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[1. NOTICE AND RETURN]

[00:00:04]

THE TIME IS 5:55 P.M.. WE HAVE A QUORUM AND THE MEETING HAS BEEN DULY POSTED.

GOOD EVENING ONCE AGAIN, AND WELCOME TO THE PUBLIC HEARING OF THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES. WE WILL FOREGO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THE SALUTE TO THE TEXAS FLAG, AS WE JUST DID BOTH MOMENTS AGO.

THE FOLLOWING TRUSTEES ARE EITHER PHYSICALLY PRESENT OR PARTICIPATING SIMULTANEOUSLY BY VIDEOCONFERENCE.

A QUORUM OF THE BOARD IS PHYSICALLY PRESENT AT THIS LOCATION.

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

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 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. 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 OR WHILE ATTENDING THIS MEETING, SHALL BE ASKED TO LEAVE. FAILURE TO LEAVE WHEN REQUESTED TO DO SO MAY RESULT IN PERSON BEING ESCORTED FROM THE MEETING AND SUBJECT TO ARREST.

TRUSTEES NOW WILL TURN TO AGENDA ITEM 2.02 RECOGNITION OF ELECTED AND PUBLIC OFFICIALS.

[3. PRESENTATION OF BOARD RECOGNITIONS]

I DON'T SEE ANY IN THE AUDIENCE, SO TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM THREE CLOSED SESSION.

THERE IS NO CLOSED SESSION FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING.

WE'LL TURN TO AGENDA ITEM FOUR, PUBLIC COMMENT.

THERE ARE NO PUBLIC SPEAKERS FOR THIS PARTICULAR HEARING, SO TRUSTEES WILL THEN TURN TO AGENDA ITEM FIVE, DISCUSSION ITEMS SPECIFICALLY 5.01 RECOMMENDATION OF SCHOOL, CONSOLIDATION OF IGNITE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE PERSONALIZED LEARNING PREPARATORY SCHOOL AT SAM HOUSTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. SUPERINTENDENT.

THANK YOU. PRESIDENT CARREON. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

AS WE'VE HEARD FROM OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS YOU KNOW, CONSOLIDATIONS MAY BE VERY LIKELY ON THE HORIZON.

BEFORE WE EVEN BEGIN TALKING ABOUT NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS, WE FELT THAT WE NEEDED TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE BY STARTING WITH SOME OF OUR CHOICE CAMPUSES. AND IN FACT, WE'VE ALREADY LAST YEAR DID COMBINE IDEA AND CITY LAB HIGH SCHOOLS INTO ONE FACILITY WITH ONE PRINCIPAL, SO THAT WE COULD CONTINUE TO BE MORE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE WITH OUR BUDGET.

SO WE ARE BRINGING FORTH THIS IS A HEARING. THIS IS NOT FOR YOU TO VOTE, BUT WE WANTED TO PROVIDE ENOUGH TIME FROM THE HEARING PRIOR TO THE TIME THE BOARD WOULD VOTE ON A PROPOSED CONSOLIDATION OF FOUR CHOICE CAMPUSES THAT WOULD, BASED ON THE PROPOSAL, BECOME TWO AND TURN IT OVER TO DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT DOCTOR BRIAN LUST FOR MORE DETAILS.

THANK YOU, DOCTOR ELIZALDE, AND GOOD EVENING, TRUSTEES.

AS DOCTOR ELIZALDE STATED THIS, THIS PRESENTATION IS TO SHARE THE PROPOSED CONSOLIDATION OF FOUR SCHOOLS.

ALL OF WHICH ARE ENROLLED UNDER 300 STUDENTS.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THE FIRST CONSOLIDATION IS FOR PERSONALIZED LEARNING PREPARATORY AT SAM HOUSTON AND IGNITE MIDDLE SCHOOL AT J.W.

REA LEARNING CENTER. PL PREP IS A PRE-K THROUGH FIFTH GRADE SCHOOL, AND IGNITE IS A SIXTH THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

IF APPROVED, THE PL PREP WOULD BE CONSOLIDATED INTO THE FACILITY AT J.W.

REA LEARNING CENTER WITH IGNITE CREATING A PRE-K THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE SCHOOL.

AND BY THE WAY, I THINK WE DO HEAR FROM OUR PARENTS THAT THAT IS A MODEL THAT SOME OF OUR PARENTS DEFINITELY DO DESIRE.

SO THAT WOULD SUPPORT SOME OF THOSE INTERESTS.

THE EXPECTED ENROLLMENT WOULD BE ABOUT 500 STUDENTS, AND THEN THE INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS WOULD NOT CHANGE FOR EITHER SCHOOL BECAUSE EACH SCHOOL IS A PERSONALIZED LEARNING CAMPUS CURRENTLY AND WOULD REMAIN THE SAME.

MOVING. EXCUSE ME, MOVING FORWARD. AND THEN THE PROPOSED NAME WOULD BE PERSONALIZED LEARNING PREPARATORY ACADEMY AT J.W.

REA LEARNING CENTER. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. HERE'S A QUICK LOOK AT THE TIMELINE FOR THE PROPOSED CONSOLIDATION.

IF APPROVED, THE I SHOULD SAY THE VOTE WOULD BE IN MARCH, IF APPROVED LATE MARCH OR MID-MARCH.

THE PRINCIPALS HAVE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS THUS FAR WITH THEIR COMMUNITIES, BOTH AT ALL.

AT ALL THE LOCATIONS. THE ONLY ONE THERE THAT THERE WASN'T MUCH OF A MEETING OR NEED FOR A MEETING WAS THE HYBRID CAMPUS.

