Aug 28, 2025 Board Meetings

[1. NOTICE AND RETURN]

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>> THE TIME IS 6:17 P.M. WE HAVE A QUORUM AND THIS MEETING HAS BEEN DULY POSTED.

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 DID THOSE MOMENTS AGO.

THE FOLLOWING TRUSTEES ARE PHYSICALLY PRESENT.

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

TRUSTEE FOR DISTRICT 1 LANCE CURRY, DISTRICT 2, SARAH WEINBERG, DISTRICT 3, DAN MITCH, DISTRICT 4, PRISMA GARCIA, DISTRICT 5 BYRON SANDERS, DISTRICT 6 JOYCE FOREMAN, DISTRICT 7 BEN MAXI DISTRICT 9 ED TURNER.

OUR SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, DOCTOR STEPHANI DIZALE JOINS US, AND I AM JOE CARO TRUSTEE FOR DISTRICT 8 AND BOARD PRESIDENT.

THIS MEETING WILL BE AVAILABLE SIMULTANEOUSLY IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH AT DALLAS TCDD.ORG [FOREIGN] IN ORDER FOR THIS BOARD TO HOLD THIS MEETING IN AN EFFECTIVE MANNER, I WANT TO LET IT BE KNOWN THIS MEETING WILL BE CONDUCTED IN AN ORDERLY FASHION AND ASK THE PUBLIC TO ABIDE BY THE RULES OUTLINED IN BOARD POLICY BD LOCAL PERTAINING TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

IT IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE FOR A PERSON WITH THE INTENT TO PREVENT OR DISRUPT A LAWFUL MEETING TO SUBSTANTIALLY OBSTRUCT OR INTERFERE WITH THE ORDINARY CONDUCT OF A MEETING BY PHYSICAL ACTION OR VERBAL UTTERANCE, AND THEREBY CURTAIL THE EXERCISE OF OTHERS FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.

SPEAKERS ARE CAUTIONED THAT WHAT THEY SAY COULD VIOLATE THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS IN 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 THE ASSEMBLY, WHILE ADDRESSING THE BOARD OR WHILE ATTENDING THIS MEETING, SHALL BE ASKED TO LEAVE.

FAILURE TO LEAVE WHEN REQUESTED TO DO SO MAY RESULT IN THE PERSON BEING ESCORTED FROM THE MEETING AND SUBJECT TO ARREST.

TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM 2.02, RECOGNITION OF ELECTED PUBLIC OFFICIALS, I RECOGNIZED HER EARLIER, WE'LL RECOGNIZE HER AGAIN, FORMER TRUSTEE CAMILE WHITE IS HERE WITH US.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEE FOR BEING HERE.

TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM 3, PRESENTATION OF BOARD RECOGNITIONS.

THERE ARE NO BOARD RECOGNITIONS THIS EVENING.

[4. PUBLIC FORUM]

OUR AGENDA NOW CALLS FOR THE PUBLIC FORUM SEGMENT OF OUR MEETING.

WE WILL BEGIN WITH SPEAKS TO AGENDA ITEMS FOLLOWED BY SPEAKERS TO NONOGEN ITEMS, I'M ASKING SPEAKERS TO BE MINDFUL OF CHILDREN THAT ARE IN ATTENDANCE.

CHILDREN AND UNWILLING ADULT RECIPIENT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN ATTENDANCE AT THIS MEETING SHOULD NOT BE EXPOSED TO LEWD, FILTHY, VULGAR, OBSCENE, OR EXPLICIT LANGUAGE FROM SPEAKERS.

SPEAKERS THAT INSIST ON EXPOSING THE PUBLIC TO THIS LANGUAGE SHALL BE ASKED TO LEAVE IMMEDIATELY.

FURTHER, PLEASE BE MINDFUL OF YOUR FELLOW SPEAKERS AND TO REFRAIN FROM USING INDIVIDUALS NAMES TO INCLUDE STUDENTS' NAMES AND TO ADDRESS THE BOARD, NOT INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEES.

THE DISTRICT HAS ADOPTED PROCEDURES TO HEAR AND ADDRESS COMPLAINTS ABOUT SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS, AND IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SPEAKERS AVAIL THEMSELVES OF THE GRIEVANCE POLICY TO SECRET RELIEF VIA THOSE PROCEDURES.

AUDIENCE I AM ASKING 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 DEFICIENT MEETINGS, UNLAWFUL OR DISRUPTIVE CONDUCT, INCLUDING INTERRUPTING SCHEDULED SPEAKERS, SPEAKING OUT OF TURN.

CROSS OFF OR CROSSING THE ROPED OFF BARRIERS OR INTERFERING WITH THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.

EACH PARTICIPANT IS LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENT AND CONSEQUENCES OF HIS 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 3 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.

WITH THE FIRST TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.

ALEX REACH AND FORMER TRUSTEE, HONORABLE CAMILE WHITE, FOLLOWED BY MIKE HOOK AND ROBERT CECCARELLI, ON DECK. ALEX REACH.

>> HELLO. MY NAME IS ALEX REACH, AND I WANT TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ABOUT AGENDA ITEM 913.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE BOARD, ON APRIL 24 OF THE TEXAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES APPROVED HB 14 81, AND ON JUNE 20, THE TEXAS SENATE FOLLOWED SUIT.

THIS BILL, IN LAYMAN'S TERMS, THE IMMEDIATE BAN ON THE USE OF CELL PHONES IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.

THIS HAS BEEN A VERY POPULAR BILL AROUND THE STATE, LODGED BY BOTH PARENTS AND EDUCATORS AS A WAY TO LEAVE DISTRACTIONS OUT OF THE CLASSROOM.

HOWEVER, THIS BOARD HAS ADDED BINDS AND PUNISHMENTS TO ITS POLICY THAT ONLY SERVE TO DISTRACT FROM ANY GOOD THAT MAY COME FROM IT, I'M A JUNIOR IN ONE OF YOUR HIGH SCHOOLS.

WHAT I'VE OBSERVED IN THE PAST THREE WEEKS IS SOMETHING OUT OF DYSTOPIAN DRAMA.

WHAT THIS REALLY STEMS FROM ARE THE NEW YONDER POUCHES USED TO SECURE OUR CELL PHONES DURING THE INSTRUCTIONAL DAY.

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THIS IS A MASSIVE SAFETY CONCERN.

ACCORDING TO WORLD POPULATION REVIEW, IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, THERE HAVE BEEN 237 SCHOOL SHOOTINGS SINCE 1966, SECOND HIGHEST IN THE NATION.

IN THE EVENT OF A SCHOOL SHOOTING, I CANNOT USE MY CELL PHONE TO CONTACT MY PARENTS OR OTHER LOVED ONES.

THE THREAT OF GUN VIOLENCE IN OUR SCHOOLS IS SO PREVALENT THAT MANY STUDENTS LIVE IN FEAR DAILY.

WHAT IS THE BOARD'S PLAN TO ADDRESS OUR CONCERNS AND ENABLE US TO USE THESE IMPORTANT RESOURCES DURING AN EMERGENCY? NEXT, PLEASE CONSIDER THE PUNISHMENTS LAID OUT IN THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT.

THE FIRST OFFENSE MEETS YOU WITH THE WARNING, THE SECOND A $5 FINE, THIRD, $10 AND THE FOURTH OFFENSE, $15.

WITH FOUR INSTANCES GETTING CAUGHT WITH YOUR CELL PHONE, A PARENT WOULD HAVE TO PAY $30 TO THE SCHOOL.

ADDITIONALLY, MEN ENTER INTO DEFACING THEIR YONDER POUCHES TO ACCESS THEIR PHONES, AND GUESS WHAT? THERE IS ANOTHER EXPENSE FOR DEFACING THE SCHOOL PROPERTY.

A CHARGE OF $20 TO THEIR PARENTS AND IN SCHOOL SUSPENSION AS PUNISHMENT.

THIS IS AN INTERESTING POLICY GIVEN THE SOCIOECONOMIC MAKEUP OF THIS DISTRICT.

AS THIS BOARD DISCUSSED IN JUNE, 89% OF THE STUDENTS IN THIS DISTRICT ARE UNDERPRIVILEGED, $50 IS A LOT OF MONEY TO A FAMILY WHO IS ALREADY STRUGGLING TO GET BY.

I ASKED THE BOARD, WHAT IS YOUR PLAN IF A FAMILY CANNOT PAY? YET THEIR CHILD NEEDS A CELL PHONE FOR SAFETY ON THE WAY HOME FROM SCHOOL OR TO COMMUTE WITH WORKING PARENTS, OR FOR INTERNET ACCESS AT HOME? IS THERE A POLICY TO WAIVE THESE FINES? PROPONENTS OF THE BILL JUSTIFIED IT BY REFERRING TO THE ADDICTIVE QUALITIES OF CELL PHONES.

HOWEVER, IF THIS IS SO, WHY WOULD THIS BOARD IMPLEMENT A POLICY THAT CAN RESULT IN $50 OF FINES IN SCHOOL SUSPENSION, AND ULTIMATELY ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION? ALL TO PUNISH A CHILD THAT PROPONENTS OF THIS BILL STIPULATE IS ADDICTED.

DOES THIS BOARD PLAN TO DEAL WITH THESE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH SCREEN ADDICTION? WHAT IS THE BOARD GOING TO DO TO ADDRESS THESE KIDS IN A MORE PRODUCTIVE WAY? I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO REQUEST A BOARD MEMBER, PULL THIS ITEM TO HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS ISSUE.

PLEASE, CONSIDER MY QUESTIONS, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

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

FORMER TRUSTEE, HONORABLE CAMILE WHITE AND MIKE HOOK, FOLLOWED BY ROBERT CECCARELLI AND MARY ANNE HOSKINS.

>> GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS.

I'M HERE TODAY TO OBJECT TO YOUR TREATMENT OF NOT ONLY MYSELF, BUT TRUSTEE GEORGE FOREMAN AS WELL.

I THINK AFTER YOU PONDER YOUR ACTIONS, NOW THAT THEY'RE BEING EXPOSED, YOU WOULD HAVE ASKED YOURSELF, PERHAPS I WOULD HAVE DONE THINGS DIFFERENTLY.

THERE ARE COMMITTEES THAT NO ONE ELSE ON THE BOARD WERE DOING UNTIL I CAME ON THE BOARD.

NO OTHER PRESIDENT HAD A PROBLEM, BUT THE CURRENT PRESIDENT, IT WAS PURELY TRIFLING.

SOME MAY ASK, WHY DID I SOUND THE ALARM LIKE TRUSTEE FOREMAN? IT'S BECAUSE I DON'T DO WELL WITH PETTY PEOPLE.

AND IT'S SATISFYING ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT HIS DREAM TO RUN FOR CITY COUNCIL HAS BEEN SHATTERED FOREVER.

I REALLY JUST THOUGHT HE DID NOT LIKE ME, I NEVER ASKED BECAUSE IT WASN'T THAT IMPORTANT TO ME IF HE DID OR DID NOT.

BUT THEN WHEN HE DID THE SAME THING TO TRUSTEE FOREMAN, IT MADE ME THINK THAT THERE IS A PATTERN THAT IS HAPPENING, AND NO ONE SEEMED TO CARE THAT HE WAS ACTUALLY SHUTTING OUT BLACK FEMALES FROM POSITIONS ON THE BOARD.

EVERY YEAR, WE'VE HAD A FORM THAT HAS BEEN SENT AROUND THAT SINCE I WAS ON THE BOARD, THAT WAS A FORM THAT WAS SENT AROUND, SO TRUSTEES COULD STATE THEIR PREFERENCE AS FAR AS WHAT COMMITTEE THEY WANTED TO SERVE ON.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS STILL HAPPENING, BUT IT DIDN'T HAPPEN MY LAST TERM ON THE BOARD THAT I CAN RECALL.

UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S A SHAME BECAUSE IT REALLY IS AN ABUSE OF POWER, BUT THREE BOARD MEMBERS ACTUALLY HAVE THE POWER TO COME TOGETHER AND STOP SOME OF THIS MADNESS IF THEY SO DESIRE.

AFTER HIS FIRST RUN AS PRESIDENT, I THOUGHT THERE'D BE NO WAY THAT THEY WOULD PUT HIM BACK IN THAT SEAT.

NO WAY BECAUSE TRUSTEE SIR WEINBERG'S NAME HAD BEEN WHISPERED.

WHEN HE LANDED BACK IN THE SEAT AGAIN, I WAS STUNNED.

WE HAVEN'T HAD A WOMAN PRESIDENT IN THAT CHAIR FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW.

IT'S PROBABLY BEEN OVER A GOOD 10 YEARS, I THINK THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME STRONG CONSIDERATION FROM THIS BOARD.

WHEN YOU GET BACK IN YOUR CLOSED DOORS AND YOU VOTE.

MAKE SURE THAT THE PERSON THAT YOU'RE PUTTING IN THE CHAIR HAS A CAPACITY AND THAT THEY'RE CAPABLE OF WORKING WITH EVERYONE, I HAD NO PROBLEM WORKING WITH EVERYONE ON THE BOARD.

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EVERYONE. WHEN YOU SINGLED OUT PEOPLE AND YOU DON'T TALK TO THEM, AND YOU MISTREAT THEM, AND THEY'RE YOUR FELLOW COMRADES DECI.

>> THANK YOU, MISS WHITE.

YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED [APPLAUSE] FOR THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.

MIKE HOOK AND ROBERT CECCARELLI, FOLLOWED BY MARY ANNE HOSKINS AND DEB MCDUFFIE ON DECK.

>> WE THE PEOPLE HAVE A GOVERNING THE GOVERNMENT PROBLEM.

WE THE PEOPLE MUST END DECADES OF DM AND REP POLITICIANS EXPLOITING CITIZENS, INCLUDING OUR CHILDREN IN OUR SO CALLED AMERICAN SCHOOLS.

THE US SHOULD BE IN ITS 20TH DECADE PROMOTING THE FREEDOM OF NOT ONLY AMERICANS, BUT MEXICANS, SALVADORANS, GUATEMALANS, AND OTHER SOUTH OF OUR BORDER.

THEY LOVE THEIR HOME COUNTRIES AS THEY SHOULD.

INSTEAD, THOSE DESPERATE CITIZENS RISK THEIR LIVES TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES DOWN SOUTH, AND US GOVERNMENTS HAVE INJECTED EVIL INCENTIVE RATHER THAN PROMOTING FREEDOM IN NATIVE LATINO COUNTRIES.

THAT IS WRONG, EVIL, AND CRUEL.

ALSO, THERE IS NO GOVERNMENT ANYWHERE THAT WILL CORRECT THIS.

WE CITIZENS, BOTH DM AND REP MUST UNITE TO NOT ONLY CORRECT THIS DISD GOVERNMENT, BUT ALL OUR GOVERNMENTS.

HAS DISD BEEN ROGUE FOR TWO PLUS DECADES? YES. THEY JERK US AROUND ON MANY TOPICS ONLY TO MAINTAIN THEIR OPPRESSIVE CONTROL.

AGAIN, DAMS AND REPS MUST UNITE.

THE CITIZENS MUST TAKE ACTION TOGETHER.

THOSE HERE WHO HAVE TAKEN BRIBES, PUT THAT BEHIND YOU.

UNITE ONE NEW LEGISLATIVE POLICY SAYS BASICALLY THAT THE GOVERNMENT CANNOT MEDDLE IN THE PARENTAL RIGHTS REALM UNLESS GOVERNMENT WANTS TO DO SO.

IT LITERALLY SAYS THAT. I READ IT IN BLACK AND WHITE, AND THEY STILL NEGLECT THE THREE RS.

THEY ALSO DON'T REPORT TO US FORTHRIGHTLY AT ALL, THE GRADES.

THEY ORCHESTRATE OUR CHILDREN'S EXPERIENCE AND THE DIVISION AMONG US FACILITATES THAT.

TO MY BLACK FELLOW CHRISTIANS, DOES ISAIAH, 118, SAY, COME NOW, LET US REASON TOGETHER. IT SURE DOES.

OUR BIBLE DOES NOT DELINEATE BETWEEN BLACK AND WHITE BROTHERS AND SISTERS.

SHOULDN'T DISD TEACH THE THREE RS TO ALL OUR KIDS? I THINK SO.

THAT SETS THE STAGE FOR HAPPY ADULTS.

IS IT DISDS JOB TO TEACH HEY ON ANY BASIS WHATSOEVER? NO. YET, HOW LONG HAVE WE CITIZENS FAILED TO GOVERN OUR GOVERNMENT THAT WE MIGHT BE A TRULY FREE PEOPLE, A HANDFUL OF US SHOW UP.

LET'S KEEP SHOWING UP AND PLEASE TALK TO OTHER PARENTS WHO STAY INTIMIDATED BY DISD GOVERNMENT AGENTS.

I DON'T WANT, FOR EXAMPLE, SINGLE BLACK FEMALES TO LIVE THEIR LIVES IN FEAR OF GETTING INSIDE THEIR HOUSE BEFORE DUSK EVERY DAY.

HOW MANY DECADES HAS THAT GONE ON? NO AMERICANS SHOULD BE SUBJECTED TO THAT.

OUR HOME IS AMERICA, AND WE MUST RESUME OUR CIVIC DUTY OF KEEPING PROPER WATCH AND GOVERNANCE OVER PUBLIC EMPLOYEES, WHETHER DEM OR RP? THE MANY DIVISIONS AMONG CITIZENS BENEFIT THE GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHMENT.

OUR AMERICA IS SUPPOSED TO BE CITIZEN [OVERLAPPING]

>> THANK YOU MR. HOOK.

YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

FOR THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.

ROBERT CECCARELLI AND MARY ANNE HOSKINS, FOLLOWED BY DEB MCDUFFIE AND CYNTHIA ROCHE ON DECK.

>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. YOU SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER SAID THAT COLLEGE READINESS IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.

I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THE SCORES 2024, CHILDREN AT RISK.

MISS HEWITT AND THE SUPERINTENDENT, I WOULD HOPE YOU CHECK TO SEE IF MY FACTOR IS STRAIGHT OR NOT NEXT MONTH.

WILSON B, MISS COLLEGE READINESS, ADAM, BRYAN ADA, MALINA C, HILLCREST C, MADISON D, SKYLINE D, W T WHITE D, CONRAD D. ADDISON F, SUNSET F, SOUTH CLIFF F, LINCOLN F, NORTH DALLAS F, PINKSTON F, SEGOVILL F, SAMUEL F, JEFFERSON F, SPRUCE F, AND THE LAST FOUR SCHOOLS WERE RATED BY CHILDREN AT RISK OF FOUR OF THE WORST TEN SCHOOLS IN THE WHOLE STATE IS IN 2024.

KIMBALL F, ROOSEVELT F, CARTER F, WILMER HUTCHINS F. NEXT ONE, CAMPUS PERFORMANCE, COMPARING OTHER SCHOOLS WITH SIMILAR LEVELS OF POVERTY.

I LIKE THIS BECAUSE IT'S VERY DETAILED.

ADDISON C, WILSON B, BRIAN ADAMS D, MALINA D, JEFFERSON D, SOUTH O CLIFF D,

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STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. WILSON C. NO, EXCUSE ME.

WILSON, WILSON C, BRYAN ADAMS C, AS C, SUNSET C, MASIN C, MALINA D, SOUTH O'CLIFF D, W T WHITE D, CONRAD D, NORTH DALLAS D, PINKSTON D, SEGOVILL, D, SAMUEL D, JEFFERSON D, SPRUCE F, KIMBALL F, ROOSEVELT F, WILMER HUTCHINS, F, HILLCREST D, LINCOLN DS.

