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>> GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO
[1. NOTICE AND RETURN]
THE MONTHLY BOARD MEETING OF THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES.WE WILL DISPENSE WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THE SALUTE TO THE TEXAS FLAG, AS WE JUST DID BOTH MOMENTS AGO.
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; TRUSTEE FOR DISTRICT 2, SARAH WEINBERG; TRUSTEE FOR DISTRICT 3, DAN MICCICHE; TRUSTEE FOR DISTRICT 4, PRISMA GARCIA; TRUSTEE FOR DISTRICT 5, BYRON SANDERS IN THE BUILDING; TRUSTEE FOR DISTRICT 6, CHOICE FOREMAN.
TRUSTEE FOR DISTRICT 7, BEN MACKEY, IS HERE AND WILL BE SEEN MOMENTARILY.
TRUSTEE FOR DISTRICT 9, ED TURNER, OUR SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, DOCTOR STEPHANIE ELIZALDE JOINS US NOW, AND JOE CARREÓN, TRUSTEE FOR DISTRICT 8 AND BOARD PRESIDENT.
THIS MEETING WILL BE AVAILABLE SIMULTANEOUSLY IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH AT DALLASISD.ORG.
IN ORDER FOR THE BOARD TO HOLD THIS MEETING IN AN EFFECTIVE MANNER, I WANT TO LET IT BE KNOWN THAT THIS MEETING WILL BE CONDUCTED IN AN ORDERLY FASHION AND ASK THE PUBLIC TO ABIDE BY THE RULES OUTLINED IN THE BOARD POLICY, BED LOCAL, PERTAINING TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
IT IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE FOR A PERSON WITH THE INTENT TO PREVENT OR DISRUPT A LAWFUL MEETING TO SUBSTANTIALLY OBSTRUCT OR INTERFERE WITH THE ORDINARY CONDUCT OF A MEETING BY PHYSICAL ACTION OR VERBAL UTTERANCE AND THEREBY CURTAIL THE EXERCISE OR OTHER FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
SPEAKERS ARE CAUTIONED THAT WHAT THEY SAY COULD VIOLATE THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS UNDER THE LAW OF DEFAMATION.
INVASION OF PRIVACY, AND IF THEY'RE INSURED, THE LEGAL EFFECT OF THEIR REMARKS, THEY MAY WANT TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE PRIOR TO THE UTTERANCE.
ANY PERSON WHO BECOMES BOISTEROUS, DESTRUCTIVE, OR FAILS TO ABIDE BY THESE 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.
[3. PRESENTATION OF BOARD RECOGNITIONS]
TRUSTEES, WE'LL JUMP TO 3.01 SCHOOL BOARD RECOGNITION AND APPRECIATION.JANUARY IS NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH, A NATIONAL OBSERVANCE HONORING THE DEDICATION AND LEADERSHIP OF VOLUNTEER SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS WHO GUIDE PUBLIC EDUCATION.
WE ARE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE DALLAS ISD'S CURRENT AND FORMER BOARD MEMBERS FOR THEIR HARD WORK, LEADERSHIP AND COMMITMENT TO ENSURING STUDENTS RECEIVE A HIGH-QUALITY EDUCATION WHILE CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVING OUR SCHOOLS.
THIS YEAR'S THEME, OUR FUTURE IS PUBLIC, REFLECTS OUR GRATITUDE TO OUR TRUSTEES WHO GENEROUSLY VOLUNTEERED THEIR TIME AND EXPERTISE TO INVEST IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND IN THE FUTURE OF SCHOOLS.
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE TRUSTEES WHO JOINED US EARLIER TODAY AND OUR CURRENT TRUSTEES FOR THEIR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITIES.
WE HAVE SOME FORMER TRUSTEES THAT ARE WITH US HERE TODAY.
IF YOU ARE A FORMER TRUSTEE, CAN YOU PLEASE STAND? [APPLAUSE].
WE HAD WITH US HERE FORMER TRUSTEE MIGUEL SOLIS, FORMER TRUSTEE CAMILLE WHITE, FORMER TRUSTEE RON PRICE, AND FORMER TRUSTEE AND CURRENT DALLAS CITY COUNCILMAN MAXIE JOHNSON.
ACTUALLY, SINCE YOU'RE ALL HERE, WOULD YOU ALL MIND JOINING US UP FRONT AND TAKING A PHOTO WITH US? COME ON. LET'S GO UPSTAIRS.
WE ARE ALSO JOINED BY FORMER TRUSTEE, THE HONORABLE CARL RANGEL.
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>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEES, CURRENT AND FORMER, FOR YOUR SERVICE.
TRUSTEES, WE WILL RETURN TO ITEM 3.02 HERE IN A MOMENT.
[4. PUBLIC FORUM]
WE'LL NOW JUMP TO ITEM 4, PUBLIC FORUM.OUR AGENDA NOW CALLS FOR THE PUBLIC FORUM SEGMENT OF OUR MEETING.
WE WILL BEGIN WITH TWO AGENDA ITEMS, FOLLOWED BY SPEAKERS TO NON-AGENDA ITEMS. I'M ASKING SPEAKERS TO BE MINDFUL OF THE CHILDREN THAT ARE IN ATTENDANCE.
CHILDREN AND UNWILLING ADULT RECIPIENT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND ATTENDANCE AT THIS MEETING SHOULD NOT BE EXPOSED TO LEWD, FILTHY, VULGAR, OBSCENE, OR EXPLICIT LANGUAGE FROM SPEAKERS.
SPEAKERS THAT INSIST ON EXPOSING THE PUBLIC TO THIS LANGUAGE SHALL BE ASKED TO LEAVE IMMEDIATELY.
FURTHER, PLEASE BE MINDFUL OF YOUR FELLOW SPEAKERS AND TO REFRAIN FROM USING INDIVIDUALS' NAMES, TO INCLUDE STUDENTS' NAMES, AND TO ADDRESS THE BOARD AND NOT INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEES, THE BOARD AND THE DISTRICT HAS ADOPTED PROCEDURES TO HEAR AND ADDRESS COMPLAINTS ABOUT SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS, AND IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT SPEAKERS AVAIL THEMSELVES OF THE GRIEVANCE POLICY TO SEEK RELIEF VIA THOSE PROCEDURES.
AUDIENCE, I'M ASKING NOT TO ENGAGE IN CONDUCT THAT WILL BE DISRUPTIVE TO THE MEETING.
RULES OF ORDER AND DECORUM WILL BE ENFORCED DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD TO ENSURE EFFICIENT MEETINGS.
UNLAWFUL OR DESTRUCTIVE CONDUCT, INCLUDING TO INTERRUPTING SCHEDULED SPEAKERS SPEAKING OUT OF TURN, CROSSING THE LAW BARRIERS, OR INTERFERING WITH THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS, WOULD 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 FAIL TO ADHERE TO THIS RULE SHOULD BE INTERRUPTED AND INFORM YOUR COMMENTS ARE OUT OF ORDER.
DOCTOR JORDAN, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE NAMES OF THE SPEAKERS?
>> YES. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. GOOD EVENING.
I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND THE SPEAKERS THAT YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
WHEN YOU ARRIVE AT THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
PLEASE LISTEN CAREFULLY, AS YOUR NAME IS CALLED.
I WILL CALL FOUR SPEAKERS AT A TIME.
WITH THE FIRST TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.
BILL BETSON AND REVEREND PETER JOHNSON, FOLLOWED BY CAMILLE WHITE AND JANE GRIMM ON DECK. BILL BETSON.
>> HOWDY, BILL BETSON, 6717 CLIFFWOOD, DALLAS.
IT'S AN HONOR TO BE IN FRONT OF Y'ALL.
I'M HERE ABOUT A VERY OLD TOPIC.
I'VE BEEN TALKING TO YOU ABOUT IT FOR 20 YEARS, BUT IT'S AN ENTIRELY NEW PROJECT.
THE STUDENTMOTIVATION.ORG HOMEWORK PROJECT THAT EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF THIS PAGE.
I HAVE ENOUGH TO HAND OUT TO EVERYBODY.
BUT BASICALLY, ON ONE SIDE, IT TELLS YOU HOW THE PROJECT OPERATES.
BASICALLY, IT INVOLVES TEACHERS TELLING KIDS ABOUT THE PROJECT, GIVING THEM FORMS FOR THEIR PARENTS TO USE IN WRITING A LETTER BACK TO THE CHILD ABOUT THEIR DREAMS FOR THEIR CHILD, AND A STORY FROM THEIR OWN HISTORY.
SO BASICALLY, THE KIDS ARE GETTING ROOTS AND GOALS FROM EVERY IMPORTANT ADULT IN THEIR FAMILY.
SOUTH OAK CLIFF HAS DONE THIS FOR TWO YEARS, AND I WANT TO SHOW YOU THE SPREADSHEET.
LOOK ON THE BACK. YOU CAN SEE THE YELLOW LINE IS SOUTH OAK CLIFF.
IN 2023, THE SEVEN-YEAR AVERAGE WAS 19TH OUT OF 22 HIGH SCHOOLS.
THEY WENT AND DID THIS PROJECT.
THE VERY FIRST YEAR, THEY JUMPED TO THIRD PLACE.
THEY DID IT A SECOND YEAR WITH THE PARENTS INVOLVED, AND THEY JUMPED TO FIRST PLACE, NINE POINTS AHEAD OF SECOND PLACE, AND AHEAD OF EVERY MAGNET SCHOOL IN TOWN AND EVERY CHOICE SCHOOL IN TOWN.
THAT IS SERIOUS, VERY SERIOUS.
IT SHOWS YOU HOW POWERFUL IT IS WHEN OUR KIDS HAVE GOALS THEY'RE CONSTANTLY FOCUSING ON, AND SO IT REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE, AND WHEN THEY BEGIN TO KNOW THEIR ROOTS, THEIR SELF-CONFIDENCE GROWS.
ALL THE SUPPLIES WERE PROVIDED BY WALMART.
THEY'RE WILLING TO PROVIDE IT FOR EVERY SCHOOL IN TOWN, AND IT'S NOT MUCH, 150 BUCKS PER SCHOOL.
WALMART CAN DO THAT REAL QUICK IN SUPPLIES.
THIS SERVES KIDS FROM AGE THREE TO 18.
IN OTHER WORDS, FOR 3-YEAR-OLDS THROUGH SECOND GRADE, WE ASK THEM TO WRITE LETTERS, AND WE ASK THEM TO THEN MEET WITH THEIR CHILD AND READ THE LETTER TO THEM.
WHAT GRANDPARENT ISN'T GOING TO WANT TO DO THAT? CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT? IMAGINE HOW IT'S GOING TO OPEN THE KIDS' EYES UP.
IMAGINE WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO BY THE TIME THEY'VE DONE THIS FIVE TIMES, AND THEY'RE IN THE THIRD GRADE, AND THEY'RE TAKING THAT LANGUAGE ARTS TEST.
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WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH THESE KIDS PASSING THAT TEST BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BE USED TO VERBAL STUFF.ALL BEHAVIORS IMPROVE WITH THIS PROJECT.
FIGHTING GOES DOWN, PREGNANCY RATES GO DOWN DRAMATICALLY.
BASICALLY, WE'RE SLOWLY CHANGING OUR STUDENTS IN A WAY WE WANT AND IN A WAY THAT'S GOING TO ALLOW US TO KEEP TEACHERS, BECAUSE TEACHERS LIKE TEACHING KIDS WHO KNOW THEIR ROOTS AND WHO HAVE THEIR GOALS IN FRONT OF THEM.
NOW, IF YOU LOOK ON THIS PAGE, YOU SEE A FLAG, AND YOU SEE A LITTLE BOX BEHIND IT CALLED ROOTS AND GOALS.
EVERY MORNING WHEN THEY DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, THEY WILL BE DOING IT IN A ROOM WITH THAT BOX, AND THEY KNOW THAT BOX HAS THEIR LETTER IN IT.
THEY'RE REMINDED EVERY MORNING ABOUT ROOTS AND GOALS. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. WILL THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE? REVEREND PETER JOHNSON AND CAMILLE WHITE, FOLLOWED BY JANE GRIMM AND NETHEL JACKSON.
>> FIRST, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
I AM HERE TO SUPPORT MY FRIEND BILL BETSON IN HIS COMMITMENT TO KEEP OUR CHILDREN IN SCHOOL.
BILL IS GOING TO DO A TOUR WITH ME.
WE'RE GOING TO TOUR BLACK AMERICA FROM HARLEM TO WATTS, BECAUSE BLACK BOYS ARE GOING TO JAIL AT A LARGE NUMBER.
NOT ONLY ARE THEY GOING TO JAIL, BUT THEY'RE SHOOTING AT EACH OTHER ALL OVER BLACK AMERICA.
BILL AND A NUMBER OF OTHER EDUCATORS ARE GOING TO WORK WITH ME AND ANDY YOUNG AND A COUPLE OF US THAT STILL LEFT TO SPEAK TO SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT BLACK TEENAGE BOYS FACE.
OBVIOUSLY, ONE OF THEM IS STAYING IN SCHOOL, GETTING AN EDUCATION, AND STAYING AWAY FROM DOPE.
I HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF RESPECT FOR WHAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE.
I ATTENDED SOCK FOOTBALL GAMES.
I AM A BIG SOCK FAN, AND I'LL BE THERE AT MOST OF THEIR GAMES NEXT YEAR.
>> THANK YOU. WILL THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.
FORMER TRUSTEE, CAMILLE WHITE, AND JANE GRIMM, FOLLOWED BY NETHEL JACKSON AND MARY ANNE HOSKINS.
IT IS A PLEASURE TO BE HERE TODAY.
I WANT TO, FIRST OF ALL, JUST APPRECIATE THE FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE BEFORE ME AND THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE ME FOR BOARD APPRECIATION TODAY.
THE REASON THAT I AM HERE TODAY IS TO TALK ABOUT A SERIOUS PIECE OF BUSINESS TO MYSELF AND MY COMMUNITY AS WELL.
THERE IS A PUSH FOR THE 2026 BOND, WHICH WE DESPERATELY NEED.
WE STILL HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF PORTABLES IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN GONE YEARS AGO.
I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO STAY ON THIS SOAPBOX BECAUSE FOR EVERY BOND THAT I'VE GONE BACK TO LOOK AT, AS FAR BACK AS 2008, 2015, 2020, WE STILL HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE REVENUE INTO THE AREA THAT WE NEED.
THERE HAVE BEEN SOME THINGS DONE, WHICH IS GREAT, BUT IT HASN'T BEEN ENOUGH.
WITH THIS BOND COMING, I HAVE BEEN HEARING SOME HOPEFUL THINGS FROM STAFF, AND I DEFINITELY AM GOING TO CONTINUE TO MEET WITH THEM, AS WELL AS GET SOME MORE COMMUNITY MEMBERS INVOLVED, BECAUSE THE SQUEAKY WHEEL GETS, IN THIS CASE, THE MONEY, WHICH IS DESPERATELY NEEDED.
ONE THING THAT WE DEFINITELY SHOULD NOT DO IS HAVE OUR SCHOOL KIDS IN PORTABLES AT TIMES LIKE THIS, WHEN WE'RE SO CONCERNED ABOUT SCHOOL SHOOTINGS AND OTHER THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING.
I DO APPRECIATE THE DISTRICT SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY ON ROUTE IRON FENCING, FENCING IN THE CAMPUSES, BUT NOT EVERY FENCE IS UP, AND EVERY CAMPUS IS STILL NOT SECURE WITH THOSE FENCES UP.
THERE ARE WAYS FOR PEOPLE TO STILL ENTER THE CAMPUSES FROM THOSE FENCED AREAS.
ONE THING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ME IS I AM IN SUPPORT OF IMPROVING THE SCHOOLS, OF COURSE, ALL OVER, BUT ONE THING THAT IS IMPORTANT IS HOW MUCH HAVE WE SPENT FROM THE 2020 BOND? HOW MUCH DO WE STILL HAVE? HOW MANY OF THE PROJECTS ARE STILL UNDER THE WAY? HOW MANY ARE COMPLETED? I STILL HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS, AND I'M QUITE SURE OTHER PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS AS WELL.
ARE EACH OF THESE DOLLARS ACCOUNTED FOR? ARE WE GOING TO KNOWN? ARE THEY GOING FOR BRICK AND MORTAR? ARE THEY GOING FOR COMMUNICATION IMPROVEMENT? ARE THEY GOING FOR STAFFING? THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAVE CHANGED SINCE BONDS HAVE BEEN PUT BEFORE US, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED.
I DEFINITELY PLAN ON HAVING COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN CONJUNCTION, MAYBE WITH THE CURRENT SITTING TRUSTEE,
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BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO GET WHAT IS NEEDED IN DISTRICT 4 AND SEGOVILLE, WHICH IS BUSTING, STILL, AT THE SEAMS, BECAUSE WHEN YOU TRY TO ALLEVIATE OVERCROWDING BY PUTTING STUDENTS BACK ON CAMPUS THAT WEREN'T THERE BEFORE, IT'S STILL OVERCROWDED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. [OVERLAPPING]>> THANK YOU, MISS WHITE. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.
WOULD THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE, JANE GRIMM AND NETHEL JACKSON, FOLLOWED BY MARY ANNE HOSKINS AND HANNAH ROSE ANN. JANE GRIMM.
>> NOT PRESENT, NETHEL JACKSON, FOLLOWED BY MARIANNE HOSKINS.
>> GOOD EVENING. LET ME INTRODUCE MYSELF.
NETHEL JACKSON, I LIVE AT 2851 TULUCA, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75224.
THANKS TO THE NAMELESS, THE COUNTLESS INDIVIDUAL THAT MADE THE DALLAS ISD A B RATED DISTRICT TO DOCTOR WILLIE FRED JOHNSON OF SIF OAK CLIFF HIGH SCHOOL AND HIS STAFF FOR ONE POINT FROM MY A RATED CAMPUS.
IF I CAN LEVEL UP WITH YOU TO THE PAST, THE PRESENT, AND THOSE THAT LIE BENEATH THE SOUR.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, TRUSTEE.
AS I WAS CELEBRATING DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING'S BIRTHDAY AND HIS LIFE, I READ THAT DR. KING WAS WORRIED ABOUT AMERICA, AND SO AM I. I HAVE THE RECEIPT.
LET ME SPEAK TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, THE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF STAFF, BECAUSE I THINK YOU WILL BE ABLE TO COMPREHEND WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY.
THE OTHER WILL GET IT AROUND 12 TOMORROW.
DR. KING TOLD WHITE AMERICAN TO BE TRUE TO WHAT YOU WROTE ON PAPER.
DR. KING WAS SPEAKING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF LIVING UP TO THE IDEAL AND THE PRINCIPLE EXPRESSED IN A WRITTEN DOCUMENT, THE CONSTITUTION AND THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
A SYSTEM CAN NEVER FAIL THOSE THAT IT WILL NEVER DESIRE TO PROTECT.
IF THE ABOVE STATEMENT IS TRUE, THE CONSTITUTION AND THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE IS NOT WORTH THE INK IT WAS WRITTEN WITH WHEN IT COMES TO BEING BLACK IN AMERICA.
IF I CAN LEVEL UP WITH YOU ONCE AGAIN, BECAUSE I'M OVERWHELMED ABOUT THE DARK HISTORY BEING PLAYED IN THE FACE OF BLACK PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES, OUR ANCESTOR BUILT THIS COUNTRY ON THE BACK OF RACISM AND SLAVERY.
