Mar 21, 2024 Board Meetings

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GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. THE TIME IS 6:03 P.M..

[1. NOTICE AND RETURN]

I WANT TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE MONTHLY BOARD MEETING OF THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES, IF YOU WILL, WILL YOU PLEASE STAND AND JOIN US FOR A MOMENT OF

[2. MOMENT OF SILENCE AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]

ONE OF HIS MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR JUSTICE WAS ACHIEVED WHEN CLOUTMAN PLAYED A CRUCIAL ROLE IN SUCCESSFULLY ARGUED THE CASE THAT LED TO THE DESEGREGATION OF THE SCHOOLS IN DALLAS. THE EFFORTS OF MR. CLOUTMAN PAVED THE WAY FOR DIVERSITY AND A MORE INCLUSIVE EDUCATIONAL STEM TO ENSURE ALL STUDENTS HAVE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR SUCCESS.

HE LEAVES US WITH A LEGACY OF COURAGE, DETERMINATION, AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO JUSTICE.

IF YOU WILL DO A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE.

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

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

DISTRICT TWO TRUSTEE SARAH WEINBERG.

DISTRICT FOUR TRUSTEE CAMILLE WHITE.

DISTRICT FIVE TRUSTEE MACKIE JOHNSON.

DISTRICT SIX TRUSTEE JOYCE FORMAN.

DISTRICT SEVEN TRUSTEE BEN MACKEY.

DISTRICT EIGHT TRUSTEE JOE CARREON, A SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS DOCTOR STEPHANIE ELIZALDE JOINS US, AND I'M JUSTIN HENRY, BOARD PRESIDENT.

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

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 THE 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 THIS 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 WANT TO DON'T SEE ANY ELECTED OFFICIALS.

IF OTHERS SEE ANY, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY CLOSED SESSION.

BEFORE WE DO REPORTS THERE, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A SHIFT.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE OUR SPEAKERS UP PRIOR TO REPORTS.

SO I'M GOING TO GO TO SECTION SIX OF OUR AGENDA UNLESS THERE'S ANY OBJECTIONS FROM ANY TRUSTEES.

[6. PUBLIC FORUM]

NOT HEARING ANY. SO OUR AGENDA NOW CALLS FOR THE PUBLIC FORUM SEGMENT OF OUR MEETING.

WE ARE GOING TO BEGIN WITH SPEAKERS TO AGENDA ITEMS FOLLOWED BY SPEAKERS TO NON AGENDA ITEMS. I'M ASKING SPEAKERS TO BE MINDFUL OF CHILDREN THAT ARE IN ATTENDANCE.

CHILDREN ARE UNWILLING ADULT RECIPIENT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN ATTENDANCE AT THIS MEETING SHOULD NOT BE EXPOSED TO LEWD, FILTHY, 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, 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 TO THE GRIEVANCE POLICY TO SEEK RELIEF VIA THOSE PROCEDURES.

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

RULES OF ORDER AND DECORUM WILL BE ENFORCED DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE AN EFFICIENT MEETING.

UNLAWFUL DISRUPTIVE CONDUCT, INCLUDING INTERRUPTING SCHEDULED SPEAKERS, SPEAKING OUT OF TURN, CROSSING OFF THE ROPE, CROSSING THE ROPED OFF BARRIERS, OR INTERFERING WITH THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.

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

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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.

THIS TIME, DOCTOR JORDAN, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE NAMES OF THE SPEAKERS? YES. 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.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS JASMINE RAMIREZ WITH STARLET RAMIREZ AND STEPHANIE CHAMPION AND JAMES ARMSTRONG ON DECK. JASMINE RAMIREZ.

NOT PRESENT.

STARLETT RAMIREZ.

NOT PRESENT, STEPHANIE CHAMPION, FOLLOWED BY JAMES ARMSTRONG WITH ANNE HARRINGTON AND DEBBIE SOLIS ON DECK.

STEPHANIE CHAMPION NOT PRESENT, JAMES ARMSTRONG, FOLLOWED BY ANNE HARRINGTON AND DEBBIE SOLIS AND ERROL D THOMAS ON DECK.

JAMES ARMSTRONG, NOT PRESENT, ANNE HARRINGTON, FOLLOWED BY DEBBIE SOLIS, EARL THOMAS AND ANISHA ROSE ON DECK. ANN HARRINGTON.

I COME TO TODAY TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SCHOOL POLICY.

I COME TO SPEAK REGARDING THE POLICY REGARDING THE NAME CHANGES OF THE SCHOOL.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, CONSIDER CHANGING THE POLICY FOR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.

POLICY NEEDS TO ENSURE THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS A MEANINGFUL ROLE IN THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS FOR RENAMING THE SCHOOL.

THIS CAN HELP FOSTER FOSTER TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT.

POLICY SHOULD CONSIDER HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE, SIGNIFICANCE OF EXISTING SCHOOL NAME, AND PROVIDE GUIDELINES FOR EVALUATING PROPOSALS FOR NAME CHANGING.

THIS COULD HELP PRESERVE IMPORTANT HISTORIC LEGACIES IN WHILE RECOGNIZE THE NEED FOR CHANGE IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.

LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE EVEN THOUGH YESTERDAY WE HAD TO CALL TO REGISTER.

NO ONE ANSWERED THE PHONE HERE, WE HAD TO CALL THE REGISTER.

I MEAN, THERE WAS NO ONLINE TO REGISTER, YOU KNOW, STAYED ON HOLD 30 MINUTES AND THEN HAD TO GET SOMEONE TO CALL US BACK AND THEY KNEW WE HAD TO SPEAK.

SOME PEOPLE DIDN'T GET TO SPEAK.

I HAVE A SCREENSHOT WHERE I WAS ON HOLD FOR 30 MINUTES AND THEN IT HUNG UP IN MY FACE.

CLEAR AND TRANSPARENT PROCEDURE FOR RENAMING SCHOOL COULD HELP STREAMLINE THE PROCESS AND MINIMIZE CONFUSION AND DISPUTES.

UPDATE POLICY SHOULD OUTLINE THE STEPS INVOLVED CURRICULUM, AND CONSIDER NAME CHANGES IN INPUT FEEDBACK.

AND WHEN I SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DID A SURVEY FOR A NAME CHANGE OF WITH DALLAS OR STEM SCHOOL.

YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY THOUGHT THAT IT WAS GOING TO STAY WITH STEM SCHOOL.

YOU KNOW, THOSE NAMES THAT ACTUALLY GOT ADDED ON TO THERE, YOU KNOW, JUST EVEN THE INPUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S MAKING IT'S DIVIDING THE COMMUNITY.

SO THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT OVERALL UPDATING SCHOOL POLICY REGARDING NAME CHANGES CAN HELP ENSURE THAT THE PROCESS IS FAIR AND RESPONSIBLE FOR THE NEEDS AND VALUES OF THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY. AND I BELIEVE THAT THE WEST DALLAS WAS JUST GREATLY LET DOWN, YOU KNOW, WITH THE SCHOOL DECISION, YOU KNOW, FOR MY LEADERS AND THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DEBBIE SOLIS, FOLLOWED BY EARL D THOMAS WITH ANNISIA ROSE AND DOMINIQUE ALEXANDER ON DECK.

MY NAME IS DEBBIE SOLIS AND I TONIGHT I COME IN SPIRIT OF UNITY.

I AM A THIRD GENERATION WEST DALLAS RESIDENT.

I LEAD A MONTHLY COMMUNITY CRIME WATCH, AND I AM A FAITHFUL MEMBER OF WEST DALLAS ONE.

I AM PART OF THESE GROUPS BECAUSE I CARE FOR MY COMMUNITY.

I COME WITH CONCERNS ABOUT THE RUSHED PROCESS IN RENAMING A SCHOOL IN WEST DALLAS.

I COME TO SPEAK AGAINST THE POLICIES CURRENTLY IN PLACE.

I WANT THE BOARD TO UNDERSTAND THE DILEMMA THAT HAS BEEN PLACED IN OUR DISENFRANCHISED COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE SUFFERED ALL OUR LIVES TO HAVE A VOICE AND TONIGHT I COME ASKING FOR YOUR HELP.

WE LIVE IN A DEMOCRACY AND THE BOARD MUST UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF GIVING THE COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT AND DECIDING ON A NAME.

I HAVE RECEIVED CALLS FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT THIS AND WHILE I REALLY DO NOT WANT TO GET INVOLVED, I REALIZE NOT GETTING INVOLVED WOULD SHOW A LACK OF CONCERN AND CARE FOR THE VOICES FEELING LEFT OUT.

I WORK WITH TRUSTEE MAXIE AND I AM GRATEFUL FOR HIS SUPPORT OF WEST DALLAS.

BUT TONIGHT I COME TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY THAT FEELS LEFT OUT IN THE PROCESS OF THE SCHOOL RENAMING.

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MR. GARCIA AND DOCTOR GARCIA ARE GREAT LEADERS, AND IT WOULD BE AN HONOR TO HAVE THE SCHOOL IN THEIR NAME.

THIS IS ABOUT THE CONCERN WITH THE STEM IN PLACE, WHERE A SCHOOL NAME CAN BE CHANGED WITHOUT PROPER INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY.

WE NEED BETTER PROCEDURES IN PLACE BEFORE A NAME CHANGE IS VOTED ON BY THIS BOARD.

A TRUSTEE SHOULD NOT BE GIVEN THE RIGHT TO RENAME A SCHOOL WITHOUT COMMUNITY INPUT.

I REMEMBER IN MARCH OF 2022, WE FILLED OUT A DISD ONLINE SURVEY WITH NAMES TO CONSIDER.

WE NEVER RECEIVED THE RESULTS FOR THE SURVEY, AND MANY THOUGHT THE WEST DALLAS STEM SCHOOL MUST HAVE RECEIVED MOST OF THE VOTES.

SINCE NOTHING WAS DISCUSSED AFTER THE SURVEY, WE WERE SHOCKED WHEN WE HEARD THAT A RENAMING WAS SUBMITTED IN THE WEST FOR THE WEST DALLAS STEM SCHOOL.

BEFORE AN ITEM CAN COME UP FOR A VOTE, THERE SHOULD BE SIGNING SHEETS SUBMITTED BY COMMUNITY MEETINGS THAT WERE HELD DISCUSSING THE RENAMING. ALSO, THIS BOARD SHOULD DISCUSS THE WAIVER PROCEDURES BECAUSE THEY HAVE CAUSED PROBLEMS WITH US AND OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS.

I KNOW THAT THIS IS A CHOICE SCHOOL, BUT THE SCHOOL IS STILL IN WEST DALLAS AND NO MATTER WHO ATTENDS, WE MUST HAVE THE TRANSPARENCY AND THE PROCESS USED IN THE RENAMING.

THIS COMMUNITY IS ASKING THAT YOU DELAY THE RENAMING AND GIVE CONCERNED CITIZENS TIME TO DISCUSS THE OUTCOME OF THE SURVEY, SO WE CAN ALL WORK TOGETHER FOR THE BETTERMENT OF ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS. I AM GRATEFUL FOR EVERYONE'S VOLUNTEERISM IN THIS BOARD, AND I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS WE HAVE WITH THE CURRENT PROCEDURES.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS EARL D THOMAS, FOLLOWED BY ANISHA ROSE WITH DOMINIQUE ALEXANDER AND VAL HUTCHINS ON DECK, EARL D THOMAS NOT PRESENT, ANISHA ROSE, FOLLOWED BY DOMINIQUE ALEXANDER AND VAL HUTCHINS AND SAMANTHA SKOLNICK ON DECK.

ANITA ROSE NOT PRESENT, DOMINIQUE ALEXANDER, FOLLOWED BY VAL HUTCHINS AND SAMANTHA SKOLNICK ON DECK DOMINIQUE ALEXANDER, NOT PRESENT.

VAL HUTCHINS NOT PRESENT.

SAMANTHA SKOLNICK.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS SAMANTHA SKOLNICK, AND I AM AN ATTORNEY WITH ALSTON AND BIRD.

ALONG WITH MY COLLEAGUES, I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF REPRESENTING INSIGHT PUBLIC SECTOR, INC., WHO IS AN OFFER UNDER REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL 117 875 FOR NETWORK ELECTRONICS AND FIREWALLS.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO INTRODUCE MR. BILL TAYLOR FROM HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISES.

I AM HERE TO REQUEST THAT THE BOARD NOT DEBATE THIS AGENDA ITEM 916.

INSTEAD, BECAUSE INSIGHT HAS A PENDING PROTEST, THE DISTRICT'S PROTEST PROCESS SHOULD PROCEED AS THERE IS NO REASON TO RUSH AN AWARD IN THE FACE OF A PROTEST.

PER THE SOLICITATION, OFFERORS WERE TO PROVIDE THE BEST OFFER INITIALLY.

THE DISTRICT WAS TO AWARD A CONTRACT TO ONE OR MORE RESPONSIVE, RESPONSIBLE OFFERORS THAT PROVIDED THE BEST VALUE TO THE DISTRICT.

RESPECTFULLY, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED A NUMBER OF ERRORS AND HAVE POINTED TO THEM IN OUR WRITTEN PROTEST, WHICH WAS TIMELY SUBMITTED TO THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER ON MARCH 18TH, 2024. WE DID SO BASED SOLELY ON THE SCORESHEET AND HAVING REQUESTED THE REST OF THE PROCUREMENT FILE, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED SAME.

EARLIER TODAY, WE WERE ISSUED A TWO PAGE RESPONSE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PROCUREMENT SERVICES.

MR. ROBINSON.

IT IS OUR CONTENTION THAT MR. ROBINSON'S LETTER WAS NOT A DENIAL OF THE PROTEST, AS IT DID NOT COMPLY WITH THE DISTRICT'S OWN WRITTEN POLICIES IN THE PURCHASING MANUAL, SPECIFICALLY THE RIGHT TO PROTEST IN SECTION 22.

PER THE OFFICIAL POLICY, IT IS THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER WHO MUST ISSUE THIS DETERMINATION.

THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER DID NOT DO SUCH, WHICH MEANS THE PROTEST IS PENDING AND THE STAY OF THE AWARD MUST REMAIN IN PLACE.

THE DISTRICT ALSO REQUIRES THAT A FINAL DECISION INFORM THE PROTESTER OF THE RIGHT TO APPEAL.

HOWEVER, MR. ROBINSON'S LETTER DID NOT MENTION ANY SUCH RIGHT.

THE DISTRICT SHOULD TABLE THIS AGENDA ITEM, MAINTAINING THE REQUISITE STAY OF THE AWARD UNTIL INSIGHT HAS BEEN FULLY ALLOWED TO EXERCISE ITS RIGHTS UNDER THE DISTRICT'S OWN PROTEST PROCEDURE.

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ALLOWING OFFERORS TO SUBMIT AN UNLIMITED NUMBER OF PROPOSALS IS, RESPECTFULLY, A BAD POLICY.

IT OPENS THE PROVERBIAL FLOODGATES.

IT IS GROSSLY INEFFICIENT AND WILL ALLOW OFFERORS TO SUBMIT DOZENS OF PROPOSALS AT THEIR WHIM AND GAME THE SCORING.

IT WILL EXPONENTIALLY INCREASE THE ANALYSIS BURDEN ON THE DISTRICT STAFF AND EVALUATORS, AND IT WOULD NOT ALLOW FOR THE BEST OFFER, WHICH WOULD ALSO HURT THE DISTRICT.

THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE ARGUMENTS RAISED BY INSIGHT.

SO RATHER THAN IGNORING THE DISTRICT'S OWN PROCEDURES, WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THIS AGENDA ITEM BE TABLED UNTIL A REASONED DECISION IS ISSUED BY THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.

MR. SKOLNICK. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

WILL THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONES, ROBERT CECCARELLI AND JANET MARIANI, FOLLOWED BY MIKE HOOK AND PAYTON JACKSON ON DECK ROBERT CECCARELLI.

GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.

I HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING.

I'VE JUST BEEN TALKING TO SOME PEOPLE.

RANDY BOWMAN, I'VE TALKED TO SOME OF THE BIG SHOTS.

NEVER HEARD OF THEM.

RENO SAYS.

OH, I HEARD HIS NAME.

RANDY BOWMAN'S GOT THE BEST THING IN DALLAS, AND EVERYONE'S KEEPING IT QUIET.

ONE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER TO MY LEFT KNOWS ABOUT HIM.

BUT NONE OF YOU PROBABLY NEVER HEARD ABOUT HIM.

HE HAS A HOUSE ACROSS SOUTH OAK CLIFF.

THEY GET HIM OUT OF THE AREA TO GO TO THE HOUSE TO STUDY DURING THE WEEK.

OKAY, BUT IT'S SO QUIET.

IT'S BEEN QUIET FOR THREE YEARS.

THAT'S A THIS IS THE BEST KEPT SECRET DISD HAS EVER GOOFED THEIR LIFE.

THIS SCHOOL BOARD IS DYSFUNCTIONAL AND ADMINISTRATION IS DYSFUNCTIONAL BECAUSE RANDY BOWMAN GOT A LOT OF GREAT PUBLICITY.

LOOK HIM UP. RANDY BOWMAN DISSED THIS SCHOOL BOARD'S KEPT IT ALL QUIET.

I'M ASKING FOR THE TEST SCORES TO SEE HOW THEY'RE DOING.

BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LEARN AFTER SCHOOL WHERE THEY LIVE.

YOU TAKE THEM OUT OF THE AREA.

BUT WHY HAVE YOU KEPT IT SO QUIET, I ASKED.

I'M NOT. I'M NOT GOING TO MENTION HER NAME.

SHE'S RIGHT. RIGHT ON.

RIGHT UNDERNEATH YOU, MISS SUPERINTENDENT.

SHE NEVER HEARD OF HIM. SHE'S BEEN HERE 25 YEARS.

THIS IS CRAZY, MAN.

REALLY, REALLY CRAZY.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT OVER KIMBALL.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

OKAY, NOW, I'M JUST SAYING I DON'T.

I ONLY KNOW A COUPLE OF PEOPLE, BUT SUPERINTENDENT AND THE PERSON OVER SOUTH OAK CLIFF, YOU GOT TO BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF.

FIND OUT. WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS? OKAY, NEXT, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT.

OKAY? BUT I'M GOING TO JUST LAY ON YOU TWO RIGHT NOW.

WHY? TAKE HIM OUT OF THE AREA, PUT HIM IN THE HOUSE.

LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.

THE CITIZENS WERE LOVING ANYTHING ABOUT STUDENTS TO GET HIM BETTER.

THEY WOULD LOVE IT. WHY, MAN? TELL ME, WHY HAVEN'T YOU DONE THIS? YOU NEVER BRING THEM UP.

RANDY BOWMAN HAS NEVER BEEN IN THE PRESS.

HE DID WELL IN THE BEGINNING, BUT NOW NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT HIM.

THAT'S RIDICULOUS MAN, YOU ALL ARE DYSFUNCTIONAL.

YOU NEED TO GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER, OKAY? I'M TALKING ABOUT SAFETY NEXT MONTH.

BUT YOU TWO THAT WERE TALKING TO EACH OTHER.

GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER AND MAKE SURE PEOPLE LOOK THEM UP.

RANDY BOWMAN, DISD.

OKAY. AND THAT WAY WILL WORK.

BUT, MAN, YOUR TIME IS UP, MAN.

TIME IS UP.

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.

REALLY? THIS IS CRAZY, MAN.

HAVE A GOOD DAY. WELL, THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONES.

JANET MARIANI AND MIKE HOOK, FOLLOWED BY PEYTON JACKSON AND CHRIS GODSKI ON DECK.

HI, I'M JANET.

THE DALLAS CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE SEEKS TO CHANGE THE DEFINITION OF WHAT IS A CITIZEN.

DID YOU ALL KNOW THAT? WHAT IS A CITIZEN? THEY WANT TO CHANGE THE NAME, THE DEFINITION TO PERSON, RESIDENT, PEOPLE, PERSONS, IN OTHER WORDS, FLOOD OUR CITY AND COUNTRY WITH NON-AMERICAN US CITIZENS SO THAT WE NO LONGER HAVE A CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC OR AMERICA, JUST A LAND WITH NO BORDERS.

WE ARE LIVING NOW UNDER A NEW FORM OF GOVERNANCE, WHERE WE, THE PEOPLE, ARE NO LONGER THE GOVERNMENT AND THAT OUR LEADERS LISTEN TO US.

NOT A REPRESENTATIVE NATION, BUT ALL OF US WORKING FOR MAINLY UNELECTED BUREAUCRATS.

HOWEVER, WE THE PEOPLE WANT TO TAKE BACK OUR SCHOOLS, OUR COUNTRY, TO GOVERN OURSELVES, TO REALLY TEACH OUR CHILDREN HOW TO READ, KNOW THEIR HISTORY. WHAT A TREASURE OUR FOUNDING FATHERS BEQUEATHED US A CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC IF WE CAN KEEP IT.

I'VE NEVER BEEN MORE PROUD OF WORKING ON ALLEN WEST'S CAMPAIGN, AND AS OF JUNE 1ST, HE IS THE NEW DALLAS COUNTY GOP CHAIRMAN. I BEG ALL OF YOU LIKE MINDED, FREEDOM LOVING CITIZENS TO COME JOIN US SO THAT WE CAN EQUIP AND TRAIN

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WE CAN SELECT REAL LEADERS TO MOVE THIS CITY FORWARD.

YOUR VOTE COUNTS.

DON'T EVER THINK IT DOESN'T.

AND REMEMBER, IF YOU DON'T VOTE, YOU REALLY CAN'T COMPLAIN.

DON'T BE THE PROBLEM.

BECOME THE SOLUTION WITH US AND WITH GOD'S HELP, WE WILL FILL OUR COUNTRY WITH REAL CITIZENS WHO LOVE AMERICA AND CHOOSE TO FIGHT FOR IT.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

WILL THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONES? MIKE HOOK AND PEYTON JACKSON WITH CHRIS GODSKI AND PERCY MURCHISON ON DECK.

MIKE HOOK NOT PRESENT.

PEYTON JACKSON, FOLLOWED BY CHRIS GODSKI.

GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD.

AS YOUR NEXT CONGRESS REP FOR DISTRICT 33, I WOULD LOVE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE INJUSTICE THAT WE ARE DOING TO THE KIDS WHO ARE THE FUTURE OF AMERICA.

I WOULD LOVE TO TALK ABOUT AND EMPHASIZE THAT WE ARE WASTING ENERGY ON THE STAAR TEST.

I WOULD LOVE TO EMPHASIZE THAT TRADE SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN TAKEN OUT OF SCHOOLS.

I WOULD LOVE TO EMPHASIZE THAT WHAT WE LEARN IN HIGH SCHOOL DOES NOT ALIGN WITH REAL LIFE.

