Sep 28, 2026 Board Meetings

[1. Call to Order]

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ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING TO THOSE JOINING US HERE IN THE ROOM AND THOSE VIEWING ONLINE.

I WILL NOW CALL TO ORDER THE SEPTEMBER 28TH BOARD MEETING OF THE MANSFIELD ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES. THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT. LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT ALL TRUSTEES ARE PRESENT. SO FOR ITEMS 3.1, 3.2, AND 3.3, OUR PRAYER WILL BE LED BY TRUSTEE HORN, FOLLOWED BY PLEDGES FROM TRUSTEE GOOCH, THEN BOARD NORMS FROM TRUSTEE DR. REED, AND WE WILL ALSO HAVE THE PRESENTATION OF COLORS BY THE MANSFIELD HIGH SCHOOL JROTC.

PLEASE STAND WITH ME FOR THE PRAYER. GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US TOGETHER TODAY. I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GRANT US WISDOM AS WE DELIBERATE, CLARITY AS WE DECIDE, AND HUMILITY TO LISTEN TO ONE ANOTHER. HELP US SPEAK WITH HONESTY AND KINDNESS, AND TO KEEP THE GOOD OF THOSE WE SERVE AT THE CENTER OF EVERY CHOICE. BLESS THE WORK OF OUR HANDS AND THE PEOPLE IT TOUCHES, AND MAY WHAT WE DO HERE TODAY BE FAITHFUL, FRUITFUL, AND WORTHY OF THE RESPONSIBILITY WE ALL SHARE TOGETHER. IT IS IN YOUR NAME WE PRAY. AMEN.

JOIN ME FOR THE PLEDGE. 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. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.

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

BE SEATED. DR. REED WILL GIVE US OUR NORMS. OUR BOARD NORMS. GOOD EVENING.

OUR BOARD NORMS, OR WE GOVERN. WE W WORK AHEAD TO HONOR EACH OTHER'S TIME BY READING ALL MATERIALS, KEEPING OUR COMMENTS BRIEF, AND AVOIDING REPEATING POINTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE. E, EVIDENCE-BASED. EVIDENCE-BASED DECISIONS USING OBJECTIVE DATA AND FACTS RATHER THAN PERSONAL AGENDAS OR NEIGHBORHOOD RUMORS.

G, GOALS AND POLICIES. GOALS AND POLICIES MADE AT A HIGH LEVEL, AND TRUST THE SUPERINTENDENT TO MANAGE AND HANDLE THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS. O, OFFER POSITIVITY. OFFER POSITIVITY ABOUT OUR DISTRICT, STAFF, AND FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS WHEN WE ARE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. V, VOTE FOR STUDENTS. VOTES AND DECISIONS WITH STUDENT SUCCESS AND WELL-BEING AT THE HEART OF EVERY CONVERSATION. E, EFFORT TO STAND TOGETHER.

EFFORT TO STAND TOGETHER BEHIND THE BOARD'S FINAL DECISION IN PUBLIC, REGARDLESS OF HOW WE INDIVIDUALLY VOTED IN THE MEETING. R, RESPECTFUL LISTENING.

RESPECTFULLY LISTEN TO ONE ANOTHER WITH GENUINE CURIOSITY, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE DIFFERENT OPIN- DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW, AND NOT MAKE DISAGREEMENTS PERSONAL. LAST

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THANK YOU, TRUSTEES, AND THANK YOU TO THE MHS JROTC. UM, WE WILL

[4. District Recognition]

DR. SPENCER.

UH, YES, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE KATIE FLOWERS TO THE PO- ROBIN HARRIS IS GOING TO DO OUR RECOGNITIONS.

THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT CRUTCHFIELD, SUPERINTENDENT SPEN- SPENCER, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SENIOR LEADERSHIP, AND OUR MISD COMMUNITY. THERE ARE SEVERAL RECOGNITIONS TONIGHT, AND WE'LL START BY HONORING OUR SUPERSTARS.

NOW, DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, ELEMENTARY STUDENTS ARE SELECTED TO RECEIVE THE SCHOOL BOARD'S SUPERSTAR AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CITIZENSHIP.

THEY'RE CHOSEN BY CAMPUS BASED ON VIRTUES OF OUTSTANDING CHARACTER, CITIZENSHIP, FAIRNESS, HONESTY, KINDNESS, RESPECT, RESPONSIBILITY, AND TRUSTWORTHINESS. BUT BEFORE WE BRING OUR SUPERSTARS UP, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THIS SHORT VIDEO.

SCHOOL BOARD SUPERSTARS ARE STUDENTS WHO SHOW US WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A GREAT MISD STUDENT EVERY SINGLE DAY.

THEY LEAD BY EXAMPLE WITH KINDNESS, RESPECT, AND CHARACTER.

THEY WORK HARD, NEVER GIVE UP, AND GIVE THEIR VERY BEST NO MATTER THE CHALLENGE.

THEY ARE STUDENTS WHO MAKE OTHERS FEEL WELCOMED, INCLUDED, AND VALUED.

THEY KNOW THAT BEING A GOOD LISTENER MEANS CARING ABOUT WHAT OTHERS HAVE TO SAY.

SUPERSTARS SHOW US THAT BEING A LEADER ISN'T ABOUT BEING THE LOUDEST, BUT IT'S ABOUT MAKING A DIFFERENCE.

THEY INSPIRE THEIR CLASSMATES, THEIR TEACHERS, AND ALL OF US TO BE A LITTLE KINDER, A LITTLE STRONGER, AND A LITTLE BRAVER EVERY DAY.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR SCHOOL BOARD SUPERSTARS. YOU SHINE BRIGHT, YOU MAKE US PROUD, AND YOU REMIND US THAT GREATNESS STARTS WITH GOOD CHARACTER.

O- OR LISTEN TO THE VIDEO.

PARENTS, GIVE US JUST A SECOND.

I CAN SEE OUR TECH TEAM BACK THERE WORKING RELIGIOUSLY TRYING TO FIX, UM, THE THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.

GIVE US JUST A MOMENT, OKAY? I WANT TO BE SURE THAT YOU SEE YOUR STUDENTS SHINE BRIGHT ON THE SCREEN. SCHOOL BOARD SUPERSTARS ARE STUDENTS WHO SHOW US WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A GREAT MISD STUDENT EVERY SINGLE DAY.

THEY LEAD BY EXAMPLE WITH KINDNESS, RESPECT, AND CHARACTER.

THEY WORK HARD, NEVER GIVE UP, AND GIVE THEIR VERY BEST NO MATTER THE CHALLENGE.

THEY ARE STUDENTS WHO MAKE OTHERS FEEL WELCOMED, INCLUDED, AND VALUED.

THEY KNOW THAT BEING A GOOD LISTENER MEANS CARING ABOUT WHAT OTHERS HAVE TO SAY.

SUPERSTARS SHOW US THAT BEING A LEADER ISN'T ABOUT BEING THE LOUDEST, BUT IT'S ABOUT MAKING A DIFFERENCE.

THEY INSPIRE THEIR CLASSMATES, THEIR TEACHERS, AND ALL OF US TO BE A LITTLE KINDER, A LITTLE STRONGER, AND A LITTLE BRAVER EVERY DAY.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR SCHOOL BOARD SUPERSTARS. YOU SHINE BRIGHT, YOU MAKE US PROUD, AND YOU REMIND US THAT GREATNESS STARTS WITH GOOD CHARACTER.

ALRIGHTY, AND THOSE WERE YOUR PRINCIPALS WHO HAVE RECOGNIZED AND HONOR, HONORED OUR SUPERSTARS. SO STUDENTS AND PARENTS, IT'S NOW YOUR TIME. AS I CALL YOUR NAME.

SCHOOL BOARD SUPERSTARS ARE STUDENTS WHO SHOW US WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A GREAT.

ALL RIGHT, WE CAN SCOOCH BACK ONE MORE, UM, WITHOUT PLAYING THE VIDEO WOULD BE GREAT. UH, IF WE COULD, AS I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE COME FORWARD TO RECEIVE YOUR TROPHY FROM DR. SPENCER, AND THEN WALK TO THE CENTER UNTIL ALL FOUR, ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, RATHER, ARE CALLED. AND THEN ONCE EVERYONE JOINS YOU, THERE WILL BE A BRIEF GROUP PHOTO OP, WHICH WE KNOW EACH OF YOU PARENTS WILL ENJOY. SO LET'S START IT OFF.

IN FIRST GRADE AT LOUISE CABANISS ACADEMY, RAMSEY BAILEY. IN FOURTH GRADE AT KENNETH DAVIS ELEMENTARY, HARLEY EARHART. IN THIRD GRADE AT JANET BROCKETT ELEMENTARY, GENESIS ESPEJO. IN PRE-K AT

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FEEL FREE, YES. IT'S YOUR TIME TO SHINE, PARENTS. WE'LL GIVE YOU JUST A FEW MORE SECONDS.

ALRIGHTY, NOW LET'S GIVE EVERYBODY ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR STUDENTS.

CONGRATULATIONS.

CONGRATULATIONS.

ALL RIGHT. NOW, MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT RECOGNITION, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME DR. DARWERT JOHNSON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FINE ARTS.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT CRUTCHFIELD, DR. SPENCER, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. TONIGHT WE RECOGNIZE CHLOE MITCHELL FROM TIMBERVIEW HIGH SCHOOL.

CHLOE RECEIVED A GOLD UIL STATE MEDAL AND WAS SELECTED AS A, AS IN VOCAL OUTSTANDING MUSICIAN AT THE UIL TEXAS STATE SOLO AND ENSEMBLE COMPETITION. OF THE 100,000 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICIANS WHO COMPETE, THIS RECOGNITION IS RESERVED FOR PERFORMERS WHO DEMONSTRATE EXCEPTIONAL MUSIC- MUSICAL SKILLS, PREPARATION, AND ART- ARTISTRY, ARTISTRY. THIS AWARD IS NOT GIVEN LIGHTLY, WITH ONLY 2% OF STUDENTS ACROSS THE STATE RECEIVING THIS DIS- DISTINCTION EACH YEAR. CHLOE'S ACHIEVEMENT REFLECTS COUNTLESS HOURS OF HARD WORK AND REPRESENTS AN OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENT BOTH FOR THE STUDENT AND OUR MUSIC PROGRAM.

CONGRATULATIONS. CONTINUING WITH OUR FINE ARTS RECOGNITIONS, PLEASE JOIN ME IN HONORING XAVIER JOHNSON, REPRESENTING BEN BARBER INNOVATION ACADEMY. XAVIER WAS SELECTED AS AN ORCHESTRA OUTSTANDING PERFORMER AT UIL TEXAS STATE SOLO AND ENSEMBLE CONTEST. OUT OF THOUSANDS OF MUSICIANS, ONLY 2% OF THE SOLOISTS RECEIVED THE DISTINCTION HONOR OF BEING RECOGNIZED AS AN OUTSTANDING PERFORMER. HE RECEIVED A UIL STATE GOLD MEDAL FOR HIS PERFORMANCE OF THE BELLINO BASS CONCERTO. NOW LET'S GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. CONGRATULATIONS.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND AS WE ARE ROUNDING OUT ALL OF OUR RECOGNI- RECOGNI- THOSE WHO'VE BEEN RECOGNIZED TONIGHT, WE JUST WANT TO THANK THEM AND HONOR THEM FOR ALL OF THEIR HARD WORK.

THIS CONCLUDES OUR RECOGNITIONS TONIGHT.

THANK YOU, MISS HARRIS.

CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN, STUDENTS. I KNOW OUR PARENTS AND FAMILIES USUALLY TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO HOME AND DO HOMEWORK AND THINGS LIKE THAT, UM, BUT WE WILL MOVE TO NOW OUR

[5. District Introductions ]

CRUTCHFIELD. GOOD EVENING, DR.

SPENCER, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. IT IS MY DISTINCT PLEASURE TO STAND BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING TO INTRODUCE 11 OF OUR NEW ADMINISTRATIVE HIRES AND PROMOTIONS. WE ARE STARTING THIS EVENING WITH AMANDA BASS, OUR NEW DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL EDUCATION. SHE PREVIOUSLY SERVED AT MANSFIELD ISD AS A SPECIAL EDUCATION COORDINATOR.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT

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ALL RIGHT, NEXT WE'VE GOT CHRISTOPHER CARTER. HE IS A NEW ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT MARY LILLARD, AND HE PREVIOUSLY SERVED, UM, IN MANSFIELD ISD AS AN AP INTERN AT LAKE RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT CRUTCHFIELD, DR. SPENCER, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE MY ADMINISTRATIVE CAREER IN MANSFIELD ISD AS THE NEW ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL FOR MARY LILLARD INTERMEDIATE. I LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING OUR STUDENTS, SUPPORTING OUR TEACHERS, AND OUR STAFF. SUPPORTER SHAUNA, WHO IS HERE F- WITH ME TONIGHT. I CERTAINLY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING WITHOUT HER. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR CONFIDENCE IN ME AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE MANSFIELD ISD.

ALL RIGHT, NEXT WE HAVE TEALA CROCHET. SHE IS A NEW ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT LAKE RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL, AND SHE PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS AN AP INTERN AT LAKE RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL.

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

FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE HONOR TO GOD, WHO IS THE HEAD OF MY LIFE, FOR WITHOUT HIM I WOULD BE NOTHING.

I AM GRATEFUL TO HAVE THE CONTINUED OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AS AN ADMINISTRATOR IN MANSFIELD ISD. MANSFIELD HAS BEEN HOME FOR ME DATING BACK TO MY TIME AT T VIEW, GO WOLVES, AND I'M HONORED TO CONTINUE TO SERVE MY PRINCIPAL, MRS. KATRINA MABRY SMITH, MY ADMINISTRATION TEAM, SOME OF WHO ARE HERE TODAY, MR. T.J. PLANAS, AND I'M HONORED TO CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR FAMILIES, STUDENTS, AND STAFF AT THE LAKE RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL. I ALSO HAVE A NUMBER OF FAMILY AND FRIEND- FRIENDS HERE WITH ME TODAY. PLEASE STAND TO BE RECOGNIZED, BECAUSE ALSO WITHOUT THEM I WOULD BE NOTHING. UH, TO MY HUSBAND, TO THE BABIES THAT ARE SCREAMING IN THE BACKGROUND, CADENCE AND RENAYA, I LOVE THEM SO MUCH, AS WELL AS TO THE MEMBERS OF MY FAMILY WHO'S IN SEATTLE AND TEXAS WHO COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT, NEXT WE HAVE MICHELLE ELLIOTT, NEW ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT CROSS TIMBERS INTERMEDIATE. SHE WAS PREVIOUSLY AN AP INTERN AT JAMES COBLE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT CRUTCHFIELD, DR. SPENCER, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I'M HONORED AND GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AS THE NEXT ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT CROSS TIMBERS INTERMEDIATE AND FINE ARTS ACADEMY. I WOULD NOT HAVE REACHED THIS POINT WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF MY HUSBAND, PHILIP, UH, HE'S HERE WITH ME, AND MY CHILDREN, TYLER AND SAVANNAH, AND MY GRANDSON, AND THEN I ALSO HAVE A NUMBER OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS HERE WITH ME TOO. MY MOM AND HER HUSBAND ARE WATCHING ONLINE, SO THANKS, MOM, FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE TO BELIEVE IN ME. ALSO, MY ADMINISTRATORS THAT I CURRENTLY GET TO WORK WITH NOW, MS. ERIKA JACKSON, MR. BURLEY, MS. KOCH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND, UH, HELPING ME GROW AS A LEADER.

ALSO, UM, I CANNOT MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY BUT TO THANK MY JAMES COBLE FAMILY, UM, FOR HELPING ME GET TO THIS POINT, AND THEN ALSO MISS HOLLY SMITH, UM, ONE OF MY FORMER PRINCIPALS WHO'S RETIRED NOW, SO I'M, HOPEFULLY ONE DAY I'LL GET THERE, BUT... SO ANYWAYS, THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH, AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY, AND, UM, I RAISED MY KIDS IN THIS DISTRICT, AND I PLAN TO CONTINUE ON, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT, NEXT WE HAVE BUFORD GRIFFITH. HE'S THE NEW ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT DONNA SHEPARD INTERMEDIATE. UM, HE PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS A TEACHER IN A NEARBY DISTRICT AND ALSO COMES TO US WITH PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATOR EXPERIENCE.

GOOD EVENING, UH, DR.

CRUTCHFIELD AND UH, DR.

SPENCER. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE. UM, IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE THE NEW ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT DONNA SHEPARD.

UM, DONNA SHEPARD HOLDS A VERY SPECIAL PLACE FOR ME. IT'S WHERE MY MOTHER, UH, CONCLUDED HER EDUCATION CAREER AND RETIRED FROM. UM, AND SO I KNOW THAT IF SHE WAS HERE, UH, SHE WOULD BE VERY PROUD OF ME. SHE PASSED AWAY ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO, SO I KNOW SHE'D BE VERY PROUD.

UM, HAVING SERVED BOTH, UM, IN THE PUBLIC AND THE PRIVATE EDUCATION AS AN ADMINISTRATOR, I'M HAPPY TO BE BACK IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND, UH, BE ABLE TO SERVE THE FAMILIES AND THE STUDENTS AND THE TEACHERS THERE AT DONNA SHEPARD. AND I KNOW THAT WITH OUR TEAM THAT WE WILL BE HAVE, WE'LL HAVE A GREAT YEAR. UH, MY FATHER IS HERE, UH, PASTOR BUFORD GRIFFITH IS HERE. UH, MY WIFE, I LOVE, I'LL SAY

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THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, NEXT WE HAVE ASHLEIGH JOYCE. SHE'S THE NEW ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF FINE ARTS, AND SHE PREVIOUSLY, PREVIOUSLY SERVED IN MANSFIELD ISD AS THE FINE ARTS INTEGRATION SPECIALIST.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT CRUTCHFIELD, DR. SPENCER, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I AM HONORED TO CONTINUE MY LEADERSHIP JOURNEY HERE IN MANSFIELD ISD AS YOUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF FINE ARTS. JOINING ME TONIGHT IS MY DAUGHTER AVERY, SOMEWHERE IN THE SEA OVER THERE. UH, SHE IS MY TRUE ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNER. SHE, UH, HOLDS ME, HOLDS ME TO IT, UM, AND I'M PROUD THAT SHE'S HERE SUPPORTING ME TODAY. UM, MY HUSBAND JARED AND MY SON EVAN ARE WATCHING THE LIVE STREAM RIGHT NOW FROM THE BASEBALL FIELD, SO HOPEFULLY THAT GAME GOES WELL TONIGHT. UM, THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR SUPPORT, AND ALSO TO MY PARENTS WHO ARE WATCHING ONLINE. UM, AND I ALSO HAVE MEMBERS OF MY TEAM HERE WITH ME TODAY, DR. DARWERT JOHNSON, WE HAVE, UM, MISS BROOKE PARLIN, LEENORA MINTZ.

THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR SUPPORTING ME AND, AND BEING A PART OF THIS AMAZING, AMAZING FINE ARTS TEAM. WE DO GREAT WORK, AND I'M EXCITED TO CONTINUE OUR JOURNEY. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP IS MORGAN LESLIE. SHE'S A NEW COORDINATOR FOR THE QUEST PROGRAM, AND SHE PREVIOUSLY SERVED IN MANSFIELD ISD AS THE ACE FAMILY ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST.

GOOD EVENING, DR. SPENCER, BOARD PRESIDENT DR.

CRUTCHFIELD, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AND SENIOR LEADERSHIP. I AM SO EXCITED FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TRUSTING ME WITH THIS POSITION. UM, IN MY PREVIOUS POSITION AS A FAMILY ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST, WE WERE ABLE TO DO SUCH AMAZING THINGS FOR OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES, AND I'M SO EXCITED FOR Y'ALL TO SEE THE AMAZING THINGS WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO. UM, I'M JOINED TODAY BY MY DIRECTOR, DR.