FOR THE RECORD, A FEW WEEKS AGO, MS. SUPERINTENDENT, I WAS HANGING OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
I FOUND SOMETHING THAT MESSED ME UP, MESSED BY SPIRIT.
WELL, LET ME PUT THIS THING TO THE PEOPLE.
I ASK, WHY? YOU HAVE BOTH HOUSES, THE SUPREME COURT.
YOU HAVE GUTTED THE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION TO SUIT YOU.
YOU HAVE ROLLED BY DIVERSITY, INCLUSION, AND INEQUITY.
YOU CONTROL THE HIGHEST HOUSEHOLD WEALTH IN THE COUNTRY, AND YOU'RE STILL NOT SATISFIED.
LET ME GIVE YOU [OVERLAPPING].
>> I'M JUST GETTING STARTED. [LAUGHTER].
>> WILL THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.
MARIANNE HOSKINS AND ANOR RAZAN, FOLLOWED BY LINDA BARRETT AND CHRISTOPHER JENKINS.
>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, BOARD MEMBERS AND AUDIENCE.
MY NAME IS MARIANNE HOSKINS, AND THIS IS MY GRANDSON, DEVIN DANTE HOSKINS.
HE HAD TO DO SOME, HENRY HILLS.
BUT ANYHOW, I'M OFFENDED BY THOSE DISD OFFICERS ASKING ME, DO I GOT SOMETHING IN MY POCKET? I DON'T LIKE THAT. YOU CAN'T EVEN CONTROL KIDS FROM TAKING GUNS AND STUFF IN THESE SCHOOLS.
I'M BLIND. WHAT I NEED A GUN IN MY COAT POCKET FOR? COME ON, MAN, GET REAL.
I'M GOING TO FIND OUT WHO THAT OFFICER WHO IS ASKING ME A STUPID QUESTION.
THEN IS I AIN'T GOT NO GUN AIN'T WE DON'T KNOW WHO YOU.
I'LL MAKE SURE YOU GET AN ID FOR EVERYBODY UP IN HIM.
AN ID IN A DRIVER'S LICE ANYBODY HIT THIS DUCK.
I'LL MAKE SURE YOU HAVE SOME TYPE OF IDENTIFICATION BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE.
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THEY SCARE TO COME TO MY MOTEL ROOM.ME AND MY HUSBAND AND OUR TWO GRANDSONS, THE PEOPLE.
THEY SCARED TO COME THERE BECAUSE IT GOT ME WITH FOUR NINES.
MISSES MARY HOSKINS, MR. MARY HOSKINS, MARIANNE HOSKINS.
I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER THAT ONE.
BUT ANYHOW, I MAKE A LONG SEARCH.
THIS IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. I'M TALKING ABOUT RECORDS.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SCHOOL RECORDS.
I KNOW I'M SUPPOSED TO HAVE 12 HANDOUTS FOR YOU ALL, BUT I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO HELP DEVIN TO TAKE ME.
YOU HEAR HER? YOU SEE HER ON MY IN FRONT OF ME? THIS IS MY SISTER IN LAW BLAZER.
HER NAME IS SHA LOIS DENIS HOSKINS HER MATE NAME, MARY NAME, SHA LOIS NIECE LOYD, BUT SHE REPORTED THIS BLAZER AS STOLEN.
SHE GAVE IT TO HER BROTHER, MY HUSBAND AT 2910 PINE STREET AT THE DAD.
BUT THEN SHE ASKED BECAUSE I SAID, WAIT? YOUR STUPID SISTER GIVING THIS BLAZER TO YOU FOR HIM.
HE SAID, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT GIRL.
BUT ANYHOW, SHE GAVE IT TO HER AT THE DAD'S HOUSE.
THEN HE SAID WHEN HE TAKE IT TO 3802 FRANK STREET, THE POP SHE REPORTED IT STOLEN.
THEY BUSTED THE DOOR DOWN TO TAKE ME A NAKED.
BUT I'M WAITING FOR THE CITY TO PAY ME STUFF TO GIVE ME MY MONEY BECAUSE THEY CHANGED THE ADDRESS.
THE DOOR PASSES 3806, NOT 3802, BUT ANYHOW, THEY JUST SWITCHED TO THE SISTER BECAUSE SHE WORKED FOR THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT, BUT SHE WORKED FOR THE FRANK CROWLEY BUILD NOW, BUT SHE PROBABLY DON'T WORK THERE NO MORE.
I GOT HER FROM TALKING AND EVERYTHING.
ALSO, DISD, YOU HAVE OFFICIAL THAT LIVES ON HUTT VALLEY.
BUT ANYHOW, MY HUSBAND, I USED TO LIVE OVER THERE.
THEY DO HOME INVASIONS OVER THERE.
THE AREA IS REAL NICE AND STUFF.
MY HUSBAND SAY NO TRASH OR NOTHING, BUT THEY DO HOME INVASIONS.
I'M WORKING ON THAT WESLEY THOMAS HOME INVASION.
SEE, I WOULD HAVE DID SOME TO HIM. I MIGHT BE BLIND.
>> THANK YOU, MISS HALE [OVERLAPPING] YOUR HAS EXPIRED.
WITH THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.
ANNA ROSHAN AND LINDA BARRETT, FOLLOWED BY CHRISTOPHER JENKINS AND SHEILA WALKER. ANNA ROSHAN.
>> HI, MY NAME IS ANNA ROSHAN. I'M HERE BECAUSE IT'S CONCERNING THAT DISD POLICE ARE TREATING A CAT REPORT AS AN INVESTIGATION.
A CAT REPORT IS NOT DUE PROCESS.
A CAT REPORT IS LIMITED ADMINISTRATIVE SUMMARY.
IT DOES NOT INVOLVE EVIDENCE GATHERING, WITNESS INTERVIEWS, OR CREDIBILITY ASSESSMENTS OR FACT FINDING.
I WATCH MORE EFFORT GO INTO INVESTIGATING A CELL PHONE VIOLATION THAN A CHILD PURPORT OF ASSAULT.
THAT IS THE PROBLEM AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.
WHEN CONSTITUTIONAL STANDARDS ARE IGNORED, ISN'T THE PARENT BREAKING THE SOCIAL CONTRACT IS THE INSTITUTION.
IT'S A SYSTEMIC ISSUE, A CULTURE WHERE CHILDREN ARE MISMANAGED INSTEAD OF PROTECTED OR MENTORED.
THAT IS HOW SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINE BEGINS.
WHEN A DISTRICT DENIES CHILDREN DUE PROCESS, IT DESTABILIZES JUST AS ACROSS THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
THAT IS A BREACH OF PUBLIC TRUST.
MY SON'S FATHER SERVED THIS COUNTRY.
DISRESPECTING MY SON'S RIGHTS IS NOT SOMETHING I TAKE LIGHTLY.
UNTIL EVERY CHILD IS AFFORDED DIGNITY AND DUE PROCESS, I WILL KEEP KNOCKING. [APPLAUSE]
>> THANK YOU. WILL THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE, LINDA BARRETT AND CHRISTOPHER JENKINS, FOLLOWED BY SHEILA WALKER ON DECK.
>> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS LINDA BARRETT.
MADAM SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD MEMBERS, I AM A DRIVER FROM CROCKER SERVICE CENTER.
I DRIVE A TWO MILE BUS, AND LATELY, THE DRIVERS AND MONITORS HAVE BEEN FEELING VERY UNWORTHY BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE TREATED US LIKE WE WEREN'T WORTH ANYTHING.
NOW, PAYROLL PUT SOME MONEY LAST YEAR ON THE DRIVER'S PAY.
IT WAS OVERPAYMENT, NOW. WE'RE NOT NAIVE.
WE KNOW THE MONEY HAD TO GO BACK SO THEY ENDED UP PAYING BACK MORE ACCORDING TO THEM WHAT WAS THERE.
THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN A GLITCH.
THEN JANUARY 2ND, THE SAME THING HAPPENED.
BUT THEN THE PAYROLL PERSON CAME TO CONCORD SERVICE CENTER, DISMISSIVE, VERY ARROGANT, DISMISSED US, LIKE WE THE ONE DID SOMETHING WRONG WHEN WE DIDN'T.
WE WORKED THAT OUT, AND WE OVERLOOKED HIM.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, DRIVERS AND MONITORS, THEY DO A GREAT SERVICE FOR THE DISTRICT AND WE SHOULD BE TREATED WITH THAT RESPECT.
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THEN WE HAD PAT RAIN THAT WAS DIVIDED, WENT OVER TO KLEBERG, IN A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT, SPECIAL NEED DRIVERS AND SOME OF OUR CHARTER DRIVE COVER DRIVERS.THEY WERE DISRESPECTED BY THE LEADER OVER THERE.
WE WENT OVER THERE WITH THEIR ROUTES, THEIR BUS, AND THEIR ROUTE AND BUS WAS TAKEN FROM.
WE HAD A COUPLE OF THREE DISPATCHERS THAT APPLIED FOR THREE SUPERVISORS JOBS.
THEY DIDN'T GET IT, BUT GUESS WHAT? THEY PULLED SOMEONE OUT OF RETIREMENT.
THEY WERE VERY QUALIFIED FOR IT, AND I'M JUST WONDERING, THIS WAS WHAT HAPPENED TO ME, BECAUSE SEE, I JUST RETURNED, I RETURNED BACK TO WORK.
I HAD BEEN TERMINATED. BUT GUESS WHAT? THEY TERMINATED ME SAYING THAT I HAD CUSSED SOMEBODY, BUT WE KNOW THAT THAT WASN'T THE TRUTH.
THE THING WAS, I HAD BEEN HERE PRIOR TO THAT TIME, MADE A REPORT, SAYING THAT MY RIGHTS HAD BEEN DISCRIMINATED, AND THEY WERE.
WHAT HAPPENED TO ME IS THE SAME THING THAT HAPPENED TO THE DISPATCHERS.
MY THING IS, LOOK, ALL WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS WORK.
WE SHOULD NOT BE THROWN UP UNDER THE BUS.
THEY TOOK MY COVER DRIVER'S POSITION BECAUSE I CAME BEFORE YOU, AND I THOUGHT THAT EVERYTHING WOULD WORK OUT WITH YOU.
BUT THEN YOU TURNED ME BACK OVER TO THEM.
THEY TOOK MY COVER DRIVER'S POSITION, MY TRAINER'S POSITION, AND BLACKBALLED ME AND EVERYTHING.
WHAT IS DONE FOR HOME, GOD WILL TURN IT AROUND FOR YOUR GOOD, AND I THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. WILL THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE, CHRISTOPHER JENKINS AND SHEILA WALKER.
>> GOOD EVENING. I AM SHEILA WALKER, THE PROUD PRESIDENT OF NEA DALLAS.
I COME TODAY TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE BOARD TRUSTEES TODAY, BECAUSE THIS IS BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH.
WHAT I WANT YOU TO KNOW IS WHAT YOU DO IS NOT GOING UNNOTICED.
YOU DO THIS, YOU DON'T GET PAID.
PEOPLE COME IN AND TALK TO YOU HOW THEY WANT TO TALK TO YOU AND YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO SAY ANYTHING, I WANT YOU TO KNOW EACH INDIVIDUAL THAT NEA DALLAS WE APPRECIATE YOU.
I APPRECIATE THE RELATIONSHIP THAT I HAVE WITH THE BOARD TRUSTEES AND THE LEADERSHIP OF DALLAS ISD.
BECAUSE I COME WITH SOLUTIONS.
I'VE ONCE BEEN TOLD WHEN YOU COME WITH A PROBLEM, YOU COME WITH A SOLUTION.
THE BEST WAY TO HAVE IS HAVE GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH PEOPLE, AND YOU'LL GET THINGS OUT OF.
I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU, THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD EARNED WORK.
WE WOULD NOT BE A B RATED DISTRICT WITHOUT THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
WE DO IT ON THE CAMPUSES AND STUFF, BUT YOU DO A LOT.
I SEE THINGS GOING ON IN THE DISTRICT, I SEE BOARD TRUSTEES AT DIFFERENT EVENTS.
I WOULDN'T WANT TO WORK FOR ANOTHER DISTRICT.
EVERYBODY RUN TO THE OTHER DISTRICTS, AND THEN THEY COME BACK.
LIKE, SERIOUSLY, THEY COME BACK.
MY GRANDCHILDREN ARE IN ANOTHER DISTRICT NOW AND I'M JUST SITTING THERE GOING, OH, WOW.
BUT I VOICE MY OPINION AND MAKE IT WORK, BUT I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU, THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART AND FROM NEA DALLAS THAT WE APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. MR. PRESIDENT, THIS CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC FORUM.
TRUSTEES. WE WILL NOW RETURN TO ITEM 3.02, THE PRESENTATION OF BOARD RECOGNITION, SPECIFICALLY 3.02 THE HONORING OF THE SOUTH OAK CLIFF HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL CHAMPION HIP COACHES AND TEAM.
MS. PROCTOR, WILL YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE OUR GUEST?
>> YES. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CARIAN.
SUPERINTENDENT ELIZALDE, TRUSTEE SANDERS, COACH JASON TODD, PRINCIPAL WILLIE FRED JOHNSON, AND ATHLETICS COORDINATOR JAMES DAVIS, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
[APPLAUSE] THE BOARD IS HONORED TO RECOGNIZE THE HISTORY MAKING SOUTH OAK CLIFF GOLDEN BEARS, 5A DIVISION 2 CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL TEAM.
COACH TODD WAS, AGAIN, VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN LEADING THE GOLDEN BEARS TEAM INTO THEIR THIRD STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
THANK YOU TO THE HISTORY MAKING SOUTH OAK CLIFF GOLDEN BEARS FOOTBALL, HEAD COACH TODD FOR LEADING THE WAY.
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PLEASE REMAIN STANDING.THE BOARD IS HONORED TO RECOGNIZE THE ENTIRE SOUTH OAK CLIFF GOLDEN BEARS [APPLAUSE] THIS YEAR, THE CHAMPIONS MADE HISTORY FOR THE THIRD TIME WITH ANOTHER STATE CHAMPION FAST GOLDEN BEARS.
>> CONGRATULATIONS TO SOUTH OAK CLIFF HIGH SCHOOL.
JUST WANT TO CONTEXTUALIZE ALL OF THIS, MAN. THIS IS HISTORY.
YOU ALL ARE LOOKING AT LIVING HISTORY RIGHT HERE.
SHOUT OUT, WHILE WE'RE HERE, WE GOT ANY FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE FOOTBALL PLAYERS, PARIS, EVERYBODY, RAISE YOUR HAND [APPLAUSE] GIVE IT UP FOR THEM.
IT'S AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE TO SERVE AS A TRUSTEE, DISTRICT FIVE, SOUTH OAK CLIFF, THE PRIDE OF DALLAS SIZED D, AND REALLY THE ENTIRE CITY.
SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE COACHES, EVERYBODY WHO POURED INTO THESE YOUNG MEN.
THERE ARE OVER 1,800 HIGH SCHOOLS IN TEXAS.
ALMOST 2,000 HIGH SCHOOLS IN TEXAS.
THOUSANDS OF THOUSANDS OF KIDS ALL THROUGHOUT ONE OF THE LARGEST STATES IN THE COUNTRY.
BUT THERE'S ONE THAT'S STANDING AT TOP OF THE HILL AND THAT SOUTH OAK CLIFF, GOLDEN BEARS.
YET AGAIN [APPLAUSE] FOR EVERYBODY WHO DON'T HAVE A FULL CONTEXT, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS.
THIS TEAM HAS BEEN IN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP FIVE STRAIGHT YEARS AND HAS WON THREE OUT OF THOSE FIVE. THAT IS HISTORY.
THERE'S A SPECIAL RECOGNITION THAT WE WANTED TO GIVE COACH TODD.
CAN YOU STEP TO THE FRONT FOR US REAL QUICK. COACH TODD.
>> THIS MAN HERE. HE ALREADY HAS HIS TICKET PUNCH TO THE TEXAS FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME ONCE HE DECIDES TO RETIRE, WHENEVER THAT IS.
BUT NO, IT AIN'T GOING TO BE ANY TIME SOON.
WE'RE GOING TO NEED YOU RIGHT HERE. WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE WE GOT YOU RIGHT HERE.
BUT WE ARE ON THE EVE OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
FEBRUARY IS COMING RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.
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THIS IS THE FIRST BLACK COACH TO HAVE WON THREE STATE TITLES IN UIL HISTORY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS [APPLAUSE] IT HAPPENED RIGHT HERE.A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY THAT YOU CAN'T BE A CHAMPION IN FOOTBALL COMING FROM A MAJOR URBAN ISD.
OFTENTIMES, THEY'VE BEEN SAYING THAT THAT'S COMING FROM THE RURAL SUBURBAN AND ALL THAT STUFF.
BUT SOUTH OAK CLIFF, THEY'VE BEEN TELLING STORIES, MAN? BEEN TELLING STORIES OF WHAT HADN'T BEEN POSSIBLE.
IF YOU CAN, JUST SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF WORDS WITH US ABOUT THE JOURNEY, HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS, AND WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AND ALL THE BOYS.
>> I'LL BE REAL QUICK FOR YOU TODAY.
BUT IT'S BEEN A LOT OF HARD WORK, A LOT OF PERSEVERANCE.
WHAT WE DID, WE ESTABLISHED A CULTURE THAT JUST WASN'T BUILT ON WHAT WE DO ON THE FIELD, BUT ALSO INSTILLED A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO HELP THEM IN LIFE AND OFF THE FIELD.
WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE TO HELP US ALONG THE WAY, TOO MANY PEOPLE TO NIGHT, BUT IT'S BEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THERE. I KNOW WHO THEY ARE.
IT'S BEEN THE BUYING AND COMMITMENT FROM THE PARENTS AND THE COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT THAT REALLY PUSHED THIS OVER THE TOP.
BUT A LOT GOES TO THESE KIDS, NOT JUST THESE KIDS THAT THERE PUT TODAY, BUT A LOT OF THE KIDS THAT CAME BEFORE THE DREAM WAS REALIZED.
THESE KIDS JUST GET TO LIVE THE GLORY OUT.
BUT THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER KIDS THAT REALLY MAKE THE STORY OF WHAT WORTH TELLING.
THOSE KIDS ARE THE GROUNDWORK FOR WHAT THESE GUYS STAND ON TODAY.
WE'RE NOT FINISHED, AND DOWN TILL I DIE.
>> COME ON [APPLAUSE] THAT'S IT.
WE GOT ONE OTHER PERSON I WANT DR. JOHNSON.
IF YOU CAN STEP TO THE FRONT WITH US TOO, BROTHER.
I'M GOING TO SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS FOR YOU. COME ON.
LISTEN. THERE'S A CULTURE THAT'S CREATED, AND JUST LIKE COACH TODD SAYS, THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN BY YOURSELF.
IT CAN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT THE RIGHT SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT, THE RIGHT CULTURE, AND THE RIGHT LEADER WHO SOLD OUT FOR HIS COMMUNITY STATE TOES DOWN FOR SOUTH OAK CLIFF.
NEXT DR WLFRED JOHNSON LET'S HEAR IT FOR DR. JOHNSON [APPLAUSE] CAUSE ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS WE ALSO KNOW IS IT IS NOT JUST ON THE FIELD.
