Aug 24, 2023 Board Meetings

[1. NOTICE AND RETURN]

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ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

IT IS 6:06 P.M..

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

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

[2. MOMENT OF SILENCE AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]

REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THE SALUTE TO THE TEXAS FLAG.

THE FOLLOWING TRUSTEES ARE EITHER PRESENT PHYSICALLY OR PARTICIPATING SIMULTANEOUSLY BY VIDEO CONFERENCE.

THE QUORUM IS THIS QUORUM OF THE BOARD IS PHYSICALLY PRESENT AT THIS LOCATION.

WE HAVE DISTRICT ONE TRUSTEE EDWIN FLORES, DISTRICT TWO TRUSTEE.

SARAH WEINBERG. DISTRICT THREE TRUSTEE DAN MITCHELL DISTRICT FOUR TRUSTEE.

CAMILLE WHITE DISTRICT FIVE TRUSTEE MAXIE JOHNSON DISTRICT SIX TRUSTEE JOYCE FOREMAN.

DISTRICT SEVEN TRUSTEE BEN MACKEY.

BUT THEY SAY. OUR SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, DR.

STEPHANIE ELIZALDE, JOINS US.

AND I'M JUSTIN HENRY, BOARD PRESIDENT.

THE MEETING WILL BE SIMULTANEOUSLY AVAILABLE IN SPANISH ON SOCIAL MEDIA THROUGH DALLAS ISD AND ESPANOL AND ON FACEBOOK.

THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE, TRUSTEE FLORES, IF YOU WILL.

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

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

SPEAKERS ARE CAUTIONED THAT WHAT THEY SAY COULD VIOLATE THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS UNDER THE LAW, DEFAMATION OR INVASION OF PRIVACY.

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

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

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

I DON'T THINK I SEE ANY ELECTED OFFICIALS TODAY.

TRUSTEES, IF YOU SEE ANY, IF YOU CAN STOP ME.

[3. PRESENTATION OF BOARD RECOGNITIONS]

MS.. PROCTOR, WILL YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE OUR GUESTS THAT ARE HERE WITH US TODAY? THANK YOU. PRESIDENT HENRY SUPERINTENDENT ELIZALDE, TRUSTEE JOHNSON, PRINCIPAL MICHAEL JONES, AND TEACHER AND SPONSOR DAWN GONZALEZ.

PLEASE COME FORWARD.

THE BOARD IS HONORED TO RECOGNIZE AND PRESENT A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION TO TEAM ARTIAGA BELL AND TEAM HAWKINS NIGER OF THE JUDGE BAREFOOT SANDERS LAW MAGNET MOCK TRIAL TEAM.

TEAM MEMBERS, PLEASE COME FORWARD AS YOUR NAME IS CALLED.

MORGAN VAN ARSDALL, AMETHYST.

RODRIGUEZ, ANAYA MARTINEZ, JOSHUA LEO, ELIZABETH BELL, ABIGAIL VARGAS, SUKHMANI NIJJAR, CHLOE HAWKINS, ALEJANDRO GARCIA, ALANA ARTIAGA, EMILY RAMIREZ AND BRANDON VALENCIA SANCHEZ.

THE ANNUAL YMCA NATIONAL JUDICIAL COMPETITION IS FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN THE JUDICIAL COMPONENT OF THE YMCA YOUTH AND GOVERNMENT PROGRAM.

THESE TWO TEAMS COMPETED IN MINNEAPOLIS AND WERE RECOGNIZED AS THE COUNTRY'S TOP TWO MOCK TEAMS.

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I AM MICHAEL JONES, THE PRINCIPAL OF THE JUDGE BAREFOOT SANDERS LAW MAGNET.

AND I FIRST OF ALL, WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE BOARD AND TO DR.

ELIZALDE FOR THIS RECOGNITION.

BUT I ESPECIALLY WANT TO THANK THE PARENTS OF THESE YOUNG STUDENTS OF OURS FOR MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE HERE WITH US TONIGHT.

[APPLAUSE] PARENTS, PLEASE, SINCE YOU'RE HERE WITH US, PLEASE STAND SO WE CAN BE RECOGNIZED.

AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK MR. GONZALEZ, OUR TEACHER AND SPONSOR OF THE MOCK TRIALS.

AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK A COUPLE OF OTHER INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE MADE SURE THAT THE TEAM WAS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN NATIONALS THIS YEAR.

DR. LUSK, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT ANGELA GAYLORD AND OUR ED, MICHAEL JACKSON.

AND AGAIN.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS JUDGE BAREFOOT SANDERS LAW MAGNET MOCK TRIAL TEAM MEMBERS.

THIS CONCLUDES OUR RECOGNITIONS BEFORE YOU GUYS SIT DOWN.

THE LAWYERS ON THE BOARD WANT TO TAKE PICTURE WITH YOU.

YES, WE DO.

OKAY. THANKS AGAIN, EVERYONE.

[4. CLOSED SESSION - The Board will retire to closed session pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551 concerning the following sections:]

THE BOARD WILL RETIRE TO CLOSED SESSION.

THE PUBLIC AND STAFF. YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY IN THIS ROOM OR CONNECTED ONLINE WHILE THE BOARD LEAVES THE MEETING TO ATTEND CLOSED SESSION.

THE PUBLIC PORTION OF THE MEETING WILL RESUME AFTER CLOSED SESSION.

THE BOARD IS GOING TO RETIRE TO CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551 CONCERNING ANY AND ALL PURPOSES PERMITTED BY THE ACT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING.

SECTION 551.072 TO DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE, LEASE, SELL OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY.

SECTION 551.076 TO DELIBERATE REGARDING THE DEPLOYMENT OR SPECIFIC OCCASIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF SECURITY PERSONNEL OR DEVICES OR SECURITY AUDITS.

SECTION 551.089 TO DELIBERATE SECURITY ASSESSMENTS OR DEPLOYMENTS RELATING TO INFORMATION RESOURCES, TECHNOLOGY, NETWORK SECURITY INFORMATION AS DESCRIBED IN SECTION 2059.055, SUBSECTION B, OR THE DEPLOYMENT OR SPECIFIC OCCASIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF SECURITY PERSONNEL, CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE OR SECURITY DEVICES.

AND 551.129 TO CONSULT WITH ITS ATTORNEY BY USE OF TELEPHONE CONFERENCE CALL, VIDEO CONFERENCE CALL OR COMMUNICATIONS OVER THE INTERNET IN AN OPEN MEETING AND OR CLOSED MEETING. THE TIME IS 6:14 P.M.

AND WE'RE NOW IN CLOSED SESSION.

[5. REPORTS]

DR. ELIZALDE. GOOD EVENING.

SO WE ARE GOING TO BEGIN BY TALKING ABOUT THE LATEST DATA THAT OUR TEACHERS, STUDENTS, PARENTS, CAMPUS LEADERS REALLY SHOULD FEEL PROUD ABOUT.

I'M WAITING FOR OUR, THERE WE GO.

SO WE'LL HAVE A LOT MORE DISCUSSION ABOUT TEASING OUT AND DISAGGREGATING THE DATA.

SO TODAY'S REPORT IS JUST TO GIVE THE HIGHLIGHTS, BECAUSE I REALLY WANTED, AGAIN, OUR STUDENTS AND OUR TEACHERS TO SEE WHAT HAS BEEN THEIR WORK, AT LEAST IN SOME PART.

SO THE LATEST STAR TEST SHOWS STUDENTS WHOSE EARLY EDUCATION STARTED DURING OR WAS INTERRUPTED BY THE PANDEMIC ARE NOW AT OR ABOVE PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS IN ALMOST ALL CATEGORIES, WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS.

IN FACT, WE'RE CATCHING UP TO THE STATE SCORES ACROSS THE BOARD AND SCORING HIGHER THAN IN MANY OTHER NEIGHBORING SCHOOL SUBURBAN SCHOOL

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DALLAS ISD STUDENTS ARE CLOSING THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT GAP AND ARE EXCEEDING PRE-PANDEMIC STAR PERFORMANCES, PARTICULARLY IN AN AREA THAT THIS BOARD VALUES GREATLY.

AND THAT IS AT THE MEETS GRADE LEVEL.

THAT'S ONE OF OUR AREAS OF FOCUS IN OUR GOALS IN CATEGORY, IN READING, OVERALL READING AND MATH SCORES IN GRADES THREE THROUGH EIGHT SHOW GAINS IN 26 OF THE 36 POSSIBLE CATEGORIES IN APPROACHES, MEETS AND MASTERS WITH NO CHANGE IN FIVE OF THOSE CATEGORIES AND NEGLIGIBLE DECLINES IN THE REMAINING FOUR.

DALLAS ISD, STUDENTS NARROWED THE GAP WITH THE STATE IN MANY AREAS WITH BETTER COMPARATIVE GROWTH RATES AND APPROACHES AND MEETS PERFORMANCE LEVELS IN NEARLY ALL GRADES AND SUBJECTS.

CLEARLY, DALLAS ISD'S INVESTMENT IN EARLY LEARNING, PARTICULARLY THROUGH THE READING ACADEMIES, HAS BEEN PIVOTAL IN MITIGATING LEARNING LOSS IN READING.

OUR STUDENTS EITHER SHOWED GAINS OR HELD STEADY IN 11 OF THE 18 CATEGORIES COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.

STRONG MATH GAINS CONTINUE TO BE NOTEWORTHY, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE KNOW THAT THE MATH SCORES SEEM TO HAVE BEEN DELAYED COMPARED TO THE READING IMPROVEMENTS NOW FOR A SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR.

SO OF PARTICULAR NOTE FOURTH GRADE STUDENTS SAW THEIR STRONGEST GROWTH WITH A NINE POINT INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR AT THE MEETS PERFORMANCE LEVEL.

ADDITIONALLY, STUDENTS IN GRADES FOUR, SIX AND SEVEN EXCEEDED STATE GROWTH IN THE MASTER'S AREA.

WHAT MAKES THESE SCORES ALL THE MORE REMARKABLE IS THAT EVERYONE TRULY ANTICIPATED THAT THERE WOULD BE DIPS IN STAAR SCORES THIS YEAR DUE TO A NEW STAR REDESIGN.

THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN IN DALLAS ISD.

AND I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE PEOPLE WHO DID ALL THE WORK TEACHERS, STUDENTS, PARENTS, ADMINISTRATORS, COMMUNITY PARTNERS, FROM THE CUSTODIANS TO THE COUNSELORS WHO ALL MADE THIS POSSIBLE.

SO IF WE TAKE JUST A MOMENT, THESE ARE THIS ONE IS A LARGE OVERVIEW OF THE THIRD THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE MATH.

AS I STATED, WE'LL HAVE A LOT MORE CONVERSATION BOARD MEMBERS INDIVIDUALLY, BUT AS AN EXAMPLE, IN THIRD THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE MATH, COLLECTIVELY, WE ARE NOW ONLY ONE POINT AWAY FROM THE MEATS AND MORE OR MEATS PLUS FROM WHERE WE WERE IN 2022, THE STATE IS NOW AT 42% AT MEATS OR ABOVE, AND DALLAS ISD STUDENTS ARE AT 41%. CATEGORY IN THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENT POPULATION GROUP.

WE ARE NOW ABOVE THE STATE IN THE MEETS AND ABOVE CATEGORY.

WE WERE BEHIND THE STATE IN 2022 BY THREE POINTS.

WE ARE NOW ONE POINT ABOVE THE STATE AT 27%, WITH ALSO AN INCREASE IN THE PASS RATE OF APPROACHES . IN OUR EMERGENT BILINGUAL ENGLISH LEARNERS WE ARE ALSO ABOVE THE STATE AND IN THIS PARTICULAR CATEGORY WHEN YOU TAKE YOUR MEETS PLUS DALLAS ISD IS AT 41%, WHICH INCLUDES MEETS AND MASTERS, WHEREAS THE STATE IS AT 32%, MEETS IN MASTERS.

WE'RE NINE PERCENTAGE POINTS ABOVE THE STATE.

AND LASTLY, IN A GROUP THAT ENCOMPASSES MANY OF OUR OTHER STUDENT GROUPS ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED WITH THE OF WHICH THE STATE IS 60% ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED IN DALLAS ISD ROUGHLY REPRESENTS AND SERVES ABOUT 86% ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS. WE ARE ALSO ABOVE THE STATE WITH REGARD TO EDUCATING STUDENTS THAT ARE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED.

AT THE MEETS AND ABOVE, THE STATE IS AT 32%.

AND DALLAS ISD STUDENTS ARE AT 38%.

SO WHILE THERE ARE CERTAINLY AREAS IN WHICH WE NEED TO GROW, WE ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO JUST REALLY CALL OUT THE WORK THAT EVERYONE HAS DONE.

IN MANY OF THESE AREAS.

WE ARE NOW ABOVE AT OR ABOVE PRE-PANDEMIC ERA AND WE NOW CAN SEE AND EXPECT WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS

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AND WE HAVE A BIRTHDAY TO CELEBRATE OUR VERY OWN DISTRICT FIVE BOARD OF TRUSTEE MAXI JOHNSON IS I BELIEVE YOU TURNED 21, SIR.

SO WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE TRUSTEE JOHNSON.

AND NEXT UP IS EDWIN FLORES, WHO IS FROM DISTRICT ONE.

AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY AS WELL.

AND I THINK YOU'RE 22.

SO WE'RE OFF TO A GREAT START.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE WERE REALLY OFF TO A GREAT START.

WE HAVE HAD AN EXCEPTIONALLY SUCCESSFUL START TO THE SCHOOL YEAR, AND I KNOW THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY NOT HAVE HAD THIS EXPERIENCE AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH THOSE.

BUT FOR THIS MOMENT, I DID WANT TO STAY FOCUSED ON THE MORE THAN 95% OF THE EXPERIENCES.

I'M BEGINNING MY 37TH SCHOOL YEAR IN EDUCATION, AND I TOO WAS 12 WHEN I STARTED IN THIS BUSINESS.

I STARTED TEACHING BACK WHEN CHILD LABOR LAWS WEREN'T SO STRICT.

SO I ACTUALLY REMEMBER THINKING AS A MIDDLE SCHOOL CHILD THAT I COULD TEACH HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE I'VE PLAYED SCHOOL SINCE I COULD REMEMBER.

SO I THINK I WAS 12 FOR SURE WHEN I STARTED TEACHING, AND I THINK I CONVINCED THEM I SHOULD TEACH BECAUSE I GRADED MYSELF ON A 10TH GRADE READING LEVEL.

SO LET ME TELL YOU WHAT A NORMAL SCHOOL YEAR LOOKS LIKE.

WE KNOW AND WE KNOW THERE ARE SOME POCKETS, BUT OVERWHELMINGLY, OUR TEAMS HAVE JUST BEEN RELENTLESS IN WORKING ON THOSE AC UNITS IN OUR CLASSROOMS AND ADJUSTING AND BRINGING IN PORTABLE UNITS WHEN NECESSARY.

AND SO I DEFINITELY WANT TO CALL OUT DAVID CHIEF DAVID BATES AND HIS TEAM, WHO JUST STAYED 24/SEVEN ON THOSE CHILLERS WITH THIS JUST UNRELENTING HEAT THAT EVERYONE IS FEELING.

WE ALSO KNOW THAT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, WE GET KIDS THAT GET ON THE WRONG BUS AND GET DROPPED OFF AT THE WRONG LOCATION.

THOSE HAVE BEEN MINIMIZED.

AND IN MANY INSTANCES, WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF CLASSROOMS WITHOUT TEACHERS AND WE HAVE FAMILIES SPENDING A LOT OF TIME TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE TO REGISTER.

THAT GENERATES A LOT OF TEARS AND NOT ALWAYS FROM KIDS.

SOMETIMES IT'S ALSO FROM THE PARENTS AND SOMETIMES IT'S FROM ME, DEPENDING ON HOW THE YEAR STARTED.

BUT ON THIS FIRST DAY IN DALLAS ISD, ALL THOSE CHIEFS AND I WENT TO DIFFERENT SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE.

AND THAT'S NOT WHAT WE SAW.

WE SAW VERY FEW CHILDREN CRYING.

WE SAW VERY FEW TRANSPORTATION CHALLENGES.

WE SAW AIR CONDITIONING WORKING IN MOST ALMOST EVERY SINGLE CLASSROOM.

AND WE HAD A MAJORITY OF OUR FAMILIES WHO WERE REGISTERED WITH KIDS IN THEIR CLASSROOMS STARTING INSTRUCTION ON DAY ONE.

IN FACT, I THINK THE ONLY PLACE WE SAW AN AUDITORIUM FILLED WAS WITH PARENTS REGISTERING THEIR KIDS BECAUSE WE DID HAD A LONG A LARGE INFLUX OF CHARTER SCHOOL FAMILIES THAT WERE RELOCATING THEIR CHILDREN BACK HOME TO DALLAS ISD.

I CAN SAFELY SAY THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE BEST STARTS TO A SCHOOL YEAR THAT I CAN RECALL, AND THAT IS TO EVERY ONE OF THE TEAM WHO WORKED TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

SO HERE'S A GOOD DATA POINT ABOUT HOW SUCCESSFUL BACK TO SCHOOL WAS.

WE STARTED THE YEAR WITH ONLY 70 TEACHER VACANCIES, THANKS TO THE HEROIC WORK OF HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF NONE OTHER THAN CHIEF ROBERT ABEL.

I'M NOT SURE EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS WHAT IT TAKES TO PUT ON JOB FAIRS, TO GO THROUGH APPLICATIONS, TO CALL, TO VISIT, TO CONNECT.

AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK CHIEF ROBERT ABEL AND THE HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT TEAM FOR SETTING THIS RECORD NUMBER OF LOW VACANCIES. OUR GOAL.

YES. THANK YOU.

OUR GOAL IS FOR EVERY SINGLE STUDENT TO HAVE A TEACHER IN THEIR CLASSROOM, AND WE'RE NEARLY THERE.

HERE'S ANOTHER DATA POINT.

DALLAS ISD HAS STARTED SCHOOL AT OVER 99%, FILLED ON DAY ONE FOR TWO YEARS IN A ROW NOW.

THAT'S THE ONLY TIME WE'VE DONE THAT AS FAR BACK AS WE'VE BEEN KEEPING RECORDS.

HAVING ONLY 70 TEACHER VACANCIES DOESN'T JUST GET US BACK TO PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS.

THIS IS THE BEST WE'VE EVER DONE.

AND NOT JUST BY A LITTLE.

FOR THE FOUR YEARS PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC, WE AVERAGED 141 FIRST DAY VACANCIES.

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THAT'S A 47% REDUCTION IN THOSE TEACHER VACANCIES.

WELL DONE, CHIEF ROBERT ABEL AND YOUR TEAM.

SILVER PEN WE'VE GOT SOFIA ORTA.

WE ARE SO PROUD OF OUR MEP OFFICE MANAGER, MS..

HUERTA, FOR RECEIVING A SPECIAL RECOGNITION FROM CHIEF DAVID BATES.

RECENTLY, SHE ALWAYS GOES THE EXTRA MILE, AND ANYONE THAT STEPS INTO HER OFFICE RECEIVES THE BEST CUSTOMER SERVICE.

CONGRATULATIONS FOR GOING THE EXTRA MILE.

THE ROTARY RECOGNIZED THREE OF OUR TEACHERS FOR SERVICE ABOVE SELF.

OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL WINNER WAS ADRIANA POPA, WHO WAS A DOCTOR IN ROMANIA WHEN SHE EMIGRATED TO THE US WHEN SHE WAS 26 YEARS OLD.

AFTER SHE BECAME AN EDUCATOR THROUGH OUR ALTERNATIVE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM, SHE BECAME A GREAT MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE TEACHER AT SUDIE L WILLIAMS TALENTED AND GIFTED ACADEMY. OUR HIGH SCHOOL WINNER IS ANA MARIE SIFFORD, WHO GRADUATED FROM BOOKER T WASHINGTON, HAS A BA FROM SMU AND TWO MASTER'S DEGREES.

BEFORE SHE TRANSITIONED TO TEACHING, SHE WORKED FOR THE UNITED NATIONS.

NOW AT HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOL, SHE SPONSORS THE HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOL'S JUNIOR WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL.

