Jun 27, 2024 Board Meetings

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

WE WILL DISPENSE WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THE SALUTE TO THE TEXAS FLAG, AS WE JUST DID BOTH MOMENTS AGO.

THE FOLLOWING TRUSTEES ARE EITHER PHYSICALLY PRESENT OR PARTICIPATING SIMULTANEOUSLY BY VIDEOCONFERENCE.

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

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

IN ORDER FOR THE BOARD TO HOLD THIS MEETING IN AN EFFECTIVE MANNER, I WANT TO LET IT BE KNOWN THAT THIS MEETING WILL BE CONDUCTED IN AN ORDERLY FASHION AND 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 THE INTENT TO PREVENT OR DISRUPT A LAWFUL MEETING, TO SUBSTANTIALLY OBSTRUCT OR INTERFERE WITH THE ORDINARY CONDUCT OF A MEETING BY PHYSICAL ACTION OR VERBAL UTTERANCE, AND THEREBY CURTAIL THE EXERCISE OF OTHERS.

FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.

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

ANY PERSON WHO BECOMES A BOISTEROUS, DISRUPTIVE, OR FAILS TO ABIDE BY THE RULES OF THIS ASSEMBLY WHILE ADDRESSING THE BOARD WHILE ATTENDING THIS MEETING, SHALL BE ASKED TO LEAVE.

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

TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM 2.02.

RECOGNITION OF ELECTED AND PUBLIC OFFICIALS.

ARE THERE ANY IN THE AUDIENCE? I SEE NONE.

TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN, WE WILL NOW TURN TO FOR THE PRESENTATION OF BOARD RECOGNITIONS.

TRUSTEES, WE ARE NOW ON THE PRESENTATION OF BOARD RECOGNITIONS.

[3. PRESENTATION OF BOARD RECOGNITIONS]

GOOD EVENING, SUPERINTENDENT ELIZALDE, TRUSTEE WHITE AND LEAD TEACHER, LEWIS SANCHEZ, PLEASE COME FORWARD.

SUPERINTENDENT ELIZALDE.

PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE NEXT TWO RECOGNITIONS.

THE BOARD IS HONORED TO RECOGNIZE THE SCHOOL FOR THE TALENTED AND GIFTED AND PLEASANT GROVE 3028 W LADYBOTS FOR RECEIVING THE JUDGE'S AWARD AT THE VEX WORLDS MIDDLE SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIP.

THE JUDGES AWARD IS PRESENTED TO A TEAM THAT THE JUDGES DETERMINE IS DESERVING OF SPECIAL RECOGNITION.

JUDGES CONSIDER A NUMBER OF POSSIBLE CRITERIA FOR THIS AWARD, SUCH AS TEAM DISPLAYS OF SPECIAL OF SPECIAL ATTRIBUTES, EXEMPLARY EFFORT AND PERSEVERANCE AT THE EVENT, TEAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS, OR ENDEAVORS THROUGHOUT THE SEASON THAT MAY NOT FIT UNDER EXISTING AWARDS, BUT ARE NONETHELESS DESERVING OF SPECIAL RECOGNITION.

TEAM MEMBERS AND COACHES ARE EMMA ALADANA, CYNTHIA JUAREZ, FATIMA MORENO, AMY ORDUNA, ESTRELLA PORTILLO, WENDY ROSALES, CAMILA RIOS, COACH PATRICIA CORTEZ, AND COACH OMAR CORTEZ.

[APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS PLEASANT GROVE 3028 W LADYBOTS.

TRUSTEE MACKEY, PLEASE COME FORWARD.

PLEASE NOTE JOHN F PEELER ELEMENTARY AND ALEX SANGER PREPARATORY BOTH WON THE ENERGY AWARD AT THE VEX WORLDS ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS. THE BOARD IS HONORED TO RECOGNIZE THE JOHN F PEELER.

1224 Z PEELER TNT ROBOTICS TEAM.

THE ENERGY AWARD RECOGNIZES OUTSTANDING ENTHUSIASM AND EXCITEMENT.

TEAMS EXHIBIT A PASSION FOR THE ROBOTICS COMPETITION THAT ENRICHES THE EVENT EXPERIENCE FOR ALL.

THE TEAM INTERVIEW DEMONSTRATED EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION SKILLS, TEAMWORK, PROFESSIONALISM, AND STUDENT CENTERED ETHOS.

TEAM MEMBERS AND COACHES ARE AS FOLLOWS [INAUDIBLE] ALVAREZ, ISAAC DOMINGUEZ, NOAH RAMIREZ, NATHAN MENDEZ, ANGEL RODRIGUEZ,

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CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS 1224 Z PEELER TNT.

TRUSTEE MICCICHE AND PRINCIPAL ALEXANDER MERRITT, PLEASE COME FORWARD.

THE BOARD IS HONORED TO RECOGNIZE THE ALEX SANGER PREPARATORY ROBOLUTION A.

20616A ROBOTICS TEAM.

TEAM MEMBERS AND COACHES ARE AS FOLLOWS.

JACOB VARGAS. LENNON GARDINER.

AUBREY FLORES. JACQUELINE PERROTTA.

COOPER ENGLAND.

[INAUDIBLE].

COACH PETER MORESE.

COACH HECTOR RIVERA.

COACH. ROBERTO CARRERA AND COACH RACHEL [INAUDIBLE].

CONGRATULATIONS SANGER ROBOLUTION 20616A.

THIS CONCLUDES OUR RECOGNITIONS.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU ALL. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL TRUSTEES.

WE'LL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM FOUR, CLOSED SESSION.

HOWEVER, I'VE BEEN INFORMED THAT WE DO NOT HAVE A CLOSED SESSION.

SO THE BOARD WILL NOT RETIRE TO CLOSED SESSION AT THIS TIME.

[5. REPORTS]

REPORTS AGENDA ITEM 5.01, THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.

NO, WE JUST MOVE FORWARD, REPORTS SUPERINTENDENT.

[INAUDIBLE] NOW IT'S TIME FOR MY LAST SUPERINTENDENT REPORT OF THE 23-24 SCHOOL YEAR.

FIRST UP, I WANT TO WISH TRUSTEE JOYCE FOREMAN A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY FOR NEXT MONTH.

WE WON'T MEET IN JULY, SO SHE'LL GET TO CELEBRATE ALL BY HERSELF IN JULY.

SO THEREFORE WE WANT TO CELEBRATE A LITTLE BIT THIS EVENING.

I KNOW IT'S HER 21ST BIRTHDAY, SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY TRUSTEE FOREMAN! AND JUST TO NOTE, THERE ARE A FEW CELEBS THAT CELEBRATE THE SAME BIRTHDAY WITH TRUSTEE JOYCE FORMAN.

KEVIN HART, SYLVESTER STALLONE AND GEORGE W BUSH ALL SHARE THE SAME BIRTHDAY.

SO WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF STORMS IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS, AND I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SAY THANK YOU TO DALLAS ISD'S MAINTENANCE AND FACILITIES TEAMS. THEY ARE CORE FOUR TO THE CORE, AND THEY HAVE DEMONSTRATED THIS RECENTLY WHEN THEY SPRUNG INTO ACTION AFTER THE MAY THUNDERSTORMS THAT LEFT MORE THAN 800,000 INDIVIDUALS WITHOUT POWER, INCLUDING ALMOST 90 DALLAS ISD SITES.

THE TEAM DID NOT REST UNTIL THEY HAD MADE THE 106 SITES NEEDED FOR SUMMER SCHOOL READY IN TIME TO RECEIVE OUR STUDENTS.

THE DISTRICT ALSO PARTNERED WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS TO SET UP A RELIEF CENTER FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR GEORGE W TRUETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE HARDEST HIT AREAS.

I WANT TO OFFER UP A HUGE THANKS TO CHIEF BATES, TO DEPUTY CHIEF HARRIS AND THE ENTIRE TEAM FOR STEPPING UP TO HELP OUR KIDS IN THIS CRISIS.

JUNE IS ALSO PRIDE MONTH TO RECOGNIZE THE HISTORY AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQIA+ COMMUNITY.

DALLAS ISD WILL ALWAYS HAVE SAFE SPACES FOR ALL STUDENTS.

WE INCLUDE STUDENTS WHO MAY EXPERIENCE HARASSMENT, INDIFFERENCE, BULLYING, AND EXCLUSION BECAUSE THEY MAY BE

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WE EMBRACE ALL DIFFERENCES.

JUNE 30TH.

JUNE 20TH. EXCUSE ME.

JUST A FEW DAYS AGO WAS WORLD REFUGEE DAY, WHICH HAS A SPECIAL MEANING AT DALLAS ISD.

LAST SCHOOL YEAR ALONE, ABOUT 800 STUDENTS IDENTIFIED AS REFUGEES ARRIVING IN OUR DISTRICT.

THE LARGEST NUMBER OF REFUGEES CAME FROM BURMA, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO AND AFGHANISTAN.

SOME OTHER COUNTRIES INCLUDED SUDAN, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, ERITREA, SYRIA, VENEZUELA, GUATEMALA, HONDURAS, AND JUST A FEW FROM UKRAINE.

SOME OF THE LANGUAGES ARE REFUGEE.

STUDENTS SPEAK INCLUDE.

I AM NOT GOING TO PRONOUNCE ANY OF THESE LANGUAGES CORRECTLY ROHINGYA, SWAHILI, FRENCH, ARABIC, SPANISH, TIGRINYA, PASHTO, DARI, KINYARWANDA AND BURMESE.

I LIKE TO SAY THAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE THE STATUE OF LIBERTY BECAUSE WE TAKE EVERYONE, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THESE STUDENTS, DALLAS ISD REALLY IS THE STATUE OF LIBERTY, AND ON BEHALF OF EVERYONE HERE TODAY, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY WHAT A PRIVILEGE IT IS TO WELCOME THESE CHILDREN TO OUR CLASSROOMS. ALSO JUNE 23RD WAS INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY IN ENGINEERING, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE EFFECTIVELY CELEBRATE EVERY DAY AT DALLAS ISD. DALLAS ISD IS ALSO HOME TO THE LARGEST STEM EXPO IN TEXAS THAT HAS OVER 100 HANDS ON EXHIBITS AND SERVES AS A CULMINATION EVENT FOR DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIPS LIKE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR, VEX, AND FIRST ROBOTICS COMPETITIONS.

LIKE SOME OF THE STUDENTS THAT WE CELEBRATED TODAY MATHEMATICS, VIDEO GAME CHALLENGE, MATHEMATICS, BRIDGE BUILDING COMPETITION, HEALTH AND WELLNESS AWARENESS AND THE TECH FEST DIGITAL MEDIA FAIR COMPETITION.

OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE TO STUDY ENGINEERING AT DALLAS ISD INCLUDE CAMPUSES SUCH AS THE DALLAS ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE ACADEMY, THE SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING AT YVONNE EWELL TOWNVIEW CENTER, J.P.

STARKS MATH, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, VANGUARD AND SCIENCE ACADEMY, AND CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN HIGH SCHOOLS, IN OUR CAREER INSTITUTES, IN OUR P-TECH PROGRAMS, AND OF COURSE, OUR NAF ACADEMIES IN OUR HIGH SCHOOLS AS WELL.

DALLAS ISD SPECIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY TEAMED UP TO PRESENT SCHOLARSHIPS TO 16 OF OUR TEACHERS WHO WILL PURSUE A MASTER'S DEGREE IN SPECIAL EDUCATION, SPECIALIZING IN BILINGUALISM OR ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE AND FOUNDATIONAL LITERACY EDUCATION, OR STEM.

EIGHT TEACHERS RECEIVED KATHRYN AND GENE BISHOP SCHOLARSHIPS FOR MASTER'S DEGREES WITH CONCENTRATIONS IN SPECIAL ED AND ESL.

EIGHT MORE RECEIVED SIMMONS SCHOLARSHIPS FOR MASTER'S DEGREES WITH CONCENTRATION IN SPECIAL EDUCATION AND STEM.

THE SCHOLARSHIPS WERE FUNDED BY A $3 MILLION ENDOWMENT FROM THE BISHOP FAMILY AND SIMMONS SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AT SMU.

EACH EDUCATOR WAS AWARDED A SCHOLARSHIP WORTH $28,000, WHICH WILL COVER TUITION AND FEES OVER THE TWO YEAR PROGRAM.

THE SCHOLARSHIP WAS CREATED BY KATHRYN AND THE LATE GENE BISHOP SPECIFICALLY TO SUPPORT DALLAS ISD TEACHERS PURSUING MASTER'S DEGREES.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS AND FOR CHOOSING TO PURSUE THIS VERY IMPORTANT WORK.

THE DALLAS EDUCATION FOUNDATION AWARDED 16 EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATORS WITH A 24-25 HEART OF TEACHING GRANT TO FUND INNOVATIVE PROJECTS TO IMPROVE SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES.

THE TOTAL FUNDING FOR ALL THE PROJECTS AWARDED AMOUNTS TO MORE THAN $61,500, AND WILL BENEFIT MORE THAN 1000 DALLAS ISD STUDENTS. THANKS ONCE AGAIN TO THESE TEACHERS FOR ENGAGING IN THIS IMPORTANT WORK, AND THANKS AS WELL TO THE DALLAS EDUCATION FOUNDATION FOR SUPPORTING OUR TEACHERS. NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL HAVE BEEN WATCHING TV, BUT ON SATURDAY, DAVID W CARTER HIGH SCHOOL ALUM SHA'CARRI RICHARDSON CONTINUED HER DOMINATION OVER US SPRINTING AT HAYWARD FIELD IN EUGENE, OREGON, WITH THE ENTIRE TRACK AND FIELD WORLD WATCHING, RICHARDSON SPRINTED AWAY WITH THE US TITLE IN THE WOMEN'S 100 METER DASH, BOOKING HER SPOT TO THE PARIS OLYMPICS AND ALL IN A WORLD LEADING TIME OF 10.71 SECONDS.

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ALSO, CONGRATULATIONS TO CHIEF LIBBY DANIELS AND HER TEAM AS THEY HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED BY THE NATIONAL SCHOOL PUBLIC RELATIONS ASSOCIATION WITH SEVERAL AWARDS FOR WRITING, SOCIAL MEDIA COVERAGE AND FOR MEDIA OUTREACH.

THE DEPARTMENT WILL BE HONORED AT ITS NATIONAL MEETING NEXT MONTH IN SEATTLE.

WELL DONE, CHIEF DANIELS AND YOUR ENTIRE TEAM.

THIS IS A HUGE RECOGNITION FOR A JOB WELL DONE, AND FINALLY, THIS WILL BE THE LAST TIME WE'RE TOGETHER UNTIL AUGUST.

I HOPE EVERYONE IS GOING TO TAKE THE SUMMER BREAK AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECHARGE YOUR BATTERIES.

HELEN KELLER HAD THIS TO SAY ABOUT THE SUMMER.

KEEP YOUR FACE TO THE SUN AND YOU WILL NEVER SEE THE SHADOWS.

TO THAT I WOULD ADD, PLEASE REMEMBER TO PLEASE PUT SUNSCREEN FIRST.

HAVE A GREAT SUMMER BREAK EVERYONE, AND WE'LL SEE YOU IN AUGUST.

THAT CONCLUDES THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.

THANK YOU. SUPERINTENDENT.

TRUSTEES, WE WILL TURN TO AGENDA ITEM 5.02.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES COMMITTEE REPORTS.

ARE THERE ANY COMMITTEE REPORTS? OKAY. SEEING NONE, TRUSTEES, WE WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM 5.03.

TRUSTEE REPORTS.

WE WILL START WITH TRUSTEE DISTRICT ONE, TRUSTEE CURRY.

YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ONE, WANT TO START BY THANKING FOUR EDUCATORS FROM EDDIE WALKER MIDDLE SCHOOL.

GENE BOWMAN, DESIREE DUMAS, JESSICA FALLIS, AND CLAIRE NEWTON.

THESE EDUCATORS ARE ALL RETIRING, AND WE ARE INCREDIBLY THANKFUL FOR THE YEARS OF SERVICE THEY'VE GIVEN TO THE CHILDREN OF THE DISTRICT AND THE CHILDREN AT ED WALKER.

SECOND, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE PRINCIPAL HERSCHEL WALKER FROM DEGOLYER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

AT LEAST FOR NOW. HE'S ABOUT TO BE THE PRINCIPAL AT MARSH PREPARATORY ACADEMY.

SO THE DEGOYLER FAMILY IS OBVIOUSLY GOING TO BE MISSING HIM, BUT THEIR KIDS WILL BE ABLE TO SEE HIM IN THE NEXT STAGE IN THEIR EDUCATION CAREER.

AT MARSH PREP ACADEMY.

ALSO WANTED TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO THE W.T.

WHITE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE SOME OF THEM ARE GOING TO BE PERFORMING AT THE MACY'S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE THIS FALL, WHICH IS AWESOME.

ALSO REALLY WANTED TO SHOUT OUT ANNE FRANK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN NORTH LAKE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL.

THEY BOTH WERE RECOGNIZED WITH THE EDUCATIONAL RESULTS PARTNERSHIPS, HONOR ROLL FOR DOING YOU KNOW, COMPREHENSIVELY HIGHER PERFORMING ON THE STAAR TEST THAN OTHERS AND REALLY DOING WELL WITH PARTICULARLY WITH OUTCOMES FOR HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED STUDENT POPULATIONS.

SO CONGRATS TO BOTH OF THOSE SCHOOLS FOR THAT.

ALSO CAN'T TAKE A MOMENT TO SHOUT OUT BOTH W.T.

WHITE, WHOSE STUDENTS EARNED A COLLECTIVE $20 MILLION IN SCHOLARSHIPS, AND THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL, WHOSE STUDENTS EARNED A COLLECTIVE $27 MILLION IN SCHOLARSHIPS.

THAT'S AMAZING, AND I WANT TO PARTICULARLY HIGHLIGHT GLORIA [INAUDIBLE] OF W.T.

THE CLASS OF 2024.

SHE WAS AWARDED A UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS IMPACT SCHOLARSHIP, WHICH COVERS ALL FOUR YEARS OF HER TUITION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS.

SO THAT'S INCREDIBLY IMPRESSIVE, AND THEN FINALLY, NOT ON MY SHEET, BUT SOMETHING I DON'T THINK WE'VE MENTIONED BEFORE.

I'M I BELIEVE EVERY SINGLE ATHLETIC TEAM AT W.T.

WHITE HIGH SCHOOL MADE THE PLAYOFFS THIS YEAR, AND THAT'S PRETTY AWESOME.

SO I WANT TO SHOUT THAT OUT.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEE CURRY.

TRUSTEE WEINBERG. THANK YOU.

DISTRICT TWO ACCOLADES GO TO THE THIS MONTH IS DEAF BLIND AWARENESS MONTH, AND IT'S AN HONOR TO GIVE KUDOS TO A RISING SENIOR AT WOODROW WILSON HIGH SCHOOL, DELILAH VASQUEZ, FOR BEING FEATURED ON WFAA FOR PUBLISHING HER FIRST BOOK, IN CHARGE OF MY LIFE, ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE BEING DEAF AND BLIND. I SAW THE CLIP, AND IT'S REALLY MOVING.

