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[1. MOMENT OF SILENCE AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]

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THE TIME IS 6:40 P.M.

WE HAVE A QUORUM, AND THIS MEETING HAS BEEN DULY POSTED.

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

WE WILL DISPENSE WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AS A SALUTE TO THE TEXAS FLAG AS WE COMPLETED THAT IN OUR PRIOR MEETING.

THE FOLLOWING TRUSTEES ARE EITHER PHYSICALLY PRESENT OR PARTICIPATING SIMULTANEOUSLY BY VIDEO CONFERENCE. A QUORUM OF THE BOARD IS PHYSICALLY PRESENT AT THIS LOCATION.

DISTRICT ONE EDWIN FLORES, DISTRICT TWO JUSTIN MARSHALL, DISTRICT THREE, DAN MICCICHE, DISTRICT FOUR, KARLA GARCIA, DISTRICT FIVE, MAXINE JOHNSON, DISTRICT SIX, JOYCE FORMAN, DISTRICT SEVEN, BEN MACKEY, DISTRICT EIGHT, JOE CARREON AND DISTRICT NINE, JUSTIN HENRY.

OUR SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.

MICHAEL HINOJOSA JOINS US AND I AM BEN MACKEY, BOARD PRESIDENT.

THIS MEETING WILL BE AVAILABLE SIMULTANEOUSLY IN SPANISH ON SOCIAL MEDIA THROUGH DALLAS ISD AND ESPANOL ON FACEBOOK AND THROUGH THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE.

[SPANISH]. IN ORDER FOR THE BOARD TO HOLD THIS MEETING IN AN EFFECTIVE MANNER, I WANT TO LET IT BE KNOWN THAT THIS MEETING WILL BE CONDUCTED IN AN ORDERLY FASHION AND ASSET.

THE PUBLIC ABIDE BY THE RULES OUTLINED IN BOARD POLICY BED LOCAL PERTAINING TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. ADDITIONALLY, IT IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE FOR A PERSON WITH INTENT TO PREVENT OR DISRUPT A LAWFUL MEETING TO SUBSTANTIALLY OBSTRUCT OR INTERFERE WITH THE ORDINARY CONDUCT OF A MEETING BY PHYSICAL ACTION OR VERBAL UTTERANCE, AND THEREBY CURTAIL THE EXERCISE OF OTHERS FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.

WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THOSE WITH A VERIFIED MEDICAL CONDITION, EVERYONE IS ASKED TO PLEASE WEAR YOUR MASK OVER YOUR NOSE AND MOUTH WHILE ON DISTRICT PROPERTY.

ANY PERSON WHO REFUSES TO WEAR A MASK BECOMES BOISTEROUS OR DISRUPTIVE WHILE ADDRESSING THE BOARD OR WHILE ATTENDING THIS MEETING SHALL BE ASKED TO LEAVE BY OUR SECURITY OFFICERS. FAILURE TO LEAVE WHEN REQUESTED TO DO SO BY OUR SECURITY OFFICERS MAY RESULT IN A PERSON BEING ESCORTED FROM THE MEETING AND SUBJECT TO ARREST.

WELL, NOW BEGIN WITH THE RECOGNITION OF ANY ELECTED OR PUBLIC OFFICIALS HERE.

DO I SEE ANY ELECTED OR PUBLIC OFFICIALS IN THE CROWD?

[2. PRESENTATION OF BOARD RECOGNITIONS]

SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE BOARD RECOGNITIONS? AND LET'S BEGIN WITH NONE OTHER THAN HONORING THE SOUTH OAK CLIFF HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP COACHES AND TEAM.

SO.

SO FIRST, WE WANT TO START OFF WITH A SHORT VIDEO THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PLAY.

NO, NO VIDEO SOUNDS LIKE THIS VIDEO.

NO VIDEO. ALL RIGHT. NO VIDEO YET.

SO FIRST OF ALL, ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE BOARD, I WANT TO THANK THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, THE TEACHERS.

WHAT? OH, OK. MY FAULT.

SORRY, MISS PROCTOR, WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE RECOGNITION? THANK YOU, PRESIDENT MACKEY.

GOOD EVENING. THE BOARD IS HONORED TO RECOGNIZE LEADERS WHO HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN THE LIVES OF OUR STUDENTS, INSTILLING VALUE, CONFIDENCE AND PAVING THE WAY TO CHAMPIONS.

DALLAS ISD IS HONORED TO PRESENT A SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO MR. REGINALD SAMPLES SUPERINTENDENT HINOJOSA, TRUSTEE JOHNSON AND MR. SAMPLES. PLEASE COME FORWARD.

NOT ONLY IS MR. SAMPLES AN ALUMNI OF DALLAS ISD, HE IS A REPRESENTATION OF INSPIRATION AND COMMITMENT TO OUR YOUNG MEN, A PROVEN LEGACY OF LEADERSHIP SERVING OVER 25 YEARS AS A HEAD COACH IN DALLAS ISD.

IT'S AN HONOR TODAY.

THIS IS VERY DEAR TO MY HEART BECAUSE I'VE SEEN COACH SAMPLES DO SO MUCH FOR YOUNG BLACK BOYS IN THIS CITY.

WORKED FOR SKYLINE, DID A TREMENDOUS JOB AT SKYLINE.

AND I WANT TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU, COACH SAMPLES, FOR ALL THE HARD WORK YOU'VE DONE FOR OUR KIDS AND THE COMMUNITY, YOU ARE CHAMPION.

YOU CHANGED LIVES IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR BLACK BOYS AND THIS IS SO DESERVING.

AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE THE TRUSTEE TO DO THIS.

I ALSO WANT TO ASK TRUSTEE HENRY, SKYLINE IS HIS SCHOOL, IF YOU WANT TO COME UP TRUSTEE, AND LET ME SAY SOMETHING, OR YOU CAN SIT THERE AND SAY IT TO COACH SAMPLE.

YEAH, I'LL SPEAK BRIEFLY.

I SHARED A LOT WITH COLLEAGUES ON THE BOARDS THAT WE RECOGNIZE, ESPECIALLY ME AND YOU, MAX, WE STAND ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS AND SOME OF THE SEATS WE'RE IN AND YOU'RE A LIVING EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THOSE GIANTS.

WE LOOK UP TO IN YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THE IMPACT NOT ONLY MADE ON OUR COMMUNITY AND YOU TALKED ABOUT OUR BLACK BROTHERS, OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.

SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, NOT ONLY IN THE DISD AND SKYLINE, BUT WHEN YOU CONTINUE TO DO GREAT THINGS FOR OUR KIDS.

I'M DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO THE EXTENT I CAN SPEAK ON BEHALF OF DISTRICT NINE.

DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, BUT PERSONALLY, JUST YOU'RE ONE OF THOSE GIANTS WHOSE SHOULDERS WE STAND ON. SO, SO DEEPLY GRATEFUL AND GLAD WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR YOU IN THIS WAY. I WANT TO GIVE YOU THIS, COACH

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SAMPLES, [INAUDIBLE].

A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT COACH SAMPLES AND I WERE FRESHMEN COACHES AT THE SAME TIME IN DALLAS, I WAS AT ADAMSON AND HE STARTED AT MADISON AND THEN HE MOVED UP AND I MOVED OUT, HELPING THE ADMINISTRATION.

BUT HE LATER THEN, OF COURSE, HAD A TREMENDOUS LEGACY AT LINCOLN AND SOUTH DALLAS, AND THEN HE WENT TO SKYLINE AND TO SHOW HOW MUCH HE LOVES DALLAS.

WHEN WE HAD THE BIG CELEBRATION AT SOUTH OAK CLIFF, HE WAS SITTING BACK THERE BY THE STAGE JUST TRYING TO BLEND IN.

BUT OF COURSE, WE ALL KNOW COACH SAMPLES JUST CAN'T BLEND IN.

AND HE WAS THERE TO SUPPORT THE GUYS THAT HE HELPED TRAIN WHO LATER BECAME COACHES.

AND WE'RE SO PROUD OF YOU, COACH SAMPLES, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING A FRIEND OF MINE FOR SO MANY YEARS AND CONGRATULATIONS ON ALL YOUR SUCCESS.

THANK YOU, DR. HINOJOSA.

I JUST LIKE TO SAY BE VERY BRIEF THAT DALLAS INDEPENDENT, THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, HAS HAD A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART.

I GREW UP IN DALLAS.

I ATTENDED XAVIER ZUMWALT HIGH SCHOOL WW BUSHMAN.

I GRADUATED FROM SOUTH OAK CLIFF AND MY CAREER WOULDN'T BE WHAT IT WAS IF I HADN'T HAD THE SUPPORT OF DALLAS AND THE ADMINISTRATORS AND THE TEACHERS AND THE PEOPLE WHO SHAPED MY LIFE. SO I JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU AND YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO ALWAYS SUPPORT DISD AND THE KIDS HERE BECAUSE AGAIN, IT MEANS SOMETHING SPECIAL TO ME.

SO I LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO MR. MACKEY, MR. HINOJOSA, BOARD MEMBERS, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING ME.

SUPERINTENDENT HINOJOSA, TRUSTEE MACKEY AND MR. SAMPLES PLEASE REMAIN STANDING.

THE BOARD IS ON IT TO RECOGNIZE THE SOUTH OAK CLIFF GOLDEN BEARS FIVE 5A DIVISION II CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL TEAM, FORMER HEAD COACH MR. EMMETT JONES.

MR. JONES PLEASE COME FORWARD.

MR. JONES' TENURE AT SOUTH OAK CLIFF HIGH SCHOOL IS A PROVEN ATTRIBUTE TO THE SUCCESS OF SOUTH OAK CLIFF HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL.

AN ALUMNI OF DALLAS ISD, JONES LED THE GOLDEN BEARS TO PLAY OFFS IN EACH OF HIS THREE SEASONS AS HEAD COACH.

COACH JONES AND I'LL TRY NOT TO TEAR UP.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A PERSON THAT EVEN TOOK ME UNDER HIS WINGS, SAYING PERSON THAT COACH, COACHES.

LATE NIGHT PHONE CALLS WITH MY SON.

I THINK DAVID.

DAVID WHERE ARE YOU AT? CAN YOU STAND FOR JUST A SECOND? MY SON RIGHT THERE, COACH, TOOK HIM UNDER HIS WING SPAN, AND I TOLD ONE TIME I TOLD COACH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IF I MAKE IT OR NOT, BUT IF I DON'T MAKE IT, I KNOW THAT MY SON IS SAFE WITH YOU.

AND THEREFORE, FOR AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN MAN, AS STRONG AS I AM TO SAY THAT TO ANOTHER BLACK MAN, IT MEANT SOMETHING TO ME AND I WANT TO GIVE THIS TO COACH JONES BECAUSE I'VE SEEN HIM CHANGE LIVES. I REMEMBER ONE TIME.

I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE YOU REMEMBER THIS, SYLVESTER.

HE WAS GETTING READY TO MAKE A DECISION AND HE WAS WRESTLING IN THIS DECISION BECAUSE YOU GOT TO HIS MIND AND HIS HEART.

AND INSTEAD OF GOING TO THE STREETS, HE CAME TO FOOTBALL PRACTICE AND THAT DAY CHANGED HIS LIFE. AND SO I REMEMBER THOSE CONVERSATIONS THAT SOMETIMES WE WERE PREPARING TO GO OUTSIDE TO PRACTICE AND WE DIDN'T GO PRACTICE BECAUSE COACH JONES WOULD SIT THERE IN THE WEIGHT ROOM OR IN A WRESTLING ROOM AND HAVE A MEETING WITH THE MINDS TO TELL KIDS HOW TO MAKE STRONG DECISIONS AND RIGHT DECISIONS AND STAY OUT OF TROUBLE AND REALLY MENTOR THOSE KIDS. IT WASN'T JUST ABOUT FOOTBALL TO HIM, AND NOT JUST HIM, BUT OUR ENTIRE COACHING STAFF. SO IT'S A GREAT HONOR BECAUSE HE'S CHANGED LIVES.

MY LIFE, I CALLED HIM EVEN TODAY WHEN I NEED SOME ADVICE.

HE ALWAYS MAKES SURE THAT I'M ON THE RIGHT PATH, EVEN THOUGH I'M A PASTOR.

YOU'VE BEEN A BLESSING TO ME AND MY FAMILY AND TO DALLAS ISD AND SOUTH OAK CLIFF, SO I WANT TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU, COACH, FOR CHANGING LIVES AND ALSO THIS RESOLUTION FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR KIDS IN DALLAS ISD.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR. THANK YOU, COACH JONES.

YOU WERE THE ONE THAT LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR THIS GREAT SUCCESS.

YOU'VE HAD A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES TO GO TO OTHER LEVELS, BUT I KNOW THAT YOU WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR LAYING THE FOUNDATION THAT BUILT THIS GREAT LEGACY NOW THAT EVERYBODY IS SUPPORTING. SO CONGRATULATIONS, VERY PROUD OF YOU FOR TAKING CARE OF THIS COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FIRST OF ALL, JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

I WOULDN'T BE HERE IF IT WASN'T FOR PLACES LIKE OAK CLIFF BOYS CLUB, I COME FROM A SINGLE

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PARENT HOME AND A LOT OF COACHES IN MY LIFE TO TAKE ME UNDER THEIR WINGS AND SHOW ME HOW TO DO THINGS RIGHT, YOU KNOW, HOW TO BE A PROFESSIONAL AND I ALWAYS TRY TO SEEK TO BE BETTER IN LIFE.

I DIDN'T REALLY LAY THE FOUNDATION, IT'S A TREE.

YOU KNOW, WE ALL COME FROM A TREE, YOU KNOW, AND I MET COACH SAMPLES IN 2001.

I NEVER FORGET COACHED AGAINST HIM.

WHEN I WAS AT SEAGOVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, HE GAVE ME A LOOK LIKE, GIVE ME A CALL.

THAT PHONE CALL REALLY CHANGED MY LIFE AS A MAN, AS A FATHER, AS A COACH, AS A LEADER.

YOU KNOW, IT REALLY COMES FROM COACH SAMPLES.

AND STILL, TO THIS DAY, WHEN I'M COACHING COLLEGE FOOTBALL, I ALWAYS THINK ABOUT WHAT WOULD COACH SAMPLES DO. SO I TRY TO STILL STICK WITH THE VALUES THAT HE INSTILLED IN ME AND THE REST OF THE COACHES THAT CAME UP ON THIS TREE.

ME COACHING COLLEGE FOOTBALL IT CAN EASILY BE COACH TODD.

IT COULD EASILY BE ANYBODY ON THE COACHING STAFF AT SOUTH OAK CLIFF BECAUSE WE ALL COME FROM THE TREE. I WAS JUST BLESSED TO GET THIS OPPORTUNITY.

DALLAS ALWAYS HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART.

THAT'S WHY I ALWAYS LIKE TO COME BACK TO DALLAS AND TRY TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES, YOU KNOW THAT'S WHERE I LIVE, WHY I TRY TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES EVEN WHEN YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH YOUNG MEN, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH THESE GUYS GET OTHER OPTIONS AND HAVE DIFFERENT CHOICES, MY DEAL IS TO TRY TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES AND INSTILL SOME OF THE SAME VALUES THAT COACH SAMPLES INSTILLED IN ME AND THAT THE COMMUNITY INSTILLED IN ME ALSO, TOO. SO I DON'T WANT TO SAY I LAID DOWN THE FOUNDATION.

IT WAS A COLLECTION BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHERE SOUTH OAK CLIFF IS IT'S A VILLAGE THAT THAT PRETTY MUCH RUN THE PROGRAM, BUT YOU GOT TO HAVE VISION AND THEN PEOPLE GOT TO BELIEVE IN THAT VISION. SO. SITTING BACK WATCHING EVERYTHING FROM AFAR, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE I WAS TELLING SILVIA, YOU KNOW, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING.

YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU COME FROM THAT FAMILY, THEN YOU'RE IN ANOTHER STATE AND YOU'RE KEEPING UP WITH EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

SO CONTINUE TO DO WHAT YOU DO.

YOU KNOW, YOU'RE IMPACTING YOUR SPARKING ALL TYPES OF LIVES, ALL THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF TEXAS. I WAS DOWN IN HOUSTON LAST WEEK, EVERYBODY TALKING ABOUT SOUTH OAK CLIFF.

YOU KNOW, SO EVEN IN THE STATE OF KANSAS, EVERYBODY TALKING ABOUT SOUTH OAK CLIFF.

SO JUST KEEP ON DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

AND YOUNG MEN, YOU REALLY NEVER KNOW WHO'S WATCHING YOU ALWAYS CARRY YOURSELF IN A PROFESSIONAL WAY. YOU KNOW, I WOULD JUST IN SAY LIFE WELL BE A GOOD HUMAN BEING BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHERE IT CAN TAKE YOU.

AT ONE POINT I WAS A LOST INDIVIDUAL JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT AM I GOING TO DO WITH MYSELF AND MY LIFE? AND SO RIGHT NOW I'VE BEEN BLESSED WITH THE SITUATION.

I'M JUST TRYING TO PASS IT ON.

AND IT'S WHY I REALLY FOUGHT FOR COACH TODD CAME WHEN THAT OPPORTUNITY CAME IN 2015, YOU KNOW, I JUST IT HAD TO BE COACH TODD.

BECAUSE COACH TODD COMES FROM THAT TREE, SO HE'S JUST GOING TO TAKE THE BATON AND RUN WITH IT EVEN FASTER.

SO THIS IS REALLY ALL COACH TODD AND HIS STAFF AS FAR AS ACCOMPLISHING WHAT THEY ACCOMPLISHED THIS YEAR, AND HIS TEAM, SO LET'S KEEP ON GOING AND KEEP IT ROLLING, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SPARKING A LOT OF COMMUNITIES RATHER, Y'ALL KNOW IT OR NOT.

YOU GUYS DID IT. YOU GOT SCHOOLS LIKE HOUSTON YATES, HOUSTON FIRST, THEY WANT TO BE JUST LIKE SOUTH OAK CLIFF. SO KEEP ON ROLLING AND I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY.

I APPRECIATE YOU, MAX.

YOU KNOW, YOU'RE LIKE A BROTHER TO ME.

YOU'RE ALWAYS A POSITIVE GUY.

YOU KNOW, I LIKE WHAT YOU'RE DOING FOR THE COMMUNITY.

EVERYBODY LOVE WHAT YOU'RE DOING FOR THE COMMUNITY.

DR. HINOJOSA, YOU KNOW I DON'T HAVE TO SAY TOO MUCH ABOUT YOU.

EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT YOU DO FOR THE STATE AND FOR THE CITY.

IT WOULDN'T EVEN BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT YOU.

YOU GOT TO HAVE THAT SUPPORT.

SO YOU JUST KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND THANK EVERYBODY FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

COACH SAMPLES YOU'RE ALWAYS LIKE A FATHER TO ME.

I'VE DONE BEEN AROUND SOME SO CALLED NATIONAL CHAMPION COLLEGE COACHES, AND I STILL SAY TO THIS DAY THAT COACH SAMPLES COULD EASILY BE ONE OF THE BEST POWER FIVE COLLEGE COACHES ON THIS EARTH STILL TO THIS DAY.

SO IF YOU EVER GET THIS OPPORTUNITY, IF YOU EVER GET THE OPPORTUNITY, I FEEL LIKE HE'LL BE BETTER THAN ANYBODY THAT'S DOING IT IN THIS PROFESSION BECAUSE HE HAS A SPECIAL WAY OF CHALLENGING MEN. HE HAD A SPECIAL WAY OF MOTIVATING YOUNG MEN ALSO, TOO.

