Feb 22, 2024 Board Meetings

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO THE MONTHLY BOARD MEETING OF THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

[1. NOTICE AND RETURN]

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

IF YOU WILL, IF YOU'LL PLEASE STAND AND JOIN US FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

[2. MOMENT OF SILENCE AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]

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

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

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

THANK YOU, TRUSTEE FLORES.

SO 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, AND THEREBY CURTAIL THE EXERCISE OF OTHERS FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.

SPEAKERS ARE CAUTIONED THAT WHAT THEY SAY COULD VIOLATE THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS UNDER THE LAW OF DEFAMATION OR INVASION OF PRIVACY, AND IF THEY'RE UNSURE OF THE LEGAL EFFECT OF THEIR 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 THE ASSEMBLY WHILE ADDRESSING THE BOARD OR WHILE ATTENDING THIS MEETING, SHALL BE ASKED TO LEAVE. FAILURE TO LEAVE WHEN REQUESTED TO DO SO, MAY RESULT IN THE PERSON BEING ESCORTED FROM THE MEETING AND SUBJECT TO ARREST.

I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT TRUSTEE MACKEY JOHNSON JUST JOINED US.

I DON'T SEE ANY OFFICIALS.

OKAY, TRUSTEES ARE NOW ON TO PRESENTATION OF BOARD RECOGNITIONS.

[3. PRESENTATION OF BOARD RECOGNITIONS]

GOOD EVENING.

AS WE HONOR AND CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH, THE BOARD WELCOMES THE DAVID W CARTER HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR.

THIS IS THE CHOIR'S FIFTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR PERFORMING UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF MUSIC TEACHER DEMETRIUS ELY.

[MUSIC] LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING TILL EARTH AND HEAVEN.

RING RING WITH THE HARMONIES OF LEAD.

GIVE US HE'S AND OUR RESOURCES IN CHRIST.

THE SUNNY SKIES.

LET IT RESOUND LOUD AS THE ROLLING SEA.

SING A SONG FULL OF THE FAITH THAT THE DARK PAST HAS TAUGHT US.

SING A SONG FULL OF THE HOPE THAT THE PRESENT HAS BROUGHT.

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FACING THE RISING, RISING SUN OF OUR NEW DAY BEGUN. LET US MARCH ON TILL VICTORY.

HE IS ONE.

I. WE'LL BE WATCHING.

FIGHTING TILL THE VICTORY IS WON.

HOLD YOUR HEAD UP, BROTHER, TILL THE VICTORY IS WON.

BELIEVE ME, SISTER TO THE VICTORY IS WON.

TILL THAT DAY COMES.

LET US MARCH ON TILL VICTORY.

HIS WIFE.

ON HIS ONE.

CHOIR PLEASE REMAIN STANDING.

WE'RE GOING TO GET A PHOTO CHOIR.

PRESIDENT HENRY AND SUPERINTENDENT ELIZALDE, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME DOWN TO JOIN THE CHOIR? EVERYBODY GET CLOSER.

I BELIEVE THAT STARTED WITH. YOUR.

THREE SOMETHING.

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

THE BOARD IS HONORED TO RECOGNIZE AIDEN BODDY, A FOURTH GRADE THOMAS L MARSALIS ELEMENTARY STEAM ACADEMY STUDENT, AND THIS YEAR'S 32ND ANNUAL MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR ORATORY COMPETITION WINNER, SPONSORED BY FOLEY AND LARDNER LLP.

AIDEN, PLEASE COME FORWARD.

FOR 32 YEARS, THE ANNUAL MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR ORATORY COMPETITION HAS INSPIRED ELEMENTARY STUDENTS TO CELEBRATE DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.'S LEGACY.

STUDENTS IMPROVE THEIR WRITING AND PUBLIC SPEAKING SKILLS BY PARTICIPATING IN THIS EVENT AND HIGHLIGHTING THEIR COMMUNITY'S CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND TALENT.

STUDENTS PRESENTED ORIGINAL SPEECHES ADDRESSING HOW WOULD DOCTOR KING REFLECT ON THE 60 YEARS SINCE HIS I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH? AIDEN WILL NOW SHARE HIS WINNING SPEECH WITH US.

HOW WOULD DOCTOR KING REFLECT ON THE 60 YEARS SINCE HIS I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH? WELL, LET'S TALK ABOUT DOCTOR KING'S DREAM THE WAY HE DID AND IN A WAY THAT EVERYBODY CAN UNDERSTAND.

LET'S TALK ABOUT MONEY.

IN HIS SPEECH, HE SAID, WE'VE COME TO OUR NATION'S CAPITAL TO CASH A CHECK.

THAT CHECK HE WAS TALKING ABOUT IS FREEDOM, PROSPERITY AND PEACE.

WHILE MANY PEOPLE HAVE A POSITIVE AMOUNT IN THE BANK FOR THESE THINGS, MINORITIES SEE A NEGATIVE AMOUNT IN THEIR BANK ACCOUNT.

DOCTOR KING SAID ABOUT THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE THAT BLACK MEN, AS WELL AS WHITE MEN, WOULD BE GUARANTEED TO UNALIENABLE RIGHTS OF LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.

THIS IS ALSO A FORM OF MONEY THAT MANY PEOPLE GET PAID A LOT.

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DOCTOR KING DREAMED OF A DAY THAT EVERYBODY, NO MATTER YOUR SKIN COLOR, RELIGION OR GENDER, COULD GO TO THE BANK OF FREEDOM, PROSPERITY AND PEACE AND HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH TO LIVE THEIR LIVES THE WAY THAT THEY WERE PROMISED.

PEOPLE EVERY DAY ARE TOLD NO BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEY LOOK.

THEY ARE PUNISHED FOR CRIMES THEY DID NOT COMMIT, TOLD THEY ARE NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR JOBS NOT ACCEPTED INTO TOP COLLEGES, AND THAT THEY CAN NOT LIVE IN NICE NEIGHBORHOODS. WHEN DOCTOR KING WAS ALIVE, HE SAW MANY PEOPLE LIVING WITH THESE PROBLEMS. HERE WE ARE, 55 YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH, AND STILL MANY AMERICANS ARE LIVING WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS. DOCTOR KING CALLED THIS A BAD CHECK.

A CHECK WHICH HAS COME BACK MARKED INSUFFICIENT FUNDS.

HE DID NOT FIGHT AND DIE FOR AMERICANS TO BE SOCIALLY AND MORALLY BROKE.

THERE'S A SONG THAT I LIKE THAT COMES FROM THE MOVIE SELMA.

THE SONG IS CALLED GLORY BY COMMON AND JOHN LEGEND.

ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS OF THE SONG GOES.

NOW THE WAR IS NOT OVER.

VICTORY ISN'T WON.

THEN WE'LL FIGHT ON TO THE FINISH.

THEN WHEN IT'S ALL DONE, WE'LL CRY GLORY, OH GLORY.

THIS REMINDS ME THAT THERE IS STILL HOPE.

IT'S TIME TO GO BACK TO THE BANK AND MAKE THINGS RIGHT.

DOCTOR KING SAID REFUSE TO BELIEVE THAT THE BANK OF JUSTICE IS BANKRUPT.

REFUSE TO BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE INSUFFICIENT FUNDS IN THE GREAT VAULTS OF OPPORTUNITY OF THIS NATION.

IT'S ALL UP TO US TO SAY SOMETHING WHEN SOMEONE IS TREATED WRONG.

DOCTOR KING REMINDED US THAT OUR MONEY WAS AS GOOD AS EVERYONE ELSE'S WHEN HE SAID, WE HAVE A CHECK THAT WILL GIVE US A PART OF THE MAN OF RICHES, FREEDOM AND THE SECURITY OF JUSTICE.

TODAY IS OUR PAYDAY.

IF SOMEONE SAYS YOU'RE NOT GOOD ENOUGH, SAY NO.

IT'S MY PAYDAY.

IF SOMEONE CALLS YOU BAD NAMES, SAY NO, IT'S MY PAYDAY.

IF SOMEONE SAYS YOU CAN'T HAVE THIS JOB, SAY NO.

IT'S MY PAYDAY.

IF SOMEONE SAYS YOU HAVE THE WRONG SKIN COLOR, SAY NO, IT'S MY PAYDAY.

IF SOMEONE SAYS YOU CAN'T LIVE HERE, SAY NO.

IT'S MY PAYDAY.

IF SOMEONE SAYS YOU CAN'T GO TO THIS TOP COLLEGE, SAY NO, IT'S MY PAYDAY.

HOW WOULD DOCTOR KING REFLECT ON THE 60 YEARS SINCE HIS I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH? I THINK THAT IF HE WAS STILL ALIVE, HE WOULD TELL US THAT IT IS NOW TIME TO SPEAK UP AND CLAIM OUR MONEY FROM THE BANK OF FREEDOM, PROSPERITY AND PEACE.

TODAY IS OUR PAYDAY.

THANK YOU.

AIDAN. AIDAN, PLEASE.

PLEASE, AIDAN, PLEASE COME BACK TO THE FRONT.

TRUSTEES, SUPERINTENDENT ELIZALDE AND AIDAN'S FAMILY, PLEASE COME FORWARD TO JOIN AIDAN FOR A PHOTO.

CONGRATULATIONS, AIDAN.

SUPERB STUDENTS LIKE YOU MAKE US DALLAS ISD PROUD.

THIS CONCLUDES OUR RECOGNITIONS.

AND BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM, THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE AND GIVE A SPECIAL THANKS TO THE MOLINA HIGH SCHOOL'S CULINARY ARTS STUDENTS FOR PREPARING A DELICIOUS EXCUSE ME MEAL TONIGHT FOR THE TRUSTEES, THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE CHIEFS.

I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO THE MOLINA CULINARY ARTS STUDENTS.

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[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 PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551, CONCERNING ANY AND ALL PURPOSES PERMITTED BY THE ACT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING. 551.072 TO DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE LEASE.

SELL THE VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY.

SECTION 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 NOW 6:17 P.M.

AND WE ARE IN CLOSED SESSION.

ALL RIGHT. THE TIME IS NOW 6:41 P.M.

AND WE'RE BACK IN OPEN SESSION.

THE BOARD TOOK NO ACTION IN CLOSED SESSION.

TRUSTEES, WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN OR CONTINUE THE MEETING WITH REPORTS.

[5. REPORTS]

DOCTOR ELIZADE. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HENRY.

BOARD MEMBERS, GOOD EVENING.

TRUSTEES, WE'VE ALREADY CELEBRATED A LOT OF ACHIEVEMENTS TONIGHT, BUT THERE ARE A FEW ACCOLADES THAT I'VE KEPT FOR MY SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.

BLACK HISTORY MONTH.

AMONG OUR OBSERVANCES OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH WAS WHAT DALLAS ISD DID FOR NATIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILY INVOLVEMENT DAY, AN ANNUAL EVENT TO EMPOWER FAMILIES TO TAKE AN ACTIVE ROLE IN THEIR CHILD'S EDUCATION.

THE DAY'S EVENTS INCLUDED GUIDED SCHOOL TOURS, INCLUDING CLASSROOM OBSERVATIONS TO GAIN A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF THE LEARNING PROCESS.

THE DAY CONCLUDED WITH A RECEPTION HELD AT THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM, WHERE GUESTS WERE TREATED TO PERFORMANCES BY STUDENTS AND PARENTS.

KUDOS TO CANDACE SLEDGE, DIRECTOR OF PARTNERSHIPS AND VOLUNTEER SERVICES AT DALLAS ISD, FOR ORGANIZING THIS AMAZING PROGRAMING.

PUBLIC SCHOOLS WEEK.

FOR GENERATIONS, PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN OFFERING EDUCATIONAL CHOICES AND OPPORTUNITIES TO STUDENTS IN THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND NEXT WEEK, WE CELEBRATE HOW PUBLIC SCHOOLS CONTRIBUTE TO THE PROGRESS AND PROSPERITY OF OUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR FAMILIES DURING NATIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS WEEK. AND FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ALL OF THE GREAT OFFERINGS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS, YOU CAN VISIT MORE CHOICES AT OUR MORE CHOICE EXPO THIS COMING MARCH 23RD, WHICH WE'RE HOLDING AT FAIR PARK.

DALLAS ISD HAS WON THE INAUGURAL DALLAS COUNTY ECONOMIC MOBILITY AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING EFFORTS IN PREPARING STUDENTS FOR COLLEGE AND CAREER SUCCESS THROUGH THE SUCCESS OF DALLAS ISD'S EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOLS AND P-TECH PROGRAMS. 11% OF LAST YEAR'S GRADUATING CLASS EARNED ASSOCIATE'S DEGREES FROM DALLAS COLLEGE, ALONG WITH THEIR HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMAS.

APPROXIMATELY 14,000 STUDENTS RECEIVED INNOVATIVE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH STATE OF THE ART CAREER INSTITUTES, DESIGNED TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH HIGH QUALITY CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION TRAINING ALIGNED WITH JOBS THAT ARE HIGH DEMAND, HIGH WAGE.

AS PART OF THE DALLAS COUNTY ECONOMIC MOBILITY AWARD, THE DISTRICT RECEIVED WILL RECEIVE A $25,000 PRIZE FROM THE COMMIT PARTNERSHIP, WHICH CAN BE ALLOCATED TO SUPPORT INITIATIVES THAT FURTHER ENHANCE STUDENT SUCCESS AND ECONOMIC MOBILITY EFFORTS.

FEBRUARY IS CTE MONTH.

ALONG THOSE SAME LINES, EVERY FEBRUARY WE CELEBRATE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION MONTH TO HIGHLIGHT HOW CTE PROGRAMS PREPARE STUDENTS FOR CAREERS AND COLLEGES.

CTE MONTH IS ALSO A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE THE 13 CAREER CLUSTERS AVAILABLE TO DALLAS ISD STUDENTS AS THEY PURSUE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.

FOR EXAMPLE, STUDENTS AT JUSTIN F KIMBALL HIGH SCHOOL ARE LEARNING TO CREATE UNFORGETTABLE MOMENTS FOR PEOPLE THROUGH THE ACADEMY OF HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM AT THEIR SCHOOL.

DURING THEIR FIRST YEAR, STUDENTS IN THE ACADEMY ARE INTRODUCED TO THE INDUSTRY BY PLANNING A FAMILY VACATION TO LEARN THE FOUR MAIN SECTORS OF HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM TRANSPORTATION, LODGING, FOOD AND BEVERAGE, AND ENTERTAINMENT.

WE ALSO RECENTLY CELEBRATED NATIONAL LETTERS OF INTENT SIGNING DAY.

MORE THAN 115 DALLAS ISD STUDENT ATHLETES MADE THEIR DREAMS A REALITY AND COMMITTED TO THEIR RESPECTIVE SPORTS IN COLLEGE. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR DISTRICT SIGNEES.

THREE TEACHERS RECENTLY RECEIVED $750 GRANTS FROM THE DALLAS RETIRED TEACHERS ASSOCIATION FOR INNOVATIVE AND CREATIVE PROGRAMING THAT WILL HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THEIR STUDENTS AND THEIR SCHOOLS.

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ARMINA WRICE, TEACHER AT HENRY W LONGFELLOW CAREER EXPLORATION ACADEMY, WAS AWARDED HER GRANT TO ACQUIRE A SET OF COMPUTER DRAWING TABLETS IN ORDER TO FACILITATE HANDWRITTEN EQUATIONS, HAND-DRAWN IMAGES, GRAPHICS AND DIAGRAMS. AND HEIDI ZICO, FUNCTIONAL LIFE SKILLS TEACHER AT VICTOR HEXTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WAS AWARDED HER GRANT TO ENABLE HER STUDENTS TO GAIN SKILLS IN WORK EXPERIENCE, COMMUNICATING WITH OTHERS, AND MONEY COUNTING WHILE RUNNING A SCHOOL STORE.

