[00:00:06] GOOD EVENING, MANSFIELD ISD FAMILY. WELCOME TO OUR NOVEMBER 4TH CALLED MEETING AMONGST OUR SCHOOL BOARD [1. Call to Order] TRUSTEES. LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT IT IS NOW 6 P.M. AND ALL TRUSTEES ARE PRESENT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF DOCTOR JANDEL CRUTCHFIELD. AT THIS TIME, WE WILL HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS. THE CORRECT PROCEDURE FOR ADDRESSING THE BOARD DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS IS AS FOLLOWS. [3. Public Comments] EACH SPEAKER SHOULD ADDRESS THE BOARD FROM THE PODIUM MICROPHONE AND STATE HIS OR HER NAME BEFORE SPEAKING. ALL SPEAKERS WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES TO MAKE COMMENTS REGARDING ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, UNLESS MODIFIED BY THE BOARD PRESIDENT BASED ON BOARD POLICY. LOCAL COPIES OF PRESENTATION SHOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE TO ALL TRUSTEES AND THE SUPERINTENDENT. BOARD POLICY PROHIBITS THE DISCUSSION OF COMPLAINTS AGAINST DISTRICT EMPLOYEES DURING AN OPEN FORUM. WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT BY MR. ALAN TURNER JUNIOR. HE IS DISCUSSING AGENDA ITEM 4.2. DISCUSSION REGARDING SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH. GOOD EVENING, MR. TURNER. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. HOW ARE YOU? SO MY NAME IS ALAN TURNER JUNIOR, AND I'M AM THE PARENT OF A STUDENT IN THE DISTRICT. AND I COME TO THANK YOU FOR BEING TRANSPARENT IN YOUR PROPOSED TIMELINE FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH PROCESS. NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT ONE OF THE CRITERIA FOR THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT, BE THAT THE INDIVIDUAL BE SPED FOCUSED OR BASICALLY HAVE A HEART FOR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES AND OR 504 ACCOMMODATIONS. AS A PARENT OF A CHILD WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, I TEND TO SPEAK FOR MANY PARENTS WITHIN THE DISTRICT WHO ARE EXTREMELY FRUSTRATED WITH THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY THAT APPEARS TO START FROM THE VERY TOP. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING TO OUR CHILDREN ARE IEPS BEING IGNORED AND THE REMOVAL OF STUDENTS MUCH NEEDED SERVICES SUCH AS OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, DYSLEXIA SERVICES, SPEECH THERAPY SERVICES. AND THAT'S REALLY JUST TO NAME A FEW. MANY OF US PARENTS HAVE BECOME SO FRUSTRATED THAT MORE AND MORE ARE OPTING TO PULL THEIR STUDENTS OUT OF THE DISTRICT AND ENROLL THEIR CHILDREN INTO OTHER DISTRICTS, OR JUST HOMESCHOOL. THIS IS A SHAME BECAUSE OUR DISTRICT HAS SO MUCH TO OFFER, BUT OUR CHILDREN CONTINUE TO BE IGNORED. NOT ONLY ARE WE, AS PARENTS, FRUSTRATED, BUT SO ARE MANY OF THE TEACHERS, PARENTS, AND STAFF THAT WORK WITH OUR CHILDREN. MANY FEEL THEIR VOICES ARE IGNORED AND OR SILENCED BY THIS ADMINISTRATION. OPTING TO IGNORE OUR CHILDREN AND IGNORE THEIR STAFF WORKING WITH OUR KIDS LEADS TO OUR CHILDREN NOT GETTING THE EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES THAT THEY NEED AND WHAT WE AS PARENTS DESIRE AND EXPECT FROM MISD. OUR CHILDREN HAVE A RIGHT TO LEARN, AND WE SHOULD HAVE A SUPERINTENDENT WHO SEES THE VALUE IN MAKING SURE THAT OUR CHILDREN ARE INCLUDED, EMPOWERED, AND GIVEN OPPORTUNITIES TO SUCCEED JUST AS ANY OTHER STUDENT WITHIN MISD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. TURNER. AT THIS TIME, TRUSTEES WE WILL MOVE TO [4. Closed Session] ITEM FOR CLOSED SESSION. WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN THE CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 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. IN CLOSED SESSION WE WILL ALSO BE DISCUSSING 4.2 AND 4.3 REGARDING THE SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH AND SUPERINTENDENT RETIREMENT. AT THIS TIME FAMILY WE ARE GOING TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION