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>> THE TIME IS 6:10 PM AND WE HAVE A QUORUM AND THIS MEETING HAS BEEN DULY POSTED.

[1. MOMENT OF SILENCE AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]

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[NOISE] [BACKGROUND] GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE MONTHLY BOARD MEETING OF THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

PLEASE STAND AND JOIN US FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND A SOLUTE TO THE TEXAS FLAG.

>> 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.

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

[BACKGROUND]

>> THE FOLLOWING TRUSTEES ARE EITHER PHYSICALLY PRESENT, ARE PARTICIPATING SIMULTANEOUSLY BY VIDEO CONFERENCE VIA ZOOM: DISTRICT 1, EDWIN FLORES.

DISTRICT 2, DUSTIN MARSHALL.

DISTRICT 3, DAN MITCHELL.

DISTRICT 4, CARLO GARCIA.

DISTRICT 5, MAXI JOHNSON.

DISTRICT 6, JOYCE FOREMAN.

DISTRICT 7, BEN MACKEY.

DISTRICT 8, JOE CARRION AND DISTRICT 9, JUSTIN HENRY.

OUR SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, DR. MICHAEL HINOJOSA ALSO JOINS US.

THIS MEETING WILL BE AVAILABLE SIMULTANEOUSLY IN SPANISH ON SOCIAL MEDIA THROUGH DALLAS ISD IN [FOREIGN] , ON FACEBOOK AND THROUGH THE DISTRICT WEBSITE.

[SPANISH].

>> ON MARCH 16TH, 2020, GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT GRANTED A REQUEST BY ATTORNEY GENERAL KEN PAXTON TO TEMPORARILY SUSPEND A LIMITED NUMBER OF OPEN MEETINGS LAWS TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY TO ALLOW TELEPHONIC OR VIDEO CONFERENCE MEETINGS IN RESPONSE TO THE CORONAVIRUS, COVID-19.

IN ACCORDANCE WITH THOSE SUSPENDED RULES, WE CERTIFY THE FOLLOWING: NOTICE OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED ONLINE FOR AT LEAST 72 HOURS.

WE HAVE A QUORUM IN ATTENDANCE AT THIS MEETING, EITHER PHYSICALLY OR TRUSTEES ARE IN ATTENDANCE SIMULTANEOUSLY THROUGH VIDEO CONFERENCE, VIA ZOOM.

WE ARE MEETING BY USE OF ZOOM MEETING SOFTWARE APPLICATION, WHICH ALLOWS TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

ALL MEETING PROCEDURES WILL ADHERE TO BOARD-ADOPTED PROCEDURES TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE.

AN AUDIO RECORDING OF THIS MEETING IS BEING MADE AND WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.

WE APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE FOR ANY UNFORESEEABLE DIFFICULTIES AND ASK FOR YOUR PATIENCE AS WE NAVIGATE UNPRECEDENTED CONDITIONS.

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SUSPENDED LAWS, PLEASE CALL THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AT 8-8-8-6-7-2-6-7-8-7, OR BY EMAIL AT TOMA@OAG.TEXAS.GOV.

[NOISE] I DON'T SEE ANY PUBLIC OFFICIALS.

BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR AGENDA, I DO WANT TO REMIND YOU. [OVERLAPPING]

>> [INAUDIBLE] WE DO HAVE ONE.

>> JUDGE THOMAS JONES, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. WE APPRECIATE IT.

BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR REGULAR PROCEEDED MEETINGS, I DO WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT IT IS DALLAS ISD'S POLICY THAT WHILE ON DALLAS ISD PREMISES, YOU ARE TO WEAR A MASK.

SO PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE COMPLYING WITH THOSE.

SO AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO GIVE PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMPLY ON THAT.

[5. CLOSED SESSION - The Board will retire to closed session pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551 concerning the following sections:]

IN THE MEANTIME, IF THE BOARD IS NOT OPPOSED, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE OUR CLOSED SESSION ITEM UP UNLESS I HEAR OPPOSITION FROM ANY BOARD OF TRUSTEE MEMBERS.

HEARING NONE. WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO SKIP TO SECTION 5, A CLOSED SESSION.

THE BOARD WILL RETIRE TO CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS GOVERNMENTAL CODE, SECTION 551 CONCERNING THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS : CONCERNING ANY AND ALL PURPOSES PERMITTED BY THE ACT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS: 5.01, 551.071, CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEYS RELATED TO LITIGATION REGARDING THE DISTRICT'S DECISION TO TEMPORARILY REQUIRE MASKS AND THE DISTRICT INCLUDING DALLAS ISD, IS PETITION AND INTERVENTION REQUESTS FOR DECLARATORY JUDGMENT, AND REQUEST FOR TEMPORARY INJUNCTION AND CAUSE NUMBER D1GN21003897 AND 5.02, 551.089.

THE DELIBERATION SECURITY ASSESSMENTS OR DEPLOYMENTS RELATING TO INFORMATION RESOURCES TECHNOLOGY, NETWORK SECURITY INFORMATION AS DESCRIBED IN SECTION 205.0059B, OR THE DEPLOYMENT OR SPECIFIC OCCASIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF SECURITY PERSONNEL, CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE OR SECURITY DEVICES.

THE TIME IS NOW 6:15 AND THE BOARD IS NOW IN CLOSED SESSION, SO ALL OF THE PUBLIC WILL NEED TO EXIT THE ROOM.

IT IS NOW 8:26PM WE ARE BACK FROM OUR RECESS.

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WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THREE TO THE PUBLIC FORUM PORTION OF OUR MEETING,

[4. PUBLIC FORUM]

OUR AGENDA NOW CALLS FOR THE PUBLIC FORUM SEGMENT OF OUR MEETING.

SPEAKERS, PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT SUBSTITUTIONS ARE NOT ALLOWED.

IF YOU SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, YOU CANNOT SPEAK ON BEHALF OF SOMEONE ELSE'S.

SPEAKERS WHO FAIL TO ADHERE TO THIS RULE WILL BE INTERRUPTED AND INFORMED; 'YOUR COMMENTS ARE OUT OF ORDER.' MS. [INAUDIBLE] WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE SPEAKERS?

>> YES. SPEAKERS YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

WHEN YOU ARRIVE AT THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS MICHELLE REED, FOLLOWED BY SAMANTHA YANELA. [BACKGROUND]

>> WE CAN HEAR.

>> YES, I WILL. [BACKGROUND]

>> TESTING 1, 2, 3.

PRESIDENT MACKEY, CAN YOU HEAR?

>> YES.

>> TESTING.

>> YES WE CAN.

>> TESTING.

>> MICHELLE REED.

[BACKGROUND].

>> I THOUGHT IT WASN'T A DELAY.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW RESUME WITH OUR VERY FIRST SPEAKER.

>> ALL RIGHT, THERE WE GO.

[BACKGROUND]

>> IF YOU WANT TO WEAR A MASK, GREAT.

IF YOU DON'T WANT YOUR CHILD TO WEAR A MASK, ALSO GREAT.

IT SHOULD ALWAYS BE FOR CHILDREN THAT ARE NOT YOURS.

WE ARE NOT CO-PARENTING WITH YOU.

YOU HAVE NO BUSINESS TELLING MY CHILD THAT HE HAS TO WEAR A MEDICAL DEVICE ON HIS FACE.

DALLAS IS NOT A HOSPITAL FLOOR AND WE ARE NOT YOUR PATIENTS.

THE FDA STATES THAT IN ORDER TO PUT A MEDICAL DEVICE FACE MASK ON AN INDIVIDUAL, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THEIR CONSENT.

WE DO NOT CONSENT.

THIS IS THE DEFINITION OF MEDICAL CHARITY.

THERE IS A NEW STUDY WHERE 25,000 CHILDREN WERE FORCED TO WEAR A MASK FOR 4.5 HOURS A DAY.

MIND YOU OUR CHILDREN WEAR THEM FOR EIGHT HOURS.

DURING THE STUDY, THERE WERE 18,000 HEALTH COMPLAINTS FILED BY PARENTS AND 68 PERCENT OF THE CHILDREN EXPERIENCED AN ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECT.

THE STUDY SHOWED THAT MASKS ARE HARMING CHILDREN PHYSICALLY, PSYCHOLOGICALLY, AND BEHAVIORALLY IN 24 CATEGORIES, 53 PERCENT HAD INCREASED HEADACHES, 50 PERCENT HAD DIFFICULTY CONCENTRATING, 37 PERCENT DROWSINESS OR FATIGUE, 42 PERCENT MALAYS, 33 PERCENT DEVELOP NEW SLEEP DISORDERS, 29.7 SHORTNESS OF BREATH, 26.4 PERCENT EXPERIENCED DIZZINESS, ACCELERATED RESPIRATION, TIGHTNESS IN THE CHEST, WEAKNESS, SHORT-TERM AND PYRAMID OF CONSCIOUSNESS.

OUR KIDS NEED OXYGEN.

IT IS A BASIC HUMAN RIGHT TO BREATHE.

THERE ARE 72 STUDIES DEMONSTRATING HOW MASK CAUSE ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS 26 OF WHICH DEMONSTRATED ADVERSE PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS.

ONE OF THE TOP MASK FILTRATION EXPERTS NAMED STEPHEN PILES, SAYS THAT MASKS DO NOT WORK AGAINST THE VIRUS.

PARTICLES LEAK FREELY OUT OF THE SIDE OF THE MASS BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT AIRTIGHT AND 80 TO 90 PERCENT OF PARTICLES GO THROUGH THE MASK.

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WHY ARE YOU ILLEGALLY FORCING KIDS TO WEAR MASK, WHEN MASK HAVE BEEN PROVEN NOT TO WORK AND THEY HAVE BEEN PROVEN TO BE DANGEROUS TO THE CHILD.

THERE IS WELL OVER A 99% RECOVERY RATE.

THIS IS NOT NECESSARY.

MORE PEOPLE DIE FROM FLU AND PNEUMONIA EVERY YEAR THAN COVID AND YOU HAVE NEVER SHUT DOWN SCHOOLS AND MANDATED MASK FOR THAT.

WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS HINOJOSA? THE PARENTS AT OUR SCHOOL, THEY ARE ATTENDING PARTIES WITHOUT MASK, PLAY DATES, RESTAURANTS, PLAYING SPORTS ALL WITHOUT MASK.

IT MAKES ZERO SENSE TO MUZZLE OUR CHILDREN AT SCHOOL WHEN THEY DON'T EVEN DO IT AT HOME.

ALMOST EVERYONE I KNOW HAS ALREADY HAD COVID AND ISN'T AFRAID OF IT.

YOU DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO TELL US WHAT WE SHOULD BE AFRAID OF.

I AM MORE AFRAID OF YOU AND YOUR ABUSE OF POWER THAN I AM OF COVID.

JUST LIKE YOU BLEW EVERY YEAR, THERE IS GOING TO BE NEW STRAINS OF COVID.

COVID IS HERE TO STAY.

WHAT'S YOUR PLAN HINOJOSA? ARE ARE YOU JUST GOING TO KEEP ALL THE KIDS MUZZLED? NO.

>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SAMANTHA JONELLE, FOLLOWED BY LANCE BLANKENCHIP.

>> WHAT HAPPENED? [NOISE]

>> SAMANTHA. WE WILL START WITH OUR NEXT SPEAKER, SAMANTHA.

>> YES.

>> I JUST WANTED TO SAY I DON'T WANT TO BE HERE RIGHT NOW.

I REALLY WANTED TO BE AT MY KIDS' PTA MEETING THAT WAS SCHEDULED AT THE EXACT SAME TIME AS THIS MEETING.

I DIDN'T WANT TO TALK TO EMPTY CHAIRS.

I WANTED TO TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT MY SON AND THAT'S REALLY UPSETTING.

I WANT TO VOLUNTEER AT MY KID'S SCHOOL. I WANT TO BE A GOOD PARENT.

I WANT TO HELP THE TEACHERS.

INSTEAD, I'M HERE TALKING TO EMPTY CHAIRS.

WE'LL START WITH THE SCIENCE.

THAT'S WHAT'S MISSING.

IN DALLAS COUNTY, THERE HAVE BEEN TWO DEATHS OF CHILDREN UNDER 17 YEARS OLD.

FOR THE ESTIMATED 870,000 KIDS IN DALLAS COUNTY, THAT PUTS THE DALLAS COVID MORTALITY RATE AT 0.0000023 PERCENT.

THAT'S FIVE ZEROS.

[BACKGROUND] I'LL ALSO DISCUSS A STUDY FROM A NEW YORK MAGAZINE ARTICLE THAT SAID THAT THERE WAS NO CLEAR SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE THAT CHILDREN BENEFIT FROM MASKS IN SCHOOL.

MANY OF OUR PEER NATIONS, INCLUDING THE UK, IRELAND, SCANDINAVIA, FRANCE, NETHERLANDS, SWITZERLAND, AND ITALY HAVE ALL EXEMPTED CHILDREN FROM WEARING MASKS IN THE CLASSROOM.

THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION DIFFERS SIGNIFICANTLY FROM THE CDC'S RECOMMENDATION, CITING MASKING STUDENTS CAUSE POTENTIAL ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL HARMS FOR CHILDREN AND LACK OF CLEAR BENEFIT.

THE IMPORTANCE OF CHILDREN TO SEE FACIAL EXPRESSION OF THEIR PEERS, ADULTS AROUND THEM, FOR SOCIAL CUES AND UNDERSTANDING AND TO READ EMOTION.

MASKING PEOPLE IT'S JUST GIVING A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY AND IT DOESN'T PROVIDE ANY GOOD ESPECIALLY TO THESE POOR CHILDREN.

THERE IS ZERO EVIDENCE JUST SOME SCIENTIFIC BACKUP TO SHOW THAT CHILDREN ARE AT A SIGNIFICANT RISK OF CATCHING OR DYING FROM COVID.

CHILDREN WHO DRIVE TO SCHOOL ARE AT A MUCH GREATER RISK OF DRIVING ON THE WAY TO SCHOOL THAN DYING FROM COVID ACCORDING TO THE CDC.

OF THOSE TWO KIDS THAT DIED, VERSE 52 KIDS THAT DIED JUST IN 2020 ALONE.

THAT PUTS KIDS IN CARS 26 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DIE THAN OF COVID.

YET WE'RE STILL ALLOWING KIDS TO DRIVE TO SCHOOL BUT WE'RE SCARED OF THE ONE MORE TIME 0.0000023 PERCENT.

AGAIN, I'M JUST A MUM ADVOCATING FOR MY KID.

HE WANTS TO PLAY WITH THIS FRIENDS ON THE PLAYGROUND.

HE WANTS TO INTERACT AND TALK WITH HIS TEACHERS.

I HAVE ANOTHER SON IN SECOND GRADE WHO IS GOING TO SCHOOL NOT IN DST BUT THEY DON'T HAVE TO WEAR ANY MASK AT ALL AND HE'S LEARNING AND THRIVING AND THE TEACHERS ARE HAVING FUN AND EDUCATING.

IT'S SHAMEFUL WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO THESE POOR KIDS. PLEASE RECONSIDER.

>> THANK YOU. LAST BLANKENCHIP FOLLOWED BY BLACKER MARTINEZ.

[BACKGROUND] [NOISE]

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>> COMING TO THE MIC IS BLANCA.

SHE WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES.

>> JUST A SECOND.

[BACKGROUND] OKAY.

HELLO. CAN I TALK NOW?

>> READY?

>> MY NAME IS BLANCA MARTINEZ AND I'M COMING HERE BECAUSE I AM UPSET.

I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THIS MASK MANDATE FOR OUR CHILDREN.

>> THANK YOU.

>> I'M VERY UPSET.

I COME HERE WITH COPIES OF A NEW STUDY, MASS CHILDREN AND COVID-19 PUBLISHED STUDIES.

THIS IS AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE IF YOU CARE TO KNOW THE TRUTH.

TEACHERS DO NOT FACE INCREASED RISK FROM CHILDREN.

SCHOOLS WITHOUT MASKS HAVE NOT FARED WORSE, MASKS CAN BE DETRIMENTAL TO DEVELOPMENT ABOUT COVID IN SCHOOLS.

LOW-RISK FOR CHILDREN.

SCHOOLS HAVE NOT DRIVEN THE SPREAD OF COVID-19.

THIS IS PROOF. THIS IS ACTUAL STUDIES BUT I DON'T THINK WE CARE ABOUT THE TRUTH.

I DON'T THINK THAT IN DALLAS SCHOOLS THEY CARE ABOUT WHAT'S THE SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE, THE DATA.

THEY CARE ABOUT THE POLITICS, THEY CARE ABOUT THE CONTROL, THEY CARE ABOUT THIS VACCINE THAT'S COMING NEXT, WHERE THEY WANT TO SHOOT UP OUR CHILDREN AND THEY ALREADY DOING SO FROM AGES 12 ON UP.

NOW THEY WANT TO DO IT WITH ALL OF THE CHILDREN.

SO NO, WE'RE GOING TO STOP RIGHT HERE WITH THESE MASK.

WE SAY, NO, IT IS OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT FOR OUR CHILDREN TO BREATHE FRESH AIR.

IT IS PROVEN THAT THE MASKS ARE DETRIMENTAL TO THEIR HEALTH.

IT IS PROVEN THAT IT BRINGS ON ASTHMA, THAT IT CAUSES UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTION, THAT THEY'RE BREATHING IN CARBON DIOXIDE, WHICH IS CAUSING BRAIN DAMAGE AND ALL KIND OF INJURY.

THESE ARE OUR CHILDREN.

WE MUST BE A VOICE FOR THE VOICELESS.

WE MUST FIGHT FOR OUR CHILDREN.

WE MUST SAY NO, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.

DISD, YOU KNOW ME I WORKED FOR YOU AND I GAVE MY LIFE WHEN I WORKED FOR YOU AND WORKED FOR THEM, CHILDREN IN COLONIAL ELEMENTARY.

I AM A WORKER THAT LOVES GOD'S CHILDREN AND GOD SAYS NO, FIGHT FOR THEM CHILDREN.

