May 11, 2023 Board Briefing

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>> [BACKGROUND] GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE AND WELCOME TO THE BOARD BRIEFING A MEETING OF THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES,

[2. MOMENT OF SILENCE AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]

THE FOLLOWING TRUSTEES ARE EITHER PHYSICALLY PRESENT

[3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS]

DISTRICT 3 TRUSTEE DAN MICCICHE, DISTRICT 4 TRUSTEE CAMILE WHITE, DISTRICT 6 TRUSTEE JOYCE FOREMAN, DISTRICT 7 TRUSTEE BEN MAGGIE, DISTRICT 8 TRUSTEE JOE CARREON, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.

DR. STEPHANIE ELIZALDE JOINS US AND I'M JUST INHALING BOARD PRESIDENT.

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

>> [SPANISH].

>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE CARREON.

IN ORDER FOR THE BOARD TO HOLD THIS MEETING [NOISE] IN AN EFFECTIVE MANNER, I WANT TO LET IT BE KNOWN THAT THIS MEETING WILL BE CONDUCTED IN AN ORDERLY FASHION AND ASK THE PUBLIC TO ABIDE BY THE RULES OUTLINE IN BOARD POLICY BED LOCAL PERTAINING TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

IT IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE FOR A PERSON WITH INTENT OR TO PREVENT OR DISRUPT LAW FOR MEETING TO SUBSTANTIALLY OBSTRUCT OR INTERFERE WITH ORDINARY CONDUCT OF THE MEETING BY PHYSICAL ACTION OR VERBAL UTTERANCE AND THEREBY CURTAIL THE EXERCISE OF OTHERS FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.

SPEAKERS ARE CAUTIONED THAT WHAT THEY SAID COULD VIOLATE THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS AND OTHER LAW, DEFAMATION, INVASION OF PRIVACY.

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

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I DON'T SEE ANY, ARE THERE OFFICIALS IN THE ROOM? WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE IT'S MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS THIS MONTH.

EACH YEAR, MILLIONS OF AMERICANS FACE THE REALITY OF LIVING WITH A MENTAL HEALTH CONDITION.

MENTAL HEALTH INCLUDES OUR EMOTIONAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND SOCIAL WELL-BEING.

IT AFFECTS HOW WE FEEL AND HOW WE ACT.

IT ALSO HELPS DETERMINE HOW WE HANDLE STRESS, RELATE TO OTHERS AND MAKE HEALTHY CHOICES.

NOT JUST DURING THIS AWARENESS MONTH, BUT MORE THAN EVER, WE NEED TO FIND A WAY TO STAY CONNECTED TO OURSELVES, OR OUR LOVED ONES AND OUR COMMUNITY NO ONE SHOULD FEEL ALONE OR WITHOUT SUPPORT.

THAT POINT WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE PUBLIC FORM OF THE MEETING.

AGENDA CALLS FOR A PUBLIC FORUM SEGMENT OF OUR MEETING.

NO ONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

YOU DON'T HAVE CLOSEST.

>> NO.

>> MOVING ALONE. [NOISE] WE'RE

[6. VISION/PROGRESS MONITORING]

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PRESIDENT HENRY, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR. BRYAN LUSK WILL BE PRESENTING ONGOING MONITORING.

THIS OF COURSE, IS STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS FIVE.

THIS IS A FOCUS ON PERCENT OF GRADUATES WHO ARE COLLEGE CAREER OR MILITARY READY.

FROM DOMAIN 1 IS WHERE WE TAKE THIS DATA AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK UNTIL WE MEET OR EXCEED THE 67% BY JUNE OF 2025.

WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DR. LUSK AND DR. NOBLES, AS SHE HAS RECENTLY COMPLETED AND DEFENDED HER DISSERTATION AS WELL.

>> THANK YOU, DR. ELIZALDE, IF YOU COULD PULL UP THE SLIDE DECK.

>> [APPLAUSE] GOOD AFTERNOON, PRESIDENT HENRY, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR. ELIZALDE.

THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT.

AS YOU MAY RECALL, IN DECEMBER, WE DID PRESENT GOAL PROGRESS MEASURE 5.4, WHICH WAS BASED UPON THE RESULTS OF THE PREVIOUS SCHOOL YEAR OF OUR STUDENTS WHO EITHER EARNED AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE OR 60 HOURS.

THAT IS OUR PAYCHECK EARLY COLLEGE STUDENTS WHO ARE ON OUR PROGRAMS

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THE PRESENTATION TODAY WILL ACTUALLY FOCUS ON OUR CURRENT SENIORS AND WE PROJECT THEM TO LAND AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AND KEEP IN MIND, THEY LITERALLY ARE SENIORS JUST LITERALLY FINISHED THEIR COLLEGE COURSES THIS WEEK OR LAST WEEK, I SHOULD SAY.

GRADES ARE STILL BEING INPUTTED.

WE STILL HAVE SOME STUDENTS WHO ARE IN GRADES THIS SUMMER TO GET THEM ACROSS THE FINISH LINE AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND FOR THEM.

BUT BEFORE I BEGIN, I WANT TO TURN YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS YOUNG MAN.

THIS IS A SCHERZO MIRZA.

HE IS A P-TECH STUDENT, WT WHITE HIGH SCHOOL IN THE BUSINESS PATHWAY, SCHERZO IS EARNING HIS ASSOCIATE DEGREE OF COURSE AND HE IS RIGHT ON TRACK TO DO THAT.

HE ALSO WAS PLANNED TO GO TO UT AUSTIN AND STUDY IT.

WE'RE REALLY EXCITED FOR HIM AND IN ADDITION, HE'S GOING TO DO AN INTERNSHIP THIS SUMMER TO REALLY SHARPEN HIS SKILLS AND GET THEM READY TO LAUNCH INTO HIS FUTURE.

JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT QUICK STORY WITH YOU.

NOW, AS I TURNED TO THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, IS SUPERINTENDENT ALLUDED TO ARE NOTED GOAL 5 IS AIMED AT THE PERCENT OF STUDENTS SENIORS GRADUATE I SHOULD SAY, WHO WERE COLLEGE CAREER AND OR MILITARY READY AT THE CONCLUSION OF THEIR SENIOR YEAR.

AGAIN FOR TODAY'S PURPOSES, WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT PROJECTIONS OF 60 HOURS OR ASSOCIATE.

THESE NUMBERS, AS I SAID, ARE BASED UPON THE FACT THAT OUR PROJECTIONS AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT OUR PROJECTIONS THAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED THEY'RE CAUTIOUS AND OF COURSE THEY'RE OPTIMISTIC, BUT WE EXPECT THESE OUTCOMES TO BE ACHIEVED.

THEY COULD BE HIGHER OR THEY COULD BE LOWER, BUT WE DON'T BELIEVE THEY'LL BE LOWER.

WE BELIEVE THEY WILL BE HIGHER, BUT WE'RE JUST PUTTING SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE THERE.

LOOKING AT THE ACTUAL EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE TARGET THAT WAS SET IN A PRO BY THIS BOARD WAS 61.

WE ANTICIPATE TO BE AT 61.6.

THAT'S WHAT 988 STUDENTS MEETING THAT TARGET OF A TOTAL DENOMINATOR OF STUDENTS 1,603.

IN ADDITION, I WOULD SAY THAT THAT'S 115 STUDENTS BEYOND WHERE WE LANDED LAST YEAR.

IT IS AN IMPROVEMENT.

WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS TOWARDS THAT.

I WILL TELL YOU TOO THAT THE DENOMINATOR LAST YEAR I WAS ABOUT 1,438.

WE HAD A LARGER STUDENT ENROLLMENT THIS YEAR TO CONCLUSION OF THE PROGRAM, WHICH WE'RE REALLY PLEASED ABOUT.

THEN I THINK ANOTHER THING THAT I'VE HEARD FROM THIS BOARD, AS YOU'VE ASKED ABOUT, WHAT ABOUT 45 HOURS, WHAT ABOUT 30 HOURS? I THINK THAT NUMBER IS PROVIDED FOUR UNITS AND IMPORTANT NUMBER.

AS WE THINK ABOUT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO IN THESE PROGRAMS WHO HAVE ACHIEVED 45 HOURS OR MORE, NOT QUITE TO 60 IS 1,100 STUDENTS OUT OF THE 1,603.

A LOT OF STUDENTS ARE TAKING A LOT OF CREDITS WITH THEM AS THEY CONTINUE ON IN THEIR PATH AND THEIR CAREER TOWARDS COLLEGE, ETC.

THEN IF WE LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO HAVE ATTAINED 30 HOURS, WE HAVE 1,214 OF THE 1,603 WHO HAVE ACHIEVED 30 OR MORE HOURS, WHICH COMPUTES THE 75.7%. LET'S TURN TO THE ACTUAL DATA TABLE.

FIRST, I'LL TURN YOUR ATTENTION TO THE YELLOW BOX AND THE RIGHT THERE THAT AGAIN, THAT'S OUR TARGET 61 AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE RED OUTLINE THERE THAT REPRESENTS 61.6 WHAT WE PROJECTED LAND.

THAT'S NOT A FINAL NUMBER, WILL KNOW THAT, AND HERE IN AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER AND WE'LL REPORT THAT BACK HERE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, OF COURSE.

I WILL TURN YOUR ATTENTION TO THE STOPLIGHT AS WELL, IF YOU WILL.

IT IS YELLOW AND THAT'S ONLY BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE FINAL DATA.

WE EXPECT IT WILL BE GREEN BASED UPON WHERE WE STAND NOW AND THE GOAL THAT THERE HAS BEEN SET AND WHERE WE CURRENTLY ARE.

SO NOW GOING TO THE DATA TABLE AND JUST TALKING ABOUT OUR STUDENT DEMOGRAPHIC BECAUSE ULTIMATELY WE WANT TO CLOSE GAPS.

I WILL TALK ABOUT THAT NOW.

FOR THESE DATA ARE REPRESENTED BY DEMOGRAPHIC AND BY YEAR 22 AND 23, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM AND THEN THE NUMBER THE PRESENT AND WHO'VE ATTAINED THE ASSOCIATE DEGREE OR 60 HOURS IS LISTED THERE FOR YOU.

BEGINNING WITH OUR AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS, WE HAVE 112 STUDENTS IN 22, WHICH REPRESENTED 13% WHO MET THE TARGET THIS YEAR WE'RE AT 15%.

WE SAW AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE PERCENT OF STUDENTS ACHIEVING 60 HOURS OR AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE AND I WILL TELL YOU THE PRESENT OF STUDENTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT AND ACROSS THE PROGRAM REMAINS THE SAME, SO WE HAD ABOUT 20% OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS AND THE DISTRICT LAST YEAR, AND ABOUT THE SAME THIS YEAR, 19% OF STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM LAST YEAR, AND 19% THIS YEAR.

I THINK WE CAN SAY THAT WE HAVE CLOSED THE GAP A LITTLE BIT AND WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK NO DOUBT.

BUT WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS BECAUSE OVERALL YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBER OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS MEETING THAT TARGET GREW FROM 112-148.

AS WE TURN TO OUR HISPANIC STUDENTS, WHILE WE DID SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A DROP FROM 83%-81%.

OVER ALL, THE NUMBERS GREW SIGNIFICANTLY FROM 725 STUDENTS TO 798 STUDENTS.

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I'D LIKE TO TURN TO OUR EMERGENT BILINGUALS.

WE SAW A SIGNIFICANT JUMP THERE FROM 290 STUDENTS TO 458 STUDENTS, FROM 33%-46% AND THAT'S VERY EXCITING AND THEN OF COURSE, OUR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS, THE NUMBER GREW FROM 704-824 FOR A PERCENTAGE, 81%-83%, SO MANY FRIENDS WERE MAKING PROGRESS AND YET WE'RE NOT HAPPY ABOUT WHERE WE ARE.

WE HAVE WORK TO DO. I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO DR. NOBLES TO WALK US THROUGH THEIR INPUTS, OUTPUTS AND STRATEGIC ADJUSTMENTS.

>> THANK YOU. DR. LUSK.

LOOKING AT THE INPUTS FOR 21, 22, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID TO IMPROVE PROGRAM OUTCOMES.

WE LAUNCHED THE STANDARDIZED A PROGRESS MONITORING SYSTEM WITH DALLAS COLLEGE AND WE'RE NOT ABLE TO SEE STUDENT RESULTS AND SO WE LAUNCHED OUR OWN SYSTEM WHERE WE COULD CAPTURE STUDENT GRADES AND THEN PROVIDE INTERVENTION ALONG THE WAY.

WE ALSO ADDED SEVEN INSTRUCTIONAL SPECIALISTS ASSIGNED TO EVERY PAYCHECK AND EARLY COLLEGE CAMPUS TO PROVIDE A DUAL CREDIT SUPPORT TO STUDENTS, INTERVENE TSI, ETC AND THEN WE MOVED BACK TO FACE TO FACE SUMMER HUBS AND SO STUDENTS TAKING DUAL CREDIT COURSES DURING THE SUMMER.

BUT AT SEVEN HUBS AROUND THE CITY, WE BRING THE COLLEGE COURSES TO THE STUDENTS FOR CONVENIENCE.

OUTPUTS FROM THE THINGS WE DID IN 21, 22.

FIRST, WE'RE EXCITED THAT OUR FALL DUAL CREDIT COMPLETION RATES BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE SPRING RIGHT NOW, SO WHEN WE COMPARE 21, 22 TO THIS YEAR, THE RATES INCREASED.

WE WENT FROM 81%-87% AND SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THE EXACT COURSES.

WE ADDED THOSE IN THERE AND WE ACCREDIT THAT TO THE PROGRESS MONITORING.

FOR SUMMER HUB, OUR COMPLETION RATES INCREASED AND SO COMPLETION, OF COURSE IS FOR STUDENTS WENT FROM 85% IN 2021 TO 87% IN 2022.

WHEN WE LOOK AT SUMMER HUB, JUST TO DRILL DOWN A LITTLE BIT DEEPER, THE SENIORS, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE THOSE WRAPAROUND SUPPORTS DURING SUMMER HUB, AND SO WE LOOKED AT THE 873 OF OUR SENIORS AT SOME POINT DURING THEIR FOUR YEARS, THEY PARTICIPATED IN SUMMER HUB COURSES.

SO OF THE STUDENTS THAT WE'RE PROJECTING TO RECEIVE ASSOCIATE DEGREES, 93% OF THEM AT SOME POINT HAD TO PARTICIPATE IN THE HUB.

THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT LAST YEAR'S RESULTS, 130 SENIORS EARN THEIR ASSOCIATE DEGREE BECAUSE OF SUMMER HOOK.

IF NOT FOR THOSE WRAPAROUND SUPPORTS, AND FOR THOSE STUDENTS, THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE MADE IT ACROSS, BUT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND WE'RE ALSO EXCITED THAT WE HAVE 220 GRADUATING SENIORS THAT ARE ALREADY ENROLLED IN SUMMER HUBS SO THAT THEY CAN GET CLOSER OR TO COMPLETION.

STRATEGIC ADJUSTMENTS, SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT, OKAY, WHAT CAN WE DO BECAUSE WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO GET BETTER.

JUST A FEW THINGS THAT WE DID THIS YEAR, WE TOOK THE PROGRESS MONITORING FORM AND WE CREATED REPORTS, AND SO IT'S ONE THING TO HAVE THE FORUMS AT THE CAMPUS.

BUT THEN WE STARTED SENDING BIWEEKLY REPORTS TO CAMPUS STAKEHOLDERS, SO THOSE REPORTS WOULD LET THEM KNOW WHO IS PASSING THE LIST OF COURSES THE STUDENTS HAD UNDER A C. WE'RE CONTINUING TO MAKE PATHWAY CHANGES, AND SO WE KNOW THAT THE CONCERN HAS BEEN THAT THE AAS DEGREE AND SO WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH DALLAS COLLEGE, AND SO WE HAVE MORE OF OUR ASSOCIATE DEGREES THAT PROVIDE A CORE COMPLETE SO THAT THOSE CAN BE ACCEPTED ACROSS THE TEXAS PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.

THEN FINALLY, WITH THE PROGRESS MONITORING TRACKER, WE'RE IMPLEMENTING THAT FOR SUMMER HOOKS, AND SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'RE BUILDING THAT OUT SO THAT WE CAN CLOSELY TRACK WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH OUR STUDENTS IN THE SUMMER.

>> THANK YOU, DR. NOBLES, AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.

>> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, TRUSTEES [INAUDIBLE].

>> THANK YOU. I DO WANT TO SAY I APPRECIATE THE PROGRESS THAT'S BEEN MADE HERE, AND THIS IS A PROGRAM I THINK ALL OF US ARE PROUD OF.

JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THE VARIOUS HIGH SCHOOLS ARE DOING.

I'M WONDERING IF THERE IS A VARIATION IN THE PERCENTAGES AROUND THE DISTRICT OF STUDENTS WHO ARE EARNING THEIR ASSOCIATES DEGREES AND IF WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE HAVING THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF GRADUATES,

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IN A MEETING COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO IN VICKERY MEADOW, I RECALL THE PRINCIPLE FROM CONRAD MENTIONING THAT I THINK IT WAS SOMETHING LIKE 83 OUT OF 290 PROJECTED STUDENTS WOULD HAVE AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE.

I DON'T HOLD ME TO THOSE NUMBERS, BUT THAT'S ABOUT WHAT THE NUMBERS WERE AS I RECALL, SO THAT SEEMED TO BE A VERY EFFECTIVE PROGRAM.

BUT CAN YOU GIVE ME SOME SENSE OF HOW YOU'RE IDENTIFYING BEST PRACTICES SO THAT THE SCHOOLS THAT AREN'T GRADUATING AS MANY STUDENTS WITH ASSOCIATES DEGREES CAN ADOPT THOSE PRACTICES?

>> YES, SIR. I THINK THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE NEED WE NEED TO ADDRESS AND JUST EQUALIZE, IF YOU WILL, AND I THINK YOU CAN LIKEN IT TO A SCHOOL WHERE YOU GO INSIDE OF SCHOOL YOU HAVE SOME NEW TEACHERS, YOU HAVE SOME VETERAN TEACHERS, YOU HAVE SOME HIGH FLYERS, AND TO YOUR POINT, WE DO HAVE SOME HIGH FLYERS WITHIN THE PET TECH EARLY COLLEGE PROGRAM.

WE KNOW WHO THEY ARE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THEIR PRACTICES.

SOME OF OUR DOCTRINE THAT WAS LAID OUT, FOR EXAMPLE, IT REALLY TIGHT PROGRESS MONITORING WITH ONE-ON-ONE SUPPORT FROM COUNSELORS, FROM SCHOOL-BASED STAFF TO REALLY HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH STUDENTS.

EVEN PROVIDE SOME SUPPORT ACADEMICALLY RIGHT, IN AND OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL DAY TO HELP WITH CHALLENGES THEY MAY BE HAVING WITH PARTICULAR COURSES, SO WE DO HAVE SOME UNEVEN IMPLEMENTATION OR SUCCESS RATES.

I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT THAT AND WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO ADDRESS THAT AND FIGURE OUT LIKE WHAT'S WORKING PLACES REALLY WELL, THAT WE CAN TAKE IT ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION.

>> WOULD YOU PLEASE SEND ME THE BREAKDOWN OF BY HIGH SCHOOL?

>> YES, SIR. ABSOLUTELY.

>> WE CAN REVIEW THAT.

>> THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE RELATES TO, WHEN THIS PROGRAM IS FULLY BUILT OUT, HOW MANY HIGH-SCHOOL GRADUATES DO WE EXPECT TO HAVE RECEIVING ASSOCIATES DEGREES?

>> IN FULL BUILD-OUT, WE HAVE ABOUT 2,700 TO CLOSE TO 3,000 SEATS IN FULL BUILD-OUT.

WE KNOW THAT IN SOME SCHOOLS THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT SMALLER THE SEATS DON'T ALWAYS FEEL, BUT THERE'S A PRETTY GOOD APPETITE FOR OUR PROGRAMS. ULTIMATELY LIKE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION REALISTICALLY, WE'D LIKE TO SEE THEM ALL STUDENTS EARN AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE, SO WE'VE GOT WORK WITH AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS ALLUDING TO IN THE PRESENTATION IS WE'RE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS AND YET THERE'S A LONG WAY TO GO.

WE HAVE ABOUT 2,700 SEATS.

>> TWENTY SEVEN HUNDRED SEATS PER CLASS?

>> YES.

>> THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

>> THANK YOU. TRUSTEE MAY YES. TRUSTEE FOREMAN, FOLLOWED BY A TRUSTEE, MCKAY.

>> DR. LUSK, JUST A FEW QUESTIONS.

THE FIRST QUESTION IS, HOW MANY CAMPUSES DO WE HAVE THAT ARE EITHER EARLY COLLEGE OR P-TECH?

>> 18 OF THE 25 ARE P-TECH.

>> WE HAVE TOTAL OF 25.

>> YES, 25.

>> I KNOW THAT RECRUITING IT'S USUALLY 125 PER FRESHMEN CLASS.

>> YES, MA'AM. IN MOST CASES, YES NOT ALL CASES.

>> IN MOST CASES.

THAT'S WHAT IT IS, SO OF THE FRESHMEN CLASS, HOW MANY ARE ACTUALLY GRADUATING? THEN HOW MANY ARE ACTUALLY GRADUATING WITH A DEGREE? [OVERLAPPING]

>> FOR TODAY'S PURPOSES, WE HAVE 1,603 STUDENTS WHO ARE STILL IN THE P-TECH AND OR EARLY COLLEGE PROGRAM AND WITH THAT, WE ANTICIPATE RIGHT NOW 988 GIVE OR TAKE, DEPENDING ON AS SPOKEN ABOUT EARLIER, THE SUMMER HUB TO HELP OUR KIDS GET ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.

WE EXPECT ABOUT 1,000 STUDENTS TO EARN AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE OUT OF THE 1,600 WHO ARE CURRENT SENIORS IN THE PROGRAM.

>> HOW MANY OF THOSE WOULD BE EARNING THAT DEGREE FROM SUMMER HUB?

>> PROBABLY ABOUT 150.

>> THE REASON I ASKED THE QUESTION IS THAT WE START OUT WITH A ROBUST NUMBER, BUT WE LOSE MANY OF THOSE STUDENTS.

DO THEY LEAVE P-TECH AND JUST GO INTO THE COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL?

>> I THINK ABOUT MULTITUDE OF THINGS HAPPEN.

I WILL SAY ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE TO DO BETTER, LIKE I'VE SAID THAT AND WE HAVE TO DO BETTER WITH RETENTION.

WHAT WE'VE NOTICED IS, TO YOUR POINT,

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THAT'S WHEN WE TEND TO SEE SOME OF THE ATTRITION.

THE OTHER THING I'LL TELL YOU IS OUR MOBILITY RATE AS A DISTRICT AT THE HIGH-SCHOOL LEVEL IS ABOUT 22%.

THERE THE MOBILITY. I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO FACTOR IN AND THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GET BETTER AT RETAINING STUDENTS.

>> I'LL SAY THIS, I WOULD THINK IN OUR P-TECH PROGRAMS, WE WILL HAVE A HIGHER ACHIEVERS AND SO THE ATTRITION RATE SHOULD NOT BE THE SAME.

>> UNDERSTOOD.

>> IN THAT PROCESS, MAYBE SUPERINTENDENT, WE MIGHT WANT TO THINK ABOUT DOING SOMETHING THAT WOULD REACH OUT TO THE STUDENTS BEFORE THEY DROP OUT OF THE PROGRAM, BECAUSE PART OF THE GOAL FOR THE COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS IS TO GET THEM THROUGH FOR THE DEGREE.

>> CAN I ADD ONE THING? BECAUSE I DIDN'T ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.

I THINK PART OF THE QUESTION YOU REALLY ASKED IS, IF THEY STEP OUT OF THE PROGRAM, WHAT DO WE DO? PART OF OUR WORK AND OUR JOB IS TO ALSO FIND THE PATH FORWARD FROM THERE.

IN SOME CASES IT IS.

LET'S LOOK AT THE CAMPUS-BASED PROGRAM OF STUDY.

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO STUDY, WHETHER IT'S A BUSINESS PATHWAY, ETC, ON THE CAMPUS? DO YOU WANT TO LOOK AT SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S IN THE CURRENT STUDENT MAY NOT BE ON YOUR CAMPUS? I THINK IT'S OUR JOB TO GUIDE THEM WELL IF THEY DECIDE THAT THAT PATH IS NOT FOR THEM.

>> THE ONLY THING I'M SAYING, I THINK THAT'S GREAT, BUT THE ONLY THING I'M SAYING IS THAT BECAUSE WE WANT THEM TO GRADUATE WITH A COLLEGE DEGREE, WITH THE AA DEGREE, NOT AN AAS DEGREE, WHICH I'VE ARGUED ABOUT QUITE A BIT.

I'LL LEAVE THAT ALONE.

BUT [NOISE] WE WANT THEM TO GRADUATE WITH A DEGREE AND I'M JUST SIMPLY SAYING THAT MAYBE WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS TO PUT SOMETHING IN PLACE THAT WOULD ASSIST THEM BEFORE THEY STEP OUT OF THE PROGRAM FOR WHATEVER THE REASONS MIGHT BE.

I JUST LIKE TO SEE THAT AND THEN I'M WITH TRUSTEE MICCICHE K, I'D LIKE TO SEE PER SCHOOL, THE P-TECH PROGRAM, THE NUMBER IN THE PROGRAM PER GRADE LEVEL, AND THEN THE NUMBER THAT'S GRADUATING, SO I CAN GET A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

>> WE'LL PUT THAT IN THE TRACKER, SO THAT, THAT WAY IT'LL BE AVAILABLE TO ALL TRUSTEES, SO IF YOU'LL JUST MAKE A NOTE.

>> ABSOLUTELY THAN THE TRACKER, PLEASE. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS PRESENTATION.

IT'S GREAT TO SEE THE PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE.

I KNOW WE'RE PUSHING THE LIMIT HERE.

I AM CURIOUS. YOU HAVEN'T MARKED AS YELLOW, BUT FROM ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE GREEN.

I'M CURIOUS IS THAT JUST HEDGING BETS OR?

>> DO YOU KNOW DR. LUS? [LAUGHTER] HE'S SUPER CONSERVATIVE.

HE DOESN'T WANT TO COUNT A SINGLE CHICKEN UNTIL IT'S HATCHED, EVEN THOUGH THE EGG IS CRACKING AND WE SEE THE BEAK, HE'S LIKE NO, IT AIN'T OUT YET.

WE ACTUALLY HAD A CONVERSATION.

I'M SORRY TO TAKE YOUR TIME.

WE HAD A CONVERSATION BECAUSE WE'RE LIKE, WHY IS IT YELLOW AGAIN? THEN WE'RE LIKE, IT'S BRIAN.

>> I WANT TO APPLAUD YOU ALL FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.

I MEAN, THIS IS A GAME-CHANGING PROGRAM OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

I MEAN, TO THINK ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE AND EXCITED TO SEE IT CONTINUE.

I WAS SUPER THRILLED TO HEAR YOUR ANSWER TO TRUSTEE MICCICHE K'S QUESTION ABOUT, IDEALLY, WE CAN GET EVERY KID THAT WANTS TO DO THIS TO THIS LEVEL AND THAT TAKES A LOT OF EFFORT AND YOU GUYS ARE DOING THAT WORK.

I WANT TO PICK OFF WHERE TRUSTEE FOREMAN LEFT OFF BECAUSE I THINK SHE HAS A QUESTION.

I WAS VERY INTERESTED IN THE ANSWER, BUT I DON'T THINK I HEARD THE ANSWER ABOUT THIS ATTRITION RATE.

HOW MANY, ON AVERAGE, WHAT'S OUR ENTERING CLASS FOR THE 1800S P-TECHS?

>> YEAH. OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, ABOUT 2,600.

>> TWENTY-SIX HUNDRED ENTER AND THEN IT'S WE'VE LOST ABOUT 1,000 OF THEM.

>> OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS IT WAS 1,430, 1,440 AND NOW 1,600, SO WE'RE CLIMBING.

>> THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S GRADUAL BUT GENERALLY, WE'VE HAD THE SAME ENTERING CLASS OF ABOUT 2,600.

>> YES, SIR.

>> WE'RE DOING A LITTLE BIT BETTER BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T TAKEN MORE KIDS, BUT WE STILL ARE LOSING ABOUT 40%.

>> WE'RE MAINTAINING 60%, THAT'S RIGHT.

>> THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM 60% OF THOSE GRADUATES ARE IN THE 60 HOURS?

>> YES.

>> I'D BE CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING TO KEEP THOSE STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM AND WHETHER IT'S CATCHING THEM UP, ETC.

BECAUSE THAT IS A BIG ATTRITION RATE AND I KNOW THAT ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE LOOKING TO KEEP KIDS IN THE PROGRAMS AND MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE SUPPORT NECESSARY.

I'D BE CURIOUS TO HEAR WHAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THERE.

THE SECOND CONCERN I HAD LOOKING AT THIS AND AGAIN, THE BOARD ADOPTED THESE PROGRESS MEASURES.

I'M REALLY ONLY LOOKING AT OURSELVES, BUT I WAS CONCERNED IN ADOPTING A PERCENTAGE HERE OF GRADUATES.

LIKE I COULD SEE A WORLD IN WHICH WE'RE ONLY INCENTIVIZING LIKE GETTING KIDS WHO ARE ON TRACK OUT SOONER.

NOW YOU ALL AREN'T DOING THAT. I ACTUALLY SEE THE INCREASE HERE.

WHAT ARE WE DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF GRADUATES AS WELL AS INCREASE THAT PERCENTAGE?

>> I THINK PART OF IT IS I THINK WHAT YOU JUST SAID, IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN WATCHING AND DR. NOBLES AND THE TEAM HAVE BEEN FOCUSING ON

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THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE BUMP FROM 1,430 TO 1,450 TO 1,600.

ONE IS JUST REALLY TALKING TO SCHOOLS AND THERE'S ACTUALLY A PROCESS THAT THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW.

IT REQUIRES PARENT'S SIGNATURE AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS BECAUSE WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO IS ARBITRARILY LET EITHER STUDENTS AND/OR ADULTS INSIDE THE BUILDING MAKE DECISIONS FOR FAMILIES.

PART OF WHAT WE DO IS HAVE A SYSTEM IN PLACE.

THE OTHER THING THAT DR. NOBLES TALKED ABOUT WAS THE SUMMER HUBS.

THAT'S BEEN CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.

WE HAVE SEEN A GAME CHANGER FOR US BECAUSE IT'S HELPED SO MANY STUDENTS MAKE IT OVER THAT HURDLE AND NOT BE DISCOURAGED AND REALIZE THERE WAS A PATH FORWARD TO FINISH BEFORE YOU WALK OUT OUR DOORS AS A HIGH-SCHOOL GRADUATES.

>> NO, THAT'S GOOD.

I LOVE THE SUMMER HUBS AND I THINK THAT HELPS A LOT OF PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY IF THEY FALL BEHIND IN THEIR CLASSES, THEY CAN CATCH UP, ARE THE SUMMER HUBS ONLY FOR GRADUATING SENIORS TO FINISH UP OR CAN ALL THE GRADE LEVELS ACCESS IT IF THEY'RE A LITTLE BEHIND?

>> WE FOCUS ON GRADUATING SENIORS, BUT 10TH-12TH, IT'S AVAILABLE FOR 10TH THROUGH 12TH.

>> DO WE IDENTIFY THOSE STUDENTS THAT WOULD BENEFIT FROM THEM AND TRY TO REACH OUT TO THEM OR IS IT JUST AN OPT-IN DEPENDING ON WHO YOU IDENTIFY?

>> WE IDENTIFY.

>> GREAT. I'LL BE EXCITED TO SEE HOW THOSE ARE CONTINUING TO GO FORWARD.

>> TRUSTEE MACKEY, CAN I ADD ONE THING TO THE PREVIOUS QUESTION? WE TALKED ABOUT PERCENTAGES CAN BE MISLEADING, WHICH IS WHEN ALL OF THESE WE PROVIDED THE IN, SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE TO YOUR POINT, WE CAN MAKE THE PERCENTAGE LOOK GOOD IF WE REDUCE THE NUMBER OF KIDS WE TOOK IN.

WE WANT TO BE TRANSPARENT IN THAT IT CAN'T BE JUST AN INCREASE IN PERCENTAGE, IT HAS TO BE AN INCREASE IN ACTUAL STUDENTS.

>> I APPRECIATE THAT. I SEE THAT.

I KNOW THAT THERE'S NOT ANY GATE-KEEPING GOING ON.

IN FACT, IT'S QUITE THE OPPOSITE AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR BOARD ADOPTING THESE PROGRESS MEASURES WAS NOT ACCIDENTALLY DOING SOMETHING WE DIDN'T INTEND TO.

JUST ONE NOTE THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL FOR ME, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S HELPFUL FOR ANYONE ELSE IN THE FUTURE, WE SHOW THIS.

IF WE COULD SHOW A GRAPH THAT SHOWS HERE WAS THE PERCENTAGE.

I KNOW WE SHOWED THE NUMBERS, THE PERCENTAGE OF THOSE GRADUATING PLUS THE N SIZE OF HOW MANY ARE GRADUATING, I THINK THAT'D JUST BE HELPFUL TO VISUALIZE.

THEN WE TALKED ABOUT DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO KEEP KIDS WHO COME IN THERE.

I'VE ASKED THIS BEFORE AND I'M CURIOUS WHAT PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE.

