May 23, 2024 Board Meetings

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ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO THE MONTHLY BOARD MEETING OF THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

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SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO CONTINUE THROUGH OUR AGENDA.

THE FOLLOWING TRUSTEES ARE PHYSICALLY PRESENT OR PARTICIPATING SIMULTANEOUSLY BY VIDEO CONFERENCE.

THE BOARD IS PHYSICALLY PRESENT AT THIS LOCATION.

FOR DISTRICT ONE WE HAVE TRUSTEE EDWIN FLORES DISTRICT TWO TRUSTEE SARAH WEINBERG, DISTRICT THREE TRUSTEE DAN MISCHKE.

DISTRICT FOUR TRUSTEE CAMILLE WHITE, DISTRICT FIVE TRUSTEE MAXIE JOHNSON, DISTRICT SIX TRUSTEE JOYCE FOREMAN, DISTRICT SEVEN TRUSTEE BEN MACKEY, DISTRICT EIGHT TRUSTEE JOE KARRIEM. DOCTOR PAM LEAR IS SITTING IN ON BEHALF OF OUR SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, DOCTOR STEPHANIE ELIZALDE, WHO WILL JOIN US SHORTLY.

AND I AM JUSTIN HENRY, BOARD PRESIDENT.

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

FLORES, ONE LAST TIME.

THANK YOU. PRESIDENT HENRY.

VER ESTA JUNTA EN ESPANOL PUEDE VER POR LA VACUNA DE FACEBOOK DEL DISTRITO EN LA PAGINA WEB DEL DISTRITO.

GRACIAS. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE FLORES.

IN ORDER FOR THIS BOARD TO HOLD THIS MEETING IN AN EFFECTIVE MANNER, I WANT TO LET IT BE KNOWN THAT THIS MEETING WILL BE CONDUCTED IN AN ORDERLY FASHION AND 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, OR 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, 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.

I'M TRUSTEE. IF Y'ALL CAN HELP ME HERE, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE ANY ELECTED OR PUBLIC OFFICIALS.

THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE ROOM I SEE.

FORMER TRUSTEE RON PRICE IS HERE.

TRUSTEE ELECT, THE ATTORNEYS HERE.

TRUSTEE ELECT LANCE CURRY IS HERE.

ANYBODY ELSE? TRUSTEE. NOT ALL IS HERE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

THE MAYOR OF FARMERS BRANCH IS HERE AS WELL.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

ANY OTHERS YOU CAN, FEEL FREE TO STAND UP.

I DO NOT WANT TO GET IN TROUBLE.

MY LAST MEETING.

HARTMANN TRUSTEE FOREMAN COUNCIL MEMBER.

FORMER COUNCILMAN CASEY THOMAS JUST WALKED IN.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, COUNCILMAN THOMAS.

OH, THE HONORABLE DON RAGSDALE.

I'M SORRY. I SEE SOMEONE JUST SAID SOMETHING.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. GO AHEAD.

MA'AM. PLEASE. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

O'CONNELL MCARDLE COLEMAN, CHAIR OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

THANK YOU, SIR. ALL RIGHT.

SPEAK NOW OR FOREVER HOLD YOUR PEACE.

WE'RE GOOD. OKAY. TRUSTEES, WE ARE NOW ON THE PRESENTATION OF BOARD RECOGNITION.

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GOOD EVENING, DOCTOR PAMELA LEAR.

PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE NEXT FIVE RECOGNITIONS.

DOCTOR LEAR TRUSTEE WEINBERG AND PRINCIPAL CHANDRA HOOPER BARNETT, PLEASE COME FORWARD.

PLEASE NOTE.

WOODROW WILSON SCHOOL FOR THE TALENTED AND GIFTED AND PLEASANT GROVE AND CONRAD WON THEIR RESPECTIVE AWARDS AT THE 2024 SOUTH CENTRAL AREA DRONE CHAMPIONSHIP.

PERSEVERANCE IN TULSA, OKLAHOMA.

THE BOARD IS HONORED TO RECOGNIZE THE WOODROW WILSON HIGH SCHOOL TEAM.

DRONE, LUCIEN THREE 60 FOR WINNING THE EXCELLENCE AWARD IN THE DRONE CAREER READINESS CHALLENGE.

THE EXCELLENCE AWARD IS THE TOP AWARD PROVIDED AT THE ROBOTICS COMPETITION.

THE TEAM EXEMPLIFIES OVERALL EXCELLENCE IN CREATING A HIGH QUALITY, COMPETITIVE DRONE PROGRAM AND THE ABILITY TO DOCUMENT AND EXPLAIN THEIR CODING PROCESS VIA A FLIGHT LOGBOOK AND TEAM INTERVIEW.

THE TEAM EXEMPLIFIES DEDICATION, DEVOTION, HARD WORK, AND TEAMWORK.

TEAM MEMBERS, PLEASE COME FORWARD AS YOUR NAME IS CALLED.

CELIA. CAMILLE.

YOUNGER, KENDALL JOHNSON, LANDON MCDONNELL, ANDREW MORRISSEY, ANTHONY VARGAS, ESTEBAN SALCEDO, ADRIAN DELGADO AND COACH ANGELINA ABESAMIS AND COACH PETER MORRISSEY.

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WHICH ONE? TRUSTEE WHITE IN PRINCIPLE.

RAYMUNDO CERVANTES.

GUAJARDO. PLEASE COME FORWARD.

THE BOARD IS HONORED TO RECOGNIZE THE SCHOOL FOR THE TALENTED AND GIFTED AND PLEASANT GROVE TEAM.

3028D ALL DRUMS FORM FOR RECEIVING THE PILOT SKILLS CHAMPION AWARD.

THE PILOT SKILLS CHAMPION AWARD IS PRESENTED TO THE TEAM THAT HAS EARNED THE HIGHEST COMBINED PILOTING AND AUTONOMOUS.

AUTONOMOUS. EXCUSE ME.

CODING SKILLS CHALLENGE SCORE THE 3028DR JONES WON THIS AWARD WITH A SCORE OF 450.

PLEASE COME FORWARD AS YOUR NAME IS CALLED.

FATIMA MORENO, CAMILA RIOS, ESTRELLA PORTILLO, JACOB HERNANDEZ, DENNIS BAGGIO AND COACH MICHAEL DOUTHIT.

CONGRATULATIONS. 3028D ALL DRONES.

TRUSTEE WHITE AND PRINCIPAL RAYMUNDO CERVANTES GUAJARDO.

PLEASE REMAIN STANDING.

THE BOARD IS HONORED TO RECOGNIZE THE SCHOOL FOR THE TALENTED AND GIFTED AND PLEASANT GROVE.

3028Z. AL JONES FOR RECEIVING THE EXCELLENCE AWARD.

THE EXCELLENCE AWARD IS THE TOP AWARD GIVEN AT THE ROBOTICS COMPETITIONS.

THE EXCELLENCE AWARD RECOGNIZES THE TEAM'S ABILITY TO DOCUMENT AND EXPLAIN THEIR CODING PROCESS VIA A FLIGHT LOGBOOK AND TEAM INTERVIEW.

THE TEAM DEMONSTRATES OUTSTANDING COMPETITION PERFORMANCE BY BEING AMONG THE TOP PERFORMING TEAMS AT THE EVENT.

PLEASE COME FORWARD AS YOUR NAME IS CALLED CARLOS JUAREZ, DIEGO RAMIREZ, ALONSO QUESADA, ADRIAN LEE, JOSE MARTINEZ, COACH OMAR CORTEZ, AND COACH PATRICIA CORTEZ.

WHOA! HERE WE GO. CONGRATULATIONS.

302AZ. ALL DRONES.

TRUSTEE MICCICHE IN PRINCIPLE.

VIVIAN CHANDLER. FAIRLY.

PLEASE COME FORWARD.

THE BOARD IS HONORED TO RECOGNIZE THE M.J.

CONRAD TEAM 3005 ROBO CHARGERS ROBOTICS TEAM FOR BEING CROWNED THE U-I-L FIRST ROBOTICS STATE CHAMPIONS FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR.

FIRST FOR INSPIRATION AND RECOGNITION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.

ROBOTICS IS AN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVE ROBOTICS ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO INSPIRING KIDS TO PURSUE STEM

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TEAM MEMBERS ARE.

THIS TEAM IS THE BACK TO BACK STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM AND THEY ARE THIRD IN THE WORLD.

FOR THE RECORD, I'LL GO AHEAD AND STILL CALL EACH TEAM MEMBER'S NAME.

ANAYA. BAILEY, VIRGINIA.

CAMPOS, VINCENT.

CASTILLO. JACARI COX AND WAR FAISAL ARIAS FIELDS, JOSEPH ANGELO FLORES, JAMIL GARCIA, ANGEL DALLAS, DJ JENKINS, DANIEL MARQUEZ, GABRIELA MARTINEZ, WILLIAM MATSIN, JUAN MENDOZA, MOSES MONROE, ALLEN MORALEZ, HAKAMI AL-ABED, ANDERSON, USTICK, EFREN.

ORDONEZ, GALLO.

PORTER, NICHOLAS.

RODRIGUEZ, EILEEN.

RUAS, JAVIER.

SANCHEZ. SERRANO, OSWICK.

GEORGE TENOSO, ADRIAN TORRES, JAZMIN TORRES, MICHAEL TORRES, SAMANTHA TORRES, KEVIN VALENZUELA GARCIA, JACK MIRELES, COACH REX LEASE, AND COACH LAURIE MCNAMEE.

CONGRATULATIONS. 3005 ROBO CHARGERS.

TRUSTEE MICCICHE, PLEASE REMAIN STANDING.

PRINCIPAL KEYSHAWN KING AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL HERBERT DASILVA, PLEASE COME FORWARD.

SS CONNOR AND EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON.

STEM ACADEMY WON THEIR RESPECTIVE AWARDS AT THE FIRST WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IN HOUSTON, TEXAS.

THE BOARD IS HONORED TO RECOGNIZE THE SS CONNOR ROBOTICS TEAM.

THE CONNOR KUBAT'S TEAM WON THREE SEVEN, FOUR FIVE FOR WINNING THE FIRST LEGO LEAGUE EXPLORE TEAM MODEL AWARD.

TEAMS WHO RECEIVED THIS AWARD DISPLAYED INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY THROUGH THE DESIGN AND BUILDING OF THEIR TEAMS. MODEL. TEAM MEMBERS, PLEASE COME FORWARD AS YOUR NAME IS CALLED.

JANELLE TEMENGIL, YOLANDA WHITE, RENATO REINA, MELANIE LOPEZ, ALLISON ARTEA, LIZBETH GALVAN, NATALIE SANCHEZ, RAFAEL VALDEZ, SOFIA BONILLA, COACH RICARDO CARDONA, AND COACH MARIA MONSALVE.

CONGRATULATIONS. KUBAT'S TEAM 13745.

THE MOTTO THIS TEAM IS THE THE CONNOR CUBS, BUT THE MOTTO FOR THE SCHOOL IS THE CONNOR CUBS.

COLLEGE BOUND.

CONNOR. CUBS.

ALL RIGHT. TRUSTEE JOHNSON, PRINCIPAL EMILY TURNER, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL JESSICA WALKER.

AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL JANELLE JOHNSON.

POLK, PLEASE COME FORWARD.

THE BOARD IS HONORED TO RECOGNIZE THE EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON.

STEM ACADEMY ROBOTICS TEAM.

THE EBJ EAGLES 3030236 FOR WINNING THE FIRST LEGO LEAGUE EXPLORER TEAM MODEL AWARD.

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CONGRATULATIONS! LBJ EAGLES 30236.

THIS CONCLUDES OUR RECOGNITIONS.

ALL RIGHT. TONIGHT, THIS IS A SPECIAL EVENING FOR THE BOARD WHEREIN WE HOLD OUR CEREMONIAL SWEARING IN OF NEWLY ELECTED TRUSTEES.

TONIGHT, I WILL ISSUE THE CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION TO THE CANDIDATES.

THE STATEMENT OF ELECTED OFFICER AND THE OATH OF OFFICE WILL BE ADMINISTERED BY A QUALIFIED PERSON CHOSEN BY THE CANDIDATE, LANCE CURRY.

DAN, MIKE AND ED TURNER.

WILL YOU PLEASE JOIN ME AT THE FRONT OF THE DAIS FOR THE ISSUANCE OF THE CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION? ALL RIGHT, Y'ALL READY? THE CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION IS A CERTIFY THAT ON JANUARY 25TH, 2024, THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT CALLED FOR A GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON MAY 4TH, 2024, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING THREE MEMBERS OF THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES IN DISTRICT ONE, DISTRICT THREE, AND DISTRICT NINE, AND WHEREAS CANDIDATES LANCE CURRY, DISTRICT ONE, AND ED TURNER, DISTRICT NINE, RECEIVED A MAJORITY OF THE VOTES CAST IN DISTRICT THREE.

THE AUTHORITY RESPONSIBLE FOR HAVING THE OFFICIAL BALLOT PREPARED AND CERTIFIED THE CANDIDATE OF DISTRICT THREE WAS UNOPPOSED ON MARCH 21ST, 2024.

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTED THE ORDER TO CANCEL THE ELECTION IN DISTRICT THREE, WITH ISSUES WITH THE ISSUANCE OF THESE CERTIFICATES.

LANCE CURRY, ED TURNER, AND DAN MISCHKE ARE NOW ELIGIBLE TO QUALIFY FOR THE OFFICE OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

SO AT THE COMPLETION OF THIS I'LL ASK YOU FOR YOU THREE TO SIT BACK DOWN.

WE'LL GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND YOU'LL BE SWORN IN.

SO THANK YOU, ALL THREE OF YOU.

TRUSTEE JUSTIN HENRY.

DAMAGE. NAT TURNER, YOU MAY BE SEATED.

LANCE CURRY, PLEASE REMAIN STANDING.

OH, SORRY. AND WHEN FLORES, PLEASE COME FORWARD TO ISSUE THE STATEMENT OF ELECTED OFFICER IN THE OATH OF OFFICE TO MR. CURRY. I NEED THE MIC.

DO I NEED THIS? HOW DO. YES, YES, BOTH OF THEM.

HERE WE GO. IT'S A LITTLE.

SO I'M GOING TO READ THE FIRST THE STATEMENT OF ELECTED OFFICER AND THEN THE THE OATH OF OFFICE.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? I'M.

SO REPEAT AFTER ME.

I STATE YOUR NAME.

I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM.

SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT I HAVE NOT, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY.

I HAVE NOT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY PAID.

OFFERED. PROMISED TO PAY.

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CONTRIBUTED OR PROMISED TO CONTRIBUTE, CONTRIBUTED OR PROMISED ANY MONEY OR THING OF VALUE, OR PROMISED ANY PUBLIC OFFICE OR EMPLOYMENT, ANY PUBLIC OFFICE, OR FOR THE GIVING OR WITHHOLDING THE GIVING OR WITHHOLDING OF A VOTE AT THE ELECTION.

VOTE AT THE ELECTION.

AT WHICH I WAS ELECTED, WHICH I WAS ELECTED, OR AS A REWARD OR AS A REWARD TO SECURE, AS A REWARD TO MY APPOINTMENT OR CONFIRMATION, MY APPOINTMENT, OR WHICHEVER THE CASE MAY BE, WHICHEVER THE CASE MAY BE.

SO HELP ME GOD, SO HELP ME GOD.

AND NOW I WILL READ THE OATH OF OFFICE.

I STATE YOUR NAME, I.

LANCE CURRIE, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM.

DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES.

I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE, THE OFFICE OF SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE FOR THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, STATE OF TEXAS.

AND WILL, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.

WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.

PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND.

PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE.

SO HELP ME GOD.

CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, EDWIN FLORES.

AND CONGRATULATIONS, TRUSTEE LANCE CURRY.

PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR PHOTOS.

EDWIN FLORES. YOU MAY BE SEATED AND TRUSTEE.

KERRY, YOU MAY TAKE YOUR SEAT AT THE DAIS.

JUSTIN, HARRY AND DAN.

MIKE, PLEASE COME TO THE FRONT OF THE DAIS FOR THE ISSUANCE OF THE STATEMENT OF ELECTED OFFICER IN THE OATH OF OFFICE.

MR. TURNER, REPEAT AFTER ME.

I STATE YOUR NAME.

EDWARD TURNER, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR AND AFFIRM.

DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR AND AFFIRM THAT I HAVE NOT DIRECTLY THAT I HAVE NOT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY PAID.

OFFERED, PAID, OFFERED.

PROMISED TO PAY, PROMISED TO PAY.

CONTRIBUTED. CONTRIBUTED OR PROMISED TO CONTRIBUTE A PROMISE TO CONTRIBUTE ANY MONEY, ANY MONEY OR ANYTHING OF VALUE OR ANYTHING OF VALUE OR PROMISE.

ANY PUBLIC OFFICE OR PROMISED ANY PUBLIC OFFICE OR EMPLOYMENT OR EMPLOYMENT FOR GIVING, FOR GIVING OR WITHHOLDING OR WITHHOLDING A VOTE.

A VOTE AT THE ELECTION.

AT THE ELECTION AT WHICH AT WHICH I WAS ELECTED, I WAS ELECTED, OR AS A REWARD OR AS A REWARD TO SECURE MY APPOINTMENT, TO SECURE MY APPOINTMENT OR CONFIRMATION OR CONFIRMATION, WHICHEVER CASE MAY BE, WHICHEVER CASE MAY BE.

SO HELP ME GOD. SO HELP ME GOD.

THIS IS HOW WE DO IT IN DISTRICT NINE.

WE WORK THINGS OUT.

YES. WE NEED TO DO THREE FIRST.

YOU TAKE THAT MICROPHONE. SO I HAVE THE HONOR OF SWEARING IN BOTH ED AND DAN.

IF I SWEAR ED IN, HE'S ACTUALLY FILLING THE SEAT I'M IN, AND I DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO SWEAR HIM IN, SO I NEED TO SWEAR DAN IN, AND THEN I'LL FINISH WITH THAT.

THAT'S MY APOLOGIES.

THINGS CAN'T BE SMOOTH.

I. PLEASE REPEAT AFTER ME.

I'LL READ THIS. I DON'T NEED THIS.

OKAY. PLEASE REPEAT AFTER ME.

TRUSTEE MICCICHE I STATE YOUR NAME.

I, DAN MITSCHKE, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR.

DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR.

THAT HAVE NOT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY PAID.

THAT I HAVE NOT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY PAID.

OFFERED. PROMISED TO PAY OFFERED OR PROMISED TO PAY CONTRIBUTED CONTRIBUTED, A PROMISE TO CONTRIBUTE OR PROMISED TO CONTRIBUTE ANY MONEY OR THING OF VALUE, ANY MONEY OR THING OF VALUE OR PROMISE, ANY PUBLIC OFFICE OR EMPLOYMENT OR PROMISE, ANY PUBLIC OFFICE OR EMPLOYMENT FOR THE GIVING OR WITHHOLDING, FOR THE GIVING OR

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SO HELP ME GOD, SO HELP ME GOD.

NOW, NOW CONDUCT THE OATH OF OFFICE.

I STATE YOUR NAME.

I, DAN MITSCHKE, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR.

DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF SCHOOL BOARD.

TRUSTEE OF THE OFFICE OF SCHOOL BOARD.

TRUSTEE FOR THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.

FOR THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.

AND WILL, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION.

PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE.

SO HELP ME GOD AND OF THIS STATE.

SO HELP ME GOD. CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JUSTIN HENRY.

AND CONGRATULATIONS, TRUSTEE DAN MR. PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR PHOTOS.

JUSTIN HERE. YOU MAY BE SEATED AND TRUSTEE MICCICHE.

WE GOT IT. WHAT I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR.

SO BEFORE I BEGIN, IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO KNOW YOU AS A FRIEND.

I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR SERVICE AND REPRESENTING DISTRICT NINE.

WE. PLEASE REPEAT AFTER ME.

I STATE YOUR NAME.

I, EDWARD TURNER, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR.

DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE.

THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE.

THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF SCHOOL BOARD.

TRUSTEE OF SCHOOL BOARD.

TRUSTEE FOR THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND WILL, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND OF THIS STATE AND OF THIS STATE.

SO HELP ME GOD. SO HELP ME GOD.

TRUSTEE. NOT ALL TRUSTEE.

DO YOU MIND JOINING US, PLEASE? YOU GOT IT. THANK YOU.

ONORABLE PRICE, EDITOR TURNER AND JUSTIN HENRY.

PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR PHOTOS.

THESE ARE ALL THE DISTRICT NINE TRUSTEE.

CONGRATULATIONS, TRUSTEE TURNER.

YOU MAY TAKE YOUR SEAT AT THE DAIS.

CONGRATULATIONS. TRUSTEE, LANCE.

KERRY. TRUSTEE, DAN, MIKE AND TRUSTEE ED TURNER.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE HELP ME FORMALLY CONGRATULATE TRUSTEE CURRY AND TRUSTEE TURNER AS NEW BOARD MEMBERS OF THE DALLAS ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

AND WELCOME BACK TO TRUSTEE MICCICHE.

ALSO, WE WANT TO THANK FORMER TRUSTEES JUSTIN HENRY, EDWIN FLORES AND HONORABLE RON PRICE FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE CEREMONY THIS EVENING.

OKAY. OUR AGENDA NOW CALLS FOR THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS.

TRUSTEES. THIS IS THE PORTION OF THE MEETING WHERE YOU ELECT YOUR OFFICERS.

IT IS THE ONLY TIME THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT PRESIDES OVER YOUR MEETING.

AS THE SUPERINTENDENTS DESIGNEE, I WILL CONDUCT THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING.

I WILL DO SO UP UNTIL THE NEW BOARD PRESIDENT IS ELECTED.

AS WE BEGIN THE VOTE, I WANT TO POINT OUT THE FIRST PERSON TO RECEIVE A MAJORITY VOTE.

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EACH NOMINATION WILL BE VOTED ON AS A SEPARATE ITEM, MEANING EACH TRUSTEE CAN VOTE ONCE FOR EACH NOMINEE UNTIL A SINGLE CANDIDATE RECEIVES A MAJORITY OF THE VOTES, THUS ENDING THE VOTING FOR THAT POSITION.

IF NO MAJORITY IS OBTAINED, WE WILL CONTINUE TO THE NEXT NAME, AND IF NO NOMINEE RECEIVES A MAJORITY VOTE, NOMINATIONS FOR THE SAME POSITION WILL OPEN AGAIN WITH THE SAME NAMES AND OR POSSIBLE ADDITIONS.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR WILL RAISE THEIR HANDS.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED WILL RAISE THEIR HANDS.

THOSE WISHING TO ABSTAIN MAY DO SO.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PROCESS? HEARING NONE.

NOMINATIONS ARE NOW IN ORDER FOR THE OFFICE OF BOARD PRESIDENT.

SUPERINTENDENT DESIGNEE APPOINT OR CHOOSE.

I CAN'T CHOOSE, BUT I NOMINATE JOE CARRION FOR PRESIDENT.

FOR THE BOARD. TRUSTEE CARRION IS NOMINATED.

ARE THERE ANY FURTHER NOMINATIONS FOR THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT? YES, I ALMOST SAID SUPERINTENDENT.

YES, I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE GEORGE FOREMAN FOR PRESIDENT.

TRUSTEE JOYCE FORMAN IS NOMINATED.

ARE THERE ANY FURTHER NOMINATIONS FOR THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT? IF NOT, NOMINATIONS ARE CLOSED FOR THE OFFICE OF BOARD PRESIDENT.

TRUSTEES. ARE YOU READY TO VOTE ON THE CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT? OF INFORMATION.

MIGHT WE HEAR FROM THE CANDIDATES? QUICK ONE MINUTE SPIEL.

NO. OKAY, OKAY.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEES.

ARE YOU READY TO VOTE ON THE CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF TRUSTEE JOE CARRION FOR PRESIDENT, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE BY A SHOW OF HANDS.

AND KEEP YOUR HANDS RAISED UP LONG ENOUGH FOR AN ACCOUNT TO BE ACCURATE.

WE HAVE SEVEN NOMINATED.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE BY THE SHOW OF HANDS.

NO. OPPOSED.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE POINT OF ORDER, MADAM CHAIR, I THINK ONCE WE HAVE HAD A PRESIDENT ELECTED WITH A MAJORITY OF THE VOTES, THERE'S NO FURTHER.

THAT'S CORRECT. BY ACCLAMATION.

TRUSTEE JOE KERRIGAN HAS BEEN ELECTED AS THE PRESIDENT BY A MAJORITY VOTE.

I WILL NOW TURN THE GAVEL OVER TO OUR NEWLY ELECTED BOARD PRESIDENT, TRUSTEE JOE KERRIGAN.

WELL, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THE CONFIDENCE THAT YOU HAVE PLACED IN ME.

RIGHT. I HAVE TREMENDOUS RESPECT FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THE MEMBERS ON THIS BOARD.

AND EACH ONE OF YOU HAVE DEDICATED SIGNIFICANT TIME IN, IN THE PURSUIT OF ACHIEVING AN EXCELLENT EDUCATION FOR ALL THE KIDS OF DALLAS ISD.

AND I'M SO GRATEFUL TO BE PART OF THIS, OF THIS GROUP.

I AM AN IMPERFECT MAN.

SO I'M ASKING YOU FOR PATIENCE AND GRACE UP FRONT.

BUT I PROMISE YOU THAT I WILL DO MY BEST.

AND DO THE DO THE BEST, DO MY BEST WITHIN MY ABILITIES.

WE HAVE LOTS OF WORK TO DO, AS YOU ALL KNOW, IN THE FACE OF ENORMOUS OBSTACLES.

BUT WE WILL DO THAT, AND WE'LL DO THAT TOGETHER.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

I WILL NOW TAKE NOMINATIONS FOR THE OFFICE OF THE FOR THE SEAT OF FIRST VICE PRESIDENT NOMINATION FOR THE FOR THE SEAT OF FIRST VICE PRESIDENT.

TRUSTEE. MR.

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WE HAVE A NOMINATION FOR TRUSTEE BEN MACKEY FOR FIRST VICE PRESIDENT.

DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS FOR FIRST VICE PRESIDENT? YES. I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE GEORGE FOREMAN FOR FIRST VICE PRESIDENT.

WE HAVE A SECOND NOMINATION OF TRUSTEE JOYCE FORMAN FOR FIRST VICE PRESIDENT.

DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS FOR THE POSITION OF FIRST VICE PRESIDENT? HEARING NONE.

WE WILL VOTE ON THEM IN ORDER AS THEY WERE NOMINATED.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF TRUSTEE? BEN MACKEY FOR FIRST VICE PRESIDENT.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

WE RECEIVED SEVEN VOTES.

WE GOT IT. OKAY.

THEN PLEASE ASK FOR IF THERE'S ANY OPPOSED.

ARE ALL THOSE OPPOSED? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE BY A SHOW OF HANDS.

NO. OPPOSED? NO. OPPOSED TO ABSTAINING.

GIVEN THAT I.

TRUSTEE. BEN MCKEE IS ELECTED FIRST VICE PRESIDENT.

TRUSTEE MACKEY. FEEL FREE.

IF YOU HAVE A MOMENT, I'D LIKE TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS.

NO, I JUST AM HONORED AND THANK MY COLLEAGUES.

IT'S AN HONOR WORKING WITH EVERYONE ON THIS BOARD, AND I'M EXCITED TO WORK WITH OUR TWO NEWEST TRUSTEES.

AND I WILL DO EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR VOICE IS HEARD, AND WE ARE ABLE TO CONTINUE MOVING IN THE DIRECTION WE'RE GOING.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

TRUSTEES. NOW, I WE WILL VOTE AND NOMINATE CANDIDATES FOR THE POSITION OF SECOND VICE PRESIDENT.

ARE THERE ANY NOMINATIONS FOR THE POSITION OF SECOND VICE PRESIDENT? YES. MISTER PRESIDENT.

TRUSTEE MACKEY. I NOMINATE MAXIE JOHNSON FOR THE POSITION OF SECOND VICE PRESIDENT.

TRUSTEE. MAXIE JOHNSON HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR THE POSITION OF SECOND VICE PRESIDENT.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS FOR THE POSITION OF SECOND VICE PRESIDENT? SEEING NONE TRUSTEE.

MAXIE JOHNSON IS ELECTED SECOND VICE PRESIDENT BY ACCLAMATION.

OKAY. I WILL NOW TAKE NOMINATIONS FOR THE FOR THE OFFICE OF SECRETARY.

ARE THERE ANY NOMINATIONS FOR THE OFFICE OF SECRETARY? YES, I NOMINATE CAMILLE WHITE.

TRUSTEES. TRUSTEE CAMILLE WHITE HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR THE POSITION OF SECRETARY.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS FOR THE POSITION OF SECRETARY? HEARING NONE.

TRUSTEE. CAMILLE WHITE IS ELECTED SECRETARY BY ACCLAMATION.

AND TRUSTEE JOHNSON. I DIDN'T GIVE YOU THIS OPPORTUNITY, SO I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU NOW.

ALSO TRUSTEE WHITE. ANY COMMENTS YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE? NO, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR MY TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR ELECTING ME, ELECTING ME TO BE SECOND VICE PRESIDENT OF THIS AWESOME BOARD.

WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO GREAT THINGS FOR OUR KIDS IN DALLAS ISD.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

MCLENNAN TRUSTEE WHITE. YES, SIR.

THANK YOU FOR ELECTING ME AS BOARD SECRETARY.

OF COURSE, WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO GREAT THINGS TOGETHER AND STRIVE AS ONE UNIT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL.

AS YOU KNOW, IN TIME, WE MIGHT CHANGE SOME SEATING ARRANGEMENTS FOR.

BUT FOR TONIGHT, WE WILL STAY IN OUR SEATS AS WE ARE CURRENTLY SITUATED.

THANK YOU. LET'S SEE HERE.

HERE WE GO. IS THERE ANY CLOSED SESSION? NO. CLOSED SESSION. POINT OF ORDER, MR. PRESIDENT. I NOTICE WE DIDN'T GIVE THE OPPORTUNITIES TO TRUSTEES CURRY AND TURNER TO SAY A FEW WORDS.

IF WE COULD, IF NO ONE'S OPPOSED, IF WE COULD ALLOW THEM TO SAY A FEW WORDS.

I AM NOT OPPOSED. DOES ANYONE OPPOSE? NOW THEN, AT THIS TIME NUMERICAL TRUSTEE ORDER TRUSTEE.

CURRY. ANY REMARKS? CONGRATULATIONS. OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TEACHING ME THE BASICS OF HOW TO PRESS THE BUTTON.

THAT'S A GOOD START. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

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MY MOM IS A SCHOOL TEACHER AND A PRINCIPAL, AND SHE IS HERE TONIGHT.

I HAVE EIGHT OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS IN MY FAMILY.

I WENT TO PUBLIC SCHOOL MYSELF, AND, OF COURSE, BOTH OF MY CHILDREN, ASHLEY AND LOGAN, WHO ARE HERE ATTEND DALLAS ISD SCHOOLS.

LOGAN, WHO TEXTED ME WHEN I WAS SITTING OVER THERE.

IF HE CAN LEAVE YET, SON, AS SOON AS I'M DONE, YOU CAN LEAVE.

IT'S COMING. BUT I JUST HAVE AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF RESPECT FOR THE TEACHERS AND THE STUDENTS WHO DEDICATE THEIR LIVES TO LEARNING OR DEDICATE THEIR LIVES TO TEACHING, AND I AM JUST INCREDIBLY HONORED FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND HUMBLED FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRY TO DO WHAT I CAN TO MOVE THE NEEDLE TO HELP THESE KIDS WHO DESERVE THE BEST OF US EVERY SINGLE TIME WE COME INTO THIS ROOM.

AND I AM SO THANKFUL FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY.

I DO WANT TO THANK A FEW PEOPLE.

ONE MY MOTHER, WHO IS HERE AGAIN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MOM, FOR BEING AN INSPIRATION TO ME.

MY DAD, WHO COULD NOT MAKE IT TONIGHT.

MY DAD IS A FORMER BAPTIST PREACHER WITH A PHD IN CHRISTIAN ETHICS.

AND SO I WANT TO THANK HIM IN PARTICULAR FOR THE VERY LONG CAR RIDES.

TALKING ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE HUMAN IN THIS WORLD AND TO TRY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE WHEN YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.

I WANT TO SAY AN INCREDIBLE THANK YOU TO TRUSTEE EDWIN FLORES FOR YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE.

16 YEARS IN THIS JOB WITHOUT PAY, JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE DEDICATED TO TRYING TO DO YOUR BEST FOR DALLAS KIDS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR TERRY LYNN, FOR COMING, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU SHOWING.

AND WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF FARMERS BRANCH AND CHAPEL HILL PREP, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ON HELPING THAT SCHOOL, AS WELL AS ALL THE SCHOOLS IN DISTRICT ONE AND THROUGHOUT THE CITY BEING THE BEST THAT THEY POSSIBLY CAN BE.

WANT TO THANK LINDA AND ADRIAN WITH MY CAMPAIGN TEAM WHO ARE HERE TONIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR LONG, LONG HOURS WORKING TO TRY TO HELP ME GET TO THIS POSITION.

I WANT TO SAY A HUGE THANK YOU TO DISTRICT ONE FOR PUTTING THEIR FAITH AND THEIR TRUST IN ME.

I HOPE I NEVER LOSE SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO PUT ME HERE ARE THEM, AND I SERVE AT THEIR BEHEST.

AND SO I AM INCREDIBLY HONORED AND HUMBLED BY THAT.

I WANT TO THANK AGAIN, BOTH OF MY CHILDREN FOR THEIR PATIENCE AND THEIR GRACE.

AND WE HAD A LOT OF LONG NIGHTS AND HOURS OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS.

AND I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SUPPORTING ME IN THIS AND FOR GIVING ME THE GRACE AND WANT TO OBVIOUSLY THANK MY WIFE, REBECCA, WHO IS HERE, WHO IS MY ABSOLUTE BEST FRIEND. AND I COULD NOT DO THINGS LIKE THIS WITHOUT HER SUPPORT.

AND I AM AN INCREDIBLY LUCKY MAN.

YOU SHOULD HAVE MET THE ONES I MET BEFORE HER.

MY DAD SAID, YOU BETTER MARRY THIS ONE BECAUSE ALL THE OTHERS ARE.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING ELSE.

SO I GOT SOMETHING.

RIGHT. SO TO MY FELLOW TRUSTEES, I JUST HAVE AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF RESPECT FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE AND WHAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO IN THE SERVICE THAT YOU SHOW.

AFTER JUST COMING THROUGH MY FIRST TIME RUNNING IN AN ELECTION, I YOU KNOW, IT IS AN INCREDIBLY CHALLENGING THING AND AN INCREDIBLY HUMBLING EXPERIENCE.

AND ALL OF YOU HAVE DONE THAT.

AND I SO LOOK FORWARD FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH YOU.

I HOPE AND EXPECT WE'LL FIND LOTS AND LOTS OF GROUNDS FOR AGREEMENT, BECAUSE WE ALL VERY MUCH LOVE KIDS AND LOVE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

BUT EVEN IF WE AGREE OR DISAGREE, YOU WILL NEVER HEAR ME BE DISRESPECTFUL TO YOU.

EVER. BECAUSE I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE ANYONE WHO GETS IN THIS POSITION WOULDN'T JUST DOESN'T HAVE THE BEST HEART THEY HAVE FOR KIDS. AND SO I THANK YOU FOR THAT.

JUST A FEW FINAL THINGS.

YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE SOME OF THE GOALS THAT I HAVE THAT I WANT TO SHARE IS THAT MY COMMITMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT I AM PRIORITIZING KIDS ABOVE ALL, IN EVERY DECISION THAT I AM MAKING, BECAUSE WE ARE ALL HERE TO SERVE THEM.

WE ARE ALL HERE HUMBLY TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THEM.

AND I'M INCREDIBLY THANKFUL FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY.

THAT MEANS SUPPORTING OUR INCREDIBLE TEACHERS BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE GREAT STUDENT OUTCOMES WITHOUT AMAZING TEACHERS.

AND I'M SO THANKFUL THAT THE TEACHERS ARE HERE AND PASSIONATE.

AND EVERY DAY THEY WALK INTO SCHOOLS LOOKING KIDS IN THE FACE AND JUST GIVING THEM THE LOVE THAT THEY NEED.

AND THAT'S WHAT OUR STUDENTS DESERVE.

OUR STUDENTS DESERVE TO BE LOVED AND TO BE TAUGHT THE BEST WE POSSIBLY CAN.

I WILL BE A PASSIONATE ADVOCATE FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN DALLAS AND IN DISTRICT ONE.

AND FINALLY, I BELIEVE DALLAS ISD'S GREATEST STRENGTH IS ITS COMMITMENT AND ITS WILLINGNESS TO INNOVATE, ITS WILLINGNESS TO TRY TO SAY, WE'VE GOT TO FIND A NEW WAY EVERY DAY TO REACH MORE KIDS, TO TEACH MORE KIDS, TO GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITIES TO LIVE THE LIVES THAT THEY WANT TO LEAD.

AND SO I COMMIT TO TRYING TO KEEP AND BUILD THAT CULTURE OF INNOVATION, WHICH I THINK PERMEATES THIS DISTRICT.

AND THIS BOARD, COUPLED WITH AN INCREDIBLE SENSE OF URGENCY, BECAUSE THERE ARE STILL THOUSANDS OF KIDS EVERY DAY THAT ARE NOT WHERE THEY NEED TO BE.

