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>> GOOD AFTERNOON, AND WELCOME TO THE BOARD BRIEFING A MEETING OF THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
IF YOU'RE ABLE, PLEASE STAND AND JOIN US FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND A SALUTE TO THE TEXAS FLIGHT.
>> THE FOLLOWING TRUSTEES ARE EITHER PHYSICALLY PRESENT OR PARTICIPATING SIMULTANEOUSLY BY VIDEO CONFERENCE.
A QUORUM OF THE BOARD IS PHYSICALLY PRESENT AT THIS LOCATION.TRUSTEE FOR DISTRICT 1, LANCE CURRIE, DISTRICT 2, SARAH WEINBERG, DISTRICT 3, DAN MICCICHE, DISTRICT 4, PRISMA GARCIA, DISTRICT 5, BYRON SANDERS.
I KNOW DISTRICT 6, JOYCE FOREMAN WAS IN THE BUILDING.
DISTRICT 7, BEN MACKEY, DISTRICT 9, ED TURNER.
OUR SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, DR. ELIZALDE WILL JOIN US HERE MOMENTARILY.
AND I'M JOE CARREON BOARD PRESIDENT AND TRUSTEE FOR DISTRICT 8.
THIS MEETING WILL BE AVAILABLE SIMULTANEOUSLY IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH AT DALLASISD.ORG.
[SPANISH] IN ORDER FOR THE BOARD TO HOLD THIS MEETING IN AN EFFECTIVE MANNER, I WANT TO LET IT BE KNOWN THAT THIS MEETING WILL BE CONDUCTED IN ORDLY 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 REBUTANT, AND THEREBY CURTAIL THE EXERCISE OF OTHERS FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
SPEAKERS ARE CAUTION THAT WHAT THEY SAY COULD VIOLATE THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS ON THE LAW OF DEFAMATION OR INVASION OF PRIVACY, AND IF THEY ARE UNSURE THE LEGAL EFFECT OF THEIR REMARKS, THEY MAY WANT TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE PRIOR TO THE UTTERANCE.
ANY PERSON WHO BECOMES BOISTEROUS, DISRUPTIVE, OR FAILS TO ABIDE BY THE RULES OF THIS ASSEMBLY, WHILE ADDRESSING THE BOARD OR WHILE ATTENDING THIS MEETING, SHALL BE ASKED TO LEAVE.
FAILURE TO LEAVE WHEN REQUESTED TO DO SO MAY RESULT IN THE PERSON BEING ESCORTED FROM THE MEETING AND SUBJECT TO ARREST.
TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM 3: RECOGNITION OF ELECTED OFFICIALS.
I DON'T THINK THERE ARE ANY IN THE AUDIENCE.
[4. PUBLIC FORUM]
TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM 4: PUBLIC FORUM.AGENDA NOW CALLS FOR THE PUBLIC FORUM SEGMENT OF OUR MEETING.
WE HAVE SPEAKERS TO AGENDA AND NON AGENDA ITEMS. I'M ASKING SPEAKERS TO BE MINDFUL OF CHILDREN THAT ARE IN ATTENDANCE.
CHILDREN AND UNWILLING ADULT RECIPIENT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN ATTENDANCE AT THIS MEETING SHOULD NOT BE EXPOSED TO LEWD, FILTHY, VULGAR OBSCENE, OR EXPLICIT LANGUAGE FROM SPEAKERS.
SPEAKERS THAT INSIST ON EXPOSING THE PUBLIC TO THIS LANGUAGE SHALL BE ASKED TO LEAVE IMMEDIATELY.
FURTHER, PLEASE BE MINDFUL OF YOUR FELLOW SPEAKERS AND REFRAIN FROM USING INDIVIDUALS NAMES, TO INCLUDE STUDENTS' NAMES OR TO ADDRESS THE BOARD AND NOT INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEES.
THE DISTRICT HAS ADOPTED PROCEDURES TO HEAR AND ADDRESS COMPLAINTS ABOUT SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS, AND IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT SPEAKERS AVAIL THEMSELVES TO THE GRIEVANCE POLICY TO SEEK RELIEF VIA THOSE PROCEDURES.
AUDIENCE, I'M ASKING YOU NOT TO ENGAGE IN CONDUCT THAT WILL DISRUPT THE MEETING.
RULES OF ORDER AND DECORUM WILL BE ENFORCED DURING THE PUBLIC MEETING PERIOD TO ENSURE EFFICIENT MEETINGS.
UNLAWFUL OR DISRUPTIVE CONDUCT, INCLUDING INTERRUPTING SCHEDULED SPEAKERS, SPEAKING OUT OF TURN.
CROSSING THE ROPED OFF BARRIERS OR INTERFERING WITH THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.
EACH PARTICIPANT IS LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENT AND CONSEQUENCES OF HIS OR HER OWN STATEMENTS.
SPEAKERS, PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT SUBSTITUTIONS ARE NOT ALLOWED.
IF YOU SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, YOU CANNOT SPEAK ON BEHALF OF SOMEONE ELSE.
SPEAKERS WHO FAILED TO ADHERE TO THIS RULE WILL BE INTERRUPTED AND INFORM YOUR COMMENTS, RIGHT OF ORDER.
DR. JORDAN, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE NAMES OF OUR SPEAKERS.
I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND THE SPEAKERS THAT YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
WHEN YOU ARRIVE AT THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
ANNA ROSSAN, FOLLOWED BY JONATHAN COLE RANGLE. ANNA ROSSAN.
TONIGHT, YOU'LL BE ASKED TO VOTE TO DELAY TEACHER CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
LET'S BE HONEST ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS.
IT DELAYS QUALIFIED INSTRUCTION FOR ENTIRE GENERATION OF STUDENTS.
MEANWHILE, TOO MANY CERTIFIED ADMINISTRATORS ARE STILL MISSING THE EARLY SCIENCE OF LEARNING DIFFERENCES.
WHEN LEADERSHIP LACKS THAT UNDERSTANDING, THEY CAN EFFECTIVELY GUIDE THE TEACHERS DOING THE DAY TO DAY WORK IN CLASSROOMS. THAT IS WHY CERTIFICATION IS CRITICAL.
IT ENSURES THAT EVERY EDUCATOR FROM THE CLASSROOM TO CENTRAL OFFICE HAS THE KNOWLEDGE TO RECOGNIZE AND RESPOND TO DIVERSE LEARNING NEEDS.
WHEN THAT UNDERSTANDING IS MISSING, IT ISN'T A PROCEDURAL ISSUE.
IT'S A FAILURE OF LEADERSHIP AND OVERSIGHT.
IT BECOMES A SYSTEMIC ISSUE, ONE THAT WILL ONLY CONTINUE TO GROW AND SHAPE THE FUTURE OF OUR SOCIETY.
KIDS LIKE MY SON WILL KEEP GOING THROUGH CLASSROOM ABUSE IF Y'ALL DECIDE TO EXTEND THIS.
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IT'S NOT JUST A POLICY.IT'S WHAT HAPPENS TO REAL CHILDREN WHEN ADULTS KEEP PROTECTING THE SYSTEM INSTEAD OF FIXING IT.
TOO MANY ADMINISTRATORS FOCUS ON STAYING COMPLIANT TO THE STATE, CHECKING BOXES, MEETING DEADLINES, BUT NOT TRULY CARING ABOUT THE STUDENTS.
THOSE POLICIES ARE SUPPOSED TO PROTECT.
IT'S TIME TO STOP COVERING UP FAILURES AND START ENSURING THAT OUR LEADERS TRULY UNDERSTAND THE STUDENTS THEY SERVE, BECAUSE COMPLIANCE WITHOUT COMPASSION ISN'T LEADERSHIP, IT'S MAINTENANCE. [INAUDIBLE]
WE'LL TURN NOW OUT OF ORDER AND RETIRE A CLOSED SESSION AFTER ITEM 10.
AFTER THE STATUTORY ITEMS, AFTER WE'RE BRIEFED ON THOSE ITEMS. IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, WE'LL NOW MOVE TO ITEM 6,
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WHICH IS VISION AND PROGRESS MONITORING TRUSTEE, SPECIFICALLY 6A TO 2025, 2026 CONSTRAINT PROGRESS MEASURES 4.1, 4.2. SUPERINTENDENT?>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CARREON, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I'M GOING TO GO AND TURN THIS OVER TO OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, EDUARDO RAMOS.
>> GOOD EVENING. PRESIDENT CARREON, SUPERINTENDENT ELIZALDE, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO HEAR THE '25, '26 CONSTRAINT PROGRESS MEASURES, SPECIFICALLY 4.1 AND 4.2.
I AM HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE DID MEET BOTH CONSTRAINT PROGRESS MEASURES 4.1 AND 4.2.
4.1, THE ANNUAL AUDIT CONCLUDED WITH ZERO FINDINGS, SAME AS THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
CONSTRAINT PROGRESS MEASURES 4.2.
THE DISTRICT DID RECEIVE A FIRST RATING OF SUPERIOR, AND THAT IS THE HIGHEST RATING AVAILABLE.
AS FAR AS THE ANNUAL AUDIT, THIS IS PRELIMINARY.
THE ANNUAL AUDIT STILL HAS TO BE PRESENTED TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED NEXT WEEK.
THEN THE BOARD WILL VOTE ON THE FINAL REPORT AT THE NOVEMBER REGULAR BOARD MEETING.
SPECIFICALLY, THESE CONSTRAINTS DO MEASURE THE DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL SOLVENCY.
WITH REGARDS TO 4.1, THE ANNUAL AUDIT SHALL HAVE AN UNQUALIFIED OPINION, AND SPECIFICALLY, WHAT THAT STATES IS THAT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS WILL BE FAIRLY AND APPROPRIATELY PRESENTED.
THE DETAILED REPORT, AGAIN, WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE NEXT WEEK, AND THEN THE FINAL REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE ENTIRE BOARD AT THE NOVEMBER REGULAR MEETING.
CONSTRAINT 4.2, THE ANNUAL SUPERIOR SCHOOL TAS FIRST RATING SHALL HAVE A SUPERIOR RATING, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST RATING.
THIS FIRST RATING WILL BE PRESENTED AT THE NOVEMBER BOARD MEETING AT A PUBLIC MEETING SPECIFICALLY RIGHT BEFORE THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING AS WELL.
WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS TO ENSURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO COMPLY WITH THESE PROGRESS MEASURES? TO ENSURE THAT WE DO CONTINUE TO COMPLY WITH THESE CONSTRAINTS.
THE FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE INTERNAL AUDIT DEPARTMENT ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO ENSURE WE CONTINUE WITH STRONG INTERNAL CONTROLS AND OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES.
ALSO THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT PROCESS, WE WILL BE EXPANDING THAT WITHIN THE BUDGETING PROCESS BY LOWERING THE PROGRAMMATIC COST, MONITORING THRESHOLD TO 300,000 AND ABOVE.
PRIOR TO THAT, WE HAD A THRESHOLD OF $1 MILLION AND ABOVE.
ALSO, LEADERSHIP WILL WORK TO REDUCE CURRENT YEAR BUDGET DEFICIT TO ENSURE THAT WE MAINTAIN OUR REQUIRED LOCAL POLICY OF THREE MONTHS OF UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE, AGAIN, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REMAIN FINANCIALLY STABLE AS A DISTRICT.
FINANCIAL AND PAYROLL EXPENDITURE PROJECTIONS WILL BE MONITORED MONTHLY VIA AN AUTOMATED DASHBOARD TO ENSURE THE DISTRICT IS ON TRACK TO END THE YEAR BETTER THAN PROJECTED.
HISTORICALLY, WE HAVE DONE THIS MANUALLY.
THE GOAL IS NOW TO DO THIS VIA AN AUTOMATED PROCESS.
>> THANK YOU. TRUSTEES, QUESTIONS. TRUSTEE MICCICHE.
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>> I JUST WANT TO COMPLIMENT THE TEAM ON THE AUDIT RESULTS ONCE AGAIN.
THE AUDIT RESULTS ARE AS GOOD AS THEY CAN BE, AND I DO REMEMBER A TIME WHEN WE WOULD HAVE DOUBLE DIGIT FINDINGS OF SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES AND MATERIAL WEAKNESSES, AND THE FACT THAT WE HAVE FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME NOW, NOT HAD ANY FINDINGS SHOWS HOW FAR THIS DISTRICT HAS COME IN TERMS OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF TAXPAYER MONEY.
MY COMPLIMENTS TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM AND TO SOME OF YOUR PREDECESSORS, AND, OF COURSE, TO THE LEADERSHIP TEAM HERE. THANK YOU.
>> ECHOING THAT, THIS HAS BEEN FOR A LONG TIME, SOME REALLY GREAT WORK, AND YOU'VE CONTINUED THAT TRADITION, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. THANK YOU FOR THE UPGRADES HERE.
I DON'T THINK IT'S A SURPRISE THAT I THINK THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT PROCESS THAT WE LOOK AT AND TO DETERMINE WHAT'S WORKING, WHAT'S NOT WORKING, AND MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS IS ONE OF THE STRONGEST THINGS WE DO.
I'M ACTUALLY INTERESTED TO KNOW WHAT IMPACT DO YOU THINK BY LOWERING THE THRESHOLD TO 300,000 WILL HAVE, AT SOME POINT, MY GUT, AND I'LL JUST TELL YOU WHERE I'M COMING FROM, IS 300,000 IS A BIG NUMBER, CERTAINLY.
BUT FOR A $2 BILLION DISTRICT, 300,000 IS NOT A HUGE NUMBER.
I WONDER, AT WHAT POINT IS IT TOO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE'RE EVALUATING INSTEAD OF OUR BIG BET.
I WOULD ACTUALLY EXPECT US TO GO THE OTHER WAY HERE.
THIS IS A BIG BET ON PRE-K. WE'RE PUTTING IN $25 MILLION INTO IT AND SPEND MORE TIME DIVING INTO THOSE AS OPPOSED TO DOING A LOT OF LITTLE ONES.
I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE PROCESS HERE AND WHAT YOU ALL ARE THINKING ABOUT THAT AND WHY YOU MADE THAT CHOICE.
>> WE'VE BEEN UNDERTAKING THE ROI PROCESS PROBABLY OVER FOUR YEARS NOW.
IT STARTED WITH THE LARGE ITEMS, AND SO WE BELIEVE WE'VE BECOME PRETTY SOPHISTICATED AND FOLLOWING THE DATA.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO DO IS NOW THAT WE HAVE A PRETTY ROBUST PROCESS AND FOLLOWING THE NUMBERS AND THE DATA, AND ALSO LOOKING AT THE ACADEMIC PROGRESS MEASURES, WE WANTED TO LOWER THAT NUMBER NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF THE SOPHISTICATION OF THE PROCESS, BUT ALSO BECAUSE OUR BUDGET IS BECOMING TIGHTER, AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BROUGHT THAT NUMBER DOWN TO MAKE SOME TOUGHER DECISIONS AND LOOK AT SMALLER NUMBERS BECAUSE OF THE TIGHTNESS OF THE BUDGET.
>> DO YOU ANTICIPATE WHEN YOU HAVE SOME THAT ARE A $50 MILLION EXPENSE AND SOME THAT ARE $300,000 EXPENSE? ARE YOU GOING TO LOOK DIFFERENTLY AT THE $50 MILLION EXPENSE OR MORE IN DEPTH VERSUS THE 300,000 OR HOW ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT THAT?
>> WE WILL START WITH THE LARGER DOLLAR ITEMS, AGAIN, AND THEN LOOKING AT THE COST PER STUDENT, BUT ONE OF THE GOALS THAT WE LOOK AT IS WE FOCUS MORE ON THE STUDENT OUTCOMES.
IF WE SEE THAT A PROGRAM IS WORKING AND IT'S BENEFITING OUR STUDENTS, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON, AND THEN WE GO BACKWARDS AND WHAT PROGRAMS ARE NOT BENEFITING OUR STUDENTS, AND THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE START FOCUSING ON TO LOOK AT DISSOLVING.
>> I DON'T KNOW OF ANOTHER DISTRICT THAT DOES WHAT WE DO AND WHAT YOUR TEAM DOES, SO KUDOS Y'ALL FOR DOING THIS WORK AND REALLY THINKING OF IT LIKE THAT, MY $0.2 AS A BOARD MEMBER AS I THINK ABOUT THE BUDGET.
THERE'S SOMETIMES THERE CAN BE TOO MUCH INFORMATION FOR ME AS I'M DIVING THROUGH THESE THINGS, SO I TRUST YOU ON HOW YOU THINK ABOUT, LOVE THAT YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT ALL OF THESE THINGS.
WHAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR ME AS WE COME INTO BUDGET PROCESS IS NOT NECESSARILY EVERYTHING.
BUT THE ONES THAT ARE FIVE MILLION ABOVE, THESE BIG BETS OF COLLEGE ACCESS PROVIDERS OR PRE-K OR THIS AND THAT TO SEE, LIKE WHAT THOSE ARE AND DIVE MORE INTO THAT.
I DON'T WANT YOU TO FEEL LIKE FROM MY PERSPECTIVE THAT I WOULD WANT TO SEE ALL THE $300,000 ONES.
THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THAT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING HOW IT CONTINUES.
>> THANK YOU. TRUSTEES FOR THE DISCUSSION? SEE NOTHING FURTHER, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> TRUSTEES, IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, WE'LL ACTUALLY BEGIN WITH AGENDA ITEM 7B,
[7. INFORMATION/REPORTS]
UNDER INFORMATION REPORT 7B, THE SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE QUARTERLY REPORT.>> MS. PARTI AND I WILL REPRESENT THIS QUARTER REPORT TODAY.
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>> FIRST, WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE OUR SBE IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE.
IN THE UPDATES, I'LL JUST ONE OF THEM, I'LL HIGHLIGHT IS OUR PERFORMANCE MEASURES.
IF YOU CAN SEE THOSE, AND YOU'LL SEE THE OTHER UPDATES ALSO.
NEXT SLIDE. WE'RE VERY EXCITED.
