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THE TIME IS 6:01, AND WE HAVE A QUORUM, AND THIS MEETING HAS BEEN DULY POSTED.
[1. MOMENT OF SILENCE AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE MONTHLY BOARD MEETING OF THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES.PLEASE STAND AND JOIN US FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND A SALUTE TO THE TEXAS FLAG.
THE FOLLOWING TRUSTEES ARE EITHER PHYSICALLY PRESENT OR PARTICIPATING SIMULTANEOUSLY VIA VIDEO CONFERENCE.
A QUORUM OF THE BOARD IS PHYSICALLY PRESENT AT THIS LOCATION.
DISTRICT ONE EDWIN FLORES DISTRICT TWO DUSTIN MARSHALL WILL BE JOINING US A LITTLE BIT LATER. DISTRICT THREE DAN MICCICHE, WHO'S JOINING US VIRTUALLY, I BELIEVE.
DISTRICT FIVE MAXIE JOHNSON WILL BE JOINING US LATER.
DISTRICT SIX JOYCE FORMAN, DISTRICT SEVEN BEN MACKEY, DISTRICT EIGHT JOE CARREÓN AND DISTRICT NINE JUSTIN HENRY.
OUR SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, MICHAEL HINOJOSA ALSO JOINS US AND I AM BEN MACKEY BOARD PRESIDENT. THIS MEETING WILL BE AVAILABLE SIMULTANEOUSLY IN SPANISH ON SOCIAL MEDIA THROUGH DALLAS ISD AND ESPAÑOL ON FACEBOOK AND THROUGH THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE.
IN ORDER FOR THE BOARD TO HOLD THIS MEETING AND EFFECTIVE MANNER, I WANT TO LET IT BE KNOWN THAT THIS MEETING WILL BE CONDUCTED IN AN ORDERLY FASHION AND ASK THAT THE PUBLIC ABIDE BY THE RULES OUTLINED IN BOARD POLICY.
BED LOCAL PERTAINING TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
ADDITIONALLY, IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE FOR A PERSON WITH INTENT TO PREVENT OR DISRUPT A LAWFUL MEETING TO SUBSTANTIALLY OBSTRUCT OR INTERFERE WITH THE ORDINARY CONDUCT OF A MEETING BY PHYSICAL ACTION OR VERBAL UTTERANCE, AND THEREBY CURTAIL THE EXERCISE OF OTHER'S FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
EVERYONE HAS TO PLEASE WEAR YOUR MASK OVER YOUR NOSE AND MOUTH WHILE ON DISTRICT PROPERTY, AND ANY PERSONS REFUSING TO WEAR A MASK BECOME BOISTEROUS OR DISRUPTIVE WHILE ADDRESSING THE BOARD OR WHILE ATTENDING THIS BOARD MEETING SHALL BE ASKED TO LEAVE BY OUR SECURITY OFFICERS. FAILURE TO LEAVE WHEN REQUESTED TO DO SO BY OUR SECURITY OFFICERS MAY RESULT IN THE PERSON BEING ESCORTED FROM THE MEETING AND SUBJECT TO ARREST.
AND DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC OFFICIALS IN THE AUDIENCE TO RECOGNIZE TONIGHT? I DON'T SEE ANY.
SO WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM TWO PRESENTATION OF BOARD RECOGNITIONS AND TRUSTEES.
I DO NOT BELIEVE THERE ARE ANY BOARD RECOGNITIONS HERE, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE,
[3. REPORTS]
BEGINNING WITH 3.01, THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.DR. HINOJOSA. TWO ITEMS TO REPORT ON THE FIRST ITEM.
I'M VERY PLEASED TO INFORM THE BOARD THAT THE CARNEGIE FOUNDATION HAS NOTICED YOUR WORK, AND THEY HAVE INVITED US THROUGH THEIR RESOURCES TO PARTICIPATE IN A SMALL SELECT GROUP OF NATIONAL NATIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN SOME INITIATIVES THAT WILL HELP US DO OUR WORK WISELY WITH OUR FEDERAL RESOURCES AND OTHER INITIATIVES THAT THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN INTERESTED IN. AND SO WE WERE VERY PLEASED TO GET THAT INVITATION.
THERE WILL BE NO OF NO CHARGE TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS, SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF THAT ALLOWED US TO DO THAT.
THE SECOND ITEM I WANT TO REPORT ON IS BITTERSWEET.
IN MY CAREER, I RUN ACROSS A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS.
TWENTY SEVEN YEARS OF SUPERINTENDENT, VERY FEW THAT LIGHT UP A ROOM WITH MAGNETISM, LIKE A CHIEF THAT WE ARE ABOUT TO LOSE.
DR. CYNTHIA WILSON IS AN INSPIRATION TO EVERYONE SHE TOUCHED.
WHEN I BROUGHT HER IN AS CHIEF OF STAFF, WHEN I CAME BACK.
SHE WAS AMAZING AND HOW SHE HELPED ME PUT TOGETHER OUR STRATEGIC INITIATIVES AND ALL THE DIRECTION FROM THE BOARD FROM THOSE RETREATS THAT WE HAD.
THEN WE LOST HER TO HOUSTON FOR JUST A MINUTE, AND THEN WE CAME BACK AND SHE CAME BACK AND TOOK OVER OUR HUMAN CAPITAL OFFICE.
AND IN MY CAREER, I'VE NEVER HAD IN TWENTY SEVEN YEARS A HUMAN CAPITAL OFFICE RUN AS SMOOTHLY AS THIS ONE HAS RUN THE LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS THAT SHE'S BEEN IN CHARGE OF.
NOT ONLY THAT, NOT ONLY DID SHE RUN HER DIVISION, SHE WORKED WITH THE BOARD MEMBERS AND ESPECIALLY THE EASIEST BOARD MEMBERS TO WORK WITH, AND SHE DID IT WITH A SMILE AND A LOT OF LOVE. AND SHE IS JUST AN AMAZING, AMAZING INDIVIDUAL.
A LOT OF NIGHTS AT SOUTH OAK CLIFF OR WHEREVER ELSE WE NEEDED HER.
SHE WAS AN AMAZING CHAMPION AND WARRIOR, AND WE'RE GOING TO MISS HER DEARLY.
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BUT HER HUSBAND HAS PUT HER ON LOAN TO THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE GREAT STATE OF DALLAS. FOR TOO LONG AND SHE NEEDS TO GO HOME TO BE WITH HER HUSBAND AND AND NOW SHE HAS GRANDKIDS. AND SO WE'D LIKE TO HAVE DR.WILSON COME UP AND COME UP TO THE FRONT, AND I'D LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH A TOKEN OF APPRECIATION FROM YOUR TEAMMATES.
WE ALSO, OBVIOUSLY, I'M NOT GOING TO BE AS ELOQUENT AS DR.
HINOJOSA, BUT HAVING GOTTEN THE CHANCE TO WORK WITH YOU AS AN EMPLOYEE IN DALLAS ISD TO GETTING TO WORK WITH YOU ON THE BOARD AND ON BEHALF OF ALL OF THE BOARD MEMBERS HERE WHO I KNOW EVERY SINGLE ONE DEEPLY RESPECTS YOU AND CARES ABOUT YOU.
WE ARE GOING TO ABSOLUTELY MISS YOU. WE WANT TO GIVE YOU.
YOU HAVE TO BE BALANCE WALKING OUT SO YOU CAN PUT THAT IN ONE HAND AND THIS IN THE OTHER.
MY GOSH. [APPLAUSE] WOW, THIS HAS BEEN SUCH AN AMAZING JOURNEY FOR ME, AND I GUESS.
I'M SO [INAUDIBLE] EVERYTHING I'VE LEARNED IN DALLAS ISD AND, YOU KNOW, I CAME FROM HOUSTON AND I THOUGHT, OH, HOUSTON, THAT'S THE PLACE TO BE.
BUT THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE IN DALLAS ISD, PARTICULARLY OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS WITH YOU TRUSTEES AND IN THE NEW WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE AROUND RACIAL EQUITY AND JUST ALL THE THE PRIORITIES THAT YOU'VE SET, IT'S A TEAM THAT IS AMAZING AND STRONG AND WILL CONTINUE TO FLOURISH AND GROW THROUGH YOUR LEADERSHIP.
AND JUST LOOKING AT EVERY TRUSTEE AND WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE IS JUST SO AMAZING.
I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THE WONDERFUL WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE AND THAT WILL BE DONE.
AND YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO ARE GREAT CHAMPIONS FOR KIDS, AND THAT'S THE HEART OF EVERYTHING THAT WE DO. SO KIDS, COMMUNITY, OUR STAFF MEMBERS, OUR OUR OTHER LEADERS, OUR SCHOOLS, IT'S IT'S JUST SO TOUCHING.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE LOVE YOU'VE SHOWN ME.
[APPLAUSE] I'M SORRY. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT FOR THIS EVENING, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, DR. HINOJOSA. AND DR.
WILSON, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE GIVEN, DALLAS ISD.
THIS WILL ALWAYS BE HOME FOR YOU.
SO COME BACK AND VISIT US FOR SURE.
WE'LL MISS YOU. WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO BOARD OF TRUSTEE COMMITTEE REPORTS.
DO WE HAVE ANY COMMITTEE REPORTS? TRUSTEE FLORES.
SO I HAVE TWO REPORT, SO I HAVE THE COMMITTEE REPORT FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT'S EVALUATE COMMITTEE WE MET EARLIER TODAY TO DISCUSS THE UPDATES TO THE INSTRUMENT AND TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S INCENTIVE PLAN, AND I BELIEVE IT'S COMING.
PAM, IT'S COMING BACK FOR VOTE BY THE COMMITTEE NEXT.
BEFORE THE BRIEFING. AND THEN IT'LL COME TO THE FULL BOARD FOR APPROVAL LATER THAT MONTH.
AND THEN ALSO A DCAD UPDATE SINCE I AM THE DCAD REP.
WE MET THIS MONTH TO GET A PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF THE BUDGET AND WILL BE, YOU KNOW, PUSHING FORWARD WITH THINGS THAT DCAD DO.
WE WE CAME IN UNDER BUDGET AND SO THE MONEY THAT IS LEFT OVER, IT GETS RETURNED TO THE
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SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO IT'S GOOD NEWS BECAUSE YEAH WE'RE GETTING A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS BACK FROM THEM.SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD AND HAVE DONE FINISHED PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THEIR APPRAISALS.
AND YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY, WE WILL GET OUR TAX NOTICES ON TIME THIS YEAR.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU TRUSTEE FLORES.
ANY OTHER REPORTS? WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 3.03.
TRUSTEE REPORTS FOR DISTRICTS ONE THROUGH NINE.
WE'LL BEGIN WITH DISTRICT ONE AND I'M GOING TO ASK AS WE DON'T HAVE TRUSTEE MARSHALL HERE, IF TRUSTEE HENRY WOULD YOU MIND READING HIS ACCOLADES FOR DISTRICT TWO? AND IF JOE OR JOYCE, IF YOU WOULD MIND READING DAN'S FOR DISTRICT THREE, UNLESS DAN IS ONLINE? WE'LL START WITH DISTRICT ONE.
THANK YOU, PRESIDENT MACKEY. HUGE KUDOS TO GEORGE DALEY MONTESSORI ACADEMY FOR BEING RANKED AMONG THE TOP 100 ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN TEXAS AND FOURTH BEST MIDDLE SCHOOL, ACCORDING TO A REPORT FROM U.S.
SHOUT OUT TO PRINCIPAL WING AND ALL OUR STAFF FOR THEIR EXCELLENT WORK AND THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB THIS YEAR.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TIMBERWOLVES OF ED WALKER MIDDLE SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM FOR WINNING THE DISTRICT THREE CHAMPIONSHIP.
ALSO, THE WT WHITE FOOTBALL TEAM WILL BE GOING INTO THE PLAYOFFS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A WHILE, AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED IN DISTRICT 1'S VIRTUAL COMMITTEE MEETING TO DISCUSS REDISTRICTING PLANS LAST NIGHT.
THIS IS A PROCESS THAT REQUIRES EVERYONE'S PARTICIPATION, AND WE ALWAYS WELCOME THE COMMUNITY'S INPUT. THERE'S STILL A SURVEY THAT'S UP AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE, I BELIEVE CLOSES SOMETIME TOMORROW EVENING.
SO IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL INPUT AND THE INPUT WAS WELL RECEIVED BY THE TEAM AND WE HAD A VERY, VERY THOUGHTFUL AND PRODUCTIVE MEETING YESTERDAY, AND THAT'S MY REPORT.
THANK YOU, PRESIDENT MACKEY. THANK YOU TRUSTEE FLORES.
TRUSTEE HENRY WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE DISTRICT TWO REPORT? YEAH, THANK YOU, PRESIDENT MACKEY.
