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ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.
WE HAVE A QUORUM AND THIS MEETING HAS BEEN DULY POSTED.
[2. MOMENT OF SILENCE AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND SALUTE TO THE TEXAS FLAG.WE HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST WHO'S GOING TO DO OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TONIGHT, TRUSTEE MICCICHE.
YES, AFTER WE DO, THE MOMENT OF SILENCE, WE WILL BE LED IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY LUKE DRENNAN FROM HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL AND WHO'S ALSO WORKING ON HIS BOY SCOUT EAGLE PROJECT.
ALL RIGHT, SO A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
START WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE THANK YOU AND GOOD LUCK AS YOU MOVE TOWARDS BECOMING AN EAGLE SCOUT, WHICH IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE HIGHEST RECOGNITIONS A YOUNG PERSON CAN RECEIVE THE FOLLOWING TRUSTEES ARE PRESENT, ARE PHYSICALLY PRESENT, OR PARTICIPATING SIMULTANEOUSLY BY VIDEO CONFERENCE.
A QUORUM OF THE BOARD IS PHYSICALLY PRESENT AT THIS LOCATION.
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 IN BOARD POLICY BED(LOCAL) PERTAINING TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
IT IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE FOR A PERSON WITH INTENT TO PREVENT OR DISRUPT A LAWFUL MEETING, TO SUBSTANTIALLY OBSTRUCT OR INTERFERE WITH THE ORDINARY CONDUCT OF A MEETING BY PHYSICAL ACTION OR VERBAL UTTERANCE, THEREBY CURTAIL THE EXERCISE OF OTHERS' FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
SPEAKERS ARE CAUTIONED THAT WHAT THEY SAY COULD VIOLATE THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS UNDER THE LAW OF DEFAMATION OR INVASION OF PRIVACY, AND IF THEY'RE UNSURE OF THE LEGAL EFFECT OF THE REMARKS, THEY MAY WANT TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE PRIOR TO THE UTTERANCE.
ANY PERSON WHO BECOMES BOISTEROUS, DISRUPTIVE, OR FAILS TO ABIDE BY THE RULES OF THIS ASSEMBLY WHILE ADDRESSING THE BOARD OR ATTENDING THIS BOARD MEETING, SHALL BE ASKED TO LEAVE. FAILURE TO LEAVE WHEN REQUESTED TO DO SO, MAY RESULT IN THE PERSON BEING ESCORTED FROM THE MEETING AND SUBJECT TO ARREST I DON'T SEE ANY ELECTED OFFICIALS.
TRUSTEES THERE ARE NO BOARD RECOGNITIONS TODAY.
BEFORE MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE AND GIVE SPECIAL THANKS TO THE THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL CULINARY ARTS STUDENTS FOR PREPARING A DELICIOUS MEAL TONIGHT FOR THE TRUSTEES, THE SUPERINTENDENTS, AND THE CHIEFS.
I WOULD LIKE US ALL TO GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO TJ'S CULINARY ARTS STUDENTS.
ALL RIGHT, TRUSTEES, WE DON'T HAVE CLOSED SESSIONS SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO REVENUE COMMITTEE
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REPORTS. I HAVE A BRIEF COMMITTEE REPORT.SO THANKS TO MY COLLEAGUES ON THE SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION COMMITTEE FOR THE WORK THIS CYCLE, WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE THE BOARD ADOPT THE SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION EARLIER THIS MONTH AND WANTED JUST TO NOTE THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION COMMITTEE MEMBERS WILL BE MAKING ONE MORE RECOMMENDATION TO POLICY COMMITTEE REGARDING THE SUPERINTENDENT'S EVALUATION, JUST CODIFYING IN POLICY THE EVALUATION PRACTICES.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND APPRECIATE WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU ALL.
WE'RE NOW GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
SO I'D LIKE TO BEGIN WITH AN IN MEMORIAM.
YOU'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
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TRINIDAD "TRINI" GARZA WAS WELL KNOWN TO MANY OF US IN DALLAS.AFTER SERVING IN THE US NAVY AS AN AVIATION ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN AND RADIO OPERATOR.
HE RECEIVED HIS BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING FROM TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY.
HE BECAME KNOWN AS AN ADVOCATE FOR PROGRESS FOR THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY AS EARLY AS 1969, WHEN HE HELPED ORGANIZE THE CITY'S FIRST MEXICAN AMERICAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE.
ELECTED AS THE FIRST HISPANIC MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IN 1969, MR. GARZA SERVED ON THE BOARD AGAIN FROM 1991 TO 1994, AND WAS THEN APPOINTED DEPUTY REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF THE US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IN PRESIDENT CLINTON'S ADMINISTRATION IN 2010.
THE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL AT MOUNTAIN VIEW COLLEGE WAS NAMED FOR MR. GARZA. HIS LEGACY WITH STUDENTS AND EDUCATION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY OF LEARNERS AT TRINI GARZA EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL, MR. GARZA FATHERED FOUR CHILDREN, INCLUDING FORMER DISTRICT SEVEN DALLAS ISD BOARD TRUSTEE JEROME GARZA.
THIS IS ALSO A BUSY MONTH FOR BIRTHDAYS.
I LOVE STARTING OFF BY WISHING SOMEONE ON THE DAIS A BIRTHDAY, BUT TODAY WE GET TO CELEBRATE THREE.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TRUSTEE CARREÓN! WE ALSO ALSO BEN MACKEY ALSO HAD A DECEMBER BIRTHDAY.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! AND FINALLY DAN MICCICHE ALSO HAS A DECEMBER BIRTHDAY.
SO WHILE WE'RE ALL SCRAMBLING TO PREPARE FOR OUR HOLIDAY CELEBRATIONS, HOWEVER, WE MAY CELEBRATE.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO EACH OF YOU! WE SHOULD ALL GO AROUND AND SAY WHAT AGE WE ARE.
[CHUCKLING] I'LL GIVE YOU A NUMBER.
[CHUCKLING] IN THE SPIRIT OF GIVING, LED BY TEACHER TERRY STOTTS, STUDENTS FROM CAREER INSTITUTES THIS YEAR CONTINUED A LONG STANDING TRADITION THAT STARTED AT THE MULTIPLE CAREERS MAGNET CENTER, ALSO KNOWN AS MCMC BUILDING ROCKING HORSES TO DONATE TO FAMILIES AT THE RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE, AND IT'S NOT JUST THIS GROUP OF STUDENTS WHO ARE GIVING FROM THE HEART THIS SEASON.
FROM SUNSET HIGH SCHOOL ADOPTING ONE OF ITS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS TO THE ELISHA M.
THE SPIRIT OF GIVING THROUGHOUT OUR DISTRICT CANNOT BE MATCHED.
THE GENEROSITY THAT IS DALLAS ISD NEVER FAILS TO TOUCH MY HEART AND THIS SEASON IS NO DIFFERENT.
THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF OUR STUDENTS, OUR FAMILIES, AND OUR COMMUNITY FOR ALL OF YOUR EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE THESE ARE TIMES WHERE FOLKS ARE A LITTLE BETTER OFF.
THANKS TO THE COUNSELORS, OUR RECONNECT FACILITATORS, AND TEACHERS IN THE DISTRICT'S GRAD LAB, 123 STUDENTS WALKED THE STAGE AT ALFRED LOWE STADIUM ON WEDNESDAY TO RECEIVE THEIR DIPLOMAS.
THE GRAD LAB PROGRAM PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES NINE THROUGH 12 TO RETURN TO THE SCHOOL SETTING AND RECEIVE INSTRUCTION AND SUPPORT FOCUSED ON THE FOLLOWING ON FOLLOWING AND COMPLETING A SPECIFIC GRADUATION PLAN GEARED TO THEIR NEEDS.
ONE GRADUATE OFFERED ADVICE THAT WE COULD PROBABLY ALL USE NEVER GIVE UP, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, ALWAYS SHOW UP BECAUSE THAT WAS MORE THAN HALF THE BATTLE TOWARDS ULTIMATELY GETTING MY SUCCESSFUL DIPLOMA.
FOR THE FOURTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR, DALLAS ISD HAS RECEIVED A CLEAN AUDIT ON ITS ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT, MEANING THAT THE DISTRICT'S INDEPENDENT AUDITOR FOUND NO MATERIAL WEAKNESSES, NO SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES, AND NO COMPLIANCE SHORTCOMINGS IN THE DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND FEDERAL PROGRAMS. THE UNMODIFIED OPINION ISSUED BY AN INDEPENDENT AUDITOR, WEAVER AND TIDWELL LLP, IS THE HIGHEST THAT AN INDEPENDENT AUDITOR CAN ISSUE REGARDING A SET OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OR FEDERAL PROGRAMS.
