[1. NOTICE AND RETURN]
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ALLEGIANCE] . THE FOLLOWING TRUSTEES ARE HERE EITHER PHYSICALLY PRESENT OR PARTICIPATING SIMULTANEOUSLY BY VIDEOCONFERENCE.
A QUORUM OF THE BOARD IS PHYSICALLY PRESENT AT THIS LOCATION.
WITH US HERE TONIGHT IS TRUSTEES FROM DISTRICT TWO.
TRUSTEE SARAH WEINBERG FROM DISTRICT FOUR.
TRUSTEE CAMILLE WHITE FROM DISTRICT SIX.
OUR SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
AND I AM JOE CARRION, DISTRICT EIGHT AND ALSO BOARD PRESIDENT.
[SPANISH] . EVERYONE, 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 BY BOARD POLICY BED LOCAL PERTAINING TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
IT IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE FOR A PERSON WITH INTENT TO PREVENT OR DISRUPT A LAWFUL MEETING, TO SUBSTANTIALLY OBSTRUCT OR INTERFERE WITH THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF A MEETING BY PHYSICAL ACTION OR VERBAL UTTERANCE, AND THEREBY CURTAIL OR 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.
WHILE ANY PERSON WHO BECOMES BOISTEROUS, DISRUPTIVE, OR FAILS TO ABIDE BY THE RULES OF THIS ASSEMBLY WHILE ADDRESSING THE BOARD OR WHILE ATTENDING THIS MEETING SHALL BE ASKED TO LEAVE. FAILURE TO LEAVE WHEN REQUESTED TO DO SO, MAY RESULT IN THE PERSON BEING ESCORTED FROM THE MEETING AND SUBJECT TO ARREST.
TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM 2.02 RECOGNITION OF ELECTED OR PUBLIC OFFICIALS.
ARE THERE ANY ELECTED OR PUBLIC OFFICIALS WITH US IN THE AUDIENCE? OKAY. TRUSTEES SEEING NONE.
TRUSTEES, WE WILL ACTUALLY, WE'LL MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM.
TRUSTEE DAN MICCICHE HAS NOW JOINED US BY VIDEO CONFERENCE.
THANK YOU, TRUSTEE MICCICHE. TRUSTEES WILL TURN NOW TO AGENDA ITEM THREE.
PRESENTATION OF BOARD RECOGNITIONS.
THERE ARE NO BOARD RECOGNITIONS THIS MONTH.
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SO, TRUSTEES, OUR AGENDA NOW CALLS FOR THE PUBLIC FORUM SEGMENT OF OUR MEETING.WE WILL BEGIN WITH SPEAKERS TO AGENDA ITEMS FOLLOWED BY SPEAKERS TO NON-AGENDA ITEMS. I'M ASKING SPEAKERS TO BE MINDFUL OF CHILDREN THAT ARE IN ATTENDANCE, CHILDREN AND UNWILLING ADULT RECIPIENT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN ATTENDANCE AT THIS MEETING SHOULD NOT BE EXPOSED TO LEWD, FILTHY, VULGAR, OBSCENE OR EXPLICIT LANGUAGE FROM SPEAKERS.
SPEAKERS THAT INSIST ON EXPOSING THE PUBLIC TO THIS LANGUAGE SHALL BE ASKED TO LEAVE IMMEDIATELY.
FURTHER, PLEASE BE MINDFUL OF YOUR FELLOW SPEAKERS AND TO REFRAIN FROM USING INDIVIDUALS' NAMES TO INCLUDE A STUDENT'S NAME OR TO ADDRESS THE BOARD OR AND TO ADDRESS THE BOARD, 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.
UNLAWFUL OR DISRUPTIVE CONDUCT, INCLUDING INTERRUPTING SCHEDULED SPEAKERS, SPEAKING OUT OF TURN, CROSSING THE ROPED OFF BARRIERS, OR INTERFERING WITH THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.
EACH PARTICIPANT IS LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENT AND CONSEQUENCES OF HIS/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.
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DOCTOR JORDAN, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE NAMES OF THE SPEAKERS? YES. GOOD EVENING.I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND THE SPEAKERS THAT YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
WHEN YOU ARRIVE AT THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
PLEASE LISTEN CAREFULLY FOR YOUR NAME.
I WILL CALL FOR SPEAKERS AT A TIME.
WILL OUR FIRST TWO SPEAKERS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE? JACK OLSEN, ZACH OLSEN, FOLLOWED BY SOLOMON GRAYSON WITH MIKE HOOKE AND ROBERT CECCARELLI ON DECK.
GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ZACH OLSEN.
THIS IS MY SIXTH YEAR AS A CTE TEACHER HERE IN DISD.
WE ARE FORCED TO PURCHASE ONLY FROM SPECIFIC VENDORS THAT FALL UNDER SPECIFIC CRITERIA.
LAST YEAR, I WAS CHARGED AT LEAST $1,300 OVER WHAT WOULD BE FOUND ON THE FAIR MARKET.
VALUE IN DISD HAS ROUGHLY 500 CTE TEACHERS.
TODAY I CHECKED THESE FIGURES AND I WAS QUOTED AN ADDITIONAL $367 OF AN UPCHARGE JUST ON ONE ITEM.
SO AND THAT IS IN COMPARISON TO THE MANUFACTURER'S WEBSITE.
AND THE FREE MARKET VENDORS ARE SHOWING US PRODUCTS FROM AMAZON STATING WE WILL PURCHASE THROUGH AMAZON AND THEN WE NEED TO ADD OUR MARGINS IN FREIGHT AND WE'LL SEND TO YOU AS A TEACHER.
MY STUDENTS DESERVE THAT TRIPLE VALUE.
BECAUSE WHERE'S ALL THAT MONEY GOING? THAT'S AN ASTOUNDING AMOUNT OF MONEY.
THE DISTRICT IS ALLOWING THIS AND THE TAXPAYERS SHOULD BE OUTRAGED.
THANK YOU. WITH THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.
SOLOMON GRAYSON AND MIKE HOOKE, FOLLOWED BY ROBERT CECCARELLI AND TRACY BRANCH.
HE'S DECIDED HE DOESN'T WANT TO SPEAK, BUT I AM LISTED TO SPEAK A LITTLE LATER.
WE CAN JUST MOVE ON WITH THE LIST, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE YOU SPEAK WHEN YOUR TIME IS CALLED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. MIKE HOOKE AND ROBERT CECCARELLI, FOLLOWED BY TRACEY BRANCH AND MARY ANN HOSKINS.
STOP ENSLAVING AND DEMEANING OUR TEACHERS WITH YOUR GESTAPO TACTICS.
THAT GARBAGE IS FOR KIM JONG UN.
STOP DISRESPECTING THE TAXPAYERS AND BUS DRIVERS.
JUST AND MORAL AMERICANS DO NOT VALUE TYRANTS.
THIS IS WHY AMERICA WAS FOUNDED WITH TRAPPING AND STOPPING MECHANISMS FOR TYRANNICAL BEHAVIOR.
CURRENT EVENTS REPORTS COULD BE ASSIGNED TO STUDENTS IF OUR TEACHERS WERE SET FREE.
PARENTS, TAXPAYERS AND ALL OTHER LEGITIMATE AMERICANS.
OUR KID'S SUCCESS IN READING, WRITING, MATH, AND CRITICAL INDEPENDENT THINKING IS STRICTLY UP TO US.
FOLKS LIKE NUMBER FIVE LIKE TO MAJOR IN EVERYTHING BUT READING, WRITING, AND MATH, SUCH AS HOOKING UP HIS BUDDIES WITH SIGNAGE OVER SCHOOLS LIKE KENNEDY CURRY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THIS VIOLATES CITIZENS' RIGHTS TO PRIVACY.
TODD WILLIAMS COMMIT PARTNERSHIP AND OTHER OPERATIONS SUCH AS DATAKIND AND HZO, ET CETERA.
ARE PART OF THE ESTABLISHMENT ESTABLISHMENT'S EXPLOITATION.
NUMBER TEN, WOULD YOU TELL THE PARENTS HOW SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING MESHES BEAUTIFULLY WITH THIS BIG TECH, BIG MONEY CYCLE? ALSO, WOULD YOU COMMENT ON BOOKS SUCH AS OUT OF DARKNESS BY ASHLEY PEREZ WHERE THERE IS WRITTEN QUOTE.
YOU'VE BEEN FEEDING US IN AS IN THE LETTER N IN FOOD.
DON'T GO BACK TO THAT IN STORE.
HEAR ME? STUDENTS, LIKE THE YOUNG LADY WHO SPOKE HERE JUNE OF 2023, HAVE ENOUGH DEPRESSING AND OPPRESSING COMMENTARY IN THE SCHOOLS
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IN THE SCHOOLS COMING FROM ADULT AGED PEOPLE ALSO.THEN HE BLANKED HER BLANK DOWN AND BLANKED IT BLANK.
HERS. STOP THE CRIME AND GET THIS GARBAGE OUT OF THE PEOPLE'S INFRASTRUCTURE.
NEXT BOOK, ME AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL.
SPRUCE HIGH SCHOOL IS WHERE A TEACHER WAS PERMITTED TO BE BEATEN TO DEATH.
CRIME IS SIMPLY AN ADDICTIVE HABIT FOR DALLAS.
HOW ABOUT THE DEALEY MONTESSORI CASE? TEXAS SCORECARD.COM HAS THAT WELL COVERED IN ITS AUGUST 19TH, 2024 ARTICLE, TOD WILLIAMS, GREG ABBOTT, MIKE MORATH, ELIZALDE, PAMELA LEAR, MAXIE JOHNSON HINOJOSA, RYAN ZISK, TIFFANY HEWITT, MARNI GLASER, BETH WING THESE ARE SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WHO HAVE ALLOWED THIS GARBAGE.
ALSO, WHERE ARE OUR SAT AND ACT SCORES FOR 12TH GRADE SENIORS? THANK YOU. WITH THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.
ROBERT CECCARELLI AND TRACY BRANCH, FOLLOWED BY MARYANN HOSKINS AND ISAAC STEIN ON DECK.
GOOD EVENING BOARD ROBERT CECCARELLI.
SOUTH OAK CLIFF HIGH SCHOOL SHOOTING 3 OR 4 YEARS AGO AT KIMBALL DAVIS FIELDHOUSE.
HINOJOSA MENTIONED IF THERE WERE METAL DETECTORS, HE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN KILLED AT ALL.
WALKING INTO THE BUILDING. SOUTH OAK CLIFF UNTIL I GOT TO REFRESHMENT STAND AND SOMEONE HAD A GUN.
THEY SHOT A LOT OF PEOPLE UP AT THE REFRESHMENT STAND.
THEY HAD, LIKE, 40 OR 50 PEOPLE.
I TOLD THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE SUPERINTENDENT THE SAME ISSUE.
TWO METAL DETECTORS WERE NOT WORKING, SO SHE HAD THREE WARNINGS ABOUT IT.
AND SHE'S TELLING THE PEOPLE SHE REALLY CARES ABOUT SAFETY.
NOW, I'M GOING TO BE GOING TO THE BASKETBALL GAMES THIS YEAR.
IF I SEE ONE METAL DETECTOR NOT WORKING, I WILL CALL YOU OUT.
THE NEXT SCHOOL BOARD MEETING MIGHT BE TEN OF THEM.
I DON'T KNOW, BUT, YOU KNOW, I GO TO THE GAMES.
JOYCE WILL TELL YOU. I DO GO TO THE GAMES.
I WILL CALL YOU OUT. TRUST ME.
I WENT TO THAT HEARING TWO WEEKS AGO.
THE BRIEFING. YOU TALK ABOUT STAAR.
THE STAAR TEST PEOPLE, EDUCATORS, COLLEGES, EMPLOYMENT.
THEY DON'T TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY GET.
WHAT YOU GOT IN SECOND GRADE OR THIRD GRADE OR A STAR TEST? NO. THEY DON'T.
WHY DON'T YOU TELL US WHAT THE ACT AND SAT SCORES WERE? 2022 AND 2023.
THE ONLY THING I FOUND WAS 21, WHERE IT WAS 16 ON THE ACT SCORES.
