[1. Notice and Return]
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ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE THE FOLLOWING COMMITTEE CHAIRS ARE EITHER PHYSICALLY PRESENT OR PARTICIPATING SIMULTANEOUSLY BY VIDEOCONFERENCE.
A QUORUM OF THE SUPERINTENDENTS EVALUATIONS AD HOC COMMITTEE IS PHYSICALLY PRESENT AT THIS LOCATION.
AT THIS. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE FOLLOWING COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
TRUSTEE WEINBERG AND TRUSTEE CAMILLE WHITE, OUR SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, DR.
THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE YOURSELF, TRUSTEE MCKEE AND TRUSTEE WEINBERG.
AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE FOLLOWING COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
TRUSTEE SARAH WEINBERG AND TRUSTEE ANNE TURNER ARE SUPERINTENDENTS OF SCHOOL.
DR. STEPHANIE ELIZALDE JOINED US AND I AM TRUSTEE ED TURNER.
THE PRESIDING OFFICER FOR TODAY'S COMMITTEE MEETING.
OTHER TRUSTEES IN ATTENDANCE ARE TRUSTEES CAMILLE WHITE.
GENERAL WARNING. 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, WITH THE ORDINARY CONDUCT OF A MEETING BY PHYSICAL ACTION OR VERBAL UTTERANCE, AND THEREBY CURTAIL THE EXERCISE OF OTHER FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
SPEAKERS ARE CAUTIONED THAT THEY SPEAKERS ARE CAUTIONED THAT WHAT THEY SAY COULD VIOLATE THE RULES OF OTHERS UNDER THE LAW OF DEFAMATION OR INVASION OF PRIVACY, AND IF THEY ARE UNSURE OF THE LEGAL EFFECTS OF THEIR REMARKS, THEY MAY WANT TO SPEAK WITH ME.
THEY MAY WANT TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE PRIOR TO THE UTTERANCE.
FAILURE TO LEAVE WILL REQUEST TO FAILURE.
FAILURE TO LEAVE WHEN REQUESTED TO DO SO, MAY RESULT IN A PERSON BEING ESCORTED FROM THE MEETING AND SUBJECT TO ARREST THERE'S NO CLOSURE, OKAY? THERE IS NO CLOSED SESSION.
VIA ONLINE. OH, I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT TRUSTEE LANCE CURRIE HAS JOINED US VIA ONLINE.
[4. Discussion Items]
I NOW TURN THIS MEETING OVER TO TRUSTEE BEN MACKEY.SO I DON'T KNOW IF I NEED TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
I BELIEVE THANK YOU, CHAIR TURNER.
WE'RE ON ITEM 4.01, WHICH IS SUMMARY OF FEEDBACK.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN SHARE THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION SHOULD I SHARE THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION?
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TRUSTEE MACKEY. THEY'RE BRINGING IT UP.PERFECT. AS THEY GET THAT PULLED UP. SO SOME QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE HAVE BEEN AFTER THE UPDATE ON THE LAST BOARD MEETING ABOUT THIS.
THINGS LIKE, HOW MANY MEETINGS DO YOU WISH TO HOST IN YOUR DISTRICT? WHERE WOULD YOU WANT TO HOST THEM IN PARTICULAR TIMES? THANK YOU TO TRUSTEE WHITE FOR BRINGING THAT UP AND MAKING SURE THAT TRUSTEES HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY ADD THE SPECIFIC TIMES OR DAYS THAT THEY THINK WOULD BE BEST.
SO, IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO I THINK FOR THE GENERAL COMMUNITY WATCHING, THAT'S AN EXCELLENT UNDER UNDERSCORING OF THE FACT THAT THE BOARD MEMBERS ON THIS BOARD ARE COMMITTED TO THIS WORK AND REALLY WANT TO SEE US DO THESE GOALS IN A THOUGHTFUL AND COMMUNITY ENGAGED MANNER.
SO KUDOS TO THE TRUSTEES FOR FILLING THAT OUT.
OVERALL, IN THE SUMMARY IS THERE WAS A REQUEST FOR 16 TOTAL COMMUNITY MEETINGS IN TRUSTEE DISTRICTS, THOUGH MULTIPLE TRUSTEES MENTIONED THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO, LIKE, NOT DO TWO IF THEY COULD SHARE ONE WITH ANOTHER TRUSTEE.
SO THAT IS A GENERAL NUMBER A NEED FOR AT LEAST 2 TO 3 VIRTUAL MEETINGS.
AND THEN THE GROUP SPECIFIC MEETINGS THAT HAVE BEEN TALKED ABOUT.
SO OVERALL WITH THAT FEEDBACK IS AROUND 20 TO 25 MEETINGS, WHICH WOULD EFFECTIVELY IF WE STARTED IN LATE SEPTEMBER, GIVING US LIKE A MONTH TO GET READY.
IT'S DEFINITELY A LOT, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY DOABLE.
SO WE WILL AVOID SUNDAY ON THAT.
TUESDAYS WAS THE MOST PREFERRED.
BUT LOTS OF TRUSTEES HAVE LOTS OF OPTIONS THERE.
AND THEN THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT LIST OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, WHICH WAS REALLY EXCITING TO SEE.
TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS ARE INVITED, WHETHER THEY'RE INVITED TO THE MEETINGS IN THE TRUSTEE DISTRICTS, WHETHER THEY'RE INVITED TO A PARTICULAR EVENING MEETING OR AN AFTERNOON MEETING FOR A PARTICULAR GROUP OR MULTIPLE OF THOSE, THAT'S ALL TO BE DECIDED.
AND THEN THE SPECIFIC CALL OUTS THAT WERE NOTED IN THE SUMMARY THAT SHOULD BE UPLOADED TO THE AGENDA WAS STILL THE KIND OF THE FOUR BIG GROUPS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT ON OUR FIRST MEETING, WHICH WAS EDUCATORS AND STAFF GENERALLY.
SO TEACHERS UNIONS, ADMINISTRATOR ORGANIZATIONS, ET CETERA.
A QUESTION IS OUT THERE WHETHER THEY WOULD PROBABLY BE MORE LIKELY TO COME TO THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITY MEETING IN A DISTRICT, OR WHETHER THEY'D WANT A SEPARATE MEETING FOR PARENTS AND EDUCATORS OR PARENTS AND COMMUNITY.
THERE'S AN EDUCATION WORKFORCE.
SO WE SAW CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE MENTIONED SIGNIFICANT VENDORS, HIGHER ED, ET CETERA.
AND THEN THERE WAS NONPROFITS AND SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS.
SPECIFIC CALL OUTS INCLUDED EDUCATION, NONPROFITS, COMMUNITY NONPROFITS, AND GREEK ORGANIZATIONS.
SO THAT WAS A LOT OF WHAT HAD BEEN SHARED FOR THIS.
IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS JUST THE OVERVIEW.
OBVIOUSLY, THAT WOULD NEED TO GET TURNED INTO STUFF.
SO THE NEXT STEPS OF THIS AND ALSO SEE TRUSTEE FOREMAN HAS JOINED US.
IF YOU WILL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
OH, HERE WE ARE. MY APOLOGIES.
SO WE'LL PAUSE AFTER THIS AND HAVE QUESTIONS PEOPLE CAN PROVIDE FEEDBACK, ET CETERA.
IS THE NEXT STEPS THAT WOULD BE RECOMMENDED.
WOULD NUMBER ONE BOARD SERVICES OR THE DISTRICT WOULD HELP ASSIST WITH TAKING ALL OF THE INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEE RESPONSES AND MOVING IT INTO A DRAFT CALENDAR IN A SCHEDULE FOR THOSE COMMUNITY LISTENING SESSIONS.