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THE DISTRICT HAS ALSO RECEIVED STRONG RATINGS AND AWARDS FOR FINANCIAL REPORTING, BUDGETING, AND FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY DURING FISCAL YEAR 2023.AMONG THE ACCOLADES DALLAS ISD RECEIVED, YOU HEARD EARLIER A SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT RATING ON THE SECOND FINANCIAL ON THE SCHOOL FINANCIAL INTEGRITY RATING SYSTEM OF TEXAS, ALSO KNOWN AS FIRST FROM THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY FOR 2023.
THIS IS THE 12TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR THAT THE DISTRICT HAS ACHIEVED THE TOP RATING ON THE SCHOOL.
FIRST, THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION GFOA, CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT FOR EXCELLENCE IN FINANCIAL REPORTING AND THE ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BUSINESS OFFICIALS INTERNATIONAL ASBO.
CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE IN FINANCIAL REPORTING AWARD IS THE HIGHEST RECOGNITION THAT A PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT CAN RECEIVE FOR GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL REPORTING, AND THE ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BUSINESS OFFICIALS INTERNATIONAL ASBO ALSO MERITORIOUS BUDGET AWARD, THE HIGHEST STANDARD A PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT CAN REACH IN THE AREA OF BUDGET PREPARATION AND PRESENTATION, AND A TRANSPARENCY STAR IN THE AREA OF CONTRACTS AND PROCUREMENT FROM THE STATE COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE DALLAS ISD PROCUREMENT TEAM HAS ACHIEVED SUCH RECOGNITION FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS.
THAT IS ALL THREE QUALITY ENTITIES WHO DO BOND RATINGS.
I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, TAMIKA ALFRED-STEVENS.
DOCTOR ALFRED-STEVENS AND HER TEAM ARE WHY WE ARE IN SUCH A GOOD FINANCIAL SITUATION, AND FINALLY, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SOUTH OAK CLIFF HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM.
THEY HAD AN INCREDIBLE SEASON, AND WHILE THEY LOST A TIGHT GAME THIS LAST WEEKEND AGAINST PORT NECHES GROVE 20 TO 17, THEY ARE WINNERS IN OUR HEARTS.
THEY GAVE IT THEIR ALL IN THE FIELD AND DID ALL OF DALLAS ISD PROUD.
CONGRATULATIONS TO COACH TODD AND ALL OF THE PLAYERS WHO WORKED SO HARD THIS YEAR TO GET TO THE STATE FINAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AGAIN FOR THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR, AND PLAY LIKE THE CHAMPIONS THAT THEY ARE, REGARDLESS OF WHAT OBSTACLES MAY HAVE ARRIVED. HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO TRUSTEE REPORTS.
WE'RE GOING TO START WITH DISTRICT ONE AND GO THROUGH DISTRICT NINE.
SO I WILL START WITH TRUSTEE FLORES.
FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS TO WALNUT HILL INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY'S KINDER TO SECOND GRADE CHESS TEAM FOR FINISHING SECOND IN THE DISTRICT'S ELEMENTARY CHESS TOURNAMENT. WELL DONE.
FORMER COWBOYS PLAYER DARREN WOODSON JOINED STUDENTS AND TEAM MEMBERS AT THIS EVENT TO READ ONE OF THE MORE THAN 200 NEW BOOKS THAT NOW SIT ON A VIBRANT YELLOW BOOKSHELF IN THE LIBRARY. I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THE WORK OF SAMANTHA CULPEPPER, TEACHER OF THE YEAR AT DEGOLYER ELEMENTARY, FOR INCORPORATING TECHNOLOGY TO ENHANCE HER STUDENTS' LEARNING EXPERIENCE.
KEEP UP THE EXCELLENT WORK! AND I ALSO WANT TO PUT IN MY CONDOLENCES AND PRAYERS FOR THE THE GARZA FAMILY.
I SERVED WITH JEROME MANY YEARS AGO, AND I'VE KNOWN TRINI SINCE I FIRST RAN FOR OFFICE AND THEY ARE JUST AN ABSOLUTELY AMAZING FAMILY, AND TRINI WILL BE GREATLY MISSED.
KUDOS TO TANVI ATHALE, ABIGAIL RUIZ, ARIELLA DAVIS AND ARACELLI ESQUIVEL, AND TO THEIR DEBATE COACH JOHN [INAUDIBLE] AND ASSISTANT COACH VALERIE [INAUDIBLE].
EXCUSE ME. SHOUT OUT TO MR. RICHARD [INAUDIBLE] THEATER THREE CLASS AT SUDIE WILLIAMS'S TAG ACADEMY FOR RECEIVING A DIVISION ONE SUPERIOR AND BEST OF FESTIVAL AWARDS AT THE MIDDLE ARTS MIDDLE SCHOOL FINE ARTS FESTIVAL.
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THE HILLCREST CHEERLEADING TEAM PLACED SECOND IN THE ISD.DALLAS ISD CHEER CHALLENGE AND NEXT UP THEY ARE PREPARING FOR THE UIL COMPETITION JANUARY 5TH.
GOOD LUCK! WOODROW WILSON IB ART SENIOR EMMA PETTAWAY WAS AWARDED A $200,000 NAVY ROTC SCHOLARSHIP.
WE CANNOT WAIT TO SEE WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR YOU.
THAT'S AMAZING DALLAS RETIRED TEACHERS ASSOCIATION CONTINUES TO SUPPORT ACTIVE DALLAS ISD TEACHERS.
THANK YOU. THROUGH THEIR GRANT PROGRAM, TWO D2 TEACHERS, AMBER TURNER FROM HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOL AND ARMINA RICE FROM LONGFELLOW MIDDLE SCHOOL, WERE AWARDED $750 GRANTS THIS YEAR AT THEIR DECEMBER LUNCHEON KUDOS AGAIN TO WOODROW WILSON FOR WINNING BOTH THE BOYS AND THE GIRLS.
DISTRICT 12 5A SWIM CHAMPIONSHIPS.
GOOD LUCK AT REGIONALS A SPECIAL CONGRATULATIONS TO CAMPBELL CHASE, A TWO TIME THE SCHOOL'S THREE TIME STATE SWIMMING CHAMPION, A TWO TIME MEMBER OF THE USA NATIONAL JUNIOR SWIM TEAM AND A 2024 OLYMPICS TEAM TRIALS QUALIFIER, AND SHE'S RANKED THIRD ACADEMICALLY IN HER CLASS. CONGRATS TO THE FRANKLIN MIDDLE SCHOOL BOYS SOCCER TEAM, WHICH WON THE SCHOOL CITY CHAMPIONSHIP AND THE WOODROW WILSON GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TEAM FOR WINNING THE DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP AND BEING UNPARALLELED BY CLINCHING OVER 20 DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIPS UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF COACH JIM HARRIS.
I'LL DO THE DISTRICT THREE ACCOLADES.
I WAS HONORED TO BE ABLE TO HAND THEM THEIR DIPLOMAS, AND IT'S PARTICULARLY MEANINGFUL FOR ME.
MY FATHER HAD DROPPED OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL WHEN HE WAS 16, AND HIS PARENTS WERE IMMIGRANTS, AND I REMEMBER ONE AT ONE TIME ASKING HIM, WELL, DIDN'T ANYBODY REACH OUT TO YOU AND TELL YOU? AND HE SAID, NO, AND SO I'M SO GLAD THAT OUR DISTRICT ACTUALLY REACHES OUT TO OUR KIDS AND HELPS THEM GRADUATE.
SO IT WAS VERY COLORFUL, AND IT AND IT LOOKED LIKE A, LIKE AN ALL STAR GAME OUT THERE.
I WAS AMAZED AT HOW MANY PHOTOS I HAD WITH TRINI FROM OVER THE YEARS YOU CAN JUST DO A SEARCH IN YOUR IPHONE AND LOOK, DO A FACE SEARCH, AND THERE WAS MORE THAN A DOZEN PHOTOS WITH HIM.
SO HE STAYED INVOLVED FOR A VERY LONG TIME I WANT TO THANK BERTHA RAMIREZ, A JUNIOR AT BRYAN ADAMS HIGH SCHOOL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, AND HER LINK CREW TEACHER MISS CHRISTINA [INAUDIBLE], FOR SHARING INFORMATION ABOUT THE BRYAN ADAMS LINK CREW DURING A TELEMUNDO INTERVIEW HIGHLIGHTING THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MENTORSHIP PROGRAM FOR INCOMING FRESHMEN AND SHOWCASING THE IMPRESSIVE LEADERSHIP GAINS BY THE MENTORS US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT RECENTLY RANKED DALLAS ISD'S VERY OWN JACK LOWE SENIOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AS THE NUMBER FIVE SCHOOL CHOICE OPTION IN THE AREA.