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BECAUSE AS YOU'LL HEAR IN A MOMENT, THERE WAS NOT A NEED TO MAKE ANY CHANGES FOR THE HYBRID SCHOOL AT ALL.

AND I'LL TELL YOU ABOUT THAT IN A FEW MOMENTS. AND THEN THE CAMPUSES WOULD BE COMBINED IN AUGUST, AND SO THEY WOULD LAUNCH IN AUGUST. OF COURSE, OF 25-26 SCHOOL YEAR.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND THEN THE SECOND CONSOLIDATION IS A LITTLE MORE SIMPLE.

AS I'VE REFERENCED A FEW MOMENTS AGO. THIS WOULD BE OUR VIRTUAL SCHOOL WITH OUR DALLAS HYBRID AT J.W.

RAY. THIS WOULD HAVE OUR VIRTUAL SCHOOL FALL UNDER THE ORG NUMBER AT THE HYBRID CAMPUS, WHICH ALREADY EXISTS.

AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE TEACHERS FOR THE VIRTUAL SCHOOL ARE HOUSED CURRENTLY AT THE HYBRID CAMPUS.

SO, IN FACT, THERE WOULD BE NO CHANGE OTHER THAN THE ORG NUMBER WOULD CHANGE THAT.

THE VIRTUAL SCHOOL WOULD FALL WITHIN THE ORG OF THE HYBRID CAMPUS.

SO THERE WOULD BE NO CHANGE FOR THE TEACHERS, THERE WOULD BE NO CHANGE FOR THE STUDENTS, AND THERE WOULD BE NO CHANGE IN THE INSTRUCTIONAL MODEL AND THE DELIVERY OF INSTRUCTION OF WHAT THE STUDENTS ARE RECEIVING IN BOTH OF THOSE RESPECTIVE SCHOOLS.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER FOR QUESTIONS AND TRUSTEE, THESE ARE GOING TO BE TWO DISCUSSION ITEMS. SO FIRST WE'LL TAKE QUESTIONS FOR A CLEAN RECORD.

WE'LL TAKE QUESTIONS ON 5.01, WHICH IS QUESTIONS ON IGNITE, THE CONSOLIDATION OF IGNITE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND PREP AT SAM HOUSTON.

SO TRUSTEE, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON IGNITE AND SAM HOUSTON CONSOLIDATION? AND I'LL JUST SAY AS A WHOLE, I'LL JUST SAY AS START AS TRUSTEE FOR PL PREP AT SAM HOUSTON.

I'VE HEARD NO, NO NEGATIVE FEEDBACK. I THINK THERE'S EXCITEMENT TO MOVE TO A CAMPUS, THE JPS CAMPUS THAT HAS BEEN AT LEAST RECENTLY RENOVATED TO SOME EXTENT HERE IN RECENT YEARS. SO I HAVE NO OBJECTION TO THIS MOVING FORWARD.

TRUSTEE FOREMAN. THANK YOU. JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

THE FIRST QUESTION IS, I KNOW, SUPERINTENDENT, WHEN WE COMBINE THE OTHER TWO SCHOOLS, WE HAD ONE PRINCIPAL.

WILL THIS CAMPUS HAVE ONE PRINCIPAL? YES, MA'AM.

SAME THE SAME PREMISE THAT IF THE CAMPUS IS UNDER 300, THEN THE CONSOLIDATION ALSO MEANS WE CONSOLIDATE LEADERSHIP.

SO, THERE WOULD NOT BE TWO PRINCIPALS. THERE WOULD BE ONE.

OKAY. AND WHAT'S THE CURRENT ENROLLMENT AT PERSONALIZED LEARNING OR PL PREP AND THE CURRENT ENROLLMENT AT IGNITE? THE PL PREP ENROLLMENT IS RIGHT AROUND 240 AND IGNITE IS AROUND 290.

OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. TRUSTEES, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ON 5.01 PL PREP AND IGNITE. OKAY. SEEING NONE.

QUICK QUESTION. TRUSTEE MICCICHE. HOW FAR APART ARE THE TWO SCHOOLS? THEY ARE APPROXIMATELY A MILE AND A HALF. TWO MILES MAX.

OKAY. WITHIN TWO MILES. THANK YOU. ALTHOUGH I DO WANT TO REMIND THESE ARE NOT NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS.

RIGHT. SO THEY WE DO A LOT OF TRANSPORTATION TO EACH OF THE INDIVIDUAL SITES.

SO IN FACT THERE WOULD BE ONE SITE WE WOULD BE TRANSPORTING TO AS OPPOSED TO TWO.

OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON 5.01. OKAY. SEEING NONE.

QUESTIONS ON 5.02. I LEARN VIRTUAL ACADEMY AND DALLAS HYBRID TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

SO THE SAME TWO QUESTIONS. WHAT'S THE CURRENT ENROLLMENT AT BOTH OF THESE CAMPUSES? THE VIRTUAL SCHOOL WAS THE CURRENT ENROLLMENT. OUR VIRTUAL SCHOOL, IT'S A SMALL ENROLLMENT OF 30.

AND WHAT ABOUT HYBRID? ABOUT 115. ABOUT 115. AND THERE CURRENTLY IS ONE PRINCIPAL THERE.

AND THAT WOULD REMAIN THE SAME. AND IS THERE TRANSPORTATION TO THE HYBRID CAMPUS? YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEES, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON 5.02? OKAY. SEEING NONE, TRUSTEES WILL TURN TO AGENDA ITEM SIX FOR THIS HEARING. ADJOURNMENT. THE TIME IS 6:04 P.M.

AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.