVING AS A NEW PART OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM AT DELLA ICENHOWER.

I HAVE BROUGHT WITH ME MY SUPPORT TEAM FROM DAY ONE, AND I'M SO BLESSED TO STILL HAVE THEM.

MY MOM AND DAD, [INAUDIBLE] AND [INAUDIBLE] AND SOME OF YOU ALL MIGHT KNOW [INAUDIBLE].

HE'S A PROUD GRADUATE OF MANSFIELD SCHOOLS, AND I CANNOT BELIEVE THESE THREE LADIES WORKED ALL DAY.

AND THEY SHOWED UP AND SHOCKED ME TO COME AND SUPPORT ME FROM DELLA ICENHOWER.

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AS WE WALK IN WHEELING AND WE WALK OUT READY.

THANK YOU, MISS THOMAS. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE CALEB RIEMER, WHO'S AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT MARTINEZ INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL. HE PREVIOUSLY SERVED IN MANSFIELD ISD AS A FIRST GRADE TEACHER AT WILLIE BROWN.

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

I'M HONORED TO BE NAMED ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT ALMA MARTINEZ INTERMEDIATE, AND WILL WORK HARD TO SUPPORT THE STUDENTS AND STAFF AS THEY NAVIGATE THEIR WAY TOWARDS SUCCESS. MY FAMILY IS WITH ME TONIGHT. MY AMAZING WIFE [INAUDIBLE] AND MY THREE LITTLE GIRLS [INAUDIBLE], [INAUDIBLE] AND [INAUDIBLE]. DOCTOR TILLMAN-YOUNG ALSO IS IN THE BACK.

SHE'S AN AMAZING PRINCIPAL AND I'M SO PROUD TO BE JOINING HER TEAM.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY A QUICK THANK YOU TO A COUPLE SPECIAL ADMINISTRATORS, THERE'S DOCTOR [INAUDIBLE], [INAUDIBLE], AND [INAUDIBLE]. I WOULD NOT BE HERE TODAY WITHOUT THEIR HELP AND SUPPORT AND PUSHING ME TO BE THE BEST THAT I CAN BE.

I AM PLEASED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE MY CAREER IN MANSFIELD ISD AS AN ADMINISTRATOR.

THANK YOU. COMING UP NEXT, WE HAVE REGINALD RHINES, ALSO KNOWN AS REGGIE, WHO IS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL FOR US, ALSO AT DELLA ICENHOWER.

HE PREVIOUSLY SERVED IN MANSFIELD ISD AS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AND IS COMING TO US MOST RECENTLY AS A STUDENT SUPPORT COORDINATOR IN A NEARBY DISTRICT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING BOARD PRESIDENT REED, DOCTOR CANTU AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

I'M PLEASED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RETURN TO THE PLACE WHERE IT ALL STARTED FOR ME, AND TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE STRONG INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP AND FOSTERING POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR STUDENTS, STAFF AND PARENTS.

TONIGHT, I HAVE MY SON [INAUDIBLE] HERE, WHO IS ALSO A PRODUCT OF MISD.

HE'S A GRADUATE FROM LAKERIDGE HIGH, AND HE JUST RECENTLY GRADUATED FROM UNT WITH A 3.9 GPA.

WHICH IS PROOF THAT THERE'S NO BETTER EDUCATION ANYWHERE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS THAN MISD.

MY WIFE, [INAUDIBLE], COULDN'T BE HERE. SHE'S EXTREMELY SICK RIGHT NOW.

SHE'S THE PRINCIPAL OVER AT THELMA JONES, SO SHE'S WITH ME IN SPIRIT.

AND I WANTED TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT.

AND FINALLY, THIS EVENING, WE'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE NICK SAPORITO, WHO IS OUR NEW ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IN THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.

HE'S COMING TO US FROM THE OUTSIDE WORLD AS AN OPERATIONS MANAGER AT A LOGISTICS COMPANY.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT REED, DOCTOR CANTU AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

I'M HONORED TO BE NAMED THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION FOR MANSFIELD ISD.

IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE IN A DISTRICT WITH SUCH STRONG TRADITION AND VALUES.

THE WORLD THAT I COME FROM IS NOT JUST ONE OF THE CORPORATE WORLD, BUT ALSO THE MILITARY.

AND I HAVE TO SAY, I'VE SEEN THE VALUES REFLECTED IN EVERYTHING THAT I'VE SEEN SO FAR, AND IT'S BEEN AN ABSOLUTE HONOR FROM SOMEONE ON THE OUTSIDE TO JUST.

YOU'RE BLOWING ME AWAY. IT'S BEEN FANTASTIC. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK MY WIFE, [INAUDIBLE].

SHE'S A TEACHER AT DANNY JONES. I WOULDN'T BE HERE IF IT WASN'T FOR HER.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, DARLING. TO MY BOSS [INAUDIBLE], TO [INAUDIBLE] AND TO [INAUDIBLE].

THEY'VE BEEN UP SINCE 5:00 THIS MORNING JUST TO REFLECT WHAT WAS SAID THIS MORNING. 5:00 THIS MORNING, GOING THROUGH JUST SOME REALLY COMPLICATED EVENTS, AND I'M JUST BLOWN AWAY BY THEM AS WELL. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

AND I HOPE YOU REFLECT ON EVERYTHING THAT I'VE SEEN SO FAR AND EVERYTHING THAT I DO.

THANK YOU.

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[8. Instructional Focus]

DOCTOR CANTU. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. I KNOW FERNANDO BENAVIDES IS GOING TO BE GIVING THIS PRESENTATION, BUT I'D LIKE TO FIRST START BY HANDING IT OVER TO DOCTOR SEAN SCOTT TO PROVIDE A BRIEF INTRODUCTION.

DOCTOR SCOTT. YEAH. APOLOGIZE TO MISTER BENAVIDES FOR HIJACKING HIS PRESENTATION, BUT I WANTED TO COME UP HERE REAL QUICKLY AND JUST GIVE A THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS.

SO AT THIS TIME THREE YEARS AGO, I INTRODUCED JENNIFER YOUNG TO DO THIS PRESENTATION.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AT THAT TIME WAS, WE'RE COMING OUT OF A PANDEMIC.

THIS WAS OUR FIRST A THROUGH F TO COME OUT OF THE PANDEMIC, AND NONE OF THE RULES HAD CHANGED.

AND WE WERE SO PROUD BECAUSE WE HAD BEEN IN 90 PRIOR, AND WE MAINTAINED TO AN 88 COMING OUT OF ALL THE THINGS THAT WE FACED.

AND WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT. WE AT THAT TIME, THANKED OUR TEACHERS AND WE THANK OUR CURRICULUM INSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT BECAUSE NOT ONLY HAD THEY PUT UP WITH EVERYTHING THAT HAD TO DO WITH THE PANDEMIC, BUT GOING INTO THE PANDEMIC, WE LOOKED AT THEM IN THE EYE AND WE TOLD THEM WE'RE ABOUT TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE REALLY HARD ON YOU.

AND WE'RE ABOUT TO TAKE AWAY SOME OF YOUR AUTONOMY THAT YOU NORMALLY HAVE.

AND WE'RE DOING IT BECAUSE WE THINK IT'S WHAT'S BEST FOR STUDENT LEARNING IN THE END.

AND THEY GOT ON BOARD. THEY DID IT AND THEY MADE EVERYTHING WORK.

SO WE CAME OUT OF THAT PANDEMIC. WE GOT THE 88.

AND THEN THEY GAVE US A WHAT IF GRADE THAT SAME YEAR.

AND IT WAS IN 82. SO THOSE ARE THE NEW A THROUGH F RULES THAT FERNANDO BENAVIDES IS GOING TO BE PRESENTING UNDER TONIGHT.

WHAT THAT DID NOT INCLUDE WAS A STAR 2.0. AT THAT POINT, WE DIDN'T KNOW WE WERE GOING TO GET TO HAVE THAT FUN AS WELL.

THEY SPRUNG THAT ON US KIND OF AT THE LAST MINUTE.

SO THEN THE FIRST YEAR WITH THE REAL, WITH THE NEW STAR, UNDER THE NEW RULES WE WERE AT AN 82.

AND WE ALSO MADE A PROMISE THREE YEARS AGO AT THIS TIME.

WE TOLD OUR TEACHERS, WE TOLD THE BOARD THANK YOU FOR STICKING WITH US.

AND WE ALSO TOLD YOU THAT WE BELIEVE OUR PROCESSES, OUR SYSTEMS, OUR CURRICULUM IS GOING TO GET US BACK FASTER THAN ANY OF THE FOLKS.

WE DON'T CALL THEM OUR COMPETITORS. THEY'RE OUR COLLEAGUES. THEY'RE OUR FRIENDS. WE WANT ALL THE KIDS IN EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT TO DO WELL. BUT WE TOLD YOU AT THAT TIME THAT WE THINK IT'S GOING TO HELP US GET BACK TO NORMAL JUST A LITTLE BIT FASTER.

AND SO I'LL LET MR. BENAVIDES GIVE YOU THE BIG REVEAL TONIGHT.

BUT TAKE NOTE OF THE PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN MADE OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS.

AND ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU TO THE BOARD FOR GIVING US THAT LEEWAY TO CARRY OUT OUR PLAN.

THANK YOU TO OUR PRINCIPALS, OUR CURRICULUM DEPARTMENT, TO [INAUDIBLE] FOR PROVIDING US EVERY PIECE OF DATA AND STILL TAKING MY PHONE CALLS.

