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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.
PLEASE STAND AND JOIN US FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND REMAIN
[1. MOMENT OF SILENCE AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND A SOLUTE TO THE TEXAS FLAG.THE FOLLOWING TRUSTEES ARE EITHER PHYSICALLY PRESENT OR PARTICIPATING SIMULTANEOUSLY BY VIDEO CONFERENCE, A QUORUM OF THE BOARD IS PHYSICALLY PRESENT AT THIS LOCATION.
DISTRICT 1, EDWIN FLORES, DISTRICT 2, DUSTIN MARSHALL IS ON HIS WAY.
DISTRICT 3, DAN MICCHIE, 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 AN EFFECTIVE MANNER, I WANT TO LET IT BE KNOWN THAT THIS MEETING WILL BE CONDUCTED IN AN ORDERLY FASHION AND I 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.
ANYONE WHO REFUSES TO WEAR A MASK, BECOMES BOISTEROUS OR DISRUPTIVE WHILE ADDRESSING OTHERS OR AT THE BOARD OR WHILE ATTENDING THIS MEETING SHALL BE ASKED TO LEAVE BY OUR SECURITY OFFICERS.
FAILURE TO LEAVE WHEN REQUESTED TO DO SO BY OUR SECURITY OFFICERS MAY RESULT IN THE PERSON BEING ESCORTED FROM THE MEETING AND SUBJECT TO ARREST.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC OFFICIALS IN THE ROOM TO RECOGNIZE? I DON'T SEE ANY.
TRUSTEES, THERE ARE NO BOARD RECOGNITIONS AT THIS TIME.
[3. REPORTS]
WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN ITEM 3.WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO START WITH BOARD COMMITTEE REPORTS THROUGH 0.02 IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS.
DO WE HAVE ANY COMMITTEE REPORTS? [BACKGROUND] WE WILL MOVE ON TO 3.03 IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS AND THEN COME BACK TO 3.01 AND 3.02.
TRUSTEE REPORTS FOR DISTRICT 1-9 ON COMMUNITY INTERESTS.
WE'LL BEGIN WITH DISTRICT 1 AND MOVE TO DISTRICT 9.
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT MACKEY. FIRST, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT YOUNG RIMASILAS, A THIRD GRADER FROM KRAMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHO'S COLLECTING BACKPACKS FOR CHILDREN IN AFRICA.
HIS GOAL IS TO COLLECT 200 BACKPACKS AND HE'S NOW AT A 115.
IF YOU WANT TO HELP THIS YOUNG MAN REACH HIS GOAL, YOU CAN DO SO BY BRINGING A BACKPACK TO KRAMER ELEMENTARY.
IT IS ALWAYS ENCOURAGING TO SEE OUR STUDENTS WORKING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND THE WORLD.
CONGRATULATIONS TO WT WHITE'S FOOTBALL TEAM, THEY SET THE SCHOOL SCORING RECORD THIS SEASON AND MADE THE PLAYOFFS TWO YEARS IN A ROW.
SADLY, THEY LOST LAST WEEK IN THE PLAY OFF AGAINST DENTON, BUT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT THIS TEAM CAN DO IN THE FUTURE.
FINALLY, A BIG SHOT OUT TO THE ROBOWOLVES OF ED WALKER MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR WINNING THE VEX IQ ROBOTICS CHALLENGE EXCELLENCE AWARD AND QUALIFYING FOR THE STATE TOURNAMENT.
WE WISH THEM THE BEST OF LUCK IN THE TOURNAMENT AND THAT'S MY REPORT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU TRUSTEE FLORES. TRUSTEE MICCHIE.
>> THANK YOU. I'LL GIVE THE DISTRICT 3 REPORT.
CONGRATULATIONS TO KEYSTONE ELEMENTARY, REINHARDT ELEMENTARY, AND TRUTH ELEMENTARY, WHICH WERE AMONG THE 20 DALLAS ISD SCHOOLS SELECTED FOR A $50,000 INNOVATION AND ENGINE GRANTS TO SUPPORT INNOVATION OF THEIR CAMPUSES.
KUDOS TO THE CONRAD HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMY OF FINANCE SENIORS WHO ARE PARTNERING WITH TRAIN TAX PROFESSIONALS FROM THE DALLAS COMMUNITY TAX CENTERS TO RECEIVE 8-10 WEEKS OF VIRTUAL TAX TRAINING TO BECOME CERTIFIED TAX VOLUNTEERS.
IN THE SPRING, THE CLASS WILL SET UP A TAX CENTER TO COMPLETE FREE TAX RETURNS FOR ELIGIBLE CLASSMATES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
TWO STUDENTS FROM BRYAN ADAMS HIGH SCHOOL, DIANA GONZALEZ AND ISABEL HERNANDEZ WERE THE ONLY TWO DALLAS ISD STUDENTS TO COMPETE DURING THE NETWORK FOR TEACHING ENTREPRENEURSHIP FINALS CHALLENGE.
THEY WERE AMONG 33 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM AROUND
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THE COUNTRY COMPETING IN THIS ANNUAL CHALLENGE.THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT MR. PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU TRUSTEE MICCHIE. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO THE DISTRICT 5 REPORT. TRUSTEE JOHNSON.
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT MACKEY. CONGRATULATIONS TO NW HARLLEE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER, ELISHA M. PEASE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND WHITNEY YOUNG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR EACH HAS BEEN AWARDED 50,000 IN SEED MONEY FROM DALLAS ISD INNOVATION ENGINE GRANTS PROGRAM.
THE FUNDS WILL ENABLE EACH OF THESE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS TO PURSUE INNOVATIVE IDEAS THAT WILL INCREASE SCHOOL CHOICE IN DISTRICT 5.
KUDOS TO THE CAL RIPKEN SINGER FOUNDATION AND NIAGARA CARE VOLUNTEERS FOR PROVIDING TECHNOLOGY AND FURNITURE TO EQUIP STEAM ALLOWANCE AT SARAH SOWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL AND WHITNEY YOUNG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
THE TOTAL DONATION IS WELL OVER $50,000 AND WE'LL CERTAINLY SUPPORT THE WORK BEING ACCOMPLISHED IN THESE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS, SO THANK YOU TO THESE GRANT PARTNERS.
SHOUT OUT TO THE SOUTH OAK CLIFF GOLDEN BEARS FOOTBALL TEAM WHO RECENTLY DEFEATED EVERMAN 49 TO 28.
THEY ADVANCE TO THE AREA PLAYOFF AND WILL FACE FRISCO TONIGHT AT 07:30 PM AT ADDISON GLOBE LIFE FIELD, WE EXPECT TO WIN.
ALSO, KUDOS TO THE SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING AND THE SCHOOL FOR THE TALENTED AND GIFTED FOR EARNING THE HIGHEST TEEN POINTS AT THE DISTRICTWIDE ACADEMIC DECATHLON HELD EARLIER THIS YEAR.
ALL PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS WILL NOW ADVANCE IN THE REGIONALS IN JANUARY.
A SPECIAL THANKS TO DR. HINOJOSA AND THE ADMINISTRATION FOR THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE GRANT AND THE STIPEND MONEY GIVEN TO OUR TEACHERS.
I KNOW I MADE PHONE CALLS TO OTHER TRUSTEES AND WE JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
THANK YOU SO MUCH DR. HINOJOSA.
>> THANK YOU TRUSTEE JOHNSON AND TRUSTEE FOREMAN.
>> GOOD EVENING. KUDOS TO ATWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL, TAVERN ELEMENTARY AND WEBSTER ELEMENTARY FOR BEING AMONG 20 DALLAS ISD SCHOOLS RECEIVING $50,000 INNOVATION GRANT.
CONGRATULATIONS TO CARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM FOR CLENCHING THEIR FIRST DISTRICT TITLE SINCE 2013 AS WELL AS THEIR FIFTH CONSECUTIVE PLAYOFF BIRTH.
BIG SHOUT OUT TO KIMBALL HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER JESSE ACOSTA WHO FOUNDED A NON-PROFIT THAT HAS GIVEN AWAY MORE THAN A 1000 PAIR OF SHOES TO STUDENTS WHO NEED THEM.
CONGRATULATIONS TO KATHLYN JOY GILLAM COLLEGIATE ACADEMY AND CARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR COMPETING IN THE RECENT DALLAS ISD ACADEMIC DECATHLON.
NEXT UP IS THE REGION COMPETITION SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY THE 28TH AND 29TH.
A BIG SHOUT OUT TO COUNCILMAN CASEY THOMAS AND COUNCILMAN TENNELL ATKINS FOR HAVING A LUNCHEON FOR THE CARTER-KIMBALL BASKETBALL GAME.
KIMBALL BEAT CARTER, SO I HAVE ALL MY CARTER AND KIMBALL HAT.
KIMBALL BEAT CARTER IN THIS PARTICULAR BASKETBALL GAME AND I'M VERY PROUD OF BOTH OF THE TEAMS. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE FOREMAN.
WE WILL RETURN TO DISTRICT 2 FOR THE TRUSTEE REPORT.
>> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I APOLOGIZE FOR BEING A FEW MINUTES LATE.
I'LL GIVE THE DISTRICT 2 REPORT.
FIRST, CONGRATS TO WOODROW VOLLEYBALL TEAM FOR BECOMING THE DISTRICT CHAMPS ON OCTOBER 31ST.
ALSO CONGRATS TO LAKEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHICH WAS FEATURED AS A STOP ON THE NORTH TEXAS GARDEN NETWORK TOUR.
ALSO I WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO THE DADS THAT ATTENDED THE DALLAS ISD ALL PRO DAD SUPERINTENDENT'S DRAFT.
THE EVENT WAS HOSTED AT PRECEDENT HOLLOW IB WORLD SCHOOL AND WAS A HUGE SUCCESS WITH HUNDREDS OF DADS STEPPING UP TO VOLUNTEER FROM ALL OVER THE DISTRICT.
ALSO I WANT TO GIVE A BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO HILLCREST VOLLEYBALL PLAYER, IZZY HAYMAN FOR MAKING THE TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL COACHES ASSOCIATION FIRST TEAM ACADEMIC ALL STATE AND TEAMS. WAY TO GO TO IZZY.
ALSO CONGRATS TO MOCKINGBIRD ELEMENTARY WHO RECEIVED A $50,000 INNOVATIVE ENGINE GRANT TO PURSUE INNOVATIVE IDEAS.
CONGRATS TO STUDI WILLIAMS TAG STUDENT BRUNOR MEYER HEMINGWAY, WHO WON THE DISD VETERANS DAY ART CONTEST IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE GREATER DALLAS VETERANS FOUNDATION.
THIS YEAR'S FOCUS WAS ON SPECIAL FORCES MILITARY, AND OVER 70 SCHOOLS PARTICIPATED.
BRUNOR WON FIRST PLACE, SO A GREAT SHOUT OUT TO HER.
I ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE SECOND GRADER ELENA NAMBAL WITH MOCKINGBIRD ELEMENTARY FOR WINNING THE SCHOOLS YOUR BOOK COVER ART CONTEST.
GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO WOODROW FUNCTIONAL LIVING SKILLS CLASS AND THEIR TEACHER AMBER DUKE FOR GARNERING COVERAGE FROM FOX 4, FOR TAKING OVER THE WOODROW WILSON PIECE PANTRY TO HELP THEIR HOMELESS STUDENT POPULATION.
THIS IS REALLY A SPECIAL STORY, IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO CHECK IT OUT.
IT'S KIDS FROM THE SPED DEPARTMENT WHO ARE RUNNING A PIECE PANTRY FOR THE HOMELESS KIDS SO GREAT WAY TO EXHIBIT TEAMWORK AT THE SCHOOL.
LASTLY, I'M PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOL AND NORTH DALLAS HIGH SCHOOL ARE TWO OF THE 22 DALLAS ISD SCHOOLS THAT COMPETED IN
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THE DISTRICT WIDE ONLINE ACADEMIC DECATHLON MEET, AND ALL THE PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS WILL ADVANCE TO THE REGION COMPETITION SET FOR JANUARY 28TH AND 29TH.THAT CONCLUDES THE DISTRICT 2 REPORT.
>> THANK YOU TRUSTEE MARSHALL. I'LL READ THE DISTRICT 7 SHOUT-OUTS.
SHOUT-OUT TO ELITE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR THE GREAT AND PROGRESSIVE WORK HAPPENING IN THEIR SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSES.
THEY WERE ACTUALLY RECENTLY FEATURED IN THE HUB.
I JUST WANT TO PAUSE AND GIVE A HUGE SHOUT-OUT TO ALL THE SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS ACROSS OUR DISTRICT FOR THEIR WORK AND DEDICATION WITH EACH STUDENT EVERY SINGLE DAY AND IT DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED.
THANK YOU TO CHIPOTLE AND THE KIDS IN NEED FOUNDATION FOR SUPPLYING EVERY ADAMSON AND MOLINA HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER WITH TWO BOXES OF SUPPLIES TO FUEL A SEMESTER OF ACTIVE LEARNING.
TEACHERS RECEIVED NOTEBOOKS, FOLDERS, PENCIL SHARPENERS, RULERS, AND MANY OTHER DAILY CLASSROOM SUPPLIES AND WERE FEATURED ON CHANNEL 11, NICELY DONE.
FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT-OUT TO ROBERT GONZALEZ.
THE CURRENT PRINCIPAL AT STEVENS PARK ELEMENTARY, WHO WILL BE SERVING AS THE NEXT PRINCIPLE AT THE MEDICAL DISTRICT PRE-K8 BIOMEDICAL SCHOOL NEXT YEAR IN PARTNERSHIP WITH UT SOUTHWESTERN.
WHILE WE ARE VERY SAD TO SEE DR. GONZALEZ LEAVE DISTRICT 7 WE KNOW AND ARE HAPPY FOR HIM TO CONTINUE SERVING OUR STUDENTS AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE GREAT THINGS TO COME.
>> THANK YOU. PRESIDENT MACKEY.
I GUESS I'LL START OFF WHERE YOU LEFT OFF AND CONGRATULATING ALSO PRINCIPAL GONZALEZ AND WELCOMING HIM TO DISTRICT 8 AS THE PRINCIPAL OF MEDICAL DISTRICT SCHOOL.
ALSO CONGRATULATIONS TO DISTRICT 8 INNOVATION ENGINE GRANT RECIPIENTS.
GABE P ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR PROJECT-BASED LEARNING EXPLORATION, OBADIAH KNIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR A LEADERSHIP PROGRAM, JOE MAUER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR STEM, MOUNT AUBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR STEAM, AND SULLIVAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR AN OUTDOOR SCIENCE LEARNING SPACE.
I ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE AKASH PATEL, A SPANISH TEACHER AT IGNITE MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHO WAS RECENTLY ELECTED AS PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN COUNCIL ON THE TEACHING OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES.
