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WE HAVE A QUORUM AND THE MEETING HAS BEEN DULY POSTED.A QUORUM OF THE BOARD IS PHYSICALLY PRESENT AT THIS LOCATION.
TRUSTEE DISTRICT ONE LANCE CURRIE.
TRUSTEE DISTRICT THREE, DAN MICCICHE.
TRUSTEE DISTRICT FOUR, CAMILLE WHITE.
TRUSTEE DISTRICT SIX JOYCE FORMAN.
I KNOW, TRUSTEE DISTRICT SEVEN BEN MACKEY IS IN THE BUILDING, AND THEN TRUSTEE DISTRICT NINE ED TURNER, OUR SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, DOCTOR ELIZALDE, JOINS US, AND I AM JOE CARREON, BOARD PRESIDENT.
IN ORDER FOR THE BOARD TO HOLD THIS MEETING IN AN EFFECTIVE MANNER, I WANTED TO LET IT BE KNOWN THE PUBLIC WILL BE WANTED TO LET IT BE KNOWN TO THE PUBLIC 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 ENSURE AND IF THEY ARE UNSURE OF THE LEGAL EFFECT OF THE 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 OR WHILE ATTENDING THIS MEETING SHALL BE ASKED TO LEAVE. FAILURE TO LEAVE WHEN REQUESTED TO DO SO, MAY RESULT IN THE PERSON BEING ESCORTED FROM THE MEETING AND SUBJECT TO ARREST.
TRUSTEES, OUR AGENDA NOW CALLS FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT SEGMENT OF OUR MEETING.
HOWEVER, I WAS INFORMED NO ONE HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
OKAY. TRUSTEES OUR AGENDA NOW CALLS FOR THE CLOSED SESSION PORTION OF OUR MEETING.
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BETWEEN THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE YOUNG WOMEN'S PREPARATORY NETWORK, EFFECTIVE FROM AUGUST 8TH, 2024 TO JUNE 30TH, 2028. TRUSTEES, DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND.IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY TRUSTEE MICCICHE, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE MACKEY, TO APPROVE THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND YOUNG WOMEN'S PREPARATORY NETWORK EFFECTIVE AUGUST 8TH, 2024 TO JUNE 30TH, 2028.
TRUSTEES, IS THERE DISCUSSION? YES. TRUSTEE TRUSTEE WHITE, AND PLEASE EXCUSE ME.
WE DON'T HAVE A COPY OF THE MEMORANDUM IN FRONT OF US, AND I DID WALK OUT THE HOUSE AND LEAVE MY FOLDER, BUT I WANT THE RECORD TO REFLECT THAT.
I'M GLAD I ABSOLUTELY HAD THE COMMUNITY MEETING THAT WE HAD.
THE PARENTS CAME OUT OTHER PEOPLE WERE INVITED IN.
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AND I WANT TO THANK MISS [INAUDIBLE] FOR COMING OUT TO THE MEETING, AND I SPOKE TO THE CEO AND SHE BASICALLY INFORMED ME, DO WHAT YOU ALL NEED TO DO TO WORK IT OUT, AND I WANT TO WORK IT OUT.I'M NOT AGAINST THIS, AND WHILE WE WERE AT THE MEETING, I'M GLAD WE HAD THE MEETING BECAUSE WHEN I WAS READING OVER THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING, I WAS WONDERING HOW WAS THIS GOING TO HAPPEN? IT'S NOT DETAILED.
SPECIFIED AS THE PREVIOUS MOU WAS WITH THE OTHER SCHOOL THAT WE HAVE IN THE DISTRICT.
SO WHILE AT THE MEETING, I WAS TOLD INSTEAD OF US HAVING A MILLION, WE'RE GOING TO GET 2 MILLION, AND THAT'S GREAT, AND I AND I WAS HAPPY ABOUT IT, AND I ASKED THEM TO REPEAT WHAT THEY SAID BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT ANSWERED QUESTIONS FOR ME BECAUSE I WAS THINKING, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO GET THIS, BUT THEN DISD IS GOING TO HAVE TO PAY THIS AND ALL THESE OTHER THINGS, BUT I WAS ASSURED WHAT WAS GOING TO WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN THERE.
SO WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IN THE TOP PARAGRAPH.
