Mar 24, 2026 Board Meetings

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GOOD EVENING, MANSFIELD ISD FAMILY. IT IS 6 P.M..

[1. Call to Order]

LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT ALL BOARD OF TRUSTEES ARE PRESENT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TRUSTEE JESSIE CANNON II.

WE'D ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE TODAY THAT DR. TIFFANIE SPENCER, OUR SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.

THIS IS HER FIRST BOARD MEETING. DR. SPENCER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING TO OUR FAMILY? WELL, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I'M JUST EXCITED TO SERVE YOU ALL.

I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE. AND SO I JUST LOOK FORWARD TO INTERACTING WITH YOU ALL AND ENGAGING.

SO ANY OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU HAVE, I LOOK FORWARD TO ENGAGING WITH YOU ALL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DR. SPENCER. OF THIS EVENING, FAMILY TRUSTEE HORN WILL BE LEADING US IN PRAYER AND TRUSTEE DR.

CRUTCHFIELD WILL BE LEADING US IN OUR PLEDGES AS OUR PRESENTATION OF COLORS WILL BE PRESENTED BY SUMMIT HIGH SCHOOL JROTC.

SO AT THIS TIME. TRUSTEE HORN. PLEASE STAND WITH ME.

GOD, WE COME TOGETHER TONIGHT AND WE SEEK YOUR WISDOM AND GUIDANCE.

I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GRANT US CLARITY IN OUR DECISIONS.

THAT YOU WOULD GIVE US PATIENCE IN OUR DISCUSSIONS, AND THAT YOU WOULD JUST KEEP UNITY IN OUR PURPOSE.

I PRAY THAT WE WOULD ACT WITH INTEGRITY AND FAIRNESS, AND A COMMITMENT TO THE GOOD OF ALL THOSE THAT WE SERVE.

I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD BLESS OUR WORK. HELP US MAKE CHOICES THAT HONOR YOU AND BENEFIT OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

IT'S IN YOUR NAME. AMEN.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 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.

AND THE TEXAS PLEDGE. UNDER THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE, UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE, HORN AND CRUTCHFIELD, AS WELL AS OUR SUMMIT HIGH SCHOOL JROTC.

WE APPRECIATE YOU AT THIS TIME. TRUSTEE, WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, DISTRICT RECOGNITION.

[4. District Recognition]

THANK YOU, DR. SPENCER. GOOD EVENING. BOARD PRESIDENT, DR.

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

WE HAVE SEVERAL RECOGNITIONS TO SHARE WITH YOU THIS EVENING.

AND TONIGHT WE'LL BEGIN WITH OUR SCHOOL BOARD 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.

HE'S HONEST. HE IS A TEAM PLAYER. HE'S JUST AN ALL AROUND A GREAT STUDENT.

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BEING THE SUPERSTAR MAKES ME HAPPY BECAUSE I'M, BECAUSE I'M THE STAR STUDENT.

I CHOSE ADRIANNA FOR THIS MONTH'S SUPERSTAR BECAUSE SHE IS SUCH A HARD WORKER.

SHE'S VERY KIND TO ALL HER CLASSMATES. I CAN COUNT ON HER FOR ANYTHING IN THE CLASSROOM.

KNOW THAT SHE'S GOING TO SET A GREAT EXAMPLE WHEN I'M INSIDE THE CLASSROOM OR OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM AND HELP ALL OF HER FRIENDS.

I THINK I WAS CHOSEN BECAUSE I'M REALLY SMART AND SHE HAS CHOSEN ME BECAUSE I HAVE DONE FANTASTIC.

SULLY IS A SUPERSTAR FOR MANY REASONS. HE'S A KIND FRIEND TO OTHERS IN CLASS.

HE'S SOMEBODY THAT I CAN DEPEND ON IN THE CLASSROOM AND IN THE SCHOOL.

HE SERVES IN LEADERSHIP AT OUR SCHOOL. HE HELPS GREET PEOPLE IN THE MORNING.

HE'S A FUN FRIEND AND SOMEBODY THAT WE CAN DEPEND ON.

IT FEELS GOOD TO BE A SUPERSTAR BECAUSE I LISTENED IN CLASS AND FOLLOW DIRECTIONS AND THEN KINDS OF PEOPLE.

I NOMINATED ZOE BECAUSE I THINK THAT SHE REPRESENTS WHAT A SUPERSTAR STUDENT MEANS.

HER ATTITUDE IS ALWAYS POSITIVE. SHE COMES TO SCHOOL EAGER TO LEARN.

SHE HELPS OTHERS. SHE'S WILLING TO HELP IF THERE'S A NEED.

SHE HAS EXCEEDED SO MUCH IN THE DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM THAT IT'S A VERY POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE OTHER KIDS TO SEE, AND THEY SEE HER AS A ROLE MODEL. BEING THE SUPERSTAR MAKES ME FEEL GOOD.

JASON'S A SUPERSTAR. HE'S A MARVELOUS STUDENT.

HE'S ALWAYS CURIOUS, A GOOD READER, AND IS INTERESTED IN LEARNING ABOUT ALL THE STATES AND ALL THE COUNTRIES.

AND HE'S A WONDERFUL FRIEND. BEING A SUPERSTAR MAKES ME FEEL GREAT BECAUSE I AM SMART.

I MAKE NEW FRIENDS AND I LISTEN TO WHAT EVERYBODY SAYS.

I CHOSE QUINN TO BE OUR SCHOOL BOARD SUPERSTAR BECAUSE SHE IS A STUDENT WHO CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATES RESPONSIBILITY IN THE CLASSROOM EVERY DAY.

SHE ALWAYS HAS A POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND SHE IS A SUPER HELPFUL FRIEND AND STUDENT.

SHE'S ALWAYS COMING UP TO ME AND ASKING ME, MISS HUDSON, HOW CAN I HELP OUT IN THE CLASSROOM? ANYTIME SHE DOES A TASK, EVEN IF IT'S REALLY CHALLENGING, SHE ALWAYS SETS HER MIND TO THE TASK TO ACCOMPLISH IT.

IT MAKES ME FEEL REALLY COOL TO BE A SUPERSTAR BECAUSE I'M REALLY HELPFUL AND KIND TO ALL MY FRIENDS.

KAI IS AN AMAZING STUDENT. SHE FOLLOWS DIRECTIONS.

SHE'S VERY HELPFUL. SHE ALSO IS VERY EMPATHETIC TO STUDENTS.

SHE IS AN AMAZING, AMAZING, AMAZING FRIEND. I MEAN, I'VE KNOWN KAI SINCE, AND HONESTLY, SINCE SHE WAS A BABY.

AND SO WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT SHE WAS GOING TO BE IN MY CLASS, I WAS EXCITED.

BEING A SUPERSTAR MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD. I CHOSE JEREMIAH AS MY SUPERSTAR BECAUSE HE HAS SHOWED SO MUCH IMPROVEMENT DURING THIS SCHOOL YEAR. HE PARTICIPATES, HE ASKS QUESTIONS AND HE SPEAKS UP FOR HIMSELF MORE.

BEING CHOSEN A SUPERSTAR MAKES ME FEEL HAPPY BECAUSE ALL THE THINGS I HAVE DONE AND BEING RESPECTFUL AND JUST LIKE DOING GOOD.

NOW PARENTS AND STUDENTS, THIS IS YOUR SPECIAL TIME.

STUDENTS, AS I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND GO TO DR.

SPENCER TO GET YOUR SPECIAL RECOGNITION. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE YOU COME OVER AND STAND RIGHT IN THE CENTER INTO.

ALL OF OUR STUDENTS HAVE BEEN CALLED AND WILL TAKE PICTURES.

OUR FIRST SUPERSTAR IS JASON AVALLA, KINDERGARTNER FROM CHARLOTTE ANDERSON PREPARATORY ACADEMY.

[APPLAUSE]. NEXT IS SULLIVAN EDWARDS, A FOURTH GRADER FROM WILLIE BROWN ACADEMY OF YOUNG SCHOLARS.

[APPLAUSE]. NEXT IS JEREMIAH NIXON, A THIRD GRADER FROM LOUISE CABANISS ACADEMY OF YOUNG SCHOLARS.

[APPLAUSE].

AND NOW WE HAVE QUINN AUDIRSCH, A THIRD GRADER FROM BOREN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

[APPLAUSE]. NEXT IS KAI LEWIS, A KINDERGARTNER FROM BROCKETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. [APPLAUSE], FROM THE JANDRUCKO EARLY LEARNERS ACADEMY WE HAVE ZOE GUZMAN, A PRE-K STUDENT.

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AND OUR LAST SUPERSTAR IS BENJAMIN JACOB, FIRST GRADER FROM ANNA MAY DAULTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

[APPLAUSE].

OKAY, LET'S GET EVERYONE TOGETHER FOR A PICTURE AND LET'S GIVE THEM ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

[APPLAUSE].

AND WE'D ALSO LIKE TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANK YOU AND RECOGNITION TO OUR PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS, TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS WHO ARE HERE WITH US TONIGHT AND HAVE HELPED SHAPE THESE YOUNG LEARNERS.

LET'S GIVE US ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. [APPLAUSE]. ALL RIGHT. NOW MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT RECOGNITION.

I'D LIKE TO INVITE DR. GEORGIE SWIZE, AREA SUPERINTENDENT, TO THE PODIUM FOR THE ACADEMIC RECOGNITION PORTION OF THE NIGHT.

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

TONIGHT WE ARE RECOGNIZING STUDENTS WHO MADE THE 2025 NATIONAL COLLEGE BOARD RECOGNITION LIST.

EACH YEAR, STUDENTS AROUND THE WORLD TAKE PSAT ASSESSMENTS AND ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSES TO AID THEM IN THEIR JOURNEY FROM HIGH SCHOOL TO BEYOND.

THE COLLEGE BOARD NATIONAL RECOGNITION PROGRAMS CRITERIA INCLUDE A GPA OF A B+, WHICH IS ABOUT A 3.3 OR 1 OF TWO ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS, SCORING IN THE TOP 10% ON THE PSAT NMSQT TEST OR PSAT 10, OR THEY CAN EARN A THREE OR HIGHER ON AT LEAST TWO AP EXAMS BY THE END OF THE 10TH GRADE YEAR.