I SUGGEST IF YOU HAVE TIME TO LOOK FOR IT.

IT'S AMAZING.

I'M ALSO HAPPY TO SHARE THAT THE WILLIAMS TALENTED AND GIFTED ACADEMY LIONS HAD A BLAST AT SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY'S NCA CHEER CAMP, AND BASKETBALL PLAYERS FROM WOODROW WILSON HIGH SCHOOL RECEIVED THE NEW LUKA TWO SHOES FROM THE JORDAN BRAND BEFORE THE MAVERICKS NBA FINALS.

CONGRATULATIONS TO DEALEY MONTESSORI FOR PLACING SECOND IN THE LONE STAR CHALLENGE COMPETITION, WHICH TESTS STUDENTS KNOWLEDGE OF LITERATURE, SOCIAL STUDIES, SCIENCE, AND MATH. KUDOS TO WOODROW WILSON HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, WHOSE ARTWORK IS BEING FEATURED IN A POP UP EXHIBIT AT MEOW WOLF FROM JUNE 1ST TO SEPTEMBER 29TH.

THE SCHOOL'S SUBMISSION, MOONLIGHT SONATA, FEATURES A BLUE THEME.

I ALSO WANT TO COMMEND CHRISTINE [INAUDIBLE] AT BENJAMIN FRANKLIN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND KYLE CLARK AT LONG MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR RECEIVING A HEART OF TEACHING GRANT, WHICH WILL HELP FUND INNOVATIVE APPROACHES IN SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSROOMS.

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THAT CONCLUDES MY TRUSTEE ACCOLADES.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE MICCICHE.

THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.

WE JUST HONORED THE SANGER ROBOTICS TEAM AGAIN.

THEY'VE BEEN HERE EVERY YEAR FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS.

WHAT A GREAT TRADITION.

PRINCIPAL MERRITT, I SEE YOU BACK THERE.

NO PRESSURE.

CONGRATULATIONS ON COMPLETING YOUR FIRST YEAR AS PRINCIPAL AT ALEX SANGER.

THE DALLAS ISD ROBOTICS TEAMS ALSO REACHED REMARKABLE HEIGHTS AT SS CONNOR.

THE CUB BOTS WON THE TEAM MODEL AWARD FOR THE COMPLEXITY AND INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS OF THEIR ROBOTIC BUILDS AT THE FIRST COMPETITION ROBOTICS COMPETITION IN HOUSTON, AND OF COURSE THE EMMETT J.

CONRAD HIGH SCHOOL ROBOCHARGERS BECAME THE UIL ROBOTICS STATE CHAMPIONS FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW.

BACK TO BACK STATE CHAMPIONS.

CONGRATULATIONS TO EMMETT J.

CONRAD TEAM.

CONGRATULATIONS ALSO TO SENIOR NATALIE A FROM BRYAN ADAMS HIGH SCHOOL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, WHO EARNED A SCHOLARSHIP TO ATTEND HARVARD UNIVERSITY THIS FALL TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE MEDICAL FIELD, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO MISS [INAUDIBLE] A SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER FROM GEORGE W.

TRUETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

SHE WAS RECENTLY RECOGNIZED BY THE DALLAS EDUCATION FOUNDATION FOR HER DEDICATION TO HER STUDENTS, AND RECEIVED THE 2024-2025 HEART OF TEACHING GRANT, AND FINALLY, LAST MONTH, THE SAM TASBY MIDDLE SCHOOL WON THE GREAT BRAIN GAIN MIDDLE SCHOOL CONTEST, A RECOGNITION OF THE SCHOOL'S EFFORTS TO INVEST IN BRAIN HEALTH MADE POSSIBLE BY THE CENTER FOR BRAIN HEALTH, THE CAMPUS WON $10,000 TO IMPLEMENT PROGRAMS THAT WILL FOCUS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING A HEALTHY BRAIN AND CONGRATULATIONS TO NESHA MASTON, PRINCIPAL AND THE STUDENTS OF TASBY AND DR.

MARSTON FOUND OUT SHE EARNED HER PHD TODAY.

CONGRATULATIONS, AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

TRUSTEE WHITE. GOOD EVENING.

CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE WHO WAS ACCEPTED INTO THE 23-24 COHORT FOR THE FUTURE PRINCIPALS INSTITUTE.

WE HAD SEVERAL PRINCIPALS.

RECIPIENTS FROM DISTRICT FOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WERE ANNIE WEBB BLANTON, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL MONICA TATUM, EBBY HALLIDAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL KARLA PADILLA, GILBERT CUELLAR SENIOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL TEHILA ZAVALA, JERRY R JENKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

EXCUSE ME A MINUTE. I'M SORRY.

WILLIAM ANDERSON, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER, ASSISTANT, MIGUEL [INAUDIBLE].

AMALIA. I'M SORRY.

THERE WAS A AND I JUST READ THIS.

I DON'T KNOW WHO JERRY JENKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS OR LOCATED, BUT.

OKAY, I JUST WANT TO SHOUT THEM OUT, AND IN CASE YOU DIDN'T, ALSO MIDDLE SCHOOL SEAGOVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL REBECCA LEAKE.

SEAGOVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, TELA MAUPIN.

HIGH SCHOOL W.W.

SAMUEL PRINCIPAL RESIDENT.

LEWIS CORDELIA.

TALK STEM AND THE GEMS CAMP ARE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WHO WORK WITH KIDS, STUDENTS INTERESTED IN STEM TO EMPOWER THEM TO BECOME SUCCESSFUL IN THE FIELD.

THE SCHOOL FOR THE TALENTED AND GIFTED AT PLEASANT GROVE HAD AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY WITH TALK, STEM AND THE JIM'S CAMP TO ENGAGE IN CONVERSATIONS REGARDING STEM AND FURTHER THEIR COMMITMENT TO STEM INITIATIVES.

THANK YOU TO THE EXTENDED LEARNING.

THANK YOU FOR THE EXTENDED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUTTING TOGETHER SCHOOL COOL 2024.

THIS ALLOWS OUR STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE LEARNING DURING THE SUMMER WHILE ALSO HAVING FUN.

I'M PROUD TO SEE THE SCHOOL FOR THE TALENTED AND GIFTED AT PLEASANT GROVE FOR TAKING THIS OPPORTUNITY.

H GRADY SPRUCE HAD AN ALUMNI MIXER FOR THE GRADUATES FROM 1965 TO 2020.

THEY HAD 116 ALUMNI COME OUT TO CELEBRATE AND REMINISCE ABOUT THEIR TIME AT SPRUCE HIGH SCHOOL.

I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE DR.

SCOTT JACKSON OF THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT.

HE IS RETIRING.

I PRAY YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL RETIREMENT AND ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR DAYS.

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HAVE A GREAT SUMMER! ALSO FOR THE TEACHERS AND STAFF AS WELL.

THIS CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE WHITE.

TRUSTEE JOHNSON. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CARREON.

I WANT TO THANK I WANT TO START OFF WITH SENDING KUDOS TO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR UMOJA TURNER AND THE STUDENTS AT EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON STEM ACADEMY.

THEY WERE FEATURED RECENTLY FEATURED IN THE WAXAHACHIE SUN NEWSPAPER FOR FOSTERING ACADEMICS AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT WHILE HE WAS PRINCIPAL THERE.

THANK YOU FOR HELPING OUR STUDENTS WITH THE TOOLS TO BE SUCCESSFUL TODAY AND TOMORROW.

DALLAS ISD RECENTLY HELD ITS COUNSELOR OF THE YEAR CELEBRATION TO RECOGNIZE THE DEDICATED WORK OF OUR DISTRICT COUNSELORS.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNSELING TEAM AT THE SCHOOL FOR THE TALENTED AND GIFTED AT YVONNE A.

EWELL TOWNVIEW CENTER FOR TAKING HOME THE HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS OF THE YEAR AWARD, AND KIMBERLY SMITH WAS NAMED A FINALIST FOR SECONDARY COUNSELOR OF THE YEAR.

I ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE LONE STAR CHALLENGE WINNERS FROM DISTRICT FIVE.

STUDENTS AT WILLIAM B TRAVIS VANGUARD ACADEMY FOR THE ACADEMICALLY TALENTED AND GIFTED CAME IN FIRST PLACE AT THE COMPETITION, WHICH TESTS STUDENTS KNOWLEDGE IN LITERATURE, SOCIAL STUDIES, SCIENCE AND MATH.

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AND HOPE YOU ALL BRING IT BACK HOME NEXT SUMMER.

THANKS TO DISTRICT FIVE COMMUNITY FOR COMING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS THIS WEEK AT SOUTH OAK CLIFF HIGH SCHOOL AND THE DOCTOR, FREDERICK HAYNES, THE THIRD GLOBAL PREPARATORY ACADEMY AT PAUL QUINN COLLEGE.

TOGETHER WE ARE DOING GREAT THINGS IN DISTRICT FIVE.

ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MAYOR SHEILA PETTY MAYOR OF WILMER, TEXAS, FOR INVITING ME TO HANG OUT WITH THEM AND CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING INTO OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU FOR LETTING YOUR VOICES BE HEARD IN DISTRICT FIVE.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

[INAUDIBLE] FRONT, PLEASE.

NORMALLY, I WOULD NORMALLY GIVE OUT SCHOLARSHIPS TO A STUDENT IN DISTRICT SIX.

OH. THANK YOU.

THEY WANT TO HEAR THIS.

I WOULD NORMALLY GIVE OUT A SCHOLARSHIP TO STUDENTS IN DISTRICT SIX.

TODAY I DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

SO I AM GOING TO DONATE $5,000 OF MY MONEY TO THE STUDENTS IN DISTRICT SIX.

THAT'S MORE THAN WHAT [INAUDIBLE] IS DOING.

IT'S COMING OUT OF HER PAY.

I THOUGHT WE WERE GETTING THAT DOUBLED, RIGHT? [CHUCKLING].

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

TRUSTEE MACKEY.

THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME FOLLOW THAT UP.

I'D FIRST LIKE TO KICK OFF BY HIGHLIGHTING DALLAS ISD SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, WHERE TWO SUNSET HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, [INAUDIBLE] LOPEZ CASTILLO AND JAMIE RODRIGUEZ, ARE CURRENTLY GAINING REAL WORLD EXPERIENCE IN THE COMMUNICATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

SO FAR, BOTH STUDENTS HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DELVE INTO VARIOUS WORLDS OF COMMUNICATION SUCH AS MARKETING CAMPAIGNS, CREATING VIDEOS WITH DSTV AND LEARNING CONTENT, LEARNING CONTENT, WRITING AND SOCIAL POSTS WITH DIGITAL MEDIA, AND BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS AND CURATING PITCHES WITH MEDIA RELATIONS.

KUDOS TO THIS PROGRAM FOR ENSURING STUDENTS ARE PREPARED FOR THE FUTURE BY EXPOSING THEM TO A VARIETY OF CAREER OPPORTUNITIES, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY I WANT TO DOUBLE DOWN ON THIS. WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT THE BRIEFING, BUT THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SO MANY GREAT COMMUNITY PARTNERS ACROSS THIS CITY AND METROPLEX THAT OFFER INTERNSHIPS FOR OUR STUDENTS. A LOT OF GREAT OPPORTUNITIES, INCLUDING SOME PAID, AND I'M GLAD TO SEE DALLAS ISD ALSO CREATING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS HERE BECAUSE WE NEED THEM TO WORK IN DALLAS ISD AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU. EARLIER THIS MONTH, THE DALLAS EDUCATION FOUNDATION AWARDED OVER $60,000 IN GRANTS TO 16 EDUCATORS, AND I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE KATY BETH HAGLER AND FAITH HENDERSON FROM LEILA P.

COWART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND VANESSA RANGEL FROM MARIA MORENO STEAM ACADEMY FOR RECEIVING A GRANT THAT WILL BOOST MORALE, MOTIVATION AND BELONGING FOR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.

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FAITH HENDERSON AT LEILA COWART IS A FORMER TOWNVIEW DISD ALUMNI, SO THAT'S EXCITING, AND FINALLY, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I'D LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO PEDRO ROMANELLI, KINDERGARTEN TEACHER AT MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, FOR BEING FEATURED IN THE NEW YORK AND A NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLE.

THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES THE RARITY OF MALE TEACHERS IN KINDERGARTEN CLASSROOMS, AND HIGHLIGHTS THE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT THAT TEACHER DEMOGRAPHICS CAN HAVE ON YOUNG LEARNERS.

THANK YOU, MR. ROMANELLI, FOR YOUR UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO NURTURING AND EDUCATING OUR YOUNGEST LEARNERS, AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

THANK YOU TRUSTEE MACKEY.

I WILL GIVE THE DISTRICT EIGHT ACCOLADES.

CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME TO IVELISSE AVILA, THE NEW PRINCIPAL OF STEPHENS PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN PRINCIPAL AVILA.

STEVENS PARK FINDS A VISIONARY LEADER WHOSE JOURNEY INSPIRES HOPE AND RESILIENCE.

I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH PRINCIPAL AVILA.

LIKEWISE, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE IDEA AND CITY LAB HIGH SCHOOL'S NEW PRINCIPAL, ALAN VARNEY.

WITH 19 YEARS IN DALLAS ISD, HE IS COMMITTED TO CREATING A POSITIVE AND INCLUSIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.

I ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH PRINCIPAL VARNEY.

SHOUT OUT TO THE DALLAS EDUCATION FOUNDATION AND MICROSOFT FOR VISITING PL PREP AT SAM HOUSTON'S ROBOTICS CAMP RECENTLY.

THE PROFESSIONALS FROM MICROSOFT WERE INSPIRING.

THE ASPIRING STUDENT ENGINEERS HAD A BLAST SHOWCASING THEIR PROJECTS TO THEM, AND ALSO KUDOS TO SOLAR PREPARATORY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS AT BONHAM TEACHERS FOR REPRESENTING THEIR SCHOOL AND DALLAS ISD ON THE WORLD STAGE.

THEY RECENTLY ATTENDED THE INTERNATIONAL COALITION OF GIRLS SCHOOLS CONFERENCE, WHERE THEY LEARNED ABOUT UPCOMING TRENDS IN EDUCATION, AS WELL AS BEST PRACTICES THAT THEY CAN IMPLEMENT IN THEIR CLASSROOMS AT HOME.

THE STUDENTS, TEAM MEMBERS, AND COMMUNITY COULD NOT BE MORE PROUD.

THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE--THOSE CONCLUDE THE DISTRICT EIGHT ACCOLADES.

TRUSTEE TURNER. KUDOS TO ALL DISTRICT NINE CAMPUSES, FACULTY, AND STAFF THAT HOSTED SUMMER BREEZE ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THIS MONTH. IT'S A VERY EXCITING TO SEE OUR STUDENTS INVEST IN THEIR FUTURES EVEN WHEN THEY ARE ON BREAK.

I WANT TO ALSO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO H.S.

THOMPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR BEING ON SITE OF THE [INAUDIBLE] FOR BEING THE SITE OF THE KICKOFF EVENT FOR THE SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM.

THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES ESSENTIAL SERVICES TO STUDENTS OVER THE SUMMER BY PROVIDING FREE MEALS DAILY TO STUDENTS ACROSS DALLAS ISD.

BECAUSE OF THIS GOOD WORK, OUR STUDENTS CAN RELY ON HEALTHY AND BALANCED MEALS DURING THE SUMMER.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL STUDENTS AT MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR ARTS ACADEMY WHO PLANNED, PRODUCED AND PERFORMED IN A PRODUCTION IN A PRODUCTION OF SISTER ACT JUNIOR.

THAT'S DIFFERENT. THESE TALENTED STUDENTS ARE RISING STARS, AND I AM EXCITED TO SEE WHAT'S IN STORE FOR NEXT YEAR.

KUDOS ARE IN ORDER TO STUDENTS IN THE AVIATION PROGRAM AT SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL.

THIS MONTH, THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE COMMEMORATIVE AIR FORCE AND WORKED ON THE AIRCRAFT FROM WORLD WAR TWO FOR THE SUMMER INTERNSHIP.

THROUGH THIS INTERNSHIP, THEY RECEIVED INVALUABLE HANDS ON EXPERIENCE.

SHOUT OUT THE GREAT JAMES MADISON HIGH HIGH SCHOOL.

WELCOME MR. MASTER PRINCIPAL LONNIE RUSSELL, AND MADISON HIGH SCHOOL ALSO PAYS HOMAGE TO MARIAN WILLARD FOR HER YEARS OF SERVICE AT THE GREAT JAMES MADISON HIGH SCHOOL, AND THAT CONCLUDES MY DISTRICT NINE.

ACCOLADES. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE TURNER.

TRUSTEES, OUR AGENDA NOW CALLS FOR THE PUBLIC FORUM SEGMENT OF OUR MEETING.

[6. PUBLIC FORUM]

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 STUDENT NAMES, OR TO ADDRESS AND TO ADDRESS THE BOARD AND NOT INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEES.

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

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

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

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

SPEAKERS, PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT SUBSTITUTIONS ARE NOT ALLOWED.

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

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

YOUR COMMENTS ARE OUT OF ORDER.

DR. JORDAN, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE NAMES OF THE SPEAKERS? YES, PRESIDENT CARREON.

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.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS [INAUDIBLE] JACKSON AND ROBERT CECCARELLI, FOLLOWED BY JANET MARIANI AND MIKE HOOK ON DECK TO THE STAKEHOLDERS. BOARD MEMBERS.

SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOL.

[INAUDIBLE] B.

JACKSON I LIVE AT 2851 TOLUCA, DALLAS, TEXAS 75224.

FOR THE RECORD, LET ME SPEAK ABOUT THE CODE OF CONDUCT.

I HAVE NOT DEALT WITH THE CODE OF CONDUCT IN 24 YEARS.

THE DAUGHTER FINISHED FROM SOUTH OAK CLIFF IN THE YEAR OF 2000, BUT I DO KNOW I HAD TO SIGN THIS DOCUMENT. YES, PARENTS, THIS IS A DOCUMENT THAT SET THE STANDARDS, THE GUIDELINES, THE PRINCIPLE, THE RULE AND THE BEHAVIOR HOW YOUR CHILD MUST GOVERN THEMSELVES AT SCHOOL.

MISS SUPERINTENDENT, I WAS SITTING ON THE [INAUDIBLE] THINKING ABOUT THE CODE OF CONDUCT AND THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN.

WHERE I FIND THE ANSWER.

I WENT TO THE BOOK OF EPHESIANS, CHAPTER SIX, WRITTEN BY THE APOSTLE PAUL.

TRUSTEE JOHNSON, I KNOW YOU HAVE PREACHED THIS TIME AND TIME AGAIN.

I DON'T HAVE NOTHING BUT SOME LOVE FOR YOU.