BE A VOICE FOR THE VOICELESS AND SAY NO MORE. NO MASK.

HERE ARE ALL THE STUDIES, STUDIES AROUND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MASKS ARE INCONCLUSIVE.

WHERE ARE THEY GETTING THEIR INFORMATION FROM? I'M SAYING STOP, READ THE INFORMATION, AND ALSO GET ON THE BALL.

WE PAY YOU BIG BUCKS AND GUESS WHAT WE ARE YOUR EMPLOYERS WITH OUR TAX DOLLARS THAT ARE PAYING FOR THIS.

YOU BETTER LOOK IT UP.

YOU BETTER KNOW THE TRUTH, BECAUSE THE BLOOD OF THESE CHILDREN WILL BE ON YOUR HANDS.

THESE VACCINES ARE DEADLY.

DR. TRELENKO JUST DID A SPECIAL AND IF YOU DON'T CARE THEN I DO AND WE ALL OF US OUT HERE, THAT YOU'RE REFUSING TO LET US SAY YOU'VE KEPT US WAITING FOR OVER THREE HOURS AND YOU HAVE NOW BROUGHT US IN ONE BY ONE BECAUSE YOU ARE THREATENED BY THE TRUTH AND BY FREEDOM FIGHTERS AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE.

WE ARE HERE TO PROTECT WHAT OUR FOREFATHERS BLED AND DIED FOR.

THE FREEDOM IN AMERICA.

THE FREEDOM TO CHOOSE IF I WANT TO WEAR A MASK OR NOT, THE FREEDOM TO TAKE CARE OF MY CHILDREN.

I SEND MY CHILDREN [OVERLAPPING] TO SCHOOL TO LEARN NOT TO BE MASKED UP.

>> THANK YOU.

>> ANGELA ROGERS, FOLLOWED BY SHAWN TREMBLAY.

[BACKGROUND]

>> NEXT, WE HAVE MS. RODGERS WHO WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES.

[BACKGROUND] ANGELA ROGERS.

>> YOU GO CALL US IN THIS ROOM BECAUSE YOU ARE TOO ASHAMED TO FACE US.

I SEE. WELL, LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.

WE ALREADY KNOW THAT THIS WHOLE MYTH THAT'S GOING ON WITH THESE MASKS.

WE KNOW THAT THERE IS SCIENCE OUT HERE THAT HAS PROVEN THAT THESE MASKS ARE NOT PROTECTING US.

THEY DON'T WORK. THIS GAME, THIS PROPAGANDA HAS GOT TO END.

LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.

DO YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S A HISTORY BEHIND MASK WEARING BEING LINKED TO SLAVERY?

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I HOPE YOU CAN SEE THIS IS ACTUALLY LINKED TO OPPRESSION AND SUBMISSION.

THEY WOULD PUT MASK OVER THE SLAVES TO KEEP THEM OPPRESSED AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE DOING SUPERINTENDENT, WHO IS BREAKING THE LAW BY THE WAY.

YOU ARE KEEPING US IN MASK, IN OPPRESSION, SUBMISSION, IN CHAINS BASICALLY.

IF YOU CARE SO MUCH ABOUT THESE KIDS IN THESE SCHOOLS, THEY WOULDN'T BE READING ON A FOURTH-GRADE LEVEL.

HIGH SCHOOLERS.

THESE SCHOOLS AROUND HERE LOOK LIKE A PRISON SYSTEM.

YOU NEED A CLEAN UP THESE SCHOOLS.

TAKE THEIR MONEY THAT YOU GIVE TO YOURSELF, PAY OFFS AND STUFF AND CLEAN UP THESE SCHOOLS.

YEAH. I'M A LEAD US RIGHT HERE BECAUSE THIS IS EXACTLY THE IMAGE OF THESE CHILDREN.

OPPRESSION, BONDAGE, SLAVERY, SUBMISSION, OPPRESSION, [BACKGROUND] AND I TELL YOU WHAT, IF YOU REALLY CARED ABOUT THESE KIDS, THEY WOULDN'T BE IN HERE, THEY'D STILL BE AT HOME.

THE SCHOOLS WOULDN'T EVEN BE OPEN.

HOW ABOUT YOU SHUT THESE SCHOOLS DOWN AND SEND THEM HOME TO WHERE THEY WON'T HAVE TO SPREAD ANYTHING.

>> SHAWN TREMBLAY FOLLOWED BY TAMMY BROWN RODRIGUEZ.

>> SHAWN TREMBLAY IS COMING AND HE WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES.

>> PUT THE TIME UP THERE.

>> THE LAST MINUTE CHANGE TO THE FORMAT OF THIS MEETING IS PROBABLY THE MOST STUNNING DISPLAY OF POLITICAL COWARDICE THAT I'VE SEEN IN THE LAST YEAR, AND A HALF AND THAT'S REALLY SAYING SOMETHING.

I'M THE FATHER OF FOUR KIDS UNDER SEVEN, AND I'D LIKE TO ASK A SUPERINTENDENT TO RESCIND THE STUDENT MASK MANDATES TONIGHT, AND TO THE PARENTS OF DALLAS TO STAND UP FOR YOUR KIDS.

BECAUSE MASKS ARE BAD FOR KIDS.

MASKS ON YOUNG KIDS ARE UNSANITARY.

BY LUNCHTIME, MY FIRST GRADER HAS A DISGUSTING SWEAT SOAKED BACTERIA COLONIES STRAPPED TO HIS FACE.

THE MASK IS BAD FOR HIS SKIN, IT'S BAD FOR HIS TEETH, IT'S BAD FOR HIS LUNGS.

BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA CASES ARE UP RIGHT NOW, RSV CASES ARE UP RIGHT NOW OUT OF SEASON.

I THINK THERE'S A CORRELATION THERE MAYBE YOU SHOULD THINK ABOUT IT TOO.

MASKS ARE CRUSHING OUR KIDS' LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT.

MY 3 1/2 YEAR-OLD SON HAS BEEN IN SPEECH THERAPY ALL YEAR.

GERARD CANNOT LEARN HOW TO SPEAK PROPERLY FROM A TEACHER WHO'S HIDING HER MOUTH BEHIND THE MASK.

NOW, YOU WANT HIS FACE COVERED IN PRESCHOOL TOO.

IT'S DESTROYING HIS CHANCE AT NORMAL LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT.

MASKS ARE DEHUMANIZING, THEY'RE HURTING OUR KIDS' EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, FORCING KIDS TO GO THROUGH LIFE WITHOUT SEEING FACES IS DAMAGING OUR CHILDREN.

IT'S CRUEL, MY SON DOESN'T KNOW WHO HIS FRIENDS ARE, HE DOESN'T KNOW IF SOMEONE IS BEING NICE TO HIM OR IF THEY'RE BEING MEAN TO HIM.

HE'S GROWING UP IN A SCHOOL WITHOUT SMILES.

SOUNDS TRIVIAL, BUT IT'S NOT.

SUICIDES ARE UP AMONG CHILDREN.

DRUG ABUSE AND OVERDOSES ARE UP AMONG CHILDREN. FOR WHAT? WHY ARE WE MASKING OUR KIDS AT SCHOOL? KIDS ARE NOT AT RISK OF COVID.

OUR KIDS, UNVACCINATED, ARE SAFER FROM COVID THAN WE ARE EVEN AFTER WE'VE BEEN VACCINATED.

THE COVID RISK TO KIDS JUST ISN'T THERE AND THAT'S A GOOD THING BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHER THINGS TO WORRY ABOUT.

THEY ARE FAR MORE LIKELY TO DIE IN A CAR CRASH ON OUR DRIVE TO SCHOOL THAN FROM COVID.

THE MASKS AREN'T EVEN DOING THEIR ONE JOB.

WORLDWIDE, THERE'S NO CORRELATION BETWEEN SCHOOL MASK MANDATES AND REDUCED CASE NUMBERS.

THE MASKS AREN'T KEEPING KIDS SAFE, THEY'RE HURTING KIDS AND KEEPING THEM IN A CONSTANT STATE OF FEAR THAT THE AIR IS TOXIC AND THEIR FRIENDS ARE ALL DISEASED.

WHY DO WE ALLOW IT? MOST PEOPLE, LIKE THE SUPERINTENDENT WHO'S PUSHING MASK MANDATES NOW ARE PRETENDING TO BE AFRAID FOR PERSONAL AND SOCIAL GAME, FOR THE GULLIBLE FEW OF YOU OUT THERE WHO ARE LEGITIMATELY STILL AFRAID OF COVID, YOU HAVE BEEN LIED TO.

MEDIA PERSONALITIES AND POLITICIANS SCARING YOU AREN'T AFRAID OF COVID, THEY SEND THEIR KIDS TO SUMMER CAMPS WITHOUT MASKS, THEY FLY WITHOUT MASKS, THEY HOST BIRTHDAY BLOW OUTS WITHOUT MASKS.

THEY GO TO SALONS,

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BREAK THEIR OWN QUARANTINES TO CHEAT ON THEIR WIVES, THEY OPEN THEIR BUSINESSES, THEY VISIT THEIR FAMILIES.

THEY ARE NOT AFRAID OF MASKS AND YOU SHOULDN'T BE EITHER, ESPECIALLY FOR YOUR KIDS.

THESE POLITICIANS ARE FORCING YOUR KIDS TO COVER THEIR FACES PURELY SO THEY CAN COVER THEIR OWN ASSES.

THESE ARE OUR KIDS, OUR SCHOOL, LET THE PARENTS DECIDE HOW TO PARENT OUR KIDS.

TAMMY BROWN RODRIGUEZ FOLLOWED BY DAVID PARK.

NEXT, WE HAVE TAMMY RODRIGUEZ.

YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. THANK YOU.

>> FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO SAY HOW DISAPPOINTING IT IS THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE FACES OF THE SCHOOL BOARD.

THIS IS AN ABSOLUTELY EMPTY ROOM THAT THEY MOVED AND CHANGED THE FORMAT OF THE MEETING, EVEN TO CHANGE THE LOCATION OF THE MEETING, WHICH IS INCREDIBLY DISCONCERTING.

BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO BRING ATTENTION TONIGHT TO TWO THINGS.

NUMBER 1, AS WE ALL KNOW, THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT HAS SIDED WITH ATTORNEY GENERAL KEN PAXTON, AND TEXAS GOVERNOR, GREG ABBOTT.

MASK MANDATES ARE ILLEGAL AND BANNED IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

FURTHER MANDATES IMPOSED ON A LOCAL LEVEL ARE SUBJECT TO LITIGATION.

BUSINESSES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WOULD BE WISE TO READ THE EXECUTIVE ORDER GA-38, AS WELL AS EXECUTIVE ORDER GA-39, AND TEXAS SENATE BILL 968, SPECIFICALLY SECTION 14 SUB-CHAPTER A, CHAPTER 161, HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE.

THE TWO RESTAURANT BUSINESSES WHO HAD ATTEMPTED TO VIOLATE THE STATE LAW A FEW WEEKS AGO IN AUSTIN WERE REMINDED IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS IF THEY HAVE A LICENSE REMOVED IF THEY DO NOT STOP AND CEASE AND DESIST.

THE 10TH AMENDMENT OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION PREVENTS FEDERAL OVERREACH AND SUBJECTS BELOW OF EACH STATE TO THEIR OWN LEGISLATION.

BASICALLY, WHAT THAT SAYS IS YOU, AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT, DO NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY, THE LEGALITY, OR THE CAPACITY TO ENFORCE A MASK MANDATE ON OUR CHILDREN.

THE SECOND THING THAT I WANTED TO MENTION TONIGHT IS THAT AS A BRAIN CANCER SURVIVOR MYSELF, AS SOMEBODY WHO CANNOT WEAR A MASK DUE TO ADDITIONAL HEALTH ISSUES THAT MY DOCTOR HAS RECOMMENDED, WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN SEXUALLY ASSAULTED, OR WHO HAVE AUTISM, OR OTHER SENSORY ISSUE PROBLEMS WHERE THEY CANNOT WEAR A MASK.

IT IS UNHEALTHY FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAVE ASTHMA TO WEAR A MASK.

PLEASE, I IMPLORE YOU, ALLOW THE PARENTS OF THESE CHILDREN TO DO JUST THAT, AND PARENT AND ALLOW THEM TO CHOOSE FOR THEIR OWN CHILDREN WHETHER OR NOT THEY NEED TO BE MASKED UP OR NOT.

BUT MANDATING A MASK IS ILLEGAL, YOU HAVE NO SUCH AUTHORITY.

I IMPLORE YOU AGAIN, DO NOT TEACH OUR CHILDREN TO VIOLATE THE LAW.

THE TEXAS GOVERNOR AND THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT HAS SPOKEN.

BY YOU MANDATING A MASK, YOU ARE TEACHING OUR CHILDREN TO DISOBEY THE LAW OF THIS LAND.

WE HAVE ENOUGH PROBLEMS RIGHT NOW TRYING TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN MORALS AND VALUES, WE DO NOT NEED A SCHOOL TO-

>> THANK YOU. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

>> -ENCOURAGE CHILDREN TO VIOLATE THE LAW. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> DAVID PARK FOLLOWED BY JOHN FURNACE.

>> WE HAVE DAVID PARK.

SIR, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.

>> MY NAME IS DAVID PARK.

I'M A RESIDENT OF DALLAS AND I RESIDE IN LAKE HIGHLANDS.

I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT MASK MANDATES.

THESE DISPOSABLE MASKS ARE ALL MADE IN CHINA WITH QUESTIONABLE QUALITY CONTROL.

THEY DO NOT SEAL AROUND THE FACE, AND THEY DON'T HAVE VALVES LIKE THESE SO IT'S CONSTANTLY LEAKING AND YOU'RE BREATHING IN YOUR OWN MOUTH BACTERIA.

NOW, ALL THIS GET-UP RIGHT HERE, THIS IS ACTUALLY THE OSHA REQUIRED PPE TO DEAL WITH MOLD SPORES, AND OBVIOUSLY THE VIRUS IS MUCH SMALLER.

EACH STUDENT MUST HAVE THESE 3M RESPIRATORS WITH THE APPROPRIATE CARTRIDGES AND REPLACED WEEKLY.

ALL CHILDREN MUST BE FIT TESTED TO SEE WHAT SIZE THEY HAVE TO WEAR, THAT'S WHAT I HAD TO DO FOR MY JOB.

EYE PROTECTION, IT HAS TO HAVE A FULL SEAL AROUND THE EYES BECAUSE SUPPOSEDLY, THE VIRUS CAN GO THROUGH YOUR EYES.

IN ADDITION, TIE THAT COVERALLS AND BOOTIES SHOULD BE WORN AND REPLACED DAILY TO AVOID THESE VIRAL PARTICLES.

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ALL TALKING SHOULD BE BANNED AND EVERYONE SHOULD BE SEPARATED BY PLEXIGLASS, NO EATING OR DRINKING BECAUSE THAT WOULD REQUIRE TAKING THE MASK OFF.

NO BATHROOMS BECAUSE THAT WOULD REQUIRE TAKING OFF THE TYVEK.

STUDENTS CAN WEAR DIAPERS.

THEY SHOULD BAN ALL SPORTS UNLESS THEY WEAR ANKLE MONITORS, LIKE EATONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL IN WASHINGTON, THEY'RE REALLY DOING IT.

NOW, IF THIS IS SOUNDING RIDICULOUS TO YOU, YOU HAVE SOME SEMBLANCE OF COMMON SENSE LEFT.

EATONVILLE IS REALLY PUTTING ANKLE MONITORS ON OUR CHILDREN TO PARTICIPATE IN SPORTS.

THESE BAD ACTORS WON'T STOP AT THE MASK AND THEY'RE GOING TO KEEP PUSHING BOUNDARIES WITH STUFF LIKE THIS, FORCE VACCINATIONS, AND FORCE TESTING.

IF THIS SCHOOL BOARD CONTINUES WITH THIS NONSENSE, YOU ARE RISKING MASS EXODUS OF PARENTS PULLING THEIR KIDS OUT AND GOING THE ROUTE OF HOME SCHOOL NETWORKS AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS.

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, I'M BEING SARCASTIC HERE AND DO NOT [LAUGHTER] IMPLEMENT THESE MEASURES.

PLEASE HAVE SOME COMMON SENSE, I'M DOING THIS TO MAKE A POINT.

YOUR DISTRICT CANNOT AFFORD THE CONSEQUENCES OF GOING DOWN THIS PATH THROUGH MASSIVE LAWSUITS AND LOSS OF STUDENTS.

DO THE RIGHT THING AND FOLLOW THE STATE LAW AND THE GOVERNOR'S ORDERS OF BANNING THESE MASS MANDATES.

IT'S ILLEGAL. THANK YOU.

>> JOHN FURNACE, FOLLOWED BY MARK FRAZIER.

>> NEXT, WE WILL HAVE KRISTA HOUSTON. THANK YOU.

YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. [NOISE] [INAUDIBLE] FIRST OF ALL, I REALLY CAN'T BELIEVE THAT ALL OF THIS IS GOING ON OUT THERE.

THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE INTENTIONALLY SEEN HERE TO CAUSE CHAOS.

FOR IS THE FIRST THING I NEED TO SAY.

GOOD EVENING TO BOTH OUR ESTEEMED BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT AND OUR HOST.

I'M CHRIS [INAUDIBLE] CENTER OF VETERAN EDUCATOR AND AN EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER OF ALLIANCE [INAUDIBLE].

AS A KID WHO GREW UP IN THIS DISTRICT, PLAYED BY SEVERE ASTHMA AND ALLERGY, MY MOTHER ACTUALLY USED TO HAVE ME WEAR A MASK, PARTICULARLY DURING THE SPRING WHEN EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN WAS BLOOMING IN TEXAS.

BECAUSE OF COURSE SHE DIDN'T WANT ANYTHING AGGRAVATING MY RESPIRATORY SYSTEM THAT COULD MAKE ANYTHING WORSE WITH WHAT I WAS ALREADY DEALING WITH.