WE HAVE MANY STUDENTS THROUGHOUT MANSFIELD ISD WHO HAVE MADE THIS LIST, AND WE'VE BEEN RECOGNIZING STUDENTS FROM DIFFERENT CAMPUSES OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS.

TONIGHT, WE'RE RECOGNIZING STUDENTS FROM TIMBERVIEW HIGH SCHOOL.

YOU'RE GOING TO COME ON IN. WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, YOU CAN GO UP THERE.

WE HAVE ISABEL BYAS. CAROLINA VASQUEZ.

MALAK BATTAINEH. KAILEY STEWART. AMINAT OGUNBIYI. TAMMY PHAM. YENNY HO.

NOA ALFARO. LUCIO AGUILAR.

NOBLE RILEY. AND YVAINE PENARANDA.

ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO GET EVERYONE TOGETHER FOR A PICTURE.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING THESE STUDENTS ONE MORE TIME. [APPLAUSE].

THANK YOU. YOU CAN EXIT OFF TO YOUR RIGHT.

ALSO BEING RECOGNIZED TONIGHT, WE HAVE FOUR MANSFIELD ISD STUDENTS WHO ADVANCE TO FINALIST STANDING IN THE 2026 NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.

THIS IS A DISTINCTION THAT PLACES STUDENTS IN A GROUP OF MORE THAN 15,000 STUDENTS, REPRESENTING LESS THAN 1% OF THE US HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATING SENIORS.

SO FROM LAKE RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL FIRST OR I CAN.

WE CAN DO THIS IN ORDER. ALRIGHT, LET'S START WITH.

SUMMIT HIGH SCHOOL. WE HAVE DANIEL OGIOZEE.

AND FROM FRONTIER STEM WE HAVE INIOLUWA OYEROKUN.

SO ALSO FROM FRONTIER STEM, WE HAVE JACKSON BOYD.

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WE'LL GATHER FOR A PICTURE.

THIS IS TRULY AN OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENT. WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU GUYS.

[APPLAUSE].

THANK YOU, DR. SWIZE. AND NOW I'D LIKE TO INVITE DR.

DARWERT JOHNSON TO THE PODIUM FOR OUR FINE ARTS AND UIL PORTION OF THE NIGHT.

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

I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OUR SPONSORS AND STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE ACADEMIC DECATHLON STATE COMPETITION.

THE TEXAS ACADEMIC DECATHLON IS COMPRISED OF ELITE ACADEMIC TEAMS ALL OVER THE STATE.

THE PROGRAM PROVIDES HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE THE CHALLENGES OF RIGOROUS ACADEMIC COMPETITION THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN TEAM ACTIVITIES.

IN ADDITION, THE ACADEMIC DECATHLON INVOLVES MEMBERS OF THE BUSINESS INDUSTRY AS ACTIVE SUPPORTERS OF A PROGRAM PROMOTING ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE.

LONG TERM RELATIONSHIPS DEVELOPED THROUGH JOINT PARTICIPATION BENEFIT THE STUDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY.

NOT WITH US TONIGHT IS SUMMIT HIGH SCHOOL, BUT WE STILL LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THESE FANTASTIC STUDENTS.

SECOND PLACE IN HONORS SOCIAL SCIENCE IS GABRIELLE LILLY.

THIRD PLACE IN VARSITY ESSAY IS AHMED ALFADIL.

IN SECOND PLACE IN VARSITY SCIENCE AND THIRD PLACE OVERALL, AND WILL RECEIVE A $1,500 SCHOLARSHIP IS SAWYER SHIPPEN AND THEIR SPONSOR IS MICHAEL SANTANELLO. FROM MANSFIELD HIGH SCHOOL HONORS DIVISION ANLA DZIELAK THIRD PLACE IN ART AND ESSAY.

JENNA GUERRERO, THIRD PLACE IN INTERVIEW. SCHOLASTIC DIVISION.

MADELYN HERNANDEZ, SECOND PLACE IN ESSAY. AND THE VARSITY DIVISION, AIDEN LEWIS SECOND PLACE IN ART.

FIRST PLACE IN ECONOMICS. FIRST PLACE IN SCIENCE.

THIRD PLACE OVERALL AND IS GOING TO NATIONALS AND WILL ALSO BE RECEIVING A $1,000 SCHOLARSHIP.

[APPLAUSE]. AND THEIR SPONSOR IS MISS TANYA MANNES.

THANK YOU, DR. JOHNSON. AND MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT RECOGNITION, I'D LIKE TO INVITE COACH CODY HUCKABAY, DIRECTOR OF AQUATICS, TO THE PODIUM FOR THE ATHLETIC RECOGNITION PORTION OF TONIGHT.

GOOD EVENING, DR. REED. DR. SPENCER, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE OUR STATE MEDALIST FROM THE SWIMMING AND DIVING MEET AT THIS TIME.

FIRST OFF, DANIEL HENRY FROM TIMBERVIEW AND COACH ANDY SIRI.

DANIEL REPEATED HIS TWO-TIME GOLD MEDALIST IN FIVE BOYS, ONE METER DIVING AND HE WILL BE A STUDENT ATHLETE NEXT YEAR AT CAL STATE, BAKERSFIELD. [APPLAUSE]. AND NEXT WE HAVE AVERY MCGUINNESS, MANSFIELD HIGH SCHOOL. COACH MATT BOLD. AVERY WAS THE GOLD MEDALIST IN THE SIX EIGHT GIRLS 200 FREESTYLE.

SHE'S JUST A FRESHMAN SO SHE'S SET EXPECTATIONS HIGH.

[APPLAUSE]. AND LASTLY, LUKAS AVITIA, LAKE RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL.

COACH. EXCUSE ME. BLAKE KAYLA. HE WAS THE SILVER MEDALIST IN THE SIX A BOYS 500 FREESTYLE.

HE'LL BE A STUDENT ATHLETE NEXT YEAR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, CHICAGO.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, COACH.

ALL RIGHT. AND NOW I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE A FEW PEOPLE FROM OUR COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING TEAM, MY TEAM. THE TEXAS SCHOOL PUBLIC RELATIONS ASSOCIATION IS A PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION WITH ALMOST 1500 MEMBERS, COMPRISED PRIMARILY OF PUBLIC INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS PROFESSIONALS WHO SERVE TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND EDUCATION ASSOCIATIONS,

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AT THE ANNUAL TSPRA CONFERENCE, TSPRA STAR AWARDS PROVIDE RECOGNITION FOR THE OUTSTANDING EDUCATION, COMMUNICATIONS AND PROJECTS OF OUR MEMBERS. AND I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OUR GOLD WINNING MEMBERS RIGHT NOW.

SPECIAL EVENTS CATEGORY. KATIE FLOWERS. [APPLAUSE].

IN THE PROMOTIONAL VIDEO CATEGORY, WE HAVE THE PRINT FOR THE PRE-K KINDER ROUNDUP VIDEO.

SERGIO ALMENDARIZ AND EMILY HOMIER. AND IN THE MARKETING CAMPAIGN CATEGORY, EMILY ALSO WON FOR THE DESTINATION MANSFIELD CAMPAIGN.

FEW MORE HERE. IN THE MARKETING VIDEOS CATEGORY, WE GOT A SILVER AND THE FUTURE BELONGS TO US, THAT'S SERGIO AND EMILY. THE DIGITAL MEDIA CATEGORY ALSO SILVER FOR THE FUNKO POP SOCIAL MEDIA POST BY EMILY HOMIER AND SERGIO ALMENDARIZ.

AND THE SPECIAL EVENTS CATEGORY EMILY FOR THE EMPLOYEE AWARD CEREMONY.

AND THEN ALSO WE HAD A COUPLE OF BRONZE WINNERS.

WE HAD THE STATE OF THE DISTRICT BOOKLET BY EMILY HOMIER.

THE PRINT MAGAZINE CATEGORY, EMILY HOMIER AND SERGIO ALMENDARIZ.

AND THE SPECIAL EVENTS CATEGORY FOR CONVOCATION WAS WON BY KATIE.

[APPLAUSE]. CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM.

AND FOR OUR FINAL RECOGNITION, I'D LIKE TO INVITE STATE REPRESENTATIVE CHRIS TURNER TO THE PROGRAM. THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING. PRESIDENT REED AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

AND DR. SPENCER, IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO BE WITH YOU TONIGHT. LET ME BEFORE I GET TO WHY I'M HERE.

LET ME JUST ALSO EXTEND MY CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE OUTSTANDING STUDENTS WHO'VE, WHO YOU HAVE RECOGNIZED THIS EVENING.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THEM ON THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE FUN PARTS OF MY JOB IS I GET TO RECOGNIZE OUTSTANDING PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO'VE, WHO'VE ACCOMPLISHED GREAT THINGS, BUT IT IS NOT EVERY DAY I GET TO RECOGNIZE REAL LIFE TV STARS.

BUT THAT IS WHAT WE ARE HERE TO DO THIS EVENING.

AS EVERYONE KNOWS TWO OUTSTANDING MANSFIELD ISD STUDENTS STARRED ON ABBOTT ELEMENTARY LAST FALL AND HAVE RESOLUTIONS HERE FROM THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO RECOGNIZE BOTH OF THEM.

AND I DO APPRECIATE THE SCHOOL BOARD ALLOWING ME TO SHARE THIS RECOGNITION HERE IN YOUR MEETING.

SO WHEREAS AEIRESS JONES, A SEVENTH-GRADE STUDENT AT CHARLENE MCKENZIE MIDDLE SCHOOL IN MANSFIELD, WAS CHOSEN FOR A PRINCIPAL ROLE ON THE HIT ABC SHOW ABBOTT ELEMENTARY.

AND AFTER BEGINNING HER ACTING CAREER WHEN SHE WAS JUST THREE YEARS OLD, AEIRESS WENT ON TO HONE HER TALENTS WHILE ATTENDING THE FINE ARTS ACADEMY AT ALMA MARTINEZ INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL. SHE HAS DEVELOPED A DIVERSE PORTFOLIO THAT INCLUDES ACTING IN TELEVISION AND THEATER PRODUCTIONS AND COMMERCIALS, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL MODELING WORK FOR EVENTS IN PRINT PUBLICATIONS.