MORE THAN 108 DALLAS ISD SCHOOLS WERE WERE RANKED IN THE TOP 40%, MANY BEING INCLUDED IN THE TOP 10% I ALSO WANT TO EXPRESS CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY OF THE LONGTIME CUSTODIAN AT HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL MR. JAMES SMITH, AND HE DIED TRAGICALLY THERE'S A THERE ARE LOTS OF REPORTS ON THE DEATH IN THE MEDIA, BUT WE CELEBRATED HIS LIFE OVER 30 YEARS OF BEING A REAL PILLAR OF OF HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND WE AGAIN EXPRESS OUR CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY.
I DID GET A CHANCE TO GO TO SEVERAL HOLIDAY PROGRAMS, INCLUDING THE GASTON HOLIDAY PROGRAM, WHICH INCLUDED ABOUT 2 OR 300 STUDENTS.
IT WAS AMAZING WHEN THEY ALL DID THE CONCLUDING PORTION OF OF THE, THE PROGRAM THAT THERE WERE SO MANY KIDS WHO WERE INVOLVED. SO KUDOS TO HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL, I'VE GASTON MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR GETTING SO MANY KIDS INVOLVED WE
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ALSO CELEBRATED THE COMPLETION OF BOND WORK AT CHARLES A.GILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND THAT THE SCHOOL LOOKS LOOKS AMAZING, AND FINALLY, I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR DALLAS VOTERS AND TAXPAYERS FOR SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS, AND I WANT TO WISH ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, STAFF, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS A SAFE AND RESTFUL HOLIDAY SEASON AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR.
THE DISTRICT FOUR REPORT IS AS FOLLOWS.
THANKS TO ONCOR FOR PARTNERING WITH DALLAS ISD TO FIGHT OBESITY.
LAST MONTH, A FEW OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, INCLUDING ANNIE WEBB BLANTON AT THE SCHOOLS ANNIE WEBB BLANTON AND GILBERT CUELLAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, PARTICIPATED IN THE 2003 ONCOR KIDS RACE.
SCHOLARSHIP FOR THEATRICS AND EARNING THE FIRST DIVISION LAST MONTH.
CONGRATULATIONS ARE IN ORDER FOR MISS KARLA PADILLA, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT EBBY HALLIDAY SCHOOL.
THE INSTITUTE ASPIRES TO EQUIP LEADERS WITH OPTIMISM, AWARENESS AND FUNDAMENTAL SKILLS NECESSARY FOR SUCCESS AS PRINCIPALS. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO OFFER MY CONDOLENCES TO TRUSTEE FOREMAN ON THE LOSS OF HER FATHER AND AS WELL AS THE GARZA FAMILY, ON THE LOSS OF TRINI GARZA AS WELL, AND I JUST ALSO WANT TO WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY, SAFE HOLIDAY SEASON AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR.
THANK YOU. DISTRICT FIVE ACCOLADES.
EIGHT FOURTH, AND FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS HAVE ADVANCED TO THE FINAL ROUND OF DALLAS ISD 32ND ANNUAL MLK JUNIOR ORATORY COMPETITION THAT WOULD TAKE PLACE ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 12TH.
I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT THE FINALIST AREA FROM ELIJAH M.
PEASE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND CAITLYN T.
FROM EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON STEM ACADEMY WILL BE REPRESENTING DISTRICT FIVE IN THE COMPETITION.
STUDENTS HUNTER GARRETT AND ISAIAH NOLAN AND TALIA SMITH RAISED $1,158.39 FROM THEIR PENNY WARDS PROJECT THAT HELPED PURCHASE CLEAN WATER FOR THE SAND BRANCH COMMUNITY, WHICH HASN'T HAD ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER IN 50 YEARS.
I AM SO VERY PROUD OF THE SOUTH OAK CLIFF GOLDEN BEARS FOR THEIR LEGENDARY SEASON.
THIS JOURNEY HAS BEEN MORE THAN A GAME OF JUST WINS AND LOSSES, BUT ONE OF HARD WORK AND RESILIENCE.
THEY ARE AND WILL ALWAYS BE CHAMPIONS.
THANK YOU TO PRINCIPAL FOSTER OF WILMER-HUTCHINS HIGH SCHOOL, THE WILMER-HUTCHINS HIGH SCHOOL STAFF AND COMMUNITY LEADERS AS WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE A TURKEY CHRISTMAS DINNERS TO 75 FAMILIES THAT WILL BE IN THAT WAS IN NEED.
ALSO A SPECIAL THANKS TO SERGEANT BERNARD HOPKINS.
I'M SORRY, SERGEANT BENOIT JOHNSON.
SERGEANT BENOIT JOHNSON FOR HELPING SERVE OUR FAMILIES, AND HE WAS THERE UNTIL LATE NIGHT UNTIL EVERYTHING WAS OVER SERVING AND MAKING SURE EVERY EVERY FAMILY WAS TAKEN CARE OF. I SEE SERGEANT IN THE BACK.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY IN DISTRICT FIVE.
I WILL READ THE DISTRICT SIX ACCOLADES.
I'M VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING THE SPEECH.
I BELIEVE IN FEBRUARY. WE'LL GET TO HEAR IT.
I'D LIKE TO GIVE KUDOS TO ALL OF THIS YEAR'S MASTER PRINCIPALS WHO WERE JUST RECENTLY NAMED.
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SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL 24 MASTER PRINCIPALS ACROSS DALLAS ISD, ESPECIALLY THOSE IN DISTRICT SIX CONSTANCE [INAUDIBLE] AT CARPENTER ELEMENTARY AND LAKEISHA MERRITT AT MARTIN WEISS ELEMENTARY, AND FINALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR DALLAS ISD CHEERS TEAMS. IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THEM SHOW THEIR SKILLS AT THE CHEERLEADING CHAMPIONSHIP AND THEY COMPETED SO WELL, AND THAT CONCLUDES THE DISTRICT SIX REPORT, AND I WILL READ THE DISTRICT SEVEN REPORT AS WELL.THIS MONTH, OAK CLIFF RESTAURANT TACOS EL GLORIA ORGANIZED A TOY DRIVE TO ENSURE THAT EVERY SINGLE STUDENT AT ANSON JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAS A TOY TO UNWRAP FOR THE HOLIDAYS. STUDENTS RECEIVED DOLLS, BICYCLES, STUFFED ANIMALS, MANY CHERISHED GIFTS, AND IT CREATED AN INCREDIBLY FESTIVE ATMOSPHERE THAT EXEMPLIFIED THE HEARTWARMING SPIRIT OF THIS COMMUNITY AND THE GENEROSITY FOSTERED BY TACOS EL GLORIA.
GEORGE PEABODY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS AND TEACHERS HAVE TRULY EMBRACED THE SEASON OF GIVING AND AMASSED AN IMPRESSIVE COLLECTION OF MORE THAN 800 ART SUPPLIES AND TOY DONATIONS FOR CHILDREN AT THE SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL.
THEIR COLLECTIVE EFFORT AND GENEROSITY HAVE EXEMPLIFIED THE TRUE SPIRIT OF SELFLESSNESS AND COMMUNITY THAT MAKES PEABODY TRULY EXCEPTIONAL, AND FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO JOIN MY COLLEAGUES AND DOCTOR ELIZALDE IN HONORING THE MEMORY OF TRINIDAD "TRINI" GARZA, WHO IS A TOWERING FIGURE HERE IN DALLAS.
TRINI'S UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC EDUCATION, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND SOCIAL JUSTICE HAS LEFT A MARK ON DALLAS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO ECHO LONG AFTER HE IS, HE IS GONE. HE WAS INVOLVED TO THE VERY END AS EVERYONE HERE HE WOULD BE AT CHORIZO AND MENUDO.
EVERY SINGLE SATURDAY THAT HAD HAPPENED.
DIDN'T MATTER WHAT WAS HAPPENING, HE WOULD FIND A WAY THERE IT'S A TRUE HONOR TO HAVE KNOWN HIM, AND HE WILL BE DEARLY MISSED, BUT HIS IMPACT WILL BE FELT FOREVER, AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. I WILL PROVIDE THE DISTRICT EIGHT ACCOLADES I WANT TO BEGIN BY EXPRESSING MY GRATITUDE TO ALL THE VOLUNTEERS AND DONORS HELPING BRING THE HOLIDAYS TO CHILDREN ACROSS DALLAS ISD ONE EXAMPLE IS THE SOLAR COMMUNITY AND THE PARENTS OF THE SOLAR PEACE PANTRY THE SOLAR SCHOOL COMMUNITY THIS YEAR DONATED CLOSE TO $30,000 FOR THIS YEAR'S HOLIDAY GIFT DRIVE.
AS A RESULT, 380 KIDS AND FAMILIES RECEIVED A $75 GIFT CARD PER STUDENT TO HELP WITH GIFTS THIS HOLIDAY SEASON.
SO SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO THESE PARENT LEADERS CONGRATULATIONS TO NORTH DALLAS HIGH SCHOOL ALUM QUINN MASON, WHOSE MUSICAL COMPOSITION ENTITLED CHRISTMAS EVE FESTIVITIES WAS PERFORMED BY THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY THIS PAST WEEKEND. ONE OF OUR COUNTRY'S GREAT SYMPHONIES.