WHEN IT WAS ANNOUNCED IN MARCH 2020 THAT IN-PERSON SCHOOLING WOULD BE CLOSED INDEFINITELY BECAUSE A GLOBAL PANDEMIC WAS UPON US AND THEN LEARNING ABOUT THE CONTAGIOUS NATURE IN WAYS THE VIRUS IS BEING TRANSMITTED, I INSTINCTIVELY HOPED ONLINE TO SEE WHAT THE MOST EFFECTIVE MASK WOULD WORK THAT COULD BE USED TO HELP PROTECT US.

LEARNING THAT THE N95 OR THE KN 95 WERE THE MOST EFFECTIVE FOR WHAT WE WERE DEALING WITH, I IMMEDIATELY ORDERED SEVERAL PACKAGES OF THEM AND I HAVE NOT LEFT HOME WITHOUT AT LEAST THAT MASK ON SINCE MARCH 2020.

YOU CAN ONLY IMAGINE THE SHOCK AND ALL THAT SO MANY OF US FELT UPON HEARING THAT THERE WAS A BAND AGAINST MASK MANDATE WHICH WOULD NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE SCHOOL, THAT CLEARLY WAS NOT A GOOD DECISION IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT WE ARE STILL GOING THROUGH A GLOBAL PANDEMIC THAT HAS CLAIMED OVER 630,000 LIVES.

JUST IN THE US, INCLUDING PEOPLE THAT WE KNOW THAT I PERSONALLY KNOW.

THERE WAS A MAJOR WAVE OF FEAR AND TREPIDATION THAT SWEPT ACROSS THE CELLS OF EDUCATORS ACROSS TEXAS.

HONESTLY, I CANNOT IMAGINE WHY SOMEONE OR ANY GROUP OF PEOPLE WOULD NOT WANT TO PROTECT THE LIVES AND HEALTH OF CHILDREN, SCHOOL EMPLOYEES AND THE FAMILIES THAT WE ALL GO HOME TO.

FOR ANYONE WHO HAS ANTI-MATTER, YOU HAVE TO REALIZE THAT THESE MASK ARE A BARRIER BETWEEN SOMEONE'S RESPIRATORY DROPLET AND UP AND ANOTHER PERSON'S RESPIRATORY SYSTEM.

MASK ARE NEEDED TO HELP STOP THE TRANSMISSION OF THIS VIRUS AND TO CONTAIN IT.

YOU MAY ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE WEARING GLASSES OR FACE SHIELD ALSO KEEP YOUR EYES COVERED AS WELL.

I'M A TEACHER, WE DO REFERRALS.

I SAID ALL THAT TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR DOING WHAT IS NECESSARY TO PROTECT OUR LIVES.

ON BEHALF OF THE STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE ASTHMA AND OTHER RESPIRATORY ISSUE AND VARIOUS IMMUNOCOMPROMISED CONDITION, THANK YOU FOR PROTECTING OUR LIVES.

THANK YOU.

>> NEXT WE'LL HAVE ASHLEY QUARTZ AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.

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>> WHEN DOES THE TIME START? MY NAME IS ASHLEY QUARTZ, A MOTHER OF THREE, AND I'M HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF PARENTS OF DALLAS, TEXAS THAT WISH TO PRESERVE THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE WHETHER OR NOT THEIR CHILD WEARS A MASK.

I COULD GIVE YOU STATISTIC AFTER STATISTIC FROM THE CDC'S OWN DATA TELLING YOU THAT CHILDREN ARE NOT AT RISK OF DEATH FROM COVID.

THIS IS LIKE THE NORMAL SEASONAL FLU FOR THEM, 335 CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 18 IN THE LAST 18 MONTHS HAVE DIED AND THAT'S A TRAGEDY, BUT IT'S NOT OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

WE ALL KNOW THAT DATA IN THIS DISCUSSION DOESN'T EVEN MATTER ANYMORE.

WE KNOW THAT THIS DECISION ISN'T ABOUT KEEPING CHILDREN SAFE, IT'S ABOUT FEAR AND CONTROL.

WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A READILY AVAILABLE VACCINE KEEPING THE ADULT POPULATION SAFE, CHILDREN ARE JUST FINE.

THERE IS NO REASON TO MASK THEM.

THIS IS ABOUT POWER-HUNGRY BUREAUCRATS HOLDING OUR CHILDREN HOSTAGE AND IN THIS CASE, ONE POWER-HUNGRY BUREAUCRAT, SUPERINTENDENT MICHAEL HINOJOSA.

A MAN WHO BOLDLY AND RIGHTEOUSLY CLAIMS THAT HE WILL BREAK THE LAW AND PAY FINES WITH MY TAXPAYER DOLLARS IN ORDER TO MASK OUR CHILDREN.

TO FORCE A HEALTHY CHILD TO WEAR A MASK FOR EIGHT HOURS A DAY IS CHILD ABUSE.

THE CDC HAS NO DATA SUPPORTING THE EFFICACY OF MASKING.

WE AS A SOCIETY HAVE NEVER MANDATED SUCH EXTREME MEASURES, SUCH AS MASKING OUR CHILDREN FOR THIS SEASONAL FLU.

IN FACT, THERE'S DATA SHOWING THAT REDUCED CO2 AND BACTERIA-INFESTED MASKS CAUSE MORE HARM THAN GOOD.

WE HAVE SCHOOLS IN DIST RIGHT NOW THAT ARE OSTRACIZING CHILDREN.

KIDS THAT GO TO SCHOOL THAT CAN'T WEAR MASKS, DON'T WEAR MASKS.

THEY'RE STASHING THEM OFF IN THE LIBRARIES.

THEY WON'T LET SIBLINGS TALK.

AT DEALEY SCHOOL, THEY ARE OSTRACIZING CHILDREN AND WE HAVE DOCUMENTATION OF IT.

MY APPEAL TO YOU TODAY IS TO GIVE STUDENTS AND PARENTS THE CHOICE TO MAKE THE DECISION THAT IS BEST FOR THEIR FAMILY.

GOD BLESS TEXAS AND GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, A COUNTRY FOUNDED ON CHOICE, A COUNTRY THAT GENERATIONS OF FIT AND WOMEN HAVE FOUGHT AND DIED FOR SO THAT WE CAN LIVE FREE.

DALLAS BOARD OF DIRECTORS, WILL YOU FIGHT TODAY TO PRESERVE THAT FREEDOM? BY THE WAY, WHAT YOU'RE DOING HERE BY MAKING US COME IN ONE BY ONE AND SPEAK TO AN EMPTY ROOM WHEN IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A PUBLIC FORUM, THIS IS ILLEGAL AS WELL.

YOU WILL ANSWER TO THIS.

WE'RE REACHING OUT TO EVERYBODY IN THIS STATE AND YOU WILL ANSWER TO THIS.

THIS IS NOT HOW YOU GATHER FEEDBACK FROM CHILDREN'S PARENTS.

THIS IS TERRIBLE.

I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS.

>> COMING IN NEXT, WE'LL HAVE MIKE HOC.

YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

>> ALL RIGHT. WHERE'S THE CAMERA? THE ASSUMPTION HERE WAS THAT THIS WAS AN OPEN MEETING.

OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS WHAT FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, JUST A FEW PEOPLE.

BUT WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY IS THOSE OF YOU WHO NEED MORE EVIDENCE, SHUT OFF ABC, NBC, CBS AND WFAA.

THEY DISCERNING AND HALF FOR SOURCES OF INTEGRITY, LOOK AROUND YOURSELF, QUIET YOUR MIND, AND THINK CRITICALLY.

WOULD HINOJOSA HAVE THE POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH BIDEN WHILE BIDEN LET SICK PEOPLE FLOOD OUR BORDER? HINOJOSA, CLAY JENKINS, AND THEIR [INAUDIBLE] ARE DECEPTIVE.

THEY ARE EXPLOITING THE DELIBERATE NATIONAL CONFUSION FROM ROGUE MEDICAL DOCTORS ABOUT MASKS.

FIND LEGITIMATE DOCTORS, THEY EXIST.

NONE OF THIS IS EASY, BUT THAT'S WHY GOOD DECISIONS ARE POSSIBLE.

HINOJOSA IS TELLING US IT'S HIS GOVERNMENT, BUT IT IS ACTUALLY OUR GOVERNMENT.

WE HAVE A CONSTITUTIONAL REPRESENTATIVE REPUBLIC, NOT A DEMOCRACY.

REMEMBER, OUR CONSTITUTION PROTECTS US FROM TYRANNY.

CLAIM YOUR FREEDOM, CLAIM YOUR CONSTITUTION.

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THERE IS NO CURE-ALL.

WE HAVE PLAYED WITH FIRE IN DEALING WITH CHINA AND WE'VE GOTTEN BURNED.

NOW IT'S TIME TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE HINOJOSA IS NOT A LEADER.

HE IS MALFEASANCE.

THE EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE THAT FOUCHIER AND OTHERS ARE CALLING VACCINATIONS IS TREPIDATION AT BEST, 80 PERCENT OF ISRAEL IS VACCINATED, YET THEY ARE EXPERIENCING ONE OF THE LARGEST CHINA VIRUS SURGES.

OUR CHILDREN ARE DEPENDING ON US AND BY THE WAY, UPON WHO SHOULD THEY DEPEND? THE GOVERNMENT? NO, NOT THE GOVERNMENT.

WE WHO PROVIDE THEM LOVE, SHELTER, FOOD, CLOTHING, MORAL UPBRINGING.

WE WHO PAY OUR MORTGAGES, OUR RENT, WE WHO GO TO OUR JOBS AND DO REAL WORK FOR REAL WAGES.

WAGES UPON WHICH PREDATORS LIKE HINOJOSA FEED WHILE POURING GARBAGE INTO OUR CHILDREN'S MINDS. THAT'S IT.

>> COMING IN NEXT, WE WILL HAVE NAPPLE B JACKSON. WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK.

WE DID HAVE ONE TO ADJUST TO, HOPE LEE.

HOPE LEE WILL COME TO THE MIC.

YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES, MA'AM.

>> MY NAME IS HOTHENLEY, AND I'M AN EDUCATOR AND I'VE BEEN WITH DALLAS ISD, STARTING MY 22ND YEAR.

I'M A SECOND GRADER AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK THIS EVENING REGARDING DALLAS ISD AS COVID PROTOCOL.

I WANT TO THANK OUR SUPERINTENDENT, DR. HANNAH HOLSCHER, AND THE BOARD FOR FOLLOWING THE SCIENCE AND MANDATING MASKS FOR THE DISTRICT.

ON BEHALF OF THE STUDENTS WHO NEED THE PROTECTION, I THANK YOU, AND ON BEHALF OF THE DISD STAFF MEMBERS, I THANK YOU.

IN THE WORDS OF THE LATE JOHN LEWIS, I'M SO PROUD THAT THE DISTRICT I WORK FOR FINDS THEMSELVES IN SOME GOOD TROUBLE DURING THIS TIME.

AS THE DISTRICT CONTINUES TO KEEP UP THIS FIGHT, I WOULD ASK YOU TO CONTINUE TO INSPECT WHAT YOU EXPECT.

PLEASE ENSURE OUR BUILDINGS ARE BEING SANITIZED ON A REGULAR BASIS ACCORDING TO OUR NEW PROTOCOL STANDARDS.

I WOULD ALSO ENCOURAGE THE DISTRICT TO LOOK AT RE-INSTITUTING THE COVID DESK WHICH WE HAD IN PLACE LAST YEAR.

I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD STUDENTS IN OUR DISTRICT WHO HAVE BEEN TESTED POSITIVE AND THEY'VE BEEN SENT HOME, BUT TEACHERS AREN'T GOING HOME WHEN THEIR STUDENTS GO HOME.

I'M JUST ASKING YOU TO CONTINUE YOUR EFFORTS TO PROTECT OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF, AND AGAIN, I REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU, DESPITE THE COST, TO STAY IN GOOD TROUBLE. THANK YOU.

>> NOW WE HAVE MS. NAPLE B. JACKSON, WHO WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

MY NAME IS NAPLE JACKSON, AND I LIVE IN 2851 TOLUCA, DALLAS TEXAS 75224.

THIS HAS BEEN AN AWFUL CITY FOR ME BUT WE CAME DOWN HERE JEWISH JOHN AND ESTHER DAVIS AND THE OTHERS CAME DOWN HERE TO GIVE THE TRUSTEE THAT RECEIVED THEIR DOCTORATE DEGREE TRUSTEE FORMER.

I APOLOGIZE TO YOU BECAUSE THIS WAS NOT WHAT WE SIGNED UP TO DO BUT I WAS TO GO AND SAY THIS BECAUSE I'M VERY UPSET, I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS.

I HAVE TO PUT THE BLAME WHERE THE BLAME SHOULD BE, IS THE BOARD.

IF THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD CANNOT CONTROL THE MEETING, WE NEED ANOTHER BOARD PRESIDENT.

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IF THE SUPERINTENDENT IS SO WITH THIS OLD IMAGE OF THIS DISTRICT THAT WILL NOT GOING TO STAND UP AND DO THE RIGHT THING, I AGREE WITH THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT WE NEED TO GET ANOTHER SUPERINTENDENT THAT WILL HAVE THE NERVE TO STAND UP BECAUSE YOU DO KNOW THAT THESE PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE MASK ON.

YOU SHOULD HAVE [INAUDIBLE] YOUR OWN RULE.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO NEXT MONTH? YOU'RE GOING TO DO THE SAME THING, HAVING US COME HERE AND NOT FACE THE BOARD.

I THINK THIS THE CURVE AWAY PATH.

BECAUSE I HAD SOMETHING ELSE TO SAY ABOUT YOUR LIEUTENANT GOVERNMENT, SO YEAH, YOU'LL JUST TAKE US FOR GRANTED BLACK PEOPLE.

YOU WOULDN'T DO THESE OTHER PEOPLE.

I UNDERSTAND THEM AND THE REST OF YOU, WHITE FOLKS ON THE BOARD.

YOU ALL TAKE CARE OF WHITE FOLKS.

IF IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BLACK FOLK, THEN WE'RE MESSED UP.

WE WOULD HAVE NEVER GOT INSIDE OF THE BUILDING, AND YOU SEE HOW DISGUSTING THAT FEEL.

EVEN IN JANUARY THE 6TH WHEN THOSE LUNATIC WENT UP THERE AND DID WHAT THEY DID AT THE CAPITOL, AND THEY STILL WANT TO BLAME THE BLACK LIVES MATTER, KNOWING THAT BLACK FOLKS, IF WE HADN'T WENT TO THE CAPITOL, WE ARE, [INAUDIBLE].

WHAT YOU WANT TO DO NEXT MONTH, MR. PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD? MR. SUPERINTENDENT? I SAW YOU ON THAT CNBC JUST THE OTHER DAY, [INAUDIBLE] MASKED UP.

YOU STILL NOT DOING WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.

IF WE'RE GOING TO MASK UP IT, EVERYBODY MASK UP WHEN THEY COME INTO THE BUILDING, THANK YOU.

>> COMING IN WE WILL HAVE ASHLEY FIAMENGO.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, OKAY?

>> YES [NOISE].

GOOD EVENING, SUPERINTENDENT HANNAH HOLSCHER, PRESIDENT HENRY AND OTHER TRUSTEES.

MY NAME IS DR. FIAMENGO AND I'M A TEACHER AT ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL OF INNOVATION, AND A PROUD MEMBER OF ALLIANCE AFT.

I WANTED TO START TONIGHT BY THANKING SUPERINTENDENT HANNAH HOLSCHER, FOR HAVING OUR BACKS WHEN IT COMES TO THE MASK MANDATE.

ALL WE HAVE ASKED FOR SINCE DAY ONE IS TO FOLLOW THE SCIENCE AND WE ARE GRATEFUL THAT YOU ARE DOING THAT.

IT HAS BEEN TRULY APPALLING TO SEE OTHERS SUCH AS THE GOVERNOR PLAY POLITICS WITH THE LIVES OF STUDENTS, STAFF, AND OUR COMMUNITIES.

THE IRONY THAT A SMALL MINORITY WANT US TO EDUCATE THEIR CHILDREN TO BE DOCTORS AND SCIENTISTS, ONLY TO NOT LISTEN TO SAID DOCTORS AND SCIENTISTS IS ALMOST TOO MUCH TO BEAR.

SO AGAIN, SUPERINTENDENT, THANK YOU.

I'M ALSO HERE TONIGHT TO ASK THE BOARD TO USE A PORTION OF THE SR FUNDS TO GIVE ALL EMPLOYEES A ONETIME RETENTION BONUS OF $3,000.

AS WE ENTER YET ANOTHER YEAR OF THE PANDEMIC, EDUCATORS HAVE AGAIN BEEN ASKED TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND.

WE'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH ADJUSTED CALENDARS AND HOURS, VIRTUAL LEARNING, CHANGING COVID PROTOCOLS, AND TRAGICALLY THE ILLNESS AND DEATH OF CO-WORKERS.

ON TOP OF THIS, MANY OF US ESSENTIALLY HAD OUR PAY CUT LAST YEAR AFTER THE BOARD ONLY IMPROVED A SMALL INCREASE WHICH DID NOT MATCH THE COST OF LIVING INCREASE IN DALLAS COUNTY DUE TO INFLATION.

AT THE SAME TIME, MANY OF US, OUR WALLET IS SHRINKING AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS WERE SHOWING THEIR EDUCATORS HOW MUCH THEY VALUED AND RESPECTED THEIR SACRIFICES.

DISTRICTS SUCH AS IRVING, DESOTO AND DUNCANVILLE GAVE OUT BONUSES RANGING FROM $2,000-$3,000.

WHILE THESE BONUSES DIDN'T SUDDENLY MAKE THE PANDEMIC GO AWAY, OR INSTANTLY ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEMS SURROUNDING THE PANDEMIC IN THE DISTRICTS, THE BONUSES WHERE A WAY OF ACKNOWLEDGING THE HARD WORK AND SACRIFICES OF THEIR EMPLOYEES.