I'VE MADE SOME REQUESTS FOR CHANGES.
SOME OF THEM WERE MADE, BUT THERE IS ONE THING THAT I FEEL THAT HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED, WHICH WAS THE WORD CREATE, BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING IS WHEN THE WORD MATTER OF FACT, I WANT TO STOP THE TIME CLOCK, PLEASE.
BECAUSE I WANT TO ASK STAFF TO DEFINE WHAT THE WORD CREATE IS.
SO CAN YOU STOP THE TIME CLOCK? SO I WILL NOT IT WON'T GO INTO MY TIME.
ALL RIGHT. SO I GUESS IT'S GOING TO BE ADDRESSED TO DOCTOR LUSK.
CAN YOU DEFINE WHAT THE WORD CREATE IS THAT YOU AND I HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING? AND BECAUSE WHEN I LOOK AT THE WORD CREATE IT, TO ME IT MEANS SOMETHING ELSE.
SO CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THE WORD CREATE MEANS IN THIS CONTRACT? FOLLOWED BY CAN YOU JUST READ THE WORD CREATE IS AND THE VERBIAGE AFTERWARDS AND TELL ME WHAT THE DEFINITION IN THAT STATEMENT IS? HOLD, HOLD JUST A SECOND.
I THINK THAT'S A LEGAL THIS IS A LEGAL DOCUMENT.
SO I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH BRIAN WITH DOCTOR LUSK GIVING HIS DEFINITION OF THE WORD.
CAN I HAVE LEGAL COUNSEL PROVIDE US SAID DEFINITION AS IT'S USED IN THIS MEMORANDUM? OKAY, AND WHILE THEY'RE GATHERING THE INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED BECAUSE I DON'T WANT MY TIME TO RUN OUT ALSO THERE WAS A REQUEST THAT IT WAS ONLY A COUPLE OF REQUESTS THAT I MADE AS FAR AS VERBIAGE IS CONCERNED WITH THE MOU, AND ONCE AGAIN, I AM FULLY IN SUPPORT OF THIS, AND EVEN AND I ALSO LIKE TO SAY.
SO IF EVEN IF WE EVEN IF THIS PASSES TODAY, I DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GO TO THE TABLE, DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND SIGN OFF ON WHATEVER CHANGES ARE BEING MADE.
THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD BY THE CEO WHO DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS.
SO THAT'S WHAT I'M COMING BRINGING BACK TO THE FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS.
I'M NOT TURNING DOWN MONEY FOR MY STUDENTS.
IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT THERE'S THINGS THAT NEED TO BE IN PLACE THAT I FEEL, AND A CONTRACT IS A CONTRACT.
WORDS MEAN THINGS, AND THAT'S WHY I AM REQUESTING THIS.
TO START WITH I SENT BRIAN OR DOCTOR LUST ON SEVERAL CONCERNS THAT I HAD, AND I DO KNOW THAT AT LEAST ONE CONCERN WAS ADDRESSED, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
I THINK IT'S GOT TO BE CLEAR SUPERINTENDENT, WHEN WE'RE DOING THESE KINDS OF PROJECTS WITH PEOPLE OUTSIDE DOING MOUS OR THAT CLEARLY WE SHOULD BE COMMUNICATING TO THE FULLEST WITH THAT PARTICULAR BOARD MEMBER IN THAT AREA.
I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WANTS TO TURN DOWN CASH MONEY GOING TO THEIR SCHOOL.
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THAT'S NOT THE IMPETUS HERE, BUT I SAW SEVERAL THINGS THAT BOTHERED ME.ONE OF THEM WAS, IS THAT IN THE MOU? IT WAS THE FACT THAT THE ORGANIZATION WAS GOING TO BE THE CHAIR OF AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TWO PEOPLE AND WE WOULD HAVE TWO PEOPLE.
WELL, THAT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME.
WE HAVE TO BE DRIVING THE SHIP, AND I THINK DOCTOR LUSK CHANGED THAT.
TRUSTEE FOREMAN THE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE, THERE WERE TWO CHANGES THAT WERE MADE TO THIS DOCUMENT, AS NOTED, AND THE ONE THAT YOU REFERENCED JUST NOW AROUND THE ADVISORY COUNCIL HAS BEEN CHANGED, AND THAT DOCUMENT WAS UPLOADED AS THE CHANGE WAS MADE AND IT WENT THROUGH OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS THE NETWORK'S SIDE, SO THAT BOTH PARTIES AGREED, AND SO DID WE DEFINE WHAT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE WAS.
