Feb 23, 2023 Board Meetings

[1. NOTICE AND RETURN]

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GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. IT IS 6:10 P.M..

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

I WANT TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE MONTHLY BOARD MEETING, THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES, IF YOU WILL.

[2. MOMENT OF SILENCE AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]

ALLEGIANCE], PLEDGE].

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

WE HAVE DISTRICT TWO TRUSTEE DUSTIN MARSHALL.

DISTRICT THREE, TRUSTEE DAN MICCICHE K.

DISTRICT FOUR TRUSTEE CAMILE WHITE.

DISTRICT FIVE, TRUSTEE MAXIE JOHNSON.

DISTRICT SIX TRUSTEE JOYCE FOREMAN.

DISTRICT SEVEN TRUSTEE BEN MACKEY IS NOT IN THE ROOM RIGHT NOW, BUT HE IS HERE.

DISTRICT EIGHT TRUSTEE JOE CARREON, OUR SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, DR.

STEPHANIE ELIZALDE, JOINS US.

AND I'M JUSTIN HENRY, BOARD PRESIDENT.

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

TRUSTEE CARREON, IF YOU DON'T MIND, . IN ORDER FOR THIS BOARD TO HOLD THIS MEETING AND EFFECTIVE MANNER, I WANT TO LET IT BE KNOWN THAT THIS MEETING WILL BE CONDUCTED IN AN ORDERLY FASHION AND ASK THE PUBLIC TO ABIDE BY THE RULES OUTLINED IN BOARD POLICY, BE THE LOCAL PERTAINING TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

IT IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE FOR A PERSON WITH THE INTENT TO PREVENT A DISRUPTIVE, 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 SPEAKERS ARE CAUTIONED THAT WHATEVER THEY SAY COULD VIOLATE THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS UNDER THE LAW OF DEFAMATION OR INVASION OF PRIVACY.

AND IF THEY'RE UNSURE OF THE LEGAL EFFECT OF THEIR REMARKS, THEY MAY WANT TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE PRIOR TO THE UTTERANCE.

ANY PERSON BECOMES BOISTEROUS OR DISRUPTIVE WHILE ADDRESSING THE BOARD OR WHILE ATTENDING THIS MEETING WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE.

FAILURE TO LEAVE, WHEN REQUESTED TO DO SO, MAY RESULT IN THE PERSON BEING ESCORTED FROM THE MEETING AND SUBJECT TO ARREST.

I MIGHT NEED SOME HELP TONIGHT TO RECOGNIZE ELECTED OFFICIALS.

I SEE TRUSTEE FORMER TRUSTEE BLUE BLACKBURN TRUSTEE.

FORMER TRUSTEE [INAUDIBLE] IS IN THE ROOM.

FORMER TRUSTEE CURRENT JUDGE THOMAS JONES IS IN THE ROOM.

I SEE TRUSTEE FORMER TRUSTEE DISTRICT [INAUDIBLE] IS IN THE ROOM.

SOMEBODY WANT TO HELP ME? DOES ANYBODY SEE ANYBODY ELSE? A FORMER COUNCILMAN, [INAUDIBLE] IN THE ROOM.

SOMEONE HELP ME SO I DON'T GET IN TROUBLE.

OH. FORMER BOARD MEMBER [INAUDIBLE] IN THE ROOM.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING.

[3. PRESENTATION OF BOARD RECOGNITIONS]

MS. PROCTOR, WOULD YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE OUR ESTEEMED GUEST THIS EVENING? THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HENRY.

GOOD EVENING. IN HONOR OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH, THE BOARD WELCOMES THE DAVID W CARTER HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR.

THIS IS THE CHOIR'S FOURTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR OF PERFORMING UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MUSIC TEACHER DEMETRIUS EATLEY.

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CHOIR.

PLEASE REMAIN STANDING.

TRUSTEE FOREMAN, PLEASE JOIN THE CHOIR FOR A PHOTO.

THANK YOU. DAVID W CARTER HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR FOR YOUR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE.

TRUSTEE FOREMAN. PLEASE REMAIN STANDING.

TRUSTEE WHITE TRUSTEE HENRY AND TRUSTEE JOHNSON.

PLEASE COME FORWARD.

AS WE HONOR AND CELEBRATE.

EXCUSE ME. AS WE HONOR AND CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH.

TRUSTEE FOREMAN AND TRUSTEE WHITE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE FORMER DALLAS ISD AFRICAN AMERICAN BOARD MEMBERS FOR THEIR DEDICATED SERVICE TO STUDENTS, THE COMMUNITY AND DALLAS ISD WITH THE FOLLOWING FORMER BOARD MEMBERS.

PLEASE COME FORWARD.

CORRECTION AS WE HONOR AND CELEBRATE GREAT BLACK HISTORY MONTH.

TRUSTEE FOREMAN, TRUSTEE WHITE, TRUSTEE HENRY AND TRUSTEE JOHNSON WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE FORMER DALLAS ISD AFRICAN AMERICAN BOARD MEMBERS FOR THEIR DEDICATED SERVICE TO STUDENTS, THE COMMUNITY AND DALLAS ISD WITH THE FOLLOWING FORMER BOARD MEMBERS.

PLEASE COME FORWARD.

DR. LEW BLACKBURN, JUDGE THOMAS G.

JONES. BERNADETTE NUTALL.

RON PRICE.

DR.

ORA LEE WATSON. ROBERT PRICE.

SE-GWEN TYLER AND CARLA RANGER WAS INVITED, HOWEVER, UNABLE TO ATTEND.

THE BOARD WOULD ALSO LIKE TO TAKE THIS TIME.

THE BOARD WOULD ALSO LIKE TO TAKE THIS TIME TO RECOGNIZE FORMER AFRICAN AMERICAN BOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE NO LONGER WITH US BUT WOULD NEVER BE FORGOTTEN FOR THEIR SERVICE.

[INAUDIBLE].

THANK YOU, FORMER BOARD MEMBERS, FOR YOUR SERVICE.

THE BOARD IS HONORED TO RECOGNIZE ZAIRE DOUGLAS, A FIFTH GRADE STUDENT AT THOMAS L.

MARSALIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THIS YEAR'S 31ST ANNUAL MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR ORATORY COMPETITION WINNER SPONSORED BY FOLEY & LARDNER

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PLEASE COME FORWARD.

THE ANNUAL MARTIN LUTHER KING ORATORY COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND TALENT WHILE RECOGNIZING AND ENCOURAGING ELEMENTARY STUDENTS WRITING IN PUBLIC SPEAKING SKILLS.

STUDENTS PRESENTED ORIGINAL SPEECHES ADDRESSING THE TOPIC.

WHAT WOULD DR.

KING SAY TO US TODAY ABOUT HOPE FOR TOMORROW? ZAIRE WILL NOW SHARE HIS WINNING SPEECH WITH US.

AS I TAKE THIS JOURNEY THROUGH LIFE, I ASK THAT YOU OPEN YOUR HEARTS AND MINDS.

WHILE IN MY SHOES, I AM ZION DOUGLASS, A FIFTH GRADE STUDENT AT THE TILL MARCELLUS STEAM ACADEMY.

FOR OUR TIME TOGETHER TODAY.

I WAS CHARGED WITH LEADING DISCUSSION ON WHAT WOULD DR.

KING SAY TO US TODAY ABOUT HOPE FOR TOMORROW? I BELIEVE HE WOULD SAY THAT HE IS DISAPPOINTED AT WHAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE HIS TIME AS A LEADER OF OUR SOCIETY.

WE TALK ABOUT DR.

KING, BUT INSTEAD, LET'S DO DR.

KING AND MY HOUSEHOLD.

FAITH WITH OUR ACTIONS IS DEAD.

TO ME, THAT MEANS DO NOT TALK ABOUT SOMETHING.

BUT AS NIKE REMINDS US, TO JUST DO IT.

WHEN I WATCH TV, MY FAVORITE SHOWS ARE OFTEN INTERRUPTED BECAUSE OF HORRIBLE THINGS LIKE KIDS BRING YOUR WEAPONS TO SCHOOL, MISBEHAVING IN CLASS, OR LOSING THEIR LIVES TO SENSELESS VIOLENCE.

TO ME, THE DISAPPOINTING PART IS MAINLY BEING AFRICAN AMERICANS ON THE NEWS MORE THAN ANY OTHER CULTURE.

THESE BEHAVIORS, FAMILY NARRATIVE THAT WE WANT TO HAVE A BACK OF THE BUS MENTALITY FOR WHAT WE ARE NOT SECOND CLASS CITIZENS. WE ARE NO LONGER ENSLAVED AND WE HAVE EARNED THE RIGHT TO BE TREATED WITH RESPECT AND OUR COUNTRY.

PRIOR TO THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, WE WERE REQUIRED TO GO TO THE BACK OF THE BUS.

BUT DR. KING'S DREAM AND LIFE'S WORK WAS TO END SEGREGATION AND TO INSURE OUR RIGHTS AS CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

THEREFORE, EVERYTHING WE DO AS INDIVIDUALS MAKES A DIFFERENCE.

WE MUST BE THE FIRST PEOPLE TO DO RIGHT IN OUR CLASSROOMS, SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES TO CREATE THE CHANGE WE WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD.

ANOTHER PROBLEM THAT DR.

KING WOULD HAVE AN ISSUE WITH IS HOW OUR COUNTRY IS REVERSING THE POLICIES AND SUPREME COURT DECISIONS WILL TAKE AWAY THE RIGHTS AND CHOICES OF INDIVIDUALS WITHIN OUR COUNTRY.

THE REVERSAL OF THESE LAWS HAS CREATED AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE OUR POLITICAL LEADERS ARE MISUSING THEIR PLATFORMS TO BULLY AND DISCRIMINATE AGAINST MEMBERS OF OUR COUNTRY.

WHEN CONSIDERING THE RECENT CHANGES TO VOTING ACCESS, ACCEPTANCE OF IMMIGRANTS, ABORTION RIGHTS AND REMOVAL OF BOOKS FROM OUR SCHOOLS, SOME OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE USING THEIR POWER TO INJURE, DEPRIVE AND DEMEAN THE VERY PERSONS AND COMMUNITIES THEY WERE ELECTED TO SERVE AND SUPPORT.

WHILE WE LOST DR.

KING DUE TO THE HATRED OF THE COLOR OF HIS SKIN AND NONVIOLENT LEADERSHIP DURING THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, HE REMINDED US THAT YOU CAN KILL THE DREAMER, BUT NOT THE DREAM.

ALTHOUGH DR.

KING WOULD BE VERY DISAPPOINTED IF HE SAW THE PROBLEMS IN OUR WORLD TODAY, I AM IN THE MINDSET AND BELIEF OF ONE BAND, ONE SOUND. I BELIEVE IN ORDER FOR US TO IMPROVE OUR NATION, WE NEED TO MAKE INTELLIGENT DECISIONS AND MOVES THAT WILL POSITIVELY IMPROVE THE LIVES OF PEOPLE FROM ALL CULTURES AND BACKGROUNDS.

I KNOW THAT DR.

KING WILL BE PROUD OF HOW WE STAND UP, ADVOCATE AND SUPPORT FOR WHAT WE THINK IS RIGHT AND FAIR.

CONSIDERING THE SOCIAL, JUSTICE, EDUCATIONAL, POLITICAL AND ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERS THAT HAVE RISEN DURING THESE CHALLENGING TIMES.

DR. KING'S WORDS.

THE ULTIMATE MEASURE OF A MAN IS NOT WHERE HE STANDS AT MOMENTS OF COMFORT AND CONVENIENCE, BUT WHERE HE STANDS IN TIMES OF CHALLENGE AND CONTROVERSY.

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WHILE I STAND BEFORE YOU THIS DAY, I CHARGE EACH OF YOU AND MYSELF TO FULFILL DR.

KING'S LEGACY AND CREATE A BETTER WORLD FOR OURSELVES AND OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

AS WE ALL HAVE THE POWER TO JUST DO IT AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE, AND OUR OWN SPHERES OF INFLUENCE TO FULFILL THE HOPES, PRAYERS AND DREAMS OF DR.

KING AND ALL OUR ANCESTORS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

GO AHEAD. ZAIRE AND TRUSTEE FOREMAN SUPERINTENDENT ELIZALDE, PLEASE COME FORWARD FOR A PHOTO.

I'LL SLOW DOWN THE TIME.

THIS, DOUGLAS.

GRANDMA DOUGLAS.

WE CALL HER [INAUDIBLE].

WE CALL HER WHILE THEY WALK UP HERE.

AS WE RECOGNIZE BLACK HISTORY MONTH.

OUR BLACK HISTORY IS ALSO ON THE PRESENT.

GIVEN WHAT WE JUST HEARD FROM THAT YOUNG MAN, WOULD YOU HAVE THE KID HERE ONE GETTING NODS WHILE HE'S UP HERE, THE FOUNDER OF OUR BARACK OBAMA SCHOOL OF LEADERSHIP SCHOOL.

IF I SAID IT RIGHT, BROTHER, THE BARACK HERE, LET ME HEAR YOU SAY IT.

THE BARACK OBAMA MALE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY.

THERE YOU GO. SO YOU HAVE SOME BLACK HISTORY IN YOUR PRESENCE RIGHT NOW.

AND THEN HIS MOM, WHO'S JOINING US, STILL VOLUNTEERS AT LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL.

THANK YOU FOR THAT PHENOMENAL WOMAN OF HERSELF.

SO TREMENDOUS FAMILY, TREMENDOUS YOUNG MAN.

THANK YOU, ZAIRE.

THIS CONCLUDES OUR RECOGNITIONS.

I'M NEVER SPEECHLESS, BUT THIS HAS BEEN VERY INSPIRING FOR ME.

ZAIRE JUST A FIFTH GRADER, ABLE TO RELATE TO US AS ADULTS.

WHAT WE NEED TO BE DOING TO TRY TO MAKE THIS A BETTER WORLD.