CONGRATULATIONS, QUINN, AND THANK YOU FOR MAKING DALLAS ISD PROUD.
I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A KUDOS TO PRINCIPAL MARISSA AT JESUS MORALES EXPRESSIVE ARTS VANGUARD, WHO HAS MADE LITERACY AND READING A CENTRAL PART OF THE SCHOOL'S IDENTITY.
MAKING TIME TO READ BOOKS PLEASE LOOK THEM UP ONLINE.
WE ARE VERY PROUD I WANT TO GIVE A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO MRS. YVONNE SOTELO, A FIRST GRADE BILINGUAL TEACHER AT GABE P.
ALLEN NEW TECH ACADEMY, WHOSE EFFORTS RESULTED IN AN IMPRESSIVE $1,673 RAISED AT OUR CAMPUS FOR THE DALLAS ISD EMPLOYEE GIVING CAMPAIGN EQUALING A TOTAL PARTICIPATION RATE OF 72% BY HER CAMPUS.
I WANT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO ALL THE FACULTY OF GABE P.
ALLEN FOR THEIR INCREDIBLE SUPPORT AND FOR ALL DALLAS ISD EMPLOYEES WHO CONTINUE TO GIVE BACK TO THE DISTRICT ALSO AT GABE P.
ALLEN. I WANT TO EXTEND A WARM CONGRATULATIONS TO MRS. ANGELICA GORDON ON HER UPCOMING RETIREMENT THIS MONTH.
AFTER SERVING THE DISTRICT FOR 31 YEARS.
FOR THE PAST 30 YEARS, SHE HAS SERVED AS A VALUED MEMBER OF THE GABE P.
ALLEN COMMUNITY, WHERE SHE [INAUDIBLE] WHERE SHE PRIMARILY TAUGHT KINDERGARTEN.
THANK YOU MRS. GORDON, AND LASTLY, I TOO WANT TO WISH THE DALLAS ISD COMMUNITY A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS, AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR THAT CONCLUDES THE DISTRICT EIGHT REMARKS.
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THANKS. THANK YOU.TRUSTEE CARREÓN I WILL DO THE DISTRICT NINE ACCOLADES.
I'LL START WITH TRUSTEE MACKEY DESCRIBED AS OUR MASTER PRINCIPALS.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE A FEW OF THEM THAT WERE IN THE DISTRICT THAT I'M FORTUNATE TO REPRESENT.
I'LL START WITH PRINCIPAL ATKINS AT CHARLES RICE ELEMENTARY.
CONGRATULATIONS, PRINCIPAL GARRETT JONES, WHO THEY SHOULD JUST CALL HER THE MASTER.
[CHUCKLNIG] MASTER PRINCIPAL AT DUNBAR, WHO USED TO BE AT CHARLES RICE FOR YEARS MR. LONNIE RUSSELL, WHO'S AT BURLESON, WHO'S DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB WITH THAT CAMPUS PRINCIPAL SAMUEL AND ANN RICHARDS, AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER ONE WHO'S NOT IN MY DISTRICT, PRINCIPAL AMAYA, WHO WAS IN DISTRICT NINE FOR A GOOD WHILE, WHO WAS ALSO RECOGNIZED AS MASTER PRINCIPAL.
THE HONORED SELECTION IS A WELL-DESERVED HONOR FOR PRINCIPAL GARRETT JONES.
SHE DOES A PHENOMENAL JOB FOR OUR COMMUNITY, HER CAMPUS, AND PREVIOUSLY FOR CHARLES RICE.
THANK YOU, COACH REESE AND MISS HILLARD.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION.
WHAT A WAY TO NOT ONLY PROMOTE HEALTH, BUT ALSO TO DEMONSTRATE PHYSICAL WELLNESS.
CONGRATULATIONS! SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL IS GEARING UP FOR THEIR COLLEGE AND CAREER DAY, SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE STAFF AND PARTICIPATING IN SCHOOL AND ORGANIZATION REPRESENTATIVES FOR INSTILLING THE IMPORTANCE OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND ENCOURAGING STUDENTS.
THAT IS NEVER TOO SOON TO DISCOVER THE SCHOOL AND CAREER THAT'S BEST FOR YOU I ECHO MY COLLEAGUES AND DOCTOR ELIZALDE SHOUT OUT TO SOUTH OAK CLIFF GOLDEN BEARS FOR A GREAT SEASON AND MAKING IT TO THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE THIRD STRAIGHT YEAR THEY'RE TRULY LEGENDARY, AS THEY HAD ON THE BACK OF THEIR SHIRTS, AND THEY HAVE A GOOD FEELING WE'LL SEE THEM BACK AT THAT VENUE SOON PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.
I WANT TO SAY A SHOUT OUT TO MISS ARMSTRONG AT SUDIE TAG.
SHE HELPS LEAD THE FOURTH GRADE DESTINATION IMAGINATION CREW WHEN SHE SPENT HER WHOLE SATURDAY WITH A GROUP OF KIDS AT SKYLINE FOR THE DESTINATION IMAGINATION EVENT WITH MY DAUGHTER. SO THAT'S WHERE THE PERSONAL PRIVILEGE IS.
SO THANK YOU, MISS ARMSTRONG FOR YOUR DEDICATION DURING THE SCHOOL WEEK AND ON SATURDAYS SUPPORTING OTHER PEOPLE'S KIDS, INCLUDING MY OWN FIVE YEARS AGO THE GUZMAN FAMILY AND HER OTHER FAMILY BECAME A CHRISTMAS PROJECT IN SOUTH OAK CLIFF TO PROVIDE TOYS TO FAMILIES THAT WERE PART OF THE DALLAS YOUTH ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION.
THERE WAS A CONVERSATION BETWEEN DANIEL WOOD, WHO SOME OF US KNOW IN THE FAMILY, TO EXPAND THAT IMPACT AND YEAH, I DON'T REMEMBER HOW MANY, BUT A LOT.
YEAH, 6800 GIFTS I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE DISTRICT NINE ASPECT.
SO THE SCOTTY SMITH FAMILY FOUNDATION WAS ONE OF THE PRIMARY DONORS THAT ENSURED EVERY CHILD IN FIVE SOUTH DALLAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WAS ENSURED THAT THEY RECEIVED A GIFT AS WELL, AND THOSE SCHOOLS THAT WERE ABLE TO BE INCLUDED THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE GUZMAN FAMILY, THE RUEDA FAMILY, DANIEL WOOD AND THE SCOTTY SMITH FAMILY FOUNDATION INCLUDED BUCKNER TERRACE, WHICH ISN'T IN SOUTH DALLAS BUT IS IN DISTRICT NINE.
FRANK GUZIK, WHICH ISN'T EITHER, BUT DISTRICT NINE IS DISTRICT NINE.
DUNBAR, THE DOCTOR, MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR ARTS ACADEMY, AND H.S.
THOMPSON STEAM ACADEMY WERE ALL INCLUDED.
ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE ALTRUISTIC SPIRIT THAT WE HAVE WITHIN NOT ONLY OUR CITY, BUT OUR DISTRICT IN PARTICULAR, AND THAT'S GOING TO CONCLUDE THE DISTRICT NINE REPORT, I THINK, DOCTOR ELIZALDE. YES, I FORGOT TO MENTION ONE THING TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS WHEN I DO SCHOOL VISITS I DID TELL A GROUP OF STUDENTS THAT I MET TODAY AT MCSHAN THEY SHARED WITH ME I KNOW IT'S HARD TO SEE, BUT THEY MADE A FRIENDSHIP BRACELET OUT OF BEADS.
AND ANYONE WHO KNOWS THE MCSHAN OR THE CONRAD VERTICAL TEAM, MCSHAN IN PARTICULAR, 80% OF OUR STUDENTS AT MCSHAN CAME TO THE UNITED STATES FOR A BETTER LIFE SO THEY WERE NOT BORN IN THE UNITED STATES, BUT THEY CAME HERE SO THAT THEY COULD SEEK AND RECEIVE TRULY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM, AND SO I GOT TO MEET STUDENTS FROM AFGHANISTAN AND PARTS OF AFRICA.
SO I DID LEARN A NEW WORD HOW TO SAY HELLO IN SWAHILI.
SO I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO BUILD MY VOCABULARY, BUT I WANTED TO THANK THE STUDENTS AT MCSHANN, AND I ALSO SPENT SOME TIME AT TASB TODAY AND REALLY GREAT SCHOOL VISITS, AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING ALL OUR SCHOOLS ARE DOING.
