Jan 25, 2024 Board Meetings

[1. NOTICE AND RETURN]

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WE JUST DID THE A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND THE PLEDGE TO THE AMERICAN FLAG AND TO THE TEXAS FLAG.

SO WE WILL DISPENSE WITH THAT FOR THIS MEETING.

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.

DISTRICT TWO, SARAH WEINBERG.

DISTRICT THREE, DAN MICCICHE.

DISTRICT FOUR, CAMILLE WHITE.

DISTRICT FIVE, MAXIE JOHNSON.

DISTRICT SIX, JOYCE FOREMAN.

DISTRICT EIGHT, JOE CARREON.

DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER TRUSTEES PRESENT BY VIDEO? OKAY. I UNDERSTAND THAT, PRESIDENT HENRY AND TRUSTEE MACKEY MAY BE JOINING US LATER.

OUR SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, DOCTOR STEPHANIE ELIZALDE, JOINS US.

AND I'M DAN MICCICHE, VICE PRESIDENT, AND I'LL BE CHAIRING THIS MEETING.

THIS MEETING WILL BE AVAILABLE SIMULTANEOUSLY IN SPANISH ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THROUGH DALLAS ISD, IN ESPANOL, ON FACEBOOK, AND THROUGH THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE, TRUSTEE CARREÓN.

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

IT IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE FOR A PERSON WITH INTENT TO PREVENT 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 OTHERS FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.

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

ANY PERSON WHO BECOMES BOISTEROUS, DISRUPTIVE, OR FAILS TO ABIDE BY THE RULES OF THIS ASSEMBLY 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.

ALL RIGHT, TRUSTEES, WE'RE NOW UP TO ITEM 2.02 OF THE AGENDA RECOGNITION OF ELECTED OR PUBLIC OFFICIALS.

DO WE HAVE ANY IN THE AUDIENCE? I DO NOT SEE ANY.

ITEM THREE OF THE AGENDA, PERTAINS TO BOARD RECOGNITIONS.

AT THIS TIME, WE DON'T DO NOT HAVE ANY BOARD RECOGNITIONS.

BUT I DO WANT TO, BEFORE MOVING ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD, RECOGNIZE AND GIVE A SPECIAL THANKS TO THE EMMETT J.

[3. PRESENTATION OF BOARD RECOGNITIONS]

LET'S GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO CONRAD'S STUDENTS.

ALL RIGHT, ITEM FOUR OF THE AGENDA.

CALLS FOR A CLOSED SESSION, AND WE WILL HAVE A CLOSED SESSION TODAY.

THE BOARD WILL RETIRE TO CLOSE SESSION.

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

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

THE BOARD WILL RETIRE TO CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551, CONCERNING ANY AND ALL PURPOSES PERMITTED BY THE ACT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING, SECTION 551072 TO DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE, SALE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY.

551076, TO DELIBERATE REGARDING THE DEPLOYMENT OR SPECIFIC OCCASIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF SECURITY PERSONNEL OR DEVICES OR SECURITY AUDIT.

SECTION 551.089 TO DELIBERATE SECURITY ASSESSMENTS OR DEPLOYMENTS RELATING TO THE INFORMATION RESOURCES TECHNOLOGY NETWORK SECURITY INFORMATION AS DESCRIBED BY SECTION 2059.055B, OR THE DEPLOYMENT OR SPECIFIC OCCASIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF SECURITY PERSONNEL, CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE OR SECURITY DEVICES.

AND 551.129 TO CONSULT WITH ITS ATTORNEYS BY USE OF TELEPHONE CONFERENCE CALL, VIDEO CONFERENCE OR COMMUNICATIONS OVER THE INTERNET IN AN OPEN MEETING AND OR CLOSED MEETING.

ALL RIGHT, THE TIME IS NOW 6:04, 6:05 P.M.

AND WE ARE IN CLOSED SESSION.

OKAY, THE TIME IS NOW 6:46 P.M.

AND WE ARE BACK IN OPEN SESSION.

THE BOARD TOOK NO ACTION IN CLOSED SESSION AND WE WILL NOW MOVE TO ITEM FIVE OF THE AGENDA.

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THANK YOU, VICE PRESIDENT MICCICHE.

[5. REPORTS]

AND AS I START WITH OUR FIRST SLIDE, I WANTED TO TAKE A MINUTE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT IN THIS SLIDE, IF WE CAN GO TO THE FIRST SLIDE BEFORE I ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT, OUR THIRD GRADE MATH AND READING, WE GAVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF OUR FIRST SEMESTER DATA COLLECTION FROM MAP.

AND I WANTED TO CONTINUE TO TRIANGULATE THE DATA AND USE MULTIPLE DATA POINTS AND COMPARE OUR, OUR RESULTS TO OTHERS.

BUT BEFORE I DO THAT, I WANTED TO TAKE A MINUTE TO REMIND CERTAINLY OUR ENTIRE TEAM MEMBERS AND THE IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE FACT THAT THIS IS OUR BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH, THAT THIS BOARD HAS SUPPORTED US IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT IS, THESE RESULTS ARE A MEASURE OF EVERYONE'S EFFORT.

AND IT STARTS WITH OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

BUT I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T TAKE A MOMENT, BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE MAY HAVE HEARD OR READ A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SAN ANTONIO ISD AND SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT THEY HAD DURING THE COLD WEATHER SNAP, AND THE FACT THAT THE SCHOOL, SCHOOLS WERE NOT PREPARED.

WE HAVE AN AMAZING GROUP OF STAFF MEMBERS, TEAM MEMBERS IN MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS.

I DOUBT THEY'RE PROBABLY WATCHING, BUT MAYBE SOMEONE WILL TELL THEM THEY CAN GO WATCH IT LATER.

THEY DID AN AMAZING JOB OF ENSURING THAT ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS WERE READY TO RECEIVE STUDENTS, AND THAT MEANT THAT THEY HAD TO WORK OVER THE WEEKEND ON, DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR'S.

HOLIDAY, IN OBSERVANCE OF OF HIM, BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS HAD GOOD SPACES TO RECEIVE THEM. ALL OF THAT CONTRIBUTES TO HOW OUR STUDENTS PERFORM ACADEMICALLY.

SO I DID WANT TO PUBLICLY GIVE THEM A SHOUT OUT.

SO THIS IS JUST A SLIDE THAT I WANTED TO RECALL THAT OUR ENTIRE THIS BOARD'S MISSION IS ENSURING THAT WE ARE EQUITY FOCUSED AND THAT WE ARE EDUCATING ALL STUDENTS.

AND IT'S A SPECIAL FOCUS ON EARLY EDUCATION AND READING INTERVENTIONISTS WITH HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, WITH A FOCUS ON THE SCIENCE OF READING. AND SO THAT SLIDE IN PARTICULAR, I JUST WANT YOU TO SEE THAT FOR THIRD GRADE READING AND MATH.

LOOK AT READING.

THE ENTIRE STATE ACTUALLY HAD A DECLINE OF 1.3% IN 2023.

AT THE MEETS, WHICH AGAIN, I WANT TO REITERATE, IF WE WERE PUTTING APPROACHES, THOSE NUMBERS WOULD BE EVEN LARGER FOR US.

BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE HIGH STANDARD OF AT THE MEETS LEVEL, NOT JUST AT THE PASSING LEVEL, BUT AT THE MEETS LEVEL AND AT THE MEETS LEVEL FOR THIRD GRADE, AGAIN, YOU SEE THAT WE HAD A 1.4% INCREASE.

AND EVEN IF ALL WE DO IS LOOK AT DALLAS COUNTY, DALLAS COUNTY HAD A DECLINE OF HALF A PERCENT, AND THE ENTIRE STATE HAD A DECLINE OF 1.3%. NOW, WHEN WE LOOK AT MATHEMATICS, WE CAN ALSO SEE THAT TEXAS HAD INCREASES, DALLAS COUNTY HAD INCREASES, BUT WE HAD MORE.

WE HAD DOUBLE WHAT THE TEXAS AVERAGE INCREASE IN THIRD GRADE MATH WAS.

THIS IS OUR OUR SUPPORT STAFF, OUR TEACHERS, OUR PARENTS, OUR PRINCIPALS, OUR PARTNERS, OUR COMMUNITY SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS AND THE INVESTMENTS THAT THIS BOARD HAS MADE IN EARLY LEARNING.

AND SO I THOUGHT IT WAS GOOD TO BE ABLE TO SEE A COMPARISON TO THE SUMMARY DATA WE SHOWED YOU, THE LAST TIME WE WERE TOGETHER.

AND MAKE NO MISTAKE, WE ARE NOT, I AM NOT DECLARING VICTORY BY ANY STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION BECAUSE WE DO KNOW OUR MISSION IS TO EDUCATE ALL STUDENTS. BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE WE TAKE A MOMENT TO REMEMBER THAT THIS IS THE WORK OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS, OUR TEACHERS, OUR PRINCIPALS, OUR PARENTS, OUR COMMUNITIES THAT CREATE THESE OUTCOMES.

AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE.

AND WE ARE MOVING CLEARLY IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

AND SO I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, OUR NEXT SLIDE IS GOING TO GIVE US A DIFFERENT OBJECTIVE MEASURE FROM ANOTHER NONPROFIT.

AND WELL I'M SORRY.

I'M GOING TO, YEAH THERE WE GO.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE CHILDREN AT RISK.

SEVERAL OF YOU MAY BE TALKING ABOUT THIS IN YOUR OWN COMMENTS, BUT I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT, THE LATEST CHILDREN AT RISK INDEX SHOWS THAT DALLAS ISD SCHOOLS ARE THE TOP RANKED

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CONGRATULATIONS GO TO WILLIAM B TRAVIS VANGUARD ACADEMY, THE SUDIE L.

WILLIAMS TALENTED AND GIFTED ACADEMY, AND THE SCHOOL FOR THE TALENTED AND GIFTED.

THE GROUP'S ANNUAL RANKING IS BASED ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, COLLEGE READINESS, AND STUDENT GROWTH.

AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT OUR SCHOOLS THAT CHILDREN AT RISK AWARDED, REALLY IMPORTANT AWARD CALLED GOLD RIBBON STATUS THAT INCLUDES NEW TECH HIGH SCHOOL, DA HULCY, STEAM MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND CENTRAL ELEMENTARY.

AND THESE THREE ARE VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY DO NOT HAVE ACADEMIC ENTRY REQUIREMENTS.

AND SO NOT ONLY ARE OUR MAGNET SCHOOLS AT THE TOP OF THE PERFORMANCE LIST, BUT SO ARE SCHOOLS LIKE NEW TECH, DA HULSEY AND CENTRAL.

AGAIN, THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS, OUR TEACHERS, OUR PRINCIPALS FOR ALL OF THE INVESTMENT.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

AND SO TODAY WE GET TO CELEBRATE THE LEADERS TO MY RIGHT AND THE LEADERS TO MY LEFT.

JANUARY IS NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARD RECOGNITION MONTH, AND I THINK WE NEED TO DO MUCH MORE THAN THANK OUR BOARD TRUSTEES FOR THEIR SERVICE.

THERE ARE EXAMPLES ALL OVER THE STATE AND THIS COUNTRY OF SCHOOL BOARDS WHO GET CAUGHT UP IN POLITICAL AND CULTURAL WARS, BUT NOT HERE.

IN DALLAS ISD, WE ARE BLESSED WITH LEADERS WHO REMAIN FOCUSED NOT ON ADULT ISSUES, BUT THEY REMAIN FOCUSED ON THE MISSION OF EDUCATING ALL STUDENTS FOR SUCCESS. I ABSOLUTELY CAN GUARANTEE YOU THAT THEY DO NOT RECEIVE ENOUGH RECOGNITION FOR KEEPING THEIR FOCUS ON KIDS.

IT'S VERY EASY TO GET DISTRACTED, BUT NOT THIS BOARD.

SO ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF DALLAS, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

LET'S GIVE THEM AN APPLAUSE, PLEASE.

AND THE CHECK'S IN THE MAIL.

OH, THAT'S RIGHT, THEY DON'T GET PAID.

NEXT SLIDE.

BLACK HISTORY MONTH IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER, AND DALLAS ISD WILL OFFER VARIOUS EDUCATIONAL AND ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS. ON WEDNESDAYS, WE'LL HOST WEBINARS WITH PROMINENT DALLAS ARTISTS IN THE AREA OF LITERATURE, ARCHITECTURE, FASHION, CULINARY ARTS, AND SO MUCH MORE.

YOU'LL ALSO BE ABLE TO WATCH VIDEOS OF DALLAS ISD AFRICAN AMERICAN TEAM MEMBERS WHO PROMOTE THE ARTS THROUGH THEIR DAILY WORK IN THE DISTRICT.

NOW, ON FEBRUARY 22ND, THE AFRICAN AMERICAN READ IN WILL TAKE PLACE AT FELLOWSHIP CHURCH.

BECAUSE, OF COURSE, NOT ALL SCHOOLS CAN PARTICIPATE AT THE CHURCH.

PORTIONS OF THE EVENT WILL BE STREAMED SO THAT ALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WILL RECEIVE THE SAME BOOKS AND ACTIVITIES SO THEY CAN HAVE THEIR OWN CONCURRENT AFRICAN AMERICAN READ-IN.

THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF MANY ACTIVITIES THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY TO CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH.

IN ADDITION TO THAT NATIONAL MENTORING MONTH.

TALK ABOUT KEEPING A FOCUS ON OUR KIDS.

THAT'S WHAT JANUARY IS.

IT'S NATIONAL MENTORING MONTH.

SO LET'S GIVE A BIG THANK YOU TO OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO PROVIDE MENTORING, INCLUDING OAK CLIFF BIBLE FELLOWSHIP, FRIENDSHIP WEST BAPTIST CHURCH, THE DALLAS COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT, ANTIOCH BIBLE CHURCH, TOYOTA, JASON'S DELI, LOGAN'S ROADHOUSE, AND MCDONALD'S.

DALLAS ISD IS HOME TO THE LARGEST STEM EXPO IN TEXAS THAT TAKES PLACE THIS YEAR AT THE KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON CONVENTION CENTER ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3RD FROM 9 A.M.

TO 3 P.M.

. WE'RE EXPECTING AROUND 5000 ATTENDEES TO SHOWCASE THEIR INCREDIBLE PROGRAMS THAT DALLAS ISD OFFERS, INCLUDING OUR STEM AND STEAM FOCUSED PROGRAMS. ALSO, OUR CAREER INSTITUTES, COLLEGIATE ACADEMIES, AND CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PATHWAYS.

KIDS WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO INVESTIGATE, DESIGN AND CREATE REAL WORLD STEM ACTIVITIES AND PROJECTS.

ALSO, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT CURRENTLY NOW WE HAVE HOUSED AT J.J.

RHODES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAMPUS, THE RESOURCE CENTER SOUTH.

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THANKS TO THE BOND 2020 PROGRAM, WHEN COMMUNITIES ARE DEPRIVED OF ACCESS TO RESOURCES LIKE GROCERY STORES, HEALTH CARE, JOB TRAINING, RECREATION, THE RESULTS ARE A LOWER ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN OUR CLASSROOMS. WE KNOW THAT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT RESOURCE AND ANOTHER STEP TOWARDS EQUITY.

SO THIS YEAR, 20 ELEMENTARY, SECONDARY AND CHOICE MAGNET PRINCIPALS HAVE BEEN SELECTED BY THEIR PEERS AS REGION PRINCIPALS OF THE YEAR.

BELOW IS THE LIST OF HONOREES WHO WILL BE INVITED TO APPLY FOR THE DISTRICT WIDE PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR AWARD, WHICH WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN MAY AT THE STATE OF THE DISTRICT EVENT.

NOW, I KNOW THIS IS A LONG LIST, BUT EACH OF THESE PRINCIPALS IS A GREAT CAMPUS LEADER WHO DOES DESERVE A SHOUT OUT.

SO REGION ONE DAVID LEE FROM HECTOR GARCIA MIDDLE SCHOOL, LISA FALCON, URBAN PARK STEAM ACADEMY, MONICA MARQUEZ, KHAN ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, NIKKI HUDSON FROM STOCKARD MIDDLE SCHOOL, REGION TWO, ALICIA EOSCO FROM BLANTON, CANDICE REESE FROM HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL, CHANDRA HOOPER BARNETT, FROM WOODROW WILSON.