SKY SKYLINE D AND CARTER D. THIS IS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, FOUR F, FOUR CS, AND 14 DS.

THIS IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS THOUGH, THESE ARE THE END RESULTS OF DISD 2024.

NOW, IF YOU CHECK IT, IT'LL BE CORRECT.

I WILL HELP MISS HEWITT, DOCTOR LEAR AND THE SUPERINTENDENT COME TO ME IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT OR NOT.

ALSO, ONE THING ABOUT SAFETY OF SOUTH OAK CLIFF.

MISS SUPERINTENDENT, YOU BUT IT IN WHILE YOU THANK YOU, ALL THESE EMAILS WITH THE PRINCIPAL AND MAXIE JOHNSON ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE SCHOOLS OF SOUTH LCLIFF.

THERE WAS NO METAL DETECTORS THERE FOR FIVE YEARS AFTER THAT PERSON GOT KILLED AT DAVIDS FIELD HOUSE.

FIVE YEARS AND I COMPLAINED TWO YEARS TO YOU.

THERE'S STILL NO METAL DETECTORS.

PLEASE LISTEN TO ME. CHECK IT OUT, PLEASE.

COME BACK WITH YOU NEXT MONTH, I'LL GIVE YOU AN EMAIL ADDRESS AGAIN.

>> THANK YOU, MR. CECCARELLI.

YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

WITH THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE, MARY ANNE HOSKINS AND DEB MCDUFFIE, FOLLOWED BY CYNTHIA ROCHE AND NATHEL JACKSON ON DECK, MARY ANNE HOSKINS.

NO PRESENT, DEB MCDUFFIE.

>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS DEB MCDUFFIE, AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF NATIONAL LIFE GROUP.

I WANT TO SAY FIRST, THANK YOU FOR THE BOARD FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.

AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT BEAST FOR GOOD, WHICH IS A HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC CONTEST.

SO I'M HOPING THAT IT IS NOT UNKNOWN TO YOU ALL.

I ACTUALLY CAME TO THE BOARD MEETING BACK IN JUNE.

I'M A FORMER DALLAS ISD EDUCATOR.

I TAUGHT AT LORENZO DE ZAVALA, AND I KNOW HOW THE SCHOOL YEAR CAN GET.

SO I WANTED TO GET AHEAD OF THIS AND SHARE WITH YOU GUYS THE NEWS OF THE COMPETITION.

IT IS OPEN TO NINTH AND 12TH GRADERS IN THE DFW AREA, AND THE GRAND PRIZE FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY IS ABOUT $5,000 SCHOOL DONATION.

THE STUDENTS WILL ALSO GET A $1,500 CASH PRIZE.

SO I'VE ALREADY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO DR. MICHELLE BARTON, YOUR DEPUTY CHIEF, AND I ALSO GOT TO TALK WITH SALEM HUSSEIN, ONE OF YOUR DIRECTORS.

I GOT TO SHARE THE INFORMATION WITH THEM, BUT I STILL WANTED TO COME TONIGHT, AND SO I PREPARED THE FLIERS FOR YOU ALL.

HOPEFULLY, YOU HAVE THEM ON HAND, AND IT SHARES SOME INFORMATION.

SO THIS COMPETITION IS TIED TO D PHASE, WHICH IS A BENEFIT CONCERT THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE HOLDING ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18.

IT'S GOING TO BE AT THE LEVITT PAVILION.

AND I CAN NOW SHARE THE LINEUP.

WE HAVE COLLECTIVE SOUL, FASTBALL AND TONIC.

HOPEFULLY, THOSE ARE SOME FAMILIAR ACTS YOU GUYS, THEIR 90S GENRE.

AND THE CONCERT IS GOING TO BENEFIT TERRAN AREA FOOD BANK.

SO THAT IS A NON-PROFIT IN THE FORWAF AREA.

THEY PROVIDE MEALS AND ACCESS TO RESOURCES FOR FAMILIES IN NORTH TEXAS.

SO ONCE AGAIN, I'M HERE TONIGHT, JUST TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO TELL YOUR EDUCATORS, TO TELL YOUR STUDENTS IF THEY HAVE ANY TALENT, AND THEY WANT TO SHOW IT.

ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS GIVE US A VIDEO URL.

S THEY HAVE A VIDEO ON YOUTUBE, ON VIMEO.

THEY JUST PROVIDE THAT TO THE SUBMISSION FORM.

WE WILL COLLECT ALL OF THE VIDEOS.

WE HAVE SOME INTERNAL JUDGING THAT WILL TAKE PLACE, AND THEN THE TOP 10 ACTS, WE'LL GET TO GO TO A PUBLIC VOTE.

ONCE THAT HAPPENS, AND HOPEFULLY THERE WILL BE SOME DALLAS ISD ACTS, YOU GUYS CAN HELP THEM PROMOTE IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

THEY CAN PROMOTE IT IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

THE TOP ACTS, GET THAT DONATION THAT I MENTIONED.

SO I DO HAVE THE FLYER WITH YOU ALL, BUT FOR ANYBODY WHO'S IN THE AUDIENCE, THE URL OR THE WEBSITE FOR THE COMPETITION IS DOGOODFEST.COM/BEATSFORGOOD TEXAS AND I'LL SPELL THAT OUT.

THAT'S D-O G-O-O-D-F-E-S-T.COM/B-E-T-S-F-O-R G-O-O-D TX.

THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO ALL THE ENTRIES THAT I KNOW ARE GOING TO COME FROM DALLAS ISD. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

>> THANK YOU. WILL THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE, CYNTHIA ROCHE AND NATHEL JACKSON,

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CYNTHIA ROCHE.

NOT PRESENT, NATHEL JACKSON.

>> GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS.

SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOL.

NEARBY JACKSON, I LIVE AT 28 51 TO LUCA, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75224.

LET ME LEVEL UP WITH YOU TONIGHT.

I STAND BEFORE YOU NOT JUST AS A CONCERNED CITIZEN, BUT AS A STAKEHOLDER IN THE DISD, BUT AS A BLACK 76-YEAR-OLD BLACK WOMAN WHO UNDERSTAND THE COST OF LEADERSHIP.

TIME AND TIME AGAIN, WE BLACK WOMEN WE STEP INTO SPACE WITH EXCESS EXPERIENCE AND TALENT, ONLY TO BE SIDELINED, OVERLOOKED, AND DISRESPECED AS TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

WE STAND IN SUPPORT OF TRUSTEE FOREMAN TONIGHT.

HER CLASSMATE OF THE LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL IS HERE WITH ME.

SHE HAVE ALSO BEEN DENIED A POSITION ON THE COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT.

THIS IS AN INJUSTICE.

AS I THINK ABOUT SOME 62-YEARS, MISS SUPERINTENDENT, THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON TODAY.

DR. KING SAID THESE WORDS.

INJUSTICE ANYWHERE IS A THREAT TO JUSTICE EVERYWHERE.

FOR THE RECORD, LET ME LEVEL UP WITH YOU AGAIN.

IT IS NO SECRET THAT BLACK WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP, PARTICULARLY IN INSTITUTE, LIKE THE DISD ARE HELD TO A STANDARD THAT OTHER ARE NOT.

WE ARE QUESTION MORE, CHALLENGED HEART, AND TOO OFTEN LEFT OUT OF KEY CONVERSATION AND COMMITTEE WHERE DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE ABOUT OUR CHILDREN, OUR SCHOOL, AND OUR COMMUNITY.

FOR THE RECORD, LET ME CLIMB BACK WITH YOU.

WHEN BLACK WOMEN SPEAK UP, WE ARE NOT BEING DIFFICULT.

WE ARE BEING HONEST.

WHEN WE ADVOCATE, WE ARE NOT BEING AGGRESSIVE.

WE ARE BEING PROTECTED, PROTECTED OUR STUDENT, OUR TEACHER, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND OUR FUTURE.

DISD MUST DO BETTER.

REPRESENTATION WITHOUT RESPECT IS EMPTY.

IF YOU SAY YOU VALUE DIVERSITY.

THEN SHOW IT, NOT JUST IN PHOTO APP, BUT IN POLICY, IN APPOINTMENT, IN LEADERSHIP ROLE.

IN THE SPACE, YOU ALLOW TRUSTEE FOREMAN TO PLAY A MAJOR ROLE ON THIS BOARD.

SO TONIGHT, TRUSTEE FOREMAN, I ASK YOU NOT TO TAKE THAT POSITION AS TO ON THE ART COMMITTEE.

IT'S A CLAP IN YOUR FACE A DESERVE BETTER.

MY FINAL WORDS AS WE TALKS ABOUT THE WORDS OF KING. I WANT TO PULL.

>> THANK YOU, MISS JACKSON.

YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

WOULD THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE, ISAAC STEIN AND DAVID WILSON, FOLLOWED BY PATRICIA DOYLE AND ROSEMARY KURTZ.

>> I'M ISAAC STEIN AND TRUSTEE FOREMAN YOU ARE MY TRUSTEE AND FRIEND.

I MET TRUSTEE FOREMAN ON THE BATTLEFIELD.

I DIDN'T MEET IN THE OFFICE.

WE MET WHEN WE WERE BATTLING AGAINST THE HOME SCHOOL RULE CHARTER TAKEOVER OF DALLAS, TEXAS, WHICH I SEE NONE OF YOU THERE IN THAT FIGHT.

AND MY THING WITH MISS FORMAN IS, SHE IS ONE OF THE BLACK WOMEN IN THIS COUNTRY THAT HAD BEEN ATTACKED BY THE WHITE MALE STRUCTURE THAT'S IN THIS COUNTRY.

AND I MEAN THAT BY SAYING ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, BLACK WOMEN ARE UNDER ATTACK.

FROM THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND OTHERS.

YOU SEE LAWYERS, PEOPLE OF HIGH EDUCATION.

AND BY THE WAY, THE BLACK WOMAN IS THE MOST EDUCATED PERSON IN THIS COUNTRY.

HAD TO GO OFF TO FORMER TRUSTEE CAMILE WHITE WHEN SHE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO ON THE DALLAS APPRAISAL DISTRICT.

SHE WAS DENIED BY THIS BOARD AND THIS PRESIDENT THAT PUT DAN MITKAY IN THAT PLACE AND TURNED RIGHT AROUND AND DENIED HER POINTS THAT WOULD ALLOW HER ANOTHER CHANCE THAT SOMEBODY ELSE CAN PUT HER IN THAT POSITION.

THIS COUNTRY IS IN SHAMBLES BECAUSE OF RACISM AND WE CANNOT STAND BACK AND SAY THAT IT DOESN'T EXIST.

THEY'RE DOING AWAY WITH DEI, BUT THEY WILL NOT DO AWAY WITH US.

AND E WILL STAND WITH OUR TRUSTEE.

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BUT WE WILL FIGHT TODD WILLIAMS, WITH EVERY BREATH THAT WE GOT.

WE FOUGHT AGAINST UPLIFT CHARTER SCHOOL ON THE CAMP CORNER OF CAMP WISDOM AND 35, ONLY TO DENIED OUR VICTORY FROM SOMEONE WHO LOOKED JUST LIKE US TO SIT ON THE CITY COUNCIL, AND WE LOST THAT FIGHT TWICE.

SO BLACK BROTHERS, YOU ALL NEED TO STEP UP YOUR GAME.

EITHER YOU WITH US OR YOU'RE NOT WITH US.

EITHER YOU'RE GOING TO SAIL WITH US OR YOU'RE GOING TO SELL US OUT.

AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO TOLERATE SOME OF THE STUFF THAT'S GOING ON BECAUSE WE WILL FIGHT TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY TIGHT KNITTED TOGETHER.

AND MISS FORMAN DON'T ONLY JUST HAVE A FEW BLACK FOLKS LIKE US STANDING WITH HER.

SHE GOT A ARMY THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO MEET. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. WITH THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE, PATRICIA DOYLE AND ROSEMARY KURTZ, FOLLOWED BY DR. SHARON MIDDLEBROOKS AND JASMINE JONES ON DECK.

PATRICIA DOYLE.

>> WILSON, MR. DAVID WILSON.

>> DAVID WILSON, FOLLOWED BY PATRICIA DOYLE.

>> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DAVID WILSON.

I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE INTERDENOMINATIONAL MINISTERIAL ALLIANCE OF DALLAS AND VICINITY.

I PASSED TO THE GREATER CORNERSTONE BAPTIST CHURCH IN DALLAS, AND I ALSO LIVE IN DALLAS, PAY TAXES IN DALLAS AND VOTE IN DALLAS.

LET ME SAY, IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE OF BIND TO WORK WITH DISD.

WE THANK GOD FOR OUR VERY CAPABLE AND APPROACHABLE AND PASSIONATE SUPERINTENDENT.

BUT I'M HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE OF WHAT WE IN OUR COMMUNITY CONSIDER DISRESPECT AND UNFAIRNESS IN REGARD TO TRUSTEE JOYCE FORMAN.

SHE HAS SERVED 14 YEARS.

AND IN HER TIME OF SERVICE, SHE HAS DONE A GREAT JOB.

WE, AS A COMMUNITY, AND AS VOTERS AND TAXPAYERS IN THIS CITY CANNOT SIT BACK AND SETTLE FOR WHAT WE CALL DISRESPECT IN REGARD TO HER CAPABILITIES AND HER WILLINGNESS TO SERVE.

WE COME TO ASK OF THE PRESIDENT TO OPEN UP HIS MIND A LITTLE BROADER AND HIS HEART THAT HE MIGHT NOT HOLD SERVE WITH ANY ILL FEELINGS TOWARD ANYONE.

AND THE RUMOR IS, ESPECIALLY WOMEN OF COLOR.

WE, AS A COMMUNITY, WILL NOT STAND FOR DISRESPECT.

WE RESPECT.

WE HAVE HAD A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH DISD.

WE THANK GOD FOR THE RELATIONSHIP AND PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT.

BUT THE DISRESPECT FOR MISS FORMAN IS JUST NOT GOING TO BE TOLERATED.

AND THEN ALSO, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DISRESPECT, AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, WE WOULD THINK THAT YOU WOULD BE MINDFUL OF THE FACT THAT YOU WORK FOR US.

AND IN WORKING FOR US, WE WOULD EXPECT A CERTAIN LEVEL OF RESPECT FROM YOU.

THE DISRESPECT FROM SUPERINTENDENT TURNER IS NOT GOING TO BE TOLERATED.

AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO PUBLIC APOLOGY FROM HIM FOR HOW HE HAS HANDLED MEMBERS OF OUR ORGANIZATION.

WE THANK YOU TONIGHT.

WE ARE HOPING THAT YOU WILL DO BETTER, AND WE'RE HOPING THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO FORCE YOU TO DO BETTER. DUCES.

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

PATRICIA DOYLE AND ROSEMARY KURTZ, FOLLOWED BY DR. SHARON MIDDLEBROOKS AND JASMINE JONES ON DECK.

>> GOOD EVENING. I'M DR. PATRICIA DOYLE.

I'M A PHYSICAL THERAPIST WITH DALLAS ISD.

I'M AN EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER AND SECOND VICE PRESIDENT OF ALLIANCE AFT, AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT THREE.

I'VE BEEN IN PHYSICAL THERAPY PRACTICE FOR 34 YEARS.

I HAVE BEEN PRIMARILY A PEDIATRIC THERAPIST FOR MOST OF THAT TIME.

MY DOCTORAL DEGREE WAS PEDIATRIC FOCUSED, AND I HAVE A POST PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE IN PEDIATRICS.

SO SUFFICE IT TO SAY, I LIKE WORKING WITH CHILDREN.

IT BRINGS ME JOY TO WORK WITH OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS.

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I'VE WORKED FOR THE DISTRICT FOR 11 YEARS, AND I HAVE LOST MONEY FOR 11 YEARS.

SIMPLY PUT THE MEAGER RAISES OF 2% OFF MIDPOINT DO NOT KEEP PACE WITH THE RISING COST OF LIVING.

ESPECIALLY WHEN THE COST OF BENEFITS ALONE HAS RISEN BY 9.7% THIS YEAR, AND THE DISTRICT CONTRIBUTION FOR BENEFITS HAS REMAINED STATIC SINCE AT LEAST 2015.

I AM NOT ALONE IN THIS STRUGGLE.

WHILE YOU HAVE ESTABLISHED A MERIT PAY SYSTEM, ALTHOUGH ONE THAT IS QUESTIONABLY STATISTICALLY VALID, FOR TEACHERS, YOU HAVE NOT ADDRESSED ADEQUATE PAY INCREASES FOR AN ENTIRE SEGMENT OF DISTRICT EMPLOYEES WHO ALSO PROVIDE EXEMPLARY SERVICES.

I AM TALKING ABOUT OUR TENERNT TEACHERS, SUCH AS OUR TEACHERS OF THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED, TEACHERS OF THE DEAF, ADAPTED SPECIAL PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHERS, AUDIOLOGISTS, PHYSICAL AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS, AS WELL AS OUR SCHOOL NURSES, DIAGNOSTICIANS, LIBRARIANS, AND COUNSELORS.

AN EXAMPLE, AS A SCHOOL NURSE IN OUR DISTRICT WITH A STATE LICENSING BOARD AND A PROFESSIONAL LICENSE HAS A STARTING SALARY, APPROXIMATELY $4,000 LESS THAN A STARTING TEACHER WITH NO EXPERIENCE.

ONE SCHOOL NURSE SHARED THAT THE COST FOR HER TO HAVE INSURANCE FOR HERSELF AND HER FAMILY COSTS ABOUT $2,000 A MONTH.

WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WITHHELD CONGRESSIONALLY APPROPRIATED MONEY FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION, AFT, AND TEXAS AFT, ALONG WITH OTHER UNIONS SUED, AND THE GOVERNMENT RELEASED THOSE FUNDS INSTEAD OF GOING TO COURT.

THERE WAS A PUBLIC STATEMENT FROM DALLAS ISD THAT THE MONEY COULD BE USED TO HIRE CENTRAL STAFF.

CENTRAL STAFF ADMINISTRATION OR SOME OF THE HIGHEST PAID EMPLOYEES IN THE DISTRICT.

I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THAT MONEY WOULD BE BETTER SPENT ON INCREASING SALARIES BEYOND THE 2% MIDPOINT, OR IN MY CASE, THE ROUGHLY $100 A MONTHLY INCREASE TO MY BASE SALARY AND CONTRIBUTE MORE TO THE COST OF BENEFITS.

WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT ENROLLMENT IS DOWN, AND YET WE ARE SPENDING $88 MILLION TO BUILD A SCHOOL COMPLEX IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS.

IF WE HAVE MONEY TO SPEND ON THESE PROJECTS, WE HAVE MONEY TO ADEQUATELY PAY EMPLOYEES, AND IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

>> THANK YOU. WITH THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE, ROSEMARY KURTZ AND DR. SHARON MIDDLEBROOKS FOLLOWED BY JASMINE JONES AND CHRISTIAN JOVIAL ON DECK.

>> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ROSIE KURTZ.

I'M A HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER IN DALLAS, TEXAS, AND A MEMBER OF ALLIANCE AFT.

I'M HERE TO TALK TONIGHT ABOUT CAMPUS STAFF THAT ARE GETTING LEFT BEHIND AND FORGOTTEN.

HER COUNSELORS, NURSES, LIBRARIANS, AND MORE REGULARLY GET PUSHED TO THE WAYSIDE OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND, AS TEI AND TEACHER RAISES SUCK ALL THE OXYGEN AND THE MONEY OUT OF THE ROOM.

