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          >> GOOD AFTERNOON, AND WELCOME TO THIS BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS WORKSHOP. 
          [1. Notice and Return]
A MEETING OF THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 
          IT IS 3:12 PM. 
          WE HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT AND THIS MEETING HAS BEEN PROPERLY POSTED. 
          PLEASE STAND US, AND JOIN US FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE, 
          [2. Moment of Silence and Pledge of Allegiance]
AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND A SOLUTE TO THE TEXAS FLAG. 
          THE FOLLOWING TRUSTEES ARE EITHER PHYSICALLY PRESENT OR PARTICIPATING SIMULTANEOUSLY BY VIDEO CONFERENCE VIA ZOOM. 
          DISTRICT 1 EDWIN FLORES, DISTRICT 2 DUSTIN MARSHALL, DISTRICT 5 MAXI JOHNSON, DISTRICT 6 JOYCE FOREMAN, DISTRICT 7 BEN MACKEY, AND DISTRICT 8 JOE CARREON. 
          OUR SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, DR. MICHAEL HINOJOSA ALSO JOINS US, BUT HAS STEPPED OUT OF THE ROOM. 
          I HAD AM BEN MACKEY, BOARD PRESIDENT. 
          THIS MEETING WILL BE AVAILABLE SIMULTANEOUSLY IN SPANISH ON SOCIAL MEDIA THROUGH DALLAS ISD EN EPANOL ON FACEBOOK AND THROUGH THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE. TRUSTEE FLORES. 
          >> [SPANISH] 
          >> ON MARCH 16TH, 2020, GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT GRANTED A REQUEST BY ATTORNEY-GENERAL KEN PAXTON TO TEMPORARILY SUSPEND A LIMITED NUMBER OF OPEN MEETINGS LAWS TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY TO ALLOW TELEPHONIC OR VIDEO CONFERENCE MEETINGS IN RESPONSE TO THE CORONAVIRUS COVID-19. 
          IN ACCORDANCE WITH THOSE SUSPENDED RULES, WE CERTIFY THE FOLLOWING: A, NOTICE OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED ONLINE FOR AT LEAST 72 HOURS. 
          B, WE HAVE A QUORUM IN ATTENDANCE AT THIS MEETING, EITHER PHYSICALLY OR TRUSTEES ARE IN ATTENDANCE SIMULTANEOUSLY THROUGH VIDEO CONFERENCE VIA ZOOM. 
          C, WE ARE MEETING BY USE OF ZOOM MEETING SOFTWARE APPLICATION WHICH ALLOWS TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. 
          D, ALL MEETING PROCEDURES WILL ADHERE TO BOARD ADOPTED PROCEDURES TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE. 
          E, AN AUDIO RECORDING OF THIS MEETING IS BEING MADE AND WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. 
          F, WE APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE FOR ANY UNFORESEEABLE DIFFICULTIES AND ASK FOR YOUR PATIENCE AS WE NAVIGATE UNPRECEDENTED CONDITIONS. 
          IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SUSPENDED LAWS, PLEASE CALL THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AT 888-672-6787, OR BY EMAIL @TOMAATOAG.TEXAS.GOV. 
          I DON'T SEE ANY PUBLIC OFFICIALS IN THE AUDIENCE, 
          [3. Discussion Items]
SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM 3.01. 
          THIS AFTERNOON, LAW FIRMS OF THOMPSON & HORTON AND WALSH GALLEGOS WILL PROVIDE A PRESENTATION OF THE REDISTRICTING PROTOCOLS AND BASELINE COST OF LEGAL COUNSEL TO INCLUDE A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS AND DEADLINES. 
          I WILL TURN IT OVER TO THOMPSON & HORTON AND WALSH GALLEGOS. 
          >>THANK YOU, TRUSTEE MACKEY. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. 
          CARLOS LOPEZ FROM THOMPSON & HORTON HERE TO INTRODUCE THE MEMBERS OF THE LEGAL TEAM THAT ARE GOING TO PRESENT TODAY. 
          MYSELF, ALONG WITH LISA MCBRIDE WHO WILL BE APPEARING VIA ZOOM BACK HERE ON THIS SCREEN OVER TO MY LEFT. 
          CHRISTINE MADEO, LAURA MCLAIN, ASHLEY WHITE, AND WESLEY NEUTER HERE AS WELL. 
          I THINK THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE PRESENTATION, THE 30 MINUTES THAT'S RESERVED FOR THE LAWYERS TO GIVE AN OPENING PRESENTATION TO YOU IS PRIMARILY GOING TO BE LISA MCBRIDE, CHRISTINE MADEO, AND LAURA MCLAIN. 
          JUST AS A PRELIMINARY MATTER, OBVIOUSLY, I CAN'T TELL THE TRUSTEES WHAT TO DO, BUT WE WERE HOPING THAT, LET THE LAWYERS GET THROUGH THE PRESENTATION FIRST BECAUSE WE THINK THAT A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ARE ACTUALLY ANSWERED LATER ON IN THE PRESENTATION SINCE IT IS A LONG PRESENTATION. 
          SO WE HAVE A RESERVED A PRETTY LENGTHY Q&A TIME AFTERWARDS FOR THE TRUSTEES TO ASK WHATEVER QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE, AND WE'LL BE TAKING NOTES. 
          IF YOU HAVE ANY PARTICULAR TRUSTEE WANTS TO FOCUS ON SOMETHING, WE CAN CERTAINLY TAKE NOTES ON THAT AND ADDRESS THEM AT THE END IN THE Q&A, IF THAT MAKES SENSE, OR HOWEVER ELSE THE BOARD WANTS TO PROCEED. 
          THE ONE OTHER COMMENT I WOULD MAKE IS, BECAUSE THIS IS A SENSITIVE ISSUE SOMETIMES THAT DOES IN FACT, OFTEN LEAD TO LITIGATION, THERE WILL BE PERHAPS, DEPENDING ON HOW THE CONVERSATION GOES, THERE MAY BE SOME QUESTIONS 
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OR ANSWERS OR TOPICS THAT MIGHT BE MORE APPROPRIATE FOR CLOSED SESSION. 
          I KNOW THAT FROM TALKING LAST TIME AND HEARING THE BOARD'S COMMENTS THAT IT'S THIS BOARD'S DESIRE TO DO AS MUCH OF ALL OF THIS OUT IN THE OPEN AS POSSIBLE FOR JUST TRANSPARENCY PURPOSES, ETC. 
          WE'RE CERTAINLY SENSITIVE TO THAT AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          WE'LL TRY TO BE JUDICIOUS IN ADVISING WHEN WE THINK A CLOSED SESSION WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE. 
          WE HAVE POSTED FOR A CLOSED SESSION SO THAT IF IT ARISES, WE CAN HAVE A FULL CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT. 
          BUT AGAIN, THAT'S OBVIOUSLY UP TO THE BOARD. 
          WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE LAWYERS WHO ARE MAKING THE PRESENTATION. 
          ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THAT BEFORE WE GET STARTED? 
          >> NOW LET'S MOVE INTO THE PRESENTATION. 
          WE'VE GOT AGAIN, A LENGTH A HOUR AND A HALF TIME FOR TRUSTEE QUESTIONS AND FEEDBACK AND THOUGHTS. 
          >> CORRECT. THAT'S CORRECT. 
          >> I THINK LISA IS HERE VIA ZOOM, CORRECT? 
          >> LISA, CAN YOU HEAR US? 
          >> YES, I'M HERE. CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME? 
          >> YES. 
          >> CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME? GREAT. GOOD AFTERNOON, TRUSTEES. 
          IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK BEFORE YOU TODAY. 
          IF WE COULD START OFF ON SLIDE NUMBER 4. 
          SOME OF THIS IS GOING TO BE FAMILIAR FROM OUR INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATIONS FROM A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, BUT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE IN TERMS OF OUR LANGUAGE WITH RESPECT TO REDISTRICTING, REDISTRICTING REALLY IS THE PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH EVERY 10 YEARS UPON THE RELEASE OF CENSUS DATA TO LOOK AT WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED TO REBALANCE OUR SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS BASED ON POPULATION CHANGES THAT HAVE OCCURRED WITHIN THE LAST 10 YEARS. 
          THE SPECIFIC TRIGGER FOR REDISTRICTING OR FOR REBALANCING IS IF WITHIN THE LAST 10 YEARS, BASED ON THE CURRENT CENSUS DATA, THE POPULATION CHANGE BETWEEN YOUR MOST POPULOUS DISTRICT AND YOUR LEAST POPULOUS DISTRICT IS GREATER THAN 10 PERCENT. 
          IF THAT HAPPENS, THAT'S THE TRIGGER FOR REBALANCING OR REDISTRICTING. 
          THAT NEEDS TO OCCUR 90 DAYS BEFORE THE FIRST ELECTION, YOUR FIRST REGULAR ELECTION FOLLOWING THE RELEASE OF CENSUS DATA. 
          IF THIS IS A SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT HOLDS ELECTIONS IN MAY AND MUST HOLD ELECTIONS IN MAY, THAT WOULD BE 90 DAYS BEFORE YOUR MAY ELECTION IN MAY OF 2022. 
          THAT ELECTION DATE IS MAY 7TH OF 2022, [NOISE] SO REDISTRICTING HAS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED BY FEBRUARY 6TH, 2022. 
          LATER ON IN OUR PRESENTATION, WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE. 
          WHILE THAT IS AN ABSOLUTE DROP DEADLINE, THERE IS AN EARLIER DEADLINE, DECEMBER OF 2021, WHICH IS ACTUALLY MORE APPROPRIATE BECAUSE IT ALLOWS US TO COMPLETE ALL OF THE REDISTRICTING ACTIVITIES PRIOR TO THE FIRST DAY FOR A CANDIDATE TO FILE FOR A PLACE ON THE BALLOT FOR YOUR MAY OF 2022 ELECTION. 
          ANY CANDIDATE THAT CHOOSES TO FILE ON THAT FIRST DATE TO FILE KNOWS THE ACTUAL BOUNDARIES IF THERE'S GOING TO BE A CHANGE IN BOUNDARIES OF THOSE SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS THAT ARE UP FOR ELECTION DURING THAT ELECTION. 
          IF WE CAN GO TO SLIDE 6, PLEASE. 
          WITH RESPECT TO THIS REDISTRICTING PROCESS, IT IS A PROCESS THAT NOT ONLY INVOLVES A LOOK AT THE DEMOGRAPHICS AND CHANGES PHASE, BUT IT REQUIRES THE TRUSTEES AND THE ENTIRE LEGAL TEAM TO UNDERSTAND THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS FOR REDISTRICTING, TO DISCUSS AND AGREE UPON WHAT CRITERIA ARE GOING TO BE USED FOR LOOKING AT ANY REDISTRICTED MAP? ARE WE GOING TO TRY TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE, MAINTAIN EXISTING BOUNDARIES? ARE WE GOING TO NOT TRY TO CUT ACROSS COUNTY ELECTION PRECINCTS? WHAT ARE GOING TO BE OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT ALLOW US TO LOOK AT A MAP AND DECIDE, IN ADDITION TO THE LEGAL MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS. 
          HEY, WE HAVE TO REBALANCE BECAUSE OUR SMALLEST DISTRICT AND OUR LARGEST DISTRICT ARE OUTSIDE THAT 10 PERCENT DEVIATION, WHAT ARE ACCEPTABLE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO MOVE BACK INTO BALANCE? BUT OTHERWISE, OBSERVE TRADITIONAL REDISTRICTING PROCESSES. 
          OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS A PROCESS THAT REQUIRES A DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS, NOT ONLY LOOKING AT THE SIZE OF OUR POPULATION IN TERMS OF TOTAL SIZE, BUT ALSO IN TERMS OF OTHER SMALLER GROUPS, VOTING AGE POPULATION, AS WELL AS CITIZEN VOTING AGE POPULATION. 
          WE NEED TO DETERMINE HOW TRUSTEES ARE GOING TO PROVIDE INPUT IN THIS PROCESS. 
          THIS IS A TRUSTEE PROCESS AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET COMMUNITY INPUT AS WELL. 
          THEN LOOK AT PLANS AND ALTERNATIVE PLANS BASED ON TRUSTEE COMMUNITY INPUT AND LEGAL REQUIREMENTS. 
          THEN FINALLY, ADOPT THAT PLAN. 
          DROP DEAD DEADLINE FEBRUARY, BUT THE DEADLINE WE REALLY WANT YOU TO BEGIN THINKING ABOUT BEING DECEMBER OF 2021. 
          IF WE COULD GO TO SLIDE 10, PLEASE. 
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AS I SAID, THE CORNERSTONE INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED FOR REDISTRICTING IS THE DATA THAT IS RELEASED BY THE CENSUS BUREAU EVERY 10 YEARS. 
          TYPICALLY, IT'S RELEASED BY APRIL 1, THE YEAR FOLLOWING THE CENSUS, SO THE CENSUSES IN 2020, SO BY APRIL 1 OF 2021 THAT DATA IS RELEASED. 
          THE CENSUS BUREAU HAS BEEN HAVING OPERATIONAL DELAYS AS A RESULT OF COVID-19. 
          THEY PROMISED DATA IN JULY, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE THAT DEADLINE, THEY'RE PROMISING DATA NOW, THE MIDDLE OF AUGUST AND ON A ROLLING BASIS THROUGH THE END OF SEPTEMBER. 
          ALL OF THE DATES THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING TODAY IN OUR PRESENTATION REALLY ARE CONTINGENT UPON THIS BOARD RECEIVING THE DATA BETWEEN THAT TIME PERIOD, MID AUGUST OF 2021 TO THE END OF SEPTEMBER OF 2021. 
          IF WE DON'T RECEIVE THAT DATA WITHIN THAT WINDOW OR SUBSTANTIALLY LATER THAN THAT WINDOW, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT WE CAN'T MEET OUR DEADLINE TO REDISTRICT IN TIME FOR YOUR MAY OF 2022 ELECTION. 
          WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN THEN IS THE FIRST ELECTION AT WHICH YOU CAN ACTUALLY ACT ON THAT DATA IS NOT MAY OF 2022, IT'S MAY OF 2023, SO YOU WOULD GO TO YOUR NEXT REGULAR ELECTION. 
          YOU WOULDN'T GO TO ANOTHER UNIFORM ELECTION DATE BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE NORMAL TRUSTEE ELECTIONS. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, ON NOVEMBER, YOU WOULD GO TO YOUR NEXT IRREGULAR ELECTION DAY, WHICH IS IN MAY OF 2023. 
          BUT WE ARE HOPEFUL ALL SIGNS ARE LOOKING GOOD SO FAR THAT THE DATA IS GOING TO BE RELEASED IN A VERY RAW FORM EARLY AUGUST AND THEY'LL KEEP REFINING IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE END OF SEPTEMBER OF 2021. 
          THE DATA THAT YOU RECEIVE IS A TOTAL POPULATION NUMBER AT VARIOUS UNITS OF GEOGRAPHY, THE SMALLEST BEING A CENSUS BLOCK. 
          THINK ABOUT THAT AS A COUNTY PRECINCT, YOU'RE GOING TO GET TOTAL POPULATION INFORMATION FOR COUNTY PRECINCTS THAT MAKE UP YOUR SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS, YOU'RE GOING TO GET VOTING AGE POPULATION, SO THAT INDIVIDUALS OVER 18 AS CENSUS DAY AS WELL AS CITIZEN VOTING AGE POPULATION. 
          WHY ARE THOSE THREE UNITS OF MEASUREMENT IMPORTANT? BECAUSE THEY REALLY GO TO THREE DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE LEGAL ANALYSIS AS TO WHETHER YOU HAD A WELL-BALANCED PLAN. 
          THREE QUESTIONS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO USE THIS DATA THAT YOU'RE GETTING FROM THE CENSUS BUREAU TO ANSWER, ARE MY SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS WELL-BALANCED? THE ANSWER TO THAT IS, IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE MOST POPULOUS DISTRICTS, SO THE LARGEST IN TERMS OF POPULATION, NOT IN TERMS OF PHYSICAL SIZE, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE LARGEST POPULATED DISTRICT AND THE LEAST POPULATED DISTRICT, IS IT A GREATER THAN 10 PERCENT? WE'RE NOT WELL-BALANCED. 
          IS IT LESS THAN 10 PERCENT? WE'RE WITHIN BALANCE. 
          WE'RE GOING TO USE A TOTAL POPULATION NUMBER TO ANALYZE THAT QUESTION. 
          HAS THERE BEEN ANY RETROGRESSION IN THE VOTING STRENGTH OF ANY MINORITY GROUPS, IN PARTICULAR, IN A MAJORITY-MINORITY SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS SINCE THE LAST TIME WE ADOPTED A PLAN, SO SINCE 10 YEARS AGO? HAS THERE BEEN ANY RETROGRESSION IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE OVER THAT 50 PERCENT THRESHOLD IN THAT SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT? IF THERE HAS BEEN, WE ARE LEGALLY REQUIRED TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE RETROGRESSION GOING INTO THE NEW PLAN, EVEN IF WE HAVE TO REBALANCE IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH STATE AND FEDERAL LAW REGARDING THE 10 PERCENT DEVIATION. 
          THEN EVEN THOUGH WE ARE ALLOWED TO AVOID RETROGRESSION WITH RESPECT TO MINORITY VOTE DELETION, WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO THAT TO THE ABSOLUTE EXCLUSION OF ANY OTHER TRADITIONAL REDISTRICTING PRINCIPLES. 