ASHLEY PARKS, AND MY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, MS. MEKASHA REDDICK. MY HUSBAND WAS NOT ABLE TO JOIN US TODAY BECAUSE HE IS A POLICE OFFICER AND WAS UNABLE TO GET OFF OF HIS SHIFT, BUT HE IS WATCHING UP THERE ON THOSE CAMERAS. SO, HEY, HONEY. UM, I AM SO, SO GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT OF MY TEAM, FOR THE SUPPORT OF MY FAMILY, AND FOR THE SUPPORT OF YOU GUYS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP WE HAVE KAYLA PAULEY. SHE'S THE NEW ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT ELIZABETH SMITH ELEMENTARY, AND SHE PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS AN AP INTERN AT IRMA NASH ELEMENTARY.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT CRUTCHFIELD, DR. SPENCER, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I'M TRULY HONORED AND GRATEFUL TO BE THE NEW ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT ELIZABETH SMITH ELEMENTARY. I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE EXCELLENCE OF MISD, AND I AM THANKFUL FOR THE TRUST THAT YOU HAVE PLACED INTO ME. I AM HERE TONIGHT WITH MY SUPPORT SYSTEM. I'M HERE WITH MY HUSBAND MILTON, MY DAUGHTER HALEY, MY MOM FLORA, AND MY DAD AND STEPMOM ARE WATCHING ONLINE. THEY COULD NOT BE HERE. AND I'M ALSO JOINED BY MY IRMA NASH FAMILY AND MY ELIZABETH SMITH FAMILY. I WANT TO ALSO THANK, UM, CAMPUS AND DISTRICT LEADERSHIP THAT HAS POURED INTO ME THE LAST 7 YEARS. I COULD NOT BE HERE WITHOUT YOU GUYS. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP IS STEPHANIE PRUITT. SHE'S THE NEW ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT WILLIE BROWN ELEMENTARY, AND SHE PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS A FOURTH GRADE TEACHER AT WILLIE BROWN.

GOOD EVENING, DR.

CRUTCHFIELD, DR. SPENCER, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I'M INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE SERVING IN MANSFIELD ISD AS THE NEW ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT WILLIE BROWN ACADEMY. I LOVE SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS, OUR STAFF, AND OUR FAMILIES AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW AND ACHIEVE EXCELLENCE TOGETHER. TONIGHT JOINING ME IS MY AMAZING HUSBAND RYAN IN THE BACK, MY 3 INCREDIBLE CHILDREN, CAMERON, RYLAN, AND JAXTON. AND OF COURSE, I HAVE OF MY FORMER TEAMMATES HERE, MISS EVANS AND MISS MCBAIN.

THANK YOU TO MY WONDERFUL PRINCIPAL, MS. GLASZCZAK, FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY.

AND LAST BUT DEFINITELY NOT LEAST, ONE OF MY DEAREST FRIENDS AND THE ONLY WAY I MADE IT THROUGH THE ACCELERATED MASTER'S PROGRAM THIS PAST YEAR, MISS TAMARA CONNOR.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP WE'VE GOT CARMEN PROCTOR. SHE'S THE NEW ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT JAMES COBLE MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND SHE PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS AN

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GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT CRUTCHFIELD, DR. SPENCER, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I AM HONORED AND ELATED TO BE BACK AT MANSFIELD ISD, SERVING AS THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL UNDER, UH, BRAYLON LINNEAR AT JAMES COBLE MIDDLE SCHOOL. I AM HERE SUPPORTED BY MY HANDSOME HUSBAND AND MY SU- UH, DAUGHTER. I HAVE 4 CHILDREN, AND MY DAUGHTER BACK THERE.

THANK YOU FOR THEIR SUPPORT, AND MY NEW FAMILY. I HAVE SEVERAL COBLE MEMBERS HERE ALSO, SO I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT, AND AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

ALL RIGHT, AND OUR LAST INTRODUCTION TONIGHT IS PAULA RODRIGUEZ. SHE'S THE NEW ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT DONNA SHEPARD INTERMEDIATE, UM, AND SHE PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS A PRINCIPAL AT A K THROUGH 8 DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION SCHOOL IN ANOTHER STATE.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT CRUTCHFIELD, DR. SPENCER, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I AM HONORED TO BE NAMED THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT DONNA SHEPARD LEADERSHIP ACADEMY. I AM VERY EXCITED FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY, MOVING FROM COLORADO TO TEXAS, MOVING CLOSER TO FAMILY, AND JOINING THE MANSFIELD ISD. UM, I LOOK FORWARD WORKING CLOSELY WITH OTHER ADMINISTRATORS, STAFF, AND FAMILIES TO ENSURE CONTINUAL GROWTH FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.

TONIGHT, MY SUPPORT SYSTEM I BROUGHT WITH ME IS MY WONDERFUL HUSBAND ROBERT AND MY DAUGHTER KAYLIN, WHO IS A FRESHMAN AT MANSFIELD HIGH SCHOOL. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SO EXCITED.

CONGRATULATIONS.

CONGRATULATIONS, SO EXCITED.

CONGRATULATIONS. AWESOME.

CONGRATULATIONS.

CONGRATULATIONS, MA'AM.

CONGRATULATIONS.

CONGRATULATIONS. I'M SO EXCITED FOR YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. SO EXCITED.

CONGRATULATIONS.

I KNOW. WELL DESERVED, MA'AM.

[INAUDIBLE] CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO EACH OF YOU ON YOUR NEW ROLES. WE KNOW YOU'LL BE GREAT ADDITIONS TO MANSFIELD ISD AND TO THE TEAM, SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. ALL

[6. Public Comments]

SECRETARY THOMAS.

THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

OKAY, SO FOR 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 3 MINUTES TO MAKE COMMENTS REGARDING ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, UNLESS MODIFIED BY THE BOARD PRESIDENT BASED ON BOARD POLICY BED (LOCAL).

COPIES OF PRESENTATIONS SHOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE TO ALL

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PLEASE, UM, SAY YOUR NAME BEFORE YOU YES, SIR.

START. YES, SIR.

MY NAME IS TERRY MOORE. I LIVE IN MANSFIELD, TEXAS, 3 MORNINGSIDE COURT, 76063.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK BEFORE THE BOARD.

THANK YOU, DR. CRUTCH- CRUTCHFIELD, UH, SUPERINTENDENT CRUT- UH, LET ME TRY AGAIN. BOARD PRESIDENT CRUTCHFIELD, SUPERINTENDENT SPENCER. AS I SAID, MY NAME IS TERRY MOORE, AND I WAS A FORMER TRUSTEE FROM THE YEARS 2006 TO 2015, 9 REALLY GOOD YEARS. I HAD THE PLEASURE OF SERVING UNDER 3 SUPERINTENDENTS AND THE HONOR TO BE INVOLVED IN THE SELECTION OF 2 OF THOSE SUPERINTENDENTS, DR.

MORRISON AND DR. VASZAUSKAS.

DOC- MR. NEWSOM WAS OUR SUPERINTENDENT WHEN I STARTED SERVING. ALL THREE GENTLEMEN WERE GREAT SUPERINTENDENTS TO OUR DISTRICT, AND THEY GREW US FROM A SMALL DISTRICT OF 18,000 TO 30,000 WHEN I LEFT THE BOARD. THE MISD IS AN INCREDIBLE CATALYST TO THE GROWTH IN NOT ONLY MANSFIELD, BUT THE 11 MUNICIPALITIES THAT MAKE UP THE MISD COMMUNITY. I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING WITH SOME INCREDIBLE BOARD MEMBERS, INCLUDING JOY KELLER, DAN PHILLIPS, GAIL MARICKY, MIKE LEASER, YOUR LAWYER, AND PASTOR MICHAEL EVANS. THE ONE THING THAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT WITH ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY, IS THAT A DECISION WAS NEVER MADE THAT FAVORED ONE STUDENT OVER ANOTHER, ONE FAMILY OVER ANOTHER, THAT FAVORED ONE SCHOOL OVER ANOTHER, THAT FAVORED ONE GROUP OVER ANOTHER. WE WENT THROUGH NUMEROUS REALIGNMENTS, NUMEROUS BOND PROGRAMS, NUMEROUS FINANCIAL CHALLENGES FROM THE STATE AND THE US ECONOMY, LEADERSHIP CHANGES, AND YET WE MAINTAIN THE CONFIDENCE OF OUR STUDENTS, THEIR FAMILIES, STAFF, AND OUR COMMUNITY. AND THIS IS EVIDENCED BY THE GROWTH IN OUR DISTRICT, IN ITS COMMUNITIES. WE PASSED ALL BOND PACKAGES IN THAT TIME FRAME, AND WE HAD THREE OF THEM. OUR LEADERS FOUND A WAY TO GROW AT INCREDIBLE RATES TO BUILD NUMEROUS FACILITIES, AND TO MITIGATE THE DIFFICULT TASKS REQUIRED OF SUCH GROWTH. THE BUILDING THAT WE ARE IN HERE TODAY WOULD NOT BE HERE IF IT WERE NOT FOR DR. MORRISON AND HIS LEADERSHIP, BECAUSE THERE WERE ELEMENTS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT WERE OPPOSED TO SPENDING THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE SPENT ON THIS BUILDING. IT TOOK THAT LEADERSHIP. OUR LEADERS FOUND AND IMPLEMENTED WAYS TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT OF REALIGNMENTS, WHICH WE DID MANY, ON OUR FAMILIES. THESE INCLUDED SENIOR OPTIONS, JUNIOR OPTIONS OF OPENING A NEW SCHOOL WITH LESS THAN WHAT SOME FELT WAS AN APPROPRIATE AMOUNT.

AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT WENT TO THE FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY OF THAT, AND TO MAKE THE DECISION TO, TO, TO MAKE THE BUILD OF THAT PARTICULAR SCHOOL LOOK GOOD.

NEIGHBORHOODS WERE NOT FORCED TO MOVE, ONLY TO MOVE AGAIN WHEN STUDENT POPULATION MANDATED. BOND PACKAGES WERE CHANGED TO WHERE THEY BENEFITED ONE GROUP OVER ANOTHER, NOT INTENTIONALLY, BUT BECAUSE YOU HAD TO MAKE DECISIONS ON WHAT YOU PUT YOUR MONEY TOWARDS, ONLY TO PROMISE THE OTHER GROUP THAT DIDN'T BENEFIT FROM A PARTICULAR BOND PROGRAM THAT THEY WOULD BENEFIT FROM THE NEXT ONE. THAT'S A SHORT 3 MINUTES.

I'M SORRY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT.

I'M GOING TO SAY ONE MORE THING. YOU HAVE A DIFFICULT DECISION IN FRONT OF YOU. I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER.

TH- THANK YOU.

I'M NOT HERE FOR THAT PURPOSE, BUT I HOPE YOU'LL TAKE THE TIME AND EFFORT TO MAKE A GOOD DECISION. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, UM, AFTER, UM, JOSEPH JENKINS, WE'LL HAVE 3 MORE, UM, HOUSTON MITCHELL, DESIREE THOMAS, AND GARY CARDINALE. YOUR 3 MINUTES.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, SUPERINTENDENT SPENCER, MADAM BOARD PRESIDENT, AND BOARD MEMBERS. I COME TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY REGARDING ITEM 13.17, BOARD COMMITTEE REPORTS, SPECIFICALLY THE BOARD OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE REPORT RECOMMENDING THE MOVEMENT TO SINGLE MEMBER. I, ALONG WITH MANY OTHERS, DO NOT SUPPORT THE MOVEMENT

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AT A TIME WHERE OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS ADOPTED A DEFICIT BUDGET, WE MUST, WE NEED TO STRICTLY ADHERE TO THOSE COST MEASURES WHERE POSITIVE STUDENT OUTCOME IS IMPACTED.

SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS, AS PRESENTED AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING, WOULD BE ALIGNED GEOGRAPHICALLY, THEORETICALLY.

HOWEVER, CURRENT INCUMBENCIES WOULD BE PROTECTED. LET ME STATE THAT AGAIN. CURRENT INCUMBENCIES WILL BE PROTECTED.

I ASK, ARE YOU THAT CONCERNED OF YOUR OWN REELECTION THAT YOU SEEK ALTERNATIVE WAYS TO PROTECT IT? WOULD YOU SUBJECT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT TO BE GERRYMANDERED JUST TO PRESERVE YOUR SEAT? REMEMBER, WHAT LINES ARE DRAWN NOW WILL STAY INDEFINITELY.

BOARD MEMBERS HAVE STATED THAT CAMPAIGN COSTS ARE SUCH THAT IT PREVENTS CANDIDATES FROM RUNNING. HOW DOES THE MOVE TO SINGLE MEN- MEMBER DISTRICTS HELP ALLEVIATE THAT COST? AND WHY SHOULD US AS TAXPAYERS BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE RISING COSTS? OUR DISTRICT IS FRACTURED. YOU, OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, WERE ELECTED ON THE PROMISE OF HEALING THIS FRACTURE. HOW DOES THIS MOVE AND EXPENSE TO SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS HEAL THIS FRACTURE? TIMING. WHAT'S THE RUSH? THREE COMMUNITY HEARINGS ARE SCHEDULED THIS WEEK AT THREE OF OUR LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS, YET 2 WERE GLARINGLY OMITTED. THIS IS NOT A METHODICAL THOUGHT PROCESS, RATHER IT'S BEING RAILROADED TO MEET THE TIMELINE OF THE MAY 2027 ELECTION. LASTLY, BY MOVING TO SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS, YOU OPEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO CITIZEN LAWSUITS AND POSSIBLY LAWSUITS AGAINST INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS. ARE YOU AS REPRESENTATIVE, REPRESENTATIVES OF OUR SKILL- SCHOOL DISTRICTS, EXCUSE ME, READY TO ABSORB THESE ADDITIONAL COSTS? I ASK THAT YOU SLOW DOWN AND CREATE A METHODICAL PROCESS, ONE SIMILAR TO THAT OF OUR SUCCESSFUL BOND PACKAGES.

PRESENT THE SURVEY RESULTS, POLL KEY STAKEHOLDERS, CREATE A VIABLE SOLUTION THAT HAS BUY-IN BY YOUR COMMUNITY. LISTEN TO THE TAXPAYERS, YOUR CONSTITUENTS. AFTER ALL, YOU WERE ELECTED BY THE TAXPAYERS TO SERVE EVERYONE IN YOUR DISTRICT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU. SO AFTER MR. JENKINS, IT'LL BE, UM, HOUSTON MITCHELL, DESIREE THOMAS, AND GARY CARDINALE. IF Y'ALL COULD PLEASE, UM, LINE UP.

GOOD EVENING, UH, UH, SORRY.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT CRUTCHFIELD, TRUSTEES, DR.

SPENCER, MISD ADMINISTRATION.

MY NAME IS JOE JENKINS. UM, I LIVE IN RENDON, TEXAS, SO IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE DISTRICT. UM, I- I'VE GOT A SIMPLE QUESTION THAT I LIKE TO ASK ANY ORGANIZATION THAT I'M INVOLVED IN. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF I'M LEADING THAT ORGANIZATION, A MEMBER, OR JUST SOMEONE WHO BELIEVES IN WHAT THAT ORGANIZATION IS DOING AND STANDS FOR. THAT QUESTION IS, WHERE ARE WE GOING? IT'S A SIMPLE QUESTION, BUT THE ANSWER IS RARELY SIMPLE. THE ANSWER SHOULD BE CLEAR TO YOUR MEMBERS, YOUR ADMIRERS, AND YOUR CRITICS. MISD IS FACING A PROJECTED DEFICIT BUDGET OF 19.6 MILLION DOLLARS.

WHERE ARE WE GOING? 19.6 MILLION DOLLARS IS A LOT OF MONEY, AND SOME HARD QUESTIONS ARE GONNA HAVE TO BE ANSWERED. ONE EASY ANSWER IS THAT OUR SCHOOL BOARD SHOULDN'T BE FRIVOLOUSLY, FRIVOLOUSLY SPENDING MONEY THAT WE OBVIOUSLY DON'T HAVE UNNECESSARILY, ESPECIALLY TO SOLVE A PROBLEM THAT DOESN'T EXIST. SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS ARE THE ANSWER TO A QUESTION THAT NO ONE HAS ASKED. IF A SCHOOL BOARD IS DOING THEIR JOB, I DON'T SEE HOW IT BENEFITS ANYONE OTHER THAN THE BOARD MEMBERS TRYING TO GET REELECTED. I KNOW EACH OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY, AND MANY OF YOU I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WITH ABOUT DIFFERENT ISSUES FACING MISD. FOUR OF YOU SAT IN MY OFFICE WHEN YOU WERE RUNNING FOR YOUR SEAT, AND YOU ASKED FOR MY ADVICE AND MY SUPPORT TO HELP YOU GET ELECTED. I HAD GREAT HOPES FOR EACH OF YOU. I HOPED THAT WE WOULD MOVE AWAY FROM THE EXTREMES AND AWAY FROM THE POLITICS THAT DIDN'T HAVE ANY BUSINESS IN OUR SCHOOLS.

IT APPEARS IN REALITY WE HAVE TRADED ONE EXTREME FOR THE OTHER. WHERE ARE WE GOING? BOARD PRESIDENT CRUTCHFIELD HAS SPOKEN ABOUT THIS SURVEY, UM, ON THE ABOUT MANSFIELD PODCAST, AND IT WAS ANSWERED THAT LESS THAN 3% OF THE PARENTS IN OUR DISTRICT RESPONDED. SHE SAID THAT SOMETHING CAME UP THAT PARENTS ARE ABOUT, ABOUT PARENTS NOT FEELING REPRESENTED BY THEIR SCHOOL BOARD. I AN- AS A PARENT, I ANSWER EVERY SURVEY, AND I ANSWERED THIS ONE. I KNOW THIS WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT I PUT IN MY ANSWERS, AND SURELY I WASN'T THE ONLY PERSON THAT LEFT IT OUT. I LIVE IN WHAT IS HISTORICALLY THE LEAST REPRESENTED AREA OF MISD ON THE BOARD, AND I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE IT WAS AN ISSUE. WHY HAVEN'T THE RESULTS OF THIS SURVEY BEEN MADE PUBLIC? WHY IS THE BOARD PROPOSING SUCH DRASTIC CHANGE BASED ON ANSWERS OF LESS THAN 3%, 3% OF THE PARENTS

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SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO CLOSE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MULTIPLY, UH, WE HAVE MULTIPLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT ARE UNDER 60% FULL. ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO REMOVE THE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLS AND COMBINE THOSE WITH STUDENTS WITH ELEMENTARY AND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL TO MAKE UP THIS DEFICIT? BOTH OF THESE OPTIONS SEEM LIKELY, AND HARD DECISIONS ARE GOING TO NEED TO BE MADE. IT'LL TAKE A UNIFIED BOARD THAT REPRESENTS ALL OF MISD, AND YOU WERE ELECTED TO REPRESENT ALL OF MISD. BY CREATING SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS, YOU POP- POLITICIZE OUR DISTRICT EVEN MORE, AND YOU WILL BRING ABOUT INFIGHTING ON THE BOARD, WILL MAKE IT HARDER FOR THINGS TO GET DONE. BOARD NEEDS TO BE TRANSPARENT ON THIS MATTER, AND THAT MAY SEEM OBVIOUS TO YOU, BUT IT IS NOT COMING THROUGH TO THE CITIZENS AND THE TAXPAYERS.

WHEN I TALK TO MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, IT'S CLEAR THAT PARENTS AND TAXPAYERS THANK YOU.

IN MIS YOUR TIME IS UP, JOE.

DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE RATIONALE BEHIND YOUR DECISIONS. RELEASE THE RESULTS OF THE SURVEY, THE MOTIVATIONS BEHIND SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS, AND LET US KNOW WHERE WE ARE GOING.