SO IF SOME PARTICULAR TRUSTEES KNOW THE DATES, MAKING SURE THAT WE COULD IDENTIFY WHEN THOSE DATES WOULD BE AND PUT IT TOGETHER IN AN ACTUAL CALENDAR THAT WE WOULD SEE A DRAFT OF TO SAY, HERE ARE THE DRAFT DATES BASED ON WHAT FOLKS RESPONDED.
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EVENTS, MAKING SURE THAT IT WOULD WORK WITH THE SCHOOLS THAT WERE IDENTIFYING, ET CETERA.SO THAT WOULD BE SOME OF THE WORK THAT HAPPENS OVER THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO WITH THE IDEAL THAT THAT COMES TO THE BOARD MEETING OR THE BOARD BRIEFING WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY DISCUSS IT.
ADDITIONALLY ADMINISTRATION WOULD ASSIST WITH THE OPENING SLIDES.
THERE WAS A LOT OF GREAT FEEDBACK AT BOTH OUR MEETINGS AS WELL AS IN THE SURVEY ABOUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TRUSTEES ARE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE TO THE COMMUNITY EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING, THE CURRENT GOALS, THE PROGRESS TO GOALS, THE REALITY OF WHAT WE MET AND WHAT WE DIDN'T MEET.
WHAT GOALS AND CONSTRAINTS ARE, WHAT ARE THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS FOR WHAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT? AND THEN HOW THIS IMPACTS OPERATIONS.
AND SO ESSENTIALLY THE GOAL IS TO TAKE THIS INFORMATION THANKS TO THE SUPPORT FROM BOARD SERVICES ADMINISTRATION AND AT THE SEPTEMBER BRIEFING, TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ITEM FOR THE ENTIRE BOARD WOULD BE ABLE TO REVIEW THE ACTUAL SCHEDULE, THE DRAFT SCHEDULE THAT HAD BEEN PUT TOGETHER THAT WE CAN MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO OR SUGGEST THINGS MAKING SURE WE KNOW WHICH TRUSTEES WILL ATTEND THE MEETINGS LOOKING AT THE DRAFT SURVEY, SEEING IF WE WANT TO MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS TO QUESTIONS, ET CETERA, AND THEN LOOKING AT THE PRESENTATION AND STRUCTURE OF THE COMMUNITY AND SESSION MEETINGS AND ON ALL OF THAT, TAKING FEEDBACK, MAKING CHANGES AND ADJUSTMENTS, ETC.
IN ADVANCE OF ANYTHING STARTING LATER IN SEPTEMBER.
YOU SHOULD AGAIN, YOU SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THAT.
I THINK THESE WERE PRINTED OUT FOR YOU AND THEY'RE ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA.
BUT LET ME JUST PAUSE THERE AND SEE IF ANY TRUSTEES HAVE ANY THOUGHTS, COMMENTS OR THINGS THEY'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT OR RAISE AS IT RELATED TO THE TRUSTEE FEEDBACK AND THE NEXT STEPS ON THAT TRUSTEE FEEDBACK.
I'M JUST ASKING TO BE RECOGNIZED.
PLEASE. I RECOGNIZE CAMILLE WHITE.
I WAS LOOKING OVER THE GENERAL THOUGHTS SECTION, AND I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE I SELECT MY WORDS.
I WAS JUST WONDERING WHY IT SAYS IN HERE AT LEAST TWO TRUSTEES AT EVERY AT EVERY EVENT.
EVERY EVENT SO THAT IT DOES NOT BECOME A CAMPAIGN.
EVENT. WHAT EXACTLY? AND I GUESS I'M DIRECTING THIS TOWARDS YOU, TRUSTEE MACKEY, BECAUSE YOU PUT THIS TOGETHER.
WHAT EXACTLY IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN? SO I DID PUT THE I MEAN, WE ASKED THE QUESTIONS, WE PUT THE SURVEY TOGETHER.
I DID NOT RESPOND THAT I CAN'T SPEAK TO A TRUSTEE OR TRUSTEES OR RESPOND IN THAT WAY.
I'LL TELL YOU WHY I MENTIONED IT.
THE FIRST MEETING. WHY I THINK WE NEED TWO TRUSTEES, IS THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE OUTSIDE OF OUR OWN INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITIES BECAUSE WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF THE STUDENTS IN DALLAS ISD, EVEN THOUGH WE MIGHT BE ELECTED FROM PARTICULAR OTHER REGIONS, AND I MIGHT HEAR A LOT FROM MY COMMUNITY, AND THERE'S A LOT TO BE GAINED FOR ME AND FOR OUR CONVERSATION FROM HEARING FROM YOUR COMMUNITY OR LANCE'S COMMUNITY OR ED'S COMMUNITY, WHERE I MIGHT NOT HEAR IT THE SAME WAY. AND ALSO FOR THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'RE NOT THERE'S PLENTY OF PEOPLE OUT HERE TO LISTEN.
I THINK IT'S A BENEFICIAL THING TO HAVE MORE EARS THERE.
SO THAT'S WHY I WOULD ADVOCATE FOR TWO TRUSTEES.
THANK YOU. I JUST I UNDERSTAND AND I DO REMEMBER WHAT YOU SAID FROM THE LAST MEETING.
I JUST AND NOT I GUESS I KIND OF TOOK OFFENSE TO THIS BECAUSE WE'RE ALL ADULTS AND WE SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE AND KNOW BETTER NOT TO DO THINGS SUCH AS CAMPAIGN AT AN EVENT.
BUT I JUST THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS YEAH I JUST THOUGHT THAT THAT WASN'T NECESSARY.
AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, I HAVE ATTENDED OTHER EVENTS IN TRUSTEE'S AREAS.
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NORMALLY WHEN I GO INTO A TRUSTEE'S EVENT, THIS IS HOW I CONDUCT MYSELF.I CAN'T SPEAK FOR ANYBODY ELSE.
BUT I COME IN, I SPEAK TO THEM, AND I SIT DOWN AND, YOU KNOW, THEY INTRODUCE ME AND YOU KNOW, ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I'M THERE AND I STAND UP AND WAVE AND SIT BACK DOWN ONCE AGAIN AND I JUST, YOU KNOW, LISTEN TO WHAT IS BEING PRESENTED AND LET THEM HANDLE THEIR MEETING.
AND I THINK THAT IS THE WAY THAT WE ALL SHOULD DO THESE AT THESE COMMUNITY MEETINGS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT MY DISTRICT IS NOT YOUR DISTRICT. YOUR DISTRICT ELECTED YOU.
THAT'S WHO THEY WANT TO HEAR FROM.
AND THAT'S JUST HOW I FEEL ABOUT THAT SITUATION.
I DON'T CARE WHO ATTENDS MY MEETING, I REALLY DON'T.
AND THE OTHER THING I GUESS I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT WAS SO BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING AT THE FIRST SHEET THAT I GOT DATED AUGUST 8TH ON PAGE.
I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR ON SOMETHING BECAUSE WE ARE ALMOST AT THE END OF AUGUST.
SO THIS MEANS THAT ALL OF THESE MEETINGS THAT YOU HAVE ON 4.1, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 20 TO 25, WE GOT TO SQUEEZE ALL OF THIS IN IN THIS MONTH WHILE WE'RE EATING, SLEEPING, BREATHING AND DOING BOARD WORK.
IS THAT RIGHT? WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GO INTO IT'S GOING TO BE, I GUESS, LIKE FROM THE 15TH OF SEPTEMBER TO THE 16TH OF NOVEMBER OR SO. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL PLAN, BASED ON GETTING TO THE FACT WHERE WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION IN DECEMBER IF WE NEED MORE TIME, WE NEED MORE TIME.