TRUSTEE JOHNSON, THANK YOU FOR HAVING THIS COMMUNITY MEETING AROUND THE CODE OF CONDUCT AND FOR HAVING ME, [INAUDIBLE] DOCTOR KEISHA DAVIS AND THE OTHER LADY TO COME TO SOUTH OAK CLIFF SCHOOL TO HAVE A OPEN DIALOG AROUND THE CODE OF CONDUCT FOR STUDENTS AND PARENTS.

THEY RESPONSIBILITY.

MISS SUPERINTENDENT.

SO MANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY AND THE TWO OF OUR DISD BOARD MEMBERS TRUSTEE FARMER AND TRUSTEE JOHNSON.

I APPLAUD THE THREE LADIES AND YOURSELF FOR PUTTING THIS TEAM TOGETHER.

MY NEXT QUESTION, MISS SUPERINTENDENT, DO WE OR DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER GROUP LIKE THIS? IN MY 46 YEARS COMING TO THE BOARD MEETING, I NEVER HAD ASKED FOR ONE PERSON TO GET A RAISE, INCLUDING MYSELF, BUT TONIGHT I ASK YOU TO GIVE THESE THREE LADIES A PAY INCREASE BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL ABOUT THE STUDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY.

SO FOR THAT, I WISH YOU WELL.

THANK YOU.

WILL, THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS COME TO THE MICROPHONE? ROBERT CECCARELLI AND JANET MARIANI WITH MIKE HOOK AND BRITTANY LAWRENCE ON DECK.

GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.

ROBERT CECCARELLI AND I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT THE BASKETBALL GAME THAT SOMEONE GOT KILLED A FEW YEARS AGO.

KIMBALL AND SOUTH OAK CLIFF.

I WOULD JUST LET YOU KNOW THESE TWO SCHOOLS ARE NATIONALLY KNOWN, OKAY? THEY'RE NOT. CANNOT BE ANY SLIP UPS.

KIMBALL IS DOING VERY WELL.

SOUTH OAK CLIFF HAS DONE VERY WELL.

SO THESE TWO PROGRAMS ARE NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED, AND WHAT HAPPENED THERE A FEW YEARS AGO CANNOT HAPPEN AGAIN.

I WROTE TO THE PTA PERSON, THE SOUTH OAK CLIFF, AND I SAID TO HER, WELL, I'VE BEEN TO TWO HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL GAMES AT SOC.

THERE ARE NOT ANY METAL DETECTORS AT SOC WHEN WE ENTER THE BUILDING TO SEE A BASKETBALL GAME.

I'M VERY TROUBLED BY THIS BECAUSE THERE WAS A KILLING AT SOUTH OAK CLIFF PLAY KIMBALL AT DAVIS FIELDHOUSE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

THERE WERE NOT ANY METAL DETECTORS AT THIS GAME.

SUPERINTENDENT HINOJOSA AFTER THE GAME, MADE A COMMITMENT THAT ALL HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL GAMES HAD METAL DETECTORS AT ALL GAMES, AND THIS TURNED OUT TO BE THE TRUTH THAT WE'RE NOT ANY METAL DETECTORS AT DAVIS FIELDHOUSE, AND THAT WAS FOUND OUT, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED, WHY THERE WAS A KILLING.

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I WENT TO ONE GAME LAST YEAR.

THAT WAS THE KIMBALL GAME.

I WENT IN THE FRONT OF THE SCHOOL BOARD ABOUT THIS PROBLEM.

I SPOKE TO THE SCHOOL BOARD OVER SOUTH OAK CLIFF.

ALSO THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AND THE PRINCIPAL OF SOUTH OAK CLIFF.

ABOUT THIS MAJOR PROBLEM.

ANYBODY COULD CARRY A WEAPON TO THE GAME, WALK TO THE REFRESHMENT STAND, AND SERIOUSLY INJURE MANY PEOPLE AT THE REFRESHMENT STAND.

GOD FORBID IF SOMEONE GOT KILLED.

IT HAPPENED AT DAVID'S FIELDHOUSE DURING THE SOC AND KIMBALL BASKETBALL GAME.

WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY TO YOU IS RIGHT NOW, BEFORE [INAUDIBLE].

THESE TWO IF YOU MESS UP HERE, WHAT CAN YOU IMAGINE ABOUT THE WHOLE DISTRICT MESSING UP? IF YOU CAN'T STRAIGHTEN UP THIS HIGH PUBLICITY TO TWO HIGH SCHOOLS AND YOU SCREWED UP, SUPERINTENDENT, WHAT ABOUT THE WHOLE SCHOOL SYSTEM IS IN DANGER? OKAY, I WENT TO THE GAME LAST MONTH.

IT WAS BETWEEN SOCCER AND SKYLINE, AND WE STILL DIDN'T HAVE.

WE STILL HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH NO WITH NO METAL DETECTORS.

THEY WERE NOT BEING USED AT ALL.

I WAS ABLE TO WALK IN THE BUILDING ABOUT 50 YARDS TO THE REFRESHMENT STAND, AGAIN WITHOUT BEING CHECKED FOR WEAPONS.

I WAS VERY SHOCKED THAT THIS HAPPENED AGAIN.

THIS SHOWS THAT SOUTH OAK CLIFF, DISD SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND MISS SUPERINTENDENT DO NOT CARE ABOUT SAFETY AT ALL, AND THE SUPERINTENDENT MENTIONED THAT SHE CARES ABOUT SUPERINTENDENT AND NEWSPAPER, BUT THAT'S TOTALLY NOT TRUE.

I WENT IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL BOARD AGAIN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM.

I'M WRITING TO YOU, THE PERSON IN PTA, I SEE YOU, THAT YOU WORK WITH THE PTA, SOUTH OAK CLIFF.

I'M REALLY URGING THAT YOU MENTIONED TO YOUR MEMBERSHIP ABOUT THIS SERIOUS PROBLEM.

I ALSO AM URGING THAT YOU BRING YOUR MEMBERSHIP TO THE SCHOOL BOARD AND SPEAK UP AND ALSO BRING STUDENTS.

THANK YOU, MR. CECCARELLI.

YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

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

JANET MARIANI AND MIKE HOOK, FOLLOWED BY BRITTANY LAWRENCE AND SABRINA BRENHAM.

HELLO, I'M JANET, WHAT IS AN EDUCATION? WHAT DOES IT MEAN? IT'S A TRANSFORMATION OF KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND CHARACTER TRAITS THAT MANIFEST IN VARIOUS FORMS. IT'S AN ACT OF TEACHING KNOWLEDGE TO OTHERS AND AN ACT OF RECEIVING KNOWLEDGE FROM SOMEONE ELSE TO IMPROVE KNOWLEDGE AND DEVELOP SKILLS.

THESE SKILLS INCLUDE LISTENING, READING, WRITING, THINKING CRITICALLY, AND REVIEWING FACTS.

SO WHO IS MAKING UP THE FACTS? WHY DO I HEAR ABOUT SECRETIVE PORNOGRAPHIC BOOKS AND SECRETIVE, SLY WAYS TO PROMOTE TRANSGENDERING OUR KIDS, THE LGBTQ, XYZ PLUS AND INFINITY GROUPS SEEKS TO INTIMIDATE AND COLLUDE TO PREY ON YOUNG, VULNERABLE KIDS. WHY DO I OPEN A PAPER AND FIND ARTICLES ON DALLAS ISD'S TRANS SECRETS? THESE KIDS NEED OUR LOVE AND SUPPORT AND REAL THERAPY.

NEWSFLASH NO ONE IS BORN IN THE WRONG BODY, AND IF YOU THINK YOU ARE, THEN PERPETRATING THAT FALSE IDEA AND ADVANCING TOWARDS HORMONE THERAPY TO POSSIBLE SURGERY AND CASTRATION, WHICH PERMANENTLY DISFIGURES AND LEADS TO PERMANENT STERILITY, LET OUR CHILDREN GROW UP WITHOUT THIS INSANE DEMONIC INTERFERENCE, GET THROUGH PUBERTY WITH LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING BUT THE MOST DISTURBING READING IS ABOUT HOW TO KEEP THE PARENTS OUT OF THIS INFORMATION.

I HAVE A VULNERABLE GRANDCHILD ON THE SPECTRUM.

HE IS SAID TO HAVE ASPERGER'S AND IS BRILLIANT, FORTUNATELY PROTECTED FROM THIS DEMONIC PERPETRATOR OF THIS IDEOLOGY.

I CAN ONLY IMAGINE MY RESPONSE TO ANYONE INFLUENCING MY PRECIOUS GRANDCHILD.

I CANNOT WAIT UNTIL THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IS ELIMINATED, AND THE CONTROL OF OUR EDUCATION IS GIVEN BACK TO THE STATES.

THERE IS NO REASON, NO REASON WHY WE DON'T HAVE A TOP EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM, THE KIND I HAD GROWING UP.

WE WERE TAUGHT MANNERS, DISCIPLINE, MATH, READING AND SCIENCE, AND WE HAD THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, WHICH I THINK IS A VERY GOOD IDEA.

FIRST CORINTHIANS 13 JESUS WANTS US TO LOVE ALL, NOT DESTROY VULNERABLE LITTLE ONES.

PLEASE ALL REGISTER TO VOTE AND BRING FRIENDS WITH YOU TO VOTE.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

WITH THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE MIKE HOOK AND BRITTANY LAWRENCE, FOLLOWED BY SABRINA BRENHAM AND YASMIN SALAH.

IN JUNE OF 2023.

THERE WAS A YOUNG LADY WHO WAS A STUDENT AT MADISON HIGH, AND SHE CAME FORTH SPEAKING ABOUT HEALTHY BRAINS.

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ONE REALLY COMMON SENSE WAY TO MAINTAIN AND PROMOTE BRAIN HEALTH FOR ANYONE FROM.

THE. BIRTH TO DEATH IS.

NOT TO PUT THEM DOWN, NOT TO PROGRAM THEM WITH COMMENTS LIKE YOU'LL BE NOTHING IN LIFE AND YOU'LL BE FLAT ON YOUR BACK LIKE YOUR MOTHER. I THINK.

YOU FOLKS RIGHT HERE.

WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MAYBE THE ONE ON THE END HERE.

COULD COULD STAND TO IMPROVE A WHOLE LOT ABOUT DISD AND I SECOND EVERYTHING THAT THIS PREVIOUS SPEAKER. JUST SAID ALSO KENNEDY CURRY MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN AWAY.

THE NAME HAS BEEN TAKEN AWAY UNFAIRLY IN A VERY UN-AMERICAN MANNER AGAINST WE THE PEOPLE DESTROYING ABOUT 60 YEARS OF VERY LEGITIMATE AMERICAN HISTORY.

THAT IS AN INSULT TO HIGHLAND HILLS COMMUNITY AND DR.

CURRY. ALSO, HOW ABOUT READING, WRITING AND ARITHMETIC? YOU WANT TO PROMOTE BRAIN HEALTH? TEACH OUR KIDS TO READ, WRITE AND DO MATH.

THESE GIFTED FOLKS IN YOUR MAGNET SCHOOLS, ETC..

GREAT. YOU'RE DOING FINE.

WHO CAN'T DO WELL WITH A A SUPERBLY BLESSED CHILD, RIGHT? THOSE CHILDREN WHO ARE AVERAGE INTELLIGENCE, A LITTLE BIT ABOVE AVERAGE INTELLIGENCE OR IN NEED OF EXTRA CARE THESE FOLKS DESERVE, AS WAS SAID EARLIER, LOVE, ATTENTION, AND THESE THESE PEOPLE, THESE CHILDREN ARE CREATIONS OF GOD.

WE ALL ARE, AND I PROMOTE AND SAY THAT WE ALL NEED GOD.

THE SPECIAL ED FOLKS, I WANT TO MAKE MENTION OF THE SPECIAL ED FOLKS I MEANT INCLUDING THOSE FOLKS IN THIS COMMENT ALSO THERE'S ALSO A BOARD MEMBER WHO.

JUST DONATED $5,000.

SHE'S DONATED I REMEMBER $1,000 PREVIOUS TO THIS.

HER HEART IS IN EDUCATION, AND TAKE--THANK YOU, MR. HOOK. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

WILL THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE? BRITTANY LAWRENCE AND SABRINA BRENHAM WITH YASMIN SALAH AND LYDIA [INAUDIBLE] ON DECK.

ALL RIGHT. SO I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND SAY THAT MAXIE JOHNSON, I DID GET A PHONE CALL FROM YOU YESTERDAY, AND I KNOW THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS, BUT I AM HERE TO CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE TO HEAR WHAT NOT ONLY I HAVE TO SAY, BUT WHAT YOUR COMMUNITY HAS TO SAY.

SO I COULD STAND HERE AND WAX RATHER UNPOETICALLY ABOUT ALL THE DISTRICT FAILURES REGARDING N.W.

HARLEY EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER, AND I WISH I HAD THE TIME TO STAND HERE AND SPEAK FOR ALL THE PEOPLE AND RESOURCES THAT HAVE BEEN SNATCHED FROM OUR SCHOOL FOR VARIOUS REASONS, BUT MOST OF THEM BEING THESE VERY POWERFUL PROJECTED NUMBERS, AND I LOVE HOW SO MUCH POLICY IS BASED ON WHAT YOU THINK MIGHT HAPPEN WHEN I'M SURE NOTHING COULD GO WRONG THERE, ESPECIALLY WHEN ONE WANTS TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE PROJECTED NUMBERS AND IT BECOMES A VERY CIRCULAR DISCUSSION OF, WELL, THEY'RE PROJECTED, SO WE DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW BECAUSE THEY'RE PROJECTED, BUT IF YOU'RE PROJECTED NUMBER WAS THIS RANDOM NUMBER WE HAVE SET UP FOR YOU, THEN THINGS WOULD BE DIFFERENT, AND I COULD TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT OUR PROJECTED NUMBERS ARE CONSIDERABLY LOWER THIS YEAR DUE TO THE LACK OF COLLABORATIVE KINDERGARTEN, WHICH, IF YOU ARE A REGULAR HERE, PROBABLY KNOW HOW THAT LITTLE ABUSE OF POWER CAME TO FRUITION.

I REMEMBER HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH A DISTRICT EMPLOYEE ABOUT LOSING COLLABORATIVE, AND WHEN I SAID IT JUST DIDN'T SEEM RIGHT, HIS ACTUAL RESPONSE WAS, WELL, YOU COULD BRING US TO COURT, BUT WE WOULD WIN.

I WON'T TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT WAS TO MY FACE.

I WAS TOLD THAT LOSING COLLABORATIVE KINDERGARTEN WOULDN'T AFFECT MY CHILD OR OUR SCHOOL AT ALL, AND THEY WERE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE HAD THE SAME RESOURCES AS BEFORE.

NOW, TODAY, I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT HOW THAT PROMISE HAS ALREADY NOT BEEN FULFILLED, BUT I ONLY HAVE THREE MINUTES, SO I WANT TO STICK WITH THE TOPIC AT HAND HUMBLY ASK YOU TO STOP TRYING TO TAKE OUR COUNSELOR, TRULY STOP.

NOT JUST BECAUSE WE HAPPEN TO HAVE A GREAT ONE THOUGH.

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I'M ASKING BECAUSE IN REALITY IT IS JUST NOT THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

MORALLY. IT IS CORRUPT TO TAKE A COUNCILOR EVEN HALF TIME FROM AN ESL, FROM AN SEL CAMPUS, ANY CAMPUS, ESPECIALLY IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHERE CHILDREN ARE JUST BEGINNING TO LEARN HOW TO MANAGE THEIR EMOTIONS AND ARE BEGINNING TO BUILD A FOUNDATION FOR THEIR FUTURE SELF-CONFIDENCE.

YOU WANT A LONG TERM SOLUTION FOR VIOLENCE WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS.

SAVE A RANDOM SECURITY MEASURE AND GET A COUNSELOR.

OUR LAST SCHOOL SHOOTING.

WHAT FAILED? THE METAL DETECTORS SECURITY PROTOCOLS.

WHAT WOULD HELP IS KNOWING THESE KIDS HAD ACCESS TO QUALITY MENTAL HEALTH CARE.

I CAN FEEL THE EYE ROLLS, THOUGH.

IT'S BEEN SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN THAT CHILDREN, EVEN CHILDREN WITH MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS, CAN ATTEND SCHOOL SUCCESSFULLY WHEN GIVEN THE RIGHT COPING MECHANISMS AND PERHAPS EVEN BEHAVIOR PLANS WRITTEN INTO THEIR IEPS, WHICH CAN REQUIRE CERTAIN AMOUNTS OF COUNSELING SERVICES.

OUR COUNSELORS HAVE RESOURCES AND KNOWLEDGE THAT WE SIMPLY CAN'T AFFORD TO LOSE.

I SAT ON THE COMMUNITY PANEL FOR THE NEW PRINCIPAL HIRES AT HARLEY, AND SAT ACROSS FROM A WOMAN NAMED LIBBY LEE, WHO, AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE GOLDEN SEEDS FOUNDATION, WAS ONE OF THE REASONS HARLEY RECEIVED ITS MAKEOVER TO ONCE AGAIN REOPEN AND BECOME THE EARLY EDUCATION CENTER THE COMMUNITY NEEDED IN 2013.

WE WERE CONVERSING AND I MENTIONED THAT IT FELT SO DEFEATING AS THE DISTRICT JUST DIDN'T SEEM TO CARE ABOUT THE SUCCESS OF OUR SCHOOL EXPIRED.

WOULD THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE SABRINA BRENHAM, YASMIN SALAH, FOLLOWED BY LYDIA [INAUDIBLE] AND ELIZABETH FARRIS ON DECK SABRINA BRENHAM.

NOT PRESENT YASMIN SALAH, FOLLOWED BY LYDIA [INAUDIBLE].

YASMIN SALAH NOT PRESENT.

I'M RIGHT HERE. OH, SORRY.

JUST GOTTA GET UP HERE.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS.

I COME TO YOU AS A CONCERNED EDUCATOR WHO'S BEEN MOVED BY THE RECENT EVENTS AT WILMER-HUTCHINS TO SEE STUDENTS AND STAFF BEING SUBJECTED TO UNSPEAKABLE TERROR IN THE FACE OF GUN VIOLENCE, AND THEN BE REPRIMANDED FOR SPEAKING OUT AGAINST THAT TERROR IS, FRANKLY, APPALLING.

WHEN I TALK ABOUT SAFETY IN SCHOOLS, I TALK FROM DIRECT EXPERIENCE.

IT'S EASY TO PENALIZE STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS FOR TRYING TO RAISE THEIR VOICE ON THESE ISSUES IN CLASSROOMS, BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT THE ONES WHO SEE THESE KIDS EVERY DAY BUT WE DO, AND WE'RE TELLING YOU WE NEED GREATER MEASURES TO KEEP THEM SAFE.

MY OWN SCHOOL RECENTLY LOST A STUDENT DUE TO GUN VIOLENCE.

WHEN I'D BEEN WITH MY KIDS DURING THE LOCKDOWN, I HAD ONE ASKED ME IF I OPENED MY LIFE ON THE LINE FOR THEM, AND THAT'S A TERRIBLE DECISION TO HAVE TO MAKE AS A HUMAN BEING.