I'LL WRAP BY SAYING MY MY WIFE ASKED ME THE NEXT DAY AFTER, HOW DO YOU FEEL? AND I SAID, IT'S THIS ODD FEELING OF RELIEF.

AND EXCITEMENT TO BE FINISHED WITH A WITH A CAMPAIGN PROCESS.

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IT'S A WEIGHT THAT I DO NOT BEAR LIGHTLY, BUT I BEAR GLADLY.

AND I AM INCREDIBLY THANKFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE.

THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE TURNER. ALL RIGHT.

GOOD EVENING. I ACTUALLY PREPARED REMARKS.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY DEEPLY HUMBLED AND INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL AS YOUR NEWLY ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE FOR DALLAS ISD DISTRICT NINE.

THIS MOMENT IS THE CULMINATION OF COUNTLESS HOURS AND HARD WORK, ACCUMULATION OF COUNTLESS HOURS AND HARD WORK, UNWAVERING SUPPORT, AND STEADFAST BELIEF IN THE SHARED VISION FOR A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR OUR CHILDREN.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO THANK MY MOTHER AND MY SISTERS WHO COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY.

AND SPECIAL THANKS TO TIFFANY.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER, KENDALL FOR SUPPORTING ME AND SPENDING MY MONEY ALL THE TIME, BUT I LOVE YOU DEARLY.

YOUR LOVE, ENCOURAGEMENT AND SACRIFICE HAS BEEN THE BACKBONE OF MY JOURNEY AND I WOULD NOT BE HERE WITHOUT YOUR UNWAVERING SUPPORT.

TO THE STEP PROGRAM.

THANK YOU FOR INTRODUCING ME TO LIFE LONG MENTORS LIKE SCOTT FISH, TRACY, CARRIE FRENCH, SCOTT STANLEY, THERESA LYONS, MARCUS GATES, IKKI SOMA, ERIC MASON.

YOUR GUIDANCE AND YOUR WISDOM HAVE SHAPED ME TO BE THE LEADER I AM TODAY.

A HEARTFELT THANK YOU TO THE HONORABLE DIANE RAGSDALE.

I THANK YOU TO.

FORMER TRUSTEE RON PRICE.

TRUSTEE BERNARD. THEY'RE NOT ALL MAN.

AND FORMER BOARD OF TRUSTEE JUSTIN HENRY.

AND MY DEAR FRIEND JUSTIN HENRY.

YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR DEDICATION TO OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN AN INSPIRATION, AND I AM HONORED TO FOLLOW IN YOUR FOOTSTEPS.

I WANT TO EXTEND MY GRATITUDE TO EDUCATE DALLAS PACK FOR OUR KIDS.

PACK. AFT.

NEA. IN TRACK AND EVERYONE WHO HAS DONATED TO MY CAMPAIGN.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO EVERY ELECTED LEADER AND COMMUNITY LEADER WHO ENDORSED ME.

YOUR BELIEF IN OUR CAUSE FUELED OUR DETERMINATION AND MADE THIS VICTORY POSSIBLE.

I APPRECIATE ALL THE VOTERS WHO TOOK TIME OUT OF THEIR BUSY DAY TO CAST A BALLOT.

WHETHER YOU VOTED FOR ME OR NOT, I AM HERE TO WORK FOR YOU.

AND I'M HERE TO DO THE WORK YOU'VE ENTRUSTED ME TO DO.

AND THAT IS TO WORK TO DO WHAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF KIDS AND NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF ADULTS.

TO ALL THE VOLUNTEERS WHO KNOCKED ON DOORS AND MADE CALLS.

THANK YOU. YOUR TIRELESS EFFORTS AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT WERE THE HEARTBEAT OF THE CAMPAIGN TEAM.

TURNER. SHOUT OUT TO WALE, RANDALL CHONGA, ALISON JAMES, ROBIN, DEMARCUS, YASMIN AND SIDNEY WALKER.

THANK YOU FOR WORKING TOGETHER AS A TEAM TO LEAD US TO A STRONG WIN FOR THE KIDS IN DISTRICT NINE.

NEARLY TEN YEARS AGO, WHEN SCHOOLS IN MY IN MY SOUTH DALLAS COMMUNITY BEGAN TO CLOSE, I KNEW I HAD TO DO SOMETHING.

I BECAME AN EDUCATION ORGANIZER FOR THE TEXAS ORGANIZING PROJECT, AND I QUICKLY REALIZED HOW MUCH PARENTS, KIDS, AND TEACHERS NEEDED A CHAMPION TO ADVOCATE FOR THEM ON SO MANY DIFFERENT LEVELS.

I ASKED MYSELF, WHY NOT BE THAT CHAMPION? MY NUMBER ONE PRIORITY AS YOUR TRUSTEE IS SCHOOL SAFETY.

WHEN I DROPPED MY DAUGHTER OFF TO SCHOOL SAFELY, I EXPECT TO PICK HER UP SAFELY.

PERIOD. WHEN A TEACHER OR STAFF COME TO SCHOOL SAFELY, THEIR LOVED ONES EXPECT THEM TO LEAVE A SCHOOL SAFELY.

PERIOD. I WILL FIGHT FOR ADEQUATE RESOURCES, EQUITABLE RESOURCES IN OUR SCHOOLS SO TEACHERS PRINCIPALS CAN PROVIDE THE BEST EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES FOR ALL STUDENTS THAT THEY DESERVE THAT THEY SERVE.

I WILL SUPPORT PROGRAMS LIKE THE TECH CAREER INSTITUTE, TRADE PROGRAMS, AND ACE, ENSURING THAT ALL STUDENTS HAVE EQUITABLE EQUIPPED FOR SUCCESS IN THE FUTURE.

I ASK THE COMMUNITY TO HOLD ME ACCOUNTABLE.

WHILE I KNOW I MIGHT NOT ALWAYS GET IT RIGHT, I ASSURE YOU THAT I WILL ALWAYS LISTEN AND LEARN.

PLEASE HOLD ME ACCOUNTABLE TO DO WHAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF KIDS AND NOT IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF ADULTS.

I AM HUMBLED TO BE YOUR ELECTED TO BE ELECTED AS YOUR DALLAS ISD TRUSTEE, DISTRICT NINE.

I KNOW MANY OF YOU ALL ARE EXPECTING GREATNESS, AND I WILL WORK WITH MY COLLEAGUES IN SUPERINTENDENT ALEXANDER ALEXANDER TO DELIVER GREATNESS.

LIKE I SAID, I'LL BE READY FROM DAY ONE.

HERE I AM, YOUR HUMBLE SERVANT.

READY TO SERVE. THANK YOU.

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AND FOLLOWING THE PUBLIC FORUM WE WILL HEAR THE REPORTS.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS? OKAY. HEARING HEARING NONE.

[6. PUBLIC FORUM]

WE WILL BEGIN WITH SPEAKERS TO AGENDA ITEMS, FOLLOWED BY SPEAKERS TO NON AGENDA ITEMS. I AM ASKING SPEAKERS TO BE MINDFUL OF CHILDREN THAT ARE IN ATTENDANCE, CHILDREN AND UNWILLING ADULT RECIPIENT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN ATTENDANCE AT THIS MEETING SHOULD NOT BE EXPOSED TO LEWD, FILTHY, VULGAR, OBSCENE OR EXPLICIT LANGUAGE FROM SPEAKERS.

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

FURTHER, PLEASE BE MINDFUL OF YOUR FELLOW SPEAKERS AND TO REFRAIN FROM USING INDIVIDUALS NAMES, TO INCLUDE STUDENTS NAMES, 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 TO THE GRIEVANCE POLICY TO SEEK RELIEF VIA THOSE PROCEDURES.

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

PLUS DISRUPT THE DISRUPT THIS MEETING.

RULES OF ORDER AND DECORUM WILL BE ENFORCED DURING THE MEETING, DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, TO ENSURE EFFICIENT MEETINGS, UNLAWFUL AND DISRUPTIVE CONDUCT, INCLUDING INTERRUPTING SCHEDULED SPEAKERS, SPEAKING OUT OF TURN, CROSSING THE ROPED OFF BARRIER, 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 STATEMENTS.

SPEAKERS PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT SUBSTITUTIONS ARE NOT ALLOWED.

IF YOU SIGN UP TO SPEAK, YOU CANNOT SPEAK ON BEHALF OF SOMEONE ELSE.

SPEAKERS WHO FAIL TO ADHERE TO THIS RULE WILL BE INTERRUPTED AND INFORMED.

YOUR COMMENTS ARE OUT OF ORDER.

DOCTOR JORDAN, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE NAMES OF THE SPEAKERS? THANK YOU. 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 AS YOUR NAME IS CALLED.

I WILL CALL FOR SPEAKERS AT A TIME WITH THE FIRST TWO SPEAKERS.

PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.

BILL BENSON AND ROSEMARY KURTZ, FOLLOWED BY ANTHONY PETERSON AND ROBERT CECCARELLI ON DECK.

HOWDY. I'M BILL BENSON FROM 6706 CLIFFWOOD IN DALLAS, AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT SOMETHING I HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT ROUGHLY FOR 19 YEARS IN FRONT OF THIS GROUP.

OF COURSE, MOST OF Y'ALL WEREN'T HERE THEN.

IT'S THE SCHOOL, AND IT'S THE FAMILY AND SCHOOL TIME CAPSULE PROJECT.

IT HAS GOTTEN A NEW NAME.

WE'VE ADDED FAMILY BECAUSE WE'VE COME TO REALIZE THE FAMILIES ARE DRIVING IT.

IT IS A PROJECT STARTING IN PRE-K NOW.

IN OTHER WORDS, WE ASK EVERY PARENT ENROLLING A CHILD IN PRE-K TO COME WITH THE APPLICATION AND A LETTER FROM THE MOTHER, A LETTER FROM THE FATHER, A LETTER FROM EACH GRANDPARENT TO THE CHILD TELLING THE CHILD WHAT THEIR GOALS ARE FOR THE CHILD AND TELLING THE CHILD A STORY FROM FAMILY HISTORY.

NOW, OBVIOUSLY THE CHILD CAN'T READ THE LETTER, SO EACH LETTER WRITER HAS TO MEET WITH THE CHILD AND READ THEIR LETTER TO THEM AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THEY HAVE ABOUT IT.

AND THEN A PERSON CALLED THE SCHOOL TIME CAPSULE POSTMASTER WHO IS A MEMBER, A PARENT ONE OUT OF EVERY 50 ACTUALLY COLLECTS THE ENVELOPES THAT ARE CREATED BY THE PARENTS THAT HOLD ALL THESE LETTERS, AND THOSE ARE PUT INTO THE VAULT IN THE SCHOOL.

THE NEXT YEAR, THE PROCESS IS REPEATED.

THE YEAR OLD LETTERS ARE GIVEN BACK BY THE TIME CAPSULE POSTMASTER TO THE FAMILY.

THE FAMILY READS THE LETTER AGAIN TO THE CHILD.

SO THE CHILD READS A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THIS HISTORY AND THE DREAMS OF THE PARENT FOR THE CHILD.

AND THEN THE PARENT KEEPS THAT ENVELOPE IN A VALUABLE PLACE, BUT THEY GO AHEAD AND WRITE NEW LETTERS.

IT'S A YEAR LATER, THEY'VE PROBABLY GOT NEW THOUGHTS, AND THEY PROBABLY HAVE ANOTHER FAMILY HISTORY STORY TO TELL THE CHILD.

THIS PROCESS REPEATS YEAR AFTER YEAR UNTIL THE THIRD GRADE.

IN THE THIRD GRADE, WE USED THE CHILD'S WRITING ABILITY AND THE CHILD ACTUALLY STARTS WRITING LETTERS TO EACH PERSON.

THEY WANT A LETTER FROM ASKING FOR IT, AND THEN ONCE THE CHILD GETS THESE LETTERS, THEY READ THEM IMMEDIATELY TALK WITH WHO WROTE THE LETTER, AND THEN THEY GO AHEAD AND WRITE THEIR OWN THOUGHTS ABOUT THE LETTERS IN THEIR OWN DREAMS, FOR THEIR OWN FUTURE.

PUT AN ENVELOPE AND THE AND THE POSTMASTER PUTS IT IN THE VAULT.

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EXCUSE ME, TEN YEARS, ROUGHLY UNTIL THE 12TH GRADE.

IN THE 12TH GRADE, THERE'S ONLY ONE CHANGE.

EVERYBODY WRITES LETTERS ABOUT THEIR DREAMS FOR THE STUDENT IN TEN YEARS.

AND THE CHILD READS ALL THOSE LETTERS, WRITES A LETTER TO THEMSELVES ABOUT THEIR OWN DREAMS. IN TEN YEARS, THAT LETTER, SELF-ADDRESSED, GOES INTO THE VAULT.

FOR TEN YEARS THIS WILL BE THE BEST ATTENDED TEN YEAR REUNION.

THANK YOU. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

WILL THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE? ROSEMARY KURTZ AND ANTHONY PETERSON, FOLLOWED BY ROBERT CECCARELLI AND MIKE HOOK.

MY NAME IS ROSIE KURTZ.

I'M A DISD HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER AND A MEMBER OF THE UNION ALLIANCE AFT.

THE UNION AND THE DISTRICT ARE PARTNERS IN A BIGGER FIGHT RIGHT NOW, A FIGHT AGAINST VOUCHERS AND A FIGHT FOR MORE FUNDING FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS.

AND I'VE TRULY APPRECIATED HOW OUTSPOKEN SUPERINTENDENT ELIZALDE HAS BEEN ON THESE ISSUES.

IT'S BEEN TRICKY FACING THIS BUDGET DISCUSSION.

WITH THAT IN MIND. I'VE TOLD PEOPLE THAT YES, WE DESERVE RAISES, REAL RAISES, ACCOUNTING FOR INFLATION AND THE LACK OF ESSER RETENTION BONUSES.

BUT FOR ONCE, I ACTUALLY FEEL LIKE MAYBE IT'S TRUE THAT THE DISTRICT REALLY DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY TO SPARE, SINCE WE ALL KNOW THAT THE GOVERNOR IS HOLDING IT HOSTAGE.

MAKE NO MISTAKE, WE SHOULD GET ABOVE INFLATION RAISES GIVEN THAT THE ESSER FUNDS HAVE RUN OUT AND THERE'S BEEN NO MENTION OF RETENTION BONUSES FOR NEXT YEAR, EVEN AFTER THE 2% RAISE PROPOSED. TEACHERS THAT DON'T GO UP A PERFORMANCE LEVEL WILL BE MAKING LESS THAN LAST YEAR, AND THAT'S NOT EVEN TAKING INFLATION INTO ACCOUNT.

BUT LET'S JUST SAY THAT THE DISTRICT TRULY CAN'T AFFORD TO GIVE ANY MORE THAN WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED.

WELL, AGAIN, SINCE WE ARE IN THIS FIGHT TOGETHER, YOU GOT TO DO SOMETHING TO MAKE UP FOR THAT.

THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TO MAKE OUR LIVES EASIER.

TAKE REQUIREMENTS OFF OUR PLATES.

AS A MATH TEACHER, I CAN SAY THAT GETTING RID OF THE CARNEGIE CURRICULUM WOULD MAKE A TON OF MATH TEACHERS HAPPY AND WOULD SAVE YOU MONEY, A WIN WIN NEW DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION STUDIES SHOW CARNEGIE HAVING EITHER NO EFFECT OR NEGATIVE EFFECT ON EDUCATIONAL RESULTS.

GET RID OF THE INSULTING REQUIREMENT THAT TEACHERS THAT SCORE OVER 90 ON THE SUMMIT OF EVALUATION NEED AN EXTRA REVIEW.

STOP MAKING US WASTE TIME ON BUZZWORDS OR TRENDY NEW INITIATIVES, BECAUSE TEACHING STYLES ARE SO DIFFERENT.

AND JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING SEEMS LIKE A GOOD IDEA DOESN'T MEAN IT WOULD WORK FOR EVERYONE.

AND IF IT DOESN'T WORK FOR SOMEONE, IT DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE A BAD TEACHER.

REDUCE STANDARDIZED TESTING IN OUR SCHOOLS.

LET ME TELL YOU, JUNIOR TEACHERS ARE NOT OKAY WITH YOU TAKING OUR KIDS FOR TWO DAYS OF THE VERY LAST WEEK.

WE HAVE WITH THEM TO DO AN EXTRA TSI TEST.

ALL THESE SUGGESTIONS ARE FREE.

SOME COULD EVEN SAVE YOU MONEY.

WE'RE PARTNERS IN THE FIGHT FOR MORE FUNDING FROM THE STATE, FOR OUR SCHOOLS, AND THE FIGHT TO KEEP PUBLIC MONEY ONLY IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

THE DISTRICT COULD ALSO JOIN US IN THE FIGHT TO SIMPLY MAKE TEACHERS WORK LIVES BETTER AND HAPPIER.

THIS INVITATION IS OPEN AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOUR EFFORTS IN THIS FIGHT AS WELL.

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

ANTHONY PETERSON AND ROBERT CECCARELLI, FOLLOWED BY MIKE HOOK AND REVEREND KEON SINGLETON.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT.

MY NAME IS ANTHONY PETERSON AND I HAVE TWO QUICK ISSUES.

EVERY DISD SCHOOL BUS IS EQUIPPED WITH A FIRST AID KIT.

BUT NONE OF OUR BUS DRIVERS ARE TRAINED IN FIRST AID OR CPR.

A SEVEN YEAR OLD STUDENT FALL ON THE STEPS BOARDING THE BUS AND SUFFERS A DEEP LACERATION IN THEIR FOREHEAD.

AND THE BUS DRIVER.

I'M THE BUS DRIVER, BUT I'M NOT TRAINED.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

A SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENT START EXPERIENCING UNCONTROLLABLE CONVULSIONS AND SUDDENLY STOP BREATHING.

I'M THE BUS MONITOR, BUT I'M NOT TRAINED.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

THE DISTRICT SHOULD TAKE PRIDE IN KNOWING THAT THEIR SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS ARE FIRST AID AND CPR TRAINED STUDENTS THAT'S EXPERIENCING POTENTIAL LIFE AND DEATH EMERGENCIES SHOULD BE COMFORTED BY KNOWING THEIR DRIVERS AND MONITORS OR FIRST AID AND CPR TRAINED.

TELLING A PARENT THAT THEIR CHILD DIED ON THE BUS WHILE WAITING FOR THE PARAMEDICS TO ARRIVE ON THE ON SCENE SHOULD NOT BE AN OPTION.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

NOW THAT YOU KNOW, PLEASE REINSTATE THE FIRST AID AND CPR TRAINING PROGRAM FOR THE 2425 SCHOOL YEAR.

THE DISTRICT ASKED CITIZENS OF DALLAS FOR A NEW STUDENT TRANSPORTATION SERVICE CENTER IN 2018.

THE CITIZENS THE CITIZENS IN A BOND ELECTION SAID YES AT THE BALLOT WITH THEIR WALLET ALSO.

UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S BEEN SEVEN YEARS OF BROKEN PROMISES AND NO ACCOUNTABILITY BY THIS ADMINISTRATION AND SCHOOL DISTRICT.

IT'S BEEN A LOT OF SHUFFLING, MISLEADING, AND BUG DANCING AROUND THE NEED OF A NEW SOUTHERN SECTOR SERVICE CENTER.

PLEASE HONOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE CITIZENS OF DALLAS AND TO THE PATRONAGE EMPLOYEES BOARD OF TRUSTEES, PLEASE CONTINUE TO TO DISMANTLE THIS

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STAY THE COURSE AND LET THE DISTRICT'S COMMITMENT TO TRANSPORTATION SHOW IN THE 2425 BUDGET.

PAT RAINEY'S BOLD AND BEAUTIFUL BLEACH BLOND, BROWN, BLACK, BEIGE AND WHITE SISTERS, ALL WITH BEAUTIFUL LASHES DESERVE TO KNOW WHAT A NORMAL WORK SETTING LOOK LIKE.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

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

ROBERT CECCARELLI AND MIKE HOOK, FOLLOWED BY REVEREND KEON SINGLETON AND KARLA MCGARRY.

GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.

CONGRATULATIONS. DISTRICT NINE.

I'M HERE ABOUT VOUCHERS AND THE SUPERINTENDENT.

WHAT HAPPENED THIS PAST WEEK IS JUST UNBELIEVABLE.

SHE WAS FOR THE VOUCHERS.

SHE FOUGHT FOR EVERY DISTRICT TO HELP DISD FIGHT GREG ABBOTT.

ALSO, SHE HAD LAWSUITS ABOUT SCHOOLS AND DISTRICTS THAT GOT WORSE.

GRADES LIKE A D FROM A D TO A F OR C OR D, SHE BACKSTABBED EVERYBODY.

SCHOOL BOARD.

YOU GOT TO HOLD HER ACCOUNTABLE.

OKAY. THIS THIS NEWS IS PASSED.

WE JUST SHOCKED ME.

AND SHE'S TRYING TO WORK WITH GREG ABBOTT TO MAKE DEALS.

HOW CAN YOU MAKE DEALS WITH GREG ABBOTT? WHAT'S GOING ON IN HOUSTON WITH MIKE MORATH AND MIKE MILES? THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A MUTINY DOWN THERE.

MISS SUPERINTENDENT, WHY DID YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND? IF SOMEONE GET TO YOU, YOU GOT I WOULD BE FOR YOU.

BUT YOU QUIT TOO EARLY.

YOU'RE KNOWN AS A QUITTER NOW.

YOU'RE KNOWN TO BACKSTAB THE TEACHERS IN THE BACK THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE WEEK WITH YOUR PRESS CONFERENCES.

YOU GOT TO WAIT TILL THE END BECAUSE GREG ABBOTT CANNOT BE TRUSTED.

WHY DO YOU THINK YOU CAN TRUST HIM? I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT.

MR WON OVER KIMBALL.

I NEED YOUR HELP.

YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THESE ARE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.

HOLD THE SUPERINTENDENT ACCOUNTABLE ON THIS, BECAUSE SHE WAS THE ONE THAT WAS THE NUMBER ONE FIGHTER FOR THIS.

AND NOW SHE JUST SHOUTED ALL THE HELL SHE.

YOU JUST BROKE EVERYBODY'S HEART WHEN YOU DID THIS.

YOU GOT TO WAIT TILL THE END AND GET HELP FROM EVERYBODY.

TRY TO FIGHT GREG ABBOTT.

WHY DO YOU WANT TO WORK WITH HIM? HE'S GOT HOUSTON AND A MUTINY.

HE'S GOT HOUSTON RIGHT WHERE HE WANTS IT.

AND YOU KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO COME UP HERE BECAUSE MIKE MCGRATH AND MIKE MYERS HAVE HAS THINGS TO SCORE IN DALLAS.

YOU KNOW THAT. I TOLD YOU THAT ALREADY.

YOU GOT TO BELIEVE ME ABOUT THIS OKAY.

BUT WHAT YOU DID I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE SCHOOL BOARD HOLDS HER ACCOUNTABLE.

AND YOU COME BACK HERE NEXT MONTH AND TELL HER IF YOU FEEL LIKE WHAT SHE DID WAS ABOUT THE VOUCHERS, SHE SHE JUST.

STOPPED IT ALL TOGETHER.

SHE'S NOT TELLING THE TRUTH.

SHE LIED TO US.

OKAY, THE VOUCHER IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU COME BACK HERE AND TELL YOUR PIECE ABOUT THIS, OKAY? AND TONIGHT'S GREAT.

BUT NEXT WEEK, THERE'S NO NEXT MONTH, THERE'S NO MONEY.

AND SHE'S KEEPING YOU FROM GETTING THE MONEY.

FIGHT FOR THE MONEY, MAN.

FIGHT FOR IT. I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO DO IT, BUT YOU DIDN'T.

I'M HOLDING DISTRICT NINE ACCOUNTABLE.

AND THE ONE WITH KIMBLE ACCOUNTABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU DO THAT.

THANK YOU. WELL, THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONES, MIKE HOOK AND REVEREND KEON SINGLETON, FOLLOWED BY CARLA MCGARRY AND MARK BUTLER ON DECK.

NUMBER NINE, ARE YOU GOING TO CORRECT THE SITUATION WITH A FEMALE STUDENT BEING ABUSED OR WAS ABUSED BY THE PRINCIPAL AT MADISON HIGH SCHOOL? YOU SAID THERE ARE PROBLEMS. THE NEW ONE SAID THERE ARE PROBLEMS PLAGUING DISD.

DO YOU REMEMBER THE 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.

WHY IS THERE A LINK FROM FOX FOUR NEWS THAT READS IN PART, DISCUSSES DISTRICT'S SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGES? ISN'T THAT OBFUSCATION MESSAGE CONTROL? IT DEFINITELY IS.

WE HAVE DECADES OF NONSTOP TEACHERS, PARENTS, BUS DRIVERS, STUDENTS, STUDENT COUNSELORS, AND OTHERS SUING AND OTHERWISE FIGHTING DISD OVER ABUSE, CORRUPTION, INTIMIDATION, CHILD ABUSE, WRONGFUL DEATH, NO BID CONTRACTS, A WIDE RANGE OF SEXUAL ABUSE AGAINST STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES, MISUSE OF FIREARMS, AND MANY OTHER INEXCUSABLE LONG TERM CHRONIC PROBLEMS. NUMBER TEN, DID YOU MENTION, DID YOU MENTION THAT THE MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD ARE NUMBER TEN? YOU MENTIONED THAT THE NUMBER THE MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD ARE UNPAID, PRESUMABLY SUGGESTING THAT THESE FOLKS ARE WORKING FOR WE THE PEOPLE SELFLESSLY.

THESE FOLKS, THE FOLKS ON THIS SIDE OF YOUR IRON CURTAIN, DO NOT BUY YOUR SUGGESTION.

THE TRUTH IS, YOU'RE AIDING AND ABETTING DIRT POOR EDUCATION.

YOU OBFUSCATE.

YOU'RE RAKING IN 371 GRAND EVERY YEAR FROM US TO THE DETRIMENT OF OUR CHILDREN.

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NUMBER SIX IS THE ONLY ONE WHO OBJECTED TO YOUR 38 GRAND PAY RAISE.

IN HER EFFORT TO DEFEND WE THE PEOPLE AGAINST THE ISD'S ASSAULT ON AMERICAN CITIZENS.

YOU ALL VOTED THAT TRASH ON A BOARD BRIEFING DAY.

YOUR NUMBER, YOUR NUMBER ONE JOB AS AN EMPLOYEE OF AN AMERICAN GOVERNMENT IS TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF WE THE PEOPLE, A JUST AND MORAL PEOPLE.

YOU AND SEAN IN THE INTERVIEW DISCUSS, QUOTE, DISTRICT SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGES.

THAT IS A SPIN DOCTORING, JUST LIKE YOUR PREFERRED PHRASE OPPORTUNITY GAP RATHER THAN WHAT IT IS AN ACHIEVEMENT GAP.

Y'ALL ARE RACKING UP D'S AND F'S IN MANY REGULAR HIGH SCHOOLS OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS, YET YOU MAINTAIN DICTATORIAL STANCE.

EVERY YOUNGSTER IN DALLAS DESERVES WHAT THEY ARE NOT GETTING FROM DISD CIVICS, READING, WRITING AND MATH SKILLS.

THE TEACHERS DESERVE FREEDOM TO TEACH.

WITHOUT THE ISD'S GREEDY, STIFLING STRANGLEHOLD, THESE TEACHERS SPEECHES, DECADE AFTER DECADE, MAKE IT ABUNDANTLY CLEAR THEIR CAPABILITY AND LOVE OF TEACHING AND THEIR LOVE OF THE CHILDREN.

YOUR LAWYER LADEN SPIN DOCTOR MESSAGING MAKES IT CLEAR TO ALL, THANK YOU, MISTER HOOK.

YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

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

REVEREND KEON SINGLETON AND KARLA MCGARRY, FOLLOWED BY MA BUTLER AND CASEY THOMAS.

GOOD EVENING. WHAT IS IT? AN HONOR TO SPEAK TO YOU ALL ON THIS FINE THURSDAY EVENING.

I PRAY AND HOPE EACH OF YOU RECEIVE WHAT I HAVE TO SAY AS THE POWER OF GOD LEADS ME.

MY NAME IS KEN SINGLETON.

I AM A PROUD DALLAS ISD ALUM.

FROM BERTIE ALEXANDER TO ATWELL TO THE ONE AND ONLY THE DAVID W CARTER HIGH SCHOOL, 1819 WEST WHEATLEY ROAD, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75232.

WHICH GIVES ME A VOICE TO SAY, I NEED YOU ALL HELP.

GROWING UP, I UNDERSTOOD THE MOMENT OF SILENCE WAS FOR US TO PRAY, WAS TO PUT THERE FOR PRAYER.

HOWEVER, NO ONE EVER EXPLAINED TO ME UNTIL I GOT TO HIGH SCHOOL.

GRANTED, I WAS A YOUNG GRASSHOPPER AND I DID NOT PRAY LIKE HOW I PRAY NOW, BUT I STILL WONDER WHY WE DIDN'T PRAY IN OUR SCHOOLS.

I WONDER WHY ALL THE BAD THINGS HAPPEN LIKE SCHOOL SHOOTINGS, ADULTS SLEEPING WITH STUDENTS STEALING, FIGHTING.

AND I UNDERSTAND WHOLEHEARTEDLY THOSE THINGS IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

YES, I HEARD YOUR THOUGHTS.

THEY'RE GOING TO HAPPEN IN CHURCHES AS WELL.

HOWEVER, I BELIEVE JESUS CHRIST HAS CALLED ME AND APPOINTED ME TO COME TALK TO YOU ALL ABOUT BRINGING HIM BACK INTO OUR SCHOOLS.

I BEGAN TO PRAY AND ASK JESUS WHY ALL OF THIS IS ALL OF THIS IS GOING ON IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEMS. AND HIS RESPONSE, HIS RESPONSE TO ME WAS THEY KICKED ME OUT THE SCHOOLS.

NOW I AM AN ADVOCATE FOR MENTAL HEALTH, LGBTQ, NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND, BLACK PEOPLE, WHITE PEOPLE, BROWN PEOPLE, AND ALL THE OTHER ETHNICITIES.

BUT I AM DEAF.

I AM A DEFINITE, DEFINITELY AN ADVOCATE FOR CHRIST.

WE NEEDED HIM IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEMS. NOT BECAUSE I SAID SO, BECAUSE HIS WORD SAYS SO IN ALL YOUR WAYS, SUBMIT TO HIM AND HE WILL MAKE YOUR PATHS STRAIGHT.

I AM THE WAY, I AM, THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE.

NO ONE COMES TO THE FATHER EXCEPT THROUGH ME.

SO IF OUR POLICE CARS CAN HAVE IN GOD, WE TRUST IN GOD, WE TRUST IT.

IF AMERICAN IDOL CAN HAVE GOSPEL SONGS BEING MINISTERED ON THERE, THEN I BELIEVE THAT THAT SHOULD TELL YOU ALL SOMETHING, THAT SOMETHING THAT JESUS CHRIST IS ON HIS WAY BACK AND HE IS GOING TO GET HIS WORD ACROSS TO THIS WORLD.

BUT I'M ASKING YOU ALL JUST TO TAKE JUST TO LOOK INTO HIM.

BRING IT, JUST TO LOOK INTO BRINGING HIM INTO OUR SCHOOLS.

WE CAN START BY PRAYING, READING DAILY DEVOTIONALS TO OUR STUDENTS.

THE BENEFITS OF ADDING THIS, ADDING PRAYER AND MEDITATION ACCORDING TO SCIENCE IS PROVED.

IT IT IT PROVES TO US THE QUALITY OF LIFE GETS BETTER, IT REDUCES NEGATIVE ENERGY AND STUDENTS AND STAFF WILL BE MORE POSITIVE.

IT COMES OUR NERVOUS SYSTEM DOWN.

AND I'M JUST A FIRM BELIEVER THAT PRAYER CHANGES THINGS.

AND I BELIEVE ONCE WE ADD IT BACK TO OUR SCHOOLS, IT WILL HELP US.

AS I CLOSE REMEMBER, PRAYER IS NOT A RELIGION.

IT'S A FORM OF COMMUNICATION.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

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

KARLA MCGARY AND MARK BUTLER, FOLLOWED BY CASEY THOMAS AND LAKISHA SAVAGE ON DECK.

HELLO, I AM KARLA MCGARY, PRESIDENT OF THE DALLAS ALUMNAE CHAPTER OF DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY WITH THE MEMBERS OF DALLAS ALUMNAE.

PLEASE STAND. ON BEHALF OF NEARLY 600 MEMBERS OF OUR CHAPTER, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THE OCCASION OF DELTA

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DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY, INCORPORATED IS A PUBLIC SERVICE ORGANIZATION THAT HAS BEEN COMMITTED TO SERVICE THROUGH SOCIAL ACTION SINCE OUR FOUNDING IN 1913. FOR 113 YEARS, DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY HAS ENGAGED IN SOCIAL ACTION ACTIVITIES FOCUSED ON ENACTING LAWS AND POLICY TO SUSTAIN AND EXPAND RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF CITIZENS TO ALL PEOPLE.

CHARTERED IN 1924 BY ONE OF THE SORORITY'S 22 FOUNDERS, FREDRIKA CHASE DODD, AS THE FIRST BLACK GREEK LETTER ORGANIZATION IN DALLAS COUNTY, THE DALLAS ALUMNAE CHAPTER HAS BEEN IN THE FOREFRONT OF SOCIAL ACTION AND POLITICAL AWARENESS FOR 100 YEARS.

THIS YEAR MARKS OUR CHAPTER CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY OF PUBLIC SERVICE SERVING DALLAS COUNTY COMMUNITIES.

OUR PROGRAMS ARE ALIGNED WITH THE OBJECTIVES AND GOALS OF OUR SORORITY AND DIRECTLY REFLECTS OUR ORGANIZATIONS.

FIVE POINT PRAGMATIC THRUST ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS AND INVOLVEMENT, PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH, AND POLITICAL AWARENESS AND INVOLVEMENT.

AS MEMBERS OF THE DALLAS ALUMNI CHAPTER.

WE ARE SOCIAL ACTION WITH OUR MISSION TO PROMOTE LEADERSHIP, ADVOCACY AND EMPOWERMENT TO AFFECT SOCIAL CHANGE AND PUBLIC POLICY.

THE DALLAS ALUMNI CHAPTER CONTINUES TO INSTITUTE PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES UNDER OUR NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES TO FOSTER VOTER REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION, EDUCATIONAL DISPARITIES AND INEQUALITIES, HEALTH EQUITY, REDISTRICTING, FINANCIAL LITERACY AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT.

GENDER EQUALITY.

RACIAL PROFILING.

WE APPLAUD THE DALLAS ISD SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE.

DALLAS ISD SUPERINTENDENT DOCTOR STEPHANIE ELIZALDE, THE ADMINISTRATION, CAMPUS LEADERS, AND TEACHERS FOR THEIR ACTIONS SUPPORTING OUR NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.

DALLAS ISD HOLDS A SPECIAL PLACE IN OUR HEARTS AS IT IS THE ALMA MATER OF OUR NATIONAL FOUNDER, FREDERICA CHASE DODD, WHO GRADUATED FROM DALLAS COLORED SCHOOL NUMBER TWO, NOW BOOKER T WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL, IN 1910.

WE, AS MEMBERS OF THE DALLAS ALUMNI CHAPTER.

DALLAS ISD GRADUATES.

FORMER AND CURRENT EMPLOYEES, PRINCIPALS, TEACHERS, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENTS, BOARD MEMBERS, AND ENGAGED RESIDENTS OF DALLAS COUNTY STAND ON HER SHOULDERS.

WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT DALLAS ISD AND LOOK FORWARD TO A PRODUCTIVE PARTNERSHIP IN THE YEARS TO COME.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

WILL THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONES? MARK BUTLER AND CASEY THOMAS, FOLLOWED BY LAKISHA SAVAGE AND KYLE GAMBLE? YOU MAY BEGIN SPEAKING.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING.

I ADDRESS YOU TODAY? AS MA BUTLER, I AM THE CO-FOUNDER OF THE BLACK MALE ALLIANCE, CEO OF TRE LEADERSHIP, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.

THE REASON WHY I WANTED TO TAKE YOU BACK TO IS, IS THAT THERE'S SOMETHING I WANT TO MAKE YOU AN ALARM TO.

AND AWARE OF.

IN 2020, I WAS APPOINTED TO THE MAYOR'S TASK FORCE TO LEAD THE FIRST VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS TEAM APPOINTED BY THE CITY OF DALLAS.

DURING MY TENURE FROM 2021 AND 2022, THERE WERE SOME INCIDENCES THAT OCCURRED WITH A 14 YEAR OLD THAT KILLED A 12 YEAR OLD.

A TEN YEAR OLD WAS SHOT BY A NINE YEAR OLD.

AN 11 YEAR OLD WAS KILLED IN THE APARTMENT COMPLEX PLOTTED ON BY 216 YEAR OLDS.

AND THAT CAN GO ON HIS LIST FOR ON AND ON.

BUT. THERE'S A DIRECT CONNECTION WITH ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT TYPES OF UNFORTUNATE CIRCUMSTANCES.

ALL OF THESE BEEFS STEMMED FROM SCHOOL.

AND EVEN THOUGH WE TRIED TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE SCHOOL AT THE TIME BECAUSE WE THOUGHT THAT ONCE WE HAD OUR VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION TEAM, THAT WE WOULD AUTOMATICALLY WORK WITH THE ISD BECAUSE WE WORK WITH YOUTH.

WE COULDN'T GET IN.

WE KNEW IT WAS IT WAS HAPPENING.