AND THANK YOU TO OUR TEACHERS, OUR STAFFS, AND OUR PARENTS FOR PARTNERING THROUGH US WITH THIS OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS.

MR. BENAVIDES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, DOCTOR SCOTT.

GOOD EVENING. PRESIDENT REED. DOCTOR CANTU. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND EXECUTIVE CABINET AND CABINET MEMBERS.

IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO DELIVER TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION FOR THE 24-25 SCHOOL YEAR.

BUT BEFORE I BEGIN THIS PRESENTATION, I JUST WANT TO SAY A THROUGH F AND ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH COMING THROUGH OUT OF THE PANDEMIC AND WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

IT'S A PRETTY GOOD MEASURE FOR COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS, BUT IT DOESN'T MEASURE EVERYTHING.

YOU SAW TONIGHT HOW WE RECOGNIZE OUR FINE ARTS STUDENTS, RIGHT? FINE ARTS, LEADERSHIP, ATHLETICS, CHOICE PROGRAMS. IT'S MUCH MORE THAN WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE TONIGHT. AND SO I JUST DON'T WANT US TO LOSE SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT, AGAIN, WHAT WE DO HERE IS SPECIAL. IT'S BASED ON VISION 2030 AND THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT WE HAVE GUIDING STATEMENTS THAT WE HAVE.

EXCUSE ME. AND AGAIN, JUST JUST A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, LEARN AND TEACH.

AND IT'S ABOUT THOSE RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR KIDS. YOU SAW THE TEACHERS UP HERE TONIGHT AND THE RELATIONSHIP THEY HAVE WITH THEIR STUDENTS AND HOW THEY AGAIN GET THE BEST OUT OF STUDENTS. THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. AND THE PRINCIPALS, THEY DRIVE THAT AND OUR JOB IS TO SUPPORT IT.

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AND OUR JOB IS TO ENSURE THAT, AGAIN, THEY HAVE THAT OUR CAMPUSES HAVE THE SUPPORT SYSTEMS AGAIN, THE CURRICULUM THE TIME, THE FUNDING AND THE THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO MAXIMIZE STUDENT PERFORMANCE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF SHARE THAT BEFORE WE GET GOING HERE. SO FIRST THING IS HOW DOES TO EVEN CALCULATE THESE RESULTS, HOW DO WE GET THESE LETTER GRADES. SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO SHARE WITH OUR BOARD WITH OUR WITH OUR COMMUNITY, WITH OUR PARENTS. HOW DO WE HOW DO WE HOW DOES TO GIVE THESE RATINGS.

AND SO BASICALLY IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF DATA AND A LOT OF THINGS AND PART OF IT BUT IT'S REALLY THREE DOMAINS.

WE HAVE DOMAIN ONE WHICH IS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. DOMAIN TWO MEASURES SCHOOL PROGRESS WHICH I'LL GO INTO MORE DETAIL ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

AND THEN DOMAIN THREE LOOKS AT CLOSING THE GAPS.

ACCORDING TO THIS DESIGN ENSURES THAT HIGH STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IS RECOGNIZED.

THE IMPACT OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE EDUCATORS IS VISIBLE, AND WE STAY FOCUSED ON STUDENTS WHO NEED THE MOST SUPPORT.

OKAY, SO THAT'S AGAIN THE KIND OF WHY IT'S DESIGNED THE WAY IT IS FOR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.

DOMAIN ONE. THIS REALLY HOW STUDENTS PERFORM ON THE TEST.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE GRAPHIC AT OUR ELEMENTARY AND OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS, THAT'S 100% STAR.

SO THE RATINGS THAT COME OUT OF OUR ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS, AGAIN, IT'S HOW THOSE STUDENTS PERFORM. AND THAT ONE DAY ENGLISH, MATH, SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES. BUT AGAIN, WE KNOW THAT OUR KIDS DO MORE THAN THAT.

WE KNOW THERE ARE VARIOUS WAYS TO SHOW WHETHER OR NOT STUDENTS ARE MASTERING CONTENT, SHOWING PROFICIENCY.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT BOTH FOR HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE AND ELEMENTARY, AGAIN, YOU SEE, AGAIN, STAR IS PART OF THAT COMPONENT 100% FOR THE EARLY GRADES.

AND THEN HIGH SCHOOL. IT'S ONLY 40%. SO HIGH SCHOOL IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

IT LOOKS AT STAR. AND AGAIN OUT OF THAT DOMAIN 140% IS THE SAME FORMULA.

STAR EOC SCORES. BUT ALSO WE LOOK AT CMR POINTS.

WHEN STUDENTS GRADUATE OUR SYSTEM, WE THE STATE IS LOOKING TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THEY'VE MET A CMR CREDENTIAL, AND THAT'S COLLEGE CAREER OR MILITARY. SO THAT'S THE OTHER 40% AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL.

AND THEN THE REMAINING 20% AT THE HIGH SCHOOL FOR DOMAIN ONE IS OUR GRADUATION RATE.

AND WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR GRADUATION RATE, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT ALL STUDENTS WHO ENTER THE NINTH GRADE THEIR FIRST YEAR AND THEN FOUR YEARS LATER, HAVE THEY RECEIVED THAT DIPLOMA? IF THEY DON'T RECEIVE THAT HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA AFTER FOUR YEARS, THEN WE LOOK AT THE FIFTH YEAR RATE, AND THEN WE ALSO LOOK AT THE SIX YEAR RATE. SO WE'RE NOT DONE. EVEN THOUGH A STUDENT MAY NOT BE SUCCESSFUL IN FOUR YEARS.

THIS ALSO TAKES INTO ACCOUNT STUDENTS WHO DROP OUT.

SO AGAIN, THAT PERCENTAGE IS WE HAVE TO KNOW AGAIN WHETHER STUDENTS AGAIN CONTINUE ON TO ANOTHER INSTITUTION.

MAYBE IT'S OUT OF STATE, MAYBE OUT OF COUNTRY. WE HAVE TO DOCUMENT THAT TO ENSURE THAT, AGAIN, WE'RE TRACKING KIDS AND WE KNOW THAT THEY'VE GRADUATED AND AGAIN, EITHER THE FOURTH OR FIFTH OR SIXTH YEAR. BUT AGAIN, THAT'S HOW IT'S BROKEN DOWN FOR DOMAIN ONE.

FOR DOMAIN TWO, THERE ARE TWO PARTS TO THAT. BUT BASICALLY THIS HOW FAR STUDENTS HAVE COME.

ARE THEY SHOWING GROWTH? ARE THEY SHOWING THAT THEY HAVE GROWN FROM ONE ACADEMIC YEAR TO THE NEXT? SO IT'S YEAR TO YEAR GROWTH IN MATH AND READING.

AND FOR THE PART B, WHICH IS RELATIVE PERFORMANCE, WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW DO HOW DO SCHOOLS COMPARE TO OTHER SCHOOLS THAT LOOK LIKE THEM WITH SIMILAR, SIMILAR, DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHICS. AND SO THIS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FOR, FOR PART A GROWTH IS MEASURED THROUGH INDIVIDUAL STUDENT PROGRESS YEAR OVER YEAR. IT LOOKS AT HOW STUDENTS MOVE FROM ONE PERFORMANCE LEVEL TO THE NEXT, LIKE OF APPROACHES TO MEETS, AND THEN GIVES ADDITIONAL CREDIT FOR STUDENTS WHO ACCELERATE THEIR LEARNING, ESPECIALLY FOR STUDENTS WHO START BEHIND. AND AGAIN, WE GET EXTRA BONUS POINTS FOR KIDS WHO AGAIN DID NOT MEET, BUT THEN WE CAN MOVE THEM UP TO THE NEXT LEVEL AND SO ON.

SO AGAIN, THAT'S THE GROWTH MEASURE FOR PART A. FOR PART B, ONCE AGAIN WE ARE LOOKING AT CAMPUSES THAT LOOK LIKE OURS.

AGAIN, INDIVIDUAL CAMPUSES ARE READY AND LOOKED AT COMPARED TO OTHER SCHOOLS.

AND THAT HAPPENS YEAR TO YEAR. AND IT'S DIFFERENT EVERY YEAR BASED ON THE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED KIDS THAT WE HAVE. FOR DOMAIN THREE IT'S CLOSING THE GAPS.

THIS AGAIN ENSURING THAT WE ARE SUPPORTING HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED STUDENT GROUPS, ENSURING THAT THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

THIS DOMAIN ALIGNS WITH THE FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS THROUGH ESSA, EVERY STUDENT SUCCEEDS ACT.

AND REALLY WHAT IT LOOKS AT IS WE LOOK AT 18 DIFFERENT STUDENT GROUPS ACROSS ACHIEVEMENT, GROWTH, GRADUATION AND ENGLISH PROFICIENCY. BUT WHAT THE STATE HAS DONE IS PUT THEM INTO FOUR CATEGORIES.

AND YOU SEE THAT FIRST GREEN NUMBER ONE, ALL STUDENTS ARE COMBINED THERE.

THEN WE LOOK AT THE LOWEST PERFORMING STUDENT GROUP FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

THAT'S THE SECOND GROUP. AND THEN THE THIRD IS THE SECOND LOWEST PERFORMING GROUP FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR, AND THAT'S THE THIRD GROUP. THE HIGH FOCUS AREA INCLUDES SPECIAL ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGES THAT ARE NOT COUNTED, AND THOSE OTHER GROUPS, AND OUR HIGHLY MOBILE STUDENTS LIKE MIGRANT FOSTER STUDENTS, HOMELESS STUDENTS AS WELL.