A TRULY PRESTIGIOUS HONOR AND MUCH CONGRATULATIONS TO HIM.
THEN, I JUST WANT TO THANK THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND.
THEY HAVE AN ONGOING COOL SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DISTRICT, AND THEY'VE OPENED UP A COUPLE OF THESE IN DISTRICT 8 LAST WEEK AND I WENT TO AN EVENT AT SPINTS.
I JUST CAME FROM AN EVENT AT HOPE MADRANO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THESE ARE TRULY BEAUTIFUL COOL PARKS FOR THE COMMUNITY.
I GOT TO SEE THE BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THE PARK AT HOPE MADRANO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BY HATZIEL FLORES.
THANK YOU TO THE ARTISTS FOR REALLY PUTTING IN THE TIME AND REALLY CREATING A REALLY BEAUTIFUL MURAL OF MS. MADRANO, THE NAMESAKE OF THE SCHOOL.
THAT MR. PRESIDENT IS THE DISTRICT 8 REPORT.
>> THANK YOU. JESSIE CARRION AND TRUSTEE HENRY.
>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. I'M GOING TO PRESENT THE DISTRICT 4 ACCOLADES ON BEHALF OF TRUSTEE GARCIA.
THE DIC OFFICE OF TRANSFORMATION AND INNOVATION.
WHAT ARE THE INNOVATION ENGINE GRANT IS SIEGEL HIGH SCHOOL AND IT'S SUITABLE AND NORTH ELEMENTARY, 20 DALLAS ISD NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS EACH RECEIVED $50,000 IN SEED MONEY TO REDESIGN THE TRADITIONAL SCHOOL MODEL AND PURSUE INNOVATIVE IDEAS.
SEGFAULT HIGH-SCHOOL PLANETS IS USED THE GRANT BUILD SUSTAINABLE GARDENS AND SUITABLE NOTE THE LUMINARY PLANS INVEST IN OUTDOOR SCIENCE LEARNING SPACE.
SPRUCE HIGH-SCHOOL, YOUNG WOMAN STEAM ACADEMY, BOX SPRINGS, BUT A SCORE AMONG THE SCHOOLS THAT WILL DISTRIBUTE CURBSIDE MEALS FOR ALL CHILDREN AGES ONE THROUGH 18 DURING THANKSGIVING WEEK FAMILIES CAN VISIT THESE.
ALL OTHER CAMPUSES OFFERING CURBSIDE MEALS ON NOVEMBER 22ND FROM 9.00 AM TO 2.00 PM.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT WWW.DALLASISD.ORG-/FCNS.
ANYWAY BLANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, CELEBRATED THE DAY OF THE DEAD THEME CULTURAL NIGHT ON NOVEMBER 9TH, FAMILIES GATHERED AFTER SCHOOL FOR A FESTIVAL WHERE STUDENTS BUILT MASK, CRAFTED CHALK SKELETONS AND [INAUDIBLE] HAD THEIR FACES PAINTED IN A TRADITIONAL MEXICAN SWEET BREAD AND HOT CHOCOLATE.
THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING THIS AMAZING TRADITION THAT CONCLUDES THE DISTRICT 4 REPORT.
NOW GOING TO GIVE THE DISTRICT 9 REPORT.
JUST LIKE MY COLLEAGUES AND I JUST READ, I WANT TO SEND A HUGE THANK YOU TO THE DIC OFFICE OF TRANSFORMATION INNOVATION, WHICH AWARDED $50,000 AND SEED MONEY TO 20 DIST SCHOOLS.
DISTRICT 9, THE SCHOOLS RECEIVING THE GRANTS ARE LAYING MIDDLE-SCHOOL ROADS, EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER, AND TATUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
I WANT TO GIVE A SALUTE TO [INAUDIBLE] SENIOR FOUNDATION AND THE NIAGARA CARERS VOLUNTEERS FOR THEIR RECENT INNOVATION, EXCUSE ME, RECENT RENOVATIONS AT LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL AND HUMANITIES COMMUNICATION, A TOTAL INVESTMENT OF $75,000 WAS USED TO RENOVATE LINCOLN'S LEG ROOM AND AUXILIARY WHITE ROOM AND FLOWN TO THE FACULTY FITNESS SPACE AND CLEAN PARTS
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AND ASSEMBLE NEW EQUIPMENT IN STORAGE THROUGHOUT ALL FITNESS AREAS.THANK YOU. ALSO WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO THE OUTSTANDING ATHLETES WHO WILL BE INDUCTED INTO THE DSD ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2021.
DISTRICT NON-INDEXED INCLUDE LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL ALUM AND FORMER NBA STAR CHRIS BOSH, SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL ALUM AND FORMER OLYMPIAN MICHAEL JOHNSON AND THE LATE STONE JOHNSON, THE GREAT JAMES MADISON HIGH SCHOOL ALUM AND FORMER OLYMPIANS SYMBOL.
WE'RE SO PROUD OF THEM FOR REPRESENTING THE ESD WHILE THEY'RE HERE IN THEIR FUTURE CAREERS.
[OVERLAPPING] AGAIN, WANT TO ECHO MY COLLEAGUE, TRUSTEE JOHNSON SAID I WANT TO PUSH IT.
SO FRUSTRATING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OUR COLLEAGUES ARE SUPPORTING THAT.
[OVERLAPPING] TEACHER RETENTION BONUS.
ALSO APPARENTLY TO DST STUDENTS HAVING A KID AT HOME IN THE MIDST OF THE PANDEMIC IS NOT IDEAL FOR WORKING PARENTS IS ALSO VERY NOT A GOOD PLACE FOR KIDS TO LEARN.
I'M THANKFUL FOR OUR TEACHERS AND EDUCATORS THAT RISKED THEIR OWN SAFETY OF THEIR FAMILIES TO EDUCATE OUR STUDENTS AND MOVE THEM FORWARD. [OVERLAPPING] I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
COMMUNITY AND STUDENTS AND THE PARENTS AND THE STAFF ALL CAME TOGETHER TO THINK OF A MORE CONSTRUCTIVE NAME FOR THAT SCHOOL, WHICH HISTORICALLY BEEN NAMED FOR A PERSON THAT'S NOT SO UNLIKEABLE, I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.
THE LAST GROUP THAT I WANT TO ACKNOWLEGE IS OUR DAY MIDDLE SCHOOL DEBATERS.
THEY DIDN'T WIN THE DEBATE, THEY ENTERED INTO, BUT AS THEIR FIRST TIME COMPETING IN THE DEBATES, I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THEIR PRESENT AND MORE EXCITED ABOUT THEIR FUTURE AS THEY CONTINUE TO GET THE EXPERIENCE OF GOING OUT THERE AND DEBATING AT A HIGH LEVEL.
THAT CONCLUDES THE DISTRICT 9 ACCOLADES.
>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE HENRY HENCE, WANT TO APOLOGIZE.
WE DO HAVE TRUSTEE GARCIA ONLINE, SO SORRY ABOUT THAT, BUT WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.
WE WILL NOW MOVE TO 3.02 BEFORE GOING BACK TO 3.01.
SO ARE THERE ANY BOARD OF TRUSTEE COMMITTEE REPORTS AT THIS TIME? TRUSTEE MARSHALL?
>> YES. I HAVE A REPORT FOR THE AUDIT COMMITTEE.
THE AUDIT COMMITTEE MET ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10TH, 2021.
FINANCIAL SERVICES PRESENTED THE DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL UPDATE STATUS OF THE MAINTENANCE WORK ORDER SYSTEM.
WHITLEY PENN PRESENTED THE REPORT ON THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 E-RATE PROGRAM AUDIT.
WEBAR REPRESENTED THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30TH, 2021, AND THE AUDIT COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED TO THE FULL BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVAL OF THAT REPORT.
TWO INTERNAL AUDIT REPORTS WERE ACCEPTED IN MY FINAL IN OPEN SESSION, THE VENDOR MASTER FILE AUDIT AND THE MEDICAID CHARS AUDIT.
THE REPORT HAD A TOTAL OF FIVE OBSERVATIONS WITH RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE INTERNAL CONTROLS AND AREAS OF PROCUREMENT SERVICES, SCHOOL HEALTH AND RELATED SERVICES WITHIN FINANCIAL SERVICES, AND SPECIAL SERVICES WITHIN TEACHING AND LEARNING.
IN ADDITION, INTERNAL AUDIT PRESENTED RESULTS OF THE STATUS OF THE CONSTRUCTION AUDIT, CMR AUDIT, THE EXTERNAL QUALITY ASSESSMENT WAS ALSO PRESENTED.
THE INTERNAL AUDIT DEPARTMENT, AS YOU KNOW, IS REQUIRED TO HAVE AN EXTERNAL QUALITY ASSESSMENT EVERY FIVE YEARS.
THIS WE JUST RECENTLY COMPLETED THIS QAR AND IT SHOWED INTERNAL AUDIT IS IN GENERAL COMPLIANCE, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE RATING, IN ALL 15 AREAS OF THE ATTRIBUTES STANDARDS AND ALL 28 AREAS OF PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AND GENERAL COMPLIANCE WITH THE CODE OF ETHICS, WHICH IS AN OUTSTANDING RESULT THAT THE AUDIT GROUP IS VERY PROUD OF.
ALSO THE STATUS OF THE CURRENT YEAR AUDIT PLAN AND SUFFICIENCY OF DEPARTMENT OR RESOURCES WERE REVIEWED.
DISTRICT HOTLINE PHONE CALL STATUS REPORT WAS GIVEN, AND ALL AUDIT FOLLOW-UP ITEMS WERE TRACKED.
>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE. MARSHALL, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMITTEE REPORTS? [OVERLAPPING] WITH THAT, WE'LL GO TO 3.01 SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT, DR. NAUSEA.
>> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO REPORT THIS EVENING. I'LL BE BRIEF.
JUST AN ANNOUNCEMENT LATER THIS EVENING I HAVE TO GO TO FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH.
THERE'S AN IMPORTANT COMMUNITY EVENT THAT I NEED TO PARTICIPATE IN.
SUSANNA CORDOVA, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT, WILL STAND IN FOR ME.
SECOND OF ALL, I'M VERY PROUD OF MY STAFF.
WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR DOLLARS OUR S OR DOLLARS, WE LOOKED AT HOW COULD WE BE CREATIVE AND RETAIN OUR MOST TALENTED EMPLOYEES.
THEY CAME BACK WITH A VERY ROBUST PLAN OF $58 MILLION THAT'LL BE PAID WITH ESRA FUNDS.
ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES CAN EARN A $2,500 RETENTION INCENTIVE IF THEY COME BACK NEXT YEAR AND THEY WILL BE DOLED OUT IN INK TO TRY TO ACCOMPLISH THE GOALS THAT WE WANT.
OUR TEACHERS CAN EARN UP TO $3,500 AND WE NOW HAVE OVER 70 TEACHERS THIS YEAR THAT WILL MAKE OVER A $100,000 IN THIS DISTRICT AND THAT IS UNPRECEDENTED ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY.
I REALLY WANT TO CONTINUE TO THANK MY STAFF FOR COMING UP WITH SOME CREATIVE IDEAS AND WORKING WITH THE EMPLOYEE GROUPS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS A ROBUST OPPORTUNITY.
NOW, [BACKGROUND] FOR THE THIRD ITEM,
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I THINK I WANT TO COME UP TO THE FRONT.>> FOR A $100,000 IN THIS DISTRICT IN EDISON, UNPRECEDENTED ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY.
SO I REALLY WANT TO CONTINUE TO THANK MY STAFF FOR COMING [OVERLAPPING].
>> THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE FOR DR. [INAUDIBLE] AND HIS LOVELY BRIDE TO COME FORWARD TO THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING.
I'LL TELL A COUPLE OF STORIES ON DR. ESTES.
I DON'T THINK HE MADE A $100,000 WHEN HE WAS SUPERINTENDENT [INAUDIBLE] FOR 10 YEARS [BACKGROUND].
HE WAS SUPERINTENDENT WHEN I WAS A STUDENT.
I GOT A SCHOLARSHIP IN 1975 AND HE WROTE ME A LETTER.
I HAVE A PICTURE WITH HIM THAT I LOST.
DR. ESTES, I APOLOGIZE AHEAD OF TIME.
[LAUGHTER] LATER, DR. ESTES, WHEN I GOT MY DOCTORATE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, HE WAS THE HEAD OF MY COMMITTEE AND HE REALLY PRESSED HARD ON ME AGAIN AND HELPED ME GET THROUGH UNSCATHED.
>> DOCTOR, THEY WANT YOU TO HOLD IT.
>> [BACKGROUND] DURING THE HOST OF 1.0 WHEN THE BOARD WAS DOING THEIR SEARCH, DR. ESTES WAS ONE OF THE CONSULTANTS THAT HELPED BRING ME BACK HOME TO DALLAS.
I TELL THOSE STORIES BECAUSE THIS IS PERSONAL.
I REMEMBER 1971, WHEN INTEGRATION HAPPENED, DR. ESTES SHEPHERD IN THIS DISTRICT THROUGH SOME VERY DIFFICULT TIMES WITH TREMENDOUS LEADERSHIP.
I DON'T KNOW, I HEARD A RUMOR THAT HE WAS, WHEN HE FIRST BECAME SUPERINTENDENT AT DALLAS, HE WAS 36 YEARS OLD.
FOR A PERSON OF THAT AGE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ON SUCH A HUGE ISSUE OF MAGNITUDE AND THEN STAY HERE FOR 10 YEARS WAS NOTHING SHORT OF PHENOMENAL.
WE HAD A BUILDING IN OAK CLIFF, THERE USED TO BE A SIGN AT HAIR STORE THAT WE TURNED INTO MULTIPLE TYPES OF BUILDINGS.
THEY WERE BUILDINGS FOR STAFF, LATER BECAME THE PLACE FOR BOOKER T. WASHINGTON PARK, FAVOR A COUPLE OF YEARS UNTIL WE GOT THE SCHOOL OF THE ARTS DISTRICT BUILT OUT.
[BACKGROUND] NOW, THAT FACILITY IS NOT IN GOOD CONDITION.
THE NAME NOLAN ESTES MEANS SO MUCH TO SO MANY PEOPLE THAT WE WANTED TO DO DUE RECOGNITION.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO BUILD THREE SCHOOLS IN DOWNTOWN, DALLAS AND YOU CAN GO FROM PRE-K TO A DOCTOR DEGREE AND NEVER LEAVE DALLAS, DOWNTOWN, DALLAS.
WE'RE GOING TO BE IN CHARGE OF PRE-K TO 12 WITH DOWNTOWN, DALLAS INK.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A MONTESSORI SCHOOL THAT IS PRE-K TO EIGHT.