AND WHEREAS, ADDING TO HER LIST OF TELEVISION CREDITS, AEIRESS WAS SELECTED TO PORTRAY THE CHARACTER OF CC IN AN IN AN EPISODE OF ABBOTT ELEMENTARY, A SERIES THAT HAS RECEIVED MULTIPLE EMMY, GOLDEN GLOBE, SCREEN ACTORS GUILD, AND NAACP IMAGE AWARDS SINCE ITS DEBUT IN 2021.

THE ONE-WEEK FILMING EXPERIENCE IN LOS ANGELES MARKED AN EXCITING MILESTONE FOR THE YOUNG PERFORMER, AND SHE AND HER FAMILY LATER SHARED IN THE JOY OF WATCHING THE EPISODE AIRED ON DECEMBER 3RD, 2025. AND I ASKED AEIRESS A MINUTE AGO WHAT SHE WAS DOING THIS SUMMER AND SHE SAID SHE IS GOING TO THEATER CAMP, SO SHE IS GOING TO CONTINUE HONING HER SKILLS AND WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT'S NEXT FROM AEIRESS.

ALSO, WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE RAYMOND WARE, A SEVENTH-GRADE STUDENT AT DANNY JONES MIDDLE SCHOOL IN MANSFIELD.

HE WAS CHOSEN FOR A PRINCIPAL ROLE IN THE HIT ABC SHOW ABBOTT ELEMENTARY AS WELL.

WHEREAS RAYMOND BEGAN PERFORMING IN THE SECOND GRADE AT CORA SPENCER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND IT CONTINUED TO HONE HIS TALENTS WHILE ATTENDING THE FINE ARTS ACADEMY AT ALMA MARTINEZ INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL. HE HAS ACQUIRED ACTING EXPERIENCE IN MULTIPLE STAGE PRODUCTIONS, IN ADDITION TO RECENTLY LANDING A ROLE IN A LOCAL ADVERTISEMENT FOR ACADEMY SPORTS AND OUTDOORS.

I WONDER IF HE GETS A DISCOUNT THERE. WHEREAS, AFTER SUBMITTING A SELF-RECORDED AUDITION, RAYMOND WAS SELECTED TO PORTRAY THE CHARACTER KAWHI IN AN EPISODE OF ABBOTT ELEMENTARY, A SERIES THAT HAS RECEIVED MULTIPLE EMMY, GOLDEN GLOBE, SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AND NAACP IMAGE AWARDS SINCE ITS DEBUT IN 2021.

AND THE ONE WEEK FILMING EXPERIENCE IN LOS ANGELES MARKED AN EXCITING MILESTONE FOR THE YOUNG PERFORMER, AND HE AND HIS FAMILY WILL HAVE SHARED IN THE THRILL OF WATCHING HIS FIRST TELEVISION APPEARANCE WHEN THE EPISODE AIRED ON JANUARY 7TH, 2026.

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CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE].

THANK YOU, REPRESENTATIVE TURNER, AND LET'S GIVE ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO EVERYONE WHO WAS RECOGNIZED TONIGHT. [APPLAUSE].

THANK YOU, FAMILY, FOR COMING. NOW, WE'D LOVE FOR YOU TO STAY FOR THE ENTIRE BOARD MEETING, BUT WE KNOW THE KIDDOS WANT TO GO HOME AND CELEBRATE WITH ICE CREAM AND COOKIES.

I'M JUST KIDDING. WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD SUPERSTARS, AS WELL AS OUR VERY OWN STAFF COMMUNICATION STAFF SUPERSTARS EMILY, KATIE AND SERGIO.

CONGRATULATIONS ON SUCH A JOB WELL DONE AS YOU ALWAYS DO.

CONGRATULATIONS, SUPERSTARS.

TRUSTEES THIS MOVES US TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

[5. Public Comments]

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

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

COPIES OF 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.

TRUSTEES, AT THIS TIME WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS.

THEREFORE, WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER 6, CLOSED SESSION.

[6. Closed Session]

551.071. CONSULTATION WITH THE BOARD'S ATTORNEY.

551.072. REAL PROPERTY. AND 551.076 TO CONDUCT DELIBERATIONS REGARDING SECURITY DEVICES OR SECURITY AUDITS. TRUSTEES AT THE TIME, AT 6:29 P.M. WE SHALL GO INTO CLOSED SESSION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. TRUSTEES THE TIME NOW IS 7:53 P.M. WE SHALL RECONVENE FROM CLOSED SESSION.

[7. Reconvene]

[8. Instructional Focus]

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GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT, DR. REED, SUPERINTENDENT, DR.

SPENCER, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT THE TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT OR TIA AND WHAT IT COULD MEAN FOR US HERE IN MANSFIELD ISD. TONIGHT WE'LL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAM, WHAT IMPLEMENTATION COULD LOOK LIKE MOVING FORWARD.

AND I'LL SHARE WITH YOU WHAT THE PROGRAM IS, WHY IT IS RIGHT FOR MANSFIELD ISD AND HOW WE INVOLVED OUR STAKEHOLDERS.

AS DR. SPENCER SAID, DR. STOECKER IS JOINING ME.

SHE'LL SHARE WITH YOU HOW WE RECEIVED INPUT FROM OUR STAKEHOLDERS.

HOW TIA WORKS, AND OUR PLANS FOR IMPLEMENTATION.

BEFORE WE TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT TIA, I WANT TO GROUND THIS WORK IN VISION 2030.

AS A CORE PART OF OUR VISION WE ARE COMMITTED TO ENSURING HIGH LEVELS OF LEARNING FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, WHICH IS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTION IN EVERY ONE OF OUR CLASSROOMS. VISION 2030 EMPHASIZES NOT ONLY STUDENT OUTCOMES, BUT ALSO OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO RECRUIT, DEVELOP, AND RETAIN EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATORS ACROSS OUR DISTRICT.

TIA ALIGNS THIS WORK BY PROVIDING A STRUCTURED, STATE SUPPORTED WAY TO RECOGNIZE AND REWARD HIGHLY EFFECTIVE TEACHING USING MANY OF THE SAME INDICATORS WE ALREADY VALUE AS A DISTRICT, SUCH AS TEACHING AND LEARNING AND STUDENT GROWTH.

WITH THIS CONTEXT IN MIND, I'LL PROVIDE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT PROGRAM.

SO, RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT TEACHERS ARE THE LEADING CONTRIBUTORS TO STUDENT SUCCESS.

THE TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED TO REWARD, RETAIN AND RECRUIT TOP PERFORMING EDUCATORS.

TIA IS A STATE ESTABLISHED PROGRAM THROUGH HOUSE BILL 3, AND IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2019.

IT WAS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE DISTRICTS WITH BOTH THE SYSTEM AND THE FUNDING TO ENHANCE TEACHER COMPENSATION BY RECOGNIZING AND REWARDING HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTION AND TEACHING. IN ADDITION TO THE COMPENSATION, THE PROGRAM IS INTENDED TO SUPPORT DISTRICTS IN RECRUITING AND RETAINING STRONG EDUCATORS, PARTICULARLY IN HIGH COMPETITIVE HIRING ENVIRONMENTS.

ALSO, A KEY COMPONENT OF TIA IS ITS FOCUS ON EQUITY, SPECIFICALLY INCENTIVIZING HIGHLY EFFECTIVE TEACHERS TO WORK IN HIGH NEEDS AREAS AND HARD TO STAFF AREAS ACROSS OUR STATE. NOW THAT I'VE OUTLINED TIA AND ITS INTENDED PURPOSE, THE QUESTION BECOMES, HOW DOES TIA ALIGN WITH OUR PRIORITIES AND STRENGTHS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE HERE IN MANSFIELD ISD? AND WHY IS IT A FIT FOR OUR DISTRICT? SO WE ARE A DESTINATION DISTRICT COMMITTED TO EXCELLENCE.

SO THIS WORK IS A NATURAL FIT FOR US BECAUSE IT ALIGNS WHAT WE ALREADY PRIORITIZE AND WHAT WE ALREADY BELIEVE AS A DISTRICT.

SO TIA SUPPORTS TEACHER RETENTION BY RECOGNIZING AND REWARDING HIGH QUALITY EDUCATORS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN OUR CLASSROOMS. WE KNOW THAT MISD HAS EXCEPTIONAL TEACHERS, AND THIS CREATES A PATHWAY FOR US TO KEEP THEM RIGHT HERE.

IT ALSO STRENGTHENS OUR ABILITY TO RECRUIT, HELPING US ATTRACT TOP CANDIDATES IN A HIGHLY COMPETITIVE MARKET.

AND BECAUSE WE FOCUS ON CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT, THIS SYSTEM MAINTAINS OUR FOCUS ON PROFESSIONAL COLLABORATION AND GROWTH WHILE SUPPORTING OUR TEACHERS IN REFINING THEIR PRACTICES OVER TIME.

YOU'VE HEARD PRESENTATIONS HERE IN OUR BOARD MEETINGS WHERE WE'VE DISCUSSED HOW WE'RE USING PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES OR PLCS, AND ALSO USING OUR DATA TO IMPROVE OUR CAMPUSES.

WELL, THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE EXAMPLES OF WAYS WE GROW AND SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS, WHICH WE KNOW ULTIMATELY LEADS TO STRONGER STUDENT OUTCOMES.

BY INVESTING IN EFFECTIVE TEACHING, WE DIRECTLY IMPACT STUDENT LEARNING AND STUDENT GROWTH ACROSS OUR DISTRICT.

SO ULTIMATELY, THIS PROGRAM IS ABOUT RECOGNIZING EXCELLENCE, SUPPORTING OUR EDUCATORS, AND CONTINUING TO BUILD THE STRONG FOUNDATION THAT ALREADY EXISTS HERE IN MANSFIELD ISD. WE ARE CURRENTLY PILOTING A SIMILAR PROGRAM.

IT'S NOT TIA, BUT SOMETHING SIMILAR. AND YOU HEARD IN NOVEMBER, ONE OF OUR PRINCIPALS, KELSEY SMITH, TALK ABOUT A PILOT THAT'S GOING ON AT HER CAMPUS, AND SHE SHARED THAT HER TEACHERS RESPONDED VERY POSITIVELY TO THE PROGRAM.

AND SO THIS PRINCIPLE ALSO SERVES ON OUR COMMITTEE, WHICH YOU WILL HEAR MORE ABOUT SHORTLY.