I'M GOING TO PRESENT THE DISTRICT TWO ACCOLADES ON BEHALF OF TRUSTEE DUSTIN MARSHALL.
FIRST, CONGRATULATIONS TO DISTRICT TWO SCHOOL SUDIE L WILLIAMS TALENTED AND GIFTED ACADEMY, WHICH I BELIEVE ON THAT LIST WAS SIX IN THE STATE AND THE LAKEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHICH I BELIEVE WAS TWENTY SEVENTH ON THE LIST REPORTED BY U.S.
LONGFELLOW [INAUDIBLE] ACADEMY, WHICH I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT WAS RANKED WITHIN THE TOP 100, BUT I'M SURE SOMEONE IN THIS ROOM KNOWS WHERE THEY WERE RANKED.
I'M PROUD TO SHARE THAT THIS MONTH.
THE DALLAS HYBRID PREPARATORY STEPHEN J HAY CELEBRATED ITS RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY.
THIS NEW SCHOOL MODEL IS NOT ONLY GOING TO BE VERY SUCCESSFUL FOR A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES, BUT WOULD ALSO SERVE AS A MODEL FOR NEW SCHOOLS BOTH WITHIN DISD AND MORE BROADLY AROUND THE COUNTRY.
SEEING [INAUDIBLE] TRUSTEE MARSHALL HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THAT IN PERSON.
CONGRATULATIONS TO [INAUDIBLE] CHILDRESS.
HE'S A HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOL SCHOOLTEACHER WHO WON THE 2021 OUTSTANDING EDUCATOR AWARD GIVEN BY THE UNIVERSITY.
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, THANK YOU FOR MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN ALL OF OUR STUDENTS LIVES, AND THAT CONCLUDES THE DISTRICT TWO REPORT.
TRUSTEE CARREÓN, WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE DISTRICT THREE REPORT? YES, I'LL READ THE DISTRICT THREE REPORT ON BEHALF OF TRUSTEE DAN MICCICHE.
CONGRATULATIONS TO JACK LOWE, A SENIOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR BEING RANKED IN THE TOP 30 PERCENT OF SCHOOLS IN TEXAS, MAKING IT ONE OF THE BEST.
MAKING IT ONE OF THE UNITED STATES IS BEST SCHOOLS, ACCORDING TO U.S.
NEWS WEEKLY. ALSO, CONGRATULATIONS TO BRIAN ADAMS COUGARS FOR STARTING THE SEASON OFF RIGHT WITH A THIRTY FOUR TO SIX WIN OVER ROOSEVELT.
KUDOS TO OUR COACHES AND ATHLETES, AND LET'S NOT FORGET THE CHEERLEADERS, BAND, BELLS AND JROTC FOR HELPING MAKE OPENING NIGHT SPECIAL.
AND ALSO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO ATTENDED THE RECENT DISTRICT THREE COMMUNITY MEETING.
ALSO ON REDISTRICTING, THE COMMUNITY'S INPUT IS IMPORTANT AS THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS ARE REDRAWN AND I AND TRUSTEE MICCICHE AND I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.
THANK YOU, PRESIDENT MACKEY, FOR DISTRICT FOUR.
WE ARE EXTREMELY PROUD OF THE SCHOOL FOR THE TALENTED AND GIFTED IN PLEASANT GROVE, WHICH RANKED IN THE TOP ONE HUNDRED COMING IN AT THIRTY FOURTH.
ACCORDING TO THE U.S. NEWS AND WORLD REPORT, CONGRATULATIONS TO TO THEM.
ALSO, CONGRATULATIONS TO SEAGOVILLE HIGH SCHOOL GUITARIST SERGIO CASTRO FOR BEING SELECTED TO THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MUSIC EDUCATION 2021 ALL NATIONAL MODERN BAND, WE ARE EXTREMELY PROUD OF YOU.
CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU TO OUR PARTNERS AT JOHN QUINCY ADAMS CAPTAIN PLANET FOUNDATION AND TOM THUMB FOR HELPING OUR STUDENTS LEARN WITH PROJECT LEARNING GARDEN.
THESE ORGANIZATIONS DONATED GARDENING TOOLS AND CONTRIBUTED TO THE SCHOOL'S KNOWLEDGE ABOUT VEGETABLES AND HEALTHY EATING, AS WELL AS A VERY DELICIOUS MEAL AFTERWARDS.
SO VERY GLAD TO TAKE A PART OF THAT EVENT.
HAD A LOT OF FUN. THANK YOU TO THE STAFF AT DR.
LASSETER EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL FOR WELCOMING ME FOR PRINCIPAL FOR A DAY.
HAD A LOT OF GREAT FUN WITH YOUR STUDENTS AND VERY IMPRESSED BY ALL OF YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS.
AND THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS OF DISTRICT FOUR FOR JOINING ME IN OUR
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REDISTRICTING MEETING EARLIER THIS WEEK AS WE DISCUSSED ALL THE PLANS MOVING FORWARD.THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT MACKEY.
DISTRICT FIVE. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE HENRY.
I'M SORRY. TRUSTEE BEN MACKEY.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ISABEL AND CATHERINE ADAMS, TWO SISTERS WHO ATTEND THE SCHOOL FOR THE TALENTED AND GIFTED.
THEY ARE CO-CEOS OF THEIR OWN NONPROFIT, AUTHORS OF THEIR OWN BOOK AND NOW CO-RECIPIENTS OF THE PRESIDENTIAL VOLUNTEER SERVICE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FROM PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN. THEY WERE HONORED FOR THEIR WORK WITH THEIR NONPROFIT PAPER FOR WATER, WHERE THEY MAKE ORGANIC CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS AND EXCHANGE THEM FOR DONATIONS TO RAISE MONEY FOR WATER WELLS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL BOYS VARSITY CROSS-COUNTRY TEAM ON THEIR WAY TO THE TO THE REGIONALS AFTER PLACING SECOND IN DISTRICT COMPETITION.
WE ALSO WANT TO SHOUT OUT ROOSEVELT STUDENT [INAUDIBLE], WHO PLAYS FIRST IN JV GIRLS DISTRICT COMPETITION.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SOUTH OAK CLIFF GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TEAM ON WINNING DISTRICT.
SALUTE TO [INAUDIBLE] OF THE SCHOOL OF THE TALENTED AND GIFTED, ONE OF FOUR DALLAS ISD EDUCATORS WHO WERE HONORED WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO'S OUTSTANDING EDUCATOR AWARD.
THE AWARD IS GIVEN YEARLY TO EDUCATORS WHO SHAPE YOUNG MINDS IN MEANINGFUL WAYS, MS. [INAUDIBLE] WE SALUTE YOU AND THE IMPACT YOU HAVE ON STUDENTS.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ATTORNEY LEE MERRITT FOR BEING PRINCIPAL OF THE DAY AT EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON STEM SCHOOL, [INAUDIBLE] HAWKINS FOR BEING PRINCIPAL OF THE DAY OVER AT NEW TECH. AND ALSO THANK YOU TO [INAUDIBLE] FOR BEING SOUTH OAK CLIFF PRINCIPAL OF THE DAY AND TO THE ENTIRE DALLAS REGION AND CHAMBER FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR PRINCIPAL OF THE DAY. I WANT TO LAST, BUT DEFINITELY, CERTAINLY NOT LEAST WANT TO GIVE AGAIN A MAJOR KUDOS FROM DISTRICT FIVE TO DR.
CYNTHIA WILSON FOR. SHE WILL DEFINITELY BE MISSED.
I'M ONE OF THOSE EASIEST TRUSTEES THAT SUPERINTENDENT WAS TALKING ABOUT.
WE'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO MISS YOU.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A ROAD BLOCK DOWN THE STREET, SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK DOWN 45, BUT I GOT A BROTHER [INAUDIBLE] SOUTH OAK CLIFF ALUMNI.
WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO DO SOMETHING ALONG WITH MS. TONY TO KEEP YOU HERE SO LONG.
AND BROTHER ROBERT, YOU GOT BIG SHOES TO FILL.
DISTRICT SIX TRUSTEE FOREMAN THANK YOU.
MARCELLUS ELEMENTARY STEM ACADEMY FOR BEING THE FIRST DALLAS ISD SCHOOL TO EARN THE NATIONAL CERTIFICATE FOR STEM EXCELLENCE FROM THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR STEM EDUCATION.
AS PART OF THE RECOGNITION, SIX MARCELLUS CLASSROOM EDUCATORS ALSO EARN THE NATIONAL CERTIFICATE FOR STEM TEACHING.
THEY ARE BRITTNEY TAYLOR, CAITLIN GIBBS, SASHA GREEN, KATIE F FELLOWS, DEENA [INAUDIBLE] AND CAMPUS STEM INSTRUCTIONAL LEAD MONICA NAPIER.
CONGRATULATIONS TO MY CARTER COWBOYS, WHO WON THEIR HOMECOMING GAME AGAINST THE WILMA HUTCHINS EAGLES 21 TO 10.
WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU, CARTER COWBOYS STUDENT AND FACULTY.
THANKS TO THOSE WHO JOINED ME FOR THE DISTRICT SIX VIRTUAL COMMUNITY MEETING WHERE WE DISCUSSED REDISTRICTING UPDATES.
THE PROCESS AND NEXT STEPS AND HEARD COMMUNITY FEEDBACK QUESTIONS.
THE AWARDS KEEP COMING FOR KATHLEEN JOY GILLAM COLLEGIATE ACADEMY, ONE OF 11 DALLAS ISD SCHOOLS THAT EARNED THE COLLEGE SUCCESS AWARD GOLD FOR THEIR FOR THEIR TEACHING RECORD OF PREPARING STUDENTS FOR COLLEGE.
WORDS CANNOT EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE FOR YOUR STEADFAST LOVE FOR THE STUDENTS, PARENTS AND CITIZENS OF DALLAS.
YOU ARE AN IMPORTANT AND AN INSPIRATION TO AN ABSOLUTE JOY AND AN ABSOLUTE JOY TO WORK WITH. THIS DISTRICT WAS BLESSED.
TO HAVE YOU AND I WAS FORTUNATE TO WORK CLOSELY WITH YOU.
I'VE GROWN TREMENDOUSLY AND JUST NOTE.
YOUR PHONE WILL BE RINGING OFF THE HOOK BECAUSE I STILL NEED YOUR COACHING AND YOUR GUIDANCE. MUCH LOVE AND RESPECT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE FOREMAN.
I WILL READ THE DISTRICT SEVEN REPORT.
MANY THANKS TO THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF DALLAS, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING DISTRICT
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SEVEN SCHOOLS GIVEN AMOUNT OF EIGHTY SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS IN GRANTS TO FUND DREAM PROJECT AND EXPERIENCES FOR STUDENTS ROSEMONT ELEMENTARY UPPER CAMPUS, SUNSET HIGH SCHOOL, ANSON JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND JESUS MOROLES EXPRESSIVE ARTS VANGUARD.THANK YOU TO THE INNOVATIVE AND PASSIONATE TEACHERS WHO RECEIVED THESE GRANTS AND FOR ALWAYS PUTTING YOUR STUDENTS FIRST.
I'D LIKE TO SHOUT OUT THE TRINI GARZA EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL FOR BEING ONE OF THE 11 DALLAS ISD SCHOOLS TO EARN THE GOLD COLLEGE SUCCESS AWARD, WHICH RECOGNIZES PUBLIC SCHOOLS THAT STAND OUT IN HELPING STUDENTS ENROLL AND SUCCEED IN COLLEGE AND IN TRINI GARZA'S CASE, HELPING THEM DO THAT BEFORE THEY EVEN GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL.
AND FINALLY, I WANT TO THANK DALLAS ISD ART TEACHERS WHO DONATED THEIR ARTWORK TO THE DALLAS EDUCATION FOUNDATION'S HEART OF TEACHING CAMPAIGN THAT WILL DIRECTLY BENEFIT STUDENTS IN THIS DISTRICT.
EVERY DAY, OUR DALLAS ISD ART EDUCATORS, A MAJORITY OF WHOM ARE WORKING ARTISTS, SHARE THEIR GIFTS WITH OUR STUDENTS AND ENCOURAGE, LIFT AND ENABLE THEM TO DO MORE THAN THEY THOUGHT POSSIBLE. SO ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, AND THIS CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO DISTRICT EIGHT TRUSTEE CARREÓN.
AND I WILL GIVE THE ACCOLADES FOR DISTRICT EIGHT.
I WANT TO THANK THE DALLAS MAVERICKS FOR THEIR GENEROUS DONATION OF TECH SUPPLIES TO OUR SCHOOLS AND TO PLAYERS KRISTOFF [INAUDIBLE], REGGIE BULLOCK AND JOSH GREEN FOR PERSONALLY DELIVERING MAVERICKS HEADPHONES TO STUDENTS AT OBADIAH KNIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN LOVE FIELD EARLIER THIS WEEK.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK LOCAL BUSINESS ONE COAST FOR PROVIDING ESPERANZA HOPE MEDRANO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITH THE DONATION OF RESOURCES AND INVENTORY FOR THEIR CAMPUS STORE.