[BACKGROUND] THE [INAUDIBLE] EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL WILL BE PART OF THE 912 CITY LAB SCHOOL, WHERE YOU CAN BECOME AN ARCHITECT, WILL BE ALSO PART OF THE 912.
IT'S GOING TO BE IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO CITY HALL AND THAT'S GOING TO BE THE START OF THE RENAISSANCE OF SOUTHERN DOWNTOWN, DALLAS.
I LEARNED NOT TO PREDICT WHAT A SCHOOL BOARD IS GOING TO DO, [NOISE] BUT RIGHT NOW, [LAUGHTER] THE NAMING OF THIS FACILITY, THE NOLAN ESTES PLAZA IS STILL ON CONSENT AND L DON'T KNOW THAT ANYONE IS GOING TO PULL IT OFF CONSENT.
>> [LAUGHTER] JOAN SHWAB SAYS SHE PULLED IT, BUT ANYWAY, SO HAS A PRETTY GOOD CHANCE IT MIGHT PASS TONIGHT.
SO DR. ESTES, WE JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COURAGEOUS WORK OVER ALL THOSE YEARS, AND THEN THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HAS THE MOST SUPERINTENDENTS TRAINED AND DR. ESTES RAN THAT PROGRAM FOR, I DON'T EVEN KNOW, HOW MANY YEARS.
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS, DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY SUPERINTENDENTS YOU TRAINED OUT OF THAT PROGRAM?
>> THREE HUNDRED SUPERINTENDENTS THAT HE TRAINED.
[APPLAUSE] NOW I'LL LET YOU SAY A COUPLE OF WORDS.
>> YES, THANK YOU. [INAUDIBLE] FROM THERE. I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.
>> YEAH, IT'S ON. WE CAN HEAR YOU.
>> YEAH. I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD IN ADVANCE.
I'VE ALWAYS KNOWN NOT TO PREDICT THE BOARD, BUT THANK YOU BOARD FOR THIS CONSIDERATION.
[OVERLAPPING] I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT IT IS D. BONNER, APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.
HE WILL ENJOY A SACRED SPOT IN OUR HOUSE OVER THE LAST SEVEN DECADES. [OVERLAPPING]
>> THANK YOU BOARD FOR THIS CONSIDERATION.
>> I'VE BEEN IN THE BUSINESS [INAUDIBLE] AND GOD HAS BLESSED MY CAREER IN GREAT WAYS.
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BUT IF YOU VOTE FOR THIS ONE TONIGHT, I ASSURE YOU IT WILL BE ONE OF THE HIGHEST HONORS THAT I'VE RECEIVED, BOTH STATE, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL.[APPLAUSE] YOU HAVE TO BE, AS YOU KNOW, INVOLVED TOGETHER, AND WE'VE BEEN [INAUDIBLE] TOGETHER SEVEN WEEKS AGO.
[OVERLAPPING] NOW, SHE DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT, BUT WE'VE BEEN MARRIED 71 YEARS.
[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU VERY MUCH [INAUDIBLE].
SECONDLY, I MUST SAY THAT ANY HONOR [OVERLAPPING] THAT'S DUE FOR OUR LEADERSHIP IN THIS DECADE OF THE '70S [OVERLAPPING] GOES TO AN ELECTED BOARD OF EDUCATION AT THAT TIME.
OVER THE 10 YEARS, I WORKED WITH 28 DIFFERENT BOARD MEMBERS, AND EACH ONE WAS, OF COURSE, A GREAT LEADER.
THEY HELPED DALLAS MOVE THROUGH SOME VERY CHALLENGING TIMES.
I WON'T GO INTO THE DETAILS BUT JUST LET ME SAY, I MET WITH BOB COLUMN AND JOHN STEVENS IN 1968.
WHEN I CAME I WAS 38 YEARS OLD.
THAT'S ALL RIGHT. HE'S BEEN ONE OF MY STUDENTS, SO I CAN APPRECIATE THAT.
SO [LAUGHTER] THEY SAID, "DALLAS IS FACING A CRISIS.
WE ARE INDEED AT THE CROSSROADS." THEY SAID MOST AMERICANS THINK THAT DALLAS SHOT PRESIDENT KENNEDY, AND GOING INTO THE DARK AGES OF THE '70S WE HAVE TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
LET ME MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT.
THE BOARD TOOK THE LEADERSHIP AND MOVED DALLAS THROUGH A VERY SUCCESSFUL PROCESS, AND NOW DALLAS, OF COURSE, IS AN OVERGROW.
>> OKAY. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THIS BOARD ON ITS WISDOM, IT'S COURAGE, IT'S VISION IN ATTRACTING AND KEEPING AMERICA'S BEST URBAN SUPERINTENDENT AS OUR LEADER.
WE THANK YOU FOR COMING TO DALLAS, FOR HELPING US. WE APPRECIATE IT.
[OVERLAPPING] HE HAS A HAPPY COMBINATION OF RARE ATTRIBUTES THAT ARE NECESSARY TO MOVE US FORWARD.
I WANT YOU TO STAY LONG ENOUGH.
[OVERLAPPING] STAY LONG ENOUGH, SO THAT HISTORY WILL SAY, YOU WERE NOT ONLY THE BEST SUPERINTENDENT, [OVERLAPPING] BUT THE LONGEST SERVING SUPERINTENDENT.
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>> MR. PRESIDENT, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT FOR THIS EVENING.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INDULGEMENT.
>> THANK YOU. OUR AGENDA NOW 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 CAN NOT SPEAK ON BEHALF OF SOMEONE ELSE.
SPEAKERS WHO FAIL TO ADHERE TO THIS RULE WILL BE INTERRUPTED AND INFORMED YOUR COMMENTS ARE OUT OF ORDER.
MISS PACINO, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE SPEAKERS?
>> SPEAKERS, YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
WHEN YOU GET TO THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS EVELYN STRASSMAN, FOLLOWED BY MARY CALDWELL.
>> GOOD EVENING. I'M EVELYN STRASSMAN, AND I'M HERE IN TOTAL SUPPORT OF LAUREN DAVIS AND HER FAMILY.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY DEPLORABLE, A DISGRACE WHAT THIS FAMILY HAS GONE THROUGH.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MARY CALDWELL.
>> ATTENTION. DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES, MICHAEL HINOJOSA, SUPERINTENDENT OF THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND HIS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY AND IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS SUPERINTENDENT OF THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND BEN MACKEY, PRESIDENT, EDWIN FLORES, FIRST VICE PRESIDENT, MAGGIE JOHNSON, SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT, JOE CARREON, BOARD SECRETARY.
DUSTIN MARSHALL, DAN MICKEY CHE, KARLA GARCIA, JOYCE FOREMAN, AND JUSTIN HENRY, ALL IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL CAPACITIES AND IN THEIR CAPACITIES AS MEMBERS OF THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
WE ADDRESS YOU TODAY REGARDING YOUR FAILURES OF LEADERSHIP AND FAILURES TO PROTECT THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF THE CHILDREN OF DALLAS.
WE, THE PEOPLE OF DALLAS HAVE CALLED, EMAILED, PROTESTED, AND SHOWN UP TO SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS.
WITH ONE VOICE, WE DEMANDED THAT YOU PRESERVE AND PROTECT OUR FREEDOMS BY ADHERING TO YOUR OATHS OF OFFICE.
YOU HAVE BEEN OFFERED AMPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES, YET YOU STOOD BY WHILE AN INEPT DALLAS COUNTY JUDGE AND OVERREACHING MAYORS, FASCIST CITY COUNSELS, AND CITY COMMISSIONER COURTS, AND AN UNACCOUNTABLE FEDERAL LEVIATHAN DESTROYED OUR CITY.
WE DEMAND THAT YOU ANSWER FOR YOUR INACTION OR WE WILL CONTINUE TO UTILIZE ALL FORMS OF COMMUNICATION TO CALL ATTENTION TO YOUR FAILURES AND PROMOTE YOUR IMPENDING REMOVALS FROM OFFICE.
WE HAVE DETERMINED THAT IF YOU ARE NOT STANDING UP FOR OUR FREEDOMS, YOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM.
THE CITY COUNCIL, SCHOOL BOARD, AND JUDGES WILL NOW STAND BY AND WATCH AS WE PEACEFULLY REMOVE THEM FROM THEIR RESPECTIVE POSITIONS.
TO BE CONTINUED. JUST REMEMBER, YOU STOOD BY AND DID NOTHING.
>> KEVIN CALDWELL FOLLOWED BY ELIZABETH FARRIS.
>> IT WAS JUST MENTIONED THAT ALL OF YOU STOOD BY AND DID NOTHING.
HERE'S WHAT PART OF THAT ENTAILS.
YOU STOOD BY WHILE A TYRANT ATTACKED OUR RIGHT TO BODILY AUTONOMY.
YOU STOOD BY WHILE OUR SCHOOLS WERE SHUT DOWN, YET THOUSANDS FREELY MARCHED AND RIOTED IN OUR STREETS FOR MONTHS.
YOU STOOD BY WHILE OUR KIDS WERE DEPRIVED OF THEIR EDUCATION.
YOU STOOD BY WHILE OUR CHILDREN WERE MUZZLED AND ABUSED BY A POLITICAL PSEUDOSCIENCE.
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YOU STOOD BY WHILE SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS WERE CUT SHORT BECAUSE PARENTS CAME IN TO PROTEST OF MASS MANDATES.YOU STOOD BY WHILE PARENTS WERE NOT ALLOWED IN MEETINGS BECAUSE OF LIMITED SEATING.
YOU STOOD BY WHILE PLAY GROUNDS PARKS REMAINED CLOSED AND CUT OFF FROM OUR COMMUNITY.
YOU STOOD BY WHILE DR. HINOJOSA MANDATED MASS FOR OUR CHILDREN AND YET WENT TO CONCERTS AND MEETINGS.
WITHOUT ONE. YOU STOOD BY WHILE OUR CHILDREN WORE MASKS EIGHT-PLUS HOURS A DAY AND YOU DID NOT.
YOU STOOD BY WHILE OUR CHILDREN WERE TAKEN TO VACCINE CLINICS IN DISD PROPERTY WHILE THEY HAVE SUBSTANTIALLY ZERO CHANCE OF DYING FROM COVID.
YOU STOOD BY WHILE DISD LEADERS PUSHED A VACCINE THAT HAS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE RISK THAN COVID ITSELF TO CHILDREN.
YOU STOOD BY WHILE TEACHERS WERE TELLING OUR CHILDREN THEY COULD PICK THEIR GENDER WITHOUT PARENTAL GUIDANCE.
YOU STOOD BY WHILE TEACHERS TAUGHT OUR CHILDREN THAT PEOPLE OF COLOR WERE AUTOMATICALLY WERE AT A DISADVANTAGE.
YOU STOOD BY WHILE CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES WERE FORCED TO WEAR A MASK WITHOUT SCIENTIFIC REASONING.
YOU STOOD BY WHILE CHILDREN WERE FORCED TO WEAR A MASK IN THE CLASSROOM, BUT NOT IN THE LUNCHROOM.
YOU STOOD BY WHILE HIGHLAND PARK AND OTHER DALLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS NEVER MASK IN 2021 AND DISD DID.
YOU STOOD BY WHILE THE PRINCIPAL BETH WING IN DEALEY MONTESSORI SCHOOL BULLY CHILDREN BY PUTTING THEM IN UNVENTILATED PLEXIGLASS BOXES ON DISPLAY.
APPALLING. YOU STOOD BY WHILE ANTHONY FAUCI AND THE NIH LIED ABOUT THE ORIGINS OF THE VIRUS.
HE'S LIED ABOUT THE GAIN OF FUNCTION RESEARCH AND NOT ONE OF YOU HAS STOOD UP TO THAT.
PERHAPS MOST APPALLING, YOU STOOD BY AND HAVE CARRIED OUT THE CORRUPT FDA, CDC, NIH PLAN OF POWER AND CONTROL [OVERLAPPING].
>> MR. CALDWELL, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ELIZABETH FARRIS, FOLLOWED BY MARIA NICHOLAS.
ELIZABETH FARRIS, MARIA NICHOLAS FOLLOWED BY TIM HAGAN.
RENA HONIE FOLLOWED BY SHEILA WALKER [BACKGROUND].
>> PRESIDENT MACKEY, TRUSTEES, SUPERINTENDENT HINOJOSA, I'M RENA HONEA, PRESIDENT OF ALLIANCE AFT, AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT 7.
I'M SPEAKING ON THE RETENTION STIPEND OR BONUS.
ALLIANCE AFT BEGAN WORKING ON A RETENTION STIPEND OR COVID HEROES BONUS BACK IN AUGUST OF THIS YEAR.
WE WORKED DILIGENTLY TO COLLECTIVELY SAY THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS EARNED, DESERVED, AND NEEDED.
TODAY, WE'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE DISTRICT AND TO THE TRUSTEES THAT HAVE MADE OUR REQUESTS BECOME A REALITY.
NORMALLY, WE'D HAVE PROBABLY QUITE A FEW MORE MEMBERS HERE STANDING WITH THIS EVENING.
BUT YOU ALL HAVE DONE THE RIGHT THING.
WE HAD A PRESS EVENT RIGHT BEFORE THE MEETING, THANKING YOU, AND WE SAID, "YOU CAN GO ON HOME, THEY'VE DONE THE RIGHT THING." MANY OF THEM DID GO HOME BECAUSE THEY'LL WORK TOMORROW.
TRUSTEES WORKED WITH MEMBERS IN ADVOCATING FOR THE STIPEND.
TRUSTEE MARK C JOHNSON TRULY STEPPED UP AND WORKED WITH ALLIANCE AND LEAD THIS EFFORT ALONG WITH OTHER TRUSTEES LIKE JOE CARREON, JUSTIN HENRY, DR. JOYCE FOREMAN, DAN MITCH KEY, AND BEN MACKEY.
THEY WERE ALL ADVOCATES AS WELL, AND THE OTHERS MAY HAVE BEEN.
DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION AND TRUSTEES.
THANK YOU, FOR TAKING THIS STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION BECAUSE EDUCATORS AND ALL OF THE EMPLOYEES DESERVE IT.
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BUT THEY DON'T DESERVE TO HAVE THIS THANK YOU, STIPEND TIE TO STUDENT OUTCOMES.WELL, LET ME GET MY PAGE HERE.
THEY PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE DURING THE COVID-19 TO TEACH AND TO CARE FOR ALL THE STUDENTS TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITIES.
THEY ALL DESERVE THIS INCENTIVE THAT WE ASKED FOR IMMEDIATELY, NOT NEXT YEAR, BUT ACROSS THE BOARD WITH NO STRINGS ATTACHED.