AND PLEASE HELP ME THANK THE DALLAS RETIRED TEACHERS ASSOCIATION FOR CONTINUING TO SERVE THE CHILDREN OF DALLAS ISD AFTER THEY ARE NO LONGER DIRECTLY IN OUR CLASSROOMS. WELL, WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR DON'T LIKE STATE ASSESSMENTS, YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW THAT MANY OF OUR TEACHERS ACTUALLY HELP DEVELOP STATE ASSESSMENTS SUCH AS STAAR OR STAAR, ALTERNATE TWO AND TELEPASS.

THOUSANDS OF EDUCATORS HAVE PARTICIPATED IN EDUCATOR REVIEW COMMITTEE MEETINGS, INCLUDING OUR VERY OWN VIRDEETRA CHAPPELL FROM SEAGOVILLE ELEMENTARY, WHO OFFERED FEEDBACK ON GRADE THREE TELEPASS RIDING RANGE FINDING.

THANK YOU.

TEACHERS AT JAMES BOWIE ELEMENTARY.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

THERE WE GO. TEACHERS AT JAMES BOWIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WERE IN FOR A SPECIAL SURPRISE, COURTESY OF THE ACCLAIMED ABC COMEDY SERIES ABBOTT ELEMENTARY ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7TH, AN ABBOTT ELEMENTARY BRANDED TRUCK DISTRIBUTED TOTE BAGS FILLED WITH CLASSROOM SUPPLIES AND PROVIDED LUNCH TO THANK TEACHERS FOR THEIR SERVICE.

AND LAST BUT DEFINITELY NOT LEAST, THE ERA OF PEAK TV IS DEFINITELY NOT OVER, AT LEAST HERE IN DALLAS.

AFTER A DECADE LONG HIATUS, DALLAS ISD'S ACCLAIMED STUDENT HOSTED TELEVISION SHOWS SCHOOL ZONE DALLAS AND ZONA ESCOLAR DE DALLAS ARE BACK.

EACH EPISODE WILL PROVIDE AN INSIDER'S PERSPECTIVE ON DIFFERENT DALLAS ISD CAMPUSES AND PROGRAMS. SCHOOL ZONE DALLAS AIRS ON NBC AT 5 P.M.

ON SATURDAYS, AND THE SPANISH VERSION IS ALSO ZONA ESCOLAR DE DALLAS STARTS AIRING IN MARCH ON TELEMUNDO EVERY SATURDAY AT 10:30, AND YOU CAN SEE EPISODES AFTER THEY AIR ON DALLAS ISD'S YOUTUBE CHANNEL.

SO MAKE SURE YOU NOTE THAT IN YOUR CALENDAR BEFORE CONCLUDING ITS INITIAL RUN THAT BEGAN IN 2002.

THE SHOW EARNED ACCOLADES INCLUDING THE LONE STAR EMMY FOR OUTSTANDING INFORMATIONAL PROGRAM IN 2003.

COINCIDENTALLY, OUR VERY OWN DARRYL PRYOR, WHO WAS A SCHOOL ZONE DALLAS HOST AS A DALLAS ISD STUDENT, IS NOW LEADING THE SHOW'S REVIVAL AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CREATIVE SERVICES HERE IN DALLAS ISD.

IN CLOSING, SCHOOL ZONE IS NOW A MUST SEE TV IN MY HOUSEHOLD.

I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO TUNE IN AND TO SHARE YOUTUBE LINKS TO THE EPISODES WITH YOUR FRIENDS, WHO MIGHT NOT BE AWARE OF ALL THE GREAT CHOICES DALLAS ISD OFFERS. THANK YOU.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

THANK YOU DOCTOR ELIZADE. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO TRUSTEE COMMITTEE REPORTS AND REPORTS.

TRUSTEE FLORES GO AHEAD. THE AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING MET ON FEBRUARY 14TH, 2024.

ATTENDEES WERE OUR SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOL, DOCTOR STEPHANIE ELIZALDE.

TRUSTEE JOYCE FORMAN, TRUSTEE DAN MIKE, TRUSTEE SARAH WEINBERG, MYSELF, AND OUR TWO PUBLIC ADVISORY MEMBERS, MONICA FRAZIER AND CHRIS LEWIS.

THE MINUTES WERE APPROVED.

DURING THE MEETING, SIX INTERNAL AUDIT REPORTS WERE ACCEPTED AND MADE FINAL, INCLUDING SAFETY AND SECURITY.

DALLAS ISD POLICE DEPARTMENT, PROPERTY ROOM SECURITY, TRUANCY, SOCIAL NETWORK MANAGEMENT, CAMPUS BASED CONTROLS, AND MENTAL HEALTH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

THE INTERNAL AUDIT REPORTED ON THE STATUS OF THE AUDIT FOLLOW UP THE DISTRICT HOTLINE.

THE AUDIT PLAN AND SUFFICIENCY OF DEPARTMENT RESOURCES.

AND WE MADE A SMALL AMENDMENT TO THE 23-24 ANNUAL AUDIT PLAN.

AND THAT IS THE AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE FLORES. ANY OTHER COMMITTEE REPORTS? TRUSTEE WEINBERG.

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ALL RIGHT, TRUSTEES, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE TRUSTEE REPORTS.

WE'LL START WITH DISTRICT ONE AND JUST GO THROUGH ALL THE WAY TO DISTRICT NINE.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HENRY.

EARLIER THIS MONTH, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF ATTENDING THE GRAND OPENING OF THE COMMUNITY PANTRY AT E.D.

WALKER MIDDLE SCHOOL AND PRESTONWOOD MONTESSORI.

THE WALKER PRESTONWOOD WOLF DEN WILL BE AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE ESSENTIALS FOR ALL STUDENTS IN NEED.

HUGE CALL OUT TO THE SCHOOL STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS FOR THEIR HARD WORK TO SUPPORT OUR FAMILIES.

I WAS ABLE TO CUT THE RIBBON ON IT AND I WAS VERY EXCITED.

IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR FAMILIES AND VERY WELL THOUGHT OUT, AND WE THANK THE THE STAFF AND ALL THE VOLUNTEERS FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND MAKING IT POSSIBLE.

BIG KUDOS TO COACH MORRIS AND STUDENTS SARA JARAMILLO, MELISSA AZPEITIA AND CAMILA ALVAREZ FOR TJ'S WRESTLING TEAM FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN THE 2024 REGIONAL QUALIFIERS.

WE WISH YOU THE VERY BEST IN THE REGIONALS.

AND FINALLY, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE SIX STUDENTS FROM W.T.

WYATT HIGH SCHOOL.

TYLER N, MARK J, DEMETRIUS T, DEMARCUS T, KEON W, AND FERNANDO DELGADO, WHO COMMITTED TO PLAY FOOTBALL IN THEIR RESPECTIVE COLLEGES DURING SIGNING DAY.

AND THAT IS THE DISTRICT ONE REPORT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

FOR DISTRICT TWO, CONGRATULATIONS TO 30 WOODROW WILSON HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS.

THEIR DEDICATION AND HARD WORK HAVE EARNED THEM SCHOLARSHIPS FROM THE WOODROW WILSON HIGH SCHOOL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, TOTALING AN IMPRESSIVE $53,000.

KUDOS TO THESE BRIGHT INDIVIDUALS FOR THEIR REMARKABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

KUDOS ALSO TO WOODROW WILSON HIGH SCHOOL FOR SECURING A WELL DESERVED SECOND PLACE IN THE DISTRICT MOCK TRIAL COMPETITION AS THEY MOVE FORWARD, ALONG WITH TWO OTHER DALLAS ISD HIGH SCHOOLS, TO THE STATE MOCK TRIAL FINALS IN MARCH, WE WISH THEM THE VERY BEST OF LUCK.

CONGRATULATIONS TO DANIEL GEE FROM HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOL FOR WINNING SECOND PLACE COURTROOM ARTIST IN THE MOCK TRIAL COMPETITION.

KUDOS TO HILLCREST'S HEAD GIRLS WRESTLING COACH RANDALL BOLCH, AS HE WAS NAMED THE 75A DISTRICT GIRLS COACH OF THE YEAR.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE HILLCREST GIRLS WRESTLING TEAM, AS THEY ARE THE 2024 UIL DISTRICT 75A WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP.

THE HILLCREST BOY WRESTLERS BOYS WRESTLERS FINISHED SECOND AS A TEAM AND BOTH TEAMS ARE GOING TO REGIONALS.

CONGRATULATIONS TO DAVID GORMLEY AS HE WAS AWARDED BOYS MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER AT THE CHAMPIONSHIPS, AND KUDOS TO THE HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOL CHEER TEAM FOR RECEIVING A PAID BID TO THE UIL SPIRIT STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS COMPETITION THIS YEAR.

CONGRATULATIONS TO SIX ATHLETES FROM HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOL AND FOUR WOODROW WILSON HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES WHO HAVE OFFICIALLY SIGNED TO PLAY COLLEGE FOOTBALL, BASEBALL AND SWIMMING. WISHING YOU ALL CONTINUED SUCCESS IN YOUR ATHLETIC ENDEAVORS AT THE COLLEGIATE LEVEL.

WELL DONE! A QUICK CONGRATULATIONS ON THE 2024 STEM EXPO COMPETITION WINNERS! SUDIE WILLIAMS IN THE CODING COMPETITION, DALLAS HYBRID PREP, SHARK ATTACK, FULL VOLUME ROBOTICS AND LAKEWOOD, GENEVA HEIGHTS AND D&D ROGERS FOR THEIR AWARDS IN THE FIRST LEGO LEAGUE EXPLORER COMPETITION.

AND CONGRATS TO PRESTON HOLLOW ELEMENTARY, LAKEWOOD ELEMENTARY, AND SUDIE WILLIAMS IN DISTRICT TWO AND THE 31 TEAMS ACROSS THE DISTRICT FOR ADVANCING TO STATE AND DESTINATION IMAGINATION COMPETITION.

GOOD LUCK IN APRIL.

AND FINALLY, CONGRATULATIONS TO TEACHER OF THE YEAR ALLIE DETUCCI FROM DALLAS HYBRID PREPARATORY AT STEPHEN J.

HEY. THANK YOU.

I'LL READ THE DISTRICT THREE ACCOLADES.

CONGRATULATIONS TO PRINCIPAL KING AT JILL STONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT VICKERY MEADOW FOR BECOMING THE CONRAD VERTICAL TEAM PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR. CONGRATULATIONS TO CASA VIEW ELEMENTARY CHEERLEADERS WHO RECEIVED A SUPERIOR RANKING IN THEIR COMPETITION.

ALSO, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BRYAN ADAMS BOYS AND GIRLS SWIMMING TEAM WHO SWEPT THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE 12 FIVE A UIL DISTRICT SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS. NATIONAL SIGNING DAY WAS HELD ON FEBRUARY 7TH, AND I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FIVE SENIORS FROM DISTRICT THREE WHO SIGNED THEIR LETTER OF INTENT.

THANK YOU.

IT'S. PLEASE EXCUSE THE DELAY.

I AM INCREASINGLY PROUD OF THE SCHOOLS IN DISTRICT FOUR WHO WERE NAMED GOLD RIBBON SCHOOLS BY THE NONPROFIT CHILDREN AT RISK NORTH TEXAS RANKING.

THESE SCHOOLS CONSIST OF STUDENT OF A STUDENT BODY THAT IS OVER 75% ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED, AND WERE ALSO RANKED B AND ABOVE IN THEIR ACADEMIC STANDINGS. KUDOS TO ANNIE WEBB BLANTON, JULIUS DORSEY, AND EDWARD TITCHE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

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SENDING A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO H.

GRADY SPRUCE ON MAKING IT TO ROUND TWO OF THE ACADEMIC DECATHLON.

I'M ALSO RECOGNIZING OUR STUDENT ATHLETES.

SEAGOVILLE WAS VISITED BY RECRUITERS FROM SOUTHERN METHODIST AND TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITIES.

WE APPRECIATE THEM FOR FOR VISITING THE VILLA.

CONGRATULATIONS TO SEAGOVILLE LADY DRAGONS GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM FOR THEIR WIN OVER BRYAN ADAMS. CONGRATULATIONS TO COACH FELICIA BOYETTE FELLOW OF SEAGOVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, FOR EARNING REGION TWO COACH OF THE MONTH HONORS, WHICH WERE VERY WELL DESERVED.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK H.

GRADY SPRUCE TIMBERWOLVES FOR PRODUCING A POP UP CLOSET FOR DONATIONS TO SUPPORT THE SPRUCE FAMILIES IN THE COMMUNITY.

WAY TO GO MISS WRIGHT SPRUCE, SOCIAL WORKER FOR CONDUCTING THESE EFFORTS.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO APPLAUD GWENDOLYN WASHINGTON AND PERSSON MENDOZA FROM ANYWHERE BLEND FOR DEDICATING 20 YEARS, OVER 20 YEARS TO DISD.

CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RETIREMENT.

CONGRATULATIONS. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, CONGRATULATIONS TO SAMUELL HIGH SCHOOL.

THEY WILL TAKE ON THE COLONY AT RICHARDSON PIERCE HIGH SCHOOL AT 7 P.M.

ON FEBRUARY 23RD, AND THE BOYS CHAMPIONSHIP PLAYOFF GAME.

EARLY VOTING HAS BEGAN.

WILL END ON MARCH 1ST.

ELECTION DAY IS THE FIFTH, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

DISTRICT FIVE ACCOLADES.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEND A BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SOUTH OAK CLIFF HIGH SCHOOL BOYS WRESTLING TEAM FOR BRINGING HOME THE UIL 75A DISTRICT TITLE.

NOT ONLY DID THEY WIN THE TITLE, BUT, BUT WERE ALSO ABLE TO GET THREE BOYS AND ONE GIRL QUALIFIED FOR STATE FOR THE STATE TOURNAMENT.

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AND CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU ALL DO IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR.

WE RECENTLY CELEBRATED THE MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE STUDENT ATHLETES IN THE DISTRICT ON NATIONAL SIGNING DAY.

OUT OF OVER 115 SIGNEES, DISTRICT FIVE HAD MORE THAN 45 STUDENTS MAKE THEIR DREAMS A REALITY AND COMMITTED TO THEIR RESPECTIVE SPORTS IN COLLEGE.

WE ARE SO PROUD OF ALL OF YOU FOR ACCOMPLISHING SOMETHING SO MAJOR.

DISTRICT FIVE STUDENTS CONTINUOUSLY MAKE ME PROUD TO SERVE THEM AND THIS COMMUNITY.

ON MARCH 8TH THROUGH NINTH, THE JUDGE BAREFOOT SANDERS LAW MAGNET WILL HELP CARRY THE TORCH FOR THE DALLAS ISD IN THE STATE MOCK TRIAL FINALS.

I WANT TO I ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE STUDENTS FROM THE BARACK OBAMA MALE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY FOR ADVANCING TO THE QUARTER FINALS.

ON NEXT THURSDAY, FEBRUARY THE 29TH.

TWO DISTRICT FIVE SCHOOLS WILL REPRESENT THE DISTRICT IN THE VOTERS IMPACT COLLECTIVE STUDENT PITCH COMPETITION.