THANK YOU, MR. JENKINS. UM, REAL QUICK, MR. MITCHELL, BEFORE YOU GET STARTED, UM, YOU SIGNED UP FOR 3 ITEMS, UM, PER BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURE.

YOU CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR 3 MINUTES ON AN ITEM.

OKAY.

SO WHICH ONE WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON? WELL, I'M GONNA START OFF WITH THE CLASS WAIVERS. UM, HOUSTON MITCHELL.

SO THAT'S THE ONE ITEM THAT YOU'RE GOING WITH? I'M GOING WITH 2 ITEMS. YOU ONLY HAVE 3 MINUTES IN ONE.

OKAY, I, I, I CAN SPEAK IN 3 MINUTES. I'M PRETTY FAST TALKER.

OUTSTANDING. JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR, ALL RIGHT? OKAY. YOU READY? YOUR TIME STARTS NOW. YES, SIR.

OKAY. MY NAME'S HOUSTON MITCHELL. UM, BOARD MEMBERS, UH, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK. UH, THE, FIRST OF ALL, THE CLASS WAIVER AND, AND, AND SOME OF THIS TRANSFER STUFF, UH, I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT. UH, I'VE TALKED TO A FEW PEOPLE ABOUT IT. UM, UH, PRESIDENT, UH, CRUTCHFIELD'S KID'S A FRESHMAN. THEY LIVE IN THE LEGACY SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT IT'S HER KID GOES TO MANSFIELD HIGH. I CAN'T FIGURE THAT ONE OUT BECAUSE SHE SAYS SHE'S FOR ALL KIDS IN ALL SCHOOLS.

WE HAD 50 AT, UH, MANSFIELD HIGH AND LAKE RIDGE IS CLOSE DISTRICTS, OR CLOSED SCHOOLS BECAUSE THEY'RE OVERCROWDED.

UH, THEY HAD 50 TRANSFER OUT, 53 TRANSFER IN, UM, AND IT WAS 72 THAT WERE DENIED. AND I'M SURE SOME OF THEM WERE FRESHM- I MEAN, UH, SOPHOMORE, JUNIOR, AND SENIORS. SO HOW DOES, AND AND NOTHING AGAINST FRESHMEN, BUT THEY'RE NEW. HOW DO THEY GET RA- RATED OVER, UM, THEM? A LITTLE FAVORITISM, IN MY OPINION. SO THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON THERE.

NOW, LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS SINGLE ME- MEMBER DISTRICT STUFF. UM, I'VE TALKED TO SOME CITY LEADERS AROUND A- ARLINGTON AND MANSFIELD, UH, INCLUDING, UH, I TALKED TO M- UH, MR. EVANS TODAY, AND WE ALL IN AGREEMENT, IT'S WASTED MONEY. WASTED MONEY. WHY DO YOU WANT TO, WHEN YOU GOT A DEFICIT, WHY DO YOU WANT TO WASTE MONEY? YOUR LAW FIRM THAT YOU HIRED EVEN SAID, WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS? AND Y'ALL JUST LOOKED AT THEM. Y'ALL STILL WANT TO DO THIS. IT'S RIDICULOUS.

Y'ALL WANT TO, SOME OF YOU BOARD MEMBERS WANT TO PUSH YOUR AGENDA. AND I'VE SUPPORTED ONE OF YOU, MR. MRS. PRESIDENT. I WON'T NEXT TIME, BECAUSE YOU'RE THE HEAD OF THIS, PUSHING THIS CRAP. SO PLEASE QUIT BEING A CANCER AND HELP THE KIDS, OKAY? AND ONE LAST THING, MR. LANCE IRWIN COULDN'T BE HERE, HE'S SICK, HE HAS CANCER. HE SAYS, IF YOU CARE ABOUT THE KIDS, QUIT SPENDING MONEY AND DO WHAT'S BEST FOR THE KIDS.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, MR. MITCHELL. ALL RIGHT, IS DESIREE THOMAS HERE? UH, DESIREE THOMAS OF MANSFIELD AND GARY CARDINALE OF MANSFIELD.

GOOD EVENING, DR. SPENCER, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AND MASTER TRUSTEE DR. REED. I WANT TO TALK TONIGHT ABOUT THE PROPOSED MOVE TO SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS, SPECIFICALLY THREE THINGS: THE PROCESS, THE COST, AND THE IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY. THIS DECISION DID COME FROM A COMMITTEE, BUT THAT COMMITTEE CONSISTED OF THREE PEOPLE: MR. THOMAS, MISS HORN, AND DR.

CRUTCHFIELD. THAT'S THREE PEOPLE. THAT IS NOT A COMMITTEE REPRESENTING MISD COMMUNITY.

THOSE THREE INDIVIDUALS BROUGHT THIS TOPIC FORWARD TO THE DISTRICT, REQUESTED THE SURVEY, AND THE DECISION TO CONTACT A CONSULTING FIRM WAS BASED APPROXIMATELY ON 3% OF OUR COMMUNITY RESPONDING.

WHEN OUR DISTRICT HAS FACED MAJOR DECISIONS INVOLVING REZONING, BOARD PRI- BOND PRIORITIES, OR LEGISLATIVE PRI- PRIORITIES,

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THAT IS A PIECE OF THE PIE. IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE 90 THOUSAND DOLLARS THE DISTRICT HAS ALREADY SPENT ON THE DEMOGRAPHER, ANOTHER 10 OR 20 THAT MIGHT BE SPENT ON OTHER LEGAL FEES, AND A, AND THE CONSULTING FIRM IS PROBABLY GOING TO COST CLOSER TO 50 THOUSAND, NOT 20. THAT'S, WE'RE AT 170 THOUSAND DOLLARS. YOU KNOW WHAT THAT WOULD SPEND FOR THIS COMMUNITY, IN OUR, IN OUR COMMUNITY? THAT'S 5 EXTRA SPECIAL NEEDS EDUCATION AIDES IN YOUR CLASSROOMS. TO ME, THAT'S A BETTER WAY TO SPEND OUR MONEY. FINALLY, ADDRESSING THE, UH, DISTRICTS THAT DON'T FEEL THAT THEY'RE REPRESENTED. EVERY VOTER CURRENTLY HAS A CHOICE IN CHOOSING 7 BOARD MEMBERS.

WE MOVED TO SINGLE DISTRICT, YOU NOW GET TO CHOOSE 1. BUT ALL SEVEN BOARD MEMBERS STILL ARE MAKING A DECISION AFFECTING EVERY CHILD, EVERY FAMILY, AND EVERY CAMPUS. BEING A BOARD MEMBER MEANS REPRESENT- REPRESENTING THE ENTIRE DISTRICT. CHANGING THOSE LINES DOES NOT CHANGE THAT RESPONSIBILITY. WE HAVE 47 CAMPUSES, 7 BOARD MEMBERS.

THAT'S 7 CAMPUSES PER BOARD MEMBER. ROTATE IT AROUND, ASSIGN ITS ASSIGNMENTS, CHANGE THEM EVERY 6 WEEKS, EVERY 3 MONTHS. THAT MAKES THE BOARD RESPONSIBLE AND HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW YOUR ENTIRE DISTRICT.

THAT MEANS THEY HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO KNOW YOUR CHILD, YOUR TEACHERS, YOUR STAFF, YOUR COMMUNITY, AND THEIR INVOLVEMENT. THAT'S THEIR RESPONSIBILITY. CHANGING LINES IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE THAT. THAT'S WHAT REPRESENTATION MEANS TO ME.

BEFORE WE CHANGE OUR BOARD, BEFORE WE CHANGE HOW OUR BOARD IS ELECTED, I BELIEVE YOU OWE IT TO OUR COMMUNITY TO FULLY EXPLORE OTHER WAYS TO INCREASE ENGAGEMENT AND REPRESENTATION. IF THIS DECISION AFFECTS THE ENTIRE DISTRICT, THAT MEANS ALL OF YOU OUT HERE, EVERY ONE OF YOU, THEN THE ENTIRE DISTRICT DESERVES A MEANINGFUL VOICE IN IT. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR.

THERE WE GO. MR. CARDINALE.

EVENING, DR. CRUTCHFIELD. UM, AS A TAXPAYER, I AM CONCERNED ABOUT YOUR ONGOING BUDGET DEFICIT, AS YOUR CFO PROBABLY IS TOO.

MISS HORN PROVIDED US WITH SOME NUMBERS, INCLUDING 32,000 DOLLARS IN LEGAL FEES, ROUGHLY 177 OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS YEAR TO DATE. IF I'M INCORRECT, SOMEBODY PLEASE CORRECT ME.

ABOUT THOSE LEGAL FEES, TELL US WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN SPENT ON YOUR CURRENT MISSION TO CHANGE TO SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS.

THEN TELL US HOW MUCH YOU ARE POTENTIALLY GOING TO SPEND, HOW MUCH IS THE DISTRICT SPENDING OR WILL SPEND ON A DEMOGRAPHER TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN, AND HOW MANY STAFF HOURS HAVE BEEN SPENT ON THIS ISSUE ALREADY? MISS HORN, IF YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES PROPOSE AND ADOPT THIS CHANGE, GET READY, BECAUSE PLENTY OF MORE LEGAL FEES ARE COMING AND OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS. I HAVE ONE QUESTION, AND I WILL DIRECT IT TO DR. SPENCER, AND I'M SORRY TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. WILL GOING TO SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS AND SUBSEQUENT COST FIX YOUR BU- BUDGET DEFICIT? WILL IT? WILL IT CHA- WILL IT IMPROVE SCHOOL RATINGS? WILL IT IMPROVE TEST SCORES? WILL IT ATTRACT MORE STUDENTS TO OUR DISTRICT? WILL IT FIX ABSENTEEISM? HOW ABOUT PARENT INVOLVEMENT? IF ANY OF THOSE WILL IMPROVE, I'M IN FOR A SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT.

MISS HORN, AS A ROOKIE MEMBER OF THE BOARD, I GUESS YOU DECIDE TO BE THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE REST OF THE BOARD, STATING THAT WE ARE DONE BEING TARGETED, AND THAT NOT BECAUSE ALLEGATIONS WERE LEGITIMATE.

QUESTION FOR MISS HAR- HORN, WHAT ARE YOU EXACTLY DONE WITH? ARE YOU PUBLICLY THREATENING CITIZENS? YOU ARE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL. YOU ARE NOT DONE WITH ANYTHING. UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS WHAT ROOKIE SCHOOL MEMBER BOARDS DO WHEN THEY BELIEVE THEIR OWN PRESS CLIPPINGS. THEY GET TUNNEL VISION. THEY WIN AN ELECTION AND DECIDE THAT THEY WILL BE THE NEWEST CHANGE AGENTS.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS? YOU GET TUNNEL VISION. YOU FORGET ABOUT COMMUNITY BLOWBACK, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GETTING.

EVEN THOSE CROSSOVER VOTES YOU ONCE GOT ARE NOW HAVING BUYER'S REMORSE. AND THE COST? GET READY, YOU MAY GET YOUR SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS, AND YOU MAY BE HEROES FOR THE DAY, BUT WHAT YOU WILL ULTIMATELY DO IS FURTHER DIVIDE AN ALREADY DI- DIVIDED COMMUNITY, AND VOTERS HAVE A LONG MEMORY.

REMEMBER ALL THAT GOODWILL AFTER YOUR ELECTION? YOU WILL DESTROY THAT IN ONE VOTE. I

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TO THE MORE REASONABLE MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD, DR. REED, MR. CANNON, AND MISTER- MS. NEWSOM, THANK YOU. HOPEFULLY, COOLER HEADS WILL PREVAIL.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, SO THE NEXT THREE ARE MISS, UM, AMBIKA SHARMA TALKING ABOUT PROPERTY TAXES AND TAD, UM, SHE'S FROM FORT WORTH.

SALVADOR CARRILLO, UM, OF FORT WORTH, WHO'S GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT, AND BETH LIGHT OF MANSFIELD WILL BE TALKING ABOUT SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT.

UM, IT WAS AMBIKA SHARMA, THEN SALVADOR, THEN BETH LIGHT.

LIGHT.

WHEN DO I START? AFTER THIS EVENT? I CAN WAIT. OH, OKAY.

UH, HI, GOOD EVENING. OH, HE WANTS ME TO WAIT.

YEAH, WE LET ALL STUFF GET PASSED OUT FIRST.

ALL RIGHT.

OKAY.

YOUR 3 MINUTES START NOW.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. UH, GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS AMBIKA SHARMA. I LIVE IN FORT WORTH.

UM, I'M A GRADUATE OF FORT WORTH ISD. I DECIDED TO JOIN HERE TODAY BECAUSE I'VE BEEN KEENLY INTERESTED IN THE PROPERTY TAX TOPIC.

UM, SO I'M SPEAKING ON 13.5, WHICH IS PROPERTY TAX COLLECTION, AND THEN DOCUMENT NUMBER 2, SO 13.5.2. IF YOU LOOK AT THAT DOCUMENT, IT TALKS ABOUT YOUR TAXABLE BASE, YOUR TAXABLE VOLUME, LIKE WHAT, WHAT IS IT THAT YOU CAN TAX ON? UM, IN 2025, YOUR TAXABLE VOLUME WAS 22.64 BILLION DOLLARS, AND IN 2026, THE CURRENT TAX YEAR, IT'S ACTUALLY DECLINED TO JUST 22 BILLION DOLLARS. SO YOU'VE LOST ABOUT 600 MILLION DOLLARS, OR ALMOST 650 MILLION DOLLARS, IN TAXABLE BASE. AND SO I'M HERE TO EXPLAIN WHY THAT IS. I'VE WATCHED SOME OF YOUR VIDEOS, AND I THINK I CAN OFFER THIS EDUCATION AS A VALUE ADD TO YOUR COMMUNITY.

UM, SO I'VE PASSED AROUND 3 PAGES. IT'S A PACKET, AND THE FIRST PAGE THERE IS ABOUT TARRANT APPRAISAL DISTRICT. UH, FOR THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE, HOW OUR PROPERTY TAXES ARE CALCULATED IS ACTUALLY VERY SIMPLE. IT'S JUST 2 NUMBERS. ONE IS THE TAX RATE, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY ALL VOTE ON, AND THEY HAVE VOTED TO MAINTAIN YOUR TAX RATE FOR THE LAST 2 YEARS. AND THEN THE OTHER NUMBER IS YOUR APPRAISAL VALUE, WHICH, IF YOU OWN A PROPERTY, RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL, YOU SHOULD BE GETTING A LETTER BY APRIL TELLING YOU WHAT IS THE VALUE OF YOUR PROPERTY, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO PROTEST. SO, UM, THAT APPRAISAL, THERE IS A TARRANT APPRAISAL DISTRICT DECIDES THE APPRAISAL VALUE, AND THEN THEY, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, THE SCHOOL BOARD DECIDES THE TAX. SO YOU MULTIPLY THE TWO, AND YOU GET YOUR PROPERTY TAXES. AND WHAT YOU SEE THERE IS TARRANT APPRAISAL DISTRICT ONLY HAS ONE CONSTITUTIONAL MANDATE, WHICH IS FOR AN EQUAL AND UNIFORM APPRAISAL. IT'S NOT A SLOGAN OR AN ASPIRATION, IT- THIS IS WHAT IS REQUIRED BY LAW OF THEM. AND SO THE FIRST PAGE THERE IS, UH, THE R- UH, THE RESIDENTIAL APPRAISALS, WHICH FOR 2026, AND THIS WAS PUBLISHED BY THE CHIEF APPRAISER, UH, IN AUGUST 2026. WHAT THAT SAYS IS, IF YOU LOOK AT THE FIRST ROW THERE THAT I HIGHLIGHTED, HOMES THAT ARE UP TO 200,000 DOLLARS, THEY WERE APPRAISED AT 106%. SO ANYTHING OVER 100, MEANING WE ARE APPRAISING IT TOO HIGHLY FROM THE MARKET PRICE. BUT FOR HOMES THAT ARE LESS, LET'S SAY, MILLION DOLLARS AND ABOVE, THOSE GOT APPRAISED AT 71%. SO RICHER HOMES, UM, UNFORTUNATELY ARE GETTING AN INDIRECT BENEFIT IN THEIR PROPERTY TAXES, AND THAT IS ANOTHER REASON WHY YOUR TAXABLE BASE IS DOWN ALMOST 650 MILLION DOLLARS YEAR ON YEAR. UM, WE AS A, AS A COUNTY, WE HAVE 2.3 MILLION PEOPLE LIVING HERE IN 2026. WE HAVE 41 CITIES AND 21 SCHOOL DISTRICTS. OUR, OUR, UH, COUNTY HAS INCREASED ACTUALLY 1.6%, BUT UNFORTUNATELY YOUR TAXABLE BASE SHOULD ALSO BE INCREASING, BUT IT ACTUALLY DECREASED.

UH, SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS. AND THEN THIS WAS PUBLISHED ON AUGUST 12TH AND AUGUST 17TH I DECIDED TO RUN FOR TARRANT APPRAISAL DISTRICT. I HAVE A PROBLEM WHEN MORE AND MORE GOVERNMENT ENTITIES CONTINUE TO BE IN CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATION.

SO I AM ACTUALLY A CANDIDATE FOR TARRANT APPRAISAL DISTRICT THIS NOVEMBER, AND IT'S AN AT-LARGE POSITION. UH, SO ALL OF Y'ALL HAVE, I WILL BE ON YOUR BALLOT, AND MY NAME IS AMBIKA SHARMA.

YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT ME AT VOTEAMBIKA.COM. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. UM, SALVADOR CARRILLO OF FORT WORTH, SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT.

HELLO. THANK YOU. UH, I'VE BEEN ASKED TO COME HERE BY JOANNA CARDOZA, UM, WITH THE LULAC.

SHE'S OUR DISTRICT DIRECTOR,

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IN THE UNITED STATES, AT-LARGE ELECTIONS WERE POPULAR FOR LOCAL ELECTIONS, ESPECIALLY AS A MECHANISM TO ENSURE THAT, THAT A BLOCK VOTING WHITE MAJORITY COULD DENY BLACK CITIZENS THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHOOSE REPRESENTATIVES, REPRESENTATIVES OF THEIR CHOICE IN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. ARE AT-LARGE, UH, ELECTIONS A VESTIGE OF THE PAST, OR IS IT? UH, SINCE 1960S, SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS HAVE BEEN THE METHOD OF CHOICE FOR MOST LOCAL ELECTIONS BECAUSE THEY ENABLE SMALLER GEOGRAPHICALLY SITUATED COMMUNITIES TO SEND THEIR OWN REPRESENTATIVES TO LARGER LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLIES. AND IT'S NOT A COINCIDENCE THAT THIS WAS DONE AFTER THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965.

UM, WORK IN POLITICAL SCIENCE BROADLY ILLUSTRATES THAT SUBSTANTIVE REPRESENT- REPRESENTATION IS MOST COMMON IN AT-LARGE SYSTEMS FOR THE WEALTHIEST. I REPEAT THAT AGAIN, THE WEALTHIEST AND THE MOST CONNECTED IN THE COMMUNITY. GENERALLY, PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE LESS LIKELY TO BE ELECTED IN AT-LARGE SYSTEMS BECAUSE THE VOTES OF RACIAL MINORITIES ARE DILUTED IN ELECTIONS THAT COVER A BROADER AREA. IT APPEARS THAT MANSFIELD IS OUTSIDE OF THAT NORM, UH, BUT HOW LONG UNTIL IT REGRESSES? WILL IT REGRESS? UM, SINGLE MEMBER SYSTEMS PROVIDE THE BENEFITS OF LOCALIZED DEMOCRACY. IT ALLOWS FOR LEGISLATORS TO BE INTIMATELY AWARE OF THE ISSUES OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. THIS ALLOWS THE ELECTED MEMBER TO FOCUS ON THE NEEDS OF THEIR LOCALIZED CONSTITUENCY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. AND, UM, NEXT IS MISS BETH LIGHT, AND AFTER HER, THE NEXT THREE WILL BE JEFFREY G, I THINK I'M SAYING THAT RIGHT, CONNIE FLORES AND VANDELLA MINIFE.