CROSS THE BOARD BONUS WOULD TRULY SHOW ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES THAT WE ARE IN THIS TOGETHER AND ACT AS A HUGE MORALE INCREASE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, SOMETHING WE ALREADY NEED CONSIDERING THE SHORTENED SUMMER AND RISING STRESS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DELTA VARIANT.

IN ADDITION TO THE MORALE BOOST, THE BONUS WOULD HELP MANY OF OUR EMPLOYEES AFFORD HEALTH CARE.

SOMETHING TOO MANY HAVE GONE WITHOUT THESE LAST FEW YEARS, WHICH IS ESPECIALLY HORRIFYING DURING A GLOBAL PANDEMIC.

IN CONCLUSION, I WANT TO SAY AGAIN, THANK YOU SUPERINTENDENT HANNAH HOLSCHER, PLEASE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE SCIENCE.

IT'S ACTS LIKE YOURS THAT LET US SPEND MORE TIME FOCUSING ON EDUCATION AND LESS ON THE PANDEMIC, AND PLEASE CONSIDER THE ONETIME RETENTION BONUSES FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.

VOTE YES FOR A ONETIME STIPEND FOR $3,000 FOR ALL THE ISD EMPLOYEES.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION FOR THIS MATTER.

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>> COMING IN NEXT IS DIANE BIRDWELL.

YES, AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HI, MEANWHILE BACK AT THE RANCH.

DIANE BIRDWELL, NEA-DALLAS, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.

MY CHOSEN TOPIC WAS OFF AGENDA AND IT WAS ABOUT CRITICAL RACE THEORY BECAUSE I TESTIFIED BEFORE THE STATE SENATE THIS PAST JULY ABOUT HOW ONE, WE'RE NOT TEACHING IT.

BUT NUMBER 2, I WANTED TO THANK THE SOCIAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT AT CENTRAL STAFF FOR BEING SO HELPFUL IN CLEARING, GIVING GUIDANCE TO THE TEACHERS ABOUT HOW TO IMPLEMENT HB3979 AND HOW TO WORK WITH IT.

BUT I WOULD ASK THE DISTRICT, THE SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM, EVEN THE SUPERINTENDENT OR THE TRUSTEES TO WORK WITH US IN THE UNIONS WITH NEA-DALLAS THAT THEY WORK WITH US ABOUT HB28, THE HOUSE BILL 28, THAT WOULD BE A POTENTIAL SERIOUS COST TO THE DISTRICT BECAUSE IT MAKES US IMPLEMENT, PUTTING EVERY TEACHERS AND EVERY CLASSROOMS CURRICULUM ON THE WEBSITE FOR THE DISTRICT.

FOR A SMALL DISTRICT, THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM, BUT FOR 10,000 TEACHERS TEACHING 140,000 KIDS, THAT COULD BE A VERY BIG, EXPENSIVE, UNFUNDED MANDATE.

BUT AFTER STANDING OUTSIDE FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS, I NEED TO TELL YOU.

I'VE NEVER BEEN PROUDER OF THE ISD AS I HAVE BEEN IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS WHEN THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT STOOD UP FOR US, AND FOR OUR LITERAL LIVES.

I'VE BEEN INOCULATED BY MODERNA, I'M IN THE TRIALS.

BUT I STILL WEAR A MASK.

I STILL EXPECT MY STUDENTS TO WEAR MASKS, AND I EXPECT MY FELLOW EMPLOYEES TO WEAR MASKS, AND BECAUSE I WANT PEOPLE TO LIVE AND THE SCIENCE DOES BACK THE WEARING OF MASK NO MATTER WHAT THESE GUYS THINK.

DON'T BE INTIMIDATED. I KNOW YOU WON'T.

PLEASE ASK AFT AND NEA, OUR STATE AFFILIATES TO WORK WITH YOU ON THIS SUIT IF YOU ALL VOTE FOR IT.

BECAUSE A FEW MISGUIDED PEOPLE WHO DO NOT LIVE IN DALLAS, WHO DON'T HAVE CHILDREN IN THE DISTRICT, AND WHO DO NOT PAY TAXES TO THE DISTRICT, AND DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT YOU ALL SERVE FOR FREE, YOU'RE NOT PAID, SHOULD HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO INPUT ON HOW WE DO THINGS IN OUR DISTRICT, AND I REPEAT OUR DISTRICT.

JUST AS A REMINDER, IF YOU WANT A WAIVER, FOUR DAYS BEFORE MY MOTHER DIED, WE HAD TO RUSH HER TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM.

BECAUSE SHE HAD A NASTY CUT FROM HER WHEELCHAIR, SHE WAS ON HOSPICE CARE AND THEY HAD TO TAKE HER TO THEIR DOCTOR'S HOSPITAL BECAUSE BAYLOR WAS CLOSED, MESQUITE REGIONAL WAS CLOSED BECAUSE OF COVID PATIENTS.

WHAT SHOULD HAVE TAKEN TWO HOURS TO GET HER STITCHED UP ON HER LEG AND BACK INTO HER BED SO THAT SHE COULD DIE IN PEACE, TOOK 7.5 HOURS OF MISERY BECAUSE OF ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE UNVACCINATED AND REFUSE TO WEAR MASKS AND ARE NOW CROWDING THE HOSPITALS.

THEY'RE GOING TO CAUSE OTHER PEOPLE TO DIE.

PLEASE DO NOT WAVER AWAY FROM WHAT WE'RE DOING.

THE TEACHERS, THE STAFF, WE SUPPORT YOU.

PLEASE INSTITUTE MORE VACCINE FARES ON THE CAMPUSES FOR THE PARENTS AND FOR THE STUDENTS.

WE NEED HELP ON GETTING THAT DONE.

YOU ALL HAVE A GOOD EVENING, AND GOD BLESS EVERYBODY, INCLUDING THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS HERE TONIGHT. THANK YOU.

NEXT, WE HAVE MR. ISAAC STEEN, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.

>> [BACKGROUND] GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ISAAC STEEN.

I REALLY COME TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ABOUT THE ISSUE OF THEM WANTING THE PUT A BAKERY IN RAYBURN MALL, WHICH I THINK IS A BAD IDEA.

I ALSO THINK ITS INTERFERENCE WITH BLACK OWNED BUSINESSES THAT ARE ALREADY IN THE BAKERY BUSINESS, I WANT YOU ALL TO TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT THAT BEFORE YOU TAKE A VOTE BECAUSE YOU'RE PUTTING OTHER PEOPLE OUT OF BUSINESS AND DISD IS IN THE BUSINESS OF EDUCATION, NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF BAKERY.

WHILE I'M HERE, I WANT TO TAKE TIME TO THANK THE BOARD, END UP IN A WHOLESOME, WHICH IS [INAUDIBLE] WE'RE CALLING THIS MASK MANDATE, FOR TAKING A STANCE.

BECAUSE I HAVE A GRANDSON, HE'S NOT IN DISD.

HE'LL BE TWO YEARS OLD ON THE 11TH OF SEPTEMBER, WHICH IS ABOUT THREE WEEKS.

HE COME DOWN WITH COVID.

HE'S NOT IN SCHOOL, HE GOT THREE SIBLINGS THAT'S AT DISD.

ONE IS AT CARROLL,

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ONE AT WILLAM, AND ONE IS AT ADELLE TURNER.

WE HAVE NO IDEA HOW HE COME UP WITH COVID, BUT MASK HELPS.

I'M SO DISAPPOINTED WITH OUR PEOPLE THAT CALL THEIR SELF-CONCERNED ABOUT OUR KIDS.

THEIR RAGE AND RATING DON'T HELP ABOUT THE MASKS.

WE NEED PROTECTION.

COVID IS A MOVING VIRUS THAT NOBODY CAN PIN DOWN.

EVEN THOUGH VACCINES SOMETIMES DON'T WORK.

I UNDERSTAND YOU DOING THE BEST YOU CAN DO AND THAT'S WHAT I'M REQUIRING AND ASKING FOR TO CONTINUE TO DO YOUR BEST TO KEEP US SAFE.

NOBODY KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON AND ITS SO SAD THAT SO MANY PEOPLE THAT YOU SEE ON TV, LET'S SAY, I DIDN'T GET THE VACCINE, BUT I'M GETTING IT AS SOON AS I RECOVER, I DIDN'T GET THE MASK BECAUSE I DID NOT UNDERSTAND IT.

IGNORANCE IS NO EXCUSE.

SAFETY FIRST.

I'M THANKING Y'ALL PERSONALLY FOR TRYING TO DO THE BEST TO KEEP OUR CHILDREN SAFE EVEN IF IT MEANS GOING UP AGAINST A GOVERNOR THAT'S ONLY POLITICAL.

THANK YOU AND HAVE A GREAT DAY.

>> NEXT WE HAVE RENA HONEA.

YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.

>> THANK YOU. I'M RENA HONEA, PRESIDENT OF THE ALLIANCE-AFT AND I AM 3-3-4 CENTER STREET IN DISTRICT SEVEN.

I'M SPEAKING TONIGHT ON A NON-AGENDA ITEM, SPECIFICALLY THE SR FUNDS.

OUR DISTRICT HAS THE OPPORTUNITY- BEFORE I GO THERE.

THANK YOU TO DR. HANNAH HAUSA INTO THE STAFF FOR SUPPORTING HIM IN THE MASK MANDATE.

WE ARE TOTALLY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT AND ARE GRATEFUL.

WE KNOW THAT NOT EVERYONE, FOR DIFFERENT REASONS CAN WEAR THE MASK AND THOSE ARE ALLOWED FOR.

BUT HAVING THE SAFETY OF EVERYONE INVOLVED IS SO CRITICAL AND WE ARE PROUD THAT OUR DISTRICT IS DOING THE RIGHT THING.

OUR DISTRICT HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SEVERAL THINGS IN THE NEAR FUTURE BY AWARDING A RETENTION BONUS OR HAZARD PAY, IF YOU WILL, TO ALL EMPLOYEES IN THIS DISTRICT.

SOME OF THE THINGS THAT IT COULD DO IS BOOST EMPLOYEE MORALE FOR ALL EMPLOYEES, GIVE MEANING TO THE VERBAL PRICES THAT HAVE BEEN PROCLAIMED, EXPRESS YOUR TRUE GRATITUDE FOR THEIR WORK, AND KNOW THAT MANY DISTRICTS IN THE SURROUNDING AREAS OF DALLAS, AS WELL AS ACROSS THE STATE, HAVE ALREADY ACKNOWLEDGED THEIR EMPLOYEES WITH THE RETENTION BONUS.

FOR EXAMPLE IN WACO, THEIR BOARD AND THEIR DISTRICT HAVE AWARDED 10 THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE EMPLOYEES OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS.

THOSE PEOPLE DON'T MIND GOING TO WORK BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT THEY'RE VALUED AND THEY KNOW THAT THEY MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

WE KNOW FOR SURE THAT AT LEAST 19 OTHER DISTRICTS IN THE SURROUNDING AREAS AND IN OUR STATE, AND I'M SURE THERE ARE MORE, THAT HAVE ALREADY AWARDED THIS FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES.

DALLAS IS IN THE BEST FINANCIAL STATE THAN BEEN IN A LONG, LONG TIME.

THE FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE.

WE'RE ASKING A $3 THOUSAND STIPEND FOR ALL OF THE EMPLOYEES THAT WERE IN THE DISTRICT LAST YEAR AND THAT ARE THERE THIS YEAR TO BE REWARDED FOR THE OUTSTANDING EFFORTS THEY'VE MADE FOR OUR STUDENTS.

WE'VE HEARD OF THE PLANS FOR ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS TO CLOSE THE LEARNING GAPS FOR OUR KIDS.

BUT YOU KNOW WITHOUT THE EMPLOYEES TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THOSE PROGRAMS, THEY'RE GOING TO BE USELESS.

PLEASE VALUE THE EMPLOYEES TO ENSURE THE CONTINUOUS STUDENT SUCCESS THAT WE KNOW OUR DISTRICT CAN AND HAS DONE AND IS DOING.

ALSO, THESE EMPLOYEES HAVE EARNED IN THESE UNPREDICTABLE TIMES THEY DESERVE. [OVERLAPPING]

>> THANK YOU. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

>> THAT NEED TO BE REWARDED.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND YOUR SERVICE.

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>> NEXT, WE'LL HAVE ANDREW KIRT.

YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.

>> GOOD EVENING. THIS IS ANDREW KIRT, EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER WITH ALLIANCE-AFT AND BUILDING LEADER AT SUNSET HIGH SCHOOL.

I'M SPEAKING TONIGHT TO ASK THAT DALLAS ISD TO DO WHAT SEVERAL OTHER AREA DISTRICTS ALREADY DONE.

ALLOCATE A PORTION OF OUR FEDERAL SR FUNDS TOWARD A RETENTION BONUS FOR ALL STAFF.

I LIKELY DON'T NEED TO REITERATE THAT THE PANDEMIC HAS RADICALLY RE-ORDERED OUR RELATIONSHIP TO OUR WORK.

BUT THE STORIES OF THOSE WHO HAVE CARRIED THIS WORK DO BEAR REPEATING AND HUMANIZING.

THIS BOARD HAS ALREADY HEARD FROM TEACHERS ABOUT OUR ADAPTABILITY IN THE FACE OF EVER-CHANGING CONDITIONS.

SCHOOL CLERKS HAVE BEEN MANY FAMILIES' FIRST CONTACT WITH THEIR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES, HELPING THEM THROUGH THE ENROLLMENT PROCESS AND TO RECONNECT WITH THEIR CAMPUSES.

NURSES, MEANWHILE, HAVE ASSUMED AN EXTRAORDINARY BURDEN SINCE THE PANDEMIC AS WELL, ONE THAT HAS YET TO BE DIRECTLY ACKNOWLEDGED IN MOST CASES.

THIS INVOLVES MANAGING BOTH TESTING AND CONTACT TRACING FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF, COMPLETING EXTENSIVE DOCUMENTATION, EDUCATING STUDENTS AND FAMILIES ABOUT SAFETY PROTOCOLS, AND A HOST OF OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES.

NURSES WERE ALREADY CONDUCTING THEIR WORK UNDER STRESSFUL CONDITIONS BEFORE LAST MARCH, ALL WITHOUT THE PLANNING PERIODS TO WHICH WE TEACHERS ARE LEGALLY ENTITLED.

THE NURSING WORKLOAD HAS TRULY BECOME UNTENABLE FOR MANY SINCE THEN.

NURSES ARE LEAVING THEIR CAMPUSES LATER THAN ADMINISTRATORS.

WHILE WE APPRECIATE OUR SUPERINTENDENTS POLITICAL COURAGE IN THE FACE OF A CYNICAL ASSAULT ON HUMAN LIFE FROM OUR GOVERNOR, WE CONTINUE TO ASK THAT ALL OF OUR WORK BE SUBSTANTIVELY RECOGNIZED AND FOR THAT WORK TO BE COMPENSATED IN A WAY MORE COMMENSURATE TO ITS ACTUAL VALUE.

ACCORDING TO LOCAL MEDIA, THIS IS HOW SEVERAL OTHER ISDS ARE OPTING TO ALLOCATE SOME OF THEIR SR FUNDS.

FORT WORTH ISD, A 1000 DOLLARS TO STAFF, DUNCANVILLE ISD 2500 TO STAFF, DESOTO ISD 3000 TO STAFF, PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD, 3000 TO ALL STAFF.

THESE DISTRICTS ARE NOT EXCEPTIONAL.

THEY'VE EXPERIENCED MUCH THE SAME CHALLENGES WE ALL HAVE OVER THE LAST YEAR.

JUST AS MASKING WAS A MORAL QUESTION, SO TOO IS THIS.

I HOPE THAT DISD WILL MEET THIS MOMENT AND DEMONSTRATE SIMILAR LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU.

>> COMING IN WE'LL HAVE BRIANA HOLLYWOOD.

YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.

>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

I'D LIKE TO THANK TRUSTEE JOHNSON FOR SPEAKING WITH THE PARENTS AND SENIORS ABOUT THE ISSUE AT HAND.

I'M COMING TO THE BOARD TO SEE IF I CAN SHED SOME LIGHT ON SOME PROBLEMS AS WELL THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING AT WILMER HUTCHINS HIGH SCHOOL.

I'M A PARENT OF A STUDENT THAT PARTICIPATES WITH THE SAPPHIRES WHICH IS A MAJOR A TEAM.

ON APRIL FIRST, WITHOUT ANY WARNING, ANY PREVIOUS DISCIPLINARY ACTION, OR CAUSE, THE SAPPHIRES WOULD PUT ON SUSPENSION FOR NO REASON AT ALL.

THIS WAS UNFAIR TO OUR GIRLS AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, OUR SENIORS WHO HAD WORKED VERY HARD THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

FOR VARIOUS REASONS OUR COACH, BRANDON BANKS, DECIDED TO PUT HIS RESIGNATION IN AS A TEACHER AT WILMER HUTCHINS HIGH SCHOOL AND PURSUE ANOTHER AVENUE OF TEACHING WITHIN THE DISD, SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THE SAPPHIRES WERE GIVEN NO COMMUNICATION FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF AS TO WHAT THE GIRLS WERE SUPPOSED TO DO, NOR DID WE RECEIVE ANY COMMUNICATION AS TO WHY WE WERE SUSPENDED UNTIL THIS DAY.

EVERY COMMUNICATION THAT HAS BEEN RECEIVED WAS WHAT I CALL A HE-SAY-SHE-SAY, WHICH IS VERY UNPROFESSIONAL.

DURING THE SUMMER, MR. BANKS KEPT COMMUNICATION WITH THE GIRLS AS WELL AS THEIR PARENTS TO KEEP EVERYTHING GOING UNTIL WE FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON.

IN JULY, THE SAPPHIRES HELD A SUMMER CAMP WHICH MR. BANKS WAS ABLE TO HELP US DO.