WE HAD THE TEAM, BUT WE COULDN'T GET IN BECAUSE WE SHARED LIVED EXPERIENCES BECAUSE THAT'S PART OF VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION.

HAVING PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY LIVE IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS AND SHARE THE EXPERIENCES, KNOWING THE MOTHERS AND FATHERS AND GRANDMOTHERS AND PREACHERS AND COACHES, UNDERSTANDING WHERE THESE BEEFS ACTUALLY START AND WHERE THEY END.

BUT I GUESS AT THE TIME IT WASN'T THE SCHOOL SYSTEM'S PROBLEM, BECAUSE IT'S NOT IN OUR CAMPUSES, IT'S NOT IN OUR SCHOOLS, AND IT'S NOT ON OUR GROUND.

RIGHT? SO LET'S FAST FORWARD A COUPLE OF YEARS LATER IN 2024.

HOW MANY SHOOTINGS NOW ON CAMPUS NOW? THESE KIDS HAVE GOTTEN MORE BRAVE AND BOLD TO ACTUALLY HAVE IN THE CLASSROOM.

AS MY FRIEND CALLED ME AND TOLD ME I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO BECAUSE THE SCHOOL TOLD ME TO KEEP IT QUIET BECAUSE I WAS THE ONE THAT WAS IN THE CLASSROOM.

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SEE, WHAT I'M IMPLORING TO YOU NOW IS THAT WE SEE A TREND THAT'S HAPPENING.

AND THESE PEOPLE THAT BACK HERE THAT HAVE BEEN LEADERS IN THE COMMUNITY, EMBEDDED IN THE COMMUNITY, BLACK MEN.

NOT AFRAID TO WALK IN THEIR COMMUNITY AND DEAL WITH FAMILIES.

BUT WE NEED SUPPORT AND WE HAVE BEEN DOING IT ON OUR OWN.

IF IT NOT WEREN'T FOR PEOPLE LIKE TRUSTEE MAXIE JOHNSON, WHO WE SEE WALK THE GROUNDS WITH US EVERY DAY, OR MR. THOMAS GARNER, WHO GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO AT LEAST VOLUNTEER EVERY NOW AND THEN, WE WOULDN'T SEE ANY CHILDREN.

DO WE REALLY WANT TO WAIT UNTIL TEACHERS HAVE TO THINK ABOUT CARRYING A GUN AND BEING IN FEAR OF THEIR LIVES? BECAUSE IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT, THAT'S WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT.

AND I LEAVE YOU WITH THAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. BUTLER, FOR THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS.

PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.

CASEY THOMAS AND LAKISHA SAVAGE, FOLLOWED BY KYLE GAMBLE AND INTERN GRANTS ON DECK.

GOOD EVENING.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TRUSTEES WHO WERE JUST ELECTED.

REMEMBER, THE ROOT WORD OF TRUSTEE IS TRUST.

SO GOOD TO SEE YOU.

IT'S DIFFERENT BEING ON THIS SIDE OF THE THE HORSESHOE.

YESTERDAY, WE HONORED THE LEGACY OF JOHN LEWIS AT THE GROUNDBREAKING OF THE JOHN LEWIS SOCIAL JUSTICE ACADEMY AT OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.

CONGRATULATIONS, TRUSTEE MACKEY JOHNSON, WE STAND WITH YOU.

WE CAN'T ASK OR EXPECT LAW ENFORCEMENT TO DO IT ALL.

WHEN WE'RE FACED WITH A PROBLEM, WE COME TOGETHER AS A CITY AND SOLVE IT.

THESE ARE THE WORDS OF MAYOR ERIC JOHNSON, GIVEN AT THE FUNERAL OF NINE YEAR OLD BRANDON BENNETT, KILLED AS AN INNOCENT BYSTANDER BY A STRAY BULLET DURING A DRIVE BY SHOOTING IN AUGUST OF 2019.

RECOMMENDATION NUMBER FOUR HIRE AND TRAIN CREDIBLE MESSENGERS FROM WITHIN HIGH VIOLENCE NEIGHBORHOODS AS VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS TO KEEP RESOLVABLE CONFLICTS FROM ESCALATING INTO GUN VIOLENCE.

THIS IS THE FOURTH RECOMMENDATION FROM THE MAYOR'S TASK FORCE ON SAFE COMMUNITIES.

THANK YOU, DOCTOR ELIZADE, FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR PROGRAMS SUCH AS BAM! AND WOW. AS A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF DALLAS, I'VE NEVER SEEN A DAY WHEN A SCHOOL IN DALLAS ISD WILL BE CLOSED BECAUSE OF A CREDIBLE THREAT TO DO HARM TO STUDENTS IN A SCHOOL BUILDING.

THE SHOOTING WILMER-HUTCHINS HIGH SCHOOL AND THE FOOTBALL PLAYERS OF ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL THAT WERE SHOT.

OUR COMMUNITY IS HURTING AND THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS WON'T DO IT THIS TIME.

EACH OF THESE MEN BEHIND ME CAME HERE TO STAND WITH US, TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR OWN COMMUNITY.

WE ARE MORE THAN CAPABLE OF DOING IT.

HOWEVER, WE NEED THE RESOURCES TO EXPAND THE CAPACITY TO DO IT WITH.

TODAY WE ARE HERE AS MEN, AS FATHERS, AS HUSBANDS, AS BROTHERS, AS GRANDFATHERS.

TO SAY WE CAN NO LONGER ALLOW OUR WIVES, OUR GRANDCHILDREN, OUR GIRLFRIENDS, OUR CHILDREN TO LIVE IN FEAR.

WE WILL TUTOR OUR CHILDREN.

WE WILL MENTOR OUR BOYS.

WE WILL RAISE OUR BOYS TO BE RESPONSIBLE MEN.

WE ARE ASKING YOU TO ADEQUATELY SUPPORT THOSE WHO ARE DOING THE HARD WORK MANY OF US ARE NOT EQUIPPED TO DO.

IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO RAISE ONE CHILD.

WE ARE WILLING TO DO OUR PART.

WE MUST HAVE THE SUPPORT OF DALLAS ISD.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS.

PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.

LAKISHA SAVAGE AND KYLE GAMBLE, FOLLOWED BY ANTRON GRANT AND REVEREND DONALD PARRISH, JR.

LAKISHA SAVAGE.

ME. OKAY.

I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL.

I THINK IT WAS MONDAY.

MA MAY 6TH FROM MY SON'S CELL PHONE.

IT WAS HIS PRINCIPAL AT CARTER HIGH SCHOOL STATING THAT I NEED TO COME UP TO THE SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY HAD JUST FOUND CONTRABAND ON HIM.

SO I GO UP THERE ABOUT 10:00.

THEY WALK ME TO THE BACK OF THE SCHOOL WHERE HE IS IN A DARK ROOM, ONLY HIM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROOM WITH TWO PRINCIPALS AND TWO SECURITY GUARDS.

I WAS UPSET, LIKE, IS THIS A PRISON OR A SCHOOL? I WAS VERY UPSET.

I TOLD HIM, GET UP, LET'S GO.

THE PRINCIPAL STATED AT THAT TIME HE COULD NOT COME BACK, SO HE TOOK HIM OUT OF SCHOOL.

HE HAD MY SON'S CELL PHONE.

I ASKED FOR IT. HE IGNORED ME.

FOR 2.5 HOURS.

I SAT AT THAT SCHOOL JUST TO GET MY SON'S PHONE BACK.

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THE POLICE WAS OUT THERE.

HE FINALLY GAVE ME THE PHONE AND WE LEFT.

HE HAD TOOK MY SON OUT OF SCHOOL, SO I GOT THE EMAIL AND CALLING PEOPLE.

I WENT UP TO FILE A COMPLAINT AND THEY SAID I HAD TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE STEPS.

SO THEY EMAILED HIM THAT FRIDAY TO NOTIFY HIM OF HIM, OF ME COMPLAINING.

SO HE CALLED ME THAT NEXT MONDAY STATING TO ME, WELL, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO? DO YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND BRING IT BACK? I, I RE-ENROLLED HIM 30 MINUTES LATER, HE SENT OUT AN EMAIL STATING THAT HE TALKED TO ME ABOUT SENDING MY SON TO ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL, AND I WAS LIKE, THAT IS NOT WHAT HE DID. HE JUST.

HE WAS TOLD LIE AFTER LIE.

HE IGNORED ME.

THE ONLY TIME HE SPOKE TO ME WHEN I ASKED HIM FOR THE PHONE BACK WAS ME TELLING HIM, WELL, IF I WAS TO CALL MY 24 YEAR OLD SON UP HERE, I BET YOU WAS ASKING ME, OH, THAT'S A THREAT. OH, YOU'RE GOING TO BE TRESPASSED.

SO HE GIVE ME THE PHONE, I LEAVE, GO HOME.

THEY FINALLY LET MY SON GO BACK TO SCHOOL, BUT HE HAS TO DO 20 DAYS OF ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL.

BUT YOU DIDN'T EVEN HAVE FIND A VAPE ON HIM.

YOU DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING.

HOW'S HE HAVING TO GO TO SUNDAY SCHOOL? BUT YOU LET HIM GO BACK TO SCHOOL.

BUT HE HAS TO GO TO ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL.

I SAY THAT TO SAY THIS.

Y'ALL ARE IN THIS NEW POSITION.

Y'ALL NEED TO SEE WHO Y'ALL PUT IN POSITION OVER OUR KIDS.

I'M IN THE HOOD. I SAY NO, CLIFF, I TAKE I'M A SINGLE PARENT.

I'M INTERESTED IN HIM BECAUSE HE'S A BLACK MAN.

HE DON'T WENT TO SCHOOL.

HE KNOW WHAT TO DO. I THINK HE IS SHOWING MY SON.

NO HE'S NOT. HE'S TRYING TO FRAME MY BABY AND IT SAYS JAMARI AND SAVAGE DRUGS.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT.

THAT'S GOING TO FOLLOW HIM EVERYWHERE HE GOES.

YOU'RE NOT DOING THAT.

AND HE JUST LIE AFTER LIE.

HE TELLING LIE AFTER LIE AND SENDING EMAILS BECAUSE WHEN THESE MEMBERS CALL HIM, THEY GOING TO CALL HIM.

WHAT HE SAY GOES.

AND I HAVE TO DO STUFF LIKE THIS BEAT.

I'M A NURSE, I WORK, I LONG HOURS.

I HAD TO COME HERE ON TIME JUST TO TALK TO Y'ALL ABOUT THIS MAN THAT Y'ALL GOT IN THE HOOD WHERE I'M AT.

KARLA. THANK YOU, MISS SAVAGE.

YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED WITH THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS.

PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.

KYLE GAMBLE.

UNTRUE. AND GRANT, FOLLOWED BY REVEREND DONALD PARRISH JUNIOR AND CLEON MITCHELL.

GREETINGS. BOARD SUPERINTENDENT, MY NAME IS KYLE GAMBLE.

I'M THE FOUNDER OF THE STATE OF THE BLACK MAN.

OUR MISSION IS TO SIMPLY COLLABORATE WITH REACHING OUT TO ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THESE GENTLEMAN IN THE BACK AND ALL BLACK.

WE'RE ALL WORKING IN THE COMMUNITY.

WE'RE TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS, OUR OWN FAMILIES, AND OUR OWN SCHOOLS.

BUT OUR PROBLEM IS WE CAN'T GET IN THE SCHOOLS.

THERE'S TOO MUCH RED TAPE.

THEIR ORGANIZATIONS HAVE TO FACE THAT CAN SIMPLY MEET THE NEEDS OF THE KIDS.

YOU HEARD MY BROTHER MARTIN BUTLER TALK ABOUT LIVED EXPERIENCES, AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO IDENTIFY WITH THOSE KIDS KNOW THOSE KIDS KNOW THOSE PARENTS KNOW THOSE STREETS.

MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE KNOW THE BEEF.

WE KNOW WHERE IT STARTS AND WE KNOW HOW TO END IT.

BUT WE CAN'T GET INTO SCHOOLS.

SO, SUPERINTENDENT.

BOARD AND WHOEVER THE OTHER DECISION MAKERS ARE.

WE NEED A MORE EQUITABLE PROCESS SO THAT WE CAN GO IN AND HELP.

I'M A GRADUATE.

WHEN THAT SHOOTING HAPPENED AT MY SCHOOL, IT BROKE MY HEART.

I'M ALSO A REALLY GOOD FRIEND OF THE COACH FROM ROOSEVELT.

THAT WAS WITH THOSE TWO YOUNG MEN THAT GOT SHOT.

NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU SITTING AT THE HORSESHOE KNOW WHAT HAD HAPPENED.

BUT I DO. AND WE KNOW HOW TO GET IN FRONT OF IT.

WE KNOW HOW TO INTERRUPT IT.

WE'RE QUALIFIED.

WE HAVE THE EXPERIENCE.

Y'ALL GOT TO LET US IN.

NOW I GOT THREE MINUTES, AND THAT'S REALLY NOT ENOUGH TIME TO REALLY ADDRESS WHAT WE CAME TO ADDRESS.

BUT WE JUST CAME TO PUT YOU ON NOTICE.

THAT WE'RE GOING TO EXPECT TO HEAR FROM YOU.

WE NEED THE RESOURCES AND WE NEED THE ACCESS.

WE NOT MARCHING NO MORE.

WE NOT MEET NO MORE.

WE SHOWING UP TO THESE MEETINGS AND WE GOING TO HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE.

WE SHOWING UP TO THE PRINCIPLES, WE SHOWING UP TO THE COUNCILORS.

BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY, THESE ARE KIDS THAT'S GOING THROUGH IT.

SOME OF YOU ON THE BOARD.

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SO WHAT I'LL END WITH IS THIS.

WE EXPECT TO HEAR FROM YOU.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. WITH THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE ON GRANT AND REVEREND DONALD PARRISH JUNIOR, FOLLOWED BY CLEON MITCHELL AND SABRINA BRENHAM. GOOD EVENING TO THE BOARD.

I HAD A.

THE ENTIRE SPEECH, BUT IT'S NOT NEEDED WITH THESE MEN THAT STAND BEHIND ME.

I BELIEVE THAT YOU GUYS ARE UNDERSTANDING WHY WE'RE ACTUALLY HERE.

FOR ME, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, THOUGH.

I HAVE A SON THAT'S GETTING READY TO GRADUATE FROM A PRESTIGIOUS SCHOOL IN DISTRICT SEVEN, AND THIS YEAR HE WAS INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT TO WHERE THERE WAS NO CAMERAS IN THE SCHOOL THAT WAS ACTUALLY WORKING.

BUT HE WAS ALSO SENT TO THE AP.

I'M A PERSON WHO HAS A COMPANY WITH PEER SUPPORT THAT DEALS WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH AND THE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL WELFARE OF THESE CHILDREN, AND I HAD TO BE THERE WITH MY SON.

WAS THERE WHY I HELPED THESE OTHER CHILDREN WHO GO THROUGH THE SAME THINGS, JUST LIKE IN DISTRICT NINE AND DISTRICT SEVEN.

PUBLIC SAFETY AND SCHOOL SAFETY RUNS HAND IN HAND TOGETHER BECAUSE WE SEE THESE THINGS HAPPENING IN THE STREETS.

YOU SEE THESE THINGS HAPPENING IN THE SCHOOL, BUT THEY SPEW OVER FROM ONE FROM ANOTHER.

BUT THESE CHILDREN DO NOT HAVE THE ACTUAL KNOWLEDGE OR THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE TO BE ABLE TO HELP THEM AND TO GET THEM OVER THESE CRUTCHES THAT THEY'RE DEALING WITH.

ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE SAYING IS GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY AND ALLOW US TO SUPPORT YOU TO SUPPORT OUR OWN CHILDREN IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THEM STRONG WITHIN THE DISTRICT, WITHIN THE ACADEMICS, AND EVEN IN THEIR ATTENDANCE.

BECAUSE WHEN OUR LIFE IS LOST, THERE IS NO ATTENDANCE.

THE SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED IN WILMER-HUTCHINS, THAT WAS MY PASTOR.

THAT WAS NOT A TEACHER.

AND FOR YOU TO GO OUT AND SAY PUBLICLY THAT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS ON THE DISTRICT WHEN IT WAS THOSE WITH THE LIVED EXPERIENCE.

IT SHOWS THAT WE ARE NEEDED.

BUT WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO IN ORDER TO OPEN YOUR DOORS TO US THAT WE CAN HELP YOU? THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

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

REVEREND DONALD PARRISH JUNIOR AND CLEON MITCHELL, FOLLOWED BY SABRINA BRENHAM AND DOCTOR LINDY PERKINS.

AMEN. I'M A PASTOR, SO YOU HAVE TO EXCUSE ME.

LET ME SAY THIS.

MY NAME IS PASTOR DONALD PARRISH JUNIOR.

I'M THE VERY PROUD PASTOR OF TRULY MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH.

WE ARE 114 YEARS OLD IN SUNNY SOUTH DALLAS.

I'M ALSO A VERY PROUD GRADUATE OF DISD, MARK TWAIN ATWELL DECATUR HIGH SCHOOL MY WIFE GRADUATED VALEDICTORIAN THE SAME YEAR OF LAW MAGNET. MY YOUNGEST BABY ATTENDS DAVID CARTER HIGH SCHOOL.

RIGHT NOW, FOR 24 YEARS, I HAVE TAKEN DISD STUDENTS ON COLLEGE TOURS, STARTING WITH THE BEST SCHOOL IN THE NATION, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS.

WE DO THAT EVERY YEAR ON THE YEARS THAT WE MISSED THE TWO YEARS DURING THE PANDEMIC.

I HAVE TO WATCH, HOWEVER, EVERY YEAR, AN EVENT THAT I DID A DAY MIDDLE SCHOOL WHERE 600 MEN SHOWED UP FOR THE BREAKFAST WITH DADS EVENT THAT GETS SHARED ON INSTAGRAM AT LEAST 4 OR 5 TIMES A YEAR.

AND I STILL SIT AS AN APPROVED VENDOR, BUT NOT AN AWARDED VENDOR OF DISD, SO I HAVE EVERY QUALIFICATION NECESSARY. I GOT SKIN IN THE GAME.

WE GOT 50 MILLION VIEWS JUST ON FACEBOOK, MAKING THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT LOOK GOOD, PERPETUATING THE MYTH THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING SOMETHING TO HELP YOUNG BLACK MEN. AND I HAVE DONE EVERYTHING WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO, AND YET WE'RE NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO RECEIVE A VENDOR RFP.

SO WHAT I'M SAYING TO YOU IS THIS IF YOU WANT THE TROUBLE TO CONTINUE AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL, THEN KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

BUT IF YOU REALLY WANT CHANGE, THEN LOOK AT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE STANDING WITH US.

MAXI, WE STAND WITH YOU, ED.

WE STAND WITH YOU, SISTER JOYCE.

WE STAND WITH YOU. I'LL STAND WITH ANYBODY WHO STANDS FOR RIGHT.

WHAT I AM TIRED OF DOING AS A PASTOR IN SOUTH DALLAS IS BURYING BLACK BODIES, BECAUSE WE ARE NOT SERIOUS ABOUT ADDRESSING THE ISSUES THAT FACE US.

I HAVE BEEN THE SBM.

I'M TRYING TO SEE MY TIME. I HAVE BEEN THE SBM PRESIDENT AT DADE MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR TEN YEARS.

DADE IS 98% BELOW THE POVERTY LINE, SO YOU CAN IMAGINE THE ISSUES THAT THESE KIDS ARE FACING AND DEALING WITH AND THE TRAUMA THAT THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH. WHY ARE WE PAYING OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WHO DON'T EVEN LIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY TO COME AND POLICE OUR KIDS? WHY CAN'T WE BE ALLOWED TO WORK WITH OUR OWN KIDS IN OUR OWN COMMUNITY, SPEAKING THE LANGUAGE IN WHICH THEY UNDERSTAND?

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IF YOU THINK I'M JOKING, THEN THE NEXT TIME I HAVE TO BURY ONE OF THESE BODIES, MEET ME AT MY CHURCH AND YOU TALK TO THAT MOTHER THE WAY I HAVE TO TALK TO THAT MOTHER AND THAT GRANDMOTHER AND THAT BROTHER AND SISTER.

YOU COME STAND WITH ME AT THE HOSPITAL WHEN I'M SAYING LAST RITES OVER THESE BODIES, AND THIS BOY'S CHEST IS BLOWN OPEN BECAUSE SOME BEEF THAT HAPPENED AT SCHOOL.

MEET ME IN THE HOOD. LET'S SEE IF WE CAN MAKE A CHANGE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS.

PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.

CLEON MITCHELL AND SABRINA BRENHAM, FOLLOWED BY DOCTOR LINDY PERKINS AND ARASH FARASAT.

HOW Y'ALL DOING? MY NAME IS CLEON MITCHELL.

I'M A SOUTH OAK CLIFF HIGH ALUM.

ALL PRO DAD PROGRAM AT SOUTH OAK CLIFF.

STEVE. MAXIE JOHNSON A LOT UP THERE.

OUR SCHOOL IS NOT SAFE.

I'M INSIDE THE SCHOOLS EVERY DAY WITH THE KIDS.

IN THE CAFETERIA EITHER.

SOMETIME THE AIR IS TOO COLD.

OR IT'S NOT COLD ENOUGH.

YOU KNOW, AND THEY KEEP TALKING ABOUT LIVED EXPERIENCES BEING RELATABLE.

WELL, IF IT WAS GUYS LIKE ME, GUYS LIKE THESE GUYS WITH ME WHEN I WAS AT SCHOOL, MAYBE I WOULDN'T HAVE DID 18.5 YEARS IN PRISON.

I SERVED MY TIME, PAID MY DEBT.

NOW I'M A BUSINESS OWNER AND I'M AT SCHOOL EVERY DAY WORKING WITH THESE KIDS.

THESE KIDS RELATE TO ME BECAUSE THEY KNOW WHAT I'VE BEEN THROUGH.

I'VE BEEN THROUGH WHAT THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH.

AND WHAT THEY DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH.

I JUST TOLD THE KIDS JUST RECENTLY, IF YOU DON'T STRAIGHTEN UP, GO IN THE BATHROOM AND LOCK YOURSELF IN THERE FOR ABOUT THREE DAYS.

AND THAT'S WHAT PRISON FEEL LIKE.

THAT KID AIN'T HAD A PROBLEM SINCE.

SO A LOT OF THE KIDS THAT I TALKED TO AT THE SCHOOL, I TELL THEM THE TRUTH AND LIKE SOMETHING MY MY GOOD FRIEND DEREK BATEY ALWAYS SAY WE'RE NOT HERE FOR PHOTO OPS. WE OUT HERE DOING IT FOR REAL? I'M NOT AFRAID TO GO IN THESE SCHOOLS.

I'M NOT AFRAID TO GO IN THESE COMMUNITIES BECAUSE I WAS OUT THERE DOING IT WHEN I WAS SELLING DRUGS.

SO WE NEED PEOPLE LIKE US THAT'S NOT AFRAID TO GO IN AND TALK TO THESE PEOPLE BECAUSE STUDENTS ARE GOING TO KEEP HAPPENING. YOU KNOW, THE THINGS THAT GO ON IN THE SCHOOLS POUR OUT INTO THE STREETS.

THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN THE STREETS COME INTO THE SCHOOLS.

SO WE JUST GOT TO DO BETTER.

YOU KNOW? EVERYBODY GOT TO STAND THIS ONE.

HOW WE UNIFIED EVERYBODY SHOULD BE UNIFIED.

AND I DON'T HAVE A LOT MORE TO SAY, BUT I JUST HOPE IT'S NOT FALLING ON DEAF EARS.

THANK YOU. WITH THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONES SABRINA BRENHAM AND DOCTOR LINDY PERKINS, FOLLOWED BY A RASH FARASAT AND YOLANDA WILLIAMS. SABRINA BRANHAM, SIX SIX, TWO ONE LAGRANGE DRIVE.

IN DECEMBER OF 2012, ONE OF THE DEADLIEST SCHOOL SHOOTINGS TOOK PLACE IN SANDY HOOK.

MAY 18TH, 2018.

THE EIGHTH DEADLIEST SCHOOL SHOOTING TOOK PLACE IN SANTA FE HIGH SCHOOL NEAR HOUSTON, TEXAS.

MAY 24TH, 2022.

ANOTHER DEADLY SCHOOL SHOOTING TOOK PLACE IN UVALDE, TEXAS, JUST THREE HOURS AWAY FROM AUSTIN, TEXAS, WHERE I WAS SUPERINTENDENT ONCE SERVED AS SUPERINTENDENT.

THE NEXT FOLLOWING MONTH, JUNE OF 22.

STEPHANIE, OUR SUPERINTENDENT, WAS ELECTED TO SERVE AS A SUPERINTENDENT FOR DALLAS ISD BASED ON HER PROVEN TRACK RECORD OF RAISING ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS.

BUT OUR DISD SCHOOLS ARE FAILING.

THE TRACK RECORD ALSO SAYS THAT OUR SUPERINTENDENT UNDERSTANDS THE IMPORTANCE OF DEVELOPING RELATIONSHIPS WITH INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITIES THAT ARE HOME TO EACH INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL.

BUT OUR SUPERINTENDENT IGNORED THE COMMUNITY OF HIGHLAND HILLS WHEN WE WERE, AND STILL ARE IN OPPOSITION OF OUR SCHOOL. NAME CHANGE TO KENNEDY CARRY A SCHOOL.

THE HIGHLAND HILLS COMMUNITY CHERISHED.

TO MAKE THE LONG STORY SHORT, OUR SUPERINTENDENT TRACK RECORD DOES NOT INDICATE ANYTHING ABOUT SAFETY.

FINALLY, IN AN INTERVIEW ON MAY 13TH, 2020, FOR OUR SUPERINTENDENT IS FINALLY NOW CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY AFTER THE SHOOTING AT WILMER-HUTCHINS HIGH SCHOOL.

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THE DAY BEFORE THE SHOOTING WHEN THE STUDENT HAD A GUN AT THE SCHOOL, SO IT WAS OKAY FOR THE STUDENT TO RETURN BACK TO THE SCHOOL THE NEXT DAY TO SHOOT A STUDENT IN THE LEG.

WHY WASN'T THE SAFETY POLICY UTILIZED DURING THIS TIME? BEFORE THE STUDENT COULD EVEN COME BACK AND DO ANY HARM TO ANYONE.

ON ANOTHER NOTE, DISD HAS SPENT TAX DOLLARS ON BILLBOARDS AND ADVERTISING FOR SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS.

THAT'S OKAY, HOWEVER.

BUT WHEN A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER ACCEPTS A LONG TERM ASSIGNMENT, ESPECIALLY AT L.G.

PINKSTON AND THE SUB COORDINATOR CONTINUES TO MAKE INCORRECT ERRORS FOR THE SUBSTITUTE TEACHER THAT HAS ACCEPTED THAT LONG TERM POSITION TO BE PAID CORRECT.

CAN WE GET THAT STRAIGHT? AND I HOPE THAT CHECK IS CORRECT TOMORROW.

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

DOCTOR LINDSEY PERKINS AND ARASH FARASAT, FOLLOWED BY YOLANDA WILLIAMS AND BRITTANY LAWRENCE ON DECK.

GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS DOCTOR LINDA PERKINS, AND I'M CURRENTLY AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT BARBARA MANN'S ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL, AS WELL AS ETP FELLOW, WHICH STANDS FOR TEXAS EDUCATION POLICY INSTITUTE.

I COME TO YOU ON THIS DAY TO DISCUSS THE NEED TO HAVE AN ESTABLISHED, NOTED POLICY FOR THE OPERATIONAL FUNCTION OF THE DAP PROGRAM.

WE KNOW THAT ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE FOR STUDENTS WHO VIOLATE THE DISTRICT'S STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT ON COMPREHENSIVE CAMPUSES AND MAGNET SCHOOLS.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, DAP SHOULD HAVE A STRICTER CODE OF CONDUCT FOR STUDENTS NOT TO PUNISH THEM, BUT TO CORRECT UNWANTED BEHAVIORS AND TO GET STUDENTS BACK ON THE RIGHT PATH.

IN LIFE.

WE ALL MUST ABIDE BY RULES AND LAWS.

IF WE VIOLATE THOSE RULES, THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES.

CURRENTLY, DAP STUDENTS ARE UNDER THE SAME GOVERNING BOARD POLICY AS IT RELATES TO THE EXPECTED CONDUCT AND BEHAVIORS OF STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICTS. STUDENTS SHOULD NOT BE AFFORDED THE SAME PRIVILEGES AT THE DAP.

THE DAP NEEDS ITS OWN SET OF RULES DIFFERENT FROM COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOLS AND MAGNET SCHOOLS.

THE CURRENT BOARD POLICIES DO NOT REFLECT WHAT STUDENTS AT DAP CAN HAVE, BRING, OR WEAR.

IN THE PAST, OUR EFFORTS HAVE BEEN TO ENSURE THE EDUCATIONAL FOCUS FOR STUDENTS ATTENDING DAP FUNCTIONS UNDER SPECIFIC RULES AND GUIDELINES.

WE DO HAVE OUR OWN STUDENT AND PARENT HANDBOOK.

ADDITIONALLY, EXTENSIVE RESEARCH HAS BEEN DONE ON SEVERAL OF THE ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS IN VARIOUS SUBURBS AND CITIES, AND THEIR OPERATING RULES ARE AS SUCH. NO JURY.

NO HEADBANDS.

WATCHES. FACIAL PIERCINGS.

EARBUDS. LIP GLOSS.

MAKEUP. WEARING TENNIS SHOES ONLY, NO HEADPHONES, TORN OR TATTERED PANTS, OR REVEALING TATTOOS.

WE WILL LIKE OUR HANDBOOK RULES TO BE REFLECTIVE OF BOARD POLICY.

THIS WILL ALLEVIATE ANY DISCREPANCIES IN EXPECTATIONS AT DAP.

FOR STUDENTS IN ATTENDANCE.

PLEASE CONSIDER REVIEWING AND APPROVING OUR HANDBOOK AS A GUIDE FOR GOVERNING THE DISCIPLINARY ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM.

WITH SUCH RULES AND GOVERNANCE IN PLACE, IT MIGHT HELP WITH THE RECIDIVISM AT DAP.

AND ALSO TO SET US APART FROM COMPREHENSIVE CAMPUS.

WE ALSO NEED TO INCLUDE PARENTS IN THIS PROCESS TO PROVIDE THEM WITH SUPPORT AND RESOURCES IN WORKING WITH THEIR OWN CHILD.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR LISTENING.

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

A RASH FOREST AND YOLANDA WILLIAMS, FOLLOWED BY BRITTANY LAWRENCE AND PATRICIA DOYLE.

GOOD EVENING BOARD. MY NAME IS IRISH AND I'M A RESIDENT OF OAK CLIFF.

I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ABOUT THE WILMER-HUTCHINS SHOOTING.

I'VE LIVED IN DALLAS ABOUT 20 YEARS, AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE SPOKEN BEFORE THIS BOARD AND.

FRANKLY, IT'S REALLY HARD FOR ME TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF PUBLIC.

IT GIVES ME ANXIETY.

SO HOPEFULLY THIS LITTLE PINK NOTEBOOK WILL HELP ME GET THROUGH IT.

I WANT TO ECHO WHAT THE OTHER FOLKS HAVE SAID SO FAR ABOUT WILMER-HUTCHINS, BUT I WANT TO USE MY LIMITED TIME TO DRILL DOWN ON ON ONE THING THAT IS ON MY MIND, AND THAT IS. THE MANNER IN WHICH THE DISTRICT CHOSE TO RESPOND FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT, AND HANDLING THE TRAUMA AND CONCERNS OF THE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS AT THAT SCHOOL.

SO I KNOW THE BOARD IS AWARE OF THE SHOOTING ITSELF.

I WONDER HOW MUCH THE BOARD KNOWS ABOUT THE TREATMENT OF THE TEACHERS WHO WERE SUPPORTING THE STUDENTS, AS WELL AS THE STUDENTS WHO DECIDED TO SPEAK UP.

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AND I WANT TO POSE THIS QUESTION WHAT WAS THE EXPECTATION IF I WAS A TEACHER IN THAT CLASSROOM AND 30 OF MY STUDENTS WALKED OUT AT THAT MOMENT, AM I JUST SUPPOSED TO SIT ON MY HANDS AND LET THEM WALK OUT INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET WITH NO CHAPERON, WITH NO ACCOMPANIMENT? IS THAT SAFE? WE JUST HAD A GOVERNOR WHO PARDONED A MAN WHO DROVE THROUGH A CROWD OF PROTESTERS AND SHOT A MAN DEAD AND LEFT HIS PARAPLEGIC WIFE WITHOUT A CARETAKER.

WHAT IS THE LESSON? WHAT IS THE MESSAGE THAT THE GOVERNOR GIVES? WHEN HE DOES THAT.

AND WHAT IS THE MESSAGE? WHAT IS THE LESSON THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS GIVING? WHEN IT RETALIATES AGAINST THE TEACHERS LIKE THIS.

JUST FOR SUPPORTING THE STUDENTS, JUST FOR BEING THERE FOR THEM.

NOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS THE REASON FOR FIRING THOSE TEACHERS.

MAYBE IT WAS BECAUSE THEY TALKED TO NBC.

WHO KNOWS? BUT THIS BOARD HAS A RESPONSIBILITY OF OVERSIGHT.

AND THOSE DECISIONS NEED OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATION.

SO I CALL ON YOU TO REINSTATE THOSE TEACHERS, REINSTATE TYREE DEAN, REINSTATE THE OTHER TEACHERS THAT WERE FORCED TO RESIGN BY BEING BULLIED AND PUT UNDER DURESS.

AND TALK TO THE PARENTS, BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM ARE NOT HAPPY ABOUT THE WAY THEIR CHILDREN WERE ALSO INTIMIDATED.

AND THREATENS AFTERWARDS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

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

YOLANDA WILLIAMS AND BRITTANY LAWRENCE, FOLLOWED BY PATRICIA DOYLE AND STEWART BECKER.

CAN I GO AHEAD AND GO? YOLANDA WILLIAMS, NOT PRESENT.

BRITTANY LAWRENCE.

HELLO. NORMALLY, I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT COLLABORATIVE KINDERGARTEN.

I AM NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT COLLABORATIVE KINDERGARTEN TODAY.

WHAT I AM HERE TO DO.

I ACTUALLY SCRAPPED MY SPEECH WHILE I WAS BACK HERE BECAUSE I ACTUALLY, AFTER HEARING SOME OF THE SPEECHES FROM SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN HERE TODAY, I THINK THERE'S EVEN MORE SKIN IN THE GAME HERE TODAY.

I'M COMING ON BEHALF OF NYU HARLEY, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW WHAT N.W.

STANDS FOR. THAT'S NORMAN WASHINGTON.

HARLEY. NORMAN WASHINGTON HARLEY WAS A TEACHER AT COLORED SCHOOL NUMBER TWO IN DALLAS.

AND HARLEY ITSELF WAS AN ALL BLACK SCHOOL IN THE ONE OF THE FIRST FREEDMEN TOWNS IN THE AREA.

IT'S A HISTORICAL DISTRICT, A HISTORICAL SCHOOL WITH A LONG HARROWED HISTORY OF SERVING THE MARGINALIZED.

AND MY DAUGHTER HAS DOWN SYNDROME, MY DAUGHTER HAS DOWN SYNDROME.

AND N.W. HARLEY IS A SCHOOL, A SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING SCHOOL, A SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING SCHOOL THAT WAS JUST INFORMED THAT WE WILL NOW HAVE A HALF TIME COUNSELOR. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO JUST LET THAT SETTLE IN FOR YOU.

AS SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING SCHOOL WITH A HALF TIME COUNSELOR, WE'LL BE SHARING OUR COUNSELOR NOW WITH ANOTHER SCHOOL, A SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING SCHOOL WITH A HALF TIME COUNSELOR AT A HIGH PERCENTAGE, SPED SCHOOL, A HIGH PERCENTAGE LOW INCOME SCHOOL, A SCHOOL THAT OUR COUNSELOR LITERALLY WORKS.

FROM THE MOMENT SHE GETS INTO THAT SCHOOL TO THE MOMENT SHE WALKS OUT OF THAT SCHOOL.

MY DAUGHTER JUST DID HER GRADUATION FOR PRE-K, FOR WHICH SHE HAS MET ALL ALMOST ALL OF HER IEP GOALS, AND WE HAD TO MAKE NEW GOALS AT HER HEART BECAUSE SHE IS INCREDIBLE AND HER TEACHERS ARE INCREDIBLE.

AND OUR COUNSELOR IS INCREDIBLE.

AND WE JUST HAD OUR OUR GRADUATION CEREMONY WHERE CHILDREN WITH DOWN SYNDROME, AUTISM AND ALL SORTS OF VARIOUS SPECTRUMS WHAT, GOT TO WALK ON STAGE AND ACCEPT THEIR PRE-K FOR GRADUATION? YOU KNOW WHY THEY WERE ABLE TO DO THAT SUCCESSFULLY? BECAUSE WE HAVE WONDERFUL SCHOOL TEACHERS AND COUNSELORS WHO ARE WILLING TO DO THE WORK.

WHY ARE YOU NOT WILLING TO SERVE THE MARGINALIZED IN OUR MARGINALIZED COMMUNITY? I COME ALL THE TIME.

I COME EVERY MONTH TO TALK ABOUT HARLEY AND YOU NEVER DO THE WORK.

HELP US TO STOP KIDS FROM GOING TO SCHOOL WITH GUNS.