SO I STILL LIVE BY THAT MOTTO TO THIS DAY.

I APPRECIATE YOU VERY MUCH, COACH YOU MEAN A LOT TO ME IN MY LIFE.

THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] MR. SAMPLES MR. JONES, SUPERINTENDENT HINOJOSA AND TRUSTEE JOHNSON PLEASE REMAIN STANDING.

THE BOARD IS HONORED TO RECOGNIZE THE VICTORIOUS SOUTH OAK CLIFF GOLDEN BEARS 5A DIVISION TWO CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL TEAM HEAD COACH JASON TODD.

COACH TODD, PLEASE COME FORWARD.

[APPLAUSE] COACH TODD IS INSTRUMENTAL IN LEADING THE GOLDEN BEARS TEAM INTO THEIR FIRST STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN DECADES, INSPIRING THE STUDENTS TO BE THE CHAMPIONS THEY ARE.

COACH TODD IS AN ALUMNI OF DALLAS ISD AND THE GRANDSON OF THE LATE DR.

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FREDRICK TODD, A FORMER PRINCIPAL OF 14 YEARS AT SOUTH OAK CLIFF HIGH SCHOOL.

AGAIN, THIS IS A PERSONAL I'VE COACHED ON THE STAFF UNDER COACH TODD [INAUDIBLE] MAN, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT COACH TODD, HE'S ONE OF THE REALEST COACH.

I REMEMBER BEING UNDERNEATH JUST TALKING TO HIM.

I REMEMBER WHEN MY SON HAD AN INJURY IN HIS COLLEGE GAME.

FIRST PERSON I PICKED UP THE PHONE AND CALLED WAS COACH TODD.

SO I NEED YOUR HELP. AND SO BEING POSITIVE WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS TEAM, MAN COACH TODD HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB.

HE CAME IN, HE WAS SO REAL, HE MOTIVATED.

HE SHOWED MY SON HOW TO DO HIS CRAFT IN A WHOLE DIFFERENT WAY.

AND I SAW MY SON THIS YEAR AS HE WAS PLAYING, JUST REVERTING BACK TO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT COACH TODD TAUGHT HIM CONCERNING.

YOU CAN'T GO DEEP, YOU KNOW, JUST JUST HIT YOUR SHORT ROUTES AND JUST WORKING ON NOT JUST HIS FOOTBALL, BUT I'VE SEEN COACH TODD AND THOSE COACHES MEETING A MAN JUST WHEN I DROP IN MINISTERING TO THESE KIDS.

AND I KNOW I SAID THE WORD MINISTERING BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THIS IS HELPING THESE KIDS AND GOING TO BAT NOT JUST FOR THE KIDS, BUT COACHES.

MANY TIMES THAT HE WENT TO BAT FOR ME.

YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WAS DOING, WE WAS DOING ADVOCATING FOR EQUITY BECAUSE TODD KEPT US AROUND. HE'S A GUY THAT'S A REAL, MAN.

I CALLED HIM A HISTORIAN BECAUSE SOME THINGS, AS I TOLD THE TEAM A FEW MINUTES AGO, WHEN YOU LISTEN TO COACH TODD TALK, YOU HEAR A LOT OF WISDOM COME OUT OF HIS MOUTH AND THINGS THAT HE SAY. HE MAKES ME GO BACK AND RESEARCH SOME OF THE THINGS HE'S SAYING, LIKE JUST UNDERSTANDING HIS HISTORY AND WHERE YOU CAME FROM.

AND THAT'S THE TRUTH.

YOU NEVER KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING UNTIL YOU UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU CAME FROM.

AND SO HE'S A COACH'S COACH.

HE'S A MAN OF INTEGRITY, AND I CAN SAY THIS PROUDLY SAY THIS THAT HE IS THE BEST COACH IN TEXAS STATE FOOTBALL 5A BECAUSE HE IS OUR CHAMPION COACH AND WE HAVE A CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM.

I TOLD COACH, I TOLD COACH HINOJOSA DR.

HINOJOSA WE GOT A RAIN COMING AND I TOLD HIM, I SAID, WE'RE GOING TO WIN STATE THIS YEAR.

MAKE NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.

WE'RE GOING TO WIN STATE THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE GOT THE RIGHT COACHING STAFF AND WE GOT THE RIGHT KIDS AND WE'RE GOING ALL THE WAY.

I REMEMBER COACH INGRAM, IT WAS FOURTH DOWN AGAINST ALEDO, AND COACH INGRAM WALKED BY AND SAID BELIEVE.

AND WHEN HE SAID BELIEVE LIKE CHILLS WENT OVER MY BODY BECAUSE I FELT EVERYTHING THAT COACH TODD SAID. I FELT EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR FOR YEARS.

AND IT WENT AS GOOD AS HE SAYS.

IT'S GOOD THAT THE BALL FELL, NOT [INAUDIBLE].

SO LET'S PUT OUR HANDS TOGETHER AND CELEBRATE THE BEST COACH IN TEXAS STATE FOOTBALL COACH JASON TODD. [APPLAUSE] I WILL SAY A COUPLE OF WORDS.

COACH TODD IS A SALT OF THE EARTH AND HOPEFULLY HE DOES GO TO COACHING COLLEGE BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BE A WHOLE BUNCH OF STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS COMING OUT OF SOUTH OAK CLIFF.

AND MAXIE JOHNSON WAS THE FIRST ONE TO TELL ME, THIS IS OUR YEAR AND THEN YOUR BOSS, MARK DEX OR MARK SMITH, I PLAY GOLF WITH.

HE SAYS [INAUDIBLE] SUCKS FOR REAL.

THEY PUT A GOOD GAME ON DUNCANVILLE WITH WE'RE AHEAD IN LATE IN THE GAME.

SO THEN I REMEMBER A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN YOUR TEAM WAS PLAYING AND WE MADE A FEW MISTAKES AGAINST POTEET. WE HAD THEM BEAT AND THEN WE HAD A LITTLE MISTAKE AGAINST ALEDO.

BUT THIS YEAR, AS I WATCH YOUR GAMES, VERY DISCIPLINED.

NO MISTAKES POUNCING ON PEOPLE.

KILLER INSTINCT AND JUST TAKING OVER.

AND AT FIRST, IT WAS WHEN PEOPLE STARTED TO REALIZE THIS WAS HAPPENING.

IT WAS JUST PEOPLE FROM OAK CLIFF.

[LAUGHTER] AND IT BECAME DALLAS, AND THEN IT BECAME NORTH TEXAS.

AND I AGREE WITH YOU COACH.

I WAS HEARING FROM SUPERINTENDENTS ALL OVER THE STATE.

THIS WAS LIKE A FAIRY TALE WHEN SOME OF THESE SCHOOLS THAT WE PLAY AGAINST HAVE INDOOR FACILITIES, THEY HAVE ALL THESE THINGS.

AND FINALLY, YOU GOT SOME FACILITIES AND LOOK WHAT YOUR KIDS PULLED OFF.

AND SO YOU MADE THIS WHOLE CITY PROUD.

YOU'VE BEEN HONORED BY THE CITY OF DALLAS ABOUT 10 TIMES, AND SO THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE 10 MORE TIMES. BUT THANK YOU, COACH TODD.

YOU DESERVE ALL THE PRAISE YOU'RE GETTING.

BEFORE COACH TODD SPEAKS, I WANT TO SAY THIS THAT OUR TEAM'S GPA IS 3.26, SO OUR KIDS ARE GOING TO COLLEGE AND IT'S BECAUSE OF THE STAFF AND THE PRINCIPAL DR.

JOHNSON. [APPLAUSE] WHAT HE IS DOING ACADEMICALLY IN OUR SCHOOL? SO WE'RE NOT JUST WINNING ATHLETICALLY, WE'RE WINNING ACADEMICALLY AS WELL.

FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS.

YOU KNOW, IT WAS AN HONOR. IT'S NOT ABOUT ME NUMBER ONE.

NUMBER ONE IT'S GOING TO BE THE MEN THAT LET ME BE THEIR LEADER AND THEY FOLLOW ME AND THEY HELP GUIDE ME THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS.

WITHOUT MY COACHING STAFF I WOULDN'T, YOU KNOW, WE WOULDN'T BE IN THE POSITION WE ARE, AND WE ALL [INAUDIBLE] THE SAME MESSAGE TO THE PLAYERS.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE ALL JUST BELIEVED AND PUT IN WORK AND DONE WHAT I'VE BEEN INSTRUCTED TO

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DO SINCE WE STARTED BACK A LONG TIME AGO.

MY BIGGEST THING ABOUT THIS IS MY COACHES, THAT'S FROM DALLAS THAT COACHED.

THEY PLAYED IN DISD AND GRADUATED FROM THE DISD JUST STAND UP FOR ME.

[APPLAUSE] YOU KNOW, THE ONE THING I'M GOING TO ASK THE CITY OF DALLAS AND DISD TAKE CARE OF YOUR OWN. THAT'S ALL I WANT TO SAY.

THANK YOU, COACH TODD. [APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS TO THE HISTORY MAKING SOUTH OAK CLIFF GOLDEN BEARS FOOTBALL HEAD COACH JASON TODD FOR LEADING THE WAY.

THANK YOU TO THE HISTORY MAKING SOUTH OAK CLIFF GOLDEN BEARS COACHING STAFF IN ITS ENTIRETY. YOU'RE PART IN CREATING CHAMPIONS IS RECOGNIZED AND APPRECIATED.

AT THIS TIME SOUTH OAK CLIFF COACHES AND ASSISTANT COACHES PLEASE COME FORWARD FOR A PHOTO.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE BOARD IS HONORED TO RECOGNIZE THE SOUTH OAK CLIFF GOLDEN BEARS 5A DIVISION TWO CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL TEAM.

THIS CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM CLINCHED THE FIRST DALLAS ISD STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN DECADES.

THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING DALLAS ISD AND FOR BRINGING HOME THE CHAMPIONSHIP.

WE ARE DALLAS ISD PROUD.

[APPLAUSE] SO GET READY BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BRING YOU ANOTHER CHAMPIONSHIP NEXT YEAR.

CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU TO THE GOLDEN BEAR STAFF AND TEAM.

YOU ARE TRUE CHAMPIONS.

THIS CONCLUDES OUR RECOGNITIONS.

LET'S GIVE THEM ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

SO WELL DESERVED.

[APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT, SO NOW IN HONOR OF SCHOOL BOARD RECOGNITION MONTH, WE HAVE A SHORT VIDEO THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PLAY.

ADMINISTRATORS, THE TEACHERS, PARENTS AND COMMUNITY FOR KIND NOTES, MESSAGES, EXPRESSIONS OF APPRECIATION DURING THIS BOARD RECOGNITION MONTH.

THE SCHOOL MARKED KEY MESSAGES, SUPPORTIVE CALLS FROM PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND MANY OTHER KIND OF SENTIMENTS FROM CONSTITUENTS HAVE THANKED TRUSTEES FOR SERVING AS YOUR REPRESENTATIVES AND HAVE WARMED OUR HEARTS.

I'M SURE I SPEAK FOR THE ENTIRE BOARD WHEN I SAY THANK YOU TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY FOR ENTRUSTING US WITH THE CARE AND EDUCATION OF OUR MOST PRECIOUS RESOURCE, THE CHILDREN OF DALLAS ISD.

WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 3 REPORTS.

[3. REPORTS]

WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT.

YES, MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD TWO VERY BRIEF ITEMS TO REPORT ON THIS EVENING.

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FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY'S PATIENCE.

IT LOOKS LIKE THE NUMBERS ARE FINALLY STARTING TO GET BETTER ON THE VIRUS.

I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR HAVING ALL THE GRIT TO FIGHT THROUGH THE CHALLENGES, AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE ON THE POSITIVE TREND.

WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE TRENDS CONTINUE TO GET BETTER.

AND SECOND, I ALSO WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE TRUSTEES.

WE'RE GOING TO BE COMMUNICATING WITH YOU EARLY AND OFTEN WE'RE ABOUT TO DO A ROADSHOW CALLED DIALOG WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS.

WE'RE GOING TO GO.

WE WERE GOING TO GO TO EVERY HIGH SCHOOL FEEDER PATTERN, BUT THE VIRUS GOT IN OUR WAY.

SO WE'RE GOING TO COMBINE FEEDER PATTERNS.

THOSE HAVE BEEN SCHEDULED.

THE ONE IN SEAGOVILLE STARTS IN NEXT MONTH.

EVEN IF WE HAVE TO GO VIRTUAL AT THE LAST MINUTE, WE WILL DO IT.

BUT OUR PLAN RIGHT NOW IS TO GO IN PERSON AND WE'LL BE GOING TO SOUTH OAK CLIFF LATER IN FEBRUARY. BUT WE HAVE SCHEDULED THOSE OUT FROM NOW UNTIL THE END OF MAY AND WE CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO BE IN ATTENDANCE AND HELP US AS WE COMMUNICATE THIS ACTIVITY WITH OUR COMMUNITY. AND MR. PRESIDENT, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT HINOJOSA.

WE'LL, NOW DUE THE BOARD OF TRUSTEE COMMITTEE REPORTS, DO WE HAVE ANY COMMITTEE REPORTS? OK, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO TRUSTEE REPORTS, BEGINNING WITH DISTRICT ONE THROUGH NINE.

WE'LL BEGIN WITH TRUSTEE FLORES.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT MACKEY.

CONGRATULATIONS TO DAVID NEWHOUSE, AN AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY TEACHER AT THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL, WHO WAS ONE OF 78 EDUCATORS TO RECEIVE THE AMERICAN GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY'S 2021 EDUCATOR GEOBOOST GRANT.

THESE FUNDS WILL BE USED TO BUY SOFTWARE THAT WILL HELP THE STUDENTS OBTAIN MASTERY OF THE SUBJECT. KUDOS TO ERIKA BARBOSA AND AN ANNA MADIGAN FROM W.T.

WHITE, WHO CAME IN FIRST AND THIRD ON THE 500 METER FREESTYLE AND 100 METER BUTTERFLY IN THE DISTRICT SWIM MEET THIS MONTH.

TALKING ABOUT W.T. WHITE, I ALSO WANT TO WELCOME BETH WING AS THE NEW PRINCIPAL AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE HER ON BOARD AND WISH HER THE BEST IN THIS NEW ASSIGNMENT. AND THAT'S THE DISTRICT ONE REPORT.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT MACKEY. THANK YOU TRUSTEE FLORES.

TRUSTEE MARSHALL. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I'LL GIVE THE DISTRICT TWO REPORT FIRST A SHOUT OUT TO HILLCREST WRESTLING TEAMS THE BOYS TEAM TOOK SECOND PLACE AND THE GIRLS TEAM TOOK FIRST PLACE AT THE DALLAS ISD CITY CHAMPIONSHIPS.

I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A CONGRATULATIONS TO WOODROW WILSON'S SWIMMING, CROSS-COUNTRY AND VOLLEYBALL TEAMS, ALL OF WHO WON DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIPS AS WELL.

I ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE DISTRICT TWO TEACHERS OF THE YEAR.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION IN HELPING ALL STUDENTS SUCCEED.

ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE MORE THAN 800 STUDENTS FROM 42 SCHOOLS WHO COMPETED IN THE UILA PLUS MIDDLE SCHOOL HYBRID ACADEMIC COMPETITION.

EVENTS INCLUDED CALCULATOR APPLICATIONS, CHESS, DICTIONARY SKILLS, LISTENING, MAPS, GRAPHS, CHARTS, MATH, NUMBER SENSE AND MANY OTHERS.

AND THE STUDENTS FROM SUDIE WILLIAMS, J.L.

LONG AND BENJAMIN FRANKLIN WERE ALL AMONG THE SIX TOP PERFORMING SCHOOLS IN THE CITY.

ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO SUDIE WILLIAMS TAG, WHICH WAS RECOGNIZED AS THE D2 TRUSTEE DISTRICT CHAMPION SCHOOL WINNER FOR SEPTEMBER ATTENDANCE AWARENESS MONTH.

AND GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO WOODROW WILSON HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH ANNOUNCED THAT THEIR ROBOTICS TEAM CALLED THE ROBO CATS WILL CO-HOST THE 48 TEAM ROBOTIC TOURNAMENT FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME IN THE NORTH TEXAS HISTORY AND REGION'S HISTORY.

THIS UIL QUALIFYING EVENT WILL SEND TEAMS OFF TO COMPETE FOR THE FTC STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

AND LASTLY, WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE WOODROW WILSON GIRLS SOCCER TEAM WHO WON THE DISD CHAMPIONS TOURNAMENT. WAY TO GO, GIRLS.

THAT CONCLUDES THE DISTRICT TWO REPORT.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEE MARSHALL. TRUSTEE MICCICHE.

THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.

IN DISTRICT THREE, I'D LIKE TO FIRST SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BRYAN ADAMS DECA TEAM DISTRIBUTIVE EDUCATION CLUBS OF AMERICA.

THEY'RE HEADED TO THE STATE COMPETITION IN HOUSTON.

THE DECA CLUB PREPARES EMERGING LEADERS AND ENTREPRENEURS IN MARKETING, FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT SKILLS FOR COLLEGE AND CAREER.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SANGER STALLIONS ROBOTICS TEAM 20616 D FOR PLACING FIRST IN TEAMWORK IN COMPETITION LAST WEEK.

THEY'RE NOW HEADED TO THE STATE COMPETITION TEAM 20616C PLACED FOURTH IN TEAMWORK AND MADE THE TOP 12.

AND FINALLY, PLEASE JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR MS. ELIANA TSENG, A BELOVED STEM TEACHER AT ROBERT T.

HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHO PASSED AWAY UNEXPECTEDLY THIS MONTH.

MS. TSENG WAS A PASSIONATE AND SUPPORTIVE TEACHER WHO WILL BE MISSED BY MANY.

THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE COME TO THE BOARD RECOGNITIONS IN MAY AND JUNE, NO MS. TSENG AS WON.

SHE AND HER STUDENTS WON 40 TROPHIES, INCLUDING SEVERAL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS WITH THE STEM PROGRAM THAT SHE STARTED AT ROBERT D.

HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL.

I'M WEARING THIS VERY WARM HOODIE THAT IS ONE OF THE

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THINGS THAT I REMEMBER FROM MS. TSENG WHEN WE DID GO TO ONE OF THE CHAMPIONSHIPS AND SHE WILL BE VERY MISSED.

LAST WEEK WE HAD A MEMORIAL FOR HER AT ROBERT T.

HILL. AND IT WAS AMAZING TO HEAR THE STUDENTS SPEAK ABOUT HOW MUCH SHE MEANT TO THEM.

SO IF YOU WOULD JOIN ME IN A SHORT MOMENT OF SILENCE HERE, I'D APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEE MICCICHE.

TRUSTEE GARCIA.

GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT MACKEY.

FOR DISTRICT FOUR I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THAT [INAUDIBLE] HIGH SCHOOL HOSTED AN OPEN HOUSE TO HIGHLIGHT THEIR AMAZING P-TECH PROGRAM ON THE 18TH.

THANK YOU FOR SHOWCASING THE AMAZING WORK GOING ON IN OUR COMMUNITY.

HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY HOSTED THEIR SECOND ANNUAL SCHOOL WIDE CHALLENGE ON DECEMBER 17TH.

FUN ACTIVITIES FOR STUDENTS TO ENGAGE IN LEARNING.

AND THEN MS. KAYLA BOYER FROM ALEX SPENCE, TALENTED AND GIFTED ACADEMY, VISITED OUR SCHOOL IN DISTRICT FOUR JULIUS DORSEY ELEMENTARY TO TALK TO OUR FIFTH GRADERS ABOUT A PRESENTATION OF THE SPENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL HORNET CULTURE AND OPPORTUNITIES.