WHEN WE WERE ADJOINED AS A SCHOOL, I COULDN'T HELP BUT NOTICE ALL THE NEW SAFETY PROTOCOLS FROM ADMINISTRATION BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO ASK YOURSELF, WHERE DID WE FAIL TO BEGIN WITH? WHEN I'VE BEEN RECEIVING MY TEACHING EDUCATION, ONE THING WE CONSTANTLY GOT TOLD WAS TO MAKE STUDENTS FEEL SAFE.

CREATE A SAFE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT, BUT HOW CAN WE DO THAT WHEN THE THREAT OF VIOLENCE IS JUST OUTSIDE OUR DOOR? WE NEED GREATER SAFETY PROTOCOLS.

WE NEED SUPPORT FOR OUR STAFF AND ACCESS TO TRUSTED EDUCATORS FOR OUR STUDENTS.

WE'RE TELLING YOU THIS BECAUSE WE CARE FOR THEM AND THEIR LEARNING.

I KNOW THAT MONEY HAS A WAY OF CORRUPTING OUR MORALS, BUT WE, THE TEACHERS WITHOUT WHICH THIS BOARD COULD NOT RUN THEIR SCHOOLS, ARE TELLING YOU THIS IS A NECESSITY.

WE DEMAND THE STUDENTS WHO WALKED OUT OF WILMER-HUTCHINS RECEIVE CREDIT WITHOUT PENALTY, AND ARE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRANSFER WITHIN OR OUTSIDE OF YOUR DISTRICT.

WE DEMAND YOU PUBLICLY SHARE WHAT YOU ARE DOING AS A BOARD TO KEEP YOUR STUDENTS AND STAFF SAFE, AND WE DEMAND AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION INTO THE ADMINISTRATION OF WILMER-HUTCHINS FOR THEIR TREATMENT OF STUDENTS EXERCISING THEIR RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH.

AS A LAST NOTE, I'LL ADD THAT I HAD SOMEONE FROM THE DISTRICT CALL ME TODAY ASKING TO MEET BEFORE THE MEETING REGARDING MY TOPIC OF SCHOOL SAFETY.

I WAS NOT GIVING THEIR NAME OR CONTACT INFORMATION IN ORDER TO GET BACK TO THEM.

HOWEVER, IF THE BOARD IS WILLING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THESE DEMANDS, NO, I WILL BE A WILLING PARTICIPANT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

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

LYDIA [INAUDIBLE] AND ELIZABETH FARRIS, FOLLOWED BY LINDA WYNN AND JASMINE FLORES.

HI EVERYONE. MY NAME IS LYDIA AND I'M GLAD TO BE HERE TO MR. CURRY AND MR. TURNER, IF I PRONOUNCE CORRECT.

WELCOME. I'M GLAD YOU ARE IN THE BOARD, AND I PRAY THAT THESE NEXT TWO YEARS YOU WILL BRING A POSITIVE INFLUENCE IN DALLAS ISD.

AT THE LAST BOARD MEETINGS, AND TODAY ALSO, I WAS PLEASED TO SEE ALL THE SUCCESS DALLAS ISD HAD IN THE LAST YEAR.

WE JUST FINISHED THE SCHOOL YEAR, AND I'M WONDERING WHAT ARE THE PLANS FOR THE NEXT YEAR AND THE LAST FEW MEETINGS ALSO, AND EVEN TODAY WE HEARD ABOUT SO MANY PROBLEMS SHOOTINGS, VIOLENCE, BULLYING, STUDENTS FEELING UNSAFE IN THEIR SCHOOL.

WE WANT TO FIX OUR SCHOOL TO MAKE THEM A BETTER PLACE TO BE SAFE.

CRIME TO STOP, BUT THE PROBLEM STARTS IN THEIR HEARTS, IN OUR HEARTS WITH REJECTION, LONELINESS, BITTERNESS, UNFORGIVENESS, JEALOUSY, ANGER, ADDICTION AND SADLY, PORNOGRAPHY.

EVERYONE HAS AN EMPTY SPACE IN THEIR HEART AND IF THIS SPACE IS FILLED WITH GOD, WE WILL SEE THE REAL CHANGE IN OUR FAMILY AND IN OUR KIDS' LIFE. IF THIS SPACE IS FILLED WITH DARKNESS AND ADDICTION, OUR SOCIETY WILL BECOME WORSE.

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GOD. BECAUSE HE IS THE ONLY ONE THAT HE CAN CHANGE PEOPLE'S LIFE AND HEARTS.

EVEN IF WE DON'T SEE IT, IT IS A SPIRITUAL BATTLE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL.

LAST YEAR DURING HALLOWEEN, I WAS SHOCKED TO SEE THE SCHOOLS, HOW THE SCHOOLS WERE DECORATED WITH SKELETON SKULLS AND AN EMPHASIS ON THAT.

ALSO, THE CHILDREN WERE LEARNING SONGS WITH LYRICS THAT WERE DISTURBING.

THE LYRICS ON ONE SONG INCLUDES THE WORDS VAMPIRES ARE MY BODIES.

THIS FORM OF CELEBRATION IS OCCULTIC AND DAMAGING TO THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF OUR CHILDREN.

I TALKED WITH THE PRINCIPAL.

THEY DIDN'T CHANGE THE SONGS, AND I CHOOSE TO TAKE MY DAUGHTER OUT OF THE MUSIC CLASS.

THIS IS NOT A GOOD OPTION EITHER BECAUSE SHE SEPARATE HER FROM THE CLASS, BUT IMAGINE THE DARK IMPACT ON THE OTHER KIDS SINGING THESE SONGS OVER AND OVER.

WE TOOK OUT OF OUR SCHOOL AND WE INVITE THE DARKNESS IN.

WE WANT JOY, PEACE, LOVE AND KINDNESS IN ACTION, BUT HOW WE CAN HAVE ALL THIS WITHOUT GOD? WHAT WE ARE DOING TO PUT GOD BACK IN OUR ENVIRONMENT.

OVER THE SUMMER, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HOW WE CAN IMPLEMENT PRAYERS AND GOD BACK IN OUR SCHOOL.

THIS IS NOT JUST IMPORTANT.

THIS IS ESSENTIAL FOR SUCCESS.

I'M HERE TO HELP IN ANY WAY I CAN.

MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM.

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

ELIZABETH FARRIS AND LINDA WYNN, FOLLOWED BY JASMINE FLORES ON DECK.

ELIZABETH FARRIS, DISD SPED AND AFT MEMBER I SPOKE WITH RENA HONEY LAST WEEK AND WAS SURPRISED OF HER MEETING WITH EXECUTIVE STAFF.

SHE SHARED CONCERNS COMMUNICATED TO HER BY LEADERSHIP ABOUT STATEMENTS MADE BY AFT MEMBERS AND BOARD MEETINGS.

WE BOTH UNDERSTOOD THAT I, AND MY STATEMENTS PRESENTED WERE ONE OF THOSE THAT WERE PERCEIVED AS UNPROFESSIONAL AND OFFENSIVE, AND I DO CONCEDE THE RECEIVED PERCEPTION OF THE CAUSTIC AND ABRASIVE STATEMENTS I PRESENTED IN THE BOARD MEETINGS.

I APOLOGIZE FOR THE [INAUDIBLE] MESSAGES I HAVE COMMUNICATED IN THE BOARD MEETINGS, AND PLEASE INDULGE A BRIEF EXPLANATION, NOT JUSTIFICATION, OF CIRCUMSTANCES THAT HAVE CULMINATED IN THE STATEMENTS THAT HAVE BROUGHT SUCH OFFENSE.

I'VE NEVER BEEN AN ANGRY OR CONFRONTATIONAL PERSON, AND I'VE SPENT OVER 20 YEARS IN DISD WORKING TO SUPPORT OUR SPED PROGRAMS, TEACHERS, CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND MANY OTHER PROGRAMS. FOR MANY YEARS, I WORKED WITH DISTRICT PERSONNEL IN AN ENVIRONMENT OF COLLABORATION AND PURPOSE FOR IMPROVEMENT AND GROWTH OF OUR DISTRICT.

I'VE DEVOTED MY FINANCES, TIME AND LIFE TO THE DISTRICT.

I NEVER MINDED WORKING LONG AND HARD AS WE HAD PURPOSE THAT HAD MEANING.

SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN OUR PROGRAMS BEGAN WITH THE INSTALLATION OF MIKE MILES, THE SUPERINTENDENT.

COLLABORATION AND SUPPORT OF TEACHERS DETERIORATED UNDER HIS ADMINISTRATION, AND AT THE SAME TIME, CHANGES IN LEADERSHIP OCCURRED IN SPED, AND THE PROGRAMS WE HAD WORKED SO HARD TO ESTABLISH WERE DISMANTLED IN THE CAMPUS.

TEACHERS TREATED WITH DISDAIN AND CONTEMPT, BEGINNING IN US AGAINST THEM ATTITUDE, CONTRIBUTING TO THE NEED OF THE COLLIER AUDIT AND SUBSEQUENT ACTIONS.

THROUGH ALL OF THIS, INCLUDING DIFFICULTIES AND STRESSORS THAT IN THEMSELVES CAN CREATE REACTIVE BEHAVIORS, MY FRUSTRATION GREW AND MANIFESTED IN ANGRY RESPONSES.

THE CAMEL STRAW CAME IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE DEATH OF CHARLOTTE SIMS, AND THE SUBSEQUENT ACTIONS AND INACTIONS OF THE DISTRICT.

PERFECTLY TIMED WITH THE GROWING ANGER OF THE TIA FUNDS, I TOOK THE OUTRAGE AND GRIEF WITH ME, ALONG WITH THE STATEMENTS OF OTHER TEACHERS, TO THE BOARD MEETINGS, AND DELIVERED THE MESSAGE OUTRAGE, ANGER, GRIEF, BETRAYAL, AND A DEEP SENSE OF INJUSTICE.

I SHOULD HAVE TEMPERED MY STATEMENTS AND CHOSEN NOT TO INCLUDE STATEMENTS FROM OTHERS THAT PERSONIFIED ANGRY CONTEMPT, BUT SHOULD HAVE CHOSEN EFFECTIVE WORDS TO CONVEY THE MESSAGES VERSUS THE OUTRAGE.

I SHOULD HAVE COMMUNICATED WHAT I AND A MULTITUDE OF TEACHERS FEEL WITH ABOUT ABRASIVE AND COST OF ACCUSATIONS THAT COULD ONLY STING AND CAUSE OFFENSE.

I'M SUPPOSED TO BE BETTER THAN THAT, AND HOLD MYSELF TO A STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE THAT I FELL FAR SHORT OF IN THOSE MESSAGES.

I REGRET THE CHOICES MADE IN COMMUNICATIONS TO THE BOARD.

THE MERIT AND CONTENT WAS LOST IN THE ANGER SURROUNDING THE DELIVERY OF THE MESSAGE, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THE OFFENSE I'VE INNERVED TO YOU.

I CONCLUDE WITH AN APPEAL.

PEOPLE WANT TO HAVE A PURPOSE AND BE INSPIRED BY THE ORGANIZATION TO WHICH THEY ARE ALIGNED AND A MEMBER.

I WOULD CHALLENGE OUR LEADERSHIP TO IDENTIFY THE ISSUES CAUSING DISSENT, DEMORALIZATION AND DIVISION, AND DEVELOP TEACHER BASED GROUPS TO FIND SOLUTIONS AND RESOLUTION.

BRING THE TEACHERS TO THE TABLE AND ENGAGE THEM IN THE PROBLEM SOLVING PROCESS AND PROGRAM BUILDING WORK.

IT WOULD BE INSPIRING, AS STEPHEN COVEY CHALLENGED SUPERINTENDENTS LAST SUMMER, CHANGE THE WAY YOU MANAGE PEOPLE AND ENGAGE YOUR PEOPLE.

FOR IF YOU CONTINUE TO TREAT PEOPLE AS THINGS, YOU WILL EVENTUALLY HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS AND NO PEOPLE.

LET'S BE THE DISTRICT THAT DOES IT DIFFERENTLY AND DEVELOP THE PROGRAMS AND MODELS THAT SETS THE STANDARDS FOR OUR STATE, AND IN THE PROCESS, YOU WILL HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE INSPIRED WITH PURPOSE TO DO THE WORK.

AGAIN, I SINCERELY APOLOGIZE FOR THE OFFENSE MY STATEMENTS MAY HAVE CAUSED TO ANY AND EACH OF YOU.

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

LINDA WYNN AND JASMINE FLORES.

OUR ELISHA M.

PEASE COMMUNITY IS ASKING FOR FOUR PORTABLES ON CAMPUS, ON SITE AT ELISHA M.

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WE'RE ASKING THAT A PLAN BE DEVELOPED TO TRANSFER OUR STUDENTS FROM ELISHA M.

PEASE TO ALBERT C.

BLACK JANUARY 2025.

BECAUSE THAT SCHOOL WILL NOT BE COMPLETED.

DO NOT TRANSFER OUR STUDENTS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SEMESTER.

A WORD TO THE WISE ADMINISTRATIONS AT DALLAS ISD ED.

WORKPLACE IS NOT A PLACE OF INTIMIDATION AND HARASSMENT AND WILL NOT BE TOLERATED IN THIS DISTRICT, AND WHAT THE STATEMENT WAS, IT DON'T MATTER WHO YOU KNOW WILL KNOW ME. MY NAME IS LINDA WYNN, AND I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHO I AM.

EDS AND ADMINISTRATORS TELL YOUR PRINCIPALS THEY CANNOT STOP A TEACHER FROM TRANSFERRING TO ANOTHER SCHOOL SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY WANT TO LEAVE.

TELL YOUR PRINCIPAL THEIR NAME IS GOING TO COME UP IN THE INVESTIGATION AND LAWSUIT AS WELL.

WE NEED ALL THE TEACHERS THAT WE HAVE IN THIS DISTRICT TO STAY.

WE'VE LOST SO MANY THAT HAVE GONE BACK TO WHERE THEY CAME FROM.

THEY WILL THEY WILL BE PART OF THE INTIMIDATION.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST, LET ME SAY THIS.

I HEAR THAT SOMEONE AROUND HERE IS TRYING TO DISMANTLE THE COURT ORDERED MAGNET PROGRAM.

HEAR ME, 30 AND 40 YEARS AGO.

WE BOUGHT IT UP. IT WILL NOT BE DISMANTLED.

YOU WILL BE IN A LAWSUIT, AND WE WILL GET AN OVERSEER TO COME AND OVERSEE THIS DISTRICT THAT WE HAD TO DO UNDER DOC DEVINE, YOUR KATHERINE [INAUDIBLE] AND THE GREATEST SUPERINTENDENT EVER, DOCTOR MARVIN EDWARDS.

IF WE HAVE SOME ADMINISTRATORS HERE THAT DON'T LIKE YOUR JOB AND YOU'RE NOT HAPPY.

TAKE MY ADVICE AND FIND YOU ANOTHER JOB.

THERE ARE SOME DISTRICTS AROUND HERE, BUT YOU WILL NOT.

YOU WILL NOT INTIMIDATE TEACHERS IN THIS DISTRICT THAT ARE HERE, WORKING WITH MY KIDS AND MY GRANDKIDS.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME? I KNOW YOU DO.

SO IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU COME FROM, YOU NEED TO ASK SOMEBODY.

IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN HERE OVER 20 YEARS, YOU NEED TO ASK SOMEBODY.

WE FOUGHT TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE.

WE DIDN'T JUST WAKE UP AND GET HERE.

WE FOUGHT TO GET HERE, AND I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND, I'LL BE 71 IN JULY AND I'M GOING TO FIGHT TILL I CAN'T FIGHT NO MORE.

JASMINE FLORES.

JASMINE FLORES.

NOT PRESENT.

PRESIDENT CARREON, THIS CONCLUDES OUR SPEAKERS.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEES WE WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM SEVEN POINT.

[7. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

TRUSTEES THE FOLLOWING MINUTES HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL.

EMPLOYEE HEARING MEETINGS FROM MAY 9TH, 2024 CALLED BOARD MEETING.

FROM THE CANVASING MEETING ON MAY 15TH, 2024.

THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ON MAY 23RD, 2024, AND THE BOARD MEETING ON MAY 23RD, 2024.

TRUSTEES, DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE? SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION BBY TRUSTEE MICCICHE.

A SECOND BY TRUSTEE JOHNSON. TRUSTEES, ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES? OKAY? OKAY.

IF NO CORRECTIONS TRUSTEES, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.

THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUS.

OKAY, TRUSTEES, YOU HAVE JUST ADOPTED THE MOTION APPROVING THE MINUTES AS SUBMITTED.

TRUSTEES, WE WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM 8.01.

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

EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL ESTABLISH A SCHOOL SAFETY SECURITY COMMITTEE AS REQUIRED BY LAW.

THE COMMITTEE MUST INCLUDE THE PRESIDENT OF THE DISTRICT'S BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND ONE MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, OTHER THAN THE PRESIDENT.

MEMBERSHIP MAY BE EXPANDED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE COMMITTEE COORDINATOR TRUSTEES AT THIS TIME.

NOMINATIONS ARE NOW, IN ORDER FOR THE SELECTION OF A TRUSTEE TO SERVE ON THE SCHOOL AND SAFETY SECURITY COMMITTEE.

DO I HAVE A NOMINATION FOR A TRUSTEE TO SERVE ON THE SCHOOL AND SAFETY SECURITY COMMITTEE? TRUSTEE MICCICHE. MR. PRESIDENT, I NOMINATE TRUSTEE MAXIE JOHNSON.

OKAY. SECOND, THERE'S NO SECOND NEEDED AT THIS POINT.

WE'RE JUST TAKING WE'RE TAKING THANK YOU TRUSTEE MACKEY.

WE'RE TAKING NOMINATIONS.

TRUSTEES. WE HAVE TRUSTEE MAXIE JOHNSON HAS BEEN NOMINATED.

TRUSTEES. ARE THERE FURTHER NOMINATIONS FOR A TRUSTEE TO SERVE ON THE SCHOOL SAFETY SECURITY COMMITTEE? OKAY. TRUSTEES.

HEARING. NO.

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TRUSTEE MAXIE JOHNSON IS IS NOMINATED TO THE SCHOOL SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE BY ACCLAMATION.

OKAY. OKAY.

TRUSTEES, WE WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM 9.01.

[9. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS]

TRUSTEES, WE HAVE WE HAVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 9.01 THROUGH 9.78, AS AMENDED.

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

AGENDA ITEM 9.05.

AGENDA ITEM 9.06.

AGENDA ITEM 9.07, 9.14, 9.16, 9.21, 9.51, 9.52, 9.55, 9.56, 9.59, 9.62, 9.73 AND 9.76.

CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 9.49, 9.50 AND 9.78 HAVE BEEN PULLED COMPLETELY FROM THE AGENDA, WITH THE TRUSTEES WHO PULLED ITEMS FOR A SEPARATE VOTE, LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE ANY OF THE ITEMS BACK TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

THANK YOU.

LET ME GIVE YOU THE ORIGINAL ONE. OKAY.

OKAY. ONE SECOND.