AND I MENTIONED TO ALL THE DISD THAT THEY HAD THE WORST SCORES IN THE STATE OF ALL THE MAJOR CITIES SAN ANTONIO, FORT WORTH, HOUSTON AND THE CAPITAL.
I FORGOT THE NAME OF THE CAPITAL HERE, BUT.
THANK YOU FOR THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS.
PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.
TRACEY BRANCH AND MARY ANN HOSKINS, FOLLOWED BY ISAAC STEIN AND THOMAS SABO.
AM I CLOSE ENOUGH? OKAY. GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS AND AUDIENCE.
I HELP MY HUSBAND, HENRY HILTON HOSKINS, BRINGING ME UP HERE.
I HAVE ONE QUESTION THIS EVENING.
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THAT? WHY? YOU CAN'T GO TO THE HEADQUARTERS WITHOUT NO IDENTIFICATION.THEY SEND IT WITH MARY HOSKINS OR MARY A HOSKINS.
BUT ON THAT LAWSUIT THAT I FILED WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS WITH AN ATTORNEY IS MARY ANN HOSKINS.
AND ALSO ON MY VOTER'S REGISTRATION CARD.
MIRREN HOSKINS SURRENDER MY LICENSE IN 2016 WITH ME BEING BLIND AND BLIND FOR SEVEN YEARS NOW.
MARY ANN HOSKINS THAT'S THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE.
WHY CAN'T PEOPLE COME IN HERE WITHOUT AN ID? BUT AT THAT HEADQUARTERS, YOU GOTTA HAVE ID.
WILL THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.
ISAAC STEIN AND THOMAS SABO, FOLLOWED BY DR.
PAMELA GRAYSON AND MANUEL MURILLO ON DECK.
MY NAME IS ISAAC STEIN, AND IT'S A PLEASURE TO COME BEFORE THIS BOARD AGAIN.
I HAVE FOUR ITEMS I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON.
NUMBER ONE IS THE SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION.
I THINK THE SUPERINTENDENT SHOULD BE HELD TO THE SAME STANDARD THAT THEY HOLD THE TEACHERS.
IF THE TEACHERS HAVE TO PERFORM AT A CERTAIN LEVEL, SO SHOULD THE SUPERINTENDENT, AND SHE SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE WHEN THINGS ARE NOT COMING UP TO THE LEVEL OF WHAT THEY'RE ASKING THE TEACHERS AND THE PRINCIPALS TO DO.
NUMBER TWO, BOARD AND COMMITTEES.
50% OR MORE MINORITY, BUT ON COMMITTEES, THE HEAD OF ALL THE COMMITTEES THAT'S ON THIS, THAT THIS BOARD AND THIS PRESIDENT OF THIS BOARD ASSIGNED ARE ALL WHITE PEOPLE.
I KNOW YOU LIKE THE TERM OF ANGLO OR WHATEVER, BUT I'M CALLING IT LIKE I SEE IT.
SO WHY HAVE A DEPARTMENT WHEN YOU'RE NOT EVEN FOLLOWING YOUR OWN RULES? NUMBER. NEXT THING, WE HAVE TOO MANY YOUNG MEN TRANSFERRING FROM SCHOOLS BEING KILLED.
I THINK SOMEBODY NEEDS TO TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT IT.
MAYBE YOU NEED TO PARTNER WITH DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT'S GANG UNIT AND FIND OUT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH OUR YOUNG MEN, BLACK AND HISPANIC, WHILE THEY ARE BEING SHOT DOWN AT THE FOOTBALL GAMES OR SPORTING EVENTS AND OTHER DIFFERENT THINGS.
AND MY FINAL THING IS FAITH FAMILY FELLOWSHIP, FOUR CHAMPIONSHIPS, FOUR STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS THEY CAN RECRUIT FROM ANYWHERE. THEY SAID THEY CAN RECRUIT FROM 26 DIFFERENT DISTRICTS, BUT WE DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW MANY DISTRICTS THEY RECRUIT OUT OF.
I THINK SOMEBODY NEEDS TO GET WITH THE UIL IN AUSTIN AND FIND OUT.
WHY ARE OUR KIDS BEING PUT AT A DISADVANTAGE BEHIND A CHARTER SCHOOL, WHICH WE FIGHT CHARTER SCHOOLS FROM COMING INTO OUR COMMUNITIES, AND WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT EVERYTHING THEY COME WITH, EVEN WHEN THEY COME WITH US.
WITH THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONES.
PAMELA GRAYSON, FOLLOWED BY MANUEL MURILLO AND ROSEMARY KURTZ.
THE ELIMINATED AT THE END OF THE LAST SCHOOL YEAR.
I WANT TO REITERATE THAT REQUEST AS WELL AS EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF CHOIR TO SCHOOL CULTURE.
INDIVIDUAL ACADEMIC SUCCESS, AND SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
I HAD DISCUSSED THIS WITH MY PRINCIPAL, MR. GUERRA, PRIOR TO SPEAKING TO THE SCHOOL BOARD LAST TIME, AND SINCE THEN HE HAS TOLD ME THAT HE'S WORKING WITH PIEDMONT TO VERTICALLY ALIGN CHOIR PROGRAMS FROM ELEMENTARY ON UP, WHICH WILL HOPEFULLY HELP OURS TO BE SUCCESSFUL WHEN IT'S REESTABLISHED, WHICH I HOPE TO BE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE NEXT YEAR IF POSSIBLE.
I'D LIKE TO THANK MR. GUERRA FOR HIS COOPERATION.
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SOME OF THESE PROBLEMS ARE DISTRICT WIDE, HOWEVER, SO I'M BRINGING THEM UP HERE.IT SPEAKS TO A GENERAL LACK OF RESPECT FOR US AS PROFESSIONALS.
THERE MAY BE OTHER ONES IN ADDITION.
AND THE REASONS OVERWHELMINGLY IS THAT THEIR SCORECARDS FROM OUR ADMINISTRATORS ARE UNFAIR.
I DON'T BLAME THE LOCAL ADMINISTRATORS FOR THIS AT ALL.
IT IS NOT AN INDIVIDUAL PROBLEM.
I AM A PROFICIENT TEACHER AND I AM PAID AS ONE, BUT I KNOW SEVERAL TEACHERS WHO ARE MORE DESERVING THAN I AM OF PROFICIENT PAY, BUT THEY ARE PAID SIGNIFICANTLY LESS BECAUSE OF SUMMATIVE SCORES, DETERMINED ARBITRARILY AND JUSTIFIED RETROACTIVELY.
IF A TEACHER HAS BEEN DOING THEIR JOB FOR FIVE YEARS OR MORE, THEY'RE NOT PROGRESSING.
THE FACT THAT THEY'VE BEEN RENEWED YEAR AFTER YEAR SHOULD PROVE THAT THEY'RE AT LEAST PROFICIENT.
BUT BY KEEPING THEM AT PROGRESSING TO THE DISTRICT ROBS THEM OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS A YEAR, NOT ONLY IN TERMS OF BASE SALARY, BUT TEACHERS BELOW PROFICIENT ONE ARE EXCLUDED FROM THE HIGH PRIORITY CAMPUS STIPEND, AN ADDITIONAL 4000 WHICH THEY EARNED.
I'M GOING TO BRING THIS UP AGAIN NEXT MONTH.
LET'S KEEP OUR DOORS CLOSED FOR SAFETY.
ALLOW US TO KEEP OUR DOORS CLOSED FOR SAFETY AND ABOLISH TEI AND PAY VETERAN TEACHERS, VETERAN PAY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS.
PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.
DOCTOR PAMELA GRAYSON AND MANUEL MURILLO, FOLLOWED BY ROSEMARY KURTZ AND ANDREW KIRK.
MY NAME IS DOCTOR PAMELA GRAYSON.
I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT SUBSTITUTE TO PAY.
SO AS OF YESTERDAY, OVER 600 OPEN POSITIONS IN DALLAS ISD.
AS OF TODAY, WE HAVE 314 SUB POSITIONS AVAILABLE.
BACK IN AUGUST, I SUBBED AND I WAS ON A HALLWAY THAT HAD TEN TEACHERS AND ONLY FIVE OF THEM SHOWED, AND FOR THREE OF THEM, THEY COULDN'T EVEN TELL WHERE THEY WERE BECAUSE THEY NO CALLED, NO SHOWED.
SO THERE WAS A LONG TERM SUB ACROSS THE HALLWAY FROM ME.
THIS GENTLEMAN HAS A MASTER'S DEGREE.
AND YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAVE DEGREES, WE GET A WHAT? $115 A DAY.
SO HE WAS TRYING TO BUILD HIS OWN.
AND I'M SORRY, $15.33 AN HOUR IS NOT SUFFICIENT TO MAKE ME BUILD A CURRICULUM THAT IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH TEKS, BECAUSE WE WON'T PROVIDE IT. THE CHILDREN SAW THE SCHOOL DISRESPECTING HIM, SO GUESS WHAT THEY DID, TOO? THEY DISRESPECTED HIM.
AGAIN, 1533 AN HOUR AND HE HAS A MASTER'S DEGREE.
I'M LOOKING AT IT CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH, CEDAR HILL, FORT WORTH.
FORT WORTH WOULD HAVE ABOUT THE SAME TAX BASE WE WOULD HAVE HERE IN DALLAS.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE RESPECTABLE.
AND WHAT I'M FINDING IS THAT WE HAD A $1.5 MILLION DECREASE IN YOUR FUNDING FOR SUBS, ACCORDING TO THE BUDGET, BUT WE PAID OVER $1 MILLION, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, FOR AMPLIFY CLEVER AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
IF YOU HAVE 600 OPEN POSITIONS, 314 SUBS AREN'T SHOWING.
YOU SHOULD HAVE MONEY SOMEWHERE ELSE.
SO IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO PAY THE SUBS MORE FOR WHICH YOU ARE HURTING, THEN AT LEAST LOOK AT PAYING US WEEKLY AT LEAST ATTEMPT TO BE A SHORT TERM SOLUTION TO THE EVER PRESENT PROBLEM OF US NOT HAVING ENOUGH MONEY.
AS A YOUNG LADY, SHE CAME TO ME.
I WAS HER REFERENCE FOR EVERYBODY.
SHE APPLIED WITH PAID MORE THAN DESERVED.
AND OF COURSE WE'RE NEVER GOING TO SEE HER.
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IN ALL ACTUALITY, PAYING US BETTER.WELL, THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.
MANUEL MURILLO AND ROSEMARY KURTZ, FOLLOWED BY ANDREW KIRK AND LISA GONZALEZ.
ROSEMARY KURTZ AND ANDREW KIRK.
A LITTLE LESS THAN A YEAR AGO, ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13TH, 2023, I RECEIVED AN EMAIL AT MY DISD EMAIL ADDRESS TO TAKE THE TEI TEACHER PERCEPTION SURVEY WHO WAS SET UP BY THE DISTRICT TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF TEACHERS EXPERIENCE WITH THE TEI EVALUATION TOOL THE PREVIOUS SCHOOL YEAR.
I ENCOURAGED ALL MY COLLEAGUES TO DO THE SAME AND I WAITED FOR THE RESULTS.
I HAVE NO IDEA HOW MANY PEOPLE TOOK THE SURVEY OR HOW THE QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED.
NOW, ALMOST A YEAR LATER, I'LL ADMIT I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER WHAT THE QUESTIONS WERE.
I WISH I HAD TAKEN SCREENSHOTS.
AND THIS WAS KIND OF PAR FOR THE COURSE IT REMINDED ME OF SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHEN, UNDER PRESSURE FROM ALLIANCE AFT, THE DISTRICT AGREED TO DO TWO EVENINGS OF LISTENING SESSIONS WITH TEACHERS ABOUT TEI.
WE TALKED ABOUT. WE WENT AROUND AND TALKED ABOUT ALL THE COMPLAINTS WE HAD.
THEY HAD US PUT THEM UP ON THE WALL.
AND YOU CAN GUESS WHAT HAPPENED NEXT.
WE'D NEVER HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THAT EVER AGAIN AFTER THAT DAY.
