THE TIME IS 6:24PM THIS MEETING.
[1. NOTICE AND RETURN]
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THERE'S A QUORUM THIS MEETING HAS BEEN DULY POSTED.WE WILL FOREGO THE MOMENT OF SILENCE AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND SALUTE TO THE TEXAS FLAG, AS WE JUST DID THAT MOMENTS AGO AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING. THE FOLLOWING TRUSTEES ARE EITHER PHYSICALLY PRESENT OR PARTICIPATING SIMULTANEOUSLY BY VIDEO CONFERENCE.
A QUORUM OF THE BOARD IS PHYSICALLY PRESENT AT THIS LOCATION THE MEETING WILL BE AVAILABLE SIMULTANEOUSLY IN SPANISH ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THROUGH THE ESPANOL, ON FACEBOOK AND THROUGH THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE. [SPANISH].
IN ORDER FOR THE BOARD TO HOLD THIS MEETING IN AN EFFECTIVE MANNER, I WANT TO LET IT BE KNOWN THAT THIS MEETING WILL BE CONDUCTED IN AN ORDERLY FASHION AND ASK THE PUBLIC TO ABIDE BY THE RULES OUTLINED IN BOARD POLICY BED LOCAL PERTAINING TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
IT IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE FOR A PERSON WITH THE INTENT TO PREVENT OR DISRUPT A LAWFUL MEETING, TO SUBSTANTIALLY OBSTRUCT OR INTERFERE WITH THE ORDINARY CONDUCT OF A MEETING BY PHYSICAL ACTION OR VERBAL UTTERANCE, AND THEREBY CURTAIL THE EXERCISE OF OTHERS.
FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS. SPEAKERS OR SPEAKERS ARE CAUTIONED THAT WHAT THEY SAY COULD VIOLATE THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS UNDER THE LAW OF DEFAMATION OR INVASION OF PRIVACY, AND IF THEY ARE UNSURE OF THE LEGAL EFFECT OF THEIR REMARKS, THEY MAY WANT TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE PRIOR TO THE UTTERANCE.
ANY PERSON WHO BECOMES 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 PUBLIC OFFICIALS IN THE AUDIENCE.
[3. PRESENTATION OF BOARD RECOGNITIONS]
AND TRUSTEES.DOCTOR [INAUDIBLE] AND, MISS GRANT.
ARE WE READY FOR THE RECOGNITION FOR AIDEN? WE ARE. OKAY.
SUPERINTENDENT ELIZALDE TRUSTEE FOREMAN AND AIDEN ANDERSON, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
THE BOARD IS HONORED TO RECOGNIZE.
THE BOARD IS HONORED TO RECOGNIZE AIDEN ANDERSON, AN 11TH GRADER AT DAVID W CARTER HIGH SCHOOL.
AIDEN WON THE TEXAS SILVER GLOVES, THE ULTIMATE TOURNAMENT FOR AMATEUR BOXERS.
AIDEN IS CURRENTLY RANKED AS THE NUMBER ONE FIGHTER IN TEXAS IN THE 143 POUND WEIGHT CLASS.
AIDEN'S ACHIEVEMENTS REFLECT HIS HARD WORK AND TALENT IN THE BOXING COMMUNITY.
FAMILY MEMBERS, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND JOIN AIDEN FOR A PHOTO.
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TRUSTEES. WE WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM 4 CLOSED SESSION.BUT WE WILL NOT RETIRE TO CLOSED SESSION.
SO TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM FIVE PUBLIC FORUM.
[5. PUBLIC FORUM]
WE WILL BEGIN WITH SPEAKERS TO AGENDA ITEMS FOLLOWED BY SPEAKERS TO NON-AGENDA ITEMS. I'M ASKING SPEAKERS TO BE MINDFUL OF CHILDREN IN THE AUDIENCE AND IN ATTENDANCE.CHILDREN AND UNWILLING ADULT RECIPIENT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN ATTENDANCE AT THIS PUBLIC 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.
THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN 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 AM 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 PARTICIPANT IS LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENT AND CONSEQUENCE OF HIS OR HER OWN STATEMENTS.
SPEAKERS. PLEASE BE MINDFUL THAT SUBSTITUTIONS ARE NOT ALLOWED.
IF YOU SIGN UP TO SPEAK, YOU CANNOT SPEAK ON BEHALF OF SOMEONE ELSE.
SPEAKERS WHO FAIL TO ADHERE TO THIS RULE WILL BE INTERRUPTED AND INFORMED.
YOUR COMMENTS ARE OUT OF ORDER.
MISS HARDY, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE NAMES OF THE SPEAKERS? 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 THE FIRST TWO SPEAKERS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE? ROBERT CECCARELLI AND ANTHONY PETERSON, FOLLOWED BY MIKE HOOKE AND REMINGTON STEELE ON DECK.
ROBERT CECCARELLI NOT PRESENT.
ANTHONY PETERSON, FOLLOWED BY MIKE HOOKE AND REMINGTON STEELE ON DECK.
MY NAME IS ANTHONY PETERSON, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
I PRAY THAT YOU ALL HAVE A BLESSED AND JOYFUL HOLIDAY.
COME BACK IN 2025 REFRESHED WITH A RENEWED SPIRIT, AND PREPARE TO SHOW EXEMPLARY LEADERSHIP WHICH YOU WERE ELECTED AND GIFTED TO DO. WHITE AND BROWN BOARD MEMBERS, I KNOW THAT YOU ALL ARE SICK AND TIRED OF HEARING BLACK PEOPLE CRYING AND WHINING ABOUT
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RACISM DISCRIMINATION, PRACTICE RETALIATION WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.I'M ASKING YOU NOT TO GET TIRED.
I'M ASKING YOU TO FORCE THE ISSUE.
DISCRIMINATION, RETALIATION DON'T EXIST IN YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
STOP BEING CONCERNED ABOUT LOSING A POLITICAL ALLY AND FOCUS ON YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AND MOST IMPORTANT, STOP ALLOWING YOUR PURPOSE TO BE COMPROMISED BY FEAR.
HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN THREATENED WITH ETHICS VIOLATIONS FOR WANTING TO DO THE RIGHT THING? HOW MANY OF YOU REALLY DON'T WANT TO ROCK THE BOAT AND BECOME BLACKBALLED BY YOUR PEERS OR THIS ADMINISTRATION.
WELL, SURPRISE, SURPRISE, SURPRISE.
AS LONG AS YOUR HAIR OR WAS NAPPY LIKE LAMB'S WOOL, YOU WILL BE BLACKBALLED AND CRUCIFIED.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES, BLACK STUDENTS, BLACK NON-ADMINISTRATIVE EMPLOYEES, AND CITIZENS ARE COUNTING ON YOU TO CLEAR THE PATH TO A FAIR, EQUITABLE, AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO PUBLIC EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN DISD.
IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE THAT BLACK EMPLOYEES MAKE UP CLOSE TO 50% OF THE WORKFORCE, BUT 90% PLUS OF ALL GRIEVANCE BLACK NON-ADMINISTRATIVE EMPLOYEES ARE NINE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE TERMINATED THAN THEIR WHITE OR LATINO PEERS.
IT TELLS ME THAT IT'S A COORDINATED EFFORT BY THIS ADMINISTRATION TO SECURE AND FOCUS ON THE FUTURE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT OF WHITE AND LATINO HERITAGE AND THEIR COMMUNITY.
STAND ON THE PRINCIPLES OF CHRIST AND DO THE RIGHT THING BY ALL STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES.
THANK YOU. MIKE HOOK, REMINGTON STEELE, MARY ANN HOPKINS, AND OLA ALLEN ON DECK.
TEACHERS, PARENTS, STUDENTS AND TAXPAYERS.
OUR CONSTITUTIONS ARE WRITTEN FOR WE THE PEOPLE TO GOVERN OUR GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.
ARROGANCE, INTIMIDATION AND OPPRESSION AGAINST WE THE PEOPLE SHALL NOT STAND IN AMERICA.
WE DO, HOWEVER, HAVE A DISTRICT TO CORRECT.
SOME FOLKS HERE VIEW ME WITH SKEPTICISM DUE TO MY EUROPEAN GENETICS.
I AM NO MORE EUROPEAN THAN ANYONE ELSE IN THIS ROOM.
WE ARE ALL AMERICANS, WHETHER WHITE, BLACK, OR ANY OTHER GENETIC DESCENDANCY OUR CHILDREN LEARN FROM MY AND OTHER ADULTS EXAMPLES THAT WE SET BY HOW WE CONDUCT OURSELVES.
CHILDREN ARE BORN INTO THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE ADULTS CREATED AND THEY ARE ABUSING EACH OTHER.
LET'S BE AMERICAN ADULTS AND RAISE OUR KIDS SO THAT THEY ARE ONCE AGAIN HAPPY CHILDREN.
LET'S SET THE EXAMPLE BY HOW WE LIVE.
THE THREE R'S READING, WRITING AND ARITHMETIC, CRITICAL THINKING AND UNENSLAVED TEACHERS.