ORIGINALLY, THE DISTRICT OFFERED TEACHERS THIS YEAR ABOUT A $2,000 RAISE IF THEY STAYED AT THE SAME PROFICIENCY LEVEL, AND OTHER STAFF AT 2% OF MIDPOINT RAISE ACROSS THE BOARD, AS USUAL, NOT MATCHING INFLATION, NOT TO MENTION MAKING UP FOR THE RISING COST OF HEALTH INSURANCE.

WHEN THE STATE LEGISLATURE PASSED THE FUNDED MANDATED RAISES OF 02,500 TO $5,000 FOR DISD TEACHERS WITH OVER TWO YEARS OF SERVICE, THE DISTRICT SNATCHED BACK THAT ORIGINAL $2,000 BEFORE USING THE USUAL LOOPHOLE THEY GET TO DISTRIBUTE THE RAISES BASED ON TEI PROFICIENCY RATING RATHER THAN YEARS OF SERVICE.

ORIGINALLY, I WAS MAD ABOUT THAT AND I WANTED MY FULL RAISE, INCLUDING THE 2,000 ORIGINALLY OFFERED.

GIVEN THAT THIS WAS A RARE OCCASION WHERE THE STATE ACTUALLY GAVE US A FUNDED MANDATE, I FELT LIKE IT WASN'T RIGHT FOR THE DISTRICT TO KEEP THE SAVINGS FOR THEMSELVES.

BUT AFTER SOME TIME, I REALIZED THAT WHAT REALLY WASN'T RIGHT WAS THE DISTRICT NOT SEIZING THAT OPPORTUNITY TO REDISTRIBUTE THOSE SAVINGS TO THE CAMPUS STAFF THAT HAVE BEEN NEGLECTED FOR YEARS.

I CAN BE HAPPY WITH MY DECENT RAISE FUNDED BY THE LEGISLATURE AND LET THE DISTRICT OFF THE HOOK FOR ANY RAISE THEY WOULD HAVE GIVEN OUT OF THEIR OWN FUNDS, BUT ONLY IF I FEEL THAT MONEY IS GOING TO THE RIGHT PLACE.

I DON'T JUST WANT IT TO GO BACK INTO THE TEI POT JUST TO HELP KEEP THAT DYSFUNCTIONAL SYSTEM ON LIFE SUPPORT FOR A WHILE LONGER.

THAT EXTRA $2,000 FROM EACH TEACHER THAT THE DISTRICT GOT TO KEEP SHOULD BE GOING INTO THE POCKETS OF THE CAMPUS STAFF THAT IS NOT UNDER TEI THAT HAVE SO CLEARLY BEEN AN AFTERTHOUGHT EVERY YEAR SINCE TEI CAME ON TO BEING.

I KNOW THAT THE DISTRICT IS OPERATING AT A DEFICIT RIGHT NOW.

BUT THE BUDGET PASSED BEFORE THE LEGISLATIVE RAISES WAS A DEFICIT THAT YOU HAD DECIDED WAS MANAGEABLE.

I DON'T KNOW WHEN YOU'LL AGAIN HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE THESE STAFF MEMBERS SOMETHING MORE LIKE WHAT THEY DESERVE WITHOUT HAVING TO GO DEEPER INTO DEBT OR MAKE SIGNIFICANT CUTS.

ALLIANCE AFT TRULY APPRECIATES THE CHANGE DR. ELIZALDE INITIATED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE PROFICIENT ONE TEACHERS GOT AT LEAST THEIR FULL $5,000.

THAT WAS TERRIFIC. TO ME, IT ALSO SHOWED THAT IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO ADJUST SOME SALARIES.

YOU COULD DO THIS NOW FOR OUR THEIR CAMPUS STAFF AND LET THESE WORKERS KNOW THAT THEY ARE VALUED TOO.

>> THANK YOU. WILL THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, [APPLAUSE] PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.

DR. SHARON MIDDLEBROOKS AND JASMINE JONES, FOLLOWED BY CHRISTIAN JOVIAL AND RENA HONEA ON DECK.

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NOT PRESENT, JASMINE JONES.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JASMINE JONES.

I'M A HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE TEACHER AT SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL.

I TEACH BIOLOGY EOC AS WELL AS THE ADVANCED ACADEMIC SCIENCE MAGNET PROGRAM AT SKYLINE.

I CAME IN IN 2020 IN THE HEAT OF THE PANDEMIC, AND WHEN I CAME IN, I CAME FROM NEW YORK CITY AT THE HEAT OF THE PANDEMIC.

AT THAT TIME, I WASN'T ABLE TO BUILD A LOT OF RELATIONSHIPS WITH A LOT OF TEACHERS OR DEVELOP NEW MENTORS IN THE NEW TIA TEI SYSTEM THAT I WAS BRINGING MYSELF INTO WHEN I JOINED THIS DISTRICT.

HOWEVER, THE FEW MENTORS AND VETERAN TEACHERS THAT I DID INTERACT WITH AT THAT TIME, LET ME KNOW ABOUT SKYLINE'S PAST GLORY DAYS FROM DECADES AGO.

THEY LET ME KNOW THAT WE ARE A D RATED CAMPUS, AND WE'RE EXPECTED TO BE A F RATED CAMPUS AFTER THE PANDEMIC UNTIL I ACTUALLY LOOKED UP THE RECORDS FOR MYSELF AND LEARNED THAT WE WERE A C RATED CAMPUS, AND THAT WE WERE ACTUALLY MAKING A LOT OF GAINS IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT AREAS.

I LEARNED THAT WE WERE A HIGH PRIORITY CAMPUS, AND WITH THAT HIGH PRIORITY CAMPUS, CAME TIA FUNDS TO SUPPORT TIA DESIGNATED TEACHERS, AND I WORKED HARD.

DESPITE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT ACCUSATIONS AND RUMORS THAT I HEARD ABOUT SKYLINE, I STAYED, MY MENTOR STAYED, AND OTHER TEACHERS AT MY CAMPUS THAT WERE HIGH PERFORMING TEACHERS STAYED.

WE WORKED HARD, WE REBUILT PROGRAM AND NOW I'M A MENTOR AND A TIA DESIGNATED EXEMPLARY TEACHER IN THIS DISTRICT.

ALONG WITH THAT, I MENTOR NEW TEACHERS THAT ARE ALSO EARNING THE SAME DESIGNATIONS UNDER THIS SYSTEM, AND THEY'RE STAYING.

WE ARE NOW A STRATEGICALLY STAFFED HIGH SCHOOL, ALSO INCENTIVIZED WITH TIA FUNDS, AND THOSE TEACHERS ARE ALSO STAYING IN THIS DISTRICT AND HELPING TO BUILD PROGRAMS. I NOW GET TO TELL THEM OF CURRENT STORIES OF OUR CURRENT GLORIES LIKE MY STUDENT THAT JUST WAS AWARDED A FIVE ON THE AP PHYSICS EXAM, WHICH IS NEARLY HEARD OF.

IT'S THE MOST DIFFICULT AP COLLEGE BOARD EXAM IN THE COUNTRY.

I GET TO TELL ABOUT HOW MY STUDENTS, JUST LAST YEAR, WERE THE FIRST STUDENTS IN THE ENTIRE DISTRICT OF DALLAS ISD TO BE AWARDED A REGIONAL WINNER AT THE EXPLORE VISION COMPETITION.

I GET TO TELL THEM ABOUT HOW THE FIRST [INAUDIBLE] MENTIONED WINNERS CAME FROM SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL, AT DALLAS ISD.

THERE ARE SO MANY MORE CURRENT GLORIES THAT I GET TO TELL ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING, INCLUDING THAT TWO YEARS IN A ROW, WE ARE NOW A B RATED CAMPUS IN THIS DISTRICT AND REFLECTING THE B RATING THAT OUR DISTRICT HAS EARNED.

I'M EXCITED AND HAPPY IN ENJOYING THE BENEFITS OF OUR TIA SYSTEM AND SEEING THE IMPROVEMENTS IN MY STUDENTS.

>> THANK YOU, MS. JONES.

YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

FOR THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE, CHRISTIAN JOVIAL, AND RENA HONEA.

>> GOOD EVENING, TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT DR. ELIZALDE.

MY NAME IS CHRISTIAN JOVIAL.

I'M A FIFTH GRADE EDUCATOR AT JOHN QUINCY ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, CELEBRATING OUR B2.

I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE PROGRESS DALLAS ISD HAS MADE IN ITS ACCOUNTABILITY AND ENCOURAGE US TO KEEP THE MOMENTUM TO BECOME A PREMIER URBAN SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THIS YEAR, DALLAS ISD RECEIVED AN 83, A B RATING FROM THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY.

THIS REPRESENTS THE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT FROM A 79 C LAST YEAR AND A 76 C THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

OUR DISTRICT IS ACHIEVING ACTUAL QUANTIFIABLE IMPROVEMENT FOR TWO YEARS RUNNING.

THAT GROWTH IS A RESULT FROM PRUDENT INVESTMENTS IN THESE THREE AREAS.

FIRST, THE TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT.

BY PAYING AND RETAINING EXCELLENT TEACHERS, DALLAS ISD IMPROVED ITS CLASSROOMS WHERE IT MATTERS, ACHIEVING A 99.4% TEACHER FILL RATE ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR THE 25-26 SCHOOL YEAR.

I KNOW THAT FOR ME THAT THIS IS AN EXCITING YEAR, AS I WILL SEE MY EFFECTIVENESS LEVEL REFLECT THE TIME AND EFFORT THAT I HAVE POURED INTO MY STUDENTS TO HELP THEM REACH GRADE LEVEL READINESS AND SUCCEED A SUCCESS FOR THEIR FUTURE ENDEAVORS.

SECOND, HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS.

TEACHERS ARE NOW EQUIPPED WITH A SOLID RESEARCH BASED CURRICULUM, SO THEY SPEND LESS TIME TEACHING TO A TEST AND MORE TIME TEACHING TO THE LEARNER.

AS A FELLOW EDUCATOR, IT WOULD BE ADVISABLE TO LET TEACHERS UTILIZE THEIR EXPERTISE ALONGSIDE WITH THE RESEARCH BASED CURRICULUM TO CREATE MORE IMPACT ON THESE STUDENTS.

LASTLY, BUT NOT LEAST, EARLY LEARNING.

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AS AN ELEMENTARY TEACHER, I SEE URGENCY AND VALUE OF HAVING OUR STRONGEST TEACHER SET UP THE FOUNDATION FOR OUR SCHOLARS FOR SUCCESS IN THEIR FORMATIVE YEARS AND BEYOND.

TEACHING FIFTH GRADE REQUIRES IMMENSE CRITICAL THINKING AND LITERACY SKILLS THAT MUST BE TAUGHT BEFOREHAND.

IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT THE DISTRICT CONTINUES TO INVEST IN OUR YOUNG SCHOLARS.

TOGETHER, THESE INVESTMENTS HAVE BROUGHT MORE A AND B CAMPUSES YIELDING FEWER SCHOOLS IN DANGER OF CLOSING AND HIGHER OVERALL RATINGS.

I URGE THE BOARD TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN GREAT TEACHING, GREAT CONTENT, AND EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING.

THESE ARE NOT JUST PROGRAMS, BUT THEY'RE THE LEVERS MOVING DALLAS ISD FORWARD AND PROVIDING THE LARGE SCALE IMPROVEMENT THAT IS POSSIBLE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND COMMITMENT TO OUR STUDENTS.

>> THANK YOU. OUR FINAL SPEAKER IS RENA HONEA.

>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

I'M RENA HONEA, PRESIDENT OF ALLIANCE AFT.

AS WE BE GAB THE SCHOOL YEAR, WE'VE SEEN GREAT THINGS HAPPENING.

THE COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION TO STUDENT SUCCESS IS EVIDENT FROM OUR EDUCATORS.

LEGISLATIVELY, WE'VE SEEN NUMEROUS BILLS CAUSING CONFUSION IN OUR SCHOOLS.

PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL WRITTEN GUIDANCE ON HOW EDUCATORS SHOULD HANDLE MANY OF THE ISSUES ARISING FROM SB 12.

BUT NOW ON TO THE REAL REASON I'M HERE.

I WANT TO EXPRESS GRATITUDE TO OUR SUPERINTENDENT FOR PRIORITIZING OUR VETERAN TEACHERS THIS YEAR.

AFTER MEETING LAST WEEK, WE WERE ELATED TO HEAR THE RECOMMENDATION OF INCREASES FOR 2,700 TEACHERS WHO FELL BELOW THE $5,000 INCREASE INTENDED BY HB2.

BY GUARANTEEING THE $5,000 BOOST FOR EDUCATORS WITH AT LEAST FIVE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE PROFICIENT ONE AND HIGHER TEI CATEGORIES, YOU'VE SHOWN THAT THE DISTRICT RECOGNIZES THE VALUE OF EXPERIENCED TEACHERS AND RECOGNIZES THE STABILITY IT BRINGS TO THE CLASSROOMS. WE ALSO APPRECIATE OTHER STEPS TAKEN LIKE RAISING THE DISTRICT'S MINIMUM SALARY AND LIFTING THE BASE SALARY FOR NEW TEACHERS.

THESE ARE IMPORTANT WINS FOR EQUITY AND FOR RECRUITMENT AND TOGETHER, THESE MOVES SEND A STRONG MESSAGE THAT OUR DISTRICT WANTS TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN TALENTED EDUCATORS.

BUT AS PROUD AS WE ARE OF THIS PROGRESS, WE MUST ALSO BE CLEAR.

OUR WORK IS NOT FINISHED.

ROUGHLY 750 TEACHERS RATED AS PROGRESSING ONE AND TWO HAVE NOT BEEN INCLUDED IN THE RACES.

MANY OF THE COLLEAGUES ARE EARLY IN THEIR CAREERS GROWING AND DEVELOPING IN OUR CLASSROOMS. THEY TOO DESERVE STABILITY AND RECOGNITION FOR THE ESSENTIAL ROLE THEY PLAY IN EDUCATING OUR STUDENTS.

BEYOND THAT, WE CANNOT FORGET, AS YOU'VE HEARD, OUR COUNSELORS, LIBRARIANS, SUPPORT STAFF, AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS.

THEY KEEP OUR SCHOOLS RUNNING, NURTURE OUR STUDENTS WELL BEING AND MAKE LEARNING POSSIBLE EVERY DAY YET THEY CONTINUE TO BE LEFT BEHIND IN THE FUNDING CONVERSATION.

WE KNOW THE ADMINISTRATION IS MAKING THESE DECISIONS IN A VERY DIFFICULT ENVIRONMENT.

THE TRUTH IS THE LEGISLATURE'S TIED YOUR HANDS ON HOW YOU CAN SPEND THOSE DOLLARS, AND THE STATE CONTINUES TO STARVE PUBLIC EDUCATION OF THE RESOURCES OUR KIDS NEED.

THAT'S WHY OUR DISTRICT IS STILL OPERATING UNDER A DEFICIT EVEN AS OUR COSTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES KEEP GROWING.

TONIGHT, WE SAY THANK YOU FOR THE STEPS THAT ARE MOVING US FORWARD, BUT WE ALSO RECOMMIT TO FIGHTING FOR THE COLLEAGUES AND STUDENTS STILL LEFT BEHIND.

TO EVERYONE HERE TONIGHT, PLEASE JOIN US IN CONTACTING YOUR LEGISLATORS.

TELL THEM OUR SCHOOLS NEED MORE FUNDING NOT LESS, THAT OUR KIDS DESERVE BETTER, AND OUR EDUCATORS DESERVE RESPECT AND FAIR PAY.

>> THANK YOU, MS. HONEA. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

MR. PRESIDENT, THIS CONCLUDES OUR SPEAKERS.

>> THANK YOU, SPEAKERS. TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM 5 CLOSED SESSION.

HOWEVER, THE BOARD WILL NOT RETIRE TO CLOSED SESSION AT TONIGHT'S MEETING.

TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM 6, REPORTS.

[6. REPORTS]

>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CARREON, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

WELL, NORMALLY, AT THIS TIME, I SHARE BIRTHDAYS, RIBBON CUTTINGS AND OBSERVANCES ABOUT THIS MONTH OR THAT MONTH.

BUT TONIGHT, I THOUGHT I'D DO SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

WE'VE BEEN PARCELING OUT OUR GOOD NEWS ABOUT ACADEMIC OUTCOMES AT DALLAS ISD ON A PIECEMEAL BASIS.

BELIEVE ME, I LIKE SHARING THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT HOW OUR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS ARE SUCCEEDING, BUT I THINK SOMETHING GETS LOST IN THE TELLING WHEN YOU DON'T TELL THE WHOLE STORY.

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WAIT, WHERE DID YOU GO? IT IS TRUSTEE TURNER'S BIRTHDAY THAT WAS CELEBRATED THIS MONTH.

I'M NOT GOING TO MENTION IT. I'M MENTIONING IT.

MUCH LESS, WISH TRUSTEE TURNER A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY AT ALL.

I HOPE YOU FORGIVE ME FOR COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY IGNORING TRUSTEE TURNER'S BIRTHDAY.

HOW HARD CAN IT BE TO WORK IN A BIRTHDAY? WELL, MAYBE NEXT YEAR.

LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING.

I BELIEVE THAT DALLAS ISD IS CHANGING WHAT IT MEANS TO BE LUCKY ENOUGH TO GROW UP IN DALLAS BY CHANGING WHAT PEOPLE THINK IS POSSIBLE IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

IT IS EASY TO SAY THAT ALL CHILDREN CAN LEARN.

IT IS SO MUCH HARDER TO GET ADULTS TO TRULY BELIEVE THAT.

FOR FAR TOO LONG, THERE HAS BEEN AN ASSUMPTION THAT THE QUALITY OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL IS INVERSELY CORRELATED WITH THE WEALTH OF THE STUDENTS FAMILIES.

IN FACT, THERE HAS BEEN A CORRELATION BETWEEN WEALTH AND TEST SCORES BY ZIP CODE.

AS A RESULT, THIS BELIEF THAT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL IS DEPENDENT UPON FACTORS OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM HAS BEEN INTERNALIZED, NOT JUST BY PARENTS WHO BUY HOMES IN "NICER NEIGHBORHOODS" OR FOR THOSE SCHOOLS.

PUBLIC SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS ARE EVEN THINKING THIS WAY SOMETIMES.

I'M NOT GOING TO NAME ANY NAMES, BUT I RECENTLY NOTICED MORE THAN ONE SUBURBAN SUPERINTENDENT IN NORTH TEXAS JUSTIFYING THEIR LAGGING STAR SCORES BY CITING THE INCREASES IN THE PERCENTAGE OF ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

THAT IS HOW WE END UP WITH THE UNSTATED ASSUMPTION THAT EVERY CHILD CAN'T LEARN AND THE OFTEN PUBLICLY STATED BELIEF THAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE FAILING.

THIS IS WHAT PRESIDENT GEORGE W BUSH WAS TALKING ABOUT WHEN HE REFERRED TO THE SOFT BIGOTRY OF LOW EXPECTATIONS.

DALLAS ISD DOES NOT HAVE THE LUXURY OF HAVING LOW EXPECTATIONS.

OUR COMMUNITY EXPECTS US TO SUCCEED THE BOARD.

THIS BOARD DEMANDS THAT WE SUCCEED, AND OUR STUDENTS, THEY NEED US TO SUCCEED.

WHAT I'M GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU TODAY IS THE ACTUAL EVIDENCE THAT DALLAS ISD IS BEGINNING TO SUCCEED.

AS THE EDITORIAL BOARD OF THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS RECENTLY WROTE WHEN EXAMINING OUR ACADEMIC OUTCOMES.