THANK YOU FOR GETTING OUR STUDENTS INVOLVED AS THEY TAKE THEIR NEXT STEP.

ALSO SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR STUDENT JULIANA FROM SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL FLORAL DESIGN CLUSTER, WHO PROVIDED MY FLORAL ARRANGEMENT AND I BELIEVE WAS PART OF THE TEAM THAT PROVIDED THE REMAINING FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS TO THE REST OF THE BOARD.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE SKYLINE TEAM FOR BEING SO THOUGHTFUL.

AND THAT CONCLUDES THE DISTRICT FOUR REPORT.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT MACKEY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE GARCIA. WE WILL MOVE TO THE DISTRICT SIX REPORT.

TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CARTER HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM WHO KEEPS ON WINNING, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP FROM CARTER HIGH SCHOOL BOYS 4A.

THEY DEFEATED LG PINKSTON 71 TO 32 ON TUESDAY.

KIMBALL HIGH SCHOOL POINT GUARD ARTERIO MORRIS HAS BEEN NAMED A 2022 MCDONALD'S ALL-AMERICAN. WAY TO GO ARTERIO AND A SHOUT OUT TO KATHLYN JOY GILLIAM COLLEGIATE ACADEMY FOR BEING 1 OF 8 SCHOOLS TO ADVANCE TO THE QUARTERFINALS OF THE DALLAS ISD REGIONAL MOCK TRIAL COMPETITION, WHICH WERE HELD TODAY.

FINALS WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY THE 5TH AT THE GEORGE ALLEN COURTHOUSE AND ONCE AGAIN, I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK THE ADMINISTRATION FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE SATURDAY PARADE FOR SOUTH OAK CLIFF.

THANK YOU. ADMINISTRATION.

ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE SOUTH OAK CLIFF ALUMNI ASSOCIATION AND THE BARRICADE.

I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALSO THE PARADE ORGANIZERS, WHICH WAS KING CARTER, HORACE BRADSHAW, RON BIVINS, DARRYL BLAIR, DEREK [INAUDIBLE] AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DID, BUT I DO NOT WANT TO LEAVE OUT THE ILLUSTRIOUS CITY COUNCILPERSON CAROLYN KING ARNOLD IN DISTRICT FOUR, AND I LIKE TO END MY REPORT WITH THANKING THE COMMUNITY FOR THEIR VERY STRONG SUPPORT DURING THIS BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH.

IT IS TOUCHING TO RECEIVE TWEETS, SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS, TEXTS, PHONE CALLS, ET CETERA, TO TALK ABOUT HOW THEY APPRECIATE YOU.

BUT WHAT I WILL SAY TO THE COMMUNITY IN DISTRICT SIX WITHOUT YOU, THERE IS NO ME TO WORK ON PUBLIC EDUCATION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

I'LL DO THE DISTRICT SEVEN REPORT.

SO FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SUNSET HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS AND THE MOLINA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SWIM TEAMS FOR WINNING THE DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE 12 5A DIVISION.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO ADD THAT THIS IS THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW THE SUNSET GIRLS SWIM TEAM HAS WON THE DISTRICT TITLE, WELL DESERVED.

AND FINALLY, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE W.E.

GREINER EXPLORATORY ARTS ACADEMY FOR RECEIVING A $5000 DOLLAR GRANT FROM THE ENVY GAMING FOUNDATION TO BOOST ITS E-SPORTS GAMING PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES ON CAMPUS.

CONGRATULATIONS. WE'LL, NOW MOVE ON TO THE DISTRICT EIGHT REPORT TRUSTEE CARREÓN.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT MACKEY.

KUDOS TO SCHOLAR DANA TRAN FROM THOMAS J.

RUSK MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR RECEIVING A PERFECT SCORE ON THE SPELLING TEST IN DECEMBER'S UIL A-PLUS MIDDLE SCHOOL HYBRID ACADEMIC COMPETITION.

CONGRATULATIONS, DANA.

SHOUT OUT TO MRS. LEWIS OF MEDRANO JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.

SHE ASKED HER STUDENTS IN HER CLASS HOW MANY NEEDED WINTER COATS, AND THEN SHE PROCEEDED TO ORGANIZE AND WAS ABLE TO GET 18 NEW WINTER COATS FOR HER STUDENTS.

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THANK YOU SO MUCH TO HER FOR ORGANIZING THAT AND TO EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO HELPED CONTRIBUTE. SIMILARLY, SHOUT OUT TO MARC MILLER IN THE EXCHANGE CLUB OF EAST DALLAS FOR THEIR LARGE COAT DONATION TO ORAN M.

ROBERTS ELEMENTARY.

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS, OUR TIGERS.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SOLAR BOYS PTA FOR BEING AWARDED A $5000 DOLLAR GRANT BY THE NATIONAL PTA ORGANIZATION.

THANK YOU TO PARENT JENNIFER SCRIPTS FOR LEADING THE CHARGE AND WRITING THAT GRANT.

AND LASTLY, I WANT TO WELCOME THE SCHOOL COMMUNITIES THAT ARE NOW IN DALLAS ISD DISTRICT 8 AFTER LAST MONTH'S REDISTRICTING VOTE.

I WANT TO WELCOME THE SCHOOL COMMUNITIES OF ARCADIA PARK, LORENZO DE ZAVALA, JESÚS MOROLES VANGUARD STEVENS PARK, QUINTANILLA STEAM ACADEMY AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, NORTH DALLAS HIGH SCHOOL. GO BULLDOGS.

I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE DALLAS ISD EVEN BETTER FOR OUR KIDS.

THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE BACK TO DISTRICT FIVE TRUSTEE JOHNSON.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT MACKEY.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SCHOOL FOR THE TALENTED AND GIFTED AND JUDGE BAREFOOT SANDERS LAW MAGNET FOR ADVANCING TO THE UIL STATE [INAUDIBLE] DEBATE MEET IN THEIR RESPECTIVE CONFERENCE.

THE DEBATERS WILL COMPETE IN THE STATE MEET IN MARCH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS IN AUSTIN.

ALL THREE SCHOOLS ARE HOUSED AT THE GREAT YVONNE A.

EWELL TOWNVIEW CENTER. CONGRATULATIONS TO MR. JAMES MIMS A WILMER HUTCHINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER, WHO WILL BE GRADUATING WITH HIS MASTER'S DEGREE LATER THIS YEAR IN THE FIRST COHORT OF THE BISHOPS SCHOLARS PROGRAM AT SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY.

THE PROGRAM IS PART OF A THREE MILLION DOLLAR ENDOWMENT DESIGNED TO PROVIDE FULL SCHOLARSHIPS TO IDENTIFY TEACHERS TO GET THEIR MASTER'S IN SPECIAL EDUCATION, WITH AN EMPHASIS IN BILINGUALISM OR ESL AND FOUNDATIONAL LITERACY.

ALSO WANT TO THANK THE WILMER HUTCHINS COMMUNITY AND ALUMNI FOR ALLOWING ME TO ALSO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN SPUD WEBB RETIRED [INAUDIBLE] EVENT.

IT WAS AN AWESOME EVENT. I'M THANKFUL FOR THE INVITE.

[INAUDIBLE] TO C F CARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHOSE CAMPUS WILL UNDERGO RENOVATION AS PART OF THE BOND 2020.

THANK YOU TO MAYOR ERIC JOHNSON AS MAYOR ERIC JOHNSON AND I RECENTLY HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE TO ANNOUNCE THE RENOVATION PLANS.

THANKS TO OUR COMMUNITY FOR INVESTING IN OUR STUDENTS.

SPEAKING OF BOND, WE'RE ALSO EXCITED FOR THE STUDENTS AT PINKSTON HIGH SCHOOL, WHO ARE NOW IN THEIR NEW STATE OF THE ART $89 MILLION DOLLAR CAMPUS.

I HAD THE HONOR OF ESCORTING THE VIKINGS INTO THEIR NEW CAMPUS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEMESTER, AND THE ENERGY AND EXCITEMENT WAS OVERWHELMING.

THANK YOU TO THE WEST DALLAS COMMUNITY AND THE PINKSTON ALUMNI.

ONCE AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SOUTH OAK CLIFF HIGH SCHOOL STATE CHAMPIONS.

AS WE SAID EARLIER, WE ARE PROUD OF YOU AND WE THANK YOU FOR DOING ALL YOU CAN DO.

WE CONTINUE TO EXPECT GREAT THINGS FROM YOU ACADEMICALLY AND ATHLETICALLY.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT MACKEY.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEE JOHNSON.

AND WE'LL FINISH WITH TRUSTEE HENRY.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. FIRST, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE TRISTAN WHITFIELD, A FIFTH GRADER AT THE PAUL L. DUNBAR LEARNING CENTER, WHO CLAIMED FIRST PLACE IN DISD'S 30TH ANNUAL MLK ORATORY COMPETITION.

TRISTAN AND SEVEN OTHER FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADERS COMPETED IN THE FINALS OF THE COMPETITION, WHICH IS CO-SPONSORED EACH YEAR BY THE DISTRICT AND LAW FIRM FOLEY & LARDNER LLP. TRISTAN, WE ARE INCREDIBLY PROUD OF YOUR ACHIEVEMENT.

HOPEFULLY PRESIDENT MACKEY HE'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE A SPEECH WITH THIS BOARD AS PREVIOUS WINNERS HAVE.

FOLLOWING A COMPREHENSIVE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, DISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED A NEW VOTING MAP FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A DECADE.

AS A RESULT OF THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS.

IGNITE MIDDLE SCHOOL HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE DISTRICT 9 FAMILIES, SO IT'S GOING TO BE AN HONOR TO REPRESENT THE IGNITE MIDDLE SCHOOL FAMILY AS WELL.

I WANT TO GIVE A BIG THANKS TO JEREMY AND ELIZABETH LENNOX, THEY'RE OWNERS OF HARVEY'S PAINT AND BODY, AND THE DALLAS FOUNDATION FOR THEIR GENEROUS DONATION OF FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS TO C.A.

TATUM JR. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EARLIER THIS MONTH.

THE DONATION WILL BE USED TO PURCHASE COATS, SHOES AND OTHER NECESSITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS. GOOD LUCK TO THE SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL VARSITY MOCK TRIAL TEAM, ONE OF EIGHT SCHOOLS PARTICIPATED IN THE MOCK TRIAL QUARTERFINALS THIS AFTERNOON AT THE GEORGE ALLEN COURTHOUSE. AS SKYLINE WINS THEY MOVE ON TO THE SEMIFINALS, WHICH WILL OCCUR ON FEBRUARY 5TH. A FEW ADDITIONAL.

I WANT TO ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF TRUSTEE GARCIA.

I WANT TO THANK SKYLINE [INAUDIBLE] DISD THE FLORAL DESIGN GROUP FOR PROVIDING THESE FLOWERS TO THESE ARRANGEMENTS TO ALL THE TRUSTEES.

DEEPLY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT.

I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE HARD WORK OF MY COLLEAGUES ON THE BOARD.

I KNOW ALL OF YOU ARE DEEPLY COMMITTED TO OUR KIDS IN OUR DISTRICT.

I SEE IT EVERY DAY, SO IT'S AN HONOR TO SERVE WITH YOU.

SO I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE SERVING WITH THE BOARD OF THIS CALIBER AND PARTICULARLY WITH

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YOUR COMMITMENT TO OUR KIDS.

PERSONAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, YOU KNOW, CONGRATULATE PRINCIPAL WING ON HER PROMOTION.

LEAVES A VOID AT AT THE SCHOOL THAT SHE LEFT BUT GREATLY, DEEPLY FOR HER SERVICE.

MY SON HAS BEEN THERE FOR TWO YEARS.

SHE'S BEEN A PHENOMENAL LEADER.

DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT ALL OF OUR [INAUDIBLE].

IT'S ONE OF THOSE BITTERSWEET MOMENTS.

SHE'S A PHENOMENAL LEADER, SO THANKFUL THAT SHE CONTINUES TO GET GOOD OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE DISTRICT.

AGAIN, NOT TO BEAT A DEAD HORSE, SO TO SPEAK.

THEY'RE NOT DEAD, THEY'RE GOING TO BE BACK NEXT YEAR.

BUT I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE SOC AGAIN AND ALL OF THOSE INVOLVED.

IT'S BEEN NOT ONLY GREAT FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS AND DISD BUT URBAN EDUCATION ACROSS THE DISTRICT. HOUSTON ISD, SAN ANTONIO ISD ALL THE URBAN ISD'S TO SEE ONE OF OUR OWN AT THE END OF THE DAY, GO OUT THERE AND TAKE THE CHAMPIONSHIP.

SO VERY PROUD OF THE SOC COMMUNITY.

I HAVE TO GO BACK TO TRUSTEE FOREMAN'S COMMENT ON ARTERIO MORRIS.

I REALLY DON'T WANT TO GLAZE OVER THAT.

THAT YOUNG MAN IS A MCDONALD'S ALL-AMERICAN THAT IS PROBABLY THE HIGHEST LEVEL ACHIEVEMENT YOU CAN GET ON A BASKETBALL COURT.

THERE MIGHT BE 24 OR 25 NAMED ACROSS THE NATION, SO THAT'S A HUGE, HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR THAT YOUNG MAN. HOPEFULLY, WE GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO.

SO IT'S VERY RARE TO BE NAMED THE MCDONALD'S ALL-AMERICAN.

SO VERY PROUD OF THAT YOUNG MAN AND HIS FAMILY AND HIS SUPPORT NETWORK.

AND THAT CONCLUDES, OH WELL, I WANT TO THANK THE FOLKS THAT HOPPED ON THE URBAN PARK CALL TO TALK ABOUT THE RENOVATIONS TO THE CAMPUS IT'S GOING TO BE A BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS AS PART OF THE THE BOND MONIES.

I WANT TO THANK PRINCIPAL FALCON FOR JOINING THE MEETING AND LEADING AND ORGANIZING OUR COMMUNITY TO MAKE A GREAT PRODUCT FOR THAT SCHOOL.

AND [INAUDIBLE] CREDIT FOR JOINING THAT CALL AS WELL.

WE HAVE UPCOMING MEETINGS FOR THE GREAT JAMES MADISON.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MEETING AT LINCOLN AND SOME OTHER SCHOOLS, BUT I JUST REALLY WANT TO CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT THE PROJECTS THAT ARE OCCURRING AS A RESULT OF THE BOND AND THANK THE COMMUNITY FOR GOING OUT THERE AND SUPPORTING US SO WE CAN IMPROVE OUR CAMPUSES ACROSS THE DISTRICT. THAT INCLUDES THE DISTRICT NINE ACCOLADES.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEE HENRY.

WE'LL, NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 4 THE PUBLIC FORUM.

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

WE WILL BEGIN WITH SPEAKERS TO AGENDA ITEMS, FOLLOWED BY SPEAKERS TO NON AGENDA ITEMS. I AM ASKING THE SPEAKERS BE MINDFUL OF YOUR FELLOW SPEAKERS AND REFRAIN FROM USING INDIVIDUAL NAMES, INCLUDING STUDENT NAMES, AND ADDRESS THE BOARD AS A WHOLE AND NOT INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEES.

COMMENTS INVOLVING THE PERFORMANCE OF INDIVIDUAL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES OR OFFICERS SHOULD BE MADE THROUGH THE GRIEVANCE POLICY.

AUDIENCE, I'M ASKING YOU NOT TO ENGAGE IN CONDUCT THAT WILL DISRUPT THE MEETING.

RULES OF ORDER AND DECORUM WILL BE ENFORCED DURING PUBLIC COMMENT TO ENSURE EFFICIENT MEETINGS. UNLAWFUL OR DISRUPTIVE CONDUCT WILL BE INCLUDING INTERRUPTING SCHEDULED SPEAKERS, SPEAKING OUT OF TURN OR INTERFERING WITH THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. EACH PARTICIPANT IS LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENT AND CONSEQUENCES OF HIS OR HER OWN STATEMENTS.

SPEAKERS PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT SUBSTITUTIONS ARE NOT ALLOWED.

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

SPEAKERS WHO FAIL TO ADHERE TO THIS RULE WILL BE INTERRUPTED AND INFORMED THEIR COMMENTS ARE OUT OF ORDER. MS. GULLEY WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE NAMES OF OUR SPEAKERS? YES, AND I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND SPEAKERS THAT YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

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

OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS LYNN DAVENPORT, FOLLOWED BY THE DAPICA PARTAL.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS LYNN DAVENPORT, AND I'M SPEAKING ABOUT THE VIRTUAL LEARNING THAT IS GOING TO BE DISCUSSED, I THINK IN THE FUTURE.

IT'S YOU'VE GOT OPTIONS A, B AND C AND THESE VIRTUAL LEARNING SCHOOLS.

AND SO I WAS LOOKING AT THE LIST OF VENDORS, THE POOL OF VENDORS AND.

YOU'VE GOT 12 OUT OF THE 14 ARE WHITE MALE OWNED COMPANIES, WHICH I THINK IS INTERESTING, INCLUDING STIMULI.

IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO BE AFFLUENT MALES THAT ARE RUNNING THESE ED TECH COMPANIES THAT THEY DON'T SEND THEIR OWN KIDS TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS, BUT THEY COME IN AND THEY WANT ACCESS TO THE CHILDREN.

THEY USE THE TECHNOLOGY AND THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS AN ACCESS POINT FOR EXPERIMENTAL LEARNING. I KNOW THAT ABBOTT AND MORATH, THE TEA COMMISSIONER WHO CAME FROM DALLAS, THEY ARE REALLY PUSHING THIS OPERATION CONNECTIVITY.

THEY'RE PUSHING VIRTUAL LEARNING, AND THEY'VE GOT AND ABBOTT APPOINTED BUNCH OF PEOPLE TO A VIRTUAL LEARNING COMMISSION WITH SEVERAL PEOPLE FROM DALLAS THAT ARE ON THAT.

SO IT'S NO SURPRISE THAT HE APPOINTED MORATH, WHO WAS A FORMER SOFTWARE ENTREPRENEUR.

I THINK THAT I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO THE STIMULI CONTRACT THAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING.

THEY WERE ONE OF THE LOWEST ON THE RANKINGS FROM THE DISTRICT AND THEY WERE AT THE BOTTOM, AND I THINK THEY WERE SECOND TO LAST ON ONE OF THEM.

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IT'S RUN BY THE CEO IS TAYLOR SHED.

AND SHE SAID THAT SHE STARTED THE COMPANY IN 2016.

BUT I SEE THAT SHE WAS WORKING AT THE APPLE STORE IN 2017 AND I SAW HER AT THE PUBLIC SCHOOL FINANCE COMMISSION, WHERE TODD WILLIAMS AND MIKE MORATH BROUGHT HER THERE.

SHE NEVER MENTIONED ANYTHING ABOUT STIMULI AND THAT WAS IN 2018.

WHEN SHE DESCRIBES THE STIMULI, WHICH IS THIS DALLAS HYBRID PREP SCHOOL, SHE SAYS IT'S A VIDEO GAME, IT'S A SCHOOL WITHIN A VIDEO GAME.

SO I THINK WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND SHE CALLS IT A METAVERSE, THE METAVERSE, I THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT KIDS.

IT SEEMS LIKE. IT UNDERMINES THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL MODEL, WHICH I KNOW THAT YOU ALL TALK ABOUT CHOICE A LOT, BUT I THINK PARENTS, IF YOU REALLY TALK TO THEM, THEY WANT CHOICE WITHIN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL SO THEY CAN CONNECT AND THE KIDS CAN GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER.