MARGARET HUFF FROM MOCKINGBIRD, REGION THREE, BENJAMIN JONES FROM THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL, HERSHEL CARTER FROM DEGOLYER ELEMENTARY, MARY ANN SEWELL FROM SPENCE, OSCAR APONTE, FROM MAPLE LAWN.

FROM REGION FOUR, WE HAVE DARWIN HUGHES FROM T.W.

BROWN, LAKISHA MERRITT FROM WISE ELEMENTARY, MARION WILLARD FROM JAMES MADISON AND EMOJA TURNER FROM EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, STEM ACADEMY AND REGION FIVE, DEREK THOMAS, SOLAR PREP FOR BOYS AT JOHN F KENNEDY, OLIVIA SANTOS SOLAR PREPARATORY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS AT JAMES BONHAM RAMEY VENABLE FROM IDEA AND CITY LAB, AND TAMIKA WHITNEY, DALLAS ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE ACADEMY.

THANKING ALL THOSE PEOPLE, IS WHAT PRINCIPALS SAY MAKE THEM FEEL LIKE THEY JUST WANT AN OSCAR.

SO I'M REALLY EXCITED AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHO WINS THE DISTRICT TITLE.

SO CONTRIBUTIONS NEXT SLIDE, AT THE STATE LEVEL, EACH YEAR, THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY INVITES TEXAS EDUCATORS TO COLLABORATE TO REVIEW AND APPROVE POTENTIAL ITEMS AND PASSAGES FOR STATE ASSESSMENTS.

WE GET FOLKS TO PARTICIPATE IN THOSE COMMITTEES.

SO I WANT TO GIVE THIS TAKES UP A LOT OF TIME, I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO FIVE OF OUR EDUCATORS FROM DALLAS ISD, WHO ARE GIVING OF THEIR TIME AND TALENT TO IMPROVE THESE PARTICULAR ASSESSMENTS.

CHEF AARON ROMASHIN FROM ANNE FRANK, ENRIQUE VILLEGAS FROM JAMES BOWIE, NÉLIDA MOORHEAD FROM CF CARR, VINOLA MARTINEZ FROM CHARLES A GILL AND LORI MASON FROM RAUL QUINTANILLA.

THE NEXT ONE IS REALLY COOL.

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH INTUIT, A FINANCIAL SOFTWARE COMPANY, DALLAS ISD RECENTLY UNVEILED A STUDENT DESIGNED AND OPERATED FOOD TRUCK, A FIRST OF ITS KIND PROGRAM IN TEXAS.

THE TRUCK IS EQUIPPED WITH A COMMERCIAL GRADE KITCHEN, WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY ALLOW CULINARY ARTS STUDENTS TO SERVE THEIR PREPARED FOOD, GIVING THEM PRACTICAL AND ENTREPRENEURIAL EXPERIENCE.

BEYOND CULINARY ARTS INSTRUCTION, GRAPHIC DESIGN STUDENTS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THINGS SUCH AS DESIGN A MENU, MERCHANDISE, AND SO MUCH MORE.

IN FACT, STUDENTS DESIGNED THE TRUCKS LOOK IN CONJUNCTION WITH INTUIT'S GRAPHIC DESIGN TEAM.

ALSO, INTUIT WILL ALLOW ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE STUDENTS TO USE THEIR TOOLS TO DEVELOP TECHNICAL, FINANCIAL, AND ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS NECESSARY FOR ANY BUSINESS MANAGEMENT.

DALLAS ISD IS THE THIRD SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE COUNTRY, AND THE ONLY ONE IN TEXAS TO LAUNCH THIS INTUIT SPONSORED FOOD TRUCK.

AND LASTLY, OUR ORATORY WINNER.

WHAT AN EVENT THIS WAS.

I WAS SO FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND.

AND SO CONGRATULATIONS TO AIDEN B OF THOMAS L MARSALIS ELEMENTARY STEAM ACADEMY FOR WINNING THE 32ND ANNUAL MLK JUNIOR ORATORY COMPETITION.

HIS RESPONSE TO THIS YEAR'S THEME, HOW WOULD DOCTOR KING REFLECT ON THE 60 YEARS SINCE HIS I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH CONCLUDED WITH

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IT'S TIME TO GO BACK TO THE BANK AND MAKE THINGS RIGHT.

TODAY IS OUR PAY DAY.

IF SOMEONE SAYS YOU'RE NOT GOOD ENOUGH, SAY TO THEM, AND HE DID THIS, SO I'M GOING TO DO IT.

NO, IT'S MY PAY DAY.

IF SOMEONE CALLS YOU BAD NAMES, SAY YOU CAN'T HAVE THIS JOB, YOU HAVE THE WRONG SKIN COLOR.

YOU CAN'T LIVE HERE.

YOU CAN'T GO TO THIS TOP COLLEGE.

SAY NO, IT'S MY PAY DAY.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT ELIZALDE.

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

5.02 OF THE AGENDA.

SORRY. DO WE HAVE ANY BOARD OF TRUSTEE COMMITTEE REPORTS? OKAY. NO REPORTS. ITEM 5.03.

OUR TRUSTEE REPORTS FOR DISTRICTS ONE THROUGH NINE.

AND I SHOULD ADD THAT, TRUSTEE MACKEY.

AND BOARD PRESIDENT HENRY HAVE JOINED US ON VIDEO.

AND SO WE WILL START WITH DISTRICT ONE.

TRUSTEE FLORES. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE MICCICHE. I WANT TO BEGIN BY THANKING ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO JOINED US EARLIER THIS MONTH AT TJ FOR A CONVERSATION WITH SPECIAL AGENT CHAVEZ OF THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCY ABOUT THE DANGERS OF FENTANYL AND HOW IT AFFECTS OUR COMMUNITY.

THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE AGAINST THIS DRUG BEGINS WITH BEING INFORMED.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR PARTICIPATING.

IT WAS REALLY WELL ATTENDED EVENT AND IT WAS AN AGENT CHAVEZ.

THIS IS THE SECOND ONE HE'S DONE IN DISTRICT ONE AND HE IS FANTASTIC.

KUDOS TO PRINCIPALS.

BEN JONES FROM THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL AND HERSCHEL CARTER FROM DEGOLYER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR BEING NAMED REGIONAL PRINCIPALS OF THE YEAR.

THESE TWO HAVE LED THEIR COMMUNITIES THROUGH BIG CHANGES.

THE SKY'S THE LIMIT FOR WHAT THEY CAN DO.

CONGRATULATIONS! A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO ADRIAN C FROM EDDIE WALKER MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR PLACING SECOND AT THE REGIONAL AND REGION THREE SPELLING BEE.

I'M PROUD OF HIS HARD WORK AND DEDICATION AND WISH HIM LUCK IN THE DISTRICT LEVEL COMPETITION.

AND FINALLY, I WANT TO THANK THE JERRY JENKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, FOR MY BOARD TRUSTEE MONTH. WHAT IS IT? OUR BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH RECOGNITION.

SO THANK YOU, JERRY JUNKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE WEINBERG, DISTRICT TWO.

THANK YOU.

STUDENT ATHLETES AT HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOL ARE HAVING AN INCREDIBLE START TO THE YEAR.

BASKETBALL STANDOUT EMMA Y, WHO I GOT TO WATCH THE OTHER NIGHT PLAY BASKETBALL, SCORED HER 1,000TH POINT EARLIER THIS MONTH.

SHE REACHED THIS MILESTONE IN ONLY TWO AND A HALF YEARS.

CONGRATS, EMMA ON MAKING IT TO THE 1000 POINT CLUB.

CONGRATULATIONS ALSO TO HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLERS DAVID G, ENERGY D, AND ALEXA R FOR REACHING THEIR 100 WIN MARK.

HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT SEASON.

SHOUT OUT TO THE FIFTH GRADE DEBATE TEAM AT WILLIAMS TAG, LED BY TEACHER OF PROMISE ALEXANDER RATHBUN, AS THEY EARNED THIRD PLACE OVERALL IN THEIR RECENT DEBATE.

DANDY ROGERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS INSPIRING OUR NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS.

THEIR THIRD GRADE THIRD GRADERS RECEIVED A RISING STAR AWARD FOR THE FIRST LEGO LEAGUE COMPETITION.

CONGRATULATIONS TO PRINCIPAL HUFF FROM MOCKINGBIRD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AS SHE WAS RECENTLY SELECTED BY HER PEERS AS THE REGION AS A REGION PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR.

PRINCIPAL CHANDRA HOOPER BARNETT RECEIVED THE HONORARY THE HONOR OF SECONDARY PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR FOR REGION TWO.

CONGRATULATIONS. WE ARE PROUD OF YOU.

AND FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO WISH MY FELLOW TRUSTEES A HAPPY SCHOOL BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH.

IT'S TRULY AN HONOR TO SERVE ALONGSIDE YOU.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEE WEINBERG.

I WILL NOW DO THE ACCOLADES FOR DISTRICT THREE.

FIRST, I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE CANDICE RUIZ, PRINCIPAL OF HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL, ON BEING NAMED A REGIONAL PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR.

AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO CONGRATULATE PRINCIPAL ROCIO BERNAL, WHO WAS FORMERLY AT GEORGE W TRUETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, LAST YEAR, WHEN SHE EARNED THE HONOR FOR BECOMING A 2023- 2024 MASTER PRINCIPAL RECIPIENT.

WHAT AN INCREDIBLE HONOR.

LAST FRIDAY, I ATTENDED THE UNVEILING OF THE NEW STUDENT DESIGNED AND OPERATED FOOD TRUCK.

IT'S REALLY IMPRESSIVE, AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADD MY THANKS TO INTUIT FOR PARTNERING WITH DALLAS ISD FOR THIS PROJECT, WHICH WILL ENGAGE CTE STUDENTS IN DISTRICT THREE AND ALL ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

I IN ADDITION, I WANT TO THANK THE ENTIRE DISTRICT THREE COMMUNITY FOR THEIR KIND WORDS, SIGNS, AND SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS DURING SCHOOL BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH.

IT'S AN HONOR TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO AN HONOR TO SERVE ALONGSIDE MY COLLEAGUES AROUND THIS HORSESHOE.

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AND, EARLIER THIS WEEK, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO, GO ON THE TOUR OF THE CAREER INSTITUTE NORTH WITH THE WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS BOARD.

AND IT WAS IT WAS REALLY AMAZING.

FROM THE FLIGHT SIMULATORS TO THE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND, THE TRADITIONAL TRADES, CARPENTRY AND AND HVAC.

IT WAS AMAZING.

AND OUR, OUR WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS BOARD WAS REALLY BLOWN AWAY BY IT ALL.

SO THANK YOU TO THE CAREER INSTITUTE TEAM.

AND AND ALSO THANK YOU TO THE VOTERS OF DALLAS FOR, FOR HAVING SUPPORTED OUR BOND PROGRAM.

WITHOUT OUR BOND PROGRAMS, WE CANNOT BUILD THESE BUILDINGS.

AND WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO TRUSTEE WHITE TO GIVE THE DISTRICT FOUR REPORT.

THANK YOU. PRIOR TO THE WINTER BREAK, SOME OF OUR D4 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS PARTICIPATED IN THE 2023 ENCORE KIDS RACE.

I'D LIKE TO GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO THE TEAMS AT ANNIE WELL BLANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, GILBERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND THANK YOU FOR KEEPING OUR STUDENTS ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITIES. CONGRATULATIONS ARE IN ORDER TO THE MASTER PRINCIPALS IN DISTRICT FOUR.

THEY ARE ALICIA WACO FROM ANNIE WEBB BLANTON, JULIE SINGLETON FROM CENTRAL ELEMENTARY, RUBINA SANCHEZ FROM DORSEY ELEMENTARY.

WE ARE ALL SO VERY PROUD OF YOU, AND IT'S AN HONOR TO HAVE YOU REPRESENTING DISTRICT FOUR.

CONGRATULATIONS ARE ALSO IN ORDER FOR MISS KARLA PADILLA, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT EBBY HALLIDAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

SHE HAS EARNED A SYSTEMS OF INSTRUCTIONS BADGE AS PART OF THE FUTURE PRINCIPALS INSTITUTE.

THE INSTITUTE ASPIRES TO EQUIP LEADERS WITH OPTIMISM, AWARENESS, AND FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS NECESSARY FOR SUCCESS AS PRINCIPALS.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE YOUNG MEN'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY THEATER SCHOLARS ON EARNING THEIR FIRST DIVISION LAST MONTH. WE ARE SO VERY PROUD OF THEM.

I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO MENTION, FAM JAMS ARE REGIONAL BASED EVENTS SPONSORED BY OUR PARENTS ACADEMY AND SUPPORT SERVICES DEPARTMENT THAT OFFER FREE RESOURCES, IMPORTANT INFORMATION, ACADEMIC FUND PRIZES, AND MUCH MORE.

GET READY FOR A THRILLING EXPERIENCE AT FAM JAMS. YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS OUT ON ALL THE AMAZING RESOURCES, ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES, AND EXCITING PRIZES THAT AWAIT YOU.

IT'S GOING TO BE AN EVENT LIKE NO OTHER, SO MARK YOUR CALENDARS AND GET READY TO HAVE FUN! WE WILL ACTUALLY BE HAVING A FAM JAM EVENT THAT IS GOING TO BE HOSTED AT THE YOUNG WOMEN'S STEAM ACADEMY IN BOX SPRINGS.

THAT'S GOING TO TAKE PLACE ON JANUARY THE 27TH FROM 9 A.M.

TO 12 P.M..

WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT A PART OF THE REGION TWO DIVISION, YOU'RE WELCOME TO ATTEND.

SPRUCE HIGH SCHOOL WILL HOST A COMMUNITY AND PARENT FORUM ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY ON FEBRUARY, EXCUSE ME ON FEBRUARY THE 12TH.

THE FOCUS OF THIS MEETING IS TO PROVIDE PARTICIPANTS WITH INFORMATION ABOUT OUR PLEASANT GROVE COMMUNITY, WHILE INCREASING THE AWARENESS OF PARENT AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON THE BOND UPGRADES SLATED FOR OUR CAMPUS.

WE WILL HIGHLIGHT ACADEMIC GROWTH AND ENSURE TO EDUCATE PARENTS, STAKEHOLDERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON TREND DATA THAT IS IMPACTING OUR CAMPUS AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITY AT SPRUCE HIGH SCHOOL.

MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE ARE GOING TO DISCUSS HOW WE CAN BETTER PARTNER WITH OUR PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO BRING ABOUT EVEN MORE WONDERFUL HAPPENINGS AT SPRUCE HIGH SCHOOL.

THANK YOU TO PRINCIPAL FRANCINE TAYLOR, WHO IS SPEARHEADING THIS EFFORT.

ALSO. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE PARENTS AT GILBERT CUELLAR.

THERE WAS A EVENT THAT WAS HOSTED ON THEIR CAMPUS BY THE PARENT ADVOCATE AND SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THIS PAST WEEK.

THE PARENTS OF THE THIRD GRADE STUDENTS, THIRD THROUGH FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS CAME OUT AFTER HOURS TO LEARN HOW TO BETTER SUPPORT THEIR STUDENTS WITH THEIR ACADEMIC ENDEAVORS.

I JUST WANT ONCE AGAIN TO THANK THE PARENTS FOR THEIR DEDICATION AND HARD WORK IN THE LIFE OF THEIR YOUNG PEOPLE.

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE JOHNSON, DISTRICT FIVE.

I'D LIKE TO WISH MY COLLEAGUES ON THE DAIS A HAPPY BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH.

I CAN SAY EVERYONE ON THIS BOARD EXEMPLIFIES THIS YEAR'S THEME OF LOCALLY ELECTED, COMMUNITY CONNECTED BECAUSE YOU ARE DEDICATED TO THE CONTINUOUS GROWTH OF OUR COMMUNITY. YOUR HARD WORK AND DILIGENCE TO THE FAMILIES OF THIS DISTRICT DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED.

AND FOR THAT, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

KUDOS TO THE BASKETBALL COACH, ANTONIO MAULDIN AT WILMER-HUTCHINS HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAUNCHING A MALE MENTORSHIP CALLED THE WILMER-HUTCHINS ESQUIRE CLUB.

THE CLUB TRAINS YOUNG BOYS AT THE SCHOOL IN LEADERSHIP, PREPARING THEM FOR LIFE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL WITH SESSIONS LIKE SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST, SURVIVAL TRAINING, MORE MONEY, MORE PROBLEMS, FINANCIAL LITERACY AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP, BUSINESS PLAN LITERACY, KEEP BEING THE CHANGE COACH MAULDIN.

