Apr 25, 2024 Board Meetings

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ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

[1. NOTICE AND RETURN]

WE HAVE A QUORUM AND THIS MEETING HAS BEEN DULY POSTED I WANT TO WELCOME EVERYONE, TO THE MONTHLY BOARD MEETING OF THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

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

[2. MOMENT OF SILENCE AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]

HE SERVED AS A TRUSTEE FROM 1981 UNTIL 1990.

WE WANT TO THANK HIM FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION TO THE BOARD AND THIS DISTRICT AND THE CITY OF DALLAS.

AFTER THAT, WE'LL DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

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 ONE. WE HAVE TRUSTEE EDWIN FLORES.

DISTRICT TWO TRUSTEE SARAH WEINBERG.

DISTRICT THREE TRUSTEE DAN MICCICHE.

DISTRICT FOUR TRUSTEE CAMILLE WHITE.

DISTRICT SIX TRUSTEE JOYCE FOREMAN, DISTRICT SEVEN TRUSTEE BEN MACKEY.

DISTRICT EIGHT TRUSTEE JOE CORRIGAN.

OUR SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS DR.

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 IN ESPANOL, AND ON FACEBOOK THROUGH THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE TRUSTEE FLORES, IF YOU WILL. [SPANISH] THANK YOU, TRUSTEE FLORES.

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

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

SPEAKERS ARE CAUTIONED THAT WHAT THEY SAY COULD VIOLATE THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS UNDER THE LAW OF DEFAMATION OR INVASION OF PRIVACY, AND IF THEY'RE UNSURE OF THE LEGAL EFFECT OF THEIR REMARKS, THEY MAY WANT TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE PRIOR TO THE UTTERANCE.

ANY PERSON WHO BECOMES BOISTEROUS, DISRUPTIVE, OR FAILS TO ABIDE BY THE RULES OF THE ASSEMBLY WHILE ADDRESSING THE BOARD OR WHILE ATTENDING THIS MEETING, SHALL BE ASKED TO LEAVE. FAIL TO LEAVE WHEN REQUESTED TO DO SO MAY RESULT IN THE PERSON BEING ESCORTED FROM THE MEETING AND SUBJECT TO ARREST.

I DON'T SEE ANY ELECTED OFFICIALS TRUSTEES.

IF YOU DO, JUST CHIME IN, PLEASE.

THERE ARE NOT ANY BOARD RECOGNITIONS.

BEFORE MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM.

THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE AND GIVE A SPECIAL THANKS TO SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL'S CULINARY ARTS STUDENTS, WHO PREPARED A DELICIOUS MEAL TONIGHT FOR THE TRUSTEES THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE CHIEFS WOULD LIKE EVERYONE TO GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR SKYLINE STUDENTS [APPLAUSE].

WE ARE POSTED FOR CLOSED SESSION AND REPORTS, WE'RE GOING TO GET BACK TO THOSE.

[6. PUBLIC FORUM]

SPEAKERS THAT INSIST ON EXPOSING THE PUBLIC TO LANGUAGE SHALL BE ASKED TO LEAVE IMMEDIATELY.

FURTHER, PLEASE BE MINDFUL OF YOUR FELLOW SPEAKERS AND TO REFRAIN FROM USING INDIVIDUALS NAMES TO INCLUDING STUDENTS NAMES, AND TO ADDRESS THE BOARD AND NOT INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEES.

THE BOARD HAS ADOPTED PROCEDURES TO HEAR AND ADDRESS COMPLAINTS ABOUT SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS, AND IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT SPEAKERS AVAIL THEMSELVES OF THE GRIEVANCE POLICY TO SEEK RELIEF VIA THOSE PROCEDURES.

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

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

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

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

SPEAKERS, PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT SUBSTITUTIONS ARE NOT ALLOWED.

IF YOU SIGN UP TO SPEAK AND 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, DR.

JORDAN, IF YOU'LL PLEASE BEGIN THE CALL THE NAMES OF THE SPEAKER.

YES, SIR. GOOD EVENING.

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

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

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I WILL CALL FOUR SPEAKERS AT A TIME WOULD THE FIRST TWO SPEAKERS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.

DAEVON ROBINSON AND NELSON LEDESMA, FOLLOWED BY ROBERT CECCARELLI AND MIKE HOOK ON DECK.

DAEVON ROBINSON.

IT'S ME. YOU MAY BEGIN SPEAKING.

HELLO AND THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING YOUR TIME OUT TO LISTEN TO ME.

I COME FROM PINKSTON HIGH SCHOOL AND I COME TO REPRESENT BAM BECOMING A MAN.

BAM IS REALLY FUN.

IT'S A GOOD ACTIVITY FOR BOYS TO LEARN HOW TO BECOME A MAN, AND IT TEACHES YOU A LOT WHILE STILL BEING FUN.

WHAT I CAN REALLY SAY ABOUT IT IS THAT GIVING IT A CHANCE IT REALLY LETS YOU BECOME YOU AND HELP YOU FIND YOUR OWN PATH IN LIFE, AND I'M GLAD THAT Y'ALL GAVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THIS IN DALLAS, BECAUSE WITHOUT IT, IT WOULD BE A LOT MORE BORING IN SCHOOL.

AND IT LETS ME MEET MORE PEOPLE IN MY GRADE.

SO THAT'S A REALLY BIG PLUS ALONG WITH IT.

LIKE I SAID, IT'S REALLY FUN, SO I HOPE Y'ALL CAN KEEP IT AROUND FOR MANY YEARS FOR THE NEXT GENERATIONS TO HAVE THIS EXPERIENCE, AND THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU [APPLAUSE].

WOULD THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE NELSON LEDESMA, FOLLOWED BY ROBERT CECCARELLI AND MIKE HOOK AND ANTHONY PETERSON ON DECK. HELLO, MY NAME IS NELSON LEDESMA AND I AM A SOPHOMORE P-TECH STUDENT AT SUNSET HIGH SCHOOL, A DEBATE POLICY STATE QUALIFIER AND AN ACADEMIC DECATHLON GOLD MEDALIST.

I LOVE SUNSET AND THE FACULTY, AND THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO CREATE AN AMAZING, SUPPORTIVE CULTURE ON MY CAMPUS, BUT MY EXPERIENCES AT OTHER SCHOOLS IN DALLAS ISD HAVE NOT BEEN SO FORTUNATE. I STILL VIVIDLY REMEMBER MY FIRST SCHOOL SHOOTER THREAT IN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

THE ROUTINE DAY WAS ABRUPTLY SHATTERED, TEACHERS AND STAFF DIRECTING US INTO A CLASS INTO A ROOM TO TAKE SHELTER.

I REMEMBER US ALL WANTING TO HIDE UNDER THE TABLE BECAUSE WE FELT IT WAS SAFER.

DESPITE THE PRESENCE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OUTSIDE, THEIR ASSURANCE FELT HOLLOW IN A COMMUNITY HAUNTED BY STORIES OF POLICE BRUTALITY.

I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO FEEL.

ON THE ONE HAND, I FELT AS THOUGH I SHOULD BE WORRIED FOR MY SAFETY.

ON THE OTHER HAND, THE OTHER STUDENTS SEEMED TO ACCEPT IT AS NORMAL, AS IF IT WAS HABIT.

I FELT PARALYZED IN A SPACE THAT WAS NEITHER BLACK OR WHITE, BUT GRAY.

SHOULD I HAVE BEEN PANICKING OR SHOULD I HAVE JUST SCROLLED ON MY PHONE LIKE MY CLASSMATES? THIS MARKED THE BEGINNING OF WHERE FEAR BECAME A CONSTANT COMPANION, OVERSHADOWING OUR ABILITY TO LEARN AND THRIVE.

WHILE THESE TERRIFYING EXPERIENCES WERE HAPPENING IN THE FOREGROUND, BUT BEHIND THE CURTAIN, WE WOULD EXPERIENCE DAILY INFRASTRUCTURE INEQUITY.

WHILE THE THREATS OF GUN VIOLENCE WAS A CONSTANT COMPANION, WE ALSO EXPERIENCED A GREAT DEAL OF SEEMINGLY MINOR BUT CONSTANT HARM TO OUR WELL-BEING.

FOR EXAMPLE, LET'S TALK ABOUT NUTRITION.

ON THE DAILY WE HAD FROZEN MILK, PLASTIC WRAP USED TO BAG SANDWICHES, AND ON A RARE OCCASION, MOLD GROWING ON REHEATED FRIED CHICKEN.

EVEN THE WATER WE LEARNED, WE LEARNED NOT EVEN THE WATER TASTED TERRIBLE.

WE LEARNED NOT TO RELY ON OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES TO PROVIDE FOOD AND WATER, AND TO BRING OUR OWN INSTEAD.

IF WE WERE EVEN FORTUNATE TO HAVE THAT ACCESS AT HOME, SO MANY STUDENTS WOULD JUST THROW AWAY THEIR LUNCHES OR WOULDN'T EAT AT ALL.

IMAGINE TRYING TO FOCUS AND LEARN WHILE YOUR STOMACH IS GROWLING IN HUNGER FOR YOUR MIND, OR YOUR MIND RACES WITH FEAR.

HOW CAN WE EXPECT OUR TEACHERS TO PRIORITIZE EDUCATION WHEN THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF STUDENTS HANG IN THE BALANCE? SADLY, MY EXPERIENCES ARE NOT UNIQUE.

MANY OF MY FRIENDS ACROSS THE DISTRICTS HAVE GONE THROUGH SIMILAR HARDSHIPS, AS EXEMPLIFIED BY THE RECENT VIOLENCE AT WILMER-HUTCHINS.

IT BEGS THE QUESTION, WHAT WILL YOU DO TO ADDRESS THE PERVASIVE INEQUALITY THAT ROBS OUR CHILDREN OF THEIR RIGHTS TO QUALITY EDUCATION? AS WE CONTEMPLATE THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION, LET US REJECT THE NOTION THAT TEST SCORES SHOULD DICTATE THE ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES.

EDUCATION IS NOT A BUSINESS.

IT IS A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT THAT SHOULD BE AFFORDED TO ALL, REGARDLESS OF ZIP CODE OR SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS.

DEMANDING ACCOUNTABILITY, ACCOUNTABILITY OF OUR LEADERS, AND STRIVING TOWARDS A FUTURE WHERE THEY WHERE EVERY CHILD HAS ACCESS TO SAFE, NURTURING ENVIRONMENTS IN WHICH THEY CAN LEARN AND GROW. THANK YOU [APPLAUSE].

THANK YOU WOULD THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONES.

ROBERT CECCARELLI AND MIKE HOOK WITH ANTHONY PETERSON AND SONYA DAVIS ON DECK, ROBERT CECCARELLI NOT PRESENT, MIKE HOOK AND ANTHONY PETERSON, FOLLOWED BY SONYA DAVIS AND ANTOINESHA JEFFERSON.

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OUR CITY OF DALLAS, COUNTY OF DALLAS GOES THROUGH CONTINUED HARD TIMES.

I WANT TO BRING UP THE NAME OF A COP NAMED BRANDON TATUM.

BRANDON TATUM HAS A RADIO SHOW, AND HE ESPOUSES A LOT OF INTELLIGENT INFORMATION AS IT REGARDS OUR CURRENT AFFAIRS IN OUR COUNTRY. SO BRANDON TATUM, I RECOMMEND THE PARENTS LOOK HIM UP.

SPEAKING OF PARENTS, THE GARBAGE IN IN OUR SOCIETY AT LARGE AND IN PARTICULAR DALLAS.

THIS IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED BY THE TAXPAYERS, THE PARENTS, THE TEACHERS.

GOVERNMENT IS NOT THE ANSWER.

THIS WILL NOT BE FIXED BY ANYTHING BUT WE THE PEOPLE.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL DOWN IN SOUTH DALLAS CALLED KENNEDY CURRY WAS HIJACKED BY SOME FOLKS AND RENAMED THAT SCHOOL I INTEND TO WITH OTHER FOLKS FROM HOPEFULLY EVENTUALLY NORTH SOUTH EAST WEST DALLAS AND CENTRAL DALLAS GET THAT ATROCITY REMOVED AND GET THE THE NAME KENNEDY CURRY REINSTATED, AS IT SHOULD BE.

THAT'S ROBBERY OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY THERE.

A LOT OF THEIR HISTORY, A LOT OF THEIR IDENTITY, AND DR.

CURRY, I'M SURE WOULD WOULD BE DISMAYED AT THE WAY OUR SOCIETY IS BEING CONDUCTED.

I THINK THAT NUMBER FIVE WAS AT LEAST A KEY PLAYER IN THAT, AND ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT NUMBER SIX ALSO APPROPRIATELY EXPRESSED DISMAY AT THE PAY RAISE FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT.

SO WE NEED TO KEEP THAT IN THE FOREFRONT OF OUR MINDS, AND OF COURSE, WE NEED TO KEEP THE TEACHERS IN MIND.

WE NEED TO GET GET THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAY OUT OF OUR TEACHERS WAY SO THEY CAN TEACH OUR KIDS TO READ, WRITE AND DO MATH.

THAT'S HOW WE GET HAPPY KIDS.

NUMBER FIVE IS MAXIE JOHNSON, NUMBER SIX.

THANK YOU, MR. HOOK. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

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

ANTHONY PETERSON AND SONYA DAVIS, FOLLOWED BY ANTOINESHA JEFFERSON AND SONIA TUBBS ON DECK.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES STUDIES, RESEARCH STUDIES AND RESEARCH FROM SOME OF THE GREATEST INTELLECTUAL MINDS CONCLUDE WITH THE FOLLOWING.

BLACK HIGH SCHOOL MALES ARE OFTEN MARGINALIZED, STIGMATIZED, AND VICTIMIZED.

INNER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTS, OFTEN THAN NOT, FAILS TO NURTURE, SUPPORT, AND PROTECT BLACK HIGH SCHOOL BOYS.

ON APRIL THE 12TH, 2024 AT WILBUR HIGH SCHOOL, THE DISTRICT FAILED TO PROTECT OUR STUDENTS.

THE DISTRICT KNOWINGLY AND AND NEGLIGENTLY BREACHED THEIR OWN POLICY AND PROMISED TO PROTECT STUDENTS.

THE SOUTHERN SECTOR SCHOOLS, ESPECIALLY WHERE THERE IS A LARGE POPULATION OF BLACK STUDENTS, HAS A NOTICEABLE RELAXED ENVIRONMENT WITH LOW EXPECTATIONS FROM BLACK MALE STUDENTS.

THIS IS A HISTORICAL PRACTICE WITH THE NEGLIGENT HOPE THAT THEY WILL NOT KILL EACH OTHER WHILE ON DISTRICT PROPERTY.

THIS VIOLENT PRACTICE ALSO OCCURS ON SCHOOL BUSSES.

BULLYING AND PHYSICAL VIOLENCE ON MANY ROUTES HAS BECOME THE NORM.

THE DISTRICT DOES NOT PROTECT, SUPPORT NOR NURTURE THESE YOUNG BLACK MALE BUS RIDERS.

MANY OF THE GUNS AND DRUGS ARE TRAFFICKED INTO THE SCHOOLS PER THE SCHOOL BUS.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES THE DISTRICT IS FAILING MANY OF OUR INNER CITY, LOW SOCIOECONOMIC BLACK MALE STUDENTS.

THE DISTRICT HAS FAILED ITS LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY TO ESTABLISH AND CONSISTENTLY PROVIDE A SAFE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR STUDENTS.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES THE GREAT PROFESSOR, ACTIVIST, AND AUTHOR CORNEL WEST WROTE A WELL KNOWN BOOK TITLED RACE MATTERS.

AS MUCH AS MUCH AS WE WANT TO PAINT THE BEAUTIFUL PSYCHOLOGICAL IMAGE THAT ALL STUDENTS ARE TREATED EQUAL, WE KNOW THAT'S NOT TRUE FOR THE DISTRICT.

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BOARD MEMBERS RESEARCH THE PROBLEM, FIND RESOURCES, IMPLEMENT PROGRAMS THAT WILL CURB THIS BLACK OR BLACK MALE SCHOOL VIOLENCE. SET THE TONE.

CHANGE THE NARRATIVE, AND LAST, MADAM SUPERINTENDENT, IT HAS BEEN 13 DAYS SINCE THE SHOOTING AT WILMER-HUTCHINS HIGH SCHOOL.

YOU HAVE SEVERELY DISRESPECTED US.

YOU KNOW, OUR DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES HAVE ADDRESSED THE PARENTS OF WILMER-HUTCHINS HIGH SCHOOL.

BLACK FOLKS AND OTHERS IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR COMMUNITY HAVE QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS.

WHAT ARE YOU COVERING UP? WHAT REALLY HAPPENED? IT HAS BEEN REPORTED BY RELIABLE SOURCES THAT THE SAME GUN WAS IN THE SCHOOL THE DAY BEFORE THE SHOOTING, AND THAT THE EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATION, ADMINISTRATION, INCLUDING YOURSELF, KNEW ABOUT IT.

IS THIS THE WAY YOU TREAT THE BLACK COMMUNITY? IS THIS THE WAY YOU TREAT IT? THE BLACK COMMUNITY IN AUSTIN, THOSE WERE OUR BABIES THAT WAS VICTIMIZED.

THAT'S THAT WAS OUR BLOOD ON THE FLOOR.

OUR LIVES MATTER.

OUR THOUGHTS MATTER, OUR FEELINGS.

THANK YOU, MR. PETERSON.

YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED [APPLAUSE].

WOULD THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.

SONYA DAVIS, FOLLOWED BY ANTOINESHA JEFFERSON WITH SONIA TUBBS AND [INAUDIBLE] MARTINEZ ON DECK SONIA DAVIS. NOT PRESENT ANTOINESHA JEFFERSON, FOLLOWED BY SONIA TUBBS.

NOT PRESENT.

SONIA TUBBS, FOLLOWED BY [INAUDIBLE] MARTINEZ.

SONIA TUBBS.

NOT PRESENT.

[INAUDIBLE] MARTINEZ.

NOT PRESENT.

WILL THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE? CARLOS RODRIGUEZ NOT PRESENT.

MERCY MURCHISON.

FOLLOWED BY CHARITY MACKLEMORE.

MERCY MURCHISON.

NOT PRESENT.

CHARITY MACKLEMORE FOLLOWED BY RAFINI JUNE BLACKWELL WITH OLIVIA DESTRAIN AND [INAUDIBLE] JACKSON ON DECK.

HELLO, BOARD. GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

I AM CHARITY MACKLEMORE.

I'M HERE REPRESENTING SHADY OAKS HOA.

WE ARE IN DALLAS CITY, DALLAS COUNTY.

WE ARE ON THE BORDER.

KIND OF OUT IN THE OUTSKIRTS.

WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY ARE STUDENT ACTIVITIES THAT ARE DANGEROUS WITHIN OUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD.

AT THIS POINT, IT'S BEEN GOING ON.

WE HAVE BEEN WORKING, TRYING TO DEAL WITH OUR LOCAL ADMINISTRATION.

WE REALLY LIKE TO BRING THIS IN FRONT OF THE BOARD AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF OUR ISSUES.

WE STARTED OUR COMMUNITY IN 2017.

IN 2019, WE FINISHED BUILDING OUR COMMUNITY.

SINCE THEN, WE HAVE SEEN A RISE IN YOUNG PEOPLE FROM THE SEAGOVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE SEAGOVILLE HIGH SCHOOL SHARING THE PROPERTY LINE WITH OUR COMMUNITY.

WE'VE ACTUALLY SEEN THEM WITH HIGH LEVELS OF TRUANCY, PROPERTY DAMAGE, PHYSICAL ASSAULTS, FIRE DAMAGE, OVERALL ILLEGAL CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDING MANY CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES AGAINST EACH OTHER AS WELL AS PEOPLE WITHIN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE ATTEMPTED TO USE 911 SERVICES, OUR SCHOOL OFFICIALS, LOCAL POLICE AND MADE OUR OWN ATTEMPTS TO ADDRESS THESE STUDENTS AND THEIR BEHAVIORS.

WE'VE ONLY SEEN AN INCREASE IN 2021, 22 AND 23.

HOUSES HAVE BEEN SET ON FIRE.

CHILDREN HAVE BEEN CAUGHT IN INAPPROPRIATE ACTS, SEXUAL AND OTHERWISE.

WE HAVE RECEIVED PROPERTY DAMAGE TO ONLY OUR COMMUNITY PARK, BUT OUR HOMES.

THIS CONTINUES TO ESCALATE.

SO DOES OUR FRUSTRATION.

WE'RE ASKING THE ADMINISTRATION TO HELP AND WE ARE GETTING THE ANSWER.

WELL ONCE THEY ARE OFF PROPERTY, THEY ARE NOT OUR PROBLEM.

THAT ANSWER NO LONGER WORKS FOR US.

WE NEED THE STRATEGY LOOKED AT.

WE NEED SOME TYPE OF ANSWER FOR WHY THEY ARE GETTING OFF PROPERTY AS THEY HAVE BEEN.

WE EVEN HAVE GONE AS FAR AS HAVING SOME OF THE ADMINISTRATION AT THE LOCAL SCHOOLS ADDED TO OUR FACEBOOK PAGE.