IT IS WITH GREAT HONOR THAT YOU HEAR ME TALK ABOUT THE SCHOOLS IN DISTRICT SIX, AND PRINCIPAL RICHARDSON AT MARSALIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAS BEEN THERE FOR THE NINE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN A TRUSTEE AND CONTINUES TO WORK DILIGENTLY WITH OUR CHILDREN.

SO JUST VERY QUICKLY, I'M EXCITED.

I'M OVERWHELMED.

AND I AM SO PROUD OF ZAIRE BECAUSE I REMEMBER HIM FROM A LITTLE BABY.

SO I AM JUST I'M THRILLED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

EVEN THOUGH BLACK HISTORY MONTH HAS NOT CLOSED, THE THEME FOR DISD IS RESILIENCE.

AND I THINK THAT IS A WONDERFUL, BEFITTING TITLE FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH, BECAUSE AS OUT OF THE MOUTH OF BABES SAID, WE DO STILL HAVE A LONG WAYS TO GO.

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SO I JUST WANT TO I LEARNED A LOT DURING THIS PROCESS BECAUSE I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO WERE TRUSTEES.

SO I JUST WANT TO AND I DO WANT TO THANK THOSE OF YOU WHO SHOWED UP IN PERSON SO VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

AND FOR THOSE WHO MAY HAVE WANTED TO BE HERE.

COULDN'T MAKE IT. THANK YOU GUYS, AS WELL.

IT REALLY MEANT A LOT.

AND I WANT TO ALSO THANK MY TRUSTY CARRY ON BECAUSE HE DID THE HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH AND HAD MOMS AND HAD HISPANIC BOARD MEMBERS OUT. I LEARNED A LOT THERE AS WELL.

WE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN SERVING AS LONG AS HISPANICS, BUT WE HAVE DEFINITELY BLAZED A TRAIL TO HELP NOT JUST BLACK STUDENTS, BUT ALL STUDENTS, JUST LIKE WITH EVERY MOVEMENT THAT WE HAVE DONE, IS NOT TO JUST HELP ONE PERSON, BUT TO HELP US ALL.

AND THAT'S THE WAY I WISH THAT EVERYBODY WOULD DO WHAT WOULD NOT SEE COLOR AS WE DO IN THE UNITED STATES AS A AND USE IT AS A BARRIER.

BUT EVEN THOUGH IT'S SEEN THAT WAY HERE, THERE'S BARRIERS ALL OVER THE WORLD WHEN IT COMES TO PEOPLE OF COLOR.

BUT ONCE AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK THOSE WHO WERE HERE.

I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH JUST DOING THIS PROCESS.

AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK TRUSTEE FOREMAN BECAUSE I MENTIONED IT TO HER.

AND I ALSO WANT TO MISS PROCTOR.

CAN YOU PLEASE STAY IN OK? SHE'S NOT HERE. I'M SORRY, BUT I ALSO WANT TO THANK MS..

MS.. DELISA PARKER FROM BOARD SERVICES, WHO ASSISTED US WITH THIS AS WELL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU. MR. WHITE.

SO BEFORE MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM, THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE AND GIVE A SPECIAL THANKS.

I THINK THIS STEM FROM DR.

LASORDA'S IDEA TO KONRAD HIGH SCHOOL'S CULINARY ARTS.

STUDENTS WERE PREPARING THE FOOD FOR TONIGHT FOR THE TRUSTEES, THE SUPERINTENDENTS AND THE CHIEFS.

SO I REALLY WANT TO GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO OUR AT HIGH SCHOOL, CULINARY ARTS, AT OUR BOARD MEETINGS.

WE WERE GOING TO ROTATE INSTEAD OF PAYING OUTSIDE VENDORS.

I GUESS WE'RE GOING TO ROTATE THROUGH OUR CULINARY ARTS PROGRAMS IN OUR HIGH SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE FOOD FOR STAFF.

THIS YEAR INTO THE EVENING, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE ON TO REPORT TRUSTEES.

[5. REPORTS]

PASS THE MIC TO DR.

ELIZALDE. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT HENRY.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

AS WE GET TO THE NEXT SLIDE, AS WAS OBVIOUSLY WE'RE RECOGNIZING NOW, BLACK HISTORY MONTH IS ALMOST AT AN END.

BUT I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE, OUR TEAM MEMBERS WHO ALSO UNAPOLOGETICALLY EMBRACE OUR COMMITMENT TO EQUITY AND DIVERSITY, TO ENSURING THAT ONE DAY OUR REALITY THAT THIS BOARD HAS SET FORTH WILL MATCH THE VISION THAT HAS BEEN CREATED BY THIS BOARD.

OUR DIVERSITY WILL ALWAYS MAKE US STRONGER.

NATIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS WEEK STARTS MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27.

TO EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF THE DALLAS ISD TEAM, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, TEACHERS, PRINCIPALS, CUSTODIANS, CAFETERIA WORKERS, BUS DRIVERS AND EVERYONE ELSE, ALL SUPPORT TEAM MEMBERS.

THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU DO TO SUPPORT PUBLIC EDUCATION.

SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR MAINTENANCE AND FACILITIES TEAM DURING OUR LATEST ICE EVENT EARLIER THIS MONTH.

THEY KEPT OUR FACILITIES IN WORKING ORDER AND READY FOR OUR KIDS EVERY DAY.

CUSTODIANS, GROUNDS, PERSONNEL AND MAINTENANCE AND FACILITY TEAMS INSPECTED OUR FACILITIES FOR POWER OUTAGES, LEAKS AND ICE DAMAGE.

THAT MEANT ANY PROBLEMS WERE EASILY IDENTIFIED AND QUICKLY SOLVED.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION.

IT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED BY ALL OF US.

EARLIER THIS MONTH, HUNDREDS OF MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, ALUMNI, ELECTED OFFICIALS, PARENTS, STUDENTS AND MEMBERS OF TEAM DALLAS ISD GATHERED TO CELEBRATE THE DEDICATION OF THE NEW WALNUT HILL INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AND THE RENOVATED THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL.

I LOVE CELEBRATING NEW SCHOOLS LIKE THAT.

THESE EVENTS ARE FILLED WITH SO MUCH JOY, AND THIS SATURDAY WAS EVEN MORE JOYFUL BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY LEARNED THE TRUTH BEHIND DOROTHY'S WORDS.

THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME.

AND BY THE WAY, THAT'S WHY I WORE MY RUBY RED SHOES TO THE EVENT, WHICH I'M WEARING AGAIN TONIGHT.

THESE BUILDINGS AND EVERYONE COMING TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE THEIR OPENING SHOW, OUR STUDENTS THAT THE COMMUNITY CARES ABOUT THEM AND THAT THIS COMMUNITY ISN'T GOING TO LET SOMETHING LIKE A LITTLE TORNADO GET IN THE WAY OF THEIR SUCCESS.

THE DALLAS METROPLEX MUSICIANS ASSOCIATION RECENTLY INDUCTED THREE DALLAS ISD TEACHERS INTO THE DALLAS METROPLEX MUSICIANS ASSOCIATION HALL OF FAME.

TWO. NELDA WASHINGTON OF CLARA OLIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND OSLEY COOK, JUNIOR OF FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL OF INNOVATION, WERE CHOSEN

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CHAD LOTT OF SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL EARNED A NEXT GENERATION OF MUSIC PROFESSIONALS AWARD, WHICH IS GIVEN TO THE PROFESSIONAL MUSICIANS WHO HAVE BEEN IN THE FIELD FOR LESS THAN TEN YEARS. CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE HALL OF FAME EDUCATORS.

IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO A MAVERICKS GAME, YOU KNOW HOW GREAT THIS NEXT ONE IS.

TEACHERS ARE NOMINATED BY THEIR STUDENTS FOR THE RECOGNITION OF MY FAVORITE TEACHER, AND THE TEACHERS GET SPECIAL TICKETS AND A MENTION ON THE JUMBOTRON DURING THE GAMES.

THEY ALSO GET EXTRA TICKETS FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS FOR THE GAME AND A LITTLE BIT OF MAVERICKS SWAG.

WELL, RECENTLY, ONE OF OUR OWN WAS CHOSEN.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THELVIE CULLINS, CALCULUS TEACHER AT THE SCHOOL FOR THE TALENTED AND GIFTED AT IVONNE, A YOUNG TOWN VIEW CENTER FOR BEING RECENTLY RECOGNIZED BY THE DALLAS MAVERICKS AS ONE OF THEIR FAVORITE TEACHERS.

AND UNDERCLASS ACTS RELIANT AND THE DALLAS COWBOYS HAVE A PROGRAM CALLED COWBOYS CLASS X, POWERED BY RELIANCE.

THE PROGRAM HONORS EXCELLENT CLASSROOM TEACHERS IN DALLAS-FORT WORTH AND DURING THE 2223 SCHOOL YEAR, RELIANT AND THE DALLAS COWBOYS WILL RECOGNIZE A TOTAL OF SIX TEACHERS FOR THEIR PHENOMENAL WORK.

RECENTLY, TWO DALLAS ISD TEACHERS EARNED THE DISTINCTION.

CONGRATULATIONS TO MOUNT AUBURN STEAM ACADEMY'S CITLALI FLORES AND WOODROW WILSON HIGH SCHOOL'S THERESA BENEDETTO.

EACH RECEIVED A $4,000 GRANT AND A SURPRISE VISIT ON JANUARY 30TH FROM COWBOYS LEGEND GEORGE T.

COWBOYS MASCOT.

ROWDY AND RELIANT MASCOT HUGO.

CONGRATULATIONS TO DALLAS ISD'S TWO NEW COWBOY CLASS ACTS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DR.

ELIZALDE. WE'RE GOING TO NOW MOVE ON TO TRUSTEE COMMITTEE REPORTS.

ARE THERE ANY COMMITTEE REPORTS? YES. TRUSTEE HAVE THE.

I WILL GIVE THE COMMITTEE REPORT FOR THE AUDIT COMMITTEE.

THE AUDIT COMMITTEE MET ON FEBRUARY 15, 2023.

THE ATTENDEES WERE TRUSTEE JOYCE FORMAN, TRUSTEE EDWIN FLORES, MYSELF TRUSTEE CARREÓN CHRIS LEWIS PUBLIC ADVISORY MEMBER.

MONICA FRAZIER PUBLIC ADVISORY MEMBER AND SUPERINTENDENT.

DR. ELIZALDE.

THE MINUTES OF THE NOVEMBER TEN, 2022 AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING WERE APPROVED.

FINANCIAL SERVICES PRESENTED THE DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL UPDATE.

INTERNAL AUDIT THEN PRESENTED THE STATUS OF AUDIT, FOLLOW UP THE DISTRICT HOTLINE REPORT, THE STATUS OF AUDIT PLAN AND SUFFICIENCY OF DEPARTMENT RESOURCES. THE CHIEF OF INTERNAL AUDIT OFFICER PERFORMANCE EVALUATION INSTRUMENT WAS APPROVED TO PRESENT TO THE FULL BOARD. FIVE INTERNAL AUDIT REPORTS WERE ACCEPTED AND MADE FINAL AS FOLLOWS.

THE STUDENT TRANSPORTATION AUDIT REPORT, THE SPECIAL SERVICES AUDIT REPORT, THE BUDGET PROCESS AUDIT REPORT, THE BOND FUNDED PROJECTS, COMPETITIVE SEALED PROPOSALS, AUDIT CONSTRUCTION REPORT AND THE STUDENT DISCIPLINE DATA AUDIT REPORT.

ADDITIONALLY, THESE FIVE INTERNAL AUDIT REPORTS HAD A TOTAL OF NINE OBSERVATIONS WITH RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE INTERNAL CONTROLS WITHIN THE FOLLOWING AREAS STUDENT TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, SPECIAL SERVICES, CONSTRUCTION SERVICES AND BOND OFFICE ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS WITHIN INTERNAL INFORMATION AND STUDENT ENGAGEMENT SUPPORT.

AND IN CLOSING. THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED AT FOUR I'M SORRY, AT 3:46 P.M..

THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE CARREÓN. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO TRUSTEE REPORTS.

WE'RE GOING TO START WITH DISTRICT ONE AND THEN JUST CIRCULATE THROUGH DISTRICT NINE.

TRUSTEE PRESIDENT HENRY.

I WILL GIVE THE TRUSTEE OR DISTRICT ONE ACCOLADES FOR TRUSTEE FOR US.

SIGNING DAY WAS THIS MONTH, AND I WANT TO RECOGNIZE DESMOND DOUGLAS AND VERONICA RODRIGUEZ FROM THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL AS GABE JONES, JAYDEN SISK, JUSTIN JUIF, LAUREN JORDAN AND JIMMY TRAINA FROM W.T.

WHITE HIGH SCHOOL, WHO COMMITTED TO CONTINUE PLAYING SPORTS WHILE ATTENDING THEIR RESPECTIVE COLLEGES.

ALSO, CONGRATULATIONS TO EDDIE WALKER TIMBERWOLVES FOR WINNING THE DALLAS ISD MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL CITY CHAMPIONSHIP BY A 34 TO 13 SCORE OVER ANN RICHARDS STEAM ACADEMY.

ALSO, KUDOS TO W T WHITE GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM FOR WINNING THEIR DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP.

WAY TO GO. AND FINALLY, TRUSTEE FLORES HAD THE HONOR OF JOINING SUPERINTENDENT LIZ ALLDAY AND OTHER DISTINGUISHED GUEST FOR

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AND IT WAS HE LIKES TO SAY IT WAS A GREAT MOMENT TO TAKE IN AND TO CELEBRATE WITH THE COMMUNITY AND CREATE NEW MEMORIES FOR THE CAMPUS.

THAT IS THE DISTRICT ONE REPORT I'LL GIVE THE DISTRICT TO REPORT.

FIRST, KUDOS TO WOODROW SWIMMER CAMPBELL CHASE, WHO WON THE JEWELL FIVE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AND THE 200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY IN GRAND STYLE, BREAKING THE FIVE STATE CONFERENCE RECORD.