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WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH SPEAKERS TO AGENDA ITEMS AND THEN MOVE ON TO SPEAKERS TO NON-AGENDA ITEMS.[00:35:01]
I'M ASKING THE SPEAKERS TO BE MINDFUL OF CHILDREN THAT ARE IN ATTENDANCE, CHILDREN AND UNWILLING ADULT RECIPIENT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN ATTENDANCE AT THIS PUBLIC MEETING SHOULD NOT BE EXPOSED TO LEWD, VULGAR, OBSCENE OR EXPLICIT LANGUAGE FROM SPEAKERS.SPEAKERS THAT INSIST ON EXPOSING THE PUBLIC TO THIS LANGUAGE SHALL BE ASKED TO LEAVE IMMEDIATELY.
FURTHER, PLEASE BE MINDFUL OF YOUR FELLOW SPEAKERS AND TO REFRAIN FROM USING INDIVIDUALS NAMES, TO INCLUDE STUDENTS NAMES AND TO ADDRESS EXCUSE ME AND TO ADDRESS THE BOARD AND NOT INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEES. THE DISTRICT HAS ADOPTED PROCEDURES TO HEAR AND ADDRESS COMPLAINTS ABOUT SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS, AND IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT SPEAKERS AVAIL THEMSELVES OF THE GRIEVANCE POLICY TO SEEK RELIEF VIA THOSE PROCEDURES.
AUDIENCE. I'M ASKING YOU NOT TO ENGAGE IN THAT CONDUCT OR ANY CONDUCT THAT WILL DISRUPT THE MEETING.
RULES OF ORDER AND DECORUM WILL BE ENFORCED DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD TO ENSURE THAT EFFICIENT MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE AN EFFICIENT MEETING, UNLAWFUL OR DISRUPTIVE CONDUCT, INCLUDING INTERRUPTING SCHEDULED SPEAKERS, SPEAKING OUT OF TURN, OR INTERFERING WITH THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.
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.
YOUR COMMENTS ARE OUT OF ORDER.
AT THIS POINT, MISS [INAUDIBLE], WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE NAMES OF THE SPEAKERS? GOOD EVENING.
I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND THE SPEAKERS THAT YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
WHEN YOU ARRIVE AT THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
PLEASE LISTEN CAREFULLY FOR YOUR NAME.
I WILL CALL FOR SPEAKERS AT A TIME.
WILL THE FIRST TWO SPEAKERS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONES? OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS ROBERT CECCARELLI, FOLLOWED BY MIKE HOOK WITH BRANDON MARSHALL AND DANIKA HALE ON DECK.
[INAUDIBLE] OKAY, I COME HERE WITH A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE. LAST YEAR I TALKED ABOUT SOUTH OAK, CLIFF AND KIMBALL AND METAL DETECTORS.
EVERYONE, CAN I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION, PLEASE.
I WENT BACK THIS YEAR TO SEE SOUTH OAK CLIFF AND CARTER.
SAME PROBLEM. METAL DETECTORS WALK RIGHT IN 50 YARDS.
OKAY. ANYTHING WOULD HAVE HAPPENED THERE.
THE SUPERINTENDENT, YOU WOULD BE IN BIG TIME TROUBLE BECAUSE I TOLD YOU ABOUT THIS LAST YEAR.
WHY DIDN'T YOU DO ANYTHING? BECAUSE IT STARTS AT THE TOP.
I WALKED THROUGH TWO METAL DETECTORS, WALKED RIGHT THROUGH AGAIN, AND ALSO IT GOT WORSE.
I WAS AT THE METAL DETECTORS, THE MANUAL ONES NEXT TO THE REFRESHMENT STAND.
I WAS ABLE TO WALK RIGHT THROUGH, AND HE DIDN'T.
HE DIDN'T EVEN BOTHER TO INSPECT ME AT ALL.
IT WAS AT CARTER AND SOUTH OAK CLIFF.
NOW I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH NOT ONLY WITH YOU, [INAUDIBLE].
I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER.
I ASKED A COUPLE OF MONTHS, WELL, LAST YEAR I'M WAITING FOR THE EMAILS ABOUT WHERE YOU'RE AT.
WERE YOU AT THE METAL DETECTORS OR WERE YOU AT THE REFRESHMENT STAND? HE DIDN'T. HE DIDN'T ANSWER.
HE SAID THE METAL DETECTORS WERE WORKING.
HE BLOWS UP AT ME AND HE DRAWS THE POLICE TO WHERE I WAS AT AND I HAD TO YELL AT.
I HAD TO YELL, TOO, AND IT'S JUST, I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
YOU MENTIONED ON TV ABOUT SAFETY, BUT I JUST TOLD YOU WHAT HAPPENS NOW.
MS. SUPERINTENDENT, I MEAN THAT.
IT WAS A KILLING THERE THREE YEARS AGO.
THERE WERE NO METAL DETECTORS THERE.
HINOJOSA MADE SURE THERE WERE METAL DETECTORS THERE.
YOU CAN LOOK DOWN ALL YOU WANT, BUT I'M JUST TELLING YOU THE TRUTH.
YOU GO TO SOUTH OAK CLIFF AND YOU MAKE SURE THAT THEY DO THE JOB.
WHAT? THE COACH OF SOUTH OAK CLIFF.
I'M SORRY. HE'S THE HE'S THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR NOW.
THERE'S TWO OF THEM YOU WALK RIGHT THROUGH.
THE SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT, MISS SUPERINTENDENT, AND THE PERSON ALL OVER SOUTH OAK CLIFF TO GO TOGETHER AND MAKE SURE IF I GO THERE NEXT TIME THERE'S THE TWO METAL DETECTORS ARE WORKING OUTSIDE.
MAKE SURE THEY DON'T COME INSIDE WITH THE WEAPONS.
YOU HAVE THE CONTROL INSIDE, BUT NOT OUTSIDE.
WHY DO YOU FEEL LIKE THIS? THERE WAS A KILLING.
HINAJOSA MADE SURE THAT THE METAL DETECTORS WERE WORKING AT DAVIS FIELDHOUSE.
KIMBALL'S GOT IT REAL TIGHT WITH THEIR SECURITY, AND SO DOES CARTER BY SOUTH OAK CLIFF GOT A BIG FAT F AND THAT, AND THANK YOU, MR. CECCARELLI. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.
WILL THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS COME TO THE MICROPHONES?
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MIKE HOOK AND BRANDON MARSHALL, WITH DANIKA HALE AND DOCTOR PAMELA GRAYSON ON DECK? NUMBER NINE RIGHT THERE.NUMBER NINE DID YOU CORRECT THE SITUATION WITH THE FEMALE STUDENT BEING ABUSED BY THE PRINCIPAL OF MADISON HIGH SCHOOL? DO YOU REMEMBER THE TWO COMMENTS THE PRINCIPAL SAID TO THE STUDENT ABOUT AMOUNTING TO NOTHING AND FLAT ON HER BACK LIKE HER MOTHER? NUMBER NINE, DID YOU CORRECT THE PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR STATUS FOR MADISON HIGH SCHOOL? NEXT TOPIC.
BRAIN. BRAINS VERSUS GENITALIA.
OUR CHILDREN'S GENITALIA IS NO CONCERN OF ANY GOVERNMENT.
AGAIN, WHILE ABOUT 70% OF K THROUGH 12 ARE NOT FUNCTIONALLY ON GRADE LEVEL, GET TO WORK ON THEIR BRAINS. THAT ORGAN IS YOUR BUSINESS STRICTLY FOR READING, WRITING, MATH, CIVICS, HISTORY, AND OTHER CLASSICAL AMERICAN EDUCATION.
EXCEPT FOR THE MARXIST GARBAGE THAT WAS INJECTED INTO OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM APPROXIMATELY 1830.
NUMBER FIVE, DID YOU SUFFICIENTLY ADDRESS THE HOSTILE, MALEVOLENT MALEVOLENCE AGAINST OUR BUS DRIVERS, DRIVERS HAVE ANY ONE OF THE TEN? FOLKS UP HERE SUFFICIENTLY ADDRESSED THE BUS DRIVER'S LEGITIMATE COMPLAINTS.
HAVE ANY OF YOU DONE ANYTHING ABOUT GETTING RID OF THE FLIGHT SIMULATORS? HAVE YOU GOTTEN OUR CHILDREN'S READING, WRITING, AND CALCULATING MATH UP TO PAR? HAVE YOU STARTED TREATING OUR TEACHERS PROPERLY? THEY'VE ONLY BEEN COMPLAINING FOR 20 OR MORE YEARS ON THE SAME TOPICS.
DISD CONTINUES TO HEMORRHAGE STUDENTS AS THE HIGH QUALITY TEACHERS CONTINUE THEIR EXODUS.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH THE MIKE MORATH PROBLEM? WHAT ARE Y'ALL? WHAT Y'ALL AREN'T DESTROYING, MORATH WILL.
YOU BETTER BE ADDRESSING THE MATH PROBLEM, AND NUMBER NINE, THAT IS JUSTIN HENRY.
