Jan 23, 2025 Board Meetings

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GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE MONTHLY BOARD MEETING OF THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES. WE WILL DISPENSE WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THE SALUTE TO THE TEXAS FLAG, AS WE JUST PERFORMED THOSE HERE MOMENTS AGO AT OUR MEETING RIGHT BEFORE THIS ONE.

THE FOLLOWING TRUSTEES ARE EITHER PHYSICALLY PRESENT OR PARTICIPATING SIMULTANEOUSLY BY VIDEO CONFERENCE. A QUORUM OF THE BOARD IS PHYSICALLY PRESENT AT THIS LOCATION.

THIS MEETING WILL BE AVAILABLE SIMULTANEOUSLY IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH AT DALLASISD.ORG.

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 INTENT TO PREVENT OR DISRUPT A LAWFUL MEETING, TO SUBSTANTIALLY OBSTRUCT OR INTERFERE WITH THE ORDINARY CONDUCT OF A MEETING BY PHYSICAL ACTION OR VERBAL UTTERANCE, AND THEREBY CURTAIL THE EXERCISE OF OTHERS FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS. SPEAKERS ARE CAUTIONED THAT WHAT THEY SAY COULD VIOLATE THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS UNDER THE LAW OF DEFAMATION OR INVASION OF PRIVACY, AND IF THEY ARE UNSURE OF THE LEGAL EFFECT OF THEIR REMARKS, THEY MAY WANT TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE PRIOR TO THE UTTERANCE. ANY PERSON WHO BECOMES BOISTEROUS, DISRUPTIVE, OR FAILS TO ABIDE BY THE RULES OF THIS ASSEMBLY WHILE ADDRESSING THE BOARD AND WHILE ATTENDING THIS MEETING, SHALL BE ASKED TO LEAVE. FAILURE TO LEAVE WHEN REQUESTED TO DO SO, MAY RESULT IN THE PERSON BEING ESCORTED FROM THE MEETING AND SUBJECT TO ARREST.

TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM 2.02, RECOGNITION OF ELECTED AND PUBLIC OFFICIALS IN THE AUDIENCE.

I DON'T BELIEVE THERE ARE ANY. TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM THREE.

PRESENTATION OF BOARD RECOGNITIONS. TRUSTEES, THERE ARE NO RECOGNITIONS THIS MONTH.

TRUSTEES, IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE AGENDA OUT OF ORDER AND HEAR FROM OUR SPEAKERS THAT ARE HERE WITH US THIS EVENING PRIOR TO TURNING TO AGENDA ITEM

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WITH SPEAKERS, 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 STUDENT NAMES, AND TO ADDRESS THE BOARD AND IN INDIVIDUAL STATE TRUSTEES.

THE DISTRICT HAS ADOPTED PROCEDURES TO HEAR AND ADDRESS COMPLAINTS ABOUT SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS, AND IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT SPEAKERS AVAIL THEMSELVES OF THE GRIEVANCE POLICY TO SEEK RELIEF VIA THOSE PROCEDURES. AUDIENCE, I'M ASKING YOU NOT TO ENGAGE IN CONDUCT THAT WILL DISRUPT THE MEETING.

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

UNLAWFUL OR DISRUPTIVE CONDUCT, INCLUDING INTERRUPTING SCHEDULED SPEAKERS, SPEAKING OUT OF TURN, CROSSING THE ROPED OFF AREAS, OR INTERFERING WITH THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.

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

SPEAKERS, PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT SUBSTITUTIONS ARE NOT ALLOWED, IF YOU 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.

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 FOUR SPEAKERS AT A TIME.

WILL THE FIRST TWO SPEAKERS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.

MIKE HOOK AND ROBERT CECCARELLI, FOLLOWED BY SHEILA WALKER AND RYAN MCKELVEY GONZALEZ ON DECK.

MIKE HOOK. THE NUMBER ONE COMMENT I GET FROM TEACHERS IS FEAR OF BEING FIRED.

NUMBER TWO IS SO-CALLED TRUSTEES OPPRESSION, RETALIATION.

AND THREE, DISRESPECT. STOP YOUR TYRANNY OVER WHAT SHOULD BE EDUCATION.

YOU OBSTRUCT THE THREE R'S READING, WRITING, ARITHMETIC, AND CRITICAL THINKING.

ONE STUDENT RECENTLY TOLD ME HE BELIEVES DISD SHOULD FOCUS ON COLLEGE WORKFORCE PREPAREDNESS AS A PRIORITY OVER THE THREE R'S. WE HAVE MANY YOUNG PEOPLE BELIEVING DISD DOGMA.

STOMP DELIBERATELY MISLEADING YOUNG PEOPLE. THE THREE R'S READING, WRITING, ARITHMETIC ARE THE BUILDING BLOCKS FOR ALL PREPAREDNESS.

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YOU OR WE MUST STAND FOR REESTABLISHING THE THREE R'S.

DISD IS DOING THIS AND WILL NOT STOP UNTIL WE UNITE ALL OF US AND INSIST ON OUR TEACHERS FREEDOM TO WRITE LESSON PLANS THAT ACCOMPLISH THE THREE R'S, READING, WRITING, ARITHMETIC.

NUMBER FIVE. YOU HOOKED UP YOUR BUDDY WITH NEW SIGNAGE OVER KENNEDY CURRY MIDDLE SCHOOL, ERASING 60 YEARS OF HISTORY.

NO CONSULTATION WITH WE THE PEOPLE. THIS IS NOT SERVICE, THIS IS DEFRAUDING THE PEOPLE.

ALSO, TEXAS GOVERNMENT IN GENERAL HAS ITS UNIPARTY ESTABLISHMENT DOING DATA HARVESTING AN AI, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. THE TEA IS USING AI TO GRADE TEST, AND YES, THEY MIGHT BE GETTING RID OF THE STAAR TEST TECHNICALLY, BUT TEA WILL REPLACE IT WITH COMPUTER ADAPTIVE ASSESSMENTS AND THE NEW VENDOR WILL TAKE HUGE MONEY FROM WE THE PEOPLE.

THE SCHOOL CHOICE LOBBY KNOWS HOW TOXIC TEA'S MIKE MORATH IS, AND ABBOTT APPOINTED MORATH.

DALLAS IS BEING DEFRAUDED OF BIG MONEY CONSTANTLY BY MANY DALLAS CITY AND COUNTY GOVERNMENTS.

OUR CHILDREN DON'T HAVE A CHANCE AND NEITHER DO THE ADULTS.

IF WE THE PEOPLE DON'T GET THE FRAUD STOPPED.

WE MUST REPLACE THE DALLAS GOVERNMENT OPERATIVES WITH US.

WE THE PEOPLE. HOW MUCH MORE EVIDENCE DO Y'ALL NEED? THIS BOARD? EXCEPT FOR NUMBER SIX VOTED NUMBER TEN, A $38,000 RAISE.

WHAT ARE WE GETTING? INDOCTRINATION. EMPLOYEE ABUSE.

KIDS SHOOTING. KIDS BULLYING. INTIMIDATION. HAS ANYONE HAS ANYONE AT DISD ADDRESSED THE ART TEACHER WHO HAS NOW SHOWN UP AT LEAST TWICE AT THESE SO-CALLED MEETINGS? HAVE YOU DISD SUFFICIENTLY ADDRESSED THE PARENTS OF SPECIAL ED CHILDREN? FOR MORE THAN TWO DECADES, WE THE PEOPLE HAVE VOICED THE SAME PROBLEMS. FOLKS, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN CRYSTAL CLEAR 15 OR MORE YEARS AGO THAT DISD PERPETRATES THE ABOVE ON US BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT UNIFIED. THANK YOU MR. HOOK, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

WILL THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE? ROBERT CECCARELLI AND SHEILA WALKER, FOLLOWED BY RYAN MCKELVEY GONZALEZ AND BRENDA GURUMURTHY.

GOOD EVENING AGAIN, PLEASE. MISS ELIZADE, CONGRATULATIONS.

I WAS AT SOUTH OAK CLIFF FOR THE THIRD TIME, AND THERE WERE FIVE PEOPLE MANNING THOSE TWO METAL DETECTORS.

I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE FIRST TWO YEARS THERE WAS NOTHING GOING ON AT SOUTH OAK CLIFF AND KIMBALL.

THERE WAS NO METAL DETECTORS, BUT YOU GOT IT THIS TIME.

SO MY COMPLAINING REALLY, I THINK, WORKED. CONGRATULATIONS.

BUT YOU'RE STILL NOT OFF THE HOOK. PEOPLE, WHAT DO ARE THEY GOING TO BE STUDENTS GOING TO BE DONE AFTER 3:00? YOU GOT TO CONCENTRATE ON THIS. I'M TELLING YOU, JOYCE HAD A GOOD IDEA.

THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING. THEY GOT TO KEEP BUSY.

MIKE MILES, YOU KNOW WHAT MIKE MILES HAD? HE HAD A GOOD IDEA.

THEY STAYED AT 6:00, HAVE DINNER AND TUTORING MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AT THE TROUBLED SCHOOLS.

YOU GOT TO DO THIS. DON'T CONCENTRATE MUCH ON TEACHERS, BUT YOU GOT TO GET THE TUTORING INVOLVED, BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO GET THE PEOPLE. THE STUDENTS HELP THREE STUDENTS OR FOUR STUDENTS FOR ONE TUTOR IS JUST IT'S JUST THAT'S ALL YOU CAN DO BECAUSE ANYMORE THE STUDENTS WILL START ACTING UP. BUT YOU GOT TO DO THIS.

YOU GOT TO JOYCE, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS. I KNOW WE DID, BUT YOU BUT YOU GOT TO GET INTERESTED IN RANDY BOWMAN.

BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. YOU GOT THE GREATEST PLAN RIGHT HERE, RIGHT AT OVERTON AND HE KEEPS STUDENTS DURING THE WEEK.

I LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE STAAR TESTS ARE. PEOPLE THEY'RE KEEPING THE STUDENTS HOSTAGE AND SABOTAGING THE STUDENTS BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO STAY AT THEIR PLACE AND DON'T CARE ABOUT RANDY BOWMAN AND TRY TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT. THIS IS THE BIGGEST THING I DON'T UNDERSTAND. I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 15 YEARS.

AFTER 3:00, YOU GOT TO DO THIS. THEY DON'T DO IT.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DO THEIR WORK. AND WHAT GOOD IS IT? WHAT GOOD ARE THE GREATEST TEACHERS? THEY DON'T DO THE WORK. YOU GOT TO GET THEM OUT OF THE AREA.

YOU GOT TO DO THAT NOW AND QUIT SABOTAGING THE STUDENTS AND KEEP THEM HOSTAGE.

YOU GOT TO DO THIS. I MEAN, I'M YELLING AT YOU BECAUSE IT'S THE ONLY THING YOU CAN DO.

IT'S NEVER BEEN TRIED BEFORE. PLEASE DO IT. I'M COUNTING ON YOU, JOYCE.

I'M COUNTING YOU, MS. SUPERINTENDENT. DO IT! FIND OUT ABOUT IT AND BRING IT BACK TO US.

WHAT HOW THE STUDENTS ARE DOING WITH RANDY BOWMAN.

OKAY. IF NOT, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL, AND ILLITERACY ALL OVER THE PLACE, UNLESS YOU DON'T DO THIS. HAVING SOMETHING TO DO AFTER 3:00 TILL EIGHT.

PLEASE DO IT AND KEEP YOUR MOUTH OPEN AND TELL US WHAT'S GOING ON.

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SHE'S THE HEAD OF ACADEMICS. SHE'S RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. SHE DID NOT KNOW ABOUT RANDY BOWMAN AT ALL.

OKAY. HER INITIAL IS TH. OKAY. AND SHE DIDN'T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT HIM.

OKAY. THAT'S WHAT REALLY SHOCKS ME IS SHE DID NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HIM.

YOU WANT TO. YOU WANT TO KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT.

YOU DON'T LIKE HIM? HE'S NOT WITH YOU OUT THERE OR WHAT? GO TALK TO HIM. GET THE MONEY INVOLVED. YOU'RE NOT USED TO CITY COUNCIL, MR. CECCARELLI. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. WILL THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE? SHEILA WALKER AND RYAN MCKELVEY GONZALEZ, FOLLOWED BY BRENDA GURUMURTHY AND STUART BECKER ON DECK.

GOOD EVENING. D ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES. FIRST, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND YOUR DEDICATION DURING THIS APPRECIATION MONTH. AND THANK YOU FOR ACCEPTING OUR TOKEN OF APPRECIATION FROM NEA DALLAS.

THAT'S THE BLUE BAGS. WHAT I WANT TO SAY TODAY IS IT GOES DEEP.

I WANT TO TELL YOU ALL THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS FOR LAST MONTH WHEN MY MOTHER PASSED.

SO THANK YOU FOR THOSE THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS FOR THAT, TOO.

SO WHAT I WANT TO SAY TO YOU TODAY IS THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR EXTRA EFFORTS WITHOUT PAY.

YOU MAKE TO HELP OUR STUDENTS, STAFF AND PARENTS OF DALLAS ISD.

THANK YOU FOR HELPING OUR STUDENTS GROW AND CHALLENGES THAT THEY ARE ENCOURAGED TO FACE THEM BECOME WHO THEY ARE.

AS WE GET READY FOR THIS NEW ADMINISTRATION THAT WE ALL KNOW THE OFFICERS BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF NEA DALLAS WILL STAND FOR EDUCATION IN HOPES THAT WE ARE PUTTING ALL STUDENTS FIRST.

I PERSONALLY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO MY TRUSTEE, CAMILLE WHITE, FOR ALL THAT SHE'S DONE AND ALL THE AMAZING WORK THAT I SEE WHEN I DRIVE AROUND IN DISTRICT FOUR, BECAUSE FOR YEARS THAT NOTHING WAS GETTING DONE IN DISTRICT FOUR.

SO I WANT TO SAY TO CAMILLE PERSONALLY, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING.

THANK YOU TO ALL THE BOARD TRUSTEES FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

WE MIGHT NOT AGREE ALL THE TIME, BUT KNOW THAT YOU ARE STANDING FOR THE STUDENTS IN DALLAS ISD AND YOU ARE DOING THE BEST THAT YOU ARE DOING WITH WHAT WE ARE BRINGING YOU. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WILL THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONES.

RYAN MCKELVEY GONZALEZ, BRENDA GURUMURTHY WITH STUART BECKER AND SAHARA KHAN ON DECK.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT ELIZALDE.

I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY AS A TEACHER IN DISD, BECAUSE I'M EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT THE NEWS THAT ICE MAY BE ALLOWED TO ENTER FORMERLY PROTECTED PLACES TO SEARCH FOR SUSPECTED ILLEGAL MIGRANTS.

I REQUEST THE SCHOOL BOARD DIRECT SUPERINTENDENT ELIZALDE TO REAFFIRM DALLAS ISD AS A SAFE HAVEN SCHOOL DISTRICT, DECLARING OUR DISTRICT'S COMMITMENT TO SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF EVERY STUDENT IN OUR CLASSROOM, REGARDLESS OF THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS. AS EDUCATORS, IT'S OUR PRIMARY DUTY TO NURTURE AND PROTECT THE STUDENTS ENTRUSTED TO US.

THAT MEANS BEING SUPPORTIVE AND PROVIDING A SAFE AND WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT WHERE EVERY CHILD CAN GROW, LEARN, AND REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL WITHOUT FEAR.

EVERY DAY THIS WEEK, I HAVE WALKED INTO MY CLASSROOM, AND I SEE FEAR AND CONCERN IN THE FACES OF MY STUDENTS, SOME OF WHOM HAVE FAMILIES WHO ARE LIVING IN CONSTANT FEAR.

THAT FEAR OF BEING DEPORTED, FEAR OF DISCRIMINATION, FEAR OF AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE.