SO ON A DAILY BASIS, THEY CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE 10 TO 20 TO 40 ON SOME DAYS SKIPPING SCHOOL.

THE PROPERTY LINE IS AN OPEN PROPERTY LINE.

THERE IS NO FENCE. YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THESE STUDENTS WALKING ACROSS THE ACTUAL PROPERTY THEMSELVES.

WE CAN SEE THAT WE DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THE RESOURCE OFFICERS AND THE ADMINISTRATION AT THE SCHOOL HAVE CHOSEN TO TAKE THE ATTITUDE OF A LACKADAISICAL SECURITY.

THE KIDS ARE IN DANGER AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS ALSO IN DANGER, AND TO JUST TO KIND OF EXPAND ON THE ACTUAL DAMAGE THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE LAST THREE YEARS.

WE'VE HAD FOUR HOMES THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY BROKEN INTO THAT WERE EITHER BEING THE BANKS WERE TRYING TO, TO RESELL WAS IN FORECLOSURE OR IT WAS BEING SOLD BY THE ACTUAL HOMEOWNER THEMSELVES.

HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THESE FOUR HOMES.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE A HOME THAT JUST TWO MONTHS AGO WAS SET ON FIRE WITH STUDENTS INSIDE THE HOUSE.

THE STUDENTS DID IT.

THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THEY DID IT.

BUT THE ISSUE IS THAT BESIDES THE SPREADING OF FIRE, BESIDES THE FACT THAT WE ARE ON THE OUTSKIRTS, WE'RE NOT GETTING ASSISTANCE FROM 911.

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WE ARE NOT SEEING THE TYPE OF SUPPORT THAT WE BELIEVE WE SHOULD BE SEEING AS A COMMUNITY AND A CITY, BUT TRUTHFULLY, WE'RE SCARED FOR THESE KIDS.

WE SEE THEM FIGHT EACH OTHER.

YOU'RE WELCOME TO LOOK THROUGH THE PAMPHLETS WE SENT OUT.

I APOLOGIZE, SOME OF THE PICTURES ARE FROM VIDEOS, SO THEY'RE VERY NOT THE BEST, BUT HOWEVER, I HAVE OVER 40 VIDEOS FROM JUST THE LAST TWO YEARS OF THESE KIDS IN OUR IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD FIGHTING EACH OTHER.

THEY HAVE GREAT HIDDEN SPOTS.

THEY HAVE. THANK YOU, MISS MACKLEMORE YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

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

RAFINI JUNE BLACKWELL AND OLIVIA DESTRAIN, FOLLOWED BY [INAUDIBLE] JACKSON AND MARY ANN HOSKINS.

YOU MAY BEGIN SPEAKING.

HELLO. YES, I'M. I'M HERE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF DISD DISTRICT FIVE.

ON THE INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED AT WILMER-HUTCHINS.

I AM A MOM WHO DIDN'T SAY ONE TIME ABOUT THINGS NOT WORK GOING ACCORDINGLY.

I SPOKE OUT MANY TIMES.

I REACHED OUT TO THE SCHOOL BOARD, SPOKE WITH A COUPLE OF PEOPLE.

THEY ALWAYS GOT MY NAME, MY NUMBER, LISTENED TO ME, SAID, THEY'RE GOING TO CALL ME BACK.

I HAVE VOICED MULTIPLE TIMES THAT Y'ALL ARE NOT FOLLOWING PROTOCOL.

I SIT UP BECAUSE I HAVE A CHILD THAT I'M NOT GOING TO LIE, SHE'S SHE'S A LITTLE UNRULY AT TIMES.

SO I WAS AT THAT SCHOOL MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE.

I'VE SEEN STUDENTS GO IN, METAL DETECTORS GO OFF, IT LIGHTS RED AND IT SIRENS.

IT DON'T JUST THINK, THINK, THINK NO WHEN IT'S SIRENS, THERE'S AN ALERT.

THERE IS A MATERIAL FITTING THE DESCRIPTION OF A WEAPON, BUT YET Y'ALL TURN THIS HISPANIC CHILD AROUND BECAUSE HE HAS ON BLUE JEANS.

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT BABY HAD TO GO THROUGH THAT NIGHT, BUT HE CAME TO GET HIS EDUCATION, BUT Y'ALL LETTING THESE KIDS GO THROUGH THIS METAL DETECTOR AND IT'S GOING OFF.

THERE WERE NEVER AN OFFICER UP THERE CHECKING BAGS OR THE STUDENTS.

IT'S ALWAYS A TEACHER OR THE LADY AT THE FRONT TAKING IDS FROM THE PARENTS AND GETTING THE INFORMATION BEFORE THEY SIGN THEIR KIDS OUT OF SCHOOL.

I HAVE VOICED MULTIPLE TIMES IT'S GOING TO BE A SCHOOL SHOOTING.

IT'S GOING TO BE A SCHOOL SHOOTING.

NO ONE WILL LISTEN.

IT'S NOT FAIR.

I FEEL LIKE BECAUSE THIS WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED IN CEDAR HILL.

THIS WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED IN RED OAK, BUT BECAUSE OUR CHILDREN ARE BROWN SKINNED IT HAPPENED BECAUSE I SCREAMED IT TO THE POINT WHERE MY KIDS SAID, MAMA, YOU'RE EMBARRASSING US. STOP! NO, THE MOTHER IS GOING OFF THEIR FAVORITE LINE AT WILMER-HUTCHINS IS I'M SORRY WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MANPOWER.

WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MANPOWER.

I EVEN ON NEWS BREAKS, SEND OUT A VIDEO ONE TIME OF THE KIDS STANDING OUTSIDE IN THE RAIN.

SCHOOL STARTS AT 9:30.

IT'S 9:50.

WHY AREN'T Y'ALL LETTING THESE KIDS IN THE SCHOOL? WELL, WE AIN'T GOT ENOUGH STAFF RIGHT NOW.

WE AIN'T GOT ENOUGH MANPOWER.

THEY'RE OUT THERE GETTING WET. WHY? BECAUSE WE'RE BROWN SKINNED. BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY EIGHT WHITES IN THE SCHOOL.

THAT'S NOT FAIR, AND THEN I'M ALSO BECAUSE I'M NOT FROM HERE.

WE'VE BEEN HERE A YEAR NOW, AND TO HEAR THAT OH, I WISH MORE PARENTS WOULD SPEAK OUT FOR THE CHILDREN LIKE YOU DO, MISS BLACKWELL.

I'M LIKE, WHY DON'T THEY? WELL, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A TRANSITIONING AREA.

I'VE NEVER HEARD THAT BEFORE IN MY LIFE.

WHAT'S A TRANSITIONING AREA? WELL, YOU KNOW WHERE WE HAVE THE HISPANICS WHO ARE DEPORTED OVER OR JUST GOT OVER OR THE PRISON SYSTEM.

THEY HAVE CONTRACTS WITH THESE APARTMENTS AROUND HERE.

I'M NOT TRANSITIONING.

I PAY MIDDLE CLASS RENT ON A ON A NICE ROAD.

THE FACT THAT MY DAUGHTER WAS SHAKING, SHAKING, SHAKING WHEN I PICKED HER UP.

I'VE TAUGHT MY CHILDREN, IF YOU CAN GET AWAY, GET AWAY, AND THAT'S WHAT SHE DID.

SHE DID NOT STAY IN THAT BUILDING WAITING TO GET KILLED.

SHE CALLED ME AND SAID, MAMA, CAN YOU COME GET ME? I WENT AND GOT HER AND SHE WAS TERRORIZED.

THIS IS SAD.

THANK YOU, MISS BLACKWELL.

YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED [APPLAUSE].

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

OLIVIA DESTRAIN AND [INAUDIBLE] JACKSON, FOLLOWED BY MARY ANN HOSKINS AND SABRINA BRENHAM ON DECK.

HI EVERYONE. MY NAME IS LYDIA AND I'M A PARENT OF DALLAS ISD.

I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT SOME THINGS THAT I HAVE IT IN MY HEART SINCE THE LAST BOARD MEETING.

WE WANT PEACE.

WE WANT SAFETY.

WE WANT CHILDREN TO NOT DEAL WITH DEPRESSION, SUICIDAL THOUGHTS, AND KNOW WHO THEY ARE AND BE CONFIDENT, BUT WE BELIEVE, I BELIEVE WE CANNOT HAVE PEACE, SAFETY, HEALTHY, EMOTIONAL KIDS WITHOUT GOD.

RECENTLY OUR DAUGHTER IN MY DAUGHTER'S SCHOOL, THE TEACHER STOPPED THE STUDENTS TWICE FOR TALKING ABOUT JESUS.

SHE'S JUST IN SECOND GRADE.

THEY WANT TO ELIMINATE GOD EVEN FROM OUR KIDS CONVERSATION, BUT WE ARE GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.

MANY PEOPLE, MANY PEOPLE ARE TALKING THEY THAT THEY WANT GOD BACK IN OUR SCHOOL, BUT WE CANNOT HAVE HIM BACK IN OUR SCHOOL, IN OUR SOCIETY, IF HE'S NOT BACK IN OUR LIFE.

I WANT TO ASK YOU A SIMPLE QUESTION.

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DO YOU KNOW GOD? DO YOU WANT TO KNOW HIM MORE? I HAVE LETTERS THAT THEY WILL GIVE YOU AT THE END.

IT'S CALLED A FATHER'S LOVE LETTER.

I ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES AND READ IT AND MEDITATE ON IT.

ONE DAY ALL OF US WILL GIVE AN ACCOUNT TO GOD FOR WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN OUR LIFE, AND HOW WE MANAGE THE INFLUENCE THAT WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN US. I WANT TO INFLUENCE THE YOUNG GENERATION NOT JUST TO HAVE A GOOD EDUCATION, BUT TO MAKE SURE THEY KNOW THE REAL MEANING OF LIFE AND WHAT IS THEIR PURPOSE.

WE HAVE TO USE OUR VOICE TO MAKE A POSITIVE INFLUENCE IN EVERYONE AROUND US, AND ESPECIALLY IN OUR YOUNG GENERATION.

I BRING THIS ROPE AS A TO SYMBOLIZE.

IMAGINE THIS ROPE WILL NEVER END, AND THIS IS LIKE AN THIS IS LIKE A RED PART IS VERY SMALL.

THIS IS OUR LIFE IN THIS WORLD, AND THIS IS THE ETERNITY, AND HOW WE SPEND OUR THIS SHORT LIFE IN THIS WORLD WILL INFLUENCE OUR ETERNITY AND LEADERS, BOARD LEADERS, EVERYONE AROUND US.

GOD, GIVE US SPECIAL YOU THIS POSITION FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.

I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO USE YOUR POWER, YOUR INFLUENCE, IN SUCH A WAY THAT ONE DAY GOD WILL REWARD YOU FOR THE GOOD WORKS THAT YOU DID FOR OUR KIDS AND FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] WOULD THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.

[INAUDIBLE] JACKSON AND MARY ANN HOSKINS, FOLLOWED BY SABRINA BRENHAM AND JOSHUA MITCHELL ON DECK.

TO THE STAKEHOLDERS BOARD MEMBER, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOL NAPPERBY JACKSON I LIVE AT 2851 TOLUCA, DALLAS, TEXAS 75224.

FOR THE RECORD, I RECEIVED A CALL ABOUT ME SPEAKING TONIGHT THAT DISTURBED ME.

I AM A STAKEHOLDER IN THE DISD AND MY VOICE WILL NOT BE SILENCED.

DR. KING SAID OUR LIVES BEGIN TO END THE DAY WE BECOME SILENT ABOUT THE THINGS THAT MATTER.

I HAVE BEEN LOOKING AND I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THE NIGHT TO BECOME THE DAY.

ALL THE FORM THINGS I WANT TO DO.

I'VE BEEN PATIENT AND I'VE BEEN KIND, BUT THE BODY IS RUNNING OUT OF TIME.

I WANTED TO COME TO SPEAK IN MARCH, BUT THE SCHEDULE WOULD NOT LET ME.

THE DAUGHTER AND THE SON AND THE GRANDCHILDREN CAME IN TO CELEBRATE THE 75 BIRTHDAY.

MARCH IS ALSO WOMEN MONTH.

SO LET YOU LET ME GIVE YOU MY PICK.

TRUSTEE FOREMAN OF DISTRICT SIX TRUSTEE WHITE OF DISTRICT FOUR, PRO TEM CAROLYN KING, HONOR OF DISTRICT FOUR CITY COUNCIL.

I PULLED THIS NAME FROM THE FACEBOOK.

FROM MY EMAIL ONE OF DISD FINEST THE OLD KILMER NIGHT DR., KEISHA CROWLEY DAVID JOY REID FROM MSNBC, D.A.

[INAUDIBLE] WILLIAMS IN GEORGIA, D.A.

LETITIA JAMES IN NEW YORK IS NOTHING LIKE THE SOUL OF A BLACK WOMAN.

THE TWO DAD IS SOMETHING THAT NO WHITE WOMAN OR WHITE MEN HAVE EVER DID IS TO BRING DONALD TRUMP INTO COURT FOR HIS MISDEED.

FOR THE RECORD, DONALD J.

TRUMP DID NOT MAKE AMERICAN RACIST OR GREAT.

HE MADE THE RACIST FEEL COMFORTABLE ENOUGH TO SHOW THEIR FACE IN PUBLIC.

MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE I WOULD LIKE TO READ THE OPEN LETTER OF DR.

JIM CROW, BUT I'M ONLY GOING TO READ ONE LINE.

DR. CROW SAID, JUST CONTINUE DANCING, SINGING AND DISTRUST AND HATE ONE ANOTHER.

DR. KING BEEN GONE SOME 70, 57 YEARS.

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY ABOUT THE I KNOW YOU, DR.

KING, HAVE TURNED OVER IN YOUR GRAVE SEVERAL TIMES AS WE FIND OUT.

THANK YOU, MISS JACKSON.

YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED [APPLAUSE].

WOULD THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.

MARY ANN HOSKINS AND SABRINA BRENHAM WITH JOSHUA MITCHELL AND TAMIKA SEATON ON DECK.

MARY ANN HOSKINS NOT PRESENT.

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SABRINA BRENHAM NOT PRESENT.

JOSHUA MITCHELL FOLLOWED BY TAMIKA SEATON.

JOSHUA MITCHELL.

NOT PRESENT.

TAMIKA SEATON, FOLLOWED BYVAMIKA SMITH WITH FRED GONZALES AND JASMINE FLORES ON DECK.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS TAMIKA SEATON, ALUMNI OF THE L.G.

PINKSTON HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1991, AS I SERVED ALSO THERE AS THE CROWNING MISS PINKSTON.

I HAVE DONE MANY WORKS AND DEEDS IN THAT HIGH SCHOOL.

I TAKE REALLY GREAT PRIDE IN MY SCHOOL THAT I GREW UP IN, AND THAT HELPED SHAPE ME TO BE THE PERSON THAT I AM TODAY.

I STAND BEFORE YOU AS A COSMETOLOGY REPRESENTATIVE FOR 35 YEARS, REQUESTING TO BRING BACK THE COSMETOLOGY PROGRAM AND THE BARBERING PROGRAM. AS WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL JUST REACHED A MILESTONE, AND I AM FRIENDS WITH THE MANSEL ROBINSON THAT IS SPEARHEADING THAT OVER AT THAT SCHOOL. I'M A PRODUCT OF THE WEST DALLAS AREA.

I NOT ONLY LEARNED FROM AN EDUCATIONAL PERSPECTIVE, BUT I ALSO LEARNED FROM A FUTURE ENTREPRENEUR SIDE.

I ARGUE WITH MY COUNSELOR, MISS STEWART, THE GREAT LATE MISS STEWART.

SHE RAN ME DOWN.

SHE SHE WAS SO DETERMINED THAT I WAS GOING TO GO TO COLLEGE.

I SAID, MISS STEWART, THAT'S NOT IN MY BLOOD.

THAT'S NOT WHAT I HAVE TO BE IN MY FUTURE.

THAT'S NOT WHAT I SEE, BUT SHE PRESSED AND PRESSED ME ANYWAYS.

SHE FOUGHT WITH ME EVERY CHANCE SHE GOT, BUT I HELD TRUE TO THE GIFT GOD HAD GIVEN ME IN MY HANDS.

MY PEERS BECAME MY CLIENTS AS THEY ATTENDED COUNTLESS CORONATION BALLS AND PROMS OR JUST PERSONAL OUTINGS.

I WAS PREPARING MYSELF FOR A FUTURE THAT ONE COULD HAVE EVER DREAMED OF.

ALTHOUGH COLLEGES WERE ACCEPTING ME, I CHOSE A DIFFERENT CAREER PATH.

NOT EVERY CHILD OR STUDENT WILL FIND THEIR PURPOSE THROUGH A FOUR YEAR COLLEGE INSTITUTION.

I DISCOVERED MINES THROUGH WANTING TO MAKE WOMEN SMILE.

IT WAS MY FAVORITE THING TO DO AND I FELL IN LOVE WITH IT.

I SAID ALL OF THAT TO SAY THIS, THOSE DAYS OF COLLEGE DEGREES ARE NOT THE SAME AS BEFORE.

THE NEW GENERATIONS ARE MORE BRIGHTER IN THEIR CRAFTINESS, CREATIVITY, AND THEY ARE VERY IMPACTFUL.

THE SKILLS THEY POSSESS DOESN'T COME FROM AN INSTITUTION, BUT FROM A SPACE OF PASSION AND PURPOSE.

PLEASE ALLOW THEM TO BE BETTER VERSIONS OF THEMSELVES THROUGH TRADES.

I BECAME A BETTER LISTENER.

I BECAME A CONFIDANT, A FRIEND AND A COACH TO PUSH MANY ACROSS THE PATHS THEY FELT WERE IMPOSSIBLE.

I BELIEVE IF YOU BRING BACK THE PROGRAMS OR ESTABLISH A NEW PROGRAM FOR US, OUR STUDENTS GET TO LIVE OUT LOUD THROUGH THEIR CREATIVITY AND COUNTLESS OPPORTUNITIES TO GROW AND EXCEL IN THE BEAUTY INDUSTRY AS MYSELF.

L.G. PINKSTON HIGH SCHOOL DESERVES TO BE ABLE TO NOT ONLY PROMOTE CORPORATE CAREERS, BUT TRADES AS WELL.

THE COSMETOLOGY AND BARBERING INDUSTRY SERVES THE WORLD WE LIVE IN, IN SO MANY FACETS.

WE ALL CAN ATTEST TO THAT TODAY BECAUSE WE'VE ALL SAT IN THE CHAIR OF SOMEONE THAT WE TRUST.

THANK YOU, MISS SEATON YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

WOULD THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.

VAMIKA SMITH AND FRED GONZALEZ, FOLLOWED BY JASMINE FLORES AND TANYA HERNANDEZ.

HELLO, I'M VAMIKA SMITH, AND I'M HERE TO THANK YOU FOR ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT YOU HAVE OUT THERE FOR OUR YOUNG GENTLEMAN.

I'M A PROUD MOTHER OF DEAVON ROBINSON, AND HE GOES TO L.G.

PINKSTON HIGH SCHOOL AND HE'S IN THE BAND PROGRAM.

I AM GRATEFUL FOR THAT PROGRAM BECAUSE IT GAVE ME A WAY TO COMMUNICATE WITH MY SON BEING A SINGLE MOTHER, IT GIVES THEM A WAY TO COMMUNICATE WITH OTHER YOUNG BOYS AND MEN TOO THAT HE DOESN'T WANT TO CONFIDE ME IN.

SO HE HAS AN OUTLET FOR, AND THAT PROGRAM TO ME IS GREAT.

IT'S GIVING HIM FRIENDS THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE AND ALSO GIVING HIM A SPACE TO EXPLORE HIMSELF AND BE HIMSELF AND TO MANEUVER THROUGH LIFE WITH OTHER PEOPLE AND NOT WITH JUST WHAT MOM SAYS OR WHAT DAD SAYS, BUT ALSO WHAT EVERYONE ELSE IS SAYING.

HE HAS HIS OWN OWN MINDSET IN THAT PROGRAM, AND TO ME, I AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE PROGRAM BECAUSE IT GIVES HIM, LIKE I SAID, AN OUTLET TO GET EVERYTHING OUT THAT HE WANTS TO GET OUT, AND I JUST APPRECIATE THE PROGRAM AND I HOPE YOU KEEP IT AROUND.

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GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MR. FRED GONZALEZ. I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY NOT ONLY AS AN EDUCATOR, BUT AS A VOICE FOR THOSE WHO TOO OFTEN CANNOT SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.

STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.

IT IS WITH A VERY HEAVY HEART THAT I BRING TO LIGHT A CONCERNING SITUATION WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, ONE THAT DIRECTLY IMPACTS THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION AND SUPPORT THAT THESE STUDENTS RECEIVE.

IN SEPTEMBER OF 2023, THE DISTRICT ISSUED A CLEAR DIRECTIVE STATING THAT SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS AND STAFF MUST BE ASSIGNED TO SPEND 100% OF THE SCHOOL DAY DIRECTLY SERVING OR INSTRUCTING STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.