NUMBER FIVE, THAT IS MAXIE JOHNSON, AND TH AT'S ABOUT IT. WILL THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS COME TO THE MICROPHONE? BRANDON MARSHALL AND DANIKA HALE WITH DOCTOR PAMELA GRAYSON AND JANET MARIANI ON DECK.
NOT PRESENT, DOCTOR PAMELA GRAYSON.
WITH JANET MARIANI AND BRITTANY LAWRENCE AND PATRICIA DOYLE ON DECK.
MY NAME IS DOCTOR PAMELA GRAYSON.
MY SON GOES TO THE FREDERICK HAYNES GLOBAL PREPARATORY ACADEMY.
MY CONCERN HERE TONIGHT ARE JUST 2 OR 3 ISSUES.
THE FIRST OVERARCHING ISSUE, I HAVE A FOUR PAGE HANDOUT.
EVERYBODY'S PRINTER WENT BAD ON ME TODAY, BUT I HAVE EMAILED IT TO YOU.
THE FIRST TWO PAGES DETAIL THE LUNCH ISSUE BECAUSE THIS CAMPUS HAS NO KITCHEN PER SE, THE LUNCHES ARE BROUGHT OVER FROM THE OBAMA ACADEMY TO THIS LOCATION.
BY THE TIME THEY GET THERE, THEY ARE COLD.
THERE IS NO STEAM TABLE ON SITE.
THE FOOD IS SOGGY AND THEN THE FOOD IS INSUFFICIENT.
HE EATS AT 10:36 IN THE MORNING.
SO FROM 11:06 FOR THE REST OF THE DAY, A DURATION OF FIVE HOURS, HE HAS NOTHING.
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I HAVE TALKED WITH THE SCHOOL TODAY.WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT I AS A COMMUNITY ADVOCATE.
WE'LL EVEN LOOK AT SEEKING FUNDING FOR SNACKS FOR THESE CHILDREN.
WE CANNOT EXPECT THEM TO BEHAVE PROPERLY AND LEARN PROPERLY IF THEY ARE BATTLING HUNGER SIMULTANEOUSLY THIS NEXT ISSUE AND I'VE EVEN IN THIS I PUT TEXTS FROM MY SON.
IT ISN'T WHEN I SEE HIM AT THE END OF THE DAY.
HI, MOM. IT'S WHAT'S FOR DINNER? BECAUSE HE'S HUNGRY.
GETS MAD IF I DON'T HAVE NO DINNER I'M GOING TO JUST HIT A COUPLE OF THESE FIRST OF ALL, WHAT WAS GOING ON IS WHERE OUR STUDENTS WERE WALKING ACROSS CAMPUS TO THE GYM THERE AT PAUL QUINN CAMPUS, AND BECAUSE OF THE FANTABULOUS FLOOR THEY HAVE, THEY WERE REQUIRING OUR STUDENTS TO TAKE THEIR SHOES OFF DURING PE, WHICH MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE, BUT I WILL SAY THIS.
IT TOOK ME COMING TO Y'ALL'S BOARD MEETING TO MAKE FOLKS ACT RIGHT AT THE SCHOOL.
THEY HAVE CALLED IT IN, TRUSTEE JOHNSON.
THEY HAVE CALLED DOCTOR [INAUDIBLE].
AS OF TODAY, THEY CAN WEAR THEIR SHOES, TENNIS SHOES ON THE FLOOR.
SO THANK YOU. ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE 250 SCHOLARS AT HGP AT THIS TIME.
ONE STAIRWELL IN THE BUILDING.
HE TALKED TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THE OTHER NIGHT TO TELL HER HIS STORY HIMSELF.
IF THERE IS AN EMERGENCY, THERE IS THAT ONE STAIRWELL.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE 325 STUDENTS.
THE GOAL, IF YOU KEEP GOING THE WAY YOU'RE GOING, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE OVER 400 THERE.
HOW COME I CAN GO TO THE PRINCIPAL, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AND THEY CANNOT TELL ME WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE BUILDING THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE BUILT FOR OUR CHILDREN AT HGP. THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE A NEW BUILDING.
NO ONE CAN TELL ME ABOUT IT, AND TO ME, THAT IS FROM THE TOP DOWN.
MY TRUSTEE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW, BUT THANK YOU FOR.
WILL. THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS COME TO THE MICROPHONES.
JANET MARIANI AND BRITTANY LAWRENCE WITH PATRICIA DOYLE AND ADAM LAMONT ON DECK.
IT'S NOT MY TRUTH OR YOUR TRUTH, BUT WHAT GOD SAYS.
WE ARE THE ONES WHO DECIDE TO SIN AND LIVE AGAINST HIS WILL FOR US.
WE WERE ALL BORN WITH TALENTS TO NURTURE AND EDUCATE OURSELVES.
SO WHY DO WE HAVE HALF THE KIDS IN TEXAS NOT AT GRADE LEVEL? WHY? ASK YOURSELF WHAT POLICIES ARE PREVENTING A GREAT EDUCATION FOR ALL OF THEM? WHY DOESN'T EVERYONE SPEAK ENGLISH, KNOW THEIR HISTORY OF THIS GREAT NATION, LEARN A SKILL AND DEVELOP A SKILL TO BECOME A PRODUCTIVE WAGE EARNER WHICH WITH HARD-WORKING WORK ETHICS, ASK YOURSELF, BE ON YOUR GUARD.
DISENFRANCHIZING MILLIONS OF UNBORN LIVES THAT ERODE AND ERODE THE VERY JUDEO-CHRISTIAN VALUES THAT THIS COUNTRY WAS BUILT ON.
DO NOT LET THESE FORCES OF EVIL WIN.
STAND UP, START OVER, DEMAND GREAT SCHOOLS ELECT BETTER LEADERS TO GET BETTER POLICIES OR NOTHING CHANGES UNTIL WE CHANGE. DOES YOUR SCHOOL HELP YOUR CHILDREN SUCCEED FOR A GREAT LIFE? CAN OUR CHILDREN GRADUATE AND READ? AND LEARN TO LEAD.
DO YOU KNOW YOUR TALENTS AND WHY NOT? WHAT ARE YOU GETTING? WHAT ARE YOU LEARNING? CAN YOU WRITE A GREAT PAPER? ARE YOU PROFICIENT IN YOUR INDIVIDUAL APTITUDES OR IS IT ALL ABOUT SEX, DRUGS, BOYS AND GIRLS? WHAT ARE YOUR CHILDREN LEARNING AND IS IT GOOD ENOUGH?
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GOD IS GOOD AT BEGINNINGS AND WE CAN TRUST HIS GUIDANCE WITH ALL OF OURS.YOU CAN TOO, BECAUSE HE CREATED ALL OF US ON THIS EARTH.
THANK YOU AND MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO A GREAT, GREAT 2024.
HI, MY NAME IS BRITTANY LAWRENCE AND I'M A DISD PARENT OF A CHILD WHO RECEIVES SPECIAL SERVICES.
THESE ACCOUNTS RANGE FROM ATTEMPTING TO GET FAMILIES TO QUIT PURSUING LITIGATION DESPITE MAKING NO CONCESSIONS, OR GIVING ANY AMOUNT OF JUSTICE TOWARDS THE AFFECTED STUDENTS OR FAMILIES. ON ANOTHER INCIDENT, A CHILD WITHOUT A DIAGNOSIS OR IEP WAS TOLD BY THEIR SCHOOL THAT THEY SIMPLY COULD NOT HANDLE THEM.
THAT CHILD EVENTUALLY RECEIVED AN AUTISM DIAGNOSIS AND NOW HAS A FUNCTIONAL IEP.
THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE A ARE CONTINUING OCCURRENCE.
THE HARDEST THING ABOUT TALKING ABOUT THIS TODAY IS HOW LITTLE INFORMATION I CAN ACTUALLY TELL YOU.
THIS IS A COMMON FEAR AMONGST MY COMMUNITY OF SPECIAL EDUCATION PARENTS IF PARENTS ASK QUESTIONS, THEY ARE OFTEN BULLIED INTO ACCEPTING OFTEN VERY UNACCEPTABLE ANSWERS.
I AM EXTREMELY HAPPY ABOUT THIS AND SINCERELY HOPE THAT THIS CONTINUES.
UPLIFTING PARENTS AND SELF-ADVOCATES CAN ONLY BRING GOOD THINGS FOR THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE.
HOWEVER, THIS IS ONLY HALF OF THE SOLUTION.
THINGS WILL NEVER GET BETTER FOR THE DISTRICT OR ITS STUDENTS UNTIL SCHOOLS, ADMINISTRATIONS, DISTRICT EMPLOYEES ARE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MESS THAT HAS BEEN CREATED.
THAT IS OUR SPECIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
DO I KNOW 100% HOW TO FIX THE PROBLEM? NO, NOT ENTIRELY, BUT AS A PARENT, I KNOW HOW TO TACKLE PROBLEMS BY SMALL STEPS.