AND I'M THINKING ABOUT THE CELEBRATION WITH SOUTH OAK CLIFF, I MEAN, WHAT A PHENOMENAL ACHIEVEMENT AND SEEING THE PRIDE ON THE FACES OF THE KIDS WHO GOT THERE, WHO DID SOMETHING SO WONDERFUL.

CAN YOU IMAGINE A VIRTUAL CELEBRATION? VIRTUAL SCHOOLS? ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE VIRTUAL FOOTBALL COMPETITIONS ALL THIS PUSH FOR VIRTUAL, I THINK? AND DR. HINOJOSA, I SAW YOU ON A PANEL LAST NIGHT AT COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS AT MAPLE LAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND YOU GOT BENTLEY'S PULLING UP.

THEY'VE GOT VALET PARKING.

IT'S LIKE THIS FANCY EVENT TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO DONATE TO IT, AND THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH. YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND ALL THE ISSUES WITH COVID, AND I'M THINKING, REALLY? DO WE REALLY WANT TO PUSH MORE VIRTUAL LEARNING, VIRTUAL SCHOOLS, SCHOOLS IN A METAVERSE AND SCHOOLS WHERE THE KIDS ARE ON DEVICES FROM PRE-K ALL THE WAY TO 12TH GRADE? IS THAT WHAT WE REALLY WANT FOR OUR FUTURE? IS THAT GOING TO INCREASE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES? YES, OF COURSE IT IS.

SO I JUST I ENCOURAGE YOU ASK THOSE.

THANK YOU. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

THANK YOU [APPLAUSE]. DIPICA PARTAL, FOLLOWED BY CHARLOTTE WILSON.

DIPICA PARTEL.

CHARLOTTE WILSON, FOLLOWED BY TANYA HERNANDEZ.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

MY NAME IS CHARLOTTE WILSON.

I'M A TEACHER HERE IN DALLAS ISD.

I TEACH AT LAKEWOOD ELEMENTARY AND I'M A MEMBER OF ALLIANCE AFT.

LET ME SHARE WITH YOU MY FAVORITE MOMENT AS A TEACHER.

I LOVE THE AHA MOMENT.

I LOVE THE MOMENT THAT THE KIDS SAY, I GOT IT AND THEY HOLLER OUT AND THEY'RE HAPPY.

THESE MOMENTS ARE FAR AND FEW, AND IN BETWEEN NOW, AND I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU WHY.

FIRST, YOU GOT TO UNDERSTAND HOW MY DAY GOES.

FIRST, I COME INTO SCHOOL, I SWITCH MY BOARD, I SWITCH MY LEARNING OBJECTIVE.

I SWITCH MY DOL, MY [INAUDIBLE], AGGRESSIVE MONITORING OFFICER AFL STUDENT WORK NEEDS TO BE INPUT INTO THE STUDENT WORK FOLDER.

THEN THE VISITS BEGAN.

I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE TO COME INTO THE CLASSROOM TO CHECK EVERY SO OFTEN.

BUT WHEN WE ARE GETTING BOMBARDED BY VISITS EVERY DAY, BY OUR ADMIN, BY YOU GUYS, BY WHOMEVER WANTS TO COME, WHEN WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO TEACH WHAT WE NEED TO TEACH TO THESE CHILDREN WHEN I HAVE HALF A CLASS THAT'S NOWHERE NEAR GRADE LEVEL ON A READING LEVEL, A LIFE SKILL NOT TESTED ON STAAR, BUT YOU GOT TO READ.

SECOND OF ALL, I'M NOT A ROBOT.

I'M NOT AN ACTRESS.

I DID NOT BECOME A CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL TO FOLLOW A SCRIPT.

ARE YOU AWARE THAT TEACHERS, THROUGHOUT YOUR DISTRICT ARE MANDATED TO FOLLOW A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION? IT'S NOT A RESOURCE.

IT'S A MANDATE. YOU DON'T.

YOU DON'T CHANGE IT EITHER.

AND YOU KNOW, THEY'LL COME IN AND CHECK OUT.

LET ME JUST CONTINUE WITH WE TEST THESE KIDS, WE TEST THESE KIDS, WE TEST THESE KIDS.

YOU SEE ON YOUR MAP TEST DATA THAT SO MANY KIDS ARE MARKED BELOW AVERAGE LOW AVERAGE YEAR AFTER YEAR. WASH AND REPEAT PASS TO THE NEXT TEACHER.

WE CAN'T MEET THOSE GAPS WHEN I'M MANDATED TO FOLLOW A LESSON PLAN.

I DID NOT CREATE.

I DID NOT WRITE THAT SCRIPT.

I DON'T. IT'S HARD.

IT'S HARD WHEN I SEE TEACHERS CRYING BECAUSE THEY'RE BEING BERATED.

WHEN I SEE GREAT TEACHERS LEAVING THE PROFESSION BECAUSE WE WANT TO TIGHTEN THE REINS AFTER A PANDEMIC WITH ALREADY GAPS PRESENT.

DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

I HAVE A STUDENT WHO TOLD ME A FEW MONTHS AGO, I WANT TO LEARN TO READ.

I TEACH FOURTH GRADE. THIS STUDENT WANTS TO GO PLAY PROFESSIONAL BALL ONE DAY, AND THEIR ULTIMATE DREAM IS THE NFL.

EVEN IN THAT CAREER, THEY HAVE TO GO TO COLLEGE REDSHIRT.

HOW DO I HELP THESE KIDS WHO CANNOT READ IF I'M NOT ALLOWED THE TIME TO TEACH THEM DUE TO HAVING TO FOLLOW A SCRIPT AND LESSON PLAN? ACCELERATION, NOT REMEDIATION, INCREASE THE RIGOR.

I CAN ONLY TEACH A STRATEGY.

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I CAN'T. YOU CAN'T. THERE'S NO STRATEGY TO TEACH A KID TO PASS A STAAR IF THEY CAN'T READ THE WORDS ON THE PAGE.

ORAL ADMINISTRATION DOES NOT INCLUDE READING PASSAGES.

THERE ARE SOLUTIONS WITH A DEDICATED READING SCHEDULE THAT TEACHERS ARE ALLOWED TO CONTROL. LET ME MEET THOSE GAPS.

I KNOW HOW I JUST HAD STUDENTS GROW TWO LEVELS IN SIX MONTHS.

I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING.

TRUST ME, THAT'S WHY YOU HIRE ME.

I SPEAK FOR ALL TEACHERS.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] TANYA HERNANDEZ, FOLLOWED BY PATRICIA FLOURNOY.

OK. PATRICIA FLOURNOY, FOLLOWED BY PAUL TAYLOR.

GOOD EVENING. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME EXERCISE MY FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS, WHICH I LEARNED IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

I AM HERE TODAY TO SPEAK AGAINST THE CONTENT THAT HAS BEEN INSERTED INTO OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS WITHOUT MOST PARENTS KNOWLEDGE OR CONSENT.

THIS IS NO LONGER MATH, SCIENCE, HISTORY, ENGLISH AND SOCIAL STUDIES.

YOU ALLOWED THE FOLLOWING IN OUR SCHOOLS FUNDED BY WE THE PEOPLE.

CRITICAL RACE THEORY, CRT, THE IDEOLOGY THAT RACE ADVANCES THE INTEREST OF WHITE PEOPLE AT THE EXPENSE OF PEOPLE OF COLOR.

ON DECEMBER 2ND, 2021, GOVERNOR ABBOTT SIGNED SB THREE.

THAT DOES NOT ALLOW THIS IN OUR SCHOOLS, BUT IN ITS PLACE, WE HAVE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING, WHICH IS CRT 2.0.

EDUCATORS ARE NOW USING THIS BROAD TERM TO INCLUDE CRT TEACHING WHITE PRIVILEGE.

TEACHING ALL NONWHITE PEOPLE ARE VICTIMS, WHICH I DON'T BELIEVE THEY BELIEVE THAT, AND SEXUALIZING OUR CHILDREN WITH BOOKS LIKE GENDER QUEER.

HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE LOOKED AT THE LIST OF EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY BOOKS THAT TAMMY RODRIGUEZ AND SERENA NOLAN HAVE BROUGHT BEFORE YOU? HOW MANY OF YOU OPENED UP YOUR EMAILS FROM WE THE PEOPLE TO SEE TWO YOUNG BOYS PERFORMING A SEX ACT? IF YOU MISSED IT, DON'T WORRY, IT HAS BEEN RESENT AND IT'S WAITING IN YOUR INBOX.

WHY HAVE THESE BOOKS BEEN REMOVED WHY HAVE THEY NOT HAVE REMOVED? WHY ARE YOU NOT OUTRAGED? TEXAS PENAL CODE 43.26 IS CLEAR THAT YOU COMMIT AN OFFENSE WHEN YOU KNOWINGLY OR INTENTIONALLY POSSESS MATERIALS THAT VISUALLY SHOW A CHILD YOUNGER THAN 18 ENGAGING IN SEXUAL ACTIVITY AND FURTHER WITH THE INTENT TO PROMOTE OR DISTRIBUTE PORNOGRAPHY TO A CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF 18.

THIS IS A SECOND DEGREE FELONY.

HOW MANY PARENTS IN THIS ROOM KNOW THAT THE FIRST WEEK OF FEBRUARY IS BLACK LIVES MATTER AT SCHOOL WEEK? I URGE YOU TO LOOK UP THE BLACKLIVESMATTERATSCHOOL.COM WEBSITE, WHICH OUTLINES GUIDING PRINCIPLES TO BE TAUGHT IN OUR SCHOOLS TO INCLUDE, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, RESTORATIVE JUSTICE EMPATHY.

WE ENCOURAGE COMRADES WITH THE INTENT.

TRANSGENDER AFFIRMING GLOBALISM.

QUEER AFFIRMING, UNAPOLOGETICALLY BLACK, BLACK VILLAGES, BLACK WOMEN, BLACK FAMILIES.

WE REMOVED CRT AND NOW SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS ARE ALLOWING THE SAME PEOPLE WHO LOOTED OUR CITIES TO BE PAID SPEAKERS TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN HOW TO HATE.

I HAVE BEEN TOLD SOUTH LAKE PAID A BLM SPEAKER $15,000 TO SPEAK AT THEIR SCHOOLS, AND WHEN THAT INFORMATION WAS FOUND OUT THROUGH OPEN RECORDS, PARENTS WERE OUTRAGED IN SOUTH LAKE. IS DISD DOING THE SAME THING? WOULD YOU EVEN TELL US IF YOU DID? OR WILL WE HAVE TO FILE ANOTHER OPEN RECORDS REQUEST TO FIND OUT WHERE OUR TAX DOLLARS ARE BEING SPENT? THANK YOU. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

WE URGE YOU TO STEP DOWN PAUL TAYLOR, FOLLOWED BY LAKISHA WALLACE.

PAUL TAYLOR. LAKISHA WALLACE, FOLLOWED BY LANONNA SHIELDS.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS LAKISHA WALLACE.

I RESIDE IN 3513 WENDELL [INAUDIBLE] DALLAS, TEXAS.

I'M HERE TONIGHT TO ADDRESS MY ISSUES AS A PARENT AT SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL.

I KNOW MANY OF YOU ARE ON THE BOARD AND I WORK WITH YOU AND JUSTIN IS MY REPRESENTATIVE FOR MY DISTRICT. BUT I'M VERY CONCERNED AS A PARENT THAT IN OUR SCHOOL CURRENTLY WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON.

MANY OF YOU MAY RECOGNIZE ME A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, I WAS ON THE NEWS BECAUSE OUR KIDS

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WERE BEING HOUSED IN THE AUDITORIUM UP TO ABOUT 900 KIDS.

NOT THAT MANY PER DAY, BUT MINIMUM, MAYBE TWO HUNDRED.

AND THEY GOT UP TO ABOUT 9.

THIS LASTED FOR MAYBE SIX OR SEVEN DAYS.

THESE KIDS HAD NO SOCIAL DISTANCING.

THEY HAD NO MASK.

THEY WERE NOT LEARNING.

I WENT TO THE NEWS.

I INITIALLY SPOKE WITH THE ADMINISTRATORS.

I'VE EVEN EMAILED OUR SUPERINTENDENT OTHERS ON THE CHAIN OF COMMAND.

NOTHING WAS DONE AS A RESULT THE NEXT DAY, AFTER I DID REACH OUT TO THE MEDIA AND EXPOSE WHAT WAS HAPPENING HERE AT THE DISTRICT, A LOT OF FEEDBACK I GOT WAS MS. WALLACE. IF YOU COULDN'T GET YOUR SON TO SCHOOL ON TIME, WHY DID YOU SPEAK OUT? IT'S NOT ABOUT GETTING YOUR CHILD ON SCHOOL AT TIME.

IT'S ABOUT WHEN WE DROP OUR KIDS OFF AT SCHOOL THAT THEY'RE SAFE, THEY ARE NOT SAFE IN THAT TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT.

SINCE THEN, THOSE STUDENTS THAT WERE HOUSED IN THE AUDITORIUM HAVE DECIDED NOT TO EVEN ENGAGE IN SCHOOL.

WE HAVE LARGE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS STANDING OUTSIDE OF THE CAMPUS, NOT EVEN GOING IN BECAUSE THEY NO LONGER WANT TO BE HOUSED OR CAGED OR JAILED.

SO WHAT WE HAVE ARE HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS LEAVING THE CAMPUS AND BEING INSTRUCTED BY ADMINISTRATORS JUST GET OFF THE CAMPUS.

WE DON'T WANT YOU SKIPPING WHILE YOU'RE HERE.

I HAVE REACHED OUT VIA EMAIL.

I HAVE ASKED PARENTS TO ENGAGE IN SPEAKING TO YOU GUYS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON ON OUR CAMPUS. WE NEED HELP.

IT REFLECTS ON LEADERSHIP.

DR. HINOJOSA YOU'RE THE LEADER.

IF YOU'RE ON YOUR CELL PHONE WHILE WE'RE SPEAKING AND NOT PAYING ATTENTION, THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.

SO THAT DOES CARRY OVER TO OUR SCHOOLS AS A CONSEQUENCE AND A RESULT, IF YOU DO IT, THEY CAN MIMIC YOUR BEHAVIOR.

I'M ASKING YOU TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT OUR STUDENTS.

I'M ASKING YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU MAKE THIS ENVIRONMENT WHEN I DROP MY KID OFF IS SAFE. I FEEL UNSAFE AT THE MOMENT.

THOSE GUNS, AN INCREASE OF GUNS ON OUR CAMPUS.

STUDENTS ARE LEAVING THE CAMPUS WITHOUT PERMISSION.

SEX GOING ON AND YOU NAME IT IS HAPPENING ON OUR CAMPUS.

HEROIN MARIJUANA SEVERAL KIDS HAVE ALMOST LOST THEIR LIVES ON CAMPUS.

WE'VE NEVER HAD THIS TO HAPPEN TO US BEFORE.

I'M BEGGING AND I'M PLEADING FOR ASSISTANCE.

PLEASE COME TO OUR RESCUE.

OUR STUDENTS DESERVE AN EDUCATION.

AND RIGHT NOW, WE'RE NOT GETTING WHAT WE NEED.

AND I'M ASKING FOR YOUR HELP.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] LANONNA SHIELDS.

FOLLOWED BY NELLIE AZAR.

LANONNA SHIELDS, NELLIE AZAR, FOLLOWED BY.

OK. DAVID DE LA FUENTE, FOLLOWED BY ROBERT [INAUDIBLE].

HI, I'M DAVID DE LA FUENTE.

I LIVE IN DISTRICT SEVEN, TRUSTEE MACKEY'S DISTRICT.

I'M COMING OUT TODAY BECAUSE OVER THE PAST YEAR I'VE BEEN WORKING ON SOME RESEARCH THAT I'VE COMPILED INTO A WHITE PAPER, WHICH I'D BE HAPPY TO SEND TO Y'ALL.

I INCLUDED A HANDOUT TODAY.

THAT'S MORE OF AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY DEALING WITH THE ISSUE OF OUR LOW VOTER TURNOUT AND OUR NONPARTISAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS.

WHAT I HAVE REALLY COME TO THE CONCLUSION OF IS THAT DECISIONS MADE A LONG TIME AGO TO HOLD ELECTIONS IN MAY AND TO DO SO IN A STAGGERED WAY WHERE THEY USUALLY DON'T ALIGN WITH OTHER NONPARTISAN INSTITUTIONS HAS DECREASED TURNOUT MASSIVELY.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE ABOUT TO HAVE DISD ELECTIONS IN A FEW MONTHS THIS MAY OF 2022.

IF HISTORICAL TRENDS CONTINUE, TURNOUT IS GOING TO BE FIVE SIX PERCENT ON AVERAGE ACROSS THE DISTRICTS THAT ARE CONTESTED.

I THINK THAT IS HONESTLY AN EMBARRASSMENT TO OUR CITY, THAT TURNOUT IS GOING TO BE THAT LOW AND THERE ARE THINGS THAT CAN FIX IT.

I BELIEVE THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS, DALLAS ISD AND DALLAS COLLEGE WORKING TOGETHER CAN CONSOLIDATE THEIR ELECTIONS TO MAKE SURE THEY ALWAYS HAPPEN AT THE SAME TIME, AND DOING SO WOULD INCREASE TURNOUT BY A LOT.

THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND THEIR ISD AND JUNIOR COLLEGE DO THIS CURRENTLY.

SO, FOR INSTANCE, WHEN MAYOR ERIC JOHNSON WAS ELECTED IN MAY 2019, VOTER TURNOUT WAS AROUND 13 PERCENT, AND THAT WAS A HISTORIC HIGH FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS.

HOUSTON, WHEN THEY HAVE CONSOLIDATED MAYORAL ISD AN JUNIOR COLLEGE ELECTIONS.

THEIR TURNOUT IS USUALLY TWENTY THREE TO TWENTY FIVE PERCENT, BASICALLY DOUBLE WHAT DALLAS IS BECAUSE AGAIN, THEY CONSOLIDATE AND THEY HAVE THEIR ELECTIONS IN NOVEMBER OF ODD NUMBERED YEARS.

NOVEMBER MIGHT SOUND A LITTLE BIT SCARY, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT NOVEMBER OF ODD NUMBERED YEARS, NOT EVEN NUMBERED YEARS ODD IS WHEN THERE'S NOTHING PARTISANS ON THE BALLOT.

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SO WE'D ESSENTIALLY HAVE AN ELECTION EVERY NOVEMBER.

IN EVEN NUMBERED YEARS, PARTISAN CONTESTS IN ODD NUMBERED YEARS.

NONPARTISAN CONTESTS.

DOING THIS AND CONSOLIDATING IN NOVEMBER WOULD ALSO SAVE DISD, THE CITY OF DALLAS AND DALLAS COLLEGE A LOT OF MONEY ONE THROUGH CONSOLIDATION AND TWO THROUGH THE FACT THAT THE STATE GOVERNMENT ALLOWS COUNTY ADMINISTRATORS TO CHARGE YOU ALL ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF YOUR COSTS WHEN YOU'RE CONDUCTING AN ELECTION IF IT OCCURS IN MAY.

BUT IF IT OCCURS IN NOVEMBER, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TO PARTICIPATE IN COST SHARING WITH YOU.

SO, FOR INSTANCE, WHEN THE CITY OF DALLAS HAS DONE STUFF BEFORE IN NOVEMBER OF ODD NUMBERED YEARS LIKE BOND MEASURES THAT ARE FOR THE ENTIRE CITY, COSTS ARE ABOUT HALF OF WHAT A CITY COUNCIL ELECTION WILL COST THEM.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

I HOPE YOU READ MY TWO PAGE SUMMARY THAT I ATTACHED TODAY, AND I CAN CONTACT YOU ALL VIA EMAIL WITH THE LONGER FORM PAPER.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

ROBERT CICCARELLI, FOLLOWED BY LANONNA SHIELDS.

GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY.

I'M GOING TO BE SPEAKING ABOUT WHAT I DID BEFORE.

I JUST WANT TO SAY TO THE DISTRICT NINE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER WHO WAS THE SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT. I WAS ON THE PHONE LAST YEAR.

I HEARD HIM SAY THAT PRINCIPAL OF [INAUDIBLE] SHOULD BE PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR.

THIS IS THE SAME PERSON THAT MIKE MILES FIRED IN 2013.

THIS IS THE SAME PERSON THE SCHOOL BOARD VOTED 12 TO 2 TO HAVE HER FIRED.

THIS IS THE SAME PERSON LIKE ME.

I WAS A MIKE MILES HATER.

I SUPPORTED MIKE MILES FOR MARIAN WILLARD THE PRINCIPAL TO BE FIRED.

OK, NOW MR. HINOJOSA, WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS AGAIN.

PLEASE DO WHAT MS. WALLACE SAYS, BECAUSE SHE'S A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE.

ALL RIGHT. SHE REALLY MEANS WHAT SHE SAYS.

NOW, MR. HINOJOSA, YOU GOT REHIRED BACK AT DALLAS.

THE ONLY REASON THAT I SAY THAT YOU PUT HER BACK IN MADISON, HE PUT IT BACK IN MADISON WHEN SHE FAILED ONE PERCENT COLLEGE READINESS AND YET MR. HENRY THE SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT, SAYING PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR LAST YEAR.

TRUE STORY. OK? MR. HINOJOSA YOU PUT HER BACK BECAUSE WE DIDN'T.

YOU'D HAVE BEEN FIRED THE THIRD TIME.

THE POLITICIANS AT SOUTH DALLAS, THE PARENTS OF SOUTH DALLAS WILL RAN YOU OUT OF TOWN.

THEY ARE VERY, VERY MEAN.

ALL RIGHT. I SAW IT 2013 JUSTIN HENRY WAS AT THAT MEETING WHEN [INAUDIBLE] DAVIS AND [INAUDIBLE] ALL BLEW OFF THE ROOF THERE ABOUT MIKE MILES.

YOU SOUND LIKE YOU PROBABLY GOT THE TIP ON IT, AND THAT'S WHY YOU DID IT.

AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED.

YOU JUST COLLECTED THE MONEY.

YOU JUST COLLECTED THE PENSION.

AND SHE FAILED FOR 15 YEARS.

WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO DO THAT? BECAUSE YOU'RE FRIENDS WITH HER AT ADAMSON.

THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I CAN SAY, AND YOU'RE SCARED OF THE POLITICIANS THAT A LOT OF THEM ARE BIG MOUTHS. OK? THEY WOULD THROW YOU OUT OF TOWN.

ALL RIGHT. SO JUST WANT TO SAY POLITICS AND INFLUENCE YOUR WAY.

YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE DOING THAT, SIR.

YOU'VE RUINED SOUTH DALLAS AND WHY YOU PUT HER BACK THERE.

[INAUDIBLE] WILLARD FAILED FOR 15 YEARS.

PLEASE REFRAIN FROM USING NAMES AND ADDRESS THE BOARD.

WHY DID YOU EVER DO THAT, PEOPLE? THERE'S NO WAY I TELL THAT TO PEOPLE THEY'VE LOST THEIR MIND.

THE SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE NINE.

AND YOU, SIR, YOU JUST YOU JUST WANTED TO SAVE YOUR JOB AND POLITICS GOT INVOLVED IN IT.

AND YOU RUINED THE KIDS.

YOU RUINED THE KIDS YOU REALLY HAVE.

YOU REALLY HAVE, SIR.

AND JUST BECAUSE OF SELFISH GREED, SELFISH GREED.

BECAUSE YOU WANT THE FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS PLUS YOUR PENSION, BECAUSE YOU ALREADY GOT [INAUDIBLE] TWICE, ONCE BY DALLAS AND ONCE IN GEORGIA.

AND WHEN HE GOT FIRED IN GEORGIA, NO ONE EVER BRINGS IT UP.

HE KNOWS HE GOT FIRED TWICE.

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN THIRD TIME AND THEN YOU KNOW, YOU MAKE IT LOOK LIKE YOU'RE A BIG SHOT, BUT YOU JUST DID WHAT, MIKE MILES? YOU'RE A FOLLOWER, NOT A LEADER.

MIKE MILES DID A LOT OF STUFF, BUT I DIDN'T LIKE HIM AT ALL.

BUT I DID SUPPORT MIKE MILES IN FIRING MARION WILLARD BECAUSE JUANITA WALLACE REMEMBER HER. JUANITA WALLACE.

SHE INVITED ME THE DAY BEFORE TO WALK OUT OF MADISON.

THANK YOU, MR. CICCARELLI.

YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

PLEASE LET HELLO, MY NAME IS LANONA SHIELDS.

MY ADDRESS IS 2420 CHOICE APARTMENT 102, DALLAS, TEXAS 75215.

AND I AM A PARENT FROM MADISON, DADE AND JJ RHOADES, I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT MADISON. I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET A PARENT GROUP OR PARENT GROUPS AND DENIED FOR THE LONGEST. UM, NO TYPE OF FOLLOW UPS WITH THAT.

NONE WHATSOEVER.

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UM, THEY SAY THEY HAVE A RESET ROOM BECAUSE THEY DON'T SUSPEND KIDS.

BUT MY SON WAS SUSPENDED EARLIER FOR A NERF GUN, JUST HAVING A NERF GUN AT SCHOOL.

UM, THE POLICE TRIED TO APPREHEND ME AND TAKE ME OUT OF THE CAR THAT I WAS IN.

I VIDEOED EVERYTHING BECAUSE I WANT TO HAVE EVIDENCE.

SO THEY TOLD ME NO SUSPENSION, BUT THEY SUSPENDED HIM.

UM, HE HAD 96 ABSENCES.

NOT ONE CALL OUT.

UM, NO CALL OUTS TO THE PARENTS, NO COMMUNICATION.

THE POLICE ALWAYS GETS CALLED.

INSTEAD OF DE-ESCALATING, THEY ESCALATE AND THEY PROVOKE YOU.

AND SO EVERY SCHOOL I GO TO, THE POLICE IS CALLED ON ME.

SO I HAVE A JACKET ON MY BACK, YOU KNOW, REALLY THICK.

AND IT'S NOT COOL TO HAVE PARENTS THAT CANNOT COME AND ADVOCATE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

I'M FORMER PTO PRESIDENT AT JJ RHOADES AND AT DADE BILLIE R.

DADE MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND SO YOU WOULD THINK THEY WOULD HAVE A BETTER RAPPORT WITH ME, BUT THEY DON'T. SO ANYBODY THAT CHALLENGES, CHALLENGING OR STANDS UP TO ISD OR THEIR, EMPLOYEES, THEY'RE LABELED AS A TROUBLEMAKER.

AND EVERY TIME I COME IN OR I CALL, I HAVE TO STAND OUTSIDE 30-40 POLICES ARE CALLED AND IT'S, AND I'M GOING TO THE SCHOOL TO TALK ABOUT MY CHILDREN OR OTHER PEOPLE'S CHILDREN.

THE BUS DRIVERS CANNOT DRIVE THE BUSSES BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ANY MONITORS.

THE KIDS ARE RUNNING THE BUS DRIVERS OFF, THEY'RE RUNNING THE EMPLOYEES OFF.

WE NEED MORE HELP AT THE CAMPUS LEVELS AND WE NEED PARENT GROUPS.

IT NEEDS TO BE MANDATORY.

JUST LIKE SBDM, THIS SHOULD BE MANDATORY.

WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO INTERACT WITH THE CAMPUS TO HELP BRING EVERYBODY BACK TOGETHER INSTEAD OF EVERYBODY FALLING APART.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, CAN WE TRY TO FIND SOLUTIONS INSTEAD OF CREATING MORE PROBLEMS? AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE NEED HELP.

EVERYBODY NEEDS HELP.

WE'RE WE'RE LOSING OUR KIDS TO GUN VIOLENCE.

IT'S SO MANY KIDS THAT HAVE DIED IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

SO D9, I'M SPEAKING FOR D9, PLEASE HELP US.

THANK YOU. RAVI ESTEBAN, FOLLOWED BY JOE TAVE.

RAVI ESTEBAN, FOLLOWED BY JOE TAVE.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS RAVI ESTEBAN.

I AM THE PARENT OF TWO DISD STUDENTS, CITYLAB STUDENTS AND TRUSTEE HENRY'S DISTRICT AND A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT ONE WITH TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

AND BEFORE I JUMP INTO WHAT I WAS GOING TO SPEAK TO ABOUT TONIGHT, I'M GOING TO START WITH CRITICAL RACE THEORY.

IT'S A SCARY SOUNDING TERM, BUT IT TRANSLATES SIMPLY.

TO ACKNOWLEDGING THE EXISTENCE OF RACE AND, BY EXTENSION, RACISM.

WE CAN SAY ONE OF TWO THINGS IN THIS MOMENT THAT THE RACIAL WEALTH GAP AND ACHIEVEMENT GAPS ARE EITHER INTRINSIC TO THE ABILITIES OF WHITE CHILDREN IN COMPARISON TO THEIR BLACK AND BROWN CHILDREN WHO OR THEIR PEERS.

BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT.

I'M WILLING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THERE'S A DRAMATIC MISDISTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES AND FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCE IN TREATMENT. AND AS A WHITE WOMAN, TONIGHT, I HAVE THE BANDWIDTH BECAUSE MY CHILDREN ARE REASONABLY SAFE ON A DAILY BASIS TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE STUDENTS, PARENTS AND STAFF AT ONE OF THE LARGEST SCHOOLS IN OUR DISTRICT.

SKYLINE HAS BOTH MADE THE NEWS AND WENT VIRAL ON TIKTOK FOR HOLDING HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS IN THE AUDITORIUM FOR WEEKS BECAUSE OF LATENESS OR MINOR DRESS CODE VIOLATIONS.

IF I READ CORRECTLY, ONLY 32 STUDENTS WERE REPORTED BY SKYLINE TO HAVE BEEN SENT TO A RESET CENTER. THESE MINOR INFRACTIONS SEEM TO GET GREATER ATTENTION THAN THE EXTREME CHAOS ON CAMPUS.

TONIGHT, I'LL BE SHARING THE WORDS OF A STAFF MEMBER AT SKYLINE WHO WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND BECAUSE SHE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT SPEAKING PUBLICLY.

TEACHERS ARE SUPER OVERWHELMED WITH CONTINUED TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

THERE IS NO LEADERSHIP, NO HELP.

TEACHERS ARE FRONT LINE WITH NO BACKUP.

THE MORALE IS HORRIBLE.

THERE ARE TECHNOLOGY CLASSES THAT HAVE CONTINUED CONNECTION AND HARDWARE PROBLEMS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF SCHOOL. EVEN IN THE MAGNET PROGRAMS, WHICH TYPICALLY HAVE MORE RESOURCES THIS YEAR, THERE HAS BEEN A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN VIOLENCE AND WEAPONS.

ONE OF OUR JANITORS WAS ASSAULTED.

KIDS ARE PUTTING HANDS ON TEACHERS.

KIDS ARE HAVING SEX IN BATHROOMS. SPECIAL NEEDS KIDS ARE NOT BEING PROTECTED.

MONITORS ARE BEING HARASSED BY STUDENTS AND ARE SHORT STAFFED BY FIVE MONITORS.

DOORS ARE LEFT UNATTENDED AND WIDE OPEN, WITH KIDS COMING IN WITH NO SCREENING.

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COACHES WON'T HELP AND HAVE NO LEADERSHIP.

THE PERCENTAGE OF SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS ARE ALSO LITERALLY A DANGER TO CAMPUS, UNINTENTIONALLY LETTING RANDOM KIDS CONGREGATE.

SOME ARE NOT EVEN OUR STUDENTS.

THERE ARE STUDENTS THAT HAVE HAD LONG TERM SUBS IN THEIR CORE CLASSES WHO ARE RECEIVING ABSOLUTELY NO EDUCATION IN THAT SUBJECT BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN A DIFFERENT SUB ALL YEAR.

NOW, BACK TO ME, THE CONTINUED THEME FROM OUR STUDENTS, PARENTS AND TEACHERS AND STAFF AT SKYLINE IS DAILY CHAOS.

AND IT FEELS LIKE EVEN IN THE WAKE OF COVID, THEY'RE NOT SUPPORTING.

HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF AT SKYLINE AND ACROSS THE DISD ARE WALKING ONTO THEIR CAMPUS CONFIDENT THAT THE ADULTS CHARGED WITH THEIR EDUCATION ARE NOT AT WAR WITH THEM, BUT FOR THEM.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. JOE TAVE, FOLLOWED BY STEPHANIE BOYCE.

DR. HINOJOSA, MR. MACKEY, MS. FOREMAN, BOARD MEMBERS, ET AL.

I'M JOE TAVE. I LIVE AT 3330 SHADY ISLE COURT.

DALLAS, TEXAS DISTRICT SIX AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY.

I'M NOT BEFORE YOU AS A VOTE, BUT TO ADDRESS A MATTER REGARDING GOVERNMENT AND QUASI GOVERNMENT ENTITIES, THIS BOARD INCLUDED AN INTRUSION ONCE AGAIN INTO THE WORLD AND CULTURE, OR THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN OR BLACK FAMILY.

AS HAS BEEN THE CASE FOR CENTURIES IN THE UNITED STATES SINCE AFRICAN ENSLAVED ARRIVED HERE IN 1619 TODAY, 403 YEARS.

QUERY. WHAT GIVES YOU THE RIGHT OR ASSUMED PRIVILEGE TO CONSIDER UNDERTAKING STEPS TO INTRUDE IN THE RESPONSIBILITY AND RIGHTS OF BLACK PARENTS TO SELF DETERMINE WHAT IS BEST FOR THEIR CHILDREN? [INAUDIBLE] ADDRESSED THIS JUST RECENTLY.

WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE RULES AND LAWS ON THE BOOK, SO.

YOUR DISCUSSION OF CHILDREN, ZERO TO THREE YEARS OF AGE, SOCIAL, EDUCATIONAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING, OR SIMPLY USING BLACK KIDS OF THE LESS FORTUNATE AS TEST RATS, AND I USE THAT TERM TO EMPHASIZE, AND I CERTAINLY DIDN'T INTEND TO EUTHANIZE THE TERM ALL ETHNICITIES TO BE PART OF THIS UNCONSCIONABLE ACT.

BROWN WHITE CHILDREN.

THEN WHY WAS THE WAS THE, EXCUSE ME, THE POSTER GROUP ALL BLACK CHILDREN THAT WENT OUT ON DECEMBER THE 23RD? PERHAPS THE PERSON.

THE REASON FOR THE PROBLEMATIC EDUCATIONAL LAG IS THAT PARENTS OF THESE SUBJECTS OF STUDENTS WERE FAILED SYSTEMATICALLY BY DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT DURING THEIR TREK THROUGH THE SYSTEM GRADES, EXCUSE ME, THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL, ELEMENTARY THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL. BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS, TRAINING, FUNDING AND INVOLVEMENT OF ALL RELEVANT COMMUNITIES AND STAKEHOLDERS, IN CONTRAST TO, FOR EXAMPLE, THE TAIL PASS PROGRAM, WHICH IS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS, IT IS AND IN THE WORKS WITH KIDS BETWEEN THE AGES FROM K THROUGH 12, AND IT'S FUNDED BY TEA.

SO THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE THERE IN FUNDING A PROGRAM AND THEN JUST SAYING, WELL, HERE WE HAVE A PROBLEM. WE DON'T HAVE START FIXING THIS BY DEALING WITH KIDS, MOTHERS, WHEN THEY'RE WHEN THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE CONCEIVED, ET CETERA.

I LEFT MY GLASSES ON IN MY POCKET.

I'M SORRY. THE PLAN IS SUSPECT AND SINISTER, AND THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS.

HEAD START AND CURRENT RESEARCH DISCUSSED YESTERDAY ON YESTERDAY NIGHT ON MSNBC REGARDING FUNDING SOME FAMILIES MORE AND OTHERS LESS.

THANK YOU, MR. TAVE, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

OK, THANK YOU ALL.

STEPHANIE BOYCE, FOLLOWED BY GEORGE RANGEL.

HELLO. I'M DR.

STEPHANIE BOYCE. I'VE BEEN AN EDUCATOR FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS NOW FROM PRE-K THROUGH HIGHER ED, AND I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO SERVE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS IN TEXAS AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY. BUT IT ALL STARTED AT MY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN DALLAS, TEXAS.

KB POLK ELEMENTARY.

OK. SO IT WILL CONTINUE IN OAK CLIFF, WHERE WE RESIDE NOW AND WHERE MY DAUGHTER WILL BEGIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SOON.

IN A DISTRICT WHERE THE MAJORITY OF STUDENTS ARE STUDENTS OF COLOR.

IN DECEMBER, I HAD THE DISPLEASURE OF LISTENING TO A WOMAN COME TO THIS MIC AND TALK ABOUT WHY SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING WAS SOME NEW ITERATION OF CRITICAL RACE THEORY.

I SAT AND LISTENED TO HER WHILE A SEA OF HER LIKE MINDED PEOPLE STOOD IN SOLIDARITY WITH HER AS SHE SPEWED A FALSE NARRATIVE.

THIS IS A SHAME. THE TRUTH IS, TEACHERS IN DALLAS ISD ARE MOSTLY NOT TEACHING CRITICAL

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RACE THEORY TO KIDS.

THE TRUTH IS THAT DECADES WORTH OF SCHOLARLY RESEARCH AND PRACTICE IN THE FIELD HAS SHOWN US THAT ANY PROGRESS TOWARD EQUITY AND JUSTICE FOR OUR KIDS HAS TO BE INTENTIONAL AND STRATEGIC. MY HUSBAND AND I CHOSE TO MOVE BACK TO DALLAS DISTRICT SIX TO BE EXACT, DESPITE ALL THE OTHER SURROUNDING SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN WHICH WE COULD HAVE PURCHASED PROPERTY BECAUSE RACIAL EQUITY IN THE SCHOOLS WHERE WE SEND OUR CHILD CANNOT BE OPTIONAL AND WILL NOT HAPPEN THROUGH OSMOSIS.

WHEN WE SEE DALLAS ISD RACIAL EQUITY OFFICE WITH A SPECIFIC MISSION TO ELIMINATE SYSTEMIC DISPARITIES AND ENSURE EQUITY FOR ALL STUDENTS, IT MATTERS.

DIRECTING RESOURCES TOWARDS SEL EFFORTS MATTERS.

SCHOOLS OF CHOICE MATTER.

P-TECH PROGRAMS AND EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOLS MATTER.

INVESTING IN INFRASTRUCTURE IN SCHOOLS IN THE HOOD MATTERS.

SO I'D LIKE TO COMMEND THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT FOR THE WORK THAT WE SEE HAPPENING IN THE DISTRICT. THE WORK THAT HAS DRAWN MANY OF US BACK TO NEIGHBORHOODS WE LOVE AND HAVE ROOTS IN. IS THERE MUCH WORK TO BE DONE? SURE, THERE IS MUCH WORK TO BE DONE TO IMPROVE THE DISTRICT, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT BOARD MEMBERS HERE HAS SAID ALOUD FOR EVERY PERSON THAT STANDS HERE SPEWING UNINFORMED POLITICAL POINTS THEY HEARD FROM THEIR FAVORITE TV PUNDIT.