I WOULD LOVE TO EMPHASIZE THAT OUR KIDS, OUR STUDENTS, SHOULD KNOW ABOUT CREDIT, FINANCIAL LITERACY, PASSIVE INCOME, CONFLICT RESOLUTION, GUN SAFETY, DRIVER'S ED, A STEP FURTHER, CDL TRAINING, INFINITE BANKING.

BUT I DON'T HAVE TIME.

I DON'T HAVE TIME TO ARGUE THAT DUE TO PASSIVE REPS LIKE TRUSTEE DAN.

OR MAYBE, MAYBE WE CAN BLAME THE ADMIN.

I DON'T KNOW, BUT WHAT I DO KNOW IS THAT I AM FORCED TO PAY BOTH DALLAS AND FORT WORTH ISD THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS EVERY SINGLE YEAR, OR MY PROPERTIES BASICALLY GO UP FOR SALE.

YOU CAN'T, WON'T EVEN SUPPLY AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPED CLASS WITH A CAMERA WHEN ASKED TO.

NO, IT TOOK FOR MY CHILD TO BE SLAMMED ON THE GROUND, SLAMMED ON THE GROUND WHILE BEING SUPERVISED BY A NEGLECTFUL TEACHER, AND NO TA PRESENT FOR YOU TO FINALLY LIFT UP OFF OF YOUR PRETTY LITTLE HANDS.

RIGHT. ABBOTT WAS RIGHT ABOUT SOME THINGS.

I MEAN, DON'T TELL ME WE'RE UNDERFUNDED WHEN MISAPPROPRIATION IS PRESENT, AND I'M NOT A MAD BLACK WOMAN.

I'M A PISSED OFF TAXPAYER.

SO IF I DON'T HAVE ANY SAY SO OVER THE CURRICULUM, IF I DON'T HAVE ANY, SAY SO OVER THE SAFETY, WHERE IS THE FORM THAT I NEED TO FILL OUT TO TRANSFER THOSE THOUSANDS TO FINANCE MY CHILD'S PRIVATE EDUCATION? BECAUSE WHILE THE PUBLIC SCHOOL STEM MAY HAVE FAILED ME, THE CYCLE STOPS HERE.

YOU CAN CALL YOUR NEXT SPEAKER.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CHRIS GODSKI, FOLLOWED BY PERCY MURCHISON WITH EMILIO NOYOLA JUNIOR AND DOCTOR PAMELA GRAYSON ON DECK, CHRIS GODSKI NOT PRESENT.

VERSEY MURCHISON.

FOLLOWED BY EMILIO NOYO JUNIOR.

VERSEY MURCHISON.

NOT PRESENT.

EMILIO NOYO, JUNIOR.

GOOD EVENING, ESTEEMED MEMBERS OF DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD EDUCATORS.

I SAY GOOD EVENING. EVENING, ESTEEMED MEMBERS OF THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD, EDUCATORS AND GUESTS.

MY NAME IS EMILIO NOYOLA, JUNIOR, AND AS A CERTIFIED MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER, I'M HERE TO SHARE MY VISION FOR EMPOWERING THE YOUTH OF OUR COMMUNITY.

I REPRESENT THE EAGLE OF HOPE.

AND AN INITIATIVE TO STAND AS A BEACON FOR CHILDREN AFFECTED BY PARENTAL INCARCERATION IN TEXAS.

THE THE DEMOGRAPHIC REFLECTS A STARK REALITY.

1 IN 15 BLACK CHILDREN AND 1 IN 42 LATINO CHILDREN HAVE AN INCARCERATED PARENT, COMPARED TO 1 IN 111 WHITE CHILDREN.

MANY OF THESE CHILDREN ARE UNDER TEN YEARS OLD, FACING THE FUTURE CLOUDED BY UNCERTAINTY.

THE MAJORITY OF THESE PARENTS ARE FATHERS, LEAVING THE MOTHER TO SHOULDER THE BURDEN OF CAREGIVING.

UNFORTUNATELY, A SMALL, SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF THESE CHILDREN END UP IN FOSTER CARE.

WHILE OTHERS ARE PLACED WITH RELATIVES.

THE EMOTIONAL TOLL IS HEAVY, WITH 1 IN 5 EXHIBITING SIGNS OF INTERNALIZING PROBLEMS LIKE DEPRESSION.

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AT THE EAGLE OF HOPE, WE ADDRESS THESE CHALLENGES HEAD ON.

WE PROVIDE A NURTURING ENVIRONMENT WHERE CHILDREN CAN FIND GUIDANCE, EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, A SENSE OF COMMUNITY.

OUR PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED TO ENGAGE, INSPIRE AND EMPOWER, FOSTERING RESILIENCE AND HOPE.

TO ENHANCE OUR EFFECTIVENESS, WE FOCUS ON PERSONAL CONNECTIONS, ENGAGING ACTIVITIES, AND FAMILY INVOLVEMENT.

WE BELIEVE THAT BY SUPPORTING THE WHOLE CHILD, INCLUDING THEIR FAMILY UNIT, WE CAN MAKE A LASTING IMPACT.

AS I STAND BEFORE YOU, I AM EAGER TO BRING THE PASSION, MY PASSION AND EXPERIENCE TO THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

TOGETHER, WE CAN TRANSFORM THE LIVES OF OUR STUDENTS, GUIDING THEM TOWARDS A FUTURE FILLED WITH PROMISE AND POTENTIAL.

THANKS FOR CONSIDERING THE EAGLE OF HOPE AS A PARTNER IN THIS NOBLE ENDEAVOR.

LET'S SOAR TO NEW HEIGHTS TOGETHER.

THANK YOU. WILL THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONES? DOCTOR PAMELA GRAYSON AND RYAN MCKELVIE GONZALEZ, FOLLOWED BY SABRINA BRENHAM AND CLAIRE MCDADE ON DECK.

IN SEPTEMBER OF 2022, MR. MARCEL BROOKS CAME TO KIMBALL TO SERVE AS THE ASSISTANT FOOTBALL WRESTLING COACH AND A HALL MONITOR.

MR. BROOKS IS A SERVANT LEADER THAT HELPED HOMELESS STUDENTS WITH NEEDS, AMONG OTHER STUDENT ENHANCING EFFORTS.

HE HAS A LOVE FOR WORKING WITH THE STUDENTS THROUGH COACHING AND SAFETY.

HE FEELS THAT EVEN THE MOST UNREACHABLE KIDS CAN BE REACHED.

MR. BROOKS IS WRONGFULLY TERMINATED IN APRIL OF 2024 AFTER A GROUP OF STUDENTS SURROUNDED HIM, AND ONE OF THEM CHOSE TO STRIKE HIM IN THE FACE, PUSHING HIM INTO TABLES.

THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT THAT TIME, DOCTOR DIANA KELLY, FAILED TO CARRY OUT A PROPER INVESTIGATION.

SHE DID NOT FOLLOW DISTRICT GUIDELINES PRIOR TO CALLING MR. BROOKS BACK TO THE BUILDING AFTER THE INCIDENT, AS HE HAD GONE HOME AND HAVING MR. BROOKS ARRESTED. DOCTOR GRAYSON, COULD YOU PAUSE THE TIME, PLEASE? COULD YOU TRY TO REFRAIN FROM USING THE GENTLEMAN'S NAME, PLEASE, IF POSSIBLE.

WHOSE NAME? ANY NAMES OF EMPLOYEES.

HE'S NOT AN EMPLOYEE ANYMORE.

OH, YOU MEAN DOCTOR KELLY? OH, LET ME SAY HER NAME. YEAH.

PAUSE THE TIME, PLEASE. IT'S LIKE AT 220 OR SOMETHING.

YEAH. RECLAIMING MY TIME.

RECLAIMING MY TIME.

OKAY. IF YOU COULD, PLEASE, MISS GRAYSON.

THANK YOU. THEY'RE NOT RECLAIMING MY TIME.

IT'S STILL RUNNING.

YOU SAID YOU GAVE ME DOCTOR 2:20.

OKAY, AND I APOLOGIZE.

I DID NOT KNOW THAT WAS THE PROCESS.

I DIDN'T KNOW I WASN'T ALLOWED TO SAY I UNDERSTAND, I UNDERSTAND, I SAID IT.

NOW GO.

GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE.

WHEN IT FINISHES, WE'LL GIVE YOU MORE TIME.

OKAY. WHAT HAS BROUGHT ME TO YOU IS THE FACT THAT THE ORDEAL THAT MR. BROOKS SUSTAINED, HE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE AT KIMBALL, IS NOW BEING USED TO PROMOTE RACISM BETWEEN BLACK AND HISPANIC STAFF AND STUDENTS AT KIMBALL, THIS EVENT IS PUBLICLY BEING REDUCED TO A RACIAL POLITICAL FODDER AND IS DOWNRIGHT DISGUSTING.

AND THE FACT THAT A DISD ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL IS BELIEVED TO BE INVOLVED IS ABSOLUTELY SICKENING.

THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL IS ONE THAT SAW MR. BROOKS PUNCHED IN THE FACE ON A PREVIOUS OCCASION, WHICH HE MALICIOUSLY FAILED TO REPORT, AND ALSO SAW MR. BROOKS THREATENED BY A STUDENT.

IT IS HEAVILY SUSPECTED THAT THIS AP IS WORKING WITH A SUBSTANDARD POLITICIAN TO REDUCE THIS INCIDENT INTO A RACIAL ISSUE BETWEEN BLACKS AND HISPANICS.

THIS AP IS SUSPECTED OF WORKING WITH THE RACIALLY DRIVEN POLITICIAN BY PROVIDING INSIDE INFORMATION TO ASSIST IN THE COORDINATION OF WALKOUT ATTEMPTS, FURTHER DISRUPTING STUDENT LEARNING.

ADDITIONALLY, IT CAME DIRECTLY FROM SOME OF THE STAFF MEMBERS AT KIMBALL THAT THIS AP WAS INCREDIBLY ANGRY AND SPEWED HATRED AND VITRIOL OVER THE FACT THAT MR. BROOKS WAS NOT PROSECUTED.

I PERSONALLY SAW THESE COMMUNICATIONS.

I WILL BE ASKING AT THE GRAND PRAIRIE SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE MEETING AS WELL, TO SHARE THIS INDIVIDUAL'S MISCHIEF.

I AM REQUESTING A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION INTO THE ACTIONS OF THIS AP DURING THIS ENTIRE CHAIN OF EVENTS, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER PUTTING HIM ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE DURING THE INVESTIGATION TO PREVENT THE FURTHER SPREADING OF HIS RACIST VITRIOL.

AND AS A DISD PARENT, I'M CONCERNED ADMINISTRATION SCAPEGOATS TEACHERS, ESPECIALLY HALL MONITORS.

THEY WILL OFTEN SCAPEGOAT, BLAME A TEACHER HALL MONITOR, THROW THEM UNDER A BUS.

THIS CAME FROM A MEMBER OF THE UNION.

YOUR TEACHERS ARE LEAVING DUE TO A LACK OF SUPPORT IN AND OUT OF THE CLASSROOM.

TO DO RIGHT BY MR. BROOKS SHOWS DISD RISING ABOVE RACIST EFFORTS TO DIVIDE THE STUDENT BODY.

THE DA FOUND THE ANSWERS KIMBALL LEADERSHIP FAILED TO FIND.

I STARTED MY RESEARCH ON THIS SUBJECT ON THIS PAST TUESDAY AND HAVE FOUND MORE INFORMATION THAN THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DID THAT MADE LIFE CHANGING, EMBARRASSING DECISIONS. WE ARE BETTER THAN THIS WITH ALL OF THE BLACK EYES, FAILURES, SHORTCOMINGS, VALID OR PERCEIVED SUSTAINED BY DISD, THE DISTRICT SHOULD TAKE THE WIN ON THIS ONE.

IT MAKES YOU LOOK GOOD.

BRING MR. BROOK BACK AS HE WAS CLEARED GRAYSON, AND HE IS BETTER.

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GOOD EVENING. I'M SPEAKING TODAY IN SUPPORT OF THE ALLIANCE CAMPAIGN TO CREATE SPECIAL EDUCATION AND TEI COMMITTEES TO DEAL WITH GLARING INADEQUACIES IN OUR CURRENT COMPENSATION STEM.

THE TEACHER EXCELLENCE INITIATIVE, OR TEI, SERVES AS A COMPREHENSIVE FRAMEWORK FOR EVALUATING THE PERFORMANCE OF EDUCATIONAL STAFF, ENCOMPASSING A WIDE ARRAY OF ROLES FROM GENERAL EDUCATION TEACHERS TO CUSTODIAL STAFF.

AS A SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER, I FALL INTO CATEGORY D OF THE TEI STEM, WHICH IS DESIGNED FOR EDUCATIONAL STAFF WHO ARE NOT TEACHERS OF RECORD, SUCH AS SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS.

WHILE TEI CATEGORIZES AND EVALUATES VARIOUS ASPECTS OF EDUCATOR ROLES, IT FAILS TO ADEQUATELY ADDRESS THE UNIQUE RESPONSIBILITY OF SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS.

IN MY ROLE, I AM TASKED WITH TWO MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES, CASE MANAGEMENT WORK AND SERVING AS AN INCLUSION TEACHER IN GENERAL EDUCATION CLASSROOMS TO SUPPORT SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS.

HOWEVER, THE CURRENT EVALUATION PROCESS DISPROPORTIONATELY EMPHASIZES THE LATTER ASPECT, OVERLOOKING THE SIGNIFICANT TIME AND EFFORT RESORTED TO CASE MANAGEMENT.

THIS IMBALANCE RESULTS IN A SKEWED ASSESSMENT OF OUR PERFORMANCE, AS WE ARE ONLY BEING EVALUATED ON HALF OUR JOB RESPONSIBILITIES.

IT IS CRUCIAL FOR ADMINISTRATORS TO RECOGNIZE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE HOLISTIC NATURE OF A SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS ROLE IN THE TEI FRAMEWORK BY ADDRESSING THIS DISCREPANCY AND ENSURING THAT EVALUATIONS ACCURATELY REFLECT THE ENTIRETY OF OUR RESPONSIBILITIES, WE CAN WORK TOWARDS A FAIR AND MORE EQUITABLE ASSESSMENT PROCESS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION EDUCATORS.

THIS TESTIMONIAL WAS PROVIDED BY SPECIAL EDUCATION MANAGER, A CASE MANAGER HERE IN DALLAS ISD AND MEMBER OF ALLIANCE AFT WHO SUPPORTS OUR CAMPAIGN TO IMPROVE DISTRICT COMPENSATION POLICIES.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

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

SABRINA BRENHAM AND CLAIRE MCDADE WITH BRENDA GURUMURTHY AND SARAH SAHAKIAN ON DECK.

SABRINA BRENHAM.

SABRINA BRENHAM, DALLAS, TEXAS.

THE DISD BOARD POLICY FOR RENAMING FACILITIES IS DEPLORABLE AND INCONSIDERATE, JUST AS THIS BOARD IS.

WE THE PEOPLE, CONSTITUENTS, STAKEHOLDERS AND TAXPAYERS ARE VERY UPSET WITH HOW THE BOARD POLICY WAS USED TO REMOVE THE HISTORY OF THE HIGHLAND HILLS COMMUNITY BY RENAMING KENNEDY CURRY MIDDLE SCHOOL TO ROYCE WEST LEADERSHIP ACADEMY.

WE ARE ASKING THIS BOARD TO CHANGE THIS POLICY.

WHY, NUMBER ONE, DO NOT ALLOW THE WAIVER FOR ANY CIRCUMSTANCE, BECAUSE THAT WAIVER SIMPLY ELIMINATES THE PROCESS OF ALLOWING THE BOARD TO HEAR THOSE WHO OPPOSED OR NONE OPPOSED, WHICH VIOLATES THE RIGHTS TO FREE SPEECH ASSEMBLY AND THE RIGHT TO PETITION THE GOVERNMENT.

THAT'S YOU. WE ARE ASKING THAT THE PARENTS, TAXPAYERS, STAKEHOLDERS, RESIDENTS BE PROPERLY NOTIFIED WHEN RENAMING A FACILITY.

WE ARE ASKING THAT ANY MEETING SHOULD BE DONE AT A PROPER TIME SUCH AS THIS ONE.

WE ARE ASKING THAT A PRINCIPAL NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE A PROPOSED NAME CHANGE, USING 12 PEOPLE FROM A SITE BASED COMMITTEE TO HELP MAKE A DECISION SUCH AS THIS, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU RECEIVE MORE THAN 12 VOTES TO GET ELECTED.

THIS PROCESS IS A SLAP IN THE FACE TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS.

WE ARE THE TAXPAYERS.

THAT MEANS WE'RE THE BOSS.

WE PROTESTED, WE PETITIONED THIS BOARD OUR CONCERNS ON WHY WE WANTED KENNEDY KIRBY'S NAME TO REMAIN THE SAME. CHANGING KENNEDY CURRY'S NAME TO ROYCE WEST, WHO WAS INVOLVED IN ALLOWING THE SAME SCHOOL TO CLOSE DUE TO LACK OF DUE DILIGENCE WITH TAXPAYER DOLLARS.

ROYCE WEST WAS OUR TAX COLLECTOR.

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REMEMBER, EVERYONE'S MOUTH IN THIS ROOM OPENED AND CLOSES THE SAME WAY.

IT ONLY TAKES INTEGRITY AND INTELLIGENCE AND THAT'S ALL THAT COUNTS.

WE ASK THAT YOU CHANGE THIS POLICY AND SO THAT WE WON'T SEE THIS SITUATION AGAIN.

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

CLARA MCDADE AND BRENDA GURUMURTHY, FOLLOWED BY SAHARA COHEN AND STEWART BECKER.

MY NAME IS CLARA MCDADE.

DISD BOARD MEMBERS, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY I APPLAUD ALL OF YOU THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT WHO ARE GOING THROUGH THE SAME THING WE WENT THROUGH AT KENNEDY-CURRY MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND WE ARE STILL SUPPORTING THE FACT THAT THIS WAS DONE NOT RIGHT IMPROPERLY.

MY THING IS THE NAMING, THE RENAMING OF ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS WITHOUT OUR CONSIDERATION OF THE COMMUNITY WAS A BIG SLAP IN THE FACE.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS.

I SAY AGAIN, YOU HAD NO HISTORY OF KENNEDY-CURRY.

YOU HAD NO HISTORY AT ALL.

YOU DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHO KENNEDY WAS.

JOHN F KENNEDY.

YOU DIDN'T EVEN HAVE NO NAME OF CURRY, DOCTOR MILTON CURRY, WHO WAS THE PRESIDENT OF BISHOP COLLEGE.

I WENT TO THAT SCHOOL.

I AM FURIOUS, I AM VERY UPSET ABOUT THAT.

THIS IS NOT GOING TO JUST LAY, I'M JUST NOT GOING TO LAY DOWN AND AND SLEEP ON THIS AND FORGET ABOUT IT.

IT'S UNFORGETTABLE.

ON THE CRITERIA YOU CHOSE, YOU DECIDED TO TO THESE CRITERIA THAT YOU MADE UP.

YOU DECIDED TO CHANGE IT WHEN IT WAS CONVENIENT FOR YOU.

YOU DID THAT TO US.

WE HAD NO WAY OF KNOWING WHAT YOU WERE DOING.

YOU DID IT BEHIND OUR BACKS.

YOU DID IT WHILE WE WERE ASLEEP.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE MAKING THAT CHANGE TODAY.

YOU WERE. BUT GUESS WHAT YOU DID.

YOU SLIP AND DID IT THREE MONTHS AGO, YET YOU DID ALSO THAT WAIVER.

I'M SICK OF TALKING ABOUT THAT WAIVER.

I'M ABOUT REALLY TIRED OF THAT WAIVER.

AND THAT MEANS NOTHING TO ME, BUT IT MEANT SOMETHING TO YOU BECAUSE GUESS WHAT? IT'S SOMETHING IN IT FOR YOU HAD TO BE THE CRITERIA WAS NOT TO BE DONE.

IT WAS. IT WAS.

MY THING IS, YOU DID SO MUCH THAT IRRITATED US TO LET'S JUST REALLY HARD FOR ME TO TALK ABOUT THIS.

THE POLICY NEED TO BE CHANGED BEFORE ANOTHER MISTAKE IS MADE.

YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT TO THESE PEOPLE NOW.

YOU DID IT TO US.

I'M BUSY.

I'M BUSY RIGHT NOW.

BECAUSE GUESS WHAT? I'M OUT THERE INFORMING THE COMMUNITY OF WHAT CHANGE WE NEED TO MAKE.

AND GUESS WHAT? YOU KNOW WHAT THAT'S GOING TO BE IN 2025.

DON'T FORGET ME, CLAIRE MCDADE.

OKAY? IN THE HIGHLAND HILLS COMMUNITY, THAT'S WHERE I LIVE.

YOU KNOW WHAT? AND I'M GOING TO BE HITTING THE STREETS TELLING THE PEOPLE WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE THAT CHANGE IN 2025.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

FOR THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS.

PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONES.

BRENDA GURU-MURTHY AND SAHARA KHAN, FOLLOWED BY STEWART BECKER AND THERESA DANIELS.

HI, MY NAME IS BRENDA GURUMURTHY AND I'M A MATH TEACHER AT SUNSET HIGH SCHOOL AND A MEMBER OF ALLIANCE AFT.

I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT MY THOUGHTS ON TEI AFTER MY FIRST YEAR IN THE DISTRICT.

MY UNION SIBLINGS AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE DISTRICT FORM A COMMITTEE TO REVIEW TEI, BECAUSE THE STEM DOES NOT REWARD EXCELLENCE DESPITE CLAIMS TO THE CONTRARY.

THIS YEAR, I SWITCHED SCHOOLS FROM UPLIFT TO DALLAS ISD BECAUSE I HAD QUALMS ABOUT CHARTER SCHOOLS AND THEIR NEGATIVE IMPACT ON PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING AND ENROLLMENT.

I BELIEVE IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL STEM, SO I CHOSE DALLAS ISD.

MUCH OF MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN POSITIVE, BUT I DID PREFER THE STRAIGHTFORWARD SALARY AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE AT UPLIFT, WHERE INSTEAD OF THE COMPLEX TI FORMULA, YOU RECEIVED RAISES FOR EACH ADDITIONAL YEAR OF SERVICE AND THEN MAYBE GOT YOUR OWN TIA MONEY OR STIPENDS ON TOP OF THAT.

DALLAS ISD ADVERTISES THE POSSIBILITY OF EARNING 100,000 AS A TEACHER, BUT A VANISHINGLY SMALL PERCENT OF TEACHERS ACTUALLY ACHIEVE THAT, AND MANY MORE SEE THEIR PAY RISE MUCH

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TODAY, I WOULD LIKE TO NAME THE SLO OR STUDENT LEARNING OBJECTIVE AS ANOTHER INANE ASPECT OF TI THAT SHOULD NOT BE FACTORED INTO TEACHER PAY.

THE IDEA IS THAT EACH TEACHER IDENTIFIES ONE TARGET SKILL, AND WE GIVE OUR STUDENTS A TEST ON THIS SKILL AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, AND THEN AT THE END OF THE YEAR, WE GIVE THE SAME TEST TO SHOW GROWTH.