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AGAIN, WE TAKE THE HIGHER OF THE TWO, WHICHEVER THE HIGHEST IS FROM THAT FIRST PART, EITHER DOMAIN ONE OR DOMAIN TWO.

THAT'S THE RATING THAT WE'LL USE. AND THEN CLOSING THE GAPS.

AND THAT ACCOUNTS FOR 70%. AND THEN FOR THE REMAINING 30%.

THAT'S THE CLOSING THE GAP SCORE THAT WE HAVE.

SO HERE IS HOW WE DID THIS YEAR WITH OUR INDIVIDUAL CAMPUSES.

IN YOUR EXHIBIT YOU HAVE ALL THE CAMPUSES, ALL THOSE THAT ARE LISTED.

BUT THE OVERALL BREAKDOWN FOR ALL THE NUMBER OF FOR ALL THE CAMPUSES THAT EARNED A LETTER GRADE.

WE HAD 20 A'S THIS YEAR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, AND WE HAD ONLY NINE B'S.

WE HAD 17 OVERALL THIS YEAR. AND AGAIN, THAT'S SOME OF OUR CAMPUSES THAT WERE B'S LAST YEAR, MOVED UP TO A-RATED CAMPUSES. SO AGAIN FROM 27 TO 17.

AND THEN TOTAL NUMBER OF CAMPUSES THIS YEAR IS SEVEN.

AND THEN WE HAVE TWO CAMPUSES AND NO F CAMPUSES THIS YEAR.

WELL, WE SAW THE MOST GROWTH AS WE SAW FROM A'S FROM B'S TO A'S.

SO WE SAW FIVE MORE ELEMENTARIES. SCORE A'S THIS YEAR.

MOVE UP A LETTER GRADE AT THE MIDDLE GRADES. WE HAD TWO ADDITIONAL A-RATED CAMPUSES.

AND AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH AGAIN, I'M REALLY PROUD OF BECAUSE AGAIN, I WAS A FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HIGH SCHOOL, IS THAT WE HAD SEVEN OUT OF EIGHT OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, SCORED A RATE RATING THIS YEAR, AND THAT WAS ALL WORK THAT WE DID TWO, THREE YEARS AGO WORKING ON CMR AND IN TRYING TO MAXIMIZE THAT 40% ON THE CMR SIDE. SO THE ONE CAMPUS THAT DIDN'T GET AN A MISSED IT BY TWO POINTS.

SO WE'RE REALLY, REALLY HOPEFUL THAT THEY'RE GOING TO MEET MEET THAT THRESHOLD AT 90% OR HIGHER OR 90 POINT OVERALL GRADE.

OVERALL, 13 CAMPUSES SCORED BETWEEN 86 AND 89.

SO LOTS OF HIGH PERFORMING SCHOOLS, HIGH B'S THAT AGAIN, WE KNOW THAT AGAIN WITH THE RIGHT SUPPORT, THE RIGHT AGAIN INTENTIONALITY THAT WE CAN AGAIN CONTINUE TO INCREASE AND POSSIBLY GET A HIGHER SCORE NEXT YEAR.

FIVE CAMPUSES IMPROVED FROM C TO B THIS YEAR, WHICH IS AMAZING.

SO OUT OF THE 49 CAMPUSES THAT WE HAVE AS A DISTRICT, 46 EARNED A RATING.

GINGER WAS PAIRED WITH THELMA JONES AND OUR JERRY KNIGHT STEM ACADEMY STUDENTS.

THEY'RE ACTUALLY INCLUDED WITH THE WESTERN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

BEN BARBER STUDENTS. THEY DON'T GET A RATING.

EXCUSE ME? THE BEN BARBER GARIN TECH CENTER. BUT THOSE THE WORK THAT WE DO AT BEN BARBER THEN ADDS TO THE CMR TO OUR HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT.

SO AGAIN, OVERALL, 36 CAMPUSES IMPROVED OR MAINTAINED THEIR OVERALL SCORE 70%.

26 CAMPUSES MAINTAINED THEIR A RATING AND OR IMPROVED THEIR LETTER GRADES, SO 57% AGAIN IMPROVED OR MAINTAINED THEIR A AND THEN OVERALL 18 CAMPUSES IMPROVED THE LETTER GRADE 39%. WITH OUR RATINGS, WE ALSO GET CAMPUS DISTINCTIONS.

AND SO THIS SOMETHING, AGAIN, WE HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO DO IN THE LAST TWO YEARS BECAUSE OF THE FREEZE ON RATINGS.

BUT THAT COMPARISON GROUP, AGAIN, CAMPUSES CAN EARN DISTINCTIONS IF THEY PERFORM AT THE TOP QUARTILE OF THEIR OF THE PERFORMANCE OF THE CAMPUSES THAT LOOK SIMILAR TO THEM.

SO OVERALL, WE HAD 94 DISTINCTIONS. AND WE LOOK AT ATTENDANCE STAR ACHIEVEMENT, OF COURSE, PASSING RATES AND ALSO TSI MEASUREMENTS. AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, 50% OF OUR ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES EARNED AT LEAST ONE DISTINCTION, AND WE HAD THREE THAT EARNED ALL FIVE. AND THAT WAS TIPS, SPENCER AND HOLT.

SO AGAIN, 100% THERE, 71% OF OUR INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLS EARNED AT LEAST ONE DISTINCTION, 86% OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS EARNED AT LEAST ONE DISTINCTION.

WESTERN JERRY KNIGHT EARNED ALL SEVEN, SO THEY MAXED OUT ON ALL THOSE DISTINCTIONS.

AND 100% OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE EARNED AT LEAST ONE DISTINCTION.

SO ONCE AGAIN, THIS ABOUT TEACHING AND LEARNING IN THE CLASSROOM.

AND WE SAY THE SUPPORT THAT WE PROVIDE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT HAPPENS WHEN IT COMES TO STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IS THAT CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION, TIER ONE CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION. THE SECOND MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR IS THE BUILDING PRINCIPAL WHO DRIVES THAT INSTRUCTION AND DRIVES THE INNOVATION WITHIN THE BUILDING.

SO AGAIN, VERY PROUD OF ALL THE SUCCESS OF OUR CAMPUSES THIS YEAR.

SO FOR DISTRICT ACCOUNTABILITY AGAIN, THROUGH THE REFRESH AND THINGS HAVE CHANGED OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS, SINCE 2019. DISTRICT ACCOUNTABILITY IS VERY SIMILAR IN THE FACT THAT, AGAIN, WE LOOK AT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, STUDENT SCHOOL PROGRESS, AND CLOSING THE GAPS.

SAME METHODOLOGY. AGAIN, THIS WHERE AGAIN, OUR CAMPUSES HAVE EARNED RATINGS ENROLLMENTS 3 TO 12.

AND THEN AGAIN, WE BASICALLY WHAT WE DO IS THE DISTRICT I'M SORRY, THE T.A.

PROPORTION. EVERY CAMPUS IS PROPORTIONATELY WEIGHTED TOWARD THE DISTRICT.

OKAY. SO TO CALCULATE A DISTRICT RATING, EACH SCHOOL HAS A PROPORTIONAL WEIGHT TO OUR OVERALL, WHICH AGAIN ENCOMPASSES THE 100% ACCORDING TO.

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SO OUR HIGHEST CAMPUS ENROLLMENT IS LAKERIDGE HIGH SCHOOL.

SO THAT HAD THE HIGHEST PROPORTIONALITY. AND THEN AND THEN PHOENIX IS THE IS THE LOWEST ONE.

BUT AGAIN ALL ENCOMPASSING TOWARD OUR RATING.

SO THIS HOW WE SCORE THIS YEAR. AS YOU CAN SEE WE GET AN OVERALL SCORE OF 87.

IN DOMAIN ONE, WE HAD A SCORE OF 86 IN DOMAIN 2A, 79.

SO ONE POINT SHY OF THAT RATING. AND DOMAIN 2B IS 86, EQUIVALENT TO DOMAIN ONE AND THEN DOMAIN 389 AGAIN, ONE POINT SHY OF THAT 90. SO AGAIN WE TAKE THE HIGHER OF THE TWO FROM DOMAIN 1 OR 2, WHICH IS 86.

THAT'S 70% OF OUR CALCULATION. AND THEN THE LAST 30% WAS THAT 89 AND DOMAIN THREE.

SO AS DOCTOR SCOTT SAID OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS WE'VE HAD, WE'VE, WE'VE GONE DOWN.

BUT AGAIN, THAT WAS COMING OUT OF COVID. WE HAD THAT 88.

AND THEN AT THAT SAME TIME THEY GAVE US THAT WHAT IF SCORE.

SO NO CHANGE IN PERFORMANCE, NO CHANGE IN STUDENT GRADUATION RATES AND OR CMR. THAT'S WHAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN HAD THOSE STANDARDS BEEN APPLIED TO THE CLASS OF 22, THE YEAR OF 2022.

REMEMBER, FOR CMR AND FOR GRADUATION RATES, IT'S ALWAYS A LAG YEAR BEHIND.

SO WHEN THEY GAVE US THOSE RATINGS IN 2020 THREE WE THERE WAS NOTHING WE COULD DO ABOUT THOSE GRADUATES FROM 2022.