BUT IT IS HARD TO FEEL A LITTLE MOTIVATED WHEN I GET THE SENSE THAT WHENEVER THOSE FIVE YEAR PRIORITIES DO COME OUT, I MIGHT NOT SEE ANYTHING THAT I HEAR AT THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS REFLECTED IN THEM, OR I MIGHT NOT EVEN KNOW WHAT WAS SAID AT THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS, BECAUSE THE RESULTS WON'T BE CLEARLY LAID OUT IF THESE PRIORITIES ARE MADE PUBLIC AT ALL. THIS NEED FOR TRANSPARENCY IS REALLY PAINFULLY CLEAR.
I THINK THAT IN THESE COMMUNITY MEETINGS COMING UP OVER THE NEXT MONTH, PLUS WE NEED TO HAVE MINUTES FROM EVERY MEETING THAT SHOULD BE MADE PUBLIC SO THAT WE CAN SEE PUBLICLY WHAT THE CORRELATING TRENDS ARE ACROSS MEETINGS.
WHEN THE FIVE YEAR PRIORITIES ARE SET, THERE NEED TO BE CLEAR EXPLANATIONS WITH THEM ABOUT WHAT COMMUNITY INPUT FED INTO THOSE SELECTION OF PRIORITIES THAT WE CAN MATCH UP WITH THE MINUTES FROM THE MEETINGS.
I WANT US ALL TO WORK TOGETHER.
I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR HELPING MY KIDS AND MY COLLEAGUES EVERY WAY I CAN, BUT FOR THAT TO HAPPEN, THERE NEEDS TO BE MUTUAL TRUST AND RESPECT, AND WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT EVERYONE IS DOING AND WHY.
GOOD EVENING, TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT.
SO THIS SCHOOL YEAR MARKS TEI'S 10TH YEAR OF IMPLEMENTATION, AND COINCIDENTALLY, MY 10TH IN THE CLASSROOM AND AT SUNSET FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THOSE TEN YEARS TY'S PROPONENTS HAVE REPEATEDLY MADE TWO RELATED CLAIMS ONE, THAT IT WORKS FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS ALIKE, AND TWO, THAT THE INSTRUMENT WAS DESIGNED WITH EXTENSIVE FEEDBACK FROM THE TEACHERS IT SUPPOSEDLY REWARDS AND GROWS.
THE SECOND CLAIM IS ALSO FALSE BUT WOULD APPEAR NOT TO BE.
THAT WORK FELL TO THE GATES FOUNDATION AND ITS MANY GRANTEES.
NONE OF THESE ACTORS WERE CHOSEN BY TEACHERS TO REPRESENT US OR OUR PROFESSION.
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DISCUSSING WHAT DEMOCRATIC ENGAGEMENT WOULD AND COULD LOOK LIKE.WHILE THE DOCUMENT FOREGROUNDS THE RIGHT TO A SAFE WORKING ENVIRONMENT, ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND FAIR COMPENSATION, IT ALSO CONTAINS ANOTHER OVERLOOKED BUT FUNDAMENTALLY DEMOCRATIC DEMAND THE RIGHT TO ORGANIZE, AND PARTICULARLY THE RIGHT TO COLLECTIVELY BARGAIN.
MUCH LIKE WORKERS EVERYWHERE, EDUCATION WORKERS SPEND MORE TIME AT WORK THAN THEY DO AT HOME.
WHY, THEN, THE EXCLUSION TO RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL? EXCUSE ME. ORIGINAL FOCAL POINT OF THIS PRESENTATION.
TEACHER EVALUATION IS AN EQUITY ISSUE.
IS A WORKPLACE JUSTICE ISSUE IS A DEMOCRACY ISSUE.
DEMOCRACY DOES NOT END AT THE BIOMETRIC CLOCK.
WE URGE OUR TRUSTEES TO REVIEW THE EDUCATORS BILL OF RIGHTS AND COMMIT TO ITS PRINCIPLES.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS.
PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.
LISA GONZALEZ AND ETHEL JACKSON, FOLLOWED BY BRENDA GURUMURTHY AND JAVIER RIOS.
I AM A CERTIFIED OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSISTANT WITH DALLAS ISD AND A MEMBER OF ALLIANCE AFT.
I AM HERE TODAY TO EXTEND THE VOICES THAT HAVE GONE BEFORE ME REGARDING SAFETY FOR DALLAS ISD STAFF MEMBERS, SPECIFICALLY EMPLOYEES LIKE MYSELF, THAT VISIT SEVERAL CAMPUSES AND DISTRICT BUILDINGS WITHIN THE SCHOOL DAY IN WHICH WE ARE PROVIDING SERVICES, DELIVERING EQUIPMENT, CONDUCTING TRAININGS, AND OR COMPLETING EVALUATIONS. THE ISSUE AND CONCERN HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP AT OUR STAFF.
MEETINGS WITH LEADERSHIP FOR OVER TWO YEARS WAS HEIGHTENED AFTER UVALDE OCCURRED, AND THIS SCHOOL YEAR, I ATTENDED A MANDATORY MEETING REGARDING CAMPUS SAFETY, ONLY TO BE TOLD THAT I WILL NOT BE ON THE LIST AND BE ADDED FOR THIS CURRENT SYSTEM FOR MASKS UNTIL LATER IN THE YEAR OR NEXT YEAR.
THIS EMERGENCY SYSTEM IS KNOWN AS RAPTOR.
I ESPECIALLY FEEL UNEQUIPPED AND UNPREPARED.
UNPREPARED WHEN I AM WORKING WITH A STUDENT AND HAVE NO FORM OF COMMUNICATION IN AN EMERGENCY TO KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING AND HOW I NEED TO RESPOND TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THE STUDENT I AM WORKING WITH.
I HAVE DONE MY PART IN KNOWING MY CAMPUS SURROUNDINGS.
BUT SINCE I DO NOT BEAR THE TITLE FOR A CAMPUS-BASED STAFF MEMBER, I REMAIN IN THE DARK WHEN EMERGENCIES ARISE, RECEIVE NO COMMUNICATION AND MY KEY CARD DOES NOT ALLOW ACCESS BACK INTO CAMPUS BUILDINGS.
IMAGINE BEING OUTSIDE WITH A STUDENT WHEN AN EMERGENCY OCCURS AND I CANNOT GET THEM TO SAFETY.
STAFF WERE WALKING TO AND FROM THEIR CARS, UNLOADING MATERIALS AND BEING TURNED AWAY.
SINCE THERE WAS NO OFFICIAL PLAN IN PLACE TO NOTIFY STAFF IN THE BUILDING OF A LOCKDOWN.
THE DISTRICT BUILDING DID NOT ANNOUNCE UNTIL ALMOST AN HOUR LATER.
WHAT I HAVE FOUND AFTER MEETINGS AND TALKING WITH OTHER DISTRICT EMPLOYEES, IT ONLY TAKES GATHERING OUR EMPLOYEE INFORMATION AND A CLICK OF A BUTTON TO ENSURE THAT EMPLOYEES ARE EQUIPPED WITH THE EMERGENCY SYSTEM THAT'S IN PLACE.
SORRY. THIS WOULD ALLOW YOUR EMPLOYEES TO BE EQUIPPED WITH RAPTOR AND KEYCARD ACCESS TO CAMPUSES THAT THEY VISIT TO BE ABLE TO GET BACK IN. THANK YOU.
WELL, THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOL, NAPA B JACKSON, I LIVE AT 2851 TOLUCA.
IN 1963, DOCTOR KING SAID INJUSTICE ANYWHERE IS A THREAT TO JUSTICE
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EVERYWHERE. FOR THE RECORD, PROJECT 2025 WANTS TO END PUBLIC EDUCATION.TAKE PUBLIC FORM AND FORM PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
GREG ABBOTT, THE GOVERNOR OF TEXAS, USING THE SAME PLAYBOOK AS TRUMP TO DEFORM PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
HISTORY. HISTORY HAS A WAY OF REPEATING ITSELF OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
JD VANCE LYING, SAYING THE HAITIANS IS EATING CATS AND DOGS.
THE WHITE WOMAN CAT WICKET WAS FOUND FIVE DAYS IN THE BASEMENT.
WHO TALKING ABOUT? WHAT YOU EATING? WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THE CAT AND THE DOG EATING, I THOUGHT ABOUT YOUNG EMMETT TILL.
THE KKK ABDUCTED AND LYNCHED HIM IN MISSISSIPPI IN 1955.
THIS ELECTION IS ABOUT THE SAFEGUARD OF OUR DEMOCRACY.
TO THE WHITE BOARD MEMBER, REFUSING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE COLOR OF SOMEONE'S SKIN IS ALSO REFUSING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE STRUGGLE WE ENDURE DISCRIMINATION WE FACE BECAUSE OF OUR RACE.
FOR MOST WHITE PEOPLE, YOU HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO RECEIVE MANY BENEFITS IN SOCIETY BASED ON WHITENESS THAT PEOPLE OF COLOR DON'T RECEIVE.
KING SAID, IN THE END, WE WILL NOT REMEMBER THE WORDS OF OUR ENEMY, BUT THE SILENT VOICE OF OUR FRIEND. THANK YOU.
WITH THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.
BRENDA GURUMURTHY AND HARVEY ORIOLES, FOLLOWED BY LETICIA HRINKO AND SYLVIA VARGAS.
HI, MY NAME IS BRENDA GURUMURTHY AND I'M A HIGH SCHOOL MATH TEACHER AND MEMBER OF ALLIANCE AFT.
ELEVATING THE PROFESSION STARTS WITH TREATING TEACHERS AND SUPPORT STAFF LIKE PROFESSIONALS.
AND WHILE THE STATE OF TEXAS ADAMANTLY REFUSES TO DO SO.
PERHAPS DISD CAN SHOW THAT IT VALUES ITS EDUCATORS MORE THAN THAT.
WITH REGARD TO THAT, I ASK YOU TO THINK ABOUT WHETHER OUR CURRENT PAY SYSTEM TEI IS TRULY IN SYNC WITH THE EDUCATORS BILL OF RIGHTS, WHICH ESTABLISHES THE RIGHT TO FAIR COMPENSATION. THE PREMISE OF T IS THAT IF YOU RUN UP A HIGH ENOUGH SCORE ON THE DOMAINS OF LEADERSHIP, LIFELONG LEARNING, AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROFESSION, YOU DESERVE A BIG RAISE. SURE, BUT YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BEND OVER BACKWARDS OR BE IN THE TOP 30% OF DISD TEACHERS TO AT LEAST EARN A RAISE ON PAR WITH INFLATION.
AN EMAIL LAST YEAR STATING THAT RETURNING TEACHERS WILL RECEIVE A PROJECTED AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY OF A TEACHER SALARY INCREASE OF APPROXIMATELY 3.5% IS HIGHLY MISLEADING, AS IT OBSCURES THE FACT THAT TONS OF PEOPLE ARE JUST GETTING 2% RAISES, WHILE THOSE WHO MOVE UP IN EFFECTIVENESS LEVEL GET A HIGHER PERCENTAGE THAN THAT.
AND THAT'S WITHOUT ACCOUNTING FOR THE INCREASE IN OUR HEALTH CARE PREMIUMS. DOING YOUR JOB WELL SHOULD BE ENOUGH FOR A RAISE.
SOMETHING ELSE FROM THE BILL OF RIGHTS THAT I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT IS THE RIGHT TO ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND THE WAY WE CURRENTLY IMPLEMENT TEI CUTS AGAINST ACADEMIC FREEDOM, AS WELL AS AN ADVANCED PLACEMENT TEACHER WITH THE SUPPORT OF AP.
I ACTUALLY HAVE A GOOD AMOUNT OF FREEDOM COMPARED TO MOST, BUT I HEARD THAT DISD IS LOOKING TO IMPLEMENT COMMON ASSESSMENTS FOR THOSE CLASSES TOO, SO PERHAPS THOSE DAYS ARE NUMBERED FOR ME.
BUT ACADEMIC FREEDOM IS BROADER THAN THAT AND EXTENDS TO TEACHER AUTONOMY IN GENERAL.
I'M THINKING OF TEACHERS WHO FEEL PRESSURE FROM THEIR SUPERVISORS IF THEY FALL A DAY BEHIND THE PRESCRIBED CALENDAR OR ALGEBRA ONE TEACHERS WHOSE STAR PREPARATION HAS TO CONSIST LARGELY OF CALCULATOR TRICKS, AND THEN LATER WE AS A DISTRICT, ACT SURPRISED WHEN OUR STUDENTS FAIL ON THE MOSTLY CALCULATOR FREE TO SEE.