SHE IS BOTH A DISTINGUISHED TEACHER IN DALLAS ISD AND A RECOGNIZED TEACHER IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, AND THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WINNER WAS GLORIA PRIETO FUENTES, A SECOND GRADE DUAL LANGUAGE TEACHER AT DALLAS ISD. HER CREATIONS INCLUDE THE WINNETKA THEATER CLUB AT HER SCHOOL AND PROJECT WIN WIN DEVELOPED TO INCREASE STUDENTS LOVE FOR READING ENGLISH AND SPANISH.

SHE HAS BEEN TEACHER OF THE YEAR AND HAS BEEN AN EVALUATOR OF THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY TEXTBOOKS FOR TEXAS.

SHE ALSO ORGANIZES THE DIA DEL LIBRO AND THE THREE WISE MEN CELEBRATION AT THE LATINO CULTURAL CENTER.

AND LAST YEAR, SHE STARTED AN INTERNATIONAL ART EXCHANGE WITH ANOTHER SCHOOL IN BARCELONA, SPAIN.

WE HAVE A FEW MORE ACCOLADES.

FINANCIAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS.

DALLAS ISD HAS EARNED TWO NOTEWORTHY FINANCIAL REPORTING AWARDS FOR ITS ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2022. FIRST, THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA, ALSO KNOWN AS THE GFOA, AWARDED THE DISTRICT A CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT FOR EXCELLENCE IN FINANCIAL REPORTING.

ALSO, THE ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BUSINESS OFFICIALS AWARDED THE DISTRICT A CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE IN FINANCIAL REPORTING AWARD.

THE AWARD CERTIFIES THAT THE DISTRICT'S OFFER SUBSTANTIALLY CONFORMS TO THE PRINCIPLES AND STANDARDS OF FINANCIAL REPORTING AS RECOMMENDED BY AND ADOPTED BY THE SBO.

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR VERY OWN CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, DR.

ALFRED STEVENS.

THESE AWARDS DEMONSTRATE THE ONGOING COMMITMENT TO IMPLEMENTING EFFECTIVE FINANCIAL PRACTICES AND REPORTING TRANSPARENCY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE ALSO HAVE SOME DISTRICT DISTINCTION AWARDS, TEXAS ART EDUCATION ASSOCIATION OR TAEA.

THE TEXAS ART EDUCATION ASSOCIATION HAS NAMED DALLAS ISD A DISTRICT OF DISTINCTION FOR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW.

ONLY 68.

ONLY 68 OUT OF THOUSANDS OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN TEXAS RECEIVE THIS AWARD, WHICH WE RECEIVE BECAUSE OF OUR OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP IN PROMOTING THE VISUAL ARTS IN OUR DISTRICT AND OUR COMMUNITY.

IN FACT, OUR VISUAL ART EDUCATION PROGRAM RANKS IN THE TOP 5% OF THE STATE.

WELL DONE.

AND I THINK.

THAT CONCLUDES.

THOSE ARE ALL THE PICTURES OF ALL OF THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE.

AND THAT CONCLUDES.

MY REPORT. THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT ELIZADE.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO COMMITTEE REPORTS.

TRUSTEES, ARE THERE ANY COMMITTEE REPORTS? NOT SEEN ANYTHING. OKAY, WE'LL START WITH DISTRICT ACCOLADES.

WE'LL START WITH DISTRICT ONE AND JUST KEEP MOVING, TRUSTEE FLORES.

THANK YOU PRESIDENT HENRY.

DISTRICT ONE, FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME OUR NEW PRINCIPALS TO DISTRICT ONE, CRYSTAL TORRES AT FOREST ELEMENTARY, PABLO SINGH AT GOOCH ELEMENTARY, SUNETRA MCGRIFF AT JUNKINS

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ALTHOUGH I THINK THAT IS ACTUALLY IN TRUSTEE WEINBERG'S DISTRICT, I AM SURE THAT THEY WILL DO A GREAT JOB IN THE UPCOMING YEAR, NOT ONLY IN MY DISTRICT, BUT TRUSTEE WEINBERG'S DISTRICT AS WELL.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE WALNUT HILL INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY OR WILLA FOR OPENING THEIR DOORS FOR THE SUPERINTENDENTS FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL EVENT.

THANK YOU TO DR. MEEKER, THE PRINCIPAL OF WILLA AND HIS TEAM, FOR SHOWING THE GREAT WORK THEY ARE DOING, EVEN WITH ALL THE EXCITEMENT AND CHAOS OF THE FIRST DAY.

AND FINALLY, LET ME BE THE FIRST TO WISH ALL STUDENTS, TEACHERS, TEAM MEMBERS AND FAMILIES THE BEST OF LUCK FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR.

I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT IT WILL BE A GREAT ONE.

GOOD LUCK. THANK YOU. AND THAT'S MY REPORT.

UM, I WANT TO SHARE MY APPRECIATION FOR THE TEACHERS AND THE PRINCIPALS AND THE BUS DRIVERS AND THE CAFETERIA WORKERS AND ALL THE STAFF AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT AND EFFORT THAT WENT INTO MAKING THE FIRST DAYS OF SCHOOL AN EXCELLENT EXPERIENCE FOR OUR STUDENTS.

I ALSO WANT TO SHARE KUDOS TO ANNA SIFFORD FROM HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOL FOR BEING A RECIPIENT OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF DALLAS SERVICE ABOVE SELF TEACHER AWARD.

WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE HER SERVE OUR STUDENTS AT HILLCREST.

KUDOS ALSO TO ANNE HOWELL FROM DANDY ROGERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON HER 20TH YEAR OF TEACHING.

THANK YOU TO ANNE HOWELL FOR HER MANY YEARS OF DEDICATION.

AND CONGRATULATIONS TO WOODROW WILSON HIGH SCHOOL FOR HAVING 158% ENROLLMENT INCREASE IN THEIR ROTC PROGRAM.

THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO WELCOME THE NEW DISTRICT THREE PRINCIPALS.

THESE INCLUDE PRINCIPAL KATIE LEWIS AT MARTHA TURNER REILLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, PRINCIPAL SARAH FOSTER AT BRYAN ADAMS HIGH SCHOOL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, PRINCIPAL ASHLEY PADILLA AT GEORGE W TRUETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND PRINCIPAL ALEX MERRITT AT ALEX SANGER PREPARATORY SCHOOL.

AND PLEASE JOIN ME IN CELEBRATING AND EMMETT J.

CONRAD HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE OLGA RAMIREZ, CLASS OF 22.

SHE ATTENDED SAM TASBY MIDDLE SCHOOL AND LEE MCSHAN JUNIOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND IS NOW IN COLLEGE WITH A $50,000 SCHOLARSHIP.

ALSO, A BIG SHOUT OUT TO HALEY RANGEL, A PRE-KINDERGARTEN TEACHER AT JILL STONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT VICKERY MEADOW, WHO WAS WORKING TO BRING MORE FIELD TRIPS TO HER STUDENTS. THESE INTERACTIVE ON CAMPUS ACTIVITIES NOT ONLY ENGAGE HER CLASS, BUT ALSO MAKE LEARNING MORE MEANINGFUL.

CONGRATULATIONS TO RYAN BOTT ON BECOMING THE NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE BRYAN ADAMS HIGH SCHOOL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY VERTICAL TEAM.

AND KUDOS TO TEXAS YES, FOR HOSTING A SUPPLY DISTRIBUTION EVENT TO SUPPORT THE FOLLOWING DISTRICT THREE CAMPUSES.

JACKALOPE SENIOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, JILL STONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, BAYLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND GEORGE W TRUETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

AND FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO THANK PRINCIPAL CHANDLER FAIRLEY AND THE TEAM AT AT CONRAD HIGH SCHOOL FOR HOSTING A MEMORIAL FOR MRS. ELEANOR CONRAD.

SHE WAS THE WIFE OF DR.

EMMETT J. CONRAD.

AND SHE WAS ALSO A PIONEER IN HER OWN RIGHT.

MRS. CONRAD WAS THE FIRST WOMAN TO SERVE AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN, TO SERVE AS THE FOREMAN OF A DALLAS GRAND JURY. AND SHE WAS HER HUSBAND'S CAMPAIGN MANAGER.

AND AND THIS MAY SURPRISE YOU.

I SAW FOR THE FIRST TIME A VIDEO OF DR.

MJ CONRAD.

AND IT WAS ABOUT I THINK IT WAS 50 YEARS AGO EXACTLY.

IT COMES UP. I KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER NERDS AROUND HERE, IT COMES UP ON A YOUTUBE FEED FOR THE SMU JONES LIBRARY WHERE THEY RECYCLE OLD NEWS NEWS STORIES FROM CHANNEL EIGHT.

BUT ANYWAY, THE FIRST TIME I SAW DR.

CONRAD AND INTERESTINGLY, THE THE TOPIC THAT HE WAS BEING INTERVIEWED ABOUT WAS A ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY THAT WAS BEING PROPOSED IN DALLAS ISD.

AND IT WAS QUITE IT WAS QUITE IMPRESSIVE FOR HIM TO BE PUSHING BACK ON THAT KIND OF A POLICY AND ARGUING THAT BEFORE WE SEND OUR KIDS TO THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM, WE NEED TO WORK WITH THEM AND SEE IF WE CAN REHABILITATE THEM.

SO I DO REALLY APPRECIATE THE WAY THE CONRAD COMMUNITY HAS CONTINUED TO HONOR THE LEGACY OF BOTH DR.

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GOOD EVENING. I WANT TO WELCOME ALL THE NEW PRINCIPALS AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS IN DISTRICT FOUR, THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND THE HIGH SCHOOLS.

I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A FANTASTIC SAFE YEAR.

I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO THANK PRINCIPAL TITO SOLIS, PRINCIPAL AT YOUNG MEN'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT FLORENCE FOR HIS VIRTUAL BACK TO SCHOOL VIDEO.

NOT ONLY DID THE VIDEO GET OVER 25,000 VIEWS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT IT WAS FEATURED ON THE LOCAL NEWS STATIONS ACROSS THE DFW AREA. IT MAY ONLY BE THE SECOND WEEK OF SCHOOL, BUT THE STUDENTS IN DISTRICT FOUR ARE ALREADY OFF TO A GREAT START AND ALREADY WORKING HARD.

SEVEN STUDENTS IN SEAGOVILLE HIGH SCHOOL WELDING PROGRAM HAVE JUST RECEIVED A WELDING CERTIFICATE AND I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THEM FOR A JOB WELL DONE.

ALSO, WE'D LIKE TO THANK BIBLE WAY TABERNACLE FOR THE GENEROUS GIFT OF $2,500 TO RICHARD LEGGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THE MONEY WILL BE USED FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHER INCENTIVES AND ADDITIONAL UNIFORMS. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE PRINCIPAL AT ANNIE WEBB BLANTON AND PLEASANT GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THE TEACHERS AND THE PARENTS FOR THEIR HARD WORK ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MENTION THAT.

AS FAR AS DISTRICT FOUR IS CONCERNED AS WE ALL WANT TO CONTINUE TO HAVE OUR KIDS EXCEL IN THE CLASSROOM, BECAUSE THAT IS THE REASON WHY WE'RE HERE. AND I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO THANK.

MR. BATES FOR A JOB WELL DONE.

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.

WE'RE ALL CONCERNED ABOUT AIR IN THIS RECORD BREAKING TEXAS DAYS, WHERE WE'VE ONLY HAD LESS THAN MAYBE FOUR DAYS THIS SUMMER THAT WAS UNDER 100 DEGREES.

I THINK I GOT THAT RIGHT, THAT WAS ON THE NEWS TODAY.

WHEN I WHEN I CALLED HIM FROM THE SIDEWALK, LETTING HIM KNOW THAT THERE WAS A SCHOOL THAT DIDN'T HAVE AIR, HE IMMEDIATELY RECTIFIED THE PROBLEM.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE ABOUT, KEEPING OUR KIDS SAFE AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE COMFORTABLE IN THE CLASSROOM SO THAT THEY CAN LEARN AND WE CAN ALL BE HAPPY WHEN OPERATION GRADUATION COMES AROUND.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU. I WANT TO CONCUR BEFORE I GET INTO MY ACCOLADES TO CHIEF BATES AND CHIEF BRANT WORKING TOGETHER AS A TEAM, GETTING THINGS DONE FOR OUR KIDS. THEY DO GREAT WORK AT THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT.

SO HATS OFF TO YOU BECAUSE YOU GUYS I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE TO CALL YOU, BUT I HEARD THAT TRUSTEE WHITE CALLS YOU, TOO.

SO YOU GUYS ARE DOING GREAT WORK.

AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR KIDS.

I WANT TO THANK YOU.

I WANT TO THANK MAYOR ERIC JOHNSON FOR ATTENDING THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL AND HELPING WELCOME OUR STUDENTS BACK FOR THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR AT SOUTH OAK CLIFF HIGH SCHOOL. HIS SUPPORT AND PRESENCE WAS FELT AND APPRECIATED BY OUR COMMUNITY, ALONG WITH OUR CHIEF OF POLICE.

WE THANK HIM FOR BEING THERE AND SO MANY MORE.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR GREETING ALL OF OUR SCHOLARS ON FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.

SO THANK YOU TO ALL OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, OUR ALUMNI'S FOR ALL YOUR WORK BEING THERE AND WELCOMING OUR SCHOLARS BACK.

CONGRATULATIONS TO A YOUNG MAN FROM WILMER-HUTCHINS HIGH SCHOOL WHO KNOWS THE DEFINITION OF HARD WORK AND DEDICATION DESPITE HAVING A BOUT WITH HOMELESSNESS.

CHRISTIAN SAMPSON MADE IT HIS MISSION TO ENSURE HE NOT ONLY GRADUATED BUT SECURED A FULL RIDE BAND SCHOLARSHIP TO THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT PINE BLUFF.

AND HE JUST AND HE DID JUST THAT.

CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN.

AND THANK YOU TO THE SCHOOL AND THE DALLAS HOMELESS EDUCATION DEPARTMENT FOR MAKING SURE HE WALKED THE STAGE AT THE 2023 SUMMIT COMMENCEMENT.

ON TUESDAY, WE SAID GOODBYE FOR NOW TO THE OLD O.W.

HOLMES MIDDLE SCHOOL BUILDING AS WE KNOW IT.

THE SCHOOL IS RECEIVING A COMPLETELY BRAND NEW RENOVATED CAMPUS THANKS TO THE BOND.

THANKS TO THE 2020 BOND.

THERE ARE A LOT OF MEMORIES AND HISTORY AND THOSE HALLWAYS, BUT WE ARE SO EXCITED FOR WHAT'S TO COME TO THE NEW JOHN LEWIS SOCIAL JUSTICE ACADEMY.

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE INVOLVED IN HELPING THE COMMUNITY GET THE NEW SCHOOL THEY DESERVE.

THANK YOU TO THIS BOARD.

WITHOUT YOU, IT WOULD NOT HAVE COME TO PASS.

ALSO TOMORROW NIGHT AT 8 P.M.

ON FRIDAY AT SMU'S GERALD FORD STADIUM, OUR SOUTH OAK CLIFF STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, GOLDEN BEARS TAKE ON DUNCANVILLE PANTHERS, SO YOU HAVE TWO STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS TEAM GOING AT IT FOR THEIR OPENING GAME OPENING.

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COME OUT AND CHEER ON THE HOME TEAM AS THE TWO REIGNING CHAMPIONSHIP CHAMPIONS BATTLE IT OUT ON THE FIELD.

AND ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE ADMINISTRATION AND ALL OUR PARENTS THAT SUPPORTED OUR SHAKE DALLAS EVENT.

IT WAS A VERY, VERY HUGE SUCCESS AND OUR KIDS ARE VERY IMPACTED BY IT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD EVENING.

THIS IS THE DISTRICT SIX ACCOLADES.

I WAS PLEASED TO MAKE THE ROUNDS WITH CHIEF TIFFANY HEWITT AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS DR.

WRIGHT AND DR. KELLY ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.

WE VISITED T.W.

BROWN MIDDLE SCHOOL, KIMBALL HIGH SCHOOL, CARTER HIGH SCHOOL, BIRDIE ALEXANDER, BEDFORD LAW ACADEMY, AND ADELE TURNER ELEMENTARY, WHERE THE MAVERICKS AND MARSHALL JOINED US.

IT WAS A GREAT START TO A GREAT YEAR.

AND FOR ME IT WAS EVEN GREATER BECAUSE I HAVE A GREAT NIECE THAT IS IN PRE-K FOUR AT BURLEY ALEXANDER, AND I HAVE A GREAT NEPHEW THAT IS IN THE P-TECH PROGRAM AT CARTER HIGH SCHOOL.

SO I'LL NOT ONLY TALK ABOUT WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, I TRY TO MAKE SURE IT GETS DONE IN MY FAMILY.

IT WAS AN HONOR TO SPEAK TO OUR SUMMER GRADUATION CLASS AT THEIR COMMENCEMENT EARLIER THIS MONTH, WHERE TRUSTEE WHITE JOINED ME.

AND AS I TOLD THEM, THE VILLAGE IS HERE TO SUPPORT THEM IN THEIR FUTURE CHOICES OF COLLEGE, CAREER OR MILITARY, AND THAT THEY HAD MADE A SIGNIFICANT STEP BY GETTING THEIR HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA.

I WAS EXTREMELY PROUD OF THEM.

I'D LIKE TO SHOUT OUT A FORMER CARTER HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT AND TRACK TEAM MEMBER, SHA'CARRI RICHARDSON.

[APPLAUSE] SHE SET A NEW RECORD IN THE FINALS AT THE 2023 WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS IN BUDAPEST, HUNGARY.

WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT IS SHA'CARRI NEVER GAVE UP.

WHICH SHOULD BE A LESSON TO ALL OF US.

SHE'S A 23 YEAR OLD YOUNG WOMAN.

I'M EXTREMELY PROUD OF HER.

AND TODAY I AM SPORTING THIS RING WHERE SHE HELPED THE CARTER TRACK TEAM WIN BACK TO BACK CHAMPIONSHIPS IN 2017 AND 2018.

AND I'D LIKE TO WELCOME THE NEW SCHOOL LEADERSHIP IN DISTRICT SIX.

WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TURNOVER, BUT I HAVE THREE NEW PRINCIPALS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THEM.

AT TG TERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, CARSHONDA IVORY, AT JUDGE LEWIS A BEDFORD LAW ACADEMY, KARLISHA KING AND AT CLINTON P RUSSELL, RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, SHARA PACE.

THANK YOU. I'LL GIVE THE DISTRICT SEVEN REPORT.

FIRST, THIS SUMMER, DALLAS ISD STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN THE FIFTH ANNUAL PARRISH CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INVITATIONAL, WHERE THEY DEBATED THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CHAT BOTS. ASHLEY CRUZ, ONE OF OUR SOPHOMORES AT SUNSET HIGH SCHOOL, WAS ONE OF SIX DALLAS ISD STUDENTS TO WIN A $3,000 SCHOLARSHIP FROM THIS.

EXCELLENT WORK ASHLEY.

SECOND, I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ANSON JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THE FIRST DALLAS ISD SCHOOL, DALLAS ISD SCHOOL TO PILOT THE NEW CURRICULUM PROGRAMS, AND THEY STARTED THREE YEARS AGO THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

THE DISTRICT BEGAN USING THESE PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT OTHER SCHOOLS, BUT ANSON JONES HAS SEEN TREMENDOUS RESULTS IN STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT OVER THESE THREE YEARS.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE STUDENTS AND THE TEACHERS AT ANSON JONES FOR PILOTING THIS.

AND THEN AS STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND OTHER TEAM MEMBERS KICK OFF THIS NEW SCHOOL YEAR, I'D LOVE TO ALSO WELCOME AND CONGRATULATE ALL OF OUR NEW DISTRICT SEVEN PRINCIPALS.

WE'VE GOT SOME AMAZING ONES ACROSS DISTRICT SEVEN, SO PLEASE DON'T TAKE THEM OUT OF DISTRICT SEVEN, LEAVE THEM THERE.

AND THEN I HAD THE GREAT FORTUNE TO VISIT FOUR DIFFERENT SCHOOLS ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.

AND I MUST SAY EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL WAS WORKING LIKE CLOCKWORK.

I SAW SO MANY SMILES ON CHILDREN'S FACES.

AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU, DR.

ELIZALDE, FOR BEING AT SCHOOLS AND YOUR CENTRAL STAFF, BEING OUT AT SCHOOLS AND RALLYING AROUND.

I SAW A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE AT THE BOARDROOM OUT ON CAMPUSES, AND I WANT TO THANK THEM.

SHOUT OUT TO BRANT ALFRED, WHO I SAW MULTIPLE TIMES.

