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>> THE TIME IS NOW 05:05 PM.

[00:00:02]

WE HAVE A QUORUM IN THIS MEETING HAS BEEN DULY POSTED.

GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT WORKSHOP OF THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

WE WILL DISPENSE WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND A SOLUTE TO THE TEXAS FLAG AS WE DID THOSE IN OUR PREVIOUS MEETING.

ALL TRUSTEES ARE PHYSICALLY PRESENT HERE AND PARTICIPATING.

OBVIOUSLY A QUORUM OF THE BOARD IS ALSO PRESENT.

WE WILL NOW MOVE IN TO OUR ITEM 2 RECOGNITION OF ELECTED AND PUBLIC OFFICIALS, WHICH I DO NOT SEE ANY CURRENTLY.

WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE THREE ITEMS OF OUR DISCUSSION ITEMS.

[3.01 Legislative Update]

WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE FOLLOWED BY TEAM-BUILDING AND ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER.

I WILL TURN IT OVER TO OUR PRESENTER.

CAN YOU HEAR US? YES. GOOD AFTERNOON.

ALL RIGHT. [OVERLAPPING] YOU CAN GO RIGHT AHEAD. WE'RE READY TO GO.

I CAN'T NECESSARILY SEE THE SCREEN, SO I'M ASSUMING YOU ALL HAVE THE PRESENTATION.

WE DO HAVE THE PRESENTATION BOOK PRINTED.

THERE HE IS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I SEE IT NOW.

[INAUDIBLE] PRESS THAT I'M GOING TO HAVE TO ASK YOU ALL TO HIT THE SLIDES AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME, SO WE'LL GET STARTED HERE.

FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE AND BE A PART OF THIS OPPORTUNITY.

I KNOW THAT TIME IS VALUABLE FOR YOU ALL.

MY NAME IS BLAKE COOPER AND I AM TEA CERTIFIED BOARD TRAINING FOR REGION 10 AND I AM SUPPLYING REQUIRED TRAINING FOR YOU.

I'M GOING TO BE RESPECTFUL OF YOUR TIME BECAUSE I KNOW HOW SOMETIMES THOSE CAN BE.

I WANT TO TRY TO DO WHAT I CAN TP HELP YOU BE ABLE TO CHECK THAT BOX.

GOING TO GO THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME, JUST SOME OF MY BACKGROUND WHERE I'M FROM, WHERE I'VE WORKED THROUGH MY NOW 38 YEARS, INVOLVED IN EDUCATION.

I HAD TO RETIRE A LITTLE BIT EARLY BECAUSE I'M HEALTH ISSUES, BUT YOU CAN JUST SAY A LITTLE BIT OF WHERE I'VE COME FROM, WHAT I'M CURRENTLY DOING.

SAY THAT JUST AGAIN FOR YOU TO LOOK AT AND REVIEW, TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME.

YOU GOT THE NEXT SLIDE. YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT ME.

I WANT TO SHARE ABOUT MY FAMILY THERE THEY ARE.

I'M PROUD OF THEM, I'M PROUD GRANDDAD OF [INAUDIBLE] SAY OF SIX GRAND KIDS.

THAT'S MY FAMILY AND MY GRANDCHILDREN THERE, THEY HAVE TO GO THE NEXT ONE, I'D LIKE TO JUST SAY THAT THAT'S FUN TIMES RIGHT THERE WHEN YOU GET TO HERD CATS THAT AGE.

THAT'S WHAT THOSE ARE ALL OF OUR GRANDKIDS.

GO ON TO THE NEXT ONE AND WE'LL START GETTING READY TO DIVE IN.

ONE OF THE THINGS I ASKED HER, I CAN'T SEE YOU ALL, SO I DON'T KNOW.

HOPEFULLY I CAN GET A FEW CHUCKLE AS WE GO THROUGH SOME OF THIS REQUIRED TRAINING.

I CAN'T HEAR ANYTHING.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE CHUCKLING AND I HOPE YOU ARE.

BECAUSE IN THIS BUSINESS, WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME LAUGHS AT TIME SOON AS WE KNOW, THE LAST TWO YEARS HAVE NOT NECESSARILY BEEN THE FUNNEST TWO YEARS.

I KNOW THAT AS I RETIRED AS SUPERINTENDENT HERE IN COMMERCE, ONE OF THINGS I'VE SAT THROUGH MY BOARD TRAININGS, APPRECIATE SCHOOL BOARDS.

I APPRECIATE SUPERINTENDENTS AND THE TEACHERS AND ALL THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.

I TRULY BELIEVE THAT IF YOU GIVE TEACHERS A SLIGHT IN A PIECE OF CHALK, GO DO WHAT IT TAKES TO GET THE JOB DONE.

HOPEFULLY NOW THOUGH, OVER THE NEXT 45 MINUTES OR SO, WE CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT OF TRUTH AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE POLITICAL SAME.

OBVIOUSLY YOU ALL ARE WELL-VERSED ON THAT.

BUT HOPEFULLY WE CAN TALK ABOUT A FEW THINGS OR I CAN DISCUSS A FEW THINGS ARE SHARED A FEW THINGS THAT MAYBE SOME OF YOU DON'T KNOW.

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NEXT ONE, PLEASE. THIS IS THE SLOT I'VE GOT ACTUALLY FROM EVAN SMITH, THE TEXAS TRIBUNE.

I WAS AT A PRESENTATION THAT HE WAS DOING BACK.

NEAR THE END OF THE SESSION AND HE MADE THIS COMMENT AND SO I WAS TOLD A LITTLE BIT.

AS WE GO THROUGH THE INTRODUCTION OF THIS, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE WE'VE BEEN.

I BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING UNTIL YOU KNOW WHERE YOU'VE BEEN AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT QUITE FRANKLY, THE NATURE OF WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON IN THE WORLD POLITICALLY, IN THE COUNTRY POLITICALLY, IN THE STATE POLITICALLY OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, I THINK IT PROBABLY EXPLAINS A LOT ABOUT WHAT TOOK PLACE DURING THIS PAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

GOING GO THE NEXT ONE THERE'S BEEN A COMMENT SAYING OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS POLITICALLY SPEAKING, THAT TEXAS IS ON THE VERGE OF TURNING AND I WAS THERE IN PARTIAL, WHICH BY THE WAY, I APOLOGIZE FOR DOING THIS VIRTUAL IDEA.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL HEARD I WAS EXPOSED.

WE HAD MOVED MY MOTHER-IN-LAW INTO AN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY THIS PAST WEEKEND AND FOUND OUT THAT WE HAD BEEN EXPOSED TO COVID.

SURE ENOUGH, I WENT TODAY AND I AM POSITIVE.

I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO BE THERE IN PERSON BECAUSE I FELT LIKE I'D DO A LOT BETTER JOB WHEN I SLEEP PEOPLE'S EYEBALLS.

BUT YOU GO THE NEXT ONE BECAUSE THAT'S THE ANSWER IS BLUE.

TEXAS ON THE VERGE OF TURNING BLUE.

WE'VE HEARD THAT FOR OBVIOUS REASONS.

BUT WITH THAT THOUGHT IN MIND, LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SERIES OF SLIDES BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S SOME BASIC THINGS WE GOT TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT POLITICS WHEN IT COMES TO TEXAS, IN PARTICULAR.

SOME BASIC TEXAS STUFF.

BACK IN 2012, MITT ROMNEY BEAT BARACK OBAMA BY 12 POINTS.

NOW POLITICALLY SPEAKING, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A BIG VICTORY.

OBVIOUSLY BARACK OBAMA WON THAT ELECTION AND YET IN TEXAS, 12 POINTS IS A RESOUNDING DEFEAT.

GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. THEN IN 2014, GREG ABBOTT BEATS WENDY DAVIS BY 20 POINTS.

AGAIN, A HUGE DEFEAT POLITICALLY SPEAKING. NEXT ONE.

THEN 2016, DONALD TRUMP BEAT HILLARY CLINTON BY NINE POINTS IN TEXAS. NEXT ONE.

THEN IN THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, JOE BIDEN WON 22 OUT OF 254 COUNTIES IN TEXAS ONLY 22.

NOW OBVIOUSLY, THOSE 22 COUNTIES WERE LARGE COUNTIES.

BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MAP COUNTY, WHICH IS THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION BACK COUNTY IN TEXAS.

OBVIOUSLY THE DEEPER RED, THE MORE REPUBLICAN, THE DEEPER BLUE, THE MORE DEMOCRAT.

AS YOU LOOK AT THE MAP HERE, YOU CAN SEE, WHICH IS PRETTY OBVIOUS THAT 35 QUARTER THERE, HOUSTON AREA, THEN PARTS OF THE VALLEY THAT ARE PRETTY STRONG DEMOCRATIC.

BUT YET WHEN YOU GET INTO A LOT OF THE RURAL AREAS, IT'S ALL SHADES OF RED AS WELL.

I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.

WHAT'S INTERESTING THOUGH, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT MAP, YOU SEE NORTH DALLAS AND FORT WORTH THERE OF DALLAS COUNTY CAN'T COUNT AND NORTH IT'S A LIGHTER SHADE OF RED.

I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE HERE IN A MINUTE WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ANOTHER GRAPH.

ALSO, YOU SEE DOWN ALONG THE GULF COAST LADDER SHADES OF RED.

I THINK THAT MAP SAYS A LOT, BUT IF YOU GO THE NEXT CHART, IT'S A DIFFERENT CHART.

GOT THIS OUT IN NEW YORK TIMES.

YOU CAN SEE THE SHIFT IN COUNTY MARGINS FROM 2016 TO MOST RECENTLY.

YOU CAN SEE FROM THE LEFT TO THE RIGHT GOING OBVIOUSLY BY COLOR.

I THINK THE CHART IS PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY.

WHAT'S INTERESTING IS YOU LOOK AT THAT.

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YOU CAN SEE A SHIFT IN VOTING, REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT.

I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS PRETTY INTERESTING AND PRETTY TELLING WHEN YOU COMPARE THAT TO THE COUNTY MAP.

THE MORE COLLEGE-EDUCATED, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THAT MIDDLE COLUMN, IS LEANING A LITTLE BIT MORE TOWARD THE DEMOCRATS NOW.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE LEFT-HAND COLUMN, MORE WHITES, MORE DEMOCRATS.

WHEN YOU LOOK DOWN AT THE LOWER ENDS IN THE FIRST COLUMN LEFT, LESS WHITES, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF SHIFT, THE REPUBLICAN.

I THINK WHAT THAT SHOWS IS THAT THE MORE COLLEGE-EDUCATED, WHITE AND MINORITY VOTERS, BUT MORE WHITE EDUCATED VOTERS HAVE BEEN LEANING TOWARD THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, WHICH EXPLAINS WHY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NORTHERN COUNTIES ABOVE DALLAS AND FORT WORTH, YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A LADDER SHADED RED.

I JUST THINK THIS IS AN INTERESTING SHIFT IN POPULATION VOTING, AND COMPARING THAT TO THE COUNTY ELECTION, EXPLAINS WHY MAYBE SOME OF THOSE SHADES ARE STARTING TO CHANGE A LITTLE BIT.

ONTO THE NEXT ONE.

TAP IT OFF, AND THEN GO THE NEXT ONE.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FACT THAT THERE'S BEEN NO DEMOCRAT HOLD A STATEWIDE OFFICE IN TEXAS SINCE 1994.

NOW, ALL THIS IS AN INTRODUCTION TO OUR CANVAS, THE SYNOPSIS INTO UNDERSTANDING THAT EVERYTHING GOING ON POLITICALLY IS CRAZY AS IT'S BEEN OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF.

WHILE WE HAVE WHAT SOME PEOPLE WOULD SAY, THE NEXT SLIDE WOULD PROBABLY BE THE MOST CONSERVATIVE, LESS THEY ASSASSINATED HISTORY OF OUR STATE.

MANY NOT EVERYBODY, BUT MANY PEOPLE CONSIDER THIS PAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION THE MOST CONSERVATIVE.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE BILLS THAT WERE PASSED A GREAT NUMBER OF THE BILLS THAT WERE PASSED, THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE FEEL LIKE HAPPENED.

WITH THAT THOUGHT IN MIND, LET'S DIVE INTO A FEW THINGS IN REGARD TO THE SESSION.

SAY THE NUMBER OF BILLS FILED ON THE SESSION BETWEEN THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE.

YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBER OF BILLS THAT WERE ACTUALLY PASSED.

BILLS VETOED.

HOW MANY EDUCATION BILLS, RELATED BILLS, AROUND 1100 DURING THE SESSION.

THEN BILL BOOK THAT I HAVE WITH ME, ITS ABOUT A 145 BILLS, 14 PERCENT OF THE PAST BILLS WERE EDUCATION-RELATED BILLS.

OBVIOUSLY, EDUCATION IS ALWAYS A HUGE THING WEN IT COMES TO ALLEGED LIVE SESSION.

NEXT SLIDE.

SOME DYNAMICS OF THAT SESSION.

IT WAS INTERESTING IN THAT I WAS HAVING DINNER EARLY ON IN THE SESSION WITH THE REPRESENTATIVE AND THE FIRST WEEK OF THE SESSION WHEN ALL THE THINGS ARE GETTING GOING, HE SAID BLAKE, HE SAID HONESTLY THERE'S NOT A STRONG APPETITE TO DO A WHOLE LOT THIS SESSION WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN GOING ON.

THE COVID STUFF, HOW THE CAPITALS, I WANT TO SAY IT LOCKED DOWN, BUT THE CAPITAL IS, IT'S JUST IT'S A PAIN TO GET INTO AND LIMITED ACCESS TO EVERYTHING.

IT REALLY STARTED OFF THAT WAY.

IT STARTED OFF SLOW.

IT STARTED OFF NOT A LOT HAPPENING, BUT AS WE ALL KNOW, THE FIREWORKS STARTED BOTTOM APRIL AND ONCE IT STARTED HAPPENING, A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENED DURING THE SESSION.

GO AHEAD IN THE NEXT SLIDE.

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THE LEADERSHIP OF EDUCATION-RELATED LEADERSHIP AND GENERAL LEADERSHIP OR THE LEGISLATION.

OBVIOUSLY, GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT, LOT OF THINGS THAT HE DID DURING THE SESSION, PEOPLE FELT LACKS.

A LOT OF IT WAS BECAUSE HE IS COMING INTO AN ELECTION YEAR FOR HIM AND HE HAS SOME LEGITIMATE, I THINK, EITHER A LEGITIMATE CHALLENGE AT LEAST BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE FOR HIM THIS TIME.

PEOPLE FEEL LIKE GREG ABBOTT IS PROBABLY A LITTLE MORE MODERATE POLITICALLY ON THE SPECTRUM.

HE WAS TRYING TO DO SOME THINGS THIS SESSION.

A OF PEOPLE FEEL MAYBE TO TRY TO GARNER SOME OF THAT BAR RAT SUPPORT.

SOME OF THAT ARE BASED IN THAT PARTY.

SAME THING WITH DAN PATRICK.

DAN PATRICK'S LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. DAN PATRICK IS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR DAN PATRICK AND HE RUNS THE SENATE WITH A PRETTY, STRONG FIST, AND HE DID SO AGAIN THIS TERM.

OBVIOUSLY VERY CONSERVATIVE SENATOR.

THEN WE HAD A NEW SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE DADE PHELAN.

FOLLOWING THE SOMEWHAT CONTROVERSIAL ENDING OF SPEAKER BOND AND THE TERM BECAUSE THEIR GETTING TYPED IN THE CONVERSATION WITH SOME FOLKS AND SO HE WAS NEW.

WE HAD 34 OUT OF 35 BECAUSE HE WAS NEW.

HE 8-BIT NEW COMMITTEE CHAIRS AND 34 OUT OF 35 OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEES HAD NEW CHAIRS.

THE EDUCATION CHAIR WAS HAROLD DUTTON FROM HOUSTON.

HE CAME IN TO THE SESSION WITH SOME THINGS WANTING TO GET DONE BECAUSE I'M SURE YOU ALL ARE WELL AWARE OF WHAT TOOK PLACE DURING THE INTERIM WITH HOUSTON ISD AND TEA COMING IN TO TRY TO TAKE IT OVER THE LAWSUIT AND ALL IT TOOK PLACE WITH THAT.

HE CAME IN WITH THE DESIRE TO GET SOME THINGS DONE.

EDUCATIONALLY SPEAKING, SAYING SOME THINGS HE GOT DONE, SOME THINGS HE DIDN'T, BUT THINGS STARTED SLOW BECAUSE HE HAD SO MANY NEW COMMITTEE CHAIRS.

THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE SLOW BEGINNING OF THE SESSION ON TOP OF ALL THE OTHER COVID STUFF AS WELL.

ALL RIGHT. THIS IS WHAT THE BOARD BOOK CONSISTS OF.

THIS IS WHAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT.

OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT ALL THIS ONE BECAUSE OF TIME AND TWO JUST YOU CAN GET INTO THE WAVES A LITTLE BIT.

REALLY IT'S NOT OUR DESIRE TO GET INTO WAVES.

I THINK IT'S OUR DESIRE TO GO REPEAT THINGS I THINK ARE VERY IMPORTANT WHEN IT COMES TO EDUCATION IN GENERAL.

GENERALLY SPEAKING, WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING ABOUT THE 30,000 FOOT LEVEL ELEVATION.

Y'S OVER SOME OF THESE.

LET'S DIVE INTO IT.

THERE WERE FIVE MAIN BILLS THAT WE WOULD CONSIDER A HUGE MAIN BILLS.

SOME OF THIS HAPPENS HERE WE ARE.

YOU HAVE SENATE BILL 1, WHICH OBVIOUSLY THE APPROPRIATIONS BILL.

HOW'S THE MONEY GOING TO BE SPENT? YOU HAVE HOUSE BILL 2, WHICH WAS THE CLEANUP BILL, BASICALLY, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? THE LEFTOVER MONEY FROM THE LAST BIENNIUM.

YOU HAVE HOSPITAL 1525, WHICH WAS KIND OF A CLEANUP BILL FOR HOUSE BILL 3 FROM THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

I MIGHT JUST ADD THAT, THAT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TIMES WHEN I LIKE TO TELL A JOKE.

BUT AGAIN, WE'RE IN A UNIQUE SITUATION HERE.

BUT FOR YEARS, THE LEGISLATORS, DR. HINOJOSA, YOU COULD PROBABLY ANSWER THE ESA, THE LEGISLATORS LIKE TO CALL THE SCOPE FOLKS.

WE HAD A LITTLE NICKNAME.

IT WAS CALLED WASP.

HER NICKNAME WASP STANDS FOR [INAUDIBLE] SCHOOL PEOPLE.

BECAUSE SO MANY TIMES WE WOULD COMPLAIN BUT WE WOULDN'T COME WITH A SOLUTION.

I FEEL LIKE HOUSE BILL 3 WAS ONE OF THOSE TIMES WE CAME WITH A SOLUTION.

BECAUSE WE CAME WITH A SOLUTION AND IT WAS A GOOD SOLUTION.

IT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST PROACTIVE BILLS, EDUCATIONALLY SPEAKING, IN QUITE A WHILE.

IT WAS GOOD LEGISLATION.

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IT HAD SOME ISSUES, BUT OVERALL IT WAS GOOD LEGISLATION.

THIS SESSION, HOUSE BILL 1525, WENT TOWARD FIXING THOSE, A FEW THINGS THAT WE FELT LIKE AND EVERYBODY FELT LIKE IT NEEDED TO BE DONE, SO THAT'S WHAT 1525 WAS.

THEN WE HAVE HOUSE BILL 4545.