WE ON SEPTEMBER THE 9TH, WE HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL VENDOR EXPO.
WE HAD 27 OF THE DISTRICT'S DEPARTMENTS TO PARTICIPATE.
EACH HAD THEIR OWN BOOTH, WHICH IS REALLY NICE.
WE HAD 449 OF OUR SMALL BUSINESS VENDORS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE EVENT.
OUR GOAL WAS TO INTRODUCE OUR VENDORS TO THE END USERS, STAFF MEMBERS, AND WHERE OUR HOPE IS BASED ON THIS EVENT, THAT BASED ON THEM MEETING TOGETHER, COORDINATING AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO SEE A INCREASE IN THE UTILIZATION OF SMALL BUSINESSES IN OUR DISTRICT.
NEXT MS. PARTI WILL PRESENT OUR DATA.
>> THANK YOU, MR. WILLIAMS. TRUSTEES, DR. LEAR, I WILL SHARE WITH YOU THE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS FOR OUR SBE QUARTER REPORT.
IT IS THE FIRST QUARTER FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, AND THE SLIDE BEFORE YOU IS THE 2020 BOND PROGRAM.
OF COURSE, THE BOARD APPROVED SBE GOAL FOR CONSTRUCTION IS 30 PERCENT FOR THE RESPECTIVE QUARTER AND CUMULATIVE TO DATE, OUR UTILIZATION IS ACTUALLY 57.59 PERCENT.
THE BOARD APPROVED GOAL FOR OUR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES IS 35 PERCENT.
HOWEVER, OUR UTILIZATION IS ROUGHLY 35 PERCENT, IS 34.76 PERCENT.
AS WE CONTINUE ON WITH THE SLIDE BEFORE YOU, IT IS THE CMAR, CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK.
IT IS ALL OF THE PROCUREMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN PROCURED THROUGH THE CMAR METHODOLOGY.
WE'VE IDENTIFIED THE PURCHASE ORDERS BEFORE YOU, THE SCHOOLS, AS WELL AS THE CMAR CONTRACTORS.
THE GOAL IS 30 PERCENT, AND THE ACTUAL UTILIZATION IS 52.78 PERCENT.
THE NEXT SLIDE BEFORE YOU IS ACTUALLY A QUICK OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE INITIATIVES THAT WE'RE WORKING ON TO ACHIEVE OUR NUMERICAL SBE GOAL FOR GOODS AND SERVICES.
THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF OUR CHALLENGING AREAS.
WE'VE BEEN DOING THINGS SUCH AS INTERNAL MARKETING AND OUTREACH, WEBINARS, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES, WORKING WITH OUR EXECUTIVE LEADERS TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S A TOP DOWN SUPPORT FOR SBE UTILIZATION.
WE ALSO HAVE IDEA OR WHERE WE ARE WORKING WITH SOME OF THE LARGE VENDORS TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF THE DISTRICT'S SBE GOAL AND TO ENCOURAGE THEIR SUPPORT TO UTILIZE CERTIFIED SMALL BUSINESSES.
THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS THE ACTUAL UTILIZATION IN THE AREA OF GOODS AND SERVICES.
THE FIRST SLIDE BEFORE YOU AT THE TOP IS FUND 199.
WE HAVE A BOARD ESTABLISHED GOAL OF 30 PERCENT.
THE ACTUAL UTILIZATION IS 17.15 PERCENT.
THE NEXT ONE IS DISTRICT WIDE GOALS.
HOWEVER, IT EXCLUDES ANY OF THE BOND FUNDS.
AGAIN, A GOAL OF 30 PERCENT, AND OUR ACTUAL UTILIZATION IS 15.59 PERCENT.
MR. WILLIAMS AND I HAVE IDENTIFIED BY ORG THE SBE UTILIZATION, AND WE'RE WORKING INTERNALLY TO EDUCATE, TRAIN, ENCOURAGE, AND MOTIVATE OUR INTERNAL TEAM MEMBERS TO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE UTILIZATION.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR STATISTICAL ANALYSIS, AND WE'RE NOW OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, TRUSTEES. TRUSTEE SANDERS.
>> ONE, AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH, MR. WILLIAMS, MS. PARTI, FOR YOUR WORK.
ALSO, THANK YOU FOR THE INVITATIONS TO BE ABLE TO COME OUT AND HELP SPREAD THE WORD.
I KNOW I'VE BEEN MOVING AND SEPTEMBER 9TH WAS A BIRTHDAY. IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
I'M GOING TO COME, AND I CAN'T WAIT TO BE ABLE TO DO SO.
KUDOS FOR THE SUCCESS, PARTICULARLY ALONG THE BOND UTILIZATION.
YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU HAD SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE PUSHING OUT.
HAVE YOU SEEN ANY OF THE STRATEGIES IN THE PLACES WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO INCREASE OUR PARTICIPATION, HAVE YOU SEEN SOME THINGS HAVE BETTER YIELD THAN OTHERS IN OUR EFFORT TO DRIVE OUR PARTICIPATION IN SOME OF THE OTHER PLACES THAT WE'RE SEEING?
>> SOME OF THE AREAS WHERE WE WENT IN AND DID AN AUDIT OF
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THOSE COMPANIES THAT HAVE PROPOSED TO UTILIZE SBE SUBCONTRACTORS.BY WORKING WITH THEM, BRINGING IT TO THEIR ATTENTION, REMINDING THEM OF THE POLICY, AND ALSO GIVING THEM A REMINDER OF THE METHOD TO REPORT THAT SUBCONTRACTOR UTILIZATION HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE.
ANOTHER AREAS WHERE COMPANIES THAT ARE NOT SBE CERTIFIED.
BY HAND HOLDING THEM, WALKING THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS, ENCOURAGING THEM TO BECOME CERTIFIED, AND IN MANY CASES JUST A DAY BY DAY INTERACTION WITH THEM, HAS YIELDED SOME PARTICIPATION AS WELL.
THOSE TWO AREAS HAVE BEEN HELPFUL TO US.
>> THANK YOU. JUST WANT TO SAY, AGAIN, EVEN THOUGH I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO COME TO THE MEETINGS, I DO WANT TO CONTINUE TO BE A ASSET AND I ADVOCATE TO GET MORE PARTICIPANTS TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS TO BECOME SBE CERTIFIED, AS WELL.
HOWEVER, I CAN HELP AND BE A VOICE IN THE COMMUNITY, PLEASE, DON'T HESITATE TO RING THE BELL.
>> YES, THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS PRESENTATION, AND I CAN SAY, JOB WELL DONE, AND EVEN THOUGH WE'RE FALLING A LITTLE BIT SHORT OF A FEW OF OUR GOALS, MY QUESTION IS, WHAT ARE SOME SMALL THINGS THAT WE CAN DO AS TRUSTEES TO ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION FOR SMALL BUSINESSES ON THE CAMPUSES THAT WE REPRESENT?
>> WELL, BASICALLY, WE HAVE A REPORT THIS DIVIDED BY ELEMENTARY MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL. WE HAVE THAT.
WE HAVE THE REPORT AS FAR AS SBE UTILIZATION FOR EVERY DEPARTMENT IN THE DISTRICT OR WHATEVER.
WE HAVE THAT, AND LIKE MS. PARTI SAID, WE ATTEND A LOT OF THE EVENTS, ETC, THE BUSINESS ACADEMIES.
WE PRESENT EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE TO THE OFFICE MANAGERS, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS, DIRECTORS, ETC, THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.
THAT'S WHAT WE DO ON AN ONGOING BASIS TO TRY TO ENCOURAGE THEM AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW THAT WE GIVE THEM THE RESOURCES TO MAKE IT VERY SIMPLE WITH OUR DIRECTORY OF CERTIFIED VENDORS.
WE GIVE THEM THAT, SO THEY HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED.
THEN WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE WHERE WE HAD CHIEF HEWETT ALLOWED US TO SPEAK TO THE PRINCIPALS LAST YEAR AT THE PRINCIPALS MEETING.
WHAT WE ASKED THEM TO DO IS JUST MAKE A COMMITMENT TO 30 PERCENT UTILIZATION.
YOU CAN SPEND 70 PERCENT WITH OFFICE DEPOT OR WHOEVER, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.
BUT WE HAVE VENDORS OFFERED THE SAME THINGS, THE SAME PRODUCTS AND SERVICES OR WHATEVER.
WE JUST TRY TO GET THEM TO CHANGE FROM A HABIT OF USING SOME OF THE LARGER VENDORS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE IT REAL EASY FOR THEM TO USE THE SMALL BUSINESSES.
>> I WOULD SAY, ALSO, AS BOARD MEMBERS, TO JUST ENCOURAGE THEM TO UTILIZE SBE AND OCCASIONALLY ASK THEM, ARE THEY FAMILIAR WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE POLICY AND PROGRAM? WHEN THEY DO WELL, GIVE THEM A SHOUT OUT AT THE BOARD MEETING, I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL AS WELL.
>> AWESOME. A LOT OF THIS WORK IS REALLY DONE BY THE OFFICE MANAGERS, IS THAT FAIR TO SAY? IS THAT THE ONE THAT MAKES THE ORDERS FOR THE SUPPLIES?
>> IN A LOT OF TIMES, THE OFFICE MANAGER ARE RECEIVING THAT INFORMATION FROM SOMEONE ELSE.
THEY ARE THE CONDUIT BETWEEN THE PERSONS THAT ARE WANTING THOSE OR HAVE THAT NEED TO THE ACTUAL COMPANIES TO ORDER FROM.
THEY ARE A KEY, AND THEY HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL.
>> THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
>> AS ALWAYS, I THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE WORK YOU'VE DONE FOR YEARS.
THIS IS PROBABLY THE STRONGEST SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM GOVERNMENTAL IN DALLAS AND MAYBE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT TO CERTIFY AS SBES, AND YOU CAN'T COUNT THEIR NUMBERS, DO THEY GIVE ANY SPECIFIC REASONS WHY THEY DON'T WANT TO CERTIFY?
>> WE HAVE A NUMBER OF THE VENDORS.
THEY'RE HESITANT TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.
SOME DON'T REALLY LIKE REVEALING ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT'S BEING REQUESTED.
BUT THE VARIOUS CERTIFICATION AGENCIES ARE WORKING WITH US TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE VENDORS TO BECOME CERTIFIED.
THEY'RE HOLDING THEIR HANDS, AND MS. PARTI AND OUR TEAM WORK WITH THEM AND SO THEREFORE, WE'RE DOING THAT.
WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CERTIFICATION AGENCIES AND CONSTANTLY TALKING WITH THEM TO LET THEM KNOW THAT IT'S TO THEIR ADVANTAGE TO BECOME CERTIFIED.
>> HOW MANY CERTIFICATION AGENCIES DO WE INTERACT WITH? DO WE KNOW?
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>> I WOULD GIVE A ROUGH GUESSTIMATE TO SAY PROBABLY AT LEAST 10.
>> THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. THEN JUST FOR MY OWN INFORMATION, THESE POP UP MEETINGS THAT WE'VE HAD.
YOU'VE HAD 10 POP UP MEETINGS.
HOW WELL DID THEY GO AND WHO ALL PARTICIPATED?
>> THE POP UP MEETINGS WERE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE JUST TRYING BECAUSE WE SAW THERE WAS A INDUSTRY TREND.
WE HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL WITH THOSE POP UP MEETINGS.
HOWEVER, IT COULD BE ANYONE FROM THE COMMUNITY.
ANY BUSINESS COULD PARTICIPATE IN THOSE.
I WOULD SAY IN ONE OCCASION, WE MAY HAVE HAD 40 PLUS PEOPLE TO ATTEND.
IT WAS JUST AN INITIATIVE THAT WE WERE TRYING BASED UPON WHAT WE SEE SOME OF THE OTHER TYPE OF ORGANIZATIONS DOING.
IT HAS BEEN PRETTY SUCCESSFUL, BUT WHAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO IS DETERMINE IF WE'VE RECEIVED A RETURN ON OUR INVESTMENT.
HOW MANY ARE REGISTERING, HOW MANY ARE BIDDING, HOW MANY ARE WINNING AND WHAT THOSE DOLLARS LOOK LIKE?
>> YOU'VE BEEN AROUND ME TOO LONG, YOU KNOW THAT'S WHERE I WAS GOING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK.
>> TRUSTEES, FURTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING NOTHING FURTHER, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
TRUSTEES, WILL NOW RETURN TO ITEM 7A, THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT ON THE CITIZENS BOND STEERING COMMITTEE UPDATE. DR. LUSK.
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CARREON.
THE TEAM WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE AS TO WHERE THE PROGRESS OF THE PLANNING AND DISCUSSION OF THE POSSIBILITY OF OUR FUTURE BONDS.
DREXELL OWUSU, WE APPRECIATE YOU AND BRENT WOODFORD.
HEY, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU, CHIEF.
I WANT TO SAY EL ZONTE IS UP THERE, BUT YOU'RE THERE.
[OVERLAPPING] GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY.
MY NAME IS DREXELL OWUSU FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO, ACTUALLY, I DO KNOW MOST OF YOU.
I'M THE PARENT OF ONE RECENT DALLAS ISD GRADUATE AND TWO CURRENT DALLAS ISD STUDENTS.
I ALSO HAVE THE HONOR OF BEING THE CHAIR OF THE 2020 CITIZEN BOND STEERING COMMITTEE.
SINCE THIS SPRING, MORE THAN 70 COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS HAVE COME TOGETHER, PARENTS, EDUCATORS, BUSINESS LEADERS, NEIGHBORS TO UNITE AROUND ONE BELIEF THAT EVERY CHILD IN DALLAS DESERVES TO LEARN IN AN ENVIRONMENT WORTHY OF THEIR POTENTIAL.
TOGETHER, WE'VE DEVELOPED AND WE'VE DEVOTED THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEER HOURS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DALLAS ISD STAFF, CAREFULLY REVIEWING AND ASSESSING EACH OF THE 230 OR SO CAMPUSES AND FACILITIES ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
THROUGH DOZENS OF COMMITTEE SESSIONS, WE'VE EXAMINED WHAT'S WORKING, WHAT'S NOT, AND WHAT'S NEXT, IDENTIFYING THE NEEDS AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL SHAPE OUR SCHOOLS FOR THE NEXT GENERATION.
I WANT TO PAUSE REALLY QUICKLY AND JUST THANK EVERYBODY WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED, BOTH STAFF AND CITIZENS ALIKE FOR SHOWING UP, LEANING IN, AND GIVING OF THEIR TIME, EXPERTISE, AND HEART TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A REALLY THOROUGH PROCESS.
AS WE MOVE FORWARD, OUR CHARGE WILL BECOME EVEN MORE FOCUSED.
IN THE COMING MONTHS, THE CITIZEN BOND STEERING COMMITTEE WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH THIS BOARD TO TAKE THE BROAD LIST OF IDENTIFIED NEEDS AND REFINE IT INTO A FORMAL RECOMMENDATION.
ONE THAT IS VISIONARY, YET RESPONSIBLE, AMBITIOUS, YET GROUNDED IN DATA AND OPPORTUNITY.
OUR PROCESS WILL REMAIN TRANSPARENT, INCLUSIVE, AND DELIBERATE.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO BRIEF YOU REGULARLY AND ENSURE THAT THIS EFFORT REFLECTS THE VOICES OF THE ENTIRE DALLAS COMMUNITY.
I'M REALLY GRATEFUL TO DISTRICT LEADERSHIP, INCLUDING CHIEF ALFRED AND BATES, AS WELL AS THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE ENTIRE DALLAS ISD TEAM FOR BEING TRUSTED PARTNERS IN THIS IMPORTANT ENDEAVOR.
LASTLY, BEFORE I HAND THINGS OVER TO CHIEF ALFRED, I'D LIKE TO SHARE BRIEFLY WHAT MOTIVATES ME AND WHAT I BELIEVE MOTIVATES MANY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CITIZEN BOND STEERING COMMITTEE ON THIS WORK.
FIRST, WE BELIEVE THAT THE QUALITY OF OUR CLASSROOMS AND FACILITIES MUST MATCH, IF NOT ELEVATE THE QUALITY OF INSTRUCTION HAPPENING WITHIN THEM.
OUR TEACHERS ARE DOING REMARKABLE WORK, AND OUR STUDENTS DESERVE SPACES THAT INSPIRE AND SUPPORT THEIR SUCCESS.
SECONDLY, WE ARE COMMITTED TO MODERNIZING OUR FACILITIES, UPGRADING TECHNOLOGY, IMPROVING SAFETY AND SECURITY,
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AND CREATING SPACES THAT MEET THE NEEDS OF 21ST CENTURY LEARNING.LASTLY, WE ARE DETERMINED TO BE RESPONSIBLE STEWARDS OF THE TRUST AND RESOURCES OUR COMMUNITY PLACES IN US.
TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY WILL CONTINUE TO GUIDE EVERY RECOMMENDATION WE ULTIMATELY MAKE.
THIS 2026 BOND PROCESS ISN'T JUST ABOUT BRICKS AND MORTAR.
IT'S ABOUT BUILDING OPPORTUNITY.
IT'S ABOUT ENSURING THAT EVERY DALLAS ISD STUDENT WALKS INTO A SCHOOL AND SAYS, I MATTER, THAT I BELONG, AND THAT I CAN ACHIEVE ANYTHING.
WITH THAT, I'LL HAND IT OVER TO BRENT TO DO THE HARD STUFF WITH THE SLIDES.
>> THANK YOU, DREX. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CARREON, DR. AL ZARE, AND BOARD MEMBERS.
THIS PRESENTATION SUMMARIZES THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE 2026 BOND OF PLANNING.
IT OUTLINES THE PLANNING FRAMEWORK, SCHEDULE, AND DATA SOURCES THE GUIDING RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD.
INFORMATION PRESENTED IS BASED ON CURRENT ASSESSMENTS, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS AS OF NOVEMBER 2025, AND STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT WITH STUDENT OUTCOMES.
>> HERE'S THE ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK, GUIDING THIS PROCESS, THE CITIZENS BOND STEERING COMMITTEE.