DURING THE FIRST DAY OF CAMP, I WATCHED AS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL WENT TO ANOTHER STAFF MEMBER TO TELL MR. BANKS THAT HE WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THERE.

AGAIN, NOWHERE FROM ADMINISTRATION, BUT AGAIN, A HE-SAY-SHE-SAY.

I ALSO SPOKE WITH THE PRINCIPAL, MR. CAMPBELL, ON THIS MATTER BUT COULD NOT GET A CLEAR REASON AS TO WHAT WAS GOING ON AND WHAT MR. BANKS BEING TO HAVE DONE TO DESERVE THIS TREATMENT.

THE ONLY UNDERSTANDING THAT I GOT WAS THAT IT WAS A PERSONNEL ISSUE.

AS A PREVIOUS TEACHER NOW A NURSE, NOT SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE, I HAVE VERIFIED THAT HE WAS NOT ROLLED UP REGARDING ANYTHING

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WITH HIS WORK ETHICS THAT WOULD MAKE HIM INELIGIBLE TO WORK WITH US.

LAST WEEK HE CAME TO HELP WITH THE GIRLS AND WAS TOLD BY ANOTHER TEACHER THAT THERE WAS A MEETING REGARDING HIM STATING THAT IF HE CAME BACK ON SCHOOL PROPERTY THAT THE POLICE WOULD BE CALLED, AND THAT HE COULD BE ARRESTED REGARDING HIS PRESENCE HERE.

I WAS CONFUSED AS TO EVERYTHING THAT WAS GOING ON SINCE HE IS A DALLAS ISD TEACHER, THAT HE SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO COME ONTO THE SCHOOL GROUND.

I'M TRYING TO SHED SOME LIGHT AS TO WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE SASSY SAPPHIRES AT WILMER HUTCHINS HIGH SCHOOL, AND HOPEFULLY, SOMEONE CAN HELP ME HELP OUR GIRLS. THANK YOU.

>> COMING IN, WE'LL HAVE SHAWANA WASHINGTON.

[NOISE] YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.

>> ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO.

[BACKGROUND]

>> GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT HENRY, TRUSTEES, AND SUPERINTENDENT HINOJOSA.

MY NAME IS SHAWANA WASHINGTON AND I'M A PURCHASER AND ASSISTANT IN MAINTENANCE AND FACILITY SERVICES.

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO YOU SUPERINTENDENT HINOJOSA, THANK YOU FOR STANDING UP TO OUR STATE, FOR HAVING OUR BACKS ON THE MANDATE TO PROTECT OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF.

WELL, WE'RE GRATEFUL, WE'RE STILL HERE EVERY DAY WORKING IN A PANDEMIC, THE STRESSFUL, TIRING, SCARY, [NOISE] AND MOST OF ALL TAXING.

MANY OF US HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT HEALTH CARE COSTS, AND THERE ARE THOSE WHO CAN'T EVEN AFFORD THE DISTRICT INSURANCE BECAUSE OF THE HIGH COST.

MONEY DOESN'T MAKE THE PANDEMIC GO AWAY.

IT DOES RELIEVE OTHER STRESSES AND SHOWS YOUR RESPECTIVE.

WE WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO LOOK AT THE ESSER FUND AND GIVE EVERY EMPLOYEE A $3,000 RETENTION BONUS IN SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR, TO HELP ALLEVIATE THE COST AND BURDEN OF OUR INSURANCE AND DAILY COST OF LIVING EXPENSES.

THANK YOU ALL, YOU ARE DOING A GREAT JOB. HAVE A GOOD EVENING.

>> NEXT, WE'LL HAVE TENIA HERNANDEZ.

YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

[NOISE]

>> MY NAME IS TENIA. I AM A TEACHER IN DISD AND A MEMBER OF ALLIANCE AFT.

FIRST OF ALL, ALLIANCE AFT WANTS TO THANK SUPERINTENDENT HINOJOSA FOR STANDING UP TO GREG ABBOTT AND IMPOSING A MASS MANDATE FOR THE DISTRICT.

WE ALSO APPLIED THE DISTRICT INITIATIVE OF OFFERING $500 TO ANY EMPLOYEE WHO PROVES THEY'RE VACCINATED AGAINST COVID-19.

FREQUENTLY, WE COME TO THE SCHOOL BOARD TO ASK THEM TO VOTE A CERTAIN WAY.

THIS TIME WE KNOW THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD DOES NOT HAVE A FINAL SAY AS TO WHETHER TEACHERS, LIBRARIANS, MEDIA SPECIALISTS, COUNSELORS, NURSES, AND OTHER CERTIFIED STAFF GET A BONUS FROM THE FEDERAL ESSER FUNDS.

ONLY THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION DOES THAT.

WE CALL ON THE BOARD TO USE THEIR INFLUENCE AND THEIR CONNECTIONS TO ADVOCATE FOR EMPLOYEES THAT SERVE THIS DISTRICT ALONGSIDE YOU.

IT IS EASY FOR BOARD MEMBERS TO PAT THEIR BACK, TO SHRUG AND SAY, THEY ARE IN CONTROL OF THIS MONEY, WHILE TEACHERS AND OTHER STAFF STRUGGLE FINANCIALLY AND EMOTIONALLY.

WE ARE RETURNING TO SCHOOL, AND IT MEANS INCREASING DELTA VARIANT CASES AND STILL TRAUMATIZED BY OUR PAST AND CURRENT EXPERIENCE BY TEACHING DURING THE COVID PANDEMIC.

IT IS DIFFICULT TO RE-LEARN HOW TO DO IT ALL THIS YEAR, ANOTHER NEW TRANSITION.

THIS YEAR IS NOT QUITE LIKE THE LAST YEAR, WITH MANY MORE KIDS BACK IN PERSON, BUT ALSO NOT LIKE IT WAS THE PRE-COVID YEARS.

GUIDANCE CAN CHANGE DAILY, TEACHERS STRUGGLE TO HELP KIDS WHO ARE RETURNING AFTER VERY LITTLE INTERACTION WITH SCHOOL LAST YEAR.

CHANCELLORS STRIVE TO ACCOMMODATE UNUSUAL NUMBERS OF KIDS HAVING TO MAKE UP FAILED CLASSES OR FIND KIDS THAT HAVE DROPPED OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH.

DISTRICTS ACROSS TEXAS ARE SHOWING APPRECIATION FOR THEIR TEACHERS AND STAFF.

BONUSES HAVE RANGED FROM A FEW HUNDREDS, AND WACO ANNOUNCING RECENTLY THAT THEY WERE GIVING THE TEACHERS 10,000 EACH OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT FEW YEARS.

I'M SURE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE HEARD FROM COUNTLESS TEACHERS AND OTHER EMPLOYEES ABOUT HOW CHALLENGING THE PAST YEAR WAS,

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AND HAVE BEEN AND HOW CHALLENGING THIS YEAR WILL BE.

WE KNOW YOU HEARD BECAUSE YOU'VE HEARD MANY OF THOSE STORIES AT THE PAST FEW BOARD MEETINGS HERE.

WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE ALL THE SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEES PUBLICLY ENDORSE A 3000 ONE-TIME BONUS TO ALL TEACHERS AND SHARE WHAT CONVERSATIONS THEY HAD BEEN HAVING AND WILL HAVE WITH CENTRAL STAFF TO PUSH THEM TO SHOW US THE APPRECIATION THAT WE HAVE EARNED.

LIP SERVICE WOULD NOT CUT IT ANYMORE. THANK YOU.

>> NEXT, WE HAVE DAVID LEE, WHO WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES.

>> PRESIDENT MACKEY, TRUSTEES, AND SUPERINTENDENT HINOJOSA.

MY NAME IS DAVID LEE AND I LIVE JUST DOWN THE STREET FROM HERE IN DISTRICT 3.

I'M THE PROUD PARENT OF TWO STUDENTS AT ALEX SANGER PREPARATORY AND A MEMBER OF ALLIANCE AFT LOCAL 2260, THE LARGEST DALLAS ISD EMPLOYEE.

FIRST OF ALL, TONIGHT, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE OFFICERS THAT IN DOING THEIR DUTY TONIGHT MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR ME TO EXERCISE MY RIGHTS AND SPEAK BY KEEPING THE MEETING SAFE AND SECURE.

I REALLY WANT TO COMMEND THOSE OFFICERS.

I'M HERE TONIGHT TO ASK YOU ONCE AGAIN, TO PROVIDE DALLAS ISD EMPLOYEES A ONE-TIME RETENTION PAYMENT.

AT LEAST 19 SCHOOL DISTRICTS SO FAR HAVE DONE SO IN AMOUNTS RANGING FROM $500-$5000.

THIS IS ONE OF THE SPECIFIED USES OF THE FEDERAL ESSER FUNDS.

IF YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED, WE'RE FACING A NATIONWIDE TEACHER SHORTAGE.

BACK IN THE SPRING, WE STARTED TO SEE MORE REPORTS ABOUT TEACHERS RESIGNING OR RETIRING, AND LOCAL MEDIA HAS CONTINUED TO REPORT ON THE CHALLENGES THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE IN FILLING TEACHING POSITIONS.

THE COMPETITION FOR OUR TEACHERS IS ONLY GOING TO GROW MORE INTENSE AS WE CONTINUE TO FACE THE CHALLENGES OF THE COVID PANDEMIC.

IT'S NOT JUST TEACHERS EITHER.

AS THE ECONOMY CONTINUES TO IMPROVE, MANY EMPLOYERS ARE STRUGGLING TO FIND WORKERS.

THEY'RE RAISING SALARIES, IMPROVING BENEFITS, AND OFFERING MORE INCENTIVES AND FLEXIBLE SCHEDULES.

THIS MEANS TO SUPPORT EMPLOYEES LIKE ME MAY ALSO BE TEMPTED TO LEAVE THE DISTRICT.

WHY SHOULD YOU CARE? EMPLOYEES LEAVE ALL THE TIME, RIGHT? THAT'S JUST THE NATURE OF RUNNING A SCHOOL DISTRICT.

ACCORDING TO ANALYST JOSH BURSON, STUDIES SHOW THE TOTAL COST OF LOSING AN EMPLOYEE CAN RANGE INTO TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.

HE TALKS ALSO ABOUT THE TOTAL COST OF LOSING EMPLOYEES.

THE LOST PRODUCTIVITY, THE COST OF HIRING SOMEONE AND ONBOARDING THEM, REDUCED CUSTOMER SERVICE, INCREASED ERRORS, AND TRAINING COSTS.

ONE SMALL BUT IMPORTANT STEP THAT YOU CAN TAKE TO RETAIN EMPLOYEES IS TO PROVE TO THEM THAT [NOISE] YOU VALUE THEIR SERVICE.

DALLAS ISD EMPLOYEES HAVE FACED PRECEDENT CHALLENGES, AND THE DEMANDS WERE UNTHINKABLE PRIOR TO THE START OF THE PANDEMIC.

EACH OF YOU HAS REPEATEDLY PRAISED THEM PUBLICLY.

NOW IT'S TIME TO SHOW THEM.

GIVE THEM MORE THAN WORDS, WATER BOTTLES, AND YOGURT DRINKS.

USE AT LEAST PART OF THE ESSER FUNDS TO PAY ALL DALLAS ISD EMPLOYEES A RETENTION BONUS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT, FOR YOUR ATTENTION, AND FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

[NOISE]

>> NEXT, WE HAVE SHEILA WALKER AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

>> GOOD EVENING DR. HANNAH HOSA, BOARD PRESIDENT BOEHM MACKEY, AND ALL THE BOARD TRUSTEES.

I AM SHEILA WALKER, PRESIDENT NEA DALLAS.

I RESIDE AT 10707 BIG TICKET DRY, WHERE COLOR GARCIA IS THE TRUSTEE, [NOISE] IN THAT DISTRICT WHERE I LIVE.

I HAD A LOT TO SAY, BUT I'M JUST TORN RIGHT NOW.

BUT FIRST THING I WANT TO SAY IS WE THE MEMBERS OF NEA DALLAS WANT TO THANK YOU HANNAH HOSA AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR TAKING A STAND [NOISE] AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT WITH THE MASS MANDATE AND MAKING SURE THAT, WE ARE SAFE IN THE CAMPUSES.

THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN DOING, I APPRECIATE THE BOARD.

[NOISE] THANK YOU FOR INCENTIVIZING THE $500 STIPEND FOR THE VACCINATION.

AS WE KNOW, THE COVID CASES CONTINUE TO RISE.

WE MUST DO OUR PART AND SET EXAMPLES AS EDUCATORS WITH THAT PARAMETER IS A COMMUNITY BY TAKING THE VACCINE.

I CAN'T EVEN TALK NOW BECAUSE I'M JUST STILL TORN ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT'S TAKEN PLACE, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU FOR HOW YOU ARE DOING.

WHAT I CAME TO SPEAK ABOUT WAS SOMETHING ELSE.

I WILL TALK ABOUT THAT AT ANOTHER TIME.

I'M JUST, I CAN'T EVEN TALK ANYMORE, BUT THANK YOU GUYS FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING. THANK YOU.

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>> OUR FINAL SPEAKER THIS EVENING IS GEORGE RUNHILL, AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

>> GOOD EVENING PRESIDENT MACKEY, TRUSTEES, SUPERINTENDENT HANNAH HOSA.

MY NAME IS GEORGE RUN HILL, BEFORE SANITARY TOWELS THAT I FEEL AWAY.

I'M THE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND LINES AP.

I WANT TO THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION.

I WILL BEGIN BY THANKING SUPERINTENDENT HANNAH HOSA FOR TAKING A STAND ON THE MASK MANDATE AND PUTTING OUR STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND STAFF FIRST.

IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO, AND FOR THAT WE, I APPRECIATE YOU.

LAST YEAR WAS FULL OF CHANGES FOR TEACHERS AND SUPPORT STAFF, AND IT SEEMS WE ARE ON THE SAME PAGE WITH COVID, FRONT-AND-CENTER AGAIN.

THE DISTRICT IS PUSHING HARD TO MOVE THE NEEDLE ON LEARNING LOSS.

TEACHERS ARE BEING PUSHED TO ATTEND MORE MEETINGS.

STATE POLICIES ARE BEING VIOLATED.

SUPPORT STAFF ARE BEING USED TO TEACH CLASSES AND COVER AREAS THAT ARE UNDERSTAFFED OR POSITIONS CAN BE FILLED.

THE RED STRESS FLAG IS UP THREE WEEKS INTO THE SCHOOL YEAR.

EVERYONE KNOWS THAT LEARNING LOSS HAPPENED IF WE WANT TO CATCH THE STUDENTS UP AND FILL UP THE LEARNING GAP.

BUT WHEN WE ARE PUSHING FOLKS TO THE LIMIT, IT'S ONLY A RECIPE FOR FAILURE.

ALLIANCE SAYS THESE DATA TO THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION THAT WE WERE GOING TO LOSE TEACHERS AND SUPPORT STAFF.

THIS WAS BASED ON OUR MEMBERS TELLING US AND CALLS THAT WE WERE RECEIVING LAST YEAR AND IT FELL ON DEAF EARS.

IN APRIL, THE BOARD MEMBERS WERE PRESENTED A NICE FLOWCHART THAT THE DISTRICT WAS IN GOOD SHAPE IN REGARDS TO VACANCIES.

WELL, WHY ARE WE HAVING CLASSES WITH NO TEACHERS? WHY ARE WE STILL HAVING JOB FAIRS TO FEEL TEACHER AND SUPPORT STAFF POSITION? WHEN WILL YOU LISTEN TO ALLIANCE AP WHO HAVE THE CALL OF THE TEACHERS AND SUPPORT STAFF.

IN JUNE, THE DISTRICT STATED THAT THEY WOULD LOOK AT THE EXTRA FUNDS TO GIVE EMPLOYEES A BONUS.

WE CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO MOVE IN THIS DIRECTION.

EMPLOYEES WOULD MUCH APPRECIATE A $3,000 BONUS, DISTRICT EMPLOYEES DESERVE THIS AND MUCH MORE.

THE INCREASED PASSED IN JUNE DID NOT MEET THE COST OF LIVING INCREASE.

OUR HOPE IS THAT YOU LOOK AT THE SR FUNDS TO MAKE IT $3000 BONUS HAPPENED.

IF FOR ANY OTHER REASON TO RETAIN EDUCATOR SOLDIERS, WE HAVE WHO ARE GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY IN THIS BATTLE WITH COVID.

BOARD MEMBERS, I'M NOT GOING TO ASK YOU TO DO THE RIGHT THING.

YOU KNOW THE SITUATION, YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO.

THE QUESTION IS, WILL YOU DO IT? AGAIN, SUPERINTENDED HANNAH HOSA.

WE, I APPRECIATE YOU FOR DOING THE RIGHT THING ON THE MASK MANDATE.

THANK YOU FOR KEEPING OUR STUDENTS, OUR FACULTY AND OUR STAFF SAFE, THEY ARE WORTH IT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION.

[BACKGROUND].

>> THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE PRESENTATION OF BOARD RECOGNITIONS, BUT THERE ARE NONE AT THIS TIME.

[3. REPORTS]

WE'LL MOVE ON TO REPORTS.

WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT, ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS, ACCOLADES, EVENTS TRANSFORMING, DOWNSIZE THE OPERATION CONNECTIVITY, AND BACK TO SCHOOL AND SAFETY PROTOCOLS.

>> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, I'LL BE VERY BRIEF WE HAVE ALL HAVE A LONG EVENING.

THREE QUICK THINGS TO REPORT ON.

I'M REALLY PROUD OF OUR STAFF, HAVE BEEN AT LEAST 10, MAYBE 15 SCHOOLS STARTED.

EVERYONE IS IN COMPLIANCE, I SEE A LOT OF ENTHUSIASM AND OUTSTANDING COOPERATION.

I'M EVEN MORE BLOWN AWAY BY ALL OF THE INNOVATION OF OUR STAFF AND STUDENTS DURING THESE VERY DIFFICULT TIMES.

I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THAT.

