Sep 29, 2022 Board Meetings

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EVERYBODY READY? THANK YOU.

[2. MOMENT OF SILENCE AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]

SO THE TIME IS NOW 6:18 P.M.

AND THIS MEETING IS NOW CONVENED.

WE HAVE A QUORUM AND THIS MEETING HAS BEEN DULY POSTED.

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 BY VIDEO CONFERENCE.

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

DISTRICT ONE EDWIN FLORES, IS TRUSTEE MARSHALL ONLINE? HE IS. HE'S NOT. OK DISTRICT THREE I'M DAN MICCICHE, DISTRICT FOUR, CAMILLE WHITE, DISTRICT FIVE, MAXIE JOHNSON, DISTRICT SIX, JOYCE FOREMAN DISTRICT SEVEN IS BEN MACKEY ONLINE.

NO, BEN MACKEY IS NOT PRESENT.

DISTRICT EIGHT, JOE CARRION AND DISTRICT NINE IS JUSTIN HENRY IS PARTICIPATING BY VIDEO CONFERENCE.

OUR SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, DR.

STEPHANIE ELIZALDE, JOINS US AND MICCICHE.

I'LL BE CHAIRING THIS MEETING AND I AM BOARD VICE PRESIDENT.

THIS MEETING WILL BE AVAILABLE SIMULTANEOUSLY IN SPANISH ON SOCIAL MEDIA THROUGH DALLAS ISD, IN ESPANOL, ON FACEBOOK AND THROUGH THE DISTRICT WEBSITE . TRUSTEE CARREÓN. WOULD YOU DO THE HONORS? THANK YOU. IN ORDER FOR THE BOARD TO HOLD THIS MEETING IN AN EFFECTIVE MANNER, I WANT TO LET IT BE KNOWN THAT THIS MEETING WILL BE CONDUCTED IN AN ORDERLY FASHION AND ASKED THE PUBLIC TO ABIDE BY THE RULES OUTLINED IN BOARD POLICY BED LOCAL PERTAINING TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

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

SPEAKERS ARE CAUTIONED THAT THEY WILL THAT WHAT THEY SAY COULD VIOLATE THE THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS UNDER THE LAW OF DEFAMATION OR INVASION OF PRIVACY.

AND IF THEY'RE UNSURE OF THE LEGAL EFFECT OF THEIR REMARKS, THEY MAY ASK THEY MAY WANT TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE PRIOR TO THE UTTERANCE.

ANY PERSON WHO BECOMES BOISTEROUS OR DISRUPTIVE WHILE ADDRESSING THE BOARD OR WHILE ATTENDING THIS MEETING SHALL BE ASKED TO LEAVE.

FAILURE TO LEAVE, WHEN REQUESTED TO DO SO MAY RESULT IN THE PERSON BEING ESCORTED FROM THE MEETING AND SUBJECT TO ARREST.

WE WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT ALTHOUGH NOT REQUIRED, WE DO NOT.

WE DO RECOMMEND THE WEARING OF A FACE MASK WHILE IN DISTRICT PROPERTY.

TRUSTEES WERE NOW UP TO ITEM 2.02, RECOGNITION OF ELECTED AND PUBLIC OFFICIALS.

SO LOOKING OUT THERE, I DO SEE CURRENT CITY COUNCIL MEMBER JAIME RESENDEZ AND I SEE A NUMBER OF FORMER PUBLIC OFFICIALS, A LOT OF THEM ACTUALLY.

TRUSTEE CARREÓN, DO YOU WANT TO DO THE HONORS? WE HAVE ALSO COUNCILMAN OMAR NARVAEZ WITH US.

WE HAVE COUNCILMAN JESSE MORENO WITH US.

AS MENTIONED, COUNCILMAN JAIME RESENDEZ IS WITH US.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A HOST OF FORMER TRUSTEES WHO WE WILL ACKNOWLEDGE HERE MOMENTARILY.

AND I DON'T, I'M LOOKING AROUND TO SEE IF ANY OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS IN THE ROOM.

I DON'T. ANYONE ELSE.

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[3. PRESENTATION OF BOARD RECOGNITIONS]

GOOD EVENING. IN RECOGNITION OF HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, THE BOARD WELCOMES THE RETURN OF WE GRINER MIDDLE SCHOOL EXPLORATORY ARTS ACADEMY, MARIACHI LOS AMIGOS UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF DIRECTOR MARIA GARCIA AND CO-DIRECTOR FELIPE DIAZ.

LET US ENJOY ANOTHER PERFORMANCE OF SOCIALIST CALAVERAS, COMPOSED BY MR. DIAZ.

MIC] [MUSIC] THANK YOU WE GRINER MARIACHI.

TRUSTEE CARREÓN WOULD YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD? AS WE CELEBRATE HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, AS WE CELEBRATE HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, TRUSTEE CARREÓN WOULD LIKE TO

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WOULD THE FOLLOWING FORMER BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE COME FORWARD.

TRINIDAD TRINI GARZA, JEROME GARZA, ROBERT MEDRANO, ADAM MEDRANO, MIGUEL SOLIS, JAIME RESENDEZ AND CARLA GARCIA.

I WANT TO JUST MAKE A FEW REMARKS BEFORE I DO.

CAN WE GIVE ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR MARIACHI BAND? [APPLAUSE] A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW, BUT I WILL DO MY BEST.

THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT, AS YOU KNOW, THIS COUNTRY, WE ACKNOWLEDGE THANK YOU DR .

FLORES, YEAH YOU ARE AND THEN YOU'RE BACK.

AND I WAS GOING TO CALL YOU UP HERE.

IT'S SO IMPORTANT YOU KNOW IN THIS COUNTRY.

WE HAVE A NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH.

AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE TAKE THIS MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR HISPANIC HERITAGE, BOTH NATIONALLY BUT ALSO LOCALLY.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN I LOOK OUT INTO THIS GROUP, I LOOK AT PEOPLE THAT HAVE SERVED DALLAS ISD SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, BUT THEN UNEQUIVOCALLY TODAY STILL CONTINUE TO GIVE SO MUCH TO OUR KIDS AND TO THIS DISTRICT AND WORK SO HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT DALLAS IS A BETTER PLACE FOR CHILDREN.

AND SO FOR THAT, I AM EXTREMELY GRATEFUL.

I WANT TO TAKE, CAN WE GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

[APPLAUSE] YES.

THERE YOU GO. AND CHAIR MICCICHE KEEP ME ON TIME.

I PROMISE TO BE BRIEF.

BUT THERE ARE SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE HERE THAT I HAVE TO.

I HAVE TO KIND OF MAKE SOME STATEMENTS HERE.

DALLAS ISD HAS HAD A SCHOOL BOARD BACK IN BACK WHEN IT FIRST STARTED TO CALL A BOARD OF EDUCATION SINCE 1884.

THAT'S WHEN WE HAD OUR FIRST SCHOOL BOARD BOARD OF EDUCATION.

DALLAS ISD DID NOT HAVE A LATINO SIT ON THE SCHOOL BOARD UNTIL 1969, AND THAT WAS THIS GENTLEMAN HERE, THE INCOMPARABLE TRINI GARZA.

[APPLAUSE] YEAH.

AND THEN IT WAS IN 1974, 1974 THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS ELECTED ITS FIRST LATINO TO THE SCHOOL BOARD, AND THAT IS THE HONORABLE ROBERT MEDRANO.

[APPLAUSE] BUT HE TELLS ME THAT OUR COUNTY TREASURER, PAULINE MEDRANO, HAS ENTERED THE ROOM.

TREASURER MEDRANO IS HERE.

HELLO. HELLO.

YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT TRUSTEE ROBERT MEDRANO IS THAT HE SERVED ON THE SCHOOL BOARD FROM 1974 TO, I THINK, 1987, WHICH AT THE TIME MADE HIM THE LONGEST SERVING AND MIGHT STILL BE EDWIN.

YOU MIGHT YOU MIGHT CHECK WITH ME, THE LONGEST SERVING LATINO, THE TRUSTEE TO SERVE THE LONGEST AMOUNT OF YEARS CONSECUTIVELY IN DALLAS

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SO AND NOT JUST THAT, BUT FOR THAT PERIOD OF TIME HE WAS THE SOLE VOICE, THE SOLE LATINO VOICE ON THE DALLAS ISD SCHOOL BOARD.

SO FOR THAT, I AM ENTIRELY INDEBTED.

YEAH. YEAH, YOU HAVE.

THERE ARE SOME FOLKS HERE THAT COULDN'T BE WITH US AFTER TRUSTEE MEDRANO ELECTION.

YOU WILL HAVE THE ELECTION OF SOME FOLKS.

SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW TRUSTEE JOSE PLATA, WHO STILL LIVES HERE IN DALLAS WITH US.

YOU MIGHT ALSO KNOW IN AROUND 2001, A MAN WHO WE ALL KNOW, OUR ESTEEMED STATE REPRESENTATIVE, RAFAEL ANCHIA, WAS ELECTED TO THE SCHOOL BOARD.

AND THEN AFTER THAT, YOU HAVE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD JOIN US.

YES, OF COURSE. FIRST, I GUESS IT WAS I HAVE SOME NOTES HERE.

YES. AFTER RAFAEL ANCHIA, WE THE DISTRICT 8, WHO I'M HONORED TO REPRESENT, ELECTED A GENTLEMAN BY THE NAME JOSE [INAUDIBLE]. AND WHO WE AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT HAVE HONORED BY NAMING AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AFTER HIM AND IN DALLAS ISD DISTRICT EIGHT IN NORTHWEST DALLAS.

RIGHT. AND WE HAD WE WERE THEN BLESSED TO HAVE THE SERVICE OF JEROME GARZA.

THANKS FOR BEING.

AND THEN WE WERE HONORED TO HAVE THE SERVICE OF FORMER MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCILMAN AND FORMER SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT ADAM MEDRANO.

WHO AT THE TIME OF HIS ELECTION WAS THE YOUNGEST SCHOOL, REMEMBER, EVER ELECTED TO DALLAS ISD.

HOW HOW OLD WERE YOU AT THE TIME? HE WAS 30 YEARS OLD.

AFTER TRUSTEE MEDRANO AND MAYOR PRO TEM MEDRANO, WE SAW THE ELECTION OF TRUSTEE MIGUEL SOLIS.

WHO AT THE TIME OF HIS ELECTION, WAS THEN THE YOUNGEST SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER EVER ELECTED TO THE DALLAS ISD SCHOOL BOARD.

YEAH. AND HOW OLD ARE YOU, TRUSTEE SOLIS WHEN ELECTED? HE WAS 27 YEARS OLD.

OKAY, THERE IS JAIME.

AFTER. AFTER TRUSTEE SOLIS, YOU HAD THE ELECTION OF TRUSTEE JAIME REZENDES.

WHO OF COURSE, CONTINUES TO REPRESENT THE PEOPLE OF DALLAS ON THE CITY COUNCIL AND WAS THE FIRST LATINO ELECTED TO THE DALLAS SCHOOL BOARD FROM PLEASANT GROVE. AND THEN, OF COURSE, IN 2019, FINALLY, YOU SEE LOTS OF MEN UP HERE.

BUT IN 2019, THE PEOPLE OF DALLAS SENT TO THE SCHOOL BOARD, THE FIRST LATINA, CARLA GARCIA.

AND IN THERE I SKIPPED MY MY COLLEAGUE, WHO WAS ELECTED FIRST IN 2005 AND THEN CAME BACK TO THE SCHOOL BOARD AND IN 2015.