HELP US STOP IT NOW.

IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WITH THE HELP OF OUR COUNSELORS AND OUR TEACHERS, SERVE OUR MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES, SERVE OUR BLACK

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MISS LAWRENCE, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

WILL THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE? PATRICIA DOYLE AND STUART BECKER, FOLLOWED BY JUDITH JUAREZ AND KYLE MCGUIGAN.

GOOD EVENING. I'M DOCTOR PATRICIA DOYLE.

I'M A PHYSICAL THERAPIST IN THE SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, SECOND VICE PRESIDENT OF ALLIANCE AFT AND A RESIDENT IN DISTRICT THREE.

TOMORROW I WILL COMPLETE MY 10TH YEAR WORKING FOR DALLAS ISD.

IN THE LAST TEN YEARS, MY TAKE HOME PAY HAS DECREASED EVERY YEAR.

YES, I'VE RECEIVED SOME PAY RAISES AND RETENTION BONUSES, BUT EACH YEAR ANY PAY INCREASE IS QUICKLY ELIMINATED BY THE INCREASED COST OF BENEFITS.

AND I'M A LUCKY WOMAN BECAUSE I'M RELATIVELY HEALTHY AND ONLY MUST COVER THE INSURANCE FOR MYSELF.

I KNOW THAT DALLAS ISD HAS OPTED TO BE PART OF THE TRS INSURANCE SYSTEM, BUT LIKE MANY THINGS RUN BY THE STATE OF TEXAS, THE BENEFITS ARE TERRIBLE.

WITH THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES IN THIS DISTRICT ALONE, I'M CERTAIN THAT BETTER, MORE AFFORDABLE INSURANCE COULD BE FOUND.

WE WOULD CERTAINLY HAVE LEVERAGE TO NEGOTIATE A BETTER DEAL THAN TRS, BUT UNLESS OR UNTIL THAT HAPPENS, I SEE ONLY TWO OPTIONS GET A BETTER INSURANCE DEAL FOR YOUR EMPLOYEES, OR PAY MORE INTO THE BENEFITS TO MAKE THE COST OF INSURANCE MORE AFFORDABLE.

SO I'M ASKING THE DISTRICT TO ACT ON THIS NEED.

BETTER, MORE AFFORDABLE BENEFITS WOULD GREATLY AID IN STAFF AND TEACHER RETENTION.

WE ARE ALL AWARE OF THE STATE'S LACK OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND THE EFFECTS IT HAS HAD ON THE DISTRICT'S ABILITY TO PAY ITS EMPLOYEES A UNIVERSALLY FAIR WAGE. BUT WE ARE ALSO AWARE THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS PAID WAGES MUCH HIGHER THAN TEACHERS AND STAFF, THAT COULD BE CURTAILED TO IMPROVE THE FINANCIAL BURDEN WE ARE UNDER.

I URGE THE DISTRICT TO INVEST IN THE WORKFORCE THAT IS WORKING DIRECTLY WITH THE STUDENTS OF DALLAS ISD AND TO ENSURE THAT EVERY CLASSROOM IS ADEQUATELY STAFFED WITH CERTIFIED QUALITY TEACHERS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION.

THERE ARE STILL MANY CLASSROOMS WITHOUT TEACHERS, AND THEY HAVEN'T HAD TEACHERS THE ENTIRE SCHOOL YEAR.

BEYOND SALARIES AND BENEFITS, THE DISTRICT COULD STOP THE MASS EXODUS OF EDUCATION STAFF BY A FEW SIMPLE MOVES TO MAKE THE WORKPLACE CLIMATE CONDUCIVE FOR TEACHERS, STAFF AND STUDENTS. I'M IN CLASSROOMS ALL OVER THE DISTRICT, AND HERE ARE THE COMMON THEMES.

BE MORE SUPPORTIVE OF STAFF AND TEACHERS BY HONORING THEIR TIME.

THIS INCLUDES PLANNING TIME AND DUTY FREE LUNCH.

ALLOW THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO COLLABORATE WITH OTHERS IN THE DISTRICT.

STREAMLINE THE EXCESSIVE AND REDUNDANT PAPERWORK.

LET TECHNOLOGY WORK FOR YOU.

RECOGNIZE ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN CLASSROOMS. TOO OFTEN, THE ONLY FEEDBACK STAFF RECEIVES IS WHAT ISN'T HAPPENING, OFTEN WITH A THREATENING EMAIL.

UNDERSTAND THE MULTITUDE OF ISSUES THEY ARE DEALING WITH DAILY, INCLUDING HOMELESSNESS, FAMILY VIOLENCE, HUNGER, ABUSE AND NEGLECT.

PROVIDE MORE SUPPORT BY ADEQUATELY, ADEQUATELY STAFFED CLASSROOMS WITH THE RESOURCES AND MATERIALS NEEDED TO DO THEIR JOBS.

QUIT OVERCROWDING CLASSROOMS, ADDRESS BEHAVIORAL ISSUES, PROVIDE SUPPORT FROM THE TOP DOWN, AND LEAD FROM WITHIN, NOT FROM ABOVE.

HOLD ADMINISTRATORS WHO WORK AGAINST THE BEST INTERESTS OF THEIR STAFF AND STUDENTS ACCOUNTABLE, AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE ABIDING BY STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS.

THANK YOU, DOCTOR DOYLE.

YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

WILL THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE? STUART BECKER AND JUDITH JUAREZ, FOLLOWED BY KYLE MCKINNON AND CARBON WEST CAMPER.

MY NAME IS STUART BECKER.

I'VE BEEN A TEACHER IN DALLAS ISD FOR SEVEN YEARS.

I'M A MEMBER OF ALLIANCE AFT EDUCATORS SCHOOL WORKERS UNION.

ON APRIL 12TH, AN ACTIVE SHOOTER INCIDENT TOOK PLACE AT WILMER-HUTCHINS RESULTING IN AN INJURY TO A STUDENT.

DURING THE INCIDENT, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION PROVIDED NO FORMAL COMMUNICATIONS TO STUDENTS AND STAFF, FORCING THEM TO RELY ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND WORD OF MOUTH FOR CRITICAL INFORMATION REGARDING THEIR OWN SAFETY.

ON APRIL 15TH, AROUND 40 TO 50 STUDENTS ORGANIZED A WALKOUT TO DEMAND SAFETY REFORMS AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR POOR COMMUNICATION.

FOLLOWING THE WALKOUT, BOTH TEACHERS AND STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION FACED SEVERE RETALIATION, INCLUDING JOB TERMINATION AND INTERROGATION. WITHOUT PARENTAL CONSENT, WE DEMAND THE REINSTATEMENT OF DISMISSED TEACHERS, IMMEDIATELY REINSTATE TEACHER TYREE DEAN AND OTHER TEACHERS WHO FACE RETALIATION AND WERE TERMINATED WITH A FIRM COMMITMENT AGAINST FUTURE REPRISALS SO THEY CAN CONTINUE THEIR WORK OF SUPPORTING THE STUDENTS OF WILMER-HUTCHINS HIGH SCHOOL. TERMINATING TEACHERS IS AN EXTREMELY HARSH PUNISHMENT FOR SUPPORTING OUTRAGE AND TRAUMATIZED BLACK AND BROWN STUDENTS AND CHAPERONING THEM DURING THEIR ACTION. STUDENTS WALKED OUT AND TEACHERS WENT WITH THEM.

ON TOP OF THIS, THIS HARSH PUNISHMENT WAS AGAINST BLACK TEACHERS WHO FIGHT FOR EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE IN A DISTRICT WHICH PROFESSES TO CARE ABOUT EQUITY AND SOCIAL

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ALL RIGHT? THEY SHOULDN'T TRY TO THREATEN MY JOB BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO GIVE THEM A VOICE.

THEY DESERVE TO HAVE A VOICE IN THIS COUNTRY.

THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT THEY ARE IMPORTANT AND AND THAT REGARDLESS OF THEIR ZIP CODE AND WHERE THEY ARE FROM, THAT THEY MATTER IMMEDIATELY.

REINSTATE TEACHERS. IS WHO WE TERMINATED.

TYREE DEAN, MADDIE MESSERLY, AND CHASTITY EVANS.

THANK YOU FOR THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS.

PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.

JUDITH JUAREZ, FOLLOWED BY KYLE MCGINN WITH CARBON WEST CAMPER AND ELIZABETH FERRIS ON DECK.

HELLO, MY NAME IS JUDITH, AND I'M A MEMBER OF THE PARTY FOR SOCIALISM AND LIBERATION, AS WELL AS A GRADUATE OF THE ISD'S OWN IRMA RANGEL YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP SCHOOL, CLASS OF 2019.

I ALSO HAVE TWO SIBLINGS IN THE DISTRICT, BROTHER IN 11TH GRADE AND A SISTER IN SEVENTH GRADE FINISHING UP THOSE YEARS.

AS MY BROTHER APPROACHES A SENIOR YEAR AND MY SISTER HEADS TO HIGH SCHOOL, I THINK ABOUT THE TEACHERS AND THEIR LIVES THAT THEY TALK NONSTOP ABOUT.

WE'VE TALKED A LOT AT THIS MEETING ABOUT LIVED EXPERIENCES, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT'S AT THE CORE OF WHAT A GOOD TEACHER AND A GOOD MENTOR IS BEING ABLE TO RELATE TO STUDENTS.

I THINK ABOUT THE TEACHERS WHO ENCOURAGED ME IN HIGH SCHOOL AND ARE THE BIG REASON THAT I CURRENTLY HAVE A BACHELOR'S DEGREE.

AND I THINK ABOUT WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN IF THEY HADN'T BEEN IN MY LIFE IN HIGH SCHOOL.

TEACHERS AND MENTORS THAT CHANGE LIVES ARE THE REASON THAT SO MANY OF US ARE IN PLACES THAT WE ARE TODAY.

TEACHERS LIKE TYREE DEAN AND THE OTHERS AT WILMER-HUTCHINS HIGH SCHOOL WHO WORKED TIRELESSLY TO ENSURE THAT THEIR STUDENTS FEEL HEARD, LOVED AND SUPPORTED BECAUSE THEY.

THEY WILL NOW.

THEY ARE NOW UNDER THREAT TO HAVE THEIR CONTRACTS NOT RENEWED BECAUSE THEY WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND AT THEIR JOB, BECAUSE THEY WALKED OUT WITH THEIR STUDENTS FOR DOING WHAT THE DISTRICT AND THE STATE HAS BEEN BEGGING TEACHERS TO DO FOR SO LONG PROTECT THEIR STUDENTS.

IN A TIME WHERE PUBLIC EDUCATION IS UNDER CONSTANT ATTACK BY PEOPLE WHO ARE MORE INTERESTED IN MAKING A PROFIT THAN CREATING A BETTER FUTURE FOR THEIR STUDENTS.

IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE DISTRICT TO STAND BEHIND THESE TEACHERS AND SHOW UP FOR THEM IN TIMES LIKE THESE.

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE DISTRICT'S COMMITMENT TO SUPPORTING AND UPLIFTING BLACK AND LATINO MALE TEACHERS IN THE DISTRICT AND MINORITY SCHOOLS? IS THAT INITIATIVE NO LONGER A THING? IS THAT NO LONGER IMPORTANT? WHY ARE WE LETTING GO OF AN EXCELLENT AND CAPABLE TEACHER LIKE MR. DEAN? DISMISSING THE THREE TEACHERS THAT WILMER-HUTCHINS IS A TERRIBLE LOOK FOR THE DISTRICT, AND IT'S A TERRIBLE EXAMPLE TO SET FOR OUR CHILDREN.

THE REINSTATEMENT OF ALL THREE TEACHERS WOULD TRULY SHOW THE DISTRICT'S SUPPORT OF ITS TEACHERS, AND SHOW THAT THIS CITY IS COMMITTED TO RIGHTING THE WRONGS THAT HAPPENED ON THAT TRAGIC FRIDAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS.

PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.

KYLE MCGINN AND CORBIN WEST KAMPER, FOLLOWED BY ELIZABETH FARRIS AND ARTHUR FLEMING ON DECK.

GOOD EVENING. ON APRIL 12TH, AN ENTIRELY AVOIDABLE TRAGEDY UNFOLDED AT WILMER-HUTCHINS HIGH SCHOOL.

CONTRARY TO DALLAS ISD POLICY AND THE BASIC NORMS OF CAMPUS SECURITY, REVOLVER MADE IT PAST A METAL DETECTOR AND INTO THE BUILDING WOULD WIND UP BEING FIRED AT A STUDENT IN THE MIDDLE OF CLASS.

MATTER WHO'S TO BLAME FOR SUCH A MONUMENTAL OVERSIGHT.

I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT THIS WAS AN INJUSTICE, AND THAT IT INFRINGED ON THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT THAT KIDS POSSESS THE RIGHT TO A PEACEFUL EDUCATION.

SO I HAVE A QUESTION.

WHENCE WOULD WE HAVE THEM? DO WE HAVE THEM SIT IDLY BY OR ALLOW THEIR VOICES TO BE IGNORED? OR WOULD WE HAVE THEM FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE SET BY HISTORY'S GREATEST HEROES, THE VERY ONES WE TEACH THEM ABOUT IN OUR SCHOOLS? PEOPLE LIKE ROSA PARKS, GANDHI OR MLK JR, WHO USED THE TOOL OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE TO ROUSE ENTIRE POPULATIONS FROM APATHY.

WE DON'T EXPECT STUDENTS TO DO THE SAME WHEN THEIR OWN RIGHTS ARE REVOKED.

THEN WHY EVEN TEACH HISTORY IN THE FIRST PLACE? THERE HAVE BEEN ALMOST 200 MASS SHOOTINGS THROUGHOUT THE FIRST HALF OF 2024, MAKING GUN VIOLENCE ONE OF THE FOREMOST HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES OF OUR TIME.

I BELIEVE THAT THE BRAVE STUDENTS WHO STAGED LAST MONTH'S PROTEST AT WILMER-HUTCHINS, AND THE COURAGEOUS TEACHERS WHO ENSURED THEIR SAFETY SHOULD BE COMMENDED, NOT REPRIMANDED.

THE ONLY CRIME THOSE KIDS COMMITTED WAS TO PUT THE LESSONS OF HISTORY THE SAME LESSONS THEY ROUTINELY GET TESTED ON INTO PRACTICE, AND THEIR TEACHERS ARE ONLY GUILTY OF ALLOWING THIS TO TAKE PLACE WITHOUT ANYBODY GETTING HURT.

I DISAGREE WITH THE DECISION TO NOT RENEW THE CONTRACTS OF EDUCATORS LIKE MR.

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

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

CORBIN WEST CAMPER AND ELIZABETH FARRIS, FOLLOWED BY ARTHUR FLEMING AND JANE COME ON DECK AFTER THE SHOOTING AT WILMER-HUTCHINS, A SITUATION WHICH THE DISTRICT HAS ALREADY ADMITTED WAS ENABLED BY THEIR NEGLIGENCE, THE STUDENTS MADE THEIR VOICES HEARD WITH A WALKOUT.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT OVERALL WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE.

IN THE PAST, SCHOOLS HAVE COORDINATED WITH THEIR STUDENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WALKOUTS OVER THINGS LIKE IMMIGRATION ISSUES OR GUN CONTROL ARE SAFE AND SUPERVISED, AND GENERALLY, THOSE STUDENTS ARE APPLAUDED FOR TAKING A STAND, FOR BEING INTERESTED IN POLITICS IN THE WORLD.

AND YET, WHEN THE STAND THEY'RE TAKING IS ABOUT SAFETY IN THEIR OWN BUILDING, THEY'RE PUNISHED.

AND THE TEACHERS WHO HELP SUPERVISE THEM AND KEEP THEM SAFE DURING THE WALKOUT, WELL, THEY'RE FIRED.

TYRENE DEAN AND TWO OTHER WILMER-HUTCHINS TEACHERS WERE PUT ON LEAVE AND THEN QUICKLY SERVED WITH NON-RENEWAL NOTICES IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE WALKOUT, ALL BECAUSE THEY SUPPORTED THEIR STUDENTS IN STANDING UP FOR THEMSELVES.

IT MAY BE THAT IN A STATE WITH AT WILL EMPLOYMENT LAWS, THE DISTRICT DOES RESERVE THE LEGAL RIGHT TO TERMINATE MR. DEAN AND LEAVE HIM AND HIS WIFE STRUGGLING TO SUPPORT THEIR CHILD.

BUT THAT DOES NOT MAKE IT MORALLY RIGHT.

THE VOTERS WHO ELECT THE SCHOOL BOARD ARE WATCHING HOW THE TRUSTEES HANDLE THE SITUATION AND HOW LITTLE THEY VALUE PASSIONATE TEACHERS.

DALLAS ISD STARTED A PROGRAM A FEW YEARS AGO SPECIFICALLY TO RECRUIT BLACK MEN TO BE TEACHERS, BECAUSE STUDENTS HAVE SHOWN REPEATEDLY THAT THEY BENEFIT FROM TEACHERS WHO LOOK LIKE THEM. THE DISTRICT FOUND A GREAT ONE IN MR. DEAN. HE IS TAUGHT AND WANTS TO CONTINUE TEACHING IN A SCHOOL WITH A SIGNIFICANT BLACK STUDENT POPULATION.

HE'S CLEARLY PASSIONATE ABOUT HIS WORK AND CARES SO MUCH ABOUT HIS STUDENTS THAT HE WAS WILLING TO WALK OUT TO WATCH OVER THEM AND SUPPORT THEM.

DISMISSING MR. DEAN DOES NOT REFLECT WELL ON THE DISTRICT.

THE TRUSTEES AND ADMINISTRATION NEED TO THINK HARD ABOUT THE NARRATIVE THAT WILL BE SHOWN AND HEARD BY THE RESIDENTS AND VOTERS OF THIS DISTRICT.

DO THEY WANT TO LOOK LIKE A DISTRICT THAT PUNISHES THOSE WHO ARE UNDERSTANDABLY UPSET AFTER A SCHOOL SHOOTING IN THEIR BUILDING? DO THEY REALLY THINK THAT THESE STUDENTS ARE BETTER OFF THESE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS WITH A SUB THAN WITH THE TEACHERS WHO LOVE THEM? IT'S OBVIOUS THAT AFTER A TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE, GRACE SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THOSE WHO SUFFERED.

A STUDENT THAT MR. DEAN KNEW SHOT ANOTHER STUDENT THAT HE KNEW.

THIS IS HEARTBREAKING FOR THE TEACHERS WHO CARE ABOUT BOTH STUDENTS.

WOULDN'T THE DISTRICT RATHER BE SEEN AS ONE THAT NOT ONLY ADMITS THE WRONGDOING, BUT IS ABLE TO WORK EFFECTIVELY AND COMPASSIONATELY WITH THOSE WHO WERE IMPACTED AND TRAUMATIZED? THE DISTRICT NEEDS TO DO A MEA CULPA AND OFFER BACK THE PETITION POSITIONS NOT ONLY TO MR. DEAN, BUT ALSO TO THE TWO OTHER TEACHERS WHO THEY MUSCLED OUT SO THEY CAN CONTINUE TEACHING AND CARING FOR THESE KIDS WHO NEED THEM.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

WITH THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE ELIZABETH FARRIS AND ARTHUR FLEMING, FOLLOWED BY J.

NUMB AND BRUCE COPELAND.

ELIZABETH HARRIS. NOT PRESENT.

ARTHUR FLEMING.

GOOD EVENING, ARTHUR FLEMING, PAST PRESIDENT, NAACP DALLAS.

I WANT TO ADDRESS THE RACIST FLIER THAT HAD MARTIN LUTHER KING AND MALCOLM X ON IT.

BUT BEFORE I TELL YOU ABOUT THAT, I WANT TO SAY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME.

I WORKED FOR DICK FOR 19 YEARS SEVEN YEARS AS A TEACHER AND 12 YEARS AS A SUBSTITUTE.

AND AND I SUBSTITUTE A LOT OF DIFFERENT CLASSES.

SO I DID AN ESL CLASS, YOU KNOW, QUITE A FEW TIMES.

AND ONE DAY OVER SOUTH OF CLIFF I NOTICED THAT THE MATERIAL THAT THEY WERE USING TO TEACH THE KIDS HOW TO READ.

WAS WAS RACIST.

THE STORY WENT LIKE THIS.

IT WAS A IT WAS LIKE A IN A SODA FOUNTAIN SITUATION.

EVERYBODY COME IN AND HAVING A GREAT TIME.

THEN THIS BLACK GUY COMES IN, RIGHT? RUDE AND ROBBED THE PLACE.

NOW THIS IS READ MATERIAL FOR KIDS.

AND HE SAYS SO, YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING ON NOW, BUT WHAT I'M ASKING IS I REQUEST THAT DSWD REVIEW ALL ESL CONTENT FOR SUBLIMINAL RACIST CONTENT AND THAT IT BE REMOVED.

I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE LAST TIME YOU ALL CHECKED THE ESL CONTENT, BUT I'VE BEEN TO SEVERAL CLASSES, AND I SAW WHERE IT WAS INAPPROPRIATE.

I ALSO REQUEST THAT THE COMMUNITY BE GIVEN A LIST OF ALL BLACK AUTHORS AND LITERATURE REMOVED DURING THE CRT CRAZE.

WHAT IS DISD'S CURRENT POLICY AND MAKE AND MAKE THE LIST AND POLICY AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY ON YOUR WEBSITE FOR PARENTAL REVIEW.

THE FLY WAS RACIST.

THE BLACK AND BROWN COALITION NEED, NEED TO BE REWORKED.

I KNOW A LOT OF HISPANICS THAT PUT WHITE ON THEIR BIRTH CERTIFICATE, AND I FEEL THAT THAT LEADS TO THIS TYPE OF INSENSITIVITY.

SO I ASK IN THE FUTURE THAT DISD DON'T INSULT OUR COMMUNITY WITH THIS TYPE OF OBVIOUS, DEMEANING PICTORIAL OF SOME OF OUR GREATEST AMERICAN LEADERS AND THE ISSUE OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE CAMPAIGN IN THE CONTEXT OF A SUBSTANCE ABUSE CAMPAIGN.

ON THE VOUCHER ISSUE.

DON'T TRUST.

OKAY, FIRST OF ALL, ABBOTT JUST GAVE A PARDON.

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YOU CAN'T WORK WITH HIM.

YOU CAN'T. I MEAN, YOU NEED TO BE IN FIGHT MODE.

YOU REMEMBER THEY CAME AND TRIED TO TAKE OVER THE DISTRICT ONCE BEFORE, AND YOU CAN'T JUST GIVE UP.

AND SO I'M JUST GOING TO CLOSE BY SAYING THIS.

YOU NEED TO FIGHT THE GOVERNOR.

OR WE'LL HAVE TO FIGHT YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

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

JAY NUM AND BRUCE COPELAND, FOLLOWED BY PATRICIA JONES AND ANDREW KIRK.

GOOD EVENING, TRUSTEES.

I'M A TEACHER AT A NEIGHBORING SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT I'M FRIENDS WITH MANY DISD EDUCATORS AND PARENTS.

I WAS ONE OF MANY SPEAKERS AT THE LAST SCHOOL BOARD MEETING WHO EXPRESSED DISMAY THAT PYRIDINE, MADDIE MASOLI AND CHASTITY EVANS WERE TERMINATED FROM THEIR POSITIONS AT WILMER-HUTCHINS FOLLOWING THE WALKOUT THAT HIS STUDENTS ORCHESTRATED ON THE MORNING OF APRIL 15TH.

WHILE SPEAKER AFTER SPEAKER POINTED POINTED OUT THE GREAT LACK OF BASIC SAFETY PROTOCOLS SUCH AS BAG CHECKS AT THE METAL DETECTOR, AND THESE WERE CONFIRMED BY THE ISD POLICE DEPARTMENT, IT SEEMED THAT THE SCHOOL AND DISTRICT'S MOST DECISIVE COURSE OF ACTION WAS TO TERMINATE TEACHERS WHO WERE NOT EVEN THE ONES THAT LED TO THE SECURITY BREACH. AND I'M DISAPPOINTED TO SEE THAT DESPITE THE PLEAS OF SO MANY PEOPLE AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING, THESE TEACHERS REMAIN TERMINATED WHILE THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE SCHOOL FACES NO CONSEQUENCES.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THE MESSAGE THAT THIS UNJUST TERMINATION IS SENDING TO CURRENT AND FUTURE DISD TEACHERS AND THE BROADER COMMUNITY. TONS OF DATA SHOWS THAT PEOPLE ARE LESS AND LESS WILLING TO BE TEACHERS.

LESS PEOPLE WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL TO MAJOR IN EDUCATION, AND LARGE PERCENTAGES OF NEW TEACHERS LEAVE WITHIN THE FIRST FIVE YEARS OF THE PROFESSION.

WE KNOW PART OF THIS IS THE LOW PAY COMPARED TO OTHER COLLEGE EDUCATED PROFESSIONS AND THE BACKBREAKING WORKLOAD.

BUT ANOTHER PART OF IT IS THE PUNITIVE APPROACH THAT THE DISTRICTS LIKE THE ISD, TAKE TO TEACHERS.

TEACHERS ARE NOT TREATED AS PROFESSIONALS, BUT RATHER AS PEOPLE WHO NEED TO BE KEPT IN LINE BECAUSE THEY'LL SCREW SOMETHING UP.

WE CAN SEE THIS IN TE.

TEACHERS PAY IS TIED TO THINGS OUT OF THEIR CONTROL, LIKE THE SCHOOL STAAR SCORE OR ARBITRARY QUESTIONS ON THE STUDENT SURVEY.

BUT WE CAN ALSO SEE THE SAME PHILOSOPHY IN THE WAY THE DISTRICT REMOVES HARDWORKING TEACHERS LIKE MR. DEAN, MISS MESSERLY AND MISS EVANS FROM THE CLASSROOM TO FIRE A WARNING SHOT AT OTHER TEACHERS.

THEY DIDN'T ORCHESTRATE THE STUDENT WALKOUT.

THEY KEPT STUDENTS SAFE WHILE THE KIDS DID THEIR OWN ACTION AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE.

IT'S OBVIOUS THAT THESE TEACHERS CARE ABOUT THEIR STUDENTS, NOT JUST ACADEMICALLY, BUT AS HUMAN BEINGS.

REMOVING THESE TEACHERS DEPRIVES THEIR STUDENTS OF ACADEMIC LEARNING, BUT ALSO TELLS STUDENTS AND THE BROADER COMMUNITY THAT THE SCHOOL DOES NOT CARE ABOUT THEIR BEST INTERESTS. HONESTLY, I'M ALSO BAFFLED BY THE FIRING IN THE FIRST PLACE BECAUSE IF NOTHING ELSE, I THOUGHT THE DISTRICT WOULD KEEP ITS OWN IMAGE IN MIND.

WILMER-HUTCHINS ALREADY LOOKS BAD FOR DROPPING THE BALL ON SECURITY, BUT IT LOOKS WORSE TO USE TEACHERS AS SACRIFICIAL SACRIFICIAL LAMBS.

I DON'T THINK A PROSPECTIVE TEACHER SEES THAT AND THINKS, WOW, WHAT A GREAT DISTRICT TO WORK AT.

AND I DON'T THINK A PARENT WITH KIDS SEES THAT AND THINKS, WOW, THAT SCHOOL REALLY CARES ABOUT MY KIDS.

I URGE THE BOARD TO RECONSIDER AND GIVE MR. DEAN, MISS MEHSERLE AND MISS EVANS THEIR POSITIONS BACK.

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

BRUCE COPELAND AND PATRICIA JONES, FOLLOWED BY ANDREW KIRK AND DOMINIQUE JONES ON DECK.

BRUCE COPELAND.

NOT PRESENT PATRICIA JONES.

OH, BRUCE COPELAND.

GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY.

SOME OF YOU GUYS KNOW ME.

SOME OF YOU DON'T. BUT.

CHANGE. WOULD LIKE TO STAND AND SAY THANK YOU TO TO THE DISD EMPLOYEES, COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THOSE THAT ARE HERE TODAY, ESPECIALLY TRUSTEE JOHNSON.

I WANT TO SAY PERSONALLY MYSELF, THANK YOU.

YOU ALWAYS COME FROM THE HEART AND I APPRECIATE THAT ALWAYS, REGARDLESS IF WE AGREE OR NOT.

BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, I THINK I THINK WE WERE HERE TODAY TO DISCUSS THE SLIDESHOW THAT WAS PUT OUT DEPICTING SOME OF THE MOST PROMINENT AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THIS COUNTRY TIED TO DRUG ABUSE.

THAT TIE ANGERED US.

GOT READY TO FIGHT.

WE REALLY, AS CHANGE WAS READY TO MEET THIS DISTRICT IN A FIGHT.

BUT WHEN I GOT THE WORD THAT THIS DISTRICT WAS READY TO MEET WITH THE COMMUNITY AND NOT AVOID THE CONVERSATION, I RESPECT THAT.

WE ALL RESPECT IT.

WE ALL DID AND APPRECIATED IT.

SO INSTEAD OF COMING TO THIS BOARD WITH OUR ARMS OUT, WITH OUR HANDS OUT READY TO SWING AT YOU GUYS, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE TO THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR

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YOU KNOW, AT ONCE. I HEARD A LINE THAT IN A BOOK IT SAID, WITH ALL THY KNOWLEDGE GET YOU AN UNDERSTANDING.

AND WHEN WE MET WITH YOU GUYS, WE GOT AN UNDERSTANDING.

GOT A VERY CLEAR UNDERSTANDING THAT SOMETIMES SOME OF THE THINGS THAT'S HAPPENING IN THIS COMMUNITY AND AROUND THIS CITY IS BEYOND YOUR CONTROL.

AND YOU CAN ONLY CONTROL WHAT YOU CAN CONTROL.

AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE DEALT WITH AND ARE DEALING WITH.

THAT YOU HAVE LIMITED ENGAGEMENT BECAUSE OF PEOPLE'S RIGHTS.

AND EVEN TO AND EVEN DECIDE POLICIES, YOU CAN'T VIOLATE THEM.

SO THAT UNDERSTANDING CHANGED OUR PERCEPTION.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE.

SO INSTEAD OF COMING HERE TODAY TO BEAT YOU GUYS UP AND SCREAM AND HOLLER AND ARGUE, CHANGE IS HERE TO SAY TO YOU.

BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE THAT UNDERSTANDING.

HOW CAN WE HELP? I SPENT 32 YEARS, THE LAST 32 YEARS IN COURT ARBITRATIONS, FEDERAL AGENCIES HELPING SOME OF THE MOST DISASTROUS COMMUNITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY.

I WAS READY TO TAKE MY EXPERIENCE OF WHAT I'VE DEALT WITH FOR THE LAST 32 YEARS AND USE IT AGAINST YOUR EDUCATION.

BUT I LEARNED SOMETHING FROM YOUR STAFF.

AND THANK YOU. HOW CAN WE HELP YOU? THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

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

PATRICIA JONES AND ANDREW KIRK, FOLLOWED BY DOMINIQUE JONES AND ALBERT MR ON DECK.

GOOD EVENING, TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT.

MY NAME IS PATRICIA JONES, AND I AM THE SECRETARY TREASURER OF ALLIANCE A OF T LOCAL 2260 334 CENTER STREET, DALLAS, TEXAS.

I WANT TO START BY CONGRATULATING OUR NEW TRUSTEES, EDWIN TURNER AND LANCE CURRY, AND WELCOME THEM TO THE DISD BOARD.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU BOTH IN MAKING DISD THE BEST IT CAN BE.

TO THE OUTGOING TRUSTEES, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

WE KNOW THIS IS OFTEN A THANKLESS JOB WITH NO PAY AND LONG HOURS SOMETHING.

TRUSTEES TURNER AND CURRY ARE ABOUT TO EXPERIENCE FIRSTHAND.

WHILE I'M SURE EVERYONE WILL BE HEARING ABOUT MANY OF THE ISSUES AND PROBLEMS DISD FACES THIS EVENING, WHICH IS VITALLY IMPORTANT, I WANT WANTED TO KEEP MY SPEECH SHORT THIS EVENING AND INSTEAD HIGHLIGHT TWO EMPLOYEES FOR THEIR EXCELLENT WORK.

BOTH MR. DINO HARRIS AND MR. DAVID BATES SHOULD BE COMMENDED FOR THEIR WORK IN TRANSPORTATION.

BOTH HAVE MET DIRECTLY WITH THE TRANSPORTATION EMPLOYEES TO PROVIDE A ROAD MAP FOR THE DEPARTMENT, AND TO DIRECTLY ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS EMPLOYEES HAVE.

WE KNOW THERE ARE STILL MANY ISSUES.

OUR TRANSPORTATION EMPLOYEES FACE.

BUT WE BELIEVE BOTH MR. HARRIS AND MR. BATES WOULD BE INSTRUMENTAL IN CHANGING THE CULTURE IN THE DEPARTMENT AND BRINGING OUR TRANSPORTATION EMPLOYEES THE RESPECT THEY DESERVE.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

AND YOUR TIME.

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

ANDREW KIRK AND DOMINIQUE JONES, FOLLOWED BY ALBERT, ALBERT, MIA AND SABINA LAWRENCE ON DECK.

GOOD EVENING, TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT.

TO OUR NEW TRUSTEES.

I'M ANDREW KIRK, SUNSET HIGH SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER AND ALLIANCE AFT SECONDARY SCHOOLS VICE PRESIDENT.

TONIGHT, I PLAN TO ADDRESS THE 2425 DISTRICT BUDGET, PARTICULARLY PROPOSALS RELATED TO STAFFING AND COMPENSATION.

OUR UNION SUPPORTS THE PROPOSED BUDGET'S ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES TO HIRE ADDITIONAL MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIANS AND LIBRARIANS, WHICH FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS HAS BEEN A CENTRAL DEMAND OF OUR READ CAMPAIGN OUR RESPECT, EQUITY, DIGNITY, DIGNITY.

AT MANY CAMPUSES, STUDENT ATTENDANCE HAS NOT RETURNED TO PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS.

TEACHERS AND SUPPORT STAFF HAVE NOTED AN UPTICK IN VIOLENT INCIDENTS BETWEEN STUDENTS, SOMETIMES INVOLVING ADULTS AS WELL.

MANY OF OUR MEMBERS HAVE EITHER WITNESSED OR DIRECTLY EXPERIENCED VIOLENCE AT THEIR WORK SITES.

ADDITIONAL MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIANS AND LIBRARIANS DO ASSIST IN MITIGATING SOME OF THE FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THAT.

WHAT DOESN'T ADDRESS SCHOOL VIOLENCE OR TRAUMA IS A DECISION MAKING PROCESS IN WHICH CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION REMAINS ABOUT ONE THIRD OF THE DISTRICT'S OPERATING BUDGET, GIVEN THE DIRE LEVEL OF NEED AT THE CAMPUSES.

WE HAVEN'T YET SEEN A CURRENT NUMBER OF THE POSITIONS ELIMINATED, BUT JUDGING FROM THE VOLUME OF CALLS OUR UNION STAFF HAVE RECEIVED, MANY OF THOSE AFFECTED BY THE BUDGET CUTS ARE STUDENT FACING WORKERS.

AMONG TEACHERS, THEY SEEM TO BE DISPROPORTIONATELY CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, OR CTE, AND ELECTIVE, ESPECIALLY ARTS TEACHERS.

WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF A CRISIS.

WHILE MUCH OF THAT CRISIS IS OF OUR GOVERNOR AND LEGISLATURES MAKING, NOT ALL OF IT IS WHAT ACCOUNTS FOR WHAT ADEQUATELY EXPLAINS A NEARLY $200 MILLION

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HOW AND FOR WHAT PURPOSE WERE ESSER FUNDS ULTIMATELY UTILIZED? VENDING OR TUTORING? VENDOR CONTRACTS? EDTECH. OUR UNIONS ACTIVISTS WELL, REMEMBER FIGHTING FOR RETENTION INCENTIVES FROM THOSE MONIES, WHICH WERE ULTIMATELY TIED TO T SCORES AT A CRITICAL MOMENT.

THIS UNDERCUT ALREADY FLAGGING MORALE WHILE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION WITH JUSTICE BLAMES THE GOVERNOR AND LEGISLATURE.

DALLAS ISD HAS ALSO CONSISTENTLY FAILED TO INVEST IN ITS WORKERS.

TEACHERS IN TEXAS NOW EARN 6% LESS THAN THEY DID IN 2015, ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY CONDUCTED BY THE NEA.

COMPENSATION IS ONLY ONE FACET OF THE ISSUE AND THE ONE THAT TYPICALLY RECEIVES THE MOST MEDIA COVERAGE.

MORE PERVASIVE AND DEEPLY FELT IS A GENERAL LACK OF SUPPORT FOR A GROWING WORKLOAD, A WORKLOAD THAT IS PHYSICALLY, MENTALLY, AND EMOTIONALLY EXHAUSTING IN A WAY DIFFICULT FOR THOSE OUTSIDE EDUCATION TO FULLY GRASP.

OUR MEMBERS ARE ANTICIPATING RETURNING IN THE FALL TO CROWDED CLASSES AND MULTIPLE CONTENT PREPS AS CLASSES ARE CONSOLIDATED TO ELIMINATE OR HIDE VACANCIES.

A NUMBER OF TEACHERS ALREADY RECEIVED THEIR NON-RENEWAL OR EXCESS NOTICES, SOME DURING TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK.

AS UNSUSTAINABLE AS EXISTING WORKLOADS ARE AND AS LOW AS MORALE HAS BEEN, THE SEEMINGLY IMMINENT BUDGET CUTS WILL ONLY DEEPEN THAT TREND.