HELLO, MY NAME IS BETH LIGHT, AND I WANT TO SAY A GOOD EVENING, DR.

SPENCER, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

YOU KNOW, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT Y'ALL ARE TAKING TO DO THIS, BECAUSE AS A FORMER BOARD MEMBER, I KNOW THAT YOU SPEND A LOT OF HOURS DOING THINGS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THAT.

UM, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WILLINGNESS THAT Y'ALL HAVE TO SERVE ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.

BUT I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS, AND I WANT TO SHARE WHY. I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS DISTRICT FOR OVER 30 YEARS, AND NONE OF THAT WAS AS A PAID POSITION.

IT'S BEEN AS PTA VOLUNTEERS, 12 YEARS AS A BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AND I CURRENTLY HAVE BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION FOR ABOUT 15 TO 20 YEARS IN DIFFERENT TYPES OF ROLES.

UM, DURING THOSE 12 YEARS, I LEARNED THAT EFFECTIVE GOVERNANCE REQUIRES TRUSTEES TO LOOK BEYOND INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS OR NEIGHBORHOODS AND CONSIDER WHAT IS BEST FOR THE ENTIRE DISTRICT. AND I WOULD LIKE FOR Y'ALL TO LOOK AT THAT MOTTO RIGHT THERE, AND IT DOES NOT SAY MULTIPLE DISTRICTS, MULTIPLE MISSIONS.

IT SAYS WE ARE MANSFIELD ISD, ONE DISTRICT, ONE MISSION, ONE HEART. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THAT SAYS. THE OTHER THING THAT REALLY CONCERNS ME, AS AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED BEFORE, WE HAVE A VERY NEW, INEXPERIENCED BOARD. IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT, BUT IT'S JUST THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE ONLY 2 BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAVE SERVED MORE THAN 1 TERM. 4 OF YOU ARE IN YOUR FIRST TERM, 1 OF YOU 4 MONTHS, AND Y'ALL ARE TALKING ABOUT MAKING A MAJOR DECISION, SPENDING MONEY THAT COULD BE SPENT ELSEWHERE, AND YOU DON'T HAVE THE EXPERIENCE BEHIND IT. AGAIN, THAT'S NOT A NEGATIVE, THAT'S NOT YOUR FAULT. IT'S ANYTIME YOU TAKE A NEW POSITION, YOU'VE GOT TO LEARN THAT POSITION AND KNOW WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. YOU ALSO HAVE A BRAND NEW SUPERINTENDENT, BRAND NEW CHIEF OF STAFF, AND A LOT OF NEW UPPER LEVEL LEADERSHIP. Y'ALL ARE TRYING TO MANAGE A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS AT ONE TIME. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE SLOW DOWN, BECAUSE WHEN I TALKED TO SEVERAL OF YOU, YOU WERE GOING TO REPRESENT EVERYONE IN THIS DISTRICT, AND THAT'S WHY I MADE AN ENDORSEMENT. I NEVER DREAMED THAT THIS WOULD EVEN BE A TOPIC TO BE DISCUSSED. SO THAT LEADS ME TO THE BIGGEST QUESTION.

WHAT PROBLEM ARE WE TRYING TO SOLVE? ACCORDING TO DR.

REED, WHEN SHE READ THE BOARD NORMS TONIGHT, SHE SAID EVIDENCE-BASED INFORMATION. I HAVE SEEN NO FACTUAL EVIDENCE-BASED INFORMATION THAT IS GOING TO SAY SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS ARE GOING TO IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES, IMPROVE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT, IMPROVE PARENT ENGAGEMENT.

THERE IS NOTHING. AND 3% RESPONSES TO A SURVEY. PLEASE DO NOT MAKE A DECISION ON 3% OF THE PEOPLE. WHEN YOU EACH CHOSE TO RUN FOR THE BOARD, YOU WERE ASKING VOTERS TO TRUST YOU TO REPRESENT MISD.

I WOULD HOPE THAT THAT RESPONSIBILITY CONTINUES TO MEAN REPRESENTING ALL STUDENTS IN ALL SCHOOLS. AGAIN, IF THE CURRENT SYSTEM'S INADEQUATE, THEN GIVE US SOME EVIDENCE-BASED INFORMATION. MY YEARS AS A TRUSTEE AND VOLUNTEER HAVE TAUGHT ME THAT

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THANK YOU, MS. LIGHT.

PLEASE, PLEASE RECONSIDER.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE HAVE JEFFREY GEE FROM MANSFIELD, CONNIE FLORES OF ARLINGTON, AND VANDELLA MINIFEE OF GRAND PRAIRIE. MR. GEE, YOUR 3 MINUTES.

AH, THANK YOU. UH, SOME GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, TRUSTEES, UH, DR. CRUTCHFIELD, UM, AND YOU KNOW, DR. SPENCER. UM, MY NAME IS JEFFREY GEE. I'VE GOT 2 BOYS CURRENTLY IN THE MISD SYSTEM, AND MY ASK IS JUST, YOU KNOW, FOR THE BOARD TO END EXPLORATIONS OF THE SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS, YOU KNOW, EITHER PURE OR HYBRID. UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE IDEA IS TO KEEP ELECTING OFFICIALS, YOU KNOW, THE TRUSTEES AT LARGE. UM, THIS DISTRICT DOES WORK. UM, WE DO HAVE A GREAT SCHOOL DISTRICT. IT'S THE REASON WHY I CHOSE MANSFIELD, WHY I MOVED HERE, YOU KNOW, AND AND AT-LARGE ELECTION IS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY, RIGHT? AND TO BE FAIR, LIKE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE CURRENT SCHOOL BOARD, UH, THE SCHOOL TRUSTEES MAKEUP, IT'S, IT'S HONESTLY QUITE IMPRESSIVE, RIGHT? WE'VE GOT 2 UNIVERSITY LEVEL PROFESSORS WITH DOCTORATES, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT 4, 4 INDIVIDUALS WORKING, YOU KNOW, UH, WHAT YOU CALL IT, BE- BEING ABLE TO, TO, TO HAVE EXPERIENCE GUIDING INDIVIDUALS, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC WORKS AND IN- IN INFRASTRUCTURE. THE IDEA IS, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR INCREDIBLE MAKEUP OF THE BOARD SHOWS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE AN INFORMED ELECTORATE HERE IN MANSFIELD, AND THAT WE ACTUALLY DO VOTE IN VERY QUALIFIED CANDIDATES, YOU KNOW, SO WE GET GREAT REPRESENTATION.

WE'RE NOT BASICALLY RESTRICTED, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF HAVING, HAVING ONE DISTRICT NOT SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT BEING REPRESENTED, BASICALLY. UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S INTERESTING IS THAT MANSFIELD RANKS 905 OUT OF 1019 IN TEXAS SCHOOL DISTRICTS WITH ONLY 10,700 DOLLARS FUNDED PER STUDENT.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE KIND OF BELOW THE MIDDLE OF OUR PEERS, BUT TO PUT IN PERSPECTIVE, LIKE PRIVATE SCHOOLS NOW WITH THEIR VOUCHERS PRETTY MUCH START GETTING THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY IN TERMS OF FUNDING, BASICALLY, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, AND IT'S, IT'S JUST REALLY DIFFICULT FIGHTING FOR, YOU KNOW, IN ESSENCE, THE, THE STATE DOLLARS NOWADAYS FOR, FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDINGS, RIGHT? AND, YOU KNOW, OUR CURRENT STATE OFFICIALS RIGHT NOW ARE REALLY PUSHING FOR MORE AND MORE SCHOOL VOUCHERS. I- I JUST, IT JUST, GUT FEELING WISE IS THAT WHEN WE MOVE TO SINGLE DISTRICTS, YOU'RE GONNA BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, YOU WORRY MORE ABOUT THE INFIGHTING THAT THAN YOU ARE TO REPRESENT THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE. AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO KEEP THAT FIGHT UP, TO SAY THAT, HEY, LOOK, PUBLIC SCHOOLS NEED THE FUNDING, YOU KNOW, VERSUS HAVING A SEPARATE FIGHT AND THEN WORRYING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IN ESSENCE, GOING AGAINST THE STATE WITH THEIR PUBLIC VOUCHERS.

UM, SO IN TERMS OF THAT TOO, I ALSO, I WANT TO GO TO THE TOPIC WHERE, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO SINGLE DISTRICT, ONE OF THE THINGS I ABSOLUTELY DESPISE IS VOTING MAPS. IT'S LIKE I HAVE, I HAVE YET TO SEE A SINGLE MAP IN TEXAS THAT HASN'T BEEN A TARGET FOR GERRYMANDERING. IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, THEY ALWAYS START WITH GREAT INTENTIONS, GIVE IT SOME TIME, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, LIKE, IT'S JUST GOING TO GET MOVED AWAY. YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S REALLY INTERESTING MOVING TO SINGLE DISTRICTS, JUST WITH THE PAST TURNOUT, BASICALLY. A SINGLE PAC HAS ENOUGH RESOURCES, BASICALLY, TO MOVE PRETTY MUCH AND DECIDE A SINGLE DISTRICT IF WE WERE TO MOVE TO ONE. IT JUST TAKES 600 VOTES, BASICALLY, BASED ON THE PAST ELECTION RESULTS.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT KIND OF IS A BIG WORRY, RIGHT? SO I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY HOUSTON, FORT WORTH, ALSO SINGLE DISTRICTS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE BEEN TAKEN OVER BY THE STATE. AGAIN, ANOTHER WORRY, YOU KNOW, UM, AND TO FINISH UP.

THANK YOU, MR. GEE.

YES, YOU GUYS, IT'S A THANKLESS JOB, BUT I JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, TO EVERYONE'S CONCERN, KEEP EVERYONE IN MIND, BASICALLY.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. MISS, UM, FLORES OF ARLINGTON.

UH, GOOD EVENING, BOARD, UH, PRESIDENT, THE SCHOOL MEMBERS, AND, UH, DR. SPENCER. UH, MY NAME IS CONNIE FLORES, AND I'M HERE TONIGHT TO READ A STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF JOANNA CARDOZA, UM, WHO CANNOT BE HERE TONIGHT.

UM, I SIGNED UP TO SPEAK LAST, UH, TUESDAY, BUT DUE TO BEING OUT OF TOWN, I CANNOT BE HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS. I AM AN INVESTED MANSFIELD ISD, UH, COMMUNITY LEADER, PASSIONATE PUBLIC EDUCATION ADVOCATE, UM, PRIOR TO MISD SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATE, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, I AM A PROUD SUMMIT MOM AND NOW MISD PRE-K4, UM, PRE-K4 GRANDPARENT. AS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE SUMMIT COMMUNITY, I, UH, FIRSTHAND, I SAW FIRSTHAND THE NEED AND WITNESSED THE LACK OF REPRESENTATION AND INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS. IN 2021, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY ASKED FOR ME TO RUN FOR THE MISD SCHOOL, UH, SCHOOL BOARD. WITH, UH, THE HOPE THAT I COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE, UH, FOR THE CHILDREN AND TEACHERS IN OUR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS.

BEFORE DECIDING TO RUN, I DID SOME RESEARCH. I LOOKED AT PRIOR SCHOOL BOARD CAMPAIGN BUDGETS AND SPOKE

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WITH THE SUPPORT OF MY COMMUNITY, I FILED, UH, TO RUN FOR OFFICE. UH, I PUT IN THE WORK. I ATTENDED A TRUSTEE ACADEMY, UH, TO LEARN AB- ABOUT BOARD GOVERNANCE. UH, I PROVIDED TH- THOUGHTFUL ANSWERS TO CANDIDATE QUESTIONNAIRES. I ATTENDED CANDIDATE FORUMS AND PROVIDED HONEST AND THOUGHTFUL ANSWERS, AND I KNOCKED ON DOORS AND POLL GREETED EVERY DAY DURING THE EARLY VOTING AND ELECTION DAY. I EARNED SEVERAL ENDORSEMENTS, INCLUDING ONE FROM THE ARLINGTON BOARD OF REALTORS. ABOUT 2 WEEKS BEFORE EARLY VOTING BEGAN, I BECAME AWARE THAT AN OUTSIDE PAC WAS INVESTING HEAVILY IN MISD SCHOOL RACE THAT, UH, GET A F- TO GET A FOUR CANDIDATE SLATE ELECTED, NONE OF WHOM LIVED IN ARLINGTON, BY PAYING FOR DO- DOOR HANGERS, BLOCK WALKERS, AND MAILERS. WHO, UM, KNOWS WHAT ELSE? UH, THE PATRIOT MOBILE PAC GOT INVOLVED IN THE MISD RACE, AND NOT, UH, BECAUSE THEY CARED ABOUT MISD STUDENTS, BUT BECAUSE OF PARTISAN POLITICS. UH, I RAN FOR OFFICE FOR THE RIGHT REASONS. I CARE DEEPLY FOR MY COMMUNITY, AND I WANTED TO UPLIFT, UPLIFT THE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS THAT FOR SO LONG HAVE BEEN IGNORED AND, UH, HELP CHANGE THE NEGATIVE NARRATIVE SURROUNDING THE SCHOOLS LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY OF ARLINGTON.

SINCE THEN, I HAVE, UH, SEEN S- UH, SOME IN OUR COMMUNITY FULLY SUPPORT THE CANDIDATE THAT DID NOT LIVE WITHIN THE MISD DISTRICT AND WHO WAS CLUELESS ABOUT THE AMAZING SCHOOLS IN OUR COMMUNITY. VERY DISAPPOINTING. IT SEEMS THAT SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY IS NOT ABOUT ELECTING THE BEST CANDIDATE, BUT ABOUT MAINTAINING CONTROL. ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS DESERVE PEOPLE THAT ARE INVESTED WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIES TO, UH, REPRESENT THEM ON THE SCHOOL BOARD.

UNFORTUNATELY, HISTORICALLY, WE HAVE HAD A VERY LIMITED REPRESENTATION BY ARLINGTON CITIZENS ON MISD, UH, SCHOOL BOARD. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. UM, NEXT THREE WOULD BE MI- UM, TAMMY HARLAN, TALKING ABOUT CLOSED SESSIONS FROM MAN- MANSFIELD, DONNA O'BRIEN OF... OH, I'M SORRY, BEN, AFTER, AFTER BANDELLA, I'M SORRY, MISS UH, MINNEFI. MISS MINNEFI, I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT, BUT AFTER MISS MINNEFI, IT'LL BE TAMMY HARLAN OF MANSFIELD, DONNA O'BRIEN OF MANSFIELD, AND SHARON RICHARD OF ARLINGTON. YOUR 3 MINUTES.

GOOD EVENING, DR. SPENCER AND DR. CRUTCHFIELD. MY NAME IS VANDELLA MINIFEE. I'M A PROUD GRAND PRAIRIE RESIDENT, A PROUD MANSFIELD ISD TAXPAYER, A PROUD VOTER AND RETIREE.

TAXATION WITHOUT INFORMATION.

MY HUSBAND ROBERT AND I ARE 2 PROUD PARENTS OF 2 TIMBERVIEW WOLVES. ONE IS AN ENGINEER AND ONE IS A REGISTERED NURSE. I KEEP COMING BACK TO ONE BASIC QUESTION, WHAT DOCUMENTED PROBLEMS ARE WE TRYING TO SOLVE? MANSFIELD ISD IS ONE DISTRICT. WE HAVE ONE SUPERINTENDENT, ONE BUDGET, ONE BOARD, AND DISTRICT-WIDE DECISIONS THAT AFFECTS ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, EMPLOYEES, FAMILIES, AND TAXPAYERS. MISD STATES THAT EVEN IF TRUSTEES ARE ELECTED FROM GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICTS, EVERY TRUSTEE WILL STILL DELIBERATE AND VOTE ON MATTERS AFFECTING THE ENTIRE DISTRICT.

THAT DISTRICT-WIDE RESPONSIBILITY MATTERS. WE HAVE HAD SOME THE, WE HAVE HEARD THAT A SUMMER SURVEY IDENTIFIED PEOPLE WHO DO NOT FEEL REPRESENTED. AS A MANSFIELD ISD TAXPAYER, I DID NOT RECEIVE THAT SURVEY. I WAS NOT REPRESENTED. I DO NOT CURRENTLY HAVE CHILDREN ENROLLED IN MISD, BUT I PAY TAXES HERE.

I VOTE HERE. I REMAIN ENGAGED WITHIN THE DISTRICT. MY VOTE MATTERS, MY OPINION MATTERS, AND MY VOTE SHOULD MATTER TOO.

SO WHAT ARE THE ACTUAL SURVEY RESULTS? WHO RECEIVED THE RESUR- SURVEYS? HOW WAS IT DISTRIBUTED? HOW MANY PEOPLE RESPONDED? I'M HEARING THAT IT WAS A THOUSAND. WERE TAXPAYERS AND REGISTERED VOTERS WITHOUT CHILDREN CURRENTLY ENROLLED GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE. IF THE CONCERNS IS THAT PARTICULAR SCHOOLS OR COM- COMMUNITIES NEED STRONGER BOARD ENGAGEMENT, HAS THE BOARD CONSIDERED ASSIGNING EACH TRUSTEE SPECIFIC SCHOOLS OR CAMPUSES CLUSTERS FOR ENGAGEMENT? EVERY SCHOOL COULD HAVE A CLEAR TRUSTEE CONNECTION WITHOUT CHANGING HOW THE COMMUNITY ELECT ITS BOARDS.

TODAY, ELIGIBLE VOTERS THROUGHOUT MISD MAY VOTE IN TRUSTEE RACES AS THOSE SEATS BECOME BEFORE VOTERS. A GEOGRAPHIC SYSTEM CHANGES THAT RELATIONSHIP, EVEN THOUGH TRUSTEES WILL STILL MAKE DECISIONS FOR THE ENTIRE DISTRICT. BEFORE CHANGING HOW VOTERS ELECT THEIR TRUSTEES, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE DOCUMENTED NEED FOR THE COMPLETE SURVEY RESULTS, THE COST, THE ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED, AND MEASURABLE BENEFITS. I AM NOT SAYING THAT PEOPLE WHO NOT, WHO FEEL THEY DO NOT NEED TO BE

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OKAY, NEXT THREE, UM, TAMMY HARLAN, DONNA O'BRIEN, AND SH- SHERRON RASHARD.

GOOD EVENING, DR. CRUTCHFIELD AND DR. SPENCER, THE BOARD. MY NAME IS TAMMY HARLAN. I AM A RESIDENT OF MANSFIELD. I'VE LIVED HERE ALMOST 10 YEARS. I AM A PROUD MOM OF A SENIOR AT LAKE RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL. UM, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS AND YOU TALK ABOUT PEOPLE NOT BEING HEARD, WHERE ARE THEY? THESE BOARD MEETINGS ARE OPEN TO EVERY PERSON THAT LIVES IN MANSFIELD, THAT HAS CHILDREN IN MANSFIELD. IF THEY DON'T FEEL HEARD, THEY SHOULD BE HERE. WE, I WENT TO THE COMMUNITY MEETING WHERE THAT WAS SAID. WHERE WERE THE PEOPLE? THAT'S MY, IF THEY DON'T FEEL HEARD, THAT'S THEIR OWN PROBLEM. I COME HERE, I'VE BEEN COMING HERE FOR 5 YEARS. I WILL TELL YOU WHAT MY PROBLEM WITH IT IS. I'VE LIVED IN THE SAME HOUSE FOR ALMOST 10 YEARS. NONE OF YOU HAVE COME KNOCKED ON MY DOOR AND ASKED FOR MY VOTE. MULTIPLE OF YOU LIVE IN THE LAKE RIDGE SCHOOL DISTRICT. WHERE ARE YOU? YOU WANT ME TO VOTE FOR YOU, BUT YOU CAN'T COME TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD? I'VE SPOKEN TO MOST OF MY NEIGHBORS. I HAPPEN TO BE OUR HOA PRESIDENT. NONE OF YOU HAVE KNOCKED OUR DOORS, BUT YOU WANT US TO SUPPORT YOU IN THIS ENDEAVOR. WHY DO WE NEED SINGLE MEMBERS? IF 4 OF YOU ALREADY LIVE IN LAKERIDGE, WHICH ONE OF YOU ARE GOING TO GIVE UP YOUR SEAT IF THEY CUT IT AND IT'S 1 FOR LAKERIDGE? WHICH ONE ARE YOU GOING TO WALK AWAY? I DON'T THINK ANY OF YOU WILL, BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT, IF YOU WANT TO BE INVESTED AND THESE PEOPLE DON'T FEEL HEARD, ASK THEM TO SHOW UP.