THIS DIRECTIVE WAS MEANT TO ENSURE THAT THESE STUDENTS RECEIVE THE DEDICATED SUPPORT OUTLINED IN THEIR INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AND TO ENSURE THAT FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THESE POSITIONS WAS USED APPROPRIATELY.

HOWEVER, DESPITE THIS OFFICIAL COMMUNICATION, MANY SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS AND STAFF CONTINUE TO BE PULLED AWAY FROM THEIR VITAL ROLES TO COVER STASHING STAFFING SHORTAGES IN PRESCRIBED AND INAPPROPRIATE WAYS.

THIS IS WHY I STAND BEFORE YOU NOW.

IT IS MY HONOR TO SERVE STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AT A DISD MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUS, BUT I AND MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES AT THIS CAMPUS ARE NOT BEING ALLOWED TO SERVE OUR ROLES.

DESPITE OUR PRINCIPAL BEING AWARE OF THE DISTRICT'S DIRECTIVE.

WE HAVE DONE WHAT WE CAN TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, EVEN BRINGING THIS TO THE ATTENTION OF THE DISTRICT, BUT TO NO AVAIL.

DESPITE OUR BEST EFFORT, OUR PRINCIPAL PERSISTS IN NEGLECTING THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS.

WEEK AFTER WEEK, MONTH AFTER MONTH, WE ARE CONSISTENTLY PULLED AWAY FROM SERVING STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS TO COVER CLASSES FOR ABSENT GENERAL EDUCATION TEACHERS.

THIS SITUATION IS NOT ONLY CONCERNING, BUT UNACCEPTABLE.

WE ARE NOT BLIND TO THE DIFFICULTIES ADMINISTRATORS FACE WITH SUBSTITUTE AND FUNDING SHORTAGES, BUT EVERY STUDENT, REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITIES, DESERVES A FREE AND APPROPRIATE EDUCATION WITH SUPPORT TAILORED TO THEIR NEEDS, AND WE ALREADY FACE A NATIONWIDE SHORTAGE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS WITH RAPIDLY INCREASING CASELOADS FOR THOSE OF US WHO REMAIN.

SO IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE HONOR THE PURPOSE OF THE FEDERAL FUNDING PROVIDED BY THESE ROLES AND UPHOLD THE COMMITMENTS OUTLINED IN THE STUDENT'S IEPS BY PROTECTING THE RESOURCES AND TIME THAT SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS AND STAFF NEED TO FULFILL THEIR CRITICAL ROLES.

I URGE THE DISTRICT TO TAKE SWIFT AND DECISIVE ACTION TO RECTIFY THIS SITUATION.

WE CANNOT ALLOW THE EDUCATION OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS BE COMPROMISED ANY LONGER.

LET US STAND TOGETHER TO ENSURE THAT EVERY STUDENT RECEIVES THE SUPPORT AND ATTENTION THAT THEY DESERVE.

I AM READING THIS TESTIMONY ON BEHALF OF A SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER AT A DISD MIDDLE SCHOOL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME [APPLAUSE].

THANK YOU. WOULD THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE JASMINE FLORES AND TANYA HERNANDEZ, FOLLOWED BY JUDITH JUAREZ AND JORGE CASTRO ON DECK.

JASMINE FLORES HI, MY NAME IS JASMINE AND I'M A CONCERNED RESIDENT OF DALLAS AND A MEMBER OF THE PARTY FOR SOCIALISM AND LIBERATION.

THE ACTIVE SHOOTER INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED ON THE MORNING OF APRIL 12TH AT WILMER-HUTCHINS HIGH SCHOOL, I FEEL DID NOT RECEIVE THE CARE AND ATTENTION THAT IT DESERVED.

WHEN STUDENTS AND TEACHERS LED A WALKOUT THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL DAY AFTER THE TRAGIC EVENT, INSTEAD OF TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY TO LISTEN TO THEIR VALID CONCERNS ABOUT THEIR SAFETY, THEY WERE REPRIMANDED AND SILENCED FOR SPEAKING UP IN A SITUATION IN WHICH THEIR LIVES WERE THREATENED.

WE SHOULD NOT BE DISCOURAGED, DISCOURAGING YOUTH FROM SPEAKING UP IN TIMES OF INJUSTICE OR IN ADVOCATING FOR THEIR OWN SAFETY.

STUDENTS AND TEACHERS ARE ENTITLED TO A SAFE LEARNING AND WORK ENVIRONMENT.

IMPLEMENTING MORE FUNDING TOWARDS EMOTIONALLY SUPPORTIVE STAFF AND ADMINISTRATION HAS PROVEN TO BE A MORE EFFECTIVE SOLUTION THAN INCREASING POLICE PRESENCE IN OUR SCHOOLS. FROM THE LITTLE NEWS COVERAGE I SAW, IT WAS ALARMING TO HEAR THAT DURING THE LOCKDOWN, TEACHERS RECEIVED NO DIRECT COMMUNICATION FROM ADMINISTRATION AND HAD TO RESORT TO FINDING UPDATES ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

THIS IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE.

THERE SHOULD BE PROPER PROTOCOL IN THESE INSTANCES IN ORDER FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS TO FEEL SAFE.

I BELIEVE THAT THE TEACHERS THAT WERE PUT ON LEAVE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN RETALIATED AGAINST FOR UPLIFTING THE VOICES OF THEIR STUDENTS, BUT INSTEAD SHOULD BE COMMENDED FOR THEIR SUPPORT.

I STAND WITH THE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS THAT ARE FIGHTING FOR A SAFER AND BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR US ALL.

THIS SHOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED AND WE WILL KEEP FIGHTING TO ENSURE THAT IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN.

ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE.

THANK YOU [APPLAUSE]. WOULD THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE TANYA HERNANDEZ AND JUDITH

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GOOD EVENING MY NAME IS TANYA HERNANDEZ AND I'VE BEEN A BILINGUAL TEACHER FOR DISD FOR 11 YEARS.

HERE I AM TONIGHT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT YOUR TRANSFER PEER SYSTEM FOR CURRENT EMPLOYEES IS BROKEN.

I'M HERE IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY, FEELING CONFUSED, HOPELESS, NOT VALUED, AND DEFEATED.

LAST YEAR, I WAS AWARDED A PIN OF TEN YEARS OF APPRECIATION FOR SERVICE TO THIS DISTRICT, AND FOR A SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, I HAVE APPLIED FOR A TRANSFER WITHIN THE DISTRICT AND I HAVE BEEN BASICALLY IGNORED.

FOR OVER A MONTH I HAVE APPLIED TO BETWEEN 20 TO 30 POSITIONS JUST TO BE IGNORED AND SKIPPED OVER NEW HIRES.

HERE'S AN IDEA IF YOU WANT TO SHOW US APPRECIATION FOR YEARS OF SERVICE, WE'D RATHER HAVE SENIORITY ON TRANSFER PEERS SO WE CAN SECURE POSITIONS BEFORE NEW HIRES AND NOT BE PUSHED OUT OF THE DISTRICT.

THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS UNIQUE TO ME.

THIS HAPPENED TO EVERY PERSON I TALKED TO GOING THROUGH THE TRANSFER PERIOD.

I ENDED UP GOING TO THE JOB FAIR, COMPETING WITH NEW HIRES, SOME OF THEM WITH NO EXPERIENCE.

A LOT OF THE POSITIONS I WAS APPLYING TO ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE.

MINIUTE THE TRANSFER PERIOD ENDS TOMORROW.

EVERY TIME I INQUIRE ABOUT THIS WHY THIS IS HAPPENING, THE ANSWER IS BECAUSE SCHOOLS ARE BUSY WITH STARR TESTING.

AS AN EXPERIMENT AND AS A PLAN B THIS YEAR I DECIDED TO APPLY TO MESQUITE ISD, AND EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE GOING THROUGH THE SAME STARR TEST THAT WE ARE, I HAVE I HAVE HAD SIX INTERVIEWS AND THREE JOB OFFERS, INCLUDING ONE FROM THE DIRECTOR OF THE BILINGUAL DEPARTMENT ITSELF.

IT IS TROUBLING THAT WE ARE ABOUT TO ENTER A TERRIBLE AUSTERITY PERIOD FOR EDUCATION IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND THE ISD IS WASTING FINANCIAL AND HUMAN RESOURCES IN HIRING HIGH DEMAND TEACHERS LIKE I AM HAVING TO GO TO MEXICO, SPAIN, OR PUERTO RICO WHERE I COME FROM, ONLY TO LOSE THEM IN A BROKEN TRANSFER PERIOD THAT SHOWS NO REAL LIFE OR PRACTICAL APPRECIATION FOR VETERAN TEACHERS THAT HAVE SERVED THIS DISTRICT FOR A DECADE OR EVEN MORE.

IT FEELS LIKE WE DON'T MATTER, LIKE WE ARE NOT NEEDED, AND IT TELEGRAPHS THAT WE DO NOT WANT VETERAN TEACHERS WITH EXPERIENCE THAT ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND CAN HIT THE GROUND RUNNING THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.

I HAVE BEEN IN EDUCATION FOR 24 YEARS, AND LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING NOTHING IN EDUCATION TRUMPS EXPERIENCE.

THANK YOU [APPLAUSE]. WOULD THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE JUDITH JUAREZ AND JORGE CASTRO, FOLLOWED BY DANIELLE CURTIS AND OLA ALLEN ON DECK.

HELLO, MY NAME IS JUDITH AND I'M A MEMBER OF THE PARTY FOR SOCIALISM AND LIBERATION, AS WELL AS A GRADUATE OF THE RANGEL YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP SCHOOL, CLASS OF 2019.

DESPITE THE CONSTANT BATTLE THAT KEEPING PUBLIC SCHOOLS FUNDED IS, I WAS ALWAYS PROUD TO SAY THAT I ATTENDED DISD SCHOOLS MY ENTIRE LIFE, BUT THE INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED TWO FRIDAYS AGO AT WILMER-HUTCHINS HIGH SCHOOL WAS UNACCEPTABLE.

STUDENTS AND TEACHERS FACED AN INCREDIBLY TRAUMATIC EVENT AND WERE EXPECTED TO RETURN TO CLASS BUSINESS AS USUAL THE FOLLOWING MONDAY.

WE HAVE TO STOP PRETENDING LIKE GUN VIOLENCE IN SCHOOLS IS NORMAL.

WHEN STUDENTS DECIDED THAT THEY COULD NOT CONTINUE AS IF NOTHING HAD HAPPENED, THEIR TEACHERS SUPPORTED THEM AND GAVE THEM THE SPACE TO DO WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DO IN ORDER TO HEAL. THE REPRESSION THAT HAS BEEN COMING DOWN ON STUDENTS AND TEACHERS SIMPLY ADVOCATING FOR THE DIGNITY OF THEIR LIVES IS JUST PLAIN EVIL.

STUDENTS ORGANIZE TOGETHER TO HAVE THEIR VOICES BE HEARD AND HAVE SHOWN BRAVERY, LEADERSHIP SKILLS, AND COURAGE.

INSTEAD OF THE DISTRICT MEETING THESE KIDS AT THEIR LEVEL, THERE HAS BEEN A COMPLETE DISREGARD OF THEIR FEELINGS AND THEIR HUMANITY.

WE SHOULD BE COMMENDING THESE STUDENTS FOR THEIR ABILITY TO BE LEADERS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES UNDER SUCH STRESSFUL CIRCUMSTANCES.

WE SHOULD BE COMMENDING THOSE TEACHERS FOR NOT CLIPPING THEIR STUDENTS WINGS AND INSTEAD PUTTING THEIR JOBS ON THE LINE TO DO WHAT TEACHERS ARE MEANT TO DO NOT BE SECURITY OFFICERS, BUT TO BE KIND AND UPLIFTING VOICES FOR THE FUTURE OF THIS COUNTRY.

INCREASED POLICE PRESENCE IN SCHOOLS WON'T SOLVE THIS ISSUE OR MAKE THEM FEEL SAFER.

THESE KIDS NEED A SAFE SPACE, COUNSELING, AND COMMUNITY CARE IN ORDER TO MOVE PAST THIS.

THERE ALSO NEEDS TO BE PROPER PROTOCOL IN PLACE FOR THESE DANGEROUS SITUATIONS SO TEACHERS CAN REMAIN INFORMED THROUGH DIRECT LINES OF COMMUNICATION, INSTEAD OF HAVING TO FIND OUT IF THEIR LIVES ARE ON THE LINE THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA.

PUTTING TEACHERS THESE STUDENTS ARE ATTACHED TO AND TRUST ON LEAVE IS THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT'S NEEDED RIGHT NOW, AND IF NOBODY ELSE WILL TELL THEM THIS, I WILL. I'M PROUD AND ADMIRE EVERY SINGLE STUDENT AND TEACHER THAT WALKED OUT THAT FOLLOWING MONDAY.

POWER TO THE STUDENTS, POWER TO THE TEACHERS AND I HOPE THEY MAY FIND PEACE IN THEIR CLASSROOMS ONCE AGAIN AND ARE ABLE TO FINISH THEIR SCHOOL YEAR FEELING HEARD AND SUPPORTED IN THEIR STRUGGLE [APPLAUSE]. THANK YOU.

WOULD THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS.

PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE JORGE CASTRO AND DANIELLE CURTIS, FOLLOWED BY OLA ALLAN AND TOBY COLLINS.

JORGE CASTRO.

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MY NAME IS JORGE CASTRO I'M A ALUMNI FROM PINKSTON HIGH SCHOOL.

I GRADUATED IN 1973 AND HAVE BEEN PARTICIPATING WITH GIVING BACK TO THAT SCHOOL SINCE 1976.

THAT'S A LONG TIME, AND I STILL ADVOCATE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR SCHOOL.

I'M HERE TO REQUEST FOR A BARBER PROGRAM TO BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PINKSTON HIGH SCHOOL OR THE CAREER INSTITUTE WEST.

DALLAS HAS 25 BARBER COLLEGES IN THE METROPLEX THAT OFFER DAY AND EVENING CLASSES AT THE COST OF BETWEEN $2000 TO $7500 PER STUDENT. A BARBER PROGRAM WOULD HELP THE DISTRICT IMMENSELY ON HELPING KEEP OUR BOYS IN SCHOOL.

I ASKED FOR A PROGRAM A FEW YEARS BACK AND I SEE THAT SKYLINE HAS A PROGRAM THIS YEAR.

I JUST NOTICED THAT THIS YEAR.

HISTORICALLY, PINKSTON HAD A COSMETOLOGY PROGRAM FROM ITS INCEPTION, AND WE HAD THOUSANDS OF YOUNG LADIES GRADUATE AND GO ON INTO SUCCESSFUL CAREERS.

PLEASE CONSIDER BRINGING THE PROGRAM BACK TO PINKSTON, OR AT LEAST TO THE CAREER INSTITUTE WEST.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH [APPLAUSE].

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

DANIELLE CURTIS AND OLA ALLEN, FOLLOWED BY TOBY COLLINS AND AMY [INAUDIBLE].

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE BOARD, I STAND HERE AS A PARENT OF A STUDENT CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN WILMER-HUTCHINS HIGH SCHOOL, AT WHICH I AM AN ACTIVE VOLUNTEER AS WELL.

I WANT YOU TO IMAGINE YOUR YOUNGER SELF ATTENDING SCHOOL ON A TYPICAL FRIDAY, SITTING IN CLASS AND ALL IN A MATTER OF SECONDS, YOU HEAR GUNFIRE AND WITNESS A TEACHER ABRUPTLY ENTER YOUR AREA DRENCHED IN BLOOD.

THINK ABOUT HOW TERRIFIED YOU ARE IN THAT MOMENT.

LET'S THINK ABOUT BEING A PARENT AT WORK AND RECEIVING THESE FRANTIC TEXTS.

MOMMY, HE JUST SHOT SOMEBODY.

I'M IN A ROOM LOCKED IN THE DARK.

I HEAR PEOPLE CRYING.

THIS WAS OUR EXPERIENCE ON FRIDAY, APRIL 12TH AT 10:34 A.M..

NOW IMAGINE YOUR CURRENT SELF AT WORK.

YOU ARE A TEACHER, NOT JUST ANY TEACHER YOU'RE A TEACHER AT A SCHOOL LOCATED IN AN UNDERSERVED AND DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY.

MANY OF YOUR STUDENTS FACE CHALLENGES THAT EVEN ADULTS CANNOT WITHSTAND.

FOOD INSECURITIES.

LACK OF PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT.

HOUSING CHALLENGES, BUT YOU PRIDE YOURSELF ON BEING A SAFE SPACE FOR YOUR STUDENTS.

NOW, ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU FIND YOURSELF IN AN ACTIVE SHOOTER SITUATION AT WORK.

ON MONDAY, APRIL 15TH, THE DISTRICT ISSUED AN AUTOMATED CALL TO INFORM PARENTS THAT SCHOOL WAS TO RESUME ON THAT SAME DAY.

WHY IS NO ONE ADDRESSING THE SHOOTING THAT TOOK PLACE ON FRIDAY, APRIL 12TH, PRIOR TO THE CHILDREN RETURNING TO SCHOOL? IT'S NO ONE INTERESTED IN MEETING WITH THE PARENTS.

I KEPT MY CHILD OUT OF SCHOOL INITIALLY ANTICIPATING A MEETING OR AT LEAST AN OFFICIAL UPDATE.

WHAT I DID RECEIVE WAS NOTIFICATION THAT MY CHILD IS BEING MARKED ABSENT AND WOULD NOT BE EXCUSED FOR THE DAYS MISSED IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING A SCHOOL SHOOTING, THAT TEACHER WHO I DESCRIBED EARLIER, WHO HAS POURED INTO MY CHILD AND BEEN A SAFE SPACE FOR HER, WAS RELIEVED OF HER DUTIES AND WALKED OUT ON MONDAY, APRIL 15TH.

SO WE HAVE A SCHOOL SHOOTING, FORCED RETURN TO SCHOOL, OR CONSEQUENCE OF VIOLATION FROM TRUANCY.

THE TEACHER, WHO HAS BEEN PARAMOUNT TO YOUR SUCCESS FOR YOUR WHOLE JUNIOR YEAR IS GONE.

WE NEED ANSWERS.

WHAT SECURITY MEASURES HAVE BEEN ADDED? WHY HAS NO ONE COMMUNICATED WITH THE PARENTS? WHY ARE MISS MESSERLY AND MR. DEAN RELIEVED OF TEACHING DUTIES THE DAY AFTER THE SCHOOL SHOOTING HAS TAKEN PLACE? [APPLAUSE] WHY WAS THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION OR DISTRICT NOBODY.

WHY HAS NOBODY REACHED OUT TO ME? THIS IS NOT ABOUT SAVING A FACE, AND IT'S NOT.

IT'S ABOUT DOING WHAT'S RIGHT.

IT'S NOT ABOUT TARNISHING THE REPUTATION OF WILMER-HUTCHINS HIGH SCHOOL.

IT'S ABOUT DOING WHAT IS RIGHT.

WHAT WOULD YOUR EXPECTATIONS BE IF THIS WAS YOUR CHILD, OR IF YOU WERE THAT STUDENT, OR IF YOU WERE THE TEACHERS? MISS MESSERLY AND MR. DEAN [APPLAUSE]. THANK YOU.

WOULD THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.

OLA ALLEN AND TOBY COLLINS, FOLLOWED BY AMY [INAUDIBLE] AND RYAN MCKELVIE GONZALEZ.

OLA ALLEN. GOOD EVENING, I AM OLA ALLEN, 4111 SUMMIT RIDGE DRIVE, DALLAS, TEXAS.

THIS EVENING I HAVE TWO DEMANDS AND I HAVE ONE REQUEST.

BOARD MEMBERS ALONG WITH OUR SUPERINTENDENT YOU GUYS MUST FIND SOME TIME THAT WE CAN REGULATE THESE CELL PHONES IN THE CLASSROOM.

OUR TEACHERS, OUR STAFFS ARE HAVING A TOUGH TIME WITH CELL PHONES.

WE ARE LOSING OUR SENIOR TEACHERS AND I DON'T MEAN SENIOR IN AGE I MEAN SENIOR IN EXPERIENCE, AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO NOT THAT'S WHAT WE DO NOT

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SO I'M ASKING YOU GUYS TO SPEND SOME QUANTITY AND QUALITY TIME ON HOW ARE WE GOING TO REGULATE THE CELL PHONES IN THE SCHOOL? MY REQUEST WHEN WE COME DOWN HERE MONTH AFTER MONTH, FOURTH THURSDAY AFTER THE FOURTH THURSDAY, YOU GUYS, WE CRIED OURSELVES TO YOU GUYS.

WE TELL YOU OUR PROBLEMS, WE TRY TO EXPLAIN WHAT'S GOING ON.

SOME OF YOU GUYS LEAVE OUT SOME OF YOU ON YOUR CELL PHONE.

THAT'S UNETHICAL.

IT'S NOT FAIR TO US WHEN WE COME DOWN HERE TO TRY TO TELL YOU GUYS WHAT'S GOING ON.