THESE DECISIONS ARE A POLITICAL CONTINGENCY, AND NO OUTCOME IS INEVITABLE.

WE URGE YOU ALL TO SERIOUSLY ENGAGE WITH THE CONCERNS RAISED BY THE WORKERS WHOSE LABOR MAKES EDUCATION IN DALLAS POSSIBLE.

MR. KIRK, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

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

DOMINIQUE JONES AND ALBERT MIA, FOLLOWED BY SABINA LORENZ AND DAVID LOWRY.

DOMINIC ALEXANDER, I MEAN DOMINIC JONES.

NOT PRESENT.

ALBERT'S MIA, FOLLOWED BY SABINA LAWRENCE AND DAVID LOWERY.

HELLO, MY NAME IS ALBERT MEJIA.

AFTER THE SHOOTING THAT TOOK PLACE ON APRIL 12TH AT WILMER-HUTCHINS HIGH SCHOOL, STUDENTS STOOD UP AND DEMANDED THEIR VOICES BE HEARD BY HOLDING A WALKOUT.

DESPITE THE WALL SET IN FRONT OF THEM, THE STUDENTS DID NOT FAIL IN DEMONSTRATING THEIR SOLIDARITY.

STANDING TALL IN THE FACE OF THE ADMINISTRATION AND DEMANDING THE PROPER PROCEDURES BE PERFORMED, PERFORMED, AND ENSURING THAT THE SCHOOL IS SAFE.

IT ONLY MAKES SENSE THAT THESE STUDENTS WANT TO FEEL SAFE IN THEIR OWN SCHOOL.

THE STUDENTS WERE LET DOWN AND THEY WANTED EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT.

THERE WERE SOME TEACHERS THAT REALIZED THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE WALKOUT AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE STUDENTS WERE SAFE AND WALKED OUT WITH THEIR STUDENTS AS A REMINDER THAT THEY ARE NOT ALONE. DALLAS.

DALLAS ISD STATED, STARTED A PROGRAM TO RECRUIT MEN OF COLOR TO BE TEACHERS, AND THEY FOUND A GREAT ONE HERE IN MR. DEAN. HE CLEARLY CARES ABOUT HIS STUDENTS, THAT HE'S WILLING TO WALK OUT AND LOOK OVER THEM.

WE ALL NEED TEACHERS LIKE THAT.

DISMISSING MR. DEAN FOR STANDING UP ALONGSIDE THE STUDENTS IS SHAMEFUL.

HOW OFTEN DO WE FIND TEACHERS WHO ARE NOT ONLY GREAT AT TEACHING OUR FUTURE LEADERS, BUT WHO ARE WILLING TO PUT THEIR JOB ON THE LINE TO DO SO? THIS IS NOT A GOOD LOOK FOR THE DISTRICT.

A DISTRICT WILLING TO TO TERMINATE AN OUTSTANDING TEACHER, SUCH AS MR. DEAN AND THE TWO OTHER TEACHERS WHO WALKED OUT ALONG THEIR STUDENTS.

WHAT KIND OF MESSAGE WILL THE SEND TO THE STUDENTS, THE PARENTS, THE TEACHERS, THE RESIDENTS, AND ALL THE VOTERS IN THE DISTRICT, ALL OF WHICH YOU HAVE LET DOWN? PLEASE, PLEASE RECONSIDER REINSTATING THESE TEACHERS.

THANK YOU FOR THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS.

PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.

SABINA. SABINA LORENZ, FOLLOWED BY DAVID LOWERY WITH GEORGE CUBA AND JASMINE FLORES ON DECK.

SABINA LORENZ.

NOT PRESENT DAVID LOWERY.

HI THERE. THANK YOU.

SO I JUST WANT TO TAKE SOME TIME.

THIS IS FOR THE PARENTS AND AND VICTIMS OF GUN VIOLENCE.

TEACHERS WHO PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINES FOR OUR KIDS.

WHICH IS SO CRAZY TO SAY.

AND KIDS WITH SUCH BRIGHT FUTURES LIKE THE ONES WHO WERE HERE JUST A LITTLE WHILE AGO.

I'M HERE BECAUSE TYREE DEAN AND THE TEACHERS WHO WERE FORCED TO RESIGN FROM WILMER-HUTCHINS NEED TO BE REINSTATED.

THERE WILL BE GRIEVANCES FILED ON THIS ISSUE, BUT THEY NEED TO BE REINSTATED.

AND IMPROVED GUN SAFETY PROTOCOLS NEED TO BE SOURCED AND APPROVED.

DRILLS AND EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATIONS CAN BE PRACTICED ALL AT LITTLE COST.

THIS IS A QUESTION YOU ALREADY HAVE BEEN OR WILL BE ASKED A LOT.

TO KNOW WHICH OF YOU HAS CHILDREN AND WHO WOULD WHO WOULD NOT WANT SOMEONE TO STAND UP FOR THEIR SAFETY AND FOR THEIR VERY LIVES? THIS IS SUCH A SERIOUS ISSUE THAT THE ADMINISTRATION OF WILMER-HUTCHINS HIGH SCHOOL COULD THINK THAT YOU COULD SWEEP A SCHOOL SHOOTING UNDER THE RUG AND HOPE PEOPLE MOVE ON.

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STATISTICALLY SPEAKING, THIS WILL HAPPEN AGAIN.

EVERY STUDENT AND TEACHER AND PARENT KNOWS THAT I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T KNOW.

LET ME SEE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT MADE WILMER-HUTCHINS ADMINISTRATION THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO FORGET.

THIS WILL THIS WAY, THIS EVENT, THE WAY THIS EVENT WAS HANDLED, ONLY GUARANTEES THE RESULTS OF SHOOTINGS WILL BE WORSE IN THE FUTURE.

IF STUDENTS DON'T FEEL SAFE, THEY CAN'T FOCUS.

SOME WILL NOT GO, WILL NOT GO, AND SOME WILL DROP OUT.

INCREASING CRIME TEACHERS STOP APPLYING, AFFECTING THE AFFECTING THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION OF ALL OTHER STUDENTS.

THAT WAS VERY BRAVE.

WHAT THE STUDENTS DID TO TAKE INITIATIVE AND WALK OUT, AND FOR THEIR TEACHERS TO ACCOMPANY THEM.

THERE REALLY SHOULD BE SOME RESIGNATIONS OVER HUMAN ERROR OF PROTOCOL INVOLVING A GUN, BUT NOT THE ONES THAT WE THAT WE GOT.

AND THAT SHOWS THE QUALITY OF THE CHARACTER OF THOSE WHO ARE IN CHARGE POLITICALLY AND ETHICALLY.

THE BEST THING TO DO NOW IS TO STOP TRYING TO HIDE MISCALCULATIONS AND TO JUST DO WHAT IS RIGHT FOR THE SAFETY AND LIVES OF DISD STUDENTS.

WE HAVE A LOT OF NEW LEADERSHIP HERE ON THE BOARD.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU AND YOUR NEW POSITIONS, AND I'M EAGER TO SEE WHAT CORRECTIONS ON THIS ISSUE WILL BE MADE.

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

GEORGE KOUBA, FOLLOWED BY JASMINE FLORES AND THOMAS SABO ON DECK.

GOOD EVENING TRUSTEES. MY NAME IS GEORGE KOUBA.

I'M A PARAPROFESSIONAL IN NEIGHBORING DISTRICT AND A MEMBER OF TEXAS AFD.

I CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THE WORKING CONDITIONS OF MY FELLOW EDUCATORS AND COLLEAGUES, EVEN IF THEY ARE IN NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS, AS MANY OTHERS HAVE ALSO DONE.

I WOULD LIKE TO ADVOCATE FOR THE EDUCATORS WHO WERE TERMINATED AFTER THE WILMER-HUTCHINS SHOOTING AND THE SUBSEQUENT WALKOUT.

MR. DEAN, MISS MR. LEE AND MISS EVANS FIRST WILMER-HUTCHINS DID THESE EDUCATORS AND THE GREATER SCHOOL COMMUNITY AND INJUSTICE BY FAILING TO IMPLEMENT PROPER SECURITY PROTOCOLS WHILE THE GUN IN THE STUDENT'S BACKPACK TRIGGERED THE METAL DETECTOR, NO BAG CHECK WAS PERFORMED? SCHOOL'S RESPONSIBILITIES AREN'T JUST TO KEEP STUDENTS SAFE.

IT ALSO INCLUDES TO KEEP TO ENSURE STAFF SAFETY AS WELL.

THE SCHOOL DID NOT FULFILL ITS RESPONSIBILITY ITS DUTY.

BUT THEN, AS IF THIS WERE NOT ENOUGH, THE DISTRICT DOUBLED DOWN ON THIS INJUSTICE BY FINDING ARBITRARY REASONS TO FIRE THESE THREE TEACHERS.

I HAVE READ VARIOUS NEWS ARTICLES SINCE THE SHOOTING, AND IT SEEMS LIKE THE SCHOOL AND THE DISTRICT POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE DONE SOME REFLECTION ON THE INCIDENT.

THEIR RETURNING STAFF ON HOW TO CONDUCT BACK CHECKS AND OBSERVE PROPER PROTOCOL AT THE ENTRANCES IN THE WAKE OF THIS HIGHLY EMBARRASSING SECURITY BREACH, THEY'RE EVALUATING THE EXISTING PROCEDURES AND ADDING MORE STAFF FOR SECURITY.

I THINK IT IS TIME FOR THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO APPLY THIS SAME LEVEL OF EFFECTIVENESS ON A DECISION TO TERMINATE THESE TEACHERS.

ASK YOURSELF THIS QUESTION WHY DO THEY DO? WHAT DO THEY DO TO DESERVE TERMINATION? THEY KEPT THEIR STUDENTS SAFE DURING A STUDENT LED WALKOUT.

WHEN ASKED BY THE MEDIA, THEY EXPRESSED FRUSTRATION THAT NO CLEAR INFORMATION HAD COME FROM THE SCHOOL DURING THE SHOOTING ITSELF, SOMETHING WE WOULD ALL BE FRUSTRATED BY.

WHAT PURPOSE IS SERVED BY TRAINING THESE TEACHERS? IT'S NOT PUNISHING THE PEOPLE WHO CAUSED SECURITY BREACH.

IT'S NOT HOLDING THE SCHOOL AND RELEVANT PERSONNEL ACCOUNTABLE FOR FAILING TO DO PROPER DRILLS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

AND IT'S NOT HELPING AFFECTED STUDENTS, ACADEMICALLY OR OTHERWISE.

IT SEEMS LIKE A GESTURE OF CRUELTY MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE.

I WILL PERTINENTLY ADD THAT OVER ONE YEAR AGO, MY SCHOOL HAD THE MISFORTUNE TRAGEDY OF A STUDENT PASSING DUE TO THEM GETTING INTO A FATAL CAR ACCIDENT WHEN SHE LEFT CAMPUS WITH THEIR FRIENDS DURING A STUDENT WALKOUT AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE, WHICH, LO AND BEHOLD, IS STILL AT THE FOREFRONT TO THIS DAY.

HOW AND WHY WAS THIS ALLOWED TO HAPPEN? WE WERE DIRECTED BY OUR CAMPUS ADMINISTRATION TO NEITHER HINDER NOR HELP THAT STUDENT LED EFFORT, IN OTHER WORDS, END UP BEING UNSUPERVISED, UNCHAPERONED, AND UNSAFE.

IN SOME WAYS, THE SCHOOL AND THE DISTRICT HAVE ACCEPTED SOME RESPONSIBILITY AND LOOKED AT DOING THINGS DIFFERENTLY IN THE FUTURE.

TO BE FAIR, EVEN THOSE SHIFTS WILL NOT STOP EVERY SINGLE VIOLENT INCIDENT EVER FROM ENTERING A DALLAS ISD SCHOOL.

THIS, AFTER ALL, IS A SOCIETAL PROBLEM IN AMERICA AND IN PARTICULAR TEXAS.

REGARDING WHAT ROLE GUNS IN OUR CULTURE AND THE ACCESSIBILITY AND ACQUISITION OF GUNS.

THAT BEING SAID, TRUE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE DISTRICT MEANS MORE THAN JUST ACKNOWLEDGING HUMAN ERROR AT WILMER-HUTCHINS.

AS DISD PD HAS SAID, TRUE ACCOUNTABILITY ALSO MEANS REVOKING THE PUNISHMENT THAT WAS HANDED TO THESE TEACHERS WHO DIDN'T DESERVE IT AND DID THE BEST THEY COULD.

AFTER FACING TRAUMA FROM GUN VIOLENCE.

PLEASE REINSTATE TYREE, DEAN, MARNEY MEHSERLE AND CHASTITY EVANS AS EXPEDIENTLY AS POSSIBLE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE LAST TWO SPEAKERS.

PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONES.

JASMINE FLORES AND THOMAS SABO.

GOOD EVENING.

HI, MY NAME IS JASMINE AND I COME BEFORE YOU ALL FOR THE SECOND TIME SINCE THE TRAGIC ACTIVE SHOOTER INCIDENT AT WILMER-HUTCHINS THAT OCCURRED ON APRIL 12TH.

AS A CONCERNED CITIZEN OF THE CITY OF DALLAS AND A MEMBER OF THE PARTY FOR SOCIALISM AND LIBERATION.

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THE BRAVE STUDENTS OF WILMER HUTCHINS PLANNED A WALKOUT THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL DAY ON APRIL 15TH, TO VOICE THEIR CONCERNS REGARDING THE LACK OF SAFETY, SAFETY AND ACCOUNTABILITY AT THEIR SCHOOL.

ALONG WITH STUDENTS.

THE STUDENTS. THERE WERE THREE TEACHERS THAT HELPED SUPERVISE AND KEEP THEIR STUDENTS SAFE DURING THE WALKOUT.

THESE ARE TEACHERS THAT HAVE BEEN ESSENTIAL IN THE SUCCESS AND EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE STUDENTS FORMATIVE YEARS. THESE ARE TEACHERS THAT OUR STUDENTS AND PARENTS ENTRUST WITH THE SAFETY FOR OUR YOUTH, AND TO MOLD THE MINDS OF FUTURE GENERATIONS.

THESE PREDOMINANTLY BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES NEED TO KNOW THEY MATTER AND NEED TEACHERS THAT REPRESENT THEM AND CARE FOR THEM. MR. TYREE DEAN AND THE OTHER TEACHERS THAT WERE PUT ON LEAVE AND SOON AFTER SERVED WITH NON-RENEWAL NOTICES, WERE DOING THEIR DUTY TO KEEP THE STUDENTS SAFE WHILE GRANTING THEM THE CHANCE TO PEACEABLY ASSEMBLE.

I DISAGREE WITH THE DECISION OF LETTING GO, THE LETTING GO OF THE TEACHERS AND VIEW IT AS AN IMMENSE DISSERVICE TO OUR STUDENTS, PARENTS, AND COMMUNITY.

I WILL CONTINUE TO SHOW UP TO THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS AND WILL NOT REST UNTIL MR. DEAN AND THE OTHER TEACHERS THAT WERE REPRIMANDED ARE GRANTED THEIR POSITIONS BACK.

I STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE STUDENTS, TEACHERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM THAT WANT TO SEE THE REINSTATEMENT OF THESE TEACHERS THAT SERVE OUR UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

WILL THE LAST SPEAKER PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE? THOMAS SABO.

MY NAME IS THOMAS SABO.

I'M AN ENGLISH TEACHER AT SAMUELL HIGH SCHOOL.

I'M ALSO WITH ALLIANCE AFT.

I RECENTLY LEARNED THAT THE CHOIR PROGRAM AT MY HIGH SCHOOL IS BEING ELIMINATED NEXT YEAR.

THIS CAME AS A SHOCK AND AN OUTRAGE TO MANY OF US.

THE CHOIR DIRECTOR, DOCTOR ANTOSKI, HAS BEEN WORKING AT THAT SCHOOL FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

HE'S TAKEN THE STUDENTS TO STATE COMPETITION EVERY YEAR THAT HE'S BEEN THERE.

FOR MANY OF THE STUDENTS THAT ARE IN THE CHOIR, THAT'S THEIR ONLY CREATIVE OUTLET.

I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THERE WEREN'T ENOUGH STUDENTS IN CHOIR TO SUSTAIN THE PROGRAM.

WELL, COVID HURT US, OBVIOUSLY, BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE AUDITORIUM WAS UNAVAILABLE FOR FOUR YEARS DUE TO RENOVATIONS.

ALSO, THERE ARE APPARENTLY NO CHOIR PROGRAMS IN ANY OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN OUR FEEDER PATTERN, BUT THESE ARE ALL SOLVABLE PROBLEMS. EVERY HIGH SCHOOL SHOULD HAVE A CHOIR, AND THE DISTRICT SHOULD DEVELOP CHOIR PROGRAMS IN THESE MIDDLE SCHOOLS AS WELL.

THIS GIVES KIDS SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO.

POSITIVE ATTENTION FROM THEIR PEERS, GIVES THEM BUY IN IN THEIR SCHOOLS.

IT IS IRRESPONSIBLE TO THE COMMUNITY TO ELIMINATE CHOIR IF THIS DECISION IS THE RESULT OF BUDGET CONCERNS.

I CAN ONLY SUGGEST THAT YOU CHOP FROM THE TOP.

ON A SEPARATE TOPIC.

I WAS PROCTORING AN ACP TODAY AND I WAS STRUCK BY HOW INADEQUATE OUR ACCOMMODATIONS ARE FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS.

ONE YOUNG LADY IN THE CLASS IS FROM AFGHANISTAN.

ALL YEAR LONG, SHE HAS BEEN USING GOOGLE TRANSLATE ON HER CELL PHONE TO KEEP UP IN CLASS.

I WAS TOLD THAT THE ONLY ACCOMMODATION I COULD GIVE HER WAS A SPANISH ENGLISH DICTIONARY.

I WAS ABLE TO.

I WAS FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO OUR ED MARTINEZ JUST THIS AFTERNOON.

AND HE SAYS THAT THE DISTRICT DOES HAVE PROGRAMS IN PLACE TO HELP STUDENTS LIKE HER.

I'M VERY GLAD TO HEAR THAT.

I HOPE THAT SHE. RECEIVES THAT SUPPORT NEXT YEAR.

EVEN SO, IF WE ARE NOT TESTING STUDENTS IN THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE, WE ARE NOT EFFECTIVELY MEASURING THEIR LEARNING.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW SMART THESE KIDS ARE IN SPANISH? I UNDERSTAND THAT STAAR TESTING GUIDELINES ARE AT THE STATE LEVEL AND OUT OF THE SCHOOL BOARD'S CONTROL, BUT ACP'S THAT ARE DISTRICT ISSUED SHOULD ABSOLUTELY BE MADE AVAILABLE IN ANY LANGUAGE THE STUDENTS REQUIRE.

WE HAVE SO MANY SPANISH SPEAKERS IN THIS DISTRICT.

IGNORING THAT REALITY IS INDEFENSIBLE.

WELL, LAST TIME I SPOKE TO THIS BOARD WAS.

PROBABLY OVER A YEAR AGO.

AND I AT THAT TIME, I HAD EMPHASIZED THE NECESSITY FOR ADMINISTRATORS TO BE BILINGUAL, TO EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATE WITH STUDENTS AND PARENTS, AND TO SERVE AND REPRESENT THEIR COMMUNITY. JUST THIS AFTERNOON OUR PRINCIPAL ANNOUNCED, AND I WAS HAPPY TO HEAR THAT NEXT YEAR WE WILL HAVE TWO APS WHO ARE BILINGUAL.

SO. THAT'S GREAT.

I'M. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

THANK YOU, MR.

[02:25:01]

TRUSTEES, AT THIS TIME, WE WILL TURN TO AGENDA ITEMS 5.01, 5.02 AND 5.03.

[5. REPORTS]

NOW IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO SHARE SOME GOOD NEWS AND THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN OUR DISTRICT.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 2024.

I ATTENDED THREE GRADUATION CEREMONIES LAST WEEKEND AND HAVE SIX ON MY CALENDAR FOR THIS UPCOMING SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

GRADUATION SEASON IS LIKE CHRISTMAS AND OPENING DAY OF BASEBALL SEASON ALL ROLLED INTO ONE.

IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME AND WORK TO GET THERE, BUT EACH CEREMONY IS A HAPPY HOLIDAY THAT THAT'S BOTH A CULMINATION AND A BEGINNING AT THE SAME TIME, AND THEY ABSOLUTELY FILL ME WITH JOY.

THANKS TO EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO PLAYS A PART IN THESE EVENTS, THEY ARE NOT EASY TO PUT TOGETHER.

WE HAVE TOTALING 39 GRADUATIONS THAT GO ON IN DALLAS ISD OVER TWO SHORT WEEKENDS.

THIS MONTH, WE ALSO CELEBRATED TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK.

DALLAS ISD AND SEVERAL OF ITS COMMUNITY PARTNERS RECENTLY OBSERVED THIS WEEK BY RECOGNIZING TEACHERS WITH COOKIES, STORIES, AWARDS, DISCOUNTS, AND MORE.

I JUST WANT TO ADD MY VOICE ONCE AGAIN MYSELF AS A TEACHER, THE OUTPOURING OF OUR APPRECIATION AND AS A NOTE AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE THE LOWEST NUMBER OF TEACHER VACANCIES THAT WE HAVE HAD IN THREE YEARS.

TWO YEARS AGO, WE HAD APPROXIMATELY 600 TEACHER VACANCIES FOR THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL YEAR.

LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME TO DATE, WE HAD 400 APPROXIMATE TEACHER VACANCIES.

AND TODAY AS I'M SITTING HERE, WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 240 TEACHER VACANCIES FOR THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL YEAR.

THIS IS ALSO ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH SINCE 1992.

MAY HAS BEEN ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH.

NOW, THERE WAS SOMETHING I DID NOT KNOW THAT I LEARNED.

ONE OF THE REASONS MAY WAS CHOSEN TO BE ASIAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH COMMEMORATES THE VERY FIRST IMMIGRATION FROM JAPAN TO THE UNITED STATES IN 1843.

MAY IS ALSO MENTAL HEALTH MONTH, WHEN WE REMIND OURSELVES AND EACH OTHER TO TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES, TO PUT IT MILDLY.

MY GENERATION, THE BABY BOOMERS, WERE REALLY NOT BROUGHT UP WITH THAT ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND MUCH LESS PRIORITIZING THE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF ONESELF. I AM THANKFUL TO SEE OUR GENERATION, THE NEW GENERATIONS, TREAT MENTAL HEALTH CARE AS WHAT IT SHOULD BE NORMALCY. IT IS A HEALTHY THING TO DO.

OUR LEADERS IN THE IN THIS EFFORT NOT ONLY TO DESTIGMATIZE MENTAL HEALTH, BUT TO DELIVER IT AS WELL, ARE OUR MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIANS, AND I HOPE THEY KNOW HOW VERY GRATEFUL I AM FOR THE IMPORTANT WORK THEY DO TO HELP OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF TO BE THE HEALTHIEST AND HAPPIEST VERSIONS OF THEMSELVES.

BECAUSE WE SHOULD ALL REMEMBER, WE DON'T HAVE TO BE PERFECT TO BE AMAZING.

ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, I HAD THE HONOR OF HANDING OUT LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS AT THE SALUTE TO SERVICE.

THIS EVENT HONORED OVER 540 TEAM MEMBERS WHO HAVE WORKED AT LEAST 30 YEARS FOR DALLAS ISD.

PICTURED HERE ARE TEACHERS KAREN GRAVES AND CELESTINE WILLIAMS, EACH OF WHOM HAVE WORKED HERE.

ARE YOU READY? 50 YEARS EACH.

AND OUR DATA CONTROLLER, WILLIE POWELL, WHO HAS 55 YEARS UNDER HER BELT.

THANK YOU TO ALL WHO CONTINUE TO CHOOSE DALLAS ISD.

I'M SURE YOU ALL KNOW ABOUT BRAIN DEVELOPMENT AND WHAT GOES ON DURING THE PRE-K YEARS, BUT DID YOU KNOW THAT DALLAS ISD IS NOT ONLY THE LARGEST PRE-K PROVIDER IN DALLAS, BUT THE BEST ONE TOO? ONLY DALLAS ISD PRE-K OFFERS CERTIFIED TEACHERS.

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN AT PRE-K DALLAS.ORG.

IT'S ALSO THAT TIME OF YEAR WHEN WE ARE THE BIGGEST PROVIDER OF SUMMER ENRICHMENT WITH OUR SUMMER BREEZE PROGRAM.

IF YOU DON'T THINK IT'S POSSIBLE TO WISH YOU WERE BACK IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, I HAVE MY DOUBTS.

[02:30:01]

THEY CAN DO THINGS LIKE ROBOTICS, CHEER, CHESS.

THERE'S EVEN A HIP HOP BROADWAY REVUE.

WE'RE EVEN OFFERING TRANSPORTATION.

AND PARENTS, LISTEN UP.

EVEN IF YOUR KIDDO DIDN'T WANT TO GO.

THERE'S STILL TIME TO SIGN THEM UP.

DON'T EVEN LET THEM THINK ABOUT BEING BORED.

AND NOW, AS I BRING THIS TO A CLOSE, I WANT TO THANK EACH AND EVERY TEAM MEMBER IN OUR SCHOOLS, EVERY STUDENT AND EVERY FAMILY, AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO PLAYED A ROLE IN THE RECENTLY COMPLETED 2324 SCHOOL YEAR.

YOU ARE ALL DOING A SPECTACULAR JOB.

I'M TELLING YOU, THERE IS NEW ENERGY WHEN I VISIT SCHOOLS, AND I COULDN'T BE MORE EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THIS TEAM AND TO SEE WHAT'S AHEAD FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY.

THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT ELIZALDE.

WE WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM 5.02, BOARD OF TRUSTEE COMMITTEE REPORTS.

ARE THERE ANY COMMITTEE REPORTS? YES, MR. PRESIDENT, I HAVE A COMMITTEE REPORT FOR THE AUDIT COMMITTEE.

AS WE ALL KNOW TRUSTEE FLORES CHAIRED THAT COMMITTEE.

AND OF COURSE, HE'S LEFT THE BOARD.

I ATTENDED BOTH MEETINGS, HOWEVER, AND I'LL DELIVER THE REPORT.

THE AUDIT COMMITTEE MET TWICE ON MAY.

ON MAY 1ST ON 2024.

THE ATTENDEES WERE DOCTOR PAM LEAR TRUSTEE FLORES, MYSELF, AND TRUSTEE WHITE AND THE COMMITTEE REVIEWED THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. FIRST, THE COMMITTEE RETIRED TO CLOSED SESSION TO DELIBERATE THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT EVALUATION, REASSIGNMENT DUTIES, DISCIPLINE OR DISMISSAL OF A PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE, INCLUDING THE EVALUATION OF THE CHIEF INTERNAL AUDIT OFFICER.

NO ACTION WAS TAKEN.

THE AUDIT COMMITTEE RETURNED TO OPEN SESSION AND THE CHIEF INTERNAL AUDIT OFFICER PERFORMANCE EVALUATION INSTRUMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2324 WAS APPROVED BY THE COMMITTEE TO PRESENT TO THE FULL BOARD.

EMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION FOR THE 2425 SCHOOL YEAR FOR THE AUDIT.

THE CHIEF INTERNAL AUDIT OFFICER WAS ALSO APPROVED TO PRESENT TO THE FULL BOARD, AND THE MEETING ADJOURNED AT 523.

AND THEN ON MAY 15TH, THE AUDIT COMMITTEE MET AGAIN IN ATTENDANCE, WHERE DOCTOR ELIZALDE TRUSTEE FLORES TRUSTEE FOREMAN, MYSELF TRUSTEE WEINBERG MONICA FRASER, WHO IS OUR PUBLIC ADVISORY MEMBER, AND THEN CHRIS LEWIS, WHO IS ALSO OUR PUBLIC ADVISORY MEMBER, AND THE COMMITTEE REVIEWED THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. THE MINUTES OF THE FEBRUARY 14TH, 2024 AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING WERE APPROVED.

FINANCIAL SERVICES PRESENTED THE REPORT ON THE DISTRICT FINANCIAL UPDATE AND THE FISCAL YEAR 2324 EXTERNAL AUDIT.

INTERNAL AUDIT REPORTED ON AN EXTERNAL AUDIT COMPLETED BY REGIS AND ASSOCIATES PC CONDUCTED FOR UNIVERSAL SERVICE ADMINISTRATIVE COMPANY SEVEN AUDIT REPORTS.

INTERNAL AUDIT REPORTS WERE ACCEPTED AND MADE FINAL.

THE INTERNAL AUDIT DEPARTMENT ALSO REPORTED ON THE STATUS OF AUDIT.

FOLLOW UP, THE DISTRICT HOTLINE, THE AUDIT PLAN, AND SUFFICIENCY OF DEPARTMENT RESOURCES.

THE FISCAL YEAR 2425 OFFICE OF INTERNAL AUDIT BUDGET WAS APPROVED.

THE FISCAL YEAR 2425 AUDIT AUDIT PLAN WAS APPROVED WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT AN AMENDED VERSION WOULD BE BROUGHT BACK FOR REVIEW AT THE NEXT AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING.

THE AUDIT COMMITTEE TOOK NO ACTION.

I'M SORRY. THE AUDIT COMMITTEE TOOK ACTION TO RECOMMEND TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR APPROVAL THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO BDB EXHIBIT, WHICH IS TITLED BOARD, INTERNAL ORGANIZATION, INTERNAL COMMITTEES AND THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO CFC LOCAL WHICH IS ENTITLED ACCOUNTING AND AUDITS.

THE COMMITTEE TOOK ACTION TO APPROVE AN AMENDMENT PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO CFC EXHIBIT, WHICH IS TITLED ACCOUNTING AUDITS. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE MICCICHE TRUSTEES.

WE WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEMS. AGENDA ITEM 5.03, TRUSTEE REPORTS BEGINNING FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH TRUSTEE LANCE CURRY.

DISTRICT ONE. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. TRY THIS AGAIN.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

FIRST, I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ED WALKER MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR BEING SELECTED AS THE NEXT DESIGN THINKING CHOICE SCHOOL.

STUDENTS WILL IMPROVE THEIR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AND DEVELOP CAREER FOCUSED MINDSETS WITH EMPATHY, CREATIVITY, AND CONFIDENCE.

[02:35:04]

NEXT, I WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO COACH TIARA MITCHELL OF W.T.

WHITE. THAT SHE'S A W.T.

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL COACH, AND SHE WAS SELECTED AS THE REGION THREE COACH OF THE YEAR.

COACH MITCHELL IS AN EXAMPLE FOR HER STUDENT ATHLETES.

AND CONGRATULATIONS TO HER FOR THAT.

AND FINALLY, CONGRATULATIONS TO ROSEMARY ROSIE ALVARADO.

A KINDERGARTEN DUAL LANGUAGE TEACHER AT CALLIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

SHE IS ONE OF TWO RECIPIENTS OF THE 2024 WHAT A TEACHER OF THE YEAR RECOGNITION SPONSORED BY WHATABURGER.

EACH RECIPIENT WAS AWARDED $1,000 GRANT FOR USE FOR THEIR CLASSROOM OR SCHOOL PROJECT.

AND SO CONGRATULATIONS TO HER.

THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEE WEINBERG.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CARREON.

DISTRICT TWO. ACCOLADES.

AS THE SCHOOL YEAR COMES TO A CLOSE, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW MORE AMAZING FEATS OF DISTRICT TWO.

THIS MONTH WE CELEBRATED NATIONAL TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK, SCHOOL PRINCIPALS DAY, AND NATIONAL NURSE WEEK.

THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR AMAZING DISTRICT TWO CAMPUS TEAM MEMBERS AND ACROSS THE DISTRICT, ALL OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS.

YOUR DEDICATION HELPS STUDENTS REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL AND MAKES OUR SCHOOLS A WARM AND WONDERFUL PLACE TO BE IN THE WORLD OF DALLAS ISD BASEBALL.

TWO DISTRICT TWO SCHOOLS ARE ON A REMARKABLE WINNING STREAK J.L.

LONG MIDDLE SCHOOL AND WOODROW WILSON HIGH SCHOOL.

A BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO J.

ALONG TWO OF THEIR BASEBALL TEAMS FACED OFF AGAINST EACH OTHER IN THE DISTRICT'S BASEBALL CITY CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AT PLEASANT GROVE.

LONG ONE CHEERS TO THE LONG TWO TEAM FOR EMERGING AS THIS YEAR'S CHAMPIONS.

KUDOS ARE ALSO IN ORDER FOR WOODROW WILSON HIGH SCHOOL'S BASEBALL TEAM IN THEIR FIRST YEAR, COACH CODY NELSON.

THEY ADVANCED TO THE REGIONAL QUARTERFINALS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE PROGRAM'S HISTORY, BECOMING THE FIRST DALLAS ISD TEAM SINCE 2011 TO REACH THIS MILESTONE.

A SHOUT OUT TO J.L.

LONG MIDDLE SCHOOL IN DALLAS.

HYBRID PREP AT STEPHEN J.

STEPHEN J.

HEY, PARDON ME FOR PLACING IN THE EIGHTH GRADE CATEGORY IN THE TEXAS ACADEMIC PENTATHLON REGIONAL SUPER QUIZ ALONGSIDE 25 COMPETING DALLAS ISD MIDDLE SCHOOL TEAMS. I'D ALSO LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO ANNE HOWELL FROM DAN D ROGERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR ORGANIZING AND ENRICHING AND ENGAGING CAREER DAY, FILLED WITH MANY DIFFERENT CAREERS FOR OUR YOUNG LEARNERS TO EXPLORE.

AND LASTLY, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOL AND WOODROW WILSON HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS WHO GRADUATED THIS PAST WEEKEND.

IT WAS TRULY MY HONOR TO CELEBRATE THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND TO BE THERE FOR THEIR FINAL SENDOFF.

AS DALLAS ISD GRADUATES, IT'S MY FIRST GRADUATION CEREMONIES AS TRUSTEE, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST AMAZING AND SO EXCITING TO SEE ALL THOSE BRIGHT AND SHINING FACES WITH INCREDIBLE FUTURES.

I HAVE A COUPLE MORE. HOLD ON ONE SECOND.

JUST REALLY QUICKLY. SORRY THAT I.

MY COMPUTER DIED.

SO I HAVE TO READ TO YOU ALL TO SHARE.

QUICK KUDOS TO OLIVIA H AND KATE A AT MOCKINGBIRD ELEMENTARY, AS THEY WERE NUMBER FOUR AND NUMBER SIX IN THE TOP TEN FUNDRAISERS IN ALL OF DALLAS FOR THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION KIDS HEART CHALLENGE PROGRAM.

WAY TO GO, LITTLE FUNDRAISERS.

THANK YOU TO THE CHURCH OF THE INCARNATION FOR ORGANIZING MANY CONGREGATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO PERFORM A TRANSFORMATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE TO REFRESH THE BEN MILAM CAMPUS.

SEEING. I WAS ACTUALLY GOT TO GO BY THERE THAT DAY.

AND SEEING THE MANY, MANY HANDS AT WORK MAKING INCREDIBLE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CAMPUS WAS A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF COMMUNITY PARTNERING WITH SCHOOL TO GIVE A CAMPUS SOME LOVE.

THAT CONCLUDES MY ACCOLADES.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE MICCICHE.

THANK THANK YOU.

BEFORE I START, I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I AM VERY HONORED AND PRIVILEGED TO REPRESENT DALLAS ISD DISTRICT THREE FOR ANOTHER THREE YEARS.

I DID NOT HAVE TO GO THROUGH AN ELECTION THIS YEAR BECAUSE I WAS UNOPPOSED, BUT I AM I AM VERY HONORED TO BE ABLE TO SERVE SERVE AGAIN. AND I, I HOPE TO DO MY PART IN HELPING TO KEEP OUR DISTRICT MOVING FORWARD, KEEPING OUR DISTRICT, BEING A LEADER IN INNOVATION AND IMPROVING STUDENT OUTCOMES AND OPPORTUNITIES.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SAY THAT I DO WANT TO TURN TO THE ACCOLADES.

WE ALL SAW THE THE CONRAD ROBOTICS TEAM BACK TO BACK STATE CHAMPIONS.

THIRD IN THE WORLD IN ROBOTICS.

I GOT A CHANCE TO VISIT THE CONRAD TEAM AT THEIR BANQUET EARLIER THIS WEEK, AND AND GOT TO GO THROUGH THE ROOMS WHERE THEY CREATE THE ROBOTS AND GOT TO DRIVE ONE OF THE ROBOTS.

AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT OUR KIDS ARE AMAZING, AND I AM JUST SO VERY PROUD OF THEM.

[02:40:07]

I'D ALSO LIKE TO MENTION THAT WE HAD A NEWCOMERS PRESENTATION AT MCSHAN ELEMENTARY.

EARLIER THIS WEEK AS WELL.

AND MISS ZEB, WHO IS THE NEWCOMERS TEACHER, JUST DOES AN AMAZING JOB.

SHE HAS 36 KIDS FROM MANY COUNTRIES MANY DIFFERENT COUNTRIES WHO SPEAK MANY DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.

AND EACH STUDENT GOT UP AND PRESENTED WITH A POWERPOINT, THEIR, THEIR JOURNEY.

AND IT WAS IT WAS REALLY, REALLY FASCINATING.

AND I'M JUST ALWAYS SO AMAZED AT THE THE WORK THAT GOES ON AND IN OUR SCHOOLS.

AND MISS ZEB AND THE TEAM THE TEAM AT MCSHAN IS REALLY, REALLY AWESOME.