"WE NEED TO DISPENSE WITH THE IDEA THAT OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS CAN'T SUCCEED".

THE STAR RESULTS ARE NOW OFFICIAL.

DURING THE 24-25 SCHOOL YEAR, DALLAS ISD DOUBLED THE NUMBER OF A RATED SCHOOLS FROM 30-60, INCREASED THE NUMBER OF B RATED SCHOOLS FROM 71-97 AND CUT ITS NUMBER OF F RATED SCHOOLS FROM 24-2.

WE ALSO IMPROVED OUR DISTRICT RATING FROM A C 79 TO A B 83.

>> "IF DALLAS ISD CAN SUSTAIN THE GAINS THEY SAW THIS YEAR, THEY SHOULD SURPASS STATE PERFORMANCE IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, EVEN IF THE STATE CONTINUES TO IMPROVE".

THAT WAS FROM A RECENT DALLAS MORNING NEWS EDITORIAL.

I'VE TOLD SOME PEOPLE THIS, BUT LET ME GO ON THE RECORD IN FRONT OF EVERYONE HERE THIS EVENING.

BY THE END OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR, IT IS ABSOLUTELY OUR GOAL THAT DALLAS ISD WILL NO LONGER BE TALKING ABOUT D OR F-RATED SCHOOLS BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE ZERO.

ALSO, ON THE OTHER END OF THE SPECTRUM, THE BEST SCHOOLS IN TEXAS ARE DALLAS ISD SCHOOLS.

ACCORDING TO US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT, 18 OF THE TOP 100 HIGH SCHOOLS IN TEXAS, INCLUDING THE TOP 3 ARE DALLAS ISD SCHOOLS AS OUR TEXAS' TOP MIDDLE AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

NOW, DALLAS ISD CLASS OF 2025 INCLUDED 1,100 STUDENTS WHO EARNED AT LEAST 60 COLLEGE CREDIT HOURS AND OR CAREER CERTIFICATIONS AND/OR ASSOCIATES DEGREES.

THAT'S ABOUT ONE OUT OF EVERY 10 GRADUATES.

IN LOOKING OVER THE RESULTS, WE DISCOVERED THAT NEARLY 32% OF THE CLASS OF 2025 GRADUATED WITH AT LEAST SOME COLLEGE CREDIT EARNED.

THAT MEANS A THIRD OF OUR STUDENTS ARE GOING TO COLLEGE WHILE THEY'RE STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL.

ALTHOUGH FINAL NUMBERS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL OCTOBER, WE ARE ALSO WELL ON OUR WAY TO SURPASS THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO GRADUATED WITH THOSE ASSOCIATES DEGREES BY ALMOST MORE THAN 900 BASED ON MAY FIGURES, BUT THE NUMBER IS GOING TO GROW AS WE HAVE SUMMER GRADUATES WHO WILL BE MEETING THAT STANDARD AS WELL.

THE CLASS OF 2025 STUDENTS ALSO RECEIVED UNIMPRESSIVE NUMBER OF SCHOLARSHIPS, MORE THAN $516.5 MILLION.

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LET'S TALK ABOUT OUR TEACHERS.

WE STARTED THE 2025, '26 SCHOOL YEAR WITH OUR RECORD LOWEST FIRST DAY TEACHER VACANCY COUNT.

ONLY 59 POSITIONS REMAIN TO BE FILLED AT THAT TIME, RESULTING IN AN OVER 99% TEACHER FILL RATE ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.

THANKS AGAIN TO OUR PAY FOR PERFORMANCE COMBINED WITH AN AVERAGE ANNUAL TEACHER PAY ALMOST $7,000 ABOVE THE STATE AVERAGE.

TEACHER RETENTION IN DALLAS IS NOW 2.3 TIMES HIGHER THAN THE STATE AND 4.1% HIGHER THAN THE REGIONAL AVERAGE.

COUNSELORS. WE HAVE ALSO REFORMED THE SCHOOL COUNSELOR ROLE BY LAUNCHING THE SCHOOL COUNSELOR EXCELLENCE INITIATIVE TO BETTER SUPPORT SUCCESSFUL STUDENT OUTCOMES.

BESIDES LINKING COUNSELOR PAY TO THOSE OUTCOMES, WE ALSO NOW KEPT THE COUNSELOR SPECIFICALLY AT HIGH SCHOOL WITH THOSE CLASSES SO THEY CAN MOVE FROM NINTH TO 10TH TO 11TH TO 12TH GRADE, AND BY LOWERING THOSE STUDENT-TO-COUNSELLOR RATIOS TO A NUMBER THAT IS ACTUALLY MANAGEABLE, 270-1.

WE HAVE ALSO ADDED ADDITIONAL MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIANS SINCE THE PANDEMIC TO BUILD OUT A ROBUST CLINICIAL INFRASTRUCTURE.

THIS IN INFRASTRUCTURE ALLOWS FOR A MANAGEABLE CASE LOAD OF CAMPUSES WHERE MOST ELEMENTARY CLINICIANS SERVE THREE CAMPUSES AND MIDDLE SCHOOL CLINICIANS SERVE TWO SCHOOLS.

A FULL-TIME CLINICIAN IS HOUSED AT EVERY HIGH SCHOOL AND SUPPORTS THE DAILY MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS.

IN ADDITION, OUR REGULAR ACADEMIC COUNSELORS, AND IN ADDITION TO OUR COLLEGE ACCESS PROVIDERS, THIS ALLOWS OUR STUDENTS TO HAVE NOT JUST THE BEST IN ACADEMIC COUNSELING BUT PROVIDES CRISIS INTERVENTION AND PLAYS AN INTEGRAL ROLE IN ENSURING EVERY SINGLE STUDENT MEETS THEIR DREAMS AND REDUCTION IN DROPOUTS.

FOR THE 24/25 SCHOOL YEAR, CLINIC AND SCHOOL-BASED CLINICIANS ACROSS THE DISTRICT PROVIDED OVER 100,000 SERVICES THROUGH A MULTI-TIERED APPROACH FOR THE MOST IMPORTANT EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL SUPPORT THAT OUR STUDENTS NEED.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ON THE RISE.

WHEN CHATGPT LAUNCHED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, AI HAD IMMEDIATE IMPACTS ON EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES.

SOME URBAN DISTRICTS IMMEDIATELY BANNED ITS USE.

MEANWHILE, USING AI TO WRITE ESSAYS, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS PLAGIARISM OR CHEATING, HAS BECOME ENDEMIC IN HIGHER EDUCATION.

IN DALLAS, WE'RE GOING TO GO ON A DIFFERENT WAY.

OUR LIBRARIANS ARE RECEIVING TRAINING IN AI AND DIGITAL LITERACY, SO THEY CAN SUPPORT TEACHERS AND STUDENTS IN USING THESE TOOLS EFFECTIVELY AND RESPONSIBLY.

THEIR ROLE INCLUDES HELPING TEACHERS INTEGRATE AI, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE INTO INSTRUCTION AND GUIDING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN BUILDING SKILLS SUCH AS ETHICAL USE, DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP AND RECOGNIZING BIAS.

THAT'S HOW WE CAN USE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

BY PREPARING LIBRARIANS OR MEDIA SPECIALISTS IN THIS WAY, THE DISTRICT IS ENSURING CONSISTENT SUPPORT FOR CAMPUSES AS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BECOMES A REGULAR PART OF TEACHING AND LEARNING.

WE CAN EITHER RIDE THE BUS OR BE RUN OVER BY IT.

WE CHOOSE TO RIDE.

THIS MONTH, WE BROKE GROUND ON THE NEW CAREER INSTITUTE WEST.

CI WEST IS PART OF DALLAS ISD'S CONTINUED INVESTMENT IN HIGH-QUALITY CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION OR CTE PROGRAMS. DESIGNED. DESIGNED FOR STUDENTS TO PREPARE THEM FOR IN-DEMAND CAREERS.

THE FACILITY WILL OFFER INDUSTRY-ALIGNED PATHWAYS IN AREAS SUCH AS HEALTH SCIENCES, CONSTRUCTION, AND CARPENTRY, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY, CYBERSECURITY, AND SO MUCH MORE.

THAT WAS FUNDED THROUGH OUR 2020 BOND PROGRAM.

THE FACILITY WILL SERVE STUDENTS FROM MULTIPLE HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE WESTERN REGION OF THE DISTRICT EXPANDING ACCESS TO HANDS-ON TRAINING AND WORKFORCE CERTIFICATION.

THE BUILDING WILL FEATURE MODERN LABS, COLLABORATIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS, AND TECHNOLOGY-RICH CLASSROOMS TO SUPPORT STUDENT LEARNING AND SKILL DEVELOPMENT.

OUR DALLAS ISD CAREER INSTITUTES IN TOTALITY WILL OFFER STUDENTS CERTIFICATIONS IN 18 HIGH NEED, HIGH SKILL, HIGH WAGE TRADES AND HAVE BECOME A MODEL FOR OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.

BY 2029, 2030, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THERE WILL BE 16,000 DALLAS STUDENTS ENROLLED IN COURSES IN THESE STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITIES.

HOW ABOUT NEW SCHOOLS? THIS YEAR, WE'VE OPENED TWO BRAND NEW STATE OF THE ART SCHOOLS IN JOHN LEWIS, SOCIAL JUSTICE ACADEMY, AND LONGFELLOW CREER EXPLORATION ACADEMY.

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UPON COMPLETION OF THE 2015 AND 2020 BOND PROGRAMS THAT WERE APPROVED BY VOTERS, DALLAS ISD, WILL HAVE EITHER 67 BRAND NEW FACILITIES OR COMPLETELY RENOVATED SCHOOLS THAT HAVE UNDERGONE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS, BRINGING NEW ENERGY TO THE COMMUNITIES AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT THEY DESERVE.

MORE THAN 60,000 JOBS HAVE BEEN CREATED FOR OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY AS A RESULT OF THE 2020 PROGRAM BOND PROGRAM.

I'M ALMOST TO THE END, BUT TOO MUCH GOOD NEWS.

THE KROLL BOND RATING AGENCY HAS ASSIGNED AAA BOND RATING WITH A STABLE OUTLOOK TO THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

ONE OF ONLY 11 SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE TO REACH THAT STATUS.

THE AAA BOND RATING IS THE HIGHEST BOND RATING A SCHOOL DISTRICT IN TEXAS CAN ACHIEVE, AND IT'S SIMILAR TO OUR, IF YOU WILL, CREDIT RATINGS.

HAVING AAA BOND RATING WILL ASSIST US IN CONTINUING TO HAVE THE LOWEST INTEREST RATE BORROWING COSTS IN THE BOND MARKET, WHICH ACHIEVES MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN INTEREST COST SAVINGS TO OUR TAXPAYERS AND OUR ECONOMIC IMPACT.

SEPARATE FROM THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE DALLAS ISDS CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATIONS, DALLAS ISD GRADUATES PLAY A CRUCIAL ROLE IN THE COMPETITIVENESS OF THE REGIONAL ECONOMY AND BUSINESSES IN THE AREA.

THOSE BUSINESSES RELY ON OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT TO PREPARE STUDENTS TO ENTER THE LOCAL WORKFORCE.

THE PERRYMAN GROUP ESTIMATES THAT DALLAS ISD GRADUATES GENERATE APPROXIMATELY $26.8 BILLION IN ANNUAL GROSS PRODUCT AND NEARLY 213 JOBS IN THE DALLAS AREA.

AS I CONCLUDE, CLEARLY, YOU SEE THERE IS MUCH TO CELEBRATE, BUT I'M NOT SHARING THIS AS A CELEBRATION.

I'M USING THIS AS A CALIBRATION BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE TO DO.

OUR CITY, OUR STATE, AND OUR COUNTRY NEED TO CHANGE WHAT WE ACTUALLY EXPECT FROM PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO MATCH WHAT WE SAY WE EXPECT.

IF WE TRULY EXPECT EVERY SINGLE CHILD TO LEARN, THEN WE ALSO HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT WHILE WE ARE SUCCEEDING, WE HAVE NOT SUCCEEDED.

YOU WILL NEVER SEE ME IN FRONT OF A MISSION ACCOMPLISHED BANNER, BECAUSE OUR WORK IS NEVER DONE.

LIKE LILY TOMLIN SAID, THE ROAD TO SUCCESS IS ALWAYS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

EVERY YEAR, A NEW CLASS OF KIDDOS SHOWS UP AT OUR SCHOOLS WANTING TO LEARN, AND EVERY YEAR, WE GET TO DO OUR JOB JUST A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

BUT WHAT WE DO KNOW IS WHAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE CAPABLE OF WHEN WE TRULY BELIEVE THAT EVERY CHILD IS EXCEPTIONAL AND THAT EVERY CHILD CAN LEARN.

WHEN WE DO THAT, WE WILL CREATE A BETTER DALLAS COMMUNITY, A BETTER STATE OF TEXAS, AND A BETTER COUNTRY THAT WE ALL CAN PARTAKE IN.

THAT IS BECAUSE OF THIS BOARD, OUR TEACHERS, EVERY TEAM MEMBER THAT IS A PART OF DALLAS ISD, OUR PARENTS, OUR GUARDIANS, OUR COMMUNITY, OUR PARTNERS, ALUMNI GROUPS.

THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME TOGETHER TO ENSURE AND TO LIFT ALL OF THE STUDENTS IN DALLAS ISD.

THAT 83B BELONGS TO EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM AND TO EVERYONE WHO HAS ASSISTED DALLAS ISD.

>> THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT.

TRUSTEES WILL TURN TO 6.02 COMMITTEE REPORTS.

ANY COMMITTEE REPORTS? OF COURSE, NO, THEN TRUSTEES WILL TURN TO 6.03.

DISTRICT TRUSTEE REPORTS, BEGINNING WITH TRUSTEE FOR DISTRICT 1, TRUSTEE CURRY.

>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT COON. ONE, I WANTED TO JUST START BY THANKING THE WALNUT HILL COMMUNITY, BECAUSE WE HAD A WONDERFUL EVENT IN WHICH COMMISSIONER MIKE MORATH OF THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY CAME TO START HIS TEA A THROUGH F RATINGS TOUR TO TALK ABOUT THE NUMBERS THAT DR. ZOLE WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT BOTH IN DALLAS AND THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE EVENT.

BUT THE REASON THEY WERE AT WALNUT HILL IS BECAUSE WALNUT HILL HAD SOME OF THE MOST REMARKABLE GROWTH IN THE CITY, JUMPING ALL THE WAY FROM A C, ALL THE WAY UP TO AN A.

AND THAT COMMUNITY SHOULD BE INCREDIBLY PROUD.

IT'S JUST ONE OF MANY DIFFERENT SUCCESS STORIES THAT WE GET TO TELL ABOUT THE DISTRICT.

I AM INCREDIBLY THANKFUL FOR JANA HILL AND THEIR WORK.

I'M INCREDIBLY THANKFUL FOR WITHERS ELEMENTARY, WHO ALSO EARNED AN A. I DON'T WANT TO LIST EVERY B AND EVERY C BECAUSE I WOULD LITERALLY LIST EVERY SCHOOL IN MY DISTRICT.

WHY? BECAUSE THERE ARE NO D AND FS IN DISTRICT 1.

EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL IS AN A AND B, OR C, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO BE INCREDIBLY PROUD OF.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BEING INCREDIBLY PROUD OF IT, RENA, I SAW YOU WERE UP HERE EARLIER.

I WISH SOME OF YOUR TEACHERS WERE STILL HERE SO

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WE GET TO SEE THOSE RESULTS.

WE HAVE BEEN SEEING THOSE RESULTS, AND WE GOT TO SEE THEM EVEN MORE NOW ABOUT THE INCREDIBLE GIFTS THAT THEY'RE GIVING TO OUR STUDENTS AND OUR FAMILIES.

ALSO TO THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM.

AS DR. ZOLE SAID, YOU ARE A HUGE PART OF THAT, AND SO I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK YOU.

I HOPE WE'LL BE HERE FOR A WHILE IF EVERYONE OF US THANKS YOU, BUT I GET TO GO FIRST, SO I'M GOING TO DO IT.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR THE DISTRICT.

THANK THOSE THAT AREN'T IN THIS ROOM.

WHEN YOU HAVE AN ENTIRE DISTRICT OF SCHOOLS WITH, NO D OR EVERY AB AND C, THAT SPEAKS VERY HIGHLY OF THE WORK OF ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT RYAN ZISK AND THE OTHER ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENTS AROUND THE DISTRICT.

THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS, GARRET FEST, WT WHITE, SONY LOSKO, TJ, AND KATIE ESKA AT THE HILLCREST FEEDER PATTERN.

THOSE ARE ALL THE ONES THAT TOUCH MY SCHOOLS.

I JUST TOOK KATIE FROM YOU.

I GOT ONE SCHOOL FROM KATY. I TOOK IT FROM YOU.

BUT THERE'S SO MANY OTHERS, AND I WISH I COULD NAME EVERY EXCUSE ME, EVERY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IN THE CITY.

THEY ARE THE DIRECT COMMUNICATION THAT WE OFTEN HAVE WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY.

THE REASON WHY THESE FEEDER PATTERNS GO SO WELL IS THE HARD WORK THAT THEY PUT IN.

I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO MAKE SURE WE SHOUTED THEM OUT AND THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE.

JUST A COUPLE OF OTHER THANK YOUS.

ONE, I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE DISTRICT 1 EDUCATOR, SARAH CRAM FROM THOMAS C MARSH PREP, AND JAKE JACKSON FROM STEVEN C FOSTER ELEMENTARY, WHO ARE BOTH RECIPIENTS OF THE 2025, 2026, DALLAS EDUCATION FOUNDATION HART OF TEACHING GRANT.

THAT'S WONDERFUL.

THEIR CREATIVITY AND DEDICATION IS EXEMPLARY OF THEIR PASSION FOR THEIR STUDENTS.

I GUESS, I'LL JUST SAY ONE MORE THING ABOUT WHERE WE ARE AS A DISTRICT.

I DO APPRECIATE DR. ZOLE SAYING, WE'LL NEVER BE IN FRONT OF A MISSION ACCOMPLISHED MANNER AND THAT THERE'S ALWAYS MORE WORK TO BE DONE.

BUT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, IT'S NICE TO JUST STOP AND SAY, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOUR HARD WORK.

I WANTED TO SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME.

I WANTED TO GET THOSE GOOD FEELINGS OUT BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT HOW DEPUTY WHITE'S GOING TO BEAT HILLCREST IN FOOTBALL TOMORROW NIGHT.

I WANTED TO GET THAT OUT BEFORE I DID THAT.

THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

>> SPEAKING OF AMBER.

>> THANKFULLY I GET TO GO NEXT.

I BEG TO DIFFER.

I'LL MEET WT WHITE HILLCREST MATCH-UP.

BUT I DO ECHO TRUSTEE CURRY'S THANKS AND APPRECIATION FOR OUR TEACHERS, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS, OUR LEADERSHIP, FOR THE SUCCESS OF THE DISTRICT'S OUTCOMES THIS YEAR.

KUDOS TO ALL THE A-RATED SCHOOLS IN DISTRICT 2.

GEORGE BANNERMAN DALEY, DALLAS HYBRID PREP, LAKEWOOD, LONGFELLOW, MOCKINGBIRD, DANDY ROGERS, AND SITI WILLIAMS. CONGRATULATIONS ON THE OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FACT THAT ALSO THERE ARE NO DNF SCHOOLS IN DISTRICT 2.

I AM SO EXCITED FOR US TO ACHIEVE THAT DISTRICT-WIDE.