AND FEAR OF BEING SEPARATED FROM THEIR LOVED ONES.

THESE ARE NOT ABSTRACT ISSUES. THESE ARE REAL FEARS THAT AFFECT REAL CHILDREN RIGHT HERE IN OUR SCHOOLS.

OUR SOCIETY HAS SEEN AN EXPLOSION OF HATEFUL RHETORIC, INTIMIDATION AND FEAR MONGERING.

OUR STUDENTS SEE THIS, AND AS A TEACHER, IT'S HEARTBREAKING TO SEE THESE FEARS AFFECTING THE WAY MY STUDENTS ENGAGE WITH THE WORLD AND WITH THEIR EDUCATION.

ALREADY, AS A RESULT OF THESE FEARS, STUDENTS ARE AFRAID TO COME TO SCHOOL.

WE HAVE SEEN A NOTABLE DROP IN ATTENDANCE THIS WEEK ALONE.

BY REAFFIRMING DALLAS ISD AS A SAFE HAVEN FOR ALL STUDENTS, IT ENSURES THAT NO MATTER THEIR BACKGROUND, THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS, OR THE STRUGGLES THEY FACE OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL, THEY WILL BE TREATED WITH DIGNITY, RESPECT AND CARE WHILE THEY ARE IN OUR SCHOOLS.

THIS DECLARATION WOULD MAKE IT CLEAR TO THE COMMUNITY THAT STUDENT SAFETY IS OUR TOP PRIORITY, AND NO STUDENT SHOULD EVER FEEL UNSAFE OR UNSUPPORTED WHILE IN OUR SCHOOLS.

ADDITIONALLY, I'M ASKING THAT AS PART OF THIS DECLARATION, THE DISTRICT AFFIRMS ITS COMMITMENT TO PROTECTING STUDENT INFORMATION.

AS EDUCATORS, WE ARE ENTRUSTED WITH A GREAT DEAL OF PERSONAL INFORMATION ABOUT OUR STUDENTS. THAT TRUST SHOULD NEVER BE VIOLATED.

STUDENTS SHOULDN'T FEAR THAT SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS ASKING FOR HELP OR SHARING PERSONAL STRUGGLES COULD RESULT IN DEPORTATION OR SEPARATION FROM THEIR FAMILIES.

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THIS CAN HELP. ACTION BY THE DISTRICT CAN HELP US SUPPORT THESE STUDENTS AND PROVIDE A TRUE SANCTUARY TO THEM, ESPECIALLY TO THOSE MOST VULNERABLE TO DISCRIMINATION OR DEPORTATION.

I URGE THE SCHOOL BOARD TO ACT IMMEDIATELY, BECAUSE THIS DECLARATION WILL SHOW OUR SHARED RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT, SUPPORT AND EMPOWER. THANK YOU, MR. MIGUEL GONZALEZ.

YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. WITH THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.

BRENDA GURUMURTHY AND STUART BECKER, FOLLOWED BY SAHARA KHAN AND FRED MCELVEY GONZALEZ.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS BRENDA GURUMURTHY AND I'M A HIGH SCHOOL MATH TEACHER AND UNION MEMBER OF ALLIANCE AFT.

I WANTED TO SPEAK TODAY ABOUT TEACHER WORKING CONDITIONS, SPECIFICALLY THE ROLE OF CELL PHONES IN THE CLASSROOM.

MY HIGH SCHOOL SUNSET RECENTLY STANDARDIZED PHONE POLICY ACROSS CLASSROOMS, REQUIRING TEACHERS TO COLLECT CELL PHONES AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH CLASS.

THE REASON FOR DOING THIS IS OBVIOUS. RESEARCH SHOWS THAT WHEN YOUR PHONE IS PHONE IS WITH YOU, EVEN IF YOU'RE DOING OTHER THINGS, YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT IT.

STUDENTS LEARNING SOMETHING FOR THE FIRST TIME HAVE FINITE WORKING MEMORY, AND THEY CANNOT LEARN ALGEBRA OR CHEMISTRY WHEN THEIR BRAIN SPACE IS OCCUPIED BY NOTIFICATIONS FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. THE DISTRICT SHOULD ADOPT A SIMILAR POLICY ACROSS ALL SCHOOLS, REQUIRING PHYSICAL SEPARATION FROM CELL PHONES DURING CLASS.

IF WE CARE ABOUT INCREASING STUDENT LEARNING AND BREAKING THEIR ADDICTION TO SOCIAL MEDIA, WE DO THEM A DISSERVICE NOT TO BE STRICT ABOUT PHONES.

THIS IS ALSO AN IMPORTANT PART OF TEACHER RETENTION.

TEACHERS WANT TO WORK AT A SCHOOL THAT WILL BACK THEM UP AND NOT THROW THEM TO THE WOLVES ON BASIC CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT ISSUES, OR TELL THEM THAT THE REAL PROBLEM IS THAT THEIR LESSON WASN'T FUN ENOUGH. I'VE BEEN A NEWISH TEACHER AT A SCHOOL WHERE ADMINISTRATION WAS OFTEN UNABLE OR UNWILLING TO BACK ME UP ON CELL PHONE ISSUES, AND THE CONSTANT STRUGGLE WORE ME DOWN.

I'M HAPPY TO WORK SOMEWHERE WITH SOLID DISCIPLINE PROCEDURES AND THIS NEW POLICY IN PLACE, AND I'D LIKE TO MAKE THAT STANDARD ACROSS DALLAS ISD, BECAUSE NO TEACHER SHOULD HAVE TO COMPETE WITH HIGHLY ADDICTIVE ALGORITHMS TO TEACH THEIR CLASSES. I'D ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THAT WHEN THIS POLICY WAS FIRST BROUGHT UP AT A RECENT STAFF MEETING, THERE WAS PUSHBACK FROM SOME TEACHERS. ONE KEY REASON BEING THIS WILL SINK OUR TEI SCORES, PARTICULARLY THOSE OF THE STUDENT SURVEY. THIS IS COMPLETELY UNDERSTANDABLE.

MOST OF US DON'T MAKE VERY MUCH MONEY COMPARED TO OTHER COLLEGE EDUCATED WORKERS, BUT I WOULD LIKE THE BOARD TO REFLECT ON THE FACT THAT BECAUSE OF TEI.

TEACHERS WERE AVERSE TO DOING THE OBVIOUSLY CORRECT THING FOR STUDENTS AND ALSO FOR OUR OWN SANITY AS WORKERS.

THE TEI STUDENT SURVEY IS A DEEPLY FLAWED METRIC FOR OUR PAY, AND AT A BARE MINIMUM, IT SHOULD BE REVIEWED BY A COMMITTEE OF TEACHERS, IF NOT THROWN OUT ALTOGETHER. BUT SINCE WE HAVE IT, AT LEAST STANDARDIZED THINGS LIKE CELL PHONE POLICIES, SO THEY ARE NOT PUNISHING TEACHERS FOR CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT CONDUCIVE TO LEARNING OR INCENTIVIZING ONE THAT ISN'T.

THERE ARE LOTS OF OTHER ISSUES FACING THE DISTRICT RIGHT NOW. THE IMMINENT PASSING OF SCHOOL VOUCHERS.

ATTENDANCE ISSUES. LARGE NUMBERS OF STUDENTS THAT ARE VULNERABLE DUE TO DUE TO IMMIGRATION STATUS.

BUT I WANTED TO BRING THIS SMALL THING UP TOO, BECAUSE IT'S PART OF OUR WORKING CONDITIONS AND OUR STUDENTS LEARNING CONDITIONS, AND YOU CAN EASILY MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE THERE. PLEASE SET DISTRICT WIDE CELL PHONE RESTRICTIONS.

THEY ARE BEST FOR EVERYONE IN DALLAS ISD. THANK YOU.

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

STUART BECKER AND SAHARA KHAN, FOLLOWED BY FRED MCELVEY GONZALEZ AND RENA HONEA ON DECK.

MY NAME IS STUART BECKER. I'M A MEMBER OF ALLIANCE AFT LOCAL 2260.

WE WERE GIVEN A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSION THIS MONTH ABOUT HOW CHILDREN WHO ARE TRAUMATIZED CANNOT OPERATE THEIR EXECUTIVE FUNCTION OF RATIONAL THINKING AND CAN ONLY OPERATE IN STEP ONE OF OR FIGHT OR FLIGHT MODE.

SO WHEN THEY SEE A QUESTION THAT IS CHALLENGING AND REQUIRES RATIONAL THOUGHT.

TRAUMATIZED CHILDREN CAN ONLY OPERATE IN FIGHT OR FLIGHT MODE, WHICH MEANS THAT THEY GIVE UP OR SHUT DOWN AND GUESS ON A TEST QUESTION.

IN MY SCHOOL, IT CONSISTS OF OVER 90% CHILDREN LIVING IN POVERTY.

SO A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THIS STUDENT POPULATION HAS BEEN TRAUMATIZED AND PROBABLY LACKED THEIR BASIC NEEDS TAKEN CARE OF.

AT SOME POINT, A TEACHER CAN TEACH WITH ENGAGING LESSONS, CAN DRILL AND KILL CONTENT OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

BUT WITH A LARGE PORTION OF TRAUMATIZED STUDENTS, IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO GET A CERTAIN PORTION OF THE STUDENT POPULATION TO PASS THE STANDARDIZED TEST WITH CHALLENGING QUESTIONS THAT REQUIRE RATIONAL THOUGHT.

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TEACHING AND LEARNING IS A TWO WAY STREET. THE TEACHER HAS TO DO THEIR BEST TO TEACH, BUT THE STUDENT ALSO HAS TO DO THEIR BEST TO LEARN.

IT IS SIMPLY UNFAIR AND HORRIBLE PRACTICE TO PAY TEACHERS BASED ON HOW STUDENTS PERFORM ON STANDARDIZED TESTS, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU TEACH OVER 90% CHILDREN LIVING IN POVERTY.

STUDIES HAVE SHOWN OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT STANDARDIZED TESTS ONLY MEASURE FAMILY INCOME.

ON TOP OF THAT, MORE STUDENTS ARE BOUND TO BECOME TRAUMATIZED AS THEY FACE THIS NEW THREAT OF THEM OR THEIR FAMILIES GETTING DEPORTED.

ALSO, REGARDING THE STUDENT SURVEY PART OF OUR EVALUATION SYSTEM, JUST TELL A RATIONAL PERSON OR PARENT THAT TEACHERS ARE PAID IN PART BY HOW A CHILD SCORES US. ON TOP OF THAT, WITH CONFUSING AND SOME UNFAIR QUESTIONS AND THEY WILL TELL YOU THAT THAT IS TOTALLY UNFAIR.

ANYONE WHO CAN SUPPORT THIS MERIT PAY EVALUATION SYSTEM, CALLED TEI, THAT WE HAVE IS EITHER INTELLECTUALLY DISHONEST OR AT WORST, AN IMMORAL PERSON. THAT IS WHY HOUSTON ISD HAD TO BE TAKEN OVER BY THE GOVERNOR IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THIS UNJUST SYSTEM.

PLEASE MOVE TO A STEP PAY TEACHER PAY SCALE SYSTEM BASED ON YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, AND ALSO INCLUDE TEACHERS EDUCATIONAL LEVELS, SUCH AS IF THEY HAVE A MASTER'S DEGREE. LIKE MANY DISTRICTS OR MOST DISTRICTS AROUND THE COUNTRY DO.

ALSO THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM PROVIDED IN THIS DISTRICT IS WAY TOO EXPENSIVE FOR FAMILIES.

IF YOU ADD YOUR SPOUSE AND CHILD TO YOUR PLAN, YOU WILL PAY OVER $1,400 PER MONTH.

PLEASE GIVE US A HEALTH CARE PLAN THAT IS AFFORDABLE FOR FAMILIES.

AND ALSO PLEASE SUPPORT THE TEXAS AFT EDUCATORS BILL OF RIGHTS.

OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA FOR THIS YEAR'S TEXAS LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WHICH INCLUDES RIGHTS TO FAIR WAGES, THE RIGHT TO QUALITY CHILD CARE, THE RIGHT TO A SECURE RETIREMENT, THE RIGHT TO REASONABLE WORKING CONDITIONS, THE RIGHT TO ORGANIZE THE RIGHT TO A HEALTHY, SAFE AND SECURE WORKING ENVIRONMENT, AND MORE.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, GO TO TEXAS AFT.OR G. THANKS.

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

SAHARA KHAN AND FRED MCKELVEY GONZALEZ, FOLLOWED BY RENA HONEA ON DECK.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO ME IF ICE COMES TO SCHOOL? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO MY PARENTS? WILL THE PRINCIPAL LET THEM IN? WILL THEY MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT? AND WILL YOU LET ME RUN? MY NAME IS SAHARA KHAN AND I'M A SIXTH YEAR DALLAS ISD EDUCATOR.

AND WITH ALLIANCE AFT. AND THESE ARE JUST A JUST A FEW OF THE HEARTBREAKING INTERACTIONS I'VE HAD SINCE JANUARY 20TH.

IN THIS TIME OF FEAR AND PAIN, I WANT TO TRUST THAT THIS BOARD FEELS FOR OUR COMMUNITIES AS DEEPLY AS WE DO.

I KNOW THAT IN 2017, DALLAS ISD PASSED THE WELCOME AND PROTECTIVE SAFE SCHOOLS RESOLUTION, OF WHICH THE FIRST PAGE IS STILL ON THE WEBSITE, BUT STUDENTS, STAFF, AND FAMILIES WHO HAVE ALREADY SEEN BORDER PATROL AND IMMIGRATION VEHICLES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS WILL NEED MORE THAN JUST WORDS THIS TIME AROUND. WE NEED ACTIONS.

SO I HAVE THREE SPECIFIC ASKS TO PROTECT OUR UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS AND FAMILIES THAT ARE IN THE INTEREST OF BOTH OUR COMMUNITY'S NEEDS AND OUR DISTRICT'S BUDGET.

HERE ARE THE THREE. FIRST, PLEASE START BY REINSTATING YOUR COMMITMENT TO WELCOME AND PROTECTIVE SAFE SCHOOLS RESOLUTIONS BY POSTING A COMPLETE, SIGNED, AND UPDATED VERSION THAT RESPONDS TO LANGUAGE AND THREATS THAT OUR FAMILIES ARE HEARING NOW CIRCULATED TO CAMPUSES, PARENTS AND FAMILIES IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES. MAKING THIS INFORMATION PUBLIC AND CLEAR WILL HELP RELIEVE TEENAGERS OF THE BURDEN TO PROTECT THEIR FAMILIES BY STAYING OUT OF THE PUBLIC EYE, ALLOWING THEM TO FOCUS ON STAYING IN SCHOOL AND DOING THEIR BEST ACADEMICALLY AND AS ATTENDANCE DECLINES IN THE SECOND SEMESTER.

IT WILL ALSO CURTAIL ABSENCES DUE TO FAMILY FEARS OF ICE ARRESTS OR DEPORTATIONS, WHICH, BY THE WAY, IS ALREADY HAPPENING. SECOND, PUBLISHED GUIDELINES FOR STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND CAMPUS BASED ADMINISTRATION TO FOLLOW IN THE EVENT OF A RAID BY IMMIGRATION OR LAW ENFORCEMENT SO WE CAN DEFEND OUR CLASSROOMS AND OURSELVES. PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT THOSE OF US WHO CARE ABOUT THE SUCCESS OF ALL OUR STUDENTS ARE ALREADY JOINING COMMUNITY WATCH PAGES AND DISSEMINATING HELPFUL INFORMATION TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE. BUT NONE OF US IS STRONGER THAN ALL OF US.

AND MOST OF US, INCLUDING MYSELF, ARE NOT LEGAL SCHOLARS.