SO AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEE MACKEY.

I'M GOING TO DO THE DISTRICT EIGHT REPORT FOR TRUSTEE JOE CARREON IN HIS ABSENCE.

HE SAYS, I'M HONORED TO WELCOME THE NEW PRINCIPALS AND DISTRICT EIGHT PRINCIPAL GERARDO HERNANDEZ, NORTH DALLAS HIGH SCHOOL, PRINCIPAL ROCIO BERNARD FROM THOMAS DE RUS MIDDLE

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ESPERANZA HOPE MEDRANO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND PRINCIPAL MOLLY LYNCH AT THE MONTESSORI ACADEMY AT ONÉSIMO HERNANDEZ.

I'M EXCITED TO WORK WITH THEM TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT HE'S EXCITED TO WORK WITH THEM TO ACCOMPLISH TRANSFORMATIVE THINGS FOR OUR KIDS.

HE ALSO SAYS KUDOS TO TEXAS CHESS PROJECT FOR DONATING SCHOOL SUPPLIES TO STUDENTS AT GONZALEZ CIGARROA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

THE SCHOOL AND THE PARENTS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY.

HE ALSO WANTED TO SEND A SPECIAL THANKS TO PAULINE RICARDO, ROBERT AND ROLANDO MEDRANO, WHO TOOK THE TIME TO SHARE SOME ENCOURAGING WORDS AND PROVIDE A DELICIOUS BREAKFAST FOR THE TEAM MEMBERS AT ESPERANZA MEDRANO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.

HE SAYS EVERYONE WAS APPRECIATIVE AND GRATEFUL.

HE ALSO WANTS TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO SOLER PREPARATORY FOR BOYS, WHICH NOW HAS A MODERN BAND PROGRAM FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

HE SAYS BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THE NEXT GREAT ARTIST.

AND LAST, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NORTH DALLAS VOLLEYBALL TEAM FOR TAKING FIRST PLACE IN THEIR BRACKET AT THE I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY THIS YOU STATE VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT IN EUSTACE, TEXAS.

APOLOGIZE TO ANYBODY FROM EUSTACE TEXAS.

THE LADY BULLDOGS DEFEATED WINONA IN THE FINAL.

GO LADY BULLDOGS.

FOR THE DISTRICT NINE REPORT.

I ALSO WANT TO EXPRESS DEEP APPRECIATION TO THE TEXAS YES PROJECT FOR PROVIDING STUDENTS AT FREDERICK DOUGLASS ELEMENTARY AND 29 OTHER DALLAS ISD SCHOOLS A DONATION OF SUPPLIES TO HELP THEM HAVE A GREAT SCHOOL YEAR.

I WANT TO I HAD A CHANCE TO VISIT THREE SCHOOLS TRUSTEE MACKEY TWO BEING MY OWN KIDS, AND THEN ONE LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL.

SO I'M GOING TO SAY LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL HAD AN EXTRAORDINARY FIRST DAY.

THEY RECEIVED A VISIT FROM THE DALLAS MAVERICKS MASCOT STAFF FROM THE DALLAS MAVERICKS, 97.9 THE BEAT.

CYNT MARSHAL WAS THERE HERSELF.

APPARENTLY SHE WAS AT A COUPLE OF SCHOOLS.

SO I WANT TO BE CLEAR ON MY THANKS TO CYNT MARSHALL AND HER LEADERSHIP, THE DALLAS MAVERICKS.

THEY SUPPORT THE CITY IN MANY, MANY WAYS.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK DOCTOR LEER AND DOCTOR ELIZADE.

THEY WERE AT LINCOLN AS WELL. YOU ALSO VISITED MULTIPLE SCHOOLS IN SOUTH DALLAS.

I THINK YOU'RE AT DADE, CHARLES RICE, HS THOMPSON, WHERE ELSE WERE YOU AT? MADISON.. MADISON, THE GREAT JAMES MADISON.

SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU SPENDING TIME IN SUNNY SOUTH DALLAS THAT FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.

IT MEANT A LOT. I WANT TO NEXT TALK ABOUT CITY LAB HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

THEY'RE PARTNERING WITH THE CREATIVE PROFESSIONAL BROOKE CHANEY, WHO IS THE CO-FOUNDER OF OAK CLIFF.

THEY'RE HELPING TO PAINT A MURAL IN THE GROUND FLOOR PARKING LOT OF THE GABRIEL, THE MIXED INCOME HOUSING BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS.

THE MURAL WILL ALSO SERVE AS AN ENTRANCE TO THE CHILD CARE CENTER.

THEY'LL BE PAINTING IN SEPTEMBER.

GOOD LUCK TO ALL THE STUDENT PARTICIPANTS.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE FINISHED ART PIECE.

I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MR. HERNANDEZ FOR ADDRESSING A PACKED HOUSE AT SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL.

OUR RAIDERS ARE GEARED UP FOR A SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL YEAR.

I WANT TO THANK ALL THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS IN DISTRICT NINE, ESPECIALLY THE WAY THEY EXECUTED THE FIRST DAY IS ONE OF THE BEST FIRST DAYS I'VE SEEN SINCE I'VE BEEN IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR BEEN ON THIS BOARD.

I VISITING ONE OF THOSE SCHOOLS WHERE MY SON IS AT SCHOOL.

DON'T WANT TO THANK DR. ELIZALDE FOR EXPRESSING APPRECIATION TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING THE REAL WORK ON THE CAMPUSES.

I GUESS YOU'RE GIVING GIFTS MONTHLY TO THE CAMPUSES AT THAT PARTICULAR CAMPUS.

IT WAS TOOTSIE ROLLS.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CLEVER WORDING WAS AROUND IT, BUT WHEN I WALKED IN TO PICK UP MY SON, THEY HAD IT THERE ON THE FRONT DESK AND THEY WERE PROUD.

AND IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT YOU'RE ACKNOWLEDGING THE FOLKS THAT ARE DOING THE MOST IMPORTANT WORK.

OUR STAFF, OUR SUPPORT STAFF AND OUR EDUCATORS.

SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

HEARD IT'S MONTHLY, SO WE'LL SEE WHAT'S NEXT MONTH.

I ALSO WANT TO SAY A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO COMSTOCK BECAUSE THEY WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND TO PREPARE OUR STUDENTS FOR ANOTHER SCHOOL YEAR BEFORE THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL.

STUDENTS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE SCHOOL SUPPLIES, HAIRCUTS AND HAIR BRAIDING.

THE STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES WERE OVERJOYED AT THE SUPPORT FROM THIS CAMPUS.

SO I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE AT COMSTOCK FOR THEIR EFFORTS, AND THAT WILL CONCLUDE THE DISTRICT NINE AND ALL OF OUR ACCOLADES.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE PUBLIC FORUM PORTION OF OUR MEETING.

[6. PUBLIC FORUM]

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

I'M ASKING YOU TO PLEASE NOT ENGAGE IN CONDUCT THAT WILL DISRUPT THE MEETING OR THE OTHER SPEAKERS.

RULES OF ORDER AND DECORUM WILL BE ENFORCED IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD TO ENSURE EFFICIENT MEETINGS, UNLAWFUL OR DISRUPTIVE CONDUCT, INCLUDING INTERRUPTING THE SCHEDULED SPEAKERS, SPEAKING OUT OF TURN, CROSSING THE ROPED OFF BARRIERS OR INTERFERING WITH THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.

EACH PARTICIPANT IS LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENT AND CONSEQUENCES OF HIS OR HER OWN STATEMENTS.

SPEAKERS PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT SUBSTITUTIONS ARE NOT ALLOWED.

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

SPEAKERS WHO FAIL TO ADHERE TO THIS RULE WILL BE INTERRUPTED AND INFORMED THAT YOUR COMMENTS ARE OUT OF ORDER.

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GOOD EVENING. I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND THE SPEAKERS THAT YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

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

PLEASE LISTEN CAREFULLY FOR YOUR NAME.

I WILL CALL TWO SPEAKERS AT A TIME.

WE ARE REQUESTING BOTH SPEAKERS TO PLEASE COME STAND AT THE MICROPHONES.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS ETHEL JACKSON, FOLLOWED BY ETHAN WARD.

TO THE STAKEHOLDERS, BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOL NETHEL JACKSON.

I LIVE AT 2851 TOLUCA, DALLAS, TEXAS 75224.

I WANT TO SPEAK TO THE AGENDA ITEM 963 AND 969.

I THOUGHT THE CANDY IN THE HOUSE WAS CLOSED.

WHEN YVONNE GONZALEZ WAS SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOL IN DISD SOME 20 YEARS AGO, HER STAY WAS VERY SHORT, LIVED IN DISD.

TO THE STAKEHOLDER THE CANDY HOUSE IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS 24 SEVEN, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.

JUST LIKE THE 7-ELEVEN STORES.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, YOU TOOK AN OATH TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OVER THE MONEY OF $3.7 BILLION BOND MONEY, AS WELL AS ALL OTHER MONEY THAT RELATE TO THE DISD.

BOARD MEMBER, LET ME GIVE YOU SOME MORE INFORMATION THAT YOU DO NOT KNOW.

YOU ARE THE HEAD OF THIS DISTRICT, NOT THE TAIL.

963, BUILDING A BUILDING ON UTSA WEST LAND IN THE AMOUNT OF $32 MILLION AND A 50 YEAR LEASE.

LET ME ASK EACH ONE OF YOU WOULD YOU BUILD YOUR HOUSE ON SOMEONE ELSE'S LAND? NO. PLEASE STOP MAKING THESE SWEETHEART DEALS.

BUSINESS DEALS WITH RICH WHITE PEOPLE.

IT'S ALL ABOUT MONEY, POWER AND CONTROL FOR THEM.

TELL THEM THE DEAL IS OFF.

THE STAKEHOLDER HAVE TOO MANY QUESTIONS AND YOU DO NOT HAVE THE ANSWER.

9400 NORTH CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY BUILDING WAS PURCHASED FOR $46.5 MILLION IN 2016.

THE DISD GAVE $25 MILLION FOR REPAIR.

AS OF TODAY, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAVE SPENT ON THAT BUILDING.

BOARD ASK YOURSELF, WHY WOULD WE SPEND $1 MILLION TO REMOVE OR REPLACE A WALL? INSANE. A WASTE OF TAXPAYER MONEY.

THE DISD LOST MONEY WHEN THEY SOLD THE 3700 ROSS BUILDING AND TEN LOT FOR ONLY $18 MILLION.

PLEASE SAY NO TO THESE DEALS.

FOR THE RECORD, I ASKED MYSELF OVER AND OVER JOYCE, WHY DO WE KEEP SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY? WILLIE AND JANE LYNCH.

JIM AND SALLY CROW.

I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED FOR 45 YEARS.

THANK YOU MS. JACKSON, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED AND WE HAVE OUR NEXT STEP.

THE SAME AGENDA.

BOARD NOT PRESENT.

WHEN THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONES.

ANTHONY PETERSON FOLLOWED BY LINDA BARRETT.

GOOD EVENING. BOARD OF TRUSTEES, SUPERINTENDENT AND CITIZENS.

FIRST, PLEASE REVIEW MY EVALUATION.

I DID DELIVER IT LAST TIME AND EVIDENTLY IT DIDN'T GET WHERE IT NEEDED TO BE.

IT SHOWS PERSONAL INTEGRITY.

THIS TOPIC I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT EVIDENTLY WAS LAST YEAR, BUT HOPEFULLY IT DON'T CARRY OVER TO THIS YEAR.

AS THE AUTHOR, I WAS ASKED TO EXPLAIN THIS FLIER THAT CAME OUT.

THAT APPEARED TO TROUBLE SOME.

SOME SAID THE LANGUAGE WAS A BIT HARSH AND INSENSITIVE FOR TODAYS TIME.

LET ME BE REAL CLEAR.

THE ONLY WORD ON THIS FLIER THAT NEEDS EXPLANATION IS THE WORD FAIR.

THIS SMALL BUT POWERFUL WORD SEEMS TO BE FOREIGN TO THE CULTURE AND OPERATIONS OF DISD.

BLACK EMPLOYEES THAT SPEAK OUT, ESPECIALLY AT THE BOARD MEETINGS ARE OFTEN TREATED LIKE NEGROES OF THE PAST, NOT PHYSICALLY WHIPPED, BUT PSYCHOLOGICALLY WHIPPED THROUGH RETALIATION PRACTICES.

THAT'S NOT FAIR.

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THAT'S NOT FAIR.

BLACK EMPLOYEES, ESPECIALLY BLACK MEN, ARE OFTEN STEREOTYPED AND TARGETED FOR BEING AGGRESSIVE, RADICAL, HOSTILE AND THE LATEST BULLY.

BLACK EMPLOYEES CONSISTENTLY WRITTEN UP, PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE AND EVENTUALLY TERMINATED UNFAIRLY WITHOUT DUE PROCESS.

WHAT'S REALLY HARSH AND INSENSITIVE IS THE FOLLOWING BLACK DISD EMPLOYEES MAKE UP 95% OF ALL WRITE UPS, GRIEVANCE AND TERMINATION.

AFT AND NEA, WHAT POSITION HAVE YOU GUYS TAKEN REGARDING GROSS MISTREATMENT OF BLACK EMPLOYEES? BLACK EMPLOYEES ARE OFTEN OVERLOOKED FOR BETTER POSITIONS DUE TO THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN AND NOT THE CONTENT OF THEIR CHARACTER.

HUMAN CAPITAL AND EMPLOYEE RELATIONS IS A JOKE.

ETHICALLY UNSOUND AND PRACTICE DISCRIMINATION AGAINST BLACK EMPLOYEES.

COORDINATED AND SUPPORTED BY DISTRICT LEADERS AND THE DISTRICT UNETHICAL AND CORRUPT LEGAL TEAM.

THE EQUITY DEPARTMENT AND PROCESS TO ACHIEVE EQUALITY FOR NON ELITE BLACK EMPLOYEES IS CONSIDERED THE WASTE OF TAXPAYERS DOLLARS AND A JOKE.

BLACK BUS DRIVERS ARE TOLD TO GO HOME IF THEY'RE NOT UNWILLING TO TRANSPORT STUDENTS ON EXTREMELY HOT BUSSES.

AND YES, VIOLENT FIGHTS, DRUGS, BULLETS AND WEAPONS ARE OFTEN DISCOVERED ON OUR SCHOOL BUSSES.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES, IT'S TIME FOR THIS ADMINISTRATION TO ADMIT THAT THE OPERATION AND PRACTICES THEY DIRECT RESEMBLANCE OF NOTHING LESS THAN A SOUTHERN PLANTATION.

YOUR SLAVES, I'M SORRY I MEAN, YOUR BLACK EMPLOYEES NEED THE SAME LEVEL OF RESPECT AND PROCESS IN WHICH TO ACHIEVE EQUALITY AND FAIRNESS.

THANK YOU, MR. PETERSON.

WELL, THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONES.

LINDA BARRETT, FOLLOWED BY JAY HAWKINS.

PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.

HELLO, MY NAME IS LINDA BARRON AND I WANT TO TALK TO YOU CONCERNING THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AT LONGVIEW SERVICE CENTER.

THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY.

WHEN DISD TOOK OVER THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT A FEW YEARS AGO, I SPOKE HERE AT THE BOARD MEETING THANKING YOU ON BEHALF OF THE RAIDERS OF THE CDL DRIVERS, AND WE ASK THAT YOU ALSO GIVE THE MONITORS AND THE MP DRIVERS RAISES, WHICH YOU DID, AND WE THANK YOU.

WHEN LEAVING THAT BOARD MEETING DURING THAT TIME I HAD MANAGERS AND UPPER CLASS PEOPLE.

THEY SHOOK MY HAND AND CONGRATULATED ME AND THANKED ME FOR EXPRESSING THOSE CONCERNS.

AND SO THEN IN 2021, YOU HAD A CHANGE OF LEADERSHIP AT THE LAWNVIEW SERVICE CENTER.

AND I SPOKE HERE AT THE BOARD BETWEEN 22 AND 23 ABOUT SOME CONCERNS AND PROBLEMS AT LAWNVIEW SERVICE CENTER HAD AND THEN A GROUP OF PEOPLE PLOTTED AGAINST ME BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, NOT REALIZING THAT THE GOD THAT I SERVE WAS RIGHT THERE IN THAT ROOM WITH THEM WHEN THEY WERE PLOTTING AGAINST ME.

AND SO THE THING IS, IS THAT I WAS RETALIATED ON JULY THE 18TH JUST BECAUSE I BROUGHT SOME ISSUES TO THE BOARD HERE DURING 22 AND 23. AND SO THE LEADERSHIP OF LAWNVIEW, THEY TALK DOWN TO THE DRIVERS AT LAWNVIEW SERVICE CENTER, TOLD THEM THAT THIS IS WHY YOU DON'T HAVE A DEGREE, WHICH HE FORGOT HE DIDN'T HAVE A DEGREE WHEN HE TALKED TO THOSE DRIVERS LIKE THAT.

SO WE GOT DRIVERS AT LAWNVIEW DRIVING BUSSES AT 108 AND 110 DEGREES.

PEOPLE HAVE BEEN FALLING OUT.

AND IT'S NOT JUST TEN BUSSES, IT'S MOST OF THE BUSSES AT LAWNVIEW.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I HAVE A I SERVE A GOD THAT IS TRUE AND WILLING, AND HE'S IN THIS ROOM WITH ME RIGHT NOW.

SO I'M NOT AFRAID.

BUT I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

I THANK THE LAWNVIEW SERVICE CENTER FOR ALL FOR THEM STEPPING UP AND COMING OUT BECAUSE THIS IS WRONG.

I THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

WOULD JAY HAWKINS AND ELIZABETH FERRIS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.

JAY HAWKINS AND ELIZABETH FERRIS.

JAY HAWKINS AND ELIZABETH FERRIS NOT PRESENT.

OKAY.

ELIZABETH FERRIS, DISD SPED MEMBER AND TEACHER AND AFT MEMBER.

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I HOPE YOU HEARD THE CHEERS FROM THE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS WITH THIS DECISION.

ON ANOTHER NOTE THOUGH, THIS SUMMER I WORKED AT A SCHOOL THAT RECEIVED NOTICE THAT THEY HAD BEEN DESIGNATED A HIGH PRIORITY CAMPUS.

WHILE THE TEACHERS WERE DISAPPOINTED AT THE LOSS, THERE WAS EXCITEMENT OVER THE WINDFALL OF STIPENDS TO BE PAID TO THESE TEACHERS FOR BECOMING HPC.

TEACHERS IN OUR DISTRICT HAVE VIEWED THE HPC PROCESS WITH INCREDULITY.

MANY HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF IT, THOUGH, PLANNING TO STAY AT THOSE SCHOOLS ONLY AS LONG AS THE MONEY IS PAID.

INSTEAD OF DEVELOPING A SYSTEM WHERE HIGH PERFORMING CAMPUSES AND TEACHERS WERE INCENTIVIZED AND CREATING A PATH FOR LOW PERFORMING CAMPUSES TO RECEIVE INCENTIVES.

AS A DISTRICT, WE ARE SEEMINGLY INCENTIVIZING LOW STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.

OVER THE PAST YEAR, EDUCATION WEEK HAS REPORTED ON RESEARCH COMPLETED, ANALYZING INCENTIVE PAY FOR TEACHERS REPORT PRESENT FINDINGS FROM 20 YEARS OF INCENTIVE PROGRAMS. IN A NUTSHELL, PAYING INCENTIVES CAN GET TEACHERS TO COME TO A CAMPUS.

PAY FOR PERFORMANCE DOES NOT ATTRACT TEACHERS, BUT CAN WEED OUT INEFFECTIVE TEACHERS SOMETIMES.

OVERALL, THERE'S BEEN GROWTH IN STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT WITH EFFECTIVE TEACHERS, BUT WHEN COMPARISONS ARE MADE BETWEEN CAMPUSES WHO RECEIVE INCENTIVE PAY AND THOSE WHO DO NOT RECEIVE INCENTIVE PAY, THERE IS NO DIFFERENTIAL IN STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.

IN ESSENCE, INCENTIVE PAY DOES NOT ENSURE INCREASED TO STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.

IN OUR DISTRICT AND MAY EVEN BE A DETERRENT IF A CAMPUS MOVES OUT OF A LOW PERFORMING DESIGNATION WHICH ANOTHER EDUCATION WEEK ARTICLE SPOTLIGHTED DALLAS.

