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>> THE TIME IS 6:02 PM, AND WE HAVE A QUORUM AND THIS MEETING HAS BEEN DULY POSTED.
GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE MONTHLY BOARD MEETING OF THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
[1. MOMENT OF SILENCE AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
PLEASE STAND AND JOIN US FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THE SOLUTE TO THE TEXAS FLAG.OF ALLEGIANCE] THE FOLLOWING TRUSTEES ARE EITHER PHYSICALLY PRESENT OR PARTICIPATING SIMULTANEOUSLY VIA VIDEO CONFERENCE.
A QUORUM OF THE BOARD IS PHYSICALLY PRESENT AT THIS LOCATION, DISTRICT 1, EDWIN FLORES, DISTRICT 2, DUSTIN MARSHALL, DISTRICT 3, DAN MICCICHE, DISTRICT 4, KARLA GARCIA IS ON HER WAY.
DISTRICT 5, MAXIE JOHNSON, DISTRICT 6, JOYCE FOREMAN, DISTRICT 7, BEN MACKEY, DISTRICT 8, JOE CARREON, AND DISTRICT 9, JUSTIN HENRY.
OUR SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, MICHAEL HINOJOSA JOINS US AND I AM BEN MACKEY, BOARD PRESIDENT.
THIS MEETING WILL BE AVAILABLE SIMULTANEOUSLY IN SPANISH ON SOCIAL MEDIA THROUGH DALLAS ISD AND ESPANOL ON FACEBOOK AND THROUGH THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE.
>> IN ORDER FOR THE BOARD TO HOLD THIS MEETING IN EFFECTIVE MANNER, I WANT TO LET IT BE KNOWN THAT THIS MEETING WILL BE CONDUCTED IN AN ORDERLY FASHION AND ASK THAT THE PUBLIC ABIDE BY THE RULES OUTLINED IN BOARD POLICY BED LOCAL PERTAINING TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
ADDITIONALLY, IT IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE FOR A PERSON WITH INTENT TO PREVENT OR DISRUPT A LAWFUL MEETING, TO SUBSTANTIALLY OBSTRUCT OR INTERFERE WITH THE ORDINARY CONDUCT OF A MEETING BY PHYSICAL ACTION OR VERBAL UTTERANCE AND THEREBY CURTAIL THE EXERCISE OF OTHERS FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
EVERYONE IS ASKED TO PLEASE WEAR YOUR MASK OVER YOUR NOSE AND MOUTH WHILE ON DISTRICT PROPERTY.
ANY PERSON WHO REFUSES BECOMES BOISTEROUS OR DISRUPTIVE WHILE ADDRESSING THE BOARD OR WHILE ATTENDING THIS MEETING, SHALL BE ASKED TO LEAVE BY OUR SECURITY OFFICERS.
FAILURE TO LEAVE WHEN REQUESTED TO DO SO MAY RESULT IN A PERSON BEING ESCORTED FROM THE MEETING AND SUBJECT TO ARREST.
WITH THAT, WE WILL RECOGNIZE ANY PUBLIC OR ELECTED OFFICIALS.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC OR ELECTED OFFICIALS HERE TO RECOGNIZE? I DON'T SEE ANY.
[2. PRESENTATION OF BOARD RECOGNITIONS]
WE WILL MOVE ON TO 2.01 HISPANIC HERITAGE RECOGNITION.TRUSTEES, WE HAVE A SPECIAL PERFORMANCE TONIGHT FROM DISTRICT 7, GARCIA MIDDLE SCHOOL.
I MIGHT HAVE. MRS. PROCTOR, WILL YOU GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE OUR GUESTS?
>> THANK YOU PRESIDENT MACKEY.
THE BOARD IS HONORED TO WELCOME THE W E GREINER MIDDLE SCHOOL EXPLORATORY ARTS ACADEMY, [SPANISH] [BACKGROUND].
IN HONOR OF HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, THEY WILL PERFORM A LUBANGA MIX UNDER THE DIRECTION OF DIRECTOR MARIA GARCIA AND CO-DIRECTOR FELIPE DIAZ.
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[APPLAUSE]>> [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, GREINER MARIACHI.
THIS CONCLUDES OUR PERFORMANCE.
>> MR. PRESIDENT, IF I MAY, WHILE WE'RE TRANSITIONING, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR STUDENTS FROM GREINER, THE MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT I WENT TO.
ALSO, IN ADDITION, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT THE GENTLEMAN NAMED MOISES MOLINA WAS MARIACHI AND BAND TEACHER AT ADAMSON HIGH SCHOOL WITH ME FROM 1981-1987 WHEN I LEFT THE DISTRICT.
HE STAYED OBVIOUSLY AND UNFORTUNATELY PASSED AWAY LATER AND HE WAS THE FIRST ONE THAT STARTED THE MARIACHI BANDS IN DALLAS.
A LITTLE BIT OF OAK CLIFF HISTORY RIGHT THERE.
THANK YOU TO OUR FABULOUS STUDENTS AND TEACHERS AT GREINER MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR THAT PHENOMENAL PERFORMANCE.
[3. REPORTS]
WE'RE NOW GOING TO MOVE ON TO SECTION 3, OUR REPORTS, AND WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT, ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS, ACCOLADES, EVENTS, TRANSFORMING DALLAS ISD, AND OPERATION CONNECTIVITY.>> I'M GOING TO HAVE A VERY BRIEF REPORT THIS EVENING.
WE KNOW THAT THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION IS BACK IN BUSINESS AND THERE AREN'T MANY ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE CALL THAT AFFECT US.
HOWEVER, THERE ARE ISSUES REGARDING TAXES AND OTHER THINGS THAT ARE EVOLVING AND THEY'VE JUST STARTED.
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THERE'S NOT MUCH TO REPORT THERE.I CONTINUE TO BE VERY PROUD OF OUR EMPLOYEES AND STUDENTS FOR THE EFFORT AND THE ATTENDANCE.
WE ARE OVER 98 PERCENT OF OUR PROJECTED ENROLLMENT.
THEN ALSO WE ACTUALLY ARE HAVING ATTENDANCE AT 91 PERCENT.
AS I'VE COMPARED WITH OTHER DISTRICTS, THAT IS PRETTY FAVORABLE IN ALL OF THOSE CATEGORIES.
I'M REALLY PLEASED THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO GO TO ABOUT SEVEN SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND I'VE GOT TO MEET A LOT OF OUR RESEARCH CENTER EMPLOYEES AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING WITH OUR STUDENTS.
THE ONLY COMPLAINT WAS FROM OUR, I'VE RECEIVED ABOUT THOSE PROGRAMS, THEY'RE FROM THE MAGNET SCHOOLS SAYING THAT THEY WISH THEY HAD A RESEARCH CENTER AT SCHOOL TOO.
BUT ANYWAY, THAT CONCLUDES MY BRIEF REPORT THIS EVENING, MR. PRESIDENT, AND I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
TRUSTEES, ANY QUESTIONS FOR DR. HINOJOSA? SEEING NONE, WE WILL MOVE ON TO BOARD OF TRUSTEE COMMITTEE REPORTS.
DO WE HAVE ANY COMMITTEE REPORTS? TRUSTEE MARSHALL.
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT MACKEY. I'LL GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE.
THE AUDIT COMMITTEE MET ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2021, AND ALL MEMBERS WERE PRESENT.
TRUSTEES MARSHALL, FOREMAN, AND GARCIA, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, CHRIS LEWIS AND TONY STEVENS.
THE AUDIT COMMITTEE APPROVED THE REAPPOINTMENT OF THE NON-VOTING COMMUNITY ADVISOR TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, CHRISTOPHER LEWIS.
WE ALSO REVIEWED FOUR AUDITS THAT WERE PRESENTED IN OPEN SESSION AND TWO AUDITS THAT WERE REVIEWED IN CLOSED SESSIONS.
RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE INTERNAL CONTROLS ARE MADE IN THE AREAS OF HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT AND PAYROLL, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ERAID, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, DISASTER RECOVERY, AND THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN.
IN ADDITION, THE INTERNAL AUDIT GROUP PRESENTED RESULTS OF THE ANNUAL AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT THAT HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED VIA EMAIL TO ALL TRUSTEES.
THE AUDIT FOLLOW-UP, THE DISTRICT HOTLINE STATUS, THE STATUS OF PRIOR YEAR AND CURRENT YEAR AUDIT PLAN, AND SUFFICIENCY OF DEPARTMENT RESOURCES.
LASTLY, THE STATUS OF CONSTRUCTION AUDITING AROUND CMR AND JOB ORDER CONTRACTING.
FINANCIAL SERVICES PRESENTED THE DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL UPDATE AND STATUS OF THE DISTRICT'S MAINTENANCE WORK ORDER SYSTEM.
INTERNAL AUDIT PRESENTED A STATUS REPORT ON CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK PROJECT CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION, WHICH INCLUDES FOUR PROJECTS AT TJ, WALNUT HILL INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, CAREER INSTITUTE NORTH, AND WEST DALLAS STEM, AND MANAGEMENT PRESENTED A PROPOSAL FOR A NEW JOB ORDER CONTRACTING PROGRAM AND DISCUSSED HOW RISKS HAVE BEEN MITIGATED SINCE THE LAST JOCK PROGRAM AUDIT.
THERE'S A PROPOSAL TO COME ON THAT TOPIC TO THE BOARD AT A FUTURE DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE MARSHALL.
ANY OTHER COMMITTEE REPORTS? SEEING NONE, WE MOVE ON TO 3.03 TRUSTEE REPORTS FOR DISTRICTS ONE THROUGH NINE ON COMMUNITY INTERESTS.
WE'LL BEGIN WITH ONE AND GO THROUGH NINE. TRUSTEE FLORES.
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT MACKEY.
AS PART OF HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, A SHOUT-OUT TO MS. NOEMI BELTRAN, ART TEACHER AT WT WHITE HIGH SCHOOL, FOR HER EFFORTS TO SHARE WITH HER STUDENTS, THE ARTISTIC LEGACY OF LATIN AMERICA.
AS PART OF HER CLASS, MS. BELTRAN NOT ONLY TEACHES STUDENTS ABOUT FAMOUS LATIN AMERICAN ARTISTS, BUT HELPS THEM CREATE THEIR OWN ARTISTIC EXPRESSIONS BASED ON WHAT THEY LEARN IN CLASS.
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE PARENTS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND STAFF WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE VIRTUAL COMMUNITY MEETINGS TO DISCUSS THE NEW HERBERT MARCUS AND EVERETTE DEGOLYER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
YOUR INPUT AND VISION ARE INVALUABLE TO US AS WE CONSIDER HOW TO PROVIDE TOP INSTALLATIONS FOR OUR STUDENTS' EDUCATION.
I'LL REMIND THE COMMUNITY THAT THIS WAS OUR SECOND MEETING AND IT'S THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS.
THE PROCESS IS GOING TO TAKE QUITE SOME TIME AND THERE'LL BE A LOT OF OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR INPUT.
BUT THE ARCHITECTS DID HAVE TO GET AN INITIAL FEEDBACK ON WHAT THEY WANTED THE SCHOOLS AND THE FACILITIES TO LOOK LIKE.
FINALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE DISTRICT 1 TEACHERS, YVONNE DUKE, HEATHER DUNLAP, JAMES PEARSON, KEISHA GRAVES, AND JOSE BANDERAS FOR RECEIVING GRANTS FROM THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF DALLAS GRANTS FOR INNOVATIVE TEACHING TO MAKE THEIR CLASSROOM PROJECTS A REALITY.
EACH OF THESE PROJECTS IS UNIQUE IN NATURE, BUT THEY ALL SHARE THE GOAL OF IMPROVING THE ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE FOR OUR STUDENTS.
THAT'S THE DISTRICT 1 REPORT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE FLORES. TRUSTEE MARSHALL.
>> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I'LL GIVE THE DISTRICT 2 REPORT.
FIRST, MANY THANKS TO THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF DALLAS FOR ITS GRANTS FOR INNOVATIVE TEACHING AND CONGRATULATIONS TO DISTRICT 2 EDUCATORS WHO RECEIVED GRANTS, WHICH INCLUDE DAN GARRISON FROM WOODROW AND STEPHANIE CANTU FROM MOCKINGBIRD.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE GREAT EFFORT OF MATTHEW JACKSON, WHO RECENTLY GRADUATED FROM NORTH DALLAS HIGH SCHOOL AND STRUGGLED WITH HOMELESSNESS AS A FRESHMAN.
WITH THE SUPPORT OF HIS MOTHER AND THE STAFF AT NORTH DALLAS, JACKSON EARNED AN ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP TO TEXAS A&M, TEXARKANA, WHICH HE IS NOW ATTENDING AND WILL STUDY PSYCHIATRY.
CONGRATS, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF YOU, MATTHEW.
ALSO, CONGRATULATIONS TO WOODROW WILSON JUNIOR, PATRICIA MCDONALD, WHO WAS AMONG THE RUNNERS-UP IN THE NEW YORK TIMES 8TH ANNUAL STUDENT EDITORIAL CONTEST ON AUGUST 25TH.
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SHE WAS SELECTED OUT OF OVER 11,000 MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.CONGRATULATIONS TO NORTH DALLAS GIRLS VARSITY RUNNERS WHO TOOK FIRST PLACE AT THE DCA MEET ON SEPTEMBER 4TH.
JV ALSO TOOK SECOND PLACE. THERE GO BULLDOGS.
THANKS ALSO TO EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT ON SEPTEMBER 19TH FOR THE PRESTON HOLLOW CAMPUS CLEANUP DAY.
WE PULLED WEEDS, PAINTED FENCES, AND PRUNED PLANTS.
I APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORT FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
LASTLY, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WOODROW WILSON WILDCAT CROSS-COUNTRY TEAMS FOR TAKING HOME FIRST PLACE AT THE NS INVITATIONAL ON SEPTEMBER 20TH.
THAT CONCLUDES THE DISTRICT 2 REPORT.
>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE MARSHALL. TRUSTEE MICCICHE.
>> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I'D FIRST LIKE TO START OUT WITH KUDOS TO SUPERINTENDENT HINOJOSA, WHO WAS FEATURED IN TIME MAGAZINE'S SALUTE TO EDUCATORS WHO SAVED THE PANDEMIC SCHOOL YEAR.
HE WAS ONE OF 29 EDUCATORS AND SCHOOL STAFF MEMBERS RECOGNIZED FOR GOING TO EXTRAORDINARY LENGTHS TO KEEP STUDENTS FROM FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS OF LAST YEAR.
I THINK THIS IS A GREAT TRIBUTE TO DR. HINOJOSA AS WELL AS TO ALL OF THE EDUCATORS AND STAFF IN DALLAS ISD.
THANKS TO ALL OF THOSE WHO ATTENDED THE VIRTUAL COMMUNITY LISTENING SESSION TO DISCUSS PLANS AND IDEAS FOR THE NEW MARTHA TURNER RILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN DISTRICT 3.
YOUR INPUT IS IMPORTANT TO US AS WE PLAN FOR THIS REPLACEMENT SCHOOL.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, LEVY AND YOUR TEAM FOR DOING THE ARTICLE ON SAM TASBY AND THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST VICTORY IN THAT LAWSUIT.
THE ARTICLE, GOOD TROUBLES, WAS REALLY WELL RECEIVED IN THE COMMUNITY AND I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT.
THEN FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE WHO HELPED SUPPORT THE ZONING FOR THE NORTH CAREER INSTITUTE.
THAT'S A BIG DEAL. IT'S A BIG MILESTONE FOR US.
PARTICULAR THANKS TO GADEN L. WILLIS, COUNCIL MEMBER AND MARGOT MURPHY ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
THEY DID A GREAT JOB IN PUSHING THIS THROUGH AND MAKING SURE THAT COMMUNITY CONCERNS WERE ADDRESSED.
THE COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED CAREER INSTITUTE NORTH, AND THAT'S SUPPORT THAT WE DIDN'T GET JUST A FEW YEARS AGO.
IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT FOR OUR KIDS.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL INVOLVED. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE MICCICHE. TRUSTEE GARCIA.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. PRESIDENT.
HAPPY TO SHARE THAT BLANTON ELEMENTARY WILL HOST TO HISPANIC HERITAGE SHOWCASES AND PARENT MEETINGS VIA ZOOM.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29TH AT 10:00, AND THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30TH, 4:30.
THANK YOU TO KETCHUP AND READ FOR SURPRISING OR EDUCATORS AT CUELLAR ELEMENTARY WITH A CATERED BREAKFAST ON SEPTEMBER 15TH.
MAKING ELEMENTARY STUDENTS CELEBRATE MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY IN THE START OF HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH BY WEARING TRADITIONAL MEXICAN ATTIRE TO SCHOOL, INCLUDING WHITE SKIRTS AND BLACK PANTS, BANDANNAS AND COLORFUL SKIRTS.
FIVE OF OUR SAMUELL HIGH SCHOOL SPARTANS ATTENDED THE DALLAS ISD VIRTUAL SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING STUDENT LEADERSHIP SUMMIT.
IT FOCUSES ON STUDENT EMPOWERMENT TO PROVOKE ADVOCACY OF SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING AND HELP STUDENTS BUILD RESILIENCE USING THEIR VOICE FOR SOCIAL CHANGE AND POSITIVE SCHOOL CULTURE.
THAT CONCLUDES THIS REPORT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE GARCIA. TRUSTEE JOHNSON.
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT MACKEY.
KUDOS TO THE LADY MUSTANGS OF ROOSEVELT HIGH.
PLAYED THEIR FIRST VOLLEYBALL GAME IN THEIR BRAND NEW SCHOOL GYM.
WE CAN'T THANK THE RESIDENTS OF DALLAS ENOUGH FOR MAKING OUR BOND RENOVATIONS AND APPRAISE A REALITY.
CONGRATULATIONS TO SENIOR IRIS REEVES OF THE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND MAGNET AT TOWNVIEW FOR BEING NAMED A SEMI-FINALIST FOR THE POSSE SCHOLARSHIP, A FULL-TUITION SCHOLARSHIP FROM THE POSSE FOUNDATION, WHICH IDENTIFIES, RECRUITS, AND TRAINS INDIVIDUALS WITH EXTRAORDINARY LEADERSHIP ATTENTION.
THE SCHOOL FOR TALENTED AND GIFTED WAS RECENTLY RANKED NUMBER ONE AMONG PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE STATE BY THE EDUCATION WEBSITE, NIETZSCHE.
NIETZSCHE RANKED PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS BASED ON FACTORS INCLUDING SAT, ACT SCORES, QUALITY OF COLLEGES THAT STUDENTS CONSIDER.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SCHOOL FOR TALENTED AND GIFTED.
CONGRATULATIONS TO HORACE BRADSHAW ON RECEIVING DAVE CAMPBELL'S IMPACTFUL LEADERSHIP AWARD.
YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB AS A SENIOR AT SOUTH OAK CLIFF HIGH SCHOOL AND THIS IS A LEGACY FAMILY IN DALLAS ISD THAT HAS DONE A LOT OF WORK IN THE SOUTH OAK CLIFF COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN, PRESIDENT MACKEY.
>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE JOHNSON. TRUSTEE FOREMAN.
>> GOOD EVENING. THE REPORT FROM DISTRICT 6.
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I'D LIKE TO START OUT BY GIVING A HEARTY CONGRATULATIONS TO KATHLEEN JOY GILLIAM, COLLEGIATE ACADEMY FOR BEING NAMED A NATIONAL BLUE RIBBON SCHOOL FOR 2021.FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW HER, KATHLEEN JOY GILLIAM WAS A BOARD MEMBER FOR OVER 20 YEARS STRIVING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
THIS SCHOOL IS ALSO DOING THE SAME.
THE RECOGNITION IS BASED ON A SCHOOL'S OVERALL ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OR PROGRESS IN CLOSING ACHIEVEMENT GAPS AMONG STUDENTS SUBGROUPS.
WAY TO GO KATHLEEN JOY GILLIAM, AND MS. SMITH, THE PRINCIPLE.
THANKS TO ALL OF THOSE WHO ATTENDED OUR DISTRICT 6 VIRTUAL COMMUNITY MEETING ON REDISTRICTING.
IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR CITIZENS TO BE ENGAGED IN THE PROCESS THAT WILL DETERMINE WHO YOUR SCHOOL BOARD REPRESENTATIVE WILL BE FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
ALL 46 PARTICIPANTS ARE APPRECIATED.
I STRONGLY ASK THAT YOU REMEMBER TO CONTACT ME WITH ANY IDEAS, PLANS OR ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT REDISTRICTING.
THANKS TO ANTIOCH FELLOWSHIP MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH FOR DONATING OVER $900 IN SCHOOL UNIFORMS TO CARTER HIGH SCHOOL.
YOUR GENEROSITY IS HIGHLY APPRECIATED.
YOU ARE OUR NEIGHBOR AND WE APPRECIATE YOU.
LASTLY, KUDOS TO BASTORY PRINCIPLE JACQUELINE RIVERS, WHO IS LEADING HER STAFF AND STUDENTS IN A NEW INITIATIVE WHICH IS THE SCHOOL DAY REDESIGN MODEL.
SHE AND HER STAFF ARE MOTIVATED TO BREACH THE LEARNING GAP CAUSED BY THE PANDEMIC.
AS ALWAYS, PRINCIPLE RIVERS, YOU ARE DOING A GREAT JOB. THANK YOU.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE DISTRICT 7 ACCOLADES AND WE'LL START WITH DISTRICT 7'S TRINITY GUARDS OR EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL WAS RECOGNIZED AS A NATIONAL BLUE RIBBON SCHOOL, THE HIGHEST PUBLIC EDUCATION HONOR THAT YOU CAN RECEIVE.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM DESPITE ALL OF THE CHALLENGES AND SETBACKS AND IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC, YOU ALL HAVE ENDURED THROUGH ALL OF IT AND THIS PRESTIGIOUS HONOR AFFIRMS THE HARD WORK OF OUR STUDENTS, OUR TEACHERS, OUR STAFF, AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO HAS PUT IN SO MUCH TO ENSURE THAT THE EDUCATION REMAINS AT THE FOREFRONT.
WELL DONE. SECONDLY, I'D LIKE TO SHOUT OUT STOCKER MIDDLE SCHOOLS RESET COORDINATOR COACH FLOW FOR BEING FEATURED ON NBC5, WFEA, AND SPECTRUM NEWS FOR SHARING HOW RESET CENTERS, DALLAS ISD'S NEW DISCIPLINE REFORM IS POSITIVELY IMPACTING STUDENTS, KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK.
THEN FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO GIVE CONGRATULATIONS TO FIVE DISTRICT 7 SCHOOLS WHO MADE DALLAS ISD'S TOP 20 SAFE SCHOOL LIST.
PEELER ELEMENTARY, COCHRANE ELEMENTARY, SALAZAR ELEMENTARY, MOLINA HIGH-SCHOOL, AND ADAMSON HIGH SCHOOL.
THANK YOU FOR DEMONSTRATING AN OVERALL COMMITMENT TO THE SAFETY FOR OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF THAT IS BEYOND EXPECTATIONS.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO DISTRICT 8, TRUSTEE [INAUDIBLE].
>> THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE MONTESSORI ACADEMY AT ONESIMO HERNANDEZ AND ARLINGTON PARK EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER FOR BEING RECOGNIZED BY A RISK MANAGEMENT AS TWO OF THE DISTRICTS TOP 20 SAFE SCHOOLS.
ALSO THANK YOU TO THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF DALLAS FOR ITS GRANTS FOR INNOVATIVE TEACHING AND CONGRATULATIONS TO [INAUDIBLE] FROM CESAR CHAVEZ LEARNING CENTER WHO RECEIVED A GRANT FOR HER WHISTLE WHILE YOU WOODWORK PROJECT.
FURTHER, GOOD KUDOS TO OUR INNOVATION DESIGN ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACADEMY, THE CLASS OF 2022 FOR ASSIGNING THEIR DALLAS COUNTY PROMISE PLEDGES.
THAT CONCLUDES THE DISTRICT 8 REPORT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU TRUSTEE [INAUDIBLE] I WILL READ THE DISTRICT 9 ACCOLADES IN PLACE OF TRUSTEE JUSTIN HENRY, WHO WAS NOT ABLE TO BE WITH US TONIGHT.
IN DISTRICT 9, THANK YOU TO OFFICE DEPOT, WHICH PARTNER WITH DALLAS ISD FOR THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR TO DISTRIBUTE OVER 1000 BACKPACKS AND SUPPLIES VALUED AT MORE THAN $120,000 TO DISTRICT SCHOOLS AS PART OF THEIR START PROUD PROGRAM.
IN DISTRICT 9, STUDENTS AT CHARLES RICE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RECEIVED NEW BACKPACKS FILLED WITH NOTEBOOKS, CRAYONS, PENCILS, AND OTHER SUPPLIES TO KICK OFF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
IN ADDITION, THE PARENTS OR GUARDIANS RECEIVED $20 OFFICE DEPOT OR OFFICEMAX MERCHANDISE CARD TO HELP WITH THE STUDENTS OTHER SUPPLIES.
WE ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE DALLAS ASSOCIATION OF YOUNG LAWYERS WHO CONDUCTED A SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVER, FOR EB COMSTOCK MIDDLE-SCHOOL, AND DONATED SCHOOL SUPPLIES VALUED AT $1,500 AND FINALLY, THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF FOUNDATION CELEBRATED EXTRA YARD FOR TEACHERS WEEK BY SURPRISING FIVE OUTSTANDING DALLAS ISD EDUCATORS, EACH WITH $100 DONORS CHOOSE GIFT CARD.
ONE OF THOSE FIVE TEACHERS WAS DISTRICT NINE'S, VERY OWN, MARY NUNLEY AT CITYLAB HIGH SCHOOL.
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THANK YOU TO THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF FOUNDATION FOR SUPPORTING OUR TEACHERS.WITH THAT, THIS CONCLUDES OUR TRUSTEE REPORTS.
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO SEGMENT 4 WHICH CALLS FOR THE PUBLIC FORUM SEGMENT OF OUR MEETING.
[4. PUBLIC FORUM]
SPEAKERS PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT SUBSTITUTIONS ARE NOT ALLOWED.IF YOU SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, YOU CANNOT SPEAK ON BEHALF OF SOMEONE ELSE AND SPEAKERS WHO FAIL TO ADHERE TO THIS RULE WILL BE INTERRUPTED AND INFORMED YOUR COMMENTS ARE OUT OF ORDER, MS. COLLINS, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE SPEAKERS?
>> SPEAKERS YOU MAY HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
WHEN YOU ARRIVE AT THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS STUART BECKER, FOLLOWED BY TANIA HERNANDEZ.
>> MY NAME IS STUART BECKER AND I TEACH WORLD HISTORY AT [INAUDIBLE] HIGH SCHOOL.
THIS IS MY FIFTH YEAR IN DALLAS ISD.
I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF [INAUDIBLE] AND WE'RE ASKING FOR $3,000 BONUS FOR TEACHERS AND ALSO FOR TEACHERS WHO HAVE BEEN STUCK UNDER PROFICIENT ONE FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS TO BE MOVED OUT TO THE PROFICIENT ONE LEVEL.
TEACHERS AND SCHOOL WORKERS ARE THE BACKBONE OF THE EDUCATION SYSTEM.
WITHOUT TEACHERS, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE AN EDUCATION SYSTEM.
BUT CONDITIONS ARE SO BAD FOR TEACHERS IN DALLAS ISD AND IN URBAN SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES.
TEACHERS LEAVE THE DISTRICT AND THE PROFESSION ALL THE TIME.
IT SEEMS THAT ALL DAY IN OUR SOCIETY TEACHERS ARE LOOKED DOWN UPON.
I KNOW THIS IS BECAUSE OF A COMBINATION OF SEXISM AND THE JOB IS HISTORICALLY SEEN AS WOMEN'S WORK.
ALSO A CULTURE THAT DEVALUES WORKING PEOPLE IN GENERAL.
OUR JOB DOESN'T PAY WELL ENOUGH TO BUY A HOME IN DALLAS.
WE HAVE THIS MENTALITY THAT TEACHERS SHOULD MOVE OUT OF THE CLASSROOM INTO BETTER, HIGHER PAYING POSITIONS.
BUT WHERE DOES THIS LEAVE THE STUDENTS? WHEN STUDENTS HAVE YOUNGER, LESS EXPERIENCED TEACHERS, THEIR EDUCATION SUFFERS. THAT'S OBVIOUS.
MY SCHOOL AS WELL AS DALLAS ISD, EXPERIENCES SIGNIFICANT TEACHER CHURN.
EVERY NEW YEAR, STUDENTS COME BY AND ASK ME, "WHERE IS THIS TEACHER OR THAT TEACHER?" THEY LEFT BECAUSE OF LOW PAY, POOR BENEFITS, HIGH STRESS AND MICRO MANAGEMENT.
OR THEY WERE TIRED BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.
THIS GIVES THE STUDENTS THE WORSE EDUCATION.
THIS IS ALL PART OF THE SYSTEMIC RACIST AND CLASSIST SYSTEM THAT WE LIVE UNDER.
PUBLIC EDUCATION, ESPECIALLY IN URBAN SCHOOLS IS BEING DESTROYED.
WE EXPERIENCE, WORSE BUILDINGS, WORSE H BAG SYSTEMS, LESS RESOURCES AND MORE STRESS THAN SUBURBAN DISTRICTS.
TEACHERS ARE DEMORALIZED BY CONSTANT STANDARDIZED TESTING, MICRO MANAGEMENT, WHICH JUMPS FROM TEACHING TO STANDARDIZED TESTS AND LOW PAY AND POOR BENEFITS.
ON TOP OF THIS IS THE PANDEMICS STRUGGLE WHICH HAS CAUSED MANY EDUCATORS TO GET SICK AND DIE.
TEACHING, ALONG WITH OTHER ESSENTIAL WORKER JOBS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT JOBS AND YOU CAN SEE THIS THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC THAT WHEN KIDS WEREN'T IN SCHOOL, IN THE PRESENCE OF THEIR TEACHERS GUIDING THEM THROUGH THEIR ASSIGNMENTS, THEIR OUTCOME SIGNIFICANTLY DROPPED OFF.
I CAN SEE IT IF I'M EVER ABSENT, MY STUDENTS HAVE A HARD TIME COMPLETING THE WORK.
A TEACHER NEXT DOOR TO ME JUST QUIT BECAUSE OF THESE STRESSFUL CONDITIONS AND THERE'S STILL NO REPLACEMENT, MEANING THE STUDENTS ARE MISSING OUT.
TO CONCLUDE, PLEASE GIVE TEACHERS A $3,000 BONUS TO HELP RETAIN TEACHERS AND KEEP THEM IN THE DISTRICT. THANK YOU.
>> TANIA HERNANDEZ FOLLOWED BY SUZANNE JONES.
>> MY NAME IS TANYA HERNANDEZ AND I'M A TEACHER IN DISD AND A MEMBER FOR ALLIANCE AFT.
WE KNOW THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD DOES NOT HAVE A FINAL SAY AS TO WHERE EMPLOYEES GET A BONUS FOR THE FEDERAL ESSER FUNDS, ONLY THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION DOES THAT.
WE'RE CALLING ON THE BOARD TO USE THEIR OLDER INFLUENCE AND OLDER CONNECTIONS TO ADVOCATE FOR THE EMPLOYEES THAT SERVE THIS DISTRICT TO GET 3,000 RETENTION BONUS.
A SEAL MAY HAVE HEARD, ON THE NEWS, THERE'S A NATIONWIDE SHORTERS OF TEACHERS, SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS, FOOD SERVICE WORKERS, AND SCHOOL NURSES.