WILMER-HUTCHINS HIGH SCHOOL AND THE BARACK OBAMA MALE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY WILL COMPETE TO HELP SHOWCASE STUDENTS INNOVATIVE IDEAS, FOCUS ON CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, VOTER EDUCATION, AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.

PLEASE HELP SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AS THEY COMPETE AGAINST OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS AND COLLEGE STUDENTS.

FINALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE WHO JOINED US FOR THE UNVEILING OF THE ROYCE WEST LEADERSHIP ACADEMY.

IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE EVENT AND IT WAS A GREAT IT WAS GREAT TO SEE SO MANY COMMUNITY SUPPORTERS ATTEND TO WITNESS THIS MOMENT IN HISTORY.

THIS IS YOUR YOUR DISTRICT FIVE ACCOLADES.

GOOD EVENING.

NATIONAL BLACK HISTORY MONTH HAS ITS ORIGIN IN 1915, WHEN HISTORIANS AND AUTHOR DOCTOR CARTER G.

WOODSON FOUNDED THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF NEGRO LIFE AND HISTORY.

THE ORGANIZATION IS NOW KNOWN AS THE ASSOCIATION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN LIFE AND HISTORY.

THROUGH THIS ORGANIZATION, DOCTOR WOODSON INITIATED THE FIRST NEGRO HISTORY WEEK IN FEBRUARY 1926.

DOCTOR WOODSON SELECTED THE WEEK IN FEBRUARY THAT INCLUDED BIRTHDAYS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND FREDERICK DOUGLASS, TWO KEY FIGURES IN AMERICAN HISTORY.

I, JOYCE FOREMAN, CELEBRATE MY HERITAGE EVERY DAY AND PROUD TO BE AN AFRICAN AMERICAN.

TO THE ACCOLADES.

NATIONAL SIGNING DAY WAS A HUGE SUCCESS FOR DISTRICT SIX.

SIX STUDENTS FROM CARTER HIGH SCHOOL AND 11 STUDENTS FROM KIMBALL HIGH SCHOOL SIGNED LETTERS OF INTENT.

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I PERSONALLY AM PROUD OF YOU AND WE ARE ALL PROUD OF YOU.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE JUDGE LEWIS, A BEDFORD LAW ACADEMY'S BASKETBALL TEAM, FOR WINNING DALLAS ISD'S MIDDLE SCHOOL BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP. AND THEN I'D LIKE TO GO ON AND GIVE KUDOS TO DAVID W CARTER, HIGH SCHOOL FRESHMAN BASKETBALL TEAM FOR WINNING THE FRESHMAN CHAMPIONSHIP.

I HOPE THE COMMUNITY WILL JOIN ME AT THE NEXT FAM JAM THIS SATURDAY AT CARTER HIGH SCHOOL.

EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT IN DISTRICT SIX, YOU ARE WELCOME TO JOIN US FOR A DAY OF FUN ACTIVITIES FOR THE FAMILY, FREE RESOURCES AND MORE! FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY TO ATTEND AN UPCOMING BUDGET MEETING.

IT'S YOUR BUDGET.

BE INVOLVED.

THIS IS THE PUBLIC'S OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK AND ASK QUESTIONS ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

THE MEETING FOR DISTRICT SIX WILL BE HELD AT 6 P.M.

ON MARCH THE 4TH AT KIMBALL HIGH SCHOOL.

AND IF YOU HEAR ME SHOUTING OVER HERE, CARTER IS PLAYING CANTON TONIGHT STARTING AT 7:00.

THANK YOU.

I'LL GIVE THE DISTRICT SEVEN ACCOLADES.

AND FIRST OFF, I'D LIKE TO START OFF WITH KUDOS TO MR. FELTON OF MOLINA HIGH SCHOOL FOR SPOTLIGHTING THE LAW ENFORCEMENT PATHWAY CLASS ON NBC FIVE LAST WEEK.

HIS COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH VALUABLE OPPORTUNITIES AND RECOGNITION IS TRULY COMMENDABLE.

WAY TO GO. STICKING WITH THE THEME OF THE NIGHT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE MOLINA DELICIOUS FOOD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO EAT.

MOLINA PRINCIPAL JACOB NUNEZ HAS BEEN DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB WITH COMMUNITY OUTREACH.

I KNOW I'VE SHOUTED HIM OUT BEFORE FOR THE FULL FEEDER PATTERN PTA THAT THEY'VE DONE WELL THIS TIME.

THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN CUMBIA GROUP KUMBIA KINGS RECENTLY VISITED CAMPUS AND PERFORMED A CONCERT FOR STUDENTS.

I'M WONDERING WHY I WASN'T INVITED, BUT THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL FORGIVE IT THIS TIME.

BUT THAT'S JUST AMAZING TO SEE STUDENTS GET CONNECTED TO THE WORLD LIKE THAT AND GET TO EXPERIENCE THAT IN SCHOOL.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO PRINCIPAL NUNEZ AND ALL THE STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY THERE.

AND THEN FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE TEN DISTRICT SEVEN STUDENT ATHLETES AND ALL THE ATHLETES ACROSS DALLAS ISD, BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL OUR KIDS WHO HAVE WORKED TREMENDOUSLY HARD OVER THESE LAST FOUR YEARS AND SIGNED A NATIONAL LETTER OF INTENT ON FEBRUARY 8TH.

THIS HARD WORK AND DEDICATION, BOTH ACADEMICALLY AND THROUGH SPORTS, TO YOUR DEDICATION TO YOUR EDUCATION AND SPORT, IS SOMETHING TO BE TRULY PROUD OF.

SO CONGRATULATIONS.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

IN DISTRICT EIGHT, KUDOS TO THE CESAR CHAVEZ LEARNING CENTER FOR HOSTING THEIR FIRST MARDI GRAS PARADE IN CELEBRATION OF KINDNESS WEEK. THE PARADE THEME WAS LETTING THE KINDNESS ROLL.

COMMUNITY MEMBERS, STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS PARTICIPATED IN THE FESTIVE CELEBRATION.

THANK YOU TO UNITED TO LEARN FOR HELPING SPONSOR THE EVENT.

A BIG THANK YOU TO DUNKIN DONUTS OR I GUESS DUNKIN NOWADAYS FOR HELPING NORTH DALLAS HIGH SCHOOL CELEBRATE ITS 102ND BIRTHDAY.

EARLIER THIS MONTH, THE DUNKIN CRUISER VISITED NORTH DALLAS HIGH SCHOOL, PROVIDING STUDENTS AND TEACHERS WITH FREE COFFEE AND A GIFT CARD FOR EVERY STUDENT AND EVERY TEACHER AT NORTH DALLAS HIGH SCHOOL.

THANK YOU. DUNCAN.

SHOUT OUT TO CONGRESSMAN MARC VEASEY.

THIS MONTH, HE VISITED BUCKNER INTERNATIONAL HOPE CENTER AT BACHMAN LAKE AND MET WITH PARENTS, INCLUDING PARENTS OF VARIOUS NORTHWEST DALLAS DISD SCHOOLS. THANK YOU, CONGRESSMAN VC, FOR PRIORITIZING THE VOICE OF PARENTS AND THE CHALLENGES FACING YOUNG PEOPLE TODAY.

ADDITIONALLY, THANK YOU TO THE SMU BUD CENTER FROM THE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AT SMU FOR HOSTING A SERIES OF PARENTAL ENGAGEMENT WORKSHOPS IN WEST DALLAS.

ONE WAS HELD EARLIER THIS MONTH, AND A SECOND IS SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY THIS MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26TH AT 5:30 P.M.

AT DALLAS COLLEGE WEST CAMPUS.

CONGRATULATIONS TO SERGEANT RANGEL OF THE JROTC L.G.

PINKSTON HIGH SCHOOL FOR ORGANIZING A COMMUNITY BLOOD DRIVE AND FOR REACHING THEIR PARTICIPANT GOALS.

THESE DONATIONS WILL SAVE THE LIVES OF MANY PEOPLE IN NEED.

GO, VIKINGS! LAST SUNDAY JESUS MOROLES EXPRESSIVE ARTS VANGUARD STUDENTS SHARED THE STAGE WITH AWARD WINNING BAND BLACK VIOLIN AT THE

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A SPECIAL MASTER CLASS PAVED THE WAY FOR A STELLAR ENCORE PERFORMANCE, CREATING MEMORIES THAT RESONATE WITH THE POWER OF MUSIC.

THANK HUGE THANKS TO THE ARTS BRIDGE POWERED BY TOYOTA FOR THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY.

AND THEN AT NORTH DALLAS HIGH SCHOOL, CONGRATULATIONS TO STUDENT SOLANA FLORES MONTELLANO, WHO ADVANCED INTO THE STATE COMPETITION IN WRESTLING. SHE IS THE FIRST FEMALE TO GO TO STATE FOR NORTH DALLAS HIGH SCHOOL SINCE 2016.

AND ALSO, CONGRATULATIONS ARE IN ORDER FOR ALL NATIONAL SIGNING DAY SIGNEES FROM NORTH DALLAS HIGH SCHOOL IN FOOTBALL, SAMARION GEORGE, DAMARIAN VAUGHN, JACOB CHAVEZ, ANTONIO ARAGUZ AND SOCCER, EMMA CONTRERAS.

AND IN BASEBALL, ESTEBAN TOSCANO.

AND THAT CONCLUDES THE DISTRICT EIGHT ACCOLADES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU TRUSTEES.

OUR DO THE DISTRICT NINE ACCOLADES.

EARLIER THIS WEEK, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF WATCHING A FEW BASKETBALL GAMES, INCLUDING THE THE LEGENDARY LINCOLN LADY TIGERS BASKETBALL TEAM TAKE ON SUNNYVALE.

SUNNYVALE WAS RANKED NUMBER FOUR IN THE STATE, PLAYED IN THE SEMIFINALS LAST YEAR AND BEAT THEM 46-40.

IT WAS AN AMAZING VICTORY, AMAZING ATMOSPHERE AND GREAT TURNOUT FROM ALL OF TIGER NATION.

ALSO GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO WATCH THE LINCOLN BOYS PLAY.

ANOTHER PHENOMENAL GAME.

THEY WON 64-62.

THEY'LL CONTINUE TO AREA THEY WERE DOWN EIGHT WITH 41 SECONDS LEFT.

BASKETBALL FANS KNOW THAT SHOULD BE GAME OVER.

[INAUDIBLE] THEY WERE DOWN THREE WITH EIGHT SECONDS LEFT.

MY POINT GUARD WENT DOWN. SPANK.

THAT'S HOW I KNOW HIM. SO SOMEONE ELSE CAN SAY HIS GOVERNMENT NAME.

SPANK GOT A PASS FROM A REBOUND, WENT DOWN THE COURT, HIT A THREE TO SEND THE GAME INTO OVERTIME.

THEY FOUGHT HARD IN OVERTIME, AND HE HIT A RUNNING LAYUP AT THE WINNING LAST SECOND TO WIN THE GAME.

SO CONGRATS TO THE LINCOLN BOYS AS WELL.

MADISON WON AS WELL.

IN NORMAL FASHION, IT WASN'T AS CLOSE FOR THEM.

IT WAS 79-58.

THEY PLAYED TOMORROW NIGHT SO LOOKING FORWARD TO CATCHING SOME MORE BASKETBALL.

THERE ARE A LOT OF BASKETBALL TEAMS FROM DISD GOING DEEP IN PLAYOFFS THIS YEAR.

SO VERY PROUD OF OUR MASSEY SAND RESOURCES.

NEXT TO ME IT IS RESOURCES.

BUT THE SUPPORT THE COACHES, THE SUPPORT STAFF, THE ATHLETIC DIRECTORS, THE TRAINERS, THE CHEERLEADERS, EVERYONE REALLY SUPPORTING THESE TEAMS. THEY'RE DOING PHENOMENAL. SO IF YOU GET A CHANCE, LOOK AT THE SCHEDULE.

THERE'S A LOT OF GAMES TOMORROW.

HOPEFULLY THERE'LL BE SOME MORE GAMES ON SATURDAY AND HOPEFULLY WE GET TO GO TO SAN ANTONIO AND SEE SOME TEAMS RACE SOME STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

TROPHIES. A SPECIAL POINT OF PRIVILEGE TO SEE SHEILA WALKER OVER THERE.

I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO IT, BUT ALL THESE EVENTS I SEE I GO TO, YOU'RE THERE.

SO IF THERE'S KIDS FROM LINCOLN DOING ANYTHING, SOMEHOW SHEILA WALKER IS THERE.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSISTENT SUPPORT OF THE CAMPUS GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND.

I KNOW YOU DIDN'T GET PAID FOR THOSE EXTRA HOURS, BUT YOU'RE EVERYWHERE, SO THANK YOU.

INCLUDING AT THESE MEETINGS. GOD BLESS YOU.

I'D BE AT HOME. CONGRATULATIONS TO MATTHEW HORNE FROM ANN RICHARDS STEAM ACADEMY ON RECEIVING REGION ONE COACH OF THE MONTH AWARD.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR GREAT SEASON, AND WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK.

THERE'S FOUR TEAMS THAT ADVANCED THE ACADEMIC DECATHLON STATE MEET FROM DISTRICT NINE, INCLUDING OUR VERY OWN EMMA RANGEL YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP SCHOOL.

WE ARE SO PROUD OF THESE YOUNG WOMEN, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE THEM THROUGHOUT THEIR MEET.

THE LINCOLN MADISON VERTICAL TEAM HAD AND I THINK DOCTOR ELIZADE ALREADY HIGHLIGHTED A BIT OF THIS, THE NATIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILY INVOLVEMENT DAY, AND IT WAS A MAJOR SUCCESS. THERE ARE PARENTS AT THE CAMPUSES SHADOWING THEIR KIDS, TALKING TO THE TEACHERS, GETTING THE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING AT THEIR CAMPUS.

IT WAS REALLY GOOD TO SEE THE CAMPUSES MERGED WITH THE COMMUNITY IN THAT WAY.

SO THANK YOU TO THE TEAMS FROM THE PARTNERSHIP AND VOLUNTEER ENGAGEMENT TEAM AND THE TEAM AT LINCOLN AND MADISON FOR ENGAGING OUR PARENTS, STUDENTS AND TEACHERS IN SUCH A MEANINGFUL WAY.

I HAVE ONE MORE THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION.

I GET OFF MY PHONE, BUT EDNA ROWE MAN, IT JUST WENT AWAY.

OF COURSE. BUCKNER TERRACE, THANK YOU FOR CORRECTING ME.

I'M GOING TO GET ME IN TROUBLE.

Y'ALL GONNA HAVE TO GIVE ME SOME GRACE FOR A SECOND.

PROMISE SHE WAS UP.

ALL RIGHT. YEAH. THANK YOU.

SO, BUCKNER TERRACE MONTESSORI.

THEY WERE SELECTED BY CHILDREN AT RISK AS ONE OF THE FEW GOLDEN RIBBON SCHOOLS IN TEXAS.

SO THIS PRESTIGIOUS HONOR TO CELEBRATE SCHOOLS THAT EXCEED EXPECTATIONS AND DEMONSTRATE ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE.

GOLD RIBBON SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN RARE IN RECENT YEARS, MAKING THIS ACHIEVEMENT EVEN MORE MEANINGFUL.

SO THEY DID NOT REACH THAT MILESTONE ALONE.

THAT'S HARD WORK THERE BY THE STUDENTS, THE FAMILIES, THE TEACHERS, THE STAFF THE COMMUNITY SUPPORTS UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF PRINCIPAL JOSEPH.