UNFORTUNATELY, OUR EFFORTS ARE LITTLE MORE THAN HOPEFUL GUESSES AIMED AT COMFORTING OUR STUDENTS, AND THEY ARE NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR COLLECTIVE, SYSTEMATIC AND COORDINATED ACTION POSSIBLE ONLY THROUGH OFFICIAL DISTRICT COMMUNICATION CHANNELS. A GUIDELINE PROVIDED BY THE DISTRICT MIGHT INCLUDE EVERYTHING FROM HOW TO RESPOND TO QUESTIONING, FROM ICE OFFICERS TO THE BEHAVIOR EXPECTED OF TEACHERS AND STAFF.

IGNORING THESE QUESTIONS LEAVES STUDENTS TO SEEK ANSWERS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. AT BEST, CAMPUS CULTURE CAN REMAIN UNEASY AND UNTRUSTING, AND AT WORST, MISINFORMATION CAN FURTHER ENDANGER OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. I'VE ALREADY HEARD STUDENTS IN THE HALLWAYS ADVISING EACH OTHER TO MAKE LOUD HOWLS TO WARN EACH OTHER OF SUSPECT INDIVIDUALS DISCUSSING HOW TO RESIST ARREST AND DEBATING IF THEY SHOULD START LYING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.

AND I'LL BE HONEST, I HAVE NOT INTERVENED IN ANY OF THESE CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE I, LIKE EVERY STAFF MEMBER IN THE BUILDING, HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE REAL ANSWER ACTUALLY IS.

THIS BRINGS ME TO MY THIRD ASK TO THE BOARD. PLEASE MAKE THESE PROMISES OF PROTECTION CONCRETE.

HOST IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS TRAININGS FOR DALLAS ISD STAFF AND FACULTY.

BECAUSE WE NEED CLEAR PROTOCOL WITH CONSEQUENCES FOR THOSE IN NONCOMPLIANCE THAT ENDANGER OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES. I'M WELL AWARE THIS IS NOT THE ONLY DANGER TO OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM IN THIS POLITICAL CLIMATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, SCHOOL VOUCHERS THREATENING TO EXTRACT PUBLIC FUNDS FOR PRIVATE SYSTEMS OR THE POTENTIAL TO DEFUND THE ENTIRE DOE.

BUT THE REASON THIS UNIQUELY NEEDS YOUR ATTENTION NOW IS BECAUSE IT IS ABOUT TRUST, NOT JUST FOR IMMIGRANT STUDENTS,

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THANK YOU, MISS KHAN. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. WILL THE LAST TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE TO THE MICROPHONE.

FRED MCKELVEY GONZALEZ AND RENA HONEA. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, MR. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS MR. MCKELVEY GONZALEZ. I'M WITH ALLIANCE. TONIGHT I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE GROWING IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING AND STRENGTHENING OUR POLICIES TO PROTECT LGBT STUDENTS AND STAFF, PARTICULARLY IN THE LIGHT OF THE CURRENT POLITICAL CLIMATE AND THE POTENTIAL CHALLENGES THAT IT BRINGS.

AS MANY OF YOU MAY KNOW, RECENT SHIFTS IN FEDERAL POLICY HAVE CALLED INTO QUESTION THE EXTENT TO WHICH PROTECTIONS FOR LGBT INDIVIDUALS WILL BE UPHELD, ESPECIALLY CONCERNING TITLE NINE. ON JANUARY 20TH, PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT WILL NARROW THE DEFINITION OF SEX TO INCLUDE GENDER IDENTITY OR TO EXCLUDE GENDER IDENTITY, GENDER EXPRESSION, AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION FROM PROTECTED CATEGORIES.

THIS CREATES AN UNCERTAINTY FOR MANY OF OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF.

THESE FEDERAL CHANGES ARE CONCERNING, AND IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT WE, AS A LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF CONTINUE TO FEEL SUPPORTED REGARDLESS OF THESE BROADER POLITICAL SHIFTS.

RESEARCH CONSISTENTLY SHOWS THAT WHEN LGBT STUDENTS FEEL SUPPORTED AND SAFE AT SCHOOL, THEIR MENTAL HEALTH IMPROVED.

THEY EXPERIENCE LESS DEPRESSION, FEWER SUICIDAL THOUGHTS, AND AN INCREASED SELF ESTEEM.

THIS NOT ONLY AFFECTS THE WELLBEING OF OUR STUDENTS, BUT ALSO THEIR ABILITY TO ENGAGE IN SCHOOL WORK, EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, NOT TO MENTION THE ABILITY TO BE THEIR AUTHENTIC SELVES.

I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE DALLAS ISD FOR ALREADY HAVING POLICIES IN PLACE THAT AIM TO PROTECT STUDENTS AND STAFF FROM DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY. OUR STATEMENT OF NONDISCRIMINATION EXPLICITLY PROHIBITS DISCRIMINATION, INCLUDING HARASSMENT, BASED ON THESE FACTORS. IT IS IMPERATIVE TO UPHOLD THESE PROTECTIONS, ESPECIALLY IN OUR CURRENT POLITICAL CLIMATE.

THE ISD HAS A MORAL RESPONSIBILITY TO OUR COMMUNITY TO GO BEYOND FEDERAL GUIDELINES IF NECESSARY.

THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE IN PROTECTING OUR STUDENTS.

THIS IS WHY I'M URGING THE BOARD MEMBER, THE BOARD TO CONSIDER STRENGTHENING OUR LOCAL POLICY TO ENSHRINE THE PROTECTIONS UNDER TITLE NINE FOR LGBT STUDENTS AND STAFF. THE POLICY MUST ENSURE EQUAL ACCESS TO EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES, PROTECT ACCESS TO SAFE FACILITIES, CREATE CLEAR PROCESSES FOR REPORTING DISCRIMINATION, AND OF COURSE, AFFIRM AND SUPPORT GENDER DIVERSITY.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AND ALL THOSE IN BETWEEN.

IT IS IN THESE TIMES THAT I AM STRONGLY URGING YOU THAT WE NEED TO LEAD WITH COURAGE.

IT IS OUR MORAL OBLIGATION TO STAND WITH OUR LGBT STUDENTS AND STAFF.

UPHOLDING THEIR PROTECTIONS IS NOT JUST ABOUT LEGAL COMPLIANCE.

IT'S ABOUT DOING WHAT'S RIGHT, STANDING UP FOR EACH OTHER, AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERY PERSON IN OUR COMMUNITY FEELS SAFE, SUPPORTED AND VALUED. I APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION AND YOUR DEDICATION TO MAKING THE ISD A PLACE WHERE EVERY STUDENT AND STAFF MEMBER CAN SUCCEED AND FEEL VALUED.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR LAST SPEAKER, RENA HONEA.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT CARREON. TRUSTEE. SUPERINTENDENT ELIZALDE AND EVERYONE IN THE MEETING TONIGHT.

I'M RENA HONEA, PRESIDENT OF ALLIANCE AFT. WITH JANUARY BEING SCHOOL BOARD RECOGNITION MONTH.

ALLIANCE AFT IS GRATEFUL FOR EACH OF YOU AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH US.

THANK YOU FOR SERVING THE STUDENTS, EMPLOYEES, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITIES IN DALLAS ISD BY GIVING YOUR TIME AND BEING COMMITTED TO EXCELLENCE. YOUR ACTIONS AND INVOLVEMENT ARE UNPAID, BUT THEY ARE RECOGNIZED AND REMEMBERED AS ONE REASON FOR OUR DISTRICT BEING STRONG. AGAIN, THANK EACH ONE OF YOU. I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK OUR SUPERINTENDENT, THIS BOARD AND THE ADMINISTRATION FOR BOLDLY LEADING AND ENCOURAGING EVERYONE TO BE VOCAL DURING THIS CURRENT LEGISLATIVE SESSION ABOUT THE NEED TO FUND SCHOOLS FIRST.

THIS BRAVE LEADERSHIP IS FOLLOWED BY OTHERS AND WILL WIN THIS COSTLY POLITICAL GAME IF WE DO ALL, IF WE ALL DO OUR PART AND NOT WATCH FROM THE SIDELINES TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

BE PROACTIVE BY CONTACTING YOUR REPRESENTATIVES WITH THE MESSAGE THAT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO FUND OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, SO THAT THOSE DOING THE WORK EVERY DAY FOR OUR STUDENTS CAN HAVE THE RESOURCES THEY NEED AND CAN BE TREATED AS PROFESSIONALS, AS STATED IN THE TEXAS EDUCATOR BILL OF RIGHTS, WHICH YOU HEARD ABOUT EARLIER WHEN CONTACTING THEM.

REMEMBER TO REMIND THEM NOT TO GIVE IN TO THE CHILDISH TEMPER TANTRUMS ACTED OUT BY STATE LEADERSHIP FOR THEIR PUSH TO CATER TO A SMALL, SELECT GROUP OF BILLIONAIRE SUPPORTERS.

THEY ARE ELECTED TO SERVE ALL TEXAS STUDENTS IN OUR GREAT STATE.

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BY ALL OF US WORKING TOGETHER, WE'RE SURE TO ACHIEVE GREAT OUTCOMES FOR OUR SCHOOLS AND FOR THIS GREAT STATE.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR ADVOCACY, YOUR TIME, YOUR SERVICE, AND ESPECIALLY FOR YOUR ACTIONS.

THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THIS CONCLUDES OUR SPEAKERS.

THANK YOU, SPEAKERS. TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN 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:]

THE BOARD WILL RETIRE TO CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 551.

CONCERNING ANY AND ALL PURPOSES PERMITTED BY THE ACT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071 FOR PRIVATE CONSULTATION WITH HIS ATTORNEYS ABOUT PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION, OR ON A MATTER IN WHICH THE DUTY OF THE ATTORNEY TO THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY UNDER THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS CLEARLY CONFLICTS WITH THE CHAPTER, INCLUDING DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT V MILLETT HOLDINGS, L.P., ET AL.

CAUSE NUMBER CC-24-06408-E, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.072. TO DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE LEASE VALUE.

SALE OF REAL PROPERTY. TEXAS GOVERNMENTAL CODE SECTION 551.074 TO DELIBERATE THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT EVALUATION, REASSIGNMENT DUTIES, DISCIPLINE, OR DISMISSAL OF A PUBLIC OFFICER EMPLOYEE.

SECTION 551.076 TO DELIBERATE REGARDING THE DEPLOYMENT OF SPECIFIC OR SPECIFIC OCCASIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF SECURITY PERSONNEL OR DEVICES OR SECURITY AUDIT SECTION 551.089 TO DELIBERATE REGARDING SECURITY ASSESSMENTS OR DEPLOYMENTS RELATING TO INFORMATION RESOURCES.

TECHNOLOGY NETWORK SECURITY INFORMATION AS DESCRIBED BY SECTION 2059.055B, OR THE DEPLOYMENT OR SPECIFIC OCCASIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF SECURITY PERSONNEL IN CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE OR SECURITY DEVICES AND SECTION 551.129 TO CONSULT WITH ITS ATTORNEYS BY USE OF TELEPHONE CONFERENCE, VIDEO CONFERENCE CALL OR COMMUNICATIONS OVER THE INTERNET IN AN OPEN MEETING AND OR CLOSED MEETING.

TRUSTEES THE TIME IS NOW 7:20 P.M. AND WE ARE IN CLOSED SESSION.

TIME IS 7:59 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.

[6. REPORTS]

SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT. SUPERINTENDENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

IT'S MY PLEASURE NOW TO DO THE SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT.

SO LET'S BEGIN WITH SOME ACCOLADES. ALL MONTH LONG ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND ON SIGNS OUTSIDE OF OUR SCHOOLS, WE'VE BEEN SEEING OBSERVATIONS AND CELEBRATIONS OF SCHOOL BOARD RECOGNITION MONTH.

THE THEME THAT THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS CHOSE FOR THIS YEAR IS LEADERSHIP FOR TOMORROW'S TEXAS.

AND THAT IS TRULY WHAT YOU DO. TRUSTEES. MOST ELECTED OFFICIALS FOCUS ON DELIVERING FOR THE PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR THEM.

WHEN YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT IT, NOT SO FOR THE MAJORITY OF INDIVIDUALS YOU ACTUALLY SERVE DIRECTLY.

YOU FOCUS ON PEOPLE WHO LEGALLY, BECAUSE THEY AREN'T OF AGE, CAN'T VOTE FOR YOU, BUT YOU DEVOTE YOUR TIME AND YOUR ATTENTION BECAUSE YOU'RE ALWAYS FOCUSED ON OUR CHILDREN.

IN A WAY, IT CAN BE SAID THAT YOUR TRUE CONSTITUENCY IS FUTURE LEADERS.

YOU ABSOLUTELY ARE PLANTING TREES THAT WILL PROVIDE SHADE FOR OTHERS TO ENJOY FOR DECADES TO COME, AND THEY WON'T EVEN KNOW TO THANK YOU. SO WE WANT TO THANK YOU.

I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND YOUR SERVICE.

THANK YOU. DALLAS ISD SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.

AND DUE IN PART TO YOUR STEWARDSHIP OF OUR BUDGETS AND YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR CULTURE.

TEACHER VACANCIES ARE WAY, WAY DOWN AND ARE NOW AT A FOUR YEAR LOW.

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FOR EVERY FIVE TEACHER VACANCIES WE HAD AT HPC'S IN 2021, NOW WE HAVE ONLY ONE.

CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE FOR MAKING DALLAS ISD THE KIND OF ORGANIZATION THAT MAKES TALENTED PEOPLE WANT TO STAY.

AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE, NOT LEAST THIS BOARD AND THE CHIEF OF HUMAN CAPITAL, ROBERT ABEL, AND HIS TEAM FOR MAKING DALLAS ISD THE KIND OF ORGANIZATION THAT TEACHERS ALSO REALLY WANT TO JOIN.

THE HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT TEAM IS EXCITED TO SHARE THE GOOD NEWS THAT THE 2024 2025 TEACHER APPLICATION POOL HAS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF TEACHER APPLICATIONS COMPARED TO ANY IN THE LAST PAST SEVEN YEARS.

IN FACT, WE SET RECORDS FOR THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS IN 11 OUT OF 12 MONTHS LAST YEAR, BRINGING US CLOSER TO OUR GOAL TO HAVE A HIGHLY EFFECTIVE TEACHER IN EVERY SINGLE CLASSROOM. DION, A FOURTH GRADER AT J.P.

STARKS MATH, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY VANGUARD, WON THIS YEAR'S ANNUAL MLK JUNIOR ORATORY COMPETITION, BEATING SEVEN OTHER FINALISTS AT THE AT&T PERFORMING ARTS CENTER ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 17TH.

THE THEME THIS YEAR WAS WHAT WOULD DOCTOR KING TELL US ABOUT OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS CITIZENS AND LEADERS IN AMERICA TODAY? IN HIS MOVING SPEECH, DION DIAGNOSED AMERICA WITH HEART FAILURE.

YOUR HEARTLESSNESS HAS NO PLACE IN OUR SOCIETY.

THE NINE YEAR OLD SAID IT CUTS OFF THE ARTERIES OF JUSTICE AND NARROWS THE WALLS OF PEACE.

URGING OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS TO PURSUE REMEDIES TO INJUSTICE AND INEQUALITY.

DION SAID LEADERS SHOULD HAVE A HEART FOR HUMANITY, A MINDSET TO MOVE PEOPLE IN A COLLECTIVE DIRECTION AND THE ABILITY TO WORK TOGETHER TO ACCOMPLISH SHARED GOALS. I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT THE LEADERS TO MY LEFT AND TO MY RIGHT, WE THAT WE COLLECTIVELY SERVE AS EXAMPLES OF DOCTOR KING'S VISION, AS EXPRESSED SO ELOQUENTLY BY DIONNE.