EVERYBODY KNOWS WE JUST SAID IT A SECOND AGO, SOUTH OAK CLIFF IS ONE POINT AWAY FROM A RATING IN THE HIGHEST SCHOOL EFFECTING INDEX IN DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT THIS LAST YEAR, SHOT OUT TO SOUTH OAK CLIFF ON THE FIELD AND IN THE CLASSROOM [APPLAUSE] I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MY BROTHER, WHO USED TO SIT IN THE SEAT THAT I CURRENTLY SIT IN, COUNCIL MEMBER MAXIE JOHNSON [APPLAUSE] WHO HELD IT DOWN FOR THE SOUTH OAK CLIFF COMMUNITY FOR A LONG TIME.
THIS COMMUNITY BUILT THIS SCHOOL IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR POURING EVERYTHING INTO THIS SCHOOL, POURING EVERYTHING INTO YOU ALL'S WORK.
WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL, AND WE WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT WE'RE CELEBRATING NOT JUST WHAT YOU'RE DOING HERE, BUT WHAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO DO TODAY, TOMORROW, AND IN THE FUTURE.
GRATEFUL TO YOU ALL, LOVE YOU ALL, THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING THROUGH.
SOUTH OAK CLIFF, EVERYBODY [APPLAUSE] LET'S GET THIS PICTURE, DR. OZALE, WHERE ARE YOU? THERE WE GO.
>> WE'RE GOING TO DO A PICTURE IN THE THEATER
>> WE'RE GOING TO DO A PICTURE IN THE THEATER. FOLLOW ALL OF THE BOARD REPRESENTATIVES.
YOU ALL GOT IT? WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE AND GO. THANK YOU ALL.
>> CONGRATULATIONS SOUTH OAK CLIFF GOLDEN BEARS FOOTBALL TEAM [APPLAUSE] THIS CONCLUDES OUR RECOGNITION.
>> THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN TO THE SOUTH OAK CLIFF HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM AND CAMPUS COMMUNITY.
[5. CLOSED SESSION - The Board will retire to closed session pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551 concerning the following sections:]
TRUSTEES WE'LL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM FIVE SESSION.THE BOARD RETIRED CLOSE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551 CONCERNING THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS.
PERMITTED BY THE ACT, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING, SECTION 551.071 FOR PRIVATE CONSULTATION WITH THE ATTORNEY ABOUT PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION ON A MATTER IN WHICH THE DUTY OF THE ATTORNEY OF THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY UNDER THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT, THE STATE BAR OR TEXAS CLEARLY CONFLICTS WITH THIS CHAPTER, INCLUDING ELECTIONEERING AND OR POLITICAL ADVERTISING.
SECTION 551.072 TO DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE, LEASE SALE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY, SECTION 551.074 TO DELIBERATE THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT EVALUATION, REASSIGNMENT, DUTY, DISCIPLINE OR DISMISSAL OF A PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE,
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INCLUDING THE SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION INSTRUMENT TARGETS AND INCENTIVES.SECTION 551.129 TO CONSULT WITH ITS ATTORNEYS BY USE OF TELEPHONE CONFERENCE, VIDEO CONFERENCE CALL, COMMUNICATIONS OVER THE INTERNET IN AN OPEN MEETING AND OR CLOSED MEETING.
TRUSTEES, THE TIME IS 6:40 PM AND WE ARE IN CLOSED SESSION.
07:39 PM AND WE ARE BACK IN OPEN SESSION.
THE BOARD TOOK NO ACTION IN CLOSED SESSION.
TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM 6 REPORTS.
[6. REPORTS]
BEGINNING WITH 6.01, THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. SUPERINTENDENT?>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CARRION.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I'M GOING TO YIELD MY TIME TO OUR TEAM TO BRING US ANOTHER UPDATE REGARDING THE POTENTIAL BOND 2026.
I'VE ASKED THE CHAIR OF OUR BOND STEERING COMMITTEE, THE BOARD APPOINTED BOND STEERING COMMITTEE, DREX OUSU TO PLEASE LEAD US ALONG WITH THE REST OF OUR TEAM, BUT DREX PUT IN A LOT OF BLOOD SWEAT AND TEARS, WE PAID HIM HIGHLY.
THAT WAS $0 AND HAS OBVIOUSLY BEEN JUST A GREAT PARTNER WITH US IN LEADING THIS WORK.
I WOULD LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THAT ONCE AGAIN THE WHOLE INTENT THAT YOU ALL GAVE US BOARD APPOINTED BOND STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS WAS WE KNOW THAT WHEN OUR COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER AND A PROCESS IS COLLABORATIVE, WE MAY NOT ALL GET INDIVIDUALLY WHAT WE THINK SHOULD BE ON THERE, BUT THAT'S THE POINT.
THE POINT IS THAT WE ALL HAVE TO MAKE DIFFICULT DECISIONS, AND WE HAVE TO PRIORITIZE.
DREX, ALONG WITH THE TEAM LED A VERY CHALLENGING SITUATION OF PROCESSES THAT STARTED WITH OVER $7 BILLION IN WANTS TO GET US TO THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE ARE BRINGING TO YOU.
WE HOPE TO BE ADDRESSING SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HEARD FROM OUR BOARD BRIEFING TWO WEEKS AGO.
>> WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MR. OUSU.
>> THANK YOU, DR. OZALE. THANK YOU.
>> I GUESS I'M TURNING IT OVER TO THE BONDFATHER.
>> YES, I'LL JUST TEE IT UP FOR MR. OUSU.
I JUST WANTED TO SHARE SOME WORDS.
TODAY'S DISCUSSION IS ABOUT HONORING THE PROCESS THE BOARD ESTABLISHED IN THE CONSENSUS THAT EMERGED FROM IT.
OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, THE BOARD APPOINTED CITIZENS BOND STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO EVALUATED DISTRICT NEEDS ACROSS FACILITIES, SAFETY, TECHNOLOGY, ATHLETICS, AND STUDENT EXPERIENCE.
THEY REVIEWED MULTIPLE FUNDING SCENARIOS, INCLUDING A TAX NEUTRAL OPTION AND WEIGHTED THE TRADE OFF USING DATA AND FISCAL CONSTRAINTS.
THROUGH THAT WORK, THE COMMITTEE REACHED A CONSENSUS THAT THE 6.2 BILLION PACKAGE IS THE OPTION THAT MOST FULLY ADDRESS KNOWN NEEDS, INCLUDING A COMPREHENSIVE MODERNIZATION AND THE ELIMINATION OF PORTABLES AND AVOID DEFERRING CRITICAL ISSUES INTO A FUTURE BOND.
TO REINFORCE THE INTEGRITY OF THIS PROCESS AND ENSURE THE BOARD HEARS DIRECTLY FROM THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS YOU APPOINTED, I'VE ASKED THE CHAIR OF THE BOND STEERING COMMITTEE TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE RECOMMENDATION AND RATIONALE BEHIND IT.
FOLLOWING THE PRESENTATION, STAFF WILL BE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MR. OUSU.
>> THANK YOU, BRENT, OR BOND FATHER.
GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU, GUYS FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION TODAY.
AS YOU GUYS KNOW, MY NAME IS DREXEL OUSU.
I'M A VERY PROUD DALLAS ISD PARENT, AND I HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING AS THE CO-CHAIR OF THE 2020 CITIZEN BOND STEERING COMMITTEE.
I SUBSEQUENTLY WAS THE CHAIR OF THE BOND 2020 ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND I NOW HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING AS THE CHAIR OF THE 2026 CITIZEN BOND STEERING COMMITTEE.
AS YOU GUYS KNOW, I WAS HERE A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO TO REALLY OPEN OUR FIRST BRIEFING ABOUT THE WORK WE'VE BEEN UNDERTAKING AS A CITIZEN BOND STEERING COMMITTEE IN 2025.
FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION, I'M SUPER EXCITED DEMANDS OF MODERN LEARNING SAID SIMPLY, WE NEED TO BE EDUCATING OUR KIDS IN 21ST CENTURY BUILDINGS, TO GIVE THEM 21ST CENTURY EDUCATIONS, TO LEAD TO JOBS IN THE 21ST CENTURY.
LIKE EVERY ONE OF YOU, I BELIEVE THAT EVERY CHILD IN DALLAS ISD, REGARDLESS OF THEIR ZIP CODE, DESERVES TO LEARN IN AN ENVIRONMENT WORTHY OF THEIR POTENTIAL.
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WE SEEK TO ENSURE THAT EVERY SCHOOL IS SAFE AND MODERN AND BUILT FOR STUDENT SUCCESS.IN A WORLD WHERE MERITOCRACY IS MAYBE THE MOST VALUED THING IN THE MOMENT, I WANT TO NOTE THAT MERITOCRACY IS NOT JUST ABOUT TALENT AND EFFORT.
IT IS ALSO ABOUT THE INVESTMENT MADE IN DEVELOPING THAT TALENT, USING A CHILD'S OWN EFFORT.
THIS BOND RECOMMENDATION REFLECTS THAT INVESTMENT.
THE CITIZEN BOND STEERING COMMITTEE OF WHOM I THINK, WE LOST TRUSTEE MIGUEL, BUT HAS SPENT MONTHS VISITING CAMPUSES, REVIEWING DATA, AND LISTENING TO COMMUNITIES ALL ACROSS THE CITY.
WHAT WE'VE HEARD IS SUPER CLEAR.
DALLAS FAMILIES ARE READY TO MAKE THE INVESTMENT IN THEIR CHILDREN'S FUTURE.
THEY WANT TO KNOW THAT THAT INVESTMENT WILL REACH EVERY CHILD IN THIS DISTRICT.
OUR ROBUST BOND PROGRAM ISN'T JUST ABOUT BRICKS AND MORTAR, IT'S ABOUT KEEPING A PROMISE, A PROMISE THAT PUBLIC EDUCATION SHOULD BE GREAT EDUCATION THAT WHERE YOU LIVE DOESN'T DETERMINE HOW WELL YOU LEARN.
WE BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A SINGULAR OPPORTUNITY TO GET THIS RIGHT.
ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZEN BOND STEERING COMMITTEE, WE ARE EAGER TO FORMALLY PROPOSE THAT THIS BOARD PUT A BOND PROPOSITION ON THE BALLOT IN MAY OF 2026, ACTUALLY, WILL BE FOUR PROPOSITIONS TO ENABLE BOLD, EQUITABLE INVESTMENT WORTHY OF EVERY STUDENT WE SERVE.
WITH THAT, I'LL GET INTO THE SLIDE.
AS MENTIONED AND NOTED, WE HAVE HAD A VERY ROBUST COMMITTEE WORKING ON A NUMBER OF MEETINGS.
REFLECTION OF THESE MEETINGS DOES NOT TRULY REFLECT ALL OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS THAT HAPPENED TO BRING US RECOMMENDATIONS.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME SINCE BASICALLY THE BEGINNING OF 2025.
I'M VERY THANKFUL TO EACH AND EVERY MEMBER THAT SERVED ON A SUBCOMMITTEE, WHO CAME TO A COMMUNITY MEETING, AND WHO GAVE US INPUT AND FEEDBACK TO HELP US SHAPE A RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS BOARD.
NEXT SLIDE. WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT PHOTOS AND PICTURES.
I WILL NAME THAT WE ATE A TON OF CHICK FILET.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S WHAT YOU GUYS EAT BACK THERE, BUT, WE HAD A LOT OF CHICK FILET.
I MIGHT HAVE REACHED MY QUOTA FOR THE YEAR, AND IT'S ONLY JANUARY 22.
WITH THAT, I DID WANT TO GET STRAIGHT INTO OUR RECOMMENDATION.
WE ARE PROPOSING FOUR PROPOSITIONS THAT I THINK SHOULD LOOK MOSTLY SIMILAR TO WORK YOU HAVE SEEN ALREADY.
THOSE FOUR PROPOSITIONS ARE REALLY CENTERED ON AND BASED IN REAL DATA AND EVIDENCE.
THE FIRST PROPOSITION, PROP A REFLECTS INVESTMENTS PREDOMINANTLY IN OUR CAMPUSES DIRECTLY.
WE'VE GOT PROPOSALS FOR 26 REPLACEMENT CAMPUSES.
WE'VE GOT RENOVATIONS THAT SHOULD HAPPEN IN EVERY BUILDING IN THE DISTRICT.
WE'VE GOT A COMMITMENT TO REMOVE ALL OF THE PORTABLES THAT EXIST IN THE DISTRICT AND ENHANCE OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY, AS WELL AS JUST THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.
WE'VE GOT PHYSICAL EDUCATION FACILITIES, ATHLETIC FACILITIES, TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS WHICH ARE REQUIRED BY LAW AND MANDATE AND WHICH WE NEED TO MAKE THESE INVESTMENTS IN.
WE'VE GOT SAFETY AND SECURITY INVESTMENTS THAT ALSO ARE REQUIRED BY LAW, BUT THEY DIDN'T GIVE US ANY MONEY SO WE GOT TO FUND IT OURSELVES.
WE'VE GOT INVESTMENTS IN TRANSPORTATION.
WE NEED TO REPLACE SOME STOCK.
WE'VE GOT A VERY MODEST INVESTMENT IN PROPERTY AND LAND BECAUSE NOT EVERY PROJECT THAT WE WILL SEEK TO BUILD OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS WILL BE ON PROPERTY WE CURRENTLY OWN.
WE'VE GOT SOME INVESTMENTS IN TRYING TO CONTINUE TO ENHANCE AND IMPROVE OUR OPERATING EFFICIENCY AND ENERGY USE.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE'VE GOT INVESTMENTS IN THINGS LIKE PLAYGROUNDS AND COURTYARDS AND TURF IN GARDENS AND PLAYGROUNDS ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
THAT ALL TOTALS ABOUT $5.9 BILLION IN PROPOSITION A.
PROPOSITION B IS ABOUT OUR CONTINUED INVESTMENTS IN ONE TO ONE DEVICES FOR OUR STUDENTS, TOTALING ABOUT $145 MILLION.
PROPOSITION C, I THINK IS ACTUALLY THE EASIEST THING TO EXPLAIN IN THIS BOND.
I'LL SAY IT SIMPLY, WHICH IS IT SAVES US MONEY.
IT IS SIMPLY A REFINANCING FROM POT A, THE M&O BUDGET TO POT B, THE INS BUDGET, AND ALLOWS AND THE UNLOCKS A TON OF MONEY AND RESOURCES THAT NEED TO BE GOING INTO EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS LIKE TEACHERS AND CURRICULAR SUPPORTS.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT GETTING OUR FINANCIAL HOUSE IN ORDER BY MOVING THIS TO THE RIGHT POT.
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THEN PROPOSITION D IS AROUND OUR SWIMMING POOLS.WE NEED TO BE MAKING INVESTMENTS AND CONTINUING SUPPORT THAT AND OUR LEGAL REQUIREMENTS OBLIGATE US TO MAKE THAT ITS OWN PROPOSITION.
COLLECTIVELY, THAT'S ABOUT $6.24 BILLION ACROSS AND SHOULD TOUCH AND INVEST IN EVERY PART OF OUR DISTRICT.
>> THAT ADDS UP TO FOR THE AVERAGE CITIZEN, ABOUT $2.79 A MONTH.
WE'VE GOT HERE A PICTURE OF A SLURPEE BECAUSE A SLURPEE COSTS ABOUT $2.79 AS WELL, AND FOR THE PRICE OF A SLURPEE EVERY MONTH, WE CAN INVEST IN OUR STUDENTS AND GIVE THEM FACILITIES TO MEET THE MOMENT FOR THE 21ST CENTURY.
NEXT SLIDE. I ALSO JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT AND HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS $6.2 BILLION RECOMMENDATION ISN'T JUST PULLED OUT OF THE SKY.
AS DR. [INAUDIBLE] MENTIONED, OUR STEERING COMMITTEE SPENT AND HEARD A LOT OF PROPOSALS FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS ACROSS THE DISTRICT, TOTALING AT LEAST $7.5 BILLION, AND THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE ALL THE THINGS THAT COMMITTEES DECIDED NOT TO BRING TO THE WHOLE COMMITTEE.
WE KNOW THAT THIS DISTRICT HAS GREAT NEED AND GREAT WANTS, AND WE HAVE TRIED TO FIND THE RIGHT BALANCE OF INVESTMENT TO BE GREAT STEWARDS OF OUR TAXPAYERS RESOURCES, MY OWN INCLUDED, AS WELL AS MAKE THE NECESSARY INVESTMENTS IN OUR SCHOOLS SO WE VIEW THIS AS A LITTLE BIT OF THE WORK WE LEFT BEHIND IN THE EVENT THAT ANYBODY WANTS TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE THINGS WE LEFT BEHIND.
WE'RE OBVIOUSLY HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT THEM.
BUT WE FELT LIKE IT WAS IMPORTANT TO NOT TRY TO GET EVERYTHING THAT WAS ON OUR WANT AND NEED LIST, BUT AT LEAST TO MAKE SURE WE GOT THROUGH EVERYTHING THAT WAS DEFINITELY ON OUR NEED LIST, AND AS MUCH AS WE COULD IN OUR WANT LIST WHILE BEING RESPONSIBLE.
THAT $0.01 INCREASE, WHICH IS REFLECTIVE OF THE $6.24 BILLION, WE BELIEVE IS SOMETHING THAT OUR TAXPAYERS AND VOTERS WILL ACCEPT BASED ON THE POLLING WE'VE SEEN TO DATE.
WE HAVE SOME TIME TO CONTINUE TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT THAT, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR FEEDBACK AND PERSPECTIVES ON DOING THAT.
BUT WE THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO MAKE THE INVESTMENTS NOW RATHER THAN CONTINUING TO WAIT AND HOPE THAT MAYBE ONE DAY IT GETS A LITTLE BIT CHEAPER. IT NEVER DOES.
JUST TO FRAME THAT A LITTLE BIT, I'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE 21ST CENTURY LEARNING ENVIRONMENT, BUT THE AVERAGE US SCHOOL IS 49-YEARS-OLD, WHICH, AGAIN, IS OLDER THAN ME, AND I FEEL PRETTY OLD.
OUR AVERAGE SCHOOL CAMPUS, WHEN WE LAUNCHED THE 2020 BOND WAS ALMOST 52-YEARS-OLD, AND THE 2020 BOND HELPED US BRING THAT AVERAGE AGE DOWN TO ABOUT 42 YEARS.
THAT'S A SCHOOL CAMPUS BUILT IN 1983.
IF WE DO THIS BOND, WE WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE AND MODERNIZE OUR CAMPUSES AND BRING THAT DOWN ANOTHER NINE YEARS, ALMOST 10 YEARS TO 33 YEARS, WHICH ISN'T QUITE IN THE 21ST CENTURY, BUT IT'S PRETTY DARN CLOSE, AND AT LEAST THE INTERNET WAS AROUND BACK THEN SO WE FEEL PRETTY GOOD THAT, WE'RE MAKING THE RIGHT TYPES OF INVESTMENTS AND THINKING ABOUT HOW WE CONTINUE TO REALLY RECOGNIZE AND SUPPORT LEARNING IN OUR SCHOOLS.
NEXT SLIDE. I'VE GOT SOME SLIDES ON HERE THAT WE'LL BLOW THROUGH QUICKLY, BUT WE WANTED TO SHOW THAT, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK IN THE 2020 BOND THANKS TO FOLKS LIKE CHIEF ALFRED AND CHIEF BATES.