SO THE SPECIFIC PART THAT WE CHANGED WAS BASED UPON THE FEEDBACK THAT YOU AND TRUSTEE WHITE HAD PROVIDED REGARDING ADVISORY COUNCIL, AND SPECIFICALLY WE MADE THE ADJUSTMENT TO SAY THE ADVISORY COUNCIL WILL INCLUDE TWO REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE NETWORK AND THE REMAINING REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE DISTRICT.
OKAY, AND DID WE INCLUDE THAT THE AMOUNT WAS $2 MILLION.
WE MADE THE ADJUSTMENT THERE AS WELL, YES, TRUSTEE FOREMAN, YESTERDAY AND SPECIFICALLY THE MOU HAS SAID PREVIOUSLY $250,000 ANNUALLY OVER FOUR YEARS AND SO AND HAVING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING FROM THE NETWORK, IT'S $500,000 ANNUALLY OVER FOUR YEARS.
SO WE DID MAKE THE ADJUSTMENT, AND IT IS IN BOARD DOCS AND IT'S VISIBLE TO YOU, AND WHEN DOES THE MOU TERMINATE? JUNE 30TH OF 2028.
OKAY, AND SO AT THAT TIME, WE WOULD LOOK TO ASSESS THE SITUATION AND IF POSSIBLE, AND IF IT'S GOING WELL FOR US, WE WOULD LOOK AT EXTENDING POSSIBLY WE WOULD CERTAINLY BRING YOU ALL DATA THROUGHOUT THAT LAST YEAR SO THAT WE WOULDN'T BE IN A TIME CRUNCH TO SEE WHETHER EVEN EVEN IF THE NETWORK WANTS TO CONTINUE THEIR PARTNERSHIP WITH US AS MUCH AS DO WE WANT TO CONTINUE THE PARTNERSHIP.
YES, MA'AM. WE WOULD BRING YOU DATA.
THE REASON I ASK THAT QUESTION IS, IS THE MOU WITH IRMA RANGEL HAS NO ENDING DATE, AND THAT IS A CONCERN OF MINE, IS THAT THERE IS NO ENDING DATE AND IT'S BEEN IN EXISTENCE.
YEAH, AND IT'S. IT IS NOT A BAD SCHOOL.
JUST GOT HIGHLIGHTED AS ONE OF THE MOST OUTSTANDING SCHOOL.
THE ARGUMENT IS ABOUT OUR BUSINESS PRACTICES.
THANK YOU. TRUSTEES, ARE THERE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? ONE SECOND TRUSTEE WHITE.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS ON ROUND ONE? SORRY. OKAY THEN ROUND TWO.
TRUSTEES. ANY QUESTIONS? I THINK TRUSTEE WAS YOUR LIGHT ON? JUST A POINT OF INFORMATION, I GUESS.
DO WE WANT TO DO THAT BEFORE WE GO TO SECOND ROUND, OR WHAT IS THE RIGHT PROCEDURE FOR THAT? TRUSTEE CARREÓN.
WE'LL JUST GO TO SECOND ROUND AND WE'LL GO TRUSTEE WHITE, WHO I THINK IS GOING TO PROVIDE SOME INSIGHT ON I MEAN, I'M NOT I MEAN RAMONA WAS WHAT RAMONA WAS SHARING WITH ME.
I GUESS SHE MAY SHOULD SHARE WITH THE BOARD BECAUSE YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
SUPERINTENDENT. WOULD OUR GENERAL COUNSEL PLEASE INFORM? CAN YOU JUST MAKE A STATEMENT ABOUT THE YOUR DEFINITION OF THE WORD PLEASE? SO IT'S IN THE INTRO WHERE IT SAYS APPROVE THE CREATION OF A COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMY.
SO WHAT I SAID IS THAT IS NOT REALLY A LEGAL TERM.