THERE ARE PEOPLE LIKE ME THAT ATTENDED DISD SCHOOLS.

THAT LOVE THE CITY, THAT HAVE ROOTS HERE.

THAT HAVE FELT THE STING OF RACISM AND SYSTEMIC INJUSTICE IN SCHOOLS, AND WE ARE VOTERS, TOO. OUTSIDE OF THESE MEETINGS AND PUBLIC SPEAKING FORUMS, THERE IS WORK TO DO.

SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING YOU ALL IN THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE HERE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. GEORGE RANGEL, FOLLOWED BY SHONDA RUSSO.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT MACKEY, TRUSTEES, SUPERINTENDENT HINOJOSA, MY NAME IS GEORGE RANGEL, 334 CENTER STREET, DALLAS, TEXAS 75208.

I'M THE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF ALLIANCE AFT.

I AM HERE TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT THE EMERGENCY PAID SICK LEAVE, EPSL.

FIRST OFF, I WANT TO THANK YOU, DISD, FOR FOLLOWING THE CDC GUIDANCE WHEN IT COMES TO MASKS AT THE WORKSITE.

THIS DECISION SLOWS THE SPREAD OF ILLNESS AND SAVES LIVES.

WHILE THE DISTRICT CAN BE PRAISED FOR FOLLOWING THE CDC EN MASSE, THE SAME CANNOT BE SAID FOR RECENT CHANGES ON THE RETURN WORK POLICY FOR DISD EMPLOYEES.

THESE CHANGES REDUCE THE NUMBER OF FAKE COVID DAYS FROM 10 TO FIVE.

CHANGING THIS POLICY HAS MADE THE DISD CAMPUSES UNSAFE FOR EMPLOYEES AND STUDENTS UNDER THE OLD POLICY. IF AN EMPLOYEE CONTRACTED COVID, THEY WOULD TAKE THE TIME THEY NEEDED TO RECOVER AND RETURN BACK TO WORK WHEN IT WAS SAFE.

NOW, EMPLOYEES WHO ARE STILL SYMPTOMATIC ON DAY SIX ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO RETURN AND IN SOME CASES PUT IN A SITUATION WHERE THEY ARE FORCED TO RETURN TO WORK.

THE CDC SAYS YOU SHOULD END ISOLATION AFTER FIVE FULL DAYS IF YOU ARE FEVER FREE FOR 24 HOURS WITHOUT THE USE OF MEDICATION, IF SYMPTOMS ARE IMPROVING.

BUT YOU SHOULD NOT RETURN TO WORK IF YOU IF YOU STILL HAVE A FEVER.

UNDER THE NEW POLICY, AN EMPLOYEE WHO STILL HAS A FEVER AND SIGNIFICANT SYMPTOMS ON DAY SIX MUST MAKE A CHOICE BETWEEN USING THEIR PERSONAL TIME, TAKING UNPAID LEAVE OR OR SHOWING UP TO WORK SICK.

MANY EMPLOYEES DO NOT HAVE THE LUXURY TO TAKE UNPAID LEAVE AND ARE TELLING US THEY ARE GOING TO WORK STILL SYMPTOMATIC BECAUSE THEY CANNOT AFFORD TO STAY HOME AND GET WELL.

YES, THE EMPLOYEES SHOULD NEVER BE FORCED IN A POSITION WHERE THEY MUST CHOOSE BETWEEN THEIR HEALTH, THE HEALTH OF THEIR STUDENTS, COLLEAGUES AND RECEIVING A PAYCHECK.

FURTHERMORE, MANY EDUCATORS ARE LIVID.

THEY ARE RISKING THEIR WELL-BEING TO WORK IN A SETTING WHERE COVID IS RAMPANT, THEN THEY'RE, IF THEY CATCH THE ILLNESS, THEY'RE PUNISHED AND PENALIZED AND LOSE PTO.

THIS IS SHAMEFUL.

AT THE TIME WHEN WE KEEP HEARING ABOUT TEACHER SHORTAGES AND BURNOUT, THIS DOES NOTHING BUT TURN EDUCATORS AWAY FROM DALLAS ISD AND THE PROFESSION.

THE LEAST DISD CAN DO IS ENSURE THAT IF YOU COME TO WORK DURING THE PANDEMIC AND GET SICK, YOU HAVE THEIR BACK.

LASTLY, THE POLICY CHANGE IS DETRIMENTAL FOR OUR GOAL IN KEEPING CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS IN-PERSON. FORCING EDUCATORS TO RETURN TO WORK WHILE STILL SHEDDING THE VIRUS MEANS MORE PEOPLE GET SICK AND MORE PEOPLE STAY HOME.

PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING, REVERSE THE RECENT CHANGES TO THE CHANGES AND BRING BACK THE 10 DAY COVID LEAVE.

THANK YOU. SHONDA RUSSO, FOLLOWED BY MIKE COOK.

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I THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TONIGHT, I'M SHONDA RUSSO, AND I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND MY HUSBAND, BILLY RUSSO, BUT WE ARE LOCATED AT 626SIX BROOKHURST DRIVE DISTRICT THREE HEXTER ELEMENTARY.

WE WERE ADDRESSING YOU TODAY REGARDING THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT'S REQUIREMENTS FOR STUDENTS TO WEAR MASKS ON CAMPUS.

CONTINUED LIMITATIONS FOR ON CAMPUS GATHERINGS VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES AND STUDENT SOCIAL CLUBS. WHAT HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS A TEMPORARY REQUIREMENT TO COMBAT COVID 19 SPREAD HAS NOW EXTENDED TO A MORE PERMANENT SOLUTION BY THE DISTRICT, SPANNING ALMOST TWO FULL SCHOOL YEARS AND TWO VARIANT STRAINS.

FROM AUGUST OF 2020 TO CURRENT DAY, OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAS ONLY HOSTED TWO IN-PERSON FUNCTIONS ON CAMPUS AND PROVIDED MINIMAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR ON CAMPUS VOLUNTEERING CLUBS OR GATHERING. SO IT'S GREAT TO HEAR YOU GUYS SPEAK OF ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE DOING AT OTHER SCHOOLS. NOT SO GREAT FOR MY SCHOOL.

WE'VE WITNESSED OTHER DISTRICTS COMPLY WITH THE GOVERNOR'S RESTORED EXECUTIVE ORDER, AND WE HAVE WITNESSED FRIENDS, FAMILIES, TEACHERS, STUDENTS AND EVEN YOU GATHER WITH OTHERS INDOORS AND OUT WITHOUT THE USE OF MASKS AND WITHOUT PHYSICAL DISTANCING.

HAVE YOU SHARED A MEAL? HAVE YOU ATTENDED A FOOTBALL GAME, HELD INDOORS OR OUTDOORS? A BASKETBALL GAME? HAVE YOU ADVOCATED AND ATTENDED A LOCAL PARADE? HAVE YOU HOSTED A GATHERING IN YOUR HOME? ADMITTEDLY, WE HAVE, AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO SO.

ARE YOU NOT TIRED OF LIVING A DOUBLE STANDARD? OUR FAMILY RECENTLY TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE OMICRON STRAIN, WITH THEIR CHILD'S ONLY SYMPTOM BEING A STUFFY NOSE.

DUE TO THE DISD PROTOCOL, OUR CHILD WAS OUT OF SCHOOL FOR 10 DAYS.

SHE RESIDES IN A LOVING, NURTURING HOME.

OTHER CHILDREN DO NOT.

AT WHAT POINT WILL THE EDUCATION, SOCIAL AND SAFETY SLIDE TO BE OF GREATER CONCERN THAN THE VARIANT STRAINS THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO COME.

MASK OR NO MASK? HOW ARE OUR STUDENTS PROGRESSING TODAY VERSUS THE PRE-COVID ERA? BOTH SOCIALLY, ACADEMICALLY AND WITHIN HEXTER AND AGAIN WITHIN OTHER SCHOOLS WITHIN THE DISD CAMPUS? WHAT IS THE ADDITIONAL BURDEN ON TEACHERS AND STAFF WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO UTILIZE PARENTS AND PARENT GROUPS? OUR FAMILY BELIEVES GOD HAS NOT GIVEN US A SPIRIT OF FEAR, BUT OF POWER AND LOVE AND OF SOUND MIND. WE'RE CALLED TOGETHER AND TO PRESS ON, AND NOW IS THE TIME TO MOVE FORWARD.

OUR FAMILY HAS COMPLIED WITH YOUR RULES AND NOW WE ARE RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THE MASK POLICY. BE AMENDED BY DALLAS ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO OPTIONAL FOR ALL STUDENTS AND FOR NORMAL ON CAMPUS EVENTS, STUDENT CLUBS AND VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES TO BE PROVIDED TO ALL STUDENTS, PARENTS AND GUARDIANS.

WILL YOU MOVE FORWARD WITH US? AS A FAMILY, WE RESERVE OUR RIGHT TO COMPLY WITH THE GOVERNOR OF TEXAS' EXECUTIVE ORDER, WHICH WAS RESTORED NOVEMBER 24TH, 2021 BY THE THE 5TH U.S.

COURT OF APPEALS. WE NO LONGER BE SENDING OUR DAUGHTER TO SCHOOL IN A MASK, NOR WILL SHE BE USED TO FURTHER ONE'S POLITICAL AGENDA.

I DO HAVE COPIES OF MY DOCUMENTATION TONIGHT.

I ALSO HAVE COPIES OF THE TEA RECOMMENDATIONS, WHICH WERE RELEASED JANUARY 7TH, 2021 THAT TALK ABOUT THE MASK MANDATES AND THE RECOMMENDATION NOT FOR SCHOOLS TO ENFORCE AND STATING THAT SCHOOLS CANNOT ENFORCE MASK MANDATES.

SO I FORMALLY REQUEST THAT YOU COMPLY WITH MY REQUEST.

THANK YOU.

MIKE COOK, FOLLOWED BY SERENA NOLAN.

AMERICA, LET'S STRICTLY AND ABSOLUTELY KEEP SEX EDUCATION BETWEEN EACH CHILD AND HIS OR HER MOM AND DAD.

DISD, YOUR ONLY JOB IS TEACHING THE CORE SKILLS READING, WRITING, MATH, HISTORY, SCIENCE AND AMERICAN CIVICS.

AS WITH MANY ISDS, YOU DISD, ARE FAILING YEAR AFTER YEAR WHILE YOU CHARGE WE THE PEOPLE PROGRESSIVELY MORE MONEY YEAR TO YEAR TO YEAR.

YOUR MARXIST REGRESSIVE INDOCTRINATION OF OUR CHILDREN IS HILLARY CLINTON PROGRESSIVISM.

AMERICA REJECTS THAT.

AMERICA REJECTS YOU, ED FLORES.

AMERICA REJECTS YOU, HINOJOSA.

HINOJOSA, YOU BRAGGED TO DR.

ESTES PLEASE SPEAK TO THE BOARD, AND DO NOT SPEAK TO NAMES.

USE YOUR SALARY RAPE FEST OF 350 THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR AS YOU OCCUPY THE POSITION OF DALLAS SUPERINTENDENT.

DID YOUR DOCTORAL DEGREE INSTRUCT YOU TO PROVIDE PORNOGRAPHY TO OUR AMERICAN CHILDREN.

LAUREN AND BEN DAVIS.

THEY ARE AMERICAN LEADERS BY WAY OF THEIR WILL, BY WAY OF THEIR MINDS AND ON LEGAL BASIS, ALL THREE.

THEY ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF WE THE PEOPLE, AND THEY WILL TEACH THEIR CHILDREN AS THEY SEE FIT TO THE TOTAL EXCLUSION OF JEFFREY EPSTEIN STYLE SMUT FROM HINOJOSA.

WE THE PEOPLE WILL TEACH AMERICAN CHILDREN TO OUR BILL OF RIGHTS AND OUR CONSTITUTION.

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NOW, AS A MARXIST, YOU MIGHT ASK WHY WE WILL TEACH LIKE THAT.

WE TEACH OUR NATURAL, INALIENABLE GOD GIVEN RIGHTS AGAINST ALL SELF-ABSORBED CONTROL FREAKS AND OPPRESSORS, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.

THAT IS THE ANSWER.

GET OUT OF OUR LIVES AND GET OFF THE DISD BOARD WHILE YOU ATTEMPT TO OCCUPY OUR DALLAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT AGAINST AN ACTUALLY LEGITIMATE CANDIDATE, LAUREN DAVIS.

YOU, EDWIN FLORES, THAT'S YOUR SECOND WARNING.

THAT YOU ARE AGAINST MANDATES.

DOES THE DCRP KNOW, EDWIN FLORES, THAT YOU FILED A MOTION TO LITIGATE GOVERNOR ABBOTT.

WE'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT SPEAKER.

DO THEY IN THE DCRP KNOW THAT YOU ARE COMMITTED TO INSTRUCTING OUR CHILDREN [INAUDIBLE].

NO, IT'S FREEDOM OF SPEECH. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SERENA NOLAN.

OUR CHILDREN'S SOCIAL AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT.

SERENA NOLAN, FOLLOWED BY JAMES SLATER.

DR. FAUCI'S MARXIST EDICTS.

SERENA NOLAN, FOLLOWED BY JAMES SLATER.

AS THE DISTRICT IS LOOKING FOR A NEW SUPERINTENDENT, I PUT TOGETHER A LIST OF SOME THINGS THAT I THINK WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO FIND IN A NEW SUPERINTENDENT.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT YOU HIRE A SUPERINTENDENT THAT UNDERSTANDS IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE TO BULLY, TORMENT OR STICK YOUNG CHILDREN IN A BOX.

ANY PRINCIPAL THAT PRACTICES THIS SORT OF CHILD ABUSE SHOULD BE FIRED IMMEDIATELY, NOT PROMOTED. NUMBER TWO, LET'S FIND A NEW SUPERINTENDENT THAT UNDERSTANDS PORNOGRAPHY ISN'T APPROPRIATE MATERIAL FOR CHILDREN.

AND JUST TO BE CLEAR ON THIS, JUST BECAUSE THE GENITALIA IN AN ILLUSTRATION OF FELLATIO IS A STRAP ON DILDO, IT STILL QUALIFIES AS PORNOGRAPHY.

FURTHER INSTRUCTION IN THE USE OF SEX TOYS IS NOT THE SORT OF EDUCATION TAXPAYERS ARE INTERESTED IN PROVIDING.

AS TO PORN, LET'S FIND A SUPERINTENDENT THAT DOESN'T PEDDLE FEAR PORN.

YOUR NUMSKULL POLICIES PROMOTING MASS HYSTERIA.

HAVE PRINCIPALS PUTTING KIDS IN BOXES AND TEACHERS THROWING THEIR OWN CHILD IN THE TRUNK OF A CAR BECAUSE OF FEAR OF A VIRUS THAT IS TREATABLE, TRULY IS DESTRUCTIVE.

ANXIETY IN CHILDREN IS VERY REAL AND DEBILITATING ILLNESS, AND IT SHOULD NOT BE ENCOURAGED. THE WEARING OF A MASK THAT BY NOW EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU CERTAINLY KNOW HAS NO POSITIVE EFFECT, ONLY NEGATIVE CREATING IRRATIONAL FEAR BACTERIA AND RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES. BARRIERS TO PROPER SOCIALIZATION.

COME ON, GUYS.

YOU KNOW, JEEPERS, I SAW A PHOTO OF THE KIDS CAFETERIA TABLES WITH THE DIVIDERS BETWEEN EACH AND EVERY SEAT, AND HOW MANY OF YOU EAT YOUR MEALS LIKE THAT? COME ON. ANYWAY, LET'S FIND A BOARD THAT IS NOT, A BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT THAT ARE NOT TOTAL HYPOCRITES.

IN THE SEARCH, PLEASE BEAR IN MIND THAT CHARACTER AND HONESTY REALLY DO MATTER.

NUMBER FOUR, HOW ABOUT WE FIND OUR SUPERINTENDENT THAT CAN BUILD A COMMUNITY? LET'S NOT DIVIDE AND STILL PREJUDICE VICTIMHOOD IN YOUNG CHILDREN.

NO ONE WITH A MARTYR COMPLEX EVER HAS A SATISFYING LIFE.

SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING JUST SERVES TO DUMB DOWN KIDS.

IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE, REALLY.

JUST TEACH KIDS TO THINK TO PROBLEM SOLVE EDUCATION WITH NO SPECIAL SOCIAL ANYWAY.

SOCIAL ORDER. MOST IMPORTANTLY, IN A NEW SUPERINTENDENT, LET'S FIND ONE THAT WON'T SELL OUT OUR KIDS OVER FEDERAL DOLLARS.

THAT ANYONE WOULD COERCE CHILDREN TO PARTAKE OF A MEDICAL EXPERIMENT WITH NO RISK REWARD BENEFIT FOR THEM.

BUT WHAT A BONUS I BET THERE WAS FOR YOU.

IT'S TRULY UNCONSCIONABLE.

THANK YOU, MS. NOLAN, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

JAMES SLATER, FOLLOWED BY JANET MARIANI.

HELLO. I'D LIKE TO SAY HI TO DR.

HINOJOSA, THE TRUSTEES AND THE ADMINISTRATORS THAT ARE HERE.

MY NAME IS DR. SLATER.

I TEACH AT THOMAS JEFFERSON AT THE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL THERE.

I JUST WANT TO SPEAK BRIEFLY ABOUT AN ISSUE RELATED TO THE.

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EPSL AND THE COVID LEAVE SITUATION.

MYSELF AND I KNOW OF ABOUT 10 OTHER TEACHERS, WE WERE PLACED ON COVID LEAVE AFTER WE GOT BACK FROM THE WINTER BREAK AND I GAVE YOU SOME DOCUMENTATION HERE.

THE HEALTH SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID THAT WE WOULD HAVE A RETURN DATE, WHICH WAS 10 DAYS IN THE FUTURE, WHICH WAS THE POLICY WHEN WE WERE PLACED ON THE LEAVE DURING LEAVE WHILE WE WERE OUT ON LEAVE AFTER WE'D RECEIVED THIS PAPERWORK.

THE POLICY CHANGED.

THE NURSE SENT OUT A MEMO TO THE SCHOOL SAYING THAT WOULD ONLY APPLY PROSPECTIVELY IF YOU WERE ALREADY ON LEAVE.

KEEP THE SAME DATES WHEN WE GOT BACK FROM LEAVE, THE BENEFITS DEPARTMENT SAID.

OH NO, ACTUALLY, WE'RE NOT DOING THAT.

SO WE'RE ONLY GIVING THE 10 DAYS, FIVE DAYS FROM THE DAY YOU TEST, WHICH, YOU KNOW, MOST OF US EVEN WORKED THAT DAY.

SO MOST OF THE TEACHERS, THERE'S ABOUT 10 OF US, MAYBE A FEW MORE.

SO WE LOST QUITE A FEW PTO DAYS BECAUSE OF THAT.

AND I KNOW THAT PROBABLY WAS NOT THE INTENTION THE WAY IT WAS ROLLED OUT, BUT MAYBE THERE WAS SOME MISCOMMUNICATION BETWEEN BENEFITS AND HEALTH SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

SO I WAS JUST HERE TO SPEAK TO SEE IF I COULD REQUEST YOUR ASSISTANCE, THIS IS EASILY REMEDIED AND TO SEE IF THERE'S SOME WAY THAT WE COULD GET THIS CORRECTED.

THAT'S IT. JANET MARIANI, FOLLOWED BY ALI RASKIN.