WE EXPECT YOU GUYS TO LISTEN TO US AND TO HEAR OUR CRIES, AND NOT ONLY THAT, YOU SHOULD HAVE SOMEONE LINED UP HERE TO TAKE US TO ANOTHER LITTLE ROOM OR TO PULL US ON THE OUTSIDE, A STAFF MEMBER.

MISS SUPERINTENDENT YOU SHOULD HAVE SOME STAFF PEOPLES HERE IN PLACE THAT CAN CALL US OUT AND TELL US OR LISTEN TO US.

EXPLAIN TO US, AND IF THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO HELP US, THEY CAN GIVE US SOME DIRECTION.

THEY CAN TAKE OUR NUMBERS OR WE CAN TAKE THEIR NUMBERS.

THIS IS UNETHICAL.

THIS IS NOT THE WAY THINGS SHOULD BE.

WE HAD A PROGRAM LIKE THIS ABOUT 12 YEARS AGO.

WHEN YOU COME DOWN, SOMEONE LISTEN TO YOU.

WE LEAVE HERE WORSE THAN WE CAME IN.

WE ARE UPSET, WE ARE DISGUSTED AND NOBODY SEEMS TO CARE, AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE SUPERINTENDENT AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT BOARD MEMBERS.

YOU GUYS ARE NOT APPOINTED.

YOU GUYS WERE ELECTED.

WE VOTED ON YOU GUYS [APPLAUSE].

SO WE ARE ASKING YOU GUYS TO RETHINK YOUR WAYS OF GETTING TO US.

WE WANT TO WORK TOGETHER.

WE COME DOWN RELENTLESS THURSDAY FOURTH THURSDAY AFTER FOURTH THURSDAYS AND WE NEVER HEAR ANYTHING FROM YOU GUYS.

SO I'M ASKING YOU GUYS TO YOU'RE SMARTER THAN A FIFTH GRADER SO I'M ASKING YOU GUYS TO FIGURE IT OUT.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] WILL THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.

TOBY COLLINS AND AMY [INAUDIBLE] FOLLOWED BY RYAN MCKELVIE GONZALEZ AND ALBERT MEJIA ON DECK.

GOOD EVENING TRUSTEES SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS TOBY COLLINS.

I AM A FORMER STUDENT OF WILMER-HUTCHINS HIGH SCHOOL.

APRIL 12TH, 2024 WILL BE A DAY THAT WE WILL LIVE IN INFAMY IN DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS BECAUSE NUMBER ONE, THE PERSON WHO CAME TO THE SCHOOL BROUGHT THE GUN ALL WEEK, NUMBER ONE, AND THEY DID NOTHING ABOUT IT.

NUMBER TWO, THE ADMINISTRATION DON'T DO BAG CHECKS EVERY DAY, BECAUSE IF THEY DID, THEY WOULD HAVE FOUND THE GUN THAT MONDAY MORNING.

BEFORE THAT FRIDAY MORNING WHEN IT HAPPENED.

NUMBER THREE, IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO CHECK BAGS, DON'T DO YOUR JOB AT ALL, BECAUSE WHAT WERE YOU HIRED FOR IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DO YOUR JOB? NUMBER FOUR, AND THIS HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION, MAY I REMIND YOU, I GRADUATED LAST YEAR.

I HAVE TALKED TO SENIORS WHO ARE MY FRIENDS NOW, WHO ARE SENIORS NOW, AND HAVE SAID THAT WHEN THEY PROTESTED THAT PAST WEEK, IF THEY PROTEST AGAIN, THEIR SENIOR, THEIR SENIOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE CANCELED AND THEIR MONEY WILL NOT BE REFUNDED.

SO HOW CAN YOU TELL SOMEONE FOR FOR STANDING UP FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVE IN? BECAUSE BY THE CONSTITUTION WE ARE PROTECTED BY FREE SPEECH.

FREE SPEECH, AM I RIGHT? BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHEN THE TRUTH IS ABOUT WHEN THE TRUTH IS COMING OUT, THAT'S WHEN THEY LIKE TO SAY, OH, HUSH, HUSH, HUSH, HUSH, HUSH.

BECAUSE THE TRUTH IS COMING OUT LIKE THE BIBLE SAY WHATEVER'S IN THE DARK MUST COME TO THE LIGHT.

NUMBER ONE, NUMBER TWO, NUMBER TWO.

THE ADMINISTRATION AT WILMER-HUTCHINS HIGH SCHOOL.

THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT THE KIDS, BECAUSE IF THEY DID, THEY WOULD HAVE CALLED THE PARENTS AND LET THE PARENTS KNOW THEY WOULD HAVE CLOSED SCHOOL THAT THAT FOLLOWING MONDAY THE WHOLE WEEK TO PREPARE TO, TO RESET, TO, TO REVITALIZE, TO RE STRATEGIZE EVERYTHING ELSE.

AND ALSO ANOTHER THING THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE REST OF THEM NEED TO DO THEIR JOB BECAUSE LIKE I HAVE SAID AGAIN, IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP ABOUT BAG CHECKS.

SO IF THEY'RE NOT FOLLOWING FOLLOWING WHAT THE BOARD SAY IT'S BECAUSE THE BOARD MAKES THE POLICY FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AM I RIGHT? RIGHT. SO IF THE PRINCIPAL IS NOT FOLLOWING WHAT THE BOARD HAS GAVE THE INSTRUCTION, THAT MEANS THAT SOMEBODY NEEDS TO GO.

BECAUSE IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DO YOUR JOB, LIKE I SAID, DON'T DO IT AT ALL.

EITHER YOU DO IT OR YOU DON'T DO IT.

BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU'RE YOU HAVE A BUNCH OF KIDS LIVES IN YOUR HANDS AND YOU'RE AND YOU'RE SITTING UP HERE SAYING, OH, WELL, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THIS TODAY.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT TODAY, AND LIKE THE OLDER LADY SAID BEFORE SHE CAME HERE, Y'ALL WERE APPOINTED.

Y'ALL WERE NOT APPOINTED, VOTED, AND THIS IS AN ELECTION YEAR.

SOME OF YOU ARE UP FOR REELECTION.

SO I SUGGEST TO YOU, YOU EITHER DO YOUR JOB NOW OR YOU WILL COME IN NOVEMBER 2024 WILL BE VOTED OUT.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

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WOULD THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE RYAN MCKELVIE GONZALEZ AND ALBERT MEJIA, FOLLOWED BY BIANCA GUERRA CONTRERAS AND JAE NAM.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS RYAN MCKELVIE GONZALEZ.

I'M A TEACHER AT SUNSET HIGH SCHOOL.

I'M SPEAKING AGAIN TODAY IN SUPPORT OF THE ALLIANCE AFT CAMPAIGN TO CREATE TEI COMMITTEES TO DEAL WITH PROBLEMS IN OUR CURRENT COMPENSATION SYSTEM.

THE TEI SCORECARD IS SUPPOSED TO SERVE AS A FRAMEWORK FOR EVALUATING THE PERFORMANCE OF EDUCATIONAL STAFF, BUT MUCH OF WHAT MAKES UP OUR SCORECARD IS OUT OF OUR CONTROL AND NOT DIRECTLY CREATED CONNECTED TO OUR SUPPOSED TEACHING EXCELLENCE.

THE FIRST COMPONENT OF TEI IS TEACHER PERFORMANCE.

THIS IS THE SECTION THAT'S BASED ON SPOT EXTENDED AND SUMMATIVE EVALUATIONS BY OUR ADMINISTRATOR.

THIS IS THE LARGEST CATEGORY AND RELIES ON ADMIN COMING INTO OUR CLASS TO WATCH US TEACH.

THIS USUALLY MEANS OUR ADMIN SEES US TEACH FOR NO MORE THAN A COUPLE HOURS, OUT OF A TOTAL OF 180 DAYS OF WORK.

THOSE EVALUATIONS MAKE UP 50 TO 80% OF OUR SCORECARD.

THAT MEANS OUR GRADE AS A TEACHER COMES FROM ONLY 0.2% OF OUR ACTUAL TIME SPENT WORKING.

NOW, I CONSIDER MYSELF EXTREMELY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE ADMINISTRATOR I DO.

THEY ARE THE FIRST ADMIN I'VE EVER HAD THAT HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY SUPPORTIVE WITHOUT TELLING ME HOW TO TEACH SOMETHING THEY HAVE NEVER TAUGHT.

I KNOW MANY FELLOW EDUCATORS WHO ARE NOT SO FORTUNATE.

THE NEXT COMPONENT IS STUDENT EXPERIENCE, ALSO KNOWN AS STUDENT SURVEYS.

WHILE IF STUDENTS OPINIONS ARE IMPORTANT AND SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED WHEN MEASURING TEACHER PERFORMANCE, THE SURVEYS ALSO MAKE GREAT ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT THE EQUITY OF OUR SITUATIONS.

PAST SURVEY QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ASKED ABOUT THE TEACHERS CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT, BUT DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT TEACHERS WHO DO NOT HAVE THEIR OWN CLASSROOM.

THERE IS ALSO NO CONSIDERATION IN STUDENT SURVEYS FOR TEACHERS WHO TAKE OVER PARTWAY THROUGH THE YEAR, OR ABSENT BECAUSE OF PARENTAL LEAVE.

AT MOST, STUDENT SURVEYS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE SUMMATIVE REVIEW.

THE FINAL COMPONENT, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, IS ALSO INCREDIBLY ARBITRARY.

THE STUDENT LEARNING OBJECTIVE OR THE SLO IS NOTHING BUT A COMPLETE WASTE OF TIME.

IT'S JUST EXTRA WORK PLACED ON TEACHERS WHO ALREADY HAVE STUDENT TEST SCORES BUILT INTO THIS COMPONENT, LIKE THE ACP AND THE ACPS ARE JUST ANOTHER TEST. NOT OF WHAT A STUDENT HAS LEARNED, BUT HOW WELL THEY TAKE A TEST.

THE SCHOOL STARR SCORES SERVE AS ANOTHER UNFAIR METRIC, AS IT EITHER REWARDS OR PUNISHES THE TEACHER FOR WHAT SCHOOL THEY TEACH AT.

TEI DOES NOT HELP WITH TEACHER RETENTION, NOR DOES IT INCENTIVIZE TEACHERS TO MOVE TO DALLAS ISD.

THE THINGS THAT DO INCREASE THE TEACHERS DESIRE TO STAY ARE A SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY THAT VALUES LEARNING, COOPERATION WITH FELLOW TEACHERS, AND THE FEELING THAT THEY ARE SUPPORTED. ALL THINGS THAT ARE HURT BY OUR CURRENT COMPENSATION SYSTEM.

AT THE VERY LEAST, DALLAS ISD SHOULD CONSIDER IMPLEMENTING PEER ASSISTANCE AND REVIEW TO MAKE OUR SYSTEM MORE FAIR, EQUITABLE, AND COOPERATIVE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] WOULD THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.

ALBERT MEJIA AND BIANCA GUERRA CONTRERAS, FOLLOWED BY JAE NAM AND JACOB FRANKLIN ON DECK.

ALBERT MEJIA NOT PRESENT, BIANCA GUERRA CONTRERAS, FOLLOWED BY JAE NAM, JACOB FRANKLIN AND ROSEMARY KURTZ ON DECK. HI, MY NAME IS BIANCA GUERRA CONTRERAS I AM A THIRD YEAR MEXICAN AMERICAN US CITIZEN.

I AM ALSO A THIRD YEAR GENERATION DISD ATTENDEE.

I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF MY SON IN REGARDS TO SPECIAL NEEDS, BUT ALSO HERE FOR ALL BROWN AND S TUDENTS ALIKE.

DISD DEMOGRAPHICS IS PRIMARILY COMPRISED OF OUR BROWN SKINNED FAMILIES.

IN OUR LOW INCOME FAMILIES, WE ARE ALREADY DEALING WITH BROKEN HOMES.

WE ARE ALREADY SUBJECTED TO THE THOUGHT OF BOYS DON'T CRY BECAUSE IT IS SEEN AS A WEAKNESS.

WHEN BOYS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO CRY, AND GIRLS AS WELL, IF I MAY INSIST WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PROCESS OUR EMOTIONS AND SO NOT DOING SO IT ALSO IN PROCESS.

I'M SORRY. UNABLE TO PROCESS OUR EMOTIONS AND NOT BEING ABLE TO DO SO IS IN AN EFFORT OF NOT ALLOWING US TO BE HUMAN BEINGS, NOT BEING ABLE TO CRY.

THE SIMPLE PROCESS OF CRYING ALLOWS US TO THINK AND DULLS THE PAIN.

SO WHEN YOU DO NOT ALLOW US TO SIMPLY FEEL OUR EMOTIONS AND PROCESS WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN ORDER TO

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WITHIN OUR LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES, WE ARE DEALING WITH ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES WITH THOSE EXPERIENCES IN REGARDS TO ABUSE, NEGLECT AND HOUSEHOLD CHALLENGES.

THE MORE TRAUMA THAT A CHILD SUSTAINS WILL INCREASE THE CHILD'S BRAIN DEVELOPMENT TO REACT TO STRESS IN A MORE ABNORMAL STAGE.

VIOLENCE IN THE COMMUNITY AND DYSREGULATED NERVOUS SYSTEMS ARE HAND IN HAND.

WHEN YOU THINK OF SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING AND THE FACT THAT SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING STOPS IN THE PRIMARY STAGES AND DOES NOT CONTINUE INTO SECONDARY EDUCATION, I MAY ASK, WHY IS THAT A FACT WHEN ADOLESCENT BRAINS WE ALL KNOW, ARE MORE EMOTIONAL AND REACTIVE VERSUS THE MATURED ADULT BRAIN.

SO THAT LEADS ME INTO OUR MENTAL HEALTH OF OUR STAFF WITHIN DISD.

WHY IS IT THAT OUR CHILDREN ARE HELD TO MORE ACCOUNTABILITY IN REGARDS TO THEIR EMOTIONS? THANK YOU, MISS CONTRERAS YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED [APPLAUSE].

WOULD THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.

JAE NAM AND JACOB FRANKLIN, FOLLOWED BY ROSEMARY KURTZ AND SARAH SAHARA KHAN ON DECK.

GOOD EVENING, SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

MY NAME IS JAY, AND I'M A TEACHER AND AN AFT MEMBER FROM A NEIGHBORING SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I'M ALSO A CONCERNED CITIZEN WHO HEARD ABOUT A SHOOTING THAT OCCURRED AT WILMER-HUTCHINS HIGH SCHOOL IN DALLAS ISD ON APRIL 12TH.

I LEARNED ABOUT THE TERMINATION OF AN EMPLOYEE WHO FOLLOWED HIS STUDENTS OUT OF THE BUILDING THAT FOLLOWED MONDAY, WHEN THEY DID A PEACEFUL WALKOUT AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE.

I BELIEVE THIS TEACHER WAS TERMINATED NOT ONLY FOR THAT, BUT ALSO FOR SPEAKING TO THE MEDIA ABOUT HIS HARROWING EXPERIENCE DURING THE SHOOTING.

I AM WORRIED ABOUT THE PRECEDENT THIS SETS FOR SCHOOL SAFETY AND ACCOUNTABILITY, NOT JUST IN DALLAS, BUT THROUGHOUT THE METROPLEX.

A SCHOOL SHOOTING IS THE LAST THING ANY TEACHER, ADMINISTRATOR, OR STUDENT WANTS TO DEAL WITH, AND I CAN'T IMAGINE THE STRESS THAT WILMER-HUTCHINS ADMINISTRATION MUST HAVE BEEN UNDER, BUT TEACHERS AND STUDENTS TOO, WERE UNDER IMMENSE STRESS THAT THEY HAD TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING FROM SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS.

FOR TEACHERS TO NOT RECEIVE COMMUNICATION DURING THE EVENT UNTIL MUCH LATER IS VERY CONCERNING, BECAUSE IT LEAVES CONFUSED STUDENTS AND TEACHERS PIECING TOGETHER A NARRATIVE FROM POSTS THAT MAY NOT EVEN BE TRUE.

TO ADD TO THAT, PUNISHING A TEACHER WHO WAS TRAUMATIZED BY HIS LIFE AND HIS STUDENTS LIVES BEING IN DANGER IS HIGHLY CRUEL.

HE MADE SURE HIS STUDENTS WHO WERE WALKING OUT STAY SAFE AND REMAINED PEACEFUL.

HE ACTED IN THEIR INTEREST AND ALLOWED THEM TO PROCESS THEIR TRAUMA FROM THE EVENT.

ULTIMATELY, DISCIPLINING A TEACHER VIA TERMINATION WILL NOT MAKE WILMER-HUTCHINS OR ANY SCHOOL SAFER, BUT WHAT DOES MAKE SCHOOLS SAFER IS EASILY ACCESSIBLE MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND COUNSELORS, AND INVESTMENTS IN THEIR LEARNING CONDITIONS.

ALL DALLAS ISD SCHOOLS NEED TO FOCUS ON FUNDING THESE ITEMS FULLY.

I HOPE TO SEE DALLAS ISD RECKON WITH WHAT ACTUALLY MAKES STUDENTS SAFE, AND REINSTATE A TEACHER WHO CLEARLY CARES DEEPLY FOR HIS STUDENTS SAFETY.

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

JACOB FRANKLIN AND ROSEMARY KURTZ, FOLLOWED BY SAHARA KHAN AND BRENDA GURUMURTHY ON DECK.

I'M JACOB WITH THE PARTY FOR SOCIALISM AND LIBERATION.

I'M AN ARLINGTON RESIDENT WHERE YESTERDAY, JAMES BOWIE HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCED THE NATION'S 38TH SCHOOL SHOOTING OF 2024.

TWO WEEKS EARLIER, THE STUDENTS AND FACULTY AT WILMER-HUTCHINS HIGH SCHOOL WENT THROUGH THE 36TH SCHOOL SHOOTING OF THE YEAR.

TO ADDRESS THIS CRISIS OF VIOLENCE, THEY HAVE MADE IT CLEAR THAT THEY DO NOT FEEL SAFE AT SCHOOL WHERE THEY ARE REGARDLESS EXPECTED TO LEARN, TEACH AND GROW.

OUR SCHOOLS WILL NOT BECOME SAFE UNTIL WE ACKNOWLEDGE SOME INCONVENIENT FACTS.

OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF DON'T GET PAID NEARLY ENOUGH TO KEEP UP WITH INFLATION.

OUR STUDENTS ARE WASTING TIME ON NUMEROUS STANDARDIZED TESTS INSTEAD OF LEARNING.

INSTEAD OF ADDRESSING THESE ISSUES, YOU'VE ATTEMPTED TO SWEEP THEM UNDER THE RUG.

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BAND-AID SOLUTIONS LIKE CENSORSHIP AND OVER POLICING ARE UNACCEPTABLE.

INCREASED POLICE SPENDING DOESN'T MAKE OUR KIDS FEEL ANY SAFER, AND IT DOESN'T PREVENT SCHOOL SHOOTINGS.

THE GOAL IS NOT TO INTERCEPT SHOOTERS AFTER THEY'VE ALREADY BEGUN KILLING.

THE GOAL IS TO STOP SHOOTINGS FROM EVER STARTING IN THE FIRST PLACE.

FOR THAT, WE NEED REAL INVESTMENT IN OUR SCHOOLS, AND WE NEED SAFETY PROCEDURES THAT ARE EFFECTIVE AND ENFORCED.

LISTEN TO THE DEMANDS OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS.

WE WANT OUR SCHOOLS TO BE SAFE AND WE ARE TELLING YOU HOW TO DO IT [APPLAUSE].

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

ROSEMARY KURTZ AND SAHARA KHAN, FOLLOWED BY BRENDA GURUMURTHY.

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

I REALLY LOVE BEING IN THE UNION, AND ONE OF THE MANY GREAT THINGS ABOUT BEING IN THE UNION IS THE CONNECTIONS WE GET WITH OTHER TEACHERS AND STAFF ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

THIS IS HOW WE FIGURE OUT WHICH ISSUES ARE REALLY SYSTEMIC, WHICH ISSUES ARE BEING VERY BROADLY FELT, AND WHICH ONES ARE TEACHERS AND STAFF CARE THE MOST ABOUT, BUT SOMETIMES WHEN WE SPEAK AT SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS ABOUT THESE ISSUES, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S SOMEONE LISTENING TO US FROM CENTRAL STAFF WHO DOESN'T REALLY GET THIS.

SOMEONE KEEPS TRYING TO FIX OUR ISSUES AS IF THEY ARE PERSONAL ISSUES RATHER THAN SYSTEMIC ISSUES.

I'M NOT SURE WHERE THIS CONFUSION IS COMING FROM.

YOU KNOW THAT WHEN OUR PRESIDENT SPEAKS TO YOU, SHE'S NOT TALKING ABOUT HER OWN PERSONAL ISSUES SINCE SHE'S NO LONGER AN EMPLOYEE OF DISD, AND YOU GOT TO REALIZE THAT THE REST OF US AREN'T TALKING ABOUT OUR OWN PERSONAL ISSUES EITHER.

WE'RE SPEAKING UP FOR OUR UNION SIBLINGS AND EVEN THOSE THAT HAVEN'T JOINED THE UNION YET.