HOUSE BILL 45 WE'LL TALK ABOUT MORE IN A MINUTE, BUT IT WAS A BILL THAT PROBABLY HAD GOOD INTENTIONS BECAUSE OF COVID AND THE FACT THAT IT WAS BASICALLY A BILL TO HELP STUDENTS GET CAUGHT UP.

BUT THE LOGISTICS OF SOME OF THAT AND THE COST OF SOME OF THAT DIDN'T GO OVER WELL WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE, A LOT OF FOLKS IN EDUCATION.

BUT WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT BRIEFLY, NOT HERE IN A LITTLE BIT.

THEN SENATE BILL 1365, THAT HAS TO DO WITH ACCOUNTABILITY.

THEN WE'LL GET INTO SOME MORE STUFF AS WELL, HERE'S THE SENATE BILL 1 APPROPRIATIONS.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE FIVE MAJOR BILLS FIRST.

AGAIN, WE WON'T GET INTO A LOT OF DETAIL ON THIS.

I THINK IT'S JUST IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT, I'D LIKE TO REMIND FOLKS THAT, IT'S LAW IN TEXAS THEY CANNOT PASS, THEY HAD TO PASS A BALANCED BUDGET.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT A BUDGET OF THE NEXT TWO YEARS, YOU'RE LOOKING AT PROJECTED REVENUE OBVIOUSLY.

SOMETIMES THEY CAN BE RIDE ON, SOMETIMES THEY WON'T HAVE ENOUGH, BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENS OR MONEY IS NOT GETTING SPENT.

BUT IT ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT WHEN WE GET FEDERAL MONEY, THAT FEDERAL MONEY GOES INTO THAT.

WHEN LEGISLATORS SAY MAYBE THAT THEY HAVE PUT MONEY, AND THEY'VE ADDED MONEY TO THE EDUCATION BUDGET, THAT IT'S NOT ALWAYS JUST STRAIGHT TEXAS MONEY, IT'S ALSO FEDERAL MONIES INVOLVED IN THAT SO THEY'VE BEEN KNOWN TO SUPPLANT, USE THE FEDERAL MONEY TO PUT IN OUR STATE BUDGET AND THEN SAVES OUR STATE MONIES FOR OTHER THINGS AS WELL.

JUST TO UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT'S ALWAYS PART OF IT, WHEN IT COMES TO LOOKING AT A BUDGET SUCH AS THIS.

NEXT ONE? HOUSE BILL 2 IS OBVIOUSLY ACCIDENT AND MAIN GOAL IS A CLEAN UP BILL FROM THE PREVIOUS BIENNIUM MONIES THAT WERE LEFTOVER OR ARE THEY GOING TO DO WITH THAT MONEY.

IF IT'S LEFTOVER MONEY, ARE WE GOING TO ROLL IT OVER, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO PUT IT TOWARD? ARE WE GOING TO HELP WITH THE BASIC ALLOTMENT FOR THE NEXT BIENNIUM? THAT'S ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY LOOKED AT HOUSE BILL 2, AND SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT THAT'S ALL ABOUT AS WELL.

THE NEXT ONE,1525. AGAIN, THERE ARE SOME POINTS TO 1525, I THINK ARE PROBABLY A LITTLE MORE.

AREN'T NECESSARILY IMPORTANT, BUT I THINK THAT THEY ARE WORTH A LITTLE MORE ATTENTION.

YOU CAN SEE IN THIS SLIDE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A SYNOPSIS OF WHAT 1525 WAS ABOUT.

YOU CAN SEE THE APPROXIMATE COST THERE OVER A FIVE-YEAR TIME. NEXT ONE.

SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HOUSE BILL 1525, YOU CAN SEE THAT IT EXTENDS GRANT TO PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES FOR STUDENTS WITH AUTISM OR DYSLEXIA.

YOU CAN SAY THAT IT BASICALLY PROHIBITS THAT THE M&O REVENUE DUE TO TAX SWAPS MECHANISM FOR SOME DISTRICTS USE THAT MECHANISM IN ORDER TO GAIN SOME EXTRA REVENUE, BUT THEY DID AWAY WITH THAT.

YOU CAN SEE THAT IT INCREASED COMP ED ALLOTMENT FOR STUDENTS CLASSIFIED AS HOMELESS, CHANGED SOME WEIGHTS FOR CERTAIN CTE COURSES AND RESTORED GT PROGRAM MULTIPLIERS WILL.

NEXT. YOU CAN SEE SOME MORE THINGS WITH 1525 AND YOU CAN SEE AT NEXT LAST BULLET THERE.

IT HELPED WITH TRYING TO ALLOW DISTRICTS TO RECOVER SOME COSTS DUE TO THE WINTER STORM THAT WE ALL KNOW ABOUT ALL TOO WELL.

IT PUT A CAP AT $35 MILLION, BUT THEY DID PUT SOME MONEY IN THERE TO HELP WITH THAT PARTICULAR EVENT.

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NEXT. GOING TO GO THE NEXT ONE. SOME MORE THINGS.

IT ADDS NON-CERTIFIED TEACHERS TO THE TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT.

I THINK WE UNDERSTAND IN TODAY'S TIME TEACHING IS ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU SEE QUOTES RECENTLY ON SOCIAL MEDIA FROM SOME FOLKS IN THE STATE WHO WANT TO NOT TEACH US AND PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND SO WE'RE HURTING FOR TEACHERS.

I'M SURE YOU ALL ARE AS WELL AND SO THE NEED TO GET SOME NON-CERTIFIED TEACHERS, A LOT OF TIMES IT MIGHT BE A TEACHER DOING STUDENT TEACHING, AND YOU CAN HIRE THEM ANYWAY.

THERE'S WAYS NOW THAT YOU CAN DO NON-CERTIFIED TEACHERS, MAYBE EVEN IN SOME CT COURSE WORKS, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT THEY COULD QUALIFY FOR SOME TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT.

THIRD BULLET THERE, THE ONLY NON-ELECTED GROUP THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT IS NOW THE SCHOOL HEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEES, AND THAT WAS DUE TO SOME SITUATIONS AT HAND.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AND I DIDN'T SAY THIS EARLIER.

I KNOW IT WAS ON THE ONE OF THE SLIDES.

MOST LAWS THAT ARE WRITTEN DURING THE SESSION ARE REACTIVE IN NATURE.

THEY'RE NOT NORMALLY PROACTIVE, THEY ARE REACTIVE, WITH THAT WITH SOME ISSUES THAT POPPED UP BY CERTAIN PEOPLE, CONCERNS WITH BY CERTAIN FOLKS.

THE SHACS MEETINGS ARE NOW SUBJECT TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THE NEXT BULLET, THAT HOUSE BILL 1525 EXTENDS DEADLINES FOR EDUCATORS TO COMPLETE LITERACY ACADEMIES.

OBVIOUSLY, THAT WAS DUE TO COVID AND ALL THAT STUFF.

THERE NEEDED TO BE THAT DEADLINE EXTENDED, AND SO THAT WAS PART OF 1525.

YOU CAN SEE HOSPITAL 4545.

AGAIN, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS I WISH I WAS THERE.

I'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOUR CURRICULUM FOLKS THAT ARE THERE FROM DR. HANNAH WHO SAID THAT.

AGAIN, THEORY, THIS IS LEGISLATION THAT WAS TAKING ALL STUDENTS SUCCESS INITIATIVE GRADES, YOUR THIRD, FIFTH, AND EIGHTH GRADERS, AND THEY DIDN'T PASS A TEST, THEN THEY ARE REQUIRED TO DO TUTORING, 30 HOURS FOR EACH SUBJECT.

IT WAS 3:1 RATIO.

I THINK THAT AGAIN, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE DEALS THAT WAS PROBABLY GOOD IN INTENT, BUT I TALKED TO A LOT OF SUPERINTENDENTS, AND I KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN A LOGISTICAL NIGHTMARE, PLUS UNFUNDED MANDATE IN TRYING TO GET THIS DONE.

I'VE TALKED TO A LOT SUPERINTENDENTS WHO SAID THEY'RE JUST GOING TO DO WHAT THEY DO.

[LAUGHTER] I THINK TEA HAS REALIZED THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF HEADACHES WITH THIS.

BUT I ALSO HAVE ENOUGH BELIEF IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND IN TEACHERS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO GET KIDS CAUGHT UP.

I DON'T NEED TO BE LEGISLATED.

BUT THAT'S JUST MY OWN PERSONAL FEELING, BECAUSE I HAVE A LOT OF FAITH IN TEACHERS AND THE ADMINISTRATORS THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR GETTING THIS DONE.

NEXT ONE. THEN THAT 1365, SOME THINGS WITH ACCOUNTABILITY.

AGAIN, NOT GOING INTO IT, OBVIOUSLY YOU ALL AREN'T INVOLVED IN THIS.

THIS IS LITTLE BIT HAS TO DO I THINK WITH HOUSTON ISD A REACTION TO THAT AND WHAT'S GOING ON DOWN THERE.

BUT YOU'LL SEE DOWN AT THE BOTTOM, THOSE LAST TWO BULLETS, THAT THREE RATINGS OF D CAN RESULT IN F SANCTIONS, AND ADDED SOME LANGUAGE TO THAT, BUT A C RATING OR HIGHER ESSENTIALLY CAN RESET THE CLOCK ON SANCTIONS.

IT'S IMPORTANT, OBVIOUSLY WITH THAT.

NEXT, KEEP GOING.

NOW, WE'RE GOING TO START GETTING INTO JUST A REAL GENERAL OVERVIEW OF FEW THINGS.

IF YOU SEE IT'S UNDERLINED, WHAT THAT MEANS, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE CONSIDERED

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IMPORTANT WHEN IT'S UNDER THESE PARTICULAR UMBRELLAS.

YOU CAN SEE THE THIRD BULLET THERE, TEXAS NATIONAL GUARD ENLISTMENTS NOW QUALIFIES FOR THE CCMR READINESS OUTCOMES BONUS.

YOU CAN SEE THAT.

YOU CAN MOVE ON DOWN.

I THINK IT'S INTERESTING IF YOU LOOK AT THE THIRD FROM THE BOTTOM, PARENTS CAN OPT OUT A REQUIRED FAFSA/TASFA APPLICATIONS.

IN THE PAST, THAT WAS REQUIRED.

NOW, PARENTS CAN OPT OUT OF THAT.

LET'S SEE.

AGAIN, WITH CERTAIN LIMITATIONS AND QUALIFICATION, PARENTS, GUARDIANS CAN ELECT FOR A STUDENT TO REPEAT OR RETAKE A COURSE OR GRADE.

WE GO THE NEXT ONE, FINANCE.

BY THE WAY, I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE D AND THE C AT THE END OF EACH ONE OF THESE EXPLANATIONS.

THE D MEANS IT'S FOR A SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND C, WHICH MEANS IT'S FOR A CHARTER.

NOT ALL THESE BILLS ARE FOR BOTH, SOME ARE JUST FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

VERY FEW WERE JUST FOR CHARTERS.

BUT THAT'S WHAT THAT MEANS.

YOU CAN SEE HERE, THE FIRST BULLET IN FINANCE, AS FAR AS UNEXCUSED ABSENCES THAT WE'VE HAD KIDS GO TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLE AND OFFICES AND TRY TO GET LICENSE, WE KNOW THAT SOMETIMES THAT'S TOUGH TO DO.

THAT WAS A LONG WITH ANOTHER BILL OF STUDENTS THAT HAVE SEVERE LIFE-THREATENING ILLNESSES, AND SO IT'S HELPING, AND A GOOD THING FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND SCHOOL ATTENDANCE RATE.

YOU CAN SEE THE NEXT BULLET, ALLOWS TRANSPORTATION OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND MEALS FOR STUDENTS DURING A DECLARED DISASTER TO QUALIFY FOR TRANSPORTATION FUNDING REIMBURSEMENT.

BEFORE, IT WAS JUST PICKING THEM UP TO AND FROM SCHOOL.

AGAIN I WANT TO MAKE SURE I REITERATE, THIS IS IN REACTION TO WHAT TOOK PLACE DURING COVID, DURING THOSE THINGS THAT WERE TAKING PLACE WHERE WE WERE HAVING A HARD TIME HAVING SCHOOL.

NEXT. I THINK IF YOU REMEMBER CORRECTLY I SAID A LOT OF FOLKS GO LIKE THIS AND ONE OF THE MORE CONSERVATIVE LEGISLATURES IN HISTORY.

IF YOU LOOK AT THIS PARTICULAR UNDERLINED BULLET THERE IN THE MIDDLE, I THINK THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

BUT I THINK WHAT'S INTERESTING IS, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE END OF THAT, THERE'S ONLY A D THERE.

THERE'S ONLY A D ON SEVERAL OF THESE.

SO DS DEAL WITH DISTRICTS, NOT CHARTERS.

AGAIN, I WISH I WAS THERE TO SEE YOUR FACES AND BE ABLE TO READ YOU ON THAT, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING.

THIS IS ONE OF MY TIMES WHEN IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO CHUCKLE UNDERNEATH YOUR BREATH THERE, TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A BREATHER.

[NOISE] NEXT ONE, SOME MORE BILLS.

HOMESCHOOL STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN UIL ACTIVITIES.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE UIL STAND ON THAT, AND YOUR DISTRICT OBVIOUSLY, THE BOARD HAS TO APPROVE THAT.

IT'S GONG TO BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THIS PROCEEDS, A LOT OF PEOPLE CALL THIS [INAUDIBLE].

IT'LL BE A LOT OF FOLKS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS FEEL LIKE THIS MIGHT BE POTENTIALLY THE NOSE UNDER THE CAMELS BLANKET SITUATION.

WHO KNOWS? WE'LL SEE THE NEXT SESSION.

BUT I HAVE NOT VISITED.

I'VE DONE A LOT OF BOARD TRAININGS ON THIS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS.

I HAVE NOT HEARD OF ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT AT THIS TIME, THAT HAS VOTED TO ALLOW HOMESCHOOL STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN UIL ACTIVITIES.

IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THIS PROCEEDS DURING THE NEXT SESSION.

YOU GET TO DO MORE BOARD TRAINING, AS A SCHOOL BOARD, YOU GET TO ADD MORE TO IT ON SCHOOL SAFETY.

THE WORD I HAVE ON THIS, IT WILL COME FROM THE SCHOOL SAFETY CENTER AND IT'LL BE VIRTUAL.

THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DO ONLINE, NOT IN-PERSON.

YOU CAN SEE THE NEXT BULLET UP, SORRY, GO BACK IF YOU DON'T MIND. THERE YOU GO.

JUST A COUPLE OF MORE HERE ON THIS PAGE.

I THINK THAT THIRD BULLET IS IMPORTANT, ESTABLISHES AN AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE FOR TRUANCY IN THE CASE WHERE

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ABSENCES ARE DUE A VOLUNTARY ABSENCE FROM THE HOME RESULTING FROM ABUSE.

I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT IN THAT REGARD.

I THINK THE NEXT BULLET WHERE THE SIXTH BULLET THERE, ALLOWS DISTRICTS TO CONDITIONALLY OPERATE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS AND BUS STUDENTS FROM OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT WITHOUT AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.

OBVIOUSLY IN THE PAST, IF SCHOOL DISTRICTS DID NOT OR COULD NOT GO TO A NEIGHBORING DISTRICT AND BUST STUDENTS IN IF THEY WANTED TO GO SCHOOL THERE, THEY HAD TO HAVE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.

WITH THIS, NOW THEY DO NOT.

IF YOU ALL WANTED TO GO INTO A NEIGHBORING SCHOOL DISTRICT TO PICK UP STUDENTS, THEN YOU COULD DO THAT.

WHAT THIS CAME FROM, WAS A SMALL DISTRICT UP IN CENTRAL TEXAS, THAT 90 PERCENT OF THEIR STUDENTS ARE TRANSFER STUDENTS, AND THEY WANTED TO BE ABLE TO GO GET THOSE STUDENTS ON A BUS INSTEAD OF PARENTS DRIVING THEM INTO THEIR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THAT WAS ONE OF THE COMMITTEE HEARINGS THAT I LISTENED TO AND WATCHED, AND IT WAS PRETTY INTERESTING TO HEAR THAT.

BUT THAT WAS THE REASON FOR THAT PARTICULAR LEGISLATION.

I CAN SAY THAT THERE'S A SMALL SCHOOL DISTRICT OUT HERE IN HUNT COUNTY.

I LIVE SOUTH OF COMMERCE AND THERE'S A SMALL DISTRICT CALLED BOWLS THAT IS 75 PERCENT OF TRANSFER STUDENTS.

WHEN I WAS DOING THIS TRAINING, I ASKED THEIR SUPERINTENDENT IF THEY WERE GOING TO GO INTO THE QUINLAN SCHOOL DISTRICT OR ANY OF THE AREA OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND TRANSFER STUDENTS.

BUT STUDENTS SEEING THAT SHE SAID THEY WEREN'T. THEY WEREN'T GOING TO DO THAT.

THEY'RE GOING TO KEEP THAT GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT, AND NOT DO THAT.

ANOTHER BULLET THAT I THINK IS REALLY A GOOD THING, AND IF YOU'VE BEEN ON A CAMPUS YOU UNDERSTAND THIS, FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS, NOW YOU CAN TAKE SOME OF YOUR UNUSED FOOD TO FOOD BANKS.

TO DO THAT, THAT IS I THINK A GOOD THING BECAUSE BY LAW WE HAD TO PUT CERTAIN THINGS ON A FLIGHT FOR A STUDENT EVEN IF THEY DIDN'T WANT IT OR NOT, SO THEY WOULD LEAVE THE FOOD LINE, THEY WOULD PUT THAT FRUIT OR SOMETHING OF THAT MATTER, THEY WOULD PUT IT ON THE SIDE AND THEN WE COULDN'T DO ANYTHING WITH IT.

I THINK THIS IS GOOD LEGISLATION.

NEXT ONE.

LEARNING PODS SOMETHING TOOK PLACE DURING COVID.

OBVIOUSLY, SOMEBODY DIDN'T LIKE, A DISTRICT, I GUESS, DIDN'T LIKE IT OR SOMETHING.

I DON'T KNOW. I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT HAPPENED.

BUT A DISTRICT CAN'T NECESSARILY KEEP THAT FROM HAPPENING.

BULLING IS NOW PART OF THINGS REPORTING, AND STUDENTS HAVE LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY ARE NOW CONSIDERED EMERGING BILINGUAL STUDENTS, SO THEY CHANGED THAT PARTICULAR TERMINOLOGY IN EDUCATION.

NEXT. IF YOU REMEMBER I SAID SOMETHING ABOUT CONSERVATIVE OR OUR REACTIONARY THINGS.

IF YOU LOOK AT THESE NEXT THREE, I THINK THOSE ARE IMPORTANT IN THE RESPECT THAT IS IN REACTION TO ACCUSATIONS OF ISSUES WITH VOTING, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THOSE ARE ALL ABOUT.

AGAIN, IN REACTION TO WHAT SUPPOSEDLY WAS ACCUSED OF TAKING PLACE.

ALLEGEDLY, IS THE RIGHT TERM.

I'M GOING TO GO THE NEXT ONE.

ALLOWS A PERSON WHO IS 17 YEARS OF AGE TO SERVE IN THE TEXAS STATE GUARD.

IF THAT PERSON MEETS CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS, I THINK THAT'S AN INTERESTING BILL.

THE NEXT BULLET, AGAIN, THIS WAS A HEARING THAT I GOT TO LISTEN AND WATCH.

I GUESS A STUDENT WAS MISSING SCHOOL OR MISSING PRACTICE BECAUSE OF SOME OUTPATIENT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND WOULDN'T GET ALLOWED TO PLAY AND BE PART OF ATHLETICS.

THIS BILL DEALS WITH THAT, AGAIN, REACTIONARY TO SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED IN SOMEBODY'S DISTRICT.