TEACHERS NEED STUDENTS WHO ARE NURTURED AT HOME, WHO ARE PRESENT, WHO ARE NOT ENSLAVED TO CANDY, ELECTRONICS AND OTHER YOUNGSTERS WHO ARE OUT OF CONTROL. GREG ABBOTT, MIKE MORATH AND TODD WILLIAMS ARE VERY BIG PROBLEMS WITH THEIR AMPLIFY BLUEBONNET COMPUTER TRASH, DATA HARVESTING,
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AI, PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS AND PROFILING OF CITIZENS.OUR YOUNGSTERS ARE TO GROW UP AS LEGITIMATE CITIZENS WITH CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS, NOT DOCILE FOLLOWERS OF FOOLISH GOVERNMENT DICTATORS.
$38,000 PAY RAISE FOR ELIZALDE? NO. WRONG MOVE.
PARTICULARLY WHEN IT'S BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN.
THANK YOU. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.
REMINGTON STEELE AND MARY ANN HOPKINS, FOLLOWED BY OLA ALLAN AND THOMAS SABO ON DECK. GOOD EVENING.
GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS REMINGTON STEELE WITH WE ARE THE VILLAGE TEEN MOMS. IT'S A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION FOR TEENAGE PARENTS TO HELP JOURNEY THROUGH THEIR PARENTING EXPERIENCE.
IN 2023, 2167 YOUNG GIRLS BECAME TEENAGE MOTHERS, AND IN 2022, 2202 YOUNG GIRLS BECAME TEENAGE MOTHERS FOR EVERY THOUSAND GIRLS AND THAT'S IN DALLAS COUNTY.
FOR EVERY 1000 GIRLS IN DALLAS COUNTY, 13 OF THEM WILL BECOME TEENAGE MOTHERS AND ONE OUT OF FIVE OF THOSE 2000 GIRLS IN THE LAST TWO YEARS WILL WERE BECAME SECOND TIME PARENTS.
WE ARE THE VILLAGES HOSTING A TEEN MOM DISCUSSION PANEL WHERE WE WILL BE HAVING PAST TEEN MOMS AND PRESENT TEEN MOMS, ALONG WITH ORGANIZATIONS ALL IN ONE ROOM, TO DISCUSS THE CHALLENGES OF BEING A TEENAGE MOTHER AND TO SEE TO DISCUSS WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT AS A COMMUNITY AND AS ORGANIZATIONS OUT HERE TO SUPPORT THEM WHERE WE'RE DROPPING THE BALL, WHAT WE'RE DOING WRONG, AND WHAT WE CAN DO BETTER.
SO WE ARE HERE TO INVITE EVERYONE TO OUR EVENT.
IT'LL BE AT THE DOWNTOWN YMCA, T BOONE PICKENS YMCA.
I BELIEVE 6601 ACRE STREET JANUARY 11TH AT 11AM.
WE WELCOME YOU ALL TO SCAN THE QR CODE THAT'S ON THE INVITES THAT YOU ALL HAVE.
WE ALSO THAT WILL ALSO INCLUDE ONE YEAR OF FREE WIFI.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AS MANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE CAN FIT IN THAT BUILDING IN ONE PLACE SO THAT THE TEEN MOMS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND THE DADS KNOW WHO THEIR RESOURCES ARE.
WE INVITE YOU BECAUSE WE THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO KNOW, BEING SUCH A LARGE PART OF THAT NUMBER TO KNOW WHAT YOUR STUDENTS CHALLENGES ARE, WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE, WHAT ARE THE NEEDS OF THEIR FAMILIES, SO THAT YOU CAN ORGANIZE YOUR AGENDA TO HELP FIT THEIR NEEDS SO THAT WE ALL ARE WORKING SO THAT THEY THRIVE.
AGAIN, WE ARE THE VILLAGE TEAM MOMS. PLEASE FOLLOW US OR LOOK US UP AND SUPPORT.
MARY ANN HOPKINS AND OLA ALLEN WITH THOMAS SABO ON DECK.
HELLO. BOARD MEMBERS AND AUDIENCE.
MY NAME IS MARY ANN HOSKINS, NOT HOPKINS S H O S AS IN SAM K I N S AS IN SAM.
MY SISTER USED TO BE MARRIED TO HOPKINS.
SHE GOT MAD. SHE GOT RID OF HIM.
HER NAME? BEVERLY ANN HOPKINS.
THAT'S HER FIRST NAME. BUT THIS IS MY HUSBAND, HENRY HILTON HOSKINS.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE RECORDS, THE SCHOOL RECORDS.
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THE RECORDS PUT MY SPECIAL EDUCATION RECORDS IN THERE, TOO.I WANT MY SPECIAL EDUCATION RECORDS ALSO, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT THE.
YOU HAVE TWO SETS OF RECORDS, YOU HAVE REGULAR EDUCATION AND THEN SPECIAL EDUCATION.
THERE'S THEY'RE SEPARATE AND THE SPECIAL EDUCATION RECORDS, THEY KEEP THEM IN A THEY KEEP THEM IN LIKE A THEY HAVE THEM IN AND THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY MICROFILM THEM, BUT THEY'RE SEPARATE BECAUSE I WAS PUT IN SPECIAL EDUCATION WHEN I WAS HIT IN THE HEAD WITH A PIPE AT MIDDLE SCHOOL.
BUT ANYHOW, I WAS LOOKING AT A FIGHT AND WAS HIT IN THE HEAD WITH A PIPE THAT THE PEOPLE DIDN'T.
EVEN THE ADMINISTRATORS DIDN'T CALL 911.
BUT ANYHOW AND THEY PUT ME IN SPECIAL EDUCATION.
I NEED THOSE SPECIAL EDUCATION RECORDS FROM I WAS LIKE IN THE ABOUT THE SEVENTH ABOUT SEVENTH GRADE, SEVENTH, EIGHTH GRADE, ABOUT 12.DOUGAN BUT ANYHOW AND ALSO WHEN I WAS AT THAT WAS AT JOHN HOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL, BUT THEY CHANGED THAT SCHOOL.
NOW IT'S PIEDMONT ACADEMY ON HUME DRIVE AND ALSO WHEN I WAS AT ASCHER SILBERSTEIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, A TEACHER KNOCKED MY GLASSES OFF [INAUDIBLE] BUT ANYHOW, WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS THIS RIGHT HERE, JUST WHEN YOU GIVE PEOPLE THEIR RECORD SOUND, I MEAN, SAY, HEY, WHICH RECORDS DO YOU WANT? BOTH OF THEM.
IF THEY PUT YOU IN SPECIAL EDUCATION.
BUT IT ALSO DISD CONDONED TO MORTGAGE FRAUD.
MY HUSBAND AND I WAS IN A MORTGAGE FRAUD HOUSE HELPED PROVE THAT DISD CONDONES IT.
I GOT SOME PROOF THAT YOU ALL CONDONE IT.
I SPEAK FACTS, NOT FICTION WITH DOCUMENTATION, NOT NO SPECULATION.
WINIFRED VANESSA DOBBINS SAID I CAME IN SOCIAL SECURITY AND THREATENED HER AND HARASSED HER.
WHY AM I THREATEN A LADY? HER 3814 FRANK STREET.
OUR ADDRESS WAS 3802 FRANKS ST BUT WE GOT A HOUSE BACK THERE.
I CAN'T EVEN FIND A BATHROOM IN THE DARN HOUSE.
HALLELUJAH. I GOT TO HELP MY HUSBAND.
THE CITY HAD TO DO SOMETHING FOR BUSTING OUR HOUSE FOR A DOPE THANK YOU. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.
THANK YOU. OLA ALLEN AND THOMAS ACEBO.
GOOD EVENING. I BELIEVE PROTOCOL HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED.
I AM OLA ALLEN, 4111 SUMMIT RIDGE DRIVE, DALLAS, TEXAS.
YOU ALL MUST SPEND SOME QUANTITY AND QUALITY TIME ON HOW WE ARE GOING TO MONITOR THE CELL PHONES.
I WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW THAT THE STUDENT CELL PHONES ARE OUT OF ORDER.
WE ARE LOSING SENIOR TEACHERS AND I DON'T MEAN SENIOR TEACHERS WITH AGE, I MEAN SENIOR TEACHERS WITH EXPERIENCE WE MUST COME UP WITH A GLOBAL POLICY THAT WILL REGULATE THE CELL PHONES.
THE CELL PHONES ARE GONE, AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T PUT THIS BURDEN ON OUR PRINCIPALS.
OUR PRINCIPALS ARE LOADED NOW, AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE AND WHEN I SAY WE, I MEAN BOARD MEMBERS BECAUSE WE ARE BOARD, I MEAN WE ARE WITH YOU AND WE ARE ASKING YOU TO PLEASE COME UP WITH A POLICY FOR NEXT YEAR THAT WOULD BE GLOBAL, NOT FOR ONE SCHOOL AND NOT FOR THE OTHER SCHOOL, BUT MAKE SURE THAT IT IS GLOBAL FOR ALL SCHOOLS AND ANOTHER THING I REALLY WANT TO GIVE ACCOLADES TO MR. BETTS, HE HAS WORKED VERY HARD.
WE HAVE BEEN FIGHTING SKYLINE FOR THREE YEARS TO GET OUR FENCE UP AND THE FENCE STILL ISN'T UP.
I DON'T KNOW WHO THE CONTRACTORS ARE.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY DO A LITTLE AND STOP A LITTLE.