THIS RESULTS IN SO THE EIGHT WEEKS THAT ARE THERE, OR 7 OR 8 WEEKS FROM WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT MID-SEPTEMBER THROUGH NOVEMBER, RESULTS IN THAT 3 TO 4 MEETINGS A WEEK.
BUT AGAIN, THAT'S NOT EVERY TRUSTEE HAVING 3 TO 4 MEETINGS A WEEK.
THAT WOULD BE THE EQUIVALENT OF.
SOME OF THOSE VIRTUAL YOU KNOW, WE DON'T GET PAID, RIGHT.
OKAY. BUT AGAIN, IT'S TOTALLY THE BOARDS.
I MEAN, I JUST THINK EVERYBODY COULD BE KUMBAYA IN A ROOM TOGETHER.
IT SHOULDN'T BE ANY PROBLEMS. MAYBE IT'S JUST ME FEELING THAT WAY, BUT I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A SEPARATE MEETING FOR.
BECAUSE I WOULD HOPE THAT THE PTAS AND THE OTHER GROUPS WOULD COME TOGETHER WHEN WE HAVE THEM ON THE CAMPUS AND, YOU KNOW, EVEN THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS, I WOULD HOPE THAT THEY WOULD ALL COME TOGETHER WHEN WE HAVE THEM ON THE CAMPUS.
BUT IF WE HAD ONE FOR, YOU KNOW, BUSINESS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS COMBINE A COUPLE.
TRUSTEE CURRY AND TRUSTEE FOREMAN BOTH HAVE THEIR HAND UP.
TRUSTEE. CURRY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
WELL, I JUST WAS GOING TO FALL ON MY SWORD.
I'M FAIRLY CERTAIN THAT THAT OFFENSIVE COMMENT WAS MINE.
THAT WAS NOT MY INTENT, BUT I WAS SORT OF USING SHORTHAND TO SAY THAT I COULD BE TEMPTED WHERE I'M THE ONLY ONE IN THE ROOM FOR PEOPLE TO START ASKING ME ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHY THE FENCE IS PAINTED THIS COLOR, OR SOME OTHER THINGS THAT KEEP US OFF TASK AND OFF TRACK, AND I WOULD FIND IT PERSONALLY HELPFUL TO HAVE SOMEONE ELSE IN THERE WITH ME SO THAT WE'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STAYING FOCUSED AND ON TASK.
SO WHAT'S FALLING ON MY SWORD ON THAT ONE? AND HAPPY TO DISCUSS IT WITH YOU AFTERWARD IF NEED BE.
TRUSTEE FOREMAN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
THERE YOU GO. IS THAT BETTER? GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY.
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A COUPLE OF THINGS.I'VE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH TRUSTEE MACKEY IN REGARD TO THAT PARTICULAR SITUATION WHERE WE'RE SAYING THAT THERE SHOULD BE TWO TRUSTEES AT EVERY MEETING.
I DON'T WANT US TO GET IN A SITUATION.
AND I TOLD TRUSTEE MACKEY THIS.
I DO NOT WANT US TO GET IN A SITUATION WHERE WE DECLARE THERE'S GOING TO BE TWO TRUSTEES, AND IF THERE'S NOT TWO TRUSTEES AT A MEETING, THEN THAT MEETING BECOMES NULL AND VOID.
WE SHOULD NOT BE PUTTING OURSELVES IN THAT KIND OF SITUATION JUST LIKE TRUSTEE WHITE.
ALWAYS OPEN TO ATTENDING MEETINGS.
IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT TO ATTEND OTHER TRUSTEES MEETINGS.
I'LL BE LUCKY TO JUST DO MY OWN TWO.
I THINK ALL OF THE TRUSTEES ARE OPEN TO OTHER PEOPLE ATTENDING THEIR MEETINGS AND PARTICIPATING.
I KNOW WHICH WAY TO GO WITH THESE KINDS OF MEETINGS, AND I KNOW HOW TO FEEL THE QUESTIONS FROM MY COMMUNITY AND BE ABLE TO GIVE A REASONABLE RESPONSE TO MY COMMUNITY.
AND CONFIRM THAT TRUSTEE FOREMAN AND I HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION.
I THINK I'VE TRIED TO WORK IN THOSE CONCERNS INTO THE NEXT COUPLE SLIDES BASED ON THAT FEEDBACK.
I THINK THAT IS ALL. ANYONE ELSE FOR 4.01.
AND THEN CHAIR TURNER, IF YOU WANT TO MOVE US TO 4.02, I CAN SHARE THOSE SLIDES AS WELL.
WE WILL NOW GO TO 4.02 LISTENING SESSION TIMELINE DRAFT.
ALL RIGHT. I THINK IF WE CAN GET THE SLIDE DECK BACK.
SO THIS IS NOTHING THAT HAS NOT BEEN SEEN BEFORE.
THIS GOES RIGHT BACK TO YOUR QUESTION.
TRUSTEE WHITE AROUND THE COMMUNITY LISTENING PROCESS.
GIVEN THAT ALL OF THESE RESPONSES JUST CAME IN AND WE HAVE BOARD SERVICES, HOPEFULLY THAT CAN HELP US WITH THIS IS TO TAKE ALL OF THOSE RESPONSES AND DRAFT OUT A CALENDAR BASED ON INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEE FEEDBACK, TRYING TO ALIGN IT WITH WHAT TRUSTEE SAID AND WHAT WAS PREFERRED AND LOCATIONS AND WHATNOT.
OR HEY, TRUSTEE FOREMAN HAS ONE AT KIMBALL.
MACKIE HAS ONE AT MOLINA. WHY DOESN'T MACKIE JUST CANCEL MOLINA, AND WE DO IT TOGETHER AT KIMBALL? IF THAT'S AMENABLE TO FOREMAN, WE COULD DO THOSE TYPE OF THINGS AS A COLLECTIVE TOGETHER.
SO I'M GOING TO ASK IF BOARD SERVICES CAN HELP US TURN THAT INTO A CALENDAR THAT WE CAN SHARE OUT IDEALLY IN ADVANCE SOMETIME NEXT WEEK BEFORE THE BRIEFING SO FOLKS CAN LOOK AT THEIR CALENDARS, HAVE CONVERSATIONS, DECIDE IF THEY HAVE ANY FEEDBACK ON IT BEFOREHAND.
AND THEN ONCE WE AS A BOARD SAY, YEAH, THAT LOOKS GOOD, WE'RE COMMITTED TO TRYING TO DO THAT, THEN ASK FOR SUPPORT FROM ADMINISTRATION TO ALSO COMMUNICATE THAT BROADLY ACROSS OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY. SO FOLKS KNOW WHEN THOSE MEETINGS ARE, THAT THEY CAN ATTEND WHICHEVER MEETINGS THEY WANT, WHATEVER MAKES SENSE.
AND IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I THINK THIS IS THE ONLY ONE ON THAT.
TRUSTEE TURNER, I WANT TO TURN BACK TO YOU AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THAT.
ALL RIGHT. WE'RE MOVING ON TO 4.03 LISTENING SESSION STRUCTURE AND GUIDELINES.
YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR THE FEEDBACK ON THE QUESTIONS.
LAST TIME. ONE ADJUSTMENT THAT WAS MADE BASED ON FEEDBACK, I BELIEVE, FROM YOU, TRUSTEE CURRIE WAS AROUND AVOIDING LIKE JUST SAYING, AVOIDING OR STOP DOING AND INSTEAD THINK ABOUT PRESERVING OR AVOIDING.
RATHER THAN A STOP LANGUAGE, WHICH I THINK MAKES SENSE.