NORTH TEXAS SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE NOT THE EXCEPTION.
THERE'S A FIERCE COMPETITION FOR THE LITTLE HUMAN RESOURCES AVAILABLE.
EVEN THOUGH DALLAS PAYS COMPETITIVE, LIVING IN DALLAS IS VERY EXPENSIVE AND GETTING DRAMATICALLY MORE EXPENSIVE EVERY MONTH.
GASOLINE CLIMBED 45 PERCENT FROM A YEAR AGO PERIOD,
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COST OF VEHICLES ROSE MORE THAN 20 PERCENT, NEW VEHICLES 13 PERCENT, AND USED ONES 40 PERCENT.ACCORDING TO REPORTING IN JULY, NEW RENTERS PAY A RECORD OF 17 PERCENT MORE ON RENT.
ALSO RISING IN HOME PRICES ARE INCREDIBLE.
COMPETITION FOR AVAILABLE PROPERTIES ALREADY MAKE IT TOUGH FOR NORTH TEXAS HOME BUYERS.
THE DFW AREA WAS RATED NINTH AMONG BIG US MARKETS WITH 25 PERCENT HIKE PROJECT PROJECTED IN THE NEXT YEAR ON TOP OF 14 PERCENT ALREADY ADDED THIS YEAR.
OTHER NORTH TEXAS SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE GIVEN THEIR EMPLOYEES RETENTION BONUSES THAT RANGE FROM $3,000-$10,000.
IF DISD DOESN'T RAISE THE ANTE, WE COULD LOSE CURRENT AS WELL AS FUTURE HUMAN RESOURCES.
I'M AFRAID WE CAN FIND OURSELVES IN A BIGGER NEED TO FILL IN POSITIONS THAT WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
WE LOVE SERVING OUR COMMUNITIES, BUT SOME PEOPLE MIGHT FIND THEMSELVES IN A SITUATION WHERE DISD IS THE DISTRICT THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO WORK FOR. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.
>> SUSAN JONES, FOLLOWED BY LEILA MILLER.
>> GOOD EVENING. I'M DR. SUSAN JONES FROM THE TEXAS FACULTY ASSOCIATION AND A PROFESSOR OF TEACHER EDUCATION.
I RECENTLY OVERHEARD A DISD TEACHER TELLING THE STORY WHICH GREATLY CONCERNED ME.
SHE SAID THAT LAST YEAR SHE WAS PLACED IN SEVERAL POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING POSITIONS.
SOCIAL DISTANCING AND SAFETY PROTOCOLS COULDN'T APPLY WHEN THE DISTRICT PLACE 25-40 KIDS IN ONE ROOM, DEPENDING ON WHO SHOWED UP THAT DAY.
THE DISTRICT CLAIMED IT WAS TENSED TO PREPARE FOR STAAR TESTS.
HER ENTIRE CLASS WAS SENT HOME DUE TO EXPOSURE, INCLUDING TWO OF HER CO-WORKERS WHO TAUGHT THE SAME STUDENTS IN THE SAME CLASS.
HOWEVER, SHE WAS NEVER TOLD ANYTHING.
TO ADD INSULT TO INJURY, EXTENSION CORDS WERE ALL OVER THE FLOOR FOR STUDENTS TO CHARGE THEIR DEVICES, CREATING A RISK FOR TRIPPING AND FALLING.
ANOTHER COWORKER TRIPPED AND FELL ONTO A TABLE.
THE CIC ON THAT CAMPUS SAID THAT THEY WERE ALL AT RISK FOR FALLING BUT THE STUDENTS NEEDED TO CHARGE THEIR DEVICES.
FAST FORWARD TO THIS YEAR, AND THE SAME TEACHER HAS BEEN EXPOSED TO COVID TWICE.
SHE HAS A NASTY, LONG-LASTING COUGH NOW.
THE TEXAS FACULTY ASSOCIATION STANDS WITH DISD TEACHERS WHO DEMAND A ONE-TIME $3,000 RETENTION BONUS FOR TEACHERS AND STAFF. THANK YOU.
>> LEILA MILLER, FOLLOWED BY ASHLYN FUERTE.
I WORK AT PAT RAINEY'S TRANSPORTATION LOT.
I'VE HAD 10 CO-WORKERS HAVE CAME UP POSITIVE FOR COVID-19.
WE HAD THREE DIED THIS MONTH AND WE'RE STRUGGLING AND TRYING TO STAY SAFE ON THE BUS.
WE'RE TRYING TO COME UP WITH SOME STRATEGY TO KEEP US SAFE.
WE NEED THE CHILDREN TO WEAR THEIR MASKS AS WELL AS THEY WEAR THEIR MASKS IN CLASS, THEY SHOULD WEAR THEIR MASK ON THE BUS AS WELL.
WE NEED YOUR HELP TO KEEP US SAFE ON THIS BUS.
WE HAVE NO SUPPORT OF STANCE SAFE.
I THINK WE REALLY DESERVED THE $3,000.
>> ASHLYN FUERTE, FOLLOWED BY LISA REED.
FIRST OF ALL, MR. HINOJOSA, I HAVE NOT SEEN YOU LISTENING TO THIS TEACHERS ONE MINUTE SINCE THEY STARTED SPEAKING.
JOYCE AND DAN ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT HAVE LISTENED AS THESE TEACHERS STAND UP HERE AND ADDRESS YOU WITH YOUR CONCERNS.
YOU'RE PLAYING ON YOUR LAPTOPS, YOUR TEXTING EACH OTHER, YOU'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO YOUR PEOPLE.
SECONDLY, SHAME ON YOU FOR THE WAY THAT YOU CONDUCTED THE MEETING LAST MONTH.
YOU DID NOT ALLOW US TO HAVE A PUBLIC FORUM, WE, AS PARENTS, ARE ALLOWED TO COME AND ADDRESS YOU, HAVE PUBLIC DISCOURSE, PUBLIC DEBATE, HEAR OTHER PARENTS' CONCERNS, HEAR THE EDUCATORS' CONCERNS, WHAT WERE YOU AFRAID OF? WHY DID YOU HIDE? YOU HID.
STAND UP, AND DO THE RIGHT THING,
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AND YOU NEED TO TAKE THE MASKS OFF OF THE KIDS.SHAME ON YOU FOR HIDING LIKE COWARDS DURING LAST MONTH'S MEETING, SHAME ON YOU FOR NOT LISTENING TO YOUR TEACHERS JUST NOW. THAT'S FINE.
THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A PUBLIC FORUM.
I'M HERE ABOUT THE MASK MANDATE, THE ILLEGAL MASK MANDATE.
MR. HINOJOSA, YOU WERE HERE FOR THE FIRST 15 MINUTES WITHOUT YOUR MASK ON.
YOU HAD TO HAVE SOMEONE COME REMIND YOU TO PUT IT ON.
YOU WAIVED YOUR FOOD OR YOUR SNACK OR WHATEVER IT WAS AND SAID, "OH NO, I'M EATING." YEAH. YOU'RE TELLING OUR FIVE-YEAR-OLDS THAT THEY NEED TO TAKE NAPS IN THEIR MASKS AND PLAY OUTSIDE IN THEIR MASKS.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? HALF OF YOU DIDN'T EVEN HAVE THEM ON RIGHT.
JOYCE, BLESS YOUR HEART, YOU PULLED IT DOWN TOO WHENEVER YOU NEEDED TO SPEAK.
YOU CANNOT SPEAK CLEARLY WITH THESE MASKS.
I WANT TO SEE THE DATA THAT YOU USED TO MAKE THE DECISION TO PUT MASKS ON OUR CHILDREN.
WHERE IS THE DATA? THE CDC HAS NO DATA.
DID YOU GO CONDUCT STUDIES? YEAH? I WANT TO SEE THAT DATA.
I WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHY YOU ELECTED TO PUT MASKS ON OUR CHILDREN.
THEN WHAT I ALSO WANT TO KNOW, HOW ARE YOU PAYING FOR THE LEGAL FEES IN ORDER TO GO THROUGH SOME BATTLE WITH GREG ABBOTT ABOUT THESE MASKS.
IS THAT COMING OUT OF OUR BUDGET, TAXPAYER BUDGET? YOU KNOW WHAT, 87 PERCENT OF YOUR 2021 BUDGET COMES FROM LOCAL TAXES.
THAT'S ME AND THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN DALLAS.
I DO NOT WANT TO PAY FOR YOU TO PAY LEGAL FEES AND FINES.
MR. HINOJOSA, YOU ARE BEING RUDE BY NOT EVEN LOOKING UP AND LISTENING AS ANYBODY IS SPEAKING.
THIS IS THE MOST UNPROFESSIONAL ASSEMBLY, NOT THE TEACHERS, BOARD MEMBERS THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN.
I'VE ONLY SEEN TWO RESPECTFULLY LISTEN TO THE AUDIENCE THE ENTIRE TIME.
>> THANK YOU, MRS FUERTE, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.
>> CARLA, MAXIE, BEN, YOUR TIME'S UP IN 2022.
>> LISA REED, FOLLOWED BY ELIZABETH FERRIS.
>> DISD, YOU DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE MEDICAL DECISIONS FOR CHILDREN THAT ARE NOT YOURS.
THE DECISION TO WEAR A MASK SHOULD ALWAYS BE THE PARENT'S DECISION.
WE ARE NOT CO-PARENTING WITH YOU.
SUPERINTENDENT HINOJOSA, YOU WERE ACTUALLY PHOTOGRAPHED RECENTLY ATTENDING A HUGE LEGISLATIVE MEETING WITHOUT A MASK.
YOU DON'T EVEN FOLLOW YOUR OWN RULES.
WHAT THAT TELLS ME IS THAT YOU, YOURSELF, ARE ACTUALLY NOT THAT CONCERNED ABOUT COVID.
I WOULD BET YOU A MILLION DOLLARS THAT ALL OF YOU ARE EATING OUT AT RESTAURANTS WITHOUT A MASK.
DISD, YOU ARE NOT A PUBLIC HEALTH BOARD, YOU'RE AN EDUCATIONAL BOARD.
STICK TO EDUCATION, QUIT SPENDING MILLIONS OF OUR TAX DOLLARS ON UNNECESSARY MASK MANDATE LAWSUITS INSTEAD OF SPENDING MONEY ON THE EDUCATION OF OUR CHILDREN.
DALLAS IS NOT A HOSPITAL FLOOR.
WE HAVE NOT SIGNED UP TO BE YOUR PATIENTS.
IF I WAS SICK, THE LAST PLACE I WOULD GO FOR MEDICAL ADVICE IS THE SCHOOL BOARD.
THE FDA STATE THAT IN ORDER TO PUT A MEDICAL DEVICE, FACE MASK ON AN INDIVIDUAL, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THEIR CONSENT.
THIS IS THE DEFINITION OF MEDICAL TYRANNY.
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.
DURING THIS STUDY, THERE WERE 18,000 HEALTH COMPLAINTS FILED BY THE PARENTS, 68 PERCENT OF THE CHILDREN EXPERIENCED AN ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECT.
THE STUDY SHOWED THAT THE MASKS WERE HARMING CHILDREN PHYSICALLY, PSYCHOLOGICALLY, AND BEHAVIORALLY IN 24 CATEGORIES.
FIFTY-THREE PERCENT HAD INCREASED HEADACHES, 50 PERCENT HAD DIFFICULTY CONCENTRATING, 37 PERCENT HAD DROWSINESS OR FATIGUE, 42 PERCENT HAD MALAISE, 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 IMPAIRMENT OF CONSCIOUSNESS, THROWING UP THE LIST GOES ON AND ON.
IT IS A BASIC HUMAN RIGHT TO BREATH.
THERE ARE 72 STUDIES DEMONSTRATING HOW MASKS CAUSE ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS.
ONE OF THE TOP MASK FILTRATION EXPERTS SAYS THAT MASKS DO NOT WORK AGAINST THE VIRUS.
EIGHTY TO NINETY PERCENT OF PARTICLES GO THROUGH THE MASK AND LEAK FREELY OUT OF THE SIDES AND THE MASK.
WHY ARE YOU ILLEGALLY FORCING KIDS TO WEAR A MASK WHEN A, THE MASK HAVE IMPROVED AND DID NOT WORK, AND B, THEY'VE BEEN PROVEN TO BE DANGEROUS TO THE CHILD, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE WAS WELL OVER A 99 PERCENT RECOVERY RATE.
IS THAT A JOKE? IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHERE MASKS ARE OPTIONAL, COVID HAS ACTUALLY DECLINED.
PEOPLE ARE AT SCHOOL, THEY'RE ATTENDING PARTIES WITHOUT MASK, PLAY DATES WITHOUT MASK, GOING TO RESTAURANTS WITHOUT MASK, PLAYING SPORTS WITHOUT MASK, SO IT MAKES ZERO SENSE FOR YOU TO FORCEFULLY MUSCLE OUR CHILDREN AT SCHOOL WHEN THEY DON'T EVEN DO IT AT HOME.
TWELVE THOUSAND STUDENTS DIDN'T RETURN TO DISD THIS YEAR.
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IT'S NOT BECAUSE THEY'RE AFRAID OF COVID, IT'S BECAUSE THEY WANT THEIR KIDS TO BREATH.IT'S BECAUSE OF BAD LEADERSHIP.
EVERY YEAR, THERE'S GOING TO BE NEW STRAINS OF COVID.
COVID IS NOT GOING AWAY. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? ARE YOU JUST GOING TO KEEP MUSCLING THE KIDS? COME ON NOW.
>> ELIZABETH FERRIS, FOLLOWED BY TRANIO FOSTER.
TRANIO FOSTER, FOLLOWED BY ANTONIA JUAREZ.
>> HI. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ANTONIA AND I'M A PARENT AT SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL.
I'M HERE TO ASK THE BOARD AND THE DISTRICT WHY THE BAND IS NOT BEING ALLOWED TO TRAVEL AND PARTICIPATE IN THE BATTLE OF THE BANDS IN JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI NEXT SATURDAY.
THE FAIR IS OPENING UP, CONCERTS ARE BEING HELD, SPORTS ARE BEING PLAYED NOT ONLY ON THE DISTRICT LEVEL, BUT ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL AS WELL.
THIS DISTRICT HAS ALSO DECIDED THAT IT IS SAFE AND THAT THE TIME HAS COME FOR MY SON TO ATTEND IN-PERSON CLASSES ALONG WITH 4,000 OTHER STUDENTS IN A BUILDING.
AS FAR AS I SEE IT, THEIR EXPOSURE IS THE SAME THROUGHOUT ALL THESE ACTIVITIES, SO AGAIN, I ASK WHY THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN AN EVENT THAT THEY CAN BENEFIT FROM BOTH MUSICALLY AND FINANCIALLY.
OTHER SPORTS HAVE WEEKLY COMPETITIONS AND OUR BAND HAS NOT HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO PARTICIPATE IN A COMPETITIVE EVENT.
YOU MAY WONDER AS TO WHY COMPETITION IS SO IMPORTANT.
IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO A BATTLE OF THE BANDS, YOU WOULD UNDERSTAND THE LEVEL OF FIRE THAT IGNITES WITHIN OUR CHILDREN WHEN THEY PARTICIPATE IN THESE EVENTS.
THEY GET TO SHOWCASE ALL THEIR HARD WORK AND SKILLS ON THE STANDS AS WELL AS ON THE FIELD DOING THEIR HALFTIME SHOW.
ADDITIONALLY, THESE BATTLE OF THE BANDS HELP PROVIDE DIRECT FUNDING FOR THE BANDS, NOT JUST SKYLINE.
WE, THE PARENTS, ALREADY PROVIDE A LOT OF THE FUNDING FOR THE BAND FROM PURCHASING SHIRTS, SHORTS, AND SHOES FOR OUR KIDS, TO MAKING WEEKLY DONATIONS TO THE BAND SUCH AS DONATING CASES OF WATER, PROVIDING LYSOL AND HAND SANITIZER AND IN THE PAST, WE'VE ALSO PROVIDED THEM WITH FOOD.