WHAT ARE WE DOING TO IDENTIFY KIDS WHO JUST FOR WHATEVER REASON DIDN'T APPLY OR DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE PROGRAM BUT THEY COME INTO OUR COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOLS AND ARE DOING REALLY WELL AND ARE HIGH FLIERS, IT WOULD BE GREAT FIT FOR THIS.

HOW ARE WE HELPING ONBOARD THOSE KIDS OR IDENTIFY THEM TO JOIN THE PROGRAM EVEN IF IT'S IN 9TH GRADE GOING FORWARD?

>> RECRUITMENT OCCURS ALL YEAR LONG.

>> WITH 9TH GRADERS.

>> WITH 9TH GRADE.

WE ALSO ALLOW 10TH GRADE AND WE HAVE INSTANCES WHERE EVEN 11TH GRADERS HAVE ENTERED THE PROGRAM.

UP THE SENIOR CLASS, CURRENTLY, 45 OF THOSE STUDENTS ENTERED AFTER 9TH GRADE.

WE ARE TRACKING THAT, BUT WE HAVE RECRUITMENT.

WE PARTNER WITH COMMUNICATION SERVICES, AND SO WHEN THEY HAVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD NIGHTS, PARENT SESSIONS.

BUT IF THERE ARE ANY SEATS AVAILABLE, THEN THE SCHOOL STARTS TO RECRUIT WITHIN THE SCHOOL, EXCUSE ME.

>> THAT'S AWESOME. I WOULD BE CURIOUS WHEN YOU ALL SEND THE GRAPH THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, COULD YOU JUST MAKE A NOTE OF HOW MANY, THIS YEAR, CURRENT 9TH, 10TH, AND 11TH GRADERS HAVE JOINED THE PROGRAM THAT WEREN'T IN IT? I THINK THAT WOULD BE JUST REALLY HELPFUL TO SEE.

>> WE HAVE THAT. YES, SIR.

>> I'M EXCITED TO HEAR US DOING THAT.

THEN THIS IS JUST ONE LAST QUESTION ON THE GRAPH.

BY CAMPUSES, WILL IT INCLUDE THE BREAKDOWN OF AVERAGE ENTERING CLASS AND AVERAGE EXITING CLASS?

>> WE CAN EASILY DO THAT. IT'S NOT DIFFICULT, YES.

>> GREAT. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR WORK.

I'M EXCITED TO SEE THIS PROGRESS AND THIS WILL BE A GREEN LIGHT IN MY HEART [LAUGHTER] EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT ON HERE YET.

>> THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION.

I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION MAYBE YOU CAN SPEAK TO, AND I THINK WE'RE GETTING TO IT, BUT JUST THE TRANSFER ABILITY OF THESE HOURS TO FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTIONS.

>> ABSOLUTELY. I THINK BASED UPON THE QUESTION THAT TRUSTEE JOHNSON WAS ASKING AT THE LAST MEETING, WE PROVIDED A TRACKER, BUT REALLY WHAT WE LAID OUT WAS WE LOOKED AT IT AN EDUCATION PATHWAY, FOR EXAMPLE, IN ONE OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS.

THEN WE PROVIDED THE LOCAL UNIVERSITIES WHICH WOULD TRANSFER.

WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT.

I THINK THE POINT THAT TRUSTEE FOREMAN MADE LIKE FIVE YEARS OR FOUR YEARS AGO AND STILL MAKES IS WE HAVE TO LOOK AT DO WE MOVE TOWARDS AN AA AND AS, AND WE'VE DONE THAT, WE'RE DOING THAT.

WE'RE STILL MOVING ALONG, BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT THE TRANSFERABILITY.

THE MORE THAT WE HAVE CORE CLASSES, THE ENGLISH, THE MATH, THE SCIENCE, SOCIAL STUDIES, THOSE ARE ALL GOING TO BE MORE TRANSFERABLE TO OUR PUBLIC COLLEGE UNIVERSITIES IN TEXAS. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT IT.

>> DOES THAT TRACKER EXIST STUDY OF BREAKDOWN IN NORTH TEXAS SCHOOLS?

>> YES, SIR. I THINK WE SPENT ABOUT A WEEK AGO.

WE'LL MAKE SURE IT'S UP THERE, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE THE EDUCATION PATHWAY THAT OUTLINES LOCAL COLLEGES,

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>> THANK YOU.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME.

>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE CARREON. TRUSTEE WHITE.

>> YES. GOOD EVENING, AND THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT.

I HAVE A BRIEF QUESTION.

FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE AND ARE NOT IN THE PROGRAM, IF THEY DON'T GO TO SUMMER HUB BUT THEY WANT TO JUST GO AND TAKE SOME CLASSES AT A COMMUNITY COLLEGE, WHICH THEY CAN DO DURING THE SUMMER AND HAVE THEM TRANSFERRED BACK IN, SINCE WE'RE LOSING SOME OF OUR JUNIORS BECAUSE OF THE WORKLOAD, HAS IT BEEN SUGGESTED TO ANY OF THEM TO TAKE SOME OF THOSE CLASSES.

WELL, WITH THEM, IF THEY'RE IN THE PROGRAM, THEY CAN GO TO SUMMER HUB.

BUT IF FOR INSTANCE, I HEARD YOU ALSO SAY THAT THERE WERE SENIORS, WHICH I THINK IS GREAT AS WELL BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE SIX HOURS AND SIX LESS HOURS, YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR IT.

BUT I HEARD YOU SAY THAT THEY CAN COME IN AT ANY POINT IN TIME ALSO, THEY JOIN IN AS SOME SENIORS.

I THINK IT WAS LIKE 45 SENIORS HAD JOINED SINCE THEY WERE ON THE CAMPUS.

IF THEY WERE TO GO AND TAKE CLASSES DURING THE SUMMER, THOSE CAN TRANSFER INTO THE PROGRAM FOR HOURS FOR THEM TAKEN. IS THAT CORRECT?

>> CORRECT. WE WORK WITH DALLAS COLLEGE, AND SO IF WE HAVE ANY OF OUR STUDENTS THAT WANT TO TAKE SUMMER HOURS, THEN WE SEND THAT INFORMATION TO DALLAS COLLEGE TO GET THEM REGISTERED.

>> I JUST REMEMBERED AND THAT'S A GOOD THING TOO.

ALSO, ARE WE REALLY MARKETING TO JUST COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS THAT THEY CAN ALSO GO AND TAKE CLASSES DURING THE SUMMER? I KNOW ALL OF THEM WANT TO PROBABLY JUST LAY AROUND ALL SUMMER BUT IF THEY TAKE A SUMMER 1, SUMMER 2, THEY CAN GET AT LEAST SIX HOURS IN EVERY SUMMER, SO IS THAT MARKETING IN WAY?

>> I THINK IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE, WE WANT OUR STUDENTS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OPPORTUNITIES.

WE DON'T HAVE STANDARDIZED OPPORTUNITIES IN THE SUMMER OUTSIDE SUMMER HUBS, IF YOU WILL, FOR THE MOST PART BUT WE HAVE THE ABILITY WITH A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH DALLAS COLLEGE TO HELP OUR STUDENTS FIND THAT OPPORTUNITY SHOULD THEY CHOOSE TO, BUT WE ARE ALWAYS ADVOCATING TO OUR STUDENTS TO GET THEMSELVES IN A SPACE WHERE THEY CAN GET CREDITS, ETC.

>> I GUESS JUST ONE LAST QUESTION FOR THE PARENTS WHO HAVE THEIR KIDS IN THE PEA TECH PROGRAM, ARE THEY KEPT ABREAST OF HOW THEY CAN ENROLL THEIR KIDS IN THE HUB IN THE SUMMER AND THINGS LIKE THAT?

>> YES. ONE THING THAT WE DID THIS YEAR TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS CLEAR COMMUNICATION, WE HAVE PARENT MEETINGS THAT EACH OF THE HUBS HAVE TO HAVE BEFORE THEY BEGAN AND THERE'S ALSO A COMMITMENT FORM THAT'S SENT HOME TO PARENTS SO THEY SIGN SO THAT THEY KNOW THEIR STUDENTS ARE ENROLLED IN COURSES.

>> THANK YOU.

>> EXCUSE ME. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE WHITE. TRUSTEE JOHNSON.

>> I JUST GOT ONE QUESTION.

QUESTION CAME IN FROM ONE OF MY COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

WE WANT KNOW WHY ARE SO MANY SINGERS IN THE SUMMER HUB.

>> SUMMER HUB IS USED FOR REMEDIATION OR ACCELERATION.

SOME OF OUR SENIORS ARE TRYING TO CATCH UP OR COMPLETE.

OTHERS ARE ACTUALLY TRYING TO GET AHEAD BECAUSE THEY PLAY SPORTS, ETC AND SO THEY JUST WANT TO GET AHEAD, SO THEY BUILD IN ROOM AND THEY'LL SCHEDULE THEIR SENIOR YEAR.

>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE JOHNSON. MOST OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE REITERATED SOME OF THE COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS I HAD.

I KNOW YOU RESPONDED DR. LAS COMA TRACKER ABOUT TO TRANSFERABILITY ASPECT. I HAVEN'T SEEN IT.

THE RESPONSE IS IT TO US AS FAR AS WHAT THE DISTRICT IS DOING, IS IT WHAT THE DISTRICT IS GOING TO DO IN THE FUTURE? WHAT'S THE PLAN?

>> I THINK WE'VE LAID OUT LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE EDUCATION PATHWAY, IT'S GOING TO HAVE UP TO 18 HOURS AND EDUCATION ALL THE REST OF THE HOURS.

FOR OTHER 42 HOURS ARE GOING TO BE IN MATHS, THE READING MATH SCIENCE, SOCIAL STUDIES.

YOU'LL SEE IT'S BASICALLY ELITE LISTS LIKE UT ARLINGTON, UNT DALLAS [INAUDIBLE] COMMERCE.

IT'S GOING TO LIST THE COURSES THAT WOULD TRANSFER WITHIN THOSE COLLEGE UNIVERSITIES.

YOU CAN SEE PERVASIVELY THEY DO TRANSFER.

>> WHEN YOU SAY YOU, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TRUSTEES?

>> YEAH, I'M SORRY. YES, SIR. THE TRACKER ILLUMINATES THE FACT THAT MOST OF THEM ARE TRANSFERABLE.

>> ARE WE GOING TO DO ANYTHING? ARE THERE ANY PLANS TO PUT THAT COMMUNITY FACE SINCE I'M A PARENT WITH A STUDENT AT MADISON?

>> YES. WE WILL.

WE JUST HADN'T GOTTEN TO IT YET, BUT IT'S A GREAT IDEA AND IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE FOR EACH PATHWAY SO PARENTS KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO TRANSFER.

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>> I THINK SOME OF THE, I KNOW UT AUSTIN DOES.

YOU CAN GO THERE AND SEE IF I GO TO AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE, THESE PARTICULAR CLASSES WILL TRANSFER.

ANYONE CAN DO IT, WE CAN CHECK RIGHT NOW.

WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE UNIVERSITIES ALREADY DOING THAT TYPE OF RESEARCH OR MAYBE NOT, I DON'T KNOW.

BUT, I THINK PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT DESEGREGATED IN THE HIGH SCHOOLS, THE PATH AND TRUSTEE FORMING A MAC YOU TALKED ABOUT WHEN WE START WITH X AMOUNT AND WE'RE ENDING WITH 988.

THAT SLIDE THREE.

THERE IS SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE WITH OUR EMERGENT BILINGUAL HISPANICS AND MEGS THIS MIGHT GO TO YOUR POINT, TRUSTEE MICCICHE, LIBRARY SCHOOLS THAT ARE DOING THIS BETTER THAN OTHERS.

WHY DO WE SEE SUCH A JUMP? IT'S A GOOD THING.

WITH HISPANICS WE KNOW FROM 725-798, EMERGENT BILINGUAL, THERE MIGHT BE SOME OVERLAP THERE 290-458.

THAT'S HUGE. THAT LAST ONE.

>> I WOULDN'T BE TELLING THE TRUTH IF I SAY I HAD THE EXACT ANSWER, BUT I WOULD SUSPECT AS TO THE POINT THAT WAS MADE, THERE'S SOME SCHOOLS ARE DOING IS QUITE WELL AND THERE'S SOME SPACES THAT WE CAN LEARN FROM IT.

I THINK THAT'S REALLY WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE SCHOOLS THAT THE NUMBERS ARE GREATER WHERE YOU HAVE EMERGENT BILINGUALS AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THE STRATEGIES ARE.

>> THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE.

>> I ALSO THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT PATHWAYS BECAUSE THERE COULD BE CERTAIN PATHWAYS THAT ARE ALSO BEING MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN OTHERS.

WHILE WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO OFFER CHOICES, PART OF THAT MAY ALSO BE A CONVERSATION AROUND.

THESE ARE THE PATHWAYS THAT WE'RE HAVING THE MOST SUCCESS WITH AS WE GUIDE PARENTS AND THEIR CHILDREN TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS.

WE'LL LOOK AT BOTH OF THOSE.

>> THANK YOU. TRUSTEE MICCICHE.

>> JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK THINGS.

I'D LIKE TO FOCUS ON THAT LINE GPM 5.4 ON THE SECOND OR THIRD SLIDE.

AS I LOOK ACROSS, I SEE THAT WE HAD 78.7% IN 2020, 71 IN 2021 AND DR. ROSALDO JUST EXPLAINED IT TO ME ON THE SIDE THAT THE CRITERIA CHANGED SO THAT THE 61.6.

WHEN THE 61 TARGET THAT WE'RE AIMING AT.

WE FIRST LOOK AT THIS AND YOU THINK TO YOURSELF, WHY IS THE TARGET LOWER THAN WHAT THE ACTUAL WAS FOR 2021.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THE CRITERIA CHANGED, BUT COULD WE ON FUTURE SLIDES HAVE A FOOTNOTE THAT EXPLAINS WHAT HAPPENED THERE AND MAYBE CONVERTING WHAT THE 2021 NUMBER WOULD HAVE BEEN IF TODAY'S CRITERIA WERE APPLIED TO IT SO THAT FIRST THEY WON'T BE MISLEADING, AND IT WON'T LOOK LIKE WE'RE LOWERING THE BAR AND SECOND, WE'LL ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME REFERENCE TO SEE IF WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS OR NOT MAKING PROGRESS?

>> ABSOLUTELY YES, SIR.

>> THEN THE LAST QUESTION I HAVE IS, DO WE HAVE OTHER PATHWAYS IN THE WORKS RIGHT NOW TO ADD NEW PATHWAYS?

>> WELL, I WOULDN'T SAY NECESSARILY WE DO.

OBVIOUSLY WE'RE REVISITING, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME EDUCATION PATHWAYS, ONE BEING KIMBALL HIGHSCHOOL.

WE KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN IN THE COMMUNITY AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE BUILDING TOWARDS.

I'LL SAY THE WORD ADJUSTING PATHWAYS TO BASED UPON FEEDBACK FROM THE SCHOOL AND THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY AND PARENTS.

WHETHER IT'S WAS THAT THEY SAY, HEY, IT'S NOT ENOUGH TRANSFERABILITY FOR SOME OF THESE.

WE ARE LOOKING AT IT BUT WE DON'T HAVE A DEFINITIVE DIFFERENT SET OF PATHWAYS THAT WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW CONSIDERING UNLESS I'M SPEAKING IN CORRECTLY.

ARE THERE ANY CURRENT PATHWAYS THAT ARE EXTRAORDINARILY POPULAR THAT FILL UP SO SOON THAT WE NEED TO HAVE MORE SPACES FOR?

>> THE GAMING PATHWAY AT COMRADE IS REALLY POPULAR.

>> I WILL STOP THERE. [LAUGHTER].

>> I WILL SAY THIS, I WILL ADD THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF EDUCATION PATHWAYS.

WE HAD QUITE A FEW, AND THEY KEEP PROLIFERATING ACROSS OUR SCHOOLS BECAUSE THERE'S A NEED AND IT'S A GREAT PIPELINE FOR US.

WE HAVE A LOT OF IT.

SOME OF THOSE MAKES SENSE TO HAVE FOR THE LOCAL ECONOMY AND OF COURSE, THE EDUCATION FOR THE LOCAL OR PIPELINE HERE. SO YES.

>> I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THE OBVIOUS POINT THAT IF WE HAVE SOME PATHWAYS THAT ARE REALLY POPULAR, WE WANT TO EXPAND THEM. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU TRUSTEE MICCICHE. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PART OF OUR MEETING STARTING WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.

[7. INFORMATION/REPORTS]

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>> WE'RE GOING TO DO A SUSTAINABILITY UPDATE, AND I HAVE OUR CHIEF OF OPERATIONS, DAVID BATES ALONG WITH OUR DEPUTY CHIEF OF OPERATIONS.

DENOW HARRIS AND OUR SUSTAINABILITY MANAGER, BRENT SHAW, WHO WILL WALK US THROUGH AN UPDATE ON SUSTAINABILITY.

>> THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT. GOOD AFTERNOON, TRUSTEES.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

LET'S START WITH THE NEXT SLIDE.

WE'LL START WITH THE BACKGROUND.

AS YOU KNOW, IN FEBRUARY 27, 2020, THE SCHOOL BOARD UNANIMOUSLY PASSED THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE RESOLUTION FOR THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SHORTLY AFTER THAT, EACH TRUSTEE PROVIDED US WITH ONE MEMBER TO FORM A COMMITTEE.

WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS YOU'LL SEE THOSE GOALS AND THE UPDATES FROM THE PROGRESS WE'VE MADE FROM 2020 TO DATE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

WE'LL START WITH CONSTRUCTION SERVICES AND CONSTRUCTION SERVICES THERE WAS A GOAL FOR US TO BUILD AND REMODEL, TO PERFORM TWO CHPS AND LEAD CERTIFICATION.

CURRENTLY, ALL OF OUR NEW FACILITIES AND RENOVATIONS ARE MEETING THE DALLAS GREEN CONSTRUCTION CODE CHAPTER 61, BUT WE'VE TAKEN A STEP FURTHER AND WE'VE MET THE CHPS CERTIFICATION.

YOU'LL SEE THAT THIS ONE IS GREEN AND WE HAVE DEFINITELY MET THIS GOAL.

THE NEXT ONE IS TO BUILD ONE ELEMENTARY, ONE MIDDLE, AND ONE HIGH-SCHOOL, AND REMODEL IT TO NET-ZERO ENERGY STANDARDS.

AT THIS TIME, CONSTRUCTION SERVICES IS JUST A DISCUSSION BETWEEN US AND DISCUSSION AND CONSTRUCTION SERVICES.

BUT THEY HAVE COMMITTED TO BUILD ALL THESE NEW SCHOOLS NET-ZERO READY.

WHAT THAT MEANS IS, IF WE DO GET A GRANT OR FUNDING BECOMES AVAILABLE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SWITCH ON A DIME.

THE NEXT ONE IS TO ESTABLISH PARTS PER BILLION LIMIT IN OUR WATER TESTING.

SINCE 2020, WE HAVE A GREAT TESTING PROGRAM.

WE'VE GOTTEN RID OF BUBBLERS, WE'VE GONE TO WATER FILTERS ON OUR WATER FOUNTAINS, BOTTLE FILLERS, AND WE EVEN HAVE IMPLEMENTED SOME FILTRATION SYSTEMS THAT COME STRAIGHT FROM THE MANIFOLD INTO OUR CAMPUSES.

NEXT SLIDE IS FOOD AND CHILD NUTRITION SERVICES.

THE GOAL IS TO HAVE A RECYCLING PROGRAM AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A RECYCLING BIN AT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR FACILITIES.

THIS ONE IS INTERESTING BECAUSE WE HAVE REDUCED THE AMOUNT OF WASTE GOING TO OUR LANDFILLS, WHICH REDUCED OUR GOAL FROM 75.

OUR DIVERSION RATE IS REALLY AT 22 PERCENT.

THIS IS A GOAL THAT WE'D LIKE TO LOOK AT AGAIN, BECAUSE WE FEEL LIKE IT COULD BE TWO PARTS.

WE'RE LIMITING THE AMOUNT OF WASTE WE'RE SENDING, BUT ALSO THE DIVERSION RATE AT THE SAME TIME.

THAT'S WHY THIS ONE IS YELLOW.

THE NEXT ONE IS 100 PERCENT COMPOSTABLE PLATES, TRASH BAGS, AND UTENSILS.

JANUARY OF 21, WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED THE PLATES ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

THE UTENSILS ARE JUST TOO COST-PROHIBITIVE AT THIS MOMENT AND TRASH BAGS ARE NOT AVAILABLE.

TRANSPORTATION, THIS WAS A HOME RUN AND WE WERE VERY WORRIED ABOUT TRANSPORTATION.

WE DID IMPLEMENT NO IDLING ZONES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

BUT IN ORDER TO HAVE THE ZERO ADMISSIONS, THE EPA GRANTED US WITH A GRANT OF SIX MILLION DOLLARS AND WE'RE ACTUALLY IN THE PROCESS OF PURCHASING 17 ELECTRIC BUSES AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO CHARGE THOSE BUSES.

THIS ONE WAS A HOME RUN AND CURRENTLY, THE NEXT PHASE OF FUNDING IS AVAILABLE AND MR. SHAW IS LOOKING INTO THAT.

NEXT IS GROUNDS IS TO USE NATIVE AND ADAPTIVE PLANTS FOR OUR LANDSCAPING, AND BIG SHOUT OUT TO CONSTRUCTION SERVICES BECAUSE THEY PUT IN THEIR TDGS AND THEIR ED SPECS TO USE THESE TYPES OF PLANTS FOR OUR LANDSCAPING.

ALL OUR NEW BUILDINGS AND REMODELS ARE CURRENTLY BEING BUILT WITH THESE.

NOW WHEN WE HAVE TREE LOSS OR PLANT LOSS BECAUSE OF A STORM OR WINTER FREEZE, THEN MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT WILL REPLACE WITH THESE TYPES OF PLANTS.

TWENTY PERCENT CANOPY COVERAGE, WE'RE CURRENTLY AT 11%.

AGAIN, THIS IS A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO CONSTRUCTION SERVICES AND MR. SHAW.

MR. SHAW SITS IN ON EVERY ONE OF THE 50% DESIGN REVIEWS WITH THE ARCHITECTS SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF TREES ON OUR 3,000 ACRES, SO WE CAN MEET THIS GOAL.

MOVE AWAY FROM GAS-POWERED MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT.

THIS ONE IS DIFFICULT, BUT WE ARE GOING TO PILOT IT, SO THIS IS GOING ELECTRIC WITH OUR LAWN CARE.

WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF PURCHASING A TRAILER THAT IS SOLAR PANELS,

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NEXT SLIDE, MAINTENANCE AND CUSTODIAL, THIS GOAL IS 20% WATER USAGE INTENSITY, AND TO DATE, WE'VE DECREASED THIS BY 42.5%.

THIS IS ANOTHER GOAL WE'D LIKE TO LOOK AT AN INCREASE JUST BECAUSE WE BLEW IT OUT OF THE WATER AND IT IS A TESTAMENT TO MR. SHAW AND HIS STAFF OF ONE FOR MONITORING ALL OF THE ELECTRIC, WATER, AND GAS.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. GREEN CLEANING.

THIS ONE, NO ACTION TAKEN AT THIS TIME.

THIS IS RED AND I DON'T WANT TO MAKE EXCUSES, BUT DURING COVID, IT WAS NOT THE TIME FOR US TO REALLY EXPERIMENT WITH A DIFFERENT CHEMICAL TO CLEAN OUR CAMPUSES, SO WE WILL LOOK AT THAT.

THEN THE CERTIFICATION AND IT'S NO ACTION TAKEN AT THIS TIME, BUT THE TRAINING IS IN PLACE FOR OUR DISINFECTANT SPRAYING PROGRAM AND THE INTRODUCTION OF UVC LIGHT DISINFECTING THAT TOOK PLACE SUMMER OF '22.

NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS A HOMERUN SLIDE.

THIS IS OUR ENERGY SLIDE AND IT'S TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GASES BY 50% AND IN 2020, AFTER BOARD PASS THIS RESOLUTION, WE MADE A COMMITMENT TO GO 100% RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY AND WE ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT THAT SAVES THE DISTRICT $1.5 MILLION A YEAR FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS AND WE ARE THE ONLY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE COUNTRY THAT IS 100% RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY, SO OUR REDUCTION IN GREENHOUSE GASES IS 97%.

TO BUILD ON THAT AND LOOK AT FUTURE CERTIFICATIONS WE ARE NOW LOOKING AT THE 2030 ELECTRIC CONTRACT, SO WE'RE MONITORING THE MARKET AND WE'RE CHECKING FOR THE BEST RATES BECAUSE WE FEEL LIKE WE CAN CONTINUE DOWN THAT SAME PATH OF 100% RENEWABLE, 50% REDUCTION IN GAS.

I DID MARK THIS ONE GREEN, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE AT 29.7% BECAUSE WE HAVE UNTIL 2030 TO MEET IT.

BUT WE ARE WAY PAST WHERE WE SHOULD BE AT THIS TIME AND BARRING NO OTHER WINTER FREEZES THIS GAS AND WITH CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, NEW BUILDS, WE WILL SURPASS THAT 50%.

THEN THIS LAST ONE IS REALLY NEAT, AND IF YOU LOOK TO THE RIGHT, AND IT SAYS THE MEDIUM K-12, KBTU'S IS 123, SO EVERYBODY IN THE COUNTRY, THEIR AVERAGES ABOUT 123.

DALLAS ISD BECAUSE WE'RE 100% RENEWABLE IS 39.16 AND WE'RE EVEN DOWN FROM LAST YEAR 9.5%.

THAT IS A HUGE REDUCTION, AND IN THE SUMMERS, WE EVEN GET REBATES BECAUSE OF HOW WE TURN DOWN OUR RELIANT RED PROGRAM.

THE LAST SLIDE IS THE SAME SLIDE WE BROUGHT TO YOU LAST YEAR, EXCEPT WE UPDATED IT FROM 2020-2023 AND WHAT WE'RE DOING TO REDUCE OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT AND SAVE THE PLANET IS EQUIVALENT TO 93,000 GAS-POWERED VEHICLES NOT DRIVEN FOR ONE YEAR, 470 MILLION POUNDS OF COAL NOT BEING BURNED, AND ALMOST SEVEN MILLION TREE SEEDLINGS GROWING FOR 10 YEARS.

I'D LIKE TO THINK THAT WE IN DALLAS ISD ARE THE LEADERS IN SUSTAINABILITY AMONGST ALL OF OUR PEERS.

WITH THAT, WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

>> THANK YOU. SURE. TRUSTEE MACK. GO AHEAD.

>> I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND ALL THE WORK YOU ALL HAVE DONE AND DR. ELLIS, ALL DATA YOU TO COME IN AND CONTINUE TO REINFORCE THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS.

I THINK YOU STATED IT RIGHT NOW, BUT I THINK IT'S TRUE THAT DALLAS ISD IS BEING LOOKED AT AS A NATIONAL MODEL FOR THIS.

I WANT TO BE CLEAR, LIKE WE ARE DOING THINGS THAT ARE MEANINGFUL FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.

BUT THEY ARE NOT TAKING US ABOVE AND BEYOND IN A WAY FROM WHAT WE NEED TO DO FOR STUDENTS.

I THINK ABOUT THIS, A COUPLE OF STATS THAT CAME OUT HERE THAT I WANT TO JUST HIGHLIGHT.

THE RENEWABLE CONTRACT, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THAT ALSO SAVES US A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR BASED ON OUR PREVIOUS CONTRACT.

IS THAT ACCURATE OR ROUGHLY?

>> 1.5.

>> $1.5 MILLION A YEAR THAT CAN NOW GO INTO STUDENT EDUCATION AND CLASSROOMS. I ASSUME OUR WATER, WHICH LOOKS HUGE JUST BY MONITORING IT, WE'RE DOWN BY 40% ON THE USAGE.

I ASSUME THAT IS ROUGHLY A 40% SAVINGS IN PAYING FOR WATER.

>> IT IS DEFINITELY.

MR. SHAW, MONITORING THAT EVEN WHEN WE HAVE A LEAK AT THE CAMPUS, HE THEN CONTACTED THE CITY AND WE FIGHT THAT BILL AND WE GET THAT MONEY BACK.

>> MONEY THAT CAN GO DIRECTLY INTO STUDENT EDUCATION.

GAS BY 30%. I ASSUME THAT ALSO DECREASES OUR GAS BILL.

>> NO MORE WINTER FREEZES, BUT YES.

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>> THAT GOES RIGHT BACK INTO EDUCATION.

THE BUSES, I BELIEVE WE GOT A GRANT FOR THIS, SO THIS IS NOT LOCAL FUNDS THAT WE'RE SPENDING FOR THIS GRANT FOR THIS THAT WILL EVENTUALLY, IF IT WORKS, SAVE US FROM HAVING TO PAY GAS AND ALL THAT ON THESE. IS THAT ACCURATE?

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

>> MORE MONEY THAT GOES RIGHT BACK IN EDUCATION AND I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE LAST ONE YOU JUST SHOWED ABOUT THE 9.5 DECREASE.

I WASN'T TOTALLY SURE ON WHAT THEY MEAN.

THAT'S OUR ENERGY USAGE ACROSS THE BOARD. IS THAT WHAT THAT IS?

>> THAT IS, SO THE AVERAGE FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTRY, K-12 IS 123, OUR AVERAGE IS 39.

BUT FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR, WE'RE DOWN 9.5, SO LAST YEAR IT WAS 9.5 HIGHER THAN 39.

>> WHICH PROBABLY HAS HELPED US WITH THOSE SAVINGS THAT CAN GO BACK INTO THESE THINGS AND SO I APPLAUD THE WORK THAT YOU-ALL HAVE DONE.

ALSO ALL OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT TRUSTEES APPOINTED SOME OF WHOM HAVE CONTINUED TO WORK WITH YOU AND BE ADVISORY AND PEOPLE TO BOUNCE IDEAS OFF OF AND FOR BEING THOUGHTFUL ABOUT HOW TO DO THIS MEANINGFULLY AND WITH FIDELITY, WHILE ALSO NOT SAYING, WE'RE GOING TO PURSUE THIS AT THE EXPENSE OF THE EDUCATION WE NEED TO DO, SO I JUST WANT TO APPLAUD THAT WORK AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR WORK AND DR. ELLIS ALL DAY FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

>> THANK YOU. TRUSTEE MACK. TRUSTEE MICCICHE.

>> ALONG THE SAME LINES OF THE COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS PROGRAM, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE NO IDEA THAT THIS INITIATIVE IS ACTUALLY SAVING THE DISTRICT MONEY RATHER THAN COSTING THE DISTRICT MONEY AND I'M WONDERING IF YOU CAN PROVIDE FOR US THE NEXT TIME YOU DO ONE OF THESE PRESENTATIONS AND PERHAPS ON THE TRACKER, AN ESTIMATE OF WHAT THE AMOUNT OF THE SAVINGS IS EACH YEAR FOR WHATEVER DATA YOU HAVE FOR ANY PERIODS.

SECOND THING IS JUST HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT OUR SCHOOL BUSES.

OUR SCHOOL BUSES DRIVE ALL OVER THE CITY.

WHAT DO THEY DO IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY? WHERE DO THEY GO? DRIVE BACK TO THE LOT OR DO THEY STAY NEAR THE SCHOOLS OR WHAT HAPPENS WITH THEM?

>> THANK YOU. TRUSTEE MICCICHE. THEY GO BACK TO THEIR LOT.

AFTER THEY'VE FINISHED THEIR MORNING RUNS, THEY GO BACK TO THEIR SERVICE CENTERS BECAUSE WE PAY SIX HOURS A DAY, BUT THE DRIVERS GO COME BACK AND THEN THEY GO HOME AND THEN THEY COME BACK FOR THE EVENING SHIFT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> WE ALSO HAVE THE MIDDAY ROUTES FOR EARLY COLLEGES AND FIELD TRIPS, STUFF LIKE THAT.

>> LASTLY, THE NAMES OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

I'D LIKE A LIST OF THOSE AND PERHAPS THE NEXT TIME THAT WE DO THE PRESENTATION, WE CAN RECOGNIZE THEM IN THE SLIDES. THANK YOU.

>> SURE.

>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE MICCICHE K. TRUSTEE WHITE, FOLLOWED MY TRUSTEE CARREON.

>> A GREAT PRESENTATION.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

I WAS WONDERING.

WHAT IS THE AVERAGE AGE OF OUR CURRENT SCHOOL BUSES?

>> ABOUT 15 YEARS OLD, BUT WE HAVE SOME THAT ARE OLDER.

>> THAT LEADS TO MY NEXT QUESTION, [LAUGHTER] DO WE HAVE ANY BUSES OVER ANYWHERE FROM 15-20?

>> YES.

>> OKAY. THE REASON OF COURSE I'M ASKING ABOUT THIS IS BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT HAS REQUIRED NEW VEHICLES TO HAVE BETTER EMISSIONS AS FAR AS THE OUTPUT AND WHAT HAVE YOU INTO OUR ENVIRONMENT.

ALSO, DO WE HAVE MORE NEW THAN OLD BUSES?

>> WE DID, I THINK NOW BECAUSE WE HAD A PLAN EVERY YEAR WE WERE BUYING 100 BUSES SINCE 2018 WHEN WE STARTED FROM DALLAS COUNTY SCHOOLS.

RIGHT NOW, WE ARE PROBABLY AHEAD OF WHERE WE NEED TO BE, BUT WE PROBABLY HAVE ABOUT I THINK IT'S ABOUT MAYBE 50 BUSES THAT ARE MORE THAN PROBABLY 15 YEARS OLD.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU, [INAUDIBLE]

>> THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS PRESENTATION.