SO AND OUR CAMPUS LOOKS TERRIBLE BECAUSE YOU GOT A HIGH FENCE RIGHT HERE, AND THEN YOU GOT A NO FENCE RIGHT HERE AND WE ARE ASKING THAT YOU ALL WILL SPEND SOME QUALITY AND QUALITY TIME ON TRYING TO COMPLETE THE FENCE.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR THREE YEARS.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I'M NOT HERE COMPLAINING TODAY.
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HOPE THAT YOU WILL DO.IF YOU TELL ME, I MIGHT FORGET.
IF YOU SHOW ME, I MIGHT NOT REMEMBER.
BUT IF YOU INVOLVE ME, I WILL UNDERSTAND.
GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MR. ACEBO. I TEACH AT SAMUELL HIGH SCHOOL.
I'VE BEEN TEACHING THERE FOR ABOUT EIGHT YEARS.
IT WAS MY INTENTION TO TALK TO YOU GUYS TODAY AGAIN ABOUT REINSTATING THE CHOIR PROGRAM AT SAMUELL.
WE HAVE HAD A CHOIR EVERY YEAR THAT I'VE BEEN THERE.
EXCEPT THIS YEAR, WE NO LONGER HAVE A CHOIR PROGRAM.
THE MAIN REASON THEY WENT TO COLLEGE WAS BECAUSE OF THE CHOIR.
I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE FOR WHOM THAT'S THE CASE.
I HAD INTENDED TO TALK FOR THREE MINUTES ABOUT CHOIR, BUT WOULDN'T YOU KNOW IT, THERE WAS ANOTHER SCHOOL SHOOTING IN THE NEWS RECENTLY, SO I KIND OF FEEL LIKE I NEED TO GO BACK TO MY SAFETY SPEECH FROM LAST COUPLE TIMES I WAS HERE.
THERE'S CONTINUES TO BE A CRISIS OF VIOLENCE AT MY SCHOOL.
HE SAYS WE'RE GETTING NEW SECURITY CAMERAS COMING IN FEBRUARY AND ALL THAT.
IF WE DON'T GET TO THE ROOT CAUSES OF THIS VIOLENCE.
WE NEED TO TEACH THESE KIDS CONFLICT RESOLUTION, WHICH WE'RE CURRENTLY NOT DOING.
I TEND TO SEE CHOIR AS CONNECTED TO THIS BECAUSE THAT'S PART OF COMMUNITY BUILDING.
IF WE HAVE PROGRAMS IN PLACE TO LIKE, DRAW THESE KIDS IN AND MAKE THEM FEEL WELCOME, MAKE THEM FEEL, YOU KNOW, A SENSE OF BELONGING, THEN I THINK THAT GOES A LONG WAY TOWARDS IMPROVING THE CAMPUS CULTURE AND ALLEVIATING SOME OF THESE PROBLEMS OF VIOLENCE ON CAMPUS.
RECENTLY, THERE WAS A FIGHT IN THE HALLWAY AND A TEACHER WAS INJURED.
SHE WAS TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE WAY OF IT AND CLOSE HER DOOR.
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, WE WERE TOLD THAT WE HAD TO KEEP OUR DOORS OPEN.
LATER I WAS TOLD, OR WE WERE TOLD THAT IT WAS LESS OF A REQUIREMENT, MORE OF A PREFERENCE.
IT SHOULD BE LIKE IN WRITING, PLEASE.
WE HAVE GREAT PEOPLE IN OUR CAMPUS.
WE'VE GOT GREAT COUNSELORS, WE HAVE GREAT SOCIAL WORKERS, BUT THEY'RE SPREAD VERY THIN.
SO PLEASE TALK TO THEM AND SEE WHAT THEY NEED TO MORE EFFECTIVELY TAKE CARE OF OUR KIDS.
PLEASE REINSTATE THE CHOIR PROGRAM.
I'M GOING TO BRING THIS UP EVERY TIME I'M HERE.
THANK YOU. MR. PRESIDENT, THIS CONCLUDES OUR SPEAKERS.
TRUSTEES, WE WILL NOW TURN, AND THEY WILL NOW BEGIN.
WE'LL TURN TO AGENDA ITEM SIX REPORTS.
[6. REPORTS]
WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT 6.01 SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.AS WE COME TO A CLOSE FOR THIS PARTICULAR MONTH, AND AT THE END OF THE 2024 SCHOOL YEAR, WE HAVE ACTUALLY 4.
DECEMBER IS A BUSY BIRTHDAY MONTH.
SO FOUR OF YOU TRUSTEES HAD BIRTHDAYS THIS MONTH.
SO THIS MONTH WE HAVE PRESIDENT CARREĆN, AND I'M GOING TO PAIR EACH BOARD MEMBER WITH A HISTORICAL EVENT INSTEAD OF FAMOUS PEOPLE, AS I'VE DONE IN THE PAST. SO FIRST PRESIDENT BORN ON DECEMBER 1ST.
WE WON'T TALK. WHAT YEAR? WE ALL KNOW WHAT TOOK PLACE ON DECEMBER 1ST, 1955.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY AS WELL TO TRUSTEE BEN MACKEY, WHO WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 9TH, WHICH IS THE SAME DAY THAT PERU WON ITS INDEPENDENCE FROM SPAIN IN THE BATTLE OF AYACUCHO.
TRUSTEE MICCICHE, WHO CELEBRATED HIS BIRTHDAY ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17TH.
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THE COURSE OF HUMAN HISTORY CHANGED THAT DAY IN 1903, WHEN THE WRIGHT BROTHERS MADE THE FIRST SUSTAINED AIR AIRPLANE FLIGHT IN KITTY HAWK, NORTH CAROLINA AND FINALLY, WE'RE GOING TO BE ON BREAK WHEN IT'S TIME TO CELEBRATE TRUSTEE CURRIE AND TRUSTEE CURRIE WAS BORN ON THE 28TH, THE SAME DAY IN 1845, THAT THE UNITED STATES ANNEXED THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS, INSTIGATING A WAR WITH MEXICO. TRUSTEE CURRY.HERE'S HOPING YOUR BIRTHDAY IS CELEBRATED MORE PEACEFULLY THAN THAT.
I JUST WANT TO SAY, FOR THE RECORD, MY BROTHER HAS ALWAYS GOTTEN MORE BIRTHDAY PRESENTS THAN ME BECAUSE HIS IS IN JULY AND MINE IS DECEMBER AND THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THAT. TRUSTEE FOREMAN IS IN JULY.
SOUTH OAK CLIFF HIGH SCHOOL GOLDEN BEARS ARE MAKING HISTORY AS THE FIRST DALLAS ISD SCHOOL TO ADVANCE TO THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME FOR 4 CONSECUTIVE SEASONS.
TOMORROW NIGHT AT AT&T STADIUM, THEY WILL FACE OFF AGAINST RANDALL.
THE RANDALL LIONS FROM LAMAR CONSOLIDATED FOR THE FIVE A DIVISION TWO STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
A CELEBRATORY SENDOFF FOR THE STATE BOUND GOLDEN BEARS WILL TAKE PLACE EARLIER AT TOMORROW AND WILL FEATURE PERFORMANCES BY THE SCHOOL'S BAND AND CHEERLEADERS. I KNOW YOU JOIN ME IN WISHING SOUTH OAK CLIFF THE BEST OF LUCK FOR TOMORROW EVENING.
THIS IS ALSO A TIME WHEN MANY OF OUR CAMPUSES ARE TRULY PRACTICING GIVING FROM THE HEART.
THIS IS THE SEASON OF GIVING AND DALLAS ISD CELEBRATES THIS IN MANY WAYS.
FOR THE 15TH YEAR IN A ROW, W.H.
ADAMSON HIGH SCHOOL HELD ITS 16TH ANNUAL TOY DRIVE.
KEYES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HELD WINTER WONDERS, AN EVENT CREATED BY THE SCHOOL'S COUNSELOR TO GET STUDENTS WINTER ACCESSORIES, COATS, AND EVEN SOCKS. DAVID G.
MARIA MORENO STEAM ACADEMY COLLECTS GIFTS AND CLOTHES FOR STUDENTS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
DEATH OF A PARENT OR EXTREME POVERTY.
MORENO ALSO HOLDS A GIVING WEEK, DURING WHICH THE SCHOOL COLLECTS PAJAMA BOTTOMS, BODY WASH AND DEODORANT, BLANKETS, HATS, GLOVES ALONG WITH APPLES, ORANGES AND CANDY CANES FOR SKYLINE NURSING CENTER, A LOCAL NURSING HOME.
AND FINALLY, THE SPECIAL SERVICES, PARENT ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH DEPARTMENT PARTICIPATED IN THE BE AN ANGEL CHRISTMAS PROGRAM THAT BRINGS HOLIDAY CHEER AND PERSONALIZED GIFTS TO SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN IN DALLAS ISD.
I KNOW WE HAVE MANY SCHOOLS WHO HAVE DONE SIMILAR AND OTHER UNIQUE THINGS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THESE AND TO EVERYONE AT DALLAS ISD WHO REMINDS US OF THE TRUE SPIRIT OF THIS SEASON.
MOVING ON TO HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT.
ONE OF THE FEATURES OF THE TEACHER MENTOR PROGRAM IS THE ANNUAL FALL MIXER, WHERE MORE THAN 700 TEACHER MENTORS, NOVICE TEACHERS, AND CENTRAL STAFF SUPPORT TEAMS GATHER TO SOCIALIZE, CELEBRATE, AND NETWORK.