AGAIN, JUST HUGE THANKS AND KUDOS FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT IT TOOK FROM THE STUDENTS TO ON UP AND ACROSS TO GET THAT DONE.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE NEW LEADERSHIP ACROSS DISTRICT 2.

I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO KELSEY CRONIN, THE NEW PRINCIPAL AT JL LONG, BOTH FOR BECOMING PRINCIPAL AND FOR HER NEW BABY.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK EMILY BROKAW, THE NEW PRINCIPAL AT SITI WILLIAMS, AND HANNAH WILLIAMS, THE NEW PRINCIPAL AT PERSHING.

THEIR LEADERSHIP WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN OUR SCHOOLS AND SUPPORT STUDENTS SUCCESS.

>> I ALSO WANT TO SHOUT OUT TO HILLCREST AND WOODROW'S VOLLEYBALL TEAMS IN THE COMMUNITIES.

WHILE WOODROW WON THE MATCH AGAINST HILLCREST A COUPLE OF NIGHTS AGO, BOTH SCHOOLS WON BY HONORING COACH SERGIO KENDALL AT THE MATCH.

HE ATTENDED WOODROW, WENT TO UT, AND PLAYED FOOTBALL AND COACHED FOOTBALL AT WOODROW, AND NOW AT HILLCREST.

HE UNDERWENT SURGERY AND IS SUCCESSFULLY HEALING, AND HOPEFULLY, I HEAR POSSIBLY ATTENDING THE GAME, WHICH I THINK IS JUST REMARKABLE.

I WANT TO SAY THANKS TO THE HILLCREST AND WOODROW COMMUNITIES FOR COMING TOGETHER FOR THE GREATER GOOD AND FOR SUPPORTING COACH KENDALL. REALLY HEARTWARMING.

I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE PRINCIPALS AND LEADERSHIP WHO HAVE WELCOMED ME INTO YOUR SCHOOLS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.

IT'S BEEN SO MUCH FUN TO GO AND SEE THE BRIGHT AND EXCITED FACES, FEW NERVOUS FACES, AND VERY ENGAGED FACES, AND TO SEE A LOT OF THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE IN THE SCHOOLS AND THE COMPLETION OF THE SCHOOLS.

IT'S EXCITING TO SEE THE BEAUTIFUL ENVIRONMENTS THAT THE CHILDREN DESERVE IN ORDER TO HAVE BRIGHT AND FRESH LEARNING SPACES.

FINALLY, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE WOODROW WILSON HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH MADE THE US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT TOP HIGH SCHOOLS LIST FOR THE 10TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR.

THE SCHOOL RANKS IN THE TOP 15% OF ALL HIGH SCHOOLS NATIONWIDE,

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THAT CONCLUDES MY REMARKS. THANK YOU.

>> CHRISTINE MICHIGAN.

>> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.

FIRST, I'D LIKE TO THANK SUPERINTENDENT ELIZ HALDE FOR THAT VERY INSPIRING REPORT.

WE RECEIVED SO MUCH HIGH PRAISE FOR THE RESULTS IN THE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM AND THE STAR EXAM.

BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WAY SHE FILLED OUT THE REST OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON IN THIS DISTRICT.

IT'S MORE THAN JUST TEST SCORES.

WHILE THE TEST SCORES AND THE ACCOUNTABILITY RATINGS MATTER.

WE'VE DONE REALLY WELL, THE FACT THAT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD IN ALL OF THESE OTHER AREAS FROM INCREASING IN COUNSELING AND MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND BRINGING TOGETHER THE COMMUNITY WITH ALL OF OUR NEW BUILDINGS, TO THE CTE AND CAREER INSTITUTES AND P TECH, AND THE COLLEGE CREDIT.

THERE'S SO MANY GOOD THINGS GOING ON IN DALLAS ISD, AND I'M SO GLAD THAT WHILE THERE'S A FOCUS ON THE A THROUGH F RATINGS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS SINCE THEY'VE BEEN RELEASED SO MANY OTHER THINGS ARE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

I THANK DR. ZALDE FOR HER LEADERSHIP, AND, OF COURSE, THE ENTIRE TEAM AT DALLAS ISD AND ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR THAT SUCCESS.

I DO WANT TO MENTION A COUPLE OF THE SCHOOLS IN DISTRICT 3.

WE HAD FIVE THAT REACHED A LEVEL, AND THREE OF THEM, RINEHART, TRUETT, AND HIGHLAND MEADOWS HADN'T BEEN CLOSE BEFORE, AND THE TURNAROUNDS AT THOSE SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN REALLY EXTREMELY REMARKABLE.

JACK LOWE AND LARRY G SMITH ALSO EARNED AS, AND THOSE SCHOOLS HAD BEEN IN THAT CATEGORY BEFORE, BUT THEY HAVE SUSTAINED EXCELLENCE, AND WE'RE SO PROUD OF THAT.

NOW, ONCE AGAIN, IN DISTRICT 3, THERE WERE NO DNF SCHOOLS.

WHEN I SPOKE WITH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS FROM BOTH THE CONRAD AND THE BRIAN ADAMS FEEDER PATTERN, AND CONGRATULATED THEM.

THEY BOTH SAID IN THEIR OWN WAYS THAT WE WERE ONLY A COUPLE POINTS AWAY FROM HAVING ALL A&B SCHOOLS, AND CONGRATULATE ME WHEN WE GET TO ALL A&B SCHOOLS, WHICH WE WILL GET TO VERY SHORTLY.

I WAS PRETTY INSPIRED BY THAT SENSE OF PURPOSE.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO TEACHER MARIA MILLY LEON, A TEACHER AT EDWIN J KIEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

ALSO, TIM EASTMAN OF LL HOTCHKISS, AND RAVEN LADE AT BRIAN ADAMS HIGH SCHOOL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY.

THEY ARE RECIPIENTS OF THE HEART OF TEACHING GRANT.

THESE ARE WELL-EARNED, AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE HOW THEY WILL BRING THESE FUNDS TO LIFE FOR THEIR STUDENTS.

THEN, THANK YOU TO THE ENTIRE TEAM AT SS CONNOR ELEMENTARY.

THEY WELCOMED ME THERE ON THE FIRST DAY, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

THEN EARLIER THIS WEEK, THEY HOSTED ONE OF THE 2026 BOND POP-UP PROGRAMS. TURNOUT WAS TREMENDOUS.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THE EXCELLENT EXHIBIT THAT OUR BOND TEAM AND OUR OPERATIONS TEAM PUT ON.

IT WAS REALLY PHENOMENAL.

I LIKED ALL THE VISUALS THAT WERE THERE, EXPLAINING SCHOOL FINANCE WITH THE BUCKETS IN A WAY THAT EVERYBODY COULD UNDERSTAND.

THERE WAS A LOT OF ENTHUSIASM IN THAT ROOM FOR THE DIRECTION OF THE DISTRICT.

WITH THAT, LET ME CONCLUDE MY REPORT. THANK YOU ALL AGAIN.

>> TRUSTEE GARCIA.

>> WE KNOW WHEN SCHOOLS THRIVE, SO DO COMMUNITIES.

THAT MEANS SO MUCH FOR THE SOUTHEAST PART OF OUR CITY.

OF COURSE, I ALWAYS LIKE TO INCLUDE CLEE BROOK RILEY, BOX SPRING, SEAGOVILLE BECAUSE IN DISTRICT 4, WE HAVE NO FS, AND WE HAVE THREE SCHOOLS THAT WENT FROM F TO B RATINGS, AND THAT'S HUGE.

I APPRECIATE IT AND I'M JUST SO HONORED TO SIT ON THIS BOARD WHERE WE BELIEVE THAT ALL KIDS CAN THRIVE.

THOSE THREE SCHOOLS JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, KLEBERG, AND MACON.

OF COURSE, I CAN NOT GO

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I HAVE BEEN WELCOMED WITH OPEN ARMS, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

ONE OF THE PLACES I GOT TO VISIT ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL WAS BLANTON.

THERE, I'D LOVE TO RECOGNIZE KATHERINE ALMENDADZ.

SHE'S THE FIFTH-GRADE TEACHER.

SHE'S ONLY BEEN TEACHING FOR TWO YEARS, BUT HER STAR RESULT, THEY JUMPED FROM 68%-81% THIS YEAR, RECEIVING 54% REACHING MEATS OR MASTER'S LEVEL, AND THAT'S TRULY REMARKABLE.

I'D ALSO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO KELSEY SINGLETON, A WONDERFUL PRE K TEACHER AT MACON ELEMENTARY, AND SHE WAS ABLE TO GET SOME DONATIONS FROM PROOF COALITION.

THESE EFFORTS, THEY WERE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

SHE GOT NO BOOKS, PENS, PENCILS, CLOTHING, AND SO MANY OTHER SUPPLIES THAT HER KIDS TRULY NEED.

ALSO, THERE ARE SOME NEW PRINCIPALS TO DISTRICT 4, NOT NEW IN GENERAL, BUT THEY'RE NEW TO THE AREA.

WE HAVE GARVIN WILLIAMS AT EDWARD TISCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, CASTLE GREY, AT THE YOUNG MEN'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT FRED F FLORENCE, WHICH I GOT TO VISIT ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.

RUBINA SANCHEZ, WHO WAS ALREADY IN DISTRICT 4, BUT SHE MOVED OVER TO KLEBERG ELEMENTARY, AND WE HAVE LURES MORALES FIGUEROA FROM SEAGOVILLE, NORTH ELEMENTARY AND OF COURSE, AT THE H GRADY SPRUCE HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE EDWIN DUBOIS.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS AND THEIR SUCCESS WITH OUR STUDENTS AND OF COURSE, I WOULD WANT TO MENTION THE MEETING WE HAD LAST NIGHT.

THE BOND COMMUNITY MEETING FOR THE NEW SEAGOVILLE P K-8 CAMPUS WAS AN EXTRAORDINARY SUCCESS.

THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES MY REMARKS.

>> TRUSTEE SANDERS.

>> I WANT TO CO SIGN DR. LAZALDE, THAT ROUSING REPORT.

WE HEARD SOME THINGS IN HERE EARLY.

I WISH EVERYBODY WHO STEPPED OUT WAS ABLE TO STAY AROUND SO THEY COULD HEAR WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING.

I'M GOING TO GO IN A LITTLE BIT MYSELF ON WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH POWER D5.

DISTRICT 5 IS ON ONE.

I'M GOING TO SAY HOW I USED TO SAY IT.

ONE, I'M EXCITED TO SHARE MORE OF THAT AMAZINGNESS.

SOUTH OAK CLIFF HIGH SCHOOL ACHIEVED A RATING JUST ONE POINT AWAY FROM AN A.

ONE POINT AWAY FROM AN A. SOUTH OAK CLIFF.

FEW YEARS AGO, AND WHEN I SAY A FEW, I'M TALKING ABOUT TWO, SOUTH OAK CLIFF WAS A D RATING.

HERE WE ARE BURSTING AT THE SEAMS, ALSO IN ENROLLMENT.

IT'S NO SURPRISE AND NO COINCIDENCE THAT WE'RE SEEING THAT HAPPEN.

DR. WILLIE FRED JOHNSON, IS THE PRINCIPAL THERE, AND THAT ENTIRE STAFF HAS LOCKED IN AROUND THESE YOUNG PEOPLE AND THAT ENTIRE COMMUNITY HAS LOCKED IN AROUND THIS SCHOOL, AND WE'RE SO PROUD OF THEM.

CONTINUING WITH THE STAR SUCCESS STORES, PROUD TO SHARE THAT IN D5 NOW ABOUT A DOZEN SCHOOLS IN D5, Y'ALL HAVE EARNED AN A RATING KUDOS TO THEM.

I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT ONE OF THEM RIGHT HERE, HAD THE WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN OUR BOARD PRESIDENT AND SUPERINTENDENT AT ALBERT C BLACK STEAM ACADEMY ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, WHERE WE WERE HONORED TO WELCOME STUDENTS ALONGSIDE MR. BLACK AND HIS WIFE AND THE FAMILY THEMSELVES.

IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. I'M ALSO VERY PROUD TO TALK ABOUT THE BRAND NEW JOHN LEWIS SOCIAL JUSTICE ACADEMY AT OW HOMES.

IF YOU HADN'T SEEN THE CAMPUS IS ONE OF THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY.

I CAN SAY THAT THERE'S A ROOM IN THERE THAT ACTUALLY WAS DESIGNED BASED ON CONGRESS ITSELF.

OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE WALKING THROUGH EXPERIENCING, LEARNING, STANDING UP THERE AT THE PODIUM, AT THE DICE THEMSELVES.

THAT CHANGES SOMETHING, AND I LOVE IT.

I LOVE TO SEE WHAT THAT COMMUNITY DID AND WRAPPED AROUND IT.

WE'VE OPENED UP THERE, AND THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME AMAZING THINGS HAPPENING.

I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ALSO ABOUT HOW PROUD I AM OF THE DISTRICT AND THE COMMUNITY THAT CAME IN AROUND A STORY THAT WASN'T AS POSITIVE, [INAUDIBLE] HUTCHINS.

EVERYBODY KNOWS WE HAD A SHOOTING THERE.

WAS OUR SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR BUT WHAT I HAVE SEEN IN WALKING THAT CAMPUS WITH THE LEADERSHIP WITH THE PRINCIPAL, THE LEADERSHIP THERE FANTASTIC.

I'M VERY CONFIDENT IN PRINCIPAL NEVILS AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING THERE.

ALSO, WE HAVE DONE A TON AROUND MAKING INVESTMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT CAMPUS IS ONE OF THE SAFEST CAMPUSES THAT I'VE SEEN IN PUBLIC SCHOOL OR ANY SCHOOL, PERIOD.

I'M EXCITED TO SEE THE CULTURE SHIFT THAT'S HAPPENING THERE.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE PHONES A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, AND I GENUINELY APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK.

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IT LOOKED A LITTLE OLD SCHOOL LIKE THE 90S IN THE 2000S.

BUT IT WAS GREAT TO SEE, AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHERE WILMER HUTCHINS GOES AS WELL.

LAST COUPLE OF THINGS.

ONE, I WILL SAY A LOT OF THOSE SCHOOLS THAT ENDED UP BEING THE TOP SCHOOLS RANKED IN TEXAS COME FROM D5.

THE GREAT TOWN VIEW HAS MANY OF THEM, AND THERE'S SOMETHING THAT I DON'T WANT TO SLIDE BY.

TALENTED AND GIFTED MAGNET GOT A 100 RATING.

NOT JUST A, A 100, WHICH I WENT BACK AND I WAS LOOKING.

I HAD NOT FOUND A 100.

THEY HAD HIT 99 MULTIPLE TIMES BEFORE, BUT I HAD NOT SEEN A 100 HIT BEFORE FANTASTIC AND PHENOMENAL JOB.

NO SHADE, BEN, YOU DID GOOD.

>> THE PERFECTIONIST FINALLY WON.

>> HE USED TO BE PRINCIPAL OVER THERE AT TAG FOR THOSE WHO DIDN'T KNOW.

CONTEXTUALIZING RB AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT, 83.

JUST IN CASE SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT SOMETHING HAPPENED WITH THE TEST, IT WAS EASIER, AND DALLAS SIZED D JUST RODE A WAVE THAT APPARENTLY, EVERYBODY ELSE IS RIDING.

I WANT TO GIVE CONTEXT FOR THE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE SITTING AT WHERE WE'RE LOOKING WITH THE SAME SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS.

HOUSTON GOT TO B, BUT THEY GOT A 82.

WE GOT A 83. LISTEN, SCOREBOARD. THAT'S A POINT.

AUSTIN, SAN ANTONIO FORT WORTH, EL PASO CORPUS CHRISTIE, NONE OF THESE OTHER HIGH POVERTY CONCENTRATED URBAN SCHOOL DISTRICTS DID AS WELL, BY SCOREBOARD, AS DALLAS SIZE D DID.

IT IS NOT A FLUKE, IT'S INTENTIONAL, IT'S STRATEGIC, IT'S CONSISTENT, AND ITS ENTIRE FACULTY, ADMINISTRATIVE, AND COMMUNITY BASED EFFORT.

I'M REALLY PROUD OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO WITH ALL OF OUR DEMOGRAPHICS.

LAST THING, BECAUSE I HEARD A LOT OF LETTERS THROWN OUT THERE FOR SCHOOLS, SAC B, TWO YEARS AGO, D, ROOSEVELT, B, TWO YEARS AGO, F, PINSTON, B, TWO YEARS AGO, D. THESE ARE COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS IN DISTRICT 5, AND WE'RE ON OUR WAY WITH WILMER HUTCHINS AS WELL.

I'M VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE, SHOUT OUT TO OUR TEAM, TO OUR TEACHERS, TO OUR EDUCATORS.

LIKE YOU SAID, WE AIN'T DONE.

WE'RE ON THE WAY UP. THANK YOU. THIS IS MY REPORT.

>> TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

>> THANK YOU. I'M ESPECIALLY PROUD TO SHARE THAT DISTRICT 6 HAS A NUMBER OF SCHOOLS THAT ARE A RATED CAMPUSES.

AS YOU KNOW, AT ONE POINT, DISTRICT 6 WAS THE ONLY TRUSTEE DISTRICT THAT HAD NO DS AND NO FS.

THIS YEAR, I CAN'T SAY THAT, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT THE STAFF IS WORKING HARD TO ENSURE THAT WE BEGIN TO COME BACK TO THAT SAME STANDARD OF NO DS AND NO FS.

BUT I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE KALE AND JOY GILLAM, COLEGIATE ACADEMY, HUMPHREY LEE ELEMENTARY, CLINTON P RUSSELL ELEMENTARY, AND MARTIN WEISS ELEMENTARY.

ALL OF THESE, BUT HUMPHREY LEE HAVE BEEN AS FOR THE LAST 2 OR 3 YEARS, IF I'M CORRECT, SUPERINTENDENT.

MY GOAL IS TO VISIT ALL 26 SCHOOLS IN DISTRICT 6.

TOMORROW, I HAVE FIVE SCHOOLS TO COMPLETE, AND I WOULD HAVE COMPLETED ALL 26 SCHOOLS IN DISTRICT 6.

I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE PRINCIPALS, THE NEW PRINCIPALS, AND THE PRINCIPALS THAT ARE RETURNING, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS, AND THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR REALLY WORKING HARD TO ENSURE THAT THESE SCHOOLS GET WHAT THEY NEED.

ALSO, THANK YOU TO SCHOOL LEADERSHIP FOR LISTENING TO ME QUESTION AND ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET TO WHERE WE'RE GOING? KNOW THAT I AM EXTREMELY PROUD OF THE TEACHERS THAT ARE IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SOMETIMES UNDER DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES THEY STILL PERFORM WELL.

BUT I'M NOT JUST THANKFUL FOR TEACHERS A LOT OF TIMES WE FORGET ABOUT THE SUPPORT STAFF.

THAT WOULD BE THE CUSTODIANS, THE CAFETERIA WORKERS, AND OTHER SUPPORT STAFF IN THE DISTRICT.

I'M ALSO GRATEFUL FOR THEM.

THAT'S THE CONCLUSION OF MY REPORT.

>> TRUSTEE MACKEY.

>> THANK YOU. I'LL GIVE THE DISTRICT 7 ACCOLADES.

FIRST, CARRYING ON WITH THE GOOD NEWS.

WITH THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR COMES NEW ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

I WANT TO START BY SHOUTING OUT OUR NEW DISTRICT 7 PRINCIPAL,

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HE IS THE FORMER ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT ADAMSON, AND HE'S FULLY READY TO LEAD THAT CAMPUS.

