Apr 20, 2023 Board Meetings

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>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. IT'S AT 6:00 PM.

[1. NOTICE AND RETURN]

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

[2. MOMENT OF SILENCE AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]

THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THE SALUTE TO THE TEXAS FLAG.

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

WE HAVE DISTRICT 1 TRUSTEE, EDWIN FLORES, DISTRICT 2 TRUSTEE DUSTIN MARSHALL, DISTRICT 3 TRUSTEE DAN MICCICHE, DISTRICT 4 TRUSTEE CAMILE WHITE, DISTRICT 6 TRUSTEE JOYCE FOREMAN IS IN THE BUILDING, SHE SHOULD BE IN THE ROOM SHORTLY, DISTRICT 7 TRUSTEE BEN MACKEY, DISTRICT 8 TRUSTEE JOE CARREON, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS DR.STEPHANIE ELIZALDE JOINED US AND I'M JUSTIN HENRY, BOARD PRESIDENT.

THIS MEETING WILL BE AVAILABLE SIMULTANEOUSLY IN SPANISH ON SOCIAL MEDIA THROUGH DALLAS ISD IN ESPANYOL, AND ON FACEBOOK THROUGH OUR DISTRICT WEBSITE.

TRUSTEE FLORES, IF YOU COULD.[FOREIGN]

>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE FLORES.

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, I ASK THE PUBLIC TO ABIDE BY THE RULES OUTLINED IN BOARD POLICY BED LOCAL PERTAINING TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

IT IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE FOR A PERSON WITH THE INTENT TO PREVENT OR DISRUPT A LAWFUL MEETING, 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 WHAT 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 THE REMARKS THEY MAY WANT TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE PRIOR TO THE UTTERANCES.

ANY PERSON WHO BECOMES BOISTEROUS OR DISRUPTIVE WHILE ADDRESSING THE BOARD, WHILE ATTENDING THIS MEETING SHALL 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 DON'T SEE ANY ELECTED OFFICIALS IN THE ROOM THIS EVENING.

TRUSTEES, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE PRESENTATION OF BOARD RECOGNITION.

[3. PRESENTATION OF BOARD RECOGNITIONS]

>> YES, THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HENRY, SUPERINTENDENT ELIZALDE, TRUSTEE FLORES, AND PRINCIPAL BENJAMIN JONES WOULD YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD.

THE BOARD IS HONORED TO RECOGNIZE THREE THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL FACULTY MEMBERS FOR THEIR HEROISM.

RAUL VELAZQUEZ, BRANDY ELDER, AND ROBERTA ROMANO, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD.

[APPLAUSE] DURING DISMISSAL ON MARCH 21ST, A STUDENT WAS WOUNDED BY GUNFIRE IN THE SCHOOL PARKING LOT.

ATHLETIC TRAINER, RAUL VELAZQUEZ QUICKLY RENDERED FIRST AID.

ASSISTANT ATHLETIC COORDINATOR AND HEAD GIRLS' BASKETBALL COACH BRANDY ELDER IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED SCHOOL LEADERSHIP WHILE BAND DIRECTOR ROBERTA ROMANO CALLED 911.

THANKS TO THEIR QUICK ACTIONS, THE STUDENT RECEIVED IMMEDIATE CARE AND IS EXPECTED TO MAKE A FULL RECOVERY.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, MR. VELAZQUEZ, COACH ELDER, AND MR. ROMANO.

THIS CONCLUDES OUR RECOGNITIONS.

>> THANK YOU. BEFORE MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM, ALSO, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE AND GIVE A SPECIAL THANKS TO THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL CULINARY ARTS STUDENTS FOR PREPARING THE MEAL TONIGHT FOR THE TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT IN THE CHIEFS AND OTHER STAFF SO I WANT AGAIN, GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO OUR THOMAS JEFFERSON CULINARY ARTS STUDENTS.

[APPLAUSE] THE BOARD DOESN'T HAVE ANY CLOSED SESSION ITEMS FOR THIS EVENING AND WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN OUR MEETING

[5. REPORTS]

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>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HENRY.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AS WE START, I'M WAITING FOR OUR DECK TO COME UP HERE.

THERE WE GO. I WANT TO START FIRST BY MAKING SURE THAT I ASK EVERYONE WHILE YOU SEE THIS FANTASTIC TEACHER, I ADVISE AGAINST STANDING ON DESKS.

HOWEVER, SHE'S QUITE CAPABLE OF DOING SO.

THIS IS A THIRD-GRADE GENED MATH TEACHER, MONIQUE JACKSON.

SHE IS CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE IN HER APPROACH TO MATH WHILE SHE ALSO INTEGRATES SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND MINDFULNESS THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

SHE HAS A LOVING, CARING, AND COMPASSIONATE HEART FOR OUR STUDENTS, AND SHE HOLDS HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR ALL OF THEM.

ALL OF HER STUDENTS COMMIT TO DAILY GOALS, AND THAT'S WHAT DRIVES THE COLLECTIVE GROWTH MINDSET OF HER CLASS.

THEY HAVE SO MUCH FUN THAT WHEN YOU ASK THEM, THEY SAY, OH YEAH, I THINK WE DID SOME MATH TODAY.

WE'RE THANKFUL TO HAVE THIS REPRESENTATIVE OF SO MANY OF OUR EXCELLENT TEACHERS SO THANK YOU FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY.

AS I MOVE FORWARD EACH QUARTER, WE PRESENT IN CLOSED SESSION FINDINGS OF SOME OF OUR SAFETY AUDITS SO AS NOT TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO ANY VULNERABILITIES OR THINGS THAT WE HAVE DISCOVERED HOWEVER, I THINK THE TIME WAS ALSO APPROPRIATE FOR US TO BRING TO YOU AN UPDATE OF MANY OF THE SAFETY STANDARDS OF SERVICE THAT YOU ALL HAVE EXPECTED AND THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IN THOSE AREAS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY CREATED SOME IMPROVEMENTS ON.

IT IS INTERESTING TO FIND THAT WITH SO MUCH POLARITY IN OUR SOCIETY, THERE'S ONE AREA THAT HAS BEEN FOUND TO BE OF UNANIMOUS, EXTREMELY IMPORTANT IDENTIFIED BY THE LARGEST PERCENTAGE OF TEXANS, AND THAT HAS BEEN SCHOOL SAFETY.

WITH SCHOOL SAFETY, LET ME BEGIN BY TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THESE ENHANCEMENTS.

ABOUT 97% OF OUR CAMPUSES ARE NOW EQUIPPED WITH INTERCOMS AND DOOR BUZZER SYSTEMS. THE REMAINING 3% ARE STILL UTILIZING MANPOWER OR WOMANPOWER TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN ID ALL VISITORS THAT ENTER OUR FACILITIES.

AS WE COMPLETE BOND WORK AND RENOVATIONS, WE'RE CONTINUING TO HAVE SECURE ENTRYWAYS THAT ARE ADDED SO THAT ULTIMATELY WE CAN HAVE EVERY SCHOOL WITH THOSE SECURE VESTIBULES SO THAT NO ONE CAN GET IN WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION.

WE'RE ALSO UPGRADING CAMERAS, KEY CARD READERS, AND FENCING, AND EVEN ADDING BULLET-RESISTANT FILM TO GLASS ON ENTRYWAYS THAT FACE OUT TO MAJOR THOROUGHFARES AND STREETS.

NEXT, WE HAVE METAL DETECTORS.

OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, THIS BOARD HAS APPROVED BUDGETS THAT HAVE ALLOWED US TO ADD AROUND 400 NEW UPDATED METAL DETECTORS AT SECONDARY CAMPUSES, AS WELL AS PLACES LIKE OUR ATHLETIC COMPLEXES.

WE ALSO HAVE HANDHELD ONES AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS AND WE HAVE ADDITIONAL RADIOS THAT HAVE ALSO BEEN PURCHASED.

WHEN WE THINK ABOUT EXTERIOR DOOR AUDITS, YOU MAY THINK ABOUT THE TEXAS SCHOOL SAFETY CENTER INTRUDER DETECTION AUDITS THAT WE DISCUSSED WITH YOU IN CLOSED SESSION, BUT KEEP IN MIND THAT ANYONE VISITING OUR CAMPUSES WHO DOESN'T HAVE AN ID BADGE HAS TO GO THROUGH A RAPTOR CHECK-IN SYSTEM EVEN IF THEY WORK FOR US, WHICH IS ALSO WHY IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT I CARRY MY BADGE BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE RAPTOR SYSTEM BECAUSE IT DOES TAKE TIME.

THIS APPLIES TO EVERY SINGLE PERSON. WE ALSO STILL HAVE CONCERNS REGARDING SOME OF OUR FACILITIES THAT ARE NOT PART OF THE MAIN BUILDING.

WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO BE COMMITTED TO REMOVING PORTABLES AS SOON AS WE CAN OBTAIN ENOUGH ROOM IN THE MAIN BUILDINGS.

WE'RE DOING THAT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

WE STILL HAVE PORTABLES TO GO.

WHERE WE DO HAVE PORTABLES THAT ARE STILL NEEDED, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THOSE EXTERIOR DOORS ARE ALWAYS LOCKED.

IN ADDITION, WE HAVE TO HAVE PROCESSES SO THAT STUDENTS ARE SUPERVISED GOING TO AND FROM THOSE BUILDINGS.

WHILE INTERIOR CLASSROOM DOORS SHOULD REMAIN OPEN DURING INSTRUCTION, THEY SHOULD BE LOCKED FOR QUICK SECURING IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY.

ALL OF THOSE DOORS NOW HAVE QUICK LOCKS ON THE INSIDE OF EACH OF THOSE CLASSROOMS. THIS LEADS ME THEN TO TRAINING.

EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW WHAT TO DO IN AN EMERGENCY.

OUR STANDARD RESPONSE PROTOCOL TRAINING PREPARES US ON

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THE I LOVE YOU GUYS FOUNDATION PROVIDES FREE RESOURCES TO REMIND STAFF AND STUDENTS HAVE THE CORRECT PROCEDURES.

CAMPUS SAFETY COORDINATORS ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF KEEPING CAMPUSES SAFE AS THEY LEAD THE WORK AT THEIR CAMPUSES.

WE ALSO KNOW THAT WE HAVE SECURITY OFFICERS.

WE KNOW THAT STAFFING IS CRITICAL AND VERY IMPORTANT.

DURING A RECENT REVIEW OF THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAM, WE DETERMINED THAT IN FACT, WE NEED MORE STAFF TO DO THIS WORK.

DURING THIS REVIEW, WE'VE ALSO DECIDED TO TRANSITION CAMPUS MONITORS AND PROVIDE THEM THE TRAINING AT OUR COST TO BECOME SECURITY OFFICERS AND ARE IMPLEMENTING THAT INTENSE TRAINING PROGRAM FOR THE '23, '24 SCHOOL YEAR.

THAT WILL INCLUDE THAT DE-ESCALATION OF TRAINING, RESTRAINT TRAINING, PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS, RESTORATIVE PRACTICES, AND CLARITY AROUND THEIR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL, OF COURSE, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH OUR CLEAR AND MESH BACKPACKS AND ALL CAMPUSES HAVE TO DO TO EMERGENCY DRILLS EACH SEMESTER THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR.

WE ALSO HAVE SAFETY RESOURCES THAT ARE THERE TO ENSURE OUR STUDENTS GET HELP WHEN THEY NEED HELP.

WHETHER IT'S OUR DISTRICT WIDE THREAT ASSESSMENT TEAM, WHICH EACH CAMPUS CONVENES ONE STUDENTS MAY FALL INTO THIS CATEGORY.

WE HAVE A CONTINUUM OF SERVICES AND A PROCESS TO BEGIN WITH THAT RISK ASSESSMENT TO PROVIDE THE SUPPORTS AND SERVICES THAT OUR STUDENTS NEED, INCLUDING A SAFETY PLAN OR REFERRALS FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES THROUGH OUR YOUTH AND FAMILY CENTERS.

ALL OUR CAMPUS-BASED CLINICIANS, ONCE AGAIN, THIS BOARD ADOPTED A BUDGET LAST YEAR THAT ALLOWED US TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIANS IN OUR DISTRICT.

PARENTS ARE CRITICAL IN SCHOOL SAFETY AS WELL.

THE DISTRICT PARTICIPATES IN B SMART CAMPAIGN, WHICH IS TO DRIVE HOME THE IMPORTANCE OF ENSURING THAT IF YOU DO OWN A GUN, THAT IT IS LOCKED AND SECURED AWAY FROM CHILDREN.

OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ALSO INSTRUMENTAL IN THIS WORK BY PROVIDING GUN LOCKS FOR PARENTS FREE OF CHARGE WHO MAY NEED THEM.

IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS WORK THAT ALL OF US MUST DO IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS TO CONTINUE TO KEEP OUR STUDENTS SAFE.

WE ALSO HAVE AN ANONYMOUS PLATFORM FOR REPORTING.

WE'VE ALSO EMBARKED ON THE SANDY HOOK PROMISE, WHICH PROVIDE TOOLS AND RESOURCES TO HELP STUDENT CLUBS PLAN EVENTS, ACTIVITIES, AND PROJECTS THAT CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON KINDNESS, INCLUSIVENESS, AND THE VALUE OF LOOKING AND CARING FOR ONE ANOTHER.

OF COURSE, OUR STUDENTS HAVE BEEN SOME OF THE BEST ADVOCATES FOR SAFETY IN COMMUNICATING TO US VULNERABILITIES.

WE ENCOURAGE OUR STUDENTS TO CONTINUE TO SAY SOMETHING WHEN THEY SEE SOMETHING.

I BELIEVE THAT THE END OF THE SECTION ON SAFETY.

A NEXT AREA THAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, I THINK WE'VE GOT THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

I THINK WE SKIPPED ONE SLIDE, ONE ON FENTANYL.

THERE WE GO. THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC.

WE RECOGNIZE THAT FENTANYL HAS NOW CONTINUED TO BECOME ONE OF THE LARGEST KILLERS OF OUR YOUNG ADULTS OR CHILDREN.

WE WILL BE HOSTING AN EVENT IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, ALONG WITH OUR OWN POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR OWN SUPPORT STAFF.

WE WANT TO PROVIDE INFORMATION AND RESOURCES.

THIS START SATURDAY, APRIL 22ND, TOWN VIEW CENTER.

THIS IS REALLY A COLLABORATION FOR EVERYONE.

THIS WILL PROVIDE LOTS OF ASSISTANCE TO PARENTS WITH WHAT QUESTIONS TO ASK.

WE RECOGNIZE THAT STUDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN AFFECTED DID NOT INTEND TO HARM THEMSELVES.

THEY THINK THEY'RE GETTING SOMETHING FROM A FRIEND.

WE NEED TO KEEP REMINDING OUR CHILDREN THAT RIGHT NOW THEY CANNOT TRUST ANYTHING.

FENTANYL IS SO PREVALENT THROUGHOUT OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY AND WE CANNOT EMPHASIZE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT WE CONTINUE TO TELL OUR STUDENTS THAT ONLY FROM THEIR PARENTS SHOULD THEY BE TAKING ANY MEDICATION.

NOW WE CAN MOVE TO SOME ACCOLADES.

WE'LL START OFF WITH CONRAD.

ONE MORE SLIDE PLEASE.

LET'S START OFF BY CONGRATULATING DALLAS ISD'S LATEST STATE CHAMPS,

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THE ROBO CHARGERS STARTED THE TOURNAMENT SLOWLY, MIND YOU, WITH AN 84 RECORD, BEFORE SECURING THE DIVISION WIN WITH A 10 MATCH WINNING STREAK AND WINNING AT ALL, GOING UNDEFEATED IN THE DOUBLE ELIMINATION TOURNAMENT.

NEXT UP LITERALLY IS THE WORLD.

THIS WEEK THEY'RE TRAVELING TO HOUSTON TO COMPETE IN THE ROBOTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP.

ABSOLUTELY. [APPLAUSE] [LAUGHTER] COMMENDATION FOR ALTERNATIVE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM.

WE KNOW THAT ALMOST 50% OF NEW TEACHERS TO THE CAREER OF TEACHING ARE COMING FROM NON-TRADITIONAL CERTIFIED PROGRAMS. DALLAS ISD REINVENTED THE ALTERNATIVE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM.

WE ALL KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT WE HAVE BLACK AND LATINO STUDENTS TO LOOK UP AT THE FRONT OF A CLASSROOM AND TO SEE A BLACK OR LATINO TEACHER.

BUT YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THAT SUCCESS.

IN 2017, THE INSTITUTE OF LABOR ECONOMICS FOUND THAT LOW INCOME BLACK STUDENTS WHO HAVE A BLACK TEACHER, MAN OR WOMAN, FOR EVEN JUST ONE YEAR IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ARE MORE LIKELY TO CONSIDER COLLEGE.

BUT ONLY 7% OF TEACHERS NATIONWIDE ARE BLACK AND 2% ARE BLACK MEN.

THAT'S WHY DALLAS ISD IS ALTERNATIVE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM IS SO IMPORTANT.

RECENTLY, THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION RECOGNIZE THIS PROGRAM WITH ITS '21, '22 EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAM COMMENDATION IN CATEGORY 2, WHICH WAS PREPARING THE EDUCATORS TEXAS NEEDS.