          MEANING KEEPING NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE ALIKE TOGETHER, NOT SPLITTING COUNTY PRECINCTS, OBSERVING NATURAL BOUNDARIES TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE, OBSERVING AND TRYING TO MAINTAIN YOUR PREVIOUS DISTRICT LINES, PRESERVING THE INCUMBENCY, SO NOT DRAWING SOME MEMBER DISTRICTS THAT DISTRICT OUT CURRENT INCUMBENTS OR CURRENT TRUSTEES AND THE POSITION. 
          A PLAN IS ALWAYS OBSERVED OR LOOKED AT OR ANALYZED AS TO WHETHER IT IS OBSERVED WITH THOSE PRINCIPLES TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE, TO THE EXTENT THEY DON'T COME IN CONFLICT WITH OUR OBLIGATION NOT TO HAVE RETROGRESSION SINCE THE LAST PLAN AND THAT'S WHAT THE NEXT COUPLE OF SECTIONS OF THIS PRESENTATION IS ABOUT, IS HOW WE ANSWER THOSE THREE QUESTIONS USING VERY SPECIFIC LEGAL ANALYSIS. 
          AT THIS POINT I THINK I'M TURNING IT OVER TO LAURA. 
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          >> THIRTEEN, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS LAURA MCLAIN AND I'M WITH [INAUDIBLE] AND I'M GOING TO START US OFF ON ONE OF THE THINGS THAT LISA POINTED OUT IN ONE OF OUR SLIDE, WHICH IS THE PURPOSE AND PART OF THIS MEETING IS TO UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS AND PRINCIPLES THAT GUIDE THIS PROCESS. 
          I'M GOING TO BE SPEAKING ABOUT THE FEDERAL GUIDANCE, AND THE FEDERAL LAWS, AND THE FEDERAL CASES THAT GUIDE US ON THIS AND CHRISSY NEXT TO ME WILL BE ADDRESSING SOME OF THE STATE LAW REQUIREMENTS AND SO WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO FIND IS YOU'RE GOING TO SEE CRITERIA OR FACTORS THAT REALLY SOME ARE TRULY REQUIRED. 
          THEY'RE JUST PART OF WHAT'S OUT THERE THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW AND THERE'S GOING TO ALSO BE FACTORS OR CRITERIA THAT ARE SET BASED ON CASE LAW AND BASED ON FEDERAL LAW AND THE GUIDANCE THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED UP UNTIL THIS TIME. 
          ONE CRITICAL PRINCIPLE IN THIS PROCESS IS THE PRINCIPLE OF ONE PERSON, ONE VOTE. 
          NOW THIS IS A PRINCIPLE OF LAW, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, THAT HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE SINCE THE 1960S AND THE EQUAL PROTECTION CASES THAT CAME OUT OF THE WARREN COURT AT THAT TIME AND THE BASIC PRINCIPLE IS THAT WE WANT TO DRAW DISTRICTS THAT HAVE A SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL POPULATION WITH THE THEORY BEING THAT WHEN YOU HAVE A SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL POPULATION WITHIN A DISTRICT OR AS COMPARED TO OTHER DISTRICTS, THAT IN FACT THERE IS EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR REPRESENTATION. 
          THAT'S ONE OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES THAT COVERS THIS PARTICULAR PROCESS. WE GO TO SLIDE 14. 
          ANOTHER PROCESS OR ANOTHER PRINCIPLE RATHER THAT GUIDES US IS ALSO THE FACTOR OF RACE. 
          TO WHAT EXTENT IT CAN BE CONSIDERED OR SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED AND THAT WAS REALLY ESTABLISHED, ONCE AGAIN, THROUGH FEDERAL CASE LAW THAT CAME DOWN THROUGH THE US SUPREME COURT AND THE INFAMOUS CASE FOR THAT WAS THE SHAW VERSUS RENO CASE, WHICH WE HAVE ADDRESSED HERE IN SLIDE 14 AND BASICALLY, THE RESULT FROM THE SHAW VERSUS RENO CASE, WHICH WAS REALLY A GERRYMANDERING CASE IS WHAT IT WAS, WAS BASICALLY THAT RACE REALLY IS NOT TO BE SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED. 
          THERE CAN BE CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE RACE CAN, IN FACT, BE THE PREDOMINANT FACTOR. 
          BUT, IF YOU MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THAT'S VERY LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCE. 
          I'M SORRY. ACTUALLY, I THINK IT WAS 16. THANK YOU. 
          THAT IT HAS TO BE A COMPELLING STATE INTEREST AT STAKE, AND IT HAS TO BE NARROWLY TAILORED. 
          THE PROCESS THAT IS CONSIDERING RACE HAS TO BE NARROWLY TAILORED TO MEET THE COMPELLING STATE INTEREST AND WHAT IS A COMPELLING STATE INTEREST? CERTAINLY TO ELIMINATE DISCRIMINATION, IS A COMPELLING STATE INTEREST BUT THE PRESUMPTION IS, IS THAT RACE IN AND OF ITSELF SHOULD NOT BE A PREDOMINANT FACTOR WHEN WE ARE UNDERGOING DECISIONS WITH REGARD TO VOTING RIGHTS AND IN PARTICULAR, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS AS WELL. 
          ANOTHER FEDERAL LAW CONSIDERATION IS ACTUALLY A FEDERAL STATUTE, AND THAT IS UNDER THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT, SPECIFICALLY SECTION 2, AND THAT IS ON SLIDE 18. 
          NOW WHAT THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT SECTION 2 STATES IS THAT IT PROHIBITS A VOTING QUALIFICATION, PREREQUISITE, STANDARD PRACTICE OR PROCEDURE THAT RESULTS IN THE DENIAL OR ABRIDGMENT OF A US CITIZENS RIGHT TO VOTE ON ACCOUNT OF THEIR RACE, COLOR OR STATUS AS A MEMBER OF A LANGUAGE MINORITY GROUP. 
          FEDERAL LAW LOOKS AT WHETHER OR NOT A PARTICULAR PROCESS, SUCH AS THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS, WHETHER A FINAL PLAN, PROPOSED PLAN THAT'S BEEN ADOPTED, DOES THAT IN FACT HAVE AN EFFECT? IT'S NOT SO MUCH LOOKING AT HOW WE GOT THERE AS MUCH AS ULTIMATELY WHAT IS THE ULTIMATE IMPACT THAT THE PROPOSED PLAN HAS AND SO THE KEY QUESTION THERE IS, DOES THE VOTING QUALIFICATION HERE BEING REALLY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REDISTRICTING, DOES IT REDUCE THE OPPORTUNITY OF MEMBERS OF A PROTECTED MINORITY GROUP TO PARTICIPATE IN THE POLITICAL PROCESS AND TO ELECT REPRESENTATIVES OF THEIR CHOICE? WE ARE LOOKING ULTIMATELY, WHEN YOU HAVE VOTING RIGHTS ACT AND VOTING RIGHTS ACT LITIGATION OR CHALLENGES, THEY ARE LOOKING AT THE ULTIMATE EFFECT OF WHAT IS THAT ADOPTED PLAN. 
          IF WE LOOK AT SLIDE 20, WE WANT TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THOSE EFFECTS COULD BE THAT WOULD BE SUBJECT TO CHALLENGE ONCE THERE IS AN ADOPTED PLAN IN PLACE AND THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT THIS IS WHERE WE'RE HEADED. 
          THIS IS JUST AN IDEA TO GIVE YOU ABOUT WHAT SOME OF THOSE CHALLENGES HAVE BEEN WITH RESPECT TO REDISTRICTING. 
          ONE EXAMPLE OF AN EFFECT THAT HAS BEEN CHALLENGED IS THE ALLEGATION THAT THERE'S BEEN CRACKING. 
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THAT IS THAT MEMBERS OF A CONCENTRATED MINORITY GROUP THAT HAVE BEEN DIVIDED BY VIRTUE OF THE REDRAWING OF THOSE LINES AND THEN BY DOING SO, WE'RE BASICALLY DEPRIVING THE GROUP OF THE ABILITY TO ELECTED CANDIDATE OF THEIR CHOICE THAT THEY OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE HAD IF THEY NOT HAD BEEN SPLIT BY THE REDRAWING OF A LINE. 
          THE INVERSE OF THAT IS THE SECOND EXAMPLE OF WHERE YOU COULD HAVE AN EFFECT THAT IS ALLEGED FOR PURPOSES OF A VOTING RIGHTS ACT CLAIM AND THAT IS PACKING WHERE YOU TAKE MINORITY GROUP MEMBERS AND THEY ARE PLACED INTO ONE OR MORE DISTRICTS IN SUCH HIGH CONCENTRATIONS THAT CLEARLY EXCEED THE AMOUNT NEEDED TO ELECTED CANDIDATE OF THEIR CHOICE. 
          THEREFORE, WHEN YOU DO THAT, YOU ARE IN THEORY PREVENTING THE GROUP FROM WINNING ELECTIONS IN OTHER DISTRICTS IN WHICH THE EXCESS MINORITY VOTERS COULD HAVE BEEN LOCATED. 
          THOSE ARE JUST SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT WE DEAL WITH WITH REGARDS TO VOTING RIGHTS ACT CHALLENGES AND CONCERNS THAT GUIDE US THROUGH THIS PROCESS WHEN WE'RE REDRAWING. 
          NOW I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO CHRISTINE HERE AND SHE'S GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT SOME STATE LAW REQUIREMENTS. 
          >> GOOD AFTERNOON, TRUSTEES. 
          I'M CHRISTINE BADILLO AND JUST TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF A FRAMEWORK FOR YOU TO THINK ABOUT ALL THIS INFORMATION THAT WE'RE SHARING WITH YOU RIGHT NOW. 
          IT REALLY IS TO CONTEXTUALIZE THE WORK THAT WE WILL BE DOING WITH YOU AND THEN SHOULD BE DOING WITH YOUR COMMUNITIES AS WE GET INTO THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS, BECAUSE WHAT WE'LL FIND IS THAT OUR DEMOGRAPHER, ARMED WITH THE CENSUS DATA AND SOFTWARE, CAN DO THE MATH BETWEEN THE POPULATION DEVIATIONS AND CAN DRAW THE LINES. 
          WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, WHAT OUR WORK IS GOING TO FOCUS ON IS THESE FINER POINTS OF WHAT GOES INTO DECIDING, DO WE MOVE A LINE A MILLIMETER THIS WAY OR THAT WAY? ALL THESE MORE AMORPHOUS LEGAL CONCEPTS, THE FEDERAL LAWS THAT LAURA'S BEEN TALKING TO YOU ABOUT AND SOME OF THE STATE LAW THAT I'LL BE TALKING TO YOU ABOUT ARE WHAT ARE REALLY GOING TO GO INTO JUST EXACTLY HOW DO WE DO THAT BEYOND THE SIMPLE MATH THAT IS THE ROOT OF IT. 
          AS LISA MENTIONED AT THE TOP, WHAT WE'RE LOOK AT TO BEGIN WITH IS THE SIZE OF THE POPULATION, SO THIS SECOND BULLET ABOUT BEING NEARLY EQUAL IN POPULATION. 
          AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE POPULATION OF THE MOST POPULAR SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICT AND THE LEAST TO TRY TO BRING THEM INTO CLOSER ALIGNMENT. 
          WHICH AGAIN THEY HAVE TELLS ON WHAT LAURA DESCRIBED AS THE ONE PERSON, ONE VOTE PRINCIPLE. 
          THAT'S REALLY ARE THE FINER POINTS THAT ARE GOING TO SHAPE OUR WORK. 
          AGAIN, UNDER STATE LAW, AND MOST OF THE STATE LAWS COMING FROM SECTION 11.052 OF THE EDUCATION CODE, THAT'S WHERE A GREAT DEAL OF THE GUIDANCE WITH RESPECT TO SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICT IS HOUSED IN STATE LAW. 
          AGAIN, IT TALKS ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE POPULATION AND THEN THE COMPACTNESS AND THE CONTIGUITY OF THE SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS. 
          IF YOU WANT TO THINK ABOUT THAT VISUALLY, DALLAS ISD IS NOT A PERFECT SQUARE, BUT IF IT WERE WHAT WE'D BE LOOKING FOR IS NINE SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS, ROUGHLY SQUARES OR RECTANGLES. 
          WE DON'T WANT TO SEE A FISH HOOK. 
          WE DON'T WANT TO SEE A FIGURE EIGHT WHERE THERE'S LITTLE ISLANDS. 
          WE WANT COMPACT, CONTIGUOUS, SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS AND WE ARE REQUIRED TO AIM FOR THAT. 
          WHAT YOU MAY SEE AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS IT'S NOT GOING TO BE PERFECT. 
          YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE PERFECT SQUARES AND RECTANGLES, BUT THAT'S OUR GOAL, IS TO GET AS CLOSE AS WE CAN TO SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS THAT JUST ON THEIR FACE LOOK LIKE THEY MAKE SENSE. 
          WE'RE NOT SEPARATING POPULATIONS, NOT CREATING ISLANDS. 
          THIS FIRST BULLET, AT LEAST 70 PERCENT OF TRUSTEES IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT HAS SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS MUST BE IN SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS. 
          IN DALLAS ISD, IT'S ALL NINE. 
          A LOT OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AS YOU KNOW HAVE SEVEN MEMBER BOARDS. 
          THEY MAY HAVE FIVE IN SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS AND TWO TRUSTEES ELECTED AT LARGE, FOR EXAMPLE, BUT YOU ALL DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT, YOU ARE ALL NINE IN SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS. 
          AS LISA MENTIONED AT THE TOP, ANOTHER ONE OF THE CONSIDERATIONS THAT IS SOMEWHAT UNIQUE TO DALLAS ISD HAS TO DO WITH THE STUDENT ENROLLMENT. 
          A SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT EDUCATES AS MANY KIDS AS YOU ALL DO HAS TO ALSO THINK NOT ONLY ABOUT YOUR OWN SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICT BOUNDARIES, BUT ALSO COUNTY VOTING PRECINCT LINES. 
          WE HAVE TO AVOID DRAWING SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS THAT CROSS THOSE COUNTY PRECINCT LINES UNLESS THEY COINCIDE WITH SCHOOL DISTRICT BOUNDARIES. 
          THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS MUCH EASIER CONCEPTUALIZED VISUALLY THAN FOR ME TO JUST TELL YOU, BUT IT ACTUALLY IS A REQUIREMENT THAT WE'LL HAVE TO THINK ABOUT. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'LL SEE AS WE WORK WITH OUR DEMOGRAPHER IS THAT HE WILL OVERLAY THE COUNTY PRECINCT BOUNDARIES OVER THE MAP TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT RUNNING A FOUL OF THIS PROVISION AS WELL. 
          AGAIN, THE THIRD BULLET HERE IS JUST, AGAIN REITERATING THE DRIVING FACTOR OF WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE TO DO THIS REDISTRICTING PROCESS OR NOT. 
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IT'S GOING TO BE THAT POPULATION DEVIATION. 
          IN ALMOST EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT ACROSS THE STATE, LARGE OR SMALL, YOU'RE GOING TO FIND THAT POPULATION DEVIATION IS MET BECAUSE IT'S JUST REALLY HARD NOT TO. 
          I THINK WE CAN GO INTO THIS ASSUMING THAT WE ARE IN FACT GOING TO HAVE TO DO THIS. 
          BUT AGAIN, THAT'S A RELEVANT FACTOR AS WELL. 
          I'LL JUST QUICKLY GLOSS OVER THESE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES THAT ARE RELATED TO YOUR REQUIREMENTS TO PROVIDE NOTICE AND WE WILL BE WORKING AND OUR DEMOGRAPHER WILL BE WORKING WITH DALLAS COUNTY TO MAKE SURE THE LOGISTICAL DETAILS OF THIS PROCESS THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE IN ORDER FOR YOU TO HAVE YOUR MAY ELECTION AND FOR THAT TO GO SMOOTHLY ARE ADDRESSED. 
          BUT PART OF THAT IS PROVIDING YOUR VOTER REGISTRAR WITH THE INFORMATION THEY NEED TO UPDATE YOUR SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICT BOUNDARIES. 
          THIS NEXT SLIDE IS PARTICULARLY RELEVANT TO YOU ALL AS ELECTED OFFICIALS BECAUSE IN REDRAWING DISTRICTS, ONE OF THE CONSIDERATIONS WILL BE, WHERE DO OUR CURRENT ELECTED OFFICIALS LIVE? THAT'S A PERFECTLY APPROPRIATE CONSIDERATION. 
          IT'S SOMETHING WE THINK ABOUT AND DO AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERY REDISTRICTING PROCESS IS TO TRY TO BE AS LEAST DISRUPTIVE AS POSSIBLE TO THE CURRENT SCENARIO FOR OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS. 
          NEVERTHELESS, IN THE EVENT OF THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS UNAVOIDABLY RESULTS IN REMOVING A TRUSTEE FROM THEIR CURRENT SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICT, IT IS SET FORTH IN LAW THAT YOU MAY MAINTAIN YOUR OFFICE THROUGH THE EXPIRATION OF YOUR TERM. 
          THAT'S NOT SOMETHING FOR YOU TO WORRY ABOUT GREATLY NOW THAT STILL WEEKS, MONTHS DOWN THE ROAD FOR US TO THINK ABOUT. 