BUT WE'RE ALSO ASKED TO DESIGN A DETAILED RUBRIC, SET ARBITRARY GOALS, CONFERENCE WITH OUR APPRAISERS, GATHER ARTIFACTS TO MEASURE PROGRESS OVER TIME, AND FILL OUT TEDIOUS DOCUMENTATION ON ALL OF THIS ONE SKILL, EVEN THOUGH IT DIDN'T FLOW LOGICALLY WITH WHAT MY STUDENTS NEEDED TO DO FOR AP EXAM REVIEW, I HAD TO FORCE MY SOL SKILL INTO A RECENT LESSON, AND THIS UNFORTUNATELY HAPPENED TO BE ON THE SAME DAY OF MY EXTENDED OBSERVATION.

SOMETHING ELSE THAT IS WEIGHED INTO TEI.

THE SOL MIGHT MAKE SENSE IF WE TAUGHT SINGULAR SKILLS LIKE DOING A CARTWHEEL OR TYING YOUR SHOES, BUT EVERY TEACHER TEACHES SUCH A VAST ARRAY OF SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE THAT THE FOCUS ON A SINGLE SKILL MAKES LITTLE SENSE.

HOW CAN YOU DISTILL PRECALCULUS OR REALLY ANY SUBJECT INTO ONE SKILL, AND WHAT IS THE VALUE IN DOING SO? WHEN THE VAST MAJORITY OF TEACHERS ARE TRYING TO COVER SEVERAL YEARS WORTH OF CONTENT IN ONE YEAR, WE SHOULDN'T BE BURDENED WITH LOW VALUE TASKS LIKE THIS ONE.

HONESTLY, I'M ACTUALLY AS BLESSED AS YOU CAN GET.

AS FAR AS TEI IS CONCERNED, I TEACH ADVANCED PLACEMENT CLASSES TO UPPERCLASSMEN AT A HIGH SCHOOL WITHOUT SEVERE BEHAVIOR ISSUES, AND MY APPRAISER IS GENERALLY UNDERSTANDING. BUT EVEN SO, TEI WASTES MY TIME AND ALSO TIES MY PAY TO FACTORS THAT ARE BEYOND MY CONTROL.

MOREOVER, MANY OF MY FELLOW EDUCATORS TEACH LESS MATURE OR LESS INDEPENDENT OR HIGHER NEED STUDENTS, OR THEY END UP WITH A TOUGHER APPRAISER PURELY BY LUCK OF THE DRAW. ADDITIONALLY, MANY DISD SCHOOLS DON'T HAVE STELLAR STAAR SCORES.

TAG LIKE TEI COULD POSSIBLY GIVE A FAIR SHAKE TO ALL DALLAS ISD EDUCATORS IS TO BE NAIVE ABOUT THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WE FACE, AND FOR THOSE REASONS, THE DISTRICT SHOULD ASSEMBLE A COMMITTEE OF TEACHERS TO WEIGH IN ON HOW TEACHERS SHOULD.

THANK YOU, MR. GURUMURTHY.

YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

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

SAHARA KAHAN AND STUART BECKER, FOLLOWED BY THERESA DANIELS AND BRITTANY LAWRENCE.

GOOD EVENING.

I REMEMBER THE DAY WHEN I WAS CALLED TO MY COUNSELOR'S OFFICE TO TRANSLATE A HARROWING MESSAGE TO A MIDDLE SCHOOL PARENT THAT THEIR CHILD EXPRESSED INTENT TO SELF-HARM.

AS THE ONLY SPANISH SPEAKING STAFF MEMBER, I UNDERSTOOD WHY I WAS CALLED IN TO TRANSLATE, BUT I WAS NOT A PROFESSIONALLY TRAINED TRANSLATOR, I'M JUST A TEACHER, AND I COULD HARDLY CONSIDER MYSELF VERBALLY FLUENT.

I WAS HORRIFIED AT THE POSSIBILITY THAT MY LIMITED VOCABULARY MIGHT HAVE GRAVE CONSEQUENCES.

IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE JOB OF A PROFESSIONAL.

MY NAME IS SAHARA KHAN AND TODAY I AM LUCKY TO BE A GENERAL EDUCATION TEACHER AT SUNSET HIGH SCHOOL IN DALLAS ISD AND IN FACT, THE TEACHER OF PROMISE FOR MY CAMPUS. I'M SPEAKING WITH OUR UNION ALLIANCE AFT ABOUT GAPS IN STAFFING AND COMPENSATION.

SPECIFICALLY, TODAY, I SPEAK IN SOLIDARITY WITH OUR AFT SUPPORT STAFF MEMBERS ACROSS THE DISTRICT WHO ADDRESS THESE GAPS IN BILINGUAL SERVICING OF OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES ON A REGULAR BASIS, SOMETIMES WITH HIGH STAKES SUCH AS MINE.

AFTER SENDING A SURVEY TO SUPPORT STAFF ACROSS THE DISTRICT, I LEARNED THAT SOME BILINGUAL SUPPORT STAFF ARE ASKED TO TRANSLATE SENSITIVE MATERIAL ON A DAILY BASIS, ARD MEETINGS. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, THESE MEETINGS ARE MEANT TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS RECEIVING SPECIAL SERVICES BY COMMUNICATING THEIR NEEDS BETWEEN CASE MANAGERS, TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATION AND PARENTS.

TEACHING ASSISTANTS WHO REPLIED TO OUR SURVEY REPORTED FEELING UNCOMFORTABLE TRANSLATING SPECIALIZED TERMINOLOGY AND LEGAL JARGON BECAUSE NOT ONLY WAS IT BEYOND THEIR SCOPE OF DUTIES, BUT IT ALSO HAD HIGH STAKES FOR STUDENT LEARNING AND THEIR OWN LEGAL LIABILITY.

IN THIS WAY, THEY FELT THAT BEING BILINGUAL STOPPED BEING AN ASSET AND A STRENGTH TO THEIR SCHOOL COMMUNITY, AND INSTEAD BEING A PUNISHMENT.

THE STAKES FOR OUR SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS ARE HIGH, AND THEIR ASK IS VERY REASONABLE TO EITHER REMOVE THESE HIGH STAKES DEMANDS FROM THEIR DUTIES AND MAKE SPACE IN THE BUDGET TO HIRE PROFESSIONALS, OR MEET THEM WITH ADEQUATE TRAINING AND COMPENSATION.

LET'S PUT THIS IN THE CONTEXT OF OUR RESPECT, EQUITY AND DIGNITY CAMPAIGN.

THIS IS JUST ONE OF MANY DIFFERENT SERVICES.

SUPPORT STAFF ARE ASKED TO PERFORM IN SCHOOLS LIKE 24% OF OUR MEMBERS RANKED RISING WORKLOADS WITHOUT ADEQUATE INCREASE IN COMPENSATION TO BE THEIR PRIMARY ISSUE IN JOBS.

OUR SUPPORT STAFF FEEL OVERWHELMED AND BURNT OUT, AND THE CONSEQUENCE, TURNOVER RATES IN THESE POSITIONS ARE SKY HIGH AND WOULD HAVE DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS ON ANY CAMPUS IN THE DISTRICT. OUR STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE AT RISK, LOVE THEM, TRUST THEM AND NEED THEM TO STAY FOR THEIR SUCCESS.

MOST ARE FORCED TO WORK A SECOND JOB TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES.

WITH THESE LIVING CONDITIONS, HOW CAN WE ENCOURAGE OUR TALENTED AND CARING STAFF TO STAY.

TEACHERS, NURSES, LIBRARIANS, TAS, HALL MONITORS, CUSTODIAL STAFF, AND CAFETERIA STAFF ARE ALL PART OF MY COMMUNITY AND OUR COMMUNITY RAISING OUR CHILDREN. I'M SPEAKING BEFORE YOU TODAY TO ASK FOR ABOVE INFLATION RAISES FOR ALL OF US, ESPECIALLY OUR SUPPORT STAFF, THE MAJORITY OF WHOM ARE MAKING POVERTY WAGES ACROSS THE STATE. WE ARE ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL DUTIES, SUCH AS BILINGUAL TRANSLATION, TO BE OFFERED A STIPEND TO HONOR THE VALUE IT PROVIDES TO A MAJORITY MINORITY COMMUNITIES IN

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AS A TEACHER OF PROMISE, I CAN TELL YOU WITH CONFIDENCE THAT MY ABILITY TO TEACH STUDENTS IS ONLY AS STRONG AS MY SCHOOL COMMUNITY CAN SUPPORT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

WILL THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONES, STUART BECKER AND THERESA DANIELS, FOLLOWED BY BRITTANY LAWRENCE AND OMAR JIMENEZ.

MY NAME IS STUART BECKER.

I'VE BEEN TEACHING IN DALLAS ISD FOR SEVEN YEARS, AND I'M A MEMBER OF ALLIANCE AFT TEACHERS UNION.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD FOR GIVING FOR MOVING UP THE SPEECHES AT THE BEGINNING SO WE CAN GIVE THE PUBLIC MORE TIME TO SPEAK.

BUT I WANT TO SAY THAT WE NEED HOLISTIC SOLUTIONS TO ALL OF OUR PROBLEMS, AND WE CAN'T OPERATE IN A BOX BECAUSE OUR DISTRICT AND SCHOOLS EXIST IN THIS SOCIETY, AND WE ARE ALL A PRODUCT OF OUR HISTORY AND BROADER SOCIETY.

AND ALSO, MY POINT IS THAT CHANGE AND PROGRESSIVE CHANGE IN SOCIETY HAPPENS FROM THE BOTTOM UP, NOT THE TOP DOWN.

SO THE TOP DOWN MEASURES OF THE CORPORATE SCHOOL PRIVATIZATION MOVEMENT, THEY WON'T WORK LIKE TEI, THEY WON'T WORK TO CREATE EQUITY AND GIVE CHILDREN A HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION.

THEY FAIL REPEATEDLY AND HAVE WORSENED INEQUITY IN DALLAS AND ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

THIS CORPORATE REFORM MOVEMENT, THEY IGNORE THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF POVERTY AND INEQUALITY AND STEMIC RACIAL OPPRESSION ON SOCIETY.

IN CONTRAST, OUR UNION TEXAS AFT HAS RECENTLY CALLED FOR AN ECONOMIC BILL OF RIGHTS, MEANING ALL PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO A LIVING WAGE AND A JOB.

ALL PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO HIGH QUALITY TO QUALITY HOUSING.

ALL PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO A FREE EDUCATION TO THE HIGHEST UNIVERSITY LEVEL.

ALL PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO LIVE IN A CLEAN ENVIRONMENT, AND ALL PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE A RIGHT TO A SECURE RETIREMENT.

WE AS A DISTRICT AND A COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY MUST ADVOCATE FOR THIS CONSTANTLY.

ALSO ALONG WITH THIS, SINCE WE'RE IN DALLAS, THERE MUST BE SPECIAL MEASURES DONE FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN SPECIALLY OPPRESSED.

SO IN MY OPINION, WE NEED A FORM OF REPARATIONS.

REPARATIONS TO THE BLACK COMMUNITY FOR SLAVERY, LEGALIZED SEGREGATION AND ONGOING RACIST OPPRESSION.

THERE SHOULD NOT BE.

THERE JUST SHOULDN'T BE GHETTOS ANYMORE, TO SAY THE LEAST.

IT'S NOT NATURAL FOR A BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE OR ANYBODY TO LIVE IN OPPRESSED AND IMPOVERISHED COMMUNITIES.

SO WE NEED TO ADVOCATE FOR ENDING STEMIC RACISM, AND FIGHT FOR THAT.

ALSO, WE NEED TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM OF CORPORATE MONEY CORRUPTING THE POLITICAL PROCESS.

THAT'S A BIG PROBLEM IN THE SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS.

SO TEXAS AFT PASSED A RESOLUTION STATING THAT ALL ELECTIONS SHOULD BE PUBLICLY FUNDED SO THAT NO WEALTHY CORPORATIONS OR DONORS CAN BUY OFFICE.

AND WE NEED A BOTTOM UP STRATEGY.

PART OF THIS BOTTOM UP STRATEGY, WE NEED ALL DALLAS ISD TEACHERS AND SCHOOL WORKERS UNIONIZED IN ALLIANCE AFT, FIGHTING FOR THEIR RIGHTS AND FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND FOR STUDENTS. SO WE HAVE TO FIGHT FOR OUR RIGHTS AND ORGANIZE, AND WE HAVE TO TAKE THIS FIGHT TO THE STATE.

AND THEN IN THE COMMUNITY, WE NEED COMMUNITY VOICES FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION IN HOUSTON, SOMETHING LIKE THAT HERE TO FIGHT AGAINST THE PRIVATIZATION AGENDA.

SO WE ALL NEED TO BE DOING THAT HERE IN THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO TO END OUR BOTTOM UP SOLUTIONS AS PART OF OUR BOTTOM UP SOLUTIONS.

WE'RE ASKING FOR TEI AND SPED COMMITTEES WITH WITH THE DISTRICT, WITH EDUCATORS ON THEM TO GIVE OUR INPUT ABOUT THESE PROBLEMS. AND ALSO WE'RE ASKING TO REDUCE THE RIDICULOUSLY HIGH HEALTH CARE COSTS AND GIVE US RAISES AND KEEP UP WITH YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

WILL THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONES TERESA DANIELS AND BRITTANY LAWRENCE, FOLLOWED BY OMAR JIMENEZ AND PATRICIA DOYLE.

THERESA DANIELS.

ARE YOU, THERESA DANIELS? GOOD AFTERNOON TO EVERYONE THAT'S HERE.

I SEE WE'RE REALLY BORING, ALL OF Y'ALL, BECAUSE I SEE NOBODY'S PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT OUR TAX MONEY IS PAYING YOU ALL ON YOUR YOU'RE ON YOUR TABLETS DOING EVERYTHING.

BUT WHAT YOU NEED TO BE PAYING ATTENTION TO IS WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR SCHOOLS.

I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON MARCEL BROOKS.

I AM AN ALUMNI FROM KIMBALL HIGH SCHOOL, 35 YEARS, 35 YEARS.

I'M ON EVERY ORGANIZATION THAT THEY POSSIBLY COULD HAVE.

AND YOU MEAN TO TELL ME THAT WE'RE GOING TO LET RACE STAND IN THE WAY OF WHAT'S RIGHT? POLITICIANS RUN WHAT'S DONE AT MY SCHOOL THAT I'M AN ALUMNI FOR? AND ALL OF Y'ALL SITTING UP HERE LIKE Y'ALL UNINTERESTED AND A YOUNG MAN BEING FALSELY ACCUSED.

NOBODY IN THIS DISTRICT CAME BACK TO RIDICULE A COMEBACK AND SAY WHY THE DISTRICT DROPPED THE CHARGES.

PLAY THE WHOLE TAPE.

PLAY THE WHOLE TAPE.

AND IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD IT, SEEN IT, THEN WHAT ARE YOU DOING SITTING ON THIS BOARD? WHAT YOU'RE SITTING ON THE BOARD FOR, IF YOU AIN'T SEEN THE TAPE THAT THIS INCIDENT WAS CAUSED BY A CHILD.

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HOW MANY OF Y'ALL BEEN UP IN THESE SCHOOL HOUSES? HOW MANY OF Y'ALL CAN SPEND A DAY ACTING AS IF YOU'RE A TEACHER? BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT ACTING LIKE BOARD MEMBERS? BECAUSE YOU'RE UNINTERESTED IN WHAT WE THE PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY THAT PAY YOUR SALARY.

WE PAY YOUR SALARY? AND IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE JOB, GET OFF THE BOARD.

BUT THAT KID HAS BEEN.

THAT YOUNG MAN HAS BEEN FALSELY ACCUSED.

AND THEN YOU COME BACK AND PLAY A RACIST CARD.

WHO'S PLAYING THE RACE CARD? IS IT THE GENTLEMAN THAT SAW HIM BEING HIT THAT NEVER REPORTED ANYTHING BECAUSE SOMETHING MAY HAPPEN TO HIS CAREER.

THAT'S AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL.

WHY IS HE ALLOWED TO MAKE THAT CALL? WHY WAS IT NOT PROPERLY INVESTIGATED? WHO MADE THAT CALL? IF IT WAS ONE OF Y'ALL, WOULDN'T YOU WANTED TO BE INVESTIGATED? YOU WOULDN'T BE SITTING UP THERE IF THEY SENT YOU HOME.

THIS KID, HE WAS SENT HOME AND THEN BROUGHT BACK.

AND THEN YOU STILL, AFTER HE WAS FREED, ALLOWING POLITICS TO PLAY A PART, TO RUN OUR BOARDS, TO RUN OUR SCHOOLS, TO COME ON THE INSIDE, TO DISCREDIT TEACHERS, TO DISCREDIT STAFF, TO ALLOW KIDS TO TO BEAT THEM AND SAY NOTHING.

TO NOT SUSPEND THESE CHILDREN, TO BRING THEM BACK.

BUT YOU'RE SO QUICK TO LOCK UP A BLACK MALE WHO WAS IN THE DISTRICT TO HELP THE DISTRICT, WHO'S ALSO AN ALUMNI.

BUT YOU'RE SITTING UP THERE LIKE YOU AIN'T DOING NOTHING.

YOU'RE CONFISCATING.

HE TURNED OVER GUNS.

HE TURNED OVER KYLE POLICE.

HE DID EVERYTHING HE NEEDED TO DO TO HELP THE SCHOOL.

BUT YOU'RE SITTING UP THERE PASSING JUDGMENT, AND YOU'RE LETTING POLITICS.

THANK YOU, MISS DANIELS, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

WILL THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE? BRITTANY LAWRENCE AND OMAR JIMENEZ.

FOLLOWED BY PATRICIA DOYLE AND NATHAN WHITE.

BRITTANY LAWRENCE.

THANK YOU. SO I'M A SPEAKER BY TRADE.

THAT'S WHAT I DO. SO NORMALLY I WRITE THESE VERY WELL SCRIPTED SPEECHES.

AND I COME UP HERE AND I READ THEM TO YOU, AND YOU'RE USED TO SEEING MY FACE.

THEY'RE USED TO HEARING MY VOICE.

BUT IT THOSE HAVEN'T WORKED.

AND SO TODAY I AM OFF THE CUFF.

I'M WINGING IT. AND WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT THIS, THIS PARTICULAR TIME THAT I'M COMING UP HERE TO SPEAK IS I TRIED TO WRITE A SPEECH, I TRIED TO PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER, AND ALL THAT KEPT COMING UP IN MY BRAIN WAS THE PHRASE I DISSENT.

DO Y'ALL KNOW WHAT THAT ACTUALLY MEANS IN THE SUPREME COURT WHEN THERE'S A MAJORITY DECISION, YOU FILED THE MAJORITY DECISION, AND THEN THERE'S A MINORITY VOTE THAT GOES AGAINST THE MAJORITY DECISION.

IT'S CALLED FILING A DISSENT.

THE NOTORIOUS RBG WAS FAMOUS FOR DISSENTING.

AND TODAY I COME TO FILE MY DISSENT.

YOU MAY NOT BE LISTENING.

YOU MAY NOT CARE BECAUSE I'M NOT GETTING ANY PHONE CALLS ANYMORE GUYS, I DON'T KNOW, I USED TO GET LOTS OF PHONE CALLS WHENEVER I YOU KNOW, SAID I WAS GOING TO SPEAK HERE.

I WAS GETTING PHONE CALLS 3 OR 4 TIMES A WEEK TRYING TO GET ME TO TO NOT COME.

AND THEN ONCE Y'ALL REALIZE I WAS COMING, ANYWAY, I STOPPED GETTING THE PHONE CALLS, AND THEN I STARTED MAKING MY OWN PHONE CALLS AND AND THE THINGS THAT STARTED HAPPENING, I'M LIKE, OH, I'M MAKING SOME TRACTION, THINGS ARE GOING.

BUT THEN WHAT HAPPENED WAS THAT THOSE THINGS JUST GOT STALLED WITHIN THE STEM.

SPECIFICALLY, I'M COMING HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THE COLLABORATIVE KINDERGARTEN.

I KNOW YOU'RE REAL SURPRISED THAT I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT COLLABORATIVE KINDERGARTEN, BUT WE FINALLY GOT THAT EMAIL THAT SAID COLLABORATIVE KINDERGARTEN WAS BEING CANCELED.

WE FINALLY GOT THAT EMAIL, THE MOST POINTLESS EMAIL I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE, USING ALL OF THOSE SPECIAL EDUCATION WORDS THAT MAKE PEOPLE THINK THAT THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT THEY KNOW NOTHING ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT.

AND I DISSENT, I DISSENT THAT YOU KNEW THAT YOU WERE GETTING RID OF COLLABORATIVE KINDERGARTEN MONTHS AGO, BUT SENT OUT AN EMAIL SPECIFICALLY SAYING TO TEACHERS, DO NOT TELL PARENTS UNTIL TEN DAYS AGO.

TODAY IS TEN DAYS.

WE HAVE TEN DAYS, I THINK.

OR MAYBE IT'S TOMORROW. TOMORROW IS TEN DAYS, TEN DAYS TO FILE A COMPLAINT AGAINST SOMETHING.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT THIS COLLABORATIVE KINDERGARTEN NOW? BECAUSE I KNEW ABOUT IT BEFORE, JUST BECAUSE THAT'S HOW THIS TENDS TO WORK.

BUT THE INTERESTING PART ABOUT IT IS NOW THOSE PARENTS THAT DIDN'T KNOW AND THEY'RE GETTING THAT THEY CAN'T APPLY TO MONTESSORI'S, THEY CAN'T APPLY TO GO TO OTHER SCHOOLS.

THEY'RE STUCK IN A NON COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT.

ARE THEY GOING TO THE SPECIALIZED CLASSROOMS? YOU HAD PROMISED ME THAT INCLUSION SPECIALISTS ARE GOING TO MAKE MY DAUGHTER'S EXPERIENCE THE SAME AS A COLLABORATIVE CLASSROOM.

DO YOU KNOW HOW OVERREACHING THAT IS? THEY ARE ALREADY FULL UP.

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I'M TIRED.

I'M TIRED OF YOU NOT LISTENING.

AND TODAY I FILE MY DISSENT.

THANK YOU, MISS LAWRENCE. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

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

OMAR JIMENEZ, FOLLOWED BY PATRICIA DOYLE WITH NATHAN WHITE AND JASMINE RAMIREZ ON DECK.

GOOD EVENING, MR. PRESIDENT. SUPERINTENDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, OMAR JIMENEZ.

AND THIS EVENING, I COME BEFORE Y'ALL TO SHARE A CONCERN THAT I WITNESSED A FEW WEEKS AGO.

I AM AN ELECTION JUDGE, AND I WAS THE ELECTION JUDGE AT CENTRAL ELEMENTARY IN DISTRICT FOUR, IN SEAGOVILLE.