BUT WHO I BELIEVE, DR.

FLORES, YOU ARE THE FIRST FOREIGN BORN LATINO ON THE ON THE SCHOOL BOARD FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, ARE BORN IN MEXICO CITY.

SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF GO THROUGH THAT.

THANK YOU FOR FOR TAKING THE TIME AND.

YEAH, THAT'S ALL. THAT'S WHY I MENTION THAT.

THAT'S RIGHT. AND AND AND AT THE TIME OF TRUSTEE GARCIA'S ELECTION, SHE BECAME THE YOUNGEST SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER EVER ELECTED TO THE DALLAS SCHOOL BOARD. AND HOW OLD ARE YOU, TRUSTEE GARCIA? 22. SO STUDENTS, THAT'S ABOUT YOU'VE GOT FIVE YEARS, RIGHT? YOU GOT FIVE YEARS TO BEAT THAT.

RIGHT. SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL FOR FOR TAKING THE TIME.

I KNOW WE STARTED A LITTLE BIT LATE, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I SAW SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE HERE.

WE DON'T REALLY GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO TO REALLY EXPRESS THAT HISTORY HERE LOCALLY, THAT HISPANIC HERITAGE HISTORY HERE, LOCALLY THAT WE HAVE IN DALLAS ISD AND IN DALLAS. AND SO I JUST AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO SAY SINCERELY THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT TO SEE YOU ALL TOGETHER.

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I KNOW IT MEANS SO MUCH TO MY COLLEAGUES AND TO TRUSTEE TO TRUSTEE FLORES.

YOU ARE PART OF DALLAS HISTORY, PART OF DALLAS HISPANIC HERITAGE, AND I AM ETERNALLY GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR DALLAS KIDS AND THAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU, FORMER BOARD MEMBERS FOR YOUR SERVICE TO DALLAS ISD.

THIS CONCLUDES OUR RECOGNITIONS.

I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING BACK AND AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO OUR DISTRICT.

TRUSTEES, WE'RE NOW UP TO ITEM FOUR OF THE AGENDA, AND THAT IS A CLOSED SESSION.

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

SECTION 551-071 FOR PRIVATE CONSULTATION WITH ITS ATTORNEY ABOUT PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION, OR ON A MANNER IN WHICH THE DUTY OF THE ATTORNEY TO THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY UNDER THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT, THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS CLEARLY CONFLICTS WITH THIS CHAPTER FIVE 551.072 TO DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE, SALE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY AND 551.074 TO DELIBERATE THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT EVALUATION, REASSIGNMENT DUTIES, DISCIPLINE OR DISMISSAL OF A PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE, INCLUDING EMPLOYEES ON THE LIST IN STATUTORY ITEM A.

THE TIME IS NOW 6:41 P.M.

AND WE ARE IN CLOSED SESSION.

THE PUBLIC IS WELCOME TO REMAIN IN THIS ROOM WHILE THE BOARD GOES INTO CLOSED SESSION.

THANK YOU. OKAY, THE TIME IS NOW.

6:53 P.M.

AND WE ARE BACK IN OPEN SESSION.

THE BOARD TOOK NO ACTION IN CLOSED SESSION.

[5. REPORTS]

WE WILL FIRST BEGIN WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT MICCICHE.

I'D LIKE TO BEGIN BY ACKNOWLEDGING, AS WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE TIME TO THANK ALL OF OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES AS OPPORTUNITIES PRESENT THEMSELVES.

SO IT GIVES ME GREAT PRIDE TO SHARE SOME OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

AND I WANT TO START WITH SOME HAPPY BIRTHDAY WISHES TO A FEW OF OUR TRUSTEES, SOME OF WHICH ARE A LITTLE BIT LATE.

BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE A BOARD MEETING IN JULY, SO TRUSTEE JOYCE FORMAN CELEBRATED IN JULY.

SO HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY.

I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE TOOK TIME TO SALUTE HER AND THERE SHOULD BE SOME TIFF TREATS THERE FOR YOU TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

YOU CAN ALWAYS GIVE THEM AWAY.

TRUSTEE EDWIN FLORES CELEBRATED A BIRTHDAY IN AUGUST, BUT HE'S NOT TELLING ANY OF US HOW MANY BIRTHDAYS HE'S EXACTLY CELEBRATED, AND WE'VE GOT SOME TIFF TREATS THERE AS WELL.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU WERE LAUGHING.

TRUSTEE MAXIE JOHNSON.

IT WAS ALSO YOUR BIRTHDAY IN AUGUST.

WE HOPE EACH OF YOU HAD AN INCREDIBLE DAY.

YOU DESERVE NOTHING BUT THE BEST FOR GIVING OF YOUR TIME, WHICH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT COMMODITY WE CAN GIVE ANYONE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR INCREDIBLE COMMITMENT TO STUDENTS AND STAFF.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE.

EACH YEAR, SEPTEMBER 15TH THROUGH OCTOBER 15TH, WE JOIN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY TO PROUDLY CELEBRATE HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH. THERE ARE MANY EXCITING ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS PLANNED THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT AS WE REMEMBER, CELEBRATE AND HONOR THE CULTURAL HERITAGE AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS MADE BY AMERICAN CITIZENS WHOSE ANCESTORS CAME FROM SPAIN, MEXICO, THE CARIBBEAN AND CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA, AND I'M SURE MANY OTHER PLACES THAT I LEFT OFF.

NEXT, CHOOSING THE RIGHT COLLEGE IS ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING AND IMPORTANT DECISIONS.

HUNDREDS OF JUNIORS AND SENIORS ACROSS THE DISTRICT WILL BE MAKING AS THEY APPROACH GRADUATION.

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THE NEXT SLIDE ILLUSTRATES ONE OF MANY OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE TO SAY THANK YOU TO SO MANY OF THE HEROES THAT WE HAVE HERE IN DALLAS ISD EACH AND EVERY DAY.

THEY SAY NOT ALL HEROES WEAR CAPES, AND THAT IS CERTAINLY TRUE.

SOMETIMES THEY DRIVE BUSSES.

HOWEVER, AFTER THE HEROIC EFFORTS OF OUR SCHOOL BUS DRIVER SIMONE EDMOND, AND BUS MONITOR TO KENDRA VALENTINE, I THINK EVERYONE WILL AGREE THAT CAPES WERE THE MOST HIGHLY APPROPRIATE FOR THESE TWO WOMEN DURING LAST MONTH'S FLOODING.

THEY SAVED TWO SIBLINGS FROM THE RUSHING WATER BY COMING TO THEIR RESCUE.

AND I ALSO WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE THEM.

[APPLAUSE] BECAUSE ONCE IS NEVER ENOUGH WHEN IT COMES TO BEING RECOGNIZED FOR OUR ART EDUCATION PROGRAMS. I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THAT FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR, DALLAS ISD WAS NAMED A 2022 DISTRICT OF DISTINCTION BY THE TEXAS ART EDUCATION ASSOCIATION.

WE ARE AMONG ONLY 59 SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO BE HONORED BY PROVIDING A WELL-ROUNDED EDUCATION THAT ADVOCATES AND INTEGRATES VISUAL ARTS TO INSPIRE CREATIVITY AND BUILD SOCIAL EMOTIONAL HEALTH.

OUR NEXT SLIDE.

AND DALLAS ISD ALSO RECENTLY WON A NATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS AWARD FOR THE 2021 VIRTUAL STATE OF THE DISTRICT PRODUCTION.

OUR NEXT SLIDE.

IT IS A JOY TO SEE MANY OF THE BOND PROJECTS BEING COMPLETED AND THANKS TO THE CITIZENS OF DALLAS.

I AM PROUD TO SAY WE HAVE SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CAMPUSES AROUND AND IT MAKES IT EVEN BETTER WHEN THOSE CAMPUSES ARE RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR DESIGN.

THE NEW JILL STONE AND NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WERE BOTH AWARDED THE STAR OF DISTINCTION FROM THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, ALSO KNOWN AS TASA, FOR ARCHITECTURAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

THESE SCHOOLS WERE AMONG THE 55 TEXAS SCHOOL DESIGN PROJECTS INCLUDED IN THE 2022 2023 EXHIBIT OF SCHOOL ARCHITECTURE.

THESE ARE BEAUTIFUL BUILDINGS WORTHY OF OUR STUDENTS.

AND FINALLY, I ALSO WANT TO EXTEND A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO VICTOR VIDAL OF BARNES AND THORNBURG FOR HIS FIRM'S GENEROSITY IN OPENING THEIR DOORS TO THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM RECENTLY FOR OUR RETREAT EARLIER THIS MONTH.

KUDOS TO EVERYONE.

THANK YOU, DR. ELIZALDE.

TRUSTEES, WE ARE NOW UP TO ITEM 5.02 OF THE AGENDA.

BOARD OF TRUSTEE COMMITTEE REPORTS.

DO WE HAVE AN AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT, TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

YES, WE DO. TRUSTEE MICCICHE.

THANK YOU. THE AUDIT COMMITTEE MET ON SEPTEMBER THE 26, 2022.

THE ATTENDEES WERE MYSELF TRUSTEE EDWIN FLORES, TRUSTEE JOE CARREON, TRUSTEE CAMILLE WHITE, CHRIS LEWIS, PUBLIC ADVISORY MEMBER, AND DR.

STEPHANIE ELIZALDE.

THE MINUTES FOR THE MAY 19TH 2022 AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING WERE APPROVED.

FINANCIAL SERVICES PRESENTED THE DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL UPDATE.

EIGHT INTERNAL AUDIT REPORTS WERE ACCEPTED AND MADE FINAL IN OPEN SESSION.

THAT WAS THE E-RATE PROGRAM, SUPERINTENDENTS EXPENDITURES CONSTRUCTION, [INAUDIBLE] ESSER FUNDING, MAJOR I.T.

SYSTEMS, STANDARDIZED TESTING, CAMPUS BASED CONTROLS FOR WW SAMUEL, AND CAMPUS BASED CONTROLS FOR WOODROW WILSON.

THE AUDIT REPORTS HAD A TOTAL OF 17 OBSERVATIONS WITH RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE INTERNAL CONTROLS WITHIN THE FOLLOWING AREAS, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, SCHOOL LEADERSHIP, FINANCIAL SERVICES AND CONSTRUCTION SERVICES.

INTERNAL AUDIT THEN PRESENTED THE STATUS OF AUDIT FOLLOW UP ANNUAL AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT, STATUS OF AUDIT PLAN AND SUFFICIENCY OF DEPARTMENT RESOURCES DISTRICT HOTLINE REPORT.

LAST, THE AUDIT COMMITTEE RETIRED TO CLOSE SESSION AND THERE WAS NO ACTIONS TAKEN IN THE CLOSED SESSION.

THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

WE'RE NOW UP TO ITEM 5.03 OF THE AGENDA.

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WE'LL START WITH DISTRICT ONE AND TRUSTEE FLORES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. FIRST, I WANT TO THANK SUPERINTENDENT ELIZALDE FOR GOING ON A TOUR OF THE NEW TJ AND WALNUT HILL INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

THIS IS THE SCHOOLS HIT BY THE TORNADO AND THEY ARE LOOKING FANTASTIC AND WE'RE KEEPING OUR FINGERS CROSSED.

BUT THOSE KIDDOS SHOULD BE BACK IN THEIR SCHOOL THE FIRST WEEK OF JANUARY.

SO WE'RE VERY, VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

THAT'S BOTH WALNUT HILL INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, A K-8 TRANSFORMATION SCHOOL, AND OF COURSE, THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL.