THEY ALREADY WERE GONE AND WE COULDN'T MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE THERE.

BUT WE QUICKLY RECOVERED. WE DID A LOT OF WORK.

DOCTOR TAMPLIN. DOCTOR ONSONGO AGAIN? OUR GUIDANCE COUNSELOR AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, GUIDANCE COUNSELOR JENNIFER POWERS.

AGAIN, WE FORMED THOSE THOSE GUIDING GUIDING COALITION AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL WHERE WE WORKED ON, AGAIN, HOW DO WE IMPROVE AND ENSURE THAT EVERY GRADUATE SENIOR HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO EARN A CMR POINT? AND AGAIN, WE'RE ABLE TO MAXIMIZE THAT, AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THE WORK WE'VE DONE FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS THERE.

SO KIND OF PUT THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE WHEN WE GO BACK TO 2019.

THAT YEAR WE WERE READY. WE HAD ONLY 14 CAMPUSES ALREADY A 25 WERE B AND FOUR C CAMPUSES.

NO DDS OR NO S BACK IN 2019. SO THIS YEAR WE HAD MORE A-RATED CAMPUSES THAN WE HAD IN 2019.

SO AGAIN, REALLY PROUD OF THE WORK OF OUR CAMPUSES THIS YEAR.

ALL RIGHT. SO THIS A SUMMARY SLIDE THAT YOU'VE SEEN WHENEVER DOCTOR SPENCER AND I SHARED THE GOOD AS GREEN SLIDE, HOW DO WE COMPARE TO OUR COMPARABLE DISTRICTS THAT LOOK LIKE OURS.

THESE ARE THE SAME FIVE DISTRICTS THAT WE SHARED WHEN WE SHARED STAR RESULTS.

BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, GREEN IS GOOD MEANS THAT WE EITHER OUTPERFORMED THAT DISTRICT IN THESE DOMAINS AND OVERALL.

OR AGAIN WE HAD THE SAME EQUIVALENT SCORE. SO YOU SEE THE ONE THAT WE ARE NOT HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN IS LAMAR CONSOLIDATED.

YOU CAN SEE THAT ENROLLMENT. YOU CAN SEE THEIR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED NUMBER, BUT ONLY ONE POINT DIFFERENCE IN OVERALL DOMAIN ONE AND DOMAIN TWO A.

SO AGAIN AND WE AGAIN DID WELL IN DOMAIN THREE EQUAL TO THEM.

SO REALLY PROUD OF AGAIN. GREEN IS GOOD. MEANING AGAIN WE'RE OUTPERFORMING OUR NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS THAT LOOK LIKE US FOR OUR REGIONAL COMPARISON.

VERY SIMILAR STORY TO THE STAR PERFORMANCE SLIDE THAT WE SHARED.

GREEN IS GOOD. A LOT OF GREEN THERE FROM OUR NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS AND THE METROPLEX.

SOME OF THEM LOOK LIKE US. SOME OF THEM DON'T. AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE VERY SIMILAR TO STAR PERFORMANCE. HEB OUTPERFORMED BY 1 OR 2 POINTS IN THOSE FOUR AREAS. BUT WE AGAIN MATCH THEM IN THE LAST DOMAIN.

DOMAIN THREE. SO THIS SOMETHING NEW. I FELT LIKE WE FELT LIKE IT WAS IMPORTANT.

DOCTOR SCOTT ACTUALLY SHARED THIS WITH ME, AND HE SAID WE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO KIND OF SHARE. THESE ARE THE FIVE TOP CHARTERS WHERE MANSFIELD ISD STUDENTS WHO LIVE IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT ACTUALLY ATTEND. AND THIS A REPORT THAT WE GET FROM THE STATE.

BUT YOU CAN SEE FROM THESE FIVE CHARTERS, EXCEPT FOR THE ONE ARLINGTON CLASS ACADEMY, THAT WE WERE OUTPERFORMING OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS AS WELL IN THOSE VARIOUS DOMAINS.

ARLINGTON CLASSICS ACADEMY, I BELIEVE, IS A CHARTER THAT ONLY GOES ONE THROUGH EIGHT, BUT AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE ANYWHERE FROM 10 TO 13 POINT DIFFERENCE IN THE OVERALL GRADE.

AND WE OUTPERFORMED ALL THE CHARTERS IN CLOSING THE GAPS DOMAIN TO JUST KIND OF PUT THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S A 1020 DISTRICTS IN THE STATE THAT GET RATINGS.

ONLY 141 OF THOSE DISTRICTS HAD A 90 OR HIGHER.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THE ENROLLMENT SIZE OF ALL THE DISTRICTS STATEWIDE, THERE'S ONLY THREE DISTRICTS THAT HAD AN ENROLLMENT OF 25,000 OR MORE THAT SCORED A 90 OR HIGHER. ONLY THREE. MISD IS FOR ENROLLMENT SIZE.

WE'RE RANKED NUMBER 33. AND AND AGAIN, IT'S WE'RE DOING PRETTY WELL WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SIZE, YOU LOOK AT THE AGAIN, THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE STUDENTS THAT WE SERVE YOU KNOW, GETTING GETTING AN A IS HARD.

IT REALLY IS A LOT OF HARD WORK BY EVERYONE. AND IT TAKES ALL OF US IN TO DO, DO THE WORK.

IT'S NOT JUST THE TEACHING AND LEARNING, BUT IT'S THE SUPPORT THAT WE GIVE AS A DISTRICT.

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THEY DO A LOT OF WORK TO SUPPORT OUR CAMPUSES.

AND OF COURSE OUR CABINET TEAM AS WELL, AGAIN, DO A LOT TO SUPPORT THIS WORK.

THANK YOU FOR THE LEADERSHIP OF DOCTOR CANTU, DOCTOR SCOTT, AGAIN TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE MAXIMIZING AND FOCUSING ON WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT, AND THAT'S TEACHING AND LEARNING IN MISD.

SO WITH THAT KIND OF TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE, I MEAN, THE QUESTION THAT I HAD AND THE QUESTION I ASKED MY TEAM IS LIKE, WHAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE SUCCESS? AND YOU CAN SEE PICTURES OF STUDENTS AND TEACHING PLCS AT WORK.

THESE ARE WHERE TEACHERS ARE COLLABORATING. BUT REALLY AS DOCTOR SAID.

DOCTOR SCOTT SAID EARLIER, IT'S LIKE WE PROVIDE A VERY GOOD CURRICULUM.

OKAY. GUARANTEED AND VIABLE IS WHAT WE CALL IT, RIGHT? WE CONTINUE TO UPDATE.

IT'S NOT PERFECT BY ANY MEANS, BUT WE CONTINUE TO UPDATE IT.

IMPROVE. DOCTOR SWEASY AND HER TEAM AND THE CONTENT COORDINATORS DO DO A FABULOUS JOB OF, AGAIN, ENSURING THAT WE GIVE THE TEACHERS THAT THE BEST POSSIBLE CURRICULUM THAT IS ALIGNED TO HOW IT WILL BE ASSESSED WHEN IT COMES TO OUR STAR AND EOC, OUR CONTENT COORDINATORS AGAIN DO AN EXCEPTIONAL, EXCEPTIONAL JOB OF NOT ONLY JUST WRITING THE CURRICULUM, BUT THEY ALSO PROVIDE TRAINING AND SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. OUR SPECIAL POPULATIONS DEPARTMENTS, HEADED BY DOCTOR SPENCER, AGAIN, DO AN INCREDIBLE JOB OF ENSURING THAT WE'RE DIFFERENTIATING AND WE'RE PROVIDING SUPPORTS FOR OUR KIDS THAT ARE IN SPECIAL POPULATIONS.

SPED EB DYSLEXIA. AGAIN, ALL THE AREAS. AND THEN OF COURSE RESPONSE INTERVENTION AND MTS ASSESSES AGAIN WHERE HER WORK IS PEOPLE UNDER HER WORK.

SO WHAT DOES THAT WHAT DOES THAT SUPPORT LOOK LIKE FROM US? IT'S TARGETED SUPPORT WITH PLANNING. THIS YEAR JUST.

OR. I'M SORRY, LAST YEAR IN THIRD GRADE. I'M SORRY.

JUST IN MATH. THIRD AND FOURTH GRADE. OUT OF THE 68 THIRD GRADE MATH TEACHERS, 35 WERE NEW.

SO 51% OF OUR THIRD GRADE MATH TEACHERS WERE BRAND NEW TO MISD.

SO WE CAN HAVE A GOOD CURRICULUM. IT CAN BE VIABLE, IT CAN BE ROBUST, ALL THE THINGS.

BUT IF OUR TEACHERS DON'T KNOW HOW TO ACCESS THAT AND THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND IT OR THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO UNPACK IT, THEN AGAIN, THEY'RE JUST DOING THE BEST JOB THEY CAN.

AND SO THAT'S NOT HOW WE WANT THEM TO ACCESS OUR CURRICULUM.

WE WANT THEM TO KNOW WHAT THE CURRICULUM LOOKS LIKE. WE WANT THEM TO KNOW WHERE TO FIND THE BEST RESOURCES TO ENSURE THAT OUR KIDS WE'RE MAXIMIZING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.

AND AGAIN, SO PRIORITIZING THOSE NEW TEACHERS IS OUR FIRST GOAL.

JUST IN FOURTH GRADE, OUT OF THE 63 MATH TEACHERS WE HAD, 22 WERE ALSO NEW.