DURING THE WINTER BREAK, DALLAS ISD ATHLETIC HOSTED THE 83RD HOLIDAY INVITATIONAL BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT, BRINGING SCHOOLS FROM FAR AND WIDE.

I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT DISTRICT FIVE REPRESENTED WELL, WITH PINKSTON'S GIRL BASKETBALL TAKING SECOND OVERALL AND SOUTH OAK CLIFF BOYS BASKETBALL TAKING THIRD OVERALL IN THE TOURNAMENT. MANY OF OUR ATHLETES WERE CROWNED MVP AND ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM MEMBERS, AND WE'RE PROUD OF THEM ALL.

FINALLY, I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL AND PINKSTON HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL VARSITY, BOYS THAT PLAYED THE OTHER NIGHT.

THE GAME WAS VERY COMPETITIVE.

IT WAS EXCITING, AND BOTH TEAMS DID A WONDERFUL JOB.

THANK YOU. THIS IS THE DISTRICT FIVE REPORT.

TRUSTEE FOREMAN. THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING.

I'D LIKE TO START OUT WITH RECOGNIZING AND CONGRATULATING THE REGIONAL PRINCIPALS FROM DISTRICT SIX FOR ELEMENTARY.

IT'S LAKISHA MERRITT FROM MARTIN WEISS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL, IT'S T.W.

BROWN'S DOCTOR DARWIN HUGHES.

I AM REALLY PROUD OF THESE PRINCIPALS, AS I AM PROUD OF MOST OF THE PRINCIPALS IN DISTRICT SIX.

DISTRICT SIX IS STARTING THE NEW YEAR WITH EXCELLENCE THREE.

CARTER HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL STARS WERE NOMINATED FOR THE MCDONALD'S ALL AMERICAN GAME, SENIOR FORWARD CHANCE PERRY, SENIOR CENTER DANIEL THOMAS AND SENIOR GUARD COLE WILLIAMS. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I'VE ATTENDED MOST OF THOSE GAMES, AND THEY'VE BEEN PLAYING FOR DISD AND CARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR FOUR YEARS. THESE THREE YOUNG MEN ARE AMONG 29 PLAYERS NOMINATED FROM ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND I WANT TO WISH EACH OF THEM GOOD LUCK AND CONGRATULATIONS.

IN ADDITION TO CONGRATULATING CHANCE ON HIS NOMINATION, I'D ALSO LIKE TO CONGRATULATE HIM ON COMMITTING TO SMU NEXT YEAR. WE ARE EXCITED TO CONTINUE TO WATCH THIS YOUNG MAN PLAY AT CARTER, AND THEN WE'LL BE WATCHING HIM PLAY AT SMU, AS YOU KNOW THE LAST TWO YEARS, THE VALEDICTORIAN AND THE SALUTATORIAN CAME FROM THIS BASKETBALL TEAM.

SO I'M EXTREMELY PROUD OF THESE YOUNG MEN.

SIX THIRD GRADERS FROM CLINTON P RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WERE RECOGNIZED AT THE AMERICAN AIRLINES CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS FOR WINNING A POEM COMPETITION COMMEMORATING THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR'S I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH.

EACH STUDENT AND THEIR FAMILY WON 100,000 AA ADVANTAGE.

MILES WAY TO REPRESENT DISTRICT SIX AND CONGRATULATIONS! THE 2024 MLK ORATORICAL WINNER IS AIDEN FROM THOMAS L MARSALIS ELEMENTARY ACADEMY.

DISTRICT SIX HAD TWO FINALISTS THIS YEAR.

IT WAS AIDEN, AND THEN JAIRUS WAS FROM THOMAS TALBOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

AND IF YOU REMEMBER, LAST YEAR THE WINNER WAS ALSO FROM T.L.

MARSALIS IN DISTRICT SIX.

SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING THE SPEECH.

IN DISTRICT SIX, AS YOU HAVE HEARD, CHILDREN AT RISK NAMED D.A.

HULCY A GOLD MEDAL SCHOOL.

D.A. HULSEY WAS A SCHOOL THAT WAS CLOSED WHEN I GOT ON THIS BOARD.

IT IS REOPENED AND DOING GREAT WORK FOR OUR CHILDREN IN THE COMMUNITY.

IT HAS A BOUNDARY OF TWO MILES OF ACCEPTANCE FROM THE STUDENTS IN THAT IMMEDIATE COMMUNITY, AND I AM REALLY PROUD OF THE WORK

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ALONG WITH D.A.

HULSEY BEING NAMED A GOLD MEDAL SCHOOL, MARTIN WEISS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAS ALSO NAMED A GOLD MEDAL SCHOOL.

I'M JUST SO PROUD OF THEM.

I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO THESE BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS THAT YOU SEE UP HERE, ALTHOUGH YOU REPRESENT ONE DISTRICT, THERE ARE PEOPLE WATCHING YOU FROM EVERYWHERE.

SO THEY ARE FROM JORGE CASTRO, WHO IS ACTUALLY IN WEST DALLAS DOING YEOMAN'S WORK FOR THE COMMUNITY, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND RECOGNIZING EVERYTHING THAT WE DO AROUND HERE.

SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT.

AND TO MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS, HAPPY BOARD APPRECIATION.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

I'LL READ THE DISTRICT SEVEN REPORT SEVEN.

I'M SORRY. PLEASE GO AHEAD.

TRUSTEE MACKEY. CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME? YES. WE CAN HEAR YOU, TRUSTEE MACKEY.

HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.

WONDERFUL. SO, FIRST, TO KICK OFF THE NEW YEAR FOUR SUNSET HIGH SCHOOL CHEERLEADERS WERE ABLE TO RING IN THE NEW YEAR BY PARTICIPATING IN LONDON'S NEW YEAR'S EVE PARADE.

[INAUDIBLE] MARLENE, NATHANIEL AND SANTIAGO WERE AFFORDED THIS OPPORTUNITY AS MEMBERS OF THE UCA ALL AMERICAN VARSITY SPIRIT TEAM.

FOR TWO OF THESE STUDENTS, THIS TRIP WAS THEIR FIRST TIME OUT OF THE COUNTRY, AND FOR THE OTHERS, IT WAS THE FIRST TIME ON AN AIRPLANE.

THE SUNSET CHEERLEADING SQUAD ALSO RECENTLY HELPED ACHIEVE A MILESTONE BY QUALIFYING FOR THE UIL SPIRIT STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, MARKING THEIR FIRST QUALIFICATION IN A DECADE.

GREAT JOB.

NEXT, I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE WINNETKA DEBATE TEAM FOR COMPETING IN DALLAS ISD ELEMENTARY DEBATE WINTER TOURNAMENT, AND I'D LIKE TO GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO ALEXA, ADEN AND ALESSANDRA FOR WINNING TOP SPEAKER GOLD MEDALISTS.

KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO JOIN THE CHORUS UP HERE, WISHING MY FELLOW TRUSTEES A HAPPY BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH.

I RESPECT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU AND APPRECIATE YOUR DEDICATION TO THE KIDS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE SERVE TOGETHER.

AND FINALLY, I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT AND A CONGRATULATION TO ALL OF THOSE THIRD GRADE STUDENTS AND ALL OF THE TEACHERS, STAFF AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT THAT HELPED THEM BUCK THE TREND THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AROUND THIRD GRADE READING.

THAT IS AN ENORMOUS EFFORT, AND PROBABLY ONE OF THE, IF NOT THE MOST IMPORTANT REASON WHY WE ARE HERE TO MAKE SURE KIDS ARE LEARNING AND READING.

AND I WANTED TO I THINK THAT DESERVES A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT HERE AS WELL.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE STUDENTS AND ALL OF THE ADULTS WHO HELPED MAKE THAT A REALITY.

THANK YOU TRUSTEE MACKEY, DISTRICT EIGHT.

TRUSTEE CARREÓN.

YES. THANK YOU.

VICE PRESIDENT MICCICHE, WE KICKED OFF THE YEAR WITH THE DALLAS ISD DISTRICT SPELLING BEE.

AND OF ALL PARTICIPANTS, THE RUNNER UP WAS THE FOURTH GRADE STUDENT, CASEY FROM THE GAY P ALLEN NEWTECH ACADEMY IN WEST DALLAS.

CONGRATULATIONS, CASEY, AND THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING DISTRICT EIGHT AND THE LEDBETTER COMMUNITY.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PL PREP.

AT SAM HOUSTON, BUZZ BOTS, WHO COMPETED IN THEIR FIRST FLL CHALLENGE COMPETITION AS THE FIRST LEGO LEAGUE CHALLENGE COMPETITION.

THEY SUCCESSFULLY CREATED A LEGO ROBOT AND CREATED A FOUR MISSIONS, WHICH IS, REALLY A REAL ACHIEVEMENT.

CONGRATULATIONS AND AWESOME JOB TO THE PL PREP BUZZ BOTS.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO GIVE A KUDOS, TO BILINGUAL TEACHER SOPHIA ZALESKI AT, DAVID G.

BURNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

SHE LEADS THE DAVID G.

BURNETT ALL STAR STUDENT NEWS CREW WHO PRESENT THE MORNING NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS DAILY ON SCREENS THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL.

MISS ZOLEZZI FOR CONTINUING TO MAKE LEARNING FUN.

AND IN CONCLUSION, I'D ALSO LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE, THE REGIONAL PRINCIPALS OF THE YEAR IN DISTRICT EIGHT.

PRINCIPAL SCHOOL OF, SPENCE, PRINCIPAL APONTE OF MAPLELAWN, PRINCIPAL THOMAS OF SOLAR BOYS, PRINCIPAL SANTOS OF SOLAR GIRLS, PRINCIPAL VENABLE OF CITY LAB AND IDEA AND PRINCIPAL WHITNEY OF THE DALLAS ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE ACADEMY. THAT CONCLUDES DISTRICT EIGHT REMARKS.

OKAY, THE DISTRICT NINE REPORT.

WE DO HAVE TRUSTEE HENRY ON THE ON THE VIDEO, BUT, TRUSTEE WEINBERG IS GOING TO DO THAT FOR CONNECTIONS PURPOSES.

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SPECIAL THANK YOU TO DOCTOR VALADEZ AND TIFFANY WRIGHT FOR PRODUCING AN AMAZING COMMUNITY TURNOUT FOR THE GRAND OPENING AND RIBBON CUTTING OF OUR LATEST RESOURCE CENTER.

I KNOW THIS CENTER IS GOING TO BE HAVE AN ENORMOUS POSITIVE IMPACT ON OUR SOUTH DALLAS COMMUNITY.

CONGRATULATIONS ARE DUE TO PRINCIPAL MARIAN WILLARD OF THE GREAT JAMES MADISON HIGH SCHOOL FOR BEING RECOGNIZED AS A REGION FOUR SECONDARY PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR.

PRINCIPAL WILLARD IS DEFINED AS AN EDUCATIONAL ICON BY HER CAMPUS, AND WE ARE PROUD OF HER IMMENSE DEDICATION TOWARDS BETTERING OUR STUDENTS LEARNING EXPERIENCES.

CITY LAB HIGH SCHOOL IS KICKING OFF THEIR SPRING SEMESTER WITH A SELECT GROUP OF EAGER SCHOLARS WHO ARE INTERNING FOR BIG TECH'S URBAN FARMS. AS THEY LEARN ABOUT AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS, THEY WILL SIMULTANEOUSLY PRODUCE FRESH PRODUCE TO THE SURROUNDING SOUTH DALLAS AREA.

GREAT WORK STUDENTS.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE IMPRESSIVE RESULTS FROM YOUR DEDICATION IN THIS INDUSTRY.

SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL HELD THEIR FIRST ANNUAL BILINGUAL FAMILY NIGHT.

INCLUSION IS ONE OF OUR DISTRICT'S TOP PRIORITIES, SO WE WERE EXCITED TO LEARN, EXCITED THAT DOZENS OF FAMILIES COULD PARTICIPATE IN THIS SPECIAL EVENT AND LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT THEIR STUDENTS CAMPUS HAS TO OFFER.

SPECIAL THANK YOU TO REGION ONE ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT MARK RAMIREZ FOR VISITING BUCKNER TERRACE MONTESSORI.

WE APPRECIATE YOU FOR UNDERSCORING YOUR SUPPORT TOWARDS OUR STUDENTS AND TEAM MEMBERS.

YOUR VISIT WAS ENRICHING AND ENCOURAGED THE GREAT PROGRAMS THAT ARE HAPPENING AT THIS SCHOOL.

AND FINALLY TRUSTEE HENRY.

WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AS OUR BOARD PRESIDENT AND THIS, BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH.

THE WORK THAT YOU DO IS NOT ALWAYS EASY, BUT WE ARE HONORED TO SIT BY YOUR SIDE AS WE NAVIGATE ALL THAT IT MEANS TO BE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL.

THANK YOU FOR SERVING AS OUR FEARLESS PRESIDENT.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEES. WE ARE NOW UP TO ITEM SIX OF THE AGENDA, THE PUBLIC FORUM.

WE WILL BEGIN WITH SPEAKERS TO AGENDA ITEMS FOLLOWED BY SPEAKERS TO NON-AGENDA ITEMS. I'M ASKING SPEAKERS TO BE MINDFUL OF CHILDREN THAT ARE IN ATTENDANCE, CHILDREN AND UNWILLING ADULT RECIPIENT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN ATTENDANCE AT THIS MEETING SHOULD NOT

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

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

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

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

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

UNLAWFUL OR DISRUPTIVE CONDUCT, INCLUDING INTERRUPTING SCHEDULED SPEAKERS, SPEAKING OUT OF TURN, 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.

SPEAKERS, PLEASE 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 AND INFORMED.

YOUR YOUR COMMENTS ARE OUT OF ORDER.

DOCTOR JORDAN, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE NAMES OF THE SPEAKERS? YES, SIR. GOOD EVENING.

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

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

PLEASE LISTEN CAREFULLY FOR YOUR NAME.

I WILL CALL FOUR SPEAKERS AT A TIME.

WILL OUR FIRST TWO SPEAKERS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE? ANGELA DAVIS, FOLLOWED BY ROSEMARY KURTZ WITH ROBERT CECCARELLI AND JANET MARIANI ON DECK, ANGELA DAVIS AND ROSEMARY KURTZ. GOOD EVENING, TRUSTEES.

MY NAME IS ANGELA DAVIS.

I AM THE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF NEA DALLAS.

JANUARY IS BOARD RECOGNITION MONTH.

THE THEME THIS YEAR IS LOCALLY ELECTED, COMMUNITY CONNECTED.

HERE DALLAS ISD, OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS ARE ELECTED BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO TRUST YOU TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR STUDENTS.

ENSURING AN EXCELLENT EDUCATION IS THE WORK OF MANY AND COLLABORATING WITH TEACHERS, PARENTS AND ALL STAKEHOLDERS TO PROMOTE STANDARDS IN WAYS THAT REFLECT THE COMMUNITY'S VALUE.

THIS CONNECTION ENSURES THAT THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE ACCOUNTABLE TO LOCAL VOTERS, AWARE OF THE NEEDS OF THEIR COMMUNITY AND DISTRICTS.

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SO TODAY WE STOP TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

THANK YOU.

ROSE, WILL THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE, ROSEMARY KURTZ, FOLLOWED BY ROBERT CECCARELLI WITH JANICE MARIANI AND MIKE HOOK ON DECK.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ROSIE KURTZ.

I'M A TEACHER IN DALLAS ISD AND A MEMBER OF ALLIANCE AFT.

TODAY, COACHES FROM CARNEGIE LEARNING CAME TO OBSERVE MY GEOMETRY CLASS.

THEY WEREN'T THERE TO EVALUATE OR JUDGE ME, BUT JUST TO BE ABLE TO OFFER ME COACHING OR ADVICE ON CARNEGIE IMPLEMENTATION.

AWKWARDLY, I WASN'T REALLY USING CARNEGIE IN MY LESSON TODAY BECAUSE THE CARNEGIE LESSON ON PROPERTIES OF QUADRILATERALS SUCKS.

BUT, SO CARNEGIE IS REALLY CONFUSING.

SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE I READ THROUGH THE WHOLE LESSON PLAN, AND I'M STILL NOT SURE WHAT THE ACTUAL TOPIC IS THAT THE KIDS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE LEARNING.

I TRULY APPRECIATE THE IDEA BEHIND IT OF KIDS LEARNING THE WHY OF MATH, OF GETTING TO MORE IN DEPTH QUESTIONS, BUT THE ROLLOUT FOR THIS PROGRAM WAS NOT THOUGHT THROUGH.

IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED ONE GRADE LEVEL AT A TIME, AS THE YOUNGEST STUDENTS MOVED UP SO THAT KIDS COULD BE PROPERLY TRAINED IN THIS WAY OF THINKING, RATHER THAN HAVE US HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS TRYING TO ENTIRELY CHANGE UP HOW THEY'RE TAUGHT AND HOW THEY LEARN IN THE LAST FEW YEARS OF SCHOOLING.

RECENTLY ON A DFW TEACHERS FACEBOOK GROUP, SOMEONE MADE AN ANONYMOUS POST EXPRESSING FRUSTRATION ABOUT CARNEGIE, AND THERE WAS A QUICK PILE ON OF ABOUT FIVE DOZEN A LITTLE OVER THAT, COMMENTS OF OTHER TEACHERS COMPLAINING ABOUT IT.

SO WHAT FOLLOWS IS A COMBINATION OF COMMENTS I'VE HEARD FROM MATH TEACHERS AROUND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THROUGH MY UNION WORK AND COMMENTS I FOUND ON THAT POST.

A LOT OF TEACHERS SAID IT'S A WASTE OF TIME THEY HAD TO GO THROUGH AND MODIFY ALL THEIR LESSONS.

ONE TEACHER COMMENTED, THIS IS NOT A CURRICULUM ISSUE.

THIS IS AN ISSUE OF ADVANCING KIDS THAT ARE NOT QUALIFIED.

NO MATTER WHAT CURRICULUM IS CHOSEN, IT WILL NOT BE SUITABLE FOR OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE BEHIND AS LONG AS IT IS ON GRADE LEVEL.

SEVERAL TEACHERS PREDICTED A MASS EXODUS OF MATH TEACHERS FROM DALLAS ISD AFTER THIS YEAR.

ONE TEACHER SAID THEY ASKED TO STOP USING IT WHEN THEY REALIZED IT WAS NOT AT ALL ALIGNED TO THE ACP OR TEKS, AND THEIR PRINCIPAL LET THEM STOP BY OCTOBER.

ONE TEACHER SAID ALL THE TEACHERS AT THE SCHOOL HAD DROPPED IT BY NOVEMBER.

ONE TEACHER DITCHED CARNEGIE AND GOT ACP SCORES 20 POINTS ABOVE DISTRICT, WHILE THOSE THAT STUCK WITH CARNEGIE AT THEIR SCHOOL HAD MEDIOCRE RESULTS.

ONE TEACHER SAID, QUOTE, THE AMOUNT OF TIME SPENT SCAFFOLDING AND MODIFYING LESSONS IS CRAZY.

40% OF OUR CURRICULUM IS FOUND IN MATH, WHICH MOST TEACHERS CAN'T FIND TIME FOR.

I'VE BEEN KILLING MYSELF TO MAKE IT WORK, BUT I'VE JUST ABOUT GIVEN UP.

ONE TEACHER SAID, QUOTE, IT'S QUITE OBVIOUS THAT THEY TOOK THEIR ALREADY MADE CURRICULUM AND SLAPPED SOME TEKS ON IT WITHOUT ASKING A SINGLE TECH TEXAS TEACHER HOW THEY WORK.

HERE'S WHAT I FEEL IS DESTINED TO HAPPEN.

THE DISTRICT WILL TELL US TO GIVE CARNEGIE MORE OF A CHANCE, GIVE IT SOME TIME AND ADJUSTMENT PERIOD, WHICH SOUNDS REASONABLE.

AFTER A FEW YEARS OF STRUGGLE, WE'LL FINALLY START TO GET THE HANG OF IT.

BUT THEN, JUST WHEN WE'RE IN THE FLOW, I'M SURE THE DISTRICT WILL FIND THE NEXT NEW AND IMPROVED THING IN EDUCATION.

AND WE'LL START ALL OVER AGAIN.

AS I'VE ALWAYS SAID, AS I'VE SAID, AS WE'VE ALL SAID REPEATEDLY, TEACHING TO THE TEST IS NOT DEAD AND WILL NOT DIE.

THERE WILL BE NO END TO IT, AS LONG AS OUR LIVELIHOOD IS BASED ON TEST SCORES, THERE IS SIMPLY NO GETTING AROUND THAT IN THE DISTRICT NEEDS TO FACE THAT HEAD ON AND MAKE A CHOICE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

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

ROBERT CECCARELLI FOLLOWED BY JANET MARIANI WITH MIKE HOOK AND MARY ANN HOSKINS ON DECK.

I'M NOT GOING TO SAY MUCH, PEOPLE, CAN YOU HEAR ME? I'M GOING TO, THE CHILDREN AT RISK GAVE OUT THE TEST, THE SCORES FOR THE HIGH SCHOOLS SAMUEL ADAMSON, MADISON, NORTH DALLAS, JEFFERSON, CONRAD, BRYAN ADAMS, SUNSET, HILLCREST, MOLINA GOT A D.

HERE'S THE NEXT TEST SCORE.

KIMBALL, WILMER-HUTCHINS, SEAGOVILLE, PINKSTON, SOUTH OAK CLIFF, W.T.

WHITE, CARTER, LINCOLN, SPRUCE AND SCHOOL INNOVATION OF ROOSEVELT GOT AN F.

PEOPLE, I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THIS AND COME BACK NEXT MONTH FIRING BACK AT THESE PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY DON'T CARE IF YOU DON'T GET FIRED UP, THEY DON'T, NOTHING'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

I'M GETTING TIRED OF SAYING THE SAME STUFF EVERY MONTH.

WHY DIDN'T YOU BRING THAT UP? YOU KNOW, THE PROBLEMS ARE.

BUT PEOPLE, IF YOU DON'T DO IT, THEY DON'T GIVE A DAMN.

I'M SORRY, MY MOUTH, BUT YOU GOT TO COME HERE AND LOOK AT IT AND COME BACK FIRING.

BECAUSE THIS IS BEEN GOING ON, BEEN GOING ON.

YOU NEED TO GET FIRED UP AND COME BACK NEXT MONTH AND COME BACK WHEN YOU SEE THE TEST RESULTS.

TELL THEM WHAT YOU THINK.

TELL THEM TO DO WHAT I JUST DID, OKAY.

BECAUSE. BECAUSE.

ALL RIGHT. ONE MORE THING.

I'M HAVING ISSUES WITH SAFETY AT SOUTH OAK CLIFF.

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I WAS AT KIMBALL SOUTH OAK CLIFF GAME LAST YEAR.

THE METAL DETECTORS WERE NOT WORKING.

THE SCHOOL BOARD SAID MEMBERS SAYS THEY WERE WORKING.

I TOLD THEM LAST YEAR ABOUT IT.

I CAME BACK THIS YEAR.

WATCH SOUTH OAK CLIFF AND SKYLINE THE SAME PROBLEM.

THEY ARE LAZY.

HOW MANY TIMES I HAVE TO SAY IT? TELL ME. I'M GETTING TIRED OF IT.

YOU GET THOSE METAL DETECTORS FIXED.

THE SUPERINTENDENT, YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO NOT LAST LONG IF YOU DON'T DO THAT.

OKAY. AND THAT AND THE SCHOOLS.

HEY, I DON'T WHAT TO SAY, BUT IT'S UP TO YOU TO GET YOUR PEOPLE HERE FIRED UP AND MAKE SURE THEY DO THEIR WORK.

YOU UNDERSTAND IT. THANK YOU.

WILL THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS.

PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.

JANET MARIANI, FOLLOWED BY MIKE HOOK WITH MARY ANN HOSKINS AND SABRINA BRENHAM ON DECK.

MARY JANET MARIANI AND MIKE HOOK ON SPEAKERS, PLEASE.

HI. OH, HI, I'M JANET MARIANI.

THERE HAS NEVER BEEN MORE OF A REASON TO PULL YOUR KIDS OUT OF ANY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

THE TEST SCORES ARE LOW, READING ACUMEN ISN'T A HIGH PRIORITY, AND MANY CHILDREN CAN'T READ AT GRADE LEVEL.

MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE 13 GRANDKIDS BETWEEN US THAT HAVE GROWN UP BEING VORACIOUS READERS.

MY GOODNESS, THEY COULD READ BEFORE KINDERGARTEN.

KIDS LOVE LEARNING NEW THINGS.

THEY ARE LIKE SPONGES.

PULL YOUR KIDS OUT OF SCHOOLS THAT DON'T WORK FOR YOU.

I WAS SO ANGRY WHEN I OPENED THE PAPER UP NOT TOO LONG AGO, AND READ THAT DISD HAS CREATED A TRANSGENDER RESOURCE GUIDE.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME? JUST READING THE TEN MYTHS MADE MY BLOOD BOIL.

THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE SAID NO TO TRANSING OUR KIDS.

THIS IS MENTAL ILLNESS.

THIS IS A PERMANENT CASTRATION OF OUR KIDS.

THIS IS A TRAGIC DELUSION PERPETRATED UPON VULNERABLE CHILDREN WHO DO NOT HAVE THE MENTAL EMOTIONAL CAPABILITY TO MAKE THESE CHOICES. THIS IS SINFUL AND A TRAGEDY OFTEN PERPETRATED UPON SEXUALLY ABUSED CHILDREN OR PARENTS OF THESE KIDS WHO HAVE NEVER RECOVERED FROM THEIR OWN SEXUAL ABUSE.

THEY DO NEED OUR LOVE AND MENTAL HEALTH THERAPY.

IT'S LIKE THE FAKE VACCINE THAT WAS PERPETRATED ON US, AND THIS NEEDS TO STOP.

WHAT WE DO NEED IS READING, WRITING, AND MATH SKILLS SO THAT WE CAN RAISE PRODUCTIVE, HEALTHY CHILDREN THAT WILL HAVE A CAREER AND MEANS OF SUPPORT.

STOP TRANCING OUR KIDS USING THIS EVIL IDEOLOGY.

JUST LIKE HAVING SECRET LIBRARIES ON TRUE PORNOGRAPHIC BOOKS, WE KNOW THEY EXIST.

WE KNOW THERE COULD BE HIDDEN LIBRARIES.

I ONCE AGAIN HOPE AND PRAY FOR TRUE EDUCATION TO COME BACK TO AMERICA.

I WAS RAISED RAISED WITH SUCH A LOVE FOR THIS FREE COUNTRY, AND I'M SICK OF THE OPEN BORDERS RUINING OUR SOVEREIGNTY.

LET'S ALL GET ON OUR KNEES TO GOD.

PRAY HE HASN'T TAKEN HIS HAND OFF AMERICA FOR WHAT THESE TRUE EVIL PEOPLE HAVE DONE.

AND I PRAY OUR REAL PRESIDENT TRUMP GETS ELECTED TO START THE PROCESS.

THANK YOU. WILL THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE MIKE HOOK, FOLLOWED BY MARY ANN HOSKINS WITH SABRINA BRENHAM AND SANDRA CRENSHAW ON DECK. NUMBER NINE.

DID YOU CORRECT THE SITUATION WITH A FEMALE STUDENT BEING ABUSED BY THE PRINCIPAL AT MADISON HIGH SCHOOL? DO YOU REMEMBER THE TWO COMMENTS THE PRINCIPAL SAID TO THE STUDENT ABOUT AMOUNTING TO NOTHING AND BEING FLAT ON HER BACK LIKE HER MOTHER? THAT STUDENT DEFENDED HERSELF AT THE JUNE 2023 SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.

THANKFULLY, IT LOOKS LIKE THE TEACHER OF THE YEAR WENT TO A DIFFERENT HIGH SCHOOL.

SOMEONE AT EMMETT J.

CONRAD HIGH SCHOOL GOT THAT AWARD.

THE PAY RAISE.

$37,000 ADDITIONAL, PLUS A CONTRACT EXTENSION TO 2028, ALL FOR NUMBER TEN.

MY GOODNESS, HOW WE DO FAIL UPWARD WHILE NEGLECTING BASIC AMERICAN TENETS.

Y'ALL ARE RACKING UP D'S AND F'S IN MANY REGULAR HIGH SCHOOLS.

FORTUNATELY, NUMBER SIX VOICED THE THE RUSHED PROCESS.

NUMBER SIX SAYS THAT THIS IS OF HIGH SCHOOL OF HIGH PUBLIC INTEREST IN.

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NUMBER SIX SAID THIS BOARD VOTED ON IT ON A BOARD BRIEFING DAY.

NUMBER SIX COMMENTED AS TO THE NERVE OF THIS BOARD, NUMBER SIX SPOTLIGHTED THIS BOARD'S OWNER TAKE ALL APPROACH.

WHY DIDN'T THE OTHER NINE OF YOU ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN, GET YOUR STATUS CONTROL MENTALITY IN LINE WITH BASIC AMERICAN TENETS? IN AMERICA, YOU GOVERNMENT ARE TO RESPECT WE THE PEOPLE.

WE ARE A CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC.

STOP BREAKING OUR SUPREME LAW OF THE LAND.

YOUR BORDER HERE AND YOUR BORDER ACOLYTES ARE REPUGNANT TO OUR AMERICAN SYSTEM RIGHT HERE, WHILE OUR AMERICA IS CERTAINLY IN GROSS DISARRAY, GRAMBLING STATE UNIVERSITY BOMB THREAT YOU ARE REQUIRED TO TREAT RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS AS WHAT WE ARE A MORAL AND JUST PEOPLE EXERCISING OUR GOD GIVEN RIGHTS PER THE CONTRACT, THE US CONSTITUTION.

A FEW MONTHS AGO, DISD COPS ENFORCED AGAINST MY GOD GIVEN RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH RIGHT THERE.

THE SAME GOES FOR PARENTS OF SPECIAL ED STUDENTS.

STOP INTIMIDATING AND RUNNING OVER LEGITIMATE MEMBERS OF OUR SOCIETY.

DISD'S INSUBORDINATE OWNER TAKE ALL APPROACH DOES NOT COMPORT WITH BASIC, FUNDAMENTAL AMERICAN TENETS.

ALSO, WHEN ONE OF THESE PARENTS..

TIME HAS EXPIRED.

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

MARY ANN HOSKINS AND SABRINA BRENHAM, WITH SANDRA CRENSHAW AND CLAIRE MCDADE ON DECK.

MARY ANN HOSKINS.

HELLO, EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS MARY ANN HOSKINS AND I'M BLIND, AND I WANT TO ASK THE BOARD MEMBERS AND THE SUPERINTENDENT, WHY IS DISD DESTROYING BIRTH CERTIFICATES FOR CHILDREN WITH THE WITH THE CHILDREN, WITH THEIR STUDENT RECORDS AND DESTROYING THEIR LIKE THE ADDRESS THAT THEY LIVE AT WHEN THEY WENT TO THE SCHOOLS AND EVERYTHING.

BECAUSE I THINK THAT THEY SHOULD KEEP A BIRTH CERTIFICATE IN THE CHILD'S RECORDS.

THEY SHOULD KEEP THOSE BIRTH CERTIFICATES.

WHY ARE THEY TRYING TO CONCEAL THE IDENTITY OF A CHILD'S PARENTS? IT CAN. IT CAN BECOME AN IDENTITY THEFT ISSUE WHEN THE PERSON BECOMES AN ADULT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

WILL, THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONES? SABRINA BRENHAM AND SANDRA CRENSHAW, WITH CLARE MCDADE AND OLAYINKA GREEN ON DECK.

GOOD EVENING.

I AM SABRINA BRENHAM.

WE ARE HERE APPROACHING BLACK HISTORY MONTH IN JUST A FEW DAYS.

WE'RE STANDING HERE THIS EVENING BEFORE OUR SCHOOL GOVERNMENT, ASKING ALL OF THE TRUSTEES AND THE SUPERINTENDENT NOT TO TAKE OUR BLACK HISTORY AWAY.

AND ASK HIM FOR THE ACCOUNTABILITY ABOUT THE WAIVER THAT WAS FILED ON DECEMBER 21ST, 2023, TO WAIVE THE DISD BOARD POLICY TO CHANGE THE NAME OF KENNEDY CURRY MIDDLE SCHOOL.

NO QUESTIONS ASKED BY THE BOARD PRESIDENT OR THE SUPERINTENDENT.

WHAT WAS THE URGENCY, MAY I ASK? THE COMMUNITY WAS NOT PROPERLY NOTIFIED.

THE CURRY FAMILY WAS TOTALLY IGNORED.

HOW DISRESPECTFUL.