AND DURING THE DAY I'VE NOTICED SOME THINGS THAT WERE GOING ON ON THAT CAMPUS THAT RELATED THAT WAS RELATED TO THE OPERATIONS OF THE VOTING SITE.

A LOT OF YOU, I'M SURE, HAVE VOTED, AND A LOT OF YOU PROBABLY HAVE SEEN THE PROCESS WHERE VOTING SITES HAVE ROUTERS.

THOSE ROUTERS ARE VERY CRUCIAL TO SEE LATEST VOTING DATA, TO MAKING SURE THAT VOTERS THAT HAVEN'T VOTED YET THAT SAME DAY.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, UPLOADING THE RESULTS AND LETTING EVERYBODY KNOW THE WAIT TIMES FOR THOSE ELECTION SITES ON THAT DAY.

WELL, WE WERE AT THE BACK OF THE GYM THIS TIME, AND USUALLY WE WERE AT THE FRONT.

BUT ON THE DAY OF THE ELECTION, WE FOUND OUT THAT WE WERE MOVED FROM THE FRONT FOYER TO THE GYM.

AND IT TURNS OUT THAT THERE WAS NO SIGNAL ON OUR ROUTERS.

SO OUR ROUTERS FROM THE COUNTY, THE COUNTY ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT HAD TO BE OUTSIDE.

AND THANKFULLY DURING THE DAY, WE ACTUALLY THEY ACTUALLY HAD A TEACHER STAFFED AT THE GATE THAT WAS OPEN TO LET THE VOTERS IN.

NOW, I JUST WAS THINKING, OKAY, WELL, MAYBE THEY'RE JUST BEING HELPFUL AND EVERYTHING EVERY HOUR.

YOU KNOW, TEACHER WAS THERE WATCHING THAT FOR US AND THEN WATCHING THE GATE.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, I ASSUME THIS WAS THE AP THAT CAME AND ASKED US TO MOVE ALL OF OUR ELECTION EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING EVERYTHING, AT 4:00 IN THE AFTERNOON DURING VOTING TO MOVE IT BACK TO THE FRONT FOYER.

WHICH NUMBER ONE, YOU CANNOT DO THAT BECAUSE THAT WOULD THAT WOULD INTERRUPT THE VOTING OPERATIONS.

THAT'S THAT THAT, THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT SOMEBODY FROM THE DISTRICT TOLD HER.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS HER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT DEPARTMENT TOLD HER THAT, BUT SOMEBODY IN THE DISTRICT TOLD HER THAT WE HAD TO MOVE EVERYTHING TO THE FRONT.

BUT AT THE END, WE STAYED AT THE GYM BECAUSE WE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE STILL ABLE TO OPERATE AND LET VOTERS IN UNTIL THE END OF THE NIGHT.

MY CONCERN IS, IS ON THE 28TH, MAY 28TH, THERE IS PRIMARY RUNOFFS.

I'M SURE MAY THE 4TH WILL BE BACK AT THE FRONT BECAUSE IT'S ON A SATURDAY BECAUSE SEAGOVILLE I KNOW HAS ELECTIONS AND WE'RE GOING TO ELECT PEOPLE TO THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT AND ALL THAT. BUT MAY 28TH, THERE'S GOING TO BE SCHOOL AND KIDS ARE GOING TO BE THERE.

SO I'M AFRAID WE'RE GOING TO BE BACK AT THE GYM DEALING WITH THE SAME THING AND HAVING TEACHERS, WHERE OF COURSE, THE SPEAKERS BEFORE ME MENTIONED THAT THEY HAVE A LOT AND THEY'RE DOING ALL THESE EXTRA STUFF.

WELL, YOU KNOW, WE GOT TO FIGURE OUT AND I THINK WE ARE ACTUALLY WORKING ON OTHER DISTRICT OFFICIALS HAVE LET ME KNOW TO SAY THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT, TO MAKING SURE WE HAVE A PERFECT PLACE TO MAKING SURE IT'S EASY FOR VOTERS TO GO.

AND OF COURSE, ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT IS AWARE OF IT.

THANK YOU, MR. JIMENEZ.

YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

WITH THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS.

PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.

PATRICIA DOYLE AND NATHAN WHITE, FOLLOWED BY JASMINE RAMIREZ AND STEPHANIE CHAMPION ON DECK.

GOOD EVENING. I'M DOCTOR PATRICIA DOYLE, I'M A PHYSICAL THERAPIST WITH THE SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, AND I'M SECOND VICE PRESIDENT OF ALLIANCE AFT.

I LIVE IN DISTRICT THREE, AND I FIRST WANT TO THANK THE BOARD FOR ALLOWING THE SPEAKERS TO COME FIRST AND NOT GOING TO EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING.

RIGHT AWAY, WE APPRECIATE THAT.

I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR IMPROVED PAY AND BENEFITS FOR DALLAS ISD EMPLOYEES.

WE KNOW THAT COVID FUNDS ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE, AND THAT THE STATE LEGISLATURE REFUSES TO ADEQUATELY FUND PUBLIC EDUCATION.

AND WE KNOW THAT SPECIAL EDUCATION WILL FACE A TREMENDOUS FINANCIAL HIT IN THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR.

BUT I'M HERE TO WARN THAT NOT FINANCIALLY SUPPORTING DISTRICT PERSONNEL IS NOT THE ANSWER.

IN THE UNITED STATES, WAGES HAVE NOT KEPT UP WITH THE COST OF LIVING.

WHILE INFLATION IS DOWN FROM ITS SIGNIFICANT HIGH OF 9%, THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, OR THE COST OF EVERYDAY LIVING, REMAINS ABOVE THE GROWTH OF WAGES.

SIMPLY PUT, PEOPLE ARE NOT MAKING ENOUGH MONEY TO SUPPORT THEMSELVES OR THEIR FAMILIES.

AND WHILE THE DISTRICT STATES THAT TEACHERS UNDER TEI CAN MAKE SIX FIGURES, THE REALITY IS THAT MANY QUALIFIED TEACHERS DO NOT, BECAUSE THE RULES AND THE GOALPOSTS CHANGE EVERY YEAR.

AND WHILE THE DISTRICT OFFERS HIGHER THAN AVERAGE STARTING PAY FOR TEACHERS, EXPERIENCED TEACHERS WHO HAVE BEEN IN THE DISTRICT FOR MANY YEARS ARE MAKING NEARLY THE SAME AMOUNT

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IN MY OWN DEPARTMENT, WE ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR TEI AND THERE'S NOT MONIES FOR CSEI AND THE CEILING WAS LOWERED FROM CENTRAL STAFF TO CAMPUS SUPPORT. SO I HAVEN'T SEEN A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN PAY IN YEARS.

IN FACT, A PAY RAISE DOESN'T EVEN COVER THE INCREASE OF THE COST OF BENEFITS YEAR TO YEAR.

AND I BRING HOME A SMALLER PAYCHECK EVERY YEAR.

I HAVE 32 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AS A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL AND A DOCTORAL DEGREE, AND I WORK A SECOND JOB.

ONE BENEFIT I DO HAVE IS CONTINUING EDUCATION PROVIDED BY REGION TEN AT NO COST, WHICH IS APPROVED BY THE STATE LICENSING BOARD AND REQUIRED FOR ME TO MAINTAIN MY LICENSE.

BUT EVEN THAT IS GOING TO BE LIMITED NEXT YEAR WITHOUT CAUSE.

MY YOUNGER DAUGHTER GRADUATED FROM SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE WITH A DEGREE IN LIBERAL ARTS, AND IS AN ARTIST AND A WRITER, SO NATURALLY SHE WORKS AT TRADER JOE'S AND SHE WORKS ALONGSIDE MANY TEACHERS WHO HAVE LEFT THE PROFESSION BECAUSE THEY HAVE BETTER WORK LIFE BALANCE.

THEY ARE TREATED WITH GREATER RESPECT AND THEY HAVE MUCH BETTER, BETTER BENEFITS.

MY OLDER DAUGHTER IS A TEACHER IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, HAS A MASTER'S DEGREE, WILL BE A CERTIFIED READING SPECIALIST IN JUNE.

HER COMMITMENT TO THE MEMPHIS TEACHER RESIDENCY ENDS.

AND I'VE ASKED HER TO COME TO DALLAS.

AND SHE SAID, QUITE FRANKLY, MOM, I CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE IN DALLAS.

AND SHE'S RIGHT.

ZILLOW JUST CAME OUT WITH A WITH A REPORT THAT SAID THAT IN ORDER TO OWN A HOUSE IN DALLAS, YOUR ANNUAL INCOME HAS TO BE $121,000.

NO ONE IN DALLAS ISD CAN DO THAT WITHOUT A SECOND OR THIRD INCOME.

SO WE NEED TO FUND OUR TEACHERS.

WE NEED TO FUND THE BOOTS ON.

DOCTOR DOYLE, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

WILL THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE? NATHAN WHITE AND JASMINE RAMIREZ, FOLLOWED BY STEPHANIE CHAMPION AND EARL D THOMAS.

NATHAN WHITE.

OKAY. YES.

MY NAME IS NATHAN WHITE AND I WANT TO JUST SAY THANK YOU GUYS AGAIN.

DOCTOR E, MR. PRESIDENT. TRUSTEE JOHNSON, TRUSTEE FOREMAN AND ALL OF YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THE JOB YOU DO? I SAID THE LAST TIME THAT I CAME BEFORE I WENT TO THE PROGRAM WITH THE RENAMING OF OUR SENATOR, SENATOR ROYCE WEST.

YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU.

I SEE WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING.

YOU'RE NOT JUST CHANGING NAMES.

YOU GUYS ARE REIMAGINING SCHOOLS, AND YOU'RE REIMAGINING WHAT THOSE SCHOOLS CAN DO.

AND I KNOW FOR A LOT OF US, CHANGE IS TOUGH.

BUT YOU GUYS, YOU SIT HERE, YOU TAKE A BEATING.

I DIDN'T THINK Y'ALL GOT A PENNY, BUT THAT'S ANOTHER STORY.

BUT YOU GUYS SIT HERE AND TAKE A BEATING, AND ALL YOU'RE DOING FOR THE FOR US AND OUR KIDS IS YOUR GOVERNING.

YOUR GOVERNING IN SUCH A WAY THAT YOU'RE THE HUB.

AND THE WHOLE THING THAT MAKES ME SMILE ABOUT ALL THIS.

EVERY ONE OF US GOT A RIGHT TO COME UP HERE AT THIS MIC AND CUSS AND PUT YOU DOWN AND SAY STUFF AND SAY, THE ONLY THING MATTERS EDUCATION.

HOW ABOUT INTEGRITY? HOW ABOUT GIVING HONOR TO WHOM HONORS DUE.

THAT'S Y'ALL. HOW ABOUT REALIZING THAT THERE IS A TIME AND A PLACE FOR EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN? SO MAYBE WE CAN'T HAVE THE SAME NAME ALL THE TIME.

MAYBE IT'S JUST TIME.

SO THANK Y'ALL FOR ALL YOU DO SO MUCH I APPRECIATE YOU.

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

JASMINE RAMIREZ AND STEPHANIE CHAMPION FOLLOWED BY EARL D THOMAS.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.

MY NAME IS JASMINE RAMIREZ.

I'M A STUDENT AT DOCTOR L.G.

PINKSTON HIGH SCHOOL AND A RESIDENT OF WEST DALLAS.

AS A RESIDENT OF WEST DALLAS, I BELIEVE THAT THE SCHOOL SHOULD HAVE A NAME THAT BETTER REFLECTS OUR SENSE OF PRIDE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND ITS RICH HISTORY.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, I THINK THAT THE GARCIA'S FAMILY LAST NAME WOULD BE BETTER APPRECIATED AND MORE INFLUENTIAL IN THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH THEY SERVE AND LIVE.

I'M IN SAYING THIS I AM NOT DISREGARDING THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS OR DOUBTING THEIR ABILITY.

I JUST THINK THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT NAMES THAT ARE MORE REFLECTIVE OF WEST DALLAS AND ITS PRIDE.

I ALSO THINK THAT THIS VOTE DID NOT INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY SUFFICIENTLY.

THE PROCESS IN WHICH THE NAME WAS CHOSEN SEEMS TO BE FLAWED AND DOES NOT INVOLVE OUR COMMUNITY ENOUGH.

WE ARE TOLD TO ATTEND COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND STAY INVOLVED TO REMAIN INFORMED.

BUT EVEN THEN OUR VOICE WENT UNHEARD.

WE WENT TO ALL THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS THAT WE WERE TOLD TO AND OUR VOICE STILL WENT UNHEARD.

THANK YOU.

WILL THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE? STEPHANIE CHAMPION AND EARL D THOMAS, FOLLOWED BY DOMINIC ALEXANDER.

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I'M A WEST DALLAS RESIDENT, NEIGHBORHOOD ADVOCATE AND FUTURE DISD PARENT WHO LIVES WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF THE WEST DALLAS STEM SCHOOL.

I'M HERE TONIGHT TO VOICE MY STRONG OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED NAME CHANGE, WHICH IS AGENDA ITEM 9.09 ON YOUR AGENDA THIS EVENING, I THOUGHT I'D BE SPEAKING ON THE AGENDA, NOT AT THE OPEN MIC, WHICH IS WHY I WAS LATE TODAY.

MY APOLOGIES. IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE WEST DALLAS STEM SCHOOL.

IT IS A 5050 TRANSFORMATION SCHOOL LOCATED IN THE HEART OF WEST DALLAS.

IT STARTED AS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN TOYOTA, SMU, DISD, AND THE WEST DALLAS COMMUNITY.

UNLIKE OTHER 50/50 TRANSFORMATION SCHOOLS WITH LOTTERY BASED ADMISSIONS, WEST DALLAS STEM IS UNIQUE BECAUSE 50% OF THE SEATS ARE RESERVED SPECIFICALLY FOR WEST DALLAS RESIDENTS.

THAT IS DUE TO THE FIERCE ADVOCACY OF WEST DALLAS COMMUNITY LEADERS WHO FOUGHT FOR WEST DALLAS STUDENTS TO HAVE ACCESS TO THIS INCREDIBLE NEW PROGRAM AND STEM BASED CURRICULUM.

WHILE IT IS INDEED A CHOICE SCHOOL OPEN TO STUDENTS FROM ALL OVER THE DISTRICT, IT IS STILL VERY MUCH A NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL AS WELL.

MANY WEST DALLAS RESIDENTS FEEL STRONGLY THAT THE NAME SHOULD REMAIN WEST DALLAS STEM SCHOOL BECAUSE NAMES ARE POWERFUL, NAMES HAVE MEANING, AND WE TAKE PRIDE IN THE WEST DALLAS NAME. AS YOU MAY KNOW, WEST DALLAS EXPERIENCING RAPID NEIGHBORHOOD CHANGE.

WITH THAT CHANGE COMES THE LOSS OF NEIGHBORHOOD IDENTITY.

WEST DALLAS RESIDENTS ARE FIGHTING HARD ON MULTIPLE FRONTS TO PRESERVE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IDENTITY, HISTORY AND CULTURE.

AND THAT EXTENDS TO PROTECTING OUR WEST DALLAS, SERVING INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS THE WEST DALLAS STEM SCHOOL.

I'M ASKING YOU TO EITHER DELAY OR DENY THIS ITEM TODAY FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS.

THE FIRST SHOULD CAUSE YOU GREAT CONCERN, AND THAT IS SERIOUS CONCERNS REGARDING BARRIERS TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION THAT PREVENTED PARTIES FROM REGISTERING TO SPEAK AND POSED POTENTIAL VIOLATIONS TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.

MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS WERE ON HOLD FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME YESTERDAY, WITH NO ANSWER BARRING THEM FROM REGISTERING AND DISCOURAGING THEM FROM ATTENDING THE MEETING TO SPEAK IN PERSON TODAY, THAT SHOULD CAUSE ENOUGH CONCERN FOR YOU TO DELAY THIS ITEM.

MOST IMPORTANTLY IS THE INEQUITABLE POLICY AND LACK OF COMMUNITY INPUT, WHICH YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD FROM A LOT OF THE FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY.

AND I'M REALLY DISHEARTENED TO HEAR THAT THIS HAS ALREADY HAPPENED IN ANOTHER COMMUNITY, AND YOU'RE DOING IT AGAIN WITHOUT HAVING LEARNED ANYTHING FROM THE FIRST TIME.

BUT YOUR CURRENT POLICY FOR RENAMING SCHOOLS AND OR FACILITIES REQUIRES APPROVAL FROM ONE MEMBER OF AN SBDM OR PTA, AND ONE MEMBER OF THE ADMINISTRATION PRIOR TO SUBMISSION TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL.

NO MEETING, NO DISCUSSION.

NO FORMAL VOTE OF THE ITEM IS REQUIRED BY EITHER OF THOSE BODIES, AND IN THIS CASE, NONE TOOK PLACE BEFORE THE REQUEST WAS SUBMITTED.

COMMUNITY WIDE MEETINGS THAT WERE HELD OVER TWO YEARS AGO WERE POORLY NOTICED, AND ATTENDED.

RESULTS OF A COMMUNITY SURVEY THAT WAS DISTRIBUTED AT THE BEHEST OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

AFTER THOSE MEETINGS WERE NEVER PUBLISHED OR REVEALED AND DID NOT EVEN INCLUDE THE CURRENT PROPOSED NAME, COMMUNITY MEMBERS FEEL STRONGLY THAT THE RESULTS OF THE SURVEY WOULD HAVE OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORTED KEEPING THE NAME AS WEST DALLAS STEM SCHOOL.

I WANT TO STRESS WITH AS MUCH EMPHASIS AS I POSSIBLY CAN, THAT COMMUNITY INPUT IS MEANINGLESS IF THAT INPUT IS IGNORED AND NEVER ACTUALLY INCORPORATED INTO PUBLIC.

THANK YOU, MISS CHAMPION. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

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

EARL D THOMAS AND DOMINIQUE ALEXANDER, THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME.

FORGIVE MY TARDINESS.

I SIT THERE AND I SEE THE EMOTION IN THE ROOM FROM THE FRONT TO THE BACK.

I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A DISCONNECT AND A DIVIDE.

I CHOSE RIGHT OVER THERE IN MY SEAT.

I SAW PEOPLE STANDING FOR THIS, STANDING FOR THAT, AND I REALIZED THAT THERE ARE ISSUES ALL THE WAY AROUND.

ISSUES FROM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO THESE PEOPLE ARE.

IT SEEMS THAT IF THE DIVIDE AND THE DISCONNECT IS SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY, REALLY HAVE TO TACKLE AND WE SHOULD TACKLE IT NOW.

YES, I AM FROM WEST DALLAS.

I'M A PASTOR IN THE WEST DALLAS COMMUNITY, A GRADUATE OF THE LG PINKSTON, DOCTOR L.G.

PINKSTON HIGH SCHOOL, CLASS OF 2002.

I'M ON THE ALUMNI COMMITTEE.

I'M ALSO THE SBDM CHAIRPERSON.

BUT WHEN I LOOK AROUND THE ROOM, I SEE PEOPLE THAT ARE MISSING SOMETHING.

WE'RE MISSING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN OUR LEADERS AND US.

IF WE'RE GOING TO MEET, WE'RE GOING TO MEET.

IF WE'RE GOING TO COME TO DECISIONS TO DO THINGS, WE HAVE TO DO IT TOGETHER.

I DIDN'T STAND TO BASH ANYONE.

I WILL NEVER ATTACK PEOPLE, BUT I WILL ADDRESS ISSUES.

HERE IS THE BIGGEST ISSUE.

WE DON'T COMMUNICATE ENOUGH.

WE DON'T SET OUR EYES ON A GOAL AND PRESS TOWARD THAT GOAL ENOUGH.

AND THEN WE COME TO PLACES LIKE THIS.

AND THE EMOTION, THE DISDAIN, THE DISTURBANCES, WHEN NO ONE WANTS TO BE THE DISRUPTORS.

WE DID NOT HAVE A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEETINGS TOGETHER CONCERNING THE WEST DALLAS STEM SCHOOL.

PERSONALLY, I THINK IT SHOULD JUST BE CALLED THE WEST DALLAS STEM SCHOOL.

WHY? BECAUSE IT'S IN WEST DALLAS.

OH, ANOTHER REASON IT'S A STEM SCHOOL.

DOESN'T IT MAKE SENSE TO YOU? IT MAKES SENSE TO ME. I ALSO WON'T BASH OUR TRUSTEES BECAUSE I PERSONALLY SEE OUR TRUSTEE DO SOME REALLY GOOD WORK.

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PINKSTON BUILDING.

ROUGHLY 16 MILLION FOR THE CF CARR BUILDING.

ANOTHER 80 MILLION COMING FOR THE BUILDING.

THAT USED TO BE AMELIA EARHART.

I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH WHAT YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO CALL IT, BUT I SAT IN THE BOARD ROOM A BUDGET MEETING YESTERDAY, ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT WE DON'T HAVE NO BUDGET BECAUSE WHERE DOES OUR MONEY GO? WE UP OUR SECURITY, BUT WE LOWER THE SAFETY FOR OUR KIDS.

AND I BELIEVE THAT IF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE STILL WHO WE CALL OUR FUTURE, THEN BETWEEN YOU GUYS AND THESE PEOPLE, WE CAN COME AND BE A CONGLOMERATE AND MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS FROM TOP TO BOTTOM.

BECAUSE THE TRUTH IS, WE ALL KNOW THAT WE ARE NOT THE PROBLEM.

Y'ALL SAY AMEN IF YOU WANT TO.

AMEN. WILL, OUR LAST SPEAKER, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE, DOMINIQUE ALEXANDER.

HELLO Y'ALL. MY NAME IS MINISTER DOMINIQUE ALEXANDER, PRESIDENT OF THE NEXT GENERATION ACTION NETWORK.

I WANT TO SAY THIS REAL QUICK.

I REMEMBER IN 2015, I ORGANIZED KIDS TO WALK OUT OF SOUTH OAK CLIFF HIGH SCHOOL.

AND THE REASON WHY I DID THAT IS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I WOULD HOLD THESE COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND NO ONE WOULD SHOW UP.

I WOULD KNOCK THE DOOR, I'M GRASSROOT.

NO ONE WOULD SHOW UP.

FAST FORWARD, WE SEND OUT MAILERS, 6000 MAILERS, 3000 MAILERS FOR O.W.

HOLMES. TEN PEOPLE SHOW UP.

YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T DONE IT.

WE DID THE THE STUDY THAT BROUGHT ABOUT ALBERT BLACK.

AND I BELIEVE THAT FOR OAK CLIFF, WE WALKED THE COMMUNITY AND PROBABLY ABOUT 15 PEOPLE SHOWED UP.

NOW, YOU KNOW, I SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER EVERY DAY.

AND WHAT I CANNOT DO IS BE FAKE, AND NOT COME DOWN HERE AND SUPPORT MY FRIEND, TRUSTEE MAXIE JOHNSON.