WE'RE LOOKING AT THE AGENDA ITEMS. OKAY. OKAY.

SO TRUSTEES, THE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY PULLED FOR A SEPARATE VOTE HAVE ARE BEING MOVED BACK TO THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM. THESE ARE AGENDA ITEMS 9.05, AGENDA ITEM 9.07. AGENDA ITEM 9.14 AGENDA ITEM 9.56.

AGENDA ITEM 9.59.

AGENDA ITEM 9.73 AND AGENDA ITEM 9.76.

LET ME LET ME CROSS CHECK THAT ONE SECOND FOR ME.

OKAY, AND THAT'S ALIGNED WITH THAT.

CORRECT. TRUSTEE CARREÓN IS 9.06 INSTEAD OF 9.05.

OKAY. SO THE FIRST ONE IS 9.06.

SO 9.05 REMAINS REMAINS PULLED.

OKAY, SO FOR THE RECORD I'M GOING TO SAY THOSE AGAIN, THE ITEMS BEING PLACED BACK ON THE AGENDA ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM ARE 9.06, 9.07, 9.14, 9.56, 9.59, 9.73 AND 9.76.

OKAY, TRUSTEES, DO I HAVE A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AS AMENDED? I MOVE TO APPROVE.

I'M SORRY. POINT OF INFORMATION.

YOU YOU DID NOT.

DID YOU SAY 9.73? I THINK I HEARD 9.76.

CORRECT. BOTH.

BOTH. OKAY. THANK YOU.

OKAY, TRUSTEES, WE HAVE A MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

SECOND. I THINK IT WAS MOTION BY TRUSTEE MICCICHE, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE CURRY.

ALL RIGHT. OKAY.

TRUSTEES IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO ADOPT THE CONSENT AGENDA, AS AMENDED.

TRUSTEES, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.

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

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WAS 9.52 INCLUDED IN THAT? NO. OKAY.

THANK YOU. OKAY, TRUSTEES, YOU HAVE JUST ADOPTED THE MOTION APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA, AS AMENDED.

TRUSTEES, WE WILL NOW.

WE WILL NOW MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 10.01.

[10. ITEMS PULLED FOR A SEPARATE VOTE]

THIS IS A SECOND READ SPONSORED BY DR.

LEAR, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT.

RATIO OF STAFF AND RACIAL EQUITY.

THIS WAS CONSENT AGENDA ITEM 9.05 PULLED FOR REVISIONS AND PULLED BY TRUSTEE JOYCE FOREMAN AND TRUSTEE TURNER.

TRUSTEES, DO I HAVE A MOTION? MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE TO APPROVE.

I UNDERSTAND THE ADMINISTRATION HAS SOME PROPOSED CHANGES.

CORRECT. I'LL ADDRESS THOSE IN A SECOND.

SO WE HAVE A MOVE TO APPROVE.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE MICCICHE.

WE HAVE A SECOND BY.

TRUSTEE MACKEY.

IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT.

PRIOR TO OPENING THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION, THE ADMINISTRATION HAS ASKED TO MAKE A FEW REVISIONS TO THE CODE OF CONDUCT AS IT WAS PRESENTED AT THE BOARD BRIEFING. SUPERINTENDENT.

SO BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO OUR TEAM I DO WANT TO FIRST THANK ALL OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, CERTAINLY OUR TRUSTEES AND EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT MAY HAVE SENT US SOME EMAILS THAT MAY HAVE PROVIDED QUESTIONS THAT ALLOWED OUR TEAM TO REVISIT AND ASK OURSELVES THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE BEING ASKED BY THE COMMUNITY.

SO OUR TEAM WILL BE BRINGING FORTH SOME REVISIONS BASED SPECIFICALLY ON THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED AND THE INPUT THAT WE RECEIVED FROM OUR COMMUNITY, AND SO FOR THE SPECIFICS OF THOSE CHANGES THAT I WOULD LIKE TO BRING FORTH AS A RESULT OF THE BOARD BRIEFING AND FROM BOARD MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR TEAM TO GO OVER THE SPECIFICS.

THANK YOU, DR.

ELIZALDE. I BELIEVE ALL OF THE TRUSTEES HAVE COPIES OF THE CODE OF CONDUCT IN FRONT OF YOU, AND SO STARTING ON PAGE 30, THE DISCIPLINE REFERRAL PROCESS FOR DAEP.

ONE SECOND. I'M SORRY, DOCTOR LEAR.

TRUSTEES, DO WE HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF US? I DON'T THINK.

YEAH. OH THAT ONE PAGE WITH THE CHANGES.

YES. OKAY.

THE PAGES THAT REFLECT THE CHANGES.

OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU.

SO PAGE 30 THE DISCIPLINE REFERRAL PROCESS FOR DAEP.

THAT CHART WILL BE RETAINED.

OKAY. PAGE 50.

THE PROPOSED WORDING FOLLOWING HATE SPEECH HAS BEEN REMOVED TO BE CONSISTENT WITH OTHER CONSEQUENCES.

IF YOU LOOK AT PAGE 51, THE PREVIOUS PROPOSED TEXT UNDER LEVEL TWO DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS IS BEING REMOVED.

ON PAGE 51, WE'VE ADDED PARENTING CLASSES AS ANOTHER LEVEL TWO DISCIPLINARY ACTION, FOLLOWED BY THREE ASTERISKS, AND THEN ALSO IN THIS SAME SECTION, FOLLOWING THE BULLETED ITEMS, WE'VE ADDED THE THREE.

THE THREE ASTERISKS FOLLOWED BY THE WORDS IMPLEMENTATION WILL COMMENCE AFTER OCTOBER 1ST, 2024, WHEN THE PLANS ARE FINALIZED.

THAT CONCLUDES THE REVISIONS.

SO I'M GOING TO ASK DR.

LEAR TO GO THROUGH THAT LIST AGAIN, BUT THEN ALSO TO GO THROUGH IT A LITTLE SLOWER SO THAT TRUSTEES CAN BRING UP THE CODE OF CONDUCT IN FRONT OF THEM. IF THEY DON'T HAVE IT, THEY CAN PULL IT UP ON THEIR SCREENS, AND WE CAN JUST WALK THROUGH THOSE STEPS AND GIVE TRUSTEES A TIME TO GO TO THE PAGE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE REVISION. OKAY. SO FROM THE TOP.

SO IF WE CAN START ON, ON PAGE 30 THERE SHOULD BE A CHART.

CAN YOU, AND THAT CHART IS THE DISCIPLINE REFERRAL PROCESS FOR DAEP.

THAT CHART WILL BE RETAINED IN THE CODE OF CONDUCT.

WHEN WE BROUGHT IT IN AT THE BRIEFING, WE WERE RECOMMENDING TO DELETE IT WITH THE INPUT OF COMMUNITY.

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SO THAT WILL BE PART OF THE CODE OF CONDUCT.

OKAY. OKAY. THE SECOND CHANGE IS ON PAGE 50, AND UNDER LEVEL TWO B OFFENSES.

HOLD ON ONE SECOND TILL THEY GET TO THAT PAGE.

WHAT AGENDA ITEM ARE WE ON? WHAT AGENDA ITEM? OKAY.

WE'RE GOOD. SO UNDER LEVEL TWO B OFFENSES, WE HAVE HATE SPEECH, AND WE REMOVED THE ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE SO THAT IT'S CONSISTENT WITH ALL OF THE OTHER OFFENSES.

OKAY. ON PAGE 51.

THE PREVIOUS PROPOSED TEXT THAT WAS UNDER LEVEL TWO DISCIPLINARY ACTION HAS BEEN REMOVED.

OKAY. OKAY, AND THEN THE LAST CHANGE ON PAGE 51, WE'VE ADDED PARENTING CLASSES AS ANOTHER LEVEL TWO DISCIPLINARY ACTION.

THERE ARE THREE ASTERISKS THERE, AND THEN AT THE END OF THE LIST, YOU CAN SEE THE THREE ASTERISKS REFLECT THAT WE WILL IMPLEMENT OR IMPLEMENTATION WILL BE COMMENCED AFTER OCTOBER 1ST, 2024 WHEN PLANS ARE FINALIZED.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER REVISIONS THAT CONCLUDES THE REVISIONS? OKAY, THEN, TRUSTEES, WHAT I WANT TO DO IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS I WOULD LIKE THE ADMINISTRATION'S REVISIONS TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE CODE FOR THE PURPOSES OF OUR DISCUSSION.

THAT IS TO SAY, THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAVE AND THAT WE OUGHT TO OPEN UP INCLUDES THOSE REVISIONS, AND THEN WE USE THAT AS A BASELINE AND THEN WORK, WORK FROM THERE.

MR. PRESIDENT, I WILL REVISE MY MOTION TO INCORPORATE THESE CHANGES.

OKAY. THANK YOU, AND IT WILL NEED A SECOND, I THINK, FOR REVISE THE SECOND TO REFLECT THAT.

OKAY, SO TRUSTEES, WE HAVE A REVISION OF THE MOTION AND A SECOND.

SO NOW TRUSTEES IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE CODE OF CONDUCT AS PRESENTED? REVISED, BUT I HAVE THIS TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

THANK YOU. I'LL GO FIRST.

THANK THE ADMINISTRATION FOR LISTENING TO THE CONCERNS OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE CONCERNS OF SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS REGARDING THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE.

WHILE I DO UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE PASS A CODE OF CONDUCT TONIGHT BECAUSE WE NEED IT FOR THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, I WAS ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT SOME OF THE ISSUES REGARDING THINGS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP BY THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO THINGS THAT I HAD CONCERNS ABOUT, AND SO MOST OF THOSE ISSUES HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED IN REFERENCE TO THE PARENTING CLASSES, IN REFERENCE TO PRINCIPALS MAKING DECISIONS ON DOING SOMETHING OTHER THAN SENDING STUDENTS FOR A LEVEL ONE OR A LEVEL TWO DISCRETIONARY OPTION.

PRINCIPALS HAVE THE CHANCE TO CONTINUE TO DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO MAKE THEIR CAMPUSES SAFE.

SUPERINTENDENT, I DID SAY TO YOUR STAFF, MOST OF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN IN A CLASSROOM SETTING FOR YEARS.

THINGS HAVE CHANGED, AND SO WE MUST GIVE THE PRINCIPALS THE TOOLS THAT THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR CAMPUSES ARE SAFE, AND I DO REALLY APPRECIATE YOU LISTENING.

I DO HAVE STILL ONE QUESTION AND THAT IS ON THE PARENTING CLASSES.

ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT I INDICATED WITH THE PARENTING CLASSES WAS WE ONLY HAD TWO PARENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN TRYING TO SET THAT

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MONEY WAS INVOLVED THERE AND THEY DIDN'T GO, AND SO WE HAVE TO BE REALLY CAREFUL AS WE GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

I ALSO EXPRESSED THAT I THINK THE PARENTING CLASSES WOULD BETTER SERVE US WORKING WITH OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS BECAUSE PARENTS JUST SEEM TO BE MORE INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS, AND SO I HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONSIDER THAT AS YOU ROLL OUT YOUR PARENTING PLAN.

ALSO GLAD THAT YOU LOOKED AT THE HATE SPEECH THAT WE HAD IN THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE CONSISTENT IN WHAT WE TALK ABOUT IN TERMS OF HATE SPEECH AND NOT HAVING DIFFERENT INTERPRETATIONS REGARDING HATE SPEECH, BECAUSE THAT CAN BE DIFFERENT FOR DIFFERENT PEOPLE, AND SO I'M EXCITED THAT YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THAT AND TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT I DO HAVE A QUESTION IN REGARDS TO PAGE 53.

WHERE YOU MOVE THE LEVEL TWO OFFENSES FROM PAGE 50 TO 53.

DID WE CHANGE ANY OF THE LEVEL TWO OFFENSES BASED ON STATE LAW? THE. THE ONLY ONE THAT MOVED WAS VAPING THE ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES AND VAPING.

THAT'S NOW ON PAGE 53 BECAUSE THAT'S A MANDATORY REMOVAL.

OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

TRUSTEE JOHNSON. THANK YOU PRESIDENT.

I CONCUR WITH A LOT OF WHAT TRUSTEE FOREMAN HAS SAID.

I WANT TO THANK DR. ELIZALDE AND DR.

SHERRY AND YOUR TEAM FOR COMING OUT AT SOUTH OAK CLIFF.

IT WAS A VERY, VERY STRONG MEETING, AND YOU HEARD A LOT OF INPUT, AND WHEN I WAS ABLE TO BRING THAT BACK TO THE ADMINISTRATION WE ALWAYS LISTENING AND HEARD THE DIALOG AND WENT TO WORK.

I GUESS IF I COULD SAY IN THE LAB TO TRY TO GET THIS THING RIGHT.

THAT PARENTING PIECE IS VERY IMPRESSIVE.

I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THAT WE'VE EVER DONE.

GIVING THOSE RESOURCES TO OUR PARENTS.

BECAUSE WE DON'T WE NEVER KNOW WHAT TRAGEDY OR TRAUMA THAT OUR CHILDREN ARE DEALING WITH.

SO TO HAVE THAT PIECE BEING ABLE TO GIVE THEM THAT RESOURCES IS, IS VERY, VERY POWERFUL, AND TO PUT THOSE MARKS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN REALLY DIVE INTO IT BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALL WANT TO GET RIGHT.

I THINK THAT'S AMAZING.

SO I WANT TO THANK THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HER TEAM FOR THAT THOSE PARENTING CLASS IS VERY IMPORTANT.

WHEN I WAS COMMUNITY LIAISON IN THE DISTRICT BACK WHEN MIKE [INAUDIBLE] AND THEM WAS HERE.

WE DID WHAT WE CALLED A PARENT, A PRACTICAL PARENT EDUCATOR.

IT CAME FROM PLANO PARENT EDUCATOR, BUT WE ADAPTED IT, AND ALONG WITH THAT PARTICULAR THAT THREE DAY COURSE IN THOSE CLASSES CAME SO MANY MATERIALS.

THOSE PARENTING CLASSES THAT IT REALLY HELPED, THOSE TOOLS THAT THEY GAVE US AS LIAISONS TO HELP DO OUR PARENTING CLASSES AND ICE BREAKERS AND SOME OF THOSE THINGS YOU SAW WAS REALLY EFFECTIVE WHEN IT CAME TO THOSE PARENTS AND THOSE KIDS THAT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY WAS DEALING WITH. SO IT KIND OF TOOK ME BACK THERE, MY MIND BACK TO THAT, AND NOW TO HAVE MORE OF AN INTIMATE AND MORE RIGOROUS PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REALLY MEETING THE NEED OF OUR STUDENTS, REALLY MEETING THE NEED OF THE PARENTS AND TRYING TO GIVE THAT RESOURCES TO OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY IS VERY, VERY IMPRESSIVE THAT'S WHAT WHEN I CALL BUILDING FUTURES THROUGH EDUCATION, THAT'S WHAT EQUITABLE RESOURCES LOOK LIKE TO ME, AND SO I WANT TO THANK YOU DR.

SHERRY, YOUR TEAM.

I OFFERED THEM SEATS, DOCTOR ELIZADE AND CHICKEN, BUT THEY WANT TO STAND UP BECAUSE IT WAS MORE LIKE A FAMILY DISCUSSION.

BECAUSE WE WAS REALLY LISTENING TO SOME REAL ISSUES AND SOME REAL CONCERNS.

SO THANK YOU FOR HEARING OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE'RE WILLING AND READY TO WORK TOWARD THAT, AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET THIS RIGHT.

THIS IS AN AWESOME OPPORTUNITY, AND I THINK THE PARENTS ARE REALLY GOING TO UTILIZE THIS RESOURCES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

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YES. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU ALL FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND SHERRY CHRISTIAN FOR AND YOUR TEAM FOR LISTENING TO THE PARENTS AND WHAT THEIR CONCERNS ARE, ESPECIALLY BRINGING BACK THE CHART AND PUTTING IT INSIDE OF THE CODE OF CONDUCT SO PARENTS CAN HAVE SOMETHING TO REFERENCE TO SO THEY CAN AT LEAST KNOW WHAT THE PROCESS IS LIKE.

THAT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.

I'M HAPPY ABOUT THE HATE SPEECH.

I THINK THE HATE SPEECH CONVERSATION CAN POTENTIALLY VIOLATE PEOPLE'S CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, AND THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT I, THAT OUR STUDENTS AND OUR TEACHERS ARE ABLE TO SPEAK UP AND EXPRESS THEIR CONCERNS WITHOUT BEING PROSECUTED FOR SPEAKING UP, ESPECIALLY AGAINST THINGS THAT MIGHT BE CONSIDERED INJUSTICE.

THE OTHER THING, THE PARENTING CLASSES.

I'M GLAD THAT YOU ALL ARE MAKING SOME CHANGES TO THE PARENTING CLASSES, BECAUSE I WAS REALLY CONCERNED AS A AS A PARENT WHEN YOU TELL ME I GOT TO TAKE PARENTING CLASSES, IT KIND OF SEEM OFFENSIVE BECAUSE I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO TELL ME HOW TO PARENT MY KID? YOU KNOW, I FEED THIS KID EVERY DAY, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO TELL ME WHAT TO DO? AND SOME PARENTS MIGHT TAKE THAT OFFENSIVE.

SO I WILL HOPE THAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER POSSIBLY RENAMING PARENTING CLASSES BECAUSE IT CAN HAVE A BAD NAME.

MAYBE SOMETHING LIKE PARENT WRAPAROUND SUPPORT, SOMETHING THAT'S MORE IN A POSITIVE LIGHT, WHERE PARENTS CAN LOOK AT SOMETHING AS A POSSIBLE HELPFUL TOOL TO THEM VERSUS PARENTING CLASSES.

YOU KNOW, IF I'M HIT WITH, I GOT TO TAKE PARENTING CLASSES.

I'M PROBABLY GOING TO GIVE SOME PUSHBACK TO THAT, BUT IF I SEE IT AS A WRAPAROUND SUPPORT SERVICE THAT INCLUDES PARENTING CLASSES AND OTHER ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, I MIGHT CONSIDER IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY, AND THAT'S JUST ME AS A PARENT ON THE WAY THAT I THINK, BUT I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO HOW YOU ALL IMPLEMENT THIS. I KNOW WE WILL HAVE MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AT EVERY HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT.

SO I WILL HOPE THAT WILL BE A WAY WHERE THESE MENTAL HEALTH LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS WILL POSSIBLY BE ABLE TO HOST THESE PARENTING CLASSES AND BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THOSE PARENTS AND PROVIDE WRAPAROUND SUPPORT SERVICES TO THE PARENTS AS WELL AS THE FAMILIES.

SO I HOPE THAT'S IMPLEMENTED, AND I KNOW Y'ALL WILL BE FIGURING OUT THE DETAILS WITH THAT, BUT AGAIN, I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOU ALL LISTENING TO THE PARENTS, LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY AND LISTEN TO THE CONCERNS AND MAKING THE NECESSARY ADJUSTMENTS.

THANK YOU ALL. TRUSTEE WHITE.