WELL DONE. AND WE CAN ALL LOOK FORWARD BECAUSE WE NORMALLY WILL HAVE OUR WINNER COME AND PERFORM THE SPEECH THAT WON DION FIRST PLACE. SO I'M ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.

AND FINALLY, THANK YOU TO CHIEF OF OPERATIONS DAVID BATES AND HIS ENTIRE TEAM, AS WELL AS CHIEF ALBERT MARTINEZ AND HIS SQUAD FOR WORKING DILIGENTLY DURING THE SNOW DAYS JANUARY 9TH AND 10TH TO MAKE SURE OUR BUILDINGS WERE SAFE AND READY TO WELCOME STUDENTS BACK AFTER THE SNOW.

I AM GRATEFUL THAT OUR CHILDREN ARE SERVED BY THE SERVANT LEADERS WHO MAKE UP EACH OF THOSE RESPECTIVE DEPARTMENTS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DOCTOR ELIZADE. TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM 6.02 TRUSTEE COMMITTEE REPORTS. ARE THERE ANY COMMITTEE REPORTS? OKAY.

SEEING NONE, TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM 6.03.

TRUSTEE REPORTS BEGINNING WITH TRUSTEE DISTRICT ONE.

TRUSTEE CURRY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. FIRST, I WANT TO CELEBRATE TWO OUTSTANDING PRINCIPALS.

PRINCIPAL MARTINEZ AT CHAPEL HILL PREPARATORY SCHOOL AND DOCTOR MEEKER AT WALNUT HILL INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, WHO WERE BOTH RECENTLY FEATURED IN DOCTOR ELIZALDE'S PRINCIPAL SPOTLIGHT.

BOTH OF THESE SCHOOLS ARE DOING SOME WONDERFUL WORK FOR THEIR KIDS.

AND THE THESE LEADERS ARE GUIDING INCREDIBLE TEAMS, AND THEY'RE REALLY HELPING SHAPE THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS.

I ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE BEVERLY MULLINS, THE PRINCIPAL OF ANNE FRANK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, FOR BEING NAMED THE REGION THREE ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR. THOSE WHO KNOW HER SCHOOL KNOW THAT SHE DOES REMARKABLE WORK, AND THE HONOR IS VERY WELL DESERVED.

ALSO WANTED TO GIVE PRAISE TO MISS NIEVES HENDERSON, A BILINGUAL TEACHER AT JERRY R.

JUNKINS ELEMENTARY, FOR EARNING THE TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARD.

IN ADDITION TO THE ACCOLADES, SHE RECEIVED A $1,000 CHECK FROM THE DALLAS EDUCATION FOUNDATION. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO HER ON THIS VERY WELL EARNED RECOGNITION. YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS.

ONE OF YOU KNOW, THE I'M EXCITED FOR PRINCIPAL RUIZ, WHO'S THE NEW PRINCIPAL AT MARCUS FOR WHAT THEY'RE DOING THERE.

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AS WELL, AND WANTED TO JUST THANK THEM ONCE AGAIN. I BELIEVE I MAY HAVE DONE THAT LAST MEETING, BUT I'LL DO IT AGAIN AND THANK THEM FOR THEIR GREAT WORK. SO THAT'S MY REPORT.

TRUSTEE WEINBERG. I'D LIKE TO START BY SENDING A HEARTFELT THANK YOU TO BASKETBALL HALL OF FAMER NANCY LIEBERMAN FOR VISITING WITH STUDENTS AT HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE INAUGURAL DREAMING BUILDING ACHIEVING MENTORSHIP PROGRAM.

THIS PROGRAM AIMS TO EMPOWER STUDENTS BY PROVIDING ESSENTIAL TOOLS AND SKILLS TO EXCEL IN ACADEMICS AND FUTURE CAREERS.

AND NANCY SHARED LESSONS ABOUT OVERCOMING CHALLENGES AND DREAMING BIG.

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO MADE THIS EVENT POSSIBLE. TRULY.

AND THANK YOU AGAIN TO NANCY LIEBERMAN FOR POURING INTO OUR FUTURE LEADERS.

HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR CAMPUS SPELLING BEE WINNERS! I LOVE SPELLING BEES. CONGRATULATIONS. ESPECIALLY ON A FUN NOTE TO SISTERS VICTORIA AND CAMILLE C, BOTH STUDENTS AT FRANKLIN INTERNATIONAL EXPLORATORY ACADEMY.

VICTORIA WON THE SCHOOL SPELLING BEE AND CAMILLE WAS RUNNER UP.

CONGRATULATIONS, GIRLS. I KNOW YOU ALL CONTINUE TO MAKE D2 AND DALLAS ISD PROUD.

SHOUT OUT TO HENRY W LONGFELLOW CAREER EXPLORATION ACADEMY FOR HOSTING AN ALL PRO DAD LUNCH EARLIER THIS MONTH.

ALL DAD AND DAD LIKE FIGURES JOIN THEIR STUDENTS FOR A SPECIAL LUNCH TIME, COMPLETE WITH FUN, FRIENDS AND PRIZES. I'M GRATEFUL TO THE COMMUNITY OF D2.

I AM GRATEFUL THAT THE COMMUNITY OF D2 HAS ACCESS TO PROGRAMS LIKE THESE.

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK! LASTLY, WOODROW WILSON HAS A NEW POWER LIFTING PROGRAM.

THIS GROUP, LED BY COACH SMITH, HAD THEIR FIRST MEET IN SHERMAN, TEXAS THIS MONTH.

I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE HOW THIS PROGRAM GROWS. CONGRATULATIONS.

THAT CONCLUDES DISTRICT TWO, TRUSTEE MICCICHE.

THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BRYAN ADAMS HIGH SCHOOL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, P-TECH STUDENTS WHO DID A GREAT JOB REPRESENTING DALLAS ISD ON GOOD MORNING TEXAS ON CHANNEL EIGHT WFAA EARLIER THIS MONTH.

THESE STUDENTS SHARED HOW THE DISTRICT'S P-TECH PROGRAM IS HELPING THEM EARN FREE COLLEGE CREDITS AND VALUABLE WORK EXPERIENCE ALL BEFORE GRADUATION.

AND A SHOUT OUT TO THE EMMETT J. CONRAD CHARGERS BOYS SWIMMING TEAM ON BECOMING 64A DISTRICT CHAMPIONS.

CONGRATULATIONS COACH GRISHAM AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THE TEAM'S SUCCESS.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEE WHITE. YES, AND GOOD EVENING.

12 STUDENTS FROM SEAGOVILLE HIGH SCHOOL ARE GEARING UP TO COMPETE IN THE PRESTIGIOUS, PRESTIGIOUS FORT WORTH STOCK SHOW, SHOWCASING THEIR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE.

STARTING TODAY, THEY WILL BE ON SITE PREPARING THEIR ANIMALS BY BATHING AND CONDITIONING THEM, CLEANING THEIR BEDS, FEEDING THEM AND ENSURING THEY ARE COMFORTABLE AND READY TO SHARE.

TO SHINE ON COMPETITION DAY. I AM INCREDIBLY PROUD OF THESE STUDENTS AND WISH THEM THE BEST AS THEY REPRESENT SEAGOVILLE HIGH SCHOOL AT THIS REMARKABLE EVENT.

ALSO, I WANT TO SEND ANOTHER PRAISE REPORT OUT TO SEAGOVILLE HIGH SCHOOL FOR LUNCH AND A MONTHLY DRIVE THROUGH FOOD PANTRY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK. THIS FREE RESOURCE, THESE FREE RESOURCES HAVE BEEN A TREMENDOUS SUPPORT TO OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON. ADDITIONALLY, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE LEGO TEAM FOR REPRESENTING ANNIE WEBB BLANTON SCHOOL WITH PRIDE AT THE. FOR INSPIRATION AND RECOGNITION OF SCIENCE TEACHING, BETTER KNOWN AS FIRST LEGO LEAGUE EVENT. SPECIAL THANKS TO MR. PHIL FOR YOUR DEDICATED COACHING AND COMMITMENT TO THE TEAM'S SUCCESS.

AND I'M AWFUL GLAD THAT YOU GUYS HAD A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY SEASON.

AND LET'S GEAR IT UP TO DO GREAT THINGS IN 2025.

THIS CONCLUDES THE D4 ANNOUNCEMENTS. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE JOHNSON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE CARREÓN.

TWO STUDENTS FROM DALLAS FROM DISTRICT FIVE WERE AMONG THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE RECENT MLK ORATORY COMPETITION.

DANIEL A FROM CLARA OLIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TOOK THE THIRD PLACE AND CAITLIN FROM EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON STEM ACADEMY WAS NAMED THE THIRD FINALIST.

I AM SO VERY PROUD OF YOU AND ALL AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

THE FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL OF INNOVATION CHEER TEAM COMPETED IN THEIR FIRST UIL SPIRIT STATE CHEERLEADING CHAMPIONSHIP THIS WEEKEND.

THEY NOW HAVE ALL THREE. THEY NOW HAVE THREE ALL AMERICAN CHEERLEADERS FINISHED THIRD PLACE IN THE DISTRICT COMPETITION AND ARE RANKED TOP TEN IN THE STATE.

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DARRELL RECENTLY NAMED TRENTON STARK AS THEIR TEACHER OF PROMISE.

MR. STARK HAS MADE A TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON NEW TECH'S FILM PROGRAM, ALL WHILE DEVELOPING THE NEXT GENERATION OF FILMMAKERS.

THANK YOU, MR. STARK, FOR SHOWING UP AND GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND EVERY DAY.

SOUTH OAK CLIFF GOLDEN BEAR HAVE MADE DALLAS ISD HISTORY YET AGAIN.

THEY COMPETED IN THE UIL 5A DIVISION TWO STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME FOR THE FOURTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR LAST MONTH.

CONGRATULATIONS TO SENIOR LINEBACKER JAYDEN S, WHO WAS ALSO NAMED THE AREA DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR, AND A MAJOR SHOUT OUT TO COACH CLIFTON JASON TODD FOR THIS ACCOMPLISHMENT.

I BELIEVE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN COACH IN THE INNER CITY TO GO TO THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP FOUR TIME AND WIN TWO OF THOSE, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO GOING BACK NEXT YEAR. I SAID IT FIRST.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE FOREMAN DISTRICT SIX REPORT.

FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO START OUT BY WELCOMING OUR DISTRICT SIX STUDENTS BACK TO SCHOOL.

I HOPE YOU HAD A JOYOUS AND RESTFUL BREAK AND WERE ABLE TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH LOVED ONES.

NOW IT'S TIME TO GET TO WORK. LET'S HIT THE GROUND RUNNING AND I WISH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU GOOD LUCK IN THE NEW SEMESTER.

CONGRATULATIONS TO SULLIVAN P, A FOURTH GRADER AT ADELE TURNER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHO COMPETED IN THE 33RD ANNUAL MLK ORATORY COMPETITION LAST WEEK. GOOD WORK. SULLIVAN. YOUR FAMILY IS PROUD OF YOU.

ANOTHER SHOUT OUT TO IS DUE TO AIDAN, A WHO'S COME BEFORE THIS BOARD.

A JUNIOR AT DAVID W CARTER HIGH SCHOOL WHO CAME IN SECOND IN THE WEIGHT CLASS IN A BOXING COMPETITION IN ARKANSAS OVER THE CHRISTMAS BREAK. HE IS RANKED AS THE NUMBER ONE BOXER IN TEXAS IN HIS WEIGHT CLASS, AND WILL BE COMPETING IN DALLAS IN FEBRUARY.

AIDEN, YOUR DALLAS ISD FAMILY IS BEHIND YOU. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CARTER HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SWIM TEAM.

THEY ARE THE DISTRICT FOUR A CHAMPIONS. WE'RE EXTREMELY PROUD OF THESE YOUNG LADIES AND WISH THEM THE BEST.

THANK YOU. DISTRICT SIX REPORT. TRUSTEE MACKEY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. TO KICK OFF THE DISTRICT SEVEN ACCOLADES.

I LIKE MY COLLEAGUES, WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATED IN OUR MLK JUNIOR ORATORY COMPETITION LAST YEAR.

D7 VERY OWN YVONNE S, A FIFTH GRADER AT ARTURO SALAZAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, TOOK THE STAGE ALONGSIDE A SEVEN OTHER TALENTED STUDENTS.

CONGRATULATIONS, YVONNE. WE ARE PROUD OF YOU.

NEXT, I'D LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE BISHOP ARTS STEAM ACADEMY FOR COMING TOGETHER EARLIER THIS MONTH WITH ALL OF THEIR TEAM MEMBERS TO CELEBRATE THE TRADITION OF ROSCA DE REYES. IT'S MOMENTS LIKE THESE THAT CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES, FOSTER CONNECTIONS, INCLUSION AND HELP CREATE A SHARED SENSE OF BELONGING.

AND FINALLY, KUDOS TO FOUR SUNSET HIGH SCHOOL CHEER SQUAD WHO HAD THE AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO TRAVEL TO LONDON AND PERFORM AT THE VARSITY LONDON NEW YEAR'S EVE PARADE.

I THINK THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW AS WELL, SO CONGRATULATIONS AND WELL DONE.

THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. I'LL GIVE THE DISTRICT EIGHT ACCOLADES.

WE HAVE TWO BIG ACCOLADES TO RECOGNIZE OUR STUDENTS.

FIRST, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE DISTRICT EIGHT STUDENT WHO PARTICIPATED IN THIS YEAR'S MLK JUNIOR ORATORY COMPETITION.

A VERY BIG CONGRATULATIONS IS IN ORDER TO SIDIBE D OF SOLAR PREPARATORY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS WHO WON SECOND PLACE, RIGHT? HER DEDICATION AND EFFORT WAS FELT AND WE ARE SO VERY PROUD OF YOU AND WE WILL BE COMING FOR THE GOLD NEXT YEAR FOR SURE.

ALSO A BIG SHOUT OUT TO MALIA R OF SPENCE TALENTED AND GIFTED ACADEMY FOR TAKING HOME FIRST PLACE, ITS FIRST PLACE IN THE REGION THREE SPELLING BEE.

MALIA, YOU HAVE SPELLED, YOU HAVE VICTORY SPELLED ALL THE WAY OUT.

CONGRATULATIONS. THAT CONCLUDES THE DISTRICT EIGHT ACCOLADES.

TRUSTEE TURNER. YES. AS ALWAYS, THERE ARE A LOT OF GOOD THINGS HAPPENING IN DISTRICT NINE.

A SPECIAL THANKS TO CLAY HILL ELEMENTARY FOR YOUR SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO ME AND OTHER BOARD MEMBERS FOR DALLAS, FOR DALLAS ISD SCHOOL BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH.

I APPRECIATE YOUR KIND WORDS, AND IT IS MY IMMENSE PLEASURE TO SERVE AS YOUR LEADER FOR DISTRICT NINE.

I WILL CONTINUE TO UPHOLD MY COMMITMENTS TO SHARPENING AND BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR THE SKYLINE COMMUNITY, ALONG WITH THE VERTICAL TEAMS UNDER MY JURISDICTION.

LET ME CONTINUE TO CULTIVATE THE GROWTH MINDSET FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

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I LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT COMPETITION AND WITNESSING THE NEXT STEPS FORWARD IN STUDENT SPELLING AND LITERACY JOURNEY.

GO, WOLVES! AND ALSO A SPECIAL APOLOGY FOR MISSING YOUR PARENT TEACHERS NIGHT.

I MEAN, PARENT CONFERENCE NIGHT. NO PARENT SOMETHING NIGHT.

NOW, IT WAS A, IT SNOWED THAT DAY AND WE CANCELED IT.

BUT IT WAS A PTO NIGHT FOR THAT PARTICULAR SCHOOL, AND I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO MAKE IT.

BUT I PLAN TO MAKE IT UP TO YOU ALL. ALL RIGHT.