EARLIER THIS MONTH, AND THEN I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE WHO ATTENDED THE DISTRICT EIGHT COMMUNITY MEETING TO DISCUSS REDISTRICTING AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON OUR CURRENT MAPS AND FUTURE PLANS.
THE COMMUNITY'S INPUT IS IMPORTANT AS THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS ARE REDRAWN AND I APPRECIATE YOUR PARTICIPATION AND THE I COULD SAY THE DISTRICT EIGHT MEETING WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED AND SUPER PROUD OF THE COMMUNITY FOR COMING TOGETHER AND SPENDING. I THINK WE SPENT THREE HOURS TALKING ABOUT THE TOPIC OF REDISTRICTING, SO THAT'S COMMITMENT AND IT'S HEARTFELT.
THE SECOND SURVEY IS LIVE NOW, AS TRUSTEE FLORES MENTIONED ON DALLASISD .ORG/REDISTRICTING AND THEN ALSO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED IN PRINCIPAL FOR A DAY YESTERDAY, ESPECIALLY AT ALL THE SCHOOLS IN DISTRICT EIGHT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE SEEING THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND LOVE FOR FOR OUR KIDS IN OUR SCHOOLS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
WE'LL NOW FINISH UP WITH THE DISTRICT NINE REPORT, TRUSTEE HENRY.
I'M GOING TO PRESENT THE DISTRICT NINE REPORT.
I'LL START BY CONGRATULATING IRMA RANGEL YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP SCHOOL, WHICH WAS RANKED AS THE THIRD BEST MIDDLE SCHOOL IN TEXAS, ACCORDING TO U.S.
DEFINITELY NOT IMPRESSED BY THAT BECAUSE ONE OF OUR COLLEAGUES ON THIS BOARD IS A GRADUATE. THEY CONTINUE TO GRADUATE PHENOMENAL FOLKS AT RANGEL.
SO YOU'RE PROUD OF YOUR SCHOOL TRUSTEE GARCIA.
I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE DISTRICT NINE TEACHER, NATE SMITH OF BOOKER T.
WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL, WHO WAS ONE OF THE WINNERS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO OUTSTANDING EDUCATOR AWARD.
I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO THE SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL COACHES AND PLAYERS WHO WHO COLLABORATED WITH THE SKYLINE SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT BY PARTICIPATING IN THE MORE THAN PINK WALK TO SUPPORT MS. CHRISTY BOYD. SHE'S A CAMPUS SPEECH THERAPIST IN HER BATTLE WITH BREAST CANCER, BREAST CANCER. MS. BOYD WE ADMIRE YOUR COURAGE AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO KEEP YOU IN OUR PRAYERS AND THOUGHTS.
LIKE MY COLLEAGUES ON THIS BOARD, I WANT TO THANK ALL THE MEMBERS OF DISTRICT NINE THAT ATTENDED OUR REDISTRICTING MEETING.
I THINK WE'VE HAD TWO AT THIS POINT HAVE ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES REDISTRICTING MEETING.
IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT CONVERSATION ACROSS OUR CITY.
I HOPE AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE GET ENGAGED AS TRUSTEE FLORES AND TRUSTEE CARREÓN AND OTHERS HAVE MENTIONED. THE SECOND SURVEY IS UP, SO CONTINUE TO GIVE NOT ONLY THE BOARD, BUT THE DISTRICT YOUR INPUT IN REGARDS TO REDISTRICTING.
PRINCIPAL FOR A DAY, I KNOW WE MENTIONED I JUST WANT TO KIND OF EXPLAIN BROADER WHAT IT IS. IT BRINGS TOGETHER BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND DALLAS ISD SCHOOLS FOR ONE DAY.
SO ABOUT 20 VOLUNTEERS ACCEPTED THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHADOW DISD PRINCIPALS AT ABOUT HUNDRED AND NINETY SCHOOLS, AND THEY GAINED AN EXCLUSIVE BEHIND THE SCENES LOOK AT WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A PRINCIPAL.
THERE ARE SPONSORS CAPITAL ONE BANK, THANK YOU, AND THE DALLAS REGIONAL CHAMBER AGAIN PARTNERED WITH DISD FOR THIS ANNUAL EVENT.
IT'S A PHENOMENAL OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY TO SEE WHAT OUR EDUCATORS DO ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS, WHICH WE ALL KNOW IS SOME OF THE MOST DIFFICULT WORK YOU CAN DO.
ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS MONTH OR NEXT MONTH, NOVEMBER IS NATIONAL HOMELESS YOUTH AWARENESS MONTH. SO THROUGHOUT THE MONTH, DISD HOMELESS EDUCATION PROGRAM WILL
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OFFER A VARIETY OF PROGRAMING AND RESOURCES DESIGNED TO HIGHLIGHT THE UNFORTUNATE CIRCUMSTANCES OF FAR TOO MANY OF OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES, AND THAT WILL CONCLUDE THE DISTRICT NINE REPORT. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT MACKEY.THAT CONCLUDES OUR TRUSTEE REPORTS.
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR CLOSED SESSION.
[4. CLOSED SESSION - The Board will retire to closed session pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551 concerning the following section:]
THE BOARD WILL NOW RETIRE TO CLOSED SESSION.THE PUBLIC AND STAFF ARE WELCOME TO STAY CONNECTED TO ZOOM, WHILE THE BOARD LEAVES THE MEETING TO ATTEND CLOSED SESSION OR TO STAY IN THIS ROOM.
THE PUBLIC PORTION OF THE MEETING WILL RESUME AFTER CLOSED SESSION.
THE BOARD WILL RETIRED A CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551 CONCERNING ANY AND ALL PURPOSES PERMITTED BY THE ACT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS 551.071 FOR PRIVATE CONSULTATION WITH ITS ATTORNEY ABOUT PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION OR ON A MATTER IN WHICH THE DUTY OF THE ATTORNEY OF THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY FOR THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OR PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS CLEARLY CONFLICTS WITH THIS CHAPTER, INCLUDING [INAUDIBLE] VS.
CAUSE NUMBER DC 21 10101 IN THE 116TH JUDICIAL COURT, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS, AND LEGAL MATTERS RELATED TO THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS.
AND WE ARE NOW IN CLOSED SESSION, I ESTIMATE FOR ABOUT AN HOUR.
AND WE ARE BACK IN OPEN SESSION.
THE BOARD TOOK NO ACTION IN CLOSED SESSION.
OUR AGENDA NOW CALLS FOR THE PUBLIC FORUM SEGMENT OF OUR MEETING SPEAKERS.
[5. PUBLIC FORUM]
PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT SUBSTITUTIONS ARE NOT ALLOWED.IF YOU SIGN UP TO SPEAK, YOU CANNOT SPEAK ON BEHALF OF SOMEONE ELSE.
SPEAKERS WHO FAIL TO ADHERE TO THIS RULE WILL BE INTERRUPTED AND INFORMED THAT YOUR COMMENTS ARE OUT OF ORDER.
MS. GULLY WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE SPEAKERS? YES, SPEAKERS YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
WHEN YOU ARRIVE AT THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS BLANCA MARTINEZ, FOLLOWED BY TANYA HERNANDEZ.
TANYA HERNANDEZ, FOLLOWED BY ASHLEY [INAUDIBLE].
DIANE BIRDWELL, FOLLOWED BY RENA HONEA.
GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT MACKEY, TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT HINOJOSA.
I'M RENA HONEA, PRESIDENT OF ALLIANCE AFT AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT SEVEN.
I'M SPEAKING ON THE RETENTION STIPEND OR BONUS.
YOU CAN CALL IT WHATEVER YOU'D LIKE, BUT WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS THAT YOU PUT IT ON THE AGENDA AND VOTE ON IT, PASS IT.
OUR EMPLOYEES NEED IT AND MORE SERIOUSLY, THEY DESERVE IT.
LAST YEAR, TEACHERS RECEIVED AN AVERAGE INCOME OF TWO POINT THREE PERCENT, AN INCREASE OF TWO POINT THREE PERCENT.
BUT YEAR OVER YEAR, INFLATION IS ABOVE FIVE PERCENT.
AND IF YOU LIVE IN DALLAS AREA, IT'S CLOSER TO SIX PERCENT.
SO IN REALITY, DISD EMPLOYEES ACTUALLY RECEIVED ROUGHLY A TWO POINT THREE PERCENT PAY CUT LAST YEAR.
I KNOW YOU DIDN'T INTEND TO CAUSE PAY CUTS WHEN THE INCREASES WERE APPROVED, BUT THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENED.
SO I ASK THE ADMINISTRATION TO PROPOSE THIS STIPEND AND YOU AS TRUSTEES TO VOTE YES SO THEY DON'T SEE THEIR SALARIES CUT.
OTHER DISTRICTS AROUND US HAVE ALREADY DONE IT.
THEY'VE GIVEN FIFTEEN HUNDRED, THREE THOUSAND AND ONE AGREED TO TEN THOUSAND OVER TWO YEARS. THEY DID IT BECAUSE THEY KNOW IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
TEACHERS HAVE BUSTED THEIR BEHINDS LIKE NEVER BEFORE, ARE COMBATING THE WORST LEARNING LOSS OF ANY THAT ANY OF US HAVE EVER SEEN, WHILE ALSO DEALING WITH COUNTLESS SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL ISSUES FACING OUR STUDENTS BROUGHT ON BY COVID.
ON TOP OF THIS, MANY EDUCATORS LOST LOVED ONES, AS WELL AS DEALING WITH LINGERING EFFECTS OF COVID. ONE THING WE CERTAINLY DON'T NEED ADDED TO THEIR STRESS IS A PAY CUT.
OUR SUPPORT EMPLOYEES ARE IN A SIMILAR POSITION.
THESE ARE THE FOLKS WHO MADE TIME MAGAZINE'S COVER BEING HAILED AS HEROES.
THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO SLEPT IN SCHOOLS OVER THE WINTER STORM.
TO BE SURE OUR BUILDINGS WERE SAFE.
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT DROVE THE BUSSES AND MONITORED THE STUDENTS ON SKETCHY ROADWAYS.
THEY DESERVE TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD THE DISTRICT'S HEALTH CARE PLAN IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC. THEY DESERVE MORE THAN A PAY CUT.
OUR STUDENTS NEED TO SEE STABILITY IN SCHOOLS, CLASSROOMS AND IN OTHERS THAT SUPPORT THEIR LEARNING. LASTLY, I WANT TO MAKE NOTE WE CAN AFFORD THIS.
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I EXPECTED THAT SOME OF THE ESSER FUNDS BE USED TO SUPPORT AND RETAIN STAFF, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE ROUGHLY FIVE HUNDRED AND NINE OPEN TEACHING POSITIONS AS OF TODAY, BUT WE FAILED TO DO SO.WE CURRENTLY HAVE OVER SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS IN THE GENERAL FUND.
IF WE PAID BONUSES OF THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO ALL CERTIFIED AND SUPPORT STAFF EMPLOYEES WHO WORKED LAST YEAR, RETURNED THIS YEAR AND EARN UNDER A HUNDRED THOUSAND A YEAR, WE WOULD STILL HAVE OVER SIX HUNDRED MILLION IN THE BUDGET, AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE SOME CERTIFIED STAFF.
THANK YOU. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.
THANK YOU. DIANE BIRDWELL, FOLLOWED BY ROSEMARY KIRKS.
SORRY, I WAS IN THE OTHER ROOM.
I'M HERE TO TALK TONIGHT ABOUT HB 3979, HOW IT'S BEING USED TO NEEDLESSLY INTIMIDATE TEACHERS, LIBRARIANS AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL EDUCATORS OF WORTH IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
LAST SUMMER, WHEN I WENT BEFORE THE TEXAS SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE ON STATE AFFAIRS ABOUT SB THREE, ANOTHER BILL ABOUT REQUIRED TRAINING FOR TEACHERS BASED ON 3979, I PREDICTED THAT IT WOULD EMBOLDEN ANTI-PUBLIC EDUCATION EXTREMISTS TO GO FOR BLOOD.
AND I PREDICTED THAT PASSING THESE BILLS, WHICH DID HAPPEN, WOULD BRING IN AN ATMOSPHERE OF MCCARTHYISM.
I WILL SAY WITH ALL DUE HUMILITY, I WAS RIGHT.
AD HOC GROUPS ALL VYING FOR A SCRAMBLE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL IN AN ATTEMPT TO GARNER POLITICAL POINTS AT OUR STUDENTS EXPENSE, OR PRETENDING THAT THEY KNOW WHAT IT IS TO TEACH, UNDERSTAND THE LAWS THAT WERE PASSED AND UNDERSTAND THE TOPICS IN THE CURRICULUM OF U.S. HISTORY, GOVERNMENT AND WORLD HISTORY.