WHAT THE THE PRINCIPAL OF MCSHAN WILL BE RETIRING THIS YEAR, AND WE ARE THE PRINCIPAL IS HENRY MADERAS.

AND WE ARE SO, SO PROUD OF THE WORK THAT HE HAS DONE.

HE'S BEEN THERE FIVE YEARS, AND AND THAT SCHOOL, THE SCHOOL HAS THRIVED UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP.

FINALLY, I WANT TO GO OVER A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT ASKED ME TO ASK ME TO COVER.

ONE IS THAT THERE THERE IS GOING TO BE A KICKOFF CELEBRATION FROM 10 A.M.

TO 2 P.M.

ON JUNE 5TH AT H.S.

THOMPSON STEAM ACADEMY.

NOW, THAT IS NOT IN DALLAS ISD DISTRICT THREE, BUT I KNOW THAT WE WANT TO GET THAT WORD OUT.

SO SO I WENT AHEAD AND SAID THAT.

ANYWAY AND FINALLY, A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO SAM TASBY MIDDLE SCHOOL.

THE CAMPUS RECEIVED $10,000 FROM THE GREAT BRAIN GAIN.

MIDDLE SCHOOL CHALLENGE FROM THE CENTER FOR BRAIN HEALTH.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

THANK YOU, SECRETARY WHITE.

THANK YOU. THIS MONTH IS COUNSELORS.

THIS MONTH ACROSS THE DISD COUNSELORS WERE RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR HARD WORK IN DISTRICT FOUR.

FOUR COUNSELORS WERE NOMINATED FOR SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCERS.

CONGRATULATIONS TO SYLVIA CABRERA WILLIAM AT WILLIAMS ANDERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

ELIZABETH QUARTERS FROM THE SCHOOL OF THE TALENT AND GIFTED IN PLEASANT GROVE, AHNIKA WILSON FROM GILBERT CUELLAR SENIOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND KATHERINE GONZALEZ FROM JULIUS DORSEY LEADERSHIP ACADEMY.

WE ARE GRATEFUL TO OPERATION WARM FOR THEIR SHOE DONATION TO GILBERT CRAMER COUGARS.

OPERATION WARM IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT STRIVES TO KEEP CHILDREN AND COMMUNITIES WARM DURING HARSH WINTERS.

AS GILBERT CUELLAR SENIOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NOTED, OUR STUDENT LOVED THEIR NEW KICKS.

EBBY HALLIDAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HOSTED ITS FIRST RED HULK ART EXPOSITION SHOW SO LAST MONTH.

THANK YOU, MISS MIGUEL GUZMAN, FOR PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS THEIR TALENTS THROUGH ARTWORK.

I AM HONORED TO SHARE THE A-RATED SCHOOL FOR THE TALENTED AND GIFTED IN PLEASANT GROVE, A LEADING MAGNET, A LEADING MAGNET, DUAL LANGUAGE CAMPUS, AND IS THE TOP SCHOOL IN TEXAS.

THIS WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT FIRST, THE DEDICATED STUDENTS, PARENTS, TEACHERS, AND STAFF.

YOU ARE ALL TRULY LIVING UP TO THE SCHOOL'S MOTTO OF ACHIEVING WITH EFFORT, EXCELLING WITH PERSEVERANCE.

AS IT HAS LED TO THE SUCCESS OF YOUR SCHOOL.

IT RANKS NUMBER 14 AMONG ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND NUMBER 28 AMONG MIDDLE SCHOOLS, ACCORDING TO US NEWS WORLD AND WORLD AND REPORT. YOUNG WOMEN'S STEAM ACADEMY AT BOX SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL PARTICIPATED IN THE TEXAS ART EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, A JUNIOR ARTS VISUAL SO SCHOLASTIC EXCUSE ME EVENT THIS MONTH.

ALL 15 GIRLS EARNED A FOUR RATING OF EXCELLENT ALONG WITH A MEDAL TWO SIXTH GRADERS.

GERALD P AND STEPHANIE H WENT TO RECEIVE THE HIGHEST AWARD OF PLATINUM.

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CONGRATULATIONS YOUNG MEN.

AS A GRADUATE AS IT IS GRADUATION SEASON, I CAN'T IN MY REMARKS WITHOUT CONGRATULATING EACH HIGH SCHOOL IN DISTRICT FOUR, W.W.

SAMUELL AND SEAGOVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, WHO HAD GRADUATIONS ON LAST WEEKEND.

DEFINITELY. IT'S WONDERFUL BECAUSE THE NUMBER OF GRADUATES CONTINUES TO GROW IN THOSE AREAS.

H GRADY SPRUCE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION WILL BE THE 26TH, WHICH IS THIS SATURDAY AT 9 P.M..

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO CONGRATULATE AND WISH THEM WELL.

TWO OF MY PRINCIPLES THAT ARE LEAVING DISTRICT FOR TO PURSUE OTHER INTERESTS.

WE WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE AND THEIR HARD WORK.

THE SEAGOVILLE HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, MISS JANIE CARVALHO WILL BE LEAVING.

ALSO, MISS ANGELICA CLARK OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO REMIND YOU THAT EARLY VOTING WILL END ON TOMORROW.

ELECTION DAY IS MAY 28TH.

IF YOU HAVE NOT GOTTEN OUT AND VOTE, PLEASE DO SO.

AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEE JOHNSON.

THANK YOU. PRESIDENT.

CARRY ON. I WOULD LIKE TO SEND A BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BARACK OBAMA MALE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT MSU.

SMITH A SOPHOMORE, MALCOLM M.

HE COMPETES FOR THE DALLAS FOR THE DOCTOR L.G.

PINKSTON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS TEAM AND RECENTLY MADE HISTORY AS THE SCHOOL'S FIRST PLAYER AND DISTRICT'S ONLY STUDENT ATHLETE TO QUALIFY FOR THE 2024 U-I-L TENNIS STATE TOURNAMENT. MALCOLM FINISHED AS THE STATE RUNNER UP, AND WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT HISTORY HE CONTINUES TO MAKE.

I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE THE SUPERINTENDENT, THE BOARD MEMBERS, COMMUNITY WHO EVERYONE WHO ATTENDED READ THE RENAMING CEREMONY THE NOW DOCTOR ELVA DOMINGO GARCIA, WEST DALLAS STEM SCHOOL AND THE JOHN LEWIS SOCIAL JUSTICE ACADEMY AT HOMS. EVERYONE THAT CAME OUT TO MAKE THIS EVENT SUCCESSFUL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

BOTH DOCTOR ELBA AND DOMINGO GARCIA ARE DEFINITELY ADVOCATES, LONGTERM ADVOCATES IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND THEY ARE DESERVING OF THIS HONOR.

THANK YOU. DOCTOR FOREMAN.

GOOD EVENING. I'LL TRY TO MAKE THIS BRIEF SINCE WE ARE LATE INTO THE HOUR AND STILL HAVE A LOT OF BUSINESS TO TAKE CARE OF.

IT'S GRADUATION SEASON, AND I WANT TO EXTEND MY HEARTFELT CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 2020.

FOR MANY, SENIORS IN DISTRICT SIX HAVE RECEIVED SCHOLARSHIPS TO PURSUE HIGHER EDUCATION.

I LOOK FORWARD TO GRADUATION FOR KIMBALL HIGH SCHOOL, CARTER HIGH SCHOOL, AND KATHLYN JOY GILLIAM COLLEGIATE ACADEMY.

A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT GOES TO PATRICK HENRY WORTHY, THE THIRD FROM CARTER HIGH SCHOOL, WHO HAS BEEN ACCEPTED TO OVER 25 COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.

HE WILL BE ATTENDING PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY THIS FALL TO STUDY BUSINESS MANAGEMENT.

CONGRATULATIONS TO CAMISHA JEFFREY OF KIMBALL HIGH SCHOOL FOR BEING NAMED THE REGION FOUR COACH OF THE YEAR.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO OUR STUDENTS.

FINALLY, AS WE APPROACH THE FINAL DAYS OF THE 2023 2024 SCHOOL YEAR, I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO ALL THE TEACHERS, PRINCIPALS, AND FAMILIES THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT AND ESPECIALLY IN DISTRICT SIX, FOR MAKING THIS YEAR REMARKABLE. ENJOY YOUR WELL-DESERVED BREAK.

TRUSTEE MACKEY. THANK YOU.

PRESIDENT. CARRY ON.

I'LL GIVE THE DISTRICT SEVEN ACCOLADES.

STICKING ALONG THE THEME OF TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK, I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT TEACHERS EVERYWHERE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE IMPACT ON SHAPING THE FUTURE.

I'D LIKE TO SHOUT OUT SPECIFICALLY, THOUGH, TO SUNSET HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS MISS VALERIE NICHOLS AND STEPHANIE BLANKENSHIP, WHO HAVE BEEN A HUGE SUPPORT FOR THEIR STUDENTS OVER THEIR 30 YEAR CAREER AT SUNSET HIGH SCHOOL.

SO JUST AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE TO MAKE SUNSET WHAT IT IS AND CONTINUES TO BE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

AT A RECENT DISTRICT WIDE POETRY SLAM, FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THEIR HEARTS THROUGH THEIR WORDS.

KUDOS TO EYECARE I AND FELIX G FROM BOTH PERSONALIZED LEARNING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHO TOOK HOME FIRST PLACE ALONG WITH A $5,000 SCHOLARSHIP. AND CONGRATS TO CAMILLA G.

AND ARTURO AT ARTURO SALAZAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHO LANDED THIRD PLACE TO RECEIVE A $2,000 SCHOLARSHIP.

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I ESPECIALLY WANT TO SHINE A LIGHT ON DISTRICT SEVEN'S VERY OWN JASMINE TEA.

A SENIOR AT SUNSET HIGH SCHOOL.

JASMINE MOVED TO DALLAS FROM MEXICO AND LEARNED ENGLISH THROUGH READING.

NOW HER NEXT CHAPTER WILL BEGIN AT BARNARD COLLEGE IN NEW YORK WITH A FULL RIDE SCHOLARSHIP.

CONGRATULATIONS, JASMINE.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

I'LL GIVE THE DISTRICT EIGHT ACCOLADES.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE NORTH DALLAS HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS WHO GRADUATED THIS PAST SATURDAY AT LOWE'S SPORTS COMPLEX.

IT WAS GREAT TO CELEBRATE THAT DAY WITH YOU.

A SPECIAL CONGRATULATIONS TO VALEDICTORIAN HALEY, WHO IS ATTENDING HARVARD UNIVERSITY.

GET THIS. EVERYONE ON A FULL RIDE SCHOLARSHIP.

GO, BULLDOGS! RIGHT. ADDITIONAL CONGRATULATIONS TO THE INNOVATION, DESIGN AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACADEMY AT JAMES FANNIN.

GRADUATES WHO CROSSED THE STAGE THIS SUNDAY AT THE FORRESTER ATHLETIC COMPLEX.

CONGRATULATIONS TO VALEDICTORIAN EDGAR HERNANDEZ AND SALUTATORIAN MARIETTA GONZALEZ.

I LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING WITH YOU ON SUNDAY.

AND THEN CONGRATULATIONS TO TWO NEW PRINCIPALS IN IN DISTRICT EIGHT.

BEGINNING NEXT ACADEMIC SCHOOL YEAR.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALAN VARNEY, THE NEW PRINCIPAL FOR THE 2024, 2025 SCHOOL YEAR AT THE IDEA ACADEMY, THE INNOVATION DESIGN ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACADEMY AT FANNIN.

HE WAS PREVIOUSLY THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT SPRUCE HIGH SCHOOL AND WAS AND WAS THE LEADER OF SPRUCE EARLY COLLEGE.

CURRENTLY, HE'S IN THE ROLE OF PRINCIPAL RESIDENT AT WOODROW WILSON HIGH SCHOOL.

LIKEWISE. CONGRATULATIONS TO GINA MAFFUCCI.

AS THE NEW PRINCIPAL OF THE BIOMEDICAL PREPARATORY SCHOOL AT UT SOUTHWESTERN.

SHE WAS PREVIOUSLY THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT BEN MILAM AND HAS BEEN AND IS THE FOUNDING ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT THE BIOMEDICAL PREPARATORY SCHOOL AT UT SOUTHWESTERN.

AND NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME.

DISTRICT NINE.

TRUSTEE TURNER. ALL RIGHT.

I WOULD LIKE TO I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO THE VOTERS OF DISTRICT NINE.

IT IS AN HONOR TO SHARE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT.

I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO LIN KAI DAVIS.

AT BOOKER T WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL, A PERFORMING ARTS AND VISUAL.

OH, MY GOD, I READ THAT SO BAD.

BOOKER T WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS SENIOR WHO GRADUATED FROM DALLAS COLLEGE THIS MONTH WITH AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE.

SHE IS THE FIRST DUAL CREDIT GRADUATE FROM BOOKER T.

A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO THE GRADUATING GRADUATING CLASS OF 2024.

I WISH YOU LUCK IN ALL YOUR ENDEAVORS, AND I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT EVERY ONE OF YOU WILL MAKE DISD PROUD.

I WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO ALL SENIORS WHO RECEIVED SCHOLARSHIPS TO PURSUE HIGHER EDUCATION.

I ESPECIALLY WANT TO SHOUT OUT MICHELLE AND EVA FROM IRMA RANGEL YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP SCHOOL, WHO WERE AWARDED THE JUANITA CRAFT SCHOLARSHIP. THIS SCHOLARSHIP, GIVEN BY THE STATE FAIR OF TEXAS, WAS AWARDED $6,000 TO STUDENTS WHO ATTEND SCHOOLS IN THE FAIR PARK AREA.

CONGRATULATIONS TO BOOKER T WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS MOCK TRIAL TEAM, WHO RECENTLY CAME IN SECOND PLACE IN A NATIONAL MOCK TRIAL COMPETITION IN PENNSYLVANIA.

THIS COMPETITION IS THE ULTIMATE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR STUDENTS EXPLORING A CAREER IN LAW.

WE CELEBRATE TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK DURING TEACHERS FOR USING YOUR TALENTS IN EDUCATION.

USING YOUR TALENTS TO EDUCATE YOUR STUDENTS AND INSPIRE THEM TO REACH THEIR POTENTIAL.

YOUR UNWAVERING DEDICATION DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED AND WE ARE GRATEFUL TO YOU.

THIS CONCLUDES DISTRICT NINE.

ACCOLADES. TRUSTEE.

SINCE WE HAVE COMPLETED THE PUBLIC FORUM SEGMENT OF THE MEETING, WE WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM 7.01 APPROVAL OF MINUTES.

[7. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING.

FROM FEBRUARY 14TH, 2020 FOR THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS.

BUDGET WORKSHOP FROM APRIL 2ND, 2020.

FOR EMPLOYEE HEARINGS FROM APRIL 11TH, 2020.

FOR AND BOARD MEETING FROM APRIL 25TH, 2020 FOR.

DO I HAVE A MOTION MOVED TO APPROVE? SECOND. IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY TRUSTEE MITCHELL, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE WEINBERG.

WAS IT OKAY THAT WE ADOPT THE MINUTES FOR APPROVAL?

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OKAY.

TRUSTEE. OH.

THANK YOU. THE MOTION PASSES.

UNANIMOUS. TRUSTEES.

YOU HAVE JUST ADOPTED THE MOTION APPROVING THE MINUTES AS SUBMITTED.

TRUSTEES, WE WILL NOW TURN TO CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS.

[8. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS]

CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 8.01 THROUGH 8.26, AS AMENDED.

TRUSTEES, WE HAVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 8.01 THROUGH 8.26, AS AMENDED.

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

8.068.07, 8.11, 8.15, 8.17, 8.19, 8.24 AND 8.26 WITH TRUSTEES WHO PULLED ITEMS FOR A SEPARATE VOTE, LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE ANY OF THE ITEMS BACK TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

NOT ANY OF THE ITEMS BACK, BUT A QUESTION.

POINT OF ORDER, PLEASE.

TRUSTEE FOREMAN. I'M LOOKING FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE BUDGET, AND I CAN'T FIND IT ON HERE.

I BELIEVE THAT WILL BE. THAT WILL BE 9.09.08.

OKAY, SO THAT IS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

NO, IT'S BEEN PULLED BY ADMINISTRATION.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

OKAY. TRUSTEES, DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, AS AMENDED? MOVED TO APPROVE.

SECOND. IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY TRUSTEE MIKE AND SECONDED BY TRUSTEE WEINBERG TO ADOPT THE CONSENT AGENDA, AS AMENDED.

TRUSTEES, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.

TRUSTEE WHITE. WERE YOU ABLE TO VOTE? THANK YOU.

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

TRUSTEES, YOU'VE JUST ADOPTED THE MOTION APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS AS AMENDED.

TRUSTEES. WE WILL NOW TURN TO ITEMS PULLED FOR A SEPARATE VOTE.

[9. ITEMS PULLED FOR A SEPARATE VOTE]

CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS AND AND DALLAS ISD TO ALLOW UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS TO PLACE STUDENTS FROM THE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AT DALLAS ISD SCHOOLS.

JULY 1ST, 2024 TO JULY 30TH, 2025 WITH TWO ONE YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS.

NO FINANCIAL IMPACT.

DALLAS ISD WILL NOT BE PAYING UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS ANY FEES.

CONSENT. CONSENT ITEM 8.06 PULLED BY TRUSTEE FOREMAN AND TRUSTEE.

CAMILLE WHITE.

TRUSTEES, DO WE HAVE A MOTION MOVED TO APPROVE? SECOND. IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY TRUSTEE MICCICHE, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE WEINBERG TO APPROVE THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS AND DALLAS ISD TO ALLOW THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS TO PLACE STUDENTS FROM THE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION DALLAS ISD SCHOOLS JULY 1ST, 2024 TO JUNE 30TH, 2025 WITH TWO ONE YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS. NO FINANCIAL IMPACT.

DALLAS ISD WILL NOT BE PAYING THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS TRUSTEES.

IS THERE DISCUSSION? YES. TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE CONVERSATION EARLIER TODAY.

BUT I WANT THE BOARD TO ALSO UNDERSTAND MY QUESTION WAS ANSWERED AND HOW IT WAS ANSWERED IN REGARDS TO THERE'S NO FINANCIAL IMPACT TO THE INSTITUTION, BUT WE ARE HIRING INTERNS BASED ON THIS CONTRACT.

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AND YOU'VE SAID THAT THAT WILL BE NOTED IN THE FUTURE.

YES, MA'AM. SO I TOLD HIM FOR YOU.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE FOREMAN FURTHER QUESTION.

NO. OKAY.

TRUSTEES. ANY OTHER. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. HEARING NONE.

TRUSTEES, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.

THE MOTION PASSES EIGHT VOTING YES.

ONE NOT PRESENT TO VOTE.

TRUSTEES, YOU'VE JUST ADOPTED ITEM 9.01.

WE WILL NOW TURN TO ITEM 9.02.

ITEM 9.02.

CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS AT DALLAS AND DALLAS ISD TO ALLOW UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS AT DALLAS TO PLACE STUDENTS FROM THE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AT DALLAS ISD SCHOOLS.

AUGUST 1ST, 2024 TO JUNE 1ST, 2025 WITH TWO ONE YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS.

NO FINANCIAL IMPACT.

DALLAS ISD WILL NOT BE PAYING THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS ANY FEES.

CONSENT ITEM 8.07 PULLED BY TRUSTEES JOYCE FOREMAN AND TRUSTEE CAMILLE WHITE.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE.

SECOND. IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY TRUSTEE MITCHELL, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE WEINBERG, TO APPROVE THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS AT DALLAS AND DALLAS ISD TO ALLOW THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS AT DALLAS TO PLACE STUDENTS FROM THE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AT DALLAS ISD SCHOOLS.

AUGUST 1ST, 2024 TO JUNE 1ST, 2025, WITH TWO ONE YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS.

NO FINANCIAL IMPACT. DALLAS ISD WILL NOT BE PAYING THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS ANY FEES.

TRUSTEES, OR IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? YES. TRUSTEE FOREMAN AND I WANT TO ASK ROBERT TO COME UP.

SINCE HE DIDN'T ANSWER THE LAST TIME, I'LL ANSWER FOR HIM.

THANK YOU FOR THE SAME INFORMATION THAT WE GOT PREVIOUSLY.

WHILE THERE IS NO FEES GOING TO THE UNIVERSITY, WE ARE STILL HIRING STUDENTS BASED ON THIS CONTRACT.

AND THAT SHOULD BE NOTED SO THAT WE ARE AWARE OF OF WHERE THOSE DOLLARS ARE GOING.

TRUSTEES ARE. IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. TRUSTEE TRUSTEES, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

THE MOTION PASSES EIGHT VOTING YES.

ONE NOT PRESENT TO VOTE.

TRUSTEES, YOU HAVE JUST ADOPTED ITEM 9.02.

WE WILL NOW TURN TO ITEM 9.03.

CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO RATIFY THE MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE PERIOD ENDING MARCH 31ST, 2020.

FOR CONSENT ITEM 8.11 PULLED BY TRUSTEES JOYCE FOREMAN AND CAMILLE WHITE.

TRUSTEES, DO WE DO? I HAVE A MOTION. MOVE TO APPROVE.

SECOND. IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY TRUSTEE MICCICHE, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE WEINBERG, TO RATIFY THE MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE PERIOD ENDING MARCH 31ST, 2021.

CONSENT. CONSENT ITEM.

ITEM 8.11 PULLED BY TRUSTEES JOYCE FOREMAN AND TRUSTEES TRUSTEE CAMILLE WHITE.

TRUSTEES, IS THERE DISCUSSION? YES. TRUSTEE.

FOREMAN.

JUST A FEW QUESTIONS AND I'LL JUST GO DOWN THE WAY YOU RESPONDED NUMBER 1 TO 3 AND POSSIBLY THE NEXT ONE. SO AUGUST, THE AUGUST 2023, YOU ADDED BUDGET FOR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS IN 11 HIGH SCHOOLS.

WHAT IS THAT TOTAL DOLLAR AMOUNT? ONE POINT 1,000,000.1 MILLION.

AND THEN ON SEPTEMBER 2023, ADDED BUDGET FOR HB THREE ARMED OFFICER REQUIREMENTS, TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES AND FOR BOARDROOM AT 5151 SAMUEL.

IS THAT BROKEN DOWN IN ANY PARTICULAR DOLLAR AMOUNT? FOR NUMBER 2ND SEPTEMBER 2023.

THE TOTAL FOR THE ITEMS NOTED THERE WAS $16 MILLION.

AND IS IT BROKEN DOWN BASED ON YOU HAVE THREE SEPARATE ITEMS. YOU HAVE HP, THREE ARMED OFFICERS TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES AT BOARDROOM AND PO ROLLOVERS.

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I CAN SHARE IT WITH YOU VIA TRACKER.

DO YOU HAVE IT NOW? I DO.

COULD YOU SHARE IT WITH ME, PLEASE? FOR THE ARMED OFFICER REQUIREMENTS.

6.2 MILLION.

FOR THE TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES HERE AT THE SAMUEL BUILDING.

1.5 MILLION.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

AND ON NUMBER THREE ADDED BUDGET FOR HB BELL RENOVATIONS FOR DAP.

COULD YOU SHARE THAT WITH ME ALSO? THE RENOVATIONS WERE 1.1 MILLION.

THANK YOU. AND LAST SO YOU SAID THE CAMPUS BUDGET REFLECTS THE DOLLARS THAT WERE REMOVED, GENERAL OPERATING FUNDING WAS ADDED BACK TO CAMPUSES. WAS ALL OF THE THE DOLLARS REMOVED FROM CAMPUSES ADDED BACK OR JUST THE GENERAL OPERATING FUNDS? ALL OF THE TITLE ONE ALLOCATIONS WERE RESTORED BACK.

SO, TYLER GO AHEAD.

I'M SORRY. AND AS FAR AS THE GENERAL OPERATING, THE DOLLARS WERE ADDED BACK BASED ON THE CAMPUS REQUEST.

OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY LISTING OF COMPARING THE DOLLARS TAKEN FROM THE CAMPUSES AND THE DOLLARS RESET BACK TO THE CAMPUSES? YES, WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION AVAILABLE IN THE SYSTEM THAT CAN BE COMPILED.

OKAY. COULD YOU SHARE THAT WITH THE TRUSTEES, PLEASE? YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

TRUSTEES ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? YES, I DO HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.

ON THE ITEM NUMBER TWO.

AS FAR AS TECHNOLOGY UPDATES FOR 5151 SAMUEL, DO WE HAVE A DETAILED BREAKOUT OF THE ITEMS THAT WERE PURCHASED WITH OR PROPOSED OR PURCHASED? THAT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE, I CAN PROVIDE IT TO YOU IN A TRACKER.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEES ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.

SEEING NONE TRUSTEES.

PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.

THE MOTION PASSES EIGHT VOTING YES.

ONE NOT PRESENT TO VOTE.

TRUSTEES, YOU JUST ADOPTED ITEM 9.03.

WE NOW TURN TO ITEM 9.04.

CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR MAY 31ST, 2020.

FOR CONSENT. ITEM 8.15 PULLED BY TRUSTEES JOYCE FOREMAN AND CAMILLE WHITE.

TRUSTEES, DO I HAVE A MOTION MOVED TO APPROVE? SECOND. TRUSTEES.

THE THE ITEM HAS BEEN MOVED BY TRUSTEE MIKE AND SECONDED BY TRUSTEE WEINBERG TO APPROVE THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR MAY 31ST, 2020 FOR TRUSTEES.

IS THERE DISCUSSION? YES.

TRUSTEE FOREMAN. SO TO MAKE A.

TELL ME IF I'M UNDERSTANDING THIS CORRECTLY.

YOU'RE WE'RE PRETTY MUCH SAYING THE FUND BALANCE IS GOING TO REMAIN THE SAME.

FROM THE 2023, 2024 YEAR TO THE 2024, 2025 YEAR.

SO I WOULD CONSIDER.

GO AHEAD. SO THE ESTIMATED UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE FOR 2024 2025 IS IS CHANGING.

IT'S NOT CHANGING AS MUCH BECAUSE WE'RE PROJECTING TO SPEND LESS OF THE BUDGET THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE THIS YEAR.

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OKAY. AND WE ACTUALLY STARTED OUT IN THE 2023, 2024 WITH A 185 MILLION BUDGET DEFICIT OR SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE. YES.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEES ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION. HEARING NONE.

TRUSTEES, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

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

TRUSTEES, YOU'VE JUST ADOPTED ITEM 9.04.

YOU NOW TURN TO ITEM 9.05.

CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE, NEGOTIATE, AND ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS WITH RECOMMENDED POOL OF VENDORS FOR WEAPONS DETECTION SYSTEMS, EQUIPMENT, ACCESSORIES, AND SUPPORT FOR DISTRICT WIDE USE.

NOT TO EXCEED $5 MILLION OVER FIVE YEARS, INCLUDING RENEWAL OPTIONS, GENERAL OPERATING SPECIAL REVENUE AND BOND FUNDS.

CONSENT ITEM 8.17 POLL BY TRUSTEES JOYCE FOREMAN AND TRUSTEES CAMILLE WHITE.

TRUSTEES. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE.

SECOND. IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY TRUSTEE MIKE, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE WEINBERG TO AUTHORIZE, NEGOTIATE AND ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS WITH RECOMMENDED POOL OF VENDORS FOR WEAPONS DETECTION SYSTEMS, EQUIPMENT, ACCESSORIES, AND SUPPORT FOR DISTRICT WIDE USE.

NOT TO EXCEED $5 MILLION OVER FIVE YEARS, INCLUDING RENEWAL OPTIONS.

GENERAL OPERATING SPECIAL REVENUE BOND FUNDS.

TRUSTEES. IS THERE DISCUSSION? YES. TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

SO, AM I READING THIS CORRECTLY? YOU'RE SAYING 2 TO 2.5 MILLION WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE SAFETY AND SECURITY PORTION FROM THE BOND FUNDS? SO THE IT'S ABOUT HALF WOULD BE BOND FUNDS AND HALF WOULD BE FROM MAINTENANCE OR FROM SECURITY SINCE IT'S A $5 MILLION CONTRACT.

OH. THE REMAINING BALANCE WOULD BE FROM A CYCLE TO GRANT THAT WE RECEIVED.

SO HOW MUCH IS THE CYCLE TO GRANT? CYCLE TWO IS 3.5.

AND WHEN DO WE RECEIVE THAT GRANT? I BELIEVE WE ACTUALLY THE BOARD TAKES ACTION NEXT MONTH ON THAT GRANT.

SO IT'S 2.25 MILLION FROM BONDS AND 3.5 MILLION FROM THE GRANT.

THE CORRECT. FOR THIS CONTRACT.

THAT'S CORRECT.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

YES, MA'AM. TRUSTEE IS THE FURTHER DISCUSSION.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

TRUSTEE TURNER. WHEN YOU SAY WEAPONS DETECTION SYSTEM EQUIPMENT, WHAT DOES THAT ALL INCLUDE? SO THAT'S THE WALK THROUGH METAL DETECTORS, HANDHELD METAL DETECTORS, AND THEN WHAT WE CALL OPEN GATE METAL DETECTORS, THE SAME AS WE HAVE LIKE AT A OR NOT WE HAVE.

BUT AMERICAN AIRLINES CENTER USES AND SOME OF OUR SPORTING ARENAS AROUND TOWN.

COULD THIS POSSIBLY INCLUDE EQUIPMENT LIKE YOU SEE AT TSA, WHEN YOU HAVE TO GET ON A PLANE AND YOU TAKE YOUR BAGS THROUGH? NO, SIR. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE RFP.

LIKE THE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

YOU PUT IT ON A CONVEYOR BELT, GOES THROUGH THE X RAY MACHINES.

NO, SIR. OKAY.

THANK YOU. YES, SIR.

TRUSTEE, IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION? JUST TRUSTEE WHITE AND THEN MR. TRUSTEE WHITE. YES.

SO BASICALLY THIS IS GOING TO GO FOR TO ENHANCE EXISTING STRUCTURES.

BUT FOR ANYTHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT IS BEING THAT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW, WE'RE TAKING THESE PRECAUTIONS.

IS THAT CORRECT WHEN IT COMES TO SECURITY?

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HOLMES WILL FURNISH THE THE ENTIRE PLACE TO INCLUDE THE METAL DETECTORS.

AND SO I UNDERSTAND THAT AT THE MAIN ENTRY WHERE THE STUDENTS ENTER, THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF OUR EQUIPMENT. ARE WE GOING TO EXTEND THEM TO ANY OF THE OTHER ENTRY WAYS THAT THAT ARE UTILIZED? BECAUSE ON SOME CAMPUSES MANY OF THE HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUSES YOU HAVE, YOU MAY HAVE A A ENTRY FOR THE NINTH GRADE STUDENTS, ONE FOR THE 10TH GRADE AND ONE FOR THE 11TH AND 12TH, ETC.

THEY'RE COMBINED IN CERTAIN CERTAIN.

BASICALLY SOME OF THEM HAVE THREE ENTRYWAYS.

SO THIS EQUIPMENT IS GOING TO ALSO BE UTILIZED IN WAYS THAT SOME CAMPUSES MAY NEED MORE TO ASSIST THEM WITH SCHOOL SAFETY, WHICH IS WE KNOW OUR COMMUNITIES CAME OUT AND AND SPOKE ABOUT SAFETY.

SO THIS IS GOING TO HELP HELP US WITH THAT SITUATION.

YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU, SIR, AND TRUSTEES FOR ROUND ONE.

TRUSTEE FOREMAN. THANK YOU.

DAVID, JUST A COUPLE OF MORE QUESTIONS.

SO WE HAVE DIFFERENT ITERATIONS OF METAL DETECTORS IN THE DISTRICT.

DO WE HAVE A LISTING OF THOSE DIFFERENT KINDS? AND FOR SAFETY REASONS, I WOULD NOT WANT THAT TO BE PUBLIC, BUT I STILL WOULD WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THOSE ITERATIONS ARE, WHAT THE LIFESPAN IS, AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO FUZE IN NEW TECHNOLOGY INTO SOME OF THOSE THAT MIGHT HAVE THE OLDER TECHNOLOGY.

NOW, IF I HEARD CORRECTLY THE LAST TIME, I THINK I HEARD WHERE WE IN 2021, WE PURCHASED SOME THAT WERE RIGHT AFTER COVID, SO IT HAD SOME COVID KINDS OF EQUIPMENT ATTACHED TO IT.

AND THEN IN 2022, WE PURCHASED ANOTHER ITERATION.

AND I JUST WANT TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE THAT TALKS ABOUT UPGRADING.

AND WHEN WE UPGRADE, BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ON THIS ONE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A NEW SECURE FESTIVALS.

WELL, SOME OF THOSE SCHOOLS MIGHT ALREADY HAVE METAL DETECTORS.

SO THAT'S NOT A NEW SCHOOL.

A SECURE FESTIVAL IS NOT A NEW SCHOOL.

IT'S AN OLD SCHOOL THAT'S GOT A NEW VESTIBULE PUT IN FRONT OF IT.

AND THEN THE SAME THING AT THE ATHLETIC FACILITIES.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START WITH THAT ONE, BUT YES.

SO YES TO ALL AND A AND ABOVE.

RIGHT. SO YOU ARE CORRECT, MA'AM.

WE DID PURCHASE IN MARCH OF 2021 AND THEN AGAIN IN FEBRUARY OF 2022.

THIS BOARD WILL ALLOW US TO HAVE A, A REPLACEMENT PLAN FOR SOME OF THE OLDER TECHNOLOGY TO INCLUDE THE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE THEIR VESTIBULES RIGHT NOW HAVE SOME OF THE NEWER ONES IN THE TRACKER.

I PROVIDED YOU A LIST OF WHERE THEY ARE ALL ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

I CAN ALSO PROVIDE WHAT BRAND OR WHAT KIND OR HOW OLD.

I, I DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THAT.

I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S FOR YOU.

OKAY, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS SOMETHING IN PLACE THAT'S ADDRESSING THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE SOME SCHOOLS WITH THE 2021 ITERATION AND THEN OTHER SCHOOLS HAVING ALL OF THE NEW.

BECAUSE WE DO KNOW SOMETIMES SCHOOLS CAN BE MORE AGGRESSIVE THAN OTHER SCHOOLS, AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS DO HAPPEN.

BUT THAT HAS TO BE A CONTROL SYSTEM IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN.

YES, MA'AM, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEES ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.

SEEING NONE. TRUSTEES, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

THE MOTION PASSES EIGHT VOTING YES, WITH ONE ABSTENTION.

TRUSTEES, YOU'VE JUST ADOPTED ITEM 9.05.

WE NOW TURN TO ITEM 9.06.

CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE, NEGOTIATE, AND ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS WITH RECOMMENDED POOL POOL VENDORS FOR CUSTODIAL SUPPLIES, EQUIPMENT, EQUIPMENT, REPAIRS AND

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NOT TO EXCEED $21 MILLION OVER FIVE YEARS, INCLUDING RENEWAL OPTIONS.

GENERAL OPERATING SPECIAL REVENUE BOND FUNDS CONSENT ITEM 8.19 POOL DUE TO REVISIONS.

TRUSTEES. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND TRUSTEES.

WE. IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY TRUSTEE MACKEY, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE WEINBERG TO AUTHORIZE NEGOTIATING ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS WITH RECOMMENDED POOL OF VENDORS FOR CUSTODIAL SUPPLIES, EQUIPMENT, EQUIPMENT, REPAIRS AND REPAIR SERVICES FOR DISTRICTWIDE USE NOT TO EXCEED $21 MILLION OVER FIVE YEARS, INCLUDING RENEWAL OPTIONS.

GENERATING OPERATING SPECIAL REVENUE BOND FUNDS.

TRUSTEES. IS THERE DISCUSSION? SEEING NO DISCUSSION.

TRUSTEES, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.

THE MOTION PASSES.

UNANIMOUS. TRUSTEES, YOU JUST ADOPTED ITEM 9.06.

WE NOW TURN TO ITEM 9.07.

CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE, NEGOTIATE, AND ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS WITH RECOMMENDED POOL OF VENDORS FOR JOB ORDER CONTRACTING SERVICES FOR GENERAL CONSTRUCTION.

NOT TO EXCEED $33,500,000 OVER FIVE YEARS, INCLUDING REVENUE RENEWAL OPTIONS.

GENERAL OPERATING SPECIAL REVENUE BOND FUNDS CONSENT ITEM 8.24 PULLED BY TRUSTEES JOYCE FOREMAN AND CAMILLE WHITE.

TRUSTEES. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE.

SECOND. IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY TRUSTEE MIKE, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE WEINBERG, TO AUTHORIZE, NEGOTIATE AND ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS WITH RECOMMENDED POOL OF VENDORS FOR JOB ORDER CONTRACTING SERVICES FOR GENERAL CONSTRUCTION NOT TO EXCEED $33,500,000 OVER FIVE YEARS, INCLUDING RENEWAL OPTIONS, GENERAL OPERATING, SPECIAL REVENUE AND BOND FUNDS.

TRUSTEES. IS THERE DISCUSSION? YES. TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

SO, BRENDA, IS IT 33 MILLION OR 3 MILLION? 33,000,500. OKAY.

BECAUSE THIS IS THE ONE I'M LOOKING AT SAYS 3 MILLION.

SO IF IT'S 33 MILLION, IS THIS THE ONE WITH GUARDIAN? IS THIS THE ONE WITH GUARDIAN? NO, THIS IS THE ACTUAL CONTRACTERS.

THIS IS THE ACTUAL CONTRACT.