          BUT JUST KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS A BASELINE CONSIDERATION FOR US IN THIS PROCESS TO BE AS LEAST DISRUPTIVE AS POSSIBLE. 
          WE WANT TO MAKE THE SLIGHTEST CHANGES THAT WE CAN THAT WILL BRING US THE END RESULT THAT WE WANT AND BE CONSISTENT WITH ALL THE LEGAL PRINCIPLES THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED. 
          ONE OF THOSE CONSIDERATIONS, OF COURSE, WILL BE THE LOCAL CONSIDERATION OF YOUR INCUMBENCY. 
          WE'LL SKIP THIS SLIDE AND LISA WILL COME BACK TO IT. 
          THESE LAST FEW SLIDES THAT I WILL COVER ARE REALLY RELATED AGAIN TO THE LOCAL CONSIDERATIONS. 
          WE'RE BRINGING TO THE TABLE THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK AND LEGAL ANALYSIS FOR THESE CONSIDERATIONS AND YOUR WORK WILL REALLY BE THESE FIRST FEW BULLETS, USING IDENTIFIABLE GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES, MAINTAINING COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST. 
          THIS IS THE INPUT WE'RE GOING TO NEED FROM YOU. 
          YOU'RE GOING TO NEED FROM YOUR COMMUNITY TO DRAW A PLAN THAT SUITS YOU, THAT GETS YOU WHAT YOU WANT OUT OF THE PROCESS AND REALLY SERVES THE VALUES OF YOUR COMMUNITY. 
          THAT WILL BE OUR WORK. 
          AGAIN, THIS WILL BE A LOCAL CONSIDERATION. 
          WE'LL HAVE TO BE BALANCED AGAINST THE FEDERAL LEGAL REQUIREMENTS THAT LAURA HAS DESCRIBED AND LISA HAS DESCRIBED THAT UNDERGIRD THIS WHOLE PROCESS. 
          I THINK THIS LAST SLIDE IS JUST AGAIN REITERATING WE WANT TO PRESERVE YOUR INCUMBENCIES TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE. 
          AGAIN, HAVE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL SIZE OF SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS, COMPACT AND CONTIGUOUS AVOIDING RETROGRESSION. 
          ALL OF THESE KINDS OF CONSIDERATIONS THAT ARE GOING TO COME INTO PLAY IN OUR WORK. 
          WE'RE THROWING A LOT AT YOU, BUT THE REALITY IS THAT IT'LL BE FUN TO DO WHEN WE GET DOWN TO DOING IT AND MOVING LINES. 
          BUT THESE ARE THE CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP IN THE BACK OF OUR MINDS AS WE'RE DOING IT AND BE WATCHFUL AS WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE PROCESS. 
          ALSO KEEP YOUR EYES AND EARS OPEN IN YOUR COMMUNITY FOR BECAUSE THE MESSAGING THAT WE PUT OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY IS GOING TO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE OVERALL SUCCESS OF THIS PROCESS. 
          I THINK YOU CAN GO BACK TO SLIDE 25 AND LISA WILL TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT EXACTLY HOW WE THINK THAT PROCESS MIGHT LOOK. 
          >> THANKS, KELSEY. ON THIS SLIDE, WE HAVE SUMMARIZED OUR WORK TO DATE OR YOUR WORK TO DATE AND WHAT TO ANTICIPATE IN THE FUTURE. 
          AT YOUR MAY 27TH, 2021 MEETING, YOU HIRED A LEGAL TEAM AND DEMOGRAPHER. 
          TODAY'S MEETING WE ARE, YOUR LEGAL TEAM IS BRIEFING YOU REGARDING THEIR REQUIRED DATES AND THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS FOR REDISTRICTING. 
          WE'RE ALSO GOING TO OBTAIN YOUR INPUT DURING THE Q&A REGARDING REDISTRICTING CRITERIA, THE MANDATORY ONES THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT NOT CUTTING ACROSS. 
          REMEMBER DISTRICT LINES, HAVING DISTRICTS THAT ARE BALANCED AND COMPACT AND CONTIGUOUS, AND THEN SOME OF THE LOCAL DECISIONS REGARDING MAINTAINING COMMUNITIES OF INTERESTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. 
          WE'RE ALSO GOING TO TALK ABOUT A TIMELINE AT THIS MEETING, AS WELL AS DISCUSSING AND DETERMINING BUT NOT FINALLY ADOPTING THE PROCESS FOR PUBLIC INPUT AND THE ROLE OF THE LEGAL TEAM. 
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OUR PROPOSAL IS THAT AT YOUR NEXT MEETING ON AUGUST 12TH, AFTER YOU'VE HAD SOME TIME TO DIGEST AND UNPACK WHAT WE'VE DISCUSSED TODAY WITH YOU AND AMONGST YOURSELF, THAT YOU COME BACK ON THE 12TH AND INFORMALLY ADOPT A PLAN AND THAT PLAN WOULD INCLUDE YOUR TIMELINE, IT WOULD INCLUDE YOUR CRITERIA, IT WOULD INCLUDE THE PROCESS FOR OBTAINING TRUSTEE INPUT AS WELL AS PUBLIC INPUT. 
          THEN FROM SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER IS WHEN THAT LAST BULLET, THE HEART OF THE MATTER WOULD BE TAKING PLACE. 
          WE WOULD BE IMPLEMENTING THAT PROCESS AS OUTLINED AT YOUR AUGUST MEETING. 
          IF YOU GO TO SLIDE 28, PLEASE. 
          THIS IS JUST ANOTHER WAY OF DEPICTING WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF THE TIMELINE THAT WE'RE WORKING ON AND I ALWAYS LIKE TO LOOK AT THIS PARTICULAR CALENDAR STARTING FROM THE BOTTOM UP. 
          LOOKING AT THE VERY BOTTOM, LOOK AT MAY 7TH, 2022, THAT'S ELECTION DAY. 
          90 DAYS BEFORE ELECTION DAY IN RED, THERE IS FEBRUARY 6TH, 2022, SO THAT IS THE ABSOLUTE LATEST THAT YOU COULD ADOPT A REDISTRICTING PLAN. 
          BUT LOOK AT THE TWO DATES THAT SANDWICH FEBRUARY 6TH, 2022, LOOK AT JANUARY 19TH, LOOK AT FEBRUARY 18TH. 
          JANUARY 19TH IS THE FIRST DAY FOR A CANDIDATE TO FILE, FEBRUARY 18 IS THE LAST DAY WHERE A CANDIDATE TO FILE. 
          WE TRADITIONALLY LIKE CANDIDATES TO FILE FOR A PLACE ON THE BALLOT, THE UPCOMING ELECTION, KNOWING THE TERRITORY WITHIN WHICH THEY MUST LIVE IN ORDER TO REPRESENT THAT SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICT. 
          THAT WOULD MEAN OUR PLAN NEEDS TO BE ADOPTED BEFORE THE FIRST DATA FILE AND, SO THAT'S WHY IT'S OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT THE PLAN IS ADOPTED BY DECEMBER OF 2021 AND EVERYTHING ELSE WORKS BACKWARDS FROM THERE. 
          STARTING WITH YOUR MAY 27TH BOARD MEETING WHERE YOU HIRED A DEMOGRAPHIC TEAM AND A LAW FIRM. 
          THIS CURRENT MEETING WHERE YOU'RE TALKING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE PROCESS OF CRITERIA AND BEGINNING TO DIGEST WHAT WOULD A TIMELINE LOOK LIKE AND THEN YOU'RE AUGUST BOARD MEETING WHERE YOU FINALIZE THAT IN A FORMAL WAY SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN IMPLEMENTING THAT GOING FORWARD FROM SEPTEMBER THROUGH DECEMBER SO THAT YOU HAVE EVERYTHING ADOPTED BEFORE CANDIDATES BEGIN FILING FOR A PLACE ON THE BALLOT FOR YOUR MAY OF 2022 ELECTION. 
          AGAIN, EVERYTHING BEING CONTINGENT UPON THE ACTUAL RELEASE OF CENSUS DATA IN MID-AUGUST, CONTINUING TO BE FINE-TUNED THROUGH THE END OF SEPTEMBER OF 2021. 
          SLIDE 29, PLEASE. 
          THIS LAST SLIDE IS JUST TO PUT IN CONTEXT BY THE END OF THIS SESSION WHAT WE HOPE THAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED AND WHAT WE HAVE TO GO TO WORK FORWARD TO GO. 
          WE'LL PUT A CHECK BY HAVING ADDRESSED THE BOARD ON THE DATES AND LEGAL REQUIREMENTS. 
          DURING THE Q&A, WE'LL OBTAIN SOME INPUT ON REDISTRICTING CRITERIA. 
          TIMELINE WON'T BE ADOPTED, BUT SOME INPUTTING CONSENSUS WILL COME BACK IN AUGUST AND FORMALIZE THINGS. 
          WE WILL DISCUSS TODAY DURING THE Q&A, WE'LL GET YOUR INPUT, AND YOU'LL BEGIN TO TALK AMONGST YOURSELVES REGARDING HOW TO GET TRUSTEE INPUT AND PUBLIC INPUT, AS WELL AS THE ROLE THAT YOUR ENTIRE LEGAL TEAM. 
          THEN AUGUST WILL BE ANOTHER CRITICAL DAY WHERE WE'LL FINALIZE SOME THINGS AFTER YOU'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DIGEST AND REALLY DIG INTO THE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE PROVIDED. 
          AGAIN FROM SEPTEMBER UNTIL DECEMBER, WE'LL JUST BE IMPLEMENTING THAT PLAN THAT YOU PUT FORTH THAT YOU ADOPT ON AUGUST 12TH, 2021 SHOULD THAT BE THE BOARD'S PLEASURE. CARLOS. 
          >> THANK YOU, LISA. THAT'S THE END OF THE PRESENTATION PART OF THIS. 
          I KNOW TRUSTEE MAGGIE HAD A FEW COMMENTS HE WANTED TO MAKE ABOUT THE ROLE OF REDISTRICTING COUNSEL GENERALLY. 
          >> YES. [INAUDIBLE]. YOU GUYS GOT IT WITHIN 30 MINUTES, SO WAY TO GO. 
          BEFORE WE BEGIN, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE MOST SUBSTANTIAL PART OF OUR MEETING HERE, 3.02 AND TO KICK THAT OFF. 
          BEFORE WE BEGIN THOSE QUESTIONS OR RESPONSES, I JUST WANT TO REMIND THE BOARD THAT DECISIONS REGARDING THE SCOPE AND SERVICES FROM OUTSIDE LEGAL COUNSEL ARE SET BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND WOULD BE APPROVED IN THE FUTURE, LIKELY AUGUST EXCEPT FOR REQUIRED ONE ON ONE CONSULTATIONS FOR PREDETERMINED AMOUNTS OF TIME AS APPROVED BY THE BOARD PRESIDENT. 
          NO INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEE MAY CONTACT OUTSIDE LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING REDISTRICTING SERVICES. 
          LEGAL OPINIONS DESIRED BY INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS REGARDING REDISTRICTING SERVICES SHALL BE REQUESTED SOLELY IN WRITING THROUGH ME, THE BOARD PRESIDENT PER OUR POLICY BDD LOCAL. 
          I ALSO WANT TO REMIND THE ATTORNEYS THAT IF 
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OUTSIDE LEGAL COUNSEL RECEIVES INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER REDISTRICTING SERVICE INQUIRIES, OUTSIDE LEGAL COUNSEL FOR ALL OF THOSE INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEE INQUIRIES REGARDING REDISTRICTING SERVICES TO ME AS THE BOARD PRESIDENT AND IF OUTSIDE LEGAL COUNSEL AS REQUESTED BY AN INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER WITHOUT PROPER AUTHORITY, NO INVOICES AND SUCH ENTRIES WILL NOT BE COMPENSATED. 
          BOARD SERVICES, IN ADDITION, WILL OVERSEE AND MANAGE THE SCOPE OF SERVICES FOR OUTSIDE LEGAL COUNSEL TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH OUTSIDE LEGAL COUNSELS' BUDGET, PLAN, DISTRICT POLICY, AND ALL APPLICABLE LAWS. 
          THAT'S JUST A REMINDER, SET THE STAGE ON THIS BUT AS YOU HEARD FROM OUR LEGAL COUNSEL AND WHAT THEY HAVE DONE HERE IS PUT A POSSIBLE PLAN FORWARD, A FOUNDATION. 
          NO DECISIONS ARE POSTED TO BE MADE TODAY. 
          THE PURPOSE OF THIS WORKSHOP IS TO HEAR FROM TRUSTEES WHAT YOUR QUESTIONS ARE, BUT ALSO YOUR FEEDBACK ON WHAT'S NECESSARY IN A PROCESS FOR A FAIR, OPEN, HONEST PROCESS TO GET TO OUR REDISTRICTING. 
          WITH THAT, I WILL PAUSE AND WE WILL NOW OPEN THE FLOOR FOR QUESTIONS AND RESPONSES. 
          WE WILL BEGIN WITH TRUSTEE MARSHALL. 
          >> I HAVE JUST ONE QUESTION AND THEN I GUESS SOME COMMENTS TO ANSWER THAT, CALL FOR FEEDBACK. 
          YOU MENTIONED THAT THE BOARD HAS A CHOICE OF ALLOWING INCUMBENTS TO STAY IN THEIR SEATS OR [NOISE] HAVE AN OPTION TO CREATE, I GUESS, HAVE EVERYBODY UP FOR REELECTION. 
          I BELIEVE STATE LAW FOR THE TERMS OF OUR TRUSTEE SEATS IS FOR THREE YEARS, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT STATE LAW ACTUALLY SPECIFIES THAT THREE MUST BE UP FOR REELECTION EVERY YEAR. 
          I'M WONDERING IF WE WERE TO OPT-IN AS A BOARD TO SAY THAT WE DON'T WANT TO REMAIN INCUMBENTS, WE WANT TO CALL EVERYBODY UP FOR REELECTION, WOULD THAT MEAN EACH OF THOSE TERMS FOR EVERYBODY THAT WAS REELECTED ON THAT ONE UNIFORM REELECTION DATE WOULD BE THREE YEARS AND THAT FROM THEN ON OUT THE WHOLE BOARD WOULD TURN OVER AT ONCE EVERY THREE YEARS? 
          >> NO. I WILL ALSO POINT OUT IN YOUR DALLAS ISD LOCAL POLICY, PRESENTLY, IT STATES THAT THE BOARD WILL RETAIN THEIR INCUMBENTS. 
          THEORETICALLY, YOU'VE ALREADY ACTED AS A BOARD BY WAY OF YOUR POLICY TO DECIDE THAT YOU WILL KEEP YOUR INCUMBENCY. 
          BUT IF YOU WERE TO DECIDE TO CHANGE THAT POLICY, YOU WOULD ESSENTIALLY HAVE TO COME UP WITH A PLAN. 
          THEORETICALLY, UPON REDISTRICTING AND ADOPTING A REDISTRICTING PLAN, THE FULL NINE-MEMBER BOARD WOULD COME UP FOR ELECTION AND YOU'D HAVE TO DEVELOP A PLAN TO STAGGER THOSE TERMS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS WITH THREE-YEAR TERMS A PIECE. 
          >> THE REQUIREMENT FOR US TO STAGGER THOSE IS BASED ON STATE LAW? 
          >> IT IS. IT'S IN CHAPTER 11 OF THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE AS WELL. 
          >> IS IT A CARVE-OUT LAW FOR CERTAIN DISTRICTS OR IS IT FOR EVERY DISTRICT IN THE STATE? 
          >> IT IS NOT ESSENTIALLY EVERY DISTRICT IN THE STATE. 
          BUT FOR THE FACT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS IN THE CONTEXT OF SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTING AND REDISTRICTING, EVERY DISTRICT IN THE STATE IS BASICALLY LOCKED IN EITHER ON A ROUGHLY FOUR-YEAR TERM AND BIENNIAL ELECTIONS OR ANNUAL ELECTIONS AND THREE-YEAR TERMS AND YOU ALL HAVE, AT THIS POINT, ANNUAL ELECTIONS AND THREE-YEAR TERMS. 
          >> WHAT DISTINGUISHES THOSE TWO GROUPS OF DISTRICTS? 
          >> ESSENTIALLY, AND FOR THE MOST PART OVER THE LAST, I WOULD SAY MAYBE 10-ISH YEARS. 
          WHEN THERE HAS BEEN AN AVAILABILITY UNDER LAW TO MOVE TO NOVEMBER ELECTIONS, WHICH IS VERY OFTEN WHAT TRIGGERS THE NEED TO BE BIANNUAL, THOSE ARE THE DISTRICTS THAT MOST OFTEN HAVE FOUR-YEAR TERMS BECAUSE YOU'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE JOINED ELECTIONS WITH EITHER THE COUNTY, LIKE THE [NOISE] GENERAL ELECTION FOR STATE AND COUNTY OFFICERS WHICH IS BIANNUALLY IN NOVEMBER OF EVEN-NUMBERED YEARS, OR TO BE JOINT WITH A MUNICIPALITY WITH WHICH YOU OVERLAP. 
          SO SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT DO HAVE THAT SITUATION AND NOT EVERYONE DOES. 
          >> WHAT CREATES THAT SITUATION? 