THE COMMITTEE PROVIDES INDEPENDENT REVIEW AND FEEDBACK ON PROPOSED BOND PROGRAM PRIORITIES, PROJECT SCOPE, AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
MEMBERS INCLUDE REPRESENTATIVES FROM EACH TRUSTEE DISTRICT, ALONG WITH BUSINESS CIVIC AND PARENT STAKEHOLDER VOICES.
THE ORGANIZATIONAL CHART ILLUSTRATES THE REPORTING STRUCTURE.
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE PROVIDES OVERALL GUIDANCE.
SUBCOMMITTEES MIRROR OUR CORE BOND PILLARS, FINANCE, FACILITIES, TECHNOLOGY, STUDENT EXPERIENCE, ATHLETICS, AND SAFETY AND SECURITY.
I'D LIKE TO THANK DOCTOR SALE FOR HER LEADERSHIP AND ALL THE CHAIRS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES, DR. LUSK, CHIEF BATES, RAMOS, HARRISON, GAY LORD, MR. REES, AND CHIEF MARTINEZ.
DISTRICT STAFF PROVIDED DATA, TECHNICAL SUPPORT, AND COST ANALYSIS, BUT RECOMMENDATIONS ORIGINATE THROUGH THE COMMITTEE PROCESS.
THE STRUCTURE IS TO ENSURE GEOGRAPHIC BALANCE, STAKEHOLDER REPRESENTATION, AND TRANSPARENCY AND DECISION MAKING. WHY NOW? THE DISTRICT IS COMPLETING THE DELIVERY OF THE 2020 BOND PROGRAM.
APPROXIMATELY 2.64 BILLION HAS BEEN COMMITTED IN THE FINAL BOND SALE SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY OF 2026.
MONTHLY EXPENDITURES ARE AVERAGING 70 MILLION A MONTH.
AT THIS PACE, 2020 BOND FUNDS WILL BE FULLY UTILIZED WITHIN THE NEXT 16-18 MONTHS.
ESTABLISH AN OVERLAP BETWEEN THE 2020 AND 2026 BOND PROGRAMS, MAINTAIN CONTINUITY OF CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY, PROJECT STAFFING, AND VENDOR ENGAGEMENT.
IMMEDIATE UNFUNDED NEEDS INCLUDE STATE MANDATED SAFETY UPGRADES, TECHNOLOGY, DEVICE REPLACEMENT OF THE 2020 BOND FUND, SUNSETS FOR TECHNOLOGY, AND REPLACEMENT OF AGING BUSES AND WHITE FLEET VEHICLES.
A NEW AUTHORIZATION WILL SUSTAIN THE ONGOING WORK AND MEET THESE OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS. THE TIMELINE.
THE EXECUTIVE BOND STEERING COMMITTEE WAS FORMED IN FEBRUARY OF 2025, AND PUBLIC INPUT BEGAN IN MARCH.
PUBLIC OPINION SURVEYS AND COMMUNITY MEETINGS WERE SCHEDULED MONTHLY THROUGH NOVEMBER.
EACH COMMITTEE PRESENTED THEIR FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO ALL THE MEMBERS.
WE HAVE OUR SEVENTH MEETING ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10 TO REVIEW ALL PROPOSALS PRESENTED AND TO COME TO A CONSENSUS RECOMMENDATION FOR A BOND PACKAGE.
THIS MEETING WILL BE CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC AND ONLY FOUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
HOWEVER, WE WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE PARENT AND STAFF SURVEYING STARTING NEXT WEEK AND ASK THE TRUSTEES TO LEAD COMMUNITY MEETINGS STARTING EARLY DECEMBER, AS WELL AS ATTEND A BOARD WORKSHOP, AND FINALLY PREPARE FOR A FORMAL RECOMMENDATION IN JANUARY.
FACILITY ASSESSMENTS WERE CONDUCTED BY PROFESSIONAL TEAMS CONSISTING OF ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, AND PLANNERS.
OVER 300 SITES, INCLUDING 230 SCHOOL CAMPUSES WERE PHYSICALLY INSPECTED.
EACH SPACE AND SYSTEM WAS A DOCUMENTED PHOTOGRAPH AND EVALUATED AGAINST STANDARDIZED ASSESSMENT CRITERIA.
MAINTENANCE RECORDS AND WORK ORDER HISTORIES WERE REVIEWED TO VERIFY FIELD CONDITIONS.
EACH FACILITY RECEIVED AN OVERALL BUILDING SCORE THAT COMBINES THE FACILITY CONDITION INDEX, WHICH WE CALL FCI AND THE EDUCATIONAL SUITABILITY ASSESSMENT, THE ESA DATA.
LOWER SCORES REFLECT BETTER CONDITION AND ALIGNMENT WITH STANDARDS.
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THESE RESULTS ESTABLISH A CONSISTENT DISTRICT WIDE BASELINE FOR PRIORITIZING INVESTMENTS.FACILITIES MODERNIZED OR REPLACED THROUGH THE 2020 BOND PROGRAM SHOW MARKET IMPROVEMENT IN OVERALL BUILDING SCORES.
I'VE FLIPPED BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THOSE TWO SLIDES TO SEE THE GROWTH THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
THIS IS THE BASE LINE WHERE WE WERE ON AT THE BEGINNING OF 2020 BOND, AND WITH THE NEW REPLACEMENTS AND MODERNIZATION, THIS IS THE CHANGE IN GROWTH.
A COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS CONFIRMS MEASURABLE CONDITIONS FOLLOWING REPLACEMENT OR MAJOR RENOVATION PROJECTS.
THE DATA VALIDATES THE SCORING METHODOLOGY AND PROVIDES EVIDENCE OF INVESTMENT IMPACT.
RESEARCH CONSISTENTLY SHOWS FACILITIES, QUALITY, INFLUENCE ATTENDANCE, BEHAVIOR, AND ACADEMIC OUTCOMES.
MODERNIZED FACILITIES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH HIGHER OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY AND LOWER MAINTENANCE COSTS.
THE FINDINGS REINFORCE THE FACILITY QUALITY IS CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO THE OVERALL SCHOOL PERFORMANCE.
THE FCI QUANTIFIES BUILDING CONDITIONS BY COMPARING REPAIR COSTS TO REPLACEMENT VALUE.
THE ESA MEASURES HOW EFFECTIVELY A FACILITY SUPPORTS CURRENT INSTRUCTIONAL AND PROGRAMMATIC REQUIREMENTS.
COMBINING THESE METRICS PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE MEASURE OF BOTH PHYSICAL AND EDUCATIONAL ADEQUACY.
THIS SLIDE ILLUSTRATES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FCI AND THE ESA SCORES.
THE DATA SHOWS THESE TWO MEASURES ARE NOT ALWAYS ALIGNED, AND IN SOME CASES CAN MOVE INVERSELY.
IT IS POSSIBLE FOR A CAMPUS TO HAVE A LOW ESA SCORE, MEANING IT DOES NOT MEET CURRENT EDUCATIONAL SPECIFICATIONS, WHILE ALSO HAVING A LOW FCI SCORE, INDICATING THE FACILITY IS IN GOOD PHYSICAL CONDITION.
THIS OCCURS WHEN A BUILDING IS STRUCTURALLY SOUND BUT FUNCTIONALLY OUTDATED FOR MODERN LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS.
CONVERSELY, A CAMPUS MAY HAVE A HIGH FCI SHOWING POOR CONDITION, BUT STILL HAVE ADEQUATE EDUCATIONAL SPACES THAT MEET PROGRAM NEEDS.
UNDERSTANDING THIS DISTINCTION IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT ENSURES FACILITY PLANNING DECISIONS, ADDRESS BOTH PHYSICAL CONDITION AND INSTRUCTIONAL SUITABILITY, RATHER THAN JUST RELYING ON ONE FACTOR.
THE DATED LONG RANGE MASTER PLAN AND ASSESSMENT REPORT ARE IN FINAL REVIEW.
EACH TRUSTEE DISTRICT WILL RECEIVE A DISTRICT SPECIFIC REPORT CONTAINING FACILITY SCORES, IDENTIFIED DEFICIENCIES, AND PROJECTED BUDGET REQUIREMENTS.
THE REPORTS WILL BE USED TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY BRIEFINGS AND BOARD DECISION MAKING.
ALL DATA WOULD BE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE UPON COMPLETION.
YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED IN THE HALLWAY TO GALLERY AS YOU [BACKGROUND].
WE'RE SEEING BROAD CONFIDENCE IN OUR STEWARDSHIP AND SUPPORT FOR CONTINUED INVESTMENT.
FOR THESE ACTIVITIES INFORM BOTH THE PROJECT SCOPE AND COMMUNICATION PLAN FOR THE BOND PROGRAM.
WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THE SCREEN IS A SAMPLE OF A SURVEY WITH A HYPER LINK BENEATH IT TO REVIEW SO YOU CAN REVIEW THE FULL QUESTIONS.
A PDF OF THE QUESTIONS WAS ALSO ATTACHED TO THE BOARD ITEMS. THIS LINK WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO PARENTS AND TEACHING STAFF NEXT WEEK AND WILL STAY ACTIVE UNTIL MID DECEMBER.
WE ARE RECOMMENDING THE TRUSTEES CONDUCT DISTRICT SPECIFIC MEETINGS AND SURVEYS FROM DECEMBER 1 THROUGH THE 16TH.
THIS IS BEING MODELED FROM THE STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS.
FEEDBACK COLLECTED DURING THIS PERIOD WILL INFORM THE FINAL SCOPE AND RECOMMENDATIONS.
A BOARD WORKSHOP IS SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER 18 TO REVIEW THE FINDINGS AND RECEIVE FEEDBACK AND A FORMAL BOARD BRIEFING IS SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 8 WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
THIS CONCLUDES THE UPDATE ON THE BOND PLANNING ACTIVITIES AND FACILITY ASSESSMENT STATUS.
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STAFF IS AVAILABLE TO ADDRESS SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ON METHODOLOGY, BUDGET DATA, AND TIMELINE DETAILS. THANK YOU.>> TRUSTEES, QUESTIONS? TRUSTEE SANDERS.
>> JUST REAL QUICK. CHIEF ALFRED, WHAT KIND OF DISTRICT SUPPORTS ARE YOU GUYS PLANNING TO SEND OUT WITH US AS WE'RE HAVING A COMMUNITY MEETING?
>> YEAH. WELL, FOR THE MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE IN [OVERLAPPING] THE FIRST IS16TH OR 15TH?
>> THE ONES WHERE WE [OVERLAPPING] THERE WOULD BE A TRUSTEE CHOICE, LIKE IF YOU WOULD WANT STAFF TO BE WITH YOU, IF YOU WANT TO TAKE THE LEAD, IF YOU WANT STAFF TO TAKE, WE WANT EACH TRUSTEE TO DECIDE WHAT FORMAT FOR THEIR PARTICULAR TRUSTEE DISTRICT.
>> PERFECT. OUR STAFF WILL ALSO PREPARE A FORMAT FOR YOU GUYS SO I CAN PRESENT.
>> YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THIS. I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT.
DREX, THANK YOU FOR VOLUNTEERING YOUR TIME TO CHAIR THIS TASK FORCE, SO APPRECIATE YOUR ENGAGEMENT.
ANSWERED A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS I HAVE.
I THINK AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SLIDE I TALKED ABOUT WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH 2020, WHICH HAS BEEN A HUGE SUCCESS.
WHAT YOU HAVE SHARED ABOUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED ACROSS CAMPUSES IS PRETTY STUNNING, AND I THINK EVERYONE IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE CITY AND METROPLEX SEE IT IN THEIR BACKYARDS.
OBVIOUSLY, WHEN WE PASSED THE BOND IN 2020, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY IDEA ABOUT COVID AND ALL THE INFLATION, ALL THE ISSUES, AND WHATNOT.
OBVIOUSLY, THINGS ALSO CHANGE IN PROCESS. I'M TRYING TO GET A SENSE.
I'M NOT GOING TO HOLD YOU TO IT, BUT JUST LIKE A ROUGH ESTIMATE.
WE CAME IN WITH THE SCOPE OF WHAT WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO GET DONE.
SOME OF IT, WE PROBABLY DIDN'T NEED TO BECAUSE THINGS CHANGED.
WE PROBABLY SAW SOME UNFORESEEN THINGS, AND PRICES WENT UP ALL WHILE DOING THAT.
DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF, LIKE, FROM OUR SCOPE THAT WE WANTED TO DO, WHAT PERCENT OF WHAT WE WERE HOPING TO DO IS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO GET FINISHED BECAUSE OF INCREASING COSTS, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF?
>> I DON'T HAVE A PERCENT, BUT SOME OF THE THINGS WHEN I DUG INTO THE DATA THAT WERE LABELED LIKE OUR PRIORITY ONES WERE THINGS LIKE FINISHES AND MALE WORK, AND WE ALLOCATED THAT TO OUR CRITICAL SYSTEMS, LIKE YOU BUILD AN ENVELOPE, HVAC, AND A LOT OF IT WAS DEFERRED MAINTENANCE.
THROUGH CHIEFS BATES BUDGET, AND ALSO ER FUNDING, AND WE HAD SOME SECURITY FUNDING THAT KIND OF HELPED BUFFER SOME OF OUR SCOPE GAPS.
ANYTHING WON'T BE DONE, IT'S TYPICALLY WE'RE PUSHING IT TO THE FF&E PORTION.
WE HAD A BIG FURNITURE BUDGET.
A LOT OF THE SCHOOLS MAY NOT GET 100% OF THE FURNITURE [OVERLAPPING]
>> OVERALL, WE FEEL PRETTY GOOD THAT MOST OF THE MAJOR THINGS FROM WHAT WE PUT FORTH IN 2020 THAT WE STILL NEEDED TO DO GOT DONE, EVEN THOUGH THERE MIGHT BE SOME?
>> CORRECT. THE MAJOR SCOPE ITEMS, LIKE WE PUSHED ALL THE NEW SCHOOLS THAT WERE OVER BUDGET IN THE FIRST PHASE.
WE PROJECTED SOME INFLATION AND THAT'S WHY IT BECAME CRITICAL FOR US TO COMPLETE THE BOND EARLY BECAUSE WE DIDN'T EXTEND THE INFLATION ALL THE WAY OUT.
IT CAPTURED A COMPLETE 10 YEARS.
>> YES. WELL, KUDOS, THAT'S AN INCREDIBLE FEAT TO BE ABLE TO GET ALL THE MAJOR THINGS DONE DESPITE THE INFLATIONARY ENVIRONMENT WE'VE BEEN IN.
I REMEMBER AND I MIGHT BE REMEMBERING SLIGHTLY INCORRECTLY.
I THINK YOU KIND OF GOT TO SOME OF IT.
I LOOKED AT SLIDE 6 AND 7, WHERE YOU'RE GOING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN BEFORE 2020 AND AFTER 2020 AND KIND OF SHOWS THE IMPROVEMENT IN OUR BUILDINGS QUITE SUBSTANTIALLY.
IF I REMEMBER, WE HAD SOME NUMBER DURING THE LAST BOND THAT WAS, I THINK SIX BILLION DOLLARS ROUGHLY IN DEFERRED MAINTENANCE.
WE WERE GOING FOR A $3.5 BILLION BOND MORE OR LESS AT THAT TIME, WHICH OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT ONE TO ONE, BUT ROUGHLY, YOU GUESS MADE.
WELL, IF EVERYTHING GOES WELL, AND WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF CHANGE, WE SHOULD HAVE ABOUT 2.5 BILLION IN DEFERRED MAINTENANCE LEFT.
OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER FACTORS AND DEFERRED MAINTENANCE CONTINUES TO GROW.
DO WE HAVE A SENSE OF TODAY WHAT WE THINK OUR DEFERRED MAINTENANCE CURRENTLY IS ON THE BUILDINGS THAT WE HAVE?
>> YES, WE'RE REVIEWING THAT MONDAY.
THE TOTAL PROPOSAL WAS JUST FOR THE RENOVATIONS WAS NORTH TO SIX BILLION STILL WITH TODAY'S COST FACTORS.
I DON'T KNOW, LIKE I SAID, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT FACTORS, WHY IT DIDN'T STAY THE SAME FROM THAT 2018 ASSESSMENT.
BUT IT'S CLOSER TO SIX BILLION WITH ALL THE PROPOSITIONS I'VE SEEN, IT'S 7.3 BILLION, I BELIEVE.
BUT THAT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT TECHNOLOGY AND SOME OTHER FACTORS OUTSIDE OF THE BILL.
>> IF I COULD ADD JUST A LITTLE BIT OF MORE DESCRIPTOR, BECAUSE WHEN I ASKED NOT EXACTLY THE SAME TRUSTEE MED, BUT A SIMILAR QUESTION IS, IT'S NOT A ONE TO ONE BECAUSE WHEN THE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE GOES ON OVER TIME,
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IT WAS THIS MUCH THEN, BUT IT'S SO MUCH WORSE NOW BECAUSE IT HASN'T BEEN ADDRESSED THAT NOW THAT SAME COST IS NOW DOUBLE.LET'S SAY THE HVAC, AND I'M NOT THE CONSTRUCTION PERSON OBVIOUSLY, BUT LET'S SAY THE HVAC WASN'T UP TO PAR, AND THE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE WAS, LET'S SAY, I'M MAKING UP THE NUMBER, $500,000 AND WE DID SOME STOP GAP MEASURES, BUT WE DIDN'T REMEDIATE THE ENTIRE ISSUE.
TODAY, IT NEEDS MORE WORK THAN IT NEEDED THEN SO NOW IT'S A MILLION DOLLARS.
>> THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME. I'LL I JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THIS SO I CAN KIND OF SHARE.
I THINK IF IN ONE OF THE FUTURE ONES, ESPECIALLY BEFORE THE TRUSTEE MEETINGS, I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY, TELL THIS STORY.
BECAUSE ON THE SURFACE LEVEL AND WHAT I KNOW I'LL HEAR FROM FOLKS THAT AREN'T AS KNOWLEDGEABLE AS YOU ALL IS, WE HAD SIX BILLION IN DEFERRED MAINTENANCE.