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DALLAS ISD TEACHER RESIDENCY PROGRAM, THE ALTERNATIVE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM HAS INCREASED THE NUMBER OF BLACK AND LATINO MALE EDUCATORS BY DOING A GREAT JOB GETTING THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS AND INTO CLASSROOMS WHERE THOUSANDS OF LITTLE BOYS CAN LOOK UP TO THE FRONT OF THE CLASSROOM AND SEE THOSE SUCCESS STORIES RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF THEM.

I'D LIKE TO THANK AND CONGRATULATE OUR HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT TEAM UNDER CHIEF ROBERT ABEL FOR THAT COMMENDATION AND I WOULD LIKE TO SHOUT OUT DR. CYNTHIA WILSON WHO STARTED AND REVIVED OUR ALTERNATIVE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM.

[APPLAUSE]. WE ALSO HAD A FUN NIGHT NOT TOO LONG AGO WHEN MORE THAN 600 OF US FROM DALLAS ISD GOT TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE THE 237 CAMPUS TEACHERS OF THE YEAR.

WE ALSO FOUND OUT WHO THE NINE FINALISTS FOR DALLAS ISD TEACHER OF THE YEAR AND THE SIX FINALISTS FOR PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR WERE.

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS, INCLUDING THE DALLAS EDUCATION FOUNDATION, DALLAS COUNTY, AND CENTRAL MARKET.

IF YOU WANT TO FIND OUT WHO THE WINNERS ARE, JOIN US ON MAY 4TH AS WE WILL BE HONORING THEM AT THE STATE OR THE DISTRICT DINNER AT THE OMNI HOTEL.

ANOTHER CONGRATS ARE IN ORDER.

I WANT TO PERSONALLY CONGRATULATE ERIN ANDERSON, ERIC STRAWSAR, AARON MOORE, HARLAN WILLIAMS, AND RODNESS SMALL.

THOSE FIVE INDIVIDUALS MAKE UP THE BARACK OBAMA MALE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY STEM TEAM THAT WAS RECENTLY ACCEPTED TO THE SEVENTH COHORT OF THE STEM TEACHING FELLOWS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME.

I GUESS THEY'RE GOING TO BECOME FIGHTING IRISH.

THESE NEW NOTRE DAME STEM TEACHING FELLOWS WILL RECEIVE 250 HOURS OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OVER 2.5 YEARS. IT'S A COMMITMENT.

IT'S A PROGRAM THAT WILL TURN THEM INTO LEADERS WHO CATALYZE A RICH STEM CULTURE IN THEIR SCHOOL COMMUNITY.

CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN TO THE BARACK OBAMA MALE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY STEM TEAM.

[APPLAUSE] LAST WEEKEND, THE HOLDSWORTH CENTER IN AUSTIN, DALLAS ISD ADMINISTRATORS CULMINATED OUR TRAINING.

I WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK PRESIDENT JUSTIN HENRY FOR JOINING US AT THIS EVENT AND FOR THE HOLDSWORTH CENTER FOR THEIR IMPORTANT WORK IN BUILDING A LEADERSHIP PIPELINE FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS IN TEXAS.

FINALLY, I WANT TO ADD A PERSONAL THANK YOU TO WHAT WE WILL CELEBRATE SHORTLY OF OUR SOON DEPARTING TRUSTEE, DUSTIN MARSHALL [APPLAUSE] AS CHIEF OF SCHOOLS HERE IN DALLAS,

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PEOPLE OFTEN REMARK ABOUT HOW HARD BEING A TRUSTEE. THEY AREN'T WRONG.

WHAT IMPRESSES ME IS HOW MUCH HARDER THE WORK IS TO DO WELL.

THE PHYSICIST STEPHEN HAWKING ONCE SAID THAT WORK GIVES YOU MEANING AND PURPOSE AND LIFE IS EMPTY WITHOUT IT.

IT'S CLEAR FROM THAT QUOTE THAT STEPHEN HAWKING HAS NEVER SERVED ON A SCHOOL BOARD.

TRUSTEE MARSHALL, YOUR LIFE WILL NOT BE EMPTY WITHOUT THIS WORK, BUT REST ASSURED, YOUR SERVICE TO THE CHILDREN OF DALLAS ISD GAVE OUR WORK MEANING AND PURPOSE AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I AND OUR ENTIRE ADMINISTRATOR TEAM SITTING HERE BEFORE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU BROUGHT TO THIS DEUS AND EXACTLY WHAT WE'LL BE MISSING WHEN YOU WERE ABSENT FROM IT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

[APPLAUSE] DO I GET TO GIVE THEM THIS NOW? NO, NOT YET. [LAUGHTER] THE REAL BOSS IS SITTING OVER THERE.

THAT CONCLUDES MY REMARKS. THANK YOU.

>> I WILL GIVE YOU THE OSCAR'S MUSIC.

THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT LAZADA.

BEFORE WE BEGIN DISTRICT REPORTS, THERE'S TWO THINGS I WANT TO DO.

I WANT TO RECOGNIZE, I SHOULD'VE DONE EARLIER, THAT THE DEVASTATING LADIES AND THE DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY INCORPORATED THE DALLAS CHAPTERS HERE.

I THINK A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THEM WILL SPEAK LATER DURING THE SESSION.

JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THEM FOR BEING IN THE ROOM.

AFTER THAT, WE'RE NOT GOING TO LET DR. LAZADA BE ALONE IN ACKNOWLEDGING TRUSTEE MARSHALL.

WE'LL TAKE THIS TIME TO SHOW A SHORT CLIP, I THINK.

[MUSIC] [APPLAUSE] [LAUGHTER] I THINK I WANTED TO TAKE A POINT OF PRIVILEGE AND GIVE THE TRUSTEES AN OPPORTUNITY IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING.

TO TRUSTEE MARSHALL IT IS NECESSARY.

AFTERWARDS YOU'LL JOIN ME IN THE FRONT TO PRESENT A SMALL TOKEN OF APPRECIATION TO YOU AND YOUR SERVICE.

I DON'T KNOW WHO WANTS TO GO FIRST.

DON'T ALL REST OF THE MIC TRUSTEE FORM AND YOU GOT IT.

>> I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH GOING FIRST.

DUSTIN THROUGH THE LAST SIX YEARS WE'VE SPARKED A LOT, BUT WE'VE ALSO BEEN ON THE SAME SIDE WHEN IT CAME TO EDUCATING CHILDREN.

THIS WORK IS WORK THAT IS HARD AND WE DON'T GET PAID FOR IT, BUT WE DO IT BY THE PAYMENT OF THE CHILDREN'S SUCCESS.

I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SIX YEARS AND I WISH YOU THE VERY BEST.

[APPLAUSE]

>> I JUST WANT TO SAY TO DUSTIN, I DID IT ALL THE TIME DONALD.

I'M SORRY, THE OTHER ONE, DUSTIN. I DOES THIS ALL THE TIME.

I JUST WANT TO SAY TO DUSTIN, YOU HAVEN'T BEEN MY NEIGHBOR ALONG, BUT I HAVE DEFINITELY APPRECIATED YOU, YOUR WISDOM, EVEN TIDBITS OF INFORMATION YOU GAVE ME AND DIDN'T KNOW YOU GAVE ME.

OF COURSE, I DEFINITELY WISH YOU THE BEST.

HOPEFULLY YOU WON'T CRY NOW BECAUSE I KEEP TELLING YOU YOU'RE GOING TO MISS US WHEN YOU LEAVE.

BUT REALLY, I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE.

I HAVE SEEN YOUR DEDICATION WHICH YOU HAVE GOTTEN FOR YOUR DISTRICT AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THE OVERALL SCHOOL SYSTEM.

I STILL DON'T KNOW WHY YOU'RE LEAVING, BUT I DO WISH YOU THE BEST AND THANK YOU FOR BEING MY NEIGHBOR FOR THE SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

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>> DUSTIN, WE ARE GOING TO MISS YOU AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO FIGHT FOR THINGS LIKE THE BOND PROGRAM, THE TRE, REALLY OUR EQUITY POLICY.

REMEMBER CHANGING THE NAMES OF SCHOOLS IN DALLAS ISD WHERE THERE WAS A PARTICULARLY LARGE AMOUNT OF OPPOSITION IN YOUR DISTRICT.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING A LOUD VOICE AGAINST VOUCHERS IN THE LAST MONTH OR SO.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]

>> FOR A LOT OF THE SAME REASONS, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE HERE OVER THESE LAST SIX YEARS.

YOU HAVE BEEN A CONSISTENT VOICE.

YOU ARE ALWAYS WILLING TO SPEAK YOUR MIND.

WE CAN TALK ABOUT A LOT OF POLICIES THAT I THINK YOU HAVE DONE AND BEEN ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF DRIVING.

BUT MORE THAN THAT, I THINK YOUR ABILITY TO STAND UP HERE AND VOUCH FIRST FOR KIDS AND THE IMPACT ON THEM DESPITE ANY PUSHBACK OR COMMUNITY DISCUSSION, ETC.

I'VE SEEN THAT AT THE FRONT OF YOURS AND I THINK SPECIFICALLY TO VERY DIFFICULT DISCUSSIONS AROUND CLASS RANK, ETC, AND DOING WHAT IS RIGHT FOR ALL KIDS THAT STANDS ABOVE AND I'VE LEARNED A TON FROM WATCHING YOU NAVIGATE THOSE SITUATIONS WITH GRACE AND WITH POISE AND WITH THE GOAL IN MIND.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. YOU WILL BE MISSED.

I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO.

[APPLAUSE]

>> LIKEWISE, DUSTIN, THIS MOMENT CAME TOO SOON.

I DIDN'T REALIZE IT'S ALREADY APRIL AND MAY IS NEXT MONTH.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO DALLAS ISD FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THE CITY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, FOR BEING A VOCAL LEADER IN PUBLIC HEALTH, FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION AT THE STATE LEVEL, FOR JUST BEING BOLD, INNOVATIVE, CREATIVE, AND THOUGHTFUL.

THE AMOUNT OF TIME I KNOW YOU GET TONS OF EMAILS AND I'VE SEEN IT, THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT YOU'VE PUT IN TO JUST BEING JUST AN OVERALL STRONG LEADER FOR KIDS AND FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION.

I'M GOING TO MISS YOU, THANK YOU FOR BEING A MENTOR AND A FRIEND.

BEST WISHES. [APPLAUSE]

>> ONTO, WE HAVE A NICKNAME THAT I CAN'T SAY ALOUD [LAUGHTER] THAT WE CALL HIM OVER IN DISTRICT 5, BUT HE IS.

DUSTIN MARSHALL, YOU'RE A GREAT TRUSTEE.

WHEN I FIRST GOT ON THE BOARD, I WANTED TO SIT RIGHT NEXT TO YOU AND LEARN A LOT FROM YOU.

I APPRECIATE YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE.

ONE THING I'VE LEARNED ABOUT YOU, YOU'RE CONSISTENT, BUT YOU'RE VERY PASSIONATE AND YOU SAY WHAT YOU MEAN, YOU MEAN WHAT YOU SAY AND YOU ARE DATA-DRIVEN.

A LOT OF DECISIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE WAS BASED OFF YOUR DATA.

I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE YOU STILL WITH ME AND MY COMMUNITY WHEN WE NEEDED YOU TO MOST EVEN THINGS THAT YOU'VE DONE OVER IN OUR COMMUNITY I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT THAT I WAS LATER TOLD ABOUT HOW YOU HELP KIDDOS AND I APPRECIATE YOUR HEART AND YOUR PASSION.

I WISH YOU THE BEST ON EVERY ENDEAVOR THAT YOU DO GOING FORWARD.

BLESS YOU. [APPLAUSE]

>> I'LL GO LAST. [OVERLAPPING] GO AHEAD, TRUSTEE FLORES.

>> FIRST OF ALL, DUSTIN, IT'S BEEN AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE WITH YOU.

SOMEBODY WHO IS SO FOCUSED ON STUDENTS AND STUDENT OUTCOMES.

I HAVE LITERALLY BEEN WHERE YOU'RE SITTING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I ALSO STEPPED DOWN.

[LAUGHTER] MAYBE YOU'LL COME BACK IN THREE YEARS.

[LAUGHTER] THEY SAY THAT THE BEST DAY OF BEING A TRUSTEE IS YOUR FIRST DAY AND YOUR SECOND BEST DAYS OR LAST DAY OF BEING A TRUSTEE.

IT'S REALLY TRULY BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE WITH YOU.

NOBODY HAS WORKED HARDER FOR THAT SEAT, CONSIDERING YOU'VE GONE THROUGH MORE ELECTIONS THAN I HAVE IN ALL THESE MANY YEARS AND THAT REFLECTS YOUR COMMITMENT TO STUDENTS, THAT REFLECTS YOUR CHARACTER, AND YOUR NEED TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR KIDS.

I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU DEEPLY, DEEPLY FOR YOUR SERVICE.

THIS CITY IS SO MUCH BETTER.

THANKS TO YOU AND THIS BOARD, OUR NEW SUPERINTENDENT ARE PART OF YOUR LEGACY FOR YOUR SERVICE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[APPLAUSE]

>> THANK YOU. I'LL GO NOW.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEE FLORES.

FIRST TRUSTEE MARSHALL WOULDN'T WANT ANY OF THIS USING THIS RECEPTORS FOR TRUSTEES.

HE DENIED HAVING THAT SPEAKS TO A TESTAMENT OF HOW HE IS.

I CALL THE SENTIMENTS OF MY COLLEAGUES ON THE BOARD.

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[LAUGHTER] I HAVE THE MIC AND I CAN'T CUT MYSELF OFF.

THE FIRST WAS WITH ME AND AMBER MET WITH YOU AND YOUR FIRST CAMPAIGNING AT THAT BURGER PLACE.

I DON'T EVEN KNEW REALLY WHO YOU WERE.

LIBERTY BURGER AND YOU'RE GOING THROUGH WHILE YOU'RE RUNNING AND YOU GAVE US YOUR STRATEGIC INITIATIVES.

IF YOU KNOW AMBER, YOU KNOW WHAT OUR FIRST QUESTION WAS AND I CO-SIGN WAS, WHERE'S THE RACIAL EQUITY EMPHASIS ON YOUR CAMPAIGN? WE KNOW WHAT THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF OUR DISTRICT LOOKS LIKE AND WE CHALLENGE YOU.

I'M GOING TO PUSH BACK HOW TRANSPARENT YOU WERE GOING TO BE.

YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT YOUR DISTRICT AND WHAT YOU THOUGHT WAS IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE IN YOUR DISTRICT AND I DIDN'T REALLY MATTER TO YOUR CONSTITUENCY THE SAME WAY IT MIGHT MATTER TO MINE.

LEFT THAT CONVERSATION FRUSTRATED THAT THEY CAN'T READ IT AS WELL.

I SWEAR, TWO DAYS LATER I LOOKED ON YOUR WEBSITE, YOU'VE ADDED IT AS ONE OF YOUR STRATEGIC INITIATIVES.

I KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS LIKE [APPLAUSE] IN A DISTRICT LIKE YOURS, BECAUSE MOST OF OUR DISTRICTS ARE PRETTY BLUE.

SUPPORT THINGS LIKE DEI DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION, RACIAL REGULARLY AS IT COST ME NOTHING TO TALK ABOUT IT.

THIS BOARD WOULD COST YOU A LOT IN THE DISTRICT TO STICK UP OTHER THINGS YOU SPEAK ABOUT.

I APPRECIATE THAT. I'M NOT GOING TO HAVE THE SECOND STORY BECAUSE ON THE WAGON EMOTIONAL, BUT THE SECOND STORY, I DIDN'T LIKE YOU AND YOU KNOW THAT.

[LAUGHTER] IT'S VERY DATA-DRIVEN, BUT WE HAVE A DIFFERENT DOMAIN AND APPROACH TO THINGS.

WHEN I WAS THINKING ABOUT RUNNING FOR THIS RACE, YOU HAVE A GOOD MUTUAL FRIEND.

I TOLD THEM I DIDN'T LIKE YOU.

[LAUGHTER] HE SAID WHEN HE GOT ON THE BOARD, YOU MIGHT NOT LIKE THEM NOW, BUT WHEN YOU GO TO THE BOARD AND SEE HIS FOCUS ON KIDS, I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A DIFFERENT OPINION. I DO.

WE STILL HAVE OUR MOMENTS, BUT THERE'S NO QUESTION.

YOUR COMMITMENT TO WORK IS A HALLMARK HERE IS NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST, POOR, RICH, MIDDLE-CLASS, ALL OF THEM BETWEEN.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP.

YOU'RE GOING TO BE MISSED ON THIS BOARD.

SOME FOLKS THAT ARE RUNNING, YOU SEE THAT SOME BIG SHOES TO FILL. THANK YOU.

THIS POINT I'M GOING TO PASS THE DR. LAZADA, HE WANTS TO PRESENT SOMETHING TO YOU AND I THINK I'D LIKE TO ASK ALL THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AFTER HER IF WE CAN GO TO THE SOMETHING WE HAVE TO PRESENT HIM AS WELL UNLESS SOMEONE OBJECTS, GO AHEAD.

>> [BACKGROUND]

>> ARE YOU GOING TO GO UP THERE?