THE STIPENDS GO AWAY, AND SO DO THE EXPERIENCED TEACHERS WHO COME FOR THE MONEY.

AS THE ARTICLE REPORTED, THOSE CAMPUSES RETURNED TO LOW PERFORMING STATUS.

WE NEED TO CHANGE HOW WE COMPENSATE OUR TEACHERS.

WE ARE PENALIZING HIGH PERFORMING TEACHERS AND CAMPUSES TO INCENTIVIZE LOW STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.

WHAT INCENTIVE DOES A TEACHER ON AN HPC CAMPUS REALLY HAVE TO MOVE STUDENTS ON UP WHEN THEY WILL LOSE THEIR STIPENDS? AND TO BE CLEAR, ALL THE TEACHERS WORK AS HARD AS THEY KNOW HOW, HBC OR NOT.

THE ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE HAVE REPORTED OVER THE LAST DECADE ON THE DECLINE OF PROFESSIONALS ENTERING THE EDUCATION, PREDICTING SHORTFALLS BY 2024 THAT HAVE BECOME A REALITY. THE TRENDS REPORTED BY THESE ORGANIZATIONS ARE PREDICTED THAT BY 2030 WE WILL EXPERIENCE UP TO A 50% SHORTAGE OF TEACHERS WITH SPECIAL EDUCATION EXPERIENCING 90 TO 100% SHORTAGES OF TEACHERS.

OUR DISTRICT MUST START DOING THINGS DIFFERENTLY TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN TEACHERS.

I KNOW EVERYONE IS PROUD OF THE THOUSANDS OF APPLICATIONS THAT CAME IN THIS YEAR, BUT WE STILL HAVE SHORTAGES AND MANY OF THOSE TEACHERS HAVE COME FOR THE HUGE STIPENDS THAT WERE PROMOTED. AND THOSE TEACHERS COMING FOR THE MONEY, AS ONE SAID, ARE HERE FOR AS LONG AS THE STIPENDS LAST.

ONCE THE MONEY RUNS OUT, SO WILL THEY.

IF WE WANT TO RETAIN TEACHERS, WE MUST ELIMINATE THE PAY FOR PERFORMANCE THAT DOES NOT RECRUIT OR RETAIN TEACHERS AND IS ESTABLISHED A CULTURE OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.

WE MUST CHANGE THE WAY WE PAY STIPENDS FOR INCENTIVES AND YES, PAY THE TIA MONEY TO THE PEOPLE WHO EARNED IT AND INTEGRITY SAYS PAY BACK WHAT WAS STOLEN FROM THEM.

WE NEED TO BE LEADERS IN HOW EDUCATION IS DONE AND HOW TEACHERS ARE COMPENSATED.

WE SHOULD NOT HAVE COMPENSATION SYSTEMS THAT BAFFLE YOUR TEACHERS AND REASONABLE PROFESSIONALS IN THE COMMUNITY.

DR. ELIZALDE, YOU ARE BRINGING POSITIVE CHANGES TO THIS DISTRICT.

THANK YOU. PLEASE TURN YOUR EYE AND ENERGY ON THIS AREA AND FIX IT.

THE FUTURE OF OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR CHILDREN MIGHT JUST HANG IN THE BALANCE.

THANK YOU FOR MY HEART FOR THE CHANGES IN TESTING LESSON PLANS AND ALL..

YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

JAY HAWKINS, FOLLOWED BY TODD ROZELL.

PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.

YES. I'M JAY HAWKINS.

I WORK AT PAT RAINEY, SPECIAL ED MONITOR.

AND TO BEGIN, FIRST PICK UP ONE FRIDAY EVENING, MAY THE 5TH.

OF TO PICK UP.

I REMEMBER PICKING UP THE KIDS, WHICH MY DRIVER WAS GETTING THEM ON AND THE LAST THING I REMEMBER IS PICKING THEM UP.

SHE STARTED TO GO TO THE LAST RUN.

ON THAT RUN.

I REMEMBER AWAKENING WITH A NURSE THAT HAD BEEN CALLED TO COME OUT OF CARTER HIGH SCHOOL TO LOOK AFTER ME. I WAS OUT.

I PASSED OUT BECAUSE OF THE HEAT.

IT WASN'T NO AIR ON THE BUS.

BUT WHEN WHEN I CAME TO MYSELF, I NOTICED THAT THE NURSE WAS PACKING ICE ON MY BACK AND ANOTHER NURSE CAME AND WAS HELPING HER.

THEY WERE TRYING TO GET ME TO DRINK WATER.

I COULDN'T HOLD WATER, BUT I WAS IN PAIN.

ALSO CHEST PAINS.

AND THEY HAD A CALLED AMBULANCE.

THEY SAID THEY DID, BUT THE AMBULANCE NEVER CAME.

BUT THANK GOD FOR THE NURSE THAT DID.

SHE HAD JUST GOT OFF.

SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE WAS OFF DUTY, BUT SHE CAME ON OUT TO THE BUS AND THIS IS WHAT THEY WAS TELLING ME.

I DIDN'T KNOW THIS, BUT BECAUSE OF HER TODAY, I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE SHE REVIVED ME.

AND BECAUSE THEY CALL THE AMBULANCE, THE AMBULANCE NEVER DID COME.

I WAS LATE GETTING TO THE HOSPITAL ABOUT FIVE SOMETHING THAT EVENING, AND WE USUALLY GET OVER TO CARTER ABOUT 4:00 THAT EVENING. BUT THE AMBULANCE NEVER DID COME.

BUT THEY WAS TELLING ME ON THE BUS THAT MY DRIVER HADN'T GOT ANY, YOU KNOW,

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I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY WEREN'T LETTING HER TAKE ME TO THE HOSPITAL.

AND METHODIST HOSPITAL IS ABOUT TWO MILES UP THE STREET AND THAT'S ALL SHE HAD TO DO.

BUT WOULDN'T NOBODY GIVE HER ANY PERMISSION TO TAKE ME TO THE HOSPITAL? AND I'M THE ONE THAT WAS SUFFERING ON THE BUS.

AND AFTER THAT, THEY FINALLY REVIVED ME.

AND THEN THERE THEY WAS, TRYING TO GET ME TO CALL MY WIFE.

I COULDN'T DO NONE OF THAT.

I TRIED, BUT I WASN'T STABLE.

BUT THEY STILL HADN'T GAVE MY DRIVER PERMISSION TO TAKE ME TO THE HOSPITAL TWO MILES AWAY.

WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT? NOW I'M SUFFERING BEHIND IT BECAUSE OF THE HEAT LIKE STROKE AND DEHYDRATION, ALL OF THAT.

THAT CAUSES A HEAT STROKE.

BUT NOW I'M THE ONE SUFFERING.

NOW, EVEN MY BOSS DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HOW THEY HAD TOOK ME TO THE HOSPITAL, BUT MY DRIVER HAD BEEN TALKING TO SOMEONE.

I KNOW WHEN YOU TALK ON THAT ON THAT BUS MIC, EVERYBODY THAT'S DRIVING BUSSES CAN HEAR THE ONE THAT'S TALKING.

BUT THANK YOU, MISS.

MR. HAWKINS, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

WHEN THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.

TODD ROSELLE, FOLLOWED BY CYNTHIA BRYANT.

HELLO, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

MY NAME IS TODD ROSELLE AND I'M THE FOUNDER AND OWNER OF FAST FINS.

FAST FINS IS A SWIM LESSON PROVIDER.

AND WE ALSO HAVE A COMPETITIVE CLUB SWIM TEAM LOCATED IN DALLAS, TEXAS, CALLED FAST FINS ELITE.

I'M HERE TODAY TO REQUEST REDUCING YOUR POOL RENTAL COSTS AT THE WHITE LAKE NATATORIUM, AND IN TURN, HOW WE CAN HELP DISD IF APPROVED, THE FAST FINS ELITE TEAM PROGRAM STARTED ABOUT 18 MONTHS AGO, AND WE NOW HAVE GROWN OVER TO 100 YOUNG ATHLETES ON OUR SWIM TEAM PROGRAM AGES 6 TO 13 YEARS OLD.

WE ARE A USA REGISTERED SWIM CLUB AND WE ARE ALSO SPONSORED BY TYR SWIM APPAREL.

WE HAVE SEVERAL SWIMMERS THAT ARE TOP 50 IN THE STATE AND SOME THAT ARE TOP 100 IN THE NATION.

WE ARE GROWING SWIM TEAM PROGRAM.

THERE IS AN ENORMOUS CHALLENGE OF FINDING AVAILABLE AND AFFORDABLE POOL SPACE IN THE AREA.

ON PAGE TWO OF MY HANDOUT, I'VE LISTED AND HIGHLIGHTED OTHER ISD PROGRAMS AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS SUCH AS GREENHILL ACADEMY, CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD, MCKINNEY AND GARLAND ISD, WHICH RANGE BETWEEN $72 TO $100 PER HOUR FOR A SIX LANE POOL.

THE COST FOR A DALLAS ISD POOL RENTAL IS $225 PER HOUR FOR A SIX LANE POOL, WHICH IS TWO AND A HALF TO THREE TIMES AS EXPENSIVE THAN OTHER COMPARABLE POOLS IN THE METROPLEX.

OTHER NATATORIUM ARE ALSO MUCH NEWER AND UPDATED THAN THE WHITE ROCK, LAKE NATATORIUM AND ALSO OTHER DISD NATATORIUM.

SO HOW CAN I HELP DISD? THE WHITE ROCK LAKE POOL IS CENTRAL AND CONVENIENT FOR A MAJORITY OF OUR SWIMMERS ON OUR TEAM.

98% OF OUR SWIMMERS LIVE IN THE DISD SCHOOL DISTRICT AND OUR SWIMMERS AND THEIR SUCCESS WOULD GREATLY IMPACT THE DISD SWIM PROGRAM.

IF THE NATATORIUM RENTAL COSTS WERE REDUCED TO OTHER COMPARABLE RATES, WE WOULD EXPECT TO SPEND $1,100 A MONTH THROUGH 2023, AND WITH OUR PROJECTED GROWTH, WE WOULD EXPECT TO SPEND OVER $2,500 A MONTH, THE FIRST HALF OF 2024, TOTALING OVER $15,000 IN NEWLY GENERATED REVENUE FOR DISD.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING LOWERING YOUR NATATORIUM RENTAL RATES AND HELPING OUR SWIM TEAM GROW.

THANK YOU. WOULD THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.

CYNTHIA BRYANT FOLLOWED BY [INAUDIBLE] LONDON.

MISS BRYANT, YOU CAN START SPEAKING.

MY NAME IS CYNTHIA BRYANT.

I RETURNED TO LONG FOR THE 2022-23 SCHOOL YEAR PREPARED TO TEACH INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMING AND TOUCH SYSTEM DATA ENTRY AS I HAD DONE THE PREVIOUS YEAR, ONLY TO LEARN THAT ANOTHER TEACHER HAD BEEN ASSIGNED TO TEACH ONE OF MY CLASSES.

WHILE I WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE CHANGE PRIOR TO MY RETURN, ANOTHER EMPLOYEE TOLD ME THAT AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL FROM ANOTHER CAMPUS APPRIZED HER OF THE CHANGE OVER THE SUMMER.

ON APRIL 14TH, AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT LONG VISITED MY ROOM UNANNOUNCED AT THE END OF THE LAST CLASS PERIOD, DEFENSIVELY STOOD OVER ME WITH HER ARMS FOLDED ACROSS HER CHEST WHILE I WAS STILL SEATED AT MY DESK AND STERNLY TOLD ME, YOU NEED TO GO SEE THE PRINCIPAL.

IN PROTEST I STATED, THE DAY IS OVER AND I'M ON MY WAY HOME.

IN RESPONSE, SHE SNAPPED, NO, YOU NEED TO GO SEE THE PRINCIPAL.

SHE SILENTLY FOLLOWED CLOSELY BEHIND ME AS I PROCEEDED TO THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE, WHERE HE PRESENTED ME WITH A LETTER OF A LETTER FOR MY ACCESS POSITION AT LONG CREATED WITHOUT MY KNOWLEDGE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE JUNE 1ST DEADLINE STIPULATED IN MY ACCESS LETTER.

I APPLIED FOR GENERAL EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS, COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS AND TWO BUSINESS TEACHER POSITIONS ON MAY 25TH, 2023.

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ALTERNATIVELY, I WAS ASSIGNED TO MARIA MORENO STEM ACADEMY ON AUGUST 18TH AS A FIFTH GRADE READING TEACHER, A POSITION CHOSEN BY HR IN WHICH I'VE NEVER EXPRESSED AN INTEREST AND AM BEING FORCED TO ACCEPT.

I HAVE VERIFIED THAT THE POSITIONS FOR WHICH I APPLIED IN MAY ARE STILL VACANT AND AVAILABLE AT CAREER SOUTH INSTITUTE, CARTER AND KIMBALL, RESPECTIVELY.

FURTHER, I'M HIGHLY QUALIFIED TO TEACH THESE POSITIONS AND THEY ARE COMPATIBLE WITH MY MAJOR AREA OF STUDIES AND EXPERIENCE.

IN RESOLUTION, I SIMPLY ASK THAT YOU ASSIGN ME TO ONE OF THE POSITIONS MORE COMPATIBLE WITH MY QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE. SECONDLY, RESTORE MY LEAVE I'VE BEEN FORCED TO USE IN PURSUIT OF RESOLUTION TO THIS MATTER.

AND AS MUCH AS TWO HR REPRESENTATIVES HAVE INFORMED ME THAT ONCE I REPORT TO MY ASSIGNED SCHOOL, I'M LOCKED IN.

AND ANOTHER HAS TOLD ME THAT SHE BLATANTLY REFUSES TO CHANGE MY ASSIGNMENT FOR VARIOUS REASONS.

I HAVE BEEN ENTRAPPED AND I WILL APPRECIATE RECEIVING YOUR IMMEDIATE DECISION SO THAT I CAN REPORT TO WORK IN A MORE FEASIBLE POSITION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

WILL THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.

LACOYA LONDON, FOLLOWED BY BRITTANY LAWRENCE.

HELLO. HOW ARE Y'ALL DOING? I'M LACOYA LONDON.

HOW ARE YOU DOING MISS FOREMAN? I'M BACK. I'M HERE ABOUT FRANK GUZICK.

IT'S AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT I HAVE SEEN TO BE WORSE THAN JAY AND ERVIN.

THEY LAST YEAR AT THE END OF THE YEAR, EIGHT YEAR OLD GOT JUMPED BY THREE LITTLE KIDS ON THE PLAYGROUND.

AND. I MEAN, THERE WAS NO NOTHING REALLY DONE.

YOU KNOW, THE LADY SAID THE PRINCIPAL SAID SHE WAS GOING TO SEPARATE THE KIDS.

THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

I HAD A MEETING WITH HER AT THE END OF THE YEAR WITH THE PARENT.

SHE'S ALSO MY COUSIN'S KID.

THIS LITTLE GIRL IS GETTING BULLIED BECAUSE SHE'S OVERWEIGHT.

YOU KNOW, SHE'S EIGHT YEARS OLD.

SHE'S 100 AND SOME POUNDS.

I MEAN, BUT THE POINT IS, SHE'S GETTING BULLIED SAYING SHE'S FAT, SAYING SHE'S COCKEYED.

WE HAD TO GO GET HER SEEN BY METRO CARE BECAUSE SHE WANTED TO KILL HERSELF ONE DAY BECAUSE THESE THREE KIDS JUMPED HER.

ONE HAPPENED TO BE A LITTLE BOY.

AND DISD POLICE CAME AND SAID, WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING, MR. LONDON, BECAUSE THEY GOT TO BE OVER TEN YEARS OLD.

YOU GOT TO SEND THEM HOME.

YOU GOT TO DO SOMETHING. MAMA CAN'T WORK THAT DAY.

IT IS WHAT IT IS.

THE SAME LITTLE KID IS DOING THE SAME THING THIS YEAR, THE SAME YOUNG MAN, FOURTH GRADE NOW.

I MEAN THIRD GRADE NOW.

AND DOING THE SAME THING.

ACTUALLY, SECOND GRADE.

THIS IS SECOND GRADERS.

SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW.

DR. D CAN'T GET HER STUFF TOGETHER, GET A NEW ADMINISTRATION IF SHE CAN'T HANDLE IT.

SHE'S YOUNG, BUT SHE'S TRYING.

AND THE TEAM SHE HAD AROUND HER.

I SEE THE LADY, THE OTHER ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL LEFT.

SHE WASN'T A PART OF HER TEAM.

IT IS WHAT IT IS.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

WHEN I CAME THERE, THEY WAS, LIKE, SCARED.

AND THEY WAS LIKE MISS LONDON HERE, MISS LONDON HERE.

IT'S NOT ABOUT THAT. IT'S ABOUT A KID BEING BULLIED.

A KID WANTED TO KILL HERSELF LAST YEAR AND SHE'S GOING THROUGH IT AGAIN THIS YEAR.

WE ARE AT THE I MEAN, I'M ABOUT TO TAKE HER TO DUNCANVILLE.

I LIVE IN DUNCANVILLE NOW.

I'M ALMOST TELLING HER, MAMA, HEY, YOU WANT ME TO KEEP HER? AND YOU GET ON THE WEEKENDS AND I LET HER COME TO SCHOOL IN DUNCANVILLE BECAUSE I REALLY THINK THAT SHE WOULDN'T GO THROUGH THIS.

BUT I HAVE ASKED DR.

D TO DO SOMETHING, SHE SAID.

I TALKED TO HER TODAY, THIS MORNING, MONDAY.

I HAD TO GET SECURITY THERE BECAUSE THIS BABY WENT TO A PARTY IN GARLAND.

BUT THE THE PAPERS WERE PASSED OUT IN FRANK GUZICK AND THE PARTY WAS AT A SISTER'S HOUSE SWIM PARTY.

THE KIDS WAS DUNKING HER.

THE ADULTS WAS MARKING THIS BABY BULLYING AND THIS BABY.

THEY GAVE EVERYBODY A BAG OF CANDY AND GAVE HER A BOX OF CANDY.

SO THAT'S BS, MAN.

I'M SORRY, DR.

D GOT TO GO.

IT IS WHAT IT IS. YOU NEED SOME ADMINISTRATORS THAT KNOW HOW TO HANDLE THE KIDS.

SHE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

SHE EXPLAINED TO ME THIS MORNING SHE WAS GOING TO DO SOMETHING, BUT I HAD DISD THERE MONDAY BECAUSE THE FAMILY WANTED TO BEAT UP A EIGHT YEAR OLD.

A ONE YEAR OLD WAS IN THE HOSPITAL GETTING HIS STOMACH PUMPED BECAUSE ADULTS DIDN'T WATCH THEM KIDS.

I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THE EIGHT YEAR OLD HURT THAT BABY, I SAID THE ADULT DID.

AND I'VE BEEN GETTING TEXTS EVERY DAY NOW.

I GOT DALLAS POLICE INVOLVED YOUR TIME.

Y'ALL GOT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT FRANK GUZICK.

BRITTANY LAWRENCE AND CHRIS GODSKI.

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AND FIRST I'D LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD FOR ALLOWING ME TO ADVOCATE FOR NOT ONLY MY CHILDREN, BUT FOR ONE OF THE MARGINALIZED GROUPS THAT I HAVE NOT SEEN REPRESENTED IN ANY OF THE REPORTS TODAY FOR THE SPECIAL EDUCATION CHILDREN.

IN APRIL OF 2019, OUR FAMILY WELCOMED OUR THIRD CHILD.

ALL CHILDREN BRING CHANGE.

BUT LENNY BROUGHT AN EXTRA CHROMOSOME.

LENNY'S DIAGNOSIS WITH DOWN SYNDROME REVEALED A NEW EMPHASIS ON OUR SCHOOLING NEEDS.

AND I'M NO STRANGER TO SPECIALIZED NEEDS.

MY OLDEST HAS A NEUROPATHIC CLUBFOOT.

AND YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT MY DAUGHTER, NEEDING A WHEELCHAIR FOR HER SCHOOL WAS AKIN TO ASKING THE SCHOOL IF SHE COULD RIDE A ROCKET SHIP TO CLASS.

SUFFICE TO SAY, I DIDN'T HAVE A HIGH OPINION OF THE TRUSTWORTHINESS OF THE SPECIAL EDUCATION SYSTEM, BY THE TIME MY DAUGHTER WAS READY TO START SCHOOL.