SO I'VE MADE THAT ADJUSTMENT HERE FOR THE QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE REALLY ASKING TO GET THE OTHER FEEDBACK THAT WE HAD HEARD IS THAT WE WANT THIS OPEN-ENDED COMMUNITY NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK THEIR TRUTH AND US TO LISTEN, RATHER THAN US GIVING THEM A SET OF THINGS TO CHOOSE FROM.
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THEIR HEARTS AND MINDS, AND THEN TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AROUND PRIORITIZING THEM.SO THIS IS THE LATEST ITERATION OF THE QUESTIONS.
AGAIN, ALL FEEDBACK IS WELCOME ON THESE.
TRYING TO GET TO THE HEART ABOUT WHAT DO YOU WANT STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO KNOW AND DO BY WHATEVER POINT YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT, AND THEN PRIORITIZING THEM? AND WHAT ARE THE VALUES THAT WE SHOULD PRESERVE OR AVOID DOING AS WE PURSUE OUR GOALS? IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE THIS IS WHERE I HAVE TRIED TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE FEEDBACK, ESPECIALLY FROM YOU TRUSTEE FOREMAN AS WELL.
TO PUT A LITTLE BIT MORE CONCRETENESS TO A POTENTIAL STRUCTURE.
FEEL FREE TO ADJUST IT, GIVE FEEDBACK, CHANGE IT, TELL ME IT'S ALL WRONG.
WE CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION HERE AS WELL AS IN THE BRIEFING.
SO TRYING TO PUT A LITTLE BIT MORE STRUCTURE AND BUILDING FROM ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT WAS SAID AT OUR FIRST COMMUNITY MEETING IS THAT WE ARE NOT THERE TO TELL THE COMMUNITY WHAT WE WANT THEM TO DO.
WE ARE THERE TO LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO THE WAY THAT I'VE TRIED TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WAS RAISED BY YOU, TRUSTEE WHITE AND YOU TRUSTEE FOREMAN HERE IS EACH COMMUNITY MEETING THAT'S HELD IN A DISTRICT WILL HAVE A LEAD TRUSTEE.
AND MAYBE I SHOULD WRITE IDEALLY A LISTENING TRUSTEE WHO'S THERE TO BE A GUEST TO HEAR, TO LISTEN TO, TO BE ABLE TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES, BUT REALLY GIVING THE VOICE TO THE PERSON WHO IS DISTRICT, IT IS THAT THEY ARE THE ONE TO COMMUNICATE THAT BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEIR COMMUNITY BEST.
IT IS STILL ALL PART OF THIS PROCESS FOR SURE.
AND IN A WAY, TO GET COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND LISTENING IS WE WOULD THINK ABOUT SETTING UP THE ROOM.
AND AGAIN, I JUST TOOK SOME STABS HERE.
YOU CAN TELL ME IF YOU THINK IT'S DIFFERENT.
IN AN IDEAL SETUP, WE SET UP ROOMS TO HAVE TABLES WITH SIX, TWO CHAIRS EACH, CHART PAPER AND MARKERS ON THEM, AND THEN WE'LL MAKE SURE WE HAVE ADMINISTRATION REPRESENTATIVE PRESENT TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER TECHNICAL QUESTIONS, WHETHER IT'S ABOUT THE GOALS OR THE ASSESSMENTS, ET CETERA, THAT MIGHT COME UP.
SO WHAT ARE OUR CURRENT GOALS? WHAT ARE OUR GOALS? WHAT ARE CONSTRAINTS? WHAT ARE OUR CURRENT CONSTRAINTS? WHAT ARE THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS AROUND THEM? ARE WE MAKING PROGRESS? WHERE ARE WE MAKING PROGRESS? WHERE ARE WE NOT MAKING PROCESS? AND HOW DOES THIS CASCADE THROUGH THE REST OF THE ORGANIZATION? ALL THE WAY FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD DISCUSSIONS THROUGH TO EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, PRINCIPALS, ETC.? THIS OVERVIEW WOULD BE A STANDARD SLIDE SO PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO RECREATE SLIDES, BUT THIS WOULD BE LED BY THE LEAD TRUSTEE WHOSE DISTRICT IT IS IF IT'S BEING HOSTED IN TRUSTEE FOREMAN DISTRICT.
SO ACTIVITY NUMBER ONE IS THE GOALS AND THE VISION.
SO THE SAME QUESTIONS THAT WE JUST LOOKED AT, WE WOULD PUT THOSE TWO UP ON THE SCREEN AND ASK THEM IN GROUPS TO GENERATE TOGETHER AS MANY THINGS AS ARE IMPORTANT, THAT YOU WOULD WANT STUDENTS TO LEARN AND KNOW AND DO, AND THEN TO AS A GROUP, TRY TO PRIORITIZE THEM.
AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE THEM SHARE OUT.
SO EACH GROUP WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, HERE'S WHAT WE CAME UP WITH.
SO THERE'S GOT TO BE A SPACE FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.
SAME SETUP FOLKS CAN WORK AND GENERATE FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES WHATEVER MAKES THE MOST SENSE BASED ON WHAT THE LEAD TRUSTEE IS THINKING IN TERMS OF TIME AND THEN PRIORITIZATION, FOLLOWED BY A FULL SHARE OUT AND DISCUSSION SO PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO SHARE.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT? LIKE IT'S JUST TO UNDERSTAND.
BUT THIS IS NOT FOR TRUSTEES TO TALK AT COMMUNITY.
IT'S FOR COMMUNITY TO TELL US.
AND THEN BASED ON THAT, THEN THE CLOSING AND WHAT TO EXPECT NEXT.
THIS WOULD BE LED BY THE LEAD TRUSTEES.
SO IT CAN BE CAPTURED IN THAT WRITTEN FORM ALSO.
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NUMBER ONE, IDEALLY, THE LEAD AND THE LISTENING TRUSTEES WOULD FILL OUT A FORM TOGETHER AND SAY, HERE'S WHAT WE HEARD.THEN THERE WOULD BE A PICTURE TAKEN OF EACH OF THE GROUPS PAGES THAT THEY FILLED OUT, AND WE WOULD ASK THE DALLAS ISD ANALYTICS DEPARTMENT TO ESSENTIALLY CODIFY AND CODE THAT IN A WAY THAT WE CAN KEEP RECORD OF WHERE WHAT'S COMING UP FROM THESE MEETINGS IN A CONSISTENT FASHION ACROSS ALL OF THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS. BUT WE WOULD WANT WHOMEVER WE'RE HAVING IF WE GET SOMEONE FROM THE COUNCIL OF GREAT CITY SCHOOLS OR OTHERWISE TO COME IN TO FACILITATE THIS IN DECEMBER, THEY WOULD NEED TO BE ABLE TO OVERSEE THIS AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS ALIGNED WITH WHAT THE DISCUSSION HAD.
AND THAT WAY, WHEN IT ALL COMES BACK TO THE BOARD AND ONE AGGREGATE SUMMARIZED FASHION, WE WILL HAVE DIFFERENT POINTS OF INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT CAME UP FROM THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS, WHAT WAS PRIORITIZED BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WHAT DID BOARD MEMBERS SAY THEY HEARD FROM THOSE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND WHAT DID INDIVIDUALS SAY ON THE SURVEY? AND SO, AGAIN, JUST A DRAFT STRUCTURE FLESHED OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE BASED ON FEEDBACK TO CLARIFY SOME OF THOSE, BUT NO PRIDE OF AUTHORSHIP.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU, TRUSTEE TURNER.
ALL RIGHT. ARE THERE ANY DISCUSSIONS? TRUSTEE FOREMAN HAS HER HAND UP.