>> [BACKGROUND]. I REMEMBER PAYING FOR A CUP OF COFFEE NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES I TRY FOR THE FIRST DINNER [BACKGROUND] THAT WE DID IN HOUSTON AND YOU PICKED UP THE TAB.

MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT BECAUSE YOU DON'T TELL PEOPLE THAT, IT'S JUST WHO YOU ARE.

I TRULY AM HONORED TO BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU A SMALL TOKEN.

[APPLAUSE]

>> THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

AS WE WENT THROUGH SOME OF THOSE THINGS, WE'RE NOW AT THE PUBLIC FORUMS SEGMENT OF OUR MEETING.

WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH SPEAKERS TWO AGENDA ITEMS, AND THEN FOLLOW THAT WITH SPEAKERS TO NON-AGENDA ITEMS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

OH, TRUSTEE REPORT SOME OFF TODAY.

TRUSTEE REPORT STARTING WITH DISTRICT 1, FINISHING WITH MYSELF. TRUSTEE FLORES.

>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HENRY.

FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK OUR HEROES FROM TJ WHO CAME HERE TODAY.

THEY SHOW EVERYTHING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF PLAYING YOUR PRACTICE, SOME ON THE BOARD OF THE TEXAS SCHOOL SAFETY CENTER AND WHAT THEY DID IN THE REASON WE RECOGNIZE THEM TODAY WAS THEIR UNBELIEVABLY QUICK AND WELL-PLANNED, REHEARSED, IMMEDIATE ACTION TO HELP ONE OF OUR STUDENTS DURING A CRISIS TIME.

IT REALLY SHOWS THE EFFECT OF HAVING SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT ELISALIDA WAS TALKING ABOUT A WHILE AGO ABOUT MAKING

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THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND I COULDN'T START MY ACCOLADES WITHOUT BEGINNING THERE.

GOING TO ANOTHER THING THAT SUPERINTENDENT ELISALIDA SAID.

WE HAD A FORUM AT WT WHITE ABOUT THE FENTANYL.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IT'S SO CRITICAL THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS KNOW IS THAT THE CRIMINALS, THE CROOKS THAT PEDAL THIS STUFF MAKE THE PILLS LOOK IDENTICAL TO REAL DRUGS.

THEY PRINT THEM IN THE SAME COLORS, THE SAME EMBOSSING, THE SAME SHAPE.

YOU CAN'T TELL THEM APART FROM THE REAL THING.

DO NOT EVER TAKE ANYTHING THAT IS NOT GIVEN TO YOU FROM YOUR PARENTS OR FROM THE SCHOOL NURSE.

PLEASE BE ON THE LOOKOUT.

NOW THE FUN STUFF. FIRST CONGRATULATIONS TO IVAN MEDINA, A FIFTH GRADE MATH AND SCIENCE STUDENT LANGUAGE CHEAT TRIP MARCUS ELEMENTARY FOR BEING NAMED A FINALIST FOR TEACHER OF THE YEAR IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CATEGORY.

HE IS AN EXAMPLE TO HIS STUDENTS AND COLLEAGUES, REALLY WELL DONE.

I HOPE YOU'LL BRING BACK THE TROPHY TO DISTRICT 1.

KUDOS TO HAKEEM VALIANT JIMENEZ OF THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL FOR WINNING THE 11 5A DISTRICT PROSE INTERPRETATION, UIL SPEECH, AND DEBATE, WAY TO GO, HAKIM AND TJ.

I WANT TO CELEBRATE MICHEL MARTIN, TRACK AND FIELD COACH AT WTI HIGH-SCHOOL WHO CELEBRATED 18 YEARS OF SERVICE TO STUDENT ATHLETES IN THE DISTRICT THIS YEAR.

CONGRATULATIONS.

THAT IS THE DISTRICT 1 REPORT. THANK YOU.

>> I'LL GIVE THE DISTRICT 2 REPORT.

FIRST, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE WOODROW WILSON LADY WILDCATS GOLF TEAM THAT BECAME DISTRICT CHAMPS.

ALSO WANT TO WELCOME AND GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE NEW PRINCIPAL AT PRESTON HOLLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MISS JEANNETTE PERALTA SUAREZ.

SHE IS AN EXPERIENCED EDUCATOR AND A COMMITTED LEADER AND WE'RE HONORED TO HAVE HER PERSON IN HOLLOW.

I ALSO WANT TO SPEAK IN PERSON OF HOLLOW.

I WANT TO CONGRATULATE MY FORMER TRUSTEE CANDIDATE, OPPONENT, MR. CARLOS MARQUIN, WHO THIS YEAR BECAME THE PRESTON HOLLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER OF THE YEAR.

HE'S BEEN A GREAT ADVOCATE FOR KIDS AND A GREAT TEACHER AND COACH ON CAMPUS, AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO KNOW HIM.

ALSO ON APRIL 12TH, THE GREATER EAST DALLAS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE NAME TO THEIR TEACHER OF THE YEAR RECIPIENTS.

SIX TEACHERS WERE CHOSEN BASED ON THEIR SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS INNOVATIVE AND UNIQUE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. AROUND 53 TEACHERS WERE NOMINATED.

I WANT TO CONGRATULATE MS. BRITTANY CONNOR OF GENEVA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR WINNING.

CONGRATS TO MISS DICKERSON AND THE AMAZING WOODROW CHORAL PROGRAM ON WINNING SWEEPSTAKES AND GETTING THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE SCORES AT UIL CHOIR COMPETITION.

ALSO, WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE WOODROW WILSON TRACK AND FIELD TEAM THAT BECAME VARSITY GIRLS' AND VARSITY BOYS' AND JV GIRLS DISTRICT CHAMPIONS, AND THE JV BOYS GOT RUNNER UP.

QUITE AN ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR THE SCHOOL'S TRACK PROGRAM.

ALSO, ON APRIL 14, 19, DALLAS ISD SCHOOLS ADVANCED TO THE UIL REGIONAL ACADEMIC COMPETITION.

FOR DISTRICT UIL ACADEMIC CONTESTS, THERE WERE 145 DALLAS ISD STUDENTS FROM 19 CAMPUSES QUALIFIED TO COMPETE AT UIL REGIONALS.

THESE STUDENTS COMPETED IN 22 ACADEMIC CONTESTS, RANGING FROM SPEECH TO STEM TO WRITING.

POINTS WERE AWARDED TO STUDENTS WHO PLACED IN THE TOP SIX AND EACH CONTEST.

I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE UIL FOR A FIRST-PLACE WINNER HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOL.

I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A CONGRATULATION TO THE WOODROW WILSON THEATER AND THE CAST OF THE TROJAN WOMEN WHO WERE UIL ZONE WINNERS, DISTRICT CHAMPIONS BY DISTRICT CHAMPIONS, AND AREA CONTEST WINNERS.

I WANT TO SHARE WITH PEOPLE THAT EARLIER THIS MONTH, IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT WOODROW WILSON'S HIGH-SCHOOL COMPETITION GYM IS BEING RENAMED TO HONOR FORMER COACH THEO COTTON MILES.

HE WAS THE HEAD COACH OF THE SCHOOL'S FOOTBALL TEAM FOR 11 YEARS AND HE LED THE TEAM TO STATE SEMIFINALS.

DURING HIS TIME AT THE HOME, WOODROW WON THE CITY CHAMPIONSHIPS SEVEN TIMES.

THERE WILL BE A DEDICATION CEREMONY OF THE NEW THEO COTTON MILES GYM ON MAY 13TH.

ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE NANCY SOLACE FROM HENRY W.

LOCKE FELT CAREER EXPLORATION ACADEMY FOR BEING NAMED TO 2022, '23 TEACHER OF THE YEAR FINALIST.

I WANT TO GIVE A COUPLE OF SHOUT OUTS TO HILLCREST STUDENTS FOR THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

FIRST IS ANDREA CHENNA, WHO YOU MAY HAVE READ ABOUT SHE'S A SENIOR, SHE'S GOTTEN INTO HARVARD TO STUDY COMPUTER SCIENCE AND WAS RECENTLY FEATURED IN THE MEDIA AND CLAIRE WONG, THE DISTRICT'S GIRLS GOLF CITY TOURNAMENT CHAMPION.

CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH ANDREA AND TO CLARE.

LASTLY, JUST A QUICK POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.

I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE KIND WORDS AND FOR THESE GIFTS.

CERTAINLY WASN'T NECESSARY.

I'M NOT MUCH FOR POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCES AT THESE MILESTONES.

[LAUGHTER] I'LL KEEP IT BRIEF SO THAT WE CAN GET BACK TO TALKING ABOUT DATA AND STUDENT OUTCOMES.

BUT NOW, JUSTIN, YOU'RE GETTING ME EMOTIONAL.

[LAUGHTER] IT HAS BEEN THE HONOR OF A LIFETIME TO SERVE WITH YOU GUYS.

YOU'RE ALL VERY DEDICATED, HARDWORKING, AND THOUGHTFUL.

EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE, I RESPECT THE DEDICATION AND SERVICE OF EVERY ONE OF YOU AND I WILL MISS YOU ALL, ESPECIALLY YOU JOYCE.

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BUT SUFFICE IT TO SAY THAT I RESPECT EACH OF YOU GREATLY AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO HAVE SERVED WITH YOU.

SORRY, I'M GETTING CHOCKED UP, BUT IT'S BEEN SEVEN YEARS, BY THE WAY, NOT SIX YEARS.

[LAUGHTER] THANK YOU ALL TO THE ADMINISTRATION AS WELL.

MAKING A LIFETIME CAREER CHOICE TO SERVE KIDS IS NOT A DECISION MADE LIGHTLY.

IT CERTAINLY ISN'T A FINANCIALLY WISE DECISION.

BUT IT IS ONE THAT YOU GUYS DO WITH YOUR HEARTS BECAUSE YOU CARE AND YOU'RE REALLY AN INSPIRATION TO ME.

I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE WORKED WITH ALL OF YOU.

ALSO WANT TO THANK THE DISTRICT TO VOTERS AND FAMILIES FOR ENTRUSTING ME TO REPRESENT YOU THIS LAST SEVEN YEARS.

IT'S REALLY BEEN A TRUE HONOR.

I'M NOT A TERRIBLY RELIGIOUS GUY, BUT I'D FORGOTTEN A LOT OF SPIRITUAL SATISFACTION FROM PLAYING A SMALL PART IN IMPROVING THE LIVES OF KIDS.

THAT MEANS A LOT TO ME.

SORRY. I THINK WE'VE GOT A LOT TO BE PROUD OF AROUND HERE.

THANK YOU. [LAUGHTER] I HAVE MANAGED NOT TO CRY YET. I'M JUST GETTING CHOCKED OUT.

[LAUGHTER] WE'VE GOT A LOT TO BE PROUD OF.

WE'RE THE FASTEST IMPROVING URBAN SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE COUNTRY.

I'M PROUD OF WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED TOGETHER.

BUT LET'S NOT LOSE SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT THERE'S STILL A TON OF WORK TO DO.

WE'VE GOT TO BE TRANSPARENT AND HONEST ABOUT HER PROBLEMS. SORRY. LESS THAN HALF OF OUR KIDS ARE READING ON GRADE LEVEL.

THAT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE.

LESS THAN A QUARTER OF OUR FRESHMEN ARE EARNING A POST-SECONDARY CREDENTIAL BY THEIR 24TH BIRTHDAY.

THAT'S DESPITE THE FACT THAT BY 2036, 70 PERCENT OF THE JOBS IN NORTH TEXAS ARE GOING TO REQUIRE A POST-SECONDARY CREDENTIAL.

WE CONTINUE TO HAVE HUGE OPPORTUNITY GAPS THROUGHOUT OUR CITY.

WE'VE GOT TO DO MORE AND WE'VE GOT TO DO IT FASTER.

I GUESS MY LAST THOUGHT IS, AS I DEPART, I WANT TO ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU GUYS, ESPECIALLY THE EIGHT OF YOU AT THIS TABLE, AND THE SUPERINTENDENT MAKES NINE, I WANT TO ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO KEEP KIDS AT THE CENTER OF EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.

[APPLAUSE] WE LIVE IN AN INCREASINGLY TOXIC POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT AND IT'S BECOMING MORE AND MORE PARTISAN.

BUT YOU GOT TO KEEP COMING BACK TO KIDS.

HAS ELECTIONS GET MORE COMPETITIVE AND MORE PARTISAN AND IT BECOMES EASIER AND EASIER FOR POLITICIANS TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT VOTERS WANT, KEEP COMING BACK TO KIDS.

EVEN IF IT MEANS YOU RISK NOT GETTING RE-ELECTED.

KEEP COMING BACK TO KIDS.

THANK YOU GUYS FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

I'M GRATEFUL TO WORK WITH YOU AND TO PLAY A SMALL PART OF THE SUCCESS WE'VE HAD OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS.

IF I CAN HELP ANY OF YOU WITH ANYTHING, YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND ME.

>> ONE OF THE LESSER KNOWN CHALLENGES OF BEING A TRUSTEE IS TO FOLLOW SUCH A MOVING FAREWELL ADDRESS [LAUGHTER].

THEN TO HAVE THE FIRST ITEM THAT YOU'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT, THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S SUPERINTENDENT HAS ALREADY STATED TALKING ABOUT STEALING YOUR THUNDER.

BUT I TOO WANT TO BE ABLE TO CONGRATULATE THE EMMETT J. CONRAD HIGH SCHOOL ROWBOAT CHARGERS.

THEY ARE FIFTH IN THE WORLD, AND THEY ARE FIRST IN THE STATE AND I HAVE BEEN GIVEN A MEDAL [LAUGHTER], THE CITIZENS THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP MEDAL.

IS THIS FOR ALL OF MY VALUABLE, WHATEVER THAT I DO, BUT I'M SO PROUD OF THIS TEAM, AND THEY WILL BE IN HOUSTON THIS WEEKEND.

LET'S HOPE THEY CAN COME BACK WITH THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO SAY KUDOS TO THE BRYAN ADAMS HIGH SCHOOL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY FOR BEING RE-VALIDATED AS

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A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO THE ALEX SANGER, PREPARATORY SCHOOL TEACHER AND SHAWN PHILLIPS AND BRYAN ADAMS HIGH-SCHOOL TEACHER, STEPHEN RAMIREZ, FOR BEING RECOGNIZED AS 2022/2023, GREATER EAST DALLAS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TEACHERS OF THE YEAR WINNERS, AND THEY WILL BE HONORED IN THE STYLUS ON TUESDAY.

THEN I GOT A LAST MINUTE MESSAGE HERE FOR MEMBERS OF THE BRYAN ADAMS ACADEMIC DECATHLON TEAM OR ADVANCING IN UIL TO THEIR REGIONAL ACADEMIC COMPETITION AT UT ARLINGTON THIS SATURDAY.

GOOD LUCK AND THANK YOU, DIANE BIRDWELL FOR THE NOTES [LAUGHTER].

GOOD LUCK. THAT CONCLUDES THE DISTRICT 3 REPORT.

>> I GUESS I'LL JUST JUMP IN SINCE HE'S FINISHED IT, OH MY.

I'M PROUD TO REPORT THAT DISTRICT 4 HAS THREE PRINCIPALS WHO WERE HONORED AS MASTER PRINCIPALS FOR THE 22/23 SCHOOL YEAR.

I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO ALICIA IWASKO, WHO'S A PRINCIPAL AT ANNIE WEBB BLANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, RUBINNA SANCHEZ WHO'S A PRINCIPAL AT JULIUS DORSEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND MS. JULIE SINGLETON AT CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

THE NEIGHBORHOODS SCHOOLS IN HIDEOUT EVENT ON APRIL 6TH WAS A SUCCESS AS WE RESTART GO OF NEARLY 2,000 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE.

THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT.

SEAGOVILLE HIGH SCHOOL HAS PARTNERED WITH SOULS FOR SOULS EARLIER THIS MONTH TO PROVIDE SHOES TO THE HOMELESS YOUTH IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU TO THE SCHOOL AND THE ORGANIZATION FOR YOUR GENEROSITY.

CHILDREN AT RISK RECOGNIZE DALLAS ISD SCHOOLS FOR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, CAMPUS PERFORMANCE, STUDENT GROWTH, AND COLLEGE READINESS.

TWO OF THE CAMPUSES IN DISTRICT 4 WERE RECOGNIZED, WHICH WAS THE SCHOOL FOR THE TALENTED AND GIFTED IN PLEASANT GROVE AND ALSO CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

SAMUELL HIGH SCHOOL IS IMELDA BATITA, CONGRATULATIONS FOR BEING ONE OF 10 DISD GIRLS QUALIFIERS IN THE UIL WRESTLING STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

DISTRICT 4 GRADUATIONS ARE COMING UP SOON, HOPE YOU PARENTS GET YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS IN TOWN FOR THAT EVENT.

WE'RE ALL HAPPY AND EXCITED TO HAVE OUR GRADUATES GO ACROSS THE STAGE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THIS CONCLUDES THE DISTRICT 4 ANNOUNCEMENTS.

>> DISTRICT 5, TRUSTEE MAX JOHNSON, ACOLYTES WITH 2023 APRIL.

CONGRATULATIONS TO [INAUDIBLE], MARIA GOMEZ, AND THAT DETRINE COMING OUT OF SCHOOL FOR THE TALENTED AND GIFTED AT YVONNE AU OR TOWN VIEW CENTER.