I WON'T HIDE BY THAT, BECAUSE I SAW THE LEADERSHIP THAT HE HAS BROUGHT FROM A GRASSROOTS PERSPECTIVE THAT HAS BIRTHED HIM HERE ON THIS SCHOOL BOARD, THAT HAS ALLOWED HIM TO BE ELECTED.

I COME HERE TO SAY THAT I OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORT THE NAMING OF DOMINGO GARCIAS AND ELBA GARCIA ON THE NAMING OF THE WEST DALLAS STEM.

AND I SAY THIS BECAUSE SOMEONE PUT A COMMENT THAT GOT BACK TO ME ABOUT THAT MR. GARCIA DID NOT SUPPORT THE BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT.

DON'T WANT TO GO BACK AND FORWARD.

BUT I CAN SAY THIS I DIDN'T ASK FOR THIS NAME, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THE NEXT GENERATION ACTION NETWORK HAS BEEN LABELED IN DALLAS, I GUESS THE BLACK LIVES MATTER ORGANIZATION.

RIGHT. AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST, ONE OF THE STRONGEST SUPPORTERS, ONE OF THE EARLY ON SUPPORTERS WAS MR. DOMINGO GARCIA.

I DON'T WANT THAT TO BE MISREPRESENTED ON A MOVEMENT THAT I HAVE SACRIFICED MY LIFE FOR.

THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO SPEAK ON TODAY.

I OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORT THIS.

I KNOW THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL MEETINGS THAT WERE HELD REGARDING THIS.

NOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF 15 PEOPLE SHOW UP, THREE PEOPLE VOTE AGAINST, 12 PEOPLE VOTE FOR, THEN IT'S OUTVOTED.

THE REALITY IS, I JUST WANT TO SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T ALL HAVE TO AGREE.

IT'S A DEMOCRACY, RIGHT? BUT WE CAN ALL COME TOGETHER RESPECTFULLY, NOT CALLING EACH OTHERS NAMES, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ALL HUMAN BEINGS, WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE DISRESPECT, RIGHT? SO WE CAN ALL COME TOGETHER AND HAVE CALM, COLLECTED CONVERSATIONS.

EACH ONE OF US HAS HAD MOMENTS WHERE WE HAVE WORKED TOGETHER.

LET'S REMEMBER THOSE MOMENTS AND LET'S TALK IN A PEACEFUL MANNER.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

WILL THE FOLLOWING SPEAKERS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE? STARLETS RAMIREZ, JAMES ARMSTRONG, ANEESIA ROSE.

YOU MAY START SPEAKING.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.

GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS CHARLOTTE RAMIREZ, I'M A LIFELONG WEST RESIDENT AND HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY AS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY WHO ATTENDS AS MANY MEETINGS AS I CAN, I CAN CONFIDENTLY SAY THE COMMUNITY DID NOT GET ENOUGH SAY IN THE NAME CHANGE OF THE WEST DALLAS STEM SCHOOL.

WE'RE PROUD OF THE WEST DALLAS STEM SCHOOL BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING OUR COMMUNITY HAS NEVER HAD.

WE'RE PROUD FOR OUR STUDENTS TO GO THERE.

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AND FEEL THERE'S A BETTER NAME THAT REPRESENTS THE COMMUNITY, SOMEBODY WHO'S DONE MORE FOR WEST DALLAS THAN THE GARCIAS.

THAT'S NOT SPEAKING WILL OF THE GARCIAS.

THEY'VE MADE AMAZING CONTRIBUTIONS TO OAK CLIFF, AND THERE'S JUST ANOTHER PLACE FOR THEIR NAME TO GO.

WE JUST ASK THAT YOU VOTE NO AND THAT YOU KEEP THE WEST DALLAS STEM SCHOOL.

THANK YOU.

ANEESIA ROSE.

VAL HUTCHINS.

MIKE HOOK.

CHRIS GODSKI.

OH, MIKE HOOK.

AS USUAL, GET OUT OF THE TEACHER'S WAY.

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

NUMBER FIVE JUST DELIBERATELY BROKE OUR FEDERAL AND TEXAS CONSTITUTIONS REGARDING KENNEDY-CURRY MIDDLE SCHOOL.

IN FOUR YEARS, NUMBER FIVE HAS NOT STOPPED ABUSE PERPETRATED ON BUS DRIVERS, TEACHERS, PARENTS, AND STUDENTS.

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.

WITHOUT COMMUNICATION TO WE 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 LIVING TREASURES FROM SCHOOL TO SCHOOL LIVESTOCK.

THESE LITTLE LIVES ARE OUR LIVES WITH WHICH YOU TRIFLE.

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

STOP EXPLOITING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE FOR YOUR GLORIFIED SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS.

READING, WRITING AND MATH SKILLS MAKE HAPPY ADULTS.

DON'T TELL OUR KIDS THEY'LL BE FLAT ON THEIR BACKS LIKE THEIR MOTHERS.

HAVE YOU TURNED THE CLASSROOM BACK TO THE TEACHERS? HAVE YOU STATED THE TRUTH ABOUT D AND F CAMPUSES? YOU BLATHER ABOUT GRADES THREE THROUGH EIGHT.

WHERE'S THE HIGH SCHOOL PERFORMANCE REPORT? WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO WARD OFF TEA MIKE MORATH'S ASSAULT THROUGH METADATA COLLECTION? DID YOU URGE CONGRESS TO SHUT DOWN MIKE'S UNCONSTITUTIONAL USE OF PRIVATE CITIZENS DATA? TODD WILLIAMS AND HIS COMMIT PARTNERSHIP ARE A HUGE PART OF THE GRIFT.

THE SURVEYS YOU FOIST, THE RHYTHM APP, THE AMPLIFY PROGRAM, THE DIGITAL READING ACADEMY, THE PROGRAM, REASONING MIND ARE ALL ABOUT DATA CAPTURE.

YOU CAN REDEEM YOURSELVES BY FIGHTING FOR US AGAINST MIKE MORATH, TODD WILLIAMS, AND GREG ABBOTT'S GARBAGE.

WHY HAVEN'T YOU DONE THAT? ARE YOU PART OF THE LAST TWO DECADES OF MIKE, GREG AND TODD'S GARBAGE GRIFT AND DESTRUCTION? NUMBER SIX SAID THIS BOARD VOTED ON NUMBER TEN PAY RAISE ON A BOARD BRIEFING DAY. NUMBER SIX COMMENTED AS TO THE NERVE OF THIS BOARD, WHY DIDN'T THE OTHER NINE OF YOU CONFER WITH WE THE PEOPLE? WHY IS NUMBER SIX THE ONLY POINTING? THANK YOU, MR. HOOK, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED, CHRIS GODSKI.

MERCY MURCHISON.

MR. PRESIDENT, THIS CONCLUDES OUR SPEAKERS.

THANK YOU TO ALL OUR SPEAKERS.

I WANT TO DO WANT TO MAKE ONE COMMENT ONE INDIVIDUAL ON THEIR WAY OUT.

I'M TALKING TO THE ADMINISTRATION.

SO THIS IS MY DIRECTION.

MADE A VULGAR MOTION TO THIS FOLKS ON THIS SIDE.

THAT PERSON. I DON'T WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK AT THE MEETING ANYMORE.

SO I'LL GIVE YOU THE NAME AFTER.

BUT WE APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK, THE COMMENTS, THE CRITICISM.

AT LEAST I DO CRITICISM, HOWEVER, BUT BEING RESPECTFUL TO OTHER PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THE DECORUM.

THAT WAS IMPROPER. SO, DOCTOR ELIZADE, I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AFTER THIS MEETING ABOUT THAT.

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DID YOU SAY YOU DID NOT WANT THE PERSON TO SPEAK ANYMORE? YES. SO I THINK THE POLICY CALLS FOR A 60 DAY BAN, NOT NEVER TO SPEAK AGAIN.

THAT'S FAIR. TRUSTEE FOREMAN'S RIGHT.

THANK YOU TRUSTEE FOREMAN I LIKE FEEDBACK.

I'VE WATCHED TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

CAN I SHARE? YEAH, I'VE WATCHED TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

OKAY. NEVER MIND.

I'VE SEEN HER BE ON THE OTHER END OF THAT.

SO THANK YOU. SO FOR THE RECORD, THE ADMINISTRATION ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT WOULD BE A 60 DAY 60 DAY PER.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

CORRECTION. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE FOREMAN. ALL RIGHT.

SO, TRUSTEES, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE BACK TO OUR REPORTS.

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WE'RE GOING TO START WITH COMMITTEE REPORTS.

ARE THERE ANY COMMITTEE REPORTS? I SAW TRUSTEE FLORES.

OH, THERE HE IS. I DON'T SEE ANY COMMITTEE REPORTS.

I'LL SKIP JUDY. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE SUPERINTENDENTS REPORTS, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR DISTRICT REPORTS ONE THROUGH NINE.

SO, DOCTOR ELIZADE, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING.

TRUSTEES. WE'VE ALREADY CELEBRATED A LOT OF ACHIEVEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE LAST FEW MONTHS, BUT HERE ARE A FEW ACCOLADES THAT I'VE KEPT FOR MY REPORT THIS EVENING.

THE FIRST ONE IS RATHER BITTERSWEET BECAUSE IT'S PRESIDENT HENRY'S LAST BIRTHDAY.

AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

BUT GOODBYES ARE FOR LATER.

TONIGHT IS FOR CELEBRATION.

SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PRESIDENT HENRY..

I APPRECIATE IT. ON LESS HAPPY NEWS, AS WAS STATED BY OUR BOARD PRESIDENT AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR MEETING, I WANT TO NOTE THE PASSING OF EDWARD CLOUTMAN, A HERO, TO DALLAS ISD.

IN 1970, HE ARGUED THE TASB VS CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT.

THIS CASE RESULTED IN THE LONG OVERDUE INTEGRATION OF THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, MORE THAN 15 YEARS AFTER BROWN V BOARD OF EDUCATION ENDED.

SEPARATE BUT EQUAL IN PUBLIC EDUCATION.

TODAY, WE LIVE IN THE SUNLIGHT OF HIS LEGACY THAT CONTINUES TO LIGHT OUR JOURNEY.

HE WAS A QUIET CIVIL RIGHTS HERO TO DALLAS, SAID JUDGE KEN MOLBERG.

AND I COULD NOT AGREE MORE.

ON TO OUR CHOICE EXPO.

I REALLY DON'T THINK PEOPLE UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH THEY HAVE TO CHOOSE FROM AT DALLAS ISD.

WELL, WE'RE ABOUT TO FIND OUT.

DALLAS ISD OFFERS MORE EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, MORE CHAMPIONSHIP ATHLETICS, MORE HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEACHERS, AND MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO GRADUATE WITH HOURS OF COLLEGE CREDIT THAN ANYWHERE ELSE IN TEXAS.

AND THAT IS A FACT.

TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THESE CHOICES, JOIN US FOR THE DALLAS ISD MORE CHOICE EXPO FROM 9 A.M.

TO 1 P.M. THIS SATURDAY, MARCH 23RD AT CENTENNIAL HALL IN FAIR PARK.

OR GO TO VISIT DALLAS ISD.ORG/MORE CHOICE.

AND WE WERE JUST INFORMED THAT ANYONE AT THE MORE CHOICE EXPO WILL HAVE ACCESS TO SOME OF THE MUSEUMS, AS FAIR PARK WILL BE OPENING UP MUSEUMS FREE OF CHARGE FOR THOSE PARENTS WHO ARE ATTENDING WITH THEIR KIDDOS AT THE MORE CHOICE EXPO.

WELL, WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH IS MARCH, AND AS WE WIND DOWN THIS MONTH HIGHLIGHTING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF WOMEN THROUGHOUT HISTORY AND THE HISTORY OF OUR DISTRICT, I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE WOMEN WHO OPENED THE DOORS THAT OTHER WOMEN IN THIS ROOM HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WALK THROUGH.

AS WE HONOR WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, DALLAS ISD TAKES PRIDE IN ITS RICH HISTORY OF FEMALE LEADERS.

HERE ARE SOME INTERESTING FACTS.

THE FIRST WOMAN ON THE SCHOOL BOARD WAS MISS KIRK HALL, WHO WAS ELECTED IN 1919.

RECENTLY, THE TRACK AT THE JESSE OWENS ATHLETIC COMPLEX WAS NAMED FOR THREE TIME WORLD MEDALIST SHA'CARRI RICHARDSON, ONE OF THE FASTEST WOMEN IN THE WORLD, AND MORE THAN 30 DISTRICT SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN NAMED FOR WOMEN LEADERS, INCLUDING BARBARA JORDAN AND RICHARDS AND ESPERANZA HOPE MEDRANO.

AND OF COURSE, LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, I MUST TAKE A MOMENT TO HONOR THE WOMEN WHO I GET TO SERVE DIRECTLY ON THIS BOARD TRUSTEE JOYCE FOREMAN, TRUSTEE CAMILLE WHITE, AND TRUSTEE SARAH WEINBERG.

BE SURE TO FOLLOW THE BEAT FOR MORE STORIES ABOUT WOMEN IN HISTORY IN DALLAS ISD LEADERSHIP.

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AND LIKE EDUCATORS, THEY ENTER THEIR CHOSEN PROFESSION BECAUSE THEY SIMPLY WANT TO HELP OTHERS UNDERGOING YEARS OF EDUCATION, TRAINING AND SUPERVISION TO MEET PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE.

MARCH IS SOCIAL WORK MONTH AND THE THEME THIS YEAR IS EMPOWERING SOCIAL WORKERS.

LET'S KEEP THEM IN MIND AND EDUCATE OURSELVES ON THE ISSUES AND PROVIDE BETTER SUPPORT IN THEIR PROFESSION AS WELL.

NEXT. THANK YOU TO THE HUNDREDS, ABSOLUTELY HUNDREDS OF COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS AND DISTRICT TEAM MEMBERS WHO WENT TO CLASSROOMS ACROSS THE DISTRICT DURING READ ACROSS AMERICA DAY EARLIER THIS MONTH TO SHOW OUR STUDENTS THE IMPORTANCE OF READING.

THIS ENORMOUS EFFORT WAS SPEARHEADED BY THE UNITED WAY AND BY OUR OWN LIBRARY AND MEDIA SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

AND CONGRATS TO THE LINCOLN LADY TIGERS ON A GREAT SEASON! DESPITE THE LOSS IN THE STATE SEMIFINALS IN SAN ANTONIO.

THIS YOUNG TEAM FINISHED 30 AND FOUR AND SAID AFTER THE GAME WILL BE BACK, I SAW THEM PLAY IN SAN ANTONIO AND I'M A BELIEVER THEY WILL BE BACK.

AND FINALLY, FINALISTS AS WELL AS TEACHERS OF PROMISE WERE RECOGNIZED DURING A SPECIAL CEREMONY LAST MONTH.

KUDOS TO CHIEF ROBERT ABEL AND HIS OUTSTANDING TEAM FOR THIS AMAZING EVENING.

IF YOU WERE AT THAT EVENT, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

THE ACTUAL FINAL WINNERS WILL BE NAMED IN APRIL DURING OUR STATE OF THE DISTRICT, AND I KNOW WE'RE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT EVENT.

AND THAT'S MY REPORT.

THANK YOU. DOCTOR ELIZADE.

WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE TRUSTEEREPORT STARTING WITH DISTRICT ONE AND THROUGH DISTRICT NINE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HENRY.

A SHOUT OUT TO THE W.T.

WHITE GIRLS SOCCER TEAM FOR QUALIFYING FOR THE PLAYOFFS OF THE UIL FIVE A TOURNAMENT WILL BE ROOTING FOR YOU IN YOUR UPCOMING GAMES.

BIG KUDOS TO MISS ROSA MARIA ALVARADO JIMENEZ, A KINDERGARTEN TEACHER OF FP CAILLET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, FOR BEING NAMED ONE OF THE DISTRICT TEACHER OF THE YEAR NOMINEES. AND FINALLY, THE DALLAS ISD FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT CONCLUDED THE DAD JOKE COMPETITION ON MARCH 7TH.

CONGRATULATIONS TO MR. EDWIN INGRAM, A PARENT FROM PRESTONWOOD MONTESSORI AT ED WALKER, FOR WINNING THE FIRST DALLAS ISD DAD JOKE COMPETITION.

I WAS HOPING TO THAT MAYBE WE COULD HAVE LIKE THE THE FINALISTS COME AND MAYBE DO A PRESENTATION FOR US NEXT MONTH.

I'M JUST KIDDING.

AND THAT'S THE DISTRICT ONE REPORT.

FOR DISTRICT TWO.

OUR DISTRICT PROUDLY RECOGNIZED THE OUTSTANDING EFFORTS OF TEN TEACHERS AND SEVEN PRINCIPALS NOMINATED AT THE RECENT WINNER'S CIRCLE CELEBRATION FOR THE 2324 TEACHER AND PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR TITLES.

CONGRATULATIONS TO PRINCIPAL CHANDRA HOOPER BARNETT FROM WOODROW WILSON HIGH SCHOOL AND MICHAEL ESTES FROM HENRY W LONGFELLOW.

CAREER. EXPLORATION ACADEMY FOR BECOMING FINALISTS.

NEXT, I WANT TO THANK MAGGIE FROM HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOL FOR HER INCREDIBLE JOB AS HOST OF THE RETURN OF SCHOOL ZONE DALLAS AS A STUDENT HOST.

THANK YOU, MAGGIE, FOR REPRESENTING DISTRICT TWO.

BRAVO TO DALLAS HYBRID PREPARATORY FOR MAKING IT TO THE END OF THIS YEAR'S VEX IQ ROBOTICS SEASON.

THE TEAM MADE IT TO THE FINALS IN THE REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, IMPROVING THEIR LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS AS WELL AS CODING AND MATH SKILLS, ALL WHILE HAVING A BLAST ALONG THE WAY. I ALSO WANT TO EXTEND MY GRATITUDE TO [INAUDIBLE], A BILINGUAL TEACHER FROM DANDY ROGERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

SHE PARTICIPATED IN THE GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT SUMMIT, UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK CITY.

WE'RE PROUD OF MISS SWANSON'S PASSION AND COMMITMENT TO EDUCATION.

AND LASTLY, A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO CAMPBELL CHASE FROM WOODROW WILSON HIGH SCHOOL.

SHE BROKE HER OWN RECORD FROM LAST YEAR AT THE UL FIVE, UIL, EXCUSE ME, 5 A, SWIMMING STATE CHAMPIONSHIP MAKING HISTORY IN DALLAS ISD AND THE STATE OF TEXAS.

THAT CONCLUDES MY DISTRICT TWO REMARKS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE WEINBERG.

I'M GOING TO READ THE DISTRICT THREE ACCOLADES FOR TRUSTEE MICCICHE.

CONGRATULATIONS TO CHRISTIAN GALLARDO FROM SAM TASBY MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR BECOMING A FINALIST FOR TEACHER OF THE YEAR.

SHE IS ONE OF THE TEN FINALISTS AND WE ARE ALL WISHING HER THE BEST OF LUCK.

HE'D ALSO LIKE TO EXTEND THE CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE TEACHER OF THE YEAR AND TEACHER PROMISE NOMINEES FROM DISTRICT THREE.

HE WANTS TO THANK YOU FOR EXEMPLIFYING A POSITIVE CAMPUS CULTURE AND SHOWING ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE.

HE ALSO SENDS CONGRATULATIONS TO BRYAN ADAMS HIGH SCHOOL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, THE MARIACHI AND FOLKLORICO PERFORMERS, FOR SHOWCASING THEIR TALENTS AT THE DALLAS MAVERICKS GAME. HE ALSO WANT TO THANK SAMA FOR REPRESENTING EMMETT J.

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AND FINALLY, TESTING SEASON HAS BEGUN AND HE WANTS TO WISH EVERYONE THE BEST OF LUCK.

STUDENTS, TEACHERS, EDUCATORS AND STAFF.

THAT CONCLUDES THE DISTRICT THREE ACCOLADES.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THE DISTRICT FOUR ACCOLADES.

I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE STUDENTS FROM DISTRICT FOUR WHO SIGNED TO THE COLLEGES OF THEIR CHOICE.

FROM W.W. SAMUEL, WE HAVE NATALIA, WHO WILL BE ATTENDING NAVARRO COLLEGE FOR SOCCER.

FROM SEAGOVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE FOUR STUDENTS ATTENDING COLLEGE FOR FOOTBALL.

RONALD M AND BRYSON L WILL BE AT MIDWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY, PARSELLY T AT SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA UNIVERSITY, AND OMRI B AT LYON COLLEGE.

LASTLY, FROM H.

GRADY SPRUCE, WE HAVE VIGNON C WHO HAS SIGNED TO HOWARD PAYNE UNIVERSITY FOR FOOTBALL.

CONGRATULATIONS TO W.W.

SAMUEL AND H. GRADY SPRUCE ON THEIR RANKINGS IN THE ACADEMIC DECATHLON REGION 12 MEDIUM TEAM RANKING.

I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE ANNIE WEBB BLANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHO WAS ONE OF THE TWO SCHOOLS IN DISD WHO RECEIVED A $110,000 DONATION FROM THE FEDERAL LOAN BANK OF DALLAS.

THE DONATIONS WERE CELEBRATED WITH CEREMONIAL CHECK PRESENTATIONS AT ANNIE WELL BLANTON AND THE OTHER SCHOOL THAT RECEIVED THE FUNDS AS WELL.

FUNDS FOR ANNIE WELL BLANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WILL BE USED FOR TRAINING LUNCHES, SUPPORT FOR TEACHERS, TECHNOLOGY, UNIFORMS, FIELD TRIPS, FURNITURE, SCHOOL SUPPLIES, AND MORE.

CONGRATULATIONS TO DOCTOR GARZA FROM ANNIE WEBB BLANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHO WON THE DECADE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FROM LEVERAGED LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE FOR CARRYING THE FLAME REACHING SCHOOLS WORLDWIDE.

THE LEVERAGED LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE FELLOWSHIP IS FOR HIGH PERFORMING PRINCIPALS WHO SERVE IN TRADITIONAL DISTRICTS AND CHARTER MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATIONS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.

THIS CONCLUDES MY.

AND ALSO, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MENTION GOOD FRIDAY COMING UP.

WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING A BREAK AND I HOPE EVERYONE HAS A SAFE, HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON AND RETURN SAFELY.

THIS CONCLUDES THE DISTRICT FOUR REPORTS.

THANK YOU. DISTRICT FIVE ACCOLADES.

IN ORDER. IN HONOR OF WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, I WANT TO SHINE A SPOTLIGHT ON DOCTOR L.G.

PINKSTON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL FRESHMAN GISSELLE Z.

SHE MADE HISTORY AT HER SCHOOL FOR BEING THE FIRST GIRL TO JOIN THE VIKINGS VARSITY BASEBALL TEAM.

WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU AND ARE ROOTING FOR YOU EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.