ASK THEM TO COME SPEAK. ASK THEM TO BE HERE. IF THEY DON'T FEEL HEARD, THAT'S THEIR OWN FAULT. I SPEAK EVERY TIME THERE'S AN ISSUE ON THE AGENDA THAT I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO SPEAK ABOUT, I'M COME HERE. I SPOKE ABOUT THE SAME SUBJECT FOR 4 YEARS, THE DRUG PROBLEMS AT LAKE RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL. GUESS WHAT? THEY'RE STILL THERE.

SOME OF YOU HAVE CHILDREN IN THAT HIGH SCHOOL. WHEN ARE YOU GONNA SPEAK UP? THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO KNOW. WHEN ARE YOU GUYS GONNA TACKLE THAT PROBLEM? WHEN CAN MY SON GO TO THE BATHROOM AND NOT HAVE TO COME HOME TO GO TO THE BATHROOM? ABSOLUTELY ABSURD. I SPOKE ABOUT THAT WHEN HE WAS A FRESHMAN, WHEN HE WAS A SOPHOMORE, WHEN HE WAS A JUNIOR, AND HE'S NOW A SENIOR. THANK GOD HE ONLY GOES TO SCHOOL HALF A DAY, BUT THAT'S YOUR GUYS' PROBLEM.

YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY PEOPLE DON'T FEEL HEARD? BECAUSE THEY DON'T CHOOSE TO BE HEARD. YOU WANT TO BE HEARD, SHOW UP. USE YOUR VOICE. USE YOUR VOTE.

BUT IF YOU WANT VOTES, MAYBE YOU SHOULD USE YOUR KNOCK AND COME KNOCK AT THE DOORS OF THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN YOUR, IN THE DISTRICT, BECAUSE ONE DISTRICT, ONE MISSION, ONE HEART, I DON'T THINK WE LIVE THAT. I THINK YOU GUYS WANT TO DIVIDE AND CONQUER, AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A HUGE PROBLEM COME NEXT ELECTION. I KNOW IT WILL BE FOR ME IF WE STILL LIVE IN THE DISTRICT, BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T KNOCK MY DOOR, YOU WON'T GET MY VOTE.

THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, DR. SPENCER, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AND EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CON- YOUR CONTINUED TIME, ENERGY, AND DEDICATION TO THE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES OF MISD. YOUR ROLE, I KNOW, IS NOT AN EASY ONE. HAVING SERVED 31 YEARS IN MANSFIELD ISD AS A TEACHER, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, PRINCIPAL, AND AREA SUPERINTENDENT, I RESPECT THE TIME AND ENERGY REQUIRED OF YOU TO SERVE AS A BOARD TRUSTEE. I AM STANDING HERE TONIGHT TO ECHO AND EXPAND UPON THE CONCERNS REGARDING THE PROPOSAL TO TRANSITION MISD TO A SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT.

MY PERSPECTIVE IS BUILT ON DECADES OF PERSONAL INVESTMENT IN THIS DISTRICT, 34 YEARS AS A TAXPAYER, 32 YEARS IN PUBLIC ED, 31 OF THOSE 32 YEARS IN MI AS AN MISD EMPLOYEE, 19 YEARS AS A PARENT, MISD PARENT, AND JUST SHY OF 8 YEARS AS AN EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER, WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENTS FROM 2004 TO 2021. WORKING WITH THE BOARD TAUGHT ME THREE UNDENIABLE TRUTHS. FIRST, EFFECTIVE GOVERNANCE REQUIRES LOOKING AT MISD AS A UNIFIED WHOLE RATHER THAN A COLLECTION OF SEPARATE NEIGHBORHOODS.

SECOND, TRUE ORGANIZATIONAL STABILITY TAKES TIME TO CULTIVATE. WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT A BOARD WHERE ONLY TWO MEMBERS HAVE SERVED MORE THAN TWO YEARS. FOUR ARE STILL IN THEIR FIRST TERM, AND 1 WAS JUST SWORN

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OUR ABSOLUTE HIGHEST PRIORITY MUST REMAIN STUDENT LEARNING AND STUDENT SUCCESS. ANY MASSIVE STRUCTURAL SHIFT DEMANDS AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF BANDWIDTH FROM TRUSTEES, ADMINISTRATORS, CAMPUS STAFF.

SO I HA- HAVE TO ASK THE FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION, WHAT SPECIFIC PROBLEM ARE WE TRYING TO SOLVE HERE? WHEN YOU CAMPAIGN FOR THESE POSITIONS, YOU ASK THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY TO TRUST YOU WITH THE WELFARE OF EVERY SINGLE STUDENT AND SCHOOL, REGARDLESS OF GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES. IF THERE IS A BELIEF THAT CERTAIN AREAS ARE LACKING REPRESENTATION, WE NEED A TRANSPARENT, EVIDENCE-BASED EXPLANATION OF WHAT IS FAILING UNDER THE CURRENT SYSTEM AND EXACTLY HOW BEING A SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT WILL FIX IT. FURTHERMORE, I AM DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE LOGISTICAL BURDEN THIS PROCESS IS AND WILL PLACE ON OUR DISTRICT, IF ACTION IS ACTUALLY TAKEN ON THIS IDEA. IF TRUSTEES ARE SILOED INTO GEOGRAPHIC ZONES WITH EXPECTATIONS TO REPRESENT A DISTRICT SUBSECTION, I FEAR THIS WILL LEAD TO MICROMANAGEMENT OF CAMPUS OPERATIONS, AS WELL AS A PIT BOARD MEMBERS AND NEIGHBORHOODS THEY REPRESENT AGAINST EACH OTHER. I ALSO WONDER HOW MUCH OF OUR DISTRICT BUDGET IS BEING SPENT ON THIS EFFORT. DOLLARS TAKEN AWAY FROM SERVING STUDENTS AT A TIME WHEN PUBLIC EDUCATION FUNDING IS STRAINED. WHAT IS THE OBJECTIVE OF TRANSITIONING TO SINGLE MEMBER REPRESENTATION OF THE MISD BOARD? WHAT PROBLEM CURRENTLY EXISTS AND NEEDS A SOLUTION? TRUE REPRESENTATION ISN'T DEFINED BY DRAWING THANK YOU.

LINES ON A MAP. IT COMES FROM ACTIVE LISTENING, SHOWING UP, REVIEWING DATA, ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS, AND BEING INTENTIONAL ABOUT ADVANCING THE BOARD DISTRICT GOALS THROUGH ALIGNED ACTIONS. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, AFTER MISS RICHARD, WE HAVE OUR LAST THREE, UM, CLAYTON WATERS OF ARLINGTON, MARILYN WHITNEY, WHO WILL BE SPEAKING ON THE STATE INTRUDER AUDIT OF MANSFIELD, AND RICHARD JACKSON WILL BE SPEAKING ON BIBLE LITERACY WAIVER, AND HE'S FROM ARLINGTON. SO, MISS RICHARD, YOUR 3 MINUTES.

GOOD EVENING, DR. SPENCER, DR.

CRUTCHFIELD, AND FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF. SO I'D JUST LIKE TO CORRECT THE RECORD.

UM, SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS IS NOT SOME NEW TOPIC THAT'S BEEN THROWN OUT OF THIN AIR. IT'S BEEN A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION FOR AT LEAST THE PAST 20 YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN IN MISD. UM, I'VE PERSONALLY SPOKEN BEFORE THIS BOARD AND ASKED THE BOARD TO CONSIDER SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT. I'VE ALSO SPOKEN AT COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS, SO ANYONE CLAIMS OTHERWISE IS EITHER HAS NOT BEEN PAYING ATTENTION OR IS BEING DISINGENUOUS. SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS ARE ABOUT REPRESENTATION, PERIOD.

AS SOMEONE WHO LIVES IN THE CITY OF ARLINGTON, I CAN ATTEST TO NOT ALWAYS FEELING REPRESENTED BY PREVIOUS BOARDS.

I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO REACH OUT TO TRUSTEES AND NEVER RECEIVE A RESPONSE TO EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE MY CONCERNS, AND I KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN THE REALITY FOR SO MANY OTHERS OUTSIDE OF THE MANSFIELD POWER STRUCTURE. YES, THIS BOARD IS MUCH MORE REFLECTIVE OF OUR STUDENT BOB- STUDENT BODY, AND PROBABLY FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE MISD'S INCEPTION, MOST OF YOU WERE NOT ELECTED BY A MAJORITY OF THE MANSFIELD POWER STRUCTURE, POWER STRUCTURE. UM, LET'S BE HONEST HERE, UM, THE CHANGE IN THIS BOARD ONLY HAPPENED ONE YEAR AGO. THE MAJORITY OF YOU WERE ELECTED IN MAY 2025. THERE ARE SEVEN CITIES THAT COMPRISE MISD, AND EVERY PART OF THIS DISTRICT DESERVES REPRESENTATION.

SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS WILL ENSURE THAT ANY FUTURE BOARD HOLDS THEIR ONE EMPLOYEE, THE SUPERINTENDENT, ACCOUNTABLE TO FULLY SERVING ALL SCHOOLS AND ALL STUDENTS. IT'S COMMON KNOWLEDGE THAT PRIOR TO DR.

SPENCER, CERTAIN SCHOOLS WERE IGNORED, AND INSTEAD OF LEARNING GAPS BEING ADDRESSED, BAND-AIDS LIKE CHOICE PROGRAMS WERE ADDED TO MANIPULATE THE DATA. DUE TO THE SIZE OF MISD, IT'S EXTREMELY DIFFICULT AND COSTLY TO RUN A SERIOUS CAMPAIGN FOR SOMEONE WHO ISN'T FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE EXISTING CONNECTIONS.

UH, SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS WOULD OPEN UP THE CANDIDATE POOL SO ORDINARY PEOPLE LIKE TEACHERS COULD MOUNT SERIOUS CAMPAIGNS. TO THIS BOARD, I SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR FINALLY LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY AND OPENING UP THIS TOPIC FOR DISCUSSION. I GET IT. NOT

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TO THAT I SAY, HAD THIS BODY BEEN COMMITTED TO BEING INCLUSIVE AND SERVING ALL PARTS OF THE DISTRICT, INCLUDING THOSE OUTSIDE OF MANSFIELD PROPER, INCLUDING TITLE 1 SCHOOLS, AND LISTEN TO THE PLEAS FOR REPRESENTATION OVER THE YEARS, WE WOULD NOT BE HERE IN THIS PLACE. I'M A FIRM BELIEVER THAT WE'RE BETTER TOGETHER, AND I THINK A GOOD COMPROMISE FOR PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES IS A COMBINATION OF SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS AND AT LARGE. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. UH, NEXT WE HAVE MR. CLAYTON WATERS OF ARLINGTON, MARILYN WHITNEY OF MANSFIELD, AND RICHARD JACKSON OF ARLINGTON.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT, DR. CRUTCHFIELD, TRUSTEES, AND DR. SPENCER.

FIRST, I WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. IT TRULY IS A THANKLESS JOB, AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DO GET PAID ON THIS DAIS, IT SURELY ISN'T ENOUGH. UM, I'VE HEARD REPEATEDLY THAT SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS ARE A SOLUTION IN SEARCH OF A PROBLEM. I DISAGREE.

FOR TOO LONG, PEOPLE HAVE TREATED THE CITY OF MANSFIELD AND MANSFIELD ISD AS THOUGH THEY ARE SYNONYMOUS, AND THEY ARE NOT. MANSFIELD ISD STRETCHES ACROSS MORE THAN 94 SQUARE MILES AND SERVES FAMILIES IN MANSFIELD, ARLINGTON, GRAND PRAIRIE, BURLESON, FORT WORTH, VENUS, ALVARADO, KENNEDALE, AND BEYOND. MORE THAN HALF OF OUR CURRENTLY ENROLLED STUDENTS DO NOT LIVE IN THE CITY OF MANSFIELD. AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT WHY THIS MATTERS TO ME AND MY FAMILY. I'M NOT ASKING FOR ARLINGTON TO HAVE MORE CLAIM TO MANSFIELD ISD THAN MANSFIELD DOES. WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS THAT WE BUILD A SYSTEM WHERE NO COMMUNITY IS LEFT OUT OR OVERLOOKED. BECAUSE BEFORE I'M AN ARLINGTON RESIDENT STANDING AT THIS PODIUM, I'M AN MISD PARENT.

LIKE EVERY PARENT IN THIS DISTRICT, I SEND MY KIDS TO SCHOOL TRUSTING THAT THE DECISIONS MADE IN THIS ROOM WILL CONSIDER THEM, THEIR CLASSMATES, AND THEIR FUTURE. AND THAT IS ULTIMATELY WHAT REPRESENTATION MEANS TO ME. IT MEANS THE FAMILY IN MANSFIELD MATTERS JUST AS MUCH AS THE FAMILY IN ARLINGTON, OR THE FAMILY IN RENDON, OR THE FAMILY IN GRAND PRAIRIE. EVERY COMMUNITY, EVERY FAMILY, EVERY KID. THIS ISN'T ABOUT GUARANTEEING ANY PARTICULAR RACIAL, POLITICAL, OR IDEOLOGICAL OUTCOME. WE ALL KNOW THAT REPRESENTATION ACHIEVED IS NOT REPRESENTATION GUARANTEED. GEOGRAPHIC REPRESENTATION CREATES SOMETHING DURABLE. NO ONE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY GETS TO RUN THE TABLE COME ELECTION TIME.

BUT ULTIMATELY, THIS ISN'T ABOUT THE TRUSTEES. THIS ISN'T ABOUT THE PEOPLE SITTING ON THIS DAIS TONIGHT. THIS IS ABOUT THE KIDS. EVERY TRUSTEE WILL STILL HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO EVERY STUDENT IN MANSFIELD ISD, REGARDLESS OF WHERE THAT TRUSTEE LIVES OR WHICH PART OF THE DISTRICT ELECTS THEM.

AND THIS BOARD CAN MORE HOLISTICALLY REFLECT THE COMMUNITIES AND CHILDREN THAT IT SERVES. IF WE REALLY MEAN IT WHEN WE SAY THAT WE PUT KIDS FIRST, THEN WE HAVE TO MEAN ALL OF THE KIDS. THE KIDS IN MANSFIELD, THE KIDS IN ARLINGTON, THE KIDS IN GRAND PRAIRIE, THE KIDS ACROSS EVERY CORNER OF THIS DISTRICT. ALL MEANS ALL. SO MY CHARGE TO YOU IS BUILD A FAIR PROCESS, DRAW FAIR MAPS, LISTEN TO FAMILIES FROM EVERY CORNER OF OUR COMMUNITY. EVERY CHILD IN MANSFIELD ISD, INCLUDING THE 51% OF STUDENTS WHO LIVE OUTSIDE THE CITY OF MANSFIELD, DESERVES TO KNOW THAT THIS DISTRICT BELONGS TO THEM TOO. THANK YOU.

GREETINGS. MY 16 COLLEAGUES AND I ARE SENDING YOU GREETINGS FROM FRONTIER STEM, THE THIRD BEST HIGH SCHOOL IN TEXAS AND THE 33RD HIGH SCHOOL IN THE S- IN THE UNITED STATES. MY NAME IS MARILYN WHITNEY, AND I AM AN ENGLISH TEACHER AT FRONTIER. I AM ADDRESSING ITEM 13.9 ON THE AGENDA REGARDING THE INTRUDER REPORT TO THE DISTRICT SECURITY AND SAFETY TEAM'S ENFORCEMENT OF THE EXTERIOR DOOR DOOR STOPS NOT BEING USED DURING EVOLV SCREENING BECAUSE OF TEXAS LAW.

I UNDERSTAND THE LAW. I UNDERSTAND THE DISTRICT RULE OF NOT PROPPING DOORS OPEN TO KEEP OUR KIDS SAFE.

STARTING LAST WEEK, THE DISTRICT IS ASKING AN UNARMED TEACHER, UNTRAINED IN SECURITY MEASURES OR THREAT ASSESSMENT, WEARING NO PROTECTIVE GEAR, ISOLATED IN THE DARK FROM 6:30 TO 7 IN THE MORNING, CHECKING IN APPROXIMATELY 1800 UNSCREENED STUDENTS FOR IDS.

THE CAMPUS'S ONLY ARMED TRAINED OFFICER IS STATIONED IN THE COMMONS, WATCHING STUDENTS WHO HAVE ALREADY BEEN CLEARED. IF THERE WAS AN

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THE OFFICERS ARE ARMED, THEY ARE PROTECTED WITH VESTS AND WEAPONS, THEY ARE TRAINED TO LOOK FOR RISKS, AND THEY CAN PASS STUDENTS TO PUT ON THEIR IDS. THEY WOULD BE DOING THE JOB THEY WERE TRAINED TO DO. I AM ASKING THE DISTRICT SAFETY TEAM TO RECONSIDER WHAT THEY ARE ASKING OF EDUCATORS.

FROM A PSYCHOLOGICAL POINT OF VIEW, THE CONTINUAL STRESS OF ASKING EDUCATORS TO BE SECURITY IS CHIPPING AWAY AT OUR PSYCHE. I WOULD ASK FRONTIER AND BEN BARBER TO HAVE 2 SECURITY OFFERS THE OFFICERS IN THE MORNING AND 2 AT THE 11 TO 11:30 SESSION. I KNOW MY ADMIN IS DOING THE VERY BEST THEY CAN WITH THE RESOURCES THEY HAVE, AND I'M GLAD I GET TO WORK UNDER THEM. I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU AS BOARD MEMBERS, COME WORK EVOLVE WITH US IN THE MORNINGS, BE HERE AT 6:25, AND THEN WALK INTO A CLASSROOM AT 7 AND TEACH. I WOULD ASK YOU TO CONSIDER THAT IF YOU WOULD WANT YOUR ADULT DAUGHTER OUTSIDE IN THE DARK, CUT OFF FROM EVERYBODY ELSE, AND YOU'RE ASKING YOUR TEACHERS TO DO THAT. TEACHERS ARE HUMAN DOORSTOPS. TEACHERS AS HUMAN DOORSTOPS ON THE FRONT LINES ARE NOT THE ANSWER. PLEASE REEVALUATE YOUR POLICY AND PROVIDE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS TO THE BE THE FRONT LINE OF DEFENSE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. AND OUR LAST SPEAKER IS MR. RICHARD JACKSON.

THOUGHT WE WERE BATTING A THOUSAND TONIGHT. ALL RIGHT, SO MR. JACKSON IS NOT HERE, BOARD PRESIDENT.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, SECRETARY THOMAS, AND THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY THAT SHOWED UP TO ENGAGE IN OUR MEETING, UM,

[7. Closed Session]

[8. Reconvene]

[9. Instructional Focus]

DR. SPENCER.