AGAIN, THE EMPLOYEES ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE STIPEND THEN AS WE ENTER THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY THIS NEXT WEEK.
THANK YOU, FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR YOUR SERVICE, AND FOR HEARING THE VOICES OF THE EMPLOYEES. THANK YOU.
>> SHEILA WALKER, FOLLOWED BY ASHLYN [INAUDIBLE]
>> GOOD EVENING. BOARD MEMBERS.
SUPERINTENDENT. I AM SHEILA WALKER, THE PRESIDENT OF NEA DALLAS, WHERE I SPEAK FOR ALL EMPLOYEES OF DALLAS ISD.
I HEARD SOMEONE SAY THAT THE DISTRICT WORK WITH I'LL EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS AND THEY DID NOT.
I AM THE PRESIDENT OF NEA DALLAS.
I SAY THIS TO SAY KEEP IN MIND THAT WE DO APPRECIATE IT AT NEA DALLAS.
BUT TO TIE THESE MONIES TO TIA IS UNFAIR.
I DID TALK TO ONE OF THE LEADERSHIP AND I TOLD THEM WE APPRECIATE IT, BUT I HAD TO MY MEMBERS FIRST BEFORE I CAME AND SPOKE AND AFTER SPEAKING TO MEMBERS, THEY'RE HAPPY ABOUT THE MONEY, BUT PEOPLE ARE WORKING THIS YEAR.
WE HAVE WORKED FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS.
WHY DO WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL NEXT YEAR WHEN SOME PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY DECIDED THEY'RE GOING TO RETIRE.
SOME PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY DECIDED THEY'RE GOING TO GO TO ANOTHER DISTRICT WHERE THEY'RE APPRECIATED.
WE NEED THIS TO FEEL APPRECIATED.
WE'VE WORKED IN DANGEROUS SPOTS.
WE'VE HAD OUR KIDS WORK AND WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING WE COULD TO REACH THIS ACHIEVEMENT GAP.
IT IS UNFAIR TO SAY IF SOMEONE GETS AN UNSATISFACTORY SCORE, THAT THEY WILL GIVE $500? NO. THAT'S NOT FAIR.
IF THEY'VE WORKED HARD LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, THEY DESERVE THE SAME AMOUNT.
STOP PUTTING US AGAINST EACH OTHER.
MAYOR, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT [INAUDIBLE]. THERE YOU GO.
YOU'RE PUTTING SCHOOLS AGAINST SCHOOLS, TEACHERS AGAINST STAFF MEMBERS, TEACHES AGAINST TEACHERS.
EVERY CAMPUS MAY NOT SCORE THE SAME THING BUT EVERYBODY HAS WORKED HARD.
I WAS ASKED THE BIG CONTACT BEFORE WE START MAKING DECISIONS.
NO ONE CONTACTED ME UNTIL AFTER IT WAS ALREADY DONE.
WE REPRESENT ALL EMPLOYEES OF DALLAS ISD, AND STOP ACTING LIKE NEA DALLAS DOESN'T EXIST.
>> ASHLYN [INAUDIBLE], FOLLOWED BY MIKE HOOK.
>> MY NAME IS TIM HAGAN. I APOLOGIZE.
MY NAME WAS CALLED BUT I WAS PASSED OVER.
>> GIVE US ONE SECOND. YOU'LL GET A CHANCE TO SPEAK.
I'M GOING TO READ YOU JUST A COUPLE OF LINES FROM THE NIH'S WEBSITE, FOUCHIER'S ORGANIZATION, REGARDING MASK EFFICACY.
ACCORDINGLY, THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION DID NOT RECOMMEND GENERAL OR UNCRITICAL USE OF MASKS FOR THE GENERAL POPULATION AND EXPANDED ITS RISKS AND HAZARD LIST WITHIN JUST TWO MONTHS.
WHILE THE APRIL 2020 GUIDELINE HIGHLIGHTED THE DANGERS OF SELF-CONTAMINATION, POSSIBLE BREATHING DIFFICULTIES, AND A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY THAT JUNE 2020 GUIDELINES FOUND ADDITIONAL POTENTIAL ADVERSE EFFECTS SUCH AS HEADACHE, DEVELOPMENT OF SKIN LESIONS, IRRITANT DERMATITIS, AND INCREASED RISK OF CONTAMINATION IN PUBLIC SPACES DUE TO IMPROPER MASK DISPOSABLE.
THERE IS NOT A SINGLE DATA STUDY OUT THERE THAT SAYS THAT THEY ARE EFFECTIVE, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR CHILDREN FOR EIGHT HOURS A DAY.
I GUARANTEE YOU THAT NOT A SINGLE PERSON ON THIS BOARD IN THIS ROOM HAS WORN A MASK FOR EIGHT HOURS A DAY WHILE TRYING TO LEARN, COMMUNICATE, AND PLAY AS OUR CHILDREN DO.
YOU ARE HYPOCRITES AS YOU HAVE STOOD BY WHILE OUR CHILDREN ARE ABUSED.
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EACH OF YOU IS RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR CHILDREN'S HEALTH AND SAFETY.YOU STOOD BY WHILE MICHAEL HINOJOSA IMPLEMENTED AN ILLEGAL MASK MANDATE ON MY CHILDREN, OUR CHILDREN, AND WE WILL NOT STAND BY ANYMORE, THAT PARENTS WILL NO LONGER STANDBY.
EACH OF YOU, LOOK INTO YOUR HEART AND KNOW THAT GOD WILL JUDGE YOU, AND PARENTS WILL NO LONGER STANDBY AS OUR CHILDREN ARE ILLEGALLY MASKED AND ABUSED.
>> TIM HAGAN, FOLLOWED BY MIKE HOOK.
PERHAPS, MOST APPALLINGLY, YOU STOOD BY AND IF CARRIED OUT THE CORRUPT FDA, CDC, NIH PLAN OF POWER AND CONTROL BY MANDATING MASKS ILLEGALLY, FOR ALL CHILDREN IN THE D ISD SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THIS IS ALL AN ATTEMPT TO ENSURE ALL PEOPLE LIVE IN FEAR OF A VIRUS THAT HAS A 99.96 SURVIVAL RATE FOR THE HIGHEST AGE BRACKET OF 75 YEARS OLD AND ABOVE.
THIS HAS EMBOLDEN THE FALSE NARRATIVE THAT ONLY MORE EXPENSIVE EXPERIMENTAL TREATMENTS WILL SAVE LIVES WHEN THERE ARE FAR LESS EXPENSIVE AND MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE TREATMENTS FOR COVID.
THESE VULGAR ACTIONS CONTINUE TO COST THE LIVES OF THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS, INCLUDING HUNDREDS OF TEXANS, WHOSE BLOOD IS ON YOUR HANDS.
YOU HAVE ALL PUSHED THIS AGENDA, YOU'RE ALL ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE DEVASTATION THAT HAS OCCURRED.
>> MIKE HOOK FOLLOWED BY TAMMY BROWN RODRIGUEZ.
>> ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
ONE WAY WE THE PEOPLE CAN MAINTAIN SUCH IS TO KEEP SEX EDUCATION BETWEEN PARENTS AND KIDS STRICTLY.
D ISD, YOUR ONLY JOB IS THE PORE, READING, WRITING, MATH, HISTORY, AND SCIENCE.
AS WITH MOST ISDS, YOU D ISD ARE FAILING YEAR AFTER YEAR WHILE YOU CHARGE WE THE PEOPLE PROGRESSIVELY MORE.
YOU'RE A FOISTING IN DOCTRINAL REGRESSION ON US, WHILE THE ONLY THING THAT IS PROGRESSIVE IS THE SIZE OF THE BILL THAT YOU CHARGE US.
LAUREN AND BEN DAVIS HAVE LED THE WAY IN RECONCILING A ONCE THRIVING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY THAT IS NOW TOTALLY CORRUPT.
WE THE PEOPLE ARE BEHIND THIS SOLID AMERICAN FAMILY WITH OUR BILL OF RIGHTS, WITH OUR CONSTITUTION, PROCLAIMING ONCE AGAIN, OUR NATURAL INALIENABLE, GOD-GIVEN RIGHTS, AGAINST ALL TYRANTS AND OPPRESSORS, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
AS AMERICANS, OUR FAVORITE F-WORD IS FREEDOM, RIGHT? [BACKGROUND] AS FOR INDOCTRINATION VERSUS EDUCATION, LET'S RECLAIM OUR EDUCATION.
THESE PHRASES OF GRAND STUPIDITY, SUCH AS CRITICAL RACE THEORY AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING ARE AN EMBARRASSMENT AND AN INSULT TO OUR NATION'S VIRTUES AND INTEGRITY.
TO THE POLICING STAFF OF D ISD, I'VE HAD TO QUIT MY JOB UNDER TYRANTS BEFORE WITH NOWHERE TO GO.
OUR AMERICA PROVIDES NO PLACE FOR A GOVERNMENT OF BY AND FOR THE GOVERNMENT.
HONOR THE AMERICAN POLICEMAN'S OATH.
THERE'S A BANK CALLED CAPITAL ONE.
CAPITAL ONE, THEY ASK, WHAT'S IN YOUR WALLET? I'M ASKING, WHAT THE HECK IS IN YOUR HEART?
>> TAMMY BROWN RODRIGUEZ, FOLLOWED BY LINDA NEWLAND.
>> I HAD A GREAT SPEECH OUTLINE FOR TONIGHT,
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A BIG GOLDEN SHARE THAT I WANTED TO DROP ON YOU GUYS TO MOTIVATE YOU AND ENCOURAGE YOU, BUT I TRASHED IT.BECAUSE MY HEART IS BREAKING TONIGHT.
MY HEART IS BREAKING FOR MY FOSTER KIDS WHO WERE TAUGHT IN SCHOOL TO HATE THEIR WHITE MOTHER.
MY HEART BREAKS FOR MY CHILDREN WHO ARE GROWN.
MY YOUNGEST IS 28, WHO WERE TAUGHT TO LOVE ALL PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF COLOR.
THEY HAD BEEN EMBEDDED IN THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM TO HATE THEIR WHITE MOTHER.
SEE, I'M A MOTHER OF MULTICULTURAL CHILDREN.
I SHOULDN'T EVEN HAVE TO SAY THAT.
BUT THE FACT THAT WE TEACH THEM GOD-GIVEN PRINCIPLES AND FOUNDATIONS AT HOME AND THEY GO INTO A SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT I'M PAYING OVER $30,000 OF PROPERTY TAXES A YEAR FOR THEM TO BE TAUGHT, DIVISION, FOR THEM TO BE TAUGHT PORNOGRAPHY THAT ARE IN OUR SCHOOLS.
I GAVE EACH ONE OF YOU A HANDOUT THAT HAS 16 PAGES OF UNETHICAL, PURE TRASH FULL OF PORNOGRAPHY, FULL OF HATE, THAT ARE BOOKS IN YOUR SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW.
YOUR ONLY JOB IS TO IMPLEMENT POLICIES.
YOUR ONLY JOB IS TO ENSURE THE LEGALITY OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN YOUR DISTRICT, AND TO OVERSEE POLICY.
HOW IS IT EVEN POSSIBLE THAT YOU STOOD BY AND ALLOWED THIS TRASH IN OUR SCHOOLS.
TO THE POINT WHERE THE GOVERNOR HAD TO SEND A LETTER STATING TO [INAUDIBLE] TO REMOVE THE CONTENT.
YOU STOOD BY WHEN MY CHILDREN WERE EXPOSED TO PORNOGRAPHY.
YOU STOOD BY WHEN TEACHERS, IN ORDER TO TAKE THEIR CONTINUED EDUCATION WORK, IF THEY WERE WHITE, HAD TO SAY WHAT LEVEL OF WHITE PRIVILEGE WERE THEY BEFORE THEY COULD GO TO THE NEXT CURRICULUM? YOU STOOD BY AND ALLOWED THIS TO HAPPEN AND MY HEART BREAKS, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, THIS MOMENT YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE THE NARRATIVE.
YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE GREAT.
I'M SURE EACH ONE OF YOU WORKED HARD TO GET TO THE POSITION YOU'RE AT AND THAT YOU WEREN'T ELECTED BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF YOUR SKIN, BUT BECAUSE OF THE QUALITY AND THE CONTENT OF YOUR CHARACTER.
WE HAVE MISSED THAT CHARACTER, WE HAVE NOT SEEN THAT CHARACTER.
I CHARGE EACH ONE OF YOU IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THE MORAL COMPASS TO REMOVE THIS TRASH OUT OF OUR SCHOOLS TO ENGAGE AND LOVE ALL CHILDREN OF EVERY COLOR THEN YOU NEED TO STEP DOWN AND YOU NEED TO LET SOMEBODY GET INTO THAT POSITION WHO WILL PROTECT OUR MOST TREASURED CHILDREN.
[APPLAUSE] LINDA NEWLAND, FOLLOWED BY TRACY LEBLANC.
TRACY LEBLANC FOLLOWED BY ALISIA [INAUDIBLE]. [BACKGROUND].
>> PART OF Y'ALL SCREWED [INAUDIBLE].
Y'ALL SEE MY MASK? WHAT KIND OF MODE IS THIS [INAUDIBLE]? DISTRESS. WE ARE IN DISTRESS BECAUSE YOU PEOPLE ARE BAD TO OUR CHILDREN.
THEY SHOULD NOT WEAR MASK AT ALL, NO PROOF TO WEAR MASK.
THEY SHOULD NOT BE TAUGHT ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT ARE BAD.
Y'ALL NEED TO START A LOOP PROGRAM.
THEY NEED THE BASICS, HISTORY, ENGLISH, MATH, AND A BIT CHILLY, THEY NEED PLACES ON HOW TO FIND THE BEST PERSON TO MARRY [BACKGROUND] AND YOU HAVE DIFFERENT STANDARDS.
HE KEEPS TELLING EVERYBODY OUT HERE TO ADJUST THEIR MASK PROPERLY, BUT WHEN THAT LADY
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TO TOOK OFF HER MASK TO TAKE A PICTURE, HE DID NOTHING.[INAUDIBLE] WE HAVE OUR RIGHTS [BACKGROUND].
TELL YOU WHAT? THE PARENT SHOULD DECIDE IF THE CHILD SHOULD WEAR A MASK OR NOT.
[APPLAUSE] DO YOU UNDERSTAND? WE ARE IN DISTRESS.
WE PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO PUT UP WITH IT AT ALL.
PLEASE TURN ACTOR YOUR REALM OR YOU'RE VOTED OUT.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO STAND FOR IT.
I'M STANDING HERE TILL MY TIME IS UP.
[LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE] REMEMBER, WERE IN DISTRESS, WIG PEOPLE ARE IN DISTRESS.