          >> WELL LIKE OVERLAPPING WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS. 
          THEY HAVE ANNUAL ELECTIONS, YOU CAN DO THAT. 
          SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS LIKE ITTY-BITTY ONES THAT DON'T HAVE A MUNICIPALITY, THEY MAY HAVE TO GO JOINTLY WITH THEIR COUNTY AND THAT WOULD HAVE MEANT AT SOME POINT IN HISTORY THAT THEY WOULD HAVE HAD TO MOVE TO NOVEMBER ELECTIONS, FOUR-YEAR TERMS, BIENNIAL ELECTIONS, AND ROUGHLY HALF THE BOARD IS UP FOR ELECTION. 
          >> IS THAT A REQUIREMENT WHEN YOU SAID THAT YOU COULD BE ONE OF TWO TYPES OF DISTRICTS, EITHER THREE YEARS, ANNUALLY, OR BIANNUALLY WITH FOUR-YEAR TERM? 
          >> IT'S HARD TO SAY. [LAUGHTER] 
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          >> BEING IN THE SECOND GROUP WITH THE FOUR-YEAR TERMS, DOES IT REQUIRE BEING ON THE NOVEMBER ELECTION SCHEDULE? 
          >> IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY, BUT MOST OFTEN THAT'S THE CAUSE FOR IT. 
          BECAUSE MOST OFTEN IF YOU'RE HAVING FOUR-YEAR TERMS AND BIENNIAL ELECTIONS, IT'S BECAUSE YOU MOVED TO GO TO NOVEMBER AND BE JOINT. 
          >> BUT IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT. 
          >> IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT. 
          >> THE DECISION OF WHICH OF THOSE TWO GROUPS WE FIT IN RESTS WITH THE BOARD OR WITH THE STATE LEGISLATURE? 
          >> IT RESTS WITH THE STATE LEGISLATURE. 
          WHAT HAS HAPPENED OVER TIME IS EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE THE LEGISLATURE WILL SEE FIT TO OPEN A WINDOW FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT WANT TO MOVE, TO MOVE. 
          THERE WAS A BILL ACTUALLY INTRODUCED THIS SESSION THAT DIDN'T REALLY END UP GOING ANYWHERE THAT WOULD HAVE DONE THAT. 
          THAT'S SOMETHING TO WATCH OUT FOR IN THE LEGISLATURE IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'RE INTERESTED IN AS A BOARD. 
          BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, YOUR SITUATION IS THAT YOU HAVE ANNUAL ELECTIONS IN MAY AND [OVERLAPPING] YOU DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO CHANGE THAT. 
          >> BARRING ACTION FROM THE STATE LEGISLATURE, THERE'S NOTHING THAT THIS BOARD COULD DO TO MOVE TO THE FOUR-YEAR GROUP? 
          >> THAT'S CORRECT. 
          >> OKAY. IN THE ABSENCE OF THAT CHANGING IF WE REDID BOARD POLICY COULD MOVE TO TERMINATE INCUMBENCY, BUT IT WOULD THEN REQUIRE THOSE OF US THAT WE'RE ONLY GOING TO BE UP FOR ONE YEAR WOULD HAVE TO RUN FOR A ONE-YEAR TERM AND THEN TURN AROUND AND RUN AGAIN ONE YEAR LATER FOR A THREE-YEAR TERM? 
          >> YEAH. [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> SO WE WOULD GET AS QUICKLY BACK TO THE 333 [OVERLAPPING] [INAUDIBLE]. 
          >> YES, THAT'S RIGHT. YOU WOULD NEED TO MAINTAIN STAGGERED THREE-YEAR TERMS AND IN THIS CASE, BECAUSE YOU HAVE A NINE-MEMBER BOARD, A THIRD OF THE BOARD UP AT A TIME. 
          I GUESS I WOULD JUST SAY I'VE NOT WORKED WITH A DISTRICT THAT HAS EVER CHOSEN TO FOREGO INCUMBENCY JUST FOR THE SHARED DISRUPTION OF IT. 
          YOU ARE ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS. 
          YOU WERE ELECTED TO THESE POSITIONS AND THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH YOU CONSIDERING CONTINUING [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> THAT'S THE NATURE OF MY QUESTION IS [OVERLAPPING] WOULD THERE BE A COMPELLING REASON TO FOREGO INCUMBENCY AND WHAT YOU'VE DESCRIBED IS THAT THERE ISN'T A GOOD REASON TO FOREGO IT. 
          >> I CAN'T THINK OF ONE AND I WOULD DEFER TO MY COLLEAGUES IF THEY CAN, BUT I CAN'T THINK OF ONE. 
          >> OKAY. 
          >> I COMPLETELY AGREE. 
          I HAVEN'T WORKED WITH A SCHOOL DISTRICT AS CHRISSY SAYS THAT HAS VOLUNTARILY DONE THAT BECAUSE OF THE DISRUPTION. 
          >> OKAY. MY SECOND QUESTION IS SEEKING GUIDANCE FOR ALL OF US AT THE BOARD TABLE. 
          CARLOS BEGAN WITH A COMMENT AND THERE'S A COMMENT IN YOUR SLIDES IN HERE THAT TALKS ABOUT TRUSTEE COMMENTARY DURING THIS PROCESS. 
          WE ALL KNOW THAT THIS PROCESS OFTEN LEADS TO LAWSUITS. 
          YOU ALLUDED TO THE FACT THAT THE COMMENTS TRUSTEES MAKE IN PUBLIC SESSIONS COULD PRESUMABLY BE USED AS EVIDENCE IN FUTURE LAWSUITS. 
          I WANT TO INVITE YOU TO GIVE US ALL SOME GUIDANCE ON THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT SHOULD BE AVOIDED AND THE TYPES OF COMMENTS THAT SHOULD NOT BE MADE IN THESE SESSIONS. 
          IN A PERFECT WORLD, IF ALL WE CARED ABOUT WERE WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO THE LAWYERS, AND WE DIDN'T CARE AT ALL ABOUT WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO THE BOARD, WE COULD DO A MAJORITY OF THIS IN CLOSED SESSION. 
          THE REALITY IS, THIS ISN'T ABOUT WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO THE LAWYERS, THIS IS ABOUT WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO THE BOARD AND YOUR COMMUNITIES THAT YOU [NOISE] GUYS REPRESENT. 
          WE'RE NOT ELECTED TO HAVE A VOICE IN THIS. 
          WE WILL TRY TO BE, AND I'VE ALWAYS TOLD THE BOARD IF I THINK YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO MAKE MY JOB AS YOUR LAWYER IMPOSSIBLE OR NEEDLESSLY HARD, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, AND THEN WE MAKE A DECISION. 
          BUT IT IS ONE OF THOSE THAT YOU KNOW IT WHEN YOU SEE IT. 
          >> I THINK THIS BOARD IS COMMITTED TO TRANSPARENCY. 
          WE WANT TO DO THIS IN PUBLIC. 
          >> SURE. 
          >> BUT WE HAVE A FIDUCIARY OBLIGATION AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT PUTTING THE DISTRICT IN ANY UNTENABLE SITUATION. 
          IF YOU CAN GIVE US SOME EXAMPLES OF THINGS THAT OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE DONE BADLY IN THE PAST THAT HAVE RESULTED IN LITIGATION, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. 
          >> WELL, SO THINGS LIKE THE TIMELINE, THINGS LIKE HOW MUCH COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT YOU'RE GOING TO WANT, HOW YOU WANT THAT STRUCTURED, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. 
          THIS IS JUST ME TALKING, THERE'S OTHER LAWYERS HERE AS WELL. 
          I THINK ARE PERFECTLY, NEED TO BE OUT IN THE OPEN AND CAN BE AND SHOULD BE OUT IN THE OPEN. 
          IN FACT, IN MY VIEW, THE ONLY THING THAT STANDS OUT TO ME RIGHT NOW AS A POTENTIAL RED FLAG THAT I'M ON MY, [BACKGROUND] WELL, [LAUGHTER] YES. 
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WE COULD TALK IN CLOSED SESSION ABOUT HOW CLOSED SESSION SHOULD WORK, BUT WHEN WE GET TO THE CRITERIA AND THE SPECIFICS OF THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I FEEL IS AN AREA THAT IS PROBABLY WELL-SUITED FOR A CLOSED SESSION. 
          YOU CAN TALK ABOUT IT ALL YOU WANT THERE. 
          >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS THERE? 
          >> YEAH. I WOULD JUST SAY, I THINK IF YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE JUST TALKED TO YOU ABOUT OR THE CONSIDERATIONS THAT DO NEED TO GO INTO THIS, IF YOUR COMMENTS THAT SUGGESTED WE WERE GOING TO DO SOMETHING COUNTER TO THOSE. 
          IF SOMEONE SAID, "I REALLY WANT TO MOVE THIS LINE OVER HERE SO THAT I CAN PRESERVE, BECAUSE THE PEOPLE THAT BELONG TO THIS COUNTRY CLUB WANT TO BE IN THIS SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICT." THAT MIGHT BE THE THING THAT YOU DON'T WANT. 
          IT ISN'T PROPERLY A CONSIDERATION IN THE PROCESS. 
          >> WHAT IF I WERE TO SUGGEST THAT I THINK IT'S CRITICAL THAT HIGH SCHOOL FEEDER PATTERNS OVERLAP WITH TRUSTEE DISTRICTS? 
          >> THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT. 
          NOW, THAT MAY NOT BE A VIABLE OPTION IN OUR WORK. 
          WE MAY DISCOVER THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO PRESERVE THOSE, BUT THERE'S NOTHING INHERENTLY ILLEGAL ABOUT SAYING THAT. 
          WHERE YOU WOULD RUN INTO TROUBLE, WHERE YOU COULD GET YOURSELVES INTO LITIGATION [NOISE] IS IF TRUSTEES COME TO THE TABLE IN A SPIRIT THAT IS COUNTER TO THE LEGAL PRINCIPLES THAT WE'VE JUST TALKED ABOUT. 
          DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? I KNOW WE'VE TALKED IN BROAD STROKES ABOUT WHAT SOME OF THESE LEGAL PRINCIPLES ENTAIL, BUT ENSURING ONE PERSON, ONE VOTE, EQUAL VOTING STRENGTH FOR YOUR VOTERS. 
          IF WE WERE TO BRING TO THE TABLE CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT, WELL, I'D REALLY LIKE TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT OF SUCH AND SUCH A GROUP IN VOTING, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD VERY EASILY GET YOU SUED. 
          >> IT SHOULD. 
          >> THAT MAKE SENSE? 
          >> OKAY. THANK YOU. 
          >> IF WE HAVE TIME, WE'LL COME BACK FOR A SECOND ROUND. 
          >> TRUSTEE FOREMAN. 
          >> I'M GOING TO TAKE A WHOLE DIFFERENT APPROACH. 
          MINE IS ABSOLUTELY TRANSPARENCY TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          I WASN'T ON THE BOARD THROUGH THE LAST THREE REDISTRICTING, BUT I WAS INVOLVED. 
          I WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          THE LAST TIME, WE ACTUALLY HAD PEOPLE FROM THE LEGAL TEAM GOING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, AND RECORDING THE SESSIONS, AND TRYING TO BRING BACK THAT INFORMATION. 
          I'M WONDERING IF WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS I DON'T WANT TO DO IS TO TRY TO DO THINGS IN THE DARK AND THEN HAVE MY COMMUNITY JUMPING ME ABOUT IT. 
          I HAVE A VERY VOCAL COMMUNITY, IS THAT ONE OF THE MEMBERS SIT BACK THERE RIGHT NOW. 
          I DON'T WANT TO HEAR THAT. 
          I WANT TO TRY TO HAVE THIS PROCESSES OPEN AS POSSIBLE. 
          I WOULD LIKE A CONSIDERATION AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS OF HOW MANY MEETINGS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IN EACH TRUSTEE DISTRICT AND ACTUALLY WHO'S GOING TO CONDUCT THOSE MEETINGS AND THEN HOW DO WE COMPILE THAT INFORMATION AS A PART OF THE PROCESS? YOU GOT THAT ONE? GO AHEAD. 
          >> TO ME, THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF A PERFECTLY APPROPRIATE DISCUSSION TO HAVE HERE IN THE OPEN, AND IT'S GOING TO BE UP TO YOU ALL. 
          WE CAN GIVE PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS BASED ON WHAT WE'VE DONE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT REALLY, WE JUST SIT BACK AND LET THE BOARD DO ITS THING. 
          >> OKAY. THE OTHER THING THAT I WANT TO KNOW, AND I GUESS THIS IS A QUESTION TO THE BOARD PRESIDENT, ARE WE IN FACT GOING TO HAVE A COMMUNITY COMMITTEE THAT WILL WORK WITH THE LAWYERS AND WORK WITH US ALSO TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS IN A VERY OPEN MANNER IN REGARDS TO THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS? 
          >> THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THIS MEETING RIGHT HERE, TO VOICE THOSE THINGS. 
          WHAT I'VE HEARD YOU SAY SO FAR IS, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE FROM THE LEGAL TEAM TO GO OUT TO THE COMMUNITY IN EACH OF THESE DISTRICTS AND GET FEEDBACK. 
          HOW ARE WE COMPILING THAT INFORMATION? PROVIDING FEEDBACK IN YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON THE ROLE OF A COMMUNITY COMMITTEE, ETC, THAT IS VERY APPROPRIATE FOR THIS CONVERSATION. 
          OTHER BOARD MEMBERS, I'M SURE, WILL WEIGH IN WITH THEIR OWN THOUGHTS. 
          WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN FROM ALL THIS INFORMATION THAT'S PUT OUT TODAY IS, THE LEGAL TEAM IS GOING TO TAKE THOSE IDEAS, IT'S GOING TO PUT TO A DALLAS ISD PROCESS THAT WILL COME BACK TO THE BOARD ALONG WITH SCOPE, IDEALLY IN AUGUST. 
          THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THIS IS FOR. 
          GO AHEAD AND SHARE THOSE THOUGHTS AND DESIRES AND WHAT YOU THINK IS IMPORTANT. 
          >> OKAY. FROM THE DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS, DO WE IN FACT BELIEVE THAT WE WILL HAVE THE DATA FROM THE CENSUS IN TIME? 
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IS IT LOOKING LIKE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT DATA, BECAUSE IT'S BEEN UP AND DOWN. 
          THAT'S A RHETORICAL QUESTION. 
          IF WE DON'T HAVE THE DATA, MR. PRESIDENT, THEN WHAT FALLBACK PROCESS WILL WE HAVE IN PLACE INSTEAD OF GETTING TO THE NINTH HOUR AND THEN SAYING, "WE DON'T HAVE THE DATA." WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? I THINK THAT IS ANOTHER SUGGESTION THAT I WOULD LIKE TO LAY ON THE TABLE. 
          IS THAT OKAY WITH YOU? WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, WHICH I DIDN'T GET A REAL CLARIFICATION ON, WHAT'S THE STATE LAW REQUIREMENTS IN ELECTION CODE 11.052? DOING THOSE REQUIREMENTS, SPECIFICALLY, JUST GIVE ME A BRIEF UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THOSE REQUIREMENTS ARE ON THE ELECTION CODE 11.052. 
          >> SURE. 
          >> [INAUDIBLE] THE SLIDES. 
          >> YEAH. SEVERAL OF THE SLIDES ADDRESS THESE. 
          IT'S A LITTLE HERE AND THERE. 
          >> YEAH. 
          >> YEAH. 
          >> IT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING. 
          >> IN GENERAL, 11.052, A, IT TALKS ABOUT THE ABILITY OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT TO MOVE TO SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS AND HOW THAT MIGHT WORK. 
          BUT THEN IT ALSO TALKS ABOUT REQUIREMENTS FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT HAVE SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS AND WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT. 
          IN 11.052, YOU WILL FIND THE REQUIREMENT RELATED TO THE POPULATION DEVIATION. 
          THAT'S THE FIRST THING, IS IF THE MOST POPULOUS, SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICT AND THE LEAST POPULOUS HAVE A DEVIATION OF MORE THAN 10 PERCENT, YOU HAVE TO REDISTRICT. 
          IT TALKS ABOUT THE 90 DAYS, THEY'LL LIST A REFERENCE. 
          NINETY DAYS BEFORE AN ELECTION AT WHICH YOU'RE GOING TO USE REDRAWN MAPS, YOU HAVE TO HAVE GONE THROUGH THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS USING THOSE DATA FROM THE DECENNIAL CENSUS. 
          THAT'S AN 11.052. 
          THE PROVISION ABOUT THE COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD THAT WOULD BE ELECTED FROM SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS, THAT'S AN 11.052. 
          THE PROVISION ABOUT SCHOOL DISTRICTS WITH STUDENT ENROLLMENT OF 150,000 OR MORE AND NOT CROSSING PRECINCT BOUNDARIES, THAT'S AN 11.052. 
          [OVERLAPPING] ALL THESE LITTLE BITS AND PIECES THAT WE'VE THROWN AT YOU, THEY'RE ALL THERE. 
          >> I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD. 
          >> YEAH. 
          >> ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT I HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT IS, IS THAT THE SHAPE OF SOME OF OUR DISTRICTS, SOME OF THEM STRETCH FROM ONE END OF TOWN TO THE OTHER END OF TOWN. 