SUPER IMPRESSIVE FOR ALL THE REASONS ALREADY MENTIONED.

I HAD A QUESTION AROUND CANOPY COVERAGE.

I THINK AS I READ THE SLIDE, IF I RECALL IT CORRECTLY, IT SPEAKS TO CANOPY COVERAGE AT NEW CONSTRUCTION OR NEW SCHOOLS.

CAN YOU SPEAK TO WHAT WE'RE DOING IN TERMS OF CANOPY COVERAGE ON OLDER CAMPUSES?

>> YES. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. YEAH, THAT'S GREAT.

UNLIKE DR. LUSK, I'VE COUNTED MY CHICKENS A LITTLE EARLY [LAUGHTER] BECAUSE THEY ARE ON THE NEW CONSTRUCTION.

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ON OUR OLD CAMPUSES, WE HAVE TO DO A CONVERSION.

WE HAVE TO DO THE CALCULATION.

YOU HAVE TO TAKE 30% AWAY FROM THE BUILDING ENVELOPE TO GIVE YOU THE AMOUNT OF SQUARE FOOTAGE LEFT TO COVER, AND THEN WHAT MATURE TREES YOU HAVE.

THEN THERE'S A CALCULATION FOR THE MATURE TREES AND THEN HOW MANY DO WE HAVE TO ADD? BUT WE ALSO AGREE WITH CONSTRUCTION SERVICES TO SEE WHERE NEW ADDITIONS ARE GOING TO BE BUILT OR WHERE THEY'RE LAY DOWN AREA IS BECAUSE IF WE CAN PICK THEIR LAY DOWN AREA, I CAN PICK IT IN A PLACE WHERE WHEN THEY'RE DONE AND THEY CLEAN UP, THEY HAVE TO PLANT.

THAT HELPS ME REACH OUR GOAL.

>> BECAUSE I'M ASKING SPECIFICALLY ON A CAMPUS THAT DOESN'T HAVE A CONSTRUCTION HAPPENING.

WHAT ARE WE DOING TO PLANT TREES THERE, TO BUILD THE CANOPY OUT ON THOSE CAMPUSES?

>> THROUGH THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT, NOTHING UNTIL THE BOND COMES THROUGH WHATEVER PHASE THEY ARE.

UNLESS IT IS A TREE THAT HAS BEEN DAMAGED BECAUSE OF A STORM BECAUSE I HAVE REPLACEMENT MONEY, HE HAS NEW MONEY.

>> OKAY.

>> TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, NOTHING UNTIL THE BOND COMES THROUGH AND THEN WE CAN COMBINE FORCES AND DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO.

>> HAVE WE EXPLORED? IF WE HAVE, MAYBE I'D ENCOURAGE THIS, I DON'T EVEN KNOW THE DETAILS OF THE PROGRAM, BUT I KNOW THE CITY AND COUNTY HAVE JUST TREES THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO GIVE AWAY TO FOLKS THAT ARE WILLING TO PLANT THEM.

HAVE WE HAD ANY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY IN TERMS OF THEIR FOREST GROUP PROGRAMS?

>> YES, WE DO PARTNER.

WE USED TO PARTNER WITH MARK CUBAN TREES FOR 3S PROGRAM AND WE'VE GONE TO PLACES LIKE DUNBAR AND DIFFERENT PLACES WHERE WE'VE DONE SOME DIG DAYS.

COMMUNITY HEALTH IS MUCH APPRECIATED BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE MONEY FOR FLOWERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

THAT'S WHERE THEY COME IN AND HELP. BUT YES.

SHORT ANSWER IS YES, WE PARTNER WITH ALMOST ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO HELP US.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> YEAH.

>> THANK YOU. JUST TO CUT IT ON TRUSTEE FLORES.

>> KIND OF PIGGYBACKING ON WHAT THE COMMENT FROM TRUSTEE MICCICHE CASE, IT'D BE GREAT TO HAVE A LIST OF OUR PARTNERS.

JUST FLASH UP, I KNOW COOL SCHOOLS NETWORK AND OTHERS WORK WITH US ON MANY OF OUR PROJECTS.

I KNOW A COUPLE OF MY SCHOOLS HAVE RECENTLY RECEIVED BASICALLY NEW PLAYGROUNDS AND ALL SORTS OF STUFF AND TREES AND COVER.

WE REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OUR PARTNERS THAT HELP US WITH THIS WORK.

I WROTE THE ORIGINAL SUSTAINABILITY POLICY WAY BACK WHEN JOE WAS STILL PROBABLY IN OUR SCHOOLS.

[LAUGHTER] DAN HERE WAS A PRINCIPAL.

BUT I'M GLAD TO SEE THIS WORK PROGRESSING AND THAT WE'RE DOING IT THOUGHTFULLY AND FISCALLY RESPONSIBLY.

BECAUSE PEOPLE THROW STUFF OUT, THEY SAY, OH, YOU SHOULD TRY THIS AND THAT AND THE OTHER, AND THERE'S ALL THIS MONEY, BUT WHAT'S IT GOING TO COST? EVERY TIME THAT THERE'S A COST, IT'S MONEY OUT OF OUR SCHOOLS.

THE MORE WE CAN DOCUMENT THAT THIS IS NOT ONLY THE RIGHT THING TO DO FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL POINT OF VIEW, BUT ALSO FISCALLY THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

I THINK LEADING WILL CAUSE OTHER DISTRICTS TO FOLLOW OUR LEAD AND I'M SURE THEY ARE.

I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, FOR THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING AND JUST VERY PLEASED TO SEE THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD, WHETHER OR NOT YOU COUNT YOUR CHICKENS OR NOT. THANKS.

>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE FLORES.

>> EVERYTHING OUT THERE.

>> THAT'LL CONCLUDE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.

THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO THE 2023-2024 BUDGET.

>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HENRY. GO AHEAD.

>> BEFORE I BEGIN THIS PRESENTATION, WE'VE SEEN THIS BUDGET VIA EMAIL AWHILE.

WHAT WAS POSTED ONLINE, IS IT THE SAME AS WHAT WE WERE SENT BEFORE? HAS IT BEEN REVISED?

>> [OVERLAPPING] IF YOU MEAN ANY REVISIONS TO WHAT WAS SENT OR POSTED, NO.

>> THANK YOU.

>> NO, BUDGET. HE WAS ASKING ABOUT THE BUDGET. NO.

>> OKAY. THANKS.

>> YEAH. I GOT YOU.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HENRY, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AS OUR TEAM GETS READY TO PROVIDE YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR BUDGET PROCESS.

I WANT TO THANK OUR TEAM FOR BRINGING THIS IN MAY.

THIS IS AN ITEM THAT WILL BE VOTED ON IN JUNE WHICH WILL PROVIDE US OPPORTUNITY AS WE'VE HELD OUR COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND LISTEN TO FEEDBACK.

OUR TEAMS HAVE OF COURSE CONVENED AND DISCUSSED AND WORKED THROUGH SOME CHALLENGES.

THEY'RE STILL OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CONTINUE TO DO REFINEMENTS.

AGAIN, I'M JUST VERY THANKFUL FOR OUR TEAM'S DEDICATION TO BEING ABLE TO BRING THIS TO YOU IN

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AS WE BEGIN, I DID RECEIVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND I APPRECIATE THEM IN ADVANCE.

AS WE WORK TO CREATE A DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN PROCESS THAT IS AIMED AT ENSURING THAT WE MEET THE RIGOROUS, MEANINGFUL BOARD GOALS THAT HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED BY THIS BOARD, I DO WANT TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF WHERE YOU HAVE SEEN OR WILL SEE IN THE BUDGET I'LL GIVE THE LARGE OVERVIEW OF WHERE THOSE ITEMS ARE IN THE BUDGET.

CERTAINLY THE TEAM WILL HAVE FAR MORE DETAIL THAN I DO.

BUT IN THOSE LARGE CATEGORIES, THERE ARE SOME AREAS THAT I WANT TO EMPHASIZE.

WE HAVE ABSOLUTELY PRIORITIZED CAMPUSES OVER CENTRAL POSITIONS AND SUPPORTS.

THE BUDGET WILL BE REFLECTED IN THIS, BOTH IN POSITIONS AND IN ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THAT COLLECTIVELY ARE SOMEWHERE APPROXIMATELY 25 MILLION THAT WAS CUT FROM CENTRAL BUDGETS.

OUR FOCUS ON EFFECTIVE TEACHING, KNOWING THAT THAT IS THE BIGGEST LEVER AND PROVIDING OUR SUPPORT TO TEACHERS, WE'VE ADDED DEMONSTRATION TEACHERS AND READING INTERVENTIONISTS THAT TOGETHER TOTAL APPROXIMATELY 34 MILLION THAT ARE DIRECT SERVICES TO STUDENTS AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL.

WE'VE ALSO OF COURSE, HAD A FOCUS ON A COMPREHENSIVE AND COHESIVE CURRICULUM WITH HIGH-QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS.

THAT COST IS ESTIMATED AT ABOUT 28 MILLION.

THOSE ARE TEACHER ADDITIONS AND STUDENT ADDITIONS.

RIGHT NOW, THAT COST IS NOT COMPLETELY COVERED BY OUR INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ALLOTMENT.

THERE IS A BILL CURRENTLY BEING DISCUSSED AND WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT IT WILL ALLOW THE RETURN OF IMA TO ACTUALLY BE LEGISLATIVE LEVELS.

IF IT WAS RESTORED AT LEGISLATIVE LEVELS, THEN WE WOULD BE ABLE TO COMPLETELY COVER THAT COST.

IF NOT, THEN WE WOULD BE WITHDRAWING SOME EXTRA DOLLARS FOR THAT PARTICULAR EXPENSE BECAUSE THAT IS AN AREA THAT WILL ALLOW TEACHERS TO FOCUS ON THE DELIVERY OF INSTRUCTION AND NOT CREATING LESSON PLANS INDIVIDUALLY AND HAVING TO TURN THOSE IN.

ALSO ALONG WITH THAT IS A FOCUS ON PROFESSIONAL LEARNING WITH A TRAINER OF TRAINER MODELS SO THAT OUR CAMPUS INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP TEAMS CAN OWN AND CRAFT WHAT EACH CAMPUS NEEDS BASED ON THE OVERALL DISTRICT APPROACH.

THEN BEING ABLE TO CUSTOMIZE THAT TO INDIVIDUAL CAMPUS NEEDS WITH A FOCUS ON THAT TIER 1 INSTRUCTION.

ALL OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS IN OUR BUDGET ARE THROUGH AN EQUITY LENS.

THAT CAN THEN BE FURTHER VIEWED BY THE EXPANSION OF OUR HIGH PRIORITY CAMPUS STIPENDS AND CREATING A LARGER INCLUSIVITY.

PROFICIENT 1 TEACHERS AT HIGH PRIORITY CAMPUSES WOULD ALSO BE ELIGIBLE.

NOW NOT JUST ELIGIBLE, THEY WOULD RECEIVE THE STIPENDS.

THAT ADDITIONAL INCREASE, AGAIN AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL DIRECTLY TO TEACHERS IS AN INCREASE.

IT TOTALS AROUND 6.9 MILLION, BUT THAT'S AN INCREASE OF FOUR MILLION.

LAST AND CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, ARE INCREASES TO SAFETY, SECURITY, AND SURVEILLANCE. BOTH ON FACILITIES AS WELL AS OTHER ADDITIONS, ALONG WITH SOME CHALLENGES BECAUSE SOMETIMES CREATING POSITIONS IF THERE ISN'T A MARKET AVAILABILITY THAT WILL CREATE A CHALLENGE AND THEN WE HAVE TO HAVE AN ALTERNATE RESOLUTION.

I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THERE ARE FAR MORE THINGS BUT I THINK IT'S A QUESTION OF HOW DOES THE BUDGET REFLECT WHAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS TO ENSURE THAT WE MEET THESE RIGOROUS BOARD ADOPTED GOALS.

WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER NOW TO THE REAL SPECIFICS WITH OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, DR. TAMIKA ALFORD-STEVENS AND OUR CHIEF OF HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, ROBERT ABEL.

>> THANK YOU DR. ODELL FOR SETTING THE STAGE FOR THIS PART OF TODAY'S DISCUSSION.

GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN, PRESIDENT HENRY AND TRUSTEES.

AGAIN, TODAY WE ARE GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU WHERE WE ARE IN THE BUDGET PLANNING PROCESS.

AS YOU ALL KNOW ACTIVE DISCUSSIONS HAVE BEEN TAKING PLACE TO DEVELOP THIS PROPOSED BUDGET.

WE WANT TO SHARE IT THIS TIME WHAT THE PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES AND

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AS IT STATED IN MARCH, WHEN WE WERE SHARING SOME OF OUR ASSUMPTIONS AT THAT TIME THE BUDGET DOES INCLUDE OUR TAX RATES REMAINING THE SAME.

OUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS TAX RATE IS CURRENTLY AT 0.9429 CENTS AND THAT IS THE LOWEST RATE THAT WE CAN LEVY BASED ON CURRENT LEGISLATION.

WE KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVE CONVERSATIONS TAKING PLACE RIGHT NOW.

AT ADDITIONAL COMPRESSION, THERE'S MANY BILLS WITH LOTS OF LANGUAGE BUT UNTIL THOSE DECISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE THIS BUDGET REFLECTS WHAT WE KNOW TO BE TRUE AS OF TODAY.

AGAIN, NOT CHANGING THOSE TAX RATES BECAUSE THE M&O TAX RATE IS ALREADY AT THE LOWEST IT CAN BE AND WE CAN EVEN INCREASE IT.

THE INTERESTS IN TAX RATE IS STATED THERE IS 0.2420 CENTS SO THE TOTAL TAX RATE THAT WE ARE BUILDING OUR BUDGET ON AND PROPOSING IS ABOUT 1.18 CENTS WHICH IS THE SAME AS IT WAS AS IT IS IN THE CURRENT YEAR.

FROM A REVENUE PERSPECTIVE YOU'LL SEE HERE THAT WE ARE PROJECTING A FOUR PERCENT INCREASE IN TAXABLE VALUES OF PROPERTIES WITH A 99 PERCENT OR JUST OVER 99 PERCENT COLLECTION RATE.

WE ALSO ARE PROJECTING STUDENT ENROLLMENT TO BE JUST OVER 140,000 KIDS.

THIS YEAR STUDENT ENROLLMENT WAS PROJECTED TO BE ABOUT 143,000 KIDS AND WE LAND AT JUST SAID ABOUT 141,000.

WE ARE FORECASTING STUDENT ENROLLMENT TO BE JUST OVER 140,000 KIDS FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR.

THIS BUDGET ALSO INCLUDES COMPENSATION INCREASES AND WE'LL SHARE MORE ABOUT THOSE COMPENSATION INCREASES FURTHER IN THE PRESENTATION.

IT ALSO REFLECTS SOME RIGHT SIZING AND ADJUSTMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE AT THE CENTRAL OFFICE LEVEL TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT $25 MILLION AS DR. ELAZAR THEY SHARED A MOMENT AGO.

IT ALSO INCLUDES OUR ANNUAL ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE MAKE JUST CONTINGENT UPON ENROLLMENT AT OUR CAMPUSES.

FROM A PROGRAMS AND SUPPORTS STANDPOINT AGAIN THE BUDGET CONTINUES TO INCLUDE MEASURES TO ENHANCE AND IMPLEMENT OUR COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY PLAN AND OUR DISTRICT PRIORITIES, OUR STRATEGIC INITIATIVES AS LISTED THERE WE'RE STILL KEEPING THOSE AS A FOCUS POINT.

OF COURSE, RECAPTURE IS A PART OF THE BUDGET BECAUSE OUR RECAPTURE PAYMENT IS PROJECTED TO INCREASE IN THE UPCOMING YEAR.

I'LL SHARE MORE ABOUT THAT AS WE GO FURTHER INTO THE PRESENTATION.

NOW WHEN WE THINK ABOUT REVENUE WE KNOW THAT REVENUE FORECASTING IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE DALLAS ISD IS CONSIDERED TO BE A PROPERTY WEALTHY DISTRICT THOUGH WE KNOW THAT JUST OVER 80 PERCENT OF OUR STUDENTS ARE CONSIDERED OR HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS MAIN ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED.

MOST OF THE REVENUE THAT WE COLLECT COMES FROM THE TAX RATE THAT WE LEVY.

AS YOU CAN SEE THERE ABOUT 86 PERCENT OF OUR LOCAL REVENUE SUPPORTS OUR NEEDS AND THEN ABOUT 10 PERCENT FROM THE STATE AND OF COURSE ABOUT THREE PERCENT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

IN A MORE OF A TABLE FORMAT GIVING YOU SOME MORE GRANULAR DETAILS YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT LOCAL REVENUE INCREASE IS A DIRECT REFLECTION OF RECAPTURE, INCREASING AND SO I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT THAT PROJECTED RECAPTURE PAYMENT IS GOING TO BE.

YOU'LL SEE OUR STATE REVENUE PROJECTION AND OUR FEDERAL.

NOW WITH OUR FEDERAL REVENUE PROJECTION THAT'S LISTED HERE THIS IS THE DECREASES, A DIRECT REFLECTION OF THE ADJUSTMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE TO SASH PROGRAM BECAUSE OF THE GUIDELINES AND REGULATION CHANGES THAT WERE IMPLEMENTED THIS YEAR WE KNOW THAT OUR FEDERAL REVENUE FOR THAT PROGRAM IS GOING TO BE REDUCED.

ALSO, I WANT TO NOTE THAT AGAIN THIS IS THE GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET.

WE KNOW THE BOARD IS REQUIRED TO ADOPT THREE BUDGETS BEFORE JULY 1ST, GENERAL OPERATING, CHILD NUTRITION AND DEBT SERVICES.

I'M FOCUSING RIGHT NOW ON GENERAL OPERATING.

THESE REVENUE AMOUNTS DO NOT INCLUDE ANY SPECIAL REVENUE.

IT DOES NOT INCLUDE SR, IT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY OF OUR TITLE BRANDS.

JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT NOTE THERE.

NOW FROM A PROJECTED EXPENDITURE STANDPOINT AS YOU CAN SEE IN CURRENT YEAR TO WHAT WE'RE FORECASTING FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR PAYROLL STILL CONTINUES TO BE THE BULK OF OUR BUDGET.

OF NOTE YOU'LL SEE ALSO THAT THE CONTRACTED SERVICES PERCENTAGE, YOU'LL SEE IT'S GOING FROM 13 PERCENT TO ABOUT 18 PERCENT.

THAT'S A DIRECT REFLECTION OF THE INCREASE IN RECAPTURE.

BECAUSE OUR RECAPTURE PAYMENT IT'S A TIDBITS CREDITS, IT'S OUR CONTRACT WITH THE STATE AND SO WE HAVE TO CODE THAT TO CONTRACTED SERVICES SO THAT'S WHY THERE IS THE ILLUSION THAT THERE'S AN INCREASE IT'S NOT REALLY AN ILLUSION THERE IS A PREDICTED INCREASE TO

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NOW WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE PROPOSED BUDGET THE BOARD IS REQUIRED TO ADAPT OF COURSE THE GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET BY FUNCTION.

EARLIER, DR. ELAZAR MENTIONED YOU WILL SEE THAT THERE HAVE BEEN REDUCTIONS IN FOR EXAMPLE CENTRAL OFFICE FUNCTION 41 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION, YOU WILL SEE REDUCTIONS IN FUNCTION 21 WHICH IS AGAINST CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION BUT BEING ABLE TO REDIRECT THOSE RESOURCES THAT ARE NEEDED TO BETTER SUPPORT OUR CAMPUSES HAS BEEN OUR FOCUS.

ALSO, IF YOU'LL LOOK AT FUNCTION 91 IT SAYS WATER PURCHASE.

THAT IS OUR RECAPTURE PAYMENT.

YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE CURRENT YEAR WE BUDGETED JUST UNDER 90 MILLION FOR RECAPTURE BUT WE'RE PROJECTED TO HAVE A RECAPTURE PAYMENT OF OVER $220 MILLION IN THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR.

THEN IF YOU'LL LOOK AT THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES, THE BOTTOM LINE FOR A MOMENT WITH ME.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE PROPOSED BUDGET WE'RE PROPOSING A BUDGET THAT'S JUST OVER TWO BILLION DOLLARS, $2,015,378,429.

THE CURRENT YEAR'S BUDGET IS ABOUT JUST OVER 1.8 BILLION.

THE DIFFERENCE IN OUR CURRENT BUDGET AND OUR PROPOSED BUDGET IS ABOUT $130 MILLION.

RECAPTURE ITSELF IS $135 MILLION.

EVEN WITH THE ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE'VE MADE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THERE ARE GOING TO BE COMPENSATION.

THERE IS A PROPOSAL FOR COMPENSATION INCREASES THAT WILL GO INTO NEXT.

EVEN TAKING ALL THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AND MAKING THOSE ADJUSTMENTS AND RIGHT SIZING, OUR RECAPTURE PROJECTED AMOUNT IS WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE IN OUR BUDGET FROM THIS YEAR TO NEXT YEAR.

THEN FOOD SERVICE. OF COURSE, WE ARE REQUIRED TO ADOPT A FOOD SERVICE BUDGET AND WE'RE PROJECTING THAT OUR REVENUE FOR FOOD SERVICES IS GOING TO BE JUST OVER 116 MILLION AND THE PROPOSED EXPENDITURES LIKEWISE WOULD BE JUST OVER 116 MILLION.

THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR DEBT SERVICE FUND, AGAIN, WE'RE PROPOSING OUR REVENUE TO BE JUST OVER 414 MILLION AND THE BUDGET OR OUR PAYMENTS ON DEBT AT 382 MILLION.

THE DIFFERENCE IS WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO PAY OFF DEBT EARLY AND RETIRE DEBT, SO THERE ARE SAVINGS FOR OUR TAX PAYERS IN THE LONG RUN.

THEN WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT COMPENSATION AND HOW THAT WORKS.

>> AWESOME. PRESIDENT HENRY TRUSTEES, THANKS AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME OUT AND TALK TO YOU ALL TODAY.

ANYTIME YOU HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO GET IN FRONT OF YOU ON TALKING AND HAVE DISCUSSIONS AND COLLABORATION IS ALWAYS GREAT.

FOR DALLAS ISD, OUR COMPENSATION PLAN HAS FOUR MAJOR PILLARS THAT WE FOCUS OUR COMPENSATION PLAN ON.

OUR FIRST IS MARKET COMPETITIVE SALARIES.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN ATTRACT GOOD HIGH-QUALITY TALENT AND KEEP HIGH-QUALITY TALENT BASED UPON OUR BASE SALARIES.

ALSO, OUR EQUITY ADVANCE.

WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE LIVING WAGE, OUR MINIMUM WAGE FOR DALLAS ISD, WHICH IS AGAIN, ONE OF OUR MARKET LEADING COMPONENTS.

WHEN WE LOOK AROUND OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS, YOU'LL FIND THAT OUR MINIMUM WAGE, THOUGH IT IS ALREADY CONSIDERABLY HIGHER THAN SOME OF THE OTHER DISTRICTS, WE KNOW THAT OUR EMPLOYEES WORKED HARD FOR US AND THEY NEED SOME ADDITIONAL SUPPORT.

WE'RE GOING TO BE MAKING ANOTHER RECOMMENDATION TO INCREASE THAT FROM THE CURRENT MARKET LEADING $15 UP TO A MARKET LEADING $16, WHICH WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HERE IN JUST A MINUTE.

STRATEGIC COMPENSATION AS OUR THIRD PILLAR.

FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES WHO ARE ON AN EXCELLENCE INITIATIVE.

WHICH ARE GOING TO BE THOSE EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE THAT DIRECT CONTACT WITH STUDENTS.

IT'S GOING TO BE OUR TEACHERS, OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, PRINCIPALS, AND OUR PRINCIPAL SUPERVISORS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS THAT ARE ON THOSE.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REWARDING AND INCENTIVIZING OUR AMAZING EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE THAT DIRECT CONTACT WITH STUDENTS TO STAY IN THE DISTRICT BY OFFERING THEM ADVANCEMENTS IN THEIR COMPENSATION.

THEN OUR HIGH PRIORITY AND RETENTION STIPENDS.

SUPERTAIL IS ALL HE DID MENTION SOME OF THE HIGH PRIORITY CAMPUS STIPENDS THAT WE'VE MAINTAINED AND WE'RE GOING TO EXPAND AS WELL.

THOSE ARE WAYS WE CAN INCENT OUR TALENT TO LEAVE ONE SCHOOL TO COME TO A HIGHER NEEDS CAMPUS AND ALSO TO RETAIN THEM AT THAT CAMPUS.

THEN OVERALL DISTRICT WIDE, WE HAVE OUR RETENTION INCENTIVE, WHICH IS REWARD ALL OF THE EMPLOYEES TO COME BACK NEXT YEAR, HELP US WITH OUR EDUCATIONAL GOALS NEXT YEAR AND CONTINUE THE GREAT WORK WITH DALLAS ISD.

NEXT SLIDE. I DO WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR THE COUGH DROP.

I'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A COUGH GOING ON, I DON'T WANT TO COME FROM THE MICROPHONE, SO NO DISRESPECT WITH MY COUGH DROP.

WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR COMPENSATION PROPOSAL, OVERALL, WE'RE LOOKING AT A LITTLE BIT UNDER $48 MILLION, SO $47.5 MILLION IN TOTAL COMPENSATION.

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AS MENTIONED EARLIER, THE $25 MILLION THAT WE HAVE REDUCED IN OUR CENTRAL STAFF COSTS IS GOING TO HELP FUND THAT.

VERY CONSCIOUS DECISIONS WERE MADE TO MAKE REDUCTIONS TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THESE RAISES GIVEN OUR CURRENT SITUATION.

ONE OF THE BIG PIECES IS ALSO OUR NEW TEACHER HIGHER SCHEDULE.

WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING THAT UP TO $61,000.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LEADING THE MARKET.

WE WANT PEOPLE TO COME TO DALLAS ISD AND HELP US TEACH OUR KIDS.

WE DID HAVE A RECORD SETTING FIRST DAY VACANCY RATE THIS YEAR OF OVER 99%.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CONTINUE THAT WITH OUR INCENTIVES AND OUR SALARY PLANS AS WELL.

WE LOOK AT OUR OVERALL RAISED PROPOSALS, WE'LL AGAIN HAVE A DIFFERENTIATED ANNUAL BOARD INCREASE FOR OUR TEACHERS, SO THEY CAN GET A LEVEL CHANGE.

THEY CAN GET A 2-3% DEPENDING UPON THEIR EFFECTIVENESS LEVEL, AS WELL AS ANY KIND OF VALUE INCREASE.

SOME OF THE TEI VALUES FOR THIS COMPENSATION LEVELS WILL INCREASE, WHICH MIRRORS AS WE MOVE THAT NEW TEACHER HIGHER SCALE UP.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TEACHERS COMING IN ARE MAKING MORE THAN THE TEACHERS WE CURRENTLY HAVE ON OUR ROSTERS AS WELL.

ANOTHER BIG PIECE IS IF YOU ARE A CENTRAL STAFF OR PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEE.

IF YOU'RE A SUPPORT EMPLOYEE, AN HOURLY EMPLOYEE, YOU WILL GET A 3% RAISE THE PROPOSED VERSUS A PROFESSIONAL BOWL WILL RECEIVE TWO.

WE WANT TO TRY TO MAKE SURE WE HONOR THE WORK THAT OUR SUPPORT STAFF DOES, AS WELL AS THE $16 MOVE, THEY'LL GET THE GREATER OF THOSE TWO.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THEM AND HELP THEM AS THEY CONTINUE TO WORK WITH US AS WELL.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS SLIDE, BIG TAKEAWAY JUST TRYING TO GET THOSE HIGH-IMPACT GROUPS JUST TO GIVE YOU A FEEL OF ABOUT THE PERCENTAGE OF RACES.

THERE'S LOTS OF VARIABLES AS FAR AS WITH EFFECTIVENESS LEVEL'S CHANGING, THE $16 COMPRESSION PIECE AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

THIS GIVES WHAT THE AVERAGE RAISES WILL BE.

WHEN YOU LOOK OVERALL, YOU'LL SEE THAT TEACHERS ARE GOING TO GET AROUND 3.3%.

FROM THE MIDPOINT, WE DO ALL HAVE OUR RAISES FOR OFF THE MIDPOINT.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE OUR RETENTION INCENTIVE, WHICH THE AVERAGE TEACHER WILL GET AROUND A LITTLE BIT UNDER $3,000 ON TOP OF THAT AS WELL.

THEN THIS YEAR WE'RE VERY EXCITED WE HAVE THE NEW COMPONENT OF OUR RETENTION INCENTIVE, WHICH IS IF YOU'VE BEEN IN DALLAS ISD FOR FIVE YEARS OR MORE, YOU'LL GET AN ADDITIONAL $1,000 AND THAT'S AROUND ALMOST 6,000 TEACHERS THAT WILL ALSO QUALIFY FOR THAT EXTRA THOUSAND DOLLARS ON TOP.

OVERALL, WE'RE TRYING TO BE AGGRESSIVELY LEADING THE MARKET ON OUR TEACHER COMPENSATION.

WE KNOW THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE WE HAVE ARE THOSE THAT HAVE THAT DIRECT CONTACT WITH STUDENTS, SO ACROSS THE DISTRICT ALL OF OUR PHILOSOPHIES ARE ALIGNED WITH SUPPORTING CAMPUSES FIRST AND THEN MAKING SURE OUR STUDENTS HAVE THE INSTRUCTIONAL PIECE THAT THEY NEED THE MOST.

ONE BIG POINT ON THAT IS OBVIOUSLY I THINK HAS BEEN MENTIONED A FEW TIMES ABOUT LEGISLATION THAT'S PENDING.

ALL THESE RACES ARE PENDING THAT LEGISLATION.

ANY REQUIREMENT, IT COMES OUT LEGISLATION, THESE RAISES WILL BE A COMPONENT OF THAT.

IT'S ONE OF THE DOWNSIDES OF SCHOOLS IS WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH OUR BUDGET PRIOR TO THEM PASSING THE LAWS THAT [INAUDIBLE] THAT DIRECT OUR BUDGET.

WE'RE MAKING SOME GUESSES RIGHT HERE, BUT SOME OF THESE MAY CHANGE BASED UPON WHAT LEGISLATION DOES OR DOES NOT PASS OBVIOUSLY.

NEXT. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS AS OUR COMPENSATION SKILLS, YOU'LL LOOK TO SEE, AGAIN, WE'RE HAVE OUR NEW HIGHER SCALE STARTING AT $61,000 GOING UP.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE GOING TO BE ADJUSTING OUR RTI SCALES AS WELL TO MAKE SURE AGAIN THAT WE'RE HONORING THE SURFACE OF OUR CURRENT EMPLOYEES AS WE DO MOVE FORWARD.

THEN AGAIN, THE TEACHERS WILL GET ANYWHERE 2-3% BASED UPON THAT EFFECTIVENESS LEVEL AND THEY'LL GET THE GREATER OF THOSE TWO.

WITH OUR EMPLOYEES, IF THERE'S A MULTIPLE PATHWAYS TO RAISES, WE ALWAYS AIR ON THE SIDE THAT BENEFITS THE EMPLOYEE, SO THEY GET THE GREATEST OF WHATEVER THOSE PATHWAYS OR PHRASES THEY COULD GET.

NEXT SLIDE. WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT OUR HPC STIPENDS.

THIS IS REALLY EXCITING.

WE HAVE HISTORICALLY HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH MANY TRUSTEES AND I THINK A LOT OF TRUSTEES HERE SUGGESTED IDEAS OF INCREASING THAT HPC STIPEND TO MIRROR CLOSER TO WHAT THE ACE STIPEND IS.

WE HEARD YOUR FEEDBACK AND WE APPRECIATE THAT.

WE INCREASED OUR HPC STIPEND TO BE MORE COMPARABLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE EXTRA DAYS AND HOURS OF THE ACE STIPEND.

ONCE YOU FACTOR THAT OUT, THESE STIPENDS ARE VERY COMPARABLE AND ALMOST THE SAME.

ONE OF THE BIGGEST PIECES IS LIKELY TO BE INCREASED THE EXISTING STIPENDS TO HELP REWARD THOSE TEACHERS AND RETAIN THEM AS WELL.

BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'VE EXPANDED OUT TO INCLUDE TEI PROFICIENT 1.

ANOTHER 750 TEACHERS ARE GOING TO QUALIFY FOR ANOTHER $4,000 RAISE THAT THEY WOULD NOT HAVE RECEIVED UNDER THE CURRENT PLAN.

THAT'S SUPER EXCITING.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE RETAINING AND RECRUITING THOSE TEACHERS.

IT'S NOT GOING TO HELP KEEP TEACHERS AT THOSE TWO HPC CAMPUSES THAT ARE PROFICIENT 1,

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NEXT SLIDE. HERE'S OUR RETENTION INSTEAD IF WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT.

I THINK WE'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS.

WHEN WE GO THROUGH TEACHERS WE'LL GET SOMEWHERE BETWEEN $2,500 AND $4,000 FOR THE RETENTION INCENTIVE DEPENDING UPON THEIR EFFECTIVENESS LEVEL.

THEN AGAIN, IF YOU HAVE FIVE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WITH DALLAS ISD, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GET AN ADDITIONAL $1,000.

ONE NOTE, THE FIVE YEARS OF CYS IS EFFECTIVE AS OF SEPTEMBER 1ST.

SO IF A TEACHER OR AN EMPLOYEE IS GOT FOUR YEARS COMPLETE, BUT THEY'RE FINISHING THEIR FIFTH YEAR NOW, THEY WILL QUALIFY FOR THAT $1,000 NEXT YEAR.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THE SERVICE FOR THIS YEAR AS WELL.