THEN WE ALL REMEMBER WHAT TOOK PLACE DOWN IN THE VALLEY WITH THE YOUNG MAN THAT WAS REJECTED FROM A FOOTBALL GAME AND LEFT THE SIDEMAN.

BASICALLY WENT AFTER THE FOOTBALL OFFICIAL.

NOW THAT IS A LAW THAT'S HAVING TO LEGISLATE THAT SITUATION AS WELL.

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NEXT, A FEW THINGS.

THAT SECOND BULLET CLARIFIES THAT INFORMATION RELATED TO CHARGES OF AN IMPROPER RELATIONSHIP TO AN EDUCATOR STUDENT CANNOT BE RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC PRIOR TO AN INDICTMENT.

THING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT IN THE PAST, THE WORD DIDN'T GET OUT.

IT WAS ANNOUNCED AS MAYBE AN EDUCATOR HAD AN IMPROPER RELATIONSHIP, BUT NOW THE SCHOOL DISTRICT CANNOT RELEASE THE INFORMATION, I'M NOT GOING TO SAY IT, THEN GET OUT, BUT YOU CANNOT DO THAT UNTIL THERE'S INDICTMENT WITH THE GRAND JURY.

THEN OF COURSE, IT WOULD TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF IN THAT REGARD.

YOU SEE FARTHER DOWN SOME LIABILITY PROTECTIONS WITH SECURITY PERSONNEL.

SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN THE WORKPLACE.

COUNSELORS HAVE TO SPEND AT LEAST APES AT A TIME ON DAYS DETAILED IN TEXAS EDUCATION CODE.

OBVIOUSLY, COUNSELORS WERE BEGINNING TO A LOT OF CAMPUSES DO OTHER THINGS, ESPECIALLY IN REGARD TO TESTING THAN WHAT THEY WERE NEEDED TO BE DOING AS FAR AS THE MENTAL HEALTH OF STUDENTS.

I THINK THAT'S A GOOD BILL AS WELL.

YOU CAN SEE THERE THAT ONE OF THE THINGS WITH OUR TEACHER SHORTAGE OF DEANNA, I THINK THIS WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS.

IT WAS WELL INTENDED.

RETIRED TEACHERS, RETIRED REHIRE TEACHERS IN THE PAST.

THEY HAD TO PAY THEIR SURCHARGE BASICALLY.

IN OTHER WORDS, YOU GET THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THEY EMPLOY A REGULAR EMPLOYEE, SHARE THE COST TRS ABOUT 71/2 PERCENT EACH, EACH EACH WAY SO THAT THE DISTRICT WILL PLAY 71/2.

EMPLOYEE PLAY 71/2.

WHEN YOU HIRE TO RETIRE, REHIRE IF THEY WERE FULL-TIME, THEN YOU WOULD HAVE TO BASICALLY THE RETIREE HARD TEACHER WAS PAYING THE 15 PERCENT.

NOW THIS PUTS IT BACK ON THE DISTRICT TO PAY THAT.

AGAIN, THAT CAN BE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY IF YOU'RE HIRING A RETIREE, HIRE FULL-TIME TWO THINGS ARE HAPPENING IN THIS SITUATION.

THEY'RE JUST GOING TO HIRE FOR HALF-TIME, NOT MORE THAN FOUR HOURS A DAY.

THAT STAYS AWAY FROM ANY ISSUES WITH TRS, BUT ALSO MAJOR ISSUES.

BUT FOR EXAMPLE, IF WHAT I'VE DISCOVERED THIS YEAR AFTER THIS WAS PASSED, A LOT OF COACHING SPOTS COULD NOT BE REPLACED.

BECAUSE OF THAT.

THEY'RE HIRING JUST TOUCHES DISK PANAMA STOPPING TO BE NOTHING.

[BACKGROUND] I GOT TEXTS FROM SAN TALE.

TELL ME I'VE GOT TWO MINUTES.

ANYWAY. WHAT IS GOING ON I THINK YOU UNDERSTAND THAT SOME THINGS IN INSTRUCTION, I'LL TRY TO SPEED THROUGH THESE PRETTY QUICK.

YEAH, HOPEFULLY YOU ALL HAD THIS.

YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE WITH THE SHORT TIME I HAVE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO READ THESE THINGS.

I THINK THEY'RE IMPORTANT TO KEEP GOING.

AGAIN WITH MY TIME RUNNING SHORT.

YOU CAN SEE THOSE AS, AGAIN, THIS IS IMPORTANT ONE AS WELL.

WHEN IT COMES TO PRE-K AND A NUMBER OF TEACHERS AND AGE PER CLASS SIZE LIMIT.

SOME THINGS HAVE TO DO A SPECIAL ADD I THINK THE BOTTOM ONE THERE.

IF YOU LOOKED AT BOTTOM BULLET, THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S BASICALLY A VOUCHER FOR SPECIAL ADD SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICES.

REGION 10 ACTUALLY IS RUNNING THIS FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS.

PARENTS HAD TO APPLY FOR THAT AND THERE'S ONLY A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY.

BUT THEY'RE HANDLING THAT.

WHEN IT COMES TO SPECIAL ADD.

KEEP YOUR ON TRYING TO SPEAK TO THIS AS QUICK AS I CAN.

SAY SOME MORE CERTIFICATIONS FOR SPECIAL STUDENTS AND BILINGUAL STUDENTS.

ANYWAY, AND THE ASPECT BORN AND HOW IT'S MADE UP, KEEP GOING.

PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION IS GOING TO INCREASE.

THIS NEXT GOING TO PUT UP WELL, LET'S PUT THIS WAY.

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WELL, THIS HAS TO DO WITH CHARTER, SO I'M IN A HURRY.

BUT TAXATION ON CHARTER SCHOOLS, IS GETTING READY TO BE EXEMPT AND PROPERTY THEY LEASE, GO AHEAD. THEN THEY OWN.

KEEP ONGOING SAFETY AND SECURITY.

YOU CAN SEE SOME THINGS HERE.

ACTIVE REQUIRED ACTIVE ALERT SYSTEM FOR ACTIVE SHOOTERS.

YOU'VE GOTTEN NOW THERE'S A LAW THAT SAYS YOU GOT TO BE ABLE TO NOTIFY EVERYBODY WITHIN A 50 MILE RADIUS.

YOU'VE GOT TO REPORT ABUSE IMMEDIATELY.

NO INVESTIGATING NOW BY SCHOOL FOLKS KEEP GOING.

SUICIDE PREVENTION INFORMATION ON THE BACK OF STUDENT ID CARDS AND GRADE 6.

PARENT REQUIREMENT FOR UPDATING CONTACT INFORMATION TWO WEEKS AFTER FIRST YEAR OR CHANGE OF INFORMATION.

GOOD LUCK ON THE LOGISTICS OF GETTING THAT DONE WHEN PARENTS KNEW.

KEEP GOING.

MORE SIGNAGE AT YOUR SCHOOLS IS REQUIRED. SHE'D GONE.

THEN THERE'S SPURT FIRST SPECIAL SESSION DIDN'T MATCH UP OBVIOUSLY.

NO SAHNI DIE HAPPENING IN THE FIRST SESSION.

YOU CAN SEE THROUGH THE SECOND SPECIAL SESSION OF THE THINGS THAT WENT ON, KEEP GOING.

THE BILLS THAT WERE PASSED, CONTROVERSIAL AS SOME WORK, KEEP GOING.

YOU CAN READ THOSE.

OBVIOUSLY IN YOUR TIME.

THIRD SPECIAL SESSION, THERE WERE CERTAIN THINGS OBVIOUSLY THE PERSON WAS REALIGNMENT.

YOU CAN SEE THOSE I INCLUDE SOME SLIDES AND THATS YOU JUST KEEP GOING THROUGH THOSE BECAUSE WE'RE OUT OF TIME.

OBVIOUSLY SOME OF THEM HAVE CHANGED ITS THAT EVERY 10 YEARS OF TAPPING.

YOU CAN SEE THOSE AS I SLIDE THROUGH AND ALL THE PRESENTATION START DO IN NORTHEAST IN NORTH TEXAS.

THE SECOND THING, THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT, KEEP GOING IN APPROPRIATE AND THOSE FUNDS.

THIS ONE IS INTERESTING.

UIO COMPETITIONS FOR THE WHITE APPEARS ON THEIR BIRTH CERTIFICATE AT BIRTH, WHAT WAS HAPPENING? WHAT CAUSED THE YES, THERE WAS A JUDGE DOWN IN EASTERN THAT WAS CHANGING BIRTH CERTIFICATES OF STUDENTS THAT WE'RE TRANSITIONING.

THAT IS THE REASON WHY THIS WAS PASSED.

KEEP GOING.

WHAT DO WITH COVID-19? THE GOVERNOR DIGGING HIS WAY ON THIS NO.

MANDATED TO PLACE NEXT.

THEN A DOG CRUELTY AS FAR AS PUNISHMENTS FOR DOGS THAT WERE ON SOME TYPE OF RESTRAINT.

HERE'S WHAT I WAS GETTING ON EARLIER TALKING ABOUT BRIEFLY, INCREASING THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION WILL COST THE STATE ABOUT $600 MILLION A YEAR.

THAT'S GOING TO BE ON A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT COMING UP. IN THE NEXT ELECTION.

THEIR COUPLE OTHER THINGS TOOK PLACE DURING THE LAST SPECIAL SESSION ABOUT YOUR BILL DID COME UP.

EVEN THOUGH IT WAS NOT ORIGINALLY ON THE THINGS THAT THE GOVERNMENT WANTED DONE.

OBVIOUSLY IT DIDN'T PASS. KEEP GOING.

THEN A COUPLE OF THINGS AS FAR AS USING LEFTOVER MONEY, TRYING TO DO SOMETHING AS FAR AS BOND DOWN THE BASIC ALLOTMENT AND YOU CAN SEE THE M&O RATES AND ALL THAT.

THAT'S AGAIN MORE FOR YOUR READING.

SHANTEL, I GUESS THAT'S IT.

I TRIED TO GET IT DONE AS QUICKLY AS I COULD.

ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR CRITICISMS FROM ANYBODY?

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.

I'M GOING TURN IT OVER TO THE BOARD AND SEE IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS.

BUT WE APPRECIATE YOUR OVERVIEW.

I THINK YOU GOT EVERYONE WHAT THEY NEEDED.

I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS HERE, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.

>> TAKE CARE. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 3.02 OUR TEAM-BUILDING.

[3.02 Team Building]

I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR PRESENTER.

EXCUSE ME.

COULD YOU HIT THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE?

>> PEOPLE TO HEAR ME.

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>> THANK YOU.

>> I TRAINED THIS, WELL NOT THIS BOARD, BUT DALLAS ISD WHEN DR. HINOJOSA WAS HERE BEFORE, SO I AM OLD SEASONED.

I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT TODAY IS MY HALF BIRTHDAY.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN DOES IT COUNT? YOU ALL DON'T COUNT HALF BIRTHDAYS?

>> WELL, IT'S PAM'S BIRTHDAY, BUT IT'S PAM'S FULL BIRTHDAY.

>> IS IT? WOW. [APPLAUSE] THAT MAKES US RELATED.

I ALSO CELEBRATE QUARTER AND THREE-QUARTER BIRTHDAYS.

BUT I HAVE TO SAY, DR. HINOJOSA, YOU UPSTAGED MY CELEBRATION OF MY HALF BIRTHDAY AND PAM'S CELEBRATION OF HER FULL BIRTHDAY BY ANNOUNCING YESTERDAY THAT YOU'RE A SHORT TIMER.

I AM PLEASED TO BE HERE.

THIS IS NOT SIT AND GET.

I DON'T HAVE A POWERPOINT.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO DEATH BY POWERPOINT, BUT I DID GIVE YOU A GIFT.

YES, YOU CAN KEEP IT.

I HAPPEN TO HAVE EXACTLY TWO MORE.

I'M CHARGING YOU FOR THAT THOUGH, PAM. HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

I'M SORRY THAT WAS YOUR BIRTHDAY PRESENT.

I AM GOING TO SPEND SOME TIME GOING THROUGH THIS BECAUSE IT'S THE NEW FRAMEWORK AND THE FRAMEWORK GOT CHANGED BY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION IN DECEMBER OF 2020 NOW.

ANYWAY, DECEMBER OF 2020.

THIS IS NOW YOUR JOB DESCRIPTION AND IT'S CHANGED IN SOME SUBSTANTIAL WAYS AND I'D LIKE FOR US TO SPEND SOME TIME TALKING ABOUT THAT.

BUT BEFORE WE GET TO THAT, I WANT TO SPEND SOME TIME HEARING FROM YOU BECAUSE I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE BEEN SITTING HERE SINCE 1:30, 2:30?

>> 11:00.

>> 11:30. OH, MY GOODNESS.

I FEEL REALLY SAD FOR YOU.

JUST SO YOU KNOW, I DID SERVE ON A SCHOOL BOARD ONCE BACK IN THE DARK AGES FOR 16 YEARS IN HUNTSVILLE, SO I KNOW WHAT THIS FEELS LIKE. YES, I DID.

THIS IS SCHOOL BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH, AND I SO APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU ARE HERE AND THAT YOU HAVE BEEN HERE ALMOST 12 HOURS NOW.

BUT THE FIRST THING I WANT TO ASK YOU, AND I ASK EVERY BOARD THIS, IS TELL ME THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE EXCITED ABOUT IN DALLAS ISD.

I KNOW THIS IS A DAY THAT MAYBE IT'S NOT THE BEST DAY, MAYBE IT'S NOT THE DAY YOU FOCUS ON THE OTHER THINGS, BUT I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT YOU WERE DOING THAT MAKE YOU PROUD, AND I SHOULDN'T SAY PROUD BECAUSE THAT'S A SIN AND I DON'T WANT TO CAUSE ANYBODY TO SIN, BUT THAT BRING YOU JOY BECAUSE I'VE BEEN WATCHING YOU ALL.

YOU HAVE BEEN FRONT AND CENTER IN A LOT OF STUFF IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND REALLY PROUD, BUT I WANT TO HEAR WHAT MAKES YOU PROUD.

DON'T EVERYBODY JUMP AT ONCE?

>> THIS IS NO REFLECTION ON DR. HINOJOSA WHO I THINK HAS DONE A SPECTACULAR JOB, BUT I AM EXCITED ABOUT THE FACT THAT I WILL, DURING MY TENURE ON THE SCHOOL BOARD, GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO SELECT THE NEXT SUPERINTENDENT AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT SCHOOL BOARDS DO AND I JOINED THE BOARD AT THE SAME TIME THAT HE CAME, SO HE'S THE ONLY SUPERINTENDENT I'VE HAD AND HE'S DEPARTING SLIGHTLY BEFORE I'M DEPARTING.

THAT'S GOING TO GIVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A BIG DECISION THAT I'M EXCITED TO MAKE.

>> THAT IS ABSOLUTELY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS YOU WILL DO. WHAT ELSE?

>> I ENJOY SERVING MY KIDS IN MY COMMUNITY.

THAT'S THE REASON WHY I BECAME A TRUSTEE, TO SEE EQUITY COME INTO OUR COMMUNITY AND CLOSE THE EQUITY GAP AND SEE OUR KIDS RECEIVE THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED SO THEY CAN CONTINUE TO WIN ACADEMICALLY AS WELL AS ATHLETICALLY.

>> ABSOLUTELY. I NEVER WANTED TO RUN FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD.

I WAS TALKED INTO IT, LOST THE ELECTION, WAS GLAD I LOST THE ELECTION.

THEN I WAS OFFERED THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AND I THOUGHT I CAN DO THREE YEARS.

I STAYED 16 BECAUSE EVERY TIME I GOT READY TO GET OFF, I THOUGHT, WELL, THERE'S ONE MORE NEW THING WE'RE DOING, THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE WE'RE COMING UP WITH AND AT AFTER ABOUT NINE YEARS, I THOUGHT IT'S A GREAT TIME TO LEAVE.

OUR SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT WAS WONDERFUL, OUR SUPERINTENDENT WAS WONDERFUL.

WE HAD A GREAT BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY WAS REALLY CALM.

I THOUGHT THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO LEAVE.

THE PERSON WHO DID OUR SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH SAID, IF YOU HIRE A SUPERINTENDENT, YOU OWE IT TO THAT PERSON TO RUN AGAIN SO THAT THEY CAN DO WHAT YOU HIRED THEM TO DO, AND I THOUGHT, MAN, THEY JUST MADE THAT UP FOR ME.

YES, THIS IS ADDICTIVE AND WHEN YOU START SEEING [LAUGHTER] I'M SORRY.

>> THAT AIN'T HAPPENING.

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>> NEVER SAY NEVER. WHAT ELSE? WHAT ELSE MAKES YOU EXCITED FOR DALLAS ISD RIGHT NOW?

>> I FIRST RAN FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD WHEN DR. HINOJOSA WAS FIRST SUPERINTENDENT IN MAY 2005.

I AM EXCITED TO HAVE SEEN THE PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE, JUST UNBELIEVABLE PROGRESS AND THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE HEADED.

OUR WORK AROUND OUR CAREER INSTITUTES FOR HIGHWAYS, JOBS, OUR COLLEGIATE ACADEMIES, OUR WORK AROUND RACIAL EQUITY, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THIS BOARD AND A MAJOR FOCUS.

THERE ARE JUST SO MANY INITIATIVES AROUND PRE-K, MIDDLE SCHOOL.

>> YOU DON'T HAVE TO GIVE ALL OF THE ANSWERS.

>> I'M JUST EXCITED TO HAVE BEEN PART OF THAT AND LED SOME OF THAT WORK.

>> I'M JUST TEASING YOU.

I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU WERE HERE AND THAT YOU'VE GOT TO SEE HIM BE HERE TWICE, AND WHO KNOWS, HE MIGHT BE BACK.

NEVER SAY NEVER. YEAH, MAYBE SAY NEVER.

WHO ELSE? WHAT BRINGS YOU JOY ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN YOUR DISTRICT?

>> SOMETIMES WHEN I LAY AT NIGHT, I GET THESE THOUGHTS ABOUT THE IMMENSE RESPONSIBILITIES ON MY SHOULDERS DURING THESE TIMES.

UNDERSTANDING THAT I'M ONLY THE GOVERNANCE PIECE, NOT THE OTHER.

IT'S A HUGE THING AT THIS TIME AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN.

BUT SOMETIMES THAT OVERWHELMS ME AND THEN I THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT I GET TO SERVE WITH.

FIRST OF ALL, THE COMMITMENT THAT I MADE AND WILL KEEP AND HAVE KEPT TO BE THAT PERSON FOR A COMMUNITY, THE COMMUNITY I GREW UP IN, SO THAT'S HUGE.

SECONDLY, I'M THE YOUNGEST BOARD MEMBER HERE, I'VE A LOT TO LEARN, BUT I GET TO LEARN WITH THE MOST.

I COULDN'T ASK FOR ANOTHER BOARD TO SERVE WITH.

THESE ARE BY FAR SOME OF THE GREATEST HUMAN BEINGS IN THIS SPACE THAT TRULY CARE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE USED TO JUST SIT HERE FOR HOURS TALKING ABOUT A SPECIFIC SUBJECT AND THEN SOME MORE.

IT'S TRYING TO ACHIEVE THE BEST POSSIBLE OUTCOME.

THEN WE'RE ON THE TAIL END OF DR. MICHAEL HINOJOSA'S LEGACY IN THIS DISTRICT, AND AS HE SAID, WE'RE ON AN OPPORTUNITY TO NOT JUST CONTINUE THAT GREAT WORK, BUT TRANSFORM THIS DISTRICT, AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT I'M ALMOST MOST EXCITED ABOUT.