NEXT, DANNY ROGERS ELEMENTARY KIDS TOOK HOME THE FIRST PLACE AND THE PITCH FOR GOOD.

THEY PRESENTED A PHENOMENAL PLAN TO START A GARDEN SHOP THAT COULD HELP COMMUNITY FAMILIES FIND RELIEF FROM THE HIGH COST OF PRODUCE.

A GREAT JOB FOR THOSE KIDS.

ALSO, BIG CONGRATULATIONS AS STEPHANIE AS TRUSTEE EXCUSE ME, SUPERINTENDENT ELIZALDE MENTIONED WOODROW COACH TERESA BENEDETTO WAS HONORED AND RECOGNIZED BY THE COWBOYS CLASS, ACTS FOR HER PHENOMENAL WORK AND RECEIVED A $4,000 GRANT AND CAMPUS CELEBRATION ON JANUARY 30TH.

SO THE SCHOOL IS VERY PROUD OF COACH BENEDETTO.

SHE ALSO TEACHES ENGLISH AND CHEERLEADING.

CONGRATS TO THE WOODROW WILSON MOCK TRIAL TEAM FOR MOVING TO THE NEXT ROUND AND QUALIFYING FOR THE STATE COMPETITION ON FEBRUARY 4TH.

THE TEAM IS ONE OF 24 FROM TEXAS TO QUALIFY.

ALSO EARLIER IN FEBRUARY, HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOL RETIRED NUMBER 33, KURT THOMAS'S BASKETBALL JERSEY.

THOMAS PLAYED 18 YEARS IN THE NBA AND IT WAS AN EMOTIONAL RETIREMENT CEREMONY FOR HIM.

KURT THOMAS HAS NOW BECOME THE FIRST HILLCREST ALUMNI EVER TO HAVE THE HONOR OF A RETIRED JERSEY.

CONGRATULATIONS ALSO TO WOODROW WILSON DANCE TROUPE THAT COMPETED IN THE NORTH TEXAS BALLET, FOUR FOR FOUR FOR RICO CONTEST, AND RECEIVED THE ANITA MARTINEZ DIVISION TWO AWARD. THEY ALSO COMPETED AT THE MAD DANCE NATION COMPETITION AND RECEIVED FIRST AND FIRST IN POM POM AND CONTEMPORARY AND SECOND IN HIP HOP AS A WAY TO GO TO THE DANCERS.

WHEN I CONGRATULATE THE WOODROW BOYS GOLF TEAM THAT PLAYED AT TENNIS AND GLEN AND WON FIRST PLACE AND THE GIRLS THAT WON THIRD PLACE, ALSO I WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL THE STUDENT ATHLETES WHO SIGNED UP TO JOIN COLLEGE TEAMS NEXT YEAR.

I ESPECIALLY WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE 18 STUDENTS FROM DISTRICT TWO NINE, EACH FROM HILLCREST AND WOODROW.

AND I WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO SUZY WILLIAMS, TALENTED AND GIFTED ACADEMY, FOR BEING RANKED ONE OF THE TOP FIVE MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN TEXAS BY THE RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY NONPROFIT GROUP CHILDREN AT RISK.

AND LASTLY, I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE ALL THE COUNSELORS IN THE DISTRICT WHOSE SKILL AND COMPASSION OFTEN GO UNSUNG.

THIS MONTH WE CELEBRATED YOU, AND I'D LIKE TO ADD MY APPRECIATION.

FOR ALL YOU DO TO HELP OUR STUDENTS.

THAT CONCLUDES THE DISTRICT TO REPORT.

I'LL GIVE THE DISTRICT THREE REPORT.

KUDOS TO BRYAN ADAMS HIGH SCHOOL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY'S NEW HEAD FOOTBALL COACH.

COACH ROB.

EXCITING THINGS ARE COMING TO DISTRICT THREE.

CONGRATULATIONS ALSO TO THE ALEX SANGER PREPARATORY STUDENTS WHO RECENTLY BROUGHT HOME THE GOLD AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DEBATE AT BARACK OBAMA MALE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT A MACEO SMITH.

THANK YOU TO TEACHER JESSE CORFIELD FOR SPONSORING ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL DEBATE STUDENTS.

AND A BIG SHOUT OUT TO ALL HOTCHKISS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, NEW PRINCIPAL MARIA POINT MEJIA.

WE'LL BE HEARING WE'LL BE CHEERING HER ON AS SHE WORKS ALONGSIDE THE COMMUNITY, TEACHERS AND STUDENTS AT EL HOTCHKISS TO CREATE A CAMPUS THAT WILL EXCEL.

THAT CONCLUDES THE DISTRICT THREE REPORT.

I WILL BE GIVING THE DISTRICT FOUR TRUSTEE REPORT.

I LIKE TO SHOUT OUT ANYWHERE BLENDING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR REACHING OUT TO THEIR COMMUNITIES, HELP MINISTRIES BY ADVERTISING THEIR FREE FOOD AND CLOTHING PANTRY. THIS EVENT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS.

CONGRATULATIONS TO SCOVILLE HIGH SCHOOL DRAGONS SOCCER TEAM FOR GETTING SECOND PLACE IN DISTRICT PLAY.

THANK YOU SYLVIA LYONS, FOR DONATING $5,000 TO THE SENIOR CLASS OF 2023.

GRADY H.

SPRUCE HIGH SCHOOL CONTINUES TO SET STUDENTS UP FOR SUCCESS IN THE BEST WAYS BY HAVING GUEST SPEAKERS ADDRESS THEIR STUDENTS.

A PANEL OF EXPERTS RECENTLY SHARED THEIR CAREER JOURNEYS AND INSPIRATION FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS TO EXPLORE EA SPORTS AS A CAREER, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK PRINCIPAL AMANDA SMITH FOR HER YEARS OF SERVICE AS PRINCIPAL OF SCOVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

AS WE WISH HER WELL IN HER NEW ENDEAVORS, AND I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME ANTHONY GUERRERO, THE NEW PRINCIPAL AT SCOVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE PARENTS OF FLORENCE YOUNG MEN'S MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR THEIR SUPPORT IN THE SCHOOL AS WE VENTURE DOWN THE ROAD OF NEW AVENUES. THIS CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

THANK YOU. IS THIS IF I TRUST THE ACCOLADES FOR FEBRUARY 2023.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 26 HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES FROM DISTRICT FIVE WHO SIGNED UP TO CONTINUE PLAYING SPORTS AS THEY MOVE ON TO COLLEGE.

ONE OF THESE STUDENT ATHLETES IS FROM WILMER HUTCHINS HIGH SCHOOL.

TWO FROM LG PINKSTON, DR.

LG PINKSTON HIGH SCHOOL AND 23 FROM SOUTH OAKLEAF HIGH SCHOOL.

YOU ALL MAKE US PROUD.

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THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MAGNET AND THEME BASED SCHOOLS, BOTH THE SCHOOL FOR THE TALENTED AND GIFTED AT TAMU AND TRINITY HEIGHTS.

TALENTED THE GIFTED WERE RECOGNIZED AS NATIONAL MAGNET SCHOOLS OF DISTINCTION AND JUDGE RICK SANDERS LAW MAGNET WAS RECOGNIZED AS A NATIONAL MERIT SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL.

KUDOS TO THE JOHN LEWIS SOCIAL JUSTICE ACADEMY AT HOLMES BASKETBALL TEAM FOR WINNING THE CITY CHAMPIONSHIP LAST THURSDAY.

WAY TO GO. LASTLY, CONGRATULATIONS TO MARQUESE AT SOUTH CLIFF HIGH SCHOOL AND REMEDY HILL AT PINKSTON HIGH SCHOOL FOR THEIR SUCCESS DURING THEIR WRESTLING MATCH IN CYPRESS, TEXAS.

I WANT TO CONTINUE TO CONGRATULATE OUR KIDS AS WE CONTINUE TO DO GREAT THINGS IN DISTRICT FIVE.

THANK YOU. I WILL BE READING TRUSTEE FOREMAN DISTRICT SIX REPORT.

CONGRATULATIONS TO GRADUATING SENIORS AT GILLIAM COLLEGIATE ACADEMY, CARTER HIGH SCHOOL AND KIMBALL HIGH SCHOOL.

WE WILL RECEIVE AN AUTOMATIC ADMISSION TO THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS AT DALLAS, THANKS TO A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE UNIVERSITY AND DALLAS ISD.

THIS IS A BIG DEAL.

I AM SO GRATEFUL TO THIS PARTNERSHIP FOR MAKING THIS POSSIBLE FOR OUR STUDENTS.

SHOUT OUT TO ALL MY DISTRICT SIX STUDENT ATHLETES WHO SIGNED TO MOVE ON TO COLLEGE ROSTERS UPON GRADUATION FROM CARTER HIGH SCHOOL.

NICO JOHNSON, COURTNEY ELLIS.

TAIJUAN LEDBETTER.

DANTE WEBER.

JEROME MAT CHRISTIAN.

JULIAN GATES.

JEREMIAH CHAMBERS.

JAKAYA SORRY.

EXCUSE ME. ZACHARY BROWN AND ANTONIO HENDERSON.

AND FROM KIMBALL HIGH SCHOOL.

THE CANNON WEEK, WHERE CONGRATULATIONS.

AND THIS IS THE PART WHERE TRUSTEE FOREMAN WILL GO OVERBOARD.

SO I JUST WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW AHEAD OF TIME.

CONGRATULATIONS TO CROWDER.

COWBOYS WHO TRAMPLED THE COMMUNITY.

JACKRABBITS OF NEVADA, TEXAS, 100 TO 39.

WE KILLED THEM IN THEIR BASKETBALL GAME THIS WEEK.

WE'RE THE BEST.

THANK YOU. THIS CONCLUDES TRUSTEE FOREMAN REPORT.

I DON'T KNOW HOW I CAN DO THAT.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE JAMES HOGG NEW TECH CENTER FOR BEING FEATURED ON WNBC FIVE AND THEIR TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES, WHICH ARE BOOSTING STUDENT CONFIDENCE AND EQUIPPING STUDENTS WITH 21ST CENTURY SKILLS.

WAY TO GO. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE DR.

WRIGHT LASSITER JUNIOR EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL FOR PLACING FOURTH AND ADVANCING THE STATE ACT COMPETITION.

KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK AND SHOUT OUT TO W.E.

GREINER, EXPLORATORY ARTS ACADEMY ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL DAVE FIFIELD, WHO IS FEATURED IN THE BEAT AND THE HUB FOR BUILDING STRONG STUDENT RELATIONS THROUGH THE DISTRICT'S CORE FOR TENANTS OF BEING FAST, FLEXIBLE, FRIENDLY AND FOCUSED.

THANK YOU FOR HELPING STUDENTS RECOGNIZE THEIR POTENTIAL AND CONTINUING TO CHANGE THEIR LIVES EVERY DAY.

A BIG SHOUT OUT TO THE MOLINA HIGH SCHOOL TEAM THAT WON THE HIGH SCHOOL CATEGORY OF THE BIG IDEAS CONTEST.

WITH THIS ACHIEVEMENT, THEIR PROJECT IS TO BRING FRESH FOOD TO THE COMMUNITY AS ONE STEP CLOSER TO BECOMING A REALITY.

AND FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO GIVE A CONGRATULATIONS TO MISS WATSON AND HER STUDENTS AT ADAMSON HIGH SCHOOL, WHO ORGANIZED THE CONCERT WITH THREE LIFE ENTERTAINMENT TO CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH THROUGH SOME ICONIC SONGS FROM AFRICAN AMERICAN ARTIST WHO CHANGED MUSIC FROM THE 1960S UNTIL THE PRESENT DAY.

CONGRATULATIONS. THAT INCLUDES MY REPORT.

PRESIDENT HENRY, I WILL GIVE THE DISTRICT EIGHT ACCOLADES.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE MT.

AUBURN SCHOOL CAFE TEAM FOR EARNING A PERFECT SCORE ON ITS 2022.

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW.

SHOUT OUT TO MS.. COBB AND HER TEAM FOR THIS ACCOMPLISHMENT AND THEIR CONSISTENT DEDICATION TO PROVIDING HEALTHY MEALS TO OUR CHILDREN.

SHOUT OUT TO THE ROBOTICS TEAM AT BIOMEDICAL PREPARATORY AT UT SOUTHWESTERN.

THE BIO PREP TEAM RECENTLY PARTICIPATED IN ITS FIRST ROBOTICS COMPETITION AND WON THE RISING STARS AWARD.

THE SCHOOL IS PROUD OF THE WORK THAT THE KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE STUDENTS HAVE BEEN ACCOMPLISHING.

KUDOS TO THE SOLAR PREPARATORY SCHOOL FOR BOYS FOR WINNING FIRST PLACE IN THEIR THIRD THROUGH FIFTH GRADE CATEGORY AND THE DALLAS ISD BIG IDEAS FESTIVAL. ALSO, CONGRATULATIONS TO MEMBERS OF THE OF THE NIGHT CHESS TEAM FROM OBADIAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

THE TEAM, WHICH RANKED THE TOP TEN IN THE DISTRICT, RECENTLY RECEIVED A MEDALS FOR THEIR EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE IN THE SPRING 2022 DALLAS ISD CHESS TOURNAMENT.

THANK YOU TO MR. CHASIN AND MR. LINEAGE FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO THE CHESS TEAM.

KUDOS TO THE JESUS MURALS EXPRESSIVE ARTS VANGUARD STUDENT WRITERS WHO RECENTLY PUBLISHED A BOOK THROUGH THE 8 TO 6 DALLAS PROJECT. A VIDEO DOCUMENTING THEIR WORK CAN BE FOUND ON YOUTUBE, AND ON MARCH 25TH, THE CHURCH OF INCARNATION AND FIVE OTHER AREA

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THIS BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT INCLUDES OVER 300 VOLUNTEERS, TRANSFORMING AREAS INSIDE A MURAL, A TEACHER'S WORKROOM, A TEACHER'S LOUNGE WILL BE COMPLETED AND OUTSIDE BENCHES, PICNIC TABLES AND A PLAY AREA WILL BE COMPLETED FOR CHAVEZ LEARNING CENTER.