I WANT TO SEND A BIG THANK YOU TO THE OFFICERS FROM THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT, SOUTH CENTRAL SUBSTATION AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DOCTOR, FREDERICK DOUGLAS TODD SENIOR MIDDLE SCHOOL.

EACH WEEK, THEY COME AND TEACH STUDENTS NEW WAYS TO RESOLVE CONFLICT AND HELP BUILD THEIR CONFIDENCE.

THEY WERE RECENTLY FEATURED ON FOX FOUR NEWS BEFORE SPRING BREAK FOR A SCHOOL WIDE SESSION ON THREE ON THREE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT WITH THE STUDENTS.

WE SEE YOU AND WE THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO.

CONGRATULATIONS TO PRINCIPAL UMOJA TURNER FROM EDDIE BERNICE STEM ACADEMY ON BEING NAMED A FINALIST FOR ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR AND TEACHER AMANDA ASHMEAD FROM THE SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING AT YVONNE TOWNVIEW CENTER ON BEING NAMED A FINALIST FOR CHOICE MAGNET TEACHER OF THE YEAR. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE FINALISTS! YOU ALL ARE DOING AMAZING THINGS FOR OUR STUDENTS AND YOUR HARD WORK DOESN'T GO UNNOTICED.

KUDOS TO MARTIN OSEI, A TEACHER AT WEST DALLAS STEM SCHOOL AT PINKSTON HAS BEEN SELECTED TO BE A PART TO BE PART OF THE STEERING PANEL FOR THE 2028 NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS SCIENCE ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK PROJECT.

THE NAEP, OFTEN REFERRED TO AS THE NATION'S REPORT CARD, HAS BEEN ASSESSING STUDENTS ACHIEVEMENT FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO OUR STUDENTS AND YOUR WORK.

THIS CONCLUDES THE DISTRICT FIVE ACCOLADES.

GOOD EVENING.

DISTRICT SIX IS CONTINUING TO SHOW UP AND SHOW OUT.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ERIC O FROM T.W.

BROWN MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR BEING RECOGNIZED AS THE DISTRICT SIX SHOW UP ATTENDANCE MATTERS WINNER.

THIS CAMPAIGN CHALLENGES STUDENTS AND PARENTS TO COMMIT TO LIMITING ABSENCES THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR.

ATTENDANCE DOES MATTER.

I HAD THE PLEASURE OF ATTENDING OUR SECOND WINNER'S CIRCLE CELEBRATION, WHICH RECOGNIZED OUTSTANDING TEACHERS AND CAMPUS

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OF COURSE, DISTRICT SIX EDUCATORS WERE WELL REPRESENTED.

I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE TEACHER OF THE YEAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FINALIST ANTONIO BARNES FROM MARTIN WEISS ELEMENTARY AND SHANTRELL LOVETT ANDREWS FROM UMPHREY LEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO EXTEND MY CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR, ELEMENTARY FINALIST, LAKISHA MERRITT FROM MARTIN WEISS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.

THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING DISTRICT SIX.

CONGRATULATIONS TO DAVID W CARTER HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAM.

CC, WE FELL A LITTLE SHORT, BUT WE'LL KEEP COMING BACK.

I'LL GIVE THE DISTRICT SEVEN REPORT.

I'M NOT THROUGH. OH, I'M SO SORRY.

I JUST TOOK A BREATH.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THE PASSING OF EDWARD CLOUTMAN, A MAN THAT I KNEW AND RESPECTED FOR HIS LEADERSHIP AND WISDOM TOWARDS AN EQUAL AND FAIR EDUCATION FOR ALL OF US.

REST IN PEACE AND THANK YOU FOR A JOB WELL DONE.

IN HONOR OF WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, I SIMPLY SAY STAY STRONG.

WOMEN KEEP WORKING AND POSITIVE RESULTS WILL HAPPEN.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

I'LL GIVE THE DISTRICT SEVEN ACCOLADES.

FIRST, I'M BEYOND THRILLED TO SHARE THAT SUNSET HIGH SCHOOL'S P-TECH TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF FUTURE EDUCATORS CHAPTER HAS REACHED THE NATIONAL STAGE.

THEY ARE THE ONLY CHAPTER FROM DALLAS ISD ADVANCING ON TO THE TRF NATIONAL COMPETITION.

CONGRATS TO THE FIVE STUDENTS WHO WILL BE TRAVELING TO WASHINGTON, D.C.

THIS SUMMER TO COMPETE AND REPRESENT DALLAS ISD.

WE WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK AND LOOK FORWARD TO HIRING YOU WHEN YOU COMPLETE YOUR TEACHER CERTIFICATION.

SECOND, I'D LIKE TO GIVE A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO DAVID LEE, THE PRINCIPAL OF HECTOR P GARCIA MIDDLE SCHOOL, FOR HIS ACHIEVEMENT AS A FINALIST FOR THE SECONDARY PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR.

ADDITIONALLY, I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE NAMI DORSEY AT LV STOCKARD MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR BEING NAMED A FINALIST FOR SECONDARY TEACHER OF THE YEAR.

KUDOS TO BOTH OF YOU FOR THE HARD WORK AND OUTSTANDING JOB THAT YOU DO DAY IN AND DAY OUT FOR THE STUDENTS OF YOUR CAMPUSES.

AND FINALLY, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE FERNANDO V FROM SUNSET HIGH SCHOOL AND ARIANA VI FROM ADAMSON HIGH SCHOOL FOR THEIR ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT IN ZONA ESCOLAR, THE SPANISH EQUIVALENT OF SCHOOL ZONE DALLAS.

THESE STUDENTS HAVE DEMONSTRATED EXCEPTIONAL DEDICATION IN PROMOTING THE OUTSTANDING PROGRAMS, INITIATIVES AND COMPELLING STORIES THAT HAPPEN ACROSS DALLAS ISD DAY IN AND DAY OUT. THANK YOU.

I WILL I WANT TO TAKE USE ALL MY TIME WITH THE DISTRICT EIGHT ACCOLADES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PASSING OF THE DALLAS ISD GRADUATE, A DISD FATHER.

COMMITTEE MEMBER AND SUPER VOLUNTEER RAUL REYES JUNIOR.

RAUL WAS MY FRIEND, AND MANY PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM KNEW HIM.

AND THE STAFF SUPERINTENDENT, YOU HAD A MEETING WITH RAUL AND YOU REMEMBER HIM? HE WAS JUST HAD A VISION FOR HIS COMMUNITY AND HAD A VISION FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION.

HE WAS A STRONG SUPPORTER OF PUBLIC EDUCATION.

I SPENT MANY HOURS WITH HIM DISCUSSING THAT VISION.

HE WAS AT THE CENTER OF SO MANY THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN WEST DALLAS AS IT RELATES TO DALLAS ISD AND PUBLIC EDUCATION.

I THINK ABOUT THE MONTESSORI PROGRAM THAT WAS DEVELOPED AT LORENZO DE ZAVALA.

I REMEMBER A ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE AT ANITA MARTINEZ RECREATION CENTER AUDITORIUM, FULL PEOPLE AT MARTINEZ RECREATION CENTER.

THAT WAS RAUL, RIGHT.

I THINK ABOUT WHEN SMU FIRST DECIDED LONG AGO TO TO PARTNER WITH DALLAS ISD AND CREATE THE WEST DALLAS STEM SCHOOL. AND INITIALLY THERE WERE SOME MEETINGS AND THERE WAS A LOT OF QUESTIONS FROM THE WEST DALLAS COMMUNITY, BECAUSE THAT'S THE WEST DALLAS COMMUNITY, RIGHTFULLY SO, AND THE PERSON TO BROKER A LOT OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND TO KIND OF WORK THROUGH ALL THAT AND TO HELP MAKE SENSE OF IT ALL FOR SMU AND FOR DALLAS ISD.

THAT WAS RAUL, RIGHT? I THINK ABOUT WHEN EDISON WAS CLOSED.

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AND THE MINUTE I GOT ELECTED EVEN BEFORE THAT, AS WE THOUGHT ABOUT RUNNING FOR OFFICE, WE THOUGHT ABOUT HOW CAN WE RESTORE SOME WEST DALLAS HISTORY AND GOT TOGETHER WITH THE TEAM AND TRUSTEE JOHNSON AND AND OTHER WEST DALLAS LEADERS.

AND WE SAID, LET'S RESTORE WEST DALLAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, RIGHT.

LET'S RESTORE THAT AS A STANDALONE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL WITH ALL ITS HISTORY AND RESTORE THAT BACK ON THE EDISON CAMPUS.

AND WE'RE DOING THAT. WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

THE CAREER INSTITUTE.

RIGHT. AND EVERYTHING THAT THAT ENTAILED.

PINKSTON HIGH SCHOOL AND ALL THOSE CHARETTES AND MEETINGS, RAUL HAD HIS FINGERPRINTS ON EVERYTHING THAT WAS PUBLIC EDUCATION IN DALLAS ISD.

JUST REST IN POWER TO MY FRIEND.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU TRUSTEE CARREÓN FOR SHARING THAT MUCH NEEDED STATEMENT TO ALL OF US.

I WILL FINISH WITH THE DISTRICT NINE ACCOLADES.

DON'T REALLY WANT TO FOLLOW THAT IN PARTICULAR, BUT CONGRATULATIONS TO IRMA RANGEL'S TALENTED DEBATE TEAM FOR BEING AMONGST THE FEW SCHOOLS SELECTED TO COMPETE AT THE TEXAS FORENSIC ASSOCIATION COMPETITION.

THIS IS THE TOP SPEECH DEBATE EVENT IN TEXAS.

THE HARD WORK, PERSEVERANCE AND PASSION FOR RHETORIC HAS LED THEM TO GREAT SUCCESS.

AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS.

JUST WANTED TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO NANCY, WHO I WAS ABLE TO MEET IN PERSON, AND THEIR WONDERFUL MOM FROM SILVERSTEIN ELEMENTARY.

SHE WAS RECOGNIZED AS DISTRICT NINE WINNER FOR PERFECT ATTENDANCE.

KUDOS TO YOU, NANCY AND YOUR FAMILY FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO EDUCATION AND REPRESENTING DISTRICT NINE SO WELL.

SPECIAL CONGRATULATIONS TO DADE MIDDLE SCHOOL COACH TAMIKA JACKSON.

SHE'S A FORMER WNBA PLAYER AND A LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE.

ON HER INDUCTION INTO THE TEXAS BLACK SPORTS HALL OF FAME, IT IS AN HONOR TO HAVE YOU AS A COACH HERE IN DALLAS ISD.

I WANT TO SAY A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO IT SAYS H-E-B, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY I THINK JOE V, WHICH IS AN AFFILIATED COMPANY, BUT JOE V'S GROCERY FOR DONATING 10,000 TO $10,000 TO SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL AND AND GOOCH ELEMENTARY.

THIS WAS MADE TO MARK THE GROUNDBREAKING.

I SHOULD HAVE READ ALL OF THIS.

MAKE THE GROUNDBREAKING OF A NEW JOE V'S LOCATED AT BUCKNER AND SAMUEL, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY AND SUPPORT.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK FORMER GIANTS PLAYER KEITH DAVIS AND FORMER SEAHAWKS PLAYER JAMAR REID FOR VISITING BUCKNER TERRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

THEY SHARED A COMPELLING MESSAGE TO THE STUDENTS TO CONTINUE SHOWING EFFORT, PRIORITIZE EDUCATION, AND STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE AS THEY PREPARE FOR STAAR.

THANK YOU AGAIN TO THESE ATHLETES FOR VOLUNTEERING THEIR TIME AND SUPPORT.

I WANT TO PIGGYBACK ON DOCTOR ELIZALDE'S COMMENT ABOUT THE LADY TIGERS GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM FROM THE LEGENDARY LEAGUE IN HIGH SCHOOL.

WE WERE DOWN THERE SITTING TOGETHER, PROBABLY ACTING A FOOL.

OUT OF CHARACTER. DOCTOR LUSK NEARLY ON THE FLOOR.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEE WHITE FOR JOINING US AS WELL.

THEY LOST TO THE DEFENDING STATE CHAMPS WHO WENT ON TO WIN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AGAIN IN OVERTIME.

VERY DRAMATIC DOUBLE OVERTIME.

FORGIVE ME.

SO THE YOUNG LADIES FOUGHT VERY WELL.

THEY'RE A VERY YOUNG TEAM, AS DOCTOR ELIZADE SAID.

THEIR MANTRA IS THEY'LL BE BACK AND FROM WHAT WE ALL SAW TRUSTEE WHITE, DOCTOR LUSK, AND DOCTOR ELIZADE.

I'M VERY CONFIDENT THEY WILL BE BACK.

I DO WANT TO THANK SOME SUPPORT FOLKS THAT HELPED MADE THAT POSSIBLE OTHER THAN THE COACH.

WE HAVE COACH GREER AND PRINCIPAL WILLIAMS. WHO, YOU KNOW, IN ADDITION TO BEING A STRUCTURAL LEADER OF CAMPUS HELP NAVIGATE ALL THE THINGS THAT GO ALONG WITH TRAVELING TO A STATE TOURNAMENT OUT OF TOWN WITH THE YOUNG GROUP OF GIRLS. I WANTED TO THANK DOCTOR VINCE REYES, WHO I DON'T SEE IN HERE AND MT..

FROM THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT.

HUGELY SUPPORTIVE AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS OUT LOUD BECAUSE WE TALK A LOT ABOUT RACIAL EQUITY IN OUR DISTRICT, BUT NO ONE ASKED THEM.

NO ONE TOLD THEM. BUT THEY HAD MULTIPLE BUSSES TO HELP OUR FAMILIES AND OUR KIDS PARTICULARLY GET TO THE GAME.

WE HAD A WHOLE SECTION FULL OF KIDS THAT WERE DOWN THERE IN SAN ANTONIO TO SUPPORT THE LADY TIGERS.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, THEY PROVIDED THEM FOOD VOUCHERS.

SO SOME OF OUR KIDS COULD GET SNACKS DURING THE GAME.

AND I JUST APPRECIATE THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT LOOKING AT THIS THROUGH A RACIAL EQUITY LENS AND GIVING OUR KIDS THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE ONE, AND MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ABLE TO EAT WHEN THEY HAVE THE EXPERIENCE, IF THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO MAYBE PURCHASE FOOD WHILE THEY'RE AT THE GAME.

I WANTED TO THANK OFFICER WALTON AND OUR MANY OFFICERS.

WE SEE THEM IN THE ROOM.

BUT NOT ONLY ARE THEY HERE AT THE BOARD MEETINGS, BUT THEY'RE TRAVELING TO ALL THESE EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, THESE GAMES.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY HOURS THEY PUT IN, BUT IN PARTICULAR, I WANT TO THANK OFFICER WALTON FOR MAKING THE TRIP DOWN TO SAN ANTONIO.

AND LINCOLN'S A FOUR A SCHOOL.

SO THE REGIONAL PLAYOFF GAMES ARE NOT CLOSE.

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AREN'T BEING CALLED OUT THEIR NAMES OR DISRESPECTED IN ANY WAY.

SO I WANT TO THANK THE OFFICERS FOR, YOU KNOW, STANDING IN THE GAP FOR OUR KIDS, IN OUR COMMUNITY.

I KNOW I'M LONG WINDED ON THIS, SO I APOLOGIZE.

I JUST WANT TO THANK THE PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH THESE THINGS.

TWO OF THE PLAYERS ARE ALL STATE.

MISS ELDER AND MISS GRACE SPENCE WERE NOMINATED ALL STATUS A HUGE RECOGNITION.

I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED AS ONE OF THE TOP FIVE PLAYERS IN THE STATE IS HUGE IN YOUR CLASS.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK AND CONGRATULATE THE LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER TEAM.

THEY MADE THE PLAYOFFS FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER IN THE HISTORY OF LINCOLN.

AND WITH THAT, I THINK THAT CONCLUDES THE DISTRICT NINE ACCOLADES.

THANK YOU TRUSTEES.

WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE MEETING.

[7. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE I SAID THIS EARLIER, TRUSTEE MICCICHE HAS JOINED US ONLINE.

HE DID EARLIER.

SO THANK YOU, TRUSTEE MICCICHE, FOR BEING ABLE TO JOIN US.

HE'S TRAVELING, I THINK, FOR TASB RELATED CONFERENCE.

HE'S OUR TASB REP ALONG WITH TRUSTEE WHITE.

SO TRUSTEES, THE FOLLOWING MINUTES HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL.

THERE'S A CALL BOARD MEETING THAT WE HAD ON FEBRUARY 8TH, 2024.

THERE WAS AN EMPLOYEE HEARING THE SAME DAY AND THEN THE BOARD MEETING ON FEBRUARY 22ND, 24TH.

I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.

SO MOVED. SECOND.

MOTION BY TRUSTEE FLORES.

SECOND BY TRUSTEE JOHNSON.

TRUSTEE, IS THERE ANY CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES? IF NOT, WE PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES I VOTE YES.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEE MICCICHE.

THANK YOU.

[INAUDIBLE] YOU.

YES, SIR. PRESIDENT HENRY? YES, I THINK I MESSED THIS UP WHERE IT'S NOT POPPING UP, BUT I VOTE YES.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

I GOT OUT OF IT, YOU KNOW.

THE MOTION PASSES EIGHT ZERO.

THANK YOU TRUSTEES, YOU JUST ADOPTED.

APPROVED THE MINUTES. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM 8.01.

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

SORRY, HOLD ON.

CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT THE ORDER COUNCIL IN THE MAY 4TH, 2024 GENERAL ELECTION FOR DISTRICT THREE AND TO CERTIFIED THE UNOPPOSED CANDIDATE ELECTED AS OF MAY 4TH, 20 2024.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED.

SECOND. MOTION BY TRUSTEE FLORES.

SECOND BY TRUSTEE MACKEY.

TRUSTEES, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? I HAVE A COMMENT. I JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATS TRUSTEE MICCICHE FOR BEING REELECTED TO SERVE ANOTHER TERM ON THIS BOARD.

WITH THAT SAID, TRUSTEES, WILL YOU PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES? I'M GOING TO ABSTAIN.

THANK YOU. STILL HAVE TO SERVE THREE MORE YEARS.

STAYING OR NOT, I SHOULD VOTE NO.

I VOTE YES. THANK YOU.

THE MOTION PASSES SEVEN VOTING YES, ONE ABSTAINING.

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NOT WHAT I WAS SAYING.

ALL RIGHT, TRUSTEES, WE'RE ON CONSENT.

AGENDA ITEM 9.01, CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 9.0 THROUGH 9.30, AS AMENDED.

[9. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS]

DO I HAVE A MOTION IN THE FOLLOWING AGENDA ITEMS HAVE BEEN PULLED FOR SEPARATE VOTE 9.09 AND 9.16.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? CONSENT. AGENDA. MOTION MOVED.

MOVED TO APPROVE. SECOND MOTION BY TRUSTEE JOHNSON.

SECOND BY TRUSTEE MACKEY TRUSTEE, WILL YOU PLEASE? TRUSTEES, WILL YOU PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES? I VOTE YES.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE VOTE YES TO.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

POINT OF POINT OF CLARIFICATION.

MR. PRESIDENT HAS ANY.

I KNOW YOU SAID ONE ITEM WAS PROVED WHAT WAS PULLED, WHICH WAS NINE POINTS.

9.09 AND 9.16 ARE PULLED FOR A SEPARATE VOTE BY THE ADMINISTRATION, AND 9.02 WAS PULLED IN ITS ENTIRETY.

THANK YOU. BY THE WELL.

TRUSTEE FLORES, ARE YOU VOTING ON THIS ITEM? THANK YOU.

THE MOTION PASSES EIGHT VOTING YES ONE ABSTAINING.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE, YOU JUST APPROVED THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. WE'RE NOW ON SECTION TEN, 10.01, CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE WAIVER OF THE BOARD POLICY, CW LOCAL AND THE RENAMING OF WEST DALLAS STEM

[10. ITEMS PULLED FOR A SEPARATE VOTE]

CONSENT ITEM 9.09 PULLED DUE TO REVISIONS.

TRUSTEES DO HAVE A MOTION.

MOVE TO APPROVE. MOTION BY TRUSTEE FLORES.

SECOND. SECOND BY TRUSTEE JOHNSON.

TRUSTEES IS THERE DISCUSSION? MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVED TO AMEND THE MOTION BY STRIKING OUT DOCTOR ELBA AND DOMINGO GARCIA STEM AT WEST DALLAS AND INSERTING DOCTOR ELBA AND DOMINGO GARCIA WEST DALLAS WEST DALLAS STEM SCHOOL.

IF THE AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED, THE AMENDED MAIN MOTION WOULD READ APPROVE THE WAIVER TO THE BOARD POLICY CW LOCAL AND THE RENAMING OF THE WEST DALLAS STEM SCHOOL TO DOCTOR ELBA AND DOMINGO GARCIA WEST DALLAS STEM SCHOOL.

SECOND. TRUSTEES IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENT? YEAH. I DO HAVE A QUESTION BECAUSE I JUST WANT TO DISCUSSION TO THE, THE AMENDMENT.

SO BASICALLY WHAT WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS YOU'RE STILL INSERTING THE SAME NAMES, BUT YOU'RE PUTTING IT IN A DIFFERENT.

I HEARD THE VOICE OF OUR COMMUNITY AND IN OUR MEETING, AND I HEARD THE VOICE OF OUR COMMUNITY.

SO WHAT WE ARE INSERTING AGAIN MOVING AND STRIKING OUT DOCTOR ELBA AND DOMINGO GARCIA STEM AT WEST DALLAS AND INSERTING DOCTOR ELBA AND

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OKAY. AND I UNDERSTAND THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE WHEN YOU INSERT IT THAT WAY YOU DON'T LOSE THE WEST DALLAS IN THE NAME, IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. OUR COMMUNITY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WEST DALLAS STEM SCHOOL IS STILL A PART OF THE NAME.

OKAY. I GUESS MY ONLY OTHER QUESTION WOULD BE, AND I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND THIS IS YOUR DECISION.

AND AND YOU DID HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY, BUT IF WEST DALLAS WERE TO GO FIRST AND THEN DOMINGO GARCIA AS FAR AS THE NAMING IS THAT..

THAT'S NOT WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA, NOR IS THAT'S WHAT'S ON THE POLICY THAT WE HAD WHEN I HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS.

SO AGAIN I MOVED BY I MOTION BY STRIKING OUT DOCTOR ELBA AND DOMINGO GARCIA STEM AT WEST DALLAS AND INSERTING DOCTOR ELBA AND DOMINGO GARCIA WEST DALLAS STEM SCHOOL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, TRUSTEE JOHNSON.

I APPRECIATE IT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION FROM TRUSTEES? REAL QUICK? TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

TRUSTEE JOHNSON, DID YOU GO OUTSIDE AND MEET WITH THE COMMUNITY TO SEE IF THAT'S WHAT THEY WANTED? TRUSTEE FOREMAN I SPOKE WITH THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS BEFORE.