LET'S THINK FOR A MINUTE.

LET'S PUT THE SHOE ON THE OTHER FOOT.

REMOVE SENATOR WEST NAME FROM A FACILITY USING THIS SAME WAIVER PROCESS TO RUSH THE PROCESS TO REMOVE HIS NAME. HOW DOES THAT SOUND? THIS WAIVER VIOLATED ALL OF OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS TO FREE SPEECH, WHETHER WE ARE FOR OR AGAINST. I WAS ALSO INVITED TO MEET WITH DISD STAFF ALONE.

I TOLD STAFF I COULD NOT MEET THEM ALONE BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT ME AND OTHER PEOPLE WILL ATTEND THIS

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IN THAT MEETING, CHIEF HEWITT, REPEATEDLY OVER AND OVER.

MAY I QUOTE? I DROPPED THE BALL AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.

BUT NOTHING STILL CANNOT BE DONE.

I AM ASKING FOR AN IMMEDIATE MEETING WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT.

AND THAT KENNEDY CURRY NAME MUST STAY THE SAME.

WE SAY NO, IT'S OUR PAYDAY.

THAT'S RIGHT. RIGHT ON.

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

SANDRA CRENSHAW AND CLAIRE MCDADE WITH OLINKA GREEN AND JORGE CASTRO ON DECK.

ARE YOU READY? OKAY.

PEOPLE ASK ME TO STAY OUT OF THE WILMER-HUTCHINS FIGHT.

NOT ONLY DID I REPRESENT THE HUTCH WHILE ON THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL, IN FACT, MY FIRST COUSIN WAS A FOOTBALL COACH.

I HAD COWORKERS WHO LIVED THERE.

MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR PLAYED FOOTBALL AND HIS WIFE TAUGHT SCHOOL THERE.

AND MY VERY FIRST PROTEST WAS IN HIGHLAND HILLS AT THE EZ PAWN SHOP WITH FRED BELL, BETTER KNOWN AS FAHEEM MINKOM.

MY TRUE FRIENDS AND I REALLY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TRUE FRIENDS ASKED ME TO JOIN THIS IN PROTESTING.

THE MAJOR REASON WHY PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATORS WOULD NOT NAME A SCHOOL FACILITY AFTER A LIVING PERSON, SO THAT THEY WOULD NOT HAVE TO HEAR WHAT YOU MAY HEAR TONIGHT.

I WILL NEVER, NEVER FORGET WATCHING 200 JUNIORS AT PAUL QUINN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, I MEAN, PAUL QUINN AUDITORIUM GETTING ON THEIR KNEES, AND PRAYING TO FORMER TRUSTEE ALBERT BLACK, TO PLEASE NOT CLOSE THEIR SCHOOL. SOUTH OAK CLIFF.

THEY ENJOYED A CHAMPIONSHIP.

WILMER HUTCHINS WAS ROBBED OF THEIR CHAMPIONSHIP THAT YEAR.

ROBBED.

FATHERS AND MOTHERS ALIKE BOO HOO'D AND CRIED.

I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT DAY.

THEY WATCHED ALL OF THE FBI INVESTIGATIONS ON TV.

THE CHILDREN LISTENED TO RUMORS THAT OUR BLACK ELECTED OFFICIALS HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE CLOSING OF THOSE SCHOOLS.

PERCEPTION IS REALITY.

THE JUNIORS ARE NOW ALMOST 50 YEARS OLD.

AND HOW WOULD YOU LIKE IT, MADAM SUPERINTENDENT, IF YOU HAD TO DRIVE IN YOUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD AND SEE THE NAME OF A PERSON THAT HELPED CRIPPLE YOU, CRIPPLE YOU WHERE YOU COULDN'T READ AND WRITE AND CRIPPLED YOU FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE? HOW WOULD YOU LIKE THAT? A TRUSTEE SAYS TO ME, PEOPLE TALK ABOUT YOU AND THOSE ARE POLITICALLY MOTIVATED RUMORS.

BUT THE FACT IS, THE FBI FOUND ROTTEN MEAT AND SHRIMP STACKED TO THE ROOF.

LAW OFFICES HAD FURNITURE FROM THEM, BAND INSTRUMENTS WERE STOLEN.

THE HIGH SCHOOL ROOF WAS WEATHERWORN.

RECORDS WERE SHREDDED AND PUT IN THE MCCOMAS LANDFILL.

THAT'S RIGHT. BUT I APPRECIATE YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO, AND I'M GOING TO APPRECIATE YOU EVEN BETTER IF YOU RESCIND.

THANK YOU, MS. CRENSHAW.

YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

WILL THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE? CLAIRE MCDADE AND OLINKA GREEN WITH JORGE CASTRO AND CLIFFORD SHERMAN ON DECK.

SUPERINTENDENT, BOARD MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS CLARA MCDADE.

I AM A LIAISON IN THE COMMUNITY OF HOLLAND HILLS.

CHANGING THE NAME OF KENNEDY CURRY PROCESS WAS ALL WRONG.

THE SOCIAL MEDIA TO GET THE WORD OUT TO THE COMMUNITY WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL.

DID ANYONE CONSIDER ON CONTACTING THE CHURCHES? THAT'S RIGHT. SENT OUT NOTICE TO THE DISTRICT CITY COUNCIL? THAT'S RIGHT. ONE DAY THIS WEEK, WE MET WITH A GROUP OF PEOPLE OF YOUR STAFF FROM DISD.

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I THINK WE DROPPED THE BALL.

THAT'S RIGHT. MEANING THAT THERE WERE THINGS THAT THEY DIDN'T DO.

WHAT WAS THE HURRY TO MAKE A MARQUIS? MY QUESTION WOULD BE.

MY QUESTION IS, WILL THERE BE FUNDING BECAUSE OF THIS NAME CHANGE? FOLLOW THE MONEY. DID YOU TAKE SOME CONSIDERATION IN CALLING THE COMPANY NOT TO MAKE THE SIGN? BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME CONTROVERSY.

EVEN COMPLETED MARQUEES CAN BE CHANGED.

THEY CAN BE PLACED ANYWHERE.

AND WITH ALL THAT BEING SAID, WE REALIZE THAT OUR DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE HAS NO KNOWLEDGE OF HISTORY IN THE DISTRICT IN WHICH THEY REPRESENT.

TAKE IN CONSIDERATION JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY IS HISTORY AND DOCTOR MILTON CURRY JUNIOR IS HISTORY.

NOT ONLY HE'S HISTORY FOR OUR CITY, HE'S HISTORY FOR OUR STATE.

HE'S HISTORY FOR OUR COUNTRY, AND HE IS HISTORY FOR THE COMMUNITY OF HOLLAND HILLS.

THE COMMUNITY IS ASKING FOR YOU NOT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROCESS.

IT IS SUCH A GREAT EMBARRASSMENT.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

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

OLINKA GREEN AND GEORGE CASTRO WITH CLIFFORD SHERMAN AND BRITTANY LAWRENCE ON DECK.

ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE.

MY NAME IS OLINKA GREEN.

I'M HERE TODAY TO, MAKE MY STATEMENT ABOUT THE NAME CHANGING OF JOHN F KENNEDY AND MILTON CURRY TO ROYCE WEST LEARNING ACADEMY.

TO ME, THIS IS A MODERN DAY LYNCHING.

THE ORIGINAL AFRICAN AMERICANS WHO MOVED TO HIGHLAND HILLS IN 1959, THESE OCCUPANTS, 1959, WAS THE SAME YEAR THAT ALABAMA ENFORCES CLOSING OF SCHOOLS SO THAT BLACK CHILDREN COULD NOT ENTER.

THEY MOVED HERE TO ESCAPE JIM CROW.

THE SOUTH, A SYSTEM OF CRUEL INJUSTICE THAT WAS WELL OUTSIDE THE LAW.

THEY CAME TO THE COMMUNITY, DESIGNED BY A BLACK MAN NAMED JAMES SMITH, NOT ONLY TO SURVIVE, BUT TO THRIVE, BUT TO SEE THAT THEIR CHILDREN GOT A DECENT ELEMENTARY EDUCATION, OR MIDDLE SCHOOL EDUCATION, OR HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION, OR A COLLEGE EDUCATION WITHOUT THE THREAT OF VIOLENCE, OF CROSSES BEING BURNED ON THEIR LAWN OR BURNING BUSSES.

THE STRANGE FRUIT THAT I SPEAK OF WHEN I THINK OF THIS, I THINK OF THE SONG BY BILLIE HOLIDAY.

THE STRANGE FRUIT THAT I THINK OF IN THIS CONTEXT IS JUST NOT THE UNIMAGINABLE, UNSPEAKABLE CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY THAT DROVE AFRICAN AMERICANS TO HIGHLAND HILLS AS A PLACE OF SAFETY.

BUT THE LYNCHING OF TWO HEROES OF OUR PAST, WHOSE NAMES ARE BEING LYNCHED FROM OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM, OUR HISTORY OF CIVIL RIGHTS, LEAVING TOO MANY CHILDREN WITHIN THAT SCHOOL AND THAT COMMUNITY TO STRIVE WITHOUT STEEPING INTO THE STORIES OF THOSE TWO GREAT PEOPLE OR THE GREAT PEOPLE IN HIGHLAND HILLS.

AS YOU CAN SEE.

THESE ARE THE FACES OF HIGHLAND HILLS.

THESE ARE THE MOTHERS.

THESE ARE THE GRANDFATHERS OF PEOPLE THAT CAME TO THAT COMMUNITY FOR SAFETY WHEN DALLAS, TEXAS WAS NOT A SAFE PLACE TO BE.

THE PEOPLE, THE GREAT PEOPLE WHO SUCCEEDED AGAINST ALL ODDS, THE STEEPEST ODDS.

TO BE INCLUDED, TO THRIVE IN A BLACK COMMUNITY, TO PROVIDE EXCELLENCE FOR THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH CIVIL RIGHTS STRUGGLE, TO BE A PLACE CALLED HIGHLAND HILLS.

YOU ARE LEAVING OUR HISTORY DANGLING LIKE A STRANGE FRUIT.

SOMETHING THAT IS UGLY AND UNIMAGINABLE, THAT WILL NOT BE RECOGNIZED IN THE NEXT 50 YEARS.

BECAUSE SOMEONE MADE A DECISION THAT HIGHLAND HILLS WAS NOT WORTHY TO HAVE THEIR OWN HISTORY, TO BE REPLACED BY SOMEBODY ELSE'S HISTORY THAT DOES NOT HAVE A PLACE IN OUR HISTORY, ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE.

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JORGE CASTRO AND CLIFFORD SHERMAN WITH BRITTANY LAWRENCE AND PEARLY HART ON DECK.

GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JORGE CASTRO, AND BEFORE I START, I WANTED TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANKS TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, BECAUSE THIS IS A VERY HARD JOB THAT YOU ALL DO.

AND I'D LIKE TO THANK OUR TRUSTEES FROM WEST DALLAS.

TRUSTEE JOHNSON AND JOE CARREON.

Y'ALL CARRY A VERY, VERY HEAVY LOAD.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHAT Y'ALL DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

I HAD THE PLEASURE OF ATTENDING THE OPENING OF THE LINCOLN RESOURCE CENTER LAST WEEK, AND A COMMON WORD USED EXTENSIVELY THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM WAS EQUITY.

AS A PRODUCT OF OUR WEST DALLAS SCHOOLS, I KNOW FIRST HAND THE INEQUITIES OF OUR COMMUNITY IN THE DISTRICT.

50 PLUS YEARS LATER, WE ARE STILL PURSUING THE EQUITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

BEFORE THE GROUND WAS BROKEN AT 2815, BECAUSE WE ASKED FOR A CAMPUS THAT WOULD SUPPORT A GROWING COMMUNITY INSTEAD OF CAMPUS.

BUILT FOR 1500 STUDENTS BEING BUILT, ONE WAS BUILT FOR 1000 STUDENTS.

TODAY, OUR SCHOOL IS OVERCROWDED.

TRUSTEE JOHNSON DID A WALK THROUGH BEFORE COMPLETION OF THE NEW CAMPUS AND ASKED THE CONTRACTOR FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS.

THESE REQUESTS FELL ON DEAF EARS.

THREE YEARS AGO, WE WERE RUSHED OUT OF 2200 DENNISON TO WORK SO WORK COULD BE DONE ON THE STEM SCHOOL.

ESSENTIALLY, 2015 WAS A RUSH PROJECT AND WE ARE STILL TRYING TO GET ISSUES WITH THE NEW BUILDING RESOLVED.

TO ADD INSULT TO INJURY, WE ARE NOW WE NOW HAVE TWO INCOMPLETE BUILDINGS IN WEST HILLS.

THERE ARE A LIST OF ISSUES WITH THE NEW PINKSTON BUILDING AND ITS BRANDING THAT THREE YEARS AFTER MOVING IN HAVE NOT BEEN DONE, DATES KEEP BEING PUSHED BACK AND NOTHING IS ACTUALLY BEING DONE.

THE COMMUNITY IS NOT PLEASED WITH THE CONTRACTOR OF THE DISTRICT HIRED FOR THIS PROJECT AT THE L.G.

PINKSTON HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, DISD, PLEASE LET'S PRACTICE EQUITY.

ON A SEPARATE NOTE, I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MINUTE TO BRAG ABOUT THE PRINCIPAL OF THE WEST DALLAS STEM SCHOOL, MRS..

JACKSON. SHE'S DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB WITH OUR SCHOOL THERE.

WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL, MISS HOOPS, WHO TURNED AROUND KFXR.

AT ONE TIME, WE WERE ON THE VERGE OF LOSING THAT COMMUNITY SCHOOL.

AND BEFORE I CLOSE, I'D LIKE TO REALLY THANK MR. BRANT ALFRED ALSO FOR REACHING OUT TO US, TO SUPPORT US IN WHAT WE NEEDED AT THE SCHOOL.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

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

CLIFFORD SHERMAN AND BRITNEY LAWRENCE WITH PEARLY HART AND E RUTH STEWART ON DECK.

HELLO, MY NAME IS CLIFFORD SHERMAN.

I RUN A NONPROFIT CALLED L.G.

PINKSTON, CLASS OF 69 ALUMNI.

I GIVE AWAY COMPUTERS TO GRADUATING SENIORS GOING OFF TO FOUR YEAR COLLEGE FROM L.G.

PINKSTON. I'VE WORKED IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR 25 YEARS.

I GRADUATED FROM PINKSTON.

BUT WHAT Y'ALL DONE TO OUR SCHOOL IS UNBEARABLE.

Y'ALL PUT US OUT OF THE OLD SCHOOL AND PUT US IN A NEW SCHOOL THAT WASN'T FINISHED, STILL AIN'T FINISHED, AND THINGS FALL OFF THE WALL.

WINDOWS ARE LEAKING, THEY PATCH THEM UP.

BUT THAT AIN'T WHAT SHOULD BE DONE FOR A NEW SCHOOL.

IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPAIRED RIGHT THE FIRST TIME.

WE LEARN TO DO THINGS RIGHT SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO KEEP DOING IT.

YES, BUT WE DON'T UNDERSTAND.

THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD WANTS TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

WE WANT PROGRESS.

WE HAVE PEOPLE COMING OUT TO TALK TO US.

THREE MONTHS, NOTHING BASICALLY GOT DONE.

THEY SAID THEY IN THE PROCESS OF DOING IT.

BUT HOW LONG DO IT TAKE TO GET SOMETHING DONE? WE STILL WAITING FOR THE SCHOOL TO BE FINISHED? WE GOT A GYM THAT'S SO SMALL, YOU CAN'T CHANGE THE BASEBALL TEAM, FOOTBALL TEAM? NOBODY CAN CHANGE CLOTHES IN THE LOCKER ROOM.

WE GOT A COACH'S WINDOWS THAT NO WINDOWS IN HIS OFFICE.

HE CAN'T EVEN LOOK OUT AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.

WE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED.

WE HAVE PEOPLE GETTING PAID FOR SOMETHING THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE NEVER GOT PAID FOR.

THE SCHOOL SHOULDN'T HAVE NEVER BEEN SIGNED OFF OF, AND THE SCHOOL SHOULD HAVE BEEN FINISHED BEFORE WE GOT IN.

YES. AMEN AND AMEN.

SO HOW DO WE HOW DO WE COMPLETE THE SCHOOL? GET IT RIGHT FOR THE STUDENTS.

IT'S FALLING APART BEFORE WE EVEN GET STARTED GOOD.