THANK YOU, DR. CRUTCHFIELD.

AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO ASK MR. FERNANDO, UH, BENAVIDES AND DR. TAMEKA PATTON TO COME, UM, AND SHARE WITH US OUR A THROUGH F ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE 25-26 SCHOOL YEAR.

ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING, UH, BOARD PRESIDENT DR.

CRUTCHFIELD, UH, SUPERINTENDENT DR. SPENCER, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AND SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM.

DR. PATTON AND I ARE HERE TONIGHT, UH, TO PRESENT OUR A THROUGH F ACCOUNTABILITY RESULTS FOR THE 25-26 SCHOOL YEAR. SO FIRST, WE WANT TO SHARE, UH, WITH YOU AND THE PUBLIC WHO ARE WATCHING, UH, HOW DOES TEA, UH, CALCULATE SCORES? UH, AND SO WE'RE GOING TO SHARE WITH THAT WITH YOU TONIGHT. SO BASICALLY, UH, TEA LOOKS AT 3 DIFFERENT DOMAINS. THE FIRST DOMAIN IS CALLED STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, THE SECOND DOMAIN IS CALLED SCHOOL PROGRESS, AND THE THIRD IS CLOSING THE GAPS. UH, WITH DOMAIN 2, UH, THERE ARE 2 PARTS, SO REALLY THERE'S REALLY 4 KIND

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FOR HIGH SCHOOL, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

THEY, UH, ONLY 40% OF THEIR OVERALL DOMAIN 1 IS EOC STAAR SCORES. UH, AGAIN, THAT'S ALSO A GRADUATION REQUIREMENT. THE REMAINING 60% COME FROM, UH, CCMR RATES AND ALSO GRADUATION RATES FROM THE PREVIOUS CLASS. SO THAT WOULD BE, IN THIS CASE, THE CLASS OF 2025 FOR THIS ACCOUNTABILITY YEAR.

THIS YEAR'S ACCOUNTABILITY, UH, WILL LOOK AT THE CLASS OF 2026 TO APPLY TO THIS YEAR'S ACCOUNTABILITY RATINGS. AND SO WHEN STUDENTS PERFORM, UH, THE STAAR TEST, OR WHEN THEY TAKE THE STAAR TEST, THEY'RE BASICALLY GIVING, UH, 4 DIFFERENT, UM, PERFORMANCE CATEGORIES. THE ONE IS DO NOT MEET, THAT THEY DID NOT PASS. THE SECOND ONE IS THEY PASS AT THE APPROACHES LEVEL, BUT WE KNOW THAT AT THAT LEVEL, AT THAT GRADE LEVEL AND THAT CONTENT, THAT THEY'RE GOING TO NEED SOME INTERVENTIONS, UH, THE NEXT YEAR, UH, SO WE'LL HAVE TO GIVE THEM ADDITIONAL TIME AND SUPPORT, BUT AGAIN, THEY MET, UH, THE STANDARD OF PASSING. UH, FOR THE THIRD, WHICH IS THE GRADE LEVEL, WHICH IS MEETS, THAT'S WHERE WE KNOW STUDENTS, UH, HAVE DONE WELL ON THAT COURSE. IT'S GRADE LEVEL CONTENT. THAT IS OUR GOAL. UH, AND THEN THE NEXT YEAR, WHEN THEY PROGRESS TO THE NEXT GRADE LEVEL, AS THEY CONTINUE, UH, LEARNING THE CONTENT, UH, THEY MAY NEED SOME, UH, INTERVENTIONS, EX- EXTRA TIME AND SUPPORT.

UH, AGAIN, THAT IS OUR GOAL, UH, AS A DISTRICT, THAT ALL STUDENTS MEET, UH, GRADE LEVEL. UH, BUT THE FINAL ONE IS MASTERS, AND THAT IS WHERE, AGAIN, STUDENTS ARE REALLY DOING A GREAT JOB. UH, THEY'VE MASTERED ALL THE CONTENT WELL. THEY, UH, HAVE A GOOD, UH, UNDERSTANDING OF ALL THE CONTENT WITHIN THAT'S BEING ASSESSED AT THAT GRADE LEVEL. AND SO, AGAIN, UH, THEY WILL NEED LITTLE TO NO INTERVENTIONS AS THEY PROGRESS TO THE NEXT GRADE LEVEL. SO TEA TAKES AN AVERAGE OF ALL THOSE SCORES. UH, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT IF OUR STUDENTS, UH, PERFORM AT THE MASTER'S LEVEL, THAT THEY COUNT THERE, BUT THEY ALSO COUNT IN THE MEETS CATEGORY, AS WELL AS THE APPROACHES.

FOR OUR STUDENTS WHO PERFORM AT THE MEETS LEVEL, THEY COUNT IN OUR MEETS CATEGORY, AS WELL AS APPROACHES. AND IF STUDENTS REPORT AT THE APPROACHES LEVEL, THEN THEY ONLY COUNT THAT ONE TIME. SO BASICALLY, OUR MEETS, OUR MASTER'S KIDS COUNT THREE TIMES, OUR, UH, MEETS KIDS COUNT TWICE, AND THEN OUR APPROACHES COUNT ONCE. AND AGAIN, THAT'S AN AVERAGE OF ALL SCORES, OF ALL TESTS THEY TAKE. SO THAT'S DOMAIN, UH, 1.

FOR DOMAIN 2, THERE ARE 2 PARTS. UH, ONE IS CALLED ACADEMIC GROWTH, AND THE OTHER CALL- IS CALLED RELATIVE PERFORMANCE. SO FOR ACADEMIC GROWTH IN PART A, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, THERE MAY BE A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION, UH, ON WHAT THIS MEANS. IT'S NOT GROWTH WITHIN THE YEAR, WHERE WE TAKE A BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, A MIDDLE OF THE YEAR, AND THEN END OF THE YEAR. IT'S REALLY GROWTH OVER ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT. SO WHEN A STUDENT TAKES A STAAR ASSESSMENT, UH, TEST, UH, THEY'RE GIVEN, AGAIN, ONE OF THOSE CATEGORIES, DID NOT MEET, APPROACHES, MEETS, OR MASTERS. WELL, IT WOULD BE, UH, EXPECTED THAT IF A STUDENT PERFORMS AT THAT GRADE LEVEL IN THAT GREAT, UH, CONTENT AREA IN ONE OF THOSE PERFORMANCE CATEGORIES, THAT THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THAT PARTICULAR, UH, PERFORMANCE LEVEL OR IMPROVE.

AND OF COURSE, OUR GOAL IS TO ALWAYS, AGAIN, TO GET TO THAT MEETS OR EVEN HIGHER.

SO IF A STUDENT PERFORMS, UH, AT A MASTER'S LEVEL IN THIRD GRADE, THEN WHEN THEY GET TO THE FOURTH GRADE IN READING, WE WANT THEM TO MAINTAIN THAT MASTER'S LEVEL. BUT IT'S GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT THAT OUR STUDENT OR THAT OUR TEACHERS KNOW THAT THOSE STUDENTS' PERFORMANCE CATEGORY THE PREVIOUS YEAR AND HOW WELL WE'RE PROVIDING ASSESSMENTS AND TEACHING, UH, THAT'S GOING ON DURING THE, UH, CURRENT YEAR. AND AGAIN, I'M GOING TO PROVIDE EXAMPLE WITH THE, WITH THE NEXT, UH, SLIDE. BUT FOR PART B, IT'S A LITTLE BIT, UM, HARDER TO PREDICT BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT WE CALL RELATIVE PERFORMANCE.

UH, AND AGAIN, UH, THIS IS WHERE CAMPUSES ARE COMPARED, THE GROWTH MEASURE IS COMPARED TO CAMPUSES THAT LOOK, UH, SIMILAR TO THEM, UH, WITH ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED PERCENTAGES. SO HERE'S THE EXAMPLE OF DOMAIN 2. SO AS YOU SEE FROM THE GRAPH ON THE LEFT, UH, WE CAN HAVE A STUDENT, AGAIN, IN THIRD GRADE, EITHER READING OR MATH, AND THAT'S THE ONLY TWO CONTENTS WHERE, UH, WE MEASURE GROWTH, UH, FOR DOMAIN 2A, WHERE THIS PARTICULAR, UH, SAMPLE STUDENT IN THE THIRD GRADE GOT LOW APPROACHES.

WELL, IN THE FOURTH GRADE, IF THAT STUDENT THEN, UH, JUMPS TO A HIGHER PERFORMANCE CATEGORY, LIKE MEETS, THEN WE'RE GETTING CR- WE'RE GIVING CREDIT FOR THAT STUDENT, OKAY? UM, ADDITIONALLY, UH, IF A STUDENT WERE TO GET, UH, DID NOT MEET, AND WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, MEET EITHER APPROACHES, EITHER LOW OR HIGH, OR MEETS, MEETS OR MASTERS, THEN AGAIN, WE'RE GIVEN CREDIT. WELL, WE'RE GIVEN EXTRA CREDIT, BONUS POINTS IS WHAT WE CALL THEM, FOR THOSE ACCELERATED LEARNERS TO, BECAUSE WE REALLY PROVIDED INTERVENTIONS FOR THEM, WE PROVIDED ADDITIONAL SUPPORT, UH, AND AGAIN, THEY WERE ABLE TO, AGAIN, UH, MOVE TO THE, TO A PASSING CATEGORY, EITHER APPROACHES, MEETS, OR MASTERS. SO THAT IS HOW DOMAIN 2A IS, IS, IS, UH, MEASURED. AGAIN, IT'S READING AND MATH ONLY. IT'S EVERY, UH,

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WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A FEW YEARS NOW. UH, THEY KNOW HOW TO TRACK IT, AND WE ARE TRACKING THAT AS A DISTRICT TO ENSURE THAT OUR KIDS ARE MEETING, UH, GRADE LEVEL STANDARDS YEAR TO YEAR. AND YOU, AGAIN, YOU WOULD THINK THAT THAT'S, THAT'S IMPORTANT, RIGHT? EVERY YEAR IF A KID COMES TO US AT A MEET STANDARD, THEY, THEY MAINTAIN THAT OR AGAIN GET HIGHER. AND AGAIN, THAT'LL BE, UH, WHAT THE THINGS THAT WE LOOK AT, UH, THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR AS WE GET READY FOR STAAR. FOR DOMAIN 3, CLOSING THE GAPS, UH, AGAIN, THIS IS, UH, THE DOMAIN THAT, UH, MEETS OUR FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS, UH, FOR ESSA, EVERY STUDENT, UH, SUCCESS ACT OR SUCCEEDS ACT. AND SO HERE WE LOOK AT PERFORMANCE LEVELS FOR READING AND MATH AGAIN. WE LOOK AT ALL STUDENTS, WE LOOK AT THE TWO LOWEST PERFORMING RACIAL OR ETHNIC GROUPS FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR, AND THOSE CHANGE FROM YEAR TO YEAR DEPENDING ON HOW WELL OUR STUDENTS PERFORM, UH, AT THE, UH, ON A CAMPUS, AND THEN OF COURSE OUR HIGH FOCUS GROUPS. SO THOSE ARE THE FOUR DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, AND YOU CAN SEE FROM THE GRAPH ON TOP HOW ALL THOSE, UH, HIGH FOCUS GROUPS ARE, ARE LOCATED, OR WHO THEY ARE. UH, AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING AT ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE THAT DIDN'T COUNT PREVIOUSLY, OUR EB STUDENTS, UH, THAT WERE NOT COUNTED PREVIOUSLY IN THE FOUR, ON THE OTHER TWO, THREE GROUPS, AS WELL AS OUR SPECIAL ED STUDENTS, UH, AND, AND UH, AND OUR HIGHLY MOBILE STUDENTS AS WELL. SO AGAIN, THAT'S DOMAIN THREE. AND AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING AT READING AND MATH, UH, FOR ALL OUR CAMPUSES. SO ONCE WE GET, UH, A LETTER GRADE AND A SCORE PER DOMAIN, AND SO REALLY IT'S FOUR DIFFERENT LETTER GRADES AND FOUR DIFFERENT SCORES BASED ON THOSE FOUR, UH, AREAS. UH, AGAIN, ONE FOR DOMAIN 1, UH, ONE FOR DOMAIN 2A, AND THEN ANOTHER SCORE AND LETTER GRADE FOR DOMAIN, UH, 2B, AND THEN, UH, THE FINAL ONE WOULD BE DOMAIN 3. TEA TAKES THE HIGHEST OF DOMAIN 1, DOMAIN 2A, OR DOMAIN 2B, WHATEVER THE SCORE IS, OKAY? THAT'LL BE 70% OF THEIR OVERALL ACCOUNTABILITY GRADE. FOR CLOSING THE GAPS, THE REMAINING 30% COMES FROM THAT DOMAIN, AND THAT'S FOR ALL CAMPUSES. OKAY, SO AGAIN, UH, THEY GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY, AGAIN, HAVE WE SHOWN GROWTH? HAVE WE SHOWN, UH, AGAIN, WHATEVER THAT PERFORMANCE CATEGORY OR WHATEVER LETTER GRADE THERE WAS ON DOMAIN ONE, OR AGAIN, THE RELATIVE PERFORMANCE ALSO COULD BE, UH, WHERE WE TAKE THAT 70%, AND THAT GIVES US AN OVERALL, UM, GRADE. SO WE ARE PROUD THAT THIS YEAR, UH, FOR THE, OR THE 25-26 SCHOOL YEAR, THAT 80% OF OUR CAMPUSES MET, UH, AN OVERALL LETTER GRADE OF EITHER AN A, 20 CAMPUSES, UH, RATED A OVERALL, AND THEN 17, UH, CAMPUSES RATED B. THE SAME, UH, SAME RATINGS THAT WE HAD LAST YEAR, THE PREVIOUS YEAR, WHERE WE MADE A S- A LOT OF JUMPS. AND SO WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THOSE SCORES. UH, BUT AGAIN, THE QUESTION IS, HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT THE REMAINING 20% ARE ALSO, UH, AGAIN, GETTING THE SUPPORT THEY NEED SO THEY CAN DEMONSTRATE THAT HIGH PERFORMANCE, WHICH IS AN A OR B CATEGORY.

SO, UH, DR. PATTON WILL COME ON AND KIND OF SHARE WITH YOU, UH, WHAT THE PLAN IS AND HOW WE MOVE THE NEEDLE FOR THOSE PARTICULAR CAMPUSES THAT ARE NOT AT THE A OR B, UH, LEVEL CAMP- UH, RATING. SO BEFORE I GO, I JUST WANT TO GO AND JUST SHARE WITH YOU ALSO THAT EVERY TIME TEA SENDS OUT ACCOUNTABILITY RATINGS, THAT THEY ALSO PRODUCE A LIST OF CAMPUS DISTINCTIONS. AND SO EVERY CAMPUS AND DISTRICT HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, EARN A DISTINCTION BASED ON THE NUMBER OF THE, BASED ON THE TEST THAT THEY TAKE.

AND SO, UH, OVERALL, ALL OUR CAMPUSES, UH, WE RECEIVED 87 DISTINCTION ACROSS THE DISTRICT. VERY PROUD OF ALL OUR CAMPUSES.

BUT BASICALLY, A DISTINCTION MEANS THAT, UH, WHEN WE LOOK AT THEIR CAMPUS AND THEIR COMPARABLE GROUPS, AGAIN, UH, S- SCHOOLS THAT LOOK SIMILAR TO THEM DEMOGRAPHICALLY, UH, IF THEY PERFORM AT THE TOP 25%, THE FIRST QUARTILE, THEN THEY'RE GIVEN A DISTINCTION, UH, BASED ON, UH, THE VARIOUS TESTS THAT THEY QUALIFY FOR. SO I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT HARMON ELEMENTARY, UH, RECEIVED 100% OF THEIR, UH, DISTINCTIONS, 5 OUT OF 5, AND TIMBERVIEW HIGH SCHOOL ALSO RECEIVED 100% OF THEIR DISTINCTIONS THAT THEY WERE READY FOR, AND THAT WAS 7 OUT OF 7. OKAY. SO FOR, YEAH, WE CAN CLAP FOR THEM. UH, SO NOW I'M GOING TO TURN OVER TO DR. PATTON, AND SHE'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT DISTRICT ACCOUNTABILITY AS WELL AS OUR, OUR PLAN MOVING FORWARD.

GOOD EVENING. AS MR. BENAVIDES SHARED, I AM GOING TO SHARE OUR DISTRICT ACCOUNTABILITY. AND SO IN CALCULATING OUR DISTRICT RESULTS, THE METHODOLOGY IS THE SAME AS IT IS FOR OUR CAMPUSES. OUR PERFORMANCE IS BASED ON, UM, 70% OF OUR SCORE IS BASED ON WHAT WE DO BETTER IN. ARE WE BETTER IN STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT OR DOMAIN 2, UM, SCHOOL PROGRESS, OR HOW WE LOOK COMPARED TO OTHER CAMPUSES THAT LOOK LIKE US? AND THEN 30% COMES FROM DOMAIN 3, WHICH HE SHARED IS HOW OUR DIFFERENT STUDENT GROUPS ARE PERFORMING. AND THEN THOSE TOGETHER GIVE US OUR

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SO I WANT TO JUST SHOW THE, UH, THE COMPARISON OF 24-25 TO 25-26. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN, YOU SEE SOME GREEN ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, AND SO WE WANT TO JUST HIGHLIGHT THAT 4 OUT OF THE 5 AREAS ARE GREEN, WHICH MEANS WE HAVE MADE GAINS.

AND THEN I ALSO HAVE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT OUR ACADEMIC GROWTH IMPROVED A FULL LETTER GRADE, SO WE ARE SUPER PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING.

SO YOU MIGHT ASK, YOU'RE SAYING WE HAVE GAINS, BUT YET OUR OVERALL SCORE IS THE SAME. SO TO SPEAK TO THAT, ALTHOUGH SEVERAL OF OUR CAMPUSES, UM, MAINTAIN THEIR LETTER GRADES, OUR DOMAIN 3 SCORE ON SOME OF THOSE CAMPUSES, THERE WAS A DECREASE. OUR ENROLLMENT NUMBERS ON SOME OF OUR CAMPUSES ALSO CHANGED, WHICH AFFECTED THE, UM, PROPORTIONAL RATING OF OUR CAMPUSES THAT ARE, THAT'S AWARDED TO EACH OF OUR CAMPUSES. AND THEN LAST YEAR, ONE OF OUR CAMPUSES, PHOENIX ACADEMY, WAS NOT RATED, UM, IN DOMAIN 3 DUE TO THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THEY HAD. THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS TO BE COUNTED, BUT IN 2026 THEY DID, AND SO THAT ADDED ANOTHER CAMPUS. SO PROPORTIONATELY, WE HAD MORE CAMPUSES RATE WEIGHTED IN 2026 THAN WE DID IN 2025. SO THIS JUST SHOWS YOU AN OVER- OVERALL, UM, PROGRESSION OF OUR PERFORMANCE FROM 2022, WHEN WE RECEIVED WHAT IF RATINGS, TO 2023, WHICH WAS THE STAAR REDESIGN. AND YOU CAN SEE EACH YEAR WE ARE MAKING GAINS, SO WE ARE CONTINUING TO, UM, PRESS FORWARD AND JUST WORKING TO, UM, MOVE THE NEEDLE. THESE NEXT 2 SLIDES THAT I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU ARE JUST SLIDES THAT YOU'VE ARE FAMILIAR WITH SEEING. THERE ARE GREEN IS GOOD SLIDES, AND SO THIS ONE IS COMPARABLE DISTRICTS TO US THAT LOOK, UM, SIMILAR TO US WITH THEIR NUMBER OF ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS, THEIR ENROLLMENT, THEIR MOBILITY RATE. YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THIS. UM, AND THEN THIS SLIDE SHOWS OUR DISTRICTS OR DISTRICTS THAT ARE WITHIN OUR REGION. SAME THING, GREEN IS GOOD. I HAVE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT, UM, WE ARE IN COMPETITION WITH OURSELVES, AND SO WE ARE WORKING TO IMPROVE OUR 87, BUT JUST FOR A FRAME OF REFERENCE, THIS INFORMATION IS SHARED WITH YOU. A POINT OF CELEBRATION IS WE ARE ONE OF THE TOP FIVE DISTRICTS IN TARRANT COUNTY. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO INCLUDE THAT AS A CELEBRATION, AND SO YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN THE OTHER, UM, DISTRICTS, AND THEN WE ARE THERE AS WELL.