I THINK JUST AS OUR SISTER SCHOOL AT RANGEL AND IT'S A MODEL FOR US, RIGHT? NUMBER TWO SCHOOL IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
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GIRLS TO BE COLLEGE READY AND SO THE SAME PREMISE APPLIES HERE.WE ARE SEEKING TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE GIRLS ARE GOING TO TAKE HIGH LEVEL, RIGOROUS COURSES TO PREPARE THEM FOR COLLEGE, AND SO THOSE ARE WORDS THAT WE FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT. IS A DISTRICT ENSURING THAT OUR GIRLS ARE PREPARED.
OKAY, TRUSTEES, WE'LL MOVE NOW.
IS THERE ANY ARE THERE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? TRUSTEE WHITE ROUND TWO.
WELL DOCTOR LUSK AND I HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATION CONCERNING WHAT ACTUALLY WAS BEING ESTABLISHED, WHAT WAS ALREADY AT THE SCHOOL. THE SCHOOL DOES FOCUS ON A LOT OF THINGS THAT WAS MENTIONED.
THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT WAS MENTIONED THAT I FELT DIDN'T REALLY NEED TO BE INCLUDED, SUCH AS A ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I MEAN, THE ENTIRE DISTRICT IS ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED.
THAT'S WHY MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE PROVIDE FREE LUNCH FOR ALL THE STUDENTS.
THE STUDENTS CAN GET TESTING PAID FOR FOR FREE, BUT THAT PART I WASN'T SO MUCH AS CAUGHT UP ON, BUT THE WORD CREATION AND THE FACT THAT WHEN IT ASKED FOR CHANGES TO BE MADE, IT WAS BASICALLY SAYING THE PARTIES CAN COME TOGETHER AND MAKE THE CHANGES, BUT THE BOARD NEEDS TO APPROVE THE CHANGES AND I DID ASK FOR THAT TO BE INSERTED, AND ALSO DUE TO THE NATURE THAT THERE WAS CHANGES MADE TO THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING AND IT WASN'T PUT BACK OUT IS I MEAN THAT TO ME NORMALLY WHEN CHANGES ARE MADE, THEY'RE BROUGHT BACK TO THE BODY.
THE BODY LOOKS OVER THEM AGAIN, AND THEN THEY VOTE FOR THEM, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE, BUT WHAT I AM SAYING IS THAT THE CHANGES THAT I WANT TO BE MADE AND REQUEST TO BE MADE, I WANT OTHERS TO LOOK OVER AS WELL AS MYSELF.
I DEFINITELY FEEL THAT WE SHOULD COME BACK TOGETHER AND DO THAT, REGARDLESS OF IF THIS IS APPROVED.
IT BE APPROVED UPON US IRONING OUT THE LAST FEW ITEMS. THAT'S ON THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING, AND ONCE AGAIN, I AM TOTALLY IN SUPPORT OF THIS.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WORDING IS CORRECT AND IF THE FOUND IF THE NETWORK OR WHAT HAVE YOU IS NOT ABLE TO PUT FUNDS IN THAT, WE WILL BE SUPPORTED BY THE DISTRICT FOR WHATEVER FUNDING THAT WE NEED, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT'S NOT WHAT'S IN THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE NOT SPELLED OUT THAT I DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SPELLED OUT, BECAUSE REGARDLESS OF WHAT'S AT THE TOP AND I'M BEING TOLD, NOT CONSIDERED LEGAL, WHEN YOU SIGN IT, YOU'RE SIGNING WHAT YOU'RE AGREEING AGREEING TO IN THE ENTIRE DOCUMENT.
WELL, JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.
ONE, I DO APPLAUD YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE'VE NOW HAD A ROBUST COMMUNITY MEETING IN WHICH I UNDERSTAND FROM TRUSTEE WHITE, THAT THERE WAS A STRONG OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT FOR THIS AND THAT'S A WONDERFUL THING TO KNOW AND TO KNOW THAT THE COMMUNITY IS EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY.
I ALSO AM VERY THANKFUL THE FACT THAT THROUGH TRUSTEE FOREMAN'S WORK AND THROUGH TRUSTEE WHITE'S WORK, WE HAVE A MEMORANDUM THAT NOW BETTER REFLECTS WHAT REALITY IS, WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO GET MORE MONEY AND WE NOW HAVE THAT IN WRITING, AND THAT'S A WONDERFUL THING, AND WE HAVE A FIX TO OUR ADVISORY COUNCIL.