SO THANK YOU TO ALL THE FAMILIES, PARENTS, STUDENTS, STAFF, EVERYONE INVOLVED WITH THE BUCKNER TERRACE MONTESSORI BECOMING A GOLD RIBBON SCHOOL.

AND THAT CONCLUDES THE DISTRICT NINE ACCOLADES. OUR AGENDA NOW CALLS FOR THE PUBLIC FORUM SEGMENT OF OUR MEETING.

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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 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 TO NOT ENGAGE IN CONDUCT THAT WILL DISRUPT THE MEETING.

RULES OF ORDER AND DECORUM WILL BE ENFORCED IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD TO ENSURE EFFICIENT MEETINGS.

UNLAWFUL AND DISRUPTIVE CONDUCT, INCLUDING INTERRUPTING SCHEDULED SPEAKERS, SPEAKING OUT OF TURN, CROSSING THE ROPE BARRIERS, OR INTERFERING WITH THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. EACH PARTICIPANT IS LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR CONTENT AND CONSEQUENCES OF HIS OR HER OWN STATEMENTS.

DOCTOR JORDAN, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE NAMES OF THE SPEAKERS? YES, SIR. 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 AS YOUR NAME IS CALLED.

I WILL CALL FOUR SPEAKERS AT A TIME.

WILL THE FIRST TWO SPEAKERS.

PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.

JANET MARIANI AND ROBERT CECCARELLI, FOLLOWED BY MIKE HOOK AND BRENDA CHAPPELL, JANICE MARIANI AND ROBERT CECCARELLI.

HI, I'M JANET MARIANI.

BOOKER T WASHINGTON, BORN IN 1856, WAS AN AMERICAN EDUCATOR, AUTHOR, ORATOR, AND ADVISER TO MULTIPLE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES BETWEEN 1890 AND 1915, BOOKER T WASHINGTON WAS A DOMINANT LEADER IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND OF THE CONTEMPORARY BLACK ELITE.

MR. WASHINGTON WAS FROM THE LAST GENERATION OF BLACK AMERICAN LEADERS BORN INTO SLAVERY, AND BECAME THE LEADING VOICE OF THE FORMER SLAVES AND DESCENDANTS.

THEY WERE NEWLY OPPRESSED IN THE SOUTH BY DISENFRANCHISEMENT, AND THE JIM CROW DISCRIMINATORY LAWS ENACTED IN THE POST-RECONSTRUCTION SOUTHERN STATES IN THE LATE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURIES.

MR. WASHINGTON WAS A KEY PROPONENT OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN BUSINESSES AND ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE NATIONAL NEGRO BUSINESS LEAGUE.

HIS BASE WAS THE TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE, A HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE HE FOUNDED IN TUSKEGEE, ALABAMA.

BOOKER T WASHINGTON DIED IN 1915.

FOR MANY YEARS, HE DELIVERED A PRACTICAL, STRAIGHTFORWARD ADDRESS TO THE STUDENTS OF TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE ON SUNDAY EVENINGS.

HIGH POINTS NUMBER ONE.

WE WANT DEVELOPMENT OF MIND AND WE WANT STRENGTHENING OF THE MIND.

TWO INSTEAD OF MEMORIZATION OF TIME, PLACES, GEOGRAPHY, FORMULAS AND MATH DATES AND HISTORY.

COMMITMENT TO MEMORY A NUMBER OF FACTS MR. WASHINGTON WANTED ORDERLINESS OF MIND, A TRAINED MIND.

NUMBER THREE, EDUCATION IS MEANT TO GIVE US AN IDEA OF TRUTH.

IF WE DON'T GET TO THE IDEA OF TRUTH AT THE END, WE DO NOT GET AN EDUCATION.

I DO NOT CARE HOW MUCH YOU HAVE GOT OUT OF ALL YOUR TEXTBOOKS.

UNLESS YOU HAVE GOTTEN TO TRUTH, YOU HAVE FAILED IN YOUR PURPOSE TO BE EDUCATED.

UNLESS YOU GET THE IDEA OF TRUTH SO PURE THAT YOU CANNOT BE FALSE IN ANYTHING.

YOUR EDUCATION IS A FAILURE.

EDUCATION, AND THE MAN AND WOMAN IS MEANT TO MAKE US CHANGE FOR THE BETTER, TO HELP AND LOVE ALL PEOPLE.

NOT THIS OR THAT PERSON BELONGING TO THIS OR THAT RACE, OR BECAUSE OF SKIN COLOR, REGARDLESS OF HIS OR HER CONDITION.

CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT THIS FAMOUS BRILLIANT MAN WOULD SAY ABOUT TODAY'S EDUCATION OF IDENTITY POLITICS, TRANS IDEOLOGY, PORNOGRAPHIC BOOKS, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND THE DUMBING DOWN OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE? LET'S ALL FALL IN LOVE WITH HIS TEACHINGS AGAIN AND HAVE REAL, TRUTHFUL EDUCATION TODAY.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

WILL, THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONES, ROBERT CECCARELLI AND MIKE HOOK, FOLLOWED BY BRENDA CHAPPELL.

AND CHI SU ON DECK.

GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.

I'M GOING TO FLIP THE SCRIPT TONIGHT.

I'M GOING TO START OFF GOOD.

HOPEFULLY YOU'LL LEARN WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY.

RANDY BOWMAN THREE FOUR YEARS AGO, HE HAD A LOT OF PUBLICITY.

WHAT HE WAS DOING, GETTING THE STUDENTS OUT OF THE THEIR AREA AND MOVING INTO A GOOD AREA SO THEY CAN LEARN AFTER SCHOOL.

I'VE TALKED TO A COUPLE OF PEOPLE HERE, RANDY BOWMAN, WHO WHATEVER HAPPENED TO IT, YOU HAD A GREAT THING GOING AND YOU ALL BLEW IT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING, BUT IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IN URBAN AREAS, RURAL AREAS, URBAN AREAS, YOU GOT TO DO THIS BECAUSE THAT WAY THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO LEARN AND GET THE PROPER NOURISHMENT AND PROPER TUTORING THAT IS NEEDED TO SUCCEED.

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THEY STILL GO TO THE HOME SCHOOL, AND THAT WAY DURING THE WEEKEND THEY THEY CAN GO BACK TO WHERE THEY WHERE THEY'RE FROM.

BUT UNTIL THIS HAPPENS, NOTHING'S GOING TO HAPPEN AS FAR AS URBAN EDUCATION IN IN URBAN SCHOOLS.

OKAY. 1983 NATION OF RISK CAME OUT 40 YEARS LATER.

SAME THING I HAVEN'T HEARD A SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS DONE THIS WHEN I'M JUST TELLING YOU ALL ABOUT.

IT WILL WORK BECAUSE THEIR PARENTS WOULD LOVE IT.

THEIR CONSTITUENTS WOULD LOVE IT BECAUSE FOR KIDS THAT CAN GET OUT OF THAT AREA, YOU GOT TO GET THEM OUT THAT AREA, GIVE THEM A CHANCE.

IF NOT, THEY'LL TRY TO AVOID THE DRUGS, AVOID ALL THE YELLING AND EVERYTHING, THE CHAOS WHERE THEY'RE FROM.

TAKE HIM OUT OF THE AREA FOR THE WEEK.

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO IT? IT DIED OUT.

NOBODY KNOWS. IT KNOWS ABOUT RANDY BOWMAN THESE DAYS.

WHY? TELL ME WHY.

A GREAT CHANCE, AND THEY ALL BLEW IT.

NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S STILL AROUND, BUT I WAS ASKED THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER OVER SOUTH OAK CLIFF TO TRY TO GET THE TEST SCORES AND SEE THE COMPARISON OF ONE YEAR TO A NEXT.

WHAT? THESE STUDENTS.

CAN YOU DO THAT? BUT YOU GOT TO WORK ON THIS.

THE STUDENTS, THE CITIZENS OF DALLAS WOULD LOVE IT.

THEY'LL TAKE IT AND RUN WITH IT BECAUSE IT'S THEIR KIDS AND THEY GET A GOOD CHANCE OF LEARNING IN A DIFFERENT AREA.

WHAT IS WRONG WITH THAT? TELL ME, WHY HASN'T IT? WHY HAVE YOU KEPT IT SO QUIET? WHY? YOU'VE BEEN DOING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AND HASN'T WORKED.

TRY THIS WAY. AT LEAST TRY.

HE HAD A GREAT PUBLICITY IN THE NEWSPAPERS, BUT IT JUST DIED OUT.

YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF WHY HE DID THIS.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, BUT PLEASE, I'M GOING TO CHECK TO SEE IF THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER OVER SOUTH OAK CLIFF RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, YOU GET THE TEST SCORES AND SHARE IT WITH THE CROWD TO SEE HOW THEY'RE DOING.

UNTIL THEN, NOTHING'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

40 YEARS A NATION AT RISK.

AND WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT THE SAME STUFF 40 YEARS LATER.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

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

MIKE HOOK AND BRENDA CHAPPELL, FOLLOWED BY SHI SU AND JENNIFER COLSON ON DECK.

GET OUT OF THE TEACHER'S WAY.

LET THEM TEACH OUR KIDS TO READ, WRITE, AND CALCULATE MATH.

GET OUT OF THE WAY OF WE THE PEOPLE.

WE ARE THE PARENTS AND MONEY SUPPLIERS.

YOU ARE THE PUBLIC SERVANTS.

ACCORDING TO A DMN ARTICLE, BRIAN LUSK WOULD APPARENTLY HAVE US BELIEVE THAT DISD IS NOT ACTING LIKE A DICTATORSHIP.

NUMBER FIVE HAS NOT STOPPED BUS DRIVER ABUSE, TEACHER, PARENT AND STUDENT ABUSE.

IN 20 PLUS YEARS, DISD AS A WHOLE HAS GROSSLY AND DELIBERATELY ABUSED MANY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHILE EXTRACTING BILLIONS OF OUR DOLLARS TO DO IT.

KENNEDY-CURRY MIDDLE SCHOOL IS AMERICAN HISTORY THAT GOVERNMENT SHALL NOT ERASE.

KENNEDY CURRY MIDDLE SCHOOL IS NEITHER A GOVERNMENT POSSESSION NOR ITS PLAYTHING.

ALL AMERICAN GOVERNMENTS ARE TO CONFER WITH WE THE PEOPLE ON ALL DECISIONS OUR 51 AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONS PROTECT WE THE PEOPLE FROM YOU IN THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT.

ALL CITY, COUNTY, STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS STOP BREAKING THE PEOPLE'S CONSTITUTIONAL LAWS.

YOU DON'T OWN AMERICA.

WE THE PEOPLE OWN AMERICA.

NEXT, A MOSTLY NONVERBAL DOWN'S CHILD NOW VOCALIZING AND HER LETTERS AND VOCALIZING ALL HER LETTERS AND NUMBERS MET THREE IEP GOALS ALMOST ON PAR WITH TYPICAL PEERS.

NOW, WITHOUT COMMUNICATION TO READ THE PEOPLE DISD PLANS TO JUNK COLLABORATIVE KINDERGARTEN.

WE ARE NOT YOUR CATTLE.

WE ARE THE OWNERS.

YOU ARE HIRED MANAGERS.

STOP PLACING AND REPLACING OUR LITTLE TREASURES FROM SCHOOL TO SCHOOL AS IF THEY ARE YOUR LIVESTOCK.

THESE LITTLE LIVES ARE OUR LIVES WITH WHICH YOU TRIFLE.

THIS IS A DECADES LONG CRIMINAL CYCLE OF NO BID CONTRACTS, CHILD ABUSE, INDOCTRINATION, SABOTAGE, OBSTRUCTION, COERCION AND OPPRESSION.

I'M SURE IGNORANCE PLAYS A LARGE ROLE, BUT IT'S MOSTLY CRIME AND NEGLECT.

YOUR IMMORALITY WAS PINPOINTED LAST MONTH, SO PLEASE DO AS SUGGESTED.

DISPLAY IT OPENLY.

STOP EXPLOITING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE FOR YOUR GLORIFIED SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS.

READING, WRITING, AND MATH SKILLS.

MAKE HAPPY ADULTS.

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ALSO, HAVE YOU TURNED THE CLASSROOM BACK TO THE TEACHERS? HAVE YOU STATED THE TRUTH ABOUT D AND F CAMPUSES? I'LL JUMP TO THE END.

WHY DIDN'T THE OTHER NINE OF YOU CONFER WITH WE THE PEOPLE? NUMBER FIVE IS MAXIE JOHNSON.

NUMBER SIX IS JOYCE FOREMAN.

NUMBER TEN IS ELIZALDE.

THANK YOU. GO TO THE NEXT SPEAKER.

NEXT TWO SPEAKERS IN THE CHAPEL.

AND SHI SUE, FOLLOWED BY JENNIFER COLSON AND REGINA RANDALL ON DECK, BRENDA CHAPEL.

NOT PRESENT.

SHE SUE.

NOT PRESENT.

JENNIFER COULSON, FOLLOWED BY REGINA RANDALL WITH PEARLY HEARTS AND MARY ANN HOSKINS ON DECK.

HELLO, I'M JENNIFER COULSON, AND I'M TEACHING THIRD GRADE AT ONE OF YOUR SCHOOLS HERE.

AND I HAVE TO SAY, THIS IS MY FIRST YEAR OF TEACHING IN TEXAS.

AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, I PLAN TO LEAVE TEXAS.

I PLAN TO LEAVE TEACHING IN A TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOL.

AFTER MY EXPERIENCE HERE, I'M LOOKING AT A $15,000 A YEAR PAY CUT TO DO THAT, AND I WILL.

I EXPECT I'LL SLEEP BETTER AT NIGHT IF I'M IN A DIFFERENT KIND OF A SYSTEM.

WHAT IS HAS BEEN SO EXCRUCIATINGLY PAINFUL HERE IS HAVING A CLASS WITH THREE QUARTER TIER THREE STUDENTS AND BEING ON A VERY STRICT, FAST PACED, TIER ONE LESSON PLAN THAT IS MANDATED BY A DISTRICT I AM TEACHING FROM A SCRIPT, I'M REQUIRED TO USE A TIMER.

MY STUDENTS ARE 2 TO 3 YEARS BEHIND, ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF THEM.

I'M TEACHING MATH.

THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.

THEY'RE CATCHING SOME OF IT I'VE HAD OUT IN NEW MEXICO, COMMON CORE BOOT CAMP.

I RECOGNIZE THIS IS PRETTY MUCH COMMON CORE STUFF HERE.

IT'S NOT A BAD THING FOR STUDENTS TO BE EXPOSED TO, BUT WHEN I TAUGHT IN NEW MEXICO ON THE NAVAJO RESERVATION, WE WERE USING ENGAGE NEW YORK, WHICH IS BASICALLY EUREKA, AND WE HAD AN ADDITIONAL EQUAL AMOUNT OF TIME TO DO INTERVENTIONS OF OUR CHOICE TO CATCH UP THOSE TWO, THREE YEARS BEHIND FOR THOSE STUDENTS, THE FOURTH GRADERS THAT I HAD BY THE END OF THAT SCHOOL YEAR, THEY WERE STARTING TO CONVERGE ONTO GRADE LEVEL.

SO I SUGGEST THAT RATHER THAN SAYING, WELL, YOU'RE GOING TO DO I-READY AND COMPUTER INTERVENTIONS, AND IF YOU DON'T GET THOSE MINUTES IN, YOU MIGHT GET FIRED BY THE DISTRICT.

I HAVE EXTENSIVE, EXTENSIVE TRAINING ON INTERVENTIONS.

THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS I COULD DO FOR MY STUDENTS TO HELP THEM ADVANCE WITH MATH.