LOTS OF MORE EXPERIENCED DALLAS ISD TEACHERS TOLD ME WAYS TO GAME THE SYSTEM NEXT YEAR.
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I CAN PLAY GAMES, BUT IT'S KIND OF WEIRD TO HAVE TO SPEND TIME AND EFFORT ON THAT, INSTEAD OF JUST BEING MYSELF AND TEACHING WHAT I HAVE TO TEACH.BOARD. MY NAME IS JAVIER RIOS.
I'M ALSO A GRANDFATHER OF THREE CHILDREN AT W.T.
I'VE ALSO HAVE BEEN ATTENDING SAMUEL HIGH SCHOOL PARENT WORKSHOPS, WHICH I HAVE FOUND TO BE EXCEEDINGLY GREAT.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE BACK HERE, WE HAVE THOSE PARENTS HERE, AND THEY WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE WAY DISD RUNS AND HOW THEY BEST CAN HELP TO DO THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
I'VE BEEN HEARING A LOT OF NEGATIVE STUFF, BUT WE'RE HERE TO GIVE YOU SOMETHING POSITIVE.
DISD IS DOING WELL COMPARED TO OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND WE'RE VERY HAPPY FOR THOSE WHO ARE A PART OF THE BOARD WHO ARE INVOLVED AND TAKE AN ACTIVE APPROACH ON THAT.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR WORK BECAUSE YOU DON'T GET PAID.
BUT WE REALLY APPRECIATE MR. SUPERINTENDENT. WE HOPE THAT YOU CAN CONSIDER AND LOOKING AT THAT WE NEED MORE PARENTING PROJECTS WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS SO WE CAN GET OUR PARENTS INVOLVED AND TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THEIR CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND I THINK WITH THE PARENTS INVOLVED, ALL THESE THINGS THAT YOU'VE HEARD IN THE PAST WILL RESOLVE THEMSELVES, BECAUSE NOW WE ARE A TEAM OF PARENTS, STUDENTS AND TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATION.
AND SO WE WANT TO AGAIN, HOPE THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THAT RESPECT WITH PARENTS.
THANK YOU. WITH THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.
LETICIA RICO AND SYLVIA VARGAS, FOLLOWED BY VERONICA TIRADO, LUNA AND VERONICA BALCAZAR.
[SPANISH]. TRUSTEES, YOU HAVE A HEADSET THAT YOU CAN WEAR.
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THANK YOU.WELL, THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.
SILVIA VARGAS AND VERONICA TIRADO LUNA, FOLLOWED BY VERONICA BALCAZAR AND LORENZA ANGEL.
[SPANISH] [SPANISH] . THANK YOU.
WELL, THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.
VERONICA BALCAZAR AND LORENZO ANGEL, FOLLOWED BY CLAUDIA CAMPOS AND JOEY SALDANA ON DECK.
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[SPANISH].THANK YOU FOR THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS.
PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.
LORENZA ANGEL AND CLAUDIA CAMPOS, FOLLOWED BY JOSE SALDANA ON DECK.
THANK YOU FOR THE LAST TWO SPEAKERS.
PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.
CLAUDIA CAMPOS AND JOEY SALDANA.
WHAT I WANTED TO BRING UP IS THAT I WANT TO FIRST THANK MISS WHITE FOR AND THANK MISS WHITE AND COMMEND THE WOMEN THAT HAVE PARTICIPATED AT THE SAMUEL HIGH SCHOOL PARENT PROGRAM, SO IF THEY CAN STAND.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THIS CONCLUDES OUR SPEAKERS.
THANK YOU TO ALL OUR SPEAKERS.
TRUSTEES. WE WILL NOW RETURN TO AGENDA ITEM FOUR CLOSED SESSION.
[4. CLOSED SESSION - The Board will retire to closed session pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551 concerning the following sections:]
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THE BOARD WILL NOW RETIRE TO CLOSED SESSION.THE PUBLIC PORTION OF THE MEETING WILL RESUME AFTER CLOSED SESSION.
ALL, ANY AND ALL PURPOSES PERMITTED BY THE ACT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING.
TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 4.01.
I'M SORRY. TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.072.
TO DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE, SALE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY.
TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.129 TO CONSULT WITH ITS ATTORNEYS BY USE OF TELEPHONE CONFERENCE, VIDEO CONFERENCE OR COMMUNICATIONS OVER THE INTERNET IN AN OPEN MEETING AND OR CLOSED MEETING.
TRUSTEES. THE TIME IS NOW 7:44 P.M.
AND WE ARE BACK IN OPEN SESSION.
THE BOARD TOOK NO ACTION IN CLOSED SESSION.
TRUSTEES, WE WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM SIX REPORTS.
[6. REPORTS]
TRUSTEES, WE WILL NOW BEGIN WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.SUPERINTENDENT. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CARRION, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, IT'S NOW TIME FOR MY REPORT.
SO LET ME GET THE SLIDE UP HERE.
SO SEPTEMBER 29TH IS THE BIRTHDAY OF NBA FINALS MVP KEVIN DURANT, TELEVISION ACTOR ZACHARY LEVI, AND NFL LEGEND CALVIN JOHNSON, NONE OF WHOM HAVE EVER DONE ANYTHING AS IMPRESSIVE AS YOU ALL HAVE AS SERVING TRUSTEES ON SCHOOL BOARDS.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TRUSTEE WEINBERG.
AND I ALSO HAVE SOME FOLLOWING GOOD NEWS.
I HOPE YOU ALL GOT TO SEE THE HEARTWARMING STORY ABOUT THE INCREDIBLE CULTURE AT JIMMY TYLER BRASHEAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, A SCHOOL THAT IS FILLED WITH LOVE, ACCORDING TO DR.
DOCTOR SMITH HAS BEEN TEACHING AT BRASHEAR ELEMENTARY FOR THE PAST 30 YEARS, LONG ENOUGH TO BE TEACHING THE CHILDREN OF SOME OF HER FORMER STUDENTS. THANK YOU TO DOCTOR SMITH AND THE WHOLE TEAM AT BRASHEAR FOR CREATING SUCH A WELCOMING, LOVING ENVIRONMENT FOR THE CHILDREN.
AT FIRST GLANCE, THE LEARNING IS OBVIOUS.
IT'S THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT ARE BUILDING.
BRASHEAR IS A SCHOOL THAT IS FILLED WITH LOVE.
OFTEN PEOPLE SAY THAT THEY CAN FEEL THAT LOVE WHEN THEY ENTER INTO THE BUILDING.
DOCTOR STEPHANIE SMITH HAS FELT THAT LOVE FOR THE PAST 30 YEARS.
I'M TEACHING SOME OF MY FORMER STUDENTS FROM THE OLD BRIDGE YEAR.
I'M TEACHING THEIR CHILDREN, OR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE ARE EVEN NOW WORKING ALONG WITH ME.
I THINK IT'S PROBABLY THE CULTURE.
KIMBERLY MCCLENDON HAS BEEN HERE 19 YEARS WHEN STUDENTS FEEL THEY BELONG, THEY WANT TO.
HEY, I CAN'T WAIT TO GET UP TO COME TO SCHOOL LIKE THE BROTHERS.
I WANTED TO GO TO SCHOOL REALLY BAD.
YEAH, BECAUSE IT WAS BORING AT THE HOME.
FAMILIES KNOW THAT WHEN THEY BRING THEIR CHILDREN HERE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE NURTURED.
THEY KNOW WE ARE NOW THEIR FAMILY, AND WE HAVE BONDED BONDING AND BUILDING FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.
IN OAK CLIFF, I'M BRITTANI MONCREASE NOW, ISN'T THAT A GREAT REPRESENTATION? AND NOW, AS WE CELEBRATE HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH FROM SEPTEMBER 15TH THROUGH OCTOBER 15TH, DIVE INTO OUR RHYTHM OF PROGRESS VIDEO SERIES AND DISCOVER THE VIBRANT CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE HISPANIC LATINO COMMUNITY.
CELEBRATE CULTURE, HISTORY, AND UNITY BY VISITING OUR RACIAL EQUITY WEBSITE.
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LET'S HONOR OUR HERITAGE TOGETHER.NEXT, I'D LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE VOTING IS YOUR RIGHT AS AN AMERICAN, BUT YOU HAVE TO BE REGISTERED TO CAST A VOTE IN TEXAS TO VOTE IN THE NOVEMBER 5TH ELECTION.
YOU MUST BE REGISTERED BY OCTOBER 7TH.
IF YOU ARE ALREADY REGISTERED, YOU MAY BE ASKING, DO YOU NEED TO REGISTER AGAIN? PROBABLY NOT.
IF YOU HAVEN'T MOVED AND YOU ARE AN ACTIVE VOTER.
BUT BEWARE, TEXAS ROUTINELY PURGES VOTER ROLLS.
I DID NOT KNOW THAT I HAD TO GO AND CHECK TO MAKE SURE THAT I WAS STILL ACTIVE.
YOU MAY BE MARKED INACTIVE IF YOU DO NOT RESPOND TO ELECTION OFFICIALS.
POSTCARDS OR LETTERS HAVE NOT VOTED IN THE LAST TWO FEDERAL GENERAL ELECTIONS.
YOU NEED TO UPDATE YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION.
IF YOU HAVE MOVED WITHIN YOUR STATE OR CHANGED YOUR NAME, AND UPDATE THE ID YOU WILL USE WHEN YOU VOTE, OR IF YOU MOVED INTO TEXAS FROM ANOTHER STATE TO CHECK IF YOU'RE STILL REGISTERED OR TO FIND INFORMATION ABOUT HOW TO REGISTER TO VOTE, VISIT VOTE TEXAS.GOV.
AGAIN, THAT'S WWW.VOTE.TEXAS.GOV.
PLEASE REMEMBER THE CHILDREN WE SERVE CANNOT VOTE.
THEIR VOICES CANNOT BE HEARD IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE AN ADDED RESPONSIBILITY TO REPRESENT ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY.
NEXT SEPTEMBER IS NATIONAL ATTENDANCE AWARENESS MONTH.
GOOD ATTENDANCE, WE KNOW, IS IMPORTANT FOR SO MANY REASONS.
DALLAS ISD IS CELEBRATING ATTENDANCE AWARENESS MONTH IN SEPTEMBER, PROMOTING STRONG, CONSISTENT ATTENDANCE HABITS THAT WILL SET STUDENTS UP FOR SUCCESS AT ALL GRADE LEVELS.
THE THEME FOR THE 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR IS SHOW UP.
THE GRADUATION, RECOVERY, ATTENDANCE ADVOCACY AND DROPOUT INTERVENTION DEPARTMENT IS HOSTING WEEKLY KICKOFFS FOR STUDENTS AND TEAM MEMBERS TO HELP BUILD ROUTINES, INCREASE ENGAGEMENT, PROVIDE ACCESS TO RESOURCES, AND SUPPORT LEARNING.
AS SOMEONE ONCE SAID, 90% OF SUCCESS IN LIFE IS JUST SHOWING UP.
AND LASTLY, THIS YEAR MARKS THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT, WHICH GRANTED FAMILIES THE LEGAL RIGHT TO INTERPRETATION AND TRANSLATION SERVICES FROM PUBLIC K-12 SCHOOLS UNDER TITLE SIX.
INTERNATIONAL TRANSLATION DAY IS ON SEPTEMBER 30TH, AND I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK OUR VERY OWN TRANSLATION SERVICES TEAM FOR THE LANGUAGE WORK THEY DO EVERY DAY FOR DALLAS ISD PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
MAHALO. AND OF COURSE, THANK YOU.
OKAY, TRUSTEES, WE WILL NOW TURN TO BOARD TRUSTEE COMMITTEE REPORTS.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY HERE TONIGHT.
TRUSTEES WILL TURN TO TRUSTEE REPORTS FOR DISTRICTS ONE THROUGH NINE, BEGINNING WITH DISTRICT ONE.
NEXT, I WANT TO JUST SAY A PERSONAL THANK YOU TO PRINCIPAL TORRES AT STEPHEN C FOSTER ELEMENTARY.