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SO WHY IS IT RIGHT FOR US? SO TAKING A LOOK AT THIS MAP THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU OR ON THE SCREEN, IT SHOWS DISTRICTS IN BOTH OUR REGION, REGION 11 AND ALSO REGION 10 THAT ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BECOMING TIA DISTRICTS OR THAT ARE ALREADY DESIGNATING TEACHERS THROUGH TIA. THE BLUE SHOWN IS DISTRICTS WHOSE SYSTEMS HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED, AND THEY HAVE TEACHERS THAT ARE CURRENTLY RECEIVING DESIGNATIONS THROUGH THE TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT.

THE GREEN SHOWS SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHO HAVE SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS.

THEIR APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED, AND THEIR NEXT STEPS ARE TO SUBMIT DATA FOR VALIDATION TO BE APPROVED.

ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS WE HAVE ABOUT 809 SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ARE IN THE PROCESS, OR THEY HAVE COMPLETED THE PROCESS OF HAVING THEIR LOCAL DESIGNATIONS APPROVED. AND HERE IN MANSFIELD, WE HAVE ABOUT 18 TEACHERS IN OUR DISTRICT THAT WERE DESIGNATED IN OTHER DISTRICTS PRIOR TO COMING TO MANSFIELD.

AND DR. STOECKER WILL SHARE MORE WITH YOU ABOUT THE DESIGNATION PROCESS.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE KNOW THAT IN ORDER TO BUILD STRONG SYSTEMS, WE WORK TO OBTAIN, BUY IN TRUST AND ENSURE TRANSPARENCY.

WE DO THIS THROUGH SEEKING INPUT AND INSIGHT FROM OUR STAKEHOLDERS.

AND AS YOU SAW ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, BECAUSE TIA IS HAPPENING IN DISTRICTS ALL AROUND US, WE RECOGNIZE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR US TO ENSURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND THE VALUES, THE MOTIVATIONS AND CONCERNS THAT OUR STAKEHOLDERS MAY HAVE WHILE WE ARE TRYING TO OBTAIN DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES AND INPUT. SO TO DO THIS, WE DEVELOPED A STEERING COMMITTEE THAT WOULD SERVE AS THE REPRESENTATIVES FOR STAKEHOLDER VOICE THROUGHOUT OUR DISTRICT AND PROVIDE INPUT ON THE SYSTEM DESIGN.

SO THIS WAS A WAY FOR US TO ENSURE EQUITY, FAIRNESS AND TRANSPARENCY.

SO OUR STEERING COMMITTEE, THEY SERVE IN AN ADVISORY ROLE.

THEY HELP WITH MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS. AND THEY WILL CONTINUE TO ASSIST IN THE PROCESS AS WE MOVE FORWARD THROUGH COLLABORATION, SHARED OWNERSHIP, FEEDBACK AND COMMUNICATION.

SO WHAT YOU SEE NOW IS OUR STEERING COMMITTEE.

WE FOCUSED ON CREATING A DIVERSE GROUP OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM EACH OF OUR FEEDER PATTERNS.

AND YOU SEE THE HIGH SCHOOLS ACROSS THE TOP AND ALSO DIFFERENT LEVELS TO SERVE ON THIS COMMITTEE.

THE COMMITTEE INCLUDED CLASSROOM TEACHERS, CORE TEACHERS, DUAL LANGUAGE TEACHERS, SPECIALIST, ENRICHMENT TEACHERS, FINE ARTS TEACHERS, CTE TEACHERS, CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS, AND DISTRICT LEVEL STAFF AND LEADERS, WHICH ALSO INCLUDED MYSELF, DR. STOECKER, DR.

TRACY PATTON, AND HR AND DR. SWIZE FROM OUR CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION TEAM.

SO NOW DR. STOECKER WILL COME UP AND SHE'S GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU WHAT WE HEARD FROM OUR COMMITTEE REGARDING TIA AND HOW IT WORKS AND OUR NEXT STEPS.

THANK YOU, DR. PATTON. EXCUSE ME. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE SCREEN, YOU SEE SOME ACTION SHOTS FROM ONE OF OUR COMMITTEE MEETINGS.

SO AS DR. PATTON MENTIONED, WE REALLY HAD A RICH REPRESENTATION OF INDIVIDUALS FROM ACROSS THE DISTRICT WITH VARIED BACKGROUNDS, AND THAT WAS BY DESIGN, SO THAT WE COULD GET INPUT FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE IN DIFFERENT SETTINGS FROM ONE ANOTHER TO SEE HOW TIA MIGHT LOOK IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL SETTING.

SO REALLY, A SMALL PART OF OUR COMMITTEE WAS SHARING WITH THE COMMITTEE WHAT TIA IS.

THE BIGGEST PART WAS GETTING FROM THE COMMITTEE THEIR INPUT.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THAT HAPPENING IN THE SLIDES.

AND WE ASKED THE COMMITTEE TO SHARE WITH US IN THE BEGINNING. WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT TIA? WHAT ARE YOU EXCITED ABOUT? WHAT CONCERNS DO YOU HAVE? AND THEN SHARE WITH US, PLEASE, WITH REGARD TO YOUR AREA OF DISCIPLINE OR YOUR SUBJECT THAT YOU TEACH, WHAT MIGHT BE SOME APPROPRIATE ASSESSMENTS THAT WE COULD USE IN YOUR FIELD TO HELP US GAUGE STUDENT GROWTH? IT'S A LITTLE BIT EASIER, MAYBE IN SOME OF OUR CORE SUBJECTS, BECAUSE WE HAVE LOTS OF PAPER PENCIL ASSESSMENTS, BUT IN SOME OF THE MORE MAYBE NONTRADITIONAL SETTINGS, LIKE MAYBE FINE ARTS AND CAN BE A LITTLE MORE CHALLENGING.

SO THAT WAS ONE OF THEIR TASKS AS WELL TO SHARE WITH US, IF WE WERE TO HAVE TIA, IN YOUR ROLE THAT YOU CURRENTLY SIT, HOW COULD WE GAUGE STUDENT ASSESSMENT? SOME OF THE CONCERNS THE COMMITTEE SHARED WITH US, AND I GUESS I SHOULD CALL THEM MAYBE A LITTLE APPREHENSION THEY HAD VERSUS CONCERNS.

MORE SOME OF THE SAME THINGS WE HAD THOUGHT OF AS A COMMITTEE, BUT ALSO THEY HAD SOME DIFFERENT IDEAS.

ONE THING THAT I HAD NOT THOUGHT OF WAS, YOU KNOW, WE ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT ALL OF THE COLLABORATION WE SHARE.

WE DO PLC'S WE WORK TOGETHER, WE PLAN TOGETHER.

SO WE SEE THIS AS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR ENRICHMENT AND COLLABORATION.

WHEREAS SOME OF THE TEACHERS ON THE COMMITTEE SAID, WE'RE A LITTLE CONCERNED THIS COULD MAKE SOME COMPETITION THAT'S NOT HEALTHY.

SO THAT'S GOOD FOR US TO KEEP IN MIND AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO HELP FOSTER THAT HEALTHY COMPETITION IF THERE IS TO BE COMPETITION,

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ADDITIONALLY, SOMETHING THAT WAS SHARED, THIS WAS SOMETHING WE HAD THOUGHT OF WAS THERE WAS A SLIGHT CONCERN WITH REGARD TO T-TESS, OUR TEACHER APPRAISAL TOOL, AND WOULD IT BE IMPLEMENTED FAIRLY, CAMPUS TO CAMPUS, CLASSROOM TO CLASSROOM.

NOW, MIND YOU, ALL OF OUR T TEST SUPERVISORS, WHICH IS OUR PRINCIPALS AND OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, THEY UNDERGO THE SAME TRAINING AND THEY USE THE SAME MATERIALS, BUT THERE MIGHT BE SLIGHT NUANCES BECAUSE WE'RE ALL DIFFERENT.

AND SO WE HAD ALREADY DETERMINED AND DISCUSSED THAT AS A GROUP IT'S A GOOD TIME FOR US TO CALIBRATE OUR T-TESS, NOT ONLY AMONG ADMINISTRATORS ON THE SAME CAMPUS, BUT AROUND THE DISTRICT AS WELL.

SO LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW TIA WORKS.

SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT KIND OF A COUPLE OF THE ELEMENTS ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN YOU SEE FOUR DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.

SO TEACHERS WHO PARTICIPATE IN DIA TIA ULTIMATELY ARE DESIGNATED ON ONE OF THESE LEVELS.

ACKNOWLEDGED. YOU SEE AT THE TOP HAS THAT BIG RED BATMAN NEW.

THAT'S NOT CURRENTLY A DESIGNATION, BUT IT WILL BE NEXT YEAR.

SO WE WANTED TO INCLUDE THAT IN THIS PRESENTATION SINCE WE'LL BE STARTING NEXT YEAR.

SO YOU'VE GOT FOUR LEVELS. ACKNOWLEDGED, THE TIA TEACHERS IN THE STATE OF THEM, 50% WILL BE ACKNOWLEDGED.

YOU SEE ALL THE WAY DOWN, WHICH IS REALLY UP KIND OF AN INVERTED PYRAMID THERE TO MASTER BEING THE TOP LEVEL 5% OF THE TEACHERS IN THE STATE WHO PARTICIPATE IN TIA WILL BE ON THE MASTER LEVEL. AND SOMETIMES WE'RE ASKED, YOU KNOW, YOU HEAR TIA MEANS MORE MONEY, HOW MUCH MORE MONEY ARE WE TALKING? WELL, IN MANSFIELD, WE'RE NOT TOTALLY SURE WHAT OUR NUMBERS WOULD BE BECAUSE WE OURSELVES ARE NOT A TIA DISTRICT. BUT THE FIGURES LISTED THERE ON THE SCREEN ARE STATE WIDE NUMBERS.

SO YOU SEE FOR RECOGNIZED, IT CAN START AT 3000.

MASTER GOES UP TO POTENTIALLY $32,000. THAT'S QUITE A LOT.

NOW, I WOULD IMAGINE IN MANSFIELD ISD WE WOULD NOT HAVE A $32,000 MASTER PERSON.

THE REASON I SAY THAT IS THOSE FIGURES ARE DETERMINED BY THE STATE BASED ON A COUPLE OF MEASURES.