>> TRACEY LAU BLOG FOLLOWED BY ALICIA MA KUANG.
>> WOW. OKAY, GO AHEAD AND START.
WELL, YOU STOOD BY TO LISTEN TO THAT IS INCREDIBLY INTENSE.
TO HEAR HER NOT A PART OF OUR GROUP, CALL IT OUT, IS AMAZING.
FIRST, I WANT TO PAY HOMAGE TO LAUREN AND HER FAMILY.
WHILE YOU SIT BY HER CHILDREN WERE ABUSED.
NOW I'M GOING TO CALL THE PARENTS.
WE HAVE TO PUT EDUCATION FIRST, ACADEMICS FIRST; READING, WRITING, MATH, SCIENCE.
I WOULDN'T EVEN WANT TO SAY SCIENCE NOW, AFTER WHAT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH.
FIRST-LAST AND FOREMOST, REMOVE SEL, SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, IT HAS BEEN COMPLETELY TRANSFORMED.
IT IS NOT UP TO THE TEACHERS, AND IT'S UP TO TO YOU.
YOU REPRESENT US. WE WILL VOTE, WE WILL VOTE YOU IN, WE WILL VOTE YOU OUT.
YOU NEED TO LISTEN TO US AND BE OUR REPRESENTATIVES, AND WE ALL LIVE IN THE DISTRICT SO GET READY, HERE WE GO.
[NOISE] THIS EDUCATION IS ALL UP TO THE PARENTS AND THE CARETAKERS AND NOT THE SCHOOL.
BUILDING EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS TOGETHER, THAT'S BEST.
WE NEED TO HAVE ALL OF THE CURRICULUM ONLINE AVAILABLE FOR PARENTS TO SEE, EVALUATE, AND COMMENT ON, 100 PERCENT TRANSPARENCY.
IT'S THIS WAY IN THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
WHY THE HECK ISN'T IT THIS WAY IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS? WHAT ARE YOU HIDING? WHAT ARE THE TEACHERS HIDING? THERE SHOULD BE NOTHING HIDDEN.
WHY DON'T YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR CHILDREN ARE LEARNING? WHY AREN'T YOU IN THAT CLASSROOM? WHY AREN'T YOU LOOKING AT THE CURRICULUM? WHY ARE YOU LETTING IT TO THE TEACHERS AND THE ADMINISTRATORS TO DECIDE THE CURRICULUM? THAT'S ON YOU, NOT A POPULAR STATEMENT PARENTS, BUT I KNOW WHAT'S IN THE CURRICULUM, OKAY? I DO.
YOU NEED TO KNOW, NOW WHEN IT'S JUST ONLINE ON ZOOM CHAT.
REMOVE ALL SEX EDUCATION FROM THE CLASSROOM.
ALLOW PARENTS TO EDUCATE THEIR OWN CHILDREN ON SEX EDUCATION.
THE CHILDREN DON'T NEED TO KNOW ABOUT ALL KINDS OF SEXUAL DEVIATIONS.
THEY DON'T NEED TO KNOW ANY OF THAT STUFF.
READING, WRITING, ARITHMETIC, THAT'S WHAT THEY NEED TO LEARN.
FOR ANY TYPE OF CRITICAL RACE THEORY, GET IT OUT OF THE CLASSROOM.
PARENTS CAN SPEAK TO THIS, TEACH THE CHILDREN HOW TO READ, WRITE, MATH AND CRITICAL THINKING, WHAT A THOUGHT.
HAVE THE CHILDREN READ CLASSICAL BOOKS THAT FOCUS ON INDIVIDUAL AUTONOMY, INDIVIDUAL CHOICE, AND OUR COUNTRY'S HISTORY FROM ORIGINAL RESOURCES.
STAND UP PARENTS, BE COURAGEOUS, GET EDUCATED, AND VOTE FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS THAT YOU WANT TO SEE ELECTED.
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THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]>> ALICIA MA KUANG FOLLOWED BY JANET MARIANI.
>> HI, I'M JANET. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALLOWING ME TO ADDRESS YOU ABOUT SEVERAL IMPORTANT TOPICS.
I HAVE TAKEN THE TIME TO PERSONALLY REVIEW YOUR DIST DROP-DOWNS ON THE WEBSITE FILLED WITH TRAINING PUBLICATIONS FOR CRT AND LCL AND MARXIST BASED CURRICULUM AND TERMINOLOGY.
THERE ARE SEVERAL PAGES OF INAPPROPRIATE TOPICS WHICH ARE SEXUALIZING OUR CHILDREN'S MIND.
WHY IS THIS HAPPENING? OH, MY GOD, ALL THESE BOOKS WERE PUBLISHED IN 2021 AND 2020.
HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? HOW? I KNOW SOMEBODY HERE ON THE BOARD, I KNOW HOW HE WAS EDUCATED.
THIS WASN'T COMMON AND IS THIS TO BE VIEWED AS A VEHICLE TO DISCUSS AND PROMOTE YOUR VIEWS AS SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES? WHO OR WHAT HAS MOTIVATED YOU TO THINK THIS IS RIGHT FOR OUR KIDS? RECENTLY, AND I'LL PARAPHRASE WHAT SHE SAID.
DALLAS TEACHERS UNION PRESENT THAT PROFESSED THAT THE KIDS EDUCATIONAL PROCESSES DON'T BELONG TO ANYTHING.
THE PARENTS DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THOSE EDUCATIONAL PROCESSES.
YOU'RE CONTINUING THE MANDATE MASKS WHEN OUR GOVERNOR HAS MANDATED NO MASK IN SCHOOL SINCE NO EVIDENCE OF MASK PREVENT THE SPREAD OF COVID. HEY, GUESS WHAT? [NOISE] GOES RIGHT THROUGH IT.
WE'VE ALL BEEN EXPERIENCING SOCIETY CRIPPLING, AND I'M OLDER NOW, I'M IN MY 70S.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL CULTURE PLEASE AND THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA, THAT'S BEING EMBRACED BY THE VOCAL MINORITIES, TEACHING OUR KIDS TO FOCUS ON GROUP IDENTITIES RATHER THAN LOVE FOR OUR FELLOW CITIZENS, NO MATTER WHAT THEIR SKIN COLOR IS.
SKIN COLOR, WHICH IS BEING USED IN AMERICA, YOU CAN'T DO THIS IN SOUTH AMERICA.
THE RACIST THING IS FOR AMERICA.
WHAT HAPPENED TO MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR'S DREAM OF A WORLD WHERE PEOPLE ARE JUDGED BY THEIR CHARACTER, NOT THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN.
I WAS SO FORTUNATE TO GROW UP IN A PERIOD WHERE TEACHERS DID NOT VIEW THEMSELVES TO BE ACTIVISTS, NOR DID WE EXPERIENCE THIS TYPE OF BRAINWASHING CURRICULUM.
I WAS ENCOURAGED TO LISTEN TO ALL DIFFERENT VIEWS, SHARE MY THOUGHTS.
UNDERSTAND THE UNIQUE QUALITIES CAN MAKE US GREATER, NOT DIVIDE US.
WE ALL HAVE A RANGE OF STRENGTHS AND CAPABILITIES.
WE LEARN THAT DEFINITION SUCCESS WAS ACHIEVED BY HARD WORK, DEDICATION TO EXCELLENCE.
WE WERE TAUGHT TO RESPECT AND ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER AND VALUE OF REACHING FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE CLASSROOM WHERE OUR PERSONAL LIFE GOALS.
WE WERE TAUGHT THE GREATNESS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE IN OUR CONSTITUTION, OUR FOUNDING FATHERS.
I WANT TO SKIP DOWN TO THIS REAL QUICK.
HOW ABOUT WE TEACH HISTORY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND FREDERICK DOUGLASS TALKED TO EACH OTHER.
DR. CAROL SWAIN, WILLIAM WILBERFORCE.
YOU EVER HEARD OF HIM? THOMAS SOWELL, ROBERT WOODSON.
I'VE LISTS OF INCREDIBLE LEADERS, BOTH PAST AND PRESENT.
TEACH REAL HISTORY, FREEDOM AND LIBERTY TODAY.
SAME WITH SEX EDUCATION, IT DOESN'T BELONG.
GET THAT CRAP OUT OF OUR KIDS SCHOOLS.
I ENCOURAGE EVERY MEMBER OF THE BOARD THAT SAY NO TO THIS MARXIST AGENDA. [OVERLAPPING]
>> YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED, MISS MARIANI.
LAUREN DAVIS, FOLLOWED BY SERENA NOLAN.
>> HI, IT'S IRONIC TO BE HERE SPEAKING DURING YOUR ANTI-BULLYING AWARENESS WEEK.
DO YOU ALL EVEN KNOW YOUR OWN DIST DEFINITION? LUCKY FOR YOU I HAVE IT HERE.
SAYS BULLYING MEANS SYSTEMICALLY AND CHRONICALLY INFLICTING PHYSICAL HURT OR PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS ON ONE OR MORE STUDENTS.
BULLYING OF A STUDENT MAY INCLUDE HAZING, THREATS, TAUNTING, TEASING, CONFINEMENT, ASSAULT, DEMANDS OF MONEY, EXTORTION.
WOW, IT'S CRAZY THAT THOSE TERRIBLE THINGS THAT ARE NEXT TO THESE OTHERS, DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY, THEFT OF VALUED POSSESSIONS, RIDICULE, NAME-CALLING, RUMOR SPREADING, SLURS, JOKES, ANY WINDOWS, DEMEANING COMMENTS AND OSTRACISM OF THE PERSON OR ANOTHER.
ALMOST ALL OF THOSE THINGS HAVE HAPPENED TO MY CHILDREN WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOME OF THESE HORRIFIC THINGS THAT WOULD BE AN ABSOLUTE ATROCITY.
I'M WONDERING EACH DAY HOW MUCH CLOSER WE GET TO THOSE.
MR. HANNA, HOST IS GONE, BUT I WAS GOING TO TELL HIM AND MAYBE YOU ALL CAN SHARE
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THE MESSAGE THAT HE IS THE BIGGEST BULLY OF THEM ALL ALONG WITH MISS WING.HE AND YOU ALL SHOULD BE ASHAMED TO WORK FOR SOMEONE SO DISGUSTING.
HIS LAWLESS DECISIONS AND ACTIONS TO SEGREGATE MY KIDS HAS CREATED THE MOST EGREGIOUS EXAMPLES OF BULLYING.
YOUR ACTIONS CAUSE CHILDREN AT DEALEY AS YOUNG AS FIRST GRADE TO RUN FOR MY DAUGHTER AND TERROR, JUST SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY SAW HER FULL FACE.
YOUR ACTIONS HAVE ENCOURAGED A FIFTH GRADER TO TELL MY CHILD SHE DESERVED TO DIE.
YOU, MR. HINOJOSA, AND THE STAND-IN BECAUSE YOU'RE ALL RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS BEHAVIOR, YOU THE BOARD, MISS WING WITH HER SIDEKICK MARNIE GLASER, MISS TABILA, MISS AMRY, MISS MINE HUT, MISS WINNERS, AND EVERY OTHER TEACHER WHO STOOD BY AND WATCHED SHOULD RESIGN.
NOT ONLY DID YOU CREATE AN UNSAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR MY KIDS, YOU ALL HAVE CREATED THIS DISGUSTING AND HATE-FILLED AND INTOLERANT ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL 604 STUDENTS AT DEALEY.
YOU ALL WITH YOUR DIRECT ACTIONS OR INACTIONS HAVE DAMAGED OUR KIDS AND COMMUNITY WORSE THAN CORONA VIRUS EVER COULD.
WE HAVE NOW LEFT THIS SCHOOL, BUT NOT THE FIGHT.
IN HONOR OF NATIONAL PARENT INVOLVEMENT DAY, I BROUGHT A BUNCH WITH ME, AND WE ALL JUST BEGUN.
>> AS A REMINDER, SPEAKERS PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME WHEN YOU GET TO THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE.
NEXT SPEAKER, SERENA NOLAN FOLLOWED BY DANIEL RODRIGUEZ.
>> THANK YOU. I HAD A PACKAGE DELIVERED HERE.
ANYWAY. I'VE COME AGAIN AS A CONCERNED TAX-PAYING CITIZEN I'VE COME OUT OF AN OBLIGATION NOT ONLY TO THE CHILDREN OF OUR COMMUNITY, BUT TO HONOR THOSE THAT HAVE GONE BEFORE ME IN A GREAT PERSONAL SACRIFICE SO THAT I MAY SPEAK FREELY HERE TONIGHT.
LAST MONTH, I ADDRESSED THE SAME BODY OVER THE CONCERNS OF THE BULLYING AND CHILD ABUSE THAT WAS TAKING PLACE AT DEALEY ELEMENTARY, AS WELL AS THE EGREGIOUS CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY IN THE COERCION OF YOUNG CHILDREN INTO TAKING A VACCINE THAT IS FAR MORE DETRIMENTAL TO THEM THAN THE VIRUS.
WHAT CAME OUT OF MY PRESENTATION LAST MONTH WAS THE LOSS OF TWO STUDENTS HAVE GREAT CHARACTER FROM DEALEY ELEMENTARY.
TONIGHT I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THAT LIST OF 800, 850 TITLES.
COMPLETELY INAPPROPRIATE MATERIAL FOR CHILDREN.
THAT LIST WAS COMPOSED BY THE LEGISLATED INVESTIVE COMMUNITY, OR COMMITTEE IN WHICH DIST HAS RECEIVED A COPY OF AND IS TO ANSWER THE AMOUNT OF PURCHASES AND THE COSTS EXPENDITURE.
I HAVE NOT GOTTEN THAT BACK FROM THE COMMITTEE YET.
BUT WHAT I DID GO THROUGH WAS IN THE LIBRARY LOOKING UP IN THE TITLES AND I WAS HITTING ALMOST 100 PERCENT EVERY ONE OF THE TITLES.
I'D LIKE YOU TO KNOW THAT THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THESE IS, ONE, I THOUGHT WAS THE OUTLAWED CRITICAL RACE THEORY, WHICH APPARENTLY IS NOT IN YOUR LIBRARY.
THEN THE SEXUALITY, THE SUBJECTS THAT THEY WERE.
BUT ANYWAY, THERE'S NOTHING BUT AN INAPPROPRIATE MARXIST PROPAGANDA THAT'S PREYED UPON AND DESTROY CHILDHOOD, TO DESTROY THE FAMILY AND TO TEAR APART THE FABRIC OF SOCIETY.
IT'S REALLY HARD TO GO THROUGH THAT LIST AND LOOK AT THOSE BOOKS. LET'S SEE.
WE HAD RACE AND POLICING IN MODERN AMERICA IS FOR AGES 8-13, AND IT WAS BUILT ON THE PREMISE OF THE POLICE ORIGINS AS A SLAVE PATROLS.