YOU SPENT $3.5 BILLION AND NOW WE'RE AT SEVEN BILLION DOLLARS IN DEFERRED MAINTENANCE.
THAT MATH DOES MAKE AS MUCH SENSE, TO FOLKS BECAUSE I'M SURE WE DID PATCHES.
THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE THAT IT'S MORE EXPENSIVE.
BUT WE'VE ALSO BUILT SOME NEW SCHOOLS.
I ASSUME THE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE ON THE NEW SCHOOLS BROUGHT OUR DEFERRED MAINTENANCE DOWN.
HELPING ME UNDERSTAND THAT DOWN THE LINE BEFORE THE TRUSTEE MEETINGS WILL BE REALLY HELP.
>> DEFINITELY. YEAH. I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION.
I'LL FIND OUT, IT'S NOT INTUITIVE, SO I'LL FIGURE OUT A WAY TO ILLUSTRATE THAT.
>> YEAH, THIS IS SUPER HELPFUL.
THANK YOU FOR THE ILLUSTRATION OF THE FCI PLUS THE ESA AND HOW YOU'RE DOING THAT.
I ASSUME, AS YOU SAID, YOU'RE REVIEWING FINAL ONES, AND WE'LL ALL GET TO SEE FOR ALL THE SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT, KIND OF WHAT THE FCI WAS, WHAT THE ESA WAS, AND WHAT THE TOTAL SCORE IS.
THAT'LL BE SUPER HELPFUL. THEN I APPRECIATE YOU ALL DOING A SURVEY AND KIND OF ROLLING THIS OUT, I LOOK FORWARD TO HELPING US SHARE THAT.
ARE YOU ALL SHARING THAT WITH US AS AN FYI? ARE YOU LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK ON IT? EITHER WAY IS FINE.
I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR.
>> JUST FOR INFORMATION BECAUSE WE'RE PUTTING IT OUT NEXT WEEK.
>> OKAY. IT'S PRETTY BAKED AND GOING OUT. THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF YOU'RE SHARING IT FOR INFORMATION OR NOT, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. [LAUGHTER]
>> THEN, I'LL HOLD MY QUESTIONS FOR ZACH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.
>> YES. FIRST, GREAT PRESENTATION.
GOOD SEEING YOU DREX. I WANTED TO ASK.
FIRST OF ALL, LET ME SAY THE INTERACTIVE DISPLAY THAT I'VE SEEN, ESPECIALLY THE ONE AT CHARLES RICE.
THAT WAS REALLY GOOD, VERY INTERACTIVE WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT STATIONS THAT PARENTS AND COMMUNITY GOT A CHANCE TO SEE SOME OF THE PHENOMENAL THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING HERE AT DALLAS ISD.
THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THAT ON.
TRUSTEE MACKEY ANSWERED A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS WHEN IT COMES TO THE COST AND THE IMPACT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE FACING WITH THE INCREASE IN COSTS AND TURFS AND EVERYTHING.
THAT'S IT. I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS, TRUSTEE MACKEY ANSWER.
>> AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.
AND DREX, I WROTE DOWN YOUR QUOTE BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT REALLY CAPTURED WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE, WHICH IS THAT OUR STUDENTS DESERVE TO LEARN IN AN ENVIRONMENT WORTHY OF THEIR POTENTIAL.
I THINK THAT'S A REALLY BEAUTIFUL WAY TO PUT IT, AND AS I LOOK AROUND MY DISTRICT AND SEE THE SCHOOLS THAT WERE INVESTED IN HEAVILY IN THE 2015,2020 BONDS, YOU SEE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE THRIVING.
I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT'S GOING TO THRIVE ALL OVER THE DISTRICT, BUT IN DISTRICT 1 THROUGH THE NEXT 2026 BOND.
JUST A COUPLE OF LITTLE QUESTIONS I HAD.
ONE, I THOUGHT THIS VISUAL WHEN YOU FLIP BETWEEN SLIDE 6 AND SLIDE 7, SHOWING THE CHANGES IN THE BAR SIZES WAS REALLY POWERFUL.
IT JUST DEMONSTRATES THE PROGRESS THAT WE ARE MAKING.
OUT OF JUST PURE CURIOSITY, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT WE'RE PLANNING TO DO WITH 2026, I'D LOVE TO SEE WHAT WE PREDICT THESE OVERALL BUILDING SCORES WILL BE WITH A SUCCESSFUL 2026 SO THAT WE CAN GO TO THE COMMUNITY AND EXPLAIN, HEY, WHEN YOU INVEST, THIS IS WHAT WILL HAPPEN, AND SO I WANTED TO MAKE THAT COMMENT.
THEN THE OTHER, DR. LAZALES POINT OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DEFER MAINTENANCE, AND IT ENDS UP JUST COSTING US MORE? AS WE HAVE EVERY TIME, WE HAVE ONE OF THESE BONDS.
I'VE NOT GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS MYSELF YET, BUT I ANTICIPATE IT'S BEEN THIS WAY EVERY ONE THERE IS, WHICH IS, DO THIS MUCH OR DO YOU DO A LITTLE MORE AND HOW DO YOU BALANCE ALL THAT OUT? WELL, WHEN WE DON'T PUSH A LITTLE FARTHER, WE ARE PUSHING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD AND ULTIMATELY COSTING TAXPAYERS MORE, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WEIGH.
THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER COUNTERBALANCES WE'LL HAVE TO MEASURE AS WELL, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING I HAD NOT THOUGHT ABOUT, AND I APPRECIATED DR. LAZALE MAKING THAT POINT.
THOSE WERE MY TWO COMMENTS, AND I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO STARTING TO SEE THE SPECIFIC DATA AND
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RECOMMENDATIONS IN DISTRICT 1 AND ACROSS THE DISTRICT AND TO HEAR WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS.THE SURVEY WHERE YOU SURVEYED 300 PEOPLE, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SHARABLE INFORMATION OR NOT, BUT AT SOME POINT, I'D BE REALLY INTERESTED IN SEEING WHAT THOSE RESULTS [OVERLAPPING].
>> I WANT TO SHARE THAT AT BOARD WORKSHOP WITH YOU GUYS.
>> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, DREX. THANKS FOR RE-APPING.
WE'RE COUNTING ON YOU TO DELIVER AGAIN.
>> I DO HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS, BUT I WILL HOLD THEM FOR THE NEXT BRIEFING, BUT I DID WANT TO PUT OUT ONE THOUGHT ABOUT ENROLLMENT.
AS WE READ EVERY WEEK, THERE'S ANOTHER DISTRICT THAT IS CLOSING OR CONSOLIDATING SCHOOLS BECAUSE OF LOWER ENROLLMENT.
THIS IS PROBABLY SOMETHING YOU HAVE ALREADY CONSIDERED, BUT IF WE'RE IN A SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE LOW ENROLLMENT SCHOOLS NEXT TO EACH OTHER WITH WITH POOR FCI SCORES, THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A CONSOLIDATION IN THE LEAST PAINFUL WAY POSSIBLE PRESENTS ITSELF WITH A BOND PROGRAM BY HAVING THE TWO, AND AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW OF ANY IN PARTICULAR, BUT THERE ARE TWO LOW ENROLLMENT SCHOOLS THAT ARE NEXT TO EACH OTHER WITHIN A MILE OR TWO OF EACH OTHER.
THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A BIGGER STATE OF THE ART SCHOOL THAT COULD REALLY SERVE BOTH COMMUNITIES, WOULD BE A WAY TO MAKE IT, I THINK, AS I SAID, LESS PAINFUL ON EVERYONE.
BUT WE DO NEED TO BE CONSIDERING THE ENROLLMENT FACTOR BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH OUR ENROLLMENT HAS DECLINED LESS THAN MANY OF THE OTHER DISTRICTS, WE ARE STILL DECLINING IN ENROLLMENT.
I KNOW WE'VE GOT OTHER EFFORTS IN PLACE TO COUNTER THAT, BUT THIS IS THE TIME TO CONSIDER IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO WITH A BOND PROGRAM IN FACTORING IN THE CHANGES IN ENROLLMENTS TO MAKE THIS AS A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE AS IT CAN BE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO COMMENT NOW, BUT I DO WANT THAT TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT INTO THE THINKING, AND MAYBE YOU COULD ADDRESS THAT AT SOME FUTURE POINT. THANK YOU.
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU ONE MORE TIME ON THE BOARD PROGRAM.
>> I KNOW, I'VE BEEN DOING THIS SINCE 2008.
THERE'S JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND A COMMENT I WANT TO MAKE.
WHEN WE USE THE FCI AND THE ESA THAT MIGHT NOT BE IN COMPARISON TO EACH OTHER, IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY GOOD FOR ME IF I HAVE THE SCI AND THE ESA PART WHEN YOU MAKE THE PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD SO I CAN GET A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING BECAUSE IN THE PAST, WE'VE USED FCI AND NOT ESA.
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHERE ESAS HAVE BEEN USED BEFORE IN REGARDING TO BOND.
ALSO HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS REGARDING THE SURVEY.
IS THAT GOING TO GO OUT TO ALL THE PARENTS? ARE WE JUST GOING TO USE THE 300 THAT WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED BACK? ARE WE DOING A DIFFERENT SURVEY FOR THE REST OF THE PARENTS?
>> NO. WE'RE GOING TO ALL THE PARENTS.
LIKE SAID, MODELING BEHIND THE STUDENT OUTCOME GOAL EXERCISE WE WENT THROUGH.
>> HOW WILL WE BE GOING TO THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE MANY OF THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY ARE NOT PARENTS? ARE WE GOING TO DO A SURVEY FOR THE COMMUNITY ALSO?
>> OUR THINKING IS THAT WHEN YOU'RE HAVING THESE TRUSTEE-LED MEETINGS, THE COMMUNITY IS INVITED TO THOSE FORMS, BUT FOR THE SURVEY, ON THIS ONE, WE'RE TARGETING THE PARENTS AND TEACHING STAFF.
ON THE PUBLIC OPINION SURVEY, WE TARGETED LIKE THE BOARDERS AND THE BROADER COMMUNITY.
>> WHEN WE HAD TO POP UP IN MY AREA, ONLY THREE PEOPLE SHOWED UP.
THAT WAS A CONCERN OF MINE BECAUSE I DON'T CONSIDER THAT COMMUNITY INPUT WHEN THAT FEW PEOPLE SHOW UP.
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I JUST LIKE TO MAYBE SUPERINTENDENT, WE THINK THROUGH HOW WE GET MORE OF THE COMMUNITY PEOPLE WHO WILL BE VOTING ON THE BOND ALSO, MORE AWARE OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.THE LAST THING I HEARD TRUSTEE MACKEY TALK ABOUT TRYING TO ROLL INTO LOW ENROLLMENT SCHOOLS AND ABOUT CLOSING SCHOOLS.
I THINK WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL AS WE WALK THAT PLANK, AND THAT SHOULD NOT BE A PART OF A BOND PROGRAM, BUT IT COULD BE A DISCUSSION WITH THE BOARD IN REGARDS TO IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY.
I DO KNOW PERSONALLY THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS COMBINED SCHOOLS THAT WERE SMALL SCHOOLS, AND I REALLY APPRECIATED THAT AND RESPECTED THAT BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO, BUT I DON'T WANT US TO GET INTO A POLITICAL FIGHT, TRYING TO PASS A BOND TALKING ABOUT CLOSING PEOPLE'S SCHOOLS.
THAT COULD BE AN ABSOLUTE POLITICAL FIGHT, AND SO WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL AS WE WALK THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
I LOOK FORWARD TO YOU ALL BRINGING THE STUFF BACK TO THE BOARD AND THE BOARD HAVING A DISCUSSION. THANK YOU.
>> STILL ON ROUND 1, TRUSTEE GARCIA.
>> HI DREX. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHIEF ALFRED, FOR ALL YOUR WORK, AND ALSO FOR ENGAGING SO MANY VOLUNTEERS.
I KNOW FROM DISTRICT FOUR, WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS, INCLUDING CHIEF BATES, AS WELL.
I APPRECIATE THAT. I DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT.
I THOUGHT I WAS LOSING MY VISION OR SOMETHING, BUT WE DON'T HAVE DISTRICT FOUR ON THE TIMELINE.
WE ACTUALLY DID HAVE A POP UP, AND IT WAS A REALLY GOOD ONE.
I WANT TO CALL THAT OUT TO MAKE SURE IT'S ADDED INTO THE POP UPS.
THEN I THINK MOST OF MY QUESTIONS ABOUT SURVEY WERE ANSWERED PREVIOUSLY.
HOWEVER, DO WE HAVE CERTAIN GOALS OR TARGETS THAT WE'RE LOOKING NUMBER WISE, LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S TARGETED TO PARENTS AND STAFF, BUT IS THERE A CERTAIN NUMBER THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO COLLECT OR WE'RE AIMING FOR?
>> NOT A CERTAIN NUMBER, BUT JUST AS BROAD APPEAL AS I CAN AND GET AS MUCH AND REPORT IT BACK TO YOU.
THE DATA I RECEIVED, LIKE SAY, WE WENT TO THE STATE FAIR AND WE HAD A LOT OF TRAFFIC THERE, SO THAT WAS SOMETHING NEW WE TRIED.
WE WANT AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN TO KNOW ABOUT BOND AND GET THEIR INPUT.
>> THEN IN TERMS OF THE SURVEY, SO WILL ALL OF THIS BE IN SOME WAY COMBINED? I KNOW WE HAVE THE OPINIONS OF THE 300 VOTERS, WE HAVE THE SURVEYS, WE HAVE THE INPUT, AND A LOT OF IT BEING DISPLAYED.
IS THERE SOME REPORT OR FORMAT THAT IT WILL BE PRESENTED?
>> YEAH, IN THE FINAL RECOMMENDATION, I WANT TO SHOW YOU OUR LOGIC, HOW WE GOT TO THE POINT AT THE DATA POINT.
YOU'VE GIVEN ME A BOND STEERING COMMITTEE.
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A RECOMMENDATION.
THE PEOPLE FROM THE POP UP I MET, JUST ALL THE FEEDBACK OR WHERE THEY OVERLAP, AND THEN PRESENT IT TO YOU GUYS FOR A DECISION.
THIS IS WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY, THE CONSTITUENTS, PARENTS, AND STAFF ALIKE.
>> THANK YOU CHIEF ALFRED AND CHIEF BATES, FOR YOUR HARD WORK, AND THANK YOU, DREX, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR ALL YOUR THOROUGH QUESTIONS.
WILL WE BE PRESENTED WITH OPTIONS IN TERMS OF THE SCOPE AND SIZE OR WILL YOU BRING ONE RECOMMENDATION TO US?
>> OUR GIRLS BRING ONE RECOMMENDATION TO YOU GUYS.
WE'RE TRYING TO LET THE COMMITTEES YOU'VE ASSIGNED DO A LOT OF THE HEAVY LIFTING OF NARROWING THINGS DOWN, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S A RECOMMENDATION, AND YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
WE CAN TAKE YOU THROUGH THE JOURNEY OF THINGS WE HAVE DONE, AND MAYBE SOME OF THE SAME QUESTIONS YOU'VE ALREADY HAD.
>> THAT'S GREAT. THEN JUST MAKING SURE, SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MEETINGS WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
I'LL HAVE A DISTRICT 2 MEETING WHERE I CAN INVITE THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AND THROUGH THE CHANNELS, FOLKS TO COME AND ENGAGE AND TURN AND TALK LIKE WE DID, I THINK YOU SAID, WITH THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS, TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY WANT FROM AVON AND PRIORITIZE THE THINGS THAT THEY WANT, THE THINGS THAT THEY DON'T WANT, THAT SORT OF THING, AND THEN WILL THEY BE ABLE TO ALSO FILL OUT THE SURVEY THERE?
>> YEAH. IT'LL HAVE A QR CODE TO THE LINK.
I'M THINKING THEY'RE GOING TO SCAN IT, GO IN AND FILL OUT THE SURVEY, AND I'LL COLLECT THAT DATA, AGAIN, AGGREGATE IT AND REPORT IT BACK TO YOU GUYS.
>> THAT'LL GIVE THE SPACE BETWEEN ALL THE EFFORT THAT'S GONE ON, AND THANKS TO ALL THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE WORKED SO HARD SO FAR ASSIMILATING THAT, AND THEN GOING BACK OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, ASSIMILATING THAT, AND THEN COMING TO US.
>> AWESOME. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFICATION.
I APPRECIATE IT. THANKS AGAIN FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK THIS FAR.
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FIRST OFF, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.JUST A QUICK QUESTION ON WHAT TRUSTEES CAN EXPECT NEXT.
THERE'S THE TRUSTEE DISTRICT MEETINGS THAT ARE OCCURRING, SO CAN TRUSTEES EXPECT, I GUESS, BOARD SERVICES OR THE ADMINISTRATION TO REACH OUT TO HELP COORDINATE THOSE HERE IN THE COMING?
>> YES. I'M STILL WORKING WITH BOARD SERVICES TO REACH OUT TO YOU GUYS, GET ON YOUR CALENDAR, SCHEDULE THE MEETINGS.
OUR STAFF IS READY AND FLEXIBLE TO SUPPORT IT ANY WAY WE CAN.
WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER, SAY, SOME TEMPLATES, WE'VE GOT THE QUESTIONNAIRE, AND JUST WANT TO BE THERE TO SUPPORT YOU GUYS.
>> AND THEN THE VISION IS THAT ON DECEMBER 18TH, ALL THE INFORMATION GATHERED FROM BOTH THE CITIZENS SUBCOMMITTEE, FROM THE POP UPS, FROM THE SURVEYS, AND THEN FROM THESE TRUSTEE-LEAD MEETINGS, THE BOARD WILL BE PRESENTED WITH A RECOMMENDATION.