WE ARE EXTREMELY APPRECIATIVE OF THIS AMAZING GIFT FROM THESE COMMUNITY PARTNERS.

AND ALSO CONGRATULATIONS TO SOLA PREPARATORY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS.

WE RECENTLY LAUNCHED ITS FIRST CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL JUNIOR HONOR SOCIETY.

THESE YOUNG TRAILBLAZERS ARE READY TO LEAD WITH CONFIDENCE AND PURPOSE.

ALSO, SOLAR PREP FOR GIRLS.

OLIVE KENNEDY, WHO WON SECOND PLACE IN THE DALLAS ISD SPELLING BEE, WILL BE REPRESENTING OUR DISTRICT AND THE COUNTY SPELLING BEE TOMORROW AND AT THE BIG IDEAS FESTIVAL.

THE MIDDLE SCHOOL TEAM WON 20,000 FOR THE SCHOOL'S MAKERSPACE AND SEED MONEY TO BRING THEIR PITCH PROPOSAL TO LIFE.

MR. PRESIDENT, THAT CONCLUDES THE DISTRICT EIGHT ACCOLADES.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEE CARREÓN.

I WILL DO THE LAST ONE.

THE DISTRICT NINE REPORT.

I'M ONE OF THE FIRST SAY CONGRATULATIONS ARE DUE TO THE EDEN-MONARO COMMUNITY.

I'M PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT EDNA ROW ELEMENTARY HAS OFFICIALLY STARTED THE 2023 2024 YEAR AS THE EIGHTH MONTESSORI CAMPUS IN DALLAS ISD.

A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY FOR LEADING THIS POSITIVE CHANGE FROM THE PTA TO THE SPVM TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD SURROUNDING NEARBY TO AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

I WANT TO ALSO SAY THANK YOU TO UNITED LEARNING ORGANIZATION FOR ENSURING THAT THE STAFF OF CHARLES RICE LEARNING CENTER RECEIVED A DAY OF LOVE AND APPRECIATION FOLLOWING VALENTINE'S DAY.

UNITED TO LEARN PROVIDED TREATS, MASSAGES, WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT TO THE STAFF, AND THEY REMINDED HOW MUCH THE COMMUNITY IS GRATEFUL FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK.

THE STUDENTS OF CITYLAB HIGH SCHOOL ARE THRIVING THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

TEACHER RACHEL HADAWAY LED HER STUDENTS TO VICTORY AS THEY PARTICIPATED IN AND COMPLETED.

THE FORM FOLLOWS FITNESS FIVE K MILE RUN.

WE ARE PROUD OF THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND THEIR HEALTHY APPROACH TO FITNESS AND TEAMWORK.

I WANT TO REAFFIRM, I THINK, WHAT TRUSTEE MARSHALL SAID EARLIER.

THIS HAS BEEN COUNSELOR APPRECIATION WEEK AND IT WAS CELEBRATED THROUGHOUT DALLAS ISD.

AND I WANT TO SEND A PERSONAL THANK YOU TO OUR DEDICATED COUNSELORS.

AS A RESULT OF YOUR STUDENT CENTERED APPROACH, OUR CHILDREN ARE FEELING MORE CARED FOR, CONFIDENT AND PATHETIC AND RECOGNIZE.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO MISS JASMINE REESE AND MISS JUANA STEPHENS FROM EB COMSTOCK MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR REPRESENTING COMSTOCK AS THEIR TEACHER OF THE YEAR AND TEACHER OF PROMISE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE.

THE STUDENTS OF SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL WERE IN FOR A TREAT ON FEBRUARY 20TH AS AUTHOR DERRICK BARNES CAME TO THEIR CAMPUS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TEXAS BOOK OF FESTIVAL REAL READS. THE STUDENTS WERE EXCITED TO SHARE THIS EVENT WITH A PROMINENT WRITER AND GRATEFUL TO HEAR HIS INSIGHT ON LITERATURE AND AFRICAN AMERICAN STORYTELLING AND ON THE SPORTS FRONT. I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO LINCOLN'S GIRLS.

THEY HAD A GREAT SEASON. THEY HAD A TOUGH LOSS EARLIER THIS WEEK, BUT THEY HAD A PHENOMENAL SEASON.

LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL. THE BOYS WON THIS WEEK AND WILL HAVE ANOTHER GAME THIS WEEK, SO LOOKING FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THEM AS THEY CONTINUE THEIR PLAY FOR ON THE SAME FOR THE CAPE. JAMES MADISON HIGH SCHOOL HAD A VICTORY NOT AS BIG AS THE ONE TRUSTEE WHITE DESCRIBE, BUT IT WAS A 30 POINT VICTORY OVER PILOT POINT.

SO CONGRATS TO COACH MOBLEY AND HIS BOYS AS THEY CONTINUE THEIR RUN TO WIN YET ANOTHER STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

SO THAT CONCLUDES THE DISTRICT NINE ACCOLADES.

WE WILL MOVE ON.

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PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.

PLEASE LISTEN CAREFULLY TO YOUR NAME.

I WILL CALL FOR SPEAKERS AT A TIME.

A FIRST SPEAKER IS ELIZABETH FERRIS, FOLLOWED BY STUART BECKER WITH TANYA HERNANDEZ AND ROBERT CICCARELLI ON DECK.

ELIZABETH FERRIS.

ELIZABETH FERRIS, THE SPED TEACHER AND A [INAUDIBLE] MEMBER.

AS STEPHEN COVEY STATED AT THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION, LEADERS SHOULD BE EFFICIENT WITH THINGS AND EFFECTIVE WITH PEOPLE TREATING THE FLOURISHING OF EDUCATORS AS AN END GOAL IN ITSELF.

THE MOMENT WE START TO MANAGE PEOPLE AS IF THEY ARE THINGS WE ARE GOING TO END UP WITH, NO PEOPLE IN A LOT OF THINGS.

I WOULD POSE THAT THIS IS THE CONDITION WE ARE NOW IN IN THE DALLAS ISD SPECIFICALLY IF THE SPENT DEPT PEOPLE TREATED WITHOUT VALUE JUST THINGS AND AS SUCH WE ARE EXPERIENCING CRITICAL SHORTAGES OF TEACHERS AS REPORTED FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES FOR OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.

THERE ARE TWO SPECIFIC FACTORS THAT ARE CRITICAL FOR TEACHER RETENTION.

COMPENSATION THAT IS EQUITABLE AND THE RESPECT OF A VOICE IN THE POLICIES, PROGRAMS AND PROCESSES IN DISTRICTS.

WE ARE FAILING IN BOTH OF THESE AREAS IN DISD AND ESPECIALLY WITHIN OUR SPED DEPARTMENT.

FOR COMPENSATION, WE HAVE AN UNETHICAL, INEQUITABLE SYSTEM THAT MAGNIFIES THE DENIGRATION OF OUR TEACHERS IN THE DISTRICT.

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THE CULTURE OF CONTEMPT FOR TEACHERS AND DISREGARD FOR STUDENTS IN OUR DISTRICT, AS EVIDENCED IN THE FAILED SYSTEMS AND PRACTICES WITHIN OUR SPED PROGRAMS. I DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT WE HAVE SOME VERY GOOD PEOPLE IN OUR CENTRAL OFFICE, HARDWORKING AND WHO CARE.

THEY ARE ECLIPSED, THOUGH, BY THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO ONLY CONCERN IS TO MAINTAIN THE STATUS QUO AND I QUOTE, PROTECT THEIR CHECK AND WHATEVER COST TO THE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS ON THE CAMPUSES IN THE DALLAS ISD, IT HAS BECOME THE STANDARD TO MANAGE PROGRAMS AT THE MINIMAL LEVEL, ENGAGING IN UNETHICAL PRACTICES WHICH ARE ACCEPTED AS LONG AS WE ARE NOT BEING SUED AND THEN SCRAMBLE FOR THE COVER UP ENSUES WHEN WE ARE CAUGHT, NO MORE DRAMATICALLY EVIDENCED AND BY THE KILLING OF CHARLOTTE SIMS, WE HAVE TEACHERS WHO CONTINUE TO ABANDON OUR DISTRICT DUE TO THE DYSFUNCTION OF SPED PROGRAMS, TEACHERS CONTINUING TO BE CRITICALLY INJURED, STUDENTS IN HARM'S WAY, THE DEMORALIZING LACK OF RESPECT FROM ADMINISTRATION AT ALL LEVELS AND AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL, DISRESPECT FROM ADMINISTRATORS WHO ARE IGNORANT OF WHAT WE DO.

WE ARE CURRENTLY IN A WORST STATE OF AFFAIRS WITHIN SPED THAN BEFORE THE COLLIER AUDIT, AND UNLESS WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT RADICAL INTERVENTIONS, WE WILL INDEED DETERIORATE MORE AND PERHAPS TO THE POINT OF THE EARLY 2000S WHEN THE STATE WAS PREPARED TO TAKE OVER OUR SPED PROGRAMS. MAHATMA GANDHI SAID THE TRUE MEASURE OF ANY SOCIETY CAN BE FOUND IN HOW IT TREATS ITS MOST VULNERABLE MEMBERS.

I WOULD POSE THAT THE MEASURE OF A DISTRICT IS IN HOW THEY MANAGE THE MOST VULNERABLE OF THEIR MEMBERS, THEIR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, AND THE TEACHERS WHO SERVE THEM.

DR. ELIZALDE, YOU EXPRESSED YOU WANT DALLAS TO BECOME A PREMIER SCHOOL DISTRICT.

YOU HAVE EXEMPLIFIED IN THE PAST THAT YOU PUT CHILDREN AND TEACHERS FIRST.

WE NEED THAT LEADERSHIP IN DALLAS EFFECTIVE AND ETHICAL LEADERSHIP, ESPECIALLY IN SPED.

I CHALLENGE A DISTRICT TO SIT DOWN WITH THOSE OF US WHO HAVE FOUGHT FOR REFORM AND EXCELLENCE FOR A DECADE AND LEAD IN THE SPIRIT CONVEYED BY COVEY.

IF WE WORK TOGETHER IMPLEMENTING WORKABLE SOLUTIONS, THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO OVERCOME THIS MISMANAGEMENT AND UNETHICAL PRACTICES OF MORE THAN A DECADE AND TURN OUR PROGRAMS INTO THE LEADING MODEL FOR THE STATE, PERHAPS THE COUNTRY THUS CONTRIBUTING TO DALLAS BECOMING A PREMIER DISTRICT FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL MEMBERS.

WE BEG THAT FROM YOU.

THANK YOU. STEWART BECKER, FOLLOWED BY TANYA HERNANDEZ WITH ROBERT CECCARELLI AND ROSE CURTIS KURTZ ON DECK.

HI, MY NAME IS STUART BECKER AND I HAVE BEEN A TEACHER IN DALLAS ISD FOR SIX YEARS AND I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF ALLIANCE ART EDUCATORS UNION AND DALLAS ISD.

AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT MARTIN LUTHER KING WAS PRO LABOR AND PRO UNIONS, AND HE WAS ASSASSINATED WHILE ON THE SANITATION WORKERS STRIKE.

SO IF YOU DON'T LIKE LABOR UNIONS, THEN YOU DON'T LIKE MARTIN LUTHER KING.

SO I WANT TO POINT THAT OUT.

BUT I AM SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF ALLIANCE, RESPECT, EQUITY AND DIGNITY CAMPAIGN AND SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE TI TEACHER EXCELLENCE INITIATIVE.

T, I MUST GO.

IT MUST BE REPLACED WITH A PEER TO PEER EVALUATION SYSTEM.

IF YOU TALK TO MOST TEACHERS IN DALLAS ISD, THEY DON'T SUPPORT T.I.

THEY DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO BE PAID BASED ON STANDARDIZED TEST SCORES AND EVALUATIONS THAT COULD BE BIASED.

T IS ALL PART OF THE CONSTANT STANDARDIZED TESTING SYSTEM.

SO MANY PEOPLE, TEACHERS, STUDENTS, PARENTS HATE TEACHING TO STANDARDIZED TESTS.

THE MERIT PAY SYSTEM IS UNFAIR IN SO MANY WAYS, AND MOST DISTRICTS DON'T HAVE IT.

TI IS A PART OF A WHOLE APPARATUS THAT PUNISHES TEACHERS AND BLAMES TEACHERS FOR A SOCIETY THAT CREATES POVERTY AND INEQUALITY AND NEGLECTS LOW INCOME CHILDREN DISPROPORTIONATELY BLACK AND BROWN CHILDREN.

TEACHERS ARE CONSTANTLY BELITTLED AND DISRESPECTED DESPITE THEIR LOW WAGES AND POOR WORKING CONDITIONS.

THE MERIT PAY SYSTEM, OR THIS MERIT PAY SYSTEM IS EQUIVALENT TO TOUGH ON CRIME POLICIES AND LOW INCOME AND BLACK AND BROWN OPPRESSED COMMUNITIES.

YOU AREN'T GETTING TO THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM.

THE REAL SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM, WHICH IS AN ECONOMY THAT PUTS PROFITS BEFORE PEOPLE, AN ECONOMY THAT ENRICHES CORPORATIONS AND EXPLOITS AND IMPOVERISHES PEOPLE.

INSTEAD, YOU ARE FURTHER PUNISHING THE VICTIMS OF THIS EXPLOITATIVE AND OPPRESSIVE SYSTEM.

TI IS A SCAM, AND THAT'S WHY ALL OF THE BUSINESS ELITES, THE OLIGARCHS OF DALLAS, SUPPORT IT.

THERE'S A REASON WHY SO MANY CALL IT THE TEACHER EXIT INITIATIVE.