I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THEM THAT TAXPAYERS AND PARENTS SHOULD BE STAKEHOLDERS IN OUR SCHOOLS. THEY SHOULD HAVE A VOICE OVER WHAT IS TAUGHT.
BUT THESE GROUPS DON'T REALLY CARE WHAT WE ARE TEACHING BECAUSE THEY ARE PLAYING FOR POINTS IN THE NEXT ELECTION.
COL. ALLEN WEST HAS SAID OPENLY AND REPEATEDLY QUOTE, IT STARTS RIGHT HERE.
IT STARTS WITH YOUR CITY COUNCIL.
IT STARTS WITH YOUR SCHOOL BOARD.
THE MOST IMPORTANT ELECTED POSITION IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS THE SCHOOL BOARD, HE CONTINUED. ALL ACROSS TEXAS, THE ELECTION TO HAVE THE LEAST AMOUNT OF VOTER PARTICIPATION IN THE USA IS THE SCHOOL BOARD.
THESE GUYS ARE USING THE PLAYBOOK OF 2013 WITH THE TEA PARTY AND WHEN THEY OPPOSED THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, AND THEY USED DISRUPTIVE TACTICS AT TOWN HALL MEETINGS BACK THEN WITH CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES TO LITERALLY SCARE AND INTIMIDATE THEM AND OTHERS.
SO NOT BEING HAPPY TO SEE THAT THEY'RE YELLING AND ANTI-MASK ANTICS WEREN'T WORKING, THEY MOVED TO ANTI CRT RHETORIC WHEN THAT DIDN'T WORK.
THEY'VE DOUBLED DOWN AND TRIED TO GO AFTER A TEACHER SENDING VICIOUS SPAM EMAILS TO ASK TEACHERS TO SNITCH OUT ON EACH OTHER, NOT JUST FOR TEACHING ANYTHING THEY THINK IS CRT, BUT EVEN IF WE CALL A TRANS STUDENT BY THEIR PREFERRED PRONOUNS OR NAMES.
THAT'S FASCISM, THAT'S BEING A BULLY.
WELL, SAD TO SAY WHEN THIS PATHETIC ATTEMPT FAILS TO GET WHAT THEY WANT, THEY'LL UP THEIR GAME, WHICH IS WHY WE IN NEA DALLAS OFFERED TO WORK WITH THE DISD ON HOW TO INOCULATE US FROM THIS POISON.
SHEILA WALKER, OUR PRESIDENT, TO ME, TO ANGELA DAVIS, OUR VICE PRESIDENT, ON HOW TO TRAIN TEACHERS, ON HOW TO AVOID THE BOOBY TRAPS THAT THEY HAVE SET AND HOW TO FOLLOW THE LAWS WITHOUT BEING CHAINED UP BY THEM.
AND AGAIN, AS A HISTORICAL REMINDER TO EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM, IT DID NOT END SO WELL FOR OLD JOE MCCARTHY OR THE FASCIST.
THANK YOU. ROSEMARY KURTZ, FOLLOWED BY STEPHEN POOLE.
HELLO, MY NAME IS ROSIE KURTZ.
I'M A TEACHER IN DALLAS ISD AND A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT SEVEN.
I SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AT THE LAST MINUTE YESTERDAY AFTER SOME COLLEAGUES ENCOURAGED ME TO.
I WASN'T SURE I HAD A LOT LEFT TO SAY BECAUSE I'VE BEEN SPEAKING ON THIS TOPIC FOR A FEW MONTHS NOW ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF DISD FOLLOWING THE LEAD OF COUNTLESS OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE IN PROVIDING A BONUS FOR ITS TEACHERS AND STAFF.
WE'RE REQUESTING A $3000 BONUS.
IT COULD HAVE BEEN FROM THE ESSER FUNDS, BUT AT LEAST WITH THE IF IT COMES FROM THE GENERAL FUNDS, THEN THE SCHOOL BOARD CAN VOTE ON IT SO YOU'RE BACK IN THE HOT SEAT.
WE WERE TOLD WE'D KNOW ABOUT HOW THE ESSER FUNDS WOULD BE ALLOCATED IN SEPTEMBER, BUT NOW IT'S ALMOST NOVEMBER. THERE'S BEEN NOTHING BUT SILENCE FROM THE DISTRICT ON THIS TOPIC.
I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY UPDATES OR SEEN ANY DRAFTS ABOUT PLANS FOR THIS.
I HAD A CURIOUS EXPERIENCE RECENTLY AT THE SEPTEMBER SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, I OUTLINED WHAT A DIFFICULT YEAR THIS HAS BEEN FOR TEACHERS AND HOW MANY TEACHERS I'VE SEEN ON THE VERGE OF A BREAKDOWN.
THERE WAS, OF COURSE, NO RESPONSE FROM ANYONE FROM THE DISTRICT ABOUT THE ISSUES I TOLD YOU ALL ABOUT LAST MONTH.
NO DISTRICT HIGHER UP OR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER ASKED ME HOW THEY COULD MAKE THINGS BETTER.
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BUT THEN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AGO, I GOT AN OPINION PIECE PUBLISHED IN THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS. IT SAID MANY OF THE SAME THINGS.I LITERALLY TOOK A FEW SENTENCES FROM MY SEPTEMBER SPEECH AND PUT THEM IN MY ARTICLE.
AND SUDDENLY, AS THE ARTICLE WAS SHARED ACROSS TEXAS THANKS TO SOCIAL MEDIA, I HAD ADMINISTRATORS WITH IMPRESSIVE TITLES REACHING OUT TO ME, TELLING ME THEY WANTED TO SUPPORT ME AND ASKING ME HOW THEY CAN WORK WITH ME AND KEEP ME HAPPY.
NUMEROUS TEACHERS AND STAFF HAVE BEEN TELLING YOU AT THESE MEETINGS OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS THE SAME THINGS THAT I SAID IN MY ARTICLE.
THE BOARD MEMBERS FROM DISTRICTS ONE AND TWO MIGHT HAVE AN EXCUSE FOR NOT KNOWING ABOUT THEM SINCE THEY USUALLY LEAVE THE ROOM DURING THE PUBLIC SPEAKER SECTION.
THIS MIGHT BE THE FIRST TIME THEY'VE HEARD ME SPEAK, BUT MANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS AND DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS HAVE BEEN HERE.
SO WHY DID THEY ONLY CARE ENOUGH TO REACH OUT ABOUT IMPROVING MY WORKPLACE WHEN THE CRITICISM WAS ABLE TO REACH A BROADER AUDIENCE THROUGH A PLATFORM OUTSIDE THEIR CONTROL? I DON'T KNOW. RELEASING TO US THE $3000 BONUS THAT WE DESERVE WON'T FIX ALL THE PROBLEMS. IT WON'T STOP TEI FROM BEING A DAMAGING AND DISCRIMINATORY SYSTEM.
IT WON'T STOP THE UNHEALTHY OBSESSION WITH TEST SCORES THAT'S ALL AROUND THE STATE.
BUT IT WILL HELP US WITH THE RISING COST OF LIVING, RISING INSURANCE COSTS, AND IT WILL HELP US WITH MORALE, WHICH IS AS BAD AS I'VE EVER SEEN IT WORSE THAN LAST YEAR.
YOU DIDN'T THINK IT COULD GET WORSE THAN LAST YEAR, BUT IT CAN.
IT WILL GIVE US HOPE THAT MAYBE YOU'RE LISTENING AND MAYBE YOU CARE, AND MAYBE WE CAN WORK TOGETHER LONG TERM TO MAKE DISD THE BEST PLACE TO WORK AND THE BEST PLACE TO ATTEND AS STUDENTS. THANK YOU.
STEPHEN POOLE, FOLLOWED BY BILL BETSON.
BILL BETSON, FOLLOWED BY SHEILA WALKER.
HOWDY. I'M BILL BETSON, I'M FROM DISTRICT SIX, AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING I'VE TALKED ABOUT QUITE OFTEN FOR TEN YEARS WHEN I STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE DAMAGE OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS ARE DOING TO OUR CHILDREN AND THE FACT THAT BETWEEN FIFTH AND SIXTH GRADE IS WHEN WE LOSE MOST OF OUR STUDENTS.
AND WHERE ARE THEY GOING? APPARENTLY, THEY'RE GOING TO THE CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT FOLLOWED THE RESEARCH I PUT ONLINE BACK IN 2012 REGARDING K-8 SCHOOLS AND HOW SUPERIOR THEY ARE FOR EDUCATION.
AND EDDIE CONJURE, ILT OF TEXAS THAT USED TO HAVE A BOARD MEMBER MAY HAVE HAD MORE THAN ONE BOARD MEMBER ON THIS BOARD SIMULTANEOUSLY WAS SITTING ON THAT BOARD AND BASICALLY THEY'RE DOING THINGS RIGHT AT ILT.
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEIR MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND THERE'S THEY HAVE 20 SCHOOLS AND I PRESUME AROUND 15 OF THEM ARE, EXCUSE ME, K-8 SCHOOLS.
THEY HAVE NO MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN THEIR CONFIGURATIONS, NONE.
SO WE HAVE GOT TO PAY ATTENTION TO THAT.
AND ON MY SIDE OF TOWN, WE DON'T HAVE A K-8 SCHOOL IN DISTRICT SIX OR SOUTH OF LOOP 12.
NOW THE REASON I SAID THIS A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO.
I'M A I'M A GRANDPA DRIVING GRANDKIDS TO AND FROM SCHOOL.
THEY'RE ALL GOING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS.
I DRIVE FOUR SONS TO AND FROM SCHOOL, AND I'M BEGINNING TO REALLY ENJOY THE CONVERSATIONS. THERE'S AN 11TH GRADER, A SEVENTH GRADER, A SIXTH GRADER AND A SECOND GRADER, AND THEY HAVE THE MOST FANTASTIC CONVERSATIONS TO AND FROM SCHOOL TALKING ABOUT SCHOOL. THE YOUNGER ONES QUIZZING OUT THE OLDER ONE ABOUT THE TEACHERS HE HAD FOUR AND FIVE SIX YEARS AGO.
I MEAN, THAT'S THE WAY SCHOOLS SHOULD WORK.
THAT'S THE WAY SIBLING GROUPS SHOULD COMMUNICATE IN THE SAME SCHOOL ABOUT THE SAME CONFIGURATION. THIS EXCUSE THAT PARENTS DON'T WANT K-8 IS A REFLECTION ON OUR FAILURE TO EDUCATE PARENTS AND SHOW THEM THE RESEARCH AND TALK ABOUT THE REALITY OF THE DAMAGE BEING DONE IN MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
IT IS NO ACCIDENT THAT BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS GO UP FOUR HUNDRED PERCENT FROM THE FIFTH GRADE TO THE SIXTH GRADE WHEN THEY MOVE INTO A MIDDLE SCHOOL.
ILT HAS NOTICED THAT, AND THEY DON'T HAVE THAT DAMAGE.
IF YOU LOOK AT OUR K-8 SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW, I JUST LOOKED AT SANGER.
THEY DON'T LOSE KIDS GOING INTO THEIR MIDDLE SCHOOL YEARS.
THEIR MIDDLE SCHOOL YEARS HAVE JUST AS MANY KIDS.
PLEASE IMPROVE OUR SCHOOL CONFIGURATION AND DO NOT REBUILD ATWELL AS ANOTHER MIDDLE SCHOOL.
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GOOD EVENING, DR. HINOJOSA, PRESIDENT BEN MACKEY AND BOARD TRUSTEES.I RESIDE AT 10707 BIG [INAUDIBLE] DRIVE DALLAS, TEXAS 75217.
I AM THE PRESIDENT OF NEA DALLAS, WHERE WE REPRESENT MEMBERS FROM TRANSPORTATION TO ADMINISTRATION. KUDOS TO EVERYONE THAT HAD A PART PLANNING THE ANNUAL PRINCIPAL FOR A DAY EVENT YESTERDAY.
I ENJOYED MY DAY AT ORAN ROBERTS.
THE ATMOSPHERE WAS WARM AND WELCOMING AND I MISS BEING IN ELEMENTARY ON THE ELEMENTARY CAMPUS. AT NEA DALLAS, WE DO OUR BEST WITH THE DISTRICT IN ALL AREAS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR MEMBERS ARE TREATED WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT.
BUT TONIGHT I HAVE SOME CONCERNS WHEN IT COMES TO OUR TRANSPORTATION DRIVERS AND SECURITY. DRIVERS CAN BE THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE TO THE PUZZLE IN EDUCATION.