THEY WANT TO LEARN.

THEY'RE WONDERFUL CHILDREN.

THEY JUST THEY'RE PANDEMIC KIDS.

BASICALLY. THEY WERE IN KINDERGARTEN.

SOME OF THEM HAVE VERY DIFFICULT HANDWRITING.

I'M NOT ALLOWED TO ADDRESS THAT FOR THEM.

THERE'S ONE. COULDN'T WRITE A CAPITAL LETTER D IN THIRD GRADE.

I SAID, WELL, HERE'S HOW WE DO THAT.

AND BUT IF SOMEONE WALKED INTO MY CLASSROOM AND I'M SHOWING THEM IN THE MIDDLE OF A MATH LESSON HOW TO WRITE A CAPITAL LETTER D, BECAUSE THAT'S THE INTENT NEED OF THAT STUDENT, I'M UNDER THE THREAT OF PERHAPS BEING FIRED FOR THAT OR BEING WRITTEN UP.

SO THE SCRIPTED LESSONS TIER ONE I'M ON A VERY STRICT SCHEDULE.

THE DISTRICT HAS DECIDED TO DROP OUT EUREKA LESSONS THAT THEY SAY ARE REPETITIVE.

MY KIDS ARE MOSTLY TIER THREE.

THEY NEED REPETITION, SO I'M JUST GLOSSING OVER THE TOP 20% IS GETTING IT.

THE OTHERS I COULD DO SO MUCH MORE.

I HAVE CRIED SO MUCH THIS YEAR FOR MY STUDENTS.

I LOVE THEM, BUT I'M LEAVING PUBLIC EDUCATION AND I WILL TAKE A PAY CUT SO I CAN SLEEP AT NIGHT.

THANK YOU, MISS COLSON.

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

REGINA RANDALL AND PEARLIE HART WITH MARY ANN HOSKINS AND ETHEL JACKSON ON DECK.

REGINA RANDALL AND PEARLIE HART.

REGINA RANDALL NOT PRESENT.

PEARLIE HART.

MY NAME IS PEARLIE HART, AND I STAND HERE.

I REALLY DON'T NEED THREE MINUTES BECAUSE I STAND HERE WITH A QUESTION.

MY QUESTION IS, HOW CAN DECISIONS BE MADE FOR OTHERS WITHOUT CHECKING INTO THE HISTORY OR ASKING QUESTIONS AS TO WHY YOU'RE MAKING THESE DECISIONS, AND WHAT EFFECT IT'S GOING TO HAVE ON OTHERS AROUND YOU.

AND THE REASON WHY I ASK THAT QUESTION IS BECAUSE WHEN THEY CHANGE THE NAME OF KENNEDY CURRY, WHAT THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND IS THEY TOOK AWAY A PIECE OF OUR HISTORY.

HERE WE ARE IN BLACK HISTORY MONTH, AND A PIECE OF THE HISTORY WAS JUST ERASED.

AND ONCE IT'S ERASED, IT'S NOT COMING BACK.

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AND THAT'S REALLY NOT HOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE.

SO LIKE I SAID, I DON'T NEED A WHOLE LOT OF TIME BECAUSE ALL I'M SAYING IS THAT SOMETIME JUST REALLY ACTUALLY LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE BECAUSE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A VOICE.

I MEAN, WE WE DO PAY TAXES, RIGHT? RIGHT, RIGHT.

SO ALL I'M SAYING IS GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY.

DON'T JUST DO WHAT YOU CHOOSE TO DO, AND THEN DON'T GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE OR HELP YOU MAKE THE DECISION OR HAVE SOME INPUT ON THE DECISION.

INPUT. AND THAT'S ALL I REALLY HAVE TO SAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

WILL THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONES MARY ANN HOSKINS AND ETHEL JACKSON, FOLLOWED BY JANET HENDERSON AND DOLORES TROYAN ON DECK . TO THE SHEROES AND THE HEROES, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PERSONAL SACRIFICE DURING THIS BLACK HISTORY MONTH TO THE BOARD GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOL, NAMPA JACKSON I LIVE AT 2851 BLACK LIVES MATTER, DALLAS, TEXAS 75224.

FOR THE RECORD, TOO LONG, THE NEGROES HAVE TAPPED DANCE AND BUCK DANCE AROUND RACE IN AMERICA.

NO RACE OF PEOPLE HAVE EVER BEEN TREATED LESS THAN HUMAN.

BUT THE NEGROES, THEY HAVE SLAVED US FOR OVER 400 YEARS.

THEY LYNCHED US.

THEY CHANGED US.

THEY RAPED US.

THEY BEAT US.

THEY WORKED US LIKE ANIMALS.

THEY SOLD US.

AND WE ARE ONE LABOR AS THE BAD PEOPLE WERE INSTEAD OF THEM, WHITE PRIVILEGE.

YOU DO KNOW I HAVE A MINOR DEGREE IN BLACK HISTORY BECAUSE I TAUGHT MYSELF.

I STANDS ON THE SHOULDER OF MY MOTHER, OSSIE, MY GRANDMOTHER MARY, THE GREAT GREAT GRANDMOTHER NATTY.

BECAUSE I AM CUT FROM THE SAME FABRIC.

MY DAUGHTER MIRANDA STANDS ON MY SHOULDER AND MY TWO GRANDDAUGHTERS, NINE AND 11, STANDS ON THE OTHER SHOULDER. NEGRO HISTORY IS ABOUT HONORING THE PAST, PRESENT, AND THE FUTURE FOR THE SACRIFICE, THE ACHIEVEMENT AND CONTRIBUTION TO OUR COUNTRY.

WE BUILD ON THE BACK OF RACISM AND SLAVERY.

TODAY. THE NEGRO BOOK BEEN PULLED OFF THE SHELF RIGHT HERE IN THE DISD BECAUSE THEY SAY IT MAKES LITTLE WHITE KID CRY.

WHAT ABOUT ME? WHEN I THINK ABOUT ALL THE HELL MY ANCESTORS WENT THROUGH, I BREAK DOWN AND START CRYING TOO.

WHAT ABOUT THE NEGRO STUDENT IN DISD? DON'T THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW THEIR HISTORY? DOCTOR CARTER G.

WOODSON SAID THIS WHEN YOU CONTROL A MAN THINKING YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT HIS ACTION, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT HIM GOING HERE OR GO YONDER, HE WILL FIND HIS PROPER PLACE AND STAY IN IT.

YOU DO NOT NEED TO STAY TO SEND HIM TO THE BACK DOOR.

HE WILL GO WITHOUT BEING TOLD.

IN FACT, IF THERE'S NO BACK DOOR, HIS PRESENT NATURE WILL DEMAND ONE, AND HE WILL STAY IN IT.

IF WE DO NOT TELL OUR CHILDREN THIS STORY.

THE WILLIE LYNCH AND THE JIM CROW.

THANK YOU, MISS JACKSON.

YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

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

MARY ANN HOSKINS, IS SHE PRESENT? YES. NOT PRESENT.

YES. OKAY.

MARY ANN HOSKINS, FOLLOWED BY JANET HENDERSON, DOLORES TROYAN AND KATINA BROOKS ON DECK.

HELLO, EVERYONE. I'M MARY ANNHOSKINS, AND THIS IS MY HUSBAND, HENRY HILTON HOPKINS.

HE HAD TO BRING ME UP HERE.

HE BROUGHT ME LAST MONTH. HE BRING ME THIS MONTH.

BUT WHAT MY CONCERN IS YOUR CALL TAKERS AT THE 972-925-3700.

I WANT YOU TO GIVE THEM DRUG TESTS BECAUSE THEY GOT TO BE ON SOME DOPE TELLING ME THAT.

WHERE'S YOUR MOTHER AT? I SAID, MY MOTHER DEAD.

MAYBE YOU NEED TO BE DEAD LIKE YOUR MOTHER, MR. SINGLETON CALLED ME WHEN MY HUSBAND AND I WAS AT THE FAMILY DOLLAR ON SAMUEL.

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WHAT'S THAT PHONE NUMBER? AND I GOT THE COMPLAINT.

THE SCHOOL LEADERSHIP CALL.

WHAT YOUR PHONE NUMBER? I'M GONNA FIND OUT WHAT CALL TAKER.

THAT IS THE, I SAID THE PHONE NUMBER IS (945) 336-9162.

AND HE SAID, OH, OKAY.

WELL, I'M GONNA FIND OUT WHO THAT CALL TAKER IS, AND I'M GONNA GET BACK WITH YOU.

OKAY? MR. SINGLETON, THAT WAS LAST YEAR.

IT WAS BEFORE GOOD FRIDAY.

FOR EASTER AND I JUST WANT TO KNOW THE CALL TAKER NAME SO I CAN SUE HER FOR TELLING ME I NEED TO BE DEAD BY MY LIKE, MY MOTHER.

BECAUSE IF I END UP DEAD, IT'S ON DISD BACK.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

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

JANET HENDERSON AND DOLORES TROYAN WITH KATINA BROOKS AND STUART BECKER ON DECK.

JANET HENDERSON.

NOT PRESENT.

DOLORES TRYAN AND KATINA BROOKS, FOLLOWED BY STUART BECKER AND SABRINA BRENHAM.

OKAY. OKAY.

MY NAME IS DOLORES TRYON.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR GETTING MY LAST NAME CORRECT.

I JUST WANT TO SAY AND START OUT WITH THIS RIGHT NOW, WE'RE IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR 2024, BUT I LIKE TO TAKE YOU BACK FURTHER THAN 1915.

IT'S ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED ABOUT THE, WELL, THE WILLIE LYNCH LETTER.

MANY OF US, YOU MAY HAVE READ IT AND YOU MAY NOT, BUT I'M A I'M GOING TO QUOTE SOME OF HIS WORDS TO YOU.

HE SAID, I AM HERE TO HELP YOU SOLVE SOME OF YOUR PROBLEMS WITH SLAVES.

I CAUGHT THE WHIFF OF A DEAD SLAVE HANGING FROM A TREE A COUPLE OF MILES BACK.

YOU ARE NOT ONLY LOSING VALUABLE STOCK BY HANGINGS.

YOU ARE HAVING UPRISINGS.

SLAVES ARE RUNNING AWAY.

YOUR CROPS, SOMETIMES LEFT IN THE FIELDS TOO LONG.

WELL, HE WENT ON TO SAY, I HAVE A FOOLPROOF METHOD FOR CONTROLLING YOUR BLACK SLAVES.

IT WILL CONTROL THE SLAVES FOR AT LEAST 300 YEARS.

HE SAID, I HAVE OUTLINED A NUMBER OF DIFFERENCES AMONG THE SLAVES.

I TAKE THESE DIFFERENCES AND MAKE THEM BIGGER.

I USE FEAR, DISTRUST, AND ENVY FOR CONTROL PURPOSES.

HE WENT ON ON THE TOP OF HIS LIST.

HE SAID AGE, COLOR, SHADE, INTELLIGENCE, SIZE, SEX, SIZE, PLANTATION STATUS ON PLANTATIONS, ATTITUDE OF OWNERS.

HE SAID NOW THAT YOU HAVE A LIST OF DIFFERENCES, I SHOULD GIVE YOU AN OUTLINE OF ACTION.

BEFORE THAT, I SHALL ASSURE YOU THAT THIS TRUST IS STRONGER THAN TRUST.

ENVY IS STRONGER THAN ADULATION, RESPECT, OR ADMIRATION.

HE WENT ON TO SAY ABOUT DOING THE OLD AGAINST THE YOUNG, THE FEMALE AGAINST THE MALE, DARK SKINNED SLAVE AGAINST LIGHT SKINNED SLAVE.

Y'ALL PRETTY MUCH KIND OF HEARD THAT THROUGHOUT HISTORY.

BUT NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BLACK HISTORY MONTH.

I'M A PARENT, A CITIZEN, AND A BUS DRIVER.

I WENT IN A FEW SCHOOLS.

THEY LET ME IN. THEY WERE POLITE, USE THE RESTROOM.

I DON'T SEE NO NOTHING UP.

THIS IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH.

WE BUILT AMERICA.

WE DON'T HAVE THROUGHOUT THE HALLWAYS.

THERE ARE NUMEROUS OF CREATORS THAT WERE BLACK INVENTED.

MOSTLY ALL OF THEM.

WE DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT.

THE RIGHT.

WE GET ONE MONTH.

FEBRUARY. THAT'S THE SHORTEST MONTH OF THE YEAR.

WE SHOULD HAVE THE ENTIRE YEAR.

ENTIRE YEAR FROM WHAT WE HAVE BUILT.

THE CHILDREN TODAY.

THEY'RE NOT EVEN TAUGHT BLACK HISTORY.

A FEW MONTHS BACK, WE HAD THE BEAUTIFUL KIDS DID THAT.

WHAT DID WE HAVE TO PRESENT FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH FOR US? NOTHING. Y'ALL VISIT SCHOOL? YOU MISS NOTHING. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

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

KATINA BROOKS AND STUART BECKHARD, FOLLOWED BY SABRINA BRENHAM AND BRITTANY LAWRENCE ON DECK.

GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS KATINA BROOKS.

JUST AS MISS TROYAN STATED, THIS IS A PERFECT MONTH FOR US, BLACK HISTORY MONTH.

HISTORY IS ALL ABOUT RECALLING THE PAST.

I AM HERE TONIGHT TO TAKE A FEW MOMENTS FROM MISTER JAMES WELDON JOHNSON, THE NATIONAL NEGRO HYMN.

NOW, I'M NOT GOING TO SING IT BECAUSE DAVID W CARTER, THEY DID A FABULOUS JOB.

AND THIS HEY HEY STUFF IN THE IN THE AIR IS KILLING ME.

SO THIS IS THE A PORTION OF THE LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING TILL EARTH AND HEAVEN RING, RING WITH THE

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LET OUR REJOICING RISE HIGH AS THE LISTENING SKIES.

LET IT RESOUND.

LOUD AS THE ROLLING SEAS.

SING A SONG FULL OF THE FAITH.

THAT THE DARK PAST HAS TAUGHT US.

SING A SONG FULL OF THE HOPE THAT THE PRESENT HAS BROUGHT US.

FACING THE RISING SUN OF OUR NEW DAY THAT HAS BEGUN.

LET US MARCH ON UNTIL VICTORY IS WON.

NOW THIS VERSE IS A LITTLE KNOWN VERSE BECAUSE IT'S VERY CONTROVERSIAL.

IT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING CONTROVERSIAL, BUT IT'S NOT.

IT'S NOT SUNG, BUT IT'S IT GOES GOD OF OUR WEARY YEARS, GOD OF OUR SILENT TEARS.

MAY WE FOREVER STAND TRUE TO OUR GOD, TRUE TO OUR NATIVE LAND.

FINALLY, THIS SONG CELEBRATES THE AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE, THE STRENGTH OF MEN AND WOMEN, AND THE PROMISE, THE PROMISE OF THE FUTURE. THE SONG ALSO ACKNOWLEDGES THE TRAUMAS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS WHO HAVE FACED THAT FACED IN THE PAST, INCLUDING SLAVERY, JIM CROW AND THE WILLIE LYNCH AREA. MY NAME IS KATINA BROOKS, EMPLOYEE NUMBER 102340.

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

STUART BECKER AND SABRINA BRENHAM WITH BRITTANY LAWRENCE AND YANA LANA MALONE ON DECK.

MY NAME IS STUART BECKER.

I'VE BEEN A TEACHER IN DALLAS ISD FOR SEVEN YEARS, AND I'M A MEMBER OF ALLIANCE AFT EDUCATORS SCHOOL WORKERS UNION.