BEFORE MY DAUGHTER'S INITIAL EVALUATION, I WAS TOLD SHE SHOULD BE IN A SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSROOM.

I BELIEVE SHE'D FIND MORE SUCCESS IN A GENERAL EDUCATION SETTING AND WAS TOLD THAT PERHAPS I WAS HAVING A HARD TIME ADJUSTING TO MY DAUGHTER'S DIAGNOSIS.

NOT ONLY WAS THAT TACTLESS AND SHOULD NEVER BE SAID TO ANY PARENT OF A CHILD WITH A WITH A SPECIAL NEED, I AM VERY MUCH NOT BLIND TO MY CHILD'S DIAGNOSIS.

IN FACT, QUITE THE OPPOSITE.

I ASKED TO RESUME THE CONVERSATION UPON COMPLETION OF HER EVALUATION, AND I WAS RIGHT.

LENNY WAS PLACED IN A COLLABORATIVE CLASS AT HARLEY EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER, A NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL WHERE THE TEACHERS ARE INCREDIBLE.

EVEN WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF A BROKEN SYSTEM, THEY'VE MANAGED TO PUT TOGETHER WAYS TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEIR VERBAL STUDENTS.

HARLEY IS A GEM IN THIS CITY, BUT I WILL SAY AFTER LENNY GRADUATES OUT OF THE SECOND GRADE, I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE WILL GO.

HARLEY FIGHTS TO GET THE SERVICES CHILDREN NEEDS SOMETHING A LOT OF TEACHERS SIMPLY AREN'T TRAINED TO DO AND ADMINISTRATION SIMPLY DON'T CARE TO DO.

IN MOST OTHER DISD SCHOOLS, PARENTS AND CHILDREN ARE LEFT BEHIND DAILY.

AND AS A MOM AND SOMEONE WHO HAS BECOME A STUDENT OF ADVOCACY, I WOULD VENTURE I KNOW MORE ABOUT THE LAWS AND SYSTEMS PUT IN PLACE FOR OUR SCHOOLS REGARDING SPECIAL EDUCATION THAN A MAJORITY OF ADMINISTRATIVE STAFFS, AND THE INCREDIBLE FAILURE OF THE DISTRICT TO EVEN PRETEND TO ACCOMMODATE STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND THEIR FAMILIES IS NOTHING LESS THAN INFURIATING.

I HAVE HEARD FROM MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS THROUGHOUT MY RESEARCH ABOUT THE REASSIGNMENT OF NEEDED SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS FOR THINGS SUCH AS SUBSTITUTES.

I SAW A DALLAS MORNING NEWS STORY ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO TOUTING THE CELEBRATION OF FEWER TEACHER VACANCIES.

BUT WHEN YOU CLICKED ON THE STORY, YOU SOON REALIZED THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE OPEN POSITIONS ARE HARD TO STAFF AREAS LIKE SPECIAL EDUCATION, MATH AND BILINGUAL CLASSES.

I FEEL LIKE ANY SORT OF CELEBRATION FALLS SHORT WHEN YOUR MOST VULNERABLE ARE LEFT TO SCRAMBLE.

THE DISD WEBSITE IS INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE AND I SPEND SO MUCH OF MY ADVOCACY TIME JUST HELPING PARENTS FIND THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO TALK TO.

I LOVE HELPING, BUT IT IS THE DISTRICT'S RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE ALL OF ITS CHILDREN ARE TREATED WITH RESPECT AND GIVEN ACCESS NOT ONLY TO THEIR MANDATED FREE EDUCATION BUT NEEDED SPECIALIZED CARE PLAN.

YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

WILL, THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.

CHRIS GORSKI FOLLOWED BY ROBERT CECCARELLI.

CHRIS GORSKI.

NOT PRESENT. ROBERT CECCARELLI, FOLLOWED BY ROSEMARY KURTZ.

PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.

MISS SUPERINTENDENT. TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT THE TEST SCORES.

HOUSTON HAD A 26 ON THE ACT.

DISD HAS A 16.

WHY DON'T YOU TELL IT STRAIGHT AND TELL EVERYBODY THE REAL TRUTH, OKAY? INSTEAD OF INSTEAD OF SAYING WHAT YOU WANT TO SAY, THOSE SCORES STINK IN THE ACT OKAY. PLEASE BE MAKE SURE YOU TELL IT THE WHOLE TRUTH.

NOW, WHAT I'M GOING TO TALK TONIGHT IS MISS NUTTALL AND MARY WILLARD AND MISS SUPERINTENDENT AND THE SCOREBOARD PRESIDENT.

OKAY. MISS NUTTALL CAME TO ME IN JUNE AND TOLD ME MARY WILLARD WAS OUT AT MADISON.

15 MINUTES LATER, A GIRL COMES UP, A STUDENT, AND SHE SAYS THIS HERE, LISTEN UP, PEOPLE.

I NEED YOUR HELP.

YOU WILL BE LIKE YOUR MOTHER.

YOU'LL BE LYING ON YOUR BACK.

DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS? OKAY. YEAH.

CHECK THIS OUT. MARY WILLARD IS BACK IN MADISON.

I GOT TO TELL YOU, MR. SOROLA, PLEASE.

VERY WELL, MR. CICCIARELLI, PLEASE REFRAIN FROM SAYING THE ADMINISTRATOR'S NAME.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

I'M JUST. OKAY, LISTEN UP, PLEASE.

MISS ELIZADE, IF YOU TRY TO TRY TO TAKE CARE OF MANY, WILL THE PERSON TO YOUR RIGHT.

SIR, FIRE, SIR, IF YOU DO IT AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO CUT THE MIC.

PLEASE, JUST PICK ANOTHER NAME.

DON'T. DON'T SAY ANYTHING. HE HAS A FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT.

SIR, IT'S NOT YOUR TURN TO SPEAK.

I'M JUST SAYING TO YOU IS SHE'S BACK IN MADISON.

NETTLES WAS SO SURE SHE WOULD BE GONE.

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YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD BIG HEADACHES WITH MISTER, MISTER HENRY AND EVERYBODY ELSE.

SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT.

YOU SAID TO MARY WILLARD THAT SHE SHOULD SAY MY NAME, BUT OKAY.

REFRAIN FROM ANY STAFF, EDUCATOR, ADMINISTRATOR.

THAT'S THE LAST ONE.

YOU KNOW ME. I TELL THE TRUTH.

OKAY? PLEASE LET ME TALK.

BECAUSE THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW THIS.

I WANT EVERYBODY TO LISTEN TO THE VIDEO 2023.

SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.

HER NAME IS KOMORA HOWARD, THREE MINUTES.

YOU'D BE STUNNED AND RIVETED AND SHOCKED.

WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT MARIAN WILLARD.

I WANT EVERYBODY TO LISTEN TO IT.

AND ONLY WAY I CAN GET IT.

MR. CICCIARELLI, OKAY.

I'VE ASKED YOU TWICE. THAT'S ENOUGH.

THANK YOU. WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT MOST MARY.

GO TO THE NEXT. I'VE ASKED YOU 3 OR 4 TIMES.

BYNUM. WILL THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.

ROSEMARY KURTZ FOLLOWED BY TELICIA BYDUM.

ROSEMARY KURTZ, YOU MAY BEGIN SPEAKING.

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

THIS YEAR, THE SUPERINTENDENT ANNOUNCED AN END TO TEACHING TO THE TEST AND EXCESSIVE LESSON PLANS FOR MY GEOMETRY CLASS.

THIS MEANT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CARNEGIE LEARNING, WHICH GIVES US LESSON PLANS, ASSIGNMENTS, ASSESSMENTS AND MORE.

AND WE'VE BEEN TOLD WE NEED TO IMPLEMENT THE CARNEGIE LESSONS WITH FIDELITY AND SHOULDN'T EVER BE MORE THAN A COUPLE OF DAYS BEHIND THE CARNEGIE PACING.

IMPLEMENTING THE LESSONS WITH FIDELITY PROVED TO BE A CHALLENGE WHEN THE FIRST DAY'S LESSON CALLED FOR THE STUDENTS TO USE A PROTRACTOR IN MY CLASSROOM HAS NO PROTRACTORS.

THE NEXT LESSON CALLED FOR STUDENTS TO LEARN HOW TO USE A COMPASS, AND MY CLASSROOM HAS NO COMPASSES.

THE FOLLOWING FEW LESSONS CONTINUE TO MAKE USE OF THESE MATERIALS, BUT MY STUDENTS COULDN'T.

WE'RE SUPPOSED TO SUPPLEMENT OUR LESSONS BY HAVING STUDENTS WORK WITH AN ONLINE PROGRAM CALLED MATHEA.

BUT MY SCHOOL HASN'T RECEIVED ENOUGH COMPUTERS FROM THE DISTRICT YET.

BUT I'M NOT HERE TO RAIL AGAINST CARNEGIE OR THE IDEA OF GIVING US PRE-MADE LESSONS.

I DO HAVE SOME ISSUES WITH THE CURRICULUM AND IT CAN FEEL RESTRICTIVE, BUT I KNOW THAT NO CURRICULUM IS GOING TO BE PERFECT, AND I KNOW THAT NO NEW ROLLOUT OF A NEW INITIATIVE WILL BE PERFECT. I'M HERE IN HOPES OF HEADING OFF WHAT I SEE AS A POTENTIAL FRUSTRATION DOWN THE ROAD.

WHEN THERE ARE ISSUES WITH THE ROLLOUT, BOTH LOGISTICAL AND JUST IN THE FORM OF TEACHERS AND STUDENTS ADJUSTING, IT CAN IMPACT THE RESULTS OF THE INITIATIVE, AT LEAST PROBABLY IN THE FIRST YEAR, WHICH AGAIN IS PREDICTABLE AND NOT THE END OF THE WORLD.

BUT THE THING THAT GETS MY COLLEAGUES AND ME FEELING DOWN AND FRUSTRATED IS THIS TERRIBLE SENSE OF FOREBODING AS WE WAIT FOR US TO BE BLAMED WHEN THE RESULTS AREN'T THE SPECTACULAR MIRACLES THE DISTRICT WANTS TO SEE RIGHT AWAY.

THIS HAPPENS AGAIN AND AGAIN.

ADJUSTING TO TOTALLY NEW METHODS OF APPROACHING A SUBJECT TAKE TIME FOR BOTH TEACHERS AND STUDENTS.

EARLIER THIS WEEK, MY DEPARTMENT GOT TO SPEAK WITH THE CARNEGIE REP ASSIGNED TO OUR SCHOOL.

SHE WAS NICE AND KNOWLEDGEABLE.

WHEN ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES WAS LAYING OUT TO HER THE CRITIQUES HE HAD WITH THE CURRICULUM AND HOW HIS STUDENTS WERE RESPONDING.

SHE TOLD HIM IT WOULD JUST TAKE TIME AS WE RETRAINED THE KIDS ON HOW TO THINK AND DISCOVER, HE SAID SOMETHING LIKE, YEAH, THAT SOUNDS GREAT, BUT MY PAY IS BASED ON THEIR TEST SCORES NOW.

WHEN THE SUPERINTENDENT ANNOUNCED THAT TEACHING TO THE TEST WAS OVER, I WAS EXCITED, THINKING WE MUST BE TRANSITIONING TO A FAIR AND EQUITABLE EVALUATION SYSTEM.

BUT NO, OUR PAY IS STILL BASED ON TEST SCORES.

WE'RE JUST TOLD NOT TO THINK ABOUT THAT ANYMORE I GUESS.

I'D LOVE TO NOT TEACH TO THE TEST TO BE ABLE TO TAKE MY TIME HELPING KIDS RELEARN HOW TO THINK AND DISCOVER, BUT SIMPLY TELLING US TO STOP TEACHING TO THE TEST ARE MAKING IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR US TO DO SO WHEN OUR LIVELIHOODS ARE VERY DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THESE SAME TEST RESULTS YOU'RE TELLING US TO NOT FOCUS ON IS NAIVE AT BEST, INSENSITIVE AND WILLFULLY IGNORANT AT WORST.

I TRULY BELIEVE THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS THE BEST OF INTENTIONS.

I BELIEVE THAT SHE WANTS TO CUT TEACHERS WORKLOAD AND SHE WANTS TO END TEACHING TO THE TEST.

I DON'T KNOW IF SHE PERSONALLY REALIZES THAT TEACHING TO THE TEST WILL NEVER END AS LONG AS TEI IS IN PLACE.

BUT EVEN IF SHE DOES, SHE CAN'T CHANGE IT AS LONG AS THE SCHOOL BOARD DOESN'T CARE.

I ALSO TRULY BELIEVE THAT THE CARNEGIE CURRICULUM WAS SENT TO HELP US.

AND MAYBE IT CAN EVENTUALLY.

BUT IN THE MEANTIME, I DREAD THE LACK OF GRACE TEACHERS WILL RECEIVE AS WE GO THROUGH GROWING PAINS WHILE LEARNING CARNEGIE OR THE OTHER MATH CURRICULUMS THAT OTHER GRADES ARE USING NOW. WE'RE ALWAYS TO BLAME.

I'M WANTING TO TRY TO GET AHEAD OF IT TONIGHT.

SO AS THE RESULTS ROLL IN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, I HOPE THAT DISTRICT OFFICIALS, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND ADMINISTRATORS WILL REMEMBER THAT OUR CARNEGIE REPRESENTATIVE TOLD US IT WILL TAKE TIME AND THAT THEY'LL FOLLOW THAT LESSON AS STRINGENTLY AS THEY EXPECT US TO FOLLOW THE ONES WE'RE.

THANK YOU, MISS KURTZ, TILLETIA BYNUM AND EDWIN CRITTENDEN.

SECOND, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE TILLETIA BYNUM AND EDWIN CRITTENDEN THE SECOND.

HELLO, MY NAME IS FELICIA BYNUM AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE TITLE NINE VIOLATION THAT IS CURRENTLY IN PROCESS AT CARTER HIGH SCHOOL.

I HAVE A DAUGHTER.

I ACTUALLY HAVE TWINS, A GIRL AND A BOY THAT ARE SENIORS THIS YEAR.

MY DAUGHTER DOES NOT HAVE AN ATHLETIC PERIOD THIS YEAR, WHICH IS A TITLE NINE VIOLATION.

NONE OF THE GIRLS PROGRAMS HAVE HAVE A ATHLETIC PERIOD THIS YEAR.

THE BOYS DO, BUT THE GIRLS DON'T.

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TEACHER IS WHAT WHAT I'M WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING.

BECAUSE TO ME, IT'S GOING TO BE A GLORIFIED PE CLASS.

THEY'RE BRINGING IN SOMEONE TO LOOK OVER ALL THE GIRLS IN THE IN THE GYM FIRST AND FIFTH PERIOD FOR ONE ATHLETIC PERIOD.

WHEREAS IF THE BOYS THEY HAVE THE BOYS FOOTBALL TEAM HAVE AN ATHLETIC PERIOD, THE BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM HAVE AN ATHLETIC PERIOD AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

BUT YOU'RE GOING TO PUT ALL THE GIRLS IN THE GYM AT ONE TIME AND SAY THAT'S THEIR ATHLETIC PERIOD, THAT'S A GLORIFIED PE CLASS.

WE DON'T WANT THAT.

WE WANT OUR GIRLS TO BE TREATED FAIRLY AND TO HAVE THEIR PE, THEIR ATHLETIC PERIOD, JUST LIKE THE BOYS DO.

RIGHT. MY DAUGHTER PLAYS VOLLEYBALL.

SHE'S A SENIOR. OUR VOLLEYBALL TEAM IS SUFFERING AND STRUGGLING TO PASS THEIR TO WIN THEIR GAMES BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME DURING AFTER SCHOOL PRACTICE TO HAVE A VOLLEYBALL PRACTICE, PERIOD.

WE WE WE WAS PROVIDED WITH A STATEMENT FROM THE PRINCIPAL STATING THAT WE DO HAVE A GIRLS ATHLETIC PERIOD.

MY DAUGHTER'S SCHEDULE SHOWS OTHERWISE BECAUSE SHE DOES NOT HAVE AN ATHLETIC PERIOD ON HER SCHEDULE.

UM, OUR GIRLS ARE JUST TREATED UNFAIRLY, PERIOD.

WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE BOARD MEMBERS THAT ADVOCATES FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, BUT THE GIRLS ARE STILL TREATED UNFAIRLY WHEN THE BOYS BASKETBALL AND FOOTBALL PROGRAM HAS RECEIVED AN EXTRA $2,500 FOR THEIR PROGRAM.

WHAT ABOUT OUR GIRLS? THEY'RE THEY'RE JUST AS IMPORTANT.

OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALES ARE ALREADY TREATED UNFAIR IN SOCIETY.

WE NEED THEM TO BE TREATED FAIRLY IN THE SCHOOL AND TO SHOW THAT THEY'RE JUST AS IMPORTANT AS THESE BOYS.

WE ALREADY HAVE AN ADMINISTRATOR THAT DON'T EVEN COME IN AND SUPPORT THE KIDS AT THE SCHOOL, AT THE GAMES.

THIS IS THE FIRST ADMINISTRATOR IN CARTER'S HISTORY THAT DON'T SHOW UP AT THE AT THE KIDS GAMES, VOLLEYBALL, FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, NONE OF THAT.

BUT WHAT WE WANT IS FOR OUR GIRLS TO BE TREATED FAIRLY, GIVE THEM AN ATHLETIC PERIOD, NOT THIS GLORIFIED PE CLASS THAT YOU'RE ALL TRYING TO TO SWEEP UNDER THE RUG AND COVER UP. LIKE IT'S ALWAYS THERE.

EVERYTHING IS ALWAYS SWEPT UP UNDER THE RUG AND COVER IT UP.

WE WANT THEM TO HAVE THEIR ATHLETIC PERIOD WITH THEIR COACH.

IF IT'S A TEACHER SHORTAGE, IT'S A TEACHER SHORTAGE BECAUSE THE PRINCIPAL DIDN'T COME TO NONE OF THE THE JOB FAIRS AND GET WHAT HE NEEDED.

SO THAT'S HIS FAULT.

NOT THOSE GIRLS AND NOT THOSE COACHES.

WE WANT OUR GIRLS TO HAVE AN ATHLETIC PERIOD AND TO BE FAIR SO THAT THEY HAVE JUST AN ADVANTAGE AS ALL THE OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS IN DISD AND HAVING THEIR PRACTICES. THANK YOU.

WILL, THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.

EDWIN CRITTENDEN THE SECOND FOLLOWED BY OLA ALLEN.

EDWIN IN THE SECOND.

SINCE GRADUATING FROM PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY LAST DECEMBER WITH A BACHELORS OF SCIENCE IN AGRICULTURE WITH A CONCENTRATION IN ECONOMICS.

I'VE BEEN WORKING IN THE BLACK LATINO MALE RESIDENCY PROGRAM UNDER THE AWESOME TUTELAGE OF INDIVIDUALS SUCH AS MR. SIMEON AUSTIN. ALTHOUGH I FOUND IT DISHEARTENING THAT INDIVIDUALS AREN'T PLACED MERITORIOUSLY.

I AM AN INFUSED SCHOLAR.

A 2019 MARINERS QUIZ BOWL NATIONAL CHAMPION AND THE MOST VALUABLE PARTICIPANT AT THE 2022 THURGOOD MARSHALL COLLEGE FUND KROGER COMPANY, ZERO HUNGER ZERO WASTE INNOVATION CHALLENGE IN CINCINNATI, OHIO.

I WAS A RANCH ASSISTANT AT THE COOPERATIVE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER IN INTERNATIONAL GOAT RESEARCH CENTER ON THE 550 ACRE BILL AND VERA DANIEL FOREMAN RANCH, LOCATED ON THE CAMPUS OF PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY FOR THREE YEARS, AS WELL AS A FEDERAL CONTRACTOR AND THE SON OF A DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FEDERAL CONTRACTOR.

THE WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE I COULD BRING TO THE STUDENTS OF SEAGOVILLE HIGH SCHOOL'S AG PROGRAM IS SECOND TO NONE.

INSTEAD, MY ACCOLADES AND ABILITIES WERE DISCARDED FOR REASONS I CANNOT CONFIGURE.

AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS PAST SCHOOL YEAR, I TOOK THE SEVEN SEVEN TWO TEXAS PAC AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND NATURAL RESOURCES GRADE 6 TO 12 CERTIFICATION EXAM AND PASSED WITHOUT SEARCHING FOR AN OUNCE OF STUDY MATERIAL.