WE KNOW THAT WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES.
HERE'S A PICTURE OF HARRY STONE OR LAGOW, THE CAFETERIA.
LIKE, WE KNOW THERE ARE CONTINUED TO BE POCKETS THAT WE HAVE NOT TOUCHED AT ALL, AND WE HOPE THAT THIS BOND WILL ALLOW US TO GET INTO THE CREVICES AND START TO SOLVE FOR AND REACH THE THINGS THAT WE MUST HAVE IN OUR SCHOOLS.
NEXT SLIDE. HERE'S ANOTHER CAMPUS. WE'VE GOT K.B.
POLK, AS WELL AS MOCKINGBIRD ELEMENTARY, WHERE WE STILL HAVE A NUMBER OF PORTABLES, AND I AM THRILLED TO SHARE THAT WE ARE GETTING OUT OF THE PORTABLE BUSINESS AS PART OF THIS RECOMMENDATION, OR AT LEAST I HOPE WE WILL GET OUT OF THE PORTABLE BUSINESS.
I GUESS YOU GUYS HAVE TO ACCEPT IT.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE LEARNING IN ENVIRONS THAT ONE, ARE CONDUCIVE TO LEARNING, AND TWO ARE SAFE AND SECURE.
WE ALSO, THROUGH THIS BOND, REALLY DID A BUNCH OF WORK ON EDUCATIONAL SUITABILITY, AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS AN INCREDIBLE ADDITION TO OUR CONSIDERATION SET FOR THINKING ABOUT HOW TO APPROACH LEARNING ENVIRONS.
IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT IT WORKS.
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IT NEEDS TO ACTUALLY DRIVE AND SUPPORT EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES, AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERY CLASSROOM OR AS MANY CLASSROOMS AS WE CAN GET TO, I BELIEVE WE ARE TOUCHING ABOUT 80% OF OUR CLASSROOMS AND OUR SUITABILITY ASSESSMENT, GET UPDATES TO THEIR FACILITY, THEIR FURNITURE, THEIR EQUIPMENT, TO ENABLE AND ALLOW GREAT TEACHING TO HAPPEN IN THESE SCHOOLS.NEXT SLIDE, WAS A PICTURE OF THE PRE K ROOMS. THESE ARE PICTURES OF ELEMENTARY CLASSROOMS, AND WE'VE GOT ONE MORE SLIDE ON SECONDARY CLASSROOMS AS WELL. KEEP GOING.
I WANTED TO CHAT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT DEFERRED MAINTENANCE, ONLY BECAUSE THE QUESTION HAS COME UP BEFORE, AND THE 2020 BOND HELPED US WORK THROUGH A FAIR AMOUNT OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE.
NOT ALL OF IT, AS YOU KNOW, BUT WE BELIEVE THAT WE WILL MAKE A SIGNIFICANT DENT IN CONTINUING TO WORK THROUGH OUR NEEDS AS A DISTRICT IN GETTING TO AND SERVING AND SUPPORTING ALL OF THE MAINTENANCE REQUIRED TO KEEP OUR CAMPUSES FRESH AND EDUCATIONALLY RELEVANT.
NEXT SLIDE. AS MENTIONED, PROP C WILL SAVE US A BUNCH OF MONEY, SHOULD BE ABOUT $10 MILLION A YEAR, AND IN A WORLD, WHERE WE'RE ALREADY GREAT FINANCIAL STEWARDS.
WE THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE TO POUR INTO THAT, MAKE GOOD CHOICES, GET MONEY IN THE RIGHT PLACES, AND CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD SO WE HOPE FOLKS WILL SUPPORT THIS INITIATIVE, AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I WANTED TO SPEND JUST A COUPLE MINUTES TALKING ABOUT OUR TAX RATE.
THESE ARE THE TOTAL SCHOOL TAX RATES FOR THE 10 LARGEST ISDS IN DFW, AND YOU'LL NOTE ALL THE WAY ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, DALLAS ISD IS THE ONLY SCHOOL DISTRICT UNDER $1.
I THINK THAT'S INCREDIBLE, AND I WANTED TO FRAME THAT WHEN WE STARTED WORKING ON THE 2020 BOND, OUR TOTAL SCHOOL RATE WAS $1.41.
WE'VE GONE FROM $1.41 TO UNDER $1 IN ABOUT SIX YEARS, WHICH I THINK IS INCREDIBLE AND A REFLECTION OF BOTH STATE INVESTMENT, WHICH WE'LL TAKE, BUT ALSO THE STEWARDSHIP OF THIS BOARD THAT YOU CONTINUE TO MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS AND DO HARD THINGS TO MAKE SURE WE SPEND OUR DOLLARS WISELY, AND WHAT I WOULD FLAG, WHAT I WOULD POINT OUT IS THAT, GARLAND ISD THEY ARE THE ONE HERE AT $1.02 ALMOST $1.03, JUST DID A 12 CENT TAX INCREASE.
THEY'RE GOING FROM $1.03-$1.15.
RICHARDSON IS GOING FROM $1.04, AS LISTED ON HERE, TO ABOUT $1.08.
WE'VE GOT SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHO ARE GOING UP.
EVEN WITH A ONE SET TAX INCREASE, WE WILL STILL GO DOWN NEXT YEAR IN OUR AVERAGE TAX RATE, AND I THINK THAT'S ALSO A TESTAMENT AND CREDIT TO BEING WISE AND JUDICIOUS WITH OUR RESOURCES.
LAST SLIDE. THIS IS JUST A FRAME, AGAIN, CONTINUING TO REALLY THINK ABOUT OUR BOND IN CONTEXT, AND AS NOTED, AS YOU LOOK AT OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHO HAVE DONE OTHER BONDS, YOU CAN SEE THAT MANY OF THEM HAVE HAD ANNUAL OR ANNUALIZED TAX RATE INCREASES, NORTH OF $50, AND WITH OUR $2.79 INCREASE ON THE AVERAGE HOME, WE BELIEVE THIS WILL BE A LESS THAN $34 INCREASE FOR THE AVERAGE TAXPAYER IN GENERAL, EVEN AS WE CONTINUE TO TAKE OUR TAX RATE DOWN.
I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT AND HIGHLIGHT THAT WE'RE NOT BEING PROFLIGATE.
WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR TOO MUCH, AND I KNOW THAT OUR CITIZEN BOND STEERING COMMITTEE WHO WAS UNANIMOUS IN OUR RECOMMENDATION TO BRING THIS FORWARD FEELS VERY STRONGLY THAT THIS IS THE RIGHT PROPOSAL TO TAKE TO THE VOTERS IN MAY.
WITH THAT, I'LL STOP TALKING AND ANSWER QUESTIONS.
I'VE GOT ALL THE REALLY SMART PEOPLE UP HERE.
BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU GUYS AND GALS FOR NOMINATING REALLY EXCELLENT MEMBERS OF THESE COMMITTEES.
THEY ASKED US TOUGH QUESTIONS.
WE MADE A GOOD FAITH EFFORT TO REACH CONSENSUS, WHICH MEANT THAT SOMETIMES WE HAD TO SAY, WE CAN LIVE WITH NOT GETTING EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT.
THIS IS A PROPOSAL THAT I THINK MAKES SENSE, AND AGAIN, I'M REALLY PROUD AND HONORED TO HAVE BEEN THE CHAIR OF THIS BODY AND PUTTING THIS WORK TOGETHER AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO ADVOCATE AND SUPPORT DALLAS ISD GOING FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
TRUSTEES QUESTIONS. LET'S SEE, TRUSTEE CURRIE.
>> ONE, DREX, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
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YOU'VE NOW DONE THIS RODEO TWICE.THE AMOUNT OF WORK YOU'VE SIGNED UP FOR ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS IS REMARKABLE, AND WE ARE SO THANKFUL FOR YOU AND FOR THE OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR CONTINUING TO DO THIS WORK.
I ALSO THINK IT'S REMARKABLE THAT THE RECOMMENDATION IS COMING BACK UNANIMOUS.
YOU HAD SO MANY COOKS IN THAT KITCHEN, AND YOU WERE ABLE TO GET THEM ALL AND WORK TOGETHER TO REALLY ASSESS WHAT IS BEST FOR THE KIDS AND FOR THE DISTRICT, AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK CHIEF ALFRED, CHIEF BATES, AND BOTH OF THEIR LENGTHY TEAMS AND PLENTY OF OTHERS IN THE DISTRICT FOR YOUR WORK TO COME TO THIS POINT WHERE YOU'RE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION.
JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANTED TO JUST ASK IF WE CAN TOUCH ON.
I UNDERSTAND THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO COME BACK AT 6.2.
THAT'S A $0.01 INCREASE, AND I'LL BRING UP A SLIDE IN A SECOND THAT I OUGHT WAS REALLY HELPFUL TO PUT THAT IN CONTEXT.
BUT, THE ALTERNATIVE IS NOT TO DO A $0.01 INCREASE, WHICH I THINK WE HEARD AT THE BOND BRIEFING WOULD BE ABOUT A $4.9 BILLION BOND, AND WE HAD SOME VERY GOOD INFORMATION AT THE BOARD BRIEFING ABOUT IF WE WERE TO GO DOWN TO 4.9, WHAT WOULD WE LOSE OUT OF THE PROPOSAL SO THAT WE CAN REALLY ASSESS, IS THAT $0.01 WORTH IT? I WONDERED IF EITHER YOU DREX OR OTHERS CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GETTING FOR THAT EXTRA ONE PENNY OR MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHAT WE WOULD LOSE IF WE DON'T HAVE IT, SO THAT THE PUBLIC HAS A REAL CLEAR UNDERSTANDING AS TO WHY IT'S REALLY THE VALUE IS THERE FOR ADDING THIS $0.01.
WHOEVER WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THAT.
>> I'LL TAKE CHARGE OF THAT ONE.
WHAT WE WOULD LOSE, WHAT IS MISSING FROM THE 4.9 WOULD BE SOME OF THE PORTABLES WE TALKED ABOUT, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO REMOVE ALL OF THE PORTABLES.
THAT WAS THE VERY FIRST THING.
WE WOULD DO FEWER NUMBER OF NEW SCHOOLS.
RIGHT NOW, WE'RE PROPOSING 26 NEW SCHOOLS.
WE WOULD ALSO NOT BE ABLE TO DO AS AGGRESSIVE RENOVATIONS WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE ESA AND FCI.
WE WOULD STRICTLY DUE TO FCI LIFE CYCLE COSTS WAS A BIG FACTOR IN THAT LESSER PROPOSITION.
WE ALSO BACK DOWN ON SOME OF THE NEEDS AT THE ATHLETIC FACILITIES.
THE REST OF IT I ATTACHED TO A TRACKER AND GAVE YOU A FLY, A LINE BY LINE, STRIKE OUT.
BUT THOSE ARE SOME OF THE BIG ROCKS WE HAD TO MOVE TO GET TO 4.9.
>> I THANK YOU. YOU'VE BEEN VERY HELPFUL IN UNDERSTANDING THAT DIFFERENCE, AND SO I REALLY WANTED TO SAY THAT FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO HEAR.
>> BECAUSE JUST IMAGINE THAT, IN A WORLD IN WHICH WE RIGHTLY ARE INCREDIBLY CONCERNED WITH CREATING SAFE ENVIRONMENTS AND POSITIVE ENVIRONMENTS FOR OUR KIDS TO STILL HAVE KIDS HAVING TO GO OUTSIDE INTO PORTABLES JUST SHOULDN'T HAPPEN, AND I SUSPECT THE MEMBERS OF MY COMMUNITY WOULD GLADLY BE WILLING TO GIVE UP A SLURPEE TO AVOID THE PORTABLES IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD THE ESA CHANGES THE SCHOOLS WHERE YOU'RE HAVING THE DANCE CLASS IN THE LARGEST CLASSROOM, BUT THERE ARE NO MIRRORS.
IT'S AWFUL HARD TO LEARN TO DANCE WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE A MIRROR.
IT'S AWFUL HARD TO HAVE SCIENCE AND NOT HAVE SINKS TO BE ABLE TO WASH YOUR EYES OUT AS WE WERE WARNED IN SCIENCE CLASS AND DREX, I THINK YOU MAY WANT TO ADD TO THAT.
>> I DID. SPECIFIC TO THIS ESA POINT, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE FELT IT WAS INCUMBENT ON US TO BRING FORWARD THE $0.01 TAX INCREASE AND NOT THE ZERO CENT TAX INCREASE IS SPECIFICALLY AROUND THIS ESA.
AGAIN, THE OPERATING PREMISE AMONGST THE STEERING COMMITTEE WAS, WE NEED TO BUILD THE BEST EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR CHILDREN, AND WE FELT LIKE IT WAS A FAIR TRADE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DID THINGS LIKE GET ALL OF OUR PORTABLES OUT OF OUR SCHOOLS OR OFF OF OUR CAMPUSES.
WE FELT IT WAS A FAIR TRADE TO REACH AS MANY CLASSROOMS AS POSSIBLE WITH THE LATEST AND BEST FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO LEARN, THAT WE NEEDED TO ADD ON WINGS AND DO THINGS TO GIVE US ENOUGH SPACE TO DO THE THINGS THAT HELP KIDS LEARN, AND THAT IT WASN'T FAIR TO THINK ABOUT TRYING TO CUT THOSE THINGS, LIKE, IT WAS CUTTING OFF OUR NOSE TO SPITE OUR FACE, AND THAT JUST DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT OR ACCEPTABLE TO ME.
IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT I WOULD WANT FOR MY CHILDREN, AND I DO THIS WORK BECAUSE MY CHILDREN GO TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WHAT I WANT FOR MY KIDS, I WANT FOR EVERY KID, AND I WOULD NOT BE OKAY SENDING MY KIDS TO SCHOOLS THAT DIDN'T MEET THOSE STANDARDS.
THAT WAS THE PREMISE AND BELIEF AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE DELIVERED THAT.
>> POINT OF INFORMATION. CAN YOU DEFINE ESA BECAUSE I
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THINK THAT THREE LETTER ACRONYM HAS DIFFERENT MEANINGS TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE?>> IT IS THE EDUCATIONAL SUITABILITY ASSESSMENT, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT I'M GOING TO GET THIS ALL RIGHT, BUT IT'S EFFECTIVELY NOT JUST LOOKING AT, DO WE HAVE A CLASSROOM, BUT DOES THAT CLASSROOM WORK FOR LEARNING? WHAT WE HAVE TRIED TO DO IS BOTH MATCH UP, DO WE HAVE A CLASSROOM, AND DOES IT WORK FOR LEARNING AND A RECOMMENDATION TO THIS BODY?
>> AS I UNDERSTAND IT FOR THE FCI, THE FACILITY CONDITION INDEX, IS LOOKING AT THE BASIC OF IS THE AC WORKING? ARE THE LIGHTS ON? ARE THE CEILING TILES THERE.
BUT, IF YOU'VE GOT A GREAT AC IN A BIG CLASSROOM WITHOUT A MIRROR, IT'S STILL HARD TO CALL IT A DANCE STUDIO, AND THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND THAT, AND I GUESS THE ONLY OTHER COMMENT I WOULD ADD, WELL, TWO COMMENTS.
ONE, IF WE COULD LOOK AT SLIDE 19, AND THANK YOU FOR INTERPRETING MY QUESTIONS FROM THE LAST BOARD BRIEFING AND PUTTING INTO A SLIDE THAT I THINK IS VERY HELPFUL.
I FIND THIS VERY HELPFUL BECAUSE IF YOU SEE THE BOND PACKAGE, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE BOND WOULD BE IF THIS BOARD PASSES IT, THE LARGEST BOND IN THE HISTORY OF TEXAS, AND IT WILL BE.
BUT THAT'S DRIVEN PRIMARILY BECAUSE WE'RE A VERY LARGE DISTRICT WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE AND A LOT OF PROPERTY.
BUT WHEN YOU PUT THAT IN CONTEXT AND ASK, WHAT ARE WE ASKING OUR TAXPAYERS TO DO, RELATIVE TO WHAT OTHER TAXPAYERS IN OTHER DISTRICTS IN THE AREA HAVE ASKED THEIR TAXPAYERS TO DO.
WE'RE GOING TO BE THE SMALLEST, AND THAT NUMBER 6.2 BILLION IS GOING TO GET A LOT OF HEADLINES.
BUT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HOPEFULLY CONTINUE TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON WHEN YOU PUT THAT IN CONTEXT, OUR ASK IS SMALL AND OUR GAIN IS LARGE, AND THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
I GUESS I'LL END ON THE POINT OF SAYING, BONDS, INVESTMENTS, TAXES, WHEN WE GO OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND DO ELECTIONS, WE'RE ASKING THE PUBLIC TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR LEARNING, AND IN MANY WAYS, IT BECOMES REFLECTIVE OF OUR VALUES AS A COMMUNITY.
I BELIEVE THIS COMMUNITY HAS A SET OF VALUES THAT CARES.
I'M NOT GOING TO USE THE EXPRESSION LEAST OF THESE, BUT FOR THE LITTLE LIST OF THESE.
THOSE IN OUR SOCIETY THAT ARE JUST STARTING OUT IN THIS WORLD AND ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE THE LIVES THAT THEY WANT TO LEAD, AND THEY DESERVE THE CHANCE TO GO TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY IN A BUILDING THAT THEY ARE PROUD OF.
TEACHERS DESERVE TO BE ABLE TO TEACH IN CLASSROOMS THAT INSPIRE THEM TO THEN INSPIRE OTHERS.
I BELIEVE DEEPLY THAT THIS COMMUNITY HAS THAT SET OF VALUES, AND WHEN THIS BOARD HOPEFULLY PASSES THIS BOND AND PUTS IT ON THE BALLOT, I BELIEVE THE COMMUNITY IS GOING TO SUPPORT IT AS WELL.
>> WE'RE ON THE VERGE OF A FREEZE, WHICH IS NOT NORMAL IN TEXAS, BUT IT'S COMING AROUND ON THE CORNER.
IF ANYBODY'S EVER HAD TO LEARN IN A PORTABLE, WHAT IT IS OUTSIDE IS OFTENTIMES HOW IT FEELS INSIDE. THAT'S EXACT RIGHT.
YOU CAN PUT AS MANY WINDOW UNITS OUT THERE AS YOU WANT.
IF IT'S HOT IT'S HOT, AND IF IT'S COLD, IT'S COLD.
HARD TO LEARN IN THOSE KINDS OF ENVIRONMENTS.
WHAT WE ALSO KNOW IS THAT I'M A KID, MY OWN STORY.
DALLAS SD KID, FOR HIGH SCHOOL, I WENT TO GREEN HILL AND GREAT SCHOOL, FANTASTIC, NORTH SIDE OF TOWN.
THE WAY THAT I KNEW I WASN'T FAMILIAR WITH THE CONCEPT OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS, THE WAY THAT I KNEW I WAS IN SOMEPLACE DIFFERENT WAS WHEN WE PULLED UP.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE LAND AND THE BUILDINGS AND THE GLASS.
IT FELT DIFFERENT TO BE THERE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK SOMETIMES WE DON'T GIVE ENOUGH CREDIT TO IS HOW IT FEELS WALKING INTO OUR BUILDINGS AND THEN YOU WATCH THE LEARNING THAT'S HAPPENING.