WHEN I GET MY KIDS TO CLEAN THEIR ROOMS, WE TAKE IT PIECE BY PIECE, CORNER BY CORNER.
STOP ALLOWING PROBLEMATIC STAFF TO BE PROBLEMATIC.
AUDIT YOUR DEPARTMENTS AND SCHOOLS.
ARE THE STUDENTS RECEIVING TIMELY ARD SESSIONS? ARE YOU CONNECTING WITH PARENTS TO ASK IF THEY FEEL THEIR NEEDS ARE BEING MET? AND ARE YOU FOLLOWING ANY LEADS OF MISCONDUCT WITH FIDELITY? I CAN TELL YOU FROM EXPERIENCE YOU ARE NOT.
AS AN ADVOCATE, I REALIZED THAT I AM HEARING NEGATIVE THINGS LITERALLY EVERY DAY AND IT FEELS LIKE AN INSURMOUNTABLE MOUNTAIN, BUT I AM A FIRM BELIEVER THAT ANY PROBLEM CAN BE SOLVED. PLEASE TAKE AN INTEREST IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING AND LET'S WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS A DISTRICT WE CAN ALL BE PROUD OF.
WILL THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS COME TO THE MICROPHONES? PATRICIA DOYLE AND ADAM LAMONT WITH ELIZABETH FERRIS AND SIOBHAN [INAUDIBLE] ON DECK.
GOOD EVENING AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS.
I'M SPEAKING TONIGHT ABOUT DISTRICT RESOURCES.
THIS IS MY 10TH YEAR WORKING FOR THE DALLAS ISD, AND IN THAT TIME, MY OFFICE AND EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN MOVED SEVEN TIMES AND NOW WE'RE ON OUR EIGHTH MOVE.
YES. AT THE END OF A SEMESTER WITH ONLY THREE WEEKS TO PREPARE, WE ARE PACKING AND MOVING ALL OUR EQUIPMENT AND RESOURCES OUT OF THE CITY YOUR HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING ON ERVAY. TODAY WE WERE INFORMED THAT WE WILL.
IN THE SEVEN PREVIOUS MOVES, WE HAVE HAD OUR EQUIPMENT STORED IN AREAS THAT WERE POORLY VENTILATED AND NOT CLIMATE CONTROLLED, AND AS A RESULT, DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT WORTH HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WERE COVERED IN MOLD OR STORED IN INSECURE AREAS THAT SAW EQUIPMENT VANDALIZED OR RUINED BY WATER LEAKS.
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KEEP IN MIND THE EQUIPMENT IS FOR STUDENTS WITH MEDICAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL CHALLENGES.IN ADDITION TO EQUIPMENT, DISTRICT WIDE SERVICE PERSONNEL WERE MOVED TO THE PT AND OT DEPARTMENT, MOVED FROM ERVAY TO NOLAN ESTES BACK TO ERVAY, AND THEN FINALLY TO THE 9400 CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY LOCATION.
THAT MEANS WE HAVE NO PLACE TO STORE OUR FILES, TO COLLABORATE WITH COLLEAGUES OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, OR EVEN OUR OWN DEPARTMENT, OR A CONFIDENTIAL PLACE TO PARTICIPATE IN IEP MEETINGS.
WE ARE OFTEN FORCED TO USE OUR CARS AS AN OFFICE OR STORAGE.
IT TEARS AT MORALE, IT DESTROYS CAMARADERIE AND WE ALL FEEL UNVALUED AND UNWANTED.
WE CERTAINLY DON'T FEEL LIKE RESPECTED PROFESSIONALS, AND WE ARE ESPECIALLY UPSET WHEN THE SPECIAL POPULATIONS LEADERSHIP QUESTIONS WHY WE NEED EQUIPMENT, AS THEY CLEARLY DO NOT UNDERSTAND OUR ROLES AND OUR NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS.
IT CLEARLY UPSETS ME THAT THE LACK OF PLANNING, THE CHAOS AND DISORGANIZATION THAT ULTIMATELY AFFECTS OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS AND THE LEVEL OF INCOMPETENCE COSTS US MONEY, TIME AND RESOURCES THAT COULD BE USED TO SUPPORT BOTH PERSONNEL AND STUDENTS.
WILL THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS COME TO THE MICROPHONES? ADAM LAMONT AND ELIZABETH FERRIS WITH SIOBHAN [INAUDIBLE] ON DECK.
HELLO, I'M ADAM LAMONT I'M A DISD SEVENTH GRADE TEACHER AT ED WALKER AND ALSO A PROUD AFT MEMBER I WANT TO TALK TONIGHT ABOUT TEI BUT SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE ACPS THAT JUST HAPPENED SO FOR THIS YEAR AT A MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL, OUR ACPS, WHICH ARE PART OF OUR TEI SCORE, AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE DONE AS MAP TESTS FOR MATH AND ELAR AND I DO WANT TO SAY I'M NOT AGAINST THIS CHANGE IN GENERAL.
I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE OVER TESTED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR, HAVING TO DO BOTH ACPS BEFORE AND THEN MAP TESTING WHEN WE COME BACK ON THE OTHER HAND, THE MOST COMMON THING THAT I HEARD FROM MY STUDENTS THE DAY AFTER THEY TOOK THE MAP TEST WAS [INAUDIBLE] WHAT'S THE SYMBOL? THAT LOOKS LIKE A LONG DIVISION SIGN MEAN? AND WE HAD A LITTLE BACK AND FORTH, AND IT TOOK ME A LITTLE WHILE BEFORE I REALIZED THAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT A SQUARE ROOT SYMBOL AND THE REASON WHY MOST OF MY STUDENTS DIDN'T RECOGNIZE WHAT A SQUARE ROOT SYMBOL WAS, BECAUSE WE, IN OUR FALL SYLLABUS, HAVEN'T HAD A SINGLE DAY WHERE WE'VE DONE SQUARE ROOTS SO THAT MEANS THAT MY TEI SCORE AND MY SALARY AND YOU KNOW, THAT OF MY OF OTHER TEACHERS IS TIED TO SOMETHING THAT I HAVEN'T TAUGHT THIS YEAR TO MY STUDENTS AND OF COURSE, THE PROBLEM HERE IS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO FIT A SQUARE PEG INTO A ROUND HOLE, WHICH IS ACTUAL EDUCATION EARLIER THIS YEAR WHEN SUPERINTENDENT ELIZALDE DECLARED THAT WE WERE FINISHED TEACHING TO THE TEST, I WAS THRILLED TO HEAR THAT.
I CAN SAY THAT MY STUDENTS THIS YEAR HAVE BEEN ABLE TO LEARN MORE WITH THE NEW CARNEGIE CURRICULUM.
NOT THAT IT'S NOT THAT IT'S PERFECT BUT IT IS MUCH LESS FOCUSED ON JUST DOING WELL ON STAR, AND I FEEL LIKE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO MORE TRUE LEARNING IN THE CLASSROOM HOWEVER, IF WE TRULY WANT TO END TEACHING TO A TEST AND ALLOW TEACHERS AND STUDENTS TO TRULY LEARN WE MUST ACTUALLY END TEI AND END THAT INCENTIVE AND PRESSURE THAT TEACHERS FEEL TO MERELY TEACH TOWARDS THAT TEST SO I HOPE THAT YOU CONSIDER THESE CHANGES AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO.
WILL THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS COME TO THE MICROPHONES? ELIZABETH FERRIS AND SIOBHAN [INAUDIBLE]ON DECK.
IT'S REPORTED THE COST OF REPLACING A TEACHER IS 21,000 TO $30,000.
FOR THOSE IN SPECIALTY AREAS, SUCH AS SPECIAL EDUCATION, THE COST CAN EXCEED $30,000.
AGAIN. BASED UPON TEACHERS HIRED YEARLY, THE DISTRICT HAS SPENT 30 TO $40 MILLION A YEAR.
SEEMINGLY, OUR FOCUS IS ON RECRUITMENT VERSUS RETENTION BASED UPON PAST AND CURRENT POLICIES, ESPECIALLY IN OUR SPED PROGRAMS. WE KEEP RECEIVING REPORTS ABOUT THE DIRE STRAITS OF THE DISTRICT IS DUE TO THE FIASCO AND FUNDING FROM THE STATE, YET WE SEEM TO HAVE PLENTY OF MONEY TO SPEND UNNECESSARILY.
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IT SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN REMOVED, BUT INSTEAD OF MANAGING WITH PROFESSIONAL AND FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, CRONYISM IS KING.IF WE HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY AN EDUCATIONAL DIAGNOSTICIAN, LICENSED AND CERTIFIED TO PERFORM THE COMPLEX EVALUATIONS NECESSARY TO IDENTIFY A LEARNING DISABILITY, WHICH IS WHAT DYSLEXIA IS, AND THEN ALSO PAY AN UNLICENSED DYSLEXIA EVALUATOR TO COMPLETE ONE PART OF THE ENTIRE EVALUATION, WHICH THE DIAGNOSTICIAN IS COMPLETELY CAPABLE OF DOING AND THE ONE LICENSED TO DO SO.