EACH SCHOLAR WILL RECEIVE 40,000 FROM AMAZON OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS TO STUDY COMPUTER SCIENCE OR ENGINEERING AT THE COLLEGE OF THEIR CHOICE, STARTING THIS FALL, ALONG WITH A PAID INTERNSHIP AFTER THEIR FRESHMAN YEAR.

THE LADY VIKINGS SOFTBALL TEAM AT DR.

LG PINKS AT HIGH SCHOOL KEEPS MAKING US MORE AND MORE PROUD.

NOT ONLY DID THEY TAKE THE TITLE AS DISTRICT WELL, BUT FOR A CHAMPIONS, BUT THEY ALSO HAD THE PERFECT SEASON AND WENT UNDEFEATED.

CONGRATULATIONS LADIES.

WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU IN THE FIRST ROUNDS OF THE PLAYOFFS.

I WANT TO EXTEND A BIG THANK YOU TO THE A OF A BY LADY A FOUNDATION FOR THEIR INCREDIBLE DONATION TO THE DR. FREDERICK DOUGLASS TAUGHT SINGING MIDDLE-SCHOOL.

THE FOUNDATION GAVE 10 HARDWORKING EIGHTH GRADERS, TOP SCHOLARS, CHROMEBOOKS LAPTOPS BASED ON THEIR HIGH GPAS AND THIS IS THE REPORT FOR DISTRICT 5. THANK YOU.

>> THE DISTRICT 6 REPORT.

I'M TRUSTEE FORMEN.

A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO KIMBALL HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR BENJAMIN KING, WHO WAS PRESENTED WITH THE TCU STEM SCHOLARSHIP AND THE AMOUNT OF $293,000.

I AM SO PROUD OF THIS YOUNG MAN [APPLAUSE].

CONGRATULATIONS TO COACH CALLAHAN AND DAVID W. CARTER'S BOYS GOLF TEAM FOR WINNING THE DISTRICT 13 FOR A VARSITY GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP.

GREAT JOB. KUDOS TO PRINCIPAL TANGELA CARTER AT ZAN WESLEY HOLMES MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR BEING NAMED A MASTER PRINCIPAL.

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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CARTER HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR STUDENTS WHO WERE RECENTLY FEATURED ON NBC 5 FOR TAKING VIRTUAL PRIVATE MUSIC LESSONS THROUGH A DISTRICT PROGRAM LAUNCHED LAST OCTOBER.

THANK YOU, SHANNON. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT TO THE DALLAS ISD BUDGET MEETING HELD AT ZAN HOLMES MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR THE FEEDER PATTERNS IN REGION 4.

IT'S CRUCIAL FOR PARENTS AND COMMUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK TO THE DISTRICT.

TRUSTEE MARSHALL, I ACCEPT YOUR CHALLENGE TO STAY FOCUSED ON CHILDREN. THANK YOU.

>> I'LL GIVE THE DISTRICT 7 ACCOLADES.

FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS TO TK READ AT MOLINA HIGH SCHOOL FOR PLACING SECOND IN THE DISTRICT FINALS AT 110 HURDLES.

I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT TRACK TO KNOW IF THAT'S 110 METERS OR 110 HURDLES, BUT EITHER WAY IT'S FAR MORE THAN I CAN DO, AND THAT'S WONDERFUL.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO ADAM [INAUDIBLE] HIGH SCHOOL FOR ADVANCING TO THE UIL REGIONAL ACADEMIC COMPETITION.

MORE THAN 500 STUDENTS ACROSS FOUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS COMPETED IN THESE VARIOUS ACADEMIC CONTESTS, AND THEY RANGE EVERYWHERE FROM SPEECH, ALL THE WAY TO STEM AND WRITING.

WELL DONE TO ALL THE STUDENTS WHO COMPETED, AND I WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK AT THE REGIONAL COMPETITIONS THAT WILL TAKE PLACE THIS SATURDAY.

FINALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT LAURA TREVINO AT WE GREINER EXPLORATORY ARTS ACADEMY, WHO WAS ONE OF THE NINE INDIVIDUALS SELECTED AS TEACHER OF THE YEAR FINALIST.

THESE EDUCATORS REPRESENT A WEALTH OF BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE FROM ACROSS THE DISTRICT, AND WE ARE SO HONORED TO HAVE THEM SERVE OUR STUDENTS EVERY DAY.

THANK YOU TO MS. TREVINO AND ALL OF THE DALLAS ISD TEACHERS FOR YOUR DAILY HARD WORK AND DEDICATION.

WE APPRECIATE YOU AND SIMPLY COULD NOT SUCCEED WITHOUT YOU. WELL DONE.

>> IN DISTRICT 8, CONGRATULATIONS TO JENNASEL MARISHAL OF LEONIDAS GONZALEZ CRO ELEMENTARY, WHO WAS NOMINATED FOR ROOKIE COUNSELOR OF THE YEAR.

ALSO KUDOS TO OUT TEACH AND COX ENTERPRISES FOR THE TWO NEW OUTDOOR CLASSROOMS AT ESPERANZA HOPE MEDRANO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, SHOUT OUT TO GASUZ MOROLEZ EXPRESSIVE ARTS VANGUARD FOR HOSTING THE SCHOOL'S SECOND ANNUAL SPRING PICNIC TO CELEBRATE ALL OF THEIR CURRENT AND INCOMING FAMILIES.

SPECIAL SHOUT-OUT TO THE PTO FOR MAKING THIS POSSIBLE.

KUDOS TO DALLAS POET LAUREATE JOAQUIN XI HUA DONAHOE, WHO RECENTLY VISITED SOLAR PREP FOR BOYS IN THE COMMUNITY WHERE HE GREW UP.

THERE WAS AN AWARD CEREMONY CELEBRATING POEM IS WRITTEN BY THIRD, FOURTH, AND FIFTH GRADERS.

JOAQUIN SHARED HIS WORLD CUP OF POETRY TROPHY WITH THE STUDENTS AND READ HIS SIGNATURE POEMS, AWILO'S GARDEN AND POEM FOR JOHN.

THANK YOU TO JOAQUIN AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE POETRY WINNERS AND EVERY CAMPUS AND OUTSIDE AS D IS COOL BUT ONE OF THE COOLEST TO VISIT IS THE MULTIPLE CAREERS MAGNET CENTER, AND SO SHOUT OUT TO THEM, THEY RECENTLY HOSTED 150 PARTICIPANTS FOR THE SPECIAL SERVICES TRANSITION FARE 2023, A TOWN VIEW CENTER WHERE FAMILIES LEARNED ABOUT COMMUNITY AND DISTRICT RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.

ALSO, THE MULTIPLE CAREERS MAGNET CENTERS 18 PLUS PROGRAM HAS ENABLED SIX STUDENTS TO RECEIVE FORKLIFTS CERTIFICATIONS THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH DALLAS COLLEGE AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH GOODWILL INDUSTRIES.

TEN STUDENTS FROM THE 18 PLUS PLUS PROGRAM ARE RECEIVING CERTIFICATIONS IN MICROSOFT WORD, PUBLISHER AND EXCEL.

THAT CONCLUDES THE DISTRICT 8 ACCOLADES.

>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEES. I'LL BEGIN THE DISTRICT 9 ACCOLADES AND REPORT FIRST POINT OF PARTIAL PRESSURES, AGAIN, I WANT TO SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO AN ACETAL BLOCKER, PRESIDENT, LOCAL NEA.

[APPLAUSE] THIS PAST WEEK I WAS HONORED TO SPEAK ALONGSIDE BEACON HILL PREP AND MLK ARTS ACADEMY DOES SUPPORT SCHOOLS WITH AN EQUITY LENS.

IT WAS MY PLEASURE TO PUT OUR STUDENTS FIRST WITH THE HELP OF OUR DALLAS ISD STAFF AND COMMUNITY.

I WANT TO SAY HUGE CONGRATS ARM AROUND [INAUDIBLE].

YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, WHERE THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL CHOIRS OR UNDER CLEAN SWEEP AT THE UIL CONCERT AND SIGHT READING EVALUATIONS THIS YEAR.

THEIR DEDICATION AND HARD WORK PAID OFF TREMENDOUSLY.

THANK YOU TO THEIR INSTRUCTOR MS. BAPTIST.

I ALSO WANT TO GIVE GREAT ACCLAIM AND TO THE BOOKER T.

WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL AS A GRADUATING SENIOR ART SHOW WAS ON DISPLAY AT THE HUDSON GALLERY.

THEIR WELCOME TO ASCENSION EXHIBIT AND RECEPTION.

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WHILE I'M ON THE TOPIC OF BOOKER T, ALSO WANT TO SAY CONGRATS TO THE NEW BOOKER T PRINCIPAL GARY WILLIAMS. I'LL TAKE THAT. HE'S A DALLAS NATIVE AND A PROUD BOOKER T. WASHINGTON GRADUATE.

HE'S THE FIRST BOOKER T GRADUATE TO BE PRINCIPAL OF THAT SCHOOL.

HE'S AN ARTIST AND AN ARTS EDUCATOR WITH OVER 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN EDUCATION, AND HE SERVED AS A TEACHER, AN ADVOCATE, AND AN ADMINISTRATOR.

HE'S WORKED DILIGENTLY TO ENSURE THAT SCHOLARS AND TEACHERS HAVE MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITIES THAT PROMOTE EXCELLENCE IN THE ARTS AND ACADEMICS.

I WANT TO CONGRATULATE HIM.

I THINK IT'S A HUGE STEP FOR BOOKER T, WHICH I WAS NOT A PART OF IN ANY WAY.

ROY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT A TRAILBLAZING INITIATIVE FOR FOOD DISTRIBUTION ON THEIR CAMPUS, PROVIDING FREE FOOD FOR FAMILIES.

MORE THAN 190 FAMILIES WERE SERVED IN A ROY CONTINUES TO TAKE INITIATIVE TOWARDS SUPPORTING OUR DISTRICT STUDENTS AND FAMILIES.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

I WON'T REITERATE, BUT DALLAS ISD IS PARTNERED WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS ON APRIL 22ND SO I HOPE EVERYONE IS ABLE TO ATTEND AS WE CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT THE INCREASING THREAT AROUND FENTANYL IN OUR CHILDREN.

THE LAST THING AND TRUSTEE FORM AND MENTIONED THIS IN HER ACCOLADES.

ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT HEALTHY MORENO WHO IS GOING TO BE THE ONLY TRUSTEES LIST AND IT IS THE ONLY AGENDA ITEM THAT IS GOING TO REMAIN PULLED.

EVERYTHING ELSE GOING TO GO BACK TO THE CONSENT, SO THERE WILL BE ONE THAT'S PULLED.

>> JOYCE, WAS THAT A GIFT TO ME?

>> YES.

>> THANK YOU.

>> I'M BEING NICE.

>> BUT I DO WANT TO SHARE SOMETHING ABOUT MS. MORENO.

MS. MORENO SHE ATTENDED FIRST THROUGH 12TH GRADE AND OAK CLIFF AND DALLAS ISD SCHOOLS.

SHE GRADUATED FROM JUSTIN F. KIMBALL HIGH SCHOOL.

HER FIRST TEACHING POSITION WAS AT DALLAS LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL FROM 1973-1977.

WHEN SHE WAS FIRST HIRED, SHE WAS ASSIGNED TO TEACH GIRLS PHYSICAL EDUCATION.

MS. MORENO BEGAN TEACHING BEGAN COACHING AND TEACHING AT A TURNING POINT AND FEMALE SPORTS IN 1972, THE FEDERAL TITLE NINE ACT WAS PASSED PROVIDING ACCESS TO MILLIONS OF GIRLS TO SPORTS WHO HAD BEEN DENIED OPPORTUNITIES OTHERWISE.

MS. MORENO WAS A RECOGNIZED LEADER IN A FRIENDLY GO-TO PERSON BEFORE SHE WAS OFFICIALLY DESIGNATED AS THE FIRST FEMALE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR FOR BRYAN ADAMS HIGH SCHOOL IN DALLAS ISD.

MS. BIRD, WELL, DHS PRINCIPLE RECOGNIZE THE UNIQUE SERVANT STYLE, LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATIVE IDEAS MUST RENTAL AHEAD AND KNEW SHE WOULD BE SUCCESSFUL AND PROVE ALL SPORTS.

AFTER SERVING THE BRYAN ADAMS COMMUNITY FOR 20 YEARS, SHE MOVED TO ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AND HAVE A LARGER IMPACT AS AN ASSISTANT ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, FROM 1998-2004 AS TRUSTEE FOREMAN AND TRUSTEE JOHNSON MENTIONED SHE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE VSD SPORTS HALL OF FAME.

SHE'S THE FIRST LATINA ROLE MODEL AND LEADER IN ATHLETICS IN DALLAS ISD, AND CONCEPTUALIZE THE SOFTBALL FIELDS AT THE FOREST OR ATHLETIC COMPLEX TO FACILITATE DOWNSIZE THE GIRLS SOFTBALL TEAM GAMES AND PLAYOFFS.

THE FACILITIES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FOR RENT TO THE COMMUNITY FOR SOFTBALL EVENTS AND CALLS HAS A LONG HISTORY OF ADVOCATING COTININE LEADING GIRLS SPORTS AND DALLAS ISD.

WITH THAT, I WILL CONCLUDE THE DISTRICT NOW REPORTS.

THE DISTRICT NOW REPORT AND WE WILL MOVE ON THIS TIME CORRECTLY TO THE PUBLIC FORM PART OF OUR MEETING.

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>> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. GOOD EVENING.

I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND THE SPEAKERS THAT YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK WHEN YOU ARRIVE AT THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.

PLEASE LISTEN CAREFULLY FOR YOUR NAME.

I WILL CALL FOR SPEAKERS AT A TIME.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS DR. ANDREA HILBERT, FOLLOWED BY G. FLOYD, MELISSA MANN, AND ROBERT CHECKARELLI ON DECK.

>> GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING, SUPERINTENDENT.

HOW WAS THAT DAY. HOW ARE YOU? GREAT, AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

MY NAME IS DR. ANDREA HILBERT, PRESIDENT OF THE DALLAS ALUMNI CHAPTER OF DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY INCORPORATED.

DALLAS IS 99 YEARS OLD.

AND WE BOTH, BECAUSE WE JUST ARRIVED OVER 600 PLUS MEMBERS.

WE HAVE CHAPTER MEMBERS, BOTH CURRENT AND FORMER, WHO HAVE ALSO ENGAGED IN THE DALLAS ISD AS PARENTS OF THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS WHO HAVE ATTENDED SCHOOL AND EXCEL BECAUSE OF THEIR EXPERIENCES IN THE DISTRICT.

WE ARE HERE FOR OUR ANNUAL DELTA TODAY AT DALLAS ISD TO EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE AND PRIORITY THAT OUR NATIONAL ORGANIZATION HOLDS FOR EDUCATION.

OUR MAIN REASON HERE TODAY, DR. ELAZADE, IS TO CONTINUE TO PARTNER FOR THE PURPOSE OF BETTERING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR SCHOLARS AND TO

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WE STAND PRESENT AND READY TO ENGAGE IN A MEANINGFUL CONVERSATION WITH YOU REGARDING HOW WE CAN COLLABORATE ON PROJECTS, PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE THE OUTCOME OF OUR STUDENTS, OUR PARENTS, AND PROVIDE SOLUTIONS TO SUPPORT AND RETAIN GREAT EDUCATORS IN DALLAS ISD.

WE THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

[APPLAUSE].

>> THANK YOU. G. FLOYD, FOLLOWED BY MELISSA MANN, ROBERT CHECKARELLI, AND CHRIS GORSKI ON DECK.

G. FLOYD.

NOT PRESENT.

MELISSA MANN, FOLLOWED BY ROBERT CHECKARELLI AND CHRIS GORSKI AND ANTHONY PETERSON ON DECK.

>> GOOD EVENING. PRESIDENT OF ERI SUPERINTENDENT AND THE HONORABLE BOARD MEMBERS AND THE WARS OF THE LATE CONGRESSMAN AND CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS, JOHN LEWIS, HE STATED, GET IN GOOD TROUBLE, NECESSARY TROUBLE WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT IS NOT RIGHT, NOT FAIR, NOT CHESS, YOU HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING.

YOU HAVE TO SPEAK UP.

WELL, I SPOKE UP.

I SPOKE UP AT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING ON MARCH THE 23RD ABOUT THE RETALIATION AND THE INJUSTICE THAT I EXPERIENCED AS A BLACK EDUCATED NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED MASTER TEACHER.

AS A RESULT, I WAS GIVEN A NONRENEWAL LETTER.

I WAS FORCED TO RESIGN BECAUSE I FILED A GRIEVANCE ON FEBRUARY 27TH AND THE RETALIATION COMPLAINT ON MARCH 6TH SEEKS AGAINST THE PRINCIPAL AT FREDERICK DOUGLASS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

INSTEAD OF DALLAS ISD ADDRESSING AND INVESTIGATING MY GRIEVANCE AND RETALIATION COMPLAINT, THEY FELT THE EASY WAY OUT.

THAT IS TO UNJUSTLY TERMINATE ME.

DURING A TIME WHEN TEACHERS ARE DESPERATELY NEEDED, ESPECIALLY BLACK TEACHERS.