WE ARE ALL EDUCATORS, BUT THE DRIVER IS THE FIRST ONE THAT THE CHILD SEES IN THE MORNING AND THE LAST ONE THEY SEE IN THE EVENING.
SOME DRIVERS ARE NOT RESPECTED BY STUDENTS, PARENTS OR STAFF.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU WITH AND TO MAKING SURE THAT ALL LOTS ARE TREATED THE SAME.
THE LOTS ARE DOING DIFFERENT DOING EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.
NO ONE IS DOING THE SAME THING AT EACH LOT.
THERE ARE SOME DRIVERS THAT ARE CONSIDERED COVER DRIVERS THAT VOLUNTEERED TO COVER FOR ANOTHER DRIVER IN THE EVENT THAT THEY ARE ABSENT OR NOT AVAILABLE FOR A ROUTE OR A FIELD TRIP. WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE SHORTAGE OF DRIVERS, BUT DRIVERS SHOULD BE TREATED WITH RESPECT FROM UPPER MANAGEMENT.
WHEN DRIVERS ARE MANDATED TO COVER ROUTES.
IT IS NOT CONSIDERED VOLUNTEERING, BUT VOLUN-TOLD I GOT A CALL FROM A MEMBER, A FEMALE DRIVER THE OTHER DAY SHE WAS COVERING FOR SOMEONE FOR A FOOTBALL GAME, DRIVING.
SHE HAD TO PARK HER BUS, THEN WALK BACK TO HER CAR IN THE DARK.
I ASKED HER IF THERE WAS A SECURITY THERE, AND SHE SAID AS A DISD PATROL CAR PARKED AND IS GRASS UP UNDER THE THE CAR.
I REACHED OUT TO THE HEAD OF TRANSPORTATION AND STRESSED MY CONCERNS, AND AFTER ASKING ABOUT THE SECURITY, HE SAID, WE DON'T, WE DON'T DO.
WE DON'T HAVE SECURITY BECAUSE NOTHING HAS NEVER HAPPENED TO ANYBODY.
IMAGINE THAT THIS WOMAN WAS YOUR MOTHER, YOUR SISTER, YOUR NIECE OR YOUR DAUGHTER AND HAD TO WALK IN THE DARK AND SOMETHING HAPPENED.
WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT BEFORE SOMETHING HAPPENS, WE HAVE TO BE PROACTIVE AND NOT REACTIVE.
MY CONCERN IS WHY DON'T WE HAVE NIGHT DISPATCH? WHY DON'T WE HAVE SOMEBODY THERE PATROLLING THE AREAS WHEN THESE BUS DRIVERS DRIVE BACK TO THE LOT AFTER A FOOTBALL GAME? MAXIE JOHNSON SPOKE ABOUT THIS SOME YEARS AGO.
WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
AND WORDS I WANT TO LEAVE WITH YOU, COME TOGETHER IN THE BEGINNING, KEEPING TOGETHER IS A PROCESS AND WORKING TOGETHER IS SUCCESS.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING AND YOU HAVE A GOOD EVENING.
TAMMY BROWN RODRIGUEZ, FOLLOWED BY MIKE HOOK.
YES. TAMMY BROWN RODRIGUEZ, BROOKS COUNTY, CALVERT, CARROLLTON, FARMERS BRANCH, CROWLEY, CEDAR HILL, DENTON, DRIPPING SPRING, EL PASO, ENNIS, FERRIS, FORT BEND, FORT WORTH, GALVESTON, GRAND PRAIRIE, HAYS COUNTY, HIGHLAND PARK, KILLEEN, LOS FRESNOS, MARBLE FALLS, MATHIS, MIDWAY, MACGREGOR, NEWEST COUNTY, PLAINVIEW, PLANO, FREMONT, RANDOLPH FIELDS, RED OAK, SALADO, SAN ANGELO, SAN DIEGO, SHERMAN, SOUTH TEXAS, SHELDON, SPRING BRANCH, TOM GREENE COUNTY, TRENTON, UNITED, WAXAHACHIE, WEST LINN ACADEMY, WEST ORANGE CROW, WEST OSO AND RICHARDSON ISD.
TOMORROW ALL HAVE THE SAME THING IN COMMON.
THEY'RE NOT MANDATING THE MASK REQUIREMENT AS DISD IS.
THEY ARE CHOOSING TO FOLLOW THE RULE OF LAW, WHICH IS UNDER THE GA THIRTY EIGHT.
NOW, THESE OTHER SCHOOLS SEEM TO UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF HAVING THE PARENT MAKE THE MEDICAL DECISION FOR THEIR CHILDREN.
AND THERE'S ALSO LEGAL PRECEDENT, WHICH I'M SURE YOU ARE AWARE OF, OF WHY THIS IS HAPPENING. AND SO I CHALLENGE YOU TO STEP UP THE GAME.
I CHALLENGE YOU TO UNMASK OUR KIDS, ALLOW US TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS FOR OUR CHILDREN.
I REALIZE THERE'S FUNDS INVOLVED FROM ESSR THAT YOU MAY NEED.
HOWEVER, WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT HERE IS THE CHILDREN AND ALLOWING PARENTS TO MAKE THAT CALL. THE NEXT POINT THAT I'D LIKE TO BRING UP IS THAT WHEN I CALLED TO SPEAK TODAY, I WAS CLEARLY TOLD THAT YOU ARE NOT MAKING ANY ACCOMMODATIONS FOR ADA, THAT YOU ARE MAKING ZERO ACCOMMODATIONS FOR AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT.
SO ANYBODY WHO HAS A MEDICAL CONDITION LIKE MYSELF, WHERE IT MAKES IT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO WEAR A MASK, WAS DENIED ENTRY.
NOW, LAST MONTH, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING ESCORTED OUT BY FOUR DIFFERENT OFFICERS
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BECAUSE THEY WERE TOLD TO DO SO BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE A MASK ON.AS A MEMBER, SOMEBODY WHO HAS A HEALTH OPPORTUNITY AND WHO REQUIRED OXYGEN.
I FIND THAT OFFENSIVE AND VIOLATIVE OF THE ADA.
THEREFORE, IF I HAVE CITATIONS FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE ADA TO GO TO EACH AND INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER, AND IF THE SECURITY WOULD BE SO KIND TO BRING THOSE TO THE BOARD MEMBERS FOR VIOLATING THE ADA ACT AND APPARENTLY THIS MONTH, THE NEW REGULATION IS IF I BROUGHT A LETTER FROM MY DOCTOR STATING THAT I HAVE A MEDICAL EXEMPTION, THEN YOU WOULD ACCEPT MY DISABILITY. I'M PRETTY SURE THAT'S IN VIOLATION OF HIPAA.
HOWEVER, IF YOUR OFFICE WOULD HAVE INFORMED ME OF THAT MATTER, THEN I COULD HAVE COME PREPARED WITH MY LETTER OF EXEMPTION FROM MY DOCTOR.
SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO EDUCATE YOUR STAFF ON UNDERSTANDING THE ADA AND THE REQUIREMENTS THEREOF. THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE] MIKE COOK FOLLOWED MY SERENA.
AMERICA AMERICA IS A CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC, LIKE I SAID LAST TIME, NOT A DEMOCRACY.
STAFF MEMBERS OF THE HINOJOSA HEARD STOP BEING HERDED LIKE SHEEP OR CATTLE.
WHAT ARE YOU ACCOMPLISHING BY FOLLOWING HIS AND CLAY JENKINS UNCONSTITUTIONAL EXECUTION OF OUR GOVERNMENT? I SUGGEST YOU CONSIDER HIS LAWLESSNESS AND DO YOUR OWN THINKING.
IF YOU'RE JUST COLLECTING A PAYCHECK, PLEASE CONSIDER THAT THERE ARE JOBS EVERYWHERE.
YOU HAVE CHOICES GALORE BECAUSE THE BIDEN HERD IS PAYING PEOPLE TO BE AT HOME ON THEIR COUCHES. THE HINOJOSA CLAY JENKINS HERD IS EXPLOITING ITS MEDIA GENERATED CHAOS.
YES, THE VIRUS IS REAL, BUT AGAIN.
WE'VE PLAYED WITH FIRE IN DOING BUSINESS WITH CHINA AT THE BEHEST OF OUR OWN DOING.
WE HIRED MARXIST INTO OUR FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
NOW WE'RE REAPING THEIR SCOURGE.
THE MEDIA HYPES, HYPES IT AND WHIPS IT UP, WHIPS UP FEAR AND CHAOS, WHICH IN TURN THE HINOJOSA HERD USES AS AN EXCUSE TO BREAK THE LAW IN THE NAME OF LOOKING OUT FOR THE PUBLIC'S WELL-BEING.
NOW ALL THE HINOJOSA HERD HAS TO DO IS TELL YOU, HEY, WE HAVE THE ANSWER TO THE PROBLEM.
YOU FOLLOW OUR EDICTS LIKE GOOD PEASANTS, AND AS WE KEEP THE PROBLEMS ROLLING OUT THROUGH THE MEDIA, WE WILL GIVE YOU SOLUTIONS, FOLKS.
WE ARE A FREE AND SELF-GOVERNING THINKING PEOPLE.
THE WHOLE REASON WE THE PEOPLE WROTE DOWN OUR NATURAL GOD GIVEN RIGHTS IN THE CONSTITUTION IS BECAUSE WE REALIZED THAT LIFE IS BETTER AS WE TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR OWN LIVES.
ALL ALL OF THEIR MARXIST PLOYS ARE TANKING OUR AMERICA ECONOMICALLY FAMILIARLY AND ALSO GLOBALLY WITH OUR FOREIGN POLICY, WHILE WHILE WE JACK AROUND WITH THEIR CRT AND SEL NONSENSE. CHINA RUNS TWO WILDLY SUCCESSFUL GUIDED MISSILE TESTS DURING BEIJING BIDEN'S ELMER FUDD STYLE LEADERSHIP.
CHINA'S MISSILE IS SUFFICIENTLY ACCURATE, NUCLEAR READY AND OH YEAH, SIX THOUSAND MILES PER HOUR FASTER THAN ANYTHING WE HAVE.
SERENA NOLAN, FOLLOWED BY DANIEL RODRIGUEZ.
HELLO, MY NAME IS SERENA NOLAN.
I COME HERE NOT AS A PARENT, BUT AS A CONCERNED CITIZEN AND OUT OF AN AND OUT OF AN OBLIGATION TO THE GENERATIONS THAT HAVE COME BEFORE ME AND HAVE SACRIFICED SO THAT I MAY SPEAK FREELY HERE TONIGHT.
I WAS ALERTED TO THE ATROCITIES TAKING PLACE WITHIN DISD WHEN I LEARNED OF TWO SIBLINGS THAT STOOD AGAINST YOUR UNLAWFUL MASK MANDATE AND WERE SUBJECT TO BULLYING RIDICULE.
AND WHAT IS CONSIDERED AN EXTREME FORM OF TORTURE, ISOLATION.
WHILE I PITY THOSE THAT I SEE WEARING A MASK.
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I SUPPORT THE RIGHT TO DO SO.I DO NOT SUPPORT YOUR UNLAWFUL MANDATE THAT REQUIRES STUDENTS TO ACQUIESCE TO YOUR INDOCTRINATION. MAKE NO MISTAKE, THIS IS NOT ABOUT ONE'S HEALTH.
HOW THE SCHOOL CHOSE TO DEAL WITH THIS 11 YEAR OLD AND 13 YEAR OLD'S CHILD RIGHT TO LAWFULLY ATTEND A TAXPAYER FUNDED SCHOOL IS NOTHING SHORT OF CRIMINAL.
ISOLATING THESE YOUNG CHILDREN IN A BOX SIDED BY THE FIRE MARSHAL WAS UNSAFE AND SUBJECTING THEM TO RIDICULE AND BULLYING.
BUT SERVING AS A WARNING TO OTHER STUDENTS TO OBEY IS TEXTBOOK CHILD ABUSE.
PROFESSIONALS IN WHICH TEACHERS ARE SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED AS ARE REQUIRED UNDER TEXAS STATE FAMILY CODE TO FILE A REPORT WITHIN 48 HOURS OF FIRST SUSPECTING A CHILD HAS BEEN ABUSED. IF THE FACULTY AND STAFF OF DILLEY ELEMENTARY DID NOT SUSPECT THAT ISOLATING YOUNG CHILDREN IN AN UNSAFE BOX AND SUBJECTING THEM TO EXTREME HUMILIATION IS NOT CHILD ABUSE, THEN THESE PROFESSIONALS HAVE NO BUSINESS BEING INVOLVED WITH CHILDREN.
THE FURTHER QUESTION IS, WAS THIS SCHOOL ACTING AT THE DIRECTION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT? THIS QUESTION NEEDS AN ANSWER.
WHEN YOU DEAL WITH SOMETHING ROTTEN, THE CLOSER YOU EXAMINE IT, THE WORSE IT SMELLS.