ALLIANCE AFT IS CALLING FOR RAISES FOR EDUCATORS THAT EXCEED INFLATION, AND FOR DISD TO BRING DOWN EMPLOYEE HEALTH CARE COSTS BY CONTRIBUTING.

SO THE FOR HAVING THE DISTRICT TO CONTRIBUTE MORE TO EMPLOYEE PLANS AND FOR THE DISTRICT TO CREATE SPED AND TEI COMMITTEES CO-CHAIRED BY EDUCATORS TO FIND REAL SOLUTIONS TO ONGOING ISSUES.

HEALTH CARE IS WAY TOO EXPENSIVE FOR EVERYONE, ESPECIALLY IF YOU ADD FAMILY MEMBERS TO YOUR PLAN.

FOR ME, IT WILL GO FROM $251 A MONTH FOR JUST MYSELF TO $1,059 A MONTH.

IF YOU ADD YOUR SPOUSE TO YOUR PLAN, AND IF YOU ADD YOUR SPOUSE AND A CHILD TO YOUR PLAN, IT'S $1,429 A MONTH.

ALSO, WE NEED TO BE SPEAKING OUT AGAINST THE STATE TAKEOVER OF HOUSTON ISD.

TEA COMMISSIONER MIKE MORATH, WHO WAS APPOINTED BY FAR RIGHT GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT, TOOK OVER HOUSTON ISD AND REMOVED THEIR SCHOOL BOARD UNDEMOCRATICALLY AND PLACED IN A BOARD OF MANAGERS.

MILES IS CLOSING LIBRARIES AND USING THEM AS DETENTION CENTERS.

HE'S INSTALLING MERIT PAY BASED ON STANDARDIZED TEST SCORES.

AROUND 58 PRINCIPALS HAVE LEFT THEIR CAMPUSES SINCE JUNE.

AND THEY'RE SAYING WORKING FOR HIM WAS LIKE BEING IN A PRISON.

HE'S ATTACKING SCHOOLS WITH HIS NES SCHOOLS PROJECT IN AREAS WITH PREDOMINANTLY BLACK AND BLACK AND BROWN STUDENTS.

HE'S BANNING READING NOVELS AND FULL BOOKS IN SCHOOLS, SAYING INSTEAD STUDENTS MUST READ PASSAGES FOR MULTIPLE CHOICE TESTS.

THIS IS ALL PART OF THE PRIVATIZATION OF PUBLIC SCHOOL SCHEME.

PUBLIC EDUCATION SCHEME.

SINCE MIKE MILES PUT IN MERIT PAY BASED ON STANDARDIZED TEST SCORES CALLED TEI IN DALLAS, WE KNOW THIS IS A PART OF THE PRIVATIZATION SCHEME AND WE NEED TO GET RID OF IT IN THIS DISTRICT.

WE NEED TO GET RID OF ALSO, WE NEED TO GET RID OF DISTRICT STANDARDIZED FINAL EXAMS, CALLED ACPS FOR HIGH SCHOOL, BECAUSE THIS IS ALSO A PART OF THE CONSTANT STANDARDIZED TESTING SCHEME PUSHED BY THE PRIVATIZATION MOVEMENT.

TEACHING THE STANDARDIZED TEST TRUNCATES THE CURRICULUM, SO MANY ASPECTS OF TEACHING AREN'T TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT WHILE DETERMINING WHAT IS A GOOD TEACHER.

UNDER THIS MERIT PAY BASED ON STANDARDIZED TEST SCORE SYSTEM.

STUDY AFTER STUDY SHOW THAT STANDARDIZED TESTS ONLY MEASURE FAMILY INCOME.

ALSO, IT'S BLACK HISTORY MONTH, AND WE CAN THANK AFRICAN AMERICANS FOR ESTABLISHING PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE SOUTHERN STATES DURING RECONSTRUCTION, BECAUSE FREED AFRICAN AMERICANS WHO WERE FORMERLY ENSLAVED SAW EDUCATION FOR ALL.

CURRENTLY, PREDOMINANTLY WHITE CORPORATE AMERICA CEOS SUCH AS JEFF BEZOS, KOCH BROTHERS, WALTON FAMILY, BILL GATES, BETSY DEVOS, MICHAEL BLOOMBERG, LAURENE POWELL JOBS, ELI BROAD, REED HASTINGS AND MANY OTHERS.

AND, LIKE THE DALLAS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, ARE LEADING THE DESTRUCTION OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN ORDER TO MAKE MORE PROFITS.

BUT I'D LIKE TO CLOSE WITH, ONCE AGAIN, PLEASE LOWER OUR HEALTH CARE COSTS, GIVE EDUCATORS A RAISE TO KEEP UP WITH THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.

SABRINA BRENHAM AND BRITTNEY LAWRENCE WITH LANA MALONE AND ISAAC STEIN ON DECK.

SABRINA BRENHAM.

A MIND IS A TERRIBLE THING TO WASTE.

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THIS DISD BOARD DOES NOT CARE ABOUT THE MINDS OF THE STUDENTS.

AND YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT THE TAXPAYER DIME AS WELL.

BACK IN 2020.

MATTER OF FACT, JULY 15TH, 2020, I STOOD WITH OUR TRUSTEE AT A PRESS CONFERENCE FIGHTING TO STOP KIPP OAK CLIFF ACADEMY FROM MOVING THEIR HIGH SCHOOL ON THE PAUL QUINN COLLEGE CAMPUS.

OUR TRUSTEE TOLD THE MEDIA KIPP WAS TRYING TO BULLY ITS WAY INTO OAK CLIFF WITHOUT MEETING WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.

DOES THIS SOUND FAMILIAR? OUR TRUSTEE TOLD THE MEDIA HIS CONSTITUENTS DID NOT WANT KIPP ACADEMY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

DOES THAT SOUND FAMILIAR? I WOULD TRUSTEE ALSO ARGUED THAT OUR DALLAS ISD SCHOOL IN THIS AREA OUTPERFORM KIPP SCHOOLS, AND WE DO NOT NEED ANY MORE FAILING INSTITUTIONS COMING INTO OUR AREA.

WELL, WELL, WELL.

OUR TRUSTEE IS NOW THE BAD APPLE AND HAS ABANDONED 8160 STUDENTS WITH AN ACHIEVEMENT SCORE OF 69 AND BELOW OR BELOW.

ON THE OTHER HAND, YOUR BOARD POLICY IS DESIGNED TO BULLY YOUR TAXPAYERS AND VOTING CONSTITUENTS.

WE ARE DEMANDING THAT YOU CHANGE THAT POLICY FOR RENAMING FACILITIES BECAUSE IT IS DEPLORABLE.

YOU VOTED TO PAY TO PAY THE SUPERINTENDENT OVER $300,000 AND A RAISE TO 4% BASED ON THE ANNUAL EVALUATION SCORES, AND NOW DISD HAS FILED A LAWSUIT TO KEEP THE FAMILIES THE SCORES FROM BEING.

PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC A SECRET FROM.

DON'T WANT THE TAXPAYERS TO KNOW THE PARENTS, NOR THE VOTING CONSTITUENTS.

I'M CALLING FOR A FEDERAL FBI INVESTIGATION ON THIS BOARD BECAUSE YES, THINGS ARE NOT ADDING UP.

REMEMBER, A MIND IS A TERRIBLE THING TO WASTE.

THANK YOU.

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

BRITTANY LAWRENCE AND LANA MALONE WITH ISAAC STEIN AND PATRICIA JONES ON DECK.

BRITTANY LAWRENCE.

THANK YOU. THIS MONTH WE CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH.

IN THAT SPIRIT, I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A BRIEF HISTORY LESSON IN 1954.

WE SHOULD ALL KNOW THIS VERY IMPORTANT LANDMARK DECISION THAT HAPPENED THAT YEAR, BROWN VERSUS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, THOUGH ITS PRIMARY OBJECTIVE WAS TO CREATE EQUALITY WITHIN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS BY ACKNOWLEDGING THAT AFRICAN AMERICANS HAD THE RIGHT TO EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.

THIS CASE IS ALSO WIDELY ACCEPTED AS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT CASES IN THE HISTORY OF SPECIAL EDUCATION LAW.

THERE IS NO SEPARATE BUT EQUAL.

THERE WASN'T THEN. THERE ISN'T NOW.

THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT OF 1965 ADDRESSES THE INEQUALITY OF EDUCATION FOR DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN, THOUGH ONCE AGAIN NOT DIRECTLY ADDRESSING CHILDREN WITH DIFFERENT EDUCATIONAL NEEDS.

STILL A LANDMARK DECISION.

THERE IS NO SEPARATE BUT EQUAL.

NEXT, WE HAVE THE EDUCATION OF ALL HANDICAPPED CHILDREN 1975, WHERE, AFTER AN INVESTIGATION, IT WAS FOUND THAT MILLIONS OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES WERE SIMPLY NOT RECEIVING EDUCATION.

THIS WAS THE FIRST LAW TO MAKE CLEAR THAT CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DIFFERENCES ACTUALLY HAD A RIGHT TO EDUCATION.

IN 2000, AN IDEA COMPLIANCE REPORT FOUND THAT MANY SCHOOLS WERE SIMPLY IGNORING SPECIAL EDUCATION LAW AND THAT MANY CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES WERE GETTING SUBSTANDARD SCHOOLING BECAUSE SCHOOLS WERE NOT FULFILLING FEDERAL GUIDELINES REGARDING SPECIAL EDUCATION.

I SAY THAT TO SAY THIS JUST BECAUSE THINGS GET BETTER DOESN'T MEAN YOU ARE DONE.

AS AMERICAN NOVELIST TONI MORRISON SAID, THE FUNCTION OF FREEDOM IS TO FREE SOMEONE ELSE.

WE SHOULD NEVER BE DONE SEEKING EQUALITY FOR ALL STUDENTS WITH AN EDUCATION.

LOOK, I WON'T PRETEND I'M NOT HERE ASKING TO SAVE THE COLLABORATIVE KINDERGARTEN AT HARLEY.

MY DAUGHTER AND THE OTHER CHILDREN RECEIVING SPECIAL SERVICES WERE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY AT A NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL THAT YOU CANNOT, WITH A GOOD CONSCIENCE, TAKE AWAY.

I AM TIRED OF BEING LIED TO.

I'M TIRED OF BEING TALKED IN CIRCLES AROUND WHY IT'S BEING DONE.

IT'S NOT BECAUSE OF A STEP DOWN ISSUE WITH TEACHERS.

IF THAT WERE THE ISSUE, PLEASE EXPLAIN WHY AN AIDE WAS TAKEN FROM THE PK THREE COLLABORATIVE CLASS THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

YOU CAN'T ADHERE TO A STEP DOWN METHOD IF YOU DON'T INTEND TO ACTUALLY STEP DOWN.

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ALL I'M ASKING IS THAT YOU FULFILL WHAT THIS DISTRICT HAS CLAIMED TO BE WORKING TOWARDS FOR A LONG TIME.

ALL STUDENTS DESERVE EDUCATION AND EDUCATION THAT IS INCLUSIVE AND THAT MEETS THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF EVERY STUDENT.

YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS NEED TO KNOW YOU CARE ABOUT THEM AS MUCH AS YOUR MAGNET SCHOOLS.

YOUR SCHOLARS WITH DIFFERENT EDUCATIONAL NEEDS NEED TO FEEL LIKE YOU TRULY BELIEVE IN THEM AND THEIR FEDERAL RIGHT TO INCLUSIVE EDUCATION.

YOU HAVE KIDDOS WITH IEPS THAT AREN'T RECEIVING THEIR NINE WEEK PROGRESS REPORTS WITH ANY SORT OF REGULARITY, BUT THIS IS THE HILL YOU CHOOSE TO DIE ON.

IF YOU WANT ME TO BELIEVE THAT AN INCLUSION SPECIALIST WOULD BE JUST AS USEFUL, PLEASE MAKE ME A PROMISE THAT WHAT HAS HAPPENED PREVIOUSLY WHEN YOUR INCLUSION SPECIALISTS GET OVERWHELMED, OVERWORKED, AND THEREFORE CHILDREN BECOME UNDERSERVED WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN.

YOU WON'T PROMISE ME THAT BECAUSE YOU DON'T ACTUALLY BELIEVE IT.

YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

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

LANA MALONE AND ISAAC STEIN, FOLLOWED BY PATRICIA JONES AND ANDREW KIRK ON DECK.

LANA MALONE.

MY NAME IS ELENA MALONE AND I LIVE IN THE.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

I LIVE IN THE 75227 AREA CODE.

HI, JUSTIN HENRY.

HI, MR. BATES.

SO I'M HERE FOR THE SAME THING THAT I CAME FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS.

NOTHING COMPARED TO YOU GUYS.

I REALLY THINK THIS IS VERY EMOTIONAL.

EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON HERE TONIGHT.

SO IT TRULY IS.

I MET WITH HIME SANDOVAL TODAY, AS I DID WITH MR. BATES BEFORE, TO WALK THE FENCE LINE AROUND THE LAWNVIEW CENTER TO ADDRESS MAINTENANCE, LANDSCAPING, SPRINKLER NEW GRASS ISSUES TO IMPROVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE DIVERSE NEIGHBORHOOD I LIVE IN AND SO MANY OTHERS.

MY NEIGHBORS TOO, INCLUDING EMPLOYEES AND BUS DRIVERS.

BREAK SPACE.

THEY WOULD BE SO ON BOARD, IGNORING THE RESPONSIBILITY TO MAINTAIN AND NOT JUST AT A MINIMUM, AND FIXING WHAT NEEDS TO.

GET FIXING WILL RESULT AT A LATER POINT TO EXTREME EXPENSES.

YOU ARE IN POWER POSITION, ALL OF YOU.

POWER COMES WITH RESPONSIBILITY.

MR. SANDOVAL HAS IMAGES THAT I TOOK YESTERDAY FOR.

HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I TAKEN IMAGES? AND HE UNDERSTANDS WHAT'S NEEDED.

YOU ALL DO.

JUSTIN HENRY DAVID BATES, BY NOT ANSWERING MY TEXT MESSAGES OR EMAILS, SAYS MORE ABOUT YOU THAN IT WILL EVER SAY ABOUT ME.

IT STATES THAT YOU ARE NOT WILLING TO IMPROVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE LOWER INCOME NEIGHBORHOOD, OR THAT IT'S JUST NOT A PRIORITY EVER.

PLEASE THINK I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A LONG TIME.

FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

I WANT YOU TO HEAR ME.

UNTIL THE DAY I DIE.

IN TEN YEARS, I WILL BE 80.

I WILL BE STANDING HERE IF GOD WANTS ME TO.

MY GOD, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

WILL THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONES? ISAAC STEIN AND PATRICIA JONES WITH ANDREW KIRK AND ADAM LAMONT ON DECK.

MY NAME IS ISAAC STEIN.

I LIVE IN DISTRICT SIX.

I COME DOWN TO SPEAK ABOUT.

MISS JOYCE FOREMAN, WHICH IS THE DISTRICT SIX TRUSTEE.

SHE'S DOING A WONDERFUL JOB.

SHE STAYS ON THE BATTLE LINE 24 HOURS.

WHEN SHE COME TO THE MEETING, SHE HAS A FOLDER WITH HER PAPERS IN HER HAND, NOT A CELL PHONE WAS SHE HAD TO LET SOMEBODY TEXT HER TO GIVE HER INSTRUCTIONS.

I'M PROUD OF HER.

AND AS Y'ALL TALK ABOUT BLACK HISTORY.