ALSO, WITH REGARD TO TEACHERS AND OUR TURNOVER RATES, STILL STICKING WITH THE WORK THAT HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT HELPS US LEAD IS THE FACT THAT A DECADE AGO, TEACHER TURNOVER WAS A VERY BIG CHALLENGE HERE IN DALLAS ISD, WITH MORE THAN 1 IN 5 TEACHERS, MORE THAN 1 IN 5 TEACHERS LEAVING EVERY YEAR, WHICH SOUNDS LIKE A LOT BECAUSE IT IS.
OUR TEACHER TURNOVER RATE WAS HIGHER THAN THE STATES AND THE REGION.
WE'VE MADE A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS.
WE KNOW THERE'S ALWAYS WORK TO DO.
BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS CHART, IMPLEMENTING A TECH A TEACHER EXCELLENCE INITIATIVE, OFFERING HIGHER STARTING SALARIES, PROVIDING SUPPORT TO OUR TEACHERS AND ENSURING THAT OUR CAMPUSES PROVIDE THE TYPE OF CULTURE AND CLIMATE THAT IS SUPPORTIVE.
PEOPLE MAY COME FOR MONEY, BUT WE KNOW THEY STAY FOR PEOPLE AND AFTER THE TUMULT OF COVID AND THE NATIONWIDE TEACHER SHORTAGES THAT FOLLOWED, DALLAS ISD NOW FINDS ITSELF IN A SITUATION THAT IS COMPLETELY THE REVERSE.
IN FACT, WE ARE LOWER THAN THE STATE AND THE REGION.
I WANT TO POINT OUT WHAT THAT NUMBER ACTUALLY IS.
WE ARE COMPARING OURSELVES AT.
REALLY, THE 23-24 DATA INDICATES WE HAVE LESS THAN A 17% TURNOVER RATE AT 16.8.
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THE REGION INCLUDES ALL OF THE SURROUNDING SCHOOL DISTRICTS AT 19.1 AND THE STATE OF TEXAS.TEACHER TURNOVER RATE IS 20.9, AND OUR HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT TEAM HAS ALREADY EXTRAPOLATED THE DATA FOR THE 2425 SCHOOL YEAR UP THROUGH DECEMBER OF 2025, AND THAT IS STILL SHOWING A DOWNWARD TREND WHERE HOPEFULLY WE MIGHT END UP SOMEWHERE AROUND A 16.5%.
THAT IS OBVIOUSLY THE WORK THAT IS HAPPENING AT CAMPUSES.
CERTAINLY OUR HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT TEAM HELPS US WITH THEIR PARTICULAR ACTIVITIES, BUT THIS IS A TRIBUTE TO EACH OF THE CAMPUSES, TO THE COMMUNITIES THAT SUPPORT THEM THE PRINCIPALS, ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, COUNSELORS, BECAUSE TEACHERS WILL NOT STAY WHERE THEY DO NOT FEEL WELCOME AND WE KNOW THAT THE TEACHER IS A VERY BIG PART OF OUR STUDENT SUCCESS. FROM ANOTHER AREA TO BRAG ABOUT IN OUR FINANCES.
UNDER OUR NEW OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A VERY LONG TIME, OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, ED RAMOS, SUCCESSFULLY ARGUED OUR CASE TO THE KROLL BOND RATING AGENCY.
THAT DID RESULT IN A TRIPLE A BOND RATING.
IT MEANS WE'VE SAVED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN COMPLETING OUR BOND WORK, AND THAT SAVINGS GOES RIGHT BACK INTO CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS SO WE CAN GET MORE FOR OUR STUDENTS.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF RECOGNITIONS FOR SOME OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS.
THESE GO THROUGH INDIVIDUALS ACROSS THE ENTIRE STATE.
THEY ONLY PICK A COUPLE, AND THIS YEAR, PARTICULAR EMPHASIS WAS ON INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE STUDYING WHILE THEY ARE STILL, OF COURSE, EMPLOYED WITH OUR DISTRICT. THEY'RE DOING WORK ON THE SUPERINTENDENCY.
SUNSET PRINCIPAL DAVID LEE, WHO'S PURSUING HIS DOCTORATE IN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, WAS ONE OF ONLY TWO RECIPIENTS WITH THIS HONOR THAT COMES WITH A $2,500 SCHOLARSHIP.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO PRINCIPAL LEE.
A COUPLE MORE THINGS TO CELEBRATE PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY ORNAMENTS THIS YEAR.
THE THEME FOR THIS YEAR IS 2003 A SEASON OF STORIES.
THE STUDENTS ALSO WENT WITH VISUAL ARTS TEACHER NATALIE HERBERT.
TALENTED AND GIFTED TEACHER ANGELA MCILVEEN AND PRINCIPAL SELINA KING ON THEIR FIELD TRIP TO THE PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY TO SEE THEIR ORNAMENTS DECORATING THE TREE.
AFTER TOURING THE MUSEUM, THEY HAD A WARM.
THEY HAD WARM COOKIES AND MILK NEXT TO THEIR ORNAMENTS.
WHEN THE DECORATIONS ARE TAKEN DOWN AT THE END OF THE CELEBRATION, THE ORNAMENTS WILL BE RETURNED TO THE STUDENTS, WHO WILL HAVE BRAGGING RIGHTS THAT THEIR ARTWORK WAS DISPLAYED AT ONLY AT ONE OF THE ONLY 15 PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES IN THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES.
THAT'S A PRETTY NICE KIND OF ACCOLADE TO HAVE, ESPECIALLY STARTING OUT AS A STUDENT AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL AND WE'RE ALMOST THERE PLANTING FOR THE FUTURE, ACCORDING TO THE STOICS AND I DO THINK THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT SAYING.
I THINK IT HAS SO MUCH APPLICATION.
A SOCIETY GROWS GREAT WHEN OLD MEN PLANT TREES IN WHOSE SHADE THEY KNOW THEY SHALL NEVER SIT IN.
THE GREEKS SHOULD HAVE MET OUR YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN.
BECAUSE THIS FALL, DALLAS ISD.
STUDENTS HAVE PLANTED ALMOST 100 FRUIT TREES IN TWO SEPARATE ORCHARDS AT THE STEM.
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER AND AT SEAGOVILLE HIGH SCHOOL.
50 TREES AND BUSHES WERE PLANTED AND WHEN THEY MATURE THEY WILL BEAR FRUIT.
THE FOOD WILL BE GIVEN BACK TO THE SEAGOVILLE COMMUNITY DURING THE SCHOOL'S MONTHLY FOOD DRIVES.
SIMILARLY, THE FOOD HARVESTED FROM THE 40 TREES PLANTED AT THE ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER WITH THE HELP OF SUNSET HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND GROW NORTH TEXAS VOLUNTEERS, WILL BENEFIT LOCAL FOOD BANKS, DISTRICT RESOURCE CENTERS AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER'S ANIMALS AMONG THE TREES PLANTED.
JUST IN CASE YOU WANT TO KNOW.
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PEACH JUJUBE.I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT IS.
PAWPAW AND BLACKBERRY AND LASTLY, FINALLY, NO MATTER WHAT HOLIDAY YOU CELEBRATE THIS SEASON, WHETHER IT BE CHRISTMAS, HANUKKAH, KWANZAA, OR IF YOU'RE IN THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS, I WISH YOU A PEACEFUL, RESTFUL, AND HAPPY HOLIDAY.
TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM 6.02.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES COMMITTEE REPORTS.
ARE THERE ANY COMMITTEE REPORTS? OKAY, MR. PRESIDENT, THIS MIGHT BE THE APPROPRIATE PLACE TO REPORT ON THE RESULTS OF THE DALLAS COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT ELECTION RESULTS.
PLEASE DO. AND THERE WERE FIVE PEOPLE WHO WERE ELECTED, INCLUDING MYSELF, KEVIN CARBO OF MESQUITE ISD, AS WELL AS PAULINE MEDRANO AND TWO OTHER MEMBERS.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNEW THAT OUR VOTES MATTERED AND AT THE MEETING ON JANUARY 15TH, THE FIRST MEETING OF THE DALLAS COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD THERE WILL BE A DRAWING FOR WHICH OF THE FIVE MEMBERS WILL HAVE THREE YEAR TERMS AND WHICH WILL HAVE ONE YEAR TERMS. SO THREE OF THE MEMBERS WILL HAVE THREE YEAR TERMS, AND TWO OF THE MEMBERS WILL HAVE ONE YEAR TERMS AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
THANK YOU PRESIDENT. SO FIRST BIG SHOUT OUT TO COOPER AND COOPER THEY KNOW WHO THEY ARE.
WHITE HIGH SCHOOL, THEY BOTH EARNED A SPOT IN THE ACADEMIC ALL-STATE FOOTBALL TEAM.
THE LAST TIME I SAW COOPER W, HE HAD VERY BURNT ORANGE HAIR AS THEY HAD DYED IT AS THE FOOTBALL TEAM TO GET READY FOR THE PLAYOFFS AND SO I'M SURE HIS MOTHER LOVES THAT AND LOVES ME SHOUTING THAT OUT IN PUBLIC IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY AND SO I WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.
BUT CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH OF THEM.
ALSO A HUGE THANK YOU TO BARNES AND NOBLE AND THE DALLAS EDUCATION FOUNDATION.