I WAS TRULY AGHAST AND HEARTBROKEN TO LEARN THAT DISD IS OFFERING GIFT CARDS TO CHILDREN TO TAKE AN UNAPPROVED VACCINE FOR AN ILLNESS, WHICH CHILDREN STAND MORE OF A CHANCE OF BEING HARMED BY THE VACCINE THAN ITSELF.
YOUNG BOYS, IN PARTICULAR, ARE FOUR TO SIX, OR DEPENDING ON WHAT STUDY YOU LOOK AT, NINE TO 11 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO END UP IN THE HOSPITAL WITH VACCINE INDUCED HEART PROBLEMS THAN WITH COVID.
HOW DARE YOU? AS A NUREMBERG CODE, STATES COERCE THESE YOUNG CHILDREN INTO THE SERIOUS POSSIBILITY OF LIFELONG HEALTH ISSUES.
YOUR ACTIONS TO ME LIKENED TO A PERVERT THAT LURES AN INNOCENT CANDY OR A PUPPY.
HAVE YOU NO SHAME? DISD NEEDS TO STOP THIS UNCONSCIONABLE POLICY IMMEDIATELY.
A STATE OR FEDERAL LAW, BUT THERE IS A HIGHER POWER THAT YOU WILL ALL ANSWER TO AND MAY GOD HAVE MERCY ON YOUR SOULS.
[APPLAUSE] DANIEL RODRIGUEZ, FOLLOWED BY TRACY LEBLANC.
GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DANIEL RODRIGUEZ.
I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT OUR DISCIPLINE OR A LACK OF DISCIPLINE, ACCOUNTABILITY AND CONSEQUENCES IN OUR SCHOOL AND OUR CURRENT SCHOOL PROGRAM.
I WANT TO TELL YOU A STORY ABOUT OUR ELDEST SON, OUR ELDEST SON.
YOU KNOW, HE ASKED ME IN EIGHTH GRADE, HE GOES, YOU KNOW, DAD, I DON'T.
I'M TIRED OF GOING TO PRIVATE SCHOOL.
WASHINGTON. IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A PREMIER SCHOOL OF DALLAS COUNTY, CORRECT? MY SON SHOWS UP.
NOW, KEEP IN MIND, HE WENT FROM AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAD RULES, YOU HAD DISCIPLINE, YOU HAD ACCOUNTABILITY.
HE COMES HOME, HE GOES, DAD, I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW.
KIDS TALK BACK TO TEACHERS AND HOW THEY DISRESPECT THEM.
HE GOES, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY DON'T TAKE CONTROL OF THE CLASS.
SO AS THAT FIRST A FEW WEEKS PASSED BY, HE STARTED LOSING HIS INTEREST IN RESPECTING TEACHERS HIMSELF.
YOU JUST KIND OF LAID BACK AND STARTED OBSERVING HOW THERE WAS NO CONSEQUENCES.
AND AS YOU GUYS ALL KNOW, CRIME IN AMERICA, ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE MINORITY COMMUNITY, IT KEEPS INCREASING.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I CONSIDER MYSELF TO BE BROWN PRIVILEGED, BUT I CREATED MY BROWN PRIVILEGE BY HARD WORK, AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL THAT I GREW UP IN A TIME.
ACCOUNTABILITY. AND I WAS TAUGHT TO RESPECT MY TEACHERS.
I'LL TELL YOU IF IT WASN'T FOR THE DISCIPLINE THAT I RECEIVED IN MY YOUNGER YEARS, I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE ENDED UP IN PRISON LIKE MY BOTH OF MY BEST FRIENDS.
BUT I RESPECTED THAT, AND MY CONCERN IS THERE'S NO ATTENTION BEING PUT IN PLACE.
TODAY, 70 PERCENT OF YOUNG MEN ARE BEING RAISED BY SINGLE WOMEN, AND IN THESE COMMUNITIES THAT I AM FROM AND I CONSIDER MYSELF, YOU KNOW, I GREW UP, YOU KNOW, WITH MY PARENTS.
MY MOM HAD A THIRD GRADE EDUCATION.
MY DAD HAD A FIFTH GRADE EDUCATION THAT DIDN'T KEEP ME FROM GROWING.
IT DIDN'T KEEP ME FROM ACCOMPLISHING MY GOALS.
AND BY THE WAY, I PAY A LOT OF MONEY IN PROPERTY TAXES SO YOU GUYS CAN GET FUNDED.
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SO AS MY MY SON WAS THERE, I WAS EXPLAINING TO HIM THAT THE TEACHERS DON'T HAVE CONTROL OF THIS. IT'S YOU GUYS.IT'S THE THING THAT YOU IMPLEMENT AND I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS TO PLEASE GIVE TEACHERS CONTROL OF THE CLASSROOM.
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE? LET THEM DISCIPLINE THESE KIDS, LET THEM HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE, GIVE THEM CONSEQUENCES.
AND QUIT GOING AFTER YOUR TEACHERS AND GIVING THEM DISCIPLINES AND CONSEQUENCES.
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT NEED THE FREEDOM AND GIVE THEM A PAY RAISE.
[APPLAUSE] TRACEY LEBLANC, FOLLOWED BY LAUREN DAVIS.
I THINK, I'M I THINK I'M STUCK.
TRACY LEBLANC AND I'M HERE JUST AS TRACY LEBLANC.
I MOVED HERE FROM CALIFORNIA AND I'M APPALLED AT WHAT I'VE SEEN.
YOU'RE GOING DOWN THE SAME ROAD THAT CALIFORNIA WENT DOWN.
AND I'M TALKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT DEALEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THE TRAGEDY, THE TRAUMA, THE ABUSE FOR THE BROTHER AND THE SISTER THAT ARE AT THAT SCHOOL.
REGARDLESS OF YOUR OPINION ON THE MASKS, YOU AS PARENTS, YOU AS BOARD MEMBERS, THE OTHER CHILDREN NEED TO TREAT OTHER CHILDREN WITH RESPECT.
WE HAVE THE FIRST AMENDMENT HERE AND WE HAVE THE FOURTH AMENDMENT.
YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO BE SECURE ON YOUR PERSON AND YOU NEED TO BE KIND AND LOVING AND NOT TORMENT AND ABUSE AND YELL AND THREATEN CHILDREN.
PEOPLE BETTER THAN ME HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT THIS, AND THANK GOD FOR THEM.
I WANT TO READ A POEM AND I WANT TO DEDICATE IT TO THOSE BRAVE CHILDREN, AND MAYBE SOME OF YOU WILL BE BRAVE AND STAND UP BEFORE THEY COME AFTER YOU.
IF YOU CAN KEEP YOUR HEAD WHEN ALL ABOUT YOU ARE LOSING THEIRS AND BLAMING IT ON YOU.
IF YOU CAN TRUST YOURSELF WHEN ALL DOUBT YOU.
BUT MAKE ALLOWANCE FOR THEIR DOUBTING TOO, IF YOU CAN WAIT AND NOT BE TIRED BY WAITING OR BEING LIED ABOUT, DON'T DEAL IN LIES OR BEING HATED.
AND YET DON'T LOOK TOO GOOD, NOR TALK TOO WISE.
IF YOU CAN DREAM AND NOT MAKE DREAMS YOUR MASTER, IF YOU CAN THINK AND NOT MAKE THOUGHTS YOUR AIM. IF YOU CAN MEET WITH TRIUMPH AND DISASTER AND TREAT THOSE WHO IMPOSTORS JUST THE SAME, IF YOU CAN BEAR TO HEAR THE TRUTH, YOU'VE SPOKEN TWISTED BY KNAVES TO MAKE TRAP FOR FOOLS.
OR WATCH THE THINGS YOU HAVE GIVEN YOUR LIFE TO BROKEN AND STOOP AND BUILD THEM UP WITH WORN OUT TOOLS.
IF YOU CAN MAKE ONE HEAP OF ALL YOUR WINNINGS AND RISK IT ON ONE TURN OF PITCH AND TOSS AND LOSE AND START AGAIN AT YOUR BEGINNINGS AND NEVER BREATHE A WORD ABOUT YOUR LOSS.
IF YOU CAN FORCE YOUR HEART AND NERVE AND SINEW TO SERVE YOUR TURN LONG AFTER THEY ARE DONE, AND SO HOLD ON WHEN THERE IS NOTHING IN YOU EXCEPT THE WILL WHICH SAYS TO THEM, HOLD ON.
IF YOU CAN WALK WITH CROWDS AND KEEP YOUR VIRTUE OR WALK WITH KINGS, NOR LOSE THE COMMON TOUCH. IF NEITHER FOES NOR LOVING FRIENDS CAN HURT YOU, IF ALL COUNT WITH YOU, BUT NONE TOO MUCH.
IF YOU CAN FILL THE UNFORGIVING MINUTE OR THREE.
WITH 60 SECONDS WORTH OF DISTANCE RUN, YOURS IS THE EARTH AND EVERYTHING THAT'S IN IT.
AND WHICH IS MORE, YOU'LL BE A WOMAN, A MAN, MY DAUGHTER, MY SON.
THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] LAUREN DAVIS, FOLLOWED BY ANN STONE.
HELLO. YOU ALL KNOW ME, I GAVE QUITE THE SPEECH LAST TIME, AND MY FIRST COUPLE OF WORDS REALLY STRUCK YOU.
AND I WOULD IMPLORE YOU TO PUT THOSE IN YOUR HEART.
MY DAUGHTER WAS TOLD SHE DESERVES TO DIE.
NOW I'M HERE TODAY TO SAY, LORD, HAVE MERCY ON YOUR SOULS.
I HAVE NEVER FELT THE WEIGHT OF THAT STATEMENT EVER IN MY LIFE LIKE I DO TODAY.
YOUR PARENTS, EDWIN FLORES, YOUR SMIRK BEHIND THAT NASTY LITTLE MASK IS OVERWHELMING TO ME. YOU TOLD ME YOUR EMAIL IS BROKEN, BUT IT'S NOT.
YOU ALL ARE ON NOTICE TO WHAT IS HAPPENING TO MY CHILDREN.
IF YOU DON'T WANT THIS ROOM TO FILL UP LIKE LOUDON COUNTY, I WOULD ASK YOU TO WAKE UP,
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WAKE UP. EVERYTHING AND ALL THESE PEOPLE HERE ARE HERE BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE TRUTH OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING AT DEALEY MONTESSORI.IT'S BEING COVERED UP AND IT IS THE TRUTH.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS COME OUT.
THEY'VE BEEN FORCEFULLY SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER.
I HAVE FACEBOOK PAGES ORGANIZED BY PARENTS.
BY FORMER TEA MEMBERS, BY SOMEONE WHO'S RUNNING FOR DISTRICT TWO AFTER MR. MARSHALL'S DONE. YOU KNOW, IT'S TRUE.
WHO IS ORGANIZING THESE PAGES AND TIFFANY HEWITT, MR. HINOJOSA. YOU ALL KNOW TO TAKE IT DOWN AND YOU CHOOSE NOT TO.
SO THAT CONTENT GOT PUT ON OTHER MEDIA THAT YOU MR. MACKEY MADE COMMENTS ON MY DAUGHTER'S FACE FROM A SCHOOL PAGE IS OUT IN THE MEDIA.
AND IF THE REST OF YOU TRUSTEES DON'T, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO ASK YOUR LEADER MR. HINOJOSA. AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, THEN YOU ARE AN UNBELIEVABLY AWFUL LEADER. MY CHILDREN ARE SUFFERING EVERY DAY IN THE SCHOOL BECAUSE I HAVE A RIGHT TO CHOOSE WHETHER THEY PUT A MASK ON.
I AM HAPPY FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO WEAR A MASK.
THEY WILL NOT. AND THEY DON'T DESERVE TO BE TREATED HOW THEY'VE BEEN TREATED.
THOSE FACEBOOK PAGES MS. HEWITT. IF YOU'RE IN THE ROOM OR LISTENING, YOU KNOW THAT IN SPDM CHAIR NAMED LANCE CURRIE WAS A MODERATOR ON THE PAGE, AND YOU STATED IN WRITING THAT IT HAD TO BE AN ADMIN OR AN SPDM CHAIR TO BE ON THAT PAGE.
WE SENT IN THAT AND THEN POOF, HIS NAME IS OFF THE SITE AND IT'S ALL STILL UP THERE.
OUR BUSINESSES ARE BEING ATTACKED, OUR ENTIRE FAMILIES ATTACKED, AND I'M ABOUT TO HIRE PRIVATE SECURITY FOR MY KIDS BECAUSE MR. HINOJOSA, YOU CAN'T KEEP YOUR SCHOOLS SAFE.
[APPLAUSE] ANN STONE, FOLLOWED BY JANET [INAUDIBLE].
I'M ANN STONE, MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE TWO CHILDREN AND WE LIVE IN YOUR DISTRICT.