          WILL WE BE LOOKING AT THAT BECAUSE IT'S NOT REALLY CONTIGUOUS IF YOU REALLY LOOK AT IT. 
          IT'S NOT AT ALL. 
          YOU HAVE SPECIFIC AREAS OF TOWN THAT ARE SMALLER AREAS THAT HAVE AT LEAST THREE REPRESENTATIVES, AND THAT'S WEST DALLAS. 
          WELL, HAVE COMMITTED TO THEM, THAT I WOULD DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO TRY TO WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE ONE REPRESENTATIVE. THEY GOT THREE. 
          I WANT TO MAKE SURE, MR. PRESIDENT, THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT THOSE KINDS OF THINGS AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS THAT WE DISPROPORTIONATELY PUT SOME COMMUNITIES NOT IN A GOOD SHAPE BECAUSE THEY HAVING TO DEAL WITH THREE REPRESENTATIVES. 
          AS I TELL PAM ALL THE TIME, I DON'T LIKE DEALING WITH ALL THESE DIFFERENT EDS, I GOT A DIFFERENT PERSONALITY, AND EVERYBODY COMES TO THE TABLE WITH SOMETHING DIFFERENT. 
          [NOISE] I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US MAKE SURE THAT WE LOOK AT THAT AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS. 
          THAT'S JUST ONE AREA THAT I BOUGHT UP, BUT I THINK IT'S FAIR TO ADDRESS THAT AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS. 
          THAT'S ALL I HAVE NOW. I'D LIKE TO DO A SECOND. 
          I JUST NEED TO GO THROUGH MY NOTES. 
          >> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE FOREMAN. TRUSTEE CARREON? 
          >> THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION [INAUDIBLE] TAKE THIS OFF. 
          CAN I DIRECT YOU TO THE PROPOSED REDISTRICTING TIMELINE, MAY 22 SLIDE? [INAUDIBLE] THAT THESE TWO THINGS I WANT TO ADD. 
          I MEAN, THE TIMELINE MAKES SENSE TO ME, BUT JUST SPECIFICALLY AS WE LOOK AT, I GUESS, THE THIRD BLOCK DOWN AND THE FOURTH BLOCK DOWN, THE AUGUST TO SEPTEMBER AND THEN SEPTEMBER TO NOVEMBER BLOCKS. 
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I THINK WE ALL AGREE ON ONE THAT WE WANT OBVIOUSLY COMMUNITY FEEDBACK. 
          WHAT'S UNCLEAR TO ME HERE AND I THINK WHAT I WANT TO SEE IS THAT WE ALSO GET SOME FORM OF INITIAL FEEDBACK BEFORE THE INITIAL REDISTRICTING PLAN THAT THE DEMOGRAPHER CREATES. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS CLEAR IN THIS. 
          IN CASE IT WASN'T, I KNOW YOU ALL ARE ASKING FOR FEEDBACK. 
          IN CASE IT WASN'T, WHAT I WANT TO SEE IS NOT JUST THE PLAN AND THEN FEEDBACK ON THE PLAN, BUT SOME FEEDBACK INITIALLY BEFORE THE PLAN IS CREATED. 
          JUST THAT. THEN ALSO, I KNOW IT'S POSSIBLE NOW IN 2021 THAT THERE'S PRETTY ACCESSIBLE REDISTRICTING SOFTWARE THAT CAN BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. 
          I WOULD HIGHLY SUPPORT THAT ANYTHING THAT WE CAN MAKE AVAILABLE AND ACCESSIBLE VIA OUR WEBPAGE THAT COMMUNITY CAN WORK ON AND SUBMIT THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS TO US, I WOULD BE HIGHLY SUPPORTIVE OF. 
          THOSE ARE MY TWO THINGS NOW. 
          I MAY HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHERS IN A SECOND. 
          >> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE CARREON. TRUSTEE JOHNSON. 
          >> YES. I WANT TO ASK THIS QUESTION HERE. 
          [INAUDIBLE] AND MAYBE I HAVE THE WRONG UNDERSTANDING, SO THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING. 
          HOW CAN WE PROMISE ANY COMMUNITY ANYTHING WITHOUT US KNOWING WHAT'S GOING ON? WHETHER IT'S WEST DALLAS, OAKLEY, OR WHATEVER? THAT WAS ALARMING TO ME. 
          HOW CAN WE DO THAT? IS THAT LEGAL? HOW CAN WE EVEN TALK? I HAVEN'T TALKED TO MY COMMUNITY AT ALL BECAUSE WE'RE STILL TALKING. HOW CAN WE DO THAT? 
          >> CAN I ANSWER SINCE THAT'S REGARDING ME? 
          >> WELL, TRUSTEE JOHNSON. [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> YES, I'M AN ISD COUNCIL. 
          [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> IF I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION, TRUSTEE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE JUST HAVING TO DEAL WITH AS A REALITY IS THAT THE TIMING OF THE RELEASE OF THE INFORMATION HAS REALLY COMPACTED WHAT NORMALLY WOULD BE A 3-4 MONTHS LONGER MINIMUM PROCESS. 
          THAT'S JUST AN UNFORTUNATE REALITY OF WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH HERE, THAT ASSUMING WE GET THE DATA, AND AS TRUSTEE FOREMAN MENTIONED EARLIER, ASSUMING WE ACTUALLY GET THE DATA THAT THEY'VE ALREADY PROMISED US ONCE, WE'RE GOING TO GET IT AND WE DIDN'T GET IT. 
          NOW, THE PROMISE IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET IT IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER. 
          IF WE GET IT, WHEN THEY SAY THEY'RE GOING TO GET IT EARLY ENOUGH TO TRIGGER OUR NEED TO USE THE INFORMATION, THEN WE'RE IN THIS CRUNCH. 
          WHAT WE DID IS WE CAN'T AFFORD TO WAIT TO SEE, ''OH, ARE THEY GOING TO GIVE IT TO US ON THE DAY THEY GAVE IT TO US?'' THEN IT TURNS OUT THEY DO THAT, AND THEN WE'RE THAT MUCH FARTHER BEHIND, SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF THAT. 
          WE WON'T HAVE THE DATA TILL WE HAVE IT, BUT WE ARE TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF THE PROCESS AS MUCH AS WE CAN, INCLUDING LOOKING AT THE 2010 DATA THAT WE'VE HAD. WE HAVE THAT. 
          WE ALREADY HAVE SOME IDEAS BASED ON WHAT THAT LOOK LIKE WHETHER WE ACTUALLY BELIEVE THAT WE WILL CROSS THAT 10 PERCENT TRIGGER TO WHERE WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE TO DO THIS ENTIRE REDISTRICTING PROCESS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          THINGS LIKE THAT. THE PART ABOUT THE GETTING THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND GETTING THE INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY, WE DO THINK THERE'S TIME TO BE ABLE TO DO IT, BUT WE DO HAVE AN AMBITIOUS TIMETABLE AND WE'RE UP AGAINST IT AND WE HAVE TO REALLY EXECUTE WELL. 
          >> WE WILL USE OLD DATA THAT DOES NOT SUPPORT THE GROWTH THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED? 
          >> WELL, I GUESS MY TAKE ON IT WOULD BE AND OF COURSE, THIS IS UP TO THE TRUSTEE IS THIS REALLY ISN'T A LEGAL DECISION, I DON'T THINK. 
          BUT MY TAKE ON IT WOULD BE THAT THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE GOING TO USE, FOR EXAMPLE, IS FOUR COMMUNITY MEETINGS ENOUGH? DOES IT NEED TO BE EIGHT? DOES IT NEED TO BE THREE? THOSE TYPES OF GENERAL PROCESS QUESTIONS ARE PERFECTLY, WE CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION TODAY. 
          WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE DATA IN ORDER TO DO THAT. 
          THAT'S WHAT TODAY IS ABOUT, IS REALLY JUST GETTING WHAT STRUCTURE ARE WE GOING TO USE IN PLACE TO THEN DIGEST THE DATA, APPLY THE DATA TO IT, AND COME UP WITH A PLAN THAT EVERYBODY CAN LIVE WITH. 
          >> THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT THE COMMUNITY SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN THAT TABLE. 
          I'M A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER. 
          MY STRONG POINT IS MAKING SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY IS INVOLVED AND KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON. 
          IT'S OUR JOB AS A ELECTED OFFICIALS TO EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE INVOLVED, SO I DO AGREE WITH THAT. 
          THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTION. 
          >> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE JOHNSON. 
          TRUSTEE HENRY, FOLLOWED BY TRUSTEE GARCIA. 
          >> GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          I WANT TO PIGGYBACK MORE INTERESTING MARSHALL WAS SAYING MAYBE I SHOULD ASK IS PRESIDENT MACKEY. 
          BUT IS THERE ANY TYPE OF GUIDANCE WE CAN GET FROM LEGAL COUNSEL IN REGARDS TO WHEN THE DISTRICT IS HAVING THESE COMMUNITY MEETINGS, 
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MORE SPECIFICALLY OF TRUSTEES ARE HAVING THESE COMMUNITY MEETINGS. 
          WHAT TYPE OF LANGUAGE WE STAY AWAY FROM OR WHAT TYPE OF TOPICS WE SHOULD STAY AWAY FROM. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S BEEN A SPECIFIC LITIGATION THAT YOU CAN POINT TO AS THIS WAS SAID IN DISTRICT SO-AND-SO AND THEY GOT SUED. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT LITIGATION WOULD DO TO OUR PROCESS? COULD THEY SUE US DURING THE PROCESS OR TO LIKE? 
          >> YOU KNOW. 
          >> I'LL TAKE THAT ONE. I THINK THAT WOULD BE PREMATURE. 
          I THINK THAT IN TERMS OF NOT HAVING A PLAN IN PLACE OR A PLAN ADOPTED FORMALLY, THAT WOULD UNDERMINE ANY TYPE OF LAWSUIT OR CLAIM WITH RESPECT TO AVOIDING RIGHTS ACT LITIGATION. 
          BUT CERTAINLY AS CHRIS EXPLAINED EARLIER TO THE EXTENT THAT THERE ARE STATEMENTS OR COMMENTS THAT ARE MADE THAT ULTIMATELY COULD BE USED. 
          SAY A YEAR FROM NOW OR A YEAR AND A HALF FROM NOW WITH REGARDS TO A FINAL PLAN THAT'S BEEN ADOPTED. 
          >> IF IT'S A WAY OF GET SOME GUIDANCE. [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. I CAN COMMIT TO THAT AND WE'LL PUT TOGETHER A DO'S AND DON'TS AND MORE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL TO DO THAT FOR ALL TRUSTEES IN THIS PROCESS. 
          >> THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE'RE, I DON'T WANT TO SAY GET IN TROUBLE THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT WORD, BUT THE PUBLIC WILL TELL US WHATEVER THEY TELL US. 
          THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE US THEIR FEEDBACK. 
          IF WE ACCURATELY WRITE THAT DOWN, THAT'S FINE. 
          THAT'S NOT ON US, THEY CAN TELL US WHATEVER THEY WANT. 
          IT'S WHAT WE DO WITH IT THAT WILL IMPACT US. 
          OF COURSE, THE OTHER THING IS, THE LAST LAWSUIT WE WERE INVOLVED IN THEY DID FILE, IT'S BEFORE THE ELECTION TRYING TO IMPACT HOW THE ELECTION IS GOING TO GO. 
          BUT THAT'S BECAUSE IN THAT PARTICULAR CASE, THEY WERE SAYING YOU NEED TO BE USING SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS. 
          IT WASN'T REALLY EVEN ABOUT HOW THE SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS THEMSELVES WERE DRAWN. 
          IT WAS MORE, ''HEY, WHY DO YOU STILL HAVING THAT LARGE SYSTEM WHEN YOU SHOULD BE USING THE SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS.'' THAT'S VERY DIFFERENT. 
          HERE, WE'RE ALREADY HAVE NINE SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS AND I DON'T WANT TO SAY TWEAKING, BUT WE'RE REDRAWING BOUNDARIES THAT ALREADY EXIST. 
          THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT AS WELL. 
          >> YEAH. LET ME BE CLEAR. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT SPECIFICALLY WHAT PUBLIC SAYS, THEIR COMMENTS OR I'M TALKING ABOUT TRUSTEES AND THINGS THAT WE'RE SAYING. 
          IF I WENT AROUND SAYING I WANT TO PACK THIS DISTRICT, SOMEWHAT SO IT'S PROBLEMATIC. THAT'S AN EASY ONE. 
          WHAT ARE SOME OF THE ONES THAT YOU WOULD RECOMMEND, WE'LL STAY AWAY FROM THE PUBLIC IS GOING TO SAY WHAT THEY WANT. 
          I'M FINE WITH THAT. WRITE IT DOWN. 
          SURE. WHAT SHOULD I NOT BE SAYING? 
          >> I THINK ANY EASY LITMUS TEST THAT THIS IS LISA MCBRIDE SPEAKING FROM BEHIND THE CURTAIN. 
          IN AUGUST WHEN YOU COME BACK AND ACTUALLY ADOPT. 
          IF THAT'S WHAT THE BOARD CHOOSES TO DO A FORMAL PLAN THAT INCLUDES THE PROCESS FOR GETTING TRUSTEE AND PUBLIC INPUT, AS WELL AS THE CRITERIA THAT ANY PROPOSED PLANS WOULD BE JUDGED AGAINST. 
          THAT REALLY CAN'T BE YOUR MARCHING ORDERS IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY TO DISCUSS. 
          STAYING CLOSE TO THE BULLET POINTS THAT YOU ADOPT, WILL KEEP YOU OUT OF TROUBLE WITH RESPECT TO SAYING ANYTHING THAT MIGHT GET YOU INTO LITIGATION. 
          KEEPING YOUR LANGUAGE VERY TIGHT AND CLOSE TO THE PLAN AND IT'S ACTUALLY ADOPTED IN AUGUST. 
          THAT GOVERNS THE PROCESS IN YOUR WORK FROM SEPTEMBER THROUGH DECEMBER. 
          >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE HENRY. TRUSTEE GARCIA. 
          >> GOOD AFTERNOON. I'LL FOLLOW THE DISCUSSION OF COMMUNITY INPUT 2. 
          BUT CARLOS, YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT THE JUST PRACTICAL THINGS THAT WE CAN DO AS A BOARD, GIVEN THAT IT'S OUR CHARGE TO REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND CAN DO THIS COLLECTIVELY TOGETHER. 
          WE JUST ASK FOR A LEGAL OPINION ON THIS ISSUE, BUT I THINK I'D LIKE TO KNOW ALSO WHAT'S WORKED IN OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND JUST THE PRACTICAL BETTER WAYS FOR US TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE INVOLVING AS MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS POSSIBLE. 
          PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE THAT HAVE THE VOTER LAW ENGAGEMENT THAT WE SEE THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          I'M NOT SURE IF YOU HAVE JUST EVEN TOP THREE THAT YOU'VE SEEN IN HIGH-LEVEL OVERVIEW. 
          >> I WOULD WANT TO HEAR FROM LISA AND CHRISTIAN LAURA ABOUT ACTUAL REAL LIFE EXAMPLES OF THEIRS. 
          BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT, HOW YOU STRUCTURE THE PROCESS. 
          THE MORE GRANULAR YOU GET AND THE MORE DECENTRALIZED YOU GET IN TERMS OF PUTTING IT MORE DIRECTLY IN THE HANDS OF THE PUBLIC. 
          PHILOSOPHICALLY, FOR SOMEONE WHO WANTS TRANSPARENCY AND YOU WANT THE PUBLIC THAT RESONATES. 
          THE COUNTER SIDE TO THAT, OF COURSE, IS THAT THAT TAKES PROBABLY LONGER THAN WE HAVE THIS TIME. 
          IN OTHER WORDS, IN A NORMAL SITUATION NON COVID WHERE WE HAD THE DATA WELL IN ADVANCE, THAT'S A LITTLE MORE REASONABLE OR A LITTLE MORE DOABLE. 
          I DO THINK HERE WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE PUSHING IT. 
          YOU HAVE A COUNTER INTEREST, YOU WANT TO BE AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE OR YOU WANT TO GIVE THE PUBLIC AS MUCH CHANCE TO BE INVOLVED. 
          BUT YOU HAVE TO SHEPHERD THAT A LITTLE BIT HERE. 
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BECAUSE WE DO HAVE TO DO IT WITHIN THESE TIME FRAMES THAT WE HAVE. 
          THAT'S JUST MY GENERAL THOUGHT. 
          >> TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I THINK I'VE TOTALLY WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE WITH CARLOS JUST SAID. 
          IN WORKING WITH DISTRICTS OF VARIOUS SIZES, THERE HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT APPROACHES. 
          BECAUSE ULTIMATELY THE IDEA IN TERMS OF TRYING TO REACH THESE PRINCIPLES ARE FACTORS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT. 
          IT DOES MEAN HEARING BACK FROM THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          WHERE DOES OUR NEIGHBORHOODS START? WHERE DOES IT END AND SO FORTH. 
          THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT. 
          HOW DO YOU GET THAT INPUT? I THINK ONE OPTION THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH, CERTAINLY THERE ARE COMMITTEE, WHETHER THEY BE MADE UP OF BOARDS AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. 
          BUT I AGREE THAT I THINK THAT DOES ELONGATE THE PROCESS. 