THIS NAVY NEW LETTER HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH MY PERFORMANCE AS A NATIONAL BOARD-CERTIFIED TEACHER BECAUSE MY STUDENTS WERE MAKING ACADEMIC GROWTH.

BUT THAT IT HAD EVERYTHING TO DO WITH ME SPEAKING UP AS A BLACK WOMAN AT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.

I'M CALLING FOR THE FIRING OUR PRINCIPAL JACKSON, MR. STOVALL, AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR HERNANDEZ.

NOW, FOLLOW MY TIMELINE.

I SPOKE AT THE BOARD MEETING ON MARCH 23RD, MARCH 24TH, I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM LAURA GAZA STATING THAT THE EDDIE HERNANDEZ WILL MEET WITH ME.

TUESDAY, MARCH 28TH, A MET AND SPOKE WITH EDDIE HERNANDEZ ABOUT PRINCIPLE JACKSON AT FREDERICK DOUGLAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, LACK OF UNDERSTANDING OF FERPA AND THE BOARD POLICY AND WHICH SHE INACCURATELY QUOTED IN A LETTER DATED MARCH THE 1ST.

I DISCUSSED THE PRINCIPALS THE LACK OF ABILITY TO ACCURATELY USE TI RUBRIC IN SCORING MY EXTENDED OBSERVATION.

MS. HERNANDEZ INFORMED ME THAT SHE WILL WATCH MY CLASS ON VIDEO FOR MY EXTENDED OBSERVATION AND USE THE TEI RUBRIC TO SCHOOL AND MY OBSERVATION.

MS. HERNANDEZ ALSO INFORMED THAT SHE WILL LOOK INTO MY GRIEVANCE AND MY RETALIATION COMPLAINT.

THURSDAY, MARCH 30TH, I OBSERVED MS. HERNANDEZ WITH MR. STOVALL AT THE SCHOOL FRIDAY, MARCH 31ST, I WAS INFORMED I WILL BE PLACED ON A PAID LEAVE AND THAT I WILL BE GIVEN A RENEWAL LETTER.

ON MONDAY, APRIL THE 3RD, I WAS A UNJUSTILY GIVEN A NON-RENEWAL LETTER IN WHICH I REFUSED TO SIGN, I LETTER RECEIVE AN E-MAIL STATING THAT MY GRIEVANCE WILL BE CLOSED WHY I AM ON AN APPROVED LEAVE.

I INQUIRE WHY AM I GIVING THIS LETTER? THEIR ANSWER WAS, OH IT WAS A DIRECTIVE.

[INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU. [OVERLAPPING] [APPLAUSE]

>> THANK YOU MS. MANN, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

ROBERT CHECKARELLI, FOLLOWED BY CHRIS GORSKI WITH ANTHONY PETERSON AND NETHEL JACKSON ON DECK.

>> BEFORE WE DO THE NEXT SPEAKER, I LEFT SOMETHING OUT.

SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE I SAY THIS.

BUT ALL SPEAKERS, IF YOU CAN BE MINDFUL OF YOUR FELLOW SPEAKERS AND TO REFRAIN FROM USING INDIVIDUALS NAMES TO INCLUDE STUDENTS NAMES, AND TO ADDRESS THE BOARD AND NOT INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEES, COMMENTS INVOLVING THE PERFORMANCE OF INDIVIDUAL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES OR OFFICERS SHOULD BE MADE TO THE GRIEVANCE POLICY AUDIENCE.

I'M ASKING YOU NOT TO ENGAGE IN CONDUCT THAT WILL DISRUPT THE MEETING RULES OF ORDER AND TO CALL THEM WILL BE ENFORCED DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD TO ENSURE EFFICIENT MEETINGS, UNLAWFUL DISRUPTIVE CONDUCT INCLUDING INTERRUPTING SCHEDULED SPEAKERS, SPEAKING OUT OF TURN, CROSS, AND ROPED OFF BARRIERS ARE 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 DECIDED TO SPEAK? YOU CAN NOT SPEAK ON BEHALF OF SOMEONE ELSE.

SPEAKERS WHO FILLED OUT HERE, THIS ROW WILL BE INTERRUPTED IN THE FORM OF COMMENTS AT A ORDER.

I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT SAYING THAT EARLIER. I'M SORRY YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

>> ROBERT CHECKARELLI. I WAS GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT SOMETHING BUT MS.

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I NEED TO SAY IT RIGHT NOW.

LAST MONTH I TALKED ABOUT SOUTH OAK CLIFF IN KIMBALL, BIG GAME, SOUTH OAK CLIFF, AND CARTER, I BELIEVE AND THERE WAS NO METAL DETECTORS.

1,500 PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE.

SHE KNOWS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED, SUPERINTENDENT.

BUT YOU DIDN'T BRING IT UP IN YOUR SPEECH JUST NOW. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAVE YOU DONE ABOUT IT? HOW DID IT GET STARTED, AND WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE IF WE HAD ONE STAFFING THERE, MAN, YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN BIG DEEP TROUBLE BECAUSE THERE WAS METAL DETECTOR, BUT THEY WEREN'T BEING USED.

WHY DON'T YOU TELL THE PEOPLE THAT? SOME PEOPLE HEARD ME LAST MONTH, BUT YOU GOT ME REPEAT IT ALL OVER AGAIN.

WHAT IS GOING ON? NOW, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. YOU GOT TO TELL US WHAT YOU'VE DONE ABOUT THIS.

I HOPE YOU'LL BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT IT BECAUSE I'M HAVING TROUBLE WITH TWO SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AGAIN.

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER OVER KIMBALL SAID SHE DIDN'T WANT TO CONTACT THE PRINCIPAL BECAUSE IT WASN'T HEARD JURISDICTION ABOUT THE METAL DETECTORS, YOU MAKE A BIG STINK ABOUT IT.

THEN THE OTHER SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER SAYS, DIDN'T WANT TO ANSWER MY EMAILS.

WHERE WAS HE BEING? SEARCH WHETHER IT WAS METAL, YOU TEXTED WORK BEING USED OR AT THE REFRESHMENT STAND.

HE REFUSED TO ANSWER IT.

WE GOT THREE PEOPLE COVERING UP SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE VERY SIMPLE TO SOLVE.

BUT YOU ALL ARE DOING THINGS.

YOU DON'T WANT TO BRING IT UP BECAUSE, PEOPLE KNOW, IS THAT SOMETHING WOULD HAPPEN.

YOU'D BEEN FIRED AND DIC WOULD HAVE BEEN SOUP FOR BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS BECAUSE THERE'S NO MELODY TETRIS BEING USED.

EXPLAIN WHY THAT HAPPENED.

AT ONE MORE THING YET THAT DIRECTOR SOUTH OAK CLIFF, THE SUPERINTENDENT, HE NEEDS TO BE REPRIMANDED BECAUSE HE GAVE ME A HARD TIME ABOUT THE GAME AND THE METAL DETECTORS.

YOU CAN HELP HIM PUFF ALL YOU WANT.

BUT WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THIS DURING YOUR SPEECH? PLEASE TELL ME.

PLEASE WHY 1,500 PEOPLE WERE THERE.

SOMEONE COULD HAVE GOTTEN KILLED 60 YARDS INSIDE THE BUILDING.

SOMEONE GOT SHOT AND YOU DIDN'T SAY NOTHING ABOUT IT.

I MADE A BIG THING ABOUT IT AND PEOPLE GAVE ME A GOOD ROUSING APPLAUSE.

BUT WHAT I SAID, YOU JUST COVERED UP OVER IT.

PEOPLE I DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING SHE SAID BECAUSE THAT'S A BIG THING THAT HAPPENED AND YOU DIDN'T SAY NOTHING ABOUT IT.

I'M JUST SAYING TOO, I GOT A LOT TO SAY.

BUT THE TWO OTHER TWO SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.

HE WASN'T THAT TO GAIN WELL, YOU COULD HAVE CALLED THEM. BUT YOU DIDN'T CALL HIM.

I CALLED THE PRINCIPAL AND THE OTHER BOARD MEMBER.

HE KNOWS THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG, BUT HE DIDN'T WANT TO ANSWER ME.

YOU GOT TO BE TRANSPARENT, EVERYBODY.

HOW MANY TIMES I HAVE TO SAY SO PLEASE.

>> THANK YOU. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED [OVERLAPPING] FOLLOWED BY ANTHONY PETERSON, JACKSON AND GEORGE RANGEL.

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE.

AS EACH MONTH THAT I HAVE COME UP.

THE SAME THING THAT I'M FIGHTING FOR IS FOR ALL THE ASSOCIATES, FOR MORE MONEY, NOT FIVE OR $10 RAISE BECAUSE THAT'S BASICALLY JUST SLAP IN THE FACE.

OUR DIST OFFICERS, OUR TAS, OUR CUSTODIANS, OUR CAFETERIA WORKERS.

THEY ALL NEED A RACE.

LET'S PAY THEM WHAT THEY'RE WORTH [APPLAUSE] LET'S GET HONEST.

THEY REALLY DO DESERVE IT.

I'M UP AT THE SCHOOL JUST ABOUT EVERY DAY HELPING OUT.

I DO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE DOOR'S GOING TO THE PRECARIOUS AREA THAT IS NOW THE STEEL DOORS.

WE DO APPRECIATE IT.

THE SCHOOL HAS GOT A LITTLE BETTER, BUT WE STILL HAVE SOME SAFETY ISSUES.

THAT'S WHY OUR PRINCIPAL IS NOW GETTING A LOT MORE OF THE DADS TO COME IN TO HELP OUT.

RIGHT NOW, IT'S JUST ME.

WE DO HAVE SOME MOTHERS, BUT KEEPING THE VOLUNTEERS MAKES IT HARD.

THE NEXT THING THAT I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IS DID ANY OF YOU EVER GO TO THE SCHOOL AND YOUR DISTRICT AND EAT THE FOOD THAT THE KIDS EAT? NO. I'M BEING SERIOUS, 99% OF THAT FOOD GETS THROWN AWAY.

SOME OF IT DON'T HAVE FLAVOR.

WE REALLY NEED TO CHECK INTO THIS BECAUSE THERE'S MORE GOING IN THE TRASH AND THE KIDS AND THEN THEY DON'T EAT NOTHING UNTIL THEY COME HOME.

WE REALLY NEED TO ADDRESS THAT.

THEN LET'S GET WITH THE VOUCHER.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GONE THROUGH OR NOT.

I WAS ONLINE DURING THE MEETING.

MEETING WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND EVERYTHING.

BUT WHAT REALLY BOTHERED ME ON IT WAS THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT

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WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A TEACHER IS NOT THERE IN A TA, TAKES THEIR PLACE.

THEY DON'T MAKE ONE A TEACHER MAKES, EVEN THOUGH THEY DON'T HAVE THE SAME MASTER'S DEGREE, THEY DO THE SAME JOB.

LET'S PAY ALL OF THEM WHAT THEY'RE WORTH, HONESTLY. THANK YOU [APPLAUSE]

>> THANK YOU. ANTHONY PETERSON.

FOLLOWED BY [INAUDIBLE] JACKSON WITH GEORGE RANGEL AND ROSEMARY KURTZ ON DECK.

ANTHONY PETERSON.

>> GOOD EVENING BOARD OF TRUSTEES, SUPERINTENDENT AND CITIZENS.

MY NAME IS ANTHONY PETERSON AND I RESIDE AT 607 GREEN METALS LANE OF OR VILLA TEXAS.

AFT UNION NAME RETALIATION, BULLYING AND INTIMIDATION BY EXECUTIVES, MID-LEVEL MANAGEMENT AND LOWER MANAGEMENT AS ONE OF THE NUMBER 1 ISSUE, THE MONK OR NONE MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEE, THE BISD.

MY UNION BROTHER, WHICH ARE THE HIGHLY RESPECTED SCHOOL TEACHER, LINKS DISD MANAGEMENT TO A WHALE ALL OLIGARCHY SYSTEM OF MANAGEMENT.

I'M A BLUE COLLAR WORKER.

IT'S JUST STRAIGHT GANGSTER.

GANGSTERS DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO WITH ATTITUDE, WHAT YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? MANY AND EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT AND LOWER MANAGEMENT HAVE THE SAME ATTITUDE.

WELL, PROFESSIONAL STAFF, I GOT SOME GOOD NEWS.

I GOT SOME BAD NEWS.

THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT OUR NEW SUPERINTENDENT AS WELL AWARE OF THIS INHERITED INTIMIDATION PROBLEM AND HAVE PLEDGED TO CHANGE THE NARRATIVE AND THE HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT TO A PROFESSIONAL EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM THAT PROMOTES PROFESSIONAL ETHICS, STANDARDS REGARDLESS OF A PERSON'S POSITION.

LET'S GO OVER TO TRANSPORTATION.

I'M A BUS DRIVER AT A PROFESSIONAL SOCIAL WORKER AND AFT REP.

I AM OFTEN ASSISTING COWORKERS WITH RETALIATION AND INTIMIDATION MATTERS BY MANAGEMENT SEVERAL TIMES PER WEEK.

INSTEAD OF HIRING TRANSPORTATION LEAVES US WITH LOGISTIC EXPERIENCE AND UNDERSTAND ALL THE MOVING PARTS OF A LARGE URBAN SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THEY'D RATHER HIRE INDIVIDUALS THAT LESS QUALIFIED BUT EAGER TO PLEASE THEIR SUPERIOR.

BUS DRIVERS OFTEN ARE SETS IT CONTROLLED AND MADE TO BELIEVE IF THEY DON'T LIKE THEIR UNSATISFACTORY JOB ON SATISFACTORY WORK ENVIRONMENT, JUST QUIT.

JUST WORK SOMEWHERE ELSE.

THIS CONTROLLED BY INTIMIDATION STYLE OF MANAGEMENT IS SO OUTDATED AND RESEMBLE A VERY DISCRIMINATORY WORKPLACE THAT RULE OVER THAT RULE FOR OVER 400 YEARS IN TEXAS AS WELL AS THIS COUNTRY.

THE BAD NEWS IS IF RETALIATION, BULLYING AND INTIMIDATION BY EMPLOYEE, EMPLOYEE, BY EXECUTIVE STAFF AND MANAGEMENT DON'T STOP THE HANDS OF TIME WILL TURN BACK TO A TIME WHEN THIS MONTHLY BOARD MEETING RESEMBLED A CIRCUS AND THE DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM WAS LITERALLY OUT-OF-CONTROL.

EXECUTIVE STAFF, PLEASE STOP ALLOWING AND SUPPORTING BAD, INAPPROPRIATE AND UNPROFESSIONAL BEHAVIOR BY YOUR MANAGEMENT STAFF. BAD NATURE.

THERE CAN BE NO PEACE AT DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT IF YOU DON'T SEE THE IMMEDIATE NEED FOR CHANGE AND JUSTICE FOR ALL NON MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU [APPLAUSE] [INAUDIBLE] JACKSON, FOLLOWED BY GEORGE RANGEL WITH ROSEMARY KURTZ AND MARY MARTIN ON DECK.

[INAUDIBLE] JACKSON.

NOT PRESENT.

GEORGE RANGEL, FOLLOWED BY ROSEMARY KURTZ WITH MARY MARTIN AND DUNITA LACKING QUEEN ON DECK.

>> GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT HENRY TRUSTEES, SUPERINTENDENT AND [INAUDIBLE].

MY NAME IS GEORGE RANGEL, 334 CENTER STREET, DALLAS TEXAS AND 5208.

I'M THE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AT ALLIANCE AFT.

I WANT TO START BY THANKING YOU FOR INCLUDING THE LONGEVITY INCREASE OF $1,000 FOR THE PROPOSED RETENTION BONUS.

THIS $1,000 WILL BE GOING INTO VETERAN EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE DEMONSTRATED THEIR COMMITMENT TO DALLAS ISD AND WE APPLAUD THAT MOVE.

ACTIONS LIKE THIS HELP BUILD TRUST AND SHOW RESPECT TOWARDS OUR MOST EXPERIENCED EDUCATORS.

ALLIANCE AFT HAS BEEN FIGHTING FOR YEARS TO HAVE SOME OF THE PAY INCREASE DECOUPLED FROM TEI.

WE ARE PLEASED TO SEE THE DISTRICT LISTENED TO THE CONCERNS OF GISD EMPLOYEES AND ADJUSTED THIS YEAR IS INCREASED TO REFLECT THAT.

THIS IS A VICTORY FOR EMPLOYEES, THE UNION AND THE DISTRICT.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR DOING THE RIGHT THING.

WE'RE ALSO PLEASED TO SEE THAT MULTI-YEAR CONTRACTS ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED GOING FORWARD.

AFTER MEETING WITH ADMIN AND TRUSTEES, WE STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS OPTION OF A MULTI-YEAR CONTRACTS AND HOPE THEY WILL OFFER STABILITY TO OUR EMPLOYEES AND TO THE DISTRICT.

I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW

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NO RELATIONSHIP IS EVER PERFECT, BUT WE ARE HEARTENED THAT WHEN WE BRING YOU SERIOUS ISSUES, IT GETS THE ATTENTION IT DESERVES.

WE DO ASK THAT YOU MAKE STRENGTHEN THE REPERCUSSIONS AS PRIORITY FOR ADMIN WHO CONTINUED TO BREAK DISTRICT POLICY AND STATE LAW.