I DO WANT TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO SHOUT OUT.

I WOULD BE SHOUTING OUT THE NEW GARCIA PRINCIPAL, BUT YOU TECHNICALLY STARTED AT THE END OF LAST YEAR.

AS FAR AS I KNOW, GARCIA MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND ADAMSON HIGH SCHOOL ARE THE ONLY A RATED, COMPREHENSIVE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL FEEDER PATTERN THAT WE HAVE IN DALLAS ISD, WHICH IS A STUNNING ACCOMPLISHMENT.

I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THAT CONTINUE.

KUDOS THERE. MR. RODRIGUEZ, YOU GOT BIG SHOES TO FILL, BUT I KNOW YOU'RE THE GUY TO FILL THEM.

>> NEXT, ALONG WITH THE CONSTRUCTION.

WE ARE FINALLY OPENED ROSEMONT UPPER CAMPUS AFTER A LONG AND ARDUOUS PROCESS, BUT WE GOT THERE, AND I GOT A CHANCE TO BE THERE ON THE FIRST DAY, AND IT WAS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL, AND IT WAS EXCITING TO SEE ALL OF THE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES AND TEACHERS BACK IN THE CLASSROOMS, EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

THANK YOU, CHIEF ALFRED AND YOUR TEAM FOR MAKING SURE IT ACTUALLY GOT COMPLETED BY THE TIME THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL ROLLED AROUND.

I DROVE BY TWO WEEKS BEFORE SCHOOL.

THERE WERE STILL HOLES IN THE PARKING LOT, AND I SHOW UP A WEEK LATER, AND IT LOOKS BRAND NEW, SO KUDOS THERE.

THEN, FINALLY, LIKE SO MANY OTHER MY COLLEAGUES, I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT DISTRICT 7 HAS NO DRF-RATED SCHOOLS AND SO TO REALLY GET TO THAT POINT IS JUST OUTSTANDING PROGRESS.

AND AS SUPERINTENDENT SAID, THIS IS NOT THE MISSION ACCOMPLISHED, BUT IT IS THE EXPECTATION THAT WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING IT CONTINUE AND DRIVE FORWARD.

THEN LASTLY, ONE MORE SHOUT OUT, JIM COLLINS AND A LOT OF LEADERSHIP FOLKS TALK ABOUT WHEN GREAT LEADERS, WHEN THERE IS CREDIT TO BE GIVEN, THEY GIVE CREDIT TO EVERYBODY ELSE, AND WHEN THERE IS CHALLENGES THERE, THEY LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND THEY TAKE THE BLAME, AND THEY STAND UP IN THAT INSTANCE.

IF YOU LISTEN CLOSELY TO OUR SUPERINTENDENT'S SPEECH, SHE LITERALLY, BY NAME, LISTED OFF ESSENTIALLY EVERY OTHER GROUP IN THIS ORGANIZATION THAT HAS CONTRIBUTED TO SUCCESS.

THAT'S ABSOLUTELY TRUE, BUT I ALSO WOULD BE AMISS NOT TO SHUT OUT YOU, DR. ELIZALDE, AS THE BEST SUPERINTENDENT AND LEADER IN THE STATE OF TEXAS IN THE NATION.

WE ARE THANKFUL TO HAVE YOU HERE BECAUSE LEADERSHIP IS WHAT HELPS MAKE ALL OF THIS POSSIBLE AT EVERY LEVEL, AND IT TAKES EVERYBODY, BUT IT CERTAINLY TAKES YOU AS WELL.

SO CONGRATULATIONS [APPLAUSE].

>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE. I WILL GIVE THE DISTRICT 8 ACCOLADES.

THE SCHOOL YEAR HAS BEGUN.

I WANT TO BEGIN MY ACCOLADES BY CONGRATULATING AND WELCOMING THE NEWEST PRINCIPALS OF DISTRICT 8, AT WEST ALLIS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PRINCIPAL GERARDO HERNANDEZ, AT JOE MAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MASTER PRINCIPAL OSCAR APONTE, AT RUSK MIDDLE SCHOOL, PRINCIPAL AUDREY DE LA CRUZ.

WELCOME AT OBADIAH KNIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, DR. MARIA ROSS, WELCOME TO OBADIAH KNIGHT.

AT MAPLE LAWN, PRINCIPAL, FLOR JACOBO.

AT HOPE MEDRANO, PRINCIPAL AMANDA FITZPATRICK.

I THINK I GIVE MY SHOUT OUT LAST MONTH, BUT AT NORTH DALLAS HIGH SCHOOL, PRINCIPAL AMIR BOROUJERDI, PRINCIPAL B, AT SALDIVAR, THE LEGENDARY PRINCIPAL ROCIO BERNAL.

THEN AT THE MONTESSORI ACADEMY AT ONESIMO HERNANDEZ, CRISTINA IBARRA.

WELCOME TO DISTRICT 8.

I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL.

I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE INCREDIBLE PROGRESS ACROSS DALLAS ISD AND DISTRICT 8.

IMMENSELY PROUD OF THE STUDENTS, TEACHERS, SUPPORT STAFF, AND THE ENTIRE DALLAS ISD COMMUNITY FOR THE REMARKABLE GROWTH THAT WE HAVE SEEN.

DISTRICT 8 IS HOME TO VARIOUS A RATED CAMPUSES.

WE HAVE MOUNT AUBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THE HISTORIC 100-YEAR PLUS MOUNT HARVARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS AN A.

BIG SHOUT OUT TO PRINCIPAL ERNESTO GUEVARA THAT'S OVER THERE.

IT'S BEEN PHENOMENAL TO SEE HIM RISE FROM AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AND THEN NOW TO BE THE PRINCIPAL OF THAT CAMPUS AND TO SEE HIS GROWTH.

IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO SEE.

ANOTHER A SCHOOL IS, AGAIN, THE LEGENDARY AND HISTORIC SPENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL TAG ACADEMY, LED BY THE INCOMPARABLE MARYANNE SUHL.

IF YOU'VE NEVER MET PRINCIPAL SUHL, THIS IS A COMPLIMENT 100 PERCENT.

SHE IS A MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL.

SHE CAN COMMAND YOUNG PEOPLE, AND CLEARLY, SHE IS SHOWING THAT IN THE STUDENT OUTCOMES THAT WE'RE SEEING.

ANOTHER A SCHOOL, OBADIAH KNIGHT, ALSO ALMOST 100 YEARS OLD IN THE LOVE FIELD COMMUNITY, THE OBADIAH KNIGHT COMMUNITY LED BY PRINCIPAL ROJO, AND THEN ALSO GREAT YOUNG PRINCIPAL DR. JAIRO APARICIO, WHO'S NOW BETHUNE, BUT GREAT LEADERSHIP TEAM THAT HAS TAKEN THE BEAUTIFUL LOVE FIELD COMMUNITY SCHOOL THAT HAS BEEN THERE FOR GENERATIONS AND IS MAKING THEM PROUD BY MAKING THEM AN A CAMPUS.

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THEN AT OUR ONLY IN THE NATION, OUR UNIQUE PROGRAM AT THE BIOMEDICAL PREPARATORY SCHOOL AT UT SOUTHWESTERN PRINCIPAL GINA MAFFUCCI, WHO IS LEADING THAT CAMPUS AS WELL TO SUCCESS AND A THERE.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THOSE LEADERS AND TO EVERYONE ACROSS DISTRICT 8 AND DALLAS ISD FOR YOUR HARD WORK.

I JUST MENTIONED SOLAR PREPARATORY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, BUT I WANT TO ALSO TAKE A MOMENT TO REFLECT AND APPLAUD SOLAR PREP FOR GIRLS.

AS THIS YEAR, SOLAR PREP FOR GIRLS CELEBRATES 10 YEARS.

SOUNDS LIKE IT WAS JUST YESTERDAY, BUT 10 YEARS OF EMPOWERING YOUNG WOMEN IN OUR DISTRICT.

SOLAR PREP CONTINUES TO LEAVE A LASTING LEGACY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

THIS A-RATED CAMPUS RECENTLY GRADUATED, ITS THIRD CLASS OF EIGHTH GRADERS.

WE'RE EVEN FEATURED ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA RECENTLY, HAPPY 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY TO THE TRAILBLAZERS.

AND THEN I ALSO LIKE TO ECHO THE SUPERINTENDENT.

LASTLY, I COULDN'T BE MORE EXCITED ABOUT THE RECENT GROUNDBREAKING OF THE FUTURE CAREER INSTITUTE WEST THERE IN WEST DALLAS, THAT'LL SERVE PINKSTON, AND ALSO ADAMSON, MOLINA, SUNSET VERTICAL TEAMS. ONCE COMPLETE THE STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITY, WHILE FOR HANDS-ON TRAINING AND HIGH-DEMAND, CAREER PATHWAYS FOR OUR STUDENTS.

A HEARTFELT THANK YOU TO THE RESIDENTS OF DALLAS AND FOR SUPPORTING THE 2020 BOND AND BELIEVING THIS VISION.

SPECIAL THANKS TO COUNCILWOMAN LAURA CADENA TO THE WEST DALLAS 1 AND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, AND TO DR. PAT STEVENS THERE IN THE WESTMORELAND HEIGHTS COMMUNITY FOR SUPPORTING THIS PROJECT AND ALL THE OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS WHOSE ADVOCACY HELPED BRING THIS TRANSFORMATIONAL PROJECT TO LIFE.

THAT CONCLUDES THE DISTRICT 8 ACCOLADES. TRUSTEE TURNER.

>> THANK YOU. I WILL NOW GIVE THE DYNAMIC DISTRICT 9 REPORT.

FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE IRMA RANGEL YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP SCHOOL FOR ONCE AGAIN, PUTTING DISTRICT 9 ON THE MAP.

THEY ARE RANKED NUMBER 15 IN THE US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT, 2025/2026 BEST HIGH SCHOOLS.

THEY ARE ALSO RANKED AS NUMBER 2 BEST HIGH SCHOOLS IN TEXAS.

SHOUT OUT TO THE AMAZING WORK THAT'S HAPPENING OVER THERE.

CONGRATULATIONS TO SEVERAL OF THE OUTSTANDING SCHOOLS FOR EXCELLING.

DR. ELIZALDE GAVE ME A COUGH OVER HEAR. YES, SHE DID.

I THINK IT WENT DOWN TO BEING TOO, AS WELL.

LET ME START OFF.

CONGRATULATIONS TO SEVERAL OUTSTANDING SCHOOLS FOR EXCELLING ON THE 2024/'25 STAAR TEST.

DISTRICT 9 HAD SIX A RATED CAMPUSES, 18 B-RATED, AND ZERO F CAMPUSES.

SHOUT OUT REALLY TO ALL THE HARD WORK THAT.

THAT DALLAS ISD, YOUR TEAM, YOUR STAFF HAS PUT IN.

IT'S REALLY AMAZING.

I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT A HAVE DONE.

EVERY TEACHER AND ADMINISTRATOR, THE FAMILY MEMBERS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THESE RESULTS, PASS OFF TO ALL AND CONTINUE TO DO THE AMAZING WORK FOR ALL KIDS IN DALLAS ISD.

I WANT TO THANK THE PARENTS AND THE GUARDIANS AT FRANK GUZICK FOR HAVING A COMMUNITY-FOCUSED MINDSET.

THEIR PTA HAS JUST LAUNCHED A NEW PROJECT, THE GUZICK CARE CLOSET, WHICH NOW SERVES AS A PLACE FOR FAMILIES TO HELP WITH ONE ANOTHER WITH SHARING RESOURCES, AND THEY STARTED WITH SCHOOL UNIFORMS. I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM.

I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOOT A VIDEO TO HIGHLIGHT SUNNY SOUTH DALLAS SCHOOLS ALL RECEIVING A B RATING.

YOUR STAFF WAS REALLY TREMENDOUS IN HELPING ME SPEAK AND GET IT RIGHT.

I WAS VERY THANKFUL FOR THAT WORK THAT THEY DID.

ALSO, I WANT TO THANK CHIEF ALFRED AND CHIEF BATES FOR HELPING ME THROUGH A WALK THROUGH WITH SYLVIA MENDEZ, A RATED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, JUST TO LOOK AT THE FACILITIES AND HELP SUPPORT THE CAMPUS AND WHAT THEY NEED.

ALSO, RC BURLESON, DR. ELIZALDE, I REMEMBER THE TIME WHEN WHEN YOU CHANGED PRINCIPALS, IT WAS A F CAMPUS.

YOU MADE A CHANGE.

THE CAMPUS HAS WENT FROM A F, AND NOW A A.

YES. THIS HAS BEEN LONG IN THE MAKING AND FOR MY HISTORY AND WORKING OVER AT RC BURLESON, I SEE HOW JUST BRINGING IN A RIGHT LEADERSHIP, THE RIGHT TEACHERS, CREATING A RIGHT CULTURE.

TEACHERS AND THE COMMUNITY WILL BUY IN TO THE SUCCESS OF THE SCHOOL.

IT'S EVIDENT THAT IT CAN REALLY, TRULY HAPPEN IF YOU BRING IN THE RIGHT FOLKS TO DO THE WORK.

AGAIN, THIS BOARD, ALL OF US JUST WORKING TOGETHER COHESIVELY TO DO WHAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF KIDS.

I WANT TO THANK MY BOARD MEMBERS, MY COLLEAGUES FOR THE WORK THAT YOU ALL ARE PUTTING IN.

ALSO, BYRON SANDERS, I CHALLENGE YOU TO TAKE A WALK

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THAT CONCLUDES MY D9 REPORT.

>> DO I GET TO RESPOND TO THAT?

>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEES FOR THE REPORT.

TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM

[7. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

TRUSTEES, THE FOLLOWING MINUTES HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL.

EMPLOYEE HEARING FROM JUNE 12, 2025, THE PUBLIC HEARING ON FEDERAL PROGRAMS FROM JUNE 26, 2025, THE BOARD MEETING FROM JUNE 26, 2025, AND THE EMPLOYEE HEARING FROM JULY 20, 2025.

TRUSTEES, DO I HAVE A MOTION?

>> MOVE TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND.

>> TRUSTEES HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECOND.

TRUSTEES, ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS? HEARING NO CORRECTIONS, TRUSTEES, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.

>> THE MOTION PASSES. EIGHT VOTING.

YES. ONE, NOT PRESENT TO VOTE.

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

TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM 8.01,

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

TRUSTEES DO HAVE A NOMINATION.

>> MOVE TO APPROVE.

>> I NOMINATE PRESIDENT JOE CARREON FOR THIS POSITION.

>> JOE CARREON, MYSELF IS NOMINATED.

ARE THERE ANY FURTHER NOMINATIONS? HEARING NO FURTHER NOMINATIONS, THEN JOE CARREON, MYSELF, IS ELECTED BY ACCLAMATION. THANK YOU, TRUSTEES.

TRUSTEES WILL NOW MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 8.02, CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO NAME THE DISTRICT'S DELEGATE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE 2025 TASB DELEGATE ASSEMBLY.

TRUSTEES, DO I HAVE A NOMINATION?

>> YES, MR. PRESIDENT, I NOMINATE TRUSTEE ED TURNER.

>> WE TRUSTEE ED TURNER HAS BEEN NOMINATED? ARE THERE FURTHER NOMINATIONS? HEARING NO FURTHER NOMINATIONS, TRUSTEE TURNER IS ELECTED BY ACCLAMATION.

TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM 8.03, CONSIDER TO TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO NAME THE DISTRICT'S ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE 2025 TASB DELEGATE ASSEMBLY.

TRUSTEES DO HAVE A NOMINATION.

>> TRUSTEE PRISMA.

>> MR. PRESIDENT, I NOMINATE PRISMA GARCIA.

>> TRUSTEE PRISMA GARCIA HAS BEEN NOMINATED.

ARE THERE FURTHER NOMINATIONS? HEARING NO FURTHER NOMINATIONS, TRUSTEE GARCIA IS ELECTED BY ACCLAMATION.

TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM 8.04, CONSIDERING TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AN ORDER BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, AUTHORIZING THE DEFEASANCE AND REDEMPTION OF CERTAIN MATURITIES OF THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT MULTIMODAL AND LIMITED TAX SCHOOL BUILDING BONDS, SERIES 2025 A, AUTHORIZING THE AUTHORIZED OFFICER TO TAKE ALL NECESSARY STEPS TO CAUSE THE DEFEASANCE AND/OR REDEMPTION OF SUCH BONDS AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING THERETO.

TRUSTEES DO HAVE A MOTION.

>> MOVED TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND.

>> TRUSTEES HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECOND.

TRUSTEES IS THEIR DISCUSSION. TRUSTEES SEEING NO DISCUSSION, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.

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

>> TRUSTEES, YOU JUST ADOPTED ITEM 8.04.

TRUSTEES WILL NOW MOVE TO ITEM 8.05, CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION TO SET THE 2025/2026 MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS TAX RATE AT $0.7518.00 FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS AND TO SET THE 2025/2026 DEBIT SERVICE TAX RATE AT $0.24203.05 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON DATE.

TRUSTEES, THIS FOLLOWING ITEM IS SETTING THE TAX RATE, AND THERE IS VERY PARTICULAR LANGUAGE THAT WE MUST USE WHEN MAKING THE MOTION.

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TRUSTEES, DO I HAVE A MOTION, TRUSTEE MACKEY?

>> YES. I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BE INCREASED BY THE ADOPTION OF A TAX RATE OF $0.9938.35, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY A 10.80 PERCENT INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE.

>> TRUSTEES, DO WE HAVE A MOTION?

>> SECOND.

>> TRUSTEES HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECOND.

TRUSTEES IS THERE DISCUSSION.

>> I HAVE ONE QUESTION.

>> TRUSTEE MACKEY.

>> DON'T WORRY ABOUT COMING UP. I JUST WANT TO.

IF WE WANTED TO, IF EVERYONE ON THIS BOARD REALLY WANTED TO LOWER THIS TAX RATE, WOULD WE BE LEGALLY ALLOWED TO DO SO? NO, NOT THE M&O. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> TRUSTEES, IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION? TRUSTEES, SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.

>> THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUS.

>> TRUSTEES, YOU JUST ADOPTED ITEM 8.05.

TRUSTEES, OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM 8.06, CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE DISTRICT OF INNOVATION COMMITTEE AND DISTRICT ADVISORY COMMITTEE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.

NO FINANCIAL IMPACT WAS NOT DISCUSSED AT THE BOARD BRIEFING.

HOWEVER, THE SUPERINTENDENT, I WOULD AGREE THAT FAILURE TO INCLUDE THIS ITEM ON THIS NIGHT'S AGENDA COULD CAUSE SUBSTANTIAL DISRUPTION TO THE OPERATION OF THE DISTRICT.

AFTER BRINGING THIS MOTION ON THE FLOOR, BUT PRIOR TO OUR DISCUSSIONS, THE ADMINISTRATION WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THIS ITEM TO THE BOARD.

THE BOARD WILL THEN HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS AS PART OF THE DISCUSSION.

TRUSTEES, DO WE HAVE 8.06 CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE DISTRICT INNOVATION COMMITTEE AND DISTRICT ADVISORY COMMITTEE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS, TRUSTEES DO I HAVE A MOTION?

>> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND.

>> SECOND.

TRUSTEES HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECOND TO APPROVE THE DISTRICT INNOVATION COMMITTEE AND DISTRICT ADVISORY COMMITTEE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.

DR. ELIZALDE, WOULD YOUR STAFF LIKE TO PRESENT?

>> YES, THANK YOU.