SO DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING SAID, WHO, LIKE I WOULD LIKE TO ADD AGAIN, HE WAS KILLED ON THE SANITATION WORKERS LABOR STRIKE, HE SAID, AND ONE DAY WE MUST ASK THE QUESTION, WHY ARE THERE 40 MILLION POOR PEOPLE IN AMERICA? AND WHEN YOU BEGIN TO ASK THAT QUESTION, YOU ARE RAISING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ECONOMIC SYSTEM, ABOUT A BROADER DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH.

WHEN YOU ASK THAT QUESTION, YOU BEGIN TO QUESTION THE CAPITALISTIC ECONOMY.

SO WE MUST QUESTION WHY ARE THERE WHY ARE THERE SO MANY WEALTHY BUSINESS EXECUTIVES FUNDING THE SCHOOL BOARD CAMPAIGNS OF DALLAS SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEES? AND WHY DO THESE SAME TRUSTEES SUPPORT TI? SO LET'S VOTE OUT ANYBODY WHO SUPPORTS T THIS COMING ELECTION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

TANIA HERNANDEZ, FOLLOWED BY ROBERT CECCARELLI WITH ROSEMARY KURTZ AND STEPHANIE SCHLOSSER ON DECK.

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I'M A KINDERGARTEN BILINGUAL TEACHER AND A LION SAFETY EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER.

THIS WILL BE A TWO PART SPEECH WITH A SECOND ONE COMING IN MARCH AND MAYBE EVEN A THIRD ONE IN APRIL.

THIS IS ABOUT RETAINING TEACHERS AND OTHER EDUCATION WORKERS TO WORK FOR THE DISTRICT, ESPECIALLY WITH A PUSH FOR A STATEWIDE TEACHER PAY INCREASE THAT WOULD UNDERCUT THE ENTICEMENT OF AN UNATTAINABLE, UNATTAINABLE T PAY RAISE FOR TEACHING EFFECTIVENESS AND INCREASING COMPETITION WITH DISTRICTS AROUND DALLAS THAT HAVE MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND ARE OFFERING FOUR DAY WORKWEEKS.

AND PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE NOT HERE TO ANTAGONIZE YOU.

THESE ARE VERY REAL ISSUES THAT PUSH TEACHERS TO LEAVE DISD, AND ALL OF THESE ARE HUGE FACTORS THAT IMPACT QUALITY OF TEACHING.

BUT I WORRY WHEN I SEE THE RECRUITING DEPARTMENT GOING HARD AT IT JUST TO LOSE A BUNCH OF TEACHERS AT THE OTHER END.

IT'S LIKE TRYING TO FILL UP A POOL WITH A GARDEN HOSE WHILE HAVING A HUGE HOLE AT THE OTHER SIDE.

YOU NEED TO CLOSE THE HOLE IN THE OTHER SIDE FIRST.

OTHERWISE, YOU'RE JUST WASTING TIME AND TAXPAYERS MONEY.

I HOPE YOU PUT YOUR EARS ON THE GROUND AND OPEN YOUR HEARTS AND MINDS TO WHAT THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND ARE TELLING YOU THAT THE PROBLEMS ARE FROM LISTENING TO OUR UNION MEMBERS.

WE KNOW THAT CONVERSATION IS A VERY IMPORTANT IN RETAINING TEACHERS AND STAFF.

BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT WORKING CONDITIONS MATTER AS MUCH OR EVEN MORE.

BUT TO GET THE COMPENSATION THING OUT OF THE WAY, LET'S GO RIGHT TO THE POINT.

TI DOESN'T WORK.

ITS THAT SIMPLE? THE GOAL OF T IS TO RETAIN TALENTED TEACHERS.

BUT AFTER ALMOST A DECADE OF T, THIS DISTRICT ONLY HAS A COUPLE OF DOZEN MASTER MASTER TEACHERS TO SHOW FOR MOST OF THEM IN MAGNET SCHOOLS OR AFFLUENT SCHOOLS.

TALK ABOUT EQUITY, AM I RIGHT? BUT WE ARE NOT CERTAIN ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THERE IS NO TRANSPARENCY AND REAL TIME INFORMATION FROM DISD.

IT ALWAYS FEELS LIKE TI IS A CARROT PUT IN FRONT OF THE HORSE, SO THE HORSE KEEPS WORKING HARD TO GET IT.

AND EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE A FEW HORSES GET A CARROT.

SO YOU CAN SAY, SEE, ANYONE THAT WORKS HARD ENOUGH CAN GET THE CARROT.

BUT SOON ENOUGH, DOZEN OF DOZENS OF TEACHERS REALIZE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN DUPED AND LEAPED OUT OF FRUSTRATION.

TODAY, MY SUGGESTION TO THIS BOARD IS TO ASK THE SUPERINTENDENT TO MAKE TI INFORMATION AVAILABLE IN REAL TIME SO TAXPAYERS, PARENTS AND TEACHERS CAN HAVE THE DATA AND EVALUATE IT THEMSELVES.

WE NEED TO KNOW THE PERCENTAGE OF TEACHERS STAYING WITHIN THE DISTRICT, AS WELL AS THE PERCENTAGE OF TEACHERS IN EACH EFFECTIVENESS LEVEL, AND A MAP THAT SHOWS THE DISTRICT DISTRIBUTION OF THESE TEACHERS BY EFFECTIVENESS LEVEL AS WELL.

SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THE TEACHERS THAT TI PROVIDES ARE GOING TO SCHOOLS THAT IN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT NEED IT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND AS YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED.

ROBERT CECCARELLI FOLLOWED BY ROSEMARY KURTZ WITH STEPHANIE SCHLOSSER AND ANDREW KIRK ON DECK.

ROBERT CECCARELLI NOT PRESENT, ROSEMARY KURTZ.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ROSIE KURTZ, AND I'M A HIGH SCHOOL MATH TEACHER IN DALLAS ISD AND A MEMBER OF ALLIANCE SAFETY.

I'M ALSO A PRODUCT OF DISD GRADES ONE THROUGH 12.

I GRADUATED FROM THE TUMBY SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING MAGNET.

NOW, IN MY SEVENTH YEAR OF TEACHING.

I'M CONFIDENT THAT I AM A PRETTY DECENT TEACHER, BUT NOT YET THE BEST TEACHER THAT I COULD POSSIBLY BE.

I HAVE, HOWEVER, WITNESSED INCREDIBLE TEACHING.

ONE OF THE BEST TEACHERS I'VE EVER HAD WAS MY CHEMISTRY TEACHER AT ICM, DR.

CHARLES TUTTLE. I WAS PRIVILEGED TO LEARN FROM HIM FOR TWO YEARS AND I WENT FROM KNOWING NOTHING ABOUT CHEMISTRY TO FALLING IN LOVE WITH IT.

DR. TUTTLE WAS NOT A TEACHER YOU COULD BE BUDDIES WITH.

HE WAS INTIMIDATING CLASS WITH.

DR. TUTTLE GENERALLY CONSISTED OF HIM LECTURING WHILE WE TOOK NOTES IN OCCASIONAL LABS.

DR. TUTTLE DIDN'T ACT INTERESTED IN OUR PERSONAL LIVES, BUT HE DIDN'T NEED TO.

HE SHOWED THAT HE CARED ABOUT US IN OTHER UNIQUE WAYS.

ONE EXAMPLE THAT STICKS IS WHEN WE LEARNED ABOUT MOLES THE UNIVERSAL UNIT OF MEASUREMENT AND CHEMISTRY.

DR. TUTTLE'S LESSON CAME WITH A PROJECT.

HE HAD A SEWING PATTERN FOR CREATING A STUFFED DOLL OF A MOLE, THE ACTUAL ANIMAL.

HE ASSIGNED US A THEME.

IT CHANGED EACH YEAR WAS DISNEY, AND WE HAD TO HAND SO THIS MOLD DOLL AND DRESS IT UP AS A DISNEY CHARACTER AND GIVE IT A DISNEY NAME THAT INCLUDED A MOLE PUN.

DR. TUTTLE'S RATIONALE WITH THIS STRANGE ASSIGNMENT WAS THAT IT WAS ESSENTIAL FOR EVERY HUMAN BEING TO HAVE SOME BASIC SEWING SKILLS SO THAT JUST IN CASE WE COULD ALL PATCH A RIP OR REATTACH A BUTTON.

ANOTHER TIME, DR. TUTTLE INTERRUPTED HIS LESSON TO GIVE US A SIDE LESSON ON HOW TO JUMPSTART A CAR BATTERY.

YET ANOTHER TIME, I REMEMBER HIM PAUSING DURING A LESSON TO GIVE US AN ANTI SMOKING LECTURE.

DR. TUTTLE SHOWED THAT HE CARED ABOUT US BY SEIZING HIS CHANCES TO GIVE US IMPORTANT LIFE LESSONS.

HE SHOWED US THAT HE WANTED US.

TO DO WELL IN LIFE AND BE FUNCTIONAL ADULTS.

HERE'S MY POINT.

IF DR. TUTTLE HAD GOTTEN AN OBSERVATION UNDER THE RUBRIC THE DAY THAT WE WERE PRESENTING OUR MODELS TO THE CLASS, HE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN TERRIBLE SCORES.

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IF HE HAD BEEN OBSERVED WHILE TELLING US NOT TO SMOKE, HE WOULD HAVE BEEN MARKED DOWN FOR NOT TEACHING BELL TO BELL.

ON A TYPICAL DAY IN CLASS, I RARELY SAW DR.

TUTTLE LEAVE HIS CHAIR.

HE DIDN'T WALK AMONG US DOING ACTIVE MONITORING LABS.

YET. BY THE TIME I FINISHED MY SECOND YEAR WITH DR.

TUTTLE, I WAS CONSIDERING A CAREER IN CHEMISTRY BECAUSE HE MADE HIS SUBJECT SO INTERESTING AND SIMPLE.

HE WAS JUST THAT GOOD AT TEACHING.

HE HAD HIS OWN GIFT FOR KEEPING HIS CLASS ON TASK AND HIS OWN STRATEGIES FOR EVALUATING OUR LEARNING.

BUT I'M NOT TRYING TO SAY THAT I WANT TO TEACH EXACTLY LIKE DR.

TUTTLE. I'M NOT INTIMIDATING ENOUGH TO GET AWAY WITH TEACHING LIKE HIM.

I LIKE HELPING MY KIDS AT THEIR DESKS AND I WANT THEM TO GIVE ME CHOOSE ME ABOUT WHO'S DATING WHO.

THE THING THAT THE RUBRIC AND ITS PROPONENTS REFUSE TO RECOGNIZE IS THAT THERE ARE AS MANY DIFFERENT WAYS OF BEING A GREAT TEACHER AS THERE ARE TEACHERS WHO WANT TO BE GREAT.

THIS IS WHAT IS HURTING MY MOTIVATION AND MY ENTHUSIASM.

IT MAKES ME FEEL LIKE IT'S ALMOST NOT WORTH THE EFFORT TO TRY TO BE A GREAT TEACHER BECAUSE I COULD BE GREAT.

BUT IF I'M NOT GREAT IN THE EXACT RIGID WAY THAT DEFINES IT, THEN I'LL FOREVER BE BUTTING HEADS WITH MY ADMINISTRATORS AND FEELING UNAPPRECIATED.

AND IT'S EXHAUSTING AS I STRUGGLE TO FIGURE OUT MY WAY TO BE A GREAT TEACHER, I FIND IT HARD TO SEEK ADVICE FROM ADMINS BECAUSE SUGGESTIONS ARE PUT IN TERMS OF RUBRICS, SECTIONS AND DISTRICT MANDATES THAT BEGIN TO SOUND LIKE STATIC BUZZING IN MY HEAD, NOT AUTHENTIC DIALOG ABOUT THE ART OF TEACHING.

I'M TRYING TO BE A GREAT TEACHER, BUT THE DISTRICT DOESN'T WANT TO HELP ME WITH THAT.

THEY WANT TO PUT ME IN A BOX AND GIVE ME A SCRIPT AND ALL THAT DOES IS DEMORALIZE.

THANK YOU, MISS KIRK. STEPHANIE PLOSSER, FOLLOWED BY ANDREW KIRK WITH NETTLE JACKSON AND BRUCE COPELAND ON DECK. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

I AM NOT ONLY A DISD PARENT, I HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS IN SECOND GRADE, BUT I'VE LIVED IN DALLAS FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND THE METROPLEX MY ENTIRE LIFE. MY STEPMOTHER WAS A TEACHER FOR MOST OF HER LIFE AND RETIRED A TEACHER.

I COME TO YOU WITH A CONCERN, NOT DISTRICT SPECIFIC, SPECIFIC, BUT THAT IMPACTS ALL DISTRICTS AND THAT CONCERNS THE 2023, 2024 AND THE 2024 2025 DISD STUDENT BASE AND TRADITIONAL CALENDAR.

IT WAS VOTED ON MID-DECEMBER AND APPROVED WITHOUT BEING PROVIDED PROPER DISD FAMILY AND EDUCATOR FEEDBACK TO ASSESS IMPACT CONSIDERATIONS ON DSD, FAMILIES, EDUCATORS AND A COMMUNITY THAT MAY HAVE BEEN INADVERTENTLY OVERLOOKED.

MY REQUEST IS THAT THE TWO REDISTRIBUTE THE BASE CALENDAR POLL REGARDING START DATE AND WINTER BREAK TO ALL DISD DISTRICTS THROUGH CHANNELS FOR MAXIMUM RESPONSE RATE AND AMEND THE CALENDAR ACCORDINGLY.

AND IF IT'S NOT AMENDED, AT LEAST PROVIDE RATIONALE OF WHAT'S THE BENEFIT OF STARTING THE CALENDAR EARLIER VERSUS.

MOVING IT AHEAD. ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES AND WHEN I FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS AND I FOUND OUT ABOUT IT BY WORD OF MOUTH THROUGH OTHER MOMS, I DID NOT FIND OUT ABOUT IT.