THIS HAS BEEN A LOT OF WORK, AND IT HAS DEFINITELY BEEN A TASK TO SAY, OKAY, WHERE IS FIRST NOW WAS HERE, NOW IT'S ON PAGE 50, BUT THANK YOU GUYS FOR DOING THE JOB THAT YOU HAVE DONE.

MIKE, MY CONCERN IS.

I UNDERSTAND THAT A LOT OF THINGS ARE LEFT TO THE DISCRETION OF THE PRINCIPAL, BUT WILL THE PRINCIPAL HAVE SOME GUIDELINES THAT THEY WOULD LOOK AT BEFORE? THEY'RE MAKING DECISIONS.

I MEAN, BECAUSE I WAS JUST NOTICING THAT ONE OF THE TRUSTEES REQUESTED A REPORT, AND WHEN I SAW THE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS FROM ONE OF MY CAMPUSES THAT WERE BEING SENT TO DIP IN THE TRIPLE DIGITS, I WAS I WAS STUNNED.

I WAS THINKING THAT SOMEONE'S NOT IT JUST IT WAS JUST EYE OPENING, AND MY QUESTION, THAT'S MY QUESTION IS WILL THE PRINCIPALS BE GIVEN SOME FORM OF OF GUIDELINE? SO, YES, MA'AM.

EACH YEAR, PRINCIPALS GET TRAINING ON THE CODE OF CONDUCT AND ANY CHANGES THAT ARE COMING UP WITH REGARD TO THE CODE OF CONDUCT AND SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO IMPLEMENT THE STRATEGIES IN THE CODE OF CONDUCT.

SO WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR DISCRETIONARY USE LET'S SAY, I DON'T KNOW, A CHILD HAS DO NE SOMETHING IN THE CLASS FOR THE FOURTH TIME AND I CAN UNDERSTAND IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THROWING PAPER, THEY'RE GETTING ON THE TEACHER'S NERVES, AND AFTER A POINT, THE TEACHER'S LIKE, I JUST CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE, AND THEY WRITE THEM UP AND THEY SEEM LIKE THEY'RE DOING THIS EVERY DAY, AND THE PRINCIPAL DECIDES THIS IS THE LAST, WHICH IS IT'S UP TO THE FIFTH TIME.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO TOLERATE IT ANYMORE.

YOU'RE GOING OUT, BUT TO ME, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S KIND OF MINOR, BUT SOMEONE COMING IN EVERY DAY CUSSING A TEACHER OUT BECAUSE THEY HAD A BAD BREAKFAST, OR THEY JUST GOT UP ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE BED.

NOW THAT I CAN UNDERSTAND MAYBE SOMETHING MORE DRASTIC BEING DONE.

I GUESS THE MAIN THING THAT I WANT TO STRESS IS THAT.

EVEN THOUGH SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE NOT ACTING IN THEIR BEST BEHAVIOR.

MEANING STUDENTS, PEOPLE, WHAT HAVE YOU THAT WHEN IT COMES TO DISCRETION, IT'S REALLY I MEAN,

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THEY'RE TALKED TO AND SOME ONE STUDENT CAN DO THIS AND THE BOOK IS SLAMMED AT THEM.

THAT'S THE TYPE OF THING THAT I'M LOOKING AT.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS DONE.

YOU KNOW, PRETTY, PRETTY EQUITABLE ACROSS THE BOARD.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE MICCICHE.

WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE ADMINISTRATION FOR BEING RESPONSIVE TO THE CONCERNS THAT BOARD MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS EXPRESSED, AND I'D ALSO COSIGN ON TRUSTEE TURNER'S SUGGESTION THAT MAYBE THE FINAL VERSION OF THE PARENTING CLASSES BE PARENTAL SUPPORT CLASSES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

I THINK THAT WAS A GOOD SUGGESTION, BUT BUT I REALLY I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE ADMINISTRATION WORKING UP RIGHT UP ALL ALL DAY TODAY TO WORK ON INCORPORATING THE SUGGESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, AND THERE WERE GOOD SUGGESTIONS.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE MACKEY.

YEAH. I'LL JUST ADD MY VOICE TO.

THANK YOU ALL. THIS IS A LOT OF COMPLEX WORK HAS GONE INTO THIS OVER THE LAST TWO MONTHS.

YOU'VE HEARD FROM A LOT OF VOICES AND I THANK YOU ALL FOR LISTENING TO IT AUTHENTICALLY IDENTIFYING WHAT WORKS, WHAT CAN'T WORK, AND REALLY THINKING THROUGH EACH ONE OF THOSE.

YOU ALL HAVE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB WITH THAT.

THIS DISTRICT EMBARKED ON A REALLY RETHINKING WHAT DISCIPLINE COULD AND SHOULD LOOK LIKE, KNOWING OUR DISCIPLINE SYSTEMS HAVE NOT BEEN EFFECTIVE AS LONG BACK AS WE LOOK ACROSS AMERICA. THAT'S NOT JUST A DALLAS THING AND BUT REALLY THINKING ABOUT SOMETHING DIFFERENT, AND I APPRECIATE YOU ALL CONTINUING TO FIND WAYS TO TRY AND IMPROVE THAT AND THINK ABOUT IT AND CONTINUING TO LOOK ABOUT WHAT IS WORKING AND WHAT'S NOT WORKING AND ADDRESS THOSE.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR WORK.

TRUSTEES, FURTHER DISCUSSION? SUPERINTENDENT. I WOULD JUST LIKE THE RECORD THEN TO REFLECT, IF POSSIBLE, THAT WE WILL BECAUSE THESE WILL GO IT WILL BE ADOPTED AND IT WILL GO TO PRINT. SO I WOULD LIKE TO REFLECT AND DIRECT OUR TEAM TO CHANGE PARENTING CLASSES, TO PARENTING SUPPORT, AND THEN IN THE GUIDELINES WE CAN DESCRIBE WHAT THE SUPPORT WILL LOOK LIKE SO THAT I THINK IT MAKES TOTAL SENSE THE WAY THAT COULD BE PERCEIVED, AND THAT IS NOT OUR INTENT AT ALL.

THIS IS I THINK THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO WORK WITH OUR PARENTS, AS PARTNERS, AS THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF OUR TEACHERS AND PARENTS.

IN FACT, WE ALL WANT THE SAME THING.

WE WANT OUR STUDENTS TO BE SUCCESSFUL, AND THE WAY OUR STUDENTS ARE MOST SUCCESSFUL IS WHEN WE FORGE RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR PARENTS AND SO THE LAST THING I WOULD WANT IS FOR ANY LANGUAGE TO SOUND CONDESCENDING OR JUDGMENTAL, AND SO WE WILL CHANGE THAT OFFICIALLY WITH THIS BOARD'S PERMISSION, OF COURSE, UPON YOUR VOTE, PARENTING CLASSES AGAIN FOR THE RECORD, WOULD BE CHANGED TO PARENTING SUPPORT.

TRUSTEE CURRY.

WELL, THEN I MAY BE ASKING THE SAME QUESTION THAT TRUSTEE MICCICHE IS.

JUST AS A POINT OF INFORMATION, DO WE NEED TO AMEND OUR MOTION AND OUR SECOND, TO REFLECT THE CHANGE PARENT TO PARENTING SUPPORT? I'LL ACCEPT THAT AMENDMENT TO MY MOTION, AND IF WE HAVE A SECOND.

SECOND. OKAY.

OKAY. TRUSTEES, AND IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO ACCEPT THE ADMINISTRATION'S INITIAL REVISIONS AND ALSO THE REVISION THAT WAS JUST STATED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT TO CHANGE PARENTING CLASSES TO PARENTAL SUPPORT TRUSTEES.

IS THERE FURTHER? IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION ON AGENDA ITEM 10.01? OKAY, TRUSTEES, I SEE NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.

ON THE ON THE ITEM.

SO IF YOU COULD PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.

THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

OKAY, TRUSTEES, YOU'VE JUST ADOPTED ITEM 10.01, AS AMENDED.

WITH THE ADMINISTRATION'S REVISIONS.

INCORPORATED TRUSTEES, WE WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM 10.3, 10.05, I BELIEVE, AS 10.02, 10.03 AND 10.04 WERE ALL ADDED TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

SO TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM 10.05.

CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT WITH HEAD START OF GREATER DALLAS TO PROVIDE KINDERGARTEN COLLABORATIVE SERVICES 2024 TO 2025, NOT TO EXCEED $525,000 IN SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDING SOURCE CONSENT ITEM 9.16 PULLED BY TRUSTEES FOREMAN AND TURNER.

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SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE MICCICHE, A SECOND BY TRUSTEE JOHNSON.

TRUSTEES, IS THERE DISCUSSION? YES. TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

SO, ANGIE, THANKS FOR TRYING TO ANSWER ALL OF MY QUESTIONS.

I KNOW I HAD A LOT, BUT I STILL HAVE JUST ONE QUESTION AND THIS MIGHT BE A FINANCIAL QUESTION.

I TOTALLY SUPPORT THE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE WITH HEAD START, BUT TO FIND THAT THE FUNDS THAT ARE RETURNED TO US GO INTO A SPECIAL USE FUND.

I'M JUST CURIOUS AS TO HOW MANY OF THESE SPECIAL USE FUNDS DO WE HAVE IN REGARDING TO FUNDS BEING RETURNED TO THE DISTRICT FOR ANYTHING? TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

YES. WHEN WE ARE AWARDED A GRANT AND WE RECEIVE THE FUNDING, IF WE DO NOT SPEND ALL OF THE GRANT FUNDS, WE RETURN THE UNUSED FUNDS TO THE GRANTING AGENCY.

WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO KEEP ANY UNUSED FUNDS.

SO THIS COMES FROM A GRANT.

THIS COLLABORATIVE COMES FROM A GRANT.

IT'S. YES, MA'AM.

OKAY, AND SO WE HAVE A SPECIAL USE FUND THAT THE MONEY THAT THEY RETURN BACK TO US GOES INTO.

CORRECT. AM I GETTING IT RIGHT? SO WHEN WE RECEIVE AN AWARD NOTIFICATION, FOR EXAMPLE, HEAD START, WE RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE GIVEN $500,000. SO WE SET UP A FUND TO, TO BE ABLE TO SPEND THAT SPEND AND TRACK THAT $500,000, JUST THE SAME AS WE WOULD DO WITH OUR TITLE ONE AND ALL THE OTHER GRANTS THAT WE RECEIVE.

THEY ARE TRACKED SEPARATELY BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT A PART OF THE GENERAL FUND.

AM I ANSWERING THAT PART OF YOUR QUESTION? NO. OKAY, LET ME TRY IT AGAIN BECAUSE I'M CONFUSED.

SO I'M PROBABLY CONFUSING YOU.

OKAY. SO WHEN WE RECEIVE THE FUNDS WE HAVE AN ILA WITH HEAD START.

OKAY. WE RECEIVE THE FUNDS AND WE GIVE THE FUNDS TO HEAD START.

IS THAT CORRECT? WE DON'T. WHEN YOU SAY WE GIVE THE FUNDS TO HEAD START, WE RECEIVE THE FUNDS AND THEY ARE EXPENDED ON HEADS, OUR HEAD START PROGRAM.

OKAY. BECAUSE THE WAY THIS READS IS, IS THAT WE RECEIVE WE ARE DOING AN ILA WITH HEAD START FOR $525,000.

THAT IS CORRECT.

EXCEPT THE DOLLARS THAT WE'RE GETTING AREN'T COMING FROM HEAD START, BUT IT'S BECAUSE OF HEAD START THAT WE'RE GETTING THE DOLLARS AND IT CAN ONLY BE USED FOR HEAD START. SO I GET THAT, BUT THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN THE READING BECAUSE ONCE WE SET UP A SPECIAL USE ACCOUNT, MY QUESTION IS HOW MANY MORE OF THOSE DO WE HAVE AND HOW IS THAT BEING MONITORED BY THE DISTRICT.

BECAUSE WE RECEIVE MANY GRANTS.

SO IF WE'RE SETTING UP SPECIAL USE FUNDS, WELL, WE'RE REFERRING THOUGH TO TITLE TYPE, LIKE THESE ARE ALL FROM AGENCIES THAT ACTUALLY MONITOR US.

SO CAN I ASK A QUESTION? OF COURSE. WOULD SOMEBODY PREPARE FOR ME ANY SPECIAL USE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE SET ASIDE THAT ARE NOT IN THE GENERAL FUND.

SO I'LL HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THOSE SPECIAL USE FUNDS ARE, BECAUSE THERE COULD BE MULTIPLE SPECIAL USE FUNDS THAT ARE NOT MONEY IS NOT COMING FROM THE GENERAL FUND, BUT BEING EXPENDED IN ANOTHER AREA WHERE IF YOU LOOK AT EARLY CHILDHOOD, IT'S ONE OF OUR INITIATIVES AND WE PUT EXTRA MONEY IN THERE ALREADY.

SO I'M NOT ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WHEN WE HAVE SPECIAL USE FUNDS SET ASIDE.

SO IF SOMEONE WOULD JUST GET THE SPECIAL USE FUNDS FOR ME.

YES, WE CAN. SO I'LL KNOW HOW MANY WE ACTUALLY HAVE.

YES, MA'AM, AND WHAT THAT AMOUNT IS.

YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU, AND IF IT'S A GRANT.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEES, IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION ON 10.05? OKAY SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.

TRUSTEES, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.

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TRUSTEES, YOU HAVE JUST ADOPTED ITEM 10.05.

TRUSTEES, WE WILL NOW TURN TO ITEM 10.06.

CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY COMMERCE AND THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT RELATING TO DATA SHARING.

FIVE YEAR TERM, NO FINANCIAL IMPACT AND WAIVER OF LOCAL THAT REQUIRES THAT VENUE BE IN DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS.

CONSENT ITEM 9.21 PULLED BY TRUSTEES, FOREMAN AND TURNER.

TRUSTEES DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. TRUSTEES THE ITEM HAS BEEN MOVED BY TRUSTEE MICCICHE AND SECONDED BY TRUSTEE JOHNSON.

TRUSTEES. DO I HAVE DISCUSSION? YES. TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

SO, BRIAN, THIS MIGHT BE A SEAN BRINKMAN QUESTION BECAUSE I ASKED THESE QUESTIONS ABOUT DATA SHARING AGREEMENTS THAT WE HAVE ALL THE TIME, AND AT THE END OF THE DATA SHARING AGREEMENT, WHO COLLECTS THE DATA? WHO AT THE DISTRICT COLLECTS THE DATA AND GETS IT BACK TO US? OR IS THE DATA JUST LEFT WHERE IT IS? FOR THE DATA SHARING AGREEMENTS WHEN THEY ARE TERMINATED, WILL SEND THE VENDOR A LETTER LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THE AGREEMENT'S BEEN EXPIRED, AND THEN THEY HAVE, I BELIEVE IT'S 60 DAYS TO NOTIFY US BACK THAT THEY HAVE DELETED OR PURGED THOSE RECORDS.

OKAY. SO DO YOU HAVE RECORDS OF US DOING THAT IN THE PAST? YES. OKAY.

COULD YOU SHARE THOSE WITH ME, PLEASE? FOR EXPIRED? YES, MA'AM.

NOT TODAY, BUT I'D LIKE TO LIKE TO SEE THOSE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OKAY. TRUSTEE. IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION? NO. TRUSTEE WHITE.

I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.

OH, YOU CAN ANSWER FROM THERE OR WHATEVER; I DON'T CARE.

THE DATA SHARING THAT IS MENTIONED HERE AS FAR AS TEXAS A&M COMMERCE IS THE ONLY.

I'M SORRY, CAN YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION? NO PROBLEM, I STOPPED TALKING.

THE DATA SHARING IS IS ONLY WITH TEXAS A&M COMMERCE, CORRECT? YES, MA'AM, WITH THIS AGREEMENT.

OKAY, AND SO IF A STUDENT TAKES, LET'S SAY, ONE COURSE AND THEY TAKE IT EARLY ON BECAUSE I NOTICED THAT WE'RE ALLOWING STUDENTS TO GET CREDITS EARLIER AND EARLIER, WHICH IS A GOOD THING AND THE CAMPUS IS GOING TO RETAIN THEIR THEIR SCHOOL RECORDS FOR THAT STUDENT.

CORRECT. BECAUSE THAT DATA CAN LATER BE TRANSFERRED INTO ANOTHER UNIVERSITY FOR THEM TO GET CREDIT FOR THE COURSES THAT THEY'VE ALREADY TAKEN WITHIN A UT SYSTEM OR ANYWHERE ELSE WITHIN THE STATE.

CORRECT? FOR A STUDENT THAT'S CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN STILL WITH DALLAS ISD, WE WOULD MAINTAIN THEIR RECORD, BUT IN ORDER FOR THE THE CREDIT TO BE TRANSFERRED, TO BE UTILIZED WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR TRANSCRIPT, THAT'S WHAT I'M SPEAKING OF THOSE CREDITS, WILL BOTH ENTITIES HAVE A TRANSCRIPT FOR THE STUDENT THEN? BECAUSE I'M ONLY AWARE OF THE UNIVERSITIES BEING ALLOWED TO SHARE TRANSCRIPTS FOR DATA CREDIT.

OKAY, AND THE REASON THAT I WAS JUST ASKING IS BECAUSE BUT AS TRUSTEE FOREMAN WAS SAYING, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT DATA ONLY BE UTILIZED AND KEPT BECAUSE SECURE AND, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF PERSONAL, IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION THAT, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THE HACKING AND WHATNOT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS ALSO UNDERSTOOD THAT BECAUSE IT'S A UNIQUE RELATIONSHIP, THE TRANSCRIPTS FROM THE UNIVERSITY, THE STUDENT'S CREDIT CAN BE UTILIZED TO TRANSFER INTO OTHER UNIVERSITIES. YES.

THAT'S CORRECT. THANK YOU.

OKAY. TRUSTEES, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM 10.06? OKAY. SEEING NONE.

TRUSTEES, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

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TRUSTEES, YOU'VE JUST ADOPTED ITEM 10.06.

TRUSTEES, WE WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM 10.07.

CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE, NEGOTIATE, ENTER INTO COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH RECOMMENDED VENDOR FOR UNIFIED ENROLLMENT AND REGISTRATION SYSTEM FOR DISTRICT WIDE USE.

NOT TO EXCEED $730,000 OVER ONE YEAR, INCLUDING RENEWAL OPTIONS.

GENERAL OPERATING BOND FUNDS CONSENT ITEM 9.51 PULLED DUE TO REVISION.

TRUSTEES DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND.

TRUSTEES, WE HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE MICCICHE AND A SECOND BY TRUSTEE JOHNSON.

TRUSTEES IS THERE DISCUSSION? TRUSTEES SEEING NO DISCUSSION.

PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.

TRUSTEE WHITE WERE YOU ABLE TO VOTE? OKAY. THANK YOU.

THE MOTION PASSES EIGHT VOTING YES ONE VOTING NO.

TRUSTEES, YOU'VE JUST ADOPTED ITEM 10.07.

TRUSTEES WE WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM 10.08.

CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE MEMORANDUM.