THIS WAS ABSOLUTELY A LAPSE IN MY DECISION-MAKING, NOT RECOGNIZING AS THESE NEW LAWS FROM SENATE BILL 12 ARE IMPLEMENTED THAT THERE WERE ACTUALLY THINGS THAT I COULD BRING TO THIS BOARD FOR THESE CHANGES AS OPPOSED TO HAVING TO FOLLOW NEW CHANGES THAT COME WITH SENATE BILL 12.

>> THAT BEING SAID, TWO OF THEM ARE A RESULT SPECIFICALLY FROM THE NEW LAWS UNDER THE NEW SENATE BILL 12, AND ONE IS SIMPLY ONE THAT SURROUNDING DISTRICTS HAVE ALREADY TAKEN USE OF, AND I WANTED TO BE ABLE TO DO THE SAME AFTER VISITING WITH OUR TEAM.

IT'S A TOTAL OF THREE AMENDMENTS WITH TWO ACTUALLY BEING THE RESULT OF SENATE BILL 12.

THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO REQUEST THIS.

IN ORDER FOR THAT TO BE BROUGHT TO THE BOARD, WE DID HAVE TO HAVE A DISTRICT OF INNOVATION MEETING FIRST AND TAKE A VOTE, AND THEN WE HELD A DISTRICT ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETING AND TOOK A VOTE, AND THEN WITH THOSE APPROVALS, ARE ABLE TO BRING IT TO THE BOARD FOR THE BOARD TO VOTE.

WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO CHIEF ABEL AND CHIEF GAYLORD TO TALK ABOUT THE AMENDMENTS.

>> THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY.

THE FIRST AMENDMENT I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IS CONCERNING AN AMENDMENT FOR A WAIVER FOR THE NEW LAW, AS MENTIONED, CONCERNING OUR GRIEVANCE POLICY AND TIMELINES FOR FILING AN APPEAL, POSTING AND PROCEDURES, AND FORMS. THAT IS GOING TO BE RELATIVE TO NOT JUST EMPLOYEE GRIEVANCES, BUT FOR PARENT COMPLAINTS, STUDENT COMPLAINTS, AND PUBLIC COMPLAINTS AS WELL.

OUR REQUEST IS TO MAINTAIN LOCAL CONTROL THROUGH OUR LOCALLY ADOPTED POLICIES THROUGH OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

THE CURRENT LAW THAT KICKS IN TO EFFECT SEPTEMBER 1ST TAKES CONTROL OF ALL OF THOSE PROCESSES, ALL OF THOSE TIMELINES, AND CHANGES A LOT OF EXPECTATIONS AND THINGS THAT GO ALONG WITH THOSE DIFFERENT AREAS OF COMPLAINTS AND GRIEVANCES.

OUR REQUEST IS GOING TO BE TO USE THIS DOI AMENDMENT TO KEEP THAT LOCAL CONTROL, THAT BOARD ADOPTED POLICY CONTROL WHEN THOSE POLICIES ARE GOING TO BE DGBA LOCAL,

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ON THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE THE BIG DIFFERENCES THERE.

THE FIRST IS UNDER THE LAW, THEY ESTABLISH DIFFERENT TIMELINES FOR ALL OF THE DIFFERENT GRIEVANCES AND COMPLAINTS THAT WE MENTIONED.

THOSE ARE VERY EXTENDED TIMELINES.

I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW HOW THOSE WOULD BE MANAGED WITHIN A LARGE DISTRICT AND A SMALL DISTRICT, THEY MAY WORK FINE.

IT WOULD BE VERY CUMBERSOME FOR DALLAS-SIZED DR DISTRICTS SIMILAR TO OUR SIZE TO BE ABLE TO ADOPT THOSE.

THEN ON THE RIGHT SIDE, YOU CAN SEE THE CURRENT TIMELINES AND STUFF THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE THREE POLICIES WE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE NEW LAW SETS A CRITERIA THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, ONCE A LEVEL THREE GRIEVANCE IS FILED, THAT THEY SHALL HAVE THE HEARING WITHIN 10 DAYS, REGARDLESS OF WHAT EXISTING SCHEDULE OR SCHEDULE CONFLICTS WOULD BE.

CURRENTLY, IT'S BASED UPON TRUSTEE AVAILABILITY, SO THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER CHANGE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO USE WITH THIS DOI AMENDMENT.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE ARE SOME OTHER PIECES THAT WOULD ALSO BE WAIVED THROUGH THIS AMENDMENT.

UNDER THE NEW LAW, IT REQUIRES FOR AN ELECTRONIC FILING.

CURRENTLY, WE HAVE ELECTRONIC FILING FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THAT REQUIREMENT FOR OUR PARENTS, FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND FOR OUR STUDENTS.

THAT MAY BE A HINDRANCE FOR SOME OF OUR PARENTS TO HAVE ACCESS AND THE ABILITY TO USE THE ELECTRONIC FILING SYSTEM.

CURRENTLY, WE HAVE A SYSTEM WHERE THEY CAN MAKE THOSE COMPLAINTS THROUGH A DIFFERENT METHOD.

WE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THAT.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, IT MAKES US DO AN ANNUAL REPORT TO TEA ON OUR GRIEVANCES.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, NOT ONLY DOES IT MAKE US DO AN ANNUAL REPORT, WHICH IS NOT CURRENTLY REQUIRED, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO MANDATE OUR SUPERINTENDENT, COME DOWN TO AUSTIN AND TESTIFY ON THOSE GRIEVANCES AS WELL.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, ANOTHER CHANGE WOULD BE IS THAT RELATED TO THE RECUSAL DOCUMENTATION AND DECISIONS FOR COMPLAINTS AND GRIEVANCES.

IT ADDS AN ADDITIONAL BURDEN ON NOT ONLY OUR HEARING OFFICERS BUT ALSO ON THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO WHERE WHEN A DECISION IS RENDERED, FOR EXAMPLE, ON A LEVEL 3 GRIEVANCE, THE BOARD CAN'T JUST ISSUE THE DECISION.

THEY HAVE TO GO BACK AND REFERENCE THE VARIOUS EXHIBITS THEY USE TO SUPPORT THAT IN THEIR DECISION.

THAT ACTUALLY COULD OPEN US UP TO POTENTIAL LIABILITIES CIVILLY IN THE FUTURE.

A LOT OF TIMES, EMPLOYEES WILL USE THE GRIEVANCES AS, I GUESS THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS SOME CIVIL LIABILITY OR LEGAL COMPLAINT OUTSIDE OF OUR GRIEVANCE SYSTEM, SO THAT COULD ACTUALLY EVEN OPEN US UP TO ADDITIONAL LIABILITIES AS WELL.

THEN THE SECOND ONE ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

THE NEXT AMENDMENT WE WOULD REQUEST IS GOING TO BE RELATIVE TO OUR CHAPTER 21 CONTRACTS.

FOR OUR TEACHERS, AND WHEN WE SAY TEACHERS IN THIS CONTEXT, IS DEFINED AS TEACHERS, ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, COUNSELORS, AND PRINCIPALS.

WHEN THEY'RE HIRED IN, THEY'RE HIRED IN ON WHAT'S CALLED A CHAPTER 21 CONTRACT.

GENERALLY, WHEN YOU'RE HIRED IN AS A NEW EMPLOYEE, YOU HAVE THREE, ONE YEAR PROBATIONARY CONTRACTS.

AT THE END OF THAT THIRD-YEAR PROBATIONARY CONTRACT, WE OFFER YOU A CHAPTER 21, WHAT'S CALLED A TERM CONTRACT.

THE EXCEPTION OF THAT RULE UNDER THE LAW IS THAT IF YOU HAVE FIVE OF EIGHT, IT'S CALLED THE FIVE OF EIGHT RULE.

IF YOU COME INTO DALLAS WITH FIVE YEARS IN ANOTHER DISTRICT.

IT COULD BE A DISTRICT SIMILAR TO OURS, OR IT COULD BE A SMALL WEST TEXAS TOWN, IT COULD BE ANY DISTRICT, OR IT COULD BE A COMBINATION OF FOUR OR FIVE DISTRICTS IN A ROW.

IF YOU COME IN WITH FIVE OF THE LAST EIGHT YEARS IN AN EDUCATION CONTRACT, WHEN YOU COME IN, WE ONLY HAVE ONE YEAR OF A PROBATIONARY CONTRACT TO ISSUE, AND THEN WE HAVE TO ISSUE YOU A TERM CONTRACT.

THE CHALLENGE WITH THAT IS THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR TIMELINES FOR OUR NON-RENEWALS, AND YOU GO BACK TO OUR EVALUATION CYCLE, AND ANY INTERVENTIONS WE WOULD NEED BEFORE WE WOULD TAKE THAT STEP, BECAUSE WE ALWAYS WANT TO WORK WITH ANY EMPLOYEE WE HAVE, WHETHER THEY'RE NEW OR NOT COMING IN, TO MAKE THAT DECISION.

IT ONLY GIVES CAMPUS PRINCIPALS A COUPLE OF MONTHS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A DECISION ON AN EMPLOYEE.

IT DOESN'T EVEN GIVE THEM A FULL EVALUATION CYCLE TO BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH TO DECIDE IF THEY WANT TO GIVE THEM A TERM CONTRACT OR NOT.

WHAT THIS AMENDMENT WOULD DO IS, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT SIDE BY SIDE, IT WOULD GIVE US THE ABILITY TO GRANT UP TO A TOTAL OF THREE PROBATIONARY CONTRACTS.

IT WOULD BE THE FIRST YEAR THAT EVERYBODY COMES IN, EVEN IF YOU'RE A FIVE-OF-EIGHT RULE, AND THEN UP TO TWO ADDITIONAL PROBATIONARY CONTRACTS.

NOW, THE KEYWORD THERE IS IT'S UP TO TWO ADDITIONAL PROBATIONARY CONTRACTS.

HC AND WE WOULD WORK WITH THE CAMPUS PRINCIPAL TO MAKE THAT DECISION, WHETHER WE ISSUED ONE OR TWO MORE OF THOSE PROBATIONARY CONTRACTS.

BUT THE MAIN THING IS, IS LETS US GET A FULL EVALUATION CYCLE BEFORE THAT DECISION IS MADE.

>> THE THIRD AND FINAL ONE IS REGARDING THE MEDIA LIBRARY MATERIALS.

>> GOOD EVENING. IN THIS EXEMPTION REALLY IS AROUND THE ACQUISITION OF LIBRARY MATERIALS WE DISCUSSED AT THE BOARD BRIEFING.

STARTING SEPTEMBER 1, SCHOOL BOARDS HAVE TO APPROVE EVERY LIBRARY BOOK PROCURED OR DONATED IN DALLAS ISD.

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>> ACTUALLY, ANY MATERIALS, NOT JUST BOOKS.

>> ANY MATERIALS. THIS EXEMPTION WOULD ALLOW US TO KEEP THE CURRENT PROCESS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE.

WE'VE GOT STRONG DISTRICT STANDARDS.

WE FOLLOW THE STATE LAW REGARDING HOW WE SELECT.

WE'VE GOT EXPERTISE OF TRAINED EDUCATORS AND LIBRARIANS THAT ALREADY GO THROUGH THIS BOOK SELECTION PROCESS.

THIS WOULD BASICALLY LEAVE OUR CURRENT EFB LOCAL AS IT IS RIGHT NOW.

THE DISTRICT HAS A STRONG COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT PROCESS ALREADY, CLEAR SAFEGUARDS, VERY TRANSPARENT.

GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

I GAVE YOU A SIDE-BY-SIDE OF WHAT THIS NEW BOARD REQUIREMENT APPROVAL WOULD LOOK LIKE.

WE WERE SAYING WE WERE GOING TO BRING IT TO YOU TWICE A YEAR, ONCE IN OCTOBER, ONCE IN FEBRUARY 4,000 TITLES ON ONE BOARD ITEM, ABOUT 3,500 ON THE SECOND ONE.

WHAT THIS WOULD DO, THIS EXEMPTION, BASICALLY, WE'RE NOT EXEMPTING FROM PUBLICLY POSTING WHAT WE'RE BUYING.

THAT'S NOT CHANGING.

BUT EVERY MONTH, WE WOULD POST TO THE COMMUNITY WHAT WE WOULD BE PURCHASING, AND THAT WAY, WE'RE ENSURING BOOKS REACH CAMPUSES MORE QUICKLY, AND I JUST FEEL LIKE THAT THIS IS THE FASTEST APPROPRIATE WAY FOR US TO CONTINUE BUYING ANY NEW TITLE.

IT'S ONLY NEW TITLES.

IT'S NOT DAMAGED BOOKS OR BOOKS THAT WE'VE BOUGHT IN THE PAST.

>> THAT CONCLUDES THE THREE AMENDMENTS.

>> TRUSTEES, AS YOU SAW, THIS ITEM WAS PRESENTED AS VOTING ON ALL THREE AMENDMENTS, SO YOU CAN ASK ANYTHING ON EITHER ON ALL OF THEM AT THIS TIME.

THIS DISCUSSION, I SEE TRUSTEE YVONNE.

>> I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED, IF YOU CAN HELP ME.

I'LL START WITH ANGIE FIRST ON THE LIBRARY MATERIALS OR THE BOOKS.

DOES THE LAW SAY THAT THE BOARD HAS TO APPROVE ALL BOOKS OR LIBRARY MATERIALS THAT THE DISTRICT USES?

>> THE SENATE BILL 13.

>> WHAT DOES IT SAY, SUPERINTENDENTS?

>> THE NEW LAW SAYS THE BOARD HAS TO APPROVE ALL NEW PROCURED MATERIALS.

THE POSTING OF MATERIALS WHERE WE HAVE TO POST WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING PURCHASING STILL HAS TO BE DONE CURRENTLY.

THAT'S ALREADY A NEW ITEM THAT TOOK PLACE.

THIS WOULDN'T CHANGE THAT.

>> WHAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IS WHAT IS THE APPROVAL PROCESS? WOULD IT BE THE SAME AS WE DISCUSSED BEFORE?

>> THE PROCESS IS WHAT'S IN OUR CURRENT POLICY, WHICH WAS UPDATED WITHIN THIS LAST YEAR BECAUSE THE STATE ALREADY HAD COME OUT WITH A MUCH MORE RIGOROUS PROCESS.

BUT THE CHANGE HERE THAT WE'RE REQUESTING IS THAT THEY NOT HAVE TO COME TO THE BOARD.

>> BUT WHAT DOES THE LAW SAY?

>> THE LAW SAYS, IF I DON'T ASK FOR AN AMENDMENT, THEN THE BOARD WOULD HAVE TO APPROVE IT.

>> BASICALLY, WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR IS THAT YOU PURCHASE WHATEVER YOU CHOOSE TO, AND THEN IT DOES NOT HAVE TO COME TO THE BOARD.

AM I UNDERSTANDING THAT CORRECTLY?

>> WE PURCHASE IT IN LINE WITH POLICY, AND IT DOES NOT COME TO THE BOARD. THAT'S CORRECT.

>> ROBERT. THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING.

ON THE CHAPTER 21 CONTRACTS, I WAS TRYING TO FOLLOW YOU ON THE NUMBER OF PROBATIONARY CONTRACTS, AND CURRENTLY WE DO THREE, ONE YEAR.

>> CORRECT. IF YOU ARE AN EMPLOYEE HIRED IN DALLAS IT AND YOU DON'T HAVE EXPERIENCE IN PREVIOUS DISTRICTS, WE DO THREE ONE YEAR PROBATIONARY CONTRACTS, AND THEN THE FOURTH YEAR WE MOVE YOU TO A TERM CONTRACT.

>> BUT I HEARD YOU SAY SOMETHING ABOUT AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO UP TO FIVE YEARS PROBATIONARY CONTRACT.

>> YEAH. I MAY MISSPELL, LET ME CLARIFY.

THE RULE IS THAT IF YOU HIRE A NEW PERSON IN, THEY HAVE THREE YEARS ON A PROBATIONARY CONTRACT, THAT WE MENTIONED, BUT THERE'S AN EXCEPTION TO THAT RULE IN THE LAW.

WHAT THE LAW SAYS IS THAT IF YOU'VE WORKED IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT WHERE YOU RECEIVED A CHAPTER 21 CONTRACT, ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR FIVE OUT OF THE LAST EIGHT YEARS PRIOR TO COMING TO DALLAS IT OR A NEW DISTRICT, THEN AFTER ONE YEAR, YOU ONLY GET ONE YEAR ON A PROBATIONARY CONTRACT, AND THEN YOU'RE AUTOMATICALLY MOVED TO A TERM CONTRACT.

THIS GIVES US THE ABILITY TO MAKE THAT DECISION.

>> I'M STILL A LITTLE CONFUSED.

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>> WE'RE NOT GOING TO FIVE YEARS.

IF WE HIRED SOMEBODY THIS YEAR ON A PROBATIONARY CONTRACT AND THEY WERE 10 YEARS IN IRVING, WHEN WE GET TO FEBRUARY, BASICALLY, THEN WE WOULD OFFER THEM A TERM CONTRACT FOR NEXT YEAR, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT FULL CYCLE.

IF THIS AMENDMENT IS APPROVED, WE WOULD HAVE THIS YEAR'S ONE-YEAR PROBATIONARY CONTRACT.

THEN NEXT YEAR, WE WOULD DO A ONE-YEAR PROBATIONARY CONTRACT.

YEAR AFTER THAT, WE WOULD DO ONE YEAR PROBATIONARY CONTRACT FOR A TOTAL OF JUST THREE YEARS PROBATIONARY CONTRACT, AND THEN WE WOULD MOVE THEM TO A TERM CONTRACT.

WITH THE CAVEAT THAT, IF THE PRINCIPAL HAS POSITIVE FEEDBACK AND RECOMMENDS THEM THAT THEY MOVE TO A TERM CONTRACT EARLIER THAN THAT, HC WOULD WORK WITH THEM AND DO THAT, OF COURSE.

>> BUT THAT'S WHAT WE CURRENTLY DO.

WHAT I'M STILL CONFUSED IS HOW DID WE GET TO FIVE YEARS?

>> LET ME BACK UP BECAUSE YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS ON OUR ONE ONE-ON-ONE. REMEMBER?

>> NOT FIVE YEARS.

>> NO, CAUSE IT'S NOT. THERE'S NO FIVE YEARS.

>> OKAY.

>> WE TALKED ABOUT THERE'S TWO GROUPS.

THE BRAND NEW TEACHERS TO THE PROFESSION HAVE THREE YEARS PROBATION, AND THEN THEY CAN GET A TERM CONTRACT.

>> CORRECT.

>> NEW EXPERIENCED TEACHERS COMING TO THE DISTRICT.

IT'S ONE-YEAR PROBATION AND TERM CONTRACT.

WE'RE ASKING FOR AN EXCEPTION TO LET US HAVE TWO MORE YEARS AS A POSSIBILITY TO THE ONE THAT EXPERIENCED TEACHERS GET UP TO TWO YEARS, SO THAT WE CAN EVALUATE THEM FOR A FULL YEAR OR TWO BEFORE WE ACTUALLY OFFER THEM A TERM CONTRACT.

THERE'S NO FIVE, THOUGH.

>> I HEARD FIVE.

>> BECAUSE THE RULE IS CALLED FIVE OF EIGHT.

IF YOU HAVE FIVE OF EIGHT YEARS OF PRIOR EXPERIENCE ON A CHAPTER 21 CONTRACT, THEN YOU'RE ELIGIBLE FOR THE ONLY ONE YEAR PROBATION.

THAT'S WHERE YOU HEARD AND SAW THE FIVE.