NUMBER 2, I'M ALSO STARTING TO PICK UP ON, THERE'S A TRANSFORMATION OF OUR FACILITIES.

I STILL WENT TO A LOT OF CAMPUSES THAT HAVE REALLY IMPROVED A LOT AND I KNOW WE'RE JUST IN THE FORMATIVE STAGES OF OUR LATEST BOND PROGRAM AND WE'VE HAD A FEW COMMUNICATIONS PROBLEMS, BUT ONCE I LOOKED DEEP INTO THE ISSUES, WE'VE GOT A PLAN FOR EVERYTHING, AND THE TRANSFORMATION IS OCCURRING, AND IT'LL TAKE A WHILE FOR US TO EXECUTE OR KNOW THIS, BUT I THINK YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO BE PROUD OF THAT ONCE WE TAKE CARE OF ALL OF THESE ISSUES.

LAST THING, MORE GOOD NEWS TO REPORT, IS THAT WE ARE NOW AT 96 PERCENT ENROLLMENT NOT ATTENDANCE ENROLLMENT.

OUT OF THAT, 95 PERCENT IS IN PERSON AND THE DATA HAS TOLD US OVERWHELMINGLY, THAT A SUPER MAJORITY OF THE STUDENTS DO

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BETTER IN PERSON AND A FEW STUDENTS DO WELL VIRTUALLY.

I THINK I'M REALLY PROUD OF OUR TEAM FOR PUTTING ALL OF THESE THINGS TOGETHER UNDER DIRE STRAITS.

I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THIS.

IN FACT, MY TEAM WAS TALKING ABOUT THIS DIRE WAS MUCH BETTER THAN WE'VE HAD EVEN UNDER OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES.

SOME OF YOU WILL RECALL THE TRANSPORTATION ISSUES THAT WE RAN INTO SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND JUST THE FACT THEY WERE HANDLING ALL OF THIS UNDER DIRE STRAITS IS REALLY PRETTY AMAZING.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

>> THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT ANNALISA.

I'LL MOVE ON TO BOARD OF TRUSTEE COMMITTEE REPORTS.

DO WE HAVE ANY COMMITTEE REPORTS? OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO TRUSTEE REPORTS FOR DISTRICTS ONE THROUGH NINE AND COMMUNITY INTERESTS.

WE'LL START WITH A DISTRICT NUMBER ONE AND MOVE THROUGH DISTRICT NUMBER ONE OR NINE.

THANK YOU PRESIDENT MACKEY.

FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME MR. BEN JONES AS THE NEW PRINCIPAL AT THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL.

HE'S HAD A 14-YEAR CAREER AS AN EDUCATOR, SEVEN AT DALLAS ISD AND MOST RECENTLY AT BRYAN ADAMS HIGH-SCHOOL, I WISH HIM THE BEST.

THOMAS JEFFERSON, I THINK THE FIRST TIME I'VE ACTUALLY STOLEN SOMEBODY FROM ANOTHER DISTRICT INSTEAD OF THE OTHER WAY AROUND, SO GREAT JOB OVER THERE, AND BRYAN ADAMS, WE APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT.

KUDOS TO JOHN ERICKSON, A FIFTH GRADER AT CHAPEL HILL PREPARATORY SCHOOL, WHOSE ARTICLE ON ROGER FARC CASH, AND THE MASTERMIND BEHIND THE DISPLAYS AT THE TRAINS AT NORTH PARK, WON THIRD PLACE IN THE BEST PROFILE FEATURE STORY OF THE NATIONAL NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION AWARDS.

AGAIN, HE'S A FIFTH GRADER AT CHAPEL HILL PREPARATORY SCHOOL CONGRATULATIONS.

CONGRATULATIONS TO MR. HARTMAN, AGAIN CONGRATULATIONS TO COURSE ADMIN THAT'S FROM PUSHING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR BEING RECOGNIZED THIS TIME AS THE 2021 REGION 10 TEACHER OF THE YEAR.

AS YOU MIGHT REMEMBER, MR. HARTMAN, THAT IS WAS LAST YEAR'S ELEMENTARY TEACHER OF THE YEAR HERE IN DALLAS ISD, KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY TEACHERS, LEADERSHIP AND STAFF, MARKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR JOINING US YESTERDAY, FOR DISCUSSION ON THE REPLACEMENT SCHOOL AND PROVIDING INPUT ON THE VERY INITIAL PHASES OF THE DESIGN FOR THAT SCHOOL.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE STUDENTS, PARENTS, TEACHERS, LEADERSHIP AND STAFF AT PRESTONWOOD MONTESSORI.

I WAS THERE FOR THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL AND I WAS FORTUNATE TO HAVE SUPERINTENDENT HANNAH HOSA THERE, AND COUNCIL MEMBER GAY DANIEL WILLIS WAS THERE TO WELCOME THE STUDENTS AND GET TO SEE ONE OF OUR BRAND NEW FACILITIES.

IT IS FANTASTIC, THE INTEGRATION WITH ED WALKER MIDDLE SCHOOL BECAUSE PRESTONWOOD MONTESSORI IS AT ED WALKER MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUS IS JUST FANTASTIC.

THE STAFF DID A GREAT WORK, THE ARCHITECTS AND THE CONSTRUCTION FOLKS AND THAT SCHOOL IS OFF TO A FANTASTIC START.

FINALLY, I WANT TO THANK THE LAW ENFORCEMENT TONIGHT FOR BEING HERE AND HELPING US OUT UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> I'LL GIVE THE DISTRICT TWO REPORT.

FIRST, I WANT TO THANK OUR NORTH DALLAS HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER AND DRILL TEAM FOR VISITING, WELCOMING STUDENTS FROM THE FEEDER PATTERN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, MYELIN, ZARA, GSA, AND CHAVEZ, ON THEIR FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.

I THINK THAT'S GREAT CULTURE BUILDING AND THE FEEDER.

ALSO ON AUGUST SEVENTH PRESTON HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BEGAN UNPACKING THEIR LEARNING LAUNCH GIFTS THAT WERE SENT BY THE AMAZING FOLKS UNITED TO LEARN.

I WANT TO THANK THEM, THEY PROVIDED SUPPORT FOR EVERY TEACHER AT PRESTON HALL TO START THEIR SCHOOL YEAR AND PROVIDED THEM WITH MUCH NEEDED SCHOOL SUPPLIES.

ALSO AT LIPSCOMB ELEMENTARY TEACHERS RECEIVED GENEROUS DONATIONS ORGANIZED BY THE JUNIUS HEIGHTS HISTORIC DISTRICT.

I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THOSE SUPPLIES AS WELL AS STAFF APPRECIATION LUNCH.

CONGRATULATIONS TO MOCKINGBIRD ELEMENTARY THAT RECEIVED A NEW ART MURAL.

THIS AMAZING PIECE WAS DESIGNED BY FORMER EMEA STUDENTS.

MANTIS DALE AND ZOE BORN FROM THE CLASS OF 2016.

MANY THANKS TO TARA ENGLAND FOR CONTINUED TO WORK ON OUTDOOR SPACE.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE MOCKINGBIRD DAD'S CLUB WHO WERE HARD AT WORK LAST WEEK CLEANING UP THE SCHOOL GROUNDS BEFORE SCHOOL STARTED.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NORTH DALLAS VOLLEYBALL TEAM FOR TAKING THIRD PLACE IN THE BRONZE BRACKET OF THE CHART POWERS INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT ON AUGUST 23RD IN EUSTIS, WAY TO GO LADIES.

LASTLY, I AM PROUD TO WELCOME THE NEW DALLAS HYBRID PREPARATORY SCHOOL AT STEPHEN JAY, HEY, IT'S THE NEWEST DISTRICT TWO SCHOOL.

THEY ARE BREAKING NEW GROUND AND EDUCATIONAL WORLD WITH AN ONLINE PLATFORM THAT ALLOWS STUDENTS TO INTERACT IN THE VIRTUAL WORLD AND RECEIVED A LOT OF PRESS COVERAGE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS FOR THEIR INNOVATIVE MODEL AND THE PARTNERSHIP WITH APPLE.

THAT CONCLUDES THE DISTRICT TWO REPORT.

I WILL GIVE THE DISTRICT 3 REPORT.

KUDOS TO COACH JUAN RIVAS AND THE MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM BRYAN ADAM'S HIGH SCHOOL FOR THEIR COMMUNITY SERVICE EVENT HELD TWO WEEKS AGO AT WHITE ROCK LAKE.

IN A TRADITION THEY'VE CARRIED OUT FOR FIVE YEARS, THE TEAM WENT OUT ON A REFRESH PROJECT TO SAY GOOD MORNING TO ALL THE RUNNERS AND RIDERS AT THE LAKE.

IT'S A GREAT WAY TO LIFT EVERYONE'S SPIRITS.

CONGRATULATIONS TO PITEX STUDENTS AND THE GAME DEVELOPMENT INTERN,

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ANGEL HERNANDEZ, WHO HELPED CREATE A NEW GAME THIS SUMMER WITH OUR INDUSTRY PARTNER MANGUM & ASSOCIATES.

ANGEL ATTENDS THE DALLAS COLLEGE RICHLAND CAMPUS THROUGH THE CONRAD P-TECH GAME DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.

THE BRYAN ADAMS PTSA WITH GENEROUS HELP OF DONORS AS WELL AS ITS CONTRIBUTIONS FROM SCHOOLS IN THE BA FEEDER PATTERN WAS ABLE TO AWARD COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS TO THE FOLLOWING OUTSTANDING 2021 GRADUATES.

ALEXA FITTONE, ISABEL HALL, SARAH JENNINGS, ALEXANDRA SOTO, GRAY STEEL, AND CIBA ALCOALDA.

CONGRATULATIONS GRADUATES AND MANY THANKS TO ALL THOSE WHO MADE THIS HAPPEN.

THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL WAS A DREAM COME TRUE AS WE WELCOMED STUDENTS TO THE BRAND NEW JILL STONE ELEMENTARY AT THE GREEN MEADOWS.

THANK YOU TO THE VOTERS FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF 2015 BOND PROGRAM WHICH PROVIDED THE FUNDS FOR THE NEW SCHOOL.

FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO MAKE NOTE OF THE FACT THAT THIS MONTH IS THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST DESEGREGATION COURT DECISION IN DALLAS ISD.

THIS WAS THE SUIT THAT MR. SAM TASBY FILED, AND IN AUGUST OF 1971, THE COURT RULED THAT DALLAS WAS OPERATING A DUAL SCHOOL SYSTEM.

IT'S MY REQUEST THAT THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT CONSIDER POSTING SOME INFORMATION ABOUT MR. SAM TASBY AND THE LAWSUIT THAT HE FILED.

FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, MR. TASBY'S SON WAS NOT PERMITTED TO GO TO THE ALL-WHITE SCHOOL IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

I DO THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR HIS [INAUDIBLE] ACKNOWLEDGE ITS PAST AND THE SYSTEMIC RACISM THAT HAS EXISTED IN THIS DISTRICT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. DANIELS.

>> WE'LL MOVE ON TO DISTRICT NUMBER 4.

>> GOOD EVENING. FOR DISTRICT 4, THE PLEASANT GROVE CHRISTIAN CHURCH GRANTED IN OVER $1000 DONATION TO JOHN QUINCY ADAMS ELEMENTARY.

IRREGULAR SUPPORT OF ADAMS ELEMENTARY, THE PLEASANT GROVE CHRISTIAN CHURCH OFFERS A [INAUDIBLE] PARENTS AND ALLOWS MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO USE THEIR PARKING LOT.

THEY'VE BEEN A WONDERFUL SUPPORTER OF THE COMMUNITY AND WE ARE ETERNALLY GRATEFUL FOR THEIR SUPPORT.

EVERY STUDENT AT WILLIAM ANDERSON ELEMENTARY RECEIVES SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND A BACKPACK DURING A GIVEAWAY ON AUGUST THE 21ST.

THE DONATION CAME FROM ANCHORED BY FAMILY AND NON-PROFIT THAT PARTNERS WITH ANDERSON ELEMENTARY AND OTHER DALLAS ISD CAMPUSES TO MENTOR OUR YOUTH.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR GIFT.

ALSO, FREDDIE HARRIS IS A COACH AND PE TEACHER AT BLANTON ELEMENTARY WILL TRY OUT FOR THE US NATIONAL BOBSLED TEAM.

WHEN HARRIS IS NOT LEADING PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLASSES AT BLANTON, HE'S TRAINING TO FULFILL HIS OLYMPIC DREAM.

BEST OF LUCK, COACH.

THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES THE DISTRICT 4 REPORT.

>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE GARCIA. TRUSTEE JOHNSON.

>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE MACKEY.

CONGRATULATIONS TO [INAUDIBLE] OF NEW SOUL OF THE SOUTH MUSIC PROGRAM FOR WINNING A GRAMMY AWARD FOR THE 2020-'21 SCHOOL YEAR.

[INAUDIBLE] HAS INCREDIBLE PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS, AND THIS LATEST PRESTIGIOUS AWARD PUTS THEM ON THE MAP WHERE THEY BELONG.

THE STUDENTS HAVE PUT IN A LOT OF HARD WORK, AND I COMMEND THEM AND THE STAFF.

WELL-DESERVED GOLDEN BEARS.

I WAS SO PROUD TO WELCOME STUDENTS BACK TO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL LAST WEEK FOR THEIR FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.

THE STUDENTS ENDED LAST SCHOOL YEAR AT OW HOMES MIDDLE SCHOOL WHILE AMAZING CONSTRUCTIONS TOOK PLACE.

BUT THEY WERE EXCITED TO BE BACK HOME, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING WITH THEM IN THEIR NEW SPECTACULAR SPACE THIS SPRING WITH OUR NEW PRINCIPAL, MS. LAKISHA THOMAS.

CONGRATULATIONS TO VEDANT TAPIAVALA A SENIOR AT SCHOOL OF THE TALENTED AND GIFTED, AND THREE OF HIS FRIENDS WHO HAVE DEVELOPED AN APP TO HELP ALZHEIMER'S AND OTHER DEMENTIA PATIENTS.

THE ALZBUDDY APP IS DESIGNED TO HELP ENTERTAIN AND ENGAGE THOSE WITH ALZHEIMER'S AND DEMENTIA.

VEDANT AND HIS FRIENDS ARE PROOF THAT YOU CAN MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT AT ANY AGE.

FINALLY, I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTED [INAUDIBLE] DALLAS, THEIR ADMINISTRATION, AND MS. LIBBY, EVERYONE WHO HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT EARLIER THIS MONTH.

IT WAS A GREAT TIME FOR THE COMMUNITY.

SPECIAL THANKS TO BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE AND MS. CADACE THOMPSON FOR THEIR GREAT SUPPORT.

ALSO, SPECIAL THANKS TO COUNCILMAN CASEY THOMAS AND WORKFORCE SOLUTION GREATER DALLAS, MR. STEPHEN AND MRS. LAURIE FOR AN AWESOME WORK THEY'VE DONE TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY.

OUR COMMUNITY WAS EXTREMELY BLESSED, KIDS LEFT WITH SCHOLARSHIPS, PEOPLE LEFT WITH JOBS, AND WE VACCINATED OVER 75 PEOPLE. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE JOHNSON. TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

>> THE ACCOLADES FOR DISTRICT 6.

CONGRATULATIONS TO KIMBALL HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL STANDOUT, ARTERIO MORRIS,

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WHO HAS BEEN RANKED BY 247SPORTS AS THE THIRD-BEST PLAYER IN TEXAS, THE 6TH BEST POINT GUARD IN THE NATION, AND THE 29TH BEST OVERALL PLAYER IN THE UNITED STATES IN THE CLASS OF 2020.

ARTERIO WILL PLAY HIS SENIOR YEAR AT KIMBALL AFTER TRANSFERRING BACK FROM HIGH SCHOOL OF LOUISVILLE, WAY TO GO ARTERIO.

IT'S AN EXCITING TIME FOR WH ATWELL LAW ACADEMY.

AS WE BEGAN ENVISIONING THEIR NEW SCHOOL, THANKS TO BOND 2020, WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS AS WE WORK TOGETHER TO DESIGN AND BUILD A NEW WH ATWELL.

I'M ALSO THRILLED TO SEE WORK UNDERWAY AT BARBARA JORDAN, DANIEL WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND JUSTIN FORD KIMBALL HIGH SCHOOL.

THANKS TO THE BOND 2015 PROGRAM.

THANK YOU TO THE BETA MU SIGMA CHAPTER OF PHI BETA SIGMA INCORPORATED, WHICH WILL BE SPONSORING A BACKPACK AND SUPPLIES GIVEAWAY ON SATURDAY MORNING FROM 9:00 AM TO NOON AT DAVID W. CARTER HIGH SCHOOL.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR GENEROSITY AND WE ALSO APPRECIATE YOUR GENEROSITY FOR TWO SCHOLARSHIPS TO TWO OF THE STUDENTS AT DAVID W. CARTER.

CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST WISHES TO ALL OUR 2021 GRADS.

I WAS HONORED TO SPEAK AT THE 2021 SUMMER GRADUATION FOR DALLAS ISD.

IT'S SUCH A GOOD FEELING TO GREET THE GRADUATES AND HAND THEM THEIR DIPLOMAS AS THEY START ON THEIR ADULT JOURNEY.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THREE NEW PRINCIPLES IN DISTRICT 6.

TROY TYSON, DAVID W. CARTER HIGH SCHOOL, NATALIE CRITTENDON, ADELLE TURNER, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND TIFFANY GREEN AT MARK TWAIN.

WE'RE REALLY GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE.

I'D ALSO JUST LIKE TO SAY TWO THINGS.

ONE, IS THAT I WAS GLAD TO HEAR TRUSTEE MICCICHE MENTIONED MR. SAM TASBY.

BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS IT WAS RACISM REGARDING BLACK STUDENTS IN THIS DISTRICT.

I THINK THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL STUDENTS HAVE A FAIR ACCESS TO PUBLIC EDUCATION AS WE SHOULD.