SO I WOULD JUST ASK TRUSTEE WHITE IF SHE CAN IF THERE YOU KNOW, WHAT I DID NOT HEAR FROM OUR GENERAL COUNSEL WAS A CONCERN, AND SO IF THERE ARE SPECIFIC WORDS OR CHANGES THAT YOU CAN PROPOSE THAT WE CAN THINK ABOUT AND EVALUATE TODAY, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR THAT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD IF WE CAN, BUT IF THERE ARE SOME WORDS THAT IF YOU HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE WORD CREATE THAT YOU WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER, THEN I'D LOVE TO HEAR IT AS A BOARD, BUT OTHERWISE I WOULD CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE US TO TRY TO MOVE FORWARD SO THAT THIS SCHOOL CAN CONTINUE TO RAMP UP.
TRUSTEE FOREMAN. SUPERINTENDENT IS THERE A POSSIBILITY I THINK THE MAJORITY OF THE BOARD WOULD LIKE FOR IT TO MOVE FORWARD, BUT IS THERE A POSSIBILITY FOR DOCTOR LUSK AND YOURSELF AND THE ENTITY THAT'S WORKING WITH US TO GET TOGETHER WITH TRUSTEE WHITE AND TRY TO FORMULATE SOMETHING? WE KNOW AN MOU.
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SHE WANTS TO BRING FORWARD, AND I HAVE ENOUGH FAITH IN DOCTOR LUSK AND YOU TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME CONVERSATION WITH HER AFTER THIS VOTE IS TAKEN, TO BE ABLE TO HEAR WHAT OUR ADDITIONAL CONCERNS ARE.IS THAT POSSIBLE? I THINK ANY OF THAT IS ALWAYS POSSIBLE, AND I HAVE, IN GOOD FAITH, REVIEWED THE 16 ITEMS THAT TRUSTEE WHITE DID SEND ME DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY AND TO DOCTOR LUSK, AND OF THOSE I CAN SUPPORT TWO OF THOSE EDITS THAT ARE INCORPORATED.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO MOVE FORWARD.
I HAVE FAITH THAT OUR ATTORNEYS AND IN FACT, I IN CONSULTATION WITH BOTH PARTIES.
I FEEL THAT THE CURRENT MOU REFLECTS BOTH THE SPIRIT AND THE INTENT OF WHAT BOTH THE DISTRICT AND THE PARTNERSHIP WANT TO SUPPORT FOR OUR STUDENTS.
I THINK WE CAN HAVE CONVERSATION ABOUT THOSE ITEMS. I ALSO THINK SOME OF THEM MAY BE AS IT IS, EVEN WITH MYSELF, WHEN I REVIEW ITEMS AND I'M THINKING ABOUT WHEN STAFF GIVE ME SOMETHING AND I DON'T LIKE THIS WORD, I WANT THIS WORD INSTEAD, AND THEN I HAVE TO SOMETIMES ASK, IS THAT WORDING CHANGE NECESSARY.
RIGHT, AND SO SOMETIMES WE DON'T MAKE THE CHANGES THAT I THOUGHT WE NEEDED AFTER I TALKED TO STAFF.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD IN KEEPING THE ITEM.
SO WE WOULD CERTAINLY MOVE FORWARD IN THE SPIRIT OF COMPROMISE AND NEGOTIATION TO COME BACK AND REVIEW IT EVEN AFTER THE BOARD EITHER SUPPORTS THIS OR DOES NOT SUPPORT THAT, WE WILL.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO TRY TO WORK TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY OF SOME FINANCIAL SUPPORT.
SO MY REQUEST WASN'T THAT WE DIDN'T MOVE FORWARD.
MY REQUEST WAS, IS THAT YOU AND DOCTOR LUSK WOULD SIT DOWN WITH TRUSTEE WHITE AFTER WE GO THROUGH THIS VOTE AND WORK WITH HER TO TRY TO COME TO SOME CONCLUSION SO THAT THERE IS NOT THIS STILL LINGERING CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT'S NOT IN IT.
GO THROUGH THE 16 ITEMS WITH TRUSTEE WHITE ONE BY ONE.
IT'S NOT A GOOD IDEA OR EXPLAIN WHY IT'S A GOOD IDEA.