IT WAS JUST A TON OF FUN AND I ASKED THE KIDS TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY HAD THE LITTLE SNOWFLAKES, WHICH WERE THE LITTLE, YOU KNOW, THE LITTLE CIRCLES THAT COME OUT WHENEVER YOU HOLE PUNCH A PAGE.
THAT'S WHAT THEY USED FOR THEIR PRESENTATION, TO THROW SNOWFLAKES ALL OVER THE ROOM, THAT THEY MADE SURE DOCTOR MEEKER PICKED THOSE UP ONE AT A TIME AND SO HOPEFULLY THEY WERE ABLE TO PULL THAT OFF.
BUT JUST SEEING THE WAY THEIR FACE IS ABSOLUTELY LIT UP WHEN THEY GOT TOLD.
ALSO, I MENTIONED BRIEFLY BEFORE, BUT JUST SAYING IT AGAIN.
I DON'T KNOW. IT'S A TRADITION IN MY FAMILY.
AND THEN FINALLY TRUSTEE JOHNSON COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY.
SO WHILE I AM NOT PERSONALLY THE TRUSTEE OVER SOUTH OAK CLIFF, I WILL ON HIS BEHALF SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO SOUTH OAK CLIFF FOR 4 YEARS IN A ROW AS A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
SO I'M GOING TO BE AT THE GAME TOMORROW AND EXCITED TO ROOT FOR THEM.
THAT'S JUST REMARKABLE AND SO AND THEN JUST A SLIGHT POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.
BUT CONGRATS TO THOSE KIDS IN WALL, TEXAS FOR THEIR GREAT YEAR AS WELL.
THANK YOU. I WANT TO START BY GIVING A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO MARISSA LEHMAN, A PRINCIPAL OF DAN D ROGERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, FOR RECEIVING THE MASTER PRINCIPAL DESIGNATION FOR THE 24-25 SCHOOL YEAR.
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ATHLETIC EQUIPMENT AND ATHLETIC EQUIPMENT FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLS ACROSS THE DISTRICT.INVESTING IN SPORTS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT TEACHES OUR STUDENTS.
IT TEACHES OUR STUDENTS LESSONS IN DETERMINATION, COMPETITION, AND GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP.
THANKS TO OUR PARTNERS FOR YOUR HELP IN EDUCATING.
WANT TO SHOUT OUT ALSO THE FRANKLIN? RELATEDLY, BOYS SOCCER SECOND CONSECUTIVE WIN IN THE DISTRICT THREE CHAMPIONSHIP.
WANT TO CELEBRATE ALSO THE LONG 2024 THEY WERE THE DISD CHEER CHAMPIONS WITH LONGFELLOW CAREER EXPLORATION ACADEMY AS A SECOND PLACE RUNNER UP.
GOOD LUCK TO ALL AT UIL IN JANUARY.
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL.
TRUSTEE MICCICHE. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU TO BOOK DRIVE FOR KIDS FOR THE GENEROUS DONATION TO CASA VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, ENSURING EVERY STUDENT HAS A NEW BOOK JUST IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS AND THANK YOU TO THE AMAZING PARENT VOLUNTEERS AT BAILES ELEMENTARY FOR DEDICATING THEIR TIME AND ENERGY TO HELP WRAP THE GENEROUS GIFTS DONATED BY PROJECT HOLIDAY HAPPINESS.
I WAS ALSO OVER AT BAILES TODAY FOR CAREER DAY, AND I KNEW I WAS IN TROUBLE WHEN I GOT THERE, AND THERE WAS A FIRE TRUCK AND THERE WERE SEVERAL FIREMEN AND THEY WERE TURNING ON THE SIRENS AND AND, YOU KNOW, SHOWING THE LADDERS AND EVERYTHING AND THEN I WALKED A LITTLE BIT AROUND THE CORNER AND THERE THE POLICE WERE THERE, AND THEY BROUGHT A HORSE AND I WALKED IN WITH KIND OF A LAW BOOK TO. BUT I ENJOYED BEING THERE.
I'M SURE THAT THE KIDS ENJOYED HEARING THE OTHER SPEAKERS AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BOYS AND GIRLS SWIMMING TEAMS AT BRYAN ADAMS HIGH SCHOOL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY ON BECOMING CITY CHAMPIONS.
BOTH THE BOYS AND THE GIRLS CITY CHAMPIONS AND I ALSO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO CONGRATULATE A D-3 PRINCIPAL WHO HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AGAIN AS A MASTER PRINCIPAL FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR. SHOUT OUT TO VIVIAN CHANDLER FARRELLY FROM EMMETT J.
CONRAD HIGH SCHOOL FOR RECEIVING THIS HONOR.
THANK YOU, TRUSTEE MICCICHE. WE'LL MOVE ON TO TRUSTEE CAMILLE WHITE FOR THE DISTRICT FOUR REPORT.
GOOD EVENING. A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO DEANNA G.
A SENIOR AT SEAGOVILLE HIGH SCHOOL FOR GETTING ACCEPTED TO NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE D4 SENIORS WHO GOT THEIR EARLY ACCEPTANCE LETTERS.
WE ARE ALL SO PROUD OF EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU AS WELL.
I ALSO WANT TO SAY KUDOS TO THE DALLAS ISD POLICE DEPARTMENT ORGANIZING A TOY DRIVE AT B.H.
THEY CAME WITH OFFICER CLAUS TO THE CAMPUS TO SPREAD HOLIDAY CHEER UP AND DOWN THE HALLWAYS.
I WANT TO EXTEND MY GRATITUDE TO THE PARENTS OF B.H.
MACON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COMMUNITY, WHO GENEROUSLY DONATED TOYS AND MADE THE EVENT POSSIBLE.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ANNA FERNANDEZ, PRINCIPAL AT NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, FOR RECEIVING THE MASTER PRINCIPAL DESIGNATION FOR THE 2425 SCHOOL YEAR.
THIS IS GIVEN TO THE TOP 10% OF PRINCIPALS IN ELEMENTARY, SECONDARY, AND CHOICE SCHOOLS.
THANK YOU, PRINCIPAL FERNANDEZ FOR ALL YOU DO FOR THE SCHOOL AND THIS RECOGNITION IS WELL DESERVED.
PRAISE AND SMILES GO OUT TO NEA DALLAS FOR COLLABORATING WITH PATHWAY OF LIFE CHURCH AND DISD OFFICER OMAR SEPULVEDA, WHO TEAMED UP TO DONATE TOYS TO OUR FLS STUDENTS IN THE SEAGOVILLE FEEDER PATTERN.
OFFICER CLAUS, AKA OFFICER SEPULVEDA, HAS BEEN DOING THIS PROJECT FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS.
FINALLY, I WANT TO THANK ALL FACULTY, STAFF, PARENTS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND STUDENTS IN DISTRICT FOUR FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION MAKING IT THROUGH THIS SEMESTER OF THE SCHOOL YEAR A GREAT SUCCESS.
ENJOY THE TIME OFF WITH YOUR LOVED ONES.
BE SAFE AND WE'LL SEE YOU IN THE NEW YEAR.
THANK YOU. ON BEHALF OF TRUSTEE JOHNSON TRUSTEE MICCICHE.
YES, THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THE STUDENTS AT EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON STEM ACADEMY WERE IN FOR A GREAT HOLIDAY SURPRISE FROM ONE OF THE SCHOOL'S NEWEST PARTNERSHIPS AS PART OF THE COMPANY'S COMMITMENT TO EDUCATION.
TRINA SOLAR DONATED NEARLY 700 BOOKS AND OVER 1000 HEADPHONES.
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THANK YOU FOR HELPING SHAPE THE NEXT GENERATION OF MINDS AND LIKE A FEW OF MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS, I WANT TO SEND A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO PRINCIPAL ARNALDO ZUNIGA AT THE SCHOOL FOR TALENTED AND GIFTED AT YVONNE EWELL TOWNVIEW CENTER.THE GOLDEN BEARS WILL TAKE ON THE RICHMOND RANDALL LIONS AT 7PM ON FRIDAY AT AT&T STADIUM.
I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO COME OUT AND SUPPORT THIS TEAM.
I WANT TO START OUT BY GIVING A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO 4 MASTER PRINCIPALS IN DISTRICT SIX.
THAT IS TO DEMETRIA BELLE ELLIS, WHICH IS AT RONALD MCNAIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
MISS LAKISHA MERRITT AT MARTIN WEISS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
AND MISS KIMBERLY RICHARDSON AT TL MARSALIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
THANK ALL OF THE PRINCIPALS FOR THE GREAT WORK.
BUT FOR THOSE FOUR, THANK YOU FOR BEING MASTER PRINCIPALS AND MISS LAKISHA MERRITT.
THIS IS HER SECOND YEAR BEING A MASTER PRINCIPAL.
ENJOY THE HOLIDAY AND I WILL SEE YOU WHEN YOU GET BACK.
I JUST GAVE $500 OF MY MONEY TO AIDEN FROM DAVID W CARTER HIGH SCHOOL, WHO WON THE TEXAS SILVER GLOVES BOXING TOURNAMENT.
AND I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT THIS IS NOT A UIL SPORT, BUT WE SHOULD BE MEETING OUR CHILDREN WHERE THEY ARE AND WHEN THEY FIND THEIR NICHE, WE SHOULD BE SUPPORTING THEM.
THAT'S WHAT I DO ON A CONSISTENT BASIS AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO.