I ALWAYS THINK IT'S GOOD TO TEACH VENDETTAS FOR KIDS.
IT'S A GRAPHIC NOVEL THAT PROMOTES ANARCHY AND TERRORISM.
REALLY ONE OF THE SADDEST ONES OF ALL IN THE CRITICAL RACE THEORY WAS FOR THE YOUNGEST KIDS.
IT TAUGHT CHILDREN, IT JUST PLANTED THE SEED OF VICTIMHOOD AND LITTLE KIDS THAT DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO READ YET.
THESE ARE THE THINGS YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE READING TO CHILDREN.
I WILL TELL YOU, YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKET PICTURES WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS AND I'D LIKE TO PASS THIS AROUND.
I HAD A LARGE ONE THAT WOULD NOT LET ME BRING IN. [OVERLAPPING]
>> YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. THANK YOU.
DANIEL RODRIGUEZ, FOLLOWED BY PATRICIA RICHARDSON.
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>> [NOISE] MY NAME IS DANIEL RODRIGUEZ.
I'M GOING TO SAY, LAUREN, YOUR KIDS ARE EXTREMELY BRAVE.
YOU GUYS UP THERE, YOU GUYS THERE, YOU GUYS AT THE DOOR WITH YOUR BADGES, NONE OF YOU HAVE THE COURAGE THAT HER CHILDREN HAVE.
I AM JUST BLOWN AWAY BY THIS, THAT YOU GUYS AREN'T MORE SENSITIVE TO THIS.
BUT TODAY I'M SPEAKING ABOUT RACE BAITING.
BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND SOMETHING.
MY JOURNEY AS A NATIVE AMERICAN AND BLACK AND HISPANIC HAD TO HAPPEN TO GET THE RESULTS I HAVE TODAY.
I HAVE A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS, NOT BECAUSE OF MY EDUCATION, BUT BECAUSE OF THESE TWO HANDS.
JUST LOOK AT MY HANDS, YOU SEE THAT ONE, YOU SEE THAT ONE? ACCORDING TO THE STATE, I'M DISABLED.
I HAVE A FEW FINGERS MISSING BECAUSE OF A CAR ACCIDENT.
I HAD A CHOICE TO BE A VICTIM OR TO BE VICTORIOUS.
SHAME ON YOU FOR CREATING AND PROMOTING DIVISION WHEN YOU COULD BE PROMOTING VICTORY.
I CAN SAY THIS ONLY BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF MY SKIN.
IF MY WIFE, WHO IS ALSO A NATIVE AMERICAN SAYS THIS, SHE'S CALLED RACIST BECAUSE HER SKIN TONE IS LIGHTER.
THAT IS ONLY BECAUSE OF THE POLICY EACH OF YOU ARE PROMOTING.
I AM AN AMERICAN, PERIOD, AND I'M ANGRY.
I'M NOT A MEXICAN, I'M NOT LATINO, AND WHATEVER ELSE YOU GUYS WANT TO COME UP WITH.
CHICANO WAS THERE BACK IN THE '70S.
I SAW REAL RACISM IN THE '70S.
WE HAVE THREE INTERRACIAL CHILDREN THAT YOU HAVE TAUGHT TO HATE THE WHITE PART OF THEM.
WITH BOOKS IN THE DIST LIKE WHAT IS WHITE PRIVILEGE? MY TAX DOLLARS GO INTO TEACH MY OWN CHILDREN TO HATE THEIR MOTHER PURELY BECAUSE OF HER SKIN COLOR.
ISN'T THAT WHAT MARTIN LUTHER KING FOUGHT AGAINST? BECAUSE THEY DON'T GO BACK AND STUDY THAT MAN.
HOW DARE YOU? YOU WERE VOTED IN BY US.
WE WILL NOT WAVER OUR FIGHT AGAINST THIS NONSENSE.
>> PATRICIA RICHARDSON FOLLOWED BY ANNE STONE.
>> BOARD MEMBERS, MY NAME IS PATRICIA RICHARDSON, AND I STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE DAVIS FAMILY TO PROTEST AGAINST THE CHILD ABUSE AT DEALEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
THIS FAMILY HAS SUFFERED GREATLY FROM BULLYING, DISCRIMINATION, AND HARASSMENT FROM THE PRINCIPAL, FROM THE TEACHERS, AND FROM OTHER STUDENTS.
PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS ACROSS AMERICA ARE UNITING TO PATROL WHAT IS HAPPENING AND WHAT IS BEING TAUGHT IN THE SCHOOLS FUNDED BY OUR TAX DOLLARS.
TERRIBLE ATROCITIES HAVE HAPPENED IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND YOU STOOD BY.
>> ANNE STONE FOLLOWED BY VICTORIA LITTLE.
OUR MESSAGE DENIED AS ALL OF YOU HAVE STOOD BY.
PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THAT IS SUPERINTENDENT HINOJOSA LEFT THE ROOM TONIGHT.
WE PAY TAXES FOR THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WE LIVE IN YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WE'RE ALSO SHARING ALL OF THIS INFORMATION WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
WE'RE VIDEOING THIS AND IT'S GOING EVERYWHERE.
WE ARE HERE TONIGHT, UNITED STANDING WITH THE DAVIS FAMILY FROM DEALEY MONASTERY SCHOOL.
THE PRINCIPAL, BETH WING, PUT HER CHILDREN IN A PLASTIC BOX THAT YOUR DISTRICT BUILT IN THE LIBRARY.
WHO CAME UP WITH THAT IDEA? THEY COULDN'T BREATHE.
YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, YOUR SCHOOL WERE CITED BY THE FIRE MARSHAL BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T BREATHE.
YOU ALLOWED BULLYING TO THESE CHILDREN BY FACULTY, BY STAFF, AND BY FELLOW STUDENTS.
DEALEY MONASTERY SCHOOL HAS JUDGED BY.
THIS ANTI-BULLYING WEEK IS A JOKE.
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IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT OTHER VICTORIES YOU'VE ACHIEVED WHEN YOU HAVE NOT EVEN STEPPED UP TO THE BIGGEST AND MOST IMPORTANT FIGHT IN OUR HISTORY.YOU HAVE FAILED THE FAMILIES OF OUR COMMUNITY, YOU HAVE FAILED THE STATE, YOU HAVE FAILED THIS COUNTRY.
WE NO LONGER CONSENT YOUR FAILED GOVERNANCE.
IN CLOSING, YOU STOOD BY WHILE THE CITIZENS USED WAR TO PROTECT WERE DEPRIVED OF THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, SECURED THROUGH THE BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS OF OUR FOREFATHERS AND FOREMOTHERS.
NOW YOU CAN RESIGN OR STAND BY AND WATCH WHILE WE WILL REMOVE EVERY ONE OF YOU FROM YOUR POSITION AND TAKE BACK OUR BELOVED STATE.
REGARDS, WE THE PEOPLE OF DALLAS COUNTY AND THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS.
>> [APPLAUSE] VICTORIA LITTLE.
>> THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 5, APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
[5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
CONSIDER INTAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL. JUST EASE.THE FOLLOWING MINUTES HAD BEEN SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL CALLED BOARD MEETING 101421, CALLED BOARD MEETING 101421, EMPLOYEE HEARING 101421, SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION AD HOC COMMITTEE MEETING 102821, BOARD MEETING 102821, SUPERINTENDENT'S EVALUATION AD HOC COMMITTEE MEETING 11421, CALLED BOARD MEETING 11421, AND EMPLOYEE HEARING 11421. DO I HAVE A MOTION?
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY TRUSTEE FLORES, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE MITCH KAY.
ANY CORRECTIONS? SINCE THERE ARE NO CORRECTIONS, TRUSTEES, YOU MAY NOW CAST YOUR VOTES.
THANK YOU. THE MOTION PASSES AT 8-0.
YOU HAVE JUST ADOPTED THE MOTION, APPROVING THE MINUTES AS SUBMITTED.
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS.
[6. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS]
TRUSTEES, WE HAVE A CONSENT AGENDA ITEM 6.01 THROUGH 6.28 AS AMENDED.THE FOLLOWING AGENDA ITEMS HAVE BEEN PULLED FOR A SEPARATE VOTE, 6.02, 6.03, 6.04, 6.17, 6.20, 6.21, AND 6.28.
CONSENT ITEM 6.10, 11, 12, 13, AND 14 HAD BEEN PULLED FROM THE AGENDA.
DO I HAVE A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AS AMENDED?
>> AS THE MOVE BY TRUSTEE FLORES SECONDED BY TRUSTEE MARSHALL'S, TRUSTEES, YOU MAY NOW CAST YOUR VOTE.
>> TRUSTEES, YOU HAVE JUST ADOPTED THE MOTION APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA AS AMENDED, INCLUDING THE RENAMING OF NOLAN ESTES PLAZA.
ONCE AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS [FOREIGN].
[APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT, AS WE BE IN DISCUSSION ON ITEMS PULLED FOR A SEPARATE VOTE, PLEASE YOU CAN FIND ANY REMARKS TO THE PENDING MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
[7.01 Consider and Take Possible Action to Approve Amendment to Board Policy CL (Local) Buildings, Grounds, and Equipment Management (Second Read, Sponsored by Dwayne Thompson, Chief Business Officer) (Consent Item 6.02, Pulled by Trustees Joyce Foreman and Dan Micciche)]
APPROVE THE AMENDMENT TO BOARD POLICY CL LOCAL, BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, AND EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT.SECOND READS MONSTER BY DUANE THOMPSON, CHIEF BUSINESS OFFICER.
CONSENT ITEM 6.02 PULLED BY TRUSTEES FORMAN AND MICCICHE. DO I HAVE A MOTION?
>> IS THE MOVE BY TRUSTEE FLORES SECOND BY TRUSTEE MARSHALLS.
FLOOR IS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION. TRUSTEE FORMAN.
>> THIS IS JUST GOING TO BE QUICK STATEMENT MORE THAN A DISCUSSION.
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING ME WITH THE INFORMATION THAT I ASKED FOR.
I'M STILL NOT COMFORTABLE WITH NOT GETTING THE COST OF WHAT LEADS WILL COST US IF WE GOT SILVER LEADS FOR EVERY PROJECT.
THIS ACTUALLY DOESN'T HAVE THAT COST, BUT I DO APPRECIATE WHAT YOU HAVE SENT ME, AND I'LL BE VOTING AGAINST IT BECAUSE I JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION.
>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE FORMAN, TRUSTEE MICCICHE.
>> I WANT TO THANK THE ADMINISTRATION FOR MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR CLEAN ENERGY INITIATIVE,
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AND YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, WHO BROUGHT THAT TO THE BOARD A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.I THINK WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE MICCICHE.
TRUSTEE GARCIA, IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING, FEEL FREE TO RAISE YOUR HAND.
WE CAN SEE YOU ON THE SCREEN WHEN YOU HAVE ANYTHING.
I WROTE THE ORIGINAL SUSTAINABILITY POLICY, AND I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE CONTINUING THAT WORK TO MAKE OUR BUILDINGS BETTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND BETTER FOR OUR KIDS.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR WORK. THANKS.
>> I WANT TO ALSO ECHO THE THANKS, MR. BATES, I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING TIRELESSLY, CHIEF THOMPSON ADMINISTRATION FOR SUPPORTING THIS.
THIS STARTED A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO WITH STUDENTS COMING HERE AND TALKING AND ADVOCATING.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU PUBLICLY TO ALL OF THE TRUSTEE APPOINTMENTS WHO WERE ENGAGED IN THOSE MEETINGS OVER THE COURSE OF AN ENTIRE YEAR.
WE'LL MAKE THIS A REALITY AND THIS IS ONLY THE START.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING IT CONTINUOUS, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
TRUSTEES, ANYTHING ELSE? SEEING NONE. TRUSTEES, YOU MAY CAST YOUR VOTE.
SEVEN VOTING YES, ONE VOTING NO.
YOU HAVE JUST ADOPTED THE MOTION APPROVING THE AMENDMENT TO BOARD POLICY CL LOCAL BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, AND EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT.
WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO ITEM 7.02,
[7.02 Consider and Take Possible Action to Approve Quarter 1 of 2021-2022 School Year Formal Acceptance and Ratification of Gifts with Cumulative Value Greater Than $5,000 for Schools and Departments (July 1, 2021 – September 30, 2021) (Consent Item 6.03, Pulled by Trustees Joyce Foreman and Justin Henry)]
APPROVE QUARTER ONE OF THE 21, 22 SCHOOL YEAR FORMAL ACCEPTANCE AND RATIFICATION OF GUESTS WAS CUMULATIVE VALUE GREATER THAN $5,000 FOR SCHOOLS AND DEPARTMENTS JULY 1ST, 2021 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2021.CONSENT ITEM PULLED BY TRUSTEES FORMAN AND TRUSTEE HENRY. DO I HAVE A MOTION?
>> IS A MOVE BY TRUSTEE FLORES SECONDED BY TRUSTEE MARSHALL IS A DISCUSSION. TRUSTEE FORMAN.
>> NO. ANY OTHER TRUSTEES? SEEING NONE TRUSTEES, YOU MAY CAST YOUR VOTE.
>> TRUSTEE HENRY. PRESIDENT MACKEY.
>> TRUSTEES, YOU HAVE JUST ADOPTED THE MOTION APPROVING QUARTER ONE OF 21, 22 SCHOOL YEAR FORMAL ACCEPTANCE AND RATIFICATION OF GUESTS WITH CUMULATIVE VALUE GREATER THAN $5,000 FOR SCHOOLS AND DEPARTMENTS.
WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 7.03,
[7.03 Consider and Take Possible Action to Authorize, Negotiate and Enter Into Agreements with Recommended Pool of Vendors for Early Learning Home Visiting Programs and Services for Districtwide Use (Not to Exceed $5,000,000 Over Five Years Including Renewal Options / General Operating/Special Revenue/Bond Funds) (Consent Item 6.04, Pulled by Trustees Joyce Foreman and Justin Henry)]
AUTHORIZED NEGOTIATE AND ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS WITH RECOMMENDED POOL OF VENDORS FOR EARLY LEARNING, HOME VISITING PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES FOR DISTRICT-WIDE USE NOT TO EXCEED $5 MILLION OVER FIVE YEARS, INCLUDING RENEWAL OPTIONS.GENERAL OPERATING, SPECIAL REVENUE, AND BOND FUNDS CONSENT ITEM 6.04 PULLED BY TRUSTEES FORMAN AND HENRY. DO I HAVE A MOTION?
>> HERE IS THE MOVE BY TRUSTEE FLORES, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE MARSHALL. IS THERE DISCUSSION?
>> MAYBE I MISSED IT, IS THIS A PROGRAM OUTSIDE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE?