IT'S A LOVELY TIME TO BE SPENDING 6, 7, 8, 9 HOURS WITH MY COLLEAGUES JUST TRYING TO GET BETTER.

>> YOU SAID IT WAS SUCH A SMILE I ALMOST BELIEVED YOU.

NO, JUST KIDDING.

BUT ABSOLUTELY.

SOMEBODY TOLD ME AT ONE POINT THAT ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'RE DOING AS A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER IS TRYING TO DECIDE WHAT A CHILD WHO COMES IN IN PRE-K IS GOING TO NEED IN 12 OR 13 YEARS.

THAT IS A HUGE RESPONSIBILITY.

THAT IS TRYING TO PROJECT WHAT YOU THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT I WAS GOING TO WEAR TODAY.

AS A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER TRYING TO PROJECT THAT FAR IN ADVANCE IS A HUGE RESPONSIBILITY. WHAT ELSE? WHAT ELSE BRINGS YOU JOY? THOSE OF YOU WHO'VE BEEN IN MY SESSIONS KNOW THAT BREAKING EYE CONTACT DOES NOT MEAN I WON'T CALL ON YOU, BUT THANK YOU TRUSTEE MACKEY, YOU WERE ACTUALLY GOING TO TALK BACK TO ME.

>> I'M EXCITED TO SEE SOME OF THESE SUCCESSES COME TO FRUITION.

THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE START.

IT'S GREAT TO SEE A LOT OF THESE THINGS START TO HAVE IMPACTS.

I LOOK AT OUR PRE-K DATA THAT WE NOW GET TO LOOK AT KNOWING THAT BEFORE MY TIME, THIS BALL WAS STARTED AND NOW IT'S HAVING REAL IMPACTS.

I LOOK AT US MONITORING ON A MONTHLY BASIS THE WORK WE'RE DOING AS FAR AS RACIAL EQUITY.

I LOOK AT LAST YEAR'S TURNOVER RATE IS ACTUALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME BELOW THAT OF SURROUNDING DISTRICTS IN THE REGION.

STILL A LONG WAY TO GO, BUT TO START TO SEE A LOT OF THOSE WHEELS CONTINUE TO TURN IS EXCITING.

>> IT IS, IT ABSOLUTELY IS. THANK YOU.

WHO NEXT? WHAT BRINGS YOU JOY ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON? JUST SO YOU KNOW, I'M NOT POLLYANNA.

IN A SECOND, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU WHAT CAUSES YOU CONCERN.

SO THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WAITING THERE FOR LET ME GET TO THE BAD STUFF, GIVE ME A MINUTE.

BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT THE GOOD STUFF FIRST.

WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT YOU ARE EXCITED ABOUT?

>> DID O2.

EVERYTHING MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID.

I'LL ALSO ADD, I'M EXCITED TO SEE, I GUESS IS IT STILL THE LARGEST OR ONE OF THE LARGEST SCHOOL BONDS IN STATE HISTORY COME TO FRUITION IN THE COMMUNITY.

REMINDS THINKS ABOUT OUR NEW HIGH SCHOOL IN WEST DALLAS AND SEEING THE COMMUNITY SEE THAT AFTER YEARS OF ORGANIZING AND REQUESTING THAT AND SEEING THOSE DOORS OPEN, SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT SEEING THAT ENTIRE BOND COME INTO REAL LIFE.

>> THAT'S A MESSAGE FROM YOUR COMMUNITY THAT THEY FOLLOW AND THEY ARE AGREEING WITH WHAT YOU DO.

BECAUSE TRUST ME, NOT ALL BONDS PASS.

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THAT'S HUGE. WHAT ELSE? WHAT ELSE BRINGS YOU JOY?

>> I'LL GO AHEAD AND SAY THAT I'M GLAD AT PASTY, EVEN IF IT WAS ONLY WITH LIKE 51.5 PERCENT.

>> IT ONLY TAKES ONE VOTE.

>> BUT IN ALL OF THE THINGS THAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID, I THINK DURING THE YEARS I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD, I'VE SEEN THE DISTRICT IMPROVE OPPORTUNITIES AND OUTCOMES FOR KIDS, AND I'M HAPPY ABOUT THAT.

>> THAT'S WHAT MATTERS. WHAT ELSE? WHO ELSE?

>> I'LL GO.

>> THANK YOU.

>> GOOD EVENING. AGAIN, THANK YOU, DR. HINOJOSA FOR YOUR PHENOMENAL SERVICE, BUT I SHARE IN TRUSTEE MARSHALL'S EXCITEMENT AROUND THE OPPORTUNITY TO SELECT A SUPERINTENDENT.

I DO THINK IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING A TRUSTEE PROBABLY CAN DO.

EXCITED TO DO THAT. EXCITED TO DO IT WITH THIS PARTICULAR BOARD.

I'M ALSO EXCITED THAT I COULD SIT HERE AND LISTEN TO TRUSTEES TALK ABOUT STUFF THAT THREE YEARS AGO WE SAT IN A ROOM AND TALK ABOUT THESE OR SHARED IDEAS AND VISIONS WITH RACIAL EQUITY OR BRINGING OPPORTUNITY TO DIFFERENT KIDS IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF OUR CITY THROUGH A BOND AND JUST PROGRAMS AND SERVICES.

IT'S NICE TO SEE EVEN JUST TRUSTEE MICCICHE SAYING DID ON IT.

THERE'S SO MUCH ALIGNMENT ON WHAT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR KIDS IN THIS DISTRICT.

IT'S NICE TO JUST SIT DOWN AND LISTEN.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU. WHO NEXT?

>> EVERYONE, JUMP IT ONCE.

TRUSTEE FOREMAN, WHAT ARE YOU EXCITED ABOUT? YOU GOT TO TURN YOUR MIC ON. IT'S LIKE ZOOM.

WHERE YOU LOOKING AT ME? [LAUGHTER] I WAS RETURNING YOUR GUESS.

>> MY OVERALL EXCITEMENT IS TO BE IN A POSITION TO REPRESENT PEOPLE WHO TRADITIONALLY WERE NOT REPRESENTED AT THIS BOARD, IN THIS DISTRICT.

IT'S AN EXCITEMENT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE THAT VOICE FOR THEM.

>> THAT'S BEAUTIFUL BECAUSE THE REASON THERE ARE NINE OF YOU IS BECAUSE YOU ALL BRING DIFFERENT THINGS TO THIS BOARD.

YOU BRING DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES, YOU BRING DIFFERENT CONTEXTS THAT YOU HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY.

BECAUSE IF ALL OF YOU THOUGHT EXACTLY ALIKE, AND TRUST ME, I WAS ON A BOARD AND I USED TO THINK, IF EVERYONE THOUGHT JUST LIKE ME AND I KNOW THAT'S GRAMMATICALLY INCORRECT, WHAT A GREAT BOARD THIS WOULD BE.

BUT THAT'S NOT TRUE. BECAUSE IF EVERYBODY ON THAT BOARD HAD THOUGHT EXACTLY THE WAY I DID, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN EXCELLENT.

THEN THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED.

EACH ONE OF YOU BRINGS SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

IF ALL OF YOU THOUGHT EXACTLY THE SAME, WE'D ONLY NEED ONE BOARD MEMBER.

IT'S IMPORTANT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT DIVERSITY.

I KNOW THAT MEANS YOU DON'T ALWAYS AGREE, BUT THAT'S A GOOD THING.

BECAUSE IF YOU ALWAYS AGREE, THEN YOU WOULDN'T BRING OUT THOSE POINTS THAT YOU ALL BROUGHT.

I WAS SITTING HERE THROUGH MOST OF IT, WILL ACTUALLY DO ALL OF IT.

I KNOW HOW DETAILED YOU ARE ABOUT BRINGING OUT THOSE THINGS AND THAT'S GOOD. THANK YOU.

WHO ELSE HASN'T SPOKEN YET? YOU KNOW WHO YOU'RE.

DR. HINOJOSA, YOU GET TO TALK TOO.

THIS IS TEAM OF 10.

>> I DIDN'T ALWAYS LOVE TO TALK.

>> YES YOU ARE.

>> [LAUGHTER] NO, I THINK BEING A STUDENT AND BEING A TEACHER AND SEEN DALLAS ISD.

IN THE 1990'S, WE HAD FIVE SUPERINTENDENTS IN FIVE YEARS AND ONE WENT TO PRISON.

TOOK OVER FROM THAT TO ONE OF OUR LEGISLATORS FOLLOWING BILLS DURING MY FIRST 10-YEAR TO BREAK UP THE DISTRICT INTO FIVE DISTRICTS, TO SEE THE HOUSE BILL 3 THAT WE JUST HEARD ABOUT, WHICH WAS A LOT OF THE REFORMS, THE TRANSFORMATION OPPORTUNITIES THAT THIS BOARD HELPED SHEPHERD THROUGH.

TO SEE IT ALL COME TOGETHER, IT'S JUST A GREAT WAY FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO SERVE AND ENJOY MY TIME BEHIND THIS CHAIR FOR 13 YEARS.

>> THANK YOU. YES, OF COURSE YOU GET TO SPEAK.

WHO ELSE? WHO HAVEN'T I HEARD FROM?

>> I THINK YOU'VE HEARD FROM EVERYONE.

>> EVERYONE HAS SPOKE.

>> I THINK SO. WHAT ELSE? HAVE WE TOUCHED EVERYTHING? I'M PERSONALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE FACT THAT YOU ALL HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH PAUL QUINN.

THEY'RE JUST ALL THINGS BECAUSE YOU'RE CONSTANTLY IN THE NEWS, BUT YOU'RE IN THE NEWS FOR AMAZING THINGS.

THE PROBLEM IS YOU'RE SURROUNDED BY IT ALL THE TIME.

IT'S LIKE ASKING A FISH TO DESCRIBE WATER.

BUT I GET TO TRAVEL ALL OVER THE STATE, AND I'M TELLING YOU THAT NOT EVERY DISTRICT IS DOING THIS.

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I CAN ALSO TELL YOU THAT THE ENTIRE STATE LOOK TO YOU WHEN YOU SAID WE HAVE TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR DALLAS ISD.

THAT WAS HUGE AND IT GAVE OTHER DISTRICTS THE COURAGE TO SAY THE SAME THING AND DO WHAT WAS BEST FOR THEIR STUDENTS RATHER THAN WHAT MIGHT BE EXPEDIENT THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

I CAN TELL YOU WE'RE GOING TO MISS THAT.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DISAPPEAR I HOPE, YOU'RE STILL GOING TO BE AROUND.

BUT WHAT ELSE? WHAT ELSE DOES THIS DISTRICT DO BETTER THAN OTHER DISTRICTS?

>> INNOVATE.

>> INNOVATE? YEAH, YOU'RE NOT AFRAID TO TAKE RISKS.

>> I THINK IT'S A CONSTANT CRITIQUE, BUT I THINK THIS DISTRICT IN THE CITY DOES A GOOD JOB WRAPPING AROUND OUR KIDS.

I THINK WE HAVE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, CITIZENS, NON-PROFITS, BUSINESS, A LOT OF FOLKS.

IT SAW INTO OUR KIDS AND A LOT OF COLLABORATION THAT I DON'T KNOW IF I SEE IN ANOTHER PLACES.

>> IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE BECAUSE YOU CAN'T DO IT ALL BY YOURSELF. WHAT ELSE? WHAT DO YOU DO BETTER THAN OTHER FOLKS? I KNOW GEORGE H.W.

BUSH SAID HIS MOTHER TAUGHT HIM NEVER TO BRAG.

I'M PRETTY SURE ALL OF US WERE RAISED WITH THAT IDEA THAT IT'S RUDE TO BRAG, YOU SHOULDN'T BRAG.

EXCEPT YOU GOT TO BRAG IN PUBLIC AREA.

BECAUSE IF WE'RE NOT TELLING PEOPLE WHAT YOU ARE DOING THAT IS AMAZING, THEN PEOPLE DON'T KNOW.

I KNOW YOU ASSUME THAT EVERY ONE OF YOUR PARENTS KNOWS ALL OF THE GREAT THINGS YOU'RE DOING, I ASSURE YOU THEY DON'T.

IF I'VE GOTTEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, I MAY KNOW THE STUFF THAT'S GOING ON IN ELEMENTARY, IF I'VE GOT A MIDDLE SCHOOL OR I MIGHT KNOW THAT.

BUT PARENTS AND PROSPECTIVE PARENTS NEED TO HEAR YOU BRAG.

I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU ANOTHER CHANCE.

WHAT ELSE DO YOU DO THAT OTHER FOLKS DON'T DO BESIDES PAST HUGE BONDS?

>> I THINK THAT WE'VE ALSO DEVELOPED A LOT OF LEADERSHIP THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF TEXAS.

A LOT OF FORMER DEPUTIES AND PRINCIPALS AND OTHERS FROM DISD ARE NOW LEADERS ELSEWHERE.

I THINK THERE [OVERLAPPING] HYPE-LINED LEADERSHIP.

>> THE GUY WHO WAS COMMISSIONER WAS HERE ONE OF THE TIMES I WAS HERE.

YES, YOU HAVE MOVED A LOT OF FOLKS ON AND THAT MATTERS.

IT ABSOLUTELY MATTERS.

IT'S LIKE IF YOU'RE SUPERINTENDENT, BUT YOU LOSE PEOPLE WHO GO TO BE SUPERINTENDENT IN OTHER PLACES, IT HURTS YOU, THAT THEY'RE GONE BUT YOU'RE SWELLING WITH PRIDE BECAUSE THEY MOVED ON TO DO OTHER STUFF.

THANK YOU. WHAT ELSE DO YOU DO BETTER THAN ANYBODY ELSE? YOU'RE GOING TO WAKE UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND SAY, I WISH I HAD TOLD HER THIS.

>> I WANTED TO DO THIS FOR MAXI, BUT FOOTBALL, BEAUTIFUL.

[LAUGHTER] NOW YOU GOT ME THINKING ABOUT WITH THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.

I THINK THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF OUR VERY LARGE BILINGUAL PROGRAM [OVERLAPPING] THAT IS PROBABLY RECORD BREAKING IN THE US AND VERY ROBUST, [OVERLAPPING] CREATING NOW WITH THE PIPELINE OF TEACHERS, WE HEARD ABOUT OUR NEW TEACHER PIPELINE, WHICH IS GROW YOUR OWN AND A LOT OF THOSE WILL BE BILINGUAL EDUCATORS WHO WERE EXTENDED.

[OVERLAPPING] THAT'S SOMETHING IN OUR DUAL LANGUAGE SCHOOLS JUST DO SO WELL, ALSO.

VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

>> THAT'S NOT EVERYWHERE.

I'D LOVE TO MOVE MY GRANDSON HERE BECAUSE THAT DOESN'T EXIST EVERYWHERE.

THANK YOU. WHAT ELSE? THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO TO WHAT CONCERNED YOU.

>> I WOULD SAY CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENT IS A STRENGTH OF THE DISTRICT.

ALTHOUGH SOME PEOPLE MIGHT DISAGREE WITH THIS, I WOULD PERSONALLY SAY THAT WE DO TEACHER COMPENSATION BETTER THAN ANYBODY ELSE.

>> HANG ON JUST A SECOND.

EXCUSE ME IN THE BACK. EXCUSE ME.

>> HEY GUYS.

>> HELLO. I HAVE SUPERSONIC DOG HEARING AND I APOLOGIZE BECAUSE ALL I HEAR IS [NOISE] IF IT'S NOT IMPORTANT GO AT THE HALL.

JUST SO YOU ALL KNOW, I DO THAT TO OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TOO.

I HAVE NO SHAME. I'M OLD.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? FIRE ME.

I'M GOING BACK TO HUNTSVILLE ANYWAY.

THANK YOU. WHERE WAS I BEFORE MY DOG HEARING GOT ME IN TROUBLE?

>> I WAS JUST SAYING CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENT AND TEACHER COMP.

>> YOU SAID SOME PEOPLE WILL DISAGREE BUT?

>> I SAID SOME PEOPLE WILL DISAGREE BUT I THINK WE DID TEACHER COMPENSATION BETTER THAN ANYBODY ELSE IN THE STATE.

>> YOU'RE NOT AFRAID TO DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS STRUCK ME ABOUT COVID AND ALL OF THIS, IS THERE SOME THINGS THAT WE CHANGED THAT NEEDED CHANGING? THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WE CHANGED THAT I HOPE WE DON'T GO BACK TO WHEN IT'S WHATEVER NORMAL IS GOING TO BE.

BUT ABSOLUTELY, CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.

BECAUSE I'VE SEEN DISTRICTS THAT WERE REALLY ON

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CUTTING EDGE AND THEN THEY RESTED ON THEIR LAURELS, AND THEN YOU LOOK AROUND AND PEOPLE HAVE PASSED YOU BY.

IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU'RE ALWAYS IMPROVING. WHAT ELSE?

>> I THINK TO ME PERSONALLY, THIS SPEAKS TO A LARGER QUESTION OF WHERE DO I HOPE FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS WHEN I GREW UP HERE.

I'M THE DAUGHTER OF IMMIGRANTS.

THEY LEFT EVERYTHING THERE.

THEY KNEW TO GIVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE EDUCATED, AND THAT WAS THEN DISD.

IT WAS DONE TREMENDOUSLY WELL, BUT BY LUCK.

MY HOPE IS THAT WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF POLICY LIKE THE CCMR, IT'S BY DESIGN.

I'M HOPING THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS FOR ANY ONE REFUGEE, IMMIGRANT BORN HERE, WHATEVER IT IS MOVING IN HERE, THAT IT'S A PLACE OF SUCCESS FOR ALL.

THAT'S WHY I SERVE ON THE BOARD.

THE SCHOOLS HAVE AN IMMENSE PART, IF NOT THE GREATEST RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKING THAT HAPPEN.

WE GET TO DO THIS, AND THIS IS PART OF THE BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS WHO MAYBE THEY COME FROM.

BUT I'M PROUD THAT IT'S THE CITY OF DALLAS AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MATTER THE MOST ABOUT [INAUDIBLE] HE GETS IT.

I GET IT FROM HIM. THIS IS OUR HOME, THIS IS OUR CITY.

HE LOVED DALLAS. HE WANT TO SEE IT DO BETTER.

>> YEAH.

>> I THINK THAT DRIVES SO MUCH OF THIS WORK.

YES, THE VISION IS TO BECOME THE PREMIER URBAN SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE COUNTRY.

I THINK JUST HAVING THE STATE LOOK TO US AND OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS DO SO JUST GIVES HUGE ENCOURAGEMENT TO CONTINUE THAT WORK.

NOW, WE'VE GOT THE GREAT PRESSURE OF FINDING THAT NEXT LEADER IN CONTINUING THAT WORK.

>> BUT YOU HAD A GOOD EXAMPLE.

>> EXACTLY RIGHT.

>> TO GO FROM, TO BE ABLE TO SAY, OH, YOU DON'T DO THAT OR YOU DO THAT, SO THAT YOU HAVE A TEMPLATE AND YOU'RE CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVING.

NOW, WHAT CAUSES YOU CONCERN?

>> YES, SIR.

>> THE COVID LEARNING LOSS, ALL OF THE EFFECTS OF COVID, INCLUDING SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL EFFECTS, WHICH I DON'T KNOW HOW WE MEASURE, BUT WE GOT TO DEAL WITH.

>> AND WE WILL BE GETTING RESEARCH ON THAT FOR YEARS, WE'RE AWARE OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF WHAT THAT'S GOING TO BE.

THE GREAT RESIGNATION, SO MANY PEOPLE WHO WERE SAYING, I CAN'T DO THIS ANYMORE, WHO WERE MOVING ON PRESENT COMPANY EXCLUDED.