THE DISD BUDGET DOES NOT PROVIDE FOR ALL THE BAND'S NEEDS AND WE HAVE A LARGE BAND WITH OVER 150 STUDENTS, WHICH IS WHY THE EVENTS AND EVERY OTHER EVENT THAT IS NOT SPONSORED BY THE DISTRICT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE BAND.
THE LESS FUNDING, THE MORE I AS A PARENT HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET.
THE DISTRICT GUIDELINES HAVE THREE CATEGORIES.
THE FIRST ONE THAT THEY ARE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN UIL/TMEA, THE SECOND ONE SAYS THEY CAN PARTICIPATE IN DISD ROBOTICS, THUS CREATING CATEGORY 3, WHICH IS TRAVEL IS NOT ALLOWED NOR ALLOWS CAMPUS FIELD TRIPS.
THERE, AGAIN, LIES MY CONFUSION AS TO WHY SOME EVENTS ARE OKAY AND SOME AREN'T.
I WANT TO MENTION THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A ROUND TRIP.
THE KIDS ARE GOING TO DO WHAT THEY DO EVERY FRIDAY AT A FOOTBALL GAME.
THEY'RE GOING TO MARCH IN, PERFORM THEIR HALFTIME SHOW, PERFORM IN THE STANDS, AND THEN MARCH OUT AND COME HOME.
I HAVE CHAPERONED THE BAND TO SEVERAL FOOTBALL GAMES AND I, ALONG WITH OTHER PARENTS, ALWAYS ENSURE THAT BEFORE THE KIDS BOARD THE BUSES, WE SPRAY EVERY ROW THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE BUS WITH LYSOL.
WE ALWAYS CARRY LYSOL WIPES, WE ALWAYS CARRY HAND SANITIZERS, AND WE ALSO ALWAYS MAKE SURE THAT OUR KIDS ARE WEARING THEIR MASKS CORRECTLY.
OUR KIDS' HEALTH SAFETY ARE OUR TOP PRIORITY.
IF WE HAVE TO TRUST THE DISTRICT TO KEEP THEM SAFE, THEN THE DISTRICT SHOULD TRUST US AS PARENTS TO KEEP OUR KIDS SAFE TOO AND WANT THE BEST FOR THEM. THANK YOU.
>> NORAH CRUISE FOLLOWED BY ROBERT [INAUDIBLE] FOLLOWED BY RENA HONEA.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT I DID LAST TIME I SPOKE ABOUT MADISON HIGH SCHOOL AND THE PRINCIPAL THAT YOU SEE IN A TITLE, I WISH WE SHOULD SEE RESIGN TODAY.
THE REASON WHY I'M GETTING SO MUCH ON MADISON HIGH SCHOOL IS THAT DISTRICT 9 SAID WHEN I WAS ON THE PHONE THAT SHE SHOULD BE PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR.
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE PRINCIPAL OF MADISON, SHE'D BEEN THERE 15 YEARS, THIS IS NOT ENOUGH.
HER COLLEGE READINESS IS FOUR PERCENT RIGHT BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, FOUR PERCENT COLLEGE READINESS AND DISTRICT 9, EVERY TIME I TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT THIS, THEY LAUGH AT THIS PERSON.
THIS PERSON HAS EMBARRASSED DISD AS FAR AS THE EDUCATION AND THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE STUDENTS.
YOU DON'T HAVE ANY EXPECTATIONS.
YOU DON'T TALK ABOUT TEST SCORES OR ANYTHING AND WHAT HE SAID IS TOTALLY EMBARRASSING, IT'S REALLY ASININE, WHAT HE SAID.
I THINK WE WOULD AGREE ON THAT.
AS PARENTS, YOU DON'T WANT TO GO TO A SCHOOL WITH FOUR PERCENT, DO YOU? DOES ANYBODY WANT TO DO THAT? I DON'T THINK SO.
NOW, ALSO, WHAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IS [INAUDIBLE].
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YOU HIRED HER BACK TO GO TO MADISON.BECAUSE 2013, THE MEETING AT MADISON [INAUDIBLE] UNDER THE BUS.
THAT WOULD HAVE HAPPEN TO YOU IF YOU DID NOT REHIRE THE PRINCIPAL OF MADISON.
NOW, I JUST CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE THINKING BACK THEN WAS ONE PERCENT, ONE PERCENT COLLEGE READINESS WHEN YOU REHIRED HER, SIR.
WHAT IS THE THINKING? ONE PERCENT.
SEE, WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS SOUTH DALLAS IS A TOUGH CITY, IT'S PLAYED BY POLITICS, IT'S PLAYED BY NO EDUCATION.
BECAUSE AT THAT MEETING IN MADISON, THEY DIDN'T TALK ABOUT TEST SCORES THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE WITH [INAUDIBLE], THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW TO GET HER BACK AT MADISON AND THROW MIKE MILES UNDER THE BUS.
EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT THROUGH THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS BACK THEN.
I WAS A MIKE MILES HATER BUT I DISAPPOINT SUPPORT MIKE MILES IN THAT BECAUSE THAT IS REALLY ASININE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SAY THAT SHE'S GOING TO BE PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR WITH THOSE TEST SCORES.
THEY LOOK AT US, THEY SAY WHAT KIND OF SCHOOL IS THIS? [INAUDIBLE] HAS SIX PERCENT COLLEGE READINESS.
YOU DON'T MIX WITH A BAD PRINCIPAL WITH A BAD SCHOOL THEN YOU PUT HER AT MADISON BECAUSE THEY WERE THROWING YOU UNDER THE BUS JUST LIKE THE BLACKS AT MADISON DID WITH MIKE MILES SUBORDINATES.
THEY WERE THROWING YOU OUT, THAT WOULD BE THE SECOND TIME YOU WOULD HAVE GOTTEN FIRED.
YOU'RE PLAYING POLITICS AND YOU JUST WANT TO SAVE YOUR JOB. THAT'S THE ONLY REASON.
HOW CAN YOU HIRE SOMEBODY WITH THOSE TEST SCORES? I DON'T CARE IF SHE DOES WELL WITH THE STUDENTS, IT'S THE DATA, LIKE THE OTHER LADY SAID, DATA.
THE DATA SAYS SHE HADN'T DONE ANYTHING, SHE'S BEEN THERE 15 YEARS.
SO IT GOES FROM ONE PERCENT TO FOUR PERCENT FOR 15 YEARS.
THAT'S NUTS, THAT'S REALLY NUTS AND YOU BETTER GET YOUR PRIORITIES STRAIGHT.
>> THANK YOU MR. [INAUDIBLE], YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.
RENA HONEA, FOLLOWED BY ROSEMARY CURTS.
>> GOOD EVENING. PRESIDENT MEKI, TRUSTEES, AND SUPERINTENDENT HINOJOSA, I'M RENA HONEA, PRESIDENT OF ALLIANCE AFT AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT 7.
AS YOU'VE HEARD AND WILL CONTINUE TO HEAR FROM ALLIANCE MEMBERS AND OTHER DISTRICT EMPLOYEES, HAVING TO CONTINUE TO THE REQUEST FOR A 3,000 DOLLARS RETENTION BONUS FOR THE HEROES THAT MADE IT THROUGH LAST YEAR AND HAVE RETURNED THIS YEAR IS DISHEARTENING AND DISAPPOINTING BUT THE NEED IS GREAT AND WE CONTINUE TO COME.
EACH OF YOU AS WELL AS ALL CHIEFS AND ADMINISTRATORS IN CENTRAL STAFF HAVE SAID WHAT GREAT WORK HAS BEEN DONE BY THE EMPLOYEES, YET YOUR WORDS HAVE LITTLE MEANING ANYMORE.
IT'S TIME TO SHOW THAT YOU TRULY VALUE THEIR WORK.
DALLAS ISD IS ONE OF THE ONLY DISTRICTS IN THE AREA AND ACROSS THE STATE THAT HAVE NOT AWARDED A RETENTION BONUS FOR THE DISTRICT WORKERS.
IT WOULD BE UNDERSTANDABLE IF THE DISTRICT WERE IN FINANCIAL STRAINS AND DIDN'T HAVE THE MEANS TO MAKE THIS A REALITY BUT CERTAINLY, THAT ISN'T THE CASE.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS MADE IT POSSIBLE WITH THE ESSER FUNDS.
WE'RE ASKING FOR A DEPOSIT IN THE TRUST BANK FOR THE EMPLOYEES BY AWARDING A MINIMUM OF 3,000 DOLLARS FOR ALL EMPLOYEES THAT WORKED IN DALLAS ISD LAST YEAR AND THEN RETURNED THIS ACADEMIC YEAR.
IF YOU HAD TO SPEND SOME TIME IN THE JOBS THESE PEOPLE PERFORM, YOU WOULD BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW NECESSARY IT IS TO BOOST MORALE AND SHOW YOUR REAL APPRECIATION.
WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR YOU CONSIDERING TO SUPPORT THIS MOVE AND HAVE IT INCLUDED IN THE PLANS SUBMITTED FOR THE ESSER FUNDS. THANK YOU.
>> ROSEMARY CURTS, FOLLOWED BY GEORGE REINHEL.
I'M A MEMBER OF THE UNION ALLIANCE AFT AND I'M A TEACHER IN DISD WHO'S ALMOST AT HER BREAKING POINT.
DISD ADMINISTRATION WILL SOON BE DECIDING HOW TO ALLOT THE FEDERAL ESSER FUNDS GIVEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS DURING THE COVID PANDEMIC, WHICH OF COURSE IS ONGOING.
IN A RECENT MEETING WITH THE NATIONAL AFT PRESIDENT, THE UNION THANKED THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR THE DISTRICT'S MASK MANDATE, WHICH WE GREATLY APPRECIATE.
BUT THE SUPERINTENDENT TRIED TO PASS THE BUCK WHEN PRESSURED TO GIVE TEACHERS MORE MONEY, SAYING THAT THE BOARD WON'T VOTE FOR IT.
MEANWHILE, THE BOARD TRIES TO PASS THE BUCK BY POINTING OUT THAT THEY DON'T GET TO VOTE ON HOW THE ESSER FUNDS ARE DISTRIBUTED, IT'S SOLELY UP TO THE ADMINISTRATION.
THE FACT IS, BOTH PARTIES HAVE A LEVEL OF RESPONSIBILITY HERE.
THE FINAL DECISION IS UP TO THE ADMINISTRATION BUT THE SCHOOL BOARD CANNOT PRETEND THAT THEY ARE UNABLE TO EXERT ANY INFLUENCE OR GIVE ANY OPINIONS TO THE ADMINISTRATION TO INCREASE THE PRESSURE ON THEM TO GIVE TEACHERS AND STAFF THE BONUS THAT WE'VE EARNED.
I NEED TO SEE OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS CALLING PUBLICLY AND LOUDLY AND PASSIONATELY FOR DISD'S EMPLOYEES TO GET THE 3,000 DOLLARS BONUS THAT ALLIANCE AFT IS REQUESTING.
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WE ALL KNOW HOW MUCH OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF DESERVE THIS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO WENT THROUGH THE FRANKLIN MISERY OF LAST SCHOOL YEAR AND STILL MANAGED TO MUSTER THE WILL TO RETURN THIS YEAR AND DEAL WITH THE AFTERMATH.I CANNOT OVEREMPHASIZE WHAT A RELIEF IT IS TO ME TO FINALLY BE WITH MY STUDENTS IN PERSON AGAIN.
I ALREADY FEEL LIKE I KNOW MANY OF MY KIDS THIS YEAR BETTER THAN I EVER GOT TO KNOW MY KIDS LAST YEAR, MANY OF WHOM I WAS NEVER ABLE TO MEET OUTSIDE OF SEEING A NAME ON A BOX IN A ZOOM CALL.
THE ABSOLUTE BEST PARTS OF MY DAY, EVERY DAY, ARE THE MOMENTS WHEN I'M BUILDING RAPPORT WITH MY KIDS, WHAT I'VE MISSED THE MOST OVER THE LAST YEAR.
THIS YEAR IS NOT ALL BETTER THOUGH.
INSTEAD, TEACHERS ARE UNDER MORE PRESSURE THAN EVER BEFORE TO TEACH MORE, GET THE SCORES BACK UP, LOOK FORWARD, LOOK BACK, NO SHOW, AGGRESSIVELY MONITOR, CONSTRUCT LESSON PLANS THAT SEEM TO GET MORE AND MORE REQUIREMENTS ADDED TO THEM EVERY WEEK.
IN MY CAPACITY AS UNION STEWARD AT MY CAMPUS, I'VE TALKED WITH MORE CRYING TEACHERS AND MORE TEACHERS ON THE VERGE OF QUITTING DURING THESE LAST SIX WEEKS THAN I HAVE IN ALL PREVIOUS YEARS COMBINED.
I HAVE BEEN THE CRYING TEACHER MORE TIMES IN THESE LAST SIX WEEKS THAN I HAVE IN ALL PREVIOUS YEARS COMBINED.
MY COLLEAGUES ARE AMAZING BUT WE'RE ALSO ALL STRUGGLING.
HONESTLY, 3,000 DOLLARS REALLY DOESN'T DO JUSTICE TO WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH.
I'M NOT SURE ANY AMOUNT OF MONEY COULD BECAUSE EVEN IF THE DISTRICT PAYS FOR ALL THE TREATMENTS FOR ALL THE NERVOUS BREAKDOWNS THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING AND WILL KEEP HAPPENING, THAT TRAUMA WON'T JUST GO AWAY.
WHAT THE 3,000 DOLLARS WILL DO IS AT LEAST MAKE TEACHERS FEEL LIKE MAYBE SOMEONE IS LISTENING, MAYBE SOMEONE WITH SOME POWER CARES A LITTLE ABOUT US AND CARES ABOUT WHAT WE NEED. IT'S A START.
IF YOU CANNOT EVEN GRANT US THIS BONUS, THAT WE'VE MORE THAN EARNED, WE WILL KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN ABANDONED, WE'LL KNOW THAT UNLIKE ALL THE OTHER DISTRICTS IN TEXAS THAT ARE GIVING MONEY, THIS DISTRICT WOULD RATHER DROWN US WITH PAPERWORK THAN OFFER ANY TRUE SUPPORT.
I CALL ON ALL SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS TO ISSUE PUBLIC STATEMENTS AFFIRMING THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE 3,000 DOLLAR RETENTION BONUS FOR DISD TEACHERS AND STAFF.
WE KNOW THERE'S A TEACHER SHORTAGE EVERYWHERE, THE DISTRICT NEEDS US DESPERATELY.
IT'S TIME THAT THEY RECOGNIZE THIS AND START FINALLY ACTING LIKE THEY ACTUALLY WANT TO KEEP US. THANK YOU.
>> GEORGE REINHEL. FOLLOWED BY TOMMY [INAUDIBLE].
>> GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT MACKEY, TRUSTEES SUPERINTENDENT HINOJOSA, MY NAME IS GEORGE RANGEL 334 CENTER STREET, DALLAS, TEXAS AT 5208.
I AM THE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR ATTENTION.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK SUPERINTENDENT FOR INITIATING THE MASK MANDATE FOR THE STUDENTS, INCLUDING MY GRANDDAUGHTER THAT'S IN ONE OF THE CAMPUSES.
BOARD MEMBERS, I'M SURE YOU HAVE HAD MEETINGS IN YOUR AREAS LATELY.
YOU HAVE SEEN HOW HARD FACULTY AND STAFF ARE WORKING DESPITE THE DANGERS OF COVID IN THE WORK SITES.
YOU HAVE SEEN TEACHER ASSISTANTS COVERING CLASSES.
YOU HAVE SEEN COUNSELORS DOING CAFETERIA DUTY.
YOU HAVE SEEN OTHER STAFF COVERING CLASSES AND OTHER SUPPORT STAFF THAT ARE IN FRONT OF OUR STUDENTS DOING WHAT'S RIGHT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FOLKS WORKING.