I'VE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS SITE BASED DECISION MAKING MEETING.

WE HAD THREE ZOOM MEETINGS, AND THE DISTRICT DID A THREE DAY SURVEY TO GIVE MORE INPUT FROM OUR COMMUNITY CONCERNING THIS.

SO WE'VE DONE SEVERAL WORK, AND I SPOKE TO SEVERAL MEMBERS EVEN PRIOR TO COMING TO THE BOARD TONIGHT.

DO WE HAVE THE RESULTS OF THE SURVEY? GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING.

I DON'T HAVE THE RESULTS HANDY, UNFORTUNATELY, BUT I CAN GET THEM FOR YOU.

IS THERE ANYBODY THAT COULD QUICKLY GET THE RESULTS OF THE SURVEY? NO. OKAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

SO, TRUSTEES, THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS TO AMEND THE LANGUAGE.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE MY THING WENT.

IT WOULD NOW READ APPROVE THE WAIVER TO BOARD POLICY.

CW LOCAL IN THE RENAMING OF WEST STEM SCHOOL TO DOCTOR ELBA AND DOCTOR DOMINGO GARCIA WEST DALLAS STEM SCHOOL.

TRUSTEES, WILL YOU PLEASE CAST YOUR..

I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR.

FIRST, YOU'RE VOTING ON THE PRIMARY AMENDMENT, WHICH WAS TO STRIKE DOCTOR ELBA AND DOMINGO GARCIA STEM AT WEST DALLAS AND INSERTING DOCTOR ELBA AND DOMINGO GARCIA WEST DALLAS STEM SCHOOL.

IF THAT PASSES, THEN WE WILL VOTE ON THE MAIN MOTION AS AMENDED, WHICH WILL BE THAT FINAL LANGUAGE.

BUT IF WE APPROVE THE AMENDMENT, IT'LL BE THE LANGUAGE I READ.

YES. YEAH. CORRECT.

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE VOTE? OKAY. TRUSTEES, WILL YOU PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE WILL BE ON HERE.

OR DO WE NEED TO VOTE? YOU CAN VOTE ON THE SYSTEM.

OKAY. MY SYSTEM WENT OUT, BUT I RAISED MY HAND.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

I VOTE YES.

I VOTE YES, THANK YOU.

AS A NOTE ON THE SYSTEM, IT IS STILL THE MAIN MOTION.

WE SAY AMENDMENT AT THE BOTTOM.

IT DOES. OKAY, I SEE IT.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.

TRUSTEE MICCICHE HAS HIS HAND UP.

TRUSTEE MICCICHE, YOU VOTE? YES. OKAY.

CAN YOU ASK HIM AGAIN? WE COULDN'T HEAR HIM.

WE CAN HEAR YOU. CAN YOU REPEAT YOUR VOTE? I VOTE YES, THANK YOU.

THE MOTION PASSES SEVEN VOTING YES, ONE VOTING NO, WITH ONE ABSTENTION.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE. YOU JUST ADOPTED THE AMENDMENT.

SO THE NOW THE CURRENT AGENDA ITEM WILL NOW RECONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE WAIVER OF BOARD POLICY, CW LOCAL AND THE RENAMING OF THE WEST DALLAS STEM SCHOOL TO THE ELBA AND DOCTOR ELBA AND DOMINGO GARCIA.

WEST DALLAS STEM SCHOOL.

TRUSTEES DO I HAVE A MOTION? WE HAVE A MOTION, YES.

TRUSTEES, YOU ALREADY HAVE THE MOTION.

YOU'RE JUST THE DISCUSSION ON THIS.

OKAY. TRUSTEES, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

I HAVE I HAVE SOME DISCUSSION.

AND IT'S REALLY MORE OF A CONCERN.

I UNDERSTAND THAT, I THINK THE DATE WAS MARCH 15TH OF 2022, THAT A SURVEY WAS TAKEN AND THE COMMUNITY DIDN'T

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AND APPARENTLY THERE WAS A RECENT SURVEY THAT WAS TAKEN.

AND WE DON'T HAVE THE RESULTS FROM THAT SURVEY.

AND I, I REALLY DO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY AND THE SPIRIT OF THE COMMUNITY AND US GETTING THE INFORMATION TO ASSURE THE COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE DOING DUE DILIGENCE.

AND SO AT THIS TIME, I FEEL I WOULD LIKE TO MOTION TO POSTPONE THIS PROCEDURE UNTIL WE DO OBTAIN THOSE RECORDS AND INFORMATION FROM THE COMMUNITY.

SECOND THE MOTION.

MOTION BY TRUSTEE WHITE.

SECOND BY TRUSTEE FORMAN TO POSTPONE UNTIL.. WE RECEIVE THE REPORTS FROM THE SURVEYS.

OKAY, TRUSTEES, THAT'S THE MOTION ON THE TABLE.

IS THERE DISCUSSION? YES A DISCUSSION.

ONCE AGAIN, WE HAD SEVERAL COMMUNITY MEETINGS.

SITE BASED DECISION MAKING, MEETING PER POLICY, CW LOCAL POLICY.

THEN I HAD THREE VIA ZOOM MEETINGS THAT LASTED TWO HOURS.

AT THAT TIME, OUR RACIAL EQUITY PERSON WAS ON THE LINE AS WELL, MISS TONI JOHNSON, WHO'S HERE, AND SEVERAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

THEN THE DISTRICT, THEY ASKED FOR A SURVEY BECAUSE THERE WAS PEOPLE THAT WAS NOT ABLE TO COME TO THE ZOOM MEETING.

SO WE DID A SURVEY FOR 72 HOURS AND GOT INPUT FROM THOSE NAMES THAT WAS PRESENTED.

MR. GARCIA NAME WAS STEADY ON, WAS STILL ON THE TABLE.

AND AND THE OTHER NAMES THAT WAS PRESENTED THAT WAS GIVEN FROM THE COMMUNITY WAS ALSO INPUTTED.

SO OUR COMMUNITY DID RECEIVE SEVERAL, DID HAVE SEVERAL MEETINGS, AND WE HAD SEVERAL NAMES AND THEY DID RECEIVE INPUT.

WE DALLAS ISD FOLLOWED THE POLICY AND I MADE SURE THAT COMMUNITY RECEIVED INPUT.

I WANT TO GO ON RECORD AND MAKE SURE THAT BECAUSE THAT'S BEEN SAID A FEW TIMES TONIGHT, AND THAT IS TOTALLY UNTRUE.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEE JOHNSON. TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

I HAVE TO BE CAREFUL.

AH TRUSTEE JOHNSON THIS IS NOT AGAINST YOU.

BUT PART OF MY ISSUE IS WITH RENAMING SCHOOLS.

OFTEN THE COMMUNITY IS NOT INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS, NOT JUST IN YOUR DISTRICT, BUT IN ALMOST ALL OF OUR DISTRICTS BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE POLICY IS STRUCTURED.

THE SBDM IS NOT THE ARM AND THE MECHANISM ONLY FOR THE COMMUNITY.

THERE HAS TO BE, AND I HEAR YOU TRUSTEE JOHNSON, I HEAR YOU.

BUT THERE HAS TO BE COMMUNITY BUY IN WITH NAMING AND RENAMING, AND I JUST CAN'T CONTINUE TO SIT HERE AND HEAR THE COMMUNITY SAY THEY'RE NOT BEING HEARD AND NOT SAY SOMETHING.

I CAN'T IN GOOD CONSCIENCE.

WHEN THE ADMINISTRATION CAN'T GIVE ME THE RESULTS OF THE SURVEY, KNOWING THAT THIS WAS ON THE AGENDA AND KNOWING THAT IT IS A HOT TOPIC. I DON'T WANT TO GO AGAINST TRUSTEE JOHNSON.

BUT MY HEART IS WITH COMMUNITY.

TRUSTEES, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE ON THE FIRST ROUND? TRUSTEE JOHNSON YOU WANT TO START THE SECOND ROUND? TRUSTEE. EXCUSE ME. AND I ALSO LIKE TO JUST STATE AS WELL.

IT'S NOT THAT I'M NOT IN SUPPORT OF TRUSTEE JOHNSON, I AM.

THIS IS NOTHING PERSONAL.

I JUST FEEL LIKE I DON'T WANT TO GO DOWN THE SAME ROAD THAT HAPPENED BEFORE, AND I WASN'T HAPPY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE, BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WE STILL HAVE BACKLASH FROM THAT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONSIDER, IF IT WERE US IN THE IN THE SHOES OF THE COMMUNITY. I HAVE BEEN THERE BEFORE WHERE I, WHERE I HAVE, AND I'M NOT BEEN THERE.

I LIVE IT, WHERE I FEEL LIKE THINGS COULD BE DIFFERENT AND THAT IT'S NOT

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AND I DO UNDERSTAND, AND I DO AGREE, I FEEL AFTER I BECAME AWARE AND LOOKED AT THE POLICY FOR MYSELF, I FELT THAT THERE NEEDED TO THERE DOES NEED TO BE CHANGES TO THE POLICY AND I WILL DEFINITELY BE DOING WHAT I CAN.

BUT WE ARE HERE RIGHT NOW WITH THE CURRENT POLICY THAT WE'RE UNDER, AND I JUST I KNOW I CAN'T PLEASE EVERYBODY AND EVERYBODY'S NOT GOING TO BE HAPPY, BUT I WANT Y'ALL TO AT LEAST WALK OUT THAT DOOR AND SAY, I FELT THAT WE WERE TREATED FAIRLY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE FOREMAN AND TRUSTEE WHITE, AND I WANT TO REITERATE AGAIN AND TRUSTEE CARREÓN WAS ON ONE OF THOSE THOSE ZOOM CALLS.

MANY PEOPLE IN THE ROOM TONIGHT WAS ALSO ON THOSE CALLS, ALL OF THEM.

AND THEY DID GIVE INPUT.

I WANT TO GO ON RECORD AS SAYING IT.

IF WE'RE GOING TO BE IF WE'RE GOING TO WALK WITH INTEGRITY AND SPEAK TRUTH, LET'S SPEAK TRUTH.

WE HAD THOSE MEETINGS.

HE WAS ON THE CALL.

YOU GAVE INPUT.

THE NAMES CAME FROM THE COMMUNITY.

IT DIDN'T COME FROM TRUSTEE JOHNSON.

IT CAME FROM THE COMMUNITY.

HOWEVER, WE I DO UNDERSTAND THAT EVERY NAME IS NOT GOING TO BE SUPPORTED BY EVERYBODY, BUT WE FOLLOWED THE POLICY.

I PERSONALLY DID EVERYTHING THAT THE COMMUNITY ASKED ME TO DO.

EVERYTHING. WHATEVER YOU ASKED OF ME, I DID IT.

SO TO COME AND SAY THAT THE COMMUNITY DID NOT GET INPUT IS NOT ACCURATE.

IT'S TOTALLY UNTRUE.

I HAVE NEVER DONE THAT.

I'VE DONE EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO INCLUDE OUR COMMUNITY.

I CAN'T MAKE EVERYONE COME TO MEETINGS.

I'VE DONE THE POLICY.

I'VE DONE THIS WORK PRIOR TO ME BEING ON THIS BOARD.

I UNDERSTAND WHAT GRASS ROOT IS, SO I WANT TO MAKE THAT, I WANT TO MAKE THAT KNOWN PUBLICLY.

AND TO MY COLLEAGUES.

THE DALLAS ISD ADMINISTRATION FOLLOWED THE POLICY AND THEY DID MORE.

THEY WAS MORE THAN WILLING TO DO ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING TO MAKE THE COMMUNITY FEEL THAT THIS WAS AN EQUITABLE PROCESS.

I WITNESSED IT, AND IF IT WASN'T DONE RIGHT, I WOULD SAY IT.

IT WAS COMPLETELY DONE RIGHT.

TRUSTEES, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? I HAVE SOMETHING I'M GOING TO SAY, BUT.

OKAY FIRST TRUSTEE FOREMAN, I AGREE THAT'S THE SPDM IS NOT THE VEHICLE FOR THIS.

AND I DO THINK WE NEED TO ADDRESS POLICY.

THAT'S ONE OF THE FUNCTIONS WE SHOULD BE DOING AS TRUSTEES AND POLICY MAKERS.

POLICY NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.

DOCTOR ELIZALDE AND MY COLLEAGUES ON THE BOARD, I USUALLY DON'T DO THIS, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN FRUSTRATING ME FOR A WHILE AS CHAIR OF THIS BOARD, AS YOU ALL KNOW THIS PARTICULAR POLICY AND HOW THIS BOARD CHOOSES COLLECTIVELY, NOT INDIVIDUALLY, WE VOTE ON AND IT'S USUALLY 8190 TO WAIVE THE POLICY AND IF WE CONTINUALLY WAIVE THE POLICY, THEN EFFECTIVELY WE DON'T HAVE A POLICY.

SO THIS BOARD COLLECTIVELY NEEDS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO US.

AND I THINK WE ALL ARE DEEPLY COMMITTED TO OUR COMMUNITY.

SO THIS IS A BIT OF A FRUSTRATING CONVERSATION FOR ME TO HEAR PEOPLE SAY THAT TRUSTEE JOHNSON DOESN'T COMMUNICATE WITH THE COMMUNITY.

THAT'S REALLY ALL THE WAY THAT I KNOW HIM ALMOST TOO MUCH AT TIMES WHEN HE SHOULDN'T BE DOING STUFF LIKE WALKING ON CAMPUSES AS A TRUSTEE.

AND THEN TO HEAR COMMUNITY AND THEN HE HAVE THE TENSION WITH THE COMMUNITY.

THAT'S JUST NOT I DON'T KNOW WHO THAT PASTOR WAS EARLIER, BUT WE'RE ON THE SAME TEAM IN MY EYES, THE WAY I KNOW THE COMMUNITY, THE WAY I KNOW MY COLLEAGUES ON THE BOARD.

SO I THINK WE HAVE TO FIND A SOLUTION MOVING FORWARD.

I WON'T BE ON THE BOARD, PROBABLY TO DO IT, BUT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THIS POLICY TO AVOID CIRCUMSTANCES LIKE THIS.

I THINK EVERYONE IS ALIGNED IN THEIR VALUES.

I JUST THINK THERE'S BEEN SOME MISCOMMUNICATION.

THAT'S NOT REALLY ANYONE TO BLAME.

I'VE HAD MEETINGS WHERE I'VE, LIKE DOMINIQUE SAID EARLIER, I'VE HAD ROBO CALLS COME OUT FROM THE SCHOOL, I'VE KNOCKED ON DOORS, I'VE POSTED ON EVERY SOCIAL MEDIA THAT I HAVE AND THAT THE DISTRICT HAS AND STILL NOT GOTTEN THE AMOUNT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS AT MEETINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE.

NOW, THAT'S THE ONUS IS ON US TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE REACH OUR COMMUNITY BETTER.

BUT IT'S A FACT.

IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO GET UNLESS YOU SAY YOU'RE GOING TO CLOSE A SCHOOL.

IF YOU SAY YOU'RE GOING TO CLOSE THE SCHOOL, YOU CAN GET AN AUDITORIUM FULL.

OTHER THAN THAT, IT BECOMES VERY DIFFICULT TO DRIVE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE WORKING.

THEY HAVE OTHER THINGS, BUT IT'S, IT'S DIFFICULT.

SO I THINK WE GOT TO FIND A WAY TO BETTER COMMUNICATE.

I HEARD, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALREADY WE'VE ALREADY BEEN DOWN THIS ROAD.

THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED.

IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

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SO IF WE ARE TRULY WE CAN JUST GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE TRULY HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THIS, WE CAN LOOK AT OUR VOTING RECORD.

BUT I THINK GOING FORWARD WE REALLY NEED TO ADDRESS IT AS A BOARD.

BUT THIS WHEN WE SAY WE'RE READY, WE'VE BEEN DOWN THIS ROAD AT LEAST TWO YEARS.

EVEN THE PREVIOUS TIME I WAS CHAIR, WE DEALT WITH THE SAME PARTICULAR ISSUE.

SO, I MEAN, ENOUGH'S ENOUGH.

I FEEL LIKE, AND IT'S GOING TO BE LEADERSHIP ON SOMEONE ON THIS BOARD TO DRAFT THE POLICY, MAYBE WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE IT MEET THE NEEDS OF BOTH THE COMMUNITY AND THE WAY WE SEE IT, BUT IT JUST HAS TO GET ADDRESSED AT THIS POINT.

YOU GOT PEOPLE ON THE SAME TEAM, YOU KNOW, TALKING BAD ABOUT EACH OTHER.

THAT'S JUST NOT WHO WE ARE AS A COMMUNITY.

IN MY OPINION THAT'S NOT THE LEGACY SOME PEOPLE HAVE LEFT US.

NOT TO CO-OPT ANYTHING OR DIMINISH THAT AT ALL.

BUT WE'VE BEEN LEFT A LEGACY TO WORK TOGETHER TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR KIDS.

AND THIS IS A GREAT THING FOR WEST DALLAS.

AND I DON'T HAVE A DOG IN THE TALKS WITH ANY OF THE NAMES.

BUT I DON'T WANT US TO FORGET THAT WE HAVE A PHENOMENAL OPPORTUNITY FOR KIDS IN WEST DALLAS, AND IT'S BIGGER THAN ANYBODY'S NAME OR ANYONE ON THIS BOARD OR ANYONE OUT THERE.

SO I HOPE WE NEVER LOSE SIGHT OF THAT.

AND THEN THE LAST THING BASED ON HOW I'M GOING TO VOTE, MY PHILOSOPHY WITH THIS BOARD, I'M VERY DEFERENTIAL TO MY COLLEAGUES.

I AM NOT PROXIMATE TO WEST DALLAS.

I SERVE THE DISTRICT THAT I SERVE, AND I FEEL LIKE I KNOW THAT DISTRICT VERY WELL.

I KNOW PIECES OF THE REST OF THE DISTRICT, BUT I CAN'T PUT MY PLACE IN THE POSITION OF ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES AND SAY I HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THAT COMMUNITY. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE A LOT ON HOW I VOTE ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE ONE, KNOWING HOW PASSIONATE TRUSTEE JOHNSON IS ABOUT THE COMMUNITY AND WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO KNOWING THAT I CAN'T PREEMPT HIS JUDGMENT WITH MINE.

AND I'VE SPENT LITTLE TO NO TIME IN WEST DALLAS IN THE LAST NINE, TEN, 11, 12 MONTHS.

I DON'T REPRESENT WEST DALLAS.

I KNOW WE ALL REPRESENT THE WHOLE DISTRICT, BUT THAT'S JUST MY PIECE.

I'LL LET TRUSTEE FLORES SPEAK NEXT.

WE'RE IN THE SECOND ROUND. IF ANYONE ELSE WANTS TO CHIME IN, FEEL FREE.

OH, I'M JUST GOING TO BE VERY BRIEF.

I THINK THAT NAMING THE SCHOOL AFTER ANY SCHOOL AFTER SOMEBODY IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.

AND I THINK IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO, YOU KNOW, NOBODY HAS DISCUSSED THE FACT THAT BOTH DOCTOR ELBA GARCIA AND DOMINGO GARCIA ARE ICONS OF THE COMMUNITY. THEY ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE WORKED DILIGENTLY AND HARD IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND THE COMMUNITIES THEY REPRESENT ON THE CITY COUNCIL, STATE REPRESENTATIVE, COUNTY COMMISSIONER, NATIONAL PRESIDENT OF LULAC TWO YEARS IN A ROW.

AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T LOSE SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT THAT THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE HONORING WITH THE NAMING DESERVE THIS NAMING BECAUSE OF THEIR COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY AND REPRESENTING THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY IN DALLAS.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU TRUSTEE FLORES.

TRUSTEE MACKEY, YOUR LIGHTS ON.

YEAH. I JUST WANT TO ECHO YOUR SENTIMENTS AND DOCTOR FLORES SENTIMENTS AS WELL.

THERE'S OBVIOUSLY FAR MORE PEOPLE THAT ARE WORTHY OF SCHOOLS NAMED AFTER THEM THAN THERE ARE SCHOOLS TO NAME THEM.

AND SO THIS IS, YOU KNOW, AND I TRUST MY COLLEAGUE, TRUSTEE JOHNSON, AND THE WORK HE HAS DONE AND CONTINUES TO BE IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO CONGRATULATIONS, AND IT'S AN HONOR TO THESE FOLKS.

AND AT THE SAME TIME, I FULLY UNDERSCORE TRUSTEE HENRY'S POINT AROUND OUR POLICY.

THIS IS A POLICY ISSUE, AND THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE CONSISTENTLY WAIVED POLICY THROUGHOUT THIS TIME.

AND UNTIL THE BOARD DOES SOMETHING ABOUT IT, THEN WE WE HAVE NOWHERE ELSE TO LOOK.

AND I WILL ALSO NOTE THAT THE TIME TO DISCUSS A POLICY ISSUE IS WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE POLICY, NOT WHEN THERE'S ANOTHER ISSUE ON THE TABLE LIKE THIS.

AND SO IF WE CAN'T PICK AND CHOOSE TO ADDRESS A POLICY, BECAUSE THIS ISSUE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW IS NOT A POLICY ISSUE, THIS IS A NAMING.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THAT.

AND AT THE SAME TIME, I UNDERSTAND I THINK I WOULD POSIT EVEN THOUGH TRUSTEE HENRY, YOU SAY YOU WON'T BE ON THE BOARD, YOU ARE PRESIDENT AND I WOULD SAY MAYBE THERE'S A WAY TO SET A COMMITTEE TO LOOK AT CW LOCAL AND PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER, BECAUSE WE HAVE FOR AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN ON THIS BOARD, EVERY SINGLE TIME WE PASS MORE WAIVERS AND WE PASS APPROPRIATELY NAMED SCHOOLS.

SO I WOULD THINK, LIKE, MAYBE WE CAN SET A COMMITTEE UP AND FOLKS CAN DO THAT AND LOOK AT THIS POLICY AND AT THE SAME TIME, TRYING TO DERAIL AN ACTUAL NAMING THAT'S BEEN ON THE BOARD AGENDA FOR TWO MONTHS IS NOT THE WAY TO DO THAT.

SO I HEAR THAT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING IT.

TRUSTEE MACKEY I DON'T I'VE LOST COUNT ON WHO'S GONE.

SECOND ROUND. HAVE YOU GONE SECOND ROUND TRUSTEE FOREMAN? DON'T KNOW, BUT I DON'T THINK CARREON HAS HAD ANYTHING TO SAY, SO I'LL GO AFTER HIM.

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THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HENRY.

NO, I JUST I MEAN, I WANT TO JUST COSIGN ON EVERYTHING YOU SAID, PRESIDENT HENRY.

AND ALSO WHAT MOST OF THE SPEAKERS HERE SAID SAID TODAY.

I MEAN, I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE THAT THIS IS WE HAVE TO LOOK AT OUR NAMING POLICY HERE IN DALLAS ISD FOR SURE.