SO WE'RE SUPER PROUD OF THAT.

SO THE QUESTION IS, HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO MOVE THE NEEDLE? I SHARED WITH YOU THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO MOVE THE 87, SO WHAT'S OUR PLAN? IN AUGUST, YOU HEARD A PRESENTATION WHERE WE SHARED THAT WE ARE OFFERING DIFFERENTIATED SUPPORT FOR OUR CAMPUSES, AND THOSE CAMPUSES, OUR CAMPUSES ARE TIERED BASED ON THEIR CAMPUS DATA, CAMPUS INSTRUCTION, AND ALSO CAMPUS LEADERSHIP.

WELL, OUR SUPERINTENDENT CHALLENGED US AS SENIOR LEADERS TO STEP OUTSIDE OF THE BOX, AND REALLY, HOW CAN WE SUPPORT OUR CAMPUSES, AND HOW CAN WE REMOVE BARRIERS? SO AS SENIOR LEADERS OF THE, OOPS, GO BACK. AS SENIOR LEADERS OF THE DISTRICT, WE WERE TASKED WITH BRAINSTORMING AND WORKING WITH OUR TEAMS TO COME UP WITH WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN DO, AND REALLY THINK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX. SO WHAT WE DID, WE LOOKED AT OUR CAMPUSES THAT, UM, HAD A OVERALL SCORE OF, OR PERFORMED, I'M SORRY, HAD A OVERALL LETTER GRADE OF A D. OUR CAMPUSES THAT MAY HAVE HAD AREAS OR STUDENT GROUPS THAT HAD BEEN STAGNANT.

ALSO, SOME OF OUR CAMPUSES THAT MAY HAVE MADE GAINS, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY SUSTAIN THE GAINS THAT THEY'VE MADE. SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE NAMED THOSE CAMPUSES OUR GREAT 8. AND SO, AS I'VE SAID, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT, MOVING AWAY FROM ANYTHING THAT WE'VE EVER DONE IN ACCELERATE, WHICH IS WHAT'S HIGHLIGHTED ON THIS, ON THE SLIDE. SO THESE PLANS WERE SHARED WITH THE GREAT 8 PRINCIPALS. THEY WERE EXCITED.

THEY WERE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO OFFER FEEDBACK BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE THINK WE'VE GOT REALLY GREAT IDEAS, BUT WE WANT TO HEAR FROM THEM. AND SO THEY WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THE PLANS THAT WERE PROVIDED. AND ONE OF THE PRINCIPALS I HAVE TO HIGHLIGHT COMMENTED, THIS WILL ALLOW ME TO FOCUS ON THE THINGS THAT I NEED TO FOCUS ON. SO WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE HAVE COMMITTED TO DOING AS A SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM? I'LL HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THOSE. HUMAN RESOURCES, THEY ARE PLANNING TO LOOK AT WAYS THAT THEY CAN, UM, PROVIDE PERHAPS PERMANENT SUBS FOR OUR GREAT 8 CAMPUSES.

THESE PERMANENT SUBS WILL BE HOUSED ON OUR GREAT 8 CAMPUSES IN SOME INSTANCES, DUE TO THE SIZE OF THE CAMPUS, THEY MAY BE SHARED AMONG THE GREAT 8. WITH THIS, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT HOW CAN WE INCREASE THE, UH, PAY FOR THESE PERMANENT SUBS, BUT THEY WOULD BE SPECIFIC TO THE GREAT 8.

TRANSPORTATION. THEY ARE LOOKING AT HOW CAN WE WORK

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AND STUDENT SERVICES, WE KNOW THAT ATTENDANCE IS HUGE. IF WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THE NEEDLE AND CHANGE OUTCOMES FOR STUDENTS, THEY HAVE TO BE PRESENT. SO STUDENT SERVICES IS COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH OUR CAMPUSES, UM, AND LOOKING AT CHRONIC ABSENCES OR TARDIES THAT MAY BE PRESENT ON CAMPUSES. THEY ARE WORKING TO, UM, ANALYZE DATA AND SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AS THEY WORK TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS ARE AT SCHOOL AND AT SCHOOL ON TIME. ANOTHER LAYER THAT STUDENT SERVICES IS LOOKING AT ALSO IS THROUGH HEALTH SERVICES. THEY ARE LOOKING AT, UM, SITUATIONS WHERE STUDENTS ARE SENT HOME, UM, ILL. HOW CAN WE WORK TO GET OUR STUDENTS BACK TO SCHOOL IN A TIMELY MANNER AFTER ILLNESS? THEY ARE PARTNERING OR PLANNING TO PARTNER WITH PARENTS TO REACH OUT, PROVIDE RESOURCES, AND ALSO WORK WITH THEM TO, UM, ASSIST WITH GETTING DOCTOR'S NOTES, IF THAT'S WHAT'S NEEDED, SO STUDENTS CAN RETURN TO SCHOOL IN A TIMELY MANNER.

AND THEN LASTLY, I'D LIKE TO JUST HIGHLIGHT THAT OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM IS PARTNERING WITH GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING, AND ALSO PARENT AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT TO SECURE MORE ADULT MENTORS FOR OUR, OUR GREAT 8 CAMPUSES.

OUR BELIEF IS THAT THIS WILL SHOW THAT WE ARE ALL IN THE WORK TOGETHER, AND WE ALL OWN THIS WORK. WE KNOW THAT THIS DOES NOT REST SOLELY ON OUR CAMPUS LEADERS OR THE CAMPUS TEAMS, AND SO AS A SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM, ALONG WITH THE MEMBERS IN OUR VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, WE ARE ALL COMMITTED TO THIS, AND THIS DEFINITELY DOES SPEAK TO RESPONSIBILITY VERSUS OWNERSHIP. AND THEN LASTLY, I JUST WANTED TO CLOSE OUT WITH OUR, UM, CYCLE OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT. SO WE'VE ANALYZED OUR DISTRICT DATA, WE'VE ANALYZED OUR CAMPUS DATA, AND WE'VE WORKED TO PUT SOME PLANS IN PLACE.

CAMPUSES ARE ALREADY IN THE WORK, AND THEY'VE STARTED, UM, WORKING THROUGH THEIR PLANS. WE ARE PUTTING THE FINISHING TOUCHES ON OUR PLANS FROM OUR SENIOR LEADERS.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS ARE WORKING, UM, TOGETHER TO SUPPORT CAMPUSES AS WELL, SO WE'VE GOT GOOD THINGS UP AND READY TO GO.

BUT OUR NEXT LAYER IS TO STUDY THAT. WE CAN PUT GREAT PLANS IN PLACE, BUT WE HAVE TO MONITOR THOSE TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE EFFECTIVE, AND THEN WE'LL MAKE ADJUSTMENTS ALONG THE WAY, AND THEN THE CYCLE WILL CONTINUE. AND WITH THAT, I WILL CLOSE IT OUT AND OPEN IT UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT, TRUSTEES, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS TO MY LEFT. NO ONE ON THE LEFT? NO? ALL RIGHT.

UH, MR. CANNON, THE SECOND.

I WANT TO THANK BOTH OF YOU FOR, UH, YOUR WORK ON THIS PRESENTATION, BUT ALSO TO EVERY CAMPUS, UH, ADMIN AND STAFF THAT'S COMMITTED TO DOING THIS WORK.

UM, I APPRECIATE YOUR FOCUS, UH, MR. BENAVIDES, ON DOMAIN 2A AND 2B, UH, AS I BELIEVE THOSE ARE REALLY GAME CHANGERS, AND I'VE SEEN, EVEN WITH MY OWN CHILDREN, HOW THEY'VE SHOWN THAT GROWTH, AND SO IT'S BEEN REALLY EXCITING. UM, AS YOU TALK ABOUT, DR. PATTON, THE, THE GREAT 8, UH, PRESIDENT CRUTCHFIELD, I THINK WITHIN OUR TEAM OF 8, IF WE COULD ASSIGN EACH OF US TO ONE OF THOSE CAMPUSES, UM, I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT, JUST SO THEY HAVE AN ADDITIONAL LAYER OF SUPPORT.

UM, AND THEN I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT CENTRAL OFFICE STAFF, SCHOOL LEADERSHIP, CURRICULUM INSTRUCTION ARE REALLY EMBEDDED IN THAT WORK AS WELL, BECAUSE IT'S, YOU KNOW, AS WE GET INTO THESE ROLES, IT'S NOT, UM, OPPORTUNITY TO DO LESS, BUT, UM, RESPONSIBILITY TO DO MORE TO REALLY SUPPORT THOSE CAMPUSES. SO APPRECIATIVE OF THE SLT, UH, AND EVERYONE THAT'S HERE THAT THAT'S DOING THAT AS WELL. UM, AS WE GO INTO, I JUST WANTED TO BRING, UH, ATTENTION TO THE ENGAGE MANSFIELD WEBSITE AS WE TALK ABOUT THE ACCOUNTABILITY. ONE OF OUR PRIORITIES AS A DISTRICT AS WE ENTER INTO THE 90TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION IS REFORM ON THE A TO F ACCOUNTABILITY RATING SYSTEM. AS WE KNOW, LIKE, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW DOESN'T FULLY CAPTURE EVERYTHING THAT OUR KIDS ARE DOING, RIGHT? SO, UH, JUST WANT TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY TO REMIND THEM OF THAT, UH, SO THAT THEY CAN LOOK UP THAT INFORMATION, UH, ON ENGAGE MANSFIELD, BUT WANT TO, UH, REALLY JUST END WITH A QUOTE.

DR. PATTON, THAT YOU SAID, THAT WE ALL OWN THIS WORK. AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FROM THE FULL ROOM THAT WE HAVE TODAY. EVERYONE THAT WAS HERE BEFORE WE STARTED THIS PRESENTATION, YOU ALL HAVE TO OWN IT AS WELL, AS WELL AS EVERYONE ELSE HERE ON THE DAIS AS WELL. SO, UM, GET ENGAGED, MANSFIELD ISD.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. MISS GOOCH.

THERE'S LOTS TO CELEBRATE. I LOVE ALL THAT YOU'VE SHOWN US HERE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE GREAT 8 PLAN, UH, BECAUSE IT'S EASY FOR US TO FOCUS ON ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT HAPPENED AND FORGET THAT THERE'S STILL WORK TO BE DONE. SO I ALSO WROTE DOWN, WE ALL OWN THE WORK.

THANK YOU.

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YES, I ECHO WHAT MY FELLOW TRUSTEES HAVE SAID. UM, I DID HAVE ONE CLARIFYING QUESTION BECAUSE I WILL SAY THIS IN, UM, CONJUNCTION WITH THE LAST REPORT Y'ALL DID ABOUT HOW OUR TIERED SYSTEM WORKS, AND THE ONE BEFORE THAT, UM, Y'ALL HAVE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF, LIKE, PAINTING THE PICTURE OF HOW WE MOVE THROUGH THE DATA AND HOW WE APPLY IT TO EACH INDIVIDUAL STUDENT THAT IS IN A CLASSROOM, AND SO THAT'S BEEN REALLY HELPFUL. UM, BUT WHENEVER WE WERE TALKING ABOUT DOMAIN 2 PART A, THE ACADEMIC GROWTH, AND, UH, THAT WAS GREAT TO EXPLAIN HOW IT GOES UP, BUT I HAD A QUESTION, UM, WHEN IT HAPPENS IF A STUDENT IS LOWER THAN WHAT THEY WERE, IS THAT A, LIKE, NEGATIVE ONE, OR IS IT JUST NEW- THEY'RE NOT COUNTED? THEY JUST- THEY'RE NOT COUNTED.

THEY'RE NOT SO WE DON'T GET CREDIT FOR THAT.

OKAY.

AND SO THAT DOES GO INTO THE OVERALL GOT IT.

SCORE, WHICH THEN SCALES TO A, TO A LETTER GRADE.

AWESOME. GREAT. THANK YOU.

SO THE GOAL IS TO MAINTAIN OR TO GET HIGHER.

MAINTAIN.

SO WE CALL THEM HOPPERS, UH, NO DROPPERS.

OKAY. LOVE IT. OKAY, THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT, AND UH, LIKE I SAID, I ECHO THEM, AND WE APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK Y'ALL ARE DOING IN THIS.

GREAT, TO MY RIGHT, TRUSTEES, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? DR.

REED.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION, BOTH OF YOU, AND WORKING SO HARD ON IT AND UM, EXPRESSING IT TO US AND ALL OF THE PARENTS WHO ARE LISTENING AT HOME. UM, LIKE TRUSTEE CANNON SAID, PARENTS, GO AND TAKE A LOOK AT THIS PRESENTATION SO THAT YOU WILL SEE WHERE YOUR CHILD IS AND WHAT YOUR CHILD IS, WHAT THE TEACHER'S DOING, COORDINATORS, AND ALL OF THAT. GREAT, UM, PRESENTATION. KUDOS TO THE TEACHERS WHO ARE IN THE TRENCHES DOING THE WORK. I AM SO GRATEFUL THAT WE ARE, UM, INTENTIONAL ABOUT A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WHERE, THIS IS A DIFFERENT, UM, QUOTE, MR. CANNON, YOU SAID, UM, DR.

PATTON, YOU SAID ALL IN THE, WE'RE ALL IN THE WORK TOGETHER. SO IT'S VERY COMPREHENSIVE WHERE EVERYONE HAS A STAKE IN THE GAME IN, UM, CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACADEMIC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF OUR STUDENTS. UM, I SAID ALL OF THAT TO SAY I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS, BUT I'M GONNA WAIT FOR S- I'LL- I'LL WAIT FOR SOME OTHER QUESTIONS. I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION IN TERMS OF, YOU MENTIONED THAT, UM, THERE ARE STAGNANT STUDENT GROUPS.

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS THE MOST STAGNANT GROUP AT THIS TIME? AND I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A PLAN. ARE YOU READY TO DIVULGE THAT PLAN TO US AT THIS TIME TO MOVE THAT STAGNANT STUDENT GROUP FORWARD? WELL, AND I CAN SAY THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE INDIVIDUAL CAMPUSES AND THEIR DATA, UM, THE INDIVIDUAL CAMPUS DATA, THE STUDENT GROUPS CAN VARY.

WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR DISTRICT DATA, IF YOU REMEMBER BACK TO THE PRESENTATION THAT, UM, MR. BENAVIDES AND I GAVE, WE SAW OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENT GROUP, UM, SHOW UP A, A COUPLE OF TIMES. UM, SO ON ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES, THAT IS GOING TO BE A FOCUS, BUT WHEN I MENTIONED SPECIFIC STUDENT GROUPS THAT ARE STAGNANT, THEN THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT THE INDIVIDUAL CAMPUSES WHEN WE MAKE THAT PLAN.

OKAY, THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THAT QUESTION.

SO THE SPE- PRIMARILY SPECIAL EDUCATION IS A, IS A GROUP THAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON. THANK YOU. HOW CAN WE AS A BOARD, AND, AND MR. CANNON, UM, ALLUDED, HE ACTUALLY SAID ASSIGN ONE OF US TO ONE OF THE GREAT 8.

HOW CAN WE AS A BOARD SUPPORT YOU SO THAT WE CAN BE ALL IN THE WORK WITH YOU AND ENSURE THAT WE'RE MOVING THE NEEDLE? I MEAN, IT MAY NOT BE AS, UM, CUSTOMARILY AS IT HAS BEEN IN THE PAST. IT MAY NOT EVEN BE TRADITIONAL, BUT WE AS A BOARD ARE WILLING TO DO THE WORK SO THAT WE MOVE THE NEEDLE FORWARD IN WHATEVER MANNER THAT WE CAN.

WE WILL FOLLOW YOUR LEAD. SO I'D LIKE TO ASK, HOW CAN WE SUPPORT YOU? AND IF YOU HAVE A PLAN FOR THAT, THEN YOU CAN SEND THAT OUT LATER, I GUESS.

I THINK I'LL, I'LL ANSWER FOR, UM, FOR THEM. I THINK ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE CAN DO IS LOOK AT, UM, SOME OF THE FEEDBACK FROM OUR CURRICULUM AUDIT, SPECIFICALLY AROUND, UM, POLICY THAT, UH, REALLY FOCUSES ON OUR CURRICULUM, OUR DELIVERY, AND OUR ASSESSMENT.

UM, THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF THAT THAT I THINK WOULD GIVE DR. PATTON AND MR. BENAVIDES THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT SOME GUARDRAILS THAT WILL HELP US IN MOVING THE WORK FORWARD.

WE'RE COMMITTED TO DOING IT, AND WE'LL GET IT DONE FOR YOU. THANK YOU.

GREAT. MS. NEWSOM, DID YOU HAVE SOME? I DO. UM, THANK YOU, UH, FOR ALL YOUR WORK AND OBVIOUSLY FOR THE GREAT CELEBRATIONS THAT THIS PRESENTATION IS TALKING ABOUT. UM, BUT YOU GUYS GAVE A REALLY CLEAR PICTURE OF HOW IT WORKS. A TO F ACCOUNTABILITY IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, EVEN THOUGH I FEEL WELL VERSED ON IT, IT'S VERY HARD TO ARTICULATE TO FOLKS, AND I FELT LIKE YOUR PRESENTATION HERE WAS PRETTY CLEAR, UM, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE PEOPLE GET CAUGHT UP IN THE FACT THAT IT'S JUST STAAR.

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IT'S, IT'S A VERY CLEAR PICTURE, UM, AND SO I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT SO THAT WE CAN HELP TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC, RIGHT, SO THAT THEY CAN HELP BE ENGAGED WITH US, SO WE CAN HELP KIND OF MOVE THE NEEDLE AND DO ALL THESE THINGS.

SO, UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT, UM, AND THEN SIGN US UP. WE'RE READY TO GO.

THANKS. MR. THOMAS.

UM, YES, UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST, THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION AND COMBING THROUGH THE DATA, AND I MEAN, WE'VE GOT GREAT RESULTS AS A DISTRICT OVERALL. UM, I LOVE THE FACT THAT WE'RE DOING THE GREAT 8, AND, UM, I THINK THAT DIFFERENTIATED SUPPORT IS GOING TO MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE.

UM, I DID WONDER, UM, WHAT ARE WE DOING DIFFERENTLY FOR THOSE D CAMPUSES? BECAUSE WHAT STOOD OUT FOR ME WAS THAT ALL THE D CAMPUSES ARE IN S- ONE CITY, ONE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA. SO CAN YOU, ARE YOU ABLE TO ELABORATE ON THAT NOW? YES. SO SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING, UM, IS SPECIFICALLY, I'LL GO BACK TO WHAT OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS ARE DOING AND PARTNERING, UM, THROUGH, UM, OUR CURRICULUM INSTRUCTION TEAM, UM, OUR SPECIAL POPULATIONS TEAMS, FINE ARTS, WHERE EVERYBODY IS COMING TOGETHER. UM, SO WITH THOSE CAMPUSES SPECIFICALLY, AFTER WE'VE LOOKED AT ALL OF THEIR DATA AND REALLY PUT SOME PLANS IN PLACE, THAT CONSISTS OF CAMPUS WALKS. SO WITHIN THOSE CAMPUS WALKS, WE ARE LOOKING AT INSTRUCTION, PROVIDING FEEDBACK, UM, TO THE CAMPUS LEADER. THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS ALSO SUPPORTING, UM, THOSE CAMPUSES, BUT THEN WITHIN OUR SPECIAL POPULATIONS TEAM, OUR EB, UM, SUPPORT TEAM, AND JUST EVERYBODY THAT'S INVOLVED IN ALL OF THE STUDENT GROUPS THAT ARE REPRESENTED ON THE CAMPUS, REALLY BEING INTENTIONAL ABOUT, UM, TRULY DRILLING DOWN TO IDENTIFY WHERE, UM, THERE MIGHT BE AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY, AND ALSO DRILLING DOWN TO WHERE OUR GAPS MAY BE, AND THEN TRULY FOCUSING ON THOSE AREAS TO PROVIDE THE SUPPORT THAT OUR, THE CAMPUSES NEED. SO NUMBER ONE IS STARTING WITH WHERE ARE THE GAPS THAT WE HAVE, AND WHAT ARE THE MISSED OPPORTUNITIES, AND THEN PUTTING PLANS IN PLACE TO ADDRESS.