AND CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE ANYBODY WHO HAS THE WILLINGNESS TO JUST SPEND ONE HOUR A WEEK.
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I ALSO WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO THE STUDENTS AND STAFF AT THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL.ON SATURDAY, I GOT TO GO TO THE HISPANIC HERITAGE FAIR.
LIVE MUSIC PERFORMED BY THE STUDENTS.
BIG THANK YOU TO THE TEACHER, NATE FORRESTER, WHO IS THE MODERN BAND MODERN.
EXCUSE ME, MODERN BAND TEACHER THERE.
I JUST HAD A GREAT TIME AND GOT A NEW SHIRT T SHIRT OUT OF IT THAT I PAID FOR.
IT WAS WONDERFUL AND IT WAS GREAT.
WHITE FOOTBALL IS UNDEFEATED 4-0.
THAT'S PRETTY COOL. AND TOMORROW NIGHT THEY HAVE FEEDER PATTERN NIGHT AT LEWIS FIELD.
TRUSTEE WEINBERG. THANK YOU FOR DISTRICT TWO ACCOLADES.
KUDOS TO DELILAH V FOR SHARING HER STORY ON NBC 5 AND TALKING THROUGH HER BOOK CALLED IN CHARGE OF MY LIFE ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE BEING DEAF AND BLIND.
THANK YOU TO THE INCREDIBLE GENEROSITY OF THE DONORS.
IT WAS GREAT, BUT IT'S NOT TILL OCTOBER.
EIGHT YEARS AGO, EDEN WAS A PART OF THE HILLCREST VERTICAL TEAMS PARADE AS A DALLAS ISD FOURTH GRADER, AND SHE CONTINUES TO CARRY THAT LEGACY AS HILLCREST SENIOR CLASS PRESIDENT. AND A QUICK CONGRATULATIONS TO WILLIAM T FROM HILLCREST AND AIDEN FROM WOODROW FOR ACHIEVING NATIONAL MERIT. NATIONAL MERIT SEMIFINALISTS STATUS.
IT WAS THE FIRST DISTRICT MATCH WITH A THREE TO NOTHING SWEEP.
AND CONGRATS! CONGRATS! CAN'T SPEAK TONIGHT.
CONGRATS TO THE PANTHERS FOOTBALL TEAM FOR WINNING 35 TO 18 AGAINST SAMUEL THIS PAST FRIDAY.
AND HAPPY HOMECOMING TO WOODROW.
IT'S THEIR HOMECOMING WEEKEND.
HOPE EVERYBODY HAS A VERY FUN, SAFE REUNION AND HOMECOMING WEEKEND.
THAT'S THE DISTRICT TWO ACCOLADES.
I ALSO HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF READING THE DISTRICT THREE ACCOLADES ON BEHALF OF TRUSTEE MICCICHE.
I WANT TO SAY A BIG THANK YOU TO THE DALLAS COWBOYS FOR VISITING W.H.
THEY WERE GIVEN A $2,000 AWARD TO SPEND ON SAFETY RELATED INITIATIVES.
WAY TO GO, PHOENIXES! KUDOS TO ROBERT T HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF PRINCIPAL CANDICE RUIZ.
CONGRATULATIONS, JACK LOW SENIOR ELEMENTARY ON THEIR NEW BOOK VENDING MACHINE.
AND THAT'S ALL WE HAVE TODAY FOR DISTRICT THREE.
I WAS EXCITED THAT THEY WERE HERE.
AND I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW IF YOU WANT TO DROP BY ON WEDNESDAYS.
THAT'S WHEN THEY MEET. I THINK IT'S AT 11 TILL ONE.
THEY'RE NOT HERE, SO I CAN'T VERIFY IT.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE TEAM MEMBERS WHO HELPED EXECUTE THE DISTRICT WIDE COLLEGE FAIR.
THESE STUDENTS HAVE WORKED HARD AND WE WISH THEM THE BEST TO PREPARE FOR THEIR NEXT CHAPTER IN LIFE.
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I ALSO WANT TO ALSO THANK THE OTHER STUDENTS WHO WERE THERE, BECAUSE THERE WAS COLLEGES THAT THEY PROBABLY NEVER HEARD OF AND NEVER IMAGINED THAT THEY CAN ATTEND. AND I JUST WANT TO JUST THANK THE CLASS OF 2025, AND I HOPE TO SEE THEM AT THE GRADUATION LINE SOON.A SPECIAL THANKS TO OAKES FARMS FOR CELEBRATING WORLD MILK DAY WITH STUDENTS OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. YOUR INVOLVEMENT BROUGHT EXCITEMENT AND AWARENESS TO THE IMPORTANCE OF NUTRITION, AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR PARTNERSHIP IN SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS HEALTH AND WELL-BEING.
BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW MILK DOES A BODY GOOD.
AND FINALLY, WELL, IT'S NOT FINALLY.
YOUR DEDICATION THROUGH HOSTING ENGAGEMENTS.
KNIGHTS' ORGANIZATION, ORGANIZING FUNDRAISERS AND SO MUCH MORE IS TRULY APPRECIATED.
THANKS TO YOUR HARD WORK, OUR FAMILIES ARE STAYING CONNECTED AND INVOLVED IN THEIR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION, AND THAT'S A GREAT PARTNERSHIP AND IT MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD. WE'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK ATMOS ENERGY FOR THEIR BOOK VENDING MACHINE.
WE GREATLY APPRECIATE YOU PROVIDING IT TO JOHN QUINCY ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
READING IS THE VERY IS VERY IMPORTANT AND I AM EXCITED FOR OUR STUDENTS.
THANK YOU, ATMOS ENERGY, FOR THE BOOK MACHINES THAT YOU HAVE DONATED.
IT COMES TO A TOTAL OF 11 BOOK MACHINES THAT YOU HAVE DONATED THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.
I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO MENTION JOHN QUINCY ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING A DEDICATION ON NOVEMBER 14TH FROM 530 TO 730.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MENTION THAT ON OCTOBER THE 3RD AT 6:00 PM, WE WILL BE HAVING OUR COMMUNITY LISTENING MEETING, WHICH WILL BE STARTING AT ONCE AGAIN 6 P.M. ON OCTOBER THE 3RD.
PLEASE COME OUT AND JOIN US AND HELP US SPREAD THE WORD.
YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO ATTEND OURS AND ANYONE ELSE'S THAT YOU LOOK ON THE SCHEDULE TO SEE.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK DOCTOR.
AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO WELCOME THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING INTO THE D FOR FALL.
JOHN CROWDER LOCKWOOD JULIE SINGLETON, WHO IS A PRINCIPAL AT ONE OF OUR WONDERFUL SCHOOLS WHO HAS VOLUNTEERED TO DO THIS WONDERFUL JOB.
WE DEFINITELY WANT TO THANK HER.
ALSO, MR. JESUS MARTINEZ AND DAMIEN STOVALL.
AND AT THIS TIME, THAT CONCLUDES MY ANNOUNCEMENTS.
I WILL GIVE THE DISTRICT FIVE ACCOLADES ON BEHALF OF TRUSTEE MAXIE JOHNSON.
BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING AT TOWNVIEW CENTER.
SHE RECEIVED AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE PART OF THE WHITE HOUSE ROUND TABLE AND CONVERSE WITH MEMBERS OF THE VICE PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL ABOUT BARRIERS AND SOLUTIONS FOR LOW YOUTH VOTER REGISTRATION AND TURNOUT.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WONDERFUL STUDENT.
ALSO, THANK YOU TO MISS TEXAS, ANNETTE ARROYO FOR VISITING WITH THE NINTH AND 10TH GRADERS OF DOCTOR AT DOCTOR FREDERICK D HAYNES, THE THIRD GLOBAL PREPARATORY ACADEMY AT PAUL QUINN COLLEGE.
SHE ALSO EMPHASIZED THE POWER OF PERSEVERANCE AND EDUCATION IN ACHIEVING THEIR DREAMS. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING AN INSPIRATION TO OUR COMMUNITIES AND A SPECIAL KUDOS TO THE MUHAMMAD FAMILY AT SOUTH OAK CLIFF HIGH SCHOOL.
THEY WERE FEATURED ON FOX FOUR AND NBC FIVE FOR THEIR FAMILIES EXCELLENCE IN ATHLETICS.
KEEP MAKING YOUR FAMILY AND COMMUNITY PROUD.
THAT CONCLUDES THE DISTRICT FIVE ACCOLADES.
I WANT TO START OUT BY THANKING SHA'CARRI RICHARDSON FOR GRACING US WITH HER PRESENCE AT CARTER HIGH SCHOOL, AND THEN COMING TO KINCAID STADIUM WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO UNVEIL HER
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ACTUAL NAMING FOR THE TRACK.SHE IS SUCH A WONDERFUL YOUNG LADY WHO MAKES US ALL PROUD.
WHILE I THINK OF HER AS DISTRICT SIX, SHE IS A REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT ALL CHILDREN CAN DO WITHIN DALLAS ISD GIVEN THE RIGHT OPPORTUNITY.
SO I'M EXTREMELY PROUD OF HER.
AND I WANT A LITTLE EXTRA SUPERINTENDENT.
ONE OF YOUR EMPLOYEES IN INTERNAL AUDIT SHELLY KELLY, HER DAUGHTER, ADMIRES SHA'CARRI, AND SO I MADE SURE THAT SHE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET HER AT CARTER HIGH SCHOOL TO GET A PICTURE WITH HER, AND ALSO TO ASK A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
THE ONE THAT KIND OF FREAKED ME OUT A LITTLE BIT WAS SHE WANTED TO KNOW HOW DOES SHE TAKE CARE OF HER NAILS? SO I JUST KIND OF WROTE WITH IT BECAUSE SHE'S ABOUT NINE, SO I WROTE WITH THAT.
BUT IT WAS AN EXCITING EVENT, AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK VINCE REYES AND HIS TEAM FOR REALLY WORKING HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO THIS.
SO NEXT, I, ALONG WITH TRUSTEE CAMILLE WHITE, ATTENDED THE DISTRICT WIDE COLLEGE FAIR THIS MONTH.
NOW, EVERYBODY KNOWS IF ANYTHING GOES ON AT ELLIS DAVIS, I'M PROBABLY THERE.
AND SO THIS WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET IN AND SEE EXACTLY WHAT WAS HAPPENING.
AND WE BOTH HAD A WONDERFUL FULL TIME.
JUST LOOKING AT WHAT WAS AVAILABLE.
SOME UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES I DID NOT EVEN KNOW ABOUT.
LUSK FOR TAKING THE TIME TO SPEND WITH THE TWO OF US TO JUST KIND OF SHOW US AROUND SOME THINGS.
IT WAS A VERY EXCITING EVENT, AND I REALLY APPRECIATED THAT.
ATTENDANCE MATTER AND FUN ACTIVITIES ARE PLANNED EVERY WEEK THROUGHOUT THE MONTH, INCLUDING DRESSING UP AS YOUR FAVORITE DECADE, DRESSING UP AS YOUR FUTURE CAREER OR IN COLLEGE GEAR, AND WEARING CULTURAL PRIDE, WHICH IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
FOR HOSTING THE HISPANIC HERITAGE COMMUNITY BLOCK PARTY LAST THURSDAY NIGHT, A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO MR. TILLER, MISS RUIZ, AND MISS TREJO FOR MAKING THIS COMMUNITY EVENT HAPPEN FOR STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
THANK YOU TO ANOTHER ONE OF MY FAVORITE PRINCIPALS, PRINCIPAL TOVAR OF LESLIE, A STEMMONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR HOSTING COFFEE WITH THE PRINCIPAL EARLY THIS MONTH.
THE EVENT FEATURED GUEST SPEAKERS AND INFORMED SESSIONS.
IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO INTERACT WITH THE SCHOOL, AND MR. TOVAR AND I WILL END IT WITH THIS.
TODAY IS THE HOMECOMING FOR CARTER HIGH SCHOOL AND I'M SITTING HERE.
CARTER FEEDER PATTERN IS THERE.
BUT AT THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER, 34 TO NOTHING.
ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO READ THE DISTRICT SEVEN ACCOLADES.