RIGHT. IT'S LEAVING TOO MANY PEOPLE FEELING UNHEARD.

I THINK I THINK ABOUT THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.

RIGHT. AND, YOU KNOW I MEAN, THAT'S BEEN KIND OF LIKE THE, THE MAIN ISSUE FOLKS HAVE BEEN HERE ABOUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE'RE A DISTRICT THAT'S GAINING THE TRUST OF OUR RESIDENTS BECAUSE WE'RE IMPROVING ACADEMICALLY, RIGHT? WE'RE A DISTRICT THAT KEEPS THE TRUST OF OUR RESIDENTS BECAUSE WE ARE MANAGED FINANCIALLY WELL AND BY ALL EXTERNAL AUDITS AND PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS.

AND, BUT AS A BOARD, WHICH IS WITHIN OUR PURVIEW, NOT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S PURVIEW, BUT WITHIN OUR PURVIEW, THE NAMING POLICY, WE'RE SHOOTING OURSELVES IN THE FOOT AND LOSING THE TRUST OF A LOT OF OUR A LOT OF OUR NEIGHBORS, BECAUSE WE'RE SIMPLY NOT NOT ADDRESSING IT.

AND SO IT SO I COSIGN EVERYTHING YOU SAID.

PRESIDENT HENRY I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING WE CAN WE CAN FIX.

AND I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK THE WEST DALLAS NEIGHBORS THAT ARE HERE TODAY.

WEST DALLAS IS ALWAYS AN AGENT FOR CHANGE.

RIGHT? AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S I THINK ONE OF THE I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT DEFINITELY THE WEST DALLAS COMMUNITY WILL WANT TO KIND OF CIRCLE AROUND, WORK ON AND BE ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE MANY THINGS THAT WEST DALLAS HAS SPEARHEADED AND PUSHED THE CITY TO IMPROVE AND BE BETTER AT.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, CARREON, TRUSTEE FOREMAN, TRUSTEE WHITE.

WE'LL WRAP UP THERE.

OKAY. AND I'LL BE BRIEF.

TRUSTEE HENRY, YOU SAID IT'S USUALLY 9-0 OR 8 TO 1, AND I'M PROBABLY THAT ONE MOST OF THE TIME THAT VOTES AGAINST A LOT OF STUFF. BUT THAT THAT'S THE WAY, THAT'S THE WAY I ROLL.

I'M INDEPENDENT.

WELL, WHAT I WILL SAY, AND I JUST WANT TO ADDRESS ONE PARTICULAR ISSUE.

THIS IS NOT ABOUT ELBA GARCIA AND DOMINGO GARCIA.

THE ISSUE IS NOT ABOUT THOSE TWO INDIVIDUALS, AND I WILL NOT ALLOW ANYONE TO TRY TO MAKE IT ABOUT THEM.

THAT'S PART OF OUR PROBLEM.

WE GET DIVIDED TOO MUCH.

THIS IS NOT ABOUT THEM.

THIS IS THAT WE CONTINUE TO WAIVE, ALMOST EVERY TIME WE BRING A NAME, WE WAIVE POLICY.

THIS IS NOT AN ADMINISTRATION POLICY.

THIS IS A BOARD POLICY.

THE ADMINISTRATION SHOULD NOT BE CARRYING OUR WATER ON THIS POLICY.

THIS IS A BOARD POLICY.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT CHANGING IT BEFORE AND WE DID NOTHING.

ARE WE READY? ARE WE REALLY READY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE INCLUSIVE OF THE COMMUNITY? ARE WE READY? I'D ALSO JUST LIKE TO SAY BASICALLY THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH TRUST TO ME AS FAR AS WHETHER I TRUST MY COLLEAGUES AT THE, AT THIS HORSESHOE OR HALF CIRCLE, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT.

THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE HONORABLE ELBA GARCIA OR DOMINGO GARCIA.

THIS HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH AND I'M NOT SAYING NOT NAME, I SAID POSTPONED, MEANING BRINGING IT, WE CAN BRING IT BACK ON, PUT IT, PLACE IT BACK ON THE AGENDA AFTER WE GET THE RESULTS FROM THE SURVEY.

BECAUSE ONCE WE GET IT, GET THE RESULTS FROM THE SURVEY, THAT'S TRANSPARENCY TO ME.

AND I HEARD THE COMMUNITY COME OUT TODAY.

I WAS COUNTING.

I ALWAYS COUNT AND I'M AND I'M WRITING NOTES AND I'M KEEPING LOOKING WHO SAYS WHAT? IT WAS APPROXIMATELY TWO PEOPLE WHO CAME OUT IN SUPPORT OF CHANGING THE NAME.

THE REST OF THE PEOPLE SAID WE WANTED TO STAY WEST DALLAS.

IT'S IN WEST DALLAS.

WHAT IS THE SURVEY GOING TO SAY? THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING. THAT'S ALL I WOULD LIKE TO BE REVEALED.

THERE WAS TWO SURVEYS, AS A MATTER OF FACT, IF THERE IS TWO, TWO NEEDS TO COME UP BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME, AND I'M QUITE SURE IT'S IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY AS WELL BECAUSE I WANT TO KNOW, OKAY.

AND ONCE AGAIN, ONCE THE RESULTS COME OUT AND TRUSTEE JOHNSON BECAUSE I HAD QUESTIONS AFTER THIS

[02:20:07]

WE HAVE TO CHANGE LETTERHEAD, WE HAVE TO CHANGE THIS AND THAT.

AND YES, I AM, I TRY TO LOOK AT THE DISTRICT MONEY LIKE I'M SPENDING MY MONEY AND SO BUT THE PROPOSAL THAT WE, THE AMENDMENT THAT WE JUST VOTED UPON WILL MAKE SURE THAT WEST DALLAS NAME WHEN YOU SAY IT, IT WON'T BE AN AFTERTHOUGHT LIKE YOU WON'T.

SO I UNDERSTAND WHAT HE'S DOING BECAUSE I ASKED ABOUT THAT LAST TIME.

SO ONCE AGAIN HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH TRUSTEE JOHNSON PERSONALLY, I'M NOT TRYING TO GET ANYBODY UPSET, YOU OUT THERE, YOU UP HERE, BUT I JUST WANT THE INFORMATION TO BE WILL BE REVEALED NOT ONLY TO US TRUSTEES, BUT TO THE PUBLIC AS WELL.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO CLOSE THIS OUT.

TAKE A PRIVILEGE. WANT TO THANK MACKEY MENTIONED HOW MANY TIMES THIS HAS BEEN BRIEFED AND THE ATTACHMENTS AND THE DISCUSSIONS.

SO I THINK WE'RE NOT HERE TO LITIGATE HOW MANY COMMUNICATIONS AND MEETINGS THERE WERE.

AND THEN FOR THE BOARD MOVING FORWARD, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS POLICY, I'M 100% CERTAIN WE HAVE ALL VOTED TO WAIVE THIS POLICY.

EVERY SINGLE INDIVIDUAL ON THIS BOARD HAS VOTED TO WAIVE A POLICY FOR ONE MATTER OR ANOTHER.

SO I DON'T REMEMBER WHO SAID IT, BUT THIS IS US AND THIS IS OUR OWNERSHIP.

AND I THINK I HEAR CONSENSUS ON AROUND FIXING THAT.

AND THAT'S HOW I THINK WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD AND THE DEBATING ABOUT HOW MANY MEETINGS AND ALL THAT, I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S CONCERN, BUT WE JUST HAVE TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.

AND THANK YOU FOR THE PEOPLE THAT CAME HERE AND HIGHLIGHTED AND EMPHASIZE A MAJOR PROBLEM THAT WE'VE NEGLECTED, OR I'LL SAY I'VE NEGLECTED.

AS A BOARD CHAIR, I COULD HAVE SAID A COMMITTEE.

THIS COULD HAVE BEEN DONE IN THE LAST 5 OR 6 MONTHS.

WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS.

WE'VE HAD 3 OR 4 OF THESE THIS YEAR.

EVERYBODY UP HERE HAS VOTED FOR IT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.

WITHOUT NAMING THE PARTICULAR THINGS, WE'VE ALL VOTED FOR IT.

SO AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO VOTE NOW.

AND HOPEFULLY THIS IS THE LAST TIME WE VOTE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

WITH THIS POLICY.

CAN WE CAST OUR VOTES ON THE MOTION? THIS IS ON THE MOTION TO POSTPONE.

YES. WHAT WAS THE MOTION? A MOTION TO POSTPONE. OH, YEAH.

SO THE MOTION IS TO POSTPONE UNTIL TRUSTEE WHITE GETS ADDITIONAL SURVEYS.

TRUSTEES, IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION VOTE YES.

IF YOU'RE AGAINST IT, VOTE NO.

YOU CAN VOTE ELECTRONICALLY.

I VOTE NO AGAINST THE MOTION.

THANK YOU. I VOTE NO, I VOTE NO.

THE MOTION FAILS, THREE VOTING YES, SIX VOTING NO.

THANK YOU TRUSTEES, WE'RE NOW BACK ON 10.01, AS AMENDED BY TRUSTEE JOHNSON.

TRUSTEES, WOULD YOU PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES? THIS [INAUDIBLE] TRUSTEE MICCICHE.

AS A REMINDER, IT'S VOTING ON THE AMENDMENT THAT TRUSTEE JOHNSON SAID WHERE HE STRUCK OUT THE NAME AND RENAMED IT TO DOCTOR ELBA AND ELBA, EXCUSE ME AND DOMINGO GARCIA, WEST DALLAS STEM SCHOOL IF YOU WANT THAT TO BE THE LANGUAGE VOTE YES, I VOTE YES.

A POINT OF INFORMATION.

DIDN'T WE PASS THAT LANGUAGE BEFORE? WE PASSED AMENDING THE LANGUAGE.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE VOTING ON THE AGENDA ITEM AS AMENDED.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

YES. I VOTE YES.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

I VOTE YES AS WELL.

THANK YOU, I VOTE YES.

THANK YOU. YOU WANT TO CHANGE IT TO NO, TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

OKAY.

SEE.

YEAH.

ONE SECOND, PLEASE.

[02:25:14]

TWO VOTING NO.

THANK YOU TRUSTEE, YOU JUST PASSED AGENDA ITEM 10.01.

WE'RE MOVING ON TO 10.02, WHICH IS TO CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE, NEGOTIATE AND ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH RECOMMENDED LANGUAGE FOR E-RATE, ELIGIBLE NETWORK ELECTRONICS AND AND FIREWALLS FOR DISTRICT WIDE USE NOT TO EXCEED $44,700,000 OVER 63 MONTHS, INCLUDING RENEWAL OPTIONS. GENERAL, INCLUDING RENEWAL OPTIONS.

IT'S FROM GENERAL OPERATING SPECIAL REVENUE AND BOND FUNDS.

IT'S CONSENT ITEM 9.16, PULLED DUE TO REVISIONS TO HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION BY TRUSTEE FLORES.

SECOND DISCUSSION. MOTION BY TRUSTEE FLORES.

I'M SORRY, MOTION BY TRUSTEE FLORES, SECOND BY TRUSTEE JOHNSON TRUSTEE FOREMAN HAS THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.

SORRY. SO I HEARD ONE OF THE SPEAKERS SAY THAT THERE IS A WRITTEN PROTEST THAT WAS SUBMITTED ON 318. IS THAT CORRECT? YES, THAT IS CORRECT.

OKAY. AND WHAT IS OUR POLICY REGARDING MOVING FORWARD? IF THERE IS A WRITTEN PROTEST THAT HAS TO BE RESPONDED TO? OUR POLICY STATES THAT WE MUST RESPOND TO THAT WRITTEN PROTEST.

BEFORE BEFORE WE, THE BOARD VOTES ON SAID BID ITEM THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING AND WE HAVE RESPONDED TO THE PROTEST.

WHEN DID YOU RESPOND? WE SUBMITTED OUR RESPONSE TODAY JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO.

WE SUBMITTED A RESPONSE EARLIER THIS MORNING, AND WE ALSO SUBMITTED A RESPONSE THIS AFTERNOON.

THIS EVENING, BECAUSE I SAW YOU GUYS SUBMITTING A RESPONSE.

I AM GOING TO ASK THAT THIS BE PULLED UNTIL THERE IS ASSURANCE THAT WE FOLLOWED THE POLICY IN TERMS OF THE WRITTEN RESPONSE TO THIS PARTICULAR ITEM BECAUSE FROM WHAT I HEARD THE SPEAKER SAY IS, IS THAT THEY HAD NOT RECEIVED A WRITTEN RESPONSE.

SO WE WERE RECEIVED THE BID PROTEST ON MONDAY, MARCH 18TH.

WE SUBMITTED OUR RESPONSE TO SAID PROTEST ON THURSDAY, MARCH 21ST, WHICH IS TODAY.

SO WE DID RESPOND TO THE PROTEST.

MAYBE SINCE THEY'RE HERE, THEY HADN'T RECEIVED IT.

I'M GOING TO ASK THAT THIS ITEM BE PULLED, BECAUSE THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME CONFUSION IN TERMS OF IF, IN FACT, THE PROTEST THE RESPONSE TO THE PROTEST HAS BEEN RECEIVED.

WE HAVE LEGAL COUNSEL TO TRUSTEE TRUSTEE.

IT'S BEEN RECEIVED TRUSTEE FOREMAN, I HAVE THAT ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

SO IT WAS SENT THIS EVENING.

THEY RECEIVED IT. WHAT TIME? 7:21. THE INITIAL RESPONSE.

THE INITIAL RESPONSE WAS SUBMITTED THIS MORNING PRIOR TO 10 A.M..

SUPERINTENDENT, CAN YOU WORK WITH ME? THIS NEEDS TO BE..

I NEED TO ASK OUR STAFF WHAT THE WHAT THE DELAY WOULD CAUSE RESPONSE.

WELL, THE 7:21 P.M.

WAS NOT WHEN WE SUBMITTED THE ORIGINAL RESPONSE, THAT IT WAS SUBMITTED BEFORE NOON TODAY.

AND I DO WANT TO REITERATE, WE RECEIVED THE PROTEST JUST THREE DAYS AGO MONDAY.

IT WAS MONDAY AFTERNOON, AND WE DID RESPOND AND THE SPEAKER ACTUALLY ACKNOWLEDGED THEY RECEIVED IT.

THEY DISAGREE THAT IT WAS THE APPROPRIATE RESPONSE.

SO THAT'S NOTED ON THE RECORD UNDER PUBLIC COMMENT.

SO THERE'S NO DENIAL THAT THERE WAS THAT THEY RECEIVED A RESPONSE.

AND WHAT WOULD A DELAY ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM CAUSE US IN TERMS OF OUR OPERATING? SO FOR THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, WE WOULD BE APPLYING FOR E-RATE REIMBURSEMENT.

THAT APPLICATION WINDOW IS ENDS MARCH 27TH.

SO I WOULD MISS THE DEADLINE TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE E-RATE REIMBURSEMENT.

IS THAT ACCURATE? FOR NETWORK ELECTRONICS, YES.

THANK YOU. SO E-RATE REIMBURSEMENT MEANS YOU HAVE TO HAVE SPENT THE MONEY, CORRECT? CORRECT. SO WE'RE GOING TO SPEND ALL THIS MONEY BEFORE MARCH THE 27TH?

[02:30:02]

THIS IS A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT.

SO EVERY YEAR WE WILL REAPPLY FOR THE E-RATE REIMBURSEMENT.

SO WE DO NOT HAVE ANOTHER VEHICLE FOR NETWORK.

NO, MA'AM. WE PER THE BOARD'S REQUEST, WE CANCELED THE 83 FOR $84 MILLION CONTRACT THAT ALL OF THE NETWORK ELECTRONICS ACCESS POINTS AND NETWORK ELECTRONICS AND ACCESS POINTS WERE BUNDLED UP IN THAT RFP, WHICH WAS CANCELED AFTER LAST BOARD MEETING.

I'D LIKE TO ASK THE ATTORNEY WHO RECEIVED WHO GAVE US THAT 727 RESPONSE.

AND IF THERE WAS A EARLIER RESPONSE TO THAT, BECAUSE I DID SEE STAFF WORKING ON SOME RESPONSE DURING THE BOARD MEETING.

I THINK, DID I NOT HEAR THEM SAY THAT THE PROCUREMENT MANAGER HAD RESPONDED? BUT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO COME FROM THE CFO? THAT'S CORRECT. SO THE PERSON THAT ACKNOWLEDGED RECEIPT, HIS NAME IS EMMANUEL.

OKAY. SO WAS THAT ON THE EARLIER ONE OR ON THE 727 THAT ACTUALLY CAME FROM THE THE CFO? THE ONE THAT CAME FROM THE CFO WAS.

SEVEN 2720 YES.

SO CAN I MAY I INSERT HERE? HOLD ON. YES, MA'AM.

I'M STILL GETTING GATHERING INFORMATION.

SO. AND WHO RECEIVED THE EARLIER ONE THAT CAME FROM THE PROCUREMENT MANAGER? IS THAT QUESTION FOR ME? NO, FOR THE ATTORNEY I WASN'T.

I DIDN'T GET THAT ONE.

SO I, I WOULD DEFER TO TAMIKA.

OKAY. SHE'S DEFERRED TO YOU.

SO THE PROTESTER THAT SUBMITTED THE BID PROTEST.

THAT PERSON I DON'T HAVE THEIR NAME RIGHT HERE WITH ME, BUT THAT IS THE INDIVIDUAL.

THERE WERE FOUR INDIVIDUALS ON THE EMAIL THAT INCLUDED MYSELF.

SO OUR TEAM WORKED TO CRAFT THE LANGUAGE FOR THE BID RESPONSE.

THE PROTEST RESPONSE, I SHOULD SAY, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE LEGAL TEAM.

I ASKED MY PROCUREMENT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO SUBMIT THE RESPONSE, INCLUDE ME IN THE RESPONSE SO THAT WE MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE HAVE RESPONDED TO THE BID PROTEST.

AND THAT IS WHAT WENT OUT EARLIER THIS MORNING.

SINCE THAT TIME, WE WE'VE HEARD THE THE SPEAKERS AND WHATNOT, BUT WE DID SUBMIT A RESPONSE AS REQUIRED TO THE BID PROTEST.

SUPERINTENDENT, I HAVE GREAT PAUSE ABOUT THIS SITUATION.

TRUSTEES. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? YES, SIR.

IT JUST SO HAPPENED THAT I HAVE THEIR RESPONSE AND I WAS I HAVEN'T READ IT THROUGH ALL OF IT, UNFORTUNATELY, BUT. BASICALLY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I CAUGHT FROM WHAT THE REPRESENTATIVE THAT WAS SPEAKING, MISS SAMANTHA, IS IT SKOLNICK? SKOLNICK. SHE MENTIONED THAT.

PER OUR POLICY THAT THE CFO HAD TO SIGN OFF ON IT.

AND SHE MENTIONED THE NAME OF THE GENTLEMAN THAT MR. ROBINSON. SHE SAID RESPONDED.

AND SHE ALSO SAID THAT APPARENTLY PAGE TWO RESPONSE RIGHT TO PROJECT SECTION 22.

[02:35:03]

AND YOU, YOU KNOW, OVERWORKING OUR STAFF.

THIS ANY OTHER, YOU GUYS HEARD WHAT I HEARD.

BUT IN THEIR DOCUMENTATION THE ON PAGE 12 IT APPEARS THAT THEY BASICALLY WERE SAYING THAT THEY SUBMITTED A LOWER BID, YET THE DISTRICT APPEARS TO HAVE SELECTED A MUCH HIGHER PRICED PROPOSAL.

AND I UNDERSTAND THE DISTRICT HAS THE RIGHT TO, TO DO THAT.

BUT IT'S JUST AND, OF COURSE, I'M STILL LEARNING, BUT I DO HAVE QUESTIONS CONCERNING THIS, AND I, I AM ONE NOT TO WANT SINCE WE HAVE THIS DEADLINE OF THE 27TH, AND I UNDERSTAND WE NEED OUR MONEY EVERY, EVERY PENNY.

BUT WHAT WOULD IF IF THIS WERE TO TURN INTO A FULL FLEDGED LAWSUIT? WHAT IS WHAT WILL WE LOSE MORE THAN WE'RE GAINING FROM MAKING THIS DEADLINE? OR DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY? IN OUR RESPONSE TO THE THE PROTEST, WE OUTLINED EACH AREA THAT THEY ADDRESSED IN THEIR IN THEIR PROTEST, AND WE CRAFTED A RESPONSE THAT INDICATES THAT WE HAVE NOT VIOLATED ANY BOARD, LOCAL POLICY OR REGULATION AS IT RELATES TO THIS PARTICULAR RFP.

AND SO I DO NOT THINK THAT WE ARE IN JEOPARDY, AS YOU HAVE DESCRIBED, OF SAID LAWSUIT, BECAUSE WE HAVE CAREFULLY REVIEWED THAT LEGAL COUNSEL THAT CAN PROVIDE THAT LEGAL OPINION.

SO I DON'T THINK THAT'S FAIR. SO SHOULD I ADDRESS IT TO IF WE WANT TO HAVE A LEGAL DISCUSSION, WE HAVE TO GO TO CLOSED SESSION.

OKAY. MR. PRESIDENT, I SUGGEST THAT WE GO INTO CLOSED IF WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO ANY LEGAL MATTERS.

DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE ITEM? NOT IF THEY'RE LEGAL CENTER.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO TO CLOSED SESSION.

IF YOU'RE SEEKING A LEGAL OPINION, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO.

I UNDERSTAND, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, SIR.

AND YES, IF WE CAN JUST GO INTO CLOSED SESSION.

ALL RIGHT, GIVE ME A MINUTE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. PRESIDENT.

CAN I JUST CALL CLOSED SESSION? DO WE NEED A MOTION, FAY? I MOVE, WE ENTER.

LET ME SEE. SORRY.

DO I NEED A MOTION? CAN I JUST GO TO CLOSED SESSION? NO, YOU CAN GO INTO CLOSED.

TRUSTEES, IT IS 8:41.

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

AND WE'RE NOW IN CLOSED SESSION.

ALL RIGHT, TRUSTEES, THE TIME IS NOW.

WE HAVE FIVE. ONE, TWO.

YEAH, WE HAVE FIVE, FOUR, FIVE.

TIME IS NOW 8:59 P.M., WE'RE BACK FROM CLOSED SESSION.

WE DIDN'T TAKE ANY ACTION IN CLOSED SESSION.

TRUSTEES, IF THERE'S NOT ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, WE PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE ON AGENDA ITEM 10.02.

I VOTE YES.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

VOTE YES TOO. THANK YOU.

I VOTE YES.

THANK YOU.

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

THANK YOU. TRUSTEES, YOU JUST PASSED AGENDA ITEM 10.02.

IT'S THE LAST. IS IT? YEAH, IT'S THE LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA.

THANK YOU. THE TIME IS 9 P.M..

THIS MEETING IS CLOSED.

THANK YOU. YOU HAVE A GOOD EVENING.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.