I HEARD RUMBLINGS OF A FELLOW APPLICANT WHO SEAGOVILLE PREFERRED WHO WAS TAKING THE SAME CERTIFICATION EXAM MULTIPLE TIMES.

WHY? I AM A GRADUATE OF DUNCANVILLE HIGH SCHOOL ONLY BECAUSE OF THE INEQUITIES SHOWN BY DALLAS ISD THROUGH THE YEARS.

YET THIS IS THE COMMUNITY I DECIDE TO GIVE BACK TO BEING THE GREAT NEPHEW OF PAPA BEAR, DR.

FREDERICK DOUGLAS TODD, FORMER PRINCIPAL OF SOUTH OAK CLIFF HIGH SCHOOL, WHO GAVE 45 YEARS OF SERVICE.

BEING THE SON OF TWO 1990 GRADUATES OF DAVID W CARTER HIGH SCHOOL AND THE BROTHER OF A 2021 GRADUATE, MY MOTHER, NATALIE CRITTENDON, WHO GAVE 30 YEARS OF HER LIFE TO THIS DISTRICT AS A TEACHER AND ADMINISTRATOR.

MY FATHER, EDWIN CRITTENDON, SENIOR, WHO HAS FOUGHT COUNTLESS NUMBERS OF INEQUITIES AT THESE SAME BOARD MEETINGS OVER THE LAST 21 YEARS.

THIS IS EXHAUSTING.

MY HOUSEHOLD THROUGHOUT MY ADOLESCENCE IS RIDDEN WITH DISCUSSIONS OF THESE INEQUITIES.

WHY? TO THE BOARD? I HAVE NO QUARREL THAT ALL THAT YOU ALL WOULD HAVE ADMONISHED ME AND THOSE ALIKE WHO ARE PRODUCTS OF THIS DISTRICT, TO GO ON AND ACHIEVE THIS GREAT LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE AND BRING IT BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.

YET I AM DISCARDED.

WHY? AND TO ADDRESS MONDAY MY ABSENCE MONDAY FROM THE STUDY SESSION DOWNTOWN AT 9400, WE WERE IN THE THICK OF TRAFFIC. IT WAS AN ACCIDENT I THINK ON 75 GOING NORTHBOUND.

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I STILL HAVE MY CAR FROM COLLEGE, SO IT WAS PRETTY HOT IN MY CAR AND I JUST DECIDED TO TURN AROUND, CLOCK OUT, DIDN'T STEAL ANY TIME, CLOCKED OUT AND WENT, MET WITH MR. STEVEN JACKSON ON TUESDAY, I BELIEVE, AND TOLD HIM I WAS PREPARED TO LEAVE THE PROGRAM.

SO AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS DAY, I WILL BE SUBMITTING MY S54 AND WITHDRAWING FROM THE DISTRICT AND NO LONGER BE A DISTRICT EMPLOYEE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

WOW. WILL THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.

OLA ALLEN, FOLLOWED BY SIERRA TYLER.

GOOD EVENING. OLA.

ALAN, I'M A LITTLE UPSET AND VERY DISAPPOINTED.

THE SOUTHERN SECTION OF DALLAS IS GETTING THE SHORT END OF THE STICK.

PLEASE EXPLAIN WHY FCE, WHICH IS FAMILY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, ISN'T ALIGNED WITH THE ORIGINAL VERTICAL SCHOOLS.

IF PARENTS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS SO IMPORTANT TO ACADEMICS, THEN WHY THE PROBLEM STILL EXIST? THIS PROBLEM HAS GONE ON FOR 4 OR 5 YEARS.

WE ARE HURTING. DO YOU CARE THAT WE PERISH? THE WAY THE SYSTEM IS DESIGNED TODAY? IS THAT THE FREEDOM THAT OTHER SECTIONS HAVE? WE DO NOT HAVE THAT IN THE SOUTHERN SECTION OF THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

WILL YOU TELL ME WHY RIGHT NOW THE SOUTHERN SECTION, WHICH IS SOUTH OAK CLIFF AND ROOSEVELT, IS PARALLELED WITH SUNSET AND WOODROW WILSON.

WHAT DO THEY KNOW ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTS AND THE THINGS THAT WE NEED IN OUR SECTION? I'M ASKING YOU ALL, THE BOARD, THE SUPERINTENDENT, TO PLEASE RETHINK HOW YOU HAVE ALIGNED OUR FAMILY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

ANOTHER ONE OF OUR BIG PROBLEMS IS THAT OUR BLACK MALES ARE STRUGGLING FOR SUCCESS.

WE HAVE MANY BLACK MALES WHO HAVE BEEN LOOKED OVER AS LEADERSHIP ROLES.

THEY HAVE BEEN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL FOR 10, 15 YEARS.

THAT IS INCONCEIVABLE.

THAT IS WRONG.

IF A PERSON IS SMART ENOUGH TO BE AN AP TEN YEAR, SURELY THAT PERSON WOULD HAVE SOME KIND OF SMARTS TO BE LIFTED UP TO AN AP, OR MAYBE YOU GUYS SHOULD THINK ABOUT HAVING A MENTOR OR A FOSTER PERSON TO TO MENTOR THIS PERSON.

SKYLINE HAS A PERSON, AN AP, WHO'S BEEN AN AP THERE 14 YEARS.

HE CAME AS AN AP AND HE LEFT AS AN AP.

IF YOU TELL ME, I MIGHT FORGET.

IF YOU SHOW ME, I MAY NOT REMEMBER, BUT IF YOU INVOLVE ME, I'LL UNDERSTAND.

THANK YOU. WILL THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.

SIERRA TYLER, FOLLOWED BY ASHLEY BROUSSARD.

HELLO. GOOD EVENING.

THE BOARD AND MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS TIARA TYLER.

I AM A PARENT AND A TAXPAYER IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR.

I CAME HERE TO VOICE MY CONCERNS ABOUT THE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE AT DAVID W CARTER HIGH SCHOOL, MORE PARTICULARLY THE LOSS OF CORE TEACHERS, THE LOSS OF ACADEMIC PROGRAMS AND OVERALL MORALE AT THE SCHOOL.

LAST YEAR, MY DAUGHTER DID NOT HAVE AN ALGEBRA TWO TEACHER, WHICH WAS SICKENING, AND I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT SHE WAS A SOPHOMORE.

SHE WENT FROM ALGEBRA ONE TO ALGEBRA TWO.

I SAID, NO, SWEETHEART, THAT'S NOT HOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO GO.

YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE IN GEOMETRY.

BUT SHE WAS SHE WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOT ANY SPACE FOR THE GEOMETRY CLASS.

SHE HAD TO TAKE ALGEBRA TWO.

SHE HAD A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER A VAST MAJORITY OF THE YEAR.

SHE IS A JUNIOR NOW IN GEOMETRY.

SO I SO I TOLD HER THIS SUMMER, THIS PAST SUMMER AND THIS YEAR WE'RE GOING TO BE IN KHAN ACADEMY TWO.

WHY? BECAUSE YOU'RE BEHIND THE CURVE.

WE'RE NOT DOING BEHIND THE CURVE ANYMORE.

OUR CHILDREN HAVE HAD A LAG IN GAPS PRE COVID AND DURING COVID.

I'M AN EMERGENCY NURSE.

I KNOW. I READ THE DATA.

I WAS THE ONE. I WAS THE FRONTLINE WORKER.

I WAS GOING INTO THE E.R., I WAS MASKED UP WITH THE N95 MASK EVERY DAY JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY WAS SAFE AND WELL.

CARTER DOES NOT HAVE ESSENTIAL PROGRAMS THAT IT HAD ONCE HAD BEFORE, LIKE THE.

IN THE DIGITAL MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS. ALL OF THESE KIDS ARE ON SNAPCHAT.

TIKTOK, FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM.

THEY'RE ALL TECHNOLOGY.

THERE'S DIGITAL MEDIA.

DIGITAL MEDIA. THEY CAN SAY THAT THESE PROGRAMS ARE NOT IMPORTANT.

THEY ARE WHAT YOU DO AT THE BEDSIDE TO THE BEDSIDE CAN WORK.

EVERYTHING THAT APPLIES TO SNAPCHAT CAN APPLY TO THE WORLD AS WELL.

I TELL MY DAUGHTERS ALL THE TIME, IF YOU CAN GET ON SNAPCHAT AND INSTAGRAM, YOU CAN DO I.

MICROSOFT HAS AN AI CHALLENGE GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

IF YOU GET ON INSTAGRAM, YOU CAN GET ON THIS CHALLENGE.

SAME THING. JUST MAKE IT APPLY.

I FEEL THAT THESE PROGRAMS BEING TAKEN AWAY, THE ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM DOES NOT UNDERSTAND HOW CRITICAL THESE PROGRAMS AND THESE PATHWAYS ARE.

THEY ARE PROVIDING THESE KIDS POST-GRADUATE CERTIFICATES THAT ARE VIABLE FOR EMPLOYMENT AND LIVABLE WAGES IN TODAY'S POST DEMIC ENVIRONMENT AND INCREASED INFLATION AND INCREASED

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THE FEEDER SCHOOLS IN OUR AREA HAVE THE AVERAGE PROGRAM, BUT YET CARTER DOES NOT AND IS ESSENTIAL BECAUSE THE COGNITIVE AND CRITICAL POINTS IN THEIR EDUCATION, WHICH IS HIGH SCHOOL BUT IS NOT HELD THERE, HOW CAN IT BE AVAILABLE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, BUT NOT IN HIGH SCHOOL? CARTER DOES HAVE THE CMR PROGRAM, BUT IT IS NOT ADEQUATE.

OR COMPARED TO THE AVERAGE PROGRAM, THE AVERAGE PROGRAM HAS ESSENTIAL SKILLS THAT ARE NEEDED FOR SOCIETY IN THE WORKFORCE.

THEY WRITE ESSAYS, PLANNING ORGANIZATION, THEY LEARN ABOUT CORNELL NOTES, AND AS WELL AS PURDUE.

I TAUGHT MY DAUGHTER ABOUT PURDUE.

WHY? BECAUSE I'M A TOWN ALUMNI.

I KNOW THAT THESE PROGRAMS WORK.

I'M A WAR VETERAN, A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, A CENTRAL WORKER.

WE DO IT ALL. WHY? BECAUSE OF NOLA.

NOLA RAE SMITH. BOBBY WITHERSPOON.

THANK YOU, MISS TYLER.

YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

WITH THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.

ASHLEY BROUSSARD, FOLLOWED BY GEORGE RANGEL.

WHO? ASHLEY BROUSSARD.

FOLLOWED BY JORGE RANGEL.

ACTUALLY WE'RE STARTING NOT PRESENT.

GEORGE RANGEL. FOLLOWED BY YOLANDA WILLIAMS. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT HENRY TRUSTEE.

SUPERINTENDENT ELIZALDE.

MY NAME IS GEORGE RANGEL.

THREE, THREE, FOUR. CENTER STREET.

DALLAS, TEXAS. 75,008.

I'M THE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF ALLIANCE AFT AND I AM HERE TODAY TO GIVE THE DISTRICT A SHOUT OUT FOR REDUCING THE TESTING IN K-8 GRADES FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR.

THIS IS A VICTORY FOR ALLIANCE MEMBERS, DISD EDUCATORS, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, OUR STUDENTS.

WE HAVE MADE MANY BOARD PRESENTATIONS ON THE TOPIC AND ARE DELIGHTED THE SUPERINTENDENT, DOCTOR TREJO ARE GIVING MINUTES BACK TO THE TEACHERS SO THEY CAN FOCUS ON TEACHING, NOT TESTING. SO THANK YOU AND WELL DONE.

WE KNOW THIS WILL SHOW TREMENDOUS DIVIDENDS FOR OUR STUDENTS AND HOPE THAT THE REDUCED TESTING EXPANDS TO OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS SOON FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR.

WE HOPE THE DISTRICT WILL SIT AND WORK WITH EDUCATORS TO IMPROVE SEVERAL ISSUES THAT WE HAVE BEEN PRESENTING OVER THE RECENT YEARS.

THIS INCLUDES NO MORE CLASS SIZE WAIVERS, A LIBRARIAN IN EVERY SCHOOL, BILINGUAL STIPENDS FOR SUPPORT STAFF, REMOVING STAAR SCORES FROM THAI AND ELIMINATING THE REQUIREMENT FOR T SCORES OVER 90.

ON ANOTHER NOTE, I KNOW YOU'RE AWARE AND IT WAS MENTIONED HERE TONIGHT, THERE IS A SITUATION WITH MINIMAL TO NO WORKING ACCESS ON BUSSES.

WE APPRECIATE THE COLD WET TOWELS TO KEEP OUR DRIVERS AND STUDENTS COOL.

LET'S CONTINUE THE GOOD WORK AND MAKE OUR TRANSPORTATION EMPLOYEES A PRIORITY.

BUT THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT MUST BE RESOLVED NOW, AND THE STEPS MUST BE TAKEN TO ENSURE THIS NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN.

IT HAS TROUBLING IT.

IT HAS BEEN TROUBLING TO HEAR REPORTS OF 100 DEGREE TEMPERATURES ON THE BUS AND EQUALLY TROUBLING THAT THE NUMBER OF DRIVERS HAVE BEEN WRITTEN UP MERELY FOR COMPLAINING OR DRESSING TO BEAT THE HEAT EVEN WHEN THEY HAVE BEEN TOLD TO DRESS TO BEAT THE HEAT.

WE NEED TRANSPARENCY.

THIS IS A DANGER. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION.

AND HOT BUSSES AND HOT BUSSES PUT OUR DRIVERS AND THE STUDENTS AT RISK.

LASTLY, I WANT TO THANK THESE INDIVIDUALS FOR ACTING SWIFTLY ON ON RESOLVING ISSUES.

MR. BATES, THANK YOU FOR RESPONDING AND MOVING QUICKLY ON SCHOOLS WITH NO AIR.

MR. DINO HARRIS THANK YOU FOR OPENING THE DOORS FOR PARTS TO BE ORDERED TO REPAIR BROKEN EQUIPMENT AND VEHICLES AND MR. JAIME SANDOVAL FOR RESPONDING QUICKLY TO RESOLVING ISSUES ON BUSSES WITH NO AIR FOLKS, IT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE WHEN WE ALL WORK TOGETHER, AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO THAT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU. WITH THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.

YOLANDA WILLIAMS, FOLLOWED BY MIRACLE MALLARD.

GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M REALLY OUT OF MY AREA BECAUSE I'M KNOWN TO GO TO CITY HALL.

SO FOR ME TO BE HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME, SERIOUSLY, I STAY OUT OF DISD BUSINESS IS REALLY HAS TO BE SOMETHING.

SO I JUST WANT TO SPEAK BRIEFLY ON MY EXPERIENCE THAT I HAD.

I'M A PROUD GRADUATE OF DISD, H.

GRADY SPRUCE.

THERE WAS EXCELLENT ADMINISTRATORS, EXCELLENT TEACHER.

I HAVE TWO DEGREES OF MASTER'S IN MARKETING AND A DEGREE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE FROM UNT.

I SAID ALL THAT TO SAY WE WERE LOST.

THEY TOLD US WE WERE LOST.

WE NEEDED A TOUGH STUDENT.

I NEED TOUGH TEACHERS.

TOUGH, TOUGH PRINCIPAL.

BUT THE EXPERIENCE I HAD AT MADISON HIGH SCHOOL, MY LOVED ONE IS SICK.

I HAD TO TAKE OVER AND ROLLED HER KIDS.

I WALKED IN THERE LIKE AN ADULT, AND I WAS TREATED LIKE I WAS A SLAVE AND I WAS BULLIED.

THE PRINCIPAL TALKED SO HARSH TO ME.

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I HAD TO FILE A GRIEVANCE I HAD TO GO THROUGH.

SO I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT DISD.

I WENT THROUGH HELL AND TORTURE, TORMENT.

SHE SAID. THAT'S HER SCHOOL AND THEY WERE NOT COMING BACK TO THAT SCHOOL.

I SAID, NO, THIS IS THE TAXPAYERS SCHOOL.

NOW I'M GOING TO GIVE MISS WILLOCK, I'M SORRY, THE PRINCIPAL CREDIT.

SHE HAVE DONE GREAT THINGS AT MADISON 20 YEARS AGO, BUT 2023, SHE NEED TO GO.

I WILL BE THE VOICE FOR THE VOICELESS.

SEE THE PARENTS WHO CUSS HER OUT, GET KICKED OUT.

I SAID, LET ME HELP YOU FIGHT THIS FIGHT BECAUSE I'M GOING TO DO IT THE RIGHT WAY.

I WILL TAKE EVERY DIME I HAVE.

GET A BUS LOAD, 4 OR 5 BUS LOAD.

I KNOW Y'ALL HATE TO MIKE MORATH, BUT YOU ALL ARE FAILING THOSE STUDENTS BY ALLOWING HER.

I DON'T DO THE RACE CARD, BUT SINCE AFRICAN AMERICANS AND HISPANICS LIKE TO DO IT, IF THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A BLACK A WHITE PRINCIPAL TERM IN THOSE BLACK STUDENTS, IT WILL BE A PROTEST.

AND SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN THAT PRINCIPAL WOULD HAVE BEEN GONE.

I JUST PULLED IT UP, 416 STUDENTS, THEY SAID WITHIN FIVE YEARS, ENROLLMENT DECLINED 12%.

TEACHING STAFF, 21%.

WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE? MY MESSAGE IS NOT FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR.

YOU TRUSTEES, YOU WORK FOR US.

WE ELECTED YOU ALL THE WILL LET YOU HANDLE THE ADMINISTRATOR BECAUSE SHE WORKS FOR YOU ALL IN HER STAFF.

YOU ALL WILL NOT.

I AM 54 YEARS OLD, SINGLE WITH NO KIDS, NOTHING TO DO.

BUT I WILL SPEND EVERY DIME GOING DOWN THERE TALKING TO MR. MIKE MORRELL. AND I PULLED IT UP.

WHY? WHY? YOU KNOW WHAT IT SAID THE STATE TAKEOVER OF HOUSTON WAS THE RESPONSE TO YEARS OF POOR ACADEMIC OUTCOMES AT A SINGLE CAMPUS DISTRICT.

YOU ALL ARE GOING TO LET THE PRINCIPAL BE THE REASON WHY THEY COME AND TAKE OVER DISD.

YES. FOLLOWED BY SHEILA WALKER.

THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.

MIRACLE MALLARD, FOLLOWED BY SHEILA WALKER.

HELLO, DISD BOARD MEMBERS.

I WAS INITIALLY GOING TO COME HERE WITH THE INTENT TO SAY A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE PROBABLY GOING TO GO IN ONE OF YOU, ONE OF YOU ALL'S EARS AND OUT THE OTHER.

INSTEAD, I DECIDED THAT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO HAVE A PERSONAL CONVERSATION WITH EACH OF YOU IF THE TIME ALLOWS IT.

I'D FIRST LIKE TO INTRODUCE MYSELF AS SOMEONE WHO STRONGLY BELIEVES IN THE TERMS OF PEOPLE OVER POLICY, BECAUSE AS I'VE GROWN TO UNDERSTAND THE WAYS AND CONCEPTS OF THE CORRUPT SYSTEM THAT WE LIVE IN, THE LAWS WE ABIDE BY, AND THE CONSTITUTION THAT IS STILL BEING FOLLOWED FROM ALMOST TWO AND A HALF CENTURIES AGO.

I REALIZE THAT IF ANY CHANGE IS GOING TO HAPPEN, NOT SMALL MODIFICATIONS HERE AND A LITTLE TWEAK THERE.

I DO MEAN REAL CHANGE IS GOING TO HAVE TO COME FROM THE HEART AND FROM THOSE PEOPLE WHOSE HEART ACTUALLY LONGS FOR IT.

I'M GOING TO ASK FOR YOU ALL TO HEAR ME OUT AND TAKE YOURSELF OUTSIDE OF YOUR PROFESSIONAL TITLES TODAY.

AND JUST IMAGINE YOU SIMPLY BEING A PARENT WHO CARES FOR THEIR CHILDREN.

AS YOU KNOW, DISD HAS BEEN HAVING A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSPORTATION SECTOR AND THE CONDITIONS OF THEIR BUSSES BEING THAT THEY ARE THE CHILDREN'S PRIMARY TRANSPORTATION BACK AND FORTH TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY.

I WOULD DEEM THIS AS A VERY IMPORTANT SITUATION THAT WE NEED ANSWERS TO.