AT 6:04. THANK YOU. TRUSTEES, WE ARE RECONVENING FROM CLOSED SESSION AT 7:36. AT THIS TIME WE WILL HAVE THE PRAYER BY JESSE CANNON, TRUSTEE JESSE CANNON A SECOND, AND THE PLEDGES BY TRUSTEE MICHELLE NEWSOM. THANK YOU. LET US PRAY. FATHER GOD, HOW WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY. GOD, THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER DAY TO EXPERIENCE YOUR PROTECTION, YOUR GRACE, YOUR COVERING. GOD WE PRAY RIGHT NOW FOR MANSFIELD ISD GOD, EVERY TEACHER, EVERY STAFF MEMBER, GOD FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS TO THE CLASSROOM, [00:05:01] TO PRINCIPAL'S GOD TO CENTRAL OFFICE. WE PRAY RIGHT NOW FOR EVERY DECISION THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED ON TODAY AND EACH DAY AHEAD. CONTINUE TO COVER US. PROTECT OUR CHILDREN. PROTECT OUR CAMPUSES. WE ASK ALL THESE THINGS IN YOUR SON'S NAME. AMEN. AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU, TRUSTEES CANNON AND NEWSOM. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AT THIS TIME, TRUSTEES, WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE, DISCUSSION OF THE BOARD SCORECARD AND BOARD MEMBER COMMITTEES FOR 2025 [5. Discussion] 2026. TRUSTEE HORN. YEAH. THE BOARD ACCOUNTABILITY COMMITTEE MET TO OVER THE SUMMER. WE BROUGHT THE BOARD SCORECARD TO EVERYBODY, GOT SOME FEEDBACK AND WORKED INCORPORATED THAT, REVISED SOME THINGS. AND I THINK WE GOT IT TO A PRETTY GOOD SPOT. WE ALSO FOCUSED ON HOW WE WOULD REPORT ON SPECIFIC THINGS THAT THE BOARD WAS DOING AND HELPING THAT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILED THAN IT WAS IN THE PAST, BUT IN A MUCH EASIER, SLIGHTLY EASIER FASHION FOR US TO KEEP TRACK OF. AND SO YOU GUYS SHOULD BE GETTING WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE SOON, AND THEN WE CAN START REPORTING ON IT. BUT MISS LACKEY WILSON MAY BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THAT SOME MORE IF SHE'D LIKE. THANK YOU, MISS HORN. MISS LACKEY WILSON. SHE'S CORRECT. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE DID. AND THANK YOU. WHAT WE DID WAS THERE REALLY IS NO GOOD PERFECT WAY FOR ALL OF US TO REPORT OUT THE THINGS WE'VE DONE BUT WE AT THE SAME TIME USING OUR FANTASTIC ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT OVER DOWN THERE TO HELP US GET THIS TOGETHER. IT'S REALLY AN ITEM THAT YOU WANT TO ALSO HAVE HOUSED IN HOUSE, MEANING LIKE LITERALLY WITHIN THE OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT, BECAUSE AS BOARD MEMBERS COME AND GO, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, KEPT UP WITH AND THAT, YOU KNOW, NEW ONES. EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS WHAT'S GOING ON. SO WITH THAT, WE BASICALLY CONSOLIDATED SOME ITEMS AND THEN AT THE SAME TIME AND WORKING WITH ALI, SHE, WE WENT OVER THE FACT THAT SHE WILL ALSO SHE WILL DO HER BEST TO LOOK AT OUR CALENDARS, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S WHAT I ALWAYS DID WHEN I WOULD GET MY LITTLE GOOGLE DOC TO FILL OUT. RIGHT. I'D GO THROUGH MY CALENDAR AND TRY TO CATCH ALL THE GAMES OR WHATEVER IT IS I WENT TO THAT MONTH. SHE'S GOING TO DO THAT, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS EXAMPLE, PRINT OUT. SHE'LL PUT THE GAMES THAT WERE ACTUALLY GAMES, THE MARCHING COMPETITION, MARCHING BAND COMPETITION YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT LUNCHEONS, FORUMS, WHAT HAVE YOU. IF THERE WERE ONES THAT EXISTED DURING THAT MONTH, YOU'LL SEE THAT SHE'S GOING TO DO HER BEST TO PUT THOSE ON THERE. WE'VE ALSO LEFT BLANKS SO THAT IF FOR SOME REASON YOU ATTENDED SOMETHING THAT WAS SIMILAR BUT DIDN'T MAKE IT TO THE LIST, BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF TIMES WE HAVE CAMPUSES WHERE MAYBE WE HAVE A DIFFERENT RELATIONSHIP OR OUR OWN CHILDREN ATTEND. AND, OR WE HAVE THEY'VE ADOPTED US, SO TO SAY. SO MAYBE WE GO TO SOMETHING THAT WASN'T NECESSARILY ON THE BIG BOARD CALENDAR. SO THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, WE'LL