>> I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE WEREN'T EXTENDING THAT.

I THINK YOU SAID IT WENT BEFORE THE WHICH COMMITTEES DID DISCOVER?

>> ALL OF THESE WENT TO OUR DISTRICT OF INNOVATION AND OUR DISTRICT ADVISORY COUNCIL.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE LANGUAGE, WE DID CHANGE THE LANGUAGE WITH FEEDBACK FROM AFT.

BECAUSE ORIGINALLY, THE ONE ON THE CHAPTER 21 CONTRACT SAID IT WOULD BE THREE YEARS PROBATIONARY.

WE CHANGED THAT LANGUAGE TO UP TO SO THAT IF SOMEONE IF THEY'RE EXPERIENCED, AGAIN, FOLLOWING THE FIVE OF EIGHT RULE, AND THEY ARE EXPERIENCED, WE COULD GIVE THEM A TERM CONTRACT LESS THAN THREE YEARS IF THEY ARE SHOWING PROGRESS AT THE SCHOOL.

>> WHO'S ON THAT COMMITTEE?

>> THERE'S A LIST OF I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW MANY PEOPLE, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, TRUSTEE [INAUDIBLE]

>> HOW HAS THAT COMMITTEE FORMED?

>> YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE DISTRICT ADVISORY COMMITTEE?

>> SURE. WE ASK PRINCIPALS.

WE ALSO HAVE AFT.

WE HAVE OUR TEACHER ASSOCIATIONS, AND THEN WE HAVE TEACHERS FROM CAMPUSES.

WE ALSO HAVE PRINCIPALS REPRESENTED ON THE COMMITTEE.

>> IS THAT A BOARD-APPROVED COMMITTEE OR ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVED?

>> ADMINISTRATIVE

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> WE HAVE TRUSTEE SANDERS.

>> REALLY, IT'S AN FY, JUST MY OWN FY QUESTION.

WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LIBRARY MATERIALS, DO WE HAVE A WAY TO ASSESS WHEN WE ARE HAVING PARTNERS OR SERVICE PROVIDERS COME TO PROVIDE SERVICES ON OUR CAMPUSES? DO THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS WHERE WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THEIR MATERIALS, LIKE IF THEY COME WITH A BOOK OR A GUIDE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, DO WE HAVE TO ASSESS THEIR MATERIALS TOO?

>> WE DO.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> IT'S ON OUR DISTRICT WEBSITE NOW, WHERE EITHER A CAMPUS TEACHER, A PRINCIPAL, A COMMUNITY MEMBER CAN ASK THE QUESTION.

LOOK AT THE CATALOG. THE CATALOG HAS GOT ALMOST TWO MILLION BOOKS ON IT.

>> GOT IT. THE LIST THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR CURRENT POLICY, NOT TALKING ABOUT ANY CHANGES, WE ALREADY DO THAT WITH PARTNERS.

PARTNERS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS.

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>> THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE RIGHT NOW IS THAT WE'VE GOT TO HAVE THAT POSTED FOR 30 DAYS WITH THE PUBLIC BEFORE WE PURCHASE ANYTHING.

>> GOT IT. EVEN IF WE'RE NOT THE ONES PURCHASING IT.

>> EVEN IF IT'S DONATED.

>> GOT IT. PERFECT. THANK YOU.

>> TRUSTEE MIKE.

>> FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR REALIZING THAT THIS WAS ABLE TO BE DONE BEFORE THE SEPTEMBER 1ST DEADLINE GOES INTO EFFECT.

WELL, YOU MIGHT THINK LAWS COME WITH A MANUAL THAT EXPLAINS THEM, THEY DON'T, SO YOU HAVE TO FIND THIS OUT A LOT OF OTHER WAYS.

THANK YOU ALL FOR FINDING IT AND FAST-TRACKING, AND THANK YOU, PRESIDENT FOR PUTTING IT ON.

TWO JUST SIMPLE QUESTIONS.

THE FIRST ONE IS THE LIST ON THE LIBRARY BOOKS, AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS A LOT AT THE BRIEFING.

IS IT EVERYTHING WE ARE BUYING, OR IS IT EVERYTHING WE WOULD CONSIDER BUYING?

>> IT'S EVERYTHING WE WOULD CONSIDER BUYING, BECAUSE IT'S ALL GOING TO BE VETTED.

>> YEAH. THAT WAS MY HOPE IS THAT WE'RE NOT JUST DOING IT.

WHEN SOMEONE WANTS TO BUY SOMETHING, NOW WE WAIT 30 DAYS, BUT WE'RE BEING PROACTIVE, AND WE'RE PUTTING UP WHAT WE WOULD HAVE GONE THROUGH OUR VETTING PROCESS.

WE'RE OKAY WITH BUYING THESE NOW THEY GOT ON THE APPROVED LIST.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. THEN ON THE TEACHER PROBATIONARY CONTRACT, THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME.

WE DON'T NECESSARILY REQUIRE PEOPLE HAVE ALL THREE YEARS.

IF THEY'RE A TEACHER COMING FROM ANOTHER DISTRICT, THEY COULD QUALIFY AFTER THE FIRST YEAR, AND THEY'RE HIGHLY EFFECTIVE.

I WOULD ASSUME WE MOVE THEM TO A TERM CONTRACT.

>> THAT'S CORRECT.

>> GREAT. THANK YOU FOR THIS.

>> TRUSTEE KURT.

>> JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS.

ONE, YOU MENTIONED THE VETTING, EVEN WITH US NOT NECESSARILY NOW ASKING FOR AN EXCEPTION FROM THE LAW, OUR MATERIALS WILL CONTINUE TO BE VETTED THROUGH OUR PROCESSES TO TRY TO ENSURE WE HAVE THE RIGHT MATERIALS IN FRONT OF STUDENTS IN CLASSROOMS GREG.

>> YEAH, I WANT TO REITERATE.

THE PROCESS ITSELF THAT IT WAS GOING TO GO THROUGH BEFORE IT CAME TO YOU, IS NOT CHANGING.

THAT PROCESS IS STILL IN PLACE.

IT'S VERY RIGOROUS.

IT'S VERY PUBLIC.

IT'S VERY TRANSPARENT.

THE ONLY EXCEPTION IS THAT IT DOES NOT HAVE TO COME TO YOU SO THAT WE WOULD NOT SLOW THE WHOLE PROCESS, KNOWING FULLY WELL, YOU WOULD ALSO NOT BE ABLE TO REVIEW ALL OF THE MATERIALS WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING TO YOU ANYWAY.

>> THEN SOMETIMES PARENTS HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT MATERIALS.

THAT'S A COMMON THING.

THE PROCESSES WHERE PARENTS CAN REACH OUT AND ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT MATERIALS ARE STILL IN PLACE SO THAT IF PARENTS DO HAVE CONCERNS, THEY HAVE AN OUTLET TO EXPRESS THOSE.

>> THEY CAN DO BOTH JUST ASK QUESTIONS, AND THEY CAN ALSO THEY CAN TELL US THIS BOOK, I DON'T EVEN WANT MY CHILD TO HAVE ACCESS OF THIS MATERIAL.

WE HAVE A, ALSO, VERY RIGOROUS AND TRANSPARENT PROCESS IN TERMS OF WE RESPOND IMMEDIATELY TO ANY OF THE CONCERNS.

THEY CAN CHALLENGE A BOOK THAT WE HAVE THAT MAY BE UTILIZED IN AN ENTIRE CLASSROOM, AND THEY CAN SINGLE OUT ANY PARTICULAR PUBLICATIONS THAT THEY WOULD NOT WANT THEIR CHILDREN TO HAVE ACCESS TO.

>> I APPRECIATE, I THINK WHAT THE LEGISLATURE WAS ATTEMPTING TO DO, BUT I PERSONALLY BELIEVE THAT THE EDUCATORS ARE MUCH MORE QUALIFIED TO EVALUATE 4,000 TITLES FOR WHETHER OR NOT THEY OUGHT TO BE IN A CLASSROOM THAN ME, AND SO I'M GLAD THAT THIS PROCESS EXISTS AND THAT WE DO CAREFULLY VET, AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

THE OTHER OTHER COMMENT I WOULD MAKE IS, YOU MENTIONED THE WORD, CHIEF ABEL, LOCAL CONTROL SEVERAL DIFFERENT TIMES.

I'M A BIG BELIEVER THAT WE KNOW WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR DISTRICT BECAUSE WE'RE HERE, AND WE'RE WALKING IN THESE SCHOOLS AND IN THESE CLASSROOMS, AND THIS IS A WAY FOR US TO EXERCISE THAT CONTROL AND RECOGNIZE THAT WHAT'S BEST FOR US.

IT'S WHAT'S BEST FOR THE DISTRICT NEXT DOOR, AND THAT'S OKAY.

WE'RE ALL DIFFERENT, AND SO I'M GLAD THAT THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO USE THAT CONTROL RATHER THAN TO BE FORCED INTO A COOKIE CUTTER ONE SIZE SOLUTION THAT MAY NOT ALWAYS BE THE RIGHT SOLUTION FOR US, SO THANK YOU.

>> TRUSTEES, IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION? TRUSTEES, SEE NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE FOR THIS GROUP OF AMENDMENTS.

>> TRUSTEE FOREMAN, YOU DELIBERATING? WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO VOTE FOR, OKAY. THERE IT GOES.

THANK YOU. THE MOTION PASSES, EIGHT VOTING.

YES, ONE NOT PRESENT TO VOTE.

>> TRUSTEES, YOU JUST ADOPTED ITEM 8.06.

TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM 9.01,

[9. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS]

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TRUSTEES, THE FOLLOWING AGENDA ITEMS HAVE BEEN PULLED FOR A SEPARATE VOTE, 9.03, 9.45, 9.48 AND 9.53 WITH THE PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT 3, THE ACQUISITION OF LIBRARY MATERIALS ON THE DISTRICT OF INNOVATION PLAN, ITEM 9.07 IS BEING PULLED BY THE ADMINISTRATION.

ALSO, CONSENT ITEM 9.21 HAS BEEN PULLED FROM THE AGENDA ENTIRELY THIS EVENING.

WOULD TRUSTEES WHO PULLED ITEMS FOR A SEPARATE VOTE LIKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE ANY OF THEM BACK TO THE CONSENT AGENDA?

>> EXCUSE ME.

>> SURE.

>> YES. [INAUDIBLE] PLEASE.

>> THANK YOU. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE NUMBERS RIGHT.

IT WAS 9.03, 9.45, 9.46, 9.53.

NOW 9.07 BY THE ADMINISTRATION POLLS COMPLETELY FROM THE AGENDA WAS 9.08 AND 9.21.

>> SO 9.08 WAS ALSO PULLED ENTIRELY FROM TONIGHT'S AGENDA.

>> BY THE ADMINISTRATION.

>> PULLED FOR A SEPARATE VOTE, AGAIN, 9.03, 9.45, 9.46 AND 9.53.

>> AND?

>> AND 9.07.

>> YES.

>> EIGHT COMPLETELY.

>> THAT'S NOT.

>> WE HAVE MORE?

>> I'M SHOWING 9.03, 9.45, 9.46 AND 9.53.

THEN AND THEN 9.08 AND 9.21 WERE PULLED ENTIRELY.

>> CORRECTLY, AND 9.7, YOU JUST DIDN'T SAY THAT, BUT THAT WAS PULLED BECAUSE OF THE DOI AMENDMENT BEING APPROVED.

>> WE'RE VOTING ON FOUR ITEMS. SEPARATELY, CORRECT?

>> YES.

>> AGAIN, TRUSTEES WHO PULLED THE ITEMS FOR A SEPARATE VOTE, MOVE ANY OF THEM BACK TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

HEARING NONE, TRUSTEES, DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AS AMENDED?

>> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND.

>> TRUSTEES HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

TRUSTEES, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.

>> SORRY. WHO WAS THE SECOND?

>> CURRY.

>> THANK YOU.

>> TRUSTEE FOREMAN POP UP? THANK YOU. THE MOTION PASSES.

SEVEN VOTING, YES, ONE ABSTENTION, AND ONE NOT PRESENT TO VOTE.

>> TRUSTEES, YOU JUST ADOPTED THE MOTION APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA AS AMENDED.

TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO ITEMS PULLED FOR A SEPARATE VOTE, BEGINNING WITH 10.01,

[10. ITEMS PULLED FOR A SEPARATE VOTE]

TRUSTEES DO HAVE A MOTION.

>> MOVE TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND.

>> TRUSTEE HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECOND, TRUSTEES, IS THERE DISCUSSION?

>> YES.

>> TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

>> WELL, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'VE GOT THE RIGHT ITEM, AND I'M CORRECT.

THIS IS THE ITEM WITH THE NUMBER 39 THAT SAYS THE DISTRICT CAN FIRE TERMINATE AN EMPLOYMENT FOR ANY REASON, AND THAT IS ANY REASON THAT'S GERMANE TO THE DISTRICT, AND THAT GOES FOR ALL EMPLOYEES, NOT TEACHERS.

>> CORRECT. CHAPTER 21,

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>> ALL RIGHT THANK YOU. I WON'T BE SUPPORTING THAT, BUT THANK YOU.

>> FOR THE RECORD, THAT ITEM HAS BEEN LISTED, THOUGH.

THAT PARTICULAR 39 HAS BEEN ON THERE.

THAT'S NOT A REVISION.

I JUST WANT THAT CLARIFIED.

>> NICE.

>> JUST IS FURTHER DISCUSSION.

JUST SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.

>> THE MOTION PASSES EIGHT, VOTING YES. ONE, VOTING NO.

>> TRUSTEES, YOU JUST ADOPTED ITEM 10.01.

TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO ITEM 10.02, CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A MUTUALLY ACCEPTABLE AGREEMENT FOR THE TERMINATION OF THE EXISTING CONTRACT WITH CONOR RAIL CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK FOR THE ADDITION, RENOVATION OF WW SAMUEL HIGH SCHOOL.

FINAL RECONCILIATION, CHANGE ORDER WILL BE BROUGHT TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR APPROVAL WHEN ALL COSTS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AND FINAL PAYMENT MADE AT THAT TIME.

CONSENT ITEM 9.45, PULLED BY TRUSTEES FOREMAN AND TURNER, TRUSTEES DO HAVE A MOTION.

>> MOVE TO PROVE.

>> SECOND.

>> TRUSTEE HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECOND. TRUSTEES, IS THERE DISCUSSION?

>> YES.

>> TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

>> BRENT, I'M LOOKING AT YOUR RESPONSE, AND YOU SAID TO DATE, WE PAID 1.6 MILLION DOLLAR ON A 4.8 MILLION DOLLAR GPM1.

WHAT WAS THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF NOT JUST THE GPM1.

WHAT'S THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE FOR THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT?

>> RIGHT NOW, IT'S THE 4.9 MILLION.

>> RIGHT NOW, IT'S 4.9, BUT HOW MUCH HAVE WE SET ASIDE FOR THIS?

>> SORRY, I BUDGETED FOR $20 MILLION.

>> IT'S A $20 MILLION CONTRACT.

>> YOU'VE PAID OUT THE 1.5 MILLION DOLLAR?

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

>> DO YOU ANTICIPATE PAYING OUT THE FULL 4.8?

>> CLOSE TO IT.

I'M LOOKING AT HAVING A PRICE DEMO PACKAGE.

FOR ME, THAT WOULD RANGE BETWEEN 2-3 MILLION WHAT WE'RE ESTIMATING.

>> A DEMO PACKAGE IS WHAT?

>> DEMO OF THE BUILDING.

>> OH, A DEMO OF THE BUILDING?

>> CORRECT.

>> WAS THAT A PART OF THE 4.8?

>> YES, IT WOULD BE ENTITLED AT GMP.

>> GMP1?

>> CORRECT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> TRUSTEES FURTHER DISCUSSION. TRUSTEE GARCIA.

>> FOR THIS ONE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THINKING THROUGH AND BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE.

I KNOW THIS WAS IN OUR POWERPOINT PREVIOUSLY PRESENTED BY OUR SUPERINTENDENT, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO BUILD ON A BUILDING THAT HAS SEVERAL ISSUES, AND OF COURSE, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO STOP REEVALUATE AND CREATE SOMETHING BETTER SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT FOR OUR KIDS.

>> FURTHER DISCUSSION. TRUSTEE SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.

>> THE MOTION PASSES EIGHT VOTING, YES, WITH ONE ABSTENTION.

>> TRUSTEES JUST ADOPTED ITEM 10.02.

TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO ITEM 10.03, CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE APPROVAL OF THE INTER LOCAL COOPERATION CONTRACT OF THE URBAN LAND BANK DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM FOR A FIVE YEAR TERM.

NO FUNDING REQUIRED.

CONSENT ITEM 9.46 APPROVED BY TRUSTEES FOREMAN AND TURNER.

TRUSTEES TO HAVE A MOTION. MOVE TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND.

>> TRUSTEES HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECOND.

TRUSTEES IS THEIR DISCUSSION?

>> YES.

>> TRUSTEE FOREMAN.

>> I GUESS AT THE BRIEFING, I ASKED THE QUESTION ABOUT THE PROPERTIES THAT WERE SOLD WHEN WE DID NOT HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THE CITY.

THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE LISTED,

[02:10:02]

>> NO, MA'AM. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE CONTRACT.

>> WHAT WAS THE DATE OF THE CONTRACT?

>> THE BOARD APPROVED THE LAST CONTRACT WAS APPROVED ON SEPTEMBER 26TH OF 2024.

>> IT WENT TO?

>> IT WAS FROM THE DATES WERE FROM OCTOBER 1, 2023 TO SEPTEMBER 30 OF 2024.

>> WHEN I LOOK AT THESE PROPERTIES THAT WERE SOLD, THEY WERE SOLD IN 2025.

DID WE HAVE A CONTRACT AT THAT AT THE TIME?

>> THE PROPERTIES LISTED, YES.

IT WAS FROM THE PREVIOUS CONTRACT THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD IN WHICH WAS BACK DATED.

IT WAS APPROVED IN AUGUST 24TH OF 2023.

THAT WAS A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT.

>> IT WAS A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT. BACK THEN.

>> COULD I HAVE A COPY OF THAT CONTRACT?

>> SURE.

>> THANK YOU.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME.

>> TRUSTEE WEINBERG.

>> OKAY.

>> NOTHING, OKAY? TRUSTEES FURTHER DISCUSSION.

TRUSTEES SEE NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.

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

>> TRUSTEES JUST ADOPTED ITEM 10.03.

TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO ITEM 10.04.

CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO AMEND PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED ITEM 9.05 OR THE MAY 22ND, 2025 MINUTES BY STRIKING THE TEXT FOR ACCESS TO THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY LOG AND TL AND INSERTING JACOB CORTEZ ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF EVALUATION AND ASSESSMENT AS THE PRIMARY APPROVER WITH AUTHORITY TO APPROVE REQUESTS FOR ALL TL APPLICATIONS FOR THE ORGANIZATION AND EZO, AND CHRISTINA CAMPOS AND SEQUA MARK AS THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS ALTERNATE APPROVERS CONSENT ITEM 9.53 PULLED DUE TO NEW ITEM.

TRUSTEES, DO I HAVE A MOTION?

>> MOVE TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND.

>> TRUSTEES HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

TRUSTEES, IS THERE A DISCUSSION? TRUSTEES, I SEE NO DISCUSSION.

>> SEEING NO DISCUSSION, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

>> THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUS.

>> TRUSTEES ADOPTED ITEM 10.04.

TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM 14 ADJOURNMENT.

THE TIME IS 8:00 PM, AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.