NOT TO SAY ANYTHING, BUT WE'RE LOSING A LOT OF FOLKS, AND ALSO WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS WHO DON'T WANT TO COME INTO THE PROFESSION.

WE'RE GOING TO SEE FOUR YEARS TO COME, SO ABSOLUTELY THAT KEEPS ME AWAKE NIGHTS TOO.

WHAT ELSE? WHAT ELSE CAUSES YOU CONCERN? YOU'RE ALLOWED TO SPEAK, DR. HINOJOSA.

>> TWO THINGS.

ONE MINOR ONE MAJOR.

WHILE AIR CONDITIONING DIDN'T WORK WHEN I WAS A STUDENT OR TEACHER OR DOING 1.0, BUT AT LEAST WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS ON THAT.

WE'VE MADE PROGRESS ON ALMOST EVERYTHING.

THERE'S TWO BIG ONES, PROCUREMENT, AND I HOPE TO GET THAT DONE BEFORE I LEAVE, BECAUSE THAT ONE IS FIXABLE AND NOW WE'VE GOT SOME HELP AND WE'VE GOT A PLAN.

THE BIG ONE THOUGH, THE BIG DISAPPOINTMENT IS THAT WHILE WE'VE MADE PROGRESS AND WE'VE DONE BETTER THAN THE STATE, WE STILL HAVEN'T MOVED THE NEEDLE ENOUGH FOR OUR BLACK STUDENTS, AND THAT'S THE OTHER ONE THAT I THINK KEEPS ME AWAKE.

>> WAIT.

YOU GOT TO TURN YOUR MIC ON.

>> YOU JUST HIT THE TWO BIG ROCKS FOR ME.

ONE IS PROCUREMENT THAT WE SCREWED UP.

THE OTHER ONE IS AFRICAN-AMERICAN ACHIEVEMENT.

I'M A GRADUATE OF THIS DISTRICT, AND I HEAR EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO MOVE THESE STUDENTS? I KNOW THE STAFF HAS TRIED TO DO SOME THINGS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.

BUT WE STILL HAVEN'T GOT TO THE CRUX OF THE MATTER, AND SO IT IS TROUBLING FOR ME TO SEE US HAVE A FUND BALANCE WITH SO MUCH MONEY.

BUT WE STILL HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT HOW DO WE MOVE THE STUDENTS IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION, AND HOW DO WE CLOSE THAT GAP? IT'S NOT JUST A LOCAL ISSUE, IT'S A NATIONAL ISSUE.

IT TAKES WILL, AND WHILE WE ARE INNOVATIVE ON OTHER THINGS,

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WE STRUGGLE WITH THE INNOVATION ON MOVING THESE STUDENTS AND THAT IS BIG FOR ME.

>> SOMETIMES IT'S NOT ALWAYS MONEY.

>> EXACTLY.

>> I WAS PLEASED TO HEAR YOU SAY THAT YOU HAVE MADE STRIDES IN TERMS OF EQUITY BECAUSE YOU ALL KNOW THAT THERE'RE DISTRICTS WHERE THAT COULD GET YOU IN TROUBLE.

>> EQUITY THOUGH, HAS TO BE DEFINED BECAUSE WE OFTEN USE THAT WORD, BUT WE HAVE NO REAL DEFINITION OF WHAT EQUITY LOOKS LIKE.

FOR ONE PERSON EQUITY COULD LOOK LIKE SOMETHING AND FOR ANOTHER PERSON, IT COULD BE SOMETHING ELSE, SO A REAL DEFINITION OF EQUITY BECOMES EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT GOAL.

>> IT DOES AND WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE FRAMEWORK THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHANGES THAT THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION MADE, SO WE'LL LOOK AT SOME OF THAT IN THERE.

WHAT ELSE KEEPS YOU AWAKE NIGHTS? THANK YOU.

>> I THINK AT A LARGE LEVEL, THE POLARIZATION IN POLITICS AND HOW THAT IS COMING DIRECTLY TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS, SCHOOL BOARDS, IT HITS SCHOOL BOARDS, YOU SEE IT ACROSS THE AREA, IT HIT TEACHERS, IT HITS PRINCIPLES, AND IT TAKES THE FOCUS AWAY FROM WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO, WHICH IS IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR KIDS.

THAT FEAR TRICKLES DOWN TO OUR OWN SYSTEM.

EDUCATING IS THE TOUGHEST JOB OUT THERE I BELIEVE THAT, AND SO WITH ALL THESE EXTRA THINGS, I WORRY ABOUT BEING ABLE TO SUSTAIN AND BUILD UPON AND INCREASE A POSITIVE CULTURE AND KEEP PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT AND LOVING WHAT THEY DO AND IT BE SUSTAINABLE FOR THEM SO THEY CAN EDUCATE OUR KIDS WITH ALL THEIR HEART.

>> ABSOLUTELY. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED TO ME THIS YEAR IS THAT MY COLLEAGUE WHO WORKED WITH THE LEADERSHIP TASB PROGRAM RETIRED, AND IT WAS IN DANGER OF GOING AWAY SO I SAID I'LL STEP UP.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I HAVE THEM WORKING ON AND THERE IS A BOOK CALLED SEARCH FOR COMMON GROUND, AND IT'S PEDRO NOGUERA AND FREDERICK HESS, AND THEY ARE ON DIFFERENT SIDES OF THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM, BOTH IVY LEAGUE, IF THAT MATTERS TO YOU EDUCATED GUYS.

THEY BECAME CONCERNED ABOUT THE POLARIZATION BECAUSE IT'S ONE THING TO BELIEVE SOMETHING DIFFERENT, IT'S A WHOLE OTHER THING TO DEMONIZE THE OTHER SIDE AND TO STOP TALKING.

IN THAT BOOK, WHAT THEY DID WAS ADDRESS NINE OR 10 DIFFERENT EDUCATIONAL ISSUES RIGHT NOW, AND ONE WOULD WRITE A LETTER AND SEND IT.

THE OTHER ONE WOULD TAKE HIS TIME TO READ IT, THINK ABOUT IT AND WRITE A THOUGHTFUL RESPONSE AND SPOILER ALERT WHAT THEY FIGURED OUT WAS THEY HAD LOTS OF THINGS IN COMMON WHERE WE TEND TO FOCUS ON WHERE WE DISAGREE.

IT DOES COME ON AUDIBLE BECAUSE I'M AN AUDIBLE BOOK READER, BUT THEY STILL DO A PODCAST BY THE SAME NAME AS THE BOOK, AND THE REASON I LOVE THIS BOOK IS IT CAME OUT IN MARCH OR APRIL OF 2021, SO THEY EVEN ADDRESS COVID.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WAS WRITTEN 10 YEARS AGO, IT IS VERY RELEVANT TO WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW AND THE WHOLE POINT.

IF YOU READ IT, WHAT I LOVE ABOUT IT IS YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE OTHER SIDE IS THINKING WITHOUT HAVING TO BE FACE-TO-FACE WITH SOMEBODY ARGUING, AND I THINK PART OF THE PROBLEM IS, AND I LOVE SOCIAL MEDIA, PLEASE DON'T MISUNDERSTAND.

BUT THE ANONYMITY AND THE ABILITY TO HAVE EVERYTHING IN A CERTAIN NUMBER OF CHARACTERS OR SAY SOMETHING WITTY IS DRIVING US FURTHER AND FURTHER APART.

THEY GIVE, AND I DO HAVE TO TELL YOU, MY LEADERSHIP CLASS SAID, "ALL THEY DO IS SAY, THEY DEFINE THE PROBLEM BUT THEY DON'T GIVE ANY SOLUTIONS." I SAID, "BUT THE TITLE IS SEARCHING FOR COMMON GROUND." I THINK THE NEXT BOOK WILL BE SOLVING THE ISSUES, BUT THE WHOLE POINT IS TO GET US TALKING TO EACH OTHER.

I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE WITH YOU WHEN WE TALK ABOUT POLARIZATION, BECAUSE WE'VE ALWAYS DISAGREED, AS I TOLD YOU, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE NINE OF YOU, THE 10 OF YOU DISAGREE.

BUT IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAT EVENTUALLY YOU COME TO A DECISION ABOUT WHAT IS BEST FOR KIDS, AND IT MIGHT NOT BE WHAT TRUSTEE GARCIA THOUGHT, IT MIGHT NOT BE WHAT TRUSTEE MITCH KAY THOUGHT, BUT IT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT SOMEHOW A SYNTHESIS THAT WILL WORK BETTER.

BECAUSE I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES I WENT TO A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, HAVING DONE ALL THE RESEARCH AND READ EVERYTHING AND THOUGHT I KNEW EXACTLY HOW I WAS GOING TO VOTE ON SOMETHING,

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AND SOMEBODY ELSE ON THE DAY WOULD SAY SOMETHING THAT I HADN'T THOUGHT OF, AND IT WOULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

SO USE THAT BOOK AS A GUIDE BUT THE PRINCIPLE IS WE DO HAVE MORE IN COMMON THAN WE THINK.

BUT FOR LOTS OF REASONS, WE FOCUS ON WHAT'S DIFFERENT AND WE FOCUS ON HOW WE DON'T AGREE.

WHO ELSE? THANK YOU.

WHAT KEEPS YOU AWAKE AT NIGHT? WHAT CAUSES YOU DISTRESS?

>> YES, SIR.

>> TO ME, [NOISE] THE IMMEDIATE TRANSITION BUT THE TRANSITION OF EVERY TRUSTEE.

WE'RE NOT ALL GOING TO BE HERE FOREVER AND WHAT DO WE PUT IN PLACE IN POLICY AND WHAT DO WE PUT IN PLACE IN TERMS OF DEVELOPING FUTURE LEADERS IN OUR COMMUNITY? WHAT WE DO ABOUT BRINGING IN NEW TRUSTEES AND MAKING SURE THEY GET UP TO SPEED ON ALL THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING? THIS IS ALL NOT DONE IN A VACUUM, THERE'S A FRAMEWORK THAT WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING.

WE HAVE OUR POLICIES THAT WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING.

THERE'S A REASON WHY WE'VE CHOSEN THE GOALS THAT WE HAVE AND THE KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS AND ALL THAT JAZZ AND MAKING SURE THAT WE SOCIALIZE THAT AS NEW TRUSTEES COME IN.

I THINK IS SOMETHING THAT I'D LIKE DUSTIN AND MOCK CAN RUN AGAIN FOR THIS SEAT AND THOSE CONCERN ME AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO ALWAYS THINK OF A TRANSITION PLAN.

>> ABSOLUTELY. BECAUSE EVERY DECISION YOU MAKE IS NOT ONLY AFFECTING RIGHT NOW AND THESE KIDS AND THIS STAFF AND THESE PARENTS BUT IT'S GOING TO AFFECT HOW OUR FUTURE BOARDS CAN DO THINGS.

THERE IS A LONG REACH OF WHAT YOU DO.

NOW IF ONE MORE OF YOU TELLS ME YOU'RE NOT RUNNING AGAIN, I'M LEAVING.

IF YOU'RE NOT, JUST KEEP IT TO YOURSELF, JUST DO.

I CAN ONLY TAKE ONE SHORT TIME OR AT A TIME.

YOU ALL HAVE ALREADY DONE, WE'VE EXCEEDED WHAT I CAN TAKE TODAY, SO ANNOUNCE IT TOMORROW OR ANNOUNCE THAT AFTER I LEAVE BUT DON'T TELL ME AGAIN.

I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND.

BUT RESEARCH SAYS THAT STABILITY MATTERS. WHAT ELSE KEEPS YOU AWAKE?

>> I THINK I CAN TOP IT OFF PRETTY EASILY BY SAYING THAT WE WERE NOT GOING TO CHANGE SCHOOL OUTCOMES UNLESS WE CHANGE REALLY THE DAILY QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE FAMILIES AND STUDENTS IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.

ONE OF THE THINGS I'M MOST PROUD OF THIS BOARD IS THAT WE ARE WILLING TO LOOK AT THE HISTORY FOR WHAT IT IS AND SAY IT LIKE IT IS AND I THINK CHRIS SUPERINTENDENT HAS A LOT OF CREDIT FOR THAT.

WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE HISTORY OF THE CITY AND WHERE WE NEED TO FOCUS AND ULTIMATELY, I HOPE THAT 50 YEARS FROM NOW WHEN I'M DR. NOEL'S AGE, I DON'T HAVE TO SAY WE'RE STILL SEEING THE SAME ISSUES IN PLEASANT GROVE OR THE SAME ISSUES IN SOUTH BERKELEY FOR THE SAME ISSUE SOUTH OF [INAUDIBLE] SIMILARLY HOPE THAT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT CONTRIBUTED A LOT TO CLOSING EQUITY GAPS, IT'S NOT ACHIEVEMENT GAPS, IT'S OPPORTUNITY GAPS.

REALLY GIVING DALLAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALIZE ITS FULL POTENTIAL FOR ALL CITIZENS, NOT JUST THOSE WHO LIVE IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE CITY YOU WERE BORN CITIZEN.

>> I LOVE WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THE DAILY LIVES BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY WHAT MATTERS.

A LOT OF OUR KIDS WHO FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS OR WHO DON'T SUCCEED IN THE WAY WE THINK THEY SHOULD.

IT'S BECAUSE, AND WE TALK ABOUT DROPOUTS ALL THE TIME, BUT SOMETIMES THEY'RE PUSHED OUT.

SOMETIMES WE HAVE POLICIES AND PRACTICES WHICH WE CONSCIOUSLY OR UNCONSCIOUSLY DO THAT LITERALLY PUSH THEM OUT.

WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT ACKNOWLEDGING THE HISTORY, UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE LEGISLATION AND I'M NOT HERE TO DO LEGISLATIVE UPDATE THAT SAID THERE'S SOME THINGS YOU CAN'T TEACH OR YOU HAVE TO TEACH THEM AND YOU HAVE TO TELL BOTH SIDES OF IT.

THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING HERE NOW THAT WILL AFFECT WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE ABLE TO CLOSE THOSE OPPORTUNITY GAPS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE DAILY LIVES OF KIDS AND THAT'S HARD.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT KEEPS ME AWAKE NIGHTS FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTRY, FOR THE ENTIRE STATE.

>> ON A GOOD NOTE THOUGH, I THINK THE CITY OF DALLAS, IN TERMS OF ITS BUSINESS COMMUNITY, IN TERMS OF ITS POLITICAL COMMUNITY AT LARGE, AND OTHERS GREATER SUPPORT FOR THE DISTRICT THAT I'VE COME TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS BUT THERE'S ALSO ROOM TO HAVE MORE OF THAT, ESPECIALLY NOW IN THESE TIMES, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ALONE AND IT'S NOT GOING TO SOLVE THE ISSUE.

>> NO, YOU'RE RIGHT [OVERLAPPING].

YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

>> HOW MANY OF YOU ALL HAVE SEEN THE FILM: STOLEN EDUCATION? ANY OF YOU? DON'T FEEL BAD, I HAD NOT SEEN IT EITHER AND IT'S PARTICULARLY POIGNANT TO

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ME BECAUSE I'M A LAWYER TRAINED IN TEXAS AND I HAD LITERALLY NEVER HEARD OF THE CASE, BUT STOLEN EDUCATION IS A DOCUMENTARY DONE BY DR. ENRIQUE ALEMAN DOWN AT SAN ANTONIO.

HE'S AT A COLLEGE IN SAN ANTONIO DON'T ASK ME [OVERLAPPING] COULD BE TRINITY, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S TRINITY.

IT'S SOMETHING ELSE, MAYBE.

IS THERE ANOTHER ONE? I DON'T THINK IT'S THAT EITHER ANYWAY, YOU'LL LOOK IT UP, BUT THE POINT IS, HIS MOM WAS EDUCATED IN DRISCOLL, TEXAS AND WHEN SHE PASSED AWAY BECAUSE HE KNEW SHE HAD GRADUATED WHEN SHE WAS 21, BUT HE DIDN'T KNOW WHY, ONLY AFTER SHE PASSED AWAY DID HE REALIZE THAT THERE USED TO BE A RULE, IT WASN'T A LAW THAT MEXICAN-AMERICAN KIDS WERE KEPT IN FIRST GRADE FOR THREE YEARS AND SOMEBODY FINALLY SAID, WHY ARE YOU DOING THAT? MY KID NEEDS TO GO TO SECOND GRADE AND THE SUPERINTENDENT SAID THAT'S THE LAW HERE.

TRINITY, YES, IT WAS IT WAS WHEREVER YOU FIRST SAID, YOU LOOKED IT UP.

THANK YOU. ON HER BIRTHDAY, SHE'S WORKING, I LOVE THIS.

BUT SOMEONE FINALLY CHALLENGED IT AND THIS IS AFTER BROWN VERSUS BOARD, WHICH WE ALL HAVE HEARD OF.

NOBODY HAD HEARD OF THE CASE AGAINST [INAUDIBLE] AND A COURT SAID YOU CAN'T DO THAT BUT WHAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SAID WAS THEY HAD TO BE KEPT THERE BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T SPEAK ENGLISH.

WELL, THE IMPORTANT PART ABOUT THAT SUIT IS THAT THEY HAD EIGHT KIDS WHO WERE 7,8,9, TESTIFY IN COURT IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH.

TO SAY THAT WASN'T TRUE, I URGE YOU TO WATCH THE MOVIE AND CHECKOUT DR. ALEMAN, BUT THE REASON I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THAT, IT SOUNDS TERRIBLE NOW, 50 YEARS AFTERWARDS BUT I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT WHAT DECISIONS ARE YOU MAKING NOW? WHAT POLICIES ARE IN PLACE? WHAT PRACTICES ARE IN PLACE THAT SOMEBODY 50 YEARS FROM NOW WILL GO? WHAT WERE THEY THINKING? BECAUSE SO MANY THINGS AND DRISCOLL WAS NOT UNUSUAL IN THAT THEY JUST HAPPEN TO BE THE SUBJECT OF THE LAWSUIT.

BECAUSE EVERY TIME I SHOW THAT FILM, I HAVE BOARD MEMBERS WHO SAY THEY DID THAT IN ELGIN, THEY DID THAT IN NEAR DALLAS.

I MEAN, IT WAS A PRACTICE, BUT IT WAS A PRACTICE THAT HAD FAR-REACHING IMPLICATIONS.

AS YOU MAKE DECISIONS, BE CONSTANTLY, AS WE TALKED ABOUT CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.

HOW CAN WE CHANGE? WHAT DO WE NEED TO CHANGE? WHAT ELSE KEEPS YOU AWAKE NIGHTS?

>> WHAT KEEPS ME AWAKE IS THE INCREASING PARTISANS A NATION, IF THAT'S A WORD [LAUGHTER].

STAYED IN OUR COUNTRY AND THE CREEPING NATURE OF THAT PARTISAN ASPECT AND TO LOCAL MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, PARTICULARLY WITH CONCURRENT TREND AND RELATED TREND OF ELEVATING THE VOICES OF MINORITY FRINGE GROUPS, WHO LIKE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY CONSIDER PUBLIC EDUCATION ISSUES LIKE CRITICAL RACE THEORY.

BUT REALLY ARE NOT ISSUES THAT HAVE ANY BEARING ON STUDENT OUTCOMES, AND ARE NOT, I WOULD ARGUE PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT PUBLIC EDUCATION.

I THINK THAT THAT DYNAMIC IS CREATING A TOXIC ENVIRONMENT WHERE YOU SEE LOTS OF SUPERINTENDENCE RESIGNING, YOU SEE GOOD PEOPLE THAT WOULD DO A GOOD JOB, NOT BE WILLING TO RUN FOR A TRUSTEE OR STAY AS A TRUSTEE BECAUSE THAT ENVIRONMENT IS SO PARTISAN AND SO TOXIC.

I THINK THAT THAT'S A TREND THAT UNFORTUNATELY IS ONLY GROWING.