UNTIL THIS HAPPENS, EDUCATORS WILL NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE COMING FORWARD WITH THEIR CONCERNS AND IDEAS ON HOW TO IMPROVE DALLAS ISD.

LASTLY, WE WOULD ASK THE DISTRICT TO LOOK INTO WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE TRANSFER PROCESS.

WE HAVE MULTIPLE REPORTS OF HIGHLY QUALIFIED EDUCATORS APPLYING FOR TWO MULTIPLE OPEN POSITIONS AND NOT RECEIVING A RESPONSE BACK.

A NUMBER OF THESE EMPLOYEES ARE STARTING TO APPLY FOR POSITIONS OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT.

THE ISD CANNOT AFFORD TO LOSE THOSE SOUGHT AFTER EDUCATORS AND NEEDS TO PROVIDE A BETTER FEEDBACK TRANSPARENCY PROCESS FOR THOSE LOOKING TO A TRANSFER WITHIN THE DISTRICT.

IF NOT, WE WILL SEE THEM TRANSFER OUT OF THE DISTRICT.

THANK YOU SUPERINTENDENT. THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS.

>> THANK YOU. ROSEMARY KURTZ FOLLOWED BY MARY MARTIN WITH DENISE LACKING QUEEN AND JOHN FORD ON DECK.

>> MY NAME IS ROSIE KURTZ AND I'M A HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER IN DALLAS ISD AND A MEMBER OF ALLIANCE AFT.

ALLIANCES, RESPECT, EQUITY, DIGNITY, OR RED CAMPAIGN PROVIDES THE DISTRICT WITH A VERY REASONABLE LIST OF WAYS THEY CAN IMPROVE WORKING CONDITIONS FOR TEACHERS AND STAFF.

REMEMBER, OUR WORKING TO CONDITIONS ARE OUR STUDENTS LEARNING CONDITIONS.

ONE ITEM ON OUR LIST, AS FAR AS GEORGE MENTIONED, IS FOR THE DISTRICT TO CREATE A CLEAR METHOD FOR HOLDING ADMINISTRATORS ACCOUNTABLE WHO BREAK THE LAW.

PARTICULARLY REGARDING GIVING ALL TEACHERS THE LEGALLY REQUIRED MINIMUM PLANNING TIME AND ALL TEACHERS AND STAFF, THE LEGALLY REQUIRED 30 MINUTE DUTY FREE LUNCH.

TO REITERATE, ADMINS ARE NOT JUST DISOBEYING SOME DISTRICT POLICY WHEN THEY IMPOSE ON US DURING OUR PLANNING TIME, THEY ARE LITERALLY DOING SOMETHING ILLEGAL.

THE DISTRICT NEEDS TO TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY AND BE SURE THEIR ADMINS TAKE IT SERIOUSLY.

IF AN ADMIN IS REPORTED TO BE INFRINGING ON A TEACHER'S PLANNING TIME OR SOMEONE'S DUTY FREE LUNCH, WHAT WILL BE THE CONSEQUENCE? MAYBE A WARNING THE FIRST-TIME.

FINE. WHAT ABOUT THE SECOND TIME? THE THIRD TIME? HOW MANY STRIKES DO THEY GET? THIS NEEDS TO BE LAID OUT IN A DISTRICT POLICY AND CLEARLY CONVEYED TO ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHERS, AND THEN THAT POLICY NEEDS TO BE IMPLEMENTED WITH FIDELITY.

IN ADDITION, ALL TEACHERS AND STAFF NEED TO BE NOT JUST INFORMED OF HOW TO REPORT SUCH ABUSE, BUT ALSO ENCOURAGED TO DO SO.

THE DISTRICT MUST FIND A WAY TO MAKE TEACHERS TRUST THAT THEIR IDENTITY WILL BE KEPT SECRET FROM THEIR ADMIN SO THEY DO NOT HAVE TO FEAR RETALIATION.

ADMINISTRATORS SHOULD ALSO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR HOW THEY TREAT THEIR STAFF BEYOND JUST THE LEGAL MINIMUMS. THE CLIMATE SURVEY CAN ONLY DO THIS TO A LIMITED EXTENT.

THAT'S NOT EVEN COUNTING HOW SOME ADMIN TRIED TO MANIPULATE AND LIE TO STUFF ABOUT CONSEQUENCES THEY MIGHT FACE IF THE CLIMATE SURVEY RESULTS AREN'T GOOD.

THE PEI AND API SHOULD INCLUDE A COMPONENT OF A TEACHER AND STAFF SURVEY WHERE WE CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR EVALUATOR.

RIGHT NOW, MANY TEACHERS HAVE AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AS AN EVALUATOR AND CLIMATE SURVEYS ONLY ASK YOU ABOUT YOUR PRINCIPAL.

AN ALLIANCE UNION BROTHER ORIGINALLY CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA AND IT'S REALLY STUCK WITH ME.

TEACHERS AND STAFF TASK FORCE COULD BE ASSEMBLED, PICKED BY THE UNIONS IN DALLAS ISD TO COME UP WITH THESE QUESTIONS FOR THE SURVEY.

FOR EXAMPLE, DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU EVALUATOR RESPECT YOU? DO YOU FIND YOUR EVALUATOR'S FEEDBACK USEFUL? DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE EVALUATOR LISTENS TO YOU? IN A CONFLICT WITH A STUDENT OR PARENT, DO YOU TRUST THAT YOUR EVALUATOR WILL HAVE YOUR BACK? DOES YOUR EVALUATOR COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY, ETC.

ADMINISTRATORS, BOTH PRINCIPALS AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR FOLLOWING THE LAW, FOLLOWING DISTRICT POLICY AND TREATING THEIR STAFF RESPECTFULLY.

A SLAP ON THE WRIST AND TURNING A BLIND, WON'T CUT IT ANYMORE.

IT LEAVES MISTREATED TEACHERS FEELING HELPLESS AND ADRIFT, AND THEN THEY JUST LEAVE. THANKS.

>> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] MARY MARTIN, FOLLOWED BY DENITO LACIN QUINN, JOHN FORD AND MARILYN WALKER ON DECK.

MARY MARTIN.

NOT PRESENT.

DENITO LACIN QUINN, FOLLOWED BY JOHN FORD WITH MARILYN WALKER AND SHANDRIA MCDONALD ON DECK.

>> GOOD EVENING. I AM DENITO LACIN QUINN.

I AM THE SBDM CHAIR FOR CAMPBELL HIGH SCHOOL.

I'M ALSO AN ALUMNI PARENT OF TWO STUDENTS THAT ARE GRADUATING FROM CAMPBELL HIGH SCHOOL, AS WELL AS A FORMER EDUCATOR.

WE HAVE A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE AND NEED A SAFETY STANDARD OF SERVICE FOR TEACHERS AND STAFF AT DISD.

FRIDAY, APRIL 14TH, AN ADULT MONITOR AT CAMPBELL HIGH SCHOOL REACTED AFTER BEING ATTACKED AND WAS ARRESTED ON CAMPUS WITHOUT AN INVESTIGATION AND JUDGED IN PUBLIC OPINION WHEN AN ALTERED VIDEO WAS LEAKED TO LOCAL MEDIA.

THIS MONITOR WAS THE SAME MONITOR WHO REMOVED A GUN FROM A STUDENT LAST YEAR.

HE AND TWO OTHER MONITORS HAVE BEEN THREATENED AND ASSAULTED,

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WHERE IS THE SAFETY STANDARD OF SERVICE FOR OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF? WE HAVE HAD ITEMS STOLEN, RECEIVED DEATH THREATS, VEHICLES VANDALIZED, INCLUDING TEACHERS COMING OUT WITH THEIR CATALYTIC VEHICLES.

WE ARE LOSING STAFF AND TEACHERS BECAUSE THEY DO NOT FEEL SAFE AND PROTECTED.

THEY DESERVE TO GO HOME TO THEIR FAMILIES TOO.

THERE SHOULD BE PROTOCOLS IN PLACE FOR STANDARDS OF SERVICE.

THERE SHOULD BE INCIDENT REPORTS ON CAMPUS.

WHEN ESCALATED EVENTS ARE BEING REPORTED NOT ONLY ARE THE PARENTS IDENTIFIED, BUT DALLAS ISD POLICE ARE INVOLVED WHEN TEACHERS ARE ASSAULTED.

THERE SHOULD BE A PAPER TRAIL TO DEFEND THOSE TEACHERS AND NOT JUST HEARSAY.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN A CRISIS BECAUSE WE ARE DEALING WITH WEAPONS BEING SHOWN ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

WE'RE BEING TOLD THAT TEACHERS HOUSES ARE GOING TO BE SHUT UP.

WE'RE SEEING GUNS ON A REGULAR BASIS.

WE ARE IN A CRISIS FOR OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF, AND WE ARE IN A CRISIS BECAUSE THEY WILL LEAVE OUR SCHOOLS.

PLEASE HELP US.

>> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] JOHN FORD, FOLLOWED BY MARILYN WALKER WITH SHANDRIA MCDONALD'S, AND SHEILA NICHOLSON ON DECK.

>> MY NAME IS JOHN FORD AND I'M WITH WILLIAM BROWN MILLER ELEMENTARY.

I LIVE IN 2519 HOSPITAL AVENUE, DALLAS TEXAS.

I'VE BEEN WITH THE DISTRICT 26 PLUS YEARS.

I'M CURRENTLY TEACHING IN A FLS UNIT AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON DUE PROCESS.

GOOD EVENING, SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD MEMBERS.

MY PURPOSE HERE IS TO HOPEFULLY INFLUENCE YOU TO SUPPORT DUE PROCESS FOR ESP MEMBERS.

IT IS A PUBLIC LAW THAT WE ARE CONSIDERED TEACHERS.

REFERRING TO THE ANSWER I GAVE YOU.

THAT IS ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT OF 1965.

MY QUESTION IS, DO YOU ALL CONSIDER TEACHERS? THE ONLY PERSONNEL WHO ARE NEEDING DUE PROCESS.

ESPS COME IN CONTACT WITH STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

TYPICALLY STUDENTS ARE DISRUPTED, BUT SOME HAVE HISTORY WITH STUDENT MANAGEMENT TRIALS THAT AREN'T EXACTLY THE BEST CITIZENSHIP SCHOOLS WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT AS BEST.

BUT RATHER CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF, THAT TYPE YOU DON'T WANT.

STUDENTS HAVE PERSONALITIES AND ATTITUDES.

WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER TEACHERS AS WELL, WHICH INFLUENCES ALL OF OUR DECISION-MAKING PROCESS.

SHOWING FAIRNESS IN THE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT, DUE PROCESS IS NEEDED FOR EDUCATORS SUPPORT PERSONNEL, ESPS, AS WELL.

FOR OUR TREATMENT THROUGH THE DISTRICT SHOULD BE DISPLAYED IN RECORD, NOT ACCUSATION, AND HINDRANCES.

ESPS ARE STRONG IN SCHOOLS REPRESENTING EDUCATOR AS WELL AS BEING AN EDUCATOR.

ESPS ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE IMPLEMENTING LOCAL EDUCATION BOARD REGULATION AND LOCAL POLICY FOR INSTRUCTION IS WHAT DISTRICT ESPS ARE ABOUT.

STUDENTS ARE SAFE BECAUSE OF THE ESPS.

ESPS ARE DEGREED HAVING ASSOCIATES AND/OR ADVANCED DEGREES.

ESPS PLAN FOR HIGHER EDUCATION AND PLAN TO REMAIN IN EDUCATION UNTIL RETIREMENT.

ESPS ARE DRIVEN BY THEIR WORK.

ESPS CARRY OUT RESPONSIBILITIES THAT PROMOTE AND ENSURE SAFE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT AND MUST FOLLOW POLICY ON ETHICS GIVEN BY THE DISTRICT.

THE ROLE OF ESP AND THE SUPPORT OF DUE PROCESS COMES THE RISE OF STRONGER CONVICTIONS.

>> THANK YOU MR. FORD, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

MARILYN WALKER, [APPLAUSE] FOLLOWED BY SHANDRIA MCDONALD WITH SHEILA NICHOLSON AND LANI RICHARDSON ON DECK.

MARILYN WALKER.

>> MY NAME IS MARILYN WALKER. I RESIDE AT 1081 SUFFOLK LANE CEDAR HILL TEXAS 75104.

GOOD EVENING. BOARD PRESIDENT JEFFERSON HENRY BOARD TRUSTEES.

[INAUDIBLE].

MY NAME IS MARILYN WALKER, I'M A DESKTOP SUPPORT TECHNICIAN AND IT CLIENT SUPPORT DEPARTMENT.

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ON TOP OF THAT, AND FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS, THE IT TECHNICIANS AND CAMPUS-BASED TECHNICIANS HAVING TO DO IT AND SUFFERED ECONOMICALLY.

JUST BELOW MARKET PAY, POOR WORKING CONDITIONS, WHICH INCLUDE EXCESSIVE WORKLOADS.

DURING THE PANDEMIC OF 2020 THE IT TECHNICIAN PROCESS AND COMMISSIONER WAS 70,000 TECHNOLOGY DEVICES, INCLUDING LAPTOPS, CHROMEBOOKS, IPADS, AND HOTSPOTS, WHICH ENSURED THAT EACH STUDENT AND EVERY TEACHER HAD A DEVICE.

THIS LOAD OF EQUIPMENT ONLY INCREASED OUT DAY TO DAY.

I WORK ON WORKLOAD ON A DAILY BASIS.

WE'D GET THEN AFTER THE PANDEMIC, WE DIDN'T GET ANY SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE, JUST THE BASIC THREE PERCENT RAISE.

ONLY, IF YOU CAN IMAGINE, 70,000 PIECES OF EQUIPMENT, BUT IT WOULD FILL THIS ROOM WITH TRUCKS ROLL FOR 12 HOURS A DAY, SIX DAYS A WEEK TO GET THOSE ATTRIBUTED TO THE CANVAS COMMISSION AND PROCESSED.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR TECHNICIAN DOES NOT EXIST.

CANDIDATES FOR JOB PERSONS AND CANDIDATES WITH LESS EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION ARE PROMOTED OVER MORE QUALIFIED APPLICANTS.

CURRENT EMPLOYEES ARE INSTRUCTED TO TRAIN NEW HIRES OFF THE STREET, WITH NO DISTRICT SERVICE, WE'RE INSTRUCTED TO TRAIN THEM AND THEY ARE PROMOTED OVER THE DISTRICT EMPLOYEES WITH SERVICE WITH THE DISTRICT AND PAID MORE.

TO MAINTAIN THE SAME LEVEL OF SERVICE AND RETAIN THE CURRENT TECHNICIANS, WE ARE REQUESTING A SALARY INCREASE COMPARABLE TO ORGANIZATIONS IN THE DALLAS, FORT WORTH MARKET. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU [APPLAUSE] SANDREA MCDONALD, FOLLOWED BY SHEILA NICHOLSON, WITH LONNIE RICHARDSON AND ISAAC STEEN ON DECK.

>> GOOD EVENING, SUPERINTENDENT ELIZALDE, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND COMMUNITY.

I'M SANDREA MCDONALD AND I'M SPEAKING THIS EVENING ON LEADERSHIP AND ACCOUNTABILITY.

FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU THE ISD ADMINISTRATORS AND LEADERSHIP TEAM FOR RESPECTFULLY ALLOWING THE CONCERNED VOICES OF THE COMMUNITY, PARENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS TO HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE, AS IT PERTAINS TO THE OVERALL WELFARE OF CHILDREN.

WE SEE THE CHANGES YET TO COME.

SIMON SINEK STATES THAT GREAT LEADERSHIP CAN BRING US TOGETHER FOR A COMMON CAUSE AND IS GOOD AT SEEING WHAT OTHERS DON'T.

I WANT TO PERSONALLY ADDRESS THE UNBECOMING BEHAVIOR OF THE DISTRICT'S SIX TRUSTEE.

>> MA'AM, SORRY, NOT THAT PART. PLEASE SKIP THAT PART.

>> OKAY.

>> THANK YOU.

>> WELL, IN A COMMUNITY WHICH I LIVE, BOARD POLICY GUIDING PRINCIPLES STATE THAT THE BOARD ENCOURAGES THE PUBLIC TO DISCUSS CONCERNS WITH THE APPROPRIATE ADMINISTRATOR WHO HAS THE AUTHORITY TO ADDRESS THEM.

CONCERNS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO ALLOW EARLY RESOLUTION AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL.

AS A BODY OF CONCERNED INDIVIDUALS IS BDM, PTA, PTSA, AND ALUMNI PRESIDENTS, WE COLLECTIVELY WENT THROUGH THE PROPER PROTOCOL WITH NO RESOLUTION.

AT THAT POINT, WE MOVE TO A HIGHER AUTHORITY FOR RESOLVE AS WE DID ON LAST TUESDAY WITH THE ISD.

IT WAS A DISRUPTION TO OUR PRIVATE MEETING, LIES WERE TOLD, AS IT WAS SAID TO BE A DISTRICT SIX COMMUNITY MEETING AND TO DISCUSS DISTRICT SIX SCHOOLS.

IT WAS A BOOLEAN TACTIC AND DISTRICT DISD PERSONNEL WERE HARASSED AS THEY ARRIVED.