FIRST I'D LIKE TO BEGIN WITH KUDOS TO TONY MOLINA, THE PRINCIPAL AT JAMES HOGG NEW TECH CENTER, FOR BEING FEATURED ON THE HUB FOR HER UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO SHAPING A LEGACY OF IMPACT AND RESILIENCE.
HER DEDICATION TO FOSTERING A STRONG SCHOOL COMMUNITY IS INSPIRING.
CONGRATULATIONS, PRINCIPAL MOLINA, FOR LEADING WITH A HEART AND VISION.
AIDEN WAS CHOSEN FOR HIS EXCEPTIONAL DEDICATION BOTH ON AND OFF THE FIELD, EXCELLING IN THE CLASSROOM, LEADING HIS TEAM, AND GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AS A NURSING HOME ASSISTANT. IT VERY WELL DESERVED.
AND LASTLY, AND THIS IS AN AWESOME STORY I'LL GIVE A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO ERICKA BONILLA, THE COMMUNITY LIAISON AT SUNSET HIGH SCHOOL WHO WAS RECENTLY FEATURED ON TELEMUNDO FOR STARTING THE BISON CARE CLOSET.
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THE CLOSET ALSO REMAINS STOCKED WITH GENTLY USED CLOTHING, SHOES, BUSINESS ATTIRE, CANNED FOODS, SNACKS AND TOILETRIES FOR STUDENTS TO USE YEAR ROUND.AND THAT CONCLUDES THE DISTRICT SEVEN ACCOLADES.
I WILL GIVE THE DISTRICT EIGHT ACCOLADES A BIG KUDOS TO EVERY SCHOOL IN DISTRICT EIGHT AND ACROSS THE DISTRICT WHO ARE CELEBRATING HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH BY HOSTING COMMUNITY EVENTS, PROGRAMS, AND FUNDRAISERS.
HE WAS VISITING SCHOOLS AS PART OF THE TEXAS AS PART OF THE [INAUDIBLE] READ TO WIN CHALLENGE.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT THE ONE AT MAPLE LAWN RECENTLY.
IN ADDITION TO A WIDE VARIETY OF BOOKS THE LIBRARY HAS, THE ONE AT THE VANGUARD, HAS A PRODUCTION STUDIO, EVEN HAS ROOM FOR STUDENTS TO CONDUCT SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS.
SHE PARTICIPATED IN THE NATIONAL AIR AND SCIENCE MUSEUM TEACHER INNOVATION INSTITUTE OVER THE SUMMER, WHERE SHE LEARNED HOW TO INCORPORATE REAL WORLD PROBLEMS AND HANDS ON ACTIVITIES INTO HER CLASSROOM.
THANK YOU, MISS EHRET, FOR GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR OUR STUDENTS, AND I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO ROBERTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND ALL SCHOOLS IN DISTRICT EIGHT WHO HOSTED GRANDPARENTS DAY WHO HOSTED GRANDPARENTS DAY CELEBRATION THIS MONTH.
AND LASTLY, I WANT TO THANK JESSICA DE LA PAZ AND RUBY CHAVEZ TEAM MEMBERS OVER AT NORTH DALLAS HIGH SCHOOL AND PRINCIPAL HERNANDEZ, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CORDOVA, EVERYONE OVER THERE WHO HELPED ORGANIZE FOR ME AND THE STUDENTS, AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THE STUDENT COUNCIL AND STUDENT LEADERS ON THE CAMPUS. WE WERE UP EARLY THIS MORNING BEFORE CLASS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT TO MISS CLASS TO DISCUSS EVERYTHING HAPPENING AT NORTH DALLAS HIGH SCHOOL AND HAD AMAZING INSIGHT AND THOUGHTS, AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THAT CONVERSATION WITH THEM.
THAT CONCLUDES THE DISTRICT EIGHT.
ACCOLADES TO TRUSTEE DISTRICT NINE, TRUSTEE TURNER.
HOPEFULLY, I SAID THAT CORRECTLY.
WHO WAS NAMED EDUCATOR OF THE MONTH BY DALLAS WINGS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUOUS COMMITMENT TO ELEVATING OUR STUDENT LEARNING EXPERIENCE.
A CONGRATULATIONS! CONGRATULATIONS TO THE STUDENTS AND STAFF OF LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL AND HUMANITIES COMMUNICATIONS MAGNET FOR ACHIEVING AN A RATING ON THEIR SIX WEEK ASSESSMENT. THE DEDICATION TO EXCELLENCE IS OVERWHELMING AT THE LINCOLN CAMPUS.
A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO YOUNG WOMEN'S PREP AND TEXAS WALL STREET WOMEN DALLAS CHAPTER, AS THEY RECENTLY VISIT IRMA RANGEL YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP SCHOOL.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR MENTORSHIP.
OUR STUDENTS GENUINELY APPRECIATE THE INSIGHT.
I LOOK FORWARD TO JOINING THE NEXT EVENT.
GO RAIDERS! AND ALSO, A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT GOES OUT TO THE FAM JAM, WHICH WAS REALLY, REALLY GREAT.
ISRAEL AND MR. SMITH REALLY PUT ON A REALLY, REALLY GREAT EVENT.
I ALSO WANT TO GIVE OUT A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO MATA.
SO I WAS LIKE, OKAY, IT DON'T EVEN MATTER IF YOU TRUSTEE THE RULES ARE THE RULES, RIGHT? SO BUT SHE WAS REALLY KIND ENOUGH TO WALK ME AROUND TO THE FRONT SHOWING ME HOW TO GO GET INTO THE DOOR.
SO I WENT IN AND EVEN SENT DOWN.
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AND THOSE ARE MY UPDATES FOR TODAY.TRUSTEE FOREMAN. SO IN MY EXCITEMENT ABOUT WHAT CARTER WAS DOING, I LEFT OFF SOMETHING.
GO AHEAD. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO CHIEF HEWITT, WHO QUITE OFTEN GOES UNNOTICED, BUT DO A LOT OF WORK, AND SHE'S WATCHING WHAT WE'RE DOING ALL THE TIME.
TRUSTEES. THAT CONCLUDES TRUSTEE REPORTS.
TRUSTEES WILL NOW MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM SEVEN APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
[7. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
TRUSTEES WILL MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 7.01.CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL.
TRUSTEES. THE FOLLOWING MINUTES HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL.
SUPERINTENDENT'S EVALUATION AD HOC COMMITTEE MEETING AUGUST 7TH, 2024.
CALLED BOARD MEETING AUGUST 8TH, 2024.
PUBLIC COMPLAINT HEARING AUGUST 8TH, 2024.
SUPERINTENDENT'S EVALUATION AD HOC COMMITTEE MEETING AUGUST 14TH, 2024.
BOARD MEETING AUGUST 22ND, 2024, AND THE SUPERINTENDENT'S EVALUATION AD HOC COMMITTEE.
TRUSTEES, DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED. I CAN'T SAY ALL THAT AGAIN.
THANK YOU. TRUSTEES, WE HAVE A MOTION.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED THAT WE ADOPT THE MINUTES.
APPROVED. SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL.
TRUSTEES, ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS? EXCUSE ME, MR. PRESIDENT, CAN YOU TELL US WHO SECONDED? IT WAS TRUSTEE TURNER.
THANK YOU. IT WAS MOVED BY TRUSTEE WEINBERG, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE TURNER.
TRUSTEES, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.
YES. AND ONE NOT PRESENT TO VOTE.
OKAY. TRUSTEES, YOU'VE JUST ADOPTED THE MOTION APPROVING THE MINUTES AS SUBMITTED.
TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEMS UNDER EIGHT STATUTORY ITEMS. WE'LL TURN TO AGENDA ITEM 8.01.
[8. STATUTORY ITEMS WHICH MAY APPROPRIATELY COME TO THE ATTENTION OF THE BOARD]
CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION.APPOINTING A BOARD MEMBER OR BOARD MEMBERS TO SERVE ON THE DALLAS.
ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DALLAS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT.
TWO MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, TRUSTEE DAN MICCICHE AND TRUSTEE CAMILLE WHITE, BOTH TIMELY SUBMITTED THE REQUIRED NOMINEE QUESTIONNAIRE TO SERVE AS CANDIDATES ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE OF THE DALLAS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT.
FOLLOWING THE ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION, THE CHIEF APPRAISER WILL PREPARE.
WE'LL PREPARE A BALLOT LISTING ALL THE CANDIDATES WHOSE NAMES WILL BE SUBMITTED.
THIS BOARD CAN NOMINATE UP TO FIVE MEMBERS OF OUR BOARD TO SERVE ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
WE HAVE TWO THAT HAVE TIMELY SUBMITTED THE REQUIRED NOMINEE QUESTIONNAIRE.
AND I EXPLAINED THIS AT THE BRIEFING AND I'LL STATE IT AGAIN.
WE WILL PUT FORTH OUR NOMINATIONS IN THIS MONTH.
IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, THE CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT APPRAISER WILL ORGANIZE THE LIST OF ALL THE NOMINEES AND CANDIDATES FROM ACROSS THE TAXING ENTITIES IN DALLAS COUNTY IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER.
AND THEN IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, WE WILL ALLOCATE OUR POINTS.
WE HAVE 1175 POINTS TO ALLOCATE IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER.
SO WITH THAT, TRUSTEES, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION? AS CURRENTLY STATED, NAMING DAN MICCICHE AND CAMILLE WHITE AS CANDIDATES FOR ELECTION TO SERVE ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DALLAS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT.
SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY TRUSTEE CURRIE.
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TO SERVE ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DALLAS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT.TRUSTEES. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? I'LL SAY SOMETHING. GO AHEAD, TRUSTEE CURRIE.
WELL, I JUST WANT TO THANK BOTH TRUSTEE WHITE AND TRUSTEE MICCICHE FOR THEIR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE.
AND SO I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL THAT THEY WILL BOTH PUT THEIR NAMES FORWARD.
AND THAT'S WHY I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO GET BOTH OF THEM NOMINATED AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
TRUSTEE. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE FOREMAN.
SO I THINK THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR DALLAS ISD TO PUT FORTH AT LEAST TWO NAMES TO BE RECOGNIZED. TRUSTEE WHITE HAS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN REAL ESTATE.
I'VE SERVED ON THE ARB BOARD MAYBE BEFORE SOME OF YOU WERE BORN, BUT SO IT'S A HARD JOB, AND IT'S HARD WORK BECAUSE YOU'RE DEALING WITH A LOT OF PROPERTY AND TAX PROPERTY.
THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US.
AND AS ONE OF MY CONSTITUENTS SAID EARLY, THIS BOARD IS NOT DONE THE BEST JOB IN BEING DIVERSE.
AND SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT ALSO.
OKAY. TRUSTEES SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.
CAN YOU PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES BY HAND? OKAY. TRUSTEES.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.
THERE NEEDS TO BE TRUSTEE MICCICHE AND TRUSTEE MACKEY.
CAN YOU PLEASE ANNOUNCE YOUR VOTE? ARE YOU VOTING IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION? WE WERE JUST TRYING TO FOLLOW DIRECTIONS.
OKAY, TRUSTEES, YOU'VE JUST ADOPTED TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION NAMING TRUSTEE DAN MICCICHE AND CAMILLE WHITE AS CANDIDATES FOR ELECTION TO SERVE ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DALLAS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT.
CONGRATULATIONS. BUT THIS IS THE NEXT THING IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO HEAR.
THE NOMINEES ARE REMINDED THAT YOU MUST SUBMIT.
YOU SUBMITTED NOW THE APPLICATION.
BUT NOW YOU MUST SUBMIT A BIOGRAPHY.
OR IS IT? AND IT'S AN, OR SO YOUR BIOGRAPHY OR YOUR RESUME TO BOARD SERVICES NO LATER THAN TUESDAY OCTOBER 15TH.
OKAY, SO YOU MUST SUBMIT YOUR BIOGRAPHY OR RESUME TO BOARD SERVICES NO LATER THAN TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15TH TO ENSURE YOUR NAME CAN BE TIMELY ADDED TO THE BALLOT.
BUT WITH THAT, THAT THAT CONCLUDES AGENDA ITEM EIGHT TRUSTEES.
WE WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM 9.01.
[9. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS]
CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.ITEMS 9.01 THROUGH 9.32, AS AMENDED.
TRUSTEES, WE HAVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 9.01 THROUGH 9.32, AS AMENDED.