          IF THE INTENT IS TO PROVIDE AN EFFICIENT OR AN EXPEDITED PROCESS GIVEN WITH WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS GIVEN US, PUT US IN THIS SITUATION THEN THAT'S GOING TO BE TIGHT. 
          BUT THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TO GET THAT COMMUNITY INPUT ON PLANS, WHETHER THAT'S PROPOSED PLANS THAT HAVE BEEN DEPENDING ON WHERE WE ARE IN THE STAGE OF THE PROCESS. 
          RIGHT NOW, IT'S ABOUT EDUCATION. 
          RIGHT NOW, IT'S ABOUT EDUCATING THE BOARD AND IN TURN EDUCATING THE COMMUNITIES THAT YOU REPRESENT. 
          FOLLOWING THAT, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A PLAN OPTIONS THAT ARE UP FOR REVISION BASED ON SOME OF THE PRINCIPLES THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SO THAT WE CAN GET BACK TO FAIRLY EQUAL POPULATION. 
          THEN YOU HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO DO INDIVIDUAL TOWN HALL MEETINGS TO GET THAT INPUT. 
          WE'VE SEEN THAT IN SOME OF THE LARGER DISTRICTS, AT LEAST THAT WE HAVE WORKED WITH. 
          WHERE THERE ARE MEETINGS WHERE WE INVITE THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND HEAR FROM THEM IN TERMS OF INPUT ON SAYING, ''OKAY, HERE ARE PLANS A, B, AND C. LET'S HEAR FROM YOU.'' ALLOWING BASICALLY PUBLIC COMMENT IN THAT VENUE. 
          THOSE ARE LONG MEETINGS. 
          THEY ARE NOT SHORT AND SWEET MEETINGS BECAUSE YOU'RE WANTING TO GIVE EVERY OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE MEMBERS THAT ARE IN THAT DISTRICT TO GIVE THEIR INPUT TO SAY, ''YOU CAN'T PUT THAT LINE THERE BECAUSE THERE'S A BUILDING RIGHT THERE THAT'S NOT SHOWING UP.'' BECAUSE THE DEMOGRAPHER IS WORKING WITH WHAT THEY HAVE IN TERMS OF THE DATA. 
          BUT IT'S THE PEOPLE AT THE SOURCE THEY'RE GOING TO TELL YOU WHETHER IT'S VIABLE, IN ADDITION TO THE LEGAL FACTORS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT. 
          BUT KRISSY, I KNOW YOU HAD ANOTHER THOUGHT OR ANYTHING? 
          >> SURE. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, I THINK, ANOTHER THING THAT WILL BE IMPORTANT IS FOR US TO WORK WITH YOUR STAFF TO CAPITALIZE ON SOME OF THE OUTREACH LESSONS THEY LEARNED DURING COVID ABOUT WHAT WORKS AND WHAT DOESN'T. 
          SOME OF THE VIRTUAL PLATFORMS THAT WE'VE ALL BECOME VERY ADEPT AT USING, THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE HERE. 
          WE CAN CAPITALIZE ON SOME OF THAT. 
          SOME OF THAT WILL MAKE IT EASIER AND MORE EFFICIENT TO REACH PEOPLE. 
          BUT WE KNOW THAT WHEN WE GO TO AN ELECTRONIC PLATFORM, THERE'S THE WHOLE SEGMENTS OF OUR POPULATION THAT WE MISS. 
          THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH YOUR STAFF TO TRY TO MAKE SURE WE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE LOW HANGING FRUIT IN TERMS OF OUTREACH, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          BUT THEN WE ALSO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT MISSING WHOLE SEGMENTS OF YOUR VOTERS IN THAT. 
          THAT WILL REQUIRE US TO BE A LITTLE BIT CREATIVE TO MAKE GOOD USE OF THE TIME THAT WE HAVE. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU.. 
          >> ANYONE ELSE FOR FIRST ROUND? TRUSTEE FLORES. 
          >> FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND YOUR TIME. 
          IN TERMS OF THE OUTREACH AND HAVING MEETINGS, DO YOU THINK THAT ONE OF YOU GUYS NEEDS TO BE PRESENT EVERY TIME WE HAVE ONE OF THESE? IS THERE A REASON TO HAVE LAWYERS IN THE ROOM DURING A COMMUNITY MEETING REGARDING YOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL? WHERE WE'RE JUST PUTTING OUT THIS INFORMATION. 
          I'M A LAWYER, SO I BELIEVE IN THE FULL EMPLOYMENT ACT OF LAWYERS. 
          [NOISE] THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING BECAUSE WHEN I DID THIS 10 YEARS AGO AND 12 YEARS AGO, I HAD A WHOLE BUNCH OF COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND MAYBE FOR THE FORMAL DISTRICT ONES THERE WERE LAWYERS THERE. 
          BUT I DON'T REMEMBER HAVING ONE OF YOU GUYS AT EVERY ONE OF MY MEETING WHETHER IS IN [INAUDIBLE] AT WDI. 
          I WELCOME YOUR INPUT ON THAT. 
          IS THERE ANYTHING DIFFERENT NOW THAN 10 YEARS AGO THAT SAYS, OH, YOU GUYS, I NEED A WHOLE SQUAD OF LAWYERS THERE? 
          >> I WOULD SAY IN MY VIEW, THE SHORT ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS NO. 
          THERE'S NOT ANYTHING TERRIBLY DIFFERENT THIS TIME AROUND. 
          I DON'T SEE THE COMPRESSED TIME FRAME AS BEING RELEVANT TO THE IDEA OF WHETHER LAWYERS NEED TO BE AT THAT, I THINK DEPENDING ON HOW DECENTRALIZED YOU MAKE THIS. 
          IF THE BOARD ASKS US TO BE AT THESE MEETINGS, WE WILL BE AT THOSE MEETINGS. 
          BUT IF YOU'RE ASKING US OUR OPINION, 
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I DON'T THINK A LAWYER NEEDS TO BE AT EVERY SINGLE MEETING THAT I THINK YOU ALL ARE GOING TO END UP ADAPTING. 
          THAT'S JUST MY PERSONAL VIEW, BUT I'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM THE OTHERS. 
          LISA IS BEHIND THE CURTAIN, I CAN'T TELL WHEN SHE WANTS TO TALK OR NOT. 
          >> CARLOS, I AGREE WITH YOU. 
          IF THE PURPOSE OF THE MEETINGS IS REALLY TO SHARE THE PLAN AND THE PROCESS AND TO JUST SEEK FEEDBACK, I DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARY FOR A LAWYER TO BE AT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE MEETINGS. 
          ANOTHER IDEA TO PIGGYBACK ON AN EARLIER TRUSTEES QUESTION ABOUT WAYS OF GETTING COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, GIVEN OUR COMPRESSED TIMELINE, IS USE OF YOUR WEBSITE AND PITTING PROPOSED PLANS ON THE WEBSITE AND OPENING UP THE ABILITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO COMMENT ON THE WEBSITE. 
          NOW THAT DOESN'T CAPTURE ALL ASPECTS OF YOUR COMMUNITY AND WE'LL HAVE TO BE SENSITIVE TO THAT. 
          BUT THAT IS A WAY OF AT LEAST CAPTURING SOME SEGMENTS OF THE COMMUNITY. 
          ALSO, INFORMATIONAL VIDEOS CAN SPEED UP THE EDUCATION PROCESS THAT WE EITHER MAKE AVAILABLE AT CAMPUSES OR WE MAKE AVAILABLE ON YOUR WEBSITE THAT SPEED UP THE EDUCATION PROCESS FOR A COMMUNITY MEETING. 
          YOU CAN REALLY DIVE RIGHT IN AT A COMMUNITY MEETING, PULLING UP YOUR SLEEVES AND LOOKING AT WHAT'S A COMMUNITY OF INTERESTS, WHAT NEEDS TO BE PRESERVED, WHAT CAN BE RE-BALANCED IF NEED TO IN ORDER TO OBSERVE THE 10 PERCENT RULE. 
          THOSE ARE JUST AWESOME THINGS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO ADOPT ANYONE. 
          IT COULD BE A COMBINATION TO MEET ALL THE DIFFERENT NEEDS OF YOUR VARIOUS COMMUNITIES. 
          >> WERE YOU GOING TO ADD SOMETHING TO THAT? SURE, PLEASE. 
          >> I WANTED TO ADD A LITTLE BIT THERE. 
          MY NAME IS WESLEY [INAUDIBLE] AND MY BACKGROUND IS IN DALLAS AND ALSO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS [NOISE] I AGREE WITH CARLOS WHEN HE SAYS THAT THERE'S NOTHING THAT WOULD CHANGE THAT WOULD CAUSE YOU TO HAVE TO HAVE LAWYERS AT YOUR COMMUNITY MEETINGS. 
          BUT WHAT YOU WANT TO BE SENSITIVE TO IS CAPTURING THE COMMUNITY SENTIMENT, WHAT THEIR INPUT IS. 
          IF IT DOESN'T REALLY COME TO US, THEN IT'LL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT TO IMPLEMENT. 
          THE QUESTION THAT I WOULD POSE BACK IS HOW ARE WE CAPTURING WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS SAYING? ARE WE RECORDING?ARE WE REVIEWING IT LATER? WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO, BUT YOU CAN BE THE DECIDERS OF WHAT YOUR COMMUNITY NEEDS. 
          BUT IF IT COMES DOWN TO COMPILING THAT INFORMATION, GETTING IT BACK TO US SO THAT IT CAN BE A PART OF THIS PROCESS, THEN THAT WOULD BE THE KEY PIECE THERE. 
          WE CAN AVOID THE LAWYERS AT THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS, BUT WHAT DO WE DO WITH THAT DATA GATHERED? 
          >> BUT ULTIMATELY, YOU GUYS, YOU'RE PLANNING WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING. 
          YOU'RE HERE TO ASSIST US WITH GETTING THIS DONE. 
          IF I HAVE A COMMUNITY MEETING WITH THE NORTH DALLAS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MAYBE WITH TRUSTEE MARSHALL BECAUSE WE OVERLAP THAT GENERAL AREA, THEN WE CAN GATHER THAT FEEDBACK FOR OUR DECISION-MAKING BECAUSE WE'RE THE ONES WHO ARE GOING TO VOTE AT THE END. 
          AGAIN, I LOVE LAWYERS. 
          I'M A LAWYER MYSELF. I WORK BY THE HOUR LIKE ALL OF US DO, MOST OF US. 
          BUT I THINK THAT THE COMMUNITY INPUT IS CRITICAL. 
          BUT THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, NOT JUST THE PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHIC COMMUNITIES, BUT THINGS LIKE THE NORTH DALLAS CHAMBER OR THE HISPANIC CHAMBER, OR DIFFERENT CHURCHES OR ORGANIZATIONS. 
          I PLAN TO HAVE 10, 15, 20, 30 MEETINGS WITH DIFFERENT GROUPS, SOME COULD BE JUST SMALL COFFEES. 
          I'VE JUST NOT SEEING THE VALUE. 
          I BELIEVE IN ADDING VALUE AS A LAWYER AND [LAUGHTER] I'M NOT SEEING THE VALUE. 
          MAYBE WHEN WE HAVE BIG MULTI-DISTRICT, WE SAY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 12 DISTRICT-WIDE MEETINGS OR NINE, ONE IN EACH TRUSTEE DISTRICT, THEN IT MAKES TOTAL SENSE BECAUSE THESE ARE MORE OPEN TO DIFFERENT FOLKS. 
          THAT'S WHY I RAISED THE ISSUE BECAUSE I CERTAINLY VALUE YOU ALL'S INPUT. 
          BUT AGAIN, ULTIMATELY, WHEN IT COMES TO THE DISTRICT 1 COMMUNITY, I'M THE ONE THAT'S ULTIMATELY RESPONSIBLE. 
          >> ONE THING I WANT TO ADD TO THAT IS I THINK WHAT WILL BE CRUCIAL IS FOR THE TRUSTEES TO REACH A COMMON UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THE MESSAGING AT THOSE MEETINGS AND TO THE EXTENT THAT THERE IS AN [INAUDIBLE] IT'S JUST INFORMATION GATHERING, BUT I THINK THE VALUE THAT WE COULD ADD WOULD BE A, TO THE EXTENT YOU HAVE TRUSTEES THAT AREN'T COMFORTABLE HANDLING IT WITHOUT A LAWYER AND THEN B, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE SOME AGREEMENTS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO COMMUNICATE AND WHAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO AS A BOARD. 
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          >> LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT THAT. IN LITIGATION, ESPECIALLY IN TRIAL, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS GET TO THE ACTUAL TRIALS. 
          I HAVEN'T TO, MIKE, I'M A PATENT ATTORNEY, SO I'VE ONLY BEEN IN A HANDFUL. 
          BUT WHAT WE DID IN THOSE IS WE ACTUALLY HAD A FIVE-MINUTE VIDEO THAT INTRODUCE WHAT IS THE PATENT SYSTEM AND WHAT DOES THE PATENT DO? THERE ARE VIDEOS THAT YOU HIRE COMPANIES, YOU GUYS HIRE THE COMPANIES ALL THE TIME, THAT MAYBE WE COULD GENERATE A FIVE OR EIGHT-MINUTE VIDEO THAT EXPLAINS THIS WHOLE PROCESS THAT THEN ALL OF US COULD USE AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR MEETING, THE SAME WAY WE DO IN LITIGATION SO THAT WE'RE EDUCATING ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE JURY GET THE SAME EDUCATION THAT WOULD THEN HAPPEN IN ALL OUR DISTRICTS. 
          ALL OF YOU GOT SOMETHING OFF THE SHELF ALREADY OR WE'D HAVE TO HAVE IT MADE, BUT I FOUND THOSE PERSONALLY TO BE SUPER USEFUL BECAUSE IT LEVEL SETS. 
          IF SOMEBODY DIDN'T GET SOMETHING, YOU CAN BACK IT UP AND PLAY IT AGAIN. 
          THAT'S JUST SUGGESTION. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE DONE THAT BEFORE, BUT NOW WITH TECHNOLOGY, MAYBE IT'S EASIER TO DO THAN 10 YEARS AGO. 
          I THINK THAT MAY HELP US ALL BECAUSE THAT WAY, IT'S AN END WE AGREE ON. 
          WE WATCH IT AND THE TRUSTEES VOTE TO SAY YES, THIS IS GOING TO BE OUR VIDEO. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU GUYS COULD DO. [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AS A MATTER OF FACT. 
          >> THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. 
          >> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE FLORES. DR. HINOJOSA. 
          >> TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT SUGGESTION THAT WAS MADE BY ONE OF THE ATTORNEYS AND AS A TOOL HAS BEEN VERY VALUABLE TO THE DISTRICT AND IT WOULD ACCOMPLISH A LOT OF THINGS, LIKE RECORD THE COMMENTS, IS THESE HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING A LOT OF AUDIENCE IN OUR TOWN HALLS. 
          THEY ARE A LITTLE BIT EXPENSIVE AND WE HAVE TO ORGANIZE THAT AHEAD OF TIME, BUT WE USE IT DURING THE BOND ELECTION, DURING THE PANDEMIC. 
          WE USE IT DURING OUR BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. 
          WE USE IT DURING OUR COVID FEDERAL DOLLARS PROCESS. 
          WE HAVE HAD SOME MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES SO THAT MAY BE A SUGGESTION THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER AS PART OF YOUR OPPORTUNITIES. 
          >> THANK YOU, DR. HINOJOSA. TRUSTEE MICCICHE. 
          >> WELL, THANK YOU. I WAS ACTUALLY THINKING ALONG SIMILAR LINES AS TRUSTEE FLORES AND THE SUPERINTENDENT REGARDING TRYING TO DEVELOP A COMMON UNDERSTANDING AND A COMMON MESSAGE OF WHAT THE GROUND RULES ARE FOR REDISTRICTING. 
          I ACTUALLY THOUGHT THAT THE BOND DESIGN CHARRETTES WORKED FAIRLY WELL WHERE WE HAVE A GENERAL SUMMARY OF WHAT GOES ON IN THE DESIGN OF A REPLACEMENT SCHOOL AND THEN A BREAKOUT INTO SEPARATE GROUPS. 
          BUT THE IDEA THAT WE COME UP WITH SOME WAY TO HAVE A COMMON STATEMENT OF WHAT THE GROUND RULES ARE AND THAT WE RECORDED. 
          ONE OF THE GOOD THINGS ABOUT DOING THE ONLINE MEETINGS IS THEY CAN BE RECORDED AND PEOPLE CAN GET TO THEM. 
          ONE OF THE, I GUESS, SILVER LININGS OF THE PANDEMIC IS PEOPLE NOW KNOW HOW TO GET ON AN ONLINE RECORDING. 
          I WOULD THINK FOR MY DISTRICT, I WOULD WANT TO DO A COMBINATION OF ONLINE MEETINGS AND LIVE MEETINGS. 
          BUT I WOULD THINK IF WE'RE GOING TO DO A LOT OF MEETINGS THAT THERE PERHAPS COULD BE A STANDARD DAY THAT WE DO, OR IF WE'RE GOING TO DO 10 OF THEM, AND THAT SEEMS LIKE A LOT IN THAT SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME, BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO ONE EVERY TWO WEEKS THAT PERHAPS THERE WOULD BE A SCHEDULE FOR A DISTRICT ONLINE MEETING WITH THE SAME SUMMARY GOING TO EACH ONE OF THE DISTRICTS AND THEN THE BREAKOUT SESSIONS. 