I WANT TO CONGRATULATE PRINCIPAL CARMAN JOHNSON OF THOMAS THOMAS GOOCH ELEMENTARY FOR BEING RECOGNIZED BY UNITED TO LEARN.

PRINCIPAL JOHNSON ARE WONDERFUL TEAM AT GOOCH ARE DOING A GREAT JOB ON FINDING CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE LEARNING MORE ENGAGING FOR STUDENTS.

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. AND AT GOOCH, WE ARE PUTTING IN A NEW SECURE VESTIBULE IN THE FRONT AND OFFICES AND DOING SOME UPGRADES AND LOOK FANTASTIC.

I WANT TO ALSO SHARE KUDOS TO MS..

GARCIA OF PRESTON WOOD MONTESSORI PUPS, WHO PERFORMED A BEAUTIFUL BALLET FOLKLORICO DANCE AS THE OPENING ACT FOR THE OLLIE PATSEY BALLET COMPANY PERFORMED AT EDDIE WALKER AND PRESTON WOOD IS AN AMAZING HISTORIC HERITAGE MONTH CELEBRATION.

I WANT TO CELEBRATE CORINNE RODALE AND CAROLYN BLACK, TWO 5TH GRADERS AT HARRY WITHERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHO TOOK THE INITIATIVE TO CLEAN GRAFFITI OFF THE SCHOOL'S NEW PLAYGROUND. THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO REPRESENT YOUR VALUES AND LEAVE A SPACE BETTER THAN YOU FOUND IT.

THANK YOU, GIRLS. AND FINALLY, THIS SATURDAY IS THE WITHERS PROWL STARTING AT 9 A.M., FOLLOWED BY THE CARNIVAL AND THE DEDICATION OF THE NEW PLAYGROUND DONATED BY THE PTA AND THE DADS CLUB.

AND THAT IS AT 10 A.M..

HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I'LL GIVE THE DISTRICT TWO REPORT.

FIRST, I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH HILLCREST AND WOODROW ON SUCCESSFUL HOMECOMING CELEBRATIONS DURING THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER AND CONGRATULATE BOTH ON EXCEPTIONAL WINS ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD.

I'M SURE TRUSTEE MICCICHE HAS A LOT TO SAY ABOUT THAT.

ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE PRESTON HOLLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR BEING CHOSEN AS ONE OF THE TOP SAFEST SCHOOLS IN DISD BY THE DALLAS ISD RISK MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT. AND I WANT TO THANK RIDGEWOOD PARK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH FOR DONATIONS TO DANDY ROGERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IN SEPTEMBER THAT GENEVA HEIGHTS BEGAN ITS FIVE DAY DEMOLITION PROJECT.

WE ARE VERY EXCITED THAT GENEVA HEIGHTS IS GETTING A NEW SCHOOL BUILDING.

THIS SCHOOL WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT IN 1931 AND WE ARE RETAINING THE HISTORIC PART OF THE BUILDING.

BUT THE NEW SCHOOL IS UNDERWAY AND IS SET TO OPEN IN 2024.

IT'S VERY EXCITING FOR THE GENEVA HEIGHTS COMMUNITY.

AND LASTLY, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF DALLAS FOR MAKING GRANTS FOR INNOVATIVE TEACHING PROGRAMS. 52 DISD EDUCATORS RECEIVED FUNDING AND FOUR OF THOSE WERE IN DISTRICT TWO.

IT'S A BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO EFREN RAMIREZ FROM BEN FRANKLIN, WARD COATES AT HILLCREST, AND MARIA FERNANDEZ GUTIERREZ AT PERSHING, AND DEBRA TUBBS OF KB POLK.

THAT CONCLUDES THE DISTRICT TWO REPORT.

ALL RIGHT. I WILL DO THE DISTRICT THREE REPORT.

CONGRATULATIONS TO FINE ARTS TEACHER ANTHONY NEWLAND FROM JACK LOW SENIOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR BEING NAMED A MASTER TEACHER.

WE ARE THANKFUL FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION.

AND A BIG SHOUT OUT TO BAYLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER IVANA GRIFFIN FOR GREETING HER STUDENTS EACH MORNING AT THE DOOR TO SET A POSITIVE TONE FOR THE REST OF THE DAY, PROMOTE THEIR SENSE OF BELONGING, BOOST THEIR ACADEMIC ENGAGEMENT AND REDUCE DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR.

TRUSTEE WHITE. THANK YOU.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO CONGRATULATE DISTRICT FOUR TEACHERS WHO HAVE RECEIVED THEIR MASTER TEACHERS PROGRAM CERTIFICATION FROM BLANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, NANCY CHAVEZ YASMIN MONTREAL AND FELICIANO [INAUDIBLE] GARCIA.

ROSARIO GARCIA ,EXCUSE ME FROM TITCHE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JENNIFER HOLLAND FROM YOUNG WOMEN STEM ACADEMY AT BOX SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL, JOHN FORD.

ALSO, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING GRANTS FOR INNOVATIVE TEACHING RECIPIENTS FOR DISTRICT FOUR.

KATHRYN JOSS FROM ANNIE WEBB BLANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

LAUREN WHITMORE FROM EDWARD TITCHE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

MM. I'M SORRY.

I AM NOT GOING TO PRONOUNCE THIS RIGHT, REBECCA.

I'M SORRY, REBECCA. I'M NOT GOING TO EVEN TRY YOUR LAST NAME.

I DO APOLOGIZE.

FROM NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

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AT LEAST IT'S REBECCA.

A J U L U C H UKU RW U FROM NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

JOHN FORD FROM YOUNG WOMEN STEM ACADEMY AT BOX SPRINGS.

WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK AND STUDYING.

WE KNOW THAT IT IS A MOMENTOUS TASK FOR YOU TO TEACH AND GO TO SCHOOL.

AND JUST THANK YOU GUYS FOR RAISING THE BAR.

TRUSTEE JOHNSON.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEE MICCICHE.

I'M PROUD TO SHARE THAT WE HAVE TWO NATIONAL BLUE RIBBON SCHOOLS IN DISTRICT FIVE.

CONGRATULATIONS TO TAG AND STEM AND STEM AT TOWN VIEW FOR CONTINUING TO CHALLENGE AND PREPARE STUDENTS FOR A BRIGHT FUTURE.

ALSO, A BIG THANK YOU TO THE STAFF AND STUDENTS AND PARENTS FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND HARD WORK.

THANK YOU TO ATMOS ENERGY FOR THEIR GENEROUS, GENEROUS DONATION TO THE DALLAS EDUCATION FOUNDATION AND FOR GETTING A BRAND NEW BOOK VENDING MACHINE INSTALLED AT EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON STEM ACADEMY.

AS AN INCENTIVE, TEACHERS WILL HAND OUT TOKENS TO STUDENTS TO REINFORCE THE FUN OF LEARNING AND READING.

ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER THE 16TH, WE HELD THE RENAMING CEREMONY FOR TOWN VIEW'S BUSINESS SCHOOL AFTER BELOVED CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST AND FOUNDING PRINCIPAL DR.

MARVIN E. ROBINSON.

THE SCHOOL WAS OFFICIALLY RENAMED THE MARVIN E ROBINSON SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT AT YVONNE AYALA TOWN VIEW CENTER.

THANK YOU TO THE FAMILY AND MY FELLOW TRUSTEES FOR ALLOWING US TO HONOR SUCH A NOTABLE MAN.

THANK YOU TO THE DALLAS COWBOYS AND COWBOYS LEGEND DEMARCUS WARE FOR PUTTING ON AN EPIC PEP RALLY FOR SOUTH OAK CLIFF HIGH SCHOOL AS THE REIGNING STATE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS AND THE FIRST SCHOOL FROM DALLAS ISD TO WIN THE STATE TITLE SINCE 1958.

SOUTH OAK CLIFF WAS THE PERFECT PLACE TO WELCOME BACK FOOTBALL.

THE STUDENTS AND STAFF HAD A WONDERFUL TIME AND ONE LUCKY STUDENT WAS GIFTED TICKETS TO THE COWBOY STADIUM.

I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO TRUSTEE MICCICHE.

I SAW WHERE HIS SCHOOL CAME FROM.

JAY AND THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL I WENT.

YOU ALLOWED ME TO GO VISIT.

YOU WERE WELCOME ANYTIME. JILL STONE.

JILL STONE. WHEN YOU SEE WHERE THE WHERE THE STUDENTS CAME FROM AND TO SEE THE BUILDING THAT THE DISTRICT AND HE ADVOCATED FOR.

HE DID A WONDERFUL JOB ADVOCATING FOR THAT, FOR HIS COMMUNITY.

AND IT WAS A WONDERFUL SCHOOL NOW.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO GO VISIT YOUR CAMPUS.

I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO PRINCIPAL ZACHARY AT ALBERT C BLACK AT PEASE ELEMENTARY FOR DOING AN AWESOME AND OUTSTANDING JOB DURING THE RENOVATION, BRINGING BOTH SCHOOLS TOGETHER.

THEIR STAFF IS DOING A REMARKABLE JOB AND I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT BECAUSE OUR KIDS ARE EXCITED.

PARENTS ARE EXCITED. THANK YOU SO MUCH, DR.

ELIZADE, FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING AS WELL, AND OUR DISTRICT.

THIS IS MY REPORT. TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS TO UMPHREY LEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER LUCIA HERNANDEZ FOR RECEIVING HER CERTIFICATION AS A MASTER TEACHER. CONGRATS TO THE FOLLOWING DISTRICT SIX TEACHERS WHO WERE AWARDED GRANTS FOR INNOVATIVE TEACHING FROM CLINTON P RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. FRANCIS SOLIS FROM HULSEY STEAM MIDDLE SCHOOL WHITLEY GREEN.

FROM MARTIN WEISS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, PAMELA JENKINS, FROM RONALD E MCNAIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, DR.

[INAUDIBLE] AND CAMELIA HARRIS.

SHOUT OUT TO THE KIMBALL HIGH SCHOOL VARSITY FOOTBALL TEAM FOR WINNING THEIR GAME AGAINST SAM HOUSTON OF ARLINGTON BY A SCORE OF 16-19.

AND CONGRATULATIONS TO TWO INDIVIDUALS FOR DESERVING EDUCATORS AT CARTER HIGH SCHOOL, GREGORY CHAPMAN AND DECARDIO COTTINGHAM, WHO WERE HONORED BY ACADEMY SPORTS AND THE TEXAS RANGERS FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO OUR COWBOY SCHOLARS.

MR. CHAPMAN HAS BEEN EMPLOYED WITH DALLAS ISD FOR 21 YEARS AND NOW SERVES AS CARTER HIGH SCHOOL COMMUNITY LIAISON.

MR. COTTINGHAM IS HIS IS IN HIS SEVENTH YEAR OF TEACHING IN DALLAS ISD.

GO DISTRICT SIX.

TRUSTEE CARREÓN, WOULD YOU PLEASE DO THE ACCOLADES FOR DISTRICT SEVEN AND TRUSTEE MACKEY? YES, I WILL READ THE DISTRICT SEVEN ACCOLADES ON BEHALF OF TRUSTEE BEN MACKEY.

NINE EDUCATORS IN EIGHT SCHOOLS IN DISTRICT SEVEN HAVE RECEIVED INNOVATION GRANTS FROM THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF DALLAS.