SO AGAIN, THAT'S JUST ONE AREA. AND THAT'S PROBABLY TRUE FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT AREAS.

WITH OUR WITH OUR TEACHERS IN THE CAMPUSES, WE DO A LOT OF DEEP PLANNING WITH THEM TO ENSURE THAT TIER ONE INSTRUCTION IS ALIGNED, AS I SAID BEFORE, AND WE'RE DELIVERING THE BEST POSSIBLE FIRST TEACH, BECAUSE THAT'S, AGAIN, AT THE HEART AND SOUL OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO. FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE OR MY PERSPECTIVE, A CI LEADERSHIP WE'RE PUTTING PEOPLE FIRST.

DOCTOR REED AND I HAD THIS CONVERSATION AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR WHEN WE BROUGHT BACK THE PRINCIPALS.

IS IT GIVING THEM THE TRAINING THEY NEED, YOU KNOW, BEING A PRINCIPAL TO COME UP? I MEAN, PRINCIPALS DON'T ALWAYS KNOW WHAT THEY DON'T KNOW, RIGHT? CONTINUOUS LEARNING IS PART OF THAT. AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT REQUIRES THAT WE CONTINUE TO LEARN.

AND SO BY INVESTING IN OUR PEOPLE, BY PROVIDING THEM THE TRAINING, BUILDING THEIR LEADERSHIP CAPACITY, THAT'S THE GOAL THAT WE THAT WE SERVE AND WE AND WE SUPPORT OUR PRINCIPALS THAT WAY.

HOW WE ALLOCATED OUR TIME AND OUR RESOURCES, THAT'S IMPORTANT.

AND ENSURING THAT TEACHERS HAVE DEDICATED TIME DURING THE WORKDAY TO PLAN DEEPLY AND TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE PROVIDING THE BEST [INAUDIBLE] POSSIBLE.

SO THE NEXT SLIDE I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU IS GETTING SOME QUOTES FROM OUR PRINCIPALS AND WHAT THEY SAID.

BUT WHAT YOU'LL SEE FROM THE QUOTES IS SOME VARIOUS THEMES, IS GIVING PRINCIPALS TIME TO COLLABORATE, GETTING COACHES FROM OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS AND DOI AND SPECIAL POPULATIONS PROFESSIONAL LEARNING.

AS I SAID BEFORE, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR BASED ON THEIR NEEDS, BECAUSE EVERY PRINCIPAL AGAIN IS AT A DIFFERENT LEVEL AS WELL.

SO IT'S DIFFERENTIATED FOR WHAT THEY NEED. AND THEN FINALLY I THINK IS REALLY CREATING A CULTURE THAT IS SAFE FOR PRINCIPALS TO LEARN AND GROW.

THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, SO THAT CULTURE. WE ALSO BELIEVE THAT WE AS A DISTRICT ORGANIZATION, LEARN BEST BY USING RESEARCH AND MODELS. LEADERS LEARN BEST WHEN THEY COLLABORATE AND TEACHERS LEARN BEST WHEN THEY WORK TOGETHER.

AND THAT'S THE KIND OF THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT WE USE. SO HERE ARE SOME OF THE QUOTES FROM OUR PRINCIPALS.

AND AGAIN, AS YOU SEE, THE THEMES THAT I KIND OF SHARED WITH YOU FROM THOSE QUOTES.

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AND AGAIN, THAT'S WHAT WE STRIVE TO DO. OUR CI LEADERSHIP ONE THING WE HAVE, ONE THING JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, IS OUR GOAL IS THAT WE'RE BUILDING HIGH PERFORMING SCHOOLS AND PROGRAMS. WE EXPECT TO MAINTAIN AND INCREASE THE NUMBER OF A-RATED CAMPUSES OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS.

AND WE EXPECT TO IMPROVE OUR CAMPUSES THAT ARE PERFORMED AT THE C-D LEVEL.

WE KNOW WE CAN DO BETTER. AND OUR GOAL IS THAT THEY AT LEAST BE A B RATED CAMPUS WITHIN THE NEXT TWO YEARS.

THE NINE CAMPUSES THAT SCORED BELOW A B, THEY ARE BEING PROVIDED DIFFERENTIATED SUPPORT.

WE'RE TARGETING THAT SUPPORT FROM BOTH OUR DEPARTMENT OF INSTRUCTION, OUR SPECIAL POPULATIONS AND OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS, PRINCIPAL SUPERVISORS. WHAT DOES THAT SUPPORT LOOK LIKE? IT IS WEEKLY AND BI WEEKLY COACHING AND FEEDBACK SESSIONS FROM THE CAMPUS, FROM THE PRINCIPAL SUPERVISOR.

AGAIN, ADDITIONAL TARGETED EXECUTIVE COACHING FROM CONSULTANTS THAT WE HIRE TO COME IN, SOME FROM REGION 11, SOME THAT ARE FORMER REGION 11 STAFF. THOSE ARE SPECIFICALLY BEING PROVIDED FOR OUR CAMPUSES THAT WERE RATED D.

AND THEN BOTH CAMPUSES THAT WERE RATED D THIS YEAR, AGAIN, THEY'RE GETTING ADDED STAFFING ALLOCATIONS FOR INTERVENTIONS, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL TRAINING. AND THOSE TWO CAMPUSES ATTENDED, AS YOU SAW FROM SOME OF THE QUOTES, [INAUDIBLE] TRAINING LAST WEEK CALLED THE 15 DAY CHALLENGE.

IT WAS REALLY HELPING OUR TEACHERS AND OUR PRINCIPALS UNIT PLAN AT A DEEP AND ALIGNED LEVEL.

AND AGAIN, WE'RE JUST GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW STUDENTS. OUR GOALS ARE SUPPORTING GOALS.

AS WE SHARED TO YOU BEFORE, IS WE'RE GOING TO GROW STUDENTS ACADEMICALLY.

WE'RE GOING TO ENHANCE INSTRUCTIONAL CAPACITY OF ALL OUR PRINCIPALS, ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AND OUR TEACHERS, PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE ALIGNED CURRICULUM, AND THEN FINALLY UNIFIED THROUGH COLLABORATION AND COMMUNICATION.

AND SO THAT IS MY PRESENTATION. AND I'M OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.

THANK YOU, MR. BENAVIDES. ALSO, THANK YOU, DOCTOR SCOTT, FOR THE INTRODUCTION.

EXCELLENT PRESENTATION. TRUSTEES, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? TRUSTEES TO MY LEFT? YES, MISS. LACKEY WILSON? YES. [INAUDIBLE]. REAL QUICK, ONE THING I DID APPRECIATE THAT YOU COMMENTED ON EARLIER WAS ACKNOWLEDGING WHAT GREAT ACADEMIC COACHES AND LEADERSHIP THAT WE HAVE, BECAUSE YOU ALSO MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE, WHAT, 51% NEW TEACHERS? AND SO WHEN YOU SEE THAT, IT'S JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE AMAZING ACADEMICS, YOU KNOW, AND MOST OF YOU HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS TO HAVE BEEN PART OF THIS PROCESS AND EVERYTHING, BUT A LOT OF GOOD IT DOES US, IF, LIKE YOU SAID, THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO UNPACK IT.

AND THAT JUST SHOWS WHAT GOOD JOBS YOU GUYS, AS WELL AS OUR CAMPUS LEADERSHIP HAVE DONE TO GET THEM TO THAT POINT WHERE WE'RE DOING.

WE'RE STILL HAVING ACTIONS LIKE THIS, RIGHT? YES, MA'AM. AND SO THAT'S REALLY.

I APPRECIATE THAT. I'D SAY THAT'S COOL. AND SO, BUT IT IS COOL.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS FOR MENTIONING THAT GROUP OF PEOPLE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW WE ALREADY HAVE OUR BOOTS ON THE GROUND.

AND I HOPE EVERYBODY ACKNOWLEDGES, YOU KNOW, OUR TEACHERS AND HOW HARD THEY WORK TO GET ALL THIS DONE.

BUT IT DOES TAKE THIS GREAT LEADERSHIP GROUP TO HELP WITH THAT.

AND THEN, ON SLIDE 17. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN GO BACK THERE.

THIS IS MAYBE IN SMARTY PANTS. WHICH ONE IS IT? WHAT DOES IT SAY AGAIN? I'M KIDDING.

EVERYBODY TO SEE THOSE SCORES ONE MORE TIME, SO.

GOT IT. BUT I'M JUST SAYING. AND SO AGAIN, KUDOS TO YOU GUYS, RIGHT? SO REALLY, YOU KNOW, JOB WELL DONE. I MEAN, YOU LOOK AT EVEN THE STATS WITH COMPARED TO COMPARISON DISTRICTS AND THE NUMBERS AND THINGS.

I MEAN, LIKE ONE OF THE CAMPUSES THAT THEY. ONE OF THOSE GUYS ON THAT SLIDE, THEY DIDN'T HAVE 1000 KIDS, YOU KNOW, AND I'M LIKE, OKAY, IF ALL WE HAD WAS ONE OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS TO TAKE CARE OF, AND YOU GUYS ARE JUST KNOCKING IT OUT OF THE PARK WITH 36,000 OF THOSE.

SO IT'S PRETTY AMAZING. SO GOOD JOB. THANK YOU.