          THEN WE CAN DO THE OTHER ONES THAT ARE INDIVIDUALIZED AND PERSONAL. 
          BUT IT SEEMS TO ME WITH THE SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WE HAVE, WE NEED TO GET IT RIGHT. 
          WE CAN'T HAVE WHAT DAN TRYING SUMMARIZE WHAT HE THINKS THE RULES ARE IN HIS OWN COMMUNITY MEETING AND THEN EDWIN SUMMARIZING WHAT HE THINKS THE RULES ARE WITHOUT HAVING THAT COMMON UNDERSTANDING AS A BACKGROUND. 
          IN ALL OF THESE MEETINGS, THERE SHOULD BE PLENTY OF ROOM FOR THE TRUSTEES TO RESPOND TO QUESTIONS AND SO FORTH. 
          BUT I DO THINK THAT WE'VE GOT A TIGHT TIMELINE, WE NEED TO SEND OUT A CONSISTENT MESSAGE, WE NEED TO HAVE A LOT OF MEETINGS, WE NEED TO GET THE INFORMATION RECORDED. 
          SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE USE OF 
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THE ONLINE TOOL THAT WE USED WITH RESPECT TO THE DESIGN CHARRETTES. THANKS. 
          >> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE MICCICHE. 
          I'LL JUST MAKE A FEW STATEMENTS. 
          BUT FIRST, I WANT TO USE SOME OF MY TIME. 
          I'VE BEEN TAKING NOTES WHAT I'M HEARING FROM TRUSTEES. 
          I WANT JUST SHARE WHAT I'VE HEARD AND ALLOW PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CLARIFY ANYTHING AS WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ALL THIS BACK AND BUILD A PROCESS THAT'S GOING TO COME IN AUGUST. 
          FROM TRUSTEE FOREMAN, I HEARD SOME IMPORTANT POINTS THAT CAME THROUGH FOR YOU, WHERE THAT IN THE PAST, THERE WERE PEOPLE FROM THE LEGAL TEAM IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE TRUSTEE THAT WENT TO EACH COMMUNITY AND HELD A MEETING, AND THAT HAD BENEFICIAL IMPACTS, AND THAT WAS MENTIONED AS SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE. 
          ALSO, A CLEAR PROCESS ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO COMPILE AND USE THE INFORMATION THAT COMES BACK, AND I'VE HEARD THAT ECHOED BY A NUMBER OF TRUSTEES ABOUT, HOW ARE WE GETTING THIS INFORMATION, HOW WE'RE USING THE INFORMATION. 
          TRUSTEE FOREMAN, YOU RAISED THE POINT OF A COMMUNITY COMMITTEE AND WHAT WOULD THEIR ROLE BE, WHAT'S THE BACKUP PLAN IF THE DATA IS NOT AVAILABLE BY SEPTEMBER, RELY ON LAWYERS TO HELP US SORT THROUGH THAT. 
          THEN YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING THAT IS TOP OF MIND FOR YOU AROUND SHAPE OF DISTRICTS AND JUST HAVING THAT AS WE GO THROUGH AS IT'S ONE OF THOSE CRITERIA THAT WAS LISTED. 
          FROM TRUSTEE CARREON, HE MENTIONED AROUND GETTING INITIAL FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY. 
          THIS IS ONE THAT I PERSONALLY ALSO UNDERSCORE. 
          I THINK THAT IT'S OUR ROLE AS TRUSTEES TO BE THE VOICE IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND GO SOLICIT THAT. 
          I WOULD ENCOURAGE US AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A PROCESS WHERE WE ARE ACTUALLY EQUIPPED WITH THE DO'S AND DON'TS AND WHAT WE NEED AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR SO WE CAN GO OUT, TALK TO OUR COMMUNITY, AND COME TO THE TABLE HERE PREPARED TO BRING THOSE CONVERSATIONS. 
          ALSO, THE MENTION OF IF THERE'S A WAY TO HAVE INTERACTIVE REDISTRICTING SOFTWARE THAT PEOPLE CAN USE AND LOOK AT. 
          FROM TRUSTEE JOHNSON, HIGHLIGHTING THE NEED OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND HAVING COMMUNITY MEETINGS. 
          TRUSTEE HENRY, AROUND THE DO'S AND DON'TS FOR TRUSTEES AND PUBLIC. 
          I MADE SOME OTHER NOTES HERE. I THINK THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US. 
          A COUPLE OF TRUSTEES HAVE ASKED, TRUSTEE MARSHALL, TRUSTEE HENRY, ABOUT BEING CLEAR WITH THE TRUSTEES, AND ALSO WE CAN PUT THAT PUBLICLY SO PEOPLE KNOW IT CAN BE PART OF OUR GROUNDWORK VIDEO OR WHATNOT THAT SHOWS THIS. 
          THAT IS DO'S AND DON'TS FOR TRUSTEES WHEN YOU'RE HAVING THESE MEETINGS, WHAT'S INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE BOUNDS OF LAW. 
          BUT ALSO, I THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KNOW WHAT'S THE TYPE OF INFORMATION FROM YOU ALL AS LAWYERS WHO'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WHAT'S THE TYPE OF INFORMATION THAT'S MOST VALUABLE FOR US TO GLEAN FROM OUR COMMUNITIES? I HEARD YOU MENTIONED SOME OF THIS. 
          WHERE DO NEIGHBORHOOD FEEL LIKE NEIGHBORHOOD STARTS AND STOPS, WHERE THESE DIVIDES ARE, WHAT PEOPLE FEEL ALIENATED FROM DISTRICTS OR NOT? LIKE THOSE THINGS WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL FOR US TO KNOW GOING INTO IT. 
          TRUSTEE FLORES BROUGHT THE IDEA OF SOME VIDEO ABOUT THE PROCESS OR SOME FOUNDATION THAT WE CAN ALL USE AND HAVE A COMMON UNDERSTANDING AND BE SHARING A COMMON UNDERSTANDING WHICH I WHOLLY UNDERSCORE. 
          I KNOW TRUSTEE MICCICHE UNDERSCORED THAT AS WELL. 
          BUT ALSO BEING THOUGHTFUL AND JUDICIOUS ABOUT WHEN WE NEED LAWYERS AT MEETINGS AND WHEN WE DON'T. 
          WHAT I'M HEARING AND WHAT I ALSO BELIEVE ON THIS IS, WE DEFINITELY WANT SOME MEETINGS WHERE LAWYERS ARE PRESENT BECAUSE THERE'S LEGAL QUESTIONS THAT WE WON'T BE ABLE TO ANSWER, BUT SETTING THOSE, BUT THAT DOESN'T ALSO PRECLUDE TRUSTEES FROM DOING A LOT OF THIS GROUNDWORK AND GOING OUT AND TALKING TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 
          THEN TRUSTEE MICCICHE UNDERSCORING, HOW DO WE SUMMARIZE THE RULES AND LAY THE GROUNDWORK? THAT IS WHAT I WANTED TO JUST SHARE. 
          I WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE BEFORE WE GO INTO SECOND ROUND. 
          IF I'VE MISS-CLARIFIED SOMETHING, TRUSTEES HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADD CLARITY OR SHARE OTHER THOUGHTS AROUND THIS PROCESS. 
          WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE INTO SECOND ROUND. 
          WE'LL START WITH TRUSTEE MARSHALL, FOLLOWED BY TRUSTEE FOREMAN. 
          >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. COUPLE OF QUICK THINGS, JUST COMMENTS FROM OTHER PEOPLE THAT I WOULD COSIGN ON. 
          I DEFINITELY THINK WE NEED TO BE GETTING AS MUCH FEEDBACK AS POSSIBLE ON THE WEBSITE. 
          I DEFINITELY LIKE THE INTRO VIDEO IDEA THAT EDWIN MENTIONED, AND I DEFINITELY THINK WE SHOULD LEVERAGE TELE-TOWN HALLS TO GET AS MUCH FEEDBACK AS POSSIBLE. 
          BUT I WOULD REALLY COSIGN ON WHAT TRUSTEE CARREON MENTIONED AND PROBABLY GENTLY PUSH BACK ON YOUR COMMENT, CARLOS, THAT I THINK IF WE MAKE [NOISE] REDISTRICTING MAPPING SOFTWARE AVAILABLE FOR FREE ON OUR WEBSITE AND THEN HAVE A REPOSITORY WHERE COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN UPLOAD MAPS THAT THEY GENERATED THEMSELVES, I THINK IF WE PUT A TIMELINE ON THAT, WE CAN SIMULTANEOUSLY MEET THE NEED FOR SPEED WITH THE NEED FOR TRANSPARENCY AND COMMUNITY INPUT, AND WHETHER WE ONLY GET 50 MAPS UPLOADED FROM CONSTITUENTS OR 5,000 MAPS UPLOADED. 
          THAT'S UP TO HOW MANY PEOPLE WANT TO PROACTIVELY ENGAGE 
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AND UPLOAD THE MAPS THAT THEY MAKE TO OUR WEBSITE. 
          BECAUSE TO ME, THIS SEEMS LIKE A PRIME OPPORTUNITY FOR CROWDSOURCING A SOLUTION. 
          IF WE LET THE COMMUNITY FULLY ENGAGE ON THIS AT NO COST TO THEM BY GIVING THEM THE FREE SOFTWARE, WE GET WHAT WE GET. 
          WE MIGHT GET 50, WE MIGHT GET 5,000. 
          I HOPE WE GET SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN SO WE CAN ACTUALLY DIGEST IT. 
          BUT I THINK WE OUGHT TO CROWDSOURCE THIS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. 
          THEN I AGREE WE NEED TO DO IN-PERSON MEETINGS, AT LEAST ONE IN EVERY TRUSTEE DISTRICT. 
          THOSE ARE SOME THINGS I WOULD JUST CLARIFY AND COSIGN ON FROM PREVIOUS COMMENTS. 
          A COUPLE OF NEW COMMENTS THOUGH THAT I WOULD ADD, ONE I ALLUDED TO EARLIER, I THINK ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT COULD COME FROM THIS PROCESS IS ALIGNING TRUSTEE DISTRICTS WITH FEEDER PATTERNS. 
          I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE CONSISTENTLY MOST CONFUSING THINGS FOR PARENTS, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND CONSTITUENTS THAT THEY CANNOT FIGURE OUT HOW THEY LIVE IN THE HILLCREST FEEDER PATTERN, I'M USING MY DISTRICT TO EXAMPLE, BUT THEY CANNOT FIGURE OUT HOW THEY LIVE IN HILLCREST FEEDER PATTERN, AND I'M THE REPRESENTATIVE OF HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOL, BUT EDWIN IS THEIR TRUSTEE. 
          IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO THEM. 
          I GET THAT THERE WILL BE OTHER REASONS WHY WE'RE NOT ABLE TO PERFECTLY ALIGN FEEDER PATTERNS WITH TRUSTEE DISTRICTS, BUT I AM CONVINCED THAT WE NEED TO DO OUR BEST TO TRY TO LINE THEM UP AS MUCH AS WE CAN. 
          WHAT'S CONVINCED ME IS, IN THE FIVE OR SIX YEARS I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD, I HAVE WATCHED WHAT'S HAPPENED TO NORTH DALLAS HIGH SCHOOL AND ITS RESOURCE ALLOCATION, AND TREATMENT, AND PROGRAMS AND POLICIES, AND BOARD VOTES. 
          I THINK THAT THE REASON WHY NORTH DALLAS HAS BEEN UNDER-INVESTED IN AS A SCHOOL FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS [LAUGHTER] IN DIST IS BECAUSE IT HAS FOUR TRUSTEES THAT REPRESENT THAT FEEDER PATTERN. 
          IT'S THE POINT AT WHICH FOUR DIFFERENT TRUSTEE DISTRICTS ALIGN. 
          TO TRUSTEE FOREMAN'S EARLIER COMMENT ABOUT THREE TRUSTEE DISTRICTS ALIGNING IN WEST DALLAS, THERE'S FOUR ALIGNING IN [LAUGHTER] NORTH DALLAS HIGH SCHOOL AND I HAVE THE HIGH SCHOOL, BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY OF THE SCHOOLS THAT FEED INTO IT. 
          THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE, AND AS A RESULT, THAT SCHOOL GETS LESS. 
          I WILL ALSO ADD THAT WHEN YOU PUT IT IN MY TRUSTEE DISTRICT, WHERE 90 PERCENT OF THE VOTERS WHO VOTE IN MY DISTRICT ARE IN THE WOODROW AND HILLCREST FEEDER PATTERN. 
          IF YOU'RE A TRUSTEE WHO IS ONLY PAYING ATTENTION TO TRYING TO MAKE YOUR CONSTITUENTS HAPPY, YOU DON'T GIVE NORTH DALLAS ANYTHING. 
          YOU TAKE ALL THAT AND YOU GIVE IT TO WOODROW AND HILLCREST. 
          I'VE STRIVED HARD NOT TO DO THAT, BUT THAT'S WHAT THE NATURAL HUMAN INCENTIVE STRUCTURE IS FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS, IS TO MAKE THE PEOPLE THAT VOTE HAPPY, AND THAT WE NEED TO LINE UP THE FEEDER PATTERNS IN A WAY THAT OVERLAPS WITH THE TRUSTEE DISTRICTS. 
          IF TRUSTEE CARREON HAD ALL OF THE NORTH DALLAS FEEDER PATTERN, THAT VOTER TURNOUT IN MY DISTRICT IS MEANINGLESS. 
          BUT IN HIS DISTRICT, THAT WOULD BE A BIG DEAL AND THAT WOULD ALIGN HIS INCENTIVES WITH THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE KIDS IN THE NORTH DALLAS FEEDER PATTERNS. 
          I THINK WE'VE REALLY GOT TO PRIORITIZE FEEDER PATTERN ALIGNMENT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. 
          TO THAT END, I DON'T KNOW WHO TO REQUEST THIS. 
          I'M NOT SURE IF I'M MAKING A REQUEST OF THE ADMINISTRATION OR A REQUEST OF THE ATTORNEYS, BUT I HAVE LOOKED AS MUCH AS I CAN ONLINE TRYING TO FIND A MAP THAT SIMULTANEOUSLY SHOWS THE MAP OF THE TRUSTEE DISTRICTS AND THE MAP OF THE FEEDER PATTERNS DOWN TO THE STREET LEVEL, AND IT DOES NOT EXIST. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT MAP. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S AN INTERNAL REQUEST OF THE DISD'S DEMOGRAPHERS OR REQUEST OF YOU GUYS, BUT I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WAIT ON THE CENSUS DATA FOR THAT. 
          I'M NOT ASKING FOR POPULATION NUMBERS. 
          I JUST WANT TO SEE A STREET LEVEL MAP THAT OVERLAYS THE TRUSTEE DISTRICT CURRENT BOUNDARIES WITH THE FEEDER PATTERN CURVED BOUNDARIES AND I'D LIKE TO GET THAT AS QUICKLY AS I CAN. 
          THE OTHER TWO NEW IDEAS I WOULD BRIEFLY MENTION THAT WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT IS THERE'S BEEN SOME CONVERSATION AND THE BOARD PRESIDENT JUST MENTIONED, WHAT'S THE MOST USEFUL THING FOR US TO TRY TO GET FROM OUR COMMUNITIES, AND HIS IDEA WAS WHERE NEIGHBORHOODS BEGIN AND END. 
          I WOULD REPOSITION THAT SAME IDEA A LITTLE BIT AND SAY, I THINK WE NEED TO GET A RUNNING LIST OF CURRENT NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE HAVE ACCIDENTALLY DIVIDED. 
          I CAN'T COMMENT ON WHAT THOSE ARE AND EVERYBODY ELSE'S DISTRICT, BUT I KNOW THERE ARE SOME IN MINE. 
          LIKE IN MY DISTRICT, PRESTON HOLLOW IS ONE VERY CONSISTENT NEIGHBORHOOD. 
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ANYBODY THAT LIVES IN PRESTON HOLLOW CAN TELL YOU WHAT THE BORDERS OF PRESTON HOLLOW ARE. 
          BUT WE HAVE A LINE GOING RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE OF IT. 
          [LAUGHTER] I REPRESENT THE EAST SIDE OF IT AND EDWIN REPRESENTS THE WEST SIDE OF IT. 
          IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY DAMN SENSE, IT'S ONE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          THERE ARE NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE THAT ALL OVER DALLAS THAT I THINK WE HAVE ACCIDENTALLY DIVIDED. 
          I WOULD TRY TO GET AT LEAST A START OF A LIST FROM THE NINE OF US, AND THEN START BUILDING ON THAT LIST WITH COMMUNITY INPUT. 
          THEN TRY OUR BEST TO KEEP THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS WHOLE IN THE NEW MAPS THAT WE COME UP WITH. 
          THEN THE LAST IDEA I WOULD MENTION WHICH THIS MIGHT GIVE THE ADMINISTRATION A HEART ATTACK, BUT [LAUGHTER] THE BOUNDARY COMMITTEE IS NOT ONE THAT MEETS VERY OFTEN. 
          I WOULD SUBMIT TO YOU WHEN WE DO THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS, AND HOPEFULLY, WE TRIED TO ALIGN FEEDER PATTERNS AS MUCH AS WE CAN WITH TRUSTEE DISTRICTS. 