A YEAR AGO, ONE YEAR AGO, AT THE APRIL 2023 SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, I GAVE A SPEECH WHERE I HIGHLIGHTED THE UNION'S RESPECT EQUITY, DIGNITY CAMPAIGN DEMAND FOR THERE TO BE CONSEQUENCES FOR ADMINISTRATORS WHO REPEATEDLY VIOLATE TEACHERS RIGHT TO DUTY FREE LUNCH AND PLANNING TIME.

THE NEXT DAY, MY PRINCIPAL GOT A CALL THAT I WAS HAVING MY DUTY FREE TIME TAKEN.

THIS WAS NEVER THE CASE.

I AM A UNION ACTIVIST, AND UNION ACTIVISTS OFTEN FIGHT FOR OTHERS BESIDES THEMSELVES.

AS FAR AS I KNOW, MY SCHOOL HASN'T HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH TEACHERS NOT GETTING THEIR DUTY FREE TIME.

IF SOMEONE TRIED TO TAKE MINE, I WOULD JUST TELL THEM NO, AND IF THEY PERSISTED, I WOULD CALL THE UNION TO SEND THEM A LETTER REQUIRING THEM TO CEASE OR FACE LEGAL ACTION.

I WOULDN'T NEED TO BRING IT TO THE SCHOOL BOARD IN A MONTHLY MEETING.

AT THE MAY 2023 SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, AFTER MY PRINCIPAL ASKED ME ABOUT MY TIME BEING TAKEN, I STARTED MY SPEECH SAYING BASICALLY THE SAME THING I JUST TOLD YOU.

UNFORTUNATELY, IT SEEMS LIKE THE DISTRICT STILL IS NOT ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE LEARNING WITH A HIGH ENOUGH LEVEL OF ACCURACY WHEN IT COMES TO THIS LEARNING GOAL.

SO NOW I'M HAVING TO DO A RETEACH.

LAST MONTH, SEVERAL OTHER UNION ACTIVISTS FROM A SCHOOL SPOKE ON DISTRICT WIDE CONCERNS, ONLY TO FIND THAT THEIR PRINCIPAL HAD BEEN CALLED ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS, NONE OF WHICH WERE THINGS HE HAD ANYTHING ANY CONTROL OVER.

PROBLEMS WITH AND I THINK IT HAPPENED AGAIN EVEN BEFORE SOMEONE SPOKE TO TODAY, PROBLEMS WITH OUR PRINCIPALS WE CAN TAKE UP WITH OUR PRINCIPALS.

WE KNOW HOW TO DO THAT.

IF WE HAVE PROBLEMS, WE KNOW THE UNION WILL HELP US.

WE'RE HERE TONIGHT AND EVERY MONTH TO ADVOCATE FOR DISTRICT WIDE CHANGE THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.

AS I SAID LAST MAY, I TRULY ASSUME BEST INTENT WHEN I HEAR ABOUT OR EXPERIENCE PRINCIPALS GETTING CALLED ABOUT CONCERNS WE'VE RAISED.

MAYBE YOU REALLY DO WANT TO HELP, BUT WHEN OUR PRINCIPALS GET CALLED FOR DISTRICT WIDE CONCERNS, IT JUST FEELS LIKE EITHER WE'RE NOT REALLY BEING LISTENED TO OR THE DISTRICT IS TRYING TO BLAME OUR ADMINISTRATORS RATHER THAN TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PROBLEMS THEY CAUSE THEMSELVES.

THE NEXT STEP IN YOUR SUCCESS CRITERIA IS TO SEE IF WE CAN ALL MAKE IT TO APRIL 2025 WITHOUT THIS HAPPENING YET AGAIN.

WE WANT TO WORK WITH YOU AS A TEAM TO MAKE OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT BETTER.

WE ARE DOING YOU A FAVOR BY BRINGING TO YOU CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE FOUND THROUGH OUR COLLECTIVE GROUP ARE IMPORTANT TO OUR TO OUR STAFF, BUT IT'S HARD WHEN IT FEELS LIKE YOU ONLY SEE US AS INDIVIDUALS WITH INDIVIDUAL COMPLAINTS, RATHER THAN AS A COLLECTIVE REPRESENTING THOUSANDS OF YOUR EMPLOYEES.

THANK YOU [APPLAUSE]. THANK YOU WOULD THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.

SARAH SAHARA KHAN, FOLLOWED BY BRENDA GURUMURTHY.

SAHARA. HI, MY NAME IS SAHARA KHAN AND ALTHOUGH I AM A MEMBER OF ALLIANCE AFT, TODAY I AM SPEAKING AS A DISD TEACHER AND CONCERNED COMMUNITY MEMBER BECAUSE THIS ISSUE IS DEEPLY AND BROADLY FELT.

AFTER HEARING ABOUT THE VIOLENCE ON WILMER-HUTCHINS CAMPUS, IT BROUGHT BACK ALL THE PAIN AND PANIC OF LIVING IN VIOLENCE EVERY DAY AT A PREVIOUS DISD TEACHING ASSIGNMENT I HAD, I STAND WITH THE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS WHO BRAVELY WALKED OUT TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST INJUSTICE IN OUR COMMUNITIES BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH I FEEL SAFE AT MY CURRENT CAMPUS NOW, I DEEPLY KNOW THAT THIS COULD HAVE BEEN ANY OF US.

ON MY PREVIOUS CAMPUS, THERE WERE COUNTLESS SCHOOL SHOOTING THREATS AND LOCKDOWNS.

AT ONE POINT, THE THREAT OF VIOLENCE BECAME SO FREQUENT THAT OUR CAMPUS EMBRACED A MODIFIED LOCKDOWN PROTOCOL FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR.

IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY USE OF METAL DETECTORS THROUGHOUT THE DAY, STUDENTS WERE NOT ALLOWED TO CARRY BACKPACKS, CELL PHONES OR ANY PERSONAL BELONGINGS AT ALL.

STUDENTS WERE DISMISSED ROOM BY ROOM AND HALLWAY TRANSITIONS IN SINGLE FILE LINES.

AT BEST, IS A TEDIOUS AND TIRING DAILY PRACTICE THAT REPLACED HOURS OF INSTRUCTION WITH HOURS OF SURVEILLANCE.

AT WORST, IT DRAINED OUR SCHOOLS OF COLOR, PURPOSE AND JOY.

STUDENTS WOULD SAY THAT IT FELT LIKE JUVENILE DETENTION, SO IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN NO SURPRISE THAT THE IN THE NAME OF SAFETY IT USHERED IN AN ERA OF MORE FREQUENT AND VIOLENT

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DISAPPOINTINGLY, IT ALSO DID NOT STOP THE SHOOTING, THREATS OR LOCKDOWNS.

SO PLEASE, AS YOU GO FORWARD IN ADDRESSING THE ISSUE AT WILMER-HUTCHINS, DO NOT DO THIS AND DO NOT USE THIS AS AN EXCUSE TO INCREASE POLICING, SURVEILLANCE OR OTHER POLICIES THAT WE ALREADY KNOW MAKE STUDENTS OF COLOR FEEL LESS SAFE IN A LESS TRUSTING SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT.

BECAUSE LOW INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS LACK THE RESOURCES TO ENSURE FOOD AND HOUSING SECURITY FOR OUR CHILDREN ADDING THREATS OF VIOLENCE TO ONE OF THEIR OBSTACLES TO AN EMPOWERING EDUCATION IS A CLASS ISSUE.

ACKNOWLEDGING THE SYSTEMIC RACISM THAT STRIPPED MANY OF OUR URBAN COMMUNITIES OF RESOURCES TO REPLACE THEM WITH POLICE IS A RACIAL ISSUE.

TO ME, THIS MEANS THAT THE ACTION YOU ALL DECIDE TO TAKE ON THE INCIDENT TODAY WILL SET AN IMPORTANT PRECEDENT REGARDING DISD'S COMMITMENT TO CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE SCHOOLS.

QUITE FRANKLY, REINSTATING THE TEACHER THAT WAS PUT ON LEAVE FOR WALKING IN SOLIDARITY WITH THEIR STUDENTS IS A BARE MINIMUM ACT OF HUMANITY.

SILENCING OUR VOICES THAT CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THE SAFETY OF YOUNG PEOPLE WILL ALWAYS BE A STEP IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.

WE NEED TO VERIFY OUR SCHOOLS ARE MEETING SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR LOCKDOWN DRILLS AND SETTLE FOR NOTHING LESS THAN ADEQUATE STAFFING, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO REMEMBER THESE ARE BARE MINIMUMS THAT WON'T ADDRESS THE INEQUITIES CREATED IN THE FIRST PLACE BY SYSTEMIC VIOLENCE, BUT AS OUR MODIFIED LOCKDOWN PROVES, SURVEILLANCE KILLS LEARNING BECAUSE IT KILLS TRUST. WHAT I'M ASKING THE SCHOOL BOARD TO DO IS RADICALLY REIMAGINE THE DISTRICT'S ROLE IN IMPLEMENTING CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE MEASURES THAT MITIGATE COMMUNITY ACCESS AND MOTIVES FOR VIOLENCE IN THE FIRST PLACE.

WHAT IF WE ALLOCATE MONEY TO JOIN NATIONAL CAMPAIGNS FOR TIGHTER FIREARM REGULATIONS IN THIS COUNTRY? WHAT IF SCHOOLS WERE HUBS FOR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT ARE OFFERING WRAPAROUND SERVICES TO FILL HISTORICAL GAPS CREATED BY LEFT BY RACIAL VIOLENCE.

WHAT IF WE DIDN'T JUST RELY ON SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS TO PROVIDE SCHOOL SAFETY? AND WHAT IF WE ALLOWED TEACHERS AND STAFF TO FORM STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH STUDENTS AND PARENTS OVER COMMUNITY PROJECTS FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY, INSTEAD OF BEING THE SITE OF SYSTEMIC TRAUMA? THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. WOULD OUR LAST SPEAKER, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.

BRENDA GURUMURTHY.

HI, I'M AN DALLAS ISD TEACHER AND MEMBER OF THE ALLIANCE AFT.

I'D LIKE TO REITERATE ONE OF THE DEMANDS OF ALLIANCE AFT RED CAMPAIGN FOR RESPECT, EQUITY AND DIGNITY.

THE DISTRICT MUST CONVENE A COMMITTEE, INCLUDING TEACHERS, TO REVIEW THE CURRENT TEI COMPENSATION SYSTEM AND DETERMINE A FAIR WAY TO COMPENSATE TEACHERS, REGARDLESS OF THEIR YEARS OF EXPERIENCE OR THE SUBJECT THAT THEY TEACH.

SOMETHING DALLAS ISD TOUTS AS ITS ABILITY TO PAY HIGH SALARIES, AND THIS HAPPENS THROUGH A PROCESS CALLED DISTINGUISHED TEACHER REVIEW, OR DTR.

BECAUSE I'M RELATIVELY NEW TO DISD, I ONLY LEARNED THE DETAILS OF THE DISTINGUISHED TEACHER REVIEW PROCESS RECENTLY.

I WAS A COMPUTER SCIENCE MAJOR IN COLLEGE, AND SOMETIMES I THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT ALL MY SOFTWARE ENGINEER FRIENDS MAKE AT LEAST TWICE MY SALARY, IF NOT THREE TIMES.

SO INITIALLY DTR SOUNDED APPEALING.

IT SOUNDED LIKE THE CHANCE TO EARN MORE MONEY FOR MY LABOR FASTER, BUT THE PROCESS IS TRULY A HERCULEAN ENDEAVOR.

GETTING DTR STATUS IS THE ONLY WAY YOUR SALARY CAN INCREASE PAST THE PROFICIENT TWO SALARY OF AROUND $71,000, THERE IS A SCORE THRESHOLD YOU MUST PASS EVEN TO APPLY, AND THAT'S THE FIRST HOOP TO JUMP THROUGH.

AFTER THAT, YOU COMPILE A DETAILED WRITE UP OF YOUR QUALIFICATIONS ACROSS THREE DOMAINS LEADERSHIP, LIFELONG LEARNING, AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROFESSION.

SO YOU NEED TO SPEND ALL YOUR TIME ACTIVE IN CAMPUS OR DISTRICT ACTIVITIES READING, EDUCATION, LITERATURE, AND PRESENTING AT CONFERENCES ABOUT PEDAGOGY, AND YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE OBSESSIVELY DOCUMENTING YOURSELF DOING ALL OF THESE THINGS.

I ACTUALLY DO LIKE TO READ RESEARCH PAPERS AND BOOKS ABOUT EDUCATION, BUT I HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN METICULOUSLY KEEPING TRACK OF EVERYONE THAT I READ, SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT COUNTS. I ALSO FOUND OUT THAT MY MASTER'S DEGREE DOESN'T COUNT FOR ANYTHING IN REGARD TO LIFELONG LEARNING, EVEN THOUGH IT IS OSTENSIBLY LEARNING, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT DIDN'T HAPPEN WITHIN THE PAST THREE YEARS.

IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO EARN THIS DISTINCTION ONCE, YOU HAVE TO KEEP REAPPLYING EVERY THREE YEARS TO PROVE THAT YOU'RE NOT SLACKING.

I DO THINK IT'S GREAT TO COMPENSATE TEACHERS FOR EXTRA DUTIES PERFORMED, AND WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE TEACHERS TO SEEK OUT RESEARCH ON BEST EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES AND SHARE IT WITH OTHERS, BUT I DON'T LIKE THE CULTURE OF OVERWORK THAT THIS REINFORCES.

A TEACHER SHOULDN'T HAVE TO OVERWORK HERSELF OR DEDICATE HER WHOLE LIFE TO TEACHING IN ORDER TO AVOID PAY STAGNATION, DOING A GOOD JOB IN THE CLASSROOM AND STAYING IN THE CLASSROOM IN THE ERA OF A TEACHER SHORTAGE AND DECLINING ENROLLMENT IN EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAMS SHOULD BE MORE THAN ENOUGH.

NOT TO MENTION THAT EVEN TEACHERS WHO DON'T HAVE PROMINENT LEADERSHIP ROLES ROUTINELY WORK OUTSIDE CONTRACT HOURS TO GET THE JOB DONE.

THOSE TEACHERS ALSO DESERVE PAY RAISES YEAR AFTER YEAR AND STABILITY IN THEIR PAY OUTPACING INFLATION.

WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY ALL TEACHERS SOFTWARE ENGINEER SALARIES YET, AT LEAST UNTIL PEOPLE START LIKING PAYING TAXES, BUT WE CAN AT LEAST COMPENSATE RETURNING TEACHERS FAIRLY FOR CONTINUING TO BE IN THE CLASSROOM AND GIVING THEIR BEST TO OUR KIDS.

SO IN CONCLUSION, PLEASE REVIEW TEI AND GET TEACHERS TO WEIGH IN ON IT AND SEE WHAT'S ACTUALLY BEST FOR US [APPLAUSE].

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

THANK YOU TO ALL THE SPEAKERS THIS EVENING.

WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE AGENDA.

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

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

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

THE BOARD IS GOING TO RETIRE TO CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551, CONCERNING ANY AND ALL PURPOSES PERMITTED BY THE ACT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071 FOR PRIVATE CONSULTATION WITH THE ATTORNEY ABOUT PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION, OR ON A MATTER IN WHICH THE DUTY OF THE ATTORNEY TO THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY UNDER THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT.

THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS CLEARLY CONFLICTS WITH THIS CHAPTER.

SECTION 551.074 TO DELIBERATE THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT EVALUATION, REASSIGNMENT DUTIES, DISCIPLINE, OR DISMISSAL OF A PUBLIC OFFICE OR EMPLOYEE, INCLUDING PROBATIONARY AND TERM CONTRACT EMPLOYEES LISTED IN THE STATUTORY ITEMS. SECTION 551.076 TO DELIBERATE REGARDING THE DEPLOYMENT OR SPECIFIC OCCASIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION FOR SECURITY PERSONNEL OR DEVICES OR SECURITY AUDIT.

SECTION 551.089 TO DELIBERATE, DELIBERATE SECURITY ASSESSMENTS OR DEPLOYMENTS RELATING TO INFORMATION RESOURCES TECHNOLOGY NETWORK SECURITY INFORMATION AS DESCRIBED IN SECTION 2059.055, SUBSECTION B, OR THE DEPLOYMENT OR SPECIFIC OCCASION FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF SECURITY PERSONNEL, CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE OR SECURITY DEVICES AND 551.129 TO CONSULT WITH ATTORNEYS BY USE OF TELEPHONE CONFERENCE CALL, VIDEO CONFERENCE CALL OR COMMUNICATIONS OVER THE INTERNET IN AN OPEN MEETING AND OR CLOSED MEETING.

THE TIME IS NOW 7:19 P.M, AND THE BOARD IS IN CLOSED SESSION.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

THE TIME IS NOW 10:02 P.M, AND WE ARE BACK IN OPEN SESSION.

THE BOARD DID NOT TAKE ANY ACTION IN CLOSED SESSION.

TRUSTEES NOW, GOING TO BEGIN WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.

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OKAY. THERE WE GO. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE.

THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING TRUSTEES.

SO I'D LIKE TO TAKE A FEW MOMENTS TO TALK ABOUT SOME ACCOLADES.

FIRST BUS DRIVER APPRECIATION DAY, APRIL 23RD WAS BUS DRIVER APPRECIATION DAY.

WE TREATED THEM TO BREAKFAST.

BUS DRIVERS HAVE DRIVEN.

LISTEN TO THIS. OUR BUS DRIVERS HAVE DRIVEN MORE THAN 9 MILLION MILES THIS YEAR AND TAKEN STUDENTS ON ALMOST 15,000 FIELD TRIPS TO ENRICH THEIR LEARNING AND TO PARTICIPATE IN ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES.

THANK YOU TO THESE DEDICATED BUS DRIVERS WHO SAFELY TRANSPORT OUR STUDENTS AND DO SO MUCH MORE.

I ALWAYS LIKE TO SAY THAT BUS DRIVERS ARE A STUDENT'S VERY FIRST AND LAST TEACHERS OF THE DAY.

YOU MAKE A TREMENDOUS DIFFERENCE.

EARLIER THIS MONTH, DURING ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS WEEK, WE CELEBRATED ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS WITH A VOTE FOR THE FAVORITE ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AND OTHER EVENTS. I WAS ONCE AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL IN SAN ANTONIO AND LEARNED A LOT IN THAT ROLE.

YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY THAT THE TEACHER IS THE PROGRAM AND THE PRINCIPAL IS THE PLATFORM, BUT WITHOUT OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, SCHOOLS JUST WOULDN'T WORK.

THANK YOU TO OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS FOR ALL THEY DO.

THERE'S A LOT TO CELEBRATE DURING APRIL, AND ONE OF THOSE CELEBRATIONS IS SCHOOL LIBRARIAN DAY.

LIBRARIES ARE NOT JUST SOURCES OF KNOWLEDGE AND BOOKS.

FOR MANY STUDENTS, THEY REPRESENT A REFUGE AND A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN TRAVEL TO OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD AND IMAGINARY PLACES, AND LEARN ABOUT OTHER CULTURES

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LIBRARIANS ARE HIGHLY TRAINED EDUCATORS WHO HELP GUIDE STUDENT LEARNING IN INNOVATIVE WAYS, AND THEY HAVE OUR ADMIRATION AND OUR THANKS.

VOLUNTEERS ARE SO IMPORTANT TO US AT DALLAS ISD.

THINK OF THE VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES THAT ENRICH OUR STUDENTS LIVES.

ALL PRO DADS, BOOK BUDDIES, AND THE ALWAYS POPULAR MLK ORATORY COMPETITION, AND I'M NOT SURE THERE'S A MORE EFFECTIVE PROGRAM AT BUILDING ALLIES TO DALLAS ISD THAN OUR PRINCIPAL FOR A DAY PROGRAM.

SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR VOLUNTEERS FOR DONATING YOUR TIME AND EXPERTISE, AND KUDOS TO OUR OWN CHIEF JOHN DELANDER, FOR LEADING THIS WORK.

AT THE STATE OF THE DISTRICT EVENT EARLIER THIS MONTH, THE DISTRICT WIDE 2023-2024 TEACHER AND PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR WINNERS WERE ANNOUNCED.

THE PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR WINNERS WERE ALICIA IWASKO OF ANNIE WEBB BLANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, DAVID LEE OF HECTOR GARCIA MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND DEREK THOMAS OF SOLAR PREPARATORY FOR BOYS AT JOHN F KENNEDY, AND OUR TEACHER OF THE YEAR WINNERS WERE CHANTRELLE LOVETT ANDREWS OF UMPHREY LEE, CRISTIAN GALLARDO OF SAM TASBY MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND AMANDA ASHMEAD, WHO TEACHES AT THE SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING AT YVONNE EWELL TOWNVIEW CENTER.