YOU WATCH WHAT OUR TEACHERS ARE DOING.
YOU SEE THE BEAUTIFUL FACES OF THE KIDS SHOWING UP TO SCHOOL.
THE BEAUTY OF THE LEARNING THAT'S HAPPENING, THE TEACHING THAT'S HAPPENING, THE PROGRAMMING THAT'S HAPPENING IN A VERY LARGE, NOW B RATED SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND THEN THE FACILITIES THAT IT'S HAPPENING IN.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BRING THOSE THINGS IN LINE.
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I DO THINK THAT IT SAYS A LOT ABOUT A CITY THE WAY IT TREATS ITS YOUNGEST.THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BRING OURSELVES UP TO SCALE.
IT'S NOT SAYING THAT ALL OF THE ADMINISTRATIONS AND THE DISTRICT BEFORE, AND THIS IS AN EVOLUTION, AND WE'RE STILL NOT GOING TO BE FULLY CAUGHT UP.
BASED ON THE ASSESSMENT THAT WE SAW, EVEN $6 BILLION DOES NOT BRING US FULLY UP TO SPEED AND UP TO SCALE.
BUT IT CAN GET US A HECK OF A LOT CLOSE.
IT'S BRINGING US INTO MILLENNIAL AGED SCHOOLS AS OPPOSED TO GEN X.
THAT'S EXCITING. I WILL ASK, IF YOU COULD.
THERE WAS A LOT OF FEEDBACK, NOT ONLY FROM THE SUBCOMMITTEE, WHAT WERE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE HEARING FROM OUR FAMILIES BECAUSE WE ASKED THE COMMUNITY.
WE WENT OUT AND TALKED TO PARENTS, WE TALKED TO CONSTITUENTS, WHAT WERE COMMON THINGS THAT ARE BEING SAID ABOUT JUST THE PROSPECT OF THIS BOND.
>> I WOULD SAY THAT THE TWO BIGGEST THINGS ARE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN ON MY CAMPUS.
WE HAVE A FULSOME PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT SHOULD BE HAPPENING ON THESE CAMPUSES THROUGH THIS BOND, WHICH IS, I THINK, IN A TRACKER OR SOME OTHER PUBLICLY AVAILABLE RESOURCE, SO WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S AVAILABLE AND VISIBLE TO OTHERS.
QUESTION 1 WHAT'S HAPPENING AT MY CAMPUS.
QUESTION 2 WAS, REALLY, HOW CAN I MAKE SURE THAT THIS HAPPENS FOR EVERYBODY? I SEE NICE THINGS HAPPEN AROUND THE WAY OR DOWN THE WAY.
HOW CAN I MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS HERE? THIS BOND ENABLES AND ALLOWS US TO DO THAT WORK EVERYWHERE.
I DON'T KNOW THAT I CAN SAY THAT EVERY CAMPUS WILL BE EXACTLY LIKE LONGFELLOW AS AN EXAMPLE.
BUT I THINK THERE'LL BE A LOT CLOSER TO IT AFTER THIS BOND.
I THINK EVERYBODY WILL FEEL PRIDE, AND JOY AND EXCITEMENT TO HAVE A DALLAS SIZED CAMPUS IN THEIR COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD.
I THINK YOU REALTORS WILL TALK ABOUT THESE CAMPUSES AS ASSETS TO PEOPLE WHO WANT TO MOVE HERE.
I THINK THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE HEARD IS HOW CAN WE CONTINUE TO POUR INTO OUR COMMUNITIES, INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS IN WAYS THAT SHOW UP THAT ARE NOT JUST I FIX THE PLUMBING IN THE WALLS, AND I COULDN'T SEE THAT.
>> I ECHO WHAT DREX SAID IT WAS A LOT OF WHAT YOU EXPERIENCED WITH GREEN HILL, THEY WANT THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE GOOD THING IS, THEY'RE NOT COMPARING TO GREEN HILL ANYMORE.
THEY'RE COMPARING TO OTHER DSD SCHOOLS.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS A VERY POSITIVE SIGN.
OTHER THAN THAT, SOME OF THE BASICS, WE DID A LOT OF POLLING SECURITY.
SAFETY AND SECURITY WAS A CONCERN.
ALSO, THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE WE EDUCATED A LOT ABOUT WHAT GOES ON IN OUR CLASSROOM, THE TYPE OF LEARNING, AND THEY REALLY LATCHED ON THAT SCORED HIGH IN THE POLLINGS.
SOME ENERGY EFFICIENCY WITH OUR FACILITIES, OF COURSE, THE PORTABLES.
>> THANK YOU ALL. LAST THING IS I HAD A GREAT EXPERIENCE IN GREEN HILL, BUT I LOVE MY DALE TURNER TIGERS, TOO.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT FOR DALE TURNER, I WANT FOR EVERY OTHER ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS IS SAFETY.
WE TALK A LOT ABOUT HOW WE ARE HERE TO EDUCATE KIDS, BUT I ALSO THINK ONE OF THE HIGHEST AND PROBABLY FIRST CALLINGS IS TO KEEP OUR KIDS SAFE.
IN WHAT THIS BOND IS GOING TO DO AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IT'S GOING TO ALLOW US TO BRING SECURE ENTRANCES.
THE WORD VESTIBULE IS SITTING ON THE TIP OF MY TONGUE.
I DON'T USE THAT WORD IN ANY OTHER CAPACITY, SO I HOPE I'M USING IT RIGHT.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BUILD THOSE FOR OUR CAMPUSES, SECURE ENTRANCES THAT MAKE SURE THAT NOBODY WHO DOESN'T BELONG, DOESN'T BELONG.
IF YOU WANT TO GET IN, YOU GOT TO GIVE PERMISSION.
I GOT A LOT OF THANKS WHEN THEY JUST SAW SOME OF THE ROOT IRON FENCES GOING UP AROUND WILMER-HUTCHINS HIGH SCHOOL.
TO SEE THIS, I THINK WOULD DO THE ENTIRE CITY A LOT OF GOOD AND WOULD FEEL A LOT LIKE JUSTICE.
THAT'S THE OTHER THING THAT AND YOU ALL WAS PRESENTED.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK THAT THE BOND COMMITTEE DID.
THANK YOU, DREX FOR YOUR WORK.
THANK YOU, BRENT, DAVID, AND EVERYBODY ELSE WHO HAD TO DO THIS WORK. VERY GRATEFUL.
>> IS THAT IT? TRUSTEE MACKEY.
>> JUST PICKING UP WHERE WE LEFT OFF THERE.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU DREX FOR DEDICATING YOUR TIME AS A VOLUNTEER ON THIS AND BEING INVOLVED AT ALL THESE MEETINGS.
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AT LEAST THE OTHER FOLKS UP HERE HAVE A SALARY FOR THAT.YOU ARE VOLUNTEERING AS PART OF THAT.
I THANK YOU ALL FOR ENGAGING THE APPROXIMATELY 100 MEMBERS OF THAT THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE PROCESS.
I REALLY APPRECIATED THE SLIDE SHOWING WHAT WAS CUT FROM THIS, BECAUSE WE SEE PEOPLE MIGHT SEE A LARGE NUMBER AND SAY, OH, THEY'RE JUST ASKING FOR EVERYTHING, AND THAT'S ACTUALLY EXPLICITLY NOT THE CASE.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS, AND WHAT I APPRECIATED, AND I THINK YOU SAID THESE WORDS MORE OR LESS, BUT I HEARD IT THIS WAY.
THERE'S DEFINITELY THINGS ON THAT LIST THAT I PERSONALLY WISH WE'RE IN THIS BOND.
BUT WE'RE NOT PICKING A BOND FOR BEN MACKEY OR DREX OR ANYONE UP HERE.
WHAT I HEAR YOU DID IS WORK WITH THOSE 100 DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES AND COME DOWN TO, THIS IS THE BEST BOND FOR THIS DISTRICT AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
I REALLY APPRECIATED THE THOUGHTFULNESS IN WHICH YOU DID THAT AND CAN ILLUSTRATE WHAT HAS TO SIT OFF TO THE SIDE BECAUSE WE HAVE PRIORITIES FIRST.
I APPRECIATED THE RESPONSE TO TRUSTEE CURRIE'S QUESTION AROUND WHAT GETS LOST IN THIS AND WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT ESA.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THAT.
IF WE WERE TO NOT VOTE FOR THE TAX INCREASE AND GO BACK TO THE 4.9 MILLION, WE WOULD SCOPE DOWN THE ESA.
IF I'M UNDERSTANDING IT CORRECTLY, THAT MEANS THINGS LIKE FUNCTIONALLY, YOU MIGHT GET YOUR CLASSROOM UPDATED, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE EXPANDED TO CURRENT SIZES, OR YOU MIGHT HAVE YOUR ROOF REPLACE IN THE LIBRARY, BUT YOUR LIBRARY WILL LOOK ROUGHLY THE SAME AS IT DID BEFOREHAND INSTEAD OF TURNING IT INTO A MODERN MEDIA CENTER.
IS IT THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WE WOULD BE MISSING OUT ON IF WE DID NOT PURSUE THE ONE SET INCREASE?
>> A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH VOLUME AND SIZE FOR ESA.
A LOT OF BUILDINGS WERE BUILT IN THE EARLY 1900S OR MID CENTURY OF CLASSROOMS THE SMALLER, THEY'RE 400 SQUARE FEET, WHERE WE NEED 750.
>> THANK YOU. THAT'S HELPFUL FOR ME AND HELPS ME TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY FUNCTIONALLY WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE.
THANK YOU AGAIN, I THINK THE MOST COMPELLING SLIDE FOR ME WAS SHOWING THE TAX RATES OF OTHER LARGE ISH DISTRICTS, NOT THIS ONE.
I THINK IT'S THE ONE BEFORE IT. THE CHART.
THIS ONE ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING? WHAT I HEARD YOU SAY IS SOME OF THESE ARE EVEN GOING UP FROM THIS DATA THAT'S RIGHT HERE.
DID I HEAR YOU CORRECTLY, THAT ACTUALLY, BASED ON OUR PROJECTIONS CURRENTLY DUE TO TAX COMPRESSION AND WHATNOT.
OUR ESTIMATE IS NOT EVEN THAT WE WOULD GO FROM 9,887 UP TO 9,938.
IT'S ACTUALLY THAT WOULD GO DOWN, EVEN WITH THIS BECAUSE OF ALL THE TAX RATE COMPRESSION AND ALL THAT. IS THAT ACCURATE?
>> THAT'S SUPER HELPFUL FOR ME, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S UNINTUITIVE TO KNOW THAT WE'RE ASKING YOU FOR A $0.01 INCREASE, BUT YET OUR ESTIMATE IS THAT YOUR TAX RATE WILL DECREASE BY $0.01.
I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER COMPLEX LAYER, BUT IT'S SUPER HELPFUL.
OVERALL, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR THOUGHTFULNESS IN ALL ASPECTS OF THIS DIVING THROUGH THIS.
I HAVEN'T HEARD IT US IN A LONG TIME, BUT I REMEMBER, FOR A LONG TIME, ESPECIALLY BACK IN MY DAYS AS A PRINCIPAL, IS A COMMON REFRAIN THAT WAS YOU KNOW, ISN'T JUST IMPORTANT TO INVEST IN THE TEACHER? ISN'T THE TEACHER THE BEST CASE FOR MOVING OUTCOMES AND NOT WORRY ABOUT THE BUILDINGS? I HEARD THAT A LOT EARLY ON IN MY TIME IN DALLAS.
MY FIRST RESPONSE WAS NO OFFENSE TO THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS, BUT WAS LIKE, WHEN YOU SHOW ME A PRIVATE SCHOOL THAT DOESN'T CARE ABOUT ITS FACILITIES, THEN I'LL BELIEVE YOU, BUT THAT'S NOT THE CASE BECAUSE WE KNOW, AND THERE'S EMPIRICAL DATA THAT SHOWS THAT IF KIDS AND TEACHERS AND STAFF ARE IN A BUILDING THAT IS WELCOMING, THEY PERFORM BETTER.
THEY STAY LONGER. THEY SHOW UP TO SCHOOL.
WE SAW THIS WITH WELL WEARING SOUTH OLIFFE CHAMPIONSHIP JERSEYS.
THERE'S A LOT OF FACTORS IN THERE, BUT ONE OF THEM IS THE INVESTMENT WE MADE IN THAT SCHOOL IN THAT COMMUNITY.
I JUST THANK YOU FOR THINKING IT THROUGH IT SO THOUGHTFULLY IN TERMS OF WHAT THIS BOND COULD LOOK LIKE AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR OUR FAMILIES.
I LOOK FORWARD TO CONSIDERING THIS AS WE GO FORWARD, BUT THANK YOU ALL FOR ANSWERING ALL THE QUESTIONS AND SHARING ALL OF THAT AND YOUR WORK IN THIS PROCESS.
>> DREX, LET ME ADD MY THANKS TO YOU.
AGAIN, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK THAT YOU PUT INTO THIS AND APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP IN BRINGING THE COMMITTEE TO A CONSENSUS AND LISTENING TO ALL DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW.
I DO WANT TO SAY THAT I WAS INSPIRED BY YOUR INTRODUCTORY REMARKS, AND I HOPE DOWN THE ROAD, YOU WILL BE PUTTING THOSE VERY REMARKS IN AN OP-ED AT SOME POINT.
I OBVIOUSLY SUPPORT THE RECOMMENDATIONS, AND I'M VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE PROCESS.
THANK YOU TO THE TEAM THAT REALLY WORKED HARD ON THIS.
I THINK THIS IS A GREAT PROPOSAL.
I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE THAT YOU DIDN'T COME TO US WITH
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THE $7 OR $8 BILLION AMOUNT AND DOING NO CULLING OUT OF DIFFERENT POTENTIAL PROJECTS.WE ACTUALLY NEEDED THE COMMUNITY'S THOUGHTS ON WHAT WE SHOULD BE FOCUSING ON, HOW WE EMPHASIZE THE CORE COMPETENCIES OF THIS DISTRICT AND STAY WITHIN THEM.
I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE GREAT FOR OUR KIDS.
THE RESULTS OF THE 2020 BOND HAVE BEEN SPECTACULAR.
WE WEREN'T ABLE TO TOUCH ALL THE CAMPUSES IN A BIG WAY, AND THIS BOND WILL ALLOW US TO DO THAT, TO CATCH UP THE REMAINING CAMPUSES, BUT WE TOUCHED SO MANY CAMPUSES WITH THE 2020 BOND, AND IT'S HAD A TREMENDOUS EFFECT ON THE EDUCATION OF OUR STUDENTS IN THIS DISTRICT.
AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE THOUGHTFUL AND THOROUGH APPROACH THAT YOU'VE LED, AND THANK YOU TO THE TEAM.
I DO WANT TO SAY, I APPRECIATE THE CHANGE IN SOME OF THE CHARTS THAT YOU CERTAINLY LISTENED TO US BASED ON THE PRIOR PRESENTATIONS.
I THINK THE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE CHART, WHICH WAS GOOD THE LAST TIME, BUT TOOK A LOT OF STARING AT TO UNDERSTAND IT WAS MUCH IMPROVED AND COMMUNICATES THE EXCELLENT POINTS THAT YOU WERE TRYING TO MAKE MUCH MORE EFFECTIVELY.
THEN, JUST GOING BACK TO YOUR SLURPY EXAMPLE, THE AVERAGE HOUSE VALUE THAT YOU WERE CITING AS BEING THE MEDIAN IN THE DISTRICT, WHAT WAS THAT PRICE AGAIN OR VALUE?
>> THAT'S LESS THAN $3 A MONTH? CORRECT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> FIRST, THANK YOU, DREX FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO DALLAS SD.
EVER SINCE I KNOWN YOU, YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN PASSIONATE ABOUT THE EDUCATION IN THE CITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
TO THE TEAM, THANK YOU ALL FOR A DEALING WITH THE TAXPAYERS OF DALLAS SD.
I KNOW THAT CAN DEFINITELY BE SOME CHALLENGES, AND I KNOW I HAD A FEW PEOPLE ON YOUR COMMITTEE THAT GAVE YOU SOME TROUBLE, BUT YOU ALL WORK THROUGH IT.
I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE YOU ALL FOR THAT.
WHAT I WANT TO ASK, I KNOW THIS BOND IS VERY IMPORTANT.
WE KNOW TODAY'S DOLLAR IS NOT THE SAME AS YESTERDAY'S DOLLAR.
COULD YOU EXPLAIN WHY THE PRICE TAG IS WHAT IT IS BASED ON WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW AND THE COST OF MONEY AND THE COST OF PRODUCTION?
>> IT'S JUST DUE TO FACT OF INFLATION.
WE EXPERIENCE UNPRECEDENTED INFLATION AFTER COVID, AND THOSE PRICES HAVEN'T GONE BACK DOWN. THEY'RE STARTING TO STEADY.
THEY CAN BE MORE PREDICTABLE, BUT WE STILL CONTINUE TO CHASE TIME AS OUR ENEMY.
THE NUMBERS ARE LARGE, JUST BECAUSE OF MATERIALS.
LABOR IS ALSO SOMETHING WE'RE SEEING.
I LIKE TO CALL IT THAT EFFECT TO THE COST ESCALATION BECAUSE IT'S A VERY COMPETITIVE MARKET HERE IN THE DFW AREA.
YOU HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS, THE CITIES DOING PROJECTS, AND YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF BIG CORPORATIONS RELOCATING OR TALKING ABOUT BUILDING HERE THAT JUST MAKES IT VERY EXPENSIVE.
>> IT'S IMPERATIVE TO SAY THAT WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS BOND NOW VERSUS DELAYING IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE IT COULD COST MORE IN THE FUTURE, AND WITH A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY, IT COULD BE DETRIMENTAL IF WE DO NOT MOVE FORWARD.
>> ALSO, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SAVE MONEY WHEN IT COMES TO OUR DEBT, COULD YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE HOW THAT BENEFIT THE TAXPAYERS DOLLARS?
>> WITH THE REFINANCING OF THE DEBT, WE IMMEDIATELY SAVE $10 MILLION.
THAT'S A HUGE SAVINGS TO THE DISTRICT.
THEN WE IMMEDIATELY ALSO RECEIVE AN INFLUX OF CASH OF $100 MILLION, WHICH WE COULD USE FOR INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS FOR THE DISTRICT?
>> THAT GOES TOWARDS JUST BRICK AND MORTAR OR COULD THAT GOES TOWARDS PERSONNEL?
>> IT GOES TOWARDS PREFERABLY INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS FOR THE DISTRICT.
>> GOT YOU. WE ACTUALLY CAN TAKE THAT MONEY AND REINVEST IN SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY INCREASE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE. THAT'S CORRECT?
>> AWESOME. THEN WE TALK ABOUT DEFERRED MAINTENANCE.
THIS WILL ALSO ALLOW US TO CATCH UP ON A LOT OF PROJECTS, IE, SCALA OR A LOT OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE WITH OUR SCHOOLS, IS THAT CORRECT?
THAT WOULD ALLOW OUR ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET TO ACTUALLY WORK ON OUR SCHOOLS.
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>> FAR AS IT COMES TO THE ECONOMY OF DALLAS, HOW DOES THIS IMPACT THE ECONOMY RIGHT HERE IN DALLAS?
>> IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE VERY PROUD OF. WE'VE BEEN TRACKING THAT.