          IF WE, FOR THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS, HAVE A REALLY GOOD REASON TO KEEP A SCHOOL OR A SERIES OF SCHOOLS OUT OF THAT FEEDER PATTERNS TRUSTEE DISTRICT FOR A GOOD REASON THAT IS A VALID REDISTRICTING REASON, I WOULD SUBMIT THAT WE SHOULD REACTIVATE THE BOUNDARY COMMITTEE, AND THAT ANY SCHOOL THAT WE INTENTIONALLY KEPT OUT OF THE TRUSTEE'S DISTRICT, BE SUBJECT TO REVIEW BY THE BOUNDARY COMMITTEE. 
          WITH THE IDEA OF MAYBE IF THERE WAS A REASON THAT THAT SCHOOL SHOULDN'T BE IN THE TRUSTEE DISTRICT, MAYBE IT'S IN THE WRONG FEEDER PATTERN. 
          THERE MIGHT BE A GOOD REASON WHY IT'S ON THE FEEDER PATTERN, SO I THINK THE BOUNDARY COMMITTEE, IF THEY LOOKED AT EACH ONE OF THOSE, MIGHT COME BACK AND SAY, ''YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THIS ONE AS IT IS BECAUSE OF CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS IN THE SCHOOLS OR TRANSPORTATIONAL REASONS,'' OR WHATEVER THE VALID REASON MAY BE. 
          BUT I THINK WE SHOULD AT LEAST TRIGGER OF THE EVALUATION BY THE BOUNDARY COMMITTEE OF ANY SCHOOL THAT WE INTENTIONALLY EXCLUDE FROM THE REDRAWN TRUSTEE DISTRICTS. 
          THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. THANKS. 
          >> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE MARSHALL. TRUSTEE, FOREMAN. 
          >> ONE OF MY QUESTIONS HAS BEEN ANSWERED AND THAT WAS WOULD WE ACCEPT PUBLICLY DRAWN MAPS. 
          I'M ASSUMING THAT WE'RE SAYING THAT WE WILL ACCEPT PUBLICLY DRAWN MAPS. 
          I'M HOPING THAT WE'RE SEEING THAT AND WE'LL TAKE THOSE INTO CONSIDERATION. 
          FOR CLARITY ON A COUPLE OF THINGS. 
          MY REQUEST FOR LAWYERS TO BE AT A MEETING WAS NOT EVERY COMMUNITY MEETING THAT WE HAVE. 
          THAT MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE. 
          MY REQUEST WAS IS THAT THERE BE A LAWYER AT A COMMUNITY MEETING TO RECORD WHAT THE PUBLIC IS SAYING. 
          THE REASON I DON'T WANT THE TRUSTEES BRINGING IT BACK, I WANT IT TO BE CLEAR WHAT THEY SAID. 
          I DON'T WANT NOTES, I WANT SOMEBODY TO ACTUALLY TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND COMPILE THAT INFORMATION SO THAT AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT THE PUBLIC IS REQUESTING. 
          IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO ME TO KNOW WHAT THE PUBLIC IS REQUESTING IN DISTRICT 1, DISTRICT 2, DISTRICT 3. 
          I'M IN DISTRICT 6, SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO MEET AND KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          JUST AS I SPOKE ABOUT WEST DALLAS, THE LAST REDISTRICTING WAS AN ISSUE AND THEY ENDED UP WITH THREE TRUSTEES. 
          IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ME TO GET A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT PEOPLE WANT THROUGHOUT THE CITY ALTHOUGH I REPRESENT ONE PARTICULAR DISTRICT, I AM CONCERNED ABOUT PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. 
          JUSTIN WILL TELL YOU SOUTH DALLAS WHERE I GREW UP. 
          I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IN AND I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO BE TRYING TO HAVE SOME INPUT ON WHAT HAPPENS NO MATTER OF WHAT SOMEONE SAYS. 
          IN MY DISTRICT, I KNOW WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT USING TECHNOLOGY TO DO MEETINGS. 
          I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALSO HAVE IN-PERSON MEETINGS BECAUSE I HAVE PEOPLE WITHIN MY DISTRICT, THAT WILL PROBABLY END UP DRAWING MAPS LIKE THEY GOT BACK THERE. 
          I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT JUST TRYING TO RELY ON TECHNOLOGY, THAT WE'RE ALSO OPEN TO THE PUBLIC MEETINGS AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, AND THEY WOULD BE IN-PERSON MEETINGS. 
          THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT I'D LIKE TO JUST LEAVE WITH. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE FOREMAN. 
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ANY OTHER TRUSTEES? [NOISE] 
          >> I HAVE SOMETHING. 
          >> TRUSTEE HENRY. 
          >> I'LL BE BRIEF. I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO SUPPORT PUBLIC SUBMITTING MAPS AND GETTING THE CROWDSOURCING IDEA THAT TRUSTEE MARSHALL WAS DESCRIBING. 
          BUT I KNOW IS THE PRESIDENT, MATTHEW. 
          AT SOME POINT, I THINK WHEN IT GETS PRESENTED TO THIS BOARD SHOULD BE CONSOLIDATED. 
          I THINK IT'S CROWDSOURCING YOU WANT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. 
          I DON'T THINK IT'S FEASIBLE OR PRACTICAL FOR US TO LOOK AT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NUMBER IS, 50, I THINK IS A LOT OF MAPS FOR US TO FIGURE OUT TO KNOW WHICH ONE IS THE BEST MAP. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT PROCESS LOOKS LIKE, BUT IF WE CROWDSOURCE AND OPEN UP TO THE PUBLIC, I THINK THERE SHOULD BE SOME PROCESS FOR US TO GET SOME NUMBER OF MAPS THAT ARE MANAGEABLE FOR A BODY OF NINE. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT NUMBER IS. 
          I KNOW A 100 IS WAY TOO MUCH IN MY OPINION. 
          GETTING THAT INPUT AND SOMEBODY BEING ABLE [NOISE] TO SET THE SIZE OR US SET THE SIZE AREA TILL IT GETS TO A LOWER AMOUNT, BEFORE WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION ON WHAT MAP WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE. 
          [NOISE] 
          >> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE HENRY. ANYONE ELSE FOR SECOND ROUND? 
          >> TRUSTEE, FLORES. 
          >> JUST A REMINDER THAT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WANTED TO DO LAST TIME WE DID THIS REDISTRICTING. 
          ONE WAS TO KEEP PRECINCTS TOGETHER SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE THIS DIFFICULTY, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THE STATE HAS ALREADY FIXED THAT. 
          IS THAT MY UNDERSTANDING? WE HAVE TO KEEP PRECINCTS TOGETHER NOW? 
          >> WHAT THE EDUCATION CODE PROVIDES IS THAT, A DISTRICT OF THIS SIZE IN TERMS OF STUDENT ENROLLMENT, YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO DRAW A SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT BOUNDARY LINE THAT CROSSES A PRECINCT LINE UNLESS IT IS A SCHOOL DISTRICT BOUNDARY LINE THAT ALSO CROSSES THE DALLAS ISD BOUNDARY LINE THAT CROSSES A PRECINCT LINE, THEN WE CAN MAINTAIN CONTINUITY. [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> BETWEEN DALLAS ISD IN RICHARDSON ISD, THAT'S SPLIT. 
          THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT IT. 
          >> EXACTLY. 
          >> BUT WITHIN OUR OWN DISTRICT, [OVERLAPPING] I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL PRECINCTS IN MY AREA, THE EDGES THAT ARE SPLIT PRECINCTS. 
          PART OF IT IS IN DROVES DISTRICT, THIS PART OF IT IS IN MY DISTRICT, SO WE'RE GOING TO FIX THAT THIS TIME. 
          >> WE ARE GOING TO DO THE BEST WE CAN. 
          WE'VE ASKED OUR DEMOGRAPHER TO OVERLAY THE PRECINCT BOUNDARIES SO THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THOSE AS WE'RE WORKING. 
          >> THAT'S POSSIBLE? 
          >> SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND IS SOMETIMES THOSE PRECINCTS GETS SPLIT OVER THE 10 YEARS AS THE COUNTY MAKES CHANGES BECAUSE THEY ARE REQUIRED TO CONSOLIDATE OR SPLIT PRECINCTS. 
          IF THEY GROW TOO LARGE, THE COUNTY PRECINCTS OVER A CERTAIN NUMBER OF PEOPLE, EVEN WITHIN A TEN-YEAR PERIOD OF TIME. 
          WE MIGHT START OFF, NOT HAVING SPLIT ANY PRECINCTS FOR BY THE TIME YOU'RE AT THE END OF A 10 YEAR PERIOD WE HAVE THEY'RE ALSO REDISTRICTING AT THE SAME TIME. 
          SOMETIMES IF WE JUST ABSOLUTELY CANNOT AVOID SPLITTING A PRECINCT FOR ONE OF THESE MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE. 
          SOMETIMES THEY CAN MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO HOW THEY'RE CATEGORIZING THAT PRECINCT TO HELP US NOT SPLIT IT BECAUSE THEY'RE REDISTRICTING AT THE SAME TIME AND SO THEY CAN TAKE IT INTO ACCOUNT. 
          THERE CAN BE SOME WORKING WITH THE COUNTY. 
          WE TRY TO GET IT DOWN TO AS FEW AS POSSIBLE AND IF THERE'S SOME THAT WE JUST CAN'T AVOID SPLITTING BECAUSE IT VIOLATES SOME OTHER PRINCIPLE THERE MAY BE A WAY TO WORK SOMETHING OUT WITH A COUNTY WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING AT THEIR PRECINCTS AT THE SAME TIME. 
          THEY'LL KIND OF DRAW THEM ALONG OUR LINE IF THEY CAN, IF IT DOESN'T AFFECT THEIR REDISTRICTING. 
          >> GOT IT. THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE THAT SOME OF THEM MAY HAVE BEEN SPLIT SINCE THE LAST TEN YEARS. 
          >> WE'LL ASK AND WE WILL COORDINATE WITH THEM AND THEN THEY'LL DO WHATEVER THEY DO. 
          BUT IT'S A CONSIDERATION AND WE KNOW THE RIGHT PEOPLE ARE AND HAVE CONTACTS WITH THEM. 
          WE'VE DEALT WITH THE COUNTY WAY MORE THAN WE USUALLY DEAL WITH DCS AND VON CONTESTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. 
          SO WE'RE COORDINATING WITH THEM. 
          >> THE OTHER THING IS THAT ULTIMATELY WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO REBALANCE THESE DISTRICTS AND THAT MEANS SOME OF US ARE GOING TO HAVE TO LOSE SOME PARTS AND SOME OF THEM ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GAIN SOME PARTS. 
          MY RECOLLECTION OF THE LAST TIME, THAT WE DID THIS PROCESS TEN YEARS AGO BECAUSE I WAS ACTUALLY HERE WAS THAT IT ENDED UP BEING MOSTLY BETWEEN TRUSTEES THAT THOSE DISCUSSIONS OCCURRED? I HAD TO LOSE A LITTLE PIECE OF MY DISTRICT TRUSTEE MADONNA WAS THE TRUSTEE OF THE TIME, SO WE JUST FIGURED OUT WHERE I WOULD LOSE SOME PRECINCTS. 
          IT WAS RELATIVELY STRAIGHTFORWARD, BUT THE COMMUNITY INPUT ON THIS IS A LOT OF FUN AND IT'S GOOD TO GET OUT THERE. 
          LISTEN TO WHAT THE OTHER COMMUNITY HAS TO SAY. 
          I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TODAY AND GIVING US A TIMELINE AND REMINDING US THAT THIS WILL BE A CRUNCH. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU TRUSTEE FLORES. 
          ANYONE ELSE FOR SECOND ROUND? I'LL JUST GO FOR A BRIEF BIT. 
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I THINK SOME OF THESE IDEAS HAVE BEEN GREAT AND THIS HAS BEEN SUPER HELPFUL TO HELP CLARIFY AND HOPE THE LEGAL TEAM HAS HEARD A LOT OF THE DIFFERENT IDEAS HERE I HEAR A LOT OF OVERLAP. 
          COSIGN TRUSTEE HENRY'S POINT ABOUT WE CAN'T COME BACK WITH 50 MAPS AND TRY TO GO THROUGH THEM ALL. 
          I WOULD HOPE THAT WE THINK ABOUT THIS PROCESS. I AGREE. 
          I THINK IT'D BE GREAT TO BE ABLE TO TAKE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, HAVE A STRUCTURE FOR IT, TO TAKE IDEAS FOR MAPS, HAVE A PROCESS THAT SYNTHESIZES THAT MAYBE OVER ONE OR TWO MONTHS, DOWN TO THREE MAPS THAT COULD COME BACK FOR PUBLIC DISCUSSION BASED ON ALL THE INPUT WE'VE GOTTEN TO THAT POINT. 
          DISCUSSION COULD BE HAD ON THOSE SIMPLIFIED DOWN TO ONE MAP THAT WOULD GO THROUGH ADJUSTMENTS FROM THAT POINT ON. 
          THAT'S HOW I WOULD ENVISION THAT AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT AND I APPRECIATE TRUSTEE HENRY FOR BRINGING THAT POINT UP. 
          IF WE HAVE NO ONE ELSE FOR SECOND ROUND, TRUSTEE MADONNA. 
          >> I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION I FORGOT TO ASK. 
          >> GO FOR IT. 
          >> BY THE WAY TO EDWARDS POINT, I THINK WE CAN ALREADY START HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS. 
          THE PRELIMINARY DATA ON WHAT WE THINK THE CENSUS WILL SAY, IT SHOWS THAT DISTRICTS ONE, FOUR AND NINE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO NEED TO GIVE TERRITORY AWAY. 
          YOU CAN ALL START [NOISE] THINKING ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND HAVE THEM. 
          MY QUESTION IS AROUND THE INCUMBENCY CONVERSATION WE WERE HAVING IN THE FIRST ROUND OF DISCUSSION WHEN MY TIME RAN OUT. I FORGOT TO ASK. 
          I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LAW THAT WE'VE ENCOUNTERED ON THIS BOARD. 
          A COUPLE YEARS AGO THAT REQUIRES A TRUSTEE TO REMAIN LIVING IN THEIR OWN DISTRICT EVEN AFTER THEIR ELECTION HAS CONCLUDED, SO THEY CAN'T MOVE OUT OF THEIR OWN DISTRICT. 
          YOU ALSO SAID THAT WE COULD VOTE PER STATE LAW AND BOARD POLICY TO GRANT INCUMBENCY. 
          WHICH ONE OF THOSE TWO THINGS TRUMPS THE OTHER? I'M ASKING SPECIFICALLY IN THE CASE THAT WE WERE TO REDRAW A BOUNDARY THAT WOULD EXCLUDE A TRUSTEE FROM THE DISTRICT IN WHICH THEY LIVE. 
          BUT THEY'RE THE INCUMBENT. 
          CAN THEY STAY THE INCUMBENT EVEN THOUGH THEY NO LONGER LIVE IN THEIR DISTRICT OR DO THEY LOSE THEIR SEAT BECAUSE THEY DON'T LIVE IN THEIR DISTRICT ANYMORE? 
          >> I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THAT. 
          IF YOU ARE CHOOSING THE PHASE AND APPROACH, MEANING THAT ALL YOUR NEW SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS DON'T COME ONLINE AT THE SAME TIME. 
          THEY PHASE IN AS THE CURRENT TRUSTEES TERM PHASES OUT, THEN THAT TRUSTEE TECHNICALLY, IS NOT OUT OF THEIR DISTRICTS BECAUSE THE NEW DISTRICT HASN'T BEEN PHASED IN YET. 
          THESE DISTRICTS WILL GET PHASED IN OVER A THREE-YEAR PERIOD OF TIME AS TRUSTEES TERMS EXPIRE. 
          [OVERLAPPING] IN ORDER TO RUN FOR ELECTION AGAIN, YOU'D HAVE TO BE WITHIN [OVERLAPPING] THAT. 
          >> THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY. JUST TO PUT IT IN PLAIN LANGUAGE, [OVERLAPPING] IF YOU'RE USING ME AS AN EXAMPLE, I'M NOT UP FOR ELECTION IN MAY. 
          IF WE ZONED TO MEET MY HOUSE OUT OF DISTRICT TWO, I WOULD REMAIN THE DISTRICT TWO TRUSTEE UNTIL THE POINT AT TIME THAT I WAS UP FOR -ELECTION AND THEN WOULD BE UNABLE TO RUN. 
          >> CORRECT. 
          >> OKAY. THANKS. 
          >> IF WE CHOSE TO PHASE IT IN INSTEAD OF MAKING THE PLAN IMPLEMENTED IMMEDIATELY UPON ADOPTION, AND YOU HAVE THAT OPTION TO DO THAT. 
          >> THANK YOU TRUSTEES FOR ALL OF YOUR FEEDBACK. 
          THANK YOU THE LEGAL COUNSEL FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. 
          AS I'LL DO AT EACH OF THESE MEETINGS, I WILL ASK LEGAL COUNSEL, WE ARE POSTED FOR CLOSED SESSION. 
          BASED ON YOUR LEGAL OPINION, DO YOU THINK WE NEED TO GO INTO CLOSE SESSION? OKAY. SO WE HAVE NO NEED FOR CLOSED SESSION. 
          THE TIME IS NOW 4:56 P.M. AND THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED. 
          [NOISE]
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.