YOU HAVE SEEN YOUR CAMPUSES, HOW HARD IS IT TO WORK IN A COVID SCHOOL.
ONE TEACHER REPORTED HAVING 27 STUDENTS, 10 OF WHICH WERE OUT WITH COVID.
WE HAVE HAD THREE DRIVERS THAT HAVE PASSED AWAY FROM COVID.
WE HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF FACULTY MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN HOSPITALIZED FOR WEEKS AND MANY MORE BATTLING COVID.
I KNOW SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, YOU HAVE SEEN THE CHANGES ON THE NEW POLICY, DBBB REGULATION, ON HOW THIS IS GOING TO AFFECT EMPLOYEES THAT ARE QUARANTINED OR NOT QUARANTINED, AND THOSE THAT ARE ABLE TO APPLY FOR EPSL, EMERGENCY PAID SICK LEAVE.
THIS IS GOING TO AFFECT THOSE THAT ARE HOSPITALIZED THAT ARE IN THE HOSPITAL FOR MORE THAN 10 DAYS.
I SAY THIS TO SAY THAT THINGS ADD UP FOR EMPLOYEES, INFLATION, GAS, UTILITIES, DAYCARE, HEALTH INSURANCE, AND WORKING IN COVID SCHOOLS, JUST TO NAME A FEW.
IN JUNE, DISD ADMINISTRATORS SAID THAT IN SEPTEMBER WE WOULD FIND OUT WHERE WE WOULD BE WITH THE ESSER FUNDS.
WELL, WE HAVE EIGHT DAYS BEFORE THE END OF THE MONTH.
OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE ALREADY TAKEN THE INITIATIVE AND GIVEN INCREASES: DESOTO, WACO, HUMBLE, IRVING, JUST TO NAME A FEW.
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 INCREASE PASSED IN JUNE DID NOT MEET THE COST OF LIVING IN INFLATION.
OUR HOPE IS THAT YOU LOOK AT THE ESSER FUNDS AND MAKE A $3,000 BONUS HAPPEN, IF FOR ANY OTHER REASON, TO RETAIN THE EDUCATION SOLDIERS WHO WE HAVE, WHO ARE GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY IN THIS COVID BATTLE.
BOARD MEMBERS, DO THE RIGHT THING FOR THE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE IN YOUR ELECTED AREA.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR ATTENTION.
>> TONY CHENEVERT, FOLLOWED BY CRISHA, ANTHONY HARDY.
>> HELLO, PRESIDENT, MACKEY, FELLOW TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT HINOJOSA.
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[NOISE] MY NAME IS TONY CHENEVERT, 334 CENTER STREET, DALLAS, TEXAS.I'M THE FIRST VICE PRESIDENT OF THE ALLIANCE/AFT.
I'VE COME TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF GIVING OUR DISTRICT EMPLOYEES A $3,000 RETENTION BONUS.
BUT FIRST OF ALL, LET ME THANK YOU SUPERINTENDENT HINOJOSA AND THE BOARD FOR THE MASK MANDATE, KEEPING OUR EMPLOYEES AND OUR STUDENTS SAFE. THANK YOU.
THE EMPLOYEES IN THIS DISTRICT HAVE ALWAYS HAD BEEN ASKED TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND THEIR EVERYDAY DUTIES.
I KNOW THIS IS TRUE BECAUSE I'VE TAUGHT NEARLY 42 YEARS, 24 OF THEM HERE IN DALLAS ISD.
BUT THE DEMANDS ON TEACHERS AND STAFF MEMBERS TODAY DURING THIS PANDEMIC GOES FAR BEYOND JUST THE ORDINARY RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DAY.
TEACHERS, ALONG WITH ALL SUPPORT STAFF, FRONTLINE EMPLOYEES, PUTTING THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE EVERY DAY WHILE THIS DEADLY VIRUS SWIRLS AROUND UNIMPEDED.
$3,000 IS NOT A LOT OF MONEY, BUT THE SIMPLE GESTURE BY THE DISTRICT WOULD SHOW THAT THEY ARE VALUED AND THAT THEIR EFFORTS REALLY MATTER.
IT COULD ALSO BE A REASON THAT MANY DECIDE TO CONTINUE WORKING IN THE DISTRICT INSTEAD OF LEAVING.
SERVING OUR CHILDREN EVERY DAY IS A CHALLENGE.
SERVING OUR STUDENTS UNDER THESE HORRIFIC CONDITIONS IS HEROIC.
TEACHERS, SUPPORT STAFF, AND ALL EMPLOYEES DESERVE THIS BONUS. THANK YOU.
>> CRISHA-ANTHONY HARDY, FOLLOWED BY CHRIS LIEL.
>> GOOD EVENING. I AM CRISHA-ANTHONY HARDY, A TEACHER IN DALLAS ISD, AND MY HEART IS BROKEN.
ALL AROUND TOWN ARE THESE BILLBOARDS STATING THIS IS OUR HOME.
WHEN I FIRST SAW THESE BILLBOARDS, I FELT PROUD BECAUSE DALLAS ISD IS MY HOME.
I'M A PRODUCT OF DALLAS ISD AND MY ENTIRE TEACHING CAREER HAS BEEN WITH DALLAS ISD.
BUT AFTER SUCH AN UNPRECEDENTED YEAR, DALLAS ISD NO LONGER FEELS LIKE HOME.
YOU SEE MY ACTUAL HOME APPRECIATES MY PRESENCE AND REWARDS ME WITH PEACE, SAFETY, AND COMFORT.
FOR OUR DALLAS ISD HOME, TEACHERS COMPROMISE OUR PEACE, SAFETY, AND COMFORT TO TEACH DURING THE PANDEMIC, AND WE CAME BACK TO DO IT AGAIN.
THE EMOTIONAL STRESS THAT OUR TEACHERS HAD TO ENDURE LAST YEAR WAS LIKE NO OTHER, AND YET WE CAME BACK TO DO IT AGAIN.
WE ARE MENTALLY, PHYSICALLY, EMOTIONALLY EXHAUSTED AT TIMES, AND YET WE CAME BACK TO DO IT AGAIN.
REGARDLESS OF WHATEVER BURDENS WE CARRIED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PANDEMIC, WE GAVE IT OUR ALL, WE GAVE IT OUR BEST, AND WE CAME BACK TO DO IT AGAIN.
WE KNEW THIS YEAR WAS GOING TO BRING ITS OWN CHALLENGES.
WE KNEW MOST OF OUR STUDENTS WOULD HAVE BEEN PHYSICALLY OUT OF THE CLASSROOM FOR A YEAR AND A HALF.
WE KNEW THAT THIS VIRUS WAS GOING TO CONTINUE TO CAUSE MANY STRUGGLES AND SETBACKS, AND YET WE STILL CAME BACK TO DO IT AGAIN.
SOME TEACHER DECIDED TO RETIRE, WISH I COULD'VE, OR PURSUED OTHER CAREERS, AND YET WE COMMITTED, SHOWED UP, AND WORKED THROUGHOUT THIS UNPREDICTABLE AND YET AGAIN, UNPRECEDENTED SITUATION.
OTHER DISTRICTS REWARD THEIR TEACHERS FOR MAKING SUCH A COMMITMENT.
WE WANT TO BE APPRECIATED AND WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE OUR REWARD.
PROVIDE YOUR TEACHERS AND STAFF WITH A ONETIME RETENTION BONUS OF $3,000, AND MOVE TEACHERS, LIKE MYSELF, WHO HAVE BEEN STUCK UNDER PROFICIENT 1 FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS TO PROFICIENT 1.
UNBREAK MY HEART AND FEEL LIKE HOME AGAIN.
SINCE I HAVE ONE MORE MINUTE, I WOULD ALSO JUST LIKE TO SAY ON ANOTHER NOTE, YOU SHOULD INCREASE THE NUMBER OF TEACHERS AND STAFF IN YOUR EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS BECAUSE WE ARE GETTING SPREAD VERY THIN. THANK YOU.
>> CHRIS LIEL, FOLLOWED BY STEPHANIE SHYVER.
>> GOOD EVENING, DALLAS ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
MY NAME IS CHRIS LIEL AND I TEACH A LAW AND JUSTICE COURSE AT LONGFELLOW MIDDLE SCHOOL.
I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF ALLIANCE/AFT.
FOR THE RECORD, I AM THANKFUL FOR MASKS IN SCHOOLS.
MY COMMENTS TODAY, HOWEVER, ARE REGARDING THE DISTRIBUTION OF CARES ACT MONEY, AND THE URGENT NEED TO SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS, COUNSELORS, NURSES, LIBRARIANS, AND STAFF WITH RETENTION PAY.
DESPITE THE CARES ACT, INCLUDING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTENDED TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO OUR K THROUGH 12 SCHOOLS AND EDUCATORS, MUCH OF IT HAS YET TO BE USED.
COVID HAS SHOWN TO BE ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES TO PUBLIC EDUCATION AND GENERATIONS.
LAST YEAR WAS A HISTORICALLY DIFFICULT YEAR FOR OUR EDUCATORS.
DESPITE OUR INITIAL HOPES, THIS YEAR IS PROVING TO BE FAR FROM NORMAL.
MANY OF OUR CHILDREN ARE OUT OF A PHYSICAL CLASSROOM FOR NEARLY A YEAR AND A HALF,
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WHICH MEANS SOME OF MY 7TH GRADERS HAVEN'T BEEN IN A NORMAL CLASSROOM SINCE 5TH GRADE.AS A RESULT, 2021 IS NOW THE YEAR OF DEVIOUS LICKS, WITH SIGNIFICANT BEHAVIORAL ISSUES SPANNING ACROSS OUR STATE AND COUNTRY.
BEYOND THE MONEY, TEACHERS ALREADY INVEST IN THEIR OWN CLASSROOMS. LAST YEAR, THE PANDEMIC AND THE NEED TO ADAPT TO REMOTE LEARNING, FORCED MANY TO BUY EXTRA MONITORS, WEBCAMS, MICROPHONES, HEADSETS, CABLES, AND ONLINE SERVICES OUT OF THEIR OWN POCKETS.
VETERAN TEACHERS ARE FORCED TO RE-INVENT AND DIGITIZE THEIR ENTIRE CLASS ON THE FLY.
WHEN OUR COMMUNITIES NEEDED IT MOST, OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS AND STAFF STEPPED UP AND DELIVERED. IN RESPONSE.
SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS OUR STATE AWARDED SIGNIFICANT BONUSES AND PAY RAISES TO OUR EDUCATORS.
IN DALLAS ISD, HOWEVER, THAT WASN'T THE CASE.
OUR TEACHERS WERE AWARDED A MEAGER RAISE OF 2.5 PERCENT.
THAT AMOUNT IS BELOW INFLATION LEVELS OF FOUR PERCENT, WHICH MEANS THAT TEACHERS WERE LEFT WITH LESS INCOME THAN THEY HAD THE YEAR BEFORE.
WITH THIS CARES ACT MONEY, THE DISTRICT HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO CORRECT THIS AND DO RIGHT BY OUR EDUCATORS.
EVERY TEACHER AND CERTIFIED STAFF MEMBER SHOULD RECEIVE A ONETIME $3,000 RETENTION BONUS PAID OUT OF THESE FUNDS.
AGAIN, WHEN OUR COMMUNITIES NEEDED IT MOST, OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS AND STAFF STEPPED UP AND DELIVERED.
NOW IT'S TIME FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT TO STEP UP AND DELIVER FOR OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF. THANK YOU.
>> STEPHANIE SHYVER FOLLOWED MY SHEILA WALKER.
STEPHANIE SHIVER? SHEILA WALKER?
>> GOOD EVENING, DR. HINOJOSA, BOARD PRESIDENT MAGGIE AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
I'M SHEILA WALKER, THE PRESIDENT OF NEA-DALLAS.
I LIVE IN DALLAS IN [INAUDIBLE] DISTRICT.
ON BEHALF OF THE MEMBERS OF NEA-DALLAS, I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD MEMBERS, DR. HINOJOSA, THE LEADERSHIP TEAM, PAM LEAR, SHERRY CHRISTIAN, ROBERT ABEL, JENNIFER FINLEY, AND OTHERS, FOR TAKING OUT THE TIME TO ADDRESS SOME CONCERNS WE HAD ABOUT COVID AND OTHER ISSUES AT WORK SITE AND MAKING CHANGES TO THE REGULATION BUT THE QUESTION WE HAVE IS WHY DO WE HAVE TO USE OUR DAYS AFTER NOVEMBER 15TH AND IS THERE SOMETHING WE CAN DO TO CHANGE THAT? AS THE COVID CASES CONTINUE TO RISE, I'VE NOTICED THAT WE'VE STOPPED SANITIZING AS MUCH AS WE DID LAST YEAR, WE DON'T TAKE TEAMS AT EVERY SCHOOL.
WHY DID WE STOP? I THINK WE NEED TO START, THEIR BACKSLIDE NUMBERS CAN GO DOWN.
I CHECKED IN ANOTHER DISTRICT AND THEY DO COVID TESTS EVERY WEEK.
WE ONLY DO TESTS THAT WE HAVE SYMPTOMS. SOMETIMES WE MIGHT NOT HAVE SYMPTOMS, BUT WE MIGHT BE COVID POSITIVE.
SO CAN WE LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE CAN START TAKING THESE TESTS? WE CAN CHOOSE TO TAKE A TEST IF WE WANT TO GO TAKE A TEST WITHOUT HAVING SYMPTOMS, AND PARENTS CAN SIGN FOR THEIR STUDENTS THAT TAKE TESTS EVERY WEEK IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO.
I THINK WE WILL CUT DOWN ON SOME OF THESE CASES BECAUSE OUR CASES ARE RATHER TOO MUCH.
WHAT I WANT TO SAY FINALLY, WE KNOW THAT RELATIONSHIPS MATTER.
NEA-DALLAS WANTS TO CONTINUE TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, WITH THE LEADERSHIP, AND LET YOU KNOW THAT WE WANT TO WORK WITH YOU AND BE PROACTIVE AND NOT REACTIVE AS CONCERNS ARISE.
OUR GOAL AT NEA-DALLAS IS TO PROMOTE FAIRNESS AND EQUITY FOR ALL.
AS AN AUTHOR ONCE SAID, WE GOT TO GET ON THE SAME PAGE BEFORE WE TURN IT.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING AND BE SAFE.
>> PATRICIA DOYLE FOLLOWED BY MIKE HOOK.
>> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DR. PATRICIA DOYLE AND I LIVE IN 9257 BISCAYNE BOULEVARD, DALLAS, 75218.
I AM A PHYSICAL THERAPIST IN THE DALLAS ISD SPECIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND AN EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER OF ALLIANCE AFT.
AS A HEALTHCARE PROVIDER, I ALSO WISH TO THANK THE BOARD AND DR. HINOJOSA FOR THE MASK MANDATE.
I AM HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE $3,000 RETENTION BONUS FOR TEACHERS AND SCHOOL STAFF, PAID FOR WITH EZRA FUNDS.
TO SAY THE PANDEMIC HAS BEEN HARD ON US WOULD BE AN UNDERSTATEMENT.
AT A TIME WHEN COMMUNITIES HAVE COME TO RELY ON SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE FOOD, COUNSELING, MEDICAL CARE,
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TRANSPORTATION, CLOTHING, CHILDCARE, AND TECHNOLOGY TO NAME A FEW, ALL WITH LESS SUPPORT FROM THE STATE, WE ARE ASKED TO DO MORE.BUT THE ISSUES AT THE FOREFRONT FOR TEACHERS AND STAFF HAVE BEEN A LONG-STANDING ISSUE, ONLY MADE WORSE BY COVID-19; BEING OVERWORKED, UNDERAPPRECIATED, AND UNDERPAID.
HERE-IN LIES THE PROBLEM, FEWER PEOPLE ARE BECOMING EDUCATORS, AND THEN THE EDUCATORS WE HAVE, HAVE HAD ENOUGH.