>> THIS WILL ADD PROGRAMS TO WHAT'S AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.
I DO HAVE DR. LINDA HILL ONLINE AS WELL.
DR. HILL, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THE QUESTION?
>> YES, MA'AM. GOOD EVENING, TRUSTEE FORMAN.
>> WE DO HAVE FAMILY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS. THIS PARTICULAR ONE IS GOING TO ADD PROGRAMS THAT ARE GOING TO FOCUS MORE ON OUR INFANTS AND TODDLERS.
THE ONES THAT WE HAVE ARE PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN.
>> WHEN YOU SAY INFANTS AND TODDLERS, WHAT INFANTS AND TODDLERS DO WE HAVE?
>> THE INFANTS AND TODDLERS ARE ACTUALLY THE CHILDREN OF FAMILIES THAT WE SERVE.
FAMILIES COULD HAVE CHILDREN THAT ARE SCHOOL-AGED AND CHILDREN AT HOME THAT WILL EVENTUALLY BECOME DALLAS ISD STUDENTS.
>> THAT'S A LITTLE COMPLEX BECAUSE THOSE ARE NOT OUR STUDENTS.
THAT CONCERNS ME A LITTLE BIT.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO GET TO. OKAY. THANK YOU.
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ANY OTHER QUESTIONS HERE? TRUSTEE GARCIA, FEEL FREE TO SPEAK UP WHEN YOU DO.SEEING NONE, WE WILL CAST VOTES.
SEVEN VOTING YES, AND ONE VOTING NO.
>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEES. YOU'VE JUST ADOPTED THE MOTION APPROVING THE AUTHORIZED NEGOTIATE ENTERING INTO AGREEMENTS WOULD RECOMMEND A POOL OF VENDORS FOR EARLY LEARNING HOME VISITING PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FOR DISTRICT-WIDE USE NOT TO EXCEED $5 MILLION OVER FIVE YEARS, RENEWAL OPTIONS, GENERAL OPERATING, SPECIAL REVENUE, AND BOND FUNDS.
[7.04 Consider and Take Possible Action to Ratify the Tax Report for the Period Ending September 30, 2021 (Consent Item 6.17, Pulled by Trustees Joyce Foreman and Justin Henry)]
WE'LL NOW MOVE TO ITEM 7.04, RATIFY THE TAX REPORT FOR THE PERIOD ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2021.CONSENT ITEM 6.17 PULLED BY TRUSTEES FORMAN AND HENRY. DO I HAVE A MOTION?
>> HERE IS THE MOVE BY TRUSTEE FLORES, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE MARSHALL. IS THERE DISCUSSION?
>> JUST A QUICK QUESTION, DUWAIN.
YOU GAVE ME THE UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE AMOUNT WHICH IS 662 MILLION?
>> OKAY, WHAT WAS THE TOTAL FUND BALANCE AMOUNT CURRENTLY, IS IT 800?
>> IF WE TOTAL INVENTORIES AND EVERYTHING, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER [OVERLAPPING] I THINK IT'S PROBABLY BETWEEN 800-900.
I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER.
>> YEAH. I THOUGHT IT WAS CLOSE TO THAT, AND I WAS JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE.
THEN SO SEE LOCAL RECOMMENDS THAT WE KEEP TWO MONTHS OPERATING EXPENSE.
>> HOW MUCH WOULD THAT BE THAT WE SHOULD KEEP IN THE FIRM BALANCE DOLLAR AMOUNT?
>> ACCORDING TO BOARD POLICY, TWO MONTHS IS ROUGHLY ABOUT 200 AND ROUGHLY ABOUT 280 MILLION.
>> I'M ASKING THAT QUESTION SIMPLY BECAUSE WE'VE GOT $662 MILLION IN THE FUND BALANCE.
>> WE'VE GOT SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS THAT NEED A LOT.
I'M MAKING THIS STATEMENT PUBLIC IS THAT WE NEED TO START LOOKING AT WHAT WE CAN DO.
THIS IS NOT YOU. YOU ARE THE MONEY MAN.
I'M TALKING TO CORDOVA, I'M TALKING TO TIFFANY, I'M TALKING TO PAM.
WHAT ABOUT BUDGET AND NOT AS MUCH AS INVOLVED, YOU GOT TO GO FIND SOME TEACHERS.
BUT I'M TALKING TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING WITH THE SCHOOLS ON A DAILY BASIS.
WE'RE NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF SAVING MONEY.
WE'RE IN A BUSINESS BECAUSE THIS MONEY CAME FROM OUR SCHOOLS, OUR STUDENTS.
IT CAME FROM OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR STUDENTS.
I AM NOT GOING TO CONTINUE TO SIT HERE AND CONTINUE TO SEE US POCKET AWAY MONEY WHEN OUR SCHOOLS ARE HURTING.
THAT JUST DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. THANK YOU, DUWAIN.
TRUSTEES, ANY OTHER COMMENTS HERE? YOU MAY CAST THE VOTES.
>> TRUSTEE MARSHALL. HERE IT IS.
THE MOTION PASSES EIGHT, ZERO.
>> TRUSTEES, YOU'VE JUST ADOPTED THE MOTION OF APPROVING TO RATIFY THE TAX REPORT FOR THE PERIOD ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2021.
I'LL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 7.05,
[7.05 Consider and Take Possible Action to Approve the Proposed 2022 - 2023 Campus Staffing Formulas (Consent Item 6.20, Pulled by Trustees Joyce Foreman and Justin Henry)]
APPROVE THE PROPOSED 22, 23 CAMPUS STAFFING FORMULAS, CONSENT ITEM 6.20 PULLED BY TRUSTEES FOREMAN AND HENRY. DO I HAVE A MOTION?>> IT'S BEEN MOVED BY TRUSTEE FLORES, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE MARSHALL.
>> TRUSTEE FOREMAN, FOLLOWED BY TRUSTEE MARSHALL.
>> WHAT I DIDN'T GET, ROBERT, WAS [NOISE] I ASKED A SPECIFIC QUESTION IN TERMS OF HOW THE FORMULA HAS CHANGED OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS.
I REALLY DIDN'T GET AN ANSWER TO THAT PARTICULAR QUESTION.
I ASKED THAT SIMPLY BECAUSE, JUST DOVETAILING ON WHAT I JUST SAID A FEW MINUTES AGO, IS THAT NOW MORE THAN EVER, THE CAMPUSES NEED MORE AND THEY NEED SMALLER CLASS SIZES.
I DON'T THINK WE TOOK ANY OF THAT INTO ACCOUNT AS WE DID THIS FORMULA.
IF I'M WRONG, TELL ME I'M WRONG BECAUSE I'D LOVE TO BE TOLD I'M WRONG.
>> TRUSTEE FOREMAN, I DID SEND A TRACKER THAT HAD THE COMPARISON BETWEEN LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR,
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SO I CAN MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THAT.WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH THE SR RESOURCES IS TO ADD ADDITIONAL POSITIONS AND OBVIOUSLY, ROBERT DIDN'T COVER THAT BUT WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE ADDED ADDITIONAL POSITIONS FOR ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT THE FORMULA IS SO WE CAN ADDRESS THOSE INDIVIDUAL NEEDS.
I THINK YOU HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER AS WE HAD.
IN REGARDS TO THE SR FUNDS, DO THE PRINCIPALS HAVE TO ASK FOR ADDITIONAL RESOURCES OR IS THIS ONE ACROSS THE BOARD?
>> I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND START.
LET ME GO THROUGH WHAT WE CALL OUR SPRING BUDGET PROCESS.
IT'S A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS WITH THE PRINCIPALS, SCHOOL LEADERSHIP, AND HCM.
WE SIT AT THE TABLE, THEY TALK ABOUT WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE, AND THEN WE MAKE ANY OF THOSE ADDITIONS.
NOW, WE'LL SAY THIS YEAR, WE KNOW WE HAVE THE SR FUNDS COMING IN, WE KNOW THOSE FUNDS ARE ALLOCATED, WHICH WE DIDN'T HAVE LAST YEAR.
WE ARE WORKING WITH SCHOOL LEADERSHIP ON A VERY TARGETED PLAN PRIOR TO GOING INTO THOSE SPRING BUDGET MEETINGS THROUGH A LENS OF EQUITY TO MAKE SURE WE ALLOCATE THOSE RESOURCES APPROPRIATELY.
>> WHEN WE SAY, WE TALK TO THE PRINCIPALS, DO WE TALK TO OUR 200 AND SOME PRINCIPALS THAT WE DO A SURVEY TO THE PRINCIPALS?
>> FACE TO FACE WITH EACH PRINCIPAL?
>> THAT IS GOOD. I DO FEEL A LITTLE BIT BETTER ABOUT THAT, TALKING TO THE PRINCIPALS.
BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, AND I CAN TELL YOU, WITH THE WAY WE ROLLED OUT THE SR FUNDS FOR RETENTION, I AM NOT HAPPY.
WE'RE TREATING THE HOURLY PEOPLE LIKE STEPCHILDREN, 500 AND 1,000, THEY NEED THE MONEY THE MOST.
WE'RE USING TEI WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN ACROSS THE BOARD.
WE JUST KEEP DROPPING THE BALL WHERE WE REALLY SHOULD BE UPLIFTING THE BALL.
I'M HOPING THAT WITH THIS WHOLE SR ROLL-OUT IS THAT YOU DO HAVE THE INPUT OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE GROUND.
THEN WE DON'T START JUST TRYING TO DO THINGS BECAUSE IT LOOKS CUTE, WE NEED TO BE DOING THINGS BECAUSE IT MAKES SENSE.
IT'S VERY COMPETITIVE RIGHT NOW EVERYWHERE AND PARTICULARLY, WITH OUR TEACHERS.
BUT NOT JUST WITH THE TEACHERS, WE CAN'T KEEP BUS DRIVERS, HOURLY.
I HOPE YOU GUYS DO WHAT YOU SAID YOU'RE GOING TO DO.
>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE FOREMAN. TRUSTEE MARSHALL.
>> I JUST WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON MY QUESTIONS FROM THE BRIEFING.
I'M ASSUMING THIS NEW DOCUMENT THAT'S ATTACHED TO THIS ITEM, THE YELLOW HIGHLIGHTING IMPLIES THINGS THAT HAVE CHANGED SINCE THE VERSION THAT WAS IN THE BRIEFING MATERIALS. IS THAT RIGHT?
>> IT'S INCLUSIVE OF THE THINGS THAT WERE GOING TO BE CHANGED AT THE BRIEFING.
FOR INSTANCE, THE ITEMS THAT YOU BROUGHT UP ABOUT DYSLEXIA THAT'S COVERED ON PAGE 1, 3, AND 5.
>> YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT, THAT PARTICULAR ITEM.
I SEE THAT IT'S NOW MENTIONED AND HIGHLIGHTED ON THE ELEMENTARY, THE MIDDLE, AND THE HIGH SCHOOL STAFFING FORMULA PAGES, WHICH I'M PLEASED.
THAT WAS THE FIRST PART OF MY QUESTION AT THE BRIEFING IS, HOW COME IT WASN'T SHOWING UP ON THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND THE HIGH SCHOOLS? NOW, YOU'VE GOT IT ON BOTH, WHICH IS CERTAINLY A SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT.
HOWEVER, THE SECOND PART OF MY QUESTION FROM THE BRIEFING WAS ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S AN ACTUAL FORMULA INVOLVED IN THIS, NOT JUST A FLAT NUMBER BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, THE NUMBER OF KIDS THAT HAVE DYSLEXIA IN OUR DISTRICT SCALES UP AND DOWN BASED ON DIAGNOSIS, AND ENROLLMENT, AND THE NUMBER OF INTERVENTIONISTS WE NEED TO HANDLE THOSE KIDS SHOULD SCALE WITH THEM.
RIGHT NOW, YOU JUST HAVE A FLAT NUMBER IN HERE.
DO WE HAVE INTENTIONS TO MAKE THAT CHANGE IN THE FUTURE? WHERE DO WE STAND ON THAT? BECAUSE IF WE KEEP JUST A FLAT NUMBER AND THE NUMBER OF KIDS THAT ARE DIAGNOSED CONTINUES TO CLIMB, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PROBLEM.
I'VE GOT MICHELLE BROWN ON THE LINE TO TALK ABOUT THE DYSLEXIA NUMBERS AND HOW WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT FLAT RATES VERSUS THE ACTUAL NUMBERS THAT HAVE ACTUALLY QUALIFIED FOR SERVICES.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CONSIDER IN THE FUTURE, BUT I'M GOING TO LET HER TO SPEAK TO THE NUMBER OF POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE BASED ON THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT ARE QUALIFYING AT THIS POINT, UNDERSTANDING THE UPS AND DOWNS OF THOSE QUALIFICATIONS. MICHELLE?
>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE MARSHALL.
THE PURPOSE OF OUR DYSLEXIA INTERVENTION IS IT PROVIDE SERVICES FOR THE STUDENTS.
USUALLY, IT TAKES BETWEEN 2-3 YEARS.
THERE, WE WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THOSE SKILL SETS WITHIN THE GENERAL EDUCATION SETTING.
WE ARE WATCHING THE NUMBERS VERY CLOSELY, WE'RE WATCHING THE INTERVENTIONIST'S SCHEDULES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO KEEP
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THEIR ROOT SIZES DOWN-LOW SO THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE EXCELLENT SERVICES TO OUR INTERVENTIONISTS.AT THE TIME, WE ARE RANGING BETWEEN 1-30 PER INTERVENTIONISTS, SO THEY'RE ABLE TO SERVE BETWEEN 5-6 STUDENTS IN SMALL GROUP SETTINGS.
>> WE WILL WORK TOWARDS A RATIO [LAUGHTER] IN THE FUTURE, AND THAT WOULD BE OUR INTENTION.
>> I CAN BELIEVE AND APPRECIATE THAT YOU HAVE THE RIGHT NUMBER IN THIS YEAR'S FORMULA.
WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS WHEN SR FUNDING IS GONE AND WHEN THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WITH DYSLEXIA CONTINUES TO CLIMB, EVERYTHING ELSE IN THIS DOCUMENT IS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS.
WE HAVE THE NUMBER OF TEACHERS, THE NUMBER OF PRINCIPALS, THE NUMBER OF SECURITY PERSONNEL, NUMBER OF LIBRARIANS, EVERYTHING IS CORRELATED AND SCALED TO THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS, AND THIS ONE SHOULD BE TOO.
I PLAN TO SUPPORT THIS TODAY BUT NEXT YEAR, WHEN THIS COMES BACK AROUND, I WANT TO SEE IT SCALED TO THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS.
I'M GOING TO BRING IT UP AGAIN NEXT YEAR IF IT'S NOT.