I WAS REALLY PROUD TO HEAR. NO, AGAIN, IT'S A TEAM EFFORT. LIKE I SAID, WE COLLABORATE CONSTANTLY TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING THE SUPPORT THAT EVERY PRINCIPAL NEEDS. AND AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, IT'S DIFFERENTIATED BASED ON WHERE THEY ARE IN THEIR INSTRUCTIONAL JOURNEY. WELL, YES. AND TO SEE THAT MANY A'S. I MEAN, COME ON.

YEAH. I GUESS WE GO BACK TO THIS ONE, RIGHT? YES.

THIS IS THE ONE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. IT'S PRETTY AWESOME.

SO GOOD JOB. MOSTLY I JUST WANTED TO BRAG ON YOU GUYS BECAUSE IT'S JOB WELL DONE.

THANK YOU. MR. THOMAS. YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO EXTEND KUDOS TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM.

AND I CAN REALLY TELL THAT THE EFFORT HAS BEEN PUT FORTH TO ACCOMPLISH THESE GOALS.

AND IT DID ME WELL, WHEN WE WERE DOWN IN AUSTIN FOR THE FIRST EVER SCHOOL, NEW TRUSTEE TRAINING, THEY HAD DOWN AT TEA TO SEE BLIND CHARTS PUT UP THERE, AND TO KNOW THAT OURS WAS GOOD AND IT WAS RIGHT BEFORE THE SCORES CAME OUT.

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SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AND THANK THE TEAM, THE PRINCIPALS, EVERYBODY, FOR ROLLING UP THEIR SLEEVES AND DOING THE HARD WORK THAT'S NECESSARY TO HELP US ACHIEVE. THANK YOU. YES, SIR.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEES TO MY RIGHT? ALL RIGHT, MR. CANNON? MISS HORN? DOCTOR CRUTCHFIELD? SURE. THANK YOU.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYBODY, FROM STUDENTS, TO TEACHERS, TO SUPPORT STAFF, TO PRINCIPALS, TO CENTRAL OFFICE ADMIN. AND SO I WANT US TO NOT MISS THE MOMENT.

THIS IS FANTASTIC FOR MANSFIELD ISD AND EVERYBODY THAT'S IN IT.

BUT WHAT THIS IS, IS JUST SUCH A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THE MIRACLE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION.

AND SO I HAVE COACHED LITTLE LEAGUE SOCCER, RIGHT? AND SO A 4 TO 5 YEAR OLD SOCCER TEAM WHERE YOU HAVE KIDS JUST SHOW UP.

SOME OF THEM DON'T HAVE THE GEAR THAT THEY NEED, RIGHT? SOME OF THEM DO NOT WANT TO BE ON THE FIELD AND THEY'RE CRYING, I WANT TO GO HOME.

SOME OF THEM HAVE EXPERIENCE PLAYING SOCCER. OTHERS HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS.

AND SO IMAGINE BEING ABLE TO COACH THAT TEAM TO A CHAMPIONSHIP.

I WASN'T ABLE TO DO THAT WITH THE SOCCER TEAM.

BUT THIS IS WHAT LITERALLY WE'RE DOING EVERY DAY IN MANSFIELD ISD AND ACROSS TEXAS.

AND SO THIS A CHAMPIONSHIP BASED ON BEING ABLE TO TAKE EVERYBODY THAT WALKS INTO THOSE DOORS.

AND SO I DON'T MISS THAT. YOU GUYS ARE PERFORMING MIRACLES EVERY DAY, SO CONGRATULATIONS.

I THINK THE PRESENTATION SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. THANK YOU FOR SHARING HOW YOU WILL OFFER THAT DIFFERENTIATED SUPPORT TO OUR CAMPUSES THAT ARE STILL WORKING TO GET TO B'S AND A'S AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S THAT SUPPORT THERE.

BUT I THINK THIS LONG LIST OF TESTIMONY FROM ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING WITH PRINCIPALS, WITH PLCS AND ALL OF THIS DEFINITELY DEMONSTRATES CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.

AND SO THANK YOU ALL. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU.

DOCTOR REED, I DO HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY. SPECIFICALLY, I WANT TO BRING ATTENTION BACK TO OUR DOMAIN THREE CLOSING THE GAPS.

DOCTOR CRUTCHFIELD INSPIRED ME TO MENTION THIS.

I REALLY WANT TO GIVE THAT DOMAIN SPECIAL RECOGNITION FOR THE EXACT REASON SHE JUST SAID.

NOT BECAUSE IT'S A FINISH LINE WE'VE CROSSED, BUT IT'S A MILESTONE IN THE WORK THAT REALLY NEVER ENDS FOR THOSE OF US IN PUBLIC EDUCATION. I NEED TO CAVEAT WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY.

IF YOU WENT TO A PRIVATE SCHOOL, AWESOME. IF YOU HAVE KIDS THAT CURRENTLY GO TO A PRIVATE SCHOOL, AWESOME. I'M SO GLAD YOU GET TO CHOOSE THAT FOR YOUR FAMILY.

BUT WHAT I WANT TO POINT OUT IS THAT PRIVATE SCHOOLS GET TO NOT BE HELD TO ANY PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES, AND THEY ARE ALSO ABLE TO CHOOSE THEIR STUDENTS.

AND WHEN YOU'RE ABLE TO CHOOSE YOUR STUDENTS, YOU'RE ALSO ABLE TO NOT CHOOSE YOUR STUDENTS.

WHETHER IT'D BE KIDS WITH GREATER NEEDS, WHETHER IT'D BE KIDS WITH GREATER CHALLENGES, WHETHER IT'D JUST BE A KID WHO THEY THINK IS GOING TO BRING DOWN THEIR AVERAGE, THEY GET TO SAY WHO COMES TO THEIR SCHOOL AND WHO DOESN'T.

AND WHEN YOU GET TO HANDPICK YOUR KIDS, YOU KIND OF GET TO HANDPICK YOUR OUTCOMES.

AND SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT IS THAT AS A PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM, AS US HERE IN MANSFIELD ISD, WE DO THE EXACT OPPOSITE. OUR DOORS ARE OPEN TO ANY KID IN OUR COMMUNITY, NO MATTER WHAT, INCLUDING THE KID WITH LEARNING CHALLENGES, INCLUDING THE KID THAT MAY HAVE JUST ARRIVED AND THEY DON'T KNOW ENGLISH VERY WELL, INCLUDING A KID WHOSE FAMILY IS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AT THE MOMENT, TO KIDS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING EXTREME MEDICAL NEEDS.

THE AMAZING THING IS THAT OUR DISTRICT NOT ONLY TAKES ALL OF THOSE KIDS, BUT WE ARE PUBLICLY HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO THE OUTCOMES OF THOSE CHILDREN. AND SO OUR SCORES, GOOD OR BAD, ARE PUBLICLY REPORTED TO THE STATE, TO THE PARENTS AND TO OUR COMMUNITY AT LARGE.

AND WHAT'S REALLY AWESOME ABOUT PUBLIC EDUCATION IS THAT TRANSPARENCY ISN'T OPTIONAL, HONESTLY.

IT'S THE PROMISE OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL. WE PROMISE TO BE TRANSPARENT.

WE PROMISE TO BE ACCOUNTABLE TO WHAT'S HAPPENING.

AND WHILE OUR SCORES SHOW AMAZING PROGRESS, I'M BLOWN AWAY WHENEVER AS A NEW BOARD MEMBER, WHEN WE SIT IN THESE MEETINGS AND WE'RE SHOWN THIS DATA.

I'M BLOWN AWAY AT WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO FOR ALL KIDS IN OUR DISTRICT.

AND I KNOW BOARD MEETINGS ARE THE TIME THAT WE CAPITALIZE AND CELEBRATE ON OUR REALLY BIG WINS.

AND LORD KNOWS THIS DISTRICT HAS PLENTY. BUT JUST I WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE AND ACKNOWLEDGE OUR FAMILIES THAT PERHAPS YOUR KID IS STILL STRUGGLING AND PERHAPS WE ARE STILL TRYING

[01:05:02]

YOUR KID'S SCORES ARE NOT JUST DATA ON A CHART.

TO US, IT'S THE MOTIVATION FOR US AS A PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM TO GET BETTER.

AND WHEN WE CELEBRATE THIS DATA, BECAUSE IT IS WORTH CELEBRATING, I NEVER WANT YOU TO THINK THAT WE'RE SWEEPING YOUR BABY UNDER THE RUG WITH THAT. AND THE TRUTH IS, THAT'S OUR MOTIVATION TO KEEP GOING.

THAT IS OUR COMMITMENT TO, LIKE MR. BENAVIDES SAID AT THE END, ALL THE WAYS WE'RE TRYING TO GET BETTER.

BECAUSE EVERY GAP THAT'S NOT CLOSED IS A REAL STUDENT IN A REAL CLASSROOM WITH A FAMILY THAT'S COUNTING ON US TO FIGURE IT OUT.

AND SO I JUST KNOW, THIS PAST YEAR, THIS PAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH TALK ABOUT THE MERITS OR THE LACK THEREOF OF PUBLIC EDUCATION.

AND SO FORGIVE ME FOR SOAPBOXING A LITTLE BIT, BUT YOU GUYS KNOW THAT WHEN WE DIG INTO THIS DATA, WHEN WE DIG INTO THE SCORES IN JUNE, DOCTOR SCOTT AND DOCTOR SPENCER PRESENTED OUR CADENCE OF ACCOUNTABILITY LAST MONTH.

AND NOW THIS. WE DIG INTO THE DATA NOT JUST TO CELEBRATE THE WINS, BUT TO SEE WHERE WE MAY STILL BE MISSING THE MARK.