IN THIS BOND, WE'VE CREATED OVER 64,000 JOBS, AND WE WANT TO KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING.
THIS IS A HUGE ECONOMIC ENGINE, BECAUSE WHEN YOU DO A PROJECT, IT HAS A LIFE CYCLE STARTING TO END.
THIS BOND WOULD ALLOW US TO KEEP THAT WORKFORCE BUSY, WORKING, AND GROWING, SO THEY HAVE A HUGE IMPACT.
WE HAD ONE STUDY THAT WENT BEYOND JUST THE JOBS WE CREATED THAT I COUNT.
THE WIDER ECONOMIC IMPACT WAS LIKE 5.7 BILLION IN AIR COUNT AND, THE RESTAURANTS THAT THESE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS GO TO, THE BARBERSHOP.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY EYE OPENING AND VERY, SOBERING FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS.
WE BEAT AMAZON, H2Q'S COMMITMENT.
>> JUST REALLY QUICKLY, TO PIGGYBACK ON THAT, JUST TO INFER WHAT THE 2026 BOND COULD DO IF YOU JUST KEPT THOSE SAME RATIOS.
THAT'S OVER 115,000 JOBS IN SCALE.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A MASSIVE INVESTMENT IN ECONOMY OF DFW AND DALLAS, IN PARTICULAR.
>> WHEN WE THINK ABOUT OUR CAREER INSTITUTES, WHERE WE HAVE KIDS THAT ARE GOING TO BE GRADUATING WITH THESE SKILL SETS.
WE'LL CREATE JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE KIDS AS WELL, IS THAT CORRECT?
>> YEAH, THEY'RE PART OF THAT PIPELINE.
I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE WHEN WE STARTED IN 2020, THERE'S A LABOR SHORTAGE IN THE CONSTRUCTION MARKET.
THAT'S WHAT'S ALSO INCREASING OUR PRICES, THAT SHORTAGE.
THESE KIDS WILL BE THAT NEXT PIPELINE COMING OUT TO HELP US FILL IT.
>> THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE SEE THIS THROUGH, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS VOTE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
>> THANK YOU, DREX. I'M HAPPY TO SEE YOU ONCE AGAIN, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK AND FOR ENGAGING WITH ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND FOR HONORING THE COMMUNITY VALUES THAT THEY HAVE SHARED, AND WE'VE DONE IT IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS, AND I APPRECIATE US HAVING ALL THIS DATA.
ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'VE MENTIONED IS DATA AND EVIDENCE, AND I THINK WHEN WE HEAR, WHOEVER'S LOUDEST OR WHATNOT, WE KNOW WE HAVE THE DATA THAT SHOWS THAT THIS IS WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS.
THEN AS FAR AS THE NUMBERS ON THAT LAST SLIDE WHEN WE SHARED, I BELIEVE IT WAS THE ONE WITH ALL THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND THE INCREASE.
I THINK SOMETHING THAT STANDS OUT IS ALWAYS GOING TO STAND OUT TO ME.
IS THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WE HAVE HERE, AND THE REALITY THAT THIS IS GOING A LONG WAY FOR A SLURPY, AS YOU PUT IT.
ONE THING I WANTED TO ASK AND I DON'T THINK I'VE ASKED, BUT IT JUST CAME TO MIND, EVEN THOUGH I BELIEVE, I'M A MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCATE, AND IN TERMS OF THOSE THAT WERE ON THE COMMITTEE.
I KNOW THAT THEY WERE DEEPLY COMMITTED TO, DIFFERENT COLORS AND DIFFERENT SPACES.
I KNOW THERE WERE A COUPLE OF IMAGES SHARED OF WHAT IT COULD LOOK LIKE.
IS THERE ANY INFORMATION OR TIDBITS YOU COULD SHARE RELATED TO THAT? I KNOW COLORS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SOMETHING THAT CHIEF ALFRED SAID THAT IN THE HIGH SCHOOL, IT DOESN'T WORK BECAUSE PEOPLE WANT THEIR SCHOOL COLOR.
BUT MAYBE SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT.
>> YES, THAT GOES INTO YOUR ESA, NATURAL LIGHTING IS ALWAYS A BIG THING THAT WE LOOK AT IN SCHOOL, AND BECAUSE THERE'S DATA THAT IS SHOWING HOW THAT IMPROVES LEARNING OUTCOMES.
ALSO NATURAL MATERIALS AND THE TYPE OF MATERIALS THAT GO INTO OUR CLASSROOMS. THEIR STUDY SHOWING HOW THAT IMPACTS A CHILD'S HEALTH.
WE DON'T ALLOW ANY CHEMICALS OR TOXINS IN SOME OF THE MATERIALS WE INSTALLED, SO WE'RE VERY MINDFUL OF THAT.
WE'VE INGRAINED THAT IN OUR TECHNICAL DESIGN GUIDELINES THAT THE ARCHITECTS SPEC FOR OUR PROJECTS.
THOSE ASPECTS ALSO IN THIS BOND, WE HAVE A SUSTAINABILITY BUDGET.
WE HAD THAT IN THE 2020, AND WE'LL ALSO BE CARRYING IT FORWARD IN THIS 2026 BOND TO CAPTURE SOME OF THOSE BEST PRACTICES AND WELL BEING.
>> THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT. SOMETHING ELSE, I GUESS, WHEN I THINK ABOUT BONDS, BEING NEWER TO THIS BOARD AND, ONLY KNOW WHAT I KNOW, AND BEING A PREVIOUS VOTER IN BONDS, SOMETIMES WE THINK, WHAT IS THE AVERAGE LENGTH OF THIS TYPE OF WORK?
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THEN, COULD YOU SHARE THAT IN COMPARISON TO THE 2020 BOND?>> YES, WITH THE 2020 BOND, WE HAVE PROJECTED A 10 YEAR BOND.
WE DO THINK WE'RE TRENDING AHEAD OF THAT BY ROUGHLY TWO YEARS.
WITH THIS NEXT BOND, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT A 10 YEAR DURATION, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO PLAN FOR AT THIS POINT, EVEN WITH THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT, WE STILL HAVE THE SAME NUMBER OF FACILITIES 230.
IT'S JUST THAT COST ESCALATION.
COST OF MATERIALS HAVE GONE UP.
BUT AS SOON AS YOU GUYS APPROVE A SCOPE OF WORK, WE WILL START WORKING ON A MASTER SCHEDULE TO DELINEATE THE TIMELINE FOR EACH ONE OF THE SCHOOLS.
>> THAT'S VERY HELPFUL BECAUSE I THINK ONE OF THE MESSAGES OR COMMENTS I'VE HEARD IS THE, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT A NEW BOND, PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW ABOUT PREVIOUS BONDS.
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY NOT BEHIND IN TERMS OF PREVIOUS BONDS.
TO ADD TO THAT, WE JUST SOLD OUR LAST TRANCHE OF BONDS UNDER THE 2020 PROGRAM TO ENABLE AND EMPOWER FOR THE NEXT 18ISH TO 24 MONTHS OF WORK ON THE END OF THE 2020 BOND.
WE ARE STARTING TO APPROACH THE FINAL STAGES THERE THAT I THINK WOULD BE WORTH POINTING OUT AS WELL.
IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE JUST GOING EARLY.
WE ARE TRYING TO CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO TELL SUBS, THEY GOT TO SHUT DOWN FOR A YEAR WHILE WE FIGURE IT OUT.
WE WANT TO KEEP ROLLING INTO THE NEXT SET OF PROJECTS AND MAKE SURE WE'RE BEING EFFICIENT WITH OUR DOLLARS.
>> GREAT. THE OTHER COMMENT I WANTED TO MAKE WAS, I KNOW THAT IN PARTICULAR, SAMUELL HIGH SCHOOL IS ON THE LIST FOR A NEW BUILD.
I THINK THAT THAT WAS IMPERATIVE WHEN YOU LOOK AT A BUILDING THAT WE COULD HAVE EASILY SAID, WE'RE GOING TO JUST PATCH THIS UP AND KEEP MOVING.
I KNOW OUR SAMUELL ALUMNI WERE HERE EARLIER.
IT DOES SHOW THAT WE'RE BUILDING FOR THAT FUTURE AND TAKING COMMUNITY VOICE AND GIVING OUR STUDENTS THE BEST.
WE DO SOME AMAZING THINGS IN THESE OLDER BUILDINGS.
I'M LIKE, THESE CHARMING BUILDINGS, THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL.
BUT WE'RE GIVING A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS WHAT THEY DESERVE, AND SOMETIMES WHAT THEY DON'T EVEN REALIZE THAT THEY DESERVE. I THANK YOU FOR THAT.
>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE CARREON.
I WANT TO ECHO THANKS TO DREX IN HIS LEADERSHIP AND TO HIS COMMITTEE IN THEIR EFFORTS.
IT WAS A LOT OF WORK AND A LOT OF MEETINGS, AND OBVIOUSLY WITH A VERY THOROUGH AND WELL THOUGHT OUT OUTPUT.
THANK YOU TO CHIEF BATES, CHIEF ALFRED AND CHIEF RAMOS, FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND BRINGING THE INFORMATION TOGETHER TO US SO THAT IT'S EASY TO UNDERSTAND.
IT'S MUCH APPRECIATED THE PATIENCE YOU'VE SHOWN TO ME IN FIELDING AND MY COLLEAGUES QUESTIONS AND HELPING US TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE VOTING ON.
I REALLY APPRECIATE, THE TENACITY OF THE EFFORT, LIKE 65 MEETINGS, THE BOND POP UPS, THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
ALL OF US HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD, AND I LIKE THE COMBINATION OF EFFECTIVE USE OF DATA TO INFORM THE CONVERSATIONS AS YOU MET AND AS YOU ITERATED.
THANK YOU FOR THE THREE LETTER ACRONYMS OF FCI AND ESA AND ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE USED TO MEASURE, OBJECTIVELY AND ALL THE EFFORT YOU PUT INTO GOING AND LOOKING AT THE BUILDINGS WITH EXPERTS TO SEE WHAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE DONE ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS.
I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT SOME OF THE SPECIFICS IN DISTRICT 2, AND I REALLY RESPECT AND APPRECIATE THE LEVEL OF DETAIL THAT UNDERLIES THE ESTIMATES THAT YOU'VE BEEN GIVEN THAT ARE ON THE WEBSITE FOR EACH OF THE CAMPUSES.
I ALSO APPRECIATE THAT WE CURRENTLY ENJOY A AAA RATING, AND THAT THAT ENABLES US TO HAVE COST SAVINGS AS WE GO TO ISSUE THE DEBT, THE ALMOST $1 BILLION DEBT TRANCHE WE JUST ISSUED.
I WANT TO ASK CHIEF RAMOS TO DESCRIBE THE IMPACT THAT $6 BILLION OF ADDITIONAL BOND APPROVAL WILL HAVE ON THE AAA RATING.
>> EVERY TIME WE GO TO THE BOND MARKET TO SELL BONDS, THAT AAA RATING HAS A HUGE IMPACT.
WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT $6.2 BILLION EVERY YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO SELL BONDS.
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AS AN EXAMPLE OF THIS RECENT LAST TRANSACTION, WE WENT TO THE MARKET.IT WAS VERY FAVORABLY RECEIVED IN THE BOND MARKET.
BECAUSE INVESTORS HEAVILY LOOK AT BUYING OUR BONDS, THAT ENABLES US TO NEGOTIATE OUR INTEREST RATES DOWN.
THIS LAST BOND SALE, WE ACTUALLY SAVED OVER $3.5 MILLION JUST BECAUSE INVESTORS WERE SCRAMBLING TO BUY DALLAS HIGHEST DEEP BONDS.
WE HAD OVER FOUR TIMES THE NUMBER OF ORDERS THAT WE HAD BONDS TO SELL.
>> INVESTORS ARE DEMANDING HIGHER QUALITY AND THE AAA RATING HELPS US HAVE MORE DEMAND FOR THE BONDS THAT WE SELL?
>> THAT'S CORRECT. THAT AAA IS VERY IMPORTANT.
>> I GUESS IN LOOKING FORWARD IN ISSUING $6 BILLION MORE WORTH OF DEBT, I KNOW WE WON'T ISSUE IT ALL TOMORROW.
IT TAKES TIME. YOU SAID A 10-YEAR TIME HORIZON.
>> DOES THAT ENDANGER THE AAA RATING OR WHEN YOU LOOK FORWARD AT THE NUMBERS, WHAT DO YOU PROJECT?
>> THE RATING AGENCIES LOOK AT THE $6.2 BILLION AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO ISSUE IT.
THAT'S ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT THEY ASK.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY LOOK AT IS, ARE WE GOING TO MAINTAIN THAT TAX RATE? WHEN WE TELL THEM WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE THE TAX RATE BY ONE PENNY, THEY LOOK AT OUR ESTIMATES AND MAKE SURE THAT WE MAINTAIN THAT ONE PENNY INCREASE, AND WE CAN'T SHOW THEM THAT.
THAT MAINTAINS OUR AAA RATING.
>> EXCELLENT. MY LAST QUESTION IS JUST A SIMPLE ONE.
I DON'T THINK THIS PARTICULAR SET OF SLIDES IS POSTED AS FAR AS I COULD TELL ON THE WEBSITE BECAUSE IT'S PART OF THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
HOW WILL THIS BE AVAILABLE SO THAT FOLKS CAN STUDY IT AND BETTER UNDERSTAND IT OR WILL IT BE? OR SOMEWHERE.
>> WE'LL POST IT AFTER THIS MEETING.
>> THEN WE'LL REVIEW WHAT WE POST SHOULD THE BOARD MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION, THEN WE'D BE REVISING AND ENSURING THAT ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE WOULD BE ENSURED THAT IT'S ALL PURELY FACTUAL AND INFORMATIONAL.
>> WONDERFUL. OF COURSE, 'CAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABIDING WITH AS WE ALWAYS DO WITHIN THE RULES.
>> IT MIGHT BE THAT IT WOULD BE FEBRUARY BEFORE WE MIGHT SEE THIS ITERATION OR?
>> NO, I THINK THIS ONE WE CAN POST NOW.
I JUST AGAIN, WANT TO JUST MANAGE EXPECTATIONS THAT WE WILL BE LOOKING AT SOME THINGS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE ALREADY PROVIDED TO YOU.
SOME THINGS WON'T NEED TO CHANGE AT ALL, AND SOME THINGS WILL NEED SOME ADJUSTMENT.
>> I REALLY APPRECIATE THE DILIGENCE IN ADHERING TO, ELECTION LAWS AND SO FORTH.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND ALSO MAKING SURE THAT THE PUBLIC KNOWS WHAT IT IS THAT THEY'LL BE VOTING ON.
ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE KNOW WHAT WE'LL BE VOTING ON. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. JUST REALLY QUICK.
THE BOND STEERING COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT WE PUT THIS TO THE VOTERS IN MAY.
THE ADMINISTRATION CONCURS WITH THAT RECOMMENDATION?
>> YES, SIR. ABSOLUTELY. FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.
>> IN TERMS OF WHEN WE WILL BRING THIS UP FOR A VOTE, MR. PRESIDENT, DO YOU HAVE A DATE IN MIND?
>> ANTICIPATE IT BEING POSTED SOON FOR FEBRUARY 12, NEXT GATHERING AFTER THE BOARD BRIEFING ON THE 12TH.
>> I WILL STATE FOR THE RECORD, OUR DEADLINE IS FEBRUARY THE 13TH IN ORDER TO CALL FOR THE TIMELINE FOR A MAY ELECTION.
>> JUST TO SPEAK TO YOUR QUESTION, TRUSTEE MICCICHE, A LOT OF THOUGHT AND CONSIDERATION WENT INTO THINKING ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE WANTED TO RECOMMEND MAY VERSUS NOVEMBER.
I THINK BASED ON BOTH THE POLLING THAT WE'VE RECEIVED, THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK WE'VE GOTTEN, AND, FRANKLY, SOME OF OUR OWN DISTRICT NEEDS, MAY FEELS LIKE IT IS OUR FIRM RECOMMENDATION AS A STEERING COMMITTEE.
>> VERY QUICK. ASSUMING THIS BOARD DECIDES TO MOVE FORWARD, WE VOTE IN, AFFIRMATIVE ON TAKING A BOND OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.
COULD YOU CLARIFY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT JUST FOR THE PUBLIC RECORD, SOME OF THE WORDING AND HOW IT WOULD BY LAW, BE REQUIRED TO APPEAR?
>> WE AREN'T AT THE POINT WHERE WE'VE WORKED WITH OUR ATTORNEYS TO GET THE ACTUAL VERBIAGE.
WE'RE NOT PREPARED YET TO PROVIDE YOU THAT, BUT WE'VE ALREADY GOTTEN SOME INFORMATION THAT THERE ARE SOME ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE CAN MAKE THAT ACTUALLY HELP US.
SOME OF THE CHANGES WE'VE ALREADY MADE CAME FROM THIS BOARD AND OTHERS, LIKE NATATORIUMS, GOING TO SWIMMING POOLS, JUST KNOWING THAT, YES, WE CAN USE SWIMMING POOLS.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO SAY NATATORIUMS. THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS, BUT I CERTAINLY WOULD WANT OUR TEAM TO GET WITH
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OUR BOND ATTORNEYS TO HELP US WITH THE ACTUAL WHAT EACH OF THOSE [OVERLAPPING]?>> THE ONLY REASON I WAS BRINGING THIS UP IS LESS THE DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THE RESOLUTIONS WOULD BE FOR US AND MORE THE SOMETIMES CONFUSING NATURE OF THE TAX IMPLICATIONS, BUT WE CAN CROSS THAT BRIDGE IT WHEN IT COMES TO IT.
>> WELL, I THINK MAYBE YOU WERE ALLUDING TO THE FACT THAT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR BOND LANGUAGE HAS TO INCLUDE THAT THERE WILL BE A TAX INCREASE REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE DID THE ONE SENT OR NOT, WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
YES, I DO TRY TO PLAY ONE OCCASIONALLY FROM TIME TO TIME, BUT, I DO KNOW I HAVE THAT ONE RIGHT, SO ALL BALLOT LANGUAGE HAS TO REFLECT THAT THERE WILL BE AN INCREASE IN TAXES REGARDLESS, WHICH OUR POLLING AND OUR SURVEYING SAID WE ACTUALLY GAINED CREDIBILITY IF WE ACTUALLY HAD THE ONE SENT BECAUSE NOBODY BELIEVES THAT WE COULD DO, I'D SAY NOBODY.
THAT'S A BIT OVER DRAMATIZATION, BUT A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE DON'T BELIEVE THAT, HOW IN THE WORLD ARE YOU GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET 4.9 BILLION WITHOUT A TAX INCREASE? THEN WE ACTUALLY LOSE TRUST, AND SO THAT, FOR INSTANCE, WAS PART OF THE OTHER CONVERSATION THAT THE WHOLE TEAM THAT DREX LED WAS, LIKE, "WELL, IF THEY'RE GOING TO TRUST US MORE, THEN, A, LET'S CONTINUE TO BUILD TRUST, AND LET'S GET MORE OF WHAT WE KNOW THAT OUR STUDENTS MEETING THE SPECIFICATIONS OF TEA, CLASSROOM SIZES, AND SO ON." THOSE WERE THINGS THAT LED THE DISCUSSION INTO THAT ARENA.
>> PICKED UP WHAT I WAS LAYING DOWN. THANK YOU.