THE FOLLOWING AGENDA ITEMS HAVE BEEN PULLED FOR A SEPARATE VOTE.
AGENDA ITEMS 9.089.14, 9.16, 9.27 AND 9.29. AGENDA ITEM 9.02 HAS BEEN RETURNED TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 9.30 AND 9.31 HAVE BEEN PULLED COMPLETELY FROM THE AGENDA. OKAY.
TRUSTEES, LET'S SEE, WHERE ARE WE? OKAY. TRUSTEES, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? SO MOVED. OKAY.
TRUSTEES, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE TO CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. TRUSTEES, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
CAN YOU PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES BY HAND?
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JACKIE VOTES YES.OKAY. TRUSTEES, YOU HAVE JUST APPROVED AND TOOK ACTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ITEMS 9.01 THROUGH 9.32, AS AMENDED.
TRUSTEES WILL NOW MOVE TO ITEMS PULLED FOR A SEPARATE VOTE.
[10. ITEMS PULLED FOR A SEPARATE VOTE]
ITEM 10.01 WAS RETURNED TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.SO WE WILL START WITH ITEM 10.02.
CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO RATIFY THE MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE PERIOD ENDING JULY 30TH 1ST TO 2024, PULLED BY TRUSTEES FOREMAN AND WHITE.
TRUSTEES, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED OR WHAT? I MOVED TO RATIFY THE MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT.
YEAH. WE MOVE TO ADOPT [INAUDIBLE].
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE CURRY.
WE HAVE A SECOND BY TRUSTEE WEINBERG.
TO RATIFY THE MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE PERIOD ENDING JULY 31ST, 2024.
TRUSTEES, IS THERE DISCUSSION? YES. TRUSTEE OREMAN.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHO'S GOING TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION, BUT IT'S ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL STEAM SCHOOL, THE BUILDING THAT WE BOUGHT ON LBJ PROBABLY ALMOST THREE YEARS AGO. THERE'S STILL NOT A SCHOOL THERE.
AND WE HAVE A BUILDING THAT I HAVEN'T EVEN STARTED DELVING INTO, HOW MUCH MONEY WE'VE SPENT TO RENOVATE THAT BUILDING OR RETOOL THAT BUILDING, WHICH IS MY NEXT STEP.
BUT THE PROBLEM IS, IS THAT THERE'S NO SCHOOL THERE, BUT WE'RE STILL SPENDING MONEY THERE, AND WE NEED TO HAVE BETTER PLANS WHEN WE DO THESE KINDS OF THINGS.
YOU WEREN'T HERE WHEN WE DID IT, SO I'M NOT BLAMING YOU, BUT I AM STATING THE FACTS.
THE FACTS ARE WE HAVE SCHOOLS THAT ARE NEEDY, BUT WE COME UP WITH THESE KINDS OF PLANS THAT NEVER MATERIALIZE. AND THAT'S NOT THAT'S NOT GOOD FOR FOR ME.
BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE DISTRICT, MOST OF YOUR STUDENTS ARE SOUTH.
THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO BE SPENDING MORE MONEY.
I'M NOT TRYING TO TAKE AWAY FROM ANYBODY.
AND WE CANNOT HOLD PROPERTY FOR YEAR ON YEAR SAYING THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A SCHOOL AND IT'S NOT.
WE SPENT, WHAT, $44 MILLION FOR THAT PROPERTY OR SOMEWHERE NEAR THAT.
AND I'M GOING TO BE LOOKING AT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH WE'VE SPENT FOR RENOVATION? TRUSTEES, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. TRUSTEES SEEING NONE.
OKAY. MR. MACKEY VOTES? YES. THANK YOU.
ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.
PLEASE ASK IF SOMEONE IS VOTING IN THE NEGATIVE.
ANYONE OPPOSED? RAISE YOUR HAND.
OKAY, TRUSTEES, YOU'VE JUST ADOPTED ITEM 10.02.
TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO ITEM 6.03.
CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE JOB ORDER CONTRACTING SERVICES FOR FENCING AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BOND PROGRAM AND OTHER PROJECTS MANAGED BY CONSTRUCTION SERVICES AND MAINTENANCE AND FACILITY SERVICES PULLED BY TRUSTEE FOREMAN AND TRUSTEE WHITE.
TRUSTEES, DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR A POINT OF INFORMATION? JUST. I THINK WE ACTUALLY ANNOUNCED THE VOTE A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.
IT WAS ACTUALLY 6 TO 2, NOT 7 TO 2.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S IMPORTANT TO PUT THAT IN THE RECORD.
SO YES, WE WILL CORRECT IT IN THE MINUTES.
OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
TRUSTEE CURRY. TRUSTEES, ON AGENDA ITEM 10.03.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE.
SECOND TRUSTEES IS MOVED BY TRUSTEE CURRY, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE WEINBERG TO APPROVE THE JOB ORDER.
CONTRACTING SERVICES FOR FENCING AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BOND PROGRAM AND OTHER PROJECTS MANAGED BY CONSTRUCTION SERVICES AND MAINTENANCE AND FACILITY SERVICES, GENERAL OPERATING, SPECIAL REVENUE AND BOND FUNDS.
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TRUSTEES. IS THERE DISCUSSION? YES. TRUSTEE FOREMAN.SO I'LL START OUT BY SAYING I AM IN FAVOR OF THE FENCING.
THE ISSUE FOR ME IS IF WE'RE STILL USING GUARDIAN TO DO OUR JOB ORDERS FOR THIS FENCING.
WE ARE. THAT'S AN ISSUE, SUPERINTENDENT.
I'VE SAID IT OVER AND OVER AND OVER.
THAT'S $5 MILLION THAT WE'RE SPENDING OF TAXPAYER MONEY TO DO A JOB THAT WE CAN DO IN-HOUSE.
YES. FOUR YEARS AGO WE WERE IN A HOLE.
AND AT SOME POINT WE HAVE TO STOP JUST GIVING MONEY AWAY.
THEY'VE PROVEN IT ON OTHER JOCK ORDERS.
AND SO I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT, NOT THE FENCING.
MY ISSUE AGAIN IS THE WAY WE PROCURE.
UNDERSTOOD. TRUSTEES, FURTHER DISCUSSION? YES. TRUSTEE WHITE? I DO HAVE TO AGREE WITH TRUSTEE FOREMAN ON THIS BECAUSE AS MY CONSTITUENTS CAME DOWN AND SAID, WE HAVE A LOT THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN THE PLEASANT GROVE AREA, THAT WE COULD UTILIZE THAT $5 MILLION.
AND I DO FEEL OUR STAFF IS DEFINITELY CAPABLE OF DOING THAT.
AS FAR AS GETTING THE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE NEEDING AND GATHERING IT AND GETTING THE BIDS OUT AND WHAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO GET THE SERVICES DONE.
AND I ALSO HEARD ONE OF THE SPEAKERS MENTIONED AND I'M SAD TO HEAR THAT THIS WAS GOING ON.
I KNOW THERE WAS A SEGMENT THAT WAS DONE YEARS AGO WITH 60 MINUTES, TALKED ABOUT HOW MUCH THE US GOVERNMENT WAS BEING CHARGED FOR THINGS LIKE YES, MA'AM, I'M GETTING BACK ON.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE USING OUR RESOURCES WISELY AND THAT THE BUILDINGS AND THE STUDENTS AND THE STAFF THAT NEEDS RAISES ARE GETTING IT.
SEEING NONE, SHOULD WE CAST OUR VOTES BY HAND AGAIN? YES. THE MACHINE IS WORKING.
NOW. YOU CAN. IT IS WORKING NOW.
OKAY. TRUSTEES, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.
MACKEY. VOTES? YES. THANK YOU.
THE MOTION PASSES SIX VOTING YES, ONE VOTING NO, WITH ONE ABSTENTION.
WE HAVE A CHANCE TO CHANGE MY VOTE, PLEASE.
YES. IT HAS NOT BEEN ANNOUNCED.
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO CHANGE YOUR VOTE TO? I'M SORRY. OKAY.
SO, WHAT WAS THE FINAL VOTE ON 10.03? GO TO IT.
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX.
SIX VOTING YES, WITH TWO ABSTENTIONS.
THANK YOU. TRUSTEES, YOU HAVE JUST ADOPTED ITEM 10.03.
TRUSTEES WILL NOW MOVE TO ITEM 10.04.
I'M SORRY. IT SAID MOTION FAILED ON THE SCREEN.
CAN WE FIX THAT? YES, WE CAN FIX THAT FOR THE RECORD.
THE SYSTEM WILL FIX THAT FOR THE RECORD.
THERE SEEMS TO BE AN ISSUE WITH THE SYSTEM, SO IT SHOWS EIGHT.
NOT PRESENT IS WHAT IT SHOWS ON THE SCREEN.
BUT FOR THE RECORD, IT WAS SIX VOTED YES AND TWO ABSTENTIONS.
YES, SIR. OKAY, SO TRUSTEES, YOU HAVE ADOPTED ITEM 10.03.
TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO ITEM 10.04.
PURCHASING COOPERATIVE WITH RECOMMENDED VENDOR FOR JOB ORDER CONTRACT PRODUCTS AND SERVICES FOR DISTRICT WIDE USE NOT TO EXCEED $5 MILLION. GENERAL OPERATING SPECIAL REVENUE BOND FUNDS POOLED BY TRUSTEES FOREMAN AND WHITE.
TRUSTEES, DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY TRUSTEE CURRIE.
TO AUTHORIZE, NEGOTIATE AND ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH OMNIA PARTNERS.
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PURCHASING COOPERATIVE WITH RECOMMENDED VENDOR FOR JOB ORDER CONTRACT JOCK PRODUCTS AND SERVICES FOR DISTRICT WIDE USE NOT TO EXCEED $5 MILLION.GENERAL OPERATING SPECIAL REVENUE AND BOND FUNDS.
TRUSTEES. IS THERE DISCUSSION? YES. TRUSTEE FOREMAN.
SO DO WE HAVE MORE THAN ONE CONTRACT WITH GUARDIAN? NO, MA'AM. OKAY.
SO ORIGINALLY WHEN IT CAME, IT WAS 5 MILLION.
NO, MA'AM. IT WAS NOT? NO. THE ORIGINAL WAS 2.5.
I WONDER WHERE DID I GET 5 MILLION FROM? FIVE. IS WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR ON THIS ONE.
SO? 5 MILLION IS WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR ON THIS ONE.
AND THEN USE YOUR RESPONSE TO ME WAS NO.
YES, MA'AM. THAT'S WHY I ASKED THAT QUESTION.
SO IS IT 5 OR 2.5? SO ORIGINALLY WE CAME TO THE BOARD IN 2021, I BELIEVE THE DATE WAS ASKING THE BOARD TO APPROVE $2.5 MILLION. AND THEN WE CAME BACK TO THE BOARD FOR AN INCREASE, AND WE'RE INCREASING AGAIN AT FIVE.
WE INCREASE THE 2.5 MILLION TO WHAT WE ASKED FOR AN ADDITIONAL 6 MILLION.
SO WE INCREASED FROM 2.5 TO 6 MILLION ON THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT.
CORRECT. AND HOW LONG WAS THAT CONTRACT? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
HOLD ON. IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT, IT'S OKAY.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE IN IN MARCH OF 2023, WE ASKED FOR THE INCREASE.
SO WE'VE SPENT AN ADDITIONAL $3.5 MILLION SINCE MARCH OF 2023.
AND NOW WE'RE ASKING FOR 5 MILLION MORE.
I'M JUST TRYING TO GET MY NUMBERS RIGHT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I'M A LITTLE LOOPY.
SO. YES, MA'AM. THAT'S CORRECT. YOU HAVE TO HELP ME.
SO IN ONE YEAR, WE SPENT $3.5 MILLION, AND NOW WE'RE ASKING FOR 5 MILLION.
AND WHAT'S THE TERM OF THIS CONTRACT? TO JANUARY 2029.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE FROM THE PREVIOUS CONTRACT THAT MONEY IS NOT GOING TO LAST THAT LONG.
I'M JUST SAYING I'M NOT TRYING TO GIVE YOU A HARD TIME, DAVID.
I'M NOT TRYING TO GIVE YOU A HARD TIME, SUPERINTENDENT.