I'D LIKE TO SHOUT OUT THE FOLLOWING SCHOOLS FOR THINKING OUTSIDE OF THE BOX TO ADDRESS ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT AND PROVIDE A FUN WAY FOR STUDENTS TO LEARN THROUGH INNOVATIVE

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JAMES BOWIE, STOCKARD COVER, CORCORAN, ROSEMONT, LOWER ADAMSON AND WINNETKA.

THANK YOU, JUNIOR LEAGUE.

KUDOS. KUDOS ALSO TO ANNABEL HUERTA, THE BALLET FOLKLORICO INSTRUCTOR AT MARIA MORENO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR MAKING IT HER MISSION TO CONTINUE HONORING THE SCHOOL'S NAMESAKE AND RICH HISTORY THAT THRIVES IN OAK CLIFF.

THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO SHINE A LIGHT ON HISPANIC TRADITIONS AND ENSURING STUDENTS ARE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THEIR CULTURE.

HUERTA IMPACT HAS BEEN CAPTURED WITH A FEATURE STORY IN THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS AND LIGHT OF HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH.

WELL DONE. LASTLY, I LIKE TO RECOGNIZE ERIC BENSON, A PE TEACHER AT BISHOP ARTS STEAM ACADEMY, WHO HAS BEEN TRANSFORMING LIVES FOR 38 YEARS.

MR. BENSON ALWAYS GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND TO ENSURE HIS STUDENTS CAN PARTICIPATE IN SPORTS, AND HE STEPPED UP TO LEAD AFTER SCHOOL LEAGUES AND PROGRAMS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION, MR. BENSON, AND CONGRATULATIONS ON 38 YEARS WITH DALLAS ISD.

MR. PRESIDENT, THAT CONCLUDES DISTRICT SEVEN ACCOLADES.

AND NOW THE DISTRICT EIGHT REPORT TRUSTEE CARREÓN.

THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, FOR THE DISTRICT EIGHT REPORTS.

ON AUGUST 30TH, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF HOSTING AT DISTRICT EIGHT MEET AND GREET WITH SUPERINTENDENT DR.

STEPHANIE ELIZALDE.

OVER 100 PARENTS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND STAFF WERE IN ATTENDANCE AND WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A DIALOG WITH DR.

ELIZALDE ABOUT THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE OF DISTRICT EIGHT SCHOOLS AND THE SCHOOL COMMUNITIES.

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK DR.

ELIZALDE TRUSTEE JOHNSON, THE STAFF AT LG PINKSTON HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL MARLIN BROOKS, COACH ANTHONY MAGEE, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE TEAM.

IT TAKES A LOT OF FOLKS TO MAKE THESE TYPES OF EVENTS COME TOGETHER.

AND LAST BUT ABSOLUTELY NOT LEAST, MAJOR, SIGNIFICANT BIG SHOUTOUT TO BOARD COORDINATOR DIANA THOMPSON, WHO BEHIND THE SCENES MAKES IT ALL WORK.

AND SHE PUT THIS TOGETHER AND PUT TOGETHER AN AMAZING AND WONDERFUL EVENT.

SO THANK YOU TO TO HER AND TO ALL OF THEM.

SOME NEWS FROM IGNACIO ZARAGOZA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

A HUGE THANK YOU TO THE EXCHANGE CLUB OF EAST DALLAS, WHO ALWAYS SUPPORTS THE CAMPUS WITH SO MANY INITIATIVES.

THIS YEAR OUR FOCUS HAS WAS ON STUDENT CULTURE AND TO AND THEIR SUPPORT.

AND WITH THEIR SUPPORT WE WERE ABLE TO BUILD A SCHOOL STORE.

THE EXCHANGE CLUB HELPED STOCK THE STORE AND PROVIDE INCENTIVES FOR GOOD CONDUCT AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT.

THANK YOU TO THE TO THE EXCHANGE CLUB OF EAST DALLAS.

SIMILARLY, AT MOUNT AUBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WE WOULD LIKE TO CELEBRATE THE OPENING OF THE NEW SCIENCE LAB, THANKS TO A LARGE DONATION FROM THE EAST DALLAS EXCHANGE CLUB TO PURCHASE NEW EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES FOR STUDENTS TO USE IN SCIENCE.

ANOTHER NOTE FROM MOUNT AUBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

WE ARE EAGER TO CELEBRATE OUR CENTENNIAL WITH COMMUNITY EVENT ON OCTOBER 6TH.

MOUNT AUBURN IS PROUD TO SERVE THE STUDENTS OF EAST DALLAS FOR 100 YEARS, AS WELL AS CAN CELEBRATE THE WONDERFUL IMPROVEMENTS DUE TO OF THE WONDERFUL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE BUILDING.

THANKS TO THE FUNDS FROM THE 2015 BOND.

AT MAPLE LAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, I JUST WANT TO GIVE A QUICK SHOUT OUT AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO PRINCIPAL OSCAR APONTE AND WELCOME NEW PRINCIPAL, A NEW ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, ELIZABETH MARTINEZ, WHO HAS JOINED THE TEAM AND ALSO AT MAPLEWOOD MAPLE LAWN.

MAPLE LAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

WE INVITE YOU ALL TO CELEBRATE HISPANIC HERITAGE NIGHT ON OCTOBER 20TH AT 5:30 P.M.

ON CAMPUS.

THREE DISTRICT EIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

JULIANA ZALDIVAR, LEON LEONIDAS ROA AND DAVID G.

BURNETT WILL BE HOSTING EQUITY DIVERSITY, INCLUSION, ACCESSIBILITY STORY WALK A PATH DISCOVERY UNTIL DECEMBER AS PART OF AN INITIATIVE OF THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.

EIGHT DALLAS ISD SCHOOLS, A DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY AND A PARK WILL SERVE AS TEMPORARY HOMES OF SEVERAL STORYBOARDS THAT TELL THE STORY OF JUNETEENTH . AND AT ARCADIA PARK AND DAVID G BURNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SHOUT OUT TO NONPROFIT BRIGHTER BITES, WHOSE ORGANIZED A FOOD DRIVE AT ARCADIA PARK AND DONATED PANTRY SUPPLIES TO LOCAL FAMILIES ON SEPTEMBER 14TH.

AND IN JUST AGAIN IN AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH.

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SHOUT OUT TO CESAR CHAVEZ LEARNING CENTER, DR.

LEONIDAS GONZALEZ, CICERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

LORENZO DE ZAVALA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

ELADIO MARTINEZ LEARNING CENTER.

JOSE 'JOE' MAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

ESPERANZA HOPE MEDRANO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

THE MONTESSORI ACADEMY AT ONESIMO HERNANDEZ.

JESUS MORALES EXPRESSIVE ARTS VANGUARD.

JULIAN SALDIVAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

IGNACIO ZARAGOZA ELEMENTARY FRANCISCO PANCHO MEDRANO JUNIOR HIGH AND RAUL QUINTANA SENIOR STEAM ACADEMY. LOTS OF BEAUTIFUL HISPANIC HERITAGE IN DISTRICT EIGHT.

AND LAST, ABSOLUTELY LAST THING.

I WELCOME AND INVITE EVERYONE TO JOIN US FOR THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF NORTH DALLAS HIGH SCHOOL THIS SATURDAY 9 A.M..

WE GET TO CUT THE RIBBON AND WELCOME FOLKS INTO THE CAMPUS TO SEE THE NEW IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'VE MADE, BUT ALSO TO CELEBRATE 100 YEARS OF BULLDOG HISTORY.

GO BULLDOGS. AND THAT, MR. PRESIDENT, CONCLUDES THE DISTRICT EIGHT REMARKS.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEE CARREÓN.

I WILL DO THE DISTRICT NINE REPORT.

AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, BOARD PRESIDENT JUSTIN HENRY IS WITH US BY VIDEO, BUT HE'S ASKED ME TO READ THE ACCOLADES FOR HIM.

SO WE'LL START WITH SKYLINE.

SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SPEAKING WITH DR.

NOLAN ESTES, THE VISIONARY SUPERINTENDENT WHO DESEGREGATED THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND ESTABLISHED A COMPREHENSIVE NETWORK OF MAGNET SCHOOLS IN DALLAS ISD.

THE STUDENTS WERE EAGER TO HEAR FROM DR.

ESTES, AND THEY WERE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE ADVICE HE SHARED.

CONGRATULATIONS TO COMSTOCK MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR THEIR FOOTBALL TEAM'S OVERWHELMING VICTORY OVER ZUMWALT ON SEPTEMBER 13.

THE PLAYERS SHOWED A GREAT DISPLAY OF ATHLETICISM AND TEAMWORK THROUGHOUT THE GAME AND HIGH PRAISE TO CITY LAB HIGH SCHOOL AS THEY MARKED THEIR FIFTH YEAR EXHIBITION CELEBRATION AT CITY HALL ON SEPTEMBER 19.

MANY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY JOINED THE STUDENTS AND STAFF AS THEY RECOGNIZED THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND MILESTONES THEY HAVE ACHIEVED.

IN ADDITION, CITY LAB STUDENTS AND THEIR TEACHER, MS. JENNIFER SAID, RECEIVE THE AWARD FOR MOST INTERACTIVE INSTALLATION PARKING DAY 2022 FROM DOUG PRUDE OF THE DOWNTOWN DALLAS INC.

AND FINALLY, ERMA WRANGELL YOUNG LEADERSHIP WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP SCHOOL EXPRESSED APPRECIATION TO AMERICAN AIRLINES AND THE GABRIELLA APARTMENTS FOR CONDUCTING A SUPPLY DRIVE TO DONATE PAPER, SCISSORS, CRAYONS AND MORE.

AS THE SCHOOL YEAR GOT UNDERWAY.

ALL RIGHT, TRUSTEES, WE ARE NOW UP TO ITEM SIX, THE PUBLIC FORUM.

[6. PUBLIC FORUM]

WE WILL BEGIN WITH SPEAKERS TO AGENDA ITEMS FOLLOWED BY SPEAKERS TO NON AGENDA ITEMS. I'M ASKING ALL SPEAKERS TO BE MINDFUL OF YOUR FELLOW SPEAKERS AND TO REFRAIN FROM USING INDIVIDUALS NAMES, STUDENT NAMES, AND TO ADDRESS THE BOARD AND NOT INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEES.

COMMENTS INVOLVING THE PERFORMANCE OF INDIVIDUAL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES OR OFFICERS SHOULD BE MADE THROUGH THE GRIEVANCE POLICY.

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

RULES OF ORDER AND DECORUM WILL BE ENFORCED DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.

TO INFORM ENSURE EFFICIENT MEETINGS AND THE RIGHT OF EVERYONE WHO HAS SIGNED UP TO BE HEARD.

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

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

BE REMINDED THAT SUBSTITUTIONS ARE NOT ALLOWED IF YOU SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

YOU CANNOT SPEAK ON BEHALF OF SOMEONE ELSE.

SPEAKERS WHO FAIL TO ADHERE TO THIS RULE WILL BE INTERRUPTED, INFORMED THAT YOUR COMMENTS ARE OUT OF ORDER.

DR. JORDAN, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE NAMES OF THE SPEAKERS? YES. I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND THE SPEAKERS THAT YOU HAVE 3 MINUTES TO SPEAK.

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

I WILL BE CALLING FOR SPEAKERS AT A TIME.

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BILL BECKSON, FOLLOWED BY ANGELINA NAVARRO.

ON DECK. WE WILL HAVE A MARIA FLORES AND CHRISTOPHER DARBY.

YOU'LL SEE THAT WE HAVE TWO MICROPHONES.