IF WE DON'T FIND A WAY TO INTERVENE IN THAT, I THINK WE'RE HEADED IN A BAD DIRECTION.

>> I WOULD ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH YOU, AND I WOULD AGREE THAT IT IS A SMALL NUMBER OF PEOPLE, BUT THEY'RE VERY WELL FUNDED AND THEY ARE VERY WELL-ORGANIZED.

>> DON'T FORGET LOUD [LAUGHTER].

>> WELL, AND LOUD.

BUT WHAT I'VE SAID TO PEOPLE IS THAT THEY'RE PLAYING CHESS, WE'RE PLAYING CHECKERS.

WE HAVE GOT TO, AND THAT'S ONE OF MY PERSONAL MISSIONS, IS TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE COUNTERACT THAT.

NOT BECAUSE OF WANTING TO FIGHT ABOUT IT, BUT BECAUSE OF THE IMPLICATIONS FOR KIDS.

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BECAUSE THAT IS CHANGING WHAT OUR KIDS CAN LEARN, IT IS CHANGING WHAT OUR TEACHERS FEEL COMFORTABLE TEACHING, IT IS CHANGING WHETHER OR NOT OUR EQUITY, OUR DIVERSITY, WHATEVER OUR DEFINITION IS, WHAT CAN WE DO.

EVERY TIME SOMETHING HAPPENS IN THE NEWS, IT HAS A CHILLING EFFECT ON OTHER DISTRICTS, ON OTHER BOARDS.

IT HAS A CHILLING EFFECTS ON WHO WILL RUN FOR SCHOOL BOARD.

>> LET ME BUILD ON THAT.

>> YES.

>> IF YOU WEREN'T PAYING ATTENTION, THERE WAS AN ARTICLE THIS WEEK BY SHARON GRIGSBY, BUT NOW HOW A GENTLEMAN THAT USED TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE FAR-RIGHT HAS NOW STARTED BASHING TEACHERS IN A VERY AGGRESSIVE WAY, THAT THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING ELSE, SO THEY GOT TO TEACH.

IT WAS JUST AWFUL.

BUT ALSO I WANT TO TELL THE BOARD, NOW THESE NEXT FEW MONTHS, I'M THE CHAIRMAN OF THE LEGISLATIVE CHAIR OF THE TEXAS URBAN COUNCIL, AND I'M ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF THE TEXAS SCHOOL ALLIANCE, AND WE'RE GETTING ORGANIZED TO NOT JUST SIT BACK AND BEING A PUNCHING BAG.

I'LL TALK TO YOU INDIVIDUALLY OFFLINE, THAT WE'RE NOT JUST GOING TO SIT BACK AND TAKE THAT ANYMORE.

I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I HAVE SOMETHING ELSE I'LL BE WORKING ON FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS.

>> THAT'S WHAT WE NEED.

BUT EVERY TIME WE SEE A SUPERINTENDENT WHO IS FORCED TO RESIGN, EVERY TIME WE SEE A TEACHER WHO QUITS IN JUST UTTER FRUSTRATION, IT JUST MAKES IT WORSE.

I TELL PEOPLE THAT TEACHING IS A PROFESSION THAT MAKES EVERY OTHER PROFESSION POSSIBLE.

IF WE REALLY KNOW THAT, IF WE REALLY BELIEVE THAT ONE, HOW DO WE ALLOW PEOPLE TO BASH TEACHERS? HOW DO WE NOT HAVE THAT RESPECT AND HOW DO WE NOT PAY THEM? BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS IDEA NOW, THAT ANYBODY CAN TEACH.

THERE WAS A JOKE THAT SAID, IF YOU CAN'T TEACH, YOU TEACH GYM OR YOU GO INTO ADMINISTRATION, NO OFFENSE.

BUT THAT WAS A JOKE, EXCEPT PEOPLE ACTUALLY BELIEVE THAT.

WE'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING TO REVERSE THAT.

WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO, BECAUSE YOU-ALL DO WONDERFUL THINGS, BUT IT IS THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE ON THE FRONT LINES THAT ARE GETTING BEATEN UP EVERY DAY.

THAT'S JUST A PARTICULARLY PUBLIC RIGHT NOW, BUT IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.

HOW DO WE DO THAT? WHAT ELSE KEEPS YOU AWAKE AT NIGHT? NOT THAT THAT'S NOT ENOUGH TO NEVER LET YOU SLEEP AGAIN, BUT I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THIS WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT THE THINGS THAT CONCERN YOU.

>> MINES I THINK MOST SIMILAR TO EDWIN'S, IT'S THE IDEA OF SUSTAINABILITY, BOTH PROGRAMMATIC, BUT ALSO IN TERMS OF VISION, STAYING DATA-DRIVEN, STAYING FOCUSED ON STUDENT OUTCOMES.

BECAUSE WE KNOW THE ALTERNATIVE, DR. RACHEL JUST REFERENCED IT EARLIER IN THE 90S, WE KNOW WHAT IT CAN, WHAT IT CAN'T AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

>> YES.

ABSOLUTELY. WE RELY A LOT ON ANTIQUE DATA, BUT YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE ACTUAL DATA, AND YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY YOU PASSED A HUGE BOND.

YOU'VE GOT THE PUBLIC ON YOUR SIDE, BUT THEY HAVE GOT TO KNOW WHAT IT IS YOU'RE TRYING TO DO BECAUSE THEN THEY CAN HELP YOU, AND THEY CAN HELP IN THAT FIGHT AGAINST THIS GROWING THING.

BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS, I JUST ACTUALLY WATCHED, I THINK THERE WAS AN HOUR-AND-A-HALF OF HOW TO DISRUPT SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS, HOW TO GET SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS OFF, THERE ARE VIDEOS OUT THERE, THERE'S TRAINING OUT THERE, THEY'RE RECRUITING LIKE THE ARMY.

WE GOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE COUNTERACT THAT.

NOT BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO SILENCE PEOPLE.

THAT'S NOT IT AT ALL. WE WANT PUBLIC INPUT, WE WANT PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT.

BUT WE WANT IT DESIGNED TO IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES.

THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? ANYTHING ELSE? I THINK CHANTEL JUST SENT ME A TEXT THAT SAYS, IT'S TIME FOR ME TO SHUT UP. I'M JUST KIDDING.

I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS FUNNY IN THE LAST SESSION.

MY PHONE'S NOT UP HERE SO YOU CAN TEXT ME ALL YOU WANT.

I'M JUST GOING TO KEEP TALKING EXCEPT I KNOW YOU HAVE TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE.

IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE ON THAT, LET'S SPEND SOME TIME IN THE FRAMEWORK.

I DO WANT TO SAY, THIS IS NOT AND HAS NEVER BEEN THE TASB FRAMEWORK.

PEOPLE KEPT SAYING IT WAS TASB BECAUSE WE JUST PUT OUR LOGO WHITE AND WE PRINTED OUT IN A CERTAIN WAY.

BUT THIS IS ABSOLUTELY FROM THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

I THINK SUSAN ELLIOT IN OUR OFFICE PUT THIS TOGETHER.

BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE FRONT PAGE OF IT,

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YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE LOGO THAT SHE DESIGNED, STUDENTS SUCCESS IS THE CENTER.

ALL OF THIS IS FOR STUDENTS SUCCESS.

AS WE'LL TALK ABOUT THOSE FIVE THINGS IN THE OUTER RING OF THAT, ARE WHAT THE STATE BOARD RENAMED THESE THINGS, AND THEY SPENT SOME TIME AND GOT INPUT FROM FOLKS.

BECAUSE IF YOU'LL REMEMBER FROM THE OLD FRAMEWORK, THE FIRST ONE SAID VISION.

IT NOW SAYS VISION AND GOALS.

THE SECOND ONE WAS CALLED, GOD, I FORGOT THE OLD ONES NOW, STRUCTURE.

NOW, IT'S CALLED SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES, WHICH I GUESS, MAKES A LITTLE BIT MORE SENSE.

THE THIRD ONE WAS ACCOUNTABILITY.

THIS IS WHAT IS NOW, PROGRESS AND ACCOUNTABILITY.

THE FOURTH ONE WAS ADVOCACY, AND NOW IT'S ADVOCACY AND ENGAGEMENT, AND THE LAST ONE WAS UNITY.

THAT TERM WAS THROWN OUT BECAUSE PEOPLE KEPT THINKING UNITY MET UNANIMITY.

EVERYBODY SAID THAT EVERYBODY HAD TO AGREE, AND THAT WAS NEVER WHAT IT WAS MEANT TO BE.

IT WASN'T MEANT TO BE UNANIMITY. IT WAS UNITY.

JUST BEING UNITED IN WHAT YOU'RE DOING FOR STUDENTS.

THE LAST THING IS, IF YOU WILL LOOK, THE OUTER EDGE, IS RING, HAS EQUITY, BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE CHANGES THAT THEY MADE.

LET'S SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT THAT.

I PROMISE I WON'T BE BEFORE YOU LONG.

BUT IF YOU LOOK ON PAGE 3, IF YOU JUST TURN INSIDE AND GO DOWN TO THE FOURTH PARAGRAPH, IT SAYS, "THE SBOE BOARD TRAINING RULES EXPECT TRUSTEES TO ASSESS THEIR OWN DEVELOPMENT NEEDS AGAINST THE CONTENT OF THE FRAMEWORK EACH YEAR AS PART OF YOUR THREE-HOUR TRAINING." I TELL YOU THAT BECAUSE, BY LAW, AT THE END OF THIS, I'M GOING TO ASK EACH ONE OF YOU, INCLUDING SHORT TIME OR ANYHOW SIR, WHAT FURTHER CONTINUING EDUCATION YOU NEED TO BE BETTER AT YOUR JOB, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS A TEAM.

I DON'T CARE WHAT THE ANSWER IS.

YOU HAVE TO AT LEAST GIVE ME ONE FOR EACH.

IT DOESN'T MEAN ANYBODY IS GOING TO FOLLOW YOU AROUND TWO SESSIONS AND SAY, OH WAIT, YOU SAID YOU WANTED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS, BUT YOU'RE LEARNING ABOUT THIS. IT'S JUST A GUIDE.

BUT IT IS REQUIRED BY LAW.

[NOISE] I'VE ALREADY TOLD YOU THERE'S GOING TO BE A TEST AT THE END.

SO WHEN I SAY, WHAT IS YOUR CONTINUING EDUCATION GOAL FOR NEXT YEAR, DON'T LOOK AT ME LIKE I HAVEN'T SAID THIS BECAUSE I HAVE.

IF YOU WILL TURN TO PAGE 5, WE'RE GOING TO BRIEFLY GO THROUGH WHAT HAS BEEN CHANGED IN THOSE FIVE AREAS, BECAUSE THE STATE BOARD DECIDED THAT THOSE FIVE AREAS ARE THE THINGS THAT SCHOOL BOARDS AND SCHOOL BOARD SUPERINTENDENT TEAMS NEED TO DO.

I THINK THE BIGGEST CHANGE IN THIS ONE IS THE FOURTH BULLET DOWN.

IT SAYS, "YOU ADOPT A REASONABLE NUMBER OF SPECIFIC QUANTIFIABLE, RESEARCH-BASED AND TIME-BOUND GOALS THAT ALIGN WITH STATE LAW, AND ARE DEVELOPED WITH COMMUNITY INPUT, AND SUPPORT AND VISION TO IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES." IT ALWAYS SAID THAT YOU HAD GOALS, BUT THIS IS SAYING, I'M BEING MORE SPECIFIC ABOUT WHAT THOSE GOALS ARE, HOW THEY NEED TO BE DEVELOPED, AND THE PURPOSE, WHICH OF COURSE IS STUDENT OUTCOMES.

THE FOURTH ONE SAYS THAT THE BOARD EMBRACES, SUPPORTS, AND FULFILLS THE VISION THAT ALL STUDENTS RECEIVE WHAT THEY NEED TO LEARN, THRIVE, AND GROW, INCLUDING RESOURCES, OPPORTUNITIES, AND EXPERIENCES.

I HEARD TRUSTEE JOHNSON AND ALL OF YOU TALKED ABOUT SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL.

IT'S WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED? NOT JUST WHAT CAN BE DEMONSTRATED ON A TEST, BUT WHAT DO YOU NEED TO THRIVE? WHAT DOES EACH CHILD NEED TO THRIVE? EACH CHILD IS GOING TO NEED SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

IT IS NOT WE'RE NOT ONE SIZE FITS ALL, AND I KNOW YOU ARE HUGE DISTRICT.

BUT FOR PARENTS, THE ONLY KIDS THAT THEY'RE FOCUSED ON, ARE THEIR OWN.

YOU'VE GOT TO BE FOCUSED ON ALL OF THEM, EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE SINGLE MEMBER, IT'S ALL THE KIDS IN DALLAS.

HOW DO WE TAKE CARE OF THEIR LEARNING, THEIR THRIVING, AND THEY'RE GROWING? IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS ON ANYTHING ON THIS, STOP ME BECAUSE I'LL JUST KEEP TALKING, I'M BIONIC.

THE NEXT ONE IS SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES AND SUSAN WAS KIND ENOUGH TO DIVIDE IT UP INTO POLICY FISCAL, THINGS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH CURRICULUM, THINGS THAT ARE GENERAL OPERATIONS, SAFETY, AND HUMAN RESOURCES.

BECAUSE, WHEN I WAS ENCOURAGED TO RUN FOR THE BOARD, I HAD NO IDEA WHAT SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS DID.

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I WILL ASSURE YOU THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE PUBLIC HAS NO IDEA WHAT IT IS YOU DO.

THIS BOOKLET HELPS TO GIVE YOU TALKING POINTS, NOT THAT YOU DON'T KNOW, BUT OF THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO DO.

I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHANGES IS UNDER CURRICULUM INSTRUCTION AND ASSESSMENT, AND YOU TALKED ABOUT THIS EARLIER THAT YOU MONITOR MULTIPLE MEASURABLE ELEMENTS OF STUDENT PROGRESS AND ACHIEVEMENT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

SO IT'S NOT JUST STAR TEST AND IT'S NOT JUST AT THE END OF THE YEAR BECAUSE AS WE ALL KNOW THE STAR TEST IS AN AUTOPSY.

IT'S WHAT HAPPENED IN RETROSPECT, BUT YOU ALL ARE CONSTANTLY MONITORING AND CONSTANTLY DOING THINGS THAT WILL TELL YOU HOW YOUR STUDENTS ARE DOING.

THAT'S ONE OF THE IMPORTANT CHANGES THAT THEY MADE THERE.

I DON'T THINK THAT THEY REALLY CHANGED SAFETY, BUT IT SAYS YOU ADOPT, YOU APPROVE GOALS, POLICIES AND PROGRAMS THAT ENSURE A SAFE AND SECURE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.

BUT SO MANY TIMES PEOPLE THINK SAFE AND SECURE IS JUST SECURE FROM OUTSIDE THREATS.

BUT YOU-ALL KNOW SECURITY HAS TO DO WITH WHETHER OR NOT YOUR KIDS ARE CONTEMPLATING SUICIDE.

IT HAS TO DO WITH WHETHER OR NOT YOUR KIDS ARE USING DRUGS.

IT HAS TO DO WITH WHETHER OR NOT YOUR KIDS ARE IN SITUATIONS THAT ARE DANGEROUS TO THEM.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE LEGISLATURE PASSED LAST TIME, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS CRAZY INITIALLY WAS THAT BOARDS HAD TO LEARN ABOUT HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND CHILD ABUSE.

NOT THAT BOARD MEMBERS ARE GOING TO BE IDENTIFYING THAT.

AS A PROSECUTOR I WORKED WITH CPS, MOST OF THE CASES ARE IDENTIFIED FROM SCHOOLS BECAUSE THAT TEACHER, THAT STAFF SEES THAT KID EVERY DAY AND CAN SEE THOSE VISIBLE MARKS, THOSE INVISIBLE THINGS.

IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THOSE PROCESSES ARE IN PLACE.

THE OTHER THING THAT I LEARNED IS BECAUSE WHEN YOU THINK OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING YOU THINK OF SOMEBODY BEING TRANSPORTED FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER.

HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS HAPPENING WITH KIDS WHO ARE GOING HOME EVERY DAY.

BUT THEY'RE ON THE INTERNET.

SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT SAFETY AND JUST EVEN FROM WHICH I WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, YOU'RE LOOKING AT ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

IF YOU'LL TURN THE PAGES, THE THIRD ONE IS PROGRESS ON ACCOUNTABILITY, AND IT SAYS YOU HAVE SET THE VISION AND THE GOALS, YOU HAVE PUT IN PLACE THOSE PROCESSES THAT WILL ALLOW IT TO HAPPEN.

BUT YOUR JOB IS TO MONITOR THAT PROGRESS AND GIVE FEEDBACK.

THAT WAS WHAT I HEARD YOU DOING EARLIER.

I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT CHANGE HERE IS THE THIRD ONE DOWN IT SAYS YOU ENSURE EQUITY THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM BY REGULARLY IDENTIFYING INEQUITIES, UPDATING POLICIES, AND APPROPRIATELY DISTRIBUTING RESOURCES.

AS YOU SAID YOU'RE CONSTANTLY IMPROVING, YOU ARE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO? WHERE IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S INEQUITABLE? ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS COME UP RECENTLY ARE THE DRESS CODE POLICIES.

THAT ALL SOUNDED GREAT ON THEIR FACE, BUT THEY HAD DISPARATE EFFECTS ON DIFFERENT PEOPLE.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DRESS CODE POLICY A LOT OF THEM ARE GEARED TOWARDS GIRLS.

THIS IS WHAT GIRLS CAN'T DO, THIS IS WHAT THEY CAN'T.

YOU CONSTANTLY HAVE TO BE LOOKING AT IT THROUGH THE LENS OF ARE WE DOING THAT IN THE INTEREST OF KIDS GROWING AND THRIVING, AND I APOLOGIZE IF IT STEPS ON TOLLS BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON HERE, BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S BEEN IMPORTANT.

BUT CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT HOW IS IT AFFECTING.

BECAUSE THERE WERE A COUPLE OF KIDS TALKING AND ONE OF THE KIDS SAID, I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE BLACK HISTORY CURRICULUM, TO HAVE MEXICAN AMERICAN HISTORY CURRICULUM, AND THE OTHER KIDS SAID, MY HISTORY IS OPTIONAL, YOUR HISTORY IS MANDATORY.

LOOKING AT HOW ARE THOSE THINGS AND ARE THERE INEQUITIES AND CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT THEM.

THE FOURTH ONE IS ADVOCACY AND ENGAGEMENT, AND THERE WEREN'T SO MANY CHANGES AS THERE WERE ADDITIONS.

BECAUSE IT STILL TALKS ABOUT DEMONSTRATING YOUR COMMITMENT TO YOUR GOALS AND COMMUNICATING TO YOUR COMMUNITY, REGULARLY REPORTING TO YOUR FAMILIES THE PROGRESS THAT'S HAPPENING.

BUT IT ALSO TALKS ABOUT AN ONLINE DASHBOARD, YOUR COMMUNITY, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO ON YOUR WEBSITE AND KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN TERMS OF YOUR GOALS AND HOW WELL YOU ARE.

THE THIRD ONE SAYS YOU INSURE MULTIPLE FORMS OF

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TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION WILL BE USED TO ENGAGE, EMPOWER, AND CONNECT STUDENTS, FAMILIES, STAFF, MEDIA, AND COMMUNITY WITH THE DISTRICT.