WE KNEW WHEN WE BOUGHT OUR HOME WE WOULD HAVE TO SEND OUR CHILDREN TO PRIVATE SCHOOL BECAUSE OF THE INFERIOR DISD SCHOOL SYSTEM.
YOU HAVE INFERIOR TEST SCORES, INFERIOR CURRICULUM AND INFERIOR STANDARDS.
YET YOU'RE THE LARGEST SCHOOL SYSTEM IN OUR AREA AND HAVE A $1.8 BILLION BUDGET.
THE EXAMPLE, YOU SAID, IS THE LARGEST AND MOST WELL FUNDED SCHOOL DISTRICT IN DFW AFFECTS MY CHILDREN AND ALL CHILDREN IN DFW.
AFTER LAST YEAR, MY DAUGHTER DID NOT REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO GO TO SCHOOL WITHOUT A MASK. IT TOOK ONE YEAR TO DO THAT.
MY SON RAN SPRINTS AND PERFORMED HEAVY EXERCISE WHILE WEARING A MASK AND WAS SCREAMED AT BY FACULTY IF HE TOOK IT OFF.
Y'ALL DID THAT WITH THE EXAMPLE YOU SET.
DO Y'ALL WEAR AT MASK EIGHT HOURS A DAY AND PERFORM HEAVY EXERCISE? SUPERINTENDENT HINOJOSA THERE ARE CURRENT PICTURES ALL OVER THE PLACE OF YOU NOT WEARING A MASK. WHY IS THAT? WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO MOVE OUR CHILDREN TO NEW SCHOOLS, BUT MOST ARE NOT. I'M HERE TO STAND UP FOR THOSE CHILDREN IN THIS COMMUNITY.
MIGHT I ADD THERE ARE BOARD MEMBERS HERE WHO DO NOT HAVE CHILDREN IN DISD.
JUSTIN MARSHALL, I'M TALKING TO YOU.
PER TEXAS RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE, THE STATE IS EXEMPT FROM THE BONDING REQUIREMENTS THAT NORMALLY APPLY TO AN APPEAL.
THIS MEANS THE STATE HAS THE RIGHT TO SUPERSEDE STAY.
THE EFFECT OF THE GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER 38, EVEN THOUGH AN APPEALS BOND HAS NOT BEEN POSTED. THIS MEANS YOU ARE CLEARLY BREAKING THE LAW.
THIS IS WHY HIGHLAND PARK ISD, CARROLLTON FARMERS BRANCH ISD AND SUNNYVALE ISD ARE MASK OPTIONAL. THEY ARE ALL IN DALLAS COUNTY.
THEY ARE FOLLOWING THE LAW, NOT CLAY JENKINS POLITICAL STUNT.
YOU ALL DO NOT HAVE THE JURISDICTIONAL AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE MASKS.
HERE'S THE STATS OUT OF SIXTY SIX THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY TWO POSITIVE CASES FOR KIDS. SIXTY SIX THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY NINE RECOVERED.
THE RATE OF RECOVERY FOR KIDS IS NINETY NINE POINT NINE NINE FIVE FIVE TWO ONE PERCENT.
THE 2018 SURVIVAL RATE FROM ALL CAUSES ALL CAUSES AGES FIVE TO 14, IN THE U.S.
IS NINETY NINE POINT SEVEN THREE FIVE ZERO PERCENT.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? FOUR POINT FORTY EIGHT OUT OF ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND KIDS DIE FROM COVID AND TWENTY SIX POINT FIVE OUT OF ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND KIDS DIE FROM SOMETHING ELSE.
CAR ACCIDENTS, VIOLENCE IN THE HOME AND OTHER HEALTH PROBLEMS. HERE'S ANOTHER STAT.
ZERO DEATHS IN UNMASKED AND UNVAXED SCHOOLS SINCE JANUARY FOUR, 2020.
WHAT ARE WE DOING? MR. HINOJOSA SAID THAT WE WOULD DROP THE MASKS AFTER CASES DROPPED TO UNDER 500 CASES IN THE COUNTY. THAT WAS LAST WEEK.
WHY HAVEN'T YOU LIFTED THE MASK MANDATE?
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WHY DID YOU TELL THE MEDIA IT WOULD BE A RE-ADDRESS AT THE BEGINNING OF 2022? I MOVED MY CHILDREN TO SCHOOLS THAT FOLLOW THE LAW AND FOCUS ON EDUCATION.MY CHILDREN ARE MASKLESS, WITH THEIR HEADS HELD HIGH, ENJOYING THEIR FREEDOMS OF CHILDHOOD. THEY ARE NOT A THREAT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
YOU ALL ARE. [APPLAUSE] OUR LAST SPEAKER IS JANET [INAUDIBLE].
HELLO. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME.
I'M JANET [INAUDIBLE], IS MY BELIEF AND PATRIOTIC DUTY TO SPEAK UP AGAINST WHAT I BELIEVE IS A RADICAL AND RACIST AGENDA BEING PERPETRATED ON OUR CHILDREN.
WE ARE SEEING EXAMPLES OF SCHOOLS ATTEMPTING TO COERCE AND BRAINWASH OUR CHILDREN WITH THE MARXIST POLITICAL IDEOLOGY.
STUDENTS ARE BEING TOLD THEY ARE EITHER THE OPPRESSOR OR THE OPPRESSED, WHICH IS DETERMINED BY THEIR SKIN COLOR.
I AM WITNESSING A GROWING CANCEL CULTURE WHICH PUNISHES PEOPLE WITH PERSONAL VIEWS THAT DON'T FIT A PC CULTURE.
I'M SADDENED AND HURT BY THE DIVISIVENESS BEING CREATED TO TEAR DOWN THE FABRIC OF OUR CIVIL SOCIETY SCHOOLS.
WE WERE ENCOURAGED TO SPEAK UP AND SHARE IDEAS AND VALUES WHILE HEARING DIFFERING OPINIONS FROM EVERY STUDENT.
WE STARTED EACH DAY OF SCHOOL WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. WE WERE TAUGHT TO BE PROUD OF OUR COUNTRY'S HERITAGE AND TO UNDERSTAND THE BEAUTY AND THE UNIQUENESS OF OUR DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND THE CONSTITUTION.
TEACHERS TAUGHT CRITICAL LIFE SKILLS, INCLUDING MATH, CIVICS SCIENCES, AS WELL AS THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND WRITING SKILLS.
EXTRACURRICULAR CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS REINFORCE EXCELLENCE AS THEIR MODEL.
I WAS ALWAYS ENCOURAGED TO DO MY BEST BY MY TEACHERS AND FAMILY.
I DID NOT HAVE ACTIVIST TEACHERS CONFUSING OR INTIMIDATING AND SCARING ME WITH A POLITICAL AGENDA.
I WAS RAISED WITH LOVE AND RESPECT FOR GOD, FAMILY AND COUNTRY.
MY GREAT GRANDPARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS EMIGRATED FROM ITALY IN 1905.
MY GRANDPARENTS DID NOT TEACH THEIR CHILDREN TO SPEAK ITALIAN AT HOME TO ENSURE MY PARENTS COULD SPEAK ENGLISH TO IMPROVE THEIR ODDS FOR SUCCESS.
THEY WERE SO PROUD TO BECOME U.S.
CITIZENS, AND I REMEMBER HOW MUCH THEY INSTILLED IN ME THE LOVE I HAVE FOR AMERICA.
I LEARNED TO VALUE THE RIGHTS, FREEDOMS AND PRIVILEGES WE ENJOYED WITH NO OTHER COUNTRY CAN BOAST. WE KNEW WE WERE LIVING IN AN EXCEPTIONAL COUNTRY, WITH INALIENABLE RIGHTS GUARANTEED WITH OUR CONSTITUTION.
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THIS PANORAMA EDUCATION PACKAGE NOW UTILIZED BY DISD.
THE SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL LEARNING CURRICULUM BEING IMPLEMENTED IN SCHOOLS ACCUMULATES ALL KINDS OF DATA AND INFORMATION AND INCLUDES MIND NUMBING QUESTIONS FOR OUR KIDS.
I WANT TEACHERS TO TEACH OUR KIDS AND SHOW LOVE AND SUPPORT TO EVERYONE IN THE CLASSROOM WHILE PROVIDING CRITICAL LIFE SKILLS SO THAT EACH CHILD GROWS UP KNOWING THE GOD GIVEN RIGHTS THEY HAVE TODAY.
NOT MIND ALTERING MEASURES THAT EMPHASIZE SKIN COLOR, OPPRESSION AND VICTIMIZATION, LET ALONE TEACHING AND SOFTENING DOWN THE CURRICULUM TO ANY CHILD TEACH EXCELLENCE.
I BELIEVE IN THE UNIQUENESS OF OUR COUNTRY AND THE POTENTIAL FOR EVERY CHILD WHO ATTENDS OUR SCHOOLS. I WANT MY GRANDPARENTS GRANDKIDS TO KNOW THEY ARE LOVED AND RESPECTED FOR THEIR UNIQUENESS.
BUT NO, BUT SKIN COLOR HAS NO BEARING ON THEIR SUCCESS IN LIFE.
THEIR SUCCESS EVEN THOUGH I'VE NEVER TALKED TO THE BACKS OF PEOPLE.
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 6.01, CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES
[6. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL.TRUSTEE IS THE FOLLOWING MINUTES HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL CALLED BOARD MEETING 9/9/21 AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING 9/16/21 BOARD MEETING, 9/23/21 AND SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION AD HOC COMMITTEE MEETING 9/29/21.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE.
SECOND, IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY TRUSTEE FLORES, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE MARSHALL.
ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS? SEEING NONE TRUSTEES, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S AVAILABLE TO.
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SPEAK, THOUGH. I VOTE YES.TRUSTEES, YOU'VE JUST ADOPTED THE MOTION APPROVING MINUTES AS SUBMITTED.
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS.
[7. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS]
TRUSTEES. WE HAVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM 7.01 THROUGH 7.41 AS AMENDED.THE FOLLOWING AGENDA ITEMS HAVE BEEN PULLED FOR A SEPARATE VOTE.
7.03, 7.13, 7.14 7.15 7.18 AND 7.41.
CONSENT AGENDA ITEM 7.02 7.09 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 HAVE BEEN PULLED FROM THE AGENDA BY ADMINISTRATION. DO I HAVE A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AS AMENDED? MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY TRUSTEE FLORES, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE MARSHALL.
TRUSTEES PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.
AND TRUSTEE MICCICHE YOU MAY VOTE VERBALLY.
I VOTE YES. THE MOTION PASSES NINE ZERO. TRUSTEE AS YOU HAVE JUST ADOPTED THE MOTION APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA AS AMENDED. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEMS PULLED FOR A SEPARATE VOTE.
[8.01 Consider and Take Possible Action to Approve Amendment of Board Policy FFA (LOCAL) Student Welfare-Wellness and Health Services (Second Read, Sponsored by Tiffany Huitt, Chief of School Leadership) (Consent Item 7.03, Pulled by Trustees Joyce Foreman and Justin Henry)]
8.01 APPROVE AMENDMENT OF BOARD POLICY FFA LOCAL STUDENT WELFARE, WELLNESS AND HEALTH SERVICES 2ND READ, SPONSORED BY TIFFANY HEWETT, CHIEF OF SCHOOL LEADERSHIP.CONSENT ITEM 7.03 PULLED BY TRUSTEES JOYCE FOREMAN AND JUSTIN HENRY.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE.
SECOND. IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY TRUSTEE FLORES AND SECONDED BY TRUSTEE MARSHALL.
IS THERE DISCUSSION? TRUSTEE FOREMAN.
I'M SORRY, I UNDERSTAND THE ADMINISTRATION HAS SOME AMENDED LANGUAGE.
YES, WE'VE AMENDED THE LANGUAGE TO THE POLICY.
SHOULD IT BE APPROVED BY THE TRUSTEE TODAY, WE WILL AMEND IT TO THE LANGUAGE THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU.
IT STARTED OFF PREVIOUSLY AS PARENTS, STUDENTS LOOKING AT THE SECOND PARAGRAPH PARENTS, STUDENTS, REPRESENTATIVES OF THOSE FOOD DISTRICTS, FOOD SERVICE PROVIDER, ET CETERA.
INSTEAD, WE'LL AMEND THE LANGUAGE TO SAY, IN ADDITION TO THE SHAC PARENTS, STUDENTS, REPRESENTATIVES OF FOOD SERVICE PROVIDERS, ET CETERA.
AND WE WERE ADDING THAT ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE TO PROVIDE CLARITY.
SO IT SEPARATES THE SHAC COMMITTEE FROM THE ACTUAL BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
WITH THAT RECOMMENDATION, MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE APPROVAL.