I WAS PARTICULARLY MOVED BY ASHMEAD'S REMARKS ABOUT THE JOYS OF TEACHING AND HOW SHE WOULD ENCOURAGE MORE TO ENTER THE PROFESSION, AND SHE SAID IN CONCLUDING HER ACCEPTANCE SPEECH, COME IT'S FUN.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO OFFER THANKS TO OUR PARTNER SPONSORS, THE DALLAS EDUCATION FOUNDATION, LINEBARGER ATTORNEYS AT LAW AND RELIANT, AND OF COURSE, KUDOS TO CHIEFS ROBERT ABEL AND TIFFANY HEWITT, AS WELL AS DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT BRIAN LUSK FOR LEADING THE SELECTION PROCESS FOR THE PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS OF THE YEAR, AS WELL AS TO CHIEF LIBBY DANIELS, WHOSE COMMUNICATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT ONCE AGAIN PUT ON A TRULY SPECTACULAR EVENT.

AFTER SPEAKING AND SPEAKING OF RELIANT, REPRESENTATIVES FROM RELIANT ENERGY PRESENTED DALLAS ISD'S ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY DEPARTMENT WITH A $64,000 CHECK TO SUPPORT THE DISTRICT'S ONGOING EFFORTS OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY.

RELIANCE STARTED A PROGRAM IN 2023 CALLED RESPONSIVE ECONOMIC DISPATCH, OR RED, AND WHEN THE ELECTRIC RELIABILITY COUNCIL OF TEXAS ERCOT GRID IS PEAKING HIGH, IT'S AN INCENTIVE TO REDUCE ENERGY DURING PEAK PERIODS.

RELIANT ENERGY RELIANT ENERGY'S REPRESENTATIVE, JEFF BETTISON, SAYS WHEN THE DISTRICT REDUCES DURING PEAK PERIODS, IT REDUCES BY 20MW. KUDOS TO CHIEF DAVID BATES FOR LEADING THIS WORK ON OUR BEHALF.

TWO HILLCREST STUDENTS WILL BE INDUCTED INTO THE 20 UNDER 20 CLASS OF 2024 OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF DALLAS FORT WORTH.

ALEXIA STEIN AND CAROLINE CARTER WERE INCLUDED IN THIS PRESTIGIOUS GROUP BECAUSE OF THEIR GRADES, THEIR VOLUNTEER HOURS, AND EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALEXIA AND CAROLINE, AS WELL AS THEIR SPONSOR IN THE GLOBAL YOUNG LEADERS PROGRAM, HILLCREST TEACHER ANA ANNA MARIE SIFFORD. WELL DONE ALL AROUND.

OUR TEAM MEMBERS AT THE WELCOME CENTER AND EMPLOYEES HAVE REGISTERED MORE THAN I SEE A DIFFERENT SLIDE THAN I WAS EXPECTING. LET'S SEE.

HERE WE GO.

OUR TEAM MEMBERS AT THE WELCOME CENTER EMPLOYEES HAVE REGISTERED MORE THAN 7000 STUDENTS FROM 76 COUNTRIES, SPEAKING MORE THAN 36 LANGUAGES JUST THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

THEY ALSO OFFER PARENT ORIENTATION, LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY TESTING AND HEALTH SCREENINGS, AND AS OF LAST WEEK, THE WELCOME CENTER OFFERS SOMETHING NEW; CHILDREN'S BOOKS IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGES.

THANK YOU TO THE DALLAS EDUCATION FOUNDATION AND SUPERIOR TEXT FOR MAKING SURE THE VENDING MACHINE WILL BE FULLY STOCKED WITH MULTILINGUAL TITLES AVAILABLE TO ALL WHO VISIT THE WELCOME CENTER, AND ON A PERSONAL NOTE, AS SOMEONE FOR WHOM ENGLISH IS A SECOND LANGUAGE, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO OFFER BOOKS IN MANY LANGUAGES.

I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT SPEAKING ANOTHER LANGUAGE IS LIKE HAVING A SUPERPOWER, BECAUSE IT OFFERS YOU MULTIPLE WAYS NOT TO EXPRESS YOURSELF, BUT TO ALSO

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READING IS ALSO A SUPERPOWER BECAUSE IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, WRITING IS ENCODING LANGUAGE AND READING IS DECODING IT.

OUR JOB AS EDUCATORS IS TO GIVE ALL OUR STUDENTS THAT POWER, AND NOW WE THESE KIDDOS WITH THESE KIDDOS, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO LEARN THE SKILL WITH THEIR PARENTS AT HOME IN THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGES.

THIS IS REALLY GREAT STUFF, AND LASTLY, EARLY VOTING FOR THE MAY 4TH ELECTIONS IS UNDERWAY.

VOTING IS A DUTY WE ALL SHARE IN A DEMOCRACY, BUT THE ELECTION HAS SPECIAL MEANING FOR ME BECAUSE VOTERS IN TWO DISTRICTS WILL BE PICKING TWO ADDITIONAL BOSSES FOR ME PERSONALLY, AND AS MUCH AS I SINCERELY REGRET THE IMMINENT DEPARTURES OF TRUSTEES EDWIN FLORES AND JUSTIN HENRY, I EAGERLY ANTICIPATE FINDING OUT WHO THE VOTERS SEND TO REPLACE THEM ON THE DAIS.

AS AUTHOR SHARON SALZBERG SAID, VOTING IS THE EXPRESSION OF OUR COMMITMENT TO OURSELVES, TO ONE ANOTHER, THIS COUNTRY AND TO THE WORLD.

THANKS IN ADVANCE TO EVERYONE WHO SHOWS UP AT THE POLLING PLACES TO EXPRESS THAT COMMITMENT, AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

THANK YOU DR. ELIZALDE I FORGOT TO ASK EARLIER IF THERE WAS ANY TRUSTEE COMMITTEE REPORT.

ALL RIGHT. IF NOT, WE'RE GOING TO START DISTRICT REPORTS STARTING WITH DISTRICT ONE, AND THEN GO THROUGH NINE TRUSTEE FLORES.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HENRY.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE ATHLETES AND COACHES E.D.

WALKER MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR MAKING HISTORY IN GIRLS SPORTS.

THESE YOUNG LADIES SWEPT THEIR DISTRICT DIVISION AND WON THE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN CROSS COUNTRY, SOFTBALL, BASKETBALL, SOCCER, VOLLEYBALL AND TRACK.

KUDOS ALSO TO THE [INAUDIBLE] HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL TEAM FOR WINNING THE 2024 DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP.

WAY TO GO! FINALLY, I ALSO WANT TO THANK AND CELEBRATE ALL TEACHERS IN DISTRICT ONE AND ACROSS DALLAS ISD FOR MAKING THIS MONTH'S SOLAR ECLIPSE AN AMAZING LEARNING OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL STUDENTS. THIS IS SURELY A LESSON THAT THEY WILL NEVER FORGET, AND THAT'S THE DISTRICT ONE REPORT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU TRUSTEE FLORES.

THAT SOLAR ECLIPSE REALLY WAS SOMETHING ELSE, WASN'T IT? IN DISTRICT TWO, I'D LIKE TO EXTEND A WARM WELCOME TO THE THREE NEW HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOL COACHES.

VOLLEYBALL COACH KENZIE PALMER.

ATHLETIC DIRECTOR KEELIN JONES.

THE NEW HEAD FOOTBALL COACH, AD MADIS.

I KNOW YOU WILL REPRESENT D2 WELL.

ANOTHER CONGRATULATIONS TO HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOL LADIES GOLF.

THEY EARNED SECOND PLACE IN THE UIL 11 5A AND ARE ON THEIR WAY TO REGIONALS.

KUDOS TO SUZY L WILLIAMS TALENTED AND GIFTED ACADEMY'S ROBOTICS TEAM FOR ADVANCING IN THE VEX ROBOTICS STATE COMPETITION.

THEY'LL BE ADVANCING TO THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP.

CONGRATULATIONS TO WOODROW HIGH SCHOOL AERIAL DRONE TEAM DRONE [INAUDIBLE] 360 FOR EARNING A SPOT IN THE AERIAL DRONE CHAMPIONSHIP.

THANK YOU TO THE AMAZING SUDIE WILLIAMS TALENTED AND GIFTED ACADEMY LIBRARIAN AMY GARNICA FOR SHARING HER SUPERPOWERS AT THE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE, AND FINALLY, CONGRATS TO THE 66 LIONS FROM SUDIE WILLIAMS TALENTED AND GIFTED ACADEMY FOR COMPETING IN THE TEXAS MATH AND SCIENCE COACHES ASSOCIATION STATE COMPETITION IN MY HOMETOWN, SAN ANTONIO.

THAT CONCLUDES DISTRICT TWO'S KUDOS AND ACCOLADES FOR THIS MONTH.

I'LL REPORT THE DISTRICT THREE ACCOLADES.

FIRST REALLY HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ROBO CHARGERS FROM MJ CONRAD HIGH SCHOOL.

THEY WON BACK TO BACK CHAMPIONS AND CHAMPIONSHIPS IN ROBOTICS AT THE STATE LEVEL.

THEY ARE FOURTH IN THE WORLD, FOURTH IN THE WORLD IN ROBOTICS.

WHAT AN AMAZING ACCOMPLISHMENT.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO IN ADDITION TO CRISTIAN GALLARDO FROM SAM TASBY MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHO WON THE DISTRICT TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARD AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL.

THERE WAS THERE WERE ADDITIONAL TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARDS THAT WERE GIVEN BY THE GREATER EAST DALLAS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND BEATRICE QUIROZ FROM KEYSTONE ELEMENTARY WON A TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARD AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL.

MONICA ROBINSON ROBINSON FROM ROBERT T HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL WON THE AWARD FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS, AND WENYONG WANG AT MJ CONRAD HIGH SCHOOL WON THE AWARD FOR HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS.

MANY, MANY SENIORS IN DISTRICT THREE ARE STARTING TO MAKE THEIR FINAL CHOICES FOR COLLEGE, AND I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE, CONGRATULATE LENA WU FROM BRYAN ADAMS HIGH SCHOOL

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HELLO. THANK YOU, AND GOOD EVENING.

WE HAVE THREE ACCOLADES FOR ANNUAL BLANDING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALICIA IWASKO FOR BEING PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR.

I ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE MICHELLE CLAYBORN FOR RECEIVING TEACHER OF THE YEAR AND MISS STEPHANIE RAMIREZ FOR TEACHER OF PROMISE. PRINCIPAL SHELBY BAXTER AT GILBERT CUELLAR SENIOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAS ACCEPTED INTO THE UPCOMING HALLSWORTH CAMPUS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM.

THIS IS A TWO YEAR PROGRAM IN WHICH CAMPUS TEAMS WILL BUILD STRONGER LEADERSHIP MUSCLES WHILE WORKING TOWARDS EXCELLENCE AND EQUITABLE OUTCOMES FOR ALL STUDENTS.

CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR ACCEPTANCE INTO A SELECTIVE COHORT.

THE SCHOOL OF THE TALENTED AND GIFTED IN PLEASANT GROVE SWEPT THE SCENE AT THE ROBOTICS EDUCATION AND COMPETITION FOUNDATION.

THIS AMAZING GROUP WON AWARDS AND SKILLS, JUDGE, JUDGES AND EXCELLENT CATEGORIES, THEIR DRONE SKILLS, COMMUNICATION TEAM AND PERSEVERANCE P ERSEVERANCE REALLY SHINED.

HERE'S A SHOUT OUT TO [INAUDIBLE] WOOLDRIDGE WOOLDRIDGE JUNIOR OF YOUNG MEN'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT FRED F LAWRENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL, ON BEING THE HIGH JUMP CHAMPION AND JOSE HERNANDEZ ON PLACING THIRD IN SHOT PUT.

ALSO, CONGRATULATIONS TO DISTRICT FOUR.

KEEP IT ROLLING IN AS YOUNG WOMEN STEM ACADEMY AT BOX SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL REIGNED SUPREME AND CLINCHED VICTORY IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL DEBATE SPRING CHAMPIONSHIP.

SEAGOVILLE HIGH SCHOOL PUT THEMSELVES ON THE MAP AT THE WICHITA FALLS WALDORF, 33 OUT OF 39 STUDENTS GAINED A WELDING WELDING CERTIFICATION TO BRING HOME A TOTAL OF 44 WELDING CERTIFICATIONS ALTOGETHER.

SEAGOVILLE HAD 13 WELDERS PLACED IN THE TOP TEN ACROSS FOUR CATEGORIES.

A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO JUAN TREJO SENIOR AT H.

GRADY SPRUCE HIGH SCHOOL ON GETTING ACCEPTED WITH A FULL RIDE SCHOLARSHIP TO NOTRE DAME UNIVERSITY.

THIS IS SUCH A GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT AND A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THE MANY OPPORTUNITIES OF A DALLAS ISD EDUCATION IN PLEASANT GROVE.

ALSO, JUST A REMINDER, EARLY VOTING STARTED ON THE 22ND IT ENDS ON APRIL THE 30TH.

ELECTION DAY IS SATURDAY, MAY 2ND.

PLEASE GET OUT AND EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE IN THIS MOST VERY IMPORTANT ELECTION AS WELL.

THIS CONCLUDES THE DISTRICT FOUR REPORTS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE WHITE I'M GOING TO DO THE DISTRICT FIVE ACCOLADES ON BEHALF OF TRUSTEE JOHNSON HE HAD TO STEP OUT FOR AN URGENT ISSUE THAT'S GOING ON IN THIS COMMUNITY. HE WANTS TO CONGRATULATE THE SCHOOL FOR THE TALENTED AND GIFTED IN SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, BOTH AT YVONNE EWELL TOWNVIEW CENTER, FOR SECURING TWO OF THE TOP THREE STOP SPOTS ON THE US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT BEST SCHOOLS LIST.

ALSO, CONGRATS TO TOWNVIEWS JUDGE BAREFOOT SANDERS, LAW MAGNET SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS, AND THE MARVIN ROBINSON SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT FOR ALSO SECURING SPOTS ON THE MAGAZINE'S TOP 50 HIGH SCHOOL LIST IN TEXAS.

YOU'VE MADE ALL OF US ON THE BOARD, INCLUDING TRUSTEE JOHNSON, PROUD, AND HE'S ASKING YOU TO KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.

KUDOS TO KINDERGARTEN TEACHER ZARIAH WYNN AND LIBRARY MEDIA SPECIALIST MICHELLE [INAUDIBLE] AT HARLEY EARLY N.W.

HARLEY EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN PROMOTING ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS AND ACTION WITHIN THEIR SCHOOL COMMUNITY.

THEIR CLASS LAUNCHED A RECYCLING PROGRAM THAT TEACHES STUDENTS HOW TO USE THE CITY'S RECYCLING SYSTEM, STARTING WITH PAPER, AND THEY HAVE FUTURE PLANS TO INCORPORATE PLASTICS AND COMPOSTING.

DOWNSIZE THESE HOMES TO THE NEXT GENERATION OF SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS 32 TEAMS FROM 17 DALLAS ISD SCHOOLS ADVANCED THE VEX ROBOTICS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP BEGINNING TODAY IN HOUSTON, AND HE'S PROUD TO SAY THAT WE HAVE DR.

FREDERICK DOUGLAS TODD SENIOR MIDDLE SCHOOL, WILLIAM B TRAVIS ACADEMY VANGUARD FOR THE ACADEMICALLY TALENTED AND GIFTED, TRINITY HEIGHTS TALENTED AND GIFTED, AND THE SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING AT YVONNE A.

EWELL TOWNVIEW CENTER, REPRESENTING FOR DISTRICT FIVE THIS WEEKEND.

WE CAN'T SEE. CAN'T WAIT TO SEE HOW WELL EACH OF THEM DO.

I WOULD LIKE TO HE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT AND THANK ALL OF THOSE INVOLVED WITH THE DISTRICT FIVE BREAKFAST THAT WAS HELD THIS PAST SATURDAY AT TRAVIS ACADEMY VANGUARD FOR THE ACADEMICALLY TALENTED AND GIFTED.

IT WAS GREAT FOR HIM TO SEE EVERYONE AND HE THANKS EVERYONE AGAIN FOR COMING OUT TO HEAR ABOUT ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN DISTRICT FIVE.

AND THAT CONCLUDES THE DISTRICT FIVE REPORT.

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IT IS MY HONOR TO CONGRATULATE CHANTRELLE LOVETT ANDREWS FROM UMPHREY LEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR WINNING THE 2024 ELEMENTARY TEACHER OF THE YEAR. HER UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO HER STUDENTS, STAFF, AND PARENTS TRULY MAKE HER DESERVING OF THIS HONOR.

CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS ACHIEVEMENT.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE CARTER HIGH SCHOOL LADY COWBOY GOLF TEAM AND THE BOYS GOLF TEAM FOR CLINCHING THE TITLE OF DISTRICT CHAMPIONS FOR THIS YEAR FOR 4A.

A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO THE INCREDIBLE E-SPORTS TEAM FROM MARTIN WEISS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE AT THE DISTRICT WIDE COMPETITION.

FOR TOP POSITIONS AMIDST STIFF COMPETITION AND THEY TRULY SHOWCASED THE TALENT AND COMPETITIVE SPIRIT WITHIN DISTRICT SIX.

WHILE THE EXCITEMENT FROM THE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE MAY BE OVER, I WANT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO THE TEACHERS WHO TRANSFORMED THIS EVENT INTO A REMARKABLE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR THE STUDENTS.

I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WATCHING THIS ONCE IN A LIFETIME EVENT AT T.W.

BROWN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

THANKS TO DR.

HUGHES AND THE TEAM AT T.W.

BROWN MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR ORCHESTRATING SUCH A MEMORABLE EVENT FOR THE STUDENTS AND MYSELF, AND FINALLY, THIS WEEK WAS SCHOOL BUS DRIVER APPRECIATION WEEK.

YOUR COMMITMENT TO SAFELY TRANSPORTING OUR STUDENTS TO AND FROM SCHOOL EVERY DAY IS INVALUABLE, AND WE I DEEPLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO TO SUPPORT OUR DISTRICT'S MISSION.

THANK YOU, AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

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

FIRST, I WANT TO EXTEND A SPECIAL THANKS TO ADAMSON HIGH SCHOOL FOR INVITING ME TO TAKE PART IN THEIR RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY FOR THE UNVEILING OF THEIR NEW STATE OF THE ART WEIGHT ROOM. THIS MODERN FACILITY IS SURE TO BE A FANTASTIC RESOURCE FOR STUDENTS, AND I WANT TO THANK THE ADMINISTRATION AND EVERYBODY WHO SAW THE STATE OF THE OLD WEIGHT ROOM AND PUT THIS AS AN URGENT NEED TO GIVE OUR STUDENTS ACCESS TO WHAT THEY NEED, AND IT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL.

SO THANK YOU. SECOND, I WANT TO GIVE A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO DR.

MARTINEZ OF SUNSET HIGH SCHOOL FOR BEING RECOGNIZED AS THE INAUGURAL PRINCIPAL OF THE MONTH BY THE OAK CLIFF CHAMBER.

DR. MARTINEZ IS A PROUD PRODUCT OF DALLAS ISD SCHOOLS AND A NATIVE OF OAK CLIFF.

DR. MARTINEZ, YOUR LEADERSHIP IS TRULY COMMENDABLE AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR COMMITMENT, AND WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PRINCIPALS, I DO ALSO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE DALLAS ISD SECONDARY PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR DISTRICT SEVEN DISTRICT SEVEN VERY OWN DAVID LEE AT GARCIA MIDDLE SCHOOL.

YOUR LEADERSHIP HAS BEEN ON DISPLAY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND CONTINUES TO BE ABSOLUTELY STELLAR, AND SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT WELL-DESERVED ACCOMPLISHMENT, AND FINALLY, AS WE OBSERVE VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION WEEK, I WANT TO EXPRESS MY HEARTFELT GRATITUDE TO OUR INCREDIBLE PARTNERS WHO CONTINUALLY PROVIDE ENRICHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. THIS MONTH, ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE DALLAS ZOO AND BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE HAVE OPENED DOORS FOR MOLINA B-TECH STUDENTS THROUGH JOB SHADOWING EXPERIENCES, OFFERING INVALUABLE INSIGHTS INTO POTENTIAL CAREER PATHS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR UNWAVERING SUPPORT AND PARTNERSHIP IN SHAPING THE FUTURE OF OUR STUDENTS AND OUR CITY, AND THAT CONCLUDES MY ACCOLADES.

I WILL GIVE THE DISTRICT EIGHT ACCOLADES I WANT I WANT TO BEGIN WITH THE SOLAR ECLIPSE.

THERE WERE MANY GREAT SOLAR ECLIPSE EVENTS ACROSS DALLAS ISD.

I WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO JESUS MORALES, EXPRESSIVE ARTS AT VANGUARD AND EDUCATOR.

HEATHER HOUSTON AN EIGHTH GRADE SCIENCE AND ASTRONOMY TEACHER, AND HER STUDENTS FOR NOT ONLY TEACHING YOUNGER STUDENTS HOW TO SAFELY WATCH THE SOLAR ECLIPSE, BUT WHO WERE ALSO FEATURED IN VARIOUS TELEVISION NEWS STATIONS.

THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING MORALES VANGUARD SO WELL.

ALSO LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE STUDENTS AND THE TEACHERS AT JOMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE DISNEY MUSICALS IN SUMMER PROGRAM. STUDENTS RECENTLY PERFORMED AN EXCERPT FROM FINDING NEMO.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE DISTINGUISHED ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS RECENTLY RECOGNIZED ACROSS DALLAS ISD.

BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO DAVID VILLEGAS OF LEONIDES CIGARROA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR EARNING THE TITLE OF A THOMAS JEFFERSON VERTICAL TEAM DISTINGUISHED ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL WITH 17 YEARS AT DALLAS ISD, SEVEN AS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, AND NEARLY ALL OF THEM IN THE TJ VERTICAL

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CONGRATULATIONS TO NORTH DALLAS STUDENTS HOLLY AND OLUWAKEMI TYLER, WHO RECENTLY THROWN OUT BY COLLEAGUES WHO WERE RECENTLY FLOWN OUT BY COLLEGES TO VISIT THEIR THEIR CAMPUSES.

THESE STUDENTS TRAVELED TO NEW YORK CITY, BOSTON, AND CONNECTICUT TO VISIT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, HARVARD, AND YALE.

OLUWAKEMI ALSO VISITED RICE UNIVERSITY.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE STUDENTS AND TO ALL STUDENTS CURRENTLY DECIDING WHERE THEY WILL SPEND THE NEXT CHAPTER OF THEIR EDUCATION.

LET'S SEE. ALSO, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NORTH DALLAS LADY BULLDOG JUNIOR VARSITY VARSITY TRACK TEAM WHO RAN AWAY WITH THE TEAM TITLE AT THE DISTRICT 13 4A TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS.

A FIRST IN NORTH DALLAS HIGH SCHOOL HISTORY.

ANOTHER FIRST IN NORTH DALLAS HIGH SCHOOL HISTORY.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NORTH DALLAS BULLDOG BAND FOR WINNING THE UIL CONCERT AND SIGHT READING COMPETITION WITH A SUPERIOR ONE RATING IN SIGHT READING, AND THANK YOU TO UNITED TO LEARN THROUGH UNITED TO LEARN COMMUNITY CAMPUS DAY PROJECTS.

UNITED TO LEARN HAS INVESTED IN NUMEROUS SCHOOLS ACROSS DALLAS ISD, INCLUDING DISTRICT EIGHT SCHOOLS CHAVEZ, BURNETT, AND SALDIVAR, WHERE UNITED TO LEARN HELPED BRIGHTEN UP THOSE SCHOOL LIBRARIES.

SCHOOLS DE ZAVALA, WHERE VOLUNTEERS ORGANIZED A NEW SPIRIT STORE.

ON ROBERTS, WHERE VOLUNTEERS HELPED ASSEMBLE A MINDFULNESS CENTER AND CLASSROOM.

OBADIAH NIGHT WHERE UNITED TO LEARN VOLUNTEERS HELPED BUILD AN OUTDOOR CLASSROOM, AND ARCADIA PARK GABE ALLEN, MOUNT AUBURN, JESUS MORALEZ, MAPLE LAWN, HOPE MEDRANO, STEPHENS PARK AND ZARAGOZA WERE VOLUNTEERS FOR UNITED TO LEARN HELPED HOST BOOK PARTIES WHERE EVERY STUDENT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE A FREE NEW BOOK.

THANK YOU UNITED TO LEARN FOR ALL YOU DO TO SUPPORT PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

LASTLY, BECAUSE I MAY NOT GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY IT WHEN THEY WHILE THEY'RE STILL HERE AT THIS DAIS, BUT I JUST WANT TO TAKE A DISTRICT EIGHT MOMENT TO THANK TRUSTEE FLORES AND TRUSTEE HENRY FOR THEIR FOR THEIR SERVICE TO DALLAS ISD, FOR BEING FIRST CLASS COLLEAGUES AS PART OF THIS SCHOOL BOARD AND FOR BEING CHAMPIONS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, BROTHERS.

[APPLAUSE] ONE MORE MONTH.

ONE MORE MONTH.

THANK YOU TRUSTEE CARREÓN.

THAT WAS KIND OF YOU.

I APPRECIATE THAT IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE WITH EVERYONE ON THIS BOARD.

I DO HAVE ONE MORE MONTH, I BELIEVE.

I'M NOT SURE WHEN MY LAST DAY IS GOING TO BE THOUGH.

THE OTHER DISTRICT NINE ACCOLADES.

RECENTLY, ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS ACROSS THE DISTRICT WERE RECOGNIZED FOR ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL WEEK.

I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK ALL OF OUR DISTINGUISHED APS IN DISTRICT NINE AND ACROSS THE DISTRICT FOR THEIR TIRELESS WORK ON OUR CAMPUSES AND LASTING IMPACT ON OUR STUDENTS. WE ARE TRULY GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF YOU.

I WANT TO SAY A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO THE IRMA RANGEL YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP SCHOOL DEBATE TEAM FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE AT THE TEXAS JUNIOR SPEECH AND DEBATE ASSOCIATION STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, WITH SOME STUDENTS SECURING SECOND PLACE AND OTHERS EARNING THE PRESTIGIOUS TOP SPEAKER AWARD, THE HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL ACCOLADE AT THE TOURNAMENT. THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS ARE TRULY REMARKABLE.

THIS SUCCESS IS A TESTAMENT TO THEIR INTELLECT, DEDICATION AND HARD WORK.

AS WE CELEBRATE NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK AND MONTH, I WANT TO EXPRESS MY DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO ALL THE INCREDIBLE PARENTS WHO GENEROUSLY VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME AND SUPPORT TO ENRICH THE LIVES OF OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF WHOSE DEDICATION AND CONTRIBUTIONS.

PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN CREATING A NURTURING AND THRIVING LEARNING ENVIRONMENT ACROSS OUR CAMPUSES.

WE COULDN'T DO THIS WITHOUT YOU.

I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A HEARTFELT THANK YOU TO THE PTO OF THE SYLVIA MENDEZ CREW LEADERSHIP ACADEMY FOR THEIR EXTRAORDINARY GENEROSITY IN RAISING FUNDS TO PROVIDE RECESS ITEMS FOR STUDENTS ACROSS ALL GRADE LEVELS.

THIS ACT OF KINDNESS AND THOUGHTFULNESS IS TRULY COMMENDABLE AND WILL UNDOUBTEDLY BE CHERISHED BY STUDENTS FOR YEARS TO COME, AND FINALLY, MANY OF US WERE ABLE TO ATTEND THIS MONTH'S STATE OF THE DISTRICT.

WE CELEBRATED OUR TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS OF THE YEAR, AND HERE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY HAD TO SAY ABOUT THEIR WORK.

THE WORK THAT THEY DO IN SUPPORT OF OUR STUDENTS.

SO THANK SOMEONE HAS A VIDEO.

WE COULD TAKE A LISTEN AND LOOK.

I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY WITH EXCITEMENT AND GRATITUDE.

IT IS AN HONOR TO BE STANDING HERE AT THIS MOMENT.

I'M TEACHING BECAUSE I WANT TO, AND EVEN IF YOU SHOWED ME THAT IF I LEFT THE CLASSROOM AND STAYED IN A CUBICLE, I WOULD DO MORE GOOD FOR PEOPLE.

I THINK I WOULD STAY WHERE I AM.

I WANT TO EXPRESS MY HEARTFELT APPRECIATION TO MY STUDENTS.

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THANKS TO MY AWESOME ADMINISTRATORS AND COWORKERS AT UMPHREY LEE ELEMENTARY FOR BEING PILLARS OF SUPPORT.

OF COURSE, THIS MOMENT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

I'M HERE BECAUSE I LIKE IT.

MY FAMILY, THANK YOU FOR BELIEVING IN ME AND SHARING THIS SPECIAL MOMENT.

I KNOW THAT NO MATTER WHAT, YOU'RE ALWAYS THERE FOR ME, AND OF COURSE, BEHIND EVERY SUCCESSFUL TEACHER IS A FAMILY NETWORK WHO PROVIDES UNWAVERING SUPPORT.

I HOPE THAT WE CAN PULL MORE PEOPLE INTO THE PROFESSION WITH THAT.

NOT GIVE UP YOUR DREAMS AND DO GOOD FOR THE WORLD, BUT COME.

IT'S FUN. WHAT AN HONOR TO BE RECOGNIZED TODAY.

I ACCEPT THIS HONOR NOT AS A PRINCIPAL WHO EARNED THIS RECOGNITION, BUT ON BEHALF OF THE TEACHERS AND STAFF WHO WORK TIRELESSLY.

THANK YOU, DISTRICT LEADERSHIP.

THANK YOU TO MY SOLAR FAMILY, THE TEACHERS, THE SUPPORT STAFF, THE STUDENTS, THE PARENTS AND THE COMMUNITY.

THIS AWARD IS OURS.

I ALWAYS TRY TO INSTILL THE POWER OF BELIEVING TO OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STUDENTS.

ALL I ASK EVERY DAY IS THAT I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO POUR INTO OTHERS, AND ESPECIALLY ON BEHALF OF THE AMAZING STUDENTS AT HECTOR P.

GARCIA MIDDLE SCHOOL.

THIS AWARD IS IN THE NAME OF ALL THOSE THAT CONTINUOUSLY HAVE SUPPORTED ME TO LIVE THE AMERICAN DREAM.

I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE MY GRATITUDE TO MY PARENTS WHO ARE HERE TODAY, QUITE OFTEN SACRIFICING MUCH FOR MY OWN EDUCATION.

I'D LIKE TO SAY TO DR.

ELIZALDE AND THE TEAM, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO POUR.

DISD TEAM, LET'S CONTINUE TO POUR BECAUSE THE WORK IS NOT DONE AND IT REPRESENTS OUR MOTTO LABOR OMNIA VINCIT.

HARD WORK CONQUERS ALL! EL TRABAJO TODO LO VINCIT! YEAH! SHE MADE ME WANT TO WORK AT HER CAMPUS.

SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A BRIEF RECESS.

TRUSTEES. PROBABLY NOT MORE THAN 5 OR 6 MINUTES.

SO BRIEF RECESS, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK.

TIME IS NOW TOO LATE.

WHAT TIME IS IT? 10:32.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A FIVE MINUTE RECESS.

WE'LL BE BACK AT 10:37.

ALL RIGHT, TRUSTEES, WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK FROM RECESS.

IT'S 10:39 P.M..

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THROUGH THE AGENDA STARTING WITH SECTION SEVEN, CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL.

[7. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

EMPLOYEE HEARING MARCH 7TH, 24.

BOARD MEETING MARCH 21ST, 2024.

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

MOTION BY TRUSTEE FLORES.

SECOND BY TRUSTEE CARREON.

SORRY. TRUSTEES, ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS? IF NOT, WILL YOU PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE? DID IT POP UP, FOR YOU? THERE IT IS.

THE MOTION PASSES.

EIGHT VOTING YES, ONE NOT PRESENT TO VOTE.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEES USED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS SUBMITTED.

MOVING ON TO STATUTORY ITEMS, WE HAVE 8.01, THE ANNUAL ANNOUNCEMENT ON CONTINUING EDUCATION OF BOARD MEMBERS.

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

AS OF THE DATE OF THIS MEETING, THE FOLLOWING TRUSTEES HAVE COMPLETED THE REQUIRED CONTINUING EDUCATION TRUSTEE EDWIN FLORES, SARAH WEINBERG, DAN MICCICHE, CAMILE WHITE, MAXIE JOHNSON, JOYCE FORMAN, BEN MACKEY, JOE CARREON, AND I, JUSTIN HENRY, HAVE COMPLETED MY TRAINING REQUIREMENTS.

AGENDA ITEM 8.02.

APPROVE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION AND TERMINATE THE PROBATIONARY CONTRACTS OF EMPLOYEES IDENTIFIED ON THE ATTACHED PROBATIONARY CONTRACT TERMINATION LIST AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT PERIOD IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE DISTRICT PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 21 OF THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED.

SECOND. MOTION BY TRUSTEE FLORES.

SECOND BY TRUSTEE CARREON.

TRUSTEES, IS THERE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. TRUSTEES, WILL YOU PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES?

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THANK YOU. TRUSTEES, YOU JUST ADOPTED ITEM 8.02.

MOVING ON TO 8.03. APPROVE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION AND PROPOSE THE NON-RENEWAL OF TERM CONTRACTS OF EMPLOYEES IDENTIFIED ON THE ATTACHED TERM CONTRACT.

PROPOSED NON-RENEWAL LIST PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 21 OF THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE.

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

SECOND BY TRUSTEE CARREON.

TRUSTEES, IS THERE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. TRUSTEES, WILL YOU PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES? TRUSTEE WHITE.

THANK YOU. THE MOTION PASSES SEVEN VOTING YES, WITH TWO ABSTENTIONS.

THANK YOU TRUSTEE, YOU JUST ADOPTED ITEM 8.03.

NOW ON TO 8.04. APPROVE THE NON-RENEWAL OF TERM CONTRACTS FOR EMPLOYEES IDENTIFIED ON THE ATTACHED TERM CONTRACT.

[INAUDIBLE] WHO DO NOT REQUEST A HEARING REGARDING THE PROPOSED NON-RENEWAL OF THEIR TERM CONTRACTS BY THE DEADLINE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 21 OF THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE.

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

SECOND BY TRUSTEE CARREON.

IS THERE A DISCUSSION? NOT HEARING ANY. TRUSTEES, WILL YOU PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.

TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

THANK YOU.

THE MOTION PASSES SIX VOTING YES, WITH THREE ABSTENTIONS.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEES. YOU JUST ADOPTED ITEM 8.04.

NOW, ON TO 9.01.

WE HAVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 9.01 THROUGH 9.27, AS AMENDED.

[9. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS]

MOTION BY TRUSTEE FLORES.

SECOND BY TRUSTEE CARREÓN TRUSTEES, WILL YOU PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES? 9.03 AND 9.05.

TRUSTEE WHITE, WERE YOU ABLE TO VOTE? THANK YOU.

THE MOTION PASSES EIGHT VOTING YES, WITH ONE ABSTENTION.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEES; YOU JUST ADOPTED THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, AS AMENDED.

WE'RE NOW ON THE ITEMS PULLED FOR SEPARATE VOTE.

[10. ITEMS PULLED FOR A SEPARATE VOTE]

DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE.

SECOND. MOTION BY TRUSTEE FLORES.

SECOND BY TRUSTEE CARREON.

TRUSTEES, IS THERE DISCUSSION? YES. PRESIDENT HENRY, I MOVE TO SUBSTITUTE THE PROPOSED POLICY WITH MY TIMELY SUBMITTED AMENDMENT THAT I OVERVIEWED WITH THE BOARD LAST TIME.

EACH MEMBER HAS A COPY OF THE PROPOSED LANGUAGE AVAILABLE TO THEM.

IT'S ALSO BEEN POSTED, AND I JUST WANT TO THANK TRUSTEES CARREON AND WEINBERG FOR HELPING WORK WITH THIS POLICY ORIGINALLY AND TRUSTEE FOREMAN FOR WORKING ON THE LANGUAGE AROUND THE AMENDMENT.

SECOND. OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION MADE BY TRUSTEE MACKEY TO [INAUDIBLE] PROPOSED POLICY WITH THE AMENDMENT THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US.

SECOND, BY TRUSTEE FLORES, THE MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE WOULD REPLACE THE PENDING MOTION.

IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS TO THE SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT, IT WILL BECOME THE MAIN MOTION.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS OR DISCUSSION? DISCUSSION. ONLY AFTER WE VOTE ON THE MAIN MOTION.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

TRUSTEES, WILL YOU PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE ON THE MAIN MOTION, WHICH IS NOW TRUSTEE MACKEY SUBSTITUTE MOTION.

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WERE YOU ABLE TO VOTE? THANK YOU.

THE MOTION PASSES NINE ZERO.

TRUSTEE YOU JUST ADOPTED THE MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE MACKEY AMENDMENT FOR THE ORIGINAL MAIN MOTION.

TRUSTEES. THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR NOW IS TO APPROVE BOARD POLICY BJCD LOCAL AS IT READS BEFORE YOU ON THE DESK, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION WHICH IS NOW THE MAIN MOTION? TRUSTEE FOREMAN. YES.

JUST WANT A QUICK FIRST OF ALL, THANK TRUSTEE MACKEY FOR WORKING WITH ME ON TRYING TO CHANGE SOME OF THE LANGUAGE, BUT I DO WANT TO BE CLEAR.

IF THIS BOARD TRIES TO LOWER THE GOALS THEN I WILL BE SEEKING TO BRING BACK THIS POLICY, BECAUSE I DID IT BASED ON THE CURRENT GOALS THAT WE HAVE, AND IF THIS BOARD ATTEMPTS TO LOWER THE GOALS, I WILL BE SEEKING TO BRING BACK THIS POLICY.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE FOREMAN. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. TRUSTEES. ALL RIGHT.

TRUSTEES, WILL YOU PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES? TRUSTEE WHITE WERE YOU ABLE TO VOTE? THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE, YOU'VE ADOPTED ITEM 10.01.

NOW. TEN POINT.

NOW ON 10.04.

CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE NEGOTIATING ENTERING INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE RECOMMENDED VENDOR FOR ANNUAL FINANCIAL AUDIT SERVICES FOR DISTRICTWIDE USE.

NOT TO EXCEED $2,600,000 OVER FIVE YEARS, INCLUDING RENEWAL OPTIONS.

GENERAL OPERATING SPECIAL REVENUE BOND FUNDS.

CONSENT ITEM 9.08 PULLED BY TRUSTEE FOREMAN, JOHNSON AND WHITE.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE.

SECOND. MOTION BY TRUSTEE FLORES.

SECOND BY TRUSTEE CARREÓN TRUSTEES IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? I THOUGHT. THOUGHT THAT WAS ONE THAT WAS RETURNED TO THE [INAUDIBLE].

I SAID TO BE IN RETURN.

OH, WELL, THAT'S MY MISTAKE.

DO WE WANT TO? WE'VE APPROVED IT ALREADY ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM BECAUSE I ADDED IT BACK ON EARLIER.

JUST MAKE A STATEMENT. YEAH.

THAT'S FINE. GO AHEAD. TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

THAT'S ON ME. TRUSTEE FOREMAN'S MIC ISN'T ON.

YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M GOING TO MOVE IT OVER HERE SO HE CAN QUIT FIDDLING WITH MY MIC.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SOMETHING CLEAR ABOUT THIS.

THIS IS BASED ON A PURCHASING POLICY THAT THE DISTRICT ADOPTED PROBABLY ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO, WHERE YOU CAN GO 15% OVER WHATEVER THE PROCUREMENT AMOUNT IS FOR A POLICY.

I THINK THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE REVISITED BECAUSE THE BOARD IS NOT GIVING APPROVAL FOR THAT, BUT WE PUT A POLICY IN PLACE THAT ALLOWS THAT.

SO IF YOU HAVE A $10 MILLION CONTRACT, YOU CAN GO 15% OVER THAT, AND IT DOES NOT HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD AND IT'S NOT THE ADMINISTRATION'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR US TO DO THAT.

IT'S THE BOARD'S RESPONSIBILITY, AND WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT THAT, AND THE LAST THING I WILL ASK IS THAT THE ADMINISTRATION SUPPLY THE BOARD WITH ALL CONTRACTS THAT WE HAVE GONE OVER IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, TWO SCHOOL YEARS, ALL CONTRACTS THAT WE'VE GONE OVER BY 15%, AND THAT'S IT. OKAY.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

OTHER QUESTIONS ON 10.04.

OKAY. GO AHEAD.

ON FOUR, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT AND IT'S BASED ON THE TAMIKA, YOU WANT TO COME UP? I THINK THAT'S YOU.

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YES, MA'AM.

SHE'S A PART OF THE MWBE OFFICE? YES. OKAY.

OKAY, I'LL GET IT LATER.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE FOREMAN. IF THERE'RE NOT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, TRUSTEES, WILL YOU PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE ON ITEM 10.04? AND TRUSTEE JOHNSON.

THANK YOU.

THE MOTION PASSES EIGHT VOTING YES AND ONE VOTING NO.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEES, YOU JUST PASSED AGENDA ITEM 10.04.

NOW WE'RE ON 10.05 CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE NEGOTIATE ENTRY INTO A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH RECOMMENDED VENDOR FOR THE PURCHASE OF DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEMS AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, NOT TO EXCEED $750,000.

GENERAL OPERATING SPECIAL REVENUE BOND FUNDS CONSENT ITEM 9.14 PULLED BY TRUSTEES FOREMAN AND WHITE.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE.

SECOND. MOTION BY TRUSTEE FLORES.

SECOND BY TRUSTEE CARREÓN.

TRUSTEES, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

SO ALMOST. GOOD MORNING, BRENT.

GOOD MORNING. SO YOU RESPONDED TO MY QUESTION THAT I ASKED ABOUT THE PROCESS AND YOU TALKED ABOUT THE SURVEYS THAT WERE DONE TO DETERMINE THAT THIS PARTICULAR SYSTEM WAS GOING TO GO INTO SOUTH OAK CLIFF, AND I ASK, WHAT OTHER PROCESSES WERE YOU GOING TO USE TO DETERMINE WHAT OTHER CAMPUSES, AND YOU SAID FOR SECURITY REASONS, THEY CAN'T YOU CAN'T SHARE THAT INFORMATION.