AND WE ASK OURSELVES HARD QUESTIONS. WHAT ARE WE MISSING? WHAT CAN WE RETHINK? HOW CAN WE CHANGE OUR APPROACH? WHATEVER IT IS, IT'S OUR COMMITMENT TO CONTINUE TO CLOSE THOSE GAPS.

AND SO I JUST WANTED TO, I GUESS, TAKE THIS MOMENT TO SAY THAT IT'S FOR THOSE REASONS THAT I'M PROUD TO SIT ON THIS BOARD.

I'M PROUD TO BE IN THIS DISTRICT NOT BECAUSE WE'RE PERFECT, BUT BECAUSE WE ARE COMMITTED TO TRANSPARENCY.

WE'RE COMMITTED TO ACCOUNTABILITY. AND FROM WHAT I'VE EXPERIENCED IN MY TIME HERE, AND EVEN AS A PARENT WITH THREE KIDS IN THE DISTRICT, THE COMMITMENT THIS TEAM HAS TO GETTING BETTER, NO MATTER THE COST.

AND IT'S FOR THAT REASON THAT I THINK OUR COMMUNITY CAN BE EXTREMELY PROUD TO SUPPORT PUBLIC EDUCATION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS HORN. MR. CANNON. IF THAT DOESN'T LIGHT YOUR FIRE, YOUR WOOD IS WET.

I'M HONORED TO SERVE WITH EACH OF YOU ON THE BOARD.

AND THANK YOU, MR. BENAVIDES, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

JUST TO PIGGYBACK OFF THE CLOSING THE GAPS, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S REALLY VITAL THAT WE ESTABLISH A PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR PARENTS.

WHAT ARE WAYS THAT FAMILIES CAN ALSO HELP ASSIST WITH CLOSING THE GAPS? I KNOW WE DO ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION CAMPUSES, HOW OUR PARENTS AND HOW CAN PARENTS GET ENGAGED WITH THAT PROCESS WITH TEACHERS IN THE DISTRICT. SO JUST ENGAGE, FIND OUT, INQUIRE, RIGHT? ATTEND THE PARENT ENGAGEMENT EVENTS THAT WE HAVE.

JUST BE PART OF YOUR KID'S EDUCATION, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, COME TO THE CAMPUSES, BE INVOLVED, VOLUNTEER, RIGHT? ALL THE THINGS THAT WE WANT OUR PARENTS TO KNOW ABOUT US AND WHAT WE PROVIDE FOR THEIR CHILDREN.

BUT I WILL SAY THAT IN SOME CASES, WHEN WE LOOK AT CLOSING DOMAIN THREE AND CLOSING GAPS, THERE ARE SOME OF OUR PARENTS WHO CAN'T.

THEY'RE WORKING TWO FULL TIME JOBS. THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO AGAIN SIT DOWN WITH THEIR CHILDREN AND READ WITH THEM AT NIGHT.

I MEAN, SOME OF THOSE STUDENTS THAT WE SERVE ARE ACTUALLY WATCHING THEIR YOUNGER SIBLINGS AS WELL, WORKING PART TIME TO HELP, YOU KNOW, MAKE ENDS MEET, RIGHT? AND SO FOR US, THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE AN EXCUSE FOR US NOT TO HELP STUDENTS GROW AND LEARN.

WE KNOW THAT ADULT BEHAVIORS ARE WHAT MATTERS THE MOST IN THE TEACHER IN THE CLASSROOM MATTERS MOST.

AND SO WE ALWAYS FOCUS ON ADULT BEHAVIORS, ON WHAT WE CAN DO DIFFERENTLY TO CLOSE THESE GAPS, TO ENSURE OUR STUDENTS ARE MEETING GRADE LEVEL STANDARDS.

AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT IT'S ABOUT. HOLDING THE BAR HIGH, ENSURING THAT OUR TEACHERS KNOW WHAT THAT BAR LOOKS LIKE, AND THEN PROVIDING THOSE SUPPORT SCAFFOLDING WHERE WE NEED TO SCAFFOLD AND DIFFERENTIATING WHERE WE NEED TO DIFFERENTIATE. AND SO AGAIN, YES, THERE ARE THOSE AVENUES FOR PARENTS TO ENGAGE AND WE WANT THEM TO ENGAGE.

BUT OUR COMMITMENT IS THAT IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER THE PARENTS ARE INVOLVED OR NOT.

WE'RE COMMITTED TO ENSURING OUR KIDS ARE GROWING AND LEARNING.

AND THEN BEYOND HIGH SCHOOL, THEY CAN DO SOMETHING WITH THEIR LIVES, WHETHER THAT'D BE COLLEGE OR CAREER.

JUST AGAIN, AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT DOMAIN THREE, I FAILED TO MENTION THAT I TOLD YOU HOW DIFFICULT IT WAS AND HOW MANY DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE WITH ENROLLMENT OF 25,000 OR HIGHER, THERE'S ONLY ONE DISTRICT THAT HAD A HIGHER DOMAIN SCORE THAN US, AND THEY HAD AN ECD RATE OF 6.1, AND WE'RE SITTING AT 48.2.

SO JUST AGAIN, THAT'S THE TESTAMENT TO THE WORK THAT EVERY KID DOES MATTER.

WE ARE LOOKING AT KID BY KID, UNIT BY UNIT, STANDARD BY STANDARD, GRADE LEVEL AT A TIME.

SO AND AGAIN, THAT'S THE COMMITMENT THAT WE MAKE.

AND AGAIN, THAT'S THE VALUES THAT ARE IN OUR MISSION, VISION 2030 IS STUDENTS FIRST.

SO WE'RE LIVING IN OUR VALUES. WE'RE PRACTICING WHAT WE PREACH.

[01:10:01]

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. BENAVIDES AND DOCTOR SCOTT, FOR THE OPENING.

THE INTRODUCTION, I GUESS THE ONLY THING I WILL SAY IS THAT WAS OUTSTANDING RECAP AND SERMONS IS THAT I LOVE THAT YOU MENTIONED EVERY STUDENT COUNTS. AND ALSO YOU TALKED ABOUT TEACHERS PARTNERING AND COLLABORATING.

WE KNOW THAT HAPPENS, BUT I'M HOPING THAT PARENTS AND FAMILIES ARE AT HOME AND KNOW THAT WE'RE BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS ON THE CAMPUSES, FROM THE DISTRICT TO THE CAMPUS, WHERE WE'RE SUPPORTING EACH OTHER TO ENSURE THAT IF YOU DON'T KNOW SOMETHING, WE'RE STANDING IN THE GAP TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE TEACHING AND LEARNING AND GROWING.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM.

EXCEPTIONAL PRESENTATION. THANK YOU FOR THE TRANSPARENCY, WITH THE DOCUMENTATION, WITH THE DATA AND THE COMPARATIVE ANALYZES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. DOCTOR CANTU, DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? THE ONLY THING I WOULD WANT TO ADD IS THAT I HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY BLESSED TO WORK WITH SUCH GREAT LEADERS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO OUR CAMPUS, CLASSROOM LEADERS THROUGHOUT OUR TEACHERS.

SO ALL THE WORK THAT THEY DO. AND THANK YOU, BOARD FOR YOUR WORDS TONIGHT TOO, IN SUPPORT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION AND ACKNOWLEDGING THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT OUR PEOPLE DO. PUBLIC EDUCATION ROCKS.

[9. Discussion]

THESE ARE PROPOSED AND THEY'RE ROUGH DRAFT FORMAT.

ONE IS PRIORITIZING STUDENT OUTCOMES AND ACHIEVEMENTS.

BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH TRUST AND TRANSPARENCY.

AND COMMITTING TO INFORM THE COMMUNITY. AND ESSENTIALLY, WE JUST TALKED ABOUT ALL OF THAT IN THE PRESENTATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD, INCLUDING THE DISTRICT RECOGNITIONS, ALIGNED WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.

BUT LET'S OPEN THAT UP FOR DISCUSSION. BOARD, TO MY LEFT, TO MY RIGHT.

I WILL BEGIN IF YOU'D LIKE. YEAH.

I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT TO NOT CONFUSE ANYONE, MAYBE NOT REALIZING WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING RIGHT NOW SO THAT.

BECAUSE INITIALLY, WHEN GOALS ARE SELECTED FOR A DISTRICT, THEY ARE CALLED, YOU KNOW, BOARD GOALS.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, THEY'RE APPLIED AS GOALS FOR THE DISTRICT.

AND FROM THERE THE STAFF DECIDES, YOU KNOW, THE PARAMETERS AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO SCORE US AS A DISTRICT.

SO OUR BOARD DECIDED TO HAVE GOALS TO GO ALONG WITH, AS YOU SAID, OUR SCORECARD TO HOPEFULLY HOLD US EVEN MORE ACCOUNTABLE, BUT TO GIVE US A JOB PER SE THAT WE CAN SHOW UP FOR YOU GUYS FOR AND THE REST OF OUR DISTRICT.

SO JUST IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T IF YOU DO KNOW THAT THERE CARDBOARD GOALS INITIALLY WE DID NOT REWRITE THE BOARD THE DISTRICT GOALS ON YOU GUYS TONIGHT.

SO. YES, YES. MR. THOMAS? MR. CANNON? WE'RE ALL VERY GOOD. WELL, TODAY, OUR PRESENTATION WITH MR. BENAVIDES, AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT RECOGNITIONS REALLY ALIGN WITH ALL THAT WE'RE DOING.