SO GUARDIAN IS SEPARATE AND APART BECAUSE THE ONE I GOT HERE IS IS FOR GUARDIAN.

SO GUARDIAN IS SEPARATE AND APART.

YES, MA'AM. THAT WAS A SEPARATE ITEM.

8.24. THAT ONE'S 8.21.

SO JUST LET ME ASK QUESTIONS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

SO IS THIS THE ONE THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THE GUARDIAN CONTRACT? ORDER FOR JOB ORDER.

YEAH. ALL THE JOB ORDER CONTRACTORS WILL USE THE PRICE CATALOG THAT GORDIAN CREATED.

OKAY, DO.

WHAT IS OUR POSITION ON USING THEIR PRICE CATALOG? IS THAT IN INFINITY, OR ARE WE LOOKING AT OTHER PROCESSES? THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO USE IT FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE BOND PROGRAM.

WE TYPICALLY HAVE TRADITIONALLY USED SOME TYPE OF PRICE CATALOG.

SO THIS WOULD BE FIVE YEARS AND THAT'S $3 MILLION OVER THE FIVE YEAR SPAN.

FOR THE PREVIOUS BOARD.

DOC FOR THE GORDON BOARD.

DOC. POINT OF INFORMATION.

TRUSTEE JOHNSON. IS IT 3 MILLION OR 33 MILLION?

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TWO DIFFERENT DOCS.

500. THERE'S A SEPARATE ITEM FOR 3 MILLION.

IT'S TWO DIFFERENT DOCS.

BUT I GOT THE $3 MILLION, SO I WON'T BELABOR THIS.

WHAT WHAT I, I DO BELIEVE IS I DON'T BELIEVE THE DISTRICT NEEDS TO BE IN A RELATIONSHIP PAYING.

AND I UNDERSTOOD IT TO BE $1 MILLION A YEAR TO USE SOMEONE'S SOFTWARE.

ALL THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE HAVE BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE SPEND.

I JUST I HAVE A STRONG PROBLEM WITH THAT.

AND I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH YOUR CODE, AS YOU KNOW THAT.

I THINK THAT THAT IS IN SOME CASES THE BEST WAY TO GET WORK DONE.

BUT WHAT I DON'T BELIEVE IS THAT WE NEED TO BE IN THOSE KINDS OF RELATIONSHIPS WHERE WE ARE SPENDING MONEY JUST FOR TECHNOLOGY. I AM A FIRM BELIEVER THAT OUR DOLLARS, AS MANY AS POSSIBLE, SHOULD BE ON OUR CAMPUSES TAKING CARE OF OUR KIDS. AND SO I'M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT THE GUARDIAN, BUT I AM IN FAVOR OF JACK ORDERS AND HAVE BEEN AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE JOHNSON.

WELL, TRUSTEES, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HARRY CONNICK, TRUSTEE. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

TRUSTEE WHITE. WERE YOU ABLE TO VOTE? THANK YOU. THE MOTION PASSES SEVEN VOTING YES, WITH TWO ABSTENTIONS.

TRUSTEE, YOU HAVE JUST ADOPTED ITEM 9.07.

WE WILL NOW TURN TO ITEM 9.08.

CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT THE 2024 2025 FISCAL YEAR.

BUDGET CONSENT ITEM 8.26 PULLED BY ADMINISTRATION.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE.

SECOND. TRUSTEES.

IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY TRUSTEE MICCICHE.

SECOND. SECONDED BY TRUSTEE WEINBERG TO ADOPT THE 2024 2025 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET.

TRUSTEES. IS THERE DISCUSSION? YES. TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

SO, SUPERINTENDENT, I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU THIS QUESTION BECAUSE I KNOW TAMIKA CAN PROBABLY ANSWER IT.

WHAT IS THE ADVANTAGE OF DOING THE BUDGET IN MAY INSTEAD OF JUNE AS WE NORMALLY DO? AS I STATED PREVIOUSLY, THIS WOULD A HELP US TO COMMUNICATE THE COMPENSATION TO APPROXIMATELY 50% OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS THAT ARE NON-TEACHERS, AND IT WOULD ALSO ALLOW US TO BEGIN THE CLOSEOUT OF THE 2324 SCHOOL YEAR.

OKAY. SO ONE OF THE THINGS I NOTICED IS, IS THAT WE STILL HAVE OUTSTANDING PROCUREMENT ORDERS, AND THAT NUMBER IS NOT KNOWN.

DO WE DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA OF WHAT THAT IS? IT IS NOT NOTED.

CAN YOU TELL ME WHERE YOU'RE SEEING THAT INFORMATION? I'M NOT SEEING THAT.

THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING THE QUESTION.

I BELIEVE IT'S REFERRING TO WHERE WE PUT IN THE ROLLOVERS THAT GO INTO FOR OUR ESTIMATES ON, ON PURCHASES, WHICH WE ALSO HAVE IN JUNE WHEN WE ADOPT THE BUDGET IN JUNE AS WELL.

CORRECT. SO IN JUNE, WE'LL BRING THE PROJECTED AMOUNT, THE THE PURCHASE ORDER ROLLOVER PROCESS DISCUSSION DOESN'T HAPPEN UNTIL IT STARTED NOW.

BUT IF YOU THINK ABOUT WHEN WE'VE DONE THAT IN THE PAST, WE WANT TO YOU DON'T REQUEST THE PURCHASE ORDER ROLLOVER UNTIL YOU REALLY KNOW IF THE WORK IS NOT GOING TO BE COMPLETED IN THE CURRENT YEAR.

SO THE CURRENT YEAR IS STILL UNDERWAY, SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION AVAILABLE IN COMPLETE FORM.

WE'RE GOING TO BRING THOSE PROJECTIONS IN JUNE.

DO WE NORMALLY GET THOSE SUPERINTENDENT DURING BUDGET TIME IN JUNE? WE DO THAT? THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. I WAS JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE I WASN'T CRAZY.

AND THAT IS AN EFFECT ON THE BUDGET, CORRECT? EITHER IN EITHER MONTH.

IT IS AN EFFECT ON THE BUDGET.

YES. AND IT WILL DETERMINE WHAT OUR DEFICIT IS IN A LOT OF CASES.

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BUT WE'RE ABLE TO EXTRACT THAT, THAT WE DON'T ROLL OVER.

CORRECT, AS WE WOULD IN JUNE.

YES. WHICH IS EITHER NORMALLY WHEN WE DO BUDGET.

ANOTHER QUESTION.

WHEN DO WE TELL THE TEACHERS? AND PROBABLY ROBERT, YOU COULD ANSWER THIS.

WHEN DO THE TEACHERS GET THEIR SCORE CARDS FOR TAE? SCORECARDS ARE GENERATED IN SEPTEMBER FOR TEACHERS AND SEPTEMBER.

AND WHEN DO THEY FIND OUT ABOUT THEIR NEXT YEAR RAISE? YEARS RAISE THE RAISES THAT ONCE THEY GET THEIR EFFECTIVENESS LEVEL, THEY'LL KNOW WHAT STEP THEY GO ON TO.

BUT WE DO COMMUNICATE OUT AS SOON AS THE BOARD APPROVES THE BUDGET WHAT THOSE NEW LEVELS WILL BE.

OKAY, BUT WHEN DO THE TEACHER ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT THEIR EFFECTIVENESS LEVEL IS? NOT THE COMMUNICATIONS AFTER THE BOARD DOC? WHEN DO THEY KNOW THEY RECEIVED THAT? IN THE MIDDLE OF SEPTEMBER.

DO WE KNOW HOW MUCH? IN THIS? NOT FOR YOU, ROBERT.

THIS IS TAMIKA.

THIS IS A TAMIKA QUESTION.

SO DO WE KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY WE ACTUALLY RETRIEVED FROM THE CAMPUSES THAT WAS PUT BACK IN THE BUDGET? I DON'T HAVE THOSE EXACT AMOUNTS.

ON HAND, IF I'M REMEMBERING CORRECTLY FROM GENERAL OPERATING.

IS THAT THE FUNDING SOURCE YOU'RE REFERRING TO RIGHT NOW? I THINK SO, BUT YOU CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG BECAUSE I THINK WE TOOK TITLE MONEY, WE TOOK ESSER MONEY, AND WE TOOK GENERAL OPERATING, AND IT WASN'T ANYTHING ELSE. SUPERINTENDENT.

NO, MA'AM. THOSE ARE THE ONLY THREE FUNDS THAT I DIRECTED STAFF TO TAKE ACTION ON.

OKAY. AND SO DO WE.

I GUESS I'M TRYING TO GET IN MY HEAD A COMPARATIVE OF WHAT WE TOOK, WHAT WE GAVE BACK, AND THEN HOW MUCH WENT INTO THAT'S GOING TO GO BACK INTO THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND.

DO WE HAVE THAT KIND OF NUMBER? NOT AT THIS MOMENT.

I THINK THAT'S SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU ASKED ME PREVIOUSLY.

YOU WANTED A COMPARISON BETWEEN, FOR EXAMPLE, THE GENERAL OPERATING CAMPUS ALLOCATIONS.

YOU WANTED TO KNOW HOW MUCH WE ORIGINALLY TOOK AND THEN HOW MUCH WE RESTORED.

CORRECT. RIGHT.

OKAY. SO I'VE MADE NOTE THAT I NEED TO SUBMIT THAT IN THE TRACKER AS IT RELATES TO TITLE ONE, THAT ALL OF THAT WAS GIVEN BACK.

RIGHT. WELL, WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TAKEN TITLE ONE MONEY ANYWAY.

TITLE MONEY STAYS ON THE CAMPUS.

NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN TOUCHED.

BUT BUT THAT'S NOT THE ISSUE.

I GUESS THE ISSUE I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT IS THOSE DOLLARS THAT WE TOOK BACK FROM THE CAMPUSES, AND EVERYBODY KNOWS I'M BORED KEEPING MONEY ON THE CAMPUSES.

THOSE DOLLARS THAT WE TOOK BACK FROM THE CAMPUSES, WHERE DID THAT GO AND WHERE IS THAT EMBEDDED IN THE BUDGET TO GET RID OF THAT $185 MILLION DEFICIT.

SO ANY DOLLARS THAT ARE NOT USED IN THE CURRENT YEAR WILL COUNT AS UNDERSPENDING.

SO FOR ANY CAMPUS OR DEPARTMENT THAT DOES NOT EXPEND THEIR ALLOCATION AT 100%, THAT IMPACTS OUR BOTTOM LINE.

AND YOU ASK, WHERE IS THAT GOING TO SHOW UP? THAT WOULD SHOW UP IN REDUCING THE PROJECTED $186 MILLION DEFICIT.

THAT IS A PART OF THIS 2324 BUDGET.

SO THIS TRUSTEE, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR OTHERS, WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW MUCH OF THE MONEY THAT WAS TAKEN OFF THE CAMPUS GOES BACK TO TAKE CARE OF THAT DEFICIT.

OKAY, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

IF IT DON'T TELL ME YOU'RE AT.

YES, YOU STATED IT.

I UNDERSTAND WHAT I NEED TO SEND YOU.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE IS A FURTHER DISCUSSION.

TRUSTEE JOHNSON. YES.

I WANT TO MAKE A STATEMENT.

LAST YEAR, WHEN I ASKED THIS BOARD ADMINISTRATION TO GET THE BUDGET TO US EARLIER, IT WAS FOR US TO HAVE A ROBUST DISCUSSION SO WE COULD VOTE FOR IT IN JUNE.

I DID NOT ASK FOR US TO MOVE THE BUDGET OR GET IT OUT EARLIER SO WE CAN TALK TO OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, EDUCATORS AND ETC.

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THAT MEANS THE TIME FRAME IS STILL THE SAME.

HOWEVER, I SPOKE WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND MET AND SAID TOLD HER THAT I FEEL COMFORTABLE AFTER SPEAKING WITH HER CONCERNING THE BUDGET, SO TO VOTE FOR IT TO TRY TO SUPPORT ONE OF THE THINGS I'M A STRONG ADVOCATE ABOUT IS MAKING SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS FULLY EDUCATED.

CONCERNING THE BUDGET AND RECEIVING SEVERAL TEXT MESSAGES.

IT'S STILL AN ISSUE. THERE'S STILL SOME CONCERN.

THERE'S STILL SOME DISCONNECT THERE.

I HAD TO GO BACK AND ADVOCATE FOR TWO OF MY MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR FOR A PROGRAMS THAT WAS TAKEN FROM THE CAMPUS TO BE PUT BACK ON THE CAMPUS.

I APPRECIATE THE ADMINISTRATION DID DO THAT.

IN MY OPINION, IT SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN REMOVED.

ALSO, I WAS A FORMER COMMUNITY LIAISON IN THIS DISTRICT AND I DID A JOB WELL DONE.

THIS DISTRICT TRAINED ME VERY WELL TO DO THIS JOB.

HOWEVER, THE SAME PROBLEM EXISTS.

WHEN I WAS A COMMUNITY LIAISON, THEY CAME UP WITH ANOTHER POSITION CALLED PARENT LIAISON.

SAME JOB, DIFFERENT TITLE, LOWER PAY.

WE DIDN'T CHANGE THE TWO PARENT INSTRUCTOR.

THEN WE LATER CAME UP WITH THE URBAN SPECIALIST.

ONE OF THE CONCERNS I HAVE.

ELSE WE'RE SAYING THAT WE WANT.

THE PRINCIPALS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EITHER GET A PARENT LIAISON OR NOW PARENT INSTRUCTOR OR A COMMUNITY LIAISON.

THIS BOARD WAS VERY CLEAR ABOUT MAKING SURE WE HAVE COMMUNITY LIAISONS.

HOWEVER, A PRINCIPAL NOW IS HAVING TO DECIDE WHETHER TO PAY PETER TO PAY PAUL.

DO I HAVE TO KEEP MY COMMUNITY LIAISON OR DO I USE MY TITLE? TITLE NINE FUNDS TO PAY FOR A DEMO.

TEACHER. AN ACADEMIC COACH.

THOSE ARE THE STRUGGLES AND THE DETERMINATION THAT I PRINCIPALS HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH.

I'VE BEEN IN DISTRICT FOR TEN YEARS.

IT'S BEEN THE SAME CONCERN.

SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT DISINGENUOUS TO ME FOR US TO STILL HAVE THE SAME STRUGGLE THAT COMMUNITY LIAISONS JOBS ARE ON THE LINE EVERY YEAR, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO TELL THE PRINCIPAL OR THE PRINCIPAL HAS TO MAKE A DECISION.

DO I PAY FOR A DEMO TEACHER OUT OF THE TITLE NINE OR DO I PAY FOR MY COMMUNITY LIAISON WHO'S DOING A GREAT JOB? THAT'S VERY DISINGENUOUS, VERY DIFFICULT.

AND IT'S UNFAIR TO COMMUNITY LIAISONS IN THIS DISTRICT.

SO I HAVE A STRUGGLE WITH THIS, NUMBER ONE, BECAUSE I DID NOT ASK FOR THIS BUDGET FOR US TO HAVE A ROBUST DISCUSSION EARLIER, TO VOTE FOR IT EARLY. AND NOW I'M FINDING OUT SOME PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE HAVING BECAUSE COMMUNITY LIAISONS AND I CAN SAY THIS DON'T FEEL VALUED.

I'VE TALKED TO SEVERAL.

THAT'S WONDERING, HOW AM I GOING TO PAY MY BILLS? I'VE DONE A GREAT JOB.

BUT YET AND STILL I'M UP.

I'M ON AN ACCESS LIST.

OR NOW WE'RE HAVING TO DO POINT FIVE WORK OVER HERE AND THEN WORK OVER HERE.

LET ME GIVE YOU THE TRUTH.

THE COMMUNITY LIAISON. THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A POINT FIVE.

IT'S STILL A FULL TIME JOB.

BECAUSE IF I, IF I GO OVER HERE, IT'S A 0.5.

I DID IT AT BY STORY.

I WAS WORKING AT CLARA OLIVER.

I HAD AND IN THAT CLARA POSITION, I STARTED THE ONLY ELEMENTARY DRUMLINE, WHICH WAS SUCCESSFUL TO SUPPORT OUR COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS INITIATIVE.

BUT I ALSO HAD TO WORK FULL TIME AND DO THE SAME THING AT BOSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL.

AND THE PRINCIPAL DID NOT CARE IF IT WAS 0.5.

THEY STILL DEMANDED FULL TIME WORK.

WHY? BECAUSE THE NEED IN MY COMMUNITY WAS THAT THAT BIG.

THERE WAS A LOT OF RESOURCES THAT WAS NEEDED IN DISTRICT FIVE, AND IT'S STILL TODAY AND IT IS GROWING, SO IT'S VERY HARD TO STRETCH.

A COMMUNITY LIAISON WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO DO FULL TIME WORK AT THIS CAMPUS AND FULL TIME WORK AT THIS OTHER CAMPUS.

BUT I'M REALLY POINT FIVE.

SO I'M ASKING THIS ADMINISTRATION.

I NEED THIS FIXED.

I'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR COMMUNITY LIAISON SINCE I GOT ON THE BOARD.

SOMETIMES PRINCIPALS DON'T RESPECT THE WORK OF A COMMUNITY LIAISON.

THEY HAVE US BEING MONITORS ONLY.

OUR JOB IS TO GO OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, BRING RESOURCES BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY, WORK WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS, WORK WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.

SOMETIMES WE'RE TOLD NO, BUT WE KEEP GOING BACK.

KEEP GOING TO WALMART, KEEP GOING TO TARGET, KEEP MEETING WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE TO TRY TO BRING RESOURCES INTO THE SCHOOLS.

THAT'S A VERY CHALLENGING WORK.

VERY HARD, BUT IT'S VERY REWARDING WHEN YOU'RE SUCCESSFUL AT IT AND YOU SEE THE SMILES OF THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE GETTING THE THINGS THAT THEY NEED.

SO THAT IS A THAT IS A VERY STRUGGLE, A HARD STRUGGLE FOR ME.

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AND WE HAVE NOT DID IT THE WAY WE NEED.

I THINK WE CHECKED THE BOX.

WE DID GREAT CHECKING BOX.

WE CHECKED BOX. WELL.

BUT WE DID NOT REALLY MEET THE NEED THAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDED.

THEY STILL HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS.

AND THAT'S A CONCERN FOR ME.

SO I DON'T REALLY HAVE A QUESTION.

I WANT TO MAKE THAT STATEMENT BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY DISINGENUOUS TO ME.

WHEN I PROMISED THE COMMUNITY SOMETHING, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ROBUST CONVERSATIONS AND MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WHAT'S GOING ON, THAT THEY CAN REALLY HAVE A REAL UNDERSTANDING.

AND WE'RE STILL CHEATED OUT OF THAT, OUT OF THAT EXPERIENCE.

THAT'S A CONCERN FOR ME.

HOWEVER, WE HAVE TO VOTE, VOTE ON THIS BUDGET.

SO I'M FORCED TO VOTE ON THIS BUDGET.

BECAUSE THAT'S THE JOB OF MY.

THAT'S THE JOB OF TRUSTEE.

HIRE AND FIRE SUPERINTENDENT.

PROVE PROVE POLICY AND VOTE ON THIS BUDGET THAT THE ADMINISTRATION BRINGS TO THIS BOARD.

THAT'S MY JOB.

SO IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR ME TO DO MY JOB WHEN I SEE SO MANY DISINGENUOUS ACTIONS HAS BEEN TAKEN LEADING UP TO THIS MOMENT.

SO I WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE BECAUSE MY COMMUNITY IS LISTENING.

THEY'VE EXPRESSED TO ME TREMENDOUS CONCERN.

EDUCATORS HAVE EXPRESSED TREMENDOUS CONCERN, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE BEST FOR OUR KIDS.

SO I WILL BE COMING BACK, SUPERINTENDENT, CONCERNING THIS ISSUE, BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT CONTINUE TO JUST PUSH THE COMMUNITY LIAISONS TO THE SIDE AND MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT, AS ONE PRINCIPAL TOLD ME, WHAT CHOICE DO I HAVE? A TEACHER, A MATH COACH, A READING COACH.

OR LIAISON.

I DON'T HAVE THE BUDGET.

THEY TOOK IT FROM ME, SO I HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION.

SEVERAL OF THEM SAID THIS TO ME, EVEN EVEN THIS WEEK.

SO THAT'S A CONCERN FOR ME.

BUT I WANT TO ADDRESS THIS.

SO HOPEFULLY AFTER THIS TONIGHT WE CAN STILL HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS AND THINGS WILL BE FIXED.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE WHITE.

YES. I FEEL.

LIKE I'M KIND OF IN THE DARK AS FAR AS WHAT IS LEFT WITH THE CAMPUSES.

AFTER CUTS HAVE BEEN MADE.

WE'VE HAD NUMEROUS CUTS.

IT WAS. I MEAN, I HEARD THE EMOTION IN TRUSTEE JOHNSON'S VOICE.

I WAS AT A CAMP, ONE OF MY CAMPUSES.

NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE, MAYBE A WEEK AGO.

THEY WERE HAVING, LIKE, A CARNIVAL FOR THE KIDS.

NEAR THE END OF SCHOOL AND THEIR COMMUNITY PARENT, I THINK SHE WAS A COMMUNITY, A PARENT INSTRUCTOR.

AND, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE CAMPUS WAS JUST UPSET BECAUSE THEY WERE LOSING HER, BECAUSE SHE DID SO MANY PROGRAMS THAT SHE BROUGHT TO THE CAMPUS.

SHE ACTUALLY PUT TOGETHER THAT WONDERFUL EVENT WHERE THE STUDENTS HAD TO GARDENS AND THEY ATE THE FOOD OUT THE GARDEN THAT THEY GREW THAT DAY.

AND THE PARENTS WERE JUST, LIKE, AMAZED THAT THE KIDS WERE JUST EATING SO MUCH SALAD THAT DAY.

TO TO HEAR THEM AND TO HEAR, YOU KNOW, HOW DISHEARTENING THAT THEY WERE THAT THEY WERE LEAVING TO HEAR.

ONE OF THE TEACHERS FROM SAMUEL WILL COME OUT AND SPEAK ABOUT HOW WE'RE GETTING RID OF SOMETHING THAT HAS HAS BROUGHT ACCOLADES TO THE CAMPUS.

THOSE TYPE OF THINGS ARE REALLY DISHEARTENING TO ME.

I UNDERSTAND WE DO HAVE TO MAKE CUTS, BUT I THINK IT SHOULD BE DONE IN A WISE MANNER.

WE DEFINITELY WANT THERE'S CAMPUSES THAT HAVE HAD SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS ON THE CAMPUSES ALL YEAR.

NO CERTIFIED TEACHER IN THE CLASSROOM.

AND THIS IS NOT A NEW.

AND IT'S JUST I JUST FEEL LIKE THERE'S THERE'S TOO MANY SUBS ON THE CAMPUSES FOR ONE.

TEACHERS ARE NOT BEING THE TEACHERS THAT THE SUBJECT CONTENT THAT THEY'RE TEACHING IS NOT BEING TAUGHT BY SOMEONE THAT IS ACTUALLY IN THAT CLASSROOM THAT HAS GONE FOR TRAINING AND IS CERTIFIED TO DO IT.

THAT IS A PROBLEM BECAUSE I AM CONCERNED ABOUT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.

AND. ONE.

ONE QUESTION THAT I DO HAVE IS, AS FAR AS THIS BUDGET IS CONCERNED, IS THIS A ONE TIME MOVEMENT OF WE'RE MOVING UP EARLY TO DO THIS, OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE THE NORM NOW WHERE WE'RE GOING TO

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AND THAT'S UP FOR CONSIDERATION WITH THE TEAM.

OKAY. AND.

AND I'M GOING TO SAY THIS AS FAR AS THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS WITH WITH THE BUDGET IS CONCERNED.

IT REALLY WASN'T WHAT I EXPECTED.

I WAS EXPECTING YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT WAS GREAT.

JUST, YOU KNOW. HEY, DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH OF YOUR BUDGET ACTUALLY GOES TO YOUR, YOU KNOW, EXAMPLE WITH THE DOLLAR? HOW MUCH OF THIS DOLLAR ACTUALLY GOES TO SALARIES AND OTHER THINGS THAT WE PAY FOR? BUT THAT'S NOT TELLING PARENTS, NOR IS IT TELLING US WELL, WE, WE KNOW BECAUSE WE, WE'RE GETTING TO LOOK AT NUMBERS, BUT IT'S NOT TELLING OUR COMMUNITIES, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING AS FAR AS THE MONEY IS CONCERNED, IT'S NOT BEING DISCUSSED THAT WE'RE OPERATING WITH A, YOU KNOW, A NEGATIVE BUDGET THIS YEAR.

AND OF COURSE, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE BETTER OFF THAN SOME OTHER DISTRICTS.

I'M QUITE SURE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE KIND OF SHOCKED TO HEAR THAT PLANO IS CLOSING CAMPUSES.

SO WE ARE FORTUNATE IN THAT SENSE.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME WHAT WE'RE OPERATING WITH AND WHAT WE'RE DOING AS FAR AS MAKING SURE THAT THE THAT THE KIDS ARE SAFE, THAT STAFF IS SAFE, THAT THE KIDS, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THE KIDS ARE TRULY LEARNING AND THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN FRONT OF THEM, BECAUSE THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

I MEAN, EVERYBODY DOESN'T HAVE THE LUXURY.

I HEARD THE MOTHER COME UP.

SHE'S A SINGLE PARENT.

SHE'S A NURSE.

SHE'S OUT HELPING SAVE OTHER PEOPLE, MAYBE EVEN SOME OF YOUR RELATIVES.

AND SHE DOESN'T HAVE THE TIME TO GO BACK AND FORTH TO THE SCHOOL, TO BE AS DEDICATED TO HER CHILD AS SHE WOULD LIKE TO BE.

SO SHE HAS TO TAKE OFF WORK.

I JUST THINK THAT.

AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT HE'S SAYING.

IT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS WHAT TRUSTEE JOHNSON JUST SAID.

SOME OF THIS IS IT'S LIKE IT'S HISTORICALLY ROOTED.

TEN YEARS AGO.

15 YEARS AGO.

SAME SONG, DIFFERENT PLAYERS IN THE GAME.

AND I JUST FEEL THAT.

WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE TRYING TO GIVE OUR TEACHERS RAISES AND WE DO GIVE THEM RAISES, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WHEN WE GIVE THEM $0.50 AND THE INSURANCE GOES UP $0.45, WE REALLY HAVEN'T GIVEN THEM A RAISE.

AND ONE OF MY QUESTIONS I ASKED WAS, WOULD IT BE BETTER IF THEY WENT AND WENT THROUGH THE MARKETPLACE TO GET INSURANCE? WOULD IT BE CHEAPER? I MEAN, IT'S JUST, I MEAN.

IT IS A STRUGGLE AND I UNDERSTAND THAT.

BUT WE HAVE TO DO WE JUST HAVE TO DO BETTER.

WE WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH SOME MORE CREATIVE WAYS ONTO WHICH TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PAYING TEACHERS GOOD SALARIES, BECAUSE WE ARE DEMANDING A LOT OF THEM. AND WHEN WITH THESE BUDGET CUTS, WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKING TEACHERS TO WEAR MORE THAN ONE HAT.

I ALREADY KNOW IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

WE'VE BEEN DOING IT AND THEY HAVE BEEN STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE, AND I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THAT.

SO WE DO HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO.

THERE'S I JUST.

I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT TO SAY OTHER THAN I KNOW WE NEED TO DO A LOT MORE THAN WHAT WE'RE DOING.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DEFINITELY ARE NOT WASTING ANY OF OUR RESOURCES, ANY RESOURCES THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY GET IN TO THE CLASSROOMS AS FAR AS IF WE HAVE HALL MONITORS THAT ARE GOING TO HELP WITH WITH SOME ISSUES WE MAY HAVE IN THE HALLWAYS TO HELP PUT EYES ON, ON KIDS WHO ARE NOT DOING WHAT THEY SHOULD BE AND BE WHERE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE.

SO THAT THAT IS WHAT I'M LOOKING AT.

AND. I JUST, I JUST IT, YOU KNOW WHEN, WHEN WE, WE I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE A LARGE BUDGET, BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF BILLS.

SO PEOPLE LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE HAVE.

YES. WE MAY HAVE A ONE POINT IS 1.87 BILLION.

BUT WE'RE SPENDING MORE THAN WHAT WE'RE BRINGING IN.

AND I JUST WANT US TO USE OUR RESOURCES.

WELL, THANK YOU TRUSTEE MACKEY.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CARRION.

FIRST, I WANT TO START BY THANKING THE ADMINISTRATION.

I MIGHT BE ALONE IN THIS, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING THIS BUDGET IN MAY AND NOT UP AGAINST THE LEGAL DEADLINE BY WHICH WE, BY LAW, MUST ADOPT A BUDGET AT THE END OF JUNE.

THAT IS A LAW, RIGHT? WE HAVE TO ADOPT A BUDGET BY THE END OF JUNE.

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AND I APPRECIATE I MEAN, AS AN EDUCATOR, AS A TEACHER, AS A PRINCIPAL, I APPRECIATE NOT WAITING TILL THE LAST MINUTE TO DO THAT, BECAUSE INEVITABLY THERE'S STILL, NO MATTER WHEN WE ADOPT IT, THERE ARE STILL GOING TO BE CONCERNS AND VALID DISAGREEMENTS ON WHAT WE THINK IT SHOULD BE.

AND THAT'S JUST THE NATURE OF BUDGETING.

AND I APPRECIATE THE ADMINISTRATION'S WILLINGNESS TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION EARLY.

IT'S NOT LIKE WE'VE HAD LESS CONVERSATION.

IN FACT, IT'S MORE THAN I REMEMBER.

AND I REMEMBER TRUSTEE JOHNSON, YOU ELOQUENTLY MENTIONED THAT LAST TIME, AND I THINK THE ENTIRE BOARD AGREED THAT THIS IS NECESSARY TO HAVE MORE CONVERSATION.

AND OBVIOUSLY THERE'S WAYS TO IMPROVE THAT AND CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

BUT I, I MEAN, WE'VE CONSIDERED THIS BUDGET PUBLICLY AT BRIEFINGS AT LEAST THREE OF THE LAST FOUR MONTHS.

AND I THINK IT SHOWS A LOT ABOUT STRONG SYSTEMS. IF WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE THIS KIND OF CONVERSATION AND ADOPT A STRONG BUDGET TO DO THAT.

SO I JUST WANT TO, FIRST OF ALL, EXPRESS MY PERSONAL THOUGHTS ON THAT.

SECOND OF ALL, SOMETHING TOTALLY NEW THAT I THINK WE HAVE GLOSSED OVER QUITE A BIT, THAT I THINK DESERVES TO BE BROUGHT BACK UP, IS THE IDEA THAT WE, FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT I'VE SEEN IN MY TIME HERE, ACTUALLY DID AN ANALYSIS OF WHICH OF OUR PROGRAMS ARE HAVING THE GREATEST IMPACT ON STUDENT OUTCOMES AND THESE GOALS AND CONSTRAINTS THAT ARE SITTING RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF US.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

THE REALITY IS THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE CUTS.

SO IF I'M LOOKING AT THIS, HERE'S MY FIRST QUESTION.

IS LAST YEAR'S BUDGET, WE ADOPTED A $2.03 BILLION BUDGET.

PLUS WE HAD SOME AMOUNT OF ESSER FUNDS THAT WE WERE SPENDING OVER THE COURSE OF THIS 23, 24 YEAR.

ROUGHLY HOW LARGE WAS THE ESSER FUNDING THAT WE WERE SPENDING THIS YEAR? THE ESSER ALLOCATION THIS YEAR IS $263 MILLION.

OKAY, SO ABOUT 0.26 MILLION.

SO THAT WAS BETWEEN THE BUDGET LAST YEAR.

AND ESSER KNOWING THAT THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT'S ABOUT $2.3 MILLION LAST YEAR.

THIS YEAR'S BUDGET THAT WE ARE ADOPTING IS HOW LARGE.

1.8 BILLION, ROUGHLY.

1.8 BILLION.

THAT IS SIZABLY SMALLER BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY.

THERE'S ZERO IN ESSER.

CORRECT? CORRECT.

SO LAST YEAR'S BUDGET WAS 2.03.

AND DID THAT INCLUDE ESSER OR NO.

NO. NO.

SO 2.03 PLUS 0.2.

ROUGHLY 2.22.03 PLUS $263 BILLION.

RIGHT. AND NOW WE'RE DOWN TO 1.8.

SO THAT IS A SIZABLE AMOUNT OF CUTS THAT WE'VE HAD TO MAKE.

AND WE DID NOT HAVE THAT OPTION.

WE COULD NOT RAISE OUR TAXES.

WE CAN'T LOWER OUR TAXES.

THE STATE PUT ZERO MORE DOLLARS INTO PUBLIC EDUCATION.

AND THE REALITY OF THAT IS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE HARD CUTS.

AND THEY ARE CUTS THAT MATTER.

THEY ARE CUTS THAT HURT.

THEY ARE TEACHERS THAT DO GREAT THINGS FOR KIDS THAT ARE NO LONGER TEACHING.

THEY ARE COMMUNITY LIAISONS.

IT IS PROGRAMS. IT IS MEANINGFUL THINGS.

THERE ARE NO THERE ARE NO CUTS IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT DON'T HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON SOMEBODY SOMEWHERE.

BUT THE REALITY IS WE DON'T HAVE UNLIMITED MONEY.

AND I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO SAY THAT I APPRECIATE THE WAY IN WHICH WE HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO DO THIS, WE HAVE TO MAKE SOME CUTS, AND WE'RE DOING IT IN A RESPONSIBLE WAY.

AND I CREDIT YOU, DOCTOR ELIZALDE, YOUR TEAM, DOCTOR ANDERSON, THE TEAM PRIOR TO GET US IN THIS FINANCIAL POSITION WHERE WE ARE NOT CLOSING SCHOOLS, I THINK SOMETHING LIKE THREE FOURTHS OF TEXAS DISTRICTS ARE ADOPTING SHORTFALL BUDGETS AND DEFICIT BUDGETS.

A TON OF THEM ARE CLOSING SCHOOLS AND HAVING TO CLOSE THEM ON FAST TIMELINES.

AND WE HAVE THE LUXURY OF NOT DOING THAT BECAUSE OF THOUGHTFUL PLANNING LIKE THIS.

AND WHILE THIS IS ABSOLUTELY HARD AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, I HOPE I'M WRONG, IT'S PROBABLY NOT THE LAST TIME WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CONSIDER SOMETHING LIKE THIS OVER THE COMING YEARS.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I APPRECIATE, IN TERMS OF HOW WE HAVE DONE THIS, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT PERFECT, EVEN THOUGH IT HURTS, EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE CONCERNS AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GET BETTER AND BETTER WITH THIS.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF SHARE MY TAKE ON THIS BECAUSE THIS IS NEVER EASY, BUT IT IS NECESSARY.

AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS MAKE THE DECISIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE THE MOST BENEFICIAL FOR KIDS.

AND AT LEAST I HAVE SOMETHING I FEEL LIKE I CAN STAND ON.

GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE HAVE DONE AN ANALYSIS OF ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, AND WE'RE GOING TO FIND WAYS AND THINGS WON'T BE RIGHT, AND WE'LL HAVE TO FIND WAYS TO IMPROVE IT. AND WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP ON DOING THAT.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO CIRCLE BACK TO THAT, BECAUSE I THINK IT IS WORTH ECHOING IN THIS, GIVEN THAT CUTS ARE NEVER A FUN THING OR A GOOD THING.

AND THEN JUST SEPARATELY.

ONE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE HERE TO THE.

DESPITE ALL THIS, WE STILL FOUND A WAY TO GIVE TO RAISE OUR MINIMUM WAGE AND GIVE MUCH NEEDED RAISES TO OUR EDUCATORS.

MY MORE TECHNICAL QUESTION, ROBERT, AND YOU MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE THIS IS I'M CURIOUS IF WE HAVE THIS GREAT.

OTHERWISE MAYBE WE WAIT UNTIL SEPTEMBER WHENEVER, WITH THE NEW ADDITIONS AND RAISES THAT WE ARE ANTICIPATING.

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SHE'S KIND OF MY CALCULATOR, SO.

I'VE BEEN CALLED LOTS OF THINGS.

I'M NOT A CALCULATOR.

I WAS GOING TO SAY BRAIN MAYBE.

NO KIDDING. AMONG MANY, MANY OTHER TALENTS.

SO WE'RE ANTICIPATING THE AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY TO BE AROUND $70,000 IF THIS INCREASES ARE APPROVED THIS YEAR.

YEAH. AND EVEN THAT, LIKE THAT'S INCREDIBLE.

WE'VE BEEN KIND OF APPROACHING THAT FOR A LONG TIME, WHICH FAR OUTSTRIPS, I THINK, SURROUNDING COMPETITION.

AND DEFINITELY I MEAN, TEACHERS DON'T JUST STAY FOR THE MONEY.

WE KNOW THAT. BUT MONEY CERTAINLY HELPS AS WE HEAR EVERY SINGLE MONTH.

AND I THINK THAT PROBABLY PLAYS A MAJOR ROLE IN THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THE LOWEST AMOUNT OF VACANCIES WE'VE HAD IN THREE YEARS AT THIS TIME, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THIS AND CONTINUING THIS COURSE, BECAUSE WE STILL GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO.

SO THANK YOU. TRUSTEE CURRIE.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ON THIS TOPIC.

JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANTED TO SAY.

FROM A BIT OF AN OUTSIDE OBSERVER, I'VE NOT HAD THE SAME OPPORTUNITY TO SIT AT THIS DAIS BEFORE.