HOW DO WE GET THE QUALITY INTO THE SCHOOL? WE GO TO NORTH DALLAS.

THE SCHOOLS LOOK LIKE A PLACE TO GO.

WE COME TO OUR SCHOOL AND WE HAVE THINGS, A SCHOOL AIN'T BUT THREE YEARS OLD.

THINGS ARE FALLING OFF THE WALL.

THE PAINT ON THE WALL IS SECOND GRADE.

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YOU GOT GRAY CARPET IN THE SCHOOL WHERE WE GOT BLACK AND GOLD AS OUR SCHOOL COLOR.

WE GOT MORE WHITE AND GRAY IN THE SCHOOL, THEN WE GOT BLACK AND GOLD.

WE STILL TRYING TO UNDERSTAND? AMEN. WHEN DO OUR SCHOOL GET FINISHED? OKAY. THANK YOU.

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

BRITTNEY LAWRENCE AND PEARLY HART WITH E, RUTH STEWART AND CLAYTON IGLEHART ON DECK.

HELLO ONCE AGAIN.

MY NAME IS BRITTANY LAWRENCE AND I'M ADDRESSING THE BOARD TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF ALL PARENTS AND STUDENTS WITHIN THE SPECIAL EDUCATION COMMUNITY THAT FEEL CONFUSED AND UNHEARD IN A DISTRICT THAT TIME AND TIME AGAIN, SEEMS TO WANT TO PROVE HOW LITTLE THEY CARE ABOUT OUR CHILDREN AND THEIR NEEDS.

I MET WITH MY CHILD'S SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER THIS PAST MONDAY AT HER SCHOOL, AND I RECEIVED WONDERFUL NEWS REGARDING MY STUDENT'S SUCCESS IN HER COLLABORATIVE PRE-K FOUR CLASS AT HARLEY, MY FOUR YEAR OLD CHILD WITH DOWN SYNDROME WHO ENTERED THIS SCHOOL YEAR NEARLY COMPLETELY NON-VERBAL, CAN NOW VOCALIZE ALL HER LETTERS AND NUMBERS AND WILL HAVE MET AND EXCEEDED AT LEAST THREE OF HER IEP GOALS.

SHE IS ALMOST COMPLETELY ON TRACK WITH HER TYPICAL PEERS.

WHY AM I TELLING YOU THIS? BECAUSE I FOUND OUT NOT THROUGH THE DISTRICT OR HER TEACHER, OR THROUGH ADMINISTRATION, BUT THROUGH ANOTHER CONTACT I'VE MADE SINCE BEGINNING THIS JOURNEY THAT INFORMED ME THAT DESPITE THE EDUCATIONAL SCIENCE PROVING OTHERWISE, THEY WILL BE DISCONTINUING COLLABORATIVE KINDERGARTEN NEXT YEAR.

I CANNOT EVEN BEGIN TO ADDRESS THE ABSURDITY OF THIS.

IT IS THE FAILURE OF THE DISTRICT TO CREATE A SPACE THAT IS CONDUCIVE TO SUCCESS, PLACING AND REPLACING SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS AT RANDOM THROUGHOUT THE TEN COLLABORATIVE SCHOOLS. SOME KIDS IN THREE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS BEFORE THEY HIT THE KINDERGARTEN CLASS.

THERE IS ALSO VERY MUCH NOT HIDDEN SCIENCE THAT SAYS HOW DIFFICULT THAT IS FOR ANY STUDENT, BUT ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH ANY SORT OF EDUCATIONAL DIFFERENCE, WITHOUT HAVING ANY KNOWLEDGE OF HOW TO MAKE A SYSTEM LIKE THIS SUCCESSFUL FOR ALL INVOLVED, YOU HAVE DECIDED THAT IT SIMPLY CAN'T WORK.

SO A DISTRICT FAILURE ONCE AGAIN IS REFLECTED ON OUR STUDENTS.

AND YET YOU DECIDED THROUGH WHAT I'M SURE WAS A VERY WELL THOUGHT OUT POWERPOINT PRESENTATION, THAT IT SIMPLY CAN'T BE DONE.

I HAVE NO ISSUES WITH SELF-CONTAINED CLASSROOMS. EVERY CHILD HAS DIFFERENT INCLUSION NEEDS, BUT ESSENTIALLY WITH THIS DECISION YOU ARE DECIDING A CHILD'S INCLUSION NEEDS.

NOT ONLY HAVE NONE OF YOU SAT IN ON ANY OF MY CHILD'S IEP MEETINGS, BUT BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T TAKEN THE TIME TO LEARN ANYTHING ABOUT SPECIAL EDUCATION LAW, OR SCIENCE, OR EVEN MET ANY OF THE STUDENTS WHO BENEFIT FROM COLLABORATIVE CLASSROOMS, YOU HAVE ESSENTIALLY ZERO REASON TO DISCONTINUE THIS PROGRAM.

INSTEAD OF GETTING RID OF COLLABORATIVE CLASSROOMS, WHY DON'T YOU RESEARCH HOW TO MAKE THEM SUCCESSFUL? HERE'S THE THING IT'S NOT EVEN THAT SHE MADE A DECISION ABOUT MY CHILD'S FUTURE.

IT'S THAT YOU DECIDED TO MAKE THAT DECISION ABOUT MY CHILD'S FUTURE WITH ABSOLUTELY ZERO COMMUNICATION WITH ME, THE PARENT.

I HAD TO FIND OUT THROUGH HAPPENSTANCE, IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE IMMORAL, PLEASE DO IT WHERE WE CAN SEE IT.

I WOULD MUCH RATHER WORK WITH YOU FROM A PLACE OF HONESTY THAN A PLACE OF SECRECY.

I WANT TO HELP.

I WANT DISD TO BE A PLACE I CAN BE PROUD TO SEND MY CHILDREN.

I SAW ANOTHER ARTICLE IN THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS, WHICH YOU SHOULD HONESTLY SEND THEM A GIFT BASKET OR SOMETHING FOR HOW LOVELY OF A LIGHT, THEY TEND TO SHINE ON THIS DISTRICT, BUT THE ARTICLE WAS TITLED DALLAS AREA SCHOOLS RANK AMONG TEXAS BEST, WHICH WE SAW EARLIER, BUT ADVOCACY GROUPS WARN OF DECLINE.

THAT DECLINE IS WHERE YOUR COLLABORATIVE CLASSES ARE LOCAL SCHOOLS, NOT YOUR MAGNET SCHOOLS.

THOSE KEEP DISD LOOKING LIKE IT MIGHT BE A FAVORABLE DISTRICT FOR EDUCATION, BUT IT'S LOCAL, LOW INCOME SCHOOLS, ONE OF THE LOWEST RATED SCHOOLS ON THAT LIST, SOUTH OAK CLIFF.

SO YOU'LL LET THE STUDENTS ENROLLED IN NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS WIN YOU CHAMPIONSHIPS, BUT NOT PREPARE THEM FOR COLLEGE.

YOU WILL START COLLABORATING.

PROGRAMS OFFER OPPORTUNITIES TO LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS, BUT CANCEL THEM AFTER YOU DON'T GIVE THEM AN ACTUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR SUCCESS.

MAKE IT MAKE SENSE.

WILL, THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONES PEARLY HEARTS AND E RUTH STEWART WITH CLAYTON IGLEHART AND RONALD WRIGHT ON DECK. PEARLY HART.

MY NAME IS PEARLY HART AND I AM AN ESTATE HOLDER IN THE HIGHLAND HILLS AREA.

I RESCIND AS WELL.

WE RESCIND THAT YOU WOULD RECONSIDER CHANGING THE NAME OF KENNEDY-CURRY MIDDLE SCHOOL.

THE REASON BEING BECAUSE IT'S HISTORICAL, IT'S HISTORY.

ONCE HISTORY IS GONE, YOU CAN'T GET IT BACK.

I TAKE PEARL C ANDERSON AS AN EXAMPLE.

ONCE IT WAS GONE, IT'S GONE.

NO ONE, PROBABLY SOME DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO PEARL C ANDERSON IS, DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT SCHOOL IS.

SO I'M ASKING YOU ALL TO RECONSIDER AND THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

NOW, I HEARD WHEN WE WENT TO THE MEETING AT, KENNEDY CURRY MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT THEY SAID THAT THAT THEY SENT OUT INFORMATION AND THEY COMMUNICATED WITH THE COMMUNITY.

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WAS IT DONE WITH THE FLIER? HOW WAS IT DONE? AND THEN ALSO THEY SAID, I WAS TOLD, WELL, THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WANTED THE NAME CHANGE.

MY QUESTION IS, WERE THOSE PEOPLE THAT WAS FAMILIAR WITH THE HISTORY, OR WERE THOSE NEW PEOPLE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT DIDN'T KNOW THE HISTORY AND THE REASON WHY KENNEDY CURRY IS KENNEDY CURRY? KENNEDY CURRY IS THE ONLY SCHOOL AROUND HERE THAT HAS THE PRESIDENT, PRESIDENT JOHN F KENNEDY NAME ON IT AND DOCTOR MILTON CURRY.

ONCE THAT'S GONE AND ONCE YOU REMOVE IT, IT'S LIKE, OKAY, YOU SAID IN 50 YEARS, 50 YEARS, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GO BACK AND GET SOMEBODY'S ALREADY GONE.

YOU'RE SAYING 50 YEARS IT CAN BE CHANGED AGAIN, BUT IN 50 YEARS YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GO BACK AND GET SOMEONE ELSE GONE.

SO ALL WE'RE ASKING IS THAT YOU ALL DO NOT TAKE AWAY OUR HISTORY BECAUSE THIS IS BECOMING IT IS HISTORY.

SO WE'RE GETTING READY TO GO INTO THE BLACK HISTORY MONTH.

SO WHY TAKE AWAY THE HISTORY, IF YOU WANT US TO KNOW THE HISTORY? TEACH THE CHILDREN IN HISTORY AND LET EVERYBODY KNOW THE REASON WHY THE SCHOOL IS WHAT IT'S CALLED, THERE ARE SCHOOLS THAT DON'T I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY GET THEIR NAME FROM. I WON'T SAY A SCHOOL.

I WON'T DO THAT. I WON'T DO NOTHING LIKE THAT.

BUT I DO KNOW THAT KENNEDY CURRY SHOULD STAY.

AND PLEASE RECONSIDER.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU.

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

E RUTH STEWART AND CLAYTON IGLEHART WITH RONALD WRIGHT AND JASMINE GREER ON DECK.

MY NAME IS E RUTH STEWART.

AND WHAT I WANTED TO SAY IS THAT, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU ALL WOULD GO BACK, RECONSIDER NAMING A NAME, OR HELP US TO NAME TO GET UNT TO PUT A NAME ON THE BUILDING FOR THAT PERSON.

THAT PERSON HAS GAVE BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS TO UNTD ACROSS FROM WHERE I LIVE, AND I THINK IT'S AN INSULT TO WANT TO NAME A PERSON THAT HAS DONE SO MUCH IN BRINGING A UNIVERSITY TO OUR AREA TO PUT IT ON A MIDDLE SCHOOL NAME.

HE HAS LIED AND EVERYTHING ELSE TO GET THAT UNIVERSITY IN MY COMMUNITY.

I WAS AT EVERY MEETING.

WE KNOW WHAT HE PROMISED US, WHAT HE DIDN'T GIVE US, REDID, TOOK THINGS AWAY THAT HE SAID HE WOULDN'T DO, HE DID. WE WASN'T EVEN SUPPOSED TO HAVE A STREET COMING OUT OF UNTD ON TO CAMP WISDOM, BUT WE HAVE ONE NOW, AND THAT'S BECAUSE SOMEBODY LIED.

I DON'T HEY, HE WAS THE ONLY ONE IN THE MEETING RUNNING THE MEETING.

YOU CAN'T CALL A NAME.

HE KNOW HE DID IT.

BUT YOU WANT TO GIVE THAT PERSON PUT THAT PERSON'S NAME ON A JUNIOR HIGH WHEN HE GAVE HIS BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS TO UNTD. THAT'S WHO YOU ALL SHOULD BE.

HELPING US TO GET HIS NAME ON ONE OF THOSE BUILDINGS.

BECAUSE HE LOVES THAT AREA.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE JUST WANT SOME HELP.

BUT SINCE, THIS PERSON WHO CAME, TO THE MEETING, I WAS AT THAT MEETING AND BASICALLY SHE SAID, IT'S A DONE DEAL, AIN'T NOTHING YOU CAN DO.

WELL, I FELT INSULTED BY THAT BECAUSE I SAID, WELL, SHE WAS READING FROM HER LITTLE BINDER THAT SHE PROBABLY HAS OVER THERE NOW.

AND SO I ASKED HER, WELL, HOW COME YOU DIDN'T BRING US A COPY OF WHAT YOU WAS READING? YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY DON'T HAVE A PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY.

AND SO SHE SAID, WELL, YOU SHOULD HAVE WENT ON.

I SAID, WELL, I'M HANDICAPPED.

I HAVE A EYE DISORDER PROBLEM, GLAUCOMA.

I CAN'T GO ONLINE AND STAY ONLINE ALL THE TIME BECAUSE MY EYES WILL START PICKING UP DIFFERENT LINES, AND I STILL WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND IT.

BUT I CAN GET A THING AND I CAN FOLLOW IT ON PAPER.

SO I ASKED HER FOR A COPY OF IT, WHAT SHE WAS READING THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE IN DISD'S GUIDELINES.

I'VE YET TO GET THAT COPY FROM HER.

THE SCHOOL WAS THERE OUT HERE TO DO JUST GO AND MAKE A COPY.

BUT SHE LOOKED AT ME LIKE, WELL, YOU KNOW, I DON'T DESERVE ANYTHING.

AND SO WHY SHOULD SHE BE BOTHERED? SINCE IT'S A THANK YOU, MISS STEWART, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

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

CLAYTON IGLEHART AND RONALD WRIGHT WITH JASMINE GREER AND SHANTRINIA HASKELL ON DECK.

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I AM FROM DALLAS, TEXAS, AS WELL AS MY FAMILY.

MY FATHER ATTENDED BISHOP COLLEGE, A COLLEGE BROUGHT TO DALLAS, TEXAS BY DOCTOR CURRY IN 1961, THE SAME YEAR THAT THE FIRST NINE AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS WALKED INTO AN ALL CAUCASIAN SCHOOL HERE IN DALLAS, WELL, IN DALLAS, I ALSO GREW UP IN PLEASANT GROVE, TEXAS.

MY PARENTS MOVED MY SIBLINGS AND I TO DESOTO WHEN I TURNED ABOUT 12.

I AM SHARING THIS BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND FROM VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE TOPIC AT HAND.

I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF VITALITY AND RESPECT OF OUR HISTORIC FIGURES AND I, AND SIMULTANEOUSLY UNDERSTAND THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE ATTACHED TO BROADENING A CHILD'S EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT.

BOTH KENNEDY AND CURRY IMPACTED OUR CITY GREATLY.

DOCTOR CURRY, PRESIDENT OF BISHOP COLLEGE, HE'S THE, HE WAS THE FIRST BLACK MEMBER OF THE DALLAS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED NEGRO FUND.

AMONGST OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS, CURRY SERVED AS A FUNDAMENTAL HISTORIC FIGURE IN THE HISTORY OF DALLAS, TEXAS, AS WELL AS SENATOR WEST, WHO WAS BORN IN 1952. BUT WHILE WEST IS STILL AROUND THE AGES OF TEN TO WHAT, 15 YEARS OLD? CURRY AND KENNEDY ARE OPENING JFK HIGH SCHOOL AND MILTON K CURRY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GIVING OPPORTUNITY TO AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILDREN TO HAVE RIGHTS TO A FAIR EDUCATION.

FAIR ENOUGH. WEST HAS SERVED HIS DILIGENCE TO OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL, OPENING UNT DALLAS, WHICH WAS THE FIRST FOUR YEAR COLLEGE IN DALLAS, AS WELL AS UNT DALLAS LAW SCHOOL IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN DALLAS, AMONGST OTHER PHENOMENAL DEEDS IN THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM.

IN CONCLUSION, ALL NAMES SPOKEN TODAY ARE MEN WHO ARE WORTHY OF HOLDING HISTORIC LANDMARKS HERE IN DALLAS, BUT IN A RESPECTABLE MANNER.

OKAY. REMOVING KENNEDY AND CURRY'S HISTORIC LANDMARK WAS NOTHING LESS THAN DISRESPECTFUL, AND ULTIMATELY LACKED GOOD MORAL.