VIDEOS AND PICTURES WERE TAKEN THROUGH THE WINDOW WHILE THE MEETING WAS IN PROGRESS.

AFTER BEING TOLD THERE WAS A PRIVATE MEETING, IT WAS CONTINUED INTIMIDATION TACTICS BY TELLING THE SECURITY GUARD THAT SHE WOULD BE REPORTED FOR NOT LETTING THEM IN THE MEETING.

FURTHERMORE, CONTINUED TO TAKE PICTURES OF ATTENDEES LEAVING THE MEETING.

THERE HAS ALSO BEEN DEFAMING THE NAME AND CHARACTER OF OUR ORGANIZATION BY SOWING DISCORD WITH THE SCHOOL LEADERSHIP, BY STATING THAT WE WERE TRYING TO GET PRINCIPALS FIRED.

THIS BEHAVIOR IS INAPPROPRIATE FOR AN ELECTED OFFICIAL.

WE ARE AWARE OF MANY PRIVATE MEETINGS BEING HELD WITH MANY DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS AT THE DISTRICT.

WHAT MAKES OUR MEETING ANY DIFFERENT TO INCITE SUCH UNPROFESSIONAL BEHAVIOR THAT WILL NOT BE TOLERATED? WE EXPECT YOU AS LEADERSHIP TO TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY BY MAKING CHANGES AND IMPLEMENTING POLICIES THAT DEAL WITH THOSE WHO ARE PURPOSELY CREATING NEGATIVE AND HOSTILE ENVIRONMENTS WHERE THE TEACHERS, STUDENTS AND THOSE WORKING AND VOLUNTEERING IN THE SCHOOLS.

THERE IS NO PROTECTION IN POLICY FOR TEACHERS AND STAFF THAT ARE BEING MANIPULATED, INTIMIDATED AND ARE AFRAID TO SPEAK OUT FOR FEAR OF RETALIATION. THE RESULTS- [OVERLAPPING]

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>> THANK YOU MISS MCDONALDS.

YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

SHEILA NICHOLSON FOLLOWED BY LONNIE RICHARDSON WITH ISAAC STEEN AND SHEILA WALKER ON DECK.

>> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS SHEILA NICHOLSON.

I RESIDE IN DISTRICT NINE.

I HAVE BEEN IN TRANSPORTATION FOR A TOTAL OF EIGHT YEARS.

I'M HERE TO FIRST SAY, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LISTEN TO TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER DIST EMPLOYEES WHOM WE HAVE OUR CONCERNS, THE NEA, DALLAS EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT EMPLOYEE MEMBERS REALLY APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATIONS YOU'VE HAD WITH OUR PRESIDENT SHEILA WALKER IN DISTRICT LEADERSHIP ON ADDING PROGRESSIVE DISCIPLINE PROCEDURES TO THE DISTRICT AT WILL POLICY.

DUE PROCESS IS IMPORTANT TO OUR EMPLOYEES, BUT ESPECIALLY AT WILL EMPLOYEES.

WE ARE AND ALWAYS HAVE BEEN DEDICATED TO THE STUDENTS OF THIS DISTRICT IN MANY WAYS.

WE DESERVE THE RIGHT TO WORK IN A DISTRICT THAT HONORS OUR VOICES AND APPRECIATE OUR WORK.

DUE PROCESS WILL ESTABLISH A BETTER RAPPORT WITH OUR ESP EMPLOYEE MEMBERS.

AS THE 2022-2023 NEARS THE END OF THE YEAR, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT THIS FAR.

RESPECT TO ME, IS RELATIONSHIP THE STRONG ESSENTIALLY, EVERYONE COUNTS, IT SPEAKS FOR ALL.

P POWER IS ACTION.

EXCUSE ME, EMPATHY TOWARDS ALL, CURVES FOR ALL, TREATMENT OF ALL EMPLOYEES SPELLS OUT RESPECT.

YOUR ACTION IS POWER FOR ALL ESP EMPLOYEES.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION.

>> THANK YOU.

>> LONNIE RICHARDSON, FOLLOWED BY ISAAC STEEN WITH SHEILA WALKER AND ALIKA GREEN ON DECK.

>> GOOD EVENING BOARD PRESIDENT, JUSTIN HENRY, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AND SUPERINTENDENT.

MY NAME IS LONNIE RICH, I'M A TRANSPORTATION DRIVER, CLEVELAND SERVICE CENTER AND DISTRICT FOUR COMMUNITY WHITE IS MY TRUSTEE.

I HAVE BEEN A TRANSPORTATION DRIVER FOR OVER 30 PLUS YEARS.

AS A MEMBER ADVOCATES SUPPORT PERSONNEL COMMITTEE OF ANY A DALLAS.

I'M HERE TODAY TO THANK THE DISTRICT LEADERSHIP FOR TAKING OUR CONCERN INTO CONSIDERATION.

ANY A DALLAS ESP COMMUNITIES COMPILES OF SUPPORT EMPLOYED MEMBER TRANSPORTATIONS, MEMBERS, WORKERS, TRANSPORTATION WORKERS, TEACHER'S ASSISTANT, PERSONAL CLINICAL WORKERS, IT ANALYSIS, CAFETERIA WORKERS, SECURITY GUARDS, AND OTHERS WHO ARE CONSIDERED AT WILL EMPLOYEES.

WE'RE HERE THIS EVENING, SHOWING SUPPORT FOR ALL ESPS AND WHO SOMETIMES FEEL THAT WE ARE NOT SUPPORTED ENOUGH, WHICH FOR 31 YEARS I HAVE FELT THAT WAY.

I THINK IT'S TIME THAT WE BECOME A PART OF SOMETHING GREAT.

SOMETHING THAT CAN STAND ON US AND HELP US FEEL SAFE AT OUR JOB, EVEN WHEN TIMES ARE HARD AND EVERYBODY'S AGAINST US.

SOME NOW FEEL THAT WE ARE NOT SUPPORTED WITH THE DUE PROCESS THAT IS AT HAND, THAT HAS BEEN USED AT THE TOP LEVEL, BUT AT THE BOTTOM LEVEL, WE DROP.

WE NEED THAT, WE NEED THAT SUPPORT AND WE'RE ASKING YOU TO COME TO EMPLOYMENT ISSUES, AS WELL AS DRIVERS A MONTH OR THE FIRST PEOPLE THAT ALWAYS WOULD GET UP AT 03:00, 04:00 IN THE MORNING.

WE'RE FIRST ONES AT WORK CHECKING OUR BUSES, MAKING SURE THE BUS IS SAFE ENOUGH TO PICK UP THE STUDENTS.

IT MAY BE EVEN YOUR KIDS, WE'RE PICKING THEM UP, IT'S OUR JOB.

ONCE THEY GET ON THAT BUS, THEY BECOME OUR KIDS [NOISE] AND GET THEM TO SCHOOL.

SOMETIMES PEOPLE AIN'T EVEN UP AT THAT TIME, BY THE TIME WE GET TO SCHOOL, SOMETIMES I SEE TEACHERS PULLING IN 7:30, 08:00.

I'M ON MY WAY TO THE NEXT ONE.

WE TAKE OUR JOBS VERY SERIOUSLY AND CARE ABOUT THE STUDENTS THAT WE SERVE.

ESPS ARE VERY VITAL PART OF THEIR EDUCATIONAL PROCESS AND WE'RE HABIT ANYTIME EDITION INCLUDES US AT ALL MISSING OF RESPECT.

WE DON'T GET IT.

NO MATTER HOW HARD WE TRY FOR 31 YEARS, I HAVEN'T SEEN THE RESPECT THAT WE DESERVE.

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IF PEOPLE ARE WALKING OFF FROM THE JOB BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GET NO RESPECT, EVERYBODY'S DOWNING THEM, MAKING THEM FEEL LIKE THEY ARE NOBODY, WE ARE SOMEBODY. [OVERLAPPING]

>> THANK YOU, MR. RICHARDSON YOUR TIME EXPIRED.

>> THEY CHANGED THE GAME, IT'S A PROFESSION, THIS IS WHAT WE CHOSE TO DO.

>> ISAAC STEEN FOLLOWED BY SHEILA WALKER, WITH ALINKA GREEN AND SABRINA BRANUM ON DECK.

ISAAC STEEN. ISAAC STEIN.

NOT PRESENT.

SHEILA WALKER, FOLLOWED BY ALINKER GREEN WITH SABRINA BRANUM AND CORDELIA STRAND ON DECK.

SHEILA WALKER.

>> I'M TRYING TO SEE IF IT'S MY TIME OR NOT. I DON'T KNOW.

[APPLAUSE] A GOOD EVENING, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, BOARD TRUSTEE JUSTIN HENRY AND OTHER BOARD TRUSTEES.

I'M SHEILA WALKER, I'M THE PROUD PRESIDENT OF NEA DALLAS.

[APPLAUSE] I COME THIS EVENING GIVEN ACCOLADES.

I FIRST WANT TO THANK ROBERT ABEL AND THE LEADERSHIP TEAM FOR USING UP THE 67 MILLION IN AZURE FUNDS FOR AN ADDITIONAL DALLAS ISD RETENTION FOR UP TO $5,000 FOR ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES WHO RETURNED IN '23, '24 SCHOOL YEAR.

THIS INCENTIVE SHOWS THAT WE ARE APPRECIATED BY DALLAS ISD.

THE NEXT PERSON I WANT TO THANK IS DEIDRE BELL HUNTER AND HER TEAM FOR WORKING WITH NEA DALLAS TIRELESSLY AND LISTENING TO OUR CONCERNS AS IT RELATES TO AT-WILL EMPLOYEES.

THE DCD LOCAL POLICY STATES THAT AT-WILL EMPLOYEES MAY BE DISMISSED AT ANYTIME FOR ANY REASON.

THIS HAS BEEN A CONCERN FOR MINE AND OTHER EDUCATION PROFESSIONALS FOR YEARS.

AFTER MEETING WITH THE TEAM, WE NOTICED THAT IT IS POSSIBLE FOR LANGUAGE TO BE CHANGED IN DCD LOCAL POLICY TO INCLUDE A PROGRESSIVE DISCIPLINE PROCEDURE FOR OUR AT-WILL EMPLOYEES.

AS I STAND HERE TONIGHT, I NOT ONLY SUPPORT TEACHERS, BUT I SUPPORT TRANSPORTATION WORKERS, TEACHER ASSISTANTS, OFFICE WORKERS, RT TAKES, CARE PROFESSIONALS, CUSTODIANS, CAFETERIA WORKERS, AND OTHERS, AND REALIZE THAT WE, SUPPORT STAFF, ARE THE BACKBONES OF EDUCATION AND WE ARE DUE RESPECT.

I'VE BEEN TALKING BY RESPECT THE WHOLE YEAR.

I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH LEADERSHIP AND THINGS HAVE BEEN CHANGING.

SO I WANT TO TELL ALL THE LEADERSHIP THANK YOU, AND ALL BOARD TRUSTEES THAT HAVE WORKED WITH NEA DALLAS.

DISTRICTS IN OUR SURROUNDING AREAS THAT ALREADY HAVE DUE PROCESS IS AUSTIN, RIO VALLEY, FORT WORTH, BROWNSVILLE, AMARILLO, EAST BERNARD, DONNA, AND THERE ARE SOME OTHERS THAT I DON'T KNOW OF.

THIS NEEDS TO BE A PROCESS OR POLICY IN THE STATE.

AFTER TONIGHT AND AFTER WE CONTINUE TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO, WE'RE GOING TO PUSH FOR SOME POLICY CHANGES AT THE LEGISLATIVE AREA. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] ALINKER GREEN, FOLLOWED BY SABRINA BRANUM WITH CORDELIA STRAND AND DIANE BIRDWELL ON DECK.

>> MY NAME IS ALINKER GREEN.

I RESIDE IN 123 ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS.

I AM A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE WOMEN'S COALITION.

THE WOMEN'S COALITION IS A COALITION OF BLACK AND BROWN WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN FORMERLY INCARCERATED.

I'M HERE THIS EVENING TO SPEAK ABOUT THE SYSTEM OF THE PRISON TO PIPELINE SYSTEM THAT IS ADDRESSING BLACK AND BROWN GIRLS IN THE ISD.

EXTENSIVELY WITH THE SYSTEM THAT IS GOING ON AT WILMA HUTCHES HIGH-SCHOOL.

I DON'T KNOW IF MANY OF YOU ARE AWARE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED APRIL 14TH, WHERE A STUDENT WHO IS A 4.0 STUDENT WHO IS ATHLETIC STUDENT AND HER MOTHER WERE VERBALLY AND PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED BY STAFF MEMBER NAMED DR. ALFONSO WARFARIN AND ALL OF THIS IS ON VIDEOTAPE.

THE MOTHER WENT TO THE SCHOOL MANY AT TIMES TO REPORT THE BULLYING THAT WAS GOING ON WITH HER DAUGHTERS.

THE YOUNG LADIES EVEN WENT SO FAR TO STOP THE MOTHER AT HER JOB.

WHEN THE MOTHER CAME BACK TO THE SCHOOL TO ADDRESS THIS WITH THE FORESAID STAFF MEMBER, SHE WAS TOLD, GET THE HELL OFF MY CAMPUS.

THEN AS THE MOTHER WAS TRYING TO LEAVE WITH HER DAUGHTER AND THIS IS ON VIDEOTAPE, SIX OF THE GIRLS WHO WERE BULLYING THE YOUNG LADIES CAME OUT OF THE LUNCH ROOM.

THE SAID STAFF NAME WHO I CANNOT MENTION,

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THEN ANOTHER ONE OF THE YOUNG LADIES THAT HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO BULLYING, HER CLOTHES WAS RIPPED OFF, AND HER HAT WAS PULLED OUT, AND THEN VIA TEXT, THEY WE'RE TOLD THAT THEY COULD NOT COME BACK TO SCHOOL AND THE YOUNG LADY WOULD GO TO DP OR WHATEVER ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL THERE IS.

THE MOTHER AND THE STUDENT IS HERE RIGHT NOW.

IT TOOK GOING TO SMASH THE TOPIC, AND SETTING UP A PRESS CONFERENCE.

I WANT TO MAKE THIS CLEAR.

MR. MAX JOHNSON DID NOT SET THAT UP.

IT WAS WE THE PEOPLE THAT SET THAT UP, THAT GOT THOSE VIEWS BECAUSE WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO SAVE OUR CHILDREN AND I APPLAUD ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE SUPPORTIVE OF MY CHILDREN AND DO THEIR JOBS EVERYDAY, BUT I'M HERE TO ADDRESS THE ONES THAT DO NOT.

THERE CAN BE NO ADULTIFICATION AND BEATING OUR BLACK AND BROWN GIRLS AND KNOCKING THEM DOWN AND PULLING THEM OUT THEIR HAT.

THEY ARE NOT GROWN WOMEN, THEY'RE CHILDREN, AND THEY DESERVE EVERY RIGHT TO BE IN SCHOOL.

WHETHER IT BE SAFE FROM BULLIES THAT LOOK LIKE THEM OR STAFF MEMBERS THAT LOOK LIKE THEM.

I'M HERE TODAY TO ADDRESS TO LET YOU KNOW, WE, THE WOMEN COLLECTIVE, AND THERE'S 50,000 OF US STRONG ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WE'RE BLACK WOMEN THAT HAVE BEEN FORMERLY INCARCERATED AND WE STAND STRONG AND THEY ARE LOOKING AT YOU, THE ISD.

BUT THIS YOUNG LADY HAS BEEN REINSTATED IN HER SCHOOL.

BUT IT SHOULD NOT TAKE THE, WE HAVE TO GO TO SMASH THE TOPIC TO GET THAT DONE.

I AM SAYING TO YOU ADDRESS THIS MOTHER AND HER CHILD BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY WAY [OVERLAPPING].

>> SABRINA BRANUM FOLLOWED BY CORDELIA STRAND WITH DIANE BIRDWELL ON DECK.

>> SABRINA LAN BRANUM, I'M A 1981 GRADUATE OF WILMA HUTCHINS HIGHSCHOOL.

I'M UPHOLD OF WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE HOUSE OF WILMA HUTCHINS HIGH SCHOOL.

THE HOUSE ARE FOR LEARNING AND NOT FOR INCITING BULLYING.

BUT WHEN YOU HAVE A STUDENT TO ENROLL IN NOVEMBER, THEN FORM A GROUP OF SIX FEMALE STUDENTS TO HELP HER INCITE BULLYING IN EVENTS.

THE BULLYING STUDENTS HAD THE AUDACITY TO BULLY STUDENTS WITH A 4.0 GPA, AN ATHLETE THAT REPRESENTS THE SOARING EAGLES IN QUALITY FASHION.

THE QUESTION IS, THAT THE FACULTY AND STAFF ARE TO BEING?

>> NO.

>> ABSOLUTELY NOT.

IT IS NOW APRIL 2023.

THE HONOR STUDENT GETS EXPELLED AND TOLD WHEN SHE RETURNS, SHE WILL BE PLACED INTO AN ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR BECAUSE SHE ATTEMPTED TO DEFEND HERSELF FROM SIX BULLIES WHEN IN FACT, SHE HAD ALREADY COMPLAINED TO THE STAFF.

NOW DUE PROCESS.