THAT'S MY REQUEST, IS THAT YOU GUYS SIT DOWN AND WORK WITH HER THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
I HAVE NO HESITATION OF SITTING DOWN AND REVIEWING THOSE ITEMS AGAIN.
I BELIEVE THERE WAS CONVERSATION YESTERDAY ABOUT THOSE ITEMS WITH DOCTOR LUSK AND TRUSTEE WHITE, AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO SIT DOWN AND REVIEW THOSE AS WELL.
TRUSTEE MICCICHE. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH ALL OF THIS DISCUSSION, BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO THE YOUNG WOMEN'S STEAM ACADEMY COMMUNITY AND AND ALSO TO THE YOUNG WOMEN'S PREPARATORY NETWORK THAT WE REALLY APPRECIATE, THE YOUNG WOMEN'S PREPARATORY NETWORK SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS.
THEY'VE SUPPORTED US OVER THE YEARS AT IRMA RANGEL, AND I'M SO GLAD THAT THEY ARE WILLING TO START SUPPORTING US AT THE STEAM ACADEMY, AND WITH ALL OF THE DISCUSSION GOING ON, I JUST DON'T WANT THAT TO BE LOST.
I KNOW EVERYBODY SUPPORTS IT, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY A VERY LOUD THANK YOU TO THEM.
TRUSTEE MICCICHE TOOK SOME OF THE WORDS I WANTED TO SAY, SO I WANTED TO ECHO THAT.
THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT OVER THE LAST TWO DECADES WITH IRMA RANGEL AND AGAIN, POTENTIALLY HERE, AND INCLUDING EVEN UPPING THE CONTRIBUTION TO $2 MILLION IS INCREDIBLE, AND SO I'M EXCITED FOR THAT.
THE ONLY I JUST HAVE A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, WHICH IS IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IF THE BOARD ADOPTS AN MOU, THEN IF THE LANGUAGE IS TO BE CHANGED, WE WOULD HAVE TO BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD.
IS THAT ACCURATE? THAT'S CORRECT.
OKAY. I HAVE NO CONCERNS WITH WHAT TRUSTEE FOREMAN SAID.
SITTING DOWN WITH TRUSTEE WHITE AND CONTINUING THAT DIALOG.
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I WOULD JUST SAY THAT A NO OFFENSE TO THE LAWYERS ON OUR BOARD, BUT I AM NOT A LAWYER AND EVEN OUR LAWYERS ON OUR BOARD.I APPRECIATE THE ADMINISTRATION DOING THAT, AND IF IN PLACES WHERE IT DOESN'T ACTUALLY CHANGE THE INTENT OF IT OR WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, WHEN I READ THIS THING, WHAT I SEE IS A PRETTY EASY OPT OUT CLAUSE AT THE BOTTOM THAT I THINK YOU JUST GIVE NOTICE AND YOU OPT OUT.
IF THERE IS AN ISSUE THAT YOU KNOW, EVEN IF EVERYTHING ISN'T MADE AND I DON'T THINK IT NECESSARILY SHOULD BE, WE SHOULD RELY ON THE LAWYERS TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT DOES IT IMPACT OUR VISION AND IF NOT, I THINK WE SHOULD ADOPT IT AND MOVE FORWARD SO WE CAN GET THE SUPPORT FOR THE STUDENTS IN OUR DISTRICT WHO CAN REALLY BENEFIT FROM THIS.
THANK YOU. TRUSTEE WHITE I'LL LET YOU GO AHEAD AND THIS IS NOW A THIRD ROUND BUT I'LL LET YOU GO AHEAD.
PLEASE KNOW THAT THE STAFF PERSON WHO IS GOING TO BE ON THE CAMPUS WAS AT THAT MEETING AS WELL.
I DIDN'T VISIT WITH HER, BUT SHE WAS THERE AND SHE SPOKE.
SO THIS IS NOT GOING TO HOLD UP THE PROCESS.
AS FAR AS THE FUNDING FOR THE STAFF MEMBER, NONE OF THAT IS HAPPENING.
BOTTOM LINE, THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
LIKE I SAID, I DIDN'T SAY IT, BUT I'M GOING TO SAY IT.
FOR MANY YEARS I'VE ADVOCATED FOR MAGNET SCHOOLS IN MY AREA.
WHEN I WASN'T ON THE BOARD, I CAME AND SPOKE FOR IT.