ONE IS THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS WHO ARE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED, AND ONE IS WHERE THE DISTRICT IS SITUATED.

AS IN ARE YOU RURAL? ARE YOU URBAN? ARE YOU SUBURBAN? SO I WOULD GUESS THAT 32,000 HAS A VERY HIGH PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS WHO ARE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED, EITHER VERY RURAL OR VERY URBAN. SO I DOUBT WE WOULD HAVE THAT.

BUT JUST KIND OF AS A GAUGE FOR NOW. NOW, DR.

PATTON MENTIONED WE'VE GOT SOME TIA PEOPLE NOW, MIND YOU, THEY DESIGNATED ELSEWHERE.

SO THEY CAME TO US WITH THESE FIGURES, BUT WE RANGE ANYWHERE FROM ABOUT 3000 TO WE HAVE ONE WHO'S 16,000.

SHE'S A MASTER. SO THAT'S JUST KIND OF A GOOD A GOOD IDEA FOR YOU, HOW IT MIGHT LOOK.

SO THAT'S HOW THE DESIGNATIONS. AND THEN WHAT ARE THE REQUIRED COMPONENTS IN ORDER TO BECOME DESIGNATED.

TWO PARTS ARE REQUIRED. TEACHER OBSERVATION AND STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES.

OH. THERE WE GO. OH, OKAY. I'M GOOD AGAIN. ALL RIGHT.

PARDON ME. SO AS A DISTRICT, WE HAD SOME DECISIONS TO MAKE IN TERMS OF HOW ARE WE GOING TO IMPLEMENT THIS.

SOME THINGS ARE NON-NEGOTIABLES WITH TIA. BUT THEN THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE COULD DECIDE OURSELVES.

THERE ARE REALLY THREE BIG DECISIONS. THE FIRST DECISION WAS, WHO IS GOING TO BE PART OF THE FIRST COHORT? SECOND DECISION IS, WHICH COMPONENTS WOULD WE USE FOR DESIGNATION OF TEACHERS AND HOW WILL THEY BE WEIGHTED? AND THEN FINALLY, HOW WILL WE PAY THE TEACHERS AND WHEN? SO IN TERMS OF WHO'S IN THE FIRST COHORT, I KNOW DR.

PATTON STARTED WITH SHOWING YOU OUR VISION 2030 STRATEGIC PLAN OUR GUIDING STATEMENTS.

WE WANT TO START WITH READING WITH OUR GOAL NUMBER ONE.

SO WE THOUGHT LET'S START AT SOME IDENTIFIED TITLE 1 SCHOOLS AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL KINDERGARTEN THROUGH SECOND READING.

LET'S ALSO INCLUDE ONE INTERMEDIATE CAMPUS WHOSE ALSO TITLE 1, ALSO READING.

YOU KNOW, DISTRICTS IMPLEMENT THIS IN A NUMBER OF WAYS AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF OPTIONS.

WE REALLY FELT LIKE THE BEST MOVE FOR MANSFIELD ISD WOULD BE TO QUOTE DR.

SPENCER. START SLOWLY SO WE CAN GO FAST. WE DID NOT WANT TO START WITH EVERY SINGLE SUBJECT, EVERY SINGLE CAMPUS. WE HAVEN'T EVEN DONE THIS.

WE WANT TO IMPLEMENT THIS PROPERLY AND TAKE OUR TIME SO WE CAN HAVE A GOOD SOLID SYSTEM.

SO THAT IS THE PLAN FOR YEAR ONE. WHAT COMPONENTS WILL BE IN THE SYSTEM? HOW WILL THEY BE WEIGHTED? OBVIOUSLY WE NEED TO HAVE T-TESS DOMAINS II AND III.

THOSE ARE THE INSTRUCTION DOMAIN IN THE CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT DOMAIN.

THAT WILL BE 50% OF HOW TEACHERS ARE DESIGNATED AND THE STUDENT GROWTH OUTCOME.

SO FOR THESE GRADE LEVELS WE'RE TALKING EITHER MCLASS OR MAP READING.

STUDENT GROWTH FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR TO THE END OF THE YEAR.

YOU MAY REMEMBER FROM THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, THESE TWO ELEMENTS ARE REQUIRED AND THEY ARE.

WE HAD SOME OPPORTUNITY TO ADD IN A THIRD ELEMENT OR A FOURTH ELEMENT IF WE WANTED, BUT WE FELT LIKE, LET'S KEEP THIS REALLY WITH THE MEAT AND POTATOES, WITH THE TEACHING AND THE LEARNING.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR. SO THAT'S WHERE WE LANDED.

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AND SO IN DOING A LITTLE RESEARCH, MORE LIKE A LITTLE INVESTIGATION KIND OF IN DISTRICTS AROUND US, THAT TENDS TO BE THE NORM 90% FOR THE TEACHER.

SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH THAT PRACTICE.

THE TEACHER HIMSELF OR HERSELF WILL RECEIVE ALL 90%.

AND THEN WHEN THEY WILL GET THE MONEY IS WHEN IT COMES.

SO IT TYPICALLY COMES AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. IT HAS TO COME LATE ENOUGH THAT WE KNOW HOW OUR STUDENTS PERFORMED. BUT WHEN IT COMES, WE SEND THE LIST TO THE BUSINESS OFFICE. THEY WORK THEIR MAGIC AND THE TEACHERS GET PAID.

SO THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE PROCESS. SO LET'S KIND OF TALK ABOUT MOVING FORWARD.

SO I JUST TALKED ABOUT HOW IT'S GOING TO LOOK IN 26-27.

SO AGAIN, KINDERGARTEN THROUGH SECOND AT SOME TITLE ONE CAMPUSES READING AND THEN ONE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, 5TH, 6TH READING. YEAR TWO, WE'D LIKE TO ADD THE REMAINDER OF THE TITLE 1 CAMPUSES AT ELEMENTARY, THE REMAINDER OF THE TITLE 1 CAMPUSES AT INTERMEDIATE AND ADD ON THE TITLE 1 CAMPUSES AT MIDDLE.

WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE ADDING MATH IN YEAR TWO.

SO WHAT THAT MEANS YEAR TWO, K-8, READING AND MATH AT OUR TITLE 1 SCHOOLS.

YEAR THREE AND SAME KIND OF DEAL, EXCEPT FOR WE'RE GOING TO ADD THE REST OF THE CAMPUSES WHO AREN'T TITLE 1.

SO ALL THOSE ELEMENTARIES WHO AREN'T TITLE 1 WILL COME ON BOARD.

SAME WITH INTERMEDIATE, MIDDLE AND PARDON ME, INTERMEDIATE AND MIDDLE.

AND THEN ALSO PRE-K. WE'RE ADDING PRE-K THIS YEAR.

WE REALLY TOYED WITH THE BEST TIME TO ADD PRE-K.

YOU KNOW, AT THIS TIME WE HAVE SO A NUMBER OF STUDENTS ARE THERE, BUT THEN SOME CAMPUSES MAYBE HAVE ONE PRE-K CLASS AND IT MIGHT BE AT A CAMPUS WHO'S NOT TITLE 1. SO THEY MAY NOT BE ON ANOTHER ONE MIGHT IF THEY ARE ON IT'S ONE TEACHER.

IT'S KIND OF A STRANGE SETUP WITH THE WAY WE ARE CURRENTLY CONFIGURED WHEN CONSIDERING TIA.

SO WE THOUGHT IT MADE SENSE IN 2029. BY THAT POINT, THE NEW EARLY LEARNING CENTER WILL HAVE BEEN IN FULL EFFECT AT LEAST A YEAR, MAYBE A LITTLE MORE, DEPENDING ON WHEN WE OPEN.

SO WE FELT LIKE THAT WAS A GREAT TIME TO ADD PRE-K.

SO THAT YEAR, PRE-K-8, READING AND MATH. SO WE'RE TALKING NOW ABOUT THE FIRST THREE YEARS AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT READING AND MATH.

THERE ARE LOTS OF SUBJECTS OTHER THAN READING MATH, AND THERE ARE LOTS OF GRADES ASIDE FROM PRE-K THROUGH EIGHT.

SO IDEALLY, ONE DAY EVERY SUBJECT AT EVERY LEVEL WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THEIR TEACHERS TO BE TIA DESIGNATED.

SO WE'RE IN REALLY GOOD SHAPE WITH THE ASSESSMENT PART IN TERMS OF THE TEACHER APPRAISAL, BECAUSE EVERYONE'S A T-TESS TEACHER.

SO THAT'S PRETTY SIMPLE. WHERE WE MAY HAVE SOME HICCUPS OR A LITTLE BIT OF WORK IS HOW ARE WE GOING TO MEASURE STUDENT GROWTH IN SOME OF THOSE AREAS WHERE MAYBE IT'S NOT AS TRADITIONAL OF A WAY TO ASSESS STUDENTS. WE REALLY FEEL LIKE BY THE TIME WE'RE READY FOR YOUR FOUR AND BEYOND, THERE WILL BE MORE ASSESSMENTS AVAILABLE TO AT OUR DISPOSAL TO USE THAN THERE ARE NOW BECAUSE SO MANY DISTRICTS ARE COMING ON TIA.

MOST LIKELY THERE WILL BE LOTS OF ASSESSMENTS WE CAN USE, BUT IF NOT, WE HAVE SOME WAYS TO BE CREATIVE.

SO THAT'S THE GOAL IS FOR ULTIMATELY EVERYONE TO BE ABLE TO BE INVOLVED.

AND REALLY THE THOUGHT PROCESS IS TO, AT THE END OF YEAR ONE, WE CAN KIND OF TAKE A BREATH AND SEE WHERE WE ARE AND THEN START WORKING MORE ON YOUR FORM BEYOND. WE'VE TALKED TO YOUR FORUM BEYOND. WE HAVE SOME IDEAS, BUT AFTER WE'VE REALLY HAD A YEAR UNDER OUR BELT.

TALK MORE ABOUT WHAT COMES NEXT. SO THAT'S THE LONG-TERM PLAN.

HERE'S WHAT COMES NEXT. HERE'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO PRETTY QUICKLY TO GET STARTED. SO BY APRIL 15TH, WE'LL BE SUBMITTING OUR APPLICATION TO THE STATE TO PARTICIPATE IN TIA.

BY THE SUMMER, WE'LL LEARN OF OUR APPROVAL STATUS.