AS EVIDENCE, IT'S NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER. WHY WOULD THEY? THEY ARE LITERALLY PUTTING THEMSELVES AT RISK FOR ILLNESS AND DEATH BY STEPPING IN THE CLASSROOM.
CLASSROOMS ARE COMBINED, THE NUMBER'S NOT SAFE TO PREVENT COVID SPREAD AND TOO LARGE TO EFFECTIVELY TEACH.
NURSES ARE STRETCHED IN WORKING TO IDENTIFY, ISOLATE, AND CONTACT-TRACE STUDENTS WITH COVID WHILE CARING FOR THEM IN THEIR CLINICS.
WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH BUS DRIVERS OR FOOD SERVICE WORKERS DUE TO SHORTAGES, ILLNESS, AND QUARANTINE.
THE MOTOR POOL IS UNDER STAFFED SO EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES ARE NOT REACHING STUDENTS IN A TIMELY MANNER.
WE CANNOT AFFORD TO LOSE MORE PEOPLE.
TEACHERS AND SCHOOL STAFF ARE SHOWING UP EVERY DAY DESPITE THESE CHALLENGES.
WE'RE STRESSED. WE ARE WORRIED.
WE WONDER IF TODAY IS THE DAY WE GET ILL, OR IS TODAY THE DAY WE BRING COVID TO OUR FAMILIES OR TO OUR UNVACCINATED STUDENTS, DESPITE BEING VACCINATED OURSELVES, AND WE ARE NAVIGATING BETWEEN PARENTS ANGRY ABOUT MATH, AND QUARANTINES, AND VACCINATIONS, AND THE DESIRE TO KEEP OURSELVES AND OUR STUDENTS SAFE.
WE ARE GIVING EVERYTHING WE HAVE AND WE HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR A LONG TIME.
WE HAVE SHOWN OUR FLEXIBILITY AND STRENGTH BY WORKING WHAT AMOUNTS TO TWO JOBS; IN PERSON, AND VIRTUALLY.
IT'S TIME FOR THE DISTRICT TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND PROVIDE AN INCENTIVE FOR US TO STAY.
>> MIKE HOOK FOLLOWED BY VICKI VASSER.
>> THOSE OF YOU WHO NEED MORE EVIDENCE, SHUT OFF ABC, NBC, CBS, AND WFAA.
BE DISCERNING AND HUNT 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 DERRICK ILK ARE DECEPTIVE.
THEY ARE EXPLOITING THE DELIBERATE NATIONAL CONFUSION FROM ROGUE MEDICAL DOCTORS ABOUT MASKS.
FIND LEGITIMATE DOCTORS, FOLKS.
THEY EXIST. NONE OF THIS IS EASY, BUT THAT'S LIFE.
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 CONSTITUTION, PEOPLE.
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.
THE EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE THAT [INAUDIBLE] AND OTHERS ARE CALLING VACCINATIONS IS PROBLEMATIC AT BEST.
THIS IS FROM LAST MONTH WHEN HINOJOSA SLIT OUT OF HERE, 80 PERCENT OF ISRAEL IS VACCINATED AS OF LAST AUGUST, YET THEY ARE EXPERIENCING ONE OF THE LARGEST CHINA VIRUS SURGES.
OUR CHILDREN ARE DEPENDING ON US AND BY THE WAY, UPON WHOM SHOULD THEY DEPEND? THE GOVERNMENT LIKE HINOJOSA? NO. WE WHO PROVIDE THEM LOVE, SHELTER, FOOD, CLOTHING, MORAL UPBRINGING, THAT'S WHO THEY SHOULD DEPEND ON,
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WE WHO PAY OUR MORTGAGES AND 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.>> THANK YOU MR. HOOK, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.
VICKI VASSER, FOLLOWED BY LAUREN DAVIS.
>> GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
MY NAME IS VICKI VASSER AND I WORK AT [INAUDIBLE] SCHOOL AND I AM ALSO A MEMBER OF ALLIANCE.
I HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED WITH THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS.
I HAVE NEVER SEEN A CRISIS WITH TEACHING AND LEARNING LIKE WHAT WE ARE FACING NOW.
TEACHERS WHO HAVE CONTINUED WORKING FOR DISD DURING THIS PANDEMIC ARE EXTRAORDINARY INDIVIDUALS DEDICATED TO THE INTELLECTUAL AND ACADEMIC ADVANCEMENT AND EMPOWERMENT OF THE YOUTH IN DALLAS.
WE STRIVE TO PROVIDE A QUALITY EDUCATION FOR ALL STUDENTS SO THEY CAN FULFILL THEIR GOALS AND DREAMS AND HAVE A BETTER WAY OF LIFE.
WE ARE ALSO ESSENTIAL FRONTLINE WORKERS, PUTTING OUR LIVES ON THE LINE FOR THE CAUSE OF IMPARTING KNOWLEDGE AND BRINGING HOPE THROUGH CONSISTENT INSTRUCTION BASED ON AN ENRICHING AND RIGOROUS CURRICULUM.
SINCE STUDENTS RETURNED TO THE CLASSROOM, TEACHERS ARE DEALING WITH AN UNUSUAL ABUNDANCE OF DISCIPLINE AND BEHAVIOR ISSUES THAT MAY BE A RESULT OF SOCIAL ISOLATION, HEALTH PROBLEM, FAMILY CRISIS, AND EVEN DEATH DUE TO THE PANDEMIC.
NOT ONLY CONSIDERING THE DIFFICULT TASKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE EVERYDAY CHALLENGES OF TEACHING, WE ARE DEALING WITH SIGNIFICANT LEARNING LOSS.
IN ADDITION, WE SERVE THE WHOLE CHILD, INCLUDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHARACTER THROUGH COMPASSIONATE AND CARING INTERACTION.
PLEASE CONSIDER GIVING TEACHERS AND SUPPORT STAFF A RETENTION STIPEND BECAUSE OF OUR SERVICE, HARD WORK, AND COMMITMENT TO THE STUDENTS IN THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH AND MAY GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU.
>> LAUREN DAVIS, FOLLOWED BY CHRISTIA HOUSTON.
>> LAUREN DAVIS. YOU ALL KNOW ME.
HOW DOES THAT FEEL? DO YOU FEEL SAFE? THAT'S WHAT MY 11-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, CAROLINE, HEARD YESTERDAY AS SHE ATE ALONE IN THE CAFETERIA AND AGAIN ON THE PLAYGROUND.
''THERE'S THIS GUY NAMED MATEO.
EVERY TIME I WAIT TO GO TO THE LUNCH, I WAIT FOR MY CLASS TO GO IN BEFORE ME.
HE WALKS BY ME AND SAYS 'PUT ON A MASK.' ALSO WHEN I EAT, HE WALKS BY ME AND SAYS THE SAME THING.
TODAY, WHEN I WAS EATING, HE WALKED BY ME AND SAID, 'YOU DESERVE TO DIE.' I DIDN'T EVEN RESPOND.
THEN ALSO AT RECESS, HE SAID, 'I DESERVE TO DIE.'' AGAIN, HE'S REALLY ANNOYING AND JUST RUDE FOR SOMEONE TO SAY THAT IN GENERAL.
YOUR LAWLESSNESS, BEHAVIOR, SEGREGATION PRACTICES ARE TURNING UNMASKED KIDS INTO THE VIRUS.
YOU HAVE CO-OWNED OFF MY CHILD AND P.E LIKE AN ANIMAL.
NOT ALLOW THEM IN THE LUNCHROOM WITH ALL THE OTHER UNMASKED KIDS.
YOU HAVE SEGREGATED THEM FROM THEIR PEERS.
YOU HAVE CAGED THEM LIKE ANIMALS IN A PLEXIGLASS BOX TO THE POINT THEY CAN'T BREATHE.
THE FIRE MARSHAL CAME OUT INSIDE AT YOUR DISTRICT.
DID YOU KNOW THAT? MONSTERS, YOU'RE ALL MONSTERS.
YOU BUILT THIS CAGE IN THE MOST PUBLIC PLACE, THE LIBRARY, TO ENSURE THE UNMASKED KIDS FELT SHAME AND TO INSTILL FEAR IN OTHERS.
YOU ALLOW KIDS TO MEET WITH THE ART TEACHER AT LUNCHTIME, UNMASKED TO LEARN HOW THEY CAN PICK THEIR GENDER.
WHEN MY KIDS HAD ENOUGH, THEY WENT OUT TO CLASS AND YOU EVACUATED THE CLASSROOMS AS IF MY KIDS BROUGHT A GUN TO SCHOOL.
YOU ALLOW YOUR SVD IN-CHAIR AT DEALEY MONASTERY, DESTINE MARSHALL, YOU KNOW WHO SHE IS?
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TO INCITE A PARENT MOB AGAINST MY FAMILY? GOOD LUCK RUNNING NEXT YEAR.YOU ARE TEACHING FEAR, YOU ARE TEACHING HATE.
YOU ARE TEACHING 600 KIDS AT DEALEY THAT UNMASKED KIDS DESERVE TO DIE.
STOP THE MANDATE AND LET ME DECIDE FOR MY KIDS AND WHILE YOU'RE AT IT, PAY THESE GO DAMN TEACHERS, 3000 DOLLARS, YOU MONSTERS.
THAT'S MY CHILD. LOOK HER IN THE FACE.
>> CHRISTIA HOUSTON, FOLLOWED BY ALLEY RASKIN.
>> [BACKGROUND] GOOD EVENING. [LAUGHTER] TO BOTH OUR ESTEEMED BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT IN HAOSA.
I'M CHRISTIA HOUSTON, A VETERAN EDUCATOR AND EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER OF ALLIANCE AFT.
AT THE PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING, WE WERE SO DISTRACTED WITH ALL OF THE THEATRICS OF THE ANTI-MASKERS WHO WERE SEEMINGLY TRYING TO ENDANGER OUR LIVES.
I WANTED TO COME BACK AND SAY THANK YOU AGAIN TO OUR SUPERINTENDENT AND TO OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR IMPLEMENTING THE MASS MANDATE THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.
ALSO ON BEHALF OF THE STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE ASTHMA, MYSELF INCLUDED, THE RESPIRATORY ISSUES AND VARIOUS IMMUNOCOMPROMISING CONDITIONS.
THANK YOU FOR PROTECTING OUR LIVES.
WHEN THIS PANDEMIC STARTED, THE PRIOR ADMINISTRATION AND THE ENTITIES INVOLVED WERE NOT RECOMMENDING THAT EVERYONE RUN OUT AND START WEARING MASK.
IT WAS NOT THAT WE DIDN'T NEED TO BE PROTECTED.
IT WAS BECAUSE EVERYONE EXCEPT THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY AND OTHER FRONTLINE WORKERS WERE SUPPOSED TO BE SHELTERING IN PLACE AND THERE WAS A SHORTAGE OF PPE.
HOWEVER, BEING ASTHMATIC, I WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO HARDLY ORDERED KN95 MASK AND HAVING LEFT HOME WITHOUT AT LEAST THIS LEVEL OF PPE ON SINCE THIS FIRST STARTED AND I'M CONTINUOUSLY ORDERING THEM.
THIS IS REALLY THE LEVEL OF PROTECTION THAT ALL EDUCATORS NEED RIGHT NOW.
MASK ACT AS A BARRIER BETWEEN SOMEONE'S RESPIRATORY DROPLETS AND ANOTHER PERSON'S RESPIRATORY SYSTEM AND ARE NEEDED TO STOP TRANSMISSION OF THIS VIRUS.
ANYONE IN A ROOM FULL OF STUDENTS NEEDS THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF PROTECTION.
I SAY ALL OF THAT TO SAY, PLEASE CONTINUE THE MASK MANDATE THROUGHOUT THIS PANDEMIC AND PLEASE ENCOURAGE EMPLOYEES TO WEAR THE KN95 AND SHIELDS.
SECONDLY, I WANT TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF DALLAS ISD GRANTING ALL OF ITS EMPLOYEES A RETENTION BONUS.
WE'VE SEEN OTHER SURROUNDING DISTRICTS GRANT BONUSES TO THEIR EMPLOYEES OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS.
WHETHER YOU CONSIDER A RETENTION BONUS OR HAZARD PAY BONERS, [LAUGHTER] PLEASE RECOGNIZE THAT WE'RE ALL STILL GOING THROUGH THE STORM TOGETHER TRYING TO KEEP OURSELVES, OUR STUDENTS, AND OUR FAMILIES SAFE.
I'M SURE YOU WOULD ALL AGREE THAT ALL DALLAS ISD EMPLOYEES ARE WORTHY OF RECEIVING THAT PAYMENT.
FINALLY, I LIKE TO SPEND A FEW LAST SECONDS WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR ALL OF THE SCHOOL EMPLOYEES AND STUDENTS WHO HAVE DIED OF COVID-19 OVER THE PAST 19 MONTHS.
ONE BEING MY FIRST COUSIN, DERRICK BRAVICKS, WHO SERVED THIS DISTRICT FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND WHOSE FUNERAL SERVICE WAS TODAY.
>> OUR LAST SPEAKER IS ALLEY RASKIN.
[5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 5.01.CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL.
TRUSTEES, THE FOLLOWING MINUTES HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL.
EMPLOY HEARING 8/12/21, COURT BOARD MEETING, 8/12/21, EMPLOYEE HEARING 8/26/21, AND BOARD MEETING 8/26/21. DO I HAVE A MOTION?
>> IS THEN MOVED BY TRUSTEE FLORES, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE MARSHALL.
ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS? [NOISE] SEEING NO CORRECTIONS, TRUSTEES, YOU MAY CAST YOUR VOTE.
>> OKAY. THIS IS WHERE I GET TO. PLACE MY HAND.
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>> THANK YOU. TRUSTEES, YOU'VE JUST ADOPTED THE MOTION APPROVING THE MINUTES AS SUBMITTED.
[6. STATUTORY ITEMS WHICH MAY APPROPRIATELY COME TO THE ATTENTION OF THE BOARD]
STATUTORY ITEM 6.01 TO APPOINT A BOARD MEMBER TO SERVE ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DALLAS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT FOR TWO YEARS, BEGINNING JANUARY 1ST, 2022.NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR THE BOARD REPRESENTATIVE, FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DALLAS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT, DO I HAVE A NOMINATION?
>> [OVERLAPPING] MR. PRESIDENT I NOMINATE TRUSTEE EDWIN FLORES.
>> WE HAVE A NOMINATION FOR TRUSTEE EDWIN FLORES THAT'S BEEN MOVED BY TRUSTEE MARSHALL SECONDED BY TRUSTEE MICCICHE.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS AT THIS TIME? SEEING NO OTHER NOMINATIONS BY ACCLAMATION TRUSTEE EDWIN FLORES HAS BEEN ELECTED TO SERVE AS THE DISTRICT'S BOARD REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DALLAS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT FOR TWO YEARS BEGINNING JANUARY 1ST, 2022.
CONGRATULATIONS TRUSTEE FLORES. TRUSTEES,
[7. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS]
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 7.01.APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM 7.01 THROUGH 7.25 AS AMENDED.
TRUSTEES WE HAVE A CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 7.01 THROUGH 7.25 AS AMENDED, THE FOLLOWING AGENDA ITEMS HAVE BEEN PULLED FOR A SEPARATE VOTE, 7.02, 7.04, 7.07, 7.17, 7.23, AND 7.25.
DO I HAVE A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AS AMENDED?
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY TRUSTEE FLORES AND SECONDED BY TRUSTEE MARSHALL.
TRUSTEES YOU MAY NOW CAST YOUR VOTES.
>> TRUSTEE JOHNSON, [INAUDIBLE].
>> THE MOTION PASSES SIX VOTING YES.
