[00:00:01] GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE MONTHLY BOARD MEETING OF THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES. WE WILL FOREGO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THE SALUTE TO THE [1. NOTICE AND RETURN] TEXAS FLAG, AS WE JUST DID BOTH MOMENTS AGO. THE FOLLOWING TRUSTEES ARE EITHER PHYSICALLY PRESENT OR PARTICIPATING SIMULTANEOUSLY BY VIDEO CONFERENCE. A QUORUM OF THE BOARD IS PHYSICALLY PRESENT AT THIS LOCATION. TRUSTEE FOR DISTRICT ONE. LANCE CURRIE. DISTRICT TWO. SARAH WEINBERG. DISTRICT THREE. DAN MICCICHE. DISTRICT FOUR. PRISMA GARCIA. DISTRICT FIVE. BYRON SANDERS. DISTRICT SIX. JOYCE FOREMAN. DISTRICT SEVEN BEN MACKEY. DISTRICT NINE ED TURNER. OUR DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF STAFF AND ACCOUNTABILITY DOCTOR PAMELA LEER JOINS US. AND I'M JOE CARREÓN TRUSTEE FOR DISTRICT EIGHT AND BOARD PRESIDENT. THIS MEETING WILL BE AVAILABLE SIMULTANEOUSLY IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH AT DALLAS ISD DOT ORG. ESTA EN ESTA DISPONIBLE EN INGLÉS ESPANOL IN DALLAS ISD. PUNTO. ORG TRUSTEES. IN ORDER FOR THE BOARD TO HOLD THIS MEETING EFFECTIVE MANNER, I WANT TO LET IT BE KNOWN THAT THIS MEETING WILL BE CONDUCTED IN ORDERLY FASHION. ASK THE PUBLIC TO ABIDE BY THE RULES OUTLINED IN BOARD POLICY BED LOCAL PERTAINING TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. IT IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE FOR A PERSON WITH INTENT TO PREVENT OR DISRUPT A LAWFUL MEETING, TO SUBSTANTIALLY OBSTRUCT OR INTERFERE WITH THE ORDINARY CONDUCT OF MEETING BY PHYSICAL ACTION OR VERBAL UTTERANCE, AND THEREBY CURTAIL THE EXERCISE OF FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS. ANY PERSON WHO BECOMES BOISTEROUS, DISRUPTIVE, OR FAILS TO ABIDE BY THE RULES OF THIS ASSEMBLY WHILE ADDRESSING THE BOARD OR WHILE ATTENDING THIS MEETING, SHALL BE ASKED TO LEAVE. FAILURE TO LEAVE AND REQUESTED TO DO SO MAY RESULT IN THE PERSON BEING ESCORTED FROM THE MEETING AND SUBJECT TO ARREST. TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM 2.02 RECOGNITION OF ELECTED PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND I BELIEVE AGAIN TRUSTEE DIANA FLORES OF DALLAS COLLEGE. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. ANY OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE ENTERED IN THE INTERIM BETWEEN THE MEETINGS? SEEING NONE. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE FLORES, FOR BEING HERE. TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM THREE. THE PRESENTATION OF BOARD RECOGNITIONS. [3. PRESENTATION OF BOARD RECOGNITIONS] MISS PROCTOR, WOULD YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE OUR GUEST? THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. THE BOARD IS HONORED TO RECOGNIZE THE STUDENTS AND DIRECTORS WHO RECEIVED THE OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE AWARD IN THE UIL, TEXAS STATE SOLO AND ENSEMBLE CONTEST MAY 23RD THROUGH MAY 25TH, 2026. THE S THE T S SEC IS AN ELITE QUALIFICATION ONLY CONTEST. STUDENTS MUST FIRST QUALIFY AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL BY EARNING A DIVISION ONE RATING ON A MEMORIZED GRADE ONE PIECE. THE MOST CHALLENGING REPERTOIRE TIER ON THE STATE LIST. APPROXIMATELY 20,000 STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN THIS YEAR'S CONTEST, AND THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS WERE DISTINGUISHED BY THEIR ADJUDICATORS FOR THEIR EXCEPTIONAL EXECUTION OF RHYTHMICAL PRECISION, EXPRESSION AND INTONATION AND OVERALL INTERPRETATION. FIRST, WE WILL RECOGNIZE DOCTOR EMMETT J. CONRAD HIGH SCHOOL. I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE IF I MISPRONOUNCE ANY NAMES THROUGHOUT THE RECOGNITION SEGMENT, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT LIOR TRUSTEE, MITCH KAYE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SANDRA BERRIOS AND PRINCIPAL VIVIAN CHANDLER FARLEY, PLEASE COME FORWARD. STUDENTS IN DIRECTORS, PLEASE COME FORWARD AS YOUR NAME IS CALLED. ELIJAH BETHEA, VOCAL SOLO. ANGEL CARO, GUITAR SOLO AND CHOIR DIRECTOR APRYL JONES. CONGRATULATIONS, DOCTOR EMMETT J. CONRAD HIGH SCHOOL OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE AWARD WINNERS. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE MICCICHE. YOU MAY TAKE YOUR SEAT. NEXT, WE WILL RECOGNIZE SOUTH OAK CLIFF HIGH SCHOOL TRUSTEE SANDERS AND PRINCIPAL DOCTOR WILLIE JOHNSON. PLEASE COME FORWARD. STUDENTS AND DIRECTORS, PLEASE COME FORWARD AS YOUR NAME IS CALLED. KAITLYN DAVIS, VOCAL SOLO AND CHOIR DIRECTOR STEFON HARRIS. [00:05:58] THE NAME OF GOD. TRINITY LINDSAY. VOCAL SOLO CHOIR DIRECTOR. JOEL DUARTE. LUCIA. I'M SO SORRY. LUCIA. VIOLIN SOLO. APRIL. VILLANUEVA. CELLO. SOLO. HOWEVER, APRIL IS NOT IN ATTENDANCE. HER MOTHER, SANDRA VILLANUEVA, WILL ACCEPT THE RECOGNITION ON HER BEHALF. CONGRATULATIONS. BOOKER T, WASHINGTON HSPVA. OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE AWARD WINNERS. THIS CONCLUDES OUR RECOGNITIONS. THANK YOU. I WANT TO QUICKLY RETURN TO 2.02 RECOGNITION OF ELECTED OFFICIALS. I FAILED TO RECOGNIZE TRUSTEE CAMILLE WHITE, FORMER TRUSTEE CAMILLE WHITE. THANK YOU FOR THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING AS WELL. TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM FOR [4. PUBLIC FORUM] THE PUBLIC FORUM PORTION OF THE MEETING. OUR AGENDA NOW CALLS FOR THE PUBLIC FORUM SEGMENT OF OUR MEETING. WE WILL BEGIN WITH SPEAKERS TO AGENDA ITEMS FOLLOWED BY SPEAKERS TO NON AGENDA ITEMS. I'M ASKING SPEAKERS TO BE MINDFUL OF CHILDREN THAT ARE IN ATTENDANCE. CHILDREN AND UNWILLING ADULT RECIPIENT. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN ATTENDANCE AT THIS MEETING SHOULD NOT BE EXPOSED TO LEWD, FILTHY, VULGAR, OBSCENE OR EXPLICIT LANGUAGE FROM SPEAKERS. SPEAKERS THAT INSIST ON EXPOSING THE PUBLIC TO THIS LANGUAGE SHALL BE ASKED TO LEAVE IMMEDIATELY. FURTHER, PLEASE BE MINDFUL OF YOUR FELLOW SPEAKERS AND REFRAIN FROM USING INDIVIDUALS NAMES TO INCLUDE STUDENTS NAMES OR TO ADDRESS THE BOARD AND NOT INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEES. THE DISTRICT HAS ADOPTED PROCEDURES TO HEAR AND ADDRESS COMPLAINTS ABOUT SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS, AND IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT SPEAKERS AVAIL THEMSELVES OF THE GRIEVANCE POLICY TO SEEK RELIEF VIA THOSE PROCEDURES. AUDIENCE. I'M ASKING YOU NOT TO ENGAGE IN CONDUCT THAT WILL DISRUPT THE MEETING. THE 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, CROSSING OFF THE ROPED OFF BARRIERS OR INTERFERING WITH THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. EACH PARTICIPANT IS LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENT AND CONSEQUENCES OF HIS OR HER, HIS OR HER OWN STATEMENTS. SPEAKERS WHO FAIL TO ADHERE TO THIS RULE WILL BE INTERRUPTED AND INFORM. YOUR COMMENTS ARE OUT OF ORDER. MISS FLORES, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE NAMES OF THE SPEAKERS? GOOD EVENING. I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND THE SPEAKERS THAT YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. WHEN YOU ARRIVE AT THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. PLEASE LISTEN CAREFULLY FOR YOUR NAME. I WILL CALL FOR SPEAKERS AT A TIME. WILL THE FIRST TWO SPEAKERS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONES? FOREMAN TRUSTEE, CAMILLE WHITE AND PASTOR MAXIE JOHNSON, FOLLOWED BY ETHEL JACKSON AND ARTHUR FLEMING. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS CAMILLE WHITE, AND I AM HERE TODAY TO SPEAK AGAINST THE CHANGING OF PUBLIC SPEAKING. EVEN THOUGH IT'S BEEN TIRED AND PEOPLE THINK THAT IT'S BEST, IT IS NOT BEST. IT IS NOT WHAT IS GOOD FOR THE PUBLIC. BECAUSE SITTING IN THAT SEAT WHERE YOU ARE, WHEN YOU HEAR OTHER PEOPLE COME UP TO THIS MIC AND SPEAK ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE GOING WRONG IN THEIR DISTRICT THAT YOU MAY NEVER KNOW ABOUT UNLESS THEY COME TO THIS MEETING AND VOICE THEIR CONCERN, WHICH IS OUR U.S. CITIZEN RIGHT TO SPEAK ON WHAT WE FEEL IS JUST BECAUSE WE ARE ACTUALLY PAYING EVERYBODY'S SALARY AROUND HERE. SO WE'RE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT WHETHER YOU HAVE TO STAY HERE A MINUTE LONGER OR TWO BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET PAID. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GETTING PAID FOR AS A TRUSTEE YOU SIGNED UP FOR THIS WHEN YOU SAID, I COME TO DO THIS DUTY AND YOU'RE SWORN IN AND YOU KNOW YOU'RE NOT [00:10:09] PAID. THAT'S WHAT WE COME TO DO. WE DON'T WANT TO OVERLOOK ANYBODY OR SUPPRESS ANYBODY'S VOICE. AT LEAST I CAN SAY THAT WITH PRIDE. I DO NOT WANT TO LOOK OVER ANYONE AND SUPPRESS ANYONE'S VOICE. I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN HOUSTON. I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN AUSTIN. OUR HOUSTON HAS BEEN TAKEN OVER BY THE STATE. THEY'RE LOOKING AT AUSTIN REALLY HEAVY, AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE SAFE. NO PUBLIC ISD IS SAFE FROM TEA. THERE IS AN AGENDA TO GET EVERY PUBLIC ISD UNDER CONTROL OF THE STATE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BELIEVE ME. JUST CONTINUE TO WATCH THE TRENDS AND TO JUST HEAR THAT THIS IS EVEN BROUGHT FORTH MADE ME STAY WHEN I SHOULD BE ON THE ROAD GOING TO CORPUS CHRISTI RIGHT NOW, WHICH I WILL BE DOING. THERE IS NO WAY THAT YOU CAN TELL ME THAT WHEN IT COMES TO HAVING A COMMITTEE. YES, YOU CAN HAVE A COMMITTEE WITH ONE PERSON ON THE COMMITTEE. YOU CAN'T REALLY LEGALLY DO THAT. BUT WITH NINE TRUSTEES, IS THAT REALLY FAIR TO HAVE ONE PERSON LOOKING AT ALL OF THIS? WE ARE BOMBARDED WITH POLICY. WE'RE BOMBARDED WITH EVERYTHING. I KNOW SOME OF YOU DON'T EVEN READ YOUR BOARD DOCS. I HAD TO READ MY BOARD DOCS. IT IS A JOB WITHIN ITSELF, BUT I SIGNED UP FOR IT AND THAT'S WHAT I DID. BECAUSE WHERE IS THE INTEGRITY IN ME COMING UP HERE? VOTING ON SOMETHING THAT I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THAT IS NOT RIGHT. I'M ASKING YOU, DON'T WORRY ABOUT WHETHER WE HAVE 30, 60, 90 PEOPLE IN HERE AND WE HAVE TO BE HERE TILL 1:00 IN THE MORNING. I WANT YOU TO KNOW. I EXPECT YOU TO DO YOUR JOBS. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY ABOUT THAT. NORMALLY, I TAKE UP ALL OF MY THREE MINUTES AND I MAY STEAL BECAUSE I'M STILL TALKING. BUT ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS NOT RIGHT. WE NEED SOME. WE NEED TO FORM A COMMITTEE WITH AT LEAST THREE TRUSTEES ON IT AND A CHAIR TO LOOK OVER POLICY. BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE EMPLOYEES THAT WORK FOR THE DISTRICT, BRINGING POLICY IN TO YOU ON BEHALF OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OR WHOEVER IS COMING FROM, AND YOU'RE NOT READING THE POLICY, YOU'RE DOING US A DISSERVICE. I WANT TO THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR THINKING ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WILL THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONES? PASTOR MAXIE JOHNSON AND ETHEL JACKSON, FOLLOWED BY ARTHUR FLEMING AND ISAAC STEIN. MAXIE JOHNSON NOT PRESENT. GOOD EVENING, NAPPERBY JACKSON. I LIVE AT 2851 TOLUCA, DALLAS, TEXAS TWO. TWO. FOUR. FOR THE RECORD, IN THE WORDS OF DOCTOR KING, INJUSTICE ANYWHERE IS A THREAT TO JUSTICE EVERYWHERE. DOCTOR KING WENT ON TO SAY, WHATEVER AFFECTS ONE DIRECTLY AFFECTS ALL INDIRECTLY. IF I CAN LEVEL UP WITH THIS BOARD ABOUT CHANGING THE POLICY TO SPEAK. THREE MINUTE, LIMIT THE STAKEHOLDERS TO JUST ONE MINUTE. WHAT IS THE REAL REASON FOR THE CHANGE? I HEARD TWO REASONS. IF STAFF IS ABOUT STAFF, LET ME ADDRESS THAT. IF PAID STAFF DO NOT WANT TO STAY, YOU MAY WANT TO LOOK FOR WORK IN OTHER DISTRICTS. THE NEXT REASON WANTS TO. THE NEXT REASON WANT TO HEAR FROM OTHER PEOPLE. IF THAT'S SO, THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO COME AND SPEAK. I AM NOT BUYING ANY OF THESE EXCUSES. LET ME SPEAK TO THE THREE BLACK BOARD MEMBERS. WE JUST PASSED A BOND PACKAGE, $6.2 BILLION. NOW THEY WANT TO SILENCE THE VOICE OF THE BLACK VOTERS. SOMETIMES YOU NEED TO SAY, IN THE WORDS OF MY FRIEND FANNIE LOU HAMER, WE ARE SICK AND TIRED OF BEING SICK AND TIRED. ALL I, I THINK ALL OF THIS COME FROM THE OUTSIDE. WHITE PEOPLE LIKE THE GOVERNOR, THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. THIS FEED INTO THE RAISING OF BLACK HISTORY. FINALLY, MY DEAR FRIEND, YOU DO KNOW THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964. THE VOTING RIGHTS OF 1965 WILL BE ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER. MY SISTER ANGELA DAVIS SAID. AND I LOVE HER. I AM NO LONGER ACCEPTING THE THINGS I CANNOT CHANGE. I AM CHANGING THE THINGS I CANNOT ACCEPT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WILL THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONES? ARTHUR FLEMING AND ISAAC STEIN, FOLLOWED BY LINDA BARRETT AND DEMETRA BIVINS. [00:15:03] GOOD EVENING. ARTHUR FLEMING, PRESIDENT OF BLACK BLOC VOTE.NET. HOW Y'ALL DOING THIS EVENING? A LOT OF YOU. THE LAST TIME I. WELL, A COUPLE OF TIMES AGO, WHEN I WAS HERE, A LOT OF YOU WERE ON YOUR CELL. CELL PHONES WHILE PEOPLE WERE SPEAKING. AND TONIGHT, I SEE YOU KNOW, A LOT OF YOU NOT ON YOUR CELL PHONES, BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU ALL SHOULD RESPECT THE COMMUNITY WHEN WHEN WE HAVE THESE MEETINGS BY NOT GETTING ON YOUR DEVICES. AND I WANT TO I MEAN, YOU KNOW, HERE YOU ARE TONIGHT, TRYING TO LIMIT THE COMMUNITY'S ABILITY TO SPEAK. AND YET WHEN IT COMES TO ISSUES YOU DON'T HAVE TIME TO LISTEN. LIKE LISTENING TO THE FACT THAT BLACK HISTORY BEING ERASED FROM OUR CURRICULUM, THE THE INDOCTRINATION LIES BEING TAUGHT TO OUR CHILDREN AND CALLED EDUCATION. AND THEN THEY GOT TO TAKE A STATE EXAM TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LIE TOOK DEE DEE TEACHING ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE WHILE NOT TEACHING BLACK CHILDREN SPANISH. IT'S UNFAIR. IT'S A SET UP WHEN THEY GO TO GET JOBS, WHAT THEY TELL THEM YOU CAN'T SPEAK SPANISH. SO YOU KNOW, SO THAT NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED. YOU YOU NEED TO LISTEN TO THE FACT THAT OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM HAS BEEN CORPORATIZED INTO AN INDOCTRINATION MACHINE, AND IT'S NOT IN THE INTEREST OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND GOING ON YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO LIMIT SPEAKING TO ONE MINUTE. COME ON NOW. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT THE MONEY AND NOW YOU WANT TO LIMIT IT TO ONE MINUTE. SO I JUST WANT TO CLOSE BY SAYING YOU'RE MAKING THE COMMUNITY FEEL LIKE A JILTED GIRL. YOU GOT WHAT YOU WANTED. YOU DUMPED HER. YOU GOT THE BOND MONEY. NOW YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST NOT FAIR. SO I HOPE YOU ALL WILL RECONSIDER. YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND BE MORE CONSIDERATE OF COMMUNITY. AND I WOULD SAY TO YOU KNOW, YOU BLACK FOLKS THAT'S UP THERE. HEY, LOOK, Y'ALL NEED TO REPRESENT. I NEED TO SEE Y'ALL FIGHTING HARDER. YOU SEE YOU FIGHTING HARDER. I NEED SEE Y'ALL WORKING TOGETHER BECAUSE I COMMEND YOU. IT'S IN NEED. THE GUY GOT UP HERE A WHILE AGO, AND YOU ASKED HIM ABOUT THE $14 MILLION AND WHAT HE SAY I GET BACK WITH YOU? YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO KNOW NOW. SO YOU SHOULDN'T YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE PEOPLE COME BEFORE THE COMMUNITY AND SAY, $14 $10 MILLION. I GET BACK WITH YOU. THIS DISRESPECTFUL. SO I HOPE YOU ALL HEAR WHAT WE'RE SAYING. LEAVE THE MINUTES ALONE. YOU GOT PLENTY OF WORK TO DO, YOU KNOW. YOU GOT YOUR MONEY. CAN WE HAVE OUR THREE MINUTES? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WELL, THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONES. ISAAC STEIN AND LINDA BARRETT, FOLLOWED BY DEMETRIA BIVENS AND ANTHONY PETERSON. I'M ISAAC STEIN. I LIVE IN DISTRICT SIX. AND FIRST OF ALL, LET ME START TALKING ABOUT THE PEOPLE. WE DEMAND RESPECT. NOW I'M GONNA START OUT BY SAYING THIS. I INVITE ANYBODY UP THERE TO PARK ON THE BACK PARKING LOT AND WALK UP HERE AND COUNT THE SIDEWALK TO TOOK FOR YOU TO GET UP HERE. I MEAN, IF YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT MUCH, YOU WOULD AT LEAST PUT SOME SIDEWALKS IN FROM THE PARKING LOT TO GET TO THIS BUILDING INSTEAD OF PEOPLE HAVE TO WALK ACROSS THE MEDIAN. THAT'S THE INJUSTICE RIGHT THERE. AND NUMBER TWO IS YOU WANT TO LIMIT US BECAUSE ANYTIME IT'S OVER 20 SPEAKERS, YOU WANT TO LIMIT TO ONE MINUTE. I SERVED ON THE BOND STEERING COMMITTEE. WE SET UP OUR DRIVING HOME LATE AT NIGHT TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THIS BOND FOR $6.2 MILLION BILLION DOLLARS. EXCUSE ME, $6.2 BILLION YOU ASKED FOR. YOU ADVOCATED FOR IT. YOU DID COMMERCIALS FOR IT. YOU PUT UP SIGNS FOR IT. YOU DIDN'T QUIT TILL YOU GOT IT. NOW YOU GOT IT. NOW YOU DON'T WANT TO TALK TO THE PUBLIC. AND WE HAVE A SAY SO ABOUT THIS $6.2 BILLION. JUST BECAUSE I WAS ON THE COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE IS OVER WITH. I STILL SAY I HAVE A SAY SO ON HOW YOU SPEND THE TAXPAYERS MONEY. NOW, YOU GOT A LOT OF STUFF ON THAT BOND. HOW MANY SCHOOLS YOU GOING TO READ? REBUILD OR OR HOW MANY NEW SCHOOLS COMING IN? YOU'RE GOING TO TOUCH EVERY SCHOOL, AND IF WE CAN'T SPEAK, HOW ARE WE GOING TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW THAT WE KNOW YOU DIDN'T DO WHAT YOU PROMISED. SO THE LIMIT OF US TO ONE MINUTE WHEN YOU HAVE A LOT OF SPEAKERS IS A DISGRACE. AND I FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN USED TO HELP YOU GET THE BOND ACROSS THE GOAL LINE. NOW YOU WANT TO SEND ME TO THE BENCH. AND YOU KNOW, SOME OF Y'ALL EVEN CALL THE RADIO PROGRAMS TALKING ABOUT THE BOND, [00:20:03] ENCOURAGING PEOPLE. NOW YOU DON'T HAVE TIME FOR US. WE HAVE A RIGHT TO OVERSEE THIS MONEY. AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE TIME TO SIT HERE AND LISTEN TO US SPEAK, THEN YOU DON'T NEED TO BE ON THE BOARD. YOU NEED ANOTHER JOB. I KNOW YOU DON'T GET PAID, BUT YOU KNOW YOU DIDN'T GET PAID WHEN YOU RAN FOR THE THE POSITION BECAUSE THE PERSON THAT WAS THERE BEFORE YOU WERE THERE, THEY DIDN'T VOTE TO LIMIT US TO 2 TO 1 MINUTE BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO HEAR US SPEAK. AND WE ALREADY UNDER THE GUN BECAUSE WE FOUGHT AGAINST CHARTER SCHOOLS AND EVERYTHING. MRS FOREMAN FOUGHT AGAINST CHARTER SCHOOLS IN DALLAS, WHERE Y'ALL SIT DOWN AND SAID NOTHING, AND SHE FOUGHT AGAINST THIS. WHAT Y'ALL TRYING TO DO NOW? AND Y'ALL WANT TO CHANGE THE POLICY ON WHO CAN SPEAK TO THE SUPERINTENDENT. I THINK THIS BOND IS GONE CRAZY. THANK YOU. WILL THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONES, LINDA BARRETT AND DEMETRIA BIVENS, FOLLOWED BY ANTHONY PETERSON. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS LINDA BARRETT. I'M A DRIVER FROM PARKER SERVICE CENTER. I AM WITH TRANSPORTATION AND THIS IS WHAT I'M GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE FIRST OF ALL, I WANT EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND AND REALIZE THAT TRANSPORTATION IS A PART OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. WE ARE A TEAM PLAYER. WE ASK THAT YOU RESPECT US AS BEING TEAM PLAYERS. NOW WE. I HAVE DRIVEN DOWN THE ROAD AND I'VE SEEN ALL THESE CAMPAIGN SIGNS ALL VOTE FOR ME, VOTE FOR ME. AND THIS WAS SOME OF YOU THAT ARE ON THE BOARD THAT ASK FOR OUR VOTE. BUT THEN WHEN YOU WANT TO LIMIT US OF SPEAKING, WHEN WE HAVE HAD THREE MINUTES AND WE HAVE BASICALLY SOMETIME RAN OUT OF TIME WITH THAT, TRYING TO GIVE YOU OUR CONCERNS, AND THEN YOU DO NOT ADDRESS OUR CONCERNS, THEN WE GOT A PROBLEM WITH IT, AND THEN YOU WANT TO REDUCE IT TO ONE MINUTE WHERE EVEN, WELL, YOU MUST DON'T WANT TO HEAR US, OKAY? YOU DON'T WANT TO RESPECT US. SO THEREFORE, MY COWORKERS, MY COWORKERS FROM PAT RAINEY, THEY WERE MADE TO GO TO KLEBERG. THEY WERE MADE TO GO TO KLEBERG SPECIAL NEEDS DRIVERS, COVER DRIVERS, MONITORS. THEY WERE MADE TO GO TO A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT. THEY WERE DISRESPECTED. THEY WERE BULLIED. EVERYTHING HAPPENED TO THOSE DRIVERS SAID THOSE DRIVERS HAVE COMPLETELY LOST ALL INTEREST. THEY HAVE BEEN. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE PERSON THAT'S OVER THERE, BECAUSE IT'S AS IF IF SOMEBODY GAVE THIS PERSON AN AGENDA TO ATTACK THOSE PEOPLE THAT CAME FROM PAT RAINEY AND WERE MADE TO GO TO CLYBURN, YOU. THEY HAVE DISRESPECT. AND I'VE TALKED TO YOU ABOUT IT BEFORE AND NOTHING WAS DONE. THE PERSON STILL THERE AND THAT PERSON SEEMS TO THINK THAT BECAUSE OF THE RELATIONSHIP THAT SHE HAS WITH AN EXECUTIVE HERE, THAT NOTHING CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT. AND I AM A PERSON THAT CARRY RECEIPTS. I GOT EMAILS AND EVERYTHING ELSE FROM WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING AT CLYBURN. SO AND AT THE SAME TIME, WE GOT THESE HERE SUMMARY CONFERENCE LETTERS THAT ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE WEAPONIZED, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN YOU GET A SUMMARY CONFERENCE FOR OVERTIME, WHICH THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT THE OVERTIME FOR TRANSPORTATION IS 25% AND EXEMPT. SO EVEN I GOT A SUMMER CAMP FOR 13%. TELL ME HOW THAT WORKS OUT. AND SO THEN D IT'S LIKE THE DISRESPECT WE ASK THAT YOU RECONSIDER, RESPECT THESE DRIVERS, RESPECT TRANSPORTATION BECAUSE WE WE SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS. WE SUPPORT EVERYBODY IN DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. AND SO WE ASK THAT YOU RESPECT US, HEAR US. AND LET'S SEE. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M NOT FORGETTING ANYTHING HERE. BUT THE THING IS, WE'RE ASKING YOU TO RESPECT US. I AM 69 AND MY MOTHER IS 99, AND MY GRANDMOTHER LIVED TO BE 101. NOW GUESS, GUESS WHAT? WE STOOD. I KNOW I DID STOOD ON CIVIL RIGHTS SO THAT YOU CAN AFFORD TO BE ON THIS BOARD RIGHT HERE TODAY. THANK YOU. WILL THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE? DEMETRIA BIVENS AND ANTHONY PETERSON. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT, TRUSTEES, CHIEF OF STAFF. I DON'T SEE THE SUPERINTENDENT. MY NAME IS DEMETRIA BIVENS. I'M THE FOUNDER OF THE DFW CONTRACTORS GROWTH ALLIANCE. I'M A CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS OWNER AND A PROUD SUPPORTER OF THE DALLAS ISD HISTORIC BOND PROGRAM. I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY IN SUPPORT OF THE DISTRICT'S INVESTMENT FOR YOUR PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM MANAGEMENT SERVICES. WHEN I CAME BEFORE THIS BOARD IN SUPPORT OF THE BOND PROGRAM, MY MESSAGE WAS SIMPLE. THIS INVESTMENT REPRESENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRANSFORM SCHOOLS, STRENGTHEN COMMUNITIES, AND CREATE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT DALLAS. TODAY, I BELIEVE THIS OPPORTUNITY IS EVEN GREATER. THE APPROVAL OF A BOND IS NOT THE FINISH LINE, IT'S THE STARTING LINE. [00:25:02] THE TRUE MEASURE OF SUCCESS IS NOT THE NUMBER OF DOLLARS AUTHORIZED. SUCCESS IS MEASURED BY PROJECTS DELIVERED, STUDENT SERVED, AND THE OPPORTUNITIES CREATED. DALLAS ISD HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL ECONOMIC DRIVERS IN NORTH TEXAS. EVERY PROJECT CREATE JOBS. EVERY PROJECT CREATES OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES. EVERY PROJECT CREATE PATHWAYS FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. AS THESE PROGRAMS MANAGEMENT CONTRACTORS MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE CONTRACTS. I ENCOURAGE THE BOARD TO CONTINUE FOCUSING ON ACCOUNTABILITY AND MEASURABLE OUTCOMES. HOW WILL SUCCESS BE MEASURED? WILL WILL PROJECTS BE DELIVERED ON TIME? WHERE PROJECTS BE DELIVERED WITHIN BUDGET. WILL CHANGE ORDERS BE MANAGED IN A TIMELY MANNER? WILL SMALL BUSINESSES HAVE MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE AND GROW? WILL PAYMENT PROCESSES SUPPORT HEALTHY PARTICIPATION FROM. FROM CONTRACTORS AND TRADE PARTNERS THAT HELP DELIVER THESE PROJECTS EVERY DAY? STRONG PROGRAM MANAGEMENT IS NOT SIMPLY ABOUT MANAGING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, IT'S ABOUT DELIVERING RESULTS FOR STUDENTS, TAXPAYERS, BUSINESSES AND THE COMMUNITY. THE BOND AUTHORIZATION. LET ME KEEP MY SPOT HERE. THE BOND AUTHORIZATION WAS A PROMISE TO THE VOTERS OF DALLAS. PROJECT DELIVERY IS HOW THAT PROMISE IS FULFILLED. I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS DO, AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THIS TIME TO SPEAK. THANK YOU. ANTHONY PETERSON. GOOD EVENING. TO SUPPRESS THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE IS NOTHING LESS THAN UNETHICAL. NO, REALLY, IT'S WORSE THAN THAT. IT'S OF A SAVAGE NATURE WITH DISRESPECT, INTENT. THE ACT OF 1 OR 2 BOARD MEMBERS CONSPIRING TO RESTRICT AND UNDERMINE THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE IS A SLIPPERY SLOPE, DISRESPECTFUL, AND SETS A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT. BOARD OF TRUSTEES, PLEASE REMEMBER THAT YOU WERE ELECTED TO SERVE AND NOT BECOME KINGS, TO SILENCE TRUSTEE YOU ASK THE CITIZENS OF DALLAS TO PASS AN ASTRONOMICAL. TWO. $6.2 BILLION BOND. IT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST BONDS IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD, NOT TEXAS, BUT THE WHOLE WORLD. WE LISTEN TO YOU AND VOTED YES. DON'T GET IT TWISTED. WE ALL KNOW THAT IT DON'T TAKE SHINY NEW BUILDINGS. IT TAKES SKILL. DEDICATED TEACHERS, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, CITIZENS THAT SPEAK BEHIND THIS MIC ONCE A MONTH FOR THREE MINUTES OFTEN SHARE THINGS THAT YOUR TRUSTED EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATION HIDES FROM YOU. CITIZENS NORMALLY USE THEIR THREE MINUTES PRODUCTIVELY WITH FOCUS ON THEIR CHILD OR PUBLIC EDUCATION RELATED. WE DON'T NORMALLY ASK QUESTIONS LIKE WHO'S THE OVERSEER OF THE $6.2 BILLION? WHO'S GOING TO MONITOR THE OVERSEER. HOW MANY POP UP CONTRACTS ARE BEING GENERATED? HOW MANY BACKROOM AND UNDER-THE-TABLE DEALS ARE BEING DONE? HOW MANY GHOST CONTRACTS WILL THERE BE, AND HOW MANY BOARD MEMBERS AND EXECUTIVE STAFF IS GOING TO FALL VICTIM TO CORPORATE GREED? PLEASE KEEP US BEHIND THIS BIKE. IN CLOSING, THE HONORABLE MISS MATTHEW JACKSON THAT LIVES ON TOLUCA AVENUE HAS BEEN SPEAKING BEHIND THIS MIC FOR 48 YEARS. MISS JACKSON RARELY FINISHED HER SPEECH BEFORE HER THREE MINUTES EXPIRED, BUT SHE ALWAYS LEAVE YOU SPEECHLESS. MISS NETTLE HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN EXPOSING INSTITUTIONAL RACISM AND UNFAIR PRACTICES. SHE SPEAKS ON THE SHOULDERS OF THE MANY DECEASED VOICES WHO INSPIRED CHANGE. THIS IS NOT YOUR MIC. THIS IS MISS JACKSON'S MIC. THIS IS THE PARENTS MIC. THIS MIC BELONGS TO THE STUDENT. THIS IS THE TEACHER'S MIC. THE CITIZEN'S MIC. THIS IS OUR MIC. AND DON'T THINK ABOUT TAKING IT FROM US. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. PRESIDENT. THIS CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC FORUM. THANK YOU. SPEAKERS. TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM FIVE CLOSED SESSION. HOWEVER, THE BOARD WILL NOT RETIRE TO CLOSED SESSION FOR THIS MEETING. SO TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM SIX REPORTS BEGINNING WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. [6. REPORTS] DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CARRION. AND GOOD EVENING, TRUSTEES. THERE WE GO. OKAY, SO TONIGHT I'D LIKE TO SHARE SOME PRELIMINARY STAR RESULTS. I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THESE RESULTS DO NOT INCLUDE SCIENCE. WE WILL NOT GET THOSE UNTIL THE END OF JULY. IT DOES NOT INCLUDE STAR ALT WHICH ARE OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS. AND THEN THERE ARE POSSIBLE CHANGES DUE TO THE RESCORE SUBMISSIONS. [00:30:05] BUT THIS DOES INCLUDE THE MAJORITY OF OUR STUDENTS THREE EIGHT, AS WELL AS OUR EOCS. SO THE OVERARCHING STORY OF THIS DATA IS ONE OF GROWTH AND MOMENTUM. WE HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY HERE THAT REALLY HIGHLIGHTS THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE PERFORMED AT OR ABOVE THE STATE'S GROWTH RATE IN 94% OF THE ASSESSED CATEGORIES. OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS HAVE POSTED SOME OF THE STRONGEST GAINS IN THE DISTRICT, EXCEEDING STATE PERFORMANCE IN MANY OF THE AREAS THAT I'LL SHARE IN SUBSEQUENT SLIDES. AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR EMERGENT BILINGUAL STUDENTS WHO ALSO HAVE STRONG RESULTS. STUDENTS IN HAVE OUTPERFORMED THE STATE ACROSS ALL CONTENT AREAS FOR OUR EMERGENT BILINGUALS. AND THE THREE PERFORMANCE LEVELS, WHICH ARE APPROACHES, MEETS AND MASTERS. AND THEN FINALLY, OUR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS CONTINUE TO SHOW STRONG PROGRESS AS WELL. THESE OUTCOMES, AS YOU CAN SEE, AND YOU WILL SEE REINFORCE OUR COMMITMENT TO ACCELERATING ACHIEVEMENT AND ENSURING THAT EVERY STUDENT HAS ACCESS TO SUPPORT NEEDED TO SUCCEED. THIS NEXT SECTION BEGINS WITH THE OVERALL DISTRICT PERFORMANCE ACROSS ALL SUBJECTS AND ALL GRADES. SO THE NEXT SLIDE, I MEAN I'M GOING TO USE THIS SLIDE TO ORIENT THE BOARD AND THE AUDIENCE TO HOW THE DATA IS STRUCTURED ON FUTURE SLIDES. SO THE BAR CHARTS TO THE LEFT REPRESENT DALLAS ISD YEAR TO YEAR PERFORMANCE. AND THE BAR CHARTS TO THE RIGHT ARE LOOKING AT THE STATES YEAR TO YEAR PERFORMANCE. THE YELLOW BARS SHOW THE PERCENT OF STUDENTS SCORING AT APPROACHES FOR BOTH THE 2520 AND 2026 SCHOOL YEAR. THE GREEN BARS SHOW THE 25 AND 26 AT METS LEVEL, OR WHAT WE CALL THE GOLD STANDARD. AND THEN THE BLUE BARS REFLECT BOTH 25 AND 26 AT THE MASTER'S LEVEL. AT THE APPROACHES LEVEL, IN 2025 TO THE LEFT, DALLAS ISD WAS AT 69% IN THE STATE. AT 73, THE STATE WAS HIGHER THAN THE DISTRICT BY FOUR POINTS, AND THIS YEAR WE, THE DISTRICT, ARE AT 73 AND THE STATE AT 74 AT THE APPROACHES LEVEL. SO NOW WE HAVE MOVED TO JUST ONE POINT FROM THE STATE MOVING TO THE GREEN BARS OR THE GOLD STANDARD. DALLAS ISD WAS AT 44 IN 2025 AND THE STATE AT 48, WE INCREASED BY SIX POINTS AND THE STATE INCREASED BY FOUR POINTS, WHICH HAS DECREASED OUR GAP WITH THE STATE TO ONLY TWO POINTS AT THE MASTER'S LEVEL, DALLAS ISD INCREASED FOUR POINTS FROM 19 TO 23 AND THE STATE TWO POINTS FROM 21 TO 23. TRUSTEES. I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE ARE NOW HAVE THE SAME NUMBER OF STUDENTS ACHIEVING THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE AS THE STATE. OKAY, LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. AND THIS THE NEXT THREE SLIDES ARE REPRESENTING OUR STUDENT GROUPS, OUR FIRST STUDENT GROUPS, OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS. AND AT THE APPROACHES LEVEL IN 2025, THE DISTRICT WAS AT 64 AND THE STATE WAS ALSO AT 64. THIS YEAR, WE WENT UP SIX. THE STATE WENT UP TWO POINTS. AND NOW OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS HAVE SURPASSED THE STATE, THEIR STATE PEERS, BY FOUR POINTS AT THE APPROACHES LEVEL, AT THE GOLD STANDARD. STANDARD OR MEETS IN 2025, OUR STUDENTS WERE AT 37 AND THIS YEAR THEY GAINED SEVEN POINTS. NOW, AT 44, THE STATE GAINED FIVE POINTS, MOVING FROM 36 TO 41. AND AT THE MASTER'S LEVEL WE INCREASED FOUR POINTS AND THE STATE GAINED TWO, WHICH MEANS THAT OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS ARE OUTPERFORMING THEIR STATE PEERS, NOT ONLY AT THE APPROACHES LEVEL, BUT AT THE GOLD STANDARD AND THE MASTER'S. SO AS WE GO THROUGH THESE SLIDES, YOU'LL SEE THOSE GREEN SQUARES THAT ARE WITHIN THE BAR CHART, AND THAT REPRESENTS THAT THE DISTRICT HAS OUTPERFORMED THE STATE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THE NEXT SLIDE IS LOOKING AT OUR EMERGENT BILINGUAL STUDENTS WHICH ALSO SHOW STRONG GAINS. AND YOU CAN SEE YEAR TO YEAR OUR EMERGENT BILINGUAL STUDENTS PERFORMED FOUR POINTS HIGHER AT BOTH THE APPROACHES AND MEETS LEVEL AND TWO POINTS HIGHER AT THE MASTERS. THIS STUDENT GROUP IS ALSO PERFORMING HIGHER THAN THEIR PEERS IN EACH PERFORMANCE CATEGORY. [00:35:06] NEXT SLIDE. NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THE CORRELATION BETWEEN ECONOMICS AND EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT AT THE APPROACHES LEVEL. OUR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS STUDENT GROUP IS NOW AT 71 COMPARED TO THE STATE AT 67. AND AT THE GOLD STANDARD, THE DISTRICT IS AT 46 COMPARED TO THE STATE AT 41. THOSE ARE PHENOMENAL RESULTS. YOU GUYS AT THE MASTER'S LEVEL, THE DISTRICT IS AT 19. THE STATE AT 15. STUDENTS OUTPERFORM THE STATE AT EVERY PERFORMANCE LEVEL. THESE STUDENTS ARE SPECIAL OR THESE RESULTS ARE ESPECIALLY ENCOURAGING BECAUSE THEY DEMONSTRATE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE SUCCEEDING DESPITE THE BARRIERS ASSOCIATED WITH POVERTY. IN THE NEXT SECTION, WE'RE LOOKING AT READING LANGUAGE ARTS, AND THIS IS LOOKING AT GRADES THREE THROUGH ENGLISH TWO. SO DISTRICT WIDE READING LANGUAGE ARTS PERFORMANCE CONTINUE TO IMPROVE. PERFORMANCE INCREASED BY FOUR POINTS AT APPROACHES, THREE POINTS AT MEETS AND TWO POINTS AT MASTERS. WE HAVE CLOSED THE GAP BETWEEN THE STATE FROM SIX POINTS LAST YEAR, OR WE'VE DECREASED THE GAP FROM SIX POINTS LAST YEAR TO THREE POINTS THIS YEAR. NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENT GROUP AT THE READING LANGUAGE ARTS. AND THE PERFORMANCE INCREASED FOUR PERCENTAGE POINTS AT THE APPROACHES AND MEETS LEVEL AND ONE POINT AT MASTERS. NOTABLY, OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS IN DALLAS ISD ARE NOW OUTPERFORMING THEIR STATEWIDE PEER STATEWIDE PRAYERS AT THE META LEVEL. THIS IS OFTEN VIEWED AS THE STRONGEST INDICATOR OF OUR GRADE LEVEL PROFICIENCY. THE NEXT SLIDE IS OUR. OUR EMERGENT BILINGUAL STUDENTS AT READING LANGUAGE ARTS PERFORMANCE INCREASED BY THREE ON APPROACHES AND REMAINED STABLE AT THE MEETS AND MASTERS LEVEL, AND THEY CONTINUE TO PERFORM ABOVE THE STATE LEVEL FOR EACH PERFORMANCE LEVEL. NEXT SLIDE. OUR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS. THE PERFORMANCE INCREASED BY FOUR PERCENTAGE POINTS AT APPROACHES, TWO POINTS AT MEETS AND ONE AT MASTERS. THE STUDENTS IN THIS GROUP ALSO CONTINUE TO OUTPERFORM THEIR STATE PEERS AT EVERY PERFORMANCE LEVEL, AND THIS IS DEMONSTRATING THAT OUR TEACHERS AND OUR LEADERS ARE PRODUCING MEANINGFUL OUTCOMES. NEXT SLIDE. LET'S LOOK AT THE MATH RESULTS PERFORMANCE. OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS INCREASED SIX PERCENTAGE POINTS BOTH AT APPROACHES AND MEETS AND TWO POINTS AT MASTERS. AS A RESULT, OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS NOW ARE OUTPERFORMING THEIR STATE PEERS ACROSS ALL MATHEMATIC PERFORMANCE LEVELS. NEXT SLIDE. HERE WE HAVE OUR EMERGENT BILINGUAL STUDENTS WHO ALSO DEMONSTRATED POSITIVE GROWTH IN MATHEMATICS. PERFORMANCE INCREASED TWO PERCENTAGE POINTS FOR BOTH APPROACHES AND MEETS, AND WE REMAINED MAINTAINED OUR STATUS FOR MASTERS. NEXT SLIDE. WE HAVE OUR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS POSTED STRONG GAINS IN MATHEMATICS. WE CAN SEE THE PERFORMANCE INCREASE FOR POINTS AT APPROACHES, FIVE POINTS AT MEETS AND ONE POINT AT MASTERS. STUDENTS IN THIS GROUP CONTINUE TO OUTPERFORM THEIR PEERS STATEWIDE. NEXT SLIDE. WE AS I STATED EARLIER, WE DON'T HAVE SCIENCE RESULTS AT THIS POINT. THE STATE IS DOING SOME STANDARD SETTING REQUIREMENTS. AND SO WE'LL RECEIVE THOSE AT THE END OF JULY. AND WE WILL REPORT THOSE OUT IN AUGUST. THE NEXT SLIDE, THE LAST CATEGORY IS SOCIAL STUDIES PERFORMANCE. NEXT SLIDE. NEXT SLIDE. AND WE HAVE DISTRICT WIDE OUR SOCIAL STUDIES PERFORMANCE IN EIGHTH GRADE. AND U.S. HISTORY CONTINUES TO DEMONSTRATE POSITIVE GROWTH. [00:40:03] THE DISTRICT GREW BY ONE POINT AT APPROACHES FIVE POINTS AT MEETS AND THREE POINTS AT MASTERS. THE STRONGEST GAINS OCCURRED, OF COURSE, AT THE MEETS AND MASTERS. NEXT SLIDE. IF WE LOOK AT OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS, WE CAN SEE THAT THIS YEAR'S RESULTS EXCEEDED STATE PERFORMANCE BY FOUR POINTS AT APPROACHES. SO YOU CAN SEE WE WERE WE'RE AT 73. THE STATES AT 688 POINTS AT MEETS. WE'RE AT 50 STATES AT 42, AND THEN TEN POINTS AT MASTERS, WHERE WE'RE AT 30 STATES AT 20. THESE ARE EXCEPTIONAL RESULTS, BOTH IT'S HIGHLIGHTING THE ACADEMIC GROWTH AND HIGH LEVELS OF OUR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. NEXT SLIDE. OUR NEXT STUDENT GROUP IS OUR EMERGENT BILINGUAL STUDENTS. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY'VE ALSO DEMONSTRATED STRONG PERFORMANCE IN SOCIAL STUDIES, OUTPERFORMING THEIR PEERS IN EACH PERFORMANCE LEVEL. NEXT SLIDE. OUR ACADEMIC OR OUR EDUCATIONALLY OR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS ALSO DEMONSTRATED STRONG PERFORMANCE. AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE THAT THEY'VE OUTPERFORMED AT EACH PERFORMANCE LEVEL. SO I THINK HERE THE MESSAGE IS CLEAR THAT OUR STUDENTS CONTINUE TO DEMONSTRATE STRONG ACADEMIC GROWTH, PARTICULARLY AMONG STUDENT GROUPS THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN UNDER CHAMPIONED. AND WHILE WE KNOW THERE'S STILL WORK FOR US TO DO AHEAD, THESE RESULTS TRULY REFLECT THE COMMITMENT AND THE HARD WORK OF OUR TEACHERS, OUR LEADERS, OUR FAMILIES, AND THIS BOARD FOR MAKING STUDENT OUTCOMES THE CENTER OF ALL ALL THEIR DECISIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. TRUSTEES. WE'LL TURN NOW TO 6.02 TRUSTEE COMMITTEE REPORTS. ARE THERE ANY COMMITTEE REPORTS? SEEING NONE. SEEING NONE. OKAY, TRUSTEES. THEN WE'LL TURN TO 6.03 TRUSTEE REPORTS, BEGINNING WITH TRUSTEE FOR DISTRICT ONE TRUSTEE CURRIE. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE CARREÓN. THIS IS THE DISTRICT ONE REPORT. THE FIRST DISTRICT. THE ONLY DISTRICT TICKET. I'M SORRY, I'M JUST. WE'RE GOING TO. WE'LL GET TO THE WORK. FIRST I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE EDDIE WALKER MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS FLAG FOOTBALL TEAM FOR MAKING SCHOOL HISTORY AS THE CAMPUS'S INAUGURAL TEAM. THESE TRAILBLAZING STUDENT ATHLETES HELPED ESTABLISH A NEW TRADITION THROUGH THEIR DEDICATION, TEAMWORK, AND COMMITMENT TO THE SPORT. MY SON PLAYS ON THE EDDIE WALKER FOOTBALL TEAM. I'D LIKE TO SEE SOME FLAG FOOTBALL BETWEEN THE TWO. I GOT A FEELING THE GIRLS WILL WHIP THE BOYS, BUT QUITE FRANKLY. BUT WE'LL SEE. I'D ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS ABRIL ABRIL G AND ARIEL M FOR BEING SELECTED AS RECIPIENTS OF THE PRESTIGIOUS DELOITTE NORTHERN TEXAS PGA FAIRWAY TO SUCCESS SCHOLARSHIP, CHOSEN FOR THEIR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. BOTH STUDENTS RECEIVED $20,000 SCHOLARSHIPS TO SUPPORT THEIR COLLEGE JOURNEYS. CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENT AND WELL-DESERVED RECOGNITION. AND FINALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE W.T. WHITE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS EMMA G. SAMANTHA P, EDITH L AND JULIET. JULIET G. FOR REPRESENTING THE OAK CLIFF ATHLETES PROGRAM IN INTERNATIONAL SOCCER COMPETITION IN MONTERREY, MEXICO. DESPITE BEING A NEWLY FORMED TEAM, THEY HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED COMPETED SUCCESSFULLY AGAINST ELITE OPPOSITION, EARNING AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE THEIR JOURNEY THIS FALL IN MEXICO CITY AGAINST SOME OF THE TOP CLUBS IN THE COUNTRY. CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AND FOR REPRESENTING YOUR COMMUNITY ON AN INTERNATIONAL STAGE. THIS CONCLUDES MY REPORT. TRUSTEE WEINBERG. THANK YOU. DISTRICT TWO ACCOLADES THIS MONTH. I'D LIKE TO START BY GIVING A MASSIVE KUDOS TO THE WILLIAM LIPSCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COMMUNITY ON THE GRAND UNVEILING OF THEIR BRAND NEW, LONG AWAITED MAKERSPACE. THIS INCREDIBLE HANDS ON HUB FOR PROBLEM SOLVING AND STUDENT INNOVATION WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE DEDICATED SUPPORT OF THE EAST DALLAS EXCHANGE CLUB, THE SITE BASED DECISION MAKING TEAM, AND STEM SCAPES. IT'S A GREAT LITTLE SPACE AND SUPER EXCITED FOR THE LIPSCOMB KIDS TO ENJOY IT. SHOUT OUT TO THE CLASS OF 2026 GRADUATES FROM HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOL, DUAH, ISAAC, XAVIER, NATHANIEL, AND ANDERSON. THESE AMAZING STUDENTS ARE THE FIRST IN THEIR SCHOOL'S HISTORY TO QUALIFY FOR THE NATIONAL SPEECH AND DEBATE COMPETITION. KUDOS TO THEIR COACH, KATHY WINN, FOR LEADING THEM AS THE ONLY COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL IN THE DISTRICT TO GO TO NATIONALS THIS YEAR. ALSO HUGE THANK YOU TO WOODROW WILSON HIGH SCHOOL FOR HOSTING THIS SUMMER'S FUTURE HEISMAN CAMP. FROM HONING THEIR FOOTBALL SKILLS TO SCRIMMAGING AGAINST ONE ANOTHER. THE STUDENTS FROM ALL OVER THE DISTRICT CAME TOGETHER TO LEARN WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A STAR ATHLETE. AND FINALLY, WHILE GRADUATION SEASON IS BEHIND US, I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE HILLCREST AND WOODROW SENIORS WHO EARNED MORE THAN [00:45:06] $75 MILLION IN SCHOLARSHIP OFFERS AND AN IMPRESSIVE LIST OF COLLEGE ACCEPTANCES. CONGRATULATIONS ON ALL THE HARD WORK. ON BEHALF OF ALL THE FOLKS THAT MADE THIS REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT POSSIBLE. WE'RE INCREDIBLY PROUD OF YOU AND EXCITED TO SEE THE IMPACT YOU WILL MAKE IN THE NEXT CHAPTER OF YOUR JOURNEY. THIS CONCLUDES THE DISTRICT TWO ACCOLADES. TRUSTEE MICCICHE. THANK YOU. MORE CONGRATULATIONS TO THE EMMETT J. CONRAD HIGH SCHOOL WIND ENSEMBLE FOR MAKING HISTORY BY ADVANCING TO THE ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS SMALL SCHOOL BANDS OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE SERIES FOR THE FIRST TIME. KUDOS ON THIS IMPRESSIVE MILESTONE. ALSO, KUDOS TO THE SOCCER TEAM AT GEORGE W TRUETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR WINNING THE DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP. THIS MARKS THEIR SECOND CONSECUTIVE TITLE. AN IMPRESSIVE ACHIEVEMENT FOR THE TEAM AND SCHOOL COMMUNITY. AND FINALLY, I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO HIGHLIGHT THE INCREDIBLE SUCCESSES OF BRYAN ADAMS AND AND CONRAD SENIORS. SENIORS AT BRYAN ADAMS SECURED AN IMPRESSIVE $67 MILLION IN SCHOLARSHIP OFFERS, WHILE CONRAD SENIORS ACHIEVED REMARKABLE MILESTONES OF THEIR OWN, WITH MORE THAN 100 GRADUATES EARNING AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE AND NEARLY 200 COMPLETING CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS. WE'RE ALL PROUD OF WHAT THEY HAVE ACCOMPLISHED AND EXCITED TO SEE WHAT COMES NEXT. THIS CONCLUDES MY REPORT. TRUSTEE GARCIA. IT WAS AN HONOR TO CELEBRATE THE GROUNDBREAKING OF A NEW PRE-K EIGHT GRADE CAMPUS. THIS GROUNDBREAKING TOOK PLACE ONLY A FEW WEEKS AGO, AND THIS WAS A MASSIVE WIN FOR OUR SOUTHEAST DALLAS COMMUNITY. THIS BRAND NEW SCHOOL IS GOING TO SERVE 800 OF OUR PRE-K THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS, GIVING THEM MODERN, SPACIOUS LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS THAT THEY DESERVE. YOU COULD ALSO READ ABOUT IT. THERE WAS A STORY THAT JUST CAME OUT YESTERDAY AND THE DALLAS ISD NEWS HUB. SO CHECK IT OUT. THERE'S SOME FUN PICTURES AND WE'RE EXCITED FOR THAT SCHOOL TO OPEN SOON. ALSO SHOUT OUT TO THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS WHO WERE RECOGNIZED DURING THE REGION ONE CELEBRATION HONORING MEMBERS OF THE TOP 5% CLASS OF 2026. DAISY IN FROM SAMUEL HIGH SCHOOL, BRIANNA B FROM THE GREAT H GRADE SPRUCE HIGH SCHOOL AND PRECIOUS L FROM SEAGOVILLE HIGH SCHOOL. AND ALSO, I'M PROUD TO SAY, AND THIS WAS MENTIONED IN THE GRADUATION THAT SEAGOVILLE HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS EARNED $29 MILLION IN SCHOLARSHIPS. AND IT WAS AN ABSOLUTE HONOR TO BE A PART OF SUCH A MEMORABLE CELEBRATION AND TO WITNESS THE HARD WORK OF OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR BRIGHT FUTURES. THIS CONCLUDES MY ACCOLADES. TRUSTEE SANDERS. ALL RIGHT, THESE ARE THE POWER FIVE ACCOLADES. CONGRATULATIONS TO MAKENNA M, A 2026 GRADUATE OF THE SCHOOL FOR THE TALENTED AND GIFTED AT YVONNE A EWELL TOWNVIEW MAGNET CENTER. SHE WILL BE ATTENDING HARVARD UNIVERSITY IN THE FALL TO MAJOR IN PSYCHOLOGY. DURING HER TIME AT TOWNVIEW TAG, SHE ACHIEVED PERFECT ATTENDANCE THROUGHOUT ALL FOUR YEARS OF HIGH SCHOOL WHILE EXCELLING ACADEMICALLY, WHICH MEANS SHE'S GOT A STRONG, YOU KNOW, IMMUNE SYSTEM TOO, BECAUSE THAT'S THAT'S IMPRESSIVE A HUGE POWER D5. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SCIENTIFIC TEAM FROM NEW TECH HIGH SCHOOL AT B F DORAL FOR EARNING SECOND PLACE AT THE DESTINATION IMAGINATION STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. THEIR CREATIVITY AND COLLABORATION AND INNOVATION AND INNOVATIVE THINKING SHOWCASE THE INCREDIBLE TALENT THAT EXISTS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES. CONGRATULATIONS ALSO TO GIOVANNI A OF NEW TECH HIGH SCHOOL THOMAS B OF JUDGE BAREFOOT SANDERS LAW MAGNET AND JAVIER V BARACK OBAMA, MALE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY FOR EARNING A $3,000 SCHOLARSHIP AT THE ROLAND G. PARIS SCHOLARSHIP DEBATE. THESE STUDENTS WERE SELECTED FROM A HIGHLY COMPETITIVE POOL FOR DEMONSTRATING EXCEPTIONAL PUBLIC SPEAKING, CRITICAL THINKING, AND CIVIC LEADERSHIP SKILLS. THAT CONCLUDES MY ACCOLADES. TRUSTEE FOREMAN. THANK YOU. FIRST, I'D LIKE TO BEGIN BY RECOGNIZING THE CARTER HIGH SCHOOL BOYS TRACK AND FIELD TEAM, WHICH RECENTLY COMPETED IN THE U. I L FOR A STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS, WHERE THEY ACHIEVED REMARKABLE SUCCESS. THE TEAM CLAIMED THE GOLD MEDAL IN THE BOYS FOUR BY 400 METER RELAY, AND CHARLES A SECURED AN INDIVIDUAL GOLD MEDAL IN THE BOYS 800 METER. CONGRATULATIONS. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO CONGRATULATE MATISSE E, A 2026 GRADUATE FROM CARTER. SHE RECEIVED THE FAIR WAY TO SUCCESS SCHOLARSHIP, WHICH SHE WILL RECEIVE $20,000 TOWARD HER COLLEGE EDUCATION. [00:50:09] ALSO, CONGRATULATIONS GOES TO KATHLYN JOY GILLIAM COLLEGIATE ACADEMY FOR LAUNCHING THE NEW SWIM PILOT PROGRAM THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE YMCA. STUDENTS GAIN ESSENTIAL WATER SAFETY AND SWIMMING SKILLS WHILE PREPARING FOR FUTURE LIFEGUARD CERTIFICATION AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. AND I'D LIKE TO END WITH A BIG THANKS TO DOCTOR CHERYL WRIGHT, WHO HAS RETIRED FROM THE DISTRICT. YOU WERE THE HEART AND SOUL OF WHAT WORKED IN DAVID W CARTER FEEDER PATTERNS. WE WILL ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL FOR YOU AND TO YOU. AND PLEASE KNOW YOU MADE AN INCREDIBLE DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF CHILDREN. THANK YOU TRUSTEE MACKEY. THANK YOU. I WANT TO START BY RECOGNIZING A RECENT SUNSET HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE, ALISON L, WHO MADE HISTORY BY BECOMING THE FIRST STUDENT TO RECEIVE A SCHOLARSHIP TO PLAY FLAG FOOTBALL. SHE IS TAKING HER TALENTS TO EAST TEXAS BAPTIST UNIVERSITY AND IS HELPING PAVE THE WAY FOR FUTURE STUDENT ATHLETES TO FOLLOW IN HER FOOTSTEPS. STEPS. WAY TO GO! ANOTHER GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT COMES OUT OF SUNSET HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH IS THE SUCCESS OF SOON TO BE SOPHOMORE LAYLA BEE. AFTER FACING CHALLENGES THAT ONCE MADE HER UNCERTAIN ABOUT HER FUTURE, LAYLA WAS SELECTED AS ONE OF JUST 20 ATHLETES FOR A PRESTIGIOUS TOURNAMENT THAT COULD LEAD TO AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY WITH THE MEXICAN NATIONAL TEAM. AND FINALLY, I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO BRIANNA B AND ANGELA A AT THE OF THE MOLINA ROSETTES DRILL TEAM WHILE ATTENDING DRILL CAMP THIS WEEK. THEY EARNED STAR RIBBONS AND WERE SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN NONE OTHER THAN THE MACY'S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE IN NEW YORK CITY. CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AND BEST WISHES AS YOU REPRESENT MOLINA DISTRICT SEVEN AND DALLAS ISD. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY ACCOLADES. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE. I WILL PRESENT THE DISTRICT EIGHT ACCOLADES. I'D LIKE TO BEGIN BY RECOGNIZING GABRIEL SOOY OF SOLAR PREPARATORY SCHOOL FOR BOYS, FOR BEING ONE OF FOUR DALLAS ISD STUDENTS WHO WAS INVITED TO REPRESENT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT DURING THE FIFA WORLD CUP MATCH BETWEEN CROATIA AND ENGLAND. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HELPED MAKE THIS UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE POSSIBLE FOR OUR SCHOLARS. CONTINUING OUR CELEBRATIONS AT SOLAR PREPARATORY SCHOOL FOR BOYS, I AM PLEASED TO RECOGNIZE TARIQ, A.J. AND NICHOLAS H. THESE EXCEPTIONAL STUDENTS COMPETED AT THE NATIONAL SPEECH AND DEBATE TOURNAMENT IN RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, WHERE THEY SECURED THE MIDDLE SCHOOL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE POLICY DEBATE CATEGORY. CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE TWO STUDENTS. AND ALSO CONGRATULATIONS TO NORTH DALLAS HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR LUIS G. ON EARNING A SPOT ON THE TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION CLASS FOUR A TEAM. LUIS MADE HISTORY AS THE FIRST KNOWN NORTH DALLAS BASEBALL PLAYER TO RECEIVE THE ALL STATE HONORS, AND WAS THE ONLY DALLAS ISD STUDENT ATHLETE SELECTED TO THE TEAM THIS YEAR. CONGRATULATIONS, LUIS. THAT CONCLUDES THE DISTRICT EIGHT ACCOLADES. TRUSTEE TURNER. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. IT IS TIME FOR THE DYNAMIC REPORT WHERE WE RECOGNIZE THE PEOPLE, PARTNERSHIPS AND PROGRESS HAPPENING ACROSS DISTRICT NINE. TONIGHT, I AM PROUD TO SHARE THAT THE DYNAMIC DISTRICT NINE WAS ALSO REPRESENTING REPRESENTED DURING THE FIFA WORLD CUP MATCH BETWEEN CROATIA AND ENGLAND. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE STUDENTS AT THELMA. RICHARDS THELMA PAIGE RICHARDSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHO HAD A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY TO ESCORT PLAYERS ON THE FIELD. ALSO, THE LEGENDARY LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL LADY TIGERS HAD AN INCREDIBLE YEAR AFTER WINNING BACK TO BACK STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN GIRLS BASKETBALL. THE TRACK AND FIELD TEAM ALSO CAPTURED A STATE TITLE. THE TEAM EVEN BROKE A HISTORIC RELAY RECORD PREVIOUSLY RECORDED PREVIOUSLY HELD DURING DALLAS ISD ALUM COULD SHA'CARRI RICHARDSON HIGH SCHOOL ERA. CONGRATULATIONS TO SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL. FIRST EVER CLASS OF LICENSED BARBERS. ANTONIO C VICTORIA M, SHEREE RETARD CHANEL M THIS HISTORIC ACHIEVEMENT IS OPENING DOORS FOR FUTURE STUDENTS. AND AS ALWAYS, DISTRICT NINE IS DYNAMIC BECAUSE ITS PEOPLE ARE DYNAMIC. THANK YOU, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING EVEN MORE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AT OUR NEXT MEETING. THANK YOU. TRUSTEES. TRUSTEES. WE'LL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM 7.01 CONSIDERING. [7. APPROVAL OF MINUTES] TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL. TRUSTEES. THE FOLLOWING MINUTES HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL. THE AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING FROM APRIL 29TH, 2026. THE CALLED BOARD MEETING, WHICH WAS THE CANVASING MEETING FROM MAY 12TH, 2026. THE CALLED BOARD MEETING FROM MAY 14TH, 2026. THE PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION MEETING FROM MAY 14TH, 2026. [00:55:02] THE EMPLOYEE HEARING FROM MAY 21ST, 2026 AND THE EMPLOYEE HEARING FROM MAY 28TH, 2026. THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET FROM MAY 28TH, 2026 AND THE BOARD MEETING FROM MAY 28TH, 2026. TRUSTEES DO HAVE A MOTION MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. TRUSTEES HAS BEEN MOVED IN. SECOND, ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS? SEEING NO CORRECTIONS. TRUSTEES, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. TRUSTEES. CAN YOU SEE YOUR VOTE ON THE SCREEN? NO, I CAN SEE MINE. YEAH, I ONLY HAVE TRUSTEE GARCIA. AS IN PRESIDENT CARTOONS. SHOULD WE VOTE BY. SHOULD WE VOTE BY HANDS OR VOTING IN THE TOP RIGHT. OH, THERE YOU GO. OH, THERE'S A OKAY THERE. RIGHT ON THE TOP. ON THE RIGHT UPPER HAND CORNER, THERE'S A BUTTON THAT SAYS SHOW VOTING. IF YOU CLICK IT, YOU CAN SEE YOUR VOTE. TOP OF THE CLASS. GOOD JOB MAGGIE. TRUSTEE FOREMAN WILL YOU BE VOTING? TRUSTEE. FOREMAN. WILL YOU BE VOTING? GOT IT. THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. TRUSTEES, YOU JUST ADOPTED THE MOTION APPROVING THE MINUTES AS SUBMITTED. TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO STATUTORY ITEMS BEGINNING WITH SPECIFICALLY ITEM 8.03. [8. STATUTORY ITEMS WHICH MAY APPROPRIATELY COME TO THE ATTENTION OF THE BOARD] CONSIDER. TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO NOMINATE AND APPROVE AN ADDITIONAL BOARD MEMBER TO SERVE ON THE SCHOOL SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE FOR A TWO YEAR TERM STARTING ON STARTING IN 2026, 27 THROUGH 27, 2027 2028 SCHOOL YEAR IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE, SECTION 37.109 SCHOOL SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE AND THE GUIDELINES ESTABLISHED BY THE TEXAS SCHOOL SAFETY CENTER. EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS REQUIRED TO ESTABLISH A SCHOOL SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE. THE COMMITTEE MUST INCLUDE THE PRESIDENT OF THE DISTRICT'S BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND ONE MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. OTHER THAN THE PRESIDENT, MEMBERSHIP MAY BE. MAY BE EXPANDED UPON THE DISCRETION OF THE COMMITTEE COORDINATOR. TRUSTEES. AT THIS TIME. NOMINATIONS ARE NOW. IN ORDER FOR THE SELECTION OF A TRUSTEE TO SERVE ON THE SCHOOL SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE. DO I HAVE A NOMINATION FOR TRUSTEE TO SERVE ON THE SCHOOL AND SAFETY SECURITY COMMITTEE? I SEE TRUSTEE MICCICHE OH, I, I NOMINATE TRUSTEE LANCE CURRIE. OKAY. OKAY. TRUSTEE. I WE HAVE ARE THERE ANY TRUSTEE LANCE CURRIE HAS BEEN NOMINATED. ARE THERE ANY FURTHER NOMINATIONS FOR TRUSTEE TO SERVE ON THE SCHOOL SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE? WHAT IS THE COMMITMENT ENTAIL? THERE ARE THREE MEETINGS, ONE EACH SEMESTER AND ONE IN THE SUMMER. WE USUALLY DO IT. I CAN DO THREE MEETINGS I DON'T WANT I DIDN'T WANT ANOTHER COMMITTEE ADDED TO THE LIST. OKAY, TRUSTEES. ARE THERE ANY FURTHER NOMINATIONS FOR A TRUSTEE TO SERVE ON THE SCHOOL SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE? OKAY. SEEING NO FURTHER NOMINATIONS. TRUSTEE CURRIE IS ELECTED BY ACCLAMATION. YEAH. THERE WE GO. TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM 9.01. [9. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS] CONSIDERING. TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 9.01 THROUGH 9.46, AS AMENDED. TRUSTEES, WE HAVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 9.01 THROUGH 9.46, AS AMENDED. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS HAVE BEEN PULLED FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. I BELIEVE A COUPLE MAY BE PUT BACK, BUT I'LL READ ALL THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN PULLED FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. FIRST 9.039.04, 9.05, 9.11, 9.13, 9.24, 9.27, AND 9.39. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT [01:00:10] 9.13, 9.24, AND 9.39 HAVE BEEN. MOVED BACK TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. IS THAT CORRECT? SOMEONE CONFIRMED. IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY. OKAY. SO THE TRUSTEES THE AGENDA ITEM WAS PULLED FOR A SEPARATE VOTE ARE 9.03. 9.04. 9.05. 9.17 AND 9.27. DO I HAVE A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AS AMENDED. SO MOVED. SECOND. TRUSTEES. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. TRUSTEES, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. SHOW VOTING AGAIN. ALL RIGHT. OH, THERE IT IS. MOTION PASSES EIGHT VOTING YES AND ONE NOT PRESENT. TRUSTEES, YOU JUST ADOPTED THE MOTION APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA, AS AMENDED. SO TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO ITEMS PULLED FOR A SEPARATE VOTE, BEGINNING WITH ITEM 10.01. [10. ITEM PULLED FOR A SEPARATE VOTE] CONSIDERING TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AMENDMENT TO BOARD POLICY BED LOCAL PUBLIC BOARD MEETINGS. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. IT'S A CONSENT ITEM. IT WAS CONSENT ITEM 9.03 POOL DUE TO REVISIONS AND PULLED BY TRUSTEES FOREMAN TURNER, MACKEY, SANDERS AND GARCIA TRUSTEES. DO I HAVE A MOTION MOVED TO CONSIDER VERSION B? OKAY, TRUSTEES, WE HAVE A MOTION TO CONSIDER. B IS THERE A SECOND, A SECOND? OKAY, WE HAVE A SECOND. BY TRUSTEE FOREMAN TRUSTEE HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECOND TRUSTEES. IS THERE DISCUSSION? YES, YES, I SEE SANDERS FIRST GO SEE TRUSTEE SANDERS. SO JUST TO CLARIFY VERSION B OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND CONSIDERING IS THE VERSION THAT KEEPS THREE MINUTES UN CHANGED FOR THE SPEAKER PUBLIC SPEAKING TIME. AND SO THE REASON WHY THIS WAS THE ONE THAT I, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS AND I WANT TO, I WANT TO START OFF BY CREDITING TRUSTEE FOREMAN FOR THIS. WHEN THE, WHEN THE, WHEN THE INITIAL POLICY WAS PROPOSED, THE THING THAT I WAS WILLING TO SIT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT WITH OUR TRUSTEES WAS IS THERE A WAY FOR US TO CREATE MORE SPACE AND TIME FOR REGULAR FOLKS WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE, AND ISN'T TYPICALLY A PART OF THE PROCESS TO BE ABLE TO COME IN, YOU KNOW, THEY MIGHT HAVE THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING, THEY MIGHT HAVE COMMITMENTS THAT THEY HAVE TO BE AT. THEY HAVE KIDS, THEY HAVE LOTS OF THINGS. PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WORK. RIGHT. AND SO I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THAT WITH THIS BOARD AND HEAR WHAT PEOPLE HAD TO SAY. TRUSTEE FOREMAN WAS THE FIRST ONE TO REALLY FLAG JUST HOW I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO USE THE WORD SACRED THAT THREE MINUTES NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED. AND IN A WAY WHERE WE'RE SAYING, YOU KNOW, YES, WE DID. JUST THE COMMUNITY JUST PASSED THE LARGEST BOND IN STATE HISTORY. THE COMMUNITY JUST PASSED ONE OF THE BIGGEST INVESTMENTS THAT ANY CITY HAS DECIDED TO MAKE FOR THEIR CHILDREN IN US HISTORY. IT IS A BAD LOOK FOR US TO THEN COME AND TIGHTEN UP THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT PEOPLE WOULD BE ABLE TO STAND AT THAT MIC. AND OUR THOUGHTS WERE AROUND, HEY, LET'S, LET'S TWEAK IT, LET'S FINE TUNE IT. LET'S SEE IF WE CAN, YOU KNOW, CREATE A LITTLE BIT MORE SPACE FOR PEOPLE TO COME IN. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HOW LONG THAT THREE MINUTES HAS HAS HELD, PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST COMPELLING CONVERSATIONS THAT I HAD IS I WAS LISTENING TO OUR CONSTITUENTS WAS WITH MISS NICOLE JACKSON 48 YEARS THAT I'M NOT GOING TO SAY BY HOW MUCH, BUT THAT DOES PREDATE MY BREATHING. SHE'S BEEN HERE IN THAT THREE MINUTES, HAS BEEN THERE. THROUGH ALL OF THE UPS AND DOWNS OF THIS DISTRICT, THE TIMES WHEN IT WAS DARK, THE TIMES WHERE WE WERE STRUGGLING AND THE TIMES WHERE [01:05:04] WE DID NOT HAVE THE PUBLIC TRUST. AND THEN IN THE TIMES WHEN WE STARTED TO GAIN IT BACK, TO TAKE AWAY THOSE THREE MINUTES WOULD BE ANTITHETICAL TO, I THINK, THE DIRECTION THAT WE ARE MOVING AS A DISTRICT. AND, AND I BELIEVE MY COLLEAGUES AGREE WITH THIS AS WELL. SO I WANT TO CREDIT YOU TRUSTEE FOREMAN, WITH ASKING THE QUESTIONS AT THE BOARD BRIEFING, BRINGING UP THAT DISCUSSION. I KNOW I TALKED EXTENSIVELY WITH TRUSTEE TURNER AND WE HAD MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE WERE MAKING THESE REVISIONS IN THESE EDITS, AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT THAT TRUSTEE MACKEY WAS OPEN TO THE, THE REVISIONS AS WELL AS SUBMITTED. AND WE HEARD THE COMMUNITY, WHEN THE COMMUNITY SPOKE UP. AND PART OF THAT IS MAKING SURE THAT WE STAY THE MOST DEMOCRATIC SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THIS REGION AND IN THIS STATE. MORE DEMOCRATIC THAN SOME OF OUR OTHER MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS IN THIS REGIONAL AREA. WE'RE GOING TO HOLD THAT. WE'RE GOING TO HOLD THAT LINE, AND I'M COMMITTED TO IT AS WELL. SO THAT'S WHY TO CONSIDER THIS VERSION AND KEEP THE THREE MINUTES. I SEE TRUSTEE FOREMAN NEXT. SO I WON'T BELABOR THE POINT, BUT I NEVER SUPPORTED TAKING THE THREE MINUTES FROM MY CONSTITUENTS WHO JUST RECENTLY VOTED ME BACK INTO OFFICE. THERE'S NO WAY THAT I COULD HAVE EVER SUPPORTED THAT. I DON'T WANT TO TELL YOU HOW LONG I'VE BEEN THERE WITH MISS NESTLE, BUT WE'VE BEEN COMING A LONG TIME. I USED TO SIT ON THAT SIDE, SO I UNDERSTAND THAT SIDE VERY WELL TOO. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY BYRON AND ED, BECAUSE ED WAS WILLING TO HELP ME PULL THIS ITEM. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS THANK YOU FOR LISTENING, BECAUSE NOT OFTEN DO PEOPLE LISTEN TO WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE SAYING WHEN IT IS CONTRARY TO WHAT THEIR THOUGHTS ARE. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING, BECAUSE THIS WAS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO ME AND SOMEWHAT EMOTIONAL FOR ME SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THAT SIDE TOO. SO THANK YOU AND I'LL BE SUPPORTING THIS. TRUSTEE. TRUSTEE MACKEY. YEP. SO I WOULD SAY I THINK THERE IS STILL IMPROVEMENTS WE CAN DO TO THIS POLICY. I THINK THIS IS NOT THE PERFECT POLICY, BUT ALSO THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONVERSATION FROM MY PERSPECTIVE WAS TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION. AND SO I AM THANKFUL FOR TRUSTEES TO ENGAGE IN THE CONVERSATION. IT SEEMS LIKE IT IS SOMETHING BETTER SUITED FOR A FUTURE DISCUSSION, MAYBE AS PART OF BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE RIGHT POLICY IS HERE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WERE RAISED IN THE PREVIOUS, BUT IT SHOULD BE DONE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THIS BOARD IN THE COMMUNITY. AND WITH THAT, I AGREE. SO WITH THAT PRESIDENT, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE INDEFINITELY. OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND POINT OF INFORMATION. TRUSTEE CURRIE WHAT ARE WE POSTPONING INDEFINITELY? I THINK THE BUT THE REVISION B JUST CLEANS UP THINGS LIKE MAKING SURE THAT LIKE RIGHT NOW, I BELIEVE THE POLICY CURRENTLY READS RIGHT. IT'S TAKING ACTION ON 10.01 AT ALL. CORRECT. PARLIAMENTARIANS. YEAH. I'M LOOKING TOWARDS YOU. YEAH. JUST JUST TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND AS I UNDERSTAND REALLY THE FUNCTIONAL CHANGES OF THE ACTUAL VERSION IN FRONT OF US, IT GETS RID OF THE LINE THAT SAYS RIGHT NOW, NOT AGENDA ITEM SPEAKERS ACTUALLY DON'T TALK UNTIL AFTER THE BOARD MEETING IS OVER, WHICH IS WE HAVE IT DONE FOREVER. SO IT CLEANS THAT UP. ARE WE SAYING WE DON'T EVEN WANT TO ADDRESS THAT POINT AS WELL AT THIS POINT? I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT TRUSTEE MACKEY IS, IS MOTIONING FOR. AND SECOND, I. THAT IS WHAT I AM MOTIONING FOR. AND SECOND, BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE ABOUT TO TALK ABOUT BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES AS A GROUP. AND I THINK ALL OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS. AND IF THERE ARE OTHER ONES THAT SHOULD BE PART OF THAT CONVERSATION. BUT IF THE BOARD WISHES TO CONSIDER IT, THAT IS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO VOTE FOR MY MOTION. SO IF I MAY TRUSTEE CURRIE FOR ME, OKAY, SO THERE'S A MOTION AND THERE'S A SECOND NOW ON THE FLOOR. NOW I'LL TAKE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION TO POSTPONE INDEFINITELY AND TRUSTEE CURRIE, I'LL START WITH YOU. GO AHEAD. YEAH. NO, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THAT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THE COMMUNITY TO NOT HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. THE BOARD IS CONSIDERING HAVING A BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURE COMMITTEE. IT'S GOING TO LOOK AT A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS IN THE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. AND AS PART OF THAT, WE'RE GOING TO, AS I UNDERSTAND THE DISCUSSION, IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOOK AT THIS POLICY AS A WHOLE. I AGREE WITH TRUSTEE MACKEY. THERE ARE WAYS TO IMPROVE IT. AND SO I'M NOT NECESSARILY OPPOSED TO TABLING THE MOTION AT THIS PARTICULAR POINT SEEMED LIKE A FAIRLY SIMPLE POINT WITH WHAT'S LEFT. [01:10:02] BUT I WANT US TO HAVE A FULL DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT IS APPROPRIATE POLICY. YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT MOTIVATIONS AND INTENTS. I, I QUITE FRANKLY, THINK THIS SHOULD BE A POLICY DISCUSSION. AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS, YOU KNOW, IF THE VALUE OF HEARING FROM THE PUBLIC CAN BE HONORED IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS, WHAT IF WE HAD FOUR MINUTES FOR PUBLIC SPEAKERS? WHAT IF WE DID? OPERATING PROCEDURE DISCUSSIONS AND COME TALK TO US ABOUT THE WAY THIS OUGHT TO WORK GOING FORWARD. I'M FINE TABLING THIS FROM NOW, BUT BUT I WANT TO I WANT EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND THAT I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO BE THINKING THAT WE ARE GOING TO THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO KEEP TALKING ABOUT THIS. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S ALL. OKAY. SO THEN I SEE FOR THE MOTION, I SEE FOREMAN NEXT TRUSTEE FOREMAN. THANK YOU. SO THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS. THE FIRST ONE IS PRESIDENT. CARRY ON. I'VE ADDRESSED WITH YOU THE NEED FOR A POLICY COMMITTEE ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION, BECAUSE NOT ONLY THIS POLICY, BUT ALL OF THE POLICIES NEED TO BE LOOKED AT, INCLUDING THE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURE. ALL OF THE POLICIES, IT'S BEEN MAYBE 6 OR 7 YEARS OR LONGER SINCE WE LOOKED AT OUR POLICIES. SO I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE CONSIDERING A POLICY COMMITTEE UNTIL I HEARD IT FROM TRUSTEE CURRIE, BUT I HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR A POLICY TO COMMITTEE SO THAT WE COULD SUNSET SOME OF OUR POLICIES. NOW, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH REMOVING MY SECOND FOR POSTPONING IT INDEFINITELY. WHAT I WANT TO BE CLEAR TO THE PUBLIC IS WE'RE NOT TAKING AWAY THEIR TIME. THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO BE CLEAR. AND IF THERE IS SOME CONFUSION IN TERMS OF UNDERSTANDING THAT BY POSTING IT, POSTPONING IT INDEFINITELY, THEN I'LL WITHDRAW MY SECOND, BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS PUBLIC LEAVES HERE TODAY UNDERSTANDING WHAT THIS BOARD WANTS TO DO WITH GIVING THEM THEIR THREE MINUTES TIME. SO I'M GOING TO WITHDRAW MY SECOND. SO PARLIAMENTARIAN CAN WITHDRAW THE SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOTIONED AND SECONDED. NOW IT'S BEING DISCUSSED. CORRECT. RIGHT. SO THE MOTION IS ON THE FLOOR. THE MOTION CAN FAIL OR NOT. BUT WE'RE HAVING THE DISCUSSION ON THE POSTPONEMENT TO POSTPONE INDEFINITELY NOW. AND SO WITH THAT THE NEXT SPEAKER UP IS TRUSTEE MACKEY MACKEY. YOUR LIGHT IS ON AT LEAST. YEAH I WOULD I MEAN, THE WHAT I UNDERSTAND A POINT IN A POSTPONED INDEFINITELY IS IT'S POSTPONED INDEFINITELY UNTIL THE BOARD DECIDES TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION AND BRING IT BACK. SO FUNCTIONALLY, IT'S JUST SAYING IT'S NOT COMING BACK ON THIS ITEM AND AGENDA. IT WOULD HAVE TO BE ANOTHER CONVERSATION AND ANOTHER WAY IN WHATEVER FORM THAT LOOKS. I'M NOT INTERESTED IN THE PUBLIC LEAVING HERE WITH THAT. OKAY, SO THAT WAS MACKEY I SEE NEXT. I SEE THIS IS STILL WE'RE ON THE MOTION TO POSTPONE INDEFINITELY NOW, NOT THE THE MAIN MOTION JUST SO WE'RE ALL CLEAR. SO ON THE MOTION TO POSTPONE INDEFINITELY. TRUSTEE ED TURNER. I'M IN FAVOR OF POSTPONING INDEFINITELY BECAUSE PEOPLE WE DON'T NEED TO CHANGE ANYTHING TO THE POLICY, IS IT NEED TO STAY JUST THE WAY IT IS WRITTEN. PEOPLE HAVE TO GET THREE MINUTES THE WAY THEY'VE ALWAYS GOTTEN THREE MINUTES. I DON'T I RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE WITH TRUSTEE KERRY ON WHETHER SOME PEOPLE WE BRING THIS POLICY BACK AND REVIEW FOUR MINUTES VERSUS TWO MINUTES. WE DON'T NEED TO DO ANY OF THAT. THREE MINUTES IS THREE MINUTES. WHETHER YOU USE AGENDA OR NON AGENDA. WE'RE GOING TO KEEP EVERYTHING SIMPLE. WE DON'T WANT TO CONFUSE FOLKS. AND THAT'S MY POSITION ON IT. SO TO POSTPONE THIS INDEFINITELY AND HOPEFULLY DON'T EVER BRING IT BACK UP. IT'S REALLY MY POSITION ON IT. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT IT. THANK YOU. OKAY. STILL ON ON ON THE MOTION. TRUSTEE SANDERS NEXT. I AGREE WITH WITH TRUSTEE ED TURNER, I THE, MY UNDERSTANDING IS POSTPONED INDEFINITELY MEANS WE ARE MOVING ON. ACCENT ANSWERED. WE'D HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND I THINK WE CAN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. [01:15:01] THE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, AT LEAST THAT THE GROUND THAT I'M STANDING ON IS THAT THREE MINUTES IS THREE MINUTES. AND, AND IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE THREE MINUTES. THAT IS MY PERSPECTIVE. AND IF THAT'S WHAT THIS MOTION CAN ACCOMPLISH, THEN THAT'S WHY I'M FOR IT. OKAY. TRUSTEE GARCIA. YES. AS A TRUSTEE THAT, YOU KNOW, WAS SUPPORTIVE OF, OF MAKING ADJUSTMENTS AND HAVING THIS CONVERSATION, YOU KNOW, I CAN TELL YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, IN HAVING CONVERSATIONS AND LEARNING FROM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE IN MANY COMMUNITIES, NOT JUST DISTRICT FOUR, YOU KNOW, THE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME UP WAS, YOU KNOW, MY PURPOSE FOR THE SUPPORT WAS TO ALLOW MORE SPEAKERS, PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE THAT I SOMETIMES ENCOURAGE TO COME AND THEY TELL ME, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF GRANDPARENTS, I HAVE TO DO ALL THESE THINGS. AND SO FOR ME, IT WAS, HOW DO WE GET THROUGH THESE SPEAKERS? BUT IT WAS NEVER THE INTENTION TO SILENCE ANY VOICES OR LIMIT ANYONE. AND SO I, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN I HEAR THIS MOTION, I THINK ABOUT IT NOT NOT AS APPROVING WHAT IS HERE. AND, AND JUST TABLING IT. AND I THINK THAT'S YOU KNOW, THAT'S, I SUPPORT THAT. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THERE ISN'T NECESSARILY A REASON, YOU KNOW, AFTER HAVING SO MANY CONVERSATIONS AND HEARING FROM THE PUBLIC TO NECESSARILY VOTE ON ANY CHANGES TODAY. SO THAT THAT'S THE WAY I SEE THINGS. AND, AND SO IF THAT'S WHAT THIS MOTION DOES, THEN I WILL SUPPORT IT. SO IT'S UNTOUCHED AND WE JUST CARRY ON BECAUSE THE TRUST THAT WE HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY AND THEY'VE SHOWN IN THE VOTE. YOU KNOW, I'M THE FIRST TO ADMIT, WELL, YOU KNOW, I HAD THIS SUPPORT AND HAD MAYBE A DIFFERENT FRAME OF REFERENCE FOR THE STRUCTURE I WANTED TO PROVIDE IN THIS POLICY. BUT I'M ALSO A LEADER THAT WILL SAY, WELL, MAYBE I WAS WRONG. AND SO I WILL DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, TABLE THIS AND WE CAN FOCUS ON SOME BIGGER AGENDA ITEMS. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE FOR ROUND ONE ON THE MOTION TO POSTPONE INDEFINITELY. SEEING NO ONE ELSE FOR ROUND ONE. THEN WE'LL DO ROUND TWO. TRUSTEE CURRIE. WELL, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY BECAUSE I HEAR THE MESSAGE THAT THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO HAVE SOME CLARITY ABOUT WHAT THE BOARD'S INTENT IS. YOU KNOW, MY MY POSITION IS I DON'T THINK WE EVER REALLY HAD A DEBATE. WE IMMEDIATELY STARTED SAYING PEOPLE WANTED TO SILENCE VOICES AND WE STOPPED TALKING ABOUT WHAT GOOD POLICY LOOKS LIKE ANYMORE. AND SO IT'S VERY CLEAR FROM THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO JUST SPOKEN THAT THE THREE MINUTES AIN'T GOING ANYWHERE. ANY VOTES, THE VOTES TO DO IT. SO I'M NOT I MEAN, I DIDN'T PUT MY NAME ON THIS THING WHEN IT FIRST CAME OUT, AND I'M NOT ADVOCATING FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT RIGHT NOW. I JUST WANT US TO ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT IN A HEALTHY WAY, WHAT IS A GOOD POLICY LOOK LIKE? AND I PERSONALLY DON'T FEEL THAT THAT HAS HAPPENED. AND SO I'M EXCITED FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION DURING THE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. BUT THE BOARD HAS MADE VERY CLEAR FROM THE NUMBER OF VOICES THAT HAVE SPOKEN THAT THERE ISN'T A CONSENSUS FOR ANYTHING LESS THAN THREE MINUTES. SO I DON'T EXPECT ANYTHING TO CHANGE OUT OF THAT PROCESS. AND IF THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO HEAR THAT CLEARLY, AS TRUSTEE FOREMAN SAID, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT TRYING TO SAY IT'S GOING TO END UP ANY DIFFERENTLY. MY COMMENTS ARE MORE ABOUT, I WANT US TO HAVE HEALTHY CONVERSATIONS. AND I, I HOPE WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT DURING THE COMMITTEE PROCESS. ANYONE ELSE FOR ROUND TWO ON THE MOTION TO POSTPONE INDEFINITELY? IF NOT, ARE WE SET UP TO VOTE ON THE COMPUTER? OKAY. SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION TO POSTPONE INDEFINITELY, TRUSTEES, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE VIA THE SYSTEM. THAT SHOULD BE IT. MR. PRESIDENT, ORDER THE SORRY. IT SAYS APPROVE THE AMENDMENT OF BOARD POLICY. RIGHT. IT'S GOING TO SAY THE WRONG THING. RIGHT. BUT. BUT IT'S OKAY. NOW WE HAVE IT. OKAY. GOT IT RIGHT. MINE DOESN'T. MINE HASN'T CHANGED. IT SAYS. ARE WE VOTING? YES. YEAH. OKAY. UNDERSTOOD. YEAH. THAT'S WHAT I GOT. OKAY. MOTION. MOTION PASSES NINE VOTING YES. TRUSTEES, YOU'VE JUST ADOPTED THE MOTION TO TO POSTPONE THE CONSIDERATION OF ITEM 10.01 INDEFINITELY. TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO ITEM 10.02 CONSIDERING. AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AMENDMENT TO BOARD POLICY. BJCD THE SUPERINTENDENT'S EVALUATION. PULLED BY PULLED DUE TO REVISIONS AND PULLED BY TRUSTEE FOREMAN TURNER, MACKEY, SANDERS AND GARCIA. TRUSTEES. DO I HAVE A MOTION? YES, PRESIDENT, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO APPROVE BJCD LOCAL VERSION B WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE A [01:20:08] SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND TRUSTEES. IS THERE DISCUSSION? YES. YES. I'VE. SEEING. TRUSTEE MACKEY. FIRST TRUSTEE MACKEY. YES, I WANT TO BECAUSE THE BJCD VERSION A IS WHAT WAS DISCUSSED AT THE BOTH OF THE LAST TWO BRIEFINGS OVER THE LAST TWO MONTHS, BASED ON FEEDBACK AND THE CONVERSATION THAT OCCURRED AT THE BOARD BRIEFING IN JUNE, I WANTED TO OVERVIEW A FEW CHANGES TO THIS, WHICH IS IN VERSION B HERE. THE FIRST IS IT MAKES CLEAR THE. HEART OF THIS POLICY. FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THE THING THAT I THINK IS MOST IMPORTANT IS THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT HEARS FROM THE UNIFIED VOICE OF THE BOARD, AND INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEES ARE ALSO ABLE TO SHARE THEIR PERSPECTIVES. BUT WE ARE LEGALLY ONLY HAVE AUTHORITY AS A COLLECTIVE. AND SO IT'S HELPFUL TO DIFFERENTIATE THESE TWO THINGS. SO WHAT THIS INCLUDES IS IT ACTUALLY SPECIFIES SOMETHING WE DID NOT SPECIFY BEFORE, WHICH IS THAT PRIOR TO AN EVALUATION PROCESS, INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS WOULD FILL OUT A RUBRIC. AND THAT RUBRIC WILL BE AVAILABLE IN B, J, C, D EXHIBIT, WHICH IS A CHANGE. SO FOLKS CAN SEE IT IN THE PUBLIC CAN SEE IT. AND TRUSTEES INDIVIDUALLY WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THEIR RESPONSES AND SCORING AND COMMENTS. THEN THERE WOULD BE A CLOSED SESSION FOR THE BOARD WITHOUT THE SUPERINTENDENT TO REVIEW ALL OF THE FEEDBACK FROM EVERYBODY AND HAVE A DISCUSSION TO IDENTIFY A FEW PRIORITIZED AREAS THAT THE BOARD CAN AGREE ON. AND THEN IN OUR CURRENT WAY, LIKE THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS TO SEE IT IMMEDIATELY AND TRY TO REACT TO IT, WHICH WE ALL KNOW FROM OUR OWN EXPERIENCES DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. THEN THE BOARD WOULD FINISH THIS PROCESS IN CLOSED SESSION. THE SUPERINTENDENT WOULD GET A CHANCE TO REVIEW THEIR WRITTEN FEEDBACK FROM ALL TRUSTEES, AND THE FEEDBACK FROM THE BOARD IN ADVANCE WILL BE SENT TO HER IN ADVANCE FOR HIM IN THE FUTURE. WHOMEVER. THEN AT A FUTURE MEETING, THERE WOULD BE A SESSION IN WHICH WE WILL ACTUALLY HAVE THE DISCUSSION WITH THE FULL BOARD WHERE SUPERINTENDENT WILL BE THERE. THEY WILL HAVE ALREADY READ EVERYTHING. BOARD PRESIDENT WILL OVERVIEW WHAT THE BOARD PERSPECTIVE IS, AND EACH TRUSTEE WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BOTH HEAR THAT AND THEN GIVE THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL THOUGHTS OR COMMENTS WHERE THEY MAY DIFFER FROM THAT. SO THAT IS THE CHANGES FROM THIS. IT KIND OF MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFIC TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL TRUSTEES STILL HAVE VISIBILITY AND COMMENTARY THROUGHOUT, WHILE ALSO PRIORITIZING THE VOICE OF THE COLLECTIVE BOARD, WHICH IS THE ONLY THING THAT HAS LEGAL AUTHORITY OVER THE SUPERINTENDENT. I'M SHOWING TRUSTEE CURRIE. I JUST REAL BRIEF COMMENT. I THINK THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THE DISCUSSION LED TO A REALLY GOOD OUTCOME IN WHICH WE HAVE COMPROMISED TRUSTEE. FOREMAN RAISED THE CONCERN OF WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT DURING THE FORMAL PROCESS, WE ALWAYS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THE SUPERINTENDENT INFORMALLY WHENEVER WE WANTED TO. SO NO ONE'S VOICE WAS SILENT. BUT DURING THE FORMAL PROCESS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU JUST HAVE THE BOARD SPEAK AS A WHOLE, DOES THAT LIMIT THE ABILITY OF TRUSTEES TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK? I DON'T THINK THAT WAS TRUSTEE MACKIE'S INTENT WHEN HE WROTE THE POLICY. BUT THE COMPROMISE WE HAVE NOW ENSURES THAT YOU KNOW, IF WE REACH A CONSENSUS AS A BOARD, THESE ARE THE MESSAGES AND SOMEONE HAS A DISAGREEMENT, THEY STILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOICE THAT DIRECTLY TO THE SUPERINTENDENT DURING THE OFFICIAL PROCESS. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT OUTCOME. I THINK THE OTHER GREAT OUTCOME IS GIVING THE SUPERINTENDENT THE OPPORTUNITY TO BASICALLY REVIEW AND ABSORB A LITTLE BIT BEFORE HAVING TO REACT ON THE FLY. YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN IN A SITUATION IN WHICH YOU'RE GETTING FEEDBACK AND YOU IMMEDIATELY JUST HAVE TO RESPOND TO IT THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NICE TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY TAKE A DEEP BREATH. AND SO THIS POLICY TO ME LOOKS LIKE A VERY GOOD COMPROMISE FOR THE DISCUSSION WE HAVE AND I SUPPORT IT. TRUSTEE FOREMAN. SO ONCE AGAIN, I TOOK A HARD LINE IN REGARDS TO THIS PARTICULAR POLICY, BECAUSE MY BELIEF IS, IS THAT EACH INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER IS ELECTED TO THIS BOARD. THIS IS NOT A NONPROFIT BOARD. AND THEREFORE EACH BOARD MEMBER SHOULD IN FACT, HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN THE MEETING WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT AT THAT TIME HAVING A RUBRIC FOR SCORING. THE SUPERINTENDENT IS NOT NEW. WE'VE BEEN DOING IT EVER SINCE I'VE BEEN A TRUSTEE. SO THAT'S THAT'S NOT A NEW SITUATION, BUT HAVING THE WAY IT WAS PRESENTED BEFORE HAVING IT SO THAT TWO BOARD MEMBERS WOULD GO IN AND ADDRESS THE SUPERINTENDENT WAS NOT FAIR TO ALL OF THE TRUSTEES. SO WHAT I WILL SAY IS ONCE AGAIN TO BEN AND BYRON, WHO I'VE SPOKEN TO, THANK YOU [01:25:01] FOR LISTENING TO SOME GENUINE AND SINCERE CONCERNS ABOUT THE POLICY. THIS IS MUCH MORE IN LINE TO WHERE I SEE WE SHOULD BE. AND I THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME. TRUSTEE SANDERS TRUSTEE FOREMAN JUST KIND OF SPOKE TO IT, BUT THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE AND NUANCE IN ALL OF THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS THAT CEOS OR EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS ARE EVALUATED IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, NONPROFIT, FOR PROFIT, WHATEVER. BUT IF IT'S GOING TO BE AN ELECTED POSITION, THEN EACH TRUSTEE, YOU KNOW, HAS A LEGION OF CONSTITUENTS THAT THEY ARE PUT THERE FOR. AND SO TO BE ABLE TO FIND THE COMPROMISE WHERE NOW EVERYBODY IS IN THE ROOM TOGETHER AS WE'RE DELIVERING THAT EVALUATION AND ALSO MAINTAINING THE ROLE THAT ALLOWS US TO BRING CLARITY TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE HIGHEST PRIORITIES THAT WE AS A GROUP. THE OTHER THING THAT THAT THIS POLICY DOES IS IT IT HAPPENED IN IN SOME INSTANCES, WELL, IT HAPPENED, BUT WE'RE JUST ENSCONCED IN POLICY THAT THE BOARD'S GOT TO TALK. WE HAVE TO TALK. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LEARNED EARLY ON IS THAT I LEARNED FROM HEARING FROM ALL OF Y'ALL. AND THERE'S A PERFECT CASE IN POINT, ACTUALLY. AND SO NOW WE HAVE THAT STEP WRITTEN IN POLICY. THERE'S TIME FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT TO REFLECT ON THE FEEDBACK THAT'S GIVEN. AND THEN MOST IMPORTANTLY, EVERY TRUSTEE IS IN THE ROOM TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THEIR PERSPECTIVE, EVEN IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE A DISSENTING OPINION FROM A BROADER, YOU KNOW, FROM THE BROADER GROUP. AND SO AGAIN, CREDIT TO YOU. TRUSTEE FOREMAN FOR FLAGGING THAT AND ALSO TO YOU. TRUSTEE MACKEY FOR, FOR HEARING IT AND ACCEPTING REVISIONS TO IT TOO. THANK YOU. YES. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE ED TURNER. YEAH. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE SANDERS, FOR LISTENING TO ME AND THE CONCERNS THAT I HAVE, AS WELL AS TRUSTEE MACKEY AND TRUSTEE. FOREMAN. MY POSITION ON THIS WAS MORE ABOUT WHEN WE HIRED A SUPERINTENDENT, DO WE NOT, AS A BOARD INTERVIEW THE SUPERINTENDENT TOGETHER. IF THE ISD GOES IN THE MIDDLE OF A CRISIS, ARE WE NOT, AS A BOARD IN THE ROOM WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT. IF THE SUPERINTENDENT DECIDES TO RESIGN OR IS FIRED, ARE WE AS A BOARD, NOT IN THE ROOM WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT? SO WHEN IT COMES TO THE EVALUATION OR WHATEVER CRITICISM THAT WE AS A BOARD SHOULD BE IN THE ROOM WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT, WITH THE EVALUATION OF CRITICISM, WHERE I DO MAKE THE COMPROMISE, WHICH MAKES SENSE TO ME, WAS GIVING THE SUPERINTENDENT THAT FIVE DAYS TO REVIEW THE CRITICISM OR FEEDBACK AND THEN BE ABLE TO GIVE A RESPONSE. I THINK THAT IS FAIR. SO THAT'S A COMPROMISE THAT I THINK WAS REALLY GOOD IN THIS POLICY. AND I THANK YOU ALL FOR LISTENING AND AND MAKING THE NECESSARY REVISIONS. AND I DO SUPPORT THIS POLICY. THANK YOU. THAT'S GOOD. TRUSTEES. ANYONE ELSE FOR ITEM 10.02? IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM 10.02, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES ON B, J C, D, VERSION B. TRUSTEE CURRIE WILL YOU BE VOTING? TRUSTEE GARCIA. TRUSTEE. WEINBERG. MOTION PASSES NINE VOTING YES. TRUSTEES. YOU JUST ADOPTED ITEM 10.02. TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO ITEM 10.03. CONSIDERING TAKING POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AMENDMENT OF AMENDMENT A BOARD POLICY C W THE NAMING OF FACILITIES. IT WAS CONSENT ITEM 9.05 PULLED BY TRUSTEES. FOREMAN TURNER, MACKEY, SANDERS AND GARCIA. TRUSTEES DO HAVE A MOTION. YES, MR. SANDERS MOVED TO CONSIDER VERSION B. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. VERSION B SECOND. OKAY, TRUSTEES, WE HAVE A MOTION TO CONSIDER. C W, VERSION B AND A SECOND. TRUSTEES. IS THERE DISCUSSION? I SEE TRUSTEE SANDERS FIRST. YES. MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT WE POSTPONE CONSIDERATION OF THIS MOTION UNTIL AUGUST 27TH, [01:30:02] 2026. SECOND TRUSTEES. THERE'S BEEN A MOTION TO POSTPONE TO WHAT WAS THE DATE? AUGUST 27TH, AUGUST 27TH, 2026, WHICH WOULD BE OUR NEXT OR OBVIOUSLY OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING. OKAY, TRUSTEES, THERE'S A MOTION. THERE'S BEEN A SECOND. NOW, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION TO POSTPONE TO THAT DATE. YES. OKAY. I SEE TRUSTEE SANDERS FIRST IN THE CONVERSATION WITH TRUSTEE FOREMAN TRUSTEE MACKEY. THERE'S A COUPLE OF DETAILS IN HERE THAT WE COULD JUST USE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME. IDEATING AROUND. I WON A CREDIT TO TRUSTEE MACKEY FOR, YOU KNOW, PUTTING SOME ON THE TABLE BECAUSE WE NEED TO TIGHTEN UP OUR RULES AROUND HOW WE GO ABOUT NAMING. YOU'LL SEE IN THIS AS YOU REVIEW IT, THERE'S A LOT MORE EFFORT TO PUT FORMALLY ENGAGEMENT OF COMMUNITY IN IT, BUT WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO GET SOME OF THE DETAILS A LITTLE BIT MORE, A LITTLE BIT MORE, RIGHT? THAT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE WIDE VARIETY OF HOW COMMUNITIES SHOW UP THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. AND WE'VE ALREADY TALKED, AND I KNOW TRUSTEE FOREMAN HAS GOT SOME IDEAS THAT SHE'S GOING TO WRITE DOWN AS WELL. SO IT GIVES US A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME FOR IT. OKAY. OKAY. TRUSTEE. MEKI. YEAH. I ALSO JUST WANT TO OVERVIEW. EVEN THOUGH WE WILL LIKELY BE VOTING ON POSTPONING THIS, WHICH I'LL SUPPORT OVERVIEW, SOME CHANGES THAT CAME OUT OF, AGAIN, THE CONVERSATION FROM THE BRIEFING. AND THIS ONE HAD ACTUALLY GONE THROUGH NUMEROUS ITERATIONS. WE HAD THE FIRST BRIEFING, A LOT OF FEEDBACK CAME BACK, A NEW ITERATION AT THE LAST BRIEFING. AND THERE ARE SOME CHANGES FROM THAT. SO I KNOW WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER BRIEFING TO TALK ABOUT IT. BUT JUST AS A QUICK NOTE HERE TWO BIG THINGS AND TWO TRUSTEE SANDERS POINT. I THINK THE OTHER THING IS HOW TO MAKE TRUSTEE WE HAVE A PARLIAMENTARIAN THAT WANTS TO GO AHEAD. THE DISCUSSION ON THIS IS LIMITED TO JUST THE POSTPONEMENT. GREAT. THEN I WILL BE QUIET. OKAY, SO I GUESS ONLY DISCUSS WHY OR WHY WE SHOULDN'T POSTPONE. RIGHT. WHICH I THINK IS I THINK YOU'RE MAKING THOSE POINTS. BUT BUT OKAY. SO. ALL RIGHT. TRUSTEE MACKEY DO YOU HAVE MORE? NO. IT'S FINE. OKAY. TRUSTEE. TRUSTEE ED TURNER. I DO AGREE WITH THE MOTION? I'M SORRY I DIDN'T TAKE OFF MY SECOND. OKAY, OKAY. THAT'S UNDERSTOOD. OKAY. TRUSTEE, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION TO POSTPONE TO. I THINK IT'S AUGUST 27TH, 2026, CORRECT? OKAY. YES. ANY OTHER FURTHER DISCUSSION? I SEE GARCIA, MAYBE. YEAH. I'M ALSO IN FAVOR OF POSTPONING IT. I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK PUT INTO THIS ALREADY, BUT OF COURSE, THERE SHOULD BE AN ALL ENCOMPASSING OF WHAT? WHAT THE FINE DETAILS, I SUPPOSE. AND AND SO I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE POSTPONEMENT. OKAY. I SEEN YOUR LIGHT STILL ON. IT IS OFF. OKAY. TRUSTEES. FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION TO POSTPONE TO AUGUST 27TH, 2026. SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION THAN TRUSTEES, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE ON THE MOTION USING THE THE SYSTEM. RIGHT. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. TRUSTEES, YOU JUST ADOPTED THE MOTION TO POSTPONE CONSIDERATION OF ITEM. WAS THAT 10.03 TO AUGUST 27TH, 2026? TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM 10.04. CONSIDERING. TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE RENAMING OF CHAVEZ LEARNING CENTER TO EAST DALLAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, EFFECTIVE 2026 2027. SCHOOL YEAR AND WAIVED JANUARY 1ST. RENAMING DEADLINE AND THE 50 YEAR NAME TIME FRAME. IN THE BOARD POLICY C W POOLED BY TRUSTEES. FOREMAN ED TURNER TRUSTEES. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE TRUSTEES. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. OKAY, TRUSTEES, WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND. IS THERE A DISCUSSION? JUST A BRIEF DISCUSSION. TRUSTEE FOREMAN. I ACTUALLY PULLED THIS ITEM TO MAKE A POINT. I AM IN FAVOR OF THE NAME CHANGE. WHAT I WANTED TO BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH MAYBE NEW TRUSTEES IS THAT THE NAMING POLICY WASN'T THE REAL ISSUE. IT WAS THE BOARD BECAUSE WE WAIVED POLICY ON SO MANY OF THE NAMING ISSUES. AND THAT'S WHERE WE STAND. THANK YOU. GOOD. TRUSTEE MICCICHE. [01:35:04] YES. I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT THAT I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS BECAUSE WE DO NEED TO CHANGE THE NAME. AND THAT'S BECOME QUITE, QUITE APPARENT OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS. I DO HAVE A RESERVATION ABOUT IT AND THAT IS THAT THE NAME? THE EAST DALLAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS LIKELY TO CAUSE CONFUSION BECAUSE IN MY PART OF TOWN, WHICH WE CALL EAST DALLAS, WE HAVE LOTS OF EAST DALLAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. AND IN FACT, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THEM COLLECTIVELY, WE TALK ABOUT THE EAST DALLAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. SO AND IRONICALLY, EVEN THOUGH THIS LOCATION IS IN WHAT WAS ONCE EAST DALLAS, IT'S NOW CALLED OLD EAST DALLAS. AND SO WHEN WE WHEN PEOPLE REFER TO EAST DALLAS, THEY'RE NOT REFERRING TO THE ROSS AVENUE CORRIDOR. THEY'RE REFERRING TO THE WHITE ROCK LAKE AREA OF DALLAS. BUT I DO THINK WE NEED TO MAKE THE CHANGE, CHANGE THE NAME AND THIS IS SUCH SUCH A MINOR THING THAT THAT ALTHOUGH THERE'LL BE SOME CONFUSION, I THINK WE CAN LIVE WITH IT. SO. SO I'LL BE SUPPORTING THIS. OKAY. TRUSTEE FURTHER DISCUSSION. IF THERE ISN'T, THEN I'LL JUST I'LL JUST WANT TO REITERATE FOR THE TRUSTEES WHAT I SAID AT THE BOARD BRIEFING. THIS WAS THIS WAS BROUGHT TO US BY THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY THROUGH A PRETTY EXTENSIVE PROCESS. ABOUT HUNDREDS OF NAMES WERE SUBMITTED FOR THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY'S CONSIDERATION. THE SVM NARROWED THOSE HUNDREDS OF NAMES DOWN TO ABOUT THREE THAT WERE THEN SENT OUT TO THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY. AND THERE WAS AN ONLINE VOTE TO, TO TO IDENTIFY ONE TO BRING TOWARDS THE BOARD. AND AND THIS EAST DALLAS COMMUNITY DECIDED TO, TO TAKE PRIDE IN ITS EAST DALLAS HISTORIC ROOTS AND BRING THIS AND BRING THIS NAME FORWARD. AND SO IF THERE ARE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSIONS, IF NOT, THE TRUSTEES, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. TRUSTEE GARCIA, WILL YOU BE VOTING? I SUBMITTED IT. THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. TRUSTEES, YOU JUST ADOPTED ITEM 10.04. TRUSTEES. WE WILL NOW TURN TO 10.07. 10.05 WAS RETURNED TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. 10.06 WAS RETURNED TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. SO WE WILL NOW TURN TO 10.07 CONSIDERING. TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR JUNE 30TH, 2026. TRUSTEE FOREMAN AND TURNER. TRUSTEE. DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED TO APPROVE. SECOND. TRUSTEE CARREÓN. MOTION. SECOND. IS THERE DISCUSSION? OKAY. TRUSTEE. FOREMAN. OH, THERE YOU ARE. I DIDN'T SEE YOU OVER THERE. SO I'M LOOKING AT THE UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE. THE CHANGE OF 88,133,435. YES. WHAT WAS THAT? WAS THAT A DEBT WE PAID OR WHAT WAS THAT? SO BASICALLY THIS IS THE FINAL AMENDED BUDGET. I MEAN, THIS IS THE FINAL BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR. AND SO WHAT THIS IS, IS IF YOU LOOK AT THE BEGINNING, UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE, IT WAS $635 $5 MILLION. WHEN THE BOARD ADOPTED THE BUDGET, THEY ADOPTED A BUDGET WITH A $91.3 MILLION DEFICIT. WE ARE PROJECTING TO END THE YEAR WITH AN $88.1 MILLION DEFICIT. AND SO THAT IS WHY YOU SEE AN ENDING UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE OF 546,866,565. AND SO THAT'S WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS. THE ORIGINAL UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE MINUS OUR PROJECTED $88.1 MILLION DEFICIT, WHICH IS THE REMAINING LEAVES YOU THE REMAINING UNASSIGNED. SO WE'RE PROJECTING TO END BETTER THAN WHAT WE ORIGINALLY ADOPTED THE BUDGET AT. SO YOU MISS ME? WAS THIS ON THE 20 2025, 26, 25, 26 SCHOOL YEAR? CORRECT. SO THIS THIS IS THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR, CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR. SO WE'RE PROJECTING TO END THE YEAR ABOUT $3 MILLION BETTER THAN WHAT WE ORIGINALLY ADOPTED THE BUDGET AT. [01:40:05] OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I NEEDED TO KNOW. I'LL BE WATCHING THAT. THANK YOU. TRUSTEES. FURTHER DISCUSSION ON 10.07. OKAY. SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. TRUSTEES, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. TRUSTEES, YOU JUST ADOPTED ITEM 10.07. TRUSTEES. ITEM 10.08 WAS RETURNED TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. SO TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO ITEM 13. ADJOURNMENT. THE TIME IS 7:55 P.M. AND THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.