WE EXPECT TO BE APPROVED. SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD AS IF THAT IS THE CASE.

SO WHAT WILL HAPPEN THEN IS NEXT SCHOOL YEAR AT THAT COHORT, ONE AT THOSE CAMPUSES IN THOSE GRADE LEVELS WILL BE COLLECTING DATA, AND WE'LL BE SUBMITTING THAT TO THE STATE. WE WILL HAVE OUR FIRST GROUP OF TIA TEACHERS, MEANING WE'LL KNOW WHO WE HAVE, WHO WAS A MASTER TEACHER, WHO WE HAVE WHO WAS RECOGNIZED, EXEMPLARY ACKNOWLEDGE.

THAT FIRST GROUP WILL BE IN 27-28 AND IN THE SUMMER OF 28 IS WHEN THAT FIRST TIA COMPENSATION WILL COME IN.

SO YOU SEE, IT'S KIND OF A PROCESS. IT TAKES A LITTLE WHILE TO GET THE DATA COLLECTED AND REVIEWED BY THE STATE.

THEN WE'LL GET A YEAR UNDER OUR BELT AND THEN ULTIMATELY THEY DO RECEIVE THEIR COMPENSATION.

SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ARE NOW WITH REGARD TO TIA.

WE'RE REALLY EXCITED. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN STUDYING SINCE 2019, SINCE TIA INCEPTION.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WANTED TO START LIGHTLY OR START RIGHT AWAY, BUT WE'RE EXCITED NOW ABOUT THE PROSPECT. SO THAT CONCLUDES AT THIS TIME, OUR PRESENTATION. WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU, DR.

PATTON. DR. STOECKER, VERY INFORMATIVE PRESENTATION.

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OBVIOUSLY ANY WAY THAT WE UP HERE CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO THINK THAT WE CAN HELP SUPPORT AND PAY TEACHERS MORE.

WE'RE HAPPY TO START BASKET WEAVING OR WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO TO HELP.

THIS SEEMS LIKE THE BEGINNING OF THE BASKET WEAVING. I GUESS MY QUESTIONS LIE WITH THERE'S MORE THAN JUST A TEACHER THAT SUPPORTS STUDENTS, RIGHT? THE CLASSROOM.

SO THERE'S EDUCATIONAL COACHES ON CAMPUSES THAT WANDER.

THERE'S ALSO THE ADMINISTRATOR THEMSELVES AS THE LEADER.

AND FROM WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE THEN DOING, WE'RE EVALUATING THOSE TEACHERS EVERY YEAR.

IT'S EVEN MORE OF A PULL ON THOSE ADMINISTRATORS.

CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. SO I GUESS I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT PUTTING IN A LOT OF WORK.

AND THEN WE'RE ALSO, WE'RE, WE'RE PUTTING A LOT OF PRESSURE ON AN ADMINISTRATOR AND THEN WE'RE PUTTING A LOT MORE PRESSURE ON OUR EDUCATIONAL COACHES WHO ARE SUPPORTING THOSE TEACHERS. BUT THEN THE TEACHER IS THE ONLY ONE WHO GETS THE BENEFIT.

HOW DOES, HOW DO WE SHARE AND SHARE ALIKE ACROSS THE TEAM THAT'S HELPING TO SUPPORT THOSE STUDENTS? RIGHT? SO I DON'T KNOW NECESSARILY THAT LIKE YOU TALKED ABOUT THE INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES, I DON'T KNOW THAT HAVING TIA IS GOING TO CAUSE US TO REALLY BEEF UP OUR INTRODUCTION. MAYBE WE SHOULD BE ALREADY HAVING BEEFY INSTRUCTION.

THIS IS GOING TO REWARD THE BEEFY INSTRUCTION WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN A WAY THAT WE'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO BEFORE.

SO I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE THAT MUCH MORE OF A LIFT ON THOSE FOLKS THAN THEY'RE ALREADY PROVIDING HELP. THEY'RE PROVIDING HELP WHERE HELP IS NEEDED. SO IF HELP IS NEEDED, THEY'LL BE PROVIDING HELP. AND IN TERMS OF THE ADMINISTRATORS, YES, MA'AM.

THEY WILL BE APPRAISING MORE FOLKS AT THE CAMPUSES HERE IN TIA.

AND SO ULTIMATELY, WHEN WE GET TO, YOU KNOW, 25 YEARS FROM NOW OR WHATEVER IT IS, IT REALLY WON'T BE.

BUT AT SOME POINT WHEN EVERYONE IS A PART OF THIS, THEN YES.

I MEAN, CURRENTLY OUR TEACHERS ARE ON A THREE YEAR ROTATION.

THE ONES ON TERM CONTRACTS. SO THERE'LL BE EVERY SINGLE YEAR.

SO THAT IS SOMETHING DEFINITELY THAT WE CAN CONSIDER. THANK YOU FOR THAT FEEDBACK. NO, THAT SOUNDS GREAT.

IT'S SUPER EXCITING. IT SOUNDS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO GET ON THIS BANDWAGON AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.

AND IT FEELS LIKE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE, WE'RE ALREADY ALIGNED WITH THAT.

WE COULD, WE COULD EASILY BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE.

SO READY TO GET STARTED WITH THIS AND MAGIC MONEY FAIRIES TO COME OUT OF THE CLOUDS.

SO THANK YOU. MISS LACKEY WILSON. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING NECESSARILY ADDITIONAL.

I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS AND THE TEAMS, AS MISS NEWSOME MENTIONED, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW THAT HAVE TO HELP IN THIS SITUATION.

AND IT CAUSES MORE WORK, ALTHOUGH IT'S FOR POSITIVE REASONS.

RIGHT. AND AND I KNOW WE HAVE THE TEAM, AS SHE STATED THAT WE KNOW THAT CAN DO IT.

WE, AND AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER IN YOUR PRESENTATION THAT WE HAVE DEFINITELY HAVE THE STAFF THAT'S OF CALIBER.

AND OF COURSE, WE'VE KNOWN THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T NEED THE STATE TO TELL US, BUT IT'S NICE THAT WE CAN MAYBE INCENTIVIZE AND HELP WITH THAT PROCESS BECAUSE IT DOES TAKE, YOU KNOW, A VILLAGE, AS THEY SAY, RIGHT? SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL YOUR WORK AND YOUR TEAM AS WELL.

MR. THOMAS. YES. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU, LADIES, FOR PRESENTING THIS.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. AND I'M VERY THANKFUL THAT WE'RE MOVING IN THIS DIRECTION.

WHEN I SAW IT A YEAR AGO, I THOUGHT IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

AND THEN WHEN I SAW THE AND HEARD THE GREAT FEEDBACK AND THE RETENTION THAT THEY'RE HAVING OVER IN DALLAS ISD, I THOUGHT IT WAS WONDERFUL. I DO WANT TO SAY THERE WAS A SLIDE THAT SHOWED US CAN WE GO BACK? THERE WAS ONE SLIDE THAT HAD. GO BACK. TO SCHOOL DISTRICT.

DID THE MAP. YES. YES, SIR. I'M WORKING ON IT.

JUST A SECOND. PLEASE TAKE YOUR TIME. THERE WE GO.

YEAH. I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE BARBARIANS ARE AT THE GATE.

WE'VE GOT ALL THESE DISTRICTS AROUND US WHO ARE DOING THIS.

I MEAN, WE'RE SURROUNDED BY OTHER DISTRICTS WHO ARE GIVING ALLOTMENTS, AND THEY ARE POTENTIALLY TAKING OUR GOOD, QUALIFIED TEACHERS AWAY. AND WE DON'T WANT THAT.

AND WE'RE ALSO SEVEN YEARS LATE TO THE PARTY, RIGHT? AND THAT HAS BEEN A THEME WHEN IT COMES TO EVEN OPEN ENROLLMENT.

AND NOW WE'RE DOING THIS SEVEN YEARS LATER. I'M GLAD WE'RE DOING IT, BUT I WANT US TO CONTINUE LOOSELY, CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVE ON THE PROCESS NOW THAT PEOPLE ARE DOING IT AND HAVE DONE IT, I JUST IMPLORE US AS A DISTRICT TO GET THE BEST PRACTICES AND BRING THOSE IN AND PUT OUR FOOT ON THE GAS AND NOT BE TIMID AND NOT BE AFRAID, BECAUSE WE WANT TO RETAIN OUR TEACHERS AND WE WANT TO INCENTIVIZE THOSE TEACHERS THAT ARE GOOD TO DO GREAT THINGS, BECAUSE THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

YOU KNOW, I'M MARRIED TO AN EDUCATOR AND I KNOW WHAT THEY GO THROUGH.

AND I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THEY ARE PAID ACCORDINGLY, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF PASSION THAT WE SEE FROM OUR EDUCATORS AND EVERYTHING.

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THAT'S ONE OF OUR MAIN THINGS THAT WE LIKE TO DO, AND TRY TO STEP ON THE GAS A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, TOYOTA DIDN'T BECOME TOYOTA BY CONTINUING TO DO WHAT HENRY FORD DID.

THEY CHANGED THE GAME. THEY DID THINGS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY. SO IF WE CAN CHANGE THE GAME AS A DISTRICT AND DO SOMETHING TO HELP US.

YOU KNOW, MORE OR LESS. TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF THE BURDEN, MAYBE OFF THE PRINCIPLES WITH EVALUATING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

LET'S DO IT. LET'S REINVENT THE WHEEL. LET'S DO WHAT MANSFIELD DOES AND STEP OUT AND BE DIFFERENT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. THOMAS. THANK YOU, MR. THOMAS. TRUSTEES, TO MY RIGHT, DR. CRITCHFIELD.

SURE. THANK YOU, LADIES, FOR THIS PRESENTATION.

AND SO, TEACHERS, THERE IS YOUR SHOUT OUTS. I THINK YOU TALKED ABOUT RESEARCH THAT SAYS THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR IN A STUDENT'S LEARNING IS THAT CLASSROOM TEACHER. AND SO THANK YOU TO MISD FOR INVESTING IN MAKING SURE WE HAVE EXPERT TEACHERS IN FRONT OF OUR STUDENTS.

AND SO THIS IS AN EXCELLENT PRESENTATION. SO JUST A FEW THINGS TO CLARIFY.