OH. TRUSTEE FOREMAN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
OF QUESTIONS AND MAYBE CONCERNS.
AND WE'VE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A CONVERSATION ABOUT THESE INDIVIDUALIZED GROUPS.
I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG YOU ANTICIPATE THE MEETINGS BEING THAT COULD BE AN HOUR, HOUR AND A HALF.
AND IF YOU'VE GOT SMALL WORK GROUPS, THAT'S JUST NOT GOING TO FIT IN.
YEAH. THE WAY, THE WAY I VISUALIZE THE MEETINGS IS, IS THAT EVERYBODY IS TOGETHER AND GIVING THEIR INPUT. I CERTAINLY LIKE THE IDEA OF THEM BEING ABLE TO FILL OUT A SURVEY OR SOME TYPE, OR TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, BUT WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALIZED TABLES AND HAVING CONVERSATIONS AND THOSE TABLES AND THEN SHARING OUT.
IT'S ACCORDING TO HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU GET.
AND SO I DON'T WANT TO GET CAUGHT UP IN THE SITUATION WHERE THE, THE BIG GROUP DOES NOT GET A CHANCE TO DO THE TALKING AND UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT'S BEING SAID IN THAT PROCESS.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE WITHIN MY GROUP ARE IN MY COMMUNITY.
HEAR FROM THOSE INDIVIDUALS, SOME OF THEM THEY KNOW AND SOME OF THEM THEY MIGHT NOT KNOW, BUT THEY KNOW AND CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE SPEAKING OUT ABOUT AS OPPOSED TO INDIVIDUALIZED GROUPS.
SO I SAID, ALL THAT TO SAY IS THAT SOME OF THIS CAN'T BE SO RIGID THAT TRUSTEES DON'T CANNOT PUT THEIR INDIVIDUAL SPIN ON MEETINGS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THOSE MEETINGS WORK FOR THEIR COMMUNITY.
IT'S JUST IMPORTANT THAT WE DON'T WE DON'T STRUCTURE SOMETHING THAT IS NOT GOING TO WORK.
AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE STRUCTURES, THAT THERE'S AN UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE IS LEEWAY TO BE IF OTHER TRUSTEE IN THAT PARTICULAR COMMUNITY TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS ON HOW THIS NEEDS TO GO.
I HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THAT BECAUSE WE'RE ALL ELECTED BY DIFFERENT GROUPS OF PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE CITY, AND THEY ELECT US TO BE ABLE TO VOICE THEIR OPINIONS.
OH. I'M SORRY. DID I GO TOO FAR? BECAUSE I HEARD SOMEBODY SAY, SAY SOMETHING.
BUT THEY ELECTED US TO BE ABLE TO VOICE THEIR OPINIONS AND YOU KNOW, I KNOW THE SUPERINTENDENT KNOWS AND OTHER TRUSTEES KNOW THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT, PARTICULARLY THE SUPERINTENDENT'S EVALUATION LOOKS DIFFERENT THAN IT'S LOOKED BEFORE BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN SOME QUESTIONS.
AND SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO WEIGH IN, TO BE ABLE TO, TO SAY WHAT THEY THINK.
AND IF WE TIE THIS IN WITH THE PACKAGE AND PUT A BOW ON IT, AND THIS IS THE ONLY WAY, EXCUSE ME, THE ONLY WAY IT'S GOING TO GO, I THINK WE MIGHT RUN INTO SOME PROBLEMS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
TRUSTEE SARAH WEINBERG, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
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AND I LIKE THE WAY THAT TRUSTEE MACKEY SET UP THIS, THIS LISTENING STRUCTURE.AND I THINK HAVING THAT FLEXIBILITY WILL BE HELPFUL.
I ALSO, I ALSO AGREE THAT WE ARE ELECTED TO VOICE KIND OF THE VISION AND VALUES OF THE COMMUNITIES, THE DISTRICT WHERE WE'RE ELECTED AND WE'RE ALSO ELECTED TO GOVERN, YOU KNOW, THE ENTIRE DISTRICT AND ALL THE KIDS.
SO I THINK FOR ME, I'M EXCITED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LISTEN AND LEARN AND UNDERSTAND NOT JUST MY DISTRICT, BUT OUR DISTRICTS, SO THAT AS WE MAKE DECISIONS, I CAN REPRESENT THE VISION AND VALUES OF THOSE WHO ELECTED ME FROM DISTRICT TWO. BUT TO PUT ALL KIDS INTERESTS FIRST AND MAKE SURE.
SO I THINK, I THINK WE'RE ACTUALLY SAYING THE SAME THING.
TRUSTEE MACKEY BECAUSE IT'S A BIG KIND OF AMORPHOUS THING TO KIND OF WRESTLE INTO A STRUCTURE.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE LAMBERT.
NEXT, I HAVE TRUSTEE CURRY AND TRUSTEE FOREMAN HAVE THEIR HAND UP.
DON'T SKIP OVER ME BECAUSE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE FORUM AND THEN ME.
I TURNED MY MIC OFF BECAUSE I WAS LAUGHING.
THANK YOU. NEXT I HAVE TRUSTEE CAMILLE WHITE.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, CHAIRMAN.
I, I HAVE A THIS IS MY CONCERN ABOUT THIS THIS STRUCTURE OF THE MEETING WHERE WE'RE SITTING AT TABLES TO DO DISCUSSION.
WHERE ARE WE GOING TO PUT PEOPLE? I MYSELF PREFER, LIKE, A LECTURE STYLE WHERE WE'RE ALL ABLE TO SIT AND LISTEN.
BECAUSE I KNOW THAT EVEN AT SOME OF THE MEETINGS, THE BUDGET MEETINGS THAT I WENT TO AT SKYLINE, THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT SHOWED UP AND EVERYBODY COULDN'T SIT AND WATCH AND SEE THE MONITORS.
AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE FOUR, I LIKE THE SURVEY STYLE, I REALLY DO.
FOR THOSE WHO DON'T WANT TO USE TECHNOLOGY, I THINK THE PAPER WILL BE GREAT.
I LOVE THE WAY THE LAST BUDGET MEETING THAT CHIEF TAMEIKA ALFRED STEVENS PUT TOGETHER WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO UTILIZE LIKE, OUR CELL PHONES.
THERE'S THIS WONDERFUL PROGRAM CALLED CAHOOTS THAT I THINK WILL BE GREAT FOR US TO DO THAT WITH, BECAUSE NOT ONLY CAN WE CAPTURE THEIR INFORMATION RIGHT THERE IN REAL TIME.
AS FAR AS HOW EVERYBODY FELT ABOUT A CERTAIN TOPIC THAT WE HAVE IN DISCUSSION.
I AM KIND OF ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT AND I MEAN, I THINK IT'S GREAT FOR US TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE PROMPTS WITH EVERYBODY HAVING THE SLIDES BEING UNIFORM.
BUT WHEN IT COMES TO, OF COURSE, WE I KNOW IT WAS MENTIONED IN OUR INFORMATION TO HAVE STAFF THERE AND I'M QUITE SURE THIS IS PROBABLY FROM CHIEF HEWITT'S STAFF WHERE THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THE OVERVIEW, THE GOALS, THE PROGRESS, THE ACTIVITIES AND ET CETERA.
UNLESS WE HAVE A VERY EXTENSIVE LIST TO PROMPT US WITH.
AND EVEN AT THAT POINT, I THINK I DEFINITELY AM GOING TO HAVE THEM AT MY MEETING ANYWAY.
AND ANOTHER THING THAT I ALSO REALLY, REALLY WANTED TO MENTION.
WHEREAS ONE MORE THING AND THEN I'M DONE.