NEXT. MY HIGHEST GRATITUDE IS EXTENDED TO THE NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK FOR THEIR FOOD DISTRIBUTION EVENT HELD AT BUCKNER TERRACE MONTESSORI.

THIS EVENT WAS OPEN TO ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS, NOT JUST STUDENTS, SHOWCASING THE INCLUSIVITY THAT WE UPHOLD AS A COMMUNITY AND SCHOOL DISTRICT. THANK YOU TO THE NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK FOR THEIR CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP AND GENEROSITY.

AND THANK YOU TO BUCKNER TERRACE MONTESSORI FOR HOSTING.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE THREE THUNDER CHICK TEAMS FROM IRMA RANGEL YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP SCHOOL, WHO RECENTLY COMPETED IN THEIR THIRD AND FINAL ROBOTICS LEAGUE MEET HOSTED BY PREPARATORY ACADEMY RIGHT HERE IN DALLAS.

DISTRICT NINE IS PROUD TO BE THE BRAIN POWER PRODUCED BY THIS GROUP OF YOUNG LADIES.

WE HOPE YOU CONTINUE TO PURSUE. WE HOPE YOU CONTINUE YOUR PURSUITS IN STEM, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO CHEER YOU ON IN YOUR INDIVIDUAL JOURNEY.

AND ALSO, IT IS MY ESTEEMED PLEASURE AND CONGRATULATIONS TO DION H.

THE WINNER OF THE 33 ANNUAL MLK ORATORICAL COMPETITION PRESENTED BY FOLEY AND LANDER.

THIS BRIGHT FOURTH GRADER REPRESENTS THE TALENTED INTELLIGENCE AND DEDICATION CRAFTED AT J.P.

SPARKS MATH, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY VANGUARD.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING THIS YOUNG MAN AS HE HAS MADE HIS FAMILY AND OUR DISTRICT VERY PROUD.

ALONG WITH HONORING THE LEGACY OF DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEES. TRUSTEES. THAT CONCLUDES THE TRUSTEE REPORTS.

[7. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

SPECIFICALLY ITEM 7.01. CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL.

TRUSTEES, THE FOLLOWING MINUTES HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL. PARENT OR PARENT OR STUDENT GRIEVANCE HEARING FROM DECEMBER 12TH, 2024. EMPLOYEE HEARING FROM DECEMBER 12TH, 2024.

SUPERINTENDENT'S EVALUATION AD HOC COMMITTEE MEETING FROM DECEMBER 12TH, 2024.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT WORKSHOP FROM DECEMBER 16TH, 2024.

CALLED BOARD MEETING FROM DECEMBER 16TH, 2024.

A PUBLIC HEARING FOR SCHOOL FIRST FROM DECEMBER 16TH, 2024.

AND THE BOARD MEETING FROM DECEMBER 19TH, 2024.

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

SECOND. OKAY. TRUSTEES. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED THAT WE ADOPT THE MINUTES SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL.

TRUSTEES. ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS? OKAY. TRUSTEES SEEING NO CORRECTIONS.

PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

THE MOTION PASSES. EIGHT VOTING YES. ONE NOT PRESENT TO VOTE.

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

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

TRUSTEES, IS THERE DISCUSSION? OKAY, TRUSTEES SEEING NO DISCUSSION.

PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.

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

TRUSTEE, YOU JUST ADOPTED ITEM 8.01. TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEMS NINE TO AGENDA ITEM

[9. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS]

ITEMS 9.01 THROUGH 9.25, AS AMENDED. TRUSTEES.

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

AGENDA ITEM 9.03, 9.04, 9.05, 9.16, 9.20, 9.25 WITH TRUSTEES WHO PULLED ITEMS FOR A SEPARATE VOTE, LIKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE ANY OF THE ITEMS BACK TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

OKAY. OKAY. TRUSTEES, DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, AS AMENDED? MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. TRUSTEES MOVED AND SECONDED TO ADOPT THE AGENDA.

CONSENT AGENDA, AS AMENDED. TRUSTEES, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.

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

TRUSTEES USES ADOPTED THE MOTION APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA, AS AMENDED.

TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM 10.01. CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE,

[10. ITEMS PULLED FOR A SEPARATE VOTE]

E-RATE ELIGIBLE NOT TO EXCEED $1 MILLION OVER FIVE YEARS, INCLUDING RENEWAL OPTIONS.

GENERAL OPERATING SPECIAL REVENUE BOND FUNDS.

CONSENT ITEM 9.03 PULLED BY TRUSTEES FOREMAN AND WHITE.

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

SECOND. TRUSTEE HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. TRUSTEES, IS THERE A DISCUSSION? YES. TRUSTEE FOREMAN. SO, SEAN, JUST LOOKING AT THE INFORMATION THAT YOU SHARED WITH ME IT APPEARS. WELL, THEY SHARED WITH US, NOT ME.

IT APPEARS THAT THE LAST TIME WE HAD THIS CONTRACT WAS IN 2019, AND I WAS, IT SAYS THAT WE SPENT $72,000. SO THE PREVIOUS CONTRACT WAS ADOPTED APRIL 23RD, 2020 AND IS STILL IN PLAY TODAY FOR INTERNET SERVICES FOR THE DISTRICT.

PRIOR TO THE APRIL 2020, APRIL 23RD, 2020, THERE WAS A ONE YEAR CONTRACT BACK IN 2019 THAT WAS ADOPTED FOR INTERNET SERVICES FOR A YEAR. THAT WAS THEN REPLACED BY THE FIVE YEAR CONTRACT FROM APRIL 23RD, 2020 TO TODAY.

AND THIS WILL BE A TERM FOR AN ADDITIONAL FIVE YEARS FOR INTERNET SERVICES FOR THE DISTRICT.

I KIND OF MISS SOME OF THAT. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO CONTRACTS.

ONE WAS IN 2019, CORRECT. ONE YEAR CONTRACT IN 2019 TO 20.

FOR $72,000? YES, MA'AM. THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.

OKAY. AND WE CURRENTLY DID 1 IN 2020. THE NEXT CONTRACT WAS APRIL 23RD, 2020.

IT WAS ADOPTED AND IT WAS A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT.

SO WE'RE COMING UP ON THAT FIFTH YEAR. THIS WILL BE FOR ANOTHER FIVE YEARS FOR INTERNET SERVICES.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I JUST THAT WASN'T MAKING SENSE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE, IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION? TRUSTEE MICCICHE I WAS JUST READING YOUR RESPONSE TO THE TRACKER REQUEST, AND I'M SEEING DOWN HERE THAT ABOUT $1 MILLION OF THIS $1.4 MILLION EXPENDITURE IS GOING TO BE REIMBURSED BY E-RATE.

IS THAT CORRECT? SO IN THE PREVIOUS FIVE YEAR CONTRACT, IT WAS 1.5.

YES, SIR. THAT WAS AN E-RATE CONTRACT. WE GET UP TO 90% REIMBURSEMENT FOR CATEGORY ONE.

SO WE SPENT A UP TO DATE. WE SPENT 1,000,397, $761,000 AND HAVE BEEN REIMBURSED 1,000,098 $604. OKAY. SO THE TOTAL OUT OF POCKET TO THE DISTRICT FOR THAT PERIOD WAS 300,000.

YES, SIR. FOR THE FIVE YEARS. YES, SIR. OKAY.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE WHITE. YES. AS FAR AS E-RATE FUNDING IS CONCERNED WAS IS THERE A LIMIT, WAS THERE A TIMELINE THAT THAT THAT FUNDING WAS TO STOP? SO E-RATE FUNDING HAS IS A TWO YEAR WINDOW. I BELIEVE EVERY YEAR WE CAN APPLY.

DURING THOSE WINDOWS. SO THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN FOR THE PREVIOUS FUNDING CYCLES FOR E-RATE.

YES. OKAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO GET ADDITIONAL OR WE'RE APPLYING FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THAT.

THAT'S CORRECT. THIS CONTRACT WILL ALLOW US TO APPLY FOR REIMBURSEMENT EVERY YEAR FOR THE SPEND FOR INTERNET SERVICES.

OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. TRUSTEES. ANY OTHER ROUND ONE QUESTIONS.

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MY QUESTION WASN'T ABOUT E-RATE. REIMBURSABLE.

AND THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. OKAY TRUSTEES.

ANY ROUND TWO. QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION? OKAY. SEEING NONE.

TRUSTEES, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. THANK YOU. THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUS. TRUSTEES, YOU JUST ADOPTED ITEM 10.01.

TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO ITEM 10.02. CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO RATIFY THE MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE PERIOD ENDING NOVEMBER 30TH, 2024. CONSENT ITEM 9.04 PULLED BY TRUSTEES FOREMAN AND WHITE.

TRUSTEES DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE.

SECOND. TRUSTEES. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

TRUSTEES. IS THERE DISCUSSION? YES. TRUSTEE. FOREMAN.

SO JUST A QUICK QUESTION. I ASK ABOUT THE PROFESSIONAL STAFF AND YOU GAVE ME AN AVERAGE SALARY OF PROFESSIONAL STAFF AT 77,000. SO WHAT WOULD THAT BE INCLUSIVE OF? IS THAT PRINCIPLES? FOR WHAT LEVEL DOES IT START AT AND WHAT LEVEL DOES IT STOP? SO THAT'S ALL EXEMPT EMPLOYEES. AND THE COUNT WAS 1099 EMPLOYEES.

AND THAT SPECIFICALLY WAS FOR ALL EMPLOYEES CODED TO OUR GRANT FUNDING.

FEDERAL STATE GRANT FUNDS. AND SO THOSE EMPLOYEES WERE A TOTAL OF 1099 PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES.

SALARIED BASICALLY IS WHAT THAT ENTAILED. DO YOU KNOW WHAT LEVEL THAT STARTS AT AND WHAT LEVEL IT STOPS? USUALLY IT'S AT THE PRINCIPAL LEVEL, COORDINATOR LEVEL TYPE EMPLOYEES.

TO WHAT LEVEL? DOES THAT INCLUDE CHIEFS? NOT.

NOT AT THE GRANT LEVEL, NO. OKAY. SO? SO THERE'S ANOTHER LAYER THAT'S NOT IN HERE.

OKAY. IT DEPENDS ON THE FUNDING. YEAH. THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, TRUSTEES. FURTHER DISCUSSION.

OKAY. SEEING NONE. TRUSTEES, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. TRUSTEES, YOU'VE JUST ADOPTED ITEM 10.02.

TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO ITEM 10.03. CONSIDERING.

TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE, NEGOTIATE, AND ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS WITH RECOMMENDED POOL VENDORS FOR EXTERNAL LEGAL SERVICES.

SUPPLEMENTAL FOR DISTRICT WIDE USE. NO FINANCIAL IMPACT OVER TWO YEARS.

GENERAL OPERATING SPECIAL REVENUE BOND FUNDS.

CONSENT ITEM 9.05 PULLED BY TRUSTEES FOREMAN AND WHITE TRUSTEE.

TRUSTEES DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVED TO APPROVE.

SECOND. TRUSTEE HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. TRUSTEE, IS THERE A DISCUSSION? YES. TRUSTEE FOREMAN. SO IF I READ THIS CORRECTLY, WE'RE ADDING ADDITIONAL ATTORNEYS THAT WILL BASICALLY HELP US WITH BOND SALE TRANSACTIONS.

CORRECT. WHAT HAVE WE USED IN THE PAST? SO WE HAVE USED ATTORNEYS IN THE PAST.

SO THIS ADDS TO OUR POOL OF EXPERTISE. IT DOESN'T ADD TO THE OVERALL COST OF OUR BOND SALE TRANSACTIONS THOUGH.

IT JUST GIVES US AN OPTION AS FAR AS THE EXPERTISE THAT WE NEED DEPENDING ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THE BOND SALE TRANSACTION.

SO WE'VE HAD BOND SALE ATTORNEYS BEFORE. YES.

YES, MA'AM. OKAY. AND ARE THEY IN THE CURRENT LIST THAT WE HAVE? WE DO HAVE SOME. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. AND WHO RECOMMENDED THESE PARTICULAR BOND ATTORNEYS.

THESE WERE THE BOND ATTORNEYS THAT RESPONDED.

WE NEEDED ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURE COUNSEL BECAUSE OF THE COMPLEXITY OF OUR BOND SALES.

SO AS WE RAMP UP OUR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, OUR BOND SALES ARE BECOMING LARGER AND LARGER.

AND BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THESE BOND SALES, THE STRUCTURE OF THE BOND SALES, WE'RE MAKING THEM MORE COMPLEX TO MAXIMIZE OUR DOLLAR SAVINGS WITH OUR INTEREST RATES. AND SO THAT'S REQUIRING DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS WITH THE IRS, WITH FINRA, THE TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL, MSB. AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COMPLY WITH ALL OF THESE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

AND SO WE FEEL THAT WE NEED ADDITIONAL EXPERTISE.

IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT WE ADD DISCLOSURE COUNSEL TO THESE LARGE BOND SALES.

RECOMMENDED THAT OUR FINANCIAL ADVISORS AND DID WE HAVE ACTUALLY WHERE WE WENT OUT FOR PROCUREMENT

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YES WE DO. IT'S INCLUDED IN THE IN THE PACKET.

OKAY. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE WHITE. THANK YOU. I GUESS MY QUESTION AND ALARM IS WHEN I LOOKED AT THIS, BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAD JUST PASSED A BUDGET FOR LEGAL SERVICES.

CORRECT. SO WHEN I SAW THIS, I WAS GOING, WAIT A MINUTE.

WE JUST. WE JUST DID THIS, SO. THE PACKAGE THAT WE PASSED PREVIOUSLY, THERE ARE BOND ATTORNEYS THERE, BUT ADDITIONAL ONES WERE NEEDED BECAUSE OF THE VOLUME.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THE TRANSACTION? YES. OKAY. SO I'M SORRY I CAN'T ASK YOU THAT QUESTION, BUT I STARTED TO SO WE MAY OR MAY NOT USE UP THIS ENTIRE $6 MILLION BUDGET.

THAT'S JUST WHAT WE'RE ASKING. OR HOW WAS THE AMOUNT? HOW DO WE COME UP WITH $6 MILLION FOR THIS BASED ON HISTORICAL SPENDING? THE LAST RFQ THAT WE DID, WE ACTUALLY USED 4.9 MILLION.

AND SO WE ARE ESTIMATING TO USE $6 MILLION. AND THAT WAS THE ESTIMATE THAT WE USED WITH THE LAST REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS.

AND THE 4.9 MILLION WAS FROM WHAT YEAR IT WAS OVER A TWO YEAR PERIOD.

TWO YEAR PERIOD. YES. AND SO THIS CONTRACT IS THE SAME PERIOD TWO YEARS.

AND SO WE USE THE SAME ESTIMATE AS WELL. BUT WHAT YEARS DID THIS COVER ALSO.

SO THIS COVERS STARTING IN 2025, JUNE OF 2025.

FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS THROUGH 2027. THE 4.9 MILLION, WHAT YEARS DID THAT COME? OH, THAT BEGAN IN DECEMBER OF 2022. AND ENDED IN THAT BASICALLY 24.

YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR. YES. OKAY. TRUSTEES, IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. SEEING NONE. TRUSTEES, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

THE MOTION PASSES EIGHT VOTING YES, WITH ONE ABSTENTION.

TRUSTEES, YOU JUST ADOPTED ITEM 10.03. TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO ITEM 10.04.

CONSIDERING. TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE JOB ORDER CONTRACTING SERVICES FOR HVAC RENOVATIONS AT ADAMSON HIGH SCHOOL.

NOT TO EXCEED 1.5 MILLION IN BOND FUNDS. CONSENT ITEM 9.16 PULLED BY TRUSTEES FOREMAN AND WHITE.