TAZZ BY DOSE WHAT'S NOW CALLED GOV CAMP, AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GOV CAMP AND SLI OR CONVENTION IS THAT IT IS POWERED BY STUDENT VOICE BECAUSE WE ENCOURAGE FOLKS AT THAT THING TO HOW ARE YOU HEARING FROM YOUR STUDENTS? WHAT ARE YOUR STUDENTS TELLING YOU? SO MANY TIMES WHEN COVID HIT, WHEN YOU WOULD ACTUALLY ASK KIDS, HOW IS THIS AFFECTING YOU? WHAT ARE WE DOING THAT'S GOOD? WHAT ARE WE DOING THAT'S NOT? YOU GOT SOME ANSWERS THAT ADULTS DID NOT EXPECT.

THE LAST ONE THAT WE'RE GOING TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME ON IS SYNERGY AND TEAMWORK.

ACCORDING TO MY BOSS WHO WAS ALSO A SHORT TIME DR. HINOJOSA, HE HAS GIVEN HIS NOTICE AND HE'S LEAVING IN MARCH.

THE TWO TERMS THAT PEOPLE IN BUSINESS MOST DISLIKE ARE SYNERGY AND TEAMWORK, SO WE MANAGED TO HIT THEM BOTH.

BUT I THINK THERE IS A REASON WHY THEY'RE AN IMPORTANT REPLACEMENT FOR UNITY.

BECAUSE SYNERGY MEANS THAT YOU ARE ALL GREAT SUPERSTARS AND YOUR WONDERFUL IN YOUR INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT TOGETHER YOU'RE MORE THAN THAT.

THE MOST IMPORTANT, WELL, LET'S JUST GO THROUGH THESE.

IT SAYS THAT YOU RECOGNIZE YOUR DISTINCT ROLE IN ESTABLISHING VISION AND GOALS, ADOPTING POLICIES, SETTING PRIORITIES, ESTABLISHING GOVERNMENT PROTOCOLS, AND HIRING AND EVALUATING THE SUPERINTENDENT.

BUT I HEARD WHAT TRUSTEE GARCIA SAID WHEN SHE SAID THAT SHE'S VERY COGNIZANT OF WHAT YOUR ROLE IS IN TERMS OF POLICY VERSUS THE DAY-TO-DAY RUNNING OF THE DISTRICT, AND IT'S HARD AS A TRUSTEE BECAUSE MOST OF THE TIME WHAT PEOPLE STOP YOU AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT ARE THINGS THAT PROBABLY AREN'T YOUR ROW, THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING, BUT THEY WANT YOU TO DO SOMETHING.

PART OF WHAT WE DO AND PART OF WHAT WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN REQUIRED TO DO IS EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON WHAT IT IS BOARDS DON'T DO.

WE USED TO DO AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU-ALL DO HERE, THE BOARD CANDIDATE WORKSHOPS, WE USED TO DO THEM IN EVERY REGION BECAUSE PEOPLE WOULD COME TO THAT WORKSHOP AND THEY GO, WELL IF I CAN'T DO THIS AND THIS WHY WOULD I RUN FOR THE BOARD AND YOU GO EXACTLY.

WE'D RATHER HAVE YOU KNOW THAT BEFORE YOU RUN AND BEFORE YOU'RE ELECTED.

BUT IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE.

THE SECOND STATEMENT SAYS RECOGNIZING EACH INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEES DUTY AS A TRUSTEE AND FIDUCIARY FOR THE ENTIRE DISTRICT.

PARTICULARLY AS PEOPLE WHO ARE ELECTED SINGLE-MEMBER.

YOU'RE ELECTED BY A SET GROUP OF PEOPLE, BUT YOU REPRESENT EVERYBODY.

THE FOURTH ONE SAYS YOU ANNUALLY EVALUATE YOUR PERFORMANCE AS A TEAM, BECAUSE IT'S REAL EASY TO KNOW THAT YOU NEED TO EVALUATE THE SUPERINTENDENT.

BUT IT'S EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT THAT EVERY BOARD EVALUATE THEMSELVES.

ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE NEW BOARD MEMBERS BECAUSE EVERY TIME YOU ADD SOMEONE DIFFERENT, IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT TEAM.

WHEN DR. HINOJOSA LEAVES, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SAY WHAT WAS IT THAT HE BROUGHT WHEN ANY ONE OF THE TRUSTEES DOESN'T RUN AGAIN OR IS DEFEATED, YOU HAVE TO SAY, WHAT DID THAT PERSON CONTRIBUTE AND WHAT DOES THIS NEW PERSON BRING? IT'S IMPORTANT TO EVALUATE YOURSELVES AS A TEAM.

THE SECOND TO THE LAST BULLET ON PAGE 10 SAYS YOU DEVELOP TEAMWORK, PROBLEM-SOLVING, AND DECISION-MAKING SKILLS AS A TEAM WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT THOSE ARE NOT THINGS THAT COME NATURALLY, BECAUSE IT IS SO SIMPLE TO SAY, PEOPLE ELECTED ME, I'M HERE.

I CAME WITH A MANDATE.

I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY BRAND NEW BOARD MEMBERS I THINK I SEE WHO THINK I WAS ELECTED BY A LANDSLIDE VOTE AND PEOPLE WANT ME TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT WHEN 20 PERCENT OF THE ELECTORATE VOTED AND THEY WON BY FIVE.

BUT STILL IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU DEVELOP THAT TEAMWORK.

I THINK THAT'S ALL I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT UNDER THOSE.

I WANT TO POINT OUT TO YOU THAT THERE IS A PAGE ON PAGE 13 THAT TALKS ABOUT WHEREVER EDUCATIONAL EQUITY IS HIGHLIGHTED THROUGHOUT THERE AND IT BREAKS IT DOWN INTO ALL FIVE OF THEM.

THE LAST THING IS YOUR TRAINING REQUIREMENTS WHICH GET ADDED TO EVERY SINGLE DAY.

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ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THAT? I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 11:30, SO I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO PRETEND THAT YOU'RE GOING TO ASK ME A QUESTION.

[LAUGHTER] BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER AND I'M HAPPY TO GIVE YOU MY SUPER SECRET CELL PHONE NUMBER IF YOU THINK OF SOMETHING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT YOU WANT TO ASK.

>> I THINK THERE ARE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN EMBARGOED.

>> YOU'RE PROBABLY RIGHT.

WE'RE NOT TALKING.

THE VERY LAST THING I HAVE TO DO BECAUSE I THINK MY TIME IS ALMOST UP EVEN THOUGH I'M IGNORING ANY TEXTS THAT ANYONE MIGHT BE SENDING ME, IS I HAVE TO ASK YOU AS I PROMISED.

WHAT DOES THIS TEAM NEED IN THE WAY OF CONTINUING EDUCATION AND WHAT DO YOU INDIVIDUALLY NEED? PLEASE UNDERSTAND THIS IS NOT TAZZ BY TRAINING, THIS IS NOT K. DOUGLASS COMES BACK.

IT IS WHAT WOULD MOST BENEFIT THIS TEAM TO LEARN ABOUT IN THE COMING YEAR.

I NEED AT LEAST ONE THING, SO WHAT DOES THE TEAM NEED? [BACKGROUND] OKAY.

I THINK THAT'S COMING UP.

THAT'S A VERY GOOD SEGUE, RIGHT? WHAT ELSE?

>> I THINK WE NEED ANOTHER THREE-HOUR ORIENTATION ON THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE.

>> YEAH. I JUST HAPPENED TO HAVE THAT IN MY PACKAGE.

>> I WAS JUST KIDDING. [LAUGHTER]

>> I KNOW YOU'RE KIDDING BECAUSE YOU ONLY NEED AN UPDATE AS AN EXPERIENCED TRUSTEE. WHAT ELSE?

>> I WILL SAY.

>> YES. YOU CAN READ THAT TONIGHT.

>> MORE TRYING TO SURROUND ON EQUITY.

>> I'M SORRY.

>> MORE TRYING TO SURROUND ON EQUITY?

>> YEAH. TRUSTEE FOREMAN SAID WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE ON THE DEFINITIONS AND THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.

ABSOLUTELY. THIS IS STILL A TEAM.

WHAT ELSE DOES THE TEAM NEED? THAT I'M GOING TO ASK YOU INDIVIDUALLY.

>> I THINK WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE BEST AND MOST EFFECTIVE PRACTICES ARE TO DEAL WITH COVID PROBLEMS.

>> THE HARDEST THING ABOUT THAT IS IT LITERALLY CHANGES EVERY DAY.

NOW I'D HEAR THINGS THAT SAY, WELL, THIS WORKS FOR DELTA AND THIS WORKS FOR OMICRON.

LORD KNOWS THERE'S PROBABLY ANOTHER ONE WAITING, BUT YES, WHATEVER THE BEST PRACTICES ARE.

>> I MEAN FOR THE EDUCATIONAL FALLOUT.

>> THE EDUCATIONAL FALLOUT. I'M SORRY.

>> BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S TRYING THINGS AND WE'RE TRYING THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ALWAYS TRIED IN OTHER CONTEXTS, BUT WE JUST GOT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WORKS.

>> WE ALSO HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF KIDS WHO HAVE LOST RELATIVES.

THERE ARE KIDS WHO HAVE LOST BOTH THEIR PARENTS.

THERE ARE PARENTS WHO HAVE LOST CHILDREN.

MY GRANDSON IS 11 AND HE'S IN SIXTH GRADE.

HE GOT COVID IN END OF SEPTEMBER, BEGINNING OF OCTOBER.

THERE WAS A 10-YEAR-OLD AT HIS SCHOOL WHO WAS IN FIFTH GRADE, WHO WAS IN THE HOSPITAL.

A PERFECTLY HEALTHY KID WENT IN THE HOSPITAL SEPTEMBER 30TH AND HIS MOM WAS TOLD THAT IF THEY AMPUTATED ALL OF HIS LIMBS, HE DID HAVE A 25 PERCENT CHANCE OF SURVIVAL.

HE DIDN'T.

WHAT DOES THAT DO TO THE REST OF THE CLASS? WHAT DOES IT DO TO THE REST OF THE KIDS IN TERMS OF WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GO BACK AND PREPARE FOR THE STAR TEST AND WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GO DO THIS? THERE'S SO MUCH EMOTIONAL FALLOUT THAT HAS TO BE ADDRESSED AS WE ADDRESS THE EDUCATIONAL STUFF.

I HAVE THREE THINGS FOR THE TEAM.

I'M GOING TO START AND GO. WELL, I'M NOT.

JUST TELL ME IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU NEED, PARTICULARLY, I'LL TRACK YOU DOWN. I'M WRITING IT DOWN.

>> BEST PRACTICES ON HOW TO HIRE A NEW SUPERINTENDENT.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> I WOULD SAY MORE TRAINING ON WHAT WE CAN DO AS A BOARD TO PUT PROCEDURES IN PLACE THAT WILL OUTLAST ALL OF US.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS WE ALWAYS ASK IS ARE YOUR PROCEDURES WRITTEN DOWN, AND DOES YOUR PRACTICE MATCH THE PROCEDURE? ABSOLUTELY, THAT WILL OUTLAST YOU. WHO ELSE?

>> I'D SAY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WERE, PROBABLY NOT BEST IN DALLAS IS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER DISTRICTS THAT I THINK HAVE DONE A BETTER JOB OF THAT.

>> IT'S HARD WHEN YOU HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES AND SO MANY DISPARATE COMMUNITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE GOT EVERYBODY REPRESENTED.

BECAUSE THE QUESTION IS, DO WE HAVE EVERYBODY AT THE TABLE?

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ABSOLUTELY. WHAT ELSE? WHO ELSE? I CAN'T LEAVE TIL YOU ALL ANSWER.

>> I WAS GOING TO PIGGYBACK ON TRUSTEE MARSHALL TO SAY, WHICH WAS JUST MADE WORSE WITH COVID BECAUSE I ALWAYS LIKED TO HAVE COMMUNITY FORUMS IN PERSON.

I'VE HAD TO HAVE ALL MY COMMUNITY FORUMS LATELY IN ZOOM, AND AGAIN IT GOES TO YOUR QUESTION EXACTLY.

WHO IS HERE AND WHO ISN'T HERE? WHO AM I MISSING? WHO CAN'T SHOW UP BECAUSE IT'S THE WRONG TIME OR THEY DON'T HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY OR WHATEVER? I THINK THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

THAT'S AN AREA THAT DESPITE HAVING BEEN A SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE FOR ALL THESE YEARS, STILL NOT GRADED.

>> WE WEREN'T PREPARED FOR THIS, BUT THE ONE THING IS THAT THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO ATTEND BECAUSE THERE WAS ZOOM.

PARENTS WHO COULDN'T TAKE OFF WORK TO GO TO ARD MEETINGS COULD NOW DO IT BY ZOOM.

THERE ARE SOME GOOD THINGS, BUT YES, THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WE DON'T COMMUNICATE AS WELL.

WHAT ELSE? I NEED SOMETHING FROM EVERYBODY.

I CAN'T WALK AWAY FROM THIS TABLE.

>> I NEED TO LEARN HOW TO MAKE FRIENDS BECAUSE ALL MY FRIENDS ARE DEAD.

I NEED TO LEARN HOW TO SLEEP.

>> WELL, YOU WILL SLEEP MUCH BETTER.

>> HE NEEDS TO LEARN HOW TO MAKE BETTER JOKES. [LAUGHTER]

>> YOU'RE GOING TO BE RUN OFF BECAUSE OF YOUR JOKES.

>> WHERE'S HE FROM AGAIN?

>> WHERE WAS HE EDUCATED? I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FROM YOUR TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

PATIENCE. WELL, YOU KNOW THAT BIBLICALLY PATIENCE COMES FROM TRIBULATION, SO IF YOU'RE PRAYING FOR PATIENCE YOU'RE ASKING FOR MORE TRIBULATION.

PLEASE DON'T.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO ASK FOR THEM.

THEY'RE THERE. I'VE GOT IT DOWN.

TRUSTEE MICCICHE. YOU MIGHT'VE SAID SOMETHING FOR THE TEAM.

DID YOU WANT TO DITTO THAT FOR YOUR OWN PERSONAL ONE?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> YOU ARE SLEEPY?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> OH, OKAY.

>> PLEASE, I NEED TO CATCH UP ON SOME SLEEP.

>> OH, DON'T WE ALL? TRUSTEE JOHNSON.

>> UNDERSTANDING.

>> WHAT DO YOU WANT TO UNDERSTAND BETTER?

>> WHY PEOPLE DO WHAT THEY DO? [LAUGHTER]

>> GOOD LUCK WITH THAT.

>> YEAH. GOOD LUCK WITH THAT BROTHER.

>> THAT'S WHAT I TOLD MY PSYCH TEACHER.

>> I'M A PSYCH MAJOR.

THAT'S WHY I WAS A PSYCH MAJOR.

DYSFUNCTION. TRUSTEE GARCIA.

>> I THINK WITH THE RECENT BOND 2020 AND JUST THE CONTINUATION AND HOPEFULLY THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE PROGRESS IN THE DISTRICT.

I'M GOING TO LOOK AT A SPECIFIC BULLET POINT ON OUR PROGRESS AND ACCOUNTABILITY, BUT IT'S CONTINUED TO REVIEW THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF DISTRICT OPERATIONS IN USE OF RESOURCES TO SUPPORTING THE DISTRICT'S VISION AND GOALS.

JUST STAYING TRUE TO THE ULTIMATE STUDENT OUTCOME.

>> TRUSTEE JOHNSON, I'M GOING TO PUT YOU IN THE CORNER. [BACKGROUND]

>> YEAH, BLAME IT ON SOMEONE ELSE, YES. BUT I DID HEAR YOU.

YES, I HAVE IT DOWN.

TRUSTEE HENRY, WHAT DO YOU NEED WORKING IN [OVERLAPPING] PUBLIC EDUCATION.

>> [INAUDIBLE] TOTALLY IMPROVING ON MAKING AN IMPACT AND THEN FAMILY. THAT'S IT.

>> ABSOLUTELY. WELL, THANK YOU.

I KNOW MY TIME IS UP, BUT I HAVE APPRECIATED THE CHANCE TO BE BEFORE YOU.

IT WAS WELL WORTH THE DRIVE ALONG THE WAY AND I'M NOT LEAVING, I'M JUST MOVING OUT OF THE WAY SO THAT YOU CAN TALK ABOUT PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> MY PLEASURE.

>> WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR FINAL ITEM, ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER.

>> PEOPLE ARE USUALLY PRETTY EAGER TO LEARN ABOUT ROBERT AND THE RULES.

[3.03 Roberts Rules of Order]

BUT I'VE BEEN SITTING HERE WITH YOU.

THIS IS GOING TO BE SHORT AND SWEET.

I'M PAM MEYER CORD.

I HAVE BEEN YOUR PARLIAMENTARIAN AND A COUPLE OF MEETINGS, SO I HAVEN'T OBSERVED YOU AND YOU WERE ON GREAT MEETINGS.

I ASK, MISMATCHED THESE BRIDGES,

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WHY YOU NEEDED ME? SHE SAID IT WAS BECAUSE IT WAS REQUIRED, WHICH IS ALWAYS NICE TO BE REQUIRED THAT MAKES YOU FEEL SO WELCOME.

I'VE BEEN COMING TO BOARD MEETINGS OVER THE LAST 35 YEARS.

SOME OF THE THINGS YOU ALL TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT, IT MADE ME THINK OF THINGS THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT A LONG TIME AGO.

I REMEMBER SITTING IN MARVIN EDWARDS OFFICE TALKING ABOUT THE FATE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN DALLAS AND WHERE THEIR FORCES IN THE BACKGROUND THAT DIDN'T CARE ABOUT OUR PUBLIC EDUCATION IN DALLAS.

THOSE DISCUSSIONS HAVE BEEN GOING ON AND MAYBE IT'S GOOD FOR US TO ALWAYS BE THINKING ABOUT THOSE THINGS.

[BACKGROUND] WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT QUICKLY AND I WILL LEAVE TIME FOR Q&A IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY AT THE END OR IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT I DON'T COVER THAT YOU ALL NEED.

I KNOW YOU'VE HAD THIS BEFORE.

AS I SAY, YOU RUN GREAT MEETINGS.

BUT MAYBE YOU HAVE A BURNING ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER QUESTION.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE RULES THAT GOVERN YOU WHO PARTICIPATES AND WHAT ARE THE RULES AROUND THE PARTICIPANTS HAD TO BE CIVIL AND BE HEARD, AND HOW TO IDENTIFY PROCEDURAL ERRORS AND HOW TO CORRECT THEM.

YOU ALL KNOW THE HIERARCHY OF YOUR POLICIES.

I'M GOING TO GO TO THE NEXT ONE, BUT YOU'VE GOT ALL YOUR LEGAL POLICIES STARTING WITH YOUR FEDERAL, THEN YOU GO TO YOUR STATE, THEN YOU GO TO TASB.

THEN YOU GO TO YOUR OWN RULES OF ORDER.

YOU HAVE YOUR OWN BOARD BOOK, AND YOU HAVE YOUR OWN STANDING RULES.

YOU HAVE CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS THAT YOU DO THAT GOVERN HOW YOU DO THINGS.

YOU RECOGNIZE BIRTHDAYS, BUT I'M SURE THAT'S NOT IN YOUR BOARD BOOK ANYWHERE THAT YOU DO THAT.

THAT'S JUST A NICE TRADITION OR PRACTICE THAT YOU DID.

AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT LIST, IT'S NOT LISTED BUT IT WOULD BE ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER AND ROBERT COMES IN WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER RULES.

IT NEED ALSO CONCERN IN SHOWING YOU HOW PROCEDURE ON HANDLING MOTIONS AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO HAVE AN OFFICIAL MEETING? YOU ALL KNOW THIS BECAUSE THIS IS IN YOUR CODE, IT'S IN YOUR LAW THAT YOU MUST HAVE A MINIMUM, WHICH YOU ARE A NON-MEMBER BOARD.