I'M A GRADUATE OF THIS DISTRICT, I'M WELL AWARE OF MR. TASBY, AND I TOO WOULD LIKE TO SEE US DO SOMETHING IN REGARDS TO THAT.

LASTLY, SUPERINTENDENT HINOJOSA, THANK YOU FOR TAKING A STAND.

THANK YOU FOR TAKING A STAND FOR THE STUDENTS, THE STAFF, AND THE PUBLIC IN REGARDS TO WEARING A MASK.

I WORK IN A HEALTH CARE ENVIRONMENT AND I KNOW THE IMPORTANCE, SO I AM SUPPORTING YOU 100 PERCENT AND WE NEED TO JUST KEEP MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU.

>> CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR DOCTORATE, DOCTOR.

[LAUGHTER]

>> FOR DISTRICT 7 REPORT, FIRST, I WANT TO SHOUT OUT WINNETKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WILDCATS FOR IMPLEMENTING A BRAND NEW HOUSE SYSTEM ON THEIR CAMPUS THAT WILL HELP FOSTER AND EVEN STRONGER SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND COLLABORATION FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS.

WILDCATS, YOU ALL CONTINUE TO PROVE YOURSELF YEAR AFTER YEAR, AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT THIS SCHOOL YEAR HAS IN STORE FOR YOU ALL.

I'M SURE WE'LL SEE YOU BACK HERE FOR THE ROBOTICS CHAMPIONSHIP ONE OF THESE DAYS SOON.

KUDOS TO NATALIE NORVIAS FOR BEING RECOGNIZED AS SUNSET HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL PLAYER OF THE GAME LAST WEEK.

FINALLY, I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT-OUT TO THE BISHOP ARTS STEAM ACADEMY FOR THE WORK THEY'VE BEEN DOING WITH THEIR SCHOOL GARDEN WHILE TEACHING KIDDOS THE IMPORTANCE OF HEALTHY EATING.

THIS PAST WEEK STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO INDULGE IN AN ABUNDANCE OF HARVESTED GOODS SUCH AS WATERMELON, PEARS, SQUASH, AND PEPPERS.

NICELY DONE, I CANNOT WAIT TO EAT SOME OF THOSE.

THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

>> I'LL PROVIDE THE DISTRICT 8 REPORT.

CONGRATULATIONS TO DISTRICT 8 SCHOOLS WHO HAD BEEN SELECTED TO BE PART OF THE FIRST COHORT OF PROJECT R.E.A.D., DALLAS ISD'S LIBRARY REDESIGN INITIATIVE.

THOSE SCHOOLS INCLUDE GABE P. ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MAPLE LAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, ELADIO MARTINEZ ELEMENTARY, JOE MAY ELEMENTARY, THE MONTESSORI ACADEMY AT ONESIMO HERNANDEZ, JULIAN SALDIVAR ELEMENTARY, IGNITE MIDDLE SCHOOL, SPENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND OUR INNOVATION, DESIGN AND ENGINEERING ACADEMY IDEA.

ALSO, WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE NEIGHBORS OF EAST VILLAGE AND COUNCILMAN JESSE MORENO FOR JOINING ME EARLIER THIS MONTH TO WELCOME BACK SPENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS.

AND ALSO, WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO THE COACHES AND TEAMS OF

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NORTH DALLAS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL AND OUR NORTH DALLAS CHEERLEADERS WHO WELCOMED KIDS BACK TO DISTRICT 8'S CEASAR CHAVEZ LEARNING CENTER, AND CRO ELEMENTARY ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.

LIKEWISE, SHOUT-OUT TO COACHES AND FOOTBALL PLAYERS OF TJ WHO SHOWED UP FOR THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL TO WELCOME BACK STUDENTS AT FOSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

THAT MR. PRESIDENT CONCLUDES THE DISTRICT 8 REPORT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> WE'LL DO THE DISTRICT 9 REPORT.

FIRST I WANT TO WELCOME TWO NEW PRINCIPALS TO DISTRICT 9.

PRINCIPAL WESS WHO'S ALSO ALREADY AT DISTRICT 9 BUT JOINS AS PRINCIPAL OF SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL AND PRINCIPLE IAN JOSEPH WHO WILL JOIN LEADERSHIP BUT IN A ROW.

BOTH HAVE HIT THE GROUND RUNNING, VERY ENTHUSIASTIC, AND TRULY ENGAGE IN THE COMMUNITY AROUND THE SCHOOLS WHICH I KNOW SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND MYSELF APPRECIATE.

ALSO PROUD TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY FOR THE GENEROUS DONATIONS OF SCHOOL SUPPLIES THROUGH OUR STUDENTS.

SPECIFICALLY IN DISTRICT 9.

KUDOS TO THE OFFICE DEPOT FOR SPONSORING ITS ANNUAL SUPPLY DISTRIBUTION FOR THE THIRD YEAR.

THEY PRESENTED BACKPACKS FILLED WITH SUPPLIES AND $20 OFFICE DEPOT GIFT CARDS TO STUDENTS AT CHARLES RICE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

I WANT TO SAY THANKS TO MAYOR JOHNSON AND DALLAS COUNCILMAN BAZALDUAL FOR THEIR DONATION OF SUPPLIES TO EDNA ROWE ELEMENTARY.

I KNOW I MENTIONED PRINCIPAL JOSEPH EARLIER, HE'S DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB, ALREADY ENGAGED IN A COMMUNITY, INCLUDING THE [INAUDIBLE] COMMUNITY, WHICH WE ALL KNOW IS A VERY ENGAGED AND ALTRUISTIC, AND SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY.

I'M HAPPY TO SEE THOSE TWO INSTITUTIONS CONNECT AGAIN.

ALSO, I WANT TO THANK THE DALLAS ASSOCIATES OF YOUNG LAWYERS WHOSE SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE BENEFITED STUDENTS AT E.B COMSTOCK MIDDLE SCHOOL.

I'M SURE THERE'S MANY OTHERS AS WELL.

I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO'S HELPING CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES AS WE BEGIN THE SCHOOL YEAR AND A CONTINUED CHALLENGING TIME.

ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT BOOKER T. WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS.

THEY'RE CELEBRATING THEIR 100TH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR, AND THEY ARE PLANNING A SERIES OF ACTIVITIES TO CELEBRATE THEIR MILESTONE.

FIRST UP WAS A STUDENT PRODUCTION OF THE MUSICAL MAMMA MIA, OPENING SEPTEMBER 16TH.

IT'S SPONSORED BY THE SCHOOL'S PTSA.

PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR MORE TO COME.

I HAVE A FEW OTHER THINGS.

I WANT TO AGAIN, THANK THE TEACHERS, THE STAFF, THE STUDENTS, AND THE FAMILIES FOR THEIR PATIENTS IN THEIR GRACE.

AGAIN, THEY'RE IN A VERY CHALLENGING TIME AS WE BEGIN THE SCHOOL YEAR.

I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE DR.

FOREMAN FOR HER ACCOMPLISHMENT THIS PAST WEEK. I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY.

SHE'S LOOKING AT ME SIDEWAYS BECAUSE I'M SAYING DR. FOREMAN, BUT SHE'S GOT TO GET USED TO IT.

I WANT TO THANK OUR FACILITIES TEAM.

THAT'S DIFFICULT MANAGING SO MANY FACILITIES ACROSS THE DISTRICT, BOTH SCHOOLS, AND OTHER FACILITIES.

IN PARTICULAR THIS YEAR, I THINK WE HAD TO MAKE SOME LAST MINUTE PIVOTS AS WE SAW THE COVID NUMBERS TICK UP.

I KNOW MY DISTRICT ALONE, THEY INSTALLED ADDITIONAL SAFETY MEASURES IN MULTIPLE CAMPUSES, WHICH I'M SURE WASN'T ON THEIR PLAN.

MAYBE IT WAS, I DON'T KNOW.

BUT EITHER WAY, THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB IN A VERY DIFFICULT TWO YEARS.

I WANT TO THANK DAVID BATES AND HIS TEAM.

THEY CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE FACILITIES.

I JUST WANT TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE STUFF THAT LED TO TODAY AND TODAY.

I WANT TO THANK OUR SECURITY TEAM CHIEF LOFTEN AND ALL THOSE FOLKS.

I THINK SOMETIMES FOLKS WE CRITICIZE OUR SECURITY FOLKS UNTIL WE NEED THEM.

IT LOOKED PEACEFUL ON THAT SCREEN, BUT THE FOLKS THAT CAME HERE, IN MY OPINION, NOT HERE TO DO THE BUSINESS OF KIDS AND THEY WERE CARING OTHER BUSINESS, AND THEY DEFINITELY KEPT BOTH THE BOARD, OUR STAFF, OUR LEADERS, AND THE OTHER SPEAKERS ON FROM OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.

I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THEIR CONTINUED COURAGE.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK SUPERINTENDENT ANNA ELSA AND PRESIDENT MACKEY FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP DURING THIS TIME IN MAKING WHAT I BELIEVE IS THE RIGHT CHOICE.

I'M A FAMILY MAN [INAUDIBLE] OF TWO KIDS IN THIS DISTRICT THAT GO IN FRONT OF OUR TEACHERS AND EDUCATORS EVERY DAY.

I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE STANCE.

ONE OF THE SPEAKERS EARLIER MENTIONED GOOD TROUBLE AND THIS IS IRONIC ON THE DAY THAT [INAUDIBLE] REALLY GOTTEN SOME GOOD TROUBLE.

BUT AGAIN, I THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE PRINCIPAL STANCE AND THINKING OF OUR KIDS AND OUR FAMILIES AND OUR COMMUNITY SAFETY, ABOVE ALL.

ON THAT NOTE, WITH MICCICHE AND TRUSTEE FOREMAN MENTIONED ABOUT [INAUDIBLE] HE'S COMMITMENT, WE TALK ABOUT GOOD TROUBLE.

WHEN YOU DO THE RIGHT THING, PEOPLE SHOWED UP, BUT THAT'S MINUSCULE COMPARED TO WHAT [INAUDIBLE] IN 1971, WHICH IS NOT VERY LONG AGO.

HIS FAMILY, OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY HAD TO DEAL WITH. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEM.

I HOPE THAT DSD AND THE COMMUNICATION TEAM DOES SOMETHING TO FORMALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, NOT ONLY ONLINE BUT WHATEVER WE CAN.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO OUR KIDS AND OUR TEACHERS AND EVERYONE UNDERSTAND AS FRANTIC AS IT WAS EARLY TODAY, THAT'S NOTHING COMPARED TO THE GOOD TROUBLE THAT SOME FOLKS REALLY HAD TO GET INTO.

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AGAIN, THAT CONCLUDES THE DISTRICT 9 ACCOLADES. MR. PRESIDENT.

>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE HENRY.

[6. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL.

THE FOLLOWING MINUTES HAD BEEN SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL.

EMPLOYEE HEARING 61021, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT WORKSHOP 62421, PUBLIC HEARING 62421, AND BOARD MEETING 62421. DO I HAVE A MOTION?

>> MOVE TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND.

>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY TRUSTEE FLORES SECONDED BY TRUSTEE MARSHALL.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR ANY CORRECTIONS? SEEING NONE. TRUSTEES, YOU MAY NOW CAST YOUR VOTE.

>> TRUSTEE FOREMAN, TRUSTEE [INAUDIBLE], TRUSTEE GARCIA?

>> GARCIA VOTES YES.

>> YES.

>> THE MOTION PASSES NINE ZERO.

>> OKAY. TRUSTEES. YOU HAVE JUST ADOPTED THE MOTION APPROVING MINUTES AS SUBMITTED.

[7. STATUTORY ITEMS WHICH MAY APPROPRIATELY COME TO THE ATTENTION OF THE BOARD]

WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 7.01 TO CONFIRM AND RATIFY PREVIOUS ACTIONS BY THE SUPERINTENDENT, INCLUDING THE FILING OF LITIGATION REGARDING THE DISTRICT'S DECISION TO TEMPORARILY REQUIRE MASKS IN A DISTRICT. DO I HAVE A MOTION?

>> MOVE TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND.

>> IT'S BEEN MOVED BY TRUSTEE FLORES SECONDED BY TRUSTEE MARSHALL. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? TRUSTEE FLORES? ALL RIGHT.

SEEING NONE. TRUSTEES, YOU MAY NOW CAST YOUR VOTE.

>> TRUSTEE GARCIA?

>> GARCIA VOTES YES.

>> THE MOTION PASSES NINE ZERO.

>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEES. YOU'VE JUST ADOPTED THE MOTION APPROVING TO CONFIRM AND RATIFY PREVIOUS ACTIONS BY THE SUPERINTENDENT, INCLUDING THE FILING OF LITIGATION REGARDING THE DISTRICT'S DECISION TO TEMPORARILY REQUIRE MASKS IN A DISTRICT.

WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO 7.02 TO NAME THE DISTRICT'S 2021 22 BOARD REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE COUNCIL OF GREAT CITY SCHOOLS.

NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR THE BOARD REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE COUNCIL OF GREAT CITY SCHOOLS.

DO I HAVE ANY NOMINATIONS?

>> I NOMINATE JUSTIN HENRY.

>> I RESPECTFULLY DECLINE.

I NOMINATE TRUSTEE GARCIA.

>> ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE TRUSTEE GARCIA IS NOMINATED.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS AT THIS TIME? ALL RIGHT.

WITH THAT, TRUSTEE, GARCIA HAS BEEN DECLARED THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE COUNCIL OF GREAT CITY SCHOOLS BY ACCLAMATION.

CONGRATULATIONS, TRUSTEE GARCIA.

WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO ITEM 7.03 TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION IS SET THE 2021 22 MAINTENANCE OPERATED OPERATIONS TAX RATE AT 1.0062 FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS IN A SET THE 2021 22 DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE AT 242035, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL AND INTERESTS ON DEBTS.

THE FOLLOWING ITEM IS THE SETTING OF THE TAX RATE.

THIS MOTION WILL NEED TO PASS WITH A TWO-THIRDS VOTE, MEANING TWO-THIRDS OF MEMBERS, SIX, PRESENT, AND VOTING MUST BE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE BEFORE THIS MOTION PASSES.

DO I HAVE A MOTION THAT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BE INCREASED BY THE ADOPTION OF A TAX RATE OF 1.248235, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY A 6.36 PERCENT TAX INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE?

>> MOVE TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND.

>> IT'S BEEN MOVED BY TRUSTEE CARREON AND SECONDED BY TRUSTEE HENRY.

TRUSTEES DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? TRUSTEE MICCICHE?

>> YEAH. I'D LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF CLARIFICATION ON WHAT THE RATE IS? MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT WE HAD BEEN ADDED $13.

I GUESS IF THE DOLLAR IS 17 AND IT HAS COME DOWN THROUGH VARIOUS LEGISLATIVE CHANGES IN OUR OWN ADJUSTMENTS TO THE TAX RATE.

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WE HAD THE TAX RATIFICATION ELECTION.

BUT I THOUGHT WE WERE AT 117 DOWN TO 104, AND NOW WE'RE DOWN TO.

>> JUST OVER A DOLLAR, YES SIR.

ALL THE DECREASES HAD BEEN DUE TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW LEGISLATION AND THE GROWTH OF OUR VALUE, SORRY.

>> THIS CALCULATION TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE FACT THAT THE STATED RATE HAS GONE DOWN.

BUT THEN YOU TAKE INTO ACCOUNT APPRECIATION IN PROPERTY VALUES.

>> THAT'S CORRECT. IT'S BASICALLY AN EFFECTIVE TAX RATE BASED ON THE NEW VALUE OF PROPERTY.

IF YOU RECALL, WE HAD THIS SIMILAR DISCUSSION AT LAST TIME WE SET THE TAX RATE.

THE TAX RATE IS IN FACT GOING DOWN.

BUT BASED ON THE CALCULATION OF THE OVERALL VALUE INCREASE OF PROPERTY IS WHY THE WORDING IS WHAT IT IS, BUT THE TAX RATE IS IN FACT GOING DOWN.

>> YEAH. I REALIZED THAT THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE WAY THIS IS STATED IS A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING, BUT THE ACTUAL TAX RATE THAT PEOPLE SEE ON THEIR BILL IS LOWER NOW THAN IT HAS BEEN IN THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.

BUT BECAUSE THE PROPERTY VALUES HAVE GONE UP, THE AMOUNT OF TAXES WOULD GO UP AS ASSUMING ALL OTHER THINGS ARE CONSTANT. IS THAT RIGHT?

>> YOU ARE CORRECT AT THE TAX RATE HAS GONE DOWN.

IT WILL DEPEND ON HOW MUCH THEIR VALUE INDIVIDUALLY HAS GONE UP OR DOWN AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY WILL ACTUALLY SEE A TAX INCREASE.

WITH THE REDUCTION DOWN, FOR INSTANCE, IF THEIR VALUE ONLY WENT UP TWO PERCENT, THEY WON'T REALIZE A TAX INCREASE ON THAT TAX BILL.

BUT REGARDLESS, THE RATE HAS DROPPED.

>> OKAY.

THIS IS CONFUSING EVERY YEAR WHEN WE LOWER THE TAX RATE AND WE STATE THAT THE TAX RATE HAS GONE UP.

WE DO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IF PROPERTY VALUES GO UP, [NOISE] SOMEONE'S TAXES ARE GOING TO GO UP.

BUT I'D THINK JUST THE WAY IT'S SET UP IN THE STATUTE AND IN THE WORDINGS, IN THE WAY YOU HAVE TO VOTE ON THIS, IT'S ALWAYS VERY CONFUSING, BUT I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT. THANKS.

>> TRUSTEE FOREMAN FOLLOWED BY TRUSTEE FLORES.

>> DWAYNE, I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED NOW.

BASED ON LEGISLATION, THE STATE HAS TO SELL OUR TAX RATE, CORRECT?