>> YEAH. I'LL COME, I'LL GO THROUGH YOU ALL THE DATA WHAT I RECEIVED SO YOU CAN HELP US MAKE A DECISION IF THERE'S NOT A CLEAR DECISION ALREADY BEING PRESENTED, AND JUST GIVE YOU THAT INFORMATION AS A POINT TO CONSIDER.
>> THANK YOU. THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS FOR ROUND 1, ROUND 2, TRUSTEE SANDERS.
>> THANK YOU AGAIN. I SKIP THE OBLIGATORY.
THANK YOU, DREX, FOR RUNNING IT BACK, AND SO ALWAYS GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE.
ONE, JUST BECAUSE AS WE'RE TALKING, WE'RE ON PUBLIC RECORD, AND SOMETIMES WITH SOME OF THE FOLKS LISTENING TO OUR CONVERSATION, WE TALKED ABOUT A DEFERRED MAINTENANCE NUMBER OF ABOUT 7 BILLION OR SO.
THAT IS NOT THE REQUEST THAT WE ARE PLANNING TO BRING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, CORRECT?
>> LET ME CLARIFY THAT 7 BILLION IS THE ATHLETICS FACILITIES THAT DIDN'T PASS IN THE LAST POND.
THAT'S A LOT OF PROPOSITION I'VE SEEN THE SUBCOMMITTEES BRING TO US THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT ON MONDAY.
THAT'S NOT A PURE RENOVATION NUMBER THAT TRUSTEE MACKEY WAS ACTUALLY ASKING ABOUT.
I NEED TO NARROW DOWN INTO THAT NUMBER.
>> I SAY ALL OF THAT JUST IN CASE ANYBODY IS LISTENING AND THEY DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND OUR PROCESS, SO HOLD YOUR HORSES.
THE OTHER THING IS, YOU ALL, THE DISTRICT, DID A PHENOMENAL JOB REPORTING AT THE STATE OF THE BOND 2020.
IT WAS EXCELLENT, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD A CHANCE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION PUBLICLY ABOUT THAT SINCE THEN, THE WALK UP SONGS WERE AMAZING.
WHAT'S HIS NAME? THE BOND FATHER.
THAT'S CHIEF ALFRED'S NEW NAME.
I'M GOING TO GET PLAQUES MADE.
WHAT IS GOING TO BE VERY HELPFUL FOR US AS WE GO OUT AND COMMUNICATE, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS UPCOMING ONE, I KNOW IT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION, BUT THOSE POWER, FACTOIDS, THE VISUALS, THINGS LIKE THAT, AS WE HAVE OUR CONVERSATION TO BE ABLE TO BE EQUIPPED WITH THAT, JUST SO FOLKS KNOW TRULY THE IMPACT OF WHAT HAPPENED.
WE CAN'T PROBABLY TAKE A RECORDING OF DR. ELIZALDE COUNTING UP TO 53, BUT IT LEFT AN IMPRESSION TALKING WITH A LOT OF THE FOLKS WHO WERE THERE THAT NIGHT.
AS WE GO OUT AND HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS, GIVING US SOME CONDENSED VERSION OF THE MOST IMPACTFUL POINTS AROUND THAT IS GOING TO BE VERY HELPFUL.
>> THANK YOU. I GOT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO CHIEF DELANDO AND HIS TEAM FOR PUTTING THAT TOGETHER.
THAT WAS AN AWESOME EVENT, I DO AGREE.
I ALSO WANTED TO ADD THAT AT THE NOVEMBER 20TH MEETING, I'LL GO THROUGH THE SURVEY TEMPLATE WITH YOU GUYS AS WELL.
THE SURVEY TEMPLATE THAT YOU JUST REFERRED TO, HOW IS THAT DIFFERENT FROM THE SURVEY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE?
>> WELL, SORRY, FORGOING THE TEMPLATE.
I WAS JUST GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL THE QUESTIONS AND THE SURVEY TO SHOW YOU GUYS HOW IT WORKS, HOW WE FORESEE IT.
>> THERE'S A POWERPOINT OUR TEAM IS PUTTING TOGETHER.
YOU CAN SEE FOR YOUR PARTICULAR DISTRICT, AND THE QUESTIONNAIRE WILL BE PART OF THAT. I'LL LEAD YOU.
>> WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO IS THE ESA FCI OVERALL SCORE NUMBER.
IS THAT THE POWERPOINT FOR THE TRUSTEE MEETINGS?
>> JAMES, I'M GOING TO THINK OF LIKE A SLIDE DECK
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OF FIVE OR SIX SLIDES OR SOMETHING REAL SIMPLE, SPECIFIED FOR YOUR DISTRICT, EACH ONE OF YOU GUYS COULD USE, AND JUST SO WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.A SAMPLE, THIS IS A 14 PAGE SLIDE DECK.
I'LL HAVE A CONDENSED FIVE PAGE SLIDE DECK TO HELP YOU LEAD THAT MEET.
>> I GOT YOU. I WAS JUST CONFUSED WHEN YOU SAID SURVEY TEMPERATURE.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME SLIDE, SO WE ARE ALL ESSENTIALLY SAYING, THE SAME THINGS ABOUT THE BOND CUSTOMIZED FOR OUR DISTRICT.
THIS MIGHT BE A BOARD QUESTION, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR DOING THAT.
I'M WONDERING HOW WE MAKE SURE THAT WHILE THERE'S OBVIOUSLY GOING TO BE DIFFERENCES IN THESE MEETINGS.
ARE WE NORMING ON THE SAME QUESTIONS, ARE WE ASKING PEOPLE TO GIVE US FEEDBACK? IS IT MORE INFORMATIONAL THAT WE'RE SHARING WITH THEM? ARE WE FACILITATING A CONVERSATION LIKE WE DID DURING THE BOARD GOALS PROCESS? HAVE YOU ALL THOUGHT ABOUT ANY OF THOSE THINGS, OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE AS A BOARD SHOULD DISCUSS AND FIGURE OUT MAYBE AT THE NOVEMBER MEETING?
>> TRUSTEE MACKEY, WHAT WE DISCUSSED WAS MIRRORING THESE MEETINGS AFTER THE BOARD GOAL MEETINGS.
WHAT BRENT WAS SAYING IS HE WOULD PROVIDE ON NOVEMBER 20TH, THOSE FIVE, SIX SLIDES THAT THE BOARD, WOULD SEE, AND THEY WOULD USE TO FACILITATE THOSE DISCUSSIONS, AT THEIR COMMUNITY MEETING.
THEY'LL USE THE QUESTIONS FROM THE SURVEY.
>> GOT YOU. NOW I'M UNDERSTAND.
BASICALLY, FOR THE FIRST QUESTIONS, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT NEW FACILITIES, HERE ARE SOME BIG BUCKETS.
WHAT NEEDS DO YOU SEE? WE WOULD FACILITATE THAT CONVERSATION?
>> EXACTLY. YOU WOULD USE THOSE QUESTIONS TO GUIDE THE COMMUNICATION OR THE MEETING OF EACH GROUP.
THEN THERE'S THE FINAL QUESTION ON THAT SURVEY IS OPEN ENDED.
>> GOT YOU. BUT THERE'S A SURVEY THAT THEY WILL FILL IT INDIVIDUALLY, BUT WE WILL ALSO FACILITATE THE SAME CONVERSATION IN PERSON.
>> EXACTLY THE SAME WAY WE DID THE STUDENT MALCOM CALLS.
>> I LOVE THAT. SUPER HELPFUL.
WE WILL, AS A BOARD, GET TO LOOK AT THAT, MAKE ANY FINAL ADJUSTMENTS, HOW WE WANT TO DO IT.
AT THE NOVEMBER MEETING, AND THAT'S WHAT WE WILL PUT INTO PRACTICE.
ONE THING I'LL PUT OUT TO THIS BOARD IS, WELL, I'M SURE WE WILL ALL WANT TO FACILITATE THE ONE IN OUR COMMUNITY, I THINK IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL IF WE HAD MULTIPLE TRUSTEES GO TO MULTIPLE OF THESE.
I WOULD LOVE TO INVITE ANYBODY TO COME TO DISTRICT 7, AND I WOULD LOVE TO COME TO OTHERS AS WELL.
I THINK THE MORE WE CAN SHOW A UNITED FRONT AND HEAR FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY RATHER THAN JUST THE ONE I AM IN WOULD BE A REALLY BENEFICIAL THING.
I'D PUT THAT TO OUR BOARD TO THINK ABOUT AS WE GO FORWARD FOR THAT.
THEN, THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING TRUSTEE WEINBERG'S QUESTION.
WHILE, I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS WILL RESULT IN ONE RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD. YOU CAN TELL ME IF I'M WRONG.
MY ASSUMPTION IS THE PURPOSE OF THE BOARD WORKSHOP IS FOR US ACTUALLY TO SEE WHAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE LANDING AT, AND FOR US TO ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS TO GIVE YOU ALL A SENSE OF WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO MAKE THAT ONE RECOMMENDATION, CORRECT?
>> CORRECT. YOU'LL SEE ALL THE DATA.
GO THROUGH ALL THE CHOICES THAT WE SAW IN THE PIVOT POINTS.
MAKE SURE YOU'RE AWARE AND ALIGNMENT, AND GIVE US FEEDBACK, SO WE CAN GIVE THE RIGHT RECOMMENDATION.
>> THE 18TH IS WHERE WE SEE A MILLION CHOICES, AND WE HAVE THIS CONVERSATION.
THEN YOU TAKE ALL OF THAT INFORMATION WITH EVERYBODY ELSE'S INFORMATION AND COME BACK WITH THE RECOMMENDATION IN JANUARY.
ONE MORE REMISS TO SHOUT OUT RAY DE LOS SANTOS, WHO'S ON OUR BOND COMMITTEE FOR DISTRICT 7, WHO I LOVE ALWAYS SHOWS UP FOR EVERY MEETING WE TALK ABOUT THE BOND.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK RAY, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GIVING YOUR TIME EFFORT AND ENERGY THIS WAY. THANK YOU.
>> TRUSTEES. ANYONE ELSE FOR ROUND 2.
SEEING NOTHING FURTHER. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
TRUSTEES. WE WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM 9 MINUTES SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL.
[9. MINUTES SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL]
THE MINUTES ARE CURRENTLY POSTED IN YOUR BOARD DOCS FOR YOUR REVIEW.THEN WE'LL TURN TO AGENDA ITEM 10, STATUTORY ITEMS.
[10. STATUTORY ITEMS]
TRUSTEES, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT FOR YOU, STATUTORY ITEM A, CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE DALLAS DEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, CASTING ITS VOTE FOR A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DALLAS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT, DCAD AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE HERE ON THE BOARD ON THIS TIME LAST YEAR, MAY REMEMBER THIS.
ON STATUTORY ITEM A, YOU WILL FIND A RESOLUTION FOR THE BOARD TO CAST ITS VOTES FOR MEMBERS TO SERVE ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF DCAD, THE DALLAS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT.
LAST YEAR, NEW RULES WERE IMPLEMENTED ON HOW A MEMBER WAS ELECTED TO THE DCAD BOARD.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THOSE GUIDELINES, FIVE DIRECTORS APPOINTED BY THE TAXING UNITS TYPICALLY SERVE STAGGERED FOUR YEAR TERMS,
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BEGINNING ON JANUARY 1ST OF EVERY OTHER EVEN NUMBERED YEAR TO PROVIDE FOR THE TRANSITION FROM THE NEW RULES TO PROVIDE FOR THE TRANSITION FOR THE STAGGERED TERMS, TWO DIRECTORS WERE APPOINTED TO SERVE ONE YEAR TERM, AND THREE DIRECTORS WERE APPOINTED TO SERVE A TERM OF THREE YEARS.THEREAFTER, ALL APPOINTED DIRECTORS WILL SERVE A FOUR YEAR STAGGERED TERM, STARTING WITH 2026 AND 2028.
TRUSTEE MICCICHE WAS ELECTED IN 2024 TO SERVE IN THE DCAD FOR A THREE YEAR APPOINTMENT.
HIS TERM WILL EXPIRE AGAIN. [NOISE] TO THE APPOINTED MEMBERS WILL SERVE THEN A FOUR YEAR TERM.
YOU MAY REMEMBER FROM LAST YEAR, BUT THIS YEAR, DALLAS ISD HAS BEEN ALLOCATED 472 VOTES OR POINTS.
WE CAN CAST ALL OF OUR VOTES FOR ONE CANDIDATE, OR WE CAN DISTRIBUTE THEM AMONG VARIOUS CANDIDATES, OR WE CAN ALSO DECIDE TO NOT DISTRIBUTE THEM AT ALL.
THE LISTING OF THE CANDIDATES THAT HAVE FILED TIMELY IS ALSO IN YOUR BOARD DOCUMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS PROPERTY CODE, SECTION 6.03 K, OUR BOARD MAY VOTE THROUGH A RESOLUTION THAT MUST BE RETURNED TO THE CHIEF APPRAISER NO LATER THAN DECEMBER 12TH, 2025.
BY DECEMBER 30TH, 2025, THE CHIEF APPRAISER WILL COUNT THE VOTES AND DECLARE TWO CANDIDATES WHO RECEIVED THE LARGEST CUMULATIVE VOTE TOTALS ELECTED AND SUBMIT THE RESULTS FOR THE TAXING UNIT IN THE DISTRICT AND TO THE CANDIDATES.
TRUSTEES, ARE THERE QUESTIONS ON THAT PROCESS? I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT THERE.
BUT FOR THE NEW FOLKS, WE GET TO ALLOCATE POINTS TO CANDIDATES WHO WISH TO SERVE ON DCAD.
YOU HAVE THOSE APPLICATIONS IN YOUR PACKET.
IF YOU WISH TO DO SO, WE WILL MAKE A RESOLUTION AND A MOTION TO ALLOCATE THOSE POINTS AGAIN TO ONE PERSON, MULTIPLE PEOPLE OR NO PEOPLE AT ALL.
COOL. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? SEE, TRUSTEE CURRIE FIRST.
>> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. DURING THE LAST VOTE OF THESE, THERE WAS A THRESHOLD WHERE ONCE SOMEONE CROSSED THAT LINE, THEY HAD PASSED, UNLESS WE HAD SOME ACCESS, THAT CREATE SOME DISCUSSION.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT THEY COULD SURE, AT SOME POINT, I'D LOVE SOME INFORMATION ON WHETHER THERE IS A SIMILAR TYPE THRESHOLD THIS TIME AROUND OR NOW THAT IT'S BROKEN UP.
THAT SAME DYNAMIC WON'T BE IN PLAY.
I DON'T KNOW WHO CAN ANSWER THAT, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW THAT INFORMATION.
I DON'T KNOW IF I'M ALLOWED TO DEFER TO. [OVERLAPPING]
>> NO, MATHEW BRIDGES, ARE YOU AWARE OF ANY THRESHOLDS.
>> I'M PERSONALLY NOT AWARE OF ANY OF THE MATERIAL THAT I REVIEWED THIS TIME THAT THAT IS THE THIS OPTION RIGHT NOW.
IT WAS EITHER ALL THE VOTES, NONE OF THE VOTES OR YOU COULD SPLIT THE VOTES AMONG THEM.
>> THAT WAS MY FIRST QUESTION.
THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT, TRUSTEE CURRIE.
MY SECOND. I MEAN, LOOKING AT THIS LIST, OBVIOUSLY, WE ARE THE LARGEST TAXING ENTITY.
WE HAVE THE MOST VOTES, SO THAT'S NICE FOR US TO HAVE.
DALLAS CITY HAS THE SECOND MOST VOTES.
BETWEEN THE TWO OF US, WE HAVE SOMETHING LIKE 750 VOTES OUT OF THE TOTAL OF 2000.
DO WE HAVE ANY SENSE OF WHEN THE CITY WILL DO THIS? I'M SURE WE CAN IS THERE LIKE A WRITING TALLY THAT WE CAN SEE WHO HAS GOTTEN WHAT VOTES BEFOREHAND?
>> NO, I PERSONALLY. MISS MATTHEWS BRIDGES KNOW. I THINK THE ANSWER IS NO.
>> FURTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
THEN TRUSTEES, WE'LL TURN TO AGENDA ITEM 10 B?
>> TEN B IS THE TEACHER CERTIFICATION.
>> I HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS ON THE TEACHER CERTIFICATION.
I NOTED THAT WE HAD 680 IN ELEMENTARY AND 210 IN SECONDARY.
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HOW LONG HAVE THEY BEEN IN THE DISTRICT? IF YOU WERE TO MAYBE BUCKET THEM IN A 1-2 YEAR 3-5 YEAR AND FIVE YEAR IN OVER GROUP?>> SURE. ABOUT 185 OR SO ARE ONE YEAR OR LESS, ABOUT 130 ARE 1-2 YEARS, AND THEN 300 ARE ABOUT THREE YEARS, AND ABOUT 220 ARE GOING TO BE FOUR OR MORE.
>> THEN IF YOU OVERLAY, I'D BE CURIOUS NOT NOW, BUT JUST TO SEE THAT OVERLAID WITH TEI RATINGS.
I WONDER HOW THEY'RE RELATED OR IF THEY'RE NOT RELATED AT ALL.
>> THERE DEFINITELY IS A CORRELATION.
WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR DOI TEACHERS VERSUS OUR FULLY CERTIFIED TEACHERS.
THEY'RE VERY COMPARABLE IN THEIR PERFORMANCE AND THEIR GROWTH OVER TIME.
ONE THING TO CONSIDER IS EVEN THOUGH A PERSON MAY BE CONSIDERED LABELED A DOI TEACHER, SOME OF THEM HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN THROUGH THE TRAINING PROGRAMS AND THINGS OF AN SHIRT PROGRAM.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THEY DIDN'T GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS OF PAYING THE $5,000 FOR THE CERTIFICATION SINCE WE HAD THE DOI OPTION.
THE DATA SET IS GOING TO HAVE SOME OVERLAP, BUT THEY'RE VERY MUCH SIMILAR TO A CERTIFIED TEACHER IN BOTH OF THOSE ASPECTS.
>> SOME PROGRAMS ARE OVER $5,000, YES.