BUT I GOT TO SIT AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER WATCHING THIS PROCESS, AND I GREATLY APPRECIATED THE WORK YOU'VE DONE.

DOCTOR STEVENS, TO TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE BUDGET.

I ATTENDED THE COMMUNITY BUDGET WORKSHOP AT HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOL WAS ABLE TO TO TO BUG YOU THERE WITH A FEW QUESTIONS.

I WAS ABLE TO WATCH THE ENTIRETY OF THE BOARD BUDGET WORKSHOP ON APRIL 2ND ALONG WITH THE DIFFERENT DISCUSSIONS THAT HAVE HAPPENED DURING THE BOARD BRIEFINGS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS THE ADMINISTRATION WAS GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO SIT DOWN WITH ME AND TO TALK THROUGH SOME OF THE BUDGET ISSUES TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD IT.

AND THEN I, OF COURSE, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH FORMER TRUSTEE FLORES AND APPRECIATE HIS WILLINGNESS TO SHARE THAT WITH ME.

AND SO I DO FEEL WELL PREPARED TO BE ABLE TO THINK THROUGH THIS ISSUE TODAY.

A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANTED TO ASK.

I, TOO, WAS STRUCK WHEN I WATCHED THE BOARD BUDGET WORKSHOP AT THE ROI ANALYSIS THAT YOU HAD OR THE DISTRICT HAD PUT TOGETHER.

IS IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS AVAILABLE FOR TRUSTEES TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE ENTIRETY OF? BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE THE ENTIRETY OF IT WAS PRESENTED AT THE BOARD BUDGET WORKSHOP.

YES, SIR, IT IS.

AND I WILL LEARN THE PROCESSES FOR ASKING FOR THAT AT SOME POINT IN TIME.

BUT I THINK THAT EXERCISE VERY MUCH ALIGNS WITH MY VALUES OF WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE USING GOOD DATA TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS.

AND SO I WOULD CERTAINLY LOVE TO TALK WITH YOU OR ABOUT HOW TO GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT.

ONE QUESTION I HAD AND JUST LOOKING AT AND I'M PARTICULARLY LOOKING AT THE BOARD BUDGET PLANNING POWERPOINT THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER, THAT WAS PART OF THE MATERIALS THAT WERE ATTACHED.

I'M LOOKING AT SLIDE SIX, WHICH COMPARES THE 20 2324 CURRENT EXPENDITURES WITH THE 2425 PROJECTED EXPENDITURES.

AND THIS IS A VERY SIMPLE QUESTION.

YOU CAN CERTAINLY PULL IT UP.

BUT WHAT I NOTICED IS THE PAYROLL COSTS IN 23, 24 WERE APPROXIMATELY 73% OF THE BUDGET.

AND THEN THE PAYROLL COSTS AND THE PROJECTED 24, 25 BUDGET ARE GOING TO BE 77.4% CORRECT.

YES. THAT'S CORRECT.

AND SO AS I UNDERSTAND THAT, THEN IT APPEARS LIKE WE ARE MAKING MORE CUTS TO NON-PAYROLL SUCH AS CONTRACTED SERVICES AND OTHERS IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF OUR BUDGET COVERING PAYROLL, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE OUR TEACHERS AND OTHER SUPPORT STAFF.

IS THAT CORRECT? SO LET ME ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTEXT TO WHAT YOU'RE ASKING.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE 23, 24 YEAR, THE CONTRACTED SERVICES, THAT 18.9% THAT INCLUDES A PROJECTED RECAPTURE OF PAYMENT RECAPTURE, MEANING FUNDS THAT WE HAVE TO SEND BACK TO THE STATE.

AND OUR INITIAL 2324 BUDGET, THAT NUMBER WAS $234 MILLION, AND IT IS A PART OF THAT CONTRACTED SERVICES PERCENTAGE.

WELL, WHEN WE PLAN FOR THE 2425 SCHOOL YEAR, THAT NUMBER HAS REDUCED SIGNIFICANTLY.

SO THAT NUMBER IS NOW ABOUT $60 MILLION FOR THE 2425 SCHOOL YEAR.

SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS THE FACT THAT OUR OUR NON PAYROLL FIGURE IN 23, 24 IS HAVING A DIRECT IMPACT BECAUSE IT'S PROJECTED TO GO DOWN THE PAYROLL PIECE IS A LARGER PERCENT OF A SMALLER BUDGET.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE WHEN I'M EXPLAINING TO YOU DOES MAKE SENSE WHAT I'M EXPLAINING.

SO THE DENOMINATOR IS SMALLER I GOT IT.

THEN LET ME ASK A FOLLOW UP AND YOU MAY NOT HAVE THIS AT HAND.

YOU KNOW, I VIEW RECAPTURE AS SOMETHING WE AS A DISTRICT DON'T HAVE VERY MUCH CONTROL OVER.

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IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.

AND SO LOOKING AT THE FUNDS THAT WE DO HAVE CONTROL OVER, WHICH WOULD BE SORT OF OUR BUDGET.

TAKING OUT THE RECAPTURE PAYMENT.

AND THERE MAY BE OTHER THINGS THAT I'M NOT THINKING OF.

I AM CURIOUS WHETHER OUR PERCENTAGE OF PAYROLL COSTS IS THIS.

YOU CAN GIVE ME AN ESTIMATE OF THIS, BUT IF IT IS GOING UP, GOING DOWN, OR ROUGHLY STAYING THE SAME.

IN OTHER WORDS, I'M TRYING TO GET IT.

WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE TRYING TO ALLOCATE MORE OF OUR RESOURCES TO KEEPING OUR TEACHERS RELATIVE TO OTHER THINGS WE'VE BEEN SPENDING MONEY ON OR NOT.

SO OUR PAYROLL BUDGET USUALLY TRENDS IN THE 78 TO 80% RANGE.

THAT'S WHAT IT HAS BEEN HISTORICALLY.

WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU TAKE OUT RECAPTURE.

SO IF WE DON'T CAPTURE ACCOUNT FOR RECAPTURE, WHICH IS, I'M GOING TO SAY FIXED OR SOMETHING THAT'S BEYOND OUR CONTROL, IF YOU WILL, OUR PAYROLL IS USUALLY ABOUT 80% OF THE BUDGET. AND DO YOU KNOW NOW WHAT IT IS RELATIVE.

THE 20 2324 VERSUS 2024, 2025, WHETHER THAT'S GONE UP, DOWN OR ROUGHLY STAYED THE SAME IT'S STAYING ABOUT THE SAME.

AND I'M SAYING IT'S STAYING ABOUT THE SAME BECAUSE WE'VE MADE ADJUSTMENTS.

AS FAR AS YOU'VE HEARD US SAY, WE ARE EXPERIENCING DECLINING ENROLLMENT.

AND SO WE'RE RIGHTSIZING AND REDUCING STAFF.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE WE ARE PROPOSING A PAYROLL COMPENSATION INCREASE.

SO THAT MEANS THE PAYROLL BUDGET GOES BACK UP.

SO WE'RE WE'RE OFFSETTING SOME OF THAT INCREASE WITH REDUCING OUR STAFFING NUMBERS.

BUT WE'RE THEN GOING BACK AND ADDING 34 MILLION IN PROJECTED PAYROLL EXPENSES FOR THOSE COMPENSATION INCREASES, WHICH BRINGS THAT PERCENTAGE BACK UP TO NEARLY 80% AGAIN.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S VERY HELPFUL.

ONE OTHER POINT, OR AT LEAST SOMETHING I WOULD SAY I'M INTERESTED IN.

I'VE HEARD DISCUSSION OF THIS IN WATCHING THE OTHER MEETINGS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WE OBVIOUSLY ARE PROJECTING A DEFICIT THIS YEAR.

I DON'T BELIEVE WE'RE CAPABLE OF PROJECTING AN $185 MILLION DEFICIT FOREVER INTO THE FUTURE.

AT SOME POINT IN TIME, THE POT WILL RUN DRY.

I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ARE THINKING THROUGH WHAT THAT FUTURE LOOKS LIKE, HOW WE HAVE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS, PARTICULARLY IF THE LEGISLATURE DOESN'T DO WHAT I BELIEVE ITS JOB IS TO DO, WHICH IS TO PROVIDE MORE RESOURCES TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS HOW WE ARE GOING TO PLAN AND PREPARE FOR THAT.

BECAUSE I VERY MUCH AGREE WITH TRUSTEE JOHNSON THAT WE DO NOT WANT TO SURPRISE OUR COMMUNITY.

AND SO IF WE ARE GOING TO BE HAVING EXTREMELY DIFFICULT DISCUSSIONS BECAUSE THE LEGISLATURE DOES NOT STEP UP, WE BETTER START THOSE CONVERSATIONS SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. AND SO WITH THAT, I'LL PASS TO THE NEXT.

TRUSTEE TURNER. YES, I DO HAVE A QUESTION.

I THINK I ALREADY KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS.

SO THE MONEY THAT WAS TAKEN FROM THE CAMPUSES AND THEN GIVEN BACK TO US, A PERCENTAGE OF WAS GETTING GIVEN BACK TO THEM AND WHAT WASN'T GIVEN BACK TO THEM WENT TO THE GENERAL FUND.

IS THAT CORRECT? THERE WERE THREE BUCKETS.

AND SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YES.

OKAY. SO IT STAYED IN THE GENERAL FUND.

SO IS IT POSSIBLE FOR THE TEACHERS, I MEAN THE SCHOOLS TO GET THAT MONEY BACK THAT Y'ALL TOOK.

SO THEY RECEIVED THE FUNDING BACK FROM THE GENERAL OPERATING FUNDING BASED ON THEIR REQUESTS THAT THEY SUBMITTED.

AND SO THE CAMPUSES WERE ABLE TO ACCESS THE DOLLARS THAT THEY NEEDED TO ACCESS.

SO AGAIN, AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, THE DOLLARS THAT ARE NOT SPENT ACROSS ANY CAMPUS OR DEPARTMENT JUST REMAINS, AND EVERYTHING FALLS BACK DOWN TO TO THE FUND BALANCE, ANYTHING THAT'S NOT SPENT.

OKAY. AND SO NO CAMPUS, EVERY CAMPUS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REQUEST THE DOLLARS THAT THEY NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE SCHOOL YEAR.

OKAY. GOTCHA. OKAY.

THAT MAKES SENSE. AND LIKE TRUSTEE JOHNSON, I TOO AM CONCERNED ABOUT COMMUNITY LIAISONS BEING A POINT FIVE BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AUTHENTIC PARENT ENGAGEMENT ON OUR CAMPUSES, WE GOT TO HAVE COMMUNITY LIAISONS TO SERVE IN THAT ROLE.

PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS ARE WORKING EVERY DAY TRYING TO EDUCATE OUR KIDS.

BUT IF WE DON'T HAVE PARENTS INVOLVED ON THE CAMPUS, THAT'S GOING TO MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT TO INCREASE.

WHAT I CONSIDER A STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, ESPECIALLY KIDS THAT ARE STRUGGLING.

SO I'M DEFINITELY INTERESTED IN MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE NOT, IF WE'RE MAKING ANY CUTS, VERY LITTLE CUTS AS POSSIBLE ON THE CAMPUS AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN AT LEAST KEEP OUR COMMUNITY LIAISONS, BECAUSE I KNOW ONE PARTICULAR COMMUNITY LIAISON THAT'S WORKING TWO CAMPUSES AND SHE DOES A PHENOMENAL JOB, BUT IT'S LIKE DOUBLE THE WORK.

I MEAN, THAT'S I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE DOES IT, BUT SHE DOES IT.

BUT I WOULD DEFINITELY BE INTERESTED IN CAMPUSES HAVING A FULL TIME COMMUNITY LIAISON, UNDERSTANDING THAT THE BUDGET IS TIGHT, UNDERSTAND THE ESSER FUNDING HAS BEEN CUT AND A LOT OF THOSE ROLES WERE FILLED UNDER ESSER FUNDING.

BUT WHATEVER UNIQUE WAYS Y'ALL CAN COME UP TO KEEP COMMUNITY LIAISONS AND INCREASING PARENTAL ENGAGEMENT, I'M DEFINITELY WOULD BE IN SUPPORT OF THAT HAPPENING.

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ANY OTHER TRUSTEES FOR ROUND ONE? TRUSTEE FOREMAN. I WON'T BELABOR THIS, BUT I JUST WANT TO.

BE CLEAR.

FIRST OF ALL, SUPERINTENDENT, I KNOW I'D ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ADMINISTRATION AND WHAT HAD BEEN CUT, AND THERE WERE SOME CUTS AND BUT I STILL THINK THERE SHOULD BE OTHER CUTS BECAUSE WE NEED MORE PEOPLE ON OUR CAMPUSES.

AND FOR LANCE AND ED SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THAT SOME OF US ARE STRUGGLING WITH IS, IS THAT THERE WERE THINGS CUT, LIKE OUR HIGH PRIORITY CAMPUSES HAVING ADDITIONAL STAFF ON OUR HIGH PRIORITY CAMPUSES.

AMES IN THE MIDDLE.

SUPERINTENDENT, YOU'VE ALWAYS SUPPORTED THAT, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT.

BUT THOSE KINDS OF CUTS WILL AFFECT MANY OF THE SCHOOLS IN MY AREA.

AND SO I STILL RAISE CONCERNS ABOUT THAT.

I DO KNOW THAT THERE WERE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CAMPUSES TO REQUEST MONEY, BUT I STILL HAD CAMPUSES THAT HAD PROGRAMS LIKE LEADER IN ME THAT HAD TO BE PAID FOR.

AND THEY HAD TO REALLY WORK TO TRY TO GET THOSE THINGS PAID FOR.

SO THERE WAS SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

I'M PROBABLY THE RELIC AROUND HERE.

SO I'VE BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME AND I'VE SEEN BUDGETS DONE DIFFERENTLY.

I'VE SEEN COMMUNITY INTERACTIONS DONE DIFFERENTLY.

AND SO I DON'T WANT TO JUST BE SAYING WE HAVE DONE ALL THAT WE COULD BECAUSE I'VE SEEN IT DONE BETTER.

WHAT I HOPE THAT THIS ADMINISTRATION IS GOING TO BE LOOKING AT IS HOW DO HOW DO WE ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY BETTER IN THE PROCESS? I DO KNOW THAT ONE OF THE REASONS OUR PAYROLL COST IS DIFFERENT IS, IS THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF TEACHERS NOT RETURNING. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE FEWER VACANCIES, BECAUSE A LOT OF CUTS HAVE BEEN MADE.

SO WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE REALITIES OF THE SITUATION AS OPPOSED TO MAYBE GLOSSING OVER SOME OF THIS, BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE ALL IN IT TOGETHER.

BUT WE NEED A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF EXACTLY WHAT IS GOING ON IN THIS PROCESS.

I APPLAUD THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE ADMINISTRATION FOR COMING FORTH WITH A BUDGET EARLY.

I JUST DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS ENOUGH BUDGET DISCUSSION.

I AM NOT FAMILIAR WITH I HEARD SOMEBODY SAY THAT THAT WE HAD DONE AN ANALYSIS ON ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS. I'VE NEVER SEEN AN ANALYSIS DONE ON EVERY PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE IN THIS DISTRICT.

IN FACT, I SCREAMED ABOUT SOME OF THE ANALYSIS, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO A SUPERINTENDENT.

YOU KNOW HOW I AM.

I WANT TO KNOW THE IFS, THE ENDS, THE WHYS, THE BUTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

AND THEN I MAKE AN ENGAGED AND DECISION ON WHAT THAT MEANS.

WE AS A BOARD HAVE TO ADOPT THIS BUDGET.

BUT WHEN YOU SAY TO ME, ME AND MY TEAM WILL MAKE A DECISION AS TO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, I WOULD HOPE THAT IN THAT TEAM EFFORT THAT THERE IS A CONSIDERATION FOR SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT YOU'RE HAVING AROUND THIS TABLE WITH AN EARLY BUDGET AND THAT YOU CONTINUE TO HAVE COMMUNICATION WITH THOSE WHO HAVE SOME CONCERNS AROUND THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY THIS BOARD HAS TO VOTE FOR IT.

BUT I'M NOT AFRAID TO BE A 81.

I'M NOT AFRAID TO DO THAT.

AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT MY COMMUNITY HAS A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS GOING ON AND HOW WE'RE BUDGETING AND TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF THIS BUDGET. A $1.8 BILLION, $2 BILLION.

THAT'S STILL A LOT FOR OUR COMMUNITIES TO GET THEIR ARMS AROUND TO KIND OF TRY TO UNDERSTAND.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY KNOW BEST IS WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THEIR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS.

AND FOR THOSE WHO'S TALKING ABOUT PLANO CLOSING SCHOOLS, HAD WE CLOSED SCHOOLS TEN YEARS AGO.

WE'VE CLOSED SCHOOLS.

MANY OF THEM IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I GREW UP IN.

SO ARE WE BEHIND THE CURVE, ABOVE THE CURVE OR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CURVE? WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT IT.

TRUSTEE JOHNSON. THANK YOU.

I DON'T WANT TO BEAT A DEAD HORSE IF I CAN SAY THAT.

BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS IS THAT.

WHAT I'M SAYING IS VERY CLEAR.

I WANT TO THANK TRUSTEE MACKEY FOR HIS RESPONSE.

NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT WHERE HE'S GOING AND HIS HIS, HIS ACCOLADES AND ETC.

IS KIND OF WORDS.

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TRUSTEE MACKEY POINTED OUT THAT WE HAD DISCUSSION.

BUT SOMEHOW, OUT OF THREE OUT OF FOUR MONTHS.

I DIDN'T FOUND OUT UNTIL A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

IF PROBABLY A COUPLE OF WEEKS, MAYBE A WEEK AND A HALF.

THAT RESOURCE WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM KIDS IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR OF MY DISTRICT.

AND THESE RESOURCES HELP OUR KIDS GET TO COLLEGE.

SO EVEN THOUGH WE'VE HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS OUT OF THREE OUT OF FOUR MONTHS SOME KIND OF WAY.

I FOUND OUT AND IT WENT FROM THROUGH ADMINISTRATION.

THROUGH KIDS AND THROUGH PARENTS, THROUGH COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

THEY CALLED ME, AND THEN I HAVE TO ASK QUESTIONS BECAUSE IT WASN'T TOLD TO ME BY ADMINISTRATION.

THANKFULLY WE WAS ABLE TO PULL, PULL IT BACK AND GET IT GET IT STRAIGHTENED OUT AGAIN.

IT ONLY HAPPENED.

TO THE PART OF MY DISTRICT IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR.

NOT NOT UPTOWN.

KEYES THAT LOOK LIKE ME? SO THAT'S A CONCERN.

NOW, THOUGH THEY MAY BE UNCOMFORTABLE, BUT HELL, IT'S UNCOMFORTABLE FOR ME.

SO I HAVE TO SAY IT, BUT I WILL SAY IT.

AND I HAVE NO PROBLEM SAYING IT.

I'M GOING TO SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER NO MATTER WHAT.

THAT'S A PROBLEM FOR ME.

AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT TRUSTEE MACKEY IS SAYING.

WE'RE IN THE DEFICIT, BUT I UNDERSTAND WHAT WHAT HE'S SAYING.

I RESPECT TRUSTEE MACKEY HE DOES THIS WORK, I RESPECT HIS WORK.

I RESPECT WHAT HE SAYS.

AND HE IS CORRECT.

I'M GOING TO SAY IT IN MY WORDS. WE GOT A GOVERNOR.

THAT'S CONCERNED THAT'S NOT CONCERNED ABOUT PUBLIC EDUCATION.

HE'S CONCERNED ABOUT HIS POLITICAL AGENDA.

IT'S NOT CONCERNED ABOUT PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND HE'S MORE CONCERNED ABOUT HIS POLITICAL AGENDA AT THE EXPENSE OF KIDS IN PUBLIC EDUCATION.

BECAUSE HE'S OBSESSED WITH VOUCHERS.

AND UN AND OTHER UNFUNDED AND UNFUNDED MANDATES.

THAT INCREASES AND INFLUENCES GUN VIOLENCE.

SO THE PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE THAT I'M ADVOCATING FOR.

PARTICULARLY IN THE BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITY OF MY DISTRICT.

HELPS THOSE KIDS.

HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.

TO GET THE COLLEGE AND SOME OF THEM LEARN BECAUSE OF THE TEACHERS ARE SO GREAT.

AND WE SAW THIS AT JOHN LEWIS SOCIAL JUSTICE ACADEMY.

ONE OF THE TEACHERS WAS SO REMARKABLE.

MR. RUBIN DID A TREMENDOUS JOB WITH THOSE KIDS.

AND I SAT AND TOLD THE SUPERINTENDENT, THESE STUDENTS DO PRAISE DANCE, THAT THEY CHURCH, THEY LEARN IT FROM DALLAS ISD AND THEY GO DO PRAISE, DANCE AND OTHER THINGS AND USE THESE TALENTS IN OTHER AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY TO HELP THEM STAY ENGAGED.

SO THE NEGATIVITY THAT'S AROUND IN MY COMMUNITY DON'T PENETRATE TO THEM.

I LOST A SON TO GUN VIOLENCE.

HE HITS ME OUT OF THE BLUE.

I CAN'T CONTROL IT.

SOMETIMES I HAVE TO PULL OVER.

AND SO I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT KIDS IN OUR COMMUNITY HAVE THESE RESOURCES.

THAT'S NEEDED.

SO THEY DON'T HAVE THOSE OTHER.

NEGATIVE OUTCOMES.

THEY'RE ENGAGED AND STAY ENGAGED.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR TO THIS BOARD.

THAT EVEN THOUGH WE'RE HAVING THESE DISCUSSIONS, I TOO FEEL.

THAT WE STILL LEAVING SOME MEAT ON THE BONE.

IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WE'D LIKE TO HAVE MORE CONVERSATIONS.

AND AGAIN, TRUSTEE MACKEY IS CORRECT.

WE PROBABLY HAVE MORE.

AND STILL IT WOULD STILL BE SOME SOME, SOME CONCERNS, I GET THAT.

HOWEVER, I STILL WANT TO EXHAUST THAT, THAT TIME, THAT TIME FRAME, THAT TIMELINE.

SO WE CAN SAY WE DID EVERYTHING.

I CAN'T HONESTLY SAY THAT.

HOWEVER, I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THE BUDGET.

I THINK THERE'S MORE CONVERSATION THAN NEEDED.

I'M SUPPORTING THE BUDGET, BUT I'M GOING TO BE VERY VOCAL.

IF RESOURCES ARE SNATCHED FROM MY KIDS AND I FIND OUT A LATER DATE, I'LL BE VERY, VERY VOCAL AND UPSET ABOUT IT BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERY KID IN DISTRICT FIVE AND NOT JUST DISTRICT FIVE AND ALL OUR DISTRICT, BUT PARTICULARLY DISTRICT FIVE BECAUSE I'M ELECTED TO DISTRICT FIVE, HAVE ALL THE RESOURCES NEEDED, AND IF NOT, I'M GOING TO COME TO THIS ADMINISTRATION AND MY COLLEAGUES AND ASK FOR SUPPORT TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE BUDGET AND THE MONEY AND THE FUNDING THAT'S NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THESE PROGRAMS ARE SUCCESSFUL AND AT MY CAMPUSES.

TRUSTEE MACKEY. YEAH, JUST TWO QUICK CLARIFYING THINGS THAT I FORGOT TO SAY BEFORE.

AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. TRUSTEE JOHNSON.

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SO MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT GETS LOOKED AT.

BUT ONE QUESTION I DID HAVE ON THIS, IF I REMEMBER AND THIS MIGHT HAVE CHANGED.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHO I'M ASKING WHETHER IT'S ROB OR KRISTEN OR TIFFANY OR WHOMEVER.

OUR COMMUNITY LIAISONS AND OR PARENT INSTRUCTORS.

WAS THAT TITLE FUNDED AS PREVIOUSLY, OR IS IT STILL TITLE FUNDED? YES. YEAH.

AND THERE'S A REQUIREMENT. DO WE MANDATE WHAT PRINCIPALS CAN DO OR IS THIS A PRINCIPAL CHOICE.

AND PRINCIPALS ARE MAKING DECISIONS ON HOW THEY WANT TO ALLOCATE.

SO IT'S A BOTH AND ONE IS AS YOU KNOW WITH TITLE DOLLARS IN PARTICULAR THERE IS A REQUIREMENT.

AND THE FIRST THING THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO CHOOSE IN THEIR TITLE ONE PLAN IS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PARENT ENGAGEMENT.

SO THAT'S LIKE NOT OPTIONAL, RIGHT? SECONDLY, THIS BOARD HOLDS ME SPECIFICALLY ACCOUNTABLE FOR ACADEMIC OUTCOMES AS WELL.

SO THE SECOND ONE IS BASED ON THEIR DATA.

THEY DO HAVE TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A DEMO TEACHER OR A TEACHER THAT IS GOING TO BE SERVING STUDENTS BASED ON THE PERFORMANCE OF OUR STUDENTS.

SO AND THE THIRD ELEMENT OF COURSE, THAT'S BEEN ADDED IS THERE WAS ALSO AN OUR TEAM JUST, YOU KNOW, WAS REALLY WANTING TO BE GOOD LISTENERS.

AND WE ARE TAKING NOTES AND WE WILL COME BACK AND RESPOND AS WE ALWAYS HAVE.

AS THIS TEAM HAS ALWAYS COME BACK AND RESPONDED IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE TO ALL OF THE FEEDBACK.

BUT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DECREASED OUR TITLE DOLLARS AS WELL.

SO I'LL STOP THERE.

YEAH. AND THAT'S WHAT I FIGURED.

I KNEW THERE WAS A LOT MORE IN HERE, AND THAT IT IS A CHOICE, AND IT'S A BALANCING ACT.

AND PRINCIPALS HAVE SOME SAY.

AND WHETHER IT'S CHANGE, DECIDING TO MOVE AWAY FROM A COMMUNITY LIAISON TO A PARENT INSTRUCTOR OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, I THINK GENERALLY I FALL ON THE SIDE OF GIVE PRINCIPALS THAT HAVE PROVEN IT MORE AUTONOMY TO DECIDE WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.

BUT THERE ARE PLACES WHERE I KNOW THIS ADMINISTRATION LOOKS AT SAYING, NO, WE NEED A LIBRARIAN ON EVERY CAMPUS.

THAT'LL BE THE CASE. AND SO I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT PUSH AND PULL AS WE GO FORWARD.

THAT WAS JUST CLARIFICATION FOR ME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, TRUSTEES.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION SECOND ROUND.

DOCTOR. I'LL LET TRUSTEE WHITE GO.

TRUSTEE WHITE. I DO HAVE A QUICK QUESTION, BECAUSE WHAT MATTER OF FACT, IT JUST TRIGGERED WHAT HE WHAT HE SAID. BECAUSE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A COUNSELOR ON EVERY CAMPUS.

NOT NOT YOUR REGULAR COUNCIL, BUT COUNSELOR, BUT THE EMOTIONAL SUPPORT COUNSELORS ON EVERY CAMPUS.

ARE WE DOES THIS BUDGET SUPPORT THAT OR ARE WE GOING TO BE SHARING THEM OR, AND DO WE ACTUALLY HAVE LIBRARIANS ON EVERY CAMPUS? BECAUSE I DID HEAR THAT SOME OF THE CAMPUSES DON'T HAVE LIBRARIANS.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANTED TO DO.

YEAH. ALL CAMPUSES HAVE A LIBRARIAN.

AND ONE CHANGE WE MADE THIS YEAR IS HISTORICALLY, THROUGH THE THEORY OF ACTION.

PRINCIPALS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONVERT THAT TO OTHER CAMPUS BASED EFFORTS.

THAT THAT WAS NOT THE CASE THIS YEAR.

SO ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS WILL HAVE A LIBRARIAN FTE FOR NEXT YEAR.

OKAY. AND AND ALSO CONCERNING.

I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT WE DO HAVE LIBRARIANS ON THE CAMPUSES BECAUSE THEY'RE NEEDED.

BUT DUE TO THE FACT THAT AND I KNOW WE HAVE A TEAM THAT DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB WHEN A CRISIS HAPPENS, HAPPENS ON A CAMPUS, THEY COME OUT WITH THE ADDITIONAL COUNSELING AND SUPPORT FOR THE CAMPUSES.

BUT DO WE ACTUALLY HAVE COUNSELORS ON EVERY CAMPUS AS WELL? YEAH, I BELIEVE SO.

I CAN DEFINITELY VERIFY THAT.

I KNOW WE ALSO ADDED ADDITIONAL COUNSELORS TO OUR HIGH SCHOOL AS ONE OF OUR COUNSELORS.

SO WE INCREASE THE NUMBER OF COUNSELORS WE HAVE THERE AS WELL.

OKAY. AND AND I AND I DO UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH A LOT OF BUDGET CUTS AND BUT.

I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE.

AND I'M LOOKING AT OUR SPADE.

OUR SPADE KIDS.

THEY DO NEED ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.

AND AND THEY'RE ON EVERY CAMPUS WE HAVE.

THEY'RE ON EVERY CAMPUS.

IT'S NOT LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE BEING SEPARATED, SO.

DO WE HAVE THE NECESSARY RESOURCES TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, OF COURSE, WE GET FEDERAL FEDERAL DOLLARS FOR THAT, BUT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN FUNDING IT FULLY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

BUT HOW HOW ARE WE DOING LOOKING AS FAR AS THAT'S CONCERNED? SOMEBODY MAY WANT TO JUMP IN.

I BELIEVE THAT, YES, WE HAVE HAD THE ADEQUATE ALLOCATIONS, AND I KNOW HCM HAS SOME STRATEGIES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FILL THOSE VACANCIES IN FTES FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR AS

[04:20:04]

OKAY. YEAH.

I MEAN, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DID ASK FOR AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR IS WHEN WE HAVE SITUATIONS WHERE PEOPLE ARE LEAVING THE CAMPUSES, WE ARE FINDING OUT WHAT AREA OF CONCENTRATION THEIR CERTIFICATION IS IN AND WHAT CAMPUSES, BECAUSE THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AND YOU'RE SEEING A LOT OF MATH TEACHERS LEAVE OR A AREA THAT WE STEM, WHICH WE DEFINITELY NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE TEACHERS IN, THAT'S A CONCERN.

SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT AND ASKING YOU CONTINUE TO KEEP IT UP.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE.

FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION.

TRUSTEE MACKEY I'M SORRY, TRUSTEE CARREÓN I KNOW I WENT.

MAY I ASK ONE MORE QUESTION, PLEASE? TRUSTEE IS THERE NO OBJECTION TO.

A WHAT WOULD BE A THIRD ROUND.

I'D LIKE TO. MINE IS A CLARIFICATION.

YEAH, I JUST NEED TO CLARIFY.

MINE IS JUST A CLARIFICATION.

OKAY. SO LET'S DO LET'S DO THIS.

TRUSTEE MICCICHE SINCE YOU HAVE NOT SPOKEN, GO FIRST AND THEN WE'LL GO.

WELL, FIRST I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO GIVE INPUT ON THE BUDGET.

YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT ABOUT RECOUNTING ALL OF THE COMMENTS FROM PRIOR MEETINGS, BUT WE I FEEL LIKE I'VE HAD A AN AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE INPUT.

I FEEL LIKE WE'VE WE'VE HAD VERY GOOD DISCUSSIONS IN OUR PRIOR MEETINGS.

WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY MEETINGS THAT I THOUGHT WERE WERE QUITE HELPFUL.

SO I WANT TO SAY I APPRECIATE THE EXTRA MILE THAT YOU'VE GONE THROUGH TO MAKE IT MAKE INPUT AVAILABLE.

AND I KNOW THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT BUDGET.

WE HAVE TO ADOPT A DEFICIT BUDGET, BUT IT IS STILL STILL WHEN WE SPEND DOWN THE AMOUNT OF THAT DEFICIT, WE WILL STILL HAVE RESERVES THAT ARE IN EXCESS OF WHAT OUR, OUR PRUDENT FISCAL BOARD POLICY REQUIRES.

WE'LL HAVE OVER 550 MILLION.

WE ARE WE ARE HAMPERED BY THE STATE, WHICH IS NOT GIVEN SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND INFLATION ADJUSTMENT.

IN FIVE YEARS, WE'VE HAD OVER 20% INFLATION.

AND THE STATE IS SITTING ON A, A A GIGANTIC STATE BUDGET SURPLUS, WHICH IS LARGELY DUE TO INFLATION BECAUSE THE STATE WAS RECEIVING ADDITIONAL FUNDS AS PRICES ROSE.

SO WE WE ARE I THINK, MAKING THE BEST OF A BAD SITUATION.

AND WHEN YOU HAVE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO CUT, WE'RE GOING TO FEEL PAIN IN LOTS OF DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT AREAS.

I DO APPRECIATE THE THE WORK THAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAS DONE AND PRESENTED PREVIOUSLY ON TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WE PRESERVE THE PROGRAMS AND AND PRACTICES THAT ARE MOST HELPFUL TO OUR STUDENTS.

AND THE PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES THAT ARE LESS HELPFUL ARE THE ONES THAT ARE ARE SUBJECT TO THE CUTS.

I ALSO APPRECIATE THE FOCUS ON TRYING TO MAKE THE CUTS AS FAR AWAY FROM THE FROM THE CLASSROOM AS POSSIBLE, AND THERE'S NO THERE'S NOBODY HERE WHO WANTS TO SPEND MORE MONEY ON ADMINISTRATION AND LESS MONEY IN THE CLASSROOM.

EVERYBODY, EVERY EVERYBODY IN THIS ENTIRE BUILDING WANTS TO WANTS TO ENSURE THAT WE WE TRY TO KEEP THE CUTS AWAY FROM THE CLASSROOM.

SO I JUST APPRECIATE THE EFFORT THAT WE'VE ALL MADE AND THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT YOU'VE LED AND, AND TAMIKA, THAT YOU'VE, YOU'VE LED IN TRYING TO MAKE WHAT IS A VERY DIFFICULT BUDGET UNDERSTANDABLE.

AND SO I DO INTEND TO SUPPORT THE SUPPORT THIS BUDGET.

AND I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT THAT ALL OF YOU HAVE DONE AND ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE DONE THROUGH THROUGH QUESTIONS AND AND STATEMENTS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

TRUSTEE FOREMAN. YOU HAVE A POINT OF INFORMATION.

YES. POINT OF INFORMATION.

TRUSTEE. WHITE WAS ASKING ABOUT COUNSELORS, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS MORE CLINICIANS LIKE THE MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIANS, WHICH IS IS A BIT DIFFERENT, I BELIEVE.

CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.

BUT I BELIEVE THERE'S A 3 TO 1 RATIO.

IT'S ONE PERSON TO EVERY THREE MIDDLE SCHOOLS, ONE PERSON TO EVERY, I MEAN, TO EVERY THREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, ONE PERSON TO

[04:25:07]

DID I DID I SAID THAT RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.

BECAUSE IF I DID, YOU SAID TO CORRECT ME.

YOU SAID IT. CORRECT. THREE ELEMENTARIES GET ONE, TWO MIDDLE SCHOOLS GET ONE, AND EVERY HIGH SCHOOL GETS AN INDIVIDUAL ONE.

YES, MA'AM. BECAUSE I THINK THE RESPONSE WAS BASED ON COUNSELORS IN IN THE SCHOOLS.

AND THESE ARE MENTAL CLINICIANS.

THANK YOU. AND FOR ADDITIONAL CLARITY, THOSE ARE IN ADDITION TO THEN A REGULAR COUNSELOR THAT'S ALREADY ASSIGNED TO A SCHOOL.

TRUSTEE JOHNSON. YES.

IS. DO WE STILL HAVE PARENT ENGAGEMENT AS ONE OF OUR DISTRICT GOALS FOR NEXT YEAR? PARENT ENGAGEMENT IS ALWAYS A FOCUS.

SO IT IS. SO I KNOW IT'S A FOCUS, BUT IS IT A PART OF OUR DISREGARDS.

I KNOW IT'S A FOCUS. IT'S IMPORTANT.

ARE YOU SAYING. YES. IT'S PART OF OUR DISTRICT GOALS.

NOT JUST THE FOCUS. IT'S PART OF OUR DISTRICT GOALS.

SO WE HAVE WE HAVE OUR STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS THAT ARE HERE.

AND SO, I MEAN FAMILY ENGAGEMENT ISN'T PART OF A STUDENT OUTCOME GOAL, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE ARE FOCUSED ON.

AND WE BELIEVE THAT IT WILL HELP US GET TO OUR STUDENT OUTCOME, BECAUSE MEMBERS OF MY COMMUNITY ARE ASKING, IS PARENT ENGAGEMENT A PART OF OUR DISTRICT GOALS? IT IS NOT PART OF THE FIVE GOALS THAT THIS BOARD HAS APPROVED.

IT IS PART OF MY EVALUATION.

THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO ASK. THANK YOU.

AND IT'S PART OF A PRINCIPAL'S EVALUATION.

THANK YOU. THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO ASK.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OKAY TRUSTEES FURTHER DISCUSSION.

SEEING NONE TRUSTEES.

PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.

IT IS NOT A PART OF GOALS.

IT'S A PROBLEM. SO WE NEED TO ADD THAT BACK TO OUR GOALS, OUR DISTRICT GOALS.

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

TRUSTEES, YOU'VE JUST ADOPTED ITEM 9.08.

I WILL NOW TURN TO ITEM 12 OF THE AGENDA.

ADJOURNMENT. THE TIME IS 10:54 P.M.

AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

WE CAN SIT DOWN.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.