TRUSTEES, IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. TRUSTEES. SEEING NONE.
SHOULD WE VOTE BY VOTING BY HAND? LET'S TRY THE COMPUTER.
WE'RE GOING TO TRY OUR SYSTEM AGAIN HERE.
TRUSTEES, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
THE MOTION PASSES SIX VOTING YES, ONE VOTING NO WITH ONE ABSTAINING.
AND IT SEEMS OUR SYSTEM WORKED THAT TIME.
SO, TRUSTEES, YOU HAVE ADOPTED ITEM 10.04.
TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO ITEM 10.05.
CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO NEGOTIATE AND ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH RECOMMENDED VENDOR NUMBER TWO FOR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK CCMR SERVICES FOR NOLAN ESTES PLAZA, DOWNTOWN DALLAS PRE-K THROUGH 12 NOT TO EXCEED 70 MILLION BOND FUNDS.
TRUSTEES, DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED. SECOND.
TRUSTEES. IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY TRUSTEE TURNER AND SECONDED BY TRUSTEE CURRIE TO NEGOTIATE AND ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH RECOMMENDED VENDOR NUMBER TWO FOR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK SERVICES FOR NOLAN ESTES PLAZA, DOWNTOWN DALLAS PRE-K THROUGH 12, NOT TO EXCEED $7 MILLION BOND FUNDS. TRUSTEES.
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IS THERE DISCUSSION? OKAY. TRUSTEES SEEING NONE.PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES USING THE SYSTEM.
VOTES. YES. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE MICCICHE.
TRUSTEE WHITE, IS YOUR SYSTEM WORKING? YES, MA'AM. IT IS. I'M SORRY.
THE MOTION PASSES SIX VOTING YES, ONE VOTING NO, AND ONE ABSTENTION.
TRUSTEES, YOU JUST ADOPTED ITEM 10.05.
TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO ITEM 10.06.
CONSIDERING. TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE LEASE AGREEMENT WITH PAUL QUINN COLLEGE FOR THE RENOVATION OF THE DOCTOR FREDERICK D HEINZ, THE THIRD GLOBAL PREPARATORY ACADEMY AT PAUL QUINN COLLEGE.
$3 MILLION GENERAL OPERATING BOND SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS CONSENT ITEM 9.29 PULLED DUE TO REVISIONS.
TRUSTEES, DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND.
OKAY. TRUSTEES HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
TRUSTEES, IS THERE DISCUSSION? YES. TRUSTEE FOREMAN.
SO, BRANT, WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION, SO I WON'T MAKE IT LONG.
I AM A FIRM BELIEVER THAT WE SHOULD BE SPENDING MONEY ON PROPERTIES THAT BELONG TO US, NOT ON A LEASE. AND SO THIS ASK IS FOR AN ADDITIONAL $3 MILLION TO RENOVATE A BUILDING THAT WE WILL VACATE BECAUSE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE BUILDING A BUILDING ON THAT SAME CAMPUS.
CORRECT. WE'RE BUILDING A NEW CAMPUS, BUT WE WILL NOT VACATE FOR 40 YEARS.
ARE WE BUILDING A SCHOOL ON THAT CAMPUS? A NEW SCHOOL? YES.
WELL, WILL THE NEW SCHOOL BE THE LIBRARY THAT WE'RE RENOVATING? THE NEW SCHOOL WILL HOUSE NINE THROUGH 12.
OKAY. AND WHAT IS THE LIBRARY THAT WE'RE RENOVATING GOING TO HOUSE? IT'S A CLASSROOM FOR SIX THROUGH EIGHT.
DO WE HAVE SIX THROUGH EIGHT THERE CURRENTLY? WE HAVE SIX THROUGH NINE, SIX THROUGH NINE.
AND SO, WE ARE ANTICIPATING ADDING ADDITIONAL CLASSES.
SO, BRIAN CAN YOU COME UP HERE BECAUSE I NEED TO KNOW HOW MANY STUDENTS WE ACTUALLY HAVE THERE.
WE'RE GOING TO SPEND $40 MILLION ON A NEW BUILDING.
WE'RE SPENDING $6 MILLION ON RENOVATION.
THAT'S NOT A GROWTH AREA IN OUR COMMUNITY.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? IS IT JUST ME? IT'S RHETORICAL.
SUPERINTENDENT. WE GOT TO DO BETTER.
I CAN THINK OF JN EARVEN RIGHT THERE IN THAT IMMEDIATE COMMUNITY.
I CAN THINK OF WILMER-HUTCHINS HIGH SCHOOL RIGHT THERE IN THAT IMMEDIATE COMMUNITY.
I CAN THINK OF THE SCHOOL THAT USED TO BE NAMED KENNEDY CURRY RIGHT THERE IN THAT COMMUNITY.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO SPEND $40 MILLION ON 236 STUDENTS.
I'M JUST SAYING IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
Y'ALL NEED TO MAKE IT MAKE SENSE.
WHEN WE DO THESE THINGS, WE NEED TO MAKE IT MAKE SENSE TO US.
TRUSTEES, FURTHER DISCUSSION? I JUST WANT A CLARIFICATION ON SOMETHING.
CURRENTLY, THE GRADES ARE EIGHT THROUGH 12.
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NO, MA'AM. THE CURRENT.THE CURRENT GRADES ARE GRADES SIX THROUGH TEN.
RIGHT NOW, IT WILL ULTIMATELY GROW GRADES SIX THROUGH 12.
SIX THROUGH 12. AND THE RENOVATION OF THE BASEMENT IS GOING TO BE FOR SIX THROUGH.
I THINK IT IS. SO FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, THE REFERENCE FACILITY WOULD NOT BE BUILT YET, SO ULTIMATELY GRADES SIX THROUGH 11 WOULD BE IN IN THE LIBRARY, WHICH WOULD THEN OCCUPY THE BOTTOM FLOOR THAT THIS AGENDA ITEM IS SPEAKING OF.
OKAY, SO I'M TAKING THAT EACH YEAR ANOTHER GRADE LEVEL IS ADDED ON UNTIL WE REACH THE CAPACITY TO HAVE 12TH GRADE ON CAMPUS.
SO NEXT YEAR OUR 10TH GRADERS ROLL TO 11, ETC..
SO YES, THEY'LL ROLL UP AND WE'LL HAVE SIX THROUGH 11 NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.
OKAY. AND HOW LONG IS IT GOING TO TAKE FOR THE WHEN IS SO HAVE WE APPROVED THE BUILDING OF WE HAVE APPROVED THE BUILDING FOR THE NEW BUILDING.
THAT'S WHAT I THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING.
I'M NOT AGAINST WHAT'S GOING ON.
THE ONLY THING THAT I DO HAVE A QUESTION WITH IS THAT WE'RE RENOVATING SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO END UP NOT UTILIZING, OR ARE WE HAVING? WE'RE BUILDING A BUILDING THAT'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO CONTAIN THE SIXTH THROUGH THE 12TH GRADE.
CORRECT? NO, THE PLAN IS TO KEEP THE LOWER GRADES SIX THROUGH EIGHT AT THE EXISTING BUILDING THAT WE'RE RENOVATING, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO BUILD THE NEW CAMPUS.
THE NEW BUILDING WILL BE AN UPPER CAMPUS FOR NINE THROUGH 12.
AND SO HOW MANY ARE WE UTILIZING? HOW MANY FLOORS OF THAT BUILDING NOW? SO CURRENTLY WE ARE CURRENTLY UTILIZING TWO FLOORS, THE SECOND AND THIRD.
AND THIS AGENDA ITEM WOULD BE FOR THE BOTTOM FLOOR.
TRUSTEES, FURTHER DISCUSSION? YES. TRUSTEE CURRY.
MR. ALFORD, JUST A COUPLE FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS.
ONE, I'M READING THIS CORRECTLY.
WE'RE NOT VOTING ON ANY $40 MILLION EXPENDITURE RIGHT NOW.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
OKAY, SO IF WE DIDN'T RENOVATE, WE WOULD THEN HAVE TO PAY THE RENT THAT IS IN HERE.
IS THAT HOW THIS WORKS? CORRECT. THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE VALUE WE'RE PUTTING IN THE RENOVATION AS OUR RENT PAID FORWARD.
AND HOW LONG IS THE TERM OF THE LEASE? I EXTENDED IT TO 40 YEARS.
SO I'M NOT A LAWYER, BUT ARE WE PAYING $11,000 FOR RENT A MONTH? THEY WILL TREAT THE VALUE WE'RE SPENDING ON RENOVATION AS OUR RENT FOR 40 YEARS.
OKAY, SO CURRENTLY IS THE VALUE $11,000 A MONTH FOR RENT. GET ORLANDO TO COME SPEAK TO THAT.
MISS FORMAN, CURRENTLY, THE RENT CREDIT THAT WE'RE RECEIVING IS FOR $26,289 A MONTH.
OKAY. WILL WE CONTINUE TO PAY RENT WHEN WE PUT THE NEW BUILDING IN? NO. AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO GET A CREDIT FOR THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE'RE PUTTING INTO THE FACILITY TO RENOVATE THE BASEMENT AREA.
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SO WE WERE WE WILL GET A CREDIT FOR THE 11,000 FOR 24.WE HAVE NOT ACTUALLY PAID THEM ANY MONEY A MONTH FOR RENT.
I KNOW. SO WE ARE EXTENDING THE LEASE TO 40 YEARS.
WILL WE, WHEN WE BUILD A NEW BUILDING, WILL WE BE PAYING ANY RENT? NO. NO.
TRUSTEES, FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION.
I HAVE A QUESTION. TRUSTEE TURNER.
SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO PAY RENT FOR 40 YEARS.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? THAT IS CORRECT.
DO WE ACTUALLY OWN THE BUILDING? I'M JUST SAYING, IF PAUL QUINN DECIDES TO SELL TOMORROW, WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE BUILDING? THAT WE SPENT $42 MILLION ON? THE BUILDING THAT WE'RE CONSTRUCTING.
IT WILL BE ON THEIR DIRT, BUT THE BUILDING WILL BE OURS.
YOU'RE WELCOME. TRUSTEE WHITE.
YES. THE NEW BUILDING THAT WE'RE CONSTRUCTING.
RELEASING THE LAND FROM PAUL QUINN.
SO, ACCORDING TO WHAT TRUSTEE TURNER JUST SAID, IF WE BUILD THE BUILDING AND THE LAND SALES, DO WE HAVE A STIPULATION IN WHAT WE JUST PASSED, THAT IF IT PASSES ON TO ANOTHER OWNER THAT WE WILL RETAIN OWNERSHIP? WE WOULD NOT LOSE OWNERSHIP OF THE BUILDING.
TRUSTEE WHITE. THE BUILDING WOULD BE OURS REGARDLESS OF WHO OWNS THE PROPERTY.
WE WILL HAVE A CONTRACTUAL DOCUMENT THAT SAYS THAT WE'RE LEASING.
THAT WE'RE LEASING THE DIRT FOR THIS BUILDING.
SO A SUBSEQUENT OWNER WOULD HAVE TO HONOR OUR CONTRACT FOR THAT PROPERTY.
OKAY. SO IN ESSENCE, YOU'RE SAYING IF IT'S, IF WE'VE ALREADY DRAFTED IT, WHERE IF IT WERE TO SELL, WE WOULD STILL RETAIN OWNERSHIP.
WE JUST DEFINITELY WON'T OWN THE LAND THAT'S ON THE RIGHT.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY WOULD TAKE ON.
I DON'T KNOW THE PERSON WOULD TAKE ON THAT.
EXCUSE ME. THAT'S WE'RE GOING TO THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT.
OH, AND THAT'S NOT THE AGENDA ITEM, PLEASE.
SO IN ESSENCE, WHAT YOU SAID BEFORE IS WE WOULD CONTINUE TO OWN THE BUILDING.
TRUSTEES, FURTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. SEEING NONE.
TRUSTEES, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.
MACKEY. VOTES? YES. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THE MOTION PASSES SIX VOTING YES, WITH TWO ABSTENTIONS.
TRUSTEES, YOU'VE JUST ADOPTED ITEM 10.06.
TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM 14.
ADJOURNMENT. THE TIME IS 9:18 P.M.
AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.