>> I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT. THANK YOU. I ALSO WONDER, I SAW THAT THERE'S A LIST OF EDPREP PROGRAMS. HOW YOU ALL THINK ABOUT THE QUALITY AND EFFICACY OF THE EDPREP PROGRAMS AND MEASURE HOW EFFECTIVE THEY ARE?
>> WHEN WE LOOK TO SEE THE PROGRAMS THAT WE WERE GOING TO PARTNER WITH, SOME THINGS WE LOOKED AT IS FIRST IS THE PROVEN TRACK RECORD.
HOW MANY OF THEM HAVE A PROVEN TRACK RECORD OF HAVING A HIGH LEVEL OR A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF GETTING APPLICANTS CERTIFIED IN THE LONG RUN BECAUSE THAT'S OUR ULTIMATE GOAL.
WE LOOKED AT THOSE WHO HAD THE ABILITY AND THE BREADTH AND THE SCOPE IN THEIR ORGANIZATION TO DO LARGE NUMBERS.
OBVIOUSLY, DALLAS ISD IS A LARGE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WHEN WE LOOK AT PARTNERS, WE ALWAYS LOOK FOR SOMEBODY WHO CAN DO OUR SCALE.
THEN WE LOOKED AT THOSE WE HAD SOME ONLINE COLLABORATION WITH IN THE PAST, PARTNERS WE'D WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH, AND WE CONTINUE TO WORK CLOSELY WITH THEM EVEN BEFORE THE CHANGE IN THE LAW.
THEN THE THREE THAT WE HAVE SELECTED ANOTHER BIG PIECE OF THAT IS THEY'RE OFFERING DISCOUNTS SPECIFICALLY TO DALLAS ISD.
THEY'RE KNOCKING UP TO AND OVER $100 OFF OF THEIR PRICE TO GIVE DEPENDING ON THE DIFFERENT PROGRAM, TO GIVE OUR CANDIDATES, OUR EMPLOYEES HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF LESS OF A FINANCIAL BURDEN.
STATE DOES HAVE A STIPEND OR AN INCENTIVE THAT WILL COME OUT AT THE END OF NEXT YEAR, WHICH IS A STATE FUNDED, AND THEY'LL GET $100 FROM THE STATE IF THEY MEET CERTAIN CRITERIA AS FAR AS WHEN THEY WERE TEACHING AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
THAT'S GOING TO HELP SOME, BUT THAT COMPILED WITH THOSE OTHER DISCOUNTS, AND WE'RE STILL LOOKING AND TRYING TO FIND ADDITIONAL WAYS TO SUPPORT THEM AS WELL.
>> GREAT. THEN LAST QUESTION IS, WHY DO WE NEED THE EXTRA TIME? WHY ARE WE APPLYING FOR THE EXTRA TIME?
>> I THINK THE BIG THING IS THESE ARE PROVEN DALLAS ISD TEACHERS.
THEY'RE IN OUR CLASSROOMS. THEY'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL, AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T CREATE A HUGE VACUUM OF TALENT.
WE DON'T WANT TO CREATE A LARGE NUMBER OF VACANCIES AND FILL THEM WITH OTHER ZERO YEAR TEACHERS COMING IN.
I THINK THE STATE REALIZED THAT WHEN THEY PASSED THIS LAW, THAT THERE'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE A STEP DOWN PROCESS IN THAT.
BECAUSE THEY KNOW IF YOU DID THAT FOR ALL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE, THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH CERTIFIED TEACHERS TO FILL THAT GAP.
WHAT THAT WOULD END UP WITH IS INSTEAD OF HAVING THESE, MULTI YEAR EXPERIENCED, SUCCESSFUL TEACHERS WORKING WITH OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE WORKING ON CERTIFICATION, WE WOULD END UP WITH A VACANCY, OR WE'D BE COMBINING CLASSES, OR WE'D HAVE SUBSTITUTES OR LONG TERM SUBSTITUTES, WHICH WOULD NOT BE AS IDEAL FOR OUR KIDS AND OUR CAMPUS AND OUR DISTRICT OUTCOMES.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR THIS EXTENSION.
>> GREAT. THEN, JUST ONE FINAL QUESTION, I GUESS, HOW DOES IT IMPACT HOW YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT HIRING.
>> WE'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO BE SHIFTING OUR HIRING TO FOCUS ON CERTIFIED TEACHERS, OBVIOUSLY, FIRST.
WE'RE LOOKING TO EXPAND SOME OF OUR PARTNERSHIPS IN THE PAST THAT WE HAVE FOR DIFFERENT PIPELINES, FOCUSED ON CERTIFICATION TEACHERS JUST INSTEAD OF JUST TEACHERS OF QUALITY WITH THE DOI OPTION.
WE'RE SHIFTING THOSE PARTNERSHIPS AND EXPANDING SOME OF THOSE EXISTING PARTNERSHIPS AS WELL.
>> IF I COULD ADD SO THAT I DON'T TAKE ANYBODY'S MINUTES.
I'M LEARNING TO DO A LITTLE BETTER, SO IN BETWEEN THEM.
I WOULD LIKE TO JUST POINT OUT A COUPLE OF THINGS.
THE TIME FRAME THAT TEI PROVIDED MADE SENSE FOR 80% OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE BECAUSE THEY'RE MUCH SMALLER THAN WE ARE.
THE REASON THAT WE'RE ASKING YOU ALL TO SUPPORT US IN THIS IS BECAUSE WHILE WE ACTUALLY HAVE A LOWER PERCENTAGE OF DOI TEACHERS THAN MOST, THAT NUMBER IS STILL VERY HIGH IN COMPARISON TO, AGAIN, THE AVERAGE SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT HAS, 01,500 STUDENTS, NOT 135,000 STUDENTS.
THAT'S ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT.
THE SECOND THING IS, CHIEF ABEL AND HIS TEAM, WHEN THEY DID UTILIZE THE DOI HIRING PROCESS,
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THEY WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS WHEN WE TOOK THESE TEACHERS UP TO BEGIN WITH.THEY HAD TO HAVE GPAS AND EXPERIENCES THAT WOULD ACTUALLY ALREADY QUALIFY THEM TO BE ABLE TO ENTER THESE ALTERNATIVE CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS. MANY OF THEM DID NOT SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE COST OF GETTING IN THE PROGRAM.
I THINK BEING ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THAT AND THEN THERE WILL BE SOME THAT ARE EXEMPT FROM THIS PROCESS BECAUSE THEIR AREA OF EXPERTISE IS IN THE CTE COMPONENT WHERE IT'S ALLOWABLE FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS TO NOT HAVE TO GET A CERTIFICATION.
YOU'RE A MASTER ELECTRICIAN OR IN COMPUTER SCIENCE.
IN THOSE AREAS, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE TO GO GET THE CERTIFICATION.
BUT WE ARE ABSOLUTELY DEDICATED TO ENSURING THAT ALL OF OUR TEACHERS WOULD BE CERTIFIED.
I JUST WANTED THIS BOARD TO KNOW THAT NOT ALL DOI TEACHERS IN EVERY DISTRICT ARE THE SAME.
WE DEFINITELY HAD HIGHER REQUIREMENTS FOR TEACHERS TO EVEN BE ABLE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR OUR TEACHING POSITIONS.
OUT OF THE 890 THAT WE HAVE, HOW MANY OF THOSE WOULD YOU ESTIMATE ARE IN THOSE SPECIFIC AREAS LIKE CTE COURSES?
>> THAT 890, THAT IS GOING TO BE SPECIFICALLY JUST THOSE FOUNDATIONAL COURSES.
THE CTE CLASSES THAT WERE MENTIONED ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THAT TOTAL.
>> THESE ARE THE CORE CLASSES, AND THOSE CORE CLASSES WOULD BE LIKE?
>> MATH, READING, SCIENCE, SOCIAL STUDIES.
>> FOR ME, I'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW LONG THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN WITH THE DISTRICT AND THEIR TEI RATING AND BY TRUSTEE DISTRICT, SO I CAN GET A GOOD VISION OF EXACTLY WHERE THEY ARE.
THEN THE LAST THING IS, SUPERINTENDENT, EVEN IF THE BOARD ADOPTS THIS, SO HOW DO WE THINK THE STATE IS GOING TO RESPOND BECAUSE IT'S OUTSIDE OF THE FRAMEWORK OF THE STATE BILL?
>> THIS MECHANISM WAS ACTUALLY CREATED BY THE STATE.
THEY ACTUALLY SAID THEY CREATED IT SPECIFICALLY FOR A DISTRICT OR SIZE, BUT WE STILL CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOUR APPROVAL.
>> ACTUALLY, TRUSTEE FOREMAN JUST ASKED THE KEY QUESTION I WAS GOING TO ASK.
ONE OTHER SUPER THING, JUST FROM MY FY, NEW TRUSTEE GUY.
DO WE HAVE ANY DOI TEACHERS TEACHING IN SPED OR ELL SPACES OR DOES THAT INHERENTLY HAVE TO COME WITH A CERTIFICATION?
>> TO BE ABLE TO TEACH A SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSROOM, YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO HAVE A CERTIFICATION IN SPECIAL ED AND BILINGUAL OR ESL, YOU WOULD ALSO HAVE TO HAVE A FULL CERTIFICATION TO GET THAT ENDORSEMENT.
DOI DOES NOT ALLOW FOR ESL BILINGUAL OR SPECIAL EDUCATION.
>> THANK YOU. SOME GREAT QUESTIONS HERE.
CAN YOU REMIND ME WHAT FOUNDATIONAL SUBJECTS ARE?
>> THE FOUNDATIONAL SUBJECT IS A LANGUAGE IN THEIR LAW.
BASICALLY, I WOULD TRANSLATE IT TO BE CORE SUBJECT, SO IT'S GOING TO BE ENGLISH, READING, MATH, SCIENCE OR SOCIAL STUDIES.
IF YOU'RE A SELF CONTAINED GENERALIST TEACHER IN ELEMENTARY, THAT WOULD BE.
>> THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE, FOR INSTANCE, A RETIRED NURSE WHO IS TEACHING A NURSING CLASS IN CTE, THAT WOULD NOT BE A FOUNDATIONAL SUBJECT, CORRECT?
>> THAT'S CORRECT. IT WOULD NOT.
>> I KNOW STATEWIDE, THERE'S A LOT OF RESEARCH THAT SHOWS CERTIFIED TEACHERS ARE GENERALLY MORE EFFECTIVE ON STUDENT OUTCOMES BY A SIGNIFICANT MARGIN.
WE HAVE A MUCH MORE ROBUST SYSTEM.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I HEARD THE QUESTION THAT SARAH ASKED, WHICH IS THAT, DO WE IN DALLAS ISD SEE A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN EFFECTIVENESS BETWEEN UNCERTIFIED DOI TEACHERS.
I HEARD YOU SAY, NOT REALLY. IS THAT ACCURATE?
>> NO, THEY'RE VERY COMPARABLE.
I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE DIFFERENT POOLS OF TEACHERS, THE GREATEST INDICATOR OF LONG TERM EFFECTIVENESS IS GOING TO BE ACTUALLY THE DATE OF HIRE.
BUT GENERALLY, THEY'RE GOING TO PERFORM VERY MUCH EQUIVALENT.
>> IN DALLAS ISD, WE FEEL OKAY ALLOWING A LONGER RUNWAY FOR UNCERTIFIED TEACHERS BECAUSE WE FEEL CONFIDENT THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT THEM IN TERMS OF OTHER EFFECTIVENESS MEASURES.
>> I THINK AS DR. LZALDI MENTIONED EARLIER,
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WE DO HAVE THE HIGHER THRESHOLD THAN MOST DISTRICTS DO FOR THE MINIMUM GPA TO GET INTO OUR DOI PROGRAM.IF YOU REMEMBER AT THE BEHEST OF THE BOARD, WE ACTUALLY ADDED ADDITIONAL TRAINING EVERY YEAR.
ADDITIONAL TWO DAYS OF TRAINING, I THINK THAT EACH DOI TEACHER TAKES EVERY YEAR WITH DALLAS ISD, NOT JUST THE FIRST YEAR, BUT THEY GET THAT ON TOP OF WHAT A CERTIFIED TEACHER WOULD GET.
I THINK THOSE ADDITIONAL STEPS IS WHY WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN THAT GAP.
>> THEN I SAW THE LIST OF DIFFERENT ALL CERT PROVIDERS.
I KNOW, AGAIN, STATEWIDE, THERE ARE VAST DIFFERENCES IN THE QUALITY OF ALL CERT PROVIDERS.
I'M MORE WORRIED ABOUT IT FOR US.
DO WE SEE ANY DIFFERENCE IN THE EFFECTIVENESS OF OUR TEACHERS WHO GO THROUGH THE VARIOUS ALL CERT PROVIDERS THAT WE HAVE?
>> I THINK WE'VE LOOKED AT THAT RESEARCH MANY TIMES OVER THE YEARS.
AGAIN, DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY GOING TO HAVE VARIATION WITH INDIVIDUALS, BUT IT REALLY IS WHEN THEY'RE HIRED FROM THAT PROGRAM FOR ANY ALL CERT PROGRAM, IF YOU FIND SOMEBODY WHO'S RECOMMENDED OR HIRED IN APRIL, MAY OR JUNE, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE LONG-TERM SUCCESS THAN SOMEONE HIRED IN JULY, AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER.
ALL PROGRAMS ARE GOING TO HAVE QUALITY, AND ALL PROGRAMS ARE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE A LITTLE BIT LESS QUALITY DEPENDING ON THAT.
WE FEEL CONFIDENT WITH THESE. WE'RE GOING TO GET A QUALITY PROGRAM IN CERTIFICATION FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN DALLAS.
>> THANK YOU. THAT WAS THE HEART OF IT.
HOW LONG DOES IT USUALLY TAKE? IF A TEACHER ONE OF OUR DOI UNCERTIFIED TEACHERS TODAY WAS LIKE, I'M GOING TO START THIS PROGRAM.
HOW LONG DOES IT USUALLY TAKE THEM TO FINISH THAT PROGRAM?
>> THE SHORTEST RUNWAY THEY COULD POSSIBLY DO WOULD BE PROBABLY EARLY NEXT I WOULD SAY EARLY NEXT FALL, SO AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER.
IT DEPENDS BECAUSE WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR CERTIFICATION TEST, SO YOU HAVE THE CLASS REQUIREMENTS AND THE VARIOUS OBSERVATION HOURS AND THINGS YOU HAVE TO DO IF P AS A PART OF THE PROGRAM AS WELL.
BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, YOU ALSO HAVE TO TAKE CERTAIN TESTS THAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE TO PASS.
SOME PEOPLE NEED TO TAKE IT ONCE OR TWICE OR THREE TIMES, IT JUST DEPENDS.
IT DEPENDS ON HOW QUICK THEY SCHEDULE THOSE AND GET THOSE PASS.
ALSO WITH THESE PROGRAMS, THEIR STATE CERTIFICATION IS DEPENDENT UPON THEIR PASS RATES FOR THOSE EXAMS. WHAT THEY DO IS A LOT OF THEM WILL PUT IN A HIGHER PASS RATE ON THE PRACTICE TEST.
YOU HAVE TO SCORE A HIGHER THING YOU MAY HAVE TO TAKE THE PRACTICE TEST 3 OR 4 TIMES.
WANT YOU TO I'M GOING TO MAKE A YOU HAVE TO GET A 70 TO PASS, BUT THEY WANT YOU TO DO AN 80 ON THE PRACTICE EXAM BEFORE THEY LET YOU TAKE IT TO ENSURE BECAUSE THERE'S ACTUALLY A PROGRAM IN PLACE WHERE IF AN AT PROGRAM DOESN'T HAVE A HIGH ENOUGH PASS RATE IN ANY GIVEN AREA, THE STATE PULLS THAT ABILITY TO ISSUE THAT CERTIFICATION FOR UP TO 1 OR 2 YEARS.
AS A GOOD DATA POINT IS THESE PROGRAMS HAVE THE ABILITY TO OFFER THE COURSES AND THE CERTIFICATIONS WE'RE ASKING FOR, BECAUSE OVER THE LAST YEARS, THEY HAVE HAD AN ANNUAL PASS RATE HIGH ENOUGH TO THE STATE MINIMUM, AT LEAST, TO BE ABLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
>> THANK YOU. MY LAST AND PROBABLY MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION IS, THE THING THAT I CARE ABOUT THE MOST IS THAT WE HAVE THE MOST EFFECTIVE TEACHERS IN FRONT OF OUR STUDENTS.
DO YOU FEEL LIKE IF WE WERE TO PUT RESOURCES TO GETTING MORE CERTIFIED TEACHERS FASTER, AND NOT DOING THE EXTENSION OR DOING THE EXTENSION.
WHICH ONE OF THOSE WOULD YOU SAY WE WOULD FEEL MOST CONFIDENT GETTING OR KEEPING THE MOST EFFECTIVE TEACHERS FOR OUR KIDS?
>> FOR ME, I WOULD ALWAYS CHOOSE TO RETAIN A TEACHER THAT'S CURRENTLY IN DALLAS, WHO'S BEEN WORKING WITH OUR STUDENTS AND OUR ADMINISTRATORS AND OUR PARENTS AND COMMUNITY FOR A YEAR, TWO YEARS OR THREE YEARS, WHO KNOW OUR CLIMATE, WHO KNOW OUR CULTURE, KNOW HOW TO WORK WITH OUR KIDS AND MAKE THEM SUCCESSFUL VERSUS SOMEONE WHO MAY HAVE A CERTIFICATION WHO'S COMING IN WITH ZERO YEARS EXPERIENCE, NEW TO DALLAS, DOESN'T KNOW OUR CLIMATE, DOESN'T KNOW OUR CULTURE, DOESN'T KNOW OUR KIDS.
>> GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT'S ALL I NEED TO KNOW.
>> TRUSTEE TURNER. HOW ARE YOU TRUSTEE GARCIA?