OF COURSE, SUPERINTENDENT, YOU KNOW, I'M PROUD OF MARK TWAIN.
THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CARREĆN.
I'D LIKE TO BEGIN BY GIVING A HUGE KUDOS TO WINNETKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND ITS PTA FOR SPREADING HOLIDAY CHEER BY GIFTING CHRISTMAS PRESENTS TO ALL OF THE 693 STUDENTS.
THIS HEARTWARMING EFFORT HIGHLIGHTS THE POWER OF COMMUNITY AND ENSURES THAT EVERY CHILD AT THAT SCHOOL FEELS CELEBRATED FOR SUCCESS AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU ALL HAVE EVER SEEN THE WINNETKA PTA IN ACTION, BUT THAT THING IS INCREDIBLE.
I MEAN, THE SCHOOL IS ABSOLUTELY PACKED WITH ESSENTIALLY ALL OF THE PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
SO SHOUT OUT TO WINNETKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
THE OPENING OF THE STATE OF THE ART CAMPUS IS INCREDIBLE.
IT WAS AWESOME TO WALK AROUND AND DO THE SCAVENGER HUNT THROUGHOUT THAT BUILDING, TO HEAR ALUMNI COME BACK AND TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT SCHOOL MEANT TO THEM, AND HOW THEY'RE EXCITED TO STAY ENGAGED IN THIS NEXT ITERATION, INCLUDING ONE OF OUR ALUMNI FROM MORE THAN A DECADE AGO THAT IS PROUD TO BRING HER STUDENTS BACK TO DALLAS ISD AND SEND THEM TO PEABODY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, ESPECIALLY IN THIS NEW BUILDING.
SO THANK YOU, CHIEF ALFRED, YOUR TEAM AND EVERYONE THAT'S MADE THAT POSSIBLE.
AND THEN FINALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE SIX.
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YES. COUNT THEM SIX MASTER PRINCIPALS.SO I THINK THAT DISTRICT SEVEN HAS MORE SCHOOLS THAN DISTRICT SIX.
SO WE'LL CALL IT EVEN TRUSTEE FOREMAN.
THAT IS STEPHANIE AMAYA AT W.H.
ADAMSON HIGH SCHOOL, IDA ESCOBEDO AND MARGARET BEE HENDERSON HIGH SCHOOL OR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL? SORRY, WHO IS ON THIS LIST? ABSOLUTELY. EVERY YEAR, SANDRA ESPINOSA AT FELIX BOTELLO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NIKKI HUDSON AT L.V.
HOLD ON, CAROLINE WILSON AT JAMES BOWIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND DAVID LEE FOR HIS LEADERSHIP AT HECTOR P GARCIA LAST YEAR, WHO SUPERINTENDENT ELIZALDE SHOUTED OUT FOR WINNING THIS INCREDIBLE PRESTIGIOUS AWARD FROM TASA, WHO IS NOW AT SUNSET HIGH SCHOOL.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR MASTER PRINCIPALS.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE.
AND WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
I'LL READ THE DISTRICT EIGHT ACCOLADES FROM BEING AWARDED $15,000 FROM THE DOMINGUEZ DREAM FOR STEAM AND SEO ENRICHMENT, TO RECEIVING A BOOK VENDING MACHINE FROM THE COMBINED EFFORTS OF THE DALLAS EDUCATION FOUNDATION, WHATABURGER, AND THE DALLAS MAVERICKS.
A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO THE CESAR CHAVEZ LEARNING CENTER, AS THEY HAVE BEEN A CHOSEN RECIPIENT FOR THE DREAM BIG PROJECT FROM UNITED TO LEARN. THIS GRANTS THEM A $20,000 CAMPUS REFRESH TO REFRESH THEIR LIBRARY.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CHAVEZ LEARNING CENTER.
AND ALSO CONGRATULATIONS TO JOSE JOE MAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR WELCOMING THEIR NEW ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, MR. JOSE CARRILLO. I AM CONFIDENT THAT HIS ADDITION WILL RAISE AND FURTHER AMPLIFY THE LEVELS OF EXCELLENCE THROUGHOUT THE HALLWAYS AND CLASSROOMS OF JOE MAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND LASTLY, I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE WHO'S A PART OF DISTRICT EIGHT FOR SUCCESSFULLY MAKING IT TO THE END OF THE FIRST HALF OF THE 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR IN DISTRICT EIGHT AND IN DALLAS ISD OVERALL.
TRUSTEES. THAT CONCLUDES THE DISTRICT EIGHT ACCOLADES.
FOR THE RECORD THE DISTRICT NINE ACCOLADES DISTRICT NINE IS GRATEFUL TO ROSA HERNANDEZ, CEO OF NER EDUCATIONAL SOLUTIONS, FOR HONORING OUR OUTSTANDING PARENTS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS AT THE FIRST ANNUAL SKYLINE VERTICAL TEAM APPRECIATION BREAKFAST.
CONGRATULATIONS TO TWO TEAM MEMBERS AT SYLVIA MENDEZ CREW LEADERSHIP ACADEMY.
GREAT WORK TO OUR DEDICATED INSTRUCTORS AND STAFF AND OTHER CREW NEWS.
A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO PRINCIPAL VERONICA HERNANDEZ, WHO WAS RECENTLY HONORED BY SUPERINTENDENT DOCTOR ELIZALDE AND THE PRINCIPAL SPOTLIGHT FOR THIS MONTH.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND DETERMINATION TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS, PRINCIPAL HERNANDEZ.
JOSHUA R FROM CITY LAB HIGH SCHOOL RECENTLY RECEIVED A PERFECT ATTENDANCE AWARD FROM DALLAS ISD'S GRAD DEPARTMENT FOR HIS DEDICATION AND A PERFECT ATTENDANCE AWARD FOR HIS DEDICATION AND HARD WORK.
JOSHUA WAS AWARDED WITH GIFT CARDS TO AMAZON AND MAIN EVENT.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THIS YOUNG MAN.
TRUSTEES. THAT CONCLUDES THE DISTRICT NINE ACCOLADES, TRUSTEES.
WE WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM SEVEN.
[7. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.701. CONSIDERING TAKING POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL.
TRUSTEES. THE FOLLOWING MINUTES HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL.
AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING FROM OCTOBER 1ST, 2024 AND THE BOARD MEETING FROM NOVEMBER 1ST 2024.
TRUSTEES, DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND.
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OKAY. TRUSTEES.IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED THAT WE ADOPT THE MINUTES SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL.
TRUSTEES, ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS? OKAY. SEEING NO CORRECTIONS.
TRUSTEES, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
TRUSTEES, YOU'VE JUST ADOPTED THE MOTION APPROVING THE MINUTES AS SUBMITTED.
[9. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS]
CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.ITEMS 9.01 THROUGH 9.20, AS AMENDED.
TRUSTEES, WE HAVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 9.01 THROUGH 9.20, AS AMENDED.
THE FOLLOWING AGENDA ITEMS HAVE BEEN PULLED FOR A SEPARATE VOTE.
9.02, 9.06, 9.04, 9.10, 9.18 AND 9.20.
WOULD TRUSTEES WHO POOLED ITEMS FOR A SEPARATE VOTE, LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE ANY OF THEM BACK TO THE CONSENT AGENDA? OKAY. TRUSTEES, DO I HAVE A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, AS AMENDED? MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND.
OKAY. HAS IT BEEN MOVED YET? IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
TRUSTEES, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.
TRUSTEE CURRIE, ARE YOU ABLE TO VOTE? MOTION PASSES EIGHT.
WHAT'S THE VOTE? WHAT IS IT? SEVEN ZERO.
IT'S EIGHT ZERO WITH TRUSTEE JOHNSON.
OKAY. TRUSTEES, YOU'VE JUST ADOPTED THE MOTION APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA, AS AMENDED.
TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM TEN FIRST A 10.01.
[10. ITEMS PULLED FOR A SEPARATE VOTE]
CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE AMENDED THE AMENDMENT OF BOARD POLICY DBGA LOCAL PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT RELATIONS, EMPLOYEE COMPLAINTS AND GRIEVANCES.SECOND READ. SPONSORED BY ROBERT ABEL, CHIEF OF HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT.
CONSENT ITEM 9.02 PULLED DUE TO REVISIONS.
TRUSTEES, DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE.
SECOND. TRUSTEES, IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
TRUSTEES, IS THERE A DISCUSSION? OKAY. TRUSTEES.
TRUSTEES, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.
TRUSTEE YOU JUST ADOPTED ITEM 10.01.
TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM 10.02.
CONSIDERING TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE WAIVER OF LOCAL THAT REQUIRES THE VENUE TO BE IN DALLAS COUNTY FOR DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ACCEPT THE SAVE THE MUSIC FOUNDATION HOMETOWN MUSIC TECH GRANT.
NO FINANCIAL IMPACT CONSENT ITEM 9.06 PULLED BY TRUSTEES WHITE AND TRUSTEES FOREMAN.
TRUSTEES. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE.
SECOND. TRUSTEES HAVE BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
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TRUSTEES. IS THERE DISCUSSION? YES. TRUSTEE FOREMAN.SO, ANDY, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND.
WHERE IN CH LOCAL DOES IT SAY THAT IT HAS TO BE A VENUE IN DALLAS? BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SAYING, THAT'S WHY WE WAIVE CH LOCAL.