ON THE DISD WEBSITE, I FOUND A RANDOM ARTICLE ON COMMUNITY IMPACT DOT COM ABOUT THE CALENDAR BEING MOVED A WEEK EARLIER, AND IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE, THE MOVE WILL BE BEFORE TAXES, FREE TAXES, TAX FREE WEEKEND WHICH IS THE 11TH TO THE 13TH.

FROM FURTHER RESEARCH THAT I'VE DONE SINCE I'VE LEARNED IS THAT THIS IS GOING TO IMPACT LOWER INCOME FAMILIES AND EDUCATORS WILL TAKE THE LARGEST IMPACT CAUSE FOR EDUCATORS.

THERE WAS AN ONLINE SURVEY AND TEACHERS IN TEXAS SPEND ON AVERAGE $820 FOR THEIR CLASSROOMS. SO YOU CAN IMAGINE 8.25% SAVINGS ON THAT IS 67, ALMOST $68.

ON THE SECOND PAGE OF THE HANDOUT THAT I'VE GIVEN YOU, I'VE ALSO DONE SOME SAMPLE SHOPPING OF A SCHOOL SUPPLY LIST, AS WELL AS UNIFORMS OF WHAT THE REAL IMPACT WOULD BE FOR A DISD FAMILY PER CHILD OF SHOPPING FOR WHAT IS JUST MINIMALLY REQUIRED.

THAT WOULD BE A SAVINGS OF ALMOST $35 TAX FREE WEEKEND.

SO IF YOU IMAGINE IF YOU HAVE TWO CHILDREN IN DISD, THAT WOULD BE ALMOST $70 FOR CHILDREN IN DISD, THAT'S $140.

THOSE ARE REAL NUMBERS THAT BY STARTING SCHOOL BEFORE TAX FREE WEEKEND, THAT FAMILIES WILL TAKE THE HIT.

AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE MAYBE UNIFORMS FOR BY DONATION OR SUPPLIES BY DONATION.

BUT FOR THE FAMILIES THAT DON'T MEET THAT MINIMUM THRESHOLD BUT ARE STILL LIVING PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK, THIS IS A REAL COST TO THEM.

THERE'S ALSO BEEN INADEQUATE POLL FEEDBACK BASED ON WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM DISD.

THERE WAS LESS THAN 3% PARENT RESPONSE TO THAT POLL.

SO I REQUEST THAT YOU PLEASE SEND THAT AGAIN.

AND THERE'S MORE DETAIL IN HERE, IF YOU WOULD TAKE ANY MORE TIME.BUYER ANDREW KIRK, FOLLOWED BY NETTLE JACKSON WITH BRUCE COPELAND AND SHEILA WALKER ON DECK.

HELLO. GOOD EVENING.

TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT ANDREW KIRK.

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SO TODAY WE'RE HERE AS A UNION IN SUPPORT OF OUR LOCALS CAMPAIGN FOR RESPECT, EQUITY AND DIGNITY IN OUR SCHOOLS.

OUR SCHOOLS ARE IN THE MIDST OF A CRISIS OF MORALE, BUT ONE THAT WAS LARGELY AVOIDABLE.

I SAY THIS BECAUSE MANY OF THE ISSUES AFFECTING NOT JUST OUR DISTRICT, BUT THE PRACTICE OF EDUCATION AS A WHOLE ARE NOT NEW.

THEY'VE BEEN RAISED BY MEMBERS OF OUR UNION REPEATEDLY OVER AT LEAST THE LAST DECADE.

IN FACT, MOST OF THESE WELL PREDATE MY OWN CAREER IN EDUCATION.

TEACHERS ARE COLLAPSING UNDER AN UNTENABLE BURDEN OF MANDATES AND DUTIES, ASSESSMENTS THAT PRODUCE LITTLE DATA OF INSTRUCTIONAL VALUE AND REGIMENTATION THAT DEHUMANIZES STUDENT AND TEACHER ALIKE.

TEACHERS CONSISTENTLY ASSUME ROLES BEYOND THE LANGUAGE OF THEIR CONTRACTS.

SCHOOL NURSES AND COUNSELORS WHOSE REAL INCOMES DECLINED LAST YEAR AGAINST INFLATION ARE INCREASINGLY SEEKING BETTER OPTIONS ELSEWHERE, AND SCHOOL LIBRARIANS ARE SEEING THEIR POSITIONS ELIMINATED AND THE SPACES THEY TOOK SUCH CARE TO CURATE.

TRANSITION IN EFFECT, TO TESTING CENTERS.

THESE ISSUES CAN'T BE UNDERSTOOD IN ISOLATION.

THE LABOR OF EACH EDUCATION WORKER SUSTAINS EACH SCHOOL COMMUNITY IN PART, AND EDUCATION OCCURS AS A DIALOGICAL PROCESS BETWEEN THE PARTS OF THAT WHOLE.

RELATIONSHIPS MOTIVATE.

IT MAY COME AS A SURPRISE THAT STUDENTS DON'T ATTEND CLASSES SOLELY FOR OUR EXEMPLARS SUCCESS CRITERIA OR INSTRUCTIONAL LABS.

LAST SEMESTER, DURING THE WEEK OF EXAMS, A GROUP OF SUNSET GRADUATES VISITED OUR CAMPUS.

THESE WERE ALUMNI OF THE CLASS OF 2020.

OF ALL THE CORE TEACHERS WHO TAUGHT THEM, I WAS THE ONLY REMAINING.

I KNEW THEIR TEACHERS.

THEY WERE MY COWORKERS AND NEIGHBORS.

THEY WERE CARING, COMMITTED AND DEDICATED TO CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVING THEIR CRAFT.

AT VARIOUS POINTS, THEY WERE ASSURED, LIKE SO MANY EDUCATION WORKERS, THAT THEIR WORK WAS VALUED.

TO PARAPHRASE JAMES BALDWIN, THEY MADE OUT OF BELIEVE WHAT WAS SAID BECAUSE THEY SAW WHAT WAS DONE.

EDUCATION SHOULD NOT BECOME ANOTHER JOB CHARACTERIZED BY PRECARITY, CHURN AND BURNOUT.

THESE OUTCOMES, AGAIN, WERE NOT INEVITABLE.

HERE ARE SOME INTERIM STEPS OUR DISTRICT CAN TAKE TO ADDRESS THESE AND OTHER ISSUES.

ENSURE ALL PAY INCREASES.

KEEP PACE WITH RATES OF INFLATION.

TO ENSURE EVERY CAMPUS HAS A DEDICATED NURSE AND MEDIA SPECIALIST.

THREE. ELIMINATE PUNITIVE, UNNECESSARY EVALUATION COMPONENTS SUCH AS THE SCHOOL STAR COMPONENT OF THE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT DOMAIN AS A WHOLE, AND CREATE A STIPEND FOR BILINGUAL STAFF WHO OFFER TRANSLATION OR INTERPRETING SERVICES NOT EXPLICITLY SPECIFIED IN THEIR CONTRACTS OR JOB CLASSIFICATIONS.

SO MANY TEACHERS ARE TAKING THAT ON, AND THERE'S NO COMPENSATION FOR IT.

IT'S LABOR.

IT'S INTENSE.

I ENCOURAGE OUR DISTRICT TRUSTEES AND ADMINISTRATION TO PLEDGE THEIR SUPPORT FOR ALLIANCE'S CAMPAIGN FOR RESPECT, EQUITY AND DIGNITY, AND TO PROACTIVELY ENGAGE OUR MEMBERS AT THEIR CORE. THANK YOU, MR. KIRK. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

NETO JACKSON, FOLLOWED BY BRUCE COPELAND WITH SHEILA WALKER AND SANDRA CRENSHAW ON DECK TO THE STAKEHOLDERS BOARD MEMBERS.

SUPERINTEND OF SCHOOL.

NEVER BE JACKSON.

I LIVE AT 2851 TO TOLUCA.

DALLAS, TEXAS 75224.

BLACK HISTORY IS ABOUT THE CELEBRATION AND THE ACHIEVEMENT OF BLACK PIONEERS IN AMERICAN HISTORY.

WHAT A BLESSING.

FOR THE RECORD, IN 1967, THE TEMPTATIONS RECORDED A RECORD.

DON'T LOOK BACK.

MEMO THE BOARD.

I'M GUILTY.

I FIND MYSELF LOOKING BACK TO THE PAST.

BECAUSE WITHOUT THE PAST, THERE'S NO PRESENT.

WITHOUT THE PAST, THERE'S NO FUTURE.

WE MUST ALWAYS REMEMBER THOSE THAT GAVE THEIR LIFE FOR US.

BECAUSE OUR BLACK HISTORY, 365 DAYS WE STANDS ON THE SHOULDER NOT ONLY OF GIANTS, BUT OF COUNTLESS NAMELESS HEROES AND SHEROES.

LET ME PULL THESE WORDS FROM LEGACY AND PAGE.

IF GOD WOULD TAKE ME AWAY TODAY, I PRAY I DID EVERYTHING I COULD TO HONOR YOU.

I WISH THE WORLD COULD SEE ALL THE JOY THAT YOU BROUGHT ME.

I WISH THEY COULD ALSO SEE THE SACRIFICE THAT YOU MADE ON THE BEHALF OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN.

I'M GOING TO LOVE THAT PASS FOREVER.

IF I CAN RECALL HISTORY.

MY ANCESTOR DISCOVERED THIS COUNTRY.

THIS COUNTRY WAS BUILT ON SLAVERY AND RACISM.

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WE WERE. THEY WERE SO BUSY READING WILLETT LIST LETTER THE MAKING OF A SLAVE.

THEY FORGOT THE PROMISE TO THE AFRICAN AMERICAN.

I NEED YOU TO STAY AWAKE TO THE BELOVED AFRICAN AMERICAN.

LET ME TELL YOU THE 1964 CIVIL RIGHTS.

I WOULD BE GOING TO THE SUPREME COURT.

THEY HAVE TO VOTE TO OVERTURN IT BECAUSE YOU HAD A THUG TO STACK THE COURT.

LET ME BE VERY CLEAR.

THEY WANT TO ERASE OUR HISTORY AS IF IT NEVER HAPPENED.

AS I SPEAK, WHITE AMERICA WANTS TO REMOVE BOOKS IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL ABOUT SLAVERY AND RACISM.

THE GOVERNOR FOR FLORIDA SAID IT MAKES LITTLE WHITE KIDS CRY AND FEEL BAD.

IF THAT'S THE CASE, IT SHOULD MAKE THE ADULT FEEL BAD.

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

BRUCE COPELAND, FOLLOWED BY SHEILA WALKER.

FOR SANDRA CRENSHAW AND DAVID GRIFFITH ON DECK.

GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY.

MY NAME IS BRUCE COPELAND.

SOME OF YOU KNOW ME, SOME OF YOU DON'T.

FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW MY BACKGROUND, I'VE SPENT THE LAST 30 YEARS FIGHTING FOR THE POOR, THE DISENFRANCHISED AND MINORITY COMMUNITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY ON DISASTERS IN PARTICULAR.

THE LAST 15 YEARS I'VE BEEN TESTED.

I'VE BEEN TESTIFYING AS A QUALIFIED EXPERT AGAINST SOME OF THE LARGEST INSURANCE COMPANIES IN THIS COUNTRY ON BEHALF OF THE POOR AND DISENFRANCHISED MINORITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY. SO WHAT BROUGHT ME HERE TODAY ARE TWO THINGS.

I UNDERSTAND AT KIMBALL HIGH SCHOOL THAT THERE'S A FLOOD, AND THAT'S THE BUSINESS I'M IN.

SCHOOL FLOODED FOR ABOUT A WEEK.

WATER SET. CITY WATER ATTRACTS MOLD.

IT ATTRACTS BACTERIA.

SCHOOL GOT FLOODING, THE WATER GOT REMOVED, BUT THE MOLD STAYED.

AND EVEN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SCHOOL, THERE'S A SIGN ON THE DOOR THAT SAYS CAUTION, ASBESTOS.

BUT YET EVERY DAY THESE KIDS WALK IN THAT SCHOOL AND BREATHE IT.

SECOND. I UNDERSTAND THERE'S AN INCIDENT THAT TOOK PLACE BETWEEN WOODROW WILSON AND PSYCHO SOUTH CLIFF HIGH SCHOOL.

AND WHAT A DAY TO TALK ABOUT IT TODAY.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THE CHEERLEADERS FROM SOUTH CLIFF HIGH SCHOOL WAS CALLED THE N-WORD AND THE B WORD.

AND WHAT I'M MOST CONCERNED ABOUT WITH THIS BOARD, THAT INSTEAD OF ADDRESSING RACISM, I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS BOARD ASKED THE COMMUNITY TO STAND DOWN BECAUSE YOU HANDLED YOU YOU'RE GOING TO HANDLE IT.

YOU GOT IT. SO I CAME TODAY AS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE TO ASK, WHAT'S YOUR ANSWER? BECAUSE FOR 400 YEARS WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIND IT.

AND IF YOU GOT THE ANSWER, WE WANT TO HEAR IT.

MOST OF THE MINORITIES IN THIS BUILDING AND IN THIS COUNTRY WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S YOUR ANSWER? AND THEN SECONDLY, WHAT WAS MOST DISTURBING OF ALL IS THAT THIS BOARD WAS CONCERNED ABOUT HOW IT MADE YOU LOOK AND NOT THOSE LITTLE CHILDREN.

SO LET ME SAY, THIS SUNDAY MORNING I WOKE UP AND I SAID TO MYSELF, I TOOK AN OATH.

I BECAME BIG BROTHER TO ALL OF THEM.

I INTEND TO USE EVERYTHING I'VE DONE TO PASS ACROSS THIS COUNTRY FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS TO PROTECT THE CHILDREN IN THIS CITY, IN THIS DISTRICT AND IN THE COMMUNITY.

I'M ASKING THIS BOARD TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT.