EVERY YEAR THERE'S ALWAYS A LITTLE BIT OF A QUESTION ABOUT WHY AND THEN SATISFACTORY TEACHERS GETTING A $500 RETENTION INCENTIVE.

THE NUMBER IS SMALL, BUT IT'S A CAVEAT OF THE TIMING.

WHEN WE ISSUE THESE STIPENDS, WE BROKE IT UP INTO THREE PAYMENTS.

WE WERE TRYING TO DO A SEPTEMBER TO HELP BACK-TO-SCHOOL COSTS FOR TEACHERS AND FOR THEIR CHILDREN OR THEIR OWN CHILDREN AS WELL.

THEN THAT DECEMBER PAYMENT AND THEN FOR THE HOLIDAYS AND THEN AGAIN FOR THAT MAY PAYMENT.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TIMING OF OUR TEI SCORECARDS, THEY DON'T COME OUT UNTIL AFTER THAT FIRST PAYMENT.

THAT'S WHAT WE DIDN'T WANT TO DO IS GO BACK AND RECAPTURE THAT $500 FROM THEM.

RATHER THAN ISSUING A $500 RETENTION INCENTIVE FOR AN UNSATISFACTORY TEACHER, IT'S REALLY A LACK OF US TO GO RECAPTURE THE $500 BECAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED IT PRIOR TO US GETTING THE SCORECARD THE NEXT MONTH.

IT'S ALWAYS A LITTLE BIT OF A CAVEAT WE DISCUSSED SO I JUST WANT IT TO BE OPEN AND UP FRONT WITH THAT ONE.

IN TOTAL, THERE'S GOING TO BE AROUND 12,500 PEOPLE THAT WILL QUALIFY FOR THAT FIVE-YEAR.

IN DECEMBER THEY'LL GET THAT EXTRA $1,000. NEXT SLIDE.

I THINK THAT IS IT. I WILL TURN IT OVER FOR QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, PRAISE.

[LAUGHTER] DOESN'T HURT TO ASK, NEVER HURT TO ASK.

[LAUGHTER]

>> LET ME JUST POINT OUT TWO THINGS IF I COULD BEFORE WE TAKE QUESTIONS ONE, I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THE RECAPTURE PAYMENT OF $224 MILLION FROM RIGHT UNDER 90 MILLION, WE WERE AT 88.

>> WE BUDGETED 88 FOR THIS YEAR, BUT WE'RE GOING TO END UP PAYING MORE THAN 88 FOR THIS YEAR, BUT THAT WAS THE FORECAST FOR THE BUDGET.

>> IT'S GOING TO BE MORE THAN WE BUDGETED.

WE'VE MADE ADJUSTMENTS, AND SO THE BUDGET, NONETHELESS, FOR NEXT YEAR IS 224 MILLION, I THINK IS WHAT I WHAT I SEE ON THE SLIDES, AND I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT THE SLIDE THAT SHOWED THE INCREASES IN SALARIES IS 42 MILLION.

A LOT OF OUR ABILITY TO PROVIDE COMPENSATION FOR OUR TEAM MEMBERS, IT'S DEPENDENT ON MUCH OF THE WAY IN WHICH SCHOOLS ARE FUNDED WITH SUCH LARGE RECAPTURE PAYMENTS OF A DISTRICT THAT SERVES MOSTLY ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS.

I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT, THE OTHER ONE I WANTED TO REITERATE WAS WHERE WE SHOWED OUR SALARY PERCENTAGE INCREASES.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT.

IF WE COULD SEE THE SLIDE THAT SHOWS FIRST, THE ONE THAT HAS A $1,000.01, ONE MORE.

>> THIS ONE.

>> THIS ONE, AND SOME DISTRICTS WILL TAKE THE THOUSAND DOLLAR RETENTION INCENTIVE AND ADD IT IN AND THEN SHOW AN INCREASE IN THE SALARY, BECAUSE THEY CAN ADD THAT THOUSAND IN THERE AND THEN SAY WE'RE GIVING A 4% INCREASE.

BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT IF IT'S A ONETIME, THEN IT MAY OR MAY NOT BE THERE THE NEXT YEAR, SO WE DID NOT INCLUDE THAT THOUSAND DOLLARS IN THE 3.3 IS FOR REAL LIKE RECURRING, AND I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE INCREASES FOR OUR EMPLOYEES IN THE FOOD SERVICE MAINTENANCE AND TRANSPORTATION.

ABSOLUTELY FOLLOWS THIS BOARD'S ALSO DIRECTIVE OF ALWAYS ENSURING THAT THOSE THAT ARE LAST SOMETIMES NEED TO BE FIRST.

THIS IS ONE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES WE HAD TO SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THOSE RATES AND THAT'S WHY THERE IS A LARGER PERCENTAGE INCREASE.

THESE ARE FOLKS WHO ARE OUT SERVING OUR KIDS AND INDIRECT WAYS AND WE HAVE TO ALWAYS ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK THAT THEY DO, AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THOSE ARE ALMOST DOUBLE THE INCREASES.

I THINK LAST MONTH THERE WAS MAYBE A CONCERN

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I THINK THOSE ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS I WANTED TO MAKE. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, DR. LAZADA, AND 2.1 TO MAKE SOME BRIEF COMMENTS.

I APPRECIATE YOU AND THOSE THAT CAME TOGETHER WITH THEM AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TO TALK ABOUT PUBLIC FINANCE AND PUBLIC SCHOOL FINANCE.

TWO THINGS, ROBERT AND WE MADE A GOOD POINT ABOUT HAVING A TWO BILLION PLUS BUDGET, HAVING TO MAKE A BUDGET LIKE THAT, AND YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW TYPE OF DIRECTION WE'RE GOING TO GET FROM THE LEGISLATURE.

IT'S AN INCREDIBLY IMPOSSIBLE JOB, I THINK TO DO, IT UNFAIR TO HAVE TO DO FOR ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE.

THE SECOND PIECE, I'M SURE TRUSTEE MICCICHE K, BECAUSE HE ALWAYS HIGHLIGHTS THIS.

MAY OR MAY NOT TALK ABOUT THIS, BUT OUR BUDGETS, WHAT'S THE NUMBER AGAIN OR THE WHAT'S THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE GENERATED FROM LOCAL TAXES, REVENUE PROPOSED?

>> OH, THIS IS GOING TO BE [OVERLAPPING]

>> 1.5 BILLION.

>> 1.5 BILLION, HUGE NUMBER IT SEEMS HOW MUCH IS OUR RECAPTURE PAYMENT?

>> TWO HUNDRED TWENTY FOUR MILLION.

>> IF YOU DO THE MATH, THAT'S ABOUT 40 PERCENT.

I KNOW WE HEAR A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT DIST TAXES, ETC, WHERE WE RECEIVE ONE POINT ALMOST $6 BILLION, OR SENDING 14 PERCENT OF THAT BACK TO THE STATE, WHICH WE DON'T SEE AGAIN, THEORETICALLY.

WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT MAY DAY AND LAY THE STATE FUNDS, PUBLIC EDUCATION IS A HUGE ISSUE AND IT SHOULD UPSET A LOT OF FOLKS.

I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT BEFORE WE GO THROUGH OUR BUDGET, WE TRY OUR BEST WITH THE DOLLARS WE HAVE FROM OUR DISTRICT, BUT IT'S RIDICULOUS TO ME THAT A DISTRICT, OUR SIDE WITH OUR DEMOGRAPHICS, WHAT ARE WE WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH OR WHATEVER METRIC WE USE IT, 86 PERCENT PROBABLY WE'RE NOT A RICH DISTRICT.

STUDENTS WE SERVE ARE NOT WEALTHY, WE ALL KNOW THAT.

THE IDEA THAT WE ARE SENDING 200 MILLION PLUS 40 PERCENT OF OUR PROPOSED LOCAL REVENUE, BECAUSE WE'RE QUALIFIED AS A RICH DISTRICT IS RIDICULOUS TO ME.

I JUST WANT TO GO ON THE RECORD AND SAY THAT IF YOU'RE ABLE TO ADVOCATE AND WE AS TRUSTEES CAN PROBABLY STILL STAY STUFF YOU CAN'T SAY, BUT WE ALSO BE ADVOCATING FOR REAL FUNDING FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS ACROSS THE STATE FOR THE PARENT, AND I KNOW TRUSTEE FOREMAN FIRST BECAUSE HE'S A BUDGET HAWK, AND THEN WE WILL GO WITH TRUSTEE AND THAT'S A GOOD THING. TRUSTEE MACKEY.

>> BUDGET HAWK, JUST A FEW THINGS AND STARTED WITH, WE ARE CONSIDERED A RICH DISTRICT BECAUSE WE ARE PROPERTY RICH AND THAT IS THE BIG ISSUE A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND IS PROPERTY RICH NOT OUR STUDENTS ARE RICH BUT PROPERTY RICH.

BUT FIRST, I WANT TO THANK DR. ALFRED STEVENS AND CHIEF ABEL OR BOTH MEETING WITH ME AND TALKING TO ME ABOUT THE BUDGET I ALWAYS APPRECIATE THAT.

THERE ARE A FEW THINGS AS I'VE TOLD BOTH OF YOU THAT I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT OR CONCERNED ABOUT AND WE'LL JUST GO THROUGH THEM REALLY QUICKLY.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE TALKED ABOUT IS I WOULD LIKE TO SEE COMMUNITY INPUT A LITTLE EARLIER IN THE PROCESS AS WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.

I DON'T THINK WE DO IT EARLY ENOUGH, WE PREPARE THE BUDGET AND THEN WE TAKE IT TO THE COMMUNITY, SO I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE COMMUNITY INPUT.

IN FACT, WE ACTUALLY DID THEM IN EACH TRUSTEE DISTRICT AND ROLLED OUT SOME THINGS.

THE PRIORITIES THAT THIS BOARD CONTINUES TO DEAL WITH, WE'VE SAID PROBABLY ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO AND THERE'S NOT BEEN A RETHINKING OF WHERE OUR PRIORITIES SHOULD BE AND THAT S IN TERMS OF SPENDING EXTRA FUNDS.

I THINK THERE SHOULD BE A RETHINKING OF THE PRIORITIES.

IN FACT, THE PRIORITIES SHOULD COME UP EACH YEAR RATHER THAN US CONTINUING WITH THE SAME PRIORITIES BECAUSE THINGS CHANGE.

THE TEACHER SALARIES I WANT TO THANK THE DISTRICT FOR LISTENING.

PARTICULARLY CHIEF ABEL WHEN I'M MOANING ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT WE'RE GIVING OUR NEW TEACHERS WHO ARE INEXPERIENCED AND TEACHERS WHO ARE ALREADY EXPERIENCED AND THEY MIGHT COME IN AND MAKING ALMOST THE SAME THAT A TEACHER HAS BEEN HERE FOR YEARS.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO THAT, AND I THINK TEACHERS APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE WITH THOSE INCENTIVES THAT DO SHOW THAT THEY MATTER, AND I THINK WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE NEW HIRES ARE NOT AT THE SAME LEVEL THAT OUR CURRENT TEACHERS ARE.

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I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE EQUITY FUNDING BECAUSE I COULDN'T FIND IT ON THE SLIDE.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO GIVE IT TO ME NOW, BUT I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE EQUITY FUNDING WAS FOR THE PREVIOUS TWO YEARS AND WHAT THE EQUITY FUNDING IS THIS YEAR, BECAUSE WE DO KNOW THAT SOME OF OUR HIGH PRIORITY CAMPUSES HAVE GOTTEN POSITIONS BASED ON THE EQUITY FUNDING, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO NOT TAKE THOSE OPTIONS AWAY FROM A HIGH PRIORITY CAMPUSES. [NOISE] I WANT GO TO SLIDE NUMBER 7.

I'M GETTING BETTER REELECTED SLIDE NUMBER 7.

I WANT TO LOOK FIRST AT FUNCTION 41, WHICH IS THE GENERAL ADMINISTRATION.

IF I LOOK AT 2021 AND 2022, IT WAS AT 50 MILLION.

THEN IT BALLOONED IN 2022, 2023, TO 67 MILLION.

WE ONLY BROUGHT IT DOWN TO 61 MILLION.

I THINK THERE'S ROOM FOR MORE CUTS.

I'M JUST TALKING, JUST BASED ON LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS.

WE BALLOONED, BUT WE DIDN'T CUT THE BALLOON OUT.

IT STILL GOT A LOT OF INFLATION IN IT AND SO I'D LIKE TO SEE US TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT PARTICULAR SITUATION.

THEN FUNCTION 31, WHICH IS OUR GODDESS COUNSELORS AND EVALUATION.S WE DID GO UP FROM 62-73.

THE QUESTION I HAVE IS THAT AT ONE POINT, THE COUNSELORS HAD IT WAS ONE TO EVERY 400.

IS THAT STILL THE SAME?

>> OUR AVERAGE RIGHT NOW IS 1:337.

>> THE REASON I ASKED THAT QUESTION IS, IS THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF SMALLER CAMPUSES.

A LOT OF SMALLER CAMPUSES THAT GET THE ADVANTAGE BECAUSE A COUNSELOR DOESN'T HAVE AS MANY STUDENTS.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S EQUITY IN THAT PORTION SO THAT ON OUR LARGE CAMPUSES, PARTICULARLY HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUSES, IS THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH COUNSELORS TO ACTUALLY WORK WITH THE STUDENTS AS NEEDED.

BECAUSE MOST OF THE SMALLER CAMPUSES ARE YOUR SPECIALTY CAMPUSES, AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THERE IS EQUITY IN THE PROCESS.

I UNDERSTAND SPECIALTY, BUT I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S EQUITY IN THE PROCESS.

THEN LINE ITEM 52, WHICH IS SECURITY AND MONITORING.

WE ACTUALLY DECREASE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR SECURITY.

I WANT US TO BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL WITH THAT, PARTICULARLY IN THIS DAY AND TIME, AND THE NEEDS OF THE CAMPUSES.

I WOULD LEAN MORE TOWARDS SPENDING MORE MONEY ON THAT THAN I WOULD ON A LOT OF OTHER THINGS, BECAUSE THE CAMPUSES ARE CRYING OUT FOR ADDITIONAL SECURITY AND THEY NEED THAT TO BE THERE.

JUST KNOW AS WE WORK THROUGH THE PROCESS, THAT WE NEED TO TAKE A SECOND LOOK AT THAT.

I TALKED ABOUT THE STIPENDS.

THE LAST THING I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS THAT WE ALL KNOW THAT THE LEGISLATURE HASN'T DECIDED ON A LOT OF THINGS.

THINGS COULD CHANGE QUICKLY AND WE'VE GOT TO VOTE ON A BUDGET BY THE 30TH.

I JUST HOPE THAT WE'VE GOT PEOPLE WATCHING AND LOOKING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO ADHERE TO WHAT THE LEGISLATURE DOES. THANK YOU.

>> MAY I RESPOND TO JUST A COUPLE OF THOSE ITEMS? I DIDN'T WANT TO INTERRUPT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO TAKE HER TIME, THEN I GET IN TROUBLE.

[LAUGHTER] I WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO LEAVE THINKING WE'VE REDUCED OUR INVESTMENT AND SAFETY AND MONITORING SPECIFICALLY.

BECAUSE WHILE IT IS IN THIS ITEM, THIS ISN'T THE ONLY ITEM, WHERE WE HAVE SAFETY, SECURITY, AND SURVEILLANCE.

CHIEF ALFRED STEVENS, CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE MORE

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YES, MA'AM. I'M SO GLAD YOU ASKED THAT BECAUSE OTHERWISE YOU'RE RIGHT.

YOU JUST LOOK AT THIS AND YOU'RE LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE, YOU JUST SAID SAFETY AND SECURITY IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND YET ON THIS LINE ITEM, IT LOOKS AS IF WE'VE REDUCED, BUT THAT'S ONLY PART OF THE PICTURE.

>> YES, THAT IS PART OF THE PICTURE.

THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT.

WHAT I WANT TO ELEVATE IN THE CONVERSATION IS THAT WE ARE LEVERAGING MULTIPLE FUNDING SOURCES TO SUPPORT THIS NEED.

WHILE WE HAVE BOND FUNDS THAT ARE ALSO BEING USED TO DO LIKE THE BULLET RESISTANT FILM AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT ARE A PART OF OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY PLAN WE ALSO NOW HAVE GRANT FUNDS THAT WE DID NOT HAVE BEFORE.

WHEREAS THE GENERAL FUND WAS TAKING CARE OF SOME OF THOSE PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES THAT WE WERE DOING WITH GENERAL OPERATING, NOW WE HAVE OTHER FUNDING SOURCES TO HELP MEET THOSE NEEDS.

THAT'S WHY THERE'S AN APPEARANCE THAT THERE'S A REDUCTION HERE, BUT IN ACTUALITY, THE EXPANSIONS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES ARE BEING SHIFTED TO FUNDING SOURCES THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE.

>> I THINK TO TRUSTEE FOREMAN'S POINT, WHAT WOULD BE HELPFUL IS IF WE GET TOGETHER WITH CHIEF ALFRED STEVENS AND PUT WHAT THE WHOLE BUDGET IS REGARDLESS OF WHERE THE FUNDING SOURCES ARE COMING FROM SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY ADDRESS THE QUESTION THAT SEVERAL, IF NOT ALL OF OUR TRUSTEES HAVE ABOUT WHAT ARE WE INVESTING IN SAFETY SECURITY.

WE'LL DO THAT AND THEN WE CAN SEND THAT AND WE CAN HAVE THAT AS A FOLLOW-UP.

>> IS THAT THE ONLY ONE YOU ARE ADDRESSING?

>> THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE BUT I FORGOT.

THIS WAS THE ONE THAT I THINK WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT [LAUGHTER]

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. TRUSTEE FOREMAN AND TRUSTEE WHITE, FOLLOWED BY TRUSTEE JACKSON.

>> YES. THANK YOU.

>> I JUST ALSO WANT TO JOIN ALONG WITH THE VOICES THAT HAVE ALREADY MENTIONED THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SUCH A HEALTHY PORTION OF RECAPTURE THAT WE ARE SENDING BACK TO THE STATE.

THE STATE HAS BEEN FOR, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS, AT LEAST OVER A GOOD 20 YEARS.

USED TO BE KNOWN AS ROBINHOOD.

RECAPTURE IS WHAT THE BUZZWORD IS TODAY.

JUST AS CREDIT VOUCHERS USED TO BE CALLED VOUCHERS.

SAME TOPIC, SAME SONG, SAME DANCE, DIFFERENT TITLES.

IT'S REALLY TROUBLING TO ME THAT WE'RE HAVING TO SEND BACK SO MUCH MONEY WHEN WE WOULDN'T BE HAVING TO ELIMINATE CERTAIN POSITIONS.

BECAUSE WHEN THEY'RE USING THE WORD CUTS, IT'S A CUTE WAY OF SAYING EITHER A, WE'RE ELIMINATING JOBS, OR B, WE'RE NOT FILLING JOBS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN FILLED.

BECAUSE I KNOW FOR SURE THE AMOUNT OF GUNS AND SHOOTINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED JUST IN TEXAS, I'M NOT LOOKING AT AROUND THE NATION, I'M NOT MENTIONING ALLEN, TEXAS, BUT WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED THERE AND WE'RE ALL SAD BECAUSE THAT HAPPENED.

IF WE HAD SOME OF THIS 800 PLUS MILLION THAT WE'RE SENDING BACK TO THE STATE TO ACTUALLY PUT INTO OUR BUDGET FOR TEACHER INCREASES AND DEFINITELY FOR OUR SUPPORT STAFF, WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE SAYING THAT $15 AN HOUR IS A "LIVABLE WAGE" WE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THEM A LOT MORE BECAUSE THEY DEFINITELY NEED MORE.

GAS IS NOT CHEAP, THEY'RE DRIVING BACK AND FORTH TO THE BUS DEPOTS AND WHAT HAVE YOU AND THEY HAVE KIDS AND THEY HAVE MORTGAGES JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.

HERE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THE CITY, THE STATE OF TEXAS, FAMILIES ARE BEING PRICED OUT OF THEIR HOMES.

WE'RE STRUGGLING, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE HAVING TO SEND MONEY BACK.

WE ACTUALLY NEED A PROPERTY TAX DECREASE.

THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I DEFINITELY WANTED TO SHARE THAT HAS BEEN ALSO MENTIONED AROUND THE HORSESHOE.

WE DEFINITELY NEED MONEY FOR PROGRAMS, FOR OUR FAMILIES WITHIN THIS DISTRICT.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO MENTION IS JUST IF WE WERE DREAMING AND WE HAD ENOUGH RESOURCES, HOW MUCH WOULD WE DREAM TO, AND THIS IS FOR CHIEF ABLE.

HOW MUCH WOULD YOU IDEALLY SAY THAT OUR SUPPORT, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE KITCHEN HELPING FEED OUR KIDS, THE TRANSPORTATION, MAINTENANCE, WHAT HAVE YOU, HOW MUCH WOULD YOU SAY?

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HOW MUCH WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD DAILY, GIVE THEM THAT YOU THINK WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE SUFFICIENT ENOUGH FOR THEM TO PAY THESE HIGH MORTGAGES THAT IS NOT THE MORTGAGES, IS THE TAXES THAT'S INCREASING EVERY YEAR? HOW MUCH WOULD YOU SAY WOULD BE IDEAL TO GIVE THEM?

>> I CAN DREAM BIG. I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN REALLY COMMIT TO AN ANSWER TODAY.

I KNOW WE DEFINITELY WANT TO DO ALL THAT WE CAN FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, THEY ARE VERY VALUABLE TO US, WE KNOW THAT WE CAN'T RUN A DISTRICT WITHOUT THEM.

WE KNOW THE HARD WORK THEY DO.

THEY'RE OUR FRIENDS AND OUR FAMILY.

I'D HAVE TO GET BACK WITH YOU. BUT WE WOULD DEFINITELY WANT TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN WITHIN OUR BUDGET.

IDEALLY, I THINK I WOULD SAY THAT THE STATE WOULD INCREASE OUR OVERALL SCHOOL FUNDING, SO WE WOULD NOT HAVE TO BE OPERATING AT THE LEVEL THAT WE ARE.

I RECENTLY VISITED A CITY LEADERSHIP PROGRAM OUTSIDE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THEY GOT 60 CENTS ON THE DOLLAR MORE PER KID THAN WE GOT.

WE'RE DEFINITELY OPERATING, WHEN YOU LOOK AT HOW MUCH TEXAS IS FUNDED RELATIVE TO OTHER STATES, WE'RE DEFINITELY NOT TOWARD THE TOP SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN DO BETTER.

>> FORTY SECOND.

>> FORTY SECOND. FORTY TAKEN OUT OF 50, SO NOT GOOD.

I THINK THAT WILL BE MY FIRST STEP, IS LET'S HOPE WE CAN GET SOME ASSISTANCE FROM THE LEGISLATURE.

>> ON THAT NOTE, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU AND HOPE OUR LEGISLATORS ARE ACTUALLY HEARING OUR CRY. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE JOHNSON.

>> THANK YOU. I THINK DR. ELIZALDE I WAS LISTENING TO TRUSTEE WHITE, I THANK HER FOR HER ADVOCACY, FOR OUR SUPPORT STAFF.

[NOISE] THINK THAT DR. ELIZALDE WAS SPEAKING WITH ME WHEN SHE FIRST CAME ABOUT IN AUSTIN, I THINK YOU RAISED EVERYBODY UP TO WHAT, $16 AN HOUR, SO I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S ON A HEART THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AND DR. ELIZALDE WAS NOT HERE WHEN I REQUESTED THIS.

BUT I REQUESTED LAST YEAR AROUND THIS TIME THAT TRUSTEES RECEIVE THIS BUDGET, THE PROJECTED BUDGET, BY FEBRUARY SO THAT WE CAN HAVE AMPLE ENOUGH TIME TO GO OVER IT WITH OUR COMMUNITIES SO WE CAN GET THE TOUGH QUESTIONS OUT THE WAY.

I KNOW WE MEET WITH OUR PRINCIPLES IN MARCH TO GO OVER THEIR BUDGET, SO THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE NEXT YEAR.

I WOULD LIKE THAT TO DR. ELIZALDE, WE CAN DO THAT GOING FORWARD FOR NEXT YEAR, OUR PROJECTED BUDGET TO GIVE US ENOUGH TIME AS TRUSTEES SO THAT WE HAVE A VERY IN-DEPTH CONVERSATION WITH OUR COMMUNITY.

BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PROMISED OUR COMMUNITY IN DISTRICT 5 IS THAT WHEN IT CAME TO THE BUDGET, THAT WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO GO OVER IT, LEARN IT, UNDERSTAND IT, EVEN IF WE BREAK IT DOWN IN LAY TERMS, SO OUR PARENTS, KIDS, AND EVERYONE CAN SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.

I WASN'T GIVEN THAT OPPORTUNITY THIS YEAR, WHICH CONCERNS ME.

BUT HOPEFULLY WE CAN DO THAT NEXT YEAR.

I DO AGREE WITH TRUSTEE FOREMAN AND I APPRECIATE HER FOR WHAT SHE SAID, WHICH GOES ALONG WITH WHAT I SAID LAST YEAR, COMMUNITY INPUT A LITTLE EARLIER.

I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.

I THINK WE WOULD GET THE PROJECTED BUDGET PRIOR TO THE PROPOSED BUDGET THAT WE CAN BE ABLE TO DO THAT, AND BY TIME WE MEET, I THINK IT'LL RUN A LOT SMOOTHER EVEN NEXT YEAR WITH A QUESTION THAT CONCERNS.

ONE OF MY CONCERNS THAT I DON'T SEE THIS YEAR, AND WE CAN SPEAK OFFLINE ABOUT IT, IS OUR CAMPUS BUDGETING.

PAYING STAFF FOR INSTANCE, THE STUDENTS ARE INCREASING, YET THE FUNDING AND PERSONNEL HAS DECREASED, AND THAT'S EQUITY CONCERN FOR ME.

BECAUSE IF WE'RE INCREASING THEN I DON'T SEE WHY WE'RE LOSING FUNDING IN THAT PARTICULAR SCHOOL, JUST TO GIVE AN EXAMPLE.

WHEN WE NEED MORE RESOURCES, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE SCHOOL IS GROW.

THAT WAS MY WHOLE PLAN.

I SPOKE WITH DR. [INAUDIBLE] ABOUT THIS MANY TIMES, THAT WHEN WE BUILD THESE NEW SCHOOLS AND PUT GREAT RESOURCE IN THE SCHOOLS, THE KIDS ARE GOING TO COME BACK TO DALLAS ISD, AND WE'RE OUR PERFORMING CHARTERS, AND I WANT THEM TO COME BACK TO DALLAS ISD.

THIS IS GROWTH IS A GREAT PROBLEM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE'RE LOSING FUNDING.

I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THAT OFFLINE BECAUSE THERE'S DEFINITELY AN EQUITY ISSUE FOR ME IN MY COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE DON'T NEED TO LOSE ANYTHING, IF WE'RE GROWING WE NEED MORE.

I DO HAVE AREAS IN MY COMMUNITY THAT ARE NOT GROWING, SO IT'S A BALANCE.

I GET THAT. THIS IS TO ACHIEVE ABLE.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER THIS RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I KNOW YOU CAN EMAIL IT TO ME, BUT I WANT TO KNOW HOW MANY PROFICIENT TEACHERS I HAVE AT EACH CAMPUS.

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BUT I DO WANT THAT IF YOU CAN GET THAT INFORMATION FOR ME, HOW MANY PROFICIENT TEACHERS I HAVE AT EACH CAMPUS VERSUS THE PROGRESSIVE 1, 2, AND 3, AND SEE THEIR IDEALS.

BUT I WILL DO, NOW THAT WE DO HAVE THIS.

MS. STEVENS, I'M READY NOW WE CAN MEET.

WE'RE GOING TO SET UP, BUT I LIKE TO MEET ONCE I STUDIED AND HOW MY QUESTION IS, SO WHEN I COME INTO THE MEETING I KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING.

BUT I DO WANT TO GO OVER EACH OF MY [INAUDIBLE] BECAUSE I WANT TO KNOW EACH SCHOOL THAT I'M LOSING MONEY TO.

WELL, I'M LOSING MY FUNDING YET INCREASE IN STUDENTS.

THAT WILL HELP ME A LOT SO I CAN MEET MY COMMUNICANTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU TRUSTEE JOHNSON AND TRUSTEE MACKEY.

>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HENRY. THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION AND ALL THE DETAIL AND THE THOUGHT THAT WENT INTO THIS.

I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE NOTE THAT TRUSTEE HENRY MADE IS EVEN THOUGH THE STATE HAS DRASTICALLY INCREASED FUNDING IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE'RE STILL NOWHERE NEAR WHAT WE SHOULD BE AND WE'RE STILL UNDERINVESTING IN PUBLIC EDUCATION ACROSS THE STATE, AND I HOPE THAT WE CONTINUE TO SEE CHANGES THERE.

BUT I APPRECIATE YOU ALL WORKING WITH WHAT WE HAVE AND DOING THE BEST IN WHAT WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PURSUING THOSE GOALS.

JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

I'M ACTUALLY SURPRISED NO ONE'S ASKED THIS.

ON SLIDE 2 THE QUESTION YOU'LL PROBABLY GET ASKED FOR MORE TIMES.

FOR EVERYONE HERE, THE TAX RATE IS AS LOW AS IT CAN POSSIBLY GO, EVEN IF WE ALL WANTED TO LOWER THE TAX RATE MORE, COULD WE DO THAT?

>> NO, SIR.

>> I THINK I GET TONS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY WE'RE SHOWING A TAX INCREASE AND THAT IS BECAUSE VALUES HAVE GONE UP, NOT BECAUSE DALLAS ISD IS RAISING TAXES.

>> OUR TAX RATE HAS NOT GONE UP. THAT IS CORRECT.

>> ON THE NEXT SLIDE, I APPRECIATE SOME OF THE CONTEXTS THAT YOU ALL PROVIDED AROUND SAFETY AND SECURITY.

OBVIOUSLY THAT'S ON THE MINDS OF A LOT OF PEOPLE GIVEN ALL OF THE RECENT EVENTS.

I APPRECIATE THE IDEA TO ACTUALLY PUT IT ALL INTO ONE NUMBER.

WHAT DO WE INVEST IN NEW AND THE SAFETY AND SECURITY REGARDLESS OF SOURCE NEXT YEAR.

KNOWING FULL WELL, THE LEGISLATURE MAY ADD SUBSTANTIAL FUNDING FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY, WHICH I KNOW WOULD BE IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THOSE THINGS, SO THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL.

ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT HAS COME UP FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS, I KNOW WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IT IS AROUND THE IDEA OF FUNDING AN SRO OR AN OFFICER AT EVERY CAMPUS.

I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE IT IN ALL THE ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES.

I KNOW THERE'S ALSO SOME ROADBLOCKS.

I'M WONDERING IF YOU ALL CAN SHARE SOME CONTEXT AND THE CONVERSATIONS ON HOW YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THAT GOING INTO NEXT YEAR.

>> TWO THINGS, OF COURSE.

ONE IS WE'RE WAITING TO SEE FIRST WHETHER THAT'S GOING TO BE PART OF LEGISLATION.

AS A REMINDER, THE BILL THAT'S CURRENTLY BEING CONSIDERED, I KNOW YOU KNOW THIS TRUSTEE MACKEY, BUT FOR EVERYONE ELSE, THAT WOULD REQUIRE AN ARMED POLICE OFFICER OR LICENSED PEACE OFFICER, FOR LACK OF A BETTER DESCRIPTION RIGHT NOW, COMES WITH $15,000 PER CAMPUS, WHICH WOULD NOT FUND THAT PARTICULAR POSITION.

CLEARLY THAT WOULD REQUIRE US TO HAVE TO MAKE SOME ADDITIONAL CUTS SOMEWHERE ELSE IN ORDER TO FULFILL THAT.

CHIEF ABEL, DO YOU KNOW OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD WHAT A TYPICAL SRO RUNS WITH BENEFITS?

>> WITH BENEFITS EARLY, I WOULD PROBABLY ESTIMATE SOMEWHERE PROBABLY AROUND $75,000, NOT INCLUDING SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT [OVERLAPPING].

>> I JUST WANT OUR PUBLIC TO GET A SENSE, LET'S JUST SAY WITH BENEFITS AND ALL 75,000 AND WE'D BE GETTING 15,000, SO THAT'LL BE $60,000 PER SCHOOL FOR FUNDING TIMES APPROXIMATELY 120 SCHOOLS, ROUGHLY THAT DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE AN SRO.

FIRST IS THE LEGISLATIVE PORTION.

WE CLEARLY WOULD HAVE TO MAKE SOME DRASTIC CUTS IN ORDER TO COVER THOSE COSTS.

SECONDLY, WE ALSO, IF IT'S NOT LEGISLATIVELY, WE STILL NEED TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHETHER WE THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE IN THE INTERESTS BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE LEGISLATION, IS IT SOMETHING THAT SOME OF OUR COMMUNITIES HAVE BEGUN TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH US ABOUT WANTING US TO LOOK INTO THAT AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL.

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LASTLY, IT'S PROBABLY THE BIGGEST OBSTACLE OF ALL, WHICH IS THE ACTUAL AVAILABILITY OF STAFF.

I'M GLAD YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION BECAUSE I THINK YOU'RE LEADING, ON THE WITNESS, YOU'RE LEADING THE WITNESS TO THE POINT THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE VACANCIES.