CAN SOMEBODYH ELP ME WITH THAT? I'LL HAVE TO LOOK UP THAT POLICY.
YES, MA'AM. SIMILAR TO WHEN WE BRING YOU THE VIRTUAL SCHOOL CONTRACT THAT'S IN TRAVIS COUNTY.
THIS IS ACCEPTING INSTRUMENTS, CORRECT? YES. THIS IS THE HOMETOWN MUSIC TECH GRANT OUT OF NEW YORK.
BUT IF WE HAVE SOMETHING IN OUR POLICY THEN THERE'S SOMETHING THAT CH LOCAL NEEDS TO BE.
WELL, CH LOCAL NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT ANYWAY.
I'VE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT IT FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
I KNOW, AND I DO THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT, BECAUSE WE DO ACCEPT GRANTS FROM A VARIETY OF PLACES AND ACTUALLY THE TEAM DID TALK ABOUT US LOOKING AT THAT POLICY AND REVISING IT AND BRINGING THAT TO THE BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION.
SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO COME EVERY TIME THERE'S SOMETHING THAT COMES FROM OUTSIDE AND IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, WE WERE JUST ENSURING BECAUSE IT IS FROM OUTSIDE DALLAS COUNTY.
BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF FOLKS WHO PROVIDE US SOME SUPPORT.
SO WE'LL GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT.
YEAH. FROM OUTSIDE DALLAS COUNTY.
YES, MA'AM. YEAH, WE GET IT ALL THE TIME.
SO THAT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
I'M NOT AGAINST THE GRANT, RIGHT? I'M JUST AGAINST IF WE'VE GOT A POLICY THAT STATES THAT, THEN THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT.
BUT I WOULDN'T WANT TO JUST LOOK AT THAT AT CH LOCAL.
I WANT TO LOOK AT CH LOCAL SOMETIMES.
THAT'S WHY WE HESITATE TO BRING CHANGES REGARDING POLICY TRUSTEE FOREMAN, YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT AND THERE WAS ALSO, AND I BELIEVE LAST YEAR OTHER SCHOOLS APPLIED AND LAST YEAR A DIFFERENT SCHOOL.
WHAT WAS THE SCHOOL THAT WAS AWARDED LAST YEAR? SEAGOVILLE HIGH SCHOOL. SEAGOVILLE HIGH SCHOOL GOT THIS AWARD LAST YEAR.
SO DID WE WAIVE POLICY THEN? I ACTUALLY THINK THAT THE PROCESS WAS FOLLOWED DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE I ASKED FOR THAT, AND I DON'T THINK IT CAME THAT SAME WAY.
OKAY. THAT'S ALL I WANT TO KNOW.
WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. YES, MA'AM.
WE WILL. WELL, I HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
I DID HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH ANGIE ABOUT THIS EARLIER.
IT SEEMED KIND OF ODD TO ME FOR US TO RECEIVE A GRANT THAT STATED THAT IF THIS CONDITION IS NOT MET, WE'LL TAKE IT BACK.
IF THAT CONDITION IS NOT MET, WE'LL TAKE THE ITS INSTRUMENTS AND EQUIPMENT FOR A MUSIC PROGRAM THAT SAVED THE MUSIC HAS BEEN AWARDED TO MOLINA HIGH SCHOOL AND THAT WAS SOMETHING AND THAT WAS MY CONCERN ALSO.
THE VENUE THAT'S IN NUMBER 13, I THINK IT IS.
BECAUSE I WAS I JUST HAD A RED FLAGS THAT JUST CAME UP.
FOR THEM SAYING THAT WE HAD TO FILE IN NEW YORK AND IF WE WANTED TO FILE.
ANYWHERE ELSE, WE HAD TO ASK PERMISSION.
BUT I WAS DEFINITELY TOLD ALL OF MY QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED.
THE QUESTIONS THAT I ASKED ABOUT BECAUSE BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THERE WERE SO MANY STIPULATIONS STATING, IF THIS RULE IS NOT FOLLOWED, WE WILL COMPENSATE THE EQUIPMENT AND THE OTHER ITEMS BACK.
I WAS TOLD THAT REGARDLESS OF THIS, WE DON'T HAVE A CASH OUTLAY AND THAT THEY ARE GIVING US MONEY, WHICH IS ALWAYS A GOOD THING, MAINLY WHEN IT'S A QUOTE UNQUOTE GRANT AND IT IS GOING TO SERVE 40 STUDENTS AT MOLINA HIGH SCHOOL.
SO IT'S A LOT OF GOOD BENEFITS THAT IS HAPPENING.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF YOU GIVE IT TO US, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE TAKING IT BACK.
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OKAY, TRUSTEES, THE FURTHER DISCUSSION.OKAY. TRUSTEES SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.
TRUSTEE JOHNSON ARE YOU VOTING? I VOTE YES.
VOTING YES.\ TRUSTEES, YOU'VE JUST ADOPTED ITEM 10.02.
TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM 10.03.
CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE, NEGOTIATE, AND ENTER INTO A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FOR A DATA AS A SERVICE SOFTWARE PLATFORM FOR DISTRICT WIDE USE, NOT TO EXCEED 450,000 ANNUALLY OVER FIVE YEARS.
WHITE TRUSTEES. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE.
SECOND. TRUSTEES HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
TRUSTEES. IS THERE DISCUSSION? YES. TRUSTEE FOREMAN.
CAN SOMEBODY EXPLAIN WHY THIS IS COMING OUT OF BOND FUNDS? IT'S COMING OUT OF GENERAL OPERATING FUNDS.
SO JUST IT JUST HAS THE LANGUAGE ON THERE GENERAL OPERATING SPECIAL REVENUE OR BOND FUNDS? YES. OKAY.
WE MIGHT NEED TO LOOK AT THAT LOOKS A LITTLE CRAZY.
THEN THE OTHER THING THAT CONCERNS ME IS DOES THIS INCLUDE ANY MAINTENANCE OR UPGRADES, THIS $450,000 ANNUALLY SO THAT IS THE STANDARD YEARLY CONTRACT AND SO IT'S A SOFTWARE AND SO THAT'S THE YEARLY CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE WITH THAT SOFTWARE.
BUT I GUESS THE QUESTION I'M ASKING IS WILL THERE BE COULD THERE BE THE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS REQUIRED SINCE THIS IS NEW SOFTWARE THAT WE'RE GETTING CORRECT.
DOES THAT INCLUDE MAINTENANCE? IT DOES. ANY UPGRADE, THAT'S THE MAXIMUM PRICE.
SO IT DOES INCLUDE IT'S ALL INCLUSIVE.
SO IT'S ALL INCLUSIVE OF ALL MAINTENANCE OR UPGRADES.
OKAY. TRUSTEES SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. WE ARE HERE FOR THE.
TRUSTEE JOHNSON. COULD YOU REPEAT YOUR VOTE? YES. I VOTE YES.
OKAY. TRUSTEES, YOU HAVE JUST ADOPTED ITEM 10.03.
TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM 10.04.
CONSENT ITEM 9.10 PULLED BY TRUSTEES, FOREMAN AND WHITE.
TRUSTEES. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE.
SECOND. TRUSTEES HAVE BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
TRUSTEES, IS THERE DISCUSSION? YES. TRUSTEE FOREMAN.
SO, I BELIEVE SOMEWHERE IN CH IT ALSO SAYS THAT THE ADMINISTRATION CAN SPEND UP TO $250,000 WITHOUT BRINGING IT TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL AND I HAVE AN AMOUNT HERE OF 349,978 70.
WHAT IS THE TIME FRAME FOR THAT AMOUNT? THAT IS WITHIN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER.
OKAY. SO WHAT I THOUGHT WHAT I ASKED FOR WAS THE AMOUNT FOR THE YEAR AND SO ONE MONTH DOESN'T GIVE ME THE ANSWER THAT I ASKED FOR.
[INAUDIBLE] WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO IS GET A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF HOW MUCH MONEY IS ACTUALLY SPENT.
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THAT DOES NOT COME BEFORE THE BOARD AND SO ONE MONTH IS NOT SUFFICIENT FOR ME.TRUSTEES. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. TRUSTEES SEEING NONE.
TRUSTEES, YOU HAVE JUST ADOPTED ITEM 10.04.
TRUSTEES, WE WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM 10.05.
FOR RENOVATION AT VARIOUS CAMPUSES IN THE DISTRICT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BOND PROGRAM.
GENERAL OPERATING SPECIAL REVENUE BOND FUNDS.
CONSENT ITEM 9.18 PULLED BY TRUSTEES.
FOREMAN AND TRUSTEES. WHITE TRUSTEES.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE.
SECOND. TRUSTEES HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
TRUSTEES. IS THERE DISCUSSION? YES. TRUSTEE FOREMAN.
SO, BRANT, YOU COULD PROBABLY MIMIC MY WORDS.
CERTAINLY. YOU KNOW, I'M IN FAVOR OF DOC ORDERS.
I AM JUST NOT IN FAVOR OF PAYING SOMEONE TO DO JOB ORDERS AND I KNOW THIS IS TO USE THE SOFTWARE, AS YOU'VE EXPLAINED TO ME OVER AND OVER AND OVER, BUT THAT'S JUST NOT SUFFICIENT.
WE'VE GOT TO FIND A BETTER WAY TO DO THIS.
WE DO OTHER WORK WITHOUT USING THIS SYSTEM.