BUT WE NEED TIME TO MARKET THESE MEETINGS.
THESE MEETINGS ARE SUPPOSED TO START IN SEPTEMBER.
WE'RE RIGHT HERE AT THE END OF AUGUST ALREADY.
SO I DON'T HAVE TO FIGHT ANY OF Y'ALL RIGHT NOW LETTING Y'ALL KNOW I WANT THESE LAST DATES.
BUT ONE OTHER THING THAT I FEEL WE ALSO MIGHT NEED TO KEEP IN MIND IS NOT ONLY THE MARKETING OF THIS, BUT AND ALSO, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM HAVING MICROPHONES AT MY MEETINGS, ALLOWING PEOPLE TO ASK THEIR
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QUESTIONS. I KNOW A LOT OF TIMES IN MEETINGS THEY HAVE PEOPLE WRITE THEM DOWN ON INDEX CARDS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM, BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE, SINCE I'M PLANNING ON HAVING MY MEETINGS ON A THURSDAY, THAT I'M MINDFUL OF THE TIME BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE TO GO TO WORK THE NEXT DAY.
BUT I THINK AS FOR ME, THE WAY I LIKE TO HAVE MEETINGS, IT WOULD BE LIKE A LECTURE STYLE.
NEXT TRUSTEE FOREMAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO RESPOND TO TRUSTEE WEINBERG.
IN REGARD TO ME WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS FLEXIBILITY I PROBABLY CROSS OVER INTO OTHER PEOPLE'S DISTRICT MORE THAN ANY TRUSTEE BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY CALLS ME ON MANY ISSUES.
SO, I'M VERY MUCH AWARE OF THAT.
WE SHOULD BE MINDFUL OF WHAT GOES ON IN THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE.
MY CONCERN REMAINS OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE FLEXIBILITY.
AND WHAT I KNOW ABOUT THIS BOARD IS IF SOMETHING IS PUT IN WRITING, THEN YOU IF YOU DO SOMETHING OUTSIDE OF THAT, THEN YOU CAN BE DISMISSED FOR THAT. I DO NOT WANT THAT TO HAPPEN.
I WANT THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
BUT I WANT THAT FLEXIBILITY TO BE ABLE TO DO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK IS BEST.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMENT.
NEXT. TRUSTEE LANCE CURRIE, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
SO I CERTAINLY HEAR THE CALL FOR FLEXIBILITY.
THE COUNTERBALANCE IS TO MAKE SURE WE GET DATA IN A FORM THAT CAN BE AGGREGATED, MEANING THAT IT'S SIMILAR ENOUGH ACROSS THE DIFFERENT MEETINGS TO WHERE THEY SPEAK TO EACH OTHER. AND YOU KNOW, THIS MAY BE A QUESTION FOR TRUSTEE MACKEY, WHO'S GOT HIS HAND UP NEXT, SO MAYBE HE CAN ANSWER IT FOR ME.
IS THERE ANY CONTEMPLATION OF HAVING SOME OF THOSE GROUPS AT THESE MEETINGS, OR ARE THEY JUST COMING IN ON THE BACK END? AND IF THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE THERE, WHAT IS SORT OF THE GOAL OR THE PLAN TO MAKE SURE THE MEETINGS ARE SIMILAR ENOUGH IN STYLE TO WHERE THE FEEDBACK WE GET CAN BE AGGREGATED IN A WAY THAT'S USEFUL FOR THE BOARD.
LET TRUSTEE MACKEY ANSWER THAT IN HIS NEXT COMMENT TRUSTEE MACKEY.
THANK YOU. I MEAN, AGAIN, I DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS.
I'VE SEEN IT AND SOME OF SOME NOTES HERE.
IT WAS NOT FLEXIBILITY IN THE QUESTIONS PER SE, BUT IN THE STRUCTURE OF THE MEETING.
I, TOO, I DON'T SEE ANY MAJOR CONCERNS WITH THAT.
I MEAN, TO ME, I HAVEN'T SEEN IT HAPPEN.
I DON'T THINK IT WOULD NEED TO HAVE AT THE END OF THE DAY, I THINK THIS IS A BOARD RESPONSIBILITY, AND THIS BOARD SHOULD GET ON THE SAME PAGE ABOUT WHAT WE EXPECT WHERE THE FLEXIBILITY IS, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO ASK THE SAME WAY.
LIKE, SO I THINK WE JUST GOT TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S SOME LIKE PUSH AND PULL AND THERE'S MESSINESS IN IT, TO TRY TO GET TO A PLACE WHERE EVERYONE SAYS, YEAH, WE CAN GET BEHIND THIS GOING FORWARD.
WE CAN MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE CONSISTENCY.
I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYONE SAY WE DON'T WANT OTHER TRUSTEES AT OUR MEETING.
I HAVEN'T HEARD THAT AT ALL. SO I DON'T THINK WE'RE SUPER FAR OFF ON THAT.
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NOT GOING TO BE THE CASE. AND YOU CAN HEAR IT FROM ME THAT I WOULD BE THE FIRST TO SAY IF SOMEONE DOESN'T SHOW UP, THERE'S ONLY ONE TRUSTEE AT THAT MEETING.SO SOME OTHER. I HAVE SOME GENERAL THOUGHTS AS FROM MY OWN TRUSTEE PERSPECTIVE, RATHER THAN A KIND OF CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE PERSPECTIVE ON THIS, I'VE HEARD MULTIPLE TIMES AROUND LIKE, WELL, MY MEETINGS, THIS AND THAT.
I THINK THIS IS ONE THING THAT EVEN IF IT TAKES US LONGER AND MORE DISCUSSION, I WOULD REALLY HOPE THAT WE AS A BOARD CAN GET TO A POINT WHERE THESE ARE OUR THIS IS OUR PROCESS. AND YES, THE MEETING MIGHT BE IN MY COMMUNITY OR MY ELECTED TRUSTEE DISTRICT, BUT IT IS NOT MY MEETING.
IT IS OUR BOARD PROCESS TO GET THIS INFORMATION IN A MEANINGFUL FASHION, STILL GIVING THE FLEXIBILITY AND LEEWAY TO THE TRUSTEE WHO KNOWS THAT COMMUNITY IS IN THERE? ABSOLUTELY. AND SO I THINK, LIKE THE MORE THAT WE CAN BUILD THIS AND GET ON THE SAME PAGE, THAT THIS IS OUR PROCESS AND BE LIBERAL WITH OUR GIVE AND TAKE, TO TRY TO GET TO A GOOD SPOT WOULD MAKE THIS A MUCH MORE POWERFUL PROCESS GOING FORWARD.
ONLY FOUR PEOPLE SHOW UP AT A MEETING VERSUS 100 PEOPLE SHOW UP AT A MEETING.
THAT'S VERY DIFFERENT. YOU CAN'T KEEP THE SAME STRUCTURE ON THIS.
AND OF COURSE, IT IS THE LEAD TRUSTEES TO DETERMINE IF WHAT WOULD WORK THE BEST.
COMING OUT IS IN LECTURE STYLE.
THE PERSON, THE MORE OUTGOING FOLKS USUALLY SPEAK FIRST AND OWN THE CONVERSATION.
SO THE QUESTION WOULD BE, HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE TO GET THE VOICES OF EVERYBODY, REGARDLESS IF THEY'RE FEELING CONFIDENT OR READY TO SPEAK UP INTO IT IN THE PROCESS? AND THAT WAS KIND OF WHY I STARTED WITH THIS STRUCTURE OF SMALL GROUPS CAN TALK AND THEN EVERYONE STILL SHARES AND HAS A BROAD CONVERSATION, IS A HOPE TO GET SOME FOLKS WHO MIGHT NOT BE AS QUICK TO RESPOND.