SO HAVE YOU DECIDED WHICH SCHOOLS THAT THIS PARTICULAR PROCESS WILL GO IN? BECAUSE IF YOU TALK ABOUT DROPPING CELL PHONES, THAT'S ALL OVER THE DISTRICT, AND I JUST DON'T SEE WHY WE DID A FLOOR PLAN TO TALK ABOUT DROPPING CELL PHONES.

WELL, A COMPANY DID THE SURVEY FOR US, AND THEY USED THE FLOOR PLANS TO MAP OUT WHERE THE SIGNALS WERE THE WEAKEST, AND BASED ON THAT SURVEY, IT GAVE US SOME INDICATORS WHICH CAMPUS NEEDED THE ANTENNA SYSTEM, AND WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THE INCIDENTS BEING REPORTED BY EACH CAMPUS, AND THAT'S KIND OF PART OF OUR MATRIX AS WELL.

IN ADDITION TO OUR COMMUNITY SAW A RESOURCE INDEX.

YOU CAN'T SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH ME AS TO WHICH ONES? I DON'T WANT IT TONIGHT, BUT I JUST CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY I CAN'T GET THE INFORMATION.

I DON'T NEED THE FLOOR PLANS, BUT I NEED SCHOOLS IDENTIFIED.

WE CAN GIVE A PRIORITY LIST.

THE REPORT IS BASICALLY A FLOOR PLAN.

I DON'T WANT THE REPORT.

I WANT A LIST OF WHERE THE PRIORITIES ARE.

SO I CAN SEE WHICH SCHOOLS WE'RE LOOKING AT.

YES, MA'AM. I'LL SUBMIT IT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU TRUSTEE FOREMAN. TRUSTEE WHITE.

I GUESS MY I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'LL BE ABLE TO ANSWER MY QUESTION BECAUSE I WASN'T GOING TO ASK YOU TO IDENTIFY CAMPUSES, BUT I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU HOW MANY CAMPUSES WERE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO EQUIP WITH THIS DOLLAR AMOUNT? IT'S TWO. OH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE WHITE.

TRUSTEES, WILL YOU PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES?

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OKAY. THANK YOU.

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

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE. YOU JUST PASSED AGENDA ITEM 10.05.

WE'RE GOING ON A 10.06.

CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE JOB ORDER CONTRACTING SERVICES FOR HVAC SYSTEM REPLACEMENT AT JOSEPH J.

RHOADS LEARNING CENTER, NOT TO EXCEED $6 MILLION BOND FUNDS.

CONSENT ITEM 9.17 BY TRUSTEES FOREMAN AND WHITE.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE.

SECOND. MOTION BY FLORES.

SECOND BY TRUSTEE CARREÓN.

TRUSTEES, IS THERE DISCUSSION? TRUSTEE FOREMAN. BRENT, WAS THIS DOLLAR AMOUNT FROM THE 2015 BOND? YES.

SO WHEN DID WE TARGET THIS DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR JOSEPH J.

RHODES IN TERMS OF PUTTING IN AN HVAC? IT WAS PART OF THE ORIGINAL SCOPE.

SO THAT WOULD BE IN 2015 OR 2014, 2014-2015? 2015. 2015, AND WE'VE CHANGED THE USAGE AT J.J.

RHOADS, CORRECT? WELL, MAYBE THE SUPERINTENDENT WANT TO ANSWER THAT.

I DON'T WANT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.

YOUR SPECIFIC QUESTION, PLEASE.

IN TERMS OF THE USAGE AT J.J.

RHOADS IN 2014-2015, THAT WAS AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT ACTUALLY HOUSED THE H.S.

THOMPSON STUDENTS AND THE J.J.

RHOADS STUDENTS. CORRECT.

THE ATTENDANCE ZONE FOR J.J.

RHOADS INCLUDED STUDENTS FROM H.S.

THOMPSON WHEN H.S.

THOMPSON WAS CLOSED IN 2011-2012.

YES. OKAY, SO THE USAGE CHANGE FOR THE SCHOOL.

SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE A PRE-K CENTER.

IS THAT CORRECT? WE DO, AND ABOUT HOW MANY STUDENTS IS THAT? I WOULD HAVE TO SEE IF CHIEF GAYLORD MIGHT HAVE THAT.

OKAY.

110. 110, AND WE HAVE WHAT, AN INTAKE CENTER OR SOME KIND OF COMMUNITY CENTER OVER THERE.

IT IS A RESOURCE CENTER.

IT'S ONE OF FOUR THAT THAT WE'RE BUILDING ON, RIGHT, THAT WE ARE BUILDING ON.

THE REASON I'M ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS IS THAT IN 2014, WE PROBABLY HAD CLOSER TO 5 OR 600 STUDENTS AT JJ RHOADS. WE HAVE 110 STUDENTS NOW, AND IF WE'VE GOT BOND MONEY THAT'S STILL SETTING FROM 2015 AND WE'RE NOT REASSESSING THE USAGE AFTER WE CHANGE THE USAGE OF THE SCHOOLS.

I THINK WE NEED TO BE DOING THAT.

$6 MILLION IS A LOT OF MONEY FOR AN HVAC SYSTEM, AND I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT I'M NOT IN THE CONTRACTING BUSINESS, SO I CAN'T SAY IF IT'S RIGHT OR WRONG, BUT WHAT I CAN SAY IS, IS THAT WE GOT SCHOOLS WITH THREE, FOUR OR FIVE HUNDRED STUDENTS THAT PROBABLY NEED THAT KIND OF OPPORTUNITY.

SO I WOULD JUST STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT IF WE STILL GOT 2015 BOND MONEY THAT WE ALLOCATED IN 2014-2015, THAT WE TAKE A STRONG LOOK AT, HOW DO WE REASSESS THOSE DOLLARS AND IF WHAT WE'RE DOING MAKES SENSE, NOT JUST BECAUSE WE GOT IT THERE AND WE PUT IT THERE IN 2015, BUT IS IT THE RIGHT USES TO MAXIMIZE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS? AND THAT'S MY COMMENT.

TRUSTEE WHITE. YES.

I JUST WANTED TO KNOW, BASICALLY AND I DON'T KNOW WHO MAY BE ABLE TO ANSWER THIS, SUPERINTENDENT, YOU GUYS, WHAT HAVE YOU, BUT WHAT IS OUR FUTURE GOALS FOR THIS CAMPUS? IS IT TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF PRE-K THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE THERE, OR BRING IN OTHER GRADE LEVELS?

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OKAY, AND ANOTHER QUESTION THAT I HAVE AS FAR AS OF COURSE WE KNOW THE COST OF EVERYTHING HAS GONE UP TREMENDOUSLY.

HOW MUCH HAS THE PRICE IF WE HAD ORIGINALLY DONE IT IN 2015 VERSUS TODAY'S DOLLARS, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I MEAN, JUST THIS IS FROM 2015, THAT'S ALMOST TEN YEARS NOW, AND ALSO IF WE'RE WHAT IS THE CONDITION OF THE CURRENT AC SYSTEM? I MEAN, OF COURSE, WE HAVE PEOPLE IN THE BUILDING.

THIS IS TEXAS; THEY NEED AIR.

IS THE IS THE ENTIRE BUILDING BEING UTILIZED? IS IT ONE ZONE? BECAUSE SOMETIMES THERE'S SEVERAL ZONES.

YOU MAY HAVE ONE ON THE UPPER LEVEL, ONE ON THE ETC..

ARE THERE MULTI ZONES? IS THIS SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE DONE IMMEDIATELY? THE SYSTEM IS ANTIQUATED.

I RESEARCHED IT BACK TO AT LEAST FIVE YEARS AND NO SIGNIFICANT MECHANICAL WORK HAS BEEN DONE.

JUST WALKING THE BUILDING.

IT LOOKS ANTIQUATED.

THERE ARE A LOT OF COMPLAINTS FROM THE END USER.

RESEARCHED THE MAINTENANCE SYSTEM.

THERE'S A LOT OF WORK ORDERS, AND THERE'S DISCOVERED ISSUES THROUGHOUT.

THIS INVESTMENT WOULD IMPROVE THAT AND CORRECT IT, AND DON'T GET ME WRONG, I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF MAINTENANCE ORDERS THAT'S PUT IN ALL OVER.

THAT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE EXPERIENCE A LOT, BUT I GUESS MY MAIN CONCERN IS IF WE'RE GOING TO BE INVESTING IT, ARE WE GOING TO BE HANGING ON TO THIS BUILDING? WE'RE NOT GOING TO INVEST THIS MONEY INTO THIS BUILDING AND GET RID OF IT WITHIN THE NEXT 2 TO 3 YEARS? I WANT TO REITERATE, WE MADE A COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY THAT WE WOULD HAVE A RESOURCE CENTER.

SO WE WILL UPHOLD OUR WORD AND MAINTAIN THAT AS A RESOURCE CENTER.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

SORRY. I'LL BE BRIEF ON THIS.

I'M TRYING TO GO WAY BACK TO WHEN WE DID A FACILITY CONDITIONS INDEX MASTER PLAN IN 2018.

JJ RHOADS WAS ONE OF THE WORST FACILITIES IN ALL THE CAMPUSES WE HAD IN THE DISTRICT.

I THINK THERE WERE DISCUSSIONS AT ONE POINT ON TEARING IT DOWN, ETC..

SO IF WE WANT TO PULL BOARD DOCUMENTS AND GO BACK TO 2018, YOU'LL SEE JJ RHODES AS A WHOLE BUILDING WAS ONE OF THE WORST BUILDINGS WE HAD FACILITIES WISE IN THE DISTRICT.

HAD ONE OF THE I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS HIGHEST OR LOWEST, BUT IF THE HIGHEST FACILITY INDEX MEAN IT WAS THE WORST, IT WAS UP THERE.

IN ADDITION, I WANT TO ECHO.

THANK YOU, DR. ELIZALDE WAS SAID THAT WE MADE TWO COMMITMENTS TO THAT COMMUNITY.

ONE, THAT WE'D HAVE A STRONG EARLY LEARNING CENTER IN THAT COMMUNITY, WHICH JJ RHOADS IS, AND TWO, THAT WE WOULD HAVE A RESOURCE CENTER.

THE RESOURCE CENTER WAS ACTUALLY BIRTHED FROM THE RACIAL EQUITY INITIATIVE WHEN WE HAD MEETINGS AT LINCOLN, BECAUSE LINCOLN ZIP CODE HAD THE HIGHEST NEEDS.

WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT EQUITY, ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE, ACCESS TO SECURITY, VIOLENCE, EVERY LIST, YOU DIDN'T WANT TO BE ON THE TOP OF THAT PARTICULAR ZIP CODE FOR LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL WAS ON THE TOP. THE ADMINISTRATION WORKED WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR A VERY LONG TIME TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS GOING TO BE IN THAT RESOURCE CENTER.

SO THAT RESOURCE CENTER WAS BIRTHED BETWEEN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ADMINISTRATION AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THAT ZIP CODE.

YOU CAN ASK THE FOLKS THAT LIVE AROUND THERE.

SO I APPRECIATE DR.

ELIZALDE MAKING THE STATEMENT THAT THOSE THE RESOURCE CENTER IN PARTICULAR WAS THERE TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY AND THAT WE'RE GOING TO FINISH THAT COMMITMENT.

IF YOU'VE SEEN THE HVAC SYSTEM, I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO VISIT THAT CAMPUS.

IT IS OLD.

I'M SURPRISED IT STILL WORKS.

THE THE BIG UNITS IN THE BACK BETWEEN THE BUILDING AND THE GYM.

IS THAT PART OF THE HVAC? I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

YOU KNOW THOSE CHILLERS? YES. YEAH. THEY'RE HUGE, AND THEY'RE OUTSIDE.

IN ADDITION, THERE'S THAT'S NOT INCLUDED WITH THIS, CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THE PLANS THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO BE HAPPENING ON THE BACKSIDE OF JJ RHODES AS WELL? ACTUALLY, THAT'S BEYOND THE SCOPE, IT DOESN'T MATTER.

I HOPE EVERYONE SUPPORTS THIS.

I SUPPORT THIS I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE, I GUESS, TO SAY ON IT.

ALL RIGHT, TRUSTEES, WILL YOU PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES? I'M SORRY. TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

TRUSTEE WHITE. DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING IN YOUR LIFE? YES. WELL, TRUSTEE FOREMAN WAS FIRST, BUT NO, GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD, TRUSTEE WHITE, THEN FOREMAN.

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I MEAN, I KNOW YOU MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ON AT THAT TIME, BUT HAVE WE DONE ANY ADDITIONAL WORK AND UPDATING ON THIS CAMPUS? FROM MY RESEARCH, NO SIGNIFICANT MECHANICAL WORK HAS BEEN DONE IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS.

NOT JUST NOT JUST MECHANICAL, BECAUSE WITH THE FACILITY SCORE THAT ACTUALLY TOLD THE BECAUSE THE CONDITION OF A BUILDING FROM THE PLUMBING STANDARDS TO WIRING, THINGS LIKE THAT, IT WAS A LOT OF COMPONENTS THAT WERE PUT INTO THE SCORE.

HAVE WE DONE ANY UPDATING ON THE CAMPUS? HAS ANY WORK BEEN DONE PERIOD? LAST SUMMER WE DID INTERIOR.

WE MADE A SECURE VESTIBULE FORM.

WE DID A LOT OF FINISHES.

NOTHING WITH THE MECHANICAL SYSTEMS. WE DID UPDATE THE PRE-K RESTROOMS BECAUSE THEY'RE LOCATED WITHIN THE CLASSROOMS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE WHITE.

TRUSTEE FOREMAN. SO I WANT TO BE CLEAR, I GREW UP IN SOUTH DALLAS, SO I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST TRYING TO SUPPORT SOUTH DALLAS.

WHAT I DO BELIEVE IS THAT WE HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE WITH TAXPAYERS' MONEY, AND SO I LOOK AT EVERYTHING WITH THAT KIND OF AN EYE, AND I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO WALK AWAY THINKING THAT I DON'T SUPPORT SOUTH DALLAS, BECAUSE THAT WOULD NOT BE THE TRUTH, BUT THAT'S FURTHEST FROM THE TRUTH, BUT I AM GOING TO ALWAYS LOOK AT THINGS WITH AN EYE OF TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SPENDING THE TAXPAYERS MONEY CORRECTLY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

TRUSTEE JOHNSON, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING? YES, VERY QUICKLY, AND I AGREE WITH TRUSTEE FOREMAN THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SPENDING TAXPAYER DOLLARS WISELY.

WHEN I LOOKED AT THE OLD REPORT, I THINK IT WAS 92 YEARS OLD AND IT WAS 85% OF FCI.

IS THAT CORRECT? I DON'T HAVE THAT REPORT IN FRONT OF ME, BUT IT SOUNDS ACCURATE.

TRUSTEE HENRY, THAT'S CORRECT, CORRECT? YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY.

SO WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THAT AND THE COMMITMENT THAT WE MADE TO THE COMMUNITY, I THINK WE ARE DOING WHAT TRUSTEE FOREMAN JUST SAID, MAKING SURE THAT WE SPEND THOSE DOLLARS CORRECTLY.

SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THE WORK OVER AT JJ RHOADS AND I WAS ABLE TO VISIT IN SOME OF THE CHANGES BEING MADE ARE REMARKABLE.

I'M PRETTY SURE THAT COMMUNITY IS EXCITED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AND WHAT'S HAPPENING ALREADY.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE FOREMAN, [INAUDIBLE].

TRUSTEE'S, WILL YOU PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

I VOTE YES.

OKAY. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE JOHNSON.

THE MOTION PASSES EIGHT VOTING YES ONE ABSTAINING.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEES, YOU JUST PASSED ITEM 10.07.

EXCUSE ME.

WE'RE NOW ON 10.08.

CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE.

10.06. I'M SORRY I SKIPPED IT.

YEAH. YOU'RE RIGHT. 10.07, WE JUST APPROVED 10.06.

WE'RE ON 10.07.

CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A ONE YEAR CONTRACT WITH FOR ONE YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS WITH THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION.

NORTH TEXAS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM FOR THE USE OF APPROXIMATELY 4.8 ACRES OF UNAPPROVED DISTRICT LAND FOR PARKING AND CONSTRUCTION STAGES.

THAT'S $210,240 REVENUE OVER ONE YEAR TERM CONSENT ITEM 9.23 PULLED DUE TO REVISIONS.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE.

SECOND. MOTION BY TRUSTEE FLORES.

SECOND BY TRUSTEE CARREON.

TRUSTEES, IS THERE DISCUSSION? TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

YOUR MIC. MY MIC'S NOT ON? I DID IT THIS TIME.

JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE INVOLVED, THEIR CONCERNS ARE PART OF THE CONTRACT.

WE MADE THE LANGUAGE CHANGE AS YOU SUGGESTED.

IT HAS BEEN INCORPORATED.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEE FOREMAN. TRUSTEE WHITE.

CAN THIS PROCESS BE EXPLAINED WHEN YOU SAY STAGING? THIS IS LIKE AN EMPTY LOT WHERE CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL IS GOING TO BE.

WHAT WHAT IS THIS EXACTLY? YES, YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT.

IT'S FOR STAGING CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL.

WHEN THEY ERECTED A BUILDING BEFORE THEY PUT IT, MAKE IT PART OF THE BUILDING.

THEY USUALLY NEED A LARGE AREA TO LAY IT DOWN, AND LET'S SAY GET A CRANE AND LIFT PARTS AND PIECES GRAVEL, DIRT

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I GUESS THE REASON I WAS JUST THIS JUST SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY FOR I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO FOR A STAGING AREA, BUT THIS IS.

YOU DO REALIZE IT'S NOT AN EXPENSE? IT'S A REVENUE.

SO WE'RE NOT. WE ARE PAYING THEM TO NO, MA'AM. OKAY.

THEY'RE PAYING US.

SO WE OWN PROPERTY THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE UTILIZED.

OKAY. YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE WHITE.

TRUSTEES, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IF NOT, WILL YOU PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.

TRUSTEE MACKEY WERE YOU ABLE TO VOTE? THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE JOHNSON.

I VOTE YES. OKAY.

THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUS.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEES. YOU JUST ADOPTED ITEM 10.07.

MOVING ON TO 10.08.

CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN TO CONDEMN PROPERTY AND MAKE INITIAL AND FINAL OFFERS FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTIES COMMONLY KNOWN AS 909 NORTH SAINT PAUL STREET AND 913 NORTH SAINT PAUL STREET, DALLAS, TEXAS, AS NEEDED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE DOWNTOWN SCHOOL $2,725,000, PLUS TITLE AND CLOSING COSTS, RELOCATION COSTS AND COURT COSTS.

GENERAL OPERATING SPECIAL REVENUE BOND FUNDS.

CONSIDER ITEM 9.26 PULLED DUE TO A NEW ITEM.

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND. MOTION BY TRUSTEE FLORES.

SECOND BY TRUSTEE CARREON.

TRUSTEES, IS THERE DISCUSSION? TRUSTEES, WILL YOU PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE? THE MOTION PASSES SIX VOTING YES, ONE VOTING NO, ONE ABSTAINING, AND ONE NOT PRESENT TO VOTE.

TRUSTEE ADOPTED ITEM 10.08.

MOVING ON TO 10.09.

CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN TO CONDEMN PROPERTY AND MAKE INITIAL AND FINAL OFFERS FOR THE PURCHASE OF PROPERTY.

COMMONLY KNOWN AS 904 SOUTH ERVAY STREET, DALLAS, TEXAS, AS NEEDED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A DOWNTOWN SCHOOL.

$4,175,000 PLUS TITLE AND CLOSING COSTS, RELOCATION COSTS AND COURT COSTS.

GENERAL OPERATING SPECIAL REVENUE BOND FUNDS CONSENT ITEM 9.27 PULLED DUE TO A NEW ITEM.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE.

SECOND. MOTION BY TRUSTEE FLORES.

SECOND BY TRUSTEE CARREON.

TRUSTEES, IS THERE DISCUSSION? YES. I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.

THIS IS THE PROPERTY WHERE THE OWNERS WERE.

THE MEETING WAS SET UP.

THAT'S CORRECT, AND WAS THERE A SECOND MEETING THAT WAS REQUESTED AND WAS IT ATTENDED? YES. I MET WITH THE OWNERS ON WEDNESDAY AND--TRUSTEE WHITE, YOU WANT TO BE MINDFUL OF WHAT WAS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION, PLEASE.

RIGHT, BUT IT'S ON THE AGENDA.

SO I MEAN, ARE WE GOING TO BECAUSE I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THIS.

DO WE NEED TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK? IF IT'S NOT RELATED TO ANYTHING WE DISCUSS IN CLOSED SESSION, YES.

EXCUSE ME? ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, I DON'T WANT YOU TO GET INTO THE DISCUSSION WHAT WE DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION.

I'M NOT. SHOULD I ASK YOU WHAT MY QUESTION IS GOING TO, TELL YOU WHAT MY QUESTION IS? YEAH. THAT'LL WORK. YEAH, THAT'LL WORK.

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THANK YOU. I VOTE YES.

THANK YOU. THE MOTION PASSES SEVEN VOTING YES, TWO ABSTAINING.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEES; YOU JUST PASSED AGENDA ITEM 10.09.

TIME IS NOW 11:20 P.M, AND THIS MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.