WE'RE IN BUDGET SEASON. WE HAVE A BUDGET DEFICIT.

SO HOW DO WE PAY FOR THIS? THIS IS STATE FUNDED, ISN'T IT? YES, MA'AM. THE MONEY WILL COME DIRECTLY FROM THE STATE.

DIRECTLY FROM THE STATE. WHICH EARLY ON I WOULDN'T SAY THAT WAS A MISNOMER, BUT THAT WAS KIND OF A MISCONCEPTION EARLY ON, WAS THAT THEY GIVE YOU THE MONEY, BUT THEY DON'T. IT'S LIKE REALLY GOING TO COME OUT OF YOUR ALLOTMENT IN SOME WAY OR FORM. AND IT TURNS OUT THAT'S NOT THE CASE.

IT'S JUST IT'S JUST EXTRA MONEY THEY GIVE US SOME EXTRA MONEY.

THAT IS FANTASTIC. THAT'S A WIN. AND THEN TWO OTHER KIND OF PROCEDURAL QUESTIONS.

WHERE DOES THIS LIVE? SO IS THIS IN C&I AND HR? LIKE WHO WOULD OWN TIA FOR MISD? THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION.

AT THE MOMENT IT'S A PARTNERSHIP. IT COULD BE OVER TIME, IT EVOLVES INTO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

BUT AT THE MOMENT WE ARE HAND IN HAND, 1 IN 1 AND ONE TOGETHER.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GREAT. SOUNDS GOOD. AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER THING IS SO I KNOW WE'RE HAVING DATA IN ONE YEAR FOR READING FOR THOSE SPECIFIC CAMPUSES, ARE WE ASSESSING TEACHERS THAT ARE ALREADY AT THE CAMPUSES OR IS THAT A TIME WHERE WE WILL SAY, DOES ANYBODY WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN IN THIS AND COME NOW? OR IS THAT A LATER, IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS LATER? SO AT THIS TIME, THERE'S NOT A PLAN TO TOPSY TURVY THE CAMPUS FOR OTHER FOLKS TO COME ON BOARD.

HOWEVER, ONCE WE REALLY TALK MORE ABOUT THIS, YOU KNOW, WORD'S GOING TO BE OUT WHAT THESE CAMPUSES ARE.

SO IT MAY VERY WELL BE THERE'S AN UPTICK IN TEACHERS APPLYING.

SO OUR PROCESS IN THE DISTRICT FOR TEACHERS TO SHIFT CAMPUSES AS THEY APPLY FOR WHAT INTERESTS THEM.

SO IT COULD VERY WELL BE THIS YEAR. ONCE WE GET A LITTLE FURTHER IN THE PROCESS, SOME TEACHERS ARE MORE INTERESTED IN TRANSFERRING THAN THEY TYPICALLY ARE.

YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE GET COMFORTABLE AT OUR CURRENT CAMPUS, WHICH IS OKAY, BUT WE MAY HAVE SOME MOVEMENT INTERNALLY, BUT WE DON'T INTEND TO, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, RECONSTITUTE A CAMPUS FOR FOLKS TO GO JUST FOR THIS PURPOSE.

GOTCHA. SO IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN THE NATURAL TRANSFER PROCESS, THEN THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GO TO THOSE CAMPUSES.

OKAY. THOSE ARE THE ONLY QUESTIONS I HAD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. MISS HORN.

THANK YOU, DR. CRITCHFIELD. YES. THANK YOU, LADIES, FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

THAT WAS REALLY GREAT. SOMETHING THAT I ALWAYS APPRECIATE WHEN WE'RE PROACTIVE ABOUT IS LIKE TRUSTEE THOMAS WAS SAYING, THIS IS GOING TO BE A GOOD MOVE FOR US, ESPECIALLY TO STAY COMPETITIVE HERE.

BUT I THINK IT MAKES PEOPLE FEEL BETTER THAT WHEN CHANGE COMES, ALL THINGS WERE CONSIDERED.

AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE LIKE REALLY SPECIFICALLY, WHAT ARE WE NOT SEEING AND HAVING THE COMMITTEE TALK ABOUT THAT? I THINK THAT ALWAYS GIVES A LITTLE BIT MORE GRACE WHENEVER WE HAVE TO ROLL STUFF OUT THAT'S NEW.

A COUPLE OF THINGS. I WANTED TO JUST GET SOME CLARITY AROUND WHENEVER IT'S TIME TO ASSESS, TO DECIDE IF THEY GET THE MONEY. ARE THERE A THING? DO WE KNOW IF THERE'S THINGS HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR FOR THE TEACHER TO KNOW IF THEY'RE ON TRACK, OR ARE THEY ALL OF A SUDDEN GOING TO FIND OUT IN JUNE YOU DIDN'T GET IT? HOW BIG OF A SURPRISE OR HOW, HOW ARE WE TRACKING THAT THROUGH THE YEAR? DO WE THINK. THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, AND HONESTLY, A PART OF THE WORK THAT WE DO NATURALLY ON CAMPUSES IS TO MONITOR STUDENT PROGRESS.

WE'VE GOT PROJECT PROGRESS CHECKS ALONG THE WAY WHERE TEACHERS ARE CONSISTENTLY MONITORING HOW STUDENTS ARE DOING, SO THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY SURPRISES BECAUSE IT'S AN ONGOING PROCESS.

AWESOME. AND THEN I KNOW WE'RE ABOUT TO APPLY FOR IT AND WE'LL HEAR ABOUT IT IN THE SUMMER SPECIFICALLY FOR, YOU KNOW, THE K THROUGH TWO READING. WHENEVER WE WANT TO ADD MORE NEXT TIME, DO WE HAVE TO REAPPLY EVERY TIME WE NEED TO ADD MORE? HOW DOES THAT WORK? YEAH. SO THE PROCESS OF THE DATA COLLECTION AND THE VALIDATION PROCESS TAKES PLACE EACH TIME WE ADD A DIFFERENT BAND OR A DIFFERENT LEVEL THAT WE'RE INCLUDING. SO YES, IT REPEATS, WHICH IS GOOD FOR US AS WE DO.

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AWESOME. AWESOME. AND THEN ANOTHER THING I WANTED TO CLARIFY.

OH YOU MENTIONED THAT I THINK IT WAS 18 ALREADY HAVE THE STATUS BEFORE THEY CAME HERE.

SO SINCE THIS IS DR. CRUTCHFIELD EXPLAINED LIKE A STATE FUNDED THING, ONCE YOU'RE RECOGNIZED BY TEA AS BEING ONE OF THOSE LEVELS, IF A PERSON LEFT MISD, WOULD THEY CARRY THAT IN THE NEXT DISTRICT WOULD GET THAT MONEY FOR THEM? SORRY. YES, MA'AM. LIKE, JUST LIKE WE RECEIVED THE MONEY.

NOW FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WE OBTAIN THE SAME THING.

AND REALLY, SINCE IT'S ALMOST LAGS A YEAR. OKAY, SO.

YES, MA'AM. IT WOULD BE SENT THEN TO THEIR NEW DISTRICT AND TIA NOT TIA, TEA KNOWS WHERE WE ALL ARE.

SO THEY'RE ABLE TO SEND THE MONEY TO THE APPROPRIATE DISTRICT IF SOMEONE DOES MOVE FROM DISTRICT TO DISTRICT.

AWESOME. CHECKING MY NOTES. YEAH. I THINK THOSE CLARIFICATIONS WERE ALL I NEEDED.

THAT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE. THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL THE DATA. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. WE APPRECIATE DR.

SMITH, YOU AND YOUR TEAM GETTING TOGETHER TO DO THIS.

THIS IS A GREAT INCENTIVE FOR OUR EDUCATORS. AND IT WILL BE YOU'RE ALREADY DOING THE WORK IN TERMS OF ASSESSING.

I LOVE THAT YOU ARE GOING TO START SLOW SO THAT YOU CAN CONTINUE TO ASSESS AS WE EXPAND OUTWARDLY.

YOU WANTED TO EXPOUND ON CLARIFICATION? YES I DID.

FIRST OF ALL, GREAT JOB, LADIES. YOU BOTH DID A WONDERFUL JOB.

TRUSTEE NEWSOM YOU HAD A QUESTION ABOUT ADMINISTRATORS.

AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT TIA OR TEA HAS EXPANDED ON IS TIA ENHANCED OR THE ENHANCED TIA.

AND THAT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR ADMINISTRATORS TO PARTICIPATE IN TIA.

WE ARE NOT THERE YET, OF COURSE, BECAUSE THIS IS VERY NEW FOR US, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN EXPLORE.

AND WE DID TALK ABOUT ALL OF THAT AND WHAT THAT MAY LOOK LIKE.

SO THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.

IT'S VERY NEW STILL. AND SO WE'LL SEE A LITTLE BIT AT SOME POINT WHERE WE'LL BE ON THAT.

SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT THAT IS AN OPTION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DR. SMITH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? TRUSTEES. YES, MISS HORN. SO SORRY. I REMEMBERED WHAT I WAS TRYING TO REMEMBER A MINUTE AGO.

DO WE KNOW FROM DISTRICTS THAT HAVE ALREADY ROLLED THIS OUT? BEST CASE SCENARIO. DO THEY EVER CAP HOW MUCH MONEY A DISTRICT CAN GET THROUGH THE TIA? SO COULD WE POSSIBLY HAVE TOO MANY TEACHERS QUALIFY AND THEY HAVE TO START CAPPING? IF THAT'S THE CASE, WE'VE NOT HEARD OF THAT. DR. SPENCER, ARE YOU GOING TO ADD SOMETHING ELSE. SO THAT'S PART OF THE PIECE OF US HAVING TO SEND THE DATA IN IN ORDER TO BE EVALUATED. SO THEY'RE LOOKING TO BE SURE THAT WE STAY WITHIN THOSE NUMBERS THAT WERE ON THE SCREEN.

THAT 5% OF THE STATE IS HERE THAT. SO THEY'RE LOOKING TO BE SURE THAT OUR DATA MATCHES WITH WHAT WE'VE SAID OUR STUDENTS ARE DOING.

AWESOME. GREAT. THANK YOU. TRUSTEES, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MR. THOMAS. YEAH. SO CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'LL BE SOME KIND OF STATEWIDE FORCE DISTRIBUTION TO GET TO THAT 5%, OR IS THAT NOT THE CASE IN TERMS OF OR WE DON'T KNOW YET? I DON'T KNOW. I'M NOT SURE THAT WE KNOW THAT.