DO WHAT'S RIGHT. AND FOR THOSE ON THAT BOND COMMITTEE THAT I WAS PART OF OVER THE LAST SEVEN OR EIGHT OR TEN YEARS, IF YOU BELIEVE THAT IT IS BEST THAT TWO OR THREE BENEFIT AT THE EXPENSE OF THE MANY THAT I'M ASKING YOU TO TAKE YOUR BALL AND GO HOME BECAUSE WE WILL FIGHT YOU.

WE INTEND TO FIGHT, DO WHAT IS RIGHT.

THANK YOU AND I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. SHEILA WALKER, FOLLOWED BY SANDRA CRENSHAW WITH DAYBREAK, W GRIFFIN AND LINDA WYNNE ON DECK.

GOOD EVENING. I'M SHEILA WALKER, PRESIDENT OF NEA DALLAS.

GOOD EVENING TO THE LADY PRESIDENT, JUDGE JUSTIN HENRY AND THE BOARD TRUSTEES.

TODAY, THE MEMBERS OF NEA, DALLAS WANT TO ALWAYS BELIEVE THAT WE WORK FOR THE BEST DISTRICT IN THE STATE.

AND YESTERDAY WE CELEBRATED TRANSPORTATION APPRECIATION DAY.

SO AGAIN, I COME HERE ASKING FOR DIGNITY AND RESPECT FOR OUR TRANSPORTATION DRIVERS.

IN 2021, I SPOKE ABOUT SOME CONCERNS WHEN IT COMES TO OUR TRANSPORTATION DRIVERS AND SECURITY.

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THAT DOES NOT ALWAYS HAPPEN.

STUDENTS WITH DISCIPLINE PROBLEMS ARE STILL ALLOWED TO RIDE THE BUS WITHOUT ANY CONSEQUENCES.

THERE ARE THREATENING DRIVERS, SPITTING ON DRIVERS AND USING FOUL LANGUAGE.

DRIVER'S HANDS ARE TIED BECAUSE OF WHAT POLICY SAYS.

SOME DRIVERS DON'T EVEN FEEL SAFE DRIVING.

I SPOKE WITH A DRIVER THE OTHER DAY ABOUT A DISRESPECTFUL EIGHT YEAR OLD CHILD.

THAT'S ALLOWED TO STAY ON THE BUS BECAUSE THERE ARE EIGHT YEARS OLD AND WE CAN'T PUT THEM OFF THE BUS.

WHAT HAPPENED TO IN POLICY WHEN WE USED TO INVOLVE THE PARENT AND PUT THE PARENTS IN A MEETING AND SAY, IF YOUR CHILD IS BEING DISRESPECTFUL, THEY CAN'T RIDE THE BUS. YOU NEED TO BRING THEM BACK AND FORTH TO SCHOOL.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT POLICY, BUT IT'S NOT GOING ON.

ANOTHER ISSUE THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH IN NEA DALLAS IS THE BULLYING OF THE ADMINISTRATORS ON THESE LOTS THAT ARE CONSTANTLY TALK ABOUT WHEN A DRIVER FILES A COMPLAINT OR A REPRIMAND, THEY'RE REPRIMANDED FOR FILING A COMPLAINT OR A GRIEVANCE.

WHEN WILL THIS CEASE? FINALLY, THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS WHEN THE HIRING PROCESS IN THE IT DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS.

WE'RE HIRING OUR FRIENDS, WE'RE HIRING WHOEVER WE LIKE.

THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE HIRED OUTSIDE THIS DISTRICT WITH LESS EXPERIENCE AND HIRED TO BE A SUPERVISOR OVER TECHNICIANS WITH MORE EXPERIENCE THAT'S DEGREED AND HAVE ALL THEIR CERTIFICATIONS.

THESE TECHNICIANS HAVE BEEN THE ONE THAT'S KEPT THIS DISTRICT RUNNING THROUGH COVID, AND WE'RE TREATING THEM LIKE THEY'RE NOT RESPECTED.

THEY ARE LEAVING THE DISTRICT GOING TO MAKE WAY MORE MONEY THAN THEY CAN MAKE.

AND WE NEED TO IF WE'RE GOING TO PROMOTE, LET'S PROMOTE WITHIN, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT TREATING THEM FAIR.

LET'S DO IT BETTER BY SHOWING THEM APPRECIATION BECAUSE THEY DESERVE IT.

AND I ASK THAT YOU SUPPORT ALL EMPLOYEES, SUPPORT STAFF, ESPECIALLY.

WE WORK IN THIS DISTRICT AND WE WANT TO SEE A CHANGE.

AS I WORK WITH THE DISTRICT WITH DUE PROCESS.

I ASK THAT YOU SUPPORT, APPRECIATION BECAUSE WE ARE THE BACKBONE.

THANK YOU, MS. WALKER.

YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED.

SANDRA CRENSHAW FOLLOWED BY DAVID W GRIFFIN WITH LINDA WIN AND GEORGE [INAUDIBLE] ON DECK.

SANDRA CRENSHAW NOT PRESENT.

DAVID HERE.

WELL. SANDRA CRENSHAW.

JUSTIN HENRY AND MY ESTEEMED COLLEAGUE SUMMED UP ME MY ESTEEM.

I AM SUFFERING FROM RECUPERATING FROM A STROKE, AND I AM NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK AS ELOQUENTLY AS MR. BRUCE CARTER DID OR MS. ETHEL JACKSON DID.

BUT I ASK THAT YOU MAKE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS TO ACCEPT MY DISABILITY.

I AM HERE BECAUSE I'M LOBBYING THE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO MAKE EMANCIPATION DAY.

IN TEXAS, ALL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, THE STATE, THE COUNTY, THE CITY SCHOOL BOARDS TO MAKE IT A THREE DAY HOLIDAY, EITHER MAKE IT A FRIDAY OR PEOPLE SAID THAT WE ALWAYS USED TO GET PAID ON FRIDAY.

SO THAT ARE EITHER DO IT ON A MONDAY AND MY ASSISTANT, IF MY ASSISTANT IS CORRECT, WE POLLED ALL OF THE ISD'S IN DALLAS COUNTY AND ALL OF THEM, NONE OF THEM SAID, ARE THEY CELEBRATING? ARE THEY GOING TO GIVE A HOLIDAY? NOBODY BUT DALLAS OK THE OTHER THING IS THAT WHEN THE GOVERNMENT, WHEN THE STATE OF TEXAS, WHEN IT FALLS ON A WEEKEND, THEY DON'T GET PAID.

SO I HAVE BEEN LOBBYING THE LEGISLATURE AND I DO PLAN ON THAT BEING SUCCESSFUL THAT THE LEAST THAT THEY COULD DO SINCE THEY DON'T WANT TO GIVE US REPARATIONS AND WE HELP BUILD THIS COUNTRY, THE LEAST THEY CAN DO IS GIVE US A SEVEN DAY WEEKEND CYCLE SO THAT WE GET PAID FOR A HOLIDAY WHEN IT FALLS ON A SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

AND THAT WAS THE CASE HERE.

SO YOU ALREADY CELEBRATED MONDAY LAST YEAR AND YOU'RE GOING TO CELEBRATE MONDAY AGAIN THIS

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ONE OF THE PROBLEMS IS THAT A LONG TIME AGO WHEN WE FIRST BEGAN THE EMANCIPATION CELEBRATIONS, IT WAS IT WOULD BE A STATIC DATE. SO IT'D BE WHATEVER DAY OF THE WEEK AND THE BLACK PEOPLE WOULD TAKE OFF THAT WEEK.

THEN WE MIGRATED TO THE CITY.

AND PEOPLE ARE CORPORATIONS ARE LESS INCLINED TO GIVE A DAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK OFF.

SO WE STARTED CELEBRATING ON THE THIRD SATURDAY OF EVERY MONTH IN JUNE.

SO IT WOULD BE FIT PERFECTLY IF Y'ALL COULD DO THAT.

AND REMEMBER, THIS IS TEXAS.

THEY NAMED THE EMANCIPATION DAY AFTER OUR STATE AND WE CAN TAKE THE LEAD AND GET IT CHANGED TO WHERE EVEN THE FEDERAL HOLIDAY WILL BE ON A MONDAY INSTEAD OF DURING THE WEEK. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, DAVID W GRIFFIN FOLLOWED BY LINDA WYNN, WHICH GEORGE RANGEL AND RINA HONY ON DECK.

GOOD EVENING TO THIS DISTINGUISHED SCHOOL BOARD AND THE GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT.

MY NAME IS DAVID W GRIFFIN.

I'M A MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNING BOARD OF THE NEA DALLAS ORGANIZATION.

I'M ASKING YOU TO CONSIDER A DUE PROCESS POLICY FOR ALL THAT WILL EMPLOYEES IN THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

PLEASE CONSIDER THAT EMPLOYEES ARE COMMITTED TO WORKING IN A FAIR AND EQUITABLE MANNER WHILE MAINTAINING EFFICIENCY AND PRODUCTIVITY.

THROUGH A CAREFUL REVIEW PROCESS.

WE'RE SUGGESTING THE FOLLOWING STEPS FOR ALL AT WILL EMPLOYEES.

AND OF COURSE, AS YOU PROBABLY ALREADY KNOW, THE TERMS THAT ARE INTERCHANGEABLE, BUT THEY MEAN PRETTY MUCH THE SAME THING IS PROGRESSIVE INTERVENTION PROCESS, PROGRESSIVE DISCIPLINE PROCESS.

SAME PROGRAM, JUST DIFFERENT TERMINOLOGY.

WE'RE SUGGESTING THE FOLLOWING STEPS FOR ALL AT WILL EMPLOYEES BE CONSIDERED BY THIS BOARD AND THE EXECUTIVE TEAM OF THIS DISTRICT.

STEP ONE COUNSELING AND VERBAL WARNINGS BE EXTENDED TO THE EMPLOYEE.

STEP TWO WRITTEN WARNING AS NEEDED.

STEP THREE WRITTEN DOCUMENTATION PRIOR TO A RECOMMENDATION OF TERMINATION.

STEP FOUR ESTABLISH A LEGAL REVIEW COMMITTEE.

DESIGNATED FROM THE GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE BY WAY OF HER AND HER EXECUTIVE TEAM.

THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ESTABLISHED PROGRESSIVE DISCIPLINE PROCESS OR A DISCIPLINED INTERVENTION PROGRAM WILL BENEFIT ALL EMPLOYEES TOWARD CONTINUING GROWTH AND SUCCESS THROUGHOUT THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

STRIVING FOR EXCELLENCE IN ALL THAT WE DO AND STRIVING FOR EXCELLENCE IN OUR EFFORT TO ACHIEVE.

KEEP IN MIND, OUR VISION AND OUR GOAL IS TO CONTINUE TO BE A PREMIER SCHOOL DISTRICT.

DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT SEEKS TO BE A PREMIER URBAN DISTRICT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

LINDA WYNNE, FOLLOWED BY GEORGE [INAUDIBLE], ON DECK.

LINDA WINN NOT PRESENT.

GEORGIA RANGEL.

FOLLOWED BY RENA [INAUDIBLE].

GOOD EVENING. PRESIDENT HENRY TRUSTEE SUPERINTENDENT ELIZALDE.

MY NAME IS GEORGE [INAUDIBLE], 34 CENTER STREET, DALLAS, TEXAS 75208.

I'M THE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AT LIONSGATE.

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

THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS ARE WORKING ON GETTING A BUDGET TO PRESENT TO YOU.

OUR HOPE IS THAT IN THE BUDGET THAT IT INCLUDES TRAINING FOR ADMINISTRATORS ON HOW TO RESPECT EMPLOYEES.

OUR OFFICE HAS RECEIVED A CONSIDERABLE UPTICK IN COMPLAINTS THIS YEAR REGARDING A GENERAL LACK OF RESPECT AT THE WORKSITE.

EMPLOYEES STATE THAT THERE ARE BEING NOT ONLY DISRESPECTED BY THE STUDENTS, BUT BY THE ADMINISTRATORS AS WELL.

I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR WE'RE NOT HEARING FROM ALL THE WORK SITES, BUT THERE ARE QUITE A BIT OF WORK SITES THAT WE'RE HEARING FROM THESE ADMINISTRATORS.

AND SUPERVISORS ARE LEADING BY FEAR, INTIMIDATION, INCLUDING TO THE POINT OF HARASSMENT.

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YET EVEN THOUGH WE'RE CONSISTENTLY TOLD THESE WILL BE FIXED, THEY ARE NOT.

FURTHERMORE. THERE ARE NO REPERCUSSIONS FOR THOSE WHO VIOLATE DIRECTLY POLICY AND STATE LAW BECAUSE OF THESE, BECAUSE THERE IS NO REPERCUSSIONS, THE OFFENDERS SIMPLY WAIT A MONTH, CONTINUE VIOLATING THE POLICY IN STATE LAW AGAIN.

FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE A TEXT.

WE HAVE TEXTS AND EMAILS FROM A CAMPUS ADMINISTRATOR TELLING THE STAFF AT THE LAST MINUTE THEY SHOULD VOLUNTEER FOR AN AFTER SCHOOL EVENT TAKING PLACE ONLY A FEW DAYS AWAY.

AND IF THEY DON'T VOLUNTEER, IT WOULD.

IT WILL BE DULY NOTED ON THEIR DOMAIN FOR LEVEL THREE SCORING.

IN PLAIN TALK, THIS MEANS CANCEL YOUR PLANS.

YOU'RE WORKING EXTRA HOURS FOR FREE, AND IF YOU DON'T, IT WILL IMPACT YOUR SALARY.

AFTER WE BROUGHT THIS FORWARD, THERE WERE NO REPERCUSSIONS FOR THE ADMIN.

BUT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED? THE EDUCATOR WAS BROUGHT IN.

THE EDUCATOR WAS BROUGHT FORTH THIS ISSUE.

HAD THIS TEACHER HAD A SPOT OBSERVATION THAT SAME DAY AND SCORED THE LOWEST SPOT OBSERVATION? COINCIDENCE? I DON'T THINK SO.