I MIGHT STAND TO BE CORRECTED, BUT IF WE HAD TRUE AMERICAN HISTORY, WE WOULDN'T NEED BLACK HISTORY.

I DON'T KNOW HOW WE GOT SEGREGATED FROM HISTORY IN THE FIRST PLACE.

IF THE TRUTH WAS TOLD ABOUT SLAVERY, WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO HAVE BLACK HISTORY.

AND WHILE I'M TALKING ABOUT BLACK HISTORY BIRDIE ALEXANDER BEEN WAITING FIVE YEARS TO BE A CHOICE SCHOOL.

MAYBE WE'LL GET IT WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS BEFORE THIS LADY WHO TURNED 80 IN THE NEXT TEN YEARS.

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A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT.

THAT IS A HISTORICAL BLACK COMMUNITY.

WHEN THEY BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSES FOR BLACK PEOPLE.

AND TO GO INTO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND TAKE THE BLACK SCHOOL NAME DOWN, THEY NAME IT AFTER A PROMINENT ATTORNEY WHO IS STILL AN ATTORNEY, WHICH AT ANY TIME, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU GOING TO DO IF THEY SCANDALIZE HIS NAME AND HE GO TO JAIL.

WE GOING TO SPEND THAT MONEY TO TAKE HIS NAME DOWN.

I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE A TRIP BACK DOWN MEMORY LANE WHEN WE NAMING SCHOOLS OUT THERE.

EVERYBODY. WE NAMED A SCHOOL AFTER ALBERT BLACK, WHICH IS A PROMINENT BLACK MAN THAT CLOSED DOWN THE WILMER HUTCHINSON SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SO WE NEED TO TAKE A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE INTO BLACK HISTORY AND BE CAREFUL.

LET THESE PEOPLE FINISH THEIR COURSE BEFORE YOU CROWN THEM WITH THE EXCELLENCE OF COMPLETION, BECAUSE SOME OF THEM HAVEN'T COMPLETED THEIR COURSE YET.

AND IF YOU GOING TO NAME A SCHOOL AFTER SOMEBODY THAT'S LIVING, I NAMED THE CITY AFTER MISS JOYCE FOREMAN.

SHE'S DOING PEOPLE OUT OF HER DISTRICT, CALLED HER TO GET INFORMATION.

SHE WAS STANDING THERE FIGHTING CHARTER SCHOOLS.

BEFORE Y'ALL EVEN KNOW WHAT A CHARTER SCHOOL WAS.

ALL RIGHT. SHE FOUGHT TO PUT AGAINST PUTTING THE CHARTER SCHOOL ON CAMP WISDOM.

AND 35.

SHE FOUGHT THAT FOUGHT.

WHEN WE ASK THAT Y'ALL WOULD STAND UP AND HELP FIGHT THE WAREHOUSE THAT WAS COMING NEXT TO FRIENDSHIP WEST AND ACROSS THE STREET FROM CHARTER.

I MEAN CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH THE CHOIR.

STEIN. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

WILL THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE? PATRICIA JONES AND ANDREW KIRK, FOLLOWED BY ADAM LAMONT.

PATRICIA JONES NOT PRESENT.

THANK YOU. ANDREW KIRK FOLLOWED BY ADAM LAMONT.

HELLO. GOOD EVENING, I'M ANDREW KIRK.

ALLIANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS VICE PRESIDENT, BUILDING LEADER AND TEACHER AT SUNSET HIGH SCHOOL.

GOOD EVENING. LAST YEAR'S LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

SESSION? EXCUSE ME, SESSIONS WERE A DISAPPOINTMENT TO NEARLY ALL STAKEHOLDERS IN DALLAS ISD.

FROM CLASS HOLDER, EXCUSE ME, CLASSROOM PRACTITIONERS TO PARENTS AND STUDENTS ALIKE.

NOT ONLY DID THE LEGISLATURE FAIL TO INCREASE THE BASIC ALLOTMENT OR ALLOCATE FOR A PERMANENT RAISE TO MINIMUM SALARIES, THE GOVERNOR CONTINUED TO PUSH THE SAME SET OF FAILED, COSTLY AND DEEPLY UNPOPULAR VOUCHER SCHEMES.

HE CONTINUES TO LITIGATE THIS IN PARTY PRIMARIES ON BEHALF OF A SMALL CLIQUE OF BILLIONAIRE MEGA DONORS.

THAT IS TO SAY, THESE POLICIES REAL CONSTITUENCY, WHATEVER THE OUTCOME OF THE GOVERNOR'S INTERVENTIONS, AND I HOPE THEY ALL FAIL.

DALLAS EDUCATION WORKERS HAVE BEEN OPERATING UNDER CONDITIONS OF CRISIS FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

I MEAN, EDUCATION WORKERS TO REFER TO EVERY SCHOOL BASED CONTRIBUTOR TO A CHILD'S LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FROM CLASSROOM TO CAFETERIA.

AGAINST THAT CONTEXT, SOME DISTRICTS HAVE ANNOUNCED LAYOFFS, INCLUDING MOST RECENTLY, FORT WORTH.

I, AND MANY OTHERS ARE, TO SAY THE LEAST, SKEPTICAL OF CLAIMS REGARDING WHAT THE DISTRICT PURPORTEDLY CAN AND CANNOT AFFORD.

WE WORK IN THE CONTEXT OF DEEP INSTITUTIONAL MISTRUST THAT THE PANDEMIC ONLY EXACERBATED WHEN DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SUGGESTS THAT CUTS ARE COMING.

WHILE PURCHASING CURRICULA TEACHERS FIND ACADEMICALLY INAPPROPRIATE AND MAINTAINING THE SAME PUNITIVE TESTING VOLUME.

IT PROMPTS VERY SHARP QUESTIONS WHICH RESOURCES AND FOR WHOM IS OUR DISTRICT ACTUALLY PRIORITIZING? WILL WE ELIMINATE ANY COMPONENTS OF TEI OR SCALE BACK THE BATTERY OF TESTING AND MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL? WILL WE ELIMINATE OR CONSOLIDATE ANY OF THE MANY, MANY LAYERS OF CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION? WILL WE FINALLY PROVIDE OUR COUNSELORS WITH SUSTAINABLE CASELOADS? WHAT OCCURS TO ME SPEAKING BEFORE THE BOARD IS THE CONSISTENCY OF OUR WORKING CONDITIONS.

OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, MY COWORKERS ARE STILL DRIVING FOR LYFT, DELIVERING FOR DOORDASH, AND LOOKING FOR ANY OPPORTUNITY TO EARN EXTRA DUTY PAY.

WE'RE PAST BURNING THE CANDLE AT BOTH ENDS.

WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO LIGHT THE MELTED WAX.

WE ASK THAT, AT THE VERY LEAST, STUDENT FACING WORKERS BE SPARED FROM ANY PROPOSED REDUCTIONS IN FORCE, AND THAT ALL RAISES KEEP PACE WITH INFLATION.

AT MINIMUM. COUNSELORS AND NURSES IN PARTICULAR HAVE LOST GROUND WITH BELOW INFLATION SALARY INCREASES OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.

NONE OF THIS WAS INEVITABLE.

EVERY RESIGNATION AND EVERY LAYOFF IS A POLICY CHOICE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

WILL, OUR FINAL SPEAKER, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE, ADAM LAMONT.

ADAM LAMONT ALSO A PROUD ALLIANCE AFT MEMBER.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO EVERYTHING THAT MY PREVIOUS UNION MEMBERS HAVE TALKED ABOUT IN PARTICULAR IN THE IMPORTANCE

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WE ARE ALREADY STRETCHED SO, SO THIN, YOU KNOW, AT EVERY LEVEL OF OUR SCHOOLS.

AND IF WE TRY TO ATTEMPT ANY SORT OF CUTS THE, THE AMOUNT OF JUST EDUCATION THAT WILL BE LOST ACROSS THE BOARD IS, IS REALLY, REALLY GOING TO BE IMMENSE.

I ALSO JUST WANT TO BRIEFLY TOUCH ON JUST A MORE SORT OF LIKE NICHE BUT PRAGMATIC THING.

THIS IS JUST COMPUTERS AND, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, I WORK IN A MIDDLE SCHOOL.

AND AT THIS POINT OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, I HAVE MAYBE ABOUT 6 TO 8 KIDS IN ALL OF MY CLASSES WHO DO NOT HAVE A COMPUTER.

BECAUSE IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN BROKEN.

IT'S BEEN LOST. MY RECOMMENDATION, HUMBLY, IS THAT AS A DISTRICT, WE LOOK AT CHANGING OVER OUR SYSTEM AT A MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL AT LEAST FROM AN INDIVIDUAL COMPUTER FOR EACH STUDENT TO CLASSROOM COMPUTERS IN EVERY CLASSROOM.

THE ADVANTAGE OF THIS IS THAT IT'S EASIER TO MONITOR COMPUTERS, EASIER TO KEEP TRACK OF THEM.

I HAVE STUDENTS WHO'VE LOST, YOU KNOW, TWO, THREE COMPUTERS.

I HAVE A STUDENT WHO, GOD BLESS HIM.

BUT HE TOLD ME THAT HE LOST HIS COMPUTER BECAUSE HE'D GONE DING DONG DITCHING IN A NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN HE CAME BACK, THE COMPUTER WAS GONE.

HE'S A GREAT KID, BUT, RIGHT, THIS WAS A MISTAKE.

SO THE ADVANTAGE, RIGHT, OF COURSE, IS JUST SIMPLE OF KEEPING THE COMPUTERS.

BECAUSE WHEN I HAVE FIVE, SIX, SEVEN STUDENTS IN MY CLASSROOM WHO DO NOT HAVE THEIR COMPUTERS, IT MAKES JUST OUR DAY TO DAY WORK MUCH MORE DIFFICULT, OF COURSE, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE DO HAVE ADMINISTRATORS CONSTANTLY BREATHING DOWN OUR NECK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO GET YOUR MATTHEW MINUTES.

YOU NEED THIS TIME, YOU NEED THAT.

AND IT'S JUST IMPOSSIBLE AS A TEACHER TO ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT WHAT THE DISTRICT IS TRYING TO GET US TO DO.

SO I HOPE THAT YOU, AS A BOARD MAKE SURE THAT WE AS TEACHERS ARE GIVEN THE MATERIALS AND GIVEN WHAT IS NEEDED TO ACTUALLY DO WHAT WE LOVE TO DO, WHICH IS TEACH EVERY DAY TO OUR STUDENTS.

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

THANK YOU TO ALL OUR SPEAKERS THIS EVENING.

TRUSTEE WILL CONTINUE TO THE AGENDA.

[7. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

TRUSTEES, THE FOLLOWING MINUTES HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL.

WE HAVE AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING, NOVEMBER 9TH, 2023.

OKAY TO CONTINUE.

THE FOLLOWING MINUTES HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL.

THE AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING OF NOVEMBER 9TH, 2023.

THE CALL BOARD MEETING OF JANUARY 11TH, 2024.

EMPLOYEE HEARINGS ON JANUARY 11TH, 2024.

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT WORKSHOP ON JANUARY 17TH, 2024.

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT WORKSHOP ON JANUARY 17TH, 2024.

THAT'S I THINK THERE'S ONLY ONE SET OF THOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON JANUARY 25TH, 2024 AND THE BOARD MEETING ON JANUARY 25TH, 2024.

DO I HAVE A MOTION MOVE TO APPROVE? SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

TRUSTEES, ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS? ALL RIGHT. NO CORRECTIONS.

PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.

THE MOTION PASSES EIGHT VOTING YES.

ONE NOT PRESENT TO VOTE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. TRUSTEES, WE'RE NOW ON TO ITEM 8.01.

[8. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS]

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

8.02, 8.04, 8.05, 8.11, 8.14, 8.15, 8.16, 8.17, 8.18, 8.19, 8.23, 8.28 AND 8.32.

WOULD TRUSTEES WHO HAVE PULLED ITEMS FOR A SEPARATE VOTE, LIKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE ANY OF THEM BACK TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

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THEY HAVE BEEN MOVED..

905 TO 9.10.

YES, MA'AM. HAVE BEEN MOVED BACK.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, AS AMENDED AND AS AMENDED AGAIN, TO ADD BACK THE ITEMS REFERENCED IN 9.05 TO 9.10 MOVED TO APPROVE SECOND.

OKAY. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

THERE'S NO DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

THE TRUSTEES, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.

TRUSTEE WHITE, DID IT COME UP FOR YOU? OKAY. THANK YOU.

THE MOTION PASSES EIGHT VOTING YES.

ONE NOT PRESENT TO VOTE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEES, WE'RE NOW UP TO ITEM 9.01 OF THE AGENDA.

[9. ITEMS PULLED FOR A SEPARATE VOTE]

FROM OCTOBER 1ST TO 20 OF 2023 TO DECEMBER 31ST OF 2023.

THIS WAS CONSENT AGENDA ITEM 8.02, PULLED BY TRUSTEES JOYCE FOREMAN AND CAMILLE WHITE.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVED TO APPROVE? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? OKAY. MOTION BY TRUSTEE CARREON AND SECONDED BY TRUSTEE JOHNSON.

TRUSTEES, IS THERE DISCUSSION? YES. TRUSTEE FOREMAN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

WHO'S ANSWERING? I WILL. GOOD.

SO I'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION BEFORE IN REGARDS TO DISTRICT SIX AND THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS THAT COME TO DISTRICT SIX THROUGH THE GIVING, AND IT'S ALWAYS LOW.

THIS MONTH IT'S ZERO.

WHILE I DO UNDERSTAND THAT SOME COMPANIES OR INDIVIDUALS DONATE DIRECTLY TO SCHOOLS.

I KNOW THAT ALSO SOME COMPANIES DONATE JUST TO DISD, PARTICULARLY AND THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE FUNDS TO BE DISPERSED.

I DON'T EXPECT TO CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT DISTRICT SIX HAVING $0 WHEN I KNOW THERE ARE DISCRETIONARY FUNDS. I WOULD NEVER SAY TAKE SOMETHING AWAY THAT PEOPLE ARE DONATING TO A SPECIFIC SCHOOL, BUT I WILL SAY THAT THIS DISTRICT HAS TO UNDERSTAND EQUITY.

AND IF YOU'VE GOT A DISTRICT WITH 26 SCHOOLS AND THEY GET NOTHING.

THAT'S NOT RIGHT.

NOW, WHILE THE SUPERINTENDENT SAY I CAN'T DIRECT HER STAFF, I DO NOT WANT TO CONTINUE TO HAVE TO HAVE THIS SAME CONVERSATION.

BECAUSE I KNOW YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

AND, PAM, WE'VE HAD A CONVERSATION AND I APPRECIATE YOU HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH ME ABOUT IT, BUT THIS HAS TO CHANGE.

YOU HAVE TO COME UP WITH SOME KIND OF FORMULA THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT ALL OF YOUR SCHOOLS.

THAT'S NOT FAIR.

IN THE LAST RATING, THE STAR RATING THAT WE HAVE.

THAT DISTRICT.

MY DISTRICT HAD NO LOW PERFORMING SCHOOLS.

BUT WE CAN'T GET CONSIDERATION.

THAT'S UNFAIR.

I WILL NOT CONTINUE TO SIT SILENTLY IF WE DON'T FIND A WAY TO CHANGE.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. IF NO OTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.

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OKAY. THANK YOU. TRUSTEES, WE'RE NOW UP TO SIX.

I'M SORRY. I'M GOING TO SAY YES.

OH, OKAY.

YOU LIKE TO. I'M SORRY.