I BELIEVE MOST OF MY QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED, BUT IS THERE AN ATTRITION RATE SOME EXPECTATION THAT SOME TEACHERS MIGHT SAY, HEY, I CAN'T GET PAST THIS, SO I THINK I'M NOT GOING TO DO THIS? I'M REALISTIC TO THINK THAT MAYBE 800 OR ALMOST 900 TEACHERS WON'T MAKE IT THROUGH THE PROCESS.
WHAT IS THAT PERCEIVED ATTRITION RATE AND THEN WHAT IS THE PLAN TO FILL THAT?
>> I DON'T KNOW. WE HAD A SERIES OF MEETINGS IN WHICH HCM MET WITH THEM ALL LAST WEEK, AND WE'RE HAVING A FOLLOW UP SURVEY THAT'S DUE AT THE END OF THIS WEEK TO SEE WHAT THEIR LEVELS OF INTEREST ARE.
WE KNOW WE WILL HAVE SOME ATTRITION, BUT WE'RE HOPING THAT ATTRITION IS GOING TO BE SMALL ENOUGH THAT WE CAN STILL EXPAND OUR OTHER PIPELINES AND OUR RECRUITING, AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, TO BE ABLE TO FILL THOSE GAPS AS WE COME FORWARD.
THANKS TO THE LEADERSHIP OF DR. ELIZALDE, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO REALLY INVEST IN OUR RECRUITMENT OF TEACHERS.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE A RECORD NUMBER OF TEACHER APPLICATIONS.
I THINK WE ACTUALLY BROKE 13,000 FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER.
WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
OUR KEY HAS BEEN TO LEVERAGE THOSE RESOURCES TO EFFECTIVELY BRING IN HIGH LEVELS OF TALENT FOR OUR PRINCIPALS, TO REPLACE ANYBODY WHO DOES CHOOSE TO LEAVE.
HOPE THAT THEY ALL STAY? WE WANT TO SUPPORT ALL OF OUR DOI TEACHERS.
THEY'VE BEEN DEDICATED TO DALLAS ISD.
A LOT OF THEM CAME IN, RIGHT AFTER COVID WHEN WE NEEDED HELP, AND THEY'VE BEEN DEDICATED TO THE KIDS OF DALLAS ISD.
OUR HOPE IS IT IS 100%, BUT WE WILL BE ABLE TO PIVOT FOR ANYBODY WHO DECIDES THAT THAT'S NOT FOR THEM, THOUGH.
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>> THEN I GUESS THAT TRIGGERED ANOTHER QUESTION.
WITH THIS TYPE OF TIMELINE, WHAT TYPE OF REPORTING MAKES SENSE FOR THE BOARD TO RECEIVE? WHAT TIME FRAMES?
>> GENERALLY, LIKE I SAID, AN OFF SHIRT PROGRAM IS GOING TO BE A 68 MONTH.
I WOULD PROBABLY SUGGEST ANNUAL, BUT IF Y'ALL WANT MORE PROGRESS ALONG THE WAY WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT. WE'RE AN OPEN BOOK.
WE KNOW OUR TEACHERS WILL BE WORKING HARD AND THEY'RE GOING TO GET THERE.
WE'RE HAPPY WITH WHATEVER Y'ALL DECIDE AS A BOARD.
>> TRUSTEES, FURTHER QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION ON 10B? SEEING NONE, TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO 10C, CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE RESULTS OF THE 2024, 2025 SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS EVALUATION INSTRUMENT IN 2024, 2025 INCENTIVE PLAN.
I THINK WE HAVE A LITTLE PRESENTATION.
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CARRION.
IF WE CAN PULL UP THE OTHER PRESENTATION, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
GOOD EVENING, TRUSTEES, SUPERINTENDENT.
I'D LIKE TO BRIEFLY GO OVER THE VALUES THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT EARN ON THE 24, 25 EVALUATION.
I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE A OVERVIEW OF THE STRUCTURE OF THE TOOL BECAUSE I KNOW YOU LOOK AT THIS ONCE A YEAR.
IF WE LOOK AT THE FAR RIGHT HAND SIDE, YOU CAN SEE THAT YOU HAVE EACH OF THE GOALS AND THE GPMS. THEN WHEN YOU PROGRESSIVELY MOVE OVER TO YOUR RIGHT, YOU HAVE THE HISTORY OF EACH GOAL AND EACH GPM.
RIGHT IN THE CENTER, YOU HAVE YOUR PERFORMANCE TARGETS, AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE THE ACTUAL VALUE THAT SHE EARNED FOR THIS PARTICULAR YEAR.
THE WHOLE EVALUATION INSTRUMENT IS COMPRISED OF 60% ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, 22% CONSTRAINTS, 13% STAKEHOLDERS, 5% FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, WHICH WOULD GIVE YOU 100%.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO KNOW UNDER THE PERFORMANCE TARGETS, YOU CAN SEE AT THE TOP OF EACH COLUMN, THERE'S A HEADING THERE.
FS IS FULLY SATISFACTORY, AND CS IS CLEARLY SUPERIOR.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S A VALUE NEXT TO EACH ONE OF THOSE PERFORMANCE TARGETS.
WE ALWAYS CENTER THE FULLY SATISFACTORY ON THE ACTUAL TARGET FOR OUR STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS.
WE KNOW THAT THE 60% OF THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT'S EVALUATION MIRRORS THE STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS.
I'M JUST GOING TO WALK US THROUGH AT A HIGH LEVEL VERY QUICKLY.
IF WE LOOK IN THE CENTER, WE CAN SEE 23-24.
WHICH WAS THE PREVIOUS YEAR VALUES.
FOR EXAMPLE, GOAL 1, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S 43.
THE DOMAIN ONE WAS A 43, 23-24.
IF YOU LOOK OVER TO THE RIGHT, YOU'LL SEE 24-25 WAS A 44.
WE DID GO UP ONE POINT, AND YOU CAN SEE THE PERFORMANCE TARGETS, 44 FALLS UNDER THE SOMEWHAT SATISFACTORY, WHICH MEANS THE SUPERINTENDENT EARNED A 0.5 FOR SOMEWHAT SATISFACTORY.
>> IF WE CAN STOP JUST FOR A SECOND.
IT MEANS 0.5 OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF POINTS.
YES. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF POINTS WERE 6, BUT SINCE I ONLY EARN HALF OF THAT, THEN THAT'S WHY YOU'LL SEE ON THE FAR RIGHT, YOU SEE 3.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? THEN IF WE STAY THE SAME, IF WE WERE AT A 43 AND WE HAD STAYED AT A 43, THEN THAT IS, IF I'M EQUAL TO OR LESS THAN WHERE WE WERE, THEN IT'S UNSATISFACTORY, AND THAT'S THE ZERO.
THAT'S THE PATTERN THAT WE'VE UTILIZED.
I KNOW YOU MOST OF YOU ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS, BUT JUST IN CASE I HAVE TO GO BACK AND ALWAYS REMEMBER BECAUSE IT IS A LITTLE.
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.
>> JUST WANTED TO WALK THROUGH ONE OF THOSE SO THAT YOU KNOW RE ACCLIMATE YOU IN READING.
I'M GOING TO GIVE EACH SECTION.
THE GOAL 1 SECTION, THE SUPERINTENDENT EARNED 8 POINTS OUT OF 12.
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SHE ACTUALLY EXCEEDED THE 12 POINTS.REMEMBER, YOU CAN DO THAT IF YOU SCORE CLEARLY SUPERIOR IN ANY ONE OF THESE CATEGORIES.
IF YOU GO TO GOAL 3, SHE EARNED 15 POINTS OUT OF 12.
GO TO THE NEXT PAGE FOR GOAL 4, 17 POINTS OUT OF 12, GOAL 5, 14 POINTS OUT OF 12.
THEN WE GO DOWN TOWARD THE BOTTOM, AND YOU SEE FISCAL MANAGEMENT.
SHE ACHIEVED 7.5 POINTS OUT OF 5.
IF WE GO DOWN TO THE CONSTRAINTS, 16 POINTS OUT OF 22.
THEN THE LAST SECTION IS STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK, WHERE WE GET INPUT FROM PARENTS, TAX PAYERS, AND, OF COURSE, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
AT THIS POINT, SHE'S AT 7.5 OUT OF 13, BUT THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE BOARD'S POINTS, AND THE BOARD WILL SPEAK WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT PRIVATELY ABOUT THAT.
THAT REALLY CONCLUDES A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE SUPERINTENDENT'S EVALUATION FOR THE 24-25 SCHOOL YEAR.
>> TRUSTEES QUESTIONS ON THE INSTRUMENT.
>> JUST AS ON BEHALF OF THE SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION COMMITTEE, I THINK AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF SUMMARY, THE TAKEAWAYS HERE, WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS HERE.
THE SUPERINTENDENT, BASED ON THEIR SCORES IS EARNING AT MINIMUM, 101 OUT OF 100 POSSIBLE POINTS, SHOWING STRONG, I MEAN, AND THIS FOLLOWS ALL THE NEWS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, 70% OF SCHOOLS IN DALLAS ISD ARE AS AND BS.
WE SEE ACHIEVEMENT AT ALL TIME HIGHS.
KUDOS TO YOU, DOCTOR LZALDE, I KNOW IT'S ALSO A TEAM EFFORT WITH EVERYONE HERE. OTHER TAKEAWAYS.
THERE WERE FIVE ACADEMIC GOALS THAT DALLAS ISD HAD FOR THIS YEAR.
THE SUPERINTENDENT EXCEEDED FOUR OF THOSE GOALS.
THE FIFTH ONE THAT SHE DIDN'T MEET WAS SHOWED GROWTH, BUT JUST BARELY MISSED IT.
STRONG GROWTH IN ALL OF THEM, AND FOUR OF THEM EXCEEDED THE MARK.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S THE BIGGEST TAKEAWAY AS FAR AS IT RELATES TO THIS, SO I WANTED TO JUST SHARE THAT, KUDOS TO YOU, DOCTOR ELIZALDE AND THE WHOLE TEAM YOU'VE PUT TOGETHER.
>> WELL, WE'LL SEPARATELY TALK ABOUT TRUSTEE EVALUATIONS IN A MOMENT, BUT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIMPLY SAY, WE HAVE THE BEST SUPERINTENDENT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. JUST PERIOD.
WE DO, AND THE NUMBERS SHOW IT.
I'M INCREDIBLY HONORED TO GET TO WORK WITH HER EVERY DAY AND SO THANKFUL AND THANKFUL THAT THE WORK AND DEDICATION THAT SHE PUTS TO HER EFFORTS, NOT ONLY ARE JUST VISIBLE IN WHAT SHE DOES EVERY DAY WHEN SHE WALKS INTO CLASSROOMS AND CARES DEEPLY ABOUT THE KIDS THAT SHE SEES, BUT IT SHOWS UP IN THE NUMBERS THAT WE GET TO GO TELL THE COMMUNITY.
LOOK AT THE AMAZING WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.
IT IS A REFLECTION ON THE FACT THAT SHE'S BUILT A TEAM THAT IS SITTING IN FRONT OF US RIGHT NOW THAT MAKE HER LOOK VERY, VERY GOOD.
THINGS ARE NOT ALWAYS ROSY, BUT WHEN THEY'RE ROSY, LET'S BE SURE WE TALK ABOUT HOW ROSY THEY ARE CAUSE THEY'RE AMAZING. THANK YOU.
>> CAUSE, I MEAN, WE'RE CERTAINLY GOING TO HEAR IF THEY EVER NOT DON'T GET ROSY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE QUIET ABOUT THAT.
WE GOT TO BE VERY LOUD ABOUT THIS LEVEL OF SUCCESS.
AND I WANT TO FLAG A COUPLE OF THINGS COSIGNING ON WHAT MY COLLEAGUES WERE SAYING, BUT I WANT TO FLAG A COUPLE OF THINGS.
AND IN PARTICULAR, WE TALK ABOUT DOMAIN 3.
WHICH IS OUR CHARGE. IT IS OUR CHARGE FROM THE STATE.
IT IS OUR CHARGE FEDERALLY, AS WELL.
TO SEE WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO ON AFRICAN AMERICAN ACHIEVEMENT AT EVERY SINGLE LEVEL IS SOMETHING THAT ONE, I, AGAIN, KUDOS TO THE BOARD ON CONTINUE TO HOLD OUR SUPERINTENDENT, AND BY EXTENSION, OUR TEAM ACCOUNTABLE FOR IT.
KUDOS TO THE DISTRICT CONTINUING TO TAKE IT ON WITH A PLUM, TO HAVE THE GROWTH THAT WE'RE SEEING IS EXCITING AND IS ALSO INDICATIVE OF, I THINK, NOT JUST A TACTICAL STRATEGY, BUT I THINK A CULTURE WIDE COMMITMENT TO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE PAYING ATTENTION TO MAKE SURE EVERY CHILD OF EVERY DEMOGRAPHIC GETS SPECIFICALLY WHAT THEY NEED.
I WANT TO PUT A SPECIAL EXCLAMATION POINT,
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ON THAT ELEMENT OF THESE RESULTS, AND I'M EXCITED FOR US TO CONTINUE TO PUSH THAT FORWARD.NONE OF US ARE GOING TO WAIVE A MISSION ACCOMPLISH BANNER BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE STILL BREATHING, WHICH MEANS WE CAN STILL BE BETTER.
BUT THIS RIGHT HERE IS THE RESULTS AND THE IMPROVEMENT THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO SAY CAN'T HAPPEN IN PUBLIC EDUCATION.
KUDOS TO THE TEAM, KUDOS TO YOU, DOCTOR OZALDO, AND YOUR LEADERSHIP.
>> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. AND I WANT TO SAY AMEN TO THE COMMENTS OF MY COLLEAGUES.
WE DO HAVE THE BEST SUPERINTENDENT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT THIS INSTRUMENT IS AN INSTRUMENT THAT IS PERFECTLY ALIGNED WITH OUR BOARD GOALS.
IT SHOWS THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT, LEADING THE WHOLE TEAM IN THIS DISTRICT, HAS BEEN ABLE TO ACHIEVE OUR GOALS.
I WANT TO POINT OUT ONE ITEM THAT REALLY STRUCK ME BECAUSE I DO REMEMBER IN 2019, IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT DALLAS ISD CROSSED THE 50% THRESHOLD IN TERMS OF PUBLIC SUPPORT THAT THE LINE STAKEHOLDER SATISFACTION AND THEN TAXPAYERS, OWNERS.
TODAY, WE ARE NEARLY AT TWO THIRDS.
THAT IS QUITE A DIFFERENCE FROM JUST A DECADE AGO, AND SHOWS GREAT LEADERSHIP, AND IT SHOWS A REAL COMMITMENT BY EVERYONE IN THIS DISTRICT TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
>> TRUSTEES ON THE OTHER COMMENTS ON THE ON THE INSTRUMENT.
THERE'S ANOTHER PORTION TO THIS PRESENTATION, THAT'S THE INCENTIVE PLAN. DOCTOR LEAR.
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CARREON.
JUST VERY QUICKLY, IF WE CAN PULL THE INCENTIVE PLAN, THE INCENTIVE PLAN MIRRORS THE FIVE STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS THAT THE BOARD ADOPTED.
I JUST WANT TO QUICKLY GO THROUGH THOSE TO SAY THE GOALS THAT WERE MET.
EACH OF THE INCENTIVE GOALS ARE BASED ON FULLY SATISFACTORY.
IF MAYBE I HAVE TO DO IT. THERE WE GO.
GOAL, 1, GROWTH, BUT THIS PARTICULAR GOAL WAS NOT MET.
GOAL 3, WHICH IS ON THIRD GRADE MATH.
GOAL 4 IS ON MIDDLE SCHOOL GRADES, AND THIS IS DOMAIN ONE, AND THAT'S IT.
>> THE MEETING TO ATTEND THE CLOSED SESSION.
THE PUBLIC PORTION OF THE MEETING WILL RESUME AFTER CLOSED SESSION.
THE BOARD WILL RETIRE TO CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE,
[5. CLOSED SESSION - The Board will retire to closed session pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551 concerning the following sections:]
SECTION 551, CONCERNING ANY AND ALL PURPOSES PERMITTED BY THE ACT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING.SECTION 551.071 FOR PRIVATE CONSULTATION WITH ITS ATTORNEY ABOUT PENDING AND CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION ON A MATTER IN WHICH THE DUTY OF THE ATTORNEY TO THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY UNDER THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS CLEARLY CONFLICTS WITH THIS CHAPTER, SECTION 551.072 TO DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE, LEASE, SEE, OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY, SECTION 551.074, TO DELIBERATE THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT, EVALUATION, REASSIGNMENT, DUTIES, DISCIPLINE, OR DISMISSAL OF A PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE, INCLUDING THE SUPERINTENDENT'S EVALUATION RESULTS, AND INCENTIVE PLAN, AND EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT AMENDMENT, AND SECTION 551.129 TO CONSULT WITH ITS ATTORNEYS BY USE OF TELEPHONE CONFERENCE CALL, VIDEO CONFERENCE CALL, OR COMMUNICATIONS OVER THE INTERNET IN AN OPEN MEETING AND OR CLOSED MEETING.
TRUSTEES, THE TIME IS NOW 5:45 P.M, AND WE ARE IN CLOSE SESSION.
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THE TIME IS 7:29 P.M. WE ARE BACK IN OPEN SESSION.THE BOARD TOOK NO ACTION IN CLOSED SESSION.
TRUSTEES, WE'LL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEMS 11.
[11. POLICY UPDATES]
POLICY UPDATES.ARE THERE POLICY UPDATES? IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE POLICY UPDATES? UNDER 11? I SEE NONE.
TRUSTEES, ANY QUESTIONS CHIEF OF STAFF DIVISION,
[13. CHIEF OF STAFF DIVISION]
WHICH IS 13,14 AND 15.ANY ANYONE FOR 14 A? HEARING NO ONE FOR 14 A, WE WILL TURN TO 15 A.
>> HELLO. JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS THAT YOU CAN PUT IN THE TRACKER.