WE HAVE COUNTLESS EXAMPLES OF STAFF BEING THREATENED BY DOMAIN FOUR AND BEING BULLIED IF THEY DON'T GIVE UP THEIR PLANNING, HAVING EXCESSIVE LESSON PLANS AND BEING TOLD IF THEY FILL OUT THE CAMPUS CLIMATE SURVEY NEGATIVELY, IT WILL IMPACT YOUR TI SCORE.

TO FIX THE CULTURE IN DISD, WE NEED REPERCUSSIONS FOR THOSE WHO DON'T FOLLOW THE DISTRICT POLICY, THE STATE LAW.

AND THE STATE LAW.

WITHOUT A CHANGE IN CULTURE, A PERVASIVE ATMOSPHERE OF FEAR, INTIMIDATION WILL REMAIN.

BUT OUR EDUCATORS WILL LEAVE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU.

OUR FINAL SPEAKER IS RAINA HONY.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT HENRY.

TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT ELIZALDE.

I'M RINA [INAUDIBLE], PRESIDENT OF ALLIANCE AFT AND A CONSTITUENT IN DISTRICT SEVEN.

I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THE LACK OF RESPECT FOR POLICIES IN OUR DISTRICT.

YOU'VE ALL HEARD FOR A LONG TIME ABOUT THE VIOLATION OF POLICIES FROM EMPLOYEES THAT THE CAMPUSES AND WORKSITES THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.

YOU'VE YOU'VE HEARD THAT TEACHERS PLANNING TIMES ARE BEING TAKEN AWAY WITH MEETINGS, LUNCH TIMES ARE TAKEN AWAY OR SHORTENED DURING TESTING.

AND AT THE BEGINNING OF SCHOOL, ESPECIALLY IN THE ELEMENTARY GRADES AND OF LESSON PLAN REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE UNREASONABLE.

YOU'VE ALSO HEARD OF SUPPORT STAFF NOT BEING PAID FOR HOLIDAYS WHEN THEY WERE DESIGNATED PAID HOLIDAYS AND VACATION REQUESTS BEING DENIED.

THESE SITUATIONS ARE NOT UNFAMILIAR TO ANY OF YOU.

SO THE QUESTION ARISES WHY HAVE POLICIES WHEN THE ONES MAKING THEM AND ARE SUPPOSED TO ENFORCE THEM DON'T DO IT? SIMPLY PUT, IT'S JUST DISRESPECT.

I HAVE TWO EXAMPLES TO ILLUSTRATE.

IN THE HEARING LAST YEAR, THE ATTORNEY FOR THE DISTRICT STATED ON RECORD THAT A PRINCIPAL HAD TWO CHANCES TO MESS UP BEFORE THE ACT WAS ADDRESSED.

SINCE WHEN IS VIOLATING A POLICY? OKAY, WHETHER IT'S THE FIRST OR THE 10TH OFFENSE, A VIOLATION IS A VIOLATION.

IN ANOTHER LEVEL THREE HEARING, THE EMPLOYEE WAS DENIED ANY RELIEF AFTER THE PRINCIPAL ADMITTED IN TESTIMONY VIOLATING POLICY WITH NO CONSEQUENCES.

AFTER THAT HEARING, MORE THAN ONE TRUSTEE INDICATED THAT THE PRINCIPAL WAS WRONG.

BUT A DECISION IN FAVOR OF THE EMPLOYEE WOULD HAVE COST THE DISTRICT A SIZABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY.

BOTH EXAMPLES SHOW A LACK OF RESPECT FOR THE POLICIES THAT ARE TO GUIDE THIS DISTRICT IN EDUCATING OUR STUDENTS.

AND THE MESSAGE IT SENDS IS CLEAR IGNORE THE POLICIES BECAUSE NOTHING WILL HAPPEN.

THAT'S WHAT THE TRUSTEES AND THE ADMINISTRATORS DO.

WE ALL KNOW IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO CHANGE THE CULTURE AND A DISTRICT ON OUR CAMPUSES AND WORKSITES FEAR, ANXIETY AND CONSTANT STRESS STILL EXIST FOR CLASSROOM TEACHERS.

THE CLIMATE SURVEYS DIRECTLY IMPACT THEIR COMPENSATION SO THEY DON'T TELL THE TRUTH, ESPECIALLY AS ADMINISTRATORS STAND OVER THEM.

THEY FEAR THEIR PAY WILL GO DOWN.

IF YOU WANT THE TRUTH, DECOUPLE THE CLIMATE SURVEY FROM COMPENSATION.

IF YOU WANT A CLIMATE OF RESPECT IN OUR DISTRICT, LEAD BY EXAMPLE AND FOLLOW THE POLICIES.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR CONSIDERATION.

THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THIS CONCLUDES OUR SPEAKERS.

THANK YOU, MR. JORDAN. AND THANK YOU TO ALL OUR SPEAKERS THIS EVENING.

[7. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

TRUSTEES, THE FOLLOWING MINUTES HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL.

WE HAVE AN EMPLOYEE HEARING ON JANUARY 12TH, 2023, A PUBLIC COMPLAINT HEARING ON JANUARY 26, PUBLIC HEARING ON JANUARY 26, AND A

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WE'LL HAVE A MOTION.

MOVED TO APPROVE.

SECOND. MOTION BY TRUSTEE CARREÓN.

A SECOND BY TRUSTEE MACKEY.

IF THEY'RE NOT ANY CORRECTIONS TRUSTEES, WOULD YOU PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES? I'VE GOT TO GET BACK TO THE MEETING.

TRUSTEE JOHNSON.

YES. OKAY. THANK YOU.

MOTION PASSES, SIX VOTING YES.

THREE NOT PRESENT TO VOTE.

SORRY. THANK YOU, TRUSTEES.

WE JUST ADOPTED THE MOVEMENT APPROVING THE MINUTES.

[8. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS]

CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 8.18.3 AS AMENDED.

TRUSTEES, WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS PULLED FOR SEPARATE VOTE.

8.158.16 AND 8.271 SECOND.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA.

ITEMS AS AMENDED.

MOVED TO APPROVE. SECOND MOTION BY TRUSTEE CARREÓN.

SECOND BY TRUSTEE MACKEY.

HAS BEEN MOVED AND APPROVED.

TRUSTEES, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.

MOTION PASSES, SIX VOTING YES.

THREE NOT PRESENT TO VOTE.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE JUST PASSED THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AS WE BEGIN TO DISCUSS THE ITEMS.

[9. ITEMS PULLED FOR A SEPARATE VOTE]

WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH ITEM 9.1.

DO I HAVE A MOTION MOVED TO APPROVE? I'LL SECOND.

MOTION WAS MADE BY TRUSTEE CARREON SECOND BY MYSELF TRUSTEES.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON [INAUDIBLE] OF 9.01 TRUSTEE ONE BRIEFLY, I DID SPEAK WITH CHIEF BRANT ALFORD AND WE DISCUSSED THIS.

AND MY MY CONCERN BASICALLY WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE.

FROM THE INFORMATION I SAW, IT LOOKED AS IF THE EMAIL WAS WAS GOING TO BE IN THE CENTER OF THE PROPERTY THAT WE OWNED.

BUT I HAVE GOTTEN CLARIFICATION ON IT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE WHITE, THE TRUSTEES, WILL YOU PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES? OH, [INAUDIBLE].

MOTION PASSES FIVE VOTING YES FOR NOT PRESENT TO VOTE.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE JUST APPROVED ITEM 9.1.

WE'RE NOW ON 9.02 TO CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE CHANGE.

ORDER NUMBER TWO FOR JOHN QUINCY ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BOND PROGRAM NOT TO EXCEED $225,022.80.

BOND FUNDS CONSENT ITEM 8.16 BY TRUSTEES WHITE AND OREMAN.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVED TO APPROVE.

SECOND. MOTION BY TRUSTEE CARREÓN SECOND BY TRUSTEE MACKEY.

TRUSTEES? ARE THERE DISCUSSION AS WELL? I HAD A DISCUSSION CONCERNING THIS ITEM AS FAR AS THE INCREASE THAT WAS MADE AND I'M OKAY WITH IT.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE WHITE. TRUSTEES PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.

MOTION PASSES BY VOTING YES FOR NOT PRESENT TO VOTE.

THANK YOU TRUSTEES. YOU ADOPTED ITEM 9.021 ON 9.03.

CONSIDER TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE, NEGOTIATE TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS WITH RECOMMENDED VENDOR FOR SOLID WASTE FROM RECYCLED MATERIAL COLLECTION SERVICES FOR DISTRICT WIDE USE NOT TO EXCEED 25 MILLION OVER FIVE YEARS, INCLUDING RENEWAL OPTIONS AND OR OPERATING SPECIAL REVENUE BOND FUNDS.

CONSENT ITEM 8.27 PULLED BY TRUSTEES WIDE INFORMED AND I HAVE A MOTION MOVE TO APPROVE A SECOND MOTION BY TRUSTEE CARREÓN, SECOND BY TRUSTEE MACKEY TRUSTEES.

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YES. YES, MA'AM.

BECAUSE OF THE DISCUSSION THAT I HAD, I WAS EDUCATED ON THIS, FIRST OF ALL, BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THERE'S HAZARDOUS MATERIAL ONCE THE BUILDINGS COME DOWN, MANY OF THE OLDER BUILDINGS, AND WE'RE HAVING TO ASK FOR AMENDMENTS IN THE CONTRACT TO INCREASE THE COST TO MAINTAIN WHEN THERE'S THINGS THAT HAPPEN, LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, IF A BUILDING IS VACANT BEFORE THE CONTRACTS GET IN PLACE, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT BECAUSE AND THINGS HAVE GONE UP, I UNDERSTAND THAT.

AND I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT AS FAR AS HANDLING HAZARDOUS MATERIAL, IT'S A DIFFERENT PROCEDURE THAN HANDLING JUST REGULAR BUILDING MATERIAL THAT YOU'RE TEARING DOWN OUT OF A SCHOOL.

SO AND IT'S QUITE EXPENSIVE ONCE SOMETHING HAPPENS.

IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN EITHER MAYBE AND I MEAN, THIS MAY BE THE PROCEDURE THAT YOU ACTUALLY DO INSTEAD OF GOING BACK AND JUST ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL MONIES IN THE EVENT THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS TO TAKE CARE OF IT SO THAT YOU WON'T HAVE TO COME BACK AND ASK FOR ANYWHERE FROM 300,000 AND UP, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT CAN BE DONE OR IS THIS BASICALLY JUST STANDARD PROCEDURE? NO I BELIEVE IT CAN BE DONE.

WE CAN LOOK INTO.

LET ME LET ME CLARIFY, THOUGH, BECAUSE THIS ISN'T A REQUEST FOR AN INCREASE.

THIS WAS A NEW BID FOR SERVICES.

NO? YES, MA'AM.

THIS PARTICULAR ITEM WAS A REBID OF WHERE WE HAVE THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.

WOULD OUR CFO PLEASE COME UP FOR THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? SO THE ITEM THAT IS FOR NINE POINT, WHAT IS IT? 03 IS REFERENCING OUR TRASH COLLECTION SERVICES.

THAT'S WHAT THE $25 MILLION REQUEST IS FOR OVER FIVE YEARS.

IT IS NOT FOR DISPOSAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.

SO I WANTED TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE WERE CLEAR ON THAT.

IT IS FOR OUR WASTE MANAGEMENT IS THE RECOMMENDED VENDOR AND IT'S FOR THE DUMPSTERS.

RIGHT. AND RECYCLING BINS THAT WE HAVE ACROSS OUR DISTRICT SO THAT THOSE CAN BE PROPERLY SERVICED AND OUR TRASH CAN BE PROPERLY COLLECTED.

POINT OF INFORMATION. I THINK THE ITEM YOU'RE REFERRING TO WAS THE PREVIOUS ITEM, WHICH WAS ABOUT EXACTLY IT WAS.

I DO APOLOGIZE.

THAT IS CORRECT. AND THAT HAS BEEN DONE.

THE QUESTION THAT I DID HAVE ALSO, I MEAN, BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT THE FACT THAT WE ARE ADDING TO OUR BIDS WILL NOT OUR BIDS THAT WE'RE ADDING TO THE COST OF THE SCHOOLS, WHICH IS WHAT MR. ALFORD DID POINT OUT TO ME AND EXPLAIN TO ME ON 9.02, AND I KNOW THAT ON THIS ONE IT WAS ALSO EXPLAINED TO ME THAT THE VENDOR THAT WAS ACTUALLY HANDLING IT BEFORE INCREASE THE AMOUNT IT WENT BACK OUT BECAUSE IT EXPIRED AND THE VENDOR INCREASED THE AMOUNT BECAUSE THE PRICES HAD RISEN.

AND WE DID ALSO GET A SECONDARY VENDOR FOR THIS AS WELL, IS THAT CORRECT? SO, YES, MA'AM.

SO IT WAS A THREE YEAR WITH TWO ONE YEAR EXTENSIONS.

THE VENDOR DECIDED NOT TO DO THE EXTENSION, SO WE HAD TO GO OUT AGAIN WITH NEW RFP AND AT THAT POINT TWO VENDORS SUBMIT IT.

AND THIS WAS THE VENDOR THAT WAS RECOMMENDED AND CHOSEN AND THAT'S 9.03 THAT YOU'RE VOTING ON.

RIGHT. AND WE USE THAT THE MAIN VENDOR BEFORE BECAUSE AND THAT'S DEFINITELY BECAUSE WE ARE A LARGE ORGANIZATION AND WE DO HAUL A LOT OF TRASH.

YES, MA'AM. OKAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE, MY TRUSTEES, WILL YOU PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE? ITEM 9.03.

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THANK YOU TRUSTEES. YOU JUST A PATHOGEN OUT OF 9.03.

THAT'S OUR LAST ITEM AND IT'S NOW 7:45 P.M.

AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU ALL.

HAVE A GOOD EVENING.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.