I THINK MAYBE WE HAVE ABOUT 10 SRO VACANCIES RIGHT NOW, CHIEF LOT AND I SEE A NOD.

WE HAVE 10 VACANCIES AS WE SIT HERE NOW, SO TO ADD 120, BECAUSE AGAIN, I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO GET THE SENSE.

WE CAN ADD THE POSITION.

WE CAN BUDGET FOR IT.

WE CAN PUT IT ON PAPER AND WE CAN CHECK THE BOX, WHICH IS THE AREA OF COMPLIANCE AS OPPOSED TO THE AREA OF COMMITMENT TO SAFETY.

WE DON'T WANT TO JUST PUT IT DOWN ON PAPER KNOWING FULL WELL THAT THERE AREN'T THE MANPOWER, THE PEOPLE POWER DOES NOT EXIST TO FILL THOSE POSITIONS.

WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME OTHER ALTERNATIVES AND THAT'S WHERE I THINK BRINGING TOGETHER THE WHOLE PACKAGE OF THE WHOLE SAFETY, SECURITY AND SURVEILLANCE COMPONENTS, CONTRACTING OUT SOME FOR SOME NON ARMED SECURITY THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO REPLACE WHERE WE HAVE SOME ARMED SECURITY AND THEN MOVE ARMED SECURITY INTO SOME LOCATIONS, SO WE ARE ABSOLUTELY HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO.

>> I APPRECIATE THAT AND I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS AND I APPRECIATE THE CONTEXTS IN THERE.

I THINK WHAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL AS WE GO FORWARD, ESPECIALLY AS WE LEARN MORE FOR THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, IS NOT ONLY LOOKING AT WHAT THE TOTAL FUNDING IS, BUT IF WE CAN BE CLEAR TO THE COMMUNITY ON HOW WE'VE THOUGHT ABOUT THESE AND WHAT ARE THE THINGS WE ARE DOING FOR NEXT YEAR, I THINK THAT GOES A LONG WAY IN TERMS OF COMMUNICATING IT.

THEN EVEN IF WE MAKE A DECISION THAT IT'S NOT FEASIBLE TO HIRE 130 NEW OFFICERS TOMORROW TO START NEXT YEAR OR WHATNOT, AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT MAKES SENSE FOR THE DIRECTION.

AT LEAST THINKING THROUGH HOW WE ARE ADDRESSING THE CONCERN WITHOUT NECESSARILY HIRING SOMETHING LIKE THERE IS GOING TO BE AN OFFICER WITHIN FOUR MINUTE COMMUTE OF EXACTLY AT ANY POINT, SOME OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUSES, IF THEY'RE ON THE CAMPUS, IT'S STILL A FOUR MINUTE COMMUTE BECAUSE THERE'S SO LARGE.

I THINK JUST BEING CLEAR ABOUT THAT, I THINK WOULD GIVE A LOT OF UNDERSTANDING TO THAT.

I APPRECIATE YOU ALL THINKING THROUGH THAT.

JUMPING DOWN A LITTLE BIT, TO THE TWO SLOT.

IF YOU GO TWO MORE SLIDES REAL QUICK, RIGHT THERE, BACK ONE.

I'M CURIOUS, BACK ONE, SORRY.

THERE WE GO. SORRY. I GOT TWO MORE SLIDES, DIFFERENT PIE CHARTS.

>> BACK OR FORWARD?

>> FORWARD. RIGHT THERE. OF THE 73.2% PAYROLL COSTS, I'M CURIOUS HOW MANY PERCENTAGE OF THOSE ARE FOR FOLKS IN TEACHING ROLES OR TEACHER ROLES?

>> AT 46% OF THAT 73% IS TEACHERS DIRECTLY.

>> THANK YOU. I THINK IT'S JUST HELPFUL CONTEXTS TO THINK THROUGH THAT, ESPECIALLY AS WE THINK ABOUT THE INCREASES.

IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, BACK TO THE CUT AND THE ADDITIONS.

HERE WE GO. YOU ALLUDED TO THIS DR. ELIZALDE A LITTLE BIT.

HOW MUCH OF THESE, WHAT PERCENTAGE WOULD YOU SAY ROUGHLY OF THE CUTS THAT WE'VE MADE ARE DUE TO THE CENTRAL STAFF RIGHT SIZING VERSUS OTHER CHANGES OR SHIFTS [INAUDIBLE] OR WHATNOT.

I'M JUST TRYING TO GET A SENSE OF THE SCALE.

>> SEVEN PERCENT IS WHERE WE'VE LANDED ON THE CENTRAL STAFF CUTS.

>> SEVEN PERCENT OF WHAT'S READ WAS DUE TO THAT?

>> WE'VE HAD 7% REDUCTION TO THE CENTRAL STAFF, FROM THAT PERCENT AS FAR AS THIS TOTAL, I THINK I'M ALWAYS COMING WITH ABOUT 50 MILLION WAS THE TOTAL NOT HAVING TO DO WITH THE REALLOCATION.

>> THEN I'M GLAD TO SEE US INVESTING MORE IN THE INSTRUCTION, THE 12.4 MILLION, THEY'RE NOT EVEN INCLUSIVE OF OTHER FUNDING SOURCES.

WHAT'S DRIVING THAT? DOES THAT MEAN THE COMPENSATION INCREASES OR OTHER ADDITIONS OF POSITIONS, ETC?

>> IT'S PRIMARILY DRIVEN BY THE PROJECTED COMPENSATION INCREASES FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.

IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

ONE MORE SLIDE. ONE MORE SLIDE. THERE WE GO.

I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU DR. ELAZAR AND YOUR TEAM FOR PRIORITIZING US TRYING TO GET AS CLOSE TO LIVING WAGE AS POSSIBLE, CONTINUING TO MOVE UP AS IT RELATES TO THAT 60-DOLLAR MINIMUM WAGE.

FOR YOUR WORK ON COMPONENT 4, ABOUT THE HIGH PRIORITY CAMPUSES, IT'S ONE THING TO INCENTIVIZE AND PAY TEACHERS AND STAFF, ETC, AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN FOR THEIR WORTH.

IT'S ANOTHER THING TO MAKE SURE OUR MOST EFFECTIVE TEACHERS ARE TEACHING THE STUDENTS WHO NEED THEM THE MOST.

I WANT TO APPLAUD THE WORK YOU ALL DO IN THIS.

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DO WE HAVE A LINE ITEM FOR THAT OR ARE WE TRYING TO BAKE IT IN THROUGHOUT OUR BUDGET?

>> IT'S ACTUALLY BOTH BECAUSE IT'S ALONG WITH, THERE'S EQUITY WITH REGARD TO INCREASING STIPENDS AT HIGH PRIORITY CAMPUSES.

THAT'S AN EQUITY DECISION.

HOWEVER, THERE IS A LINE ITEM AND I THINK IT'S A BOTH END.

>> GOT YOU.

>> THAT'LL SHOW AN EVEN GREATER INCREASE THEN IN EQUITY THIS YEAR IF WE DO A COMPARISON TO LAST YEAR, BUT AT GREAT POINT AND I THINK WE CAN GET THAT.

>> THAT WOULD BE MY HOPE TO HAVE A LINE OUT OF THAT'S GREAT AND BE THAT, BUT I THINK THROUGHOUT OUR BUDGET WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE IT AND BAKED INTO HOW WE DO BUSINESS.

I THINK THE HIGH-PRIORITY STIPENDS DO THAT PRETTY WELL.

IF WE CAN GO TWO MORE SLIDES RIGHT HERE.

JUST CLARIFYING WHAT YOU HAD MENTIONED, DR. ELAZAR, THOSE PERCENTAGES DO NOT INCLUDE EITHER OF THE RETENTION BONUSES ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE?

>> THAT IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

WE HAD A CONVERSATION AND WE JUST DID NOT FEEL THAT THAT'S REALLY AS TRANSPARENT AS WE SHOULD BE.

BECAUSE IF NEXT YEAR WE DON'T HAVE WHICH WE ALL KNOW ESSER WILL NO LONGER EXIST.

I DON'T WANT TO COMMIT.

FOR ME TO SAY THAT IT'S A 7% INCREASE THEN THE NEXT YEAR MONEY IS ACTUALLY NOT THERE.

>> THAT'D BE TERRIBLE.

>> I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR TEAM MEMBERS AND WE JUST WANT IT TO BE AUTHENTIC.

>> YEAH, I THINK THAT MAKES TOTAL SENSE.

I THINK MY TIME IS UP THOUGH.

I FEEL LIKE THAT WENT WAY TOO FAST.

WELL, I'M ALSO WONDERING IF THE CLOCK RESET, BUT THAT'S ALRIGHT.

WE'LL COME BACK AROUND IN SECOND. [LAUGHTER]

>> TRUSTEE [INAUDIBLE]. THANK YOU TRUSTEE MACKIE.

>> THANK YOU. I WANTED TO COVER A COUPLE OF HIGH-LEVEL THINGS FIRST.

WITH RESPECT TO THE TAX RATES, UNDER STATE LAW, WE CAN'T LOWER OUR TAX RATE. IS THAT CORRECT?

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

>> WE CAN'T RAISE IT?

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

>> THE TAX RATE IS WHAT STATE LAW SAYS IT IS?

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

>> THEN WITH RESPECT TO THE OVERALL BUDGET, THE NUMBER IS SOMEWHERE OVER TWO BILLION

>> YES, SIR. IT IS OVER TWO BILLION.

>> THAT REPRESENTS AN INCREASE OF 131 MILLION DOLLARS OVER THE PRIOR YEAR?

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

>> THEN AS YOU SAID EARLIER, OUR RECAPTURE WENT UP BY 135 MILLION?

>> YES.

>> IN REALITY, THERE'S NOT AN INCREASE IN THE OVERALL AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE HAVE TO SPEND BECAUSE THAT 130 MILLION IS MORE THAN OFFSET BY 135 MILLION THAT WE HAVE TO GIVE TO THE STATE.

IF YOU TAKE THAT PART OUT.

>> IF YOU TAKE AWAY THE RECAPTURE, I BELIEVE IS WHAT YOU'RE ASKING.

I BELIEVE IT'LL BE THIS.

>> WE'VE HAD INFLATION AND IT'S HARD TO MEASURE WHAT THE EXACT RATE IS, BUT WE'VE HAD INFLATION FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR.

BUT WE ROUGHLY HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF NOMINAL DOLLARS TO SPEND, WHICH IS ABOUT 1.884 BILLION.

WE HAVE THE SAME NOMINAL DOLLARS, BUT OF COURSE WE DON'T HAVE THE SAME PURCHASING POWER BECAUSE OF INFLATION.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE A LESSER AMOUNT OF INFLATION ADJUSTED DOLLARS THAT WE CAN SPEND IN THE DISTRICT.

I JUST WANTED TO JUST MAKE SURE I WAS UNDERSTANDING THAT CORRECTLY.

LET'S GO TO THE PAGE WHERE WE SHOW THE INCREASES.

LET'S SEE PAGE 11.

FOR OUR TEACHERS, WE HAVE A 22.4 MILLION DOLLAR INCREASE.

I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE AMOUNT OF OUR BENEFIT FROM BEING ABLE TO QUALIFY FOR THE TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT.

WHAT'S THE OVERALL DOLLAR FIGURE THAT THE STATE GIVES US BECAUSE WE QUALIFIED FOR THE TEACHER INCENTIVE PROGRAM.

>> YEAH, WE GET SOMEWHERE.

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IT'S SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 27.5-28.5 MILLION DOLLARS.

NOW THE CAVEAT TO THAT IS, IS THEY PASS IT THROUGH RECAPTURE.

ON ONE LINE THEY GIVE US 28 MILLION, BUT THEN ON ANOTHER LINE THEY TAKE AWAY 21 MILLION.

OUR NET IS AROUND SEVEN OR EIGHT MILLION.

>> IS THAT EXEMPT FROM RE-CAPTURE? THAT'S WHERE THERE'S A POINT OF CONFUSION.

>> NO.

>> I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS OUR NET BENEFIT FROM IT, WHATEVER SIX OR SEVEN MILLION OR IS THE NET BENEFIT 27 MILLION?

>> AS DESCRIBED BY CHEAP ABLE, ABOUT SEVEN MILLION IS THE NET BENEFIT BECAUSE IT DOES PASS THROUGH EVERY CAPTURE LOSS.

>> IN DOING THIS, IS THAT CONSISTENT WITH THE WAY YOU'VE CALCULATED IT?

>> WE FIND OUT WHETHER I LISTENED WHEN THEY TALK OR NOT.

[LAUGHTER]

>> SORRY, I JUMPED UP HERE AND ANSWER THE QUESTION.

BEFORE THEY DID THE MOST RECENT HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, THAT WAS THE SCENARIO BECAUSE OF WE'RE A LOW HE DISTRICT, WE DIDN'T GET FULL BENEFIT NOW THAT THEY'VE READJUSTED AND THE VOTERS APPROVED THE NEW HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, WE DO REALIZE THE FULL BENEFIT, IT OFFSETS SOME RECAPTURE.

IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THE TIA, OUR RECAPTURE WILL BE $28 MILLION MORE, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

>> I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THE CHANGES IN THE LAW.

LAST YEAR, WE RECEIVED $27 MILLION FOR THE TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT.

BECAUSE OF RE-CAPTURE, WE ONLY BENEFITED FROM IT BY SEVEN MILLION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BUT THIS YEAR, BECAUSE OF THE CHANGE IN THE LAW THAT RELATES TO THE EXEMPTION, WE START OUT WITH SOMETHING LIKE $27 MILLION AND THERE IS NO RECAPTURE OFFSET TO THAT 27 MILLION.

>> WELL, ALL THE RESOURCES THAT WE GET REGARDLESS OF TIA IS JUST ONE OF THEM GO INTO YOUR TIER ONE ALLOCATION.

THEN FROM THAT IS TAKEN WHAT YOU COLLECT LOCALLY AND IN OUR CASE, WE CLICK MORE.

I GUESS I'M TRYING TO EXPLAIN THAT WE REALIZE IT THROUGH LESS RECAPTURE.

>> I GUESS I'M REALLY TRYING TO GET TO THE BOTTOM-LINE BENEFIT.

>> RIGHT NOW IF WE ARE ELIGIBLE FOR $28 MILLION, WE WILL REALIZE $28 MILLION.

>> THANK YOU, THE MECHANICAL CALCULATION IS NOT REALLY WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR AND YOU'VE JUST CLARIFIED THAT.

LAST YEAR WE ONLY BENEFITED FROM THE TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT TO THE EXTENT OF SOMETHING LIKE SEVEN MILLION, IN THIS YEAR, IN THIS BUDGET WE'LL BENEFIT TO THE EXTENT OF SOMETHING LIKE 27-28 MILLION.

IS THAT A FAIR SUMMARY?

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

>> THANK YOU. I HAVE SOME OTHER NOTES HERE THAT I CAN'T READ, SO I'LL WAIT FOR THE SECOND ROUND ONCE I DECIPHER MY HANDWRITING.

>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE [INAUDIBLE] TRUSTEE FLORES, AND THEN CARRY ON.

>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HENRY, SO WE COULD GO BACK TO SLIDE 2.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S CLEAR SO THIS IS THE LOWEST TAX RATE WE CAN POSSIBLY HAVE [LAUGHTER] THAT'S WHY WE CALL IT A TAX FLOOR. IS THAT CORRECT?

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

>> BUT WE CAN'T RAISE IT.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

>> WE CAN'T LOWER IT.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

>> I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE IN CASE NOBODY HAD BROUGHT IT UP BEFORE ME THAT WE ARE AT THE LOWEST AND WHEN DCAD RAISES THE APPRAISED VALUE OF THE PROPERTY, THAT'S WHY WHAT YOU PAY AS A TAXPAYER GOES UP, BUT THE RATE HAS STAYED THE SAME, THE PERCENT, THE DOLLAR, THE CENTS PER $100 THAT WE CAN COLLECT.

>> IT'S THE SAME.

>> IT'S THE SAME. JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE CLEAR ON THAT.

SWITCHING OVER TO THE RECAPTURE PAYMENTS, SO WE'RE GOING TO PAY $225 MILLION TO THE STATE OF TEXAS TO PURCHASE ATTENDANCE CREDITS, WHICH IS A NICE WAY OF SAYING RECAPTURE FOR ROBINHOOD.

DO WE KNOW WHAT THAT $225 MILLION ACTUALLY GOES TO OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

>> I'M SO GLAD YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION.

LAST YEAR, THERE WAS APPROXIMATELY $8.2 BILLION

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IF YOU DO THE MATH, THAT LEAVES US $3.2 BILLION THAT ARE BEING COLLECTED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF SCHOOL TAXES THAT GO BACK TO THE GOVERNOR'S GENERAL FUND.

>> IN OTHER WORDS, $3 BILLION OF THAT RECAPTURE IS JUST THERE FOR THE LEGISLATURE TO SPEND.

>> CORRECT.

>> ON ANYTHING THAT THEY WANT.

>> CORRECT.

>> THERE'S NO TIE-IN TO EDUCATION.

>> CORRECT.

>> WHEN THEY DO THIS ROBINHOOD, IT'S NOT REALLY ROBINHOOD BECAUSE SOME OF IT IS GOING TO PAY FOR THE POOR BUT THE 3 BILLION IS ROBIN.

>> SOME IS GOING TO PROFIT.

>> DROP THE HOOD.

>> WITHOUT THE HOOD TO BASICALLY FUND THE GENERAL FUND SO THAT THEY CAN TELL US THAT THEY'RE CUTTING OUR TAXES, BUT THEY'RE REALLY ACTUALLY NOT BECAUSE THEY'RE FORCING US TO COLLECT IT, TO THEN GIVE IT TO THEM FOR THEM TO SPEND IT TO SAY THAT WE DIDN'T RAISE YOUR TAXES.

IN FACT, THEY ARE BECAUSE IT'S ONLY ONE TAXPAYER.

THE SAME TAXPAYER IS PAYING THE MONEY THEY'RE JUST USING IT TO REDISTRIBUTE DOWN IN AUSTIN FOR THINGS THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH EDUCATION.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I WAS CLEAR ON THAT. AM I CORRECT?

>> YOU ARE TOTALLY CLEAR ON THAT.

>> WELL, AGAIN, HOPEFULLY OUR LEGISLATORS IN AUSTIN WILL LISTEN TO OUR CRIES FOR HELP AND FOR FAIRNESS.

MORE THAN ANYTHING, IT'S THE QUESTION OF FAIRNESS AND OF TRANSPARENCY.

I APPRECIATE THE WAY ONE OF THE LATER SLIDES WE WERE TRANSPARENT ABOUT WHAT IT RAISES.

WE WERE TRANSPARENT ABOUT WHAT ARE INCENTIVES IN MAKING SURE WE WERE CLEAR ON THAT.

BUT THE LEGISLATURE ISN'T TRANSPARENT ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THE ROBINHOOD MONEY.

IF WE WERE TO SAY, HEY, MAYBE THEY SHOULD PASS A LAW THAT SAYS ROBINHOOD MONEY, EDUCATION, MONEY CAN ONLY BE SPENT ON EDUCATION.

I THINK A LOT OF US WOULD FEEL A LOT BETTER ABOUT IT.

I STILL DON'T LIKE SENDING THEM $225 MILLION OR GOOD CHUNK OF OUR BUDGET.

BUT AT LEAST I WOULD KNOW IT'S FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION, NOT FOR OTHER PROBLEMS. GOOD POINT TRUSTEE JOHNSON, PUBLIC EDUCATION.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS REFLECTS OUR PRIORITIES.

I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE ADMINISTRATION TO REVISITING CENTRAL OFFICE AND OTHER THINGS AND HOPEFULLY A LOT OF THOSE FOLKS WOULD GO BACK TO OUR CAMPUSES AND GO BACK TO DOING GREAT WORK WITH OUR KIDDOS ON THE CAMPUS. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE FLORES TRUSTEE [INAUDIBLE]

>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE FLORES FOR BREAKING THAT DOWN AND THANK YOU TO THE TEAM FOR PUTTING TOGETHER THIS BUDGET.

I WANT TO ASK HER FIRST, I WILL START WITH A VERY HIGH-LEVEL QUESTION BECAUSE IT'S GET LOST HERE AND ALL THE NUMBERS BECAUSE WE CAN FOCUS SPECIFICALLY ON THE GENERAL FUND.

TOTAL REVENUE OR JUST TOTAL EXPENSES COULD YOU SPEAK TO THE BALANCED NATURE OF THE BUDGET?

>> YES. THE TOTAL PROJECTED REVENUE, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, IS 1.8 BILLION AND THE TOTAL PROJECTED EXPENSES IS JUST OVER 2 BILLION.

THERE'S A 190 IS THE LAST CALCULATION I LOOKED AT $180 MILLION GAP BETWEEN PROJECTED REVENUE AND PROJECTED EXPENDITURES.

WHAT I WILL TELL YOU IS THAT ON THE REVENUE SIDE, WE'VE BEEN VERY CONSERVATIVE WITH OUR REVENUE PROJECTIONS, WE USUALLY FAIR A LOT HIGHER BUT GIVEN THE NATURE OF WHERE WE ARE LEGISLATIVELY, THEIR REVENUE PROJECTION IS CONSERVATIVE IS THE WAY I WOULD DESCRIBE IT.

BUT IN CONSIDERING THAT GAP BETWEEN PROJECTED BUDGET AND PROJECTED REVENUE, WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY $50 MILLION THAT IS GOING TO BE SO FUNDED THAT'S A PART OF THAT 190 MILLION.

THAT BREAKS YOU TAKE AWAY THAT 50 BILLION, OF COURSE, THAT BRINGS THAT DOWN AND THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT HOW WE SPENT OUR BUDGET EACH YEAR, HOW MUCH OF THE BUDGET THAT'S SPENT.

WE UNDERSPEND THE BUDGET ON AVERAGE IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS,

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WHEN YOU TAKE INTO CONSIDER THAT 100 MILLION PLUS THE AMOUNT THAT'S GOING TO GO OVER TO ANSWER THAT'S AT 150.

WE'VE NEARLY CLOSE THE GAPS SO WE'RE ABOUT 40 MILLION SHORT FROM CLOSING THE GAP COMPLETELY FROM A PROPOSED BUDGET PERSPECTIVE AND LIKE I SAID ONCE BEFORE, WE HAVEN'T ACCOUNTED FOR ALL OF THE INDIRECT COSTS.

PERHAPS THAT IT'S GOING TO COME OVER FROM SOS THAT'S NOT REFLECTED 100 PERCENT HERE AND SO OUR REVENUE ESTIMATES ARE CONSERVATIVE AS THEY WERE IN THE CURRENT YEAR AND IT APPEARS AS THOUGH WE'RE GOING TO STILL BREAKEVEN FROM A BUDGET PERSPECTIVE IN COMPARISON TO REVENUE PERSPECTIVE, WHEN THE DUST SETTLES. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION?

>> IT DOES THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED TO HEAR.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

I WAS LOOKING AT THE BIGGER DOCUMENT THAT WAS SHARED SPECIFICALLY, I'M GOING TO BE REFERENCING PAGE 63 OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET JUST TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE GOOD THINGS THAT THIS BUDGET DOES.

TRUSTEE FLORES MENTIONED EARLIER $2 MILLION INCREASE IN COUNSELING AND GUIDANCE.

CAN SOMEONE SPEAK TO HOW WE HOPE TO UTILIZE THOSE $2 MILLION? ANYONE?

>> MOST OF THE INCREASE AS NOTED HERE, IS A DIRECT REFLECTION OF WHAT THEIR PROJECTED SALARIES ARE GOING TO BE SO RAISES ACCOUNT FOR MOST OF THAT INCREASE IS WHAT I WOULD SAY.

>> IS THAT THE SAME? I SEE THERE'S A $1.6 MILLION INCREASE IN SPECIAL EDUCATION.

AGAIN, THAT WOULD BE MY SAME RESPONSE AS THE PROPOSED RAISES THAT'S ACCOUNTING FOR THAT INCREASE PRIMARILY.

>> THEN THERE'S A NEARLY A $400,000 INCREASE IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT BUT SALARIES AS WELL.

>> YOU'RE LOOKING AT FUNCTION 52 WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT BY ORG BECAUSE YOU'RE ON PAGE 63 AND I'M ON MY NOTES. I'M SORRY.

>> IT'S 970.

>> AGAIN, THAT'S A DIRECT REFLECTION OF PROPOSED SALARY INCREASES.

>> THEN $3.6 MILLION INCREASE IN COMMUNITY SERVICES.

SOMEONE SPEAK TO THAT.

WHAT EXACTLY IS THAT?

>> LET ME CHECK ON THAT ONE SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S MAKING UP EACH BUDGET DIRECTLY BUT I CAN DEFINITELY GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU.

THAT'S COMMUNITY SERVICES WHICH IS FUNCTION 61, CORRECT.

>> LIKEWISE, YES.

>> YES, SIR.

>> I WANTED TO GIVE ADMINISTRATION MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ABOUT TRUSTEE JOHNSON'S POINT A LITTLE BIT AROUND.

WE'VE DISCUSSED ENSURING THAT WHATEVER CUTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND ADDITIONS RIGHT-SIZING THAT'S BEEN MADE, ENSURING THAT THOSE POSITIONS ARE IN FRONT OF STUDENTS IN THEIR STUDENT-FACING EDITIONS.

BUT WHAT WE SEE ON A CAMPUS LEVEL, SPECIFICALLY AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEVELS CAMPUS BUDGETS DECREASING ALMOST ACROSS THE BOARD BECAUSE IF WE'RE INCREASING THE NUMBER OF FRONT-FACING, STUDENT-FACING AND INDIVIDUALS, WHY WE SEE CAMPUS BUDGETS DECREASING.

>> I REALLY NEED TO GO THROUGH EACH OF THE CAMPUSES AND THE STAFFING TO SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO SOME EXAMPLES.

>> SURE.

>> BUT OVERALL, FIRST AND FOREMOST, THERE'S A DECREASE IN THE PROJECTED STUDENT ENROLLMENT.

THE DECREASES IN MOST INSTANCES ARE A RESULT OF LESS STUDENTS.

NUMBER 1, BECAUSE OUR GUIDELINES FOR STAFFING ARE ALL BASED ON STUDENTS, AND SPECIFICALLY THERE'S EVEN EQUITY PORTIONS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT ARE SPECIAL EDUCATION, THERE ARE CERTAIN AREAS THAT THE TEAM LOOK AT, NOT JUST THE NUMBER OF BUT TO SOME EXTENT, THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS IN DETERMINING THE STAFFING.

IT MAY APPEAR AS A REDUCTION BUT IT'S A REDUCTION SIMPLY TO MAINTAIN THE EQUITY REGARDING STUDENT TO TEACHER RATIOS AND SO ON.

THE OTHER THING THAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED IS THERE COULD BE DIFFERENT MOVES, DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES FOR DIFFERENT PARTS OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.

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WE PIVOTED AND CREATED DEMONSTRATION TEACHERS THAT'S COMING OUT OF ESSER AND SO NOW THE CAMPUS HAS THE ABILITY TO DETERMINE HOW THEY WANT TO USE, WHAT THEY WERE PREVIOUSLY USING AS A CAMPUS INSTRUCTIONAL COACH.

THEY COULD HAVE DECIDED TO USE THAT FOR AN ADDITIONAL TEACHER.

IN SOME INSTANCES IT IS ABOUT FUNDING AND SO OVERALL, I WOULD SAY THERE SHOULD NOT BE A CHANGE IN THE STUDENT TO TEACHER RATIO GUIDELINES OR THE NUMBER OF COUNSELORS OTHER THAN BASED ON THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS AT THE CAMPUS.

THEN SEPARATE FROM THAT COMES IN ANY OF THE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THAT MAY COME IN FOR A CAMPUS THAT MAY BE HIGH PRIORITY OR ACE OR IF THEY'VE MADE A SPECIAL REQUEST BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING UNIQUE ABOUT THAT SCHOOL.

WE WANT TO HAVE A FOUNDATIONAL STAFFING AND THEN WE ALWAYS WANT TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS, CAMPUS, COMMUNITY CIRCUMSTANCES.

I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO MAYBE JUST LOOK AT INDIVIDUAL CAMPUSES AND THEN SEE WHAT QUESTIONS, AND WE ACTUALLY ARE HAVING A MEETING TOMORROW TO DO JUST THAT.

WE'RE GOING TO BE REVIEWING OVERALL CAMPUS STAFFING.

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT. I WOULD LOVE TO FOLLOW UP AND HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.

LASTLY, AT LEAST FOR FIRST ROUND, WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ACKNOWLEDGING OUR CAFETERIA WORKERS, FOLKS ON THE GROUND AND PAYING ATTENTION TO THE LIVING WAGE HERE IN DALLAS ISD.

IF I LOOKED UP THE MIT LIVING WAGE CALCULATOR THIS MORNING, WHICH IS LIKE THE STANDARD THAT FOLKS LOOK TO IN TERMS OF WHAT LIVING WAGES IN THE COUNTY.

I THINK IT'S SOMEWHERE IN $18 SO WE ALL ACKNOWLEDGE WE'RE DOING THE BEST THAT WE CAN BUT A FULL DOLLAR INCREASE IS A RESPECTABLE STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, AND I THANK YOU FOR KEEPING IT FRONT AND CENTER.

THIS YEAR I DIDN'T HAVE TO ASK FOR IT BECAUSE IT'S PRESENTED AND SO I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT AND I'M SURE OUR FAMILIES DO AS WELL.

BUT OVERALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE CARDIO.

IT'S MY IDEA TO LIGHT ON IS THAT FROM THE FIRST ROUND? OKAY. TRUSTEE. FORM.

>> THIS IS SECOND ROW.

>> SECOND ROW.

>> OKAY. I'LL MAKE IT QUICK I THINK.

[LAUGHTER] ONE OF MY CONCERNS IS THAT PARTICULARLY SUPERINTENDENT ON STAFFING FOR OUR CAMPUSES.

I DO KNOW THAT WE USE THE GOMEZ GOMEZ MODEL.

USING THE GOMEZ GOMEZ MODEL, THAT MEANS THAT OUR BILINGUAL AND OUR LIMITED ENGLISH GET FIRST PRIORITY LOOK AT WHEN IT COMES TO STAFF.

I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT BUT I DO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS.

SOME OF OUR HIGH PRIORITY CAMPUSES ARE PREDOMINANTLY AFRICAN-AMERICAN.

MANY OF THOSE ARE IN MY AREA.

WE'VE GOTTEN POSITIONS FROM EQUITY AND OTHER RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO OFFSET THAT.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IN THIS BUDGET THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO SEE SOME OF OUR CLASSES VERY SMALL, AND THEN SOME OF OUR CLASSES VERY LARGE, AND WE REALLY DONE A GOOD JOB IN MY OPINION OF ADDRESSING THAT IN THE PAST FEW YEARS.

GPU I WANT YOU TO HEAR THIS TOO BECAUSE IT'S FOR YOU TOO, IS WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE SCHOOLS THAT ARE PREDOMINANTLY AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND WE STILL HAVE A FEW.

WHILE WE'RE USING THE GOMEZ GOMEZ MODEL, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE STUDENTS DON'T BE OVERCROWDED IN THEIR CLASSES EITHER, AND THAT THE PRINCIPALS AND THE EDS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK TO ADMINISTRATION AND SAY, LOOK, YOU CUT THIS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL BUT WE MIGHT NEED THIS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL JUST BASED ON WHAT'S GOING ON OUR CAMPUSES.

THROUGH THE PROCESS, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE EQUITY LENS CONTINUES TO BE THERE.

WE'VE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB UP TO THIS POINT AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

THAT'S JUST RIGHT BACK TO THE HIGH-PRIORITY PROBLEMS THERE.

I WANT TO GO BACK TO PAGE SIX AND I'M LOOKING AT CONTRACTED SERVICES.

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>> ABOUT FIVE.

>> OR 5.4%. OKAY, 5.1.

MY GLASSES ARE NOT CLEAN.

WHAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IS WHAT NEW CONTRACTED SERVICES ARE WE LOOKING AT THAT'S GOING TO INCREASE IT THAT MUCH?

>> SO THAT INCREASE IN CONTRACTED SERVICES IS A DIRECT REFLECTION OF OUR INCREASED RECAPTURE PROJECTED PAYMENTS.

RECAPTURE IS CODED TO CONTRACTED SERVICES BECAUSE IT'S OUR CONTRACT WITH THE STATE WHEN WE PURCHASE THE ATTENDANCE CREDITS.

SO THAT'S WHY THAT'S INCREASED IN THAT WAY.

>> SO WHAT I WOULD STRONGLY SUGGEST IS THAT ALONG WITH THE BUDGET, THERE ARE SOME NOTES THAT ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE LITTLE INCREASES BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T KNOW THAT, THEN IT BECOMES AN ISSUE WHEN YOU JUST LOOK AT THE NUMBER AND WE HAD A LITTLE CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT.

THEN THE LAST QUESTION IS ON OUR HEALTH SERVICES, WHICH IS FUNCTION 33.

WE KNOW THAT THROUGH THE PROCESS WE'VE HAD SOME ADDITIONAL ISSUES IN TERMS OF HEALTH SERVICES WITH OUR STUDENTS AND WE'VE CLOSED SOME OF OUR FAMILIES' CENTERS, HOW IS THIS ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT?