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

SECOND. TRUSTEES, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

TRUSTEES IS THERE DISCUSSION? YES. TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

AND I WANT TO START OUT BY BEN DON'T JUMP OUT OF YOUR SKIN.

SO, BRENT, I GUESS I HAVE SOME CONCERNS JUST LOOKING AT THE INFORMATION THAT THAT YOU SHARED, BECAUSE IN ABOUT 13 YEARS, 12 OR 13 YEARS, WE WILL SPEND ALMOST $14 MILLION ON HVAC, $4.8 MILLION TO START OUT WITH, AND $9.7 MILLION HAVE BEEN SPENT ADDITIONALLY. I JUST THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE AGAINST THIS, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO BE TAKING A STRONG LOOK AT SITUATIONS LIKE THAT.

IT JUST AND WE'VE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THIS BEFORE IN THE PAST, AS YOU KNOW, SUPERINTENDENT AND I JUST WANT US TO TAKE A STRONG LOOK SO WE DON'T CONTINUE TO JUST KEEP REINVESTING IN HVAC. SOMETHING'S WRONG.

IT'S. SOMETHING'S WRONG. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM.

WILL DO. TRUSTEE MACKEY. YEAH. AND IF WE HAD HAD THE BRIEFING, I WOULD ASK A QUESTION AROUND THIS.

AND THANK YOU FOR THE WORK. I MEAN, STUDENTS NEED HVAC.

IT'S GOT TO WORK. THERE'S BEEN NUMEROUS ISSUES AT THAT.

I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE BEEN VERY RESPONSIVE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

I GUESS MY GENERAL QUESTION HERE IS, AT WHAT POINT DO WE JUST REPLACE THE HVAC SYSTEM INTO A NEW HVAC SYSTEM BECAUSE WE SPENT TWICE AS MUCH? I MEAN, WE GOT TO HAVE IT. IT'S TEXAS. SO YES, THIS IS TO CONVERT IT TO A CONVENTIONAL SYSTEM FROM THE GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM.

SO THIS IS A COMPLETE REPLACEMENT. GOTCHA. OKAY.

SO THIS IS. THANK YOU. THAT AND I DO WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THE REASON THIS ONE IS AS HIGH AS IT IS.

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THEY'RE NO LONGER IN. THERE ARE NO PARTS THERE.

THEY DON'T EXIST. AND SO WHEN WE, YOU KNOW, THE TEAM GOES OUT AND TRIES TO MAKE IT LAST AS LONG AS IT CAN.

BUT WHEN WE START TO SPEND MORE THAN WHAT THE LIFE OF THAT SYSTEM IS, WE HAVE TO JUST DO A YOU KNOW WHAT? TIME OUT. WE ARE JUST THROWING MONEY AWAY IF WE'RE JUST TINKERING WITH SOMETHING.

SO THIS HAPPENS TO BE ONE OF THE ONES THAT WAS A GEOTHERMAL WELL THAT WE NEEDED TO DO THE ENTIRE CONVERSION ON.

TRUSTEE YOU'RE DONE? OKAY. TRUSTEE WHITE. YES.

WELL, THANK YOU, TRUSTEE MACKEY AND SUPERINTENDENT BECAUSE THAT WAS THAT WAS BOTH WERE MY QUESTIONS.

BUT I GUESS MY QUESTION, MY FINAL QUESTION THAT THEY DIDN'T ASK THAT SHE SAID WE HAD APPROXIMATELY 25 SCHOOLS.

HOW MANY DO YOU KNOW, MR. ALFORD, HOW MANY SCHOOLS THAT WE HAVE WITH THIS OLD SYSTEM? AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW, JUST GET BACK WITH ME.

I'LL PUT IT IN TRACK. HELLO, CHIEF. BATES. HI.

OUT OF THE 25, WE'VE BEEN REPLACING THEM, YOU KNOW, WILMER, MEDRANO AND RICHARD, SO ON AND SO FORTH.

WE'VE BEEN REPLACING THEM THROUGH THE 2020 BOND, AND WE'LL CONTINUE HOPEFULLY IN 2026.

OKAY. AND I CAN PUT IN THE TRACKER EXACTLY HOW MANY WE HAVE LEFT.

YES, SIR. AND FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO I WANT TO THANK BOTH OF YOU GUYS FOR I DON'T KNOW WHO DID WHAT.

THE LEFT HAND. Y'ALL COLLABORATING TOGETHER GOOD.

KUMBAYA, YAY, YAY. BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS BECAUSE, THIS IS TEXAS AND IT DOES GET HOT. AND I DID KNOW ABOUT THE ISSUE AHEAD OF TIME AS FAR AS THE PARTS AND COMPANIES GOING OUT OF BUSINESS, THAT'S A HEADACHE, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THE KIDS SHOULD SUFFER.

AND I JUST WANT TO BECAUSE THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME THAT THE KIDS HAVE A WONDERFUL WORKING ENVIRONMENT SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE AN EXCUSE WHY I CAN'T FOCUS BECAUSE I'M TOO HOT, I CAN'T FOCUS, I'M TOO COLD. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION ON THAT.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEES, FOR DISCUSSION. ROUND ONE.

OKAY, TRUSTEE FOREMAN. I THINK THAT THE QUESTION WAS ASKED, SUPERINTENDENT, IT WOULD BE GOOD TO KNOW BECAUSE IT WAS AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN EAST DALLAS THAT ALSO HAD THE GEOTHERMAL, I THINK.

HOW MANY MORE OF THOSE WE HAVE LESS LEFT AND JUST LIST THEM SO WE'LL KNOW WHICH DISTRICTS.

CHIEF BATES SAID HE'LL PUT THAT IN THE TRACKER.

OKAY. I'M APPROXIMATELY I THINK WE HAVE LIKE 19 STILL TO MY RECOLLECTION, BUT WE'LL PUT EACH ONE SO THAT YOU'LL KNOW NOT ONLY HOW MANY, BUT WHERE THEY ARE. WELL, THAT SHOULD BE A PRIORITY IF WE DO ANOTHER BOND.

OKAY. TRUSTEES. FURTHER DISCUSSION. SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.

TRUSTEES, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.

THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. TRUSTEES, YOU JUST ADOPTED ITEM 10.04.

TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO ITEM 10.05. CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE.

ONE GMP001 EXHIBIT A FOR CONRAIL REAL CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK SEYMOUR FOR SAMUELL HIGH SCHOOL NOT TO EXCEED $404,833,240 BOND FUNDS. CONSENT ITEM 9.20 APPROVED BY TRUSTEE FOREMAN AND TRUSTEES WHITE. TRUSTEES DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. TRUSTEES, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

TRUSTEES IS THERE A DISCUSSION? TRUSTEE WHITE.

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT ACTUALLY IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE.

EXCUSE ME, THE FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED TO SAMUEL HIGH SCHOOL.

YEAH. THIS PARTICULAR GMP IS FOR THE ROOF REPLACEMENT THAT HAS A LOT OF MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT.

SO THE CONDUIT ELECTRICAL AND ROUTES WILL BE RERUN.

THE REST OF THE PROJECT, WE'RE ADDING A COMPETITION GYM, WHICH WILL ALSO BE A STORM SHELTER WE HAVE ON THE RENOVATION SIDE.

WE HAVE A FIRE ALARM REPLACEMENT, EXTERIOR LIGHTING.

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WE'RE ALSO PAINTING THE INTERIOR AND. EXPANDING BOYS AND GIRLS LOCKER AND DRESSING ROOMS. ALL OF THIS IS COMING OUT OF THIS 4 MILLION. NO, THAT'S THE COMPLETE PROJECT.

THERE'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER GMP. THE TOTAL BUDGET IS 20.

OKAY. ALSO, I'M NOT GOING TO EVEN ASK YOU THAT, BUT THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT. TRUSTEE IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. TRUSTEES. SEEING NONE, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.

THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUS. OKAY. TRUSTEES, YOU JUST ADOPTED ITEM 10.05.

TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO ITEM 10.06, CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF PROPERTIES COMMONLY KNOWN AS 904 SOUTH ERVAY STREET, 909 NORTH SAINT PAUL STREET, AND 913 SOUTH SAINT PAUL STREET, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS, NEEDED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE DOWNTOWN SCHOOL AT $12,847,399, PLUS TITLE AND CLOSING COST, RELOCATION COST AND COURT COSTS.

GENERAL OPERATING SPECIAL REVENUE AND BOND FUNDS.

CONSENT ITEM 9.24 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? YES. TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE VOTE THAT THE RELOCATION COST IS REMOVED FROM THIS DOCUMENT.

AND FOR ACKNOWLEDGMENT, WE WILL WORK ON ENSURING THAT THE DOCUMENT MATCHES EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS SO THAT THOSE WOULD BE REMOVED, AS YOU STATED. THANK YOU. TRUSTEES IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. TRUSTEES, SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.

THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUS. TRUSTEES, YOU HAVE JUST ADOPTED ITEM 10.06. TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM 10.07.

CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE WAIVER TO BOARD POLICY CW LOCAL AND TO APPROVE THE NAMING OF WILLIAM BILL BLAIR JUNIOR BASEBALL FIELD, NO FINANCIAL IMPACT. CONSENT ITEM 9.25 PULLED DUE TO NEW ITEM.

TRUSTEES THIS IS AN OUT OF CYCLE NAMING. THIS IS A NAMING OUT OF CYCLE PER OUR POLICY.

SO WITH THAT, I WANT TO FLAG FOR YOU THAT I APPROVED THIS ITEM TO BE ADDED TO THE AGENDA.

HOWEVER THE BOARD IS REQUIRED BOARD APPROVAL IS REQUIRED FOR THE NAMING OR RENAMING OF ALL DISTRICT FACILITIES.

THEREFORE, WHEN THE BOARD ACTS ON THIS ITEM, IF BY A MAJORITY, IT WILL BE LAWFULLY IN THE SAME VOTE WAVING CW LOCAL BOARD POLICY BF LOCAL ALLOWS A MAJORITY OF THE BOARD TO WAIVE ANY OF ITS POLICIES NOT ESTABLISHED BY LAW OR CONTRACT AT ANY TIME.

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

SECOND. TRUSTEES HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

TRUSTEES. IS THERE DISCUSSION? YES. TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

SO I'D LIKE TO JUST START BY SAYING MY CONCERNS ARE NOT AROUND THE INDIVIDUAL'S NAME THAT WE'RE REFERRING TO IN THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION, BUT MY CONCERNS ARE PRESIDENT KERRY YOUNG IS THAT WE ALSO HAVE A POLICY BED LOCAL. AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE A COPY, I'LL SEND YOU SEND YOU ONE DOWN THERE.

COULD YOU PASS THAT TO THE PRESIDENT? AND IF YOU WOULD TURN TO.

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IF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS AND THE BOARD PRESIDENT AGREES THAT FAILURE TO INCLUDE THAT ITEM COULD CAUSE SUBSTANTIAL DISRUPTION TO THE OPERATION OF THE DISTRICT.

IN YOUR DECISION, SIR, DID YOU MAKE THE DECISION? THE DECISION THAT IT WOULD BE SUBSTANTIAL DISRUPTION TO THE OPERATION OF THE DISTRICT.

IS THAT A POINT OF INFORMATION? POINT OF INFORMATION.

TRUSTEE OF BOARD POLICY AGAIN. THE BOARD PRESIDENT CANNOT, BY A MAJORITY OR CANNOT NAME FACILITIES BY HIMSELF.

BOARD POLICY F BF LOCAL ALLOWS A MAJORITY OF THE BOARD TO WAIVE ANY OF ITS POLICIES NOT ESTABLISHED BY LAW OR CONTRACT AT ANY TIME.

MR. PRESIDENT, I CLEARLY UNDERSTAND THAT. I ASKED YOU A SPECIFIC QUESTION.

THAT SPECIFIC QUESTION WAS BE LOCAL. DID YOU IN FACT, OR THE SUPERINTENDENT IN FACT DECIDE BECAUSE YOU PUT IT ON THE AGENDA AFTER THE AGENDA HAD BEEN POSTED? SO IF WE'RE GOING TO REFER TO ONE POLICY, WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT ALL OF OUR POLICIES.

AND SO I'M ASKING A SPECIFIC QUESTION. POINT OF INFORMATION.

DID YOU OR THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE SUPERINTENDENT DETERMINED THAT FAILURE TO INCLUDE THAT ITEM COULD CAUSE SUBSTANTIAL DISRUPTION TO THE OPERATION OF THE DISTRICT? BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE POLICY SAYS.

POINT OF INFORMATION. SO, TRUSTEE CURRY, WHEN IT'S YOUR TIME, WHEN I ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR TIME.

BUT POINT OF INFORMATION CHANGE THE ORDER CONFIRMATION.

SO AGAIN TRUSTEE THIS MOTION HAS BEEN APPROPRIATELY POSTED AND NOTICED AS REQUIRED BY THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT. IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

IT IS NOW BEFORE THE BOARD. AND I'VE GIVEN YOU AN ANSWER.

AND SO YOU DIDN'T ANSWER THE QUESTION, SIR. CAN YOU ANSWER THE QUESTION? DID YOU OR THE SUPERINTENDENT DETERMINED THAT BY PUTTING THIS ON, THIS COULD HAVE BEEN PUT ON FOR NEXT MONTH? SO IT'S NOT A SUBSTANTIAL DISRUPTION TO THE DISTRICT.

AND I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT. MAYBE THE SUPERINTENDENT CAN TELL ME BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT POLICY.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO TALK TO ME ABOUT CW, THEN YOU NEED TO TALK TO ME ABOUT B, RIGHT? SO ALSO AGAIN, BF IS THE ANSWER I GAVE YOU ALLOWS THE BOARD THE MAJORITY OF THE BOARD TO WAIVE ANY OF ITS POLICIES AT ANY TIME.

AND AGAIN, YOU ARE FREE TO VOTE IN OPPOSITION.

I'M FREE TO VOTE THIS. I'M CLEAR ABOUT THAT. YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL ME THAT. BUT LET ME LET ME FINISH BECAUSE I'M CLEAR ABOUT I'M FREE TO VOTE.

I'M ASKING A SPECIFIC QUESTION. AND OBVIOUSLY YOU DON'T PLAN TO ANSWER THAT BECAUSE YES, WE CAN WAVE OUR POLICIES ANYTIME WE GET READY. BUT CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME, BECAUSE THIS BOARD IS GOING TO VOTE YOUR VOTE IN LOCKSTEP, SO YOU'RE GOING TO VOTE FOR IT ANYWAY. BUT I'M TRYING TO GET A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS TROUBLING TO ME IS, IS THAT THIS IS NOT AN EMERGENCY. IT COULD HAVE FOLLOWED NORMAL PROCEDURE.

THIS IS WHAT'S THE EMERGENCY? CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT TO ME, MR. PRESIDENT? SO, TRUSTEE, I'VE GIVEN YOU THE ANSWER.

SO YOU HAVE STILL FIVE MORE MINUTES TO TALK IN ROUND ONE.

SO LET'S CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT THIS. SO WHEN I LOOKED AT THE DOCUMENTATION, I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE DOCUMENTATION WAS FILLED OUT TO ITS ENTIRETY.

SO HAVE YOU LOOKED AT THE DOCUMENTATION? I HAVE YES.

AND IT IS. AND YOU BELIEVE IT IS? I BELIEVE IT IS, YES.

OKAY. DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THE THAT THERE'S A CONFLICT BETWEEN POLICY AND THE DOCUMENT? NO, I DO NOT. I MEAN, THE POLICY IS PRETTY CLEAR IN THAT WHAT'S REQUIRED AND THE DOCUMENT MEETS ALL THE REQUIREMENTS IN TERMS OF SIGNATURES AND APPROVALS. SO THE INFORMATION THAT I GOT DID NOT HAVE ANY DOCUMENTATION ON ANY KIND OF MEETING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. OKAY. TRUSTEE. THE DOCUMENTATION DIDN'T HAVE IT.