>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE MARSHALL. TRUSTEE FLORES?
>> I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ON THIS.
FOR THE STAND-ALONE EARLY COLLEGE, IT'S JUST LIKE A FLAT AMOUNT OF MONEY, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THESE SCHOOLS ARE ABOUT THE SAME SIZE OR AREN'T ABOUT THE SAME SIZE.
BUT IS THIS ON TOP OF THE FORMULA OR IS THIS INSTEAD OF THE FORMULA? BECAUSE IT SAYS, DESCRIPTION OF STAND-ALONE EARLY COLLEGE, DESCRIPTION AMOUNT IS FILL IN THE BLANK IN ONE OF THEM, AND IT'S LIKE 220,000.
>> I BELIEVE YOU'RE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM OF NON-POSITIONS.
>> SORRY. I WILL HOLD MY QUESTION.
>> YEAH, THIS IS POSITION FORMULA, THAT'S NON-POSITIONED.
I APPRECIATE THAT THERE WAS A CHANGE TO SPECIFY THE OVERALL FOR TOWNVIEW SINCE THAT'S HOW IT'S STAFFED.
MY QUESTION IS, WHY DO WE STILL FEEL INCLINED TO PUT THE INCORRECT NUMBER OF TEACHERS EVEN THOUGH THOSE ARE NOT CORRECT, EVEN THOUGH WE CAVEAT IT WITH THAT IS A 146 AT THE SCHOOL AS A WHOLE?
>> WE BASICALLY HAVE AN INTERNAL DOCUMENT WITHIN OUR BELIEF SYSTEM.
WE ALLOW FOR THE TOWNVIEW PRINCIPALS ESSENTIALLY TO WORK TOWARDS CHANGES THAT THEY NEED TOGETHER BECAUSE THERE ARE CERTAIN CLASSES THAT THEY SHARE, LIKE SOME ELECTIVES, SOME SPECIALIZED CLASSES THAT THEY SHARE.
INTERNALLY, THEY KEEP TRACK OF THE CHANGES THAT NEED TO TAKE PLACE.
ALSO, WE TRY TO KEEP TRACK OF IT WITHIN OUR BELIEF SYSTEM.
I THINK WHAT WE DID IS WE PUT THE NOTE DOWN THERE, THEY GIVE US THE TOTAL ALLOCATIONS OF TEACHERS AT TOWNVIEW AT ANY GIVEN TIME.
THOSE PRINCIPALS HAVE THE FREEDOM AND AUTONOMY TO WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE THE CHANGES AS NEEDED.
WE WOULD CHANGE IT EVERY YEAR, IF NEEDED.
BUT WHEN WE GO INTO SPRING BUDGET, THERE MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, LET'S SAY, THE PRINCIPAL ARE TAGGED TO WORK OUT WITH THE PRINCIPAL AT SEM THAT, "HEY, CAN WE BOTH SHARE THIS PARTICULAR ALLOCATION OR CAN WE USE THIS ALLOCATION FOR SOMETHING ELSE?" IT'S AN ONGOING PROCESS THAT HAPPENS EVERY SINGLE YEAR WITHIN THE SIX SCHOOLS.
THEY MOVE THE ALLOCATIONS AROUND AS NEEDED BASED ON A PROGRAMMING THAT THEY HAVE WITHIN THEIR CAMPUS.
>> THAT MAKES SENSE. I THINK THAT'S WHY THE NOTE IS HERE.
BUT THEN WE STILL LIST OUT AN INCORRECT NUMBER AT THOSE SCHOOLS.
COULD WE STRIKE OUT THE INCORRECT NUMBER THAT'S NOT HAPPENING RIGHT NOW AND SIMPLY JUST LEAVE FOR TEACHERS THAT IT IS 106 SHARED ACROSS THE TOWN, THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE WORKED OUT INTERNALLY?
>> PRESIDENT MICHAEL, THE REASON WHY THERE'S AN AMOUNT IN THERE IS EACH ONE OF THEM HAVE THEIR OWN ORG.
IN ORDER FOR US TO START THE SPRING BUDGET, WE PUT IN A CERTAIN NUMBER OF TEACHING STAFF AND THEN WE ADJUST FROM THERE.
IF WE DIDN'T DO THAT WAY, WE'D HAVE TO PUT ALL 146 IN ONE CAMPUS AND WHEN THEY GOT THEIR STAFFING, IT LOOK LIKE THEY HAD NO STAFF FOR THE OTHER FIVE CAMPUSES.
IT FLUCTUATES EACH AND EVERY YEAR.
WE CAN OBVIOUSLY HAVE THAT CONVERSATION, BUT THAT'S WHY IT'S BEEN DONE UP TO THIS POINT.
>> I MEAN, THESE HAVEN'T BEEN CHANGED IN YEARS.
EVERY YEAR I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD, THESE HAVE BEEN THE SAME NUMBERS AND THEY'RE INCORRECT.
IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT, WE HAVE TO HAVE A NUMBER THERE, IT'S GOT TO BE ONE NUMBER FOR EACH ORG, THEN COULD WE CONSIDER USING WHAT THEY'RE AT CURRENTLY?
>> SURE. MOVING INTO THE FUTURE, WHATEVER WE HAVE IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, WE CAN MAKE IT A PROJECTION FOR THE NEXT YEAR. ABSOLUTELY.
>> I MEAN, THIS IS A MINOR THING.
I HESITATE FOR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW TO APPROVE SOMETHING THAT IS INCORRECT.
>> TRUSTEE FOREMAN, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING FOR SECOND ROUND?
>> TRUSTEES, YOU MAY CAST YOUR VOTES.
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>> SORRY, I WAS ON [INAUDIBLE]
>> THANK YOU, SIR. THE MOTION PASSES 8-0.
>> THANK YOU [INAUDIBLE]. YOU JUST ADOPTED THE MOTION APPROVING THE PROPOSED 2022- '23 CAMPUS STAFFING FORMULAS.
WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 7.06,
[7.06 Consider and Take Possible Action to Approve the Proposed 2022 - 2023 Non-Position Campus Formulas (Consent Item 6.21, Pulled by Trustees Joyce Foreman and Justin Henry)]
APPROVE THE PROPOSED 2022-'23 NON POSITION CAMPUS FORMULAS CONSENT ITEM 6.21 PULL BY TRUSTEES FOREMAN AND HENRY, DO I HAVE A MOTION?>> IS THE MOVE BY TRUSTEE FLORES SECONDED BY TRUSTEE MARSHALL.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? TRUSTEE FLORES.
>> WHY DO THOSE HAVE A SET NUMBER AND IS THAT ON TOP OF THE TORTILLA?
>> IT IS ON TOP OF THESE, CAMPUSES DON'T GET ANY RESOURCES FOR UIL.
THIS IS TO SUPPORT THE OTHER, THE COMPETITIONS AND SO FORTH THAT THEY PARTICIPATE IN.
>> SEEING NO OTHER QUESTIONS, TRUSTEE YOU MAY NOW CAST YOUR VOTES.
>> TRUSTEES YOU'VE JUST ADOPTED THE MOTION OF PROVING THE PROPOSED '22- '23 NON POSITION CAMPUS FORMULAS.
[7.07 Consider and Take Possible Action to Authorize, Negotiate and Enter Into Agreements with Recommended Pool of Vendors for Tutoring Services and Professional Development for Reading and Math Districtwide (Not to Exceed $100,000,000 Over Five Years Including Renewal Options / General Operating/Special Revenue/Bond Funds) (Consent Item 6.28, Pulled Due to New Agenda Item)]
WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 7.07, AUTHORIZED NEGOTIATE AND ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS AND RECOMMENDED POOL OF VENDORS FOR TUTORING SERVICES AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR READING AND MATH DISTRICT-WIDE, NOT TO EXCEED A $100 MILLION OVER FIVE YEARS, INCLUDING RENEWAL OPTIONS, GENERAL OPERATING, SPECIAL REVENUE, AND BOND FUNDS.CONSENT ITEM 6.28 PULLED THAT DUE TO NEW AGENDA ITEM DO I HAVE A MOTION?
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED BY TRUSTEE FLORES AND SECONDED BY TRUSTEE MARSHALL.
TRUSTEES, ANY QUESTIONS? TRUSTEE FORMAN.
>> I GUESS THE FIRST QUESTION IS WHAT IS KARA PROGRAM AND IS THIS NEW?
>> BACK IN, I WON'T GET THE EXACT TIME FRAME, BUT LET'S SAY IN THE MARCH TIMEFRAME, THE BOARD APPROVED TUTORS.
AT THAT TIME WE DID NOT HAVE THE ALLOCATION OF ESSER.
IN ORDER TO UTILIZE THE TUTORS THROUGH S OR THE PROCUREMENT HAS TO MEET THE FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS.
THE BOARD ALSO WAS GRACIOUS TO APPROVE THE LIST OF TUTORS FROM THE STATE.
WE'VE BEEN USING LOCAL FUNDS AND THE STATE APPROVE UNTIL WE CAN GET THIS RFP BACK.
THIS WILL ALLOW US TO BE FEDERALLY PROCURED AND ALLOW US TO SPEND S OR DOLLARS ON TUTORING.
>> [NOISE] THAT MEANS WE'D HAVE TO PURCHASE ORDERS FOR TUTORING. IS THAT CORRECT?
>>IF THEY COME OUT OF DIFFERENT FUNDS. [OVERLAPPING]
>> THERE'LL BE OUT OF DIFFERENT FUND.
>> BUT YOU HAVE A $100 MILLION THAT YOU ASK HIM FOR FIVE YEARS TONIGHT.
WHAT IS THE PREVIOUS ONE? HOW MUCH IS IT, AND HOW LONG IS IT?
>> DERRICK, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? DO YOU HAVE THE AMOUNT FOR THE PREVIOUS REQUEST ON THE PURCHASE?
>> LOOKING FOR THAT RIGHT NOW. IT'LL TAKE JUST A SEC.
>> THANK YOU. WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU. TRUSTEE FORMAN.
>> WHILE HE'S LOOKING AT IT, IS IT THE SAME VENDORS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE USING? [OVERLAPPING] DID WE ACTUALLY GO BACK OUT FOR ANOTHER RFP AND GET ADDITIONAL VENDORS THAT ARE NOT STATE? BECAUSE THEY COULD BE NOT ON THE STATE LIST THAT COULD MEET FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS.
THE REASON I'M ASKING THAT QUESTION IS BASED ON A LOT OF OUR LOCAL PEOPLE MIGHT NOT BE ON THE STATE LIST, BUT THEY COULDN'T MEET THE FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS.
>> WE DO HAVE DIFFERENT VENDORS FROM THE STATE LIST ON THE RFP TO BE COMPLIANT.
>> DID WE GO OUT FOR ANYBODY OUTSIDE OF THE STATE LIST?
>> ARE THERE VENDORS OUTSIDE OF THE STATE?
>> BECAUSE THAT'LL HAVE THE VENDOR LIST. I GUESS IT'S JUST ME.
>> TRUSTEE FORMAN, THE VAST MAJORITY OF BEES ARE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IS ON THE STATE LIST AND THE ANSWER TO YOUR PREVIOUS QUESTION WAS 15 MILLION OVER FIVE YEARS.
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>> IT'S 15 MILLION OVER FIVE YEARS AND NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A 100 MILLION.
THAT'S A 115 MILLION OVER FIVE YEARS BASICALLY BECAUSE WE JUST DID THIS.
>> THAT'S CORRECT. TRUSTEE FORMAN, JUST TO KNOW WHAT THE PASSING AND [INAUDIBLE] 45, IT DID CHANGE THE SCALE OF THE REQUIRED TUTORING FROM THE ORIGINAL TO THE CURRENT.
>> TIFFANY, COULD YOU COME UP HERE.
I KNOW THIS IS NOT YOURS, BUT I GUESS TAKE OUT SOME QUESTIONS BECAUSE THIS ULTIMATELY GOES INTO THE SCHOOLS.
YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW, SHANNON, I'D HAVE TO ANSWER THIS.
BUT WHAT KIND OF PLAN HAVE WE ROLLED OUT, PARTICULARLY FOR OUR CAMPUSES THAT REALLY NEED ADDITIONAL HELP?
>> YES, WE TOOK A MULTI-STEP APPROACH AND OF COURSE I WILL DEFINITELY LET DERRICK AND SHANNON SPEAK TO THIS.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OUR CAMPUS LEADERS DID WAS THEY COULD GO AHEAD AND HIRE THEIR TEACHERS AND THE TEACHERS WERE AVAILABLE IN WANTING TO TUTOR THEIR TUTORING AFTER-SCHOOL.
WE HAVE SOME SCHEDULE SET WHERE WE ADJUSTED THE MASTER SCHEDULE CHANGE SO THAT WE GET SOME OF THE HIGH DOSES SHOOTING DURING THE SCHOOL DAY.
I THINK ROBERT WAS REALLY GRACIOUS TO HELP US WITH RAISING THE TUTORING AMOUNT.
FOR THOSE WHO ARE DOING SOME TUTORING, THEY'RE ABLE TO MAKE THE $50 AND HOURS UP TO $50 AN HOUR THROUGH USING THE SR TUTORING PROGRAM.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WHAT THIS IS REALLY HELPING US DO ONCE WE CHANGED HOUSE BILL 45.
45, AND WE HAD TO GO TO ALL THE KIDS WHO HAD NOT TAKEN OR HAD NOT PASSED OUR EXAM AS SUPPOSED TO THOSE KIDS WHO WERE TARGETED.
THE SCALE HAS INCREASED TREMENDOUSLY.
[OVERLAPPING] IN SUMMARY, THAT THOSE THAT ARE ON THE LIST, THAT ARE NOT ON THE LIST, THAT ARE FEDERALLY COMPLIANT.
WE'RE JUST SCOURING THE BOARD TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE IN TO HELP A HIGH DOSAGE TUTORING AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE TO YOUR POINT EARLIER, STAFFING TUTORING IS STILL AN ISSUE.
TRUSTEES ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS HERE? SEEING NONE TRUSTEES, YOU MAY CAST YOUR VOTE.
TRUSTEE GARCIA, YOU MAY VOTE VERBALLY.
>> I ALSO ACCEPT THE SOUND I VOTE YES.
>> TRUSTEES YOU'VE JUST ADOPTED THAT THE MOTION APPROVING TO AUTHORIZE, NEGOTIATE, AND ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS WITH RECOMMENDED POOL OF VENDORS FOR TUTORING SERVICES AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR READING AND MATH DISH.
WHY NOT TO EXCEED A $100 MILLION OVER FIVE YEARS INCLUDING RENEWAL OPTIONS, GENERAL OPERATING, SPECIAL REVENUE AND BOND FUNDS.
TRUSTEES, THE TIME IS NOW 7.49 PM. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.