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE YOUNG WOMEN'S PREPARATORY NETWORK, EFFECTIVE FROM JUNE 27TH, 2024 TO JUNE 30TH, 2028. IT WAS CONSENT ITEM 9.52 PULLED BY TRUSTEES WHITE AND FOREMAN.

TRUSTEES. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE SECOND OKAY.

TRUSTEES HAS BEEN MOVED BY TRUSTEE MICCICHE AND SECONDED BY TRUSTEE JOHNSON.

IS THERE DISCUSSION? YES. TRUSTEE WHITE.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE ADDING LAYERS ONTO THE YOUNG WOMEN STEM ACADEMY UNTIL IT'S 12TH GRADE.

IT'S GOING TO START OUT WITH NINTH GRADERS AND GO ON UP.

IN ESSENCE, IT'S GOING TO BE A GOING FROM A MIDDLE SCHOOL TO A HIGH SCHOOL, BUT THAT'S NOT MY CONCERN.

MY CONCERN REALLY, THAT IS ONE OF MY CONCERNS BECAUSE NUMBER ONE, THERE WASN'T A COMMUNITY.

I HAVEN'T HAD A COMMUNITY MEETING.

I HAVEN'T HEARD ABOUT A COMMUNITY MEETING ASKING THE PARENTS IN MY AREA HOW THEY DEFINITELY FEEL ABOUT THIS, AND I DO HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS BECAUSE.

THERE'S GRANT MONEY THAT CAME ALONG WITH THIS IN THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING AND WE'RE BEING REQUIRED. WE'RE GETTING EVEN THOUGH WE'RE GETTING GRANT FUNDS IS BASICALLY LIKE WE'RE BEING TOLD HOW WE HAVE TO BASICALLY SPEND THEM, AND SO AND I HAVE QUESTIONS SUCH AS FAR AS THE EMPHASIS OF WHAT THE THREE PILLARS THAT THEY'RE STATING THEY WANT US TO DO, WHICH IS COLLEGE READINESS, LEADERSHIP, HEALTH AND WELLNESS.

WHAT DOES THAT CURRICULUM ENTAIL? I MEAN, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE A CURRICULUM FOR HEALTH AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, AND WE AND I IN COLLEGE READINESS. I'M QUITE SURE THAT'S GOING TO BE PRETTY STANDARD, BUT WHAT DOES THAT CURRICULUM ENTAIL? SO BEFORE DR.

LUSK ANSWERS THAT, I DO WANT TO JUST REITERATE THAT WE ALREADY ARE PART OF THE YOUNG WOMEN'S PREPARATORY NETWORK WITH IRMA RANGEL, AND THAT'S A MAGNET SCHOOL, AND SO PART OF THE GOAL HERE WAS TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO FULFILL THIS BOARD, AND CERTAINLY MY SUPPORTIVE VISION ON EQUITY, AND SO THIS WOULD ESTABLISH ANOTHER YOUNG WOMEN'S SIXTH GRADE THROUGH 12TH GRADE GIRLS SCHOOL UTILIZING THE SAME APPROACH THAT'S BEEN USED AT THE MAGNET, BUT OFFERING THE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL THAT IS CURRENTLY SIX THROUGH EIGHT AND WE HAD HAD OPPORTUNITIES PRIOR TO TONIGHT.

THE ORIGINAL DESIGN OF BALCH SPRINGS YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY WAS TO BECOME SIX THROUGH 12, BUT WE HAD NOT HAD ALL OF THE RESOURCES TO DO THAT, AND SO THOSE ARE PILLARS THAT ARE COMPONENT OF THE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, AND

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IT'S MORE ABOUT ENSURING THAT WE HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY.

NOW, DR. LUSK, COULD YOU ANSWER THE SPECIFIC QUESTION WITH REGARD TO THE PILLARS? YES, MA'AM. SO FOR COLLEGE READINESS, LEADERSHIP, HEALTH AND WELLNESS ALL OF WHICH I THINK THE SUPERINTENDENT WILL UNDERSCORED THAT WE DO VALUE THERE IS NOT A SPECIFIC CURRICULUM FOR THIS.

ESSENTIALLY WHAT THIS MEANS IS THE SCHOOL IS GOING TO GOING TO RECEIVE WHAT WE'RE CALLING AN THEY CALL ENHANCEMENT FUNDS MEANS FUNDS THAT THE PRINCIPAL HAS DISCRETION TO UTILIZE TO FURTHER DEVELOP THESE THREE PILLARS, TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR GIRLS DO GRADUATE PREPARED FOR COLLEGE AND IN FACT, GO TO COLLEGE AND HAVE A PROSPEROUS FUTURE, AND SO, IN ESSENCE, ENHANCEMENT FUNDS ARE AKA ALLOCATED FUNDS.

THAT MUST BE BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE'S GOING TO BE $1 MILLION DONATED AND IT'S GOING TO BE $250 A YEAR FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

IS THAT CORRECT? NO, THAT WOULD BE FOR FOUR YEARS, 250 UP TO 250,000 FOR FOUR YEARS ANNUALLY AND THAT WOULD BE, AGAIN AT THE PRINCIPAL'S DISCRETION HOW THE CAMPUS TEAM WOULD UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS TO FURTHER DEVELOP THE YOUNG LADIES.

OKAY, AND ALSO SPEAKING OF RESOURCES, WHICH I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN MAKING CUTS ON VARIOUS CAMPUSES, AND IN THIS MOU, IT'S REQUIRING US TO HIRE A PROGRAM STAFF PERSON, WHICH COULD RANGE FROM ANYWHERE.

I THINK IT WAS FROM 76,000 A YEAR TO 88,000, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE PAYING FOR THAT.

IT'S BEING ENHANCED OUT OF THE FUNDS THAT WE'RE RECEIVING FROM THE GRANT, AND ONE OF MY MAJOR, ONE OF MY MAJOR CONCERNS IS.

WHEN SOMEONE IS GIVEN MONEY AND THEY GIVE IT TO YOU TO DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO OPERATE WITH, THAT'S GREAT, BUT WHEN THEY DONATE IT AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF ENHANCEMENTS OR EARMARKED MONEY THAT THEY WANT YOU TO DO CERTAIN THINGS WITH, WHAT IS THAT GOING TO END UP COSTING US? I MEAN, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE TO GIVE THE STAFF MEMBER AND I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT THEY WANT TO DO.

THEY WANT. SOME THINGS DON'T REQUIRE ANY ADDITIONAL MONEY, SUCH AS THE COMMITTEES THAT THEY WANT TO HAVE.

THEY WANT TO SIT ON THE COMMITTEE WITH THE PRINCIPAL'S SELECTION, THAT DOESN'T COST US ANY ADDITIONAL MONEY, BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT IF WE'RE HIRING THIS PERSON, ARE WE PAYING THEIR WHEN WE PAY THEIR TAXES, WHEN ARE WE PAYING HEALTH INSURANCE FOR THEM? THAT'S AN EXTRA ADDED EXPENSE TO US AND SO MY MAIN CONCERN IS, AND EVEN WITH THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE HAVE AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE GOING TO STAFF OUT TO CAPACITY, WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET, YOU KNOW AS MANY STUDENTS AS WE WOULD LIKE TO BE BECAUSE THE BUILDING CAN ONLY HOLD SO MANY PERIOD, AND ONCE WE START LAYERING IN AND ROLLING IN OTHERS, BUT MY MAIN CONCERN IS THE BUDGET.

HOW IS THIS GOING TO LOOK, I NEVER REALLY I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY DOLLARS AND CENTS.

ABOUT AS FAR AS HOW MUCH RESOURCES WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO KICK IN TO DO THIS, AND DON'T GET ME WRONG, I AM AWARE OF THE IRMA RANGEL HAS BEEN AROUND FOR QUITE SOME TIME, AND I DID SEE THAT THEY ARE A PART OF THIS, AND I DID DO SOME RESEARCH, BUT I DEFINITELY I'M NOT SAYING NO TO THIS, BUT BEING IN MY DISTRICT, I DEFINITELY WOULD WANT MY COMMUNITY TO HAVE INPUT ON THIS, AND I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T FEEL THAT MY COMMUNITY HAS HAD INPUT BECAUSE I HAVEN'T BEEN TOLD ABOUT A MEETING, AND I DIDN'T GET A LOT OF THE DETAILS UNTIL HERE RECENTLY WHEN IT WAS ON THE AGENDA.

SO RESPECTFULLY, TRUSTEE WHITE, YOU AND I DID HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT, AND OUR CONVERSATION WENT SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

YOU SAID, I'M TELLING YOU THIS OUT OF A COURTESY.

IT'S HAPPENING, AND THAT WAS BACK IN MAYBE APRIL, AND I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING ELSE REALLY ABOUT IT, TO BE HONEST, AND I DIDN'T HEAR YOU SAY THAT WE WERE GOING TO PUT TOGETHER A COMMUNITY MEMBER COMMUNITY MEETING FOR THE COMMUNITY TO GATHER THEIR INPUT, AND BECAUSE I KNOW I ASKED YOU IF WE COULD TURN ANOTHER ONE OF MY SCHOOLS BACK INTO MAYBE AND IT WAS THE YOUNG MEN'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, WE DISCUSSED THAT BECAUSE OF THE

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WHAT WE WERE INTENDING TO DO WAS TO BRING ADDITIONAL RESOURCES WITH NO ADDITIONAL COST TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, TO PROVIDE OUR COMMUNITY ANOTHER OPTION.

THAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF US BRINGING IT, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION, BUT ONCE AGAIN, WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THE FACT THAT WE'RE GETTING 200, APPROXIMATELY $250,000 A YEAR, AND WE'RE PAYING SALARIES AND THERE'S OTHER EXPENSES AND OF COURSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BRING IN TEACHERS.

I DON'T GET ME WRONG, I HAVE LOOKED AT THIS.

THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM, BUT WHEN I LOOK AT THE FACT THAT I DON'T KNOW, IRMA RANGEL HAS BEEN AROUND FOR HOW MANY YEARS? 15 TO 20, PROBABLY.

15 TO 20 YEARS, AND THE BALCH SPRINGS SCHOOL HAS BEEN AROUND FOR HOW LONG? MIDDLE SCHOOL HAS BEEN AROUND FOR ABOUT 12 YEARS AND THE GIRL'S SCHOOL HAS PROBABLY BEEN IN IMPLEMENTATION ABOUT 7 TO 8 YEARS.

7 TO 8 YEARS? YEAH. TRUSTEE WHITE, IF I MAY.

MY TIME IS UP? CAN I GET YOU ON THE SECOND ROUND? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE JOHNSON? YES. THIS IS NOT IN MY DISTRICT.

I WAS LISTENING TO TRUSTEE WHITE WAS CONCERNED BY SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WAS MADE, BUT I WANT TO ASK, SHE SAID SHE DID NOT HAVE A COMMUNITY MEETING SURROUNDING THIS.

WHY WAS THAT NOT HAPPENING? WHY DID THAT NOT HAPPEN WITH THIS TRUSTEE? DR. LUSK. YEAH.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEE JOHNSON.

PRINCIPAL SANCHEZ DID HOLD MEETINGS WITH PARENTS IN THE COMMUNITY, SO I'M NOT SURE WHERE OUR MISCOMMUNICATION MAY HAVE BEEN, BUT THERE WERE THERE WERE MEETINGS HELD, AND THIS WAS NOT JUST RECENTLY.

THIS WAS MONTHS AGO TO ENGAGE PARENTS TO SEE IF THIS OPPORTUNITY WAS SOMETHING THAT THE PARENTS WANTED.

IS SUPERINTENDENT SAID MANY PARENTS HAD REACHED OUT TO THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY THIS YEAR AND MANY YEARS PRIOR BECAUSE THERE WAS THE DESIRE TO CREATE A SIMILAR MODEL.

SO OUR GIRLS CAN HAVE THE SIMILAR EXPERIENCE AS IRMA RANGEL.

DID WE INCLUDE THE TRUSTEE IN THE COMMUNITY MEETING? WHEN I HAVE THESE PROJECTS, SOMETHING LIKE THIS COME UP.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M THERE.

SO I SPEAK WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AND WE GET FLIERS TOGETHER.

SO THE SAME PROCESS THAT I GO THROUGH, I'M ASSUMING EVERY TRUSTEE GOES TO THAT WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH COMMUNITY MEETINGS.

WAS SHE GIVEN THAT OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH ADMINISTRATION AND TRY TO REACH OUT TO HER CONSTITUENTS AND TRY TO ORGANIZE AND GET THEM THERE? BECAUSE IT'S ONE THING WHEN THE ADMINISTRATION DOES IT AS PRINCIPALS, BUT THE COMMUNITY VOTE FOR US.

SO WHEN WE HAVE COMMUNITY MEETINGS, WE CAN PROBABLY REACH PEOPLE THAT YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO REACH, AND THEY'LL COME.

WAS SHE ABLE TO GET THAT OPPORTUNITY AS WELL? MY RECOLLECTION IS THAT AND THIS IS MONTHS, THAT'S WHY I SAID MY RECOLLECTION, BUT MY RECOLLECTION IS THE PRINCIPAL DID ENGAGE AND REACH OUT TO TRUSTEE WHITE TO PARTICIPATE AND BE PART OF THESE MEETINGS.

WHETHER THAT WHAT HAPPENED SUBSEQUENT TO THAT, I DON'T I DON'T KNOW THAT ANSWER BECAUSE IT'S BEEN SO LONG NOW.

LET ME ASK IT A DIFFERENT WAY.

DID WE REACH OUT TO BOARD SERVICES AND BOARD SERVICES, REACH OUT TO THE TRUSTEE SO THE TRUSTEE CAN GET THE COMMUNITY IN COMMUNITY MEETING TOGETHER? I'M GONNA ASK TRUSTEE WHITE.

TRUSTEE WHITE, DID BOARD SERVICES REACH OUT TO YOU? DID YOU GET ANY INVITATION? ANY EMAIL? NO, AND I DIDN'T.

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IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING NOW.

SO THAT'S JUST MY QUESTION, DR.

LUSK, IS WHY WOULD TRUSTEE WHITE NOT BE ABLE TO GET AN INVITATION OR WORK WITH BOARD SERVICE ADMINISTRATION CENTER.

BOARD SERVICES, COMMUNICATE WITH TRUSTEE WHITE.

DID YOU GUYS SEND IT TO BOARD SERVICES? AGAIN, IT'S BEEN SO MANY MONTHS, TRUSTEE JOHNSON.

HOW MANY MONTHS? IT'S BEEN PROBABLY 6 TO 9 MONTHS EASILY.

SO IN THAT 6 TO 9 MONTHS, DID ADMINISTRATION GET WITH THE TRUSTEE OF THAT DISTRICT AND ASK TO WORK WITH YOU GUYS FOR A MEETING TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY? THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING.

I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE ASKING, AND I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW THAT ANSWER BECAUSE IT'S BEEN SOME TIME.

I'D HAVE TO ALSO ENGAGE WITH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND THE PRINCIPAL TO FIND OUT IF THAT IN FACT HAPPENED.

SO I DON'T WANT TO SAY YES OR NO, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW DEFINITIVELY, AS I SIT HERE BEFORE YOU, THAT'S A CONCERN FOR ME.

I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO THE DEEP END, BUT THAT'S A CONCERN FOR ME BECAUSE SHE NEEDS TO SHE SHOULD GET THE SAME RESPECT AS ANY OTHER ELECTED OFFICIAL UP HERE.

IF WHEN I'M HAVING MEETINGS IN MY COMMUNITY, I WORK WITH THE ADMINISTRATION, WE GET THAT OUT AND WE WORK TOGETHER TO GET THAT.

IF SHE'S SAYING SHE DID NOT GET THAT, I'M NOT INVOLVED IN THE CONVERSATIONS AS FAR AS PRIOR TO, RIGHT, BUT IF SHE'S SAYING THAT DID NOT HAPPEN PUBLICLY, THAT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED, AND THAT IS A CONCERN FOR ME AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL HERE AND AS A COLLEAGUE ON THIS BOARD.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

SO, SUPERINTENDENT, I, TOO HAVE THOSE CONCERNS.

YOU KNOW THAT WE'VE CHANGED OVER SCHOOLS IN MY AREA, BUT IT WAS ALWAYS WITH THE TRUSTEE PARTICIPATING IN THAT CHANGE IN PROCESS.

I'M SOMEWHAT TROUBLED THAT TRUSTEE WHITE DID NOT GET THAT SAME CONSIDERATION.

IN REGARDS TO CHANGING SOMETHING AT ONE OF THE SCHOOLS IN HER AREA.

WHILE I DO UNDERSTAND THE PRINCIPAL WORKS WITH PARENTS IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT THE TRUSTEE IS A PART OF THE PROCESS FOR CHANGE IN THEIR DISTRICT.

WHILE I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOME TIME RESTRAINTS, I DON'T THINK THAT TRUSTEE WHITE FEELS COMFORTABLE WITH MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS PROCESS UNTIL SHE IS A PART OF THE PROCESS, AND YOU GUYS DO A GREAT JOB MAKING MOST OF US A PART OF THE PROCESS.

I'VE HAD NO PROBLEMS, BUT I'M A LITTLE DIFFERENT, A LITTLE STRANGE, BUT BUT I AM CONCERNED LISTENING TO TRUSTEE WHITE AND LISTENING TO TRUSTEE WHITE'S CONCERNS, AND I WOULD PREFER THAT THIS BE PULLED FROM THE AGENDA UNTIL TRUSTEE WHITE GETS AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH HER COMMUNITY, HER PRINCIPAL, THE ED, AND EVERYONE ELSE.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A BAD IDEA, A GOOD IDEA, AND I'M NOT GOING TO GO IN THAT DEEP WATER, BECAUSE IF SOMEBODY COMES IN MY AREA GOING INTO DEEP WATER, IT'S GOING TO BE TROUBLE.

SO I'M NOT GOING IN THAT WATER, BUT WHAT I AM SAYING IS THAT OUT OF CONSIDERATION FOR HER, AS A TRUSTEE, I THINK IT SHOULD BE PULLED.

THE CONVERSATION SHOULD BE HAD IN THE COMMUNITY.

WE COME BACK IN JULY, MAYBE THE AUGUST MEETING.

WE COULD GO FORWARD WITH IT, BUT LET'S GIVE HER SOME CONSIDERATION.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE CURRY.

I JUST WOULD, TRUSTEE FOREMAN SUGGESTION, WOULD WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE RAMIFICATIONS WOULD BE IF WE WERE TO DELAY THE VOTE, BECAUSE IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, THE IDEA BEGINNING IN THE FALL OF 2024 IS WHEN WE WOULD BE EXPANDING GRADES AND SO NOW WE'RE VOTING ON SOMETHING AND LEAVING THAT SCHOOL IN A LITTLE BIT OF LIMBO.

I CERTAINLY VERY MUCH APPRECIATE AND I HAVE CERTAINLY RESPECT A GREAT DEAL THAT TRUSTEE WHITE SAID SHE WAS NOT GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CERTAINLY SHOULD SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN LOOK AND SEE WHAT HAPPENED THERE TO AVOID THAT SITUATION IN THE FUTURE, BUT I, YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN, IT'S NOT I'M VERY MINDFUL OF TRUSTEE FOREMAN'S COMMENT ABOUT WADING INTO SOMEONE ELSE'S DISTRICT.