>> IN THIS PARTICULAR LINE ITEM, THIS ONE STAYED CONSTANT BECAUSE THIS IS AGAIN, JUST GENERAL OPERATING, WE MOVED QUITE A FEW ADDITIONAL THINGS TO ESSER AND I THINK IN SOME OTHER AREAS THERE ARE SOME CONTRACTS THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY CONTRACTED WITH US LIKE, I THINK LAST MONTH OR THE MONTH BEFORE WHEN YOU HAD SOME QUESTIONS OF DEPUTY CHIEF CHRISTIAN ON SOME LOCATIONS THAT PARKLAND IS NOT PROVIDING SERVICES AND THEN WE WENT TO LOOK FOR ANOTHER PROVIDER SO THAT WE CAN STILL HAVE THOSE SERVICES.

THOSE AREN'T ACTUALLY CONTRACTED WITH US, WE'RE NOT THE PASS-THROUGH, BUT WE'RE ALLOWING THAT LOCATION TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES.

THEN WE HAVE THE ESSER THAT ARE ACTUAL SERVICES AND INDIVIDUALS THAT WE'RE PROVIDING THAT ADDITIONAL RESOURCE.

SO I THINK WHAT WE COULD DO IS WITH REGARD TO THAT ITEM, ACTUALLY PROVIDE THAT SIMILARLY TO THE SECURITY, IS PUT ALL OF THAT TOGETHER REGARDLESS OF WHAT FUNDING SOURCE IT IS SO THAT EACH TRUSTEE WOULD HAVE A MORE ACCURATE PICTURE OF THE WORKAROUND HEALTH SERVICES FOR STUDENTS.

>> THEN LASTLY, CHIEF ABEL, I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR ALL OF THE TRUSTEES TO HAVE A LIST OF THE PROFICIENT ONE AND ABOVE TEACHERS BY CAMPUS SO THAT EVERYBODY WOULD BE ON THE SAME PAGE.

WE'VE DONE THIS IN THE PAST, YOU DID A GREAT JOB OF PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION AND IT WOULD JUST BE GOOD FOR ALL OF US TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT.

>> ABSOLUTELY, I'LL TAKE CARE OF IT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE FOREMAN AND TRUSTEE JOHNSON, FOLLOWED BY MICCICHE.

>> YES. NOS LEFT ME.

COULD YOU GET ME THE ATHLETIC BUDGET? EMAIL IT TO ME.

I WANT TO DEAL WITH THE STIPEND FOR MY ASSISTANT COACHES ON WHAT INCREASES THEY'RE RECEIVING, IF ANY.

THAT'S A CONCERN FOR ME BECAUSE WE HAVE GREAT COACHES, AND I'VE SHARED THIS WITH CHIEF ABEL, WE'VE HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS EQUITABLE WAY THEY ARE WINNING AND DOING WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

I KNOW WE JUST HAD A MEETING THAT WE JUST SPOKE ABOUT WITH THE BASKETBALL COACH, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR OUR ATHLETIC COACHES.

I'M A FORMER COACH IN DALLAS ISD, SO THAT'S A CONCERN FOR ME ACROSS THE BOARD.

I WANT TO KNOW WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THAT.

ALSO, OUR POLICE BUDGET, I THINK TRUSTEE MACKEY WAS SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I WAS TRYING TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THE COMMUTE IF IT'S FOUR MINUTES AWAY, ARE WE INCREASING THE BUDGET FOR THAT OR DO WE NOT HAVE ENOUGH POLICE OFFICERS? WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THE BUDGET FOR THE POLICE OFFICERS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH FOR OUR CAMPUS? YOU WANT TO ANSWER THAT?

>> WE'RE GOING TO BRING THE WHOLE SAFETY SECURITY AND SURVEILLANCE TOGETHER BECAUSE THIS IS JUST GENERAL OPERATING, SO WE'RE GOING TO BRING THAT TOGETHER AND EITHER WE'LL DO THAT IN A TRIAD OR WE'LL SEND IT IN THE TRACKER AND THEN HAVE FOLLOW-UP.

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SOME EXPENDITURES, FOR INSTANCE, RELATED TO CAMERAS OR KEYLESS ENTRY OR FENCING, THOSE ARE ALL IN IT COULD BE BOND, IT COULD BE OPERATIONS.

THERE'S DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES, SO WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF JUST BRINGING THAT WHOLE THING FOR YOU ALL TO BE ABLE TO SEE IT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE JOHNSON, MICCICHE FOLLOWED BY MACKEY.

>> I MADE A NOTE EARLIER WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT COUNSELING SERVICES THAT YOU SAID THE RATIO WAS 337 TO 1, AND DO WE HAVE ANY BENCHMARKS THAT WE COMPARE OURSELVES TO LIKE THE STATE?

>> THE STATE AVERAGE IS 450 TO 1 IN TEXAS.

>> DO WE KNOW THE NATIONAL AVERAGE?

>> I DON'T KNOW THAT ONE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

>> I DON'T KNOW THE NATIONAL BLOCK AND RECHARGE, I'LL SEE IF I CAN FIND IT FOR YOU.

>> OKAY. THAT'S GREAT.

WHAT OTHER MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, COUNSELING SERVICE TYPE FUNCTIONS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THAT PARTICULAR LINE ITEM? ARE THERE RELATED SERVICES THAT ARE IN OUR BUDGET THAT ARE NOT IN THAT LINE?

>> YEAH, I MAY DEFER TO MACKEY BUT I THINK THAT THIS IS JUST THE GEO SO THERE ARE A LOT OF TITLE FUNDED OR SOME GRANT-FUNDED AND AGAIN, A PLETHORA OF EXTRA-FUNDED ACTIVITIES AND STUFF THAT MAY BE ALLOCATED IN THERE AS WELL.

THEY JUST WOULDN'T SHOW UP ON THIS REPORT LIKE ON SLIDE 7.

>> YEAH, I'D LIKE TO GET SOME SENSE OF HOW MUCH IN TOTAL WE'RE INVESTING IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA AND IF YOU COULD GET BACK TO ME WITH THAT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

>> YES, SIR.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE MICCICHE. TRUSTEE MACKEY, PLEASE TAKE OVER.

>> THANK YOU. PICKING UP WHERE THE QUESTIONS HAD LEFT OFF, IF WE CAN GO TO THE RETENTION BONUSES SLIDE AGAIN, I THINK IT'S THE LAST SLIDE.

I APPRECIATE YOUR CONTACTS AROUND THAT UNSATISFACTORY $500 RETENTION BONUS.

I HAD SOME NUMBER OF QUESTIONS.

I THINK YOU ANSWERED SOME OF THEM, BUT THAT BROUGHT UP SOME NEW ONES, WHICH IS WHAT SCORECARD YEAR ARE WE BASING THESE AMOUNTS ON? IS IT THE ONE THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE IN SEPTEMBER?

>> YEAH, IT'D BE THE ONE THAT WAS GENERATED LATE SEPTEMBER AND THEY'LL RELEASE OUT EARLY OCTOBER.

>> GOT YOU, SO THE REASON WE'RE DOING THIS IS BECAUSE WE'RE GIVING EVERYONE THIS FIRST 500 EARLY ON AND WE DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT PEOPLE WILL HAVE BASED ON THAT YEAR.

>> CORRECT.

>> OKAY, THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME. I APPRECIATE THAT. MY NEXT ONE, PULLING ON THE COUNSELING ONE, OUR CURRENT IS 1-337 ROUGHLY.

I KNOW THAT VARIES DRASTICALLY.

WHAT IS THE MAXIMUM? BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS AN AVERAGE AND SOME ARE FAR LOWER.

DO WE HAVE ANY THAT IT'S LIKE 1-500, 1-600 IN SPECIFIC SCHOOL INSTANCES?

>> I CAN DO THE RESEARCH. I DON'T KNOW OFFHAND. WE CAN RESEARCH.

USUALLY, THAT'S WHEN WE HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS MENTIONED EARLIER.

I'M NOT QUITE ROUNDED UP YET TO ANOTHER ONE.

CAN I GET ANOTHER ONE AND USUALLY WE TRY TO MEET THOSE NEEDS.

BUT LET ME RESEARCH THAT I CAN GET YOU A FIRM ANSWER.

>> I'D BE VERY CURIOUS, WHAT DO WE BELIEVE IS THE MAXIMUM THAT IT SHOULD BE BEFORE WE FIGURE OUT SOME ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN? I KNOW WE DIDN'T SEE BECAUSE THE BOARD AND I FULLY AGREE WITH THIS, SHOULD NOT APPROVE THE SPECIFIC STAFFING FOR CAMPUSES.

I THINK THAT SHOULD BE FULLY ADMINISTRATIVE.

BUT IT'D BE REALLY HELPFUL FOR US TO UNDERSTAND ANY CHANGES IN WHERE WE'RE AT IN TERMS OF OUR RATIOS.

DO WE HAVE THAT AVAILABLE THAT WE COULD SHARE WITH THE BOARD PRIOR TO THAT?

>> WE CAN PUT THAT IN A TRACKER OVER THE WEEKEND, ABSOLUTELY, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THAT ALREADY EXISTS AND WE JUST PUT A COPY AND DROP THAT IN RIGHT AWAY SO YOU ALL CAN SEE.

>> I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE OTHER QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP AROUND PUTTING MORE RESOURCES IN FRONT OF STUDENTS, ETC IF WE'VE MADE ANY ADJUSTMENTS THERE.

BUT WHEN YOU DO THAT, I WOULD BE CURIOUS TO HEAR ABOUT LIKE, WHAT'S THE ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM BEFORE WE THINK ABOUT ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> NEXT QUESTION I HAVE IS AROUND, I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN NUMEROUS CONVERSATIONS THAT WE BROUGHT IT UP AT THIS BOARD LEVEL MULTIPLE TIMES ABOUT A POTENTIAL FOR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS AND DART ON FREE RIDERSHIP FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.

I KNOW WE ALREADY HAVE AN EXISTING CONTRACT TO SPEND UPWARDS OF 100,000 A YEAR ON DART PASSES.

SHOULD THE CITY AND DART BE WILLING TO MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION? DO WE HAVE ANY SPACE IN THIS BUDGET TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT PILOT POSSIBLE?

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>> DO YOU KNOW THE PROJECTED AMOUNT? DO YOU MIND ME ASKING?

>> THE AMOUNTS THAT THEY HAVE TALKED ABOUT WOULD BE SOMEWHERE 200,000 TOTAL TO 500,000 FOR THE DISTRICT.

>> OKAY. WELL, THAT'S WHY WE'RE HAVING OUR BUDGET CONVERSATIONS NOW.

I'VE MADE NOTE THAT WE NEED TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.

>> I'M NOT ADVOCATING THAT WE DO THAT ALONE AND IN A VACUUM.

I THINK THAT'S JUST, WOULD WE BE WILLING TO, SHOULD THE CITY SAY YES, WE THINK THIS IS A VIABLE THING FOR OR WORK ON IT?

>> YEAH, AND I THOUGHT WE HAD SOMEBODY THAT WAS TAKING THE LEAD ON THOSE CONVERSATIONS, DR. LUSK, AND SO WE CAN JUST GET THAT INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN GET BACK UP ON WHERE WE ARE ON THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

>> THEN I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AND APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU'VE DONE TO THOUGHTFULLY BALANCE THIS BUDGET, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT ESSER WILL BE MOVING AWAY IN THE FUTURE.

I KNOW IT TAKES A LOT OF HARD THOUGHTS AND CUTS AND WHATNOT TO REALLY MAKE SENSE OF THAT.

DO WE HAVE ANY SENSE OF IF WE ARE PLANNING ON THIS YEAR'S CURRENT BUDGET OVERSPENDING OR UNDER-SPENDING BASED ON WHAT OUR ORIGINAL BUDGET ESTIMATES WERE?

>> YES, SIR. WE ARE PROJECTED TO UNDER-SPEND OUR CURRENT BUDGET BY ABOUT SIX PERCENT.

THAT'S THE PROJECTION RIGHT NOW.

SO THAT'S JUST OVER $100 MILLION OR SO.

>> THAT SHOULD LIKELY MORE OR LESS INCREASE OUR FUND BALANCE, WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN HIGH.

I WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO THINK ABOUT AS YOU SEE FIT AND I KNOW I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF IT, ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHERE WE ARE STILL NOT SEEING THE GAINS WE NEED TO MEET THOSE RIGOROUS GOALS.

CONSIDER THOSE ONE-TIME INVESTMENTS THAT CAN REALLY MAKE THAT DIFFERENCE TO HELP US MEET THOSE RIGOROUS GOALS.

HERE COMES DWAYNE. HE'S GETTING HIS WORKOUT WALKING BACK AND FORTH.

>> I NEED IT. TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, IF YOU LOOK AT THE BUDGETS FROM THIS CURRENT YEAR, MUCH LIKE TRUSTEE CARREON ASKED, ARE WE GOING TO BE A BALANCED BUDGET? WELL, THAT PERCENTAGE THAT WE'RE UNDER-SPENDING IS GOING TO ASSIST US TO KEEP THE FUND BALANCE CONSTANT.

IT'LL BE VERY CLOSE TO BEING CONSTANT, SO IT WON'T BE AN INCREASE.

IF IT IS, IT WILL BE VERY, VERY MINIMAL.

>> GOT YOU. WELL, I JUST KNOW THAT WE HAVE MONEY FOR ONE PURPOSE AND ONE PURPOSE ONLY, WHICH IS RAISING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IN THIS DISTRICT.

SO I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO CONTINUE TO BE STRATEGIC AND ASK THIS BOARD FOR WHAT YOU NEED.

>> PART OF CERTAINLY NOT DRAWING DOWN ON FUND BALANCE RIGHT NOW IS BECAUSE THE PURPOSE IS, COME THE '24, '25 SCHOOL YEAR AS WE EVALUATE OUR RETURN ON INVESTMENT, THE THINGS THAT WE ARE PUTTING IN PLACE THAT WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE RESEARCHED DEMONSTRATION TEACHERS, HIGH-QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, AND SUCH, THAT RETURN ON INVESTMENT SHOWS THAT RETURN THEN WE WILL NEED TO BE THEN DIPPING INTO FUND BALANCE TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THE COSTS BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY SPENDING OUT OF US.

SO THAT HAS BEEN THE INTENTION OF THE PLAN.

>> YOU READ MY MIND AND PREEMPTED MY LAST QUESTION, WHICH IS, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE A DOCUMENT THAT SHOWS OUR PRELIMINARY RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR THE STRATEGIES THAT WE'VE PUT IN PLACE AT THIS BUDGET'S FUNDING.

BUT IF WE DO, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT.

I THINK THAT'D BE REALLY HELPFUL TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO THE COMMUNITY WHAT WE'RE INVESTING IN AND WHY. IS THAT A MAYBE?

>> NO, THAT'S A YES. IT'S NOT A MAYBE. [LAUGHTER]

>> NO. WE'VE STARTED THAT, SO I'M SORRY.

YES, WE WILL.

>> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HARD WORK IN TAKING ALL THESE DIFFERENT DISPARATE THOUGHTS AND WHAT PEOPLE'S CONCERNS ARE AND HEARING IT ALL, AND PUTTING IT TO A COHERENT STRATEGY THAT'LL HELP US REACH OUR GOALS.

SO I COMMEND YOU ALL ON THAT WORK.

>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE MACKEY.

ALL MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ALREADY SAID SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO SAY.

CAN SOMEONE GIVE ME AN ESTIMATE DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR? I KNOW IT'S TOUGH.

WHAT INFLATION HAS BEEN THIS LAST YEAR? LOOKING AT DWAYNE, IT'S LIKE YOU.

>> ABOUT SIX PERCENT.

>> SIX PERCENT. AGAIN, KEEPING IN MIND THAT'S IN THE CASE, I THINK TRUSTEE MICCICHE MENTIONED THAT AWHILE, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE FIVE PERCENT UNDER-BUDGET WITH SIX PERCENT INFLATION, THE DOLLAR'S VALUE, IT'S JUST NOT WHAT IT WAS A YEAR AGO THIS TIME.

I APPRECIATE THE CONSERVATIVE NATURE OF THE APPROACH OF THE BUDGET.

I DO APPRECIATE ALSO THE ADDITIONS THAT YOU HAPPEN TO THE BUDGET, ESPECIALLY THE FOCUS ON OUR PEOPLE TO KNOW YOU SAY A LOT.

I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS THAT I DIDN'T HEAR.

THE FIRST ONE IS FOR CHIEF ABLE TO HIRING PROCESS FOR HPC CAMPUS AND SKILLS BACK THE INCREASE INCENTIVES FOR HPC CAMPUS.

SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE FOR THEM AS COMPARED TO A NON HPC CAMPUS?

>> FOR THE HIRING PROCESS, THEY GET FIRST ACCESS TO OUR CANDIDATES.

THEY HAVE JOB FAIRS JUST FOR HPC CAMPUSES PRIOR TO THE OTHERS.

EVEN AT OUR CURRENT JOB FAIRS, THEY GET PREFERENTIAL SEATING.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE FOCUS OUR RECRUITERS TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE SOURCING TALENT TO THEM FIRST.

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THEY GET FIRST CHOICE AND FIRST SELECTION.

WHEN THEY GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS, WE HAVE THE OPEN TRANSFER PROCESS WHERE WE TRIED TO INCENTIVIZE OUR TEACHERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE PROFICIENT ONE OR HIGHER, TO TRANSFER TO THE HPC CAMPUS TO GET THOSE HIGH-QUALITY TEACHERS TO THE STUDENTS THAT NEED THEM THE MOST, AND AS WE GO THROUGH THE STIPENDS, THEY WILL COME OUT AND THE HPC STIPENDS WILL PAY OUT TWICE A YEAR.

ISN'T ALL OF OUR ADVERTISING MATERIALS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO RECRUIT TEACHERS TO THOSE CAMPUSES AS WELL.

>> WITH THE LAST PART, YOU JUST SAID, WHY DO WE DO THAT? I THINK YOU CAN JUST SAID THAT.

>> WHY WE DO THAT, WE WANT TO TRY TO GET OUR MOST EFFECTIVE TEACHERS IN FRONT OF THE KIDS THAT NEED THEM MOST.

THAT'S DEFINITELY OUR PASSION AND OUR FOCUS.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN DO TO CLOSE THAT EDUCATIONAL GAP AND PROVIDE THAT EDUCATIONAL EQUITY FOR ALL.

>> OTHER TRUSTEES HAVE ALREADY ASKED, BUT I REALLY WANT TO LIKE TO SEE, I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO MEAN A TRACKER, BASED ON CAMPUSES BECAUSE I THINK CAMPUSES ARE SELECTED FOR THE MOST PART, WHO IS GOING TO BE ON THE CAMPUS NEXT YEAR, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

SO DUNBAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, HOW MANY PROGRESSING 1, ETC, PROFICIENT 1, PROFICIENT 2.

ALSO, HOPEFULLY YOU HAVE TO CREATE A DOCUMENT.

IF YOU HAD TO CREATE [INAUDIBLE].

>> [INAUDIBLE] YESTERDAY.

>> OKAY. I LOVE TO SEE WHAT IT'S LIKE NEXT TO OUR STATE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THAT PARTICULAR CAMPUS.

I'M NOT A BIG FAN OF THE STAR.

ONCE YOU TO KNOW THAT, BUT NOW THANK YOU FOR YOUR MESSAGE IN THE STATE OF THE DISTRICT.

BUT I'LL STILL WOULD WANT TO SEE HOW WE'RE ALIGNING OUR STRONGEST TEACHERS ON CAMPUSES THAT THEY'RE EFFECTIVELY NEEDED THE MOST.

>> IN FACT, I THINK THE DOCUMENT WE'LL SHARE WITH YOU IS WE'VE PUT TOGETHER AN INDEX FOR OUR SCHOOLS THAT HAS HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE ON STATE ASSESSMENT, PERCENTAGE OF CURRENT YEAR, PROFICIENT 1, PROFICIENT 2, TEACHERS, COMMUNITY RESOURCE INDEX, THE POVERTY INDEX, PERCENT MOBILITY, RECENT IMMIGRANTS.

THERE ARE SEVERAL CHARACTERISTICS THAT WE'VE PUT, AND SO YOU CAN COMPARE IT BY ANY OF THOSE INDICATORS.

WE CURRENTLY USE THAT TO HELP US IN DETERMINING WHICH CAMPUSES CONTINUE TO NEED THE MOST SUPPORT.

>> I THINK I HEARD SOME OTHER CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE RACIAL EQUITY, LIKE SPEND, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE ACROSS THE BOARD.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT ALSO, BUT I WANT TO JUST REMIND FROM MY PERSPECTIVE THE WAY I FEEL ABOUT RACIAL EQUITY, IT'S ALSO JUST THE MINDSET.

I THINK THE WAY YOU'VE APPROACHED HIRING IN HPC CAMPUS, THERE'S NOT REALLY A DOLLAR ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

THERE'S NOT A BUDGET LIST.

BUT IT IS A WAY OF MAKING SURE OUR BEST TEACHERS GET IN FRONT OF OUR KIDS, WHICH SERVES OUR RECORDS COMMISSION, SO WE'LL LOVE TO SEE THE DOLLAR, BUT I'M HOPING LOOKING AT CHIEFLY OR THAT RACIAL EQUITY IS A MINDSET REGARDLESS OF THERE'S DOLLAR ATTACHED TO IT OR NOT.

EVEN NOW WE'RE TARGETING SPECIFIC STUDENTS LIKE OUR BLACK STUDENTS.

I THINK I HEARD YOU SAID IF THEY'RE STRUGGLING, YOU'RE GOING TO HELP GET THE RIGHT TEACHER IN FRONT OF THEM BASED ON HERE.

SO THOSE TYPES OF THINGS DON'T COST A PENNY, BUT MOVE THE NEEDLE FOR OUR GOAL.

SO MAKE SURE WE KEEP THAT BROAD APPROACH TO RACIAL EQUITY.

THEN WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE COMPREHENSIVE CURRICULUM. COULD SOMEONE HELPED ME? WHERE'S THAT IN THE BUDGET? THE ADDITIONAL COST FROM THE SHIFT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE CURRICULUM?

>> THE HIGH-QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR THIS UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR, WE'RE ACTUALLY LEVERAGING OUR ESSER FUNDS TO PURCHASE THOSE MATERIALS.

BUT INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS IN NATURE ARE PART OF FUNCTION 11 BECAUSE THEY ARE FOR INSTRUCTION.

SO ANY TYPE OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS WILL BE CAPTURED THERE, BUT WE ARE ALSO LEVERAGING OUR ESSER DOLLARS.

>> OKAY. THEN MY LAST QUESTION.

WE TALKED ABOUT VACANCY RATE WAS 99, SOMETHING PERCENT.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO SEE THE VACANCY RATES DIS-AGGREGATED BY SCHOOLS, PARTICULARLY AGAIN, I'M FOCUSING BACK ON HPC CAMPUS.

I WANT TO KNOW I'M ASSUMING IT'S HIGH GIVEN THE HIRING PROCESS YOU JUST DESCRIBED, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE HOW IT COMPARES ACROSS THE BOARD.

HPC, NON-HPC, EVEN IF WE CAN DO CAMPUS, I DON'T KNOW.

BECAUSE I WOULD ASSUME IF YOU HAVE A HIGH VACANCY RATE, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE PERFORMING AT THE SAME LEVEL AS OTHERS.

I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT INFORMATION. IT'S ALL I HAVE.

I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM TRUSTEES.

THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THE TIME IT TAKES TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS PROPOSED BUDGET.

WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEM C, THE MWB QUARTERLY REPORT.

>> WHILE WE'RE GETTING READY FOR OUR NEXT PRESENTATION.

WE DID LOOK UP SOME INFORMATION AND I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT BECAUSE THE DISTRICT IS GOING TO BE CONTINUALLY COMMITTED TO DOING THE BEST WE CAN WITH OUR STUDENTS TO COUNCILOR RATIO.

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WE'RE DOING SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER AND WE KNOW WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE AT A MINIMUM STAY THERE SO THAT OUR COUNSELORS ARE ABLE TO REALLY FOCUS ON THE WORK THAT OUR STUDENTS NEED.

AS A REMINDER, AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVELS, WE'VE ALSO ADDED COLLEGE ACCESS PROVIDERS IN ADDITION TO COUNSELORS SO THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS COULD TAKE SOME OF THE WORKLOAD OF FAFSAS, AND COLLEGE APPLICATIONS SO THAT COUNSELORS COULD DO SOME OTHER ACADEMIC COUNSELING.

THEN THE COLLEGE ACCESS PROVIDERS, THIS BOARD WAS VERY BOLD IN SUPPORTING THAT ADDITIONAL EXPANSION.

WITH THAT, WE'LL GET READY FOR OUR M/WBE REPORT.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH DR. ELAZAR AND TRUSTEES.

MS. PARTEE AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT A THIRD-QUARTER M/WBE REPORT.

WE WILL PRESENT THE DATA IN JUST A FEW MINUTES, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF OUR INITIATIVES.

WE'VE JUST COMPLETED.

WE HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL KNOWLEDGE IS POWER CONFERENCE WHERE WE COLLABORATED WITH THE DALLAS COLLEGE AND UT SOUTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER.

WE HAD 179 PARTICIPANTS AND WHAT WE FOCUSED ON IS ENCOURAGING CONTRACTORS AND VENDORS TO APPLY OR TO BID FOR CONTRACTS WITH DALLAS ISD.

NEXT IN AN EFFORT TO ADDRESS OUR ISSUE WITH MAKING SURE THAT WE MEET OR EXCEED GOODS AND SERVICES GOALS.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF MAJOR INITIATIVES THAT WE WANT TO PRESENT TO YOU RIGHT NOW.

WE HAVE CONTINUED TO MEET WITH THE EXECUTIVES OF COMPANIES THAT HAVE BEEN AWARDED LARGE GOODS AND SERVICES CONTRACTS WITH DALLAS ISD, ENCOURAGING THEM TO INCREASE THEIR UTILIZATION OF M/WBE VENDORS.

NEXT, WE'RE FOCUSING NOW MORE THAN EVER BEFORE ON VENDOR CONTRACT COMPLIANCE, AND WHAT WE'RE DOING, WE'RE REVIEWING THE COMMITMENT THAT THESE COMPANIES HAVE MADE TO INCREASE THEIR UTILIZATION OF M/WBE VENDORS.

THIS BASICALLY IS WHAT THEY PRESENTED DURING THE BIDDING PROCESS.

LAST, WE CONTINUED TO CONTACT.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

WE CONTINUE TO CONTACT STAFF MEMBERS, OFFICE MANAGERS, DIRECTORS, ETC.

THOSE WHO HAVE A MINIMUM UTILIZATION OF M/WBE VENDORS BUT THEY HAVE A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF THEIR CONTRACTS ARE WITH THESE LARGER NON M/WBE VENDORS AND [NOISE] WE'RE ENCOURAGING THEM TO INCREASE THEIR UTILIZATION OF M/WBE VENDORS.

NEXT MS. PARTEE WILL PRESENT OUR DATA FOR THE THIRD QUARTER.

THANK YOU, MR. WILLIAMS. TRUSTEES, DR. ELAZAR, I WILL PRESENT THE 2020 BOND PROGRAM TOTAL M/WBE UTILIZATION.

THE SLIDE BEFORE YOU IS THE INITIAL PAYMENTS THROUGHOUT THE BOND PROGRAM UP TO MARCH THE 31ST 2023.

THE PROGRAM BEFORE YOU IS BOND FUNDED CONSTRUCTION.

WE HAVE A M/WBE GOAL AS OUTLINED IN OUR BOARD POLICY CH LOCAL OF 30%.

OUR CURRENT UTILIZATION FOR THE 2020 BOND PROGRAM IS 57.30%.

FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, WE HAVE A BOARD ESTABLISHED GOAL OF 35%.

IN OUR UTILIZATION IS 45.94%.

THE NEXT SLIDE BEFORE YOU IS AN ANALYSIS OF THE 2015 BOND PROGRAM.

AGAIN, THE BOARD ESTABLISHED GOAL OF 30%.

THE UTILIZATION WAS 53.67%.

FOR BOND FUND AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, WE HAD A BOARD ESTABLISHED GOAL OF 35% AND THE UTILIZATION WAS 38.94%.

THE NEXT ANALYSIS BEFORE YOU IS THE 2008 BOND PROGRAM.

TOTAL M/WBE UTILIZATION CUMULATIVE TO DATE, EXTENDING UP TO MARCH THE 31ST 2023.

AGAIN, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION GOAL, WE HAD A GOAL OF 30%.

THE UTILIZATION WAS 49%.

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THE NEXT SLIDE BEFORE YOU IS THE BRIDGE PROGRAM.

THE UTILIZATION IS 73% IN COMPARISON TO A 30% CONSTRUCTION GOAL AND 24% IN COMPARISON TO A 35% PROFESSIONAL SERVICES GOALS.

WE HAVE ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT BOND FUNDED PROCUREMENT ANALYSIS BEFORE YOU.

HOWEVER, WHEN WE CEASE PAYMENTS, THE ENDORSE PARTICULAR REPORTS WOULD NO LONGER BE SHARED.

IN SOME OF THOSE PARTICULAR CATEGORIES, WE HAVE VERY NOMINAL DOLLARS TO REPORT.

THE NEXT SLIDE BEFORE YOU IS THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK.

IT CONSISTS OF THOSE PROCUREMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN PURCHASED THROUGH THE CMR. THEN ON THOSE PARTICULAR SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN OUTLINED AND IDENTIFIED IN YOUR SUBJECT.

AS FAR AS THAT, WE HAVE A GOAL OF 30% FOR CONSTRUCTION RELATED PROJECTS INCLUSIVE ARE THE CMR IN THE ACTUAL UTILIZATION, 6-7%.

THE BOTTOM ANALYSIS IS ACTUALLY ALL OF THE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE BEEN PROCURED THROUGH THE CMR METHODOLOGY ALONG WITH THE CONTRACT AMOUNT, THE PURCHASE ORDER, THE ASSIGNED CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK, ALONG WITH THE PAID RETAINAGE MOUNT.

THE NEXT SLIDE THAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU IS THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND.

NON-BOND FUNDED PROCUREMENT.

IT CONSISTS OF GOODS AND SERVICES IDENTIFIED WITH FUND 199.

WE HAVE A BOARD ESTABLISHED GOAL OF 30%.

HOWEVER, WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO MEET THAT PARTICULAR GOAL AND OUR ACTUAL ACHIEVEMENT WAS 17.70%.

THAT IS WHAT CERTIFIED MINORITY AND WOMEN OWNED COMPANIES AT BOTH THE PRIME SUBCONTRACTOR LEVEL.

HOWEVER, THERE IS A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS, COMPANIES THAT CHOOSE FOR WHATEVER REASON NOT TO BECOME M/WBE CERTIFIED IN CAPTURING AND CONSIDERING THAT NUMBER IS 23.47%.

THE LAST ANALYSIS WE HAVE BEFORE YOU IS DISTRICT-WIDE FUNDS.

IT INCLUDES ALL FUNDS THAT ARE PAID WITHIN NON-BOND FUNDED PROCUREMENTS, AND AGAIN, THE GOAL IS 30%.

WHEN YOU TAKE ALL OF THAT INTO CONSIDERATION, THE ACTUAL UTILIZATION IS 17.19%.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU AN ELECTRONIC BID ANALYSIS.

AS YOU KNOW, WITHIN COVID DALLAS ISD BEGAN TO RECEIVE BIDS ELECTRONICALLY, HOWEVER, HARD COPY BIDS ARE ALSO ACCEPTED.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THE ELECTRONIC BIDS THAT CAME INTO THE DISTRICT, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF AWARDS, 440 FOR M/WBES AND TOTAL DISTRICTWIDE OF 1,400 GIVEN US M/WBES PERCENTAGE OF 31.43% WHEN WE LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF AWARDS.

HOWEVER, WHEN YOU TAKE IN CONSIDERATION THE PAYMENTS TO ALL OF THOSE ASSOCIATED FIRMS, THAT INCLUDES 22.97%.

WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO JUST EXPOUND UPON A FEW PAGES FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

WE HAVE THE BOND ACADEMY AS WELL AS THE FACEBOOK LIVE SERIES AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MR. WILLIAMS.

>> YES. WE JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU THE BLACK HISTORY MONTH, FACEBOOK LIVE SERIES AND ALL THE PARTICIPANTS.

WE WANT TO THANK DR. TAMIKA ALFORD-STEVENS FOR SUPPORTING THAT EFFORT AND NEXT.

WE ARE PROUD AND WE'VE CONTINUED TO REPORT ON THE BOND ACADEMY.

BUT BASICALLY IT'S SHOWING YOU SOME PHASES.

OUR MOST PREVIOUS, THE MARCH BOND ACADEMY, WE HAD 23 GRADUATES AND THEY REPRESENT $19,250,000 OF TOTAL APPROVED BONDS.

SO LIKE I TOLD YOU ON A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, THIS HAS BEEN A MAJOR ISSUE.

THE LEADERS OF THE CONSTRUCTION ORGANIZATIONS AND LET ME KNOW THAT THAT'S BEEN A MAJOR PROBLEM FOR SO MANY OF OUR VENDORS IN THE PAST, THE BONDING AND SO THEREFORE, WE ARE LIKE I SAID, 23 GRADUATES ARE THE MOST RECENT BOND ACADEMY AND I'VE ALREADY SHARED WITH YOU THE AMOUNT OF THE BONDS. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW OPEN TO QUESTIONS.

>> THANK YOU BOTH FOR THE PRESENTATION. TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING TO CONTINUE

[02:50:03]

ALSO, CHIEF ALFORD, THANK YOU FROM THE BOND CONSTRUCTION.

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE DALLAS ISD IS LEADING OTHER MAJOR GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES IN REGARDS TO THEIR MWBE PROGRAM.

I CAN REMEMBER WHEN PEOPLE TRIED TO GET RID OF IT, BUT IT'S STILL HERE AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE AT YOUR NEXT REPORT, JUST A SUMMARY OF OTHER ENTITIES LIKE THE CITY OF DALLAS DART, AND EXACTLY WHAT THEIR NUMBERS ARE LOOKING LIKE TODAY.

BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS ENCOURAGING IF WE SEE WHERE WE ARE, IF WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE, I THINK WE ARE ON THE TOP, BUT WHERE WE ARE WOULD BE REALLY APPRECIATED, AND ONCE AGAIN, JUST THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE FOREMAN. TRUSTEE WHITE.

>> YES. THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION, THAT WAS GREAT AND I ALSO WANT TO COMMEND YOU ON THE NUMBER OF TRAININGS THAT YOU DID.

I THINK THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T KNOW, YOU DON'T KNOW AND IF YOU GUYS ARE BRINGING THE INFORMATION TO THEM FOR FREE, THAT IS WONDERFUL TO HELP THEM DEVELOP THEIR BUSINESS.

I ALSO NOTICED THAT A CERTAIN SEGMENT, WHITE FEMALES DEFINITELY WERE HIGHER THAN AFRICAN-AMERICAN FEMALES, BUT WAS IT HIGHER THAN THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN FEMALES AND MALES PUT TOGETHER?

>> COULD YOU PROVIDE FOR US WHICH PARTICULAR AREA OF INTEREST, AND WE'LL DEFINITELY ADDRESS THAT QUESTION.

>> I'M SORRY. THAT IS ON SLIDE 5.

>> OKAY. I DIDN'T WANT TO TALK GENERAL STATEMENTS TO YOU.

>> I'M SORRY. IT MAY NOT BE FIVE. I SAW A NUMBER.

IT IS ON SLIDE 10 AND ALSO 11.

MATTER OF FACT, GO TO 11.

>> ELEVEN. OKAY.

>> PLEASE.

>> ELEVEN IS REPRESENTING THE DISTRICT-WIDE FUNDS AND WHERE WE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHITE FEMALES HAVE BEEN ATTRIBUTED TO 6.10% OF ALL OF THE SPINS WHEN WE LOOK AT NON-BOND FUND IT PROCUREMENTS.

HOWEVER, WHEN YOU LOOK AT FOR EXAMPLE, AFRICAN-AMERICAN FEMALES AND MALES TOGETHER, YOU WILL LOOK AT ABOUT 5, 6% OF THAT.

SO YES, IN THAT CATEGORY, WHITE FEMALES HAVE EXCEEDED BOTH THE COMBINATION OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN MALES AS WELL AS AFRICAN-AMERICAN FEMALE.

THAT'S 5.91% IN COMPARISON TO 6.10%.

>> ARE YOU GUYS PARTNERING WITH ANY OTHER ORGANIZATION? AND I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT YOU ALSO WENT TO THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AND SOLICITED INFORMATION FROM THEM.

ARE YOU WORKING WITH ANY OTHER AGENCIES THAT COULD BE HELPING YOU WITH TRAINING SBA.

[NOISE] ANYBODY LIKE THAT?

>> YES, WE DEFINITELY DO AND THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT.

WE DO A LOT OF COLLABORATIVE TRAINING AND WORKSHOPS INITIATIVES UTILIZING MULTIJURISDICTIONAL APPROACH AND YES, SBA IS ONE OF OUR PARTNERS.

THE PUBLIC ENTITIES PARTNERS WITH US AS WELL, OUR CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE, CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATIONS, CERTIFICATION AGENCIES SO WE HAVE A PLETHORA OF ORGANIZATION THAT HAVE EMBRACED MWBE UTILIZATION AND WE PARTNER WITH THEM CONTINUOUSLY.

>> WELL, THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN AND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. [LAUGHTER]

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE WHITE. TRUSTEE MACKEY FOLLOWED BY MICCICHE.

>> YEAH. THANK YOU BOTH FOR ALL OF THIS DATA AND THE WORK THAT YOU DO IN THIS AREA, SO I JUST WANTED TO FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU.

SECOND OF ALL, TWO DAYS AGO I WAS AT A CELEBRATION FOR OUR STAFF WHO'VE BEEN HERE FOR A NUMBER OF TIMES THAT THEY'VE DEDICATED TO DALLAS ISD.

I SWEAR I SAW SOMEONE THAT LOOKED JUST LIKE YOU, MR. WILLIAMS BEING CELEBRATED AT THAT. IS THAT TRUE?

>> YES. [LAUGHTER]

>> HOW MANY YEARS OF SERVICE THAT YOU'VE GIVEN TO DALLAS ISD?

>> FORTY FIVE YEARS.

>> WELL, YOU LOOK A WHOLE LOT YOUNGER THAN THAT. [APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS.

THIS DISTRICT WOULDN'T BE WHAT IT IS WITHOUT PEOPLE LIKE YOU WHO HAVE PUT IN SO MUCH TIME, EFFORT, AND ENERGY TO MAKE DALLAS ISD WHAT IT IS AND I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU.

>> THANK YOU, SIR.

>> THANK YOU. MR. PRESIDENT.

>> COULD I ASK A QUESTION.

>> YEAH, GO AHEAD.

>> JUST QUICKLY? MS. [INAUDIBLE], HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN HERE?

>> TWENTY FOUR YEARS AND COUNTING.

[LAUGHTER]

>> I'M JUST SAYING, YOU GOT GREAT VISUALS.

[02:55:02]

>> TRUSTEE MICCICHE, FOLLOWED BY FLORES.

>> CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU.

I WOULD LIKE TO JUST FIND OUT GENERALLY WHAT ADDITIONAL SUPPORT YOU WOULD NEED FROM THIS BOARD TO ACCOMPLISH OUR GOALS IN THIS AREA?

>> I WOULD SAY BY FAR, OUR TRUSTEES ARE VERY AND EXTREMELY SUPPORTIVE.

WHEN WE LOOK AT SOME OF THE CHALLENGES OF SOME OF OUR PUBLIC ENTITY PARTNERS, THEY DON'T HAVE THIS LEVEL OF SUPPORT.

SO WITH YOU WE ARE ABLE TO EXCEED GREATNESS.

ONCE WE COMPLETE THE AVAILABILITY AND DISPARITY STUDY, WE WILL BRING IT BEFORE YOU.

AND TOGETHER WE CAN DECIDE ON WHAT RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPLEMENT AND MOVE FORWARD SO WE WILL DEFINITELY BRING THAT TO EVERYONE FOR THEIR THOUGHT-PROVOKING DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION.

BUT I APPLAUD THE EFFORTS OF OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT AND EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP.

IT HAS DEFINITELY BEEN A TEAM APPROACH AND I THINK THAT HAS BEEN ONE OF THE FOUNDATION ALIGNMENTS TO OUR SUCCESS.

>> I'D LIKE TO ADD TO THAT.

THE COLLABORATION THAT WE HAVE WITH CONSTRUCTION SERVICES AND THE PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT.

THIS IS MY THIRD YEAR WITH THIS DEPARTMENT AND I HAVE NOT SEEN THAT WITH THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, THE MWBES, ETC.

SO MR. ALFORD AND HIS TEAM, ETC, WHENEVER WE HAVE THESE TRAINING SESSIONS, WEBINARS, ETC, WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM PROCUREMENT AND CONSTRUCTION SERVICES THERE, RIGHT ELBOW TO ELBOW WITH US AND THAT HELPS EVEN AS WE ACHIEVE THAT GOAL STANDARD.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR CHIEF ABEL.

HOW IS IT THAT LESLEY STARTED WORKING FOR US WHEN HE WAS SIX YEARS OLD? [LAUGHTER]

>> JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR MANY YEARS, BOTH OF YOU FOR YOUR MANY YEARS OF SERVICE. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK.

>> THANK YOU SIR.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AGAIN TO REITERATE, I REALLY SUPPORT AND APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN DOING.

AND I APPRECIATE THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF WORKING WITH OUR EXECUTIVE STAFF AND CHIEF ALFORD AND OTHERS TO CONTINUE TO MOVE ON THIS GOAL BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S MORE MEAT ON THE BONE, BUT I THINK WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO GET THAT.

I HAVE A QUESTION TO ANSWER RIGHT NOW, BUT I SAW ON THE SLIDES THAT TJ WAS ON THERE THAT WAS ONE OF THE CMR PRODUCTS WE HAD INITIALLY TJ HAD OPEN.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE CLOSED OUT ALL THE INVOICES, ETC.

BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE OVERALL NUMBERS OF TJ AS IT RELATES TO CMR DISAGGREGATED HOW YOU HAVE IT ON ALL YOUR OTHER SLIDES JUST LIKE THIS.

>> CERTAINLY.

>> THE OVERALL AND THEN THIS AREA, IT WOULD BE GREAT.

>> CERTAINLY WILL BE THERE FOR YOU.

>> NO PROBLEM.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU. WE'VE HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS BEFORE.

I KNOW THIS IS BOND ON THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE OF OUTSIDE BOND UNDERWRITING CONVERSATIONS.

I JUST WANT TO CONTINUE TO THROW THAT OUT THERE.

THERE'S PROBABLY MORE ON DWAYNE AND DR. STEVENS LANE, BUT I JUST WANT TO THROW IT OUT THERE WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN BVI, I DO FEEL LIKE IT IS MWBE, JUST A DIFFERENT ASPECT.

BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PHENOMENON WORK AND ENGAGING AND EMPOWERING OUR COMMUNITY.

THE BOND HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FOR AWHILE, PROBABLY CONTINUE TO BE AN ISSUE, BUT THE MORE PEOPLE THAT UNDERSTAND IT VIA THE BOND ACADEMY OR WHATEVER INITIATIVES YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO ROLL OUT.

IT'D BE GREAT SO THANK YOU ALL.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> ALL RIGHT, TRUSTEES. ON THE MINUTES THAT WILL BE PROVIDED TO

[10. POLICY UPDATES]

I'M AROUND SECTION 10, WHICH IS OUR POLICY UPDATES.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF FIRST READS, BUT AT ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, TRUSTEE MACKEY, I SEE YOUR LIGHT'S ON.

>> TEN A, B, C, AND D.

>> ALL OF THEM. CAN WE JUST RUN THROUGH ALL THE FIRST READS STARTING WITH TODAY? HE'D BE LOCAL. DR. TREY HALL. SHE'S DOCTOR, RIGHT?

>> YES, SHE'S DOCTOR.

>> DR. TREY HALL. A LOT OF DOCTORS.

[BACKGROUND]

>> JUST A QUICK QUESTION.

I DIDN'T QUITE HAVE THE CLARIFICATION OF THE WORDING.

I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT CLOSURE OF THE SCHOOLS, BASED ON WHAT?

[03:00:03]

CLOSURE BASED ON?

>> CRISIS SITUATIONS.

>> MAYBE THAT WORDING NEEDS TO BE ADDED SO THERE'S A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THAT CLOSURE WOULD MEAN.

>> IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING, TRUSTEE FOREMAN, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THAT THE LANGUAGE BROUGHT HERE WAS RELATED TO THE CKC LANGUAGE MATCHING UP, SO I'LL TAKE THIS BACK AND WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT TO SEE.

>> JUST CLARIFY IT. THAT'S ALL.

>> YES, MA'AM. WE'LL DO SO. THANK YOU.

>> [INAUDIBLE]

>> YES.

>> OKAY. 10B. [OVERLAPPING].

>> I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD.

>> I GUESS I DON'T UNDERSTAND FUNCTIONALLY WHAT THIS IS CHANGING.

>> THIS CAME AS A RESULT OF, WAS THIS THE TRAIN DERAILMENT, I BELIEVE.

>> THAT'S CORRECT.

>> IF I NEED TO MAKE A CHANGE WITHOUT HAVING A BOARD MEETING TO THE CALENDAR BECAUSE OF SAFETY OF A CRISIS, THAT I WOULD THEN ESSENTIALLY HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE THAT ADJUSTMENT AND THEN IT HAS TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD AFTER THE FACT, BUT NOT HAVING TO GO TO THE BOARD TO MAKE THAT CHANGE IN ADVANCE BECAUSE OF THESE TYPES OF CRISIS.

THIS CAME AS A RESULT OF WHAT THEY HAD TO DO WITH SCHOOLS ON A TRAIN DERAILMENT THAT HAD, I THINK TOXIC CHEMICALS, AND SO THEN THESE CAME DOWN THEN AS RECOMMENDATIONS FROM TASB. [OVERLAPPING].

>> CORRECT. THOSE ARE TASB RECOMMENDATION TO ADD THE DERAILMENT, SO WE TAKE ALL THE SCHOOLS.

>> IN THE CKC. I GUESS THE FORMER VERSION OF THIS READ, THE SUPERINTENDENT SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO APPROVE VARIATIONS FROM BOARD CALENDARS AS NECESSARY.

I FEEL LIKE IT ALREADY GAVE YOU THAT, BUT I GUESS IF THIS IS JUST CLARIFYING THE LANGUAGE AND REFERENCING CKC, THEN THAT MAKES SENSE.

I WAS JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF IT DID ANYTHING DIFFERENT AND IT SOUNDS LIKE IT DOESN'T, BUT THE SUPERINTENDENT STILL HAS THE ABILITY TO ADJUST.

>> THAT'S CORRECT.

>> OKAY.

>> I'M CONFUSED NOW. [LAUGHTER] THE TASB RECOMMENDATION WANTS TO CHANGE CKC AND EB LOCAL?

>> WELL, IF YOU CHANGE CKC, IT HAS AN IMPLICATION ON THE EB LOCAL.

TASB'S RECOMMENDATION [OVERLAPPING] WAS AT THE DERAILMENT.

>> IN CKC?

>> YES.

>> THEN WE IN TURN DECIDED WE WANTED TO CHANGE THIS POLICY AS WELL TO LINE UP WITH CKC.

>> WELL, THAT'S A TASB RECOMMENDATION.

>> BOTH OF THEM?

>> YES.

>> THANK YOU. I GOT IT.

>> MR. TASBIH HAS A QUESTION.

[OVERLAPPING]

>> I ACTUALLY READ THAT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.

I READ THAT TO THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE TO MEAN THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT HAD THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE A DECISION ON THESE OPERATIONAL ISSUES WITHOUT HAVING TO COME TO THE BOARD.

I READ THE NEW LANGUAGE AS THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS TO COME TO THE BOARD TO MAKE THIS OPERATIONAL DECISION.

AM I MISSING SOMETHING THERE?

>> THE LANGUAGE STATES THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE THE DECISION IN THE MOMENT AND THEN IS REQUIRED TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD AFTER THE FACT.

>> OKAY. BEFORE, THE OLD LANGUAGE OR I GUESS THE CURRENT LANGUAGE, BEFORE YOUR PROPOSED CHANGE JUST SAID THE SUPERINTENDENT COULD DO IT WITHOUT HAVING TO COME TO THE BOARD.

>> THAT'S CORRECT. IT JUST SAYS AS NECESSARY, IT DID NOT MENTION BOARD APPROVAL IN THE LANGUAGE LISTED HERE.

>> I'M NOT SURE ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS WOULD COME BACK TO THE BOARD, BUT IF THE ADMINISTRATION IS OKAY WITH THIS, THEN I'LL BE OKAY WITH IT.

BUT IT DOES SEEM TO BE DRAGGING THE BOARD INTO AN AREA THAT IS VERY OPERATIONAL AND THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO.

BUT IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION FROM THE ADMINISTRATION, I DON'T HAVE AN OBJECTION.

>> I WOULD JUST COMMENT THAT WE DON'T HAVE AN OBJECTION.

WE'RE JUST FOLLOWING THE TASB'S RECOMMENDATION AND WHEN IT DOESN'T CREATE A NEW ISSUE FOR US, I THINK THE ISSUE WAS THE RECOGNITION THAT ALL SCHOOL CALENDARS ACTUALLY ARE APPROVED BY THE BOARD.

THAT'S A GOVERNANCE REQUIREMENT UNDER THE CODE, AND SO MAKING CHANGES TO THAT WITHOUT COMING BACK TO YOU IS, I THINK TASB CAUGHT THAT IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING.

I'M LOOKING AT FEIN, I'M GETTING A NOD THAT I DID INTERPRET THIS CORRECTLY. THANK YOU, FEIN.

[03:05:10]

>> I'M JUST GOING TO LEAVE IT ON. I'VE GOT B, C, AND D.

>> 10D.

>> I'M NOT SURE I GOT THE RIGHT ONE.

CKC, NO NEED TO COME UP ON CKC BECAUSE THAT'S B. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR CORRECTING CARPOOL FROM HAVING A SPACE TO NOT HAVING A SPACE IN THERE.

[LAUGHTER] [BACKGROUND] CAN WE GO TO C?

>> YEAH, OF COURSE.

>> I DO HAVE LEGITIMATE QUESTIONS ON C. THIS IS STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT.

I APPRECIATE YOU-ALL UPDATING SOME OF THE LANGUAGE.

MY QUESTION IS ON STRIKING SECTION 4 ON PAGE 3 OF 6.

IT SEEMS LIKE A PRETTY BIG STRIKETHROUGH BECAUSE THIS POLICY WAS PUT IN PLACE TO STOP DISCRETIONARY SUSPENSIONS OF PRE-K THROUGH SECOND GRADE STUDENTS.

CAN YOU TALK TO ME ABOUT WHY WE HAVE STRUCK THIS FROM HERE?

>> YES. BECAUSE THAT HAS BEEN DONE AND IT CITES A YEAR THAT WILL NO LONGER BE IN EXISTENCE WHEN WE GET TO NEXT YEAR.

WE'VE ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED THAT TASK BECAUSE IT STATES THAT WE WILL DO THAT BY '22, '23, AND WE'VE DONE IT.

>> GOT YOU. DOES THIS OPEN THE DOOR TO THEN START SUSPENDING STUDENTS AGAIN NEXT YEAR?

>> NOT TO SUSPEND, BUT WE ARE ADDING SOME LANGUAGE AROUND COOLING OFF FOR THOSE VIOLENT SITUATIONS.

I DON'T WANT TO TAKE YOUR TIME, BUT I HAD SOME STATEMENT [OVERLAPPING]

>> I'VE GOT PLENTY OF IT THIS TIME.

>> I HAD STATEMENTS I WANTED TO MAKE BEFORE WE GET INTO THE QUESTIONS.

>> YOU CAN GO AHEAD.

>> OKAY. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR GREAT NOMINATIONS FOR THE TASK FORCE.

WE HAD SOME REALLY GREAT INDIVIDUALS ON THE TASK FORCE THIS YEAR, WE GOT A LOT DONE.

FROM THAT FEEDBACK, WE DID LIKE YOU MENTIONED, WE MOVED SOME STUFF AROUND, WE CLEANED IT UP, WE TRIED TO MAKE IT FLOW A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

WE ADDED SOME FLOWCHARTS TO THE CODE SO THAT THERE'S NOW A WAY FOR PEOPLE TO SEE A VISUAL WHEN THEY'RE DOING THEIR REMOVALS.

IF IT'S A GEN ED STUDENT, IT SHOWS THEM EXACTLY THE STEPS FOR MOVING A STUDENT TO DAP.

IT ALSO SHOWS THEM FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS, HOW THEY CAN MOVE THEM.

WE ALSO ADDED A FLOWCHART ON THE RE-ENTRY PROCESS SO WHEN KIDS ARE COMING BACK TO CAMPUSES FROM DAP, AND THEN WE ALSO DID ONE ON BULLYING.

WE'VE GIVEN THEM MORE VISUALS AND THE CODE OF CONDUCT TO HELP THEM.

THEN THE OTHER THING THAT WHAT YOU JUST MENTIONED CAME ABOUT THROUGH A CONVERSATION YESTERDAY.

WE MET WITH ALL MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AND SAID, DO YOU FEEL SUPPORTED WHEN IT COMES TO THE MANAGEMENT OF DISCIPLINE ON YOUR CAMPUS? OVERWHELMINGLY WE HEARD THAT THEY FELT THEY WERE EITHER GOOD WITH IT OR THEY FELT SUPPORTED.

THEN THE OTHER THING WE STARTED ASKING THEM ARE, WHAT ARE THINGS THAT WOULD MAKE IT EASIER FOR YOU TO MANAGE YOUR CAMPUS? ONE THING WAS VAPING.

WE HEARD VAPING OVER AND OVER, NOT ONLY IN OUR CONVERSATION, BUT THEN WHEN WE ASKED FOR SOME WRITTEN FEEDBACK AT THE END.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE MOVED VAPING FROM A LEVEL 1 TO A LEVEL 2 FOR THIS YEAR SO THAT THE FIRST OFFENSE THEY COULD SEND THEM TO RESET FOR UP TO THREE DAYS, THE SECOND OFFENSE, THEY CAN SEND THEM TO DAP.

WE HEARD FROM PRINCIPALS YESTERDAY, THEY NEED MORE STRINGENT GUIDELINES AROUND VAPING THAT THAT IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM.

THE OTHER TWO THINGS THAT WE HEARD WERE AROUND PARENT RESPONSIBILITIES AND AROUND FIGHTING AND MAJOR SCHOOL DISRUPTIONS.

RIGHT NOW, THEY CAN SEND THEM HOME THAT DAY FOR COOLING OFF.

BUT THEY SAID SOMETIMES IF IT'S THE END OF THE DAY AND THEY SEND THEM HOME FOR COOLING OFF, THEY COME RIGHT BACK THE NEXT DAY, THEY REALLY HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO DE-ESCALATE THE SITUATION.

WE ARE RECOMMENDING NOW, IT'S NOT IN THERE TODAY, BUT WE ARE RECOMMENDING LANGUAGE NOW TO SAY AND LET ME READ IT TO YOU SO I DON'T SAY IT WRONG.

WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO SAY THAT COOLING OFF TIME AT HOME FOR THE FOLLOWING DAY OF THE OFFENSE, FOR FIGHTING AND MAJOR SCHOOL DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR, AND A PARENT MUST PARTICIPATE IN A PARENT CONFERENCE EITHER IN-PERSON OR VIRTUAL PRIOR TO RETURN TO THE SCHOOL.

WHEN KIDS ARE FIGHTING OR INVOLVED IN MAJOR SCHOOL DISRUPTION, THEY CAN GO HOME FOR THAT ONE COOLING OFF DAY AND WHEN THEY COME BACK, THEIR PARENT HAS TO COME WITH THEM OR DO A VIRTUAL CONFERENCE BEFORE THEY COME BACK TO SCHOOL.

[03:10:03]

THAT YOU CAN'T SEND THEM HOME AND SO YOU FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO WITH THEM.

YOU EITHER PUT THEM IN RESET OR YOU PUT THEM BACK IN CLASS, BUT YOU DEAL WITH IT.

THIS WAY PARENTS HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR HAVING THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT THE FIGHT OR A MAJOR SCHOOL DISRUPTION BEFORE THEY CAN BE BACK IN THEIR CLASSROOM.

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT. I KNOW NUMBER OF THOSE THINGS HIT THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT, THAT IS THE NEXT ITEM AND NOT NECESSARILY IN THIS POLICY.

STICKING WITH JUSTICE POLICY AROUND OUT-OF-SCHOOL DISCRETIONARY SUSPENSIONS.

RESET CENTERS, EITHER THE ONE ON THE CAMPUS OR A CENTRALIZED RESET CENTER, ARE EITHER OF THOSE CONSIDERED OUT-OF-SCHOOL DISCRETIONARY SUSPENSIONS?

>> NO.

>> IS COOLING OFF A LEGAL TERM OR ARE WE IN PRACTICE, IF A KID IS COOLING OFF THE NEXT DAY, IS THAT A ONE DAY OUT-OF-SCHOOL SUSPENSION?

>> WHAT'S THE LEGAL ANSWER TO THAT? LET ME CHECK ON THAT BECAUSE I'LL BE HONEST, I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S LEGALLY CONSIDERED A OUT-OF-SCHOOL SUSPENSION, BUT LET ME LET ME CHECK WITH THAT ONE.

>> BECAUSE THAT IS A CHANGE FROM WHAT WE'VE SAID IF THAT'S THE CASE.

I UNDERSTAND THE NEED TO DO SOMETHING AND TO HEAR THE FEEDBACK BOTH FROM THE PRINCIPLES BUT ALSO TO LOOK AT THE DATA AND FIGURE OUT WHAT'S WORKING, WHAT'S NOT WORKING.

I'VE CAUTIONED US BEFORE AND I'LL DO IT AGAIN TO NOT JUST TAKE ONE PERSPECTIVE AS THE ONLY PERSPECTIVE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A VERY CRITICAL PERSPECTIVE.

AS FAR AS THIS SPECIFIC POLICY GOES, IF WE'RE GOING TO STRIKE THIS BECAUSE IT'S GOT A DATE, I WOULD WANT TO REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT AS A BOARD.

MAYBE THIS IS A BOARD DISCUSSION GIVEN IT'S A BOARD POLICY ABOUT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO TO MINIMIZE OUT-OF-SCHOOL DISCRETIONARY SUSPENSIONS.

THAT'S NOT RESET, THAT'S NOT CENTRALIZED RESET, MAYBE THEY DO GO FOR THAT COOLING OFF TO THE CENTRALIZED RESET FOR A DAY.

THEREFORE, IT'S NOT AN OUT-OF-SCHOOL SUSPENSION, WE DON'T GET HIT ON ADA AND THEY CAN GET SOME ADDITIONAL EXTRA SUPPORTS.

I'M OPEN TO THAT.

BUT I WOULD WANT TO REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT PERSONALLY AND OF OUR LOCAL AROUND WHAT WE'VE COMMITTED TO DOING WITH DISCRETIONARY OUT-OF-SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS.

THAT'S MY ONLY POINT FOR THIS POLICY.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE A RESPONSE OR WHATNOT.

>> WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK AT THAT AND JUST MAKE SURE THE LANGUAGE IS UP-TO-DATE AND LEAVE SOMETHING IN THERE AROUND OUR COMMITMENT.

I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.

>> OKAY. THAT'S MY QUESTION ON THIS.

>> THANK YOU TRUSTEE WHITE. TRUSTEE HOMER.

>> I WAS LOOKING AT THE F0 LOCAL CODE ON THIS AND I JUST HAVE A QUESTION.

IT'S STRIKING OUT STUDENT DISCIPLINE AND MAKING IT STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND SUPPORT.

[LAUGHTER] AS FAR AS THE THE CAMPUS BEHAVIOR COORDINATORS, WHICH IS THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO BE DOING A TRAINING IN HANDLING THIS.

SINCE THE CAMPUS BEHAVIOR AND COORDINATOR ARE DOING THIS, WHY CAN'T WE CALL THIS CAMPUS BEHAVIOR? BECAUSE WITH STUDENT ENGAGEMENT, I THINK OF SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT.

YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING? BECAUSE IF YOU LABEL IT WITH DISCIPLINE, WHICH IS THE CAMPUS BEHAVIOR, WHENEVER THE TOPIC COMES UP, IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE AUTOMATICALLY KNOW THAT THIS IS FORCED STUDENT BEHAVIOR.

>> THAT'S THE NAME OF THE DEPARTMENT, NOW IT USED TO BE OFFICE OF STUDENT DISCIPLINE.

WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO LOOK AS A DISTRICT OF HOW WE MOVE TOWARD A POSITIVE DIALOGUE VERSUS A NEGATIVE, THAT'S WHEN THE NAME OF THE DEPARTMENT WAS CHANGED TO STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND SUPPORT BECAUSE WE'RE WANTING TO BETTER ENGAGE STUDENTS AND GIVE STUDENTS SUPPORTS AND SERVICES RATHER THAN SAYING, WE'RE DISCIPLINING THEM, WE'RE DOING SOMETHING NEGATIVE.

THAT'S ACTUALLY THE NAME OF THE DEPARTMENT.

>> IN SOME CASES, I DO KNOW THEIR DEPARTMENT ALSO MATCHES THE DEFINITION OF WHAT IS BEING FOCUSED ON AS WELL.

BUT WE DON'T WANT TO WASTE ANY TREES IF WE'VE ALREADY GOT IT PENCILED IN, I'M NOT FOR THAT.

ALSO IT'S ITEM 5, UNDERSTOOD AND DISCIPLINE.

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I JUST FEEL LIKE I DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE A QUARTERLY, BUT IF WE CAN GET A SEMIANNUAL REPORT, BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE A CAMPUS WITH A SERIOUS DISCIPLINE PROBLEM AND NOT ONLY DO YOU HAVE TEACHERS LEAVING, BUT YOU HAVE STUDENTS LEAVING, WHICH IS KEY TO ME.

WHEN STUDENTS ARE LEAVING, THAT'S A PROBLEM.

IF WE GET THIS INFORMATION AT THE END OF THE YEAR, WE'D HAVE NO IDEA THIS WAS GOING ON.

DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE ENROLLMENT THAT HAS BEEN SCALED BACK AND WE'RE TRYING TO GO BACK INTO THE OTHER DIRECTION, I JUST FEEL LIKE IF WE HAD THIS REPORT SOONER, I KNOW STAFF MORE THAN LIKELY HAS THE REPORT, BUT IF WE SEE THE REPORT, WE CAN HAVE A BETTER OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS.

I WAS ALSO WITH A BOARD DESIGNEE, THAT IS ON THE SAME PAGE.

THE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND SUPPORT SHALL SERVE AS THE BOARD'S DESIGNEE ON ALL MATTERS RELATING TO STUDENT REQUIRED REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS.

HOW IS THAT CURRENTLY BEING HANDLED?

>> TRUSTEE WHITE, CAN YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION ONE MORE TIME PLEASE SO I CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE ASKING?

>> YEAH. BASICALLY, IT'S SAYING THAT YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO APPOINT SOMEONE THAT SHALL SERVE AS THE BOARD'S DESIGNEE ON ALL MATTERS RELATING TO IF A STUDENT IS REQUIRED TO BE A REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER.

>> WHEN STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO REGISTER AS SEX OFFENDERS, WE HAVE A MANAGER WITHIN OUR OFFICE THAT ACTS AS A FACILITATOR MANAGING THAT PROTOCOL BETWEEN NOTIFYING THE SUPERINTENDENT, THE CHIEF OF SCHOOLS, AND THE PRINCIPAL THAT HANDLES THAT.

>> AS FAR AS THE BOARD, ARE WE NOTIFIED WHEN THINGS LIKE THIS HAPPEN? BECAUSE I JUST NOTICED THIS WHEN I WAS READING IT AND I WAS LIKE, I GUESS I HAVEN'T HEARD OF ANY.

I DID HEAR OF A STUDENT THAT WAS ATTACKED ON CAMPUS, BUT IT FELL THROUGH THE CRACKS SOME WAY.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED.

>> YEAH. I'M NOT CERTAIN THAT IF IT GOES TO THE BOARD, BUT I KNOW THAT WE RECEIVED THOSE NOTICES FROM THE COUNTY AND THOSE OFFICIALS AND THEY'RE SENT OUT TO THE CHIEF OF SCHOOLS AND THE PRINCIPALS NOTIFYING THEM OF THE SITUATION.

BUT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT INFORMATION TO THE BOARD OR START A PROCESS TO ENSURE THAT THAT HAPPENS, THAT YOU'RE AWARE.

>> ALSO, UNDER DETENTION IT SAYS, FOR MINOR INFRACTIONS OF STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT OR CAMPUS OR CLASSROOM RULES, TEACHERS OR ADMINISTRATORS MAY DETAIN STUDENTS AFTER SCHOOL HOURS ON ONE OR MORE DAYS AS PROVIDED BY THE DISCIPLINE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND OR STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT.

>> WHAT PAGE ARE YOU ON THERE? I'M SCROLLING TRYING TO FIND IT.

>> I'M STILL ON PAGE 4, I'M SORRY.

AS I WAS READING THIS ALSO I DID, WHICH IS THE NOTICE TO PARENTS, APPARENTLY IF THE STUDENT IS GOING TO BE HELD OVER FOR AFTER-SCHOOL DISCIPLINE, THE PARENTS WILL BE NOTIFIED.

IF THE STUDENT WHO IS 18 YEARS OR OLDER, I GUESS, THEY'RE ASSUMING THAT THEY MAY BE ABLE TO DRIVE AND TAKE THE BUS.

BUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN AS FAR AS ANY EDUCATION OR WHAT HAVE YOU, COUNSELING, WHY THEY'RE IN DETENTION?

>> IF SOMETHING HAPPENS AT SCHOOL AND THE ADMINISTRATOR WANTS TO ASSIGN DETENTION TO THE STUDENT, THIS IS BASICALLY SAYING THEY CAN'T JUST KEEP A STUDENT AT SCHOOL FOR AN AFTER-SCHOOL DETENTION WITHOUT MAKING SURE THEY GET WITH A PARENT BECAUSE ARRANGEMENTS HAVE TO BE MADE FOR THAT CHILD TO BE PICKED UP.

FOR EXAMPLE, IF THEY RIDE A BUS, THEY WOULD MISS THEIR BUS, SO THE PARENT WOULD NEED TO KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO NEED A RIDE HOME.

ALSO, WE WOULDN'T WANT A STUDENT NOT TO SHOW UP AT HOME IF THEY RIDE A BUS AND THE PARENT HAS BEEN LOOKING FOR THEM AND NOT KNOWING THEY'RE AT SCHOOL IN DETENTION.

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>> THIS QUESTION IS SINCE YOU'VE MET WITH THE MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS.

>>YES.

>> [LAUGHTER] I WAS GOING AND THAT'S HOW THEY SAY IT BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT MORE IS GOING ON.

DID THEY HAPPEN TO MENTION CELL PHONES AND HOW DISRUPTIVE THEY ARE IN THE CLASSROOM SETTING?

>> WE HAD ONE IN THE COMMENTS THAT SAID NO CELL PHONES.