[01:25:08]

CHIEF HEWITT POWELL, COULD YOU ADDRESS THE QUESTION? WE DID NOT HAVE DOCUMENTATION INCLUDED IN THIS BOARD HANDOUT AND THIS BOARD DOC.

THERE HAVE BEEN, TO MY UNDERSTANDING, TWO MEETINGS.

THE FIRST MEETING WAS A ZOOM MEETING THAT HAPPENED A FEW YEARS AGO.

IT WAS NOT RECORDED. I DON'T HAVE SIGNATURES FOR THAT MEETING.

AND THEN THE SECOND MEETING WAS ONE THAT WAS A LARGER COMMUNITY MEETING THAT TOOK PLACE IN MID-DECEMBER.

AND THAT WAS ANOTHER MEETING THAT WAS HELD. THERE WERE TWO MEETINGS.

SO, CHIEF POWELL, I HAVE MUCH RESPECT FOR YOU.

MUCH RESPECT. THAT WAS AN INCOMPLETE SUBMISSION, I MUCH RESPECT, BUT IF THERE WERE MEETINGS AND WE KNEW ABOUT THEM, WE CERTAINLY SHOULD HAVE MADE SURE, BECAUSE THAT IS A PART OF WHAT THE POLICY SAYS.

AND AGAIN NO. AND AGAIN, I'M DISTURBED THAT WE ACTUALLY SUBMITTED SOMETHING THAT COULD HAVE BEEN SO MUCH EASIER TO DO JUST BY FOLLOWING NORMAL POLICY.

IT IS NOT A SUBSTANTIAL DISRUPTION TO THIS BOARD NOT TO NAME A BASEBALL FIELD.

THAT IS NOT SUBSTANTIAL DISRUPTION. WE COULD HAVE FOLLOWED POLICY.

AS YOU KEEP POINTING AT ME, IS MY TIME UP? NO, NO, BECAUSE IF SHE IF IT WAS, SOMEBODY OVER THERE WOULD BE HOLLERING AT ME.

I'M JUST. OH, USE YOUR HAND. JUST. OKAY. I YOU KNOW, I'M KIND OF AND I'M KIND OF A NERVOUS PERSON BECAUSE I MIGHT HAVE A NERVOUS REACTION TO DO LIKE THAT. I'M TRYING TO GET A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING.

THEN WE AS A BOARD NEED TO DO THINGS BY POLICY.

I'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT, SO SHE'S NOT SURPRISED.

WE AS A BOARD NEED TO DO THINGS BY POLICY, NOT BY FAVOR BY POLICY.

AGAIN, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE NAMING.

I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE BOARD BECAUSE WE JUST DO WHAT WE WANT TO.

I BET YOU IF I BRING SOMETHING UP IN HERE THAT DON'T FOLLOW POLICY, I BET IT WON'T GET DONE.

RIGHT MICCICHE. TRUSTEE FOREMAN, WE HAVE WAIVED THIS POLICY, THOUGH, ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS.

WE'VE NEVER WAIVED IT IN THIS MANNER. BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CLEAR.

SUPERINTENDENT I'M CLEAR. WE'VE WAIVED POLICY.

WE WAIVED A LOT OF POLICIES. NOT IN THIS MANNER.

AND I HOPE IN THE FUTURE THAT IT. YOU, THE SUPERINTENDENT AND YOU, THE BOARD PRESIDENT, WILL TAKE A LOOK AT BE, BECAUSE IT'S POLICY TOO. TRUSTEE WHITE. YES.

MY PROBLEM IS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE TRUSTEE THAT SUBMITTED IT, OR THE PERSON THAT THE TRUSTEE WANTS TO NAME THIS BUILDING AFTER. IT WAS, TO MY SHOCK AND SURPRISE THAT THE FORM AND THE POLICY DON'T MATCH.

CW NAMING FACILITIES AND THE FORM DOES NOT MATCH.

AND NO DISRESPECT, BUT I ALREADY KNOW IF I HAD SUBMITTED THIS DOCUMENT, IT WON'T. IT WOULDN'T GET, IT WOULDN'T GO THROUGH, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN REJECTED.

AND THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE ON THIS FORM AND ON THIS DOCUMENT THAT IS NOT CHECKED.

IT'S ASKING WHO'S GOING TO BEAR THE COST. IT'S NOT CHECKED.

IT'S ASKED WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE, WHERE'S THE FACILITY LOCATED? IT'S NOT CHECKED. SOMETHING ELSE THAT WAS ALSO ALARMING TO ME WAS THE FACT THAT YOU GOT A BASEBALL FIELD, WHICH I'M THINKING IT WAS AT SOC CLIFF.

SOUTH OAK CLIFF. I'M SORRY. IT'S AT SOUTH OAK CLIFF, AKA SOC.

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ALBERT BLACK IS THE DOCTOR. ALBERT BLACK. WHAT? IT'S LOCATED AT WHAT USED TO BE ZUMWALT MIDDLE SCHOOL.

OH. COME ON. I'M SORRY. I FORGOT THE NAME OF THE, I FORGOT THE NAME.

IT CHANGED, I'M SORRY, I APOLOGIZE. WE CHANGED NAMES, SO THE FIELD IS LOCATED THERE AND I DON'T KNOW WHO I NEED TO ASK BECAUSE SINCE AND THIS IS RELEVANT TO ME TO THIS QUESTION.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THAT FIELD BELONGED TO THAT SCHOOL, AND THE REASON I WAS HAVE BEEN UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THE PROPERTY OWNED TO THE ON IS OWNED BY THE SCHOOL.

IS MY CHILD PLAYED. TRUSTEE WHITE? YES. BY THE RENAMING.

IT AND THIS IS ON THE FORM AND IT'S PERTAINING TO THE RENAMING.

IT'S PERTAINING TO THE RENAMING. SO OUR DO WE ARE ALL OF OUR PROPERTIES LIKE THIS WHERE THERE'S A HIGH SCHOOL THAT HAS PLEASE THAT HAS ACCESS TO A MIDDLE SCHOOL'S FIELD.

BECAUSE I KNOW CHIEF YOU THAT'S NOT YOUR PURVIEW.

I UNDERSTAND THAT. I WAS SURPRISED TO FIND THIS OUT BECAUSE MY CHILD PLAYED SOFTBALL FOR SOC.

THERE WAS A FIELD THERE AT THAT TIME. THERE'S BEEN RENOVATIONS SINCE THEN.

APPARENTLY SOME LAND WAS UTILIZED. BUT MY MAIN QUESTION IS BECAUSE IT'S NOT ON THIS FORM, AND IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SHOULD BE LISTED ON THIS FORM.

I NEED SOMEONE TO TELL ME, HOW MANY HIGH SCHOOLS DO WE HAVE OR THAT THAT HAVE ACCESS OR OWNERSHIP TO MIDDLE SCHOOL PROPERTY? I CAN GIVE YOU TWO. SUNSET AND ROOSEVELT.

BOTH OF THOSE HAVE FIELDS THAT ARE AT DIFFERENT SCHOOLS THAN THE HIGH SCHOOL ITSELF.

SO WHERE SUNSET LOCATED AND WHERE IS ROOSEVELT? SUNSET'S AT GARCIA MIDDLE SCHOOL. EDISON. AND WHO'S AT GARCIA? ADAMSON. SO ADAMSON IS AT GARCIA. SUNSET IS AT EDISON, ROOSEVELT IS AT CEDAR CREST. AND SO ALL OF THESE THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED HAVE MIDDLE SCHOOLS ON THEM.

THEY'RE ON ANOTHER THEY'RE ON DISTRICT PROPERTY THAT'S ADJACENT TO ANOTHER CAMPUS.

SOME OF THEM ARE MIDDLE SCHOOLS. CEDAR CREST IS AN ELEMENTARY.

WHEN YOU SAY ADJACENT TO ME, THAT MEANS IT'S EITHER BESIDE IT OR.

IT'S THE SIDE OF WHERE THE SCHOOL IS. THERE'S PROPERTY THERE.

SO AT CEDAR CREST, THE BASEBALL FIELD, THE. COME ON UP, DAVID.

GARCIA HAS ADAMSON'S. SURE. SO SUNSET, RIGHT? DOESN'T HAVE ROOM. SO WE PUT THEIR BASEBALL FIELD AT EDISON, WHERE EDISON MIDDLE SCHOOL IS.

SO THEY GO OVER THERE TO PLAY. AND THEN ROOSEVELT IS ALSO LANDLOCKED.

SO, ROOSEVELT IS GOING TO HAVE THEIR BASEBALL FIELD AT, AT O.W.

HOLMES. O.W. HOLMES, WHICH IS JOHN LEWIS. JOHN LEWIS, AND THEN THEY'RE SO LANDLOCKED THAT THEY DON'T HAVE A TRACK.

SO WE PUT THEIR TRACK AT CEDAR CREST. ADAMSON DOESN'T HAVE A TRACK AROUND THEIR FIELD, SO THAT'S DOWN AT GARCIA MIDDLE SCHOOL.

SO WE HAVE WE DO HAVE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE TO GO ELSEWHERE TO PLAY SPORTS.

NORTH DALLAS IS AT REVERCHON. THEY DON'T HAVE A TRACK AT ALL.

BUT REVERCHON IS A PARK THAT IS NOT OWNED BY DISD.

IS THAT CORRECT? IT IS NOT. NO IT'S NOT. SO IN ESSENCE, WE MAY HAVE DONE SOME RENOVATIONS IN ORDER TO BE ALLOWED TO HAVE ACCESS TO THAT.

OKAY. SO AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. CHIEF BATES, THIS IS THIS IS WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW.

I'M REQUESTING YOU TO PLEASE PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION FOR ME.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE LAYOUT, MEANING THAT HERE'S THE SCHOOL.

BECAUSE THE WAY THIS SCHOOL IS LAID OUT, THE SCHOOL IS RIGHT HERE.

THE MIDDLE SCHOOL HAS ALWAYS HAD ACCESS TO THAT PROPERTY IS RIGHT BEHIND THEM.

IT'S NOT ACROSS THE STREET. IT'S CONNECTED TO THE ENTIRE THING.

IT'S FENCED IN. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING.

APPLES TO APPLES. BECAUSE I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THIS BEING DONE.

I'M NOT. LIKE I SAID BEFORE, I STARTED. NOT AGAINST THE NAMING OF IT.

I'M JUST QUESTIONING. I DIDN'T EVEN I ACTUALLY THOUGHT THIS WAS GOING TO BE LOCATED ON THE HIGH SCHOOL PROPERTY.

SO I WAS BLOWN AWAY TO FIND OUT. NO, THIS IS LOCATED IN A DIFFERENT PLACE.

[01:35:03]

THANK YOU SO KINDLY. SURE. TRUSTEE. I'LL MAKE SOME STATEMENTS FOR THE RECORD HERE.

I WANT TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT ON THE RECORD TO HIGHLIGHT THE EXTRAORDINARY MAN THAT WILLIAM BLAIR WAS. FOR THE RECORD, I WANT TO READ HIS BIOGRAPHY.

HE WAS BORN IN DALLAS, TEXAS. HE WAS A BASEBALL PLAYER AND NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER.

WILLIAM BLAIR JR WAS BORN ON OCTOBER 17TH, 1921.

A FORMER NEGRO LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYER TURNED NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER, BLAIR WAS A COMMUNITY VOICE IN DALLAS FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

HE ATTENDED BOOKER T, WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL AND PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY.

AFTER SIX MONTHS AT PRAIRIE VIEW A&M, BLAIR WAS ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY AND BECAME THE YOUNGEST BLACK FIRST SERGEANT IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY DURING WORLD WAR TWO. BLAIR, A NEGRO LEAGUE BASEBALL MUSEUM INDUCTEE.

HE PITCHED FROM 1946 TO 1951 FOR THE INDIANAPOLIS CLOWNS AND OTHER NEGRO LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAMS. HIS BASEBALL CAREER INCLUDED PITCHING A NO HEATER, A NO HITTER IN THE DENVER POST TOURNAMENT, PLAYING WITH THE WINFIELD WELCH PLAYING WITH THE LATE WINFIELD WELCH, JESSE HOSS WALKER AND BUSTER HAYWOOD, AND TOURING WITH JESSE OWENS AND THE HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS.

BLAIR WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN DEVELOPING THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM'S TEXAS SPORTS HALL OF FAME, AND SERVED ON ITS ADVISORY BOARD. HE WAS INDUCTED IN 1996 AS A MEMBER OF ITS INAUGURAL CLASS.

BLAIR FOUNDED THE HIGHLIGHT NEWS, FROM WHICH WAS IN CIRCULATION FROM 1947 TO 1957.

HE ALSO LATER FOUNDED THE SOUTHWEST SPORTS NEWS, A NEWSPAPER THAT SPECIALIZED IN PUBLISHING SCORES FROM BLACK COLLEGE GAMES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. THE PAPER WAS RENAMED. RENAMED THE ELITE NEWS IN 1960.

ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL BLACK NEWSPAPERS IN DALLAS FORT WORTH AREA.

THE ELITE NEWS CREATED THE ELITE NEWS AWARD NIGHT AND WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN AWARDS CEREMONY IN DALLAS WHEN IT BEGAN IN 1975.

BLAIR WAS A CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST FOR MORE THAN SIX DECADES.

IN 1986, BLAIR LAUNCHED THE FIRST DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR DAY PARADE.

THIS PARADE IS NOW AN INSTITUTION IN DALLAS. BLAIR WAS A MAJOR FORCE IN LOCAL AND STATE POLITICS AND AN ADVOCATE FOR THE INTERDENOMINATIONAL MINISTERIAL ALLIANCE.

IN 2004, HE FOUNDED THE RELIGIOUS HALL OF FAME TO HONOR AFRICAN AMERICAN MINISTERS.

BLAIR LIVED IN DALLAS, TEXAS WITH HIS WIFE OF 63 YEARS.

ALL HIS CHILDREN WERE INVOLVED IN THE FAMILY BUSINESS. BUSINESS.

BLAIR PASSED AWAY ON APRIL 20TH, 2014 AT THE AGE OF 92.

AGAIN. TRUSTEES. I FLAGGED FOR YOU AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS.

THAT BOARD POLICY ALLOWS A MAJORITY OF THE BOARD TO WAIVE ANY POLICY THAT IS NOT ESTABLISHED, OF COURSE, BY LAW OR LEGAL OR CONTRACT AND BF ALLOWS THE BOARD THE POWER TO DO THAT AT ANY TIME.

NOT NO PRESIDENT CAN DO THAT. AGAIN IN YOUR VOTE HERE TODAY, YOU WILL BE VOTING TO WAIVE A POLICY.

IN ADDITION, IN THE SAME VOTE THAT YOU WILL BE VOTING TO IN DETERMINING WHETHER TO RENAME THIS BASEBALL FIELD FOR, FOR A VERY APPROPRIATE MAN IN A VERY LEGENDARY VOICE IN OUR CITY, IN DISTRICT HISTORY.

SO AGAIN, I'LL JUST SAY THAT THERE AS PART OF ROUND ONE.

TRUSTEE JOHNSON. TRUSTEE FOREMAN. YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD? I YIELD MY TIME FOR YOU. YOU WANT TO MAKE COMMENT? YEAH. I FEEL A BIT INSULTED BECAUSE I KNEW WILLIAM BLAIR.

WE STARTED OUT WITH THIS IS NOT ABOUT WILLIAM BLAIR.

THIS IS ABOUT YOU, BOARD PRESIDENT MAKING A DECISION TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA, VIOLATING BE LOCAL POLICY.

THAT'S I FEEL OFFENDED BECAUSE I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH MR. BLAIR. I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE NAME. ALTHOUGH I KNOW THERE WERE OTHER NAMES.