THAT'S JUST AN OPEN QUESTION AS WE THINK ABOUT THIS, AS THE FLEXIBILITY IS THERE FOR THE STRUCTURE, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE WE GET QUIETER VOICES OR VOICES THAT AREN'T AS SURE, BUT ALSO HAVE AN EQUAL STAKE IN OUR DISTRICT TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THEIR PERSPECTIVE? SO THAT'S AN OPEN QUESTION THAT WE CAN THINK ABOUT.
AND THEN I ABSOLUTELY HEAR YOU TRUSTEE WHITE ON THE MARKETING.
WE SEND OUT NEWSLETTERS TO ALL STUDENTS.
I'M SURE WE COULD GET PUBLICATIONS TO PUBLISH IT.
I THINK WE COULD DO A LOT ON MAKING SURE THAT IT IS MARKETED IN TIME AND TRUSTEE.
WE'LL ASK BOARD SERVICES TO MAKE SURE YOUR DATES ARE SET FIRST.
OKAY TRUSTEE FOREMAN, YOU HAVE NOT BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED.
THAT'S TOO BAD. I JUST SPOKE BY TRUSTEE WHITE.
YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YOU KNOW SOMETHING THAT I HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE PROCESS? AND I'M ABOUT TO ASK HER NOW IS BECAUSE I JUST HAD THIS WONDERFUL THOUGHT WHILE I, WHILE WE WERE SITTING HERE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION, BECAUSE I ACTUALLY WANT MY CONSTITUENTS TO KNOW WHAT HAS HAPPENED.
IT'S I MEAN, WE DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK AS FAR AS MENTIONED, COVID.
I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THAT, BUT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE FACT THAT THERE WAS TEST CHANGES AND THERE WAS OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED ALONG THE WAY TO BASICALLY EXPLAIN HOW WE'RE HERE TODAY.
THIS IS THE NORMAL PROCEDURE WHEN A TEST IS CHANGED THROUGH TEA.
I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'D BE OPEN TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT I DEFINITELY WANTED TO HAVE A MEETING BEFORE I ACTUALLY STARTED THESE MEETINGS FOR MY CONSTITUENTS TO KNOW, BECAUSE I JUST FEEL IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THE BACKSTORY OF HOW WE'RE HERE TODAY.
AND I JUST SOMETHING THAT I WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE TO HAVE.
OR IF WE COULD HAVE ONE MEETING WHERE SHE CAME AND WE HOSTED IT SOMEWHERE WHERE WE HAVE ENOUGH SPACE FOR PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO ATTEND TO COME AND HEAR THE BACKSTORY.
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I'VE TRIED TO CAPTURE ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT YOU'VE MENTIONED AROUND, LIKE WE NEED TO TELL THE STORY OF WHAT'S HAPPENED SO FAR AND WHAT'S GOING THAT DIRECTION, AND WE CAN DISCUSS, LIKE WE SHOULD AS A BOARD.LOOK AT THAT. AND I THINK I PUT IT ON THE SLIDE BEFORE THAT AROUND ASKING ADMINISTRATION TO HELP DRAFT SOME OF THOSE SLIDES IF THEY WANT, IF WE WANT TO INCLUDE A VIDEO IN THAT TO EXPLAIN IT, I THINK THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY.
AND THEN IF WE NEED ANOTHER, IF WE NEED IF TRUSTEES FEEL THE NEED TO DO OTHER MEETINGS ABOUT OTHER ELEMENTS, OBVIOUSLY TRUSTEES CONTINUE TO DO THAT, BUT MAKING SURE THAT WE GET THIS INFORMATION AT THE FRONT END OF THIS MEETING AND WE CAN EVEN SEND OUT INFORMATION IN ADVANCE.
I THINK THAT'S A WORTHWHILE CONVERSATION.
BUT DEFINITELY AS FAR AS THE CONTEXT, I HEAR THAT FULLY.
CAN YOU TRUSTEE, FOR ME? THANK YOU, SIR.
CAN YOU REFER ME TO BECAUSE I SAW IN FOUR POINT I THINK IS IT 4.1 THE OVERVIEW, NOT THE OVERVIEW.
I THINK IT WAS THE NEXT STEPS PAGE.
DOES THAT ONE RIGHT AFTER THAT.
BUT PART OF THAT WOULD BE IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM OF SLIDE THREE.
NUMBER FOUR. ACTUALLY, I THINK IT MAY HAVE BEEN IN.
WELL, THERE WAS A NOTE I WAS TRYING TO ADDRESS THIS IN 4.01.
ADMINISTRATION ASSISTS WITH THE OPENING SLIDE CONSTRUCTION TO SHARE CURRENT GOALS.
WHAT GOALS AND CONSTRAINTS ARE THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS AND HOW IT IMPACTS OPERATIONS? SO TALKING ABOUT THOSE THINGS AT THE BEGINNING.
OKAY. I MEAN IT'S NOT SPELLED OUT.
IT'S SAYING THAT. BUT SO THIS IS WHERE THIS IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE.
YES. AND I TRIED TO SPELL IT OUT.
WELL, I MEAN, IT'S KIND OF VAGUE AND I GUESS THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T.
SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS PERTAINING TO THIS HERE AS FAR AS WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.
BUT IF WE CAN PUT IT IN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING SAYING THE HISTORY, NOT YOU DON'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY CALL IT HISTORY, BUT HOW DID WE GET HERE TODAY? THIS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH TEA OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.
THEN I WOULD HAVE SAID I GOT IT BECAUSE THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WHEN WE MEET AT THE BRIEFING.
AND THEN AT THE BRIEFING, THE BOARD CAN ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE SLIDES AND WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION OF IS THAT THE RIGHT INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO SHARE FOR THIS PROCESS DOWN TO THE SPECIFICS. OKAY, NOW THAT MAKES SENSE.
BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO PUT THE HISTORY TOGETHER WITH IT, THAT'S GREAT.
WE'RE MOVING RIGHT ON TO DISCUSSION ITEM 4.04 COMMUNITY SURVEY DRAFT.
YEAH. AND THIS SHOULDN'T BE MUCH DIFFERENT.
OH, SORRY. THIS SHOULDN'T BE MUCH DIFFERENT FROM WHAT YOU WHAT YOU WHAT WAS SHARED BEFORE.
THIS WAS AROUND TAKING THOSE SAME QUESTIONS THAT WE WOULD BE ASKING AT OUR COMMUNITY MEETING, WHICHEVER FORMAT, AND TURNING THEM INTO A SURVEY TO GET AND ALLOW INDIVIDUALS ACROSS OUR CITY AND COMMUNITIES TO BE ABLE TO FILL THIS OUT.
SO IF WE CAN SHARE IT, I HAVE A COUPLE SLIDES, ONE SLIDE ACTUALLY, THAT KIND OF MENTIONED THESE.
THAT'S THE WRONG ATTACHMENT OH, SORRY.
NOT THIS ONE. THIS. IT'S IN THE SLIDE DECK.
THIS IS THE SURVEY. FOR WHAT? TRUSTEE SAID THAT WAS UPLOADED.
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IT'S A SLIDE.ALL RIGHT. HERE IS A DRAFT ATTEMPT AT A SLIDE THAT WOULD BE TURNED INTO A QUALTRICS SURVEY.
AND WOULD MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD GET FAR AND WIDE ACROSS ALL OF THE DISTRICT.
SO THE FIRST FOUR QUESTIONS ARE EXACTLY THE SAME AS WHAT YOU SAW ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDES.
WORD FOR WORD. IT IS ASKING THE SAME THINGS.