>> TRUSTEES, YOU HAVE NOW ADOPTED THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[8.01 Consider and Take Possible Action to Approve Amendment to Board Policy AE (Local) Educational Philosophy (Single Read, Sponsored by Pamela Lear, Chief of Staff and Racial Equity Officer) (Consent Item 7.02, Pulled by Trustees Joyce Foreman and Justin Henry)]
ITEMS PULLED FOR A SEPARATE VOTE.AS WE BEGIN DISCUSSION ON ITEMS PULLED FOR A SEPARATE VOTE, JUST A REMINDER, PLEASE CONFINE THE REMARKS TO THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
8.01 APPROVE AMENDMENT TO BOARD POLICY, AE LOCAL EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY.
SINGLE RESPONSE BY PAM LEO, CHIEF OF STAFF AND RACIAL EQUITY OFFICER.
CONSENT ITEM 7.02 PULLED BY TRUSTEE JOYCE FORMAN AND JUSTIN HENRY, DO I HAVE A MOTION?
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY TRUSTEE FLORES, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE MICCICHE. IS THERE DISCUSSION?
>> TRUSTEE FORMAN FOLLOWED BY TRUSTEE MARSHALL.
>> READY? OKAY. MY CONCERNS DUSTIN HOUSA IS I'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION WITH CHIEF LEAH, IS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE COVENANTS AND COMMITMENTS BE A PART OF A LOCAL, AND THAT'S FOR SEVERAL REASONS.
YOU'VE BEEN AROUND AS LONG AS I HAVE SO YOU KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF THE COVENANTS AND COMMITMENTS THAT CAME AFTER WE GOT FROM UNDER THE DESEGREGATION COURT ORDER.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WHILE WE MIGHT NOT BE WORKING ON ALL OF THE INITIATIVES THAT WE HAVE A REMINDER TO KEEP US WORKING ON THE INITIATIVES.
THE DESEGREGATION QUARTER WAS BASED ON SEGREGATED SCHOOLS IN DALLAS ISD, AND THAT BASICALLY WERE AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS IN SCHOOLS THAT OF COURSE, WERE UNDER DALLAS ISD, BUT IT WAS SEPARATE AND CLEARLY UNEQUAL.
I THINK THAT WHILE WE HAVE A RACIAL EQUITY POLICY THAT I SUPPORT IT, I STILL FIND SOME ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED FOR THE CHILDREN THAT NEED THE MOST.
IF WE PUT IT IN FRONT OF US, IT IS A REMINDER THAT WE HAVE TO DO BETTER.
I THINK WE'VE MADE SOME POSITIVE MOVES, BUT THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE, AND PARTICULARLY AFTER WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS LAST YEAR TRYING WITH COVID AND OUR CHILDREN HAVE CONTINUED TO SLIP.
THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH US FIRST AND FOREMOST, ADMITTING THE ERRORS OF OUR WAYS AS A COUNTRY AND AS A DISTRICT AND THEN LOOKING TO ADDRESS THOSE.
IF WE CONTINUE TO TRY TO HIDE THE OBVIOUS,
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WE WILL NEVER GET WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO GO, AND SO I WILL SUPPORT IT ONLY IF WE ADD THE COVENANTS AND COMMITMENTS IN ITS ENTIRETY.AS A REMINDER OF OUR PAST AND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DO BETTER, AND MEASURE OURSELVES AS WE CONTINUE TO DO BETTER FOR CHILDREN WHO NEED THIS THE MOST.
TRUSTEES ARE THERE OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NON, TRUSTEES, YOU MAY CAST YOUR VOTE.
>> I TURNED THE LIGHT OFF, HE SAID NOW.
>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEES. YOU'VE JUST ADOPTED THE MOTION APPROVING THE AMENDMENT TO BOARD POLICY AE LOCAL EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY.
[8.02 Consider and Take Possible Action to Approve an Interlocal Agreement with Lamar University and Dallas Independent School District (No Financial Impact) (Consent Item 7.04, Pulled by Trustees Joyce Foreman and Dan Micciche)]
APPROVE AN INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH LAMAR UNIVERSITY IN DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, NO FINANCIAL IMPACT CONSENT ITEM 7.04, PULLED BY TRUSTEES JOYCE FORMAN AND DAN MICCICHE. DO I HAVE A MOTION?>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY TRUSTEE FLORES SECONDED BY TRUSTEE MARSHALL'S.
TRUSTEES, IS THERE A DISCUSSION?
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE IN REGARDS TO MY ORIGINAL QUESTION ABOUT DATA SHARING AGREEMENTS WITH THIS ARRANGEMENT, THE RESPONSE WAS THERE IS NO DATA SHARING AGREEMENT.
SO IF IN FACT OUR STAFF WANTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM, DO WE SHARE ANY DATA?
>> TRUSTEE FORMAN, I HAVE DR. KOSTER AND MR. LITTLE ON THE LINE TO DISCUSS YOUR QUESTION.
>> YEAH. GOOD AFTERNOON, TRUSTEE FORMAN AND CHIEF RIHO.
TRUSTEE FORMAN THAT ANSWER IS NO, WE ARE NOT SHARING DATA WITH THE UNIVERSITY.
>> WE JUST HAVE STUDENTS THAT GO INTO THEIR PROGRAM WITH NO DATA ATTACHED, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING?
>> THESE ARE ADULTS. [OVERLAPPING].
>> WHEN YOU SAY STUDENTS DR. FOREMAN ARE YOU MEANING THE CANDIDATE AS THE INTERN? [OVERLAPPING].
>> I'M TALKING ABOUT STUDENTS THAT'S GOING TO THE SCHOOL. [OVERLAPPING]
>> I'M AWARE THEY ARE ADULTS. EXCUSE ME?
>> SORRY. I WAS ASKING CLARIFICATION.
I THINK CHIEF [INAUDIBLE] JUST GOT IT.
ANYTIME SOMEBODY IS DOING WORK IN THE DISTRICT, WHETHER THEY'RE PAID OR SERVING AS AN INTERN, THEY ARE STILL RESTRICTED BY THE FERPA REQUIREMENTS.
THAT'S WHAT BINDS THE PERSON FROM SHARING ANY INFORMATION THEY MAY HAVE ACCESS TO WHILE DOING THAT WORK ON THE DISTRICT.
>> I UNDERSTAND FERPA, BUT I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF DATA-SHARING AGREEMENTS THAT WE NEVER CHECK.
I CLEARLY UNDERSTAND FERPA, BUT FERPA IS BASED ON THE STUDENT'S NOT THE ADULTS THAT WILL BE PARTICIPATING, IS THAT CORRECT?
>> IT PREVENTS ADULTS FROM INAPPROPRIATELY ACCESSING OR SHARING THAT INFORMATION.
>> THAT'S CORRECT. [OVERLAPPING].
>> OKAY. THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING.
I'M STILL NOT CONVINCED THAT'S THE CORRECT ANSWER.
>> THANK YOU. TRUSTEE FORMAN. TRUSTEE MICCICHE.
>> I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE ADMINISTRATION TO DO MORE WITH OUR UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES IN THE AREA SO THAT WE CAN DEVELOP OUR TEACHING WORKFORCE AND OUR PROFESSIONAL WORKFORCE, AND THIS IS A CRITICAL NEEDS AREA, AND I THINK IT IS VERY HELPFUL FOR THE DISTRICT TO ADD THIS RECRUITMENT PIPELINE IN PLACE.
I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THERE'S NO DATA SHARING, SO I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU TRUSTEE MICCICHE. TRUSTEES, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, TRUSTEES, YOU MAY NOW CAST YOUR VOTE.
TRUSTEES, YOU'VE JUST ADOPTED THE MOTION APPROVING
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THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH LAMAR UNIVERSITY IN DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 8.03,
[8.03 Consider and Take Possible Action to Approve the Interlocal Agreement Between Texas A&M University-Commerce and Dallas Independent School District for TAMUC/Dallas ISD Pathway Programs Consisting of The President's Promise and Rising Lion Scholarships (September 30, 2021 -August 31, 2026 with Two (1) Year Renewable Option/No Financial Impact) (Consent Item 7.07, Pulled by Trustees Joyce Foreman and Dan Micciche)]
APPROVE THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY-COMMERCE AND DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR TAMUC DALLAS ISD PATHWAY PROGRAMS CONSISTING OF THE PRESIDENT'S PROMISE AND RISING LINE SCHOLARSHIPS, SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2021 THROUGH AUGUST 31ST, 2026, WITH TWO-YEAR RENEWABLE OPTION, NO FINANCIAL IMPACT CONSENT ITEM 7.07 PULL BY TRUSTEES FOREMAN AND MICCICHE. DO I HAVE A MOTION?>> IT'S BEEN MOVED BY TRUSTEE FLORES, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE MARSHALL.
TRUSTEES DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
>> BRIAN, THANKS FOR THE INFORMATION.
IS THIS A LAST CHANCE FUNDING IN CASE THEY DON'T HAVE A PELL GRANT OR SOMETHING?
>> THIS IS LAST DOLLAR SCHOLARSHIP.
IT COVERS THE GAP BETWEEN WHAT SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS THAT MAY BE AVAILABLE TO THE STUDENTS.
ONCE A STUDENT DOES COMPLETE THE FAST ONE GOES THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS.
IF THEY QUALIFY, ANY LAST DOLLARS WILL BE COVERED THROUGH THIS OPPORTUNITY.
>> THIS IS A BRAND NEW OPPORTUNITY, CORRECT?
>> DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER LAST CHANCE OR ANY OTHER PROMISE PROGRAMS?
>> DR. RODGERS IS ON ZOOM AS WELL, SO I'M GOING TO LET HER RESPOND TO THAT ONE. DR. RODGERS.
>> GOOD EVENING SUPERINTENDENT IN THE HOUSE AND TRUSTEES.
WE HAVE THE DALLAS COUNTY PROMISE THAT IS ALSO LAST DOLLAR.
>> OKAY. HOW MUCH DID THEY PUT INTO STUDENTS LAST YEAR?
>> I DON'T HAVE AN EXACT NUMBER, BUT I CAN WORK TO GET THAT INFORMATION.
>> WOULD YOU GIVE ME THAT INFORMATION FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS?
>> WE WILL WORK TO GET THAT FOR YOU. YES, MA'AM.
>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE FOREMAN. TRUSTEE MICCICHE.
>> I THINK THIS IS ANOTHER INNOVATIVE PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL.
I'M PLEASED TO SEE THE DISTRICT CONTINUING TO EXPLORE NEW WAYS TO HELP SUPPORT OUR KIDS.
THE LAST DOLLAR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM DOES MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR KIDS TO GO TO COLLEGE WHO OTHERWISE COULDN'T.
EVEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE TO ACCESS THOSE LAST DOLLAR, THE FACT THAT IT'S THERE KEEPS KIDS MOTIVATED IN APPLYING THROUGH THE PROCESS.
I'M VERY PLEASED WE'RE DOING THIS AND KEEP IT UP. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE MICCICHE. TRUSTEE FLORES.
>> I WANT TO JOIN FORMER SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT MICCICHE [LAUGHTER] TO THANK TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY, FOR OUR KIDS.
THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THEIR PRESIDENT A COUPLE MONTHS AGO AND HE'S DYNAMIC AND SMART AND HE LISTENED TO OUR NEEDS.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES THAT COME TO OUR KIDS THAT REALLY WOULD HAVE NO OPTION TO BE ABLE TO GO TO SCHOOL ABSENT THIS LAST DOLLAR TYPE OPPORTUNITY.
REALLY THANK THEIR COMMITMENT TO DALLAS ISD AND OUR STUDENTS.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT PUBLICLY. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE FLORES. TRUSTEE GARCIA.
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT MACKEY.
A QUESTION OF CLARIFICATION OF HOW THESE OPPORTUNITIES ARE BEING EXPLICITLY TOLD TO STUDENTS EITHER IN THE 7TH-GRADE COLLEGE AND CAREER AXIS COURSE THAT I KNOW WE HAVE IN THE DISTRICT OR OTHER GRADE LEVELS OR OTHER COURSES.
>> I THINK OBVIOUSLY THE POINT, YOU JUST MADE THROUGH OUR ADVISING OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR COUNSELORS AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, FOR EXAMPLE.
THESE ARE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE DO SHARE AND WILL CONTINUE TO SHARE WITH OUR STUDENTS.
WELL, A BIT AWAY IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO HELP THEM SET THE VISION FOR WHEREVER THEY WANT TO ACCOMPLISH AND BE ABLE TO DO IN THEIR FUTURE.
BUT, OF COURSE, YES, YOU'RE RIGHT.
IN THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL AS WELL, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO DO THIS AS THEY GET CLOSER TOWARDS GRADUATION.
THIS HAPPENS THROUGH OUR COUNSELORS AND OUR COLLEGE ACCESS PROVIDERS, AS WELL AS SCHOOL STAFF.
>> ARE THE EXPLICIT OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE LIKE THIS THROUGH DALLAS ISD, PART OF THE CURRICULUM THAT WE TEACH IN THE 7TH-GRADE COURSE?
>> I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS EXPLICIT, BUT YES, THERE IS DEFINITELY A CURRICULUM AROUND CAREER AND COLLEGE READINESS.
I THINK WHAT WE'RE AIMING TO DO, TRUSTEE GARCIA IS REALLY TO TAILOR DALLAS ISD'S CURRICULUM SO THAT IT IS SPECIFIC TO DALLAS.
EXAMPLES LIKE THE LINES PROMISE AND THE PRESENCE LINE IN PRESENT PROMISED IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE VERY MUCH WELL AWARE OF.
WE CAN TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT AND OUR SCHOOL TEAMS CAN TALK ABOUT SO OUR KIDS AND STAFF AND VERY WELL VERSED ON THE OPPORTUNITIES AND HOW THEY ACCESS THEM.
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>> WONDERFUL. I THINK BY 12TH GRADE, THE VISION THAT I HAVE AS A BOARD MEMBER IS THAT A STUDENT UNDERSTANDS WHAT IS THEIR BEST-FIT OPTION ACCORDING TO THEIR ASPIRATIONS, THEIR GRADES, THEIR ECONOMICS, EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON.
I APPRECIATE THIS BEING A PART OF THE DISTRICT.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS UNDERSTAND THESE OPPORTUNITIES EARLIER SO THAT THEY'RE MAKING THOSE BEST-FIT CHOICES WHEN IT COMES TIME.
THANK YOU FOR THIS EFFORT I HOPE TO SEE MORE OF THESE.
TRUSTEES, IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YOU MAY NOW CAST YOUR VOTE.
>> TRUSTEE FLORES. OKAY. THANK YOU.
>> TRUSTEES, YOU'VE JUST ADOPTED THE MOTION APPROVING THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY OF COMMERCE AND DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE TAMUC DALLAS ISD PATHWAY PROGRAMS CONSISTING OF THE PRESIDENT'S PROMISE AND THE RISING LION SCHOLARSHIPS.
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 8.04 APPROVE THE BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR SEPTEMBER 30TH,
[8.04 Consider and Take Possible Action to Approve the Budget Amendment for September 30, 2021 (Consent Item 7.17, Pulled by Trustees Joyce Foreman and Justin Henry)]
2021, CONSENT ITEM 7.17, PULLED BY TRUSTEES JOYCE FOREMAN AND JUSTIN HENRY, DO I HAVE A MOTION?>> IT HAD BEEN MOVED BY TRUSTEE FLORES, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE MARSHALL. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION?
>> BRIAN, JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS.
THE FIRST ONE IS, FIRST I EXPRESS MY CONCERNS ABOUT USING THE FUND BALANCE FOR POSITIONS.
WILL ANY OF THOSE POSITIONS BE FUNDED BY SA FUNDS WHEN WE RECEIVE THEM? WHAT DO YOU KNOW?
>> IN THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT, THERE ARE NO POSITIONS.
>> I THOUGHT THERE WERE POSITIONS ON THIS?
>> NO, MA'AM. THE ONLY THING THAT WAS IN THERE WAS THE READS LIBRARIES DESIGNED STIPENDS.
THOSE AREN'T POSITIONS, THOSE ARE THE STIPEND.