HI, I'M JANET MARIANI, AND THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

YES, CRT IS STILL BEING TAUGHT AS OUR MASK MANDATES BEING PUSHED.

CRT IS METASTASIZING, LIKE A CANCER.

I'M SORRY SHE'S NOT HERE TO HEAR ALL THIS.

ALONGSIDE A PC CULTURE, WHICH IS ANOTHER BLIGHT ON CIVIL DISCOURSE AND HAS STOKED RACIAL TURMOIL AND HELPED SPAWN CANCEL CULTURE, SAFE SPACES, TRIGGER WARNINGS, RACIALLY SEGREGATED DORMS AT GRADUATIONS WITH SEPARATE COURTS SECTIONS IN SOME SCHOOLS BY RACE.

THESE ARE THE WRITINGS OF DR.

CAROL SWAIN, PHD, HIGHLY ESTEEMED AWARD WINNING POLITICAL SCIENTIST AND FORMER TENURED PROFESSOR AT PRINCETON AND VANDERBILT.

THIS CREEPING ROT IS DESTROYING OUR NATION.

WHY DO YOU WANT THIS AND THIS IS NOT WHAT WE THE PEOPLE WANT AND ARE FIGHTING AGAINST.

WE WILL NOT COMPLY AND NOT BACK DOWN.

WE WILL DISBAND THE DISD BOARD AND VOTE ALL OF THEM OUT.

WE WANT REAL CIVICS CLASSES ON REAL HISTORY ABOUT SLAVERY, WHICH WAS A MAJOR SIN AND STAIN ON AMERICA.

EVEN MY GIRLFRIEND HAS A MAJOR NONPROFIT THAT OPERATES IN BIGOTRY, OVER IN AFRICA.

OUR SOLUTION? START TEACHING WHAT OUR FOUNDERS GAVE TO US, OUR GREAT CONSTITUTION, BILL OF RIGHTS, THE FEDERALIST SOCIETY WRITINGS.

WE HAVE A REPUBLIC OF WHICH WE THE PEOPLE WILL KEEP AND STOP TEACHING THESE FALSE TEACHINGS THAT ARE REVERSING GAINS OUR NATION HAS MADE IN THE AREAS OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL.

WHILE YOU ARE TEACHING CRT AND SEL AND PLEASE, MY KIDS WILL GO TO A SCHOOL LIKE THAT.

CHANGING LANGUAGE TO CONFUSE OUR YOUNG CHILDREN IS UNCONSCIONABLE.

STOP THE FALSE HISTORY OF THE 1619 PROJECT LESSONS DR.

CAROL SWAIN AND BOB WOODSON OF THE WOODSON CENTER HAS FORMED THAT'S NOT 1776 UNITES.

ITS PREMISES, TEACHING ON THE CORE PRINCIPLES OF THE AMERICAN FOUNDING AND HOW THESE PRINCIPLES MIGHT BE USED TO TEACH PATRIOTISM AND CIVICS TO OUR CITIZENS.

CRT, WHICH MAKES EVERYTHING ABOUT RACE, GENDER AND IDENTITY AND WHY THIS HARMS EVERYBODY, DEFINES CRT AS THE BELIEF THAT RACISM IS THE ORGANIZING PRINCIPLE OF SOCIETY.

THIS IS DANGEROUS.

THIS, IT'S A DANGEROUS ORGANIZING PRINCIPLE AND IS RIPPING OUR NATION APART.

WHITE CHILDREN ARE BEING TAUGHT TO BE ASHAMED OF THEIR SKIN COLOR ON THE GROUNDS THAT THEY UNJUSTLY BENEFIT FROM A WHITE SUPREMACIST SYSTEM ESTABLISHED BY THEIR ANCESTORS TO OPPRESS RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITIES.

BLACK CHILDREN ARE TAUGHT THEY ARE VICTIMS IN A THOROUGHLY, PERMANENTLY RACIST SYSTEM.

AMERICAN CHILDREN OF ALL RACES ARE TAUGHT THAT THEY LIVE IN AN EVIL NATION THAT DOES A GREAT HARM ON THE WORLD.

HOW DARE YOU REDEFINE AMERICA? HOW DARE YOU? ALI RASKIN, FOLLOWED BY STEPHEN ELLIS.

FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS A PUBLIC FORUM, AND I AM GOING TO EXERCISE MY FIRST AMENDMENT

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RIGHTS. RULES HAVE BEEN CHANGED TODAY THAT THAT'S NOT LEGAL.

TODAY, I WANT TO ADDRESS THE BOARD AND PARENTS ABOUT EDWIN FLORES.

HE IS CURRENTLY RUNNING FOR A PARTISAN POSITION AS COUNTY JUDGE, AND YET HE STILL SITS ON THE BOARD. IT IS TIME FOR HIM TO RELINQUISH HIS SEAT.

IN ADDITION, I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS HOW HE IS PORTRAYING HIMSELF TO THE REPUBLICAN PARTY SINCE HE IS RUNNING ON THE REPUBLICAN TICKET.

HE IS TELLING THE PUBLIC THAT HE STANDS FOR PERSONAL LIBERTIES AND AGAINST MANDATES.

AND YET HE IS THE ONE WHO FILED THE MOTION TO PURSUE LITIGATION AGAINST OUR GOVERNOR TO CONTINUE MASKING OUR CHILDREN FOR EIGHT PLUS HOURS A DAY.

I'VE PERSONALLY SEEN HIM IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AT EVENTS WHERE HE HAS NEVER WORN A MASK, AND YET HE'S MASKING OUR CHILDREN FOR EIGHT PLUS HOURS A DAY.

ONE OF THESE EVENTS, BY THE WAY, HAD 300 PEOPLE IN A SMALL ROOM.

I ALSO LEARNED THAT HE SHARES SOMETHING IN COMMON WITH ANTHONY FAUCI AND THAT HE'S BEEN SITTING ON THE NIH COUNCIL SINCE 2008.

HE'S ALSO A NAMED PARTNER IN A LAW FIRM DIRECTLY INVOLVED WITH THE PATENTS OF SEVERAL INJECTABLES, WE'LL CALL THEM THAT.

WITH WHAT IS TO MAKE US BELIEVE THAT HE WON'T TRY TO MANDATE THESE DRUGS WHEN HE'S ALREADY MANDATING MASKS ON OUR CHILDREN.

SO I'M CONFUSED.

DOES HE BELIEVE THAT MASKS WORK OR DON'T? DOES HE BELIEVE IN MEDICAL FREEDOM OR DOES HE NOT? DOES HE BELIEVE IN ETHICS AND PRINCIPLES, OR DOES HE NOT? IF HE DOES BELIEVE IN ETHICS AND PRINCIPLES, HE NEEDS TO RELINQUISH HIS BOARD SEAT NOW.

STEPHEN ELLIS, FOLLOWED BY ANN STONE.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS STEPHEN ELLIS, AND I'M GOING TO BE SPEAKING ABOUT POLICY.

I ADDRESSED THE BOARD ON DECEMBER THE 16TH AT THE LAST REGULAR BOARD MEETING, AND I REQUESTED THAT THE BOARD DO THE FOLLOWING.

UPDATE THE VACANCY PROVISIONS OF THE DISD POLICIES TO REQUIRE THAT ANY TRUSTEE WHO RUNS FOR ANOTHER PUBLIC OFFICE VACATE THEIR SEAT, FILL THE VACANCY VIA A SPECIAL ELECTION OR AN INTERIM APPOINTMENT IF THE REMAINING TERM IS TOO SHORT.

CONSISTENT WITH OTHER VACANCY PROVISIONS IN THE DISD POLICIES, I PROVIDED COPIES OF THE RELEVANT PROVISIONS OF THE DISD POLICIES AND I ALSO PROVIDED COPIES OF THE RELEVANT PORTIONS OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL POLICIES.

FOR COMPARISON, I SENT FOLLOW UP EMAILS TO THE BOARD ON DECEMBER THE 16TH THAT EVENING AFTER THE MEETING ON THE ON DECEMBER THE 16TH, REITERATING THEIR REQUEST AND ATTACHING COPIES OF THE HANDOUTS IN PDF FORM, I SENT A FOLLOW UP EMAIL TO THE ENTIRE BOARD ON DECEMBER THE 27TH. I SENT ANOTHER FOLLOW UP EMAIL YESTERDAY ON JANUARY THE 26TH, AND I GOT A REPLY FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD SAYING THE DALLAS ISD BOARD HAS NO BASIS TO CONSIDER YOUR REQUEST AT THIS TIME.

HERE IS THE BASIS FOR THEIR REQUEST.

A TRUSTEE OF OF A NONPARTISAN PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD WITH FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY IS RUNNING FOR ANOTHER PUBLIC OFFICE IN A PARTISAN CAPACITY.

DISD POLICIES DO NOT COMPORT WITH BEST GOVERNANCE PRACTICES ON THIS POINT.

EXAMPLE IN POINT DALLAS CITY COUNCIL POLICIES THE REPLY BY THE PRESIDENT DID NOT ARTICULATE A LEGITIMATE BASIS FOR THE NON CONSIDERATION OF THE REQUEST.

HAVING REPORTED THE BOARDS AND GOVERNANCE COMMITTEES AND OTHER SUCH BODIES THROUGHOUT MY CAREER AS A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION EXAMINER, A CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT, A CONSULTANT, A TRUSTED ADVISER TO BUSINESS LEADERS, I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE BOARD TO SERIOUSLY CONSIDER THIS REQUEST, ESPECIALLY IN THE CURRENT MOMENT, A MOMENT IN WHICH THOSE IN PUBLIC OFFICE ARE HELD IN SUSPICION AND IN WHICH THEY WILL BE COMING UNDER MORE SCRUTINY THAN EVER DUE TO THE LACK OF TRUST THAT IS SO WIDESPREAD.

THE DISD POLICIES ON THIS POINT CREATE A PERCEPTION THAT THEY ARE DESIGNED TO ALLOW TRUSTEE BOARD MEMBERS TO USE THEIR DISD BOARD POSITIONS FOR OTHER THAN THEIR FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY. THE PROPER EXERCISE OF FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITIES OF BOARDS IS MANIFEST IN SUCH THINGS AS RESPONSIVENESS TO CONSTITUENTS STAKEHOLDERS.

THAT IS THE TAXPAYING CITIZENS TRANSPARENCY REGARDING SUCH ISSUES AS THE AUDIT OF ESSER FUNDS. EVIDENCE OF PRINCIPLE BASED DECISIONS ALIGNED WITH THE VALUES OF PATRIOTIC CONSTITUENTS. AND AS LONG AS THE PERCEPTION PERSISTS, THE BOARDS, LIKE THE DISD, CAN EXPECT TO SEE AN INCREASING NUMBER OF FOIA REQUESTS, LAWSUITS AND ANGRY CONSTITUENCY.

THIS IS THE BASIS OF THE REQUEST.

THANK YOU. OUR LAST SPEAKER IS ANN STONE.

I'M ALSO HERE TONIGHT IN A PUBLIC FORUM USING MY FREEDOM OF SPEECH.

IT'S PART OF THE U.S.

CONSTITUTION, IS THE FIRST AMENDMENT.

YOUR RULES DON'T APPLY.

I'M HERE TODAY TO FOCUS ON EDWIN FLORES.

HE HOLDS THE SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE SEAT FOR DISTRICT ONE.

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HE'S RUNNING FOR DALLAS COUNTY JUDGE ON THE REPUBLICAN TICKET.

TONIGHT I AM SHARING HIS LIBERAL ACTIONS HERE FOR THE PAST 14 YEARS.

HIS DISD SCHOOL BOARD VOTING RECORD IS GLARINGLY PROGRESSIVE.

I ASSURE YOU THAT EDWIN FLORES IS NOT A CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN AS HE IS CURRENTLY PROMISING OUR COMMUNITY.

HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES HE VOTES YES FOR PROPERTY TAX INCREASES EVERY TIME.

HE'S VOTED YES FOR THE HIGHEST PROPERTY TAX INCREASE PROPOSED IN THE CITY OF 17 PERCENT, WHICH REQUIRED A TWO THIRDS VOTE.

THIS MOTION WAS FAITHFULLY SHOT DOWN.

HE COULD HAVE VOTED NO OR ABSTAINED, HE VOTED YES.

THERE WAS ANOTHER TAX INCREASE OF 9.71 PERCENT.

AGAIN, HE COULD HAVE VOTED NO OR ABSTAINED, HE VOTED YES.

THANK YOU FOR SHOWING ALL OF US WHAT YOU WOULD DO AS A DALLAS COUNTY JUDGE.

HE CLAIMS THAT HE IS AGAINST CRITICAL RACE THEORY.

HOWEVER, THE RACIAL EQUITY DEPARTMENT AT DISD PROVIDED A PRESENTATION ON THE THREE ORGANIZATIONS, WHICH WOULD PROVIDE EQUITY AND IMPLICIT BIAS TRAINING TO THE DISD FACULTY AT THE AUGUST 23RD, 2018 DISD BOARD MEETING.

HE VOTED YES FOR THE $3 MILLION REQUESTED BUDGET FOR THIS TRAINING.

THIS IS CRT.

YOU CANNOT VOTE TO IMPLEMENT CRT TRAINING AND THEN TURN AROUND AND TELL YOUR COMMUNITY THAT YOU'RE AGAINST IT.

ON AUGUST 26TH, 2021, HE FILED THE MOTION TO SUE REPUBLICAN GOV.

ABBOTT, WHICH PAVED THE WAY TO MASK OUR CHILDREN YET AGAIN IN DISD THIS YEAR.

HE LED THE CHARGE FOR THIS.

PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THE DAVIS FAMILY HAD THEIR CHILDREN ENROLLED AT GEORGE BANNERMAN DEALEY MONASTERY AND INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY.

THEY REFUSED TO WEAR THEIR MASKS.

THE SCHOOL TOOK THEIR CHILDREN OUT OF THEIR CLASSES, BUILT A PLASTIC BOX IN THE LIBRARY AND THREATENED TO TREAT THEM AS THE DISEASE.

GUESS WHICH SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE SCHOOL.

YOU GUESSED IT, HE REFUSED TO HELP THIS FAMILY AND IGNORED THEIR COUNTLESS EMAILS ASKING FOR HELP. HE TOLD THEM IN PASSING THAT THEIR EMAILS WERE BROKEN.

WE HAVE A COPY OF THE 450 PAGES OF EMAILS THAT YOU SENT OUT AND RECEIVED DURING THIS TIME THAT YOUR EMAIL WAS BROKEN.

WE HAVE THE RECEIPTS.

SOME PARENTS FROM THIS SCHOOL EMAILED YOU, ASKING FOR HELP AND CALLING THE DAVIS FAMILY ATTEMPTED MURDERERS AND TERRORISTS.

YOU AGREED WITH THESE FAMILIES IN WRITING, EXPRESSING THEY DESERVE TO BE TAUGHT A LESSON, AGAIN IN WRITING.

WHAT LESSON IS THAT? YOU WANT THIS FAMILY TO BE TORTURED BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO MASK THEIR CHILDREN EIGHT HOURS A DAY.

PER YOUR CAMPAIGN FORUM, YOU SAY YOU'RE AGAINST MASK MANDATES AND JOB MANDATES.

YO QUERO FREEDOM IS YOUR SLOGAN.

YOU THREW YOUR MASK DOWN AT AN EVENT AND STATED THIS IN NOVEMBER 2021; WHERE'S YOUR LOVE FOR FREEDOM FOR THE CHILDREN IN DISD? AND AGAIN, YOU WANT TO TEACH THE DAVIS FAMILY A LESSON FOR TAKING A STAND? OH WAIT, A LIBERAL NEVER FIGHTS A MASK MANDATE.

GOT IT! YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR COMMUNITY.

YOU ONLY CARE ABOUT YOUR PROGRESSIVE, LEFT LEANING AGENDA AND POLITICAL CAREER.

I ASSURE DALLAS COUNTY THAT YOU ARE THANK YOU, MS. STONE, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. THIS CONCLUDES OUR SPEAKERS.

THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE CONSIDER TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE

[5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

MINUTES SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL.

TRUSTEES, THE FOLLOWING MINUTES HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL.

CALLED BOARD MEETING 12/16/21, PUBLIC HEARING 12/16/21, BOARD MEETING 12/16/21.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVE FOR APPROVAL. SECOND.

IT IS MOVED BY TRUSTEE FLORES, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE.

CARREON. ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS TO THESE MINUTES? SEEING NONE, TRUSTEE AS YOU MAY CAST YOUR VOTE.

THE MOTION PASSES 9-0.

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

WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 6.1, ADOPT THE RESOLUTION ORDERING A GENERAL ELECTION HELD ON

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

MAY 7TH, 2021 FOR THE PURPOSES OF ELECTING THREE MEMBERS TO THE DALLAS BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT DISTRICTS FOUR, FIVE AND SEVEN.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION.

IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY TRUSTEE JOHNSON, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE CARREON.

IS THERE DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, TRUSTEES, MAY CAST YOUR VOTE.

THE MOTION PASSES 8-0.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEE. YOU JUST ADOPTED THE MOTION APPROVING TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION ORDERING A GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD MAY 7TH, 2022 FOR THE PURPOSES OF ELECTING THREE MEMBERS TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND DISTRICTS FOUR, FIVE, AND SEVEN.

WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS.

[7. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS]

WE HAVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM 7.01-7.30, AS AMENDED.

THE FOLLOWING ITEMS HAVE BEEN PULLED FOR A SEPARATE VOTE.

7.04, 7.12, 7.17, AND 7.27.

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CONSENT ITEM 7.05 AND 7.09 HAVE BEEN PULLED FROM THE AGENDA.

DO I HAVE A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AS AMENDED? MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND.

IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY TRUSTEE FLORES, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE CARREON.

TRUSTEES. YOU MAY NOW CAST YOUR VOTE.

TRUSTEE MICCICHE? OK, THANK YOU. I VOTE YES.

OK. TRUSTEE HENRY? OK. YES.

OK. THE MOTION PASSES 9-0.

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

WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM EIGHT ITEMS PULLED FOR A SEPARATE VOTE AS WE BEGIN DISCUSSION ON

[8.01 Consider and Take Possible Action to Approve Amendment of Board Policy EIC (Local) Academic Achievement / Class Ranking (Second Read, Sponsored by Shannon Trejo, Chief Academic Officer) (Consent Item 7.04, Pulled by Trustees Joyce Foreman and Dan Micciche)]

THE ITEMS PULLED FOR A SEPARATE VOTE.

PLEASE CONFINE ANY REMARKS TO THE PENDING MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

WE'LL BEGIN WITH ITEM 8.01.

APPROVE AMENDMENT OF BOARD POLICY EIC LOCAL ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND CLASS RANKING SECOND READ SPONSORED BY SHANNON TREJO, CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER, CONTENT ITEM 7.04 PULLED BY TRUSTEES FOREMAN AND MICCICHE.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND.

THE MOVE BY TRUSTEE FLORES SECONDED BY TRUSTEE CARREON.

IS THERE DISCUSSION? YES. TRUSTEE FOREMAN ? SHANNON, THANK YOU FOR SHARING THE INFORMATION THAT I ASKED YOU FOR.

I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, IS THIS POLICY FOR THE END OF THIS YEAR? AND ARE WE RELOOKING AT THIS BECAUSE YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD EXTENSIVE DISCUSSIONS REGARDING WHEN WE ACTUALLY DETERMINE WHO OUR VAL AND SAL IS, AND IN THE RECENT YEARS, IT'S BEEN LAST MINUTE CHANGES FOR VALS AND SALS IN ALL THREE OF MY HIGH SCHOOLS.