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BULLIES? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

NO DUE PROCESS. IT'S TIME TO SPRING CLEAN AT WILMER-HUTCHINS HIGH SCHOOL.

IT STARTS AT THE TOP.

IF THE ADMINISTRATION CAN'T GET IT TOGETHER AS JOHN LEWIS SAY, SAY SOMETHING, DO SOMETHING.

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.

[APPLAUSE]

>> THANK YOU. CORDELIA STRAND FOLLOWED BY DIANE BIRDWELL, AND WE'LL CIRCLE BACK TO MARY MARTIN.

CORDELIA STRAND.

NOT PRESENT.

DIANE BIRDWELL FOLLOWED BY MARY MARTIN.

>> LIKE I ALWAYS SAY, I REALLY NEED A MICROPHONE.

DIANE BIRDWELL, 5705 MEADOWICK LANE.

I LIVE IN DISTRICT 9, BUT I WORK IN DISTRICT 3.

MY 24TH YEAR IN EDUCATION, SO I GOT THE 20-YEAR PIN BECAUSE THEY DON'T DO THEM IN SMALLER INCREMENTS.

TEI DOESN'T WORK BECAUSE YOU'RE HAVING TO GIVE BONUSES, YOU'RE HAVING TO GIVE RETENTION, YOU'RE HAVING TO GIVE TO YOUR CONTRACTS ALL THE STUFF WE HAD BEFORE TEI SO JUST AS A THOUGHT, IT DOESN'T WORK.

THAT'S WHY YOU'RE DOING ALL THIS TO RETAIN TEACHERS AND ESPS WHO DESERVE EQUAL RIGHTS.

WHAT I WANTED TO TALK TONIGHT WAS ABOUT SCHOOL SAFETY, BUT ESPECIALLY FOR TEACHERS AND OTHER STAFF PEOPLE BUT I'M GOING TO SPEAK AS A TEACHER ON THIS.

EARLIER TONIGHT, THE SUPERINTENDENT GAVE A PRESENTATION ON DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU ALL WILL BE FUNDING AND TRAINING ON.

I HOPE IT'S GOOD TRAINING AND NOT SOMETHING OUT OF A BOX WRITTEN BY SOME GUY WHO NEVER TAUGHT IN A SCHOOL. IT NEEDS TO BE REAL.

BUT WHAT I DID NOT SEE IN THAT PRESENTATION, MAYBE IT WAS MENTIONED SOMEWHERE ELSE, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE MENTIONED TO US IS WHAT IS THE DIST POLICY ON

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MEANWHILE, KIDS ARE BASHING EACH OTHER'S HEADS IN THE LOCKERS, THEY ARE PULLING ON EACH OTHER'S HAIR.

THEY ARE ENDANGERING OTHER STUDENTS AND WE'RE TRYING TO DO CROWD CONTROL.

IF WE GET IN, I HAVE BEEN INJURED.

I HAVE HAD MY GLASSES BROKEN.

I'VE HAD MY FACE BASHED IN.

I HAVE CLOTHES RIPPED AND THAT'S JUST ME.

LAST YEAR, I WAS PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED BY A STUDENT.

I WANT TO BRING UP THE FACT THAT I WAS LUCKY BECAUSE I'M ON A CAMPUS WHERE THE ADMINISTRATION SUPPORTED ME.

AS AN NEA REP ON OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS, WE ALLOW ADMINISTRATORS IN OUR UNION BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE UNITED ON THE CAMPUS AND TRAIN OUR ADMINISTRATORS AND MAYBE WHEN I RETIRE, YOU CAN HIRE ME AS A CONSULTANT SO I CAN TEACH YOU HOW TO TEACH YOUR PRINCIPALS HOW TO HAVE BETTER CAMPUSES.

[APPLAUSE] SAFER ONES FOR EVERYBODY.

THE THING IS, WHEN I WAS ASSAULTED, MY ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM BACKED ME, MADE SURE I WAS IMMEDIATELY TAKEN CARE OF PHYSICALLY, THAT I WAS TAKEN TO A MEDICAL FACILITY.

I WAS INJURED IN MY BACK AND NECK BY THE STUDENT.

THEY DID AN INVESTIGATION THAT WAS ACTUALLY VERY FAIR AND VERY WELL DONE AND I WAS GIVEN THE DECISION WITHOUT ANY INFLUENCE ON WHETHER I WANTED TO PRESS CHARGES OR NOT.

THAT'S NOT THE CASE ON MANY CAMPUSES.

THE INTIMIDATION TO NOT REPORT FIGHTS OR THINGS LIKE THAT ARE JUST UNBELIEVABLE.

I LOOKED UP A STUDY THAT WAS DONE WITH THE BENEFIT OF AFT AND NEA PARTICIPATING WITH THE AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION.

IT TALKS ABOUT ALL THE VIOLENCE AGAINST TEACHERS AND I'M ALMOST OUT OF TIME.

BUT I CAN TELL YOU YOU NEED TO LOOK IT UP AND I'LL BE BACK NEXT MONTH TO TALK ABOUT IT. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] OUR FINAL SPEAKER IS MARY MARTIN.

>> HELLO. MY NAME IS MARY MARTIN.

I AM AN ALUMNI OF JUSTIN F. KIMBALL CLASS OF 2004.

I ALSO HAVE A GRADUATE FROM KIMBALL HIGH SCHOOL, '22.

TWO STUDENTS ENROLLED IN KIMBALL HIGH SCHOOL THIS TIME.

I'M ALSO THE NEW ELECT THE PTSI PRESIDENT OF JUSTIN F. KIMBALL HIGH SCHOOL.

I COME TODAY TO LET YOU ALL KNOW, AND I'M SPEAKING ON MANY OF OUR SUPPORTERS.

WE NEED MORE HELP, WE NEED MORE SUPPORT.

WE NEED BETTER SUPPORTS.

THERE SHOULD BE NO REASON WHY OUR TEACHERS ARE FEELING LIKE THEY'RE BEING DISRESPECTED.

THERE SHOULD BE NO REASON WHY OUR STUDENTS DON'T FEEL SAFE.

THERE SHOULD BE NO REASON WHY OUR PARENTS DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE COMING TO TALK TO US.

THERE USED TO BE A TIME [LAUGHTER] WHERE THERE WERE STUDENTS WHO WILL NOT RAISE THEIR HAND TO A TEACHER.

THERE WAS A TIME WHERE YOU HAD THE RESPECT AND THERE WAS A TIME WHERE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF SUPPORTED THOSE TEACHERS THAT WERE BEING ABUSED IN THE SYSTEM.

I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYONE KNOWS, BUT DISD IS ONE OF THE LARGEST DISTRICTS IN AMERICA.

WE ARE ONE OF THE LARGEST DISTRICTS IN AMERICA.

THERE'S NO REASON WHY WE SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE MORE SUPPORT.

WHY ARE WE NOT ABLE AS PTSA STAFF, WHY ARE WE NOT ABLE TO SEE WHO WE'RE HIRING? WHY ARE WE NOT ABLE TO GIVE A WORD ABOUT WHO WE'RE HIRING? WHY ARE WE NOT ABLE TO HAVE SOME STRUCTURE WITH IT? IT'S LIKE WE'RE JUST BRINGING ANYONE IN WHO DOESN'T HAVE ANY TRAINING, WHO DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO BE A DISCIPLINED TEACHER.

I KNOW THERE WAS A POINT IN TIME WHERE YOU HAD TO TAKE SOME DISCIPLINE CLASS OR DEFENSIVE CLASS AS A TEACHER.

EVEN COME IN AND WALK IN THE HALLWAYS NOW WE'RE JUST LETTING ANYONE IN.

NO ONE KNOWS HOW TO TRAIN THEMSELVES, NO ONE KNOWS HOW TO MAINTAIN THEMSELVES IN THE SCHOOL BUILDINGS.

WE WANT TO HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE ABLE TO LEAD OUR KIDS.

IF THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH OUR LEADERSHIP THEN WE NEED TO START WITH OUR LEADERSHIP.

THAT MEANS THERE'S AN ISSUE SOMEWHERE THAT WE'RE NOT ADDRESSING.

THIS KEEPS HAPPENING, IT'S NOT JUST A ONE-OFF THING.

THERE'S NO REASON WHY A TEACHER FEELS LIKE WHEN THEY COME TO SCHOOL THEY'RE GOING TO GET JUMPED BY GANG MEMBERS.

IF THERE'S A NOTIFICATION AND YOU WANT TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE GANG MEMBERS IN OUR SCHOOL, WE NEED HELP. THAT'S AN ALERT.

IF WE HAVE THE METAL DETECTORS, IF THEY'RE NOT WORKING, CAN WE GET MORE? CAN WE GET SECURITY STAFF THAT WILL THERE TO HELP THE KIDS THAT ARE ACTUALLY THERE TO WORK AND NOT SIT AROUND JUST TO GET PAID? BECAUSE WE'RE BRINGING VOLUNTEERS IN THAT ARE DOING ALL THE WORK, BUT THEY'RE NOT GETTING ANY COMPENSATION FOR IT.

THEY'RE VOLUNTEERING ALL THEIR TIME.

THEY'RE EVEN COMING UP TO COACH OUR KIDS BUT THEY'RE NOT GETTING ANY COMPENSATION FOR IT.

BUT AS SOON AS SOMETHING HAPPENS, THEY'RE GETTING ARRESTED IN FRONT OF ALL OF THESE KIDS, IN FRONT OF ALL OF THEIR PARENTS AND TEACHERS AND EMBARRASSED AND THEY CANNOT WORK FOR THE DISTRICT ANYMORE.

EVERYTHING HAS CONSEQUENCES OF GIFTS ADULT INSTEAD OF THE CHILD.

I THOUGHT THAT OUT TIME IN SCHOOL WAS [INAUDIBLE] IN PLACE FOR THIS.

IN THE STATE OF ARKANSAS, YOU CANNOT TOUCH THE TEACHER OR YOU WILL GO TO ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL.

WHAT HAPPENS TO OUR ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS IN CEP PROGRAMS?

[01:50:03]

>> THANK YOU, MS. MARTIN.

[APPLAUSE] MR. PRESIDENT, THIS CONCLUDES OUR SPEAKERS.

>> THANK YOU, MRS. JORDAN, AND THANK YOU TO ALL OUR SPEAKERS.

TRUSTEES WENT OUT WITH THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES.

[7. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

>> MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND.

>> MOTION BY TRUSTEE FLORES, A SECOND BY TRUSTEE MARSHALL.

THERE ARE NO CORRECTIONS, TRUSTEES, WILL YOU PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES? [BACKGROUND]

>> TRUSTEE HENRY, YOU VOTE?

>> [BACKGROUND] APPRECIATE [INAUDIBLE].

>> TRUSTEE JOHNSON, DO YOU VOTE?

>> IS NOTHING POPPED UP?

>> NO, THEY'D BE IN THE SCROLL.

WHEN IT COMES TO EMPLOYEE.

[INAUDIBLE]

>> I VOTE, YES.

>> THANK YOU.

>> I VOTE YES

>> THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEES. YOU JUST ADOPTED THE MOTION IMPROVEMENT IN MINUTES.

NOW, ON A STATUTORY ITEMS 8.01 AT

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

WHO HAS EXCEEDED THE REQUIRED HOURS OF CONTINUING EDUCATION, AND IT WAS DEFICIENT IN MEETING THE REQUIRE CONTINUING EDUCATION AS THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE DATE OF EACH BOARD MEMBERS ELECTION OR APPOINTMENT TO THE BOARD, COMPLETING THE REQUIRED CONTINUING EDUCATION AS A BASIC OBLIGATION AND EXPECTATION OF ANY SITTING BOARD MEMBER UNDER STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION RULES.

AS OF THE DATE OF THIS MEETING, THE FOLLOWING TRUSTEES, THEY COMPLETED THAT REQUIRE AND CONTINUE THE REQUIRE CONTINUING EDUCATION.

HEADWIND FLORES, DUSTIN MARSHALL, AND MEDICAID CAMILLE WHITE, MAXI JOHNSON, GEORGE FOREMAN, BEN MACKEY, JOE CARREON, AND I JUST DIDN'T HAVE COMPLETED MY TRAINING REQUIREMENTS.

NOW ON TO 8.02, APPROVE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATIONS AND TERMINATE THE PROBATIONARY CONTRACTS OF EMPLOYEES IDENTIFIED ON THE ATTACHED PROBATIONARY CONTRACT TERMINATION LIST AT THE END OF CONTRACT PERIOD IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE DISTRICT PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 21 OF THE EDUCATION CODE. I HAVE A MOTION.

>> MOVE TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND. [OVERLAPPING]

>> MOTION BY FLORES SECOND BY TRUSTEE MARSHALL.

TRUSTEES, IS THERE DISCUSSION? HEARING ANY TRUSTEES, WILL YOU PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES? I VOTE YES.

>> TRUSTEE WHITE. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE FLORES TO JUST POP UP.

>> YES, NOW I DID. THANKS.

>> YES.

>> SIX VOTING, YES.

NO MOTION PASSES. SIX VOTING, YES, THREE ABSTAINING.

>> THANK YOU TRUSTEE JUST ADOPTED AN ITEM 8.02 NOW ON 8.03, APPROVE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATIONS AND PROPOSE THE NEW RENEWAL KNOW THE TERM CONTRACTS HAVE EMPLOYEES IDENTIFYING ON THE ATTACHED TERM CONTRACT PROPOSED NON RENEWAL.

THIS BASALT THE CHAPTER 21 AT THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE, DO I HAVE A MOTION.

>> MOVE TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND. [OVERLAPPING]

>> MOTION BY FLORES IS SECOND BY TRUSTEE MARSHALL.

TRUSTEES IS THERE A DISCUSSION?

>> I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.

I KNOW WE DO GET BASICALLY JUST NAMES, BUT IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN GET MORE DETAIL AS FAR AS?

>> THAT WAS AT THE BRIEFING THAT NOT NOW.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. TRUSTEE WHITE.

>> TRUSTEES, IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.

[01:55:11]

>> MOTION PASSES SEVEN VOTING YES, TWO ABSTAINING.

>> THANK YOU. TRUSTEES, USE ADOPTED ITEM 8.03, NOW IN 8.04, APPROVED RENEWAL TERM CONTRACTS WITH EMPLOYEES IDENTIFIED ON THE ATTACHED TERM CONTRACT NON-RENEWAL LIST WHO DID NOT REQUEST A HEARING REGARDING THE PROPOSED NON-RENEWAL THE TERM CONTRACTS BY THE DEADLINE FIRST WANT TO CHAPTER 21 AT THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE, DO I HAVE A MOTION?

>> MOVE TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND.

>> MOTION BY FLORES, SECOND BY TRUSTEE MARSHALL.

TRUSTEES, IS THERE DISCUSSION? NOT HEARING ANY TRUSTEES, WILL YOU PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES?

>> MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEES. USE ADOPTED ITEM 8.04 WE'RE NOW TO THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS CONSIDERING TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE ITEM 9.02,

[9. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS]

THAT'S ALL TRUSTEES IF YOU PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE ON THE AGENDA ITEMS, ONLY 9.02 IS STILL PULLING FROM SO.

>> YOU NEED A MOTION.

>> THANK YOU. DO YOU WANT TO MAKE THAT MOTION?

>> MOVED.

>> SECOND.

>> MOTION BY TRUSTEE MARSHALL, SECOND BY TRUSTEE FLORES IN DISCUSSION.

>> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

>> HAS DONE THIS BEFORE. THANK YOU, TRUSTEES, WILL YOU PLEASE CAST VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA?

>> TRUSTEE FOREMAN THE JURORS COME UP.

[LAUGHTER] THANK YOU.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEES. YOU JUST APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

WE'RE NOW FOR THE ONE ITEM PULL FOR SEPARATE VOTE.

[10. ITEMS PULLED FOR A SEPARATE VOTE]

>> MOVE TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND.

>> HELPED ME OUT.

>> WHO WAS FIRST?

>> I'M GOING TO GIVE DENNIS BRYSON, SO MOST OF MY TRUSTY MYTH CASE SECOND BY TRUSTEE FLORES, TRUSTEES, THEIR DISCUSSION.

>> YES, MR. PRESIDENT, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE AND IT IS CERTAINLY A WELL-DESERVED HONOR FOR LC.

MORENO. I WOULD JUST REITERATE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING REALLY VERY IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY IN EACH DALLAS AND DALLAS ISD.

GENERALLY, AND I WOULD REQUEST THAT THE ADMINISTRATION TO MAKE THIS AS MEANINGFUL AS POSSIBLE, TO MOVE QUICKLY IN DOING THE NAMING CEREMONY, I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY MEANINGFUL TO DO IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE RATHER THAN HAVE IT STRETCH OUT OVER MONTHS OR NEXT YEAR.

I ALSO LIKE TO THANK SUSIE HAGAR FOR HER RELENTLESS ADVOCACY FOR THIS APPROPRIATE RECOMMENDATION, WELL-DESERVED RECOMMENDATION WE SHOULD ALL HAVE AN ADVOCATE AS PASSIONATE AS MS. HAGAR. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. TRUSTEE. MRS. KAY, I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION.

TRUSTEES, WILL YOU PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

>> MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUS.

>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEES, THE TIME IS NOW 08:00 PM ON THE DOT AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.