STILL GET IN THE GOOGLE FORM, BUT IT'LL HAVE MORE SPECIFIED ITEMS. AS YOU ALL SAW ON THE SCORECARD, WE ALSO BROUGHT THE SECURITY MEASURES AND PUT THOSE UNDER A DIFFERENT CATEGORY. WE ALSO YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF CONSOLIDATED SOME THINGS HERE AND THERE, RIGHT? INSTEAD OF MAKING IT WHEN THEY REALLY ALL COULD HAVE FIT UNDER DIFFERENT UMBRELLAS OR MORE OF THE SAME UMBRELLA INSTEAD OF HAVING SO MANY THINGS BROKEN DOWN. BUT ANYWAY. AND THEN FROM THERE, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE START WITH THE ACTUAL SCORING, YOU'LL GET WE'LL GET TO ASSESS OURSELVES AND SEE IF WE NEED TO CHANGE SOME THINGS. YOU KNOW, IF WE REACH GOALS, JUST LIKE WE WOULD EXPECT OF OUR STAFF AND CAMPUS SCORECARDS OR DEPARTMENT SCORECARDS, THAT IF WE ARE REACHING A GOAL EASILY OR A LOT OF THE TIME, THEN THAT'S MAYBE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REASSESS OURSELVES AND UP OUR GOAL, YOU KNOW, AND OR TWEAK IT, CHANGE IT, YOU KNOW, AFTER THE DISTRICT WENT FROM ALGEBRA ONE BECAUSE WE'RE SO GREAT TO ALGEBRA TWO. SO ANYWAY, THAT WAS IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE, PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY WAS AWARE OF IT AND THAT THEY WOULD BE GETTING THIS OUT SO THAT THE PAPER DOC, [00:10:05] MS. ALI DID YOU WANT THEM TO FILL OUT THIS PAPER ONE THIS EVENING, OR ARE YOU GOING TO STILL SEND IT ON A GOOGLE? I WILL SEND THE GOOGLE LINK. WAY. IT WILL ALL BE HOUSED IN GOOGLE AND WE CAN LOOK BACK ON THOSE THINGS. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO SEND IT OUT BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW IF Y'ALL HAD ANY CHANGES THAT YOU WANTED TO MAKE. SOUND GOOD? SOUNDS GREAT. IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS TRUSTEES ON THE SCORECARD. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE COMMITTEE. YOU, DOCTOR CRUTCHFIELD, MISS LACKEY WILSON AND MISS HORN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WORKING ON IT. THERE IS NO EASY WAY TO DO THIS, BUT THANK YOU FOR SOMEWHAT, I GUESS, SINCE THERE'S NO WAY EASY WAY TO DO IT, CONSOLIDATING IT SOME KIND OF WAY. AND WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL FOR MAKING IT AVAILABLE TO US. THANK YOU SO MUCH. NOW WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM 5.2. BOARD MEMBER COMMITTEES 2025 2026. I WILL SAY AS TO PREFACE SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT A LOT OF OUR BOARD MEETING COMMITTEE BOARD MEETINGS WILL FOLLOW WILL START HAPPENING THIS MONTH. SO I KNOW THE TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE IS MEETING THIS MONTH, SO WE MAY NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO PRESENT TODAY, BUT I KNOW THAT TRUSTEE THOMAS HAS SOMETHING TO COMMENT ABOUT IN REGARDS TO TAD. TRUSTEE THOMAS. YES. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON, WE HAVE THE TAD VOTE COMING UP BEFORE, ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER 15TH. ACTUALLY, WE HAVE TO HAVE EVERYTHING TURNED IN BY DECEMBER 15TH AND RATIFIED. FOR JOHNSON COUNTY, WE HAVE THREE CANDIDATES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE REVIEWING AND CHOOSING TO ALLOCATE THE 127 VOTES FROM MANSFIELD ISD TO ONE OF THOSE THREE CANDIDATES. AND FOR TARRANT COUNTY, THERE ARE FOUR CANDIDATES, AND WE WILL BE ALLOTTING OUR 82 VOTES TO POSSIBLY UP TO TWO OF THOSE CANDIDATES. SO THAT WILL BE COMING UP IN THE NEXT BOARD MEETINGS BEFORE DECEMBER 15TH. WE'LL GET THAT ON THE AGENDA. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE THOMAS. THANK YOU. AND DOCTOR CRUTCHFIELD, AS WELL AS TRUSTEE NEWSOM FOR WORKING ON THE TAD COMMITTEE. DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANTED TO SHARE? ASK MR. THOMAS REAL QUICK, DID WE HAVE A VOTE FOR A TARRANT COUNTY AND A JOHNSON COUNTY, IS THAT CORRECT? WELL, THAT IS THAT ALL IN THIS? I MEAN, DON'T WE HAVE A JOHNSON COUNTY? [INAUDIBLE] WE DID NOT NOMINATE FOR JOHNSON COUNTY. OKAY. HOWEVER, THERE ARE THREE CANDIDATES THAT WE NEED TO EVALUATE, SO WE'LL VOTE ON THEM AS WELL BY DECEMBER 15TH OR DO WE KNOW? WE SHOULD VOTE AND ALLOCATE OUR VOTES. OKAY. YES. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS. TO CLARIFY TRUSTEE THOMAS, THE VOTE IS DUE BY DECEMBER 15TH FOR ALL OF THOSE TAD REPRESENTATIVES, CORRECT? YES. WE HAVE TO SUBMIT A RESOLUTION OF OUR VOTES BY DECEMBER 15TH FOR BOTH JOHNSON COUNTY AND TARRANT COUNTY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, TRUSTEE THOMAS. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMITTEE PRESENTATIONS WE'D LIKE OR DISCUSSIONS REGARDING PRESENT DISCUSSING COMMITTEES? I KNOW THAT OUR ADVOCACY COMMITTEE WERE MEETING THIS THURSDAY, BUT MISS HORN, MISS NEWSOM, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COMMENT ABOUT THAT? I'D BE HAPPY TO. ADVOCACY, WE'VE BEEN DOING SOME GREAT WORK HERE, COMING UP WITH SOME NEW KIND OF OUT OF THE BOX IDEAS AND THINGS FOR US TO DO AND WAYS TO ENGAGE. AND SO WE ARE STILL WORKING ON SOME NUTS AND BOLTS OF THAT, BUT WE COULDN'T BE ANY MORE EXCITED TO SHARE THIS OUT AS THIS GETS GOING. SO WE'LL BE EXCITED TO SHARE THAT REALLY SOON. TRUSTEE HORN. YEAH, I'M EXCITED FOR THURSDAY. AND MR. WILLIAMS. SCOTT, WE'VE I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE THINGS WE NOT ONLY FOR US AS A BOARD, BUT ALSO FOR THE COMMUNITY TO BE INVOLVED. AND BEING ABLE TO LAY THOSE OUT PRETTY CLEAR IS SOMETHING WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT. YES. THE ONLY THING I WILL ADD TO THAT IS THAT WE'RE BUILDING A NETWORK WHERE WE HAVE COMMUNITY DISTRICT ADVOCATES REGARDING THOSE CONCERNS AND ISSUES THAT ARE NEAR AND DEAR TO OUR HEART. OF COURSE, NO FUNDING IS MOST SIGNIFICANT, BUT THOSE ARE THE THINGS. AND THEN WE WILL BE ALIGNED AND REPEATING THE SAME COMMENTS, REPEATING THE SAME POINTS OF ADVOCACY. AND THAT WILL GIVE US A RESOUNDING MESSAGE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TO OUR DISTRICT AS WELL. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS REGARDING COMMITTEE REPORTING, TRUSTEES? [6. Consent Agenda ] [00:15:11] AT THIS TIME TRUSTEES, WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER 6 CONSENT AGENDA. THERE'S ONE ITEM. CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF THE FIRST READING OF FDA LOCAL AND FDB LOCAL. MAY I RECEIVE A MOTION? MOTION. SECOND. WE RECEIVED A PROPERLY MOTIONED ONCE FIRST AND SECONDED BY TRUSTEE NEWSOM AND TRUSTEE LACKEY WILSON. TRUSTEES, DO WE HAVE A DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? TRUSTEE HORN. YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, LIKE, AS WE BRING THIS FIRST READING TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO THE BOARD RIGHT NOW AT THE SECOND READING A LOT MORE INFORMATION WE HOPE TO BRING AROUND THAT AND HOW THIS WILL WORK AND A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE WAYS THAT IT WILL AFFECT THE DISTRICT. AND SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE BEING CONSIDERED AND THE COMMUNITY WILL BE ABLE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT AT THE SECOND READING. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE HORN. ANY OTHER TRUSTEES HAVE A DISCUSSION HERE BEFORE WE VOTE? OKAY. AT THIS TIME, WE'D LIKE TO RECEIVE A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF THE FIRST READING FOR FDA, LOCAL AND FDB LOCAL. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. ARE THERE ANY WHO OPPOSE? THE MOTION CARRIES WITH A VOTE OF SIX, ZERO FOR THE CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF THE FIRST READING OF FDA, LOCAL AND FDB LOCAL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, ADJOURNMENT, AND WE ARE ADJOURNING AT 7:49. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MANSFIELD ISD FAMILY, WE APPRECIATE YOUR PARTICIPATION AND TUNING IN. AS ALWAYS, WE WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE TOGETHER AND WE ARE, ALL IN. THANK YOU SO MUCH. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.