THE LAW TELLS YOU THAT YOU MUST HAVE FIVE MEMBERS HERE TO HAVE A VALID MEETING.

THOSE MEMBERS MUST STAY IN THE MEETING TO HAVE A VALID MEETING.

YOU'VE GOT OFFICERS AND YOU'VE GOT DUTIES LISTED FOR THOSE OFFICERS AND THOSE ARE LISTED IN THE CODE AND OTHER LEGAL DOCUMENTS.

BUT YOU ALSO MADE YOUR OWN RULES YOU ADDED TO THAT THERE WEREN'T ENOUGH THERE, SO YOU KNOW THAT YOUR PRESIDENT PRESIDES AT ALL THE MEETINGS, THAT YOU'RE PRESIDENT.

THIS IS A SMALL GROUP SO THE PRESIDENT GETS TO MAKE MOTIONS AND VOTE AND DISCUSS PARTICIPATE IN ALL OF THE DEBATE THAT GOES ON.

THE PRESIDENT OR THE PRESIDING OFFICER RULES ON ISSUES OF PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE.

IF YOU THINK SOMETHING'S NOT GOING CORRECTLY, THE CHAIR GETS TO RULE ON THAT.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, THEY KEEP ORDERED, THEY DO A GOOD JOB.

THEY ENFORCED THE RULES AND THEY INDICATE WHO'S SUPPOSED TO SPEAK NEXT ON AN ISSUE.

THEY DETERMINED A QUORUM IS PRESENT, AND THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANNOUNCING THE BUSINESS THAT COMES BEFORE YOU.

THIS MAY BE THE PRESIDENT, AS IT SAYS AT THE TOP, THAT ALSO MAY BE A PRESIDING OFFICER, OR IT MAY BE THE FIRST VICE PRESIDENT.

IF THE PRESIDENT IS NOT HERE.THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DUTIES OF THE VICE PRESIDENT.

OR MAYBE THE SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT IF NEITHER OF THOSE TWO PEOPLE ARE HERE.

BE CAREFUL WHEN YOU TAKE AN OFFICE ON A BOARD.

THE SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT WORKS IN THE FIRST VICE PRESIDENT TO GET INFORMATION FROM OTHER BOARD MEMBERS WHEN SETTING UP THE AGENDA.

WHAT DID THE BOARD MEMBERS WANT TO DISCUSS? WHAT IS OUR BUSINESS? THEN YOU'D HAVE A BOARD SECRETARY ALSO WHO MADE SOMETIMES BE A SURPRISE IF THE PRESIDENT AND THE FIRST AND SECOND AREN'T THERE, THE SECRETARY GETS TO PRESIDE AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF LEGAL DUTIES.

[02:05:02]

THEY ARE COUNTER SIGN ALL WARRANTS FOR THE SCHOOL MONEY AND THEY ATTESTED THE SIGNATURE OF THE PRESIDENT AND THAT CATCH-ALL PHRASE THAT ALL OF THEM HAD PERFORM OTHER FUNCTIONS IS MAY BE REQUIRED.

THEN YOU HAVE A PARLIAMENTARIAN, YOU HAVE THIS WONDERFUL LADY SITTING BESIDE ME.

HEY, MATH NADH, THESE BRIDGES YOU HAVE KNOWN FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

WE'VE STUDIED PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE TOGETHER.

YOU SEE THERE THE NEW EDITION OF ROBERT'S, WHICH IS THE 12TH EDITION.

IT'S BEEN OUT ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF, AND IT HAS A WHITE COVER.

IF THE VERSION YOU'RE USING DOES NOT HAVE A WHITE COVER.

YOU'RE OUT OF DATE.

YOU HAVE A GENERAL COUNSEL FOR THE BOARD THAT HELPS YOU IN ADVISES YOU ON EVERYTHING LEGAL.

KNOWING THE RULES.

HOW IS BUSINESS BROUGHT BEFORE AN ASSEMBLY? LET ME SAY AT THIS POINT, A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW THAT PERTAINS STRICTLY TO ROBERT, ARE THINGS THAT YOU USE IN ANY ORGANIZATION THAT YOU'RE IN.

HOW TO BRING BUSINESS BEFORE AN ASSEMBLY, DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER IT'S A SCHOOL BOARD.

IT'S THE ROTARY CLUB AT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.

IT'S THE PTA.

THERE'S A CERTAIN WAY TO DO THINGS THAT IS FAIR AND IS REASONABLE AND GETS THE BUSINESS TAKEN CARE OF.

BUSINESSES BROUGHT BEFORE THE ASSEMBLY BY THE MOTION OF A MEMBER.

IT'S A FORMAL PROPOSAL AND THE MEMBER SAYS I MOVE.

THEY DON'T SAY A MOTION BECAUSE MOTION IS NOT A VERB.

THEY MOVE AN ITEM OF BUSINESS.

IT REQUIRES A SECOND, UNTIL IT REQUIRES A SECOND IT'S JUST HANGING THERE.

AFTER THE SECOND AND THE PERSON WHO'S SECONDS DOES NOT HAVE TO AGREE WITH THE MOTION.

THEY JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND THE CHAIR STATES THE MOTION RESTATES THE MOTION.

I KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE WRITTEN MOTIONS THAT COME BEFORE YOU, AND THAT'S EASY AND THAT'S EASY FOR THE CHAIR THE PRESIDING OFFICER THEN TO BE ABLE TO REPEAT.

I'M SURE YOU'VE ALSO BEEN IN MEETINGS WHERE YOU HAD NO IDEA WHAT THE PERSON WHO MADE THE MOTION AND SAD, AND IT'S HARD FOR THE PRESIDING OFFICER TO REPEAT THAT AND THEN TO LEAD DISCUSSION ON IT.

BUT WHEN IT'S BEEN STATED BY THE CHAIR, THAT MEANS IT'S ON THE FLOOR AND IT'S READY FOR DEBATE.

GENERALLY, THE FIRST-PERSON TO SPEAK ON THE MOTION IS THE PERSON WHO MADE THE MOTION.

EVERYBODY CAN SPEAK ON THE MOTION TWICE, 10 MINUTES EACH TIME.

IN PREFERABLY, EVERYBODY HAS A CHANCE TO SPEAK THE FIRST TIME BEFORE ANYONE SPEAKS A SECOND TIME.

I KNOW YOU ALL ARE SMALLER BOARD AND THOSE THINGS ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE RELAXED.

ALTHOUGH I DO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A BOARD SERVICE THAT KEEPS TRACK OF HOW LONG PEOPLE HAVE TAUGHT.

THAT'S ONE OF THE IMPORTANT JOBS, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND THE PRESIDING OFFICERS TO KEEP TRACK OF THAT SO THAT WE'RE FAIR TO EVERYBODY AND EVERYBODY HAS AN EQUAL CHANCE TO TALK.

AS I SAID, YOU MAY SPEAK TWICE.

THE BOARD PRESIDENT CAN EXTEND DEBATE OR THEY CAN LIMIT IT IF THEY SEE THAT THE GROUP IS READY TO MOVE ON OR THE GROUP IS NOT READY TO MOVE ON AND THEY WANT TO CONTINUE DISCUSSING SOMETHING.

ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS, AND THIS IS EVEN IN YOUR OWN RULES OF ORDER FOR BOARD MEETINGS, IS THAT YOU TALKED TO THE CHAIR, NOT TO EACH OTHER.

ALL COMMENTS ARE DIRECTED TO THE CHAIR AND THE CHAIR MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE DOING THAT BECAUSE IF YOU WANT A MEETING TO GET OUT OF CONTROL, YOU LET PEOPLE START HAVING SIDEBAR CONVERSATIONS OR START QUESTIONING EACH OTHER.

THE CHAIR REMAINS IN CONTROL OF THE MEETINGS SO THAT THEY'RE ORDERLY, AND SO YOUR QUESTIONS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE CHAIR.

REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WILL COME UP A LOT.

IT USED TO BE CALLED POINT OF INFORMATION, BUT PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT MEANT THAT THEY COULD GET UP AND MAKE A POINT ABOUT SOMETHING, AND THAT'S NOT WHAT IT IS.

REQUEST IT'S A QUESTION.

DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION.

THAT IS DIRECTED TO THE CHAIR AND THE CHAIR CAN ANSWER THE QUESTION OR THEY CAN DIRECT SOMEONE ELSE IN THE ROOM TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

IF YOU ASK A QUESTION, IT IS NOT COUNTED IN YOUR SPEAKING TIME.

[02:10:04]

VOTING. YOU ALL KNOW THAT YOUR VOTING IS ALL REALLY UNDER MANY LAWS AND CODES AND THAT IS HANDLED LEGALLY.

YOU USE A MAJORITY VOTE FOR MOST OF YOUR ITEMS. THAT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM ROBERT'S BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME OF THE ITEMS IN ROBERT'S THAT REQUIRE TWO-THIRDS VOTE.

BUT UNDER YOUR CODE THAT YOU OPERATE UNDER IN TEXAS, A MAJORITY VOTE IS WHAT'S NEEDED FOR THE MAJORITY OF YOUR ITEMS. PROCEDURAL ERRORS.

IF YOU SEE SOMETHING WRONG, WHAT YOU WOULD CALL A POINT OF ORDER TO THE ATTENTION OF THE PRESIDING OFFICER, PERHAPS THE DISCUSSION ON AN ITEM STRAYED AND YOU NEED TO GET BACK ON TRACK, AND SO YOU WOULD CALL FOR RULING BY THE CHAIR AND SAY POINT OF ORDER.

THE AGENDA SAID WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER NOW THAT YOU'VE CALLED FOR THE MINUTES.

GENERALLY, IT'S PRETTY CUT AND DRIED AND PRETTY OBVIOUS.

BUT IF YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT IS NOT GOING THE WAY IT SHOULD, YOU CAN MAKE A POINT OF ORDER TO THE CHAIR.

IT DOESN'T REQUIRE A SECOND.

THE CHAIR RULES ON IT WHETHER THAT WAS MADE IN GOOD FAITH.

YES, YOU NEED TO GET BACK TO THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA.

THE DISCUSSION HAS GONE OFF THE RAILS OR NO, THE BOARD IS IN ORDER.

THE BUSINESS BEING TAKEN CARE OF IS IN ORDER.

>> CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION ABOUT THAT?

>> YES.

>> IF THE POINT OF ORDER IS CORRECT AND THE CHAIR RULES THAT IT IS NOT CORRECT AND THE CHAIR IS WRONG, [LAUGHTER] IS THE CHAIR RIGHT JUST SIMPLY BY VIRTUE OF THE FACT THAT THEY RULED AND THEY'RE THE CHAIR AND THAT'S ALL THERE IS TO IT OR THEY FOLLOW THE RULES REGARDLESS OF THE FACT THAT THE CHAIR INCORRECTLY RULED AGAINST THE POINT OF ORDER?

>> WELL, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE NEXT ONE WHICH IS APPEAL.

YOU CAN APPEAL THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR.

THAT IS EMOTION AND THAT IS SECONDED TO SAYING, I DISAGREE, WE DISAGREE.

THE CHAIR HAS TO EXPLAIN WHY THEY MADE THE RULING THAT THEY MADE.

THE REST OF THE BOARD MEMBERS MAY DISAGREE WITH THE RULINGS, BUT THEY GET TO VOTE.

I MOVE TO APPEAL THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR AND THEN SOMEONE WOULD SAY SECOND.

THE CHAIR WOULD SAY, I RULED THAT WAY BECAUSE OF THIS, YOU MAY DISAGREE.

THEN YOU VOTE WHETHER TO UPHOLD THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR OR NOT. IT'S [OVERLAPPING] A BACKWARDS VOTE.

>> THAT'S A MAJORITY RULES AND THE APPEAL?

>> YES.

>> IT IS A DEBATABLE MOTION?

>> YES. IN THAT YOU MAY HAVE DISAGREEMENT.

>> IN THE INSTANCE THAT WHAT HAPPENED, I ROLL ONE WAY, DUSTIN APPEALS, IT GETS SECONDED.

I EXPLAINED MYSELF.

DOES EVERYONE ELSE GET THEIR WAY IN AND THEN WE VOTE?

>> YES.

>> OKAY.

>> YOU DON'T HAVE ANY DIFFERENT RULES.

WELL, JOSH, WE GOT HERE QUICKLY.

THIS IS ALL FROM ROBERT'S.

ROBERT ALSO HAS A BOOK CALLED IN BRIEF, WHICH EVERYBODY SHOULD REALLY HAVE BECAUSE IT'S IN SIMPLE ENGLISH AND IT'S VERY EASY TO UNDERSTAND.

YOU'RE GOING TO USE IT IN WHATEVER GROUP YOU'RE IN OR ANYTIME YOU LEAD A MEETING ANYWHERE, EVEN IF IT'S AT WORK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT OR WHETHER YOU'RE WATCHING CONGRESS OR THE TEXAS HOUSE BECAUSE CONGRESS THEY HAVE PARLIAMENTARIANS.

THE HOUSE USES ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER.

THE SENATE USES RULES THAT THOMAS JEFFERSON WROTE.

YOU'RE GOING TO SEE RULES IN A LOT OF PLACES AND IT'S ALL ABOUT RUNNING FAIR AND EFFICIENT MEETINGS SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN BE HEARD FAIRLY, BUT NOT RUN OVER EVERYBODY.

I GUESS, IT'S THE GOOD WAY TO SAY IT.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I KNOW I WENT REALLY FAST.

>> I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.

IS THERE ANYTHING THAT GOVERNS WHEN YOU CAN CALL THE QUESTION? COULD WE START DEBATE ON A EMOTION AND THE QUESTION GETS CALLED IMMEDIATELY?

>> WELL, THAT HAS TO BE VOTED ON.

[OVERLAPPING] IT HAS TO BE SECONDED AND THEN IT HAS TO BE VOTED ON.

AS CHAIR, I WILL SAY TO YOU OR ANY OTHER CHAIR,

[02:15:05]

THEY NEED TO EXPLAIN WHAT THAT MEANS TO THE GROUP.

IF THEY VOTE TO MOVE PREVIOUS QUESTIONS, IF THEY VOTE TO ADOPT THAT MOTION, THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS.

YOU IMMEDIATELY THEN GO TO VOTE ON THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR, THERE IS NO FURTHER DEBATE.

WHAT CAN BE RATHER STRATEGIC SOMETIMES I'LL SAY, IS IT CAN BE ON THE MOVE PREVIOUS QUESTIONS ON ALL PENDING QUESTIONS, WHICH IF YOU HAVE AMENDMENTS AND OTHER THINGS ATTACHED TO THAT ORIGINAL MOTION, YOU JUST GO BOOM, BOOM, BOOM THROUGH EACH ONE AND THERE'S NO DEBATE ANY FURTHER ON ANY OF THOSE.

THAT'S A STRATEGIC THING MAYBE YOU SEE SOMETIMES.

YOU HAVE TO WARN PEOPLE THAT DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS, WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES ARE, BUT IT IS A TWO-PART VOTE.

FIRST, YOU VOTE TO ADOPT PREVIOUS QUESTION, YOU VOTE TO END DEBATE, AND THEN YOU VOTE IMMEDIATELY ON THE PENDING QUESTION.

>> THANK YOU.

>> YOU SAID IT'S TWO DIFFERENT MOTIONS.

>> NO. IT'S IT'S ONE MOTION, BUT YOU VOTE TO END DEBATE.

IF YOU'VE ENDED DEBATE, YOU IMMEDIATELY GO TO VOTE ON THE QUESTION.

>> [INAUDIBLE].

>> THAT TAKES ONE.

WELL, A LOT OF PEOPLE MOVE TO END DEBATE.

I MOVE TO CALL THE QUESTION AND THEN THEY THINK THEY VOTED ON THE MOTION THAT'S ON THE FLOOR AND THEY HAVEN'T.

I CALL THE QUESTION.

THEY HAVE TO BE RECOGNIZED AND THE MOTION HAS TO BE SECONDED.

YOU SEE THAT FREQUENTLY IN MEETINGS.

I CALL IT THE QUESTION.

THE CHAIR GOES, "OKAY, EVERYBODY IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION? EVERYBODY OPPOSED?" WELL, THAT'S NOT.

>> TO BE CLEAR, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT [OVERLAPPING] YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE FLOOR IN ORDER TO CALL A QUESTION. [LAUGHTER]

>> YES.

>> CAN I CALL A QUESTION? [LAUGHTER]

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

I SAID, AND THAT'S IN YOUR RULES, THAT THE CHAIR HAS TO RECOGNIZE YOU.

I CAN'T HELP IF THE CHAIR WON'T RECOGNIZE YOU. [NOISE] YES.

>> I HAVE A FUN QUESTION.

JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, ARE THERE ANY PRACTICES OR CUSTOMS THAT WE HAVE IN DALLAS ISD THAT I MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH THAT YOU DON'T SEE IN OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS, OTHER MEETINGS?

>> I DON'T KNOW.

>> I SEE THAT'S THE SIX HERE IN THE RULES THAT GOVERN THE BOARD.

DO WE HAVE ANY THAT YOU CAN IMMEDIATELY THINK OF?

>> WHAT DO YOU ALL DO [OVERLAPPING] IF IT'S NOT WRITTEN DOWN ANYWHERE?

>> I CAN TRY TO ANSWER THAT.

IT'S ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT RECENTLY, BEN, AND I'M NOT SURE WHERE WE CAME OUT OR WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO GOING FORWARD.

BUT THE WHOLE TIME THAT I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD, ONE OF THE CUSTOMS WE'VE HAD IS THAT DURING THE PUBLIC SPEAKING SESSION, WE HAVE GIVEN GUIDANCE TO THE SPEAKERS THAT THEY ARE NOT TO IDENTIFY OR SPEAK TO ANY INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEE BY NAME.

WE'VE BEEN SAYING THAT FOR YEARS UNTIL RECENTLY AND NOW WE HAVEN'T BEEN SAYING THAT.

I BROUGHT THAT UP TO BEN'S ATTENTION AND I THINK BEN PROBABLY HAS A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE ON IT.

BUT THAT IS A CUSTOM, NOT A RULE, WHICH WAS BEN'S POINT TO ME.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT HAS BEARING ON ROBERT'S RULES OR ANYTHING ELSE, BUT IT'S AN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, CARLA.

THAT'S A CUSTOM WE'VE HAD, WHICH I GUESS WE MAY BE GETTING RID OF.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S WORTH FURTHER DISCUSSION.

>> WELL, IT'S NOT ENFORCEABLE, I'LL PUT IT THAT WAY BECAUSE IT'S JUST A CUSTOM OR A HABIT.

>> WE ENFORCED IT A LOT.

IN FACT, THE 3,700 ROSS, THAT OUR OLD BUILDING WHERE WE HELD BOARD MEETINGS, THERE WAS A BUTTON ON THE PRESIDENT'S MIC THAT IF THE PUBLIC SPEAKER SAID A NAME OF A TRUSTEE, THE PRESIDENT WOULD PRESS THEIR BUTTON AND THE PERSON COULDN'T TALK ANYMORE.

THAT WAS DEFINITELY ENFORCED.

>> BUT YOU DIDN'T HAVE A RULE?

>> WELL, WE DIDN'T HAVE IT IN POLICY, BUT WE SET IT [LAUGHTER] AT THE BOARD MEETINGS AND IT WAS ENFORCED.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? Y'ALL ARE SO GOOD TO SIT HERE.

I WAS THINKING THAT SITTING HERE ALL DAY REMINDS ME OF HOW HARD IT IS FOR OUR LITTLE KIDS TO SIT IN SCHOOL THIS LONG TOO.

LITTLE SYMPATHY THERE.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

THE TIME IS NOW 7:25 AND THIS TEAM BUILDING IS ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.