I FEEL OFFENDED, AND I WANT THAT TO BE CLEAR.

I'VE TALKED TO MAXIE. I'VE BEEN CLEAR WITH HIM.

THIS COULD HAVE BEEN DONE VERY EASILY BY PUTTING IT ON THE NEXT BOARD AGENDA, BUT TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA AT THE AT THE LAST MINUTE,

[01:40:07]

THAT'S A PROBLEM FOR ME. I DO NOT NEED TO BE SCHOOLED ON WILLIAM BLAIR SKINNY LEGS.

I DON'T NEED TO BE SCHOOLED. THANK YOU. SO TRUSTEE CURRY. JUST A EITHER A POINT OF INFORMATION OR MY FIRST ROUND.

EITHER ONE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE CLEAR, IF WE VOTE TO APPROVE THIS RENAMING, WE'RE ALSO VOTING TO WAIVE ANY AND ALL BOARD POLICIES THAT WE MIGHT BE OTHERWISE VIOLATING BY VOTING THE MAJORITY OF THE BOARD, WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO THAT.

IS THAT MY UNDERSTANDING? THAT'S RIGHT. YOU'RE WAIVING ALL POLICIES THAT APPLY TO THE TO WHAT YOU'RE WAIVING CW LOCAL.

OKAY, OKAY. THAT'S WHAT CAUSES THE PROBLEM. AND IF WE THEN VOTE TO WAIVE POLICY, THAT POLICY WOULDN'T BE VIOLATED IN OUR ACTIONS.

RIGHT? WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO THAT. CORRECT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. A MAJORITY OF THE BOARD HAS THE RIGHT TO DO THAT.

NO ONE TRUSTEE. TRUSTEE JOHNSON. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CARREON.

I WANT TO CLEAR UP SOME THINGS THAT WERE STATED.

FIRST OF ALL, WE HAD I HAD TWO MEETINGS TWO YEARS AGO ON ZOOM WITH COMMUNITY WITH THE PRINCIPAL, PRINCIPAL NEVILLES AND PEOPLE SHOWED UP ONLINE.

THIS NAME WAS NOT BROUGHT AND DID NOT COME FROM ME.

NO NAME EVER COMES FROM ME. IT COMES FROM THE COMMUNITY.

TWO YEARS AGO, THE SENIOR CITIZENS OF THE COMMUNITY BROUGHT THE NAME TO ME AND THEY EDUCATED ME ON MR. BLAIR. I'M SAYING HE WAS JUST A JOURNALIST OF ELITE NEWS, THE OWNER.

BUT WHEN THEY EDUCATED ME ON MR. BLAIR, I BROUGHT IT TO THE COMMUNITY, BROUGHT IT TO THE PRINCIPALS.

WE HAD A MEETING ON ZOOM. NO ONE HAD A PROBLEM WITH IT.

ANOTHER NAME CAME UP FROM COACH MAYS. SINCE WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO THERE.

AND HE THE ONLY ONE BROUGHT THAT NAME UP THE OTHER NAME, THERE WAS NO OTHER NAMES.

HE WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT BROUGHT THAT NAME UP AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME.

THE COMMUNITY DIDN'T BRING ME THAT NAME. ONLY HIM AND THAT'S WHERE ALL THE OTHER STUFF THE OTHER NAME IS, WHERE I THINK THE WHAT TRUSTEE FOREMAN HAS MENTIONED CAME FROM.

THAT NAME DID NOT COME FROM THE COMMUNITY. IT CAME FROM ONE PERSON THAT LOBBIED THAT NAME TO GET OTHER PEOPLE TO SUPPORT HIS NAME, WHICH IS FACTUAL. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.

THE NAME THAT WAS GIVEN TO ME BY A LOT A LOT OF THE SENIOR CITIZENS IN DISTRICT FIVE WAS WILLIAM BLAIR.

AND SO THAT'S THE NAME THAT I BROUGHT FORTH. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH NO OTHER NAME.

WHAT THE SOLUTION WAS THAT WAS PRESENTED BY PRINCIPAL NEVILLS AND THE COMMUNITY SUPPORTED WAS THE OTHER NAME, MR. HUDSON, TO BE NAMED THE CONCOURSE ONCE IT'S BUILT.

THAT WAS THE NAME. NO ONE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THAT.

I DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT. THAT WAS HAPPENED TWO YEARS AGO.

FROM TWO YEARS TO THIS POINT, I HAVE, I'VE YET TO SPEAK WITH MR. HUDSON. NO ONE HAS COME TO ME UNTIL DECEMBER ABOUT MR. HUDSON. AND THE ONLY REASON WE WAITED THIS LONG WAS THE ADMINISTRATION ASKED ME TO WAIT, AND I SAID, I DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT BECAUSE WE WANTED TO WAIT UNTIL THE FIELD WAS BUILT.

SO THAT'S WHY WE WAITED. WHEN WE WAITED, OTHER PEOPLE GOT INVOLVED BECAUSE THEY WANTED THEIR NAMES.

THAT WAS NOT BROUGHT BY THE COMMUNITY. OF COURSE, THE ALUMNI SOC HAD A MEETING.

THEY HAD THEIR MEETING. I THINK IT WAS IN DECEMBER.

I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT DATE AND THEY SUPPORTED THE OTHER NAME AS WELL.

SO THERE WERE SEVERAL MEETINGS AROUND THIS PARTICULAR FOOTBALL, I MEAN, BASEBALL FACILITY.

NOW, SOUTH OAK CLIFF HAS BEEN WITHOUT A BASEBALL FIELD FOR FOUR YEARS.

I COACHED AT SOUTH OAK CLIFF. I WAS ASSISTANT COACH FOR BASEBALL.

THE SOFTBALL TEAM AND THE BASEBALL TEAM PRACTICE ON THE SAME FIELD FOR MANY YEARS.

THE IDEA TO GO TO TODD MIDDLE SCHOOL WAS NOT TRUSTEE JOHNSON'S.

ADMINISTRATION GOT WITH THE PRINCIPAL. THE HEAD BASEBALL COACH AGREED.

AND THAT'S HOW IT GOT THERE. THAT DIDN'T HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH TRUSTEE JOHNSON.

[01:45:01]

PAST TRUSTEES AND TRUSTEES THAT'S ON THIS BOARD, EVEN THOSE THAT DON'T LOOK LIKE ME.

AND THERE WAS NEVER A PROBLEM. WE JUST DID IT FOR SHA'CARRI RICHARDSON.

YOU SAID. I ASKED THE COMMUNITY, WAS THERE A MEETING? I ASKED THE SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF TO LET US HAVE A COPY OF THE MEETING, AND THERE WAS NO MEETING.

BASED ON WHAT THEY SAID, WE DON'T HAVE NO DOCUMENTATION.

SO TO SIT HERE AND ACT LIKE TRUSTEE JOHNSON AND SOUTH OAK CLIFF IS GETTING THIS PRIVILEGE WHERE WE CAN JUST COME OVER HERE AND JUST DO WHAT WE WANT TO DO AND DON'T HAVE TO FOLLOW PROTOCOL AND POLICY, IT'S NOT RIGHT. THAT'S NOT RIGHT.

NOW, I'M NOT AGAINST ANYONE NAMING ANYTHING AFTER ANY COMMUNITY, WHOEVER THEY WANTED TO, I DIDN'T FUSS ABOUT ANY OF THE NAMES AND I KNOW TRUSTEE FOREMAN YOU'RE NOT ABOUT THE NAME. YOU MADE THAT CLEAR TO ME WHEN WE TALKED YESTERDAY THAT YOU DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH NAME.

YOU HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE PROCESS. YOU FEEL IT WAS NOT DONE ACCURATE, I UNDERSTAND THAT.

OKAY, SO I'M NOT HERE SAYING THAT YOU HAVE SOMETHING AGAINST THE NAME. YEAH, BUT YOU BROUGHT UP SHA'CARRI. AND I WANT TO SAY.

SHA'CARRI BECAUSE YOU SAID THERE WAS NO THERE WAS NO COMMUNITY MEETING.

YOU JUST SAID THAT. SO THEREFORE WE HAVE ALL WAIVED THE POLICY, BUT I DON'T.

YOU CANNOT SIT HERE AND MAKE IT SEEM LIKE THAT, THAT SOUTH OAK CLIFF OR DISTRICT FIVE JUST DON'T HAVE TO FOLLOW THE POLICY.

WE HAVE FOLLOWED THE POLICY. I HAVE FOLLOWED THE POLICY.

I ALWAYS FOLLOW THE POLICY. I ALWAYS FOLLOW THE POLICY.

I HAVE MY I GET NAMES, I SUBMIT IT TO THE ADMINISTRATION.

I HAVE MY COMMUNITY MEETING AND THE ADMINISTRATION HANDLES THE PAPERWORK.

SO I HAVE ALWAYS FOLLOWED THE POLICY, AND I WANT TO MAKE THAT VERY CLEAR.

BUT TO SAY THAT THIS BOARD HAS NEVER WAIVED ANYTHING CONCERNING THIS, THAT'S INACCURATE.

WE DID HAVE OUR MEETINGS. IT'S VERIFIED. IT'S CONFIRMED.

THE ADMINISTRATION KNOW WE HAVE A MEETING. THE ADMINISTRATION WAS ALSO ON THOSE MEETINGS. THEY WAS ALSO ON THOSE MEETINGS.

PEOPLE THAT WAS IN HERE WAS ALSO ON THOSE MEETINGS.

THAT'S HOW THEY WERE ABLE TO SAY THAT WE HAD MEETINGS BECAUSE THEY WAS ALSO ON THE MEETINGS.

BECAUSE I ASKED THEM TO COME IN CASE THERE WAS A QUESTION THAT I COULD NOT ANSWER.

SO THERE WAS A MEETING, TWO OF THEM. THE MEETING THAT THE COMMUNITY HAD.

THE SOUTH OAK CLIFF BROOKHAVEN ALUMNI. I KNOW THEY HAD IT.

I DIDN'T ATTEND THAT MEETING. BUT THEY HAD IT.

I DIDN'T ASK FOR THEIR SIGN IN SHEET, BUT I CAN ATTEST THAT THEY HAD IT.

SO WE HAD OUR MEETINGS AND NO ONE IS TRYING TO NOT FOLLOW POLICY.

WE ARE FOLLOWING THE POLICY. THANK YOU. OKAY TRUSTEES, I WANT TO, I WANT TO GET CONFIRMATION OR JUST I WANT TO CORRECT MYSELF. THE APPROVAL OF THE BOARD'S APPROVAL OF THIS WOULD NOT JUST WAIVE BOARD POLICY CW LOCAL. IT WOULD ALSO WAIVE ALL POLICIES THAT WOULD HAVE PRECLUDED IT FROM COMING FORWARD NOW. BOARD ATTORNEY MATTHEW BRIDGES, IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY. CAN YOU SAY. THAT IS CORRECT, THE WAIVER WOULD INCLUDE THOSE ITEMS, LOCAL POLICY.

POINT OF INFORMATION. TRUSTEE FOREMAN. SO, COULD YOU PLEASE TELL ME WHERE THAT STATED IN THE DOCUMENT AND WHERE THAT STATED IN POLICY? THE FACT SHEET SAYS YOU'RE WAIVING CW LOCAL. SO WHERE IS THAT STATED? WHEN THE BOARD BOUGHT THIS ITEM ON FOR A MOTION AND THERE WAS A SECOND, IN ORDER FOR THE BOARD TO TAKE ACTION AND MAKE A DETERMINATION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD, THAT WOULD THEN ANYTHING THAT WOULD HAVE STOPPED THIS FROM COMING FORWARD WOULD BE WAIVED BY THE BOARD'S ACTION.

SO THE BOARD IF THE BOARD VOTES THIS UP, THEN THEY WOULD BE WAIVING ANY POLICY THAT WOULD BE PRECLUDING THAT.

FAYE, I'VE NEVER HEARD ANYTHING LIKE THAT. AND TOO MANY TIMES YOU'VE GIVEN US ONE DIRECTION AND IT'S BEEN SOMETHING ELSE.

NOW, WHERE IS THAT IN WRITING THAT IF WE VOTE, WE'RE WAIVING ALL BOARD POLICIES THAT MIGHT BE APPLICABLE?

[01:50:06]

BUT THE WAY THAT THIS IS NOW, THAT IS NOT LISTED.

SO HOW ARE HOW ARE YOU TELLING ME THAT WE'RE WAIVING IT AND IT'S NOT EVEN LISTED AS A POLICY? IF I HAD NOT BROUGHT IT UP, NOBODY WAS TALKING ABOUT IT, NOBODY KNEW, NOBODY UNDERSTOOD, NOBODY SAW.

SO HOW ARE WE WAVING THAT THE BOARD PRESIDENT DIDN'T KNOW.

SO IS HE MAKING A MOTION TO WAIVE THOSE PARTICULAR POLICIES? BECAUSE IF WE ARE, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO STATE THAT.

DON'T LOOK BACK THAT SUPERINTENDENT, BECAUSE SHE AIN'T GETTING UP. THAT WE, IF WE ARE GOING TO WAIVE POLICY, THEN WE NEED TO STATE WHICH POLICIES WE'RE WAIVING BECAUSE THE FACT SHEET ONLY SPEAKS TO CW LOCAL.

BECAUSE IT WAS A POINT OF INFORMATION. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE FOREMAN. I NEED AN ANSWER. I THINK I NEED AN ANSWER IS SHE NEEDS TO TELL ME WHICH POLICIES BECAUSE YOU JUST CAN'T SAY, WELL, IF YOU VOTE FOR THIS, YOU WAIVE ALL POLICIES PERTAINING.

I NEED TO KNOW WHICH POLICIES ARE WE WAIVING.

SPECIFICALLY WHAT YOU ADDRESSED IN AE LOCAL WHEN YOU ADDRESSED WHETHER OR NOT THIS PARTICULAR PROVISION, AFTER THE INITIAL POSTING OF THE AGENDA, BE AMENDED TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL ITEMS. SO YOU WOULD BE WAIVING THAT PORTION OF AE LOCAL.

SAYS UP TO ITEMS UP TO 72 HOURS BEFORE THE START OF THE MONTHLY BOARD MEETING AT THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS AND THE BOARD PRESIDENT AGREED THAT THE FAILURE TO INCLUDE THE ITEM COULD CAUSE SUBSTANTIAL DISRUPTION TO THE OPERATION OF THE DISTRICT.

HE'S PLACED THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA, THEREFORE, THE BOARD'S ACTION TO THAT WOULD THEN CONSTITUTE THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY WAIVED THAT PARTICULAR PROVISION AND DETERMINED THAT THIS ITEM CAN MOVE FORWARD.

SHOULD THAT NOT BE IN THE MOTION? IF THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THAT, BUT I FEEL LIKE IT'S COVERED IN MY OPINION.

I THINK IT SHOULD BE IN THE MOTION, MR. PRESIDENT, SO THAT THERE'S A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU'RE WAIVING THAT PARTICULAR POLICY BECAUSE THE FACT SHEET SPEAKS DIRECTLY TO CW LOCAL NOT TO BE.

OKAY. TRUSTEES, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY.

TRUSTEES SEEING NONE. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.

THE MONSTER CUT IT OFF.

TRUSTEE FOREMAN. WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO VOTE FOR YOU? WHAT'S YOUR VOTE? TRUSTEE WHITE, ARE YOU ABLE TO VOTE? YES. WHAT'S YOUR VOTE? THE MOTION PASSES SEVEN VOTING YES, ONE VOTING NO AND ONE ABSTENTION.

TRUSTEES, YOU JUST ADOPTED ITEM 10.07. TRUSTEES.

AGENDA ITEM 13. IS THAT RIGHT? YES, 13. ADJOURNMENT.

THE TIME IS 9:21 P.M. AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.