I'M ASSUMING THEY WERE SAYING THEY DIDN'T WANT KIDS TO HAVE CELL PHONES AT SCHOOL.

THAT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT AS A DISTRICT BEFORE, WHETHER OR NOT TO HAVE CELL PHONES.

THE PROBLEM BECOMES, IF WE COMPLETELY TAKE AWAY CELL PHONES, IT'S ALSO A SAFETY ISSUE FOR SOME OF OUR KIDS BECAUSE SOME OF OUR KIDS WALK HOME, SOME RIDE CITY BUSES, AND IF THEY DON'T HAVE THEIR PHONES AT THE END OF THE DAY WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO GET HOME, THAT BECOMES AN ISSUE.

COMPLETELY TAKING OUT CELL PHONES, IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR US.

>> I'M NOT ADVOCATING FOR COMPLETELY REMOVING THE CELL PHONES FROM THE STUDENTS, BUT I THINK THAT IT WOULD DEFINITELY HELP.

THE REASON I'M SAYING THIS IS BECAUSE, NOT THAT I'M ALWAYS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT AT ANY RATE, I'VE NOTICED THE INCREASE OF VIDEOS WHERE A STUDENT COMES INTO CLASS NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE A CELL PHONE, IS OUT, THEY'RE NOT LISTENING TO INSTRUCTION, THE TEACHER IS GETTING THE PHONE AND THE TEACHER IS BEING ATTACKED BY THE STUDENT.

THAT'S A CONCERN FOR ME.

IF YOU GOT SOME STUDENTS, AND THEY'RE MAD BECAUSE THE TEACHER TOOK THE PHONE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT TURNS INTO A PHYSICAL ALTERCATION.

BUT I THINK THAT IF THEY WERE TO COME IN THE FRONT DOOR OR DOING THE MORNING BRIEFING THAT THEY HAVE IF THEY PUT THEM IN A ZIPLOC BAG AND LOCK THEM AWAY SOMEWHERE UNTIL THEY GET READY TO LEAVE, I KNOW THAT'LL BE SOMEWHAT OF A HARDSHIP OR IF THEY WERE TAKEN UP AS THEY CAME INTO THE ROOM, LOCKED UP AND PUT AWAY SO THAT THEY WON'T BE ON TIKTOK OR FACEBOOK WHILE THE TEACHER IS TEACHING.

I JUST FEEL THAT SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT IT.

ON TOP OF THAT, IT'S NOT JUST OUR STUDENTS.

IT SEEMS THAT PEOPLE WILL VIDEO FIGHTS, ALTERCATIONS, WHAT HAVE YOU, INSTEAD OF COMING IN AND SAYING, DON'T DO THIS AND THEY'RE POSTING IT ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA.

THAT IS HAPPENING ALSO AND SOME OF THE VIDEOS ARE CAPTURED AND WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THAT?

>> I WOULDN'T WANT TO SPEAK TO THE PIECE ABOUT TAKING UP CELL PHONES BECAUSE THAT'S A MANAGEMENT ISSUE.

I WOULD LIKE TO DEFER THAT TO CHIEF HUITT TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH PRINCIPALS IF THAT'S SOMETHING THEY CAN MANAGE.

HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE SEVERAL THINGS IN THE CODE OF CONDUCT TO HANDLE THE SITUATIONS YOU JUST DESCRIBED.

VIDEOING FOR DISRUPTIVE PURPOSES, WHICH WOULD BE VIDEOING A FIGHT TO POST IT, TO INCITE A SITUATION.

THOSE ARE ALL IN THE CODE OF CONDUCT.

THE FIRST TIME, THEY CAN SEND THEM TO RESET FOR THREE DAYS, THE SECOND TIME, THEY CAN SEND THEM TO DAEP.

THEY DO HAVE AUTHORITY IN THE CODE OF CONDUCT TO DISCIPLINE STUDENTS WHO ARE VIDEOING FIGHTS OR VIDEOING THINGS IN THE CLASSROOM AND PUTTING IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

THEY ABSOLUTELY HAVE THAT AUTHORITY.

THEN THE SITUATION YOU DESCRIBED, IF THEY ASSAULT A TEACHER WHO IS TRYING TO TAKE THEIR CELL PHONE BECAUSE WE HAVE A WHOLE CELL PHONE POLICY ABOUT NOT HAVING CELL PHONES OUT DURING INSTRUCTIONAL TIMES WHEN THEY ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE THEM.

SOME TEACHERS USE THEM DURING INSTRUCTION.

SOME OF THEM HAVE THEM TAKE QUIZZES AND DIFFERENT THINGS ON THEIR CELL PHONES.

BUT IF IT'S A CLASS AND THEY ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE IT OUT, AND THE TEACHER TAKES THE PHONE AND A STUDENT ASSAULTS THE TEACHER, THAT, WE DO HANDLE WITHIN THE CODE OF CONDUCT.

ALL OF THOSE ITEMS WE ABSOLUTELY SHOULD BE HANDLING.

>> THANK YOU, MS KRISTEN AND TRUSTEE WHITE. WE'RE OVER TIME.

LET'S SHIFT TO TRUSTEE FOREMAN AND THEN AFTER TRUSTEE FOREMAN, MITCH K.

>> I'LL TRY TO MAKE IT QUICK BECAUSE I HAVE SOME ON BOTH OF THEM.

FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.

A STATEMENT FIRST.

THE STATEMENT IS, WHILE WE WANT TO THINK OF NON-EXPULSION FROM SCHOOL,

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WE NEED TO BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL THAT WE DON'T DO AN OVERREACH, BY TRYING TO PROTECT A POLICY THAT WE PUT IN PLACE.

I DO HEAR FROM PRINCIPALS IN SCHOOLS AND YOU GUYS KNOW THAT, AND THERE HAVE BEEN SOME SERIOUS ISSUES WHERE WE DON'T EXPEL THEM, BUT WE DO HAVE TO DO ALTERNATIVE BECAUSE THEY WERE TRYING TO DO RESET.

THEN ACTUALLY, THEY ENDED UP GOING TO DAEP.

WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PRINCIPALS AND STAFF HAVE THE TOOLS THAT THEY NEED TO MANAGE THE SCHOOLS ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.

WE CAN SIT HERE AND MAKE POLICY, BUT THEY'RE IN THE SCHOOLS.

I AM GLAD THAT YOU REACHED OUT TO THE PRINCIPALS, BUT I ALSO WANT YOU TO REACH OUT TO THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS BECAUSE IN MANY CASES, THEY ARE THE ONES THAT'S THE DESIGNEE FOR DISCIPLINE WITHIN THE SCHOOL.

I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU DO THAT AND RUN TO A POLICY, THAT'S A STATEMENT.

I'M LOOKING AT CAMPUS BEHAVIOR COORDINATOR, THAT'S ON 106, AND IT SAYS, THE SPECIFIC DUTIES MAY BE ESTABLISHED BY CAMPUS OR DISTRICT POLICY.

DO WE HAVE MANY OF THEM THAT GO OUTSIDE OF DISTRICT POLICY AND JUST DO A CAMPUS PLAN? HOW DO WE MANAGE THAT AND KEEP UP WITH THAT? I SEE TIFFANY COMING. COME ON. [LAUGHTER]

>> LET ME MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION.

>> JUST GO TO THE POLICY.

>> RIGHT.

>> THEN IT SAYS THAT THE SPECIFIC DUTIES OF THE CBC MAY BE ESTABLISHED BY CAMPUS OR DISTRICT POLICY, SO THAT MEANS THERE'S SOME LEEWAY IN REGARDS TO WHAT CAMPUSES MIGHT PUT IN.

DO WE KNOW WHAT THAT LEEWAY IS AND WHO'S LOOKING AT THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT STILL FOLLOWS POLICY?

>> THEY CANNOT ADD TO THE CODE OF CONDUCT OR TAKE AWAY FROM THE CODE OF CONDUCT.

THE CODE OF CONDUCT IS WHAT YOU ALL VOTE INTO PLACE AND THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW IT.

HOWEVER WITH IN THE CODE OF CONDUCT, THEY HAVE MUCH LEEWAY.

JUST LIKE WHEN DISCRETIONARY, THEY CAN CHOOSE TO SEND THEM TO RESET, THEY CAN CHOOSE TO DO WITHDRAWAL OF PRIVILEGES, THEY CAN CHOOSE TO DO A PARENT CONFERENCE, THEY CAN SEND THEM TO DAEP.

THAT'S HOW THEY ESTABLISHED ON THEIR CAMPUS, WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT THEY DO AS COMMON PRACTICE ON THEIR CAMPUS WITHIN THE CODE OF CONDUCT.

>> WHO MONITORS THAT?

>> TYPICALLY WHO'S MONITORING IT IS YOU HAVE A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PRINCIPAL AND THIS SYSTEM OF PRINCIPLES ON A CAMPUS AND SO USUALLY THERE'S A SELECTION OF ITEMS THAT THEY CAN PULL, LET'S SAY FOR A LEVEL 1 DISCRETIONARY INCIDENTS.

THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND PULL THAT INCIDENT AND WHO'S MONITORING IT TYPICALLY IS GOING TO BE THE PRINCIPAL AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.

>> FOR ME IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE A COMPILATION OF ALL OF THOSE POLICIES IN SOME PARTICULAR PLACE SO YOU-ALL CAN SEE THE VARIANCE AND HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S GOING ON CAMPUS TO CAMPUS.

BECAUSE MANY OF THE CAMPUSES HAVE SOME OF THE SAME PROBLEMS BUT SOMEBODY MIGHT NOT HAVE PICKED UP ON ONE PIECE, IF THAT MAKES ANY SENSE.

IT'S JUST A COMPILATION, HAVE THEM TOGETHER, REVIEW THEM, MAKE SURE THEY'RE GOOD, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

ON THE EXTRA CURRICULAR STANDARDS, WHICH IS ON PAGE 206.

THE WAY THIS POLICY READS IS THAT YOU CAN DETERMINE STANDARDS BASED ON AN EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITY, BE A BAND OR BASKETBALL OR WHATEVER.

IF I HAVE A STUDENT THAT'S IN THREE OR FOUR EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, HOW IS THAT STUDENT GOING TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE FOR EACH DIFFERENT ONE?

>> [INAUDIBLE], YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT FOR THEIR EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, THEY SIGN A CONTRACT IN MANY OF THOSE CASES.

IF YOU'RE A CHEERLEADER, THERE'S A SET OF EXPECTATIONS FOR CHEERLEADERS AND A LOT OF TIMES PARENTS HAVE TO SIGN AS WELL, SO THEY KNOW WHAT'S EXPECTED OF BEING A CHEERLEADER.

SAME THING OF BEING IN BAND.

IF YOU'RE IN BAND YOU KNOW THERE'S A SET OF EXPECTATIONS.

I'M THINKING THEY GET SOMETHING IN WRITING BUT I'LL HAVE TO CLARIFY THAT.

>> THAT'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

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>> I ONLY ASKED THAT QUESTION BECAUSE THEY ARE CHILDREN AND IF THEY'RE IN FOUR EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, HOW ARE THEY GOING TO REMEMBER THAT? THAT'S JUST A QUESTION THAT YOU GUYS MIGHT WANT TO CONTEMPLATE AND THEN ON 306, NUMBER 4.

IT TALKS ABOUT THE SCHOOL MAY IDENTIFY THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WITH THE TOP DISCIPLINE PROBLEMS. WHY ARE WE NOT IDENTIFYING THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND THE HIGH SCHOOLS WITH THE TOP DISCIPLINE PROBLEMS? BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE MOST OF OUR ISSUES IS NOT AN ELEMENTARY.

>> THIS LANGUAGE WAS ACTUALLY ADDED IN CONJUNCTION WITH BULLET NUMBER 4 THAT WE TOOK OUT, SO LET ME ADD MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOOLS TO THAT BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY DO THAT.

WE DO THAT ON A REGULAR BASIS.

WE LOOK AT THE PERCENTAGES AND IF WE'VE GOT A CAMPUS THAT'S ON PAPER LOOKING LIKE THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS, A LOT OF TIMES WE'RE SEEING THAT AS WELL WHEN WE GO OUT TO THE CAMPUSES SO WE HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEIR PRINCIPLES, THEIR CVCS AND THEN A LOT OF TIMES WE ACTUALLY GO OUT WITH A TEAM AND WE WORK WITH THE PRINCIPAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM TO SAY, HEY WHAT ARE SOME THINGS WE CAN DO TO HELP YOU? WE TAKE FOR EXAMPLE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, COUNSELING SERVICES, [INAUDIBLE] AND HIS TEAM AND WE'LL WORK WITH THEM AND COME UP WITH SOME SUGGESTIONS AND HELP THEM WHEN THEY ARE IN THOSE TOP CATEGORIES.

>> YOU ABSOLUTELY DO THAT BUT IT NEEDS TO BE PART OF THE POLICY SO THAT IF A BOARD MEMBER WANTS TO GET A GOOD UNDERSTANDING IF THEIR SCHOOLS ARE IN THAT TOP 10 PERCENT OR WHATEVER, WE GOT IT WITHOUT HAVING TO GO BACK AND ASK QUESTIONS.

THEN ON PAGE 6, PHYSICAL RESTRAINT.

THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AND TIFFANY AND SUPERINTENDENT YOU GUYS NEED TO HEAR IT TOO.

IS THAT OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF NEED TO BE TRAINED ON HOW THEY'RE GOING TO HANDLE THESE VIOLENCE SITUATIONS THAT ARE GOING ON IN OUR SCHOOLS ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.

IT'S NOT ONE SCHOOL, IS MANY SCHOOLS SO WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT A WAY AND SO WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IN HERE IS SOMETHING THAT INDICATES THAT THEY WILL BE TRAINED ON HOW TO HANDLE VIOLENCE SITUATIONS BECAUSE THEY FACE SOME DAILY AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOMETHING IN POLICY THAT WOULD ADDRESS THAT AND THAT'S IT FOR ME.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU TRUSTEE FOR MONROE ON 10D, TRUSTEE MACKEY, 10D

>> I THINK WE HIT ON BOTH OF THESE.

MY ONLY POINT HERE AND IT SOUNDS YOU'RE ALREADY WE'LL ADDRESS IT I WAS WONDERING WHAT THE COOLING OFF ACTUALLY MEANS AND CALLING IT WHAT IT IS AND MAKING IT CLEAR DETERMINATION ON WHEN THAT'S DISCRETIONARY AND WHEN THAT'S NOT AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU-ALL HAPPY TO HELP THINK THROUGH ANY OF THAT.

>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE MACKEY WE'RE MOVING ON TO OUR AGENDA, SECTION 11, PROPOSED NAMING OF FACILITIES.

TRUSTEES ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE? JUST STOP ME IF YOU WE CAN GO BACK.

CHIEF OF STAFF DIVISION, SO 14, 15, 16, 17.

>> I'M SORRY, WHICH ONE DID YOU SAY WE'RE GOING BACK TO?

>> NO, WE'RE NOT GOING BACK. WE ARE GOING TO CHOOSE A STAFF DIVISION.

ANYTHING 14, 15, 16, 17, [BACKGROUND] [NOISE] 14A.

[14. Chief of Staff]

>> 14A. YES I'M SORRY.

>> GO AHEAD.

>> I THINK I DO, TOO.

>> WE SHALL JUST JUST START TALKING.

OH, THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION.

I NOTICED THAT ON THIS MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY WERE GIVEN A FIVE-YEAR, AND DUE TO COVID, THEY LOST TWO YEARS.

BUT EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE WORKING DURING COVID, THEY WEREN'T ACTUALLY IN THE FACILITY.

THEY WERE VIRTUAL.

NORMALLY I NOTICED THAT,

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BUT THIS IS ONLY TAKING CARE OF THE YEARS THAT THEY WEREN'T IN THE BUILDING.

IS THERE ANY SPECIAL REASON FOR THAT?

>> MOST OF OUR MOUS ARE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN ONE AND THREE YEARS.

WHEN WE MET WITH DEMETRIOS SAMPSON AND FRANCIS SMITH-DEAN, WE TALKED ABOUT THE TIMEFRAME THAT WE WOULD HAVE THIS MOU.

WE SAID TWO YEARS AND WE WOULD ADD AN ADDITIONAL YEAR AND IT JUST GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME TOGETHER TO DETERMINE IF THERE ARE ANY CHANGES, ADJUSTMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED.

>> WITH THE APPROVAL OF THIS IT'LL BE, THIS IS 2025, CORRECT? AN ADDITIONAL YEAR COULD BE ADDED WITH 2026?

>> CORRECT.

>> OKAY. MAY I NOW ALSO JUST ADD A COUPLE OF THINGS AS WELL.

JUST FROM DOING SOME READING AND RESEARCH, THIS PROGRAM IS ACTUALLY GED, JOB TRAINING.

THEY'RE DOING SO MUCH IN THEIR COMMUNITY AND TO WHICH THEY'RE SERVING.

IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THAT COMMUNITY ANYONE CAN PARTICIPATE.

WHEN IT COMES TO HELPING CITIZENS GET JOBS AND A SKILL TRAINING, THEY HAVE ACTUALLY REALLY DONE A GREAT JOB AND I JUST WANTED TO COMMEND THEM FOR THAT. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE WHITE AND WE WANT TO COMMEND THEM AS WELL.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE FRANCIS DEAN SMITH BACK HERE AND A COUPLE OF OTHER BOARD MEMBERS.

TOMORROW IN YOUR TRUSTY PACKET, YOU'LL SEE SOME IMPACT DATA JUST SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THE SUPPORTS THAT THEY HAVE PROVIDED OUR DALLAS CITIZENS.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, DR. LAURA.

>> GO AHEAD. TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

>> A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

ONE IT IS THAT WE THE DISTRICT, ACTUALLY ARE PAYING FOR THE UPKEEP OF THE BUILDING AND THOSE THINGS.

WE'VE NEVER SEEN A COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

I'D LIKE TO SEE THE COST ASSOCIATION.

THEN THEY DO SOME GOOD WORK, BUT I THINK THE DISTRICT SHOULD ALSO LOOK AT WAYS TO HELP GET OTHER PEOPLE THERE WHO MIGHT WANT TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME WORK IN THAT AREA.

BY THE WAY, THAT WAS MY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, GEC FRAZIER.

SHE WAS THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN PRINCIPLE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.

BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT PROGRAM IS OPEN TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE THAT MIGHT WANT TO PARTICIPATE.

I THINK THE DISTRICT ALSO NEEDS TO HAVE SOME UNDERSTANDING OF EXACTLY WHY THE PROGRAMS ARE BEING PUT IN.

IF SOME PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN LEFT OUT, WHY? BECAUSE IT SHOULD BE ENOUGH SPACE THERE TO HOUSE A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. TWO THINGS.

WHEN I LOOK AT THE ABILITY THE DISTRICT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING PROGRAMS THAT MIGHT NEED TO BE THERE.

SECONDLY IS TO LOOK AT OUR FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY TO THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM.

>> THANK YOU. TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

I'LL BE BRIEF.

I KNOW TRUSTEE FOREMAN IS VERY FAMILIAR TO TRUSTEE WHITE, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT OUR COLLEAGUES ON THE BOARD.

BUT THE OUTREACH CENTER PROVIDES A LOT OF SUPPORT AND SOCIAL SERVICES AND THE DISTRICT THAT I'M PRIVILEGED TO REPRESENT, IS NOT THE SAME AS ST. LUCAS AFFILIATED WITH ST. LOUIS.

ST. LUCAS ALSO DOES A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF WORK IN SUPPORTIVE DISTRICT 9 FROM ADOPTING MIDDLE SCHOOLS TO HIGH SCHOOLS TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, TO BACKPACK DRIVES, TO FOOD.

THAT CAN GO ON AND ON. FROM MY COLLEAGUES THAT AREN'T AS AWARE OF THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH CENTER AND THE WORK THAT IS BEING DONE THERE.

IT'S BEEN AN AMAZING POSITIVE IMPACT IN A DISTRICT THAT I'M FORTUNED TO REPRESENT.

ASSERTIVE WITH TRUSTEE WHITE IS CONCERN ABOUT YEARS WHEN THEY'LL COMMITMENT LONGER CREATES MORE RISK IN ONE WAY, BUT I THINK IT'S A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY AND IF POSSIBLE, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE LONGER THEN.

SOME OF THE STUFF, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE GED TRUSTEE WHITE.

THERE'S ALSO TRAINING PROGRAMS AND IT TAKES THE STAKE OF GED.

A YEAR, MAYBE A YEAR-AND-A-HALF JUST TO MATRICULATE THROUGH THE PROGRAM.

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BUT I JUST WANT TO STICK THEM IN SUPPORT OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH CENTER DOES, AND ALSO SEVERAL, WE'LL LOVE TO SEE THE COST AS WELL AS TRUSTEE FOREMAN TALKED ABOUT.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT ON THE RECORD.

IF THERE'S NOT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE 14A, WE'LL KEEP MOVING. TRUSTEE MICCICHE.

>> I JUST WANT TO ECHO THOSE COMMENTS ABOUT SUPPORT FOR THE PROGRAM.

I DO RECALL WHEN WE STARTED THIS AND WE CONSIDERED THE AGREEMENT.

I DO REMEMBER IT HAD A LIMITED TERM ON IT.

THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW IT TO SEE IF ANY CHANGES ARE NECESSARY.

BUT I THINK THIS PROGRAM IS AN OUTSTANDING ONE AND ONE THAT WE SHOULD FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE WORK, AND IF WE CAN MAKE IT WORK BETTER.

THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU TRUSTEE MICCICHE. TRUSTEE JOHNSON.

>> YES. I JUST WANTED TO CONCUR. THANKS TO TRUSTEE HENRY.

TRUSTEE FOREMAN I DO REMEMBER SPEAKING WITH THEM AND EVEN MEMBERS OF A COMMUNITY CONCERNING THE PHRASE OF HOUSE.

DEFINITELY THAT'S DOING GREAT WORK AND ALL THAT WE NEED TO DO TO SUPPORT IT, WE'RE GOING TO DO IT. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE HENRY.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT OF PRIVILEGE AND ASK OUR MEMBERS FROM THE COMMUNITY CENTER IF THEY WOULD PLEASE STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR DEDICATION AND GREAT WORK, BECAUSE THEY DID TAKE TIME TO COME OUT HERE.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THIS PARTNERSHIPS MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE BUILDING ON THOSE.

>> THAT'S IT FOR 14A.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? CHIEF OF STAFF DIVISION, THAT'S 14. EXCUSE ME.

>> ONLY ONE THING.

>> DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING BEFORE 21A?

>> YES.17A

[17. Special Services]

>> 17A. TRUSTEE WHITE.

>> YES. I'M ON PAGE 1 OF THE AGREEMENT.

CAN SOMEONE TELL ME THE INTERNS ASSIGNED FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE CAMPUS.

I WOULD JUST WANT TO SOMEWHAT OF AN OVERVIEW, OF HOW THIS ACTUALLY LOOKS ON THE CAMPUS.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON. ELIZABETH CASAS.

GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE. THIS IS A NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR LADY OF THE LAKE.

WE DID AN INNER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THEM FOR THIS PARTICULAR INTERN SO THAT THEY CAN DO THEIR PRACTICUM IN OUR SCHOOLS.

WE HIRED THE PERSON AS AN LSSP AND THEY'RE FINISHING THEIR COURSEWORK THROUGH OUR LADY OF THE LAKE.

>> I GUESS. BECAUSE THERE'S ALSO OTHER PARTNERSHIPS THAT ARE DONE THAT [LAUGHTER] THERE ARE QUITE A WAYS OFF.

HOW IS THIS GOING TO BE? IS IT'S GOING TO BE VIRTUAL. HOW IS THIS GOING TO?.

>> NO, SHE WILL BE HERE IN PERSON. WE WILL HIRE HER.

>> IS IT ONE PERSON?

>> IT'S JUST ONE PERSON FOR NOW.

IT'S A NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH THIS UNIVERSITY.

>> I UNDERSTAND. THAT'S WHAT I WAS JUST ASKING, HOW IS IT GOING TO LOOK ALSO.

I UNDERSTAND SHE'S GOING TO DO 600 HOURS.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE FACE-TO-FACE.

WHAT ARE THE GOALS? I'M LOOKING ON PAGE 3, ITEM P.

>> THE GOALS FOR HER ARE TO GET EXPERIENCE AS AN LSSP IN THE PRACTICUM, SO IN A REAL LIFE SETTING SHE'S SUPERVISED BY ONE OF OUR LSSPS THAT'S ALREADY LICENSED.

TO FINISH YOUR COURSEWORK AND OUR GOAL WOULD BE FOR HER TO BE HIRED ON FULL-TIME AS A FULL-TIME LSSP IN THE FUTURE.

OUR GOAL IS TO GROW, IT BUILD CAPACITY AND HAVE A PIPELINE AND WE'RE HOPING THAT WE CAN EXPAND MORE INTERNS, PEOPLE THAT CHOOSE TO COME TO DALLAS ISD.

>> THANK YOU. ALSO, DO YOU HAVE THE YOU HAVE 17B AS WELL?

>> YES.

>> IS THIS SIMILAR TO THE HIPPY PROGRAM, SOMEWHAT?

>> CALLIER CENTER SERVES OUR DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING STUDENTS THAT ARE BETWEEN 0-6 YEARS OLD.

WE PARTNER WITH THEM THROUGH THEIR STATE OF THE ART FACILITY AND THEY HAVE INCLUSIVE CLASSROOM FOR THE STUDENTS TO LEARN COMMUNICATION SKILLS AS THEY TRANSITION TO DALLAS ISD CLASSROOMS.

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>> FROM READING THIS IS SOUNDED AS IF WE HAD A SCHOOL, I KNOW BEFORE THE STUDENTS WERE ON VARIOUS CAMPUSES.

BUT ARE THEY NOW LOCATED IN ONE PLACE OR?

>> THE STUDENTS DO ATTEND THE CALLIER CENTER THROUGH UTD.

>> THEY'LL YOU GO THERE OUTSIDE?

>> YES.

>> THAT CONCLUDES MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. TRUSTEE WHITE AND TRUSTEE FOREMAN. 21A.

[21. School Leadership]

>> HOW'RE YOU DOING?

>> GREAT. HOW ARE YOU?

>> I'M GOOD. THIS IS CALLED E-SPORTS.

I'VE ALWAYS QUESTIONED HOW E-SPORTS IS MOVING INTO ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS, IS THE EXPENDITURE BY TRUSTEE DISTRICT FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS FOR E-SPORTS.

AND AGAIN, I'M TRYING TO LOOK THROUGH AN EQUITY LENS TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE.

I'VE WATCHED SOME THINGS AND IT DOESN'T COME ACROSS THAT WAY.

SO I WOULD JUST LIKE THE EXPENDITURE PER TRUSTEE DISTRICT.

>> GOT IT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS WITH SCHOOL LEADERSHIP 22A, 22B?

[22. Athletics]

>> 22B.

>> ALL RIGHT, 22B TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

>> SORRY. DID YOU SAY B OR D?

>> I SAID B AS IN BOY.

>> B AS IN BOY. OKAY, THANKS.

>> [INAUDIBLE] ALSO, BUT B AS IN BOY.

>> HELLO. THE FIRST QUESTION IS, IS THIS A NEW AGREEMENT?

>> I'M SORRY. IS THIS A NEW AGREEMENT? YES.

>> IT'S NEW?

>> YES.

>> HOW IS IT GOING TO BE ROLLED OUT TO INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS? BECAUSE THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE TRAINING.

HOW'S IT GOING TO BE ROLLED OUT TO INDIVIDUALS?

>> HI THERE, MY NAME IS CORIN.

I'M OVER THE SPORTS PERSON DEPARTMENT.

THIS IS A NEW PROGRAM THAT WE'RE DOING.

THESE ARE ENTRY-LEVEL MASTERS STUDENTS THAT ARE GOING TO COME FROM THESE THREE UNIVERSITIES AND COME TO OUR FACILITIES AND WORK AT THE VARIOUS CAMPUSES.

HOW ARE THEY SELECTED? IT WILL BE BASED ON WHERE THEY LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO THERE'S GOING TO BE STUDENTS THAT COULD BE FROM DALLAS ISD, COULD BE FROM AREA SCHOOLS, AND THEY WILL SELECT THE SCHOOL THAT THEY WOULD GO TO.

>> I THINK WHAT YOU'RE ASKING IS THE ROLL-OUT PLAN AND WE'RE WORKING THROUGH MANY OF THOSE DETAILS NOW.

WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THE CAMPUS ATHLETIC DIRECTORS AND CAMPUS PRINCIPALS TO SOLIDIFY THE PLAN.

BUT THE IDEA IS THAT WE HAVE THESE INTERNS THAT ARE ABLE TO GET THEIR CLINICAL HOURS, GO OUT AND SUPPORT THE STAFF AT THESE VARIOUS GAMES, AND SO WE'LL WORK IT THROUGH THOSE DETAILS NOW WE CAN GET THAT FOR YOU.

>> I'D LIKE TO KNOW, WE BRING ON A LOT OF NEW PROGRAMS AND WE DON'T HAVE AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND THAT'S MY BIG QUESTION.

I'D GO THROUGH THIS BOOK AND IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT FIVE OR SIX IN HERE.

WE NEED IMPLEMENTATION PLANS.

AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF THINKING THESE ARE GOOD PROGRAMS, WE ALSO NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT HOW WE GOING TO IMPLEMENT THEM AND HOW IT'S GOING TO GO THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

>> YES, MA'AM.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU.

I'D LOVE TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT.

[03:50:02]

>> THANK YOU TRUSTEE FOREMAN. TRUSTEE JOHNSON?

>> I WAS LOOKING AT THIS OUT AND IT MAY NOT BE, BUT I CAN'T SEE IT.

IS THERE FINANCIAL IMPACTS OF THIS PROGRAM?

>> NO.

>> NO FINANCIAL IMPACT?

>> NO.

>> THANK YOU.

>> ACTUALLY THREE OF THEM.

IT'S THREE RFPS FOR THAT.

>> ALL RIGHT, TRUSTEES, WE'RE NOW ON STRATEGIC INITIATIVE DIVISION, SO WE HAVE 24A THROUGH [INAUDIBLE] ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS?

>> I'M TURNING. [BACKGROUND]

>> ALL RIGHT. 25, 26, 27.

I HEARD THE [INAUDIBLE] BUT I KNOW HE'S GOT ONE [LAUGHTER] 31, 32, 33, 34.

>> I'M DONE.

>> TRUSTEE FOREMAN THINK YOU GOT ONE OTHER ONE TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

34 F TRUSTEE JOHNSON.

[34. Construction Services]

>> 34 F CHEAP BRANCHES.

WHAT IS THE SCOPE OF WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE THUS FAR AT THE WEST DALLAS STEM?

>> RIGHT NOW THEY'RE WORKING ON THE RESOURCE CENTER AND AT SOUTH EAST CORNER THIS IS FAR AS SOME ELECTRICAL SCOPE, RIGHT NOW, THEY'VE DEMOTED IT AND THEY'RE TRYING TO DELIVER THE RESOURCE CENTER BY THE FALL.

>> RESOURCE CENTER BY THE FALL.

HOW MUCH MONEY AS FAR THAT'S BEEN SPENT SO FAR?

>> WE HAVE A CONTRACT FOR ABOUT SIX MILLION.

>> WHO'S DOING THE JOB ORDER NOW?

>> [INAUDIBLE].

>> OKAY. IS THIS A NEW CONTRACTOR?

>> NO, HE'S ONE OF OUR JACK CONTRACTOR.

>> OKAY. SO THE FORM OF CONTRACT WAS NO LONGER THERE?

>> THEY'RE WRAPPING UP WITH SOME ROOF WORK ENVELOPE WORK.

>> OKAY. I ASK TO SPEAK WITH YOU OFFLINE, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THIS PROJECT.

>> TRUSTEE WHITE, DID YOU HAVE MORE-

>> OH, IT'S NOT ON HIS-

>> WHICH ONE?

>> BUT THE LETTER THAT I'M CONCERNED WITH IS E. IT'S AN EDWARD.

>> OKAY. GO AHEAD.

>> WHERE DID IT GO?

>> TITCHE ELEMENTARY?

>> YES. THIS IS FOR TITCHE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, CORRECT? WHAT WORK HAS BEEN DONE OR WHAT WORK IS BEING PROPOSED TO BE COMPLETED ON THIS CAMPUS?

>> THIS IS THE RELATING TO 2015 BOND CONSTRUCTION WE'RE WRAPPING UP.

LET ME LOOK AT MY NOTES HERE.

>> THIS IS NOT THE TECH SCHOOL, THIS IS ACTUALLY TITCHE.

>> IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE PROVIDED A NEW CHILLER, SWITCH GEAR PUMPS, AND SOME ASSOCIATED WORK.

>> YOU'RE CORRECT TRUSTEE. THAT'S NOT THE TITCHE SCHOOL, IT'S EDWARD TITCHE.

>> OKAY.

>> YEAH. THAT WAS RENOVATION OF MOSTLY MECHANICAL WORK.

>> OKAY AND THIS IS FROM THE 2015?

>> CORRECT.

>> OKAY. I WOULD LIKE TO GET WHAT YOU LAID AROUND SIR, TO JUST GET SOME MORE DETAIL ON IT, AND I THINK THAT'S IT.

I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE WHITE. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE AGENDA? THAT WAS 34E FORWARDED ON F. TRANSPORTATION IN FLEET SERVICES, MAINTENANCE AND FACILITIES SERVICES, FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICES, POLICE DIVISION, INTERNAL AUDIT.

GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE.

[03:55:04]

THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU, EVERYONE. HAVE A GOOD EVENING.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.