WAS THIS AN AMENDMENT? THIS IS AN AMENDMENT, CORRECT? SORRY. IT'S NOT ACTUALLY AN AMENDMENT BECAUSE IT'S AGREED TO AND SUPPORTED BY THE ADMINISTRATION, SO IF THE BOARD, IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION THAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS SUBMITTING THIS IN THIS CAPACITY, THEN THE ADMINISTRATION WILL MAKE SURE THAT THIS LANGUAGE THAT'S BEEN PRESENTED TONIGHT WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE POLICY SO YOU CAN ADOPT IT AS PRESENTED THIS EVENING WITH THOSE THAT LANGUAGE IN THERE.
TRUSTEES ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO THIS LANGUAGE BEING ADOPTED AS THE POLICY BEING VOTED ON? SO I HAVE A QUESTION.
GO AHEAD. I'M NOT SURE I'M OBJECTING.
I MEAN, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THIS CLAUSE IS ABOUT THE SHAC ITSELF.
AND IF WE WANTED TO HAVE A DIFFERENT CLAUSE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PARENTS AND STUDENTS, I MEAN, FOR THEM HAVING ACCESS TO AND PROVIDING INPUT, WE DO WITH EVERY OTHER POLICY.
IT JUST SEEMS THAT THIS THIS SECTION IS ABOUT THE SHAC.
BUT IF, IF I'M MISTAKEN, THEN PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
YES, TRUSTEE FLORES. THIS PARTICULAR SECTION IS ACTUALLY ABOUT THE SHAC WELLNESS PLAN, NOT THE COMMITTEE.
AND SO IT'S IT'S A HIGHLIGHTING THE OPPORTUNITY OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, PARENTS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, STAFF TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE SHAC PLAN.
BUT THE WELLNESS PLAN IS THE NEXT SECTION.
AND IT'S ALIGNED WITH OUR CURRENT LEGAL LANGUAGE.
YOU GUYS ARE OK WITH IT. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE FLORES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AND I HAVEN'T HEARD OF ANY OBJECTIONS, SO THEREFORE WE WILL BE VOTING ON THIS LANGUAGE AND THIS AMENDMENT AS THE MAIN MOTION LANGUAGE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS MOTION AS AMENDED? SEEING NONE TRUSTEE, AS YOU MAY CAST YOUR VOTES AND TRUSTEE MICCICHE, YOU MAY VOTE VERBALLY. I VOTE YES.
TRUSTEE GARCIA. THE MOTION PASSES EIGHT ZERO.
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THANK YOU, TRUSTEES, YOU HAVE JUST ADOPTED THE MOTION APPROVING THE AMENDMENT OF BOARD POLICY, FFA, LOCAL STUDENT WELFARE AND WELLNESS AND HEALTH SERVICES.WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 8.07 AUTHORIZE AND NEGOTIATE AND ENTER INTO APPROVED
[8.07 Consider and Take Possible Action to Authorize, Negotiate and Enter into Approved Cooperative Agreements for the Purchase of Various Software Products and Services for Districtwide Use (Not to Exceed $4,500,000 Over One Year / General Operating/Special Revenue/Bond Funds) (Consent Item 7.14, Pulled by Trustees Joyce Foreman and Justin Henry)]
COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS FOR THE PURCHASE OF VARIOUS SOFTWARE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES FOR DISTRICT WIDE USE NOT TO EXCEED FOUR POINT FIVE MILLION OVER ONE YEAR.GENERAL OPERATING, SPECIAL REVENUE AND BOND FUNDS.
CONSENT ITEM SEVEN POINT ONE FOUR PULLED BY TRUSTEE FOREMAN AND HENRY.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE.
SECOND. IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY TRUSTEE FLORES AND SECONDED BY TRUSTEE MARSHALL.
TRUSTEE FOREMAN. I'D JUST LIKE TO HAVE CLARITY.
HI, JACK. [INAUDIBLE] TRUSTEE FOREMAN.
YOUR RESPONSE WAS IS THAT THIS COULD BE USED FOR THE INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS BECAUSE SOMETIMES SCHOOLS HAVE CERTAIN KINDS OF SOFTWARE THAT THEY NEEDED.
CORRECT. BUT THEN ON DOWN ON YOUR RESPONSE, YOU SAID, BUT ALL OF THEIR SOFTWARE HAS TO BE VETTED BY TEACHING AND LEARNING.
IS THAT IS THAT WHAT I UNDERSTAND YOU TO SAY? YEAH, THERE ARE SEPARATE PROCESSES FOR THE INSTRUCTIONAL APPLICATIONS INSTRUCTIONAL SOFTWARE. THIS MIGHT NOT BE INSTRUCTIONAL.
WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT FOR CAMPUSES, IT MIGHT NOT BE INSTRUCTIONAL.
THAT'S CORRECT. SO SO IF IT'S NOT INSTRUCTIONAL BECAUSE I'M LOOKING OUT FOR SCHOOLS WHO MIGHT NEED SOME RESOURCES IF IT'S NOT INSTRUCTIONAL, WILL THE CAMPUSES HAVE ACCESS TO THESE DOLLARS? YES, IF THEY HAVE IT IN THEIR BUDGET, THEY WOULD HAVE ACCESS.
BECAUSE THIS SAYS SOMETHING DIFFERENT, AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I WAS CLEAR THAT THE CAMPUSES WOULD OK.
YES, MA'AM. THAT'S WHAT I NEED TO KNOW.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE FOREMAN, TRUSTEE.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE, TRUSTEES YOU MAY CAST YOUR VOTE, TRUSTEE MICCICHE MAY VOTE VERBALLY.
TRUSTEE MICCICHE CAN YOU MUTE YOURSELF, PLEASE, IN THE MEANTIME? THE MOTION PASSES EIGHT ZERO.
TRUSTEES, YOU HAVE JUST ADOPTED THE MOTION APPROVING TO AUTHORIZE, NEGOTIATE AND ENTER INTO APPROVED COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS FOR THE PURCHASE OF VARIOUS SOFTWARE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES FOR DISTRICT WIDE USE NOT TO EXCEED FOUR POINT FIVE MILLION OVER ONE YEAR GENERAL OPERATING, SPECIAL REVENUE AND BOND FUNDS.
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 8.08 APPROVE THE DISTRICT MEMBERSHIP IN THE [INAUDIBLE] TO
[8.08 Consider and Take Possible Action to Approve the District's Membership in MiCTA to Allow for Participation in Their Cooperative Purchasing Program (Over Five Years / No Fiscal Impact) (Consent Item 7.15, Pulled by Trustees Joyce Foreman and Justin Henry)]
ALLOW FOR PARTICIPATION IN THEIR COOPERATIVE PURCHASING PROGRAM OVER FIVE YEARS.NO FISCAL IMPACT CONSENT ITEM SEVEN POINT ONE FIVE PULLED BY TRUSTEE FOREMAN AND HENRY DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE.
SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY TRUSTEE FLORES, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE MARSHALL.
JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION, AND I DIDN'T GET AN ANSWER TO IT BASED ON WANTING TO USE THIS COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AGREEMENT.
EXACTLY WHAT SERVICES WOULD WE BE PROCURING AND DO WE HAVE AN ESTIMATE OF HOW MUCH IT WOULD BE? FOR A YEAR.
WE PLAN TO PURCHASE CYBER SECURITY ASSESSMENT SERVICES THROUGH THIS VEHICLE AND THE THE OVERALL AMOUNT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS POINT IS BETWEEN 50 AND $100000.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. IT'S WHAT I NEED IT.
THANK YOU, TRUSTEE FOREMAN, TRUSTEES ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE TRUSTEES YOU MAY CAST YOUR VOTE, TRUSTEE MICCICHE, YOU MAY VOTE VERBALLY.
I VOTE YES. THE MOTION PASSES EIGHT ZERO.
TRUSTEES YOU HAVE JUST ADOPTED THE MOTION APPROVING THE DISTRICT'S MEMBERSHIP IN [INAUDIBLE] TO ALLOW PARTICIPATION IN THEIR COOPERATIVE PURCHASING PROGRAM OVER FIVE YEARS. NO FISCAL IMPACT.
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 8.09 AUTHORIZE NEGOTIATE AND ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS WITH OMNIA
[8.09 Consider and Take Possible Action to Authorize, Negotiate and Enter into Agreements with Omnia Partners Purchasing Cooperative with Recommended Vendor for Job Order Contract (JOC) Products and Services for Districtwide Use (Not to Exceed $2,500,000 Over Four and a Half Years Until January 2026, Including Renewal Options / General Operating/Special Revenue/Bond Funds (Consent Item 7.18, Pulled by Trustees Joyce Foreman and Justin Henry)]
PARTNERS PURCHASING COOPERATIVE WITH RECOMMENDED VENDOR FOR JOB ORDER, CONTRACT [INAUDIBLE] PRODUCTS AND SERVICES FOR DISTRICT WIDE USE NOT TO EXCEED TWO POINT FIVE MILLION OVER FOUR AND A HALF YEARS UNTIL JANUARY 2026, INCLUDING RENEWAL OPTIONS, GENERAL OPERATING, SPECIAL REVENUE AND BOND FUNDS.CONSENT ITEM SEVEN POINT ONE EIGHT PULLED BY TRUSTEE FOREMAN AND HENRY.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY TRUSTEE FLORES, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE CARREÓN.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? YES. TRUSTEE FOREMAN.
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HELLO, DAVID. HELLO TRUSTEE.SO MY CONCERN IS THE SAME CONCERN THAT I HAD WHEN THIS CAME BEFORE THE AUDIT COMMITTEE AND I STILL HAVE THOSE SAME CONCERNS IN TERMS OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO CONTROL THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT AND THAT.
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE VENDORS AND HOW THAT'S GOING TO WORK WITH THE VENDORS, I KNOW DWAYNE, YOU TOLD ME ABOUT THE PROCESS AND I HEAR IT, BUT RIGHT NOW I JUST CAN'T SUPPORT ANOTHER OUTSIDE COMPANY COMING IN AND GOING TO RUN THIS PARTICULAR JOB OR THE CONTRACTING PIECE. AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY REAL NUMBERS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR VENDORS ARE STILL GOING TO BE SERVED BECAUSE WE ARE CLEAR THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BRING IN SOME OF THEIR VENDORS THROUGH THIS PROCESS. SO I HOPE IT WORKS OUT.
BUT AT THIS TIME, I CANNOT SUPPORT SOMETHING THAT MIGHT TAKE AWAY WORK FROM SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS AREA.
I DO UNDERSTAND YOUR YOUR RESPONSE.
SEEING NONE TRUSTEES YOU MAY CAST YOUR VOTE, TRUSTEE MICCICHE YOU MAY VOTE VERBALLY.
AND THE MOTION PASSES, EIGHT VOTING YES AND ONE VOTING NO.
TRUSTEES YOU'VE JUST ADOPTED THE MOTION APPROVING TO AUTHORIZE NEGOTIATED ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS WITH OMNIA PARTNERS, PURCHASING COOPERATIVE WITH RECOMMENDED VENDOR FOR JOB ORDER, CONTRACT [INAUDIBLE] PRODUCTS AND SERVICES FOR DISTRICT WIDE USE NOT TO EXCEED TWO POINT FIVE MILLION OVER FOUR AND A HALF YEARS UNTIL JANUARY 2026, INCLUDING RENEWAL OPTIONS, GENERAL OPERATING, SPECIAL REVENUE AND BOND FUNDS.
WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM EIGHT POINT TEN AUTHORIZE NEGOTIATE AND ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT
[8.10 Consider and Take Possible Action to Authorize, Negotiate and Enter into an Agreement with Recommended Vendor for the Purchase of Body Cameras and In-Car Video (Not to Exceed $1,600,000 Over Five Years Including Renewal Options / General Operating/Special Revenue/Bond Funds) (Consent Item 7.41, Pulled by Trustees Joyce Foreman, Dan Micciche, and Justin Henry)]
WITH RECOMMENDED VENDOR FOR PURCHASE OF BODY CAMERAS AND IN-CAR VIDEO NOT TO EXCEED ONE POINT SIX MILLION OVER FIVE YEARS, INCLUDING RENEWAL OPTIONS, GENERAL OPERATING, SPECIAL REVENUE AND BOND FUNDS. CONSENT ITEM SEVEN POINT FOUR ONE, PULLED BY TRUSTEE FOREMAN, MICCICHE AND HENRY. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND.IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY TRUSTEE FLORES AND SECONDED BY TRUSTEE MARSHALL.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? NO. SEEING NO DISCUSSIONS AND QUESTIONS. YOU MAY CAST YOUR VOTE, TRUSTEE MICCICHE, YOU MAY VOTE VERBALLY.
I VOTE YES. THE MOTION PASSES NINE ZERO.
TRUSTEES. THE TIME IS NOW 8:37 P.M.
AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.