>> I'LL JUST SAY IN THE 2020 BOND, I HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE CIRCULAR IN MY, LIKE, "IT'S NOT A TAX INCREASE, BUT IT SAYS IT'S A TAX INCREASE," AND JUST PEOPLE COULD NOT RATIONALIZE AND UNDERSTAND THAT LANGUAGE.
I LOVE THAT WE CAN BE TRUE TO OUR MISSION AND GOAL AND ALSO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF THEIR FUNDS.
THE RECOMMENDATION IS STILL ONE CENT BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO SAY THAT LANGUAGE, AND NOW WE DON'T HAVE TO BE INCONGRUENT WITH IT.
THE COMMAND ON AUDITORIUMS AND SWIMMING POOLS JUST MAKES ME WANT TO POINT OUT AGAIN.
I BELIEVE THIS WAS ON THE 2020 BOND AND WE DID NOT SUPPORT OR THE COMMUNITY DID NOT SUPPORT UPGRADING THE SWIMMING POOLS.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS THAT, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT BUILDING SOME EPIC BRAND NEW OVER THE TOP THERE.
WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET PLASTER SO THAT KIDS CAN SWIM.
WE'RE TRYING TO REPAIR FACILITIES, SOME OF WHICH HAVEN'T BEEN REPAIRED IN A VERY, VERY LONG TIME.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC KNOWS THAT THIS IS NOT ASKING FOR TOO MUCH.
THIS IS ASKING FOR ENOUGH SO THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES THAT MANY OTHERS DO IN OUR COMMUNITY TO ENJOY THAT SPORT.
THEN I ALSO WANTED TO MAKE ONE MORE COMMENT ABOUT THE FCI AND THE ECA PROCESS.
I JUST WANT TO APPRECIATE THE OBJECTIVENESS OF IT.
THE FACT THAT THERE WAS A PROCESS WHERE ARCHITECTS CAME THROUGH AND HELPED MAKE THAT DETERMINATION, ONE OF THE THINGS A LOT OF US ON THE BOARD ARE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT IS MAKING SURE THAT RESOURCES ARE FAIRLY DISTRIBUTED, THAT THEY'RE EQUITABLY DISTRIBUTED, AND ONE OF THE WAYS YOU CAN DO THAT IS TO USE OBJECTIVE CRITERIA.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, DISTRICT 1, I BELIEVE IS THE ONLY DISTRICT, MY DISTRICT, IT'S ONLY GOING TO HAVE ONE SCHOOL PROPOSED TO BE REPLACED, AND I BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO GET LESS DOLLARS AS A RESULT OF THAT THAN THE OTHER DISTRICTS.
I NEVERTHELESS THAT IS NOT A TROUBLESOME FACT FOR ME BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE PROCESS TO DETERMINE WHERE THOSE RESOURCES GO WAS DONE THROUGH A FAIR AND OBJECTIVE PROCESS, AND IT GIVES ME A LOT OF FAITH, AND I'M THANKFUL THAT THIS IS THE WAY IN WHICH THIS COMMITTEE AND HOPEFULLY THIS BOARD WILL COME TOGETHER ON WHAT THE RIGHT NUMBER AND RIGHT APPROACH IS, AS OPPOSED TO WHAT YOU HEAR IN OTHER DISTRICTS WHERE YOU'VE GOT ALL SORTS OF HORSE TRADING AND OTHER THINGS THAT BECOME LESS ABOUT KIDS.
I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT TO THE PUBLIC THAT THAT'S A VERY POWERFUL TOOL TO HELP ME SUPPORT THE BOND AND FOR THE PUBLIC TO HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING AND PUTTING RESOURCES WHERE THEY NEED TO GO. THANK YOU.
>> TRUSTEES, ANYONE ELSE AROUND, TOO? WITH THAT, I WILL ECHO MY COLLEAGUES AND THANK YOU ALL FOR THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE TO THIS POINT, AND MOVES ON.
TRUSTEE WE WILL NOW TURN TO THE OTHER PORTION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
IS THERE ANOTHER PORTION? THEN TRUSTEES WILL TURN TO 6.02.
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>> THIS PAST MONTH, THE SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION COMMITTEE MET TO LOOK AT AND RECOMMEND TO THE BOARD, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT MOMENTARILY, THE SUPERINTENDENT'S EVALUATION INSTRUMENT FOR THIS YEAR, THE SUPERINTENDENT'S INCENTIVE PLANS.
THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT THOSE TWO AS WE GET TO THOSE ITEMS. I'LL GIVE A QUICK OVERVIEW.
THE ONE THING THAT IS NOT UP FOR ACTION THAT THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED, WAS MAKING SOME CHANGES TO THE BJCD(LOCAL), WHICH IS A SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION POLICY TO CREATE A MORE STREAMLINED DISCUSSION OF PROVIDING FEEDBACK TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AS PART OF THE EVALUATION PROCESS.
THE COMMITTEE WILL WORK THROUGH SOME POTENTIAL LANGUAGE SUGGESTIONS AND MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION TO GO THROUGH THE REGULAR POLICY PROCESS IN THE COMING MONTHS.
>> EXCELLENT. ANY OTHER COMMITTEE UPDATES? SEEING NONE, THEN TRUSTEES WE'LL MOVE TO 6.03 TRUSTEE REPORTS, BEGINNING WITH TRUSTEE FOR DISTRICT 1, TRUSTEE CURRIE.
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CARREON. I WANT TO START BY RECOGNIZING NORTH LAKE EARLY COLLEGE FOR AN EXTRAORDINARY ACHIEVEMENT ALREADY IN THIS CYCLE.
WE'RE GOING TO START HEARING A LOT OF NUMBERS LIKE THIS OUT OF OUR DALLAS ISD SCHOOLS.
BUT NORTH LAKE EARLY COLLEGE, AN A-RATED CAMPUS HAS ALREADY EARNED AND IMPRESSES SEVEN POINT MILLION DOLLAR IN SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THEIR STUDENTS, MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE STUDENTS HAVE EARNED THOSE, AND THAT TOTAL IS GROWING, AND YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR NUMBERS LIKE THAT AT LOTS OF SCHOOLS AROUND DALLAS ISD.
BUT I GET TO BE DISTRICT 1, AND I GET TO BE FIRST SO I GET TO POINT THAT OUT FIRST, AND I'M GLAD TO DO SO.
I ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE WTI LONGHORN CHEERLEADERS ON BEING NAMED CHAMPIONS OF THE DALLAS ISD CHEER CHALLENGE.
THE TEAM EARNED FIRST PLACE IN THE CO-DIVISION AND ACHIEVED THE HIGHEST SCORES IN BOTH FIGHT SONG AND CROWD LEADING, AN EXTRAORDINARY ACCOMPLISH ACCOMPLISHMENT THAT REFLECTS THEIR TALENT, THEIR DISCIPLINE, AND THEIR TEAMWORK.
ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR OUR DISTRICT 1 REGIONAL PRINCIPLES OF THE YEAR, PRINCIPAL ZIA MARTINEZ IN CHAPEL HILL PREP, PRINCIPAL HERSCHEL CARTER AT THOMAS C. MARSH PREPARATORY ACADEMY, PRINCIPAL FIELD MEEKER AT WALNUT HILL INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, AND PRINCIPAL ADRIAN HERNANDEZ AT NORTH LAKE EARLY COLLEGE.
CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU ARE DOING IN THESE CAMPUSES.
I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE MARSH LADY MATADOR SOCCER TEAM.
THEY HAD ANOTHER CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON.
THEY WERE NAMED THE DISTRICT 1 CHAMPIONS FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEARS, SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE FOR THEIR EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT ATHLETES ON A WELL LEARNED AND IMPRESSIVE ACHIEVEMENT.
THEN I WILL TAKE A SMALL MOMENT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.
AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING IN DECEMBER, I HAD TO LEAVE SLIGHTLY EARLY TO GO WATCH THE WALL HAWKS, MY ALMA MATER, PLAY IN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
MY COUSIN, CRAIG SLAUGHTER IS THE HEAD FOOTBALL COACH AT WALL AND I'M GLAD TO REPORT THAT THEY WON THAT GAME.
CRAIG SLAUGHTER IS A STATE CHAMPION.
MY SON ONLY WANTED ONE THING FROM MY AUNT, WHICH WAS A WALL HAWKS HOODIE WITH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PLAYERS.
IF YOU GO TO [INAUDIBLE] ELEMENTARY, EVERY SINGLE DAY SINCE HE GOT THAT, HE HAS WON IT EVERY SINGLE DAY.
THERE'S A KID WALKING AROUND IN A GREEN HOODIE.
THAT'S MY SON CELEBRATING THE WALL HAWKS.
>> THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO START BY GIVING A BIG CONGRATULATIONS, A GIANT, ACTUALLY, CONGRATULATIONS TO FOURTH GRADER BLEN T. FROM PRESTON HOLLOW ELEMENTARY.
SHE IS THIS YEAR'S FIRST PLACE WINNER OF THE 34TH MLK JUNIOR ORATORY COMPETITION.
I GOT TO SEE THE EIGHT FINALISTS LIVE GIVE THEIR PRESENTATION AND IT WAS SO AMAZING.
THE THEME OF THE MLK ORATORY COMPETITION WAS MESSAGES OF HOPE.
I CAN TELL YOU, I LEFT THERE JUST FLOATING ON AIR WITH SO MUCH HOPE IN MY HEART, SEEING ALL THESE KIDS AND THE AMAZING TALENT, AND THEIR DIFFERENT WAYS OF COMMUNICATING THEIR MESSAGES TO THE AUDIENCE AND THEIR DIFFERENT SKILLS AND HOW THEY PRESENTED.
BLEN T. WROTE A POEM WITHIN HER SPEECH, AND IT WAS JUST SO MOVING. I CANNOT TELL YOU.
IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE IT, ALL OF THEM WERE GREAT, AND BLEN T. WAS AMAZING.
WHAT'S ALSO AMAZING ABOUT IT IS THAT SHE'S THE FIRST STUDENT FROM PRESTON HOLLOW TO MAKE IT TO THE FINAL ROUND.
I WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANKS TO HER ORATORY SPONSOR, JANIE WILSON.
THROUGH HER GUIDANCE, MS. WILSON CONTINUES A LEGACY OF EMPOWERING STUDENT VOICES, HELPING THE NEXT GENERATION STAND TALL AND DELIVER WORDS WITH STRENGTH.
WOODROW WILSON HIGH SCHOOL IS CELEBRATING OUTSTANDING MUSICAL ACHIEVEMENT.
TWO CHOIR STUDENTS ADVANCE TO THE TEXAS ALL STATE CHOIR, SENIOR LS, AND JUNIOR ALLANA M. THEY'VE ADVANCED THROUGH FIVE COMPETITIVE ROUNDS AGAINST 15,000 STUDENTS.
CONGRATULATIONS, LADIES, AND I'M PROUD TO KNOW THAT D2 IS WELL REPRESENTED ON THE STATE STAGE.
KUDOS TO SISTERS, NORA AND OLIVIA T FROM SITI WILLIAMS TAG, WHO REPRESENTED DALLAS ISD ON THE FOOD NETWORKS SHOW BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP, NEXT GENERATION.
THEY WERE FEATURED IN EPISODES EARLIER THIS MONTH
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SHOWCASING THEIR BAKING TALENT ON A NATIONAL STAGE.CONGRATULATIONS AND JOB WELL DONE.
FINALLY, SEVERAL LAKEWOOD ELEMENTARY STUDENTS ADVANCED TO THE REGIONAL LEVEL OF THE NATIONAL PTA REFLECTIONS ART COMPETITION.
THIRTEEN STUDENTS FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH FIFTH GRADE EARNED RECOGNITION ACROSS MULTIPLE CATEGORIES, INCLUDING VISUAL ARTS, FILM, PHOTOGRAPHY, MUSIC, AND LITERATURE.
BEST WISHES TO ALL OF THEM IN THE NEXT ROUND.
THAT CONCLUDES MY ACCOLADES. THANK YOU.
I WANT TO START BY GIVING A SHOUT OUT TO LIZ H, CAPTAIN OF THE BRYAN ADAMS BELLES FOR BEING SELECTED AS AN ALL-STATE DANCER WITH THE TEXAS DANCE EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION DANCE TEAM.
CONGRATULATIONS, LIZ ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY, AND THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING DALLAS ISD, BRYAN ADAMS AND DISTRICT 3.
SHIFTING OVER TO EMMETT J. CONRAD HIGH SCHOOL.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BOYS AND GIRLS SWIM TEAMS FOR WINNING THE UIL DISTRICT 64A SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS.
THIS MARKS THE FIRST YEAR IN SCHOOL HISTORY THAT BOTH TEAMS HAVE TAKEN HOME FIRST PLACE, COMBINING FOR AN IMPRESSIVE 45 TOTAL MEDALS.
BEST OF LUCK TO THESE STUDENT ATHLETES AS THEY ADVANCE TO THE REGIONALS, PROUDLY REPRESENTING CONRAD HIGH SCHOOL.
NEXT, I WANT TO EXTEND KUDOS TO TWO OUTSTANDING DISTRICT 3 PRINCIPALS WHO WERE RECENTLY RECOGNIZED AS REGION 5 PRINCIPALS OF THE YEAR.
THE FIRST IS VIVIAN CHANDLER FAIRLEY OF EMMETT J. CONRAD HIGH SCHOOL, AND ALSO ALEX MERRITT OF ALEX SANGER PREPARATORY SCHOOL.
WHAT AN IMMENSE HONOR, AND THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO DALLAS ISD.
LASTLY, MARTHA TURNER REILLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CELEBRATED A BUILDING DEDICATION CEREMONY TO UNVEIL ITS NEW CAMPUS, THANKS TO THE 2020 BOND PROGRAM.
THE NEW SPACE INCLUDES A STORM SHELTER, PARKING LOT, AND PLAYGROUNDS.
THE SCHOOL ALSO FEATURES NEW FURNITURE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SECURITY EQUIPMENT, CREATING A MODERN AND SECURE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.
>> CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR DISTRICT 4 REGIONAL PRINCIPALS OF THE YEAR.
THEIR TIRELESS COMMITMENT TO THEIR STUDENTS AND STAFF REMINDS US ALL OF THE EXCEPTIONAL LEADERS WE HAVE WHO AREN'T JUST MANAGING SCHOOLS, BUT THEY'RE STEERING THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY TOWARD A BRIGHTER FUTURE.
THESE PRINCIPLES INCLUDE JACINTO CABRERA FROM JULIUS DORSEY LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, LINDA KRATZERT FROM JOHN QUINCY ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, GABRIEL GUERRA FROM THE SAMUELL HIGH SCHOOL, AND THEN REMUNDO CERVANTES-GUAJARDO FROM THE SCHOOL OF TALENTED AND GIFTED AND PLEASANT GROVE.
CONGRATULATIONS AS WELL TO ALL OF OUR DISTRICT 4 CAMPUS TEACHERS OF THE YEAR.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HEART AND SOUL AND YOUR DEDICATION TO OUR STUDENTS.
OF COURSE, FINALLY, A SHOUT OUT TO THE 20 STUDENTS AT [INAUDIBLE] HIGH SCHOOL, WHO AS PART OF THE SCHOOL'S AGRICULTURE SCIENCE PROGRAM, PARTICIPATED IN THE PRESTIGIOUS FORT WORTH STOCK SHOW AND RODEO EARLY THIS WEEK.
THEY WERE ACTUALLY FEATURED IN FOX 4 AND NBC 5.
I HAD PLANNED ACTUALLY TO VISIT TOMORROW, BUT NOW IT'S SHIFTED TO NEXT WEEK.
OVER THESE LAST FEW MONTHS, THEY'VE BEEN CARING FOR CATTLE, WHICH IS MY LOVE FOR ANIMALS.
I WAS LIKE, "WELL, I'LL COME AND JOIN YOU." CARING FOR CATTLE, CLEANING THEIR BEDDING, FEEDING THEM, ENSURING THAT THEY WERE COMPETITION READY.
OF COURSE, SHOUT OUT TO THEIR TEACHER, SARAH GALLOWAY, FOR GUIDING THEM AND SUPPORTING THEM IN THIS PREPARATION PROCESS.
I LOVE THAT THEY'RE WORKING WITH CATTLE, THEY'RE WORKING WITH DOGS AND SO MANY OTHER ANIMALS IN THEIR CLASSES.
LET'S START OFF WITH A BIG, HUGE THANK YOU, AND EARLIER, THEY WERE HERE BEING CELEBRATED AS THEY SHOULD BE TO THE ENTIRE OAK CLIFF COMMUNITY, FIRST OF ALL, FOR LINING THE STREETS AND CELEBRATING EXCELLENCE DURING A POWERFUL CHAMPIONSHIP PARADE HONORING SOUTH OAK CLIFF HIGH SCHOOL IN ITS HISTORIC FOOTBALL PROGRAM, THE MARCELLUS BOYS.
THAT CELEBRATION FOLLOWED YET ANOTHER REMARKABLE MILESTONE FOR THE GOLDEN BEARS.
THEY CAPPED OFF AN UNFORGETTABLE SEASON AND ANYBODY WHO GOT TO COME TO THAT GAME, YOU FELT IT.
THAT WAS A CAPSTONE ACHIEVEMENT.
THIRTY FIVE, 19 VICTORY OVER DR. THOMAS E. RANDALL HIGH SCHOOL TO CLAIM
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THE 2025 UIL STATE 5A DIVISION 2 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP.THIS WIN, MARK SOUTHO CLIFF'S FIFTH CONSECUTIVE TRIP, FIVE.
TO THE STATE TITLE GAME AND AN ELITE ACCOMPLISHMENT REACHED BY ONLY EIGHT PROGRAMS IN TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL HISTORY.
SHOUT OUT TO THE GOLDEN BEAR, SHOUT OUT TO COACH JASON TI AND SHOUT OUT TO THE ENTIRE SOUTH OAK CLIFF COMMUNITY AND FAMILY.
IN MORE SOCCER NEWS, SEVEN SENIORS FROM THE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM HAVE ALREADY SIGNED TO PLAY D1 FOOTBALL, CONTINUING THEIR JOURNEYS, NOT ONLY AS ATHLETES, BUT AS SCHOLARS AND LEADERS, AND I HOPE THEY GET SOME NIL MONEY.
[LAUGHTER] NEXT, I WANT TO CELEBRATE THREE OUTSTANDING PRINCIPALS WHO WERE NAMED REGION 2 PRINCIPALS OF THE YEAR.
PRINCIPAL ABRAM JOSEPH, OF FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL OF INNOVATION.
DR. WILLIE FRED JOHNSON, JUNIOR OF SOUTH OAK CLIFF HIGH SCHOOL, SHOWING UP AGAIN, SHABRANDA MATHIS OF WHITNEY YOUNG JUNIOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THE CARE, COMMITMENT, AND COMPASSION THESE LEADERS POUR INTO THEIR STUDENTS, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITIES.
THEY ARE PHENOMENAL, AND YOU FEEL IT WHEN YOU'RE WALKING THOSE CAMPUSES THROUGHOUT THE FIVE.
ALSO, OUR MODERN BAND AND FILM STUDENTS AT NEW TECH HIGH SCHOOL AT BF DELL ARE REDEFINING WHAT LEARNING LOOKS LIKE.