IF THE INTENT IS TO BROADEN THE EDUCATION ASPECT OF OUR FUTURE STUDENTS, MAY I SUGGEST A FEW SOLUTIONS TO BOARD AND COMMITTEES ONE.

EXPAND THE KENNEDY CURRY MIDDLE SCHOOL WHILE ADDING AN ATTACHED ACADEMY THAT GIVES STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO AIM FOR ADVANCED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES.

TWO, SIMPLY OPEN A ROYCE WEST ACADEMY ELSEWHERE.

THREE, IMPLEMENT SOME OF THE PROGRAM INTO THE KENNEDY CURRY MIDDLE SCHOOL, THUS ALLOWING THE NAME TO REMAIN AS IS WHILE STILL OFFERING OPPORTUNITIES FOR FURTHERING THE FUTURE OF OUR GENERATIONS TO COME.

AGAIN. MY NAME IS JASMINE GREER.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

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

CLAYTON IGLEHART AND RONALD WRIGHT.

GOOD EVENING. I'M REVEREND RONALD WRIGHT, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF JUSTICE SEEKERS TEXAS.

AND I'M NOT GOING TO CONTINUE TO GO ON FROM WHAT YOU'VE HEARD, YOU ALL UNDERSTAND WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS UPSET ABOUT.

AND TO THE DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE, WE REALIZE THAT YOU DIDN'T COME AND LET EVERYBODY KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON, AND WE WANTED TO KNOW WHY WAS THE SECOND WAIVER CANCELED IF THE COMMUNITY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON.

AND ANOTHER THING WE WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU IS, WHY DIDN'T YOU NAME THIS SCHOOL AFTER A SCHOOL THAT DIDN'T HAVE A NAME, AS OPPOSED TO TAKING A NAME OFF, THAT MEANT SOMETHING TO THE COMMUNITY, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.

AND IF YOU DECIDE AND IF WE HAVE TO FILE AN APPEAL, WE WILL.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU CAN NAME THE STADIUM AFTER, KENNEDY AND CURRY OPPOSED TO JUST KICKING THEM TO THE CURB BECAUSE THIS COMMUNITY RESPECTS THEM AND THEY AND THEY KNOW WHAT THAT GROUP DID.

OF COURSE, YOU DON'T KNOW BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT FROM HERE.

AND IF YOU KNOW WHERE YOU COME FROM, YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING.

BUT THEY DO.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SHARING WITH YOU IS BEFORE YOU JUST KICK THAT, YOU SAID AFTER 50 YEARS, WELL, AFTER 50 YEARS, DOCTOR KING IS NOT YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE HIS NAME OFF ANYTHING. SO THE POINT WE'RE MAKING IS DON'T JUST DO IT.

SENATOR WEST HAS BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE, BUT WHY WOULDN'T YOU NAME SOUTH OAK CLIFF AFTER SENATOR WEST? IT'S NOT A IT'S NOT, IT DOESN'T HAVE A NAME ON IT.

RIGHT. OPPOSED TO DOING THAT, SO I'M NOT GOING TO SAY Y'ALL ALL KNOW I'M FROM TEXAS AND WE SAY Y'ALL, BUT IT'S YOUR DISTRICT.

AND SO YOU'RE THE ONE THAT STARTED THIS.

SO WE WANT TO LET YOU KNOW WE EXPECT YOU TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT ABOUT THIS.

AND I'M NOT GOING TO GO ON BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO PASS THE OFFERING TRAY AROUND.

GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU.

IT'S CLAYTON RIGHT.

IT'S CLAYTON IGLEHART IN THE BUILDING.

OKAY. NOT PRESENT.

THANK YOU.

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

SHATRINA HASKELL AND TERRI SHARP WITH CLAUDIA FOWLER AND NATHANIEL WHITE ON DECK.

OKAY. HELLO MY NAME IS SHATRINA HASKELL, AND I AM A, NEIGHBOR, I'M IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF KENNEDY CURRY.

MY PARENTS STAYED DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE SCHOOL FACING BEFORE THEY TORE DOWN BISHOP HEIGHTS, MY PARENTS STAYED RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE ENTRANCE OF THE SCHOOL, AND I WAS TALKING, AFTER WE FOUND OUT ABOUT ALL OF THIS, I WAS COMING TO SAY THAT THIS IS A GROSS ACT OF LACK OF TRANSPARENCY, MEANING ALL AVENUES OF LETTING THE RESIDENTS OF THAT COMMUNITY KNOW ABOUT THIS NAME CHANGE WAS NOT EXERCISED.

AND I'M SPEAKING ON THE BEHALF OF SEBRING, BECAUSE WHEN I HEARD THIS AND I WAS ASKED, DID MY PARENTS GET A LETTER IN THE MAIL, I ASKED MY

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HOWEVER, I WENT UP AND DOWN THE WHOLE STREET AND AROUND TO SOUTH CLOUD, SOUTH CLOUD, ASKING PEOPLE, WHO DID YOU? DID YOU GET SOMETHING? DID YOU? AND AS FAR AS OTHER PEOPLE THAT COULD SPEAK GOOD ENGLISH, THEY SAID THEY DIDN'T GET ANYTHING.

SO IF YOU WERE, IF YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT YOU REACHED OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND NONE OF THE COMMUNITY KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT THIS, I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS A SOCIAL COMMUNITY.

IT'S NOT THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE HOUSES AROUND THE SCHOOL, IT IS THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SHOWN INTEREST TO THE SCHOOL.

HOW CAN YOU SHOW INTEREST TO THE SCHOOL SOCIALLY, IF YOU DO NOT HAVE INTERNET OR HAVE THE ACCESS TO BE ABLE TO USE THE INTERNET? SO IN THE MIDST OF THAT, I SAY THAT TO SAY WITH MY PARENTS BEING ON THAT SCHOOL AND THEY ARE STILL ALIVE, THEY WERE LEFT OUT WHERE THEY HAD NO SAY SO, THEY WERE SILENCED, AND THEY'VE BEEN THERE SINCE THE SCHOOL WAS ACTUALLY BUILT.

LIKE ALL THE KIDS, ALL THEIR KIDS WENT THERE.

AND BECAUSE OF THEM BEING NOT ABLE TO BE HEARD, IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE BECAUSE IT FEELS LIKE YOU DIDN'T WANT THEM TO HAVE A CHOICE IN IT.

YOU DIDN'T GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY YES OR NO, THAT THEY WANTED OR DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY WANTED, BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO EVEN KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON, AND THEY LIVED THERE.

I HEARD SOMEONE POSTED SOMETHING ON FACEBOOK AND I WAS TOLD, WELL, I WAS TAGGED IN IT BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE THE FLIER.

HOWEVER, ONCE I WAS TAGGED, I WAS TALKED TO AND I WAS TOLD THAT NOW THAT I KNOW WHAT CURRY MEANT AND THAT HE DID THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY AT PAUL QUINN, WHAT I WILL DO IS MAKE SURE THAT I WILL TRY TO HONOR HIS NAME SOMEWHERE ELSE.

WELL, FOR ME, I FEEL LIKE WHY DISHONOR HIS NAME BY TAKING IT OFF NOW TO PUT IT SOMEWHERE ELSE WHEN IT'S ALREADY THERE? SO FOR ME, I'M THINKING, HOW ABOUT IF IT'S GOING TO BE A ROYCE WEST LEADERSHIP ACADEMY? WHY NOT START AT WILMER-HUTCHINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHERE YOU START AS A CHILD AND THAT'S A SEED BEING PLANTED IN THOSE KIDS LIVES, FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO GROW INTO THE LEADER THAT THEY ARE BEING TAUGHT BY BEING AT THE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY.

SO ALL I'M ASKING IS, NEXT TIME, PLEASE THINK ABOUT THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE, AND ACTUALLY THEY'RE WATCHING YOUR SCHOOL TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW.

MISS HASKELL, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

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

TERRI SHARP AND CLAUDIA FOWLER WITH THE NATHANIEL WHITES AND OLA ALLEN ON DECK.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

TO THE DALLAS SCHOOL BOARD.

I AM TERRI SHARP.

I'M A RESIDENT OF THE HIGHLAND HILLS COMMUNITY SINCE 1960.

MY FAMILY MOVED THERE.

WE WERE HOUSE NUMBER SEVEN THAT WAS BUILT IN THAT COMMUNITY.

BISHOP COLLEGE HAD NOT YET MOVED FROM MARSHALL, TEXAS.

SIMPSON STUART WAS A DIRT ROAD.

MY PARENTS, LIKE MANY OTHERS, PURCHASED HOMES IN THIS AREA.

THEY WERE THE FIRST GRADUATES OF BISHOP, WILEY, HOUSTON TILLOTSON, PRAIRIE VIEW, AND TEXAS SOUTHERN.

THESE FAMILIES PURCHASED HOMES.

THEY WERE SOME OF THE FIRST BLACK GRADUATES IN MASS.

IT WAS A HAVEN FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILIES.

THEY WORK HARD TO ESTABLISH THE SCHOOLS AND THE CHURCHES IN THAT AREA.

IN 1961, DISD AND THE FOUNDING FATHERS, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, DREW US OUT OF THE DISTRICT IN A STAIRSTEP PLAN, NOT WANTING TO INTEGRATE THAT MANY AFRICAN AMERICAN BLACK NEGRO CHILDREN INTO DISD, BISHOP COLLEGE MOVED TO DALLAS.

DOCTOR MILTON K CURRY WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN SETTING UP THE JUNIOR HIGH, THE HIGH SCHOOL, AS WELL AS BISHOP COLLEGE.

HE LIVED ON THE STREET I LIVE ON NOW AT 4002 MAHALIA DRIVE.

OUR TEACHERS LIVED IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

IN 1973, WHEN DESEGREGATION WAS IMMINENT, DISD WOULD NOT AND COULD NOT ACCOMMODATE THE LARGE NUMBER OF CHILDREN. IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR HIM, WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED TO US? WELL, I TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED.

WE WERE FORCED INTO A POOR FARMING COMMUNITY CALL WILMER-HUTCHINS.

PEOPLE WHO GOT TOGETHER, POOR PEOPLE.

MOST OF THE AREA THAT WE FOUGHT OVER WAS HARD FOUGHT BATTLES AND FINANCES.

WE'RE THE ONLY SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT WAS TAXED BY DISD AND WILMER-HUTCHINS, AND WE'VE NEVER BEEN RECOMPENSED FOR THAT.

MOST OF THE SCHOOLS IN THIS AREA HAVE BEEN HARD FOUGHT.

WE LOVE OUR COMMUNITY.

IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR DOCTOR CURRY, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN IN GRAVE TROUBLE.

I'M NOT AGAINST ROYCE WEST.

HE GREW UP AROUND THE CORNER FROM ME ON CROSSWOOD.

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I LIKE ROYCE AND VOTE FOR HIM EVERY YEAR.

BUT LET ME SAY THAT WE ARE VERY PROUD OF HIM AND WHAT HE'S DOING.

SENATOR WEST HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN BUILDING THE SOUTHERN CORRIDOR, AND HE HAS POURED HIS BLOOD INTO THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS.

HE NEEDS A BOULEVARD, A BRIDGE, A STREET, A LANE, A STATE, A FEDERAL BUILDING WHERE HE CAN BE PROPERLY HONORED. LET US NOT BREAK THE SHOULDERS.

THANK YOU, MISS SHARP. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

WILL THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE? CLAUDIA FOWLER AND NATHANIEL WHITE WITH OLA ALLEN AND RINA HONI ON DECK.

CLAUDIA FOWLER.

WELL, FIRST OF ALL, GOOD EVENING TO THE DISD SCHOOL BOARD.

WHAT I DO WANT TO START OUT BY SAYING THAT THERE IS A REAL THIN LINE BETWEEN ISSUES OF CONTROVERSY AND ISSUES OF CONCERN.

THERE'S A REAL THIN LINE BETWEEN ISSUES OF MISCOMMUNICATION AND BEING MISINFORMED.

I'M NOT FROM HIGHLAND HILL, HAD AN AUNT AND UNCLE THAT BOUGHT OUT THERE IN THE 60S, SO I WAS KIND OF AROUND.

AND WHEN I LEFT JOPPY WHERE IN 1953, THE FIRST ACTUAL WILLIAM HUTCHINSON WAS COME ABOUT THROUGH THE MELISSA PERIOD SCHOOL.

THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY.

IF YOU WANT TO TALK HISTORY, BUT IT'S SO APPALLING TO ME THAT WHEN JULY 2006, WHEN THEY CLOSED DOWN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHERE WAS ALL THE ENTHUSIASM THEN OF SAVING OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT? WHEN THEY SHUT DOWN THE SCHOOL BOARD BUILDING, WHERE OUR CHILDREN FROM JOPPY HAD TO GO TO SCHOOL AND WERE TURNED AWAY BECAUSE OF DESEGREGATION, WHERE WAS OUR CONCERN THEN? AND THAT BUILDING RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE I PASSED BY THERE EVERY DAY IS A HOT MESS, OKAY.

OUR OLD ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.

SO TODAY I COME TO SAY THAT YOU ALL AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY ONE OR MAYBE TWO SITTING OUT HERE THAT HAS BEEN AN ELECTED OFFICIAL. I HAVE SERVED ON THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR WILMER-HUTCHINS FOR SEVEN YEARS.

YES, IT IS A VERY HARD JOB THAT YOU ALL HAVE.

BUT FOR 31 YEARS, SENATOR ROYCE HAS GOT UP, DRESSED UP AND DID OUR AND DID OUR DISTRICT JUSTICE BY STAYING IN THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, COMPLETING HIS 16TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION THIS PAST YEAR ON TO HIS 17TH.

NUMBER TWO, HE IS FIGHTING FOR THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT BECAUSE OF THE PRIVATE SCHOOL VOUCHER.

NOW YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT PRIVATE SCHOOL VOUCHERS.

WHAT? THEY WILL TAKE AT LEAST $8,000 TO PAY FOR CHILDREN THAT DON'T WANT TO GO TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

HE IS AN ALLY FOR ALL OF US, ESPECIALLY YOU ALL THAT SIT IN A SCHOOL BOARD POSITION IS OVER A PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.

IN AUSTIN. HE IS STILL FIGHTING HARD FOR US.

AND BY THE WAY, KENNEDY CURRY IS THE ONLY STANDING SCHOOL THAT ROYCE WEST ATTENDED.

YES, I KNOW ABOUT UNT, BEEN TO LOVELY MEETINGS UP THERE AND ALL OF THAT.

BUT FOR AS HISTORY IS CONCERNED, HE IS THE KENNEDY CURRY IS THE ONLY SCHOOL THAT IS STILL STANDING THAT HE HAS ATTENDED THAT WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE MEETING.

I HAVE 34 SECONDS.

I THINK I CAN MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

WE TALK ABOUT THE MEETING THAT OCCURRED IN NOVEMBER AND OTHER MEETINGS.

ONE OF THE PARTICIPANTS HERE WENT ON THERE AND LIKED IT.

YOU KNEW ABOUT THE MEETING, MISS MCDADE WAS IN THE MEETING ON ZOOM CALL.

I WAS AT THE MEETING.

I GOT THE FLIER, PUT IT ON, AND I'M NOT SPEAKING FOR CLASS OF 1979.

I'M NOT SPEAKING FOR THEM.

I'M SPEAKING FOR ME.

I WOULD IF I WAS IN ATTENDANCE AND SAW IT, PUT IT OUT THERE ON MY PAGE.

I CLOCK 5000 PEOPLE AT 2000 FOLLOWERS.

IF I CAN MAKE IT TO THE MEETING, EVERYBODY ELSE COULD OR GOT ON YOU.

MISS FOWLER, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

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

NATHANIEL WHITE AND OLA ALLEN WITH RE MAHONEY ON DECK.

HI, MY NAME IS NATHANIEL WHITE.

ACTUALLY, I DID GROW UP IN HIGHLAND HILLS.

I WENT TO MAMMY WHITE, ALTA MESA, BISHOP HEIGHTS, WILMER-HUTCHINS.

I AM STANDING HERE TODAY, TO SAY, HEY, MY MOM PASSED AWAY.

THE HOUSE THAT WE HAVE ON HAPPY CANYON, THAT'S WHERE I LIVE NOW.

SHE ONLY PASSED AWAY A YEAR AGO.

DECEMBER, THE 22ND.