>> I THOUGHT THERE WERE POSITIONS IN THERE.
>> THEY WERE ON THE LAST BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR LAST MONTH. THERE WAS YES, MA'AM.
>> OKAY. THE NEXT QUESTION IS, I SEE THAT YOU GAVE ME TSA RECOMMENDS FIVE MONTHS UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE.
>> HOW MUCH IS IT PER MONTH FOR THE DISTRICT APPROXIMATELY?
>> I BELIEVE IT'S A 145 MILLION A MONTH.
>> OKAY. WHILE TSA RECOMMENDS FIVE MONTHS, WHAT DOES TEA RECOMMEND?
>> I DON'T THINK TEA RECOMMENDS A SPECIFIC AMOUNT.
I'D HAVE TO LOOK AND SEE. I HAVEN'T LOOKED THAT UP.
BUT IF THEY DID, IT'S PROBABLY TWO TO THREE MONTHS.
>> I'M ALMOST CERTAIN I'VE HEARD THAT THEY RECOMMEND THREE MONTHS.
>> I CAN LOOK IT UP, BUT I WOULD SAY PROBABLY TWO OR THREE MONTHS.
>> I NOTICED YOU PUT THE TEST ON THERE AND I HADN'T SEEN TESSA BEFORE, BUT I'VE SEEN TEA.
>> I WOULD ALSO ADD, I THINK IT MATTERS IF YOU'RE A JULY 1 FISCAL YEAR OR A SEPTEMBER 1 FISCAL YEAR.
>> WELL, THE WAY THE SCHOOLS ARE SET UP, SCHOOLS ARE SETUP AS THEY ARE SET UP ON A SEPTEMBER 1 FISCAL YEAR.
A DISTRICT HAS THE OPTION TO CHOOSE JULY 1, AND WE HAPPEN TO BE A JULY 1 TO MAKE IT MATCH MORE WITH THE FEDERAL PROGRAMS AND SO FORTH.
BY DOING THAT, THERE'S TWO MORE MONTHS OF CASH FLOW THAT YOU HAVE TO COVER OUT OF YOUR FUND BALANCE AS A RECAPTURE DISTRICT BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF OUR REVENUE IS COMING FROM LOCAL TAX WHICH ISN'T COLLECTED UNTIL DECEMBER.
WE'RE HAVING TO USE THOSE RESOURCES FOR CASH FLOW FROM JULY TILL DECEMBER WHERE ANOTHER DISTRICT WILL ONLY BE FROM SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER.
>> I REMEMBER WHEN WE USED TO HAVE TO BORROW TO DO THAT.
>> I REMEMBER WHEN WE USED TO HAVE TO BORROW MONEY TO DO THAT.
>> YES, MA'AM. THERE'S ALWAYS TAX ANTICIPATE NOTES. YES, MA'AM.
>> I DO REMEMBER THAT? OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE FOREMAN. TRUSTEE MARSHALL.
NO. SEEING NO OTHER QUESTIONS, TRUSTEES YOU MAY NOW CAST YOUR VOTE.
>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEES. YOU HAVE JUST ADOPTED THE MOTION APPROVING THE BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2021.
WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 8.05,
[8.05 Consider and Take Possible Action to Approve a First Amendment to the Lease Agreement with Workforce Solutions Greater Dallas D/B/A Dallas County Local Workforce Development Board, Inc., for the Use of the Old Arcadia Park Facility Located at 911 N. Morocco Avenue, Dallas, Texas ($119,700 Revenue Over One Year Term) (Consent Item 7.23, Pulled by Trustees Joyce Foreman and Justin Henry)]
APPROVE A FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE LEASE AGREEMENT WITH WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, GREATER DALLAS DBA, DALLAS COUNTY LOCAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD,[01:40:02]
INC. FOR THE USE OF THE OLD ARCADIA PARK FACILITY LOCATED AT 911 NORTHERN MOROCCO AVENUE, DALLAS, TEXAS, $119,700 IN REVENUE OVER A ONE-YEAR TERM.CONSENT ITEM 7.23, PULL BY TRUSTEES JOYCE FOREMAN AND JUSTIN HENRY. DO I HAVE A MOTION?
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED BY TRUSTEE FOREMAN SECONDED BY TRUSTEE MARSHALLL.
THE TRUSTEES ARE THERE ANY DISCUSSION ITEMS?
>> I'M JUST CURIOUS AS TO THE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE LEASING THIS PROPERTY FOR.
>> YES, MOM, IT'S A $119,700 REVENUE FOR THE YEAR.
>> WHAT'S THE TERM OF THE LEASE?
>> THIS IS FOR A WORKS IN FOR ONE YEAR, AND THEN WE HAVE TWO ONE YEARS EXTINCTIONS PAST THAT IF WE CHOOSE TO EXERCISE THOSE.
>> THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME THEY LEASED THE FACILITY AS WELL.
>> I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND CHECK AND SEE IF THERE WAS A FIVE-YEAR OR IT WAS A CERTAIN PERIOD AND THEN ANNUAL RENEWALS.
BUT THEY'VE BEEN UTILIZING IT SINCE WE'RE DOING IT NOW, I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT IT WAS COMING UP DUE THIS YEAR AND SO BUT I'D HAVE TO GET IF WHETHER IS INITIAL FIVE-YEARS OFFERS THREE PLUS SOME RENEWABLES IN THERE.
>> THE LAST QUESTION IS, HAVE WE SPEND ANY MONEY TO RENOVATE THIS BUILDING?
>> I'M SURE WE HAVE, BUT I WOULD SAY THAT SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, WE HAVEN'T SPENDING MONEY ON THIS FACILITY.
BUT IT'S OUR FACILITY SO THERE IS GOING TO BE SOME UPKEEP.
BUT AS FAR AS MAJOR RENOVATIONS, I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND CHECK WHEN THAT OCCURRED.
>> IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR ME TO KNOW HOW MUCH WE'RE SPENDING ON RENOVATING A BUILDING THAT WE'RE LEASING FOR $119,000 PER YEAR.
IF WE'RE SPENDING TWO OR THREE MILLION DOLLARS TO RENOVATE, THEN I'D HAVE A BIG ISSUE.
>> YEAH, I WILL CHECK THAT, BUT I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING IS MAINTAINING THE FACILITY SINCE IT'S OURS.
AGAIN I DON'T RECALL ANY RE-MODELLING.
>> IF WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY ON IT, THEN I WOULD HAVE AN ISSUE WITH IT.
I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY IMPORTANT WHEN WE BRING THESE THINGS FORWARD, WE ALSO TALK ABOUT THE DOLLARS THAT WE'RE SPENDING ON THE FACILITY THAT WE'RE LEASING OUT BECAUSE I KNOW OF SITUATIONS WHERE WE'VE PUT NEW ROOFS ON BUILDINGS THAT WE'RE LEASING OUT FOLLOW ON THAT.
TRUSTEES, ARE THERE QUESTIONS HERE? SEEING NONE, TRUSTEES YOU MAY NOW CAST YOUR VOTE.
>> THE MOTION PASSES SIX VOTING YES AND ONE ABSTAINING.
>> TRUSTEES YOU HAVE JUST ADOPTED THE MOTION APPROVING A FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS GREATER DALLAS DBA, DALLAS COUNTY LOCAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD INC. FOR THE USE OF OLD ARCADIA PARK FACILITY LOCATED AT 9 11 NORTH MOROCCO AVENUE, DALLAS, TEXAS, 119,700 AND REVENUE OVER A ONE-YEAR TERM.
TRUSTEES WE'RE NOW GOING TO MOVE ON ITEM 8.06,
[8.06 Consider and Take Possible Action to Authorize, Negotiate, and Enter Into Agreements with Texas Education Agency Approved Vendors for Tutoring Services for Districtwide Use (Not to Exceed $45,000,000 Through June 30, 2024 / General Operating/Special Revenue Funds) (Consent Item 7.25, Pulled Due to New Agenda Item)]
AUTHORIZED NEGOTIATE AND ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS WITH THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY APPROVED VENDORS FOR TUTORING SERVICES FOR THE DISTRICT WIDE USE, NOT TO EXCEED 45 MILLION THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2024 GENERAL OPERATING SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS, CONSENT ITEM 7.25 PULL DUE TO NEW AGENDA ITEM. DO I HAVE A MOTION?>> IT'S BEEN MOVED BY TRUSTEE FLORA SECONDED BY TRUSTEE MARSHALLL.
TRUSTEES, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
>> HEY, SHANNON, HELP ME TO UNDERSTAND, THIS IS AN AGREEMENT THAT WOULD BE SPECIFICALLY FOR TUTORING SERVICES THAT ARE ON AN APPROVED LIST BY TEA?
>> DO WE CURRENTLY HAVE TUTORING SERVICES?
>> WE DO CURRENTLY HAVE TUTORING SERVICES.
>> ARE THEY ALL ON THE APPROVE LIST BY TEA?
SOME OF THEM DON'T COME FROM THE PREVIOUS RFP THAT WAS APPROVED.
>> WHY WOULD WE ONLY DO TEA AND NOT USE SERVICES THAT HAVE BEEN TRIED AND TRUE?
>> WE ARE UTILIZING BOTH SOURCES DUE TO THE SCALE OF THE TUTORING THAT WE NEED TO PROVIDE.
>> IS THERE A DIFFERENT PO OR TUTORING SERVICES?
>> I HAVE DEREK, ARE YOU HERE AND CHARLOTTE ARE HERE TO PROVIDE MORE DETAIL ON THAT QUESTION.
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>> YES MA'AM TRUSTEES FOREMAN, WE WILL HAVE MULTIPLE CONTRACTS AND PURCHASE ORDERS FOR TUTORING THAT WILL BE SPECIFIC TO EACH VENDOR PARTNER THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH.
AS CHIEF TRADE JUST MENTIONED, WE'RE LOOKING TO GET THE LARGEST POOL OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS POSSIBLE SO THIS VOTE TONIGHT HELPS US EXPAND THOSE OPPORTUNITIES BY ADDING ADDITIONAL VENDOR PARTNER.
>> MY CONCERN IS JUST THAT TUTORING DOESN'T ALWAYS COME THROUGH A VENDOR PARTNER, IT MIGHT BE AN INDIVIDUAL THAT'S TUTORING AT SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS AS DOING EXCELLENT WORK.
OR WE MIGHT REACH OUT TO FORMER TEACHERS, INDIVIDUALS THAT COULD DO TUTORING AND I PERSONALLY DON'T WANT TO SEE US ONLY USE TEA AS VENDORS BECAUSE REMEMBER, THERE ARE OVER A THOUSAND DISTRICTS IN TEXAS AND THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE SMALL DISTRICTS.
THEY DON'T HAVE THE SAME NEEDS THAT WE HAVE AND I BELIEVE WHEN TEA IS LOOKING AT VENDORS, THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT THE HOUSTON AND THE DALLAS, AND SAN ANTONIO AND AUSTIN.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT LOCKING OURSELVES INTO A SITUATION WHERE WE, I SEE SUZANNA SHAKING YOUR HEAD.
>> TRUSTEE FOREMAN THIS ARE ADDING ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR TUTORING AGENCIES TO WORK WITH US.
THIS DOES NOT PRECLUDE THE AWARDS THAT WERE GRANTED BY THIS BOARD IN A SPRING THAT INCLUDED THE DALLAS ISD TUTORING WHERE WE CAN HIRE OUR OWN TUTORS, INCLUDING RETIRED TEACHERS UNDER EXISTING PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAD WITH TUTORING AGENCIES ALREADY.
SO THIS IS JUST EXPANDING THE LIST.
>> ON THE THE CURRENT ONE THAT WE HAVE, THE CURRENT PURCHASE ORDER, WHAT'S THE DOLLAR AMOUNT? DO WE KNOW? IS IT 45 MILLION?
>> DEREK, FROM THE PREVIOUS RFP, DO WE HAVE THAT AMOUNT?
>> TRUSTEE FOREMAN I THINK IT WAS IN THE 38 MILLION RANGE, WE CAN GET YOU THE EXACT NUMBER.
>> WE CAN GET THAT FOR YOU, DEFINITELY.
>> I'LL BE KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON THIS BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO PUSH OUT OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE HERE LOCAL BASED ON TRYING TO USE SOMEBODY FROM TEA. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. TRUSTEE FOREMAN. TRUSTEE JOHNSON?
>> YES. MS. SHANNON, WHEN IS THE NEXT RFP APPROVAL? WHEN IS THE TIME WHERE THEY CAN DO THAT?
>> TRUSTEE JOHNSON, RFPS CAN GO OUT IN A VARIETY OF TIME-FRAMES, IT'S JUST A PROCESS THROUGH WHICH WE WORK WITH PROCUREMENT TO PUT OUT AN RFP FOR SERVICES THAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN FOR VENDORS TO REPLY TO THE RFP.
>> THIS IS FOR TUTORING AND AFTER SCHOOL, CORRECT?
>> THIS IS ACTUALLY A LIST FROM TEA OF SERVICE FOR US, FOR TUTORING SERVICES THAT'S CORRECT.
>> I WILL START A TA, THAT NOW IS THE OTHER LIST.
IF A PERSON WON'T COME IN, THEY CAN DO THAT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR?
>> IF AN RFP IS RELEASED, WE WOULD NEED TO ESTABLISH AN RFP AND THEN ANY VENDOR CAN REPLY TO THEM.
>> WHEN WILL THE NEXT RFP WOULD BE RELEASED? THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING.
>> WE DON'T KNOW. IT DEPENDS, WE ARE GOING TO WORK WITH THE SERVICES THAT WE'VE GOT HERE AND IT'S POSSIBLE IF WE NEED ADDITIONAL SERVICES FOR WHICH WE DON'T HAVE A BIT ENOUGH TO COVER THE SERVICES.
WE MAY HAVE TO RELEASE ANOTHER RFP.
OR IF THAT COULD BE ONE OF THE CASES WHERE WE WOULD RELEASE ANOTHER RFP.
>> OKAY. WE CAN TALK OFFLINE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SET UP A MEETING WITH YOU.
>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE JOHNSON, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE TRUSTEES, YOU MAY NOW CAST YOUR VOTE.
>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEES. YOU'VE JUST ADOPTED THE MOTION OF PROVING THE AUTHORIZED NEGOTIATE AND ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS WITH TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY APPROVED VENDORS FOR TUTORING SERVICES FOR DISTRICT WIDE USE.
I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE NEED FOR A CLOSED SESSION TONIGHT.
JUSTIN MARSHALL, DO YOU HAVE A QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT?
>> YEAH, JUST AS A QUICK FOLLOW UP TO MY EARLIER AUDIT SUB-COMMITTEE REPORT THAT CHIEF AUDITOR HAS ASKED ME TO REMIND THE SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM AND THE BOARD THAT THE OFFICE OF INTERNAL AUDIT IS CURRENTLY UNDERGOING A QUALITY ASSURANCE REVIEW.
THIS IS REQUIRED EVERY FIVE YEARS TO ENSURE THE OFFICE IS ADHERING TO THE INSTITUTE OF INTERNAL AUDITORS PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND A SURVEY LINK HAS BEEN SENT TO EACH TRUSTEE AND EXECUTIVE LEADERS AND THAT SHE MIGHT PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THE PERFORMANCE OF THE INTERNAL AUDIT OFFICE.
INDIVIDUAL RESPONSES ARE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL,
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BUT IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE RECEIVE RESPONSES FROM EVERYONE SO PLEASE IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY, PLEASE COMPLETE THAT SURVEY.>> THANK YOU TRUSTEE MARSHALL.
THAT BRINGS US TO THE CONCLUSION OF OUR MEETING.
THE TIME IS NOW 07:52 PM AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. [NOISE]
>> TRUSTEE MACKEY, I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A BIRTHDAY SHOUT OUT TO MS. DIANA AND DR. CYNTHIA WILSON.
>> THANK YOU. [NOISE]
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