LAST SEMESTER, THEY TOOK THEIR TALENTS BEYOND THE CLASSROOM AND INTO THE HEART OF OUR COMMUNITY, TURNING LOCAL COFFEE SHOPS INTO PERFORMANCE SPACES, AND GIVING WONDERFUL CONCERTS RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING YOUR TALENTS WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
LASTLY, I WANT TO GIVE A BIG D5 SHOUT OUT, RIDING ON THE HEELS OF WHAT MY COLLEAGUE, TRUSTEE WEINBERG WAS SAYING, CAMERON K FROM CLARA OLIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, TOOK HOME SECOND PLACE IN THE ANNUAL MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR ORATORY COMPETITION.
I KNEW THIS FIRST, NOT FROM THE DISTRICT, BUT FROM MY MAMA, BECAUSE SHE WORKS THERE REGULARLY, AND SHE'S LIKE, "ONE OF OUR BABIES DID IT." I WAS LIKE, "ALL RIGHT, MAMA." I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT. I'M PRETTY SURE.
CAMERON'S POWERFUL WORDS REMIND US THAT DR. KING'S LESSONS ARE NOT JUST HISTORY, BUT A CALL TO ACTION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. ED TURNER POWER D5.
>> FOR DISTRICT 6 [LAUGHTER] DO DICKS?
>> I BELIEVE THEY'RE BEING SENT TO ME SO I CAN.
>> LET'S START WITH DISTRICT 7, THEN WE'LL GO BACK TO DISTRICT 6.
>> I WANT TO FIRST START BY HIGHLIGHTING THREE SUNSET HIGH SCHOOL VARSITY CHEERLEADERS, BRIANA A, JENNIFER V, AND NORIAH M, WHO ARE RECOGNIZED AS ALL AMERICAN CHEERLEADERS AND GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO REPRESENT DALLAS ISD ACROSS THE POND IN LONDON NEW YEAR'S DAY PARADE.
WAY TO GO. CONGRATULATIONS, AND THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING DALLAS ISD ON AN INTERNATIONAL STAGE. THAT'S AMAZING.
I THINK IT'S THE SECOND TIME THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED FROM SUNSET, AS WELL IN RECENT MEMORY.
NEXT, I WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO AUDREY S, A FOURTH GRADE STUDENT AT ARTURO SALAZAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHO WAS A FINALIST IN THE 34TH ANNUAL MLK JR ORATORY COMPETITION.
SHE BEGAN WORKING ON HER SPEECH IN OCTOBER, PRACTICED ALMOST EVERY SINGLE MORNING BEFORE SCHOOL WITH THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, MISS CLAY.
CONGRATULATIONS ON A JOB WELL DONE, AUDREY.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO GIVE KUDOS TO THE W.E.
GRINER EXPLORATORY ARTS ACADEMY MARIACHI PROGRAM, AND MISS MARIA GARCIA FOR REPRESENTING DALLAS ISD.
MISS GARCIA WAS RECENTLY FEATURED ON THE SPECTRUM NEWS AND ITS NATIONAL COUNTERPART SPECTRUM NOTICIAS.
THANK YOU FOR PROUDLY REPRESENTING OUR DISTRICT AND CONTINUING TO ASPIRE D7 STUDENTS.
THANKS TO THE DALLAS EDUCATION FOUNDATION FOR THEIR HEART OF TEACHING GRANT TO MR. YUN LEO AND HIS STUDENTS AT TRINI GARZA EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL, AS THEY COMPETED IN AN AERIAL DRONE COMPETITION.
THEIR FIRST OFFICIAL DRONE TOURNAMENT OF THE SEASON, AND THEY BROUGHT HOME TWO CHAMPIONSHIPS.
IT'S PRETTY AMAZING. I THOUGHT YOU COULD ONLY WIN ONE CHAMPIONSHIP IN A TOURNAMENT.
CONGRATULATIONS TO MR. LEO AND HIS STUDENTS, AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.
THIS CONCLUDES MY DISTRICT 7 REPORT, BUT IN TRUSTEE FOREMAN'S ABSENCE, I WILL HAPPILY READ THE DISTRICT 7 ACCOLADES IN HER STATED.
>> DISTRICT 6. SORRY. YES. OVER THE HOLIDAY BREAK, TRUSTEE FOREMAN SPENT NEW YEAR'S EVE WATCHING OUR STUDENT ATHLETES AT THE DR. PEPPER INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT.
DAVID W. CARTER HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM CAPTURED THE PLATINUM DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIPS, AND DA HULCY STEAM MIDDLE SCHOOL WON THE BOYS SILVER DIVISION.
THANK YOU TO THE COACHES LINDON LOVE AND BERNARD CHAVES,
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FOR LEADING THE TEAMS WITH PASSION AND FOCUS.SHE ALSO WANTS TO CONGRATULATE TARRELL J FROM CARTER, WHO IS NAMED THE TOURNAMENT'S BOYS PLATINUM MVP.
TO KICK OFF THE SPRING SEMESTER, DISTRICT 6 CELEBRATED AN EXCITING NEW CHAPTER FOR JUDGE LOUIS A. BEDFORD JR. LAW ACADEMY, WHERE STUDENTS MOVED INTO THEIR NEW CAMPUS EARLIER THIS MONTH.
THIS FACILITY IS A TRIBUTE TO THE LEGACY OF JUDGE BEDFORD AND DEEPLY MEANINGFUL TO THE COMMUNITY.
HE DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO MENTORING YOUNG BLACK LAWYERS, ADVOCATING FOR VOTING RIGHTS AND ADVANCING JUSTICE.
FINALLY, TWO OUTSTANDING DISTRICT 6 LEADERS WERE NAMED REGIONAL PRINCIPALS OF THE YEAR.
DARWIN HUGHES OF JESSEN F. KIMBALL HIGH SCHOOL, AND SONYA BARNES, JIMMIE TYLER BRASHEAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
THESE PRINCIPALS LEAD WITH VISION, BUILD STRONG TEAMS, AND CREATE ENVIRONMENTS WHERE BOTH STUDENTS AND TEACHERS CAN THRIVE, AND JUST WANTED TO UPLIFT THEM AND THANK THEM FOR ALL THEY DO FOR OUR STUDENTS IN DALLAS ISD.
THAT CONCLUDES THE DISTRICT 6 REPORT.
>> THANK YOU. NOW TIME FOR ONLY SOME OF WHAT'S GREAT IN DISTRICT 8.
I'D LIKE TO GIVE A SPECIAL CONGRATULATIONS TO KENNEDY K FROM SOLO PREPARATORY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS FOR EARNING THIRD PLACE IN THE MLK JR. ORATORY COMPETITION.
KENNEDY'S POWERFUL WORDS REPRESENTED DISTRICT 8 WITH EXCELLENCE.
WE ARE INCREDIBLY PROUD OF HER ACHIEVEMENT, AND I'D LIKE TO EXTEND A HEARTFELT CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE STUDENTS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THIS IMPORTANT IMPORTANT EVENT.
SHOUT OUT TO JESUS MOROLES EXPRESSIVE ARTS VANGUARD, WHICH HAS BEEN SELECTED AS THE DALLAS ISD PILOT CAMPUS FOR THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED NATIONAL ELEMENTARY ART HONOR SOCIETY.
LED BY ART TEACHER MADISON COOPER, THE PROGRAM RECOGNIZES KINDERGARTEN THROUGH FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS FOR THEIR ARTISTIC TALENT, CHARACTER, AND SERVICE.
THE PROGRAM PROMOTES CREATIVITY, LEADERSHIP, AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, AND I AM TRULY EXCITED TO SEE HOW THIS TRANSFORMS THE CAMPUS.
ANOTHER HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO PRINCIPAL KALEN BRENNAN AT CESSA CHAVEZ LEARNING CENTER, WHO WAS NAMED REGION 6 PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR.
HER OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP AND COMMITMENT TO ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE CONTINUES TO MAKE A POWERFUL IMPACT ON HER SCHOOL COMMUNITY, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK, PRINCIPAL BRENNAN, AND GO THUNDERBIRDS.
ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE OUT THE DISTRICT 8 REMARKS BY AGAIN, RECOGNIZING MY COLLEAGUES HERE ON THIS DAYS FOR THIS A NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION SCHOOL BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH.
YOU ALL PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN SHAPING THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AREAS YOU SERVE, AND FOR OUR DISTRICT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND PARTNERSHIP.
I APPRECIATE YOU ALL. IT IS AN HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO SERVE WITH YOU.
LET'S CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK.
THAT CONCLUDES THE DISTRICT 8 ACCOLADES AND REPORT. TRUSTEE TURNER.
>> LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE DYNAMIC D9 REPORTS.
I WOULD LIKE TO START BY CONGRATULATING TWO OF OUR OUTSTANDING PRINCIPALS FROM D9 FROM BEING NAMED REGIONAL PRINCIPALS OF THE YEAR.
REGION 3, PRINCIPAL LANCE WILLIAMS AT THE LEGENDARY LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL, AND REGION 1, DR. ALICIA MCALLEN AT E.B.
JOB WELL DESERVED AND A HONOR AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.
I PERSONALLY KNOW THESE TWO PRINCIPALS, AND THEY ARE VERY DYNAMIC IN THE WORK THAT THEY DO.
D9 HAD THREE FINALISTS IN THE ANNUAL MLK ORATORY COMPETITION.
JOB WELL DONE TO MARIA CRUZ C FROM JP STARKS, MATT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY VANGUARD, MARLEY J FROM CHARLES RICE LEARNING CENTER, DESTINY W FROM PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR LEARNING CENTER.
A FUN FACT ABOUT TRUSTEE TURNER, IN THE EIGHTH GRADE, I ACTUALLY PARTICIPATED IN THE ORATORY CONTESTS, AND I GAVE THE I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH.
I DIDN'T WIN, BUT IT ALSO INCREASED MY CONFIDENCE ON PUBLIC SPEAKING.
IT WAS A WIN BECAUSE I'M HERE AS A TRUSTEE.
THANK YOU, BUCKLEY TERRORIST MONASTERY, FOR CONTINUING TO SHOW WHAT IT MEANS TO CARE FOR THE WHOLE CHILD.
THROUGH A RECENT PARTNERSHIP WITH CHILDREN'S HEALTH, THE SCHOOL HELPED DONATE $50,000 TO THE NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK TO SUPPORT UPCOMING FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS, BECAUSE WHEN OUR STUDENTS ARE FED, THEY ARE BETTER POSITIONED TO LEARN, GROW, AND THRIVE.
FINALLY, A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO SENIOR MANNY H FROM THE LEGENDARY LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL FOR REPRESENTING DISTRICT 9 AT THE NAVY ALL AMERICAN BOWL.
THIS ALL STAR FOOTBALL GAME HELD ANNUALLY AT THE ALAMO DOME IN
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SAN ANTONIO BRINGS TOGETHER THE BEST HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TALENT IN THE COUNTRY.AND THANK YOU, TRUSTEE BYRON SANDERS FOR THE JACKET.
[7. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
TRUSTEES, WE'LL NOW TURN TO APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES AGENDA ITEM 7.01, CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL.TRUSTEES, THE FOLLOWING MINUTES HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL.
THE EMPLOYEE HEARING FROM DECEMBER 18, 2025, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES BOND WORKSHOP FROM DECEMBER 18, 2025, AND THE BOARD MEETING FROM DECEMBER 18, 2025.
>> TRUSTEES, THERE'S BEEN MOVED AND SECOND, THAT WE ADOPT THE MINUTES FOR APPROVAL.
TRUSTEES, ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS? SEEING NO CORRECTIONS, TRUSTEES, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
SEVEN VOTING YES, ONE NOT PRESENT TO VOTE.
>> TRUSTEES YOU JUST ADOPTED THE MOTION APPROVING THE MINUTES HAS SUBMITTED.
TRUSTEES, WE'LL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM 8.01.
[8. STATUTORY ITEMS WHICH MAY APPROPRIATELY COME TO THE ATTENTION OF THE BOARD]
CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION ORDERING A GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON MAY 2, 2026.FOR THE PURPOSES OF ELECTING THREE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND DISTRICTS 2, 6 AND 8.
>> TRUSTEES, BEEN MOVED AND SECOND.
TRUSTEES, IS THERE DISCUSSION? SEEING NO DISCUSSION, TRUSTEES PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
SEVEN VOTING, YES, ONE NOT PRESENT TO VOTE.
>> SEVEN? WOULD THERE BE EIGHT?
>> TRUSTEE FOREMAN IS OUT AND TURNER IS NOT HERE.
>> IT'S SEVEN YES AND TWO NOT PRESENT?
>> SHE'S NOT ON THE ROLL CALL.
>> OKAY. THEN TRUSTEES, YOU'VE JUST ADOPTED ITEM 8.01.
TRUSTEES, WE'LL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM 8.02, CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS EVALUATION INSTRUMENT AND TARGETS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026. TRUSTEES, DO I HAVE A MOTION?
>> TRUSTEES, THERE'S BEEN MOTION AND A SECOND. TRUSTEES, IS THERE DISCUSSION?
AGAIN, THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES ON THE SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION COMMITTEE, TRUSTEE SANDERS AND TRUSTEE GARCIA.
A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE DOCUMENT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU JUST SO EVERYONE'S AWARE.
THERE'S NOT SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES FROM HOW WE'VE DONE THIS IN THE PAST.
I THINK IT IS ONE OF THE MOST THOUGHTFUL INSTRUMENTS THAT THERE IS.
BUT TO WALK EVERYONE HERE AND THE PUBLIC THROUGH HOW THIS IS SET UP, OUR POLICY ACTUALLY SPECIFIES THAT WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME LAST YEAR SETTING OUR NEXT SET OF GOALS FOR THE DISTRICT THAT WE ADOPTED EARLIER THIS ACADEMIC YEAR.
AS PER POLICY, 60% OF OUR EVALUATION IS BASED ON THE SUPERINTENDENT ACHIEVING THE GOALS.
THAT'S BOTH THE GOALS AND THE GOAL PROGRESS MEASURE.
THE WAY THAT THAT WORKS IS EACH GOAL IS WORTH SIX POINTS, AND EACH PROGRESS MEASURE IS WORTH TWO POINTS.
ESSENTIALLY, EACH OF THE FIVE GOALS IS WORTH 12 POINTS EACH.
THEN THE WAY THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT GETS CREDIT FOR UNSATISFACTORY, SLIGHTLY SATISFACTORY, FULLY SATISFACTORY, OR CLEARLY SUPERIOR.
IF THE DISTRICT METRIC STAYS THE SAME OR FALLS, IT WOULD BE CONSIDERED UNSATISFACTORY.
IF THE SUPERINTENDENT MEETS THE ANNUAL TARGET, IT WOULD BE FULLY SATISFACTORY.
IF THERE IS GROWTH, BUT WE DID NOT MEET THE FULL TARGET, BUT IT'S STILL MOVING POSITIVELY, IT IS SLIGHTLY SATISFACTORY.
IF THE SUPERINTENDENT EXCEEDS THE TARGET THAT WE HAVE SET BY MORE THAN A POINT, IT WOULD BE CLEARLY SUPERIOR.
THAT IS THE CASE FOR ALL OF THAT.
SIMILARLY, OUR POLICY STATES THAT WE HAVE 22% FOCUSED ON THE CONSTRAINTS AND THE CONSTRAINT PROGRESS MEASURES.
THE WAY THAT THOSE ARE, ALL FOUR CONSTRAINTS ARE EQUALLY WEIGHTED.
YOU MIGHT SEE DIFFERENCES IN NUMBERS THERE, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE THERE ARE MORE PROGRESS MEASURES ON CERTAIN CONSTRAINTS THAN ON OTHERS.
ON CONSTRAINT 1 AND CONSTRAINT 3, THERE ARE THREE PROGRESS MEASURES, AS OPPOSED TO CONSTRAINTS 2 AND 4, WHICH HAVE TWO PROGRESS MEASURES.
SO WHILE THERE MIGHT BE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENCES BASED ON THE PROGRESS MEASURES THEMSELVES, EACH OF THE FOUR CONSTRAINTS IS EQUALLY WEIGHTED AND MAKE UP THAT FULL AMOUNT.
THEN THE REMAINING PERCENTAGE AS IT'S BEEN FOR A LOT OF TIME IN RECENT MEMORY,
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ON THE SAME ELEMENTS HERE AROUND STAKEHOLDER SATISFACTION, BEING OVERALL SATISFACTION, PARENTS, TAXPAYERS, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AND FIVE POINTS FOR GENERAL FUND SURPLUS.I WANT TO GIVE THAT QUICK OVERVIEW, JUST TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS AWARE OF THAT.
THERE WERE NOT ANY MAJOR SIGNIFICANT CHANGES.
THERE ARE, HOWEVER, A FEW AREAS WHERE BECAUSE THESE ARE NEW GOALS AND PROGRESS MEASURES, WE DON'T HAVE DATA FOR.
WE DON'T HAVE TARGETS. IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE BECAUSE THIS IS OUR FIRST YEAR DOING IT.
THOSE YOU'LL SEE AS GRADE OUT.
THEY JUST WON'T COUNT EITHER DIRECTION.
THE REST OF IT WILL STILL BE ADDED AND AVERAGED, COMPRISING THE 60%, THE 22% OR THE REMAINDER. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE, MACKEY. TRUSTEES, FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, I WANTED TO JUST SAY THANK YOU TO THE SUPERINTENDENTS EVALUATION COMMITTEE FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE PUT INTO BRINGING THIS TO THE BOARD.
TRUSTEES, SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
>> TRUSTEES, YOU JUST ADOPTED ITEM 8.02.
TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO THE AGENDA ITEM 8.03, CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS INCENTIVES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026.
>> TRUSTEES, BEEN MOVED AND SECOND. TRUSTEES, IS THERE DISCUSSION?
>> JUST REAL BRIEFLY. SIMILAR CONVERSATION AS PER SUPERINTENDENT CONTRACT.
WE HAVE INCENTIVES FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT TO ACHIEVE TO ENSURE ALIGNMENT BETWEEN WHAT WE HAVE SAID AS OUR PRIORITIES AS OUR GOALS.
EACH OF THOSE FIVE INCENTIVES ARE, IF THE SUPERINTENDENT, MEETS THE GOALS THAT WE LAID OUT FOR THIS ACADEMIC YEAR.
THAT IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FOR EACH OF OUR FIVE GOALS, MEETING THE FULLY SATISFACTORY WOULD UNLOCK THE INCENTIVE FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT, MAINTAINING PERFECT ALIGNMENT WITH OUR GOALS.
>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE MACKEY. TRUSTEES FOR THE DISCUSSION.
SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, TRUSTEES, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.
>> TRUSTEES, YOU'VE JUST ADOPTED ITEM 8.03.
[9. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS]
TO IS IT 9.01.CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 9.01-9.17 AS AMENDED TRUSTEES MOTION.
>> TRUSTEE, IS THERE A DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.
SEVEN VOTING YES AND ONE NOT PRESENT TO VOTE.
>> TRUSTEES, YOU JUST ADOPTED THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 9.01-9.17.
TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO AGENDA ITEM 12. WHAT? 5902.
DID IT GET PULLED? THESE ARE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. THAT'S THE ADS CALENDAR. NEVER MIND. SORRY.
WE ARE NOW AT AGENDA ITEM 12 ADJOURNMENT.
THE TIME IS 9:14 PM AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
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