TRUSTEE. I HIT IT ON THE SCREEN.

I THOUGHT IT SAID YES. I HIT THE WRONG BUTTON.

OKAY, WE CAN CHANGE THAT.

NO PROBLEM. WE CAN CHANGE IT IN THE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

THANK YOU. SO WE'RE NOW UP TO ITEM 9.02.

CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE FULL DAY PRE-K FOUR TUITION RATE OF $5,000 PER YEAR PER CHILD, AND THE HALF DAY PRE-K TUITION RATE OF $2,500 PER YEAR PER CHILD FOR THE TUITION BASED PRE-K PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN NOT ATTEND, NOT ELIGIBLE TO ATTEND THE FREE PRE-K PROGRAM, AND THE TUITION RATE OF $1,250 PER YEAR PER CHILD FOR THE TUITION BASED BEFORE AND AFTER CARE PROGRAM FOR THREE AND FOUR YEAR OLD CHILDREN.

NO COST TO THE DISTRICT.

THIS IS CONSENT AGENDA ITEM 8.04, PULLED BY TRUSTEES FOREMAN AND WHITE.

AND DO I HAVE A MOTION MOVED TO APPROVE? SECOND. A MOTION BY TRUSTEE CARRION, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE FLORES.

IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

TRUSTEES, IS THERE DISCUSSION? YES. TRUSTEE FOREMAN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

AND THANKS FOR RESPONDING.

AND EVERYBODY KNOWS I AM A FAN OF PRE-K THREE AND PRE-K FOUR.

BUT MY QUESTION WAS THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY ALONG WITH THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES THAT WAS NOT INCLUDED.

OKAY. SO IF YOU WOULD GET THAT INFORMATION TO ME, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.

OKAY. AND TRUSTEE WHITE.

THANK YOU. I WOULD I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE INFORMATION AS FAR AS IF WE HAVE ANY OUT OF DISTRICT FAMILIES THAT ARE PARTICIPATING VERSUS HOW MANY IN DISTRICT ARE PARTICIPATING.

AND I AM ALSO CURIOUS TO KNOW.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'RE PAYING HALF DAY, FULL DAY.

AND I'M DEFINITELY A SUPPORTER OF PRE-K BECAUSE THAT'S THE FOUNDATION OF LEARNING.

BUT WHAT I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IS AS FAR AS THE APPLICATION PROCESS IS CONCERNING, IS IS IT SWIFT ARE WHEN APPLICATIONS ARE BEING TURNED IN, ARE THEY BEING PROCESSED IN A TIMELY MANNER? THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT THIS SITUATION AS WELL.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEES. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.

THE MOTION PASSES EIGHT VOTING YES.

ONE NOT PRESENT TO VOTE.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

WE'RE NOW ON TO ITEM 9.03.

CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE, NEGOTIATE AND ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH RECOMMENDED RANK VENDORS FOR E-RATE.

ELIGIBLE WIRELESS ACCESS POINTS FOR DISTRICT WIDE USE NOT TO EXCEED $27,500,000 OVER A 64 MONTH PERIOD, INCLUDING RENEWAL OPTIONS FROM GENERAL OPERATING SPECIAL REVENUE AND BOND FUNDS. THIS WAS CONSENT AGENDA ITEM 8.05, PULLED BY TRUSTEES JOYCE FOREMAN AND CAMILLE WHITE.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE.

SECOND. MOTION BY TRUSTEE FLORES AND SECONDED BY TRUSTEE CARREON.

IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

DO WE HAVE DISCUSSION? YES. TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE WIRELESS ACCESS POINTS.

RIGHT. WE DO.

DO WE KNOW WHEN WE PURCHASE THOSE? WE HAVE SOME THAT ARE OVER TEN YEARS OLD, BUT HOW MANY ARE NOT OVER TEN YEARS OLD? I CAN GET YOU THAT INFORMATION.

I DON'T HAVE THAT RIGHT NOW.

WE HAVE OUR OLDEST, AROUND TEN YEARS OLD.

WE'VE PURCHASED NEW NEW ITEMS THAT WERE PUT IN PLACE.

I'M SURE THAT THAT PREVIOUS CONTRACT, THEY PURCHASED ITEMS AS WELL.

SO WE HAVE SOME THAT ARE NEW, BUT WE ALSO HAVE SOME IN SERVICE THAT ARE TEN YEARS OLD.

OKAY. COULD YOU GET THE NUMBER THAT'S TEN YEARS OLD, FIVE YEARS OLD AND RECENTLY PURCHASED?

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THAT'S CORRECT. SO THE PREVIOUS CONTRACT KIND OF BUNDLED IT UP FOR E-RATE PURPOSES.

ACCESS POINTS, NETWORK ELECTRONICS AND WIDE AREA NETWORK.

WE DECIDED TO CHANGE STRATEGY BASED ON SOME E-RATE CONSULTING TO MAXIMIZE DOLLARS.

THEY RECOMMENDED THAT WE BREAK THOSE CONTRACTS UP.

SO THIS ONE WILL BE ACCESS POINT.

NEXT MONTH. I WILL BE BRINGING NETWORK ELECTRONICS AND WIDE AREA NETWORK.

AND SO WHEN DOES THE $80 MILLION CONTRACT? WHEN DOES THAT GO AWAY? WHEN, WHEN THE WHEN AND IF THE BOARD APPROVES THIS CONTRACT? IMMEDIATELY. YES, MA'AM.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

OTHER QUESTIONS. TRUSTEES.

ALL RIGHT, TRUSTEES, WE PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

TRUSTEE MACKEY. YOU'RE COMING.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

THE MOTION PASSES SEVEN VOTING YES, ONE VOTING NO, ONE ABSTAINING.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEES, YOU JUST ADOPTED ITEM 9.03.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM 9.04.

CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE JOB ORDER CONTRACT SERVICES FOR GENERAL CONSTRUCTION FOR RENOVATIONS AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT DISTRICT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BOND PROGRAM. NOT TO EXCEED $2,650,000.

BOND FUNDS. CONSENT ITEM 8.11 PULLED BY TRUSTEES JOYCE FOREMAN AND CAMILLE WHITE.

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

TRUSTEE. SECOND BY TRUSTEE CARREÓN TRUSTEES.

IS THERE DISCUSSION? YES.

TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

SO THANK YOU FOR CALLING ME AND HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT MY CONCERNS ABOUT BREAKING THE BOND OFF WHERE THERE ARE DOLLARS GOING TO MAINTENANCE AND THERE DOLLARS GOING TO BOND DOLLARS THAT WERE BEING MAINTENANCE AND BOND DOLLARS IN YOUR OPERATION FOR SOME OF THE SAME SCHOOLS.

AND I THINK WE ENDED I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I ENDED CORRECTLY.

I THINK WE ENDED ON WE WERE GOING TO COME UP WITH SOME YOU WERE GOING TO COME UP NOW WE YOU WERE GOING TO COME UP WITH SOME KIND OF FORMAT THAT WOULD SHOW PER SCHOOL WHAT THE BOND DOLLARS ARE SPENT AND THE MAINTENANCE BOND DOLLARS, SO THAT THERE'S A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING WHAT IS GOING WHAT IS BEING SPENT ON EACH SCHOOL WITH BOND DOLLARS, BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO TRACK IF YOU'RE SPENDING OUT OF ONE POT AND YOU'RE SPENDING OUT OF ANOTHER POT.

I NEED TO KNOW THAT WE ARE NOT BUSTING THE BUDGET OF WHAT WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO SPEND ON A SCHOOL, SO YOU'RE GOING TO COME UP WITH THAT? THAT'S CORRECT.

THAT FORMAT. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEES, IF THERE AREN'T ANY OTHER QUESTIONS COMMENTS, WILL YOU PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES? TRUSTEE JOHNSON WERE YOU ABLE TO VOTE? OKAY. THANK YOU.

THE MOTION PASSES EIGHT VOTING YES.

ONE NOT PRESENT TO VOTE.

THANK YOU TRUSTEE YOU JUST APPROVE.

ITEM 9.04.

WE'RE NOW GOING ON TO ITEM 9.11.

CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE, NEGOTIATE AND ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS WITH RECOMMENDED POOL OF VENDOR FOR THIRD PARTY INSPECTOR PLATS, PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT PLANS AND PERMIT SERVICES NOT TO EXCEED 5 MILLION OVER FIVE YEARS, INCLUDING RENEWAL OPTIONS, GENERAL OPERATING SPECIAL REVENUE AND BOND FUNDS.

CONSENT ITEM 8.23 PULLED BY TRUSTEES JOYCE FOREMAN AND CAMILLE WHITE.

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SECOND MOTION BY TRUSTEE FLORES, SECOND BY TRUSTEE CARREON AND TRUSTEE TO THE QUESTIONS.

YES. TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

I'M JUST TRYING TO GET CLARITY.

BRANT, WHEN WE HAD A CONVERSATION MY CONCERNS WAS THE LANGUAGE OF PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT PLANS.

AND I THINK YOU EXPLAINED TO ME THAT THAT WAS A TERMINOLOGY THAT THE CITY USES, BUT IS THERE ANYWHERE IN IN THIS RFP THAT WE COULD MAKE SURE THAT THE CLARITY IS NOT US DEVELOPING ADDITIONAL PROPERTY OUTSIDE OR NEW PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT PLANS? YEAH, WE CAN CLARIFY THAT.

CAN YOU CLARIFY? IT'S IT'S FOR PERMITTING REVIEWS.

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CORRECT. THANK YOU DEAR.

ALRIGHT TRUSTEES, WILL YOU PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE? AGENDA ITEM 9.11.

THE MOTION PASSES.

UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEES, YOU JUST APPROVE. AGENDA ITEM 9.11.

NOW WE'RE ON 9.12.

CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE DISTRICT TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF PREVIOUSLY APPROVED FOR CONTRACTS, FOR JOB ORDER CONTRACTING SERVICES, FOR GENERAL CONSTRUCTION, FOR DISTRICT WIDE USE, NOT TO EXCEED $20 MILLION.

GENERAL OPERATING SPECIAL REVENUE BOND FUNDS CONSENT ITEM 8.28 PULLED BY TRUSTEES JUST JOYCE FOREMAN AND CAMILLE WHITE.

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

SECOND BY TRUSTEE CARREÓN TRUSTEES.

IS THERE A DISCUSSION? YES. TRUSTEE FOREMAN I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS A PART OF WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN TERMS OF MAKING THAT SPREADSHEET TO BE ABLE TO GET A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING THAT IS CORRECT.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

TRUSTEES, WILL YOU PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES? THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

TRUSTEE JUST APPROVED AGENDA ITEM 9.12 ON OUR LAST ITEM, 9.13.

CONSIDERING. TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION, AUTHORIZE, NEGOTIATE, AND ENTER INTO COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS WITH THE RECOMMENDED POOL OF VENDORS FOR THE PURCHASE OF POLICE EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES FOR DISTRICT WIDE USE.

NOT TO EXCEED $1,182,400 OVER FIVE YEARS, INCLUDING RENEWAL OPTIONS.

GENERAL OPERATING SPECIAL REVENUE BOND FUNDS CONSENT ITEM 8.32 POOL BY CHOICE.

TRUSTEE JOYCE FOREMAN AND CAMILLE WHITE.

MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND.

MOTION BY TRUSTEE FLORES.

SECOND BY TRUSTEE CALDERON.

ANY QUESTIONS? YES.

TRUSTEE FOREMAN. SO, CHIEF LAWTON, JUST QUICKLY.

YES, MA'AM. DO YOU HAVE TO GO OUT AND FIND YOUR OWN VENDORS OR DO THE PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT HELP YOU SOURCE VENDORS? THEY DO. THEY HAVE HELPED US IN THE PAST.

BUT WE HAVE FOUND IT TO BE VERY CHALLENGING TO FIND THE VENDORS THAT WE NEED THAT ARE SPECIALIZED AND ABLE TO SUPPORT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SO DO MAYBE YOU CAN TELL ME OTHER.

THERE ARE TONS OF OTHER DIFFERENT POLICE DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

DO THEY USE THIS SAME CONTRACT OR DO THEY SOURCE TO OTHER VENDORS? WELL, THEY ACTUALLY USE A LOT OF THESE SAME VENDORS.

THIS IS PROBABLY IN THE INDUSTRY.

THESE VENDORS THAT WE'RE USING ARE USED DEFINITELY IN THIS REGION.

YES. I'M ASKING IF THEY AND YOU PROBABLY ARE NOT THE ONE THAT ANSWERED IT CAN ANSWER THIS, BUT THIS IS THROUGH A BUY BOARD.

SO I'M ASKING IF THEY USE THE SAME BUY BOARD OR IF THEY ARE BUYING INDEPENDENTLY, HAVE WE CHECKED? AND I DON'T, CHIEF, I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO HAVE CHECKED.

THAT'S A PROCUREMENT JOB.

YES, MA'AM. TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

CAN YOU PLEASE REPEAT YOUR QUESTION? SURE. ASK THE CHIEF IF THE OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENTS USE THIS SAME BUY BOARD VENDOR, OR ARE THEY USING INDEPENDENT VENDORS BY GOING OUT AND GETTING BIDS? WHEN YOU SAY OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT, WHAT ARE YOU REFERRING TO? SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE DART POLICE DEPARTMENT UT SOUTHWESTERN POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AT THIS MOMENT, I'M NOT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY USE.

SO IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR ME, AND AGAIN, THAT'S NOT THE CHIEF'S JOB.

THAT'S A PROCUREMENT JOB TO GO OUT AND SOURCE TO SEE WHAT'S OUT THERE IN THE MARKET.

AND IF THE OTHER AGENCIES ARE USING THE SAME BUY BOARD.

BUT IT WOULD MAKE SENSE.

BUT IF THEY'RE GOING OUT FOR BID, THEN I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHY WE'RE NOT GOING OUT FOR BID.

OKAY. YES, MA'AM.

THANK YOU. I HAVE A BRIEF QUESTION.

AS FAR AS THE MATERIALS THAT ARE NEEDED CHIEF LOUDEN.

WELL, I'M QUITE SURE YOU ARE AWARE.

ARE YOU HAVING PROBLEMS WITH ITEMS BEING ON BACKLOG AS FAR AS CARS, THE RADIO SYSTEMS THAT WAS MENTIONED I THINK LAST YEAR FOR PURCHASE.

ARE YOU HAVING A I JUST WANT TO KNOW, ARE YOU HAVING A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH.

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ARE YOU HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THAT SITUATION? YES, MA'AM. WE ARE HAVING SOME LOGISTIC ISSUES, ESPECIALLY WITH VEHICLES AMMUNITION TO GO OUT TO THE RANGE.

LEATHER GEAR HAS BEEN CHALLENGING, BUT WE'RE MAINTAINING.

YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHIEF.

YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEES, WILL YOU PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE ON AGENDA ITEM 9.1? SORRY. GO AHEAD. OF COURSE, I I'M NOT READING THIS CORRECTLY.

THIS IS NOT ABOUT VEHICLES, RIGHT? NO, MA'AM. OKAY? I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE I'M ON THE RIGHT PAGE.

THANK YOU MA'AM. ALL RIGHT.

TRUSTEE, WILL YOU PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.

TRUSTEE PRESIDENT HENRY.

THAT'S OKAY. THANK YOU.

THE MOTION PASSES EIGHT VOTING YES AND ONE ABSTAINING.

THANK YOU TRUSTEES, YOU JUST PASSED AGENDA ITEM 9.13.

THE TIME IS NOW 8:21 AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

EVERYONE HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.