CORRECT AND WE'RE WORKING ON A PLAN TO MOVE FORWARD FROM IT.
ME AND CHIEF RAMOS BY JUNE WILL MOVE TO ANOTHER PLATFORM.
OUR NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PROCUREMENT HAS ACTUALLY BEEN CONTACTING OTHER DISTRICTS TO LOOK AT THEIR PROGRAMS AND AS SOON AS WE GET BACK FROM THE HOLIDAY, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A MEETING TO LOOK AT CURRENT PROCESSES SO THAT WE COULD LOOK AT TAKING OVER THIS TYPE OF PROCESS INTERNALLY AND THAT WAY WE WOULDN'T HAVE A THAT PERCENTAGE THAT WE'RE PAYING, WHICH THE TEAM DID MANAGE ALREADY TO LOWER THAT FROM, I THINK 4%.
ARE WE AT 1.5, 2.3, 2.3 AND THEY DID THAT AS A STOPGAP MEASURE.
TRUSTEE FOREMAN AND ALL TRUSTEES OF COURSE AND THEY HAVE A PLAN RIGHT NOW.
NOW THE TEAM, AGAIN UNDER THE DIRECTION OF OUR NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND PROCUREMENT, HAVE A PLAN THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BRING TO ME THAT WE WILL BRING TO YOU, THAT WILL BE WE WILL NOT.
WE'RE GOING TO FIND A WAY NOT TO BE MAKING THESE EXPENSES.
TRUSTEE. WHITE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE TRUSTEE FOREMAN WAS FINISHED.
HELLO? CHIEF ALFRED, HOW ARE YOU? GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
SO, CHIEF. ALFRED I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS $1 MILLION IN HERE FOR W.W.
AND I DID HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU ABOUT THIS AND I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, YOU INFORMED ME THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS IS REQUIRING US TO DO CERTAIN THINGS BEFORE THEY WILL BASICALLY GRANT US A PERMIT TO FOR RENOVATION OR BUILDING.
I ORIGINALLY THOUGHT THIS WAS MAYBE FUNDS THAT WAS GOING TOWARDS OUR COMPETITION.
JIM, CAN YOU TELL ME HOW MUCH OF THESE THIS MILLION DOLLARS IS GOING TO ACTUALLY BE UTILIZED FOR? WHAT YOU TOLD ME WAS THAT I'M GOING TO LET YOU TELL ME WHAT YOU TOLD ME.
THIS IS WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE ZONING PROCESS, WE GO THROUGH A PROCESS WITH THE CITY WHERE THEY LOOK AT THE ORDINANCE TO OPEN UP THE ORDINANCE AND REQUIRED US TO IMPROVE THE LANDSCAPING AROUND THERE AND THERE'S A PARKING LOT, ASPHALT PARKING LOT ACROSS THE STREET FROM SAMUEL.
WE'RE IRRIGATING IT ADDING LANDSCAPE ISLANDS AND JUST REBUILDING THAT COMPLETE PARKING LOT.
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THAT WAS SOMETHING NEGOTIATED IT DURING THE ZONING PROCESS.SO WILL THE FULL AMOUNT GO FOR THIS AS FAR AS IS IT IS THE FULL AMOUNT EARMARKED FOR THIS? IRRIGATION FOLIAGE AND RESURFACING OF THE PARKING LOT? CORRECT. AND I GUESS THE REASON THAT I'M ASKING YOU THESE QUESTIONS, I'M PRETTY UPSET ABOUT IT.
WHAT WAS THE WORD I USED FOR IT TODAY? BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE GONE TO JAIL FOR IT.
I FEEL WE'RE BEING HELD HOSTAGE AND IF YOU WOULD GO TO SAMUEL, IF WE GOT UP AND WENT TO SAMUEL RIGHT NOW, WE'D HAVE TO TAKE A FLASHLIGHT, NUMBER ONE AND GO BEHIND WHERE STUDENTS WHO VISIT THE SCHOOL COME INTO THE GYM.
THERE IS A ASPHALT SURFACE RIGHT THERE THAT HAS THOSE HUMONGOUS RUTS IN IT WHERE THAT MONEY COULD BE UTILIZED AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST I'M FRUSTRATED BECAUSE WE'RE WE'RE BUILDING ANOTHER SCHOOL PUTTING A TAX ON WHERE THIS MONEY COULD BE UTILIZED TO INCREASE THE SIZE OF THAT BUILDING VERSUS US THROWING IT IN THE PARKING LOT.
AND SAMUEL HAS SOME REAL ISSUES, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES GOING ON WITHIN THE BUILDING.
I'M NOT YOU KNOW, FRUSTRATED WITH YOU.
I AM FRUSTRATED WITH THIS PROCESS AND I'M NOT I IT'S JUST REALLY FRUSTRATING BECAUSE, NUMBER ONE WE HAVE BUDGET CONSTRAINTS COMING FROM EVERYWHERE.
WE'RE NOT GETTING ALL OUR FUNDING FROM THE STATE.
THIS IS MONEY THAT OUR KIDS NEED.
THAT SCHOOL WAS BUILT IN 1955 AND IT HAD HAD SOME RENOVATIONS OF COURSE, SINCE THEN, BUT THERE'S STILL SO MUCH MORE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND LIKE I SAID, WE HAD CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE WHO WENT TO JAIL FOR WHAT THE PLANNING THE ZONING COMMISSION IS DOING AND I DON'T KNOW WHY THE FBI IS NOT INVESTIGATING, BUT THAT'S NEITHER HERE NOR THERE AND THEN ON TOP, I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND YOU GUYS HAVE A PLATFORM AND YOU GOT TO DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.
I JUST FEEL LIKE IF EVERY PENNY.
NOT A DIME, NOT 20, IF EVERY PENNY THAT WE CAN KEEP.
TO DO WHAT WE TRULY NEED TO DO, WHICH IS RENOVATIONS AND IN DISTRICT FOUR, OUR PROJECTS HAVE BEEN PUT OFF AND PUSHED BACK FOR YEARS, AND IT BREAKS MY HEART AND IT'S UPSETTING.
AND I'M IN THE SEAT NOW AND IT'S STILL HAPPENING, BUT I HAVE CONTINUOUSLY BROUGHT THIS UP.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S OTHER SCHOOLS THAT HAVE GOTTEN THEIR GYMS. THEY GOT THIS, THEY GOT THAT SAMUEL SPRUCE SEAGOVILLE OUR HIGH SCHOOLS.
NO, I WANT US TO BE PUT ON THE FOREFRONT.
THERE'S NO REASON WE SHOULD BE CONTINUOUSLY TREATED LIKE THE STEP KIDS IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
NOT BY OUR STATE HOUSE, STATE REPS, CITY COUNCIL.
COUNTY. IT'S NO REASON AND I AM GOING TO MAKE SOME CALLS BECAUSE I DID JUST RECENTLY FIND OUT, I JUST KNEW THAT THIS MONEY WAS GOING TO BE GOING TO OUR SCHOOL, AND I WAS UP IN THE MOON EXCITED AND HAPPY TO HAVE THE AIR PULLED FROM UNDERNEATH MY WINGS.
SO I DON'T, I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A COST TO DOING BUSINESS, BUT THIS IS JUST GANGSTER AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO US. IT MAKES NO SENSE.
THEY SAY THEY'RE SUPPORTING EDUCATION, BUT WE'RE HELPING SUPPLEMENT THEIR BUDGET.
TRUSTEE. IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION? TRUSTEE. SEEING NONE. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.
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MOTION PASSES SIX VOTING YES, ONE VOTING NO, AND ONE ABSTENTION.TRUSTEES, YOU JUST VOTED TO YOU JUST ADOPTED ITEM 10.05.
TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO ITEM 10.06.
CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE CONTINUATION OF THE 2023-2024 CHIEF INTERNAL AUDIT OFFICER PERFORMANCE EVALUATION INSTRUMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 TO 2025.
25. CONSENT ITEM 9.20 PULLED BY TRUSTEE FOREMAN AND TRUSTEES.
WHITE TRUSTEES. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND.
TRUSTEES HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
TRUSTEES. IS THERE DISCUSSION? TRUSTEE FOREMAN.
SO THE QUESTION STILL REMAINS.
WERE THERE ANY CHANGES TO THE INSTRUMENT? ONLY THE DATE WAS CHANGED TO REFLECT THAT THE NEXT YEAR, BUT NO CHANGES OTHER THAN THAT.
IS THAT CORRECT? YES. TRUSTEE FOREMAN.
TRUSTEE. IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. TRUSTEES SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.
MOTION PASSES EIGHT VOTING YES.
TRUSTEES, YOU JUST ADOPTED ITEM 10.06.
TRUSTEES, BEFORE I TURN TO AGENDA ITEM 13 I WE HAVE A SPECIAL RECOGNITION AFTER 28 YEARS, WITH DALLAS ISD, 23 YEARS IN BOARD SERVICES ASSISTING 18 DIFFERENT TRUSTEES.
THE INCOMPARABLE GINA LOPEZ IS RETIRING.
WE ARE FOREVER INDEBTED AND GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CHILDREN OF DALLAS.
CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN ON RETIREMENT.
EVERYONE, PLEASE AND WITH THAT TRUSTEES, WE'LL TURN TO AGENDA ITEM 13.
ADJOURNMENT. THE TIME IS 7:53PM AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.