OKAY, AND DO WE, HAVE WE IDENTIFIED ANY OF THOSE GAPS FOR THOSE THREE CAMPUSES AT THIS POINT? ARE WE STILL WORKING THROUGH IT ON WHERE, WHERE ARE WE AT ON THAT? BECAUSE I DON'T, I DON'T WANT ANOTHER D YEAH.

ON ANY OF THOSE CAMPUSES.

WE HAVE IDENTIFIED, UM, WE MONITOR DATA TOO A- ALONG THE WAY, SO THE DATA THAT WE HAVE IS DATA FROM, THAT YOU SEE HERE, THE STAAR DATA.

MM-HMM.

UM, WE'VE TAKEN OUR BEGINNING OF YEAR ASSESSMENTS, SO AS WE CONTINUE TO TAKE ASSESSMENTS, AS WE CONTINUE TO WALK CAMPUSES, ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT, UM, LEVELS OF DATA THAT WE ARE COLLECTING TRULY DRIVE WHAT TAKES PLACE AND WHAT THE PLANS ARE THAT ARE PUT IN PLACE.

DR. PATTON, CAN YOU ALSO TALK ABOUT THAT'S, UM, MORE SO ON THE TAUGHT, UH, CURRICULUM SIDE? CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE WRITTEN CURRICULUM AND THE ASSESSED CURRICULUM AND WHAT ADJUSTMENTS YOU ALL HAVE MADE THERE? I CAN. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF TEACHING AND LEARNING, MISS SIMPSON, WHO'S ALSO, UM, HERE IN THE ROOM, UM, SOME OF IT WE KNOW TOO IS LOOKING AT WHAT'S, UH, PROVIDED FOR OUR TEACHERS AND WHAT TEACHERS ARE USING. SO ANOTHER LAYER OF THAT IS ALSO LOOKING AT THE TRUE ALIGNMENT OF THE WRITTEN, TAUGHT, AND TESTED, AS DR. SPENCER HAS SHARED. AND SO THAT INCLUDES TRULY TAKING OUR COORDINATORS AND INSTRUCTIONAL SPECIALISTS AND COACHES, WHERE THEY ARE ACTUALLY PULLING THE DOCUMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED. THEY ARE DOING SOME CALIBRATION, UM, AMONG THEMSELVES THROUGH THE LEADERSHIP OF MISS SIMPSON. SHE'S ALSO PROVIDING COACHING SUPPORT FOR THEM. SO SOME OF THE SAME THINGS THAT OUR PRINCIPALS ARE GETTING, WE'RE TURNING SOME OF THOSE THINGS AROUND WITH OUR CURRICULUM COORDINATORS AND SPECIALISTS AS WELL TO BUILD THEIR CAPACITY TO IDENTIFY AND ADJUST, UM, AREAS OF OUR CURRICULUM AS WELL THAT MAY NOT BE MEETING THE MARK, UM, AND WHERE WE MAY BE MISSING, UM, SOME THINGS THAT CAN SUPPORT OUR VARIED STUDENT GROUPS AND VARIED NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS AS WELL. SO THAT, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S ONGOING, THAT IS, HAS ALREADY BEGUN.

ALL RIGHT, GREAT. THANK YOU.

AND I'LL JUST BE REALLY PAYING ATTENTION TO THOSE THREE CAMPUSES THAT, THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED, SO I'LL PROBABLY BE ASKING MORE QUESTIONS TO DR. SPENCER, JUST FOLLOWING UP TO MAKE SURE WE'RE MOVING THE NEEDLE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ABSOLUTELY.

GREAT. ALL RIGHT, ANYBODY ELSE? UH, MR. CANNON.

I FORGOT TO SAY ONE THING THAT WAS ON MY PIECE OF PAPER. UM, BUT I SAID THANKS TO THE STAFF AND TO THE, THE ADMIN, BUT DR. SPENCER, I WANTED TO EXPRESS THANKS TO YOU BECAUSE DUE TO YOUR LEADERSHIP, I THINK WE WILL ON THE PATH TO RETURN TO AN A BECAUSE OF THE AGGRESSIVE, UM,

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ABSOLUTELY. UM, AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU BOTH, UH, MR. BENAVIDES AND DR. PATTON, FOR YOUR, UH, PRESENTATION.

AND SO THE PART I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, UM, JUST MAKES MY SOCIAL WORK HEART HAPPY. UM, YOU TALKED ABOUT, UM, HR, YOU TALKED ABOUT TRANSPORTATION, STUDENT SERVICES, HEALTH SERVICES, GUIDANCE, AND COUNSELING. UM, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE WHOLE CHILD, AND, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE HOW OFTEN I'VE HEARD THAT COME, UM, IN A PRESENTATION, AND SO I APPRECIATE, UM, THIS DIRECTION.

I APPRECIATE ACKNOWLEDGING ALL OF THE THINGS THAT OUR KIDS ARE BEYOND TEST SCORES, AND THAT YOU ACTUALLY DO HAVE TO ADDRESS THE WHOLE CHILD TO BE ABLE TO GET THEM TO MOVE THE MARK. BUT ALSO IN THE, IN THE GEEKIER MODE, I DO LIKE THE HOW OF HOW TO MOVE A POINT HERE OR THERE.

THAT'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE. AND SO, UM, I ECHO AGAIN THE REST OF THE TRUSTEES, AND, AND GREAT WORK TO DR.

[10. Human Resources Report]

GOOD EVENING. I'VE GOT ONE, UM, RETIREE THIS EVENING. IT'S KELLY FARRIER, 21 YEARS WITH MANSFIELD INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE POURED INTO STUDENTS AND THIS DISTRICT. WE WILL MISS YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU FOR READING THOSE, UM, MS. NEWSOM. SO THAT MOVES US TO ITEM 10.2, NEW HIRES FOR BOARD APPROVAL, AND THE RECOMMENDED MOTION IS TO APPROVE NEW HIRES AS PRESENTED.

SO MOVED.

SECOND.

MOVED BY MISS HORN AND SECONDED BY MR. THOMAS. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, TRUSTEES TO MY RIGHT? TO MY LEFT? OKAY, SEEING NO DISCUSSION.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION,

[11. Business Items Requiring Board Action]

OKAY, THAT MOTION CARRIES 7-0.

AND SO NEXT UP ARE OUR BUSINESS ITEMS REQUIRING BOARD ACTION.

11.1, CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF CLASS SIZE WAIVERS. THE RECOMMENDED MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE CLASS SIZE WAIVER REQUEST AS PRESENTED.

SO MOVED.

MOVED BY MS. NEWSOM.

SECOND.

SECONDED BY MISS GOOCH. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, TRUSTEES TO MY LEFT THIS TIME? NO.

TO MY RIGHT? OKAY, SEEING NO DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THIS MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS. ALL RIGHT, THAT MOTION WILL ALSO CARRY 7-0. SO THAT MOVES US TO ITEM 11.2, CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF ACTION OF TEACHER CONTRACT ABANDONMENT, AND THERE'S NO ACTION NEEDED AT THIS TIME. SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 11.3, WHICH IS A CONSIDERATION AND TAKE ACTION ON STUDENT DISCIPLINE EXPULSION APPEAL MATTER. THERE'S ALSO NO NEEDED ACTION ON THIS ITEM

[12. Consent Agenda]

BEFORE WE VOTE, DOES ANY BOARD MEMBER WISH TO PULL AN ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? YES, MADAM PRESIDENT, I'D LIKE TO PULL ITEM 12.5.

OKAY.

WHICH IS CONSIDERATION APPROVAL OF REQUEST FOR BOARD APPROVAL OF MANSFIELD ISD EMPLOYEE PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACT.

OKAY.

OKAY, THANK YOU. UM, ITEM 12.5 WILL THEN BE PULLED FROM CONSENT WITH NO FURTHER ACTION NEEDED.

UM, DO I HAVE A MOTION THEN TO APPROVE THE REMAINING ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED? DR. REED MOVED, AND MISS HORN SECOND. SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR FOR APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA AS AMENDED, WITH ITEM 12.5 REMOVED, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS. ALL

[13. Superintendent's Report]

UM, IS THERE ANYONE THAT HAS ANYTHING ON THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT TO DISCUSS BESIDES BOARD

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ALL RIGHT. UM, DR. SPENCER, I DID WANT TO ASK, I KNOW WE HEARD A PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT, UH, THE STATE INTRUDER DETECTION AUDITS, UM, JUST IF YOU ALL WILL BE FOLLOWING UP ON THAT.

YES, WE'LL FOLLOW UP AND GET A, A REPORT BACK TO THE BOARD.

OKAY, THANK YOU. OKAY, SO NO OTHER DISCUSSIONS, AND THAT WILL MOVE US TO ITEM 13.17, BOARD COMMITTEE REPORTS.

SO IN THIS PORTION OF THE AGENDA, OUR BOARD COMMITTEES ARE SHARING HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WORK THEY'VE DONE ON A ROTATING BASIS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. SO TONIGHT'S COMMITTEES THAT ARE REPORTING ARE BOARD OVERSIGHT, ADVOCACY, AND BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

UM, SO THANKS TO THE CHAIRS FOR GETTING THOSE REPORTS IN.

UM, I'LL SHARE FOR BOARD OVERSIGHT, WE HAVE LAUNCHED, UM, AND WE THANK THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENTS, OUR, UM, FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT EXPLORING SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS. UM, AND SO THAT IS AVAILABLE ONLINE, AND WE'VE ALSO, UM, PUT INFORMATION THERE ABOUT THE UPCOMING TOWN HALLS THIS WEEK.

SO THIS WEEK WE, UM, WILL HAVE THE COMMUNITY, AND ANYONE IN THE MISD COMMUNITY IS INVITED TO ANY OF THESE 3 TOWN HALLS. UM, TOMORROW IS AT LEGACY HIGH SCHOOL AT 6 P.M.

WEDNESDAY'S TOWN HALL IS AT TIMBERVIEW HIGH SCHOOL AT 6 P.M., AND THURSDAY'S TOWN HALL IS AT LAKE RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL, UM, AT 6 P.M. AND SO JUST AGAIN, WANT TO REITERATE, IF YOU LIVE IN MISD, YOU'RE A STUDENT, STAFF PERSON, PARENT, COMMUNITY MEMBER, PARTNER, UM, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE IN THE DISTRICT, YOU CAN COME TO ANY OF THOSE THREE OR ALL THREE.

UM, AND WE THANK AGAIN THE FOLKS WHO SHOWED UP TODAY.

UM, AND I BELIEVE THAT IS IT FOR BOARD OVERSIGHT. SO WE WILL GO TO, UM, ADVOCACY HAVE A REPORT.

YES.

MISS HORN.

THANK YOU, DR. CRUTCHFIELD.

UM, IN THE ADVOCACY'S COMMITTEE REPORT, WE JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THREE THINGS, UH, THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON WITH MR. WILLIAMS. UM, BUT TEXAS'S PTA RALLY DAY AT THE STATE CAPITOL IN AUSTIN IS SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 22ND, UH, 2027, AND, UM, WE ARE ASKING ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD TO JOIN, UH, THE PTA IN AUSTIN ON THIS DAY TO JUST PRESENT A UNIFIED PRESENCE AS WE ADVOCATE FOR MISD'S LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.

SECOND, UM, MULTIPLE TRUST- TRUSTEES HAVE ALREADY REFERENCED THE ENGAGE, UH, MANSFIELD ISD WEBSITE, UM, THAT HAS SEEN SOME SIGNIFICANT UPDATES. UH, NOT ONLY ARE 90TH LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES POSTED, BUT SOME, UM, FACTS AND DATA WITH EACH OF THOSE IS NOW THERE. THEY'RE EXPLAINED IN, UM, WAY MORE DETAIL. YOU CAN SEE THE 89TH PRIORITIES THERE AS WELL WITH SOME DATA, UH, THAT'S REALLY INFORMATIVE. THE TEAM, UM, DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF, UM, UPDATING THAT, AND IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO UPDATE. UM, WE ARE ALSO BEGINNING TO SCHEDULE OUR DIFFERENT ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS, UH, IN THE NEXT MONTH, WHERE WE WILL, UM, GO TO ANY COMMUNITY GROUP, SCHOOL GROUP THAT WANTS TO KNOW MORE ABOUT HOW LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES DO AFFECT MANSFIELD ISD AND HOW THEY AFFECT OUR CLASSROOMS AND HOW THEY SHOW UP. UM, IF YOU ARE, I WANTED TO TELL THE COMMUNITY, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN HAVING BOARD MEMBERS COME AND TALK ABOUT THIS TO WHATEVER ORGANIZATION OR BUSINESS OR COMMUNITY GROUP THAT YOU'RE WITH, WE ARE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO THAT. UM, I DID WANT TO MAKE A CORRECTION. UM, I, THE REPORT DOES SAY TO EMAIL, UM, MISS ANNE LONG, BUT FOR THE TIME BEING, UM, I THINK RIGHT NOW IT'S MISS, UH, OH, IT'S MR. WILLIAMS, UH, AND HE CAN HELP SCHEDULE THAT, OR MYSELF, BUT EITHER WAY, WE'D LOVE TO COME TO YOU AND SHARE, UM, ALL THAT WE CAN ABOUT, UH, MANSFIELD'S, UH, LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES. AND THEN LAST, JUST A REMINDER, UH, TO KEEP YOUR EYE ON, UM, SOCIAL MEDIA, THE WEBSITE. WE ARE HITTING, UM, TWO REALLY IMPORTANT TOPICS IN THE NEXT, UH, TWO MONTHS, UNDERSTANDING THE PRIORITIES AND SEEING THE ACTUAL IMPACT.

AND THERE'S SOME REALLY GOOD CONTENT THAT REALLY MAKES, UM, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN AUSTIN TANGIBLE TO OUR KIDS, OUR FAMILIES, OUR STUDENTS, AND OUR TEACHERS AND EDUCATORS.

UM, AND SO, YEAH, DOES, UH, MY FELLOW TRUSTEES, DR. REED OR TRUSTEE KANAN, WOULD Y'ALL LIKE TO POINT OUT ANYTHING ELSE AT THIS TIME FOR ADVOCACY? NOPE. GOOD? AWESOME. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.

THANK YOU ALL, UM, AS A COMMITTEE FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING FOR ADVOCACY, KEEPING US INFORMED. UM, AND THEN BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, THAT IS MR. THOMAS, DO YOU GUYS HAVE A REPORT? YES, WE DO. UM, SO OUR REPORT, UM, JUST SYNOPSIS, WE SAT DOWN AND WE IDENTIFIED, UM, THREE THINGS, ACTUALLY FOUR THINGS, SUMMARY, UM, THE IMMEDIATE THREE THINGS, THE IMMEDIATE ITEMS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH, HOW WE'RE GOING TO PRIORITIZE, AND THEN TIMELINE OF EVENTS.

UM, WE SAT DOWN ON THE 11TH AND WE REVIEWED, UM, ALL 17 SECTIONS. UM, THAT WAS TRUSTEE GOOCH AND MYSELF.

UM, TRUSTEE HORN WAS AWAY ON BUSINESS, SO, UM, SHE ALLOWED US TO GO AHEAD AND MEET WITHOUT HER, BUT WE WE GOT IT DONE. UM, SO

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ALL RIGHT, WE APPRECIATE THAT WORK, UM, IN YOUR COMMITTEE, AND SO, UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW THE WORK, UM, THE BOARD IS DOING IN OUR SUBCOMMITTEES TO MAKE SURE, UH, THAT WE ARE GOVERNING. UM, AND SO AGAIN, I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY THAT IS ON A COMMITTEE SERVING AS A CHAIR, UM, AND DOING THE WORK. SO WE WILL MOVE NOW TO ITEM 13.18, WHICH IS BOARD MEMBER REPORTS. UM, AND SO IS THERE ANY BOARD MEMBER THAT HAS A REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER? TO MY LEFT. NO ONE.

TO MY RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, NOBODY ELSE. I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT, UM, THE 40-YEAR CELEBRATION AT CHARLOTTE ANDERSON THAT HAPPENED, UM, THIS MONTH. UM, SEVERAL OF US GOT TO GO, SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THAT WHOLE COMMUNITY. UM, THEIR BLOCK PARTY WAS EXTREMELY WELL ATTENDED. UM, SOME REALLY GOOD PERSONAL STORIES FROM SOME OF THE TEACHERS THERE THAT IT'S- THAT ATTENDED CHARLOTTE ANDERSON AS STUDENTS.

UM, AGAIN, APPRECIATION TO COMMON GROUND, UM, FOR HOSTING A COMMUNITY PRAYER BREAKFAST, UM, AT THIS FACILITY, AND THEN GOT TO SEE, UM, HOLLY TEAGUE AGAIN, UM, AT THE WALL SIGNING, UH, AT THE HOLLY TEAGUE ACADEMY FOR EARLY LEARNERS, WHICH IS OUR NEW, UM, EARLY LEARNERS ACADEMY. SO THANK YOU AGAIN TO THE COMMUNITY IN SUPPORTING THAT BOND WORK, UM, AND THAT'S MY REPORT. SO IF THERE ARE NO OTHER OBJECTIONS, WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM 14, WHICH IS ADJOURNED. WE ARE, WE WILL ADJOURN BACK TO CLOSED SESSION.

YES.

GO AHEAD.

NO, I WAS... YOU'RE GOOD.

YOU GOT IT. DID, DID I GET IT? THANK YOU, PARLIAMENTARIAN.

ALL RIGHT, UM, ADJ- ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.074, PERSONNEL, TO DELIBERATE REGARDING THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT, EVALUATION, REASSIGNMENT, DUTIES, DISCIPLINE, OR DISMISSAL OF A PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE, OR TO HEAR A COMPLAINT OR CHARGE AGAINST AN OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE, INCLUDING CONDUCT INVOLVING A FORMER EMPLOYEE. 551.071, CONSULTATION WITH THE BOARD'S ATTORNEY, LEGAL CONSULTATION REGARDING PROCESS FOR CHANGE OF ELECTION SYSTEMS TO SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS, 551.072, REAL PROPERTY, AND 551.076, TO CONDUCT DELIBERATIONS REGARDING SECURITY DEVICES OR SECURITY AUDITS. SO WE'RE RE-ADJOURNING TO CLOSE, UM, AT 9:01 PM.

WE WILL NOW RECONVENE FROM CLOSED SESSION AT 10:56, AND WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM 14, WHICH IS ADJOURNMENT. AND UNLESS THERE ARE ANY OBJECTIONS, WE WILL ADJOURN AT 10:56. READY, 1, 2, 3.

WE ARE MANSFIELD ISD.

ONE DISTRICT, ONE MISSION, ONE HEART. MANSFIELD ISD, ONE DISTRICT, ONE MISSION, ONE HEART. THANK YOU.

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