I CAN'T SPEAK FOR ANYBODY ELSE.

BUT AS FAR AS THE DAY BEFORE GRADUATION, IT HAS CHANGED.

SO ARE WE LOOKING? AND I NOTICE THAT HOUSTON AND SAN ANTONIO DO IT AT THE END OF THE FALL SEMESTER AND FORT WORTH DOES IT BEFORE THE END OF THE SPRING SEMESTER.

BUT ONLY DALLAS AND AUSTIN, WHICH ARE THE LARGER DISTRICTS, ARE DOING IT LIKE WE'RE DOING IT. SO ARE WE STILL LOOKING AT THIS TO SEE IF WE CAN MAKE SOME SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CHILDREN ARE NOT CAUGHT IN THIS CYCLE AT THE LAST MINUTE.

BECAUSE REMEMBER, THESE ARE CHILDREN'S LIVES THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH AND THAT LAST MINUTE CHANGE IS JUST NOT GOOD.

YES, TRUSTEE FOREMAN, THE POLICY THAT IS BEFORE YOU TODAY IS ACTUALLY RELATED TO THE NON SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES AROUND THE GRADING PERIOD AND THE REFERRAL TO ESC REGULATION AROUND CLASS RANK.

YOUR QUESTION, WE DO WANT TO BE SURE THAT ALL STUDENTS CAN FULLY PARTICIPATE IN THE CLASSROOM PROCESS AND DO WANT TO COMMIT TO A TIMELY NOTIFICATION OF VAL AND SAL.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE RESEARCHING RIGHT NOW IS WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN PROVIDE TIMELY NOTIFICATION TO OUR STUDENTS.

WE DO RECOGNIZE WE'VE GOT TO DO BETTER IN THAT AREA.

SO DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA WHEN WE WILL BE FINALIZING OUR RESEARCH BY THE END OF FEBRUARY? WE ARE SPEAKING TO DIFFERENT GROUPS AND GETTING FEEDBACK ON THAT AND HOPE TO, YOU KNOW, THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN IMPROVE OUR PRACTICES FOR NOTIFICATION.

AND DO WE HAVE ANY DATA ON HOW OFTEN THIS HAPPENS IN THE SCHOOLS? I DON'T HAVE THAT AVAILABLE AT THIS MOMENT.

CAN WE PULL DATA? I WILL CHECK INTO THAT, TRUSTEE FOREMAN, AND GET BACK WITH YOU.

FROM THE COUNSELING OFFICE? I'LL CHECK ON THAT. TIFFANY, DO YOU KNOW? DO YOU HAVE ANY DATA ON THAT? SHE STATED THAT WE CAN PULL IT WITH COUNSELING AND GET IT BACK TO YOU.

OK. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

TRUSTEE MICCICHE? WELL, I AGREE WITH THE IMPORTANCE OF THE TIMELINESS ON IDENTIFYING THE TOP.

STUDENTS ALSO WANTED TO ASK ABOUT ESSENTIALLY TAKING A BIG CHUNK OF THIS POLICY AND MOVING IT INTO REGULATION.

AND WE'VE HAD SOME EXTENSIVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WHEN WE DO THE RANKINGS, THAT IT IS DONE WITH AN EQUITY LENS THAT THERE'S NOT A ONE PATH THAT

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ONLY KIDS WHO HAVE PARENTS WITH AGENCY KNOW HOW TO USE TO GET INTO THE TOP SLOTS IN THE CLASS.

AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THIS WHEN THIS GETS MOVED INTO REGULATION, THAT THAT THAT LENS IS FOCUSED ON MAKING SURE THAT THAT EVERY KID HAS A CHANCE TO GET INTO THOSE TOP SLOTS WITHOUT HAVING TO KNOW THE SECRET RANGE OF COURSES THAT THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN.

SO I'M GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THIS AS IT'S IMPLEMENTED, BUT I JUST DON'T WANT THE FACT THAT WE MOVE THIS INTO A REGULATION.

ALLOW A SITUATION WHERE THE LOUDEST GET THE MOST ADVANTAGE.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEE MICCICHE.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS HERE? SEEING NONE, TRUSTEES, YOU MAY CAST YOUR VOTE.

THE MOTION PASSES 8-0.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEES, YOU'VE JUST ADOPTED THE MOTION APPROVING THE AMENDMENT TO BOARD POLICY EIC LOCAL ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND CLASS RANKING.

WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO 8.03, AUTHORIZE TO NEGOTIATE AND ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS WITH A

[8.03 Consider and Take Possible Action to Authorize, Negotiate and Enter Into Agreements with a Recommended Pool of Vendors for the Purchase of Virtual Online School Learning Systems and Virtual Course Curriculum Development, Including Related Implementation and Support Services (Not to Exceed $5,000,000 Over Five Years Including Renewal Options / General Operating/Special Revenue/Bond Funds) (Consent Item 7.12, Pulled by Trustees Joyce Foreman and Justin Henry)]

RECOMMENDED POOL OF VENDORS FOR THE PURCHASE OF VIRTUAL ONLINE SCHOOL LEARNING SYSTEMS AND VIRTUAL COURSE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING RELATED IMPLEMENTATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES NOT TO EXCEED FIVE MILLION OVER FIVE YEARS, INCLUDING RENEWAL OPTIONS, GENERAL OPERATING, SPECIAL REVENUE AND BOND FUNDS.

CONSENT ITEM 7.12 PULLED BY TRUSTEES FOREMAN AND HENRY.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND.

THE MOVE BY TRUSTEE CARREON AND SECONDED BY TRUSTEE FLORES.

IS THERE DISCUSSION? YES. TRUSTEE FOREMAN ? GOOD EVENING, TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

HELLO, JACK, HOW ARE YOU? JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

THANKS FOR SUPPLYING THE INFORMATION THAT I ASKED FOR.

YES, MA'AM. SO THE THE DOLLARS THAT WE'VE ALREADY SPENT.

THIS IS BASED ON JUST THE HYBRID? AND THEN WE HAVE FEW DOLLARS FOR THE FULL TIME VIRTUAL COSTS, ACADEMY COSTS.

BUT THE HYBRID THAT WE OPERATED FOR ALMOST A YEAR, WE ONLY SPENT FIVE HUNDRED? WELL, WHAT IS IT? EXPENDITURES FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY TWO THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY EIGHT.

YES, MA'AM. THAT'S CORRECT. SO ON THE ON THE HYBRID VIRTUAL SCHOOL, WHICH OPENED THIS YEAR, I THINK OUR TOTAL EXPENDITURES TO DATE ARE ABOUT FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. OK, SO THIS IS NOT, WHEN WE ROLLED OUT VIRTUAL FOR EVERYBODY.

IS THAT HYBRID? NO, MA'AM. THAT'S THE SECOND PROGRAM THAT'S LISTED ON THE TRUSTEE TRACKER MEMO.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE FULL TIME VIRTUAL ACADEMY.

AND YOU CAN SEE THERE'S AN EVEN LOWER EXPENDITURE AMOUNT ON THAT.

I THINK IT'S KIND OF CONFUSED YET.

YEAH, THERE'S SOME CONFUSION, JACK.

YEAH, I THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SHE'S ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT LAST YEAR'S VIRTUAL OVER HYBRID, NOT THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR.

SO THIS IS JUST THIS SCHOOL YEAR, THE HYBRID PREP SCHOOL OVER AND OVER.

YES, I'M SORRY IF I MISUNDERSTOOD.

SO THE NUMBERS THAT I PROVIDED IN THE TRACKER RESPONSE ARE FOR THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR.

OK. IF YOU WERE ASKING ABOUT LAST SCHOOL YEAR, I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND DIG OUT THAT INFORMATION. I APOLOGIZE.

THAT'S OK. COULD YOU GET THAT FOR ME? JUST AN ATTITUDE THIS.

I'M JUST TRYING TO GET A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE'RE SPENDING ON VIRTUAL.

YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS HERE FROM TRUSTEES? TRUSTEE MICCICHE? YES, SORRY.

SO THIS PURCHASE IS FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR FOR THE NEW VIRTUAL SCHOOL.

YES, SIR. OK.

THAT WAS MY THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING.

AND I'M SORRY IF I COULD HAVE ONE MORE PIECE, AS AS WELL AS VIRTUAL OFFERINGS IN OTHER SCHOOLS. AND RIGHT, SO IT DOES SERVE MULTIPLE PURPOSES, MULTIPLE USE CASES GOING FORWARD.

OK, I APPRECIATE THAT AND I APPRECIATE THE ADMINISTRATION MOVING FORWARD WITH WITH THE VIRTUAL SCHOOL OPTIONS.

WE KNOW THAT THE DATA SHOWS THAT MOST KIDS DON'T DO WELL IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT, BUT

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SOME DO. AND IT IS GOOD THAT AS WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE BEST FIT OPTIONS FOR EVERY, EVERY CHILD, THAT WE HAVE THIS OPTION.

SO, SO. SO THANK YOU FOR MOVING FORWARD WITH IT.

THANK YOU, DR. HINOJOSA.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEE MICCICHE. TRUSTEE JOHNSON? YES. HEY, CHIEF, HOW MUCH MONEY HAVE WE SPENT ON MAKING SURE THAT OUR KIDS HAVE ACCESS TO INTERNET? I'D HAVE TO PULL THOSE NUMBERS FOR YOU.

ARE YOU SPEAKING ABOUT THE INTERNET ACCESS ON CAMPUS OR THE HOME INTERNET ACCESS? HOME INTERNET. I'LL PULL THOSE NUMBERS FOR YOU, SIR, AND PUT IT IN A TRACKER.

WE'RE DEALING WITH THAT'S A MAJOR DIGITAL DIVIDE, AND I'M WORKING ON A LOT OF THINGS IN DISTRICT FIVE AND I WANT TO SEE HOW MUCH MONEY THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY INVESTED.

I KNOW THAT DR.

HINOJOSA AND HIS STAFF HAVE, I THINK, IN MY OPINION, HAS WENT BEYOND ABOVE AND BEYOND TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL KIDS HAVE ACCESS, ESPECIALLY ON THIS VIRTUAL SEASON THAT WE'VE BEEN IN. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE THAT'S A MAJOR DIGITAL DIVIDE AND I WANT TO WE'RE WORKING ON SOMETHING, MY COMMUNITY.

I'M GOING TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES BECAUSE THIS IS MAJOR INEQUITIES THAT OUR KIDS ARE EXPERIENCING. SO I WONDER HOW MUCH WE'VE INVESTED.

IF YOU GIVE ME THOSE NUMBERS, I APPRECIATE IT.

YES, SIR, I'LL PULL THE INFORMATION FOR YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE JOHNSON.

SEEING NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

TRUSTEES, YOU MAY NOW CAST YOUR VOTE.

TRUSTEE JOHNSON ? THE MOTION PASSES 8-0.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEES, YOU'VE JUST ADOPTED THE MOTION APPROVING TO AUTHORIZE, NEGOTIATE AND ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS WITH RECOMMENDED POOL OF VENDORS OR PURCHASE VIRTUAL ONLINE SCHOOL LEARNING SYSTEMS AND VIRTUAL COURSE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING RELATED IMPLEMENTATION SUPPORT SERVICES NOT TO EXCEED FIVE MILLION OVER FIVE YEARS, INCLUDING RENEWAL OPTIONS, GENERAL OPERATING, SPECIAL REVENUE AND BOND FUNDS.

WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 8.04, APPROVE THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR JANUARY 31ST, 2022.

[8.04 Consider and Take Possible Action to Approve the Budget Amendments for January 31, 2022 (Consent Item 7.17, Pulled by Trustees Joyce Foreman and Justin Henry)]

CONSENT ITEM 7.17, PULLED BY TRUSTEES FOREMAN AND HENRY.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE? SECOND.

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

IS THERE DISCUSSION? YES, TRUSTEE FOREMAN ? DWAYNE, I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT FROM THIS RESPONSE HOW MUCH WE ACTUALLY STILL OWE ON Q SCALE. IN THE GENERAL FUND, WE TRANSFER SEVEN MILLION, ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY SEVEN THOUSAND ANNUALLY.

SO HOW MUCH DO WE STILL OWE ON Q SCALE? I WOULD HAVE TO GET THE EXACT AMOUNT, BUT IT'S IN THE 70S LIKE A HUNDRED AND SIXTY FIVE POINT SEVENTY FOUR MILLION AT THIS POINT.

OK, IT'S DOWN AROUND SEVENTY FOUR MILLION.

CAN YOU GET THAT FOR ME? I'M JUST INTERESTED BECAUSE I WAS ACTUALLY ON THE BOND COMMITTEE WHEN WE WE DID THAT.

SO I HAVE AN INTEREST IN TRYING TO SEE WHERE WE ARE REGARDING THAT.

AND THEN. SO THE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY SEVEN MILLION INCLUDED WHAT THAT WE MOVED OR WE CLASSED.

YOU'RE ON THE? WHAT PAGE YOU ON? I'M SORRY.

THIS IS JUST FROM YOUR FINANCIAL SERVICES, YOUR RESPONSE TO OK.

SO I'M ASSUMING IT'S ESSER FUNDS, I COULDN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND IT, IS IT ESSER FUNDS? YES, MA'AM. WINTER STORM FUNDS? YES, MA'AM. WHEN WE BUILT THE BUDGET, IT WAS UNCLEAR AS TO WHEN WE WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CLAIM ESSER. AND SO WE PUT EXPENDITURES INTO THE GENERAL FUND TO ALLOW US TO BEGIN THAT PROCESS. AND IT'S BUILT INTO THE BUDGET THAT YOU SEE HERE.

AND SO OUR EFFORT IN THE IN THE FORECAST IS TO PULL THOSE OUT AS TO WHAT WE EXPECT THAT HAS BEEN MOVED TO ESSER.

AND SO THE OVERALL BUDGET FOR THE GENERAL FUND WILL BE LESS IN EXPENDITURES THAN IT WOULD HAVE IF ESSER DIDN'T EXIST.

OKAY, I MISSED SOMETHING, YOU WERE TALKING FAST THERE.

OK. OKAY, SO WE NOW HAVE ESSER FUNDS? YES, MA'AM. AND WE'RE MOVING EXPENDITURES THAT WE HAD IN THE GENERAL BUDGET TO THE ESSER

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FUND? YES, MA'AM.

SO HOW DO WE TRACK ESSER FUNDS? IF YOU'RE MOVING IT OUT OF THE BUDGET.

HOW DO WE TRACK THAT YOU MOVE 177 MILLION DOLLARS? WHAT IS IT SPENT ON? HOW DO WE KNOW? YOU TRACK THAT THROUGH THE SPECIAL REVENUE ACCOUNT FOR ESSER, THE 281 OR 282, DEPENDING ON IF IT'S ESSER II OR ESSER III.

CAN YOU DO ME A FAVOR? I HAVEN'T SEEN THE 281 OR 282 FUND, AND I'D LOVE TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT ESSER FUNDS WE'RE SPENDING AND WHAT WE'RE SPENDING IT ON, BECAUSE OF COURSE, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR EVERYBODY ELSE. BUT THERE WAS SOME EXPECTATIONS ON DOING SOME THINGS FOR SOME OF THE SCHOOLS THAT WERE HAVING SOME DIFFICULTIES.

AND I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT, WHERE WE'RE SPENDING THE MONEY BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW.

SO WE DEFINITELY HAVE THAT.

WE HAVE THAT TRACKING SYSTEM AND SOME OF THOSE ITEMS. OH, I BET YOU DO. AND MOST OF THE BOARD MEMBERS PROBABLY DON'T WANT IT, BUT I DO.

AND THAT'S FINE. WE CAN GET YOU THE REPORT AND DEBRA CORDOVA DOES PRESENT THOSE ITEMS PERIODICALLY IN AS ESSET UPDATES AS TO WHAT WE'RE THE PROJECTS WE'RE DOING IN SPANISH.

BUT I CAN GIVE YOU THE.

WE'VE DONE SOME ESSER UPDATES TO THE BOARD IN TERMS OF EXPENDITURES? YES, MA'AM. OKAY.

CAN WE HAVE THOSE, PLEASE? I WILL GET YOU THAT INFORMATION WHICH DETAILS ALL THE VARIOUS CATEGORIES THAT WE'RE GOING TO SPEND IT ON. OKAY? AND I ALSO WANT WHAT WE'VE ALREADY SPENT IT ON, NOT WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO SPEND IT ON, BUT WHAT WE'VE ALREADY SPENT AND EXACTLY HOW THAT IMPACTS A LOT OF THE SCHOOLS THAT WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO HELP.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

TRUSTEE JOHNSON? YES. WHEN YOU SEND THAT INFORMATION TO TRUSTEE FOREMAN, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I RECEIVE THAT INFORMATION AS WELL.

YES, WE'LL DO THAT THROUGH A TRACKER SO EVERYONE WILL GET IT.

AND I DON'T KNOW, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BUDGET, I KNOW I'VE ASKED ABOUT THE BUDGET FOR THE COMMUNICATION FOR OTI.

I DON'T THINK I'LL RECEIVE THAT YET.

MAYBE I HAVE, I PROBABLY OVERLOOKED IT.

I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR IT, BUT I DON'T THINK I RECEIVED THAT.

IF I? WE DID RESPOND TO THAT TRACKER.

I MUST HAVE MISSED THAT. I'LL GO BACK AND LOOK AT IT AGAIN.

OK, THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEE JOHNSON.

SEEING NO OTHERS, TRUSTEES, YOU MAY NOW CAST YOUR VOTE.

TRUSTEE MICCICHE? YEAH, I VOTE YES.

DID IT NOT COME UP ON MY SCREEN? THE MOTION PASSES 8-0.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEES, YOU'VE JUST ADOPTED THE MOTION APPROVING BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR JANUARY 31ST, 2022.

TRUSTEES, WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 8.05, AUTHORIZE THE SALE OF SURPLUS PROPERTY TO THE

[8.05 Consider and Take Possible Action to Authorize the Sale of a Surplus Property to the High Bidder ($4,321,464.00 Revenue) (Consent Item 7.27, Pulled by Trustees Joyce Foreman and Justin Henry)]

HIGH BIDDER FROM FOUR MILLION THREE HUNDRED TWENTY ONE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY FOUR THOUSAND REVENUE.

CONSENT ITEM 7.27, PULLED BY TRUSTEES FOREMAN AND HENRY.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE.

IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY TRUSTEE CARREON AND SECONDED BY TRUSTEE MARSHALL.

IS THERE DISCUSSION? YES.

TRUSTEE FOREMAN? WAYNE, COULD YOU DO ME A FAVOR? THIS INDICATES THAT THE BOARD VOTED ON MAY OF 2016 TO SELL THIS PROPERTY? THAT WAS DECLARED SURPLUS, YES, MA'AM.

OK, MAY OF 2016? SO I DON'T REMEMBER BACK THAT FAR.

I REMEMBER THE PROPERTY, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER THE VOTE.

COULD YOU SHARE THAT WITH ME? I JUST LOVE TO HAVE A COPY OF THAT.

THAT VOTE? YES, MA'AM.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

DOES IT? IS THAT IT? MM HMM. OH, OK, TRUSTEES, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS HERE? SEEING NONE, TRUSTEES YOU MAY CAST YOUR VOTE.

OK, THE MOTION PASSES 7-0.

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TRUSTEES, YOU HAVE JUST APPROVED THE MOTION AUTHORIZING THE SALE OF SURPLUS PROPERTY TO THE HIGH BIDDER FOUR MILLION THREE HUNDRED TWENTY ONE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY FOUR DOLLARS REVENUE TRUSTEES, THE TIME IS NOW 8:45 AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.