YES, I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ALL MAY NOT HAVE ACTUAL CONTROL OF THE FUNDS THAT COME INTO THE DISTRICT YET.

AS YOU CONTINUE TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS, CAN YOU HONESTLY SAY THAT IMPLEMENTING NEW TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS TABLETS, NEW CAMERAS AND SELF SUFFICIENT GPS SYSTEMS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE VEHICLES THAT HOLD THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF OUR LIVELIHOOD? AS THE ELECTED BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR DALLAS ISD.

MY SUPPORTERS AND I BELIEVE THAT YOU ALL, IF YOU WERE ALL TO DECIDE TODAY THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO USE YOUR VOICES FOR THE GREATER GOOD AS A STRONGHOLD UNIT, IT COULD POSSIBLY REACH THE CONTROL COMMITTEE ABOVE YOU ALL IN ORDER TO GET THIS TRANSPORTATION ISSUE RESOLVED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, ENSURING THAT FUNDS ARE BEING DISTRIBUTED AS THEY SHOULD BE, VERSUS NEGLIGENTLY.

THERE ARE PLENTY OF SUPPORTERS HERE TODAY, STAFF, PARENTS AND STUDENTS, JUST HOPING THAT IN THE END YOU HEAR OUR VOICES, VOICES AND CHOOSE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

WE ARE ALL IN SUPPORT OF THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT'S MISSION AND VISION OF ENSURING EVERY CHILD'S SAFETY AND EDUCATION.

BUT IN THE END, WE NEED THE SUPPORT OF YOU ALL AS WELL.

THERE IS NO REASON WHY ANY CHILD ENROLLED IN DISD OR ANY DEVOTED EMPLOYEE, AND I DO MEAN DEVOTED, SHOULD HAVE TO ENDURE THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF NO AIR CONDITIONING IN

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BECAUSE SOME SERVICE CENTERS IN DALLAS HAVE NOT RECEIVED ONE NEW BUS IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

IT IS TRULY UNFAIR TO US AS THE PEOPLE WHO TRY OUR BEST TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE ACTIVELY FOLLOWING POLICY TO DO OUR JOBS AND KEEP THE SERVICE CENTERS RUNNING EFFICIENTLY.

AND ALSO TO THOSE INNOCENT STUDENTS WHO ONLY STRIVE TO GO TO SCHOOL FOR A GREATER EDUCATION.

IN THE END, WE WOULD LIKE ANSWERS, BUT I BELIEVE THE BEST ANSWER AT THIS CRUCIAL POINT IN TIME WILL BE NOTHING LESS THAN PROGRESSIVE, FAST AND EFFICIENT RESULTS FOLLOWED BY CRYSTAL GUZMAN.

CRYSTAL GUZMAN NOT PRESENT.

SO SHEILA WALKER, FOLLOWED BY SANDRA MACDONALD.

GOOD EVENING, DR.

ELIZALDE, PRESIDENT JUSTIN HENRY AND THE OTHER BOARD TRUSTEES.

I'M SHEILA WALKER, A COMMUNITY LIAISON AT LINCOLN AT THE LEGENDARY LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL AND THE PRESIDENT OF NEA DALLAS.

I WANT TO THANK DR.

ELIZALDE AND HER TEAM AND DALLAS MAVERICKS PRESIDENT JUSTIN HENRY FOR SHOWING UP AND SHOWING OUT AT LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.

THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE BEST FIRST DAY OF SCHOOLS I'VE HAD IN A LONG TIME IN ALMOST 30 YEARS.

SO I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON AT AT LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL THIS YEAR.

MY TOPIC TONIGHT STARTED WITH TRANSPORTATION.

I WAS WATCHING THE NEWS YESTERDAY MORNING.

I CAUGHT MY ATTENTION ABOUT THE BUSSES OF DALLAS ISD HAVING NO AIR OR LITTLE AIR OR WHATEVER.

MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS TO FIND OUT WHAT SOLUTION WITH THE DISTRICT, HOW CAN WE HANDLE THESE CONCERNS? THEN I STARTED GETTING PHONE CALLS FROM DRIVERS.

I DECIDED TO CALL AND SPEAK UP AT THE BOARD ISSUE.

SO THANKS TO MISTER DINO HARRIS FOR REACHING OUT TO ME TO GIVE ME SOME KIND OF BACKGROUND ABOUT THE BUSSES.

I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT BUSSES.

I DON'T DRIVE BUSSES, BUT I KNOW THAT THE BUS IS A METAL MECHANISM THAT HOLDS HEAT LIKE OUR CARS WHEN WE GET IN OUR CARS.

IT'S HOT. IT'S 110.

WHEN WE GET IN OUR CARS, WE HAVE TO LET THE WINDOWS DOWN, LET THE HEAT OUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO AS DRIVERS.

I'M GOING TO SAY THIS TO DRIVERS.

WE HAVE TO SOMETIMES DO SOME OF THE THINGS, OPEN UP THE VENTS, LET THE LET THE HEAT OUT.

BUT WE HAVE TO BE VERY SMART ABOUT WHAT WE DO.

UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE ASKING THE KIDS PARENTS TO BRING WATER BOTTLES AT THE END OF THE DAY.

THE WATER IS NOT COLD.

IS IT SOME KIND OF WAY THAT DALLAS ISD OR ANYBODY OR WHATEVER PROVIDE COOLERS OF WATER FOR OUR KIDS WHEN THEY GET ON THE BUS IN THE EVENING SO THEY CAN HAVE WATER WHEN THEY GET OFF THE BUS? THE TEMPERATURE IS AT AN ALL TIME HIGH.

IT HASN'T BEEN THIS HOT SINCE I GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL IN 1980.

IT IS SUPER HOT.

WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL.

WE HAVE TO HYDRATE OURSELVES.

WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HYDRATED.

SO I'M SAYING TO THE BOARD AND THE TRUSTEES AND EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM, WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF US AND WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF OUR KIDS.

BUT I'M GOING TO SAY THIS NO TIME.

IS THERE AN OPTION FOR ANY ET DALLAS TO PLAN, DISCUSS, TALK ABOUT STRIKING IN A IN A RIGHT TO WORK STATE.

WE WILL NOT BE FOR THAT.

TALKING ABOUT WALKING OUT ON OUR STUDENTS WHEN THEY ARE WHO WE ARE HERE FOR.

SO I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THAT I MIGHT SEEM WEAK OR WHATEVER, BUT WE WILL NOT DO THAT AT ANY DALLAS.

WE'RE GOING TO STAND FOR OUR STUDENTS.

WE'RE GOING TO STAND FOR THIS DISTRICT BECAUSE THAT'S WHO WE ARE WORKING FOR.

AND THE STUDENTS IS OUR TOP PRIORITY.

SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TONIGHT TO EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING.

WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE ON THE SAME THING AT ALL.

THANK YOU, MISS WALKER.

YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

FOR THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.

SANDRA MACDONALD, FOLLOWED BY SABRINA TITTLE.

GOOD EVENING, SUPERINTENDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, STAKEHOLDERS AND CONSTITUENTS.

I AM ANDREA MCDONALD AND I JUST WANTED TO COMMEND OUR SUPERINTENDENT FOR RECOGNIZING THE RICH HISTORY OF FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL OF INNOVATION THAT WAS PRESERVED BY THE COMMUNITY EFFORTS TO GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR EQUITY AND EXCELLENCE TO THE ATTENDING STUDENTS.

ACCORDING TO A GOAL NECK AND CHIN 2021 STUDY, SCHOOLS IN LOW SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS NEIGHBORHOODS TEND TO HAVE FEWER RESOURCES AND ARE LIKELY TO HAVE MORE STUDENTS WITH LOWER ACHIEVEMENT TEST SCORES, LOWER RATES OF GRADUATION AND FEWER OPPORTUNITIES TO ATTEND COLLEGE.

WE THANK DALLAS ISD FOR LISTENING TO THE PARENTS AND COMMUNITY REGARDING ISSUES TO CHANGE THE OUTLOOK AND INCREASING NUMBER OF STUDIES REGARDING THE

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A MOTION IN THE LIVES OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS LIVING IN POVERTY.

I CAN PERSONALLY SAY THAT I WAS A PART OF THAT AND COULD SERVE AND SUPPORT THE STUDENTS THROUGH OUTREACH PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES PROVIDED BY THE ALUMNI AND COMMUNITY FOR THE STUDENTS, PARENTS AND STAFF STRUGGLING IN THIS ECONOMY.

SO MY QUESTION TO YOU TODAY IS WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR PARENT AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MEETINGS SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO BE ON ONE ACCORD FOR OUR CHILDREN? ALSO, WHEN WE WILL GET THE RESOURCE CENTER THAT WAS PROMISED TO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL AND ITS COMMUNITY WITHIN A TWO MILE RADIUS TO SERVE, WHICH WAS MOVED FOR $10 MILLION TO THE NEW JOHN P.

LEWIS JUSTICE CENTER AT O.W.

HOLMES. WE WANT OUR RESOURCE CENTER BACK.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, SABRINA TITLE FOLLOWED BY STEPHEN POOLE.

SABRINA TITLE.

NOT PRESENT THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.

STEPHEN POOLE, FOLLOWED BY CHRISTOPHER WILKINS.

GOOD EVENING. I'M STEVEN POOLE.

MR. BATES, I WANT TO OPENLY THANK MR. BATES OVER THE YEARS, ESPECIALLY THE LAST YEAR OR TWO.

ANYTHING THAT WE ASKED, CONVERSATION.

HE WAS ALWAYS OPEN TO COMING OUT, DOING WHAT WE ASKED, EVEN THOUGH HE WASN'T ALLOWED TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH ANYTHING.

HE ALWAYS DID WHAT HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO DO.

AND THAT'S SAYING A LOT BECAUSE I DON'T SEE THAT WITH A LOT OF OTHER EMPLOYEES IN DISD.

THAT BEING SAID, IN 2005, AT A DALE TURNER, AFRICAN-AMERICAN BOYS IN EVERY CATEGORY OUTSCORED GIRLS. AFRICAN AMERICAN BOYS WHEN DALLAS HAD SIX GRADE IN ELEMENTARY IN EVERY CATEGORY, OUTSCORED GIRLS.

IN 2009, MY SON, WHO WAS A PART OF THAT CLASS, WAS SUPPOSED TO GO TO CARTER HIGH SCHOOL.

WE LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

I GRADUATED FROM CARTER.

HE DIDN'T GO. WHY LEADERSHIP? HIS FATHER IS AN EDUCATOR.

MOST OF THE KIDS WHO WENT TO DALE TURNER, THEIR PARENTS WORKED IN DALLAS ISD.

NONE OF THOSE KIDS WENT TO CARTER HIGH SCHOOL.

THAT PRINCIPAL LEFT.

ANOTHER WAS GIVEN CARTER HIGH SCHOOL.

YOU START SEEING DECLINE IN ACADEMICS BECAUSE PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND WORK IN DALLAS AND WORK FOR DALLAS ISD STOP SENDING THEIR KIDS TO CARTER HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE OF LEADERSHIP. ONE, A THIRD ADMINISTRATOR WHO WAS GIVING CARTER AGAIN AND WHICH IS AMAZING BECAUSE WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT THE PRINCIPLE OF MADISON, WHEN I REFLECT SHE WAS ON HIS INTERVIEWING PANEL WITH THE COMMUNITY BOARD, WHICH I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

SO THAT'S AMAZING TO ME.

BUT I REMEMBER HE'S FROM AREA TO THE LEARNING CENTER, WHICH IS WHAT SHE WAS IN.

SO WHAT I REALIZE IS IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE FACT THAT SOMEBODY LOOKS LIKE YOU, THAT THEY'RE DOING WHAT'S BEST FOR YOUR KIDS.

THEY'RE DOING WHAT'S BEST FOR THEMSELVES.

THAT. DR.

ELIZALDE. WE USED TO SIT IN THIS CHAIR AND WE TALKED WHEN YOU WERE THE CHIEF OF LEADERSHIP.

I FELT LIKE YOU WERE ABOUT OUR KIDS.

AS THE SUPERINTENDENT.

BUREAUCRACY. POLITICS ARE PREVENTING YOU FROM DOING WHAT'S RIGHT BY CHILDREN THAT ARE IN A PART OF TOWN THAT YOU DON'T ADDRESS.

RIGHT NOW, YOU LOOK AT IT HOW YOU WANT TO.

YOU MIGHT NOT EVEN LIKE ME, BUT WHEN I STAND HERE, I'M STANDING BECAUSE THE TEACHERS, THE PARENTS AND THE CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE AFRAID TO COME DOWN HERE BECAUSE THEY'RE BEING HELD IN PLACE BY GATEKEEPERS, AS WE CALL THEM.

I CALL THEM OVERSEERS.

THEY LOOK LIKE US.

STOP LISTENING TO THEM OLD HEADS AND COME LISTEN TO THESE PARENTS.

JUST BECAUSE YOU VOTED IN THE PARENTS A LOT OF TIMES DON'T STAY IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD ANYMORE.

THEY LIVE IN DESOTO, DUNCANVILLE.

AND WE JUST LOST TWO ATHLETES THAT ARE STUDENTS.

ONE OF THEM WHOSE SISTER WAS THE SALUTATORIAN LAST YEAR TRANSFERRED TO CEDAR HILL AND ONE OF THEM IS IN LINCOLN.

THESE GIRLS ARE AWESOME, BUT THEY'RE LEAVING THE SCHOOL BECAUSE THE LEADERSHIP DOES NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN AT THAT SCHOOL.

WE'RE TIRED OF GIVING GETTING PRINCIPALS WHO HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE SCHOOL VERSUS WHO'VE ACTUALLY INTERVIEWED AND DONE WHAT WAS RIGHT TO GET THE SCHOOL.

SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.

CHRISTOPHER WILKINS FOLLOWED BY MIKE HOOK.

CHRISTOPHER WILKINS.

FOLLOWED BY MIKE HOOK.

UH, GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.

MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER WILKINS.

I'M A FIFTH YEAR TEACHER AT DALLAS ISD.

THIS IS MY THIRD YEAR AT SEAGOVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

PREVIOUSLY, I WORKED AT COMSTOCK MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR TWO YEARS.

I'M ALSO A RANK AND FILE MEMBER OF ALLIANCE AFT.

I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THE LACK OF LIBRARIANS ON MY CAMPUS.

A FEW YEARS AGO, THIS POSITION WAS ELIMINATED AND NOW THE FORMER LIBRARY IS CURRENTLY BEING USED AS A COMPUTER STORAGE.

AND MAYBE EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE A CLASSROOM.

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EVERY TIME I PASS BY IT, I CAN'T HELP BUT THINK THAT THIS IS A PERFECT METAPHOR FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION, NOT ONLY IN DALLAS ISD, BUT IN TEXAS IN GENERAL.

I REMEMBER MY PUBLIC EDUCATION EXPERIENCE.

I SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN THE LIBRARY.

I WAS A VORACIOUS READER.

I APPRECIATED THE LIBRARIANS WHO TOOK THEIR TIME TO HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT I WAS READING.

THEY GOT IT. THEY GOT IT AND DEVELOPED IN ME IN MY MY CRITICAL AND HISTORICAL THINKING SKILLS.

THEY INSTILLED IN ME A LOVE OF THE WRITTEN WORD.

LIBRARIANS LITERALLY CHANGED MY LIFE.

SO I TAKE IT PERSONALLY WHEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT I HAVE INVESTED MY TIME IN PROFESSION AND THAT DOESN'T MATCH THESE VALUES.

I'M ALSO ONE OF THE CHESS COACHES AT MY SCHOOL.

LAST YEAR, OUR STUDENTS ATTENDED A TOURNAMENT AT BARACK OBAMA ACADEMY.

IT WAS AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE, BUT ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I NOTICED WAS THEIR ROBUST, FULLY STOCKED AND USED LIBRARY.

BARACK OBAMA IS ONLY A FEW MILES AWAY FROM MY CAMPUS.

THE HYPOCRISY IS STUNNING TO ME HOW OUR DISTRICT CAN CHAMPION EQUITY BUT CAN'T PROVIDE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO THESE RESOURCES FOR ALL DALLAS ISD STUDENTS.

I'M SO HAPPY THAT THESE STUDENTS AT BARACK OBAMA ACADEMY ARE FULLY SERVED BY THAT LIBRARY AND OTHER AMAZING RESOURCES.

THOSE PROFESSIONALS WHO WORK THERE DO A GREAT JOB, BUT NOT ALL KIDS CAN GO THERE.

STUDENTS ARE NOT IDIOTS.

THEY KNOW WHEN THEY ARE PLAYED BY CHESS.

STUDENTS UNDERSTOOD THE RESOURCES THEY HAD VERSUS THE RESOURCES THESE ACADEMY STUDENTS HAVE.

THESE INEQUITIES AND INEQUITIES BREED RESENTMENT.

OUR COUNTRY IS BRIMMING WITH RESENTMENTS AND GRIEVANCES AT THIS MOMENT.

JUST LOOK AT OUR POLITICS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.

THESE RESENTMENTS COME FROM A LACK OF UNIVERSAL TREATMENT.

SO I AM FORMALLY REQUESTING THAT SEAGOVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL BE PROVIDED A FULL TIME LIBRARIAN FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR AND THAT MORE LITERACY RESOURCES BE SENT TO OUR CAMPUS TO HELP OUR STUDENTS CATCH UP FROM THE COVID PANDEMIC.

OUR FEEDER PATTERN HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN IGNORED FOR THE FLASHIER CAMPUSES THAT THIS DISTRICT SHOWS OFF.

PLEASE CORRECT THIS.

LASTLY, I'M SURE YOU ARE ALL FULLY AWARE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING AT HOUSTON ISD, ESPECIALLY WITH THE NATIONAL, MAYBE EVEN INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES TELLING THE WORLD HOW THEIR LIBRARIES HAVE BECOME DETENTION OR DISCIPLINARY CENTERS.

THEIR NEW LEADER, MIKE MILES, IS DOING A DISSERVICE TO THEIR COMMUNITY, AS HE DID TO OUR COMMUNITIES TEN YEARS AGO.

I THINK IT WOULD BE AN AMAZING REBUKE TO HIS LEGACY IN A STATEMENT TO OUR TEACHER, BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN HOUSTON.

FOR US TO OPEN OUR LIBRARIES BACK UP AND EMBRACE READING FOR READING SAKE ALONE.

LET'S FINALLY BREAK FREE FROM THE CULT OF MIKE MILES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

OUR FINAL SPEAKER IS MIKE COOK.

MICHAEL, YOU MAY BEGIN SPEAKING.

SO YOU'VE, AS USUAL, ENJOYED YOUR ACCOLADES AT THE FRONT END AND YOUR.

YOUR POW WOW BACKSTAGE.

UM, I THINK THE TAKEAWAY HERE IS DO YOUR DANG JOB.

THESE PEOPLE.

I'M. I'M PART OF THESE FOLKS.

WE'RE. WE THE PEOPLE.

WE'RE THE HIGHER POWER.

AMERICAN GOVERNMENTS.

CITY, COUNTY.

STATE. FEDERAL.

YOU GUYS ARE THE LOWER POWER.

IT'S WE THE PEOPLE.

IT'S WHAT WE WANT.

UH, YOU'VE BEEN GIVEN MULTIPLE EXAMPLES TONIGHT OF WHERE YOU'RE FAILING, AND YOU BETTER STEP UP ON ALL OF THESE POINTS THAT THESE FOLKS MADE TONIGHT.

EVERY ONE OF THEM.

WHILE YOU'RE DOING THAT.

KEEP AN EYE ON MIKE MCGRATH TO.

UH, HE HE BUMPED THE SPENDING 37% FROM 2016 ON THE TIA.

TIA STAFFING IS UP 31% FROM 2016.

DO YOU THINK THAT HELPS OUR KIDS? HE RESTRUCTURED TO TO BRING IN TEACH FOR AMERICA.

THEY HAVE NO CREDENTIALS OR RELEVANT EXPERIENCE.

LET ME JUMP DOWN HERE TO NUMBER EIGHT.

PRIVATIZATION OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

ARTICLE SEVEN.

ARTICLE SEVEN, THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION.

HE SELLS PRIVATE STUDENT DATA TO THIRD PARTY VENDORS.

HE GIVES UNFETTERED ACCESS TO STUDENT DATA TO MICROSOFT DATA KIND COMMIT THINK.