SO WHEN WE FIRST GOT OUR FIRST MAGNET IN MY AREA, WHICH WAS THE TAG SCHOOL, YES, I WAS HAPPY, AND YES, I'M HAPPY ABOUT THIS TOO, EVEN THOUGH YOU THINK I'M NOT, AND I'M TELLING YOU THAT I AM AND I'M SUPPORTING THIS WHOLEHEARTEDLY.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET IT RIGHT BECAUSE OF THE FACT I FEEL LIKE AND I WAS TELLING SOMEONE THE OTHER DAY, THE ONLY THING THAT WE EVER HAD IN MY AREA WAS AN EDISON SCHOOL, AND IT WAS AT JOHN RUNYON, AND THAT WAS A LONG TIME AGO.
SO YES, I'VE BEEN IN THIS FOR A LONG TIME.
MY CONCERN IS THAT WHAT WE GET, WE'RE ABLE TO SUSTAIN IT.
YES. WE'RE NOT WHERE WE WANT TO.
AS FAR AS OPENING, I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO OPEN AND HAVE SPACE FOR EVERYBODY, BUT I FEEL LIKE WHEN WE DO THIS, I'M GOING TO HELP SUPPORT IT.
I'M GOING TO HELP PROMOTE IT REGARDLESS OF WHETHER I'M HERE OR NOT.
I'VE NOT BEEN IN THIS SEAT AND BEEN ADVOCATING FOR MY AREA FOR A LONG TIME.
THIS IS IMPORTANT TO ME AND I WANT IT DONE.
THAT'S WHAT I WANT, BUT I ALSO WANT I'M AGREEING TO SOMETHING.
I WANT TO KNOW WHAT I'M AGREEING TO.
I READ EVERYTHING BEFORE I ADD AN APP TO MY PHONE.
I'M READING THE REQUIREMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M GETTING WHAT I WANT, THAT I DON'T HAVE TO GIVE UP MY CAMERA OR MY CONTACTS BECAUSE I WANT AN APP.
THAT'S THE WAY I'M LOOKING AT THIS.
I AM SUPPORTING IT AND LIKE AND LIKE IT WAS SAID THE EMPLOYEE IS GOING, SHE'S ALREADY ON BOARD.
THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN, AND IT'S JUST SOME SEMANTICS BEHIND THE SCENE THAT I WOULD DEFINITELY WANT TO EXPLAIN TO ME BECAUSE IF SOMEONE'S ASKING ME AND I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T, I CAN'T I DON'T HAVE THE ATTORNEY IN MY BACK POCKET TO PULL OUT.
DOCTOR LUSK SAID HE WAS AN ATTORNEY YESTERDAY, AND I GET THAT.
EVERYBODY TELLING HIM I'M NOT AN ATTORNEY.
WE'RE ALL UNABLE TO UNDERSTAND IT, AND WE ALL COME AND HAVE A HAPPY MEDIUM, AND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE HAPPY MEDIUM IS CELEBRATED ALREADY, AND THAT'S THE WAY I FEEL ABOUT IT, AND YES, I'VE HEARD PEOPLE SAY, OH, I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO OTHER PEOPLE'S DISTRICT BUSINESS.
I VALUE THE INPUT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WHEN I NEED YOUR SUPPORT FOR MY DISTRICT BECAUSE SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT, IT MAKES ME THINK Y'ALL HAVE NOT THIS CURRENT BOARD.
IT MAKES ME THINK YOU HAVEN'T BEEN THERE.
SO IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHY I HAVE CONCERN, I DO.
THAT'S WHY YOU SHOULD HAVE TO ASK GROWN PEOPLE TO DO RIGHT BY KIDS, AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY ON THIS. OKAY.
SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, CAN YOU PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES?
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ARE WE DOING BY HAND? BECAUSE I DON'T. OKAY.OKAY. TRUSTEES BY SHOW OF HANDS.
ALL IN FAVOR? OKAY. ALL OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
OKAY, TRUSTEES, YOU'VE ADOPTED THE TO APPROVE THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE YOUNG WOMEN'S PREPARATORY NETWORK, EFFECTIVE AUGUST 8TH, 2024 TO JUNE 30TH, 2028.
TRUSTEES. THE TIME IS 11:34 A.M., AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.