WHILE I'M GLAD WE FINALLY HAVE THE SPED FOCUSED GROUPS MEETING, DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE IN SPED BY THOSE WHO ARE IN A REACTIVE MODE VERSUS TAKING THE ISSUES TO THE FOCUS GROUPS AND DEVELOPING PROACTIVE PROGRAMS THAT WILL IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES AND MAY JUST KEEP OUR TEACHERS.
WE SHOULD BE DEVELOPING THE COLLABORATIVE PROGRAMS AND CLOSING SELF-CONTAINED USE UNITS.
WE HAVE A DISPROPORTIONATE NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN ECSE AND FLS PROGRAMS WHO COULD BE IN THE GENERAL ED CLASSROOM, BUT A LACK OF TRAINING AND KNOWLEDGE ON THE PART OF SPED AND ADMINISTRATION, AND THE DESIRE TO GET RID OF ALL THE STUDENTS WHO DON'T PERFORM ON THE TEST HAVE PLACED MANY CHILDREN IN UNITS, BUT THAT IS ALSO HAND IN HAND WITH THE METHODOLOGY OF THE NEW CURRICULUMS THAT PREVENT DELIVERING ACCOMMODATIONS AND DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION, DISCRIMINATING AGAINST OUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AS WELL AS ELLS.
IT'S TIME WE START IMPLEMENTING OUR SPED PROGRAMS WITH SYSTEMS THAT DEFY YEARS OF CRONYISM AND FAILED PRACTICES, AND INCLUDES FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, BUT OF COURSE, THAT WOULD MEAN ALL PROGRAMS AND CONDUCT IN THE DISTRICT BE THAT OF INTEGRITY AND RESPONSIBILITY, AND A DISTRICT THAT HAS STOLEN THE TIA MONEY FROM ITS TEACHERS.
IT'S NAÏVE TO EXPECT THAT, AND AS A TEACHER WHO WOULD HAVE RECEIVED A TOTAL OF ALMOST $50,000 OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS, I'M BEYOND THE OUTRAGE AND DISGUST THAT MOST OF THE EMPLOYEES FEEL FOR LEADERSHIP AND THE BOARD.
DOCTOR ELIZALDE, IT'S TIME THAT THE POLITICS, MISMANAGEMENT, CRONYISM, NEPOTISM AND CONTEMPT.
OUR FINAL SPEAKER IS SIOBHAN [INAUDIBLE].
BOARD MEMBERS, I HOPE YOUR WEEK IS GOING WELL BECAUSE FOR SO MANY STUDENTS, PARENTS, COWORKERS, AND MYSELF AS A TEACHER IN YOUR DISTRICT, KATHLYN JOY GILLIAM COLLEGIATE ACADEMY, THIS HAS BEEN A DREADFUL WEEK.
INSTEAD OF HAVING 90 MINUTE PERIODS OF INSTRUCTION.
EACH PERIOD IS 2.5 HOURS OF SITTING DOWN AS STUDENTS TAKE THE DISTRICT MADE AND DISTRICT MANDATED TEST CALLED THE ASSESSMENT OF COURSE PERFORMANCE, OR ACP FOR SHORT.
ACP, AS IT IS CURRENTLY DESIGNED AND SITUATED WITHIN TEI, IS DETRIMENTAL TO STUDENTS, TEACHERS, AND THE CAMPUS ADMINISTRATION. THE UNIQUE BELL SCHEDULE DESIGNED FOR TAKING THESE DISTRICT-MADE AND DISTRICT MANDATED TESTS HAS LED TO A SEVERE LACK OF TEACHER PLANNING TIME, SOMETIMES FAILING AND FALLING BENEATH THE 450 MINUTES REQUIRED OVER TWO WEEKS.
EACH TESTING DAY CONSISTS OF UNINTERRUPTED 2.5 HOURS OF PROCTORING.
STUDENTS WHO HAVE MONITORED SHOW OFTENTIMES TEST ANXIETY AND NAUSEA, SOMETIMES NEEDING TO SEE THE NURSE ONLY TO RETURN TO CLASS SITTING BY THE TRASH CAN IN CASE OF NEEDING TO THROW UP.
MANY OTHERS SPEND THESE TIME TESTING PERIODS WITHDRAWN, HEAD DOWN AND STARING INTO EMPTY SPACE.
WHY DO SOME STUDENTS RESPOND SO EXTREMELY TO THIS WEEK OF TESTING? IT'S BECAUSE THESE TESTS ARE NOT INFORMED BY TEACHERS.
I DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO SEE THESE TESTS AFTER STUDENTS HAVE TAKEN THEM.
THEY PROVIDE NO INSTRUCTIONAL BENEFIT AND ADMINISTRATION ARE UNABLE TO GUIDE THEIR TEACHERS IN INSTRUCTION, IN PART BECAUSE OF ACP IN A BLACK BOX OF WHICH DATA CANNOT BE INTERPRETED.
THE DISTRICT SPENDS THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS SENDING TEACHERS MYSELF IN THE END, OF COURSE.
ASSESSMENT. CONTENT AREA OF BIOLOGY FOR NINTH GRADERS TO AGENCIES LIKE LEAD FORWARD IN PLANO TO DO WHAT? SO THAT THESE TEACHERS CAN LEARN HOW TO INTERPRET FROM PREEXISTING DATA WHAT STUDENTS MIGHT HAVE UNDERSTOOD INCORRECTLY, WHERE THEY GUESSING.
DID THEY CONFUSE TWO SIMILAR WORDS?
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NONE OF THAT INFORMATION IS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE TEACHERS BECAUSE THE DISTRICT HAS NOT RELEASED PAST TESTS.THAT DOESN'T NEED TO BE THE CASE.
THERE ARE DEPARTMENTS OR PERSONNEL HIRED.
THEY CAN WRITE NEW TESTS EVERY YEAR AND RELEASE TEST QUESTIONS TO INFORM INSTRUCTION.
THESE WEEKS OF ACP DO NOT NEED TO BE TIED TO TEACHER SALARY.
THANK YOU TO THE SPEAKERS THIS EVENING.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR AGENDA TRUSTEES, STARTING WITH THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
[7. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
THE FOLLOWING MINUTES HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL.SECOND. MOTION BY TRUSTEE FLORES.
IF THERE ARE NO CORRECTIONS, TRUSTEES, WILL YOU PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES? MY COMPUTER'S DOWN, I VOTE YES.
THANK YOU SIR. I VOTE YES AS WELL.
I VOTE YES ALSO. NOTHING'S POPPING UP.
WHO IS THAT? WE ADJOURN THE MEETING.
TRUSTEE, IF YOU'LL JUST VOTE BY HAND.
THANK YOU. TRUSTEES. YOU JUST ADOPTED THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS SUBMITTED.
[8. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS]
THE ADMINISTRATION SUPPORT ITEM 8.03.IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS TO ITEM 8.0.
IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, ITEM 8.04 WILL BE REMOVED.
BACK TO THE CONSENT AGENDA AND ITEM 8.03 WILL BE THE ITEM PULLED FOR A SEPARATE VOTE.
TRUSTEES, ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS? NO, AND TRUSTEES ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO EIGHT POINT...
GIVE ME A SECOND. ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO 8.03 BEING PLACED BACK ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM? [INAUDIBLE] OH, OKAY. NEVER MIND.
NO. IT'S FOUR BEING PLACED BACK.
I GOT IT. THREE WILL BE VOTED ON.
MOVE TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION BY TRUSTEE FLORES.
TRUSTEES, WE PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE BY RAISING YOUR HAND.
IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR WILL YOU PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
THANK YOU. TRUSTEES, YOU JUST APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. WE'RE MOVING ON TO THE ONE ITEM THAT IS STILL PULLED, WHICH IS 8.03 CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE NEGOTIATE AND ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS WITH RECOMMENDED POOL OF
[9. ITEM PULLED FOR A SEPARATE VOTE]
VENDORS OF PSYCHIATRY SERVICES.DID WE JUST VOTE ON EIGHT, THREE, EIGHT AGENDA ITEMS? EVERYTHING BUT 8.03 OKAY, AND NOW WE'RE ON 8.03.
TRUSTEES, IS THERE DISCUSSION? 8.03. ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT. TRUSTEES, THERE'S NO DISCUSSION.
WE. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES BY RAISING YOUR RIGHT HAND IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR.
YOU JUST ADOPTED AGENDA ITEM 9.01, PREVIOUSLY LISTED AS 8.03, IN THE CONSENT ITEM.
THAT'LL WORK FOR ME. THE TIME IS NOW 7:14 P.M, AND THIS MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU. HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EVERYONE.
TAKE CARE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.