>> THERE IS A CALCULATION. [OVERLAPPING]

>> THERE'S A CALCULATION BY THE STATE, SO WE'RE NOT SETTING THE CALCULATION, THE STATE IS SETTING THE CALCULATION. [OVERLAPPING]

>> YES, MA'AM. WE'RE USING THE FORMULA.

[OVERLAPPING]

>> I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS NOT WHAT THE BOARD IS SETTING.

THIS IS BASED ON THE STATE TELLING US WHAT OUR TAX RATE WILL BE.

>> YES, MA'AM.

>> CORRECT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AND SECONDLY, I DON'T WANT THE PUBLIC TO GET CONFUSED ABOUT BECAUSE WE'RE LOWERING THE TAX RATE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A CHEAPER TAX BILL BECAUSE THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY TRUE EITHER.

IN THIS AREA, THE EVALUATIONS OF THE PROPERTIES HAVE GONE UP TREMENDOUSLY.

IN FACT, I MIGHT GO SELL MY HOUSE [LAUGHTER], BUT THE VALUATIONS HAVE GONE UP TREMENDOUSLY.

I DON'T WANT TO SEND A MIXED MESSAGE TO THE PUBLIC BECAUSE WE'RE SETTING THIS TAX RATE AND THERE'S BEEN SOME DECREASE IN THAT RATE, IS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A CHEAPER TAX BILL AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT STATEMENT.

>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE FOREMAN, TRUSTEE FLORES.

>> JUST SO THAT I'M CLEAR HERE WE'RE DOING SO I'M VOTING TO LOWER THE TAX RATE.

IF I VOTE YES, THEN I'M SAYING THE TAX RATE IS GOING TO GO DOWN FROM WHAT IT WAS LAST YEAR?

>> THAT'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> TRUSTEE, MARSHALL?

>> YEAH. I MEAN, I WAS JUST GOING TO STATE THE SAME THING THAT DR. FLORES JUST STATED, THAT THE RECOMMENDED ACTION LINE ITEM ON HERE, I THINK IS ACTUALLY WORDED WRONG.

I MEAN, IT SAYS THE WORDS THAT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BE INCREASED BY AN ADOPTION OF THE TAX RATE AT 1.24, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY A 6.36 PERCENT INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE.

WHICH IT IS A TAX INCREASE OF 6.36, BUT IT IS NOT A RATE INCREASE, CORRECT?

>> THIS IS THE PART THAT IS DIFFICULT TO EXPLAIN, SO THE ACTUAL RATE THAT WE ARE ASKING THE BOARD TO VOTE ON IS A REDUCTION.

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BUT WHAT THE WORDING IS ON IS WHAT'S CALLED THE EFFECTIVE TAX RATE.

THERE'S A CALCULATION AGAIN, AS DR. FOREMAN HAD MENTIONED THAT WE GO THROUGH TO MAKE THIS CALCULATION, AND THAT ALSO IS PART OF THE TEA CALCULATION OF INCOME. [OVERLAPPING]

>> I'M VERY WELL AWARE OF HOW IT WORKS, AND I AGREE THAT THE EFFECTIVE TAX RATE IS INCREASING, BUT THE TAX RATE IS DECREASING.

THIS ITEM SAYS, THERE IS A TAX RATE INCREASE OF 6.3 PERCENT THAT IS FACTUALLY WRONG.

IF YOU HAD THE WORD EFFECTIVE IN THERE, [NOISE] THEN THAT WOULD BE A TRUE STATEMENT, BUT THAT WORD IS NOT THERE.

>> YOU'RE CORRECT. [OVERLAPPING]

>> OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE ALL VERY SENSITIVE TO THE LANGUAGE THAT'S USED HERE BECAUSE YOU'RE ASKING US TO VOTE.

>> ON THE RESOLUTION. [OVERLAPPING]

>> FOR WHAT WE KNOW IS A TAX RATE DECREASE, EVEN THOUGH THIS LINE ITEM SAYS VERY CLEARLY THAT IT IS A TAX RATE INCREASE.

>> ON THE RESOLUTION IT SAYS EFFECTIVELY BE RAISED BY 6.36 PERCENT, SO IT'S NOT CORRECT ON THE ITEM.

>> WELL, GIVEN THAT THE ACTUAL LANGUAGE OF THE ACTION ITEM IS CORRECT, I'M STILL COMFORTABLE VOTING ON THIS, BUT I JUST WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR THAT THE LANGUAGE ON THE RECOMMENDED ACTION ON THE BOARD DOCS IS WORDED INCORRECTLY AND THE WORD EFFECTIVE SHOULD BE IN THERE.

WHEN WE ALL VOTE, YES, IN A MOMENT, NOT ONLY IS TRUSTEE FOREMAN CORRECT THAT THIS WAS IN FACT MANDATED BY THE STATE, BUT SECONDLY, WE ARE ALL VOTING TO LOWER THE TAX RATE, NOT INCREASE THE TAX RATE, CORRECT?

>> THAT'S CORRECT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> [NOISE] PRESIDENT IS CONFERRING WITH OUR PARLIAMENTARIAN, SO LET'S TAKE A BRIEF PAUSE.

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION TRUSTEE MARSHALL.

THE ITEM IS CORRECT, SO WE DON'T NEED TO CHANGE ANY LANGUAGE.

THERE ARE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS HERE? ANY OTHER THOUGHTS? [NOISE] TRUSTEES YOU MAY NOW CAST YOUR VOTE.

TRUSTEES. [BACKGROUND]

>> GARCIA VOTES, YES.

>> THE MOTION PASSES EIGHT VOTING YES, AND ONE ABSTAINING.

>> TRUSTEES YOU HAVE JUST APPROVED THE RESOLUTION THAT SET THE 2021 MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS TAX RATE OF 1.0062 FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS AND TO SET THE 2021-22 DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE AT POINT 242035 FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON DEBT.

WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 8, CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS.

[8. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS]

BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD IN THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS, IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, WE HAVE HAD REQUESTS TO MOVE ITEM 9.02, AUTHORIZE, NEGOTIATE, AND ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS WITH THE RECOMMENDED POOL OF VENDORS FOR PURCHASE OF HARDWARE, SOFTWARE SERVICES, AND A WIRELESS VOICE AND DATA OF DISTRICT WIDE USE, NOT TO EXCEED 10.5 MILLION OVER FIVE YEARS, INCLUDING RENEWAL OPTIONS.

9.03, RATIFYING THE AMOUNT OF BILLS, CLAIMS, AND ACCOUNTS FOR MAY 1ST, 2021 TO MAY 31ST, 2021 [NOISE] AND ITEM 9.06, AMEND BOARD FILE 7.3503252021 TO INCLUDE THE TRINITY ENTERPRISE GROUP LLC, VAST MET LLC, VISIBLE COM, AND WORLD OF PROMOTIONS TO PREVIOUSLY APPROVED POOL OF VENDORS FOR THE PURCHASE OF PERSONAL PROTECTION EQUIPMENT SUPPLIES FOR A DISTRICT WIDE USE.

WE HAVE BEEN ASKED TO ADD ALL THREE OF THOSE BACK TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS.

SEEING NO OBJECTIONS THEIR BACK ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

I WILL NOW TAKE A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

>> MOVE TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND.

>> SECOND.

>> IT'S BEEN MOVED BY TRUSTEE FLORES, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE MARSHALLS, YOU MAY NOW CAST YOUR VOTE.

>> FLORES AND MARSHALL?

>> YES. FLORES AND MARSHALL.

>> OKAY. [BACKGROUND]

[01:55:17]

>> TRUSTEE JOHNSON.

[BACKGROUND].

A MOTION PASSES 9, 0.

>> TRUSTEES, YOU HAVE JUST ADOPTED THE CONSENT AGENDA AS AMENDED.

WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO SECTION 9.

ITEMS PULLED FOR A SEPARATE VOTE.

WE WILL BEGIN. ITEM 9.01 HAS BEEN PULLED BY ADMINISTRATION.

9.02 AND 9.03 WERE PUT BACK ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO 9.04,

[9.04 Consider and Take Possible Action to Adopt a Resolution Expressing the Intent to Finance Certain Expenditures that the District Has Incurred or Will Incur (Consent Item 8.20, Pulled by Trustees Joyce Foreman and Maxie Johnson)]

ADOPT A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE INTENT TO FIND OUT CERTAIN EXPENDITURES THAT THE DISTRICT HAS INCURRED OR WILL INCUR CONSENT ITEM 820 PULLED BY TRUSTEES JOYCE FOREMAN AND MAXIE JOHNSON. DO I HAVE A MOTION?

>> MOVE TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND.

>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY TRUSTEE FLORES, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE MARSHALL. IS THERE DISCUSSION?

>> YEAH.

>> TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

>> DO I NOW JUST NEED CLARIFICATION ON WHEN I ASK ABOUT THE EXPENDITURES ON YOUR RESPONSE WAS THE NEXT BOND SALE.

YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE BOND SALE FOR THE 2020 BOND, CORRECT?

>> YES, MA'AM.

>> OKAY. I JUST NEEDED TO MAKE SURE. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE FOREMAN, DR. FOREMAN, ARE THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. TRUSTEES, YOU MAY NOW CAST YOUR VOTE.

[NOISE]

>> TRUSTEE MARSHALL, TRUSTEE HENRY.

[LAUGHTER]

>> SHE WAS SCOLDING YOU NOT ASKING YOU FOR YOUR VOTE.

>> THE MOTION PASSES 9, 0.

>> TRUSTEES, YOU'VE JUST ADAPTED THE MOTION APPROVING TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE INTENT TO FINANCE CERTAIN EXPENDITURES THAT THE DISTRICT HAS INCURRED OR WILL INCUR.

WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 9.05.

[9.05 Consider and Take Possible Action to Approve the Budget Amendment for August 31,2021 (Consent Item 8.25, Pulled by Trustees Joyce Foreman, Justin Henry, and Maxie Johnson)]

APPROVE THE BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR AUGUST 31ST, 2021.

CONSENT ITEM 8.25 PULLED TRUSTEE GEORGE FOREMAN, JUSTIN HENRY, AND MAXIE JOHNSON, DO I HAVE A MOTION?

>> MOVE TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND.

>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY TRUSTEE FLORES, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE MARSHALL'S, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION?

>> YES.

>> TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

>> [INAUDIBLE]. COME ON BACK HERE. [LAUGHTER] OKAY.

[INAUDIBLE] CONCERN ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR ITEM IS IS THAT WE ARE CREATING ADDITIONAL POSITIONS OUT OF THE FUND BALANCE THAT'S GOING TO BE RECURRING YEAR AFTER YEAR.

UNFORTUNATELY, THESE ARE ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS IN MOST CASES AND NOT ON THE CAMPUSES.

MY CONCERN IS, I'VE OFTEN TALKED ABOUT A BLOATED ADMINISTRATION AND THUS DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT ALL THESE ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS.

THEY WOULD GO INTO THE FUND BALANCE TO CREATE THESE RECURRING COST.

THAT IS A PROBLEM FOR ME, AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS IDEA CAME FROM TO GO INTO FUND BALANCE.

EVERY YEAR FOR SCHOOLS, WE DETERMINE HOW MUCH WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THE SCHOOLS, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY GET.

BUT NOW THE ADMINISTRATION IS DEPENDENT TO THE FUND BALANCE AND CREATING NEW POSITIONS.

WHY WOULD WE DO THAT?

>> THAT'S VERY LEGITIMATE QUESTION, IT'S OPPOSITIONS THAT THE TEAM BRINGS HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY DWAYNE AND MYSELF BEFORE WE BRING THEM FORWARD.

THE REASON THERE ARE SOME PHYSICIANS THAT WE NEEDED THAT WE CAN ELABORATE ON, BUT BECAUSE WE TOOK CARE OF ALMOST ALL OF THE CAMPUS POSITIONS AND WE HAD SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF EXTRA CAMPUS POSITIONS, AND WE DID THAT THROUGH OUR S OR DOLLARS APARTMENTS THAT PRESENTED A FISCAL NOTE AND WE FELT THERE WERE IMPORTANT, THAT WE DID NOT HAVE BUDGETED PREVIOUSLY THERE WE DID APPROVE AFTER A DISCUSSION AT OUR SENIOR TEAM.

NOW, DWAYNE ANYTHING OR SUSANNA, PROBABLY ANYTHING TO ADD THAT, THAT WE MAY NEED TO FURTHER ELABORATE.

>> I'LL HAVE THAT [INAUDIBLE], YES, SIR.

>> OKAY. WELL, I WILL NOT BE VOTING FOR THIS.

[NOISE] EXCUSE ME, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DON'T START DIPPING INTO FUND BALANCE TO CREATE POSITIONS.

I MEAN, THAT'S JUST NOT THE WAY WE SHOULD BE CREATING RECURRING COST BY A POSITION.

[02:00:02]

I LOOK AT THINGS LIKE A REALTOR DESIGN PROJECT COORDINATOR.

>> WE THINK THIS ONE HAS TREMENDOUS PROMISE, OUR COMMUNICATIONS AND TRANSFORMATION TEAM BROUGHT US AN IDEA HOW WE CAN GO AND CHANGE THE NARRATIVE WITH THE REALTORS, AND IT WAS SUCH AN EXCEPTIONAL PRESENTATION THAT YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT.

YOU SHOULD NOT BE FUNDING RECURRING POSITIONS OUT OF FUND BALANCE.

BUT WE THOUGHT THIS HAS SO MUCH POTENTIAL TO BRING BACK MARKET SHARE THAT WE'RE WILLING TO DO THAT.

IS THAT WHAT I RECALL? IS THAT ACCURATE, BRIAN AND SUSANNA, AND LEVY?

>> WELL, THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS, ALL [INAUDIBLE] BUT IT STILL DOESN'T JUSTIFY GOING INTO FUND BALANCE.

I THINK WE SHOULD BE LOOKING FROM A PRUDENT STANDPOINT.

POSITIONS ON CAMPUSES.

I'LL PARTICULARLY AFTER THE PANDEMIC THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING AND THE NEEDS THAT THE STUDENTS ARE GOING TO HAVE ON THE CAMPUSES INSTEAD OF CREATING ADDITIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS.

TO ME, THIS IS JUST THE WRONG WAY TO DO THAT, PERIOD.

NOT FROM THE FUND BALANCE.

I'M JUST ONE TRUSTEE, BUT I DON'T SUPPORT THERE.

>> IF I MAY, I DO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE FOR THE RECORD THAT WE NAMED THAT VERY LARGE SUMS OF FUNDING FOR CAMPUS-BASED POSITIONS, EXTRA PAY FOR TEACHERS, AND EXTRA SERVICES FOR STUDENTS WILL BE ALLOCATED TO OUR SCHOOLS THROUGH S OR FUNDING IT'S UPWARDS OF $250 MILLION OR WITH A LIFE OF THOSE ARE FUNDS DIRECTLY IN SCHOOLS.

>> SUSANNA. THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WILL BE, AND ON THE CAMPUS.

WILL BE, IT'S NOT THERE.

THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN [INAUDIBLE] ECIF FUNDING, FUNDING THAT WE'RE GETTING, AND TAKING FROM OUR SAVINGS.

I'M CLEAR ABOUT ALL OF THAT, BUT I'M SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY OF TAKING FROM OUR SAVINGS TO CREATE NEW POSITIONS.

[NOISE]

>> THANK YOU TRUSTEES, FOREMAN. ANY OTHER? I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION ON THIS.

IS OUR INTENT TO FUND THESE POSITIONS OUT OF FUND BALANCE NEXT YEAR AND YEARS BEYOND.

>> NO, THAT WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE BUDGET PLANNING FOR NEXT YEAR.

>> OKAY. I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT. I DO SHARE TRUSTEE FOREMAN'S CONCERN, I UNDERSTAND HAVING TO MAKE THE CHANGES HERE, BUT LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT IN THE BUDGET.

I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA. TRUSTEES, IF THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSIONS, YOU MAY NOW CAST YOUR VOTE.

>> THE MOTION PASSES EIGHT VOTING YES AND ONE VOTING NO.

>> TRUSTEES, YOU'VE JUST ADOPTED THE MOTION OF PROVING TO APPROVE THE BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR AUGUST 31ST, 2021.

ITEM 9.06 WAS PUT BACK ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO 9.07.

[9.07 Consider and Take Possible Action to Authorize the Purchase of Endpoint Protection Software, Data Management Software, and Technology Consulting Services for Districtwide Use (Not to Exceed $2,500,000 Over Three Years Including Renewal Options /General Operating/Special Revenue/Bond Funds) (Consent Item 8.45, Pulled Due to New Agenda Item)]

CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE PURCHASE OF ENDPOINTS PROTECTION SOFTWARE, DATA MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE, AND TECHNOLOGY CONSULTING SERVICES FOR DISTRICTWIDE USE NOT TO EXCEED 2.5 MILLION OVER THREE YEARS, INCLUDING RENEWAL OPTIONS, GENERAL OPERATING SPECIAL REVENUE, AND BOND FUNDS.

CONSENT ITEM 8.45 WILL DO TO NEW AGENDA ITEM. DO I HAVE A MOTION? [NOISE]

>> MOVE TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND.

>> I HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE FLORES, A SECOND BY TRUSTEE MARSHALL'S.

TRUSTEE ARE THERE ANY DISCUSSIONS? TRUSTEE FOREMAN IS YOUR LIGHT ON FROM THE LAST ROUND.

>> OH, I'M SIR.

>> SEEING NO DISCUSSION.

TRUSTEES YOU MAY NOW CAST YOUR VOTE.

[NOISE]

>> TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

THE MOTION PASSES 9, 0.

>> TRUSTEES, YOU HAVE JUST ADOPTED THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE AUTHORIZE THE PURCHASE OF ENDPOINT PROTECTION SOFTWARE, DATA MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE, AND TECHNOLOGY CONSULTING SERVICES FOR DISTRICTWIDE USE NOT TO EXCEED $2.5 MILLION OVER THREE YEARS.

TRUSTEES, THE TIME IS NOW 10:26 PM AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

[NOISE]

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.