SO, I'M ACTUALLY AFTER HEARING AND MEETING WITH BOTH SIDES, I'M ACTUALLY IN FAVOR OF NUMBER ONE. WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING IN REIMAGINING KENNEDY CURRY.

I SEE WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK AND SERVE WITH SOME THAT'S SITTING HERE.

THE SENATOR HIMSELF, PRESIDENT HMONG AT UNT DALLAS.

AND I SEE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO DEAL WITH WHAT OUR KIDS ARE HAVING TO DEAL WITH NOW, THAT AREA, WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT, RIGHT NOW, GOING TO BE GENTRIFIED.

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AND WHAT IS BEING GIVEN TO THESE KIDS IS NOT JUST THE NAME, BUT A CREDENTIAL THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO LIVE IN THAT AREA AND, AND AFFORD TO LIVE IN THAT AREA. MY MOM, WHEN SHE WAS ALIVE, HER TAX BURDEN WAS VERY, VERY LIGHT.

WHEN YOU AT A CERTAIN AGE, YOUR TAX BURDEN IS VERY, VERY LIGHT IN DALLAS.

THANK WE'RE THANKFUL FOR Y'ALL FOR THAT.

BUT MY POINT IS THERE HAS TO BE SOMEBODY WILLING TO TAKE A STEP FORWARD WITHOUT TAKING TWO STEPS BACKWARDS EVERY TIME . I ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS MADE A DECISION AND IT'S TOUGH.

YOU GUYS MADE A DECISION.

I'M STANDING UP HERE NOW. I STILL GOT TO GO BACK HOME, YOU KNOW? BUT THE REALITY OF IT IS, LIKE I SHARED WITH THEM, IF IT IS TRUE THAT THE PROCESS WAS DISHONORED AND THE PEOPLE WERE DISHONORED, THEN LET'S START AGAIN AND DO IT RIGHT.

AND IF IT WAS, IF IF IT WAS DONE RIGHT THE FIRST TIME, LET'S GO ON AND KEEP MOVING FORWARD.

THEY ALREADY MADE A DECISION.

IF THAT'S TRUE, AND IT WAS MADE LEGITIMATELY, LET'S MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE SEE WHAT I SEE, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY COME TOGETHER.

WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY DO SOMETHING FOR LIKE THIS LITTLE KID I SAW.

SHE'S STILL OUT HERE, TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THESE KIDS, TO GET THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE AN ACADEMY THAT WE CAN, WE GOT A LIVING, SENATOR.

IF HIS NAME IS ON THAT, ON THAT ACADEMY.

WHAT MORE ENTHUSIASM CAN WE GET FROM HIM BEING ALIVE? NOTHING AGAINST DOCTOR CURRY, NOTHING AGAINST KENNEDY, WHEN HE WAS PRESIDENT.

BUT I'M SAYING EVERYTHING IS FOR THESE KIDS.

WHAT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THESE KIDS RIGHT NOW AND MOVING FORWARD, A LIVING SENATOR, WITH ALL THAT HE'S ACCOMPLISHED.

I THINK YOU GUYS MADE A GREAT DECISION.

THANK YOU FOR ALL Y'ALL DO.

GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU.

WILL THE LAST TWO SPEAKERS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE, OLA ALLEN FOLLOWED BY RENA HONI.

OLA ALLAN, NOT PRESENT.

RINA. HONI, OUR FINAL SPEAKER.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT HENRY ONLINE.

TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT ELIZALDE.

I'M REENA HONY, PRESIDENT OF ALLIANCE AFT AND THE DISTRICT SEVEN CONSTITUENT.

I'M ADDRESSING A NON AGENDA ITEM THIS EVENING FOR THE DISTRICT'S CONSIDERATION.

TO BEGIN, FIRST OF ALL, ALLIANCE AFT IS REMINDING THE DISTRICT THAT ANY PAY INCREASE BEING CONSIDERED THAT IS BELOW THE RATE OF INFLATION IS ESSENTIALLY A PAY CUT FOR ALL EMPLOYEES.

TO CALL AN INCREASE OF RAISE, THEY NEED TO SEE AT LEAST 2 TO 3% OVER THE RATE OF INFLATION.

IN ADDITION, I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THE DISTRICT TO TAKE A SERIOUS LOOK AT THE CONTRIBUTIONS CURRENTLY MADE TO EMPLOYEES HEALTH CARE PLANS. INFLATION HAS TRIGGERED RISING COSTS AND THE DISTRICT'S CONTRIBUTION, WHILE GREATLY APPRECIATED, DO NOT KEEP UP WITH THE ADDED EXPENSES.

MANY EMPLOYEES CAN NO LONGER AFFORD ANY INSURANCE OPTIONS OR THEY HAVE INSURANCE, BUT THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO SEE A DOCTOR.

WHEN EMPLOYEES CAN'T AFFORD INSURANCE OR CAN'T PAY TO SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION, THEY STILL SHOW UP TO WORK, SICK OR HURT.

THIS ADDED STRESS DETRACTS FROM THEIR ABILITY TO BE THEIR BEST TO FILL THE RESPONSIBILITIES THAT THEY HAVE.

FURTHERMORE, ALLIANCE REQUESTS THAT THE DISTRICT BEGIN CONTRIBUTING TO THOSE EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE INSURANCE BUT HAVE TO INSURE THEIR CHILDREN OR THE WHOLE FAMILY WITH HEALTH CARE COVERAGE.

THIS ACTION WILL MAKE A SUBSTANTIAL DIFFERENCE FOR ALL EMPLOYEES AND ENCOURAGE MORE PEOPLE TO ENROLL ON THAT BENEFIT.

SINCE DALLAS ISD IS STRIVING TO BE A PREMIER DISTRICT, WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF OUR EMPLOYEES JUST AS THEY TAKE CARE OF OUR STUDENTS AND THE FACILITIES EVERY DAY.

THANK YOU FOR THE SERVICE THAT YOU'VE GIVEN OVER TIME.

BRAND NEW ONES. THANK YOU FOR THE TIME YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE.

WE DO APPRECIATE YOU.

IT'S NOT AN EASY JOB AND IT IS UNPAID, WE'RE ALL VERY WELL AWARE.

BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION FOR THESE REQUESTS THIS EVENING.

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

OKAY. THANK YOU.

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

FOLLOWING MINUTES HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL.

CALL BOARD MEETING DECEMBER 7TH, 2023.

EMPLOYEE HEARINGS, DECEMBER 7TH, 2023.

[7. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

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THE CALLED BOARD MEETING ON DECEMBER 21ST, 2023 AND THE BOARD MEETING OF DECEMBER 21ST, 2023.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE.

SECOND.

MOTION BY TRUSTEE FLORES, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE CARREON.

IF THERE ARE NO CORRECTIONS OR COMMENTS, TRUSTEES, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.

TRUSTEE MACKEY AND PRESIDENT HENRY.

I'LL VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. ITEMS PULLED FOR SEPARATE AGENDA.

SO FOR SEPARATE VOTE.

IS THERE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, AND ARE YOU VOTING YES ON THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES? AND WE NEED TO I'M NOT ABLE TO GO ON CAMERA, SO I CAN'T I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE.

OH, OKAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE MACKEY. ARE YOU VOTING ON THIS ITEM? YES MACKIE VOTES YES.

THANK YOU.

THE MOTION PASSES EIGHT VOTING YES, ONE ABSTAINING.

OKAY. THANK YOU TRUSTEES, YOU'VE JUST ADOPTED THE MOTION APPROVING THE MINUTES AS SUBMITTED.

WE ARE NOW UP TO ITEM EIGHT OF THE AGENDA.

STATUTORY ITEMS, WHICH MAY APPROPRIATELY COME TO THE ATTENTION OF THE BOARD.

ITEM 8.01.

CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION ORDERING A GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON MAY 4TH, 2024, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING THREE MEMBERS TO

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

DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE.

SECOND. MOTION BY TRUSTEE FLORES AND SECONDED BY TRUSTEE CARDONE.

TRUSTEES, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT, TRUSTEES, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.

TRUSTEE MACKEY.

MACKEY VOTES YES.

PRESIDENT HENRY, ARE YOU VOTING ON THIS ITEM? NO I'M NOT. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE WHITE IS YOURS POPPING UP? YES IT DID.

THE MOTION PASSES SEVEN VOTING YES, ONE VOTING NO, ONE ABSTAINING.

I MEAN, I'M SORRY. LET ME REPEAT THAT.

SEVEN. THE MOTION PASSES SEVEN VOTING YES, ONE ABSTAINING AND ONE NOT PRESENT TO VOTE.

OKAY. THANK YOU TRUSTEES, YOU HAVE JUST ADOPTED ITEM 8.01, ORDERING THE GENERAL ELECTION.

WE ARE NOW UP TO ITEM NINE OF THE AGENDA APPROVED CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 9.01 THROUGH 9.26, AS AMENDED.

THE FOLLOWING ITEMS HAVE BEEN, PULLED FOR A SEPARATE VOTE.

[9. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS]

TRUSTEE FOREMAN OR TRUSTEE WHITE.

YOU PULLED THESE FOR SEPARATE VOTE? DO YOU, WANT TO MOVE ANY OF THOSE BACK TO THE CONSENT AGENDA? OKAY, SO, ITEMS 9.07 AND 9.11, WOULD BE WILL BE RETURNED TO THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM UNLESS THERE ARE ANY OBJECTIONS.

NO OBJECTIONS.

OKAY, SO, THE WE WILL NOW VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AS AMENDED, AS AMENDED.

SO THE CONSENT AGENDA IS ITEMS 9.01 THROUGH 9.226 WITH EXCLUDING ITEMS 9.15 AND 9.18, WHICH WILL BE VOTED ON SEPARATELY.

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AS DESCRIBED? MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND.

MOTION AND A SECOND.

MOTION BY TRUSTEE FLORES, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE CARREON.

THERE'S NO DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

TRUSTEES, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.

TRUSTEE MACKEY. MACKEY VOTES YES.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HENRY.

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THE MOTION PASSES EIGHT VOTING YES, ONE NOT PRESENT TO VOTE.

OKAY, THANK YOU TRUSTEES, YOU'VE JUST APPROVED THE CONSENT AGENDA, AS AMENDED, AS PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED.

SO WE ARE NOW UP TO ITEM TEN OF THE AGENDA.

ITEM 10.01 WAS AN ITEM THAT WAS RETURNED TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

SO WE WILL NOT BE VOTING ON THAT SEPARATELY.

AND SAME WITH ITEM 10.02.

[10. ITEMS PULLED FOR A SEPARATE VOTE]

CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE CHANGE ORDER NUMBER TWO FOR JOSEPH J.

RHODES LEARNING CENTER PHASE TWO, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BOND PROGRAM, NOT TO EXCEED A $597,769.65 BOND FUNDS.

THIS WAS CONSENT AGENDA ITEM 9.15, PULLED BY TRUSTEES FOREMAN AND WHITE TO HAVE A MOTION MOVED TO APPROVE.

SECOND. A MOTION BY TRUSTEE FLORES, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE CARREÓN.

IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

IS THERE A DISCUSSION? YES. TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

GOOD EVENING, TRUSTEES.

GOOD EVENING.

TRUSTEE, CHIEF ALFORD.

JUST A QUICK QUESTION.

I MOVE YOU TO TRUSTEE, YOU MIGHT NOT WANT THAT JOB, BUT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I NOTICED IN YOUR ANSWER TO MY QUESTION WAS, IS THAT A PART OF THE, I'M ASSUMING THAT PART OF THE REASON FOR THE CHANGE ORDER? YOU SPOKE ABOUT THE PROGRAMS BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS, STEM PROGRAMING AND RESOURCE CENTER.

AND BY THE WAY, I AM GLAD THAT THE DISTRICT HAS BEGAN TO CLARIFY THAT THE RESOURCE CENTER IS NOT AT LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE ALL OF THE FIRST INFORMATION THAT CAME OUT MADE IT APPEAR THAT IT WAS AT LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL IN SOUTH DALLAS IS LARGER THAN LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL.

SO I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE BEGINNING TO MAKE THAT CLEAR WHERE THE RESOURCE CENTER WILL BE, AND THAT'S AT J.J.

RHODES, WHICH IS IN SOUTH DALLAS.

BUT, THE QUESTION I HAVE IS THE ALMOST, $600,000 THAT YOU'RE ASKING.

ADDITIONALLY, HOW DOES IT ADDRESS THESE PROGRAMS, AND IS ANY PART OF THAT PROGRAMMATIC? NOW IT'S FIRST OF NEEDED INFRASTRUCTURE.

FOR THE HVAC.

WE'RE CONVERTING TO HYDRONIC SYSTEM INTO, ROOFTOP SYSTEM AND CHILLER SYSTEM.

OKAY, SO IT'S NONE OF THE FUNDS ARE PROGRAMMATIC.

NOT PROGRAMMATIC.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

ANYTHING ELSE, TRUSTEE FOREMAN? I CAN SEE YOUR LIGHTS STILL ON? NO, I TOLD HIM THANK YOU.

HE KNOWS HE'S GOING TO MOVE QUICKLY.

TRUSTEES, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.

MACKEY VOTES YES.

THANK YOU.

PRESIDENT HENRY.

NOT ABLE TO GO ON CAMERA, SO I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO VOTE.

BUT I WOULD SUPPORT IT IF I COULD.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

THE MOTION PASSES SEVEN VOTING YES, ONE VOTING I'M SORRY, ONE ABSTAINING AND ONE NOT PRESENT TO VOTE.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

YOU'VE JUST ADOPTED ITEM 10.03.

WE'RE NOW UP TO ITEM 10.04.

CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE, NEGOTIATE AND ENTER INTO A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH RECOMMENDED VENDOR FOR THE PURCHASE OF PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AT GENEVA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, ALBERT C BLACK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND JOHN Q ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, NOT TO EXCEED $1,305,000 GENERAL OPERATING SPECIAL REVENUE AND BOND FUNDS.

THIS WAS CONSENT AGENDA ITEM 9.18 PULLED BY TRUSTEES FOREMAN AND WHITE.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVE FOR APPROVAL? SECOND MOTION BY TRUSTEE FLORES AND SECONDED BY TRUSTEE CARREON.

IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

IS THERE A DISCUSSION? YES. PLEASE GO AHEAD.

AND, SUPERINTENDENT, I WILL ADDRESS THIS DISCUSSION TO YOU.

I'VE TALKED TO CHIEF ALFORD ABOUT MY CONCERNS ABOUT THE WHOLE COOL SCHOOLS PROGRAM.

I HAVE A CAMPUS, WHICH WE DID CORRECT IT, THANKS TO CHIEF BATES.

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I DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR CONTRACT OR AGREEMENT IS WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS, IN REGARDS TO THIS COOL SCHOOLS PROGRAM.

BUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN, WE SHOULD BE VERY CAREFUL AND MAKE SURE THAT IT DOES NOT GO ABOVE WHO WE ARE SERVING. AND THAT ADULT PROGRAMS OR ADULT EQUIPMENT, SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE DIFFERENT KINDS OF WORKOUTS AND THOSE KINDS OF STUFF ON OUR ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES FOR SAFETY REASONS.

ALSO, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE STICKING TO A PROGRAM, AND THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS ABOUT SCHOOLS.

THIS IS NOT A PARK.

BUT PART OF OUR ISSUE HAS BEEN IS THAT THEY DO ADDRESS IT AS A PARK.

SO I'D LIKE TO SEE US.

AND THAT'S WHY I'M NOT ADDRESSING CHIEF ALBERT.

I THINK THAT THE DISTRICT NEEDS TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.

AND I'VE, TALKED TO DOCTOR LEAR ALSO ABOUT THIS SITUATION.

SO I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE A STRONG LOOK AT THE WHOLE COOL SCHOOLS PROGRAM AND MAKE SURE THAT IT IS ADDRESSING OUR STUDENTS NEEDS.

YES, MA'AM. SO NOTED.

AND WILL WORK AND SEE EVEN WHAT THE EXISTING, COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE, AND WE CAN MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS AS NECESSARY.

THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION.

TRUSTEES, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.

TRUSTEE. MACKEY VOTES YES.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE WHITE, ARE YOU ABLE TO VOTE? OKAY. THANK YOU.

THE MOTION PASSES, SIX VOTING YES, TWO ABSTAINING, ONE NOT PRESENT TO VOTE.

OKAY. THANK YOU TRUSTEES.

THAT WAS OUR FINAL ITEM.

THE TIME IS NOW 8:39 P.M.

AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.