WHAT ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT DALLAS ISD STUDENTS SHOULD KNOW OR BE ABLE TO DO BY THE END OF ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, AND OR HIGH SCHOOL? AND THEN FROM THAT LIST, PRIORITIZE TWO OF THEM AND THE TOP ONE THERE WOULD BE FIVE.
OPEN ENDED ANSWER SLOTS AS A STARTING POINT.
AND THEN WE ASKED THEM TO PRIORITIZE TWO OF THEM OPEN ENDED.
ALSO, SAME THING WITH QUESTION THREE.
WHAT PRIORITIES IDENTIFY MIND.
WHAT SHOULD DALLAS ISD PRESERVE OR AVOID DOING AS IT FOCUSES ON ITS PRIORITIES? FIVE OPEN ENDED ANSWER SLOTS TWO THEN TO PRIORITIZE.
SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS AT THE END OF THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS, WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE HAS OPPORTUNITY TO FILL OUT THE SURVEY, WHETHER WITH PAPER, AS YOU MENTIONED, TRUSTEE WHITE OR VIRTUAL, AND THEY CAN FILL IT OUT, FOR THEY MIGHT HAVE HAD THIS WHOLE BIG INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP CONVERSATION, BUT NOW THEY CAN FILL IT OUT FOR ME.
ASKING THEM TO CHECK WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ROLES APPLIES TO YOU.
CHECK ALL THAT APPLIES SO THEY CAN DO MULTIPLE.
THE BUCKETS WE HAVE HERE ARE STUDENT, PARENT, GUARDIAN, STAFF, COMMUNITY MEMBER, ALUMNI, OTHER.
IF YOU ALL SEE OTHERS THAT WE CAN ADD IN THERE, WE CAN ADD THEM FOR SURE.
AND THEN TO GET A SENSE OF WHERE THE RESPONSES ARE COMING FROM, WHAT ZIP CODE DO YOU LIVE IN? AND THEY CAN OPEN ENDED RESPOND WITH A ZIP CODE TO GIVE US A SENSE OF WHAT PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY ARE RESPONDING IN CASE WE LOOK AT THAT DATA AND SAY, WELL, WE NEED SOME MORE FEEDBACK FROM THIS AREA AND WE CAN MAKE IT A SPECIFIC, TARGETED PUSH TO GO TO THOSE SCHOOLS, ASK FOR PEOPLE TO RESPOND, ET CETERA.
SO THAT'S THE DRAFT OF THE SURVEY AGAIN, OPEN.
ARE THERE OTHER QUESTIONS WE SHOULD ASK HERE? ARE THERE OTHER DEMOGRAPHIC THINGS WE SHOULD WANT TO KNOW? OPENING IT UP FOR ANY KIND OF CONVERSATION BEFORE WE ASK CECILIA AND HER TEAM TO BUILD THE DRAFT SURVEY FOR THE BOARD TO REVIEW AT THE BRIEFING.
OKAY. THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
TRUSTEE FOREMAN HAS HER HAND UP.
YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. SO DO YOU THINK IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO KNOW WHAT SCHOOL THAT THEY MIGHT BE CONNECTED TO? BECAUSE BECAUSE ELEMENTARY PARENTS ARE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE ONE IDEA.
HIGH SCHOOL PARENTS MIGHT HAVE ANOTHER IDEA.
SO DO YOU THINK IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO UNDERSTAND WHAT GRADE LEVEL OR WHAT SCHOOL? I THINK YEAH, I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY INTERESTING.
MAYBE LIKE AN OPEN ENDED LIKE.
RIGHT. ANY SCHOOLS YOU OR YOUR STUDENTS ARE AFFILIATED WITH BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE A STUDENT FILLING IT OUT FOR THEM, RIGHT? OR IT COULD BE AN ALUMNI.
WE COULD JUST ASK FOR LIKE, SCHOOL AFFILIATIONS BROADLY AND THEY COULD FILL IT OUT, HOWEVER.
YEAH, I THINK THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING FOR SURE.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE FOREMAN.
TRUSTEE. WHITE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? YES. THIS IS A QUICK QUESTION I HAVE FOR TRUSTEE MACKEY BECAUSE THIS SEEMS TO BE A NEW PROCESS THAT WE'RE DOING HERE, AND I WOULD JUST WANT TO KNOW, HOW DID THIS COME ABOUT? THE PROCESS GENERALLY.
I THINK IT WAS AROUND 2016 OR SO.
I THINK THAT WAS IN MY FIRST MONTH ON THE BOARD.
WE ACTUALLY RESET THEM, BUT WE DID NOT DO A COMMUNITY PROCESS.
YOU KNOW, IN AN IDEAL WORLD, WE WOULD INVOLVE COMMUNITY IN THIS, WHICH IS A BEST PRACTICE.
AND SO THIS LISTENING PROCESS, THIS TIME WHEN IT CAME AROUND THESE FIVE YEARS, THE GOAL AND THE CHARGE FROM PRESIDENT ON TO THIS COMMITTEE AND FOR US IS IT SOUNDED LIKE EVERYONE WAS ON BOARD WITH THIS. WE MUST AUTHENTICALLY HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY.
WE MUST GO OUT. WE MUST TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY.
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PROCESS AS FAR AS LIKE SPECIFICS AND WAYS, LIKE, I HAVE PERSONALLY BEEN ABLE TO HELP COACH BOARDS NATIONWIDE AROUND SOME OF THESE THINGS.SO I'VE SEEN IT DONE A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
YOU'VE COACHED BOARDS AROUND THE COUNTRY, BUT I WAS JUST REALLY WONDERING BECAUSE I DON'T EVER RECALL US DOING THIS.
AND I DO THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA I JUST REALLY WANTED TO KNOW WHAT IT STEMMED FROM.
AND I THANK PRESIDENT KERRIGAN DID A GOOD JOB BY SUGGESTING THAT WE DO BRING COMMUNITY IN BECAUSE I'M BIG ABOUT COMMUNITY INPUT AND PARTICIPATION AS WELL.
THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. WE WILL MOVE ON TO SECTION 4.05.
NEXT STEPS. I WAS WAITING FOR YOU TO KICK IT BACK TO ME.
THE THERE ARE NO SLIDES FOR NEXT STEPS.
THE NEXT STEPS ARE WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
THEY WERE UPDATED IN THAT NEXT STEPS WOULD BE FOR BOARD SERVICES AND ADMINISTRATION TO HELP KIND OF GO THROUGH AND PUT TOGETHER A DRAFT OF WHAT A COMMUNITY LISTENING SESSION SCHEDULE WOULD LOOK LIKE, CHECKING FOR THOSE DIFFERENT CONFLICTS OR WHATNOT THAT THIS BOARD COULD REVIEW AT OUR BRIEFING DURING THE DISCUSSION, AS WELL AS TO HELP PUT TOGETHER THE ACTUAL SLIDES THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO.
TRUSTEE WHITE, ABOUT WHAT KIND OF INFORMATION WE WOULD COVER SO THE BOARD CAN SPEAK THROUGH THAT AND THEN ADDRESS SURVEY AND WILL REFINE THE STRUCTURE, THE POTENTIAL STRUCTURE OF THE MEETINGS TO MAKE WITH A SPECIAL EYE TOWARDS LIKE THE FLEXIBILITY THAT TRUSTEE FOREMAN AND TRUSTEE WHITE HAVE REFERRED TO.
SO THOSE ARE THE NEXT STEPS AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND THEM.
AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR ALL THE GREAT FEEDBACK AND ENGAGEMENT IN THIS.
OKAY, WELL THE TIME IS NOW 5:02 P.M.
AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.