THE FIRST ONE IS, IN REGARDS TO THE IMMUNIZATIONS, HOW MANY DOES PARKLAND ACTUALLY DO FOR THE DISTRICT? THEN ON THE SPORTS PHYSICALS, HOW MANY IS PARKLAND ACTUALLY DOING AND ARE ALL OF THOSE FREE? IF YOU CAN PUT THAT IN THE TRACKER FOR ME.
>> TRUSTEES, ANYONE ELSE FOR 15 A.
SAYING NOTHING FURTHER TRUSTEES, ANYTHING UNDER ACADEMICS AND TRANSFORMATION DIVISION, WHICH IS ANYTHING FOR 17 A.
SEEING NOTHING TRUSTEES SCHOOL LEADERSHIP DIVISION, ANYONE FOR 19 A?
[20. FINANCIAL SERVICES DIVISION]
A. WE'LL START WITH WE'LL GO TO 21 B.>> EXACTLY, WHAT IS AN INTERCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE PURCHASING COOP?
>> ANYTIME WE ENTER AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH A COOPERATIVE THAT ALLOWS US TO PURCHASE FROM COOPERATIVE VENDORS.
THIS BASICALLY MAKES US A MEMBER OF THAT COOPERATIVE.
>> THIS IS A COOPERATIVE THAT IS WIDELY USED BY MANY OF THE DISTRICTS IN THE DALLAS FORT WORTH AREA.
>> DID WE DO ANY RESEARCH WITH THOSE DISTRICTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY USING IT?
>> YES. THE REASON WE'RE JOINING THEM IS WE, AS WITH ANY COOPERATIVE, WE REQUIRE THREE QUOTES, AND THIS WOULD GIVE US THE ADDITIONAL VENDORS AND WOULD GIVE OUR CAMPUSES AND DEPARTMENTS ADDITIONAL CHOICES, AS WELL AS COMPETITIVE PRICING.
>> WELL, HAVE WE CHECKED WITH ANY OF THE OTHER?
>> WE HAVE CHECK REFERENCES WITH OTHER DISTRICTS, YES.
>> CAN YOU SHARE THOSE RESPONSES WITH ME, PLEASE?
>> ON THE TRACK RECORD. THAT'S FINE.
>> SEES ANYONE ELSE FOR ANYTHING UNDER 21 FINANCIAL SERVICES? ANYTHING UNDER 22 PROCUREMENT SERVICES?
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I'M READY. FOR THIS TEMPORARY LABOR SERVICES, WE HAVE NOT TO EXCEED $9,200,000 OVER A THREE YEAR PERIOD.WHAT DATE WAS THAT ACTUALLY DONE? THAT WAS, I SEE THE CONTRACT PERIOD 2023-2026.
WE HAVE NOT COMPLETED THAT CONTRACT PERIOD.
>> WHY ARE WE NEEDING A 15% INCREASE?
>> ORIGINALLY, THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT WAS 8 MILLION, AND WE ARE ASKING FOR A 15% INCREASE TO 9.2 MILLION.
THE REASON IS BECAUSE OF THE RISING COSTS IN THE EDTECH LABOR MARKET, THE HI TECH LABOR MARKET.
WE HAVE USED THE TEMPORARY LABOR SERVICES IN THE H TECH INDUSTRY.
BECAUSE OF THE RISING COSTS IN THAT INDUSTRY, WE ARE ASKING FOR A 15% INCREASE.
>> JUST A QUESTION, AND I KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER TO THIS.
BUT WE'RE USING TEMPORARY LABOR MARKETS FOR TECH, BUT WE HAVE A WHOLE DEPARTMENT.
>> THESE SPECIFIC SERVICES, WE DON'T HAVE A STAFF TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES.
>> COULD YOU SHARE THOSE SERVICES? YES, WE TRACKER, PLEASE.
>> ANYONE ELSE FOR 22A? LET'S DO 23, ANYTHING UNDER 23.
>> I KNOW WE ALWAYS DO THE DEMOGRAPHIC ENROLLMENT.
BUT DO WE HAVE THE COST FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS FOR THE DEMOGRAPHIC ENROLLMENT?
>> THE LAST DEMOGRAPHIC STUDY THAT WE DID WAS FOR $650,000.
THIS ONE WOULD BE HALF THE PRICE.
>> IT WOULD BE HALF THE PRICE?
>> THIS ONE WOULD BE CLOSE TO 175,000.
>> THE LAST ONE WE DID WAS 650,000.
>> COULD YOU EXPLAIN TO ME THE DECLINE IN OUR PORTFOLIO FROM WHY I WENT FROM THE PORTFOLIO IN FISCAL YEAR 2025 QUARTER 1.
WHY DID IT DECREASE FROM 5.03% TO 4.33%?
>> THAT IS THE INTEREST RATE MARKET.
LAST YEAR, INTEREST RATES WERE HIGHER.
THIS YEAR, AS THE FED CONTINUES TO LOWER INTEREST RATES.
INTEREST RATES WERE LOWER THIS YEAR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.
CURRENT INTEREST RATES RIGHT NOW, THE T BILL IS AT 4.2%.
LAST YEAR, THEY WERE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER.
THE T BILL LAST YEAR WAS AT 5.4%.
IT'S JUST THE INTEREST RATE MARKET.
LAST YEAR WAS HIGHER COMPARED TO THIS YEAR.
>> NOW, LOOKING FORWARD, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE RATE OUTLOOKS THAT YOU'RE FORESEEING FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS?
>> WE ARE ANTICIPATING THAT THE FED WILL CONTINUE TO LOWER RATES.
THE NEXT TIME THEY LOOK AT THE FEDERAL T BILL RATE IS IN DECEMBER.
WE ARE ANTICIPATING THAT THEY POTENTIALLY WILL LOWER THE RATE AT THAT TIME AS WELL.
>> ALSO, WILL THE UPCOMING BOND PROJECT SPENDING OR CASH FLOW THAT WILL REQUIRE A STRATEGY ADJUSTMENT?
>> WHAT, WITH THE CURRENT BOND ARE WE LOOKING AT 2026 BOND?
>> CURRENTLY, IT'S ON THE AGENDA.
WE ARE LOOKING AT SELLING THE FINAL TRANCHE OF OUR BOND, A LITTLE OVER A BILLION.
WE DO HAVE AN INVESTMENT PLAN TO IMMEDIATELY PUT THAT MONEY INTO WORK INTO INVESTMENT AND AN INVESTMENT INSTRUMENT.
AGAIN, THE GOAL IS TO AT LEAST WITH THOSE AT LEAST ON THE BOND SIDE, OR AT LEAST ABOUT 10 MILLION EVERY QUARTER.
>> THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW, BECAUSE WE'RE ABOUT TO HAVE
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THIS CONVERSATION WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THE STAKEHOLDERS ABOUT THE UPCOMING BUN, DO YOU HAVE ANY SIMPLE WAYS TO EXPLAIN THIS TO THE COMMUNITY?>> THEY CAN DIGEST. AGAIN, ONE OF THE CONTINGENCIES THAT WE HAVE ANY TIME THAT WE HAVE A BOND PROGRAM IS WITH INTEREST THAT WE EARN FROM BOND DOLLARS.
THAT HELPS US MITIGATE SOME OF ANY CONSTRUCTION COST OVERRUNS THAT WE MAY HAVE.
WE HAVE ACCESS TO INTEREST INTEREST EARNED FROM BOND DOLLARS TO MITIGATE SOME OF THE COST OVERRUNS.
>> NO, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT FAR AS OUR COMMUNICATION TO THE COMMUNITY.
FOR THEM TO UNDERSTAND THE INCREASE IN THE DECREASE IN VALUES.
>> YES. IF THE BOARD DOES CHOOSE TO CALL AND MOVE FORWARD WITH A BOND ELECTION, THEN WE DO HAVE THE FINANCIAL FACTS THAT WE WOULD GIVE OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.
>> EARLIER ABOUT THE 2026, BUT WE AUTHORIZED THE 3.5 BILLION, BUT WE DIDN'T IMMEDIATELY GO AND GET THE BONDS.
CAN YOU JUST LAY OUT HOW IT WORKED?
>> WHEN VOTERS AUTHORIZE BONDS, THEY AUTHORIZE A TOTAL AMOUNT.
FOR US, WE MAKE SURE THAT WE MANAGE OUR DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE, WHICH FOR US IS 24 POINT $0.20.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO NOT INCREASE THAT DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE.
OVER TIME, WE SELL OUR BONDS IN TRANCHES.
WE TIME THAT WITH OUR CASH FLOW.
IN THIS CURRENT CASE, THE ONE BILLION THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO SELL IN JANUARY, WE ARE DRAWING DOWN ABOUT 70 MILLION A MONTH.
THAT ALLOWS US BY SELLING IT IN ONE YEAR INCREMENTS? IT ALLOWS US TO CONTROL OUR TAX RATE, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T INCREASE THAT TAX RATE.
IT ALSO ALLOWS US WITH THE PROPERTY VALUES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN AFFORD THE ANNUAL DEBT PAYMENT.
>> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU FOR THE SUMMARY AND THE OVERVIEW.
>> IS THIS FOR THIS YEAR OR THE UPCOMING YEAR? HOW DOES THAT GRANT WORK?
>> THIS IS ACTUALLY A REIMBURSEMENT? FOR POUCHES THAT WE HAVE ALREADY PURCHASED FOR THIS YEAR.
>> THAT'S HOW IT'S GOING TO PLAY OUT EVERY YEAR, WHERE WE ESSENTIALLY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO THE MONEY FOR THIS ONE?
>> AT LEAST THIS YEAR, THE STATE DID SET ASIDE $20 MILLION.
I'M NOT SURE IF THEY WOULD DO THAT THE FOLLOWING YEAR, BUT WE ARE GOING AFTER THESE FUNDS THIS YEAR.
ANYONE ELSE FOR 25A? ANYONE FOR 27A?
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>> YES, MA'AM. I'M GOING TO START OUT WITH I LIKE THIS PROGRAM.
I'M GOING TO START THERE, BUT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
I'D LIKE TO KNOW ACTUALLY HOW MANY PASSES THAT WE'RE GIVING OUT BASED ON THE DIFFERENT AREAS THAT YOU MENTIONED, LIKE THE HOMELESS STUDENTS AND SO FORTH.
DO WE ACTUALLY SHARE WITH OTHER STUDENTS THAT MIGHT NOT QUALIFY FOR ANY OF THESE PROGRAMS THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET A DART PASS?
>> WE DO THAT THROUGH OUR COUNSELING SERVICES.
YES. THE FIRST QUESTION, I'LL HAVE TO PUT IN A TRACKER, THE HOW MANY.
>> THROUGH THE COUNSELING SERVICES, HOW DO WE DO THAT? DO WE DO IT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR? I KNOW YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW THE ANSWER, SO YOU MIGHT HAVE TO PUT THAT IN THE TRACK OR TWO.
BUT I'M JUST INTERESTED IN HOW THEY LAY THAT OUT.
I GREW UP AS A BUS RIDER TO SCHOOL, BUT I WALKED MORE THAN I WANTED TO RIDE THE BUS BECAUSE MY FRIENDS WERE WALKING.
BUT I THINK THAT A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS WOULD TAKE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IF THEY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS ACTUALLY ADDRESSES THAT, BUT THAT'S JUST A QUESTION. THANK YOU
>> I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ON THAT SHEET.
>> DID THE PRICES GO UP TO RIDE THE BUS?
>> YES, BUT WE GET A SPECIAL RATE FROM DART.
WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY PARTNERED, BUT WE ARE IN AGREEMENT.
>> THE PRICES GO UP EACH YEAR, BUT WE STILL GET A DISCOUNT.
>> ARE WE GOING TO GIVE OUT MORE PASSES?
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>> IT VARIES FROM YEAR TO YEAR DEPENDING ON THE EVENING ACADEMY KIDS, IF THEY HAVE THEIR OWN TRANSPORTATION OR NOT, OR IF OUR MCKINNEY VENTO WE PICK THEM UP TYPICALLY THROUGH OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, BUT SOMETIMES COUNSELORS IDENTIFY STUDENTS THAT NEED IT AND WE ARE ABLE TO GIVE THEM OUT.
>> ANYONE ELSE FOR 27A? WHAT ABOUT 28 OR 30A?
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>> WE'LL START WITH 30A. TRUSTEE FOREMAN.
JUST ONE QUESTION. MAYBE THE SUPERINTENDENT CAN ANSWER THIS QUESTION.
THE JJ RHODES RESOURCE CENTER IN SOUTH DALLAS WE'RE SPENDING AN ADDITIONAL I GUESS AN ADDITIONAL.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE SPENT MONEY ON THAT RESOURCE CENTER OR NOT, HAVE WE? DO WE KNOW HOW MUCH WE'VE ALREADY SPENT ON THAT RESOURCE CENTER?
>> I DON'T HAVE THAT FIGURE IN FRONT OF ME, BUT THIS IS TO FINISH OUT THE RESOURCE CENTER.
WE DID IT IN PHASES, AND THIS IS THE FINAL PHASE.
>> CAN YOU SHARE IN THE TRACKER HOW MUCH WE SPENT SO FAR ON THE RESOURCE CENTER, AND ALSO THE UTILIZATION?
>> WELL, I WILL SAY THAT THE RESOURCE CENTER AT JJ ROSE IS LOOKING WELL.
I'VE HAD THE CHANCE TO TOUR IT, AND IT'S BEAUTIFUL, NEEDLESS TO SAY.
FIRST, I WANT TO THANK, BRENT, I'M TERRIBLE WITH.
ALL OF YOU ALL WHO CAME OUT TO MEET ME AT SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL THAT DAY TO DO A TOUR BASED ON A LOT OF THINGS THAT I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT.
I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT WE ARE INVESTING $47 MILLION IN SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY, THANK YOU ALL FOR MOVING THIS FORWARD.
I WILL HAVE ANOTHER ASK, AND MAYBE I HAVE TO REACH OUT TO MS. DANIELS ABOUT THIS.
ONCE IT'S PASSED, CAN I GET A MARKETING PIECE? I CAN PUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND LET THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY KNOW THAT WE HAVE INVESTED $47 MILLION IN SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL, BECAUSE I'M PRETTY SURE RADA NATION WOULD BE PLEASED WITH THAT.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU.
>> ANYONE ELSE FOR 30G? SEEING IT AND THEN WE'LL GO TO 32A TRUSTEE FOR
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MEAN.>> UNDER THIS CORPORATE AGREEMENT, WE'RE ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL DOLLARS FOR THE SAFETY AND SECURITY WINDOWS FILM?
>> YES, MA'AM. WE'RE STILL TRYING TO COMPLY WITH THE STATE LAW TO GET THAT WINDOW FILM PUT ON OUR BUILDINGS.
I'M TRYING TO SEE SEVEN MILLION.
IS THAT THE NUMBER? DO WE KNOW?
>> AS FAR AS YOU'RE SAYING THAT OUR GOAL WAS 12 MILLION?
>> IT LOOKS LIKE I THINK I CALCULATED.
>> WE MIGHT BE LOOKING AT MAYBE OVER AN ADDITIONAL SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS?
>> NO. THEY STILL HAVE SEVEN MILLION ON THAT CONTRACT.
THIS WILL ALLOW THEM TO HAVE MORE VENDORS SO WE CAN SPEED UP THE PROCESS.
>> THEY AROUND ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL DOLLARS.
>> NO ADDITIONAL DOLLARS, THE ORIGINAL.
>> THEY'RE ASKING TO BRING IN MORE VENDORS?
>> THAT DOESN'T READ THAT WAY.
MAYBE YOU WANT TO LOOK AT YOUR FACE SHEET.
MAKE SURE IT READS THAT WAY. THANK YOU.
>> YES. I KNOW I ALREADY KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS, BUT I JUST WANT TO PUT IT OUT THERE.
IN THE WAKE OF WHAT HAPPENED AT AUNT RICHARD'S WHERE A BULLET WENT THROUGH, NOT THE FIRST FLOOR, BUT THE SECOND FLOOR.
IS THERE ANY PLANS TO EXTEND THAT SECURITY FILM MAYBE TO A SECOND FLOOR? I KNOW THAT COSTS MORE MONEY.
BY STATE LAW, WE'RE NOT REQUIRED TO JUST BECAUSE OF THE IDEA OF BEING THAT FIRST FLOOR,
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BUT LIKE YOU SAID, IT CAN ALWAYS BE DONE AT A COST BECAUSE AGAIN, THAT'S THE COST THAT WE'D HAVE TO FACE.>> I JUST WANT TO ADD, THOUGH, WE MUST COMPLY WITH THE LAW FIRST.
WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET ALL OF THE FIRST FLOOR ACCOMPLISHED YET.
I THINK WE'D HAVE DIFFICULTY PUTTING FILM ON SECOND FLOORS UNTIL WE'VE COMPLETED ALL OF THE FIRST FLOORS.. THEN WHEN THAT'S DONE, THEN I THINK WE CAN COME BACK BECAUSE THOSE ARE MINIMUM, RIGHT REQUIREMENTS, BUT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH ALL OF THAT.
CERTAINLY, WE'VE NOTED THAT AREA OF CONCERN, AND WE'LL KEEP THAT AS THE NEXT LEVEL WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL FUNDING, BUT RIGHT NOW MORE THAN ANYTHING IS, WE DID NEED ACCESS TO MORE PROVIDERS IN ORDER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GET THIS DONE.
IT WAS NOT MOVING AS QUICKLY AS WE NEEDED TO.
WE NEED TO GET MORE INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED.
THAT'S A GREAT POINT, TRUSTEE TURNER.
I'M WELL AWARE ABOUT STATE LAW.
WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE ALL OUR SCHOOLS COVERED AT THE FIRST FLOOR.
I'M 100% AGREES WITH THAT, BUT JUST SOMETHING THAT I KNOW THAT TO CONSIDER TO TRY TO BRING BEFORE THE BOARD IN THE FUTURE IS TO HOW CAN WE EXTEND THAT TO HIGHER FLOORS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> TRUSTEE FOREMAN AROUND ROUND TWO?
>> ANYONE ELSE FOR 32A THEN WE'LL TURN TO 33.
THE TIME IS 7:51 PM. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.