FORMULAICALLY THAT'S WHAT THEY EXPECT. AND IT MIGHT BE THAT BASED ON STATISTICAL DATA, THEY'VE ALREADY GATHERED, THAT THAT'S JUST HOW PEOPLE SHAKE OUT BECAUSE THEY ARE COMPARING HOW ARE THE TEACHERS PERFORMING IN THE CLASSROOM ON THEIR OWN APPRAISALS BASED ON ALSO COMPARED WITH THEIR STUDENT GROWTH. SO IT MAY VERY WELL BE THAT THIS IS LIKE A BELL CURVE THAT WE'VE GOT THE MOST IN THE MIDDLE, AND THEN WE GET SMALLER, SMALLER, SMALLER, JUST STATISTICALLY SPEAKING. BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'LL FORCE FOLKS MORE OF YOU NEED TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED BECAUSE WE'VE GOT SPACE HERE, BUT YOU'RE REALLY GOOD AND YOU MAYBE SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED. I THINK IT'S JUST THE WAY IT'S GOING TO BREAK OUT MATHEMATICALLY. OKAY. THANKS.

THANK YOU, MR. THOMAS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, DR.

PATTON, DR. STOECKER AND DR. SPENCER, YOU AND YOUR TEAM, WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL.

TALKING ABOUT IT, GETTING THE DIFFERENT TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS, AS WELL AS ALL THE COLLEAGUES TOGETHER SO THAT WE COULD EXPLORE OUR OPTIONS.

I THINK WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT. CAN YOU TELL? SEEMS THAT WAY. YES, WE ARE EXCITED. AND SO THIS IS ANOTHER INCENTIVE FOR THOSE GREAT EDUCATORS TO STAY AND THEN COME TO MANSFIELD ISD DESTINATION DISTRICT.

RIGHT. SO AT THIS TIME, DR. SMITH, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE FOR THIS? OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEES, THIS MOVES US TO ITEM NUMBER 9, HUMAN RESOURCES REPORT.

[9. Human Resources Report]

FIRST WE HAVE CHYSTAL BARNETT, 27 YEARS IN EDUCATION, 24 WITH MISD.

WE ALSO HAVE STEPHANIE COOLEY, 26 YEARS IN EDUCATION, 23 WITH MISD.

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RUDY DOMINGUEZ, 27 YEARS WITH MISD. WILLIAM FORTUNE, SENIOR, 33 YEARS IN EDUCATION, 25 YEARS WITH MISD. MARCHIE MURDOCK, 27 YEARS IN EDUCATION, AND 23 WITH MISD.

JENA SALAZAR, 33 YEARS IN EDUCATION, 24 IN MISD.

CANDACE SMITH, 23 YEARS IN EDUCATION, 32 YEARS IN EDUCATION, EXCUSE ME, 23 WITH MISD.

GARY THOMASON, 29 YEARS IN EDUCATION, 20 WITH MISD.

AND JACK WAITS, 30 YEARS IN EDUCATION, 28 YEARS IN MISD.

WE WANT TO THANK THESE INCREDIBLE EDUCATORS FOR ALL THAT THEY'VE POURED INTO OUR STUDENTS OVER THEIR TENURE HERE WITH US AND MISD.

WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR YOU AND FOR SHARING YOUR PASSION AND YOUR LOVE FOR STUDENTS.

[APPLAUSE]. THANK YOU SO, SO MUCH, MISS NEWSOM, AND THANK YOU TO THOSE EDUCATORS WHO, AS YOU STATED, HAVE POURED INTO OUR STUDENTS AND EXHIBITED THEIR LOVE FOR EDUCATION.

AND THE BEST QUALITY EDUCATION FOR OUR KIDS HERE TRUSTEE.

THIS MOVES US TO ITEM NUMBER 10, BUSINESS ITEMS REQUIRING BOARD ACTION.

[10. Business Items Requiring Board Action]

10.1 IS CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 26-19 TO AMEND THE ORDER OF ELECTION FOR THE MAY 2ND, 2026 TRUSTEE ELECTION. SO MOVED. SECOND. IT HAS BEEN PROPERLY MOVED.

MOTION MOVED AND SECONDED. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? TRUSTEE. YES, MA'AM. DR. CRUTCHFIELD. SURE, THANKS.

I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY AND MAKE SURE THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS WHAT IS AMENDED OR WHAT'S DIFFERENT ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR ORDER.

SO MAYBE IS IT MISS WRIGHT THAT'S GOING TO SHARE WITH US? OKAY, GREAT. YES, SO IN EVEN NUMBERED YEARS, WE TYPICALLY ENTER A JOINT CONTRACT AGREEMENT WITH TARRANT COUNTY WILL RUN OUR ELECTION EVERY YEAR. IN EVEN NUMBERED YEARS WE TYPICALLY SUBCONTRACT WITH THE CITY BECAUSE THE COUNTY, JOHNSON COUNTY DOESN'T DO THAT DURING YEARS THAT THEY HOLD A PRIMARY.

WHEN THE CITY CANCELED THEIR ELECTION, WE ASSUMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ELECTION.

FOR OUR PORTION OF IT. SO WHAT THIS NEW AMENDMENT DOES IS, ONE, WE HAVE TO APPOINT AN EARLY VOTING CLERK, WHICH WOULD BE ME. AND THERE ARE SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE ADDED IN ADDITION THAT WE'RE WRAPPING INTO ONE ORDER, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO CONTINUALLY BRING AMENDMENTS TO THE BOARD THAT INCLUDES OUR, WE HAVE TO BRING OUR, APPROVE OUR, OUR PRESIDING JUDGES AND OUR ELECTION WORKERS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

SO THIS IS THAT IT GIVES ME THE AUTHORITY FROM YOU GUYS TO ORDER OUR ELECTION AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE EXECUTING IT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW, AND ALSO SETTING UP OUR POLLING LOCATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. PERFECT EXPLANATION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DR. CRUTCHFIELD. YES, MISS NEWSOM.

ALSO, I DON'T KNOW WHO HAS THIS INFORMATION EITHER HERE OR THERE, BUT USUALLY THAT'S SHARED EXPENSES WITH THE CITY AS WELL.

SO THIS MEANS THAT WE ALSO INCUR THE FULL EXPENSE OF THE ELECTION AS WELL.

YES. IT'S ALL ON US NOW. JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT POINT OF CLARIFICATION.

THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION, MISS NEWSOM.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? THANK YOU SO MUCH, MISS WRIGHT, FOR CLARIFYING AND RESPONDING.

SO TO THOSE QUESTIONS, WE APPRECIATE YOU FOR THAT AND FOR STEPPING INTO STEPPING IN SO QUICKLY TO DO IT.

WE APPRECIATE YOU. ALRIGHT. HERE, THERE, THERE ARE NONE.

THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS. TRUSTEES ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION THAT WAS ALL READY FOR THE CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 26-19 TO AMEND THE ORDER OF ELECTION FOR THE MAY 2ND, 2026 ELECTION.

MAY I PLEASE SEE A SHOW OF HANDS? ARE THERE ANY OPPOSED? SEEING THAT THERE ARE NONE, THE MOTION CARRIES WITH A VOTE OF 6-0.

TRUSTEES THIS CARRIES US ON TO ITEM NUMBER TEN TWO.

CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF ACTION OF CLASS SIZE WAIVERS.

MAY I RECEIVE A MOTION FOR CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF CLASS SIZE WAIVERS? SO MOVED. OKAY. IT HAS BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION AT THIS TIME? SEEING THAT THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS, MAY I SEE A SHOW OF HANDS OF THOSE IN FAVOR FOR THE CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF THE ACTION OF CLASS SIZE WAIVERS? ARE THERE ANY WHO ARE OPPOSED SAYING THAT THERE ARE NONE.

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ITEM 10.3 CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF ACTION OF TEACHER CONTRACT ABANDONMENT.

MAY I RECEIVE A MOTION? TRUSTEES. I MOVE THE BOARD DETERMINED THAT GOOD CAUSE DID NOT EXIST UNDER TEXAS EDUCATION CODE SECTION 21.210(C)(2) FOR TEACHERS CYNTHIA EVERS TO ABANDON HER TEACHER CONTRACTS WITH MANSFIELD ISD AND THAT THE BOARD AUTHORIZES THE SUPERINTENDENT TO NOTIFY THE STATE BOARD FOR EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION TO SEEK SANCTIONS AGAINST THE TEACHERS TEACHING CERTIFICATES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. THOMAS, FOR READING THAT MOTION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MISS NEWSOM. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING THAT THERE IS NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, WOULD YOU PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND? ANY OPPOSED? THERE ARE NONE. SO THAT MOTION CARRIES WITH A VOTE OF 6-0.

TRUSTEES THIS CARRIES US ON TO ITEM NUMBER 11.

[11. Consent Agenda]

UNLESS THE TRUSTEE WOULD LIKE TO PULL AN ITEM AT THIS TIME.

WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO PULL AN ITEM? SEEING THAT NO ONE WOULD LIKE TO PULL AN ITEM, MAY I RECEIVE A MOTION? MAY I RECEIVE THE VOTE FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND? ANY OPPOSED? SEEING THAT THERE ARE NONE, THE MOTION CARRIES WITH A VOTE OF 6-0.

[12. Superintendent's Report]

REMEMBER THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT IS FOR DISCUSSION ONLY.

TRUSTEES, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS WITH DR.

SPENCER AT THIS TIME? ARE THERE ANY ITEMS YOU WANT? OKAY. SEEING THAT THERE ARE NO ITEMS TO DISCUSS WITH DR.

SPENCER FOR ITEM NUMBER 12 SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT, THIS MOVES US TO ITEM NUMBER 13 WHERE WE WILL ADJOURN AT 8:35.

MANSFIELD FAMILY, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION.

WE THANK YOU. DR. SPENCER, THIS IS YOUR FIRST SCHOOL BOARD REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING MARCH 24TH, 2026. DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

AS ALWAYS, TRUSTEES, WE WILL SERVE TOGETHER BECAUSE WE ARE.

ALL IN. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU. YES. THAT'S TRUE.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.