TODD WILLIAMS WHEN YOU THINK COMMIT EDUCATE TEXAS THINK GATES THERE EDUCATE TEXAS FOR I.

MACHINE LEARNING AND PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS SCHEMES.

HE CIRCUMVENTS THE ELECTED SBOA.

STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND PARENTS.

UM, ALSO CONCERNING THE TEACHERS.

PUT YOUR PROFESSED COMPLIMENTS INTO THE TEACHERS PAYCHECKS.

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YOU BETTER ADDRESS EVERY ISSUE THAT WE BROUGHT UP TONIGHT WHILE YOU KEEP AN EYE ON TIA AND WHAT THEY HAVE COMING FOR OUR KIDS, DO NOT LET TIA FOIST THEIR GARBAGE ON OUR CHILDREN.

THIS IS OUR FLESH AND BLOOD.

THEY DON'T BELONG TO YOU.

WE THE PEOPLE ARE THE HIGHER POWER.

YOUR GOVERNMENT.

YOU'RE THE LOWER POWER.

YOU DO WHAT WE SAY.

STOP RAPING OUR BANK ACCOUNTS.

THANK YOU, MR. HOOK. YOUR TIME.

STOP RAPING OUR BANK ACCOUNTS.

PRESIDENT HENRY THIS CONCLUDES OUR SPEAKERS.

TRUSTEES ARE MOVING ON TO SECTION SEVEN.

[7. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

EMPLOYEE HEARINGS JUNE 8TH, 2023.

CALL BOARD MEETING JUNE 21ST 2023.

PUBLIC HEARING JUNE 22ND 2023.

PUBLIC HEARING JUNE 22ND 2023.

BOARD MEETING, JUNE 22ND 2023.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE.

SECOND MOTION BY TRUSTEE FLORES, SECOND BY JOHNSON.

THERE ARE NO CORRECTIONS TRUSTEES.

PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.

TRUSTEE WEINBERG WERE YOU ABLE TO VOTE? PRESIDENT. HENRY, WERE YOU ABLE TO VOTE? PRESIDENT..

DIDN'T COME UP. YES, PRESIDENT.

HENRY, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO VOTE? YES. OKAY.

THANK YOU. I'LL JUST DO IT VOCALLY THE WHOLE TIME.

MOTION PASSES.

SEVEN ZERO.

TRUSTEES ARE MOVING ON TO SECTION EIGHT, CONSIDERING TO TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO NAME THE DISTRICT'S 2023 2024 BOARD REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE COUNCIL OF GREAT CITY SCHOOLS.

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

TRUSTEES DO HAVE A NOMINATION.

OH. I'LL NOMINATE SARAH WEINBERG.

SECOND, THE MOTION BY TRUSTEE FLORES A SECOND BY I MEAN A MOTION BY TRUSTEE MACKEY, A SECOND BY TRUSTEE FLORES.

ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? LET'S SEE. NO OTHER NOMINATIONS.

TRUSTEE. WEINBERG.

SORRY. YOU'VE BEEN A DELEGATE FOR COUNCIL OF GREAT CITY SCHOOLS BY ACCLAMATION.

CONGRATS. CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO NAME THE DISTRICT'S DELEGATE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE 2023 TASB DELEGATE ASSEMBLY. NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN TO HAVE A NOMINATION.

I NOMINATE TRUSTEE WEINBERG.

NO, I'M JUST KIDDING. NOMINATE DAN? MITCH. THAT.

SECOND.

HE'S ALREADY OUR REPRESENTATIVE.

HE'S ALREADY.

SO THIS IS. THIS IS FOR THE DELEGATE.

I'M SORRY. EXCUSE ME.

THIS IS FOR THE ALTERNATE.

CORRECT. THE DELEGATE.

DELEGATE. NEXT WAS THE ALL THE DELEGATE SERVED THEIR TERM.

I DON'T KNOW WHEN IT EXPIRES, BUT MITCH KNOWS.

WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO SELF NOMINATE FOR THE DELEGATE.

HE IS THE CHAIR.

MITCH CORRECT. WHY, THANK YOU, MA'AM.

LET ME BACK UP. YOU HAD A NOMINATION ON THE TABLE.

YOU SAID I WILL WITHDRAW MY NOMINATION.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

SO WE HAVE A NOMINATION BY TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

I'LL SECOND. ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? I DON'T HEAR ANY TRUSTEE.

CONGRATULATIONS. YOU ARE OUR DELEGATE REPRESENTATIVE FOR TASB BY ACCLAMATION.

WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO 8.03, WHICH IS THE SAME PROCESS FOR AN ALTERNATE.

DO I HAVE A NOMINATION? ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE 2023 TASB DELEGATES.

I NOMINATE JOE CARREON. A SECOND.

GOOD FOR NOT BEING AT THE MEETING.

TRUSTEES ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS?

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TRUSTEE CARREÓN, CONGRATULATIONS.

CONGRATULATIONS. YOU ARE THE TASB DELEGATE AND ALTERNATE BY ACCLAMATION.

NOW MOVING ON TO 8.04.

THIS IS CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION TO SET THE 2023, 2024 MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION TAX RATE AT UM 0.77180.00 CENTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION AND SET THE 2023 2024 DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE AT 0.24203 $0.05 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST IN DEBT.

DO I HAVE A MOTION SO MOVED? SECOND. LET ME MAKE THE MOTION.

I MAKE A MOTION TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

THANK YOU. I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BE INCREASED BY THE ADOPTION OF A TAX RATE OF $1 AND 0.0138.05 CENTS WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY A 4.9% INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED THAT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BE INCREASED BY THE ADOPTION OF A TAX RATE OF $1 AND 0.01383 $0.05, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY A 4.9 INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE.

TRUSTEES IS THERE DISCUSSION? THERE'S NOT DISCUSSION. TRUSTEES, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.

I VOTE YES. IT'S NOT POPPING UP ON MY SCREEN.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE WEINBERG WERE YOU ABLE TO VOTE? HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO VOTE? I CAN VOTE FOR YOU.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

THE MOTION PASSES EIGHT ZERO.

THANK YOU TRUSTEES. YOU JUST ADOPTED ITEM 8.04.

NOW ON TO ITEM 8.05.

CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO CLAIM A GOOD CAUSE EXEMPTION UNDER THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE.

SECTION 37.0814, SUBSECTION C, AND APPROVE THE DISTRICT'S ALTERNATIVE STANDARD PLAN, WITH WHICH THE DISTRICT IS ABLE TO COMPLY.

TO HAVE A MOTION. MOVE TO APPROVE.

SECOND MOTION BY TRUSTEE FLORES.

SECOND BY TRUSTEE JOHNSON.

TRUSTEE IS THERE A DISCUSSION? OKAY, TRUSTEES, WILL YOU PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE? I VOTE YES.

TRUSTEE FOREMAN. WERE YOU ABLE TO VOTE? THANK YOU. JUST CAME IN.

MOTION PASSES.

EIGHT ZERO.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE. YOU JUST ADOPTED ITEM 8.05.

WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS.

[9. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS]

THE FOLLOWING AGENDA ITEMS HAVE BEEN PULLED FOR SEPARATE VOTES.

9.04, 9.05, 9.06, 9.20, 9.53, 9.63, 9.68.

ITEM 9.04, 9.05, 9.06 AND 9.53 WERE ADDED BACK TO THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS AND CONSENT ITEMS 9.14 AND 9.67 HAVE BEEN PULLED FROM THE AGENDA.

TRUSTEES, DO I HAVE A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AS AMENDED? SO MOVED. SECOND.

MOTION BY TRUSTEE FLORES, A SECOND BY TRUSTEE JOHNSON.

TRUSTEES WILL YOU PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES? VOTE YES.

THE MOTION PASSES.

EIGHT VOTING YES, EIGHT ZERO.

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

NOW MOVING TO THE ITEM POOL FOR A SEPARATE VOTE.

[10. ITEMS PULLED FOR A SEPARATE VOTE]

JUST A REMINDER, PLEASE CONFINE ANY REMARKS TO THE PENDING MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

WE ARE GOING TO BEGIN WITH 10.03, OH, THAT'S RIGHT.

10.04. THANK YOU, DR.

ELIZADE. I'VE CONSIDER TO TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN DALLAS COLLEGE AND THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT RELATED TO DATA SHARING.

CONSENT ITEM 9.20 PULLED BY TRUSTEES FORMAN AND WHITE.

DO I HAVE A MOTION MOVE TO APPROVE? SECOND. MOTION BY TRUSTEE FLORES.

SECOND BY TRUSTEE JOHNSON.

TRUSTEE IS THERE DISCUSSION? TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

BRIAN, I'D ALSO LIKE FOR SEAN TO COME UP BECAUSE THIS IS A GENERAL STATEMENT.

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UH, FIRST, DR.

LUZ, THANK YOU FOR RESPONDING TO MY QUESTIONS IN A TIMELY MANNER.

I STILL DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS REGARDING DATA SHARING AGREEMENTS IN GENERAL, AND ONE OF THEM IS HOW SOON A BREACH IS REPORTED TO US.

IT JUST SAYS IN A TIMELY MANNER.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN MUCH TO ME.

UM, I'D LIKE TO HAVE A DATE SPECIFIC.

IF IT'S TEN DAYS, 15 DAYS OR SOMETHING THAT WE UNDERSTAND, A BREACH HAS TAKEN PLACE.

CAN EITHER ONE OF YOU ANSWER? YES, MA'AM. SO IN THIS AGREEMENT ON PAGE NINE OF 16, SECTION I.

REPORTING OF UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURES OF DATA OR INFORMATION, IT DOES STIPULATE FIVE BUSINESS DAYS AS THE AMOUNT OF DAYS TO REPORT A DATA BREACH.

OKAY. I MISSED THAT.

IT'S A VERY TOP PARAGRAPH ON PAGE NINE.

OKAY, I GOT IT.

SO IS THAT A PART OF ALL OF OUR AGREEMENTS NOW? IS THAT THERE ARE DATE SPECIFICS? YES, MA'AM, I BELIEVE SO. THIS IS OUR STANDARD DATA SHARING AGREEMENT.

IT'S THIS ONE SPECIFICALLY SAYS FIVE DAYS, BUT IT ALSO REFERENCES I CAN GET THE EXACT BUSINESS CODE.

LEGALLY, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO REPORT IT WITHIN 60 DAYS.

BUT THIS IS ACTUALLY A SHORTER TIME FRAME THAN THAT.

THE REASON I ASK THAT QUESTION IS BECAUSE THAT'S DATA ON SOME OF OUR STUDENTS AND POSSIBLY OUR PARENTS ALSO.

AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RECEIVE INFORMATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE NOTIFICATIONS THAT HAVE GONE OUT. SUPERINTENDENT.

IN TERMS OF OUR DATA BREACHES.

AND HERETOFORE WE'VE JUST HAD A GENERAL STATEMENT ABOUT THE DATA BREACHES, BUT NOT ABOUT A TIMEFRAME.

AND I PREFER TO SEE A TIMEFRAME IN ALL OF OUR DATA SHARING AGREEMENT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

TRUSTEE JOHNSON.

NO. ALRIGHT TRUSTEES PLEASE CASH YOUR VOTES AGENDA ITEM 10.04.

VOTE. YES. THANK YOU.

THE MOTION PASSES EIGHT ZERO.

THANK YOU TRUSTEES, YOU JUST ADOPTED AGENDA ITEM 10.04 ON THE 10.05 CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE NEGOTIATED ENTRY INTO A COOPERATIVE SERVICES FOR INSURANCE RELATED SERVICES NOT TO EXCEED $660,000 OVER TWO YEARS.

CONSENT ITEM 9.53 POOL BY TRUSTEE FOREMAN AND WHITE.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE.

SECOND. MOTION BY TRUSTEE FLORES.

SECOND BY TRUSTEE JOHNSON.

IS THERE A DISCUSSION? NEVER MIND.

THAT WAS APPROVED ON THE CONSENT ITEM 10.06.

THANK YOU, DR. ELIZADE.

10.6. 10.06 IS CONSIDERING TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION.

NEGOTIATE ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH RECOMMENDED VENDOR FOR THE ADDITION OF RENOVATION OF THE BIOMEDICAL PREPARATORY AT UT SOUTHWESTERN NOT TO EXCEED $31.5 MILLION.

BOND FUNDS CONSENT ITEM 9.63 PULLED BY TRUSTEES FOREMAN AND WHITE.

IS THERE A MOTION MOVE TO APPROVE? SECOND. MOTION BY TRUSTEE FLORES.

SECOND BY TRUSTEE JOHNSON.

TRUSTEES IS THERE DISCUSSION? TRUSTEE FOREMAN? YES.

AND I'LL TRY TO MAKE THIS AS BRIEF AS POSSIBLE.

WHILE I DO UNDERSTAND THE IDEA AND THE THOUGHTS OF DOING A PARTNERSHIP WITH UT SOUTHWESTERN AND PUTTING A SCHOOL ON THEIR CAMPUS.

I'VE BEEN VERY CLEAR THAT I HAVE ISSUES WITH DALLAS ISD BUILDING ON SOMEONE ELSE'S LAND.

AND I CONTINUE TO STAND BY THAT.

I STOOD AGAINST THAT WITH VALLEY VIEW, AND I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO STAND AGAINST US PUTTING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO CONSTRUCTION ON SOMEONE ELSE'S LAND.

I DO UNDERSTAND TRUSTEE CARREÓN'S DESIRE TO HAVE A SCHOOL IN

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I CERTAINLY WANT TO SUPPORT TRUSTEE CARREÓN.

BUT SUPERINTENDENT, AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, I THINK THIS IS NOT A PRACTICE THAT WE SHOULD CONTINUE AND THAT WE SHOULD LOOK TO PUT STRUCTURES ON OUR OWN PROPERTY AND OUR OWN LAND.

I UNDERSTAND PARTNERSHIPS AND I THINK PARTNERSHIPS ARE GOOD, BUT WHEN PARTNERSHIPS ARE BASICALLY ONE WAY, THAT DOESN'T REALLY WORK FOR ME AND I AM GOING TO ABSTAIN FROM VOTING ON THIS.

AND I HOPE THAT THE ADMINISTRATION DOES UNDERSTAND MY CONCERNS ABOUT THE CONTINUATION OF PUTTING DALLAS ISD RESOURCES, IN FACT, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON OTHER PEOPLE'S LAND.

THANK YOU TRUSTEE FOREMAN. TRUSTEE JOHNSON, FOLLOWED BY TRUSTEE WHITE.

YES, I WANT TO SAY THAT I SPOKE WITH TRUSTEE CARREÓN CONCERNING THIS MATTER, AND I WANT TO THANK THE ADMINISTRATION FOR THE COMMUNICATION AND THE INFORMATION THAT WE DID RECEIVE.

I'LL BE SUPPORTING THIS EFFORT.

TRUSTEE CARREÓN IS VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS.

WE TALKED ABOUT THIS. I BELIEVE STRONGLY THAT THIS WOULD BE GREAT FOR KIDS AND GREAT FOR HIS COMMUNITY AND GREAT FOR EVERYONE THAT'S INVOLVED WITH THIS.

SO I WILL DEFINITELY BE SUPPORTING IT, ESPECIALLY THE KIDDOS THAT'S GOING TO BE THERE.

THIS IS GOING TO JUST BE GREAT FOR KIDS AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT TO FULL FRUITION, SO I WILL BE SUPPORTING IT.

THANK YOU TRUSTEE JOHNSON.

TRUSTEE WHITE. YES, I DO HAVE TO SAY THAT I FEEL THAT UT SOUTHWESTERN HAS RESOURCES TO HAVE BUILT A BUILDING FOR US.

WE ARE SUPPLYING ALL THE TEACHERS AND EVERYTHING THAT'S NEEDED TO RUN A SCHOOL ON THEIR CAMPUS.

AND I HAVE, I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS IN TRUSTEE CARREÓN'S DISTRICT, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I JUST FEEL WE SHOULDN'T DO AS FAR AS BUILD A BUILDING ON SOMEONE'S LAND BECAUSE WHEN THE LEASE RUNS OUT, THEY OWN THE BUILDING.

EVEN THOUGH WE THIS IS A WRITE OFF, I JUST DON'T FEEL THAT THIS IS THE TYPE OF TAX WRITE OFF THAT WE WOULD WANT TO TAKE THAT WE SHOULD BUILD ON OUR OWN PROPERTY MAINTENANCE, OUR OWN BUILDINGS VERSUS HAVING SOME VERSUS LEASING PROPERTY FOR SOMEONE, BUILDING A BUILDING ON IT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THE MAINTENANCE ON.

I JUST FEEL LIKE WE'RE DOING THEM A FAVOR AND THAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A BETTER PARTNERSHIP IF THEY HAD SAID WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE A BUILDING FOR YOU TO ENTER INTO TO COME IN AND TEACH STUDENTS, WHETHER IT'S MONTESSORI OR WHAT HAVE YOU.

I FEEL THAT THAT'S WHAT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED VERSUS US BUILDING ON SOMEONE ELSE'S PROPERTY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU TRUSTEE WHITE, TRUSTEE MACKEY.

YEAH. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT AND THE TEAM FOR THIS CONTINUED WORK AND BUILDING OF PARTNERSHIPS.

I HEAR SOME OF THE CONCERNS, THOUGH, I DON'T ASCRIBE TO THEM, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THIS LEASE FOR AT LEAST 45 YEARS, POTENTIALLY LONGER.

AND WITH PROJECTIONS, IF WE FILL UP, WE WOULD ACTUALLY EARN MORE IN DAILY ATTENDANCE FROM STUDENTS THAN WE EVER PAID TO BUILD THIS BUILDING.

AND SO EVEN JUST ON THAT, AND THIS IS NOT SOMETHING MADE UP, THIS IS THE LONGEST WAIT LIST IN DALLAS ISD AT THE MOMENT TO GET IN.

AND SO I APPRECIATE US WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE PARTNER WHO WAS SO PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THAT PARTNERSHIP CONTINUE TO FLOURISH.

AND I APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S HARD WORK AND DILIGENCE OVER THIS.

THIS IS NOT NEW. THIS SCHOOL IS ALREADY IN OPERATION AND THIS IS JUST GIVING IT THE BUILDING THAT IT DESERVES.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE MACKEY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT TRUSTEES, WILL YOU PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES? I VOTE YES. THANK YOU.

THE MOTION PASSES, SIX VOTING YES, ONE VOTING NO.

ONE ABSTAINING.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEE. YOU JUST APPROVED AGENDA ITEM 10.06.

10.07 WAS PULLED ON 10.08, WHICH IS CONSIDERING TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE SALE OF THREE SURPLUS PROPERTIES TO THE HIGH BIDDERS FOR

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DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SECOND. MOTION BY TRUSTEE FLORES.

SECOND BY TRUSTEE JOHNSON.

TRUSTEES IS THERE DISCUSSION? TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

YES. AGAIN, I'VE BEEN QUITE VOCAL ABOUT MY CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROCESS IN GENERAL, AND THANK YOU FOR REALIZING THAT THIS WAS NOT THE BEST PROCESS TO BRING THESE PROPERTIES TO THE BOARD.

I DO BELIEVE AFTER OUR CONVERSATIONS THAT THERE WILL BE A DIFFERENT PROCESS IN PLACE.

THE BOARD HAS TO BE MADE AWARE IN A TIMELY MANNER ON ALL PROPERTIES THAT WE'RE GOING TO SELL.

I DO NOT BELIEVE THIS WAS THE BEST PROCESS AND SO I DO STRONGLY ENCOURAGE US TO WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A PROCESS WHERE WE ALL CAN BUY IN AND TRY TO GET THINGS ACCOMPLISHED.

AND FOR THE RECORD, WE ABSOLUTELY WILL MAKE SURE THAT THAT PROCESS IS ABSOLUTELY IN PLACE MOVING FORWARD.

THANK YOU TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

TRUSTEE WHITE. I DEFINITELY APPRECIATED THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT WE DID RECEIVE ON THESE PROPERTIES THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE, AND I'M DEFINITELY IN SUPPORT OF THIS.

NOW THAT I HAVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE WHITE. TRUSTEES, WILL YOU PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES? PRESIDENT, HENRY. VOTE YES.

THANK YOU TRUSTEE.

THE MOTION PASSES.

SEVEN VOTING YES, ONE ABSTAINING.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEES. YOU JUST PASSED AGENDA ITEM 10.08.

IT'S THE LAST AGENDA ITEM.

THE TIME IS NOW 9:22 P.M..

AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.