THAT'S AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THING THAT I DID NOT WANT TO BE DISRESPECTFUL TO TRUSTEE WHITE IN THAT REGARD, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE I'VE SEEN AND HEARD STORIES OF FAMILIES AT IRMA RANGEL AND THE INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITIES THEY'VE HAD, AND I WOULD HATE FOR THESE STUDENTS TO NOT HAVE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES BY DELAYING.

SO I WOULD LIKE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WOULD THE CONSEQUENCES WOULD BE IF WE NEEDED TO DELAY.

SIMPLY DELAYING IT REALLY DOESN'T HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT, OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT WE IS NOTED EARLIER, THERE'S A COLLEGE SUCCESS ADVISOR THAT COMES WITH THIS AND WE AS

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THAT POSITION IS ABOVE AND BEYOND THE $250,000 WE'RE GETTING ANNUALLY TO SUPPORT THIS SCHOOL.

SO ULTIMATELY IT WOULD DELAY THE START OF THAT PARTICULAR POSITION.

ANY FUND, THE $250,000 ANNUALLY WOULD BE DELAYED UNTIL THIS WOULD UNTIL THIS WERE TO BE APPROVED AND OF COURSE, THEN THE FUNDS WOULD THEN NEED TO BE AVAILABLE FOR THE SCHOOL TO SPEND ON WHATEVER THE PRINCIPAL AND THE TEAM FELT FIT.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE MACKEY.

YEAH, I HAVE A POINT OF ORDER BECAUSE I'M NOW CONFUSED.

ARE WE VOTING ON CHANGING THE GRADE LEVELS WITH THIS ITEM? NO, SIR. ARE WE VOTING ON CHANGING THE PROGRAM WITH THIS ITEM? NO, SIR. MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE ARE VOTING ON WHETHER OR NOT WE WILL ACCEPT A GRANT FOR ADDITIONAL RESOURCES IN THE AMOUNT OF $1 MILLION OVER FOUR YEARS.

YES, AND IF YOU ADD THE POSITION, IT'S WELL OVER $1 MILLION THAT WILL, SO, AND IF WE DELAY, WILL THE STUDENTS GET THOSE RESOURCES IN THIS COMING YEAR? IF WE DELAY, WE WILL CONTINUE WITH SCHOOL.

THE DIFFERENCE WOULD BE THAT, AS NOTED EARLIER, THE COLLEGE SUCCESS ADVISOR WOULD NOT BE ONBOARDED, OF COURSE, UNTIL AFTER THIS WERE TO BE APPROVED, AND THEN OTHER PROCEDURAL THINGS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN WITH ONBOARDING AND HIRING FOLKS.

SO IT WOULD JUST DELAY THE SERVICES AND SUPPORTS THAT REALLY ENHANCE THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROGRAM, AND I UNDERSTAND HEAR MY COLLEAGUES CONCERNS ABOUT FEELING IF NOT INCLUDED, IT'S NOT MY PLACE TO SPEAK AS THIS IS NOT, YOU KNOW, IN MY DISTRICT.

I WILL SAY HOW I THINK OF MY ROLE AS A TRUSTEE.

I'M NOT GOING TO WAIT UNTIL ADMINISTRATION INVITES ME TO A MEETING IF I NEED TO HAVE A MEETING, BUT I WANT TO HAVE A MEETING AND I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE US TO THINK ABOUT THIS IN TERMS OF THE ITEM WE ARE VOTING ON AND NOT EXPAND IT BEYOND THE ITEM THAT WE'RE VOTING ON.

THANK YOU.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION FOR ROUND ONE? SUPERINTENDENT. THE ADMINISTRATION WILL PULL THE ITEM.

THIS WILL HAVE JUST AN IMPACT WITH REGARD TO US BEING ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ADDITIONAL POSITIONS THAT WE WOULD NOT BE PAYING FOR.

I DO WANT TO, FOR THE RECORD, IN TRANSPARENCY, THE GRADE LEVEL CONFIGURATION OF THIS SCHOOL IS UP TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, AND MY RECOLLECTION OF THE CONVERSATION WAS THAT WE KNEW WE NEEDED TO EXPAND THE GRADES, AND THAT WAS THE PART THAT WE WERE GOING TO EXPAND.

WE HAVE SPACE THERE.

WE'RE LOSING STUDENTS TO SURROUNDING CHARTERS, AND THIS WAS A WAY THAT WE COULD RETAIN STUDENTS.

SO IT WON'T HAVE AN IMPACT WITH REGARD TO THE PROGRAMING NOR TO THE GRADE LEVELS.

WE WERE SIMPLY WANTING TO BE ABLE TO BRING AND BEAR MORE RESOURCES TO THE SCHOOL AND ADDITIONAL RESOURCES BEYOND THE $250,000 PER YEAR.

BY BRINGING ADDITIONAL PEOPLE THAT THE YOUNG WOMEN'S PREPARATORY NETWORK WAS GOING TO PAY FOR, WE CAN CERTAINLY HAVE COMMUNITY MEETINGS WITH THE TRUSTEE. THE GRADE LEVEL WILL CONTINUE.

I WANT THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW, BECAUSE THERE ARE NOW EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS THAT WANT TO STAY AND ARE EXPECTING THERE TO BE A NINTH GRADE THERE FOR THE 24-25 SCHOOL YEAR AND IF THEY ARE LISTENING IN, I DON'T WANT THEM TO BE CONFUSED, AND NOW LEAVE US BECAUSE THAT IS THE PURVIEW OF THE SUPERINTENDENCY AT THE SCHOOL.

SO WE WILL BE EXPANDING TO THE NINTH GRADE, AND WE WILL PULL THE ITEM AND WE CAN BRING IT BACK IN AUGUST OR LATER UNTIL THE TRUSTEE HAS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE COMMUNITY MEETINGS.

THANK YOU SUPERINTENDENT.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

OKAY. SINCE THE ITEM HAS BEEN PULLED, THEN ITEM THAT WAS ITEM 10.08 PULLED BY THE ADMINISTRATION AND TRUSTEES.

WE WILL NOW TURN TO ITEM 10.09.

CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE, NEGOTIATE, ENTER INTO A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE RECOMMENDED VENDOR FOR UNIFIED SUPPORT SERVICES RELATED TO MICROSOFT PRODUCTS FOR DISTRICTWIDE USE, NOT TO EXCEED $1.3 MILLION OVER FIVE YEARS.

GENERAL OPERATING SPECIAL REVENUE BOND FUNDS CONSENT ITEM 9.55 PULLED BY TRUSTEES.

WHITE AND TRUSTEES FOREMAN.

TRUSTEES, DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND.

TRUSTEES, I HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE MICCICHE, A SECOND BY TRUSTEE JOHNSON.

TRUSTEES. IS THERE DISCUSSION?

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MY QUESTION IS, AND MAYBE IT'S ME, BUT I SAW ON THIS CURRENT AGENDA THERE'S TWO PLACES THAT HAS THAT'S REQUESTING FUNDS FOR MICROSOFT PRODUCTS.

IS THAT CORRECT? TWO PLACES.

THERE WAS ANOTHER ITEM.

NO, MA'AM, THIS IS THE ONLY MICROSOFT SUPPORT.

THIS IS FOR SUPPORT SERVICES FOR OUR MICROSOFT PRODUCTS.

SO IT'S NOT THE ACTUAL PRODUCT ITSELF.

IT'S FOR IF WE HAVE A DEDICATED ACCOUNT MANAGER AND IF WE HAVE THEY DO, MICROSOFT DOES HEALTH ASSESSMENTS.

THEY WE HAVE ACCESS TO SPECIALIZED ENGINEERS, ARCHITECTS WHEN WE NEED THEM THAT HELP US IMPLEMENT TECHNOLOGY BASED ON BEST PRACTICES, AND THEY HELP ENSURE WE HAVE HIGH AVAILABILITY, AND SO CAN YOU ALSO EXPLAIN TO ME WHY THIS IS COMING? WELL, ACTUALLY IT SAYS SEVERAL OPERATING SPECIAL REVENUE BOND FUNDS.

I THINK THAT'S BOILERPLATE LANGUAGE FOR THE CONTRACT.

WHAT FUNDS? WE'LL UTILIZE? WE UTILIZE GENERAL OPERATING.

WE MAY UTILIZE SOME BOND FUNDS FOR THAT.

JUST DEPENDING ON THE AVAILABILITY OF THE FUNDS AND THE SOURCE.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

TRUSTEES IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION ON 10.09.

OKAY. TRUSTEES, SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.

TRUSTEE TURNER. WERE YOU ABLE TO VOTE? NO PROBLEM.

WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO VOTE FOR YOU? WHAT IS YOUR VOTE? THANK YOU.

THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUS.

TRUSTEES, YOU'VE JUST ADOPTED ITEM NINE.

ITEM 10.09.

TRUSTEES ITEM 10.10 WAS ADDED TO.

WAS RETURNED TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

ITEM 10.11 WAS RETURNED TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

SO TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO ITEM 10.12.

CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE, NEGOTIATE, ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS WITH RECOMMENDED POOL OF VENDORS FOR ALTERNATIVE STUDENT TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FOR DISTRICTWIDE USE. NOT TO EXCEED $5,290,938 OVER FIVE YEARS, INCLUDING RENEWAL OPTIONS, GENERAL OPERATING, SPECIAL REVENUE, AND BOND FUNDS.

CONSENT ITEM 9.62 PULLED BY TRUSTEES FOREMAN AND TURNER.

TRUSTEES DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE.

SECOND.

TRUSTEES I HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE MICCICHE AND A SECOND BY TRUSTEE JOHNSON.

TRUSTEES. IS THERE DISCUSSION? YES. TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG BECAUSE I MIGHT BE GETTING THIS WRONG, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE I GOT IT RIGHT.

THIS TRANSPORTATION IS FOR HOMELESS STUDENTS WITHIN OUR SERVICE AREA THAT WE BUS OUT TO OTHER AREAS.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES, AND VICE VERSA.

VICE VERSA MEANS THAT THEY BUS SOME INTO US? YES, WE HAVE TO PICK THEM UP AND WE PAY FOR IT.

SO NO, THEY WOULD BRING THEM TO US AND THEN WE WOULD TAKE THEM HOME.

THEY BRING THEM TO US AND THEN WE TAKE THEM HOME.

SO APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? CAN, I GUESS ABOUT 500? 604. 604.

SO, SUPERINTENDENT, WHEN I SAW THIS, IT GOT MY ATTENTION BECAUSE YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT TRYING TO RETAIN STUDENTS IN DALLAS ISD. SO THE FIRST QUESTION IN MY MIND WAS, WHAT ARE WE DOING AS AN OUTREACH TO THIS 600 STUDENTS? SO WE WITH ALL OF OUR STUDENTS IN THIS PARTICULAR CATEGORY, WE ALWAYS OFFER THEM AN OPPORTUNITY, AND LET ME GO BACK TO THE PUBLIC.

I KNOW YOU UNDERSTAND THIS, BUT IN CASE ANYONE'S LISTENING, SO WHEN WE HAVE STUDENTS WHO ARE HOMELESS AND LET'S SAY THEY ALREADY LIVE IN DALLAS ISD

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THEN FIRST WE ASK THE STUDENT IS, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOW IN DESOTO.

SO BUT THEY'RE HOMELESS.

SO THERE'S A RELATIONSHIP THAT THE LAW REQUIRES THAT THE DISTRICT'S RECEIVING THE CHILD AND THE DISTRICT THAT WHERE THE CHILD WAS.

WE MUST STILL CONTRIBUTE IF THE CHILD CHOOSES TO NOW GO TO SCHOOL IN THEIR NEW DISTRICT, OR WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE TRANSPORTATION TO THE NEW SCHOOL, IF THEY CHOOSE THAT AND THEY'RE RESIDING IN OURS, AND IT'S A TWO WAY, SO WE PAY IN ONE INSTANCE, WE PAY TO GET THEM THERE, AND THE OTHER DISTRICT PAYS TO GET THEM BACK, AND THAT'S WHEN DAVID SAID VICE VERSA, BECAUSE OF COURSE, THE INTENT IS THAT OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE HOMELESS ARE ALREADY DEALING WITH SO MANY OTHER CHALLENGES, THAT ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT INDICATORS TO THEIR SUCCESS IS THAT THEIR SCHOOL STAY CONSISTENT, AND SO IN MANY INSTANCES, IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAT THEY ACTUALLY STAY AT WHATEVER SCHOOL THEY'RE AT, RATHER THAN US TRYING TO KEEP THEM.

IF THEY WEREN'T ALREADY IN OUR SCHOOLS OR TRYING TO GET THEM TO COME TO US IF THEY'VE MOVED TO US, BUT WE ALWAYS WORK WITH THEM.

JOHN'S DEPARTMENT DOES, MR. DAHLANDER DOES WORK WITH THEM INDIVIDUALLY TO TRY TO SEE.

IS IT BETTER FOR YOU NOT TO HAVE TO BE TRANSPORTED BACK AND FORTH? SO THE TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THAT ARE HOMELESS IS OVER 4000.

4700. 4700 TOTAL.

THOSE ARE HOMELESS STUDENTS THAT WE KNOW ABOUT, BECAUSE WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE'RE STUDENTS WHO WE MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T COME TO ACTUALLY LET US KNOW, AND THEN THIS IS THE 600, THOUGH, THAT WE'RE BEING PROVIDED.

WE ARE PROVIDING AND OR RECEIVING THROUGH ANOTHER DISTRICT THE TRANSPORTATION COSTS, BECAUSE THEY'RE EITHER ATTENDING A SCHOOL OUTSIDE OF OUR DISTRICT BUT LIVE IN OUR ATTENDANCE ZONE OR VICE VERSA.

SO YOU KIND OF MAKE MY POINT THAT MY POINT IS CONSISTENCY FOR HOMELESS STUDENTS, AND IF WE HAVE HOMELESS STUDENTS IN OUR DISTRICT AND THEY'VE MOVED THEM TO A SHELTER SOMEWHERE ELSE, WHAT ARE WE DOING? AND MAYBE JOHN, IS THE TRANSPORTATION THAT WE PROVIDE SO THEY CAN STAY WITH US.

NO, NO, NO, BUT WHAT ARE WE DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE STUDENTS STAY IN OUR AREA, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE? I GOT YOU, I UNDERSTAND, HOW CAN WE FIND ANOTHER LOCATION THAT WOULD EVEN BE WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT? YEAH, SURE.

MIGHT BE CLOSER.

SAY, FOR INSTANCE, IF THEY MOVED THEM TO RICHARDSON.

NOW, I GOT THE QUESTION NOW, THEN WE GOT SCHOOLS THAT ARE CLOSER BECAUSE CONSISTENCY DOES MATTER, AND BECAUSE WE ARE A LARGE DISTRICT AND WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE HOMELESS AREA THAT THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE IN SMALLER DISTRICTS.

WHAT ARE WE DOING TO TRY TO ENCOURAGE THESE STUDENTS TO STAY IN OUR AREA SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO GIVE THEM ALL OF THE SUPPORT, THE WRAPAROUND SUPPORT, THE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT TAKE PLACE.

CHIEF DAHLANDER. IT'S A CASE BY CASE BASIS, AS YOU MAY KNOW, AND SO IF A SHELTER OPENS UP, LET'S SAY IN PLANO, AND IT'S MORE CONVENIENT FOR THOSE STUDENTS TO GO TO THAT SHELTER IN PLANO, THEN THAT'S WHERE THEY END UP GOING, AND WE'RE TRANSPORTING THEM EITHER BACK INTO OUR DISTRICT OR BACK INTO PLANO.

NOW WHAT THE MCKINNEY VENTO ACT ASKS SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO DO IS TO PROVIDE THAT CONSISTENCY THAT DR.

ELIZALDE WAS TALKING ABOUT AND TO TRY TO KEEP THEM IN THEIR SCHOOL OF ORIGIN RATHER THAN TRYING TO TRANSFER THEM INTO OUR DISTRICT ITSELF, AND SO WHAT ARE I GUESS I KEEP ASKING THE SAME QUESTION WHAT ARE WE DOING TO TRY TO KEEP THEM IN THEIR SCHOOL OF ORIGIN? ARE WE ARE WE TRACKING? DO WE HAVE MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS TALKING TO THEM? COUNSELORS TALKING TO THE FAMILIES? EXACTLY WHAT ARE WE DOING? I'LL NEED TO GET BACK WITH YOU ON THAT QUESTION.

OKAY, IF YOU WOULD.

BECAUSE IT JUST MAKES MORE SENSE TO ME IF THEY'RE IN OUR DISTRICT AND EVEN IF THEY HAVE TO GO TO A SHELTER SOMEWHERE ELSE, THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE MIGHT BE GREATER THAN THE OTHER SMALLER SCHOOL DISTRICT

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SO IF YOU WOULD GET BACK TO ME ON THAT, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE TURNER.

YES, I AGREE WITH TRUSTEE FOREMAN THAT CONSISTENCY IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP FOR OUR HOMELESS STUDENTS.

THE QUESTION THAT I'M ASKING, DOES THIS ALSO INCLUDE SPED STUDENTS AS WELL? YES, IN SOME CASES.

SO WHAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED SOME CASES? SO SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO TRANSPORT STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS WHO REQUIRE A PRIVATE DUTY NURSE.

SO WE TRANSPORT BOTH THE NURSE AND THE STUDENT.

SO BECAUSE THE NURSE HAS TO ACCOMPANY THE STUDENT.

SO THAT CAN BE FROM A CHILD'S HOME TO SCHOOL.

DOOR TO DOOR? DOOR TO DOOR, AND EVEN IF THAT STUDENT, LIKE, WENT TO A FIELD TRIP? YES. ANYTHING.

SO BASICALLY WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT CHILD AND THAT NURSE FROM THE TIME THEY LEAVE THAT CHILD'S HOME UNTIL THAT CHILD GETS BACK HOME.

IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT, AND THEN ABOUT HOW MANY SPED STUDENTS ARE WE SERVING? I BELIEVE LAST YEAR IT WAS SEVEN SEVEN.

IS THAT IS THAT A NORMAL OR IS THAT.

WELL, THE MCKINNEY-VENTO IS WAY UP AND THE THE PRIVATE DUTY NURSE.

THAT'S ABOUT 5 TO 10 EVERY YEAR.

5 TO 10 EVERY YEAR. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU. YES, SIR.

TRUSTEE. IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? FURTHER DISCUSSION ON 10.12.

TRUSTEE SEEING NONE.

PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.

THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUS.

TRUSTEES, YOU HAVE JUST ADOPTED.

ITEM 10.12.

TRUSTEES, ITEM 10.13 WAS ADDED BACK TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

ITEM 10.14 WAS ALSO ADDED BACK TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

SO TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO ITEM 15.

ADJOURNMENT. THE TIME IS 8:23 P.M., AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.