AGAIN, AS MISS LACKEY WILSON SAID, WE'RE ESSENTIALLY HOLDING OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE TO BE SUPPORT, TO DO WHAT IT IS THAT'S NECESSARY TO UNDERGIRD WHAT THE DISTRICT IS DOING, SO WE CAN SUPPORT AND SHOW UP WHERE IT'S NECESSARY.

SO WE DO APPRECIATE YOU, DOCTOR CANTU, AND YOUR CABINET AND WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO CONTINUE TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE A TOP NOTCH HERE AT MISD, AND TO ASSURE THAT OUR FAMILIES KNOW THAT PUBLIC EDUCATION IS MOST ESSENTIAL TO US.

EVERY KID COUNTS AND KIDS ARE FIRST TO US. JUST LET US KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO.

THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME WE WILL MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

[10. Public Comments]

THE CORRECT PROCEDURE FOR ADDRESSING THE BOARD DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS IS AS FOLLOWS.

EACH SPEAKER SHOULD ADDRESS THE BOARD FROM THE PODIUM MICROPHONE AND STATE HIS OR HER NAME BEFORE SPEAKING.

ALL SPEAKERS WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES TO MAKE COMMENTS REGARDING THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, UNLESS MODIFIED BY THE BOARD PRESIDENT BASED ON BOARD POLICY BED LOCAL.

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

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

[01:15:06]

SO I'M ASSUMING EVERYONE HERE KNOWS WHO I AM.

AND IF YOU DON'T, MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE]. I'M A CANDIDATE FOR TAD.

LAST NIGHT I GO TO A CITY COUNCIL MEETING, AND I'VE BEEN TO THIS CITY COUNCIL 3 OR 4 TIMES IN THE PAST.

IN FACT, THEY NOMINATED ME LAST YEAR. SAME COUNCIL, ONE NEW MEMBER.

WHEN IT COMES TIME TO CAST THEIR NOMINATIONS, THE COMMENTS DIRECTED WAS THAT NONE OF THEM KNEW ME.

YET, THEY NOMINATED ME LAST YEAR. SO WHY DID I BRING THAT UP? AND WHY DID I SAY THAT? I'M A CANDIDATE, BUT THIS YOUR APPOINTMENT, ALL RIGHT? AND YOUR APPOINTMENT IS GOING TO BE DECIDED BY THE WORK THAT NOT ONLY I PUT IN, BUT THAT YOU GUYS PUT IN AS WELL INTO THIS.

AND AS YOU HAD YOUR MEETING LAST WEEK WITH THE CITY AND BUILDING THOSE ALLIANCES, THAT'S GOING TO GO A LONG WAYS.

I'M A FIREFIGHTER, RIGHT? I WORK IN THE COUNTY TO THE EAST OF US.

WE'RE ON A 24, 48 HOUR SHIFT OFF. SO I GET OUT TO AS MANY OF THESE MEETINGS AS I CAN.

I MEAN, I'VE EVEN GOT CALENDARS TO LET ME KNOW WHEN THE CITIE AND WHEN THE SCHOOLS ARE MEETING TO GET TO THEM.

BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE HOPING FOR CHAOS WITH THIS APPOINTMENT PROCESS. AND THEY'RE COUNTING ON THE INABILITY OF, YOU KNOW, THE INABILITY OF THE SCHOOLS AND CITIES TO RALLY AROUND AND GET THE PEOPLE ON THAT YOU WANT TO APPOINT TO THIS POSITION.

AND SO WHAT I WOULD URGE THIS BOARD TO DO IS TO PICK YOUR TWO CANDIDATES, WHOEVER THOSE TWO CANDIDATES ARE, AND RALLY AROUND THOSE TWO CANDIDATES AND BUILD SUPPORT FOR THOSE TWO CANDIDATES.

AND THIS YEAR, I KNOW LAST YEAR THERE WAS THIS PERCEPTION THAT IF WE CAST ONE VOTE FOR EACH CANDIDATE, WE CAN RECALL THEM. AND YOU CAN, BUT IF SOMEONE CASTS 90 VOTES FOR ONE PERSON AND YOU JUST CAST ONE VOTE, IT'S JUST ONE VOTE GOING AGAINST THE 90. SO I WOULD URGE YOU, THIS YEAR, WHEN YOU CAST YOUR VOTES, PICK YOUR TWO AND THROW THEM ALL. LAST THING I WANT TO SAY IS, WHEN I DIDN'T GET ON THE BOARD LAST YEAR, I THOUGHT, HOW COULD I STILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE? SO AFTER READING THE TAX CODE, YOU KNOW, I REALIZED THAT THE CONSERVATION DISTRICTS, THEY COULD PARTICIPATE.

WELL, IN 46 YEARS, THEY HAD NEVER PARTICIPATED.

SO I STARTED SPEAKING TO THEM, AND THERE'S SIX OF THEM AND TOOK ME QUITE A WHILE, BUT EVENTUALLY THEY AGREED TO PARTICIPATE.

SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT PEOPLE ON THIS BOARD, YOU WANT PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO WORK ACROSS THE AISLE AND BUILD A BETTER COUNTY. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. [INAUDIBLE]. TRUSTEES, THIS LEADS US TO MOVE INTO ITEM 11.1 OR 11.1 BUSINESS ITEMS REGARDING BOARD

[11. Business Items Requiring Board Action]

AND WE DO HAVE OUR TAD BOARD COMMITTEE MEMBERS HERE TONIGHT.

SO I'D LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN HEAR FROM THEM. THEY ARE DOCTOR CRUTCHFIELD, MR. THOMAS AND MISS LACKEY WILSON. WOULD YOU ALL LIKE TO MAKE A NOMINATION, OR WOULD YOU LIKE? YES, SIR.

SO AS A SUBCOMMITTEE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY ACTION FOR 11.1.

SO WE ARE STILL TRYING TO IDENTIFY A NOMINEE FOR JOHNSON COUNTY.

SO WE WON'T HAVE ANY ACTION 11.1. OKAY. NO ACTION TAKEN FOR 11.1.

SHOULD WE MOVE TRUSTEES TO ITEM 11.2? CONSIDERATION FOR NOMINATIONS BY RESOLUTION NUMBER 26-09 TO FILL VACANCIES ON BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR TARRANT COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT.

WOULD THE THREE OF YOU LIKE TO MAKE A NOMINATION AT THIS TIME? YES, I MOVE TO NOMINATE [INAUDIBLE] AND [INAUDIBLE] BY RESOLUTION TO FILL VACANCIES ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR TARRANT COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT. OKAY. YOU MOTIONED. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. OKAY. IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOTIONED AND SECONDED BY MR. THOMAS AND DOCTOR CRUTCHFIELD. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?

[01:20:03]

SEEING THERE ARE NONE, THE MOTION CARRIES WITH A VOTE OF 6-0.

THIS IS TO AFFIRM THAT THE MANSFIELD ISD INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, ON THIS, THE 23RD DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2025 DID MOVE AND APPROVE THE AFOREMENTIONED NOMINATIONS, UPON CONFIRMING ELIGIBILITY FOR ELECTION TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE TARRANT COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT TO FILL THE VACANT POSITIONS.

TRUSTEES, LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM 11.3, CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF ACTION OF CLASS SIZE WAIVERS.

TRUSTEES, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CLASS SIZE EXEMPTION WAIVERS REQUESTED AS PRESENTED? MISS HORN HAS MOTION. MR. CANNON, SECOND. IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE THE CLASS SIZE EXEMPTION WAIVERS REQUESTED AS PRESENTED. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, TRUSTEES? HEARING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR TO MOVE TO MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE CLASS SIZE EXEMPTION WAIVERS REQUESTED AS PRESENTED, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. DO ANY OPPOSE? SEEING NONE, THE MOTION CARRIES WITH THE VOTE OF 6-0. OKAY. TRUSTEES, NOW THIS MOVES US TO ITEM 12.

[12. Consent Agenda]

WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO PULL AN ITEM AT THIS TIME? OKAY. SEEING THAT NO ONE WOULD LIKE TO PULL AN ITEM AT THIS TIME, CAN I RECEIVE A VOTE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS IS? SO MOVED. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY TRUSTEE CANNON. SECOND.

SECONDED BY TRUSTEE THOMAS. SO THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING HAS BEEN SO MOVED AND SECONDED.

IS THERE A DISCUSSION? OKAY. CAN I SEE A SHOW OF HANDS.

WE DON'T NEED TO DO THAT, DO WE? MY APOLOGIES.

6-0, CARRIES. THERE ARE NONE WHO OPPOSE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

NOW, THIS MOVES US TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.

ITEM NUMBER 13. REMEMBER, THIS FOR DISCUSSION ONLY.

WOULD ANY OF YOU, TRUSTEES, ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS ANY ONE OF THE ITEMS UNDER NUMBER 13 WITH DOCTOR CANTU? SEEING NO ONE WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS AT THIS TIME ANY OF THE ITEMS ON THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT, WE WILL MOVE NOW TO ITEM 14. ADJOURNMENT. TRUSTEES, THERE'S NO OTHER BUSINESS TO DISCUSS, SO WE WILL ADJOURN AT 8:24. WE'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE FOR PARTICIPATING AND BEING HERE TONIGHT.

MISD, LET'S CONTINUE TO SERVE TOGETHER AND WE ARE ALL IN.

THANK YOU AND GOOD NIGHT.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.