SO WHILE ONE ONE PERSON IS SPEAKING, THE NEXT PERSON CAN MOVE TO THE SECOND MICROPHONE.

PERFECT. THIS IS A GOOD IDEA.

FIRST, DR.

ELIZALDE, IT IS GREAT TO HAVE YOU BACK.

MY NAME IS BILL BETSON, BY THE WAY.

WHAT I'M ABOUT TO DESCRIBE IS IN AN EMAIL I SENT TO THE ENTIRE BOARD TODAY.

IT IS ALSO ONLINE AT STUDENT MOTIVATION DOT ORG.

BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT IF YOU DO, YOU WILL SEE THE CHANGES THIS YEAR.

THE SCHOOL TIME CAPSULE PROJECT CLOSED IN ALL SCHOOLS DURING COVID.

WE KNOW LETTERS WERE WRITTEN, BUT WE'RE NOW ABOUT TO START IT UP IN EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL WE CAN, AND THERE ARE 19 SCHOOLS WITH VAULTS IN THEM.

AND IF WE CAN GET IT GOING IN ALL 19 SCHOOLS, YOU'LL SEE A DIFFERENCE IN THOSE 19 SCHOOLS, FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, TEN MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND FOUR HIGH SCHOOLS WHO HAVE ALREADY SHOWN DIFFERENCES WHEN THEY WERE WRITING LETTERS.

BUT AND THIS IS THE BIG BUT AND WHY I'M TALKING TO YOU, WE NEED VOLUNTEER SCHOOL TIME CAPSULE POSTMASTERS.

THE POSTMASTERS WILL HELP THE LETTERS FOLLOW THE KIDS FROM YEAR TO YEAR TO YEAR AND FINALLY TO THE TEN YEAR REUNION.

AND SO WE NEED VOLUNTEERS.

THE VOLUNTEER CENTER WILL DO THE SCREENING AND THEN WE WILL DO THE TRAINING AND THE PRINCIPALS WILL BE THE DIRECT SUPERVISORS, OBVIOUSLY.

BUT WE NEED TO GET THIS GOING AND WE NEED VOLUNTEERS.

IF ANYBODY IN THIS ROOM WHO'S HEARS ME THINK THIS MIGHT BE INTERESTING, WHAT THE PROJECT DOES IS BASICALLY STUDENTS STARTING IN THE THIRD GRADE WRITE A LETTER TO MOM AND DAD AND EVERY RELATIVE THEY WANT TO, ESPECIALLY GRANDPARENTS, AND THEY ASK FOR A LETTER BACK WITH TWO THINGS WHAT ARE YOUR DREAMS FOR ME? AND TELL ME A STORY FROM YOUR HISTORY.

CAN YOU IMAGINE HAVING SUCH A LETTER FROM YOUR GRANDPARENTS RIGHT NOW? HOW VALUABLE WOULD THAT BE.

ANYHOW, THE KIDS DO IT EVERY YEAR.

THEN THEY BRING THEM TO THE SECOND CLASS AND THEY ACTUALLY WRITE A LETTER TO THEMSELVES ABOUT THEIR THOUGHTS ABOUT THE LETTERS THEY'VE RECEIVED AND THEIR OWN PLANS FOR THE FUTURE. THAT'S ALL PUT INTO A SELF-ADDRESSED ENVELOPE THAT THE POSTMASTER TAKES ADVANTAGE OF AND BRINGS INTO THE VAULT.

THEN THAT CONTINUES.

EVERY YEAR, THIRD GRADE LETTERS ARE SORTED IN THE FOURTH GRADE AND GO BACK TO THE CHILD WHERE THEY REREAD IT AGAIN.

IT'S A YEAR OLD LETTER.

IT'S ANCIENT, AND SO THEY READ IT AGAIN.

AND THAT GOES EVERY YEAR THIRD GRADE, FOURTH GRADE, FIFTH GRADE, SIXTH GRADE.

EVERY CLASS AND EVERY SCHOOL SHOULD BE WRITING LETTERS AND THEY SHOULD BE GETTING THE LETTERS FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR BACK.

THE ONLY TIME THIS RHYTHM CHANGES IN THE TEN YEARS FROM THIRD GRADE TO 12TH GRADE IS IN THE EIGHTH GRADE AND THE 12TH GRADE.

THOSE YEARS YOU PLAN FOR TEN YEARS IN THE FUTURE AND YOU ASK YOUR PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS FOR THEIR DREAMS FOR YOU TEN YEARS FROM NOW AND THEN THOSE LETTERS STAY IN THE VAULT A DECADE AND YOU COME BACK FOR THEM AT YOUR REUNION.

IMAGINE HOW CROWDED THE TEN YEAR REUNIONS WILL BE.

THANK YOU. IT'S EXPIRED.

ANGELINA NAVARRO, FOLLOWED BY MARIA FLORES.

ON DECK WILL HAVE CHRISTOPHER DARBY AND OSVALDO TORRES.

HELLO. HI.

MY NAME IS ANGELINA NAVARRO.

I'M A SENIOR IN THE SKYLINE RAIDER BAND.

I HAVE BEEN IN THE BAND SINCE I WAS A FRESHMAN.

AND THIS LETTER, I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT OUR BAND DIRECTOR.

MY BAND DIRECTOR MADE MY LIFE BETTER.

WHEN I WAS A FRESHMAN, I WAS VERY EXCITED TO JOIN THE BAND.

I COULDN'T WAIT TO HAVE AN AMAZING YEAR.

BUT IN OCTOBER OF MY FRESHMAN YEAR, MY LIFE CHANGED.

MY MOM, MY NUMBER ONE FAN PASSED AWAY.

I WAS JUST 15, JUST A FRESHMAN.

WHEN I TOLD MY BAND DIRECTOR HE WAS THERE FOR ME.

HE HELPED ME GET THROUGH IT.

IT WAS AROUND A FRIDAY AND WE HAD A GAME.

I LEFT SCHOOL EARLY TO GO SEE MY MOM EARLY.

IT WAS HARD FOR ME TO SEE HER HOOKED UP TO ALL THESE TUBES.

AND IT'S WEIRD YES, BUT I LEFT THE HOSPITAL TO GO TO THE SCHOOL AGAIN TO GET READY FOR THE GAME.

I REMEMBER WHEN I GOT THERE, NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE THERE, BUT MY BAND DIRECTOR WAS.

HE WAS TALKING TO MY DRUM MAJORS AT THE TIME.

I WANTED TO UPDATE HIM ON HER SINCE SHE WAS A BAND MOTHER.

I TOLD HIM SHE MIGHT NOT MAKE IT.

HE THEN TOLD THE DRUM MAJORS TO LEAVE THE ROOM.

AFTER THEY LEFT, HE GAVE ME A BIG HUG.

AT THAT MOMENT, I KNEW I WAS GOING TO BE OKAY AND GET THROUGH THIS AND NOT ALONE.

EVEN AFTER SHE PASSED, HE WAS STILL HERE FOR ME.

MY SOPHOMORE YEAR REALLY HIT ME WHEN IT WAS AROUND THE TIME SHE PASSED I HAD A BREAKDOWN AT PRACTICE.

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AS A KID, I NEVER REALLY UNDERSTOOD COMMITMENT AND DISCIPLINE, BUT WHEN I JOINED BAND, MY BAND DIRECTOR SHOWED ME HOW HE TAUGHT ME HOW TO BE A BETTER PERSON AND PLAYER.

MY BAND DIRECTOR HAS REALLY MADE A HUGE IMPACT ON MY LIFE AND I WILL FOREVER BE GRATEFUL FOR HIM.

THE MEMBERS OF SIB REALLY MISS HIM AND THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] MARIA MARIA FLORES, FOLLOWED BY CHRISTOPHER DARBY.

AND WE'LL HAVE UVALDO TORRES AND VALERIE GARCIA ON DECK.

COULD I SPEAK? HELLO.

WELL, MY NAME IS MARIO FLORES, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY WHY MY BAND DIRECTOR SHOULD COME BACK.

SO IT ALL STARTS IN MY FRESHMAN YEAR WHEN I WAS HAVING A ROUGH TIME BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN COVID STARTED.

SO I HAD DIFFICULTY TRYING TO, LIKE, GET MY GRADES UP AND MY ATTENDANCE WHEN I WAS LIKE A STRAIGHT-A STUDENT.

AND IT'S WHEN HE CAME IN AND HE TALKED TO ME PRIVATELY AND HELP ME GET THROUGH IT.

OKAY. IT'S THE FUTURE.

AND EVEN IF IT WAS BY PRESSURE, LIKE, IF I WAS IN, I DON'T CARE MY THING STRAIGHT.

I'D BE AT THE BAND.

AND THAT WAS LIKE MY ONE MOTIVATION BECAUSE I'VE BEEN DREAMING TO BE IN THE BAND EVER SINCE I WAS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

AND I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY THIS AND THEY WOULD SAY THIS ABOUT OUR BAND DIRECTOR, BUT HE'S LIKE OUR MAIN SOURCE OF ENERGY.

AND LIKE WITHOUT HIM, THE BAND JUST FEELS EMPTY.

AND I THINK EVERYONE AGREES THAT WE JUST NEED HIM BACK BECAUSE WITHOUT HIM, IT'S LIKE WE ALL FALL.

AND LATELY WE'VE ALSO BEEN FEELING LIKE NO ENERGY AT ALL.

AND HE'S LIKE A VERY UNDERSTANDING TEACHER.

DON'T YOU WANT TO CONTINUE? THANK YOU. [INAUDIBLE] CHRISTOPHER DARBY, FOLLOWED BY OSVALDO TORRES AND VALERIE GARCIA AND ANTHONY BAKER ON DECK.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS VAL TORRES, AND I'LL BE SHARING MY LETTER.

I'M A SENIOR AT SKYLAND HIGH SCHOOL.

I'M PART OF THE SCHOLAR AND RAIDER BAND.

I WAS ACTUALLY HERE FOR THE SAXOPHONES.

AND THIS IS MY SECOND YEAR AS A LEADER.

MY BAND DIRECTOR HAS BEEN A PERSON I'VE ADMIRED SINCE I WAS A FRESHMAN.

THERE'S MANY THINGS THAT HE HAS DONE THAT HAS MADE ME THE PERSON I AM TODAY.

FOR EXAMPLE, I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER THIS DAY FOREVER.

IT WAS FRESHMAN YEAR. I ALWAYS DID MY BEST TO BE THE BEST IN MY SECTION.

I REMEMBER HIM TELLING ME THESE WORDS.

I SEE A BIG, BRIGHT FUTURE, I SEE A LEADER IN YOU.

THESE WORDS WILL ALWAYS BE IN MY HEAD.

HE HAS MADE EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THE BAND A DISCIPLINED AND STRONG PERSON.

WITHOUT HIM, THE BAND HAS BEEN DIFFERENT.

ALL FOUR YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN IN THE BAND.

THIS YEAR IS DIFFICULT BECAUSE WITHOUT HIM, EVERYONE HAS BEEN HASN'T BEEN THE BEST.

HE WAS THE PERSON WHO ALWAYS PUSHED US AND MOTIVATED US TO DO OUR BEST.

HE WAS THE PERSON THAT HYPED US UP EVERY TIME WE HAD SOMETHING LIKE A FOOTBALL GAME OR EVENT EVENT.

THE WHOLE BAND HAS BEEN IMPACTED IN A WAY BECAUSE OF HIS ABSENCE.

WE REALLY MISS HIM AND WE WILL DO ANYTHING POSSIBLE TO GET HIM BACK.

THE SKYLINE HAS THE SKYLINE BAND WAS THE BEST WHEN HE JOINED THE SKYLINE.

SRB IS AT HIS BEST WHEN HIS PRESENCE IS HERE.

WITH THIS. I HOPE THAT THERE'S A CHANGE IN THE BAND.

SO THERE ARE MANY OF THE BAND AND UPCOMING MEMBERS GET TO EXPERIENCE THE GREAT SRB EXPERIENCE AS HE DID AS I DID.

WE DEEPLY CARE ABOUT OUR BAND DIRECTOR AND WE NEED HIM BACK IN BUSINESS JUST LIKE HE USED TO BE.

[INAUDIBLE] STUDENTS ARE A PRIORITY TO THE ISD, PLEASE LET OUR VOICE BE HEARD.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. THANK YOU.

[INAUDIBLE] IS CHRISTOPHER DARBY PRESENT?

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THEY MAY BE IN THE OVERFLOW.

MAYBE IN THE OVERFLOW. CHRISTOPHER DARBY.

HE'S NOT. VALERIE GARCIA, FOLLOWED BY ANTHONY BAKER.

THEN WE'LL HAVE ALYSSA ROMERO AND MARILYN MITCHELL ON DECK.

DO I START? VALERIE GARCIA.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS VALERIE GARCIA.

I'M A JUNIOR IN THE SKYLINE RAIDER BAND.

SO TO GET TO THE POINT, I FEEL LIKE WE NEED OUR BAND DIRECTOR BACK, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, THE BAND IS NOT AT HIS BEST, IS DECENT, BUT IT COULD BE SO MUCH BETTER.

LITERALLY EVERYONE NOTICES HOW WE HAVEN'T BEEN DOING OUR BEST.

WE TRY, HAVING OUR BAND DIRECTOR BACK COULD REALLY IMPACT US BECAUSE HE BRINGS US THE STABILITY WE NEED DESPERATELY.

HE GAVE US A DISCIPLINE THAT WE NEEDED TO SUCCEED.

HE'D ALWAYS HELP US.

HE'D BE TOUGH ON US BECAUSE HE KNOWS THAT WE CAN DO OUR BEST.

WE REALLY NEED THAT RIGHT NOW.

WE NEED THAT LITTLE PUSH BECAUSE EVERYTHING GOING ON IN BAND, IT'S A LOT AND IT'S VERY STRESSFUL.

HAVING OUR BAND DIRECTOR BACK WOULD REALLY DO THE BAND A GOOD THING.

YES, I UNDERSTAND HE MESSED UP ON HIS PART ONE TIME, BUT KNOW THAT EVERYONE MESSES UP AT SOME POINT, BUT GIVING HIM THIS OPPORTUNITY OR A CHANCE TO COME BACK IS A WIN.

YOU CAN SEE THE EFFECT OF HIM NOT BEING A PART OF THE SRB THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE BAND.

IT FEELS LIKE THERE IS SOMETHING MISSING IN THAT PERSON IS HIM.

EVER SINCE HE LEFT US, IT HASN'T BEEN THE SAME LATELY.

I TRULY BELIEVE THE BAND IS NOT THE SAME WITHOUT HIM.

WHEN OUR BAND DIRECTOR WAS HERE, SRB WOULD FEEL LIKE MY SECOND HOME.

AND NOW THAT HE'S GONE, IT FEELS EMPTY.

WE REALLY NEED THE MOTIVATION AND COURAGE TO CONTINUE BAND.

HE BRINGS THE LIGHT, HAPPINESS AND JOY.

WHEN WE'RE ALL DOWN.

WE COULD LITERALLY TALK TO HIM AND HE'LL HAVE TIME FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US AND HEAR WHAT WE HAVE TO SAY.

WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS WE NEED THIS MAN.

HE LITERALLY ALWAYS BEEN THERE FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US.

SO WE ARE HERE TO DO THE SAME FOR HIM.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] ANTHONY BAKER, FOLLOW BY ALYSSA ROMERO, MARY ALICE MITCHELL AND TANYA HERNANDEZ ON DECK.

ANTHONY BAKER.

NOT PRESENT. ALYSSA ROMERO, FOLLOWED BY MARY ALICE MITCHELL.

HI, GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS ALYSSA ROMERO.

I AM WITH ZURN ELKAY WATER SOLUTIONS.

I'M HERE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HYDRATION AND HYGIENICS MIX REGARDING ATTENDANCE FOR YOUR GUYS'S SCHOOL.

SO I'M SORRY TO SWITCH THE SUBJECT.

A GREAT DEAL OF LEARNING HAS BEEN LOST OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, WHICH MAKES THIS THE PERFECT TIME FOR ATTENDANCE AWARENESS MONTH.

WE CAN MAKE THIS MOVEMENT FAR MORE IMPACTFUL BY PRIORITIZING HEALTHIER, HYGIENIC LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS.

OUR COMMON GOAL IS TO HELP STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS SHOW UP.

ACUTE ILLNESS IS ONE IS THE NUMBER ONE REASON FOR ABSENCES ACROSS SCHOOLS.

THIS ATTRIBUTES TO LOSS LEARNING, WHICH IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST BUCKETS OF ESSER FUNDING PRIORITIZATION.

THERE IS A HUGE OPPORTUNITY TO UTILIZE A SMALL FRACTION OF THE ESTIMATED REMAINDER OF 500 MILLION IN ESSER FUNDS THAT HAVE NOT YET BEEN ALLOCATED BY USING LESS THAN 1% OF YOUR ESSER FUNDS, YOU WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE HEALTH AND ATTENDANCE FOR YOUR STUDENTS AND STAFF.

DRINKING FOUNTAINS AND RESTROOMS ARE SOME OF THE GERMIEST SURFACES IN SCHOOLS.

RESTROOMS WITH MANUAL FIXTURES COULD HAVE UP TO 15 PLUS POTENTIAL TOUCH POINTS PER USER, CAUSING THE SPREAD OF GERMS AND ILLNESSES. THE HEALTHIER YOUR SCHOOL IS, THE HIGHER THE ATTENDANCE AND THE MORE FUNDING YOUR SCHOOL COULD RECEIVE.

MILLIONS OF SICK DAYS ARE CAUSED BY THE COMMON COLD, AND INFLUENZA.

WATER UNITS CAN CARRY MILLIONS OF VARIOUS GERMS. THESE GERMS ARE LINGERING ON WATER FOUNTAINS AND RESTROOM FIXTURES, CAUSING YOUR STUDENTS AND STAFF TO BE SICK.

WE CAN ALSO TARGET HEALTH FROM WITHIN BY PRIORITIZING PROPER FILTERED HYDRATION, AS HYDRATION PROMOTES BETTER FOCUS AND EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF.

TODAY, I AM BRINGING AWARENESS TO YOUR DISTRICT'S ATTENDANCE.

THE KEY TO SUCCESS IS UPGRADING YOUR FACILITIES TO A HYGIENIC ENVIRONMENT AND PRIORITIZING HYDRATION FOR HEALTHIER, HEALTHIER STUDENTS.

OUR WIDE PORTFOLIO OF TOUCHLESS WATER SOLUTIONS CAN ADDRESS YOUR STUDENTS NEEDS TO SHOW UP.

SO THIS MONTH IS ATTENDANCE AWARENESS MONTH.

SO I JUST WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW HYDRATION AND FOR EXAMPLE, BOTTLE FILLERS LIKE THE ONES THAT ARE OUT IN THE HALLWAYS, CAN REALLY IMPACT YOUR STUDENTS AND AS WELL AS HOW CENSORED PRODUCTS THAT ARE TOUCHLESS CAN REALLY HELP MINIMIZE SOME OF THE TOUCHPOINTS IN BATHROOMS.

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THANK YOU. MERRILL MITCHELL.

I DO HAVE SOME PAPERS TO GIVE OUT.

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GIVE THEM TO YOU.

YOU CAN BRING THEM. MEREDITH MITCHELL FOLLOWED BY TANYA HERNANDEZ.

THEN ON DECK WE'LL HAVE LINDA BARRETT, FOLLOWED BY VICKY TILLERY, VICKY TILLERY.

OKAY. I'M MARYLESS ALICE MITCHELL.

IT'S 2022.

AND WHAT DO MOST PEOPLE DO TO PASS TIME? SCROLL SOCIAL MEDIA.

AND ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THERE'S A SAFE SPACE FOR TEACHERS TO SHARE POSITIVE INFORMATION.

AND UNFORTUNATELY VENT, A LOT OF THEM HAVE HAD ENOUGH.

AND IT'S SCARY BECAUSE SO MANY TEACHERS ARE READY TO THROW IN THE TOWEL AND RUN.

YET HERE WE ARE STANDING IN SOLIDARITY, ALONG WITH MR. WILLIAMS, FIGHTING FOR HIM BECAUSE HE GENUINELY WANTS HIS POSITION.

HE WANTS TO STAY.

NOW, YOU ALL KNOW HOW HE GOT HERE AS AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA.

BUT THE QUESTION IS, WHY ARE WE STILL HERE ADVOCATING FOR SOMEONE WHO LOVES HIS JOB, LOVES HIS STUDENTS, AND LOVES THE COMMUNITY? AS FOR MY FAMILY, OUR SON IS NOW A SENIOR AT JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY.

HE WAS UNDER MR. WILLIAMS LEADERSHIP SINCE HIS SOPHOMORE YEAR AT SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE HE GROOMED HIM WITH THE SKILLS TO EFFECTIVELY LEAD A 300 PIECE BAND AT THE TENDER AGE OF 20 HEAD DRUM MAJOR.

NOW THAT'S EFFECTIVE.

THAT IS THE EFFECT OF MODELING A CLASSROOM LESSON AT ITS BEST.

MR. WILLIAMS IS A PHENOMENAL, SELFLESS, MODEL EDUCATOR, AND HE HAS INVESTED AN INSURMOUNTABLE AMOUNT OF TIME BUILDING AND MAINTAINING THIS FIRST CLASS BAND. EVEN WITH THE RECENT WATER CRISIS IN JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, HE HAS ALWAYS PROVIDED HANDS ON SUPPORT AND BEEN THERE EVERY STEP OF THE WAY FOR OUR FAMILY.

YOU JUST DON'T GET THAT LEVEL OF COMMITMENT IN TODAY'S TIME.

WE ALL MAKE CORRECTABLE MISTAKES.

IN FACT, I MAY HAVE DRIVEN A COUPLE OF MILES OVER THE SPEED LIMIT TO GET HERE, BUT THAT DOESN'T DEFINE MY CHARACTER.

BUT THIS PICTURE YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU THAT SHOULD DEFINE MR. WILLIAMS. JUST LOOK.

LOOK AT THE FRUIT OF HIS LABOR.

DO YOU HAVE THE PICTURE? OH, YOU CAN'T ANSWER.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, HOPEFULLY YOU HAVE THE PICTURE.

ALL OF THOSE ARE ARE HIS STUDENTS THAT HE SENT OFF TO COLLEGE WITH HIS DAILY GUIDANCE AND POSITIVE INFLUENCE AS AN EDUCATOR.

HE HAS SENT STUDENTS OFF TO GRAMBLING UNIVERSITY, ALCORN UNIVERSITY, TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AND SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY, AND MANY OTHER HIGHER LEARNING INSTITUTIONS.

WHAT A GREAT INSPIRATION HE HAS BEEN.

WHAT IS THE DISD'S MISSION? EDUCATING ALL STUDENTS FOR SUCCESS.

LOOK AT THE PHOTO AGAIN, IF YOU WILL, IF YOU HAVE IT, AND IF NOTHING ELSE, IT READS STUDENT SUCCESS.

ON THE WEBSITE FOR DALLAS ISD IT SAYS DEDICATION RUNS STRONG THROUGHOUT THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

MR. WILLIAMS IS HEAD BAND DIRECTOR OF THE SKYLINE RAIDER BAND EMBODIES JUST THAT HARD WORK, A LIFELONG RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FAMILIES AND DEDICATION, EDUCATING STUDENTS FOR SUCCESS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU.

TANYA HERNANDEZ, FOLLOWED BY LINDA BARRETT.

AND THEN WE HAVE VICKI TILLERY AND KELLY NIDER ON DECK.

GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS TANIA HERNANDEZ.

I'M A KINDERGARTEN TEACHER AND AN ALLIANCE AFT EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER.

TODAY, I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT CLASSROOM SIZES.

AS A UNION ORGANIZER, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LISTEN TO MANY TEACHERS IN DISD.

IT HAS BEEN INTERESTING THIS YEAR BECAUSE BESIDES HEARING ABOUT THE MANY COMPLAINTS ON T.I, THE OTHER RECURRING GRIEVANCE FROM TEACHER'S WAS ABOUT CLASSROOMS BEING OVERCROWDED. THIS HAS BEEN ACROSS THE BOARD AS FAR AS GRADE LEVELS AND SUBJECTS, KINDERGARTEN AND TEACHERS WITH 25 AND 28 STUDENTS OVERCROWDED PRE-K CLASSES, FOURTH GRADE CLASSES WITH 28 AND 29 STUDENTS, MIDDLE SCHOOL MATH CLASSES, OVERCROWDED AND HIGH SCHOOL BIOLOGY SECTIONS WITH 39 STUDENTS OR MORE.

THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS ARE ALREADY BEING REFLECTED IN STUDENTS GRADES, ALONG WITH THE OVERCROWDING OF SECTIONS.

TEACHERS REPORT BEING PULLED TO COVER CLASSES OR TO DO LUNCH DUTY DURING PLANNING TIME, ALSO SPED TEACHERS BEING PULLED FROM THEIR CLASSROOMS AND THEN HAVING TO STAY WORKING UNTIL EIGHT OR NINE AT NIGHT TO FINISH THE JOB THEY'VE BEEN HIRED FOR.

A TEACHER REPORTED THAT THREE TEACHERS HAD QUIT IN THEIR SCHOOL SINCE THE SCHOOL YEAR STARTED.

THIS LAST THURSDAY, A LETTER WAS PUT ON TEACHERS BOXES LIST IN FIVE WAYS TO SAY ON TOP OF TEACHING AND PROMPTING TEACHERS TO CHOOSE TWO DAYS A WEEK TO EITHER COME IN EARLY OR STAY LATE.

MANY OF US DO THIS AND MORE, BUT WE DO IT OUT OF OUR CALLING AND COMMITMENT TO THE STUDENTS.

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TEACHERS SHOULD NEVER BE ASKED TO WORK OUTSIDE OUR CONTRACT HOURS.

THIS IS A RECIPE FOR DISASTER, A GUARANTEED WAY TO DEEPEN THE TEACHER SHORTAGE CRISIS BY BURNING OUT TEACHERS THAT WILL QUIT AS A RESULT.

I FIGURE THINGS WOULD IMPROVE AFTER THE FIRST SIX WEEKS OF SCHOOL WHEN THE PROCESS OF [INAUDIBLE] HAPPENS.

WE ALL KNOW THERE'S A TEACHER SHORTAGE, AND IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE, UNDERSTANDABLE THAT THE DISTRICT IS STRUGGLING AND NEED EXTRA TIME TO HIRE MORE PEOPLE.

BUT TO MY SURPRISE, I FOUND OUT AT THE DISTRICT WEB PAGE THAT IS REPORTING TO BE IN A 1% VACANCY RATE.

NOW, THIS IS WHAT CONCERNS ME.

IF THE DISD IS NOT ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR ALL THESE POSITIONS THAT ARE OBVIOUSLY NEEDED BECAUSE THEY HAVE OVERCROWDED SECTIONS, THESE ADVERSE LEARNING CONDITIONS WILL STAY LIKE THIS ALL YEAR LONG.

ONE OF THE BIGGEST FACTORS IN THE QUALITY OF A CHILD'S EDUCATION IS A TEACHER PER STUDENT RATIO.

IF WE OVERCROWD CLASSROOMS, IT WILL BE NEAR IMPOSSIBLE FOR TEACHERS TO MEET THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS, AND WE WILL SEE THE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS REFLECTED IN THE DECLINE OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT.

I INVITE THIS BOARD TO DO THE FOLLOWING EXERCISE IN BASED INVESTIGATE.

DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT.

ASK ALL SCHOOLS IN YOUR DISTRICTS TO GIVE YOU A HEAD COUNT PER SECTION TO AVOID THIS PROBLEM IN THE FUTURE DISD NEEDS TO WORK WITH TEACHERS AND PARENTS TO ESTABLISH AND COMMIT CLASSROOM SIZE LIMITS DEPENDING ON THE GRADE LEVEL AND SUBJECT AREA.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

LINDA BARRETT, FOLLOWED BY VICKI TILLERY, AND THEN WILL HAVE KELLY NEIDHART FOLLOWED BY KELLY MUELLER ON DECK.

HELLO, MY NAME IS LINDA BARRETT AND I AM A LAWNVIEW COVER DRIVER AND A CHARTER DRIVER AND A FORMER CERTIFIED TRAINER INSTRUCTOR AT LAWNVIEW SERVICE CENTER. WHEN DISD TOOK OVER TRANSPORTATION.

I LATER HAD BEEN ASKED BY MY SUPERVISOR TO TRAIN M.P.

DRIVERS AND MONITORS.

THIS WAS BECAUSE OF MY EXPERIENCE IN COMMERCIAL VEHICLES.

I ALSO WAS ASKED TO BE AT THE TIME A TO BE ON A TEAM FOR WITH A VERY CAPABLE AND SUCCESSFUL TRAINING TEAM.

LATER ON I WAS ENCOURAGED TO BE A CERTIFIED INSTRUCTOR FOR LAWNVIEW, WHICH I ENROLLED IN BROWN COLLEGE TEACH TRAINING.

T TRAINING CLASS AND I PAID OUT OF POCKET FOR THAT CLASS AND COMPLETED THE COURSE AND WAS GIVEN MY CERTIFICATE.

OVER THE TIME, I HAD BECOME ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL TRAINING INSTRUCTORS IN THE DISTRICT AND HAD BEEN ASKED TO HELP OTHER TRAINEES IN OTHER DISTRICTS WHICH ARE DECLINED.

I FOUND OUT THIS WAS MY PASSION AND I TREATED EVERYONE WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT NO MATTER WHAT THEIR CULTURE OR RACE IS.

LATER ON THE TRAINING TEAM WAS TOLD BY DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATORS THAT THEY WOULD NO LONGER NEED OUR SERVICE BECAUSE WE WERE ALL COVERED DRIVERS.

IT MADE NO SENSE.

SO HAPPENED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TWO OF DIFFERENT RACES.

WE ALL WERE BLACK.

I HAD ACCEPTED THIS AND DECIDED TO MOVE ON.

IT DIDN'T MATTER. OKAY, UNTIL ONE COVER DRIVER THAT WAS HERE AT LAWNVIEW TALKED TO ME AND SAID HE WAS ASKED TO BE A TRAINER.

BUT HE WAS A DIFFERENT RACE.

AND I GOT TO CONTACTED THE ADMINISTRATOR AND I ASKED HER, THE DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION, WOULD SHE CONSIDER THREE OF MY FORMER STUDENTS THAT I HAD TRAINED BECAUSE THEY WERE VERY WELL QUALIFIED.

ONE WAS A FORMER TEACHER WITH A BACHELOR'S DEGREE AND FOR TO BE IN THE TRAINER COORDINATOR.

THAT WAS DECLINED.

BUT THOSE WAS TWO OF ONE RACE AND THE OTHER ONE WAS OF ANOTHER RACE.

BUT SHE CHOSE THE ONE OF THE OTHER RACE TO BE A LEAD AND THE COVER DRIVERS.

BUT THAT YOUNG LADY, SHE STEPPED DOWN BECAUSE IT WAS A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH.

NOW SAFETY SPECIALISTS HAVE A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY ALSO IN TRAINING THE NEW TEAM THAT THEY REPLACED US WITH, WHICH IS NOW ONE AT LAWNVIEW, WHEN THEY HAD THREE TRAINERS, WHICH ONLY ONE OF THOSE TRAINERS WERE QUALIFIED TO BE A TRAINER.

THEY DIDN'T KNOW ANY OF THE MATERIAL.

NOW, DON'T GET ME WRONG, I LOVE ALL OF MY COWORKERS AT LONGVIEW.

I RESPECT THEM AND I TREAT EVERYBODY THE SAME NO MATTER WHAT.

I ALSO HAD BEEN ASKED TO TRAIN THE FOOTBALL COACHES ON DRIVING THE CHARTER BUSSES THAT WE HAVE THAT WAS LEFT OVER FROM DALLAS COUNTY.

AND SO THE STUDENT TRAINEES HAVE BEEN FAILING.

THE NEW TEAM THAT HAS BEEN TRAINING THESE STUDENTS HAVE BEEN TOTALLY FAILING THESE CLASSES, THESE BEING THE CDO DRIVER FOLLOWED BY

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STANDING ON TIPTOES.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT.

WELCOME BACK. THANK YOU.

GLAD TO SEE YOU. MY NAME IS VICKI TILLERY AND I'M A GRADUATE OF DALLAS SAMUEL AND A TEACHER IN DISD FOR 35 YEARS.

I AM ALSO A MEMBER OF NEA DALLAS.

I HAVE TAUGHT NINTH GRADE BIOLOGY FOR 35 YEARS.

MY STUDENTS SCORES ARE SO GOOD.

I AM CONSISTENTLY CONSIDERED ONE OF THE TOP THREE BIOLOGY TEACHERS IN THE DISTRICT, AND I'M IN THE TOP 5% OF BIOLOGY STAR SCORES IN THE STATE.

DURING THE PANDEMIC YEAR, THE VIRTUAL YEAR OF 2021, I WAS THE NUMBER ONE TEACHER IN DISD IN THE COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL AND MY STUDENTS, MULTIPLE STUDENTS MADE HUNDREDS ON STAAR.

THE REASON WHY I'M HERE IS BECAUSE IT HAS TAKEN ME FOUR YEARS TO BECOME DTR AND EIGHT YEARS TO GET TO PROFICIENT THREE.

THE TEI PAY FOR PERFORMANCE SYSTEM IS UNFAIR, SUBJECTIVE AND ARBITRARY.

I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT IS SAYING THIS, BUT THE TOP PEOPLE IN DISD AND MANY OF THE TRUSTEES, YOU REFUSE TO LISTEN.

YOU ARE THINKING NOW OF SANCTIONING TEACHERS WHO HAVE SIGNED A CONTRACT AND THEN WANT OUT OF THEIR CONTRACT AFTER 45 DAYS BECAUSE THEY FIND OUT THAT THIS WHOLE SYSTEM IS A FALLACY.

BECAUSE OF THAT, WE ARE LOSING GREAT TEACHERS, NOT JUST AVERAGE ONES, BUT FANTASTIC ONES .

THEY FINALLY GOT FED UP WITH THE SYSTEM THAT NOBODY ELSE USES AND MOVED TO THE SUBURBAN DISTRICTS, TAKING YEARS OF DISD TRAINING WITH THEM.

THAT'S A WASTE OF MONEY.

THE CUTOFF SCORES KEEP MOVING.

DO WE DO THAT TO OUR STUDENTS? WE ARE TOLD TO SET A RUBRIC THAT'S FAIR, WITH CLEAR EXPECTATIONS.

POINTS GIVEN ARE BASED ON THAT.

PRINCIPALS ARE TOLD TO NOT HAVE AN EVALUATION, INFLATION AND ATTEMPT TO INTIMIDATE PRINCIPALS INTO AUTOMATICALLY LOWERING MY POINTS SO THAT THEY STAY OFF THE RADAR.

I FINALLY ACHIEVED ETR BECAUSE I HAD AN EVALUATOR WHO ACTUALLY OBSERVED HOW WELL MY STUDENTS DID, HOW I USE MY DECADES OF EXPERIENCE TO MENTOR YOUNGER, NEWER TEACHERS, AND THE ADMINISTRATOR FINALLY SAW GOOD TEACHING WHEN THEY SAW IT.

WHY DO I COME TO YOU NOW, EVEN THOUGH I MADE DTR TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, IT HAS NEGATIVELY IMPACT MY INCOME AND MY RETIREMENT. IT DEMORALIZES ME AND MY PEERS AND MADE ME QUESTION WHY I HAVE STAYED LOYAL TO DALLAS ISD FOR 35 YEARS.

THIS THESE CHILDREN BACK HERE IS THE REASON WHY WE STAY LOYAL.

WE NEED A NEW SYSTEM TO AND I CANNOT BE FIXED.

AFTER EIGHT YEARS, WE DO HAVE AN EXEMPLARY.

DO WE HAVE AN EXEMPLARY TEACHER IN EVERY CLASSROOM? NO, I'M NOT EVEN CONSIDERED EXEMPLARY.

BUT MAYBE MESQUITE WOULD.

[APPLAUSE] KATHY LEITER, FOLLOWED BY KELLY BUEHLER, PATRICIA GARCIA AND ARTURO GARCIA ON DECK.

HELLO, MY NAME IS KELLY NYDER, AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF MY NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION CALLED PROTECT TEXAS KIDS.

WE FIGHT FOR KIDS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF SCHOOLS IN NORTH TEXAS.

AND YOU CAN FIND MORE ABOUT US AT PROTECT TX KIDS DOT ORG.

I SAW SOME PICTURES CIRCLING SOCIAL MEDIA A FEW WEEKS AGO THAT I FOUND VERY DISTURBING.

DALLAS HAD HELD A PRIDE PARADE IN CEDAR SPRINGS EARLIER THIS MONTH IN WHICH DALLAS ISD STUDENTS WERE WALKING IN AND THEY HAD ON THEIR DALLAS ISD SHIRTS.

IT APPEARED TO BE A MARCHING BAND AND COLOR GUARD, AND I'M NOT SURE WHO ELSE.

THERE WERE ALSO DALLAS ISD BUSSES AT THE EVENT.

AND WHAT WAS SO DISTURBING ABOUT THIS WAS THAT THERE WERE ALSO PICTURES FROM THE SAME EVENT AT THE SAME TIME OF MEN WEARING NOTHING BUT DIAPERS, MEN DRESS AS DOGS WALKING ON LEASHES, AND A NUMBER OF OTHER DISTURBING THINGS IN THE PARADE WITH THESE DALLAS ISD KIDS.

PEOPLE IN THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY.

I'VE SPOKEN OUT IN RECENT YEARS ABOUT PRIDE PARADES AND SOME OF THESE FESTIVALS SAYING THAT THEY'VE SHIFTED TO CENTER SOLELY ON SEX, AND MANY ADULTS IN THE COMMUNITY NO LONGER FEEL COMFORTABLE ATTENDING DUE TO THE EXPLICIT CONTENT AND NATURE OF THESE EVENTS.

I'M CONCERNED ABOUT WHY DALLAS ISD WOULD WANT THEIR STUDENTS TO BE EXPOSED TO THIS.

THERE WERE ALSO NO SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS OR ANYTHING ON WEBSITES THAT INDICATED THAT THIS EVENT WAS EVEN PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE, MAKING ME THINK THAT THE SCHOOL KNEW THAT THERE WOULD BE BACKLASH. IF SCHOOLS WANT KIDS TO BE MARCHING IN PARADES, PUT THEM IN A CHRISTMAS PARADE OR A 4TH OF JULY PARADE, DON'T MAKE THEM MARCH IN A PARADE WITH LITERAL NAKED MEN AND DRAG QUEENS WHO HAVE KIDS RUNNING UP TO THEM, GIVING THEM CASH WHILE THEY'RE NOT WEARING ANY CLOTHING.

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DALLAS ISD SHOULD BE ASHAMED THAT THIS HAPPENED AND PARENTS SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN.

[APPLAUSE] KELLY BUEHLER, FOLLOWED BY PATRICIA GARCIA, THEN ARTURO GARCIA AND VALERIE EATON ON DECK.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS KELLY BUELLER.

GREETINGS, PRESIDENT HENRY, TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT ELIZADE.

I HOPE I PRONOUNCE THAT CORRECTLY, I'M BAD WITH NAMES.

I'VE BEEN A TEACHER WITH DALLAS ISD SINCE 2006 AND BECAME A SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER IN OUR DISTRICT IN 2014.

I HAVE TO ADMIT, I DIDN'T GET INTO SPED FOR THE MONEY, BUT I DID AT LEAST THINK I WOULD HAVE A SOMEWHAT FAIR CHANCE TO EARN HIGHER WAGES AS THE TEI WAS INITIALLY PRESENTED.

I WAS SO INCREDIBLY WRONG.

AS A SPED TEACHER, MY CATEGORY IS D AND IS MEASURED BY 80% TEACHER PERFORMANCE.

TEACHER PERFORMANCE IS SIMPLY ANOTHER WAY OF SAYING AN ADMINISTRATOR'S OBSERVATIONS AND OPINIONS.

THE VAST MAJORITY OF ADMINISTRATORS AND APPRAISERS I HAVE WORKED UNDER HAVE NO BACKGROUND OR EXPERIENCE FAMILIARITY WITH SPECIAL EDUCATION, BEST PRACTICES AND PROTOCOLS.

I HAVE BEEN RATED THE EXACT BY THE EXACT SAME RUBRIC AS EVERY OTHER TEACHER, NO MATTER THEIR CONTENT SUBJECT.

AS THOSE FAMILIAR WITH SPED KNOW, THE GENERAL EDUCATION VERSUS THE SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSROOMS IN WHICH THE RUBRIC IS APPLIED DURING OBSERVATIONS ARE USUALLY QUITE DIFFERENT.

THE WAY THE STUDENTS RESPOND.

IF THEY CAN OR DO RESPOND, THEIR LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT, THEIR ABILITY TO DEMONSTRATE LEARNING OBJECTIVES DO NOT LOOK THE SAME AND SHOULD NOT BE RATED THE SAME. I BELIEVE THAT ADMINISTRATORS AND APPRAISERS NEED TO HAVE A MORE IN-DEPTH UNDERSTANDING AND EXPECTATIONS IN OUR SPED CLASSROOMS. ALSO, WHAT EXACTLY IS TEACHER PERFORMANCE? DOES STEPPING IN FOR SPED OR OTHER INCLUSION TEACHERS WHO QUIT DURING THE YEAR COUNT? I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO KNOW.

MY TEI SCORE HAS REMAINED EXACTLY THE SAME SINCE THE FIRST YEAR THIS EVALUATION SYSTEM WAS IMPLEMENTED.

THE SECOND YEAR I HAD THE SCORE THAT QUALIFIED FOR I'M SORRY, IT HAS REMAINED EXACTLY THE SAME SINCE THE EVALUATION SYSTEM WAS IMPLEMENTED.

THE SECOND YEAR I HAD THE SCORE TO QUALIFY AND ADVANCE TO THE NEXT EFFECTIVENESS LEVEL IN PAY GRADE.

BUT YOU CAN'T GET A RAISE OR ADVANCE FOR TWO YEARS IN A ROW.

THAT YEAR, I'M SORRY, THIS YEAR I MISSED ADVANCING AGAIN BY ONE POINT.

I CAN ASSURE YOU THIS DOES AFFECT MY OVERALL STRESS LEVEL AND CAREER PLANS.

I WILL MOST DEFINITELY BE LOOKING INTO OTHER DISTRICTS WHO CAN OFFER CURRENT SPED PRACTITIONERS INCENTIVES FOR THE EXTRA PAPERWORK SKILLS NECESSARY FOR TEACHING OUR MOST CHALLENGED STUDENTS THAT WE SERVE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] PATRICIA GARCIA, FOLLOWED BY ARTURO GARCIA, VALERIE EATON AND BENITA MEZA ON DECK.

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AND THEN WE'LL HAVE BONITA MEZA, FOLLOWED BY KEVIN MAEDA ON DECK.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ARTURO GARCIA.

I'M A BAND PARENT. I'M A VOLUNTEER WITH THE BAND FOR THE, THIS IS OUR SIX YEAR.

WE NEED MR. WILLIAMS BACK.

EVER SINCE HE'S BEEN GONE, OUR BAND HAS GONE DOWN.

STUDENTS DON'T LEARN.

THEY DON'T PLAY THE SAME.

WHEN MR. WILLIAMS WAS IN CHARGE, EVERY TRIP THAT WE DID OUT OF TOWN, WE GOT A FIRST PLACE OR A SECOND PLACE.

NOTHING LOWER THAN THAT.

SO UP TO RIGHT NOW, I KNOW ALL OF Y'ALL SAW THE MARIACHI HERE, THE PERFECTION, BECAUSE OF THE DIRECTORS.

WE WANT OUR DIRECTOR BACK BECAUSE THAT'S HOW IT WAS WITH SRB WHEN MR. WILLIAMS WAS IN CHARGE.

WE DON'T WANT ANYTHING LESS.

ALL OF US HERE.

MR. WILLIAMS HAS DONE A LOT, EVEN FOR MY SON THAT GRADUATED IN 2021.

HE CALLED ME JANUARY SEVEN WHEN HE FINISHED HIS BOOT CAMP AT THE MARINE CORPS IN SAN DIEGO, SAID THE DISCIPLINE AND THE TRAINING THAT HE GAVE ME IS WHAT HELPED ME PASS MY TRAINING. HE'S BASED OUT OF JAPAN RIGHT NOW SINCE MAY.

MY DAUGHTER IS IN A BAND.

SHE CAME HOME YESTERDAY, SAID, I'M READY TO QUIT.

I KNOW. I HEARD ABOUT A PARADE PRIDE PARADE EVER SINCE SHE'S BEEN GONE.

SRB WAS AT THE PRIDE PARADE.

AND I DON'T THINK IT WAS APPROPRIATE FOR OUR KIDS TO SEE EVERYTHING THAT THEY SAW.

MR. WILLIAMS WOULD NEVER DO THAT.

IT'S JUST LIKE TAKING THEM TO A CHURCH.

THEY CAN'T DO THAT BECAUSE EVERYBODY HAS A DIFFERENT RELIGION.

SO WE NEED HIM BACK.

THEY NEED HIS DISCIPLINE, AND WE ALL DO.

ALL OF US AS PARENTS